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The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
USE RIPE SEEDS
TO START TREES
Few Varieties OF Seed Such as
Elm, Maple, Willow and Pop
lar Ripen in Spring.
LOAMY SOIL IS PREFERRED
Proximity to Farm Dwelling 10 Desir-
able Because Rodents Are Not Abun-
dant-TranspIant Seedlings When
Ten Inches Huh.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Perhaps the cheapest and frequent
~ the best way to start forest plan
tation Is to collect seed from hard
wood trees and grow seedlings, say
forest specialists of the United States
Department of Agriculture In Farm
ers' Bulletin 1l23, Growing and rlant-
Ing Hardwood Seedlings on the Farm,
just published by the department. The
collected seed, says the bulletin. will
be fresh aud the seedlings grown
from it should he thoroughly accli-
mated so far as climate is concerned.
Should Be Collected In Autumn.
Seed should not be collected before
they ARE ripe. and this means for most
kinds Of seed that the work should he
done during autumn. usually after
frost. Collecting may be extended
into the winter for such species as
ash. catalpa, honey locust, sycamore
and others which "etaiu the seed ON
the trees until that time A few varie-
ties of seed. such as elm, silver maple.
red maple, willow and poplar ripon
during the spring and summer aud
should be gathered promptly before
they are scattered
MiddlC-agcd trees growing In the
open. where they have been permitted
to develop broad. spreading crowns,
ordinarily produce seed in greater
abundance than trees growing In a
dense forest The fruit of some hard
wood trees requires special treatment
to separate the seed from the tleshy
covering, pod or hull before they are
planted.
The best time to SOW seed, either In
the nursery or in the permanent plant
Ing site, Is soon after II Is ripe. but
when this Is not possible the seed
must be stored until spring. Ii this
Is DONE the seed must not be allowed
to dry out excessively, because this
impairs It's power to terminate. Seed
should be stored I'm a cold place.
Loamy Soil Preferable.
When the seed are to be planted a
good, well-drained. preferably loamy
soil should be selected. Proximity to
the farm dwelling Is desirable. be-
cause rodents are less likely TO be
abundant there. Preparation of the
seed bed should be similar to that of
getting the soil ready for vegetable
crop. Except on commercial plant
ings. where the seed are sometimes
sown broadcast, 1t is best to plant
with drill In rows sufficiently far
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16

quantities together in the prope'
amounts, just as chemists now put 'e
proper atoms together and produce
though Outlines under uncommere,,,a
conditions - synthetic rubber Sun
steel. artificial dyes and the many u"
er miracles Of the laboratory
To understand how certain alV -
have already been produced Id Wv
laboratory 1t Is necessary 70 reins =,
Der that there are about nlhe! -
ferent kinds of atoms, correspohuips
to the elements of which oil o'l n
substances are made, and ula' ].
atoms contain equal amounts Vi pV
tive and negative electricity. Jus'
solar systems consist OF piane'' 80
volving about central sun anu a., -,
held together by the force OF gra' .,,e
ton. so do atoms consist Oh nes"
electrical charges, revolving aroun Us
central. positively charged ha', nloe,
held together by the forces VI
trical attraction.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
EVIDENTLY HE DIDN'T LIKE 1T
From Report Made, Post Office En-
pIoyee Had Decidedly Poor Opin-
lon Of That New Trailer.

Once on time an automobile con-
Germ asked the post Office department
to try out a certain truck trailer The
car was put In service at post
Office and shortly the traffic superin-
tendent asked for a written report
from one Of the automobile drivers.
This Is the report:
II has respty used In this run "A
Taller for 4 days In this low down
driveway and Is to be In my way and
to have to push and shove It and lift
II around myself In the lie and get
under the end to uncupple 1t luse and
can't back It up at all and 60 ahead
doors in backing and getting the
pin thing loss again and the gas
shooting In your face and everybody
holering at you and In my way to get
out"
The report finally reached Washing
ton. was read and filed. The trailer
was not accepted.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
MORE GOOD ROADS BIG NEED
Will Increase Growing Popularity OF
Automobiles and Help Build
Up Communities.

