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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

In the test of wheat seed beds Just
finished at the Kansas Agricultural
College it was learned that wheat
grown in rotation produced 2z1z
bushels more TO the acre on shallow
July pIowed ground, 90 bushels an
acre more on deep July plowed ground,
s15 bushels an acre more on August
plowed ground, and bushels an acre
more on September plowed ground
than when continuously cropped to
wheat. There was practically no
difference in the yield of the plots
p1cwed at different depths in July;
The three-inch blowing produced a
bushels per acre, the seven-inch
blowing produced 4425 bushels per
acre and the twelve-inch blowing
produced A bushels per acre
1t appears that little or no benefit
results from deep blowing for wheat
when the ground is rotated with other
crops, and when it receives a thor
ough and deep blowing at least once
IN three years. The benefit OF deep
blowing as compared with shallow
blowing, when each method is prac-
tieed continuously is shown IN the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23
Cessation for BObby's Little Lamb

Bobby's mamma was waiting TO vel
come little son as he hoped out Of
the wagon, dragging the lamb at the
end OF a string The first thing the
two knew the lamb had butted in and
sprawIed them, mother and man
child, on the pavement
A crowd developed with a sudden
ness that suggested it must have
swarmed up from the creTices in the
bricks.
The little lamb got busy and butted
around at the human fringe with skill
full fmpartiality, until a particularly
big man gave it what was intended to
be q down-and-out kick But ii wasn't
Not for the little lamb As for the
man-but maybe he wouldn't like II
mentioned; some people are SO deli
cately sensitive-and. anyhow, maybe
he would have done better If the little
lamb had given him second try. but
It wasn't that sort OF q little lamb.
It preferred to streak OF Ike white
lightning maybe 1t is streaking
yet
Bobby was innOceBtly frank He
didn't mean no harm; he Just took the
lamb because II looked good to him
This moral kidnapery, which has been
epidemic among US since the knave Of
hearts he stole some tarts all on
summers day, was not condoned by
Bobby's mamma She believed in ut
ting theQunishment to the crime; her
son had a stolen lamb So she gave
him a lamming.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23
Turkish HoIidaxs

In nothing is the natural soberness
OF the Turk more manifest than in his
holidays. He keeps fewer of them
than his Christian compatriot, and
most OF them he celebrates in such a
way that an outsider would scarcely
suspect the fact. This is partly, per
haps. a matter of temperament and
partly because Islam has not yet
passed a certain stage of evolution. A
holiday, that is, is still holy day.
Secular and patriotic festivals are
everywhere Of comparatively recent
origin. In Turkey, where church and
state are one to degree now I'M
known in western countries, there was
no real national holiday until 1909.
Then the first anniversary of the re-
establishment of the constitution was
celebrated on the twenty-third of
July Gully TO- old style). A highly
picturesque celebration it was, too, in
Constantinople, at least, with its mag
nifcent array of rugs and medieval
tents on the Hill of Liberty, its review
of troops by the sultan, its procession
Of the guilds of the city and it's eve
ming Nominations
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

