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Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
BOY OF "a winner
OF CORN CONTEST
One Acre Produces 200 Bushels
for Marus MaIgren of Norfolk
County, Virginia.

In growing 209 bushels and 40
pounds of corn on one acre of land
at cost Of eleven and three-quarter
cents per bushel, Marius Malgren, of
Norfolk County, Virginia, made last
season worlds record that will prob
ably stand for some time. And Marius
Is only IA years old! Two years ago
he was second highest in the Virginia
contest. Last year he was first-the
champion of the State, and as far as
cost is concerned, the champion of the
world.
County Agent +. L. Portlock re-
corded and verified the figures and
supervised the boys operations. Rent
of the land, the preparation for plant
ing, cost Of seed, cost to plant, cost
Of manure, cost Of fertilizer, cost Of
cultivation and cost of gathering are
all included. The net profit made by
the champion was $16495. Two suits
of clothes, offered by Norfolk mer-
chants, were additional prizes given
Marius for his achievement.
The land was plowed April /, 1915,
and the corn planted May IA. The
rows were 32 inches apart, the corn
ten inches apart In the rows. Six
carloads Of manure and 800 pounds Of
high grade fertilizer were used to feed
the plants. The previous winter the
land was covered with a winter crop
of rye. hairy vetch and rape. The land
was thoroughly plowed, prepared and
planted. and tended well after plant
ing, Marius believes in feeding a crop
and cultivating II well.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
INA I4nN\T
NOTIFIED BUTTER IN WINTER
Defect Is One Of Workmanship anu
Ca,, Be Overcome by Application
of Proper Methods.

(F'rom Weekly News Letter United States
Department of AgricultureD
Notified butter is frequently found
on the market at this time of the
wear, and, even though 1t may be OF
very good flavor, it is strongly dis
criminated against by the purchaser
As this defect is one of workmanship,
II can be overcome by the application
of proper methods on the part OF the
buttermaker.
Notifies are caused primarily by an
uneven distribution of salt in the but
ter. This may be produced by insuih-
cient working of the butter or by
churning, washing and working it at
q very low temperature, or by washing
or working it at a temperature several
degrees higher or lower than the
churning temperature.
When the quantity of butter made in
one churning is much less than usual,
it is necessary to work 1t greater
number of revolutions OF the churh
than usual in order to produce the
same results on the butter.
Extremely low temperatures OF
churning, washing and working should
be avoided, because they produce 50
firm a butter that it is only with great
difficulty that the salt can be worked
uniformly into it. High temperatures
of churning, washing and working
must be avoided to prevent an abnor-
NAL loss of fat in the buttermilk and
also the making of greasy, leaiy
butter
Great variations in temperature dur
ing the manufacturing process should
always be avoided Under normal con
ditions the temperature of the wash
water should be the same as, or with
in two degrees of, that of the butter
milk.
When the churn room is so cold that
the butter becomes chilled before
working is completed. mottled butter
Is frequently the result. To prevent
this it is preferable TO increase the
amount of working rather than to raise
the temperature of the wash water.
Notified butter, then, may be pre-
vented by using methods that will IN
sure a uniform distribution OF salt.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
DAIRY NOTES

Consider records more than appear
ance in buying a COW.
The sun dispels foul odors and
makes the air sweet and wholesome.
mixer than in any other man on tho
farm.
Be sure that the calves get all the
sunshine that is coming to them this
winter.
Thorough milking tends to develop a
cows udder and increase her milk ca
pacity.
Train the youngsters to lead. No
heifer should reach her first birthday
unbroken to the halter.
The brush and comb are just as
necessary to dairy success In winter
as the milk pail and scales.
Where more than two cows are
milked, the calves should not be al
lowed to suck after the first day.
Few schemes of farming can sue
ceed with the COW eliminated, and the
better the cow the larger the profits.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
BUILDS UP TWOFARMS
CUMBERLAND VALLEY FARMER
NOW SHOWING NElGHBORS
HOW TO DO LIKEWISE.

