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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-10
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-10

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-10
BREAKS BOTH ARMS

Miss Eliza Pence, Of New Castle. a
guest at the home OF Rev. U. S. A..
Bridge. 913 North A street, broke both
arms near the wrists when she fell
down q flight of stairs. Saturday
night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-10
JUST ONE GUESS.

. COLUMBUS, Ind. July 10.-The
county assessor here has averaged
autos for taxation at $202.81. Is there
any need mentioning the name of the
predominant auto in Bartholomew
county?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-10
HOLD ANNUAL SESSION.

The annual meeting of the West
Richmond Friends church will be held
Thursday evening, July 13. Charles E.
Tebbetts announced today. The eve
ming will be taken up with reports
and . large supper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-10
CONNELL BOYS MEET

For the first time in twenty-five
years two brothers, J. F. Cornell, La
fayette, and William F. Connell, Rich
mond, met here yesterday.
Although the boys have been within
$50 miles of each other at several diff
ferent times during this period, var
ious circumstances have arisen which
prevented the brothers from exchang-
ing greetings.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-07-10
TALKS WITH MOVIE.

ALEXANDRIA, Ind, July TO-
When picture of James Whitcomb
Riley was shown In the centennial
picture Indiana" small boy stood
up and attempted to talk to the poet.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
PROPER FLOWING OF
THE GARDEN IMPORTANT
Affects Both The Plant Food Available
As Well As The Soil Moisture.
E. F. sToDDARD.
Maryland Agricultural College.

Flowing modifes the physical condi
lions Of the land considerably. The
degree of benefit from this operation
will be determined by the condition OF
the land when it is plowed, the type
of soil, and the kind of plow that Is
used. Since the land should be thor
oughly pulverized, the soil should be
somewhat moist but never very wet
as is often the case with clay soils. On
the other hand, the top to inches
of soil should not be dried out COM
pletely for the plow would turn this
down and make it, more difficult for
moisture and roots Of plants to go
deep. Sandy soils are usually so open
and porous that they dry out early in
the spring and sooner after rains than
heavy soils; and Tor these reasons the
gardener encounters less difficulty in
blowing the land. Ordinarily heavy
soils with stiff clay subsoils should be
broken UP rather deep: for good drain.
age is just as important here as in the
seed bed. 1t may be advisable in some
cases to lay lines Of tile drain in order
to carry off excess water, and thus aid
in the amelioration of the land. Sur.
face bitches will help to carry off ex-
cess water but not so well as will the
tile drain. Sandy soils, however, tend
to let too much moisture pass on
through the subsoil: and for this rea-
son blowing need not be so deep and
should be about the same depth every
year in an effort to compact the under
soil and prevent teaching. The phys
ical condition Of clay soils will be i'm
proved if they are plowed in the fall
and left rough over the winter. They
win also absorb more water for the
use of the spring crops and can be
worked into shape earlier than spring
plowed land. Heavy clover sods and
manure plowed down in the fall will
be better decayed and more valuable
to the spring crop. When rotten
manures are used, however, they may
be plowed down in the spring. In case
cover crop is sown on the land
toward the end Of the garden season,
blowing should be deferred until early
spring. When cover crop is being
turned under It is best to have the fur
row slice lap and stand somewhat on
end (rather than to be turned clear
over) In order to maintain connec-
ton with the subsoil and aid in capil-
larry rise Of soil moisture.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
CONDUCTS CORN EXPERIMENTS
Virginia Farmer Increases Yield Over
1s Per Cent. In One Season.

