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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-11
WEST AGAINST EAST
 IN TENNIS TOURNEY
Famous Players Meet Again. West Takes Lead on the
 Opening Day

Forest Hills, N. Y, September 10. California players further increased their lead in the west versus east in July and will finish here tomorrow, when they won two out of three con tests played here today.
 Theodore R. Pell of New York was the only Atlantic coast player to score a victory. He defeated Thomas C. Bun dy of Los Angeles. 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 3-6. 6-i. Maurice E. Mclaughlin of San Fran cisco evened the score by winning from Karl H. Behr of New York GA, 3-6, 6-2 62; and William M. Johnston and Clar- ence J. Griffin put the far western con. tingent into the lead by defeating R. Norris Williams II of Philadelphia and Watson M. Washburn of New York in doubles, 6-4. 6-2, GA.
 By the addition of today's two vic tories the far coast experts raised their total wins to seven against the east erners' two, and even though the east should win all three of Saturday g matches the count still would stand [ to in favor of the west.
 There. was none of the brilliant court battling today which marked the clos ing days of the national championship tournament. In comparison, the play was slow.
 Fell and Bundy were the first on the turf and the match resolved itself into a contest of endurance. Occasionally there were fishes of brilliant tennis but most of the points were won ard lost on errors of Judgment and netted and outted balls.
 McLoughlin's victor over Behr showed tennis of higher order Me Lcughlins service bothered Behr con- siderably. for the former titleholdcI used both speed and spin on every de- livery with the result that he scored c number of clean aces during the fou, sets. Both were guilty, however o1 numerous nets and outs
 rational title holders, Johnston an6 Griffin were not forced to uncover any sensational game in defeating William. and Washburn, the eastern champions.
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Karl Black Enters Hall of Fame
LUCK WITH LEADERS
 IN MAJOR LEAGUES

New York, September 10.-Leaders in sped ahead of their rivals by winning today, while the other contenders failed to help their standings. The Phila- delphia Nationals by defeating the now. tail-end Giants gained half game on both Brooklyn, which had an open date, and Boston, which split double header with Pittsburg.
 The Boston Americans made their lead over Detroit more secure today by win ming from Philadelphia, while Detroit was losing to Cleveland This victory puts the Red Sox three and a half games ahead of the Tigers. The Tigers move eastward tomorrow for a series with the Yankees. They then go to Boston for
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TOMMY MURPHY HAS
 ANOTHER BIG DAY

Hartford, Conn.,. September 10-Tom my Murphy had another big day in the final afternoon of the Grand Cir cult meeting at Charter Oak park He in the three races on the programme today after cleaning up the card yes terday.
 For the first time since Murphy bought the bay mare Lulu Lumine at . reported price of $12,500. almost two years ago, he managed to pit her to win, capturing the l:11 trot in straight heats with Earl Wood second in each instance He also won the 2:15 trot with Trampwright in straight heats while Walter Cox took the third race the 2:04 pace. with Camelia; Hal s. driven by Murphy. taking second money.
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MISS ALEXA STIRLING SUFFERS DEFEAT IN
 GOLF TOURNAMENT

what may be the decisive series of the race. Pending the arrival of the Tigers, the Red Sox will entertain Chicago, which after valiant fight for the lead now is virtually eliminated.
 The Philadelphia Nationals, whom baseball critics have been expecting to
 crack since they started off with a string of victories at the very beginning of the season, have failed to develop the forecasted slump and now find them selves three and a half games ahead of Brooklyn and four and a half games ahead of the Boston team which Man ager Moran considers his most forrnid- able opponent.
 the expense of the Giants. What the Phillies will be able to show against the somewhat stronger western clubs is the question interesting followers of the game.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Phillies Win Again

