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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
INFORMATION FOR FARMERS
AND ORCHARDISTS
ASCERTAIN COST OF
PRODUCING MILK
Department of Agriculture
Puts i'll Extensive Cam
paign Here.

How much does il cost 20 keep
a COW for a year or 10 produce 1OJ
pounds Of market milk? To answer
this question in the terms Of labor,
feed and other cost factors tho dairy
divisions OF Purdue University and
the Department of Agriculture have
made extensive Investigations in
northwestern Indiana and the results
OF these figures are now available in
Bulletin SIS. Requirements and
Cost CT Producing Milk in North
western Indiana" published by the
Department OF Agriculture.
BY applying current prices 10 any
Of the items listed, such az feed,
labor, etc. any person may find OUT
what IL Is costing him TO keep his
cattle. Practical farms owned or
handled by resident farmers were
used in the investigations.
1t was found that the unit re-
quire for keeping a COW one
year yere: concentrates. 1.02 tons.
dry roughage, 3.64 tons; hauling and
grinding concentrates. S1.55; bed
ding, 3.26 tons; pasture, las acres;
human labor, 164.5 hours; horse
labor 1G.2 hours: overhead ana other
costs, Spill. Credits other than
milk, were manure, 6.S tons; calves,
O.S7 of one calf
Feed and pasture comprised SIS
percent OF the total cost Of produc-
ton: labor 1915 percent; overhead
and other cost, 90 percent The
total cost was offset by 22.3 percent
bv calves and manure. a different
percentage relationship, how eYer,
would exist if present prices for
various items were used.
The extent 10 which COWS of high
production save labor was shown
clearly by comparative figures for
the % herds studied. One mans herd
averaged 900 pounds of milk an
nually. He had 10 feed and care
for only Q animals 10 obtain the
same quantity of milk as that given
by the > average COWS in other
herds
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
PLANT LICE THREATEN
POTATOES: STOP EN- NOV

Potato growers as well as other
vegetable producers should be on
the watch for small green soft bod
led insects usually found on the I'M
der side OF the young leaves. &C
cOrding 70 horticulturists at Purdue
University.
Their presence usually causes a
rolling under Of the leaves, thus
serving as a protection for them.
Soon the juice is sucked from the
leaves. resulting in whitening,
browning and finally death.
Plant lice multiply so rapidly
that any control measures applied
must be begun when the first lice
appear. Thorough spraying with .
nicotine sulphate (Black Leaf 400
solution, taking care TO completely
cover both sides of the leaves. will
destroy the lice.
Ii may be necessary TO apply two
or three applications 10 days apart
TO completely rid the plants OF the
pests.
Nicotine sulphate should be used
at the rate of 1-2 pint 10 80 gallons
or one teaspoonful for each gallon.
Ii may be added 20 Bordeau with
lead arsenate. Such combined
spray controls potato bugs. plant
lice, leaf hoppers and certain flung
Gus diseases.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
Indian Mango LiUeS Doom
Bad Reputation and is
One of Worlds Great Fruits

The East Indian mango is one of
the great fruits OF the world. TO
those who have really tasted the
good sorts OF it the peach loses its
place OF highest honor. But the
early travellers were more interested
in describing its peculiarities than
in eXtolling its wonderful fragrance
and the depth of its flavOrs. for they
told the plum and cherry eating in
habitants of the British Isles that
the mango resembled a ball of tow
soaked in turpentine and mOlasses.
ana said further that in order %
eat il you must undress and climb
into "A bathtub and that after you
ate il you must comb its yellow hair
like hbers out OF your teeth
No other fruit I'm the world has
been so maligned. The mango trees,
which are now loaded with their
golden fruits in south Florida are
so valua bic that the mayors OF towns
of south Florida are being beseeched
TO keep the boys from stealing the
fruit from the trees, not because they
are balls of tow soaked in molasses
and turpentine but because. as they
hang on the tree. they are worth
25 or more cents apiece, and a boy
can eat up "A five-dOllars bills worth
in the time il takes TO tell about IT,
The office OF foreign seed and
plant introduction of the United
States department of agriculture has
assembled. through the work OF its
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
TO CONTINUE POULTRY SPRAY FOR SECOND
CULLING WORK BROOD OF APPLE WORMS

