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The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Ensilage Corn
Best for Silo
Results of Tests Made With
Two Varieties at Differ
ent Stations.

Is it more profitable to plant en-
silage corn for the silo than ordinary
field corn? is the question that presents
itself to many silo owners at this
time Of the year. In Iowa few are
growing special varieties for the silo,
the majority OF farmers believing that
the regular field corn, taking every
thing into consideration, can be more
proftably handled than some special
ensilage variety that grows more for
age and less grain per acre.
Larger Amount Of Water.
There is no doubt but silage made
from ensilage corn contains a larger
amount of water than that made from
field corn. In other words, that the
former is more succulent than the lat
ter or that it contains less dry matter
per pound or per ton. On the other
hand, ensilage corn produces a larger
tonnage than field corn and the ques-
ton arises whether the greater ton
mage containing less dry matter per
ton is more economical for the dairy
COW than field corn silage, which is
more concentrated.
The Indiana experiment station
has been testing this matter for a
number Of years and has come to the
conclusion that field corn silage pro-
duced approximately 1.5 per cent
more milk and 3 per cent more fat
than ensilage corn silage. Ton for
ton, in other words, the field corn pro-
duced slightly more milk and fat than
ensilage corn silage, but the yield Of
dry matter or of total nutrients per
acre from ensilage corr was much
greater than from field corn. The diff
ference in yield of the two kinds of
corn was large enough so that en-
silage corn proved the more profitable.
Similar results have been obtained at
the Ohio and Connecticut experiment
stations.
Sllo Any Part.
There is another factor aside from
yield per acre to be considered in con-
neetion with this problem of whether
to plant ensilage or field corn for the
silo. If the entire corn crop, is Of the
same variety, any part of it can be put
into the silo. If, on the other hand,
ensilage corn is raised for the silo,
the particular field that is set aside
for that purpose must be used. There
are times, owing to late planting or
to excessive moisture in the spring,
when some part Of the corn crop can
not be cultivated as thoroughly as
some other part, and may on that ac-
count mature a week or so later. In
such a case the late corr may be put
in the sllo, and the handicap due to
late maturity partially avoided. Such
late corn might not mature. and. I'M
less it could be put in the sllo. much
of it would be wasted.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Blooming Sweetness on
Highways Now Planned

Practical enough appears the st.
Louis residents objection to planting
trees all along the state highways. He
says, ITS bad enough to run into the
ditch, let alone hitting a tree" The
trees will not be planted; and expert
enced motorists viii breathe easier.
Still, the highways can be beauti-
fed. Safety first, no trees; but rose
bushes are not perilous. W. believe
it is North Carolina that has projected
the plan to border It's highways with
blooming sweetness, says the st. Louis
Globe-Decomrat. The s%weatbrier once
set out takes care Of itself. 1t is a
low grower and spreads It's pink bios
SONS oyer the roadside for at least
a month or two.
Along the Missouri valley it seems
to be more plentiful than anywhere
else, and grows in wild profusion by
the railroad embankments.
But the befowering Of highways
needn't be confined t 0 rose bushes.
Wild flowers can be sown like wheat
and the motorist be thus greeted for
miles with gales Of natures perfume.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Best Kernels to Select
as Seed for Corn Crop

Whether to select smooth or rough
corn for seed is a subject Of general
interest. Many farmers believe that
smooth. finty kernels Indicate deteri-
grafton in quality and lower yields.
while others maintain that they secure
their highest yields from such seed.
General observation and experiments
conducted in many states for a num-
Der of years show rather c~onclusively
that smoothness of the kernels is not
a sign Of deterioration in quality. but
usually indicates that conditions un-
der which it is grown do not favor a
rough deep-kerneled variety.
1t is now known that rough kernels
are usually deep kernels which require
a rich soil and ~long-growing season to
mature.
Smooth kernels, on the other hand.
tend to be shallow. They mature early.
On thin upland soil or in the drier
parts it will be better to select rather
shallow kerneled, smooth ears for
seed, and somewhat deeper kernels
and rougher ears for rich bottom
lands.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23