Is farming profitable in the Cumber'
land Valley? A trip through Wash
ington County, Maryland, reveals the
fact that farmers in that locality are
getting yields in many cases double
those obtained in the Middle Western
States, and at the same time. through
the use of lime, fertilizers, drainage.
crop rotation and good cultural meth
ods are improving their lands and rails.
ing their productive value.
Two farms owned by John |. Wis
hard, near Hagerstown, are examples
of what may be done to build up soils
that had been scarcely able to pay
interest on the money invested. His
farms border on Conocheague Creek
and are composed of "slate land" for
the most part. Mr.. Wishard bought
the first farm in 1907, and the second
in 1911. He lined, drained and fertil.
lied at once and more than doubled
his yields. Since then, his yields and
profits have been steadily increasing.
Before this, clover could not be grown
on the farm. He has been growing
20 bushels of oats, more than rs bush
els of corn and from $50 to 300 bush.
els Of potatoes per acre, by using from
225 to 1000 pounds of fertilizer per
acre. by feeding 20 head of steers
each winter. he provides organic mat
ter and additional plantfood for the
soil.
This season he Is planning to do
more top-dressing, both on his wheat
and meadows. Since the other fac.
tors of production are taken care
of he believes that heavier ap-
plications of fertilizer will be more
profitable. He smiles at the farmers
who predicted that he would starve
on the farm which he bought In 1907,
and is now demonstrating to the same
farmers how they can increase their
yields by following his methods.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
RAISE THREE CROPS PERYEAR
Truck and Market Gardeners FertiIizs
Heavily For Intensive Farming.

In answer to the question "is It DOS.
worth Of vegetable products annually
from an acre OF ground?" Director r.
{. Johnson, Of the Virginia Truck Ex-
pertinent Station, states that few
Of the gardeners and truck farmers In
Virginia frequently produce this value
per acre and that In some instances
the value goes as high as $4,000 per
acre. With two and three crops year,
one acre can be made to produce one.
half acre OF lettuce. one-Quarter acre
Of spinach, one-Quarter acre of beets,
one-half acre of cucumbers, one-half
acre Of parsley, and one-half acre Of
egg plants.
I'm order to produce these crops
profitably it Is necessary, first that the
ground should be in the very best con.
dition; second, it should receive liberal
applications of stable manure. 1t Is
customary to use from fifty to one
hundred tons of stable manure per
acre per annum. In addition to the
stable manure, large quantities of
commercial fertilizer are used. Some
growers use from two to three tons per
acre Of high grade fertilizer to push
these crops" says Director johnson.
"The real secret Of success of this line
Of farming depends, first, on knowing
how, and second, on the man who is
really pushing the work.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Digs Potatoes With Gas Engine

Digging his potatoes with gas
engine Is what Isaac Harrison, a sue
cessful potato grower of Cream Ridge,
N. j., has tried and found successful
He uses horses to pull the digger. but
by using the gas engine ON the digger
Is able to harvest his crop with two
instead of four horses. Mr.. Harrison's
yields have been high each year. aver
aging over $50 bushels per acre. From
1000 to 1900 pounds of high grade
fertilizer is used by him per acre.
Several other farmers near Cveam
Ridge are planning to try out the same
use of the gas engine to harvest their
crop this season.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Recovering Radium.

What is known as 'radium' is a
radium salt, usually either radium
bromide or radium chloride, some
times radium sulphate. Tiny grains
of these salts are extremely precious,
and are usually sealed up in glass
bulbs. The radium in one of the first
bulbs that were received in London
had curious history. A physician
in Portland place was applying the
bulb to a patient when he accidentally
let it fall and moment after crushed
it under his foot.
The value of the radium to the ply
siclan was VERY great He removed
his shoes and cut out a square of his
valuable carpet. He had shoes and
carpet burned, and out of the ashes
refined the original radium salt. II
was placed in new applicator and is
In use today.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Good Farming Outlook

It looks as though the war is going
to last much longer. We predict that
it will bring the American farmer into
his own. He will receive prices he
deserves and even after the war the
higher prices will be maintained. So
certain is this that you can go ahead
with Improvements now with perfect
confidence in steady markets. Invest
in some good available fertilizer-it
will pay you well. Fix up your build
ings and prepare for the future -
Green's Fruit Grower
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
THE CORN THAT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP
This is the corn tnat won the championsi.g.

This Is the the champOnsf.4.
s the championship.
neghbor foorn whenever he walked In the
opposite where lived the
boy that raised the that the championship
is he the boy could make
the neighbor all forlorn
could hear rustlng Of
taller each day. the opposite farm
raised the that the
championship
boy repled-"To such fertil
seed weln fact that's all there
to could make
yields owrce much the neighbor all foron
walked In the could hear rustng
opposite
lived the boy that raised the that
cha Ryder.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
English Women "Man" Cars.