The second brood of colding moth
or apple worm are much more nu-
merous and destructive than the
first brood which enter the apples
soon after blossom time
In Southern Indiana the spray for
the second brood should be all on
not later than July Il. Central In
diana not later than July %. north
ern Indiana not later than July 20.
according 20 G. L. Burkholder of
the horticultural extension staff Of
Purdue University
Use Arsenate of Lead / pound to
80 gallons OF water a fungicide
should be used with the Arsenate
Bordeaux mixture is "A better fungi
eide than lime sulphur for summer
sprays Lime sulphur is liable to
cause burning OF foliage and fruit
if applied when the temperature is
above 81 in the shade
Bulletin so. Purdue Extension
Department gives complete spray
program for apples and directions
Tor making up the sprays. II will
be sent free on request.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
SUMMER CARE OF
ASPARAGUS BEDS

Even in the older and well estab-
nshed asparaG gus bed. cutting Of
shoots should have ceased the last OF
June. This allows the shoots TO
grow into healthy, vigorous plants SO
that food may be manufactured by
the leaves 10 be stored IN the roots;
thcn a good crop OF shoots may be
secured next season, say vegetable
gardening specialists.
Keep all weeds from the aspara-
gus plantation and conserve moisture
for the use Of the plants by Guilt
vati1g thoroughly at least once a
week all through the summer.
asparagus beetles are likely TO
prove troublesome. but are easily
CONTROLLED by spraying the plants
with arSenate OF lead. tablespoon
fuls 90 a gallon OF water II you
have only few plants in the back
Yard garden the adult beetles may
De picked or by hand and II the
slugs are shaken from the PLANTS on
q hot day. they VIII generally perish
before they can crawl back 20 feed.
In the fan after the berries have
turned red IL Is best 20 cut and burn
the tops 90 prevent the spread OF
as. ,lr,.Eus rust. The whole aspara-
gus bed should then receive a heavy
mulch OF barnyard manure that may
be left ON all winter and spaded un-
der and around the plants in the
spring
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24

explorers and through exchange
with the British East Indian depart
ments OF agriculture, one of the
largest collections of selected mango
varieties in the world. There are
now fruiting at the plant introduc-
ton field station. Miami. Fla. about
20 varieties this year. and these rep
resent the selections from more than
20 sorts of this great fruit. Some
of these have scarcely more fiber in
them than a free-stOne peach and
can be cut open lengthwise and
eaten as easily with a spoon as a
Rocky Ford cantalOupe. They have
an indescribably agreeable aroma
reminiscent of pineapples The
mango tree. when IL is in bearing
is "a gorgeous sight. for it is a large
long-lived tree and the golden-yel-
low fruits as they hang in great
clusters from the dark-green foil
age make one OF the great tropical
plant sights of the world.
To anyone living within reach Of
the Miami plant introduction garden
on Brickell av. il would be worth a
long motor ride TO see this remark
able sight.
The mango has come as a tree
crop I'm Florida and, although il is
tender and can not be grown above
the line of heavy freezes. il is des-
tineG 10 add greatly TO the charm of
life in the tip end Of the Florida
peninsula.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24

1T is A comforting thought Ia
know that whatever we may lack in
this world. viii soon be supplied by
the genius Of somebody" says Frank
Baackes, vice president Of the Amer
lean Steel and Wire Co
City life has practically been rev
olutOnized on account OF the impos-
sibility OF employing domestic serv-
ants. Same Is true in the country.
When we have no labor cheap
enough 10 do the things we once
did, we viii either discontinue those
things or will invent something in
lieu thereof
1T takes an entire world 20 work
out any business problem. Iron ore
is very useful. but the man who
mines IL cannot utilize it. nor would
the scientific inventor create marvels
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
HAD NOT WORKED
FOR SIX MONTHS
NJ. VI. Helm Now Back on job, Gives
Tanlac Credit For His
Recovery.

