Hammond Times, Volume 12, Number 57, Hammond, Lake County, 23 August 1917 — Page 8

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THE TIMES Thursday, Alienist 23,. 1917. Improperly - Prepared Soil May Result in Poor Stand and Loss of Investment,

WASHINGTON. D. a. Aug:. 23. Make the aeed bed flt for the ieed. Do not 'intern" wheat worth $3 or 4 a bushel for peed purposes In a condition of soil Impossible for germination." That precaution Is urged by the United States pepartment of Agriculture on all farmers who contemplate owing the high-priced seed of a high-

priced food this fall. To plant seed on poorly prepared land not only wastes the seed that does not germinate, the specialists point out. hut it may mean the lo?s of an entire Investment if a paying stand is not obtained. A seed bed for wheat must be firm, moist and well compacted beneath with a mellow, finely divided upper three inches of soil, the specialists advise. If wheat is grown in rotation with oats or after wheat, the stubble should be plowed to a depth of at least 7 inches immediately after harvesting the preceding crop of grain. The ground should ba harrowed within a few hours after plowing and cultit'ation with harrow, disc, drag or roller should be given as necessary thereafter until .planting time. These operations are necessary to kill weeds, to settle and make firm the subsoil, and to maintain a soil mulch on the surface. The earlier the preparation of a seed bed for wheat Is started the better the condition of the soil will be at planting time. Late plowing does not allow time for thorough preparation. If a cultivated crop pre'cedes wheat, frequent cultivation given 1 to this crop will preserve moisture and main

tain a soil mulch. If le-vel cultivation has been practiced, a good seed bed easily can be prepared by disking and harrowing after removing the crop. However, if weeds are present, it may ba advisable to plow shallow the disk preceding and following the plow. Early plowing followed by thorough tillage aid in catching the water which falls and in conserving this and the water already in the soil for use by the wheat plants. The firm seed bed under the mulch thus made enables uia young plants to make use cf the subsoil waters which rise when there is a perfect union between the plowed soil and .ne subsoil. Sufficient moisture is thus assured for the germination of the seed and for the early fall growth of the seedlings, a very important consideration. Plant

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food is also likely to be more abundant in the soil when such methods are employed. If the Importance of thorough tillage were more generally recognized and proper methods of seed-bed I reparation were more widely employed throughout the so-called humid areas, there would be less frequent losses from drought and better wheat crops would result, the department specialists declare. In this area the mistake is otten made of thinking there will always be moisture enough present for a maximum crop growth, with the result that short crops often are obtained where more attention to

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JooMns apron ia all in one piece, but severtlielesa it is true. No. S.42S has the back cat in ont with the front, and the extension of the back forms the belt, which fastens at the front. It ia light, easy to pat an, and is Just the thing to slip on arer a good dress, as it will not crush what is worn underneath- The apron fastens at the back with a button or strings. The housewife whose watchword is efficiency will see to it that ihe has a number of these handy slip-ons. The apron pattern, No. 8,423, is cut in ons size only. It requires 2 yards 38 r inch material, with 74 yards bias seam tinding. To obtain this pattern send 10 cents to the office of this publication.

moisture conrsrvation would have assured good yields.

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I i MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., Aug. 23.-G. I W. B. J. V. V. Banks, refugee f rom East St. Louis, got into Minneapolis. j He came up Nicollet avenue from be-1 low "Washington, but about Fifth street i the parade of fashion awed him sume-! what and he turned back. At Fourth j street he gazed with melon eyes at a' man in a Palm Bench suit that bespoke ! opulence and sidled up at last with Urnorous glide. j 'Evenin" sur-uh, yes suh, I beg pah-', don such, uh uh, excuse me suh." ! "What do you want?" i '"Ef I migh; presume suh to be so bold, j and cculd you suh, uh. accomrr.odite a! desuhving colohed puhson with the loan j suh of a dime?" j "Thank you suh. I certainly thank! you. G. W. B. J. V. U. Banks will cer-! tainly always remember your kindness, '

suh. "Where did you get all those initials?" Name. suh. George Washington Booker Jefferson Vanderbilt University Banks." "Some fine name." "Don't do ma no good whatever, suh. Came up from old Georgia to work at East St. Louis. Large number of white puhsons tried to kill me. suh. I never done no harm to nobody. Larger numbers tried to kill me when they heard about by name." "What did you do when the trouble began?" "Me. mesuh? Me? Why I run. Tes, sah. I certainly run. I stopped runnin' somewheres about around Albert Lea, Minnesota." "Goodnight, sah. I certainly thank you suh."

RAISINS The raisin is a worn-out grape. Its evolution is peculiar. First a bunch of young, full-blooded, ambitious grapes grows itself on a vine. Then it waits for somebody to come along and pick it Nobody comes. And it waits and waits. Pretty soon it gets tired of waiting. So it shrivels up and becomes a bunch of raisins. By this time it's pretty sore on the world; and it goes around with its head full of seeds, making itself as unpopular as possible. It gets into fruitcake, mince pie, rice pudding and other places vhere it can cause trouble. Fortunately, however, most raisins are caught early in their disgruntled career nowadays, and denatured.

Indoor Crimes Don't Count. Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 23. A young man walked into a police station the other night and inquired for the turnkey. "I am the man," said George Allison, as he dangled a variety of cell keys in his hand. "Put me in one of those cells. I need a bit of punishment." the stranger added. "Can't be done uness you commit a

me back for a good time was two Jitneys. I hit her on the head and broke the dishes. Now am I entitled to a cell?" "Indoor crimes like that won't go. It has to be done in the street," the officer said, and sent the man back home.

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