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New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Brooklyn a. A. Runner Is
Victor Over Feher in
Smile Handicap.
ACCIDENT MARS
440-YARD RACE
Several Competitors Fall on
Last Turn-Reilly Takes
First Place.

stirring finish by Eddie Mayo, the
..rrSv Young distance runner Of the
pr,oklvn 4. A.. which brought him
,ore victor by a foot over A. W.
r,ber in the three-mile handicap,
s.stured the annual games Of the
ur,rsrian-American a. c. yesterday
:, Iuniper Park. Long Island. There
w,rs only six events on the pro
.-smme. but each was well contested
I'd furnished plenty Of good sport.
vayo with 25-yard start, was
,;-.usry scratch man in the three
-Ie run. and had to contend against
bic field. Feher, who is a member
~ ,he Hungarian-American A. C., had
=, allowance Of ff;y-fve yards, and
A.p,syed such speed that it was only
.;,s before he was up with the long
~ rsn He drew away from Mayo
s.. tire but then fell back, and
49, two miles the Hungarian lad
w,s not more than ten yards 70 the
good. ~ .,;-L. 1.
.,ge in the next quarter mile, as
Vsyo pulled up on even terms. For
.brse-ouarters Of a mile the young
stsrs ran stride for stride. and 1t was
,rlv s desperate lunCe IN the last five
r,ris that enabled Mayo 20 hurl him
ssf across the tape, victor by part Of
stride.
Ramon Georgi. the crack short-dis-
.,rce sprinter Of the New York A. c.,
los, the verdict IN the quartermile
handicap. in which nc was scratch
nan. through an accident, when he
wss 100 Yards from the tape. At that
Geo-ri got third place. with first
borors going 70 Arthur Reilly. Of the
Rrooklvn A. A.. who had eight yards
start. Second place was annexed by
H. 4. Greenbaum, Of the Nlncty-sec-
ord Street Y. VI. Y. A., who was al
lowed twenty yards.
Georgi was going strong. and had
almost overtaken his field when sew
eral runners fell on the last turn.
Georri had 20 hurdle them, and be-
fore he could regain his stride his
chances Of victory had vanished.
The summary follows:
l's.,ari dash lh5ndicap Won hy T Dempsey
rnior settlement A. e. t3 yarIsl j. Bartsch. Hun
ss-,.- American A q. t5 yarisl. second. A. J.
n'Es,.s. Union Settlement A. G. l5 yardsl. third
nrs O 10 2-i.
sC.ysrd run lhaad'cspl-Won hy A Reilly. un-
r-asoi rs yarlsl. II A G-cerbaum. e2d street
y n A go yards'. second r W Georgi
Ncu York A C. tscrstchl. ihinl. Tine 55 -.
0re-rre walk thaudicspl-NCn hy W. am Nc
Tsffsa NeE York A C. l'i seconds, ". kano-
gf1 urrtschcl 90 secondsl. second. ?. ?. keiser
Moraiagals A. 4. $50 sccondsl. third Time
81 --i
Or,.rHs -in fclosed 20 Yorkv'''e Athletic League
Won by " Orenstein. scd Street y. ~ H.
a. ys-isl. $. Fcr-ich o-d street y. NJ II, a
l,.rs-rfI second. g. Er'crharl S. Johns Club
20 ysr1si. third Time. "A.
Iir.-mi's nun fhandicap Won by Eddie Mayo
H-r-tfu A A l2j yarlsl A. W. Feher. Hunga-
rr.lmsrican A G. t55 yaris). second. 4. Morris
s. CrisiopheT's Club 100 yardsl. third. Time
.T a-l
Oremre run (novicel-won by T. V. Daly
l1sh-Ame1csn A. c.: G. vs. Boyisson. Swedish
trencan A G.. second A. Klein Pastime A. e..
Ii-l Tine. l3 20.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES
AT CLEVELAND TO-DAY

