THE NGKtiOLK WEEKLY NE\VS-JOU11VAI FH1DA , JULY H3 l'-09
Tin Norfolk Weekly News-Journal
the NOWB , Established 1881.
The Journal , Established 1877.
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No 22. Business OHlcc nnd Job Rooms
No. II 22.
"While TonncBsco 1ms gone "dry , "
Kniinna 1ms gone "wot" nnd It's till
water , too but with It lota of dnmngo.
At the rnto President Tnft IB JoinIng -
Ing secret HocletleB It IB evident that
Jm proposes to keep lila grip on
thlngB.
A mini In Pcnnsylvniiln IB sending
letters to his swootlieart by means of
carrier pigeons. Ho probably culls
lior lovey-dovey.
The British BUffnigottcs are trying
to show the fallacy of the old argu
ment that women are not entitled to
the ballot because they cannot light.
The manufacturers of motion pic-
turcfl have agreed to eliminate from
their collection of films all fllma de
pleting drunkenness , crlmo and vice
President Eliot's llvo-foot shelf of
booki may not milt your fancy , but
they will help him pay for his grocery
lilllH and make money for the publish
crs.
An oxchnnpo observes very port !
nently that "a man usually spends his
seventieth birthday explaining that
ho feels , younger than ho did thirty
ycara ago. "
Schools of Journalism arc getting to
bo as plenty as fleas In Rome , but the
best Bchool of Journalism that has
over yet been devised IB a country
printing office.
Down In North Carolina a debating
aocloty has deckled that the earth if
flat. Some of the people who have
been flooded out living in n more hilly
country wish it was.
The Dayton ( Ohio ) Journal got a
scoop on Its contemporaries the other
day by printing a sheet from nn air
ship'and distributing It among the people
plo below. Most newspaper men will
prefer to stay on earth with theirs.
A man down in Indiana Jumped off
n bridge into the waters of the Wn
bash the other day and was drowned
Poor fellow , his burdens were more
than he could stand. It is said that
he had four wives nnd that none o ;
them would support him.
Whether Chinamen are more or less
criminal than other people who come
to America may be debatable. But
there Is one thing sure , they are quite
different and should be placed in
charge of our men and not of our
young women.
Albert Gwynne Vanderbtlt told n
Paris newspaper man "I don't care
what any one says. " It seems to run
In the Vanderbllt blood not to care for
Uio public , but the young man's grand
father expressed himself In. more forcl
tole , if less polite , English.
The London suffragettes are abou
to besiege King Edward in Bucking
ham palace. Between the Dutch war
scare and the belligerent English wo
men the monarch who is supposed to
rule the' British empire will feel like
taking to the woods.
Rev. Mr. Grant , who has been ap
pointed chaplain of the United States
senate to succeed Edward Everet
Hale , needs not to envy those who
have gone to darkest Africa as mis
slonarles. His own field of labor 1
among those who need cnlightenmenl
There Is Just one way to get trade
KO after It. Make yourself and you
goods known , felt nnd seen. Compo
people to como in and then on th
merit of your goods and your ablllt >
to convince people of them , sell them
The columns of this paper are open
to all legitimate advertising.
The total cost of repairs to the flee
of battleships which cruised aroun
the world , over and above what they
would have required hnd they staye
at home , was about n million and
half dollars. American citizens ar
unanimous in pronouncing It mane
well spent.
A venerable citizen of Michigan a
tributes his good health to the fac
that ho has always eaten whatever h
wanted to eat and as much as h
cared for. Ho says he has never war
ried about his stomach and his ston
ach has never worried him. The
have nlwaya been good friends an
pot along very well with one another
This statement Is One Of such extop
ttonal common sense that it deserve
to bo noted.
