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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04


able so that, when the time comes I1f
The setting and filling of the potatoes
there may be as large number OF po-
satoes as possible. and the potatoes
may ripen uniformly. In applying the
fertilizer, it has been found that guam
titles varying from 800 to 1,S00 pounds
per acre have given excellent results.
in Maine, where about 25,O0OOO0 busn-
els are produced annually, the appllca-
ton of fertilizer on the good soil OF
that state varies from 1000 to INV
pounds per acre.
Fertilizers Increase Yield and Quality
Apply fertilizer in the row up TO
the capacity of the fertilizer astach'
ment of the planter. Any amount IN
excess of this should be drilled ii WITH
a wheat drill before planting, or sp
piled with a lime and fertilizer dss'
tributor and well mixed with the soil
This distributes the plantfood through
out the soil where the tiny potato roots
may find it early in their growth. The
tubers form ON separate roots WhicL
cluster under the plant, while the feed
ing roots stretch off into the soil In
search of available plantfood. Con-
trary to common belief. the general
distribution of fertilizer between the
| rows of potatoes does not tend to
spread the growing tubers, but tends
to provide better distribution of food
for the growing plants.
Regardless of how much time ano
care is given to planting and cultlva
ton, big profitable crops cannot be
grown unless there is present sui
iicient supply of quickly available
plantfood. HENRY G. BELL.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Beauty o. PsnnsyIvanla.

In one respect only Pennsylvania Is
unchanged and interchangeable. Men
have dealt harshly and shtmefu,ly by
her, but nature has crowned her With
beauty. Her founder, knowing moth
ing Of his broad tracts, save that the.
We're forest lands, gave to tie new
province the pretty name Of Sylyania
and Charles H., always postmaster
Of words. prefixed the Penn, for which
pleasant conceit every sou and daugh
ter of the state owes him a grateful
thought Thus the word Pennsylvania
perpetuates history. honors a noble
name and symbolizes the loneliness Of
the land, land Of woods and waters,
hills and valleys. fat farms and rocky
soiitudes. The shrieking engine that
drags Its trainload of passenger
through the valley of the Juniata.
across ridge after ridge of the Allie.
ghenies, past the Tuscarora gap and
the succession of narrows-Long Mar
rows, Jacks Narrows. Packsaddle
Narrows-has traversed a country sc
widely and nobly beautiful that in Eu-
rope, it would attract the tourists Of
the world.-Agnes Reprlier In Ameri.
can Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Sitting on a Tack.

A thing is tragic or humorous &C
cording to the point of view. The
man who sits on tack does not share
the onlookers' amusement. In fact, he
is not only panied at his own misfor
tune. but he is panied because he oc
casioned some one else to find de
gree Of pleasure In his unseemly plight
Now, it is perfectly safe to make this
positive statement In this connection
the person who witnessed the others
unfortunate encounter with the tack
never deliberately sits ON the same
tack himself. Indeed, he is particu
larry cautious about sitting down any.
where soon thereafter without looking
for a tack.
Nor Is this an indictment of taeks.
Tacks serve a very real and useful
purpose In this world. but they have
their place, which IS not in localities
where they may be sat upon.-Willian
c. Lengel in Hoggson Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04

better on sweet Soil rnan o. Il sour
soil, and gives greater returns for the
fertilizer applied. Lime. however
should be applied before seeding. or on
'ther crops in the rotation. If used
IS top dressing on grass land 1t Ia
low acting and relatively expensive.
Early AppIieation.-The best time to
'pply top dressing is just when the
srass turns green in the early spring.
1t is then that the soil Is cold and the
plantfood in the soil raw and unavaii.
lble. A good start at this time may
often win the battle. Three hundred
pounds applied early is better than
four hundred pounds of fertilizer ap
piled late. The result of application
ean be seen within IS hours after the
fertilizer is washed into the soil The
color of the grass changes. The sick
ly yellowish- green color is replaced by
a deep, dark, thrifty green. Growth
starts. Root growth is stimulated.
The plant can use more of the food In
the soil than before Early application
leads to highest efficiency.
Even spreadine-From 200 to 400
pounds per acre Is the usual applica.
ton Of top-dressing fertilizer. This
small amount must be evenly spread.
Broadcasting BY hand II perfectly pos
able. II y more expensive and not q
seieart - mecf1se AlefutafinR
2 80 = ~ Il
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
PROFITS FROM FERTILIZER

