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AIUA-YDI Alii-JOLIiAAD.
PRESENT GENERATION OWES
DEBT OF TREES TO FUTURE
No Community Can Afford to Neglect Arbor Day Because
of Effect It Has on Attitude Toward Care of Trees
A crutch would have seemed more
natural than a’mattock, for the man
was very old and bent and wrinkled,
and his hands trembled even when
he leaned on the mattock handle to
speak to the young man in the road.
1 Yet he was digging lustily at a deep
1 hole, preparing to plant a young oak.
The young man pulled up his horse
at the yard gate. “Grandsire Green,”
he said, “it would be natural for me
to plant trees because I might live
to enjoy their shade and their beau
i ty. but you—why don’t you go enjoy
yourself and leave that sort of hard
work to us younger fellows?”
“Well, my boy,” replied the old
man, “I found trees here when I
■ came into the world more than eighty
i years ago. and when I go out of
' the world I want to leave some trees
1 here for the people who are to fol
j low me.”
Why should not every man feel
I the same way about it? George Pea
j body said, “Education is a debt due
: from the present to future genera
tions.” Trees are just as much so.
I. The great trees that one stands rev
erently in awe of are not attained
in a lifetime. They are creatures
of the .centuries. The grandchildren
of our grandchildren can know noth
ing of the sublimity and the charm
of the kind that grow in the open
unless' we plant them.
Observe Arbor Day
That is one of the things that the;
United States department of agri
culture has In mind when it says
that no community can afford to
neglect Arbor day. But it has a
great many other things in mind,
too. Nothing helps more to behutify
a city or a town than trees, and
few things so educate the people in
public spirit and foresight as the care
of trees.
The celebration of Arbor day by
the planting of trees, say the depart
ment specialists, is an assumption
of an all-the-year-round responsibil
ity. There is quite much need
for the care of tre*2 and shrubs as
for actual planting.
In the past, the planting of trees
on Arbor day has usually been in
school grounds and parks. Recently,
it has been the means of arousing
interest in roadside plantings, both
in city and country.
Some objection has been made th >
trees along the roadside on the
ground that they hinder drying out
after wet weather. This holds good
if the road is poorly bu»ilt; but trees
are actually an aid in keeping a well
built road dry, if they are not plant
ed too close. The roots, by constant
ly taking in water, assist in drain
age, and the tops, by breaking the
force of driving rains, prevent
washes in the roadway. The most
important use of trees by the road
side, however, is the prevention of
dust. Dust IS the cementing mate
rial in macadam roads, and if it is
loosened and blown away the break
ing up of the road is hastened.
Hillsides Need Trees
What the trees do for the roads
they do also for the forested hill
sides. Wherever there are no for
ests on the hills and mountains the
rain and melted snow rushes off in
a torrent, digging out great gullies
and carrying away the fertile soil.
Where there is a forest the trees
protect the soil from the beating of
the rain; the roots lead the water
deep into the ground, to be stored
up there and gradually fed out by
springs all the year round; the leaf
litter absorbs and holds the water
like a sponge; the trunks and roots
prevent the rapid run-off of the wa
ter and bind the soil together. The
forest is of tremendous benefit in
preventing both floods and drought;
it is in reality a natural storer of
water. It is highly desirable, often
imperative, therefore, that the water
sheds of navigable streams and those
upon which towns, cities, irrigation
projects, and water power plants de
pend for their supply should be for
ested.
The greatest value of Arbor day
lies in its effect upon people’s at
titude toward the trees that are al
ready growing; for manifestly there
are thousands of trees of natural
origin to every one planted by man.
The average citizen is only now be
ginning to realize the necessity for
taking care of these trees, having
never before considered that they
needed any care.
How to Plant Trees
Here is the department of agri
culture method of planting trees:
Cut off the ends of all broken or
mutilated roots and remove all side
branches.
Dig holes at least three feet in
diameter and two feet deep. If the
soil is poor they should be four feet
BRING PEACH TREES UP IN
THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO
The finest peach that any man ever
saw was the one away at the end of
the topmost limb where it could not
be reached without breaking the tree
—and possibly the man's neck. Os
course, like the fish that got away,
it isn’t really any finer than some
other peach, but it looks that way
and causes a great deal of unhappi
ness.
