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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-08-19
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For Infants and Children.
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Mr.. Scott q. Ramtr and family left
here on Midday afternoon for West
m mister, Md, where he has leased
hoe hotel, the Westminster, and
which he will run beginning on Aug
ust II, Mr.. Kramer IS a fine hotel
man and very popular as host. HIS
many friends wish him AID his wei!
in their new home.
County road err .ineer, w. Woods
Is having the Arden road worked and
it nee is it not little TIE road has
washed so bldlF that i has hccom e
very bad from tn. summer rains. lie
has been plCwng and grading the
road which will be correct if ne covers
the dirt with crushed stone. If the
mud is not covered with stone the road
will be wore than it was before the
road was macad9mize
The rains during the early part of
the summer have been partial TO GER
tain sections of the county. In the Vi
entity Of Martinsburg and to the south
west the seas N has been very good
and the corn crop is very good but in
some sections of the county the wealth
eF has been very dry and the corn has
suffered very much. This is especially
true OF the Falling Waters neighbor-
hood where some of the farmers say
they will have but little corn.
On last Sunday night Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac d Vanmetre while going to
Their home in their autom obile, ran
Their machine into the machine OF
Mr., Harry Seibert which the owner
mad left standing by the road side
while he went to farm house to tele-
phone to town for help, his machine
having broken down. Mrs. Vanmetre
was thrown from the machine and
sustained some serious bruises but MIR.
NShmetre escaped without injury.
seth machines were badly broken.
help soon reached them, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fsnmetre were taken home and after
MI selbert and his companion were
brought to town.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-08-19

Read Guy H. McKee's al next. 1t
will be " orth while.
Mr. Hosmer Beller has accepted a
clerical position with The VirgiHias
Fruit Exchange.
mr. r. l.. smith and family have
heen spending the Home Coming week
in Berkeey Springs.
MIR. ID. Sherrard, the Gerardtown
,oorcbant went to Baltimor last Mon
day to buy new goods
Mr.. W. \. Lemen, of Shepherds
town. was in Martinsburg last Sun
dav to see his new granddaughter.
Mrs E las Emmert, of Hagerstown
and her daughter, Mrs. DR. McMurry,
Of Pjttsburg, have been visiting
friends in this city during the past
week.
There have been good many peo-
nile going to Berkeley springs this
week attending the home coming.
The old town has been i'll gala attire
and the many visitors have been hay
ing most enjoyable time.
JR. Clifford, the eolered lawyer and
editor, of this place was before Squire
Lemen last week on The charge of rid
ino friegl train on the B. Il o. h.
r without ticket or pass. He was
fined S ) but asked that the fine be
made S 10 SO be could appeal. The
request was granted.
The family of Mr.. Howard Callehan
has received word of his being serious
ly Injured at South Bend, Indiana,
where he has been employed for sew
eral months. 1t seems that he fell
from merry -go-round and struck his
head against pile of lumber causing
fracture of the skull.
We are are in receipt of copy OF the
apnual catalogue of the Morgan S
Grove Agricultural fair and horse show
The fair will take place this year on
September g., I, s and 8. The manage
ment of the fair have been industrious
ly building up The fair and it will
doubtless be larger and brighter than
ever before,
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-08-19
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.

BERKELEY COUNTY, ". VA
E. D. GARDNER, LATE SHERIFF OF BERKELEY COUNTY W. VA
IN ACCOUNT WITH
THE COUNTY COURT OF SAID COUNTY
DIR soa- ne
June 80 To on Dos
BY rebates
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1910-08-19

Read Guy H. MeKee's al next. II
will be orth while.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09
ROAD and FART
IMPROVEMENT
FARM NOTES.

