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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04
Bucdy EdItor-it might be tn

nWGuY EfuttOTA "
"Blues'' or some other goat getter.
but as an indian boy and IN behalf
or the rest or the Indiana boys in the
American Expeditionary Forces, ia
like to know just what Indiana intends
to do for her discharged soldiers and
sailors of the state. According 10 the
~ewspaper and letters 10 the boys
from other states or the majority Of
the states. there is a handsome bonus
provided each and every DISCHARGED
soldier and sailor OF that state. Near
y every one knows that when a sol
tier is discharged there are quite a
few necessities Of life which he must
immediatelv purchase and with only
me month's pay. which - $50. IN his
pockets and with 10 employment in
view he is confronted with a very SER
Gus obstacle that Will be hard for
i'm to overcome unless ne receives
nancia aid from some source or an
,ther. Indiana has been one OF the
foremost states in contributing men
and money to help win this war. Is
she going 70 be outdone by others in
this matter OF aiding discharged sol
dlcrs and sailorse-N. Mackey.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04
In a letter 10 the editor. f. r. FITS

In . letter 10 the editor. f. Y. Fits
gerald. Harmond's famous newsboy.
now in Bat c. 544th :. A. in Germany.
writes from Frier. saying that he Is
changing trains and leaving for a
i4-day furlough in southern France
He viii visit Marseillea. Eddie was
a member OF Camp Purdue and enlist
ed with the 3l5th Ammunition Train,
but was changed to a battery outfit.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04

Oscar Peterson Of Knox, lad. has
been honorable discharged from Camp
Taylor. Louisville. Ky. and is visit
ing at the home OF his sister. Mrs.
Fred Baker OF ndian blvd. at Rob
estsdaIe
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04
Henry HIATT. Of whiting. returned

Kenny HHNNs OF WHIttHE' EtNuFWtW
home Sunday from Camp Taylor. KY.
where he received his honorable dis
charge.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04
Floyd BIrch. 81. john. whe h.. he,

on furlough FOR several days. and Wis
iting with his wife here. returned T.
camp again Sunday evening.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04

his honorable discharge from Camp
Devens. Mass. where he has been in
service for several months.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04

John child-, wsItinE. ha. received
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04

Don't throw your paper away
without reading the want ad page.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04

Badly Editor, To settle n d~i~puate
between two civies ~il YOU please
state what an ammunition train is
md its dutiese"-Inquirer.
An ammunition train is a complete
military unit. created by tho demand
Of modern warfare. with its own bat
taIions. horsed and motor. its own
headquarters, d~etachments and its own
personnel and supply units. The pur-
pose OF the ammunition train is 10 haul
ammunition. to haul 1t from the am
munition dump-usually ct night-to
the batteries or to the infantry. 1t is
a true gypsy outfit. travelling always
here and there over the front. al
ways under some kind Of shellire.
camping wherever possible. with true
regard for safety OF horses. tlfcks.
ana men and for the distance from
those batteries which it feeds. 1t is
probably the most widely scattered
outfit in the Army. Its motor trucks
range from the coast TO as far as the
roads will permit; and the motor COM
panies themselves, OF course. are also
widely scattered.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-04

fnc1 who finished the officers train
ing schools after the no more com
missions" order was issued from
Washington. Since they are supposed
to fit in somewhere between a buck
and q second loot. they rank as Dove
tails Most Of the men wear black
stripes on their sleeve which il has
been suggested. may be considered as
a delicate tribute to the memory OF
the foo-late sam Browne.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22

the reasoning would be as follows
IF the whole mixture were acid phos-
phate, it would contain II per cent ;
as s per cent is desired, take eight
tWelfths or two-thirds of the mix
ture of acid phosphate. Or 1922
pounds; if 6 per cent is wented. taKe
SiX-tWelfthS or one-halI or 1000
pounds in a ton. Similarly with
nitrogen. If nitrate. of soda con-
tains 1885 per cent of nlt' ogen, and
2 per cent of nitrogen is wanted.
2-15.65 or approximately one-eighth
of the mixture of ESQ pounds in a
ton will be the amount
Similarly with potash If the
farmer has Nebraska potash salts
carrying % per cent of potash, and
desires 2 per cent in the mixture,
he puts in two twenty-seoonds or
one-eleventh Of this material, giving
approximately 1872 pounds, il 1 ton.
Any other material may be used
in a similar manner. 1t is not neces-
sary to be exact down TO the frac-
ton of per cent, as fertilizer APP
plic2tiCn is not an exact science, and
slight mistake in the circulation
usually will not cause loss in the
agricultural value of the tl.Xture.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22
How to Control Loss
Through Weevil Attack

