Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1911 — Page 2

Dairymen Should Prepare for Late Summer Drought By P. H. Crane

Preparing Silage Which Is Good Supplement to Dry Fall Pastures.

P. H. Crane, Dairy Department Purdue Experiment Station. This is the season of the year that dairymen should make preparation for the annual shortage In pasture that almost Invariably occurs in late summer. Too frequently in the spring when there Is plenty of spring rains and the grass is growing up luxuriantly, that many times in the past their milk flow has been cut down very low during the latter part of July, August and September by the drying up of their pastures. To be prepared for the reoccurrence of such conditions will mean an increased production and profit and may, hr" some cases, prevent the necessary disposal of a part of the herd which sometimes occurs when shortage of feed is experienced. It is in May and June that we usually get the largest returns from our cows, this can be credited largely to the succulent June pasture. It is logical to conclude that we can approach results of this season if we Imitate the conditions of this season. To do this we must first supply succulent feed. In the fall when the pastures are dried up, we should have some soiling crop or silage to feed in connection with the short dry pasture. If thought was not taken last fall of this summer’s feeding, It Is very probable that silage is not available for this coming summer, but now is the time to prepare for next summer. Under general conditions if one silo is

Growing Broom Corn in Indiana By Prof. M. L. Fisher

Professor of Crop Production, Soils and Crops Department, Purdue University

(By M. L. FISHER, Professor of Crop Production, Boils and Crops Department.) Recent high prices for broom corn brush and the high price of brooms have stimulated Interest in the growing of broom corn. It may be said at ■the outset that this crop can be successfully grown in Indiana. Any good corn soil is suitable. The seed-bed for broom corn should be prepared the same as for field corn. It is a good plan to work the ground several times before planting the seed in order to kill out the young weeds. Planting Is done the latter part of May, after the ground is fully warmed. The seed Is usually planted in drills 3t Inches or more apart, and thick enought.in the row so that the plants will stand four to six Inches apart. About two quarts of seed are required for an acre. It may be planted with a corn planter having sorghum plates, or drilled with a wheat drill. The cultivation of broom corn follows exactly that for field corn. The Improved Evergreen and California Golden have been leading varieties. Other varieties have also given good results. A yield of l<bOO pounds of brush per acre la a very good crop. Broom corn Is ready to harvest when the seed la nearly mature. If cut too soon the brush will be soft and brittle; if allowed to get too ripe.

Dairy Department, Purdue University Experiment Station

Harvesting Broom Corn on Purdue Farm.

By P. H. Crane

being used for winter feeding and its entire capacity is required for the winter months it would be well to erect another for summer feeding. If this is done the silo for summer use should be of a smaller diameter than would be erected for the spring feeding of the same sized herd. This is true because of the fact that a thicker layer must be fed off the top daily tn summer time than is necessary in winter to prevent the silage from spoiling. If a small herd is to be fed and it is not practical to have a winter and summer silo, summer silage can be provided by building the silo small enough in diameter to prevent the silage from spoiling during the warmer months and of sufficient height to accommodate the herd for both winter and summer. ' If we are not in a position to provide silage to supplement our fall pasture, it would be well to prepare to feed some soiling crop such as field peas and oats, alfalfa, sorghum, red clover, sweet corn, early corn or cow peas. In the seeding of these crops, it is necessary to estimate about the quantities of feed that will be required and seed the necessary areas at different times to keep up the supply of green feed as long as needed. If it should happen that there is plenty of rain to keep the pasture up, most of the above named crops can be allowed to fully mature and be used for hay or grain as the Case may be. It is a good practice to be prepared for the worst —prepare for a fall drought.

By Prof. M. L. Fisher

it will be too stiff and harsh, and will also likely be red in color. It is a common practice among small growers to break down the brush as soon as it is in bloom to prevent the branches of the brush from sprangltng and becoming crooked. This is not necessary. At harvest time the stalks are "tabled” by breaking two rows across each other at a height of about three feet. The brush is then cut with a knife and laid on top of the table, where It can easily be gathered and hauled to the storage shed. The handle of the brush should be cut about four inches long. As sooh as out the brush should be removed to a place where It can be laid on racks to cure. When partly cured the seed should be removed. For small quantities this is usually done with a curry comb, scraping the brush on a board laid across a barrel. After the seed is removed and the carrying finished, the brush is ready to be tied in bundles and marketed or made up directly into brooms. . Broom corn seed may be used as food for hogs end poultry, but Is not a high grade feed. It is probably not advisable for many Indiana farmers to go into the broom corn business extensively - unless they are sure cf their position.

