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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-02
An Authority In Department ofAgricuIture Urges
People To Raise Their Own Vegetables De-
tailed instructions for the Home Gardener.
Copyright, 1917. BY The International Syadicate.

yield n return eight 10 ten timas as
great as that from an equal area de-
voted to general farm cropa. FOR a
quarter-Hcre garden can be made TO
supply a hundred dollars worth or
vegetables during the year.
Professor l. c. Corbett hore!cul-
turist. in charge OF horticultural and
genealogical Investigations Of the De-
partment of Agriculture. author of
The Garden Farm" n many other
works Of kindred nature, was recent
ly asked to give a few plain directions
for the. guidance OF the garden farmer
in town or country.
"Ons of the frst things TO ADVISE
the would-be gardener 10 to study his
garden with the idea OF determining
whether or not It has sufficient sun
shine 10 permit the growing OF plants
which require full sunlight" said Pro-
lessor Corbett. In the city gardens
especially. insufficient sunlight ~ .
frequent cause OF the failure OF vege-
tables to reach maturity. II they are
surrounded by tan buildings tina san-
rnine eaanos psEessgssaA Mnlasss tahs
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-02

tuce have been gathered.
DE-. Corbett also called attention to
the following admirable cultural
points Just issued ny the Department
Of Agriculture.
Sow seeds OF okra n the open aftey
danger of frost IS over and the soil
becomes quite warm. The rows
should be s 10 / feet apart for dwarf
varieties and ( to s feet for the tall
kinds. Sow the seed = few inches
apart in III row and thin M plants
to 10 inches apart. Give frequent
shallow cultivation until the plants
are nearly grown.
For very early bunch onions It IS
the common practice to plant sets In
drills II TO "a inches apart and z
to ) inches apart in tho row. The
sets may be put out as early in the
spring as the land can be prepared
For dry onions. SOW the seed thickly
In drills about - to IL inches apart
In the spring as soon as danger from
hard frosts Is over. For early bulbs
! the seed may be planted in a hotbed
or cold frame. and the young plants
transpIanted TO the open when condi-
tons are favorable. Plants 4 or {
inches high are OF good size for trans
planting. Onions require frequent
shallow cultivation.
sweet corn should be planted on
rich land and cultivated the sams rs
field cera. Plant tbs seed as soon as
the soil is warm in the spring. and
make successive paintings every two
or three weeks until the ate sunnmer.
The same results can be obtained to
some extent by planting early. me-
dunn and late varieties. Plant the
seeds about 2 Inches deep in drills
9 feet apart. and fh.n 70 a single
stalk every 10 10 - inches
! Fer esry eropx OF eabnzEr eerli-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-02
things which make for high quality.
Planting is An Important Fnctor.