Woman tram conductors have now
appeared on the electric cars of the
Leeds (England) Corporation tram
ways. The first corps, composed of
20 young women dressed in blue
serge tunics and skirts with red fac.
ings and wearing uniform caps, has
proved satisfactory, and 1t is stated
that the number to be employed may
reach 200. The rate Of pay proposed
Is the same as that of the men.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Melbourne, City That Planned.

There is and always has been
great amount of public spirit in Mel
bourne, due, in large part, to the
Scotch element that has predominated
from the beginning. THE first citi'
zens, led by Scots, as rule, set to
work with magnificent faith in the fu'
ture. A city was planned worthy OF
being the capital Of ten million people,
and the public buildings were de-
signed on the same generous scale.
The soil on the site was deep ana
rich; that suggested tree planting,
and most of the streets are today re,
lieved by handsome foliage and the
parks which ring the city round have
trees worthy of the forests of Europe.
The avenue of elms in Fitzroy Gardens
certainly represents that tree at its
best Bishop e. E. Hoss in the Dali
las News.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Making Manure More Valuable

The value of barnyard manure
varies according to the way it is
treated, according to the Ohio Expert.
ment Station. In one test just an.
nounced in Bulletin 2S6, manure that
was untreated was worth $3.50 per
ton, and when treated with acid phos-
phate at the rate of 40 pounds to the
ton and kept under cover, was worth
$3.50. The Experiment Station ex-
plains that manure is not a well bal.
anced fertilizer and that the addition
Of acid phosphate should be made to
obtain the highest results from its use
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
France Bars Imported Trucks.

The French government recently
disposed of TAO motor trucks, used in
the war since August, 1914, at public
auction. The trucks were originally
fitted with NOTORIOUS bodies and were
running in the streets of Paris.
At mobilization they were com.
mandeered and have been used in
transporting meat and other pro
visions. New French-made chassis
have taken their places and the gov
ernment sold the old trucks. Here.
after all imported trucks will be run
to destruction" and then replaced by
domestic product. France announces
its intention of using no more import
ed trucks in the war.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
SUPPORT FOR A MILK BOTTLE
Recently Invented Device Holds YES
sci In Such Position That It May
Be Thoroughly Drained.

Describing and illustrating a bottle
draner, invented by c. II. Taylor Of
Newburgh, N. Y. Scientific American
says:
This invention provides a cheap,
strong and reliable device adapted to
support a milk bottle or the like in
such position that it may thoroughly
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Sherman's Phrase lndorsed.

General Sherman's epigram, War
is hell" has an apt paraphrase in
personal letter recently received from
a surgeon Of the British forces in
Flanders: This war, as see it here,
in the trenches" he says, may be
summed up in three words-mud,
blood and blasphemy' The atmos-
yhere of Flanders, it will be remem-
bered by readers of "Tristram
Shandy," is conducive to. profanity
Our armies swore terribly in Elan.
ders," said Uncle Toby.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Need of Greater Soil Fertility

A rich soil is the first essential of
good farming. Too often we try to
skimp along without any plant food
and hope to raise good crops. Now is
the time to plant for making the soil
of every field on your farm more pro.
ductive. Animal manures carefully
conserv4 d, commercial fertilizers liber
ely applied and green manures plowed
under will take care of your soil
fertility problems.-Glenn H"yes. Ed.
or American Farming
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13

Sacrlnce on our
behalf, and his
glorious triumph
over death. There
is q fitness be-
tween the time
and the event that
impresses you the
moment you think
about it.. Both
speak of hope.
and both breathe
gladness in the
heart OF man.
He was deliv-
cred for our Of
fens sc g." How
pregnant is every
word of that great
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Ice-Breaker of Value,

An ice-breaking steamer built in
Sweden for the Russian government
has cut it's way through ice fields 80
feet thick. 1t is now Of great value in
keeping the harbors open for war sup
plies.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13

drain with the mouth portion open or
free, and whereby the bottle may be
filled In position to be collected by
the mlkman if desired. While espe-
cially designed for use in connection
with milk bottles, the device is not SO
limited in use.
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Christ's Death
and Resurrection
BY REV. JAMES M. GRAY, ID
Dean Of the Moody Bible Institute
Of Chicago

TEXT-Who was delivered for our Of
lenses. and was raised again for our JUS
tifiCation.-- 4:-5.
One is so glad that the Son OF God
chose the budding springtime for his
Catoctin clarion., 1916-04-13
Drought Affects Ostrich Feathers.

