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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-22

Burial OF Mrs. Florence Mercaes,
Especial 10 The Richmond virginian,)
LEESBuR0. VA. April s1.--i'hs
remains Of MIRA Florence Mercter. or
this county, who dropped dead In
Warrington on Tuesday. were inferred
day afternoon. She was SIXTY years
OF are. and death was due to heart
disease. She was the widow OF Chas.
Mercter, . prnmipsnt citizen OF Lou-
doun. and = daughter or the late
George Janney. also Of this county.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-22

rmer weather Tonight and Saturday.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-22

Forecast TIN r. u. saturday.
warmer weather tonight and Saturday.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-15

profitable to pillow a crop of crimson
clover in for the benefit of the corn
crop that is to follow than to try to
make hay of it. A summer-growin
crop, such as the cowpea, should. on
the other hand. be first used as
feed, unless the land is very poor in
deed, or there is no other chance
of getting the humus the crop con-
tain into the soil.
To sum up. then: The most profit
able green manuring crops, as a gen
eral rule. are those that grow during
the winter and are turned down in
The spring; it is usually better when
practicable, to let crop mature than
to plow in it green large quantities
OF green matter turned under some
times sour the soil and are always
Objectionable just before seeding
oats or wheat; where a crop can be
profitably saved for feed and the
manure returned to the land this
should always be done.
Next weeks talk will be about
barnyard manures, their composition
and usefulness.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-15
Short Talks About Fertilizers.
A READING COURSE.


him to pillow the crop under, even
though he could sell 1t and buy more
plant food in other forms after get
ting pay for the extra work of saving
and marketing the crop. This scare
ity OF live stock to consume the crons
grown makes green manuring a
necessity in many cases where II
would be much better IL the crop
could be first fed.
A third case is where II the fer
tilizing crop is left to mature it will,
be in the way OF the succeeding crop
For example. II cover crop of rye
is to be followed by cotton, 1t may
often be necessary to pillow the rye
under before II makes growth enough
10 make It's harvesting profitable. A
similar problem is often presented
with winter growing crops, such as
rye and crimson clover, that while
useful for feed to a certain extent
have also some features that make
their use Objectionable. Rye Is an ex
cellent crop for cutting and feeding
green; but II IL must be made into
hay. IT will usually pay better to
plow II down. Crimson clover makes
good hay II cut at exactly the right
stage: but II allowed to get too ripe
II may be n dangerous feed, especial
ly Tor horses. and In such cases, is
best plowed under.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-15

3 VH II t7t''tl8 4l4 AOl AiAlS UuIUOSe dIt
comparatively few. Those most com
monty grown In the South are COW
peas. crimson clover, bur clover. and
rye. In some sections red clover Is
also highly-przed green manurinc
crop. and large areas OF lespedeza-
Japan clovcr-are also utilized this
way. other winter crops sometimes
used are the vetches. turnips. and
wheat or oats. or these. the cowpea
and Japan clover are summer-grow-
ing crops. red clover is n biennial
that is. lasts two years.-the others
are winter-growing crops.
The Best Way TO Use Manure Crops.
All OF these crops are valuable for
feed: and as n general proposition. T.
may be said that any crop that car
be protltahly fed 10 live stock will
pay better when so used than when
returned directly TO the soil. This
is because when the crop is fed the
feed value is. OF course. secured. and
there may be saved In the manure
from so to 81 per cent OF the plant
food that was originally in the crop
This plant food. too. Is usually in
more readily available condition for
the use OF the following crop In the
manure than In the turned-under
crop.
Tho ideal way. then. TO utilize
crops grown for manurlng Is TO feed
them TO stock and 10 return the ma
full feeding value and from two
thirds 10 fhree-fourths OF their orig
inal fertilizer value.
While this Is true as general
proposition. however. the fact re
mains that In many cases Il Will paw
TO return a crop directly 10 the land
on which Il was grown--that Is. to
pillow II down or otherwise incorp-
crate It with the soil before or after
maturity. The cases when this Is
advisable viii mostly fall under three
heads.
When IL Pays To Plow Under n Green
Crop.
The FIRST Is when the crop Is SO
light that the expense OF haryestinr
II would amount TO more than the
difference between the combined
values obtained from II rs feed stun
and as stable manure and its value
when used directly as green ma
nure. Such cases are very common
on the poorer lands OF the South.
Many old fields can be most econom
ieally started on the way OF improve
ment by sowing a crop OF cowpeas
for example. In the spring. fertiliznr
this crop with phosphoric acid and
potash II these elements are needed
working II into the soil when ma
ture. and following II with a winter
crop. like rye or crimson clover, to
be turned under also before any
thing Is removed from the soil. This
viii, however. be the plan TO be
recommended only on very poor
lands much lacking In humus, or un
der other exceptional circumstances
The second case In which the di-
rect application OF crop as a
green manure Is 10 be advised, is
where the land needs the humus and
there Is little chance OF its being re
turned TO the soil II the crop Is re
moved If the owner OF the land. for
baw aFn IN which n
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-15

