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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
WORLDS YIELD
OF INDIAN CORN
Steady Spread and Development
of the Crop Has Been A9rt-
cultural Marvel OF
the Age.

The steady spread and development
been the agricultural marvel Of our
age. The corn of the Bible, the corn
OF Great Britain, is our wheat, not our
king crop" But all the world has
come to know and bless the generous
grain. Though upward of SO per cent
of the 3,500000.0 900 of the 1850 600, 900
bushels, which constitute the world s
yield, is grown in this country. Argen-
tina, Hungary and Italy. yet the cult.
walton of corn has been gradually diff
fused around the globe.
Next to our western hemisphere and
Europe the most important areas are
now planted in southern and south
eastern Asia. chiefly in British India.
French Indo-China and the Philip
pines. In 1910 the Philippine crop
amounted to 14,276,S46 bushels. The
culture Of corn is now general In AT
RIGA. 1t is the Egyptian fellah's stan
Of life. end is even produced for ex-
port In the Union of South Africa.
where the product Is known as inca,
lies" In Mexico the tortilla. prepared
from the grain, is the chief food of the
masses. Canada and Cuba raise corn.
and 1t is grown in a small way in
Australia and New Zealand. Save in
Ireland. 1t is rarely used as human
food throughout northern Europe.
Outside Of the United States the cul-
tivation of corn is most extensive in
southern Europe-centralized in a
group OF states comprising Africa,
Hungary, Roumania, the Balkan states
and Bessarabia. in southwest Russia
where the production ranges from
5Oo.OO0.O00 to 600.0OO.OOO bushels an.
nually.
Corn is not only our king crop. it is
also an uncertain and variable one.
Last year. for instance. there was a
great decline in the world yield. The
aggregate product of the four leading
countries was more than $4,000, 000
bushels less than the crop of 1910
and 200,000.00 bushels short OF the
returns for 1909. The yield in 1911 in
the United States was about 355, 900.
900 bushels and In Argentina about
las. 100000 bushels less than in 1910
There were relative shortages In
Hungary and Italy.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
RED CLOVER IS CORNERSTONE
OF AGRICULTURE In SECTIONS
Constitutes OneEghth Of
Cultivated Lands Most Successful In
Central Eastern and Western
Utilized Hay and Pasture.

Red clover seed may be poor and
undesirable from several points of
view Such seed Is constantly being
sold to farmers and should be recog-
nized and rejected. ii may be poorly
developed. many seeds being shriveled
and dull brown In color Such seeds
will not produce plants. Often red
clover is adulterated by the use of yell
low trefoil, dead clover seed, cheap
imported seed or weedy screenings.
Each Of these constituents reduces the
stand OF healthy plants and makes the
purchaser pay for what he does not
get. transportation included. He Is
likely to get an undesired crop OF
weeds. some of which may become a
decided menace to his locality.
Some of the weed seeds appearing
in red clover seed can be removed by
the farmer by the use of a wire-cloth
sieve containing 20 meshes to the
linear inch Most of the clover seeds
Of medium size are held back by such
a sieve and practically all the smaller
weed seeds pass through. The true
clover dodder, which is a very noxious
pest In clover fields, is quite effective
ly removed in this way. Most of the
seeds of the field dodder are also re-
moved. Seed or buckhorn, wild car
rot. wild chicory, thistles, and others
of similar size are mostly held back
by the sieve. The small-grained clover
seed imported from Europe largely
passes through such a sieve An easy
method of separating buckhorn seed
from clover has been devised This
method consists of mixing with the
seed containing the buckhern thor
oughly wetted sawdust The buck.
horn seed becomes sticky on being wet
and readily attaches itself to the saw
dust. The entire mass is then imme-
diately screened, when the larger par
ticles If sawdust, with the buckhorn
attached. are readily separated from
the clover seed This work should be
done Immediately before sowing the
clover seed, which, with the small
particles of sawdust that pass the
screen. need to be dried only suffi-
GENTLY to enable the seeding to take
place readily. This is an effective
means of removing practically all
buckhorn seeds and is easily accom-
plished by the farmer who handles a
comparatively small quantity of seed
which is not necessarily bulked i'm
mediately afr the somewhat damp
seed he's been screened out.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Strike Is Threatened.

