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The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

University, left today for his home i'll
Slater.
Miss Marguerite Kirn of Columbia
left today for Sturgeon tovisit.
Miss Marie Simmons of Washington.
D. c., who has been visiting Miss
Margaret Shank in Columbia, left for
her home today.
Miss Lucy Morris of Salisbury, who
has been attending school here, left
for her home today.
Miss Estelle Ulrich, student in the
University. left today for her home in
Fennville, Mich.
Miss Ruth Gribble of Columbia left
today for st. Louis to visit her sister
Miss Mabel Gribble.
Miss l. Minger of st. Louis, who
has been attending school here, left
today for her home.
Miss Grace Gordon of Columbia left
this morning for Kirksville to visit
her sister, Mrs. R. N. Pickell.
Sisters Sylvia, Helen, Anna, Bridgid
and Ignatia, who have been attending
school here. left today for Kansas
City. where they are teachers in the
Rosetta High School.
Mrs. R. N. Pickell and daughter,
Miss Marian, who have been visiting
Mrs. R. B. Gordon in Columbia. left
this morning for their home in Kinks
vile.
Robert Cassidy of Columbia return
ed last night from two weeks visit
with st. Louis relatives.
Miss Doris Swink, who completed
her work in the University this sum-
mer left to visit Miss Edith Monroe at
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

and unhealthy; so the advice of ex-
perts must be taken and their proofs
accepted.
The $12S,OOO bond issue comes up
for popular vote September 2. The
responsibility rests with the voters.
The council has outlined adequate
plans for the new sewerage system.
The situation has been thoroughly
studied and laid before the voter. 1t
is up to him whether. or not Columbia
is to have a sanitary, healthful sew
erage system-one that is absolutely
essential for the future welfare of the
town. H. s.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16
"wHAT DOES 1T PROFIT!.

War tries mems souls, and after the
war comes peace-that tries mems
honesty. During the unsettled time
of reconstruction, many men forget
their friends and fellow human beings
in the mad grab for material gain
Souls are often tried and found want
ing.
1t is the duty of everyone to protect
man from his other self-the profiteer
All perhaps would yield to the seduc-
tive voice of gold were the opportu-
nifty offered. We must remember that
we are our brothers keeper, and il
possible, remove one more callous
place from the soul of a fellow being
Our duty OF restraint is not only le-
gal; it is moral. Both the physical
life of someone else and the moral
life of himself is at stake, subject to
the whim of the unregulated profteer
We have recently been presented
with the spectacle of multimillion-
aire trying to give away the great
fortune he had amassed. Fifty thou
sand dollars day, or three hundred
million in Is years, was rapidly hand
ed out, but death caught him restless
with his job unfinished.
What does it profit man to take
from the needy for few years to ap-
pease personal vanity, only to give
back again perhaps too late? If the in
dividual himself cannot see the folly
of this, it is the duty of every person
to restrain him and make him see his
obligation to himself and to society.
If the law is not strong enough to
punish or clever enough to detect, it
becomes the duty of every individual
to become "a vigilant watcher and in
formant. Lives are too precious to
lose, and souls too beautiful to spoil.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

Irwin Parsons, Horace Plattenburg
and Lawrence Norton, students in the
University the summer term, went to
Kansas City yesterday afternoon to
attend dinner dance given by the
University of Missouri and the Uni
versity of Kansas chapters of the Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity at Mission Hills.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

Dean E. j. McCaustland of the
School of Engineering of the Univer-
sity returned to Columbia yesterday
after a six weeks tour of the Pacific
Coast with his family. Mrs. McCaust-
land and children remained in Seat
tie for a visit. They will return
to Columbia in the next two weeks.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

sedalia before returning to her home
at Pennington.
Mrs. Laws Watson and son, Berry,
of Philadelphia, Pa, who have been
visiting Mrs. B. A. Watson in Column
bia, left for their home today.
Miss Grace Lockridge of Columbia
left today for Paris. Mo-, to visit rela-
tiyes.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

