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OUR PARK POLICY IN 1918 VVe are asked to produce more food than ever in 1918. This is a national requirement in the interest of self preservation. It is the duty as well as the privilege of every citizen to be concerned, therefore, with all measures ‘ relating to food production. How shall we go about ft to accomplish the de sired end. is now the ali-important que-s --: tion. Two distinct plans of action are open to us. One is to increase the acre age in crops very materially with the expectation of producing the averages which have hitherto been obtained. The i other is to increase the yield per acre | on the same area which was devoted to cultivated crops In 1917. Every one knows that the labor situation now con stitutes one of our most difficult prob lems. How best, therefore, can we raise the crops expected of us in view of this situation. To the mind of the writer it is very plain that the best way to accomplish this end is through the more thorough preparation of the soil, the exercise of greater care in the se lection of the seed, the more liberal and wise fertilization of the land, and more thorough and constant cultivation after j the crop has been planted. It is in j finitely easier in my judgment to in crease the yield per acre with the sup ply of labor and horse power avail able than to undertake the cultivation of the additional areas of land which would be necessary to enable us to pro duce the quantities of food necessa-y to adequately sustain our own people. In 1917 the cultivated crops in Geor gia occupied 13.202.767 acres of land. If we do not increase the yield over the average attained in 1917. it will be necessary for us to cultivate 17,937,63 s acres of land In 1918 This represents an increase of 4,734,782 acres. Admit ' ting that one man can handle forty I acres of land, which every one knows to !be impossible if he expects to culti- I vate it intensively, we would require - 118.000 more mules that we now possess, and an equal number of laborers. Ap parently the number of our work ani mals is above the normal of other years, and it is now too late to increase the I number materially even if the animals were .available and they could be ef fectively utilised for production imme diately. It is certain that we will not be able to increase the labor supply. Therefore, to the writer it seems ut terly impracticable to propose an in creased acreage over that cultivated in 1917. On the other hand, by exerting ourselves to the limit, and by utiliz ing our horse and man labor to th« best advantage, there is no reason why we should not be ohle to maintain the 1917 acreage. If in addition to we study and practice more thorough roil preparation and do all those other things which have been suggested above, we can, unless the season is extremely unfavorable, increase the yield of our staple crops by several bushels per acre. In doing this we will obtain ex actly the same result as If we increas ed the acreage and allowed the yields of previous years to stand. It therefore seems necessary that wo set up a new standard of production. * It is infinitely easier to concentrate our efforts on a given acreage and ob tain better results therefrom under ex- i isting conditions than to attempt to in- | crease the acreage without any idea of ! raising the standard of production per i acre. Viewing the situation from every j angle, it seems clear to the writer tha we must*conserve and not dissipate our I energies on an increased acreage in ■ 1918; also that we must practice the most skilful and intensive form of ag riculture of which we are capable :f i we are to measure up to the require- ! ments which the government has placed upon us and which it is the earnest de sire of every patriotic citizen to attain i in order that he may feel that he is do ing his full duty by his country and the beys who are over there fighting for us. As to the possibilities of increasing yields on the same acreage, let us con sider the averages attained in some previous years. In the maker of corn, for instance, we produced sixteen bush els per acre in 1917. We are expected to raise 100.000.000 bushels in 1918. We i Increased the yield 10,000.000 bushels In 1917 over the previous year. There is ' no reason why we should not be able ' o raise the crop of corn expected of us To’ do this on the acreage of 1917 we must produce 22.3 bushels per acre in stead of sixteen. This is an increase of six bushels per acre. What must we do to obtain such an increase. Sim biy test the seed for one thing and see that we obtain a perfect stand. In many corn fields the stand is represent ed by ?o per cent rather than 100. The vacant places, if filled, would result In increasing the yield by six bushels per acre. Planting the corn with greater <are. selecting a variety adapted to io cal conditions, fertilizing it more lib erally and extending the period of cul tivation will all be contributing factors In increasing the yield. It will not be a difficult matter through the employ ment of these agencies and the same amount of labor and energy in the col 'ar as was used last year to increase the yield of corn. Os course, we may have an extraordinarily bad season, and I I that event all our plans would miscarry but there is no reason to anticipate tha’ we will not have at least an average season, and in that event we can by taking forethought raise the quantity corn needed on the acreage of 1317 This should be our policy with refer e2Ce, - tO ,° ther crop " Os course, we should p.ant velvet beans In every acre I , T !