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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-10-28
NOiaS breVaS del ID Ciudad
MATRiMONIO

Aver q las tres de Ia tarde con-
t~rajeron matrimonio en- Ia catedral
de San Fernando de esta ciudaa q
senior Ramon Lanes y IA ~senorlta
Dolores Munoz, habiendo apadrinadO
ell acto el senior Vicente Martinez y
la senorita Tulsa MARTINEZ, Ramon
Rodriguez e Ignacia Rodriguez.
Numerosas pers3nas dc Ia amistad
de los controversies aslsticrum q Ia
Cathedral para pres lc.ar "a ceremo-
MIA r~eligiosI.
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FUE GRAVEMENTE HERIDO UN
MOTOCICLISTA DEL
EJERCITO.

, En- Ia csquina de las GALES Roma
IA : Oakland, chocaron aver Il las
&c Ia manana I'm autom5yi; y
Ia m~otociclcta numero SAP del Cam
% Travis habierdo tocado Ia peor
partc i esta, pue> ademaS de los des-
~perfcctos que sufrio. el soldado que
4 manejaba reSuIt5 con algunas he
r:las de verdadera ~gravedad.
FL chauffeur del autom6vi., inmc-
diatamente que Sc do cuenta dc Ia
d~csgracia que habja ocurrido, abr:o
coda la tuerza q 81 maqujna y cSca-
20 pcrdiendosc luego entire el dedalo
&c callcjue!as que convergen q IA
Gale Romano. Varias personals pre-
scnciaron este choque Y sc aprcsura-
ron q. prestarlc atenciones al herido,
10 que las p~reocupo mas que apuntar
., numero del regjstro del automo-
.yiI.
FL so.dado fuc recogido = SC lc
co0duio lnmedjatamente 4 un hosni-
tai Immediate al lugar dondc ocurcio
cl Academic, para que ami sc le pres
tan los auXiI;os que sus heridas anne
ritan.
La policia miIitar y Ia policia CT
Vii, aSi como los agentes del depar-
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PERDIO A SU HIJO.

Il senior Antonio Diaz. que vivc
en- la casa numero 1928 de Ia Gale
West Commerce, Sc prcsento aver
por la manana dandole parte al gen.
darmc \. J. Guerrero de que habia
tenido IA pena dc perder a 81 hijo
de cinco amos. el cual guerra fuera
entc-rado por cuenta dc "a ciudad,
L. Que Sc consiguio. mandandose cl
caGaver a IA agcncia dc inhumacio-
ncs Riebc.
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REGISTRO CIVIL.
NacimIentoS.

Nacimientos.
Una nina del matrimonio Rogcrio
C4rdenas ' Santos Contrcras, 70& y
medic 5. Laredo.
Liccncias dc matrimonio.
Juan Quintcro y Antonio Sanchez.
Defuncioncs.
Alexandra Pachcco, De 10 amos dc
cGad, ll3 Chihuahua Alley.
Casimiro Hernandez, , amos dos me-
seS, l25 Division.
Guadalupe Ramon. II mcscS. ST.
~ medic :. Medina St.
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oRRAs DE E~DUCACION.

