Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 2 April 1914 — Page 6

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SEED POTATOES

DEPART OF AGRICULTURE SAYS NOT ENOUGH ATTENTION IS 5 GIVEN THIS PART OF PO-.

TATO GROWING HERE

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i' *c Washington, D. C., March 30.— This is the season of the year when the faring should pay particular attention to seed potatoes, cautions J,he Department of Agriculture, and the use of high grade seed would increase the returns from the potato crop of the country by many millions of dollars. A conservative estimate of the increase that might be expected from the use of h^ghgrade seed is certainly not less than 10 per cent. Such an increase, based on the average production of the past five years, would amount to over 34.000,000 bushels, having an approximate value of $21,000,000. Of the many causes which operate to produce a low average potato yield in this country, pure seed is an important one. The American potato grower pays too little attention to his seed potatoes.

The European growers, especially those of Great Britain and Germany, pay very strict attention to the quality and quantity of seed they use. This has led to the differentiation of the potato industry into seed and crop specialists. The seed specialist makes a business of producing high quality seed, while the crop specialist produces a high grade table potato. No such differentiation, at least to the same extent, occurs in this country.

While it is true that in certain sections there is a well-developed seed potato growing industry, but comparatively few growers in these sections are paying sufficient attention to the elimination of diseased and unproductive strains, or to keeping the variety grown free from mixture with other varieties.

By far the simplest and most promising means of developing the high-grade seed potatoes is that of the tuber-unit and hill-selection methods. The former consists in selecting from the seed bin before planting time a considerable number of the most perfectly shaped tubers of from 6 to 8 ounces weight. When planted these tubers, are quartered, as dropped, into 4 as nearly equal parts as possible. This is done by splitting the bud-eye cluster in each direction from seed to stem end of the tuber. The 4 pieces of each tuber are dropped consecutively in the row at at distance of from 10 to 12 inches apart in the furrow. All tubers showing discoloration of the flesh or other evidence of disease, should be rejected.

By allowing an additional space between each set of fours, the four plants from each tuber are definitely isolated from adjoining ones, and the grower can readily observe any variation in vigor and uniformity between the units planted. This method also enables him to detect any mixtures that may occur in the variety.

At digging time the product of each unit is separately harvested, and a further selection made from the marked units of all those which most nearly approach the size, shape and smoothness desired. The selected tubers should be numbered With both field and unit numbers, and separately placed in small bags. From each of the units retained, 10 of the best tubers should be select-

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ed for next season's planting. It is desirable to maintain the study of eaeh selection on the tuber unit basis the following season because it permits, a more accurate comparison of the behavior of each.

The hill-selection method consists in marking the most promising plants during the growing season. At harvesting time save only those which give greatest promise. Keep the progeny of each hill separate, and take the same data as outlined for the tuber unit. Plant, on the tuber-unit basis the. following season. For sake of uniformity, a.definite number of tubersfive or more—should be planted from each hill selection. From this point on the methods given in the tuber-unit work should be followed

The only requirements for the successful practice of the twT methods of seed selections are a reasonable degree of painstaking effort on the part of the grower, some 12-inch garden labels, a small pair of balances, a sufficient number of suitable small sacks and a safe place in which to 'store the selected tubers until required by the next season's planting. In addition to this, the grower should have a breeding plat in which season's selections can be developed up to the point of field-planting stock.

The selection of breeding plat need not necessarily be divorced from the general field plat. In most cases it can be more conveniently handled if it is a part of the regular field. All that is required is to set aside as many rows as may be required to plant the selected tubers. These should be preferably on one side of the field so that they can be more readily observed. The planting furrows may be open, and a fertilizer distributed with the potato planter by removing the disks and setting the plow a trifle deeper. If a plow is used in covering, care should be exercised to avoid displacing the seed pieces.

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SERMON FOR PARENTS

The following sermon that appeared in one of our exchanges is worthy of careful reading. It is said that Chief Behrendt, of Lansing, Mich., caused some tonguewagging at the pow-wow of police chiefs in Washington the other day w'hen he said that if the mothers of the country paid more attention to their daughters there would be fewer women in the underworld.

As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined. What is your theory of twig-bending?

Once on a time there was a parent who believed the way to rear children was to rule them by fear. The pet weapon of discipline in that home was the lath witli a nail in it. When a young-one did something that the parent didn't approve out came the lath and there wrere threats of awful punishment.

Result: One daughter ran away with a good-for-nothing. One boy became a "souse." Another son got away from home as soon as possible, and under the guidance of a friendly uncle, became a fair sort of a man. The lath and nail policy scored not a single victory.

You have no doubt met mothers who always fib to their offspring. If they're going to spend an evening out, they don't say so frankly but they try to make the little one believe that their absence is only for a moment, only while they go "around the corner How does that policy work? lsnt it true that in the majority of cases the children find out that mother did not tell the truth and decide that if mother can fib, they can, too?

Then again, there is the policy, of over-fondness of spoiling indulgence. You know what that produces: children selfish and selfwilled, nuisances when young and quite likely to become rascals and menaces when grown.