STUD. Perryhill's Early Prolific Cotton Seed
Nancy Hall prize winning Sweet Potatoes Texas
Ribbon Cane Seed. Hastings Six Jared Corn
Days prize winning. Red Cob Corn Red June
Corn. F. M. Berryhill. Liberty Miss
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-15
Some Points to Observe in Using
Green Manures.

The great value OF green manures
In adding to the humus OF the soil
has been spoken of: but they some
times produce injurious effects also
and. like other fertilizers, must al
ways be used with reference to the
crop that is TO follow their applica-
ton.
The blowing under OF a large
amount OF vegetable matter as a
preparation for. or short time be-
fore, the sowing OF wheat or oats in
the fall. Is never to be advised. The
undecayed mass makes the soil puff
"" and unsettled and prevents the
formation OF that fine. firm seed bed
which these crops SO much like. In
deed, II Is nearly always better to
have green manures mixed with the
soil in time for them to have partial
ly decayed at least before the sue
ceeding crop is planted. This is not
always practicable. however, and with
some crops. corn for example, Is not
Of great Importance. The blowing
"''NNA VI q utdNg Niup Vi green Nege-
tation often results In too much acid
tty In the soil when II begins to de-
cay. For this reason II is usually
better when rank crop Is to be
turned down TO allow II to fully ma
lure. Soil acidity produced by this
may be corrected. however, by giving
tho soil n top dressing OF lime after
The crop has been plowed down.
Green manures are most prohtably
used as a preparation for such gross
feeding and humus-needing crops as
corn, or for those. like the Irish po-
'ato, and other root crops, that need
plenty OF soil moisture, do not mind
n little sourness in the soil, and are
sometimes injured by the application
OF stable manures.
Cover Crops for Green Manuring.
The crops most generally profitable
as green manures are those that are
grown during the winter to protect
the soil, and are then turned down in
the spring in time to be followed by
cotton, corn or other hoed crops.
Rye. for example, is most proftably
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11
HOW GREENLAND WAS NAMED.

Editor Deseret News-I noticed in
the Seml-Weekly News of the 9Th
inst. an editorial headed Changes OF
Climate" wherein 1 find the follow
Ing; For many years 1t was asserted
that the east coast of Greenland had
formerly enjoyed a mild climate.
which favored the growth of vegeta-
ton and gave rise to the name of
Greenland"
| have met men who have made that
assertion to me and know that sucn
theory has been. and IS yet. wide
spread. To show that 1t is erroneous,
1 send you a translation of a part OF
the first chapter of the Life of Erik,
the Red" the father of Left Erikson
who landed on the American conti-
ncnt in the fall of A. D. 1000. This
Life OF Erik. the Red" Is from an
Icelandic vellum written; not later
than early I'm the thirteenth century.
II is now in the Royal Library, Copen-
hagen. Denmark, 1t is book about
which President Charles w. Penrose.
in a letter 10 me dated Liverpool,
England Aug %. 1903. says:
There l saw those old and invalu-
able documents, written with pen and
ink long before printing was In
vogue, but in.-beautiful characters,
finer than common print One of them,
which particularly Interested me. es-
tablished the truth of the claim that
Left Erikson. visited America long be-
fore Columbus made his great dis
covery."
The quotation from the "Life of Erik
the Red shows. beyond doubt that
the east coast of Greenland. SO far
back as is known never was inhabit-
able. the glacier reaching clear down
to sea Glacier is in the Icelandic
language Jol1ull. and In referring to
those as Typographical names. desig-
mated to show the Whereabouts OF
such localities shall use the original
'J" has In the Icelandic the same
sound as "y'' in English. This Is the
quotation referred to:
ERIK was convicted In the Thorsness
district court. and eXiled from the
country for the term of three years.
He then fitted out a vessel of his own
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11
AN EXCELLENT MAGAZINE.

