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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24

land. To insure a full crop we plant
between May LIST and the 18th. The
plants are set 16 inches apart in the
row. 1t Is rather slow work planting
by hand. but with machine. steady
team Of horses, man to drive and
two boys to place the plants, we can
plant about $4,000 or 1--WE acres q
day
While the plants are young cultiva-
ton and hoeing should be very shall
low, and just often enough TO keep the
soil clean and loose. If cultivated
deeply the potatoes will be stringy.
long and OF poor quality. Then aga.i,
shallow cultivation permits the soil to
dry out more quickly after hard
rain, and dryness is so essential to
quality that every effort should be
made to insure It,
The only manure we use is min
eral fertilizer, applied in the row at
the rate OF 1000 pounds per acre.
This contains per cent. nitrogen,
per cent phosphorus. and 8 per cent
potash. We use find ground fish or
tankage, nitrate of soda. acid phos-
plate. and sulphate of potash. We
mix our own fertilizer.
The nitrate of soda IL applied when
the vines are from 6 to 20 inches
long, at the rate OF 200 pounds to the
acre. and 1t Is placed on the row near
the plants. This gives the plants a
quick start, causing the crop to set at
one time, and makes the roots Of uni
form size, with few small ones.
Thus, In connection with the min
eral fertilizer we use, and in the alb
sence of organic matter, we prevent
the tendency sweet potatoes have OF
setting all through the season, which
is very detrimental to successful crop
ping.
Proper handling is just as innpor.
tant as cultivation. For the first sales
IN August we do not take the potatoes
out Of the ground any faster than W.
can sell them. When stored In shedA
and barns the exposure to the light
and changes in temperature quickly
ruin the product.
Proper grading is also important.
We have three grades. The frsts are
urine, the seconds are good but ~
smaller size, and thirds are too small
for food, and used for stock feed.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
NR(TIARD
<LLANINGS
FIGHT APPLE RAILROAD PEST
Worm Is Exceedingly Common With
Early and Sweet Varieties In Many
Sections of Country.
tBy n. c. KANE.)

10y IN. u. AANE.1
From July to October is the time
Of the year to fight the apple maggot
or railroad worm. The way to do
this is to keep the infested apples
from rotting beneath the trees. This
can be accomplished either by pick
ing up the drops every few days. or
by maintaining enough live stock be.
meath infested trees to keep the drops
cleaned up
The apple maggot is an exceedingly
common pest of early and sweet vari-
cites of apples in many sections.
Occasionally it is injurious in winter
apples, but usually this is true only
where orchards of winter fruit con-
tain large numbers OF early or sweet
varieties also.
Careful distinction should be made
between the worm known as the cod
ling worm, and the apple maggot or
railroad worm. The codling worm
usually eats the core of the apple and
then bores large hole to the surface.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Base Ball Story.

Here is little story told recently
by Christy Mathewson and it may cast
a side light on some inside baseball
that will be interesting to the fans:
"One of the most serious things that
can happen in game Of ball." said
the mighty twirler, els for the pitcher
to double cross his catcher. 1t was
not so very long ago that did this to
Chief Meyers. In fact, l have been
guilty Of that breach of baseball
etiquette on several occasions, but al
ways unwittingly. Now here's the
reason for my lapses: Meyers is nat
urally dark and when he becomes tam
ned his skin is unusually SO. When
he puts his hand against his glove to
give the signal for the kind OF a pitch
he wants, it is hard to tell whether
he has one or two fingers extended
One finger might be the signal for a
curve and two for fast one. After
giving a signal the catcher, naturally.
is looking for what he called, and
if the twirler throws something else.
the backstop might easily be injured
This is the first time in my long career
that the color of catcher's hand
played such an important part in base
ball games. Every fan knows that the
face of a backstop's glove becomes a
dark brown, and when, in addition. the
catcher's hand is tanned to an unusuaa
degree, it Is some job for the pitcher
to tell the difference between one anG
two fingers. "--Leslies.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
tBy c. 8. MILLER.)

