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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
PROPER BALANCE OF
HEAT AND MolsrURE FOR
&. SUCCESSFUL CORN CULTURE

There are certain fundamental re-
quirements in moisture, heat, and fer
tility which everywhere govern corn
yields. A change in the supply OF one
may make change in another advis-
able. Thus, the moisture requirement
varies with the amount of heat avail
able. In addition to water and heat
soil fertility and seed also must be re-
garded among the chief essentials. No
one of these can be said to be more
important than another. Where all are
abundant except one Gas water, for ex-
ample), this one becomes the limiting
factor and methods Of supplying 1T be-
come the important means of increas-
ing the yield. In short, the secret or
successful corn culture is to maintain
a proper balance of moisture, heat, and
fertility.
Corn possesses characteristics when
appear to make it adapted to drouth
conditions, and, on the other hand,
has qualities which limit its possiDlll-
ties as a crop for semi-arid regions
and call for special adjustments. In
producing given weight Of feed or
dry matter, corn uses less water than
certain other crops as oats, clover
and alfalfa. 1t is deep rooted and can,
If necessary, draw water from depth
of five or six feet. In hot. dry weather
the rolling of the blades reduces the
loss of water. On the other hand, the
heat requirements and peculiar flower
ing habits of this crop make IT less
adapted to semi -arid regions than oth-
er grain or forage crops
Corn makes It's entire growth during
the season of highest temperature.
growing best when the thermometer
registers so degrees to 100 degrees :.
1t can not grow in early spring or late
fan, and it's growth Is retarded during
the summer by cold nights or cool
weather 1t needs Its greatest supply
Of moisture during the summer weeks
when drouths are most likely ana
when rains are less effective because
of losses from evaporation. In other
words, the heat requirement of corn
prevents growth at times when mois-
ture conditions are likely to be most
favorable, while lack of moisture fire.
uuently retsrds growth when heat con-
ditions are most favorable. The PROP
lem therefore, where heat is great and
moisture deficient, is TO store up mois-
ture; and where moisture is plentiful
and heat deficient, so to handle the soil
as to prevent moisture from iessening
unduly such heat as may he advisable.
In the case of corn, which differs IN
this respect from perfect Towering
plants. the setting of seed and the fill
ing of the ears are seriously inter.
fered with by summer drouths. Corn
has two kinds of flowers, the tassei o.
pollen bearer and the seed-forming or
silk bearing flowers. The pollen from
one falling on the silk of the other Is
necessary to the development of grain
Dr0uthy conditions sftsn hasten the
shedding of pollen hHt-delay the APP
pearance of silks, with the result that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
MEMS ROOM SOLVES LABOR.
Special Room SetsAside For Hired
Help Keeps Them on Farm. 81

Special Room Bet aside For Hired:
Help Keeps Them on Farm. 81;
Henry yreese. manager OF 425-;;
acre farm near Marshalltown. has A
solution to~the l1ppr problem
When he remodeIed his home he
struck upon the plan of fixing up 9.
room for the exclusive use of his hired
help, which has not only kept them on
the farm, but kept them happy on the
farm. @
The room is large taking up the enr
tire floor of one wing Of the house.
When the hired men come in from
work they hang UP their coats on hooks
which extend clear across the wall.
They take off their boots and place
them behind the stove and wash up on
THE other side Of the room. where two
sinks are provided. They then ente.
the dining room without having had to
itraipse thru the housewives Kitchen 4
Mr.. vreese has provided writing
desks. card tables, plenty OF chairs a
large cabinet to hold guns and fishing
tackle and other equipment. The men
take entire care OF the room them,
selves, sweeping and cleaning it each
day The room has. moreover. become
| a real social center for the whole.
ineighborhood.
1T works fine says Mr.. Vreese. q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
Issue sEeD D,REcToRy. I
List viii Assure That iews'a ID, ooo,o 900
Bushels Of Seed Dc Neet.

To put buyer in direct touch with
consumer. thus eliminating middle
man, and to insure that the 5000, 600
bushels OF seed which win be needed
to plant Iowa's great corn and other
fields this spring be the best seed OBJ
tainable, the Iowa State Corn and
Small Grain Growers Association. In
corporation with lows state College,
has hit upon the plan OF issuing . seed
growers directory, which aims to b.
the get-together medium for farmers
who have seed to sell and farmers who
wish to buy that seed. The directory
win be issued at. the aclosA Of the ans
nual corn show to be held at the Anes
winter short course and farmers week,
Jan. 29.,to Feb. :. ~
In the directory will be listed the
names OF the members Of the associa-
ton with the kind and amount of seed.
they have to sell, Besides putting the
buyer, and seller in close touch will,
one another, the directory will help
equalize the market supply of seed.
thus eliminating extremely hfGh and
low prices. ,
The directory will be distributed to
bankers, elevator m9n and farmers in
and out OF the st&te. ~. l4S
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
ANTON SOUGHT wArERMELoN.
Hi9h Yield Of "tOs" Meant He Had to
Treat 1hrOeh0eS.