HE WAS QUITE HUMAN

DOCTOR ACTED FORBIDDING BUT WAS ONLY BASHFUL. I —— .—— . ■ Bultors of His Daughters Learned ths Truth When the Dog Walked Into Cfiaflng Dish Full of Candy. The doctor may have been less black than the fancies of the doctor's daughters’ guests painted him, but he generally had the effect of Imparting an apprehensive cloud to things when they called. Not that he was a rude, uncouth savage, but he was a big man with a sternness of mien that Impressed people generally, and when he would look into the parlor and see guests he would scowl ferociously and disappear. This was because he was a very retiring sort of man, notwithstanding his size and appearance, and it embarrassed h’m. His daughters knew this and tried to make the unhappy guests feel comfortable after one of these Punch and Judy appearances and disappearances of their parent, but it was no go. They didn’t say so, but most of the young men felt small and shivery and wondered what the doctor would do if he got really mad. Then one night the doctor’s real character stood revealed. He was supposed to have gone on a trip to a town 30 miles away and not to return until about If 20 a. m. The three Interested young men bad called as usual, for it was Friday night, and the three girls were gayly making fudge in a chafing dish when the telephone rang. One of the girls answered it and came flying back. Tt was papa,” she said; “he got back sooner than he expected and is coming home In a taxi.” “He’ll be here In ten minutes, then,” said another daughter. “We must get this chafing dish out of the parlor.” One of the young men raised the side window and, leaning out, placed the saucepan of bailing sugar on the ground below. Another helped carry out the chafing dish, and scarcely had these simple things been done when the doctor was heard at the curb, the whirring of the taxi's engine Indicating his arrival. Almost simultaneously there was a weird shriek that could only have arisen from a dog In mortal agony. It was right beneath the window. "Heavens and earth!” gasped one of the guests, “he’s burned himself with the fudge!” It was too true. With whoops of agony the beloved pointer dog of the doctor circled the house and the doctor was heard In heavy pursuit calling loudly for him to “come here.” Then all was calm and presently the’ doctor appeared In the door, In his hand a blackened saucepan of smoking candy. “What Is this?” he demanded. “It’s hot.” "It’s our candy. "Then what’s tt doing out on the ground for my dog to step in?” Then one of the guests had an inspiration. “That’s the only way to cool candy,” he volunteered, “to put It outdoors." The doctor looked at him and a slow appreciative grin crept over his face and his eyes twinkled beneath the bushy brows. He noted the absence of fire for cooking candy and chuckled. “That’s so, that’s so,” he said. “Why didn’t I think of that But, daughter, w- can’t eat this. The dog’s been In it. Can’t you make some more?" “Let me help! I’ll get It for you!” exclaimed t{ie guests in a breath, and the doctor, sitting in a corner and reading the paper, chuckled. “Better cool It on the back porch,” he said. —Galveston News.

To the Front Again.

Now that the renting season has opened again the difference in sentiment between the followers of Colonel Roosevelt in his ideas, on “race suicide” and the owners of property is being emphasised. Those who are doing their best to do their duty by the country—as the colonel sees it—are up against it on account of more things than the high cost of living. One such citizen, however, got even the other day. He was looking for an apartment and had gone over the preliminaries with a renting agent. He liked the apartment and the price was right. He considered the deal practically closed, when the agent asked, "Oh. have you any children?" "Why, yes, one," said the apartment hunter. “Well, what do you want me to do about her? Knock her In the head?” he continued as the agent shook his head dubiously, indicating the negotiations would be broken off.

Qualified to Serve.

Belinda, the colored maid of a West End avenue family, complained of feeling 111 and by request of her employers went home to recuperate. Her Indisposition proved of brief duration, for two days later she was back at her post as-active as ever. "Well, Belinda, did you get something that helped you?" asked her mistress. “Yas’m,” replied the girl cheerfully. "Mah brother Henry went out and got two, three things an’ they fixed me up right quick.” "Henry did. did he? Is Henry educated in medicine?" "Well, not exactly, rojps,” the girl responded in the manner of one disinclined to brag of her own kin. "But be run an elevator In a drug sto’ fo’ three years.”

