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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Variety Of Corn
With Hard Husks
Specimen Found in Expert
mental Plots With Ear
Tightly Enclosed.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
A variety of corn with husks that fit
tightly over the ears like finger stalls
would be boon to corn growers every
where because of the protection af-
forded against corn ear worms, black
weevils, and corn ear smut.
A single specimen Of such a husk-
protected ear vas recently reported by
G. FL. Kyle, of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture. He found it
among the corn plants in his expert
mental plots where he Is attempting
to develop corn that will have ears
tightly inclosed in husks for protection
against ear smut. Ordinarily, the husk
covering of an ear of corn is made up
of a number of overlapping leaves,
each Of which only partially encircles
the ear The unusual specimen found
by Mr.. Kyle had a single leaf COM
pletely encircling the ear.
Husk Protection.
While it is not likely that such a
perfect husk will ever be fixed char
acteristic in any corn, Mr.. Kyle says
this specimen indicates the possibili-
ties of producing high degree Of
husk protection through crossing self
fortified lines selected for !husk pro-
lection. Husk protection Is dependent
upon the length, thickness, tightness,
and texture of the husks.
Some progress has already been
made in this direction. Mr.. Kyle has
crossed seven "selfed" lines which he
had selected for their factors in husk
protection. Three crosses having the
best average husk protection produced
only 10, II, and 43 exposed or 'unpro-
tected'' ears per 1000. respectively.
Free From Smut.
OF the 1859 ears grown from all of
the crosses, 9,979 were in the husk-
protected class, and none were
smutted. On the other hand, 228, or
70 per cent, Of the $3.50 ears in the
exposed class were smutted. The
crosses with the best husk protection
those crossed with line G-pro-
duced approximately one-eighth as
many smutted ears as the crosses with
the poorest husk protection, the G
crosses.
Other scientists in the department,
G. N. Collins and J. III Kempton, have
shown that corn ear-worm damage is
reduced when the tips of the ear are
covered with the husks, and Kyle has
shown in otter experiments that husks
that tightly inclose the ears protect
them from rice or "black" weevils.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Sweet Clover Big Help
in Improvement of Soil

(E. B. WELLS-Extension Soils Spe.
cialist, Kansas Agricultural College.)
Sweet clover as soil builder tops"
all other legumes. Being legume, 1t
has the power Of taking free nitrogen
from the air and using it in the build
ing of it's own tissue and storing some
in the soil for use by the crops which
follow.
Plenty of lime and proper inocula-
ton are the only requirements needed
by sweet clover for good stand.
BY growing sweet clover which
draws upon the subsoil for large
amount of its mineral elements and
then blowing the crop under for fol-
lowing crops in the rotation, the sweet
clover enthusiast is able to utilize his
soil to much greater depth than is or
dinarily the case.
Sweet clover has been found to re
superior to most crops in its ability to
utilize the phosphoric acid Of raw rock
phosphate. Such fact suggests the
combination of raw rock phosphate
nj sweet clover for green manure as
ource of cheaper phosphori elat
at the same time offers
lfions rf 5o,,r soil = ~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Language Somewhat Mixed

The Portuguese language is RO-
nance language resembling the Span
ish and paralleling 1t rather closely in
grammar. The Portuguese vocabulary
shows a considerable borrowing from
the French. According to the latest
estimates there seem to be II vowel
sounds and some 26 consonantal
sounds. One of the most marked fea-
lures of Portuguese as compared with
other Romance languages is the loss
of the intervocalic 81" and 'n": thus
"quaes" represents the Latin 'quales"
and "pessoa" the Latin persona" An
interesting phenomenon of Portuguese
is the appearance Of personal or in
fiected infinitive, which makes possible
very suceinct construction compar-
able to the Latin accusative and In
finitive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Ground Speltz Fed to
Live Stock or Poultry

Speltz is a grain that is nearer to
barley in it's chemical composition
than to any other Of the farm grains.
1t is, in fact, quite similar to barley
in composition and, of course, not so
different from oats and corn. Its prin-
cipal difference from oats is that 1t
does not contain so much outside hull
or fiber and it differs from corn In
that 1t does contain more fiber than
corn.
Speltz is very hard grain and
should be ground moderately fine be-
fore it is fed to live stock or poultry.
If it can be ground rather fine, it can
be used as a part of the grain feed to
replace barley, corn or oats in ra-
ton and will give about the same re-
suits as if the barley, corn or oats
were being fed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Use Of Combine Fast
Increasing on Farms
Machine Will Facilitate Prac-
tice of Double Cropping.
prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture,l

