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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-19
LARGER PAINTINGS OF
LEADING FRUITS URGED
No Need TO Fear That There
Will Be Ovcrproduction,
Says Expert.
TREES DECREASE ~ TEN YEARS
Census Report shows n Drop of :.3.s
Ter Cent of Trees of bearing Age.
reaches Decrease 30.5 Per Cent.
Many Young Trees Dying.
by W. ID. IIurd,

| occassiohaliy. we read arguments
against the planting Of more fruit
trees. which arc based on the fear
that there will be an ovcrproduction
OF the standard fruits. y study OF
actual conditions cannot but lead to
The opposite conclusion. Go where
you may in regions adapted to the
PRODUCTION OF apples and peaches. es-
peciaily. and YOU viii find n large
number of bearing orchards falling
rapidly into decay and thousands OF
young trees dying from neglect and
the want OF proper care.
Zig Decrease In Tcn Ycnrs.
me last census states that from
1909 TO 1919. there was a decrease
OF 3s'Oa'.sil. or a3s per cent Of the
,o'ai number OF apple trees Of bear
ing age. The decrease in nonbcar
ing trees was 2o.62o.24i. or 80 rer
sent OF INC total In tho case OF
pehcnes. there was decrease ~
3o5 per cent in trees OF bcarinp ,ro
anu 1913 per cent In nonbeariny trees
Inc Facts are then, that new nlant
'hgs are not sufficient to take carr
OF the mortality.
iheSc heavy losses are due large
~ I" general neglect. failure To pro-
tect trees against San Jonc scale and
the ravages OF other Insects. fuuyus
discusses the attacks of small anil
man. .aia ana starvation. Then there IL
.nc question OF proper feeding. 1t is
"o"p'iul II farmers and fruit grow
cls' generally. understand lust what
INC ieeding requirements OF the frui,
'rces are. In making trees. foliage
anu -'ru't, an apple orchard In tyren-
" years will extract as much n1,r,
l"ou from the soil az Will twenty
average crops OF wheat. Few farm
NrS would attempt TO raise twenty
successive crops OF wheat on ,hc
same land without employing ro,n-
mons and animal manures. green ma
lures or commercial fertilizers. Yc,
'"e average orchard must mako god
uhaldcd or pass into the discard
Dung trees are often set out In sod
ana then lcf, TO shift .or themselves
rev OF them ever live to reach Tho
bearing age. cue
no" I" increase Fruit Bud.
NO o'her crop responds so uuic,,lv
or 50 pcrceptlhly TO care and &C.
pec.a!ly To fertilization as does an
"rchard. Several of the expcrjmcn,
stations have been able TO detcrminc
'nat iruit bud formation can he Jcf;.
hitciy Increased by nm application of
HuickiE available nitrogen AT thc
proper time in the spring. Our lead
ING horticultur!sts discountenancc
me 'heory of biennial bearing and
hoio 'hat an orchard. which is prom
The New York herald., 1922-12-24

most intimate private letters ruthlessly ex-
posed to a pryng publicity.
Somewhat more valuable is the volume
entitled Indiscretions' of Lady Susan
This book by the wife of an experienced
diplomat, gives a detailed and entertaining
account of experiences in Berlin, Rome.
Pekin, Constantinople and other leading
capitals of the world. The author has
many interesting anecdotes to recite con-
cerning characters of world prominence,
from the Dowager Empress of China to the
King of Belgium; she sleeps one in the
atmosphere of the various. courts of Eu-
rope and Asia, writing always from the
point of view OF personal experience, and
thereby holding the readers attention con-
stantly, even though many OF the topics
she deals with are far from important
Similar to the '1ndiscretions," in that il
is a record of personal experience. is The
Diary of a Journalist" by Sir Henry Lucy,
The author records in an intimate, gossipy
style his experiences in London during the
last decad- 4 the nineteenth century and
the first decaoe of the twentieth; he gives
us pictures of numerous celebrated char
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tempt to attract attention to the Scrip
lures by pictorial and other extraneous
aids. 1t is sumptuously gotten up, with
sixteen Illustrations in color from paint
ings and as many more duotone reproduc-
tions The translation, sometimes the
paraphrase. is by Prof. Charles f. Kent Of
Yale and Mr.. Henry A. Sherman and is a
scholarly though simple version. 1t re-
mains less sonorous than the old King
James version. Another attempt at popu-
larization is the volume entitled. "Jesus of
Nazareth by John Mark" Cd. Appleton
& Co.). which is simply the gospel of Mark
printed in the form of a modern story.
Orientalism is represented in THE Mes
sage of Buddhism by Subhadra Bhikku.
edited by ]. p ELAN (Dutton), which is
an adaptation and reprint of the Buddhist
catechism; an authoritative statement of
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Stories of the Great and Near Great

