Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1916 — Page 2

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NATIONAL TICKET

For. President WOODROW WILSON of New Jersey For Vice-President THOM AS R. MA RS HAL of Indiana STATE TICKET For Governor JOHN A. M. ADAIR of Portland For Lieutenant-Governor MASON J. NIBLACK of Vincennes For United States Senator (Long term.) JOHN W. KERN of Indianapolis For United States Senator (Short term) THOMAS TAGGART of French Lick For Secretary of State HOMER L. COOK of Indianapolis For Auditor of State DALE J. CRITTENBERGER of Anderson For Treasurer of State GEORGE A. BITTLER of Fort Wayne For Attorney-General EVAN B. STOTSENBURG of New Albany For Supreme Court (Second district) DOUGLAS MORRIS of Rushville For Supreme Court (Third district) CHARLES E. COX of Indianapolis For Appellate Court (Northern division) JAMES J. MORAN of Portland

• For Reporter of Supreme Court • • PHILLIP ZOERCHER • • of Tell City • • • • For Judge Appellate Court • • (First district) • • JOHN C. McNUTT • • of Martinsville • • • * For State Superintendent of * * Public Instruction • * SAMUEL L. SCOTT • * of New' Albany • * ' • * For State Statistician * * S. W. KANN • * of Ligonier • * . • * DISTRICT TICKET • * For Representative in Congress • * Tenth District * * GEORGE E. HERSHMAN * * of Crown Point * * • * For. Joint-Representative Jasper, * * Benton and New'ton Counties * * CARL LAMB * * of Benton countv * * • * For Prosecuting Attorney, 30th * * Judicial Circuit * * C. ARTHUR TUTEUR * * of Rensselaer * * _____ • * COUNTY TICKET * * * For County Sheriff * HARRY GALLAGHER * * of Rensselaer * * * * For County Treasurer * * STEPHEN A. BRUSNAHAN * * of Union Township * * ■. ■ . * * For Countv Recorder * * JOHN BOWIE * * of Wheat field * V . . * * For Countv Surveyor * * DEYERE YEOMAN * * of Newton Township * * * * For County Coroner * * I)R. A. P. RAINIER * * of Remington * * * * For County Commissioner * * First District * * JAMES CLARK * * of Kersey * ■* ' • ' For County Commissioner * * Second District * * ROBERT J. YEOMAN ** * Of Newton Township * * * * * * * * * * * * •

ACTIVE CANDIDATES

(By Walt Mason.)

A candidate for President no a jaunts around to some extent, and makes the welkin ring; he shoou the con to city boobs, and-hands out bunk to village runes, and yawps like everything. The people see him, hr ] they say, “He's just an ordinary jay, he's much like common men; there is no halo o'er his "head, hi? teeth are had, his nose is red, hie shoes are number 10. His laryrs surely needs a rest, there are two buttons off his vest, his neckties come untied; there is a bald spot on his crown, his linen collar's wilted, down, his whiskers have been dyed.’ Add many men who hear him speak find admiration growing weak, and to,themselves - they’ll sigh, “We always thought oar candidate was one majestic, grand and great—he’s just a common guy.” ’Tis distance the enchantment lends, and on a closer view, my friends, we find our idol, clay; we see some great man we’ve admired, and his appearance makes us tired, our ardors ooze away. Methinks that candidate has sense who round his wigwam builds a fence, and stays behind the same; men will idealize that gen£, and praise him till the welkin’s rent, and magnify his fame.

A Possibility That Every Farmer May Erjoy.

