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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
CULTURE OF ALFALFA CROP.
Success Reported Upon Soils Of Great
Diversity Should Be Encourage.
ment 20 Make q Trial.

The matter of alfalfa growing ID
now OF widespread interest, and the
success which is reported upon soils
Of great diversity should be an en-.
oouragement to make trial il only
upon q small plot In order to expert.
ment for future benefit. II good stands
can be secured It means everything to
the middle and eastern sections Of the
United States. Stock fed upon it keep
In prime condition and need little or
no grain. Also It is a permanent crop
when yearly fertilized in the above
named sections. We know OF in.
stances in California and New Mex.
leo, where the same fields of alfalfa
have been used for several genera
tons. says a writer In an exchange.
In the matter of fertilization, we
must remember that alfalfa draws its
own nitrogen from the air, which 1t
stores In nodules along its roots, but
It is heavy potash feeder. Chemical
analysis has shown that nearly as
much potash is required in its produc.
ton as nitrogen, and nearly four times
as much potash as phosphoric acid.
This fact bears some relation possibly
to the matter Of luxuriant growth in
the far West and Southwest, where
the soils are rich in potash In avail.
able form. We have not these con.
ditions, but frequent experiments in
many sections have given very salts.
factory results with commercial fer.
filters.
Some lands require heavier appli.
cation Of minerals than others. The
Indiana experiment station in circular
No. S4-"How to Grow Alfalfa"-rec.
ommends 300 to 400 pounds per acre
OF fertilizer containing s to 10 per
cent OF each, phosphoric acid and
potash. They also advise incubation
and lining.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
ST. PAUL SAILED
CROWDED FOR ENGLAND
BY The United Press.

BY The United Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. THE sailing OF
a steamer for Europe having become a
real event, great crowds thronged the
American line dock today to see the
liner st. Paul steam out for Liverpool
Every cabin was taken. The liner car
ried more than 5000 bags Of mall great
quantities Of money and all the freight
that could be jammed into her hold. AS
the st. Paul flies the American flag,
she win not be exposed to the danger OF
capture.
Many of the st. Paurs passengers
were making their second or third at.
tempt to reach Europe. Colonel q. r.
B. Cobbett, of the British army, first
sailed on the Kronprinzessin Ceciiie. and
was landed back at Bar Harbor. Among
other passengers was the Duchess Of
Marlborough, who has been with her
mother, Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont at New.
port. Lady Granard, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Ogden Mills, arrived here only
Wednesday on the Olympic, but reaIiz-
ing that her husband, British army Of.
ticer, might be called to his regiment.
arranged to return Immediately on the
81. Paul Sir Alan tombstone. British
minister at the Hague, who has been
spending his vacation in. the United
States, also returned on the st. Paul.
Lord Somers, of Toronto. formerly a
lieutenant in the Life Guards. was re-
turning with the intention of joining the
colors.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
VALUE OF THE GARDEN CROP
BY Careful Cultivation Farmer Can
Make Acre Pay More Money Than
Anything Else on Farm.
CBy ]. ". LLoYD1

No longer do the farmers Of the bet.
ter class content themselves with rails
ing a few rows of potatoes, calling
that their garden 1t is not necessary
longer for the busy farmers wife to
look after these neglected corn and
potato spots for the farmer has come
to understand that there is good
money in them.
Time was when the farmer con-
tented himself with raising grain
crops, considering it beneath his dig.
nifty to spend time on the garden. II
there was a garden on the place il
was usually left to his wife and chill
dren to pull the weeds and to do any
other work that was actually required.
Now, the farmer himself, with
work horse and modern garden ma
chinery, can do more work in an hour
than his wife could do In a week, and
do 1t better. BY careful cultivation he
can make his half acre of garden
pay more cash money than any other
acre on the farm.
The high cost of living has also
reused the Inhabitants of the small
towns and those who live In the sub
urbs of the cities make use of every
foot of ground possible to produce
vegetables to piece out the table sup
plies and as first aid to their pocket
books.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
MANY AT FUNERAL or
w. II. CALDWELL. COTARFn