A 80 roaA = . royal highway.
Lettuce viii stand q great deal q
cool weather.
Better small garden well ulsed
than . lasss one neglected s.@
Always use fresh horse manure in
the hot Bed and welLyotted manure In
the soil
Owning a manure-spreader stimu-
lates us to get the manure out as fast
as made. '
Lima beans may be planted along
the fence and the garden fence utilized
as trellis.
The more thoroughly the soil is
broken up, the more the plant TODD is
made available.
A plot. of ground 4Ox6O feet will sup.
ply a family Of five or six with all the
vegetables they can eat.
Wornout. exhausted soil may pro
duce grass better than other crops,
but It will not produce real good
crop Of anything.
Washing the horses shoulders with
0SAOAb AAA~ V~l0 ~ AOO1 AAA0 -
night. when working VIII I'D nsate.
rally IN preventing gals.
Psppsss are very valuable fer 80.
soning and should have . plaoe IN
the garden. A pepper plaat vttA l1se
ripe Ie1s = also quito osaAznsohaL
Pansias 40 very attractive aaA e.
ford uuch pleasure whea prsDssty
cared for. Make the pA1sy bed IN
rich, Asap soil IN cool protected
plaas. a@ t
Celssy u not fully appreciated By
many of our gardener It Il a de.
ucious and wholesome; vegetable and
should not be left OF the list of gar.
den plants.
Cucumbers require warm. rich soil
and plenty of moisture. A few hills
we'll fortified with barnyard manure
and watered occasionally will yield as
much as large family can use.
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EDeELEY suB.sTATIoN REPORT:

r. The seventh annual report OF the
Fdgeley Sub-Experiment Station has
Just been issued. It gives much in
formation that Is Of special value to
9 large portion Of the state of which
the conditions at Edgeley are char
acteristic. 1t opens up With general
discussion concerning buildings and
equipment. 1t then takes up the sub
jet Of fruit growing. OF apples, they
are placed in the following order as
to hardness: Hibernal, Patterns.
Greening, Lyman Prolific, Wealthy,
Virginia Crab, Transcendent, etc. OF
plums. the hardest are the Coole and
DeSoto, and others are mentioned.
Cherries have not proved hardy. OF
currents, the following have done
well: Improved Red, Red and White
Dutch, Fay's Prolific, White Grape.
Red Cross and few others. OF
Gooseberries, the Champion, Down
ing, Red Jacket, Houghton, Carrie
and Pearl have proved hardy and
productive. - &c."
Experiments have been carried on
with shade trees. Trials have been
made with planting southern grown
nursery stock IN comparison with
northern grown with the result that
the southern. grown practically all
killed out while the hardy northern
stock has given excellent satisfaction.
The trees that have done best are
also mentioned.
"A great many of the grains were
experimental with, and they were all
sown on land that had been in corn
the year previous. OF the "a var
iettes of wheat experimental with the
Durum wheat, Pererodka gave a yield
Of 30.3 bushels. The highest yield
ing Fife was Powers Selected with
yield of twenty-one bushels. Amer
lean Blue Stem yielded 200 bushels
In the seven year trial with wheat,
the Arnautka gave an average Of
1926; Rystrings Fife 1876. The
statement is also made that the Ar
nautka strain of Durum wheat yields
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Ouack Grass Erad.
ication in July.
A. c. Army, Assistant in Aarl.
culture, Minnesota Expert
ment Station,
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July is.a good time to start the Grad
ication Of quack grass il nothing has
been done previous to that time. If
the eradication operations have been
started before, July is good time to
continue, as the hot weather during
this and the following months makes
the work particularly effective. &
The Eradication Of Quack Grass on
Old Sod. If the grass has not been
pastured off, NOV the grass for hay.
About July l the seed is not sufficiently
mature to grow. Hence, there is no
danger of spreading by scattering seed
in feeding farm animals. 1t is not
we'll to take chances on cutting quack
grass for hay after the middle of July.
The seed at that time may be suffi-
GENTLY mature to grow, if scattered
about by handling the hay. 1t NAY al
so pass through the digestive systems
of farm animals to which the hay is
fed and grow on the field to which the
manure from the animals is applied.
Quack grass il cut in blossom makes a
fair sort of hay. The object in re-
moving the hay is to be able to do q
better job of blowing. When the tall
grass is turned under. there Is some
difficulty in doing a good job; and.
even II good job Of blowing can be
done. when the land is plowed again
there 10 50 much partly decayed straw
In the soil that the plow does not work
well. After the hay is removed, one
az the following methods may be pur-
sued. The only difference in the two
methods is in the depth and number
e times plowed. First-Plow as deep
AZ posstble-seven or eight inches in
ordinary land is none too deep-using
sharp pillow with jointer attached
to aid in turning the grass under COM
pletely. Disc Immediately after plow-
ing in the same direction as the fur
rows, running the disc shallow. The
idea in eradicating quack grass by this
method is to bury it, and by continual
ly keeping layer of fine, dry earth
on top, to smother the whole plant out.
Hence, the harrow should not be used
to bring the plants to the surface or
near it where, under>the proper condi-
tions for growtn-light, heat and
moisture-the plants will start to
grow vigorously. The discing should
be repeated once each week or oftener
If necessary to keep the quack grass
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09
Canada Thistle
a Serious Pest
Andrew Boss, Minnesota Exper-
iment Station.

