The Schulenburg Sticker (Schulenburg, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1917 Page: 7 of 8
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THE SCHULENBURG STICKER, SCHULENBURG, TEXAS
CONTROL CORN ENEMY
fxtremely Difficult to Eradicate
Injurious Wireworms.
Insect Begins Operations Early In
Spring, Soon After Planting—In-
fested Soil Should Be Deep-
ly Cultivated.
Injury to corn by wireworms occurs
In early spring, soon after planting.
If the seed does not sprout, or the
young com plants wither and die
-down, the cause Is generally wire-
worms. Land that has been in grass
■often Is crowded with these larvae,
which collect on corn hills, eating
first part of the seeds and later the
Toots of the plants.
Wireworms are extremely hard to
■control, because they remain in the
ground and are inaccessible practical-
ly all their lives.
J. A. Hyslop, in a recent bulletin of
the TJ. S. department of agriculture
watw the following recommendations
lor wireworms infesting corn:
Thorough preparation of the corn
seedbed, and a liberal use of barn-
yard manure or other fertilizer will
often give a fair stand to corn in spite
of wireworms. A vigorous plant may
5 unocirc' Qunm riFRS *
* HORSES' SHOULDERS *
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^ Do not use sweat pads. £
* Keep collars clean of dandruff ★
* and dirt, especially if soreness J
* develops. ★
jJl Sponge the shoulders of work J
* horses with cold water at night ★
$ after work. If they are sweaty £
* at noon, sponge at noon also. ★
* Care should be taken in fit- +
* ting collars on work horses. *
* Many collars are too big or too *
J loose. If the withers are fat *
* or especially full, the fitting of +
J collars will need extra care. J
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GROW SORGHUMS FOR FORAGE
<One of the Corn Wireworms (Melano-
tus Communis); a, Adult Beetle; b,
Larva; c, the last Segments of
Same; d, Pupa. All Enlarged. From
Chittenden, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
£>e able to produce roots enough to
-withstand the depredations of several
'wireworms.
Land that is in corn, and badly in-
fested should be deeply cultivated,
•even at the risk of "root pruning" the
soil. Land should be cultivated as
long as possible, and as soon as the
■crop Is removed, it should be deeply
iplowed and thoroughly cultivated be-
fore sowing new crop.
The interposing of a crop not se-
verely attacked by wireworms, such
■as field peas and buckwheat, between
■sod and corn would materially reduce
the number of wireworms in the soil
when corn Is planted.
Corn wireworms generally are con-
fined to poorly drained, or heavy and
sour soil. In many cases of this kind,
after the land was tile drained the
Injury ceased. No direct relationship
between draining and disappearance
of wireworms can be ascertained, but
they usually go together.
More General Use of Crop Hindered
by Lack of Knowledge—Nearly
as Valuable as Corn.
Sorghum as a farm crop has been
generally underestimated. Corn is fre-
quently grown and used under condi-
tions wherein sorghum would be a
much more valuable crop. The de-
partment of farm crops of the Missouri'
College of Agriculture is of the opinion
that a more general use of sorghum is
hinderfed by a lack of information con-
cerning the crop, by the fact that un-
der certain very exceptional conditions
sorghum becomes poisonous to stock,
and by the opinion that the crop Is
hard on land. The last two hindrances
are by no means serious.
Aside from Its special use for sirup,
sorghum owes Its value as a general
farm crop to three outstanding charac-
teristics of the plant. In the first
place, the sorghum plant, pound for
pound, is nearly as valuable for feed-
ing as corn. Again, under conditions
favorable for the growth of corn, sor-
ghum will outyield corn as forage (in-
cluding ensilage) and will compare
favorably with corn in yield of grain.
Finally the ability of sorghum to with-
stand adverse conditions, especially
drought, makes the crop an extremely
reliable one for the production of feed.
Since the greatest use of sorghum
is for feed, its value must be reckoned
in its ability to produce feed. The va-
rieties of sorghum are divided into two
groups, sweet or saccharine and grain
or nonsaccharine. The sweet sorghums
are grown for forage, pasturage, silage,
and as soiling crops while the grain
sorghums are grown chiefly for grain.
PLAN TO ERADICATE SORREL
Weed Can Be Destroyed by Rotation
of Crops—Corn or Other Inter-
tilled Crops Useful.