applies to sweet corn. These ara the
things which make for high quality.
Planting is An Important Fnctor.
TN laying OUT his plot the gardener
should bear IN mind the habits of the
plants so as to allow space enough
between the rows for their proper
growth, for the interplarting OF later
crops, and for easy cultivation. The
cultivation IS easiest. OF course, when
the rows are one and one-half to two
feet apart. as this permits the use Of
wheel c~uitivators- Plants which make
a high growth and cause heavy shade
naturally should not be located where
they will interfere with sun-loving
small plants. P~erennials. such as
rhubarb and asparagus. which sre not
cultivated, should not be grown
among plants which call for tiiiins.
The planning may be extended also to
the planting of small fruits, such as
c~urrants, ra$pberries and grapes, and
even to the location OF apples and
other fruit trees y
EARLY paintings may consist OF.
rows OF radtshes. lettuce, early beets.
peas. beans aud q few parsnips. par
ships being placed so they mas have
ths benefit of the entire growing sea
son; while between them may be
placed first rows Of radishes nnd let
tuce and. later. bunch beans. Tbs
oeeta, later In tbs season, may give
way to a few late cabbage plants.
"An area devoted TO a dozen tomato
plants, trained on a single stem on
stakes about foul feet high. will sup
ply a seasons crop for a family. These
should be planted about Is inches
apart in each direction which viii give
ample room for maturity. The site
for tomatoes should be as sunny as
Epractttabie.. In the least sunny por-
! tAon OF the garden early and Late peas
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-02
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flower, tomatoes. peppers, eggplant.
etc. the seed should ba started in a
hotbed or cold frame, aF'in a box in
the house. In most sections Of the
south q cold frame will be Satisfactory,
but in the colder regions & botbed
should be USED. In order 70 secure
good. stocky plants with large root
system. the seedlings should be trans
planted At least once before setting IN
the garden. The plants should be set
2 inches apart each way IN q boz,
hotbed or cold frame.
Before setting plants In the open
they should be hardened off 70 pre-
vent A serious check TO growth. This
car be accomplished by exposing the
plants to outside conditions during ths
day IN mild weather and finally cav
ing them uncovered at night when
there is 10 danger OF frost. Thorough
~ soak The plant bed before removing
the plants, SO as TO have as much soil
adhere TO the roots as possible.
In setting the plants in the garden,
thoroughly pack tho soil around the
roots. When the soil IL dry, II is ad-
visabie to apply a little water around
the roots. As soon sc the water hst
soaked In the moist soil should be
covered with dry earth 20 prevent hsk.
Ing.
Two Crops or Potatoes.
4 small urea OF white potatoes
should be grown In the garden. but
the main crop should be grown else
where. Early potatoes should -
planted as soon as the ground can bs
prepared to good advantage. As II 10
dlf7cult to keep potatoes through thu
urnmer a fall crop should be grown
for the winter supply. A common
practice In some parts OF the South IL
10 plant potatoes from the first crep
as o as they are dug.
Potatoes are planted IL TO - incifss
apart in rows y to 8 feet apart ana
covered 70 the depth o. 4 IN Potatoes
| pIante. during hot Weather shouid be
covered 6 inches deep unless they havn
been spr~outed before planting. As f.
/ requires two or thres weeks for petA-
toes to come Up, II is important that
! they should be cultivated as soon ss
the row can be followed. II a crust
forms before tho potatoes come an.
p weeder should he run over tho
GROUND to loosen the surface OF the
soil. At the last cultivation the sol
may bs worked I'D around tho plants
10 hold them IN place
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-02

environment In favorable n liz batter
not TO attempt TO grow crops In "A city
garden.
The next thing 20 be considered is
thu character Of the soil. IL the gar
den spot has been very much tramped
eyer IL should be very carefully
handled IL 1t IL 70 be converted into q
good garden spot The physical con
ditson of the soil 10 vsry important
The garden should be piowed. or II
very small. spaded. when IT. Is not
too wet and not TOO dry. To deter
mine when heavy soils are ready for
blowing a handful OF earth should be
collected from the surface and the
fingers tightly closed over IL. II the
ball Of compacted earth Ia dry enough
for cultivation 1t will fall apart when
the hand IL opened.
Then the gardener give at
tention 10 his fertilixer.- In h city
he natural source is street sweeping;
IN the country there TO no fertilizer
which will compare with weli-rotted
manure Commercial fer
~t,Itxers have risen 50 greatly IN price
that They are almost 0 u OF the ques-
ton. Potash, which normally sells
for $50 a ton, is now s4oo. When wood
Is burned the ashes supply potash and
should be put on the garden.
THE family which has no garden
from which TO bring is vegetables
straight to the tabie loses half the
delicate and fine flavor OF tho tender
green's" Professor Corbett continued
you cannot restore the ~crispness OF
a lettuce which hes wilted. It can
be enjoyed in perfection only when
picked in the morning before the sun
dries the dew upon t. Peas also lose
their best favor by standing. from
the garden to tho pot within an hour
Am q good rusa Ss< peas, and the aanns
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-02-02

sE N n recent letter from Europe TO
the writer his correspondent
closed with the remark. You re-
member my fine croduet lawn7 !
now go to spade IL up, preliminary TO
planting A In potatoes"
The situation IN this country Is mo-
s1ch as TO necessitate the digging up
Of q family-s pleasure ground for gar
den crops. as II IS in England. but
with the high cost OF living on one
hand and the cry OF preparedness and
conservation on another the exigencies
Of the times aTord as good opportunity
ss any for the average American citi-
xs- Ia possession OF a garden plot
% find out for himself what he a
10 with such<an asset at hand in case
ot not TO speak OF the
AMOUNT OF health and strength and
generzf weH-ba4ng ne viii harvest with
tbe crors from his .1uarter-acre
farga-' or his back yard.
The Return IL Large.
According TO tbs Department Of
rssT4rraesgrs . ~Yssl-keps Asxaea wAl
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
CARROLL COUNTY HAS
LOWEST IT. B." LOSS
Analysis of all Ohio Shows no Rela-
tiOn Between Farm Wealth
and Death Rate