Then, there is another very sad
sight. A limb breaks under the
weight.of a great many fine peaches,
and the fruit you had expected to
put to such excellent use shrivels
and goes to waste.
And the saddest thought of all is
that both disasters could have been
prevented by proper pruning. Not
every peach grower realizes the im
portance of pruning in its relation
to his bank account or to his table
supply of fruit, if he is growing only
for home use. However, large or
chard owners usually follow more or
less closely some plan of system
even though they may have no clean
cut conception of just what their
plan involves. The owner of a few
trees frequently goes at it more hap
hazardly than does one growing
fruit on a commercial scale.
The principal object sought in
pruning, according to the United
States department of agriculture
pomologists, are: To modify the
vigor of the tree; to keep the tree
shapely and within bounds; to make
the tree more stocky; to open the
tree top to admit air and sunshine;
to reduce the struggle for existence
in the tree top; to remove dead or
interfering branches; to renew the
vigor of the trees; to aid .in stimu
lating sufficient new wood growth
and the development of fruit buds
to secure good distribution of fruit
to induce uniformity in the ripening
of the fruit; to make thorough
spraying possible; to facilitate the
harvesting of the fruit.
Prune in Early Spring
In general, the proper time to
prune peach trees is during the dor
mant period, preferably in late win
ter or early spring, just before
growth starts, except in regions
where bleeWing from wounds is like
ly to occur. In such regions it
should probably be done in early
winter. But conditions and ,the ob
ject of the pruning must be con
sidered in each case.
If the pruning operations are very
extensive it may be necessary to
prune throughout the winter when
ever the vra®**-’.’ is suitable for men
to
buds are endangered during the win
ter by adverse temperatures it may
be advisable to delay pruning as
much as economic conditions per
mit until settled spring weather ar
rives. This is especially advisable if
heavy heading back of the previous
season's growth is desirable for the
sake of the tree, since if a large pro
portion of the fruit buds are killed
it may be best for the prospective
crop not to cut back heavily.
During the dormant periqd, be
tween the first and second year, the
first year’s growth, provided it has
been thrifty and vigorous, should
be headed back rather heavily.
Perhaps one-half or two-thirds of
the growth should be removed. How
ever,’ this needs to be considered
with a view to: The symmetry of
the tree, its strength and vigor, and
its future development. In order to
provide for an open, well-formed
head in later years, it may be nec
essary to thin out some of the
smaller, secondary branches. In do
ing this, however, provision must
be made for a uniform distribution
of limbs so spaced that the open
top desired will be insured, yet leav-
lin diameter. Make the sides perpen
dicular and the bottom flat. Break
up the soil in the bottom to the
depth of the spade blade. Place on
the bottom twelve or fifteen inches
of good top soil, placing at the top
the fine soil free from sods or other
decomposing matter. 'On the top of
this layer spread the roots of the
tree as evenly as possible and cover
them with two ,or three inches of
fine top soil. Tramp the soil down
firmly with the feet, water thorough
ly. and after the water soaks in fill
the hole with good earth, leaving
the surface loose and a little higher
than the surface of the surrounding
soil.
When planted the trees should
stand two or three inches deeper
than they stood in the nursery.
They should be planted far enough
apart so that at maturity they will
not be crowded.
Dates of Arbor Day
Alabama —February 22.
Arizona —In five northern counties..
Friday following first day, of April.
Elsewhere, Friday following first day
of February.
Arkansas First Saturday in
March.
California —March 7.
Colorado —Third Friday in April.
The governor issues a proclamation
each year.
Connecticut —In early May, by
proclamation of the governor.
Delaware —In April, by proclama
tion of the governor.
Florida —First Friday in February.
Georgia—First Friday in Decem
ber.
Hawaii—First Friday in Novem
ber.
Idaho —Various dates in April se
lected by county superintendents.
Illinois—Proclamation of the gov
ernor.