1t is strange that so far no "happy
household hints" editor has come out
advocating practical use of the de-
mobilized service flag. We expected
that conservers would by now have
had this front window emblem worked
up into everything usable from a
handkerchief or table cloth to crazy
quilt.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16
THE CALENDAR

August 2126-Columbia chautauaua on
Stephens College campus.
August 26-Registration for the fall term
OF the University starts.
Aug. 70, "a. S-University entrance exam
nations.
Aug. 29-30-University registration.
Aug. 30-Opening conrocation, 80 D. M.
in University Auditorium
Sept. Glass work begin s a. m.
Oct. 2I-opening of first term of Short
Course in Agriculture.
Nov. 21-Thanksgiving Day.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

University in spring of 1917
60 enlist in the navy and
had recently been discharged from
service. While in school he was
member of the football team. His
home was in Upton, Mo.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

A watch ON the rind has been in
augurated in Savannah, Ca, where the
city officials have discovered that wa
termelon remains cannot be burned in
the incinerator.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16
Football Player Dead.

Cecil A. White, former student in
the College of Agriculture, died in
the South Side Hospital in Kansas
City few days ago, following an op-
GRAFTON for appendicitis. He left the
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

What has happened to the talkative
A. E. F. doughboy who said his chief
desire was to get back to the States
and sleep? Has he wakened yet, or
is it possible that we can't recognize
him in his civilian clothes and quiet
business manner?
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16

The old-fashioned man who used to
wheel the baby buggy UP town and
water the lawn every night after sup
per. has lately been discovered again
in Colorado taking his flivver on a
coast-to-coast hike.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-16
SOCIETY

Judge and Mrs. John T. Lawson
nave gone to Chicago where they will
remain until fall From Chicago they
will go to Florida to spend the win
ter. Judge Lawson was formerly dean
of the Law School of the University.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
What is Acid Phosphate?

Raw phosphate noclz is a substance in which phosphoric acid and lime are com bined together in practically the same proportions in which they are found in bone, and which is known as phosphate of lime.
 In this condition the lime and the phos- phoric acid Told to each other with such tight grip that the phosphorus cannot be dissolved by water. It will readily be seen that but for such a combination the phosphorus would have been dissolved out and washed to the sea before ever man came to inhahit the earth. But 1t has been locked up and held for us in this way. just as the coal has been held under the hills. and in the case of the phosphorus we have been given the key for it's unlocking by the use of sulphuric acid, which converts the insoluble rock into a soluble form
 If the soluble phosproric acid were sepa- rated from the lime which carries it and dissolved in water it would be much m ore inconvenient to handle-than to leave it still combined with lime in the dry powder which we call acid phosphate this lime simply serving the function of a bottle to carry the phosphorus. and say ing the much larger expense that would be involved in the complete extraction liouid form and providing bottles in which to carry it-Monthly Bulletin OhN Experiment Station.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
On the Road Ahead

You have been motoring-or wagoning. or walking, or otherwise proceeding along a fairly good road with nothing to
 indicate that it would not continue fair ty good, and then you have run suddenly into an impossible place. mired down, and had IT assorted samples of hades get ting out Everybody else has had the same eXperience-road maps to the con- trary notwithstanding. The road map is good thing, but it shows what the road used to be, not necessarily as it is, Roads change-mightv rapidly, some times downrour of rain and the road is cluttered up beyond assing-though it may have been perfect yesterday. If there were some way of knowing what the road is todav. of reading it on a card or map like yor do the weather, for in- stance
 We'll this is one of the new thinss that the United States department of agri- culture is undertakins to arrar~e for you. Fenceforth, tho weather bulletins will show road conditions. The work was be- gun by the weather bureau as an aid to winning the war. At first the service applied merely to motor transportation in some eastern states. Then the demand for it became pretty general and very in- sistent. So. without any special appro- nriation to take care of it. the weather bureau is undertaking In certain states to add daily news of road conditions to it's other services The work can not be perfected all at once. Dependence will have to be placed for a while. on free in formation from localities. But the ser vice will he given to the fullest extent possible this year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
Money on the Farm

