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Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
POGRZEB BOHATERoW
L POD VERA CRUZ.

Nowy York, II maja. - Caly
kraj przez swego Prezydenta cd
dal czeSc nalezna tym, ktorzy
pierwsi polegli W potyczkach Z
Mexykanami W Vera Cruz. Cd
byl sic tu publiczny pogrzeb tych
ktorych ciaIa przewieziono one
gdai do Nowego Yorku ma polka
die krazownika Montana. W
pogrzebie nieomal Gale MAST
braio udziai. w pochodzie zalob-,
nym po glownych ulicach miast'
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
AWantura Sufrazystek. - I kOngresu
KObiet. - PO zgOnie NOrdiki,
Q Tron PerSYi.
Ottawa anaehi stoIcy Husr, - Pog1sb bohasdW. MTa
dystkcis srakOym, zWOnlsni cd ka Process BsGksra

udziai brali zolnierze i maryna-
rze. Kapele, grajac marsza Cho--
pima prowadzily II trumien okry-
tych choragwia amerykanska.
Ma pogrzebie byi prezydent
ten w diuzszej movie pogrzebo--
wei oddal hold tym, ktorzy dla
swej ojczyzny polegli. w movie
swej zaznaczyi, re Stany Zjedno-
czone maja obowiazek sluzenia
ludzkoSci i to Stany Zjednoczone
zaprowadzi}o ma wody mexykan-
skie. Me chcemy wojowac Me-
xykanami = mowiI prezydent -
my chcemy i'm pomagac, poniewaz
wiemy jak chetnie sami przyjeli-
bysmy pomoc szczerych przyja--
.ciol W tstich wypadkash. s
WoJna zaborcZa ME jest WoJna,
W ktorej cziowiek checia kla-
die swoje zycie ma oitarzu Oh
czyzny - mowil dalej Wilson.
Po publicznym pogrzebie rodzi,
ny zmariych zajely sic trumna--
mi. Wszystkie trumny wysiano
do miast, gdzie krewni, znajomi
rodzice mieszkaja.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
TsIegTamy KrajoWs'
OBAWA ANARCHII.

Washington, 12 maja. - Cd
przedstawicieli obcych panstw W
stOlicy mexykahskiej przychodzi
wieSc, ze miastu grozi kompletne
zniszczenie ze strony powstan-
cow, jeSli ci miasto zdobeda. Mo,
ina tam sic spodziewac strasz--
nej anarohii, powstancy zrabuja
wszystko, spladruja Gale miasto...
Take wieSci otrzymal wczoraj
sekretarz stanu Bryan. Bryan do
wiedziai sic take, ze do obrony
miasta Huerta ma tylko 5000 zol
merry. Armia ME jest lojalna i
kazdej chwili MONA sic spodzie-
wac strasznego buntu. Skoro tyl-
ko Zapata hub Villa ukaza sic pod
murami miasta, czeSc wojska HUI
erty przejdzie ma ich strong.
Gala narodowoSc obca w mie--
Scie znajdzie sic W wielkiem ME
bezpieczenstwie, jeSi tylko TAXI
stan anarchistyczny nastapi. Pc
wien dyplomata zagraniczny po-
wiedziai wczoraj Bryanowi, ze
cywilizacya wprost domaga sic
tego, by Stany ZjednOczone "a
Jelly stolice mexykahska, by ME
dopuScic do grozacej sytuacyi.
Ambasadorowie poslowie OBJ,
cych panstw W Waszyngtonie
wszyscy utrzymuja, re obowiaz'
klein Stanow Zjednoczonych jest
bronic mienia zycia obconarodo-
wcow w stolicy mexykanskiej, bc
beg mordu grabiezy powstancy
miasta ME zabiora. w przeciw-,
nym razie rad amerykanski be-,
die moralnie materyalnie odpo'
wiedzialny "a wszelkie szkody ia,
kie obconarodowcy W stolicy me,
xykanskiej poniosa.
Bryan ME zwaza wcale ma per,
swazye dyplomatow. ZaproPo--
nowano mu wczoraj, by natych,
miast przestrzegl Zapate, ktory
stoi pod murami miasta stolecz
ma czele armii ziozonej 5000 lu'
dzi. Bryan odpowiedzial szorstkt
ma te propozycye twierdzac, re nix
moze sic W zaden sposob skomu'
nikowac Zapata ME widzi "a
dnego wyjScia tel sprawy.
Cialo dyplomatyczne W Mexykr
ME moze przestrze Zapaty, po
niewaz rzady obce ME moga Po
ciagnac Zapaty do odpowiedziai
nosci "a jego przekroczenia.
Bryan tylko wyglada chwili XII
DIV Huerta zostanie ze stolicy ma
pedzony i ME zwaza wcale ma t
W iaki sposob dojdzie sic do teg(
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12