Largely because of the great
drought in Africa, the supply of os-
trich feathers is smaller in quantity
anr inferior In grade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-06

NAV THE Rockford Construction
company has nearly completed the
paving job on Twentieth street, one
block remaining to be finished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-06
EDNA FERBER TO
READ YORKSHIRE
Voted Novelist will Be Heard in Pro,
gram at The Burtis Opera House
May Il.
Is SEASONS LITERARY TREAT
originator Of Famous Emma McChes.
ney Stories Coming Under Au.
spices OF Tri-City Press Club.

Miss Edna Ferber will be heard in
readings from her works at the Bur
lis theatre in Davenport under the
auspices OF the Tri-City Press club
Thursday evening, May II. The event
is TO be the literary treat of the sea-
son and indications are that the audi
ence will be large.
Her first book showed that Edna
Ferber could describe real people and
nlaces, that she had sympathy. humor
and common sense. 1t also indicated
the sort Of heroine whom this writer
was 10 continue to celebrate. For
Emma McChesney is only a greatly
improved Dawn O'Hara. Like Dawn
0'Hara Emma McChesney is comely,
we'll dressed, independent but thor
oughly feminine; like Dawn O'Hara
she works for a living and enjoys her
work. and like Dawn O'Hara she has
had disastrous matrimonial exper-
fence The tragedy of her marriage
with Peter Orme did not keep Dawn
0'Hara from marrying Won Gerhard,
and likewise Emma McChesney has at
least yielded to the suit of the indie
iatigable T. A. Buck. But Emma Nc
Chesney is much more attractive
character than Dawn O'Hara; for one
thing her name does not suggest a
Winter Garden chorus girl, and for
another, she does not soliloquize about
her own courage and high spirits.
Naturally. people compared the
author OF "Buttered Side Down" to O
Henry The title of the volume is O.
Henryish, and several of the stories
start with those little confidential
ironic addresses to the reader which
0. Henry used Also. working girls
and slang always suggest 0. Henry
although he invented neither of these
Institutions. But they resemble the
short stories of 0. Henry chiefly in
this respect-that they are excellent
Edna FerbeT'S attitude toward life
her viewpoint. is as feminine as 0
Henrys was masculine. She is most
successful when she is writing about
saleswomen or actresses or wait
fesses. 1t is interesting to note thai
the only unsuccessful story in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-06

April 30-Bishop Alexander Bur-
CESS of the Episcopal diocese of Quincy
made visit to Trinity parish here
yesterday.
Pursuant to the call of County Clerk
Kohler, the township assessors of the
county met this morning at the court
house, a basis of assessment being
agreed upon. 1t is the first time in the
history of the county that such a meet
ing has been held.
Melchoir Koch died at his residence
on Third avenue yesterday
Joseph Huber's garden on Moline
avenue will be opened for the season
Saturday evening with music by Bleu,
er's band
A sociable was held at the residence
Of H. H. Robb in South Rock Island
last evening for the benefit of the Cen
trail Presbyterian chapel there.
Ed Kohn, who has been interested in
brewing business at Chattanooga,
Tenn, has disposed of his holdings
there and will move to Rock Island.
May l j c. Comstock, champion of
Michigan, was defeated in three
straight falls in a wrestling match at
Harper's theatre last night by Farmer
Burns Of Iowa before large crowd.
The lowa-Illinois baseball league
season was opened yesterday, Daven-
port defeating Aurora, 10 to l. Nicol
and Sage were the battery for Dayen-
port.
David A. Bleuer and Miss Louisa +.
Ransom We're united in marriage last
evening at the home OF the brides par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ransom,
sos Fourteenth street, Rev. A. {. Men
nicke officiating.
| MAY THE Rockford CONSTRUCTION
company has nearly completed the
paving job on Twentieth street, one
block remaining TO be finished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-06
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