"a county's wealth, as measured
in property values per farm seems to
have little bearing ON it's tuberculosis
death rate"
This is the second finding of an an
alysis now being concluded by C. f,
Lively, Professor of Rural Sociology
at the Ohio State University His
first finding, that tuberculosis is
worse in southern than in northern
Ohio and in city than in country, was
announced Thursday. He now re-
ports:
Thirty counties, Of which only fiva
are in northern Ohio, have death
rates exceeding 125 per 100000 popu-
lation per year, for the II years be.
tween 1909 and 1920 Among these
are such as Greene, Fayette, Madison
Pickaway and Clinton - counties
close to the top in property valua-
tions, according to the 1920 census.
On the other hand, the lowest aver
age tuberculosis death rate in the
State is the So registered by Carroll
and eastern hill county with com.
paratively low property valuations
per farm. Tuscarawas, Jefferson
Holmes and Guernsey, other sucE
counties, likewise have low T. B
death rates.
Columbiana, Washington and Della
ware are the average Ohio countie!
with a rate of 106
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
RESUME CONCRETE
WORK AT OHIO
STADIUM APRIL |

The pouring of concrete at the Ohio
Stadium under construction at the
Ohio State University, will begin
again April l, and it is hoped that the
10000 cubic yards of concrete will be
all poured by September 1. April
and May 5 have been set aside as tag
days in the interest of making good
the promise of the student body to
pay $4,000 into the Stadium building
fund before June.
When the Stadium is completed in
October, there will have been $4,000
cubic yards of concrete poured and
1900 tons of steel swung. An average
of $50 to 200 cubic yards of concrete
per dav must be maintained to accom-
plish this.
The Stadium committee is pressing
the payment of pledges by students
and other subscribers to meet a $780,
900 note due in June. Unless there is
sufficient money to pay this note,
work on the Stadium will be delayed
and the huge horseshoe will not be
completed in time for the opening
game next fall, they say. If the
money is paid in, the contractors say
that the Stadium will be finished in
ample time.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
BATTLE OF WINCHESTER

The 28th anniversary of the Battle
of Winchester held at Ottokee, March
%, 1922, was one that will go on re-
cord. The day was fine and the at
tendance large.
The morning session opened at
1920 with president John Sheffield
in the chair.
Fist on the program was:
Song, by .............. Audience
Prayer, ............ Rev. Barker
Welcome Address ...... c. K. Shade
Response ......... Levi Hoy
Talks by, Isaiah McConkey, Rev. Bar
ker and Levi Hoy.
Adjournment for dinner, one that
never before had been equalled.
Afternoon session opened at 1:30
with the room filled with listeners, to
one of the finest programs for the
occasion which the old soldiers, school
children and community all took a
part, and a talk by our old friend, M.
R. Badgley of California who left
Ottokee 19 years ago and this being
his first visit to Fulton County from
that time, was enjoyed by all.
Roll called.
Mr.. Geo. w. Conklin, Swanton, O.,
| Co f.. 67th o. V. 1.
Mr.. John Sheffield, Moreno, Mith.,
Co. l., 9th o. V. l.
Mr.. Daniel Brown, Wauseon, Ohio,
Co. A, 9th o. V. 1.
Mr.. Leander Buxton, Wauseon, O..
Co. G., both o. V. |.
Mr.. Ira McConkey, Wauseon, Ohio
Co. K, 9Th, o. V. l.
Mr.. D. Clingaman, Wauseon, Ohio
Co. D., 195th, 0. V. l.
Grin Cameron, Wauseon, Ohio, Co
D., 38th, o. V. l.
A. w. Miller, Wauseon, Ohio Co
B., 120th, o. V. l.
M. S. Eldridge, auseon, Ohio, Co. II.
130th o. V. |.
J. Richards, Wauseon, Ohio, Co. H.
18th o. V. l.
Richard Shade, Wauseon, Ohio, Co
H., 14th o. V. l.
Levi Hoy, Wauseon, Ohio, Co. D.
68th o. V. /.
Officers elected for the comm,
year are as follows:
President, John Sheffield, Morenci
|; Mich.
Vice President, Levi McConkey
Wauseon, Ohio.
Secretary, Virgil Spring, Wauseor
Ohio.
Treasurer, Alonzo Marks, Wanseor
4 One Who Was There
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
HUGE TESTING
MACINES HELP
ADVANCE SCIENCE

