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The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
FERTILIZERS HELP POTATOES
Improve Yield Of Crop When Judi.
clousIy Applied

East Lansing. Mich.-Fertilizers APP
piled judlclouslg, have been recon-
mended by potato specialists of the
Michigan Agricultural college as help
full first aids" In improving the potato
crop-though the warning is added
that they are advocated to supplement
stable manure, and not to take the
place of IT,
"Under war conditions" 1t is ex-
planned, potash is too expensive to
warrant Its general use for potatoes.
Nitrogen also is high In price, and
should be used only sparingly and with
judgment, but when a clover or alfalfa
sod is plowed under the percentage Of
nitrogen need not be very great. A
fertilizer containing from 2 to A per
cent of nitrogen and from 8 to II per
cent of phosphoric acid is desirable for
the potato crop under present condi-
lions.
"When a clover or alfalfa sod is
plOwed under from $50 to 500 pounds
of acid phosphate per acre will do, but
IL hO Aiao ONNh hpPAANo w NAO
sod, 200 or go pounds of fertilizer con-
tanning per cent of nitrogen and from
8 to 10 per cent of phosphoric acid may
be used In addition to the acid phos-
phate. Acid phosphate may be used
with profit in larger quantities. on
heavier soils than on light ones.
"The results from the use of COM
merclal fertilizers depend TO a cOnsid-
cradle extent upon the method of ap-
plication. Very little benefit will re-
suit from the scattering of the ferti-
lizer on the surface Of the ground UNI
less It is worked into the moist soil.
A grain drill with a fertilizer attach
ment is a good tool for accomplishing
this.
IF the potatoes are planted with a
horse planter which has fertilizer at
tachment, 200 to $50 pounds of fer
tillzer may be applied in the furrow
and the remainder broadcast"
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07

A blossom blight may result from
infection of the blossoms. This Is
commonly the case the year after a Sc
we're outbreak of the disease, due to
the fact that the old mummled fruits
remaining on the tree In large numbers
are sources of infection during the
blossoming period. The blightlng of
the blossoms sometimes results in the
twigs becoming infected, d1e to the
disease gaining entrance into the
twigs through the blossoms. 1t would
seem that the fungus cannot penetrate
into the twigs directly, but only
through a blossom or wound.
Rot After Harvesting.-When there
has been n serious outbreak of the dis
ease, with the result that spores are
abundant In the orchard infected, every
fruit in the orchard is likely to have
spores on its surface. even though the,
rot has not developed at the time of
harvesting. These spores may ger
inmate during favorable conditions In
transit, infect the fruit and cause II
to rot, and so a shipment that has left
the orchard, apparently in good condi-
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
KING GEORGES FINE LIBRARY
Books and Manuscripts Are Of Great
and Constantly Increasing His
torical Value.

King George is constantly improving
the great library at Windsor castle.
The library has grown to its present
tremendous proportions out of a Sc
ries OF smaller rooms added by sue
cessive soverelgns from time to time.
King Georges contributions and i'm
provements, even thus early In his
of his predecessors.
The request for regimental records
which the librarian, Mr.. Fortescue, Is
now making will enormously increase
the collections historical value.
The library Is largely used by off,
GERS on duty at the castle. so the occu-
pants of the equerries' room, where
they are entertained, will be delighted
with the new war section. A story OF
the great library is still told In the
equerries' room.
A young officer of the guards swore
that when he was sitting in the library
a phantom female figure passed him
ana disappeared into the thickness of
the walls. His statement created a
sensation In the castle, because the
library is supposed to be haunted by
the ghost of Queen Elizabeth.
Charles ii began the collection, but
the bulk of the original library was
handed over to the British Museum
by George ", William w then brought
together at Windsor the books that re-
NAMED in the various royal palaces.
lie left them, however, in higgledy-
plggledy state, and the prince oOnsort
evolved order out of chaos. King Ed
ward continued the good work, and
now King George is completing it,
London Tit-Bits.
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
.LEGUME CROPS NEED
HELP OF BACTERIA
Alfalfa, Clover, Peas and rotch
Must Be InocuIated to
Insure Results.
STATE FURNISHES CULTURES
Federal Supply Runs Out, but 5acteri-
illogical Laboratory at East
Lansing Is Saving Day for
Michigan.