impression on Bryce. He had told
how, in his early days, he had given
uD good clerical position TO accept
forty dollars a month in the operating
department of the plant until he knew
every cut of meat intimately. Get
the rudiments-knoW the foundation"
was his slogan Of enterprise.
That was just what Bryce did He
wasted no time, in minor clerical ca
pacities. He went to a large firm Of
contractors erecting a giant skyscrap-
er in the heart of the great city, wore
overalIs, helped lay the foundation,
helped setting the mammoth stone pill
lars, and found that he had learned
something.
One day he Was given charge Of
portable forge.
His work was to stand above the
set steel beams beside the portable
forge and heat red hot the bolts used
to clamp these and the Orders togeth-
er. 1t was wonderful, the expert skill
acquired in seizing these seething
bolts in a pair OF pincers, and swing
ing them so true to a line that the
riveter was able to catch them al
ways in the tin pail he held for their
reception
1t was nearly noon one eventful day
when Bryce held one of the heated
bolts ready to swing it to the riveter.
In the street below a sudden COM
motion attracted his attention. A man
on horseback was urging up his steed-
He had a leather bag on the saddle
before him, a revolver menacing a
brfn in nm
at that distance from the ground.
where human beings below seemed to
be mere mines, Bryce could hear the
shouts proclaiming the horseman to be
a fugitive thief.
A sudden impulse inspired Bryce
with the idea that he might be Of some
use in the situation. He believed he
could halt the fugitive where others
had failed. He gave the pincers a
swing. Whizl the flaming bolt cleaved
the air and landed on the saddle di-
rectly in front of the horseman.
There was a flash as the saddle
cloth burst into flame, a shrek Of ag-
ony from the steed. Then horse apd
rider rolled to the ground, and some
officers rushed up and the episode was
over.
When Bryce was. summoned below
by the building superintendent, it was
to learn that his promptness had halt
ed a thief who had snatched a bag
from a bank messenger containing a
small fortune. His recognition by the
bank led to a princely reward, but,
more valued than that to an influence
exerted in. his behalf that gave him
position as manager for one of their
clients who was the most prominent
builder in the city.
The day that Mr.. Gray returned
home and Evan started out dolefully
Ito make his mark in the world"
Bryce, with fair bank account and
established business standing, re-
ceived a welcome from his proud old
uncle that made him thrill with pride
and pleasure
And when he made his second love
confession to blushing Milly and asked
her to become his wife, she hid her
timid head upon his shoulder and
whispered sweetly:
MY answer is the same as it would
have been year ago-yes."
Copyright, 1913. by W. G. Chapman
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23
Penalty of Thrift.

When we get capitalism abolished
who is going to save any money +?
Thrift used to be a virtue until Uncle
John Rockefeller and others overdid
it SO. Lately it has come to be re-
garded as a sort Of mean advantage
taken of ones fellows, for which men
cannot yet be sent to JAIL. and which
has to be punished by the newspapers.
It seems discreditable to save any
thing nowadays when riches are so
much criticised and the motor cars
offer so pleasant an investment for
ready money. Stocks are low; money
is tight; public expenditures are enor-
nous and taxation is pretty high and
going higher. But never mindI The
crops promise well, and the war ex,
penditures in Europe won't last for
ever-Life.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

a field of hard Turkey wheat on JU
College. Yield W.
this eoncInsively In this test, prep
aration of the land was entirely re-
sponsible for yields this season which
varied from nine and one-third BUSH
els an acre to forty-four and two-thirds
bushels an acre.
Wheat sowed on land prepared the
easiest way-disked at sowing time,
but not plowed- produced nine and
one-thiTd bushels to the acre and re-
turned 1881 after paying for the
cost of preparing the seed-bed. The
same kind OF wheat, grown on the
same kind of soil, but in rotation, and
on a seed-bed made the right way
plowed seven inches deep, July Is
produced forty-four and two-thirds
bushels to the acre. The cost Of pre-
pairing this right kind of seed-bed
was S4.85 an acre, which left a profit
of $30.88 an acre over the cost OF
preparation.
The value of the results obtained
in this experiment can hardly be
questioned since this is the third sue
cessive season that similar and equal
Iy striking variations in yield have
occurred. Briefly summarized, here
are the results obtained this year on
upland continuously cropped with
wheat without manuring:
Land disked at seeding time, but
not plowed, produced 91s bushels of
wheat per acre and returned S5.51
after paying for the cost of preparing
the ground.
Land plowed three inches deep Sep
TENDER Is Ga common practice among
! farmers) and prepared for seeding at
a cost of S2.4O per acre, produced
| 162s bushels per acre, leaving S1O.71
after paying for cost of preparation.
Land plowed seven inches deep in
| September, at a cost of $3.50 per acre
to pillow and prepare, made a yield OF
171lk bushels and a return of s11.14
over cost Of preparation.
| Land double disked July Is to kill
weeds and stop evaporation of mois-
| ture and plowed three inches deep
| September 15-cost for preparation
| $3.50 per reproduced 271h bushels
! of wheat per acre, valued at S1S.42
above cost of preparation.
| Land plowed August Is, seven
inches deep, worked thereafter sufh
GENTLY to kill weeds and preserve
moisture, yielded 32A bushels pei
acre-cost of preparation S3.55-leav
ing s22.71
| Land plowed August Is, seven
! inches deep, not worked until Septem
Der Is, produced 2SA bushels Of wheat
per acre and gave a return of 'S2O.14
after deducting cost of preparation
which was $3.50 per acre
Land double disked July Is. plowed
| August 10, seven inches deep, cost
$475 per acre to prepare, produced
29% bushels of wheat and returned
S19.12 after paying for cost of prep
aration.
Land plowed July Is Cthe right
time), three inches deep (too shallow
for best results) produced 211z bush
els of wheat per acre, leaving 1920
above cost of preparation
Land pIowed July IS, seven inche;
deep, produced So bushels per acre
the highest yield of the continuously
cropped plots, cost $4.S5 to prepare
the land and returned $23.11 above
cost of preparation.
Land listed July Is, five inches
! deep, worked down level within thu
following month, to avoid loss o
moisture and firm the seed-bed, pro
| duced 27% bushels per acre-cost o
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23
Mexican Juggling Lariat