acters. including men no less wen known
than Gladstone. Balfour and Oscar Wilde:
but. on the whole. his work is lacking in
vitality: It lays too much emphasis on
trivial events, and fails because of the
lack of significant subject matter.
The remaining four books require but
brief mention. Maud Monahan'e volume on
the Life and Letters of Jane Erskins
Stuart" is a carefully written and detailed
biography of the late mother general of
the Society of the Sacred Heart: The Life
of William B. Hunt" by Thomas Hunt, is
a biography of the man who was Secretary
of the Navy under Garfield and later
United States Minister to Russia: From
Printer to President" by Sherman A.
Cuneo. is the story of the rise Of Warren
c. Harding from the Office of a country
newspaper to the White House, and "Our
Presidents and Their Mothers" by Will
lam ]. Hampton, represents an attempt to
trace the influence that the mothers OF
the various Presidents had in starting
their sons along the road toward the high
est honor the country has 70 offer.
STANTON A COBLENTZ.
The New York herald., 1922-12-24

Buddhist doctrine and rules of conduct, lit
does not seek 10 frighten the evil doer by
the threat of punishment but to clear up
the eye of the erring one, obscured by
earthly delusioni so that he may be able
10 see the truth for himself
Spiritism. aside from some merely freak
books. is presented by Lucy Mcdowell
Milburn's book. THE Classic of Spiritism"
CThe Dacrow Company, which calls for
mention as it is. in some sense. sign of
the times in England, where Spiritism is
rapidly assuming the proportions of an
organized church. The thesis of this book
is that the Bible is the classic, the mas
ter work of psychic literature" and that
Spiritism is of its very essence. 1t follows
that to understand it one must see it as
the modern Spiritists do.
h. L. PANGBoRN.
The New York herald., 1922-12-24

a novel study by an experienced lawyer.
arranged in some correspondence to mod
ern legal systems
Church history is represented by the
study made by the late DR.. ]. de Hoop
Scheffer, professor in the Mennonite Col
lege and in the University of Amsterdam,
of the Brownists, Pilgrim Fathers and
Baptists in the Dutch Republic, 15S1-1701,
entitled History of the Free Churchmen."
1t is edited by William Elliot Griffis; pub
lished by Andrus & Church, Ithaca, N Y.
''The Hebrew Scriptures in the Making"
(Jewish Publication Society is an exam
ination by Max L. Margolies of the growth
and chronology .of the Hebrew books of
value to Bible students as well as to
Hebraists.
The issue of a "Children's Bible
(Charles Scribner's Sons) is another at
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modifying our Constitution. 1t has
changed It somewhat from the original
and probably viii change IT further. That
tendency is one toward greater democracy.
The founders OF. the republic were not
nearly as sanguine OF democracy as we
seem to be to-day Most Of them Were
apprehensive of it. They sought to hold
it in check, to surround the Constitution
with safeguards against complete popular
rule. OF the three great divisions of
government they set up. only one-hslf Of
one was placed under the direct control
of the voters. The lower house was
chosen by popular vote with property
qualifcation). The upper house was not:
neither was the President nor the ju-
dietary. They did not follow the principle
Of majority rule: for instance, each State
has two Senators regardless Of population
and IL takes far more than a majority
(three-fourths Of the States and two-thirds
OF each house Of Congress) to amend the
Constitution. Amendments. excepting. Of
course, the prohibition amendment, have
lately been moves toward giving democ-
racy fuller sway I'm national affairs.
Nnelner TINS enu Is likely TO turn out
for the better or worse is matter Of opin-
ion, and one not easily settled at this
junoture. But as to the right and power
of the people, through three-fourths OF the
Legislatures. TO change the Constitution
in radical a degree as they desire there
has been hardly any question. So it
is puzzling, at least to the layman, when
Mr.. Beck says that "the only respect in
which the Constitution to-day cannot be
amended is that by express provision the
equality Of representation (among the
States) in the Senate shall never be dis
turbed" The Constitution does not say
that il shall never be disturbed One had
assumed that anything in the Constitution.
or the whole of it. could be changed when
ever three-fourths OF the legislatures
should 50 vote.
Mr.. BeclIs essay is a reprint of three
lectures he delivered at Gray's Inn last
summer While designed primarily to
elucidate the structure Of our Government
FOR the benefit Of British lawyers. it is an
exposition in brief Of subject that is far
too little known IN America
The New York herald., 1922-12-24

