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Tho twenty-fifth Of July,
Sow turnips. wet or dry"

Turnip seeds are small and should
be sown th:nly and covered lightly.
They can we sown in drills or rows
and the rows may he only ten inches
apart in small gardens. Large plant
ings to be cultivated with wheel hoe
must have the rows far enough apart
10 allow the cultivator and its opera
tor sufficient room. Sow the seeds two
to the inch in the row and thin out
the plants to about five inches apart
in the rows. on large plots turn.ps
are sometimes sown broadcast, being
careful not TO get the seed in too
thick. and work the seed in with a
drag made OF a brush cut from a
shrub.
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AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR.

The list OF prizes is ready for the
eighty-seventh fair OF the American
Institute. to be held in the Engineer
ing Building. 33 West Thirty ninth
street, September "a, 20 and I'd The
chrysanthemum exhibits are divided
into several classes: Cut flowers for
commercial growers only; for private
gardeners only; open to all: new va
rieties, seedlings, sports and undis-
tributed importations: hardy chrys-
anthemums and chrysanthemum
plants. Prizes are offered also for
roses. carnations. begonas and vio-
let's. One hundred and fifty-four cash
prizes are offered for the above classes.
two medals and twenty-one special
prizes.
classes, commercial growers, garden
ers and amateurs only and open to all,
for which ninety cash prizes are Of
fered and twenty-four special prizes
by the American Dahlia Society. The
balance of the list is devoted to
gladoli, cut flowers Of ANIMALS, peren-
malls, roses. carnations. and to fruits,
vegetables and implements.
Milk Is the cheapest animal food OBJ
tainable when it's food value is con-
iidered. 1t Is easily digested, is bone
and muscle builder and leaves no
harmful substances in the body. The
fat Of milk contains substances called
vltamns. essential to the growth of
the young. and there Is no substitute
for milk for children. More milk must
be consumed TO support the dairymen,
or there will he less milk produced and
resultant higher prices. Shortage of
ships has caused surplus of con-
densed milk and the farmer Is tempted
to sell his cows and reduce production.
which would mean reduced supply and
higher prices for many years.
Time to begin thinking about cold
frames and hot beds with which to
prolong the gardening season. This
Is just warning notice. More later.
During 1917 five States enacted i'm
proved legislation TO protect sheep
raisers from dogs. This is u boost for
| the sheep and wool industry. What
| delays the lawmakers OF other States
| from taking similar action"
One factor in favor of sheep pro-
| duction in these days of high priced
feed is the fact that sheep require
comparatively small amounts of
grain. While pastures and roughage
are important in the production of
cattle and hogs. these animals re-
quire more concentrated food than
sheep.
Ten pounds of alfalfa is the proper
amount of seed to SOW in July or early
August.
The seed bed should be firm. fine and
moist to insure early growth to enable
the plants to Withstand the winter.
Ten pounds Of seed under favorable
conditions will produce an average OF
35 plants to Y square feet.
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YARNS.

Some newspaper writer's have vivid
lamentations. Given an idea they
work ont unlimited possibilities. and
just now agriculture Is Il faYorite
topic. There Is no particular harm
done, as experienced agr!culturists
know better. but it keeps n steady flow
Of letters coming in from the ineXperi-
creed who would like TO get back to
the soil If they could he reasonably
sure of making living.
AS Il rule the articles are based on
what the authors consider facts and
they are worked up into possibilities,
but a test is very likely to prove them
futile, There IL no quicker, easier way
10 mako money than with u pencil and
"a sheet of paper.
one OF the latest yarns is the profits
made by migratory beekeeping. The
stories are that in California or some
other place far enough distant bee
Keepers place colonies of bees on a
freight car or autotruck and travel
through the country from one good
bee pasture TO another. or the hives
may be on boats that travel up and
down rivers.
In California and some other West
ern places some beekeepers have
loaded their bees into freight cars,
usually about 800 colonies, and moved
them from a locality where there was
no honey to some point where honey
is plentiful. The bees are unloaded at
their destination ana set up. Only the
most experienced beekeepers are sue
cessfu! IN this operation, and even
with them it does not always pay.
Tomato plants will not thrive in
acid soil. Entire crops have been fail
ures on acid soil. Apply lime freely
to the soil in which tomato plants are
growing il the plants show blight
from an unknown cause. Hydrated
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