Conducting experiments to deter
mine the value of different applica-
lions Of fertilizer on corn, r. F. Hol-
berton, of "Rocklands Farm" in Or
ange County, Va, increased the yield
over 10 per cent aud increased the
net profits per acre $3.50, through the
use Of 900 pounds of high grade fertil-
izer per acre. He had been using 500
pounds per acre and had been getting
10 bushels per acre. With the heavier
application, he made 50 and one-half
bushels per acre from two-acre plot.
In every other detail his methods were
the same as with the smaller applica-
ton Of fertilizer.
Figuring 20 and one-half bushels Of
corn per acre increase, at 10 cents per
bushel, the gross gain per acre was
$15.75. The cost Of the fertilizer
amounted to $5.72 per acre and the
cost of application amounted to s$1.50
per acre. Mr.. Holberton explains that
the corn came up unevenly and that
transplanting did not help the field
much. The season was unusually dry.
and Mr.. Holberton claims that under
normal conditions his yield would have
been over 100 bushels per acre.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
The seaI's Sense of smell.

The sense of smell possessed by the
seals is very strong and will invariably
wake them out of sound sleep even
If you come upon them ever so quietly
to the windward, and you will alarm
them in this way much more thorough
~. though you be half mile distant
than If you came up carelessly from
the leeward and even walked in among
them. they seeming to feel that you
are not different from one of their own
species until they smell you The chief
attraction in these animals Is theil
large. handsome eyes, which indicate
great intelligence. They are deep
blush black. with soft, glistenins
appearance. and the pupil like the
cats. is capable of great dilation ana
contraction.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14

How many households have a fam.
lily hour-a definite time in the week
when all the members of the family
gather in perfect serenity for an inter
val of genuine communion? Although
civilization brings many advantages In
its train, it has the great fault Of tend
ing to disrupt family intercourse Each
member has too many individual activr
tiles. Fathers have their business
sons, their business or education: moth
ers. their domestic duties or social oc-
cupatiOns; daughters, their business,
their education or their social life.
All these things are right and worthy
in themselves, but they do not tend to
weld the family. If members of a fam.
lily will make it rule to devote them.
selves for one hour in the week wholly
to one another the spirit of family life
will be quickened and strengthened
Often the members of family pursue
parallel courses that do not intersect.
1t Is mere platitude to point out that
great events-travel, marriage, death
and the like-must inevitably cause
disintegration. But so long as the fam
fly is together under one roof the spirit
of union and common interests should
be fostered. Youths Companion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
WHAT GAN Be DONE
WITHACRE OF SOIL
College President Finds He
Can Clear Over SIS in a Year
With Proper Handling.

What can be done with an acre OF
soil? President Andrew NJ. Soule. of
the Georgia State College of Agricul-
ture, wanted to know and determined
to find out. He selected an acre of
only fair fertility, used fertilizer at the
rate Of 500 pounds per crop and plant
ed cabbage and Irish potatoes. About
5000 cabbage plants were set out and
the balance of the acre planted to po-
tatoes. The cabbage crop was sold
retail and wholesale and brought In
gross receipts Of $40. The potatoes
were sold at 81 per bushel and brought
in SIS.
After the cabbage and potatoes were
removed, the acre was planted to. corn.
During the roasting-ear season, $40
worth of ears were sold and the re-
mainder left to mature, yielding 40
bushels of corn, and ton and half
Of stoYer. The corn and slower more
than paid expenses, making the net
income from the acre S75. President
Soule says: "Let us concentrate our
energies on smaller areas Of land,
3ertilize, cultivate and handle to bet
ter advantage"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Not AFRAID Of Cold Steel.

In her younger days Eugene. when
empress of the French nation, was
noted for her great courage, as the fol
lowing incident proves.
At brilliant dinner party some
what tactless general told her majesty
that women should not NEEDLE in poll
tics.
You know. madame" he said. THAT
politics lead to war, and if the worse
came to the worst you would not have
the nerve to face cold steel
Wouldn't !? ?" cried the empress. "I'll
show your And, snatching a large
knife from the table, she inflicted a
deep stab on her arm.
After that the general never breach
ed the subject of >womans lack of
nerves again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
USED FISH
TO BUILD UP SOILS
EARLY SETTLERS IN VIRGINIA
TAUGHT LESSON in BETTER
FARMING in 1852 BY NATIVES.

