The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1916 Page: 3 of 8
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A page which will be devoted each week to exploiting new ideas in farming, new
discoveries in scientific a s[riculture aac! new and better ways of doing the little
;jevery day tasks on the farjm. THE CROSBY COUNTY FARMER'S OWN PAGE.
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APPLYIN6 'FERTILIZERS FOR CORN CROP
Fertilized and Nonfertllteed Fields.
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<By M. P. MILLER, Missouri Agricul-
tural Experiment Station.)
Increasing interest Is being mani-
fested in Missouri and adjacent states
in the use of fertilizers for corn. Ma,ny
of the inquiries received ask for the
fiest methods of applying the fertiliser
as well as the best fertilizers to jap-
piy. '
If properly used, commercial ferti-
lizers are helpful, particularly on cer-
tain soils, but it is usually better to
and special care should be taken to
apply with a fertil,fzer~gral-rr "drift in-'
stead of by means of a fertilizer at-
tachment in the hill or drill at the
time of planting. The application of
from 75 to 90 pounds will usually give
the best results if applied in the hill
or drill. The application of too much
fertilizer in the hill or drill at time
of planting is dangerous on a dry sea-
son, when it is likely to cause the
corn to fire, but in seasons of abun-
dant rainfall as much as 150 pounds
may be applied in the hill or drill
without danger.
While fertilizers properly used are
very valuable on some soils, the good
corn grower will not depend upon
them to maintain or keep up soil fer-
tility. They are temporary helps in
securing or increasing a crop and
should always be used with the best
rotations for the locality. If fertiliz-
ers alone are used year after year the
effect on the soil will be very much
the same as though corn had been
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Fertilized 'Cornfield.
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.keep the soil in gdod conditio® by the
proper use of bai/nyard manure, crop
rotation, clover, ^owpeas and similar
croos which build UP the soil. """V
By tests made] on the outlying ex-
periment fields iri various parts of the
"State, Missouri agricultural experiment
* station has found that pn the usual
anedium-to-low-fertility upland soils the
highest net returns per dollar invest-
ed in fertilizer^ is secured by ap-
plying from 75 to 90 pounds per acre
of a fertilizer containing about 2 or 3
■ per cent nitrogen, 8 or 10 per cent
available phosphoric acid and from 2
to 5 per cent of potash. The same
amount of steamed"" bonemeal §lso
gives good results. These recommen-
dations consider only the effect on the
corn crop, but leave out of consider-
'ation any part of the fertilizer which
may remain to benefit later crops.
-On very thin lands from 200 to 250
pounds per acre of the same fertilizer
. should be tfsed. When larger amounts
of fertilizers are applied following
crops will1 be benefited much mora
GRADES OF LESPEDEZA HAY
Choice Quality Should Not Contain
More Than One-Twentieth For-
eign Growth, Weil Baled.
i\|onfertilized Field.
grown without fertilizers, although tlje
crops may be larger so long as th,e fer-
tilizer applications are continued.
Green Feed for Chicks.
Little chicks need tender, fresh
green food, like sprouted oats, or cab-
bage, or lettuce, but it must be fresh
aiid free from mustiness.
Judgment With Whip.
While training the colts use great
judgment i'~ the us~ of the whip. You
cannot whip terror out of a colt.
Helping.JViare and Colt.
Jlememlwr that while you are feed-
j the matre yen are feeding th8 un-
}• bom colt as well,
j co {; lespedeza^
No grade that shall include' all hay
badly cured, stained, threshed! or from
which the seed have been removed, or
is in any way unsound
The following are the grades of les-
pedeza hay recommended by the
Louisiana Lespedeza Growers' asso-
ciation:
y Choice lespedeza hay shall be lespe-
deza not mixed with over one-twen-
tieth foreign growth, properly cured,
'Tj~ bright natural color, sound and well
Ifi^baled. ■ . ' '. .
No. 1 lespedeza hay shall be lespe-
«dpza with not more than one-eighth
mixed with foreign growth, properly
cured,, gocfd color, sound and well
bated..
No. 2 lespedeza hay should be lespe-
defca not good enough for No. 1, not
over one-fourth mixed with foreign
growth, fair color, sound and well
baled. ' •
. No. 3 lespedeza hay should Include
.all hay not good enough for other
.grades, sound and well haled, provid-
ed np hay shall termed lespedeza
^ay it contains at l$ast 50 per
sl
way to "Plump" a Fowl.
The way to "plump" a dressed fowl
is to dip it for ten seconds in water
nearly or quite boiling hot, and then
immediately in cold water. Hang in a
cool place unti! the animal heat ia
entirely out. Plumping gives the fowl
a much more attractive appearance.
Best Plan With Radishes.
Radishes should be grown quickly
and pulled at the proper time. They
soon become hard and woody. The
best plan with radishes is to sow a
short row every week until it 14 too
late In season to sow them. ;
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' Object 6f Terracing.
The object of. terracing Is to get the
water that Is not needed off the land
and get it off slowly. The terrace is
a shallow ditch with a bank tiat
catches the Water and conveys It to
an outlet a* open ditch. g '
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Merchants In Town Reap as Much
%. Profit as Persons Living Along
Improved Highways.