‘ ere iS ,:o reason wh y we should not increase the acreage some- , uhat of both sweet and Irish potatoes and probably peanuts us well, because 1 the 4,011 weevil has .spread somewhat 1 and there are probably a number of I counties now where peanuts can be ■' grown to greater advantage than (cotton and will prove equally remunerative, j They constitute one of our most valu- ! able food crops by reason of the tre- ' mendot’s amount of oil they yield and the valuable meal they provide for the nutrition of human beings and live stock. Wo should emphasize the matter of hay production, but there is no reason for increasing the acreage. Last year we planted 535.000 acres to hay crops and only gathered 362,000 tons there from. There is no reason why we should not produce a ton and a half of hay per acre In Georgia. The factors already indicated for increasing the ; yield of corn apply with equal force here. An increase in acreage for eotton has not been proposed. We must have more cotton, however, than we raised in 1917. By intensifying our methods of han dling the land htis result ca# be at tained. We only produced 180 pounds of lint per acre in 1917. This was a j low yield, being exceeded in a number 1 of other states where soil and climatic conditions are not more favorable than in Georgia. It certainly would not be a difficult matter to increase tha yield of lint cotton by 20 pounds per acre. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1918. This would enable us to produce a minimum crop of 2,0('0,000 bales, or something like 200,000 Dales in excess of last year. Under favorable condi tions and with proper skill in the se lection of seed for planting and in the use of fertilizers and with thorough cultivation, the 5,028.000 acres of land devoted to cotton in 1917 could easily be made to produce 2.500,000 bales in 1914. While this might be regarded as an abnormal crop, there would be a de mand for it and it could be handled and disposed of to the advantage not only of our farmers hut the world at large. VZe would still be keeping cot ton In its normal place and devoting the same approximate acreage to it that we have planted for some years past. We would not be overburdened with cotton production to the extent of limiting our ability to produce the es sential food crops. Therefore, it seems to me this is a wise and proper policy for us to pursue under existing condi The slogan for 1918, therefore, should be net a material increase in acreage except in a few of our more important staple crops, but a wonderful degree of intensification in matters of soil preparation, seed selection, fertilization and cultivation. A COMBINATION BATION SUITABLE FOB MULES A subscriber, Broxton, (la., writes: I have two mules weighing nbont 1.0 W) pounds each. I luve been feeding 30 ears or corn to each mule per day with a liberal amount of peavine haj aud fodder. 1 am afraid m.v corn will gfve out before mv oats and sorghum come in. I have some cottonseed menl I was thinking of mix ing with y corn to make it last. In what proportion sliould they Ue fed? I have plenty of hay and N-ddir. It is, of course, impossible to say whether you are feeding a too liberal ration of corn or not, because twenty ears of one kind of corn would be pro viding your mules with a superabun dance of food, whereas twenty ears of another sort might not be furnishing them enough. We presume you speaK of prolific corn, and in that event your ration should be quite liberal for the purpose you have in mind. It would I improved materially, however, if you could have this corn ground, ears and all, and then add to each 500 or 600 pounds of it 100 pounds of cottonseed meal. We would advise you to get t> measure and fill It up to where it con tains, say fourteen or fifteen pounds of the above-mentioned mixture by weignt. We would then divide the contents of the measure Into equal parts, and feed half the grain at morning and half at night. Along with this you should give about twelve to sixteen pounds of mix ed nay or forage. Peavine hay in itself is not a good feed for mules. It contains probably too much nitrogen to be fed exclusive j ly. There is danger of producing azo- ■ turia. This is a disease caused by sur feiting the system with nitrogen, and this is likely to occur in the spring when you feed a ration containing too much of this element. If you could mix your peavine hay with an equal amount of shredded corn fodder or pulled fodder, sorghum or straw which has been cut up and mixed vzith it, it would be an ad vantage. In order to add to the palata billty of the ration it is good practice to run the coarse material through a small hand cutting box, moisten with water containing a little salt and allow to stand a few hours before feeding. In the middle of the day we would only feed some coarse fodder to the mules in question. We believe that by