(From the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
Sorrel can easily be destroyed by a
short rotation of crops. If possible,
the rotation should be arranged so
that the soil will be cultivated at a
different season each year. Corn or
other intertilled crops are especially
BALANCED RATION IS NEEDED
^Carefully Select All Fertilizers for
Garden—Sheep Manure Will
Help Plants Along.
Fertilizers, the plantfood for the
garden, should be carefully selected.
Nitrogen, which stimulates leaf
.growth, is best supplied by turning un-
der rich, well-rotted or composted ma-
•nure, or rotting vegetable matter. Ni-
trogen also Is supplied in such fertil-
izers as nitrate of soda and sulphate
of ammonia.
Potash tends to hasten the maturity
of the plant, but also has a tendency
to counteract the work of nitrogen.
■On this account those not experienced
In using potash will find sulphate of
potash better, or at least safer in most
.cases, than the muriate. On account
of the disturbed commercial conditions
potash is hardwood ashes.
Plants need a balanced ration. If
'they are lacking in nitrogen, they
show pale leaf and stunted plant
iform. Excess of nitrogen is shown by
'large leaf and plant growth with im-
perfect fruitage. If toe plants lack
ipotash, they will not be fruitful.
PREVENT EROSION OF SOILS
Terracing and Contour Farming Are
Coming Into Favor as Good
Preventive Practices.
The farm practices that cause ex-
cessive erosion are continuous cultiva-
tion, shallow plowing, furrowing w^th
the slopes, leaving the land bare in
winter, neglect of gullies and the ex-
haustion of organic matter.
Practices tending to control erosion
are systematic rotations containihg
fewer cultivated crops and more hay
and pasture crops, the gradual deep-
ening of soil by occasional deep plow-
ing, the use of barnyard and green
manures, winter cover crops such as
rye and wheat, and prompt attention
to gullies and ditches.
Terracing and contour farming are
coming into favor as preventive prac-
"tices as lands increase in value. Tiling
-poorly drained sloping lands such as
spouty hillsides, helps by opening up
the subsoil and carrying part of the
"water off through the tiles.
Sorrel.
useful for killing sorrel if planted in
checkrows and cultivated with a spike-
tooth cultivator.
Either buckwheat or common millet,
sown in June, allows spring and early
summer cultivation and produces a
dense shade during the later months
of the year. Grain fields should be
harrowed immediately after harvest
and again at Intervals during the rest
of the season so that sorrel will not
go to seed in the stubble.
TREATMENT OF GARDEN SEED
Disinfection by Use of Solution of
Corrosive Sublimate and Water
Is Recommended.
Celery seed may be disinfected by
the use of a solution of one part cor-
rosive sublimate in 1,000 parts of water.
The seed should be soaked one-half
hour and otherwise treated the same
as the cabbage.
One point to be remembered is thnt
the treatment of seed does not elimi-
nate the disease from infected soil,
manure or from machinery which has
been used in tillage.
TO STORE PERISHABLE FOODS
Every Farmer Should Have Cellar,
Storehouse or Refrigerator to
Save Surplus Crops.
Farmers lose much every year be-
cause their facilities for storing per-
ishable foods are poor.
Every farm home should have a cel-
lar, storehouse and refrigerator so the
surplus foods may be saved till such a
time as they may be consumed.
The fact that producers have Inade-
quate facilities for saving perishable
products gives speculators advantages.
FARMERS AWAKENED TO MERITS OF HOG
POLAND CHINA SOW IN FIELD CONDITION.
Meat by the Hog Route.
The meat supply of the country can be increased more quickly by
the "hog route" than by any other. The country's need to augment
Its supply Is great, but prevailing high prices alone should be sufficient
Inducement to farmers to raise more hogs. The prospect of success
never was brighter. The high prices ruling in all markets show that
the demand for pork Is in excess of the supply.—U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
No branch of live stock farming is
more productive of satisfactory results
than the raising of well-bred swine, If
conducted with a reasonable care, ac-
cording to the specialists of the bu-
reau of animal industry, U. S. depart-
ment of agriculture. Hogs fit into the
modern scheme of farming on nearly
every farm, and are one of the most
Important animals to raise both for
meat and for money. They require
less labor, less equipment, and less
capital, make greater gains per hun-
dred pounds of concentrates fed, re-
produce themselves faster and in
greater numbers, and give a quicker
"turnover" of money than any other
animal except poultry. Farmers of
the South and West particularly have
awakened to the merits of the hog and
are rapidly increasing their output of
pork and their bank accounts.