To determine the average mileage
the automobile owner covers in
pleasure trip In the evening after
the days work Is over, an investiga-
ton among $50 owners in middle
western city of around 100000 popu-
lation resulted In an average OF 81
miles. Sixty-two per cent stated they
would make longer trips II the roads
permitted, IS per cent stated they usu-
ally made their trips out Into the
country.
From these figures 1t is easy to
see that more good roads will In
crease the growing popularity OF the
automobile, which will In turn help
to build up communities. relieving
congestion in the crowded cities. Gre
ate a wider circulation Of money, In
crease realty values. lower transpor-
tation costs and introduce America
First" to more people.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16

easily If the farmer had access to q
complete chronological history OF his
property.
The diary may be given a promi-
Of the farm business. Generally
speaking, there are three purposes to
be served by farm accounts:
"a To determine the farm invest
ment, receipts, expenses. and the net
income of the business.
(2) To furnish the net returns from
any individual farm enterprise and to
supply specific information as to Its
details.
(8) To obtain memorandum OF
what other people owe you and what
you owe them.
The blank forms necessary for a
simple accounting system can be
worked out by the farmer himself. or
he can apply system recommended
by his county agent. He also can OBJ
tain information direct from the Office
of farm management and farm eco
Monies. United States Department of
Agriculture. The chief advantage of
a farm accounting system. which Is a
part Of the farm diary, is in the add
tional interest furnished by the per
sonal items. The diary supplies items
of supplementary interest which usu-
ally are left out of the accounts.
without the diary the task of keeping
the books of the farm business be-
comes dry and uninteresting. Only
persistency and practice will make one
an adept at writing diary.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
HONEST FIGURES OF Benefit
Farmer Gains Nothing by Using Est-
mates Too High or Low
Best to Stick to Facts.

Good Judgment, coupled with ex.
perience, should enable farmer to
come fairly close to the right figures
in making farm appraisal. say
farm management specialists of the
United States Department Of Agricul-
ture. A middle course Is the safest,
since the results Of an appraisal either
far too high or far too low will be Of
little or no value. False appraisal, to
make the figures show up well. is labor
thrown away, since the one who In
duIges in this pastime Is only fooling
himself. Stick to facts. Use market
values. adding expense Of getting to
the farm all those things the farmer
buys, and subtracting the probable ex-
pense of marketing from the market
value of all those things he has to
SELL
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
WELL-kEPT DIARY IS
VALUABLE TO FARMER
Profit Gained From Record OF
Daily Happenings.
Many Farm Problems Encountered
Every Year That Might Be Solved
More Easily IL History OF
Property Was Handy.

prepared by the United States depart
ment OF Agricultural
A well-kept diary Is the most inter
esting and valuable volume In IT'S
owners library. For the farmer, the
diary will preserve record OF tar"
happenings and personal experiences
which will be valuable in the future
conduct of his business. II, when ne
finds his alfalfa field swarming with
grasshoppers he can look back In MS
diary to summer ten years before
and find the poison-balt formula that
controlled the insect then. he Will
save much valuable time. He may
wish TO know the exact location of u
tile drain that was laid down when
he was youngSter If the event was
noted in his own, or his fathers diary.
a tcn-minute perusal will give MN
more definite information than a day 3
djcgiN@ with n spade. There are
dozen, of farm problems encountered
every year that might be solved more
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
ROAD SOILS DIFFER WIDELY
Just What Characteristics Ars which
Make Them Different Puzzles
Highway Engineers.

The federal highway engineers
point out that soils differ widely In
their ability to support loads, particu-
larly when they are wet. Just why
this Is true and just what are the
characteristics which make them diff
ferent is little understood at present.
It Is in this field of investigation OF
increasing importance because of the
growing volume of heavy traffic, that
the federal investigators expect to Sc
cure important information.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
IMPROVED
ROADS
ROAD CONSTRUCTION IN 1920
Cost Of Materials Among Diffa
culties Encountered.