ari-rnatLca ECuI-TCtal FU- CEC--G = lS'
A-fT-,.r..s Elemental -9T AllLlf zee t-g
sim,rSr Fs CuentOs psHG nIlOs 1900 sSC
- Era-a.l.4i &r IeOET2.la 5000. 80
Som1sntg0 de GeOsraria de Mexico 49, s5i
SSTIr~Ita de G~rsruaUr2 CaSTelI4-a 50
vrfr u Academia ESItl0"l2 .---.-...--. aot
|sm1s10 uustrad0- D.cclCG2T'c &c IA
Ian.g- C4stsllana. con =" EFaoaGo>' 80
-sr-q-a-. IS msp2S. etc. = Jsls ...-.-S2.gi
CsIecismo &c Mora, Vi-tud ' Urbani-
d,F para los CInuS. sinlaSiat0 .. %
Cs~rers De "a Conversation en- InGles
LLb7o muy an. IN toUo iei2 ... $!-N
IgrverSaciOceS ' EarraCiones relat!-
vas q los Heroes Eldalgo Y !u&rez .. So
Carrlii8 de instruction Li'scd $500 -Ji
Car;.lla &c NgiiCtdl lie Su2e-rtc!eS.
RsglaS m-y PRACTICES para Cuadrsr te-
rrenoS. LeIermlnaT SUpeTlc!es. etc -. 10,
p!ccl0nartO Popular de Is Len8ua Cas-
EellaIa. EDpaS.auy IN ,eld ma .....Si.i'
Hlrrl1narlO NaHua! ECrtclopetlcO d.
"a Leu-ga CsStrLana. Goa mas de sets
nj! -rlb4LoS. 80 m2pas = Te:TatcS Dc
T@-. ra-r- reIrh-ns. uauuman:cS. etc. $50,
u.rc.raario de Iagles- ESpanOl, de Dol
sillO. Pasta de perc2llDG ---...-.-... %yC
p~IccI0GlrIO de Insies-ESpaAOl, de boil
sill0. Pasta de pei NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
Dicclona-to de IagIeS ) Esp2Lol, po7
Angel. e meIor En- 81 genera. Con-
t!eGe las y0CeS mas mOdegl4S. en aries,
c!encias : .ndustrias. las acepclones pa
70 cSCTiblr ) lGGlar AMOS .~'.."...a~ sH.l-
~Dtcctolarlo urto-r4Cc0 ds las voceS
que UETeCeu GllICU},su 81 81 rs'..i-r4 sJC
EnsenClZa SuuulIaueI. roF &aiie .-- &c
Ei U!scsp-lg. Cg..cc.Jn le {. clatcc-
nos dc d.D0.o OF
g AMIGO ~ las Mas &e-ic4UaS re-. Ac
Elelgl'pS O" atrgU."-I.l ---.........- 20
Il Ir.Igs ~l Maestro, a. :. L~eCc.0leS,
con IL .ruu-ug,4g.-G -.~EIG.-- aNs4Cd tG
Empas5aIg ID tela OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. So.
81 Aase! Ge. Ho.ar, Ll0rU QTiNego lie
FCtur8, para. Midas -------.--.-....- sc
Fl angel del uysar. L.h-o sesu.Go.. 5gC
Is per:a de Is casa. -eTcec L0ro de
Fl A-Ee. asi Ha-N NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81.
rraua-sr7 Ga~teliEIs ..-.-......-..- i3-
Grauafra Casrail-4. >e-ll Ia Arade-
mia con Ia i=orla d los 2umen;attFoS
y d~lmiElJGvos, de- completes F-tados
de proSo&.a J oEioST3La .....-- si.-5
uTGnaucs PraCttCa &c Il JerSua lu-
Eiesg. la uls-Cr uGra para ! eStICt0
grammatical del ia-Jma lcs.eS- "a teEo
Taav-.rg Fa l., EaarSL.rs .eglr.aa.. 80
Geogra..s Universal FlnforeSca. Con
dates sohra i0LC el IICdo y y.slss us
mOlUm ltos, t1pos, &c. EGsc.on de
lu.O &.5t
G-alnatca Or Il l..a. Academia Es-4-
Gg'a -
La Rarc0l.ca TeTssaaa, Gecsraaa
elemental P0T Dei%adalu ...-.....-.-. &c
IEArn -sTf.T. .rr .-. .".t ..- .H~..GA Dr."
LiDro Pr.maro de IEg@ " Es0aI0I .. &c
LecciC0es Ge gGsas. paI L-ss o.. Leon. 900
ICs.ar WaLir4Gg '-.ru--e p1r "scoE e.
Le.Iu~ H.L.-In-- @eE-lLD .----..-.--- J."
Manila No. 80.
HIu-|.4 -.. -..---.----. ....--.-- g.
Manaua No SIC
NaI.gFa Nc. I
@aE--'a No. --
Melodies -e Lrr...-'a E..."i, s..--
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Proa.l-1.o Ge os.o5EA-aa IL - ---s
F..r..r L.S-o DE- H.u-.A..g-s-. -g.1-
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10 MANDARON AL HOSPITAL
PARA SU CURACION.