Philadelphia, September 10.-One o1 the longest hits ever made in the his tory of Philadelphia park-a drive over the deep center field wall by Cra- vath with the bases filled in the eighth inning-gave Philadelphia to vic tory over New York today and a clean sweep of the series of four games
 Tesreau not only out-twirled McQuil- Ian for six innings but also sent in all of New York's runs with single, which scored two runners and a home run. Tesreau began to weaken sin the seventh when the score was tied on doubles by Luderus and Whitted. Me hoff's sacrifice and out. In the eighth the bases were filled on Stocks sim gle and two passes and then came Cravaths remarkable drive. Score:
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Reds Take Another

ished the season with St. Louis here by winning ' to 1, me'-ing a clean sweep of the series. Lear allowed but three hits while the visitors took advantage of Meadows wildness which, combined With a series of singles, gave them lead of seven runs. With this handicap Huggins sent in Lamlne, recruit from the Three Eye league. who finished the game in good style In the eighth Betzel tripled and scored the locals only run on Con- zales' sacrifice Score: R.H.E. Cincinnati ................0M .0M 132 000-7 8 0 St. Louis ................0 600 900 010-1 2
 Batteries: Lear and Wingo; Meadows. Lamline and Gonzales.
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Paulhan Is Decorated

Belgrade. Servia, August 20.-(Special) M. Paulhan, the French aviator, who was sent to Servia several months ago by the French air service to assist the Servian army has been promoted to the rank of captain for gallant conduct in bringing down an Austrian aeroplane. M Paulhan gave up flying two years ago. after winning s50,000 long distance flight contest in England, and retired to farm on the Riviera, where he grew flowers for the London market. He vol. unteered for the air service, however. at the beginning of the war.
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CONVECTION WILD
 AND PELICANS WIN

Mobile, September 1o.-Covington, al- though he allowed but six hits was wild, and New Orleans punched hits with bases on balls and errors, and had no trouble defeating Mobile again today to 4. Smith was hit hard but frightened up in the pinches. Today was the last game on the local field the remaining three games scheduled have been transferred to Alt lanta. Score:
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Braves Win and Lose

Pittsburg, September 1o.-Boston lost the first game today to Pittsbur.s by a score of to 1, but evened up by taking the second, to ?, in 10 innings. Adams was effective in the first game while Nehf and Barns were both hit hard. In the sec- ond contest Rudolph was steady at crit ical times, but his opponent Kantlehner, was wild, which practically lost the game for the home team. Scores:
 FIRST CAME
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Summary: Stolen bases. Pitler 2. Sacrifice hits, Graff. Mcbride. Two base hits, Caveny 2. Three-base hit, Daley. Home run. Harris. Double plays, Caveny to Pitler to Harris 2; Graff to Pitler to Harris; Baldwin to Eibel, Struck out Keeley 3. Bases on balls, Keeley 4. Clark 3. Time, 1:45. Empires, Breitenstein and Williams.
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Farmer, Murray Stolen bases, Stark 2, G. Baker. Sacrifice hits, Stark ?, Dia- mond. Sacrifice flies. Callahan, Dodge Double plays, Stark, Downsy to Coving- ton; Downey, Starr to Covlngton; Roth, Downey to Covington. Hits, of Couch- man with 3 runs in ? innings. Struck out. by Kroth g. Roth 3. Bases on balls, off Couchman ?, Roth D. Kroh B. Hit by pitcher, Gibson. Left on bases Nash vile B. Little Rock 8. Time, 1:55 Um- pires, Bernhard and OToole.
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Doyle, Luderus. Whitted. Home runs, Iesreau. Cravath. Sacrifice hits, Beck CT, Pasiert, Niehoff. Double plays. Doyle, Fletcher and Merkle; Fletcher and Merkle Bases on balls. Tsereau 8, McQuillan 2. Struck out, Tesreau 8, Empires, Byron and Orth Time, 1:3S.s
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SUMMARY. Two-base Hits-Magee, Flynn. Three-base Hits-Rumler, Clark. Struck Out-Thompson s2 Bases on Balls-On Thompson Black 5. Sacrifice Hits-Williams, Coyle. Stolen Bases-Lindsay, Coyle ?. Time--2:10. Umpires-Pfenninger and Rudderham.
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American Association