NEEDS OF INDIANA WHEAT CROP VITAL

Leaving Undone Any One of Four Necessary Steps ’Means Partial Failure. If there are four essential and necessary steps in growing a crop, and we follow three and neglect one, often . we might just as well have omitted the three since a poor crop is certain to* follow. Whoever uses good seed, prepares a fine firm seed bed, uses lime, but neglects to supply wheat with available plant food in sufficient Quantities will not harvest the largest number of bushels of best quality wheat. Helping Baby Plants. You cannot grow Btrong, sturdy wheat plants from a sluggish start. The tiny plants need assistance from germination to maturity. The roots ( take up in solution ammonia, phos- j phoric acid and potash. These plant- ■ food elements are found in the soil, ‘ being gradually available to the crop; i the deficiency of plant food is sup- ■ plied through fertilizers. They are ' carried to the growing leaves, and under the action of sunlight, are manu- j factured into plant cell material that makes plant growth. Ammonia is the food that helps baby plants by giving them a dark green color and producing stalk growth. Plenty of available ammonia in the fertilizer gives the young plants a running start. Harris in Cornell University Bulle- i tin 352 states; “The number of kernels of wheat per pot increased with the fertilizer.” j Filling the' Kernels. Wheat is grown primarily for the grain. Phosphoric acid is the plant ■ food that is most intimately con- [ cerned with forming and filling the | kernels. Late in June or early in j July, the tiny wheat flowers open and i become fertile and the new wheat ber- ; ries begin to develop. The time be- i tween the flowers becoming fertile j and the complete filling of the kernels ! is very short —not over ten days or j two weeks in most cases. As the j kernel contains 75 per cent of the phosphoric acid of the plant, this plant food ingredient plays a very important part in filling the kernel and making the crop. Thatcher holds that the relative , protein content of grain is determined chiefly, if not wholly, by the rapidity , of ripening of the kernel. Thus it is easily seen that the, amount of phosphoric acid available for plant food at this time may determine the quality and yield of the crop. The ground may have been in good physical condition, the seed of excellent quality, the season favorable, but if there is a scarcity of available phosphoric acid when filling and ripening, the wheat is not only poorly filled, but its quality is inferior, for phosphoric acid makes quality wheat that grades high on the market. Ftrengthering Straw. The third essential plant food, potash, gives strength to the straw, assists in the transportation and laying down of the starch in the kernel and along with phosphoric acid plumps the grain. If the kernels are shriveled or small, the straw weak and inclined to lodge, more potash should be applied in the fertilizer. Available ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash are the three plant foods applied in fertilizers, They cause plant or stalk growth, form heavy, plump kernels, hasten maturity and make strong straw, insure good clover catches and quality wheat. Fertilizers should be selected of such an analysis as will make up for the deficiencies of the available plant food in the soil and supply the special needs of the wheat under various farm conditions. Best results will be secured by using 200 to 400 pounds of fertilizer on loam or clay soils analyzing 2 to 4 per cent ammonia, 8 to 12 per cent phosphoric acid and 2 to 4 per cent potash. On sandy or poor soils more ammonia should be used. Owing to the war conditions making potash scarce and high priced, a much smaller percentage o' potash is advisable until these abnormal conditions adjust themselves. Fertilizers give crops a quick start, strengthen straw, hasten' maturity, better thp quality and Increase yields and profits.

ACRES OF HAPPINESS

JOE WING’S WORK STILL LIVES

Ohio’s Alfalfa Authority Leaves Valuable Experience to Other Growers. The late Joe Wing of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, was undoubtedly America’s best-known Alfalfa Authority and enthusiast. Joe Wing made the almost unknown alfalfa plant a by-word in every nook and hamlet of our land. He first studied this wonder-working plant in the far West and then demonstrated on his own farm in Ohio the great possibilities of alfalfa for the American farmer. In his book, “Alfalfa in America,” Joe Wing says, “Sow almost any sort of alfalfa seed, sow at any time of moon or in almost any sort of way and you will succeed, if —here is the fatal “if’ —your soil is right. . . . Alfalfa growing is a soil question. Get the soil right and it is difficult to fail.” Drainage is the first and fundamental factor in getting the soil right. Alfalfa will not stand for wet feet any more than the most delicate child will grow strong if its feet are always wet and cold. The soil must be well supplied with organic matter and be sweet. If alfalfa is to be seeded on land where it has never grown before either the seed, soil, or both, positively must be inoculated with alfalfa bacteria. Finally, though all this be done, profitable alfalfa cannot be grown unless the soil has an abundance of readily available plantfood. The young alfalfa plants need a little ammonia to give them a quick start and keep them going until the bacteria on the roots become established. After that they need potash and a large proportion of phosphoric acid. For the average loam or clay loam soils, 300 to 500 pounds to the acre of a fertilizer analyzing 1 to 3 per cent ammonia, 8 to 12 per cent phosphoric acid and 2 to 4 per cent potash will give good results. Owing to the present war conditions making potash scarce and high priced, a smaller percentage of potash is advisable until conditions adjust themselves. On sandy or exceptionally thin land use a fertilizer running higher in ammonia and put it on heavier. Regarding fertilizer distribution, “Alfalfa in America” has the following.

“On Woodbine Farm we own a wide and large fertilizer distributor. This machine sows a strip 8 feet wide and the box holds 1,000 pounds of fertilizer. It simply sows the stuff broadcast on the surftice. With such a machine a man oan go rapidly over his old meadow, or sow his phosphorus over his land preparatory to seeding his alfalfa. No one should hesitate to buy the fertilizer, since a dollar so invested will usually return three or four in the crop of hay.”

