Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 42, Number 41, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 7 June 1923 — Page 2

ILLINOIS TEAM LOWERS FOUR-MAN RELAY RECORD

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Percy Haugntou, me lumeu tootliall coach, who developed some of the greatest elevens that ever represented Harvard, has recently been appointed mentor of Columbia.

Diamond Squibs The Salt Lake club has sent Tony Lazzari to Peoria. • * * Pity the poor pitchers If the early heavy hitting continues throughout the season. • * • With Rommel and Hasty pitching true to form, the -Athletics are far from an easy bunch to beat. • • • Joe Cosgrove, so they say, “wore out his welcome” In Waterbury, so he was traded to Hartford for Leo (Brick) Kane. • • • Allan Sothoron finally decided to give up his flourishing business In St. Louis and report to the Louisville Colonels. • • • Manager Frank Chance of the Boston Red Sox has announced the release of Pitcher Fowlkes to the Memphis club. • • r The New York Americans decided not to keep Outfielder Ollie Tucker and he was returned to the New Orleans Pelicans. • • • The first set of batting averages for the Coast league show Paul Strand off In front among the regulars with a percentage of .448. • • • ■* Honus Mitze, Joining IJew Orleans, with a reputation as about a .197 hitter, has been getting some timely blows for the Pelicans. * • • Washington lent its hand toward boosting the New Haven Eastern league entry when it shipped Infielder Bobby Lamofte to George Weiss’ club. • • The name of A1 Spalding is no longer on the big league rolls, for the Cleveland club has given the youngster with the famous name his unconditional release. • • * Catcher Wilsop White, who was-sold by Springfield of the Western association to a club,ln the South Atlantic league has been "returned to Springflld. Some of the commentators in Los Angeles are fearful lest Jake May be overworked, but Bill Essick says work Is what his star southpaw needs to get right. • • The QJinton club of the Oklahoma State league has named one of its oiqlnls, George Straub, as bench manager, with Pitcher .Dennis directing the team as field captain. • • • By the grace of Commissioner Landis the Chicago White Sox got Outfielder Roy Elsh from Sioux City for a mere $2,500. Now Chicago critics are saying that Elsh Is a more valuable member of the team than Willie Kamra, who cost SIOO,OOO. • • * Manager Frank Chance of the Boston Red Sox, who never did seem to fancy Eddie Goebel, the outfielder he got from Washington, managed to pet rid of him by ifiaking a trade with Ty Cobb, by which Detroit gave Ira Flagstead, not liked by Cobb, for Goebe’

PRACTICAL HINTS ON FIELDING FLY BALLS * .0 - Player Should Not Try to Time Flight so as Barely to Make the Catch. (By CARL LUNDGREN. Baseball Coach. University of Illinois.) In fielding fly balls a player should get under the ball as fast as possible and should not try to time the flight so as barely to |et to the ball. The reason for tlds is that if the man in question misjudges the direction and speed of the ball, if he gets there in plenty of time he will have an opportunity to shift so as still to get under It. - In catching fly balls the fielders should leant to catch them with palms up or with the palms up aud the thumbs together. The first Is usually the safer method, but it is well to practice both. The fallowing points should be considered in catching fly balls: In running to the spot where the ball will fall, run with the'arms at-the side, sprinter fashion, as this Is the best method of currying the arms when running. That is. the hands should not be carried in the air in a position of readiness for catching the ball while tlie fielder is running. When the hail hits the glove 4lie receiver's hands should be relaxed and should give a little with the impact of the ball against the glove. An outfiebjer should turn nnd run back as fast as he can td catch a ball over his bead. He should not attempt to ketTp his eye on the ball while he is running, as this will slow him up. It is a difficult matter to catch the fly halls. In this manner, hut a good outfielder should he able to do It.

Australians Bid for American Swim Coach An Australian newspaper offers $5,000 towards a fund to secure an Americ n swimming coach to spend six months In that country to Instruct swimmers there in the methods which have placed the United States at the top In aquatics. Novel Way of Raising Funds for New Stadium Centre college has adopted a novel way of raising funds for their new stadium at Danville, Ky. .Tiie structure will be concrete, and. admirers of the Praying Colonels are asked to send their checks, for as many barrels of cement as they care to purchase at $3.15 a barrel. Jockey Joris Menichttti

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The yuui.fc**bi uceitaetl jocKey in Italy, If not In tiie world, is Joris Menlchettl, who Is only eleven years of age and lias won eight races'since he received hi license ’ast September.

i . ; Galluses May Aid J j Impetus to Swats \ J —The fact shouldn't be over- j t looked that Habe Ruth's batting J revival came along about the { i same time that Babe revived * J galluses as an article of wear- , • ing apparel. * \ Ruth discarded the customary t • belt last winter and his new J t suspenders, lie maintains, were t • df'material aid in thd reduction J , of his tonnage.

