The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-09-14

Making Use of Inventions
 The planter is the most conserva- tive of all our citizens. He wants to play safe and often becomes ultra conservative. It Ia & good attribute to be conservative but bad thing to be overburdened with conserva- tism, because it makes for progress the wrong way. The farmer is too slow to adopt or make use of new found knowledge that he could utilize better than any ono .else, and know ledge that has been gained especial ly for his benefit. A new blow or cultivator that will lessen his work by 50 per cent is often looked upon with suspicion A fertilizer formula that has been carefully worked out through years of experimental work, makes no appeal to him. unless it ap- pears much cheaper than what he has been using. A new variety of some important farm crop, that the United States government has tried out for three or more years and highly recommends to him through millions of bulletins, often does not even cause him to make a trial. He may rot even read the bulletin sent him, and if he does. Is not inclined to be- lieve what he chooses to term book farming. The plant breder, scientific agriculturist or horticulturist is. after all, an inventor. We owe our pro- gross to inventive genius. Why net follow more closely the inventors.
 Fall Garden Pests
 Don't think that when the weather begins to get cooler your insect troubles will cease. It is astoni7h- ing how certain insect pests persist of ha1 xYS .it It is necessary to keep up the con- stant warfare to insure success with fall gardens. One of the most per nicious insects that we have to con tend with during the fall is lice, that attack cabbage, mustard, spinach, lettuce, beets. turnir5 and radish. Worms or bugs that eat foliage are easily killed by applying to their food some arsenical compound in the form of dust or liquid spray. But with lice, that sometimes appear by the millions and suck your plants to death, the poisons are not effective. They must be killed by some con tact application, not necessarily a poison. Lice are mostly confined to the underslde of foliage and to the young and tender buds, making it diff ficult to reach them except with a liquid sprayer. Any sprayer with strong force will prove more effec- tive. Lice are not difficult to kill if reached by the spray. A strong soapy water made by dissolving one pound whale oil soap to 10 gallons water is an effective remedy. Laundry soap, while not so effective, may be substituted for whale oil soap. If a teaspoonful nicotine sulphate be added to each gallon of mixture bet to water and soap is effective. Tobacco dust when properly applied is good.
 Some Helpful Hints
 With the playing season now at IFS height for this year I shall try to squeeze into one article several hints on playing of different clubs. This brings immediately into my mind the twins of the good shot, Elbow and Knee" I never start a shot of any kind. from tee to green, without thinking to myself; Elbow and Knee.
 In driving you can do much better if you straighten the left leg and let the arms go well through at the finish. This Knowledge was of great help to me on my shots with tho driver. In this connection l want to caution the reader to beware of the stiff-arm follow through. It is much the most picturesque way of posing the club at the finish, but not the most successful in bringing re- suits. I always try for a bent posi- tion of the left arm when I follow through. That is, I try to keep the left elbow close to my side whsn the blow is finished. This serves an- other very good purpose; it brings the | knuckles of the right hand upwards q the forward of ct This is one of my best little ideas for curing slice. With this thought In mind my wrists and clubhead turn over almost automatically. The pro- fessoinal tells you to turn over your wrists and clubhead just as you hit the ball. thereby avoiding a slice. I have tried to do this, but practiced as I am in the use of a golf club, have found it impossible. The stiff left leg and the bent follow through solve the question for me.
 I repeat the, necessity of allowing left knee to go back to a stiff posi- ton on the follow through. You can let the clubhead follow out on the imaginary line. but the braced posi- tion of the knee accentuates the throw of the clubhead through the ball. The stiff-arm follow through is only good for run-ups. Keep your eye down and don't snap your fol- low through too quickly.
 In putting, often try out two little things, small indeed. but we'll worth remembering. The first Iocat- ing a spot on the butt of the ball, and aiming to hit that. It is effec- tive. The other is to follow through. with a low butter head, along the imaginary line instead of putting up. A player learns to love his clubs because they "feel' good to him, and if practice does nothing else it es- tabIishes this feeling of companion ship--it enables player to learn the true balances of his clubs. and this Is extremely important knowledge to acquire. For this reason. I en- deavor always to impress the fact upon myself that if club happens to feel" out of place on one days serious illness at her parents home in Gadsden.