Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 112, 22 March 1920 — Page 13
THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1920.
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"RAG DOLL" TESTER FOR CORN CALLED SUCCESS BY EAST SHELBYVILLE, Ind., March 22 The "rag doll" method of testing seed corn Is a great step forward and will result In an Immense saving to farmers by eliminating diseased seed, according to Russel G. East, county agricultural agent, and E. L. Austin, teacher of agriculture in the Shelbyville high school, who have been conducting tests of the method here. The tests will be continued until the corn planting season, and are being conducted at the high school building, where the pupils in the agriculture classes assist In preparing the seed. The second test made was "taken off" recently, and the results will be made known soon by the county agent. Farmers Adopting Method It Is the intention of Mr. East to test 150 ears of corn for as many farmers of the county as possible. Farmers from all parts of the county are having grain tested and from the start that is made this season It Is hoped to have practically disease-free
vuiu m oneiDy county within a few years. County Agent East has announced the complete results of the first test, and he and the farmers who have seen them are greatly enthused over the method. A total of 1,820 ears were tested at one time. Of this number the first test showed 259 ears, or 14.26 per cent, to be of poor germination. This number would have been thrown out in any kind of test that might have been made. Mr. East said. Two hundred end thirteen ears of the corn, or 11.72 per cent, were disfticarded because of disease that was detectecl in the test. None of those ears would have been thrown out in any other test, the county agent stated, as all showed good in germination tests. From the first test, 472 ears, a total of 25.98 per cent, were thrown out from all causes. The second test is expected to show about the same .results. Mr. East said. Results Shown in County An experiment whioh
ed in Shelby county last year shows1 the possibilities of the new method' of testing seed corn. Dispasfufroo
seed, which tested for purposes of germination 99.44 per cent, showed a yield og 12 per cent, or about oneeighth greater than did disease-infected seed, which tested 99.32 per cent for germination or practically the same as the disease-free seed. One man, in a day, can "read" from 1,200 to 1.400 ears by the "rag doll" method, Mr. East said. The "modified rag, doll" corn tester, which is beine uspd hprp wna Hnvoi.
oped from the old "rag doll" method.
which has been in use for several years. . The old "doll" consisted of common unbleached muslin. The new plan is to use common bleached muslin 12 Inches wide and 50 inches long. This is laid in heavy wrapping paper the same width and slightly longer. The object of using the paper is to have the row of kernels from one ear separated from the kernels from other ears. The paper acts ,as an Insulator, and prevents the diseases which the test is expected to discover from transferring to otherwise healthy kernels. Method Used In Test. Eight kernels are taken from each ear and placed in a row across the tester, with the tips of the kernels all pointing one way. When the "doll" Is rolled up and placed in the germinaor, the "dolls" are always placed so the kernel tips are pointing downward. This allows the root sprout to go up, making it easier to read the test. Twenty ears are placed in each "doll." This number 13 used because the racks which hold the ears contain just twenty. In this way ecch "doll" is numbered to correspond with the rack that the ears were in. After the "dolls" are filled and rolled up, they are put in a box which is surrounded on all sides and the bottom with about four inches of saw-
oust. TMs holds the "dolls" at a uniform temperature of about 80 degrees. The "dolls" are sprinkled twice each day with warm water. At the end of seven days the sprouts are growing out of the ends of the "dolls" and the test is ready to "read." The "reading" of the test is the most difficult part of the. work. A thorough knowledge of all the diseases affecting corn Is necessary before this work can be done successfully. Trial on Broad Scale. George N. Hotter, plant pathologist of the Purdue experiment station, is the discoverer of this method of detecting the diseases of corn through the germination tpst a huiio,-.
be issued by the Purdue experiment station will go into detail regarding the work. Heretofore, all work of this kind has been strictly experimental. Two years of work in Shelby county has given the farmers such confidence in the value of the test that they are making a trial of it on a broad scile this year. This is the first place, as far as is known, where the testing of corn for disease has been tried by the farmers themselves.
Five Minutes with Our Presidents
By JAMES MORGAN
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tion that some successor might not be as high as Washington by a head.- It was wisely decided In the end to call the President 6imply the President Being older, the states all thought
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Hats Seen in the Shops BY DOROTHY DURANT
What would Spring mean without
High School
Members of the senior class will give a dance on April 9 in honor of the junior class. An informal meeting of the "R" club was held Monday morning during the activities period.
STATUE OF WASHINGTON WHERE HE WAS INAUGURATED IN WALL, STREET, NEW YORK.