Chicago-Representatives of the In
ternationaf Union of Shop Employees
on all railroads running west of Chi
cago have addressed a joint letter to
W. A. Garrett, chairman of the Gene
raj Managers association, asking for
a conference to present certain de-
mands. In the event that a confer
ence is denied, the officers have been
authorized to c-der general strike.
At a conference in st. Louis June
24-25, the recent vote taken among
the shopmen on the Western railroads
was canvassed by the international off
GERS. and showed an overwhelming
majority in favor of strike, unless
immediate settlement is reached on
the Illinois Central and Hartman
lines. where the shopmen have been
on strike for nine months.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
GREAT POWER OF THE LION
Only When Seen In tho Wilderness
Can One Realize What Great
Beast He Is.

"A very large lion | killed stood
three feet and nine inches at the
withers and of course ried his
head higher than that" writes Stewart
Edward White In the American Maya
zine. THE top of the table at which
sit is only two feet three inches
from the floor. Coming through the
door at my back that lions shoulder
would stand over q foot higher than
halfway up. Look at your own writ
Ing desk; your own door. Further
more, he was nine feet and eleven
inches In straight line from nose to
end OF tail, or over seven feet along
the contour of the back II he we're
to rise on his hind feet to strike a
man down he would stand somewhere
between seven and eight feet tall, de-
pending on how nearly he straight.
ened up.
He weighed Just under 600 pounds.
or as much as four well-grown speci-
mems Of our own mountain lion.
tell you this that you may realize, as
did not. the size to which a wild lion
grows. Either menagerie specimens
are stunted in growth or their position
and surroundings tend to belittle
them, for certainly until man sees
old Leo in the wilderness he has not
understood what a fine chap he is.
This tremendous weight Is sheer
strength. A lions carcass when the
skin is removed is really beautiful
sight The great muscles lie in ropes
and bands; the forearm thicker than
mans leg, the 1.-THE barrel banded
with Drawn; the TANKS overIaid by
the long. thick muscles.
And this power is instinct with the
nervous force Of a highly organized
being. The lion Is quick and intelli-
gent and purposeful so that he brings
to his intenser activities the concen-
tration Of vivid passion-whether OF
anger. OF hunger or of desire"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
JunoIe,s Low Comedian.

In the Worlds Work. Mr. Stewart
Edward White writes:
The wildebeest is the Jekill and
Hyde Of the animal kingdom. His
usual and familiar habit is that of a
heavy, sluggish animal. like our van
ished bison. He stands solid and in
ert. his head down; he plods slowly
forward in single file, his horns owing.
ing. each foot planted deliberately
In short he is the personification OF
dignity, solid responsibility, gravity OF
demeanor. But then all of sudden,
at any small interruption. he becomes
the giddiest Of created beings. Up
goes his head and tail; he buck jumps,
cavorts. gambols, kicks up his heels,
bounds stiff-legged. and generally per.
forms like an irresponsible infant. To
see whole herd at once OF these
grave and reverend seigneurs sudden
ly blow up into such light-headed ca
pers goes far to destroy ones faith
in the stability Of institutions"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
TalIors as Literary Men.

One does not look for literary mel
among tailors. but none the less the
trade can claim some Industrious
names. John Stow. the antiquary ant
author of the Survey of London" fol-
instance. began life as tailor, and an
other famous tailoring antiquary wa.
John Speed, one of our early maj
makers and member of the Society o
Antiquaries. And then there was Rob
ert Hill. the learned tailor" of Bir
mingham. who contrived to teach him
self Greek and Hebrew and becam,
famous as writer Of theological
treatises- And George Meredith wa.
born over the tailor's shop
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Peas and Tomatoes.

Where there is good market for
both peas and tomatoes these crops
may be grown together to good ad-
vantage. The peas should be planted
as soon as the ground can be prepared
and the tomatoes are set after danger
OF hard frost. which. in most sections
Of the north. will not be before the
fifteenth or twentieth Of May. II the
rows OF peas are four feet apart. two
or three pea plants must be removed
at the required distances In the rows
to make place for each tomato plant.
l. e.. If the tomato plants are to stand
four feet apart each way the pea
plants will be removed at intervals OF
four feet in the row. This plan has
been used with entire success in Penn
sylvania-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04

