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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

farmers feel that they have lost large
quantities of money through the Fl cling
of wheat prices. while cotton. nova an
essential for war purposes, has lA,en
left free. The explanations for IAlis
which are given from Washington N'o
not satisfy our farmers. Preside t
Wilson does not want a definite pricA
fixed by law. He prefers the present.
plan Of giving Mr.. Hoover power to
decide the price according to his idea
Of the country's needs. Under this
plan the price may be raised orslow-
cred anywhere above $500. At the
present time the price for the new
crop. No. l grade. is fixed at s2.39h
In New York. Had President Wilson
signed the bill the basic price would
have been $40, and Mr.. Hoover could
not have put the price below that
figure, though he might have raised It.
The fact seems to be that the Pres
ident and his advisers are apprehen-
sive at what might happen in the
event Of an early peace. There are
large stores of wheat in Australia and
probably In Russia and some other
countries awaiting shipment. The
opening Of the ocean for traffic would
throw this wheat into the worlds
market and bring down the price prob
ably below the basic price made by
this Government The result would
be that our growers would receive a
bonus over the price paid for i'm
ported wheat. At the same time, the
Government should stand for that
rather than ask wheat growers to
produce the grain at a loss or at a
lower rate Of profit than other classes
Of business men enJoy.-RuraI Neu
Yorker.
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Fight on for Batting Title
RouSh, in Finish Squirt,
May Repeat 1917 Success
Hooles hush Carries Him to Within Three Points of
Zach Wheat National League Batting Leader
Cobb's Crown Is Safe in American

Ty Cobb's crown as batting leader of
.ne american League apparently safely
rs retained by the Georgia Peach. but
.he lead Zach Wheat has been holding
IN the National League has shrunk TO
only a few points over Eddie Roush
OF the Reds. and the Dodger slugger may
ne nipped at the wire by last season.
National League batting king. Unoffi-
cial batting records, including last
Thursdays games. credit Wheat with
an average of .342 and Roush with a
mark Of $3.50. The National League
batting crown of 1918 may hinge on the
seasons closing games tomorrow.
The only rival Cobb has in the Amer
lean League is the veteran Bob Bescher,
VINO In Fl contests has compiled the
grand figures of .370. the best average
the former National Lacquer has had in
his long career In the National League
Wheat and Roush both are TONED by
Cuteo of the Reds, Southworth of the
Pirates and Pick of the Cubs. The little
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
LOOK OUT FOR B0RERS.

Young apple trees should be fire.
quently inspected to detect the work
OF borers. There are several different
kinds of borers.
The round headed borers attack ap-
pie. ounce and pear trees. also the
mountain ash and possibly some others.
The presence OF the borers may be
indicated by retarded growth Of the
tree, the yellowing of the foliage and
the sawdustlike castings thrown out
from the entrance to the tunnels, ac-
companied by a discoloration Of the
bark over the entrance to the tunnels.
The parent is a handsome beetle
about three-quarters of an inch long,
the head and under surface Of silvery
white. the upper body surface Of light
brown. with white stripes its whole
length.
During June and July the female
eats slit in the bark and there de-
posts an egg, which matches in two or
three weeks. The young tunnel under
the bark. which sometimes cracks the
following spring and allows the bor-
ipgs to fall out. The second year tho
borer Is a trlfie more than half an
inch long. and several borers will COM
pletely girdle the tree. The next sea-
son they burrow into the heart wood,
and unless checked will destroy the
tree.
The female beetle may be prevented
from laying her eggs on the trees by
wrapping the trunks with building
paper. tying 1t securely, applied about
the LIST of May from an inch or two
below the soil to the crotch OF the
tree. Soft soap with a pint OF crude
carbolic acid added TO every ten gal
Ions or strong tobacco water added TO
the soap is sometimes used. painted
thickly over the trunk. Examine the
young trees carefully late in the sum-
mer or early autumn. cutting out the
young borers before they get into the
tree.
The fiat headed borers infest not only
the trunk but also the lower limbs
The beetle is OF dull metallic brown,
about half an inch long. The eggs are
deposited from the middle Of May until
the middle of summer. The larva or
borer is about an inch long and be-
comes full grown in a year. The con-
troll is the same rs for the round hea d
borer, and II repeflents are applied
they must extend to the lower
branches
The peach borer is an entirely Diff
ferent species from the two apple
borers. The adults are moths which
fly during the day and somewhat re-
semble wasps. The females are steel
blue with an orange band across the
abdomen.
In New York and New Jersey the
moths emerge from the middle Of
July to the last OF August. The re-
males soon lay their eggs on the base
OF the trunk and the eggs hatch in
about ten days. The young immedi-
ately seek small crack in the bark
through which they enter the soft
bark. The powdery borings makes
their detection easy.
To make the removal of the borer
easy. mound up the base of the trees
nth earth as high as possible before
the moths emerge in the summer This
forces the laying OF the eggs high up
where II Is easy to dig the borers out.
In the early autumn level the earth
and dig the youngsters out.
Wrapping the tree with building
PAPER as suggested for apples will pre-
vent the insects depositing their eggs,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