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES BY James NJ. Beck. George H
Doran Company.
I'm discussing the political philosophy
that animated those astute gentle
= men who framed our Constitution,
Solicitor General Beck observes that only
the last three amendments, passed in
recent years partly through the relaxing
influence of the world war" mark notable
departures from the principles on which
the republic originally was founded These
three amendments are the Seventeenth.
which made United States Senators elective
directly by the people; the Eighteenth
which prohibited the manufacture. sale
and transportation of intoxicating liquors
within the United States and the Nine
teenth. which gave women full suffrage
rights
The prohibition amendment, says Mr.
Beck, infringed the principle of home rule:
Federal restriction of beverages would
have been unthinkable to the trainers of
the Constitution" Popular election of
Senators vitally altered the nice balance
which the trainers sought to fix between
the departments of a government partly
subject to direct democratic control and
partly far removed from it. Not only
were Senators chosen by the State Legis-
latures until 1913 but the President orig
inally was chosen by electors selected in
some States not by the voters but by the
legislatures. Woman suffrage. of course.
was not even contemplated in 1887. At
that time even fun manhood suffrage was
not general in the United States: male
freeholders in most States constituted the
voters
Not satisfied with the change which
made the President virtually a direct choice
of the voters (though by the arrangement
of electors a minority might, and has
chosen a Presidenl. Senator Norris OF
Nebraska now proposes that the President
be elected directly by popular vote. This
would not De- such great departure as
those already made But it shows the
tendency that has been and stin is al work
The New York herald., 1922-12-24
From Madison to- 'Volstead

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES. BY James NJ Beck. George II
/ Doran Company.
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
MORE BROOD S0WS ON FARMS
Increase of 1,2s7 900 Over Year Ago Is Seen, Due Largely to Big
 Stock of Corn.

There were 12,424. 900 breeding sows on farms April l, the United States Department of Agriculture estimates This Is 1.237, 900 animals more than on the same date In 1921 and repre- sents an increase of III per cent.
 The large corn crop last year and the unusually large farm stocks of corn are given as the explanation of the large increase in breeding sOws this spring. Corn was worth more as pork than as corn. and hogs were needed to eat the corn.
 The number of hogs is quickly re sponsive to the general economic situation, the department points out. In April 1918, the number of breeding sows was 9.5 per cent more than on the same date in 1917, due to high hog prices as a result of war conditions. The figures on April, 1920, show a de cline of 10 per cent for the year ended on that date. The reason for this was that the price of corn was relatively too high to encourage the feeding of hogs.
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
G0 V F STOCK J
PREVENT LOSS IN SHIPPING
Partitions in Stock Cars Separating Large Animals From Small
 Ones Is Good Idea.

tPrepared by the United States Departmen
 Of Ag-iculture.)
 A little time and labor, possibly little money, expended in building strong partition to separate the big mixed carload of live stock frequent ly saves the shipper from serious loss on the consignment, say special ists of the bureau of markets, United States Department of Agriculture. The smaller animals, such as hogs, lambs. goats and sheep are always in danger of injury from the larger animals. and this Is especially true when the car Is overcrowded.
 Crippled animals mean loss to the shipper, for they bring prices consid- erably below the regular market price for sound stock. Dead animals bring still less-in the case of hogs only about 90 to 70 cents per hundred pounds for grease. There is always the danger. too. of the small stock becoming bruised through being jostled and kicked by the larger ones. Bruises make a carcass less valuable, as the meat inspectors in the slaugn- terhouses cut out all bruised spots. Meat thus mutilated is sold as cheap CT grades. the depreciation depending upon how much cutting was neces- sary. The buyers in the stock yards know this, of course, and, conse- Quently, pay less for animals that
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
KENTUCKY TO BUILD ROADS
House of Representatives Approves $50,OO0,00O State Bond Issue
 Bill by Big Vote.