"'Men who have been successful in
building up large enterprises; men
who have made a lifelong study of con-
ditions of affairs where bad roads pre-
dominate, and men who have put their
best efforts into improving highways
are unanimous in one opinion—that ife
is the duty of big cities to help in
building good roads that -4ead into
their limits," said a good roads en-
thusiast" to* a' Washington StaY repre-
sentative.
"The cities derive as much benefit
as, if not more than, the residents
along the rout© of the proposed im-
provement.
"It has-been-proved time and time
againrthat farm lands with a hard
GOOD ROADS ASSIST CITIES
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Camp of the Seventeenth United States cavalry at Colonia Dubl&n, on the line of communicatlob:^^ietweea
Pershing s advanced forces and the border. Colonia Dublan is a big Mormon colony, but the Americans thejfd '^^V'ff'jifiss
not been molested by Villa. *
WHERE UNCLE SMI IS KEEPING ©LOSE WATCH
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This is Santa Fe street in EH Paso, Tex. The view shows the Rio Grande and a part of Juarez, Mexico,
background. El Paso is on the American end of the International bridge, and being so closely connectecf~ with
Mexico is regarded as a danger zone. Everyone crossing the bridge from Mexico is searched for concealed
weapons.,, . " i •
AMBULANCE CORP^ "~|
Good Road In Washington Suburb.
road outlet into the city are faf mora
valuable than the farm that is shut off
from the city five months out of the
year on account of impassable roads.
"The farmer benefits-by easier haul-
ing, cheaper transportation, time sav-
ing and better social conditions for
his wife, children and self.
"The city benefits by cheaper prod-
uce, the opportunity for the rural resi-
dent to get into the city and make
purchases and the merchant in town
fcan extend his zone of delivery far out
into the country.
"The best proof that good roads
bring prosperity is brought home to
the very doors of Washington by a
comparison of the two states on th&
borders of the District of Columbia.
"Maryland has practically finished a
six-year Job of good roads building.
Virginia has hardly commenced. A
two-hour automobile ride, say to Fred-
erick, Md., followed by a two-hour ride
through Virginia to Warrenton, .will
show a contrast that is not hard to
understand.
"Washington has profited greatly by
thQ good roads to Frederick. It has
brought thousands of dollars-to this
city.
"Within the past year a good road
has been built to Fairfax, Va., which
is half Way to Warrenton. Conditions
for the better are noticeable along this
stretch. Twenty-three more miles are
needed to put Warrenttifi Tn close
touch with the capital. A greater part
of the amount necessary has been
raised in the country-district, the bal-
ance is looked for in Washington. Just
how far the business and motorists in
Washington will go along this line is
problematical, but that. Washington
will profit by a good'road to, Warren-
ton or any other Virginia town withixl
a radius of fifty to one hundred miles
is a certainty. Making the path to
one's door easy for the purchasers, is
always good advertising. Helping
build a good road into the city that
will bring thousands of buyers into
town is surely making the path eas-
ier." " t ■ ;
ASPHALT OIL BEST ON ROADS
University of Missouri Engineering
Doan Says Tests Show it Is Su<
Iperior to Anything Else.
The only kind of oil used in oiling
streets or roads, in the opinion of
Dean -H. J. McCaustland of the school
of engineering of the University of
Missouri, should be an oil that con-
tains asphalt. Oil that contains paraf-
fin will evaporate rapidly and leave
a road muddy- and sticky.
The engineering experiment station
here; has- analyzed many samples bf
road oils sent to the university jrova
various parts of the state. Oil that'
has an asphalt base will -give almost
in much satisfaction as asphalt pave-
ment, Is the opinion ,of! iii|i|
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M., for the scene of operations in Mexico.
Ambulance corps
leaving Columbus,
BROKE TWO CHESS RECORDS
BKUGS HOME UMCLE SAW'S" EXHIBITS
The naval collier Mars, the largest boat which has ever navigated th£
Potomac river as far as the Washington navy yard, has just arrived wit&
the greater part Of the government's exhibits froffii the Pan-American expo-
sition. She left San Francisco January 8 and came by way of the Panama
canal.
MAY BE THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE
■Frank J7 Marshall of New York;
chess "champion of the United States,
reoently broke two*1 world's records in
competing with 105 of Washington's
best players. He won 82 games,
8 and drew 15. The former record^
were set by Fahrni in 3)4
he played 100 simultaneous gam
winning 55, losing 6 and idiwlttg
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The Touch Pre-Emlftent.
A cozy picture, eh? A man 1
an easy chair and his beau
tog over him to light his
You haven't seen the co
picture to it, have your"
"Why, no."
"It's the same man savfe
ing the end of his cigar
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Wdocllawn Mansion, the historic home of Nellie Custis LewiB, may he
the next summer White House. The house is only 16 miles from Washing-
ton on an excellent road and is one1 of the favorite stopping jplaces of the
president and Mrs. Wilson on their motor, rides. They have inspected it
thoroughly and appreciatively, especially to vie* of the probability that-
president will be so bpay from now until November that he will "" ""
•to go far from Washington for a summer rept. The housr
1805. mW improvements have been made on it recentlyi o
having been ICesteti playwright
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, May 12, 1916, newspaper, May 12, 1916; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242341/m1/3/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.