BUILDING
BETTER ROADS NOW
FOLLOW MOTOR CAR

Automobiles led to construction of
the network of good roads which
weave their way through all parts Of
the country, but bad" roads aided ma
terially in development of the Ameri-
a type Of motor car to its present
supremacy over European cars.
The natural assumption would be
that ownership of motor cars In any
given section would follow the cor
%struction of good highways, but ex-
perience proves that the car comes first
and good roads follow, inevitably. In
other words, the motor car proves its
need and d%esirability even on the worst
roads. The owner comes to realize the
advantages of good roads, and he oon
stirs himself to see that they are built.
Illinois is a good example of this.
It's roads were among the worst In the
country until the advent of the auto
mobile changed sentiment which fought
improved highways. Farmers were at
first u~nalterably opposed to spending
money for better roads. But they be-
gan to use automobiles. Then they
changed their minds. Today Illinois is
a leader in the good roads movement.
Meanwhile, bad roads were serving
a good purpose. Had it not been for
them in the early days of the motor in
dustry it is probable that American
designers would have copied European
manufacturers, who built their cars at
%prohibitive cost for use only on Euro
pean ~boulevards.
With u bad roads, we had to
build our cars for rough going. We
had to allow enough clearance to get
over rocks, stumps and hummocks. We
were compelled to devise springs that
would carry passengers in comfort
ever on rough avenues of traffic.
Our cars had to have more power so
that they could negotiate hills and
mountain grades on high" European
cars carry four or five shifts, and in
order to get up even a low grade, it
is necessary to use nearly all of them.
If we had had u present splendid
system of highways, it is very probable
that we would still be building the Eu-
ropean type of car. This would mean
they would have to be built at a much
heavier cost than now. And instead of
being for universal use, as they are,
cars would be limited to the use Of a
small class of wealthy citizens.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Canadian Highway From
Coast to Coast Planned

A new and vast playground, called
more beautiful by many than the most
beautiful sections of the Swiss Alps,
may be opened to American motorists
as a result of the hazardous path
finding trip which Austin #. Bement,
secretary of the Lincoln Highway as
ISOLATION, made across Canada,
Dement'S trip, the first ever made
across the Dominion in ar automo-
bile, was widely heralded. For 63
miles of the distance he drove his Oh
fetal a over the ties of the Canadian
National railroad. This was through
the Fraser River canyon between Lyt-
ton and Hope, B. c., a section of the
proposed transcontinental route which
no automobile ever before had been
able to negotiate. Seventeen tunnels
and $50 ~trestles, some of them hun
dreds of feet above the roaring Fraser
river, had II be negotiated. 1t was
the most severe test for man and car
through which any motorist ever
passed successfully.
Bement proved that a way could be
won by motor car through the passes
of the Sierras which previously had
been considered impossible to motor
lists. Following his record-breaking
trip, the Canadian Northwest has
awakened to the possibilities for de-
velopment Of the country through
roads that will invite American tour.
lists.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Cheaper Milk Yield

The cost of milk production depends
largely upon the cost of foodstuffs.
Therefore, to cheaper milk production
dairymen should feed large quantities
of leguminous r%oughages, such as al
falfa, clover hay, bean pods, possessing
high digestible content. Corn silage
and Ieguminous roughages should form
the basis of the dairy ration. With
this source of high digestible materials
the grain ration can be materially cut
down and the cost Of the dairy ration
reduced.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Add Milk to Ration
of Young Chickens
Adds Greatly to Increased
Rate of Growth.

prepared By the United States Departments
% Agrtculture.l
That the addition OF milk to the
regular grain ration OF growing chicks
leads to a greatly increased rate Of
growth is a conclusion reached by fed
eral poultry specialists who have stud
led the matter experimentally. The
experiments are still In progress. The
conclusion agrees with the experience
Of commercial p%ouItrymen who have
included milk In the rations Of young
chickens.
Another experiment conducted by
the United States Department of Az
riculture which promises to be of prac-
Hcal Importance is on the relative
efficiency Of mash rations containing
vegetable proteins. The results thus
far bear out those of previous years
work to the effect that the addition Of
certain mineral salts to vegetable
proteins makes them compare favor
ably with animal proteins as a pro-
tein supplement for poultry. Unless
the minerals are used the protein OF
animal origin Is more efficient.
These experiments are conducted at
the bureau OF animal industry farm.
located at Beltsville, Md. near Wash
ington. Last year the government
poultry specialists Matched about 1900
chicks with good results. The fowls
are used for a great variety Of stud
les In breeding, feeding. and manage
ment.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Giving Dairy Cows Rest

Giving the dairy COW a rest of four
to eight weeks is a matter of COM
mon practice among dairymen every
where. and when we come to study the
newer facts of nutrition we are i'm
pressed with the necessity of such
a period for recuperation. The dairy
COW is a hard-worked machine. Many
of them give their own weight in milk
month after month, and from year to
year. and once a year give birth to a
calf that may weigh close to 100
pounds.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Use clean seed.