The hog has no rival as a consumer
of by-products and numerous unmark-
etable materials which but for him
might be wasted. Kitchen refuse, not
only from farms but also from hotels
and restaurants, when cooked before
being used makes an excellent feed.
The value of skim milk as a hog
feed is known on every farm though
not always fully appreciated. In the
neighborhood of many large dairies
pork production is a very prominent
and lucrative supplement to the dairy
industry.
To prevent tuberculosis, all milk
and milk products should be cooked
before being fed to hogs. To control
hog cholera, use sanitary precautions
and anti-hog cholera serum treatment.
Give your hog every chance to be-
come meat.
The hog is also a large factor In
cheapening the production of beef.
Hogs are placed In the cattle feed lots
to utilize the corn and other feeds
the cattle have failed to digest and
which otherwise would be wasted.
Hogs following steers in many cases
have Increased the profit per steer by
from $0 to $9. Hogs should not be al-
lowed to follow dairy cattle unless the
cattle are tuberculin tested.
£ * * * * *** *** ****** * * ******** ** ***
Demand for Pork Is Keen.
I!
Disease, such as cholera, has been taking a smaller toll the past
season than in recent years; more purebred and high-grade hogs
are available than ever before; prices of hogs are now past the 16-
cent level; demand for pork for home consumption and for export is
keen. All of which means that the farmer who does not raise hogs is
losing a chance to increase the supply of pork and thus serve the
country and at the same time expand a profitable phase of farm-
ing.—U. S. Department of Agriculture.
USE FOR EVERY ACRE
importance of Utilizing Waste
Land Cannot Be Questioned.
Fat Hogs and Prime Beef Cannot Be
Made Without Good Feed—Means
for Farmer to Add Materially
to Meat Supply.
With prices for fat hogs quoted at
$14 a hundred pounds on the Jackson-
ville market, and prime cattle at $10
and $12 a hundred, the importance of
putting every available acre into use
cannot be questioned. The fact that
a 200-pound hog is worth $28, and an
800-pound steer is worth nearly $100,
Is of no importance to a farmer un-
less he has the stock to sell, says A.
P. Spencer of the University of Flori-
da extension division.
Prime beef cannot be made without
good feed, and as there are thousands
of acres of waste land In Florida that
at some £lme have been under culti-
vation, these lands can now be put to
a practical use.
The cost of plowing and preparing
the land for velvet beans should not
exceed $3 an acre. A peck of bean
seed can be had for 75 cents or less.
If the crop is planted in good condi-
tion the beans should yield from 12 to
15 bushels per acre, which If pastured
off by cattle will feed two steers for
30 days and put them in fair condition
for killing, or will fatten one steer into
prime beef. There Is an opportunity
for every farmer in Florida to take
advantage of this means of adding to
the meat supply and at the same time
to make a profit from the beans and
to improve his land.
Each year thousands of cattle on
Florida ranges die from lack of feed,
says Mr. Spencer. This condition can
be overcome by the increased acreage
of velvet beans that can be planted
this year.
PLANT SORGHUM FOR FODDER
Crop Is Uninjured by Warmest Weath«
er of Summer, Ordinarily Making
Best Growth Then.
(By J. p. NICHOLSON, University of
Arizona.)
Sown any time from April to the
end of July, Club-head and Amber
sorghums usually give a heavy yield of
fodder. The saccharine sorghums also
when planted in rows and cultivated,
produce a fair quality of sirup. - For-
age sorghums are quite easily cured
in this climate, but are often fed as
they stand in the field. Seed does
not germinate promptly and the young
plants grow thriftily, however, until
April of most years. Little is gained
by planting before the daily maximum
temperatures begin to be 85 to 90 de-
grees and the minimum temperatures
are over 45. They are uninjured by
the warmest weather of summer, or-
dinarily making their best growth then.
They are all killed when the mercury
falls below 30, this usually occurring
during November. A good crop may
be secured ordinarily by planting any
time from April to July. If the mois-
ture supply is sufficient under dry
farming, the earlier planting is best;
if it is not present sufficiently to
bring the crop up, the later planting
is to be recommended, for the summer
rains usually begin then and will carry
the crop to maturity.
WATER FOR CALF IMPORTANT
Erroneous to Think Because Young
Animal Drinks Milk It Does
Not Need Any Water.
Many feeders fail to realize the im-
portance of providing the young calf
with plenty of water. It is a mistake
to think that because the calf drinks
milk it does not need water. After
the calf is two weeks old it should
have access to plenty of fresh, clean
water at all times, and when it is old
enough to eat roughage it should have
access to salt.