following these : suggestions you will find that you car | make your corn go much further and , improve the ration you are now feed- i ing to your mules quite materially. FERTILIZERS ADAPTED TO BED CLAY LAND G. H.. Devereaux. Ga.. writes: What is the best fertilizer to use on rough cow hide land of mulatto color with clay sub soil? It makes plenty of weed but it dose not fruit satisfactorily. How much' must I aae i-er a--re? We take it, from the description giv en in your letter, that cotton grown on your land does not fruit well. This may be due to one of several causes, but the chances are that there is not a sufficient amount of available phos- : phoric acid in your soil. Under such conditions it Is not uncommon for crops to make a good weed but fail to fruit satisfactorily, and this applies not only to cotton but to all other crops as well, j We therefore suggest that und«r ex- ; isting conditions you use 200 /to 300 pounds of acid phosgmate along with, say, a sack of cottonseed meal, on the land in question. You may consider this a liberal application of acid phosX; phate, but we do not think it too much ( under existing circumstances. Such an ' applicat on should provide enough j phosphoric acid to enable you to grow a | very satisfactory crop of cotton. We ' would put the acid phosphate Inta the j ground at the time the crop is planted. | This is an element which is not readily lost from the soil and at the same time . probably not taken up as rapidly as some other elements. Therefore, it would be a good idea to mix it with the soil. This affords the crop a better opportunity naturally to assimilate a larger proportion of this particular ele ment of plant food. • • • NOTES ON CASTOB BEAN CULTI VATION W. T. A., Atmore. Ala., writes: What port of fund is milable for the succeMful growth of castor beans, and how are they fertilized and cultivated? What is the av erage yield per acre? As a rule sandy land is best suited 1 for successful growth of castor beans though any land which contains a good” deal of organic matter will prove sat isfactory for the cultivation of this bean. You should first prepare a good seed bed, then lay off rows five or six feet part, leaving a rbad every six or seven rows for a wagon to in gathering the beans. Plant the beans i in hills two or three feet apart, sev- j eral seed tothe hill and later thin to one plant. Stable manure is best to apply to this land, or you can use 250 to 300 pounds of commercial fertilizer before planting the seed. Pour hot water over the seed and then allow them to soak for twenty four hours. Plant in the spring as soon as all danger of frost is past and keep j cultivated until nearly mature. This crop might be cultivated Just as you would cultivate corn. The spikes should be cut off as they ripen. It is neces sary to cut off the spike when it is about two-thirds mature in order to avoid shattering. Under normal con ditions spikes will begin to mature the latter part of July. A drying pen should be prepared for the seed. The walls of this pen should be two or three feet high with a solid bottom The rays of the sun will pop open the pods The beans should <>e ! sacked after thorough drying. I Castor beans usually yield, under ■ normal conditions, about fifteen to twenty-five bushels per acre. This plant is poisonous Io stock so care should be taken to keep all stock away ! from It. A peck of seed will plant about one • acre. The seed can be secured by sub- ■ contract with parties now holding con tract with the war department, or seed can be purchased from Baker Castor Oil company. 120 Broadway, New York. THE BEST METHOD OF PLANTING COTTON W. H. 8.. Cut Meta. Ala.. writM: I want ; to know the best way to plant cotton, I whether in narrow rows nnd thick in the drill or in whip rows and wide in the drill? How early should it be planted? Our suggestion would be that you plant cotton in rather wide rows under bell weevil conditions, possibly about five feet on land of average fertility. On other soils you might plant some what closer. The idea in planting in wide rows is to let in as much sun shine as possible, thereby drying out the ground and stimulating rapid fruit ing. In eo far as producing the largest possible crop of cotton is concerned we 11 think it is best to plant in 4 to 4%- foot rows and leave two plants 18 inches apart in the drill rows. Our experience show’s that tw r o plants left under suoh conditions produces a larger crop than one plant. Os course the soil must be fairly well fertilized to grow cotton on the basis suggested, but : whefe one uses from 30C to 500 pounds lof fertilizer and has prepared the ground with skill and care we think the best yields will be ontained from the method of planting suggested. Where i boll weevil damage is likely to be se i vere we must, of course, change our ' practice to meet the conditions. Hence, the suggestion made with reference to wider planting. Under these conditions ' we would leave one stalk per hill and ’ increase the space between the plant to 20 to 22 inches. Planting as early as practicable under bolt weevil conditions ,is advisable. You wifi know when to [ i select the date of planting in your sec i tion of the state better than we can advise at