Great Value of
Clover as Crop
Big Returns Obtained From
Plant as Builder of
Worn Soils.
Of all the legumes grown in Illinois,
probably none has greater possibill-
ties for soil improvement than sweet
clover, to 0. H., Sears of
the University of Illinois. The In-
creased yields of crops following its
use testify to the worth of this le-
gume for ‘‘soil-bullding” purposes.
Returns Comparable.
That the returns secured from the
use of sweet clover as a green manure
crop are comparable with those ob-
tained from other system of farming,
is shown by the fact that both first |
and second year corn after sweet clo-
ver yields as well as that on land to |
which farm manure has been applied |
when both the sweet clover and ma-
nure plots have received limestone and
phosphate applications. As an aver-
age of the last rotation on four ex- |
periment fields located on dark
the yields were 65 and 62 |
according
col-
ored soils,
bushels per acre, respectively, on first
and year for the |
sweet and farm manure plots,
It to find that on the
same fields the response to phosphate
fertilization been pro-
nounced on plots growing sweet clo- |
ver than on those 1 farm ma-
pure. In fact, in no in- |
creased corn yields have resulted from |
application of phosphate in
to the manure, whereas, on the sweet |
clover an average increase of |
four bushels per has been re-
corded. These results which are typ-
ical of those secured throughout the
state, indicate that on those soils In
peed of phosphate applications, great-
er returns will likely be secured where
second corn both
clover
is of interest
has more
eceliving
these cases,
addition
plots
acre
sweet clover is being used as a source
of i
tained
org:
erally.
Potash Profitable.
are also indications that the
There
purchase of potash salts may become
a profitable practice when used on |
land where sweet clover has been em- |
ployed for soil building purposes, Par-
ticularly on of the |
state, irs to be an Increas-
Ing need pot the In
creased growth of sweet clover green |
|
the lighter solis
nN
:
there
r
A
apps
ir
£
fi issium with
manure Crops.
It
to
the
should be given to other soil improve
that in order |
benefit from {
{
1, consideration |
i
appears, therefore,
secure the greatest
sweet clover crop
ment practices which
its value.
Seed Is of Importance
in Growing Many Crops |
Only
portant factor in the
flowers, clover,
crop, for
the seed
the soil
it im
rain,
any
than
and garden- |
over the growth
before ma- |
if is a mo
growing of
vegetables, or
se]
re
or
=~
business or pleasure,
Farmers
ers have no control
in the spring and again
turity in the fall. There may be a |
drought, or a flood, a half storm, |
and all are beyond the control of man. |
But he bas « r the
and his profit or pleasure
determined by the of
used.
or
ontrol ove seed used |
is largely |!
sort thing he
SOWS,
“One has e
to be
reason
just
VE ry s118- i
is
eap horse or cow,”
Lennox of the Do- |
minion at Vancouver, B.
C. “When yon offered a No. 1 i
horse at a low price, you immediately {
start looking for defects, and if you i
don't know very much about a horse, |
you will have him taken to a veteri-
nary for examination. Follow the |
same rule with your seed supply.”
pic ous of cheap seed
“i
suspicious of
W. 1
seed
as one
a cl
Ww.
branch
states
are
More Barley Should Be
Be Cultivated for Stock |
Those ave studied the yields
of oats and barley over a period of
years are of the opinion that, except |
for bugs are |
ad or the soils sandy, barley should
be more generally grown with a cor
responding reduction in the
of oats. Figure this out for your own |
community. Take the average yield of |
oats and of barley and reduce this to
pounds, Then subtract from this the
30 per cent hull which Is found In |
oats and the 15 per cent common to !
barley. This will gi the hull-free |
grain per acre which on the average |
will be from 20 to 50 per cent in fa- |
vor of barley.
who |
sections where chinch
acreage
ve
Around the Farm
BVPI IPIP
Seed testing is cheap insurance,
* - -
soll
the
Drained
earlier in
will
spring
* . rN
hecome
than
warm
wet soil,
For temporary pasture during the
last half of the season, sudan grass
Is splendid.
Many successful farmers are spé
cializing In two or three lines to offset
the effect of changing price cycles.
* & »
By modern methods of sewage treat.
ment, the liquid may b made to con.
tain fewer bacteria than many of our
private sources of drinking water,
"0
After a calf Is seven weeks old the
milk ean be entirely eliminated from
the ration. Thereafter a vigorous ealf
will consume 13 pounds of gruel dally
ontil weaned at the age of four
suouths,
Severe Tests Prove
Cricket Hard to Kill
Dr. Frank E. Lutz, curator of In-
sects at the American Museum of Nat-
ural History, and Alfred L. Loomis, a
physicist, put a cricket through a se-
ries of physical experiments that
would have killed most creatures, but
the little fellow survived the tests and
seemed to chirp for more, the New
York World tells us,
Its first experience was In a jar
from which the alr was rapidly ex-
hausted until the pressure was equal
to an altitude of ten miles above sea
level. At first the Insect was quiet,
but In a few minutes it began to
clean its hind legs. Then the tube to
the jar was cut, permitting an Instan-
taneous drop to the pressure of the
outside air,
“The cricket,” says Doctor Lutz,
“merely gave a little twitch as though
some one had frightened it a bit.”