The Indians were the first farmers in
America. Investigations Of their meth
DDS show that they understood the
value of applying fertilizer in growing
corn. The words "menhaden" and
''poghaden" meant fertilizer, according
to Professor Trumbull, an authority on
Indian life. In Virginia, in 1882, Thorn
as Morton wrote: "There is fish (by
some called shads, by some allizes)
that at the spring of the year passes
up the rivers to spawn in the ponds
and are taken in such multitudes each
year in every river that hath a pond
at the end, that the inhabitants fer
tilize their land with them. You may
see in one township a hundred acres
altogether that have been set with
these fish, each acre taking 1000 of
them. An acre thus dressed will pro-
duce and yield as much corn as three
acres without fish,"
In New England, an Indian, Squanto,
taught the Pilgrims how to raise corn
by fertilizing the land with fish, caught
in early April. Governor Bradford, in
his History Of the Plymouth Colony"
says that Squanto taught the settlers
that except they got fish and set the
old grounds with them, it would come
to nothing" Squanto's teachings were
tried in 1921. and the following year.
another writer, George Mourt, re-
corded in his Journal" that 20 acres
of corn and six acres Of barley, treated
as Squanto had taught, made an excel
lent yield.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
SOIL FERTILITY THE BASIS
North Carolina Yields Greater Than
Virgin Land Of Texas.

Is virgin land more profitable than
soil that has been intensively cult
waited for over a century? A compari-
son Of yields In Texas and North Caro-
lima shows that when attention is Civ
en- to the maintaining Of soil fertility
the question Of decreasing yields does
not trouble. The older land is in
creased rather than decreased in its
productivity. Texas averages 510.9
pounds Of cotton per acre and North
Carolina averages 814.2 pounds per
acre, although North Carolina has
been intensively cultivated for over a
century.
Farmers Of Maryland, Delaware and
Virginia who have been maintaining
fertility through manures and fertil-
izers are getting greater yields at low
or cost per unit than farmers Of the
Middle West, who have been using
soil that but a few years ago was vir-
gin land. With the fertility methods
which are becoming increasingly pop
,ular throughout these states, the farm
ers are becoming more prosperous and
their soils are increasingly productive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Watch Child's Cough.

Colds, running Of nose, continued
irritation Of the mucous membrane
If neglected may mean Catarrah
later. Don't take the chances-do
something for your child! Children
will not take every medicine, but
they will take DR.. Kings New Dis
covery and without bribing or teas
ing. Its sweet pleasant Tar Syrup
and SO effective. Just laxative
enough to eliminate the waste
poisons. Almost the first dose
helps. Always prepared, no mixing
or fussing. Just ask your druggist
for DIR. Kings New Discovery. 1t
will safeguard your child against
serious ailments resulting from
colds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Results of liberal plant feeding and proper cultiva-
ton near Phoenix, Va.
Value Of Diversified Farming

Farm records show, and good farm
ers agree that diversified farming is
most profitable. Diversified farming
means raising livestock and various
kinds Of crops. It gives opportunity
for crop rotation. for growing cover
crops in connection with profitable
cash crops, and enables the farmer to
more profitably operate his fields with
out decreasing the fertility, but rather
adding to the productive ability of the
soil. It enables the farmer to carry
out the best farm practices, including
the use of manures and fertilizers,
proper tillage. good seed, drainage and
lining when necessary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Wheat and Flour.

It takes about four and half bush
els of wheat TO make barrel or -four
but different wheats vary from this es
Innate. A hard wheat produces more
-four to the bushel than soft wheat
Generally speaking. bushel of wheat
will yield from 20 to 70 per cent of
-four of different grades. distributed
about as follows: Patent flour. 81 TO GO
per cent: bakers -four. s to 10 per cent:
red dog. per cent. making approx
mately 20 to IS per cent Of -four and
leaving Is to 30 per cent of feedstuff-
that is bran shorts tc.-Philadelphia
Press
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Eating and FIGHTING.