William McEniry is making extens-
i've alterations on his Elm street prop
erty
A pleasant surprise was given Miss
Florence Oswald by 35 couples of her
young friends last evening, enjoying
games and dancing at the Davenport
homestead.
May 4-Kid Browner, Rock Island s
star pitcher, is with the Ottumwa club
of the Iowa-Illinois league this sea-
son.
Burglars entered Jones secondhand
store on Second avenue yesterday aft
ernoon about O'Clock and escaped
with $50 worth of jewelry.
The May term of the circuit court
was convened this afternoon by Judge
A A. Smith.
Morris Rosenfeld, whe purchased
the Davenport homestead at the re-
cent public sale, has in turn disposed
of the property to l. Huber Mr.. Huber
intends to cut the property into lots.
May 5-Mayor McConochie last
night appointed Thomas Reddig super
lintendent of the waterworks to sue
coed John Murrin, and Phil Miller city
marshal to succeed NJ. H. Sexton. The
appointment of Mr.. Reddig was not
confirmed by the council.
May edward Murrm has let the
contract for a fine brick business
block on the corner of Twenty first
street and Fourth avenue, to cost
$4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-06
IND1ANA'S CHARITY
FAR BELOW ILLINOIS

indianapolis, May ga copy of the
Institution Quarterly, the official organ
of the public charity service of Hi
nois, just received by the Indiana state
/ board of charities, contains an inter-
esting comparison of poor relief plans
Of the two states The cost of outdoor
relief in Indiana for 1915 was $3.50
compared with sl,500000 expended
by Illinois.
Under the present Indiana poor law,
which was enacted in 1895, the Quar-
terly states, that the cost has been de-
creased from 25 cents per capita to
1412 cents per capita, while the Hi
nois rate was % cents per capita in
| 1915. In 1895, the total cost in In
diana was $3.50, 900 and in 1915 it was
| 1898 900.
! In explaining the Indiana law, the
! Quarterly quotes from report by
! Amos ". Butler, secretary of the In
diana state board of charities, as fol-
| lows:
THE law provides for immediate
| help in emergency cases; for full in
vestigation before anything more than
emergency aid can be given; for a
| permanent record of facts; for coop
GRAFTON with relatives of the applicant,
and finally for oversight of the poor
/ so long as they remain in charge. 1t
| places no limit upon the amount that
may be spent to enable children to go
/ to school or for medical aid or burial.
! II provides that the trustees can give
any other aid up to SIS at his own dis
erection, provided that when he had
/ given relief up to SIS he shall obtain
/ the approval of the county commits
! sioners before giving more The law
also provides that each township trus-
tee shall send to the state board dupli
Gates for all orders for aid.
/ Mr.. Butler, according TO the quarter
! ly, asserts that the reduction and su
aperyision of the outdoor relief has re-
duced the population of the poor asy-
/ lumS and orphans homes, instead of
r
Under the present system-or lack
of system" states the Quarterly, re
/ turning to the Illinois situation, of
expanding the public outdoor relief
funds, the expense will grow steadily
greater and the results will not JUS
| tify the cost The pauper law reQuir-
| ing Overseers to report certain data to
the county board is ignored, wholly or
in part in nine-tenths Of the counties
of Illinois The law cannot be en-
not start the necessary legal machin-
cry"
| 1t is stated further that if the law
were complied with the expenses Of
relief would rapidly lessened and the
results would be better for the reCip-
tents of aid.
| 1T is reasonable to suppose con-
tinued the article that the law which
! has clarified outdoor relief in Indiana,
will bring order out of the present
chaos of the Illinois relief The con-
ditiOns in Illinois today are similar to
those which existed in Indiana 30
years ago. A solution of the
problem must be found soon and the
one which has proved successful in
Indiana would probably prove success
full in Illinois"
! New Jersey, North Dakota, and
Massachusetts have followed Indiana,
! it is stated, in enacting laws for the
improvement of methods of admins
| tration of outdoor relief
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-06

volume is Where the Car Turns at
le'h, which has to do with matters
exclusively masculine.
Shows Real Life.
every story in "Buttered Side
Down texcept the little anti-militar
ISL tract already mentioned) is a piece
OF real life deity made into a work
OF art, and several OF the stories are
extraordinarily good, So good that
they deserve to rank among the clas-
sizes of that sort of writing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-06

France. The coal owners are trying
to DEVISE a means to supply the men
without curtailing the production of
coal. These men will not undergo
military training.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-06
ON COUNTY RECORDS
Warranty Deeds.

Guyer and White to Ida E. Brown.
Lot 7, blk. 213, New Shops Ind add,
East Moline. $3.50.
Charles z. Degen and wife to Einar
Anderson. Lot 10, blk. 6, End add to
Edgewood park, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-06

Gust Anderson and wife to Herman
f. and Emile B. Linde Lot 3, blk. l,
Ord Wheelock's Fifteenth st. add, Mo-
line $4,000
j. NJ Sullivan to Thomas H. Harge.
Lot 4, blk /. Wallace Grove add, Rock
Island. $500