Conservative estimates place the
average weevil loss of southern corn
at 10 per cent. In very many in
stances, particularly on the small
farm, 1t is much greater. It is a
loss that can be prevented. Prevent
ing weevil damage pays handsome
returns. Control of Weevils is sim
pie, if given a proper place in farm
economy. This bulletin gives infor
nation that if needed will save the
southern farmers millions of dollars
every year. The results will be i'm
mediate and visible.
The farmer can keep his corn safe
from weevil attack until he can sell
to advantage or turn it into meat.
The farmer can do for himself what
the speculator has found it profitable
to do for the farmer. 1t is unbusi-
ness-like to sell corn in the fall, or
as soon as weevils are discovered,
merely to avoid further Weevil loss.
Where attention is given to weevil
control, farmers are saving money
It will pay to give heed to special
details, such as the planting Sof Sc
Iected corn, use of trap rows, and
early and thorough harvesting. Take
advantage of natures protection
from weevils in the form of a long
tight, uninjured husk by placing all
such. ears in a separate crib. They
will keep indefinitely.
Always husk the ears with loose,
broken, short, or damaged shucks
They are usually weevilly at time of
harvest. Poorly protected ears
should be fumigated to kill the wee
wills or fed OF stock during fall. 1t
pays to fumigate even corn that is
to be fed during a two-month period
after harvest.
Because labor can not always be
depended upon to separate carefully
ears with good from those with poor
husk covering, and because several
kinds of insects can ruin huSks and
admit weevils, many farmers are
husking all corn and protecting it in
cribs or roms by fumigation with
carbon disulphid. Carbon disulphid
is a good fumigant for killing Wee
wills. The number of fumigations
necessary, the relative space occu-
pied by corn in husk, slip husked,
and husked, the cost of fumigation,
and the amount of carbon disulphid
to use for each 1000 cubic feet of
space are discussed in this bulletin.
Have your own fumigatorium, no
matter if it be a crib, box, pail, or
room. For success, the fumagiato-
rum must be gas tight, or nearly
so. Farmers bulletin 1929, issued
by the u. S. department of agricul-
ture tells how others have built con-
tanners and have succeeded in funi
cation. They are enthusiastic over
losses prevented. Anyone can do as
we'll
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22
Why We Should Encourage the
Sheen Tudua%ru

Sheep Industry
The world is still in a great tur
MOL. Certainly this is true of the
greater part of it and especially of
that portion of the globe which has
hitherto produced the greater part.
of the food supplies used for the
maintenance of the white races. 1t
is only natural, in view of the ter
rife slaughter of both men and ami
mails which has taken place in Eu-
rope during the last four years. that
all kinds of food should become rel
atively scarce and that the herds
and tloCkS of the worlds leading
nations should have been greatly de
to the dangers of the situation which
confronts us the shortage of meat
in this country will also become
acute, because we are being called
on for unlimited supplies of meat
to meet the requirements of our SOL
dierS and sailors abroad and those
of the fighting nations with which
we are associated. Such depletion
of herds and focks has already taken
place that even if the war We're to
close tomorrow it would at least
take many years of carefully sys-
people and governments concerned
to restore their meat-pTOducing ami
mails to a satisfactory pre-war ba-
sis. The opportunity, therefore, for
promoting ANIMAL industries. was
never as great. in the history of
America as at the present time.
In fact, ALL eyes are turned to this
country in the hope that we will not
only meet the immediate demands,
but those Of the future as well.
Animal industry, therefore, offers
opportunity to the aggressive farmer
at this time and nothing is likely
to prove more remunerative than
sheep huSbandry if carried on along
rational and progressive lines. 1t
was long since demonstrated that no
animal equaled the sheep in trans
forming weeds and coarse rougN ge
and waste into wool and mi M.
There is a great wealth of sustain
ing foods which annually goes to
waste in our harvest and pasture
fields, along our roadsides and our
barn lots, and the cut-over areas of
forest land which have annually lain
fallow since the virgin timber was
first removed. Why not utilize this
great national resource which is now
waste for the production of sheep
and wool? There is not a farm
which could not maintain a mode~-
ate sized flock of sheep and keep
them in good condition and fatten
them on what would otherwise go
to waste for, want of an animal of
q suitable type to consume it and,
manufacture It into the most nour-
.shing type of meat and into a fiber
now in the greatest demand. A cam
vaSs of the situation mot only in
the south, but in other sections of
the country indicates, that many Off
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22
Farm Hands Moving
Back to Country From
War Call to Factories