It Is not creditable to a thinking PEG.
pie that the two things they most thank
God for should be eating and lighting
We say grace when we are going to
cut up lamb and chicken, and when we
have stuffed ourselves to an extent that
an orang outang would be ashamed Of
we offer up, our best praises to the
Creator for having blown and sabered
his images our fellow creatures, to
atoms and drenched them in blood and
dirt.-Leigh Hunt.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
MAKING THE HEN MOTHER
COMFORTABLE.
R. H. WAITE,
Maryland Agricultural Experiment
Station.

To hatch well, hen must have
good nest. II she has to jump down
into the nest box she is apt to break
some Of the eggs. Fix it so she can
get on from the side. Use some soft
straw, hay or like substance for the
nesting material Be sure it is clean
and free from mould. You will not
want to give the chicks any of the
diseases caused by moulds. If you
are not sure it is clean, give it a thor
ough spraying with some disinfect-
ant and let it dry out before putting it
in the nest. The eggs, while in the
nest, should form saucer shape. If
the nest is too deep the eggs from the
outside will roll on the top of the others
in the center and then those under
meath cannot get the proper heat. If
the nest is too fat the eggs will roll
apart and those on the outside will
be too cold. Be sure there are no cor
ners left, just outside the nesting ma
terial, for the eggs to roll into. 1t pays
to spend plenty of time arranging the
nesting material. Too many hens are
set on poorly prepared nests.
Use Care In Feeding.
Feeding sitting hens is a rather sim.
pie matter. Keep fresh water before
them and feed them regularly. 1t is
probably best to keep some feed
where they can get it whenever they
wish. Corn and wheat or either grain
- To- al r;+ h
All she needs is some heat and energy
producing food which contains only
enough protein to repair her waste
tissues. If you give her stimulating
feed (feeds high in protein are usual
ly considered stimulating feeds), she
is apt to get into laying condition
again and leave off sitting.
Do not put too many eggs under one
hen. Too many persons take chance
by putting "just few" extra eggs un-
der a hen thinking they will get few
more chicks. If the extra eggs alone.
were affected it would not be quite SO
bad; but the whole nest full will be
treated alike by the hen for she moves
the eggs about and is constantly
changing their positions. The number
it is safe to set varies with the size
Of the hen, season of the year, size of
the eggs, and value of the eggs. Nat
urally, a small hen cannot cover 60
many as large one, a hen cannot
keep SO many warm during cold
weather as during warm weather, she
connot cover the same number of
large ones as small ones, and naturally
one would not care to trust many very
valuable eggs with one hen For some
reason an odd number Of eggs is usu.
ally used in setting hens. This, may be
due to superstition but it is also partly
due to the fact that thirteen or fifteer
eggs At the nest better. About thir-
teen eggs in winter and from fifteen to
eighteen in summer would be about
right for medium sized hen on me
hum sized eggs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14

The production of durum wheat
last year in Minnesota and the Da-
kotas, as estimated by the Depart
ment. was about 37,900,000 bus.
as compared with 18,900,000 IN
1914 and 21,529,OOO bus. in 1913.
The yield per acre averaged 1913
bus, whereas other spring wheats
averaged TIA bus, or about 1.9 bus.
less. In February the price to pro-
ducers was about 1917 cents per
bushel-7.4 cents less than other
spring wheats. Notwithstanding the
lower price, the average, value per
acre for durum was SCOTT, against
$1,000 for other spring wheats.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
why Constipation Injuries.

The bowels are the natural sewer
age system of the body. When they
become INSTRUCTED by constipation a
part of the poisonous matter which
they should carry OF is absorbed
into the system. making you feel
dull and stupid, and interfering
with the digestion and assimilation
Of food. This condition IL quickly re-
lieved by Chamberlain's Tablets.
obtainable everywhere.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Lime Supplements Fertilizers

Lime does not take the place of ferti-
lixers or manures, but supplements
them, according to Bulletin 400, of the
Geneva Experiment Station, New
York. When the use of lime in any
form is continued alone, and no ade-
quate provision is made for maintain
ing the supply of fertilizers and
organic matter, crops cannot be kept
up and the returns in the use of lime
become less and may finally drop
below that of land unlimed, according
to this bulletin and also the results
found by the Ohio and other expert
nent stations.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Pills Best For Liver.