II hadn't hit a lick OF work for
six months. and ! wouldn't be on
the job today If il had not been for
Tanlac," said NJ NJ Helm. a we'll
known construction engineer and
popular fraternal order man OF 200
Oakly St. Evansville. Ind, in a re-
cent conversation.
Il suffered for a year from rheu-
matism and for six months l never
knew what IL was to be free from
pain. Ny whole right side was af-
fected and my right arm partially
persisted away. and my fingers were
cramped so I couldn't hold a thing
in my hand The rheumatism was
so bad in my shoulders and the
cords OF my neck I couldn't look up
without suffering agonies. often
had 20 keep my head in just one po-
sition for hours and sometimes for
days at a time. These pains would
often wake me up. and between this
and extreme nervousness I never
knew what sound sleep was I got
so weak from my constant suffering
that I had 20 give up my position
and at the time I got Tanlac I had
mt been able 10 do any work for
six months
up all hope Of ever being we'll again
when a friend suggested that I try
Tanlac. Well, sir, II helped me right
from the start, and so / kept on
with IL. and now I am well man.
My rheumatism has absolutely left
/ me. my arm is back 10 its natural
size. and I haven't an ache or a
pain anywhere I can turn my
neck and head without any trouble
and can use my hand as we'll as
ever did. ! am back on my Job
again, and can do as good a days
work as ever could in my life.
Since Tanlac put me on by feet I
don't hesitate 10 recommend IL 10
anyone suffering from rheumatism ''
Tanlac is sold in South Bend a.
the Central Drug Store. Public Drug
Store. Landon's Pharmacy and Wet
ticks Cut Rate Drug Store: and IN
M!shawaka at the Red Cross Phar-
macy
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
Purdue BOtGniSt Tells
HOW to Control ThiStLeS

Canada thistle which has caused
much annoyance TO Indiana farmers
for years may be eradicated by con-
tinual cutting off the tops of the
thistles so as to kill the extremely
tough roots. according 10 F. J. Pipal
Of the botanical extension staff Of
Purdue university.
All plant food is manufactured by
the leaves and by cutting the plant
as soon as the new spouts appear.
the vitality of the roots will be so
weakened as 10 result finally in
their extinction. This is the secret
of success in fighting the thistle or
any other weed of a similar charac-
ter, according TO Mr.. Pipal. 1t is
waste of time and money 10 try to
dope" the plants with special pre-
parations, patience and perseverance
being the requisites in a successful
fight.
II il is desirable TO use any kind
OF a chemical. crude carbolic acid is
perhaps the best and cheapest, Mr..
Pipal says II can be used either
pure and squirted from an oil can on
the roots after the plant is cut, or
mixed with four parts of water and
used as a spray. The use of smother
crops. such a millet. sorghum. hemp
or Sudan grass is also effective.
Breaking the infested ground in
I July and then following with the disc
every ten days or as often as is ne
cessary to KEEP the tops down.
should clean up all thistles before
the ground freezes.
Mr.. Pipal is authority for the
statement that few plants south of
the Michigan line produce viable
seed. most OF the propagation being
carried on by the roots which fro
quently are started in different parts
OF the field by plows, discs. cultiva-
tors. harrows. etc. breaking the
roots of plant. The root pieces fire.
Quently will start new plants.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The following publications were
issued by the United States depart
ment OF agriculture during the week
ended July 8, 1920:
Rabbit Raising. Farmers Bulletin
1890.
Dockage Under the Federal Wheat
Grades. Farmers Bulletin 111S.
The WhOrled Milkweed as a Poi
sonous Plant. professional paper
Department bulletin 500.
Citrus Fruit Improvement: A
study OF Bud Variation in the Lisbon
Lemon. professional paper.) De-
partment bulletin SIS.
Jack Pine. Department bulletin
$50.
The Flow OF Water in Dredged
Drainage bitches. professional
paper.) Department bulletin s32.
Black Grain-Stem Sawfy OF Eu-
rope in the United States. (Profes-
siOnal paper) Department bulletin
S34.
The Bean I.adybird. professional
paper) Department bulletin s43.
Examination of Frozen Egg Prod
ucts and Interpretation OF Results.
professional paper) Department
bulletin S46.
The Work OF the Huntley Re
clamation Project Experiment Farm
In 1918. Department circular Sc.
Sweet-Clover Seed Screenings Not
Injurious 10 Sheep. Department Cir
cular ST.
Copies OF these publications may
be obtained on application 10 the
Division Of Publications. United
States Department OF Agriculture.
Washington. d. {. In order TO aid
the department in giving prompt
attention. make your request definite
by specifying the distinct class and
number OF publication desired FOR
example: Farmers Bulletin No. 10:
Department Bulletin ia; Depart
ment Circular &c.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
LEAVE FOR PARIS