Cleveland. July 16.-With the kings
and queens Of the light harness turf
,rsined 70 the hour the Grand Circuit
meeting opens tomorrow at North
Randall With a continuance Of good
weather. and track conditions followers
Of light harness racing look for new
worlds records before the final ra:e
in the five DAYS programme.
Mondays feature will be the Ed
wards stake for 2:10 PAGERS. Ten
horses will contest in the three heats
FOR the $4,000 purse The three other
races on to-morrow's card follow:
2:09 trotting, three heats, $1,000;
2:o7 pacing, three heats, $1,000, and
The Forest City two-year-old trot-
isrs, two heats, s1,250.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Stirring Finish by Mayo
at the Hungarian Games
FAR0LA WINS LAURELS
IN BRONX A. L. GAMES

l.. Farola. Of the Bronxdale Athletic
Club, was the star at the initial month
ly handicap athletic games held by the
Bronx Athletic League at Pelham Ray
Park yesterday afternoon. He won
both the 220-yard dash and l2-pound
shot-put handicaps and finished second
in the 10o-ysrd dash handicap.
The summaries follow:
io0-ysrd dash (handicapl- Won by W Insham.
s. Anselms A. G. 90 yardsl L. farola broni
dale A. G. Is vardsl. sc,~ld. W. Mackmsn. leu
uant 4 G Is yar,isl third Tine. 0 10 30.
o-yari dash (hsndlcspl-won hy I. l. rsrcla.
RronNdale A. e. t5 Nardsl. W. Harmon, 81 An
scm.s A. {. tscrsichl second. g Rouse, 81 An
selm's A G. O2 yarisl. thud. Time. 2t -
~ pound sho, nut thendicapl--Won by l.. fsrola,
RronNdsie a G. % focu. With q feet 2 inches G.
Rouse 81. Auselm's \ g. % fcci), with 30 feet Z
inches second: Tim O'C,nnor. 81. Anselms 4. C..
with 81 feet inches third
one milo Walk (handicspl-Won by Tim Nolan.
So Anscln's 4. & go secondsl George Rouse 81
Anse'm's A c 90 ysrisl. second. w Martin
pcnnant A C. tscrstchl. third. Tine. $40. -
Two. mile run thsndcapl by r. Brandt, 81.
Auselms A C. scratch Tim o'Connor. s.. An
selm's 4 G. 200 ysr,isl. seccnd T lsuth -
Ansclms A. c. go ysrdsl. third. Time, 10 oo9 -
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17

td has asked us whether consider Wild Bill Donovan OIL
,Js good manager lucky one Just at thS 'me We
N - 90 chow that Donovan decidedly good manager WIN
oher ,ore ont % the game is smiling the same
~ ye that he wore everything seemed 10 oe pea.s per
f, for him to the fact that no cofa ~
49, yankec ranks and advance alois nave oeeh mare
- nossble slump their playing, though the ianNee' ~ W
M ,ose bagful the present writing instead we
coulu e' doinp durndes games as quietly
ttiouslv as a company of regular army doughooyS
anu anu iosc tbcv do alb themselves ana hy ASK % ~ - thnra
they lose smile worth While Tor II there
utIn else dead
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Ty0fferS Race
Neck and Neck
on Speedway
Fox Deane and Sir Thomas in
Dead Heat, but Former
Wins Event.

A dead heat marked the second heat
in the Ills class mixed race at the
matinee of the Road Drivers Associa-
tion of New York, held on the Harlem
Speedway. A. L. Meckle's bay geldins
Fox Deane, a trotter, ran neck ana
neck with Sir Thomas. another trotter.
In the opening heat Fox Deane won
bv a quarter of a length by great
sprint in the last furlong. In the third
and deciding brush Sir Thomas ran
away and was placed third, leaving + OK
Deane to triumph as he pleased.
Master McKerron, a bay gelding be-
longing to r. Jacobs. was to have met
Lester NJ. in the 1896 pace, which wa was
scheduled as the feature event. Inc
latter was withdrawn at post time, so
Master McKerron ran against time.
The summaries follow;
MINED RACE-l13 CLASS.
FYiltsnt. br &. PAGER %. Gilmorel ........... ! !
ns'.,e parron' br M. trotter a. Cspenterl. ?
Time T.. ! 10.
TROTTING-l 07 CLASS.
Kitty oakland by. m. lG. u. GalD ........ !
Nightingale. blk ~. o.. MuIlerl ....--.-..l 2
Time 07. 0Siz. III.
TRoTTlNG-l 90 CLASS.
Marion Toddlnron. G.. m. %. ,. O'sheal l..... !
Little Ella A Dr. m Ot. \. homl .-.-..... q
Tmg-i OK. .lJ
AGAINST TINE o. CLASS
Master McKsrron. b. : 1t. Jscoh1
Time o.. o5'a
TROTTING-lll CLASS.
Catherine r. b. m o. Csrp,uterl ............ !
liudcburg br. . az. B. Muiierl ...-...--.-.. 2
Time 09a. H.
MINED RACE l5 CLASS.
Fox Dcare. D. g. uot'cr "A. J. NecNel
SIR Thoinss hr b.. tfotter "A. l. olpnl ....
Souy Bronson D.. m. PAGER doc Martini. ?
Tme-l L. 20. ".
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Mcleod Leads on Links.

