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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

manure and legumes, and all except
the Delta and prairie soils to nitrogen
in any available form.
When to Apply the Nitrogen.
On land that has grown a crop of
cowpeas or other legume recently, or
that has had an application of stable
manure and contains a fair amount of
humus, it is doubtful IL any nitrogen
should be put in with the crop in the
fall at the time of seeding Where
these conditions do not exist then
some nitrogen should be put in at
time Of seeding. In other words,
land which produces a good large
stalk of cotton or corn does not need
nitrogen in the oat and wheat fertil-
izer at the time Of planting. On all
other lands it will generally pay to-
use some nitrogen-containing fertil-
izer in the fall at seeding time. For
this fall application Of nitrogen we
would prefer cottonseed meal, tank
age. or dried blood in preference to
monia; but IL above so or rs pounds
OF cottonseed meal is used per acre
on wheat, it should be put In broad
cast before sowing the seed. That
il. larger quantities should not be
put in the drill with the seed because
of the injurious effects on the ger
mination OF the wheat.
A fair formula where nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash are de-
sired is. $50 pounds 16 per cent
acid phosphate; 500 pounds cotton
seed meal; $50 pounds kainit.
or this about 400 pounds should
be applied per acre. When no nitro
gen is desired, mixture of 200
pounds of acid phosphate and so
pounds OF kainit per acre may be
used, and II neither nitrogen or pot
ash is used about 200 pounds of 6
per cent acid phosphate will be about
right.
II II is thought that no nitrogen is
needed. but next March the wheat or
oats. when II begins to grow, shows
from lack OF vigorous growth or the
absence of a dark green color that
portions OF the field need nitrogen,
from rs pounds to $50 pounds of
nitrate of soda per acre may be APP
piled to those portions. The phos-
phoric acid and. il needed, the pot
ash. may be most economically put
down at the time of seeding in the
fall, for they do not leach out of the
soil as does the soluble nitrogen.
4 Comparison of Fertilizing Mate
rails.
The following comparisons will aid
in determining the quantity OF fertil-
izer materials to be used in case 1t
may be found necessary to use other
materials than those mentioned.
One pound of cottonseed meal (6.6
per cent nitrogen) contains about the
same amount of nitrogen as; .43
pound of nitrate of soda (15.5 per
cent nitrogen) .33 pound sulphate
of ammonia GO per cent nitrogen)
. pounds of cotton seed; .5 pound of
dried blood Q3 per cent nitrogen);
6 pound of tankage G1 per cent
nitrogen).
One pound of muriate of potash
contains about the same amount or
potash as: pound high grade sui
l. 10 n
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

better and more intelligent fertiliZa-
ton must follow. 1t will also be OBJ
served that better land is being given
TO the growing of oats, although the
disposition to save the best lands for
cotton and corn will no doubt con-
tinue as the general rule
The commercial fertilizers which
should be used will depend on the
needs of the soil, or In other words,
its type, or character, and condition.
The Need of Nitrogen.
Practically all soils throughout the
South yield better in response to tho
application of nitrogen in organic
form. Even the black Delta soils of
Mississippi and Louisiana and the
black prairie soils OF Mississippi and
Alabama. which do not respond to
applications of phosphoric acid or
potash. yield much more abundantly
as a result OF an application OF stable
manure or from the blowing under
OF crop OF cowpeas or other legume.
Even soils which contain large guam
titles OF nitrogen frequently respond
TO applications Of transforming
materials. But as n general propo-
sition. practically all Southern soils
are deficient in humus and the great
majority OF them are also deficient
In nitrogen. In fact. the productive
ness OF most Southern soils Is in d.
rect proportion to the amount of
humus they contain.
Where Potash Is Needed.
In vestera Alabama. Mississippi.
and louisiana there seems to be little
use for potash on any soils. In the
eastern States-Virginia. the Caro-
linas. Georgia and eastern Alabama,
there SENS TO be abundant potash in
most of the clay and clay-loam soils,
but for some reason. probably be-
cause IL is not in soluble form so the
plants can get II. moderate applica-
lions OF potash to these soils give
profitable returns. On the sandy
soils OF all our territory. except those
west OF central Alabama, potash Is
needed and should be freely used In
the commercial fertilizers.
Phosphoric Acid Generally Needed.
The areas throughout the South
which do not need phosphoric acid
In the fertilizer are comparatively
small. The black Delta soils OF Louis
lana and Alabama and the black.
lime. prairie soils of Mississippi and
Alabama are practically the only soils
In our territory that do not respond
to the application OF phosphoric acid.
These soils In the States named and
similar soils elsewhere, give practi-
cally no response TO either phosphor-
ic acid or potash. The sandy soils,
the red clay soils. the gray soils and
the brown loans all are deficient in
phosphoric acid.
No specific instructions can be
given for fertilizing oats and wheat.
that viii apply everywhere, but the
general facts we have given should
be kept in mind. In brief. they are:
That practically all soils east of west
ern Alabama need nitrogen. phos-
phoric acid and potash. but that more
potash Is needed on the sandy SOILS.
Possibly on the clay and loan soils
little potash will be needed II we
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10
$500 More a Year Farming: How to Get II
Where the Various Plant Foods Where to
Apply Them-Some Figures o for Reference
BY TAFT Butler.