Money. actual cold. hard cash, is about as useful on a farm as good disc har- row or reaDer and binder would be in bank. Old Si Futile used to tell a tale about a farmer of the old school who always kept several thousand dollars around the house because it might come in handy some dav." Nobody ever found the money come ir handy rntil prowl- ing tramn one night negotiated the wood- shed roof and back window. and the cash became what old si called "a total loss with no insurance" Si used to say that no farm house was ever built with safe deposit vault
 A bushel Of seed corn is no earthly use to anybody if it is simply put in bag and slowed away. To get results out of that seed it must be put where it will work. where it can grow Good rich ground is the only safe place for seed corn if you want to get results.
 You can't get results out of money by Feeping it in your pocket. in stocking, in wallet or in a bed. Money will work and money will grow. but it will only work and grow when it is put in the proper place. The place for money is in business. in solid, safe. sound. reliable business. either in an individual business or the business of the nation. Safely in- voted money will bring prompt and ade- ouate returns in the form of interest. That is why the government is offering every American the opportunity to put himself on the road to financial inde- pendence by investing his savings in War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates, an absolutely safe investment by the government.
 Money laying around the farm is total loss You can't spend it in the wood lot or the south meadow. Put it to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
Fly Repellent Formulas

At this season of the year horn flies are usually numerous, attacking both beef and dairy cattle in great swarms The dairy interest particularly suffers a considerable loss each season from this one source, as from the continuous fret ting of the animals in fighting the fly, there is a material lessening of the milk flow.
 The dairy division of the Alabama ex- tension service is interesting itself in fly repellent which can eaisly and econom- ically be administered. Three formulas for fly repellents which have been found reasonably effective are follows:
 l. Two parts creolin. 1 gallon cotton seed oil, 10 gallons water. Mix and spray.
 ? One gallon lard. ? pounds sulphur, l pint kerosene. Apply with brush.
 B. One pound common laundry soap, 4 gallons warm water, ounces powdered napthalin, i gallon crude petroleum.
 The soap should be thoroughly dis solved in the water. and the naptholin stirred into the crude petroleum until dis solved When the entire solution is thor oughly mixed, apply it with a brush.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
Shelby County Hogs

Shelby county the other day joined the ranks of Alabama counties vxporting hogs for sale. About A hogs, so per cent being tops, were shipped comparatively by eight farmers from Vincent to Nash vile They did not make up a full car load. There was reasonable interesting reason.
 When J. w. Wade and County Agent Wyatt called on the marketing division of the extension service at Auburn for as- sistance in the matter, F. E. Binford, county agent of Tallapoosa, was sent up to Vincent as he had helped market hog shipments in the past from Alexander city and Dadeville.
 The local buyer was offering Vincent producers 15 cents per pound for their hogs. On discovering that the farmers were arranging for cooperative sales, however. the local buyer raised his bid to 20 cents per pound and thus secured at least half of the hogs.
 The balance owned by eight farmers were consigned to the Nashville market where hogs that day were bringing 23 cents per pound for tops. Returns are expected within a few days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
OUTLOOK FOR WHEAT ANDOATS