that his views were greeted with loud
outlaws. In conclusion he said:
They laughed, Mr. President" he
wrote. at the profundity of their own
ineptitude"
The letter was referred to the de-
partment OF justice. and Wrisley
Brown was asked to prepare an in
dosement for it There was 3 scream
OF laughter when Brown turned in a
burlesQue opinion, couched in words
which outranked the professors ten
to one They say President TAFT
chuckled all day over # And as for
big words-just watch:
After careful reflection, wrote
Wrisley Brown, Il concur in the phys
ical theorems herein deduced by the
complainant. His conclusions regard
ing the auto-suggestion Of crime are
fully borne out by the history Of hU-
man experience. Its insidious effect
upon the mind has a pronounced ten
dency to bring on aboulomania or ere
tinism OF the viii power, combined
with a choreic condition Of the facul-
ties.
In some cases it has even been
known to>{nduce katatOnia or some
more serious dissertation OF the men
tai elements Of luetic character and
furibund developments such as, for in
stance, confessional encephalomalacia
'sThe application Of the third degree
annilhiIates the inhibitory powers Of
the average victim and plunges him
into a state OF vOlitional hypnosis,
thereby breaking down the fundamen-
tai doctrine Of free agency. All the
principles of abstract justice rise up
and shout against it with a thousand
throats7
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23
A MuaIeai Feat

The old farmer and his wife lived
near the village church. One warm
Sunday evening, while they sat doing
on the porch. a cricket set up a loud
chirping.
I just love that chirpin' noise" said
the old man, drowsily, and before the
cricket had stopped he was fast
asleep.
Soon after the church choir broke
into beautiful chant.
Just listen to that" exclaimed his
wife. Amt it beautiful
Yes" remarked the old farmer,
sleepily. They do it with their hind
legs"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

