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The Washington herald., 1921-02-12
TERRITORY ALSO SHIPS
LARGE CROP OF WHEAT.

oregon, Washington and Idaho
are also heavy producers of broad
Stuffs and could multiply their live
stock if they but had a good mar
ket' according to Dodson. These
three States ship normally to for
eiEn trad" $1,000 900 bushels Of
wheat in the form of cereal or -four.
The Northwestern wool yield is
about 35,00O,OOO pounds a year.
Growers are troubled over the
heavy imports into tho country of
this commodity. largely made pos
Slble by the difference in exchange
with Australia. But Dodson saws
that he believes the worst of this
is past.
livestock with us is susceptible
to enormous increase, whenever we
can get a living market" he said.
West of the Cascade Mountains in
Oregon and Washington. there is
green feed most of the year, giving
an ideal livestock condition when
ever the United States needs more
meat production"
Agriculture is a basic resource in
this section. Dodson reminds Ore
gon, Washington and Idaho, as
drained by the Columbia River sys-
tenn, have about 30.OOO,OOO acres of
good lands awaiting agriculture,
whenever water to irrigate them is
applied. The Columbia River dis
charges a volume of water capable
of irrigating much more than 10O,-
100000 acres of land.
You cannot censure us for smiI-
ing when we hear the East worry
ing about it's food supply. and every
day our eyes look over unlimited
areas capable of producing enor-
nous food supplies, whenever we
get capital to reclaim the lands,
and whenever the country needs
food sufficiently to warrant paying
the price for our products" said
Dodson.
The Columbia basin affords an
other great resource, Dodson ex-
planned, a potential water power
equivalent for Industrial purposes
to half the coal yield of the nation.
This water power is barely touched
and runs to waste every hour of the
day.
Then there are the fisheries.
Along the North Pacific coast are
the best fisheries in the world"
said Dodson. "A few salmon and
haIibut are now caught there. You
can get probably 100000 tons of
food a year there, if you need it
badly enough to buy"
F. w. C.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12

We begin to feel at home among the
strange type of an English newspaper when
glimpse the ad OF our favorite chewing gum.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12

Henry Ford walks to work, we hear. Cruel,
indeed is the implied slur by the father of the
fvvcr upon his own che-d
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12

The first who was king was a fortunate
soldier; who serves his country well has no
need of ancestors.-Voltaire.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12
Scientific
Notes and
Comment
Calendar of Meetings;
Activities of Societies
In Washington
Philosophical Society. Cosmos Club

Society, Cosmos Club,
this evening, Sis o'clock The
Meteorological Factor in Aero
nautiCs." by c. Leroy MeisinEer:
The Density of Strained Glass. 90
by l.. II. Adams and +. D. will
lamson, THE Tidal Works of the
Coast and Geodetic Survey" by
6. T. Rude.
Clinical Society, Emergency Hospi-
tai. today. ! o'clock. Luncheon
followed by clinics by DR.. Charles
5. White and DR.. William Earl
Clark.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12
INTENSIVE FARMING
NEEDS USE OF PLANT FOOD.

The fertilizer industry is becom-
ing less of a scavenger and more OF
4 chemical industry" declared Will
lam D. Hurd, director of the soil
Improvement committee of the Ma
tional Fertilizer Association. Now
the. industry is one of the largest
heavy chemical industries in the
country and in 1920 it did a busi-
ness of over $3.50, 100000.
Even in the middle Western corn
belt States, a region that in the
past was considered so rich that
fertilizers were unnecessary, il is
now generally recognized that the
largest average yields follow the
largest use Of fertilizers. he said.
European countries that have
the largest yields also use the most
plant food" he said. Here in this
country, where the agricultural
land is becoming less per capita,
there must be more intensive farm
ing with the right use of fertilizer"
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12

Let's pass resolution of thanks to the
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12

IS per cent was from brines OF our
Western saline lakes.
This flooding of the market with
cheap European potash if not stOi-
ped by reasonable sand temporary
tariff protection, will Kill the in
dUstry for all time, he said. Then
the foreign products would be sold
for very high prices" he warned.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12
FOREIGN POTASH THREATENS
AMERICAN INDUSTRY,