At Louisville: Louisville [, Minneapo- lis D. "
 At Columbus Columbus 2-2. St. Paul To first 10 innings) . | At Indianapolis: Indianapolis 1-5, Kan sas City O-3 : At Milwaukee,: Milwaukee-Clevel i;
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STRIFE CEASES AMONG
 THE NEGRO BAPTISTS

Chicago September 1o.-The National Negro Baptist convention divided into two factions in two different halls. held meetings today without the disturbances which marked the first two days.
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Tigers Lose to Indians

Cleveland, September 10.-Ineffective pitching by James and Coveleskie al lowed Cleveland to defeat Detroit to 2. Klepfer kept Detroits seven hits we'll scattered. Smiths hits and sacri- flee flies accounted for four of Cleve . lands runs. Score
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CHICKS AGAIN
 SUFFER DEFEAT

Chattanooga, September 10 Fast work by the Chattanooga infield en- bled Clark to shut Memphis out to- day and the visitors were defeated by to 0 for the second day in success sion. Caveny's hitting and fielding fea-
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING
Athletics Lose Another

Boston. September 10,-The Boston Americans gained their batting eyes to- day and won easily from Philadelphia, to 2. Ruth was baffling except in two in- nings, the fifth, when McInnis' single, Oldring's double and a wild pitch scored the Philadelphia runs, and in the ninth when he let up for several moments, but regained control. Score:
 T lo1, fA
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SMITH DOWNS THORNTON

Atlanta, September 10.-Carleton Smith of Atlanta today wrested the Georgia state tennis championship from Nat Thornton. also of Atlan- ta, after five hard fought sets. The scores were 2-6. 2-6. 6-2, 6-4. 6-2.
 Players from several other states participated in the early stages of the championship matches. Semi finals and finals in the doubles will be played tomorrow.
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Chicago, September 10.-Seffing Alexa Stirling of. Atlanta, southern champion. today took Mrs. C. H. Van- derbeck, the Philadelphia expert, to the twenty-second hole before succumbing in the emI-finais of the women's na- tionaI golf tournament at Onwentsia.
 Mrs. yanderbeck's hard earned vic tory over the 17-year-old girl allowed Her to contest the final round tomor- row with Mrs. W. A. Gavin of Eng land, who eliminated Miss Ernestine Pearce of Chicago, 5 and 3.
 The steadiness and excellent style Of the southern girl won the support of the big gallery of gaily frocked wom- en who followed the match to the far side of the links only to see her lose on the fourth extra hole, apparently because of the rain which drenched the fashionable throng at the same time .t drowned Miss Strings champion ship hopes for this year.
 To overcome Miss Stirling Mrs. Van derbeck had to play 15 of the 22 holes in women's par, the southerner herself inak- ing 12 holes in par. The young player had the better of the long strokes, but the Philadelphian was better at the short strokes when it came to holing out on close holes.
 Match Starts
 The match started in the face of a southwest wind but the 400-yard hole was halved in six. The next hole, 2lS yards. went to Miss Stirling, 4-5, but she lost the lead at the 457-yard third, Mrs. Van derbeck making mems par, five. The customer took the lead the 341 yard fourth hole with another mems par for, but the southerner squared the game at the 314-yard fifth with a to her oppo- nent's 6. The next three holes were halved in womens par. but Mrs. Wander beck took lead of 1 up at the ninth, where the screeching of a parrot on -he club house veranda apparently spoiled Miss Strling's approach.
 On the 445-yard tenth Miss Stirling placed her short third the green and holed in five, again squaring the match. The balance was upset the eleventh, 400 yards, where the southerner got into a pit for the only time during the game and took 6.
 The next hole, 505 yards, was halved in par, but Mrs. aYnderbeck for the first time gained a two-hole lead by taking the thirteenth, S57 yards, in 5. The fourteenth
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International League