CoreopsiS is II SNOWY flower in the
garden, where it blooms profusely all
summer The flowers are borne on
slender. stff stems fifteen inches or
more In length, keeping fresh for n
long time when cut, making them
desirable for cut flowers. Seed
sown now will produce plants
that can be transplanted and will then
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

During July ana August spinach
goes to seed quickly and becomes
coarsc and tough. Swiss chard, n
leaf beet or New Zealand spinach
should be grown in place OF spinach
at this season.
Chard Is grown quite like bects, hut
1t requires moro room. at most Is
inches between the plants. Pull the
young plants to thin the rows and
use them for greens. When the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

Commercial strawberry growing in
America began with the Wilson in
1884. The number of varieties has in
creased To about 1000, and tho pro-
duction To more than 10000 bushels
annually.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

will come up year after year giving
an abundance Of flowers with the least
trouble. This booklet Is we'll printed
and well illustrator. 1t may be OBJ
tained free at THE SuN office.
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LIBERTY GARDEN.

War gardens are now called Liberty
gardens, n more fitting term. Liberty
is freedom and a good garden means
liberation from store vegetables. the
free use of fresh food right from the
garden, easily worth double the price
OF store stun to Il particular person.
Work in the garden means freedom in
Gods sunlight and pure air. Plenty
of fresh vegetables and exercise in the
open air mean freedom from disease,
and the necessary toll insures sound,
refreshing sleep. If n garden is a
good garden, surely 1t is Liberty
garden. without consideration OF the
food II may save to send to those who
are giving their all for Liberty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

During war time, when so many
agencies have been accenting the need
II increased food production there has
been danger that the cultivation of
flowers may be too much neglected
This at least has been the thought of
the New York State College OF Agri-
culture. which has consistently urged
that there Is no less place for the
cultivation OF beauty than there was
before the menace OF Prussianism
threatened the world. 1t has Joined
all the Federal and State forces in
urging greater food production and
food conservation. but it states no one
should think Of banishing flowers from
the home garden.
Autumn in the Flower Garden"
tells how to have a succession Of hardy
perennial flowers clear through Octo-
her, A carefully arranged table tells
'ho color. height. blooming season and
methods OF propagation of plants that
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21
CATS.

-
BEAUTIFUL ANGORA car ~"
KITTENS. SJuO " STAN" r'.. ..
BAY VIEW FARM, NuTth Il . wa y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-21

During 1917 five States enacted i'm
proved legislation TO protect sheep
raisers from dogs. This is boost for
the sheep and wool industry. What
delays the lawmakers OF other States
from taking similar action"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
A REAL SOCIALIST FOLLOWING.

The German socialists, the element In the ma
ton which the late kaiser bitterly denounced
az unpatriohc scoundrels, are at the head OF the
only government the disintegrating empire has
Dittnan, the minister of justice in the new gov
eminent, is just out of Jail where he was sent
by the old regime; and Liebknecht, perhaps the
most popular of the radical leaders, had been
imprisoned for many months when on his re-
lease few weeks ago he headed revolution
airy demonstration in Berlin which demanded a
republic. Men like these whom events have
brought to the top in Germany are less con
servative- than the duma leaders who engin,
eered the change of things in Russia and at
tempted to control it wisely until driven out by
the Lenine- Trotsky terrorists aided by German
intrigue and gold. The Russian revolution be-
gan with equal or greater moderation and re-
straint than in Germany. So, for that matter,
did the French revolutions; which seems to
show that violence is the natural second phase
in movements of this kind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
In the multitude of counsellers there is
safety.-Proverbs xi, ID.
THE NECESSARY sUPERFLUoUs