It does not. often fall to the lot o
man to bo present nt the unveiling o
his own statue , but such high hone
Las como to Mistral , thq poet of Pro
% 'onco , who was awarded the Kobe
prize for literature a few yeara ago
It IB sometimes a good thing for me
know the value their countrymen
lace upon their work and character
eforo they leave this vale of tears ,
t Is of llttlo comfort to them after-
ards.
The Political Equality union of Chi-
ago , composed of single women
very one of them charming has re-
olvcd that Its members will not mary -
y any man who docs not favor suf-
rage for women. Of course , any sen-
Iblo man who BOOB hi any one of
lioso girls his affinity will quickly and
raceftilly yield to the Inevitable ,
lore man must "stoop to conquer" in
hcBO strenuous days and keep from
talking back" if ho Is to avoid trou-
lo.
The move for bettor roods in the vl-
Inlty of Norfolk should awaken en-
liuslasm not only among business
men but among farmers. A sight of
ho now rends around Omaha
nough to Instill ono with ambition
or real ronds. The work of the gov-
rnmont exports around Stuart , too , Is
nough to set a good example. No ono
hing IB moro of vnluo to the farming
ommunlty than good roads and the
movement to accomplish something ;
along this line should bo given aupi
) ort.
MAY GET OIL HERE.
If it develops from the striking of
oil at Lincoln that there really Is oil
n any considerable quantity nt the
tate capital , those who have always
contended that there is oil in this ter-
itory will feel encouraged to spend a
ittlo money In testing out the conten-
ion.
ion.There
There are those who have for yeara
maintained that there Is oil beneath
.hose prairies and at times it has even
seemed likely that wells would bo dug
o test out the proposition.
Fashion the awful travesty which
ms been responsible for the slaughter
of millions of harmless song birds Is
low demanding metallized horned
oads for hat ornaments and pins and
Texas is supplying thousands of these
ittlo Insect destroyers to meet the
demand. The worst feature of this Is ,
that the horned toads are metallized 11
while ullve the hot metal coating Is
jlaced over their bodies and they are
burned to death. If there was ever
Iterally a burning shame , this is the
one , and It is a disgrace to American
civilization that it Is permitted.
The man who wants work and Is
willing to work , and has an ambition L
.o do his work well , will not long bo )
out of employment. There Is always i
a place for the efficient man but it t
takes a greater degree of skill to hold 1
a Job than it used to. The methods of t
doing business have been greatly im
proved over what they were years ago.
The man who was considered a fair
carpenter in pioneer days would , under
modern competition , be simply a wood I'
butcher. There is always room at the ,
top , but this is an age of sky scrapers
and the top is much higher up than It
was in grandfather's days.
We were lately looking over the va
cation number of a magazine , and not-
that , while It taught travelers all
about "kicking , " it gave little other
information of value. "Let the hotel !
clerk see that you will not be Imposed
upon , " says the vacation number. In
another place , it says : "Speak firmly
to the guide , and do not give in. " And j
so it goes throughout the vacation
number. All of which tends to send
out quarrelsome , disagreeable travel
ers. Whoever has traveled much will
admit that there Is llttlo occasion for
"kicking. " Conditions are nearly al
ways pleasant , and a traveler gets
along better as a gentleman than as a
grouch.
Now that the time for filln& candidacies I-
Ii
dacies has closed , the Nebraska primary i-
i3
mary campaign may be said to bo
fairly on. Among the candidates for
the republican nomination for supreme
Judge , none is so deserving of support
as Judge J. B. Barnes , at the present
time associate Justice. Judge Barnes
has rendered splendid service to the
state in the capacity of supreme Judge ) ,
and he Is entitled to a renomlnatlon
and re-election. Ho served when the
salary was merely nominal and he is
deserving of a term In the office with
the now salary of $4,500 a salary
more nearly adequate to the high cal
ibre of service rendered.
A PROSPEROUS SEASON AHEAD. ,
Never such growing weather for the
crops as during the past month and a
half , says the oldest Inhabitant.
