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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
International League

At Providence: Providence S-S, Rich mond 0-6.
 At Rochester: Rochester 0-3. Toronto II. (First game II innings).
 At Buffalo: Buffalo 8, Montreal 0.
 At Newark: Newark Baltimore, wet grounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
Drew the Line

From the Buffalo News.
 Excavation work here's gettin along very slowly" srumbled the foreman to Larry, as he stood on the edge of the foundation and looked down into the pit. 'Ill have to send another man along to lend you a hand
 Left to himself, Larry speculated upon what sort of chap would be sent to assist him. and devoutly hoped he would not be one of those fellows who always wanted to get a job done
 Suddenly he glanced up and met the pugnacious stare of the foreman's bulldog looking over the edge of the pit
 "Begorra.' he roared as his pipe fell. "Oi've worked with Citations, Germans and niggars, but if a man wid a face loike that comes to work down here beside me Oi gets up!'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

Summary Two-base hits, Dobard, Will let, Ruel, Baker. Stolen bases, Knisely, Ellam Bases on balls, Willett 2, Wells 2. Struck out, Willett [. Time, :45. Um- pires, Breitensten and Hart.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
Dodgers Take Two

Pittsburg, July 22.-Brooklyn defeated Pittsburg in both games of todays double header, the first by a score of to and the second, 3 to 2, in 15 innings Pfeffer kept the hits scattered in the first game while kantlehner was hit hard in the first two innings. In the second game each side scored one run in the fifth inning and the game went to the fourteenth inning, when each side scored a run. In the fifteenth, a pass, two in field singles and a sacrifice fly scored the winning run for Brooklyn. Scores First game: R. H. E. Brooklyn ......... 240 GOO 01o- 13 1 Pittsburg .......... 010 0O0 000-- 1 8 l
 Batteries Pfeffer and McCarty; Kan tlehner, Cooper and Wilson
 Second game R. H. E. Brooklyn .. GOO 010 GOO GOO O1l-- 8 8 2 Pittsburg ...... GOO O1o coo GOO o10- ? s 1
 Batteries Cheney. Marquard and O. Miller; Mamaux, F. Miller, Jacobs and Schmidt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
TEXAS LEAGUE

At Fort Worth: Fort Worth 3. Waco S. (Ten innings).
 At Beaumont: Beaumont '. San An- tonic 4
 At Dallas: Dallas 3, Shreveport il. At Houston: Houston Galveston; rain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
GUN CLUB SHOOT

Lee Moody did phenomenal shooting at the regular weekly shoot of the Bir- mingham Gun club, breaking 97 out of his 100 under very unfavorable weather conditions. It was raining a good part of the afternoon and was very dark and cloudy. %s
 In the double target shooting Barr and Moody tied on fl each out of the 2s pairs shot at. John Fletcher was shooting a nau rlln Scores.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

Great possibilities for trade are offered by the Caucasus. The majority of the merchants. however, are men of small capital,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
Suggests That Every One Who Can Afford It Play
 GOlf-Health Aided
FISH AIR IS CHIEF
 ADVANTAGE OF GOLF
British Golf Champion Gives Secrets for Success in Golf and Business World-Interest in Golf Con-
 tinually Increasing
By TOM VARDON British Golf Champion
Concentration

Concentration 10 my mind, is the se- cret of success not only in golf, but in the business world. That is why 1 sug- gest to everyone who can possibly afford it, to play the game. Golf is a great health builder, but it also brings success. How can golf bring any, one success? I think l hear you ask this question. Here's the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
Braves Suffer Defeat

St. Louis. July 22.-st. Louis lead of six runs was too much for Boston to overcome and the locals won here today, s to 4. Score: R. H. E.. Boston ............. 0oo Oo1 3o0- 4 1 St. Louis ........ 2S1 900 OO*- 6 10 o
 Batteries: Barnes, Nehf and Gowdy; Doak and Gonzales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

Lee Mody made two long runs. one Of fl without miss and one of s6
 Nabors is making splendid scores for a beginner.
 Crouch shot different gun each time Osborn broke his first 24 out of 25.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

Summary: Home runs, Denny, Wag- ner. Hits. off Galbreath in l inning,
 Harrell in s innings. Stolen bases, Denny. Bruner 3, Martin Base on balls,
 Harrell 4, Denny 5. Struck out, Harrell g. Denny g. Wild pitches, Harrel 2. Dem ny 1. Hit by pitcher Stapleton. Um pire, Fritz.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
MEMPHIS CHICKS
 AGAIN DOWN VOLS