Colored residents turned out in large
numbers to the funeral yesterday Of
William II. Caldwell from his late resi-.
dence, No. 43l East Eleventh street
Among those at the funeral were ST
James Commandery, Knights Templar,
Of which he was a member. who attend
ed IN a body, and accompanied the body
q their dead comrade to his grave. The
funeral services were held at the Ezion
NJ. 4. Church and interment was made
at Mt. Olive cemetery.
The ministers who took part IN fine
service included the Rev. J. A. 7. Foust,
the Rev. B. /. Moore, the Rev. Dr.. w,
4. Hoxter, the Rev. Mr. Bell, the Rev.
II. Q. Jones, the Rev. Mr.. Scott and the
Rev. Or. Q. A. Tinaley, Of Philadelphia
along with the Rev. DR.. Albert Price
grand orator of Hiram Grand Lodge Of
Masons; Grand Master Albert II. Brad
ley and Grand Potentate Richard
Weeks. Resolutions were read from
every department Of Ezion Church. Of
which the deceased was a member. As
bury Sterling. past grand master. had
charge Of the services at the church
The international Templars and Shrin.
ers, in session at Pittsburgh. sent
message of coincidence. Organizations
in West Chester, Philadelphia and New
York City also sent letters of regret.
Mr.. Caldwell was the Oldest coiored
Mason in Wilmington, and his funeral
was the largest Of any colored resident
held in many years.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
SOIL RoBBING is IMMORAL
Poverty and Social llls GO With Wear
Ing Out Of Land-Frenoh and
Belgian Farmers Prosper.

No nation ever has survived, nor can
survive, the decline Of it's agriculture.
The decline Of the Roman republic be.
gan when its farmers moved to town
and had their lands cultivated by
slaves. France and Belgium prosper
because they are nations Of small far.
mera, who cultivate their land TO its
utmost limit. England and Ireland
are prospering because there Is no
such thing IN either country as worn.
out land. America, Notwithstanding
its almost limitless resources, can
scarcely feed its own people much
longer.
We need not 60 far to see the Inn
morality Of soil robbing, says Wal
lace's Farmer. If a farm in any 10.
cality becomes worn out, even though
that wearing out be little more than
the exhaustion OF the humus material
in the soil, it must expect to have a
poor tenant. For a good tenant, who
understands his business, will not
waste his time farming worn-out land.
He may undertake to restore It; but
II he is wise, it will be done at the
expense of the owner.
The rule. as illustrated in thousands
OF instances, is that the poorer tenants
get the poorer land. Having poor land,
they must continue to be poor. which
means that they lose standing in the
community. They are not able to edu.
cate their children; they are not able
to live as other farmers live. When
this becomes general in any township,
1t means that the schools in that town.
ship are poor 1t means that the
churches dwindle in membership, and
finally pass out. It means that immor.
atty becomes common even in the
sports OF the young people It means,
in short lack OF social influence and
OF political influence on the part OF
the farmers. These are the penalties
for soil robbing, which nature imposes
with absolute certainty and unfailing
accuracy.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
Best soil Cor Alfalfa

Alfalfa seems to do best on sandy
loan soils that have a good supply Of
plant food and are well drained,
though 1t has been known to have
grown in a heavy clay soil 1t will do
well on any soil that will produce
wheat or corn.
The field designed for alfalfa should
be selected with the view Of leaving
1t for several years. The plant seems
to reach It's prime in four years and
can, as a rule, be left IN a field profit
ably for seyer or eight years, No diff
fculty is experienced in getting alfalfa
out Of the field. II 1t is so desired, If
field Of It is plowed in midsummer and
kept we'll cultivated.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
Brace for Corner Post.

wire was stapled. Many Of the co
ment posts in this case had to have
extra large butts on account of the
hollows in the ground, which had q
tendency to pull up the posts.
During this time Of the year, when
the ground is very dry It is sometimes
very troublesome while building wire
fence to keep the post from turning
at the corners. Anchor the corner
post about four feet, then dig a trench
the same depth toward the second
post, nail a two by four scantling to
the corner post at the bottom, have
the scantling about four or Ave feet in
length, now attach two by four three
feet in length to the scantling, tamp
the dirt over this securely and the
post will never slip or turn II properly
braced at the top. To properly brace
the post at the top the brace should
be fitted in the post two and one-half
feet from the bottom and top, this
brace should be of good material with
a cross brace of wire as shown in the
illustration.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07