EARLY SEEDINGS OF ALFALFA
Should Not Be Clipped Until 12 to 15
Inches High Unless Weeds Threat-
en to Choke Out.
Spring and early summer seedings
of alfalfa, unless the weeds threaten
to choke out the young plants, should
not be clipped until they are 12 to 15
inches high and beginning to bloom.
The cutter bar of the mower should
he set high, as the alfalfa is likely to
be Injured if cut low.
HORSE LIABLE TO SUNSTROKE
Sunbonnet Can Be Purchased for Few
Cents Which Will Afford Some
Protection.
Horses are just as liable to sun-
stroke as men. A sunbonnet can be
bought for 25 cents which will go a
long way toward protecting them. A
bucket of water and a big sponge
should always be kept in the field dur-
ing the excessively hot weather.
ALL SOUTH TEXAS HEEDS CALL
FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION
Rio Grande Valley Awake to Need for
Conservation—Many Towns Have
Canning Plants.
Corpus Christ!, Tex.—South Texan
has heard the call of the world for in-
creased production and conservation ol
food and feed stuffs and is answering
the cry in magnificent fashion. In the
Rio Grande Valley section, where in
recent years several million dollars
has been spent in irrigation plants and
big canals, pumping water from the
Rio Grande for irrigation purposes,
every foot of land adjacent to the
canals and laterals is being pat to
work. *
, Already 700 cars of cabbage and
onions have been shipped from the ter-
ritory during the present season and a
close survey indicates that within the
next four months no less than 2,500
cars of cabbage, onions, potatoes, cu-
cumbers, beans, cauliflower and other
vegetables will be shipped from the
counties of Cameron, Hidalgo and
Nueces.
A survey made by W. J. Doyle, in-
dustrial and agricultural commissioner
for the Gulf Coast lines, shows that in
the three counties 11,000 acres have
been planted in cabbage, 1,450 acres
in onions, 3,000 acres in beans, 800
acres in tomatoes, 2,500 acres in pota-
toes and 2,000 acres in other foods.
The Rio Grande Valley alone expects
to ship more than 1,000 cars of pota-
toes.
The acreage in the three counties
in cotton will amount to 110,000 acres
and 60,000 acres have been planted in
corn, Kaffir corn, milo maize, feterita,
Egyptian wheat and other crops.
The valley is also assuming impor-
tance as a producer of sugar, the mill
at San Benito alone during the past
season shipping out 1,206 tons of re
fined sugar. Total shipments of sugai
over the Gulf Coast lines for the sea-
son amounted to 8,496 tons. The val
ley is an ideal section for the Industry
the average production being twenty-
five tons of cane to the acre and the
cane producing 225 pounds of sugar tc
the ton.
Experience has taught the farmers
that the time often arises when vege-
tables can not be sold at a fair profit,
and to assure them of a market at all
seasons of the year for cabbage,
onions, beets, beans, tomatoes and
other vegetables, canning plants are
being installed and will be in operar
tion within another sixty days.
At Pharr the Rio farm demonstra-
tion bureau is putting in a modern
plant that will have a capacity for can-
ning 10,000 cans of vegetables daily
and the plant will be operated to its
complete capacity.
In Corpus Christi work has started
on a plant to pack shrimp, oysters
fish and all manner of vegetables.
Several other communities of the
section are perfecting plans for simi-
lar enterprises.
On hundreds of the farms home
canning plants have been installed.
NO LIQUOR AT ARMY POSTS.
Unlawful to Sell Intoxicants In Any
Form to Officer or Enlisted Man
While In Uniform.
San Antonio, Tex.—The United
States army is dry.
There will be no liquor allowed in
army camps, army posts or any reser-
vations of any nature.
It is now unlawful for any man to
sell intoxicants in any form to any
man in uniform—officer or enlisted
man.
Any man violating this law is liable
to a fine of $1,000, or imprisonment for
one year. These are maximum penal-
ties.
The order has been received from
Washington to enforce the new law
rigidly, and information from head-
quarters of the Southern department,
at Fort Sam Houston, is to the effect
that the law will be enforced to the
letter.
Colonel Omar Bundy, adjutant gen-
eral of this department, received a
wire from the adjutant general of the
United States to the effect that the
new "bone dry" army law now is in
effect. Colonel Bundy says the law is
in effect, and dealers in intoxicants
must act accordingly.
