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New Britain herald., 1920-02-10
R.NILN \I STRIKE.

| R.NILW \I STRIKE.
 $ been planned to return t!;" Hls of the United States to their March 1 after they have been I q operated by the Government ! the war. There is d faction T which believes that rcrm"- Government ownership Of the kbould he brought about, de- <le seeming failure to opcraI" uring the past two or -thrv" &t profit. Previous to othtr When it was planned to giN " 8-opcrticS back there W'r" of strikes by railroad op"r- There is another str;Nc he'd at present, February II en chosen as the date upcn hrcc hundred thousand of thr nen of the roaI& will go nIt the RGiIroad Administration heir demand for d forty ntr hge increase before Saturday. Eotherhood explains. that tn" !; not a new one. that il W;l:I plated last summer and post rntil it was seen whether liv- iitions were changing and the commodities coming down. foE-Gcnrral Hines claims that on of The agreement made hN- (oua has taken place in. t,rr Fhrcat. He maintains thH! pf q strike must be served ays before one iS effective and
 eight daNs' notice was given is plain that tine contention
 is ;L hithcrto planned strike
 the unions arr arguing point 'notice' l.. Barker, president Of 'Il' ton. states that it is the in- of the unions to strike be if the discrepancy between StS and wages: the same con- hat existed last summer ti:r- give reasons for this walk
 in the fact there is some OK
 the strike. II is certain li,'- 5 have not drcrcasrd upprr- nd that the repair mon are [ as hard tr buy their ner'Is were six months ago. NeVe"- il would appear that there violation of the agreement he unions have. The strike G been forecast. il may have pectcd. hru there was little erved. notwithstanding.
 ing motives. for the strike he mere wish 10 obtain mo-" ' he found in the desire or ns to force another postpone the return. It would be pour I which the unions are W"li give back the systems whiIc rc tied up in an unsettled
 the difficulty is smoothcd
 onfCrcuh'rs which will follow. kout is liable 10 prove Nc'N
 x in it's consequences. Rcprir
 the roadhrds ana on LIl lt will be called from their
 lime when the need of them
 reatest. The storms Of tn"
 k have done a great deal of to the rolling stock. partir'r-
 locom OtiVcS. Many of th m II laid up ,for repairs after a
 raining in. the drifts:' others n taxed almost to the break
 All of these, we. assume. the shops, untouched. while Item cries aloud in it's need ha uliuE Inc locomotives ,n
 here can be nothing to r'.-
 m; they must he run untIi st, and when they do, our
 alton systems will be tho
 cd up.
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New Britain herald., 1920-02-10
THREE, MEN DROWNED.

Manchester. x. H., Feb. 10.- Three shoe factory employees were drowned in the Merrimac river to- day when small boat in which they were on their way to work ca psized 4 comma nion was rescued
New Britain herald., 1920-02-10
secretary of the navy will be.-New York Sun and Herald.

If the people who subscribe to the Golden EuIc would all make use of il every now and then it woud mako this old world T lot more wholesome . and huppy.--LoS Angeles ines.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-10

at the Post Or1ce st New Brit@ln \ Second Glass Mall Matter.
New Britain herald., 1920-02-10
FACTS AND RANCHES

In oregon recently COW died of Il nrokrn heart. The nnImal pOSsi- bIy dIscOl rreu th" prirc man is get ting for miIll.-\LW York sun.
 ''\" one ItHS appointed the New York World to select the preSid Cntjal l ca andi,at"." SANS Mr. BrNan. No news paper can ScroE%c Mir. Bryan out of bis S' 'f-appointtd j"b.-HouSto Post.
 Pictures of the happy Palm Beach bathing 'rt WdS indicate that il must l." about like Paradise down there, only perhaps q little more drcssy.-- Boston Tr,l script.
 I;Hodc island doesn't want to come unGCr the prohibition hmcndmcnt Rhode Island lory time ago refused to accept the constitution of 1729 but it welded finally Syracuse Post Standard.
 Secretary Daniels has announced that he knows who the next president will be; it would be equally enlightcn- ing 10 hear his guess who the next
New Britain herald., 1920-02-10
Britain Herald.