Every kind OF road cost about twice
rs much TO build In 1920 as II did in
1917, according to the chief OF the
bureau Of public roads, United States
Department OF Agriculture, and high
way construction suffered more than
any other class OF work through rail-
road congestion, strikes, labor trou-
bles, and material shortages
After the war there was great
public demand for improved roads
Many roads had been seriously dam
aged by war traffic. and It appeared
that the return Of men from military
service would provide an abundance Of
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16

labor. The army of laborers which we
expected T. apply for the work did
not, however, materialiZe. On the
contrary, there was a distinct shortage
of labor, and wages reached the high
est levels attained in the history Of
the country. In 1917, competent labor
could be secured for from $50 to So
per day. but the corresponding wages
In 1920 were from So to IS for short
err days work.
In proportion to this demand there
was also a pronounced scarcity OF con
structlon materials. Sand. gravel,
monty used In road work increased in
price between 1917 and 1920 from so
to 100 per cent. Naturally these In
creases In cost were reflected In the
prices paid to contractors for road
work. Gravel roads increased from
S4,535 to $3.50 per mile; concrete
from $21, 185 to upward of $4,000 per
mile. and brick roads from $4,000 to
$4,000 per mile.
As funds available for road con-
struction are largely limited by statute,
or by the returns from taxation, a
majority of the states this year have
deliberately withheld work. the plans
for which had been completed. until
they could obtain greater return for
their expenditure.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16

was awake did not return -,r~~
months aud when ! did rcpenton'
found nothing but ashes Ia mari l
spot where we had trj, to live ,w e
never was ! able TO ct a trooa u
your mother though ! believe she ,a "
ished In the Frisco earthquake PVT
$50 you see. my son. what m.rru,
beneath my station lid 10 mo v1
see what may be the conscauencos u
You of marrying one of those no,r.
loving spirits. II sounds Wen In, :,
works out differently.
The son was silent several mimi.
Il know YOU mean well, fnther" -
finally said, aud this time It wa. h,0
hand that stretched forth and -
touched the others shoulder "p,.,
love this girl, | am sure of it. and ho
sides, love nature, too, so We ouoh.
to get along. Now ! must be po,nr
for | have an engagement with Co..,
We want to discuss old college davse
He left, and FOR time the man
with silver hair smoked and sllpnnv
watched the nrenlncr aouoy ona
or three tears crent INF, bis an" 49," '"o
1t was Pauls wedding day and bo
was on his way to claim his bride from
the forest His fatber was with
him.
81 said NV say. ana rnu,vo mad.
vonr choice SON he .,il -, l. ,ao
vo, +, deridc \ud If sop.yo ~,
ing to he present WHOM INV san i NV
ried oven If il ShouIJ br ia tbo a~a
for If he African iunor,..
"a ,bnv p,cI.J r.,t.If,,, HOW,
tooIs . tryin Tor tifr y,frlsrnae, 4.
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out nm foot tbroucb q, n,th in -.
woods
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tho ,I,ls,. mann MS th,y Orrd-ed ,I,na
fnI,,Ii,,u u,orn -rn,u tr, ,t,,, t...F
oIt,- tha fI~t fin, Iyr bacn II ~
y.n,d. si,e., efn.. thal. ,t-rt,
T,y, hours uaIrtr= hrsuaht tbo,,
IA q ylGafiutr " lpl.t Il igs Iaugp gpnt
. tl,in o-rs.,,h of ,.nn.n h.q,an,,,ra
II was a small but bnt II locked n
,.itinr III island IN i al, NJ an,or,
and vines
"rbig il rho pIaco p,ul ,unorncod
~ mi ,u-rr soon i mn rpeoived
Good directions in nv last letter" uis
focc was Ighfnd I'm exnoctantIy
From, tho door NJ Tho mn ro,pnod
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
HER REALLY BRIGHT THOUGHT
Mary Ellen Had Shrewd Scheme fo'
Making Sick Children Satisfied
With Their Lot.