(By C. 8. MILLER)
Time was when it was generally be-
lieved that good sweet potatoes could
only be grown in a certain section OF
New Jersey. and owing to this belief
people are yet buying Jersey
Sweets" most of which are grown in
Delaware, Virginia and other southern
states.
The Jersey potatoes are of very
fine quality. but those grown in Della
ware, Georgia, and some parts OF
Texas are almost, If not quite. as
good.
Climatic conditions do not appre-
ciably influence the quality Of sweet
potatoes, that is due, very largely to
soil and methods of culture. This
potato requires q sandy soil. with
very little clay in the first six inches.
The soil should be rather compact.
high. dry. and well-drained. It can be
used for sweet potatoes for from six
to ten years without any rotation, but
growers find that after the first and
second years the crop improves on
the same land.
If the plot is clean we do not plow
the land, but cut 1t UP with the har-
row three 70 four inches deep, thor
~aghly pulverizing and leveling 1t. In
order to have the proper size, shallow
preparation and culture must be OBJ
served.
We use slip-seed for bedding pota-
toes from which to grow plants, which
Ia the first crop from the vines, or
slips cut of the growing plants and
set out about the latter part Of July.
Our potatoes grow from three to four
inches long, and about one and half
inches in diameter.
To assure success in bedding they
must have kept perfectly, and there
must be no rotten ends or black spots.
The sprouting is done In the hot-bed,.
either with manure or fire heat, SO as
10 raise the temperature Of the soil to
good summer heat. About three
ipches of good loan Is placed In the
bottom, the potatoes laid carefully on
this and covered with three inches
of clean sand. When the plants are
from four to six inches long above
the sand they are ready to set out.
We plant In ridges three feet apart,
tour inches above the level Of the
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
EXCELLENT METHOD
OF FILLING A SIL0
There Is Greater Danger of Put
ting Up Silage Too Dry Rather
Than Too Moist.
(By WALTER B. LEUTz.)

Corn is ready to be cut for silage
when the grain Is In the dent and
glazed. but can still be broken with
the thumb nail. At this stage, under
normal conditions, the two or three
bottom leaves will be turning brown
and the shuck will be turning yellow
at the end. There is greater danger
Of putting up silage too dry rather
than too moist. In a stave silo the
slaves should be frightened up to ex-
clude the air and generally loosened
little after the silage swells the slaves.
The inside wall of concrete silo
should be washed with thin mixture
Of cement and water every two or
three years. This fills the pores Ind
keeps the air from the siiage.
It will take at least six teams to
keep the average silage cutter busy.
Corn should not be cut down too far
ahead or 1t will dry out too much.
Two men should work In the silo dis
tributing the silage with forks. Where
a silage distributor ia used one man is
sufficient. They should keep the silage
higher at the walls than in the center
and should continually tramp the sill.
age next to the walls. Tho t1amping
Is especially to keep out the air. When
possible allow the machine 70 stand
two or three days and refill TO make
use of all the capacity. Finish filling
the silo by running in load OF grass
or weeds. This will rot and seal the
top and prevent having to throw out
the same amount of spoiled silago.
The silage should feel wet after 1t
Is cut in the silo. II the corn Is very
mature when cut, and is therefore too
dry, add water. A small stream may
be run into the blower from barrel
or tank. It is especially important
that the silage be well tramped. The
blower should be run few minutes
every morning in order to clear the
atmosphere before any one enters the
silo.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
PRODUCTIVITY OF
SOIL MAINTAINED
Most important Object Of Green
Manurinq Is the Addition OF
Needed HumuS.
.sv R. &. wEATHERsToNE.>

Green manuring, or the blowing
under OF green crops. is one or the
Oldest methods used to maintain or to
increase the productivity of the SOIL.
The effect of green manuring varies
according to the original character OF
the soil In general, sandy or gravelly
soils are made darker in color and De-
come more retentive Of moisture
Clayey soils are made more porous and
friable. so that they are less likely
to puddle or bake, and are less subject
to washing. Loamy soils are less
noticeably affected than others.
The most important object of green
manuring is the addition of humus to
the soil Other things being equal. the
best green manure is that which fur-
nishes the largest amount OF material
which will readily decay In the soil
and thus form humus. There are,
however. additional ways In which
such q crop may be beneficial
Deep-rooted plants are decidedly
preferable to shallow.rooted, because
they penetrate into the subsoil. In
this way air and water find entrance,
especially after the roots decay. Thus
In a way every deep-rooted plant Is 8
subaoiler 1t is also supposed that
such plants. especially when plowed
under tend to enrich the surface soil
with potash and phosphorus from the
subsoil, thus bringing these substances
within the reach OF shallow rooted
plants.
Leguminous plants are mores valu-
able for green manuring than others.
because they not only provide humus,
but also have the ability to use, the
nitrogen OF the air. which upon decay
ing they add to the soil. For this rea-
son green manure crops should always
be legumes il such are adapted to the
particular locality where needed and
Fan be sown at the time desired.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
"HoW TO KEEP HUSBANDS"
tention-Matter of Feeding Inn
portant Feature Of Work.