As we predicted, President Wilson
vetoed the bill which would have put
the basic price OF wheat at $2.40 Il
bushel. We do not agree with all the
Presidents arguments and reasons for
his action. We believe It was a mis-
take In the first place to try to regu-
late wheat prices without at the
same time regulating other grain
prices, and also that OF cot
ton. The failure to regulate
prices OF corn, oats. rye and barley,
while wheat. In short supply, was held
at too low a figure, enabled the dealers
to put prices for these Substitutes
so high that It became a real hard
ship for the public, The failure to
regulate the price of cotton has intro
duced the old sectional issue into the
coming Congressional campaign 1t is
true that thousands Of our Northern
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

Cuban Of the Reds In 10 games has jolted
National League pitchers for an average
OF 1856 and Is the nominal batting leader.
Cincinnati continues as club batting
leader In the Nationals. with, Chicago.
New York and Brooklyn following in or
der. Cleveland heads the Americans.
with New York and St. Louis dead
locked for second and the White Sox and
Senators tied for fourth place.
or the National League pitchers who
have worked in more rhan rs games
Hendrix and Tyler of the Cubs are
fronting the field. with Erskine Mayer OF
Pittsburg and Burleigh Grimes of the
Dodgers close up. Jim Vaughn. with %
victories, has the honor Of winning the
most number of games.
Walter johnson, with 90 victories In
81 starts. leads the American League
pitchers in games won. OF the pitchers
who have worked in 20 games Sam
Jones OF the Red Sox has the best aver
age, $50. o..
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BULLETINS.

The following are new or seasonable
Farmers Bulletins Issued by the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture:
No. ss4, Drying Fruits and vegetn-
bles.
No. $40. Home Canning by the One
Period Cold Pack Method.
No. 900, Homemade Fruit Buffers.
No. 901. Everbearing Strawberries.
Drying Fruits and Vegetables is Les
son 1872, and Rearing Chickens and
Brooder House Construction is Lesson
1870 Of the New York State College Of
Agriculture.
Bulletin 447. Newer Varieties Of
Strawberries, New York Experiment
Station, Geneva, N. Y.
The Illinois Experiment Station Sta
ton, Urbana, ILL.,:
Circular No. 225. Selection and Stor-
age Of Seed Corn; No 226. Control of
Cabbage Worms; Extension Circular
No. rs, War Time Suggestions for
Home Economics Exhibits at Fairs.
]. G. Vaughan does not permit the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

The market gardeners on the out
skirts of Paris. who supply that city
with fresh produce. average in extent
from one and half to two acres each.
There are about l,200 OF these small
farms that produce crops valued at
81, 600 an acre each year. This yield
seems more remarkable when COM
pared with $40 an acre produced by
American market gardeners on Long
Island.
This high yield is obtained by the
French gardeners by the liberal use
of fertilizers and intensive methods Of
cultivation. Before planting the
gardened digs out the topsoil and
mixes it with fertilizer. During win
ter and early spring the growing vege-
tables are protected by individual
glasses. usually bell shaped, but much
produce is raised without glass. Water
IL obtained from canals and pumped
onto the land by motors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
PIG 6

You'll need meat this winter. Six, eight
taA,d ten weeks old Berkshire and Chester
Whites. $40. fl2. $3.50 and SIS.
i.aying hens (yearlings). Leshorns. white
or brown. tl.5o each. Heavy breed, ".
Ore pr VIII. Swan Geese (beautiesN 81
GAinea Hens. $1.25 each.
BAhlers and Roasting Chickens. 47c ID
Orher direct from this ad, avoid use
less a'rrespondence.
Our bank reference, First National. Free.
port, Il. /.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

little damage" he says, but they
are beneficial also, and I want the
country to be in Its natural state
where Lam"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

A new potato called the Charlie
Brown has been grown the second
season in the Hudson Valley and
looks quite promising. It is a white.
oval potato, a Seeding from an un-
known parent.
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HERB GROWING IN ENGLAND.

