THE FARMERS
COLUMN '
Some Practical Suggestions Well
Worth Knowing From the De- |
partment of Agriculture.
FACTS FOR DAILY USE
EXPERIMENTS WITH
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FERTILIZERS.
Professor Franklin Menges, soil
and farm crop expert of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture reports on some
interesting experiments with certain
a rap—
fertilizer mixtures which were made |
with the idea of helping the farmers |;
reduce their fertilizer bills without
the loss of crop production. Profess-
or Menges says:
“What I am about to say will be re-
garded by many farmers and others
as unorthodox agricultural doctrine,
but from the results I have had by the
use of the mixture where lime is need
ed;
two seasons (which is not long enough
time to demonstrate the theory) I will
for the benefit of those whose soils
have an abundant supply of unavail-
able potash, tell how the fertilizer
was mixed and applied.
those not in need of it, during |
“The formula may vaty according
to conditions of the soil. For soil that
. is known to be sour and deficient in
nitrogen, the fertilizer may be made
up of 1,000 pounds of 16 per cent. dis-
solved phosphate rock, 600 pounds of
7 per cent. animal tankage and 400
pounds of pure hydrated lime in the
ton.
“For soils that have been recently
limed, the fertilizer may be composed
of 1,200 lbs. of ‘16 per cent dissolv-
ed phosphate rock, 500 pounds of 7
per cent. animal tankage and 300
pounds of pure hydrated lime in the
ton.
“Let it be distinctly and definitely
understood thiat to get results and to
sow this mixture, the materials used
in this fertilizer must be in splendid
sowing condition and let it be still
more definitely understood that the
mixture must not be made until all
things are in shape for it to be sown.”
CONSERVING FARM MANURE
At the present:time when many
farmers are worrying over the short
age of the potash supply is a good
time to turn attention to our own
farm resources and J. T. Campbell,
soil and farm crop expert of the De-
partment of Agriculture especially
recommends the conservation of the
liquid manure. Mr. Campbell says:
“On many farms, the liquid manure
of the farm livestock goes down
through the floor of the stable or is
otherwise lost to the land and with
it goes immense value to the farmer.
Crops taken from the field remove
more or less potash while crops fed
to animals give off the potash largely
through the urine, If the liguid manure
is not returned to the soil, the potash
supply of the soil suffers.
if concrete watertight floors were
constructed in the barns and enough
of litter used to absorb the liquid, nr
concrete or watertight pits or reserv-
oirs provided adjacent to the stables
and barns, and the resultant manure
were intelligently applied to the soil, !
there would not be a great need for |
additional potash.
“Most farmers have an exaggerated
idea of the need of more plant food in
the soil. What is needed more is a
knowledge of how to make use of th2
plant food -already in the soil. Some
experiment stations are conducting a
lot of experiments to show what can
be done with chemical fertilizers
and practically doing nothing to show
us how the soil fertility can be main-
tained or restored without the ex-
pense of using chemicals and by go-
ing on in nature’s own way.”
STATE AGRICULTURAL NOTES
To capture the markets of the
state for Pennslvania fruits, all
sat is needed is closer atfention to
ure appearance of the package, as the
quality of the fruit is already -es-
tablished.
Pennsylvania resident,
writes to Penn-
“Oh for Penn-
Oregon apples
A former
living in Oregon,
fruit grower:
anples—the
now
sylvania
sylvania
[ook good—but give me those rich,
juieyv, duality apples of the dear old
Keystone 3tate.”
Fruit growers of Pennsylvania claim
that the greatest need to the fruit
growing business at preseit is a law
comrelling every shipper to mark his
name and address on évery package
he chips, with the ‘grade and mini-
mum of the fruit contained in
the package.
uring the past
1 te
year t ansy ens 1ia egg farmer
was sixtyv-three cents a doze cord
i1 to W. Theo. Wittman, the poul-
try expert of the Department of Agri- |
it The break in prices was t
kr , and it is claimed |{
th 111 eggs nd not winter eggs:
now bring the maximum prices. |
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RETURNS FROM WAR FRONT
TO FACE ACCUSERS AT HOME
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN. OF
REPUBLICAN CONCLAVE |
Photo by American Press Association.