WHERE the gray columns of the Subtreasury in Wall Street Stand todav. in ttio financial
center of the richest country of earth, this ereat Nation was sinrtort wttii.
out a cent in the treasury and without credit, doubted at home and scorned abroad. Its best visible asset was supplied by the fame and character of the tall man in a simple brown suit of Connecticut-made cloth, who stood on the balcony of the hastily improvised National Capitol, solemnly bowing to the crowd in the street as it caught up the cry of "Long Live George Washington!" Foreign' powers had shown their contemptuous indifference by not sending one full-fledged minister to honor the birth of the republic. So little did even the chosen senators and representatives care for their new honors that Congress had to wait four weeks for a quorum, and this negligence delayed eight weeks the first inauguration of a President. As Washington kissed the Bible and lifted his grave countenance to the cheering throng in Wall Street, he was facpd by problems mnrp romnliratpd
1789 April 30, Inaugurated first President, aged 57. October, November, toured the North. 1700 August, visited Rhode Island. 1791 Toured the South. 1792 September, put down Whisky Rebellion. '1793-7-March 4, inaugurated a second time. 1793 April, issued Neutrality Proclamation. 1796 September, Farewell Address. 1797 March 4, retired.
eration. Little Rhode Island, still the one most important Spring bon
doubtful whether she cared to belong net? Those who have not shopped to the United States of America, had early had best make immediate plans not yet come in to complete the Union for a Jaunt or two through the shops, of thirteen States. The army consist- before the final selection is made. For ed of just six hundred sixty-six men. It will need a great discrimination to , Washington promptly went on the make a choice from the fascinating road for the new concern. From Ports- array of riotous color, mouth, N. H., to Savannah, Ga., he per-, Of course, one always says. "I want sisted. in his laborious journeyinga only a bit of a toque, or something over the muddy trails until he had per- large and floppy just awfully striksonified before the people of all the ing and unusual." jealous states the majesty of "the. But whoever stops to think, when greater name of American." "j 6aying this, how much more time is This being boldly challenged by the spent in dressing one's head than in famous "Whisky Rebellion," In Penn- choosing a becoming frock or selectsylvania, the first President speedily ing shoes. .Hats seem to be somewhat vindicated the supremacy of the Na- human, do they not? The average tion, and for three-score years the woman starts In her search deterghost of revolt against National au- mined to find among the shops that thority was laid. The French Revo- one dashing little hat that seems lution starting within five days of hi3 somehow a part of her. However, her Inauguration, he gave to international task will be far easier this season, for
history the first example of real neu
trality.
No President has been more bitterly
there are lnumerable aiististically made hats, unusually becoming, hav
ing just that touch of something which
abused than the first His cabinet makes them altocether individual and
quarreled until Jefferson, his Secre-1 desirable. tary of State, resigned, and his nextj Perhaps the most striking note of Secretary, Edmund Randolph, basely the season is shown in .the mysterous betrayed him. His Vice-President, ! influence of the East. It seems that John Adams, called him "an old mut- all the charm and mystery of Egypt ton head." who had "not been found has been embodied in the milinery out only because. ie kept his mouth and this is evidence of a drooping at shut" "Treacherous in private friend- the sides of small hats. This droop ship and a hypocrite in public life," is accentuated by an ornament, a Thomas Paine pronounced him. Be- flower, a feather, placed so that it cause he refused to take the side of hang3 downward a bit and gives the revolutionary France ("ten thousand effect of an ornament, such as is worn persons in the streets of Philadelphia" in the Egyptian headdress. This new
men . me capuai inreaienea xo : fvno of hat is worn decitlp.dlv low on
drag Washington out of his house," John Adams tells us.
the forehead and far down over the
ears, showing very little of the hair,
Generally the target for all this 'this making an attractive frame for mud slinging held himself too high , the face. Such a hat is enticing in Its above his critics to be touched by their j simplicity. assaults. On rare occasions he slip- Apparently all sorts of things are ped his superb self-control, as when he used for trimmings these days. For smote his dinner table with such vie- instance, a little imported model callence as to cause the cups and plates ied the"Sphinx" is trimmed with three to jump and rattle, or again when he ; Wee celluloid mummies of the smart cried out to his cabinet that he would . est blue. Then what could be more
than those which had confronted him in the revolution. Without a working model before him, the whole machinery of a novel government must be created under his supervision almost in a day, and he had no experience in civil administration. The only uncrowned chief of state in the world, people were puzzled to find the proper way of addressing him. The title of "His High Mightiness," was seriously debated in Con-
rather be in his grave than in the presidency. Notwithstanding the outbursts of partisanship, he retained the confidence of the country to the last, when the people at the inauguration of his
successor followed the retiring Presl
unique than a Spanish comg as a head ornament? The shape on which it is used is quite small and soft In its Spanish effect, made of henna color draped maline, with a tiny roll braid the underside of which has an inch
flange of imitation tortoise shell
dent into the street and left the new spangles made into a band, and at the
President all but deserted. The long task of the home-sick exile from Mt. Vernon was done. He had found the Union a theory and he had left it a fact. He had found the United States paper and he had left it rock.