Each year in the Evergreen neigh
borhood in Wright county the farmers
make an agreement that the one who
gets the biggest yield Of oats from his
field must treat the threshing crew to
watermelons.
This year the three Nelson brothers,
Anton, Miller and George, each grew
ing Iowa 1903" oats, outdistanced all
their neighbors In yield OF oats but It
was such nip and tuck race among
the three brothers that they had to
measure the fields to decide who WAS
to buy the watermelons. Results
showed that Anton and Miller each had
fifty one bushels against Georges fifty.
Between bites OF. watermelon George
declared he wasn't 80 awfully much
put out because his yield was one
bushel less ~
On the Wright county demonstration
plots the yield of various oats was re-
corded as follows:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
cial 10 Times Republican.


Gearing, Jan. 12.A-Flora A. Nichols,
daughter Of L. T. and Elmipa J. Steb-
bins, departed from this life d. the
age Of 80 years and sixteen days at
her home southeast Of Gearing. Jan. 6.
In the year Of 1886 she moved with her
parents to Rand county. South Dakota,
where size remained sss about eight
years, then returned to Hardin county,
about four miles northeast of Fearing,
where she spent her girlhood days and
was united in marriage to w. 8.
Nichols on March 20, 1902. To this
union were born nine children, Thad,
George, Gladys, Anna, Johnnie, Helen
and Alice, living. Two died in in
fancy.
Aside from her immediate family she
is survived by her father. five sisters
and two brothersMr. L. 7. Stebbins
Mrs. Luella Stuckmyer. Earl Stebbins
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
Corn Show at Eend...

On Jan. 81 the business men of
Fonda and the high school will hold
the third annual corn show at the high
school gymnasium. Hundreds OF doll
lars in premiums havesbeen offered by
the business men. and one OF the best
corn shows Of northwest Iowa II asys
sured. Governor Harding will speak
at night. No entry fee IL charged.
For the past I'VE years the high
school Of Fonda, and the 4 people Of;
this community have taken q sreat tn-t
terest In corn. Every year the high
school has gathered and stored. CORN
Til ,i;s ;sSr the ss!eel has stored more
than 400 bushels Of good seed. The
corn will be tested In the spring and
returned to the farmers. The Fonda,
high school carries on this work free
for the farmers ~ part al their prec
,ticAl assiculturAi ,wosl.a The a09ool
board carries insurance on the corn
and the seed room g kept free from
rats and mice. M
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
--------------------
Killed hy Ealing Iree.

Missouri Valley. Jan. 12.-BenJamin
NJ. Lewis. aged Al. was killed by
falling tree on the farm Of a neighbor'
death following the accident some
hours later. Lewis laid for several
hours pinned down by the tree before
found. He lived northeast OF MIS-
souri, Valley and had been a resident
of the county for twelve years. "A
widow and six children survive. E
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
REBATE TO IOWA FARM ERs.
Southern Manufacturers to Refund
5000 Because Of Poor Quality Of Meal

Special to Times Republican,.
Iowa City, Jan. l2.-Iowa farmers
have been awarded $4,000 rebate thru
the efforts Of the Iowa pure food de-
partment. Inspector Bittner, of the ser,
vice. has informed the commercial club
here that the state department has
forced southern manufacturers Of cot
tenseed meal to refund $4,000 to
Hawkeye buyers who were given an
inferior quality o. product. Oddly, the
European war explains the wrong do
ing The southerners', extracting the
lint from their cottonseed, sent the lint
to Europe, where the lack of cotton
made a demand and thus rendered
their product for Iowa below legas
standard
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
10 REMOVE DANDRUfF

Get q 25-cent bottle of Danderine at
any drug store, pour little into your
hand and rub well into the scalp with
the finger tips. BY morning most, II
not all. OF this awful sourf will have
disappeared. Two or three applications
will destroy every bit Of dandruff; stop
scalp itching and falling hair.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
AnAu "a Prexent Croup.

In a child that is subject to attacks
of Group, the first indication of the dis
ease is hoarseness. Give Chamber
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
RANDMAsTER is RETAINED.
3. o. Wilson to Continue as Director
Of Musical Organization at Toledo.