Memphis, July 22.-Memphis defeated Nashville here today, 2 to 1, Willett pitched a good game for the locals Score:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

Summary: Two-base hit, M. Burke Sac rifice hits, Wiley, McDowell. Struck out, LaFitte 4, Wiley 1. Base on balls, La Fitte l. Wiley f. Wild pitch. LaFitte. Double plays. J. Burke to Massey to Swacina Yerkes to Munch to Reilly. Hit by pitcher, Wiley (McDonald). Time, 1:S0. Umpires, Morgan and Rudderham.
 The Italian government Is experiment. ing with sericulture in Liyya. which pro- duces many mulberry trees, on the leaves of which silk worms can be fed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23

rati, 1925; Long, St Louis, .314; Hornsby, St. Louis, .313; Wheat, Brooklyn, 3os; Schulte, Chicago, ,3OS; Hinchman, Pitts burg, .307.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
Reds Down Phillies

Cincinnati, July 22.-By punching six hits in the sixth inning Cincinnati won from Philadelphia here today, to ?. Score: R. H. p. Philadelphia ......... 900 900 1O1-- 2 g 0 Cincinnati ........... 600 GOA 00*-4 10 l
 Batteries: Chalmers. McQuillan and Kill lifer; Moseey and Wingo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
NATIONALLEAGUE
STANDING
Games Today

Boston at St. Louis.
 New York at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cincinnati.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
Y Yanks Win

New York, July 22.-New York defeated St. Louis in the second game of what was to have been a double header, 1 to 0. The first game was postponed on ac- count of wet grounds The only run came in the sixth when Hartzel singled and scored on Pecknpaugh's double. Score:
 R.H E. St. Louis ................. .000 GOO 000-0 o New York .............. 600 001 O00-1 0 Batteries: Davenport and Severid {; Shawkey and Nunamaker
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-23
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING

Games Today Chicago at Detroit. St. Louis at Cleveland.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
FARMER is HELPED
BY TIMELY ADVICE
Agricultural Colleges Doing Much
in Working Out Various 49,
riCultural Problems.

Not only do the agricultural colleges
endeavor to assist the farmers by edu-
eating the younger generation, but
they are taking advantage of every
opportunity to assist the farmers who
have not had the advantages that their
sons and daughters are permitted to
enjoy.
There are various ways in which
they are doing this; chief among them
being the working out OF problems
which arise every day in the farm
routine. While it is not possible for
the college men to give any great
amount of time to any one man, prob
lens confronting a community or num-
Der of men are given more time &C.
cordingly.
This work is best being done
through the county agents or farm adj
Vlsers in counties where there are
such men; and in communities where
there are none. of course, directly
through the people themselves.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
FOR GETTING MORE
PROFIT FROM SHEEP
Results of Experiments Con-
Quoted by Illinois Station in
Feeding Ewes and Lambs.

Inc Illinois experiment station re-
Gently published the results of expert
ments conducted to show the most eco
nomical methods of raising lambs and
maintaining breeding ewes. Sixty
lambs dropped in March, 1915, when
weighed July 16 averaged 67.6 pounds
head. On the basis of current mar
ket values on July this lot of lambs
was worth $4,000. These 60 lambs
were raised by 4S ewes The average
cost a eve and her lambs for feed and
pasture from March q to July 16 was
S2.52. The same ewes were fed for
the entire period of pregnancy GAS
days. preceding the birth of their 1914
lambs at an average cost of 76 cents
a head. This gives the cost of a eve
and her lamb as 1928 for 255 days.
during which time the lamb is made
ready for market The value of the
ewes fleece would more than offset
the cost Of her pasturage during the
remaining 10 days from July 16 to
November 3.
Another interesting and valuable
suggestion from this experiment is
found in the fact that 20 lambs raised
with their mothers upon forage crops
weighed eight pounds a head more
than those raised upon bluegrass pas
ture (grain was fed in each case) and
were sold at a higher price pound,
bringing $1.55 head more than the
bluegrass lambs. The difference In
cost OF raising was slightly in favor of
the forage lot, while the ewes from
that lot had market value when the
lambs were weaned, Of $3.50 a head
more than those kept on bluegrass.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
"GIVE THE BOY A LANTERN"
Sound Advice for the Farmer, and
Also Works Well Along the
Lines Of Education,