At Toronto: Toronto 1-5, Harrisburg 0-1.
 At Buffalo: Buffalo s-5. Richmond 1-2. At Montreal: Montreal 3, Jersey City 10.
 At Rochester: Rochester ?. Providence ].
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Summary: Two-base hit. Scott. Three base hit, Henriksen, Oldring. Stolen base, Hooper. Sacrifice flies, Hoblitzell Speak CT. Bases on balls, Wyclxoff 5, Ruth ,. Struck out Wyckoff D. Ruth D. Wild pitches, Ruth, Wyckoff. Empires, Hide brand and O'Loughlin Time, 1:40.
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BARONS MOVE TO NEW ORLEANS FOR . IMPORTANT SERIES
MISS ALEXA STIRLING ELIMINAT TED FROM
 GOLF TOURNAMENT IN WONDERFUL MATCH

Southern Champion Put Up Excellent Fight, But Philadelphian Outplays Younger Opponent Atlanta Girl Wins Support of Big Gallery By Her Steadiness and Excellent Style-Miss Stirl- ing Best On Long Drives-Match Played In Rain
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By DICK JEMIsON

Atlanta. September 1O.-(specinl)
 Karl Black established a seasons rec
 ord today when he defeated the Crack
 CTS . to in the final game of the sea-
 son between the two teams. This vfc-
 tory was the eighth straight for the
 Bnron southpaw, breaking tie of
 seven wins that was held by Dick Rob-
 ertson, Weaver of New Orleans and
 Roth of Memphis.
 But bona fide luck ia all thnt aided
 the Baron southpaw In making this
 record. He gave up five bases on balls, Lis teammates made six errors behind
 him and he was touched up for six
 hits, but the locals got but three runs
 out of all of that.
 The Barons made IS hits, but seven of these were rank infield sratches, and they came when there were men in position to
 score. Black can. however. thank Sloan, Coombs and Magee that he won the game.
 The Crackers hammered drives to the
 far corners of Poncey, no less than seven that had extra-base tags on them, only
 to have this trio pull sensat tonal catches
 on the clouts out in another county.
 Eddie Mcdonald did great fielding for the Crackers, cutting off three hits by wonderful bare-handed stags over the bag. Moran made a couple of fine catches in the outfield.
 Rumler and Clark led the attack with three hits each. both getting a triple in their assortment.
 Crackers Get Two Black got himself in bad in the opener, when he walked Mcdonald; Williams sac-
 rfced and he walked Moran and Jenkins.
 Manning forced Jenkins but Mcdonald
 scor ed and .Rumler singled, scoring Moran.
 Reed and Kaufman were both out of the game with sprained ankles secured in Thursdays game. This necessitated a wholesale shift of the Crackers. Williams going to short, Werner to second, Man.
 ming to first, Rumer to right, Flynn to left and the crippled Jenkins with split hand trying to catch.
 The Barons tieu It in the second. Clark
 knocked Manning down with line drive. Coombs did the same thing for McDon- aid. Coyle sacrificed and Ellam nit a
 bounder in front of the plate that took
 high pop over Thompson's head and
 went to center field, scoring two men. BarOns Win Game Coyle singled with one gone in the fourth and stole. Elam walked. Black hit slow roller that no one could field | and the bases were filled with two gone. Sloan hit a dinky roller to Williams that took bad hop right in front of him, went right through his legs and two runs clat-
 tered over. In the seventh, Magee hit to Williams and Manning missed the bag on the throw. Clark singled, sending Jimmie In after he had gone to second on Lind says grounder
 Roy Ellam saved Black in the eighth. Rumler opened with a single. Flynn slammed a double to deep left that Rum- Ter tailed on. Ella m took Coombs' throw, bluffed peg to the plate and then begged to Clark, getting Flynn off the bag. This I nipped a sure rally
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was halves in par 3, and Miss Stirling was down and to go.
 Displays Ability
 She again displayed her ability to fight an uphill contest by winning the 4o0-ylrd fifteenth in 1, playing long, bold brasse