10 I. i + + 1. {. e + + + !. + I.
The Canada thistle has been spread
Ing rapidly in Minnesota during the
past two or three years and 10 becon1r
lag a serious pest. It grows persistent
" and vigorously and crowds the grain
stUps badly where allowed 70 survive.
The sharp spines on the leaves are
exceedingly annoying in harvesting
the grain and are equally offensive to
animals at work or in pasture.
Identification. The Canada thistle is
perennial weed with deep root stalks
which spread rapidly in all directions.
The stems are erect and from two to
four feet high. The leaves are deeply
notched, armed with numerous sharp
spines and somewhat downy on the
under SIDE The blossoms are small
and vary in color from pale purple to
nearly white.
Method Of Spreading. This thistle
spreads by seeds and from the root
stocks. The seeds are carried In grass
and clover seeds and seed grain, BY
the wind and by farm machinery. The
root stocks are dragged about the
fields by farm implements and new
spots often infected from this source.
Eradication. When fields are only
slightly infested with thistles they
may be destroyed by cutting the plants
of with a spade deeply beneath the
surface of the ground every time they
appear. This requires constant watch.
fulness throughout the entire growing
season and must be kept up for num-
Der of years. Where large field is
badly infested the most practical
method of eradication. will be to bare
fallow the land. The thistles should
be plowed under deeply early in the
summer before they come into BIOS
som. The land should then be worked
frequently enough with surface slic-
ing implement such as disc or Acme
harrow to prevent any of the plants
appearing above ground. The cultiva-
ton must be kept up until late in the
fall. as the Canada thistle is very
persistent grower If cultivated crop
can follow the next year the eradica-
ton will be more sure.
NJ Thistles seldom trouble much where
short crop rotations are practiced. A
three-year rotation Of grain, clover
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09
REPORTS AND BULLETINS.

The second annual report OF the
Dickinson Satisfaction is just out. 1t
gives the results of the past years
work. OF the 10 varieties of wheat
tried out, the Durum wheat, Kubanka
No. yielded 42.5 bushels per acre;
OF the Flies, Rystrings yielded 1874;
of the Blue Stems 300 was the high
est yield. OF the rs varieties of oats,
Early Mountain gave a yield of SS.5
bushels. OF the 20 varieties OF pota-
toes, Early Bird gave yield Of s34.5
bushels. There were also experiments
with barley, rye, alfalfa, root crops,
and soil moisture conservation work.
The first annual report OF the Lang
don Substitution has also been issued.
1t Is largely an outline OF the work
that has been started and is now
being carried on.
Food Bulletin No. % gives analy-
ses of number of foods, has an ar.
1ticle on adulterating turpentine, and
takes up a discussion of the bleached
!, flour controversy.
These reports can all be had free
from the Agricultural college at
Fargo.
The fourth biennial report of the
state Agricultural and Geological sur
vey is just issued. 1t gives maps Of
all the soil surveys THAT have been
made within the state, and also BIZ
illogical survey of the state. The re-
port can be had by sending ten cents
to the Agricultural college at Fargo
to defray postage.
w. G. PALMER,
Agricultural Editor.
Department Of College Extension,
Agricultural College, N. D.
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highest and also that it has been
more rust resistant than any other
Durum wheat and much more so than
Fife am Blue Stem.
Thirty-seven varieties OF oats were
tried. OF these No. GIT and the Sixty
Day each yielded 65.9. In the seven
year test heSiberian White gave
yield of 55.11 bushels.
Thirty-seven varieties of barley
were tried. OF these the MARRIOTT
yielded 1872; the Gai-to-mi 1913; Black
Hulless 36.7 bushels; White Hulless
81, and Bcehms Hulless BOT.
OF potatoes Rose Of the North
yielded 1898, Maules Commercial
1859. In the five year test the
Daughter of Rose gave yield Of 1889
and Rose of the North 1857.
OF winter rye No. 1884 gave a
yield of 2S.2 bushels.
OF corn, Mercer Flint and N. w.
Dent each gave a yield Of 2S.S bush
els.
OF the millets, the Red Voronezh
gave yield of % tons per acre.
In an experient 'as to the best
amount of seed to SOW, 1t was found
that the best yield of Durum wheat
was secured when nine pecks are
sown per acre. OF the Fife wheat,
two bushels; OF oats, eight, ten and
eleven pecks gave the same yield; OF
barley, six pecks.
The Grimm alfalfa proved the hard
lest.
This work was conducted by o. A.
Thompson, assisted by Clarence Plath
of the United States Department OF
Agriculture under the direction OF
Dean ]. H. shepperd and in co-opera-
ton with the United States depart
ment Of Agriculture. This bulletin
can be secured from the Agriculture
al college at Fargo.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09