Vera Curz, 12 maja. - Nieu-
stanne pogotowie ma wypadek
spodziewanego ataku ma miasto
ze strony federalistow mexykah-
skich nuzaco dziala ma zo}nierzy
komende mexykanska; faktycz--
ME tam ataku tego spodziewaja
sic CO godzina bylo juz wiele fall
szywych poglosek, re atak zacze-
to. Funston trzyma zo}nierzy
pod bronia i straze ma rozsta-
wione tax, re zaskoczyc sic z
nienacka ME da z pewnoscia, ale
W kazdym razie jest to siuzba u
ciazliwa.
Z Mexyku donosza, re mia
sto jest spokojne jakby obumar-
lie, tylko tu i owdzie widac ochot-
nik6w, cwiczacych sic ma ulicach
ma wypadek ataku> >rewolucyoni--
stow. Huerta niektorym pismom
zagranicznym podai informacye,
ze w szeregach rewolucyonistow
pod Torreon walczyli .Ameryka-
ME to zoInierze umundurowa--
nj ;... widocznie dyktator trzyma
sic dawnej metody tumanienia O.
mini
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
z RADy MIEJsKIEJ.

- Ma wczorajszej sesyi rady
miejskiej przedlozona zostala O.
PIMA departamentu prawniczego,
W ktorej ostro krytykuje wy
dzial inzynierow nadzorczych "a
niedbala kontrole mad buchalte-
rya kompanii tramwajowych, W
skutek ktorej podobno miasto by
10 pozbawione czesci udziaiu mu
sic nalezacego Z dochodow kom-
panii tramwajowych. Opinia do
daje, ze czlonkowie wydzialu mo-
ga bye usunieci ma mocy ordynan
su transportacyjnego.
TednoczeSnie Bion ]. Arnold
przewodniczacy wydziaiu w os-
wiadczeniu wczoraj wydanem,
twierdzi, ze zarzuty ME maja pod
staw, ze wydziai ME zatwierdzh
kwestyonowanego ksiazkowania;
ze faiszywa jest wiadomosc, jako-
by. on i inzynier Weston zagodzi-
Ii adwokata w. G. Beale'a do
swej obrony re firma ekspertow
ktora badaia dla miasta ksiazki
oswiadczyia W liscie do kontrole-
ra miejskiego Traegera, IL "nic
waziego ME znalazia."
Sprawe oddano do komltetu
transportacyjnego.
Pogioski uporczywie kraza, IL
zarzuty przeciw wydziaiowi wy
woiano jedynie W tym celu, aze-
by zemscic sic ma B. ]. Arnol-
die "a porazke wielkiego syste-
mu kolei podziemnych (compre-
hensive subway system), ktoreJ
on energicznie oponowa. Admi-
nistracya miejska, jak wiadomo,
projekt ten energicznie poplera-
Ia.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
INNE SRODKI PRZECIW
BEZPRAWIU.

Szef policyi Gleason, azeby wy
kazac, il policya czyni co moze w
celu polozenia kresu rozwydrze--
niu bezprawia, uformowai 2o od-
dzialow po 4 detektywow, kto-
rych specyalnym obowiazkiem
jest wyszukiwanie i aresztowanle
lotrow, noszacych ukryta bron.
Szpiegowie policyjni maja bye
rozbrojeni wykurzeni re stacyi
policyjnych. Wszyscy znani kry-
minalisci maja bye aresztowani'
Dalej wykazuje, ze detektyw a
resztowali SO rewolwerowiczow'
a 62 zostalo skazanych ma kary
pieniezne W sumie cd Sc do
5000. 13 wypuszczono ma wolnosc
bez kary, dw6ch stawac bedzie
przed sedziami przysiegiyml, a
IL czeka ma rozprawy.
- Prezes sedziow kryminal-
nych Mcdonald po konferencyi
ze sedziami Walker, Kersten
Mckinley prosii prokuratora sta
nowego, ably sporzadzii spis
spraw rewolwerowiczow W are
szcie, oskarzonych o napascl zbro
dnicze bronia palma i ably je u
miescii ma kalendarzu, tax azeby
rozprawy mogiy sic jak najwcze-
sniej odbye. Zapowiedziaf takze,
re kazdy rewolwerowicz, Jezell
bedzie uznany winnym, otrzyma
takze maksymalna kare.
Sedzia Uhlir, wczoraj naiozy'
500 kary ma S. Tornabene, zam'
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
Z Rady Miejskiej.
Wydzial inzyn;erow nadzorczych " opalach. =
Szefowie nowych departamentow.
Zprocesu Keitha = Projekt ulepszena uI Canal Res.
tauracya ,,Union" zamknieta - Uznani winnymi
popeinienia oszustw wyborczych. - Wicher
podnos potion jeziora.