Kentucky, famous for several things, is now to add good roads to its list. The S50,0O0O00 state road bond issue bill has been approved by the Ken lucky house of representatives by a vote of 63 to 34.
 This measure provides for submit ting the proposition to the voters of the state at the election next Novem- Der. If it Is approved the money is to be used over period of five years. To pay off this indebtedness three kinds of taxes are pledged-a gasoline tax, a license tax and a Scent road tax.
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
Garden Is Back Number.

Commuters who do business in tn metropolitan district may be taking just as good care of their gardens this year as ever, but one would never guess it from the daily conversation of these country dwellers on the subur- ban trains
 It used to be:
 "Yes, put in my mixed king asters and l got my radishes down and my celery started. Got to remember to buy some new garden hose tonight looks like dry spell.''
 Now 1t is:
 Sure, I can get WIZ, but I'm not able to get the Detroit broadcasting- perhaps if I had a two-step receiving Set-E
 You don't want to overload your bulbs on that set"
 "A one-strand aeriai's just as good as two-strand for your set, but you ought to make 1t at least 100 feet long. Chicago Journal.
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
SCIENCE ON FARM
AgricuIturist of Today Must Know Business Thoroughly.
Canadian TiIlers of the Son Have Proved That Old Days of Hap
 hazard Methods Have Gone.

Agriculture in Canada has the sta tus of profession which both its high standard of operation and the prime place it occupies in national life justi- fy. The days when land was casually filed on and farmed without any in telligent understanding of agricultural processes are going with the dwindling availability of the land, and rapidly passing is the epoch of the destruc ton of soil values, and the abandon ment of farms which have been rem dered unprOductive. Clearer and clear CT has become the realization that farming is a specialized profession re- place of this spoliation there is an intelligent system of crop rotation, preservation of the virtue of the land, a discovery of the nobility of the farmers calling and a determination to secure and achieve the best pos sible in everything.
 The Education of the Farmer.
 Agricultural colleges, experimental farms, government literature, railway propaganda, all in an appreciation of the national benefits which accrue, contribute to the education of the farmer who, if he starts out in igno- rance, speedily discovers the futility and profitlesSness of continuing in this state. It is only of comparatively recent years that farming in Canada has become the comprehensive and ex- haustive study 1t is and it's tenets been so widely absorbed, and older | farmers who have followed haphazard methods or systems scientifically un- sound are gradually forced from neces- sity into an intelligent study and ap- plicatiOn of their profession.
 This brings us to the city man who is anxious to leave his old life for the greater freedom of the country and take farm for himself, and, the fore going holding good, he need not follow far behind the older farmer if he take up the study of his work seriously, bring energy and intelligence to bear upon a following out of the systems of experienced and successful agricul. turistS, and utilize the results of the expert investigation and research the Dominion places at his disposal. The whole country is working for him and the novice has almost an equal op pOrtunity with the farmer of a life time.
 A census of Canadian farmers would probably show that fully one-half arc not farmers sons and were not brought up to the life of the farm. Yet none would criticize Canada's farmers on the score of poor farming methods in general, the excellency of theil crops with international honors and tht universal demand for their livestock products refuting this effectually. Sig nificant is it, too, that practically al ! the farmers who have achieved tho most signal honOrs at international
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16

lifelong farmers, but city men who, taking to the land after reaching ma turity without the remotest previous knowledge of agricultural activities, have through intelligent study and close application of the best farming methods surpassed the efforts of those agriculturists who have continued do- ing things on the farm in the way their fathers used to do them.
 For further particulars, pamphlets regarding Canada, railway rates, etc., apply to W. V. Bennett, Room 4, Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.-Advertisement
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
CAN NOW WALK
 AS WELL AS EVER
Esteemed Lincoln Resident Declares TanIac Has Made Clean Sweep of Her Rheumatism and
 and Other Troubles.