Little Mary Ellen Mckee is, as she
terms 1t. "just half past four" and
lives around the corner from the
Union hospital in Terre Haute, says
the indianapolis News. Recently she
received a tricycle.. which she rides
morning. noon and night. At first her
rides were confined to her own street,
but the other day she wished to ride
around the corner.
But the little sick children at the
hospital will see you, and then they'll
be unhappy because they can't ride,
too" her mother told her.
Mary Ellen was silent a minute.
Then she said earnestly: well. then,
mother. I won't ride past the hos
pital. When I get in front of 1t I'll
get Off and push It like 1t was hard
work. and then they won't be unhappy.
They'll be glad they can lie in bed
and not have to push things like tri.
cycles
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
Well.Manaued Timber Stand 10 Source
Of Fuel and Shelters Farmstead
From Severe Winter Winds.

apart to permi, horse cultivation
With small or thin seed, such as that
Of birch. elm or sycamore, best re-
suits will be obtained by sowing
broadcast rather thickly over the
beds. pressing the seed into the loose
soil with board and covering II very
lightly with soil and light mulch Of
leaves or straw. When the seedlings
are ten or more inches In height they
are large enough to be transplanted to
the field. Most Of them reach this
size In one growing season. In dig
ging them care should be taken to in
jure the roots as little as possible.
Injured portions Of the roots should
be cut off with a sharp knife. The
seedlings should not be dug until the
time for planting them In their per-
manent location. for exposure of the
roots to the air for any length of time
will kill them.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
GROW SOY BEANS WITH CORN
Combination Will Produce Larger
Amount of Dry Matter Per Acre
Than Corn Alone.

There is decided advantage in
growing soy beans with corn for silage
purposes. The combination will pro
duce a larger amount of dry matter
per acre than corn alone and the
beans, being rich in protein. help ma
terially in improving the feeding value
of the silage. Less high-priced oil
meal or cottonseed meal will be need
ed to balance the ration when the
silage contains a goodly proportion of
soy beans.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
ADVANTAGES OF PAVED ROADS
Give Ever-Increasing Share of Service
in Providing Safe Highways tor
Motor Traffic.

Paved roads are giving an ever-in-
creasing share of service in providing
safe. permanent, dependable highways
for heavy motortruck traffic, relieving
railroads of much short haul, lessen
ing terminal congestion and in these
WAYS making the handling and ship
ment of supplies much easier.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
PLAN FOR CLEANING HARNESS
Warm Water, Neutral Soap and a
Stiff Brush Are All That Is Nee
essary for Good Job.

Warm water. n good neutral soap.
such as CASTLE or toilet, and a stiff
brush are all that is required to clean
harness. When the harness has dried
until it is only slightly damp. good
coat of neat's-foot or castor oil, or n
mixture of the two, should be applied
Harness should not be thoroughly dry
before oiling. Too much oil will col
lect sand and grit on the harness and
increase the wear.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
1t Was His Brother!

AT crowded dance one evening q
fellow | had just finished the previous
dance with bumped into me. Feeling
indignant at him for having trampled
on my pet corn and new satin slip
pers, | exclaimed to my partner, THAT
fellow is about as light on my feet
as the bird they call the elephant
"Yes, it's too bad. My brother is
Just learning to dance and you know,
the first hundred years are the hard
est" was the unexpected reply.-Chf
cago American.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
WILLING to Serve.

want TO go on an investigating
committee?"
"If 1t is headed in the right direc-
ton. | don't mind investigating ice
conditions in Havana harbor. Louis
vile Conrier-Journal.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
A Crimson Guich Critic.

"What did you think Of our perform.
ance of Hamlet last nlghtT' inquired
Mr.. Stormington Barnes.
"To tell the truth" answered Cactu'
Joe. "the boys were disappoin'eu'
Hamlet showed a lot of sense III Ine
early part of the evening, but ne pe-
haved plum foolish In foolin' WIN
sword instead o. getting hisself sN
shooter"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
CULLlNG FLOCK ACCURATELY
Ingenious Poultry Keeper Discarded
Hens That Were Last to Leave
Roost in Morning.

One ingenious poultry keeper culled
his flock quite accurately by discard
ing the hens that were last to leave
the roost on a spring morning. The
layer is active and ambitious. and
must eat a great deal In order to Keep
On making eggs.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
ADVANTAGES of Paved Road.