pnr. 408 E. Cicago ave-, "a nosze-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
ME rewolweru przy sobie.
NIEDOSZLE MORDERSTWO
SAMOBoJSTWO.

Procz innych napasci "a
bojstw, o ktorych NOVA w in
mem miejscu zanotowac nalezy
tragiczny wypadek, W ktorym J.
Crasnofi z Detroit strzelii dc
Sergiusza Baysorria, raniac go W
ramie, nastepnie skierowaf re-
wolwer do swego serca, pociagnql
"a cyngiel, kladac sic trupem ma
miejscu.
Crasnoff do niedawnwa sto}o.
wal sic ii Baysorriow. Przed Kill
ku tygodniami wyjechaf do De-
troit, gdzie mu sic przySniio, IL
kocha zone Baysarrii. Wrocii
wiec po mia, azeby ia re soba "a
brac.
w niedziele meza uwiadomll.
ze ma drugi dziei przyjdzie po je-
go zone. Wczoraj popoludniu l.
stotnie przyszedi do ich mieszka-
MIA, pnr. 243S North Ashland av.,
lecz go MAJ wyprosi} "a drzwi'
Ma to Crasnoff wyciagna} nowy
revolver automatyczny i ,krzy-
czac: ,,Przyjecha}em po DOMINIC
i "a pomoca tego ia zabiore"
strzelif do Baysarrii, ktory sic
potem zabarykadowa} w sypialni'
iona jego przerazona wyskoczy'
la przez okno. Gdy detektywi
Bouschulte i Bloom przybyli ma
miejsce, Crasnoff juz ME zyi.
- Ia napasc ma James'a J.
Ringa, pnr. 1859 Exchange ave.
z rewolwerem wreku, aresztowa'
no wczoraj Enrico Bunneggeonl,
zam. pnr. 923S Ontario ave.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12

zadns dzisnns pismO pOlskis " Galsj
Amsyes ME zamlaslcza tylu Oglo-
szsi CO ,DzlENNlk GHIGAGOSKL, "
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
sPRAWY ANGLII:

Londyn, 12 maja. - w sail
teatralnej ,,Covent Garden Cd
byio sic wspaniaie przedstawlenie
'dworskie ma Geese bawiaceJ W
Londynie dunskiej parry krolew-
skiej. Dw6r byl we wspanlaiym
komplecie, mad loza krolewska
wprost - usadowila sic grupa
sufrazystek; W umowionej chwl'
Ii jedna Z Mich wstala i za"oiai +;
,,Krolu Jerry! w TWEEN panstwie
torturuja kobiety", a lima zaczefa
rozrzucac po teatrze pamtlety su-
frazystowskie. Policya wnet wy
prowadzi}a kobietki, ktorych tax, ,
tyka og6lne znalazia poteplenle I
zreszta wiekszej ME wywofafa u
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
SAMoBoJsTWo KoNsULA
AMERYKANSKIEGO.

Harbin, 12 maja. - Konsul tu-
tejszy Stanow zjedn., S, P, War
ner popeinii samobojstwo: szcze-
goiv nieznane. w s}uzbie konsu-
larnej pozostawa} cd roku 1904,
w Harbinie cd r. 1912.
MOVIE DYECEZYE.
Rzym, IL maja. - Papiez Plus
x. sankcyonowa1 utworzenie dwu
nowych dyecezyi W Stanach zje-
dnoczonych: pierwsza z Mich to
Spokane, Wash, oddzielona Cd
dyecezyi Seattle, a druga - FL
Paso, Tex, utworzona z czescl
dyecezyi Tucson, Dallas, i San An
tonic. Nowi Biskupi zostana "a
mianowani w najblizszej przysz-
IoSci
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1914-05-12
POSZUKIWANIE "a BRO
MIA.