"The potash industry of the coun-
try is practically nonexistant at the
present time" declared F. w. Brown
secretary of the U. S. Potash Pro-
ducers' Association. There is prac-
tically no demand for this import
ant ingredient of fertilizer, he said,
due to large importations and to the
low prices that the farmer has been
getting for his crops.
I'm 1920, 223,O0O tons of potassium
oxide were brought into the coun-
try, only $4,000 tons less than in
1913" he said. During nat period
we produced $4,000 tons of which
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12
PORTLAND FEELS SLIGHT
LULL IN BUSINESS

PORTLAND has felt the temporsrv
iull In business during the read
Justment period, Dodson saws sbI+
In his opinion is in better condition
To-Day than any other city of 300 900
population.
LUMBER manufacture and wood
working industries constitute more
than 80 per cent of our industriaI
payroll he pointed out. This an
plles to both Oregon and Wasbinp-
ton. Lumber had a slump, bur is
better today. The nation needs
houses. Lumber will be bought
whenever any appreciable building
program starts. There is a resumed
nuSlhs now, not on a large scale
Set' out sunclent to indicate the
tISihs tlde. Prices OF lumber have
lalIen heavily, in fact, sometimes
10 almost prewar costs. When labor
Is ready to build more houses at a
living cost, there will be a heavv
resumption in home construction
we are commencing a fair start in
this work at home, and find otbar
communities to which we shin our
wood products tending in the same
direction.
There is about 1000, ,OOO. 600 oOO
leet OF commercial standing timber
IN oregon, Washington and Idaho
oregon has nearly half this total
with share of the remainder so
situated that it has to market
through our ports. The district
around Portland, that is tributary
I" Portland, could cut 100000 600
teet of lumber a year for seventy
nVe years, by which time reforesta
tion should make another CroD
available In that territory, where
we nave but one problem-a market
1t is rather amusing to hear the
East talk eXCitedIy about the dis
appearance Of lumber. and worry
ABOUT what will be done in the fu
ture. civ" us low shipping costs
through the Panama Canal and
oregon and Washington can put
down annually in this North Allan
NC market territory 5000. OOO, 900 or
o'ooO'OoO,OoO feet OF lumber and Vet
take care of the Pacific country
trade and the domestic requirements :
"here ran rates permit shipment
mus you will sec that We ha,,
IN enormous quantity a prime ne
ccSSlty-material for home building
More homes must be built. We are
confident of getting our share or
the business. and this confidence
leads to better state of business
than If we were prone to despair
we Know we are soon to resume
business on large scale. in fact
VIC feel il COrniDC DOyr
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12
PLANT LIFE Is CoUNTRY'S
GREATEST MANUFACTURER.

In speaking of the manufactur-
ing of fertilizers, we must realize
that the plant, utilizing the ferti-
lizer and the soil, is the greatest
manufacturer that we have" said
DR.. Oswald Schreiner, of the Bu-
reau of Plant Industry.
How the plant is affected by the
various plant foods is being studied
by the bureau, he said. Actual field
tests of the value of different pro
portions of fertilizer when applied
to various soils are being made, so
that definite recommendations can
be made to the farmers.
In the laboratory there are about
forty different ways of analysing a
soil" said DR.. Schreiner, in point
ing out that the field method gave
the most practical results.
The Washington herald., 1921-02-12
TENDENCY TOWARD
CONCENTRATED FERTILIZER.

THE tendency to concentrated
fertilizers is impelling," declared X.
o. E. Davis, of the Bureau of Soils.
Commercial mixed fertilizers made
up of materials containing potas-
sium, phosphoric acid and nitrogen
carry much matter that is useless
from the fertilizer viewpoint. For
those fertilizers the consumer pays
from so to IS per cent of the freight
charges on material useless to him"
BY mixing ammonium phosphate,
ammonium nitrate, and potassium
phosphate, in the desired proper
tions an ideal fertilizer can be OBJ
tained. ne said Such a mixture
when it comes into the hands of the
farmer may be dissolved in the
proper amount of water and distrib-
uted, or it may be mixed with soil
or peat. and applied in the same
manner that present fertilizers are
applied, he pointed out. w. D.
Evening star., 1921-09-19