this distance. • 6 • Fertilizin# Value of Velvet • Beans, B. s. N., Columbus, Go., write*: r havfc a lot of velvet beanz that I wish to E rln {‘ Into meal for fertilizing purposes. I wish to know the number of pounds of cotton seed meal, nitrate of soda, acid phosphate, etc., 1 will have to mix with the meal to make a ymplete fertiliser for cotton. You do not state whether the velvet beans in question were first hulled and then ground or whether the hulls were gcund in with them. For your infor mation. however, I will give you data referring to the use of the beans in both forms. A ton of velvet beans without the hulls contain about 80 pounds of nitrogen, 34 pounds of potash and 20 pounds of phosphoric acid. When the hulls are included they con tain about 57 pounds of nitrogen, 34.4 pounds of potash and 16 pounds of | phosphoric acid. If you mix toget ter ' 1 000 pounds of acid phosphate ana 1 000 pounds of beans without the hulls, you Will obtain A fairly satisfactory fertilizer for corn and cotton. Such a mixture would contain 40 pounds of ni i trogen or virtually 2 per cent. 180 pounds of phosphoric acid or 9 per cent and about .75 per cent of potash. This formula is somewhat low in nitrogen for corn and cotton and to improve it we would add about 200 pounds of ni trate of soda per ton or else divide the material into four equal parts, using 500 pounds per acre along with I pounds of nitrate of soda, putting it on I as a top dressing early in the growing ! season. If you do not feel in position I to use 500 pounds of fertilizer per acre we suggest a minimum of 300 pounds with 50 pounds of nitrate of soda. If you use the velvet beans with the hulls the per cent of nitrogen in your mixture will .be reduceji .to about 1.5 per cent. This of course makes the ni trogen content low. You may supple ment with nitrate of soda, however, as indicated. If you can secure sulphate of ammonia, blood, tankage or fish scrap any or all of these may be used along with your mixture of velvet bean meal or acid phosphate. There is no reason why the fertilizer constituents in velvet bean meal should j not become available quickly and meet the requirements of the average crop grown in your section of the state. ; DATA ON VARIETIES OF VELVET bbanb. M. W., Emstmau, Ga., writes: How Joes the Osceola velvet bean compare with the sianll speckled 120-day beans as food for stock and fertilizer? What is your opinion of the Jerusalem artichoke for bog food? The Osceola velvet bean is a relative ly new variety and has not been exten sively and generally cultivated as some other strains. Its growth is. therefore, still in the experimental stage and it Is rather difficult to say how it will stand as compared with other varieties after it has been thoroughly tried out. Accord ing to our experience here at the college it requires about 151 days to mature as compared with 135 days for the bunch variety. The small seeded bunch and the large seeded bunch mature in 132 days. The so-called 100-day variety also matures in 132 days. These appear to be the best strains to recommend for growth at the present time. The Osce ola bean made a yield of 8.8 bushels, as compared with about 20 bushels by the ! ninety-day variety. 16.4 bushels by the ! small seeded bunch, 13.6 bushels by the j large seeded bunch and 10.5 bushels by i the 100-day. I Velvet beans make an excellent food I for live stock. They might be grazed i in the field when planted along wit? corn. They may be fed In the hull, or ground in the hull, or they may be , hulled and fed separately. We have had the best results from feeding them In the hull. We soak them from 12 to 4 8 hours, depending on the weather, and let all classes of stock help themselves. A large number of hogs and cattle were practically finished in south Georgia last winter by grazing them on corn and velvet beans grown In the corn. They contain about half as much fer tilizing constituents as a ton of cotton seed meal. They are valuable to a cer tain extent for this purpose because : they contain a relatively large amount of potash and nitrogen. They should, of ‘ course, firs be fed and so made a means of producing live stock as well as en riching the soil. Jerusalem artichokes are fairly well adapted for hogs. We think, however, . there are other crops which could be grown to better advantage in Georgia for this purpose. Why not plant soy beans, cowpeas and peanuts. They are easier to grow. I think you will find the : deed relatively cheaper, and they are ' well adapted to our soil and climatic conditions. • • • FEBTIXIZEB FOBMUI»AS FOB TBUCX CBOFS. J. W., Vhlalia, <Ja., writes: Is it ad visable to mix acid prosphate and stable manure for truck crops, such us beets, peas, melons, etc.? 1 have the acid and manure and want to use it at once. How i long should they be mixed before apply ing? At this season of the year we would be disposed to apply well-rotted yar manure as' quickly as possible to land Intended for truck crops. Tn other words, we do not think you can afford to wait to compost it. We would put it on the land at the rate of yfen tons per acre, if possible. Smaller amounts can. of course, be used, but the quantity indi cated would be considered a fair appli cation for