Seeds Of red clover and common I'm
ouritles: I, red clover; 2, trefoII; 8,
:uried dock; q, lady's thumb; 5, lambs
quarters; 6, wild mustard; 7, wild car
-ot; 8, cloved dodder; 9, field dodder;
10, rat-taiI plantain; II, buckhorn; IL,
,Iantaln; 10, ragweed; IA, Canada
thistle; is, wild chicory.
Ter If the ground is poor in humus.
Even where it is cut for hay and only
The roots and stubble turned under 1t
las marked influence in increasing
he yields of succeeding crops. 1t
makes an ideal hay for cattle and in
he clover sections should constitute
from one-half to two-thirds Of the
roughage ration of milk cows. Sheep
and young stock of all kinds make ex-
,ellent gains on either the pasture or
The hay. In addition to its usefulness
as a food for animals 1t has a most
important effect upon the land in
maintaining the supply of nitrogen in
the soil. BY means of the nitrogen
liking organism on its roots the red
clover plant is able to gather large
Quantities of nitrogen from the air
and leave 1t In the soil in form which
can readily be utilized for growing
crops. If not infrequently happens
that the yield of grain crop can be
doubled by the growing and blowing
under of a crop of clover.
The most serious problem at present
confronting the American farmer in
many of the clover sections is the in
creasing difficulty of successfully
maintaining stands of clover upon the
farm.
With continuous cropping and the
consequent depletion of the soil of
humus and plant food the difficulty of
growing red clover is greatly in
creased. This condition must be met
and solved, since the loss of clover or
its equivalent from the rotation leads
rapidly to rundown farm and I'M
profitable crop yield.
1t should be emphasized, however.
that the mere introduction OF red
clover into the farm rotation is not
n itself sufnclent procedure to main
lain indefinitely the productivity of
the farm. The clover plant adds only
the nitrates to the soil. and removes
large quantities of potash, phosphorus
and lime from the soil. especially
when cut for hay and the manure re-
sulting therefrom is not returned to
the land The increased supply OF
nitrogen may in fact stimulate the
soil to increase yields. temporarily,
only to leave it. after a few years, in
condition worse than If no clover
had been grown.
1t is important that considerable
care be taken in choosing the seed TO
be sown. II poor seed is used. the ex-
pected crop may be a partial or total
failure.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Tells of Trappinr parrow.

Los Angeles-Osca Lawler, special
government prosecutor in the so-called
dynamite conspiracy case. was the
man who arranged for the alleged
trapping" of Clarence S. barrow, by
means of secret telephone device.
So testified John R. Harrington on
cross-examination by the defense in
the Darrow jury bribery trial Wednes-
day. The brief session abounded in
sensational incidents, one of which
was bitter denunciation of the wit
ness by Chief Counsel Rogers, for the
defense
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
ESQ PLUNGED INTO RIVER.
Wharf CoIlapses With Excur.ionists--
Many Drowned.


Many Drowned.
Buffalo, N. Y.-Between 15 and 20
persons were drowned, and a number
injured when 50-foot wharf at Eagle
Park, Grand Island, Niagara river,
collapsed under the weight of $50 per-
sons, precipitating them into IL feet
of water. Eight bodies were recover
ed, of whom six were identified.
The excursionists were preparing to
return to Buffalo after an outing at
the park, and were on the wharf to
take the steamer when the under
pinning gave way. The outing was
under the auspices of the Court Am
herst lodge of Odd Fellows, of Black
Rock, and was for the benefit of sick
brothers.
The party left Buffalo on the steam
er Koeber and the barge Lottie Koe-
Der in tow. The first news of the ac-
cident REACHED this city when Mrs.
Miller, wife of the proprietor of no.
tel at Eagle Park, telephoned. The
telephone system failed shortly after.
Fix Brothers, owners of the excur-
sion steamship line to which the boats
belonged, said that at least 200 per-
sons we're thrown into the water and
that eight bodies were recovered.
The boats had carried one load back to
Buffalo and were at the wharf taking
on the remainder when the accident
occurred.
The wharf is at the foot of high
embankment and its approach lis by a
long fight of stairs. The current at
this point, which is IL miles above
Niagara Falls, is very swift. Those
killed were residents of Buffalo.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
CYCLONE IN CANADA
Hundreds Dead and Property Loss
Up In Millions.
City of Regina Is Mass of Debris
Boats Carried Half Mile
Wounded in Ruins.