Use clean seed.
Grind screenings before feeding
them to stock.
Treat potato seed with f~ormaldehyde
or corrosive sublimate.
Clean up around edges of fields and
other places where needed.
Plan to grow three and one-haIf
tons of silage and n to two of legume
hay per cow.
Get a good fertilizer for the garden.
An 8-4-4 will give good results for all
kinds Of vegetables.
Buy legume seed and prepare to
plant several acres per pillow to turn
under for soil Improvement.
Put in a few plants of the red and
yellow cherry tomatoes for the chill
dren. These baby tomatoes make i
big hit with the kids.
When grass is included in a rota-
ton. it should be accompanied by a
legume. and, for its best production.
should remain down longer than one
year.
Soy bean seed is frequently de-
stroyed by a pest known as the COM
NOR bean weevil. Almost complete
control of this insect can be secured
by exposing the seed to sub-zero tem-
peratures. Place the beans outdoors
in a sack on a cold day and leave
them from Sc to As hours.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Treatment of Tonsils Should Be Decided Upon
by Competent Physician
By DR.. o. t. OSBORNE, in Good Housekeeping

One of the greatest menaces from diseased tonsls is that they fire.
ouently contain germs that are dangerous because they destroy red blood
corpuscles. causing anemia, and under certain conditions the destruction
Of the blood corpuscles may be very rapid. The time when these deadly
MISUNDERSTANDING germs get in their work is when the patient is combating
some other disease or infection, such as influenza, pneumonia, measles, etc.
It seems to be a fact that when one tonsil is diseased and contains
ro;sonms germs that it cannot kill, the other tonsil is also infected. Con-
saouentlv whatever treatment one tonsil is to receive must also be given to
the other.
That treatment, whether it be the drastic one of removal or merely
medical in character, should be decided upon only after careful examlna-
4in bv a competent physician Our tonsils were given us for a purpose:
tbey should not be ruthlesly sacrificed, neither should they be allowed to
renal a source Of infection.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Building "Throughways'

Virginia has made progress in con
structing "throughways' for the en-
enlargement of automobile traffic, and
now proposes to expand the through
way principle that places of historic
interest may be accessible. The state
is dotted with places In which all
Americans are interested or would be-
come interested were those places
called to their attention and could
they be reached by good roads. Farm
ers living along the highways would
ba benefited.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
The Deeply Ingrained Mental Reactions OF
Fears and Superstitions
By DIR. RAY L. WILBUR, Leland Stanford University.

Perhaps our greatest difficulty comes from the deeply lngraned men
tai reactions of taboo, fears, prejudices and supersttions. Science and
learning have outpaced our populace.
Astronomy is accompanied by its popular imitation, astrology.. Medt-
cine has its great shadowland of buncombe, deceit and plausible fooishness
and chicanery. Graveyards still still give moonlight visitors the shudderS
One great contribution to our welfare has been the removal OF our
fears of the unknown. The microscope has taken the mystery out OF the
transmission Of diseases, and diseases are an age-old horror o all humans
When our Young are trained to use intelligence in making decisions
instead Of accepting the almost imperious dictates of fear, prejudice, emo
tion and passion. we IAN begin to attack such major difficulties as race
nreiudice and war and to find reader solutions in public health and IN
economic and political life.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
How Many Bad Boys Does It Take to Make
One Good Boy? One, if
By DIR. HENRY NEUMANN. Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society.

BY u. HETVHI NEUMANNs rooKIyH EtIUaI OuIuIS OWN'y'
When asked how to deal with the problem of juvenile crime most
people at once think of the school as the great agency of salvation. But
every teacher who deals with real boys and girls knows that 1t IS asking a
bit too much to expect our schools, as they are at present constituted, to
be the chief agency of prevention here As they are at present constituted,
mark you. Nobody who has frt-hand contact with the problem believes
that criminahty is going to be prevented by giving children set lessons IN
honesty. Adults are not saved from wrong by that method Why should
we expect children to be any different?
Lessons in honesty are useful, but something else is vitality necessary.
The story is told that a pastor, addressing an assembly OF boys IN a re-
formatory, began with the foolish question: THow many bad boys does It
take to make a good one?o One Of the lads promptly shouted: Zone, II
you treat him right"
The right treatment is ia provide chances to work OF IN healthy lash
ion the impulses which otherwise break into mischief.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
When the Woman Knows That Man Is Not
Altogether Immune to Moods
By LErTIcE WAYNE, in Washington Post.

