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all offers to leave the school where he
has served since 1902. His appoint
ment as dean was made Nov. 6. That
he is poet, as, we'll as a scholar, a
scientist and popular professor, IS
not as generally known. The follow
ing is his best known poem:
THE WISE FARMER.
There was man in our town
And he was wondrous wise;
He knew that If he wanted crops
He'd have to fertilize.
It's nitrogen that makes things greeny.
Said this man Of active brain.
And potash makes the good, strong straw,
And phosphate plumps the grain.
But it's clearly wrong to waste plant 6ood
: On wet and soggy field;
I'll surely have to put in drains
If I'd increase the yield.
And after have drained the land
must plow it deep all over,
And even then I'll not succeed
Unless it will grow clover.
Now, acid soils will not produce
A clover sod that's prime.
So IL have a SOUR soil
I'll have TO put on lime.
And after doing all these things.
To make success more sure,
I'll try my best to keep
From wasting the manure.
So I'll drain and lime and cultivate
With all that that implies,
And when I've done that thoroughly
I'll manure and fertilize.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
WEEDS HARB0R INSECTS.
Pests Winter In Vegetation AIon
Roads and on Waste Lands.

Pests Winter In Vegetation Along
Roads and on Waste Lands.
prepared by United States department of
agricultural
Getting rid Of grass. weeds and un-
dergrowth about the farm during the
fall and early winter is one Of the
best protective measures the farmer
can use against crop damaging insects
the following year. Weeds, matted
grass, dead vegetation and brambles
along fences. roadsides. margins of
fields, banks Of little streams or
bitches. especially in irrigated terri
tories, are the natural alternating and
often breeding places of many destruc-
tive insects. This vegetation gives
grasshoppers, chinch bugs and other
insects most favorable conditions for
temperance the following spring and
summer: Similarly, voluntary growths
Of wheat harbor the Hessian fly, while
stray alfalfa plants in the fields and
around them may be the source Of the
incursion Of grasshoppers. The Hes
sian fly In the absence Of volunteer
wheat at times lays its eggs on the
young crab grass which may spring up
in the fall after a tract has been burn
ed over At present, in some parts of
the country. the late sown wheat is be-
ing infested by Hessian flies that have
developed in and spread from volun-
teer wheat. Late sowing cannot he
expected to protect winter wheat from
attack in spring if volunteer wheat
has been permitted to grow up either
in nearby fields or among the late
sown grain. Grasshoppers lay millions
Of eggs along the banks Of canals and
bitches In the western country. Chinch
bugs hibernate in punches of broom
sedge, and many other destructive
pests could not endure the winter were
1T not for these natural nurseries.
The entomologists therefore recon.
mend to farmers that they fall plow
sod lands intended for other than
grass crops another year and clear up
roadsides, fence margins and all waste
lands, ditch banks and similar places
by burning over, pasturing or, in case
of ditch banks, by plowing or disking
III the fall. This will tear up the roots
and expose the eggs Of grasshoppers
to the excessive moisture and cold of
winter and will also turn up those in
sects which hibernate in the ground.
Burning vegetation where possible will
destroy many insects, though in the
case of grasshoppers it probably will
not be as effective as cultural methods
In addition, cultural methods by turn
ing humus into the soil benefits the
land.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
PROFITABLE CROP ROTATION
Central Aim Should es to Leave FIslds
In Better Condition

Central Aim Should BE to Leave Fields
In Better Condition
The most profitable crop rotation does
not consist merely in changing the
crops around from year to year regard
less Of the relation of the crops to each
other. The central aim in all crop ro-
tation systems should be to leave. each
field in better state Of cultivation,
better physical condition and reason
ably free from pests at the end of each
rotation cycle.
No hard and fast rotation system can
be laid down for any community, but
the most profitable system must be,
worked out for each farm and indeed
for each field. There are certain gen.
eral principles, however, that should be
borne in mind in this connection In or
der to accomplish the most satisfac-
tory results. For soil improvement
there should be at least one leguminous
crop in each rotation cycle. To this
class Of plants belong the clovers, al
falfa. peas, beans. etc. There should
be also sufficient quantity of live
stock, especially milk cows. on each
farm to utilize the roughage and to
supply the desired quantity of stable
manure. which in addition to green
crops plowed under will furnish the
necessary amount Of humus to the soil.
The conditions resulting from this
treatment If the soil is properly han
died will make the succeeding crops
more vigorous and capable of offsetting
in some measure at least the effects Of
any pests that may appear. Again, the
successive crops In any rotation should
be so selected and arranged that no
two upon which the same pest may
thrive win be grown in succession.
The principles Of disease control by
means Of crop rotation are based upon
the fact that certain pests can thrive
only on certain kinds Of plants. There
fore when the crops are changed and
the food supply thereby cut of the
pests must perish or be greatly reduced
in number.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
Silaaa Versus prx Eead.

