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There Will Be ;a Short Crop This Year and Millions of Dollars Lost: to the Corn Belt Farmers, if Great Care is Not Taken in Selecting and Testing the Best Matured Corn for This Season's Planting.

No Matter Whether You Are Going to Use Seed from Your 1914 Crop Or Not-Test it Just the Same. It May Have Become Damaged by the Frost During the Gold Freezes of Last Year.

Courtesy International Harvester Co. We must not use poor seed next spring. It means too much to us. Poor seed means not only a poor stand and a portion of the field Idle, but that we must cultivate the missing hills, the one-etalk hills, and the poor, worthless stalks, and receive nothing In return. Thousands of people every Fig. 1. Corn Ready to Hang Up. The String Contains From Twelve to Fifteen Ears Each. year work more than a third of every day on ground that produces nothing. Do not depend for seed on the occa sional good ears selected during the j buskin; period. The corn will be injured by freezing before it is husked or before it has had time to .become dry after husking. Select the best ears, if you have not already done so, and string them on binder twine (see Fig. l), and hang up. Do not store seed corn In barrels or boxes. It will "gather moisture" and mold or freeze. Po not store over the i laundry or over the stable. Do not put! Immature or freshly gathered seed corn In a warm room, on the floor, or in piles. It will either sprout, or mold, or both. It should be hung up at once, and the windows opened to allow the freest circulation of air. Do not depend on the crib for seed corn. One day devoted to the seed corn, at the proper time, may be worth more than an entire month of hard work next bummer put on a poor stand of ccrn. Hang Up Seed Corn Like This The attic is a good place to hang up the seed corn. There should be a circulation of air through the room. A ppace three by eight feet, will hold 200 pi rings of corn, twelve to fifteen ears to each string, or about . enough to plant 200 acres. Three-fourths of this Fig. 2. Proper Way to Hang up the Ears. corn may be discarded after testing, but there will still be enough seed to plant fifty acres, more than the average acreage on each farm. There aro several objections to the average cel-

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lar. It Is apt to be too damp, and the corn must be well dried before putting In the cellar, and it must not be corded up or put in piles, but hung up. Do You Know That Your Seed Corn Will Grow7 Test Don't Guess. It is only good business to know that the seed that we put into the ground will grow; and the only way we can tell good seed is by testing it. We can't tell by merely looking at it. If we; want profitable yields, we must plant good seed. The ten million acres of corn planted in Iowa every year are grown on 217.000 farms, an average of about

forty-six acres to each farm. It will take about 600 ears to plant forty acres. Twenty-four hours' time of one man, two days' work, will test six kernals from each ear to plant forty acres. Yet, because it is "too much bother," we pick out 600 ears, look at them, guess that they willgrow, and plant them. As a consequence, more than twelve acres out of each forty acres of corn planted in Iowa produce nothing. This is worse than useless, because we must plow, plant and cultivate these twelve acres and get nothing in return. By testing we get rid of the bad, weak, and moldy. ears. Testing does not hurl the corn. It costs but about j'ten cents an acre, and can be done at a time of the year when other farm j work is not pressing. By testing we i have everything to gain and nothing to lose. Discard the' Poor Ears Before Testing. In the .winter, during a slack season or in the early spring, from February 20 to March 20, select the best ears from the corn you have stored In the fall and get read to put them through the' test. ' ""' (See Fig. 3). The sawdust germination box is no doubt the best method for testing seed corn. It costs nothing but a little time and labor,. It -furnishes nearly, Fig. 4. Removing the Kernels. natural conditions. It is not essential that the box be of any particular size, iltbough about thirty inches square and four or five" inches deep will be found convenient. This size will test 100 ears at a time. .; . . The sawdust is light, clean and easy to get and handle in February and the first of March, when the testing should be done; is a good nonconductor of heat and cold, so that the temperature is kept even during germination, and holds the moisture so perfectly that there .is no danger of drying out. The number of boxes required will depend upon the amount of seed to be tested and the time limit. , After germination boxes are made, inspect carefully the earss you are to test from the standpoint of the kernel. Inspect the Ears Before Testing. .Take two or three kernels from each ear, about a third of the length of the ear from the butt. ; Lay them germside, up at the tip of the ear from which they were taken. If the kernels Fig. 5. ' Putting in the Sawdust. ' are small, wedge-shaped, narrow, shallow, too deep, or if they show immaturity, starchiness, a tendency to mold, cr if the germs are small, or shriveled, discard the ear. Remove Kernels for the Germination Box. Remove six kernels from six different places on each ear you have selected to test, taking two from near the butt on the opposite sideas of the