The automobile and the airplane
never could have reached their pr s.
ent degree OF perfection and promi-
neer had not been perfectly familiar
with the materials necessary for their
construction and successful operation.
When one walks into the mechanical
department located in the Robinson
Laboratory Building at the Ohio
State University, his attention will
be attracted by quite an array of test
ing machines. The modern machines
have capacities of 25 tons, so tons,
and 100 tons, respectively. The
largest machine of the group is
capable of stretching and pulling
apart bar of soft steel three feet
long and about three inches in
diameter like one can pull string of
molasses candy. There also is ma
chine for testing small I-beams or
timbers; one for torison or twist; one
for wire, leather or fabrics; and three
for testing materials in tension, CON-
preston, or transverse. All these
machines are driven by electric
motors.
For several years the engineering
college had needed greatly a large
column-testing machine with which
! might be investigated full-size col
umns built of structural steel, of
brick, or fo concrete with or without
reinforcements. Such a machine now
is on the grounds. At present it il
not erected, but it is hoped that ac-
tion will be taken in the near future
| by the University authorities so that
it may be set up and put into service
The machine is nearly 81 feet high
10 feet long, and 81a feet wide. II
has a capacity of 50G,00 pounds, OF
$50 tons, and is capable of testing
columns 25 feet long. 1t is driven by
! a 15-horsepower electric motor and
is so connected that it may be driven
at six different speeds. The load is ap-
piled by pulling or compression
head actuated by two large, square
/ threaded steel screws.
This machine at the Ohio State
University is the largest column
testing machine for 25-foot columns
in the State of Ohio, and there are
only four educational institutions in
the country which nave similar ma.
chimes of greater capacity - the Uni.
versity fo Illinois, Rensselaer, Poly.
technic Institute, Lehigh University
and the University of Pennsylvania.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
APRIL 1ST
MARGARET BOYD DAY

April first marks the 54th anniver-
sary of the admission of women to
the Ohio University On that day in
1868 argraet Boyd, generally known
and spoken of throughout her life as
Maggie Boyd, entered the Univer:ity
as the :irst woman student.
At the time there was probably NJ
objection to the presence of woman
on the campus, though it was a
novelty. There was some fear, how
ever, that the public might be unfav-
orable to the innovation, so the fac
ulty allowed Miss Boyd to register
only under the unassuming title.
an. Boyd" and she was so known
through the first year of her work.
Within a few years, other girls fol
lowed her example, and small group
of co-eds grew up on the campus
Thanks to the brave pioneering of the
University's first feminist, Margaret
Boyd, women today share as freely as
men and in as great numbers the
education offered by the state at Ohio
University. She was memorialized in
1907 when the University erected
Margaret Boyd Hall, dormitory ac,
comodating 85 girls.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
$500 SCHOOL men
ATTEND CONFERENCE

The school tax is the premium
paid by the individual for his policy
OF insurance against social chaos"
was one of the many messages which
Arthur C. Perry, Jr., district superin-
tcndent of schools, New York City,
brought to the. educators of Ohio at
their final meeting this morning of
the three day conference conducted
by the College of Education at Ohio
State University Thursday, Friday
ala Saturday. DR.. Perry spoke of
practical ldealism" and placed m. y
pra teal problems in supervision,
Viii was the keynote of the entire
conference, before the State school
man in a new light, as workable
ideals.
Angelo Patri, principal of Public
School as of the Bronx, New York
City, plead the case of the school
children at the meeting last night.
DR.. Patri is nationally known for his
unusual success in dealing with the
youngsters in the elementary schools,
and in talk called "The School and
It's Children" he showed his keen un-
derstanding of child nature. The
problems he related were problems
culled from his fund of experiences
and similar to those which every Ohio
schoolman has to face. He plead for
an understanding" of the child in
devising supervisory methods for the
school.
w. w. Charters, of the Carnegie
Institute of Technology, Pittsburgh,
also spoke before the final session
this morning. His talk was directed
primarily towards the school princi-
pals, touching on their problems and
opportunities in supervision.
More than $500 schoolmen of the
State registered at the conference
ring the three days. This more
thln doubled the attendance of last
ycar, when the first annual meeting
was launched The schools of Col
umbus were closed yesterday, making
it rossible for the 1900 local teachers
to attend the meetings held through
out the day.
Twenty sectional meetings were
conducted yesterday, each dealing
with a special phase of education,
F'fty-four Ohio educators, represent
ing % cities Of the State, addressed
these meetings. At each session the
problems touching that phase of edu-
cation were related by prominent
state schoolmen, with general dis
cussion by the audience following
The discussion was in each case GEN.
tered on Supervision.
The exhibits given during the con-
faren"e by the departent of physical
education, by the biological science
section, and BY the psychological anC
educational tests sections attracted
much attention These exhibits wert
open during the entire three days
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
WAIT A Bit BEFORE
BUYING RADIOPHONE
Says College, Advising Those Who
Plan to Hear Daily Market
Reports