General Sir Sam Hughes, Canadian
minister of defense, reached Montreal
to answer charges of favoritism in
the purchase of war supplies for the
Canadian government and a royal
commis ‘rn Bh 3 2220 1 to sit
accuseticn gd hy CG. WW, Kyte, a
member of Canal an parliament,
that there undue profit of
$1,500,000 for ebody in contracts
award=d by the Canadian shell com-
mittee. General Hughes will appear
before this commission at Ottawa.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF
THE WAR
The outstanding feature of the war
news at present is the critical rela-
tions between Ge many and the Unit
ed States over the torpedoing of the
Sussex. The Berlin government has
denied that one of tho German subma-
rines was responsible for the accident
to the channel boat, while admitt.ng
that a vessel was torpedoed near that
spot on that day.
Washington, judging from the pre-
ponderance of evidence, has decided
that the attempt to sink the Sussex
was an act of the Germans. Paris
reportss tle capture of a crew of a
submarine which supplied them with
the number of the offending subsea
craft and the names of the officers
and crew.
On the Verdun battlefield, while
German artillery is in almost coastant
activity, and massed attacks of infan-
try are spasmodically made, ail re-
ports agree that the French lines,
while giving slightly in a few places,
are holding, and the longest battle in
the world's history has completed al-
most two months,
extremely heavy on both sides, but
those of the Germans, as the attack-
ing forces, are believed to be the
heavier.
There has been desultory firing ==
the Bulgar front before Salonika.
A British position about sixty
meters long in the région of Vermesl !
German mining
les was wrecked by
operations.
On both
there was' increasing activity. on the
part of the artillery, togcid»er with
vigorous mining operations.
Fighting is reported between
British and the Turks on the Eupkh-
rates, in the attempt of the PBritick to
relieve their companions shut mp ir
Kut-el-Amara. The British were re-
ported one day to have lost several
thousand men in killed, and two days
later to have won a victory.
Turkish forces in the Caucasus have
been ejected from a position about
seventeen miles east of the important
port of Trebizond, the capture of
which has been the objective of recent
Russian operations along this front.
Liovds announces that the
wegian steamship Pusnastaff of Chris-
the
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tiansand was sunk. She was going
from Newcartle to Boulogne. The
row was snvad.
The Britizh sicamship Fairpss®
reported to have been sunk
is made by ti
the Russ
Anncuncement
sh government hai
pital ship Pori sunk in the Bla!
ea last month, was torpedoed by’
‘urkish subinarine
The cor nder of the subn
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tel had no marking
ieved it t 1 ‘ansport.
Losses have been |
sides of La Bassee canal
EOE Rt on gm 1 14Y Eis
SENATOR WARREN G. HARDING
i of Ohio.
NO WITHERAWAL NOW
SAYS SECRETARY BAKER
Photo by American Press Association.
NEWTON D. BAKER,
Secretary of War.
* HARDING TO BE KEYNOTER
Ohio Senator Will Be Temporary
Chairman of G. O. P. Convention.
Warren G. Harding, United States
senator frem Ohio, will call the Re-
publican national convention to order
and male te “keynote” ‘speech when
the gathering assembles in the
coliseum, C.icago, June 7.
Senator Harding was unanimously
chosen temporary chairman of the
convention by the sub-committee of
the national committee at a brief
meeting. The vote the various other
candidates received was not an-
nounced by James B. Reynolds, sec-
retary of the Republican national
committee, who acted as spokesman
for Chairman Charles 1. Hilles.
Secretary Reynolds also announced
that the Chicago offices of the na-
tional committee would be opened
May 10 and that the credentials com-
mittee would begin te nold sessions
soon afterward. Under the call for
the convention split delegations will
not be reccived this year in the in-
terest of harmony; few contests are
expected.
Lafayette B. Gleason was formally
selected as secretary of the conven.
tion.
Aged Couple Finish Long Hike.
Thomas T. Boff, sixty-two, and his
wife, fifty-five, arrived at New Ken-
sington, Pa., after walking from Phila: |
delphia. Sevéral months were required
to make the trip. The couple left Phila-
delphia with only their clothes, grivos'
and two Lincoln pennies. At Harris-
burg they made $18.25 selling “Billy”
Sunday books, and on arriving in
Johnstown the mayor gave them ¢°0
up°n learning that Mr. Boff had
donated $25 to the relief fund follow-
. ing the Johnstown flood.
Ezlloon Sails 100 Miles.
) A big balloon which broke from its
, moorings at the navy aviation station
at Pensacola, Fla., and floated away
descended at Argyle, Fla. 100 miles
northeast cf Pensacola.
MARKET GUOTATIGNS
Pittsburgh, April 11.
Butter—Prints, 40@40%c; tubs, 39
@39%c. Eggs—Fresh, 23@23%ec.
Cattle—Prime, $9.25@9.65; good,
$8.65@9.15; tidy butchers, $8.50.
