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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-08-23
Worn Soils To Get New Life From
Cover Crops

New life will be put into worr
soils on hundreds of kentuck?
ia,pls in the near future through
the Use OF winter cover crops which
VIII be seeded this fall and turned
under in the spring for purpose oil
AIDING humus TO the land, accord
ing TO X. f. Stephenson, soils ex-
tension specialist of the College OIL
Agriculture. Rye will be the
mrinc pal crop used for TINS par
pose. many farmers having made
arrangements to SOW the seed as
sooa as their tobacco, soybeans'
cowpeas or corn are harvested
Farmers who turn these cover crops
undor in the spring Tor green ma
nurs will obtain number OF bene-
dts through the addition OF humu9
which is the greatest single need oil
badly worn soils, he added.
Exhausted soils do not contain
the bacteria that live and multiply
in the presence Of humus and ada
..life" 10 fertile SOILS sIr. Stephen
son pointed out in explaining how
,be dayleted soils OF the state wouid
he benefited by cover crops that are
turned under" These bacteria
causa manure and crop resdues to
decay ana give up the elements that
contribute toward crop growth. ID
addition. this process also makes
the mineral portions OF the soil
more available.
'Humus also performs an I'M
portant service in improving the
physical condition of the SOIL.
Soils that are rich in humus
are mellow and friable ana
ill easily while the humus also an
serbs rainfall and holds IT until
times of drouth. On the other hand
this same material promotes good
drainage during times OF surplus
rainfall and retards the washihs
that causes many soils TO lose much
OF their fertility.
Perhaps the greatest value OF
humus comes from the plant food
il contains Coming as it does
from the partial decay OF plant and
animal products, it contains the
elements such as nitrogen, lime,
PHOSPHORUS and potassium that are
necessary before heavy yields can be
obtained"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-08-23
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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-08-23
Kentucky Stands Fifth In be''er
stock Drive

stock Drive
Kentucky is continuing to make
steady progress in the Better sires-
Better Stock" campaign being con-
Quoted throughout the country D!
tha limited States Department OF
Agriculture in cooperating VIII"
the various state agricultural col
loges, according 10 progress re-
port which has justAbeen received
by T. r. Bryant, assistant director
OF extension work az the College OIL
Agriculture. The state now stands
fifth among all those in the Union
in the numbor of farmers who have
been enrolled in the drive against
scrub breeding animals, being pre-
coded ry Ohio. Virginia, Nebraska
and Washington.
Since the beginning Of the cam
paisn, at which time Kentucky
stood at the bottom of the list of
states in the number of farmers
who had agreed to use nothing but
purehred sires in all their breeding
work, the state has forged rapidly
10 the front through the work car
RED on by county agricultural
agents and specialists from the col
lere, Mr.. Bryant said. At the pres
ent time a total of 40l Kentucky
farmers have joined the campaign.
these farmers being the owners of
, a total of 1850 purebrei animals
AID 54,292 chickens. Ohio. when
heads the list, has a total of 1870
farmers enrolled in the movement.
WORK being carried on by county
agricultural agents and the College
extension division at the present
time promises to advance the stand
ing Of che state in the drive. Mr..
Bryant said. The work is being
launched in practically all parts OF
the state while many farmers aye
showing an increased interest in
the value Of better breeding ami
mails, he said.
a; the present. time Oldham
county IS playing an important part
80 the progress which IL being made
by the state. County Agent Gordon
j.. Nance has reported thai 81 addi-
tional farmers in that county re-
Gently applied for enrolment in the
osmpa gn by agreeing TO use moth
ing bD' purebred sires in all their
breeding work. This brings the
total enrolment of farmers in that
county up TO 1903. The progress re-
per- which has just been received
lore e.cws that cnly 70 counties IN
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1922-08-23

justed. The material which vii he
required to do this is as follows:
One standard vacuum socket.
One 6-10-Ohm filament rhccstat.
One grid condenser and leak com
bined.
Three binding posts.
A source Of filament current aud n
source Of plate potential.
Systematically the set Is connected
up as shown In Fig. Is when used with
Il three-electrode tube as q aetector
This set. too, can he very con-
veniently mounted on an by 10-inch
base, mounting the tube socket with
the filament rheOstat beside 1t.
In great many Of the usuDl re
ceiving circuits used the so-called de-
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TIPS FOR FANS