Efficiency In using fertilizer
grass, that is. in getting greatest
turns for the fertilizer applied. d.
lpends very largely upon the followin
points:
a Good sod.-It is useless to fer
tflize weeds, and nearly useless to fer
tflize those low-growin- grasses Gun,
grass, sweet vernal, etc.) which some
times drive out timothy and red top
II IL more profitable to fertiIize pro
:ductive moving than one which ha,
.rrun out" 1t is usually more profit
sablc to break up and re-seed a weed,
meadow than to bring 1t back by fer
tflizfng. although the latter can be
ldone, and often profitably.
Coed Drairaoe.-Grasses and clovers
lido better on well-drained than on o
wet land. Sedges and other water
loving plants take possession on wei
isoils. and it seldom pays to fertilizs
the6e. However, while the farmer Il
l4nding capital for necessary improve
n1ents, these wet-Iand plants can be
kept OF 81 the wet meadow BY feed,
ing thek1Bnnr which y already there
- lNoAzn1lD1t . DDslf
nnno nc(l-Ulmof1y A1pnsp -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Broke Rubber Monopoly.

Tor many years the best rubber was
that which came from the banks OF
the Amazon. The people of that coun-
try enjoyed a practical monopoly and
determined to keep it. Not rubber
seed would they let get out OF the
country, under heavy penalties. But
in 1875. by means of generous pres
ents here and there, a ventUrescme
Englishman sailed out Of the Amazon
with 70,0C0 rubber seeds, and that
was the start of the great rubber
plantations of Ceylon and the Malay
peninsula 1t was 20 years after these
seeds left the Amazon before the first
plantation rubber was ready for the
market, and then the total was only
rs tons. That was in 1905. Last
year it was close to a 100000 tons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
WI. na....n. Eireo n.

An interesting feature OF afineis
fire is the curtain or "barrage nfe'
This means simply keeping up sucn =
terrific fire on certain area tnat AZ
enemy cannst Or will not cross II
When an infantry attack Is launc ned
a barrage on the ground beyond tne
cnemy's front line prevents MS re-en-
forcements coming up while tue az
lacking infantry are having 1t out WIN
the defenders of the trench. II tue
attack carries beyond the first line the
artillery of the defense promptly IN
terposes a barrage to prevent It's reach
ing the second line. II the attack Oh
the first line fails the defending AZ
tillery puts a barrage behind the at
tackers line to prevent re-enforcements
coming up to 1t and to enable the We
torious defenders to counterattacK anu
destroy the enemy in his own trenches.
1t is merely a wholesale Developments
Of a long established method OF sup
porting the infantry.-MaJor =. u.
Scott In National Service Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
ESQ YEARS OF PROFIT
ABLE GRASS

In England there is park at
the famous Kothamsted expert
ment station, which has been
used as a meadow for more than
two and one-half centuries,
which was used as hay field at
the time of the Revolution, and
which was in sod when Amer
lea was being colonized. This
park has been top dressed an
nually for the last sixty years.
At the beginning Of this period
1t was producing about IL tons
of hay per acre. Where fertili-
zers have been used. the aver
age acre yield for so years has
been in one case 81 tons, in an
other 3.3 tons, and in a third
case Al tons, depending upon
the amount of top dressing ap-
Piled. This is really n wonder
full accomplishment, aud should
make those farmers who are
content with mining" instead
of farming, with robbing the soil
and year after year getting
smaller and smaller crops, feel
that possibly they are using to
the fullest. the opportunities
given them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
MANY CAUSES OF HEADACHE


Early morning headaches may b
due to many causes-eye strain, kid
ney trouble, dissipation, too mHcs
smoking, overeating of proteins, II
cessive mental labor or too high broo,
pressure. The Medical Record quote.
some observations by the French Dos
tor Renon, which extended over Il
years, and in which he found in man,
cases excessively high blood tension.
When the persistent headaches ar
20 severe that they unfit the suffer,
for work, 1t is generally found thu, h
heart is enlarged and his kidneys a
affected. Such cases often sIcedll
terminate fatally, but intensive trea
ment will alleviate the symptoms. !
Medical Record says coal-tar deris
tives and tobacco must be shut Q
The patient must have Eiental res.
he must 60 on purely milk diet fo
at least a week, after which he miF
eat fruits and vegetables on certai
days for two weeks more. A lisl
low protein regimen follows for ses
eral weeks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Woman's Honor.