A writer in one of the farm papers
has a suggestion for fathers who
wish to keep their sons on the farm.
Give the boy lantern he says.
His idea, as he expands it, is that the
boy, once the lantern is his own prop
erty, will make his work pleasanter
by using it. He will do work before
dawn and after dark more cheerfully
because. his lantern takes away the
darkness and the sense of drudgery.
We do not have lanterns in the
city, but the Gary school system
gives our boys something to light
their lives with. It shows them that
there is something in life besides poll
parrot study, street corner loafing and
the perfunctory search, later On, for
a job 1t is lantern that shows
them what is suited to their tempera-
ments and tastes. Instead of look
ing forward with dread to the day
when they must 60 out and find a
job" they look with eagerness to the
time when they can use their knowl-
edge and their skill in lines of work
to which they have become attached.
"A Job" becomes the job" and
the job is eagerly waiting for the boy.
New York Mail
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
Porpoise In Iona Race.

Four porpoises, the largest ever
housed at the New York aquarium,
one measuring nine feet, were put in
the center tank recently. They no
sooner hit the water than they started
on what looked like race. ]. Shay
of the aquarium force, who brought
them here, said they probably had
bunch that after about 9,999,999 laps
they would catch up to an opening out
to sea. They circulate from left to
right, with the sun.
The porpoises were caught in a net
at the fishery Of Joseph X. Nye at
Hatteras. They came on the Old Do
minion liner Princess Anne.
Their racing diet will be 20 pounds
Of fresh herring apiece.
The last porpoise in the aquarium
lived Fl months and 9 days and ate
six and half tons of herring.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
The First War.

The first writing known to scholars
was the account Of war waged be-
tween hostile nations in Mesopotamia.
perhaps $500 B. c. The first battle
was that between Cain and Abel. APP
parently men have always been quick
to settle their differences by fighting.
The first warlike king is said to have
been Osymandyas of Egypt. who
passed into Asia and conquered Bac-
tria in 2100 B. C. Palamedes Bac-
COS is mythically reported to have
been the first who ranged an army
in regular line of battle, placed SEN
tinels round a camp and excited the
soldiers vigilance by giving him a
password. This occurred during the
siege of Troy. the date of which is
variously estimated at about two
thousand five hundred years before
the Christian era.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
TlMBERING MINES IS COSTLY
owners Compelled to Put Millions Of
Dollars Underground Ever. Year
of Operation.

Nearly 90,000,000 cubic feet of tim
Der are placed in the anthracite mines
of Pennsylvania every year, If an esti-
mate in the Colliery Engineer, lately
acquired by Coal Age, that the amount
OF timber in anthracite mines is ap-
proXimately one cubic foot for every
ton of coal mined, is correct. The tim
bered gangways and drifts cover
vast extent, exceeding 1000 miles, and
the closely timbered shafts with their
miles of heavy guide timbers which
must be constantly replaced, form a
large item. The total output since the
beginning of anthracite mining is over
2,500,000000 tons.
A billion tons Of water, or over II
times as many tons as the coal pro-
duced during the year, must be pumped
out of the anthracite mines every year.
According to the chief of the Pennsyl.
vania department of mines the timber
Ing is an even greater expense than
the pumping. The cost of placing this
vast forest below ground is stagger-
ing.
The cost of the material is given as
about 6.5 cents per cubic foot for
round timber and 20 cents per cubic
foot for sawed timber At the lower
figure this would make 10000 900 cubic
feet cost $5,S50,000. In addition to this,
there are millions of mine ties, and
heavy white oak Is used for the mine
cars. The use of steel timbers, which
are being adopted on account of their
longevity, for main gangways, turn
outs, pump rooms and shaft and slope
bottoms, will add to the total cost of
mining for the next few years. but will
effect a final saving. Most of the tim
Der now used in the anthracite mines
Is yellow pine from the South.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08

