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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1911-09-23

hope to succeed.
\ Bluegrass and Bermuda Lawn.
Here are some directions from a
recent bulletin of the South Caro-
lima Experiment Station telling how
to get a good lawn under some spe-
cial conditions of soil and location.
The first extract tells how to get a
stand of bluegrass on Bermuda
soda combination which makes an
almost all-the-year-round lawn.
"The Bermuda sod should be
turned in September with two
horse turning plOW and harrow
ed thoroughly in order to pull
verize all clods and make the
land as smooth as possible. The
manure and fertilizer should
then be applied and worked into
the soil with harrow. About
the 18th of October, the blue
grass should be soWn and lightly
rolled after raking or narrowing
in the seed. The Bermuda will
make no growth until the fol-
lowing spring which will afford
ample opportunity for the blue
grass to become well established
before the Bermuda starts to
grow.
"As Bermuda grass delights
in the sun, and the bluegrass in
the shade, or where it is par
TALLY protected from the sun,
these two grasses make a good
combination for permanent
lawn in a grove or where there
is an occasional large tree. The
bluegrass will predominant in
the more shaded portions Of the
lawn and the Bermuda in the
open, sunny places"
How to Get a Stand Of Bluegrass.
Here are some details about blue
grass where this grass alone is de-
sired:
Kentucky bluegrass thrives
best on a clayey or clayey loan
soil, yet when sown on sandy
lOdm SUI VIII SOOu Clay SuuSOll
and with a northern exposure,
it does we'll, provided the seed
are sown in the early fall. If
the seed are soWn in the spring,
the plants do not become we'll
established before the hot, dry
weather of summer, and fire.
quently by fall much of the
grass is dead. If the seed are
sown in the cary fall, the grass
will become well established be-
fore cold weather and will not
be injured by the freezes of
winter, or to any great extent
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1911-09-23
The Value of Bermuda.

SplSeQ bermuda, which is really n
splendid lawn grass:
where neither bluegrass nor
white clover can be grown sue
cessfully, Bermuda is one of the
very best grasses for a lawn
1t will thrive on almost any kind
OF soil or exposure, yet it does
best on land with a slight slope
to the south or east. In the
course of one year the Bermuda
will form a compact sod. The
roots should be planted either
in the spring or fall. They may
be scattered broadcast over the
land before plowing or may be
planted in rows about 2 feet
apart and by fall will have COW
cred the ground. The lawn
should be moved several times
during the summer or grazed in
order to keep down weeds that
would other wise shade the Ber-
muda and check its growth to
some extent. Bermuda is a per-
ennial and spreads rapidly from
long creeping and branching
stolons (runners). 1t does not
produce seed in the South and is
therefore generally propagated
by roots"
Begin Now for Next YEARS Seeding
The advice to SOW bluegrass in
the fall is probably good for most Of
the South; but we would rather SOW
in spring on we'll prepared soil than
in fall on poorly prepared In fact,
we believe that if your yard has had
no grass on it and is not very rich,
it will pay you to devote this winter
or even whole year, to getting 1t
ready before sowing any grass SEED
on it. Try this plan, for example:
PloW at once as deep as the tree
roots will let you. Put on lime at
rate of 1 900 pounds to the acre and
harrow in lightly. Sow rye and Grim
son clover as soon as possible. IL
you think your soil will do in the
spring, turn these down very early,
dress heavily with raw phosphate
rock, use 500 pounds to the acre OF
a mixture of equal parts acid phos-
phate and cottonseed meal, ii red
clay soil; of equal parts OF acid phos-
phate, cottonseed meal and KalnlI'
if sandy soil. If you have appheu
manure cut ont the cOttOnSeed meal
in either case. Top-dress with loO
pounds of nitrate of soda to the acre
as soon as the grass gets an lh'n
high, and begin using the lawn
mower as soon as the new groWth
from this application begins. IL you
doubt the fertility of your SOIL tuln
under your rye and clover, Apply
500 or 1000 pounds per acre %
ground phosphate rock and SO" ~
cowpeas. Cut them off in the IAN
prepare your soil and SOW your g l"9'
seed. In any case, SOW or 3 pounu9
per acre of white clover seeu Ju''
before you SOW the grass SEED.
This may seem like a lot OF tlou
BILE, but the expense for an oruln"-.
yard will be small; and a goou lat
is worth a dozen times what II co''''
You just must have pretty Id" - sd
go with that new coat of pant ai'a
those shrubs and shade trees VIZ
you get it, you'll scarcely kno" tnr
old home and you'll find 1t pre''l(
cd
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1911-09-23
NOW is THE TINE TO BEGIN ON THAT LAWN
How Make t-Extracts From Valuable South Carolina