TURF AS BUILDING MATERIAL

Solid Walls and Flights of Stops of Living Green God Seen at Hartford, Conn. >

The possibilities of turf construction, both i for ornamental and utilitarian purposes, may be seen in the sunken garden at Elizabeth park, Hartford, Conn., which was designed and executed-under the supervision of George A. Parker, superintendent of parks. In this garden there are terraces, retaining walls, flights ot steps (one of them 36 feet wide), paths, parterres and other architectural features, all made of living turf. The technique of constructing a turf retaining wall is similar to that of laying bricks in building a brick wall. Stout turfs cut i.* by 16 inches and about two inches thick were used to build the turf walls in the sunken garden above described. On a foundation layer of about two feet thick the turfs were piled up one layer upon another, each layer being tied in by means of headers and rampers so that as the turfs grow they will Interweave and Interlace. All cracks and crevices where the pieces of turf join were filled in with smaller pieces of turf, says Country Life in America, and each layer pounded into place with a tamp and leveled off. It is Impossible to build an absolutely perpendicular wall of turf, because it is essential that the outer edge of each layer of turf protrude slightly beyond the edge of the layer above it. It is on this protruding portion of the turfs that the grass grows which will cover the outside of the wall with a carpet of living green. The minimum lateral inclination of these turf walls from the bottom upward Js about three Inches to the foot There is one instance of a turf retaining wall 600 feet long and from 15 to 16 feet high. The site of it was formerly a ragged, unkempt bank at the mercy of every rainstorm. It seemed as if the only way to keep the dirt from washing into the roadway beneath was to build an expensive stone retaining wall. The turf retaining wall was finally built, and it has served its purpose adequately for over a year.' The. wall is built in two tiers, one about half the height of the other and sloping up to it so as to act as a buttress. An average of about ten cents a cubic foot is what Mr. Parker estimated that a finished sod wall would cost, but of course this would vary greatly according to local conditions. The cost of a stone wall varies from 25 cents to a dollar a cubic foot, so that from these rough estimates it may be seen that the cost of turf construction is probably less than half that of stone construction.

K Famous Beauty.

The princess of Pless, the beautiful daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Cornwallis West, and a sister of the duchess of Westminster, Is counted among the beauties of international fame. No sooner had she been presented at court than Prince Henry of Pless, whose family is among the oldest and most aristocratic of the' Prussian nobility, claimed her as his bride, and their, marriage was one of the events of 1891. Tall and dazzlingly fair, the princess was popularly accounted the loveliest girl seen in English society since the days of the Gunnings, and her appearance in public was rendered somewhat embarrassing owing to the openly expressed admiration of the crowd. Like her mother and sister, the princess is a gifted singer, and she appeared more than once as actor and dancer at the dramatic entertainments arranged during the yearly visits of the late King and Queen Alexandra to Chatsworth. Her jewels are chiefly pearls, and she owns a wondrous rope of these, seven yards long, and said to be one of the most beautiful necklaces in Europe.

Tons of Rubber From Old Tires.

There is one source of supply of rubber that crude rubber men are likely to overlook, yet one that will wonderfully help in case of a short crop or too high a range of prices on the Amazon. The world, not the tropical world, but the temperate zone, possesses several million pounds of Para rubber that wll shortly be offered to the trade at from 50 to 70 cents a pound. There will be a steady offering of it for years to come and the supply will increase. Its source is the worn out motor tires that goes to the reclaimer and is thoroughly “recovered.” For five years past the tire manufacturers have been turning out tons of raw material This great accumulation of rubber is just beginning to come back and is of a grade that can be used in almost any line of work. Those who valorize must reckon with this great invisible supply as well as with the visible. —India Rubber World.

Appropriately Named.

“I see you've got a new horse, Jones,” said the summer commuter observantly, as he was being driven home from the station. “He looks fat and sleek. What’s his name?” "I call him after that there Indian—you know —I dunno as the Indian was particular alow, but the name seems to suit this horse all right Gid up, you. Pokyhontus!”

No Rash Promises.

"Wombat must have made garden before.” ■ “Goes about it in an intelligent manner, does he?” “Yes, he isn’t promising his friends any vegetables."

THE BOUDOIR

EVERYTHING IN WHITE

ONLY COLOR FASHION SANCTIONS FOR THE SUMMER. Serge and Mohair for Tailored Models and Linen in Plain One-Piece Frocks —Daintiness Keynote of the Styles. This year fashion has put the emphasis—in wear —on white. Eirery summer, of course, brings white to the fore, but this craving for cool, immaculate white usually expresses itself in diaphanous frocks and blouses and in linen tailored wear for the street. But this year the coat and skirt suit of white serge or mohair will be worn where in other summers linen has been the rule; and though the white serge suit may not be a whit cooler than the one of dark blue, it looks a deal cooler; and that, to be sure, is the main consideration. The white serge suit for summer days has no lining and is made in the lightest, coolest way. Most of these models are trimmed with wide white braid, or with stitched bands and facings of .white silk or satin. The white mohair suits are especially dainty and are really as cool as the linen models, with the advantage of shaking the dust more readily; nor does the mohair suit require the frequent pressings that the linen must have to keep it in presentable shape. Another white fad this summer will be the little white linen frock in rather severe tailored style. These frocks are made with extreme, even exaggerated simplicity, a touch of Irish lace or a little hand embroidery being the only trimming permitted. The white linen frock pictured is typical of the best types of these costumes, and this little frock may be worn in collarless style, as the photograph shows, or there may be a gulmpe of white tucked net or Irish lace. One of the prettiest of all the white linen frocks exhibited thus far was seen In a Fifth avenue window the other morning; and beside the frock of white linen there was another, identically like It, but made of pale-buff linen. These frocks had straight, rather high walsted skirts and simple little bodices with seamless kimono sleeves, but the feature was the embroidered scalloping, done In self-color. Scallops outlined the square neck opening and the edge of the sleeve.— The Housekeeper.