And what an enormous difference it makes to the success Of the rda-
tionship between a man and a woman if the man knows that the woman
anpreciates that he is not altogether immune from the weakness of
~moodiness''
1t is the strength Of man that he is able, as a rule, to hide his emo
lions. to maintain a reasonable level of eheerfulness and consideration for
others And perhaps just because he has so long accustomed himself to
control his feelings, he finds it very delightful when the companionship
Of a woman makes it plain to him that the mask is not always effective.
It is only the unsAfsh woman who does not seek always to be amused
Who knows when a man is moody" Responsive silence, or gentle
sympathy. the tacHul adaptation of her own mood to his, may touch a
chord ii the mans heart and be the beginning Of a long romance.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23

In addition to the hay, some farms
obtained hog pasture from the alfalfa
so that the actual net cost was some
what less than the figure given. Cor
responding figures for clover and tim
othy on the same farms show an aver
age yield Of IL tons and a cost Of
1886 per ton.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23
Find Alfalfa Cheapest
Hay Produced on Farm

Cost records kept by southwestern
Minnesota farmers show that alfalfa
Is not only the most valuable to feed
but is also the cheapest to produce.
The records, kept under the super
vision of the farm management divI-
sion Of the Minnesota College of Agri-
culture. gave $12.51 as the cost of an
acre of alfalfa. Since the average
yield was % ons per acre the cost
per ton was $3.50.
Factors entering into the cost were
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-04-23

Prime, timothy hay. No. /. $1.25@l,30;
No. Q, $1.10@I.20; No. 8. S1.00@fl0.
Glover, nominal; rye straw, S0@85c; oat
straw, nominal. All per 100 pounds.
LIVE STOCK
Catherine steers. 1910 to $I1.35;
shipping steers. SO. 90. to SLIPS; butcher
grades, $3.50 to 50 so; heifers, $4,25 TO
So. so; cows 50 90 to $500; bulls. $500 to
Sc. rs: feeders, $500 to $3.50; milk cows.
and ~springers, $500 to $4,000.
sheen and lambsMChoice lambs. Sis 90
to $1,000: Gull to fair. 5000 to si5.0 90;
yeariings. 5000 to sl4.00; sheep. $500 to
$l1. so.
$t3. 90 to 1880; mixed, $14.00 to $14.I0:
heavy, $l41ON to $l4.15; roughs. $1,000 to
$12. rs; stays. $500 to $500.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-14
THIEVES GROW BOLD
AS CHRISTMAS NEARS

Burglars apparently grow desperate
as Christmas approaches. Their in
creased activity over the weekend
heralds it according to city detec-
tives.
Schillcr's cafe. 90 East Commerce
street. was entered through a rcai
door and eight cartons of cigarettes
watch and chain and a locket set
with eighteen small diamonds, were
stolen.
Other thieves picked individuals as
victims and chose money in some in
stances rather than clothing or jew
elry.
The victims we're: Houston Fryer
155 SouthhOlme avenue, S17; J. S
Jackson, 900 Garden street. SIS: T.
w. Lonon. PA Gardne street. S1.05
and G.. NJ. Howard. 1890 McMillen
street. suitcase Of clothing.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-14
FIREMAN SAN I A
ASKS NAMES
Of NEEDY
Chief Sarran Wants Their
Addresses So They Will
Get Xmas Gifts.

Santa Claus wants you TO do some
thing for him.
He wants you TO send the names
and addresses of all the poor little
boys and girls TO Fire Chief ]. G.
Sarran at Central fire station.
Then when the Fireman Santa Claus
starts out Christmas morning in the
big red automobile with the fire chief
at the wheel and q lot of hook and
ladder wagons behind just packed full
of toys, be can go right TO where these
poor children live and give all Of
them present.
And if you have any old toys which
your children are tired of playing with,
if you will bring them TO fire station
No. .. Crockett street and Alamo
Plaza. or just call the nearest fire
station and let them come and get
them, Santa Claus headquarters in
San Antonio will fix up these toys,
reprint them anu uistriDute tHcu
Christmas morning.
If there are any little boys and
girls who think maybe Santa Claus
won't get to their homes this Christ
mas, just write letter to Santa
Claus in care of Fire Chief j. G.. Sar-
ran and tell him what you want and
where you live Also tell him how old
you are and if you have any brothers
and sisters who would like to have
toys. Be sure and tell about them.
Down at fire station No. 2. toys
are stacked way up against the cell
ing. but there are still more needed,
so Chief Sarran wants everybody to
bring their toys in early this week and
turn in all the names they know Of
so that nobody will be missed Christi
mas morning.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-14
SH00T|NGLANDS
AGED MAN
IN. JAIL
Lunch Stand Owner Wound
ed in Knee as Climax
to Alteration.