Trinidad, Colo, II maja. - Pc
godzinie SCI we srode popoiudniu
nastapi rewizya wszystkich osob
zamieszkalyoh W dystrykcie do
tknietym strajkiem. Wszystkim
zabierze sig bron - nawet mie-
szkan. Taxi rozkaz wyszedl z
kwatery pulkownika Jamesa Loc,
ketta polecenia prezydenta Sta
now Zjednoczonych.
Niektorym kopalniom wegla ma
mocy zakazu puikownika armii
regularnej ME wolno bedzie tym-
czasowo operowac. Kopalnie, kto-
re pracowaly dnia 20 kwietnia be-
da mogly nadal pracowac.
BURZA MA ZACHODZIE.
Milwaukee, Wis, II maja. -
Burza, jaka nawiedzila stan Wis
consin spowodowa}a smierc cite
rech osob i wyrzadziia przeszl1
million dolarow szkody. w powie-
Gle Dane mnostwo osob zostaI3
skaleczonych.
w bardzo wielu miejscowoS,
ciach pioruny popalily zabudowa.
MIA farmerskie. w powiecie Dane
huragan przewrocii przesz}o sc
stodol. .. .........
PROCES BECKERA.
Nowy York, 12 maja. - Wczo-
raj rozpoczal sic process Karola
Beckera, porucznika policyi, O.
skarzonego o udzial w zamordo-,
waniu Hermana Rosenthala.
Prokuratorya przedstawiia pie
ciu Swiadkow po movie Whitma.
ma, ktory przedstawil sedziom
przysieglym sposob W jaki Rosen
thai zginai Prokurator Powie'
dzial re Becker uplanowai NOR
derstwo, re rewolwerowiczow de
spelnienia zbrodni namowil.
Sedzia Seabury, ktory popro-
wadzi ten process skazai wczora
wydawcow gazety popoludnlo-
wei ma blisko $1,000 kary "a og4o
szenie mowy prokuratora Whit
mana przed czasem, Nova Il
wstepna zostaia ogloszona W SO
bote, prokurator wygiosi j
wczoraj
The Republican journal., 1914-06-04
THE CHINESE EGG BUSINESS.

WASHINGTON, June l, 1914. Since,
under the Democratic tariff law, Chinese
are shipping eggs into this country to
compete with the American farmer,
great interest has been manifested in
the activity among Chinese egg ship
pers.
The egg business in China has taken
on such activity under the Democratic
tariff law that United States Consuls
are making reports on it to the United
States government. Alfred w. Pontius,
American Consul at Marking, reports Of
ficially that big egg factory at Nam
king is about to be completed SO as to
begin operations this year. He says that
Chinese eggs areieither sold in open mar
ket or collected by interior agents and
delivered to the factory or to the ex-
porter.
The important egg producing district
of China, he reports, comprises the yell
low River and the Yangtze River Provin-
ces, and that the season of greatest pre-
duction is from February to May. He
says there is local desiccated egg fac
terry at Marking which purchases eggs
much below the market price. He says
this factory paid from eight to ten cents
a dozen last October.
For local shipping. Mr.. Pontius reports
that eggs are packed in bamboo crates
with sawdust or straw. He says they
are canned at Marking and Hankow by a
foreign corporation and shipped to Eu-
rope. He says he is informed that all
grades of eggs and all kinds of domesti-
Gated fowls are used for this purpose.
Refrigeration service, he says, can be OBJ
tanned from China to the United States.
The Hankow factory mentioned above
keeps in operation through the year by
handling game, poultry, feathers, beans
and skins.
The American Consul reports that
workmen in these egg factories receive
about ten cents day, thus making it
clear how the Chinese are able to ship
eggs to America and compete with Amer
lean farmers.
The Republican journal., 1914-06-04
A STOMACH TONIC

There is form of indigestion called
"atonic" dyspepsia. Atomic means slack
of tone" It is probably the most com
mon form of indigestion but not much is
heard about it because people are in
clined to group all forms of dyspepsia as
"stomach trouble and the doctors let it
go at that.
Lack of tone in the digestive organs
means that the stomach is no longer able
to do its work as nature intended. The
nerves that control it are weak, the
glands that supply the digestive fluids
are not working properly. Gas on the
stomach, sour risings in the throat and
constipation result. The cause Of the
trouble Is thin blood. Stomach, nerves
and glands are all dependent on the
blood and when it gets thin and watery
they are at once weakened. DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills act directly on the
blood and the first response from the
stomach is a better appetite, freedom
from distress after eating and an increase
in ambition and energy generally. Try
DR., Williams Pink Pills as a stomach
tonic and see how your general health
improves.
A diet book, "What to Lat and How
to Eat will be sent free on request by
the DR.. Williams Medicine Co., Schen-
ectady, N. Y. Every druggist sells DR..
Williams Pink Pills
The Republican journal., 1914-06-04
NOTICE OF SHERlFF'S SALE
STATE OF MAINE.
COUNTY OF WALDO, SIS.