y-pioWed ground at State Agricultural
s IS bushels an acre.
Five methods of preparing land for
wheat, where wheat was grown after
oats in rotation with corn and oats,
were compared, and gave these re-
suits:
Land piowed September Is, three
inches deep. produced 251k bushels
per acre, valued at SIS above cost
of preparation.
Land plowed August Is, seven
inches deep, gave Il bushels per
acre. from which there was left
s29.37 after paying $3.50 for cost OF
preparation.
Land pIowed July Is, three inches
deep, gave yield of A bushels per
acre, cost S4.35 to prepare, leaving a
return of S3O.91 after paying for the
preparation.
Land plowed July Is, seven inches
deep, produced 44zs bushels per acre,
the highest yield in the experiment,
cost $485 per acre for preparation,
and returned S3O.S8 per acre over cost
of production.
deep, with the Spalding deep tillage
Implement, cost $50 per acre for
preparation and produced A bushels
of wheat per acre The crop when
sold returned S27.1O per acre above
the cost of preparation
The preparation of the seed-bed is
the most important factor in growing
a crop of wheat An ideal seed-bed
for wheat is a firm. weIl-compacted
soil supplied with ample moisture
and available plant food. To prepare
firm seed-bed, to store moisture.
and to liberate plant food requires
time. 1t is not accomplished in a day,
week or a month; it is the result
Of many days of settling, some good
packing rains and frequent cultiva-
ton of the soil. It is, therefore, only
possible to prepare an ideal seed bed
when the preparation of the ground
| is started early in the summer. The
advantages of a firm seed-bed that
result from early plewing or listing
and frequent subsequent cultivation
cannot be overestimated. A firm seed
/ bed is absolutely necessary If the
! subsoil water is to be utilized by the
young wheat plant. On loose, poorly
packed soil there is such poor con-
nection between the soil particles that
moisture cannot be raised by capil-
/ larry attraction from the subsoil. IN
der this condition the soil may be
well supplied with subsoiI moisture
and the wheat fail to terminate be-
/ cause of the loose condition of the
soil, which prevents the rise of water.
In the drier parts of the state per
haps the greatest benefit resulting
from an early preparation Of the soil
is the conservation of moisture.
Where moisture is more plentiful the
| greatest benefit results from the lib
/ Grafton of plant-fOod, and especially
of the plant-food nitrogen. Plants use
nitrogen in the form of nitrates. Nj
trates are formed as the result Of bac-
! terial action The bacteria that form
nitrates work only in well-aired soils.
! Thus the better the soil is aired the
more nitrates are formed. 1t is evil
dent, therefore, that the greatest de-
/ velepment of nitrates takes place in
i soil pIowed the earliest and given
the most frequent cultivation through
/ out the summer. Thus the firmest
i seed-bed, the most plant-food, the
i greatest accumulation OF moisture and
usually the largest yields results from
4 the earliest DreDaration of the soil
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Mistah President" said he in his
soft drawI. Il yield to no man, sub, in
my respect fob the Constitution and
its trainers They did we'll They did
nobly. suh-foh their time. But. Mis-
tab President. those gentlemen have
been dead mo than one hundred
years, sub, and times, sub. have
changed We've got to remember
that, sub
AN remembering that. Mistah Pres
fdent, what I started to say was this:
There are some mighty beautiful
things in our Constitution. It's
beautiful work, suh. But, Mistah
President, OF all the beautiful things
IN all that beautiful work. to my mind
the mos beautiful of Al are those
glorious words. sun. givtn' as the right
to amend"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23
The YIELD OF WHEAT DEPENDS LARGELY
ON THE PREPARATION OF THE SEED BED
Results of Test the State Agricultural College Show that
Yields Varied this Year from Nine and 0ne-third
to FOrty-fOur and TWO-thirds
Bushels an Acre.

EBy L E. Call, Professor of Agron
NKYHEAT YIELDS depend largely
" upon the methods Of prepar
ing the seed-bed. Some very
striking results obtained in a three
year test of seed-bed methods re-
Gently completed on the farm of the
Kansas Agricultural College prove
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23
searchIiahts for Airships.