8.90; fair, $7.66@8.40; common, $6.79
@7.50; heifers, $6@8.60; common to
good fat bulls, $6@8; common to good
fat cows, $4@8.75; fresh cows and
springers, $40@ 80.
Sheep and Lambs—Prime wethers,
$7.60@7.85; good mixed, $7.10@7.50;
fair mixed, $6.256@7:. culls and com-
mon, $4@5; lambs, $6@9.85; spring
lambs, $10@16; veal calves, $10@
10.75; heavy and thin calves, §6@8.50.
Hogs—P:ime heavy, heavy mixed,
mediums and heavy Yorkers, $10.05 2
10.10; light Yorkers, $9.40@9.50; pigs,
$9@9.10; roughs, $8.75@9; stags, $7
@17.50.
Cleveland April 11.
Cattle—Choice fat steers, $8.25@
8.90; gocd to choice buicher steers,
ST. fair to good butcher
steers, $6.75@7.50 good to choice
heifers, $/@7.75; good to choice
butcher bulls, $6.50@7.25; bologna
bulls, @6.50; good to choice
COWS, 06.75, fair to good cows,
$5.50@ ¢ ; common cows, $4.50@5.50.
Calves—Good to choice, $10.26@
10.50; fair to good, $9@10.25; heavy
and common, $6@ 8.25.
Sheep and Lambs
lambs, $11.25@11.50;
$9.50@11; good to choice clips, $9@
9.85; good to choice ewes, $8@8.50;
mixed ewes and wethers, $8.25@8.50;
culls, $5.50 @7.50.
Hogs—Mixed, $10; Yorkers, $9.95;
mediums, $10; pigs, $8.75; stags, $7.25
@7.50; roughs, $9.
Good to choice
fair to good.
Chicago, April 11. |
Hogs—Bulk, $9.40@9.55; light, $9.20!
— > . bo Or » 1
@9.65; mixed, $9.25@9.65; heavy,!
$9.10@9.65; roughs, $9.10@9.35. {
Cattle— ive beef steers, $7.75@ !
and
cows and he
stockers
ders, $5.85@ |
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fers, 3$4@8.90; |
5, $6.50@9. |
Wethers, $7@9.25; lambs,
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vy, $1.17%. Corn—May, |
Tay, 4434c. |
CELEBRATE PASSOVER
Hebrews Remember Freedom From
Egyptian Bondage. ‘
The feast of the Passover, com-
memorating the delivery of the en-
slaved Israelites from the bondage of
Egypt by Moses, is being celebrated
by the Jews this week.
The festivities will iast until next
Sunday or Monday. In addition to
synagogue services devotions will be
held in Jewish homes, wien the siory
of the ancient struggle for emancipa-
tion will be told the younger genera-
tion. This feast is the oldest in the
Jewish calendar.
Unleavened bread :will form the
chief food at each meal during the
week. It is characterized as the
“bread of affliction,” and is referred to
in the Bible as the bread that was un-
leavened because of the hasty de-
departure from Egypt.
A charming feature in the celebra-
tion is the special Seder service
around the family board the first even-
ing of the feast. A special ritual, con-
taining the story of the redemption
from servitude, is read, followed by
the meal. The service is concluded
with the reading of other psalms, reci-
tation of prayers and singing of time
honored hymns.
HALF FARE FOR STUDENTS
Penmalvania Public Service Commis-
sion Will Make Ruling on Point.
The question of reduced fares for |
school children, which has been con-
siderably discussed in various parts
of the state in the last six months, |
probably will come before the Penn- |
sylvania public service commission |
soon. |
When the committees of ministers
asked for restoration of the clerical
rates, which were taken away when
the new public service law went into
effect, there were questions about
s&iidren’s rates on trolley lines and
os relireed
Tm the loot week the commission
Bas been asked by the board of school
visitors ir the Twenty-sixth ward of
Pittsburgh to rule on the proposal of
half fares for school children. The
Pittsburgh Railways company is in-
volved in the inquiry. The whole pro-
ceeding is informal. The result will
be watched with interest throughout
the state.
DILLON ESCAPES POLICE
Detectives Can’t Find Man Accused |
of Houston Bank Robbery. |
James F. Dillon, Washington county
farmer, charged in an information be-
fore Justice of the Peace J. M. Rals-
ton here with having aided Thomas
H. Talbot in robbing the First Na-
tional bank of Houston of more than
$16,000, has evidently made good his
escape.