truck crops. This materi.il may be plowed Into the soil after beinr over the surface of the ground, or you may scatter It on the “THE RELIGION OF THE INARTICULATE’’ BY BISHOP W. A. CANDEER. The Psalmist said, “I believed and therefore have I spoken.” Centuries afterwards, a* Paul claim ed the same articulate faith—saying, "We have the same spirit of faith, ac cording as it is written, I believed, thereftre have 1 spoken; we also be lieve, and therefore speak,” (ii. Corin thians iv:l3). But this articulate faith, of the He brew psalmist and the Apostle to the Gentiles, which has been also the faith of the saints of all ages, some now seem to discredit, and for it they would substitute ’‘the religion of the inarticu late.” The phrase which they borrow to characterize a religion which is speech less because it is faithfulness, they borrowed from Donald Hankey’s inter esting but somewhat shallow book, “A Student in Arms." The type also they derive from Mr. Haukey’s boek. Various manifestations of self-sacri fice upon the part of soldiers on the battlefield and behind the lines, who profess no religion and hold no definite beliefs, are recorded as examples of this “inarticulate religion.” Acts of wom en of noble rank rendering menial services in Belgium are described as exemplifying the same speechless piety. Likewise the mingling of the sons of noblemen with sons of peasants in bovouac and battle is cited as a shin ing illustration of this dumb devotion. Moreover the apostles of “the relig ion of the inarticulate” fall to prophe sying, and they predict that it will be the religion of the future, and that rtffe Christian churches, with their creeds and ordinances, will fall into “innocu ous desuetude,” or be reorganized on new lines conforming to this new type of religion. All this appeals to godless and thoughtless people, both within and without the churches, but to sensible and serious people it seems almost silly. Os course, everybody admires acts of self-sacrifice done in any land and in any time, but to assume and proclaim that such acts are always of the same substance as the Christian religion is to assume an unreasonable and un scriptural position. The heroes and her oines of Homers’ Iliad illustrate self sacrifice in mahy admirable forms, but surely the blind old bard of pagan Greece was not a Christian poet, nor were his heroes saints. In heathen nations today some of the finest deeds of self-sacrafice are done dafiy; but it would be preposterous to put them in the list of Christian serv ices. In our own country men of the most godless character often perform the most admirable deeds of valor and un selfishness, and yet they are profane and otherwise immoral. Christian character is vastly more than a spirit surface and cut, in by cross disking. Wr would then, In addition, make a mixture of equal parts of cottonseed meal and acid phosphate and use this under the drill row for truck crops at the rate of at least 500 pounds per acre. For many of them an application of 800 pounds per acre will be found desirable. You can, of course, use in the place of cottonseed n#al any other carrier of nitrogen which will provide this essential ele ment in as cheap and desirable a form We do not believe there is a better method of handling a proposition as you have to deal with than the one indicated. • • • MIXING COTTON WTTH ACID FKOS- • PHATE J. F. S., MhysftVille, Ga.. write*: Can cotton be ' made bfr good fresh land with Id per cent acl<> without anything mixed with it? I am thinking of pntting about 400 pounds of acid per acre. I am think ing of buying some gray white rocky land. Can this land be built up and ipade rich’ It is difficult to determine just what form of fertilier is best to use on fresh land. Some soils of this character, as you probably know, contain a very con siderable amount of nitrogen. We have seen land of this character where we are certain very god results would be obtained the first year without the use of additional nitrogen. There Is a great deal of variance in the public mind as to what is meant by fresh land. Land which has oeen originally in heavy timber and which has been re cently cleared is what we would regard as fresh land. Land of this character ought to contain 150 tons of available nitrogen and this is ample to produce a good crop. As it departs from the class of land indicated it will, of course, contain less nitrogen. Most of our soils are deficient in acid phosphate. Three hundred to four hun dred pounds would be a fairly liberal application, and especially so where you do not use other elements of plant food. Under your peculiar circumstances and with nitrogen as high as it is, we do not think it necessary for you to use any of this element during the present year. • We judge the white clay rocky land about which you speak Is not in - good physical condition. Possibly it needs under-draining. If it possesses the characteristics you mention in your letter we would prefer to buy some oth er character of land, such as the Ce cil clay loam or the typical red clay land of north Georgia. Land of the character you mention could no*doubt be built up, but we believe it will take some time to .do this and require the use of considerable amounts of vege- | table matter and fertilizing constituents . as well. MANAGING A BBOOD SOW BEFORE FABBOWTNG J. C. 0.. Cobbtown, Ga.. writea: What is the best way to treat a sow before finding pigs, as I want the young pigs to grow and do well?