Men are realizing that they hay
handed themselves the greatest goii
brick Of the ages when they set up
craven image of their own In place C
a live human woman, a mans mate
They are beginning to realize that the
voting woman is the best mother. TIL
home is more significant to her be
cause she is a citizen training citizen,
for the problems of the mighty future
that lies before US.
Politicians have seen the light
women have seen the light. Through
organization and persistent effort, the
voter must be brought to see the light
For whether suffrage comes through
state referendum or through the pas
sage of the federal amendment by oul
state legislatures, back to the vote
we must go. 4. man said the othel
day, 1.-THE people MIST decide" No
dear sir, only when we have votes fol
women can we use the wholesoulet
expression, "back to the people"-fo
women are people.
And the woman's hour has struck !
The Forum.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Risk Was Too Great

Dandy McTavish was ashighly skilled
workman In new aircraft factory.
Therefore it happened one day that
Sandy was asked if he would care to
accompany the works aviator on one
Of his trial flights in a machine.
Sandy, after some hesitation, agreed
to do so.
During the flight the aviator asked
Sandy how he was enjoying 1t.
ITO tell the TRUTH" answered the
Scot, II wad rather be on the groun'."
tut tut" replied the flying man.
I'm Just thinking of looping the loop"
For heavens sake. don't dae that I"
yelled the now very nervous McTav-
ish. I've some siller In my vest
pocket, an All MIGHT lose It,"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Electricity VS.. courtshIA

( A prominent resident at East Mn
street in Muncie was much vexed BY
the repeated thefts of electric light
bulbs from his porch. One night he
kept watch and caught well-known
young man unscrewing the bulb from
Its socket.
( The young man begged for lenitv,
and said the light interfered with his
.:'ourtship of young woman across
the street. The prominent resident
thereafter did not turn on the veranca
light, and he was rewarded soon BY
the announcement Of an engagement.
followed by a June wedding.-lna.er-
;Iolis News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
eauxite From Dutch Guiana.

Bauxite was discovered about IA
months ago by mining engineer on
private properties situated On the
Surinam river, four hours journey
from Paramar;bo, Dutch Guiana. The
area over which the bauxite deposits
have been found and which discloses
various outcrops, is 100 kilometers
long and ten kilometers wide (62 by e.
miles). 1t is not yet possible to give
any idea Of the amount Of bauHte
within this area. The bGuxite COM
pany now operating seems interested
only in the highlands and hill depos-
rs. 1t is in possession of the most
suitable land.--Conmercial Reports.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Mvstery Of a Fish.

In the economy of nature nothing -
more remarkable than the metamor-
phosis of the founder, which when
young swims in an upright position, as
do all other fish, but when maturity
develops it becomes topheasy, laiis
over on its side and its existence ID
passed as fat fish.
That nature moves in a mysterious
way is here freely illustrated, for when
the founder falls fat the two eyes,
which originally were on either side OF
the head, are transposed to the upper
side of the fish. where they always
face the light.
The process by which this strange
change Is accomplished has never been
discovered by scientists and Is mar
velous instance of natures operations.
for while the fish usually rests upon
bottom it can readily swim about In
any depth Of water-New York Sun
A Valid Excuse.
Madam, why do you want to ge'
out of doing jury doty?"
Judge, haven't thing fit to wear"
"Talesworlan excused" : Louisville
Couiier-IournaI.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Frenzied Fiction.

Take this dictation," ordered tn,
great stock broker as the stenographel
entered his Office.
Size did.
aft l tell all that know" he began.
Inside of two weeks there will not be
one member left in either the senate
or the house of representatives. 1 an
10 possession of information
Il beg your pardon" interrupted the
stenographer, ''but aren't you oyerstat
ing the facts?
what of It'll" returned the great
stock broker. Il wrote a series of ar
ticles that brought me notoriety once
upon a time. Maybe this will help me
repeat the proposition"
For, being a successful business
man, he realized that advertising pays
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Surgery Cures ImbecIIe,

Surgeons at the Hahnemann hos
pital, Philadelphia, are interested in
the results Of an operation on nine
year-old boy, who was relieved by sur
gerry from condition bordering on
fmbecility and is now believed to be
on the way to complete recovery.
The boy il Robert Horner, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Horner Of Glou-
cester, N. ]. He was operated on by
DR.. 81. L. Northrop Mt n clinic held
during the Congress of Surgeons Of
North America last October. Doctor
Northrop removed part Of the boys
skull to relieve the pressure. The
Horner family physician, DR.. r.. +.
Fox, says the boys condition = NV
usarly normal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
The %-Ray Microscope.