J Many of the old-time British J golfers still wear galluses on J the links because they give more J t freedom of action than the belt. * J And, like Babe Ruth, they hit J t out many a home run. t • i

it Sammy Hale Is Star

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Sammy Hale, the young third base man for whom Connie Mack paid a big price. Is coming up to expectations for the Athletics, batting hard and‘fielding brilliantly.

INTERESTING SPORT NOTES The Inter-Lake Yachting association includes 26 affiliated associations. * • • Sehollkopf field, Cornell's athletic stadium, will sent 19,000 in the fall. • • • Australia and the United States havt non the Davis cup the same numbet of times —seven each. • • • Coach Jim Ten Eyck boasts of the heaviest varsity eight-oared shell crew in recent years at Syracuse. • • * American Olympic committee plans a staff of 3,000 to assist in preparing for next year's festival in Paris. • * * Bermuda A. A. of Hamilton, Bermuda, will send a cricket eleven to ptay a series of games-in Philadelphia and New York city in'June. * * * Winners of the Olympic games in Paris next year will be presented with prizes representing sculpture, painting, llteratu-e and music arts. • • * Willie Spencer, American bicycle sprint champion, who is now racing in Europe, lias signed to participate in races in this country this summer. * * • Tiie Yacht Racing Association of Gravesend Baj will' hold its championship regattas an Saturdays this year beginning June 0. Ten championships are listed. • * * Winning crews in this year's Canadian Henley regntta, to be rowed in July, will represent the Dominion of Canada in the Oljmpic regntta in Paris next year. t * • • A movement has been started among horsemen to subsci ibe a sum of moneylarge enough to eract a suitable monument to the memory of Peter th Great, world champion sire of trotters aud pacers. • * The Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen has decided to hold, the annual Canadian rowing champion ships at Port Dalhousle August 3 and 4. They have added at eight-oar even! for high school boys.

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Black Raspberry Hurt by Disease i ■ Growers in Many Sections Suffer Heavy Losses From New Ailment .‘Prepared by the United Stntes Department of Agriculture ) Growers of black raspberries In various purls of the United Sljttes, particularly in Ohio and New York, have been suffering discouraging losses in many instances from a mysterious disease, which, for conveniencev is culled eastern blue-stem. During the last few yefirs, the United States Department of Agriculture has been -AlMdyiugv the tokUn. Tlies lil'iTtHiiW Ullfw* t. J&,-SshffiKfc about it in Department c ircular 227, Eastern Blue-Stem of the liluck Raspberry, by R. 11. Wilcox. Profits Curtailed.

The disease, which is marked by a peculiar curling of the young leaves and blue stripes on the canes, gradually reduces the productivity of the plantations and kills the affected plants in two or three years. In some sections where raspberries have been grown extensively for years profits are curtailed to such an extent that farmers are not encouraged To May ill the business and tire center of production is gradually shifting as disease follows the new plantings. Where investigations have been made the infection of fields has ranged from 0 to 75 per cent, and total loss In tlie uurtheasteni part of the country Is thought to be very large. Some slightly infected patches have been found In Michigan and Wisconsin. The general effect of bi,ue-stem is a gradual stunting of the plant, with a reduction of the yield and dwarfing of the berries. When affected tips are planted (hey make liftTe growth, aud the following spring they start, feebly or not at ail. Often the grower may suspect that the trouble is win-ter-killing. No recoveries have evet been noted. If the affected parts are; cu off the disease will soon show up in another part. Plants started by rooting the tips of diseased plants will always have the disease. No bacteria or fungi have yet been found that might be- said to be tiie cause, but certain features of the malady, such as the mottling and deformity of the leaves and the stunting and final death of the plants, indicate that it may be of the mosaic type. Diseased Tips Planted. Blue-stem becomes established by the planting of diseased tips, hut at the tirnp of digging it is impossible to recognize those that carry the infection, nnd the symptoms do hot appear early enough in the - spring so • hat tiie diseased tips ■ n be found before they have made a growth of several inches. Titus far no very resistant variety has been found, and no spray Is kuown to be effective. The only practical method to get ahead of blue-stem is to get stock from a nursery known to be free of it and set as far as practicable from diseased plantations. Young fields must be carefully watched and plants showing blue-stem symptoms removed and replaced by healthy tips. Growers Interested in a thorough discussion of the disease may get a copy of the circular by writing the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.