Malba. L. l., July 16.-A good field
turned out on the Malba links to-day in
the second qualifying round for the
governors cup of the Malba Field and
Marine Club. The best scores were: 5.
Mcleod. II; c. B. Woodrow, 7s; G.
Bailee. rs; A. Bessier, 10; W. Benedics.
50; B. Watson. SO; A. Phillips, So, and
P. Posener, So.
The best. scores of the ladies' tourna-
ment were: Mrs. W Z. Schafer, ss
Miss Marion Gray, 9S; Miss Isabel
Huggins. l09 and Mrs. G. ". Stan
ley, 1l2.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
FO0fbaH and the War Game.

Young Captain the Yale football team has been done
M has ben accused of begging members of his team not
E ,;ab artillery battalion held in for dash
for the border instead of opposing enlistment " W
bat alion. has applied for membership himself. . - -,
helve football like Captain
would have discouraged military good football player Is M
IDEAL fghng man. training of the grdiron the most wohoeu
| % +ho making Of understanding, fighting soldier OF course
football is taken seriously the players and by the
than v those who are sitting side lines Captain Back was s
and probably was AFRAID that sh' e
enthusiasm OF youth did not call LOT 'ne
b and noderou editorial criticism which was eveed at h Cp'n
III idirg into action with a battery Of light artillery than IN
v on the football field Should the opportunity Tor the greater
came nresent itself Captain Black and the eleven Ell po
the threeinch guns while their critics are still operating he
rritprs
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
BURWELL HARVEY STAR
IN ATHLETIC GAMES

Burwell Harvey, the negro athlete of
Colgate College, who this year won the
New York State intercollegiate quarter
mile championship, was the shining
light in the members games of the St
Christopher Club at Macomb's Dam
Park. Harvey had a field day Of his
own. He won the 100-yard dash, fin
ished third in the quarter and capt
ured the high and broad jumps, COM
peting from scratch in each.
The summaries follow:
io0-yard dash (handlcapl-won Nv Burvell
Harvey (scrss Randolph Granger l2H YARDS.
second. Henry Never % yards, Third. Time. OIL
4f0-yard run (hsndicapl Won by Leo Granger
(scratch) Henry Meyer 90 Nards). second Bungell
Harvey (seraichl third Time 81
SSO-yard run (handicapl-Won hy Frank Jenkins
fscrafch). Sidney Jackson lscratch), second. Leo
Granger tscrafch). third. Time, .0S.
Tvo-mile run (hsndcap)-Won by Frank Jenkins
fscratch) sidney Jackson (scraichl. second. clifford
Mitchell (scrstchl. third Time, l0l6 s.
Eunnine high jump-Non hy Bungell Harvey. with
2 fest : inches Randolph Granger. second. with
ice, inchos sidney Jackson. third. with feet II
running broad jump (handicapl-won hy Burvell
Harvey tscratch). With 10 feet 10 inches. Randolph
Granger scratch second. with IS feet 10 inches
Hemry Never a fecO. third with Is feet
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17

The future of rowing at Columbia University VIII I've I vi
M b cad commentary on physical condition of the col
oare Of this the college nearest to the most
o in the world eight for the Poughkeepe
o of Stanford University should shame the Coumolahs ho
rowing Last year the western VT
cb has only lake to train its oarmen sent crew
- ro within inches winning the regatta Yet Coumoa
h tho Hudson River back yard talks OF aoahdonhg
- that the why the students have lost he e m
L IN rowing is Columbia has boaed so few winning ~ ~
,ro,d inoplv lack sportsmanship and lack OF grit
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
7. v. DAVIES VICTOR
ON OAKLAND LINKS

