The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-05-12
Very truly,
DREW MCLAUGHLIN,
Editor Hiawatha World.

Topeka. Kansas, May 6, 1917.
Mr.. Drew Mclaughlin,
:Hiawatha Daily World,
Hiawatha, Kansas.
Dear Mr.. Mclaughlin:
Replying to your letter of recent
date, l beg to say that I shall be a
candidate for Republican nomination
for the United States Senate next
year, and shall of course be glad to
have any help that you may extend to
me.
This is not a suitable time to out
line a political campaign or to pres
ent a platform to the people; but I am
receiving so may letters of inquiry
from members of the party, similar IN
tone to yours, that l see no reason
why my friends should not be advised
of my intentions.
The war situation has so greatly
increased my official duties and re-
sponsibilities, that / shall be unable to
give any personal attention TO the sena-
torial campaign at this time, but shall
| depend upon my friends for such sup
port as they think my candidacy de-
serves.
Thanking you for the interest you
have shown in the matter, / am,
Respectfully yours
ARTHUR CAPPER
Manhattan, Kansas May Car
den work in Kansas should be pushed
to the utmost If enough vegetables
are to be grown this year to supply
! the needs of the people, in the opin-
| ion of Edward G. Johnson, chairman
| of the subcommittee of the Kansas
council of defense on gardening and
canning, and dean of the division of
extension in the Kansas State Agri-
] cultural COLLAGE Tho Of
sweet corn is recommended.
The total acreage devoted to all
VEGETABLES in Kansas according to the
| 1910 census was 48,757. The num-
Der of farms listed for that year was
| III, 08, making less than one-half
acre of garden for each farm.
Owing to the high food value and
the palatability of sweet corn the
area devoted to this crop should be
! largely Increased believes Dean John
! son. A half acre of this crop alone
for each farm where it can be success
! cessfully grown would not be too
much.
The yield of sweet corn on good
soil with a high percentage of stand
is about three to five tons per acre of
green corn. Intensive cultivation will
| produce larger yields. The two var
ieties giving the best yields at the
Kansas State Agricultural Expert
ment Station are mammoth white CO.
ry and Stowe1l's evergreen. The
average yield per 100 foot row for
these varieties was ninety pounds.
In order to most completely utilize
the crop a succession of paintings of q
standard variety or the planting Of
early and late strains should be prac-
ticed. Intercropping with radishes
lettuce and even beans is practicable
when the corn is young and space is
valuable.
Fresh soft sweet corn is vegetable
of high nutritive value and great
palatability. 1t is composed of sew.
enty-five per cent. water, nineteen pei
! cent. carbohydrates, and five pei
cent. protein. 1t should be utilized
as soon as picked whether for table
use or for drying or canning as it de
!; teriorates rapidly when removed from
! the stalk.
Sweet corn may be proitably useC
as roasting ears for the table, can
! ned alone or in combination will
other vegetables such as beans, Or i
may be preserved or dried pointed on
Dean Johnson. Sweet corn Is otter
preserved in small way by cookin!
! and then cutting it from the cob AM
: drying it in the sun, oven, or evapoT
! ator. The most satisfactory was t.
Il store, however, is in cans or Jars.