The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-09

schedule proposes duty on potash and ammoniates that will cost the American farmer over $1S,000, 900 an- nually. The public don't seem tc care and they don't realize that they must pay their share of the toll every time they go to their meals. There don't seem to be any serious effort to defend the gross unfairness of this measure. The truth is, these proposed tariff rates cannot be de- tended under any theory of protec- tion or of revenue raising. Farmers must pay more attention to the growing of fertilizing plants and rid themselves of at least good portion Of the enormous burden of commer- cial plant foods.
 Garden Difficulties
 sometimes think that the att-i- bute of exercising common sense is often lost by some people. and the singular fact Is that the educated are the worst offenders. I have even known school teachers, highly edu- cated, with the mind of 10 year old child when it comes to a question Of understanding the simplest funda : mentals that control the growth of plant life. If you want to find out JdSt hC oiinPtc d idTSt per CtIt Oi the people are. you should read over the writer's mail for few days Here are some simple questions fired al me every day: Why don't my let tuce oTTcabbage head up? Why don't ny tvrnips, carrots, parsnips and salsif$ make bulbs? 1 find that generally. 1t is not for like of cul- ty4tfon but is due in nearly every cFse to overcrowding of plants. When lsyou ask them about this, they read lily agree that this is the trouble, but they seem never to have thought of this plain and simple fundamental. Plants, like people. to grow success fully. must have elbow room. There are no serious garden difficulties out side of disease and insects but the exercise of common sense Is needed.
 Weed Laws
 Alabama has literally scores of laws wholly useless obsolete, some of them long forgotten and others that ought to be repealed. We do need. however, some progressive laws that everybody will be interested in seeing inforced Since the state of Illinois inaugurated a weed law a few years ago and demonstrated that 1t could be inforced. every citizen is taxing 8I eat interest In keeping thcif property free from unsightly weeds. Civic organizations. woman's clubs. boy scouts and all other club organ izations are working to the end that their state be made free of useless weeds. If Illinois can do this over an entire state. why can't towns. cities and communities more easily do tho same? Weed control in a state like Alabama might be imprac- tical, but there Is no reason why some of our counties could not under take such work and certainly towns and cities could take the lead. Weeds. like many other nuisances. can be gotten rid of with great profit to all.
 Questions and Answers
 Q. My formula says to sift through No. 10 mesh sieve. I don't quite understand what Is meant. Can you explain it for us? R. S.. Clanton.
 A. mesh is the small open spaces In sitter or space between threads or network The number of these openings to the inch designates the size or number of sieve; thus No. 10 sieve would mean tht there are 10 openings to the inch.
 Q. Tell me how and when to spray my peach trees and what to use. Should fruit trees be dug around and fertilized every year? Mrs. T. E. G.. Bessemcr.
 A. It would depend on symptoms