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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11

tub onto a clean canvas or platform.
Reverse the position Of the tubs and
proceed as before. Cover the treated
seed with sacks or blankets or another
canvas which have also been treated
in the solution. Leave covered for
several hours or over night. Don't let
the seed freeze while damp.
Another very successful method is
to put the wheat in tight wagon box,
drive along after the seeder in the
field, sprinkle and shovel over the
seed, then shovel the wet seed into
the seeder box and SOW it wet. Be
careful that you don't clog your seed
ing spouts.
The formaldehyde treatment of the
seed frequently increases the yield
more than would be naturally expect
ed from simply replacing the smutted
heads with sound ones. A substantial
gain" is made from the use of formal
dehyde. Increases Of over four bush
els per acre have been found in spring
wheat in which only little over one
and one-half bushels were actually. de-
stroyed by smut. This is probably
due to the fact that the grain is af-
fected by other seed-borne parasites
than smut and scab and which are as
effectually checked by the treatment.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
The First Romanoff.

Romanoff is the name Of the Rus
sian, imperial dynasty regnant in the
male line from 1913 to 1870, and
thenceforward in the female line. Con-
slant intermarriages with German
princely houses, however, have made
the Romanoff strain Of today more
German than Russian. Nay; the old
est ancestor Of the house Of Roman
off. Andrew Kobyla, is said to have
come to Moscow from Prussia (1341).
The name Romanoff was given to the
family by the boyar Roman Yurie-
witch, the fifth Of direct descent from
Andrew, who succeeded in getting a
female member Of his family 1on the
throne Of the cars by marrying his.
daughter to Ivan the Terrible. In
February, 1913, Mikhael Feodorvitch
Romanoff, a boy Of seventeen, was pro-
claimed car, grand duke and autocrat
of all the Russias in the Red square
of Moscow. With this ACCESSION to
the throne Of the famous, or rather ILL
famed, dynasty began 304 years
misrule that--let us hope has ended
forever with the forced abdication of
Car Nicholas, in March, 1917.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
SEED VERY POOR !.

The indications are that seed wheat
has low terminating qualities this year
and it will take careful tanning and
reelection to get the best Of it out for
seed In all probability the 1919 crop
contains a sufficient amount of good
wheat to SOW the required acreage in
Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
but it will take very careful handling
to grade it, to treat it for smut and
to test it for termination.
Farmers are accustomed to taking
their wheat from their own bins there
fore the cost of seed wheat will be ap-
pft0imately that Of Marquis wheat or
possibly 10 to Is per cent above. Farm
ers will continue to grow wheat if they
can. be reasonably sure Of a fair
pro- t. The price is high and will
be high for the year. Every effort
should be made To sow a normal acre
age Of spring wheat.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
RAISE MISCHIEF WITH WIRES
Remarkable Effect of Aurora Boreais
i. on the Telegraph Wires of
the Country.

When the aurora Eorealis, or north
ern lights" pay us a visit there is
trouble on all the telegraph and tele-
phone lines. The reason: zfor this
seems to be that the aurora borealis,
which is really an unusual electric
emanation from the sun, sets up alb
normal earth currents. The strength
of these currents has been measured
many times and found to have a poten-s
tial varying between 1925 volts positive
and 225 volts negative and resist
ance of about 1000 ohms.
Donald McNicol, assistant electrical
engineer Of the Postal Telegraph COM,
pany, who} has given much study to
this subject, made an official report in
1892, quoted in the Electrical Expert
menter, in which he described the eff
fects of earth currents on the ten At
tantic cables then in existence. Most
affected was that from Brest to Mique-
Ion island. and the disturbances were
greater at the western than at the
eastern end, so that often st. Pierre
could send messages to Brest but could.
not receive any. s.
Long cables were more affected than.
short ones, southerly, ones more than
northerly ones, and the abnormal cur
rents seemed to travel mostly from
east to west. Sometimes the earth cur
rents are so strong that they injure the
condensers. But they are most erratic
in their nature and behavior.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
DIAMONDS HIDE in AMERICA
Gems May One Day Be Mined on a
4 Large Scale in This Country,
Say Biologists.