Winnipeg, Man.-Dead and injured
to a number estimated between 40C
and 800 persons and property loss Of
$40, 900. 900 is the toll taken by 8
wind storm that converted into a mass
of debris the greater part of Regina,
Sask-, and then swept on through the
province, leaving destruction in its
pathway.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down and it is almost impossible to
get news from the other towns in the
province, but so far as learned here nc
loss of life occurred outside of Regina.
Great destruction of buildings has
been reported from Qu'Allelle and
also from Melville.
The magnitude of the calamity
which Regina has suffered could not
be estimated at late hour. 1t seemed
certain, however, that the casualties
would roll up to total of between 400
and 500.
Crowds of volunteers all over the
city were assisting in the work OF
searching the wreckage, and for hours
hardly minute went by that human
body or the mangled form of some
living victim was not uncovered.
The sweep of the storm, the worst
in the history of the Canadian North
west, was over city which only q
short time before had completed the
work Of decking itself in gala attire
for the celebration of Dominion Day.
Bunting and flags covered buildings
everywhere and networks of electric
lights were strung and ready for H.
Elimination.
Through these gaily decorated
streets the tornado swept and within a
half hour Regina had been turned into
city of mourning. In the wreck of
the storm building after building lay in
ruins, shrouded in its gay-colored
bunting. The storm cut swath sew
eral blocks wide right into the center
of the town, leveling the buildings in
its wake.
In twinkling three of the hand
soonest churches in Regina were laid
in ruins. They were the Methodist,
Baptist and Knox churches, and the
first of the city's largest buildings to
be blown down.
Then the roof was swept from the
Y. M. c. A. building and the walls of
the structure were shattered. The
new public library was badly wrecked
and the Presbyterian church laid in
ruins.
In rapid succession the Masonic
Temple and telephone exchange were
leveled. Although many of the tele-
phone girls were injured, none were
killed.
One of the most serious losses to
the city was that of the warehouses
and the row of grain elevators in the
Canadian Pacific yards. Upon these
the farmers of the district were de-
pending for the storage of their crops
this season. Only one grain elevator
remains and that is much damaged.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
China Rejects Loan Plan.

London-The Pekin correspondent of
the Daily Telegraph says China abso-
lutely rejects the demands of the six
powers group, which were that the
loan must be $500, 900, 600; that three
European financial supervisors must
be appointed, and that the group must
have its financial agents in China for
five months during which there should
be no issue of bonds and no business
of any kind involving the pledging of
China's credit without the signature
of the supervisors. China's counter
proposal is simply $50, 900, 900 loan.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
CBy J. M. wEsrGArE.)

Either alone or In mixtures with
grasses for hay or pasture, red clover
constitutes from one-eighth to one
bird Of the total area Of cultivated
and on most successful farms
throughout the north central and
eastern states, as well as the western
'tates- 1t does not give It's best re-
urns in the extreme south, nor is 1t
llways quite able to withstand the
more severe winters of the extreme
forth.
For centuries 1t has constituted one
If the important factors in maintain
ng a permanent system OF agriculture
n the old world. In this country for
century and a half 1t has assumed a
more and more important role in CON
'erving the natural resources of the
'oil, thereby tending to maintain the
profitable yields Of the staple agri-
cultural products.
Red clover is utilized both as a hay
md as a pasture crop and often as a
,oiling crop. 1t is sometimes used as
green-manure crop to be plowed I'M
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Bride is Lottery Prize,

st. Petersburg-A remarkable bach
elors' lottery is being organized at
Swolensk. The prize is a beautiful
young wife. and 5000 tickets at half
crown each are being sold.
Not every one who pays half
crown can, however, hope to win the
bride She is to be Eat home" every
day for week to ticket holders. and
after interviewing them. if she does
not approve of some candidate as a
possible husband, his money is to be
refunded to him and the ticket with
drawn.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Hood pescends on Town.

Albuquerque. N. MA disastrous
cloudburst five miles northwest of Es-
tencia, in the Estencia Valley. Thurs
day afternoon, made many settlers
homeless and it is believed caused loss
Of life A wall of water six feet high
swept down on the town. flooding
stores and homes and causing great
damage Railway and telephone and
telegraph lines were destroyed. Relief
parties have left for the scene of the
Of the disaster.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Lightning and Concrete.