AFlING lawn is such soil already in good shape
vi hard hope 0
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06
THE HIGH LINE CANAL
ABSOLUTELY NEEDED

The high line canal propo-
sition looks good TO us. We
have been in this valley for more
than twenty years and during all
those years we have been talking
high line canal, but at no time
have we ever got further than talk
but now we are getting down to
business having had the ultimatum
handed to us. And its well that the
department has limited the time,
otherwise, we would be tampering
with this matter in the same old
way. talking and accomplishing
nothing. We cannot afford to
pass the matter up again for to do
so means that kittitas will remain
high and drv until the crack of
doom. We must work as we have
never worked before. Every man
must be brought in line by thor
ough education on the merits of
the system. and every man in the
proposed district given a square
deal, and of course there is no dis
position of those in charge to do
otherwise than deal absolutely
square with all concerned. The
committee has so far done a host
of work and is entitled to the
thanks of the people and more too,
and we feel sure that the public
fully appreciates the value of all
service rendered. There must be
no-let-up now that we are on the
right track, we must keep everlast-
ingly at it and at it until the fond
est hope has been realized, water
for every tillable acre of land in
Kitttas valley. 1t means every
thing to El1ensburg and Kittitas
valley. 1t means that five years
hence Ellensburg will be city OF
SIS, 900 and Kittitas to our east and
Thorp to north will in five years
time each grow to Ellensburg S
present size.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06

is about two and one-half million
gallons per day, which is trifie I'M
der four cubic feet per second-a
mere drop in this underground
bucket.
However, should any unforeseen
contingency arise by which the sup
ply should be threatened, the site,
happily, is so located that at a small
cost filtering gal.eriDs could be SO
constructed that RE river water
could be drawn to til. pumps and in
the process perfectly filtered and
purified.
Therefore, considering all of the
attendant facts, l unhes itatingly en-
dorse the project as being the final.
most rational and economical solu-
ton of your water problem. 1t will
insure to your city a permanent,
ample, and pure saltwater supply,
the value OF which no intelligent
community can overestimate.
Yours respectfully,
J. c. RALSTON,
Consulting Engineer.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06
No. 27


The Sara -Kabbah people Of central
Africa adopt the hidcous fashion OF
wearing large wooden disks in the lips,
the one in the upper lip about three
inches in diameter and that in the
lower six inches. "These ornaments.
says Mr. Karl W. Kumm in From
Hausaland to Egypt" RESTRAIN the
wearers from prolonged conversation.
One of the chiefs. when | asked him
the reason why they disfgured their
women. informed me that their fore
fathers had developed this habit in
order that the women might exercise
no attractions for the Moslem slave
raiders"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06
K1TTrrAs COUNTY, WASH, july 6, 1911
IRRIGATION IN
OLD K|TT|TAS