Farm hands who answered the
war call of the factory are emf
grating back to the farms by hun
dreds of thousands, according to re-
ports to the department of agricul-
ture, which showed the nations farm
labor supply April 2, was SO per
cent of the demand. This represents
an increase over a corresponding pc
riod of 1913 when the supply was
but ~ per cent of the total demand.
Agriculture department officials
say the farm labor outlook is bright
ening surprisingly-doub welcome
news in view of the forecast for the
biggest wheat crop in the worlds
history.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22

Home mixing of fertilizer materi-
ais is cheaper than buying ready
mixed fertilizers. The saving varies
from time to time, according to fer
tilizer experts of the United States
Department of Agriculture, but the
balance is always on the side of
home mixing and is usually substan-
tial. Also, the home-miXeG fertilizer
is frequently better than II e ready
mixed ones. A retail price, for ex-
farmers in January, 1918, at wash
ington, d c., was $50 a ton. Acid
phosphate can be purchased in the
same locality for $22 a toh, gov
eminent nitrate of soda for $S1 a
ton, plus freight, and potash for
figures the phosphate acid in a ton
of home-miXed fertilizer would cost
less than SIS, the nitrogen $10.25,
and the potash $3.50, a total of
$33.75, a difference in favo, of home
mixing. If 1925 a ton is allowed
for mixing and other charges, the
saving is SIS a ton. Each extra unit
OF potash will cost only $4.25, as
against S. charged the farmer by
the dealer, the nitrogen %lso being
charges. An extra 3 per cent of
potash, bringing the formula up to
per cent, will increase the profit a
ton for home mixing $5.25.
Mixing Simple
The mixing Of ma terials is COM
paratively simple. Any tight floor
or wagon box may be rsed and
tools at hand may be employed. The
materials are spread in layers, usu-
ally the most bulky first and thor
oughly shoveled together. The mix
ture is passed through screen, and
Jumps are broken up with tamper
or the back of a shovel.
CeDartment SDCialiSL uses a
large long-hardled mortal hoe for
mixing. and some will find this a
convenient tool, but it's purchase es-
pecially for this purpose S OF nee
essary. Where large amounts are
to be mixed it would probably pay
to buy small rotary mixer such as
it sold for concrete mixing on the
farm. The mixing should b. con-
tinued until the material l.: fine and
uniform, and then it may re bagged
and stored in a dry place u-til used.
To avoid caking and losses GER
together in the same mixture.
One of the easiest ways to start
home mixing is to duplicate a for
mula already in use. beginner
should take a mixture which has
been successfully used on the crop
price on the mixed goods. and then
see what a home mixture of similar
composition. will cost.
Percentages Needed
A general rule to use in making
up formulas is first to decide what
what materials should be used.
Start with the phosphoric acid
(P2O5). Acid phosphat is almost
universally used for this. With IL
per cent goods and per cent phos-
phoric acid desired in the mixture,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22
Stop Losing Chicks

Right methods will avoid this great loss.
Professor Z. E, Quisenbe.rr, Box 376,
Leavenworth, Kansas, acknowledged author-
ity of poultry, has written a j.! ;ge bulle-
tin telling plainly just how o avoid losses
and how to successfully raise baby chicks
and Just how to feed them. Many otuer
facts of value. Every reader should have
one of these bulletins, especially so, since
they are free. Write at once, copy will
be mailed to you e.-tAdvt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22

all parts of the state where it has
been tested and grown in years past.
We think your formula is as good
as you could. use under the circum-
stances. If anything we would be
disposed to emphasize the use of a
little more nitrogen, as we believe
we should apply for best results in
Georgia about 25 pounds of avail
able nitrogen in addition to having
put the ground in the best possible
condition to yield up as large an
narily hope to obtain from soils of
the type which predominant in,
GEORGIA
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22
A BuiIdinu Tip