BY United Press
CONSTANTINOPLE. July %. -
The Turkish delegation which will
sign the peace treaty left here for
Paris today.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24

LAFAYETTE. Ind, July 23.--
Demonstrations of Poultry Cullinr,
or how 10 weed out the loafing from
the laying hens. will be given IN
more than two thirds of the counties
of The state during the five weeks
starting July 10. according TO an
nOunccmCnt by the poultry depart
mcnt at Purdue university. The uni
versity poultrymcn are scheduled
for more than 90 counties and in
most of the others, especially those
having county agents, from one To
q dozen other demonstrations will
be given
The university pOUltrymen, includ-
ing Prof A. G. Philips, Prot. l.. H..
schwartz, l. l. Jones and c. w.
CarI1ck of the extension staff. and
Robert *. Kyle, of Bourbon, an ex-
periepced poultrvman, will spend
one day i'm each county and conduct
two demonstrations. In practically
every county, the county agricultur-
al agent will follow up with similar
demonstrations so as 20 reach every
pert OF the county and give every
one interested the proper informa-
ton on Cullng.
Tho schedule for the first week s
cuuing work follows:
July 10, Dearborn, Johnson and
DavieSs counties
July 20, Ripley, shelby, Pike. Car
roll and Fountain counties
July p, Jefferson. Morgan. Glib
son and MCntComery counties.
July -, Floyd and Perry counties.
July %, Harrison county.
As result of the Cullng by
watch the laying birds are told from
the poor producers bv bodily mark
ings, great quantities of feed are
saved and tho non-pi oductive hen is
sold as soon as she starts her long
loafing period instead Of Spending
several months doing nothing but
eat high priced feed.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24
STOCK-RALSLNC
TEN HELPSE FOR
NINDBREAK PLANTERS

1. Place the WI Ibreak at
right angles 10 the direction OF in
furious prevailing winds.
2. Devote from one eighth TO
one-fifth OF the farm 10 tim Der.
Its protective value more than
pays for the ground IL occupies.
10 say nothing OF the timber
yields
3. Plant only species suited to
windbreak use. 20 the region and
20 the locality.
4 Plant rapid growers for
quick results. but underplant
with slower growing species,
which are usually longer lived
and more valuable.
3. Supplement deciduous
windbreak with evergreens TO az
ford protection in winter.
s. Separate trees by the spac-
ing proper to the species used.
The trees should be close enough
70 produce dense windbreak
and to yield good poles. but
should not be so crowded as TO
produce spindling growth.
:. Make the windbreak thick
from the bottom up. especially on
the side toward the wind This
may be done by using species
which branch near the ground, by
planting outside rows of low
growing trees, by encouraging ma
tural reproduction and by under
planting.
s. Cultivate the plantation
thoroughly while II is young.
9. Do not - low excessive
grazing where reproduction is de-
sired.
10. Do not thin your wOdlot
too heavily or take out the best
trees for minor uses. Remember
that n tim Der tract should be i'm
proved by use and that each
clearing should leave il in better
condition than before
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-24

unless the housewife should find 1t
necessary 20 do her work BY cleo
tricity instead OF by muscle power.
Women will undoubtedly do their
own homework and therefore every
house should be so wired that many
new uninvented cOnveniences may
lie utilized in any room in the house.
Therefore there ought 70 be outlets
in the base board at frequent inter-
walls. Wires instead OF being the
old weight. should be made heavier
20 bear any load which may be i'm
posed upon them.
Cooking by electricity is coming
very rapidly. When a woman does
all OF her washing. ironing, baking,
scrubbing and dishwashing by cleo
tricity. the servant problem will die
a natural death"
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-08-07
TURNING THE PAGES
81
Otis Peabody Swift
Copyright. 1890. By The Prss Publlshint Co.
lrhe NV Nork E,snnr WORLD.
Whore the Poet Is KIng...