Searchlights for airships are. being
tested in Germany. 4 dispatch from
Berlin states. that a naval airship
which is to take part in the spring ma
neuvers viii be fitted with a 10000
candle-power searchlight, capable of
Illuminating the surface of the sea
from a height of 5000 feet.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

my, Kansas Agricultural ColIege.l
preparation 50 .35-leaving 1883 over
expense of preparation.
Land listed July 10, five inches
deep, ridges split August 10 tdouble
listing) gave a yield of 291k bushels
per acre, valued at $19.S2 above cost
of preparation.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Many a poor horse that has been
overcome by the heat and has lain
down to die has been made infinitely
more miserable in its last moments by
q crowd of self-appointed horse doc
tors.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Andrew Carnegie says he once tried
TO get job on a Pittsburgh paper.
but that the editor wouldn't have him.
Moral: The editor probably still has
the paper
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

While the government is barring the
pink bollworm from Hawaii and quar-
antining certain moths 1t might make
a hit by putting the manacles on q
number of mosquitoes that infest this
vicinity
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Russia must foresee a real Euro
pean scrap coming. It's army is
20 be supplanted with aerial dread
thoughts with machine guns, bomb
throwers and wireless telegraphy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Singularly enough. several persons
who observed man burning the 9TH
er day while held under burning de-
bris in a southern fire yelled to him
to keep cool
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

1t is claimed that the people of the
United States spend $600,000,000 a
year for music. And 1t might be add
ed that they get stung.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

In spite of the scientific definition
Of love as a lunacy, nobody appears
TO be taking steps toward curing
those so afflicted or preventing gen
eraI progress of the disease.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Bogus $40 bills are in circulation.
Watch your change carefully after
breaking currency of large denomina-
ton in the purchase of watermelons
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

a German dentist has been sent to
prison in England for five years as
spy Evidently, he lost his accustom-
ed pull
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

This seems an age of big guns and
big ships.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Life in this country is valueless, %
said Mrs. Oelrichs as porter nearly
wheeled truck over her toes Value
less, perhaps, but not unexciting.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

A college for women orators is to
be started in Chicago. Next thing
you know some college will have q
professor to teach young ducks to
swim.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Mt Asquith is said to have made a
London physician poet laureate He
will have the advantage of being able
to treat sore feet
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

In addition to the other troubles OF
Great Britain, the divided equestrian
skirt has now come to engage the
thought of the empire
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

A Chicago statistician says married
people really live longer than single
people-that it doesn't merely seem
longer
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

advises the use Of the nose and eyes
In detecting bad food. Ears came
into restaurant service some time
ago
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

II noise shortens life, as a Chicago
doctor says it does, one wonders how
children who grow up in the Windy
city ever attain their majority.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

A tango devotee tried few steps in
the water and nearly drowned A
consideration of the anatomy OF the
mermaid would have been prudent
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

An Illinois court holds that a man
can be beautiful. Not, however,
while he is replacing a tire on his au-
tomobile.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Some people expend SO much effort
getting ready for their vacations that
when they are ready they are too tired
to leave home
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

A Milwaukee man had close shave.
An automobile dashed into the bar
Der shop and knocked him out of the
chair.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Most of the bathtubs. unfortunate
1y. are too short to be used as sleep
ing quarters.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

A scientist says an acre OF land may
contain SO tons Of worms. But Lot
when you are getting ready to go fish
ing.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

A Kansas City judge has decided
that a girl need not conf1ne her at
tentions to the man she is engaged to.
But she'd better be careful
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

st. Louis is strong for that congress
sional baseball investigation 1t
wants to find out why it can't break
into the first division.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Vilhjalmar Stefansson has sailed on
another arctic expedition. Some peo-
pie have all the luck!
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Partisan hosiery displayed by new
IL devised gowns presents embroider-
ed notices. Appropriate sentiments
do not occur automatically.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Thank goodness. Women ordinarily
are not as reckless as the clothes they
wear.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

moved west and invented the hollow
strawberry
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Occasionally you hear of a polo
player who is not a millionaire. We
say Occasionally
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23
pomestle seIenee AppIied.

Demosthenes was practicing oratory
with pebbles in his mouth
Fine" we assured him. you can
talk while eating your wife's biscuits. I"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Philadelphia may be a sleepy town.
but it's ball teams play between maps.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

When man sleeps on the floor in
hot night he finds it easier to get up
IN the morning
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Sleeping on the floor may be cool.
but very few floors are provided with
springs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1913-08-23

Nobody would care for dandelion
green's If they tasted like food.