Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-03-02

I s'ROUND ABOUT THE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made by the Shears.
4, the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading

II is now almost fifteen years
since sunflowers were first grown
commercially in Southeast Mis-
sonri. In 1914 the seed crop,
harvested principally in the vi
cinity of New Madrid, Marston
and Portageville, amounting to
some 80 carloads, valued at
about $4,000. That year, at
harvest time, the seed market
opened at $3.50 per hundred, but
later went to 81, with choice
planting seed selling the next
spring at S12 per 100 pounds.
The natural result was q great
interest in the crop, which is
planted and cultivated just about
as is corn. Later developments
however, Indicate that under ex-
istins conditions there is but lit
tie money in growing the crop
commercially, desirable as is q
small patch for poultry feed. An
extensive grower, who was form
erly enthusiastic over the crop,
writes to the assistant secretary
Of .he Missouri State Board Of
Agriculture as follows: "Our
first experience with sunflowers
was very favorable. We hap
pened to strike good season
and good price. Today | am
not believer In sunflowers.
There are but few buyers Of seed
and the result is that there is no
stable, dependable market.
While we were offered as high as
$3.50 per 100 pounds for the 1915
crop. we are today offered about
81, Notwithstanding that the 1915
crop was probably less than half
that OF the proceeding year.
\ Now is the time to burn brush
piles. that serve as insect harbors
and weed centers. Unleached
wood ashes contain about 6 per
cent potash, 2 per cent phos-
phoric acid and 8 per cent lime.
Think what this would mean to
the garden or potato patch. A
fertilizer firm has written as fol-
lows to w. L. Nelson, Of theMis-
souri, Board OF Agriculture:
"We are desirous OF getting in
touch with corn shelters who are
burning their cobs, go that we
can buy the ashes for fertilizer
purposes. For these we are pay
ing $3.50 per unit OF water sclu-
Bile potash and they contain from
10 to 80 per cent or units. !"
Fred Kastens l6-year-old son
OF Henry Hasten, q prosperous
farmer OF the vicinity OF Shaw
neetown, Cape Girardeau county,
was thrown from young horse
on the morning Of February 4,
and suffered injuries about the
head from which he died the Mon.
day night following. He was ia
ken TO the hosnital at the Cape
and underwent an operation, but
All that could be done gaveno re-
lief.
DR.. C. e. FaIlett, coroner. held
two inquests last Friday, one over
the remains Of foreigner whose
name is not known, that wassup-
posed to have been killed by q
train near Silica Thursday night.
The other inquest was held over
the remains Of Elizabeth Frey, on
Buck creek, who was found dead.
She was So years old and was
supposed to have died of old age.
-De Soto Press. 10th uIt.
Quite a Bit Of activityis under
wayat Bismarck now as theI. NJ.
Pa doing q lot Of improvement
work there 1t present. Anew de-
pot has just been completed and
now . round house is being built.
A considerable number Of men
are engaged on the work, as the
new round house will contain six
stalls, and II ID The intention to
push Il rapidly.