Here is a tip that Secretary OF, the
Navy Daniels gave America at a
dinner given at the Hotel Ritz to
the visiting delegation of the Cleve-
land Chamber of Commerce by Ho-
mer H. Johnson, Cleveland lawyer
and member of the United States Ii
quotation commissions:
THE man who says he will build
house as soon as wages go down
is inviting panic. disaster and ca
lamity! For tell you-and it's the
truest thing 1 could say-that wages
in the United States are never go
ING hac ok TO the old leVeli"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22
TWo-Cent Stamps

Return Of the tWo-cent postage
rate for out-of-town letters is an
nounced for July 1 next. The people
have adjusted themselves to the diff
ferential postal rate easily and have
cheerfully paid the extra penny, even
though it compelled them to keep
two kinds of stamps always on hand,
or rather really three kinds, for the
penny stamps have still had their
uses. The reduction of out-of-town
postage from three to two cents
lie. Millions Of dollars have been
paid for the support of the govern
ment through, the postal revenues
during the two yeasr that the three
cent rate has prevailed.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22
SOME SIMPLE FORMULAS

SOME SIMPLE FORMULAS
. The following formulas are recon-
mended by the department of agricul-
ture. to farmers mixing their own fer
tiiizcrs:
Pounds
Cottonseed meal ................ 1000
Acid phosphate IA per cent?. -. 1000
Approximate analysis per cent nitro.
gen on. 7 per cent ,phosphoric acid
(P2O5l and l per cent potash (K20l.
The foregoing sometimes is recon-
r,ended as a general fertilizer where
it!ick action is not essential
Pounds
-tcid phosphate tu4 per cent? -. 1000
Ground bone Observation-Disclosures. LOO
approximate analysis 10 per cent
P2O5 and to per cent n.
This, as is seen, contains no pota~h
For clay soils rich in potash where
plenty CT manure has been used. the
foregoing mixture will be found good
Pounds
Nitrate of soda Observation-Disclosures. 200
Sulphate of ammonia .......... 201
tlsn scrap .''.'.''''''' 4Un
Acid phosphate ................. 1000
Sulphate Of potash .............. 200
The approximate analysis of above
material is per cent nitrogen (N).
8 per cent phosphoric acid (P2O5)
and per cent potash (K2Ol.
This is a good garden fertilizer having
nitrogen in differing degrees Of avail
ability.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
BY DR.. ANDREW NJ SOULE

the golden hoofed sheep. The con-
dition of the world is such at this
time, in so far as the requirements
for meat and clothing are concerned
one choice. Therefore, let us proceed
to eXterminate the worthless dog
and to befriend and take care of
those which it is worth while for
us to keep. Let us provide proper
places in which our sheep can be
protected from the marauding dog at
night. Then if we utilize IA proper
rotation of crops and change the
flock from field to field as circum-
stances warrant We should be able
to keep losses from disease down to
a reasonable degree and bring this
much neglected industry into that
position in our agricultural economy
which it is entitled to occupy and
which we must attain if we are to
DO our full part in the matter of
an increased food production and
food conservation program.
A COMBINATION DESIRABLE FOR
SILAGE
II. V. A. Monticello. Ca, writes:
have the late variety of the Texas
seeded cane that 1 wish to plant for
sllage' and wish to know when to plant
time as corn. ANY information you can
give me will be highly appreciated.
We have grown corn and red head
sorghum for the production of silage.
We found this a satisfactory combi-
nation and we obtained a good ton.
mage per acre. Later experiences
nave indicated to US that it is bet
ter in making silage to, grow red
head sorghum or some other suit
able variety in alternate rows with
White kafflr corn. The sorghum,
as you know, is "a strong drough
resistant plant an dthe White Kaffir
" ir4o1
ly every season, therefore, a good
yield is obtained from this crop, for
should a drough period set in the
crop is not killed as is likely to be
the case with corn, but may stand
for a period of thirty days max
and then if rains occur mature
heavy crop later on. ."
These two crops mature at prac-
tically the same time. The White
kaffir corn is much dryer and con-
tains much less juice than the sor-
ghum, and hence the two when mix
ed together produce a desirable
amount of moisture IN the silage, and
make an excellent quality of feed.
These crops should not be made into
silage, however, until they are real
ly matured. When corn and c0rghum
practice has been to plant the sor-
ghum just as soon as the ground
was warm enough to insure its, rapid
germination, say about the LIST 70
the 18th of April. Then we planted
the corn after the sorghum was Well
out of the ground This was neces-
sarX because the sorghum requires
much longer period in which to
mature than the corn. We found
also that We could let the corn .Vir-
tually dry up before cutting it for
silage, when we mixed it with equal
due to the fact that the sorghum
contains so much iuice. :. ~. p. - =
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22