In view of the splendid results
from irrigation in Kittitas county,
it is not surprising that the Ellens-
burg mass meeting to procure an
election creating a new irrigation
district was widely enthusiastic.
The proposed district will he
created for the construction of the
high line canal to cover over 90, 600
acres of the Kittitas valley; most
of it lying near to Ellensburg, the
prosperous and thriving county
seat.
The promoters of the project;
and they are for the most part pco-
pie of I;llensburg who have seen
what irrigation has accomplished
near them; estimate that the canal
can be built for a cost of about IS, =
500, 900, not to exceed $40 an acre
To an eastern man the idea of a
few hundred farmers undertaking
a three and a half million dollar
engineering undertaking probably
may seem preposterous; but that is
one of the differences between the
methods of East and West, and it
is by the general adoption of such
methods. and not by difference
in soil fertility. that the West has
thriven and prospered so nightly.
The people Of Kittitas county
will make no mistake if they pro-
coed to election to create the new
irrigated district. 1t will be very
short time before the community,
by reason of increase in population
and in receipt of taxes. will absorb
the expense. The land is as good
as gold. and as good to own. Sc
attic Post lntelligenCer.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06

Hay stacks are looming up all
over the country and will soon be
as thick as fleas on a hog bed.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06

Hay stacks are looming up all
over the country and will soon be
as thick as heas on hog bed.
Look over J. P. Flynn's ad in
this issue. 1t will pay you to visit
his store and inspect his stock.
How about that typewriter?
Have you ever tried the Oliver No.
5? 1t has got all other makes
skinned a mile and then some
r. A. Turner is the exclusive
agent for Kittitas county. See
him before buying a machine.
There is no gambling like poll
tics, observed Lord Beaconsheld.
And this from statesman who, in
his day, held a full hand, politi-
cally.
Those who have made speci al
study of geological periods can APP.
preciate the length of time it takes
to originate and push to final de-
cision test case in the federal
courts of this country.
c.. E. Gamer of Spokane. is a
guest of his brother, Prof. T. J..
Gamer, and wife this week.
Mrs. Peck of Minnesota, is a
guest of her son, George Peck, for
a season.
Mrs. Frank Hicks OF Gle E,lum,
is guest of her mother, Mrs.
John Vanderburg, this week.
The song of the mower is heard
on all sides now and the farmers
are as busy as bees.
Born: In this city, Sunday, July
2, to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hanil-
ton, son.
Mrs. NJ. A. Wood left few
DAYS since for her old home in
Iowa, but before her return home
she will make an extensive visit
down through California, visiting
many places of interest in that
state.
Mrs. Maude Prior and son, Mil
ton, returned from Tacoma few
DAYS since where they went to Sc
cure medical treatment for Milton,
who has been indisposed since
Christmas. He is reported some
what improved.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06
Warnirq a Serpent.

Down in Bermuda Mark Twain
made speech about snakes to Il
group of little girls The speech was
great. The only trouble was that the
little girls could not appreciate it. 1t
flew over their heads. This was the
humorist's conclusion:
Never warm a serpent in your bos-
ON 1t is far easier to warm it by
placing II under the pillow Of an init
mate friend. Harpers Weekly
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06
Happiest Girl in Lincoln.

A Lincoln, Neb., girl writes, Il
had been ailing for some time with
chronic constipation and stomach
trouble. I began taking Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
and in three days l was able to be
up and got better right along.
am the proudest girl in Lincoln to
find such a good medicine. >" For
sale by Owl Drug Store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06
HoW's This?

Weoner One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarsh than cannot be cured by Hall )
Catarrh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY. s. CO., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned have dnown r. j. Che
ney for the last Is years, acd believe him per
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and are perfectly rble to carry out any obliga
lions made by his trm
WALDING. kINNAN & MARVIN
Whole u ale Druggists, Toledo, c
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally ,actins
directly upon the blood and mucous surface OF
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75(
per bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take Pals Family Pills for Constipation
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06

Right in your busiest season
when you have the least time to
spare you are most likely to take
diarrhoea and lose several days
time, unless you have Chamber
lain Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy at hand and take a dose
on the first appearance of the dis
ease. For sale by Owl Drug Store
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06
Reckiessness.