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the ear enough so as not to take two kernels out of the same row. How to Test Seed Corn With the Sawdust Germination Box. Fill the box about half full of moist sawdust, well pressed down, so as to leave a smooth, even surface. (See Fig. 5.) The sawdust should be put in a gunnysack and set in a tub of warm

Fig. 6.. Tacking the Cloth Over Sawdust. water for at least an hour (or still better, over night) so that it will be thoroughly moistened before using. .Rule off a piece of good quality white cloth (sheeting), about the size of the box, into squares, checkerboard fashion, two and one-half inches each way. Number the squares, 1, 2, 3, etc. Place the cloth on the sawdust and tack it to the box at the corners and edges. -(See Fig. 6.) 1 Use care that the kernels do not get mixed with those from the ear next Fig. 7. Placing a Cloth Over Kernels. to it. After the kernels are removed, boards may be laid over the rows of ears to keep them in place until the result of the germination test is known. Place the six kernels from ear No. 1 in square No. 1 of the germination box ; from ear No. 2 in square No. 2, and so on with all the ears. Lay a piece of good cloth (a good quality of sheeting) on top of the kernels and dampen it. (See Fig. 7.) Press the cloth down gently with the palm of the hand, being careful not to misplace the kernels in the squares. Fig. 8. Placing a Second and Larger Cloth Over the Kernels. t Now place over this cloth another cloth of the same material, considerably larger than the first one (about six feet square), and fill in on' top with two or three inches of moist, warm sawdust. (See Fig. 8.) Pack it down firmly with a brick or with the feet as in Fig. 9. The edges of the cover should then be folded over the sawdust in the bo to prevent drying but. Now set the box away until the kernels sprout. Keep in an ordinary warm place, like the living room, where it . will .not freeze. The. kernels will germinate in about eight days. Remove the cover carefully to avoid

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Fig. 9. Packing Down the Sawdust. dead, moldy, or show weak germination. If the kernels show weak, spindling sprouts, or a part of them are very weakand uneven, the ear should be thrown out to, make place for an ear whose kernels give strong, vigorous Fig. 10. sprouts. Remember that the kernels which are slow to sprout, and are weak, will be behind the strong ones in the field. How to Read the Test. Ears No. 2, 11, 13, and 24, shown in Fig. 11. should be discarded. Ears No. 1, 3, 12, and 22 are strong. Save out ears like these for the best 100 ears, provided they are good in other respects. Ears may have life as in the Fig. 11. Reading the Test. case of No. 2, but when these kernels fall into the hills with others, like No. 12 and 22, they are deprived of food and light and give stalks with little or no grain, and they produce pollen to scatter over the field to propagate their kind. Ear No. 2 is one of the kind that fools us, when we attempt to judge by the eye and the jack-knife method. Ear No. 2 w as planted by the side of No. 12, but yielded less than half the corn in the fall. If we buy the germination boxes and

the cloth and hire for work done, it will not cost to exceed sixteen cents per acre to test every ear for seed. But this work can be done very well by hand. Caring for Seed Corn Until Planting " ' Time. After the seed has been sorted, tested, shelled, and graded for the planter, and the bad kernels removed, it should be placed in half-bushel sacks and hung up in a dry place. Put in sacks, separate from the rest, the seed from the best 100 ears. When planting, use the seed from "the best 100 ears" on one side of the field from which to pick your seed corn for the next year's planting. ' We cannot afford to neglect this important work. If every farmer would test every ear of his seed corn in the winter in the way described above, the yield would be wonderfully increased. No other time will be so profitable to the farmer as that spent in testing the vitality of his seed and in grading to insure the planter dropping the proper number of kernels in each hill. It is possible for everyone to do this work. It will cost nothing but the time, of which there is plenty at the season when the work should be done. Every farmer should realize the importance of testing every ear of his seed corn before spring work begins. The final step concerns the planter. (Fig. 13.) Standard planters have plates adapted to different sizes of kernels. With seed corn graded to a

