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EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 8, 1014.
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A Good Lawn
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Quickly Produced
if you sow
I Trans-Mississippi
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' "Seeds that grow1' Need any?
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The Nebraska Seed Company
1613 Howard Street. Phone Doug. 1261.
A' good food for grass is pulverized sheep manure
GOOD SEEDS ARE ESSENTIAL
Weight of Seed in Measured Bushel
Determines Quality.
EXPERIMENTS PROVE THE TEST
Dralera Cnnnnt Onarmttee Produc
tiveness of Seeds, ln Should lie
Responsible for Dcucrlptlon
at Product' )unllt?
sf.
. P. Byrd Nursery Co.
17th and Dodge Sts.
Back of Hoyden's Store
, If you "want a professional landscape man to plan
your grounds call Douglas 4498.
Our line of nursery stock Is better than ever this
jear and wo guarantee everything we sell.
" feee .Byrd-'If You .Want the Best.
This Is the season to think about improving YOUR LAWN and BACK
YARD. Let us show you how we can save you money on our line ot inON
and WIRE FENCING, GATES. FLOWEr BED BORDER, TRELLIS for vines
and roses, TREE GUARDS. Come and sea them we will bo Kind to Rive you
, an estimate .on the cost of what you need, and we may have some suggestions
worth whilo Xor you. Send for catalogue.
ANCHOR jFEIMCE COIVIFVUS1Y
Telephone Bed 014.
307 North Seventeenth Street.
BY Dn. A. WALT STElNIili.
Most people are Ignorant of the qual
ity and productiveness ct lawn grass
seeds. In purchasing seed In the open
market they are compelled to rely upon
the honesty of the dealers for purity and
growing qualities.
Since the problem ot selecting and
sowing grass seed has been a very vex
ing and costly experience for most home
owners, I will endeavor in this article,
to teach the prospective seed buyer how
to determine quality and productive
ness in seeds.
When you ask your seedsman for a.
bushel of Kentucky blue grass (pou
protensls) he sells you fourteen pounds
to represent a bushel. Though this Is
the legal weight per bushel it Is a
standard that was established longbe
fore the? Invention and uso of modern rc
clcanlng machinery. Before the use of
modern reclcanlng machinery they were
unable to cleanse the seed of Inert matter
or chaff, dirt, sand and foreign sub
stanoes, with the result that a bushel of
seed weighed only fourteen pounds.
However, slnco the Introduction of re
cleantng methods the seedsmen are. en
abled to take the old-fashioned fourteen-pound
bushel of teed and by clean
ing It over and over again, can make It
weigh from twenty-one to twenty-four
and even twenty-nine pounds to the
bushel. The twentynlne-pound seed con
stitutes the very best quality of blue
grass obtainable.
As a guldo In buying seeds always re
member that the weight of ah actual
measured bushel constitutes the quality
of some, when the seed has been Prop
erly cured, and It not too old.
To enable you to appreciate tho fact
that there Is quality In blue grass seed,
as well as In all other products, I will
cite germinating tests made by eminent
authorities. It was learned that only 10
per cent of tho fourteen-pound bluo grass
germinated. If you plant 100 seeds of
the fourteen-pound blue grass only ten
seeds would germinate, while If you plant
100 of the twenty-ntne-pound blue grass
from CO to 85 per cent would germinate, or
sixty seeds out of 100 would grow.
Thus you see that you must purchase
five times as much of the fourteen-pound
blue grass seed to produce as many
grass plants as one pound of tho twenty-nine-pound
seed.
There are also other differences be
tween the fourteen-pound and twenty
nlnepoupd, but the same proportion In
seed value may be applied.
The weight of a measured bushel of
blue grass determines its quality the (ess
It weighs the more Inert matter or for
rlgn substance It contains, and the more
Inferior the quality of seed.
I also wish to mention the greatest
fraud practiced and perpetrated on the
American public )s in some seedsmen's
so-called "complete grass mixtures."
For example, you will find a notable ab
sence of a good quality of white clover,
Kentucky blue grass and wood meadow,
the highest priced seeds, and yet the
most of them charge you more for their
.so-called "complete grass mixtures."
Some seedsmen use their "complete
grass mixtures" formulae as a dumping
ground for d by-products that they
cannot uso elsewhere.
"While I belicvo In the efficiency of a
complete grass mixture, you must study
soil conditions and requirements and
presorlbe accordingly.
Some grass plants tcqulre a certain
degree of shade and sunlight. There Is
just, as much Individuality In a plant
produced from a grass seed as there Is
In your plants In your garden. Ono kind
of grass seed will produce a low growing
plant, while another grows high; one
wants a moist soli, another a dry ono;
somo will germinate In tho shade, while
others will not.