Crispness and Tenderness Come With Rapid Growth To have good vegetables most of them must grow rapidly. If they grow slowly the leaf crops will be tough nnd will get strong quickly. Crispness nnd tenderness come with rapid growth. Pens and beans are better flavored. Radishes are less pithy. Corn is deeper and better set, and I think the flavor is bettor, too. Rich soil is a prime factor in forcing rapid growth, but it is not all. Cultivation to preserve tiie soli moisture is a help. Irrigation is not much practiced but where it is possible It will often save a crop from a severe check In a dry spell, and these checks make for toughness. It has been shown by tests that a little artificial feeding will not only make \egetables better in quality hut in many cases will keep such plants as tomatoes setting when ordinarily they stop In hot weather. Then shade or partial shade will often make the leaf crops more tender and sweet.

Sometimes Difficult to Get Start of Alfalfa On land which Is very rich in humus It is sometimes difficult to get alfalfa started because of tiie looseness of tiie soli. On such soil tiie alfalfa seed which is deep enough In the ground to have moisture enough to grow, may be so deep that it does not grow; and If the seed Is shallow enough to grow It may not be deep enough to have moisture long enough. Hence on such grsund the seed should be covered sltallow and the surface soil be well compacted by rolling uftei the seeding is done. Main Requirements of Good Alfalfa Seed Bed The main requirements-of a good seed bed for alfalfa."red and sweet clover, and other small seeded crops are ttiat It be moist, finely pulverized, compact, with a loose surface. Aside from moisture which depends on the Weather, perhaps the most important point, especially if the seed bed has keen plowed, is to get it firmly packed.

Find Morgan Horse Versatile on Farms Records Furnish Evidence of Its Usefulness. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Some Interesting information has Just been made public by the United States Department of Agriculture regarding the registered Morgan horse Gladstone that won second place in the 1022 mounted service endurance rule. Gladstone's record corrects the Impression that it takes years to develop a good saddle horse. This florae was fouled April 13, 1013; sired by General Gales, a famous Morgan horse, and out of Minthe,, govsrapstKffl He was broken 'to single and double harness when four years old and shipped in 1917 to the government experiment farm at Beltsville, Mil., where he was driven 20 to 30 miles a day for several years with another gelding. He was the first horse selected from the experiment (farm to go to tiie stables of the secretary of agriculture in- Washington, D. C-, to replace horses that had grown footsore from use on tiie city pavements. In June, 1922, Gladstone was returned to the United States Morgan Horse farm at Middleburg, Vt., to be prepared for tiie mounted service endurance ride. Here he was used during haying, raking hay In the fields, and at the close of the haying season was given his first continuous training under the saddle. The ride took place in Optober, and the little horse carried his rider and equipment, weighing 225 pounds, the 300 miles to a. "highly creditable finish. In the final rating Gladstone was but three points behind the winning horse. Twenty* one horses started the race and bub nine finished. Gladstone was second and finished in excellent condition. Within a week Gladstone was back at work at the United States Morgan Horse farm, where he is now being used every day in double harness. Gladstone is a half-brother of Castor, the Morgan that made such creditable showings in the endurance contests of 1919, 1920 and 1921. The records made by these horses in harness and under saddle, on the road and at farm work, and as successful contestants in one of the hardest rides ever staged for. saddle horses, furnish additional evidence of the versatility and all-round useful ness of the Morgan horse.

Poultry Manure Rich in Nitrogen If Protected Poultry manure is particularly rich in nitrogen, but if not protected It rapidly loses this valuable plantfood element, and this means a loss to the indirect Income from farm poultry which might well be conserved for the farm. For the garden, a farmer may balance the product by taking 30 pounds poultry manure and adding to it ten pounds dry loam or absorbent, such as peat moss or slsavlngs, 16 pounds phosphoric acid and eight pounds kainite. The analysis of this mixture is 1% per cent nitrogen. 4Vi per cent phosphoric add and 2 per cent potash. For such vegetable crops as lettuce, which require a higher content of nitrogen for forcing rapid* growth; a greater proportion of poultry manure may be used in the fertilizer, or this mixture may be used and supplemented with a top dressing of nitrate of soda to the trucking crop. The dry loam or the peat moss prevents the fertilizer from becoming sticky, which would be the case if the phosphoric acid and kainite were mixed alone with the droppings to prevent the es cape of nitrogen.