Special to Times Republican.
Toledo, Jan. 12.--B. 0. Wilson, diree-
tor of the Toledo band for the past
year has been unanimously re-elected
for the ensuing year and will also have
charge of the Toledo high school band
which in the past has been directed by
j. W.. Kline, Of the Tama band. Both
bands are now maintained thru the eff
forts of the Toledo Commercial Club.
The officers of the band recently
elected are DR.. O. A. Barker, manager;
L., f. McEltree, secretary, and r. f..
Mead treasurer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12

Gertrude stebbins and Pearl Stebbins,
all OF Marshalltown: r. A. Stebbins,
OF Good Thunder, Mimi; Ethel Bailey,
New Providence, and Mrs. Blanche
Teig, Of Roland. -, - -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
u;sh an, F.rm paper.

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-12

The Thames carries to the sea An ~ !.
craze Of l.ss5,soS cubic feet 81 sea-;
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02
SEES WAR ne MAKING
COLLEGES N AMERICA
Dean keppeI. of Columbia. Says Re-
organization WIN Follow the
Conflict.
LAuDs STUDENTS IN SERVICE
Declares Parental ltti;gdc Toward
(! Pupils VIII Not he Limited to Per-
sonai MoralsAor Conduct

The war VIII cause a reorgauiza ton
and regeneration of the structure of
the American university, according TO
Dean frederick pau keppel, OF CO.
iulnbia college. who is now acting as
assistant TO ~ creta ~ OF War Baker
In his animal report to the auth critics
o. Columbia university, Dean keppel
pays high tribute to the role OF the
college mon in the war
THE entry of the United States into
the war says Dean keppel in his re-
port, win prove to be a stimulus
which will profoundly change the Fa-
ture not only of countless Ame,. an
rollegians, but OF The American college
itself. 1t is too early To grasp the fun
significance. but that the results will
he far-reaching. and will not be merely
along lines of military training and
efficiency is certain
Much OF the activity mas been typi-
ca OF a desire on the part OF all ages
and classes of an overweight nation
To do something. a nd thereby obtain
tho relief that comes with an emo
tional discharge Much also has been
said along the lines OF existing con-
vention. and of the hsrding instinct.
but these factors are of minor import.
should be 50 i'd also. we must turn
ba ok to forces which have been de-
veloping, often unreCosnized for
Years, forceS which have been await
ing some such cataclysm TO find an
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02
outlet

! Quilted.
| out OF the mass Of individual
events, two very significant genera
facts may be recognized. In the hrst
| place the young man In college who
has failed to ask himself how he may
best take his share in the nations re-
sponsibtrfty is the rare exception.
t Their action has been marked not
only by prop'r recognition Of the
emergency but by high degree of
intelligence of ehoice--from the siori-
GUS risks OF tho aviation corps to the
humdrum work of filling the fields.
or, even harder. decision to finish q
course in order to he of greater serv-
ice later on. Al a whole the urider-
graduates and young 2,umni OF our
colleges have made a record 81 which
the nation may well be proud.
NO one except a few pactphobes
who had been alarmed at the grow.
ing habit of undergraduates ~ think
for themselves, feared that our stu
dents as individuals would stand back
in the fear OF hardship or danger
when the new call to arms should
come, any more than they did in 81
and '9S; but very few, II any. realized
how complete revolution in our. APP
psrently hard-and- fast institutional
and social life would be the result,
or that this could come almost as a
matter of course. The students gave
up without a moments hesitation
their cherished games and gatherings
and all the careless. but comfortable.
routine of their daily lives. In Column
bia college. for example, out OF t,453
students who registered al the begin
ming OF the second half year. no fewer
than $50 had entered gone form of
national service before commence
ment
Many Teachers Released
The second outstanding fact is that
ruthless changes may be made in the
organic fabric of our colleges without
interfering with the essential vitality
OF the institution Faculties which
had seemed forever committed to what
they believed to be the only sound
standards of education cast away their
measuring rod and rule books and
gave credit for all sorts of voca tionaI
laboratory courses offeged by the
school of experience. Teachers have
been released right and left for ma
tlonsl service, and their colleagues are
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02
gladly siouidering the additional
burdens thus laid~upon them.