John w. Yates. prominent in the
wholesale dry goods business for
many years, and continuous resident
of this city, died suddenly this morn
ing at Georgetown Hospital, follow
ing short illness, necessitating in
an operation last Tuesday.
Mr.. Yates. the son of the late Will
liam A. Yates. was born here Sep
tember l. 1855. He was educated in
the public schools and later married
Miss Tillie G. Graham of Fairfax
Court House, Va. He entered the
wholesale dry goods business con-
Quoted by his father. which at one
time occupied a site on the old Mar
ket place at 9Th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. which still bears the
name of William A Yates e. Co. He
was engaged in that business for the
past forty-five years up to the time
of his death. He resided at 909 Mon
roe street northwest.
Mr.. Yates was a member of St.
Stephens Church, 3017 18th street
and was member of the Columbia
Heights Citizens Associa alton, which
meets in the parish hall of that
church. Funeral arrangements have
not yet been made. The services.
however. will be conducted by Rev
George Dudley, pastor of st. Stephens
Church.
Surviving him. besides his wife. are
three children, Mrs E. F. Long. Mrs.
]. p. Donald and J. Gorden Yates.
Evening star., 1921-09-19
LEAPS TO HIS DEATH.
B. B. Morgan. Newspaper Man,
Who Was Ill, Jumps Off Bridge.

Raymond B. Morgan. forty-fve
years old. 1749 Corcoran street, for
many years a newspaper correspond
ent here, ended his life yesterday by
jumping from the Connecticut avenue
bridge. falling a distance of 175 feet
The body was discovered about $50
o'clock yesterday morning by John
Spencer of 1926 NJ street, w. c. Lee of
1888 Kilbourne place and DR.. J. NJ.
Lowrey of 1901 Connecticut avenue.
who were walking under the bridge.
The police and Coroner hewitt were
notified. The coroner made an in
vestigation. in which he said he
learned Mr.. Morgan had suffered from
insomnia for some time. He issued
a certificate of suicide.
sfr. Morgan left his home early in
the morning, telling his wife he was
going to take a walk as he was un-
able to sleep. Besides his wife. his
father and mother and a brother,
whose home is in Virginia, survive
him.
Mr.. Morgan represented Nebrask
newspaper here for a number of
years and later Joined the Washing
ton staff of the New York Herald.
Evening star., 1921-09-19
FIELD DAY IN CEMETERY.
Sons of American Revolution Will
Place Markers on Graves.

The District of Columbia Society of
the Sons of the American Revolution
will hold field day meeting at pm
Wednesday in Oak Hill cemetery. for
the purpose of commemorating the
placing of two revolutionary grave
stone markers, one at the grave of
Lieut.. Col. Uriah Forrest and the
other at the grave of Rev. DIR. Capt
Stephen Bloomer Balch.
William A. Gordon will speak on
Lieut.. Col. Forrest and Rev. James
T. Marshall on Capt. Balch. Mrs,
Thomas J. MacSpeiden is to be soloist
After the exercises the society will
hold an outing supper at the Dunn
barton Club. Wisconsin avenue and r
street. Representative Samuel Her
rick is to speak on the Constitution
of the United States
Evening star., 1921-09-19
MRS. HARGREAVES DIES.
State Department Employe Passe'
Away Following Operatiou.

Mrs. Bella Hargreaves, employe of
the State Department for many years,
died yesterday morning at the Emer-
gency Hospital, following an opera
tion for appendicitis. She lived at
2501 Pennsylvania avenue.
Mrs. Hargreaves formerly was in
charge of the telephone office of the
Stale Department. She recently was
transferred to the bureau of passport
control and was employed in that bu-
reau at the time of her death. Surviv-
ing her are two sons and daughter
Evening star., 1921-09-19
JOHN R. PUSEY DIES.
Had Been Prominent Resident Of
City Half Century.

John r. Pusey. a prominent resi-
dent of this city for more than half a
century. died yesterday afternoon at
his residence, 1911 E street northeast,
following a short illness. He was
eighty-three years CID
Mr.. Pusey was born in Pennsylvania
in 1897 and came to this city about
ffty-five years ago, where he estab-
lished himself in the retail paper
business. He retired from business
about six years ago. He has been a
member of the Waugh NJ. +. Church
for the past fifty years.
He is survived by two sons, Fred T..
Pusey and Howard o. Pusey. and two
daughters. Mrs. Fred b. Miller and
Mrs. Sylvia Kline. all of this city.
Funeral services will be held from
his old residence tomorrow afternoon
at O'Clock. Interment will be at
congressional cemetery.
Evening star., 1921-09-19
CARD OF THANKS.
SCALCo.