A paved road saves more than IL
costs. 1t is open to maximum trafhc
all the year. 1t brings greater free
dom and ease all around in essential
travel and transportation. 1t perma-
nently increases land values.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
ASPIRIN

Warning Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds, Headache, Neural
gia, Rheumatism. Earache, Toothache,
Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes Of twelve Bayer Tablets OF As
pirin cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin Is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Of
Observation-Disclosures Of Salicycacid.-
Adv
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16

Beginning Of Electrical s.uu. ~
The scientific study of electrici'! -
gan In the sixteenth century "ne" =
tain experiments were sno"'
Queen Elizabeth.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
Problem for Serious Study.

Problem TOT SeTIoUs otuuy.
The kind of road to build, and the
way which the road shall be paid for
after It Is built. Is a problem for seri-
ous study and not for spurious agita-
ten.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16

Most of the baekbiting Is harmless,
because the people who hear It don't
care.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16
Sarcastic.

That's a bad cold you have"
"Yes. Sometimes wish | could
have got good one for q change"
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16

There is sea of advice-imper-
sonal-from which one is free to dip
every day.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-04-16

It's better to he brought IN IN q
bottle than to be brought down nv
one.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-10
Two Minutes of Optimism
sPlklhe THE GHOST OF sPookvlLLE
By HERMAN J. STITCH

J. i ~ GHOST sPookvLLE
respects the
Spookvile
lobster perhaps
hunh times going be
had
with feeling that people
poor
taos the bicycle SO
he to buy had looking
old he
the plans for an addition to his home ,;o,
he a
trade Ole Whbone
said coming but was
50 ebacked tot making lumber
lumber
had the tailor do over his old
inste OF a
Things gong 10 the
Banks business I've
wv" ana
the SOCK without
Il
Spookvle when Tor ecapeu anu
who assure US
SAILING through
Port Good lmes ar
was
ta ever o normal conditions - - s,i
And is
financial disaster lpossi
world It's currency debt capita is the lowest
A. the same lis paying Off its Indebtedness
other nation
inevitable laying OH OF
and reconstruction are ~
ness is going holes rapidly being
the ~
gotten vrtueso o. efficiency
between De
1eeoer ana
heyc roak-because frogs croak
Cheer The best is no" to come Ion let 'ne
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-10
CHICAGO CLOTHIERS
FOLLOW MISSIONARIES

MANILA, p. L., March 1O.-That
American firms are on the alert for
business in the far east was demon
strated by the receipt of letters here
from clothing manufacturers of the
United States, offering to furnish
trousers in any quantity or grade of
material for the male population of
the Philippine Islands.
These offers grew out of the pub
LEGATION in the United States of the
provisions of a bill introduced in the
legislature early in December, by Sen
ator Lope K. Santos, requiring the non
Christian tribes of northern Luzon and
the island of Mindanao to wear more
clothing. The bill has never been re-
ported on by committee and the lead
ers say it probably will not be revived
during the present session.
One large manufacturer of clothing
in Chicago, wrote to Santos:
THE writer was interested to note
the enclosed clipping from Chicago
newspaper. AS one of the largest
clothing specially manufacturers of
the country, We are in a position TO
supply trousers in most any grade or
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-10
Says His Prescription
Has Powerful Influence
Over Rheumatism

Mr.. James H. Allen suffered for years
with rheumatism. Many times this
terrible disease left him helpless and
unable to work.
He finally decided, after years of
ceaseless study, that no one can be
free from rheumatism until the accu-
mulated impurities, commonly called
uric acid deposits, were dissolved in
the joints and muscles and expelled
from the body.
With this idea in mind he consulted
physicians, made experiments and
finally compounded a prescription that
quickly and completely banished every
sign and symptom of rheumatism from
his system.
He freely gave his discovery to
others who took it, with what might
be called marvellous success. After
years Of urging he decided to let suf-
ferers everywhere know about his dis.
covery through the newspapers.
A. g., Luken & Company, Three
Quigley Drug Stores and Yes and Now
Drug Co. have been appointed agents
for Allenrhu in this vicinity with the
understanding that they will freely re-
turn the purchase money on the first
two bottles to all who state they re-
ceived no Observation-Disclosures