STA VI MAlNE
COUNTY OF WALDO, IS.
Taken this eighth day of May. A. D. 1914, on
execution dated April 30, 1914, issued on a
judgment rendered by the Supreme Judicial
Court for the County of Waldo and State of
Maine, at a term thereof begun and held on
the third Tuesday of April, 1914, to wit: on the
twenty seventh day of April, 1914, in favor of
B. M. Barker of Troy, in said County of Waldo,
against ]. G. Small of said Troy, for $354.50,
debt or damage, and SIS. IL, costs of suit, and
will be sold at public auction at the residence
of Wilmot L. Gray, in said Troy. to the highest
bidder, on the twenty day Of June, A.
D. 1914, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, the fol-
lowing described real estate and all the right,
title and interest which the said J. &. Small
has and had in and unto the same on the
eleventh day of March, 1914, at seven o'clock
and twenty minutes in the afternoon, the time
when the same was attached on the original
writ in the same suit, to wit: certain piece
or parcel of land situate in said Troy, bounded
and described as follows: on the south and east
by the Clark and Morrill, roads, so-called; on the
north by the north line of said Troy; on the
west by land Of James r. Stevens; excepting
and reservng, however. five acres owned and
occupied by Willis S Stevens out of the south
west corner of said premises containing nine
premises described in deed from George
Estes to said Small, dated October % 1908, re-
corded in Waldo Registry of Deeds, Book 1893,
Page l18. Sw21
w. l. GRAY. Deputy Sheriff.
The Republican journal., 1914-06-04
OUR ROSE GARDEN AND HOW
WE MADE 1T
a. HYATT vEReuI

| IL
We had always Ionged for rose
garden. and when at last we had a
home in the suburbs our long chorisb.
ed hopes were realized.
The space selected for our roses was
spaded very deeply, and the earth was
thoroughly mixed with quantities of
we'll rotted horse manure in the nro.
portion of one part of manure to fou,
parts of soil. for the ground can
scarcely be made too rich for roses.
Our garden was ready in the spring.
and as soon as the ground was dry
and before the buds started to swell
we set out dormant plants from the
nursery and little later added grow
ing ported roses well covered with
buds.
Careful Planting Half the Battle.
We cut back the tops of the dormant
plants about one-third, retaining the
strongest branches and cutting still
more on the weak Ones taking care
to always make the cuts just above a
bud. We also examined the roots and
cut off all bruised or broken parts. The
holes for the plants were dug deeper
than required for the roots, and in the
bottom of each we placed large trow-
ell full of bonemeal, stirred into the
earth. In setting the plants we placed
them about an inch deeper than they
had grown in the nursery. When
grated plant was seen we were care
full to have the joint of the graft at
least three inches beneath the surface
to prevent suckers from below the
graft from sprouting up through the
soil.
We found that great deal depends
upon proper pruning. Varieties that
bloom on new stalks which grow from
the roots should have the strongest
canes cut back about half their length
as soon as through blooming in June.
In this way an abundance of new
growth will form which will bloom
later in the summer.
Varieties that form new growth from
the tops should have all old, dead
wood cut out in the spring. During
the summer they will have more bios
SONS and will be stronger if the best
branches are cut back one-half after
they have lowered.
At first we used only hardy var1e-
ties, for every one told us we could
not keep the tea roses over. We now
have many of these delicate varieties
and have found that with a little care
and trouble they do just as well as
the hardy kinds.
Tea roses planted out in the spring
will do well all summer and may be
taken in the house during the winter
or may be kept out Of doors with some
slight protection.
The Republican journal., 1914-06-04
t;ona, Aaency-Al rights reserved
GApEs AND HOW CURED
PROF. D. J. LAMBERT,
Rbode island Experiment Station.