A meeting Of representatives
of stations within 800 meters of
New York and New Jersey was
called to prevent radio Siam"
In the air. Some of the sweet
things that come through must
have gumned up the ether.
For use across the secondary
Of a tuner, such as the honey :
comb coils, use a condenser of
twenty-three plates or less. The
less capacity used In the Sec
Ondary circuit, the better will
the set work.
If, after wiring up set, you
hear nothing but a steady hum
in the receivers. you may be
very sure that there is all open
circuit somewhere. Trace out
the wiring carefully and some
little fault will present itself.
The so-called spaghetti" tub
Ing, II placed over bare wire
USED III wiring set, VIII lm-
prove the appearance 100 per
cent and reduce the danger Of
short circuits.
More and more are the radio
fans turning to radio-frequency
application instead Of audio-
frequency. The chief reason for
this lies In the fact that In
radiofrequency application the
incoming signals are amplified
before they reach the detector,
where they are rectifed. while
In audio-freQuency they are am
plified after reaching the de-
tector. In the first method sig
nails that are very weak are
, brought In. whereas In the lat
ter method they would probably
not be heard.
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CHANGE POTENTIAL
TO OBTAIN SIGNALS
Way in Which This May Be Done
With Three-EIectrode n
Vacuum Tube.

For every filament current there is
a, definite plate potential that will
give the strongest signals. When us
ing fairly hard tubes-high vacuum
bringing out taps from the individual
cells OF the plate Of ~" battery will
give variations that are fine enough.
For very soft, gaseous tubes. low
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lowing an excessive current to flow to
the plate circuit which will destroy
the elements.
In using a vacuum tube circuit for
the first time. always check the cir
cult to see that A" and "B" batteries
are connected to their respective ter
minals ON the socket. The markings
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FARM EXTRACTS
INFORMATION FROM THE ExPE RDENT STATION AoRICu1-
ruRA PAPERS AND COUNTY AGENTS OFFICE
! FROM THE ExPE RrMENT

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present time.
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The Washington times., 1922-08-02
hGNEW TAKES
PARK TOURNEY.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Youngster Is Able to Defeat Bill
PrendabIe by Playing Stead
Ter Golf in Final Round.

Charles N. Agnew. jr.. is today
public park golf champion. He won
the title in the final round Of the
tournament in East Potomac Park
yesterday when he defeated william
Prendable by / up In twenty holes.
Agnew played steadier golf through,
out.
While neither Agnew nor Prend.
able approXimated the golf they dis.
played in the earlier rounds there
was plenty OF fine play shown
throughout. Agnew was better at
putting and on the short game than
Prendable, who had the edge with
the wood
With the match apparently well In
hand Agnew dropped two chances by
poor putting and then lost two holes.
the last at the eighteenth when
Prendable's excetional approach laid
him a dead stymie.
Agnew returned the compliment on
the nineteenth, and Prendable's putt
was on the lip Of the cup. Agnew
was returned victor on the twentieth,
when his spoon shot and approach
left him within three feet of the pin,
and Prendable was bunkered.
H. T. Dieste captured honors in
the finals Of the second sixteen de.
feating Fred D. Otell by up and
4 to go count.
W. H. Lines downed J. A. Phelan
by a 2.and.1 count in finals OF the
third sixteen flight.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
OVERPLAY FEAR
Of AUSTRALIA
WINNING CUP
Patterson Declares His Teams
Chances Are One in Three for
Defeating American Players.
BY DAVIS s. WALSH.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-The pre-
vsiling fear that the Australian team
will return TO that so-dear Sydney
with the Davis cup under its collec.
tive arm Is somewhat overplayed.
II one Is TO Judge from the attitude
OF the invaders captain and star,
Gerald l.. Patterson.
In a conversation with the writer,
Patterson declared that he figured
the chances of his team to be just
about one in three. And this in spite
Of the fact that he regards the 1922
team as the best Australia has sum-
moned, either in defense or in quest
Of the famous tennis trophy. since
Norman Brookes and the late An.
thony Wilding beat Maurice Nc.
Laughlin and r. Norris Williams ut
Forest Hills nearly ten years ago.
Undoubtedly. we have the strong
est team since Brookes and Wilding
were here last" he declared. 1T is
far stronger than the team Of
Brookes and myself, for Norman was
an old man by that time and | was
just an inexperienced lad. II is
stronger than last years team be-
cause Jim Anderson has shown a
great improvement over his 1921
game"
How, then. TO account for his own
rather liberal odds Of 3 to /? Patter.
sons answer came without hestita-
tion.
Briefly he figures the issue as a
test of supremacy beween a very
good Australian team on one side
and William T. Tilden, Billy John.
ston and the class of. American ten.
mis- on the other.
Il am not SO sure that we could
hope to beat Tilden and Johnston in
any case" he said, They are a
great pair, comparing favorably with
the Dougherty brothers, Brookes and
Wilding and other remarkable teams.
But they have an extra advantage
that is denied us except perhaps once
or twice a year. This is their day to
day competition.
Here in America you have hun.
dreds of front rank players, capable
of giving Tilden, Johnston and
others the hardest kind Of a rub.
We don't get that kind OF conrpc1-
ton in Australia"
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
Baseball Gossip For
Diamond Readers