Corn and small grain could scarcely
be In better condition for a bumper
yield this fall in northern Nebraska
and southern South Dakota , and the
horn of plenty promises to fairly bulge
ns a result.
Prosperity is oven now getting ready
to perch upon the shoulder of the new
northwest and business men In Nor
folk and In all of tl\o \ towns of the
surrounding country aie optimistic.
The farmer's prospects were never
brighter , nnd the former's success
means prosperity for the entire coun
try.
DARIUS GREEN'S DREAM.
As day follows day It becomes more
nnd moro apparent that the dream of
Darius Green with his Hying machine
is to come true and that la the vary
neW future.
In various portions of the world men
are today making trial flights In benv-
Icr-thnn-nlr machines , and every llttlo
while n new record IB established. Ono
man has just outftown the Wrights In
point of altitude. And a Frenchman ,
attempting to 11 y across the English
channel , made a twelve-mile start , nt
enormous height , when his engine
played out. He dropped Into the ocean
nnd was rescued only to declare that
ho will make another trial.
Airship tiowa has como to be ono of
the regular features of the day's events
and speed nnd height nro getting to be
commonplace In midair.
There Is every reason to believe
that ton years from now aeroplanes
will bo as successful and practical as
automobiles are today.
Adam Bede , the Duluth , Minn. , hu
morist and ex-congressman , pays this
very beautiful and unique tribute to
one of the "grand old men" who has
recently i died. "Personally to have
known and frequently to have shared
In public functions with so great nnd
good i a soul as Edward Everett Hale ,
jwho ; nt the ego of eighty-six went to
heaven 1 , the other day , Is one of the
sweetest i memories and will long bo
treasured. i Ho always seemed a grand
old watch dog at the gates of glory.
Ills life was a century of prayer set
to music ono grand oratorio of uplift
and optimism. He loved his country
ns few countries nro worthy to beloved
loved , lie trusted human nature be
cause his own nature could bo trusted ,
and ho gave his life to man because
'the world offered nothing higher to
serve. He had prayed for the United
States senate several years. But ono
day God said , 'What is the use ? " and
the nngols bore him home. "
Fact is ever more wonderful than
fiction. It was not so many years ago
that Jules' Verne wrote that fanciful
story in which ho sent Phllcas Fogg
around the world In eighty days.
Thousands road the book and looked
upon it as the champion flight of the
versatile Frenchman's mind. Not so
long afterward Miss Nellie Bly actually -
j ' ly made a trip circling the globe In
sixty-five days. And now by the new
(
railroads through Asia nnd the short
ening of ocean routes and the quicker
time across the United States one can
make a trip around the world inside
of thirty days , all at a cost In fare' of
a little more than ? COO. Even a quar
ter of n century ago he would have
been a bold man who would have pre >
dieted such rapid transit in this gen-
J erntlon. It only shows that the entire
world is becoming remarkably close
j neighbors too close for the building
of Dreadnaughts and big navies. Con-
, dltions are approaching which will
compel nations as well as Individuals
to be friendly.
There is no vocabulary rn literature
so inexhaustible as that employed by
' . the baseball fan. It is simply aston-
Ishlng what a wide range of telling
expressions there are in the language
of sport. The New York Sun gives a
hundred words that its sporting editor
uses In describing the making of a
base hit in a game of baseball , and ad
mits that even these far from exhaust
his barrel of expletives. When ho
wants to say that "the batter drove a
hit" he can turn to any one of these
expressions : "Stung , lugged , lined
smote , soaked , smacked , spanked
smeared , swatted , slammed , scorched
knocked , crashed , clubbed , lammed
lunged , laced , burned , bored , flayed
punched , pelted , pasted , pronged
thumped , hammered , pounded , pummeled
moled , walloped , banged , whacked
whaled , splashed , spilled , slapped
dumped , dinged , plunked , swung , sunk
shot , swept , switched , pulled , percolat
ed , brushed , landed , laid , whipped
thrust , carved' , carromed , careened ,
uncorked , produced , discharged , put ,
cut , emblazoned , ejected , emptied , fes
tooned , pickled , aimed , registered ,
heaved , rolled , divulged , poured , siz
zled , scratched , skinned , sandwiched ,
slipped , bounced , glanced , flicked ,
flipped , bumped , peeled , crowded ,
jammed , trundled , pickled , forced ,
sailed , scared , lifted , lobbed , arched ,
forked , popped , pushed , winged. "
GILDER'S FINDS.