There is a method of using X-rays
with the microscope called microra'
biography. The apparatus enables 8
person quickly and thoroughly to ex
anime the internal structure of small
opaque objects, the dissection of which
for microscopic observation Is ordinar
" very slow and unsatisfactory.
So clearly does the instrument re-
veal the internal structure of diatoms
and other minute organisms that speci
mems apparently belonging to the same
species have in some cases been easily
seen to belong to different species.
Moreover, the apparatus shows the
bones and other parts of large animals
and fossils in extremely minute de
tail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
4. ~ G va Z go go
laoeH Msaggr sssM WHEAT
Wartime Prices Mean Big Top-press-
! Ing Profits.

Wheat has brought wartime prices
for the past two years. Most OF the
1916 wheat crop was sold for over
twice as much per bushel as was OBJ
tanned by farmers few years ago.
Every extra bushel counted double last
year. The world must be fed, and the
continued demand upon the American
producers must mean high prices for
1917 wheat.
Early reports show that the condi-
ton of the. winter wheat planted for
1917 was from Is to 20 per cent below
normal, and that the crop went into
the winter in bad condition. The out
look for big yields is not glowing. Crop
experts assert that the 1917 wheat
crop is bound to bring excellent prices.
You cannot increase your 1917 Win
ter wheat acreage now, but you can
increase your yield from 10 to 80 per
per cent by spending little more
money on each acre. Extra bushels
mean extra dollars. Labor costs and
other overhead charges per bushel are
kept down, and net profits showed up
when greater yields per acre are OBJ
tanned. This year of all years, spend
ing q little more money than usual on
the wheat crop will pay big returns.
Less than two bushels of wheat at
present prices will pay for actual
money outlay per acre for top-dresS
ers; five to ten more bushels per acre
from tOp-dressing with fertilizers Is
not unusual. Figure your acreage, es-
innate for yourself next fall prices,
and weigh the subject of top-dressing
on it's merits as an investment that
will bring large returns.
Piantfood Iiakes Crops.
The tiny wheat plant must have spe-
cial nourishment as soon as 1t wakes
up in the spring. which is before much
of the plantfood in the soil becomes
available. Big crops demand enormous
quantities Of plantfood. The biggest
help you can give your wheat crop
this spring is to apply a top-dresslng
of 100 to 800 pounds per acre of fer
tilizer, analyzing 2 to per cent of am
monia, S to II per cent phosphorle
acid in an available form.
The fertilizer should be broadcasteo
or distributed on the wheat through
the fertilizer attachment of the wheat
drill, with the lime spreader. or Other
fertilizer distributor If the wheat
drill is used, leave the disks suspended
so that they will not cut the wheat
plants. Apply this fertilizer before
the field is rolled or narrowed. Har
| rowing will work it into the soil where
! the roots can get the plantfood. Yol
can carry on these operations unit
] the wheat is up four inches in heigh
| without injury to the crop.
Top-dress, grow more bushels PEI
| acre and increase your bank account
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
.f.-ao.,sa POTATO PROFITS
MORE
/ OTATOES TO.
Dc PLANTED.