Daily inquiries are received at the
Extension Offices of the State Uni
versity as to the type of radio receiv-
ing set which will be needed to hear
the daily crop and market reports
that are to be broadcasted from the
University. Farmers all over Ohio,
as well as the county farm bureau
offices, are planning to receive this
material.
To all inquirers, H. C. Ramsower,
director of extension, replies that nee
essary experiments will postpone ini-
tiation of the service for from two to
four weeks, and that until these ex-
periments are concluded no one can
Np advised just what apparatus to
buy.
1T will also be advisable to put of
purchases until the Hoover Radio
Conference, now convened in Wash
/ ington, formulates it's regulations and
assigns wave-lengths for vario is
kinds of stations, Mr.. Ramsower
SAYS.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
CATTLE FEEDERS DAY
EXPERIMENT STATION
TO BE HELD APRIL q

Ohio cattle feeders day at the Ohio
Experiment Station, Wooster, will be
held on April 28.
More than 100 cattle consisting OF
65 fattening steers and 80 beef cows
and heifers will be on exhibition that
day, to show every day feeding prob
lens.
After being on feed several months
these cattle will help in determining
such questions as economy of dry ra-
tion versus silage ration; the most
profitable amount of silage in a fat
tening ration; light versus heavy
feeder steers; self-feeding calves
yearlings and two-year olds; dairy
versus beef steers; stover silage Ger.
sus cron silage and dry corn stover.
Ohio cattle feeders day will be the
first ever held at the Ohio Expert.
ment Station.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
THE BEST PROTECTION

We don't know wnere the idea of
spring cleaning originated and we
don't care much. But we are thank
full that each year finds more people
awakening to q realization of the fact
that the house-cleaning habit is the
greatest protection to life and pro-
'perty that the American people car
cultivate.
Anything that will improve Wau-
seon or give it better appearance, or
it a still healthier place in which to
live, and which will also reduce
danger from fire, is worth while.
House-cleaning will do all of this, and
more. Rubbish that accumulated dur
ing the winter months, boxes or bar
rels of waste stacked against alley
fences, careless disposition of ashes
and paper provide unsightly spots
and increase the danger of disease or
serious confalgration.
Now is the ideal time for cleaning
up the attic, the cellar, the yard and
the alley. Now is the time to make
improvements that will mean safety
throughout the summer months. A
little paint here, and a coat of white
wash there, liberal use of hammer
and nails on broken fences or out
buildings will not prove expensive
when we take into consideration the
loss we are apt to suffer if the work
is delayed or allowed to remain un-
done. Don't wait for your neighbor
to start house-cleaning, but set a
good example yourself. Pitch right
in and improve your property, bright.
en- your own surroundings and he will
have pride enough to fall into line.
But don't put it off-for the delay
of even one day may mean leaving
open the way to a dangerous fire or 6
serious epidemic Of disease.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1922-03-30
A Big SERMON

Luther Burbank, plant wizard was
73 years old a few weeks ago, and he
took occasion to preach a splendid
little sermon that every reader of this
paper will do well to remember. 81
am convinced" said the creator of
new plants and trees, "that the same
treatment and care necessary to the
highest development of plant life is
a so essential to the highest develop
ment IF human life. l am speaking OF
the boy or girl who is reared in the
only place that is truly fit to bring UP
a child or a plant-the country, the
small town-for the nearer to nature
they are brought up the better it will
be for them and for the great worlC
of which they are to become a part
In the successful cultivation of plants
there must be absolute honesty. Yor
cannot deceive nature or thwart hel
without the consequences falling
hack on your own head. So be homes
with your child"