Because they contain the best
liver medicines, no matter how bitter
or nauseating for the sweet sugar
coating hides the taste. DR.. Kings
New Life Pills contain ingredients
that put the liver working, move
the bowels freely. No grippe no
nausea, aid digestion. Just try q
bottle of DR.. Kings New Life Pills
and notice how much better you
feel; 25c at druggist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14

Prime steers sold at 5000 hundred
pounds 10 Chicago on March 23rd the
highest March price in the history of the
Union Stock Yards. Scarcity of choice
Cattle among farmers was the reason
given. 500 Colorado lambs sold for
$II.7o hundred pounds the sa me day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
cream Sauce.

To make satisfactory cream sauce,
first put the milk on and while this is
getting warm rub the butter and -four
together until smooth. AS soon as the
milk comes to the boil gradually add
the creamy mixture while the milk
continues to boil, and the finished
sauce will be quite smooth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Fertility Comes First


Fertility Is the first word in
farming. It is the first consider
alton In placing o value on
new lands. It is first mentioned
when old farms are sold. It is
the first problem that confronts
the beginner as well as the ex-
pert who takes mp the cultiva-
ton Of new crops on new fields.
It is the first in the list of ques-
lions asked by those seeking
help in farming. The solution of
the fertility problem makes 9th
or problems much easier Of solu-
tion.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14

Economy in the buying Of cheap
seed is poor economy in most cases.
1t pays to use good seed, to lime the
land when needed. to rotate crops, to
conserve barnyard manure and to use
fertilizers wisely and literally. With
out paying proper attention to the
fundamentals of farming, the result Of
4 years work are liable to be losses
instead Of profits.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Larger Yields More Profitable

County Agent W. L. Kirby, Of Or
ange County. Virginia, does not be-
lieve that farmers should take SNAP
Judgment" of the present fertilizer
situation. In the Orange Observer, he
points out that bushel Of corn win
take care Of the increased prices of
fertilizer per acre and that Virginia
farmers ought to plan for larger crops
during the coming season.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14

The average farm income of S7S
owners of farms in a prosperous
section of eastern Pennsylvania was
found to be $1,S13, as against
$1,617 for 124 farmers of the same
district who were living on rented
farms. In this section the tenant
farms average larger than the own
er farms.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Freeman the Historian.

It was an English bishop who. when
the historian Freeman had worn out
his patience with his rudeness. intro
duced him to waiting audience as
1.-THE distinguished scholar that 80 ad.
mirably describes and illustrates the
savagery- of our ancestors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Insomnia.

Indigestion nearly always dis
turbs the sleep more or less, and is
often the cause of insomnia. Eat a
light supper with little if any meat,
and no milk; also take one of
Chamberlain's Tablets Immediately
after supper, and see if you do not
rest much better. Obtainable every
where.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Fighting Pests With Fertilizer

Commercial fertilizer and farm
manure help the corn crop to with
stand and cover the attacks from in
sect pests" says a. P. Sibold, County
gent, Giles County. Va. In the South
Xrp Planter. Early planting, plenty OF
seed. and frequent civilizations win
assist in combating the pests.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
The ResuIt.

Dear me- girls. What on earth is
ahat peculiar Sweetish smell in the air
All over the house?"
why. Geraldine is burning her old
love letters In the furnace - Baltimore
American
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1916-04-14
Sharpening a Pocketknife.

Cutters have certain rules for sharp
ening razors. pocketknives, etc. "a
razor" said one of the craft quoted
by the Scientific American. must be
laid fat on the hone, because it is hol-
low ground and requires fine edge
But a pocketknife requires a stiff edge,
and the moment you lay it fat on a
stone, so as to touch the polished side
you injure the edge. 1t must. be held
at an angle of twenty to twenty five
degrees and have an edge similar to a
chisel'