The reproach of dollar worshppers is no
longer cast at the American people. For Amerl-
can savings are saving the world The Amerl-
can dollar stands today the worlds most
respected symbol of thrift That superfluous
American dollar? How would the world have
Jared in the awful hours without it,
1t has been a reproach cast on us by foreign
social observers and some of our own people
that we carried our quest Of the dollar to
tssuperfluous' limits; that we were obsessed
with the symbol and needless OF the fact that 1t
was merely an exchange medium for values,
some of which are of much greater worth than
the dollars which pay for them. 1t is of little
worth to debate the past and 1t is useless to
dispute the fact of our residue of wealth. But
we may now safely defend this accumulation
from slur of superfluity. For it is the super
fluous that is always the great reliance for
safety. 1t is the apparently superfluous knowl-
edge, ability, energy and public will Of our
men which have quite as much our dollars
made possible what this nation has done. If
an engineer were just professional expert,
he would not have been the man to manage the
saving of peoples from starvation. If man
were Just banker of restricted knowledge, he
would not be a fine executive head of our war
departments purchasing system; if our labor
LEADERS were class blinded workers, they would
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
WHEN THE BILLS ARE PAID.

It is estimated that the war has cost us one
hundred thousand casualties, including wound
ed, missing and dead. Deplorable as this total
is it is not tenth part Of the number OF lives
Great Britain has lost or France has lost Ii
the war shall have cost Us forty billion dollars
when all the bills are paid, our contribution
toward the freedom and security of the world
will be, one casualty for every one thousand OF
our population and about one-sixth OF our ma
Itional wealth We shall have paid the price to
help make the world safe for democracy, not
to speak of what it may cost us, before we are
through with it, to make democracy safe for
the world. Yet who can regret that we took
up ar1nsf We have saved our honor. We have
done our part in saving civilization and IN
saving governments of the people All the
Inobler nations are our friends AL have learn
ed to love the ''Stars and Stripes" Had we
kept out of the war on the theory that it was
no concern Of ours we should have had no
friend left on earth, no voice in world affairs
No people would have respected us and we
should not have retained our self respect.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

not be able assistants to the national Industrial
system; If an army surgeon were just doctor,
he would not be potent influence 10 recovery
of war-wracked physique the world over
Because the man is more than ne does, ne is,
in time OF need, resource unr1valed Our dol
lars have been directed to major part In say
ing the cause of world freedom; they were not
srperfluous: they have proved necessary. So
IT is with the superfluous again and again
And when our educational scheme no longer
provides for the superfluous we shall be in
danger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
TODAYs BIT OF VERSE
THE FALL OF A DEsPo-


IT'S done-but yesterday King!
And arm'd with Kings TO strive
And thou art q nameless thing
So abject-yet alive!
u this the of thousand thrones,
Who strewd our earth with hostile bones.
And he thus survive?
Since he Iniscalled the Morning Star
Nor hend hath fallen far.
uLminded man, why scourge thy kind
Who how'd 60 low the knee?
BY gazing thysef grown blind,
Thou taughtgt the rest to see.
With might unquestion' d--power to save
Thine only gift hath been the grave,
To those that 8orghtpp'd thee;
Nor till thy fall could mortais guess
Am bition's less than Httleness!
Thanks for that 1esson-it Will teach
To after-warTiors more
Than high Philosophy can preach,
And yainIy preachd before.
That spell upon the minds OF men
Breaks never TO unite again,
That led them 10 adore
Those Pagod things OF sabre sway,
With fronts OF brass and feet of clay.
The triumph, and the vanity,
The rapture Of the strife
The earthquake voice Of Victory,
To thee the breath OF life:
The sword, the scepter, and that sway
which man geen'd made but to obey,
Wherewith renown rife
All uuelld-Dark Spirit; What must be
The madness of thy memory
Lord Byro
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