Just about as bad, judged by results, is the policy of continual nagging of "don't do this" and "don't do that"—don'ts multiplied so habitually that none of them have any meaning and the only consequence is the break down of parental discipline. For children, like older folks, lose respect for eternal naggers and fault-finders. Can you blame tfiem?

Miss Lulu Hill spent Sunday with her parents at Carthage.

SUGAR CREEK IP. SCHOOL TEACHERS

ENJOY THEIR LAST INSTITUTEBOUNTEOUS SPREAD PREPARED BY LADY TEACH­

ERS OF PALESTINE

Saturday, March 21st, being the last institute of the teachers of Sugar Creek township, the lady teachers of New Palestine school— Misses Cassie Mendenhall, Gertrude Ashcraft, Hazel Mitchell and Margaret Williamson royally entertained the other teachers of the township.

The morning was taken up by the work of the different teachers, and when Miss Ashcraft was called on for her work, she said she had a small exhibit to show the institute. The teachers were told to follow her. They were led to Miss Mitchell's room, where on the closed door was a card bearing the word "Smallpox." Mr. Winn, having previously been vaccinated, was invited to enter first and when he opened the door, quite a pleasing exhibit met their eyes. On a table everything good to eat was to be seen. The gentlemen teachers were invited to place the chairs, and then everything was ready. The first course served consisted of fried chicken, fried pork, potato salad, baked beans, pickles, preserves and jellies, bread and butter. The second course was composed of ice cream, wafers and cider. One of the teachers suggested that the preserves used with the cream would make excellent sundaes: so sundaes were served. After everyone had eaten, toasts were proposed and several were given.

Miss Hazel Rees and Miss Julia Herriich. who was a guest, gave several greatly appreciated readings. Mr. Elliott failed to respond when asked for a speech, saying that he was "too full for expression.

Besides the trustee. Mr. Burkhart and the janitor, Mr. Ballard, the people present were Misses Hazel Mitchell, Hazel Rees, Gertrude Ashcraft, Glendale Brandenburg. Cassie Mendenhall, Margaret Williamson, Gladys Teel, and Messrs. Frank Boone, W. W. Winn and James Elliott. The guests of the institute were Misses Gertrude Wraltz and Julia Herrlich, senior girls of the New Palestine High School. All the teachers retired very reluctantly to finish the day's work. By common consent the institute work was cut short and a social time had during the remainder of the period. The teachers expressed regrets that this was the last institute and, also expressed their pleasure in the good time shown them by their co-work-ers in Education.

DEATH CALLS BABY DAUGHTER OF REV. AND MRS. C. J. KERLIN

Eight Months Old Child Succumbs —Funeral Monday—Burial at Whiteland.

Eva Margaret, the 8 months old daughter and only child of Rev. and Mrs. Clarence J. Kerlin, of South street, died about 11 a. m. Saturday of stomach and bowel trouble

Funeral at Whiteland

After short funeral services here Monday morning for the baby daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Clarence J. Kerlin, the funeral party went on the 10:20 a. m. car to Whiteland where further services were held at 1:30 p. m. A number of Greenfield people, including Cicero Hamilton and wife, George Ramsey and wife, Mrs. Merritt Wood, Mrs. Maggie Curry, Selma Stephens, Mrs. Ora Wheeler, L. L. Jeffries and wife, Martha and Freda Kirkpatrick and Rev. Charles H. Smith accompanied the funeral party to Whiteland. Rev. Smith conducted the services both here and at Whiteland.

Corn Growing Contest. The Shirley Farmers' Institute will give another corn growing contest this year, for boys between the ages of 12 and 21 years. Prizes will be given to boys raising the most and best corn on one acre of ground. Only a limited number will take part in the contest, so that it is necessary for entrants to file their names early. The directors of the contest will meet at the First National Bank Saturday afternoon and formulate the rules upder which the contest shall be conducted and determine what the prizes will be—

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Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Barr, Mr. and Mrs. William Custer, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Grandison and son and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Pauley spent Stintfay \tfth Mr. and Mrs. J. R: Grandison, near Maxwell..

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OLD SOLDIER WANTS POMEGRANATE SEEDS

Inquiry has failed^ so far to locate anyone in this locality who can furnish this old soldier with the seeds he so much desires, but it is probable that some of the older people of the county have saved seed of this fruit that was so common many years ago, and could be found in almost any garden.

A writer says: "Woman is the most patient of ail mortals. She will toil and spin and cook. She will nurse sick children, and wait on her husband. She will sacrifice all, surrender all, forego all the ordinary pleasures and pastimes of life, and obey implicitly the call of duty. In return she asks and must have her husband's sympathy and love without it the world appears a blank. A few words of encouragement and sympathy from the husband to the tired and discouraged wife will rest ar?8 encourage her more than anything else.

Gets Enrollment Certificates. Charlts Huston has received his certificates of enrollment from the Indiana Enrollment Board aC Lafayette, showing his fine stallion, "Night Guard," No. 01643, to be pure bred and sound, and his stallion, "Seductor," No. 13925, to also be pure bred and sound. The former is registered in the American Trotting Register, and the latter in the American Shire Horse Association.