East Lansing, Mich.-Under pressure
of the demand being made upon them
for food and more food, Michigan farm
ers are expected this season to devote
more ground than commonly to alfalfa
and leguminous crops generally, but
their success, In the case of alfalfa, at
least, will be good or otherwise only If
the seed or soil is inoculated with the
right kind Of bacteria.
These bacteria, which are principally
furnished to the farmer in the form of
cultures, are secured usually from the
United States department of agricul-
ture and the meteorological depart
ment of the Michigan Agricultural col
lege, but this spring the Michigan In
stitution will be compelled to meet the
demand alone, for notices sent out from
Washington a few days ago announce
that the federal psychologists will not
fill any more orders until July 1. The
crop campaign it is said, has practi-
cally cleaned them out of the nOdule-
forming "bugs."
Still. the NJ. A. G. laboratory is ex-
pected 10 prove equal 10 the occasion,
for while 1000 or more cultures have
already been sent to various parts of
the state, there is reported to be a
supply on hand adequate, at least, for
Michigan's requirements.
Two Methods Of incubation.
Two methods of incubation are en-
ployed. One of these consists in mix
ing the alfalfa or clover seed, as the
case may be, with the bacterial culture.
The other, known as the soil-inocula-
ton method, consists In distributing
over the field to be planted soil from
some field which has produced good
crops of notwithstanding legumes.
Where soil is used, 300 or 400 pounds
of soil from the old alfalfa or clover
field are put on each acre of the new
field, either by running 1t through a
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
IDENTIFICATION OF SEEDING GRASSES

the bud; collar broad, continuous !;
auricles none; llgule membranous,
short, truncate; sheaths not COM
pressed, reddish pink below ground /;
blades fiat, sharp pointed, rough on
the margins, glossy beneath, nerved
above, three-sixteenths inch wide ;
nerves separated into pairs by white
lines when viewed by transmitted
light.
This grass closely resembles both
Italian rye grass and perennial rye
grass. 1t may be distinguished from
Italian rye grass by its rough-mar-
gined blades (test with the tongue)
and also by the nerves in the blades.
Perennial rye grass is distinguished by
having it's leaves folded In the bud.
ouaek Grass.
Quack grass Is q pale-green peren-
NAL, creeping by its long rootstocks ;
leaves rolled in the bud; collar broad,
continuous, hairy; auricles slender,
clawlike; ligule membranous, short
entire; sheaths hairy, not compressed ;
blades fiat, finely hairy at the base,
sharp pointed. one-fourth inch wide
nerves broad, not prominent; root
stocks strong, elongate, one-eighth inch
or more in diameter.
This is q common, very aggressive
grass. The hairs. while quite notice.
able In the spring, are often invisible
in the fall unless lens is used.
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07

Default having been made In the conditions u
mortgage made by Peter NJ. Berries and Mary
Berries. OF 81. Clair County, Michigan. to Charles
hruger aud kna Kruger and to the survivor OF
each Of them. dated the ifth day OF March, A.
ID. 1918. and recorded In the oflice OF the Regis
Ter OF Deeds for the County OF st. Clair state OF
MICHIGAN. on the 18th day Of March. 1918, In
Llber 10 OF Mortgages on Page 322, on which
Of this notice the sum Of Three Thousand, Two
Hundred and Twenty-slx (S3.226.OO) Dollars and
an attorneys fee OF Thirty i've (x35OO) Dollars
In such case made and provided. and no suit or
proceeding at law having been instituted to re-
cover the money secured by said mortgage, or
any part thereof, Now Therefore, by Virtue OF
the power OF sale contained In such mortgage
and the statute in such case made and provided,
we hereby give notice that on the 29th day OF
June. 1917, at ten o'clock In the forenoon, we
snall toreeiose and sell at public auction TO the
highest bidder at the Main East entrance TO the
Court House, commonly known as the City Hall,
In the City OF Port Huron, St Clair County,
michigan, chat being the place where the Cir
cult Court for the County OF St. Clair Is heidi,
the premises described In said mortgage or so
amount due on said mortgage with interest At
SIX co. per cent and all legal costs together with
the attorney fee of Thirty-hve [S350Ol as cove
hanted therein, the said premises being describ-
90 In the mortgage as the West one-hAlt III OF
the Southwest quarter Of Section Seven l7l, ly-
Ing North OF center Of State Road. ESQ calledl
except the church lot and also all that portion
Oh the West one-half l1zl Of Northwest quarter
Oh oectlon Eighteen llS, lying north OF center or
state Road [so called all In the Township Five
l5L North Range Sixteen l16l East, In the Town
ship OF st. Clair. st. Clair County, Michigan.
Dated the 22nd day of March. A. ID. 1917.
CHARLES KRUGER and ENA KRUGER.
BAIRD & STEWART. Mortgages.
Port Huron. Michigan.
Attorneys for Mortgages. 52-l3
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07