zeb Milan and his gang of losers
are due to open a four-day stop
in Chicago today. II Courtney op
poses them, they may win one
game, anyway. Judge. Shanks, Rice
and Goslin appear to he the only
members Of the team still fighting
against odds.
. The Chicago White Sox are but
three games behind the Yankees
who are two behind the Brownies
This makes the White Sox but
five games short Of first pace.
The complete decentralization OF
the Washington team was shown
at Cleveland yesterday when Steve
O'Neill, the slowest baserunner in
the league. stole second Cleveland
writer's enlarge upon the lack OF
spirit shown by the Griffmen and
take up much room in their columns
seeking an explanation.
Beginning today the Griffmen
have four games to play with the
White Sox. On Sunday they open
another four-game series in St
Louis. Thursday will be spent
travelling Friday and Saturday
August II and II, will find them
in Boston, playing a double. header
on Saturday. They are due home
week from next Sunday, facing
the Yankees.
Old Hank Gowdy, the Braves vet
eran backstop. who has been rest
ing at his home and thinking about
retiring, appeared behind the bal
against the Cincinnati Reds yester
day and did a fine job holding up
Rube Marquad. Hank got a single
out Of three attempts.
The Pirate craft sent the good
shin worlds champion" to the
bottom for the fourth straight time
msnhand'ins Ryan and Jonnard for
a 10.to-2 victory. Cooper pitched
his second winning kame Of the
series and Max Carey smote his
fifth homer In four days. The
Giants are now four percentage
points in front OF the Cardinals.
Ken williams, who is perfectly
normal outside OF ST. Louis. smots
his twenty-seventh homer Of the
season tying Hornsby for inter
league honors, as the Browns scored
their fourth straight over the Red
soI. s to z. II was williams fifth
home run In as many days
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
GOVERNMENT LEAGUES
TO STAGE FINAL GAMES

The Government League season
has come to an end with the Gen.
eral Accounting Office nine the
winner Of the SECOND series and
the Marines winners of the first
half.
A three.game series has been
arranged between these two teams
for the championship Of the league.
The series is to start on next Mon.
day, August I. and will continue on
the next two days. August s and 2.
All three games will be Played on
the Ellipse. G.. A. o. will count
on their star battery. Lem" Owen
and Giovennettt to win the series,
while the Leathernecks will rely on
the pitching OF Patterson and
Boland and the hitting Of johnny
Blair and Snyder to pull them
through.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
JIMMY WALSH !.
MAY PILOT THE =:
/. TORONTO CLUB
Present orio'e Right Fielder
Hears Call to Take Up =.
Managerial Reins.