 second across the creek approaching well and holing a long putt At the 135-yard sixteenth Miss Stirling pitched perfectly to within 10 feet up the cup, which Mrs. Vanderbeck was 30 yards short. The At lanta girl trimmed the cup for a 2 and the hole was halved in 3.
 One down and to go, Miss Stirling | drove well on the seventeenth. AGO yards, and was 50 yards ahead of her , opponent on the second. She hooked | the long approach and had to play the l odd on the green, running four feet | over the cup. Mrs. Vanderbeck missed her fifth and Miss Stirling missed chance to square the match because | her ball, carrying a lump of mud | popped out of the hole after 1t had gone almost to the bottom Nothing daunted, the southern cham | pion furnished a thrill by evening up affairs on the eighth with birdie three for the 266-yard hole. She pulled her drive to the rough under tree and tipped the limbs as she pitched to within IS feet of the cup. Mrs. Van | 6erbeck was 35 feet over and dipped to within three rect Of the cup. with the long putt to make or lose the ! match the girl studied the situat tion for fully two minutes, while the large gal lery awaited like statuary only to
 burst into applause as the ball went
 down with a .tbud.
 Outdrives Opponent On the extra holes Miss Stirling had
 the adv antage to the green every time. She outdrove her opponent both as to | distance and straightness and had the shorter putt at each hole. but Mrs.
 Nanderheck ran her approach butts dead while none of the Atlantian's first butts would go down. although they
 all four grazed the hole.
 At the twenty second a drlzzle had turned to a brisk rain and Miss Stirl-
 ings chip shot to the flag from 20 yards was about short as the turf
 was slow Apparently alarmed by this
 shortness she overputted, became flus- tered for the first time and missed the fifth, giving the victory to Mrs. Van derbeck. who had closed her drive ard rulled her approach but got down in five
 In the other semi-fna1 Mrs. Gavin led all the way. The Chicagoan out drove the Briton and was better with long approaches but took too long a swing with chip shots.
 Mrs. .Vanderbeck is favorite for the final round tomorrow.
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Adams to Johnson; Wagner to Viox to Johnson. Stolen bases Carey, Barns,
 Baird. Earned runs. Boston l. Pittsburg 5. Base on balls, Off Barns B. Hits, off Nehf in innings, off Barns in in- nings. Hit by pitcher, by Nehf (Wagner).
 Struck out, by Nehf l, Barns 1. Passed ball, Whaling Empires. Klem and Ems
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TBatted TOT G1DSOn m nlntf.
 "Batted for Kantlehner in tenth.
 Score, by innings:
 Boston ......................... 900 0U 010 1-S Bltt6DurS .......................V .VlO OlV WD u--z
 Summary: Two-base hits. Fitzpatrick, Gibson. Three-base hit Wagner. Sacri- flee hits Evers. Fitzpatrick. Double plays, Egan to Evers to Schmidt; Rudolph to Evers to Snodgrass; Smith to Snodgrass. Earned runs, Boston l, Pittsburg g.. Left on bases, Boston 8. Pittsburg 6. Bases on balls, off Rudolph 3, Kantlehner 4. Hit by pitcher. by Kantlehner (Snod grass and Fitzpatrick. Struck out, Ru- dolph 3. Kantlehner l. Empires Rigler and Eason. Time, :52
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Hamilton Invincible

New York. September 10.-A post poned game played off here today be- tween New York and St. Louis went b the visitors to 1. Vance, a recruit from St. Jospeh, Mo. started his first game game for New York and made good impression, but New York could not hit Hamilton. Score: R. H. F.. St. Louis ..........101 010 000-3 0 New York ....... 900 010 000-1 ' l
 Batteries: Hamilton and Severeid Vance and Krueger.
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Carl Thompson Batted for 13 Safeties-Ellam Has Off Day at Short, Making Three Boobies
SOUTHERN LEAGUE STANDING