You have asked me to give you
some particulars OF my School of
Medicinal Herb Growing, of which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

Clapp's Favorite pears sold in tho
Hudson Valley August 10 at cents
Fer pound.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
ARNOLD ARBORETUM

7 Remove the wrappers in the early
autumn. applying them before the
moths appear.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01
IT'S TOO LATE
TO FOOL WITH BABY CHICKS

that will lay in early fall. We have Barred
Rocks. White Rocks. r. I. Reds. Minorcas.
bred stock:
Early March hatch, now singing" will
lay In few weeks. $3.50 each: late March
and early April. start laying Nov. i.25:
late April. 81 May Matched and "cross
bred" April hatch, 90c. Safe delivery guar
anteed and any die within 80 days re-
placed free.
new Pens. early April VIII. Leghorns,
Pullets and Cockerel, $40. Bargain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

J. c. Vaughan does not permit the
killing Of any wild animals on his
farms and nurseries. "They may do
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-01

Inexpensive silos can be made by
digging pits OF proper size and depth.
Farmers Bulletin 825. United States
Department OF Agriculture, gives de-
scriptions, plans and illustrations 1t
Is free.
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BALD WIN POULTRY PLANT
BALDWIN, L. I.

Phone 'Hreeport 31+" p. o. Box IS.
One bhd,k north Mineola- Brooklyn troll
ley Stop s2.' near Bedell Grocery Co 8
old store, Church st.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30

imagination. Science has accomplished so many marvels in recent years that the comparatively simple mechanical problems involved in a transatlantic flight have apparently already been solved.
 And it will not only be great day for commerce but perhaps for Amer ica's participation in the war when airplanes cross the Atlantic regular ly. There will be rejoicing among travellers who have experienced the full horrors of seasickness. That dread complaint will be only memory then. Climbing aboard the luxuriously ap- pointed air liner-some day-the tour ist will eat and drink and be merry, without a qualm in his abdominal re- zion, no matter how rough the weather may be.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30

many of those escaping the draft have left Boston to seek orchestral employment in other cities, Thus it is that no matter what may be the future of the Boston Symphony it will remain out of commission during the coming season.
 Cincinnati has been more fortunate than Boston. When Dr. Ernest Kun wald, now interned along with Dr. Muck, had to give up the business of conducting, a wealth of talent was available for the leadership of the Cincinnati Symphony. Eugene Ysaye, Belgian of the Belgians, and an eminent musician, was duly installed as conductor. The orchestra will be maintained on a high plane.
 The other symphony bands are kept intact. Just what ails musical condi- tions at the Hub is not easy of ex- planation. That Boston is in bad luck is a fact and that fact is seriously felt wherever musical art has it's votaries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
Joe Lobue in the Army

T don't know of anyone who made more sacrifice to go into the army than Joe Lobue," said Charley Gfardina, both of them being well known members of the Birmingham Italian colony.
 Joe left with the boys who went to Camp Pike and they are now having their two weeks quarantine. Joe could have been placed in one of the deferred classes because of his wife and children, if he had chosen, but he felt that he wanted to take the opportunity to do his part in winning the(war for liberty and democracy.
 doe is one of the best known musi- ciann in the city. He has long been a member of Memoli's band. He is known to hundreds as the taxicab man who is always at Parkers corner. He regretted to leave his wife and children behind, but he said that he knew Uncle Sam would be a father and mother to them during his absence
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30
+ Nothing Left to Do But Fly Across Ocean

GAYS the paragrapher of the Pitts g burg Dispatch: "The head of the Aero Club of America remarks that all that's undone of the plans to fly across the Atlantic is to select the craft and make the trip"
 So far has the proposal to establish an air route across the Atlantic pro. gressed from the realm of speculation to reality that it will be only mat ter of time-and short time, at that -before regular trips are being made by flyers. Nor is it improbable that we shall see American planes going to the battle front through the air instead of being crated and carried on board ships. This would effect considerable saving in labor and expense, while a plane~traveling 150 miles an hour could cross the Atlantic from New foundland, by way of the Azores, in far less time than a slow-moving ship, buffeted by wind and waves.
 Lis g project that appeals to one's
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30
v v v Voters Will Rally
to Senator Bankhead

@ENATOR J. H. BANKHEAD dur NJ ing the past week has sent out an address to the people of Alabama in which he advances his reasons for asking the people to keep him in the United States Senate for another term.
 It is really unnecessary for Ala bama's senior senator to review his record, for his conspicuous service in behalf of. his native state and his con- stituents is known to everyone. Ala bama appreciates what he has done and Alabama proposes to keep him where he is. He is one of the Presi- dents ablest lieutenants in the upper house. He has been so twsy on war work that he will probably not even be able to come home during the cam paign-
 But his friends and admirers will look after his interests. They believe that he should be kept at Washington.
 If ever public official in Alabama deserved to have his work overwhelm- ingly indorsed at the polls, John II. Bankhead deserves that tribute of ap- preciation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30

l SA RANY of us in Birmingham com IIWII plained and kicked because ".
 didn't get military training camp here when these camps were, being distributed over the country. We were disappointed because the government al Washington apparently ignored Birrning- ham,
 We got nothing of this nature because we had a congressman in Washington who was not in sympathy with the gov ernment in the war work. This county of Jefferson was represented by a man whose expressed sentiments were of the nature of a Bolsheviki
 And Birmingham as a whole was judged and classified by the man it sent to Congress to represent its people. Un- dcrwood had been promoted to the Sen ate to represent the entire state. and we people here had sent a Bolshevilxi to the House ofIRepresentatives to succeed him.
 How else could the Washington gov ernment judge us except by the man who spoke for us-a man who really misrepresented this district in every thought and act?
 Fortunately, he Is to be succeeded by one who will represent tho district in it's full patriotic spirit. The man of the several candidates may not yet have been agreed upon, but real good one hun dred per cent American one will be, and the present congressman will be po1itical- ly obliterated, as his type has been all over the country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30