SCALCO. We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation TO our relatives.
friends and neighb",s, both in this city and
ont Of town. for their kindness. sympathy
and beautiful floral tributes at the death of
our beloved son. brother husband and ia
ther, JOSEPH X. SCAIT0.
VINCENT SCAICO.
SALVATORE SCAIIO.
Evening star., 1921-09-19
LIVING COST DECREASES.

LONDON. September 1s.-The labor
ministrys table of statistics shows
decrease OF per cent in the cost of
pared with the LIST of August. The cost
OF living is now 12O per cent above the
pre-war figure.
Evening star., 1921-09-19

HAINES-BECK On "Wednesday. September
IA. 1921. in Baltimore. Nd. by the Rev.
James NJ. Wallace, MALCOLM FRANK
HAINES and ROSALIE FRANCES BECK.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-05-05
BR0WN-TAIL MOTH IMPORTED
Inspection of French Nursery Stocks
Results in Uncovering Many
Nests of Insects.

Federal and state inspection of
French fruit and rose stocks during
recent, months has resulted in the in
Perception of S5 nests of the brown
tail moth in 80 shipments, in contrast
with 63 infested French shipments
which have arrived in this country
during the last nine years. The find
ing of so many nests in such a brief
period indicates that the French in
spection service is much below the
standard of previous years. To meet
this situation, all French shipments
of rose and fruit stocks are being
fumigated at the port of entry under
the direction of the Department of
Agriculture, as well as inspected at
destination by state inspectors. Fur
thermore, a warning has been sent to
the French nurserymen and the
French inspection service to the effect
that if shipments continue to arrive
infested with nests of this injurious
insect, it may be necessary to cancel
all existing permits to import French
stocks.
Interceptfons have been made by
the state inspectors of Connecticut,
New York, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey.
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mary
land and federal inspectors in New
York city, Philadelphia and Washing
ton, D. c.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-05-05

higher than the outside ground sur
face, and ii is advisable to renew them
every year by removing the contami-
mated surface down to clean soil, and
to refill with fresh sand or fine gravel
and earth.
A board floor is generally used
where the level of the floor in the
house is from l to feet above the
ground surface, and in portable hous-
es on land which is not well drained.
Board floors harbor rats, and rot quick
ly, and should be raised some distance
off the ground so that cats or dogs can
get under them, and also to allow a
free circulation of air to prevent the
wood from rotting.
Cement floors are adapted to per-
manent laying houses, to brooder
houses, incubator cellars, and to all
permanent houses where an artificial
floor is required, and can be built on
the ground, level. These floors are
easy to clean, very sanitary, rat proof,
and comparatively inexpensive, if one
has cheap supply of gravel or sharp
sand.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-05-05
BETTER CONTAINERS NEEDED
Millions of Dollars Worth of Perish.
able Products Destroyed An
nually in Transit.

Perishable products worth millions
of dollars are destroyed annually on
account of breakage in transit of the
containers in which they are packed.
More than one railroad has appealed
TO the United States Bureau of Mar
kets to help to remedy this situation,
a high official Of southern railroad
stating recently that, in his opinion,
SINNERS should be compelled TO use
containers of adequate strength, and
that proper carloading methods should
be exercised.
1t is vastly to the interests of the
shipper to use containers of strength
that will carry perishable products
safely to market, and the bureau of
markets has made many investigations
and experiments to determine just
what strength retainers should be to
accomplish that result. These inves-
legations are still in progress, but the
information already collected is suffi-
GENTLY complete to enable the bureau
to advise shoppers with regard to the
best containers to use in shipping
specif1ed fruits and vegetables.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-05-05
BEST TO STICK TO STANDARD
Gardener Should Not Be MisIed by
Highly coIored and Much-Adver-
tised Vegetables.