Indiana —Third Friday in April
each year.
lowa —Proclamation of the gover
nor.
Kansas—Option of the governor.
Kentucky—ln the fall by proclama
tion. of the governor. No definite
date.
Louisiana —Second Friday in Jan
uary by resolution of state board of
education.
’ Maine—Option of the governor.
Maryland—Second Friday in April.
Proclamation of the governor.
Massachusetts —Last Saturday ,ln
ATTiI.
Michigan Proclamation of the
governor. Usually last Friday in
April.
Minnesota —Proclamation of the
governor. Usually latter part of
April.
Missouri —First Friday after first
Tuesday in April.
Montana —Second Tuesday in May.
Nebraska —April 22 (birthday of
J. Sterling Morton). Act of legisla
ture.
Nevada —Proclamation of the gov
ernor.
New Hampshire—Proclamation of
the governor.
New Jersey—By law, second Fri
day in April.
New Mexico —Second Friday in
March. Proclamation of the gover
nor.
New York—Friday following first
of May.
North Carolina —Friday after No
vember 1.
' North Dakota—Option of the gov
ernor.
Ohio —Proclamation of the gover
nor. About the middle of April.
Oklahoma —Friday following the
second Monday in March.
Oregon—Second Friday in April.
Pennsylvania—Proclamation of the
governor.
Porto Rico —Last Friday in Novem
ber.
Rhode Island—Second Friday in
May.
South Carolina —Third Friday in
November.
South Dakota—No law, but gener
ally observed in April throughout
the state.
Tennessee—Appointed by county
superintendents, in November.
Texas —February 22.
Utah —April 15, by statute.
Vermont —Option of the governor.
Usually first Friday in May.
Virginia—Proclamation of the gov
ernor. In the spring.
West Virginia—Usually observed
on the second Friday in April.
Wisconsin—Proclamation of the
governor. Usually the first Friday
in May.
Washington^—Proclamation of the
governor. Usually the first Friday
in May.
Wyoming Proclamation of the
governor. Usually the first Friday
in May.
ing an ample number of secondary
branches.
Pruning the second and third years
does not differ in principle from
that of the first. At each pruning,
the previous season’s growth is
headed back, though perhaps not
quite as much as at the first prun
ing. This, however, will depend
upon the character of the growth
and the condition of the. tree. If it
is stocky and strong, less heavy
shortening in heavily in order to
serve the end in view, but long,
slender, spindling growth should be
shortened back as, severely after the
second or third season as at the
earlier pruning.
At each subsequent pruning, the
secondary branches require the
same attention as at the first prun
ing. The points which require par
ticular attention are thinning out
enough to keep the top open and
shortening in heavily in order to
produce a new growth of bearing
wood evenly distributed throughout
the top of the tree and on the in
terior surfaces of the main limbs.
Pruning After Third Year
By the time peach trees are three
or four years old they should be
bearing good crops of fruit. After
this they will make a smaller an
nual growth under usual conditions
than during the earlier years and
less heading in will be required.
In some seasons it may not be nec
essary to cut back the terminal
growth, though to do so will tend,
as a rule, to develop the smaller
secondary and side branches. Again,
the extent of the heading back will
be governed in some seasons by
the abundance and condition of the
fruit buds. If there has been win
ter injury, or if the buds failed
to form well the previous season,
little or no -reduction of the pre
vious season’s growth will be need
ed. On the other hand, if the trees
made a strong growth, an abundant
set of fruit buds developed, and
they have suffered.no injury, a cor
respondingly heavy cutting back of
the previous season’s growth may
be advisable in order to thin the
ffuit as much as is possible by tljat
means.
What It Costs
To Ship Eggs by
Parcel Post
Average hens’ eggs will weigh
about one and one-pounds to the
dozen, or two ounces apiece. The
weight of a single dozdn of eggs in
a carton properly packed and wrapped
for mailing will run from two to
three pounds, depending on the na
ture of the particular container, the
size of the eggs and the packing and
wrapping used. If the container be
a very light one and the eggs small,
the parcel may fall within the two
pound limit, and the postage, there
fore, within the first and second
: zones, or 150-mile limit, would be six
cents. Most parcels containing a
dozen eggs will exceed two pounds,
but will not reach three: therefore,
the postage on them will be seven
cents within the first and second
zones. A parcel containing two dozen
eggs will add perhaps two cents to
the postage, though sometimes only
one cent, depending on the nature of
the container and the packing and
wrapping. '.