Thus you arc compelled to chooso tho
grass seed best suited to your wants.
Perhaps you have observed tho follow
ing on every bag of seed you have ovor
purchased: "We give no warranty ex
pressed or Implied ns to purity, descrip
tion, quality productiveness or any other
matter, or of any seeds we send out and
will In no way bo rrsponslblo for the
crop. If tho purchaser does nojt accept
tho seeds under these conditions they are
to be returned."
There Is only one excuse for a "non-
guarantee" of this nature, nnd that Is
no seed house can reasonably guarantee
productiveness. However, when they give
no warranty ns to description, quality
and nurlty, I am Inclined to bellevo they
might be acting In bad faith. Though
tho state laws are very stringent, I bo?
llevo that somo people aro beguiled by
this non-warranty that appears on al
most every package.
We have some very 'faithful and' cap-
ablo workers In our state seed depart
ment and It tho seeming disinterested
public would tend them a helping hand
Nebraska will be ablo to boast of tho
most far reaching nnd efficient send
laws In the union. It wilt be a blessing
for the reliable seedsmen and a Bod
send to a helpless public.
SEEDS A1MO NURSERY STOCK
HIGHEST QUALITY AT J614 KAJUOTY STBSST.
Lawn Grass Seed of 27-lb. test per bushel, with germination of over 80.
Flower Seeds from the oldest and beat gardens of America and 'Europe.
Please bo interested er.oigh In good seeds to call and examine my stocks.
WERTER DeVAUGHN
Fnone Tyler 30 SO.
They Must Be Moved
A large stock of fruit trees grown on leased ground. Now that
the lease Is up we must remove them. Some of the younger plants
and treea will he planted on our newly purchased form at Key
stone park. Tho balance win be sold at greatly reduced prices.
Nice young apple trees, Cc, young cherry trees lBo each. Larger
' grades proportionately low. "MR. FARMER, LET ME FIGURE
WJTH YOU ON YOUR APPLE ORCHARD. FOR THE CITY MAN,
a general line of shade and ornamental trees, hedge plants, shrubs
and roses. See our beautiful maple, white ash and tho poplars.
NO SALESQROUND 8 TOOK. ALL FRESH DUO FROM THE NURS
ERY. Call and; see us or PHONE US YOUR ORDER1. If out ot
Omaha send for price list.
Office and Packing Ground, Olsf and Klggs
Benson-
P. J. Flynu, Proprietor.
Nursery
Benson, Neb., Tel. Benson 534.
MAN CAN LIVE ON GRASS
Vegetable Growths Arc Found to Be
Highly Nutritious.
REPORTS ARE FROM A CLINIC
JouriiHt of the Mcillcnl .nnrlnlnit
Brings TittlnRM of (Jtxul licrr
to the VvRclnrtniiii or
Hip t'nntitry.
Rules for Making
Lawns Are Given
by Seed Experts
.
At this season many are seeking tho
answer to tho question: "How can I make
a good lawn?"
ny a good lawn Is meant ono with an
even surface, grass pf even color and a,
sod that Is firm and clastic to tho tread,
and with grass growing so closely that
no weeds can get a foothold.
The following suggestions aro offered
In answer to the above question: In the
first place, a lawn Is not tho result of
chance or some mysterious process, but
rather of hard work applied with Intelli
gence. Tho essentials'' In lawn making
are good soil, good seed properly sown,
and most essential to all theso essentials,
tho determination to "stay by it" until
tho desired result la obtained.
The soli should bo deep and porous. In
order that tho grass roots may penetrate
deeply and be enclosed to withstand tho
drouth and cold winters. Almost any' soil
Intended for a lawn will be benefited by
heavy dressings of manure thoroughly
worked Into the soil.
Tho best grass for tho foundation of
lawns Is Kentucky bluo grass. In start
ing a new lawn, however, It Is advisable
to uso in connection with this certain
of tho quicker growing grasses to, como
on and furnish green the first year to bo
followed by tho more slowly germinating
Kentucky blue grass, which soon crowds
the others out
As many fin stalks of grass are de
sired rather than a few largo ones, tho
seed must be sown, thickly, one pound to
each 300 square feet.
The Joutnal of tho American Medical
Association commenting on the avail
ability of nutrients from plant sources,
says It has long been believed that It
may bo possible to utlllio green vege
tables so as to make them morn avnllablo
for digestion nnd assimilation by man,
Somo experiments lu this direction hnvo
been carried on In Germany Tho out
come has been decidedly gratifying and
may pava tho way for useful Innovations
In tho uso of vegetable foods. J
It hasNbeen found that bean powder fed
to man In the form of a purco contains
far more nourishment than string beans
served In tho usual form. Spinach, car-
rots nