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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08
P. Monroe Annis, 81,
PuYallup Pioneer, Dies
Series of Programs in Valley City
For Education Week. Nov. lois

siiup have done . safeguard our
human resources ard the other vii
picture Education fof Common
Defense.
AL the schools invite parents
and friends 10 visit them during
the week. a special assembly Will
et held IN each n connection With
Education week and Arnlisties day,
the tine to be announced.
Masonic Banquet
Plans have been completed for
the annual AL Masonic banquet
IL be held a. CIVIC auditorium
Wednesday evening, Dec. :. Details
for the affair are in the hands Of
a general committee headed by
Rooert .. Campbell. representing
corinthian lodge No. IS, F. and A.
NJ, and Mrs. Eldred Hansen, act
ing for Naomi chapter. No. Is. Q.
L 5. The usual turkey dinner Will
be followed by a program. The
evening viii close with dancing
The first November communica-
ton OF Corinthian lodge Will be
held at Masonic hall Thursday
evening, according to Worshipful
Master Dana T. Robinson. at which
time the Master Masons degree
will be eAemplified. All members
and soJourners are urged to at
tend. Promptly at o clock mem.
bers Of the cast Of the high school
senior class play. The Black
Elamingo, will present short
preview of the play. Refreshments
will be served following the ses-
sion.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08

Plan Thanksgiving Service

Miss Katherine Fassnacht will
be hostess for meeting of the
Young Momen's guild Of First
Christian church al her home. $50
Bird ST, S. w. Wednesday eve
ming. Nov. Is. at $50. Mrs. Victor
Rogers will assist as program
Chairman. Victor Rogers Will show
slides, symphony IN Color" by
Robert Treseh. Puysllup photo
grapher.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08

This city's annual union Thanks
giving service Will be observed this
year at the Pioneer Avenue Bap-
list church, according to plans
made at meeting of the Minis
terial association Tuesday in Y. NJ.
c, A. rooms. The service il SEIZED.
uled for 10 o'clock on Thanksgiv-
ing morning and Rev. George har-
low, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, will be the preacher. Rev.
Walter Watkin, pastor of the host
church, Is in charge of the pro-
gram.
The Mary-Martha Missionary
group of Peace Lutheran church
will hold its annual thank offer
ing" service at IL o'clock Sunday
morning. Members of the society
will conduct the full service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-08
Fair Directors Heats

Western Washington Fair asso-
citation directors were hosts
Wednesday night for a dinner and
program at which they entertained
120 superintendents OF various de-
partments of the fair.
Dinner music was furnished by
Bob Huffs orchestra. Huff Is su.
perintendent of the horticulture de-
partment. Among features of the
program were violin solos by VIM
field Angel Of Tacoma. accom-
panied by Mrs. Angel; selections
by Pete Logan, the singing cow
hand; Rueben Gaines. impersona.
tons, and Leonard Anderson ap.
peared in accordion numbers. Bob
by and Marion Wright of the Or
pheum circuit presented a comedy
act. Speakers were Or. J. II. Cor
liss, president of the association
who paid tribute to the late
Charles Schue; A. +. Bartel. secre.
tary-manager, who introduced de.
psrtment heads. and Lloyd Spen.
c OF Seattle. Fred Grifnths. di.
rector. told of plans for improving
the different departments.
Bridges-Hood Rites
AT quiet ceremony at the
Methodist parsonage Wednesday
morning at 1870 Miss Mildred
Bridges, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John Bridges. and Lyman Hood
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hood
were married. Rev. Philip Ray.
mond reading the vows. Attend.
ants were Mrs. ". ". Kassner
sister Of the bride, and Nat Elan
Of Tacoma.
On their return from two
weeks honeymoon in California
Mr.. and Mrs. Hood Will be al home
at 424 i<th st. S. ".
The fire department vas called
TO 18th and West Main sts al
1i:f2 p. m. Wednesday TO extin.
guish blaze in a parked car
owned by Henry NeiteneheTner
Damage was small. flremen report.
ed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
TWO CHAMPS BATTLE TONIGHT
Bucs Play Kinston AH-Stars Here Tonight

A year ago, Challedon started as an
even money favorite and wound up
fourth behind the older Fighting
Fox, Pompoon and Burning Star.
Challedon received such an over
whelming vote among the handicap
pers today that he probably will go
postward as an odds-on choice.
Never has such a heavily backed
horse been returned the victor in the
six-year history of New England's
richest stake event. Among those
which failed to uphold the public's
faith in previous years e A. G.
Vanderbilt's Discovery and the Glen
Riddle Farms War Admiral.
The Brann star, hailed as the
champion of 1889, probably will
parade postward with Aethelwold, a
stablemate. His most threatening
rivals appear to be George D. Wild
ener's Eight Thirty, in at 126 pounds
'the Belair Studs Isolator, which
drew a 122-pounds impost, and the
Brandywine Stables Masked Gen
eral, in with 115-pounds.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Laura Lyon Wins Medal
In Linville Golf Meet

LINVILLE, July 16.-R-Laura
Lyon of Durham won the qualifying
medal with an 80 in the annual
Women's Invitational golf tourna-
ment here today and Mrs. E. A,
Griffith of Charlotte was second low
with an 81.
Miss Lyons scores were 44.36-8O
and Mrs. Griffith's were 43-38-81.
Earrings made for the champion
ship flight in the first round of tour
nament play tomorrow and their
qualifying r
Miss Lyon VS.. Mrs. Foskett Brown
Of Nashville, "a; Mrs. Frank Nabers.
birmingham, Ala, Sc, VS.. Mrs. AL.
zen Watkins, Greensboro, 81; Mrs.
George Corcoran, Greensboro, "a, vs.,
Miss Agnes Morton, Wilmington, 92:
Jane Crum, Orangeburg, S. c., "a.
VS.. Mrs. L. M. Simpson, Bristol, Va.
%; Mrs. Griffith VS.. Mary Alice
Hoover, Greensboro, "a; Mrs. Shelly
Caveness, Greensboro, IS, vs.. Rene
Blagg, Blowing Rock, So; Mrs. Sarah
Miller, Charlottesville, Va. 50. Va
Mrs. Jack Brown, Greensboro. 90:
Beverly Bridges, Tarboro. as. VS.
Jean Yates, Greensboro, 81.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
LOWELL OR SH0AF
TO BE ON MOUND
C. WoOten To Hurl For Visit.
tors; Locals Trying For
Sixth Straight Win

Wilmington's Pirates, currently
on the long end of a ive-game
winning streak, go against some
of their toughest competition OF
the season tonight when they meet
the Kinston All-Stars at Legion field
at 8 o'clock.
Tonight's game will be a special
ladies night" attraction.
Either Eddie Lowell or Jack
Shoaf will get the starting assign
ment, replacing Lefty Cheshire,
who was scheduled to pitch but
had to leave yesterday for sum.
mer school at Carolina.
Kinston's moundsman will be C.
Wooten, former Carolina hurler,
with Howard Chaplin, Kinston high
school star and an All-State junior
college catcher of the past season,
working behind the plate.
Larkins or Mckenzie will eaten
for the Buccaneers. with the re.
mainder of the lineup as follows:
Moore, first base; McKeithan, sec
ond base; Smidt, shortstop; Stef'
ano, sthird base; Carter, Davis
Trogden or Hines in the outfield.
Among the players in the Kin
ston lineup are: George Harper,
an outielder from Oak Ridge
academy; J. Wooten, an infielder,
a member of the N. c. State col
lege nine; Civils, an outfielder who
has performed in the Tri State
league; and two former Coastal
Plain league stars.
Friday night the BUGS will play
the Lucama club of the Central
Carolina league at Legion field. ]
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Haughter's Home Run
Gives Cardinals Win

ST. LOUIS, July 16.-R - Enos
S%laughter's tenth home run of the
year in the sixth inning today broke
a tie and gave the st. Louis Cardi-
nails a 4 to 8 victory owe the Boston
Bees.
It was the sixth consecutive tri-
umph for the Cards and also gave
them a sweep of the four-game series
with the Bees.
Sebastian Sisti of Boston hit the
first ball pitched by Southpaw Clyde
Shoun for a home run. Johnny Mize's
twenty-fourth of the season came in
the fourth, right after Slaughter's
ninth
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Fight Facts

The Observation-Disclosures
Champion Henry Armstrong,
Los Angeles, VS.. Lightweight
Champion Lew jenkins, Sweet
water, Texas.
The bout-12 rounds, Month
tie.
The place-Polo Grounds,
New York.
The time-Main bout, 8:45
pm. (E. S. To-; first prelimin-
airy, 1880 pm.
Omcials-Appointed by thu
New York State Athletic COM
mission.
Probable attendance and
g~ate-35,00O fans; S160, 200.
Fighters purses-Each to re-
ceive n IL percent of the net
gate.
Betting odds-Armstrong 5 to
8 1-2 to win; even money to
score a knockout; jenkins 10
to 5 to win; 4 to 1 to score a
knockout.
Probable weights - Arm
strong 140; jenkins 1875.
Broadcast - WJZ-NBC blue
network, 8:45 pm. (E.S.T.).
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
ATHLETICS WHIP
DETROIT, 3 TO l
Caster Pitches Six-Hit Ball
For Triumph; Chapman
Hits 18th Home Run

PHILADELPHIA, July 16-OP)--
Paced by George Casters slx-hlt
pitching, the Athletics dampened the
Detroit Tigers pennant hopes with
a 3 to 1 victory today for their third
triumph in the four-game series.
Like Caster, Freddy Hutchinson,
making his first start for the Tigers
since his recall from Buffalo, allow
ed only six hits, but the Athletics
punched three with "Pinky" H1g'
gins error in the third to score two
runs. Sam Chapman added the third
rim with his 18th circuit clout of
the season in the eighth.
Barney McCosky's triple followed
by Charley Gehringer's single gave
| Detroit it's lone run in the sixth.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Ager Defeats Ashby In
Mid Atlantic Net Mo-,

CHARLOTTE, July 16.-lP-1o,.
Ager of Birmingham, Ala, defaa+o,
Percy Ashby of Tampa. Fla, 81 4,
today in the mems singles divis;o.
Of the Mid-Atlantic tennis to,,rr,
ment.
Today's matches completed ~,
first round but Louis Faquin ~
Memphis, Tenn, and Teddy BurvsI,
Of Charlotte, seeded first and second
were idle.
Eddie Selfe of Atlanta tprnea
back Don Hatch of Charlotte, s.o
81; Bill Blake of Tampa trouncea
Theo Mclaughlin of Charlotte, g.
So, and Melville Jordan of Cbanel
Hill defeated Wiley Van Wagner q,
Charlotte, 6-3, 6-3, in the only other
mems singles matches.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
CHICAGO DEFEATS
new YORK., 5 TO l
Johnny Rigney's Six-Hit Hur-
ling Gives White Sox
Deciding Game

NEW YORK, July 16.-R-The
Chicago White Sox took the decid-
ing game of their series with the
New York Yankees today, S to l.,
on Johnny Rigney's six-hit hurl-
ing and a 12-hit offensive topped
by Joe Kuhers 18th home run.
Righney struck out five and gave
mo passes in a workmanike per-
Torrance for his eighth victory.
HE would have had a shutout ex-
|cept for a single by Joe Dimagglo
in the fourth, driving Red Rolfe
home from second. 1t was the 18th
consecutive game in which Dimag
has hit safely.
The Sox treated Lefty Marlus
Russo roughly, punching four hits
flor two runs in the second inning
and scoring two more in the third
on Kuhel's single, Julius Solters'
triple an da fly. hen in the fifth
|Kuhel homered for the second time
in two DAYS. z
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
|CHlCAC0'S OLSEN
BLANKS new YORK
Giants Suffer Fifth Defeat In
Seven Games On Current
Western Swing

CHICAGO, July 16.-R-The New
York Giants outhit the Cubs again
today, but were shut out 2 to 0 by
Lefty Vern Olsen for their fifth
defeat in seven games on the cur
rent western swing.
Harry Gumbert held Chicago to
four hits, but the Bruins managed
to tally twice in the seventh on one
safety, a single by Phil Cavaret-
ia with the bases filled. Gumbert
walked Bill Herman and when Au-
gle Galan hunted, both runners
were safe on Hank Danning's low
throw to second. Then Hank Leiber
waited out a walk and Cavaretta
broke up the game.
The Giants got six hits and five
bases on balls from Olsen, whose
shutout was his second in five
days, but they hit into four double
plays and once were retired score
less with the bases loaded. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
THE STANDINGS
American. League
National League

TODAY's GAMES
NEW YORK, July 16.-R-,Probable
pitchers in the major leagues tomorro"
(won-lost records in pa~rentheses):
American League
Cleveland at New York-Feller (l4-o)
VS.. Pearson (6-6). ,
Chicago at Washington Dietrich
(4-2) VS.. Leonard (9-9). .>
Detroit at Boston (2)-Newsom (13-1l
and Smith 90 VS.. Bagby 60 and
St. Louis at Philadelphia (night) -
Trotter (3-1) VS.. Babich CD.
National League
Brooklyn at Chicago-Davis $50 VS.
Mooty (5-2).
New York at Pittsburgh - Hubbell
(5-4) VS.. MacFayden (2-2).
Boston at Cincinnati (night) - Salvo
(4-1) VS.. Derringer u1-7).
Philadelphia at st. Louis (night)-
Mulcahy $40 VS.. Cooper go.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
Phalanx Team Battles
News To 1915 Tie

The Phalanx fraternity and the
Star-News softball teams battled
to a 15-15 tie in a Hanover league
game played at Robert Strange
park yesterday afternoon.
The Newsmen outhit the f r a t
boys IL to II, but made 10 errors
to the Phalanx five to offset this
advantage.
Tyler with three for three and
Thigpen with three for four paced
the Star-News at bat. Whitaker and
Taylor with three for five led the
Phalanx at the plate.
Duncan and Whitaker was the
Phalanx battery, while Newton, b.
wen and Griffith made up the
NeWsmen combination 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

Rose BOWlerS
This game is a natural-Rose
Bowlers of SO meet Rose BoWlers
of '38. Two of the smarteSt-coach-
ed teams in Dixie, or the nation
for that matter, will be meeting In
a battle to answer the questions OF
all Carolina last fall, Gould Duke
beat Tenessee?"
Tickets for this autumnal classic
are about gone, even though they
were placed on sale only a few
weeks ago. To prevent ticket
scalping, athletic officials at Ten
nessee are limiting the ducats to
four a buyer. If any more of you
Wilmingtonians are thinking OF
seeing that game, you'd better
mail in your order right now.
The States Game
While still nominating (the sea-
sons on you know, we pick the
Duke-Carolina game on November
16 at Kenan stadium at Chapel
Hill to be the best thing the state
has to offer next fall.
The Blue Devil-Volunteer affray
may take the spotlight for the
South as a whole, but that annual
meeting between the Tar Heels
and Duke still takes top billing in
North Carolina. The game at Dur
ham last fall drew So, 900 and the
only reason that many doesn't see
the game this year is because
Kenan stadium won't hold them.
And incidentally, you can pur-
chase your tickets for that game
on August Is. Alumni started get
'em on July l.
Sweetwater Swatter
Little Lew jenkins, of Sweet
water, Texas-the guy who looks
like the BEFORE in the before
and after" ads-is our selection
in tonight's battle in the Polo
Grounds at New York.
The SweetWater Swatter came
up from the southwest little over
a year ago and jumped into the
limelight with his knockout of Lou
Ambers, the Herkimer Hurricane.
He once was in the army, shod
horses while in service and after
buying his way out after two years
he's been fighting ever since. Most
of his fighting being for bed and
board, SO to speak.
Now he's going strong. Has eight
consecutive knockouts to his cred
it and the boxing experts say his
right is the best ever exposed by
a lightweight.
Taking everything into consider
alton, it's hard to beat a guy when
he's going good and feeling like a
million bucks. That's why we pick
jenkins to beat Henry Armstrong
tonight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
NEGRO CHAMPION
RULES FAV0RITE
Knockout Expected In ~
Round Non-Title Bout;
FEEDER Picks Jenkins
BY SID FEEDER

NEW YORK, July 16.-RN1n a
tussle that had the experts stumped
on everything except that a knock
out is a dead-eyed cinch to hap
pen, Henry Armstrong and Lew
jenkins collide tomorrow night in
the Polo grounds ring.
No one could see how either the
welterweight champion or the light
weight boss could miss betting the
other guy out somewhere along the
12-round non-title route they'll be-
gin at 8:45 pm. E. S. T..
Just who was going to do it to
whom was the big question, and
the estimates were that some 3d.
900 to 40, 1000 will be sitting in on
the proceedings to find out, in what
shapes up at this writing a S the
biggest financial, as well az arts.
tic, fistic festival of the summer.
The charitable ~bookmaking men,
narrowing their odds still further
tonight, would give you 8 IL to 5
if you liked Texas Lew to win and,
just to hold their edge, made you
lay 10 to their S if you wanted
Hammerin' Hank. Armstrong was
even money to veal the Texan
down and stop him. The Sweet
water swatter, now riding along on
an eight-knockout streak, includ'
ing his one over Lew Ambers
which won him the lightweight
crown, was 4 to ! to stiffen the
dark destroyer for the first time
in his career.
I like Jenkins and his right-hand
anvil - a little relic he brought
along from his army horseshoeine
days-to stop Armstrong inside six
rounds, largely because Hennery
hasn't been himself in training,
is past his peak-a point even ad-
mitted by Manager Eddie Mead
and is a VIGOROUSLY slow starter.
If he does any waiting against
Larruping Lew, he's likely to wake
up some time later asking who
threw that grand piano.
Armstrong will weigh a shade
under 140 and Jenkins will have to
take a deep breath and forget to
cut his f%ngernails to clear 1876.
Of course, Homicide Hank has
been known to do a little sleep
making for the other guy on oc-
casion. In four years, the great
little negro campaigner, one time
holder of the featherweight, light
weight and welterweight champion
ships simultaneously, has kayoed
46 opponents.
Jenkins came up out Of Texas
less than a year ago after banging
around the cakes and coffee cir
cult, to leap to the top in the same
skyrocketing manner Armstrong
did three years before. He made
his first New York start last July
IS, and since then has whipped II
straight opponents.
Promoter Mike Jacobs figures
the gate" will gross over $3.50, 900,
making it the biggest turnstile'
clicking affair in which Armstrong
has ever participated. His top was
$3.50, $50 with Barney Ross tw Q
years ago.
Each battler was as confident
tonight as a hungry man taking
on a steak. jenkins "reckoned'
as how he ought to do that think
in three-four rounds. Eddie Mead
figured it would take six or seven
for Armstrong to wear Lew down
with body betting. Anyway, one
and all agreed it figured to be a
real nice party. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
CHALLED0N TOPS
$4,000 HANDICAP
Brann's Horse Favored To
Win Massachusetts, Event
At Suffolk Downs Today

BOSTON, July 16-R-Although
he has made only one start this
season, w. L. Brann's Challedon ap-
pears destined to play the usually
Inflated favorite's role for the second
straight year tomorrow in the $780,
0O0-added Massachusetts Handicap
at Suffolk Dosns.
That great four-year-old will carry
top weight of 100 pounds when he
matches speed with IL other rivals,
including most of the other handicap
stars now campaigning in the east,
owe the mile and an eighth distance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
STIMADY WINS

NEW YORK, July 16-R-That
Stlmady, bay son of Stimulus, was
bargain yearling and also a bar
gain claim out of his last race was
evidenced here today when the colt
easily scored his third triumph lii
as many starts at the expense of a
half-dozen other promising juveniles
at Empire City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

Error: Orengo. Runs batted in: Sis.
II, Mize 2, Miller, Glossop, Slaughter 2
Two base hits: Mize, Miller, Brown
Home runs: Sisti, Mize. Slaughter 2
Left on bases: Boston 10; st. Louis 4.
Bases on balls off: Shoun 1 Strikeouts
by: Posedel 3, Shoun z. Umpires: Sears
Dunn and Jorda. Time: 1888. Attend.
9,S19.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

Error: Kennedy. Runs batted in
fresh. Rigney, Soiters, Wright, DiMag-
gio, Kuhel. Two base hits: Selkirk.
Wright. Home run: Kuhel. Stolen
bases: fresh, Crosetti. Double play F.:
Appling and Kuhel. Left on bases :
New York 5; Chicago Z. Bases on balls
off: Russo l. S%trikeouts by: Rigney
5, Russo 2. Umpires: Pipgras, Orms-
by and MCGOWAN. Time: 1:45. Attend
ance: 5,426.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

NEW, YORK, July 16.-R-The
1941 National Amateur golf cham.
pionship will be played at the Oma.
ha Field club, Omaha, Nebr., the
United States Golf association an.
nounced today.
Dates will be set later. This
years championship will be played
Sept. 9 to IA at the Winged Foot
G. c., Mamaroneck,( N. Y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
SMOKE RINGS
Picks No. l
By SAM Raglan

If you're suffering from sunstroke and anxious Tor
the melancholy days Of autumn and football, you mlgnt
try picking the game that will top the ticket IN the sou1n
this fall.
The gridiron season is little more than a goody mop
skip and jump away and without even taking a peek az
the schedules, we're nominating the Duke-!ennessee en-
counter hevond the Smokes in Knoxville in the early days
of October to be the cause of most speculation when the
pre-eame dopesters start burning midnight oil.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

Errors: banning, Nicholson, Hack.
hits: Young, urges, Gumbert. Double
plays: Whitehead, urges and Young
Gumbert, urges and Young; banning
and Whitehead: Mattick, Herman and
Cavarretta 2; Mattick, and Cavarretta /:
Herman, Mattick and Cavarretta. Left
on bases: New York s; Chicago 3. Bases
on balls off: Gumbert 4, Olsen 5. Strike
outs by: Gumbert 4, Olsen 2. Wild
pitch: Gumbert. Umpires: Campbell,
KLEIN and Ballanfant. Time: 1 80. At
tendance: (actuaD 7,243.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
PORTSMOUTH WINS

ROCKY MOUNT, July 10 @-
Max Wilson held Rocky Mount to
six hits and struck out seven os
Portsmouth won the first game of
doubleheader, 5 to 2, here tonight
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

Errors: Higgins 2, Wagner, Brancato.
Runs batted in: Gantenbein, Miles, cen
ringer, Chapman. Three base hit: Nc
Cosky. Home run: Chapman. Stolen
base: Gehringer. Double plays: Bran
cato, Rubeling and Siebert; Rubeling,
Brancato and Siebert. Left on bases
Detroit 6; Philadelphia a.. Bases on
balls off: Caster 2. Strikeouts by:
Hutchinson 6, Caster 3. Umpifes: Quinn,
Moriarty, Hubbard and Rommel. Time
1926. Attendance: $500
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17

National League
Pittsburgh 5; Brooklyn 3.
Chicago 2; New York o.
St. Louis 4; Boston 3.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, postponed
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-17
STANDINGS

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
American League
Philadelphia 3; Detroit 1.
Chicago 5; New York |.
Washington IL; Cleveland 8:
St. Louis Boston, not scheduled.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1940-09-19
Fertilizer Prices Low
Despite War

Contrary to the sharp advance in
price of fertilizer during the last
World War, demands of the present
war and national defense program
have not so far boosted the cost of
fertilizer to the farmer.
"New developments in science
and technology such as the produc-
ton of synthetic nitrogen has re-
duced production costs and prices"
says the United States Department
of Agriculture in a report which
also points out that according to
1910-1914 average the price Of fer
tilizer is considerably lower than
the prices of most commodities
bought by farmers.
Farmers in the eastern part of
the United States in 1889 spent on
the average only "A cents of each
dollar of farm cash income for fer
tilizer If the price of fertilizer
had been the same as in 1929, it
would have taken 5.8 cents, while
if farmers were paying 1920 prices
their fertilizer purchases would
have taken 8.2 cents of each dollar.
Even though the price paid for
fertilizer has declined substantially
during the past 20 years, the
amount Of plant food contained in
a ton of fertilizer is now 9 per cent
greater than it was in 1880 and
40 per cent greater than in 1920.
Fertilizer has also been improved
in quality in other ways.