An experiment conducted at the Kan
sas experiment station shows that ST.
lage reduces the cost Of producing but
ter fat from 80 cents to 21 cents. The
herds in this case were of sufficient
size to give reliable data and eliminate
the difference that might occur be-
tween two cows. The lot which were
fed silage gave seven pounds more
milk in the summer and 95.5 more In
winter per month than the herd which
were fed dry feed. The butter fat was
also increased by O.46 per cent in sum-
mer and 4.6 in winter. The difference
in the cost Of feed was even greater.
The silage fed cows saved 60 cents per
month in the cost of feed
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
Scientific
Farming
TYPES OF ALFALFA.

Experiments Show That Grimm 10 a
Profitable Variety.
The questions are often asked: "Why
does one variety of alfalfa stand
through the winter better than an
other? Why does one variety yield
more? Why Is the Grimm variety 80
handy?" These questions have been
given great deal of study at the
Wyoming experiment station during
the past five years.
In 1909 eight varieties Of alfalfa
were planted at the same time. at the
same rate on the same kind of soil. A
quarter acre Of each variety was sown.
and the following year another quarter
acre native seed vas Sowil. These
varft cs have all received the same
trea; Ient in respect to cultivation and
irriga ion. and the plots have been
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
How. to Make a Rag Doll.

The early frost this year caught
much Of the seed corn. and it must
be picked out ear by ear to make sure
it is not dead. A simple but accurate
seed corn tester is easily made as fol-
lows: -,
Take strip Of muslin about nine
inches wide and eighteen inches long
for testing five ears. twenty-eight
inches long for ten ears and about
forty-eight inches long for twenty
ears. Mark on it as many two inch
and three inch divisions as there are
ears Of corn to be handled in the test
er. Number the divisions I. 2. 8. 4, etc.
Make wick about an inch wide and q
foot long Of any old cotton cloth.
!: Number the ears to correspond to
the divisions. placing five kernels from
ear in space I. etc. The rag dolr
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
Farm ! and |.
Garden
4 VERSATILE AGRIcULTURIsT.
Professor Alfred Vivian Newly Elected
Dean of Ohio State University.

Professor Alfred Vivian Newly Elected
Dean Of Ohio State University.
5 Traveller, lecturer, philosopher and
poet, Professor Alfred Vivian. newly
elected dean Of the Ohio State Univer-
sity College Of Agriculture, is one Of
the most versatile men in agricultural
work. An authority on agricultural
chemistry. he has written numerous
scientific articles and a textbook that
is used in the leading colleges Of the
United States. A traveller into the far
corners Of the earth, where he went to
study the agricultural methods of the
different countries, his travel writings
and his lectures are always in demand.
Four deanships Of agricultural col
leges were offered Professor Vivian
during the past year. but he refused
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01

rack and opening at both ends to allow
the hogs to enter. Those who have fed
cattle in hayracks know the usual
troubles with having a little strip Of
hay left at the bottom that the cattle
strain to reach as they clean up the sup
ply. This arrangement does away with
that trouble and keeps the hogs warm
and out Of the way Of the cattle when
they seek their beds.-Farming Busi-
ness.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
Forest Culture,

Forest culture Is as much of an art
as is corn culture. A good wood lot,
like a good cornfeld, is the result of
applying intelligent methods to- pro-
duce full, valuable crop. A eornfield
with fail spots, empty hills. feeble
stalks and half filed ears is. neither a
credit to the farm nor a paying invest
ment for the farmer. No more is q
wood lot half stocked with inferior
trees. The department. of agriculture
says that when timber is cut is the
time Of all times to, apply forestry. The
way in which the cutting is done will
determine what the subsequent condi-
tion Of the wood lot will be.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
Movable Hayrack. Hoahouse.