The effect of lightning on concrete,
which has long been a matter Of dis
pute. has been observed by a leading
member of the American Society Of
Civil Engineers. who has reinforced
concrete water tank on his country es-
tate. This was struck by lightning,
which caused no injury. but changed
the texture of the concrete in places
from granular to yitreous. The tank
vas heavily reinforced.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
stomach Impaction in Horses.

According to circular sent out, by
the Kansas State Agricultural Col
lege a large number OF horses in
Western Kansas. and 1t is presumed
that this is true also throughout the
dry country, are dying because OF
stomach impaction President Waters
of the Kansas Agricultural College is
quoted as saying:
The substance is leached out OF
feed grown in long dry spell or ex-
posed to successive rains" And he
adds that this food is. therefore. not
so digestible and brings about an inn
FACTION of the stomach which is fatal
to horses and cattle as well. The
remedy suggested is to feed a limited
amount OF wheat bran or handful
OF two of old process oil meal every
day right along
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Lone Robber Raids streetcar,

San Francisco-A daring robber, I'M
masked but armed with an automatic
revolver, caused reign of terror after
midnight Wednesday night in the Bay
Shore district, where he started opera
tions by looting half dozen rooms in
various lodging houses. He wound up
by boarding a car of the Railroad ave-
nue. line. robbing the crew and three
passengers and then forcing the mo-
torman to run his car mile and half
from the scene of his raids. He es-
capped in the darkness and no clew to
his identity has been found.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Polar conouerers Silent.

London-Fourteen bronzed members
of the crew of the Fran who were
with Amundsen. in his dash for the
South Pole, passed through London on
their way from Buenos Ayres to Nor
way. Four of these men-Bjaalan,
Hassel, Hansen and Wisting-got to
the Pole with Amundsen- All refused
to talk, as they were pledged to Sc
crecy because of the forthcoming pub
location of Captain Amundsen's book.
They admitted, however. that Amund-
sen was very lucky and that he had
encountered few obstacles.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Got Neatly over DImouIty.

The mayor Of French town had, in
accordance with the regulations. to
make out a passport for rich and
highly respectable lady Of his ac-
quaintance, who. in spite OF slight
Disagreement, was very vain of her
personal appearance. His native po-
likeness prompted him to gloss over
the defect. and. after a moments
reflection. he wrote among the items
of personal description: Eyes dark.
beautiful. tender. expressive. but one
If them missing"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04

YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WANTED to pr.-
pare for positions telegraph operators for
nearby railroads and City telegraph companies:
guaranteed positions $500 to 5000 monthly.
hourB work. fine advancements easy TO learn
particular free. Pacific Telegraph 4 Railway
Institute. Washington Building. Seattle, Wash.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04

Think OF It'll "No such thing as
love at first sightI" Why, the idea
is preposterousl Every man who was
once boy, and every woman who was
once a girl. can testify by personal
experience that there is such thing
as love at first sight. and even the
recollection Of it causes the Oldest
hearts to fiutter again. Every writer
Of novels and every reader Of them
can add TO the testimony of love at
first sight.-Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele-
Qranh
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04

Vienna-At the international avia-
ton meet the here the Austrian avia-
tor Cskay, whose real name is Miller,
reached an altitude of 1900 meters
approximately 1878 feet. He car.
ried passenger. The previous aIti-
tude record with u passenger was
made by Provost at Courcy, 9840 feet.
Roland G. Garros holds the individual
height record of Is, 943 feet.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Abbreviated Costume.

The new governess and her small
charge were Jogging along one OF the
popular drives in the pony cart when
they met several members OF an ath
letic club. clad In very much abbrevi
ated running togs. out for a cross
country tauat. "Oh. see dose boys.
cried the little girl. wis des somesing
ON and nosing elsel"-Judge.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1912-07-04
Remembrancss Of the pIqtsII.

Waist long pigtails were the fash
ionable wear in England about 1740,
and before that the bag wig had been
adorned with a pigtail looped up in 4
black silk bag. AS late as 1858 an
old gentleman was seen In Londoa
with his gray hair tied behind in a
short cue, and even today one can
hnd relic of the pigtail. for the three
pieces OF black velvet on the dress
TUNES OF oficers In the Royal Welsh
Fusileers are the remains OF the rib
bon with which the cue was tied.