BANDY SOILS REQUIRE SUPPLY OF MINERAL ELEMENTS. In Growth of Clover for Increasing Or ganic Matter on Exhausted Land Potassium Will Often Be Found of Benefit. The maintenance of fertility sandy soils requires a supply of the mineral elements, phosphorus and potassium and of organic matter in- cluding nitrogen. Where live stock farming is followed and all feed produced on the farm is consumed there, the potassium is con- served and under these conditions is not ordinarily necessary to add this element, especially where the supply of organic matter in the soll is fairly good. In the growth of clover for in- creasing the organic matter on ex- fzer will psobably often be very bene- ficial. and where they are grown on land not ter or where manure from ash fertilizers is important, ing such crops as potatoes, beets other truck crops extensively, the turning under of some kind of legume is essential and the best method of adding potash to the soil under such In grow- of the clover or other legume and be- gen from this crop the following year. Where an abundance of organic matter, either in the form of barnyard manure or green manure, {8 contained in the soll, use may be made of cheapest sources this Clover Sod With Potash and Phos- phorus Fertilizer Yielded 26 bushels of Corn Per Acre, Shown at the Left. 13.5 bushels Where Potash and Phos- phorus Were Used Without Clover, in Culture, and 28.5 Bushels Where Peat, Potash and Phosphorus Were Used. This Shows the Importance of Adding Nitrogen and Organic Matter to Sandy Solls. namely, treated, finely ground rock phosphate. is incorpor- ated with the manure in the stable {it is acted on by the fermentation of the manure #0 as to cause it t become readily availabl organic matter and this is ge: soils, the or ground steamed visable. Fortunately, pendent directly the legun alfalfa, peas ally known, the action velop plants, of taking their gen from un Where this ire the moderate, in san use of « icid phosph not QUINCE IS MUCH NEGLECTED Studied and Trees Suffer From Continued Il Treatment. The is a mu fruit. It seems to be less grown now than a century changed but Methods of culture have studied, and such trees as ally suffer from {ill-treatme neglected corner of the orchard faw fruit growers have given the mar- keting of quince attention, and the fruit is therefore not well received in the markets. The fact that fruit cannot be eaten raw, though delicious when cooked, greatly impedes the progress of its culture. When the plant breeder has given the quince the texture of the apple, decreased number of seeds, and somewhat les sened the very pronounced flavor, it will become a dessert fruit second to none. quince ch-neglected Varieties have in a generation. ago little been usu- nt in some But not exist the the Our Egg Exports. tries during twelve months this it would be reasonably safe to estimate that the egg crop country crowds the corn crop very closely, or would if accurats returns could be obtained of the number of eggs consumed In the homes of the farmers. The number of eggs exported has rapidly increased in the last few years. It fa reported that in 1903 the value of hens’ eggs exported was $33,297, and in 1913, $4,391,653. Hog Cholera. Hog cholera is a disease which peems to be stopped to a degree by the frosts of winter, although frost cannot be said to stop a case after it has taken hold of its victim. However, it seems to prevent the rapid spread of the disease. The result Is that in spring time the affectioh at the lowest ebb, but Increases rap jdly from that time until fall. Complicated System of Boxes and Squares Not Necessary -~Record Easily Found. (By WALTER BR. LEUTZ) i It 18 not necessary to have | plicated system of numbered keep a record of it. The { and a tin fruit can. lay the strip out on the table board the required length, which may be from two feet to a rod, and, begin- ning a foot from one end, place the | seed in groups four inches apart along | the strip till the other end is reached. It not necessary to number the | groups of seed on the strip, as they is { will come in rotation when they are to be unrolled and examined after ger. mination, but the bulk of the seed or ear from which they were taken may be numbered If necessary If more than of strips are needed, each numbered. When the seed are in place | roll the cloth around the begin with the end left blank and con- the end is tied or thes cloth be @ one ones can, ning i tinuing to which Throw this roll and such others as they are prepared into a pail of warm water, where they remain for i geveral hours, then pour the water off an the lace should