A Canada thistle just coming into bios.
som. Note the strength Of the root
stock and the frequency with which
stems are thrown up. These root
stocks have been known to extend
ten to twelve feet from the parent
plant in a single season.
and cultivated crops will effectually
check the spread Of the thistle and in
time with good cultivation eradicate
it. Where the thistles are bad the
clover should be heavily seeded and
piowed in July or August after the
hrst crop has been cut for hay. Ere
Quent cultivation during the fall and
hand hoeing the affected spots in the
cultivated crops the following year will
soon exhaust the thistles. "a.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09

from showing green above ground.
The ground should be fall plowed just
before freezing up time. The second
method is much the same as the first,
except that the blowing is done shall
lower. The first blowing should be
about four inches deep, but all the
grass should be carefully turned UNI
der. The discing Is continued until
about Aug. IL, when the ground is re-
plowed in the same direction as be-
fore, but about one inch deeper. The
discing should be continued after the
second blowing. II the directions as
outlined are, followed carefully and per-
sistently through one season, from
July to November. the quack grass
viii be killed in an ordinary season.,
ana the ground viii be left in good
condition to produce . good crop Of
corn Of potatoes the next season. The
object in. planting . cultivated crop
The next season II to- get any stray
plants that may be left over, but plots
treated in this way near University
farm, 81. Anthony Park, MINI, have
absolutely no living quack grass left
on them. However, to make sure.
these plots have been planted to corn
this season and are subject to inspec-
ton at any time.
Eradicate ouaek on Medium Area
Each Year. 1t is not good plan to
attempt to eradicate all the Quack on
IN eighty or 160-acre farm in one sea-
son if the whole farm Is pretty well
infested. All the time and energy the
farmer has to devote to quack grass
eradication should be devoted to an
area OF such size-say twenty acres
more or less-that the eradication may
be entirely complete. The idea should
be held In mind that careless cultiva-
ton at frequent intervals, or one thor
ough cultivation at long, or irregular
intervals, usually helps the Quack
along by giving it q chance to make
more vigorous growth. Thorough
work, intelligently carried out ct the
hight times. should be the plan.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09
Average oat Yl.lu..

According to the Crop Reporter, t.
sued by the United States department
Of agriculture. the average oat yields
per acre for ten years were a. fol-
lows: Russia, 1874 bushels; France,
ISL: Austria, 2S.0; United States.
30.3; United Kingdom Of Great Brit
ain and ireland, AT. and Germany.
as. The three great crops Of wheat
last year were: United States, 807.-
$4,000 bushels; Germany, 530,131 900
Oushels, and Russia. S34.502, 900 bush.
~. The worlds crop was 3.560,61
90 bushels. and In excess Of either
corn q wheat
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09

John H. Lewis left Tuesday for Bos-
ton, Mass, where he will meet his
wife and babies, who will return
home with him. Mr.. Lewis will stop
in New York city on his way there
to confer with the Secretary of An
drew Carnegie, in an effort to secure
a larger donation for Minot's new II
brary
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09
Great Benefit to Soil.