The Insect’'s next adventure was
with compressed alr. It was put In-
to a tank analogous to calssons used
in tunnel building. The pressure was
reduced, a procedure no human being
could have survived. But the valiant
cricket paid less attention to these ad-
ventures than to the previous ones,
The following day Gryllus, as sclen-
tists call the cricket, was treated to
a merry-go-round ride In a centrifuge
whirled at 1,200 revolutions a
for ten minutes. When the
self and chirped as if in thanks for
the buggy ride.
Man's Will Mystifies
Why John Humphreys Plummer of
Southport, England, should leave prac
tically all of his estate of approxi.
mately $1,250,000 in trust for the en-
tific research at Cambridge university
is mystifying his old friends, Plum.
mer had been In the real estate busi
ness at Southport for more than fifty |
years. He was never at
never took
keen Interest In educational matters,
and had never been a sclentist, His
only other bequest was an annulty of |
£1,000 to his only surviving son.
Cambridge
particularly |
Tryout of Air Brake
All That Was Needed
The alr brake was Invented by
Westinghouse In 1860. When he was
twenty years of age an accident start-
ed his Interest In railroad problems.
While studying unified control of
brakes he read of the use of com-
pressed alr In drilling the Mont Cenis
tunnel in Italy. After his first patent
was Issued he Interested W, W, Card,
superintendent of the Steubenville di-
vision of the Panhandle railway. and
obtained permission to equip a loco-
motive and four passenger cars for a
practical tryout. Shortly after leaving
the terminal station in Pittsburgh, as
the traln emerged from the tunnel at
Fourth avenue, the engineer, Dan
Tate, saw a drayman drive onto the
tracks ahead. "Tate reached for the
handle of the new brake and brought
the train to a complete stop four feet
from the prostrate man, who had been
flung from his wagon by the rearing
of the horses, This proved a wholly
satisfactory demonstration of West:
inghouse's invention and a few weeks
later the Westinghouse Alr Brake
company was organized, July, 1880,
Simple Way to Handle
If your child develops a fear of the
dark, do you know how to handle It?
It is possible to cure him In a very
simple way. When you put him to
bed tonight, leave the door partly
open and a dim light burning in the
hall. The child will go to sleep. Then,
gradually, close the door a little and
dim the light a little every night. If
you work patiently, four or five nights
will enable you to recondition the
child so that the door can be closed
and the light turned out. If yeu do
not control the .hild in this patient
way, you may, by shouting at him or
spanking him, keep him from whimper.
ing out loud when you put him to bed
in the dark, but he w.ll lie in bed
trembling with fear. This 1s not your
Your real purpose should be to
the fear, to recondition the
child. —Children, the Magazine for
Parents,
On the Safe Side
There are so many “unsafe” things
around a home, If a mother will think
of such things, serious injury 1s spared
the baby at its Investigating age, She
can teach the older children to co-op-
erate with her in keeping sharp objects,
such as pencils, scissors and knlves
from the baby's grasp. Medicines and
matches may be kept on a high shelf,
Anger Worth While
A little anger now and then is rel
ished by the best and simplest of men,
especially If It takes the form of in
dignation over wrongs, the unfairness,
meanness of others. Thus Charles
Dickens was in a perpetually Indig
nant state of mind over the wrongs of
the poor, and not only the poor but
Will a Diamond Burn?
Diamonds are composed of carbon
and If sufficiently heated they will
burn. Although they will not burn in
ordinary fires, they will burn when
placed in the flame of a blow torch,
Sometimes when large bulldings burn
the temperatures reached are go great
that diamonds in the buildings burn
and while cooking, the handles of pans
should not be left in such a position
completely,
that baby can grab at them and spill
the hot liquid. Eternal watchfulness
is the price of safety!
Old Roman Sacrifice
The relief of Anaglypha Tralanl In
the Roman forum represents the sac-
rifice of the bull, sheep and pig which
usually accompanied the purificatory
ceremonies or lustrum., Each animal
represents a valuable part of the farm-
er's stock. The ceremonies generally
took place at the close of the census
and for the army at the beginning
of a campaign and probably also In
connection with the founding of tem-
ples and other similar occasions. The
animals were led around the assem-
bly and then sacrificed,
Good Qualities of Fruits
Nutrition and Diet says: “The apple
leads among the orchard frults. It car-
ries small amounts of vitamines A, B,
and C. It has definite laxative proper-
ties, probably owing to the large cel-
lulose content. The young apple con-
| tains a large amount of starch, but
as it ripens this Is rapidly converted
| Into sugar unt!l when fully ripe it con-
| tains little or no starch, The acid |
| content decreases as the sugar In- |
| ereases, In like manner {ts pectin, val- i
| nableé in the formation of jelly, de- |
creases with the ripening process. The |
citrus fruits are next in Importance
to the apple, and thelr culture is be- |
Ing enormously increased. Oranges |
come first. They offer an excellent |
source of readily assimilable glucose,
i and for this reason orange juice is
| used when there Is necessity for quick-
which will
least burden on the digestive
| assimiinhle earbohydrate
| throw the
i , .
organs, he orange aing be
| tamines 2
th vl
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