Biologists, according to exchanges,
believe that some day diamonds will
be mined on very large scale in the
United States. They are confident
there are valuable diamond mines hid
den under this country, because many
loose diamonds have been found in
various sections. There must be par
ent lode they say. and this is believed
to be in either the Rocky mountain or
Appalachian range. Regular diamond
chimneys, like those of South Africa,
were found in Arkansas in 1906. They
were filed with periododite, akin to
the famous Kimberlite Of South Africa.
A farmer in Indiana, blowing
gravelly hillside, found the first dia-
mond in America in 1897. More than
20 diamonds have been found in In
diana in the last 20 years, and one
sold for $1,000. Other valuable dia-,
monds have been found in Virginia.
North Carolina, Wisconsin, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama, louisiana
Idaho, Texas, Montana, Arizona and
California. A laborer working in an
excavation in Manchester, Va, found
stone weighing 23A karats in 1866.
Numerous stones, weighing from three
to 21B karats have been found in
Wisconsin.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
The farmer must first become pro
Money to Be Made This Year-Winter
Wheat Observation-Disclosures
ity for Zig Yield of Spring
Wheat

While there is no government guar
anty for the 1920 crop, yet the world
shortage will insure good price. One
of the best authorities says that the
worlds import requirement is 100000
900 bushels and that the world is con-
fronted with a shortage more acute
than of any recent year. o. -
In the reconstruction period follow
ing the Civil war, the highest price of
wheat was in 1867 two years after the
close of the war, so lit is reasonable to
suppose that wheat will continue to
sell at high prices.
Tie winter wheat crop now in the
ground is disappointing. Last year
the acreage was about 100000, this
year it is only about 100000 and the
condition was much higher all through
the winter season than it is this year,
probably from 10 to Is per cent.
The normal crop for spring wheat is
3oO,OOO,00O bushels on an acreage of
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
Fool Growing Plants.

Scientists have found the way to.
make the sun shine, Sas 1t were, upon
agriculture. They charge the soil with
electricity and the crops, fooled into
believing that the sun is shining, COM
mence to grow at rapid pace. There
is no deception about the results of
this experiment, which are hailed as
an achievement of vast Importance in
these days of war when the production
and conservation Of food are so ire
mendously vital.
In experiments that have been con-,
l1ncted under the auspices of the Eng
fish government young strawberry
plants are said to have increased in
yield by so per cent, and even old
Ss.o!ants are reported to have given 80
per, cent more fruit. Potatoes can cas-
lily be persuaded, scientists claim, into
the belief that a charge of electricity
is genuine sunshine, as a result ct
which they forthwith grow prodigs-
Ously.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
SEED BED FOR WHEAT
Loose on Top, but a Firmly Packed
b. .t- Root Bed

Wheat is a shallow feeding plant
and therefore should have a firm
foundation. When wheat is to follow
corn or other cultivated crop, no plow-
ing is necessary, but the surface
should be made fine with harrow.
fall for best results If deep turned
few days before seeding in the spring
time, no maximum yield is possible I'M
less some sort of sub-packing imple
ment can firm the root bed thoroughly.
Do you remember the circus ring in
the morning after the show, after the
horses have pounded it down and at
The same time scZzffed it up on top?
Thet IS the IDEAL condition for the
SEED and root bed.
Deep blowing is probably necessary
now and then owing to conditions, but
the root bed should not be disturbed
by the pillow or any other tool for
spring seeding.
The spring work should be nothing
more or less than pulverizing the top
layer about two or three inches. deep
on corn land or land which is in prop
er condition. 49,
If necessary to pillow in spring, a
heavy corrugated roller should be used.
The root bed must be packed hard
and firm. A hard under surface is i'm
perative whether obtained by machi-
merry or by nature.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
GR:vING RlvETs SLOW WORK
Not Only That, but Enormous Number.
CT Them Are Needed in a
Steel Ship.