q couldn't believe all they said about Tanlac until 1 tried it myself, and now I never doubt what I read about it," said Mrs. Anna B. Crawford, 2500 N. 23rd St. Lincoln. Neb.. wife of a well-known retired business man.
 'T got into badly rundown condi- tion,'' she continued, "and suffered greatly from indigestion. I had head ache for days at a time. slept poorly and woke up mornings so weak and dizzy I could hardly get up. Then rheumatism set in and made walking difficult and I could scarcely use my arms for the pain.
 But Tanlac has made a clean sweep of my troubles, brought back my ap- petite and enabled me to gain much weight. It is a pleasure to make a statement in praise of this great medi- cine''
 Tanlac is sold by all good druggists
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
BETTER ROADS
FACTORS AFFECTING GRADING
Labor Costs, Character of Soil Graded and Time Limit on Contracts
 All Counted.

(Prepared by the United States Department
 of Agriculture.)
 A great variation in the conditions under which grading for highways is done in different sections of the United States is reflected in cost data com piled by the bureau of public roads, United States Department of Agricul- ture. on $50 miles of federal-aid road. The figures cover the four-year period 1917-1921 and are based on a total of 24,5OO,OO0 yards of earth.
 For the groups of states the aver age price per cubic yard is as fol- lows: New England and Middle At lantic states, $1.33; East North Gen. tral, S0.6S; West North Central, $O.49 i; South Atlantic, S0.61; East South Cen tral, SO.41; West South Central, S0.35 1; Mountain, SO.52; and Pacific states, S0.61. The general average price was S0.56.
 Probably the most important factor affecting the cost was the amount of grading to be done per mile, the quantity being very small in the groups having the highest prices. In general 1t is noticed that where mostly old roads are rebuilt, the light work and tearing up the old pavement great ly affected the cost. The amount of fine grading or trimming required for the higher types of pavement was also a factor. Labor costs, character of soil to be graded, climatic conditions, time limit on contracts, and cost of detours for traffic also affected the cost.
 While each group of states did not have the same volume of grading each year, and therefore the average figure for the whole country Is not truly representative, 1t is interesting to note that the average cost of grading grad
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
 KIDNEY AILMENTS

There Is only one medicine that really stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for curable ailments of the kidneys, liver and bladder.
 Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the highest for the reason that it has proven to be just the remedy needed in thousands upon thousands of distressing cases Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be- cause it's mild and immediate effect is soon realized in most cases. It is a gentle, healing vegetable compound.
 Start treatment at once. Sold at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes. medi- um and large.
 However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer < O., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.-Advertiseme
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
They'd Met.

Church was over, the congregation filed slowly out and gathered in little chattering groups in the churchyard.
 Presently the vicar came up and joined a select little party. He intro, duced an old sea captain to the lead ing light of the village, wealthy MT. Smith.
 You must have seen each other in church today" said the beaming vicar.
 ''Sure,' said the old salt. "'E was sleepin' in the next bunk to me.'-Lon- don Answers.
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
Established a Record.

An Irishman, who was to return to his native land by certain steamer, arrived on the pier just as the vessel was starting-in fact, she was already on the move.
 Taking flying leap, he covered the intervening space of six or eight feet at bound, but tripped on alighting and hit his head, temporarily stunning himself.
 When he recovered his senses, the vessel was couple of hundred yards out at sea.
 Be jabbers!'' he exclaimed, not realizing what had happened, what n jump"
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16
Ladies Furnished.

The prince of Wales is said to have enjoyed many laugh when he saw some of the signs with English inscrip- ,ions which several Japanese trades men display outside their shops. Here are a few which may catch his eye. Tailor of Resistant Wet Coat" Bag gages Sent any Direction by Internal Railway" "Horse-bif Shop,' Goats Made from any hides Yours or Ours, , Ladies Furnished in the Upper Story"
The Holbrook news., 1922-06-16

try it. feel first-rate at the present time. It has done wonders for me and keep it in the house right along. l always recommend it to others who are sick and ailing. Mrs. J. M. SIBBERr, 4032 High St., Everett, Washington
 To do any kind of work, or to play for that matter, is next to impossible if you are suffering from some form of female trouble. It may cause your back or your legs to ache, it may make you nervous and irritable. You may be able to keep up and around, but you do not feel good
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con- pound is medicine for women. It ic especially adapted to relieve the cause of the trouble and then these annoying pains, aches and "no good" feelings disappear.
 It has done this for many, many wo- men: why not give it a fair trial-ncw.