wv H The greater attention Soils respond
wv pehg given TO the applications
growing OF oats and wheat
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
The Mexican Mosuuero,

The finest fly traps are not in 1t
with a little Mexican spider named
mosquero. Natives gather from oak
trees a branch covered with this spi-
der's nests and hang it up in the house.
The spiders begin on the flies by whole
sale. Mosquero nests are very tidy.
pretty and old maidish. A lot of tiny
beetles make their home therein with
the spiders. The beetles live ON fly
legs, the crumbs and scraps from the
mosquero's table. and pay for their bed
and board by keeping the web house
perfectly clean and refined. eating
everything and dropping no litter in
the Mexican professional gentleman's
house. Mrs. Mosquero is a very quiet,
orderly lady who never wanders from
her own fireside or strays from her
own back yard, but when fly calls
round she gets very busy with her
spider knives and saws.-New York
Press
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
Where History Reaan.

Describing a visit to the tombs Of
the Egyptian kings, Albert Bigelow
Paine in Harper's Weekly writes Of
"the splendid tomb of Amenophis H.,
Of the eighteenth dynasty, who lived
in the glory of Egypt, 1900 B. c..
warrior who slew seven Syrian chiefs
with his own hand. The top Of the
sarcophagus is removed and is replac-
ed by heavy plate glass. Just over the
sleeper's face there is a tiny electric
globe, and l believe one could never
tire Of standing there and looking at
that quiet visage, darkened by age, but
beautiful In its dignity, unmoved, I'M
disturbed by the storm and stress of
the fretful years. How long he has
been asleep! The Israelites were still
in bondage when he fell into that quiet
doze, and for their exodus century
or two later he did not care. Hector
and Achilles and Paris and the rest had
not yet battled on the plains Of Troy"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
SPEED OF WAVES.
Over Seventy eight Miles an Hour Has
Been Recorded.

Over Seventy eight Miles an Hour Has
Been Recorded.
Interesting facts about waves were
given by DR.. Vaughan Cornish In one
Of his lectures. In the north Atlantic,
he said. waves had been measured. the
largest Of which was somewhat more
than forty feet high, with a length
from crest to crest Of $50 feet. 1t was
In the southern Indian ocean that
waves attained their fullest develop
ment, and they had been measured
there with length of $50 feet.
In the Atlantic 1t had been found
that waves attained speed Of thirty.
eight miles an hour In wind of about
forty-four miles an hour. Speaking of
the swells In the waves that run free
ly on the surface Of the sea after the
wind has ceased. DR.. Cornish said that
during storm In December, 1893. he
recorded breakers near Bournemouth
which moved at sixty-seven miles an
hour and had length from crest to
crest Of 1000 feet. In February, 1899.
he observed breakers on the same
shore which had speed In deep wa
ter Of not less than seventy-eight and
a half miles an hour.-London Family
Herald
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
When KISSING Was Costly.