BAN ON SUNDAY FISHING. Glasgow, Scotland To stop Sunday fishing the North of Scotland fish buyers, curers and fisherman have unanimously agreed not to buy or sell herrings landed on Mondays.
side is the replica of a Spanish comb
made of the same sequins. Since the shape is small and fits snugly, it gives the effect of a comb being struck through the hair. Many of the shapes are again inclined to the off face effects, large floppy models, but mostly the draped turbans, which are made up in the metal cloths, sometimes feather trimmed, and the charming toques in waxed cloth, lightly draped and embroidered with motifs or Chinese de-
signs, and, placed at the side, hanging a little over the edge of the toque la a bit of a cockade of waxed cloth, finished off by an end with the border cut la fringe. What Is it In the air about this time of year that brings forth visions of summer and with those, other visions of gaily colored sports clothes, with the dashing little sport hat to set off the effect? This season there is much done with the brilliant shades of davetyn for the soft jaunty sports hats, especially in the bright orange the bright jade green and the flame and Chinese red colorings. These are treated in all-over embroideries of . floss held by gold threads or worked in the metallic thread. And for contrast, some charming models of mouffon braid or angora in the softest of pastel shades are extensively shown. These soft felts are also lovely, shown in the exquisite lighter shades, pale mauve, turquoise, lemon and old rose. They are very fascinating in their trimming of brightly colored straw, the straw facing the brim, with black being used in contrast on many of the colored felts, or delightful novelties of cellopham made in ears of corn, eglantine, tiny roses or other flowers. Another unusual trimming for these models in raffia in the smartest sort of embroideries. It is interesting to know that all sorts of hatpins are again being used, especially the long stick effects of Jet and the arrow pin of the past season, which has not lost its prestige. Always connected with these are the new French veils for what wonders can be done with an attractive pin stuck at just the right angle and a wonderfully chic veil. The navy blue and tete de negre are perhaps the most favored shades and the chia length embroiderer and dotted veils continue to take precedence over the somewhat newer floating lace effect. In the face veils the note of the sea?on is chenille, not in the geometrically arranged dot only, but also in dots in scrolly designs and irregular patterns. Other veils combine two colors in tmbroidery, such as white stitching on black, and all patterns are all-over in effect. An enticing French veil is quite long and shallow, describing a partial semicircle, which is deeper at the center going into points at the ends. This is worn so that it falls just below the mouth, with the ends drawn up on each side of the brim of the hat in a little rosette, and the ends left hanging. This way of wearing a veil Is interesting because the veil does not cover the back part of the brim or crown and merely acts as a drapery for the face.
Spring Display
of
WEARING APPAREL For CHILDREN at the STYLE SHOW in the Coliseum
WED. & THURS. -gfrig . March 24 and 25 J
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We Haven't Forgotten the
Little Folks
The newest in fancy Organdie, Batiste and high grade Gingham Dresses as well as the attractive little Play Suits and Rompers, will form an important part of the display at the Style Show this season. Twelve "little" models (six boys and six girls) will wear some of the new things and will promenade proudly before you to show the charms of Spring, 1920. The children's feature of the 1920 Spring Style Show alone warrants your attendance.
Dainty Hats for Children Our Millinery Dept.
offers unusual opportunities to mothers who desire just the right hats for their "little" girls. This season we have indeed a truly wonderful display of Children's Hats. Six little girls will wear the season's most favorite models for your approval at the Style Show Wednesday and Thursday.
You'll Enjoy Seeing The New Millinery that Will Be Displayed on Living Models Wednesday and Thursday, March 24 and 25 at Richmond's 6th Annual STYLE SHOW in the COLISEUM The New Millinery for Spring, 1920, is so distinctly new and unusual in style that it will quickly appeal to you. Shapes are so varied and materials so skillfully used that mere descriptions are inadequate. A Brilliant Season in Millinery affords an unusual opportunity this season to exceed all previous seasons at the Style Show in the attractiveness of the displays. The selection of a hat means the making or breaking of the stylishness of your Spring apparel. At the Style Show the opportunity is given to see just how the new Spring creations blend so favorably with the Hew Spring Dresses, Coats and Suits.
Better Millinery at Moderate Prices
Millinery Dept. on our Second Floor
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