Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1914 — IN THE PLANTING SEASON. [ARTICLE]

IN THE PLANTING SEASON.

For Good Reason* He Was Bury. ——lag the Seed en Masse. T S. P. Hood, of the department of agriculture, with good prospects of success is trying to beat the JapanWin. camphor trust by raising camphor groves in Florida. ▲t a dinner In Huntington that celebrated an unusually fine dlftillation of camphor leaves, Mr. Hood, the gnest of honor, told an agricultural story, a story that should appeal to all suburbanites. “One beautiful spring morning," he began, "a suburbanite looked suspiciously over his hedge and said to his neighbor:. I ‘Hey, what the deuce are you burying in that hole there?’ "The neighbor laughed—ra harsh, bitter laugh. “ ‘Oh.’ he said, Tm Just replanting Borne of my nasturtium seeds, that’s all.’ “ ‘Nasturtium seeds?’ shouted the first man angrily. ‘lt looks more like one of my Buff Leghorn hens.’ " ‘Oh, that’s all ‘right,* the other retorted. ‘The seeds ’are inside.’ ”