How to keep husbands" is coming
to be more important subject with
magazine writer's than How to get
husbands" And perhaps it deserves
more consideration. The topic is not
copyrighted. Nearly everybody is TAX
ing hand in the discussion. It's our
turn.
Ninety-nine times out of 100 hus-
band can be kept by feeding him
When he comes home tired, feed him;
when he finds fault with things. feed
him; when he complains about busi-
ness or the weather, feed him; when
he has the blues about the hopes OF,
the home team, feed him; when he
laments the poor quality of the last
set Of tires. feed him; when he's cross.
feed him; when he's angry, feed him:
when he's sick, feed him; always feed
him.
No husband who waddles OF stalks
into his home of evenings, tired, wor-
ried. disguised, half angry, out OF
sorts, can remain so after he has
filed up on a juicy steak and warm
pumpkin pie. No husband will object
to the pranks of the children that have
torn his magazine, or lost the sport
ing section of the evening paper, when
he has had good supper. No hus-
band will go to his work with the blues
If he has had the right kind of break
fast.
When great deeds are to be done
the well-fed man must be depended
upon to do them; when great ideas are
to be thought out, men with satisfied
stomachs are the ones to think them:
when skill is demanded, when strength
Is required, when intelligence In
needed, 1t is the well-fed men who
come forward to fill the demands.
On the eve Of great battle either
for his country or for his personal
welfare, the conqueror is the man who
eats good food and then marches forth
to victory. Depend upon it, feeding
the men Of the world is as much So
cial as an economic problem, and the
women upon whom 1t devolves to feed
their husbands, by doing it not only
keep their husbands, but keep the
world moving.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Millions for Roads.

MiIIIons for Roads.
Over 100000 worth Of new roads,
representing about 400 miles OF
highways, will be built in Wis
consin In 1914, according to the
highway commission. which an
nounced the appropriations to be
made to counties of the state for high
way purposes. This is an increase OF
500 miles over the amount OF road
work done during the present season.
In which over $3,0Oo,00O was spent
The state will distribute among the
counties about s1,240,000. REQUESTS
totaling over $1,550,O00 for state aid
have come in. but the state will fall
short by $350,O00 This amount will
be made up by the counties SO that
over 100000 will be spent in 1914.
Over 1,400 separate pieces OF road
work were completed in 1913. The
total miles of roads built for the sea-
son is 1000 miles.
The commission has announceL the
minimum sums available for each
county of the state as follows:
Adams, 1920; Ashland. $3.50;
Barron, 1920; Bayfield,, $6.S40;
Brown. $23,76O; Buffalo, $S,04o; Bur-
nett, $2,640; Calumet. $1,000; Chip
pewa, $12,72v; Clarke, $4,000: Co.
lumbia, $1,000: Crawford, $500;
Dane. $57,720; Dodge, $4,000; Door.
$1,000; Dauglas. 22,oso: Dunn. $10..
$50; Eau Claire, $12,240: Florence.
$500; Fond du Lac, $29,640; Forest.
$3.50; Grant. $23,160; Green. $19.-
800; Green Lake, $9,4S0; Iowa. $16.-
$50; Iron, 1920; Jackson $4,000; JEFF
ferson. $23.280; juneau, $7,440; Keno
sha, $1,000; Kewaunee, $8.640; La
Crosse, $17,160; Lafayette, $17,2S0:
Langlande, $500; Lincoln, 1920;
Manitowoc, $23,760; Marathon, s23,.
240; Marinette, s11,640; Marquette,
1920; Milwaukee. $231,720; Monroe,
$4,000; Oconto, 1920; Oneida, So
$50; Outagamie, $24,120; Ozaukee.
$3.50; Pepin, $3.50; Pierce, 1920;
Polk, 1920; Portage, s10,0s0; Price,
$3.50; Racine. $4,000; Richland.
100000; Rock. $4,000; Rusk, 1920,
st. Croix. $4,000; Sank. $1S,720;
Sawyer. $4,32o; Shawano, s11,SS0;
Sheboygan, $26,640; Taylor. $5,64o;
Trempealeau, s1o,44o; Vernon, $12,.
240; Villas. so.72O: WaIworth. s23.-
100; Washington, $4,000; Waukesha,
s=2,560; Waupaca, $13,6s0; Wau-
saara, 1920; Winnebago, $29,520;
Wood. $12.4s0.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Templars Close Annual Meeting.