i, Dr.. El~mendorft i!ano aver por
Ia tazde a IA inspections central de
policia para que fuera d recoger d
Ia casa numero sos dc "a calie Doc
rosa. q Pedro Flores. 4 fin de que
sc ie tr&nsportara al hospital para
que ali sc lc presJacan atencjoncs
mcdicas porque e. citado Flores c.
rccju DC clcmcntos para clio.
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CEENCiAS CCULTAS

sl--,u... Del if-v Solomon ........ 30C
pIccloGa-.O Internal. ConJirne maSia
blaac.. .y,a ; nesra, spariciones, etc st.T5
Donna y SItGai de Ia Alta MaSia. Con-
tlane y Ir!4ngu!O de Solomon, Ia c.
Lala, - TaCOt. SecTetoS del e1io, nj
g-uu4urla. cic- 500
Ea.r.-.aI1r-s- Grirmorlos ' PenIacuIos 60c
Fl Dragon It-Ic, . SEQ el artc lie man
4ar q l- r-r.r.au- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. zoe
Fl p1.er del pensameu;o. 81 domi-
Mo = r.l.i-a. coma eS-ud!aF Su fCeTza st.0u
Il Ltb-t Internal. TraIa4o dc las Glen
c.as g~cl.l.4S. C0nl,cuc cI uaro de san
CGp-i.Hg. C.avIcuia de Solomon. e. D7a-
goa Rg1g : Il CaJra Internal. etc. -. Sl.5g
= -artafaru r~ar.- RolC. EGcaltG-
mt.a.a>. node te 1a"ersc invisible, etc 800
e.. .r..G la.-l. A...ylnad"ra .....--- &C
I.uru ..a-nO te sun gipT!ano. EalrlAn
ualcc 3 cuLIFieis Ccl r2mOsO Crime
TIJ $500
Ia Clay.ifg de! EeCllcero, o L!DTO
lo ~l- III rlalU, con Ilf!nIGat De Sc
c-Llys zoe
ia .gT. .1-ia supreme .--...-.-... ttG
.F.-.. 90. NH-il &u-H ............. fr'
vra... .- Na-.a blanca ............ 1t"
MAMMA. .E. H.-.. Md -----....----. Jgr.
~-..r.y> .e los Carlos. Ar,e DE- Sd
la- I".e= los lUe-yS ............. 500
~a...- a- Alberto 81 rraHr!- col. JIG
-er-e,9, ae ID PreStiiisI;ar!on y "a
"..-l.- Legc.JEes prlctlclS dc eSCa-
W...g St.1
-..r..- ...l Ig..rrau -.......-..... Jar
les 20 DE Ms,lg:gS &c Il Cruz de Ca
-Gsgr.. A"rtCG@Ta Lcy2 del UcUlU5mO sec
Er-GJ:,.g Horoscope para sdiTInar Z!
FLrEEatT .--.-.. ...------- ...--...-.. GyC
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o LOS HOTELES

En- cl Crockett: Julian A.zorlosa '
sonora. dc IA ciudad dc Mexico.
En- 81 San Anthony: N. Verona,
lc Tampico.
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D.y,. .o-,-sr rSr:rllIs;a soc
FL LLD-0 de los Mediums ........- sc
+; T!6rn de los Esplritus ........... 75c
I'll Ga1es.s, los N!IagrOs $ las Pr4dic-
clones Isc
FL Fv7n-eiIo Seg!l 81 EspiTttlsmo &c.
Fl colo Y FL Inferno ............ 7Ee
Obras g0stImaS dc Allan Eardek -. 75c
.Oue e e. Espirttismo? ........... 75c
STta &c Cucac pOC medic del masle-
-, 0sS.a T.g. ...... ........... Si.25
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RELIGION.

C0u-l-a:g- G-cr-ai -------.-.--..- -
Ca.es.sI-r &c Perseverance, 100000. St.-t
- G-c'- Gsi C-rs-zllsIl. Lcr'-Ga
para e. ECEsr- EG}-'cE Ge IILg -..--.E&t
T-oso-.c EIeuel.l. Dor DlI-es cot. i.&
I].lstC-is SEETs&8 LlSrc Gel Antique =
Ia t--.r8clol de C--sio 81
Los NSTttCeS. o e. G-.uIro lie Is Esll-
Ei6C CTtsiaca. Dor CEaieSu0rlgCI ..-.22@
CtttsD e TTncetEIlen,Cs TsaE-es -
EusTO ~TSslatnSc.r- C-E "CG.'gus T. his
taria del pueblo De Israel. Y.sHCnse
cisrEUs1ls como - -Gguz-- Il Yc-fta
del Nesi6S- Et!C.oO a. Info .... 70
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CODIGCS mEXICANos

rr.I.g CtvI .. .-. .-..-..--.... $40
Ga.i.so dc Procedi2Lscnlos ClYlIes . = 40
0Fr.es. UguyI 40
... ..- r- ..E.rr. a--- Pennies SLID
ryf,.a "a gog,cTslo i.tG
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HOLMES.