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture.)
Summarizing an article on "The In
f1uence of the Combine on Agronomic
Practices and Research" John Fl. Mar
tin, of the United States Department
Of Agriculture, says:
Extensive use Of the combine prob.
ably'wilf result in a decrease Of d.
versified farming and increases both
in the size Of farms and fields and in
the practice of early tillage. The COM
bine also will facilitate the practice of
double cropping in some sections.
1.-THE use of the combine is limited
much more by the type of farming
than by climatic or topographic condi-
tons.
Combining will probably largely
solve the problem OF organic matter
in the soil in the regions east of the
Rocky mountains by Immediately re.
turning the crop residue. to the land,
If needed.
"'The usual loss of straw for feed
in combining probably will be com.
pensated by, growing feed on land now
used for green-manuring crops. If
straw is desired for feed, 1t can be
saved by some additional labor.
"Crop varieties susceptible to lodg-
ing can be harvested more efficiently
with combine than with a binder.
Only a few varieties of wheat will
ever shatter enough to cause appre.
cable losses, but most varieties Of
oats and some of barley will shatter
unless harvested as soon as they are
ripe enough to combine"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23

Pringle. Parker" she commanded the
chauffeur, "set Darling down, and then
you may co." Then, turning to the
waiting girls, she said: II hope din
ner is ready. Darling is used to hav-
ing her meals on time and she doesn't
like to be kept waiting. Let's eat as
soon as can get my things off. We
can talk later while Darling is having
her nap. She likes to go to sleep
just as soon as she is through eating"
While Margaret was helping Mrs.
Pringle remove her wraps Angelina
hurried back to the kitchen and few
moments later they were all seated at
the table. Darling had chair close
beside his mistress, because, as Mrs.
Pringle explained, her food had to be
cut up just so. The girls WINGED when
they saw the little dog eating off the
delicate china that had been put on
the table for the expected guest. 1t
was a long and tedious process coax
ing Darling to eat, but after while
she was stuffed to her mistress salts
faction and was carefully lifted down
from the chair and laid to .rest on
fat silk pillow on the davenport, where
it was cool and quiet. When the little
dogs shores satisfied Cousin Fannie
that her pet was sleeping she herself
settled cozily back in her chair and
announced that she herself felt like
taking forty winks after her dinner
and journey. This left the Carriers free
to retire to the kitchen and do up
the dinner work.
1t was a good thing that Mrs. Prin-
gle and Darling were tired and their
maps were prolonged, for never before
had it taken the Carter girls so long
to do a mess of dishes. They did not
talk much, for fear Of disturbing the
sleepers, but words under the circum-
stances were unnecessary. They would
look at each other and go off into per-
feet spasms of laughter. They laughed
until they cried.
"Can we hold out for a whole week,
Angeline?" Margaret asked in a whis-
per.
81 don't know" Angelina answered.
"But whether we do or not, l can see
where the experience is going to do
us world of good, can't you?"
(which do you prefer, Angeline-a
trip abroad with Cousin Fannie as a
companion or staying at home to keep
Darling comfortable?" Margaret asked.
Neither" Angelina answered, with
finality in her voice. II only want
you, my home and my job when vaca-
tion ends. What about you, sister"
"You have expressed my sentiments
exactly. What fools we were getting
to be to want to break up our dear
home. And, Angeline, do you remem-
Der those lines. ''The more I see of
men the better I like dogs?"
Angelina nodded and they began to
laugh again, and anyone who heard
them would realize that nothing
nothing could ever spoil their COM
partnership again.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Audience Before Him
Sways Public Speaker

Public speaking may be an art, but
Il certainly is necessary evil. II
must be evil because almost everybody
deplores it. 1t must be necessary be-
cause there Is so much of it. Why 1t
is necessary we do not know, James
Warnack declares, in the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Speaker and audience are about
equally responsible for their mutual
boredom. Speaker and audience both
are self-hypnotized. In reality, they
are practically one, the speaker stand
ing in the same relation to his audi.
ence that mans voice stands to its
owner and operator. The public
speaker usually is merely the mouth
piece of his audience, saying the things
his hearers like and want to say, but
which he can say better for them.
Much as a man, when speaking, puts
himself into his voice, so an audience,
when listening, throws itself into the
mind, heart and voice of the speaker.
Speaking may be caused by thought,
but the act of speaking is an emo.
tional operation, an emotion and act
which gather force with continued and
uninterrupted exercise. This law is
exemplifled in both public speaking
and private conversation. Excitement
increases with repeated vibrations of
the vocal cords.
The public speaker should be for.
given almost anything he says from
the platform because when he speaks
he is about nine-tenths of his audi.
ence and about one-tenth himself. He
also should be forgiven If, later, he de.
MES what he said or that he said it,
because then he is about nine-tenths
himself and one-tenth his public.
In either or both cases he should
be forgiven but not trusted too far
because in the public address he is
the more or less unconscious mouth.
piece of massed thoughts and emo
tions, while later he is merely an ego
reacting from the influence of mob.
For let 1t not be forgotten that al
most any audience is mob in EN-
bryo. That the embryo seldom ma
lures is due to the inherent dread of
the fusion of Municipalities and the
confusion of each individual.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Ventilated Crates Are
Fine for Apple Storage
Apples are best stored in ventilated

Apples are best stored In ventilated
ntHs: Crates stack better in storaG
SPADE than eiffier DasKets 6f Daril
andD fruit cools quicker Id crates tia
in5the other containers and for other
reasons keeps better. Then, too. 1t is
usually desirable to grade and condi-
tion the fruit just before it is put on
the market and crates can be handled
and emptied for resorting more con-
veniently than the other containers.
Cellars vary considerably in their
adaptability to storage of apples.
Some are fairly satisfactory while
others are poor. Cellars with furnace
heat in them are quite satisfactory
for storing fruit. Usually the chief
fault with cellars for storing fruit is
that they cannot be properly venti-
lated and when a considerable guam
tity of fruit is taken in it is diff
cult to get the fruit quickly cooled.
Then, too, it must be kept in mind
that ground heat is so degrees Fab
renheit and this is IS or 20 degrees
higher than the best temperature for
keeping apples in storage. In the
early fall when days and nights are
warm this temperature may be an adj
vantage but later in the season 1t is
difficult to keep the ordinary cellar
cool enough for proper storage Of
apples.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Secure Better Results
From Various Hay Crops

For best results timothy hay should
be cut when in full bloom. Clover
should be cut when it has reached
full bloom. II allowed to stand too
long, many clover leaves will turn
brown and fall and the stems will be-
come woody. Such hay has less feed
ing and market value than hay cut at
the proper time.
Mixtures of clover and timothy are
best cut when the clover has reached
full bloom. Red clover is usually
ready to cut ten days to two weeks
before timothy.
Alfalfa should be cut when 10 to
% per cent of the, crop is in bloom.
Alfalfa that is putting forth new
shoots from the crown should be cut
without regard to bloom.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
HATS OF CROCHETED ANGORA;
NOVELTY SLEEVES PROMISED

THE idea of angora headgear Is fair.
4 ~ taking the younger smart set By
storm. II 1t Is not beret crocheted
Of angora then 1t Is skull cap of
the same or toque draped of an
CORA soaring.
In the beginning of the vogue most
of the hats and caps were of white an.
CORA, but with the approach of au-
tumn, cOlorful angora Is becoming o
recurrent theme. Furthermore the an
CORA craze is not being confined to the
realm of hats, but many ingenious
neckpieces are fashioned to accom-
pany them.
While the millinery departments are
most of them carrying angora hats
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23

ckets which complement midsea-
sRn ensembles create sense of COM
i5g events" in regard to new sleeve
sYlhouettes. Ii you are interested in
Rodish sleeves, meet Mary Philbin Tin
lkwer picture) who, being one of
Hollywood's shining stars, knows how
to dress. Because of her knowl-
edge of fashions she chooses this
pretty navy and yellow printed crepe
sports frock, the button-trimmed flow
ing sleeves of which are one of its out
standing style details.
BY the way. IL you are casting
about for timely midsummer cos
tune, one to bridge over between now
and when cool days arrive, choose q
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Efficient Production
by Improved Equipment

More efficient farm production may
be secured where the equipment used
on the farm is all of approximately
the same size and requires the same
power unit to operate it. For example,
a farm needing four work horses may
secure the most efficient production
by having as much machinery as pos
sible that requires four horses. This
keeps the horses in use the maximum
proportion of the time and results in
lower production costs. Lower pro-
duction costs are the result of more
efficient use of man labor where one
man is driving as many horses as pos
sible all the time.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
A NEW
LINE OF
THOUGHT
l@ by d. ]. Walsh. J

.HE Spencer high school had
been out now for more than a
month. The summer vacation
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23

and sets. and many "readymades" are
available, the woman who crochets Is
intrigued with the idea Of making her
own. The really handsome and genu-
Inc angora novelties cost a pretty
penny" and 1t Is well worth ones
time and effort to make ones own.
So insistent is the call of the mode
for q touch of angOra somewhere
about ones frock or coat, often crochet
borderings or edgings are used In a
trimming way. 1t is easy to acquire
the angora touch by crocheting in SIM
plest fashion an edge about this or
that coat or cape. which Is just what
some women are doing-"dolling up"
their white wooden coats with q few
angora stitches-gives quite a mid.
season and early fall aspect to ones
costume.
Top the angora-edged wrap with
tight-fitting hat of crochet angora and
narrow scarf Of the same and "chic"
Is the word for this midseason en-
semble.
Young girls and chillre
Ing cunning angora berefs not only ID
white but in bright red. green or mod
ish yellow or vivid blue. Often these
are allied with nobby flannel coats
in perfectly matching color.
Not only are the tightfitting hats on
angora In the limelight, but somet
very clever brimmed models are noted.
Most every fancywork department is.
now making 1t point to give in.s
structions show to make" any style
angora crochet hat one may wish. So
why delay-simply a few balls of an
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23
Farm Notes

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No folders are better for growing
bulls than alfalfa, clover and yetch
hay.
Spraying with the bordeaux or
some other fungicide is practiced to
prevent tomato blights.
Sweet clover may be seeded in blue
grass pastures to supplement these at
times when the blue grass is at Its
poorest supply. -
Unless they have two full-size hive
bodies, bees in any colony, headed by
young and vigorous queen from good
stock, are likely to swarm.
Sweet clover is not as palatable as
red clover or alfalfa, but it provides
plenty of forage and will grow under
conditions distinctly unfavorable to
alfalfa.
Most good clay soils are benefited
from plowing occasionally at depth
of six or eight inches. Many other,
soils need not be plowed over four !
or five inches.
Many farmers recognize bird
valuable ally in the warfare
insect pests, but few know that
the birds cease their daylight
ties the battle is taken up by al
important ally-the toad.
Although toads, like birds, id
some beneficial insects, they N
than compensate for such indiscrim-
mate feeding by eating termites, bee
tie larvae with injurious or potential
ly injurious habits, plant sucking
bugs, voracious catelpillars, and other
nOXiouj insects.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23

dark print crepe. Those in the fash
ionable browns patterned with yellow
or pumpkin or tangerine shade are
just as autumn-like as fancy can pic
ture. Wear a yellow felt hat with it,
possibly a matching yellow blouse to
complete the symphony in fall col
orings.
Continuing with survey Of sleeve
prospects, it's really surprising the ex-
tremes to which some of them are 60
ing. Some of the more formal wraps
y3f velvet or fine cloth have deep
lounces dropping from the elbows,
while one piece frocks adopt sleeves
(which flare a wide circular-cut ruile.
Is have the sleeve and
(ali iN one piece.
The IDEA of novelty Is further ac-
fcented in applied ornamentation such
xas embroidered or appliqued pattern
ings, which give to the sleeve a new
Interpretation.
Perhaps the most marked departure
n in the way Of sleeve treatments reg
listers in the advance fur trimmed
coats. Especially does the positioning
of fur interpret elaborated themes.
NOne striking model of modernistic
patterned wooden weave has its
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-23

CORA wool. crochet needle, brief
time In following directions. and
presto! the dream of modish hat
plus scarf if you so desire-becomes
a reality.
We may he ignoring sleeves so
far as our frocks are concerned,
but when it comes to the new fall
coats and jackets, that's another story
one in which unusual sleeves is the
dominant theme.
Even now we are seeing this reac-
ton to designful sleeves in that khe
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18

Miss Mary Lambie, Mrs. Whitman Cross,
Col and Mrs. John Otto johnson, Miss
Isobel Lehman, DR.. Elizabeth Kittredge,
Miss Leila Mechlin, Mrs. Thomas Sid
well, Mrs. Edmund Plat, Dr. George
Bowerman, Mrs. Ernest Bicknell, Miss
Julia Fieveger and Elwood Street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18
INSTITUTE TICKET
DRIVE SOON TO END
800 Subscriptions Received and
1,400 in Prospect, officials
Announce.