J. V. Davies won a club handicap on
the links Of the Oakland Golf Club
yesterday, when he returned a net
score of 72 on his handicap of 10. In
the final for the Governors Cup, at
thirty-six holes, J. H. Hallock defeated
G. Z. Woods by up and 5 to play.
Hallock led at the end of the morning
round by four holes and increased his
advantage.
Under the handicapping system
under which the play for the trophy
was conducted Hallock allowed his
competitor two strokes in eighteen
holes.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17

Charlie White has accepted term
from the Washington Park Sports
Club for A match with Benny Leonard.
Nate Lewis. manager for White, closed
with the club last night before leay-
ing for Chicago. -,
The Washington Park Club will
stage its first popular price show
on Saturday night. Silent Martin anG
frankie Notter will meet in one of tn
star bouts.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
AFTERNOON RoUNl
MATTHEW'S AND RAINE
TO MEET FOR CUP

As a result of the semi-fnal match
play round in the Governors Cup COM
petition on the links of the Flushing
Country Club yesterday j. Matthews.
jr., and G. d. Raine. jr.. will meet in
the final. Matthews defeated F. P.
Porter by and and Raine disposed
of A. c. Chatfeld by 5 and 4.
In the play for the July Cup NJ. T.
Lewis, who a week ago came within a
stroke of equalling the course record
when he returned a card of 70, came
back with the same score and beat out
W. A. Mantel
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
The FiGhf Fans i'm Revolt.

Tho nv moan Of the professional prizefght promoter heard
tho land He walls hard and the muitudes no
longer flock boxing exhibitions He cannot understand 'ne
thinning OF his once corpueh
bankroI.
The reason plain the gube persons whose passion
the art which by the late Marquis OF Quensoer can o
driven inst 50 fur" as Egbert would There have peen 100
onv matches like proposed match between Freddie "esh ana m
Tommy Murphy which was just s
bricks hny gided to deceive
even fight fan promoters have been peddng TOO many
Of thema lately
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Racing for Sports Sake
English Idea, Says J0yner

French and English horses should he
IN condition TO show something OF their
form by then. Longer races, one a day
at no shorter distance than one mile
and quarter. would be attractive. Ire
public likes to see the horses pass the
stand twice. II enough OF these con
tests were offered trainers would pre-
pare horses for them. II would help
breeding, at the same time furnish
ing an attractive spectacle"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
In All Fairness
BY w. o. MGEEHAN ,

The passing Of May suddenly makes feel little older For
months had been limited that the famous wing has begun
show that the fadeaway" had lose its
But stanchy believe the
We knew that the slim girls used had become matron
athletes mgds had become
porty had with things
touching Of them lightly and Of them heavily but the
simply could bear think that it
would fail
increuy the departure Of My
shock The hair temples
ugnbously the time
when will the generation when ptchng
idol We hear ourselves shriy You should nave
And the
will intoeran nsence We VIII try 10 get
how ty snglehanded beat the A
will have much to console
memory of seventeen of the Master fcher
cynicm when the generation
hysera the box where Matty
mast of The fadeaway, OF nce held
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
What Is a Professional?

membership the woodland
Club Newton Golf Association evves the
professionalism The Woodland Cun up
declared ineligible by the ruling go
the rebuke The three members
Oum Sullivan, and Paul Iewksoury charseu
and aeng the selling of implements or appur
tenanc used in of golf
court of athletics to pass upon "h
constitutes professionalism. In branches of amateur sport ne
while others they rdcuouy g All
excess Of zeal sometimes than utter lack of it.
reading the History OF the Harvard
poat Races bv lanes Wman Walter Peet that President
of professional atne Inc
history Eliot with Professor
members of the Harvard crew OF $780,
two races with professional crews of 75 and the oher Tor
Yet Professor Eliot should happen play golf the une oa
Golf Association brand him his opponent WIN
might he mentioned that one manager
baseball club who formerly played professional baseball himself IS
cssed as simon the overconscenou ou
c.o+o Calf Aesociat
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Those Prevaricafing Wagnafes.

pbau beautifully clean game to watch "hen IL Is pSy
big league baseball Is Ike all hnah-
W l and sometimes shady. We got taste OF wnen tne
people ana
conpro bo aqnaes lied perveisey ana persist
was e % % exceptions baseball moguS are hnaneer not spo
entity WIN they prevacae SIMPLY lor pacUce
nen anu Maty from the GIANTS came Weh al
rned in the raised their right hands ana
haiti twas
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
Moran Signs
to Fight Morris
Fifteen Rounds
Battle Scheduled for Tusla on
Labor Day-Pittsburgher
to Train.
Fight Log.
TONIGHT.