E-..L-- -.- OBJ. Id - IN !USaLCr
AVEETU2AS DE SHERLOCK
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
Pension Advocates Oppose Soldiers
Insurance Bill.

f. Washington, D. c., Aug. ICON
gressional opposition to the Govern
ment's plan for insuring the lives OF
soldiers and sailors because it would
upset the pension system was pre-
dicted today at hearing before the
House Commerce Committee, where
the Observation-Disclosures bill WAS
discussed.
Chairman Adamson said he had
been warned by pension system ad-
vocate that the new plan would upset
pensions for a hundred years. Rep
resentative Montague of Virginia, an
other member of the committee, also
predicted opposition.
Secretary McAdoo, Samuel Comp
ers, president of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, and Judge Julian
Mack of Chicago, who drafted the in
surance bill, denounced the pension
system and declared one of the pri-,
mary purposes of the insurance meas
ure was to forever wipe it out of ex-
istence. le
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23

In the controversy over the poses
sion of the books and records of the
Missouri Sanatorium for Consump-
tives at Mount Vernon, State Auditor
G. Z. Hackmann instructed his spe-
cial examiners on the ground to take
up the matter with Prosecuting At
torney of Lawrence County. Audit
or Hackmann further announced that
If the books and papers are not pro-
duced he will proceed to Mount
Vernon and take charge of the situa-
tion. DR.. c. c. English, former su-
perintendent, it is charged, has re-
moved the books and records to Ar
kansas. Auditor Hackmann said he
would institute proceedings in the
next "a hours to bring about their
return to this State.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
Some Corn.

John Wallace has field of corn in
the Marniaton bottoms, near the
Pump House bridge, says the Nevada
Post, which is proving itself won
der. Last fall peddler came through
here selling variety of corn which
he claimed would bear six to nine
ears to the stalk. Mr. Wallace
thought that it sounded too good to
be true, but as the price was reason
able, he took a chance on a peck of
the seed A Post man walked
through the field Sunday afternoon.
1t was much higher and more vigor-
Gus looking than some Boone county
white, which was growing next to it.
The stand was regular and the usual
number of ears to the stalk was three.
A great many stalks were bearing
four rs>and large number had
from six to seven. The writer failed
to find any with nine but would not
dispute that they were in the field.
The ears are about the size of the
Hickory King and seemed to be fill
ing we'll.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
Former Senator Kern of Indian;
Succumbs.

Asheville, N. c., Aug. 17.-Former
Senator John w. Kern of Indiana
and democratic nominee for vice
president in 1908, died here tonight.
He was 68 years old.
Mr.. Kern, who came here a week
ago to recuperate, died of uraemic
poisoning. With him at the time OF
his death were Mrs. Kern and Mrs.
George B. Lawson, a daughter, of
Roanoke, Va.
Funeral arrangements have not
been made, but the body will be TAX
-en tomorrow to Hollis, Va, the sum-
mer home of the late senator. Up to
the time of his retirement from the
senate in March last, Mr.. Kern was
majority floor leader and chairman of
the democratic conference commit
tee. He was a native of Indiana,
having been born in Alto, Howard
county, December 20, I84o.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23

What is probably close to the long
distance pxison record is disclosed in
the parole from the Missouri Peni-
tertiary a few days since of Frank
H. Puncheon He was>granted Glenn
ency by the State Prison Board on
account of his advanced age> 70
years, and his good prison record.
He is paroled to ]. B. Bollmann of
the Home for the Friendless at Kan
sas City. Puncheon's total of prison
service is So years. This is made
up of three terms, 26 years in the
Wisconsin Penitentiary, two terms in
the Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet to-
taling IA years and two terms in the
Missouri Penitentiary, IS years. All
of his sentences were for burglaries.
If he has any relatives living the
fact does not appear on the prison
records here
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
Wilson Writes ForeVord for
Soldiers Bibles. =;

!, Washington, D. c., Aug. 49,
Bibles for American soldiers and
sailors, to be given by the Scripture
Gift Mission of Philadelphia, will
carry a foreword by President Viii
son urging troops to diligently read
the Scriptures. The President has
written this inscription:
THE Bible is the word of life. l
beg that you will read it and find
this out for yourselves-read, not
little snatches here and there, but
long passages that will really be the
road to the heart of it.
"You will find it full of real men
and women not only, but also of
things you have wondered about and
been troubled about all your life, as
men have been always, and the more
you read the more it will become
plain to you what things are worth
while and what are not; what things
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
Rescue U. S. Missionaries Held by
Chinese Bandits.