Texas Has Sixty-Six Wet Counties.
Austin, Tex.—Approximately two
hundred liquor license permit renew-
als are daily being issued by Control-
ler Terrell at the present time. Of
the 3,248 licensed saloons in the state,
it is estimated that 2,400 of them ex-
pire between May 1 and July 15. The
controller's department has already
issued 1,000 of these renewals and
many applications for renewals are be-
ing received daily. Of the 3,248 li-
censed saloons in the . state, 1,744 are
liquor and 1,504 are malt, this being
the last count made by the depart-
ment several months ago. Texas now
has sixty-six wet counties, Harris
county leading with 437 licenses, Bexar
county second with 411, El Paso 248,
Galveston 208, Dallas 201, Tarrant 186
and Travis 101.
English War Mission Departs.
Washington.—The British war mis-
sion left American soil and crossed
into Canada Friday after six weeks'
conferences which have reached into
every phase of American life, and is
expected vitally to affect the future
of this country if not of the world.
Onion Monopoly Is Charged.
Boston, Mass.—Eighty-eight corpo
rations and individuals were indicted
by the federal grand jury Friday for
conspiring to monopolize the inter-
state commerce in onions.
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Made by machinery—
filtered—safe-guarded in
every process:
Factories inspected by
pure food experts and
highly praised:
Contented employes, of
whom perfection is the pride:
Such is WRIGUEVS
largest selling gum in
the world.
Helps appetite and digestion.
Keeps teeth clean — breath
sweet.
The Flavor Las
No Sanitarium There.
Visitor—We would like to locate a
sanitarium on your lot
Uncle Eben—Hunt all ye want to,
but I don't think ye'll find one. rve
lived here fifty years, been over every
foot of the ground, and I ain't never
run across one.—Puck.
There Is No Art in Taking Medicine.
Just follow directions on every bot-
tle of "Plantation" Chill Tonic and
see how quickly those dreadful chills
will leave you. It leaves the liver in
healthy condition and yet contains no
Calomel. Price 60c.-—Adv.
Reticence.
"What is your opinion—?" began the
/nterviewer.
"No use asking me," replied Senator
Sorghum. "If I were to express opin-
ions freely, It might indicate that I
wasn't of sufficient importance to be
censored."
FARMERS ARE WORKING HARDER
And using their feet more than ever before.
For all these workers the frequent use of
Allen's Foot—Ease, the antiseptic powder to
be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled in the
foot-bath, increases their efficiency and in-
sures needed physical comfort. It takes the
Friction from the Shoe, freshens the feet,
and prevents tired, aching and blistered feet.
Women everywhere are constant users of
Allen's Foot—Ease. Don't get foot sore, get
Allen's Foot—Ease. Sold by dealers every-
where, 26c.—Adv.
Where He Smoked.
"Ever In his library?"
"Oh, yes."
"What was the most conspicuous
volume you saw there?"
"A volume of smoke."
Paper shirts have been Issued to
Japanese soldiers as a protection
against cold.
There is no use In worrying, but
what difference does that make?
If some people were to speak thtj
minds it wouldn't take them long.
MADE F10M THE HIGHEST GRADE®
boKS IN 12 MIMICS. COOKBOOK
SKIMMER MFG. CO. oHB
L&nteii Macaroni Factory in
Texas D
DEVELOPED
PRINTS 3 CENTS E
Write for circular
pie prints
FORT WORTH.
GENERAL HARDWJ
AND SUPPLIES
Contractors Supplies. ]
Hardware, Etc. Prices
formation furnished on:
PEDEN IRON & STEEL
HOUSTON SAN
McCANE'S DETECTIVE
HOUSTON,TEXXS
Expert Civil and Criminal In*
If air and FKMAia or
W. N.. U., HOU8TON, NO. 22-1!
Thousands of Tire
Found That Selling
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GEARED ROAD
TIRES
gives them a good profit and Hi
satisfied customers.
A tire with tough, Geared-t
Road Tread, selling at a
price.
We carry a complete etodf
MILLER TIRES, Tubes and Ao
series, including gum. tabrlea
.ments. etc., at all timed, 'c fj
Communicate with oa todaj
details of the Miller axciua
selling plan, and we will go ii
the matter In detail with yw i
Ijave one o( our sale
upon you.
E MILLER SHIES
OF TEXAS
1013 COMMERCE «T.
Fort Worth. " "
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