No one would think of working a sick horse, yet there are farmers in almost every community who are continuing to work their sick soils, and with the usual result of poor crops. Do you know that the trouble with the average soil is that it is sour? By this is meant that it is acid. In other words it has a trouble akin to colic or sour stomach in man or green apple colic so common among the younger generation in the early summer. None of our crops will grow to any success on sour soil. It works bad, breaks up cloddy and the clods cannot be mashed with anything less than a. maul. Fertilizing will help some, and lime Is the corrective agent, but for the best results both should be used. With wheat, when limestone and fertilizer are used on the same land the yield, is larger than when either one of these is used alone. To test your soil for acidity, get a nickel’s worth of blue litmus paper from the drug store. Get a ball of the soil while it is moist and break It in halves. Place a strip of the paper on the one half then cover it , with the other, pressing them down j tightly and leave it this way for ! about five minutes. Then break the ball and look at the paper. If it has ' turned red your soil is sour, and it is high time that the use of lime be I made a practice.

IS YOUR SOIL SICK?

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CHICAGO, INDIANAPOLIS A LOUISVILLE RY RENSSELAER TIME TABLE NORTHBOUND No. 36 Cincinnati to Chicago 4:41 a.m. No. 4 Louisville to Chicago 5:01a.m. No. 40 Lafayette to Chicago 7:30 a.m. No. 32 j Indianap’s to Chicago 10:36 a.m. No. 6 Louisville to Chicago 3:31 p.m. No. 30 Cincinnati to Chicago 6:50 p.m. SOUTHBOUND No. 35 Chicago to Cincinnati 1:38 a.m. No. 5 Chicago to Louisville 10:55 a.m. No. 8 Chicago to Louisville 11:10 p.m. No. 37 Chicago to Cincinnati 11:17 a.m. No. 33 Chicago to Indianap’s 1:57 p.m. No; 39 Chicago to Lafayette 5:50 p.m. No. 31 Chicago to Cincinnati 7:30 p.m. CHICAGO & WABASH VALLEY RY. Effective March 20, 1916. Southbound Northbound Arr. Read up Lv. Read down No. 2 j No. 4 P.M. A.M. | P.M. a&pm 5:20 7:0o McCoysburg 6:10 11:10 *5:13 *7:00 Randle *6:15 *11:17 *5:05 *6:54 Della *6:20 *11:25 4:55 6:48 Moody 6:27 11:35 *4:45 *6:41 Lewiston *6:34 *11:45 4:37 6:38 Newland 6:40 11:53 4:28 6:29 Giftord 6:46 12:01 *4:16 *6:20 Laura *6:55 *12:14 *4:01 *6:10 McGlinn *7:05 *12:39 3:56 6:06 Zadoc 7:08 12:24 *3:52 *6:03 Calloway *7:11 *12:38 3:40 5:55 Kersey 7:20 12:50 ‘Stops on Signal. " ' CONNECTIONS. No. I—Connects with C. I. &L. Train No. 40 northbound, leaving McCoysburg 7:18- a. m. C. I & L. Train No. 6 will stop on signal at McCoysburg to let off or take on passengers to or from C. A W. V. points. No. 3. —Connects with C. I. & L. Train No. 39 southbound and No. 30 northbound. C. I. & L. Train No. 30 wil stop on signal at McCoysburg for C. & W. V. passengers to Chicago or Hammond. A 1 trains daily except Sunday.

I OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICERS Mayor Charles G. Spitler Clerk.. Charles Morlan Treasurer Charles M. Sands Attorney .Moses Leopold Marshal Vern Robinson ip Civil Engineer W. F. Osborne Ip Fire Chief J. J. Montgomery ip Fire “Warden... .J. J. Montgomery ip Councilmen ip Ist Ward Ray Wood ip 2nd Ward Frank Tobias 3rd Ward Frank King i> At Large. .Rex Warner, F. Kresler JUDICIAL Circuit Judge. .Charles W. Hanley 'I Prosecuting Attorney-Reuben Hess Terms of Court—Second Monday ! | in February, April, September j | and November. Four week j J terms. Y COUNTY OFFICERS Clerk Judson H. Perkins Sheriff ...B. D. McColly i{ Auditor J. P. Hammond 11 Treasurer Charles V. Mav i p Reoorder. George Scott ip Surveyor M. B. Price i p Coroner .Dr. C. E. Johnson ip County Assessor. . .G. L. Thornton Ip Health Officer.. Dr. F. H. Hemphill U COMMISSIONERS 1 1 Ist District H. W. Marble i| 2nd Distrist .D. S. Makeever \ I 3rd District Charles Welch jl Commissioners’ Coifrt meets the First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD EDUCATION Trustees Township Grant Davisson Barkley Burdett Porter Carpenter C James Stevens Glllam j Warren E Poole.. Hanging Grove I John Kolhoff Jordan R. E. Davis Kankakee Clifford Fairchild..... Keener Harvey Wood, jr......... .Marlon George Foulks Milroy John Rush Newton George Hammerton ....Union Joseph Salrin... ........... .Walker Albert S Keene........ Wheatfleld • E. Lamson, Co. Supt.. .Rensselaer ) Truant Officer, C. B. Steward, ! | Rensselaer

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