Farmers who feed cattle and keep a
bunch Of hogs following them, as all
practical corn belt feeders do, will well
come this suggestion from a Nebraska
feeder. The hayrack is built over the
hoghouse, which is an A shaped af-
fair. running the full length of the
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01

eer hiding places the bug waits the
coming Of spring. Fire set in such
places will destroy armies of them
The most effective way of fighting the
chinch bug is to fight with fire during
the winter, for for every one burned in
the grass and fence rows there will be
thousand less to cross from wheat
field to cornfield next summer-F'arm
Progress.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
VALUE OF SOY BEAN.

, As a food the soy bean ranks
; high. In crude protein and fat 1t
; Is equal to linseed or cotton
seed meal and twice as rich as
; wheat bran. As q concentrated
food it is valuable for hogs and
sheep. Its use for dairy cows
should be moderate, as too large
allowances Of soy beans may
produce soft butter. For hay
and pasturage it is excellent, as
} a soiling crop rather unsatisfac-
tory, as a soil renovator highly
Observation-Disclosures Station.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
4. 4. I. Z. Z. I. :. ~.
WINTER FLOWING.

) Don't plow sandy soil In the
winter II It is at all likely to
) blow.
} Winter blowing is hard on boil
) worms, corn worms. cutworms
) and all kinds Of harmful insects
) that pass the winter In the soil.
J II you are interested In pre-
serving the lives and increasing
the number Of these pests don't
do any winter blowing at all.
II you want a big crop in 1915
you had better winter plow IF
possible le.-Oklahoma Station.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01

should be dampened before placing the
seed corn in it. When all the spaces,
have been filed. carefully roll the rag
doll up, starting. from the left hand
end. making sure that the seeds are
not mixed by careless rolling. then.
when the last row Of seed has been
rolled in. place the wick in the rag doll.
letting about eight inches Of it hang
out, and finish rolling to the end It
should then be dipped in water, rolled
in a wet towel and the wick placed in
glass Of water.
Several rag dolls. testing fifty to 100
ears. may thus be placed in the same
towel. Feel of the towel every day.
and If it is not moist dip It In a
bucket Of water and correct the condi-
ton that caused, it to dry. In about
six days the test IS ready to count.
and all ears showing weak. dead or
moldy kernels should be thrown into
the feed box.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
Cover Crop Uses.

hay. The legumes gather nitrogen
from the air for the building n q
the soil. Winter cover crops p1
soil from washing, prevent soil e
blowing away. prevent soluble plant
food from being lost by teaching, fur
nish winter and early spring grazinl
and enrich the soilsby adding vegeta
BILE matter and h61ds.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
: Storing Cabbage.


Owing to the low prices for cabbage
this year, many growers are turning to
some method Of storing the crop, says
Albert e. Wilkinson in the Country
Gentleman. One Of the cheapest and
most satisfactory methods is to put the
severed heads in q square pile in the
woods. where the trees are thick
enough so that the direct rays Of the.
sun cannot penetrate. "
The ground should be cleared of un-
derbrush and the cabbage laid with,
butts up. The pile should have sides as
straight as possible and should be fiat
on top. Over this pile Of cabbage put
straw or leaves to the depth OF one
foot.
AS soon as the snow falls It should
be packed down over the pile. The
cabbage will keep In perfect condition
throughout the winter
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
A Familiar Enemy,

Just now the chinch bug is lying
dormant in the winter quarters chosen
In early fall. Along the fences, in grass
patches, under the fallen leaves of the
woods pastures and in a thousand 9TH
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01
Ensilage For lAamSs.