BALTIMORE, Adg. Don't be
surprised If the first appearance OF
the Toronto Maple Leafs at Oriole
Park in 1928 finds Jimmy Walsh,
the Birds present rightfield guard.
ian, leading the Canucks. Dunnie
Is hunting around for a capable
first baseman to fill Bentley's
shoes, providing the majors pay the
price he wants for Sandy. while
Owner Lawrence Solomon, of the
Toronto club, is now looking over
every international League club for
playing manager to succeed
Onslow. ~
Walsh has already said that he
would like to take another fling a.
the managerial end of the game
He did not have much to work
with at Newark last season, but IL
he could get hold of Toronto during
the winter and land a few young
and aggressive ball players the
pride of Syracuse says he is conff
dent he could give Toronto a win:
ner.
1t was suggested to King Bird
Dunn that he trade Walsh for
Onslow. The Oriole leader merely
smiled and said: -
Wait until we get our fourth
flag sewed up, and then we viii
look around for a team that will
make il five in a row." 70"
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
DARK HORSE|S
VICTOR IN DAY
TROPHY TEST
Gertrude Ederle Defeats Helen
Wainwright and HiIda James
In Open Water Race.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-Gertrude
Ederle. fifteen years old. IT the
New York Women's Swimming
Club, sprung big surprise here
yesterday in winning the DAY Eup
over three and one-half miles Of
open water competition.
Miss Ederle's time was 81 min.
utes "a AS seconds. Helen Vain
wright. of the same club, was sec
ond. and Hilda James, the youthful
British star. third.
Aileen Riggin, OF the New York
association, finished fourth. The
Joseph p. Day team trophy for
the race goes TO the New York as
sociation. the individual trophy goes
to Miss Ederle. The race was held
in a driving rain, starting at Man
haitian Beach and ending at Brigh.
ton Beach.
II was the first open water race
OF any distance in which Miss
EdeTle, regarded as one of the
dark horses" had participated.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
WElSSMULLER SUCCEEDS
IN BREAKING TWO MARKS

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 2i--
Johnny Weissmuller. OF Chicago,
worlds champion swimmer, shat.
tered two worlds records in the
Ohio State Journal swimming meet
here yesterday. He bested his own
75.yard bscko roke record by 3 l.b
seconds. His old mark was 20 40.
attempt to lower the 60.yard free
style record. held by Duke Kahs.
namoks, Of Honolulu. He swan the
distance In % AS seconds a second
better than the Hawalian's best
mark.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
NAVY To MEET
PENN SKATERS
HERE ON NOV. 3
Football Game to Be Played at
Park Following Acceptance
In Change Of Date.

Navy and Penn State football
elevens will clash here al American
League Park on November 3. The
arrangements for the contest have
been ratified by Lieut.. Commander
Douglas Howard. of the Navy A. A.,
and Hugo Bezdek, of Penn State.
II was feared that the Navy could
not change the date which was
planned for November 4.
More than twenty thousand per.
sons can he seated for the contest,
the park officials making prepara.
tions TO put in field bleacher seats.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
FLORENCE SKADDlNG AND
MARK COLES STAY UP

Florence SHADING and Mark
Coles continued to add points to
their large totals for District
swimming honors at the Tidal
Basin beach yesterday. -
The results of the weekly swims
follow: ..a
lO0-yard swim (men(-Mark Coles,
first: Robert Darnall, second: Otis
Turner, third. Time, so As seconds.
High dive (womenl-Florence
SHADING. first; Beatrice Woodford.
second: Minerva Damon, third.
5O-yard back stroke men)-Mark
Coles, first: Robert Darnall, sec!
ond; Otis Turner, third. Time.
O:59 10.
220.yard swim ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Damon. first; Florence - >Skadding,
second; Margaret Newman. thirG.
Time, 3:53 As
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
J. WOOD PLATT REMOVED
TO HOME AND IMPROVES

