The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-07

Do EOu Read For PrOfitf
 l never could understand why so many city homes don't take a daily paper. It is interesting to watch the morning paper boy, how many houses he passes up, and equally as- tonishing to watch how many of the very game houses are passed up by the evening news boys. When you go out into the country you are often floored with the information that no paper at all is taken. The American, of course, is a great read CT, but the important question. does he read for profit, cannot always be answered in the affirmative. Does the average farmer ever try to find out just how much his farm paper, weekly, daily or farm bulletins will add to his profit. A great many will say: I don't have the time to read papers and bulletins; actual ex- perience is the thing that counts with me, all newspaper stuff is the ory and ought to be suppressed
 It's strange thing that many merchants and business men seem to have the same point of view. There is coming time, not far off now, when competition is going to swamp the farmer as well as business man
 
 do read. but don't profit.
 Don't Blame Agricultural Dept.
 It would be fine thing if every farmer. merchant. banker and other citizens had an itemized schedule of the total appropriation made for the national agricultural department for 1923. A careful study of the items reveals politics, thickly studded on every branch, like potato bugs in Alabama fields of potatoes. The pit iful sum of SS9,S2 Is made available for the study of medicinal plants and those yielding drugs, spices and other material of great economic value, and yet, single Texas weed produced last year more than $40,- 100000 revenue for that state and the Industry only beginning. We send millions of good American dol lars abroad every year for certain spices that the plant specialist knows can be produced in our southern states. Two or three of our own Alabama black belt counties could produce the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of red pepper im- ported. Yet, Congress must have a campaign fund of $360,000 for free seed to send to their constituents,
 
 ence of many are not worth Q paper of radish seed.
 Contrast China And America
 It's true that we have bugs and booze to contend with in the United States, besides some political strife, and just now a miners and railroad strike looms rather large, but what of China? In China as well as cer- tain ports of Russia, 1t seems to be the studied practice of rebels, rob- bers and revolutionist to utterly de- stroy all manner of seeds. for the purpose l suppose, as a practical measure to starve out the popula- tion or at least the other side. Re- cent reports reaching this country state emphatically that vast areas are utterly barren of any of the common garden vegetable seed, and there appears to be no way to get seed to them in time for crop this season, as in some sections, the sea- sons are extremely short A mis- sionary frcm Pekin writes that no tomato seed were to be had in the city, but a limited supply were To- cated in Tientsin at 12 American dol lars per pound. Many of the com honest garden seed were sometimes located at prices from s350 to $500 per pound. Still. there is doubtless more kicking and regulating right at home than in both Russia and China.
 Questions and Answers
 o. There is a yellow winter tur- nip called the yellow Scotch that I want to get hold of. Could you tell me where I could get it? c. T., Jr.. Garden City.
 Caad ctpraa sell fhiS va rftv under the name of yellow Aberdeen. It is a firm variety, fine keeper and splendid quality.
 Q. I see where lemon salts Is recommended for lice on plants. Where can l get this and how is it used? Mrs. w.
 A. Salts of lemon is common name often applied to Oxalic acid, 2 deadly poison. It would kill any bug