With the close of the potato harvest
season for 1915 the time seems oppor-
tune to call to the attention of both
the grower and the scotsman the de-
STABILITY Of considering seriously a
very material reduction in the mum.
Der Of varieties grown in any given
community or section of the country
1t has been the history of every
other staple crop that the fewer the
varieties grown the more easily are
they marketed. The. pioneer fruit
grower in America tried to grow as
large list of varieties as he could af-
ford to purchase, while today the tend
ency is to reduce the list to the least
number that can be depended upon to
meet the market requirements. The
reason for this is that it has been
found a much easier task to sell large
quantities of one variety than an
equal quantity made up of a large
number of varieties. 1t is believed
that the same principle applies to the
potato crop.
In recent publication by the Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
Bulletin No. 176, system of classif-
cation of potatoes is presented in
which the leading commercial types
are referred to IL groups, and a list
of the varieties studied which are
thought to belong to each group is
furnished. In many cases the varie-
ties listed in each group are so
nearly identical that in the opinion
of the author of this bulletin there is
no justification for the retention of
more than 10 per cent of them.
The commercial grower should de-
termine what group or class of pota-
toes is best adapted to his climatic
and soil conditions, and then confine
his efforts to not more than one or
two varieties within that group In
this way it will be possible for him
to become more familiar with the be-
havior of the variety he is growing;
to recognize its special cultural re-
quirements, and to offer for sale
much more uniform and high-grade
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
How to Avoid Faulty Pastures.

The other day a certain woman
asked one of her friends who had
most graceful figure what she did
when she was young to prevent herself
from assuming faulty pastures and
falling into bad walking habits. She
answered that as a child she was made
to practice walking before a mirror
for a short time every day. and she
had to hold stick behind the back,
moving it slowly from the waist up
ward. and then down as far as posi-
BILE.
There were also other exercises of
this nature. Department is not prac.
ticed so carefully nowadays, one i'm
AGNES; but it might be good idea tor
mothers of growing children to revive
this practice.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08

continue, in ext.'nme cases, until the
middle of August or later. During
the seasons of 1913 and 1914 bitter rot
was not bad in Missouri
The season of 1914, on the whole,
was favorable to the fruit grower AS
is the case nearly every year, there
were certain districts where diseases
or insects or both were more abun-
dant than elsewhere There was less
apple scab than usual although there
were places where the percentage Of
this disease ran very high on I'M
sprayed trees. Bitter rot, which
sometimes becomes epidemic in the
southern half of the state, was very
scarce. Only now and then was it
reported during the season and then
only on varieties like Huntsman and
Willow (Twig) which are particularly
susceptible to the disease. Two dis
eases which are rarely heard OF north
OF the Missouri river were very preva-
lent all over the state this year These
were the cedar rust and black or bios
som end rot. Twig blight appeared
again toward the close of the bloom
ing period but did much less harm
than the year before. In 1918 the
bligl attacked the fruit spurs and
killed every flower in the various clus-
tiers. In 1914 the infections again
started in the spurs but only few
of the flowers were killed. AS a rule
the spurs themselves did not perish.
This year many of the new twigs at
the ends Of the long branches were
attacked and killed back for from four
to five inches to foot, but this caused
little damage as no flowers were in
yolved.
The two insects which always have
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
Fine Potatoes. Even in Size and
Quality.

product than where he is dissipating
his energies on a dozen or more va
rieties.
The potato growers of some of our
middle West states, particularly those
Of Wisconsin, are being strongly urged
by their potato specialists and state
associations to adopt the community
plan of growing potatoes of one, or,
at the most, two varieties. In this
way the buyer can be assured of Sc
curing uniform stock, in carload lots,
Of Green Mountain, Rural New Yorker
or other classes of potatoes.
The movement must come from the
grower through combining his efforts
to a few varieties, preferably not
more than one or two. These should
be selected intelligently, with refer
ence to soil and climatic conditions.
For example, the Green Mountain
group is particularly well adapted to
the cooler and moister sections of
the United States. The Rural New
Yorker, while succeeding under SINH
lar conditions, is also able to produce
satisfactory crops where air and soil
temperatures are higher and where
the summer precipitation is scant,
provided moisture is abundant in Sep
tember and October. The Irish Cob
bier group, consisting of early varie
ties, is at its best in the North, but
also produces we'll when planted as
an early truck crop in the Co.
The size of th9 seedsme. SIS is
very largely if not entirely governed
oy the grower, ard the remedy lies
wholly with him
The efforts OF the potato grower,
iealer and scotsman should be d.
ected as follows:
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08