With practically every avenue of
escape guarded detectives thought
they had the man in a net from which
he ~ould not escape, but each avenu=
has been thoroughly combed and not
a trace oi the alleged bandit has been
found. Search of Dillon’s residence |
failed toc produce any of the loot. |
LOCKS METOL IN BANK VAULT |
Photographer Takes no Chances With
Chermnical Worth $100 a Pound.
Metol, one of the ingredients in the
developing of photographs, has b
come So scarce on the American
ceded | $1 2 Pade 4Wis.) photogra-
pher has taken his supply to a safety
deposit vault in a bank.
Before the European war metol was
quoted at about $4 a pound. Its last
quotation was $54 for the
quantity, and it is now estimated that
the value ofthe stuff has increased to
nearly $100.
CAR STRIKE SETTLED
Ohio Interurban Men Get Wage In-
Union Not Recognized.
The strike on the Stark Electric
and Cleveland, Alliance and Mahoni
Valley interurbar Alliance
same
crease;
1ICLOTrs Wil
are in op
city lines La
ning wage inci
eration again.
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It’s the Safe Way.
Besides the conyenience, there is the safety
of it to be considered. You will not lose money
from your pocket if you PAY-BY-CHECK.
Citizens National Bank
“The Bank with the Clock”
— Meyersdale, Pa.
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GREATEST FLOWER SHOW
The Annual Easter Display of
Phipp’s Conservatory, Schenley Park,
Pittsburg, is open to the public free |
April 23rd. from
This is one of
of charge, Sunday,
8a m to bp m
Pittsburgh’s principal events of i
year.
Easter coming unusually
year, the flower show will most like:
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IN THE WORLD. |
late this
ly be grander than ever. Unless one |
has seen these
can hardly
extent of the floral Few |
kingdom. |
conservatories they
realize the variety and |
lovers of flowers raise, during a life- |
time, the quantity of flowers that are |
there in bloom in one day.
There are a dozen distinct sections, |
including the palm house, suggestive |
of the tropics; Victoria House and |
Easter lilies, flowering shrubs and |
crimson rambler roses; the Nym-|
phaea, with plants; the cactus house;
the Dutch Garden,
tropical plants; the children's gar-
den with old fashioned flowers-sweet
peas, lilacs, geraniums etc; and in
this garden for a novelty and the a-
musement of the children are rabbits
guinea pigs, fish and canaries. And
not least in point of interest is the]
Azalea House, mostly considered the
finest part of the show, there being
such a mass of color.
If you love flowers by all means go
to the flower show if possible.
There is a low fare excursion by
regular trains to Pittsburg on Satur-
day, April 22, good for return until
Monday night, allowing two days in
‘Pittsburg. Any agent of the Western
Maryland R. R. will be glad to give |
you full information. |
VICINITY OF MEYERSDALE
John Binder of Springs spent Sat-
urday in Meyersdale on business.
Mr. Beals, son-in-law of John Man-
kamyer, moved on the Wm. P. Meyers
farm, formerly the Joel Gnagey.
Andrew Horchner and his gang of
men commenced to work on Jo. Yo-
der’s new barn. Mr.' Horchner has
taken the contract to erect several |
other large barns and houses the |
coming summer.
D. C. Handwerk after having spent
a few days in Aurora, W. Va., returan-
el home one day last week. Sunday
noon he left for Pittsburg to work |
for the Westinghouse Company.
C. M. Gnagey, a retired farmer of
Summit, says that he has a cow with
five large teats and that gives more
milk than any other cow that he has.
What stock is she? Cooney, South- |
ampton or what? |
Menno Yoder and some of his
neighbors unloaded a car of gran-
ulated lime on Monday.
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Kinsinger Bros. were baling hav |
for W., P. Meyers the beginning of |
the week.
TEACHERS’ INSTITUTE TO
BE AT EDGEWOOD PARK. |
It has been decided to hold the an-
nual County Teachers’ Institute this
year at Edgeowood Grove near Som- |
erset during the last week in the last |
prior to the |
week in August, just
opening of many of the county
schools. The Somerset Opera House
e the institute has been held for
) has proved inadequate to ac-
commodate all who desire to hear the
speakers.
years,
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The policy of stocking only high-grade
iereiingive is back our recommenda:
tion of
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Careful investigation carried conviction.
All materials are tested and ‘every inch is
inspected before it leaves the factory.
The new patterns and colors put Arm-
strong’s in a class by itself: Patterns for
every room in the house,
with 2,000 rose . . +
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Tickets valid for all regular trains and good
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PERSONA: iY CONDUCTED
ALL EXPENSE FEATURE
TICK¥TS, including 5 Days Board
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may be secured upon payment
of $20.50 additional.
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