Nebraska is Just now receiving com-
pllmontary attention from the scien
tific world through the finds of R. F.
Gilder , the Omaha newspaper man
who dug up skeletons of prehistoric
beings a year or so ago.
The current number of the Araeri
can Anthropologist contains , among
other interesting features , a paper by
Mr. Gilder concerning his exploration
covering eight months in ancient
house ruins In Sarpy and Douglas
counties. The article covers thirty-
three pages and is accompanied under
Mr. Gilder's title by a highly scientific
report on the skeletal remains found
In the vicinity of the ruins , by Dr. Ales
Hrdllcka , the famous physical anthro
pologist of the United States National
museum , to whom were sent six skulls
and portlohd of skeletons.
Mr. Gilder's article Is printed on
heavy book paper , and the maps and
illustrations drawings and halftones
are of n very high order of excel-
lenco. The halftones were made from
photographs taken by the official gov
ernment photographers connected
with the museum. Upon receipt of
the objects reproduced in the article
jby the museum a request was made
of Mr. Glider that the museum ciirator
bo allowed to 'make ' casts or replicas
of the objects for exhibition In the im
mense collection of the museum , a
privilege which was readily granted ,
nnd the casts were thereupon made
by the sculptor who executed other
replicas of the museum's valuable
specimens for the Seattle exposition.
Since publication of the article Mr.
Gilder has received complimentary let-
era from scientific men nnd university
irofesBors from all over the United
States , and ns ono result Prof. Charles
Montbomery of the University of To
ronto , Canada , lias expressed his In-
cntlon of continuing research here
abouts in connection with Mr. Glider
tills summer.
THE TARIFF VAUDEVILLE.
The trouble with some of those "re
form" senators , such as Cummins of
[ own , Is that they show the "yellow"
whenever self Interest makes It policy
for them to forget the principles for
\vMcli they claim to stand.
The present vaudeville performance
at Washington , In which Insurgent
senators are turning somersaults In
the air , serve both to amuse the coun-
cry nnd to disgust onlookers who care
for consistency.
Some of the Insurgents who have
been yelling loudest about reducing
the tariff on the necessities of life , now
that the pruning knife is applied to
commodities from their o\yn states ,
begin to throw themselves down on
the floor , kick up their heels and
scream to the extent of ihelr lungs'
capacity.
Some of the senators from cattle
stwtes , for example , who have been
standing all along for sweeping reduc-
lions in lumber and oil and coal ar-
tlcles produced In other states and
who havp contended that the necessl-'j
ties of life are costing too much , due
to excessive tariff now demand that
the tariff on hides shall 'not be touched ,
because if they are these self same
senators may not be allowed to return
to Washington.
It begins to look more and more as
if the old epigram which people have
laughed at so many years that the
tariff Is a local Issue is , after all , the
true story.
But for the sake of consistency and
for the sake of the principle for which
they claim to be fighting , the "Insur
gents" ought to have the backbone to
stand up for the ultimate consumer all
along the line of necessities and
should work for less expensive shoes
as much as for less expensive oil.
It Is little surprising , under such
topsy-turvey conditions as these , if a
few weeks of work in congress shall ,
after all , fall to bring about the most
equitable and the most judicious sort
of tariff bill.
WE'RE GOING TO PAVE.
Prospects for the paving of Norfolk
avenue are better at this time than
they have ever been before , and the
prospects seem good for actual paving
early next spring.