Pekin, Thursday, Aug. I6.-Twelve
American missionaries and a dozen
other foreigners, mostly women and
children, who were besieged by Chin
ese bandits at Tabul, town about
100 miles northwest of Pekin, have
been rescued by officers of the Unit
ed States Marine Corps.
Capt. Calvin B. Matthews and
Lieut.. Thomas M. LIBBY of the Ma
rine Corps who were attached to the
Pekin Legation, Jeff Kalgan early
this month accompanied by a de-
tachment of Chinese soldiers to bring
out the besieged missionaries. Word
was received here today that the
American officers and the mission
aries had arrived at Kalgan from
Tabul. Kalgan is about half way
between Pekin and Tabul.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
Ex-czAR TO RAspUTIN's
TOWN
Nicholas Has Been Sent to Tobolsk
Where Mystic Monk Lived.

Petrograd,1 Aug. 1o.-It was Off
cially announced today for the first
time that the new residence of Mich
olas Romanoff,. the deposed Russian
emperor, is at Tobolsk, a Western
Siberian town which recently
achieved a dubious publicity in revo-
lutionary Russia as the birthplace of
Gregory Rasputin, the mystic monk,
who welded remarkable influence
over the former emperor's family up
to the time of the priests assassina-
ton in Petrograd last December.
The official announcement says:
"Owing to reasons of state, the
government decided to transfer to a
new residence the former emperor
and former empress, who are de-
tanned under guard. The place select
ed was ToBolsk, where they were
taken after requisite measures to in
sure their safety. With them went
of their own free will their children
and certain of their encourage"
According to some newspapers, the
family will reside permanently in the
former governors palace at Tobolsk,
which is large house without mod
ern Improvements, built in the Eigh-
teenth Century for local speculator.
Other newspapers say the former en-
peror will stay at the palace only one
week and then will be sent to the
Apalatsk Monastery in forest twen-
ty miles outside the town.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
Sugar for Army and Navy.

+ New York, Aug. 9o.-The country
sugar industry was pledged here to-
day ito, supply the requirements o.
the navy and army during 1917 and
PIoI8, estimated at one hundred thou
sand tons of sugar per annum, at a
price to be fixed by the food admin
istration" by commission appointed
from representatives Of sugar refin-
ers, beet sugar producers and plant
ers from Cuba and elsewhere. These
Representative met with the advis-
ory commission of the Council Of
National Defense in Washington last
week. 81 !.
I The commission, which consists OF
jas4es H. POST Manuel Rioada. +. 3.
.Hafhaway, r. r. Parker ! and II.
'I1avemeyer. Is to arrange program
'fcrs furnishing the sugar. I
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
To the PaFons of the Butler Public
Schools.

Our schools will open Septembei
g. 1917. We hope that each child
will enter school the first day, and
that he will come every day unless
pl evented by sickness Or some other
unavoidable cause. Irregular attend
ance is the greatest single cause of
failures in our schools.
Last year twenty-thrce children
failed because they did not attend
regularly. This is unfair to the chill
dren because it makes them spend an
extra year in school. Many Of them
will become discouraged and quit
school: II is an injustice to the dis.
trict for the district must furnish a
teacher for nine years at least in
stead of eight. Enough children
have failed because of irregular at
tendance to- necessitate an extra
teacher for them. hope that this
year each parent will make resolu-
ton to keep his child in school every
day. y
The board of education has
changed one rule. If the child will
be six years of age before the first
OF January, it is requested that he
start to school at the beginning of
the term on Sept. 3. If he will not
be six years Of age till after the first
OF January, please do not start him
till the following year. No tuition
will be charged for the child who
enters school before he is six years
old A--
The High School pupils will enroll
the week before school opens as they
did last year. The freshmen will en-
roll from S:3o a. m. till 4 p. m. on
Monday, August 27. The sopho-
mores will enroll from 8:3o a. m. till
4 p. m. on Tuesday, August 28.
The juniors will enroll from a. m.
till IL m. on Wednesday, August 20.
The seniors will enroll on Friday
afternoon from p. m. till 4 p. m /
hope that every pupil who can pos
sibly make arrangements to do so
will enroll at the times mentioned
above, for it will greatly facilitate
the work the first week.
Yours truly,
John O.. Henderson,
Supt of Schools.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23

make men happy--loyalty, right deal
ings, speaking the truth, readiness to
give everything for what they think
their duty, and, most of all, the wish
that they may have the real approval
of Christ, who gave everything for
them-and things that are guaranteed
to make men unhappy-sselfishncs
cowardice. greed and everything that
is low and mean.
When you read the Bible you will
know that it is the word Of God, be-.
cause you will have found it the key
to your own heart, your own happi-
ness and your own duty"
s Woodrow Wilson,"
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
VILLA THREATENS
TO REVEAL PLOT
Bandit Says He Will Expose Mexi
can Plan to Attack United
States.