Lambs that are being fatteced mol
some kind of succulent food, and n
this purpose corn ensilage is a goe1
substitute for roots. The expense Of
growing and the additional labor re-
quired in caring for them make Ae
growing of root crops improbable Or
many Of the flock owners. especi.0y
when ensilage can be produced more
easily and for less cost per ton.
The Dickinson press., 1916-01-01

studied from year to year to note the
habits Of growth. amount of winter
killing, yields. and so on
The study Of comparisons was begun
in 1911, when the varieties had all at
tanned full maturity and were produc-
ing full crops. Good stands Of all va
rieties were obtained the first year. A
study Of individual years showed the
Turkestan, Sand Lucern, Grimm and
Montana seed to be about equal in
' yield, none of them showing any win
ter killing the first two years. The win
ter Of 1923 was. however, very Sc
we're, and much alfalfa was killed all
over the state. The spring of 1918
showed various degrees Of winter kill
ing in all the varieties except the
% Grimm and the native seed These va
rieties, the Sand Lucern and Turke-
stan. have shown no winter killing
since; the other varieties have to q
slight degree.
The question therefore arises, Has
= the type Of the plant anything to do
. with its hardness? Probably it has.
: This brings up the question. Is the
Grimm variety Of sufficiently higher
value to make it worth while to pay
the advanced price for the seed? The
study of types is an important one. and
the farmer is interested in the one that
will make the most hay. Will the
Grimm do this? Results show that it
does on account Of it's resistance to
winter killing. II there were the same
number Of plants to the acre probably
ut would not, but usually more of the
plants of the Grimm stand. 1t has not,
however, such great advantage over
some other varieties. comparing the
cost of seed and yield per acre.
At the Colorado station the Baltic
variety has outyielded the Grimm. The
two varieties are much alike and prob
ably Of the same origin. The habits of
the Grimm. however. commend this
type to favor. Its heavy stooling habit
produces finer stems and more leafy
hay. The underground shoots and feed
ing roots near the surface make it more
hardy and resistant to winter killing
and late spring frost.
The Grimm variety seems also more
resistant to leaf diseases and is better
adapted to dry farm conditions than
most Of the other varieties. 1t also re-
quires less seed to the acre for sowing.
Seven or eight pounds to the acre are
sufficient for irrigated land and half
this quantity on the dry farm. No at
tempt at seed production has been
made at the station, but it is probable
that the Grimm will produce seed as
readily as the other varieties. There
fore there is no reason why it would
not pay to SOW an acre or two and pro-
duce seed for larger area. This
would not be an expensive operation,
even at the high cost per e'ound of
Grimm seed.-Count"y Gentl(a IAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
LLOYD GEORGE AT HEAD
OF REVOLVING FACTION
Has Support of Earl Kitchener In
Demand for Compulsory
Service.
TEST AHEAD IN PARLIAMENT
Sir Edward Carson May Move Reso-
luton Providing for Service
of All Men of Mill
tary Age.

LONDON. April Is, 1920
p.m.-Premier Asquith will rot
make his expected statement IN
the house of commons on the re-
cruiting question today. accord
ing to an official announcement
made at II Downing street.
The postponement OF Premier
Asquith statement, which lie
had promised to make this alter
noon. was taken as an indication
that the cabinet ministers were
unable to reach an agreement on
this subject, which has brought
about the most serious crisis the
prime minister has had to meet
in his eight years as head OF the
government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
APPEALS FOR POLISH JEWS.
Permitted to Write Friends in U. S,
on Printed Forms Only.

BERLIN, April 1s.-Isador IIersh-
field of the Hebrew Sheltering and I'm
migrant Aid Society of New York has
returned to Berlin from Vienna and a
trip through Galicia and the Austrian
occupied sections OF Poland. During
his trip Mr.. HershfieId completed ar
rangements for forwSrding letters and
appeals for assistance from distressed
Jews and other inha bitants to relative $
in the United States. The arrange
ments are the same as those that al
ready prevail in the Warsaw district
where the Germans are in authority
I'ne lsraelite Alliance of Vienna will
undertake the collection and forward
ing of letters at it's own expense
These districts, embracing the war
zone in Galicia and all of occupied
Russia except the district under Field
Marshal Won HinderburG'S authority,
are now placarded with posters print
ed in German and Polish advising the
inha bitants how to communicate with
their relatives in America. To avoid
the possibilities of espionage, CORE
spondents will not he permitted to
write personally, but must use printed
form.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18