With the creation of a sewer district
on Norfolk avenue , by virtue of which
the old and outgrown sewer now under
the street will be replaced with a mod
ern sewer connecting with the new
main sewer system , the present city
administration has taken a long step
toward paving. As soon as the sewer
Is constructed the paving proposition
can be carried out.
Property owners are more than ever
enthusiastic over paving , realizing the
great need of such improvement for
the street and appreciating the fact
that property values will increase
when paving comes.
Norfolk can never hope to bo the
city It ought to be until paving has
started , and when paving starts , if the
history of other towns Is repeated
here , the city will take n now lease on
life.
life.It
It Is confidently declared on all sides
that just ns soon as paving starts , it
will spread to all parts of the city.
We're almost up to the starting
The Tennessee prohibitory law is
attracting much attention throughout
the country. Its features are quite
different' from those of any other
state , as It prohibits both the sale and
the manufactu" of liquor. No "booze
can bo sold within four miles of a
school house , and that practically
wipes out the traffic. Everywhere
within the borders of the state there
is a prompt compliance with the law ,
except in Memphis. In that city the
saloons are still running and say they
will continue to do so until the consti
tutionality of the new law is tested ,
The law provides that after January
1 , 1010 , no liquors shall be mnnufac
tured In the state. The wholesale
liquor dealers and brewers will also
make a vigorous light against the law.
The decision of the court will be
awaited with Intense eagerness both i
by the "wets" and the "drys" ns very
much depends upon it in the progress
of the contest now going on In many
states between the liquor nnd nnti-
liquor Interests. It will by no means
settle the question , but It will greatly
hasten or delay the onward march of
prohibition which Is sweeping over
the land.
Francis W. Crownlnshleld in Life
gives this not overdrawn picture of the
fashionables in Now York nnd it
ought to make us all who have the
good fortune not to bo In that kind of t
a VswItu" restful and contented with
our lot This. Is the advice , given in
regard to those unfortunate possessors
of too much money and too llttlo pur
pose , in the columns of Life : "Let us
permit them to go on- and ride , nt n
furious speed , In motors ; to Issue en
graved Invitations ; to answer little
notes nnd leave P. P. C.'s ; to bant nnd
tnco and pinch their toes ; to hnvo their
hair glossed and dyed and occasion
ally augmented ; to see food placed be
fore them nnd feel no appetite for it ;
to employ a retinue of servants who
burn with n lust to leave them ; to
have sentiments but no passions ; to
swallow pates , pills nnd palpable flat
tery ; to deny silly stories about them
selves In the paper ; to buy spurious
sV
works of art at hair raising prices ; to
lend 1 money to friends and so to lose
1t them 1t ; to make themselves agreeable
to bores because they have tasted
their truffles and terrapin ; to hnvo
largo 1 nurseries but no llttlo children ;
1t
to t be robbed and fleeced by their ser
vants and 'beauty' doctors and trades
people I ; to telephone to a tedious pro
It cession Ic of bachelors to (111 ( a place at
dinner or an odd bed in the country ;
to dispute about lawsuits , libels , taxes
nnd rates of Interest ; to bo forced to
watch stocktickors nnd muslqal com
edles ; to shoo , defy nnd do battle with
black clouds of ennui ; to pay bills and
fiddlers and trifling visits ; to sell tick
ets for bazaars and piano recitals ; to
offer cold cordials nnd tepid apologies ;
to marry their daughters to scoundrels
of Europe ; to change their dress nnd
demeanor and opinions from ono day's
end to another ; to own houses in
town but never to live In them ; to bo
snubbed and derided and mlsunder
stood , ; to sign checks , receipts and
pledges j ; to store furniture , furs , jew
'
els ( , securities and hangings nnd to bo
I vigilant , about moths and fire and burg'
Inrs and breakage nnd water and In'
surance , ; to send more margin to their
brokers 1 ; to journey to Carlsbad and
there 1 to drink liquid abominations ; to
lose 1 sight of their feet and friends and
youthful Ideals ; to find that their
liearts and natures have become hard ;
to divorce the ono nnd marry the oth
er ; to grow fat and old nnd nervous
and full of rancour and rheumatism
and then , at last shall we go on ,
colonel , to the very end ? "
AROUND TOWN.