Seventy-one years Of life brought a
disconcerting climax for one mau
Sunday when he was transferred To
the custody of county authorities TO
face charge of assault TO muir
der.
Meanwhile. Edward Poe. who ope--
ates lunch stand at 1908 South
Presa street. is confined to his home
with a bullet wound in the right
knee cap.
The shooting occurred Sunday with
policeman only few feet away.
Asked to refrain from cursing in
Poe's place of business, the aged man
became offended. He left the stand
but returned within few minutes.
As Poe answered his request to come
outside, the man fired once and fled
before the policeman could arrest
him.
He later was apprehended at his
home by Captains Moglia, Harvey,
Emergency Officers Crow and Da-
Wis.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-14
Here Are More
LaureLs For
Texas Oranges

Another laurel for Texas
oranges:
This is the evidence offered
by Police Sergeant Mclaughlin.
Song broke the dull monotony
of Patrolman Morin's beat Mou-
day. He hurried his steps and
found the singers, five in num-
Der and al! apparently inebri-
ated.
One carried q gallon jug half
filled with "orange juice made
from Texas oranges" the jug.
bearer volunteered.
The sergeant was afraid to re-
lease this information to a
thirsty populace until Detective
Sergeant Herbst, his "crony' in
formed him that oranges are
used as q Chaser
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-14
Tune In Tonight
,IONDAy. DECEMBER II.

TOSDAY. DECEMBER 10.
s;iS .. m: kDKA, music
$50 ,. m: KPRC. children.
5:fs =. m: WOAw. sandman.
500 ?. m: KNA. music. WBAP. Or.
chestra. WDAF. program. WBBA
dance. Wis. concert. WLW, Santa
Claus. WOAW, songs.
$50 ,. m: WFAA. dance. WOAW. pop
uiar. WEM. dance. WsMB concert
e;t5 ,. N; WLW. program. WOAW
dance.
200 .. m: KFNF. concert RDHA
light opera. KsD. piano. WICK
music. WLW. concert.
$50 p. m; KPRC, rambIers. kOA. Or.
chestrs. WBAP, concert. WHO
music. WsM. stories.
800 p. m: KpkA. program. kPRc
soprano. KGO, dinner concert
VICAR, music. WEAT. voc
HSAI. Gypsies. WDAF. progra n
EOS. concert. WEB, music.
$50 y. M: HFAB. music. KPRC. band
kOA. sandman. WFAA. program
WsMB. program.
800 .. m: KFI. Press Club. KOA
PagliaccL. KMA. program. KPO
dance. ETHs, program. KsD. con.
wohs-, dance. woAW. light oD-
$50 p. m: wBAP. Trail Blszors
900 D.. M: XII. artists. RGO. music
ItPsN. music KTHs. frollc. WLW
concert WsN. program. wsAT
program.
1885 p. m: kPO, talk. WsB. concert
i:oo D. M. XII. program. xxx. fes-
lures. kOA, dance. WHO, orches.
r-1.
1888 :. NJ: WnAT. Eiglthsnlsz.
y 90 ,. m: XII. program. xxx. dance
400 q. m: xxx CocOanut Grove or
chestra.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-14

Ind Then, turn TO the Classified Section and read
The christmas Suggestions From The Shops"
column. There are many Distinctive gifts listed in
these columns for cvcyy member of the family By
il yon can sac many steps and much money. TwH
TO II uo50!
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-14
EXTENSION CLASS
WILL HEAR REALTOR

Ray Mackey, sales manager for the
CONFESS Realty Company and prom
inent realtor, will address students
Of the San Antonio Real Estate
Boards extension school Tuesde '
night at the Y. NJ. e. A. at Z 80
o'clock. The subject Of his address
will be SELLING Homes and Real Et-
tate
Charles Rush. executive secretary Of
the board. has announced that the
school already has 81 students en-
rolled and that it is open TO anyone
interested in the real estate industry.
Leading realtors are bringing out the
vital facts for success in the industry
through their speeches.