Fig. 13. Adjusting the Planter. uniform size, it is easy to select a plate with holes to fit the kernels, eliminating the danger of cracked corn and insuring a uniform drop. County Deaths LIDA TAYLOR. HAGERSTOWN The funeral of Miss Lida Taylor was conducted at her home, Tuesday afternoon, by Stanhope Easterday, Christian Scientist, of Indianapolis. Miss Blanche Boyd sang two selections. Those present from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Dean, Greensfork; Charles Shively. Richmond; Mrs. George Davis, Williamsburg; Mrs. D. B. Doyle, Richmond. EDUCATORS TO MEET. EATON, O., March .Twenty - subjects of vital interest to the schools will be discussed Tuesday in a meeting of all the board of education in the county. The meeting will be held in the opera house and will be presided over by County Superintendent Fogarty, of this city. Millions Use It To StoM Cold 'Tape's Cold Compound" Ends Severe Colds or Grippe in Few Hours. Relief comes instantly. A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in the head, chest, body or limbs. It promptly opens clogged-up nostrils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, feverishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness. Don't stay stuf fed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Ease your throbbing head! Nothing else in the .world gives such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Compound," which costs only 25 cents at any drug store. It acts without assistance, tastes nice, causes no inconvenience. Be sure you get the genuine. adv. i D. E. ROBERTS Piano Tuner and Repairer For 5 years at the head of the tuning and repair department in the largest piano house in the state. Don't send away for a tuner. Phone 3684 Whatever is Proper For Men to Wear If It's Haberdashery Find It at Lichtenf els In The Westcott

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News from Modoc

By Alice Hansom. Rev. James Richardson, pastor of the M. E. church, has been confined to the M. E. hospital at Indianapolis for a week Misses Bertha Wynne and Elsie Lee have been visiting friends st Williamsburg and Fountain City the past wee Mrs. Ozro Rubbush and little daughter of Fountain City is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Hudson Mr. Lester Hanscom spent Saturday at New Castle with his brothler Ralph and wife.... Mrs. Lawrence Grubbs and daughters Edith and Gldays of Losantsville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Strother Saturday. . . . Mrs. Oscar Fox has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown at Muncie.... Mrs. Conley came here Friday morning from Eaton to visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Inez Howell.... Mrs. Myrtle Hunt has returned to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Keever at Knightstown after a short visit here with friends The- Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at the home of Mrs. Kate Rich Thursday afternoon. A very interesting program was given Mrs. Ralph Hanscom of New Castle spent Thursday here with Mr. Hanscom's parents, Mr. tnd Mrs. John Hanscom Miss Bula Leeker spent Friday at Portland Mrs. K. I. Bronwell and Mrs. Earl Dicks of Muncie are visiting their sister, Mrs. Richardson at the M. E. parsonage. Mrs. Elizabeth Henning is visiting at Muncie. LODGE CALENDAR. Richmond council No. 18, Jr., O. U. A. M., meets Monday night at 7:30 in the Vaughan hall, over 710 Main street. Fred Cordell, counellor; Josh E. Highley, rec. secretary. Uniform Rank, Jr., O. U. A. M. meets Tuesday night at 7:30. Theodore Whitney, captain; C. Perry, company clerk. Pride of Richmond council No. i5, Daughters of America, meets on Wednesday night at 8 o'clock. Eva Monroe, councillor; Rosetta Hosier, rec. secretary. NUXATED IRON increases strength of delicate, nervous, rundown people 200 per cent in ten day in many instances. $100 forfeit if it fails as per f; 11 explanation in laree article soon to appar in this paper. Ask your doctor dr druggist about it. All good druggists always carry it in 6tock. USE COOPER'S BLEND Coffiec COOPER'S GROCERY

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BABY WORTH $90 SAYS PROFESSOR

BOSTON. March 6. Much discussion has been caused here by the announcement of Professor Irving T. Fisher, of Yale, that he has figured out the worth of a baby to be $90. Some Boston parents are sure their infants are worth much more than the price set by Prof. Fisher, who is an authority on economic problems. Prof. Fisher's statement was made in the course of a speech urging a bill for compulsory social insurance for workingmen before a state legislative committee. He said an adult was worth $4,000, while an aged person was worth less than nothing, being a liability. Child's Tongue Becomes Coated If Constipated When cross, feverish and sick give "California Syrup ui figs. Children love this "fruit laxative. and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child will simply not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat. sleep or act naturally, breath Is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea. , Listen, Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and In a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the system, and you have a well, playful child again. Millions of mothers give "California Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly harmless; children love it, and it never fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. Get the genuine, made by "California Syrup Company." Refuse any other kind with contempt. adv. Cleaned and Pressed Ladies Suits ift'fl Ladies' Long Coat Vwll Men's Suits tLJL Men's Overcoat t The Dennis Shop Phone 2316. 8 North 10th St. This Trad Mark on vary Sack