That's playing the game.
But it's good for the corn.
Nothing like winning the first game.
Any team will have Its off days.
The- nights are the best part of the
days this weather.
It Isn't considered loyal to bet
against the home team.
This ought to be great weather for
the fans.
Norfolk's old time baseball blood Is
boiling again.
Now the political pot is boiling In
earnest. Less than a month for the
primary campaign.
If you could always tell how a ball
game was coming out , it wouldn't be
a game.
It Is feared the near-war in Persia
may send the price of oriental rugs
skyward.
"I wish men could conventionally
wear as little as women do , this weath
er , " said a Norfolk man.
Page slipped In hero so suddenly
and so quietly that few people realized
there was a genuine baseball article on
tap.
Ic doesn't pay to cheat a boy. Fif
teen years ago a Norfolk man short-
paid a boy here for thinning sugar
beets the boy had thinned eighteen
rows and the man refused to pay for
but seventeen , at 10 cents a row. Now
that boy has grown up and he's going
to get even with that man severa ;
times over , if It's the last thing he
ever does.
Queer what foolish things youths
nro whose heads are turned by girls
Ono young man has telephoned n girl
In Norfolk at 2 o'clock the past three
afternoons asking her to go some
where with him and each time she has
cut him off with the blunt assertion
that she'd bo busy and didn't care to
go , anyhow. And the moro she turns
the fellow down , the crazier he seems
to get.
ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS.
If you want people to like you , you
must like them.
Everybody has to exaggerate n little
to be interesting.
It Is natural for a liar to doubt
every statement he hears.
The "steady drinker" Is never very
steady at anything else.
Wo have never yet seen a leg that
looked well in a white stocking.
Every boy believes that some day
ho will bo able to lift a half ton.
Most women can whistle Just
enough to like to hear themselves do
it.
Occasionally wo meet n woman
these days who seems conscious of
wearing too much hair. But , when a
woman thinks It is possible she has ou
too much , she has on n terrible lot
Making Money
On the Farm
V.-Wheat Raising
Dy G. V. GREGORY ,
Author of "Homo Course In Modern
Agriculture"
Coprlht 1909 , by American Pr * >
AiiocUtion
NE of the most Important grain
crops grown In this country Is
wheat. It Is second In value
and acreage only to corn. Not
| withstanding the great importance of
the wheat crop but llttlo attention bus
been paid to Improved methods of cul
ture. Wheat Is largely looked upon an
an extensive crop. Most farms In the
wheat belt are large. This \a \ especial
ly true of the spring wheat bolt In
northwestern United States and south
ern Canada It is no uncommon sight
there to sou a section or moro In one
Hold. Wheat follows wheat year after
year. Llttlo live Htuck la kept , and no
manure Is applied to the laud. Under
this treatment the seemingly exhaust-
FIO. fX HAKVE8TEII AT WORK.
less supply of fertility is becoming
worn out The humus especially has
been used rapidly , with no source of
renewal. Usually it does not take
more than a decade of continuous
wheat growing to reduce the yield one-
half. Conditions in the winter wheat
belt nro not BO bad , but there Is much
room for Improvement there also. Not
only is continuous wheat growing harden
on the soil , but it docs not distribute
the work evenly throughout the year.
In the spring there is a rush to get the
seed In. In the fall there is a still
greater rush to get the crop harvested
and thrashed. The rest of the year
there is little to do. What the wheat
farmer needs Is diversification more
live stock , more crops and rotation.