With the installation of the newly
elected officers the fifty-fifth annual
conclave of the grand commandery of
Wisconsin, Knights Templar, came to
close in Milwaukee.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Grand COM
mander, A. e. Matheson, Evansville;
deputy grand commander, Robert B.
Lang, Racine; grand general, Charles
F. Lamb, Madison; grand captain
general, David Harlowe, Milwaukee:
grand senior warden, Walter j..
Frost, Kenosha; grand junior warden,
Homer C. Clark, Neiilsville; grand
prelate, Rodman w. Bosworth, Be-
lott; grand treasurer, John Campbell,
Milwaukee; grand recorder, William
w. Perry, Milwaukee; grand standard
bearer, Percy Talbot. Berlin; grand
sword bearer, A. D. Agnew, Milwau-
kee; grand warden, H. G. Welty, Stew
ems Point: grand captain Of guards,
J. B. Cromwell. Milwaukee; trustee.
three years, Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mil
waukee; correspondent, r. w. Bos-
worth, Beloit; inspector general, P.
n. Sperry, Marinette.
The newly elected grand command
er has long been prominent in Ma
sonic circles in Wisconsin and served
as grand master Of the grand lodge.
A. F. & A. M. during 1911-1912.
He was Mason in Elkhorn lodge
more than twenty-four years ago and
took his commandery degrees in the
Beloit lodge.
He has held practically every lodge
in the grand conclave Of Knights
Templar and Is regarded as an au-
thority on the Masonic ritual and
laws. He is lawyer by profession
and resides at GAINESVILLE.
The election is the fourteenth cleo
ton Of William w. Perry. Milwaukee.
as grand recorder. Mr.. Perry is AGO
grand secretary of the grand chapter,
Royal Arch Masons; recorder of the
grand counsel Royal and Select Ma
sons and one of the forty-six active
members of the supreme council of
the Sovereign Grand Inspectors Gen.
eral of the thirty-third and last de.
gree of Masonry.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Tracks of Apple Maggot.

It is white or pinkish. has distinct
apple maggot or railroad worm is
much smaller, is shaped like a maggot.
has no feet and no distinct head, and
makes tunnels here and there through
the pulp of the apple. Where these
tunnels run close beneath the skin
they are apt to show through on the
outside as irregular. dark, wandering
marks. 1t is these tracks that give
the pest its name of railroad worm.
The railroad worm cannot be poi
soned by spraying as can the codling
worm. The latter is Matched from an
egg laid outside the apple, and must
eat its way into the fruit. Hence it
is readily killed by a poison spray,
such as paris green or arsenate of
lead. The railroad worm, on the other
hand, is Matched from an egg laid be-
meath the skin of the fruit The
young maggot does not enter from the
outside of the apple, but feeds from
beginning to end within the pulp OF
the fruit. Hence 1t cannot be poi
soned by spraying.
The parent insect that lays the egg
from which the railroad worm
matches is two-winged fly, about the
size of common house fly. 1t looks
like the house fly, except that it's
wings have dark zig-zag marks on
them. It appears in the orchard
about the first of July and soon be-
gins laying eggs, especially in the
earlier fruit. These flies live until
September. continuing to lay eggs all
the time.
The maggot that matches from the
eggs always feeds within the pulp OF
the apple until after the apple has
dropped from the tree. Then as soon
as the fruit has become mellow or
has begun to rot, the maggot bOres
it's way out of the fruit, goes down
into the ground two or three inches,
and remains there throughout the fall
and winter. 1t does not move after it
enters the ground, but contracts and
becomes brown and hard, looking like
a fiaxseed. It is from these objects
that the adult flies emerge the follow
ing summer.
We thus see that the infested apple
must fall from the tree, and must be-
come somewhat mellow, before any
maggots leave 1t and go into the
ground. Very early fruit will be
fairly mellow when 1t falls from the
tree and will soon begin to rot From
such fruit maggots will be emerging
within few days after 1t drops from
the tree. From fall fruit maggots
will not come out in numbers for
week or so. From winter fruit mag.
COTS will not come out until the fruit
has been off the tree from two to
three weeks. Therefore, we may OBJ
serve the following schedule Ia keep
ing fruit picked up:
Early varieties should be picked up
twice a week. Fall varieties should be
picked up once a week, and winter
apples should be picked up once ev-
cry two weeks.
Special attention should be given
the early varieties of fruit These are
more apt to be infested and II allowed
to lie on the ground will quickly be-
come mellow. thus allowing the mag
COTS to mature and enter the ground,
where they win be ready for next
year.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Cause Of Dry Rot.