1t is often desirable to identify
grasses and small-grain seedlings by
their vegetative characters. The usual
botanical classifications based on the
structure of the Towering parts are not
useful for this purpose. Any mention
of the leaves which may be included
in botanical descriptions is usually for
the purpose of confirming an identified
ton. In lawns and pastures the best
grasses are seldom allowed to reach
the Towering stage, and some grasses
change so materially in appearance as
they reach maturity that 1t is difficult
to see q resemblance to the young
plants in those that have headed.
Difficult to Identify.
The seedlings of small grains are,
under all conditions, very difficult to
identify. Men who are constantly
growing these grains usually learn to
distinguish the different species. Even
certain varieties In species are some
times recognizable. But there is great
variation even In the different varie-
ties, and the varietal differences in
each species make 1t difficult to find a
combination Of characters that will al
ways hold true for the species.
Following is the description of two
very common grasses, meadow fescue
and quack grass:
Meadow fescue is tufted, glabrous,
dark-green perennial; leaves rolled In
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07

lBy LEONARD r. aARTILL Instructor
in Fruit Growing. New York State
School OF Agriculture on Long Island,
Farmingdale. N. ~
Brown rot Is fungous disease that
affects the peach, plum and cherry. 1t
is well-known disease wherever
stone fruits are grown throughout Eu-
rope and America, and 1t is probably
the most destructive disease affecting
these fruits. To q much less degree 1t
also affects some of the pome fruits,
such as the apple and pear. During
dry season the disease seldom appears
in an epidemic form, but If the sea-
son has been wet or muggy the dis
ease becomes very virulent and causes
large losses.
Descrlption.-The Brown rot first
appears on the fruit as small circu-
lar spot, which under favorable condi-
lions soon involves the entire fruit In
decay. The fungus causing the dis
ease breaks through the skin of the
fruit, exposing small grayish tufts of
spore-bearing threads, which give to
the diseased area moldy grayish-red
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07

ton. may reach the market badly de.
cayed.
controI.-Destroy all mummified
fruit during the autumn. Peaches
should be thinned so that no two fruits
are touching on the tree. Spray peaches
two or three weeks after the petals
fall using $3.50 self-boiled lime-sul-
phur. Spray again two or three weeks
later with the same spray, and again
about a month before the fruit is ex-
pected to ripen.
For the control of Brown rot on
prune and plum spray as in the case
of the peach, but use commercial lime
sulphur go Baume), one part of the
commercial lime-sulphur to 40 parts
Of water.
For control of Brown Rot on the
cherry spray as for the peach, but use
boiled lime-sulphur 10-10-40.
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07

The seed from which the plant on
the left sprang up was inocuIated. No
treatment was given the puny plant on
the right.
grain drill, or by broadcasting 1t, after
the land has been fitted. The inoculat-
ing material should be taken from the
top four or FIVE inches Of the old field,
after an inch of the surface soil has
been removed. The best time to apply
II to the new field is in the evening,
just before rain, or during rain.
The inoculatlng, of course, should be
done before the seed is sown.
When the purse cultures are en-
ployed. the procedure is as follows:
1. Do not open the bottle of culture
until you are ready to treat the Seed
and treat only as much seed as you can
SOW In a day.
2. Cover the seed with water and
after standing from two to five minutes
allow oil moisture to drain away. Ut
Is convenient to place the seed In a
grain sack and dip into a tub of fresh,
clean water, then suspend the sack for
4 few minutes.)
8. Spread the seed on a clean oil
cloth, table or floor in a clean, shady
place.
4. Break up the culture by shaking
or Earring the bottle against the hand,
pour a little clean, cold water (from
one to three teaspoonfuls) into the
bottle of culture and mix the contents
with the seed. II is recommended and
thought best by many who are au-
thorities in seed incubation that about
two ounces of graduated sugar be
mixed throughout the mass Of moIs-
tened seed before treating with the
culture. The use of glue Is condemned.
8. II the seed is too wet and sticky
to plant, II may be spread out in the
shade. II should be neither wet nor
dry, but as moist as II can be and yet
seed evenly. Plant the seed just as
you would treat untreated seed.
8. A small strip should be planted
with uninoculated seed for compk rison
and this should be seeded first f.
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
CLEAN SEED fNSURES BEANS
Against Disease Losses of
Other Years.