TONIGHT.
Olympic A. c.--wilils astsy and Benay vai5sr,
fiehtIns Ios Ksrney ard Farmer SJllysn.
Mllltary a. C.-walter mohr and while Roth
we'll.
TUESDAY.
Harlem S c. (HsmmelO--vio Moran ard
Frankie Callahan.
THURSDAY.
Anerne S. c.-narty Gross and Bud Palmer.
Ciermsrt A. C.-Edde Dorsey and Mel coossn.
FRIDAY.
Browns Far Rocts~y A. c.-Bsttiins -ssis'
tky and George Ash.
SATURDAY.
FsIrmont A. C.-Artfe ae6Wrn and yeuns
Rector.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17

2 a.o0-Frank Eastman and A. II Merritt
O4-Jim Hendfy aud " walsh.
. ON smith and G p SparliuG
a.I2-W MacFarlane and John Brcdemus
a.l6-B A ConrOy and AieV Plre
9.e0-rom kerrigan and George Mclean.
g.gi-E NJ Loving and Alex. Milne.
Q.aS-Ben Nichols and J. II. Thompson.
a.32-C " Hackney and James Crossan.
Q 3G-Carl Anderson and Tom Boyd.
g.40-Hsrry Dunn and Paul Hahcr
Q i4-Ioe Sylvester and " y Robinson.
g.iS-Dsu % Brlen and Jack Barne,
qtse-IIerhert strong and fmmett French
q.s6-H Auchferlorlo and " singleton.
10 00-Ious Matiuccl and = u Hiu.
ia O4-Walter Hagen and Gilbert Nichols
10 .OS-F Relwood and J. n. Norton.
lO.ie-W = Stoddar' and p Mcnamara
il ia DoWling and Bert Bsuel
Ia 2O-Ioe Mitchell and Wil'rcd Reid
l0.2t-N J. OLoughlin and Pat j. Doyle.
10 .oS-H Avery and G. 'iafN
In .2g-Aler Ogilvie and Boi Andrew
l0.S5-Roher Mcdonald aud JocA Hutchinson
lg 10 william ScOu and Arthur Red
Ia Louis Teller and Edward l0os
ia iS-P Robertson and Jack Jolly
IN ;3-fsmes Barnes aud Jack Hobsns.
IN "a = LAWSON and \ ! Saudcrson.
IN .OO-C Homer and George Low
N .o4-Isaac Nackie aud r. NJ Thompson.
n az Eugene Mccarthy and J. J. Buen.
n .i2-N Doman and 'lashy.
IN is--rom NrNam4ra and Mcdonald Smith.
II IO-Iames West aud u 5 Hunter
N .24-Iames Wells and John lngles.
II sS-B O'Neil and + l.. West
Entries will be received until 9 a. n
n
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17

Ice cool fabrics make nice cool
suits.
"Worsted-batiste." for ex-
ample.
Not the 'batiste" the ladies
know, but the lightest of wor-
steds: :-batlste really is the name
Of the weave.
Quiet grays.
lnconsplcuous mixtures.
Conservative summer suits for
business.
Coat and trousers together
weigh less than linens.
Not expensive either.
Coat and trousers, SIS to s2s.
All mems straw hats-includ-
ing Panamas, now reduced any
where from 1870 to $50 of
their former fair prices.
ROGERS PEET COMPANY.
Broadway Broadway
at 18th ST. The at 34th St.
Four
Broadway Corners" Fifth Ave.
at Warren at t4lst St
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17

Apprentice allowance claimed.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
The Smile Worth While.

craftsmanship and lack of grit.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-17
White TO Meet Leonard

Entries will be received until a.
tO-mOrrOW
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-04-27
ADVANTAGES OF A cow
TESTING ASSOCIATION
More Dollars For the Farmer Who
Keeps Cows.
(By C. A. Hutton. Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee)