d cover the pall to retain mois ture, placing it in a warm p Sprinkle to keep molst, if and inaf have germinated Unr the table or board as before and, be ginning with firat sea 4 the percentage of Necessary, ew days the seed will il the cloth on | same eds pl germing compare tion and consequent vitality, In this the geed or ear of corn Way record of ev ’ #3 BEES ARE LITTLE TROUBLE is before you to Industry Yielding Profit With. out Cost of Feed. ultry or growing iatter case, api FARM IMPLEMENT IS HANDY One of Most Useful Devices for Cul. tivating Corn Crop is Double Smoothing Harrow. _ Double Smoothing Harrow, is 3 by 3 inches, and should be made of toak or othef hard wood. Bore the | tooth-holes after the frame is put to | gether | ward about forty-five degrees, Set will strike the soll many years, Educated Man Best Farmer, income of those with only a common school education, according to the de. partment of agriculture. The edu those who start farming the earliest in life reap the largest profits, . Make Sheep Grow Rapidly, One of the important items in sheep raising is to make them grow rapidly during the summer on grass and to to start the winter, Breed Up Dairy Cows. Breed up the dalry cows. It takes no longer, costs no more and gets | you somewhere in the dairy business. . vy Artie Hofman, Now With Art Hofman, and not Johnny 5 iv i i8 DAY AED Ealne | J. Me sague CHam depriv th frare fie 0TH Chicago Johnny Evers, Boston's Second Base- | man. of the St. Louis Federals, telis the in- side story of the play, which for year after year has been kept secret. This | is Brown's “Evers knows as much baseball as | any man in the game,” stated Hrown. “He's a quick thinker, always thinking of some play to stop the opposition, but he won credit where it wasn't de- served on that Merkle stuff “It wasn't Evers who saw it, but Artie Hofman, and as long as | live I'll never forget the scramble on the Polo ground field. Evers made the putout; and he got {it because he was the only one near second. Still, Hof- man was the one who started it, “With McCormick on third and Mer kie on first, Al Bridwell shot a single to center, McCormick raced home with the run in the ninth inning that would have beaten us and won the pennant for the Glants. Dut Merkle, getting near second, didu’t touch the bag, and raced for the clubhouse.” version i Criticize McGraw. Muggsy McGraw was the target for fore he ventured forth with the state ment that he likes baseball better than cricket. The article sald Mo Uraw should have waited until he got to America for such a declaration, , Attell Seeks Return Match, Able Attell is confident that if John. ny Kilbane gives him ade more fight he'll regain the featherweight title. But Johany isn't in any too big a the Brooklyn Federals. the ‘Gia: Cuban sou paw has been hit games all vana * * * deen « fF eh iF . » Browns, de- ter off if Rickeys 10 help President He clares baseball ha would be bet it d several ® * . Walter Lonegran has signed a con- tract to play with Hugh Duffy's Port. geason . 0» Pitcher Ralph - Glaze, who used Western league - Ad » of the Navy Daniels, ia a for catcher on the Tome institute base ball team at Port Deposit, Mo - * * Tom Daly, who was on the receiv. ing end of the Tenor-Daly battery many years ago, has been given a position as scout for the New York Yankees. -. » -. In Walter Johnson the Nationals have without a doubt, the best hurler in Ban Johnson's circuit. He exceeds all slab artists in striking out the op- position. « * » Wally Schang of the Athletics is quite some bowler. He Is captain of the Wales Center (N. Y.) team, which made a strong bid in a recent Buffalo tourney. - There will be two sets of brothers tn the Southern league this year. The Coyle boys will play with Chattanooga and Memphis, and the Reynolds broth. ers with Memphis and Atlanta. .- s » fit. Louis Browns have something else to worry about besides the seven | other American league clubs. Man ager Rickey has prohibited his players from smoking cigarettes and playing poker. | MIGHTY FEW OF THEM QUIT UN- | TIL THEY ARE FORCED TO. | Holdouts Tell Many Stories of Rea. sons for Leaving, But They Come Back-—~Owners and Fans Often Fall for the Trick, Adelina Patti “farewells,” has often made her Jarnum also, but neither of them equals the ballplayer who pro- claims to the world that he is tired of drawing $6,000 or $7000 a year, gays Ted Sullivan L#t us see how he first sounds the It may be he is to marry an or it may a rich widow who wants him to quit the horrid game and look for her Still it might be that some relative left him in the the will be pet reporter heiress he out interests a mine far west One or other His this and will say be!" The speaker w He confidentially an excuse anyway first hear of that can't 111 iid BAY told me dressing yesterday that ' : Year in toid the pre the reporter wil ¥ he hates his las the game Has he dent | ask to He has present ye been $0 nicely the ir morning, in lead off » from baseba bed ope AUB POINTED PARAGRAPHS, are The Romans afraid base ball Some t is brutal of them must have heard Heinle Zim talk ing an umpire New York American The action of the rules com mittee in emphasizing that all home runs must be run out isn’t much consolation to Manhattan for Frank Baker always did it anyway. Cleveland Leader If by hook or crook, organized baseball knew how to get Charley Weeghman in pos sess of Charles Webb Murphy's Cub franchise, maybe it wouldn't break all Stockholm records doing t--Philadelphia North American The tango and hesitation dances have figured more or less prominently in the base ball sit. uation-New York Journal Manager “Robbie” will teach his men how to slide, but will not try to do so himself —Brook- Iyn Eagle, 10 PPPPP PPE E ES The little town of Brainerd, Minn, will be more Interested than ever in the success of the Athletics next geason, provided young Joe Graves, an eighteen yearold native, makes good as a member of Conuie Mack's pitching staff. Chief Bender was born in Brainerd. and Leslie Bush makes his home there in the off season. If Graves is half as good as these other Bralperdites he is sure to win add ed distinction for the little town. i Weekly Review of Trade and Market Reports. ee tt es [Ria—— Dun’s Review says “This is the between seasons period in various branches of trade, and significant changes in the business situation are lacking. Broadly con- sidered, conditions are quiet, although indications of progress are not wholly absent. There I# no uniform trend to- ward improvement “Expectations that the approach of spring would be accompanied by a re- vival in iron and have not been realized, and enlarged buying will soon be necessary to prevent curtailment of pperations. In of the fact that the prosperity of the country depends iargely upon ¢ it is gratifying that the outlook for wi wheat leaves lit tle to be red ward tendency in was again in evidence th “PFallures numbered 247 In United States glee] view rops nite down- des recent commodity prices is week the AEAINLS Bradstireet's savs in « destr butive t advices “Betterment iL nd * n @ rg Hea trade at the West er to win contrast B iron and steel ter t sharply : as with jation in caused governmental berloud the legs #8 fIactonr i neertainty by Stats or gctivities fut facturing as well as which tend to ure and hamper prise ones hand the econon fronted by the benefic nature, whil hampered by forces. The rail way to b fo i Car rafes are w Wholesale Markets NEW YORK it steady " “wd ir No Nar wint tes ar + local, 74@ Eggs—I} $6.75 tu Western extra f cc. $6.4; live Por Eeess We asker i k rent + 18% Hay les, $1R@ IRE “We $16 50@ $1350Q@ mixed No. 2, BALTIMORE spot and March 101% nominal Corn —- Contract, mixed, 65c Oats—Standard whit 3 white, $4@ 44% Rye-—Western—No. 2 8. 65@68; No. 4, 64065 as to quality, 60@ 68 livery: Western—No. 2, G63%: No. 4, 620862% Hay-—Timothy--No. 1, $1850; stand. ard, 317508318; No. 2, $17@17.50; No. 2, 31401550. Clover mixed--Light, $17@1750;: No. 1, $1850@G17; No. 8, $140 16; heavy, $31550@16 Straw-—-Straight Rye-—-No. 1, $15@ 156.50; No. 2, $14@14.50. Tangled Rye ~=No. 1, $1150@12. Wheat—No. 2, $3 @8.50; No. 2 $7@7.50. Oat—No. 1, $9.5001060; No. 2, $S@)0. Butter—Fancy, 28% @29 G28; pood, 26@26. prints, 20@20; dlocks, 28029; ladles, 18@22; Mary. land and Pennsylvania, rolls, 1920; Ohio, rolls, 17@198;: West Virginia, rolls, 17G19; storepacked, 16Q17; Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania fairy prints, 18020. Eggs Maryland, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts, 20c; Western firsts, 20; 20; Bouthemn Wheat-—-No 10061 LY IY i w n ER LL steamer e, $43 @Q4bc; No No. Bag lots near Export Da 66c; 3, 63 E8@ 6%: by No choice, 27 Live Poultry—Chickens—0Old hens, 18¢; old roosters, 10011: choice, 20022: rough and 2325. Ducks, 200; muscovy, 18 each, 30c. Turkeys Hens, 25@260: young gobblers, 220 22: old toms, 20: rough and poor, 12. Dressed Poultry--Turkeys, choloe hens, 258 26c: do, mixed hens and young gobblers, 23@24: do, old toms, 26° chickens, cholee young, 20@22; do, old and mixed, 16@ 18; do, old roosters, 114012; ducks, 18820: capons, 7 Iba and over, 20027; do, medium, 2425; da. small and «live. 0
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