East Lansing, Mich.-Recalling the
disastrous losses which the bean dis
eases, anthracnose and blight, have
caused in the past, Michigan Agricul-
tural college bean men are advocat-
ing planting of only strictly clean seed,
If the Michigan farmer is going to do
as effective work In the burrows this
summer as the soldiers in the trenches.
Trimmed to the "bone," their recon-
mendations are the following:
Plant the best beans obtainable, and
TIE homegrown seed, rather than seed
from outside of the state. California
beans, for instance, will not mature
in Michigan.
If your own seed is to be used. see
first that 1t is carefully hand-plcked
and all blighted and frosted beans
taken out. Only clean seed will pro-
duce a clean crop.
Do not plant immature or frosted
beans. They will neither terminate
well nor bring forth vigorous plants.
Do not cultivate the beans while
wet with rain or dew. To do so will
spread the blight.
Those in doubt as to the cleanliness
of their seed are invited to send a
sample to the botany department of
the college for free examination.
An effective use of manure this year
is on fields intended for beans or late
potatoes.
The application Of either acid phos-
plate or soluble bone meal at the rate
Of from 200 m 400 pounds pev acre is
also advisai
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
Probably True.

In one little Missouri town Is a gen.
eral store which is also a big adver-
tiser. In emphasis of the stores long
term of service in that community,
the owners employ the advertising slO-
gan, "We Fed Your Father" in It's
ads every week. Last week, the SUBJ
ject was "Chick Feed" big line at
the top and another just it near the
bottom. Below the second "Chick
Feed" line came the slogan, "We Fed
Your Father"
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07

appearance. Spores are produced in
great numbers by these spore-bearing
tufts, and are borne by the wind and
carried by birds and insects from tree
to tree. Finding Judgment on the
fruit these spores terminate and pro-
duce another infection and another
crop Of spores.
The decayed fruit in a shriveled
dried-up condition that has caused
them commonly to be called "mum-
miles," may cling to the tree or fall to
the ground. The fungus living over
the winter in such mummies and
spores which are produced from them
in the spring start new infections. 1t
is also possible that the spores which
have been disseminated during the late
summer and have adhered to bud scales,
etc., may likewise cause infection the
following year.
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made In the conditions OF
a certain mortgage, made aud executed by
Harry Custance and Margery Custance, his wife,
OF klmball township, st; Clair county, Michigan,
TO Jacob Bernatz, of Port Huron, Michigan,
bearing date the DIST day of September, 1914, and
recorded In the Office of the Register of Deeds
Tor ST. Clair county, In Liber 1913 of mortgages on
page 622, and default having been made In the
stipulated In said mortgage, there Is claimed to
De due ana remaining unpaid on said mortgage
at the date of this notice the sum of one hundred
hfty-nine and 79-lOO dollars (Sl59.79l, principal
and interest, and taxes paid on said premis-
es, and no suit or proceeding at law having been
instituted to remove the debt secured by said
mortgage or any part thereof therefore, notice
Is hereby given, by virtue of the power OF sale
contained In said mortgage, aud the statute In
such case made and provided; On the 10Th day
OF May, 1917, at ten O'Clock In the forenoon, the
undersigned will. at the front door Of the Court
House, In the City of Port Huron, Michigan, that
being the place where the Circuit Court for the
County OF st. Clair Is held, sell at public auction
the premises described in said mortgage, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy said
mortgage to pay the sum due as Aforesaid on said
mortgage, together with Attorney Fee of $1,000.
said mortgage premises being described as fol-
lows, to-wt: A piece Of land bounded as follows:
On the North by the Kimban Road, on the East
by the Highway and Tomllnson. on the South
by the Newman Estate, on the West by Fuller
ton and the Newman Estate, and being In the
Northwest Quarter Of the Northeast Quarter
OF Section Twentyone CD, Town Six Co North.
and one-half acres, be the same more or less, all
OF which Is a part of said Township OF Kimball,
SC. Clair County, Michigan.
Dated. March LIST, 1917.
THOMAS Fl. GEORGE, Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgagee
Business address, No jerks Blk 1918
Port Huron, Michigan
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
The Inner Meaning.

Remember that as you live your life
each day with an upllfted purpose and
unselfish desire, each and every event
will bear for you a deep Significance
an inner meanlng-and as you learn
their import, so do you At yourself for
higher work.-William Q. Judge.
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
A Sore plsappolntment.

Here's a self-made man who SCOTS
at a college education"
"Don't be too hard on him."
swell, why not"
maybe he has son at college who
has never made anything but the glee
club"
The Yale expositor., 1917-06-07
washInoton Honored While Alive.