Thorough Study Must Be Given Modem Beekeeping The keeping of bees is an ancient branch of agriculture, yet modern beekeeping is anew thing. Many persons still erroneously think that bees Work fpr nothing and board themselves, and that to keep bees lie simply gets some bees and allows them to roam where they will. The present-day beekeeper controls the development of the colony population so as to have a full forte of gathering bees at tiie right time, and then prevents a division of ■ this force by swarming. By these and other methods he greatly increases the amount of honey gathered. The modern skilled beekeeper finds bees far, more productive 4mn did his-predeces-sors because of bis ability to change, conditions and adapt thejn to the natural habits of flie bees. Control Melon Aphid With Nicotine Sulphate Tiie melon aphid is also known as encumber aphid. It attacks the under side of tiie leaves, enusinfe curling, lmte melons, cantaloupes and cucumbers are especially liable to attack. Nicotine sulphate at tiie rate of onehalf pint to two nnd one-half pounds of soap in 50 gallons of water applied when the aphids are first seen is the remedy. Use,a spray nozzle with an angle so the under side of the leave* may be sprayed. Tractors Given Service and Repair Are Favored Corn-belt farmers who own tractors say that the well-known makes of machines for which repair and service can be promptly obtained and which are operated efficiently, have usually been found reliable, according to government Investigator!.

Feeding Methods Help Live Stock Plan Evolved by Department of Agriculture to Help Breeders. /Prpr4 by the United States Department of Agriculture ) The United States Department of Agriculture announces a nation-wide service to bring about Improved methods of feeding live stock In the United States. The plan Is to bring the knowledge of up-to-date feeding methods to the attention of every live-stock feeder in the country; and, in co-operation with stute agricultural colleges, county ~£XtsUsfim. agents,. and.-other- a gene tea rilffeWSStM In Hie Itettertnent of the live stock of the nation, to offer individual assistance to farmers who have special and difficult feeding problems. Ever since the beginning of the “Better Sires—Better Stock” campaign, which has enrolled more than 1,200,000 head of live stock for Improvement by means of better methods of breeding, there 0 has been a demand from' stockmen over the entire country that the government Inaugurate a betterfeeding campaign. A large proportion of Inquiries on live-stock problems received by the department from farmers of the country seek Information on . feeding. The plan which has been j evolved Is expected to render a definite ! service to those who ask for feeding i help, and also to bring a knowledge of ; better feeding fnethods to many who would not make Inquiries. Best Methods Not Practiced. That good feeding methods are known and practiced by the more ex- ■ perienced live stock owners In the United States is shown by the good | condition and finish of a proportion of 1 animals appearing at stork yards, andby good records in production made by some feeders. But the proportion can be made larger with benefit to the individual grower and to the nation, according to the department live-stock specialists. A conservative estimate based on a careful survey of American farms shows that there are 14 million head of runty animals In the country. A majority of nearly 1,000 farmers who commented on the situation stated that adequate and proper feed are the principal means of preventing runtlness in animals. The tremendous mortality among young animals is largely attributable also to lack of proper care and feed up to and including weaning time. These, and other facts, point to the great need for more general practice of better feeding raethodl? They point also to the immense amount of benefit that can accrue to the nation In the way of better live stock,, more economical production, and a great saving In feedstuff's. If the general live-stock feeding practice of the nation can be made more efficient. Department Offers Wide Service. The Department of Agriculture offers an individual feeding service that Is available to any live-stock feeder In the country. One of the principal features of this service will be a “FeedingProblem Sheet” which farmers may obtain from their county agents, state agricultural colleges, or direct from the department at Washington. On the feeding-problem sheet the farmer outlines his problem briefly, and describes his stock and available feeds. The sheet Is designed to enable the farmer to give sufficient Information tn brief form to make additional correspondence unnecessary. The farmer then refers the sheet to his county agent, who makes a recommendation. When the sheet reaches the department a live-stock feeding specialist studies the problem and makes suitable reply. A great deal of the correspondence received from farmers asking information on special feeding problems does not state the conditions surrounding the problem in sufficient detail to permit of a definite reply. Additional correspondence often causes delay. The feeding-problem sheet will correct this and make It comparatively simple for a stockman to submit his problem In a form 'such that It may be correctly diagnosed. Farmers will be encouraged to consult local agencies for help with problems that are plainly . local In character. The feeding-problem service will be of help to others besides those farmers who submit their problems for diagnosis. The department will study the problems confronting live-stock feeders in the different sections of the country and make public the results of this study, thereby enabling the entire country to derive a benefit. Every live-stock feeder who submits his feeding problem, telling his present trnctice and the results being obtained, will be an active aid In the drive for better methods of live-stock feeding. Handbook Being Prepared. A vest-pocket-size handbook entitled “A Handbook for the Better Feeding of Live Stock” Is being prepared by department feeding specialists for free distribution to farmers who desire a randy-sized set of simple rules and ■reference tables to be followed In feeding the different classes of farm animals. Requirements of animals, simple analyses of feeds, feeds to substitute for other feeds, and simple feeding instructions will enable farmers to understand the principles of better feeding, and fit their own practice to suit tne conditions: on their farms. The Department of Agriculture realizes thst, In order to accomplish the most good, a drive for nation-wide better feeding of live stock must have the co-operation of all persons Interested in the subject. Summaries of the progress of the work will be published to iiaei-i '-e l-i'crested Informed,