Results Yesterday Birmingham 5, Atlanta 3. New Orleans '. Mobile 4. Nashville 8, Little Rock Q. Chattanooga 4, Memphis 0.
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Games Today

Birmingham at New Orleans. Atlanta at Mobile.
 Memphis at Chattanooga. Nashville at Little Rock.
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Summary: Two-base hits, McDowcll, Bluhm Edmondson. Sacrifice hits Pe- gold, Knaupp. Sacrifice fly, Smith Stolen bases, Higgins Thomas. Double plays. Reilly to Bluhm; Thomas to Knaupp to Buhm 2. Struck out. Covington 2, Smith 6. Bases on balls. Covington 6, Smith 1. Wild pitch, Smith. Passed ball. Hig- gins. Left on bases Mobile 6, New Or leans 8. Time, 1:35. Umpires, Kerin and Chesnutt.
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Summary Two-base hits, smith,
 Chapman. Sacrifice hit, Chapman. Sac | riflce flies, Smith ?. Stolen bases, Roth, Cobb, Double plays. Chapman to { Wambsganss to Kirke 2. Hits, James 5 | in innings, Coveleskie in 2, Oldham | none in l. Bases on balls, Klepfer ,,
 James 2 Coveleskie 1. Struck out, Kep-
 fer 2, James ?, Coveleskie ?. Passed
 ball. Stanage l. Time, 1:45. Empires, | Chill and Evans
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TRAVELLERS MEET
 DEFEAT FROM VOLS

Little Rock, Ark, September 10.-Nash- vile punched hits with Little Rocks TOTS today and won, to O. Score:
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Displays Ability

was halves in par 5, and Miss Stirling wa down and to go
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*Batted for Stanage in nixth. "Batted for James in niXth. ZRan for Dubuc in niXth. zzBatted for Coveleskie in eighth.
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FBatted for Gibson in ninth. . Ra fed fnr. Kantlehner in tenth
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Nftlt TOT Coucnman Tn nlntn. Score by innings:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-05
Starve the Hessian Fly

THk Hcssian fly is causing consid-
cradle damage to many wheat
fields. This damage has not been
confined to any particular locality,
according to information received on
this subject. The facts arc, come
fields are infested with this pest and
the owner does not know it. Just re-
Gently a wheat grower was in our
office with some wheat stalks, in
which we found number of the flies
in the flaxseed stage, but he did not
know the trouble.
II possible, stubble fields should
be thoroughly disced after harvest
II this is not done, burn the stubble
Pillow to a good depth. Seeding time
for fall wheat has considerable to dc
with the eradication of the pest, &C
cording to bulletin sent out by the
United States Department of Agri
culture. Experiments have showr
that wheat sown after certain date:
is practically free from the Hessiar
fly. This bulletin says best crops are
obtained by seeding after these
dates:
North of Forty-first Parallel
Sow wheat after September &c.
North of Fortieth Parallel-Sov
wheat after October 1.
North of Thirty-ninth Parallel
Sow wheat after October 8.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

North of Thirty-eighth Parallel
Sow wheat after October 10.
North OF Thirty-seventh Parallel
Sow wheat after october 10.
North of Thirty-sixthParallel -
Sow wheat after October 90.
The forty-first parallel runs just
south of Ottumwa and Red Oak, in
Iowa, and Plattsmouth and Grand
Island, in Nebraska; the fortieth is
the north line Of kansas; the thirty
ninth is just south Of Kansas City
Mo-; the thirty-eighth is just south
of Hutchinson, Kan; the thirty-sev-
enth is the south line of Kansas, and
the thirty-sixth through Sapulpa
Okl.