short of labor. Consolidation of armies progresses slowly and the period for fall sowing of small grain in Europe will have passed before any material change can be made through recovery of labor from the armies.
 Therefore. there is going to be con tinued shortage of small grain in Europe. making it probably necessary for this country to supply as much grain <<t year as this
 But instead of the nation maintaining its wheat acreage, it is feared the with dra wal of the governments guarantee will result in a reduction.
 In the south it is not only a good farm practice to grow wheat, oats and rye enough for home needs, but it is very de- sirable dO to have winter cover crops that will take up the plant food that would otherwise wash out of the soil with the winter rains; @ to provide light win ter grazing for live stock; 3) to furnish in early spring some fresh cereal hay which will be the better if it has vetch or bur clover growing with it; (D to furnish vegetab bie matter or humus to turn into the soil at the spring blowing.
 If all the cotton and corn fields were sown to small grains in the fall, it would mean more cotton and corn, better soil, larger Returns from fertilizers and great CT farm profits.
 Too little attention is given to obtain ing good wheat, oats and rye seed; too little attention is given to preparing a good seed bed. and too little fertilizers are used in growing the small grain c9ops in the south. What is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
Feeder Hogs

Ten cars of feeder hogs, averaging in weight about 80 pounds, have been shipped in the past 30 days out of Marengo co,rr,- ty for final fattening and finishing else where. Six cars went to the Ft Worth Itock yards and four to Iowa feeders at prices varying from IA to 1S1s cents. Under ordinary circumstances this would be viewed with alarm by thoughtful pro- ducers of live stock, but exceptional con- ditions prompt exceptional action.
 The high hog market during the past winter and spring is said to have caused most farmers to stock up pretty heavily on pigs, looking forward to fattening and fir rishing them out on corn and other crops this fall Due, however, to con tinuous rains the corn crop of Marengo county on the average will not be very heavy, and farmers are deeming it ad- visable to dispose of their surplus hogs at the present very satisfactory prices. Of course where corn is plentiful for car- rying the pigs along and finishing them, no sales of these small animals are be- ing made.
 However, there is perhaps some merit in the view already advanced that the lime belt, with it's excellent alfalfa pas- lures and rather low average yield of corn, can proftably produce pigs for the summer market, whose final destination for final finishing would be the corn belt of the west, or even the peanut belt of southeast Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14

there will be no trouble whatever from cotton worms. Bulletins from the experi- ment station describe this treatment for boil weevil. and full information will be gwen thtSSs interested who will simply write for sA
 So long as Nhe cotton is continuing to grow and set squares, it is not too late to apply calcium arsenate for boil weevil control. There is still possibility of saving bolls if the treatment is given. and two or three treatments may be very profitable even after August 15 or 20 Prompt action will of course give best results, but do not think that it is too late until the cotton has ceased to set squares. Under the present condition of boil weevil infestation with prospects of cotton worm occurrence, we believe that it is highly advisable for men to dust cotton with calcium arsenate where the prospects for yield are one-third bale per acre or more. The application for the boil weevil requires a dust gun. and about five pounds of calcium arsenate per acre per treatment. With the present high prices for cotton lint and seed this treat ment is evidently we'll worth while, and should be increasingly practiced.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
By CHARLES A. wHIrTLE

 The approach of wheat and oat sowing time raises a question in the farmers mind as to the outlook for those crops It is well known that under the stim- ulus of government price an enormous wheat crop has been produced a crop of approximately 1.2OO,OOO.0Oo bushels It is estimated that this country re- uuires 6oo,00o 600 bushels and that Europe will require from 410000,oo0 to 4SO 0oo. 900 bushels. If these figures prove correct there will be a very little surplus left of the big crop of wheat this country has grown.
 Since it appears to be probable that there will be no trouble to dispose of the present crop the next question is, what are the planting prospects for other wheat growing nations?
 Of course the nations south of the equator like Argentina and Australia, that have their summer when we are hay ing our. winter, have already sown their fall crops. and will harvest them near Christmas time. These nations have. thus far, good prospects; but they would hardly compare with any two leading wheat-growing states of this country; therefore, they are not important fac tors.
 Russia is the great granary of Europe and Asia. Those who have watched the political trend of that country see noth- ing but war and paralyzed agriculture ahead another year, if not for several years
 European countries in general are
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
A home made shipping crate