The case of the people against Muir
line. heard by the governor of New
Haven colony in council on May day.
1860, indicates the attitude toward un-
licensed kissing in those times. 1t ap-
peared that Jacob Murine and Sarah
TuttIe had been caught kissing each
other Jacob tried to throw the blame
on Sarah, saying he thought she had
with intent let fall her gloves" Sa-
rah denied the intent. Jacob then ad-
mitted that he "tooke her by the hand
and they both sat down upon chest,
but whether he kissed her or she
kissed him he knows not. for he new
er thought Of it since until Mr.. Ray
mond told him that he had not layde it
to heart as he ought" The stern gov
ernor, after duly lecturlng the guilty
parties on the enormity Of their Of
Tense. decreed that 1.-The sentence there
fore concerning them is that they shall
pay either of them a fine Of 20 shll-
lings to the colony"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13

other crimes. They are many enough
and black enough without my increas
ing them. They began by my being
mistaken for another man. and they
are 10 end on account of letter re.
Gently received from my mother. who
doesn't know what kind of life
have been leading. If die now she
may never know. If | am Jailed for a
term of years she will likely know, and
If | kill one of you men 1t will do me
no good. am not to be taken alive;
therefore would prefer that you
should shoot me down here as stand
Only ask you to finish me with one
shot. am known as John Murdoch.
That's not my name but my real name
no man In the state knows. I'm ready.
Fire at either my heart or my fore.
head and aim true"
AS stood there looking at this splen-
did specimen OF man calling on me
TO shoot him that his mother might
not know what he was realized
more fully than ever before that man
Is superior animal only In heredity
and influence. This man who had
been contemplate enough to rob de-
fenseless men and women could stand
up to be killed that he might save his
mother the distress of knowing that
the child she had borne and reared
was a robber. Whatever Of influence
for good he had received as a child
was telling now In trumpet tones
Had luck not been against him doubt.
less this influence would have been
sufficient to make fine man of him.
You had better surrender" said
to him. AT any rate. wish you
would. I'm sheriff. but l don't like
the role Of eXecutioner."
mo. have made my peace. Sew
eral times since was wrongfully
made felon have exposed myself
that my career would be finished by
bullet. have no desire to live.
can't undo the past. | cant live re-
spectacle life. can't be comfort to
those who have loved me. You will
be doing me a favor to kill me. But
don't let your sympathies cause you to
bungle. You know how to shoot
straight. Put your bullet where 1t
will do the job at once"
l wished could turn the work over
to ellison. But 1t was my duty. not
his. 1t must be done, and In mercy
to the man I was to kill 1t should be
done at once. He was nerved to meet
his fate. and he would not wish to be
unnerved by delay. Then I summoned
my own nerve and did the job as a
surgeon plunges knife into a patient
swift and sure.
That was the last official act Of mine
as sheriff. sickened of the duties
and handed in my resignation with my
report of this killing.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
RUB THE OTHER EYE.
And Let the Ono In Which the Bit of
Cinder Lodges Alone.

Cinder Lodges Alone.
Nine persons out of every ten with
cinder or any other foreign sub
stance in the eye will instantly begin
to rub it with one hand while hunting
for q handkerchief with the other.
This is all wrong. The right way is
not to rub the eye with the cinder in
1t, but to rub the other as vigorously
as you like.
A few months ago l was riding on
the engine Of fast express. The en-
gineer threw open the front window
Of the cab. and caught cinder in
my eye, which gave me intense pain.
began to rub the eye desperately, when
the engineer called to me:
LET that eye alone and rub the 9th
err one"
Thinking he was chatting me, only
rubbed the harder
Il know the doctors think they know
1t all, but they don't, and If you will
let that eye alone and work on the
other one you will soon have the Gin
der out" shouted the engineer.
did as he directed and soon felt
the cinder down near the inner can
thus and made ready to take it out.
Let 1t alone and keep at the well
eye," again shouted the engineer.
l did so for minute longer, and
then. looking into a small glass the
engineer handed me, l saw the offender
on my cheek. l have tried it many
times since always with success.-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
THE WARM BREATH.
Why It Comes Out Cold Through Part
Iy Closed Lips.