The largest single item in the labor
of fabricating a steel ship is in the
rivehng of her hull; therefore the
driving of rivets is taken as standard
of size and of progress by most of the
shipbuilders. To build a 10000 ton
ship week means the driving of
about $4,000 rivets in that time. The
Union shipyards of San Francisco, as
at present equipped and freed from Ia
Dor troubles, can drive about 100000
rivets, although in a record week it
drove Al 900 rivets; the four next.
largest yards in America-at Fore Riv-s
err Mass, at Newport News, Va, at
Camden, and at Philadelphia upon the
Delaware-can drive 1000 to 275,ooO
rivets a week each. A half dozen
smaller steel sllipyards will drive from
$4,000 to 10000 each seven days.
Riveting, despite all the inventions
devised to speed it up remains hand
work and slow work A riveting gang
consists of two men and two boys
the riveter, his ''holder-on," the passer
boy and the heater boy. The gang
drives from 800 to 375 rivets in the
course of a ten-hour day and is tired
at the end Of it. But when you know
that it takes four men all Of a working
day to drive an average Of a little less
than $50 rvets, you can begin to see
the full size of the labor problem Of
driving at least 100000 rivets week
necessary to turn out a 1O,O0O-ton
ship at the end of that length of time.
In other words, you need 1000 men for
the riveting gangs alone.
Look at the matter from another an
gle, writes Edward Hungerford in Har-
per's. Ten ships week-the tremen-
dous program for 1918 to which we
stand committed-Ameans 6,50O,OOO riv-
cts a week. And the rivet capacity Of
our five greatest yards-with a total
working force Of $4,000 men at the end
Of 1917-was. but 100000 rivets a.
week. And rivetirg represents only
about 20 per cent in the construction
Of a ship.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
PREPARING THE SEED BED

Spring wheat should be sown as
soon in the, spring as the seed bed can
) be properly prepared. termination
takes place in the ground when the
temperature is about ~ to SO degrees.
Generally the quantity of seed per
acre varies six TO eight pecks. Your
own experience will tell you how much
I Drilling is better than broadcasting.
The seed bed should be loose on top
and the root bed firm underneath. The
use off the corrugated roller is recon-
Elended. ,.
Marquis is an early variety ripening
from 9s to 135 days after sowing, the.
average being about lis days. This
makes it three or four days earlier
than most ef the other Fife varieties,
but it should be put into the ground
just as soon as the seed bed may be
prepared.
The seed usually should be sown
about two to three inches deep. The
important thing is to get it into soil
sufficiently moist to insure germina-
ton. In heavy wet soil one to, two
inches will be deep enough.
Old or stubble land should be plowed
in the fall or as early as possible in
the spring. Sandy soils with ten
dency to drift, should be plowed under
in the spring. When land is fall-ploWed
it should BE left rough to catch and
hold the snow and to prevent soil
blowing. Plow six to eight inches
deep, covering all weeds and trash.
Spring blowing may be slightly shall
lower than fall blowing and should be
worked down Immediately. The sur,
face mulch should not be too fine and
powdery in districts where blowing is
common, besides the rain may puddle
it and not penetrate so readily. An ex.
cellent seed bed can be made in the
spring on fall blowing or on spring
blowing followed Immediately with
disks and corrugated rollers.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
The Five Fundamentals Which Will
Insure Good Crop.

i. I .s-E--
|. Choose the Best Variety. Mar.
quis is the. best, then Fife, then Blue
stem. Velvet Chaff is weak in bread
gluten. Durum has limited market.
Red Durum has no market at all. Don't
SOW. it under any circumstances
2. Clean Seed in Tanning Mill. To
remove weed seeds, silriveiel kernels
and trash.
8. Treat for Smut and scab. Use
one pound full-strength formaldehyde
in 40 gallons Of water Full directions
at any drug store. ~
4. Be Sure the Seed Will Grow. Fold
JOG kernels into a piece Of wet blotting
paper. Keep damp for six days. Nine
ty-fiye Kernels should grow strong.
5. The Seed Bcd. Soil loose and fine
on top, packed solid beneath. Sow
with drill as early as possible.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11

22,OO0,O0O. Every acre should count
because it will be up to the Northwest
to furnish the discrepancy Of wheat.
There is good money in wheat prop
erly raised. Of course the weather has
much to do with it, but wheat is the
standard of value in all the Northwest.
Without wheat we should go bankrupt.
Many farmers think that they will
not sow wheat, but what can they SOW
which will do any better? In some
places they can put in corn and there
is much talk of live stock, but owing
to the scarcity of labor and the COM
parative ease with which wheat is
handled and harvested, there is moth
ing more profitable as usual thing
than to grow wheat but grow it prop
erly and profitably. ~
1t is follyto argue that by reducing
the wheat crop we can make more
money. What would it profit any man
if he had little or no wheat to sell at
a high price? He would have to buy
back his bread and flour from few
farmers who perhaps would make a
little money.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
SEED WHEAT