ter advantage when being judged and are more likel. to win a prize Further more, when your birds are shown in coops of this kind that are uniform in size and style they not only improve the ap- pearance of the show room, but add con- siderably to the attractiveness of your exhibit.
 BY EXPRESS
 Exhibitors who wish to ship their fowls and have them arrive by express in the best possible manner will want a special They are solid, substantial and will last for long time Such a coop may be made from boards taken from dry goods boxes or almost any other half-inch ma terial. Boards more than one-half inch thick should not be used, as it makes the C.. .op too heavy. The coop may be put together with nails, with the exception of the slats on the top, which should be put on with screws so they may be easily removed. The following dimensions should be used in constructing same: For one hen or cock, F inches wide, IS i inches long and "A inches high. For two hens or hen and cock, F inches wide, 24 inches long and "A inches high.
 For a trio or two hens and one cock, IS inches wide, 24 inches long and 24 inches high.
 For an exhibition pen or four hens and cock, 24 inches wide, "A inches long and 24 inches high.
 In preparing for shipment small quantity of hay, straw or dry shavinss should be placed in the t.1ttom of the coop to absorb the moisture, and cup or can provided for both feed and water The cans should be nailed securely about half way to the '.op of the coop. A tag or card plainly marked, showing destna- ton of the shipment as well as your re- turn address, must be tackled or pasted on the outside where it can be plainly seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
Weeks Weather

The weather for the past week was night temperatures ranging slightly high CT than during the preceding week. The weekly temperatures at the stations re- porting ranged between 91 and 9s degrees, and the lowest between eS and 73 degrees. Showers occurred at scattered places daily. The rains were locally heavy in a few scattered counties in the northern portion of the state and in most of the southeastern counties. Sunshine was con- sidered ample in most sections, but in many sections it was inadequate. On the whole the weather conditions for the week were somewhat more favorable for growing crops than during the previous week. Cotton made satisfactory progress, as a rule: improvement being more marked in the more northern counties than elsewhere.
 Cotton is in rather poor to good condi tion in the south and in fair to very good condition in the north portion. There has been considerable shedding in sections of the south, and in the southern portion of the northern half on account of holl weevil and too much moisture. Boil weevil damage in the more northern in- fested counties has been immaterial thus far. Cotton is opening in some sections of the southeast
 Early corn is in poor to fairly good condition. Late corn made satisfactory progress and is in good condition gen. erallv, and excellent in places, but poor locally, where rains have been excessive. There are still many mplaints of grassy fields. Fodder pulling continues in the south. Meadows pastures and Irish po- tatoes are in fair to excellent condition generally. Frequent rains have inter ferred with haymaking Sweet potatoes are in good to excellent condition. | Truck crops and peanuts range fnom poor to good condition. Sugar cane has 1 improved and condition ranges from fair 1 to excellent. The Satsuma orange cror 1 is progressing nicely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-14
METHODS OF APPRECIATION

The simplest method of application is that recommended in 1911. that is, the pole and bag method, so-called. The best arrangement is to use as pole a thin board about three-quarters of an inch thick and four inches wide by a length that will cover four rows of cot ton Prepare the box on the underside of the board so as to form a frame work for the bag, which will make the bag about four inches square. Bore holes through the board so that the poison may be easily introduced into the bag. and these holes closed by corn cobs or cork shoppers after the poison is in place. The cloth that is perhaps most easily ob- tainable and will give fairly satisfactory distribution is a good grade of cheese cloth, which should be put on in three thicknesses at least for calcium arsenate and two thicknesses for arsenate of lead distribution. The cloth is stretched tight over the block so that the poison will not gather into small field. but will remain distributed through the length of the bag, which should be some 15 or 16 inches long.
 A man on a mule carrying one of these four row distributors can trot across the field and secure sufficiently good distri- button to control cotton worm. but this method of distribution cannot be expect ed to be satisfactory for boil weevil con- trOl a tho tip,a