tBy W. L. HOWARD, University of Mis-
souri,. Agricultural College)
Apple orchards in Missouri must be
sprayed every year against the apple
scab disease, and also against the
two insects, curculio and cooling
moth. Bordeaux mixture and lime
sulphur solution tsummer strength
are the standard remedies for the dis
ease mentioned and for nearly all
other diseases of the leaves and fruit
Arsenate Of lead is used almost ex-
clusively for poisoning curculio and
cooling moth and all other insects
which bite or eat the leaves or fruit
Scale insects are controlled by spray
ing with a very strong solution of
lime sulphur while the trees are in a
dormant condition.
The first summer spray (the chief
one for controlling scah) is given at
the time when the clusters of flower
buds have separated, but before the
flowers themselves have unfolded or
opened out. This is usually referred
to as the first spray" the first scab
SPi dy, VI lHe cluster qua spray.
The second application is made as
soon as the petals OF the flowers be-
gin to fall. This is universally known
as the "calyx spray" but sometimes
referred to as the second scab
spray" or the Cooling moth spray"
This application is for the purpose of
controlling the scab (for which either
lime sulphur or Bordeaux mixture is
used, and also the insects curculio
and codling moth which are poisoned
by adding arsenate of lead to the
fungicide. A third and even a fourth
application, at intervals of two or
three weeks. may be necessary to CON
troll late outbreaks of scab and also
such diseases as fiy-speck or sooty
blotch, black rot cedar rust, apple
blotch, Illinois canker, etc. Bitter rot
may have to be combated late in the
summer in the southern half of the
state in some seasons. at the same
time poison may be added as q pro-
lection against late broods of codling
moth, curculio and lesser apple worm
Bitter rot sprayings may have to be-
gin before the middle of July and
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
TO DESTROY GRAPE INSECTS
FIea-Beetle and Leaf-Hopper as Adults
Spend the Winter Under Old
Trash and Fallen Leaves.

Several grape insects winter among
the fallen grape leaves in trash in
vineyards and much may be done to
destroy them if the trash be raked
together and burned.
Such work will be Of value against
the grape-berry moth and the grape
leaf folder. which hibernate in the
pupal condition in the fallen grape
leaves.
The grapevine fea-beetle and the
grape leafhopper spend the winter as
adults under trash of all kinds In and
about vineyards. and the destruction
OF trash as indicated will expose them
to adverse climatic conditions.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
Give the Hens Lime.

The need Of lime in the laying and
breeding stock ration is very import
ant. In one dozen ordinary sized eggs
there are nearly four ounces of lime.
This element is best supplied by CIV
ing cracked oyster shell in hoppers.
Skim milk also provides life to a Ger.
tain extent in palatable form, and al
falfa and clover are satisfactory
sources of supplying lime.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08

l. Reduce the variety list to a few
standard commercial varieties.
2. Standardize these by careful Sc
lection and culture.
8. Adopt the community plan of
growing but one or two varieties and
advertise this fact to the public.
a, Demand a higher grade seed po-
tato from your seed grower or dealer,
but in so doing be willing to pay a
correspondingly better price for it.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08


surfaces of the leaves near the fruit
and at times on the stems of the
young fruit. The eggs hatch in a few
days and the larvae Of this first brood
usually crawl to the blossom end Of
the apple and eat their way in. When
the larva (worm) is full grown it eats
its way out of the apple and goes into
the pupa stage under any kind of rub
bish or rough bark. The adult
energies, giving us the second brood,
beginning about six or seven weeks
after the bloom falls.
The best spray for codling moth is
arsenate Of lead. Arsenate of lead
paste should be used at a strength of
about two and one-half pounds to so
gallons of water. Since the insect
eats its way into the blossom end, it
is very important that the calyx (blos-
som end) be filled with the poison.
The parts of the calyx close over the
calyx tube about seven days after the
bloom falls. so it is very important
that the calyX tube be filled with the
spray before this time since it would
not penetrate afterwards. The thor
oughness of this spraying will largely
determine the effectiveness of our sea.
sons work. In some states a single
very thorough spraying is all that is
used on the apple orchard in one sea-
son, though it has been found in this
section that two or three sprayings
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
Water and Horseflesh

Horses that are watered regularly
fatten more easily. In an effort to
put flesh upon an animal the water
is as big factor as the grain. Horses
can be taught to take water before
their morning meal, even in cold
weather, and light drink seems to
be worth great deal to them.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-01-08
SPRAYING FOR COOLING MOTH
May Be Controlled by Application
OF Arsenate of Lead

By LEONARD HASEMAN. University
of Missouri. College of Agricultural
The codling moth is the insect that
usually causes wormy apples The
adults appear in spring about
the time the apple trees are in bloom,
and they remain for several weeks.
They deposit their eggs on the smooth