Il
Throughout the country the i'm
portance of keeling the undergraduate
machine In good working order. and
OF keeping the younger fcys at work.
was nerhans overlooked at first in
spite of The tragic example furnished
by England in the early days of the
war; but 1t has now been generally
recognized
1T will be hard. but ii will he .neces-
sary, for the colleges to make the stu
dents of real possibilities realize that
the long road OF preparation for scien-
tific and scholarly achievement is for
them patriotic read Not only the
! United States. hut the world at large.
will needs. es never before doctors and
engineers and chemists OF the broadcast
possible training: but il will need even
more intellectual leaders OF thorough
historical and social preparation for
tbs days to come. When boys OF this
type withdraw for active service, as
many of them will. they should be
drawn back after tho war, II neces-
sary. on their own terms. In ORDER to
hold the present undergraduates who
are not OF the draft age 1t win un-
doubtedly he necessary to provide mill
tary training more generally than has
been our previous national habit. for
II would he too much to expect these
boys to look far enough into the
future to recognize tho practical value
of purely cultural studies. They and
the country at large will demand
something more concrete.
How long the military trainins
VIII remain a. part of the curriculum
md how permanent will he the pres
ent close connection between scholar ly
and military affairs it is too soon TO
say.
AT any rate, the colleges will not
have fulfilled their function until they
have played their part in the work OF
reconstruction and reconciliation
which must follow the war, If the
result is to be real victory for hu-
mainly. II is for them to break away.
when necessary, from the trammels
OF a conventionaliZed and unthinkinE
patriotism TO remind the nations that
Justice and liberty are az necessary
as they were in 1878.
College life Changes.
1T is also too soon to foretel what
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

Tank" elsewhere, its stay in Canada
cannot be long. so that Montreal will
be the only cit~ in the Dominion to
have the privilege Of seeing this Won
derful weapen or war. It carries six
machine guns, and will he manned by
8 crew OF gunners, all of whom have
been wounded in actual Tank" ser
vice at the front The Tank will be
manned and guarded night and day
by it's own crew, who will be assisted
BY large squad of Canadian Pacific
police
10 addition TO this the Canadian
Pacific Railway has taken $4,000, 900
of the Victory Loan, with the proviso
that, should the country raise
100000. 900, the Company will in
crease its subscription to the loan to
$4,000, 900
The Victory Loan. if subscribed in
full. will represen. approximately
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02
permanent chan the war win .

permanent changes the war win VI
in the organization and Admfnis(
ton of the colleges and In student
but that these changes will be n
found there is little doubt. Facu1i
and students alike will have aired
learned that regulations and custd
which seem Is be of the very eseeI
of collegiate structure cah he sw
aside without shock. to say nothl
Of catastrophe. When the nor}
course is resumed many of these |
never be restored or will be. in a I'd
unrecognizahie On the other nd
certain tendencies which had beed
work sometimes for years prece(
the war will be greatly accelefaI
and will come to fruition without I
bitter struggle which would otherI
have been i,evitable.
THE change In the faculty point
view which of course, has operd
and will operate with varying |
tensity in different, Institutions viii
think. be along the following It'd
in the frat place. the PARENTAL
titude which the America college |
always maintained toward its studd
VIII no ipitENt bc fitStfttu 10 matters
personal morals or conduct. but "A
include the students public usefulnI
recognition of his place in the pI
lie order. II will mean changes In
curriculum TO provide for such u
fulness. not alone in military subjel
hut in geogra ply and ipternatfd
studies. and In other fields It
involve also On increased realizat
of the importance of the PHYSICAL
ness of the group, as a whole, asfd
trasted with the possession OF winH
teams If specialists.
The colleges should plan to pd
by the present public recognitioM
the part PLAYED by the non-technI
undergraduate courses and by the I
elements in college life in produd
type of resourceful young men, u
ing and ready TO take respons
part in anv national emerEeney.'1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

ta-ada - raising a Victory Loan
T $500 Gee 000 A determlned effort
Gelag made between the Atlantic
md Pacific coasts north Of the inter
'a'lo7el boundary, to place The grand
eta far abote that figure.
hEery. or rem enters the sensa-
1oE produced IN the battlefront in
landers bt the appearance Of the
aad-bsttleshfps Familiarity known as
Tanks Through the efforts of
ord Shauehnessy, President of the
aaadian Pacific Railway, which I'M
1ertook 10 cover tie heavy expense
# transport. the British Government
1as agreed u send one of the
TANKS To Montreal to take part in
s great parade fer th2 Victory Loan.
Th.s tank S the sane in construction
IS those used or the battlefront in
Flanders
DVlrr TO The urgent need for this
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-12-02

$40 per capita, Canada's population
not being quite 100000.
King George, while recently in
Flanders, rode with the Prince Of
Wales in a "Tank" almost identical
with the one to be exhibited in Mon
treal The strain of riding in
"TankH under action is so terrific
that after one day each man gets
weeks leave to recuperate his
nerves. Such, however, Is the com
petition among volunteers to ride in
the tank" that there is a large
waiting list of men who have put
down their names for the privilege
of lighting the Hun in this way
1t will be noted from the closeup
illustration. that the shield of the
machine gun is shaped just like q
human eyeball, but no human eye
VAS ever more watchful than that of
the man behind the gun.