The first number of The Utah Genea-
logical and Historical Magazine, pub
lished quarterly by the Genealogical
Society OF Utah. and edited by President
Anthon II. Lund, has now made Its
appearance. 1t Is an excellent maga-
zine with beautiful halftones. and just
the right size for binding and prcscry-
ing as an addition to tho library. 1t
is magazine which all who are In
terested In genealogy will want to sub
scribe for. and one which the Latter
day Saints cannot very well do with
out We have on previous occasions
given list OF contents of the number
now before us. 1t opens with a bio
graphic sketch of President Franklin
d. Richards. the founder OF the gene
illogical society. Then follows an ar
ticle on the study OF English surnnmes.
by Prof Osborne ]. p. Wldtsoe- A
translation from the Spanish of tho
contributed by Anthony w. WINS. Pres
ident Lund briefly and tcrsely states
the object OF the new magazine. We
quote the following:
Especially to the Lattcr-day Saints
Will this Magazine be of great value
1t Will contain instructions regarding
the keeping of family records, pedl-
Srces, and information for those who
arc anxious to know how to prepare
the records OF their dead. We fully
believe that each subscriber will re-
ceive many fold the value of the sub
scription price. returned by way of
genealogical and historical informa-
tion."
Other features of this number are:
Amos Milton Musser," The Preston
Family" The Genealogical Society OF
Utah" Traditional History OF the
American Indians" 'Gcnealogy," and
General Gleanings."
We heartily recommend this publica-
tion TO all our readers. 1t will be un-
der the business management OF Elder
Joseph F. Smith, Jr. Tho headquarters
of the Genealogical society Is at 60
east. South Temple ST, Salt Lake City.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11

about politics. or to give me an open
Ing 50 that could bring up the subject
Then, all of sudden, he said: Judge
Kelley, you are, l reckon. about my
height. Looking In your eyes, 1 should
say that L was leetle taller. Let's
measure
Before knew 1t. wa stood back to
back. and Mr. Lincoln called to some
one who was In the room, saying:
Measure us The measurement show
ed that he was az he reckoncd, a lee
tie taller. and he seemed very gratined
at the announcement.
II must stay that l was aStonIshed,
and think I showed It. Here was the
candidate of my party for president,
on the eve of q national contest of tre-
mendous importance. in which he need
cd all wise assistance and counsel, and
yet, whom receiving me as a representa-
tive Pennsylvanian and knowing what
my mission to him was. In a Ssncral
way, he went through that absurd per-
formance Of measuring back to back. I
found myself wondering IL 1t were true
that this man was a boor, as his enc
mics charged. and-well, do you know
that he gayo me very little or no op-
portunity to talk politics. and when l
left him 1 was no better informed as
to his plans than when went to see
him
about two years ago / was looking
over life OF Lincoln and reading of
some of his unconventional and pccu-
liar actions, when suddenly a Light
came to me, revealing what Lincolns
purpose was by that extraordinary per
| formance of measuring with me at his
home 1t was simply this. He did not
| want to commit himself in any way
| He did not want to mislead or TO be
misled. 1t was his purpose to feel his
way cautiously and carefully. But no
was such a kindly man that he did not
cnre to assume an attitude of coldness
| or distance, and yet he wanted to put
politicians who called upon him In n
way aside, and that too, without of.
Tending them. In other words. he did
| not want to talk Pennsylvania politics
with mo at that time, or care to hear
what I had to say about the national
campaign. And so he asked me to
measure with him. Ah. he was wiser
man than most OF us! He never mado
a mistake in that entire presidential
campaign. nor said word that he had
afterwards to explain"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11