I would like information regarding the
growing of Sudan grass as am think
ing of trying it this year.
Sudan grass was brought into the
United States in about 1907 1t is
supposed to have originated in Egypt.
1t was first grown in Texas and
then distributed throughout !: the
country. 1t mas been grown in Geof-
gia for several years, and; it is a
fairly good hay-producing crop. 1t
has many Of the qualities of Johnson
grass, but does not possess the sto-
lonifefous root of this crop"and can
therefore be easily eradicated.r 1t is
best to SOW it in three-foot, rows
and should be planted rather .thickfy
1t is an annual grass andscts Of
course killed by the first frosti in the
fall. 1t easily crosses with sorghum
and for that reason it is difficult to
obtain pure seed. 1t reaches al
height of from five to seven feet, de-
pending on the richness of the soil.
The seed are very much like those of
Johnson grass, hence one should be
careful in purchasing Sudan grass to
obtain it only from reliable growers
or else a very undesirable pest may
be established on the land.
We suggest that five to six pounds
of seed be used per acre. The seed
ing may be done any time after dan
ger of frost is past. o.: .. t..
The Best Time to Plant Short Cotton
e. W. H., Lexon, Ga, writes: What,
time do you advise planting short cot,
ton for best results in south Georgia:
/ am planting the Wanamaker Cleveland,
big boil variety and intend to fertilize
with 600 pounds of 10 per cent acid
and cotton seed meal in equal parts
My land is high brown pebble and COM
paratively new ground. ,,.4
Wherever the boil weevil is in evil
dence we advise the earliest posi-
BILE planting of cotton to escape it's
which causes the seed to rot, or in
jury from a late frost after it has
made it's way out OF the. ground, In
your section we would favor March
planting if seasonal conditions are
satisfactory. You understand that
that years the planting season may
be delayed anywhere from two to
four weeks beyond another year by
reason of cold, wet weather or Sc
we're late frost. When the season
opens up early and the weather
seems equitable we favor early
planting. 1t has happened a few
times that we have had to re-plant
our cotton, but not often, and we be-
ed even here at Athens has been
offset by the chances we took in Sc
curing an early stand. We believe
our experience in this respect ,justi-
fies us in presenting this phase of
the situation to your attention and
we are sure under Weevil infestation
this is wise and judicious advice.
You have a good variety of cot
ton, judged from our standards. for
your section. 1t has made a good
reputation in our test plats and in
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22
There is nothing in the statement

There is nothing in the statement
which has been made to you relative
to the fact that salt-peter rises to
the top of the ground at certain times
each month and that when this hap
pens it is the best time to plant
crops. In planting crops where one
hopes to reap an abundant harvest
there are number of things that
need to be taken into consideration.
First, pillow and prepare the land as
carefully as possible. Fertilize it
in accordance with it's nc""~ and the
crop you expect to cultivate thereon.
Plant the crop at the best time of
the year to suit it's particular needs.
Pay no attention to the moon, the
sun, or to theories such as that
about which you inquire. They ex-
ert no special influence on crop pro-
duction.
If one had a description of your
land in hand and the needs of the
crops you wish to plant it would no
doubt be possible to give you some
advice which would be serviceable
to you under the circumstances. 1t
is our purpose and object to do this
whenever possible, so If you feel
that we can aid or advise you fur
ther. command IFS.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-04-22

If all birds were destroyed it would
not be many years before no crops
could be grown because the insects
and weeds would increase so rapidly
that they would consume every grow
ing thing.