Increase Food Value of Potatoes by Spray Has Effect of Controlling Diseases and Helps Yield. (Prepared by the United Siatee Department of Agriculture.) Spraying potatoes with such copper sprays as bordeuttx, plckering sprays, aud barium water sprays not only has tiie effect of controlling the diseases for which they are applied, but, according to the United Stuleu Department of Agriculture, thorough and timely spraying usually greatly increases the yield, Influences the composition of the tubers, and Increases their keeping qualities. For many, years observers have reported also - a stimulating effect of bordeaux mixture on potato foliage and a gain in yield even when u® diseases were present. The why and bow of this effect of copper have been much discussed by scientists ana many experiments made, An interesting contribution to this subject has lately been made by F. C, Cook of the bureau of chemistry In department bulletin 1146, where evidence is presenter! to show that bordeaux and other copper sprays Increase the starch and nitrogen constituents of the!' potato tubers and consequently make them more valuable for food and industrial uses. The bulletin contains considerable duta collected from a number of stations doing experimental work with copper sprays on potatoes and should be of Interest to the plant physiologists and others doing investigational work of this nature. Results obtained in seven states (Virginia, Maine, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New Yark, Connecticut and New Jersey), showed an average of 2,591 pounds of solids of the tubers per acre for- tha non-copper sprayed plants and 3,430 for the copper-sprayed plants, an average increase of 32.4 per cent, or 48 bushels, due apparently to the use ol copper sprays. Tiie results should furnish additional support to the prae tlce of spraying potatoes. Those interested may secure a copy of this bulletin free of charge upoi request from the United States De partment of Agriculture, Washing ton, D. C. ' - -

Value of Pure Bred Is Taught by County Agent A county agent in Colorado reported to the United States Department ol Agriculture a eonvfnclrtg method ha has used in furthering the better-sires work in his county. A butchering and meat-cutting demonstration was given with two market hogs, one a pure-bred Duroc Jeraey and the other a scrub red hog. The hogs were weighed, then slaughtered and dressed, and weighed again. Tiie live weight of each hog was practically the same. The dressing percentage of the pure bred was about 7 per cent more than that of the scrub. The good hog figured to be worth $2.10 more than the other. This was but a fraction of the difference In value between the two hogs, however, as the pure bred was but half as old as the scrub hog, and had consumed much less feed. The meat-cutting demonstration was held In the auditorium of the county School, and more than 500 men and women were present. The two carcasses were cut Into the' various cuts of meat, showing the superior quality of the meat of the ptlre-bred hog.

Alfalfa in Full Bloom Will Produce More Hay Alfalfa cut in full bloom ts slightly less palatable but produces more hay than when cut at beginning of bloom. Fields mowed earlier die ont sooner. Cutting the alfalfa just when the new growth starts from the crown gives the plants the best chance of competing against weeds and conserves moisture by keeping the ground shaded most of the time. Too late fall cutting promotes winter killing. Nebraska station finds that it does not pay to plant alfalfa in rows and cultivat* for hay. Combination to Provide Pasture for Farm Stock A combination that will provide a good pasture for sheep, calves and colts all summer may be secured by using rape as a base. The mixture consists of three pounds of rape, one bushel of oats, one-half bushel of one or two other., small grains, and from ten to twenty pounds Os sorghum. If desired ten pounds of Sudan grass may be substituted for tiie sorghum with sat'sfactory results. Durability of Leather Can Be Much Increased Specialists in the bureau of eliemistry, United States Department of Agriculture, htfve learned that the durability of machine belts, driving belts, harness, and other leather articles used by the farmer can be greatly Increased nfter a Judicious selection in the first place by giving them the enre that will strengthen and preserv# them. Rat Viruses Unreliable and Also Quite Costly “Generally unreliable and costly,” tiie United Stgtes Department of Agrlculture says of rat viruses. The department has vigorously urged the destrtuv tlon of rats and co-operated with local rnt-killlng campaigns. Farmers’ Bulletins 896 and 932, Issued by the dra partment, describe methods of destroys ins rata. ,