The wheat belt and the corn belt
should be mixed up more. Many farm
ers in the corn belt raise wheat as ono
of the leading small grain crops. Many
others would tint ) it profitable to do so.
Classes of Wheat.
Wheat is divided Into two general
classes winter and spring. Winter
wheat is sown In the fall , makes a con
siderable growth and comes up and
heads out the next season. Spring
wheat is sown hi the upriug In much
the same manner as oats. In Minnesota
seta , the Dakotas and other states of
the same latitude or farther north
spring wheat Is the only kind that can
be grown successfully since the se
vere winters are faral to the fall sown
varieties. In the northwest , however ,
the warm winds from the Pacific so
moderate the climate that winter
wheat can be grown successfully Far
ther south , in the winter wheat belt ,
the bulk of the wheat Is sown in the fall
.There are many objections to winter
wheat. It does not make ns high a
quality of flour owing to the smaller
gluten content. It Is the gluten that
gives the gummy consistence to bread
dough that causes It to rise when
mixed with yeast. Winter wheat occa
sionally winter kills , resulting in a
loss of the seed and the work of seed-
Ing. The most uerlous objection in the
corn bolt Is that it does not work in
well after corn , which is the accus
tomed place for small grain in the ro
tation. Those objections arc overbal
anced , however , by Its greater yield
ing ability. The rtnrt which it gets
In the fall enables It to come up much
marc vigorously In the spring and give
about twice as many bushels per acre
as can bo obtained from the spring
varieties.
Wheat Is further subdivided into
hard and soft varieties. The soft
wheat makes a. flour that is unsultei ]
to brendmnklng because of Its lack of
gluten. It Is used extensively in mak
ing crackers. The amount of soft
wheat grown for market Is compara
tively small.
A new variety of wheat known ns
macaroni has been introduced into the
western states within the last few
years. It is verv high In gluten and
Is much used In the manufacture ol
macaroni. It does not mnkp n very
high quality of broad owing to Its yel
lowish color The chief advantage of
macaroni wheat Is that It can bo
grown In regions where the1 rainfall is
too scanty for the utandard varieties.
Will Wheat Run Out ?
There is a widespread Impression
that whent will ran out If grown in
the same locality for a number of
years. Experiments nt a number ol
stations show that this is not so. The
real cause for wheat running out is
continuous culture on the same land ,
with little attention paid to seed selec
tion. Another fnct tjiat experiments
have brought out is that the standard
varieties are superior to most of the
now ones. Every year seedsmen make
claims of wonderful yields obtained
from new varieties , not only of wheat ,
but of other crops as well , in most
cases these claims arc entirely un
founded. Before
introducing
a iijt
variety It will pay to write to your eT
porlrnent station for Information
re
garding it Even If they recommend
It tbc imfrst plan la to try only n few
acres at Orst until you nee whether or
pot It ! adapted to your particular lo
cality.
Where winter wheat c n be grown It
will pny to ralfle It In * pto | of Itn dis
advantages. It can be worked Into the
rotation by solving It after oatx In a
rotation of corn. ontn , wheat , clover.
The clover seed may bo Bcntter nl on
the ground among tbo wheat plantn
early In the spring. Another method
of ufllng winter whent In the rotation
Is to cut the corn early for Bllngo or
fodder and BOW the wheat on the corn
stubble ground. The trouble with thin
method IB tiiat It IB usually BO Into
before the corn can be got off the
ground that the whent doc.i not get
enough of a start to cimlilo It to with
stand an extra severe winter There
Is an advantage In having wheat fol
low corn or some other cultivated crop
In that the weeds will Iwther much
IORH. The work of seeding is also ICBH
since the ground dovB not need to bo
plowed.
Preparing the Ground.