ihalf-hearted way They have been
worn for certain hours or in certain
places. The germs don't have office
hours. They work all the time. On the
Pacific coast every city except Los
Angeles was masked Los Angeles
passed up the mask because she did
MT think of II first Beside she would
not have her climate reflected upon
So casualties from flu have been
heavier there than in San Francisco
In San Francisco everyone is
masked. Men cut holes in their masks
that they may smoke, and women are
becoming accustomed to looking like
something just escaped from harem
Out there l was credited with saying
that the ideal situation had beer
reached; the saloons all open; tne
churches closed and every woman
with mask over her mouth.
IT'S ridiculous to order public
meeting places closed. There is as
much danger in the meeting of two
people as fifty. Talking and sneez;ne
into folks faces is the dangerous bust
ness. In the movies no one talks and
there is no more danger than there is
on a street car. In the churches one
man does all the talking Only those
on the front rows are in the preachers
range and the front-row folks are
usually too old to catch the 'flu,"
! DR.. Hutchinson is former Des
Moines man and at one time was =
member of the faculty of the Univer
sity of Iowa. He plans to visit CANT
Dodge this afternoon.
I've been all over the country
when l was a practicing physician
here" he said this morning. "My last
trip to Camp Dodge region was a bit
ter cold night in midwinter Some ole
woman who thought she was sick
called me. She wasn't sick, Ali that
allied her was a mouthful of rotor
teeth, Folks are known by the teeth
they keep you know"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

Dr.. Woods Hutchinson, physician,
writer and lecturer, talked that way
about Spanish influenza today as he
sat in the office OF his brother, judge
Charles Hutchinson, in the Croker
building. Known throughout two conti-
nents for his theories and writings,
DR.. Hutchinson is especially concern
ed with research work relative to the
terrible scourge which has swept the
United States this fall.
IF this country hadn't been pig
headed every precaution would have
been taken to combat the disease long
before the flu ever reached here. We
that it would find its way here" he
said.
THE mask is absolutely the most
sure preventative OF the spread Of the
| 'flu' This germ is the old influenza
germ, with a new twist. The disease
was brought to Boston by sailors on
transport and was transplanted to
Camp Devens. The fact that 1t got It's
start In an army camp Is responsible
for its new form. All the persons in
such community are men; all are
practically the same age. Germs trav-
cling from one sex to another change
their form during adjustment. In an
army camp there would De no change
except that the bug would increase in
virulence. So the thing grew and
spread over this entire country.
"Ir masks had been universally
adopted the scourge would have Deen
checked. The germ doesn't work its
way through the skin. 1t breeds in the
mucous membrane OF the nose. It's
the most delicate kind of a germ,
which lives but five minutes after 1t
is discharged. II masks are worn to in
Itercept its path it dies natural death
and no one suffers evil consequences.
Where masks have been worn the
scheme has been followed often in a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
A Fit Fate for the Ex-kaIser.

New York Times: Lucretia's prayer
for the punishment of Tarquln, ~
Shakespeare has given it form. penIS
the case of him who was the German
kaiser:
Let him have time to. tear his curlea
hair,
Let him have time against himself "
race,
Let him have time of Times help "
despair.
Let him have time to live loatneu
slave,
Let him have time beggars SUI
to crave,
And time to see one that by aims
don't live :.
Disdain to him disdained scraps -
give.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

of Holland, though incomparabIy
more liberal than the Teuton mon
archs. may therefore lose their
thrones.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: In view
Of the deplorable status Of business
reached by the firm If me unit Gott"
the me" member of the firm has
withdrawn, leaving the settlement of
all accounts to the latter.
Charles City Press: Now that Ger
Cherokee Times: The whole state
will rejoice in the promise of the war
department that Iowa troops shall be
brought back to Camp Dodge to be
mustered out of service. The state
wants an opportunity to pay its re-
spects to the men who have done
such valiant service in saving the
world from Hun domination.
Webster City Freeman-Journal.
Now is the propitious time for Henry
Ford to renew his efforts to get the
boys out of the trenches by Christ
mas. In view of the fact that Mich
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
WEAR MASKS AND ESCAPE THE
FLU, ADVISES DR.. HUTCHINSON
Des Molnes Capital:


is relic middle
tell them
keep
hang Of mind After he
Ter afraid of him not
fact collar
deaths reported al
ready uni ever residents.
rateo on batlefieos Of
thing"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Mason City Globe-Gazette: The
world may be growing safe for de-
mocracy At all events 1t is mighty
unsafe for autocracies.
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: II 1t
takes Germany a generation to settle
the account, very well. No less PEN
ance than that would serve to expiats
Germany's crimes.
Manson Journal: The democrats
can only win when there is slip
in the machinery. President Will
sons attempt to make this a demo
cratic war, in the hope that that
party might reap the benefit of that
prestige. only reacted upon him and
his party.
many is crushed and men everywhere
draw freer breath there is a natural
uprising of plain people, SO long
silenced, and an outbreak of resent
ment against their own aristocrats
The king Of Sweden and the queen
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
CAN'T FIND DANDRUFF

Every bit of dandruff disappear
after one OF. two applications of Dan
der1ne rubbed well into the scalp
with the finger tips. Get small
bottle Of Danderine at any drug store
for q few cents and save your hair
After several applications you CAM
find particle of dandruff or any fall
ting hair. and the scalp will aeyel
itch.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

peace have arrived. Instead OF taih'
ing disarmament. disarmament LOT
giveness. policing and feeding NV
world and, at the same time anu
more important, jockeying for posi-.
ton to boss the peace table when II
is set, we had better keep our pow
der dry over there and be alert hef'
to help General Pershing, II neceS'
Sary
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

Accept California" Syrup Of Figs
onIy-look for the name California
on the package, then you are sure
your child is having the best anu
most harmless laxative or physlc lof
the little stomach, liver and boWeis.
Children love its delicious frui.y
taste. Full directions for chlia
dose on each bottle. Give it without
fear.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
Unconditional Surrender

Cayuga, in New York Evening TeIe-
gram: 1t has been suggested that the
words Unconditional Surrender" be
stamped upon all business correspond
ence. We should go further.
Permit me to suggest that upon all
marriage licenses and certificates the
words Unconditional Surrender" be
stamped Immediately after the name
of the male involved.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25
A Perfect PrussIan TrIek.

New York World: If the uniles
States cruiser San Diego was SUI.
by mines laid by the converted suv
marine cruiser Deutschland. this Iea,
of the vessel which first came
American ports as peaceful cas- r.
ship was well nigh a perfect exaihp''
of Prussianism.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

Cedar Rapids Republican: 1t will
be hard for Germany, to repair and
to repay, but it will not be as hard
as what the victims of its military
lust have suffered Let Germany dur
ing the next generation, il need be.
labor to repair and restore what 1t
has wantonly destroyed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

Dr. Bode, director off the Berlin royal mus
cum, or the royal museum that was, says that
Germany will not keep works of art brought
into Germany during the war. We are inclin-
ed to believe that the doctor is absolutely right.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

Davenport Tines, Wilhelm Hohen-
zollern may be Hkened ueto Essau Of
old Bible times in that he sold his
birthrtght for mess Of pottage-and
not very savory meal at that
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

Perry Chief: When a man ap.
proaches you full OF sympathy for
the Huns and schemes for settling
things In a pacifist manner. shun
him as pestilence. This is no time
for mollycoddle talk. The terms laid
down for Germany may be hard, but
they were the only ones possible and
lit will take a strong master to keep
them from breaking out again. The
German nation must be made to see
where it was wrong, and this cannot
be accomplished by handing out
tracts and delicacies.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

AS Spain has long remembered the Maine
so will Germany remember the Marne.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

rubber stamp in the hands of Presi-
dent Wilson he may want to do
something heroic on his OWL ac-
count.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-25

The one with good healthy sense, and continually
expanding Of hunor, has agency his equip
that viii help him many otherwise places
IN life, and agency also that will prevent might
be hard conditions taking form-Raph
Waldo Urine