Wigwag seems frightfully
respondent He says he doesn't care
what happens to him. Henpeckke-
The first thing you know that fellow
will be going off and getting married.
philadelphia Record
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06
Bungalow.

The word bungalow is an Anglo
Indian version Of the Hindu bangla.
which primarily means Bengal. or Of
Bengal, and Is also applied to
matched hut.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06

For summer diarrhoea in chill
dren always give Chamberlain S
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea REM
edy and castor oil, and a speedy
cure is certain. For sale by Owl
Drug Store.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06
The
Editor

failed in an opportunity to shoot
off his bazoo. A host of citizens
1.-TWO mem called upon him and
asked him to forego all pleasure
and consent for just once, to in
fict a long suffering public with
one of his patriotic spells, but he
would not consent to do so, know
ing full we'll that there were lot
of cheap orators looking for job,
and who needed just such an OPP
portunity to divest their stomachs
of the surplus gas. Now, the Ed
itor is not in the 'thank-you-job-
business. - He's in the habit of
getting cold cash Che means cold
| hash) for his elastic brain shots,
and dislikes to compete with the
cheap orators, his experience hav-
ing proven conclusively to his
mind that it is degrading, not to
say demoralizing. Besides, hay
stubble orator is not 10 be compar-
ed with the cheap 2x4 frothy kind
that usually ascend the rostrum
and proceed to unload their mouths
of lot of big words that have TO
be chopped into dozen pieces be-
fore the average citizen can anatyze
and masticate them. He says they
remind him of some of the school
teachers. who try to leave the i'm
preston that they feast only on
Webster's dictionary, when as a
matter of fact they have never so
much as read one of Sandford's
little chirping poems.
The Editor in his younger days,
he's old and decrepit now of
course, used to take considerable
delight in telling what little he
knew. The vent hole of his head
was open most every hour in the
day whether he was alone or with
somebody, made little difference
to him, so far as talking went.
Many lofty and patriotic addresses
has he delivered to standing trees,
hogs, dogs, and panels of an old
rail fence as an audience. Per
haps you've done the same hing.
Talk is cheap but it takes money
to pay car fare and grub bills, so
the Editor now and here serves
notice on an unsuspectlng public
that hereafter he will refrain from
delivering public addresses on any
and all occasions unless there is
nice little wad of dough to follow,
he can afford to do otherwise, and
he dares any man to question his
patriotism, which he says is more
than skin deep. He's too good
to f1irt with the weary Willie tribe
or their ilk, let them be found
where they may. He's too proud
to work more than he law allows,
prefers talk to work anyday. and
in this respect, his kinsm en- are
legion.
If yon knew the editor as we do,
YOU would not wonder at his re-
firing disposition. Natur ally he
was born tired and never got rest
ed
Rumor has it that the chief rea-
son the cOuncilhad for annulling
Seymour gas franchise was that
it desired to have no competition.
Very nice of them to say the least,
and you may put your own con-
structlOn on the saying. Statistics
and science records that man is
composed of FIVE per cent of gas
and eight of solids. They say
that the Editor is largely composed
of gall, but he argues that gall is
one of the essentials and very nee
essary to his health, that it assists
digestion and keeps the cog wheels
of his think tank we'll fabricated.
He leaves us to infer that this
Councilmanic gas will not burn,
neither is it considered illaminat-
ing.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-06

Never leave home on journey
without bottle of Chamb erlain $
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy. 1t is almost certain to be
needed and cannot be obtained
when on board the cars or steam
ships. For sale by Owl Drug Store.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-02-17
Wit And Wisdom.