Misses Goldie Ferris and Blonda Wicker, and- Virgil Lambert spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Keaton, on Route 2.

Mr. and Mrs. Claude West, of South Bend, spent Sunday with his parents,! Mr. and Mrs. Jeff West, of this city.

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Writes From Home at Los Angeles To Know if Some One Will Send Him the Seed.

The Reporter is in receipt of a letter from T. J. Alley, an old soldier at the Los Angeles Soldiers' Home in which he asks that we try to find for him some pomegranate seed. He says: "I am in want of a little thing that in my boyhood I used to raise in the garden for its exquisite beauty and rich fragrance. I want it mighty bad. We called it 'pomegranate.' It grew on a vine of the musk melon family. The fruit was the size of the average orange and more perfectly spherical than that fruit. It variegated with light and darker shades of .gray, and ripened into rich yellow, but si ill retaining the beautiful variegation. "I have scoured Los Angeles for the seeds and written to several seedsmen in the last year, with no success, and have now come to try among my old-time chums of Hoosierdom, especially out on dear old Sugar Creek, and I hope the seeds will be procured and hurried along, as it is*now high time they wrere in the ground. I want quite a lot of the seeds, and will send money if necessary. Wrap them and send them to me at the above Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles, California."

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THE LILLY COMPANY MIKES 816

Several Large Brick Buildings Are Being Completed—Fine Horse and Cattle Barns Erected

The Eli Lilly Company is making a big showing at their new plant for the manufacture of antitoxins and vaccines, west of this city. They are completing several large brick and also a frame building. One of the brick buildings is for horses and one for cows. They will be as fine and sanitary as an up-to-date dwelling when completed, and will have ^every modern convenience. They will be hot-air heated, electric lighted, and scientifically ventilated. A large frame building is being built for small animals which are used in their experiments.

The power house is also being completed, and the water well is done. A high tower is being built and an intricate and complete drainage system is being installed. The place looks very business like and will be one of the show places of the community when finished. Several Greenfield people walked out to. the Lilly farm Sunday and looked over the buildings and other improvements.

Celebrate 62d Birthday. The friends of Mrs. Katherine Kinder met at her home Friday and celebrated her 62d birthday with a family meeting and dinner. Among those present were Daniel, Perry, and Joseph Lewis and their wives, of Ivnightstown Claud Kinder and wife and Mrs. Frank Roberts, of Indianapolis Mr. and Mrs. William Kinder and ^on, Glenn Dudley Kinder and family and Miss Nannie Bussell.

Mrs. Charles Wisehart, who was operated on at New Castle a few weeks ago, was able to be brought in an ambulance to the home of her sister, Mrs. John Cox, at Knightstown Sunday. Mrs. Wisehart's many friends will be glad to hear of her improvement.

On account of so much ground being broken last fall and winter for corn, a farmer Saturday predicted that an unusually large number of disk harrows wrould be purchased for use this spring. Some of the farmers have nearly all of their corn ground broken.

Samuel Duncan and daughter, Mrs. Frank Martin, of Indianapolis, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Hayes Duncan, of North State street. Sunday.

Mrs. Margaret Oakerson returned Sunday from a few*days' visit with her daughter, Mrs. John Mannon, at Cambridge City.

Miss Carol Hagans spent Sunday at Wabash the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ratcliff. iV5'.."^ ,r%c

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Mrs. L. O. Hanes, has returned home from a week's visit with her parents, at Finly, where she was called by the sickness of her"father.

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MARRIED BY THE MAYOR

John Davis and Lydia Canine Are United in Marriage.

John Davis, age 73 years, and Lyd a Canine, age 77 years, were married at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning by Mayor Johnson, at his office. Both the bride and groom are well known Greenfield people, Mr. Davis being a carpenter. Both have been married before.

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The Gas Company is completing arrangements for a demonstration on April 16th and 17th. E. E. Howard, representative of the Detroit Stove Works, assisted by Mrs. J. C. Vance, will conduct the demonstrations. Moving pictures, showing a gas range from the mine to the kitchen, giving every detail of the manufacture, will be shown at the Why Not theater on the evenings of April 16th and 17th. Valuable souvenirs will be given to the ladies attending the demonstrations.

Among the Greenfield people in attendance at" the funeral of Berry N. Johnson in Green township Sunday were Ed Wilson and family, Horace Wilson and wife, Mrs. Martha Wilson, Hiram L. Thomas, Geo. H. Cooper, Louis Heinrich, Paul F. Binford, T. I. Morgan, A. C. Pilkenton, Dr. J. M. Larimore, Clarence Barr, Milo Wilson, Latla Hanes, Harvey Rhue, B. L. Barrett, Robert Williamson, W. B. Bottsford and A. F. Cooper also V. H. Finnell and family.

George W. Souder and wife at-* tended the funeral of Hugh Cowan, jr., at Milroy last Friday, and re-t mained over Sunday with relatives and friends.