It Should be observed that the
larger the parcel (within the size
and weight limits) the cheaper is
the package, as the first pound of
STANDARDS COUNT AT HOME
AND ABROAD, BUYERS FIND
Recent Importations of Butter Bearing Well-Known For
eign Brand Calls Attention to Value of Recognized
Grades in Marketing—Federal Inspection Serv
ice an Aid
It was no less a person than
Shakespeare's Hamlet who asserted
that there was something rotten in
Denmark. But whatever truth there
may have been in that assertion,
American butter interests today
readily acknowledge that there is
nothing impure in Denmark’s butter'.
Danish butter usually is. of very
good quality. That, in fact, is the
reason that dairy and butter inter
ests in the United States have been
looking with a suggestion of concern
—more than is deserved, perhaps—
on the importation of Danish butter
which has been taking place at New
York recently at the rdte of several
hundred casks weekly, each cask
weighing 112 pounds. Experts use
this incident to emphasize the les
son which Denmark’s success in the
butter business teachers with respect
to standardization. While perhaps
the greatest value resulting from the
application of standards in Denmark
lies in its benefit to that country’s
export butter trade, in America a
corresponding benefit could be en
joyed in domestic trade, since our
home butter consumption normally
far exceeds our exports.
A Recognized Brand
The Danish government has a
brand which the law provides can
be placed on all butter meeting cer
tain rather exacting requirements.
This is the brand to be found on the
casks which have been arriving at
New York and which is recognized
the world over as a guaranty of good
quality. Experts in American dairy
marketing problems point to the val
ue of the Danish official mark not
with the idea of advocating that this
government adopt a similar plan of
officially branding butter, but to em
phasize in value which results from
adopting recognized standards. They
call attention to the fact that Ameri
ca is producing much butter which
scores as high or higher than the
Danish importations.
In some cases private brands are
well enough known to profit fully by
the high grade maintained. But this
cannot be said of all American but
ter to fine quality. Today no uni
form grades are universally adhered
to and consequently much butter has
to be marketed at lower prices than
it would otherwise bring, because it
bears no brand or score indicating
its real value.
Apply Grades More Widely
The government has established
standards for scoring butter and
WARNING TO MISSISSIPPI FARMERS
Don’t Abandon Feed Crops For Hazard of Cotton
Farmers of Mississippi will read
with special interest the following
statement, both timely and sound,
prepared by Director R. S. Wilson,
of the extension service, containing
some valuable suggestions for im
mediate use:
“The time is approaching when
farmers must decide finally as to
what they are going to plant.
“Indications are that in a portion
of our state farmers are going
rather heavily into cotton. The ex
tension department has refrained
from any strenuohs ‘cotton reduc
tion’ campaign, as it seemed, to us
that the experience of farmers for
the past several years should* have
established in their minds the wis
dom of diversification. In the hili
sections of Mississippi, especially,
the iniquitous credit system has
been practically abolished; farm
ers, as rule, are out of debt,
and bank deposits have doubled and
trebled. This is no argument against
cotton as a money crop, because it
is, as a rule, our best money crop;
but it is simply because our cotton
money has gone into the bank
rather than to other states to pay
debts for supplies at prices,
and furthermore, we had othar
money crqps that brought us casm
at all times of the year when it was
most needed and we Were not de
pendent upon one crop that was’ us
ually dumped upon the market main
ly during a period of from ninety to
a hundred and twenty days.