Corn Shook Loader. T.-WlndIaea. a.
Attachment to Rack. Ground
Upright, Eight Feet High, Four
Inches In Diameter. DARN, Eight
Feet Long.
rack bed pieces, far enough back to
allow the crank of the windlass to
turn without hitting the rack.
The windlass should have a catch
which will be found useful to hold
the moving parts when going to and
from the field.
When load is on, let down the swing
ing arm by unlocking top end Of
brace. Hook roller hook to front lad
der cross piece, then draw windlass
up tight and catch. This binds the
load while going to the barn.
A little practice will enable the man
on the load to tell just when to have
the shock lowered as he pulls 1t over.
My corn ties are about i've feet
long and have wire fasteners. BY
taking out standard this frame can
be taken apart and stored away in
20 minutes, when done using for the
season. We think it saves as much
lifting as the hay carrier does in hay.
ing time.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
COMMITTEE ARRANGES
JR. 0. U. a. NJ. FIELD DAY.

The Field Day Committee Of the Jr.
o. U. A. NJ, which is arranging for
the exercises to be held at Shellpot
Park on August %, held a meeting last
night II was announced that a sham
battle was being considered. This
will most likely be held between the
Juniors and a number of Red Men.
George f. Lang reported that the fans
for distributing had been ordered. The
proceeds of the celebration will go to
the National Orphans Home, of the
Junior Order of United American
Mechanics The committee is having
postcards printed showing a few of
the buildings at the Home.
A great many of the merchants have
given prizes for the various sports,
and the committee wishes to thank the
donators, and all others that have TAX
en- any part in this affair. The next
meeting will be next Thursday even
ing, at which time it is expected the
committee will arrange the sports.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
GERMAN AND BELGIAN GUNS ROAR At EGESEA FIGHTS REPORTED
MAKING CORN SHOCK LOADER
saves Farmer as Much Lifting as Hay
Carrier Does In HayIne Time
Dimensions Of Device.

In response to query Monroe r.
Jenkins of Wayne county, New York.
gives the dimensions and framework
OF a corn shock loader in the National
Stockman and Farmer as follows:
The timber is of Eastwood with the
exception of the turning post, which
may be Of oak or ash. If the frame
work is made Of hardwood it may be
OF smaller dimensions and stin be
strong enough. The bolts used are Of
half-inch iron, and Of the length indi-
Gated In the drawing The pieces
marked B are bolted to the inside Of
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
INDIAN Great CHIEFS
ON DOWN State TRIP

Great Sachem John f. Lynn, Great
Senior Sycamore William ID. Morrow
and Great Mishinewa Alexander G.
Rogers, of the /. o. r. NJ, left the
city this afternoon for Laurel to
pay an official visit to two tribes of
lmp'd Q. r. M. Indian Hill Tribe, of
Bethel, will smoke the pipe of peace
around the council fire with Res
sakatum Tribe No IS. of Laurel. to-
night and the Great Chiefs will have
heap much long talks for the braves.
The Great Chiefs will spend tomor-
row at Bethel as guests Of Great
junior Sycamore Samuel J. Fur
Miss.
Great Sachem Lynn has called a
meeting of the city and vicinity
tribes for Monday night to take IN
the question Of Old Home Week cele-
bration.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
GROUND GRAIN FOR FEEDING
Dat Grain Should Be Crushed and tbs
Ear Corn Ground into Coarse
Meal for Horses and Cows.

A popular grain feed for COWS and
horses is provender-corn and oats
ground together. Corn on the cob and
oats for cows is fully as good as
shelled corn and oats, and the labor Of
Smelling is saved. Probably the finer
they are ground the more completely
they will be digested, but there is a
point of fineness beyond which the
cost Of reduction will be greater than
the gain secured. Just when this point
was reached would depend upon 80
many things, the price Of the grains,
the cost of grinding and the value of
the dairy product, that no definite
statement can be made. But this
much may be said, the oat grains
should be crushed so as to expose the
kernels to the action Of the digestive
juices, and the ear corn should Ia
ground into coarse meal.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
BUILDING WIRE FENCE
EXCELLENT SUBSTITUTE FOUND
FOR RAILS AND BOARDS.
Not Expensive When One Considers
Lasting Qualities Of Good Heavy
Galvanized Wire and Inde-
structible Cement Posts.