 What do you know about cucumbers save what you were taught early in your childhood. that they were sure to give you the "tummy ache?'
 I do not vouch for this as fact, but got it from some of my Einnery who were intimate with the late Judge Bleckley, whose learned opinions are still read by lawyers of Georgia as ex- the profession at iarge as literary gems and samples of genius numor, who said that the great supreme court jurist was an expert on cucumbers.
 IL is told on him that he used to while away the tedious hours when he adorned the supreme court bench in Georgia in munchlng cucumbers. l have heard it stated that he carried his pockets filled with them as other men do theirs with apples, and that he expounded the theory that the reason cucumbers disagreed with people came from the fact that they never ate enough of them. His idea was that if you nibbled one you might die of cramp, but if you'd devour them they were harmless.
 But this~is not to be story about the learned lawyer, whose memory IS fresh in the empire state as one of the most original and eccentric men. but the plain story of how at last in Alabama, the despised and neglected cucumber is coming into its own, and getting a reputation for itself and much gain for the firm who had the courage to get in behind 1t and give it a fair chance at home and good name abroad. At last the cucumber is on the map and deserves a bit of pub licity.
 go about the state with my eyes ..skint'' and my ears wide open. for it's my business both to see and hear, and then write about the things seen and heard I may have the name of being an editor, but believe me I have never lost the repertorial instinct. If ever do, then I will get out of the new spaper gams. for do not want to be embalmed in any sanctum where I am forbidden to get out on the news trail.
 I was in an office at Dothan dig
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT BIRNMlNGHANS
 PART TOWARDS WINNING THE WORLDS WAR

That the Birmingham district has been misrepresented is now known in Wash 'ington- That this district is equipped with the material and the men and wom- en of patriotism and pluck and energy to do it's full share to win this war is now known in Washington, and the offers of this district are being accepted. Indeed. the government is urging and aiding in every way to develop indus tries here to make war material
 These things, like the great Fairfield plant to make plates and fabricated steel for ships, and the new plant an- nounced in yesterdays Age Herald 10 make the material to be riveted into ships. mean industries not for the war period only, but for all time.
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 Then there shall be the opening and the use of the Warrior river as part of the < governments transportation system. This means permanent trans portation facilities and minimum rates for our coal and manufactured prod ucts- It means developments here which will permanently increase pop ulation and keep this district active when the time comes to rebuild the devastated sections of Europe. We will then have the ships. We must furnish the coal for them and the iron and steel products for the con- struction which must be done in Eu- rope after the war.
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 In the meantime the spirit of this district is magnificent. This War Saw ings Stamp drive, which has been on
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-30

1 ging out a story when Ira Champion of Birmingham came up and said: Cut out what you are doing apd come with me- his car and wants you to go out and see tEe cucumber factory" At first suspicioned he was going to take me on a "snipe hunt" in borad daylight just to be able to go back home and tell tEe boys that he <put one over on Frank Willis Barnett, But I Dit
 
 I went down, and sure enough, there sat stranger in his automobile who answered to the name of Crawford, and in I got and away we speeded to the edge of town. I saw ahead of me some thing with the appearance of a tur- ! pentine still. l could see many barrels ! foamy stuff, which resembled very much the white fluff of turpentine juice We got out and were met by Manager Lewis, and soon were seeing something new under the sun. | " season and saw more peanuts than I had thought were in the whole wide world, and now I was having the same 1 idea about cucumbers. Hundreds of cured cucumbers in barrels were on the platform ready for loading. All around me were great vats, to be exact 24 of them. each holding 1000 bushels. be- | ing put through secret process aud 1 destined to go to the big packers all over the country. Heinz and Libby have their own tank cars which come I for loads.
 l Now this may be a revelation to you as it was to me, but the plant at Do- ! than is but one of nine down in this section. there being others at Geneva, Sanford, River Falls, Red Level. Gannt. Dozier and Opp. Think of it. right here in south Alabama are plants with capacity for over 900 bush els of cured cucumbers and all run ming at full capacity, and almost with out any one knowing that new in- dustry had been launched by some 1 hustling young men who, owning a section of land, few years back were about to be put out of business by the boil weevils. but found way to fight hogs-and now it's cucumbers.
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 The day may yet come when we will