“It is not the function of the ex
tv.ision department to attempt
dictate to the people, but I would
like to make a timely sugestion:
Grain of' all kinds is high, relative
ly about as high as cotton, and ow
ing to an unusually unfavorable sea-
Select Alfalfa Seed With Care This Year
In view of the large importations
of alfalfa seed which are arriving
from Turkestan and other foreign
countries, because of relatively small
domestic supplies, the United States
department of agriculture urges
farmers to exercise great care in
selecting alfalfa seed, since the dif
ference between success and failure
with alfalfa is often only a question
of variety. The eastern farmer, par
ticularly, will succeed better if he
uses home-grown seed of good qual
ity. But no matter in what part of
the country he lives, the farmer
should know what he is getting; and
if he • is .purchasing commercial
Turkestan alfalfa, quantities of
which have recently been imported,
he should have the advantage of a
lower price.
According to extensive tests made
by the federal department of agri
culture commercial Turkestan al
falfa is less hardy in northern re
gians than varieties commonly grown
there, and in the* southern regions
its yield is less than the varieties
now commonly grown. For example,
in the Great Plains regions, south of
southern Nebraska, local strains of
common alfalfa produce larger hay
yields than the commercial Turke
stan, and in the extreme southern
part of this region the Peruvian
variety is far superior to it in point
of yield. In the northern part of
the Great Plains region, Grimm al
falfa is decidedly superior to the
commercial Turkestan in hardiness,
and both the Grimm and the north
ern-grown strains of the common va
riety exceed it in yields of hay.
Generally speaking, in the north
ern states east of the Mississippi
river, the commercial Turkestan al
falfa is decidedly inferior to the
Grimm, while in the central and
south central portions of the terri
tory east of the Mississippi it is in
ferior to the strains of common va
rieties such as are grown in Kan
sas and adjoining states, and is
inferior to the Peruvian variety in
the extreme south.
In the intermountain and irri
gated sections of the west, local
strains of common alfalfa are su
perior to commercial Turkestan, and
in the extreme southwest, in the
Centra) valley of California and on
the Pacific coast, the Peruvian va
riety gives far larger yields of hay.
Commercial Turkestan alfalfa can
every package costs 5 cents within
the first and second zones, while each
additional pound up to fifty costs but
one cent; so that while a one-pound
parcel would cost five cents postage,
a two-pound parcel would cost only
six cents, or three cents a pound.
A twenty-pound parcel would cost
twenty-four cents, or one and one
fifth cent per pound, and a fifty
pound parcel would cost fifty-four
cents, or but one and two-twenty
fifths cents per pound.
Al Is Back at
Bill Posting
SAN DIEGO.—AI Hart, bill pos
ter, thought he discovered oil in his
backyard. It was bubbling out. He
any dne who will get in touch with
one of the five principal butter mar
kets where inspectors are maintained
—Minneapolis, Chicago, New York,
Philadelphia, Boston—can have his
butter inspected at small cost. What
is needed, it is claimed, is .that the
federal grades he more generally ap
plied. Not only Would high-grade
butter more generally qommand the
price it deserves, but many producers
now more or less indifferent to grad
ing would be induced to improve
the quality of their output.
A few weeks ago perishable food
inspectors representing the bureau of
markets, United States department
of agriculture, were called on to in
spect 4,000,000 pounds of butter in
tended for export to a European
country. The bureau was able to cer
tify that most of the butter came up
to the standard required by the ex
porting house. Having received fed
eral certificates to this effect the
exporters could safely proceed with
their shipments to Europe. The in
cident is considered of special inter
est because the house exporting the
4,000,000 pounds had previously had
trouble with an uninspected ship
ment abroad because it did not come
up to specifications. By utilizing
the federal inspection service it was
possible for these exporters to be
sure that butter accepted for ship
ment was up to a certain standard.
Standardization Promotes Efficiency
Since the inauguration of federal
food inspection by the bureau of mar
kets in 1917, an increasing number
of producers, buyers, and sellers have
come to appreciate its value, as is in
dicated by the demand for inspection
of perishable fruits and vegetables
and butter. This is a big advance in
the right direction, market experts
say, but immeasurably greater bene
fits can be enjoyed when producers
and dealers generally come to under
stand the grades which inspectors ap
ply, and constantly work with them
in view. Standardization will pro
mote efficiency, not only in the but
ter industry, but in handling most
perishable fruits and vegetables.