lBy P. K EDWARDS. Copyright. 1s1ll
Pigs and the board fence were the
the bane of our existence as boys. for
no matter how securely we fastened
the old boards the pigs would get out
Just when we we're starting for the
swimming hole or going berrying.
Now concrete posts and wire fencing
have become substitutes for the
boards and rails and once set IN are
fortunately there to stay.
But wire fencing is so expensivelS
the reader win say. The reply to THAI
is, III you do not consider the laetina
qualities Of good heavy galvanized
wire and the indestructibility OF ce4
ment posts" The writer remembers
putting a f1fty-fve inch woven wire
fence around his garden some nine
teen years ago. using chestnut posts
set twenty feet apart. This fence ia
still standing and Is to all appearancea
IN excellent condition Regarding the
spacing Of the posts around this gar.
den, which bordered the highway and
required 400 feet of fencing, if we
had used a board fence with eight.
foot post spacing. thirty more posts
would have been required, and "a
these cost even in those days 10 cents
each, saving of $3.50 was effected.
In this particular case the posts be-
ing Of chestnut (eight feet long) the
butts were painted with a creosote
preparation and set three feet in the
ground.
In using cement posts, which ara
easily made at home, be sure to have
the butts of the corner and end posts
extra heavy and then no anchors are
needed; also provide for two bolt
holes In each post, one near the top,
the other near the bottom. to be used
for the bolts which hold the wooden
strip to which the wire is stapled.
In setting some 500 feet Of poultry
fencing this past year the writer used
modern heavy woven wire, with six
foot cement posts set three feet IN
the ground To these short posts
were bolted five-foot wooden strips
three by four inches, to which the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
HUMAN element
A FACTOR IN THE
Great WAR CAME
contInued prom FIrgt Page.

Continued From First Page
this time, one emerging through
Luxembourg and the other either by
the Swiss border. or further north
toward the Epinal-Toul gap in the
French Alsace-Lorraine defense.
The purpose of the three stimuli
taneous movements. as is believed to
have been planned BY the German
general STAFF, is to keep France oc-
cupied with false advances while the
real concentrated advance strikes.
What was to have been gallon
through Belgium has developed into
a serious campaign OF its own, and
It Is reasonable to suppose a general
halt has been ordered until Berlin
can find new bearings in Belgium.
This must make known to the French
general staff that the true German
movement had been planned through
Belgium.
reports Of naval engagement be-
tween England and Germany IN the
North Sea undoubtedly mean. no
more than skirmishes The German
navy being inferior to the British.
the rules of strategy demand that
Germany shall KEEP her aeet together
under cover, hoping England by some
biunder may divide her own battle
fleet. If German scouts get wind of
this, the Kaiser's dreadnoughts NAV
be expected to dart out and try TO
equalize matters by an overwhelming
attack on inferior numbers. OF
course British strategy requires that
the Germans be enticed out by the
raise surmise that the British home
fleets are isolating themselves.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
HAS NO FEAR OF RAISE
IN TABLE DELIcACIES

No Tears are expressed for a raise in
the price Of imported table delicacies
by Ernest S. Tate, manager of the
Hotel dupont who believes that the war
will demonstrate to the entire country
that caviar manufactured in Delaware
City is the equal, and believed BY many
eonnosseurs to be superior, to the caviar
imported from st, Petersburg, Russia.
Mr.. Iaite also asserts that some of the
imported" cheeses which bear strange
Undiscovered labels in Italian, German
and other italics, which representatives
from all nations would be unable to
interpret, are in reality manufactured in
Jersey City, n. J.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
Mexican FEDERALS
MAY DEFEND Capital
Carranza and Carbaial En-
vOyS Break Over Peace
Terms
WASHINGTON ADVISES
FULL SURRENDER
By The United Presa.

by The Unlted Press.
MEXICO CITY, Aug. Preparations
are being shade to resist an attack OF
the Constitutionalists upon Mexico City.
Provisional President Carbaial was Of
iicially advised today that General Car
rama had broken negotiations with the
ENJOYS sent from the capital and re-
fused to ratify the plan suggested by
Carbajal for the transfer OF government
Il was stated here that President Car
baial has been urged by Washington to
surrender to the Constitutionalists on
their own terms In return the Mexican
government has asked whether the
United States will guarantee life and
property in the territory now held by
the Federals if the Constitutionalists
are permitted to take control.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
GERMAN ASSAULT ON
LIECE FAILS; CITY IS
NOW Being BESEICED
contlnued From FIrst Page