Iy Closed Lips.
When one breathes out used air from
the lungs through the wide open
mouth the breath has the same tenn
perature as the body, 1856 degrees f..
and frequently on a cold day we warm
our fingers by breathing ON them. If.
however, we blow the breath vigor-
ously from the mouth the temperature
OF the breath appears to be much low
er than when breathed gently and with
open mouth and is decidedly cooling
In its effect, writes j. Gordon Ogden
in Popular Mechanics.
The latter fact is due to the well
known principle established by Lord
Kelvin, that compressed gas upon
expanding will absorb heat. The
breath, compressed by being forced to
pass through the small oritice made
by the puckered lips. Immediately ex.
pands upon being admitted to the out
er air and to do SO must take up heat.
This is also the Identical principle
involved in the manufacture of arti-
fetal ice. Ammonia gas is first COM
pressed into liquid and then liber-
ated into network Of tubes surround
ing large sheet iron boxes filed with
distilled water. The liquid ammonia.
set free at one end Of the pipe system,
begins at once to evaporate, and by
the time it has scampered through the
long iron tubes 1t has become gas. As
we have learned, to change liquid to
a gas requires heat. This heat is
taken from the iron piping. an excel
lent conductor. which in turn robs the
water of its heat, thus freezing it.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
A STORY or FORREST.
The Actors Encounter With an I'm.
pertinent Critic.

The Actors Encounter With an I'm.
pertinent Critic.
Many years ago Edwin Forrest, the
celebrated actor, when in New York,
was In the habit Of dining at Win
dust's, noted restaurant on Park
row that was a favorite resort Of ac-
tors and literary men. 1t usually hap
pened that Forrest would be Joined by
friends and that the little group would
sit together at one table. On one occa-
sion 1t CHANGED that an Englishman
with reputation for conceit and i'm
pertinence, who had scraped acquaint-
ance with the tragedian. was one of
the group.
Early In the course of the dinner The
Englishman began to make criticisms
which he considered pleasantries about
Forests conception of certain roles.
Encouraged by his own appreciation,
he gave full play to his humor and
concluded each Of his impertinences
with pardon my freedom. sir-it's my
way"
To the establishment Of all who knew
Forests irascible disposition be bore
the Briton's offensive remarks patient
ly and seemingly ignored them as far
as possible. When, however, the nuts
were brought In by the waiter he
took several cracked walnuts In his
hand and, walking over to the Briton's
place. jocularly snapped them sue
cesslvely In the face Of that individual,
lightly saying after each shot, Par.
don my freedom, sir--it's my way"
and snapped him out Of the restau.
rant.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
Khartum,


Khartum owes its existence to an
oriental form of treachery. When
Khedive Mohammed Ali invaded the
Sudan in 1920 he marched triumph
antly to Shendi. where his troops were
entertained at banquet by the sub
missive natives. But while the khe-
dives high officials were seated at the
feast they shared the fate of the
viands and were themselves reduced
to funeral baked meats. Full of fury,
the army fell on Shendi and demol-
ished 1t. Marching south. the invaders
reached the junction Of the Blue Nile
and White Nile. With the conquer
or's instinct they recognized that the
strip OF land. with Its few fishermen's
huts Of straw. formed ideal strategical
headquarters. so Ehartum finally grew
into the most sensitive part OF the
Sudan organism.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
TIE PASSING
OF MURDOCH
81 AINsWoRTH RHODES
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association.