With a wide acceptance of federal
grades and standards, production
could be carried on far more profit
ably and distribution far more eco
nomically than at present. Anyone
interested in this question can secure
full information by writing the bu
reau of markets, United States de
partment of agriculture, Washington,
District of Columbia.
son last year, there is a shortage of
grain in the state. Present indica
tions are that it is going to be seri
ous. Not only will feeds on Which
to finish this crop be extremely ex
pensive, but it may be difficult to
secure them at any price next sum
mer. Some spring oats have been
sown, but by no means enough to
meet our needs. I would suggest,
therefore, that farmers plant a
small area, at least, to some of the
very early corns, such as the early
Yellow Dent, or the Hickory King.
If this is done at once, or as soon
as the weather will permit, it will
reach a stage at which it may be
fed in July and will be extremely
useful in tiding us over the grain
shortage.
“Another thing is happening which
to our mind is a serious mistake.
Some people are already, and a large
number of others are contemplating
plowing up pasture lands and plant
ing to cotton.
“A good permanent pasture can
not be made in a year, but is the
work of several years of effort.
What cotton will do in future years,
no on j at persent can positively say.
Neither can anyone tell positively
how long the present depression in
the price of live stock may last.
Then should we not stop and think
before sacrificing so readily the
progress we have striven to make
and have made in recent years to
ward a balanced farming system to
take a step that it will take us
years to retract. Afarmer who had
made a remarkable financial suc
cess once told me that when other
people were going out of a business
was the time he always went into
it. There is some philosophy in this
statement that it might profit some
of us to consider at this time.”
be most easily recognized by the
presence of Russian Knapweed
seeds which are slightly larger than
our alfalfa, chalky white in color
and slightly wedge-shaped, which dis
tinguishes them from the notched
seed of other species of Knapweed.
Every alfalfa purchaser is urged to
supply himself with the depart
ment’s bulletin on this subject. Its
seed laboratories will be glad to in
spect any samples which interested
persons may send in for analysis.
The relatively small crop of al
falfa seed produced in the United
States in 1919 is chiefly responsible
for the presnet high prices that pre
vail, and have stimulated importa
tions. Since July 1, 1919, fmporta
tipns of alfalfa seed have amounted
to upwards of 15,000,000 pounds,
about one-fifth of which is of Tur
kestan origin. This seed is being
advertised extensively and is being
wholesaled at lower prices than do
mestic-grown seed. Commercial
Turkestan alfalfa is generally char
acterized by a lower and somewhat
more spreading habit of growth, it
also has finer stems and slightly
more hairy leaves. It is somewhat
impossible to distinguish individual
plants of it from the domestic strains
of common alfalfa, but in mass
growth differences can usually be
detected.
The Russian Knapweed seeds,
which help to to easily recognize
commercial Turkestan alfalfa are be
lieved to be always present in this
imported seed, and have not been
found in commercial 1 seed from other
sources. 1 »
Alfalfa seed may be sent to any
of the following seed testing labora
tories for identification: Seed Labor
atory, Bureau of Plant Industry,
United States Department of Agri
culture, Washington, D. C.; Branch
Seed Laboratories at Berkeley, Cal.;
LaFayette, Ind.; Columbia, Mo.; Cor
vallis. Oreg., and College Station,
Texas.
The revised edition of Farmers’
Bulletin, No. 757-, “Commercial Va
rieties of Alfalfa,” is now available
for free distribution. The bulletin
describes the characteristics of the
kinds and varieties of alfalfa th a-,
are available commercially in the
United States, and indicates clearly
the section of the country to which
each is adapted. Before making their
purchases of alfalfa seed, farmers
should write to the department for
this publication.
Sailors Shiver
At Boat Names
LIVERPOOL.—New Atlantic liners,
built by the Anchor and Cunard com
panies, will bear the names of liners
torpedoed in the war, despite the an
cient sea tradition that this practice
will bring bad luck. The new Cam
eroniu will soon be in service. The
new craft will lie equipped with but
ont funnel instead of two, as were
their predecessors.
dug three days. King friends explain
ed it was oil spilled by the next door
neighbor.