Select seed with dark flinty kernels
free from yellowberry. Marquis is the
favored wheat because it contains
plenty of gluten of the best quality
for bread-making. It natures from
five to ten days earlier than other
wheats, avoiding danger from hot
winds and drought. Being earlier it is
not SO liable to rust. 1t does not shell
out and waste so badly as Bluestem,
Fife and Velvet Chsff during harvest
even when overripe. The straw is
shorter. and sitter and therefore suf-
fers less from lodging.
If you buy seed be sure that the
variety is as pure as possible, because
one variety is always better than a
mixture.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
Embroidery an Old Art.

Embroidery is supposed to be one Of
the earliest domestic arts, for it is
argued that it must have been en-
ployed for decorative purposes very
soon after sewing was invented. This
would place it long before the art of
weaving was discovered and back in
the days when the skins of animals
were the only material for clothing
that existed. The earliest known spec
linens Of embroidery, however, are
some fragments discovered in Egypt,
and the earliest of these is supposed
to have been made about the fifteenth
century B. G. Naturally materials Of
this kind disappear very rapidly, and
it is only in very dry climate like
Egypt, with its sandy soil, that fab
RIGS suitable for embroidery could sur
vive.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
EARLY SOWING

Spring wheat should be sown in the
spring as soon as the seed bed can be
properly prepared. termination takes
place in the ground when the tempera-
ture is about ~ to so degrees. The acre
age quantity OF seed per acre soWn is
about l Il bushels. Sometimes little
less and sometimes little more will
be better. Your own experience will
tell you how much, Drilling is better
than broadcasting. The use. of the cor
rugated roller is recommended. The
seed usually should be sown about two
to three inches deep. The important
thing is to get it into the soil sufficient
ly moist to insure termination. In
heavy wet soil one or two inches will
be deep enough.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
APANEsE WAY. WITH BoEEs
People Have Curious Method of Get
ting Rid of Caller Who Out
stays Welcome.

once in a long while caller comes
to ones house or office or study and
overstays his welcome, writes CIeland
3. McAfee, in Forward. He of course
is not conscious Of this breach. All
ne needs is something to remind him
ne has stayed long enough SO far
no device has been discovered for end
ing the call without risk of offense.
though various formulas have been
tried, out. A few years ago a friend
told a group of acquaintance that he
always received his callers standing,
and saw to it that there were no
chairs in the ROOM Needless to say.
the calls were always short. It was
the common opinion among his listen
ers that this would be harder on him
than on the callers. But that was his
affair.
Perhaps the Japanese have come as
near as any to solving the problem.
A missionary to that land tells how,
when person makes too long call,
and apparently doesn't know it is time
for him to leave, they stand a broom
upside down somewhere in the house.
This is charm, supposed to throw
spell over the caller, and all unknown
to himself he is compelled to go home.
The broom doesn't have to be seen by
the visitor; any obscure corner will
do. The missionary tells of her own
cook, not yet Christian, who was so
annoyed by callers who interfered
with the dinner hour that she was
just starting to turn the broom upside
down when the callers left Of course
that confirmed the superstition. In
America brooms have been known to
rid a house of visitors, but ordinarily
we adopt more drastic ways of han
ding it to gain that result.
1t is not clear whether the Japanese
method is. more interesting as super
stltlon or as a courtesy. Certainly it
is not peculiar to that nation to con-
meet things which can have no real re-
lation, but it is of the very essence OF
the race to think of way to get
things done without offending. AT any
rate there is the custom.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1920-02-11
Dental Hygiene in Africa.

The manufacturer Of popular dem
tai powder advertises that "Savages
lead different kind of life from us.
and therefore nature takes care Of
their teeth without artificial help"
Wellerburn, the wanderer in remote
places, saw this and laughed. 81 know
of at least three African tribes he
said, chat brush their teeth regularly.
Each person carries twig of certain
fibrous tree. They chew the end of 1t
into a good bunch Of bristles and
spend a quarter-hour every morning
cleaning their teeth thoroughly. They
tie a string to the twig and bangle it.
from the waist cord, if they have no
other clothes to fasten 1t on. It is an
important thing to them 8