Continued From First Page.
The suffering of the wounded is very
great No attempt has been made to
care for either the dead or wounded
who remain on the plains before the
forts The shell fire from both sides
is so severe that it would be suicide
to go to the relief Of the suffering.
Three times during last night, the
German attacking column was hurled
against the Liege Notifications. With
magnificent courage. the Germans
charged, but they could not gain the
slightest advantage. The ground had
been mined, but it was not until last
night that the mines were exploded.
The carnage was appalling The
Germans massed in close order for
nation were blown to pieces, the
dead and wounded running far into
the hundreds At one point alone
an extra brigade OF Germans was
deeimated and left seven hundred
wounded when 1t retreated.
The Gazette has received the fol-
lowing dispatch from Liege:
The Tenth Army Corps, with
cavalry reinforcements while cross
ing a zone that had been mined IN a
night charge on the forts, was re-
pulsed The mine was detonated
when the troops were directly over
IL and a whole battalion of Germans
was killed while 1000 wounded were
picked up. Several German howitzers
have been placed in position at Huy
and a large German force is massing
on the other side OF the frontier. An
attack on the village Of Cornesse was
repulsed. It is reported that the
nineteen-year-old son of Count Won
Arnim the German geenral is among
those who have died from their
wounds"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
MET wILMTNGTONIAN
IN HONDURAS.

Under date Of August 3. First Of
ficer VIII Medium, of the English
steamship Thimbleby, has sent a
postal card to George Carter. editor
THE EVENING JOURNAL. who is a
relative, from Belize. British Hon
duras. Mr. Medium visited Whining
ton before sailing TO British Hon
duras, where his ship is taking on a
cargo of mahogany for New York.
Mr.. Meldrum wrote OF meeting Arthur
Hauber. Of this city, in Spanish Hon
duras.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
SOCIALISTS HEAR 100
Comrades Have been Slain
BY The United Press.

~ AAN NAAAtu Aithss
NEW YORK, Aug IA Berlin
cable received by the correspondent
here of La Prenza, of Buenos Ayres.
the biggest newspaper in South
America, states:
by order Of the Emperor, 100 So
ciaiist deputies have been shot in
Berlin, among them the Socialist
leader. Herr Lebknecht."
There is no confirmation OF the re-
port from other sources.
The New York Call, commenting
on the dispatch today, says:
Il is believed that the charge Of
treason may have been laid against
the entire Socialist delegation in the
Reichstag for some action by the
German Socialists, knowledge Of
which has not been permitted to get
out Of the Kaiser's closely-guarded
domain. The Socialist delegation
numbered III"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
BUSINESS men AGAIN
after chesapeake FISH

Members of the Business Mems
Fishing Club will leave tomorrow
morning for Oxford, Md. where they
will board the schooner Captain" for
a cruise to last week. Captain 2.
S. Mears will be in command, The
party will visit Solomon's and Tan
gier Island. J. Frank Ayres is COM
modore Of the party, and others to
take the trip include A. w. Swartz,
William G. Bryan, John A. Chap
Candy G. Mammele, Elwood Souder,
Ellwood Souder, Jr., Harry W. Davis,
Samuel Hayman, George w. Till, DR..
l. l.. Chapman, William e. Holland
and possibly two or three others.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
Loss or CRUISER
DEPRESSES THE british
BY The United Press.

Ny AHe united ffeaHi
LONDON, Aug. Part Of the
British and German fleets have been
in action. The Germans fought a
running fight, according to the Ad-
miralty, which advises that "all of
the news may not be favorable"
The only real disaster admitted,
however is the loss Of the cruiser
Amphion. with 100 men. II is con-
sidered certain, however, that num-
Der Of British destroyers have been
at least crippled. The German war
ships were driven back on their base
off the German coast and the Ad-
miralty claims that British shipping
now has a clear passage through the
Channel, while the fishing fleet need
no longer remain In the North Sea
ports.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-08-07
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