Rhode Island Experiment station.
Gapes is parasitic disease which
| pff1icts nearly all kinds of domestic
poultry. especially the young and the
weddings. The gapeworms are OF
various sizes, not over one-half inch
in length, and appear to be or forked
shape. In reality this Is pair, the
larger part being the female and the
smaller or branch the male.
These in combination attach them,
selves to the lining or mucous men,
brane of the trachea by a disk shaped
sucking mouth and live on the blood
Of their victims. gradually weakening
them and finally strangling them to
death. The symptoms are general las
situde, loss of appetite. dropping wings
and difficult breathing.
Gapes are often contracted through
filthy and contaminated soil. Sometimes
the worms coughed up by the infected
birds find congenial Judgment In the
wet ground. multiply rapidly and are
eaten greediIy by fowls and chickens
in search of other animal food.
There are various mechanical devices
and inventions for extracting the cape
worms. One is horsehair looped
through a small metal tube. Another
and perhaps the most effectual is long
stiff feather tip This dipped in tur-
pentine and inserted carefully down
the trachea. then rapidly twirled and
then Immediately withdrawn. will often
disIodge The worms and sometimes
save the chick.
Another Mode Of Treatment.
Another mode of treatment is to con-
fine the afflicted birds in box or bar
rel, having the open part upward;
cover the opening with coarse cloth or
sacking and then sift in some pulver-
lied tobacco dust or snuff. This treat
ment causes the chicks to sneeze and
expectorate and if they are strong and
vigorous to cough up the worms.
AS preventive Of contagion the in
fected birds should be promptly sepa-
rated from the well. All dead birds
should be burned or buried deep in the
ground. The soil in poultry yards and
runs should be plowed or spaded up
frequently and exposed to the sun and
air. Air slaked OF carbonated lime
should be applied to the ground used
for poultry runs, whether it is often
turned over or not Sprinkling the sur
face with 2 per cent solution of sui
phuric acid will tend to destroy the
parasites and also earthworms, which
are suspected as being carriers of cape
worms.
The drinking vessels should be kept
clean by scalding and refilling fire.
quently. A small amount Of perman-
ganate Of potash added to the water,
just enough to tint it light wine color,
will prevent contagion through that
source. AS in all diseases, preventive
methods are the best.
The Republican journal., 1914-06-04
CULTIvATfNG THE CULTIVATION
HABIT
JOHN ASHLEY,

There is no agricultural implement
Of greater usefulness than the cultiva-
tor and yet, perhaps, none whose val
lie is less fully appreciated. To the
unobserving eye the thought of cult
waiting a crop after each rain seems an
absurdity, but a little investigation
soon shows the doubling Thomases the
convincing need of such a thing.
In the spring. when the rainfall is
plentiful. the soil near the surface is
filed with sufficient moisture for the
growing crops, but as soon as a dry
time comes the sun absorbs all the
moisture in the upper strata of soil
and plants roots have to go further
down in search of water. Nature,
however, being resourceful, has so Or
dered things that there is capillary
action going on all the time in the
soil. To illustrate: When it rains the
water soaks down into the soil until
1t reaches what is commonly known
as the water table. where it is stored
for future use and when the dry
weather comes the sun causes an evap-
Grafton to take place near the sur
face, which draws up stored water
through little tubes formed in the soil,
analogous to the way in which the
scalp supplies food to the hair through
little tubes, which may be seen with
a powerful magnifying glass. This
process in the ground is known IS cap
Hilary attraction.
Conserving the Moisture.
Now, if the surface of the soil is not
constantly stirred, so as to break the
capillary tubes. all the moisture es
capes, in consequence of which the
crops suffer. which is one of the i'm
portant reasons why crops should be
cultivated after every rainfall and
during dry weather. Another good
reason for frequent cultivation is the
destruction of weeds. These pests are
voracious eaters and "hard drinkers"
the loss of water on account of them
being more serious even than the loss
of plant food. The rule, both in the
garden and with the field crops. should
be a frequent shallow cultivation.
There are many instances on record
where the yield Of crops has been in
creased nearly so per cent by the
thorough and constant use of the cul
tivator.
There are many makes of cultiva-
tors, some built especially for certain
crops like the two row corn cultivato1
or the beet cultivator ETC.; then there
is the one horse "all round" cultivator
The better ones have, besides the |
regular set of cultivator teeth, extra
implements, such as small plows, hoes
and Killers that go with them. thereby
greatly enhancing their value and use
fitness.