Wheat , like oatn. needs a firm seed
bed. Corn ground which linn been run
over twice with n disk Is an Ideal seed
bed. It Is line and mellow on top and
firm beneath. There Is nothing to pre
vent the capillary moisture from ris
ing rapidly to the loot-e top layer ,
where It Is held Just where the roots
need It. When wheat follows ROUIO
other small grain tbc ground Is so hard
that except In the case of very loosu
soils , the disk will have llttlo effect on
It Such ground must bo plowed.
Plowing for wheat does not need to bo
very deep. Many farmers practice
b'unilng the stubble before plowing ,
since In this wny ninny insects and
weeds are destroyed , and the capil
lary connection Is restored quicker.
Some humus is lost In this way , but
the advantages gained In many cases
make It more profitable to obtain the
needed humus in some other wny.
The soli should bo well disked nnd
harrowed after plowing to make a
One , compact seed bed. With whent ,
as with oats , considerably better yields
are obtained by the use of a drill. In
loose or dry soils the press drill is a
big advantage. The wheels that fol
low pack the soil over the seed. This
brings the soil Into closer contact with
the wheat grains , and they will absorb
serb moisture fnBtcr and begin to grow
sooner. This quickness of starting is
of much Importance In fall sown
wheat near the northern limit of the
winter wheat belt , since there every
thing depends on the wheat making a
good growth before the ground freezes.
Earllncss of seeding Is important for
the same reason. If you cannot get
your winter wheat in early and by
early is meant the first half of Sep
tember it is better to wait until
spring nnd sow n spring variety.
The ground for spring wheat should
bo prepared In much the same manner
ns for oats. The rate of seeding where \
a drill is used should bo five or six ,
pecks to the acre , with cither springer
or winter varieties. When sown broad
cast about n peck more will be need
ed. If there Is much smut present the
seed should be treated ns outlined for
oat smut In article No. 4. The seed
should bo fanned nnd graded nnd test
ed for germination.
Rotation In Wheat Farming.
In the great spring wheat regions
the Introduction of n crop of clover
every two or three years will material
ly increase the yield. The growing of
clover will moan some live stock to
eat it , nnd the manure thus obtained
will still further Increase the wheat
yields The Introduction of some of
the other grain nnd forage crops will
equalize the demands upon the soil
nnd add to the profits obtained from
FIO. X WHEAT WELL STACKED.
the farm. Experiments at the Minnesota
seta station showed nn Increase of 50
per cent , or seven bushels to the acre ,
in wheat following cultivated crops
over whent grown continuously.
Dairying fits in very well with wheat
farming , especially In localities so far
north that com cannot be successfully
grown ns n grain crop in such districts
the flint varieties can be raised for
sllnge nnd fodder The wheat follow
ing this corn will be freer from rust.
scab mid weeds and will yield much
more. The cows will yield a good
profit for all the feed they consume ,
and the work will be more evenly dis
tributed throughout the year.
When wheat Is grown to be sold to
the flour mills the price will depend
directly upon the quality To get the
best quality wheat should not bo cut
until It Is fully ripe. It should not be
allowed to staiul too long after It is
ripe or It will shell out badly. Whent
should be well shocked and capped.
If not well capped the bran will be
come stained and cracked. Injuring
the appearance and lowering the price.
Stacking Is more advisable than shock
thrashing since It means better qual
ity nnd more fall plowing.
So much depends on the quality of
the grain nnd the quality is so depend
ent on cultivation and harvesting that
It behooves him who IB after satisfac
tory results to make a close study of
the Hltuntlon. It does not pay to cultl-
vnto wheat Intelligently and harvest
it In n manner that makes nil previous
care and labor of little avail
Chanoe.
The three-year-old boy on the sdo !
seat in the street car turned suddenly
to look out of the window , thereby
wiping hla muddy shoes on the light
colored trousers of the middle nged \
man sitting next to him.
"Madam , " exploded the man , "is this
your nasty little"
Hero the boy's pretty mother turned
her head and looked at him.
-"angel boy ? " ho finished with n
rasp. Chicago Tribune.