The late William D. Kelley. of PEN
nsylvania, often called "Pig Iron Kel-
ley" because of his support of the
Pennsylvania pig iron interests. was
for many years tho leader of his party
In the federal house of representa-
tIves. He WAS broad shouldred man
of great stature, and must have been
of Herculcan strength when young, HIS
voice always sounded as though 1t
came from the depths of his chest. SO
that when he told an anecdote even
of a humorous nature. there seemed
to bo something lugubrious about 1t.
Judge Kelley" I said to him not
long before his death in 1890, II have
seen 1t stated, 1 think in Henry ].
Rayri ond's life of Lincoln-that when
you went to call upon Lincoln after
his nomination for president, at his
home at Springfield. the first and
about the only thing he said to you
was. Judge Kelley. let's measure
heights. l reckon. looking into your
cyes. that I'm trif1e taller"
THAT anecdote is true" said Judge
Kelley, "and l believe that II had some
circulation during the presidential
canvass OF 1860. But what strikes mo
as very singular Is that not until very
recently did / get full comprehension
of just what Mr., Lincoln meant by
what seemed to me at tho time an ex-
traordlnary and undignihed action.
This explanation. believe. has never
been published; In fact, 1 have only
been able to make 1t to myself within
| the past year or two. I Will tell you
what the explanation is. but to do 1t
satisfactorily. must repeat tho anec-
| dote.
III you have read tho history of the
| politics which led to Mr. Lincoln's
nomination. you Will remember that IL
was the action of the Pennsylvania
delegation which turned the tide In
favor OF tho nomination of Lincoln In
| preference to Seward. OF course. we
Pennsylvanlans thought that we were
justified Ir offering advice. and In
seeking from Mr.. Lincoln some state
ment of what his plans were In case
he were elected.
Therefore. went to Springfield to
see him. He received mo very cordially
at his house, asked me what train
had come TO Springfield on and spoke
of the weather as being warm, but did
not seem inclined to talk in any way
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11

and set to sea. When Erik started, his
friend and attorney Styrr. together
with other Intimate friends. follow
ed him till he was on the open sea,
and he told them that he was going
to seek the land which Gunnbiorn, the
son OF Kraka. had seen and called
Gunnbiorn's island, when he drIfted
west from the coast of Iceland. and
that, In case he found the land, he
would return, and tell his friends
thereof. He then took his course west
from Snowfells Jokul
After three days sailing he saw
land In a westerly direction. and
Midjokul. but which Is now called
Blueserk. Seeing that the land was
not habitable. he sailed from there in
a southerly direction. keeping the
coast in sight, so as to see whether
he would not find a place that was
fit for habitation. The first winter he
spent in the Eril's Isle. which Is near
the middle of the Eastern colony. In
the spring he set to sea again, going
further south and west, along the
coast. Sailing in Erlk's Firth. he land
ed there. made a location, calling his
new home Brattahlld And after eX-
ploring considerable distance along
the coast and giving names TO places
he In the fall returned to Brattahlld
and dwelt there during the winter The
third summer he went back to Iceland.
and took harbor In Broadflrth He
called the country he had found
Greenland. saying that 1t would be an
inducement for the people to emil
CRATE to there II the country had a
good name. Erik spent that winter in
Iceland. but the next spring "a. d,
$3.50 went to settle Greenland. 1t Is
related by wise men. that no less than
35 vessels, manned with colonizers.
left the west of Iceland for Greenland
the same summer as Erik the Red
went back to settle there, but that
fourteen only reached their dcstina-
ton. Some drifted back to Iceland. and
several were never heard from. This
was Is years before Christianity was
adopted as national faith In Iceland"
JOHN THORGEIRSON.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11

President Taft will begin work this
week on his special message on the con-
eervation OF natural resources policy of
the administration. That he is an ar
dent advocate of such a policy Is well
known. In giving his Views he will
have the benefit of couple of years
or so OF actual trial of the policy and he
Will no doubt profit by 1t. In the
launching of any policy some mistakes
arc bound to be made, for 1t is impossi-
BILE to see just what the effects of GER
tain theories will be. But the mistakes
can easily be remedied and the policy
will be better for their correction and
will the moro easily and efflcaciously
accomplish its purpose. The message
will be awaited with interest.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11
HE WAS RIGHT.