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. al
Wood Platt. Philadelphia amateur
champion. who was overcome hy
heat while playing in the interclut
match at Pine Valley recently, wac
taken to his home yesterday.
According to his physician. rlatt
did not have a sunstroke, as was al
fret supposed, but suffered from heal
prostration His condition was Sc
rious for two days. but his robust
constitution enabled him 20 pull
through
He will not he able TO play golf for
At least a month, possibly longer.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02

played, Dy forfeit. dominican lS-
ceum also had one victory over the
Knickerbockers. The knickerbock.
ers had beaten Junior Order and
Tenleytown.
The Knickerbocker Juniors are
In first place today in Section Is
Of the junior class by virtue Of
q decisive win over the Plaza
players, who had been leading
with n clean slate, of two vic
tories. The score was II TO I.
The Knickerbocker Juniors now
have standing Of five games
won, with the LinwOrth Juniors
trailing closely with four and one.
The Auburns forfeited to Pet
worth and automatically dropped
from Section A of the senior class
II was the Auburns' second for.
felt. Once before taey had unoffi-
cially announced their withdraw wal
from the series hut later decided
to go on. This Auburns have won
no games, yesterdays forfeit max
ing seven losses for them,
TodAy's game between Silver
Spring and Holy Name in the
senior class has been postponed
until August 3 by agreement Of
the teams managers.
The Knickerbockers trimmed Sher-
wood yesterday, to 2. three runs
in the seventh and final inning turn
ing the trick. The game was played
pending a reply to the Knicker.
booker appeal on the Knickerbocker.
Shamrock decision.
forced to idle when rain swept
Union Park.
w. F. Roberts will play again TO.
day. with Mercury opposing, at
Washington barracks.
The Gibraltars, on the flying
MOslawk's trail. will attempt 10
pick up In the race, Blacks A. c.
being their opponents at Union
Park.
Woodley and the Optometrists en-
gagged in an exciting contest, plav.
ing nine innings TO a 6-to-6 draw.
Woodley is stepping along in Sec
ton c. unlimited class, having a
standing OF four and two.
Today's Games.
Unlimited class-Section A. Sham.
rock VS.. Junior Order. at Congress
Heights, 5:l5 p. m; section B, Blacks
A. c. VS.. Gibraltar, at Union Park.
5l5 p. m.; section c, Roberts vs.
Mercury. Washington Barracks, 5:I5
p. m.
Senior class-Section A, st. Peters
VS.. Aztec. at Sixth and B streets
northwest, 5:15 p. m: section b, Sill
yer Spring VS.. Holy Name. at Seven
teenth and d streets southeast, $40
p. m. postponed until August 81.
Junior class-Section A, Trinity VS..
Atlantic, at Thirty-seventh and r
streets northwest, 5:15 p. m; section
B, Anacostia Eagles VS.. Havoc. at
Brookland, $50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02
MAYEloWER is DENIED
CHANCE IN SEA RACES

HALIFAX. Nova Scotia, Aug. a.
Reports from Gloucester that the
trustees Of the international fisher.
mems schooner race cup had reached
an agreement qualifying the May.
flower as a challenger in the next
race, were denied today by II. r.
Silver, chairman of the board. He
declared the matter had not even
been considered.
The Washington times., 1922-08-02

loi SiIS-t IA executives amt so
mean either. but BACKFIRES
list OF nobodies reads like un-
listed numbers in the city teIe.
phone diary. .
Unless a newborn babe locks
like II Is going to blossom into
an obtuse impresario. the proud
parents drown il in tub Of lye.
Whenever an offspring arrives
postage due the neighbors take
one look at II and sound off
celebration which listens like a
fog horn calling it's ancestors on
a cloudless night Sometimes
they drown 'em-once in a while
they keep 'em.
Chief form OF afternoon sport
here In BACkFIRE is egg.rolling
which takes place on rock ribbed
lawn of mayor--deceased.
This post-mortem exercise
usually ends in picnic riot in
which tough-boiled yolks are
useu as ammunition.
BACKFIRE never aims its mis-
sles with the hare hand-always,
using specially constructed
slingshot made of whipped cream
and old mandolin strings.
Men and women Old enough to
know better engage in the inno-
cent egg-rolling duties. while the
wealthy children look on In un-
diluted Chagrin.
When the cool of the evening
arrives with mosquitoes, bed
bugs. sun burn and hives the
half-baked citizens retire 10 the
seclusions Of their alfafa tunga-
lows and listen to radio market
reports.
Keen interest centers in the
closing reports on peanuts F. o.
4. Norfolk-shells detached.