Where clover has been grown
throughout the state, crops rotated,
live stock kept and farm manure used
on the soil, experiments at the Min.
lesota Experiment Station and num-
her Of farms where record Of expert
ments have been kept show that an
equilibrium as to nitrogen, has been
maintained. In those cases the min
eral plant food has been kept in q
SDlendid available condition. Under
guch conditions maximum crops have
t0on raised.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09

Department Of College Extension,
College, N. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09

A deputy sheriff went to Sawyer
Tuesday to arrest Fred Brockel, on
the charge Of malicious mischief. The
fellow has been in trouble before.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09
HANDY LITTLE SEED MARKER
Important to Have Perfectly Straight
Lines in Garden to Save Ground
and for Appearance.

A little marker will be found very
useful in garden work. The mark.
ers. which should be In the form
Of sled runners. are placed u inches
apart In laying OF rows for small
plants six inches apart an extra set Of
lines can be run through the first.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-06-09

shd1ag % sidsvays, writes J. ~. ~
ia, 3 Homestead. Il q . fofward
dSak for an siGAtAoot binder, With
da1gsA wheels. and holds the drag O.
stsady, o. . grader. The side chains
ars fastened to laS1s ring, slippsA
Over the tongue.
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1t is important to have perfectly
straight lines for planting all garden
stuh in order to save ground to Say
nothing Of the good appearance at
the garden and this can be accom-.
plishad in no other way except by the
use OF . marker. In drawing the
first limo the ground should bs squared
up accurately and line drawn ct
one side as guide for the marker.
It Is q good plan to use q line for
all other marks as we'll a. setting It
exactly 10 inches from the last mark.
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-31
PERCIVAL A DESIRABLE
NAME IF IT'S LIKED
Time Came When Young Man
Was Proud of 1t

Percival didn't like his name. and
neither did Percivars father, but Per-
cival's mother had a say In the mat
ter and that ended 1t.
Percival wished, now that he was 90
years of age, and a rising young bank
clerk-or one who wanted to rise. at
least, that he had been named George
or Henry, these names being far more
dignif1ed and substantial as to sound,
saws the Galveston News.
Percivaps father wished that Percival
had been named Alexander Jr., but he
did not voice this aloud, and nobody at
the time Perciva1 had been named
seemed to think how appropriate it
would have been to have named Per-
cival Alexander Jr.
Thus things had rocked along for 20
years, during which Perciva1~haJ been
the butt and mockery of his fellows
He had been cured OF parting his hair
In the middle and OF smoking cigar
cites, and now, fairly sturdy youth,
he had almost reached mans estate
with this unhappy name hitched to him
He invariably signed his name p. c.
Roberts, or p. Clayton Roberts, and
encouraged people to call him by his
middle name or, failing In this, to at
least make It Up. c. His mother was
wroth at this ingratitude and frankly
said so. But Percival stuck to it. He
would have no Percival in his He
went further and secretly encouraged
intimate friends to call him Sandy
The San Francisco call., 1910-10-31
GOES FROM COAST
TO COAST TWICE
VOiney E. Davis Makes Record
Breaking Trip on Indian
Machine

After a record breaking trip twice
across the continent on an Indian
motorcycle volney E. Davis reached
San Francisco yesterday. His journey
consumed more than four months and
a total distance of 10.400 miles.
Davis, former vice president of the
Motorcycle club, left here for New
York June 10. BY easy stages he
travelled through Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas. Oklahoma. Kansas. Missouri,
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. Pennsylvania
and New York
JohniSorenson. who challenged Davis
to I0eke his ride, accompanied him
as far as Dallas, Tex Through the
Yuma desert they encountered sand
storms and terrific heat 1t became
necessary to moisten their mouths
every few minutes from the canteens.
Many miles the plucky riders bumped
railroad ties, while Davis, in taking a
short cut across the shore of Salton
sea, punctured his tires.
Desert conditions extended to Texas.
Here heavy rains converted the soil
into impossible black mud. Davis
went to Chicago alone. When he got
there he had ridden over rough sur
face for 1900 miles.
June 20 Davis entered New York,
having made the longest continuous
journey of any motorcycle rider. His
motor did not skip a stroke in the
whole trip.
The return home was made easier
by favorable weather. Instead of GO
ing back through the desert, he fol-
lowed the Union Pacific. Davis set
out from New York September 6. He
finished in good physical condition.
Davis freely admits it ~would take
strong Inducements to persuade him
to undertake a similar trip. Misera Bile
roads, frequently no road at all, the
thirst of the deserts and burning heat
are obstacles that require much
strength. endurance and grim deter
uinatfOn