Brigham Young WAS right That Is
enc lesson OF high prices.
There Is no question at present bo-
fore the American people. OF immediate
greater Importance than that relating
to the high cost OF living. Senator Ell
kIns, the other day. said that the rise
OF prices to heights entirely out OF pro-
portion 70 the level OF wages and In
comes means that women and child
rem arc not getting proper food and
clothing, and that childron cannot be
sent to school and get either an edu-
cation or tho foundation OF an education.
and that means our civilization is being
injured" 1t is no wonder. he said. that
people are concerned about conditions.
The Senator favored Congressional
investigation TO ascertain some OF the
causes. and this step would certainly
be welcomed because by that means
light would be shed on an intricate
problem concerning which there are
many opinions. But the investigation
would not be a remedy.
One OF the causes. II has boon pointed
out. is the overproduction OF gold and
the neglect of the farm There is dif-
ferences of opinion about a great many
questions. but all now agree that 1t is
necessary to keep intelligent men on
farms; encourage immigrants 10 take UP.
land Instead OF peddiing as a means
OF livelihood: to improve agricultural
nd intt nj
stations and experiments calculated 10
diversity crops, to raise the yield per
acre. to give us greater and greater
abundance.
And thus the views expressed by the
great empire builder Brigham Young.
and the Pioneers who took UP the
white mans burden under his leader
ships in these valleys. are vindicated
At time. when the gold fever was
raging on the western coast they en-
phaszed tho necessity of giving atten-
tion to agriculture as the basis of pros
pcrity. and to engage in home manu-
facture The people here were taught
TO till the earth and to store up grain,
since tho precious metals could not be
eaten. nor purchase provisions in times
OF scarcity and famine. They were
aware OF the mineral riches stored
IN the mountains. and they looked for
ward to a time when the hidden treas
ures would be brought to light by the
prospector and the miner, but they
taught the people to produce the neces-
saries of life flrat That common sense
doctrine is now being preached all over
the country. High prices. which Sen
ator Elkins says threaten to injure our
civilization. arc duo, partly to the over
production OF gold and the neglect Of
the farm Brigham Young taught
fifty years ago. or more, that II m,n,ns
were engaged In to the neglect OF agri
culture. the conditions now confront,n,
US would arise. Our present day states
men and pubiicists are now beelnn,n
70 see that he was right.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11

so very far behind the rest OF mankind
as their sccIusion would seem TO lndl-
cate. The Russian Academy of Medi
cine. II Is said has recently examined
n Tibetan Handbook of Medicine"
published 1000 years ago. and this
volume. II Is asserted, contains some
remarkable evidences OF scientific re-
number of bones In the human body.
as 500; number of nerves, 80; number
of pores, 100000 The heart" 1t says.
''is the king OF the organs and the STAFF
OF life. The lungs embrace 1t not un-
like n mother would a child. Illnesses.
It says. ''are due to mans malice. iG-
norance and inability to curb the pas
slons. for these things Interfere with
the proper noui1shmont of the human
organs. All unklnd thought reacts upon
the heart and liver" and there may be
more truth in this than Is generally ad-
mitted. Methods of ascertalnlng the
condition of a persons health are very
much like those that are used In other
parts of the world-fceling OF the pulse
and looking at the tongue, taking the
temperature, etc In those days the
law imposed fines upon surgeons and
physicians who did not keep their In
struments clean. Vegetable medicines
were advocated, also the bath. COM
presses. massage. etc.
Explorations In Tibet and other parts
of Asia unfold to the world new posi-
bilItics of the future And in thcse
this country Is interested. for the way
to the millions of eastern Asia goes
from our western shores. across the
Pacific.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-11
CONCERNING TIBET.

Tibet is one of the last countries of
tho world to. open Its gates to tho rest
of mankind. 1t Is. practically. un-
known 1t has always been "the for
hidden land" Through the efforts OF
tho Swedish explorer. Sven Hcd.n
some knowledge OF 1t has been obtuin-
ed. He has visited the metropolis Of
the country and seen the Grand Lamn.
tho spiritual and temporal ruler of the
people. And he describes him as an
amiable youth. calm. refined. and alert
OF mind II 90. Tibet, once opened to
civilization. should advance rapidly.