Secretary Baker laid before the cab
met today long reports from Gen. Fun
stou. reviewing the whole situation on
the border and in Mexico. 1t was an
nounced afterward that there was to
be no change in the American govern
ment's policy.
From the State Department the
President and the cabinet received an
autline of the diplomatic steps taken or
contemplated since the CarranZa gov
ernment urged the withdrawal of Amer
lean troops.
A decision as to what course now to
pursue is to be reached between the
military and diplomatic aspects of the
situation.
Secretary Baker said he was still
without any information from military
sources regarding the reported death
of Villa. The Mexican embassy also
had no further information.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
HER 12.INCH GUNS DEFECTIVE.
Alleged Official Report on Battleship
Miohioan's Enuinment

PHILADELPHIA. April 1S.-lt is re-
ported at the'nav yard that the naval
board of investigation. after an exam
nation, has decided that all the 12-inch
guns of the battIeship Michigan are
defective and has ordered them re-
moved The report could not be Off
ciary confirmed.
While at target practice in Cuban
waters recently the bands on two of
the Michisans big gunx broke and the
warship was ordered TO Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
TO URGE NATIONAL DEFENSE
Mayors of Cities Will Hold Conven-
tion in Chattanooga.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. April IS
Mayor Mitchell of New York is among a
large number of mayors who have uoti-
fed the committee in charge of prep
arations for a delegated mass conven-
tion on national defense, to be held
here jung ., that they would attend
and send delegations representing their
various cities.
The convention was called by Mayor
Jesse NJ. Littleton of Chattanooga, and
mayors of thirty-niue other southern
and western cities. The committee said
today that Mayor c. w. Greer of Kan
sas city had been the only mayor to
express disapproval of the proposed
meeting for promotion of the prepared
ness movement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
Won Papen's Secretary, Caught
in Office, Claims He Is on
Teuton Territory.
"SH00T:IT WILL CAUSE
WAR; HE TELLS CAPT0RS
Won Papen and Four Others Indicted
on Charge of Conspiracy to Blow
Up Welland Canal.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-Wolfe Won
Igel secretary of Frank Won Papen.
former military attache to the German
embassy. was arrested here today in
capt. Won Papen's former office at 60
Wall street after a fist fight with
four agents of the Department of JUS
time Won lgel is the fifth man. in
dicted yesterday with Won Papen,
charged with conspiracy to blow up the
WelIand Canal in Canada.
Won igers name had been withheld
by the federal authorities pending his
arrest. When the four agents of the
Department of Justice entered his of
flee today he put up a fight in which
he was assisted by George Won Skall,
an smploye.
Won IGcl. before he was overpoW cred
succeeded in reaching a safe in the far
corner of the room banging the door
shut and turning the combination. He
was not subducd, the federal agents
said, until they pointed revolverS at
him. He then declared that he was on
German territory and protested that
the United States authorities had no
right to invade that TERRITORY,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-18
Last Word of United States.

The governments communication to
Germany, designed as the last word
of this government in the submarine
controversy. was being put into dip
lomatic code today. for immediate
transmission to Berlin.
The document is said to be the most
vigorous diplomatic paper President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing ever
have drafted. 1t covers the activities
of German submarines since the LuSi- =
tania affair, and is intended to force the
question of a speedy settlement of the
submarine issue by making plain that
only an immediate change in Berlin's
policy can prevent a rupture in the
friendly relations between the two
counties.
Chairman Stone of the Senate foreign
relations committee had an engagement
to see President Wilson at the White
House today before the cabinet meet
ing. Senator Stone was Informed of
the intentions of the administration as
soon as the communication was COM
pleted by the President.
Two Americans, William Smith and
Nathan Tillman. We're the British
steamer Eastern city when she was
attacked, April .. off Cardiff, Wales
and sunk by shell fire from subma =
rine- No lives We're lost \ report on
the attack was forwarded 10 the State
Department today by American Consul
Lathrop at Cardiff.