The dry rot Of potatoes in storage
IL caused by fungus. 1t may be con-
trolled by dipping the tubers in So
hutton Of one pint formalin in bar.
rel of water and leaving them i'm
u,ersed for two hours. They must be
tried before being stored
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Beware Of "Red Rust |.

Beware of red rust" in blackberry
or blackcap bushes. When seen.
promptly dig up and burn the infected
plant, being careful not to scatter the
fungous dust over healthy bushes.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Peach Leaf Curl.

Most of the failures to control peach
leaf curl have been due to spraying at
the wrong time. or in not taking pains
to see that every bud has beer
drenched with the stray.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Barley for Hoos.

Barley makes a fine feed for the
hogs. The cheapest lot of pigs the
writer has ever brought up to 1zo
pounds had barley as their main -
tor
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
Man Receives Compensation.

A lump sum Of $545.62 was award
ed by the industrial commission to
Louis Durbeal against the Plankinton
Packing company Of Milwaukee. Dur
beaPs hand was caught in a meat
cutting machine and he lost portion
of It. The commission found that he
was entitled to $3.50 less the sum of
,s1os.20 already paid. An award was
made to John Writ directing the
,Suller-Warren company of Milwaukee
o pay him s720 as compensation for
hirteen days Of lost tine due to In
ny.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1913-10-24
State Baptists End Meeting.

Racine was chosen as the next meet
ing place Of the Wisconsin State Bap-
fist convention. which adjourned at
Eau Claire after one of the largest at
tended and most successful meetings
in the history of the organization. Of
ficers elected were: Honorary presi-
dent for life, v. e. j. Lindsay, Mil
waukee; president, F. H. Lindsay.
Milwaukee; vice-president. H. ".
Chase, Eau Claire; vice-president. y.
R. Barber, Warrens; recording secre-
tary, G. 8. Albern. Oakfeld; assistant
secretary, George L. Tiff, Wauwatosa.
Commission Disposes Of 5,o74 Cases.
Since the workmen's compensation
act went into effect two years ago.
sofa cases have had final disposition,
according to a statement given out by
the industrial commission.
Patents to Wisconsin People.
Charles L. Benjamin and III. J. VIE
gand, Milwaukee. loose leaf binder:
Peter Broman and j. Offerman. assign
ors to Beaver Dam Manufacturing Co..
Beaver Dam, feed mechanism TO,
grain drills: Fredeick G.. Felker. RI
cine, pneumatic tire; Harry E. Helms.
Kenosha. chuck; Ernst Hoenisch. Eo-
gar. dirigible headlight: Augustus K.
Hoffman. Benton, dental tool; Corwili
jackson. Madison, .ass.gnor to Gener-
al Electric Co., rock drill; Barney H.
Kiister and p. vandehay. Wnghts-
town. door latch.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-19
NEW METHOD
FOR BLOOD
TRANSMISSION

.AI'EI.lliiA. Pa. July fs-A now
h'tf"d OF blood TRANSMISSION was resort
CO. 10 if ihr N"rfi. western ,icrc-sl hos
fiial H'f" today. when iu Transferring
So ounces ~ blood from '.a veins Dr
"a Young husband - ftu-,. uf hts sick
~ ii" 81 specially constructed sNriure was
used 9" convey TIE f'uid INSTEAD of bring
l's N" veins OF the riN'r and receiver
tucethr-.
l'r. J. Thompson SrleIl The clief sur
E'"i. WI" performed the operation. eX-
Iit'i'4 mat the Now fuef.pu has t.. adj
ftufl r. of WeaSuriuE TIE exact amount
or blood taken from TIE donor or tie
blood. ~" stated that tho greater care
must he taken 20 rre, eng tile roagulaiur
of the blood and 90 Pre-. ,nt AIR from on
t'rirS ttc PATIENTS VEINS
Both az tie patients quickly rallied
AFTER n operation. the husband catiul:
O. hearty meal and leaving TIE hosrtfli.
~ III" t." Young Wif".~ condition De- saiu
O" Dc uH"r improved
The syringe L~-i by Hr y he'll .-
about - inches long nuG am iu,. if
'iH'-'t'f. Sicrii" rIitNin WAS melted %.
''~ INTERIOR O." prevent size blood r.u.ff...
iu toatart with The glass.