(By G. A. Hutton, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
A COW testing association is an or
ganization of about twenty-five dairy
farmers for the chief purpose of CO.
operating in the keeping Of herd rec
ords. BY means of herd records the
poor COWS are eliminated and dairying
is made more profitable. There are
more than two hundred such associa-
tons in the United States, and through
these associations records are being
kept on approximately 100000 COWS.
The first cooperative COW testing
association in Tennessee was organ
lied at Morristown December IS, 1915.
Others are now being organized.
Some of the advantages of a COW
! testing association are summarized as
/ follows:
( l. 1t furnishes an exact record of the
/ production of each COW in the herd,
with a record Of the cost of feed con-
sumed and the net profit per cow.
About onethird of the COWS in Ten
nessee are kept at loss. 1t enables
one to weed out the Improbable COWS.
2. The records Of production enable
one to feed more intelligently and
more economically. 1t is a common
practice to feed all the COWS In the
herd alike. Under these conditions
the poor COWS will receive too much,
and the good ones will not get enough.
The proper way is to feed each COW in
proportion to the amount of milk she
gives. When this practice is adopted
1t usually results in greater produc-
ton of milk at less cost for feed
3. The tester is able to advise with
the owner each month in regard to
also to balance the Tations for the
owner.
4. The members can cooperate in
buying Cottonseed meal and other
feedstuffs in carload lots, thus effect
ing saving.
5. Cow testing associations stimu-
late community breeding, exchange Of
bulls, and a spirit of friendly rivalry
and foster better social spirit in the
community.
6. Regular meetings can be held
for discussion of timely topics.
7. 1t enables one to tell which are
the best COWS from which to raise
heifer calves.
8. A record made by a man regu-
larry employed for the purpose has a
greater value than a private record
when one wants to sell an animal or
the offspring of one of the animals in
the herd.
8, Members can make official tests
Of registered COWS much cheaper
through the association.
10. 1t eliminates all the details Of
testing and working up the records by
the owner or herdsman.
IL. The cost is tride as compared
to the returns.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-04-27
HINTS ABOUT TILE DRAINAGE

(By J. c. McAmis, Division of EXten-
sion, University of TennesseeD
The first thing to do to a wet soil is
to drain it, Suitable tillage is prac-
tically impossible upon it, 1t may be
sour, but lime is Ineffective; it may
need fertilizers, but it makes poor use
of them, until surplus water is re-
moved Even stable manure is par
TALLY lost upon such soils. 1t may be
naturally rich-indeed it often is-but
it's fertility is unavailable until air is
permitted to enter it at all seasons.
Drainage gives areation. Water
must be removed before air can enter.
Free circulation Of air is necessary
before soil bacteria can engage in the
processes of decay which result in the
liberation of plant food. Another re-
quirement of bacteria and other crops
is heat Surplus soil water is always
accompanied by a decrease in temper
ature. The suns rays are used in
evaporation. of water rather than in
warming the soil. Drainage is the
remedy.
The low lands are usually the wetter
lands. They are also usually richer in
total plant food, especially nitrogen,
and yet they are often less productive
than the uplands because their plant
food is unavailable. Many low lands
are used as meadows and pastures
continuously because they are too wet
for cultivation. The hill lands are
placed under the pillow and ruinous
washing results.
If the low lands were tiled, they
could be used for cultivated crops.
The pastures and meadows could be
moved to the sleeper lands to prevent
their washing. Even on the higher
lands there are wet areas which
should be tiled.
Wet land is expensive always. 1t is
costly to lay underground tile, but it
pays in the long run. 1t is the most
satisfactory method Of drainage. Open
bitches are inefficient and in the way
of tillage. Money spent upon the i'm
provement of wet soils is wasted until
the water is removed. Tile drainage
Is the first step.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1916-04-27
STUDY YOUR GRAIN,
GET BETTER CROPS

(By c. A. Keffer, Division of Extension,
University of Tennessee)
The bad days, when outside work is
impossible, can be very proftably
spent in a study of farm crops. A few
weeks ago the farm demonstration
agent of Putnam county held a meet
ing for men and boys at Pleasant Val
ley. He asked every one to bring ten
ears of corn with him. He had hoped
for big crowd, but the weather was
very bad and only fifteen came. Every
one brought ten ears of corn, and they
all studied corn together. First the
agent gave a talk on seed corn, and
on varieties of corn, in which he ex-
planned that every variety had its own
characteristics, and all the ears of a
variety should approximate the stand
ard of length, diameter, number of
rows of corn on the cob, color, shape
and size of grain etc. Then .score