Washington was the only American
whose birthday was publicly celebrated
while he still lived. February % was
quite widely observed while he was
president.
Sharp County record., 1917-08-03
THE BENGAY LETTER
A Few Lines OF Interest Told By A
Valued Correspondent.

Mack Nichols was on the sick
list last week. A.
B. Price of Calamine was here one
day last week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Hutchison
are rejoicing over the arrival of a
new boy at their home.
Some OF our people attended the
picnic at Shelbyville last Saturday
and report a nice time.
Noble Price and Ernest MEG in
ness, two of .Calamine's young men,
were here last Saturday.
A series of meetings is in prog
ress at Emery this week. Elder A.
c. Hubbard is doing the preaching.
Seab Nichols of, Cave City was
here a day or two last week visiting
his parents, Mr., and Mrs. r. J. Mich
OILS.
Aunt Harriet" Rodgers of Emery
was here one day last week visiting
at the home of Homer Hutchison
and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Hines and
daughter, Miss Myrtle, of Pouehkeep-
sic were here last Saturday and
Sunday visiting relatives
Ponder and Homer Hutchison
and Chas, Hogeard went to Evening
Shade one day last week looking
after matters Of business.
Haze Mobley of the Emery sec.
ton drove a nice bunch OF sheep
from this section last week. He
found sheep a very high price.
Uncle Bee" Sullivan, a good old
citizen of Calamine, was here last
Saturday looking after some bDsi-
ness and meeting his friends,
Quite a number Of people met at
the McAdams cemetery last Satur-
day and did some much needed
work by cleaning off the ground,
Misses Unie and Annie Hoegard
two YOUNG ladies of Calamine, were
visiting their young friends of this
section last Saturday and Sunday,
Sharp County record., 1917-08-03

We cannot tell just what a good
road would benefit the country un.
til we have the road, and as to the
cost of the road the writer has but
little id ca of that. However, if the
people of the country along the
road have the privilege of working
on it they can work as cheap or
cheaper than those who are not in.
terested at all in the road. We be-
lieve that people in the road dis
trict who are to pay for the build
ing of the road ought to have a
chance to do the labor. Lots of our
people need the work from a stand
point OF finances.
Sharp County record., 1917-08-03
LINES FROM C0RINTH
Farmer Luckily Escapes Injury When
Team Takes Fright At Car.

If we owe you hot day, you
may have pick and choice of these
we are having.
Bryan Spurlock, who has been
visiting relatives here for a week
|or m ore, returned to Portia Monday.
Rev. Ross, holiness minister,
was at Corinth Saturday and preach
ed an interesting sermons to good
crowds.
Elder and Mrs Lacy Holt of Poueh-
keepsie were visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Holt a day or
two last week
Miss Linda Williams, who has
spent some time with her brother,
Charley Williams, near Evening
Shade, returned home Sunday.
P H. Holt was at the residence
of j. S, Williams, in Richwoods
township, Sunday conducting a
song service. A very large crowd
was present and enjoyed the occa-
sion. 1t is said more than 100 peo.
pie were in attendance.
W, W. Horizons team became
scared one day last week when he
met a car near Hardy and ran
away, Mr., Horton was thrown from
the wagon, and becoming entaneled
in the lines was dragged consider
able distance He was not badly
hurt, however.
Sharp County record., 1917-08-03
FROM BALBOA

Sorghum making will soon be on
hand. A good crop Of cane is re-
ported.
Rev. Will Franks of BatesvilIe
will begin a singing school here on
August 7.
r. A, Smith Of Evening Shade is
putting in Gin at Blanville, which
will soon be in running order.
Viola, the little daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs, Sam Anderson, Is suffering
from an abcess Of the stomach, and
is quite sick.
Olin, son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. M.
Vance, was thrown from a mule a
few days ago and sustained a
broken arm.
There was an old.time class meet
ing at the church at this place Sun.
day The protracted meeting will
begin here next Sunday, and every
body is invited to attend.
j, D, Edwards found a bee tree a
lew days ago, which, however, failed
to yield much honey, H. P. Bacon
found a bee tree and secured a good
swarm of bees, but little honey.
Sam, the SOD of Mr.. and Mrs. J.R.
Bacon, is suffering from a badly
swollen knee, The trouble Is be-
lieved to be blood boil, but II that
Is the case the boil is an extra bad
0ne,
While giving the hogs some slop
The other day Rev. E. 7. Moore lost
his balance and fell into the pen,
suffering a broken rib, Mrs. Moore
pad to keep the hogs off while he
extrieated himself.