Where the Poet Is king--.
Poets enjoy great privileges and
immunities in Mexico" says Timothy
Gilman Turner in Leslie's.
They have a story in Coahuila
about this power of poets. In the
early stages of the ConstitutioRalist
revolution some Federal troops had
been driven from a wood, but a few
of the little, brown pajamaed in
fantrymen of the Huerta dictatorship
climbed into the trees as agilely as
the monkeys they resemble. So the
rebels went about as squirrel hunters.
One party surrounded a tree in whose
branches the fawn color of uniform
had been observed. Just as the rides
were raised, a brown hand with an
oratorIcal gesture was thrust through
the leaves, and u clipped head APP
peared.
Don't shoot said the voice with
theatrical meditation, don't shoot
me. l am a poet"
The soldier was the regimental
poet, composer of the verses for the
folksongs in which are related the
progress of the campaign. Almost
every regiment in the old Federal
army had its laureate.
Come down, Mr. Poet" cried the
men below and they made him recite
some of his verses, after which each
one of the rebels gave him a good,
hard hug.
One may not strike a poet. any
more than a woman, whether he Is
up a tree in Coahuila or occupying
a city in Dalmatia.
"KiI the LandlOrd!".--
These days of high rents and the
oppressed taxpayer call to mind
similar disturbances which took place
as far back as the forties. New
Workers were having their troubles
with landlords even at that time, and
1t is curious that very little has been
published about the rebellion.
| which was one of the most SERIOUS
uprisings this country ever knew.
Seventy-five years ago the land ten
ants of New York State suddenly re-
fused To pay the PATRON rents. Or
ganized into various tribes of In
dams" they defied landlords, agents,
sheritfs, officers and the law.
Tar brushes, hickory whips, and
even more drastic measures were re-
sorted TO as a protest against rents.
Thus the anti-rent Indians" were
| the forerunners of the Klu- Klux-
Khan, the White Caps, the Night
Riders, &c. While they did not win
lower rents by actual rebellion. they
soon became strong enough to elect
a Governor for New York, and this
ended the PATRON land holding sys-
TEN in this country. There is an
interesting account of this period in
= book called "Pa rnu+ CreiPhtc-, >
just published by Alfred A. Knopf.
ind a comparison of that dav and
the present shows that the rent prof.
teers haven't changed radically.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-08-07
POLICE FIELD DAYS.

OrTHE FINEST" as New Workers affectionately
know them, are advertising the annual
field day games for the benefit of the Police Relief
Fund.
The bluecoats are selling tickets for the big ath-
letc carnival on the last two Saturday afternoons of
August The price is one dollar.
Here's wishing the best of luck to the statesmen
and cordial response by the public. The athletic
exhibition will be well worth the money for any
lover Of good sport, for the New York police force
numbers host of redoubtable athletes, as most of
the inmates of Sing Sing or Blackwell's Island can
testify
But whether New Yorker intends TO see the
games or not, he can well afford to buy ticket
and in small measure show his appreciation of the
service the rank and file of the police force render
every hour OF every day of the year
The police do not ask favors. The tickets for the
games are not in the nature of drive" even
though the object for which the money goes is as
commendable as almost any avowed charity.
Nevertheless, New York owes the relief to the de-
pendents of the defenders of the city.
One ticket or handful at dollar apiece is an
easy way of showing appreciation. Them if posi-
bic, turn out ami see the field day programme as a
further mark Of appreciation.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1920-08-07

first 10 urge TIE replacement Of the excess profits
tax by tax on gross business.
Equally sound, sure and practical are Gov. Cox's
proposals for reducing the expenses of government,
for undermining marketing methods and facilities,
for multiplying the number Of home owners as dis
ngridied from tenants and for making public opin-
ion dominant and compelling factor in the settle
ment of disputes between labor and capital.
No one who reads the Cox speech will fail TO note
the inciSveness with which, in discussing profiteers
it penetrates one Of the weakest spots in the Repub
lican amor:
For years large contributions have been
made to the Republican campaign fund for no
purpose except to buy a governmental under
hold and to make illegal profits the result
OF preference. Such largesses to-day
greater 10 our contentment and our
institutions than the countless temporary
profteers who making mockery Of
honest business, but who can live and fatten
only in time of disturbed prices"
That turns the light as squarely on the reactionary
heritage of the Republican Party as does the Dem
ocratc candidates sharp differentiation between
Senator Hardings conception of the Presidency as
the embodiment OF government by party" and his
own notion of the President as an Executive re-
sponsibe to the whole people, with Obligations to
no group
If Gov Cox had set out to contrast a true and
cheerful Democratic progessvism in the larger
sense with the narrowly dubious and devious states
of mind now manifest in the Republican camp, he
could not have done it better than in his speech Of
acceptance.
II is tonic utterance.