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1020.
Substitute the Rice
For Costly Potatoes
Thereby Save Money
That the use of rice for potatoes,
a substitute already made by many
thrifty housewives, could be even
more widely adopted with profit, is
a suggestion of the United States
department of agriculture, prompted
by the present high prices of po
tatoes. The department’s food spe
cialists point out that are
approximately four-fifths water and
one-fifth food material, whereas in
rice, as well as in most other grains,
'the proportions are practically re
verced. Under normal conditions the
prices of these two commodities
usually are such as to somewhere
nearly equalize the two from the
standpoint of food cost.
Recently, however, potatoes have
sold from $1 to ?1.50 per peck, which
means about seven to ten cents a
pound, whereas rice has retailed at
fifteen to seventeen cents a pound.
So long as the price of the two foods
is substantially in this relationship,
it is obvious from a comparison of
their food content that a given sum
of money can be spent much more
economically for rice than for po
tatoes.
The estimated production of rice
in this country for the past year was
41,000,000 bushels, an increase of
nearly 3,000,000 over 1918. While
some export business in rice has be
gun t odevelop, the supplies for do
mestic consumption are considered
sufficient to meet a growing demand.
The department is not so much
concerned with the development of
any sudden increase in demand as it
is in having an increasing number of
people learn the value of this product,
not only as a dessert, but as an
item ranking with other cereals and
with vegetables in the menu.
Moonshine Gets
Moonshine in Bad
GRAND RAPIDS.—Albert Moon
shine found a drink of the same
name. Right you are! That’s just
where they sent him.
For More Than Forty Years
Cotton Growers have known that
POTASH PAYS
) ———
More than 11,651,200 Tons of Potash Salts
had been imported and used in the United
States in the 20 years previous to January,
1915, when shipments ceased. Os this 6,460,-
700 Tons consisted of
KAINIT
which the cotton grower knew was both a plant
food and a preventive of blight and rust, —with
it came also 1,312,400 Tons of
■ 20 per cent
MANURE SALT
which has the same effects on Cotton, but which was
used mainly in mixed fertilizers.
Shipments of both Kainit and Manure Salt have
been resumed but the shortage of coal and cars and
high freight rates make it more desirable to ship
Manure Salt, which CONTAINS 20 PER CENT OF
ACTUAL POTASH, instead of Kainit, which con
tains less than 13 per cent actual Potash.
MANURE SALT can be used as a side dressing
on Cotton in just the same way as Kainit and will
give the same results. Where you used 100 pounds
of Kainit, you need to use but 62 pounds of Manure
Salt, or 100 pounds of Manure Salt go as far as 161
pounds of Kainit.
MANURE SALT has been coming forward in
considerable amounts and cotton growers, who can
not secure Kainit, should make an effort to get
Manure Salt for side dressing to aid in making a big
Cotton Crop.
Muriate of Pot ah s
50 per cent actual Potash, has been coming forward
a I Bo> —loo pounds of Muriate are equivalent to 400 ♦
pounds of Kainit or '250 pounds of Manure Salt.
These are the three
Standard GERMAN Potash Salts
that were always used in making cotton fertilizers
and have been used for all these years with great
profit and WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE TO THE
CROP.
The supply is not at present as large as in former
years, but there is enough to greatly increase the
Cotton Crop if you insist on your dealer making the
necessary effort to get it for you.
DO IT NOW
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BABYCHICKS
Put Avicol in the drinking water.
Most people lose half of every hatch,
and seem to expect it. Chick cholera or
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chicks hatched die from this cause. >
An Avicol tablet,
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q a X water, will positively
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Inside of 48 hours the
LPT. sick ones will be as lively
as crickets. Avicol keeps
them healthy and makes
, them grow and develop
Mrs. Vannle Thackery, R_ F. D. 3, St.
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they all died but 32. Then I comment
on Avicol and haven’t lost any sitwLi
They have grown wonderfully."
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