FROCK OF VOILE

Fine as fairy webs are the lovely white voile frocks which have temporarily put thin lawn and muslin costumes in the shade. Loveliest of all are the embroidered voiles and these come all ready to put together—an easy task in this day of straight skirts and seamless bodices. The embroidered voile pictured has a four-inch hem of yellow batiste and the smart sash, tied at one side of the back, is of yellow satin ribbon, one of the long ends being caught half way down with a cluster of tiny yellow roses.

Tinate of the Moment.

Empire green (vert empire) is the latest whim in Paris, as is everything reminiscent of the empire period. This shade may best be likened to the brilliant yet soft green of the Chinese jade, it is beautiful in every imaginable material and blends particularly well with silver or gold. Another late shade Is sacre, a com-

bination of cerise and coral. It is exceedingly handsome and effective in ostrich plumage and flowers, but must be used with discretion on account of its brilliance. In mauves the latest are prelat, evoque and pervenchee. The first two are rich, deep ecclesiastical purples, and pervenchee Is a soft, pale lavender, slightly pinkish In tone. Henner is a beautiful golden yellow, clear and translucent, with Just the faintest touch of apricot in the cast It is practically the only distinct yellow shade in favor at the moment.

HATPINS ALWAYS AT HAND

Directions for Making Decorative Little Holder in Which Articles May Be Kept. In our sketch may be seen a simple yet decorative little holder for hat-pins for hanging upon the wall by the side of the looking glass For the foundation, a piece of stiff cardboard should be cut out In the shape indicated in our illustration, and about nine inches long; It is covered on both sides with some pretty

remnant of silk. On the lower part, fine narrow pockets are arranged into which the pins may be slipped in the manner shown. The holder Is entirely outlined with a fine silk cord, carried into three loops at the top and bottom and again at either side. The center loop at the top should be made rather larger than the others, as it Is by this loop that the bolder may be suspended from the wall. The colors of materials should be selected to spit the paper of the wall on which they hang, or in some way to go well with the general decoration of the room.

Gown of Scarlet.

Paquin has furnished some wonderful gowns to Mlle. Juanita de Frezla of the Theater Bouffes-Parisiens. She is playing in “Madame I’Amlrale." One robe is ( especially beautiful. Can you imagine a gown of scarlet or vermilion satin veiled with blue chiffon? Paquin can combine just the right shades, as proved in this model. A chemisette of ivory-colored lace covered with blue chiffon forms the top of the bodice. The fashionable one-sided trimming is quite apparent. A tunic is caught at one side of the dress under a rosette of blue satin. The waist fine is high and a hanging panel of chiffon is shown beneath the parted folds of the tunic. —Philadelphia North American. „

Hovers Over Rose.

Initial embroidered handkerchiefs of sheerest linen have barred and fancifully edged borders and the letter framed in a wreath, medallion or floral semi-circle. A new fancy represents a butterfly hovering over a rose, with the tiny initial worked between the insect’s outspread wings and the blossom’s foliage. Glove handkerchiefs for shopping are a third smaller than the ordinary size and made chiefly of fine lawn in white bordered with a color or a color bordered with white. They rarely are embroidered, but occasionally are seen with a small initial woven into one corner.

Shirtwaists Still Here.

Separate blouses are essential to comfort this year, and while the neverending cry continues to be heard that white shirtwaists are out of fashion, still one 'realises that it is necessary to include at least one smart whit* waist in the wardrobe. Waists to match the skirt In color, even if not in material, are much more generally becoming, but the elaborate white waist is always smart and attractive. —Harper's Bazar.

Middy Ties Used.

The strong vogue for sailor effects la. increasing the demand for long, broad silk ties. The newest, called Middy ties, are wider and half as long again as the regulation Windsor tie. The favorite colors in these are red, navy blue and bine and white polka doth.