With 500 subscriptions to the Com
munity Institute received, more than
1,400 are in prospect, of1icials announc-
ed. The Congress of the Parent
Teacher Associations of the District Is
being counted on for 600 season tick
etc. The drive to sell the tickets viii
end next Wednesday. The Kedoh Quar-
tet viii appear in the Central High
School auditorium at that time.
Among the subscribers are Miss Mabel
Boardman, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Shouts,
Miss Mary Wheeler, Mrs. John Allen
Davis, Mrs. Randolph Dickens, Mrs.
Luke Wilson, Miss May Bradshaw, Mrs.
Fulton Lewis, Mrs. Gerritt 8. Miller, jr.;
Miss Emma Parker Turner, Miss Mary
Anderson, Mrs. Susan Hunter Walker,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18
THREE KILLED IN WRECK.

Crew Members Victims and Seven
Passengers Hurt on Boston-Maine.
HANCOCK, N. H., october 10 R.-
Two freight trains Of the Boston, Maine
Railroad were in collision, head-on, yes
terday near the Major station on the sim
gle-track Peterboro branch, causing the
deaths of three of the crews and in
juries to seven others.
The dead were: William r. Crosby,
engineer, Nashua Frank M. Chapman.
engineer, Hudson, and F. c. Spaulding,
fireman, Hudson.
The two locomotives were reduced to
mass of debris by the collision, and
It was not until several hours later that
wrecking crews extricated the dead.
The injured men were taken to the
Peterboro Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-18
WOMAN IS FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
Question of Defendants San
ity Delays Verdict in Trial
of "Hex" Death.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KALAMAZOO, Mich, october 1S.-
A Jury of IL men and one woman early
TODAY found Mrs. Pearl Burgess, So
9I,iItv of the murder of Mrs. Eta Fair
child. 76-year inmate Of an old
ladies' home, whom Mrs. Burgess and
her husband, Eugene, had admitted
beating to death with lead pipe be
cause she was a witch and had killed
hundred people Just by wishing them
= dead"
The Jury was out from II 20 o'clock
Yesterday morning until 1887 am. TO-
day. Mrs. Burgess sanity was the
point on which the jurors were reported
to have found diff1culty in reaching
agreement The verdict carries with it a
life sentence. Judge George v. Weimer
did not say when he would pass SEN
tence, and attorneys for Mrs. Burgess
did not indicate whether they would
appeal the case.
Body in Cistern.
Mrs. Burgess and her husband were
arrested after Mrs. Fairchild's body was
found in a cisern behind the Burgess
home on the night of July Is, the same
night on which she was killed.
They did not deny the Staying. Their
daughter, Eugenia, II, was singled out
by Mrs. Fairchild, they said, and they
were forced to kill the woman to save
the girl.
MRS. Burgess later retracted her con-
fession. Several weeks ago her husband
hanged himself in his cell in the county
jail here. leaving his wife to stand trial
alone.
MRS. Fairchild was beaten to death;
Q blood-Stained hammer and lead pipe
were found in the ciStern with her body,
which police discovered on information
from q neighbor whom Mrs. Burgess
had told of the murder shortly after it
was committed.
Insanity Is Plea.
Defense attorneys pleaded insanity.
Witnesses testified that Mrs. Burgess
had suffered from "delusions of perSecu-
ton because of mental arrangement, T"
and DR.. Rush McNair, the Burgess fam
lily physician, recalled a conversation
with the accused woman last Spring in
which she had said "evil is going on in
the world. Evil influences are every
where about me-"
Two expert witnesses for the State
decided from q hypothetical summary
OF the facts that Mrs. Burgess had been
able to discriminate between right and
wrong at the time of the killing. Such
ability, the prosecution said, is the legal
test Of sanity.