- Wnat can I do to keep larks from pulling up corn? The best treatment for a sow about to farrow # is as follows: Place in a comparatively dry pen. This pen should have a rail about 8 inches wide pro jecting out into it and securely nailed to the side. The rail should be placed about 6 inches from the floor. When this is done it frequently prevents the sow from lying on the young pigs and killing them. The bed and shed should be kept clean and dry and well bedded. Feed the sow with laxative, nourish ing foods, such as shorts and bran mashes will provide. Pour hot water over these'"and mix thoroughly. You may put in a spoonful of Glauber salts or anything which will tend to gently but thoroughly cleanse the alimentary canal. During such a period as you write about there is likely to be fever, and this is one of the best ways to obviate it. Violent-acting medicines should of course not be given. After farrowing the sow should be fed on laxative and nourishing foods. Feed very sparingly f»r a day or two. Be careful to see that the udder is thoroughly milked out and not allowed to harden. You should feed the sow liberally, as the pigs will grow more rapidly through suckling the dam in the first six to ten weeks of their life than any other way. There is no way to keep the larks from pulling up corn unless you s-'af ter a little of it on the ground as food for them. • of sympathy and unselfishness toward men, beautiful though that spirit be; and if any vainly imagine that a defi nite faith can be excluded from the world and manifestations of self-sacri fice be substituted for it, they will find that very soon even the substitutes for faith will itself wither and die because they have no roots. Mere sentiment, apart from, definite and settled beliefs, soon vanishes as the mists of the morn ing vanish before the rising sun. “The religion of the inarticulate," if it may he called a religion at all, is too inverte brate to carry the burdens of life or even to stand alone long. Tiplady’s book, “The Cross at the Front,” in contradiction to Haukey’s “Student in Arms,” shows that the men of the armies, who face death daily, want “the old-time religion.” They call for the old songs, such as the great hymn by Dr. Watts which begins with the line, “When I survey the wondrous cross,” and "Jesus Lover of My Soul,” by Charles Wesley, and “There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood,” by Cow per. This is what one would reason ably expect. Men who are appointed to suffer and die, if they turn to religion at all. want something beneath their feet more solid and firm than inarticu late sentimentality. Jesus said, “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh,” and the converse of this is that out of a heart empty of faith there issues nothing but the Inarticulate. Now Christian soldiers are not empty hearted, and their souls can not be satisfied with a mere froth of faithfulness. Their re ligion is far more virile than inarticu late impotency. Since the present is a time of much prophesying, perhaps I may be allowed to prophesy a little, aj»d I venture to predict that when our brave men who return from the war come back, all of them who are Christians will be more devoted than ever to the religion and churches of their revered fathers and beloved mothers. They will not endure novelties and notions as substi tutes for definite belief and fervent devotion. Some men seem to think that when the storm of war has passed and the clouds of conflict are scattered, we shall find a new sky. studded by stars never seen before. But they are mis taken. The dear old stars, upon which Abraham gazed after Sodom and Go morrah were burned up, will look down after the war as they have always done. And the faith of fathers will be living still when those who predict the per- , ishing of the churches will have been forgotten. When they cry, “Lo, here, or 10, there, Is coming a new religion,” ; go not after them. The Christianity J of Christ and His church has come to stay. It also will believe, and there- ■ fore speak its faith, as did David and Paul. Japan Not Planning Action, Premier Says LONDON, March 23. —Premier Te rauchi told the Japanese house of peers today that the government is not con sidering intervention in Siberia, where enemy war prisoners are no real menace according to dispatches from Tokio. Jumbo Pumpkin 300 Lbs. > , • -limbo Watermelon Si- GO to SO lb». Jumbo L t A Muskmelon 15 to ~° ,bs- '.jj' Jumbo Pumpkin Jumbo Arfjfißy .p'' Cabbage 20 to .30 lbs. '■ Jumbo Radi-'i zj'ffi.;.’ 1(1 ,0 l;> !>s - J n m bo Sweei lorn Ears 1 foot or more in length, and often 18 rows of kernels to tbe ear. What do you think of pumpkins so large that it takes two men to carry one. and other vege tables as largo ns mentioned? These Jumbo va rieties often grow to the sizes mentioned, am! we can see no reason why you cannot grow them junt as large, and perhaps larger, if yon give them good care. 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