4 hare taken my life in my hands, y
xaid the western sheriff, when there
was every chance against me. l have
shot down men In fight or when
Ind them on the run. but the hardest
Job ever had to do. the job against
which my sensibilities most revoIted.
was ID the killing Of John Murdoch.
desperate. Murdoch was far superior
TO the general run Of outlaws. don't
know what made him such. but al
ways fnncied he got started in by some
unfoftlnate circumstance. such as kill.
ing some enemy Illegally or being
wrongfuily accused Be this as 1t may.
be was physically a splendid specimen
OK d man, and always thought that
his distaste for the life he lived. to say
nothing Of his conscience. made him
choose at last speedy death In pref
erence to prison walls. But the true
cause be gave himself.
After train robbery In Texas by a
single masked man 1t was my duty to
follow Indications that he had left be-
hind him and 60 In search of him. A
man named ellison told me that In
passing through the chaparrals he had
picked up articles to indicate that the
robber had dropped them. There were
pieces Of torn letters and a gold chain.
/ felt sure from these finds that the
robber after leaving the train had
passed over this ground and that
could track him.
I started with ellison. each of us
being armed with pair Of revolvers
and Winchester. He took me to the
place where he had picked up the
chain and bits of letters. and we fol-
lowed the trail. 1t consisted of bent
grass through open ground and an oc.
casional bit of paper dropped by the
way. II seemed to me then and II
seems strange now that the man should
have been 50 careless. ellison seemed
10 know instinctively the direction
taken by the man we were following
and led the way. He simply agreed to
pilot me and forewarned me that he
would do no shooting to kill unless il
should be necessary in our defense
We Travelled about six miles when We
suddenly came upon man with his
back 10 us sorting out valuables. II
was evident be was the man we were
after We had proceeded so silently
that we had made no sound to indicate
our approach. We got within easy
shooting distance of him when we
stopped, and |. drawing bead on him
with my Winchester. shouted:
Hands up!"
The man turned. rose and stood erect
before us. He did not throw up his
hands. but folded his arms. While
turning he had seized revolver In
each hand. and they were now pointed
In opposite directions. sidewise. He
was six feet high and admirably pro-
portioned. he looked me in the eye
and said:
II don't wish to add murder to my
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13

"She seems to have abandoned her
moral suasion ideas relative to the
training of children"
"She has"
How did 1t happen"
We'll, l was largely instrumental in
bringing about the change. You see,
she has no children of her own, and I
grew weary Of her constant preaching
and theOrizing. so l loaned her our
Willie"
Loaned her your bOy?''
Precisely. She was to have him
week on her solemn promise to con-
fine herself entirely to moral suasion."
Did she keep her promise?"
She did, but at the expiration of
the week she came to me with tears
in her eyes and pleaded for permission
to whale him just Once."-New York
Mail.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
Ceilings and Ventilation.

Rooms with low ceilings or with
ceilings even with the window tops are
susceptible of more perfect ventilation
than those with high ceilings. In such
rooms the leakage at the windows,
which is constantly going on, keeps
the air In motion throughout the room,
whereas If the ceiling is higher only
the lower part of the mir is moved, and
an inverted lake of foul and hot air is
left floating in the space above the
window tops. This lake, under the
law of diffusion of gases, keeps active
y at work. fouling the fresh currents
circulating beneath It.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
Lovers of Sports.

The Anglo-Saxons love sport. No
matter in what part of the world they
are found the spirit is strong among
them. Wherever the restless Anglo
Saxon dominates the love of sport is
dominant. The Americans are-at
least the most Of misunderstanding Of
this virile race, and nowhere is the
love Of sport so much exhibited as in
this country. Our people are patrons
Of horse racing, of baseball. of golf. Of
football, Of all out of door sports as no
other people. The English are great
sportsmen. but not to the extent that
Americans are, for the reason that the
opportunities are greater here.-Nash-
vile American.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1910-05-13
Her Vocation

Professor" said Miss Skylight. II
want you to suggest course 10 life
for me. have thought of Journal
ISM
what are your natural inclina-
tions?'
"oh. my soul yearns and thr5bs and
pulsates with an ambition TO give the
world Ia life work hat snail Ue MAI ,-i
Gus in It's scope aud weirdly ebiiair,
ing 10 the vaslneSs of It's structural
beauty"
woman. you're born TO he NH.
liner"