San Antonio, Tex, Aug. I7.-Stat-
ing that unless the Carranza govern
ment gives out the names of the Car
rama army officers implicated in the
plots of Germans to organize a large
force to attack and harass the Unit
ed States, he will make the conspir-
acy public, Francisco Villa has had
. note delivered to the Mexican cap
ital and copies sent to American con-
suls formerly in Mexico. Villa adds:
with but slight assistance from
the Americans l can equip an army
Of trained fighters that will drive the
foreigners into the sea-"
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
Swartzkopensky,

M. Swartzkopensky, lecturer,
who appeared in Missouri during
spring and summer, has been shot as
a German spy in England, according
to advices received. Swartzkopensky
claimed to be a former body guard
of the ex-czar of Russia and that he
was once a prisoner in Siberia He
lectured on conditions in Russia. A
week following his appearance in this
state he was arrested in Chicago and
send back to England, tried and exc
cuted.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23

The average cost of producing one
acre of wheat this year, as estimated
by several hundred Missouri farm
ers reporting to the state board OF
agriculture, is $ooS. At this years
average yield, IS bushels, this would
make the average cost 67 cents per
bushel. Farmers reporting to the
state board who were asked what
price should be fixed for the 1913
crop, sent in replies that averaged
$2I6 per bushel
The Butler weekly times., 1917-08-23
WOULD INCREASE WHEAT lin
STATE NY " Il s9sss
Missouri Agricultural Board Gives
Suggestions to Farmers On
Right Methods.

Columbia, Mo-, Aug. 18.-In an ef
fort, to increase the wheat production
in Missouri next year the State Boart
of Agriculture is conducting an edu,
cational campaign among farmer,
and has issued bulletins dealing with
the essentials of wheat growing. Ac.
cording to statistics, collected by the
board, the average yield of wheat
for the State from 1905 to 1914, wal
I4.7 bushels an acre. Missouri is !
corn, rather than a wheat state, hu4
the wheat production in 1915 was g.
ooo, 900 bushels.
This low yield can be increased
with profit, says, bulletin issued BY
the board, by giving little more at-
tention to a few essentials in wheat
production. Wheat growers should
give careful attention to thorough
seedbed preparation and to fertilizer.
The effect of unfavorable seasons
may be reduced somewhat by these
means. Smut, hessian fly control and
a good supply of plant food also
should be looked after. The last is
important, says the bulletin, as
starved wheat can no more grow a
good weight of prime food than
starved and stunted live stock.
Too much attention to seedbed
preparation cannot be given, says the
bulletin, since poorly prepared seed
bed is often associated with winter
killing The land should be plowed
as early as possible, especially when
a large amount of organic mater is
to be turned under. In general, plow-
ing should be done in July and GER
tainly not later than the middle of
August.
The proper depth to plow depends
somewhat upon the time of plowing
and on the amount of stubble, grass
or weeds to be turned under. The
ground should never be broken so
deeply that it cannot be worked
firmly down before seeding. A seed
bed, firm below, yet finely pulverized
cn top, should be the final result.
AS to fertilizers, either commercial
fertilizer or barnyard manure will
pay on all Missouri lands of average
fertility, says the boards statement.
A fertilizer treatment will result, not
only in greater yield, but in severe
seasons will reduce winter killing.
The best method for applying fer
.ilizer with wheat is to use a grain
irill with fertilizer attachment. |
This puts the material down in the
moist soil, where the plant roots can
,ome in contact with it. Fertilizer |
which is only on the surface, or
mixed with the dry soil, is cut of
each of the plant and is not readily |
,arried down by rain.
Everything possible should be done
o lessen the damage caused by the |
1essian fly, says the bulletin, and un-
less careful consideration is given
@ this most serious wheat pest, the
.eturns from the wheat crop will be
Uncertain.
The basis of control covers in gen.
raj four points:
l. Destroy the natural home of the
ly by plowing early and deep.
2. Keep down all volunteer wheat
'etween blowing time and seeding
late.
3. Delay wheat seeding until after
he fly-free date.