A girl is always sure her latest love is
the real thing
Many a woman finds life a burden be-
cause she is unable to carry her age we'll
All men are born honest, but it requires
constant practice to keep that way.
Man may want but little here below
but as a matter of fact he gets more than
he wants of the things he doesn't want.
Probably there is nothing more indus
trious than an idle rumor.
A man seldom gets to the front by going
back on his friends.
If woman can lose enough sleep at
parties to be SICK all day long she knows
she is having the best time in her life.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-02-17
LACK OF HORSES ALARMS THE
OFFYCERS

Army officers and Department of Agri-
culture experts are uneasy over the lack
of proper horses in the country for use of
the cavalry and artillery in case of war.
A comprehensive report on the subject
has been published by the Bureau of Ami
NAL Industry Of the War Department. 1t
appear that there is much trouble in find
ing suitable horses for the army in time Of
peace, to say nothing of the demands that
would be made in case of war of any
magnitude.
In this country now there are about 49,
100000 horses 1t would seem that out
of this number there would be an ample
number for the equipment of the cavalry
and for artillery and other army uses in
case of war, but in an article on breeding
horses for the United States Army, pre-
pared by Captain Casper H. Conrad Of
the Third Cavalry and published by the
Department of Agriculture. doubt is ex-
pressed on the subject. The army type is
said to be scarce and hard to obtain.
Captain Conrad recommends legislation
by the States generally to prevent the
breeding Of unsound horses.
In 1908 the government established the
system Of remount depots for the army
Under this system the Government buys
the horses young, at to years old and
after breaking them issues them to the
troops. This system has been found pref
cradle to purchasing the animals when
matured. But what the army officers want
and also the Department of Agriculture, is
a system of Government supervision OF
the breeding of horses for the army. Euro
pean countries have adopted this plan.
Chief George M. Rommel. of the Animal
Husbandry Division of the Bureau of Ami
mai Industry, has devised plan whereby
from 1000 to $500 well-bred animals
would be available for the army every
year. This would about supply the de-
mand in the time of peace.
1t is proposed to divide the country into
four districts and to rear Morgans, thor
oughbreds. standardbreds and saddlers. In
time the best type would be discovered
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-02-17
Friday Morning"....February II, 1911.
TIE HOUSE PASSES THE CANADA
TREATY.


The Canadian reciprocity bill passed the
House of Representatives by an overwhelm-
ing majority Of 1879 The vote stood 221
for and 80 against. All but five Demo-
crats-143-voted for it. 81 voted against
it and but 70 for it. Nearly twice as many
Democrats as Republicans voted for the
treaty proposed by Republican President.
The bill now goes to the Senate for final
action. Its position toward the measure
is problematic
President Taft speaking to the Middle
West farmers last week in defense of the
treaty, wanted to know why should the
farmer who raises corn demand protection
from Canada, which raises but six-tenths
Of one per cent. as much corn as the
United States and which purchases from
the United States 80 per cent. of the
amount consumed on its own farms Why
protect wheat, when we produce more
wheat than we consume, and must sell the
surplus at price fixed in Liverpool where
1t meets in competition the product Of
Canada and every other country that pro-
duces surplus above its own needs
When the surplus wheat from both coun-
tries is sent direct to the worlds markets
the Canadian wheat and the United States
wheat pay practically the same freight
rate. If the wheat of this country cannot
profitably meet the Canadian wheat in our
own markets, how can it meet it in the
outside markets
When the farmer sells his wheat to the
elevator people Of Chicago or Minneapolis
he gets the same price whether the wheat
is intended for home milling or for export
the price being that fixed in Liverpool
less the freight rate. If the Canadian
farmer brings his wheat to the same place,
he gets the same price-the value of his
wheat in Liverpool. less the freight rate.
The price to the domestic farmer is there
fore no more affected by the bringing of
Canadian wheat into this country than
by having to meet it after both are sent
abroad.
These are the plain, cOmmOn-sense facts
of the tariff question as it bears upon the
producers of corn and wheat. So long as
they produce a surplus that must seek
market abroad they cannot be affected in
the least by allowing the products of other
countries free entry into this.
The great benefit to be derived by the
American farmers from the adoption of
the reciprocity agreement with Canada
lies in the fact that it will open the market
of Canada to the product of the market
gardens, orchards and farms of the United
States.