In view of the
f'onE present extraof-
ZEE .o binary prices for
AZ potatoes, fields
II probably be planted to this crop
This year where they were never grown
| Gore.
intensive methods make it possible
[, grow crops yielding from 250 to 400
lshels per acre and TO decrease the
cast of raising each buShel The big
/, Yense in potato-growing comes in
liz preparation of the land and the at
alton given the crop throughout the
> sen. But it costs no more to pre-
pre- ground. cultivate, and spray a
:in-hushei crop than 1t does a 100
l4u.;hel crop. Harvesting will cost
more. but the big overhead expenses
Gre practically the same. Obviously
the thing to do is to insure larger
y. ids by supplying an abundance Of
et;iilable plant food that will give the
c.,p a good start and force it to early
maturity.
Il is best to avoid planting potatoes
OF soil 10 which large quantities of
stable manure, lime or ashes have been
recently applied. Stable manure and
ashes supply plantfood constituents
which are used by the potato but both
manure and lime produce a condition
H. the soil which favors the growth
Of potato Scab. When lime and manure
are TO be used on ground planned for
potatoes later, manage the rotation in
such way that this treatment will
follow rather than precede the potato
crop. The seed bed should be worked
down mellow by continued dfsking and
narrowing. If the ground is too COM
pact, the growing tubers find difficulty
in pushing out into the soil, and as
consequence will be pressed out of
shape.
Organic Matter Needed.
The plantfood of the potato Is most
probably supplied by turning under
green manures, supplemented by fertil-
tiers. The potato takes up fairly
large amount of nitrogen, a moderate
amount of phosphoric acid and large
supply of potash; hence, fertilizer
supplying to per cent ammonia,
G to per cent phosphOric acid and
8 TO per cent potash is about right
Tor loan soils. On sandy soils use
more ammonia, on clay use more phos-
phoric acid and less potash, and on
muck use 1 per cent Of ammonia, 10
to II per cent phosphoric acid, and 8
to 10 per cent potash when the latter
can be obtained.
How to Apply Fertilizer.
At least one-half of the ammonia of
the complete fertilizer used should be
IN quickly available form in order to
give the young potatoes an early, Wig
orous start. The other half should be
IN more slowly available form so as to
furnish a continuous supply as it is
needed by the growing crop. The phos-
phoric acid should be readily avail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
What to do .vhen
Backache comes on


81 found immediate relief In the use
Of Foley Kidney Pills, have recon-
meuded them, and do not know Of 6
single instance when they failed TO
give relief"
c. U. .Landrum. a travelling salesman.
writes from San Angelo, Texas: '.Driv-
ing over rough roads and in all kinds
OF weather gave me acute pains in the
back and suffered greatly. I found
relief in the use of Foley Kidney Pills,
and before the first bottle was used,
the pain in my back had entirely disap--
peered and have had no recurrence Of
those pains which frequently amounted
to almost neuralgia proportions"
When backache comes on, and it
ceems as If you can't stand the pain
and pressure in your back, you will fird
quick and grateful relief comes with
the use Of Foley Kidney Pills. They
step the. cause of the pain. ease the
stiff aching joints and muscles, and
clear the poisons out of your system
by helping your kidneys ard bladder to
normal healthy action
WALTON s. SMOOT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
A Fair jury.

In suit some years ago between Ia
sher and son before an Indiana justice
OF the peace the sextet comprising the
jury came In after three hours delib-
GRAFTON with the following impartial
verdict: We. the jury. agree to find
Judgment for neither. plaintiff nor de-
PENDANT and find that each pay half
the costs" 1t Is said the verdict struck
every one as being so unusually fair
that even the parties to the action
were satisfied Case and Comment
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04

I-o,n,eee,uc 1t is possible, by,
poss,nI lT,Es top dressing to.
, bring back every
. rundown meadow and rough hill
! side in the country. and this WITH
out one dollar labor expense ex-
. cept that of spreading the ferti-s
, lizer. Results obtained at the
Rothamsted station can be dupli-I
Gated in this country and are beings
duplicated In increasing measure. .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04

Patients Wife-"I hope you gentle
men are not going TO disagreel" First
Doctor-"Oh, not about anything in
portant. Doctor Fell insists on ire
banning; Doctor Fluke holds out for
removing the. appendix, aud l am in
favor of amputation at the knee. But
we're all agreed that an operation Is
necessary. Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Fooled.

Lazy. Lewts-I was told dat de farm
er'wot lives on dat hill paid his handa
jist de same whedder dey worked or
not. so went an hired t. him. Tired
Ihomas-Den yousc played OF sick,
reckon? Lazy Lcwis-Yep. an at de
end ov de month found dat he never
paid nobody nothin' nohow.-Chicago
News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-05-04
Cat and Squirrel Guard for Trees.

49, O1~'''~' NSA'S W. 'f~SSs
1t is nothing more than wire noi
with protruding points which expand
with the growth of the tree trunk. The
guard can be fitted to large and snail
trees, and there is no animal of tn,
smaller class agile enough to climl.
over it.-Popular Science Monthly.