No gardener should be misled by
highly colored and much-advertised
novelties or unfamiliar varieties of
vegetables. Some of them NAV be
good, but it is better to stick to ,he
standard, well-known and approved
varieties. Many varieties of a certain
vegetable may be listed in the cata-
logue, but only few may be suited
to your particular soil, climate or
needs. If in doubt about what to
plant, consult your state college of
agriculture, the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, the local county
agent or some experienced gardener
in the neighborhood. Carefully figure
the varieties and amount of seed re-
quired; place orders before the hest
stocks of the seed firms are exhausted.
Usually it is advisable to purchase
seed from nearby seed firms or
dealers.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-05-05
TOMATOES ARE BEST
If RIGHTLY PRUNED
Fruit Is Larger, Cleaner and Su-
perior in Flavor.
Grown in Home Garden Stalking and
Pruning Require Little Trouble
and Will Fully Repay Trou-
BILE, Say Specialists.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
A thrifty tomato plant left to itself
will spread over space from to 6
feet in diameter and will produce a
peck or more Of tomatoes. If staked
and pruned it will yield about the
same quantity of fruit, the tomatoes
will be larger, cleaner, better favored,
and superior in every respect, and
enough space can be conserved to ac-
commodate five other plants cared for
in a similar manner, say garden spe
cialists of the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture. The staked and
pruned plants are easily sprayed, and
will continue to produce fruit later in
the fall than plants which are allowed
to spread naturally. AS rule, also,
the pruned tomatoes will mature ear
lier. On the scale on which tomatoes
are grown in the home garden, stalk
ing and pruning require little trouble,
and will fully repay the effort.
When the plants begin making a
vigorous growth, shoots will appear in
the little pockets where each leaf joins
the stem. Later the blossoms appear
on the opposite side of the stem. In
pruning the plant, remove all these
side shoots and those around the base
of the plant, being careful not to dis
turb the blossom clusters. The shoots,
sometimes called suckers, should be
pinched off shortly after they appear.
The mann stem can be carried to the
full height of the stake, then allowed
to hang over. By this time six or sew
en- blossom clusters, on which the
fruit is developing, should be set on
the stem.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-05-05

turn for capital, after which all ex-
thrashing, the managers wage, extra
labor, machinery repairs, depreciation,
and the cost of fertilizers and seeds.
Each of the two managed farms has
a house for the manager, who also can
use the work horses to drive for per-
sonal use, has garden, and COW or
two for supplying the family with milk
and butter. Fifty chickens are fur
nished. and the family is permitted to
raise as many ps possible to supply the
needs of the farm table, but on Decen-
Der 1 all the chickens above the origl-
nal number must be sold, and the land
lord gets one-half the receipts. The
purpose of this limit on chickens Is
to enable the manager to have his own
poultry supply without taking undue
advantage of his opportunity.
In order to calculate the amount of
ceive on this plan it is necessary to do
a certain amount of bookkeeping. This
is left to the owner, who keeps ses
of farm accounts, and on March ]
complete inventory is taken and
yearly summary of the farm business
is completed. In cases of disease, poor
crops, or partial failure which is UNI
avoidable, thus cutting down the in
come of the manager, the owner makes
some allowance and gives the mama
ger, in addition to the wages he has
received, what he thinks is due him
for the work he has done, and the re-
sponsibility he has assumed.
In the period before war initiation
the managers made from SAL to $40
per month the year round, in addition
to having their rent, garden, milk, but
ter and eggs. The manager of the
smaller farm, comprising 96 acres, re-
ceived $50 month straight wages for
four years up to 1918, and his bonus
averaged $16S year. The manager
of the other farm, comprising 100
acres, formerly received $50 per month
and was increased to $35.
Manager Well Paid.
When the fact is taken into consid-
Grafton that the managers employed
under this system are provided with
houses in which to live and are given
the privilege of raising their home sup
plies of vegetables, milk, poultry and
eggs, it will be seen that their neces-
sary expenses are inconsiderable, and
it must be conceded that they are well
paid for their services, in view of the
i fact that they have no investment risk.
The length of time which the men re-
main on the farms shows that this
method of employment must have been
satisfactory both to employee and
landlord in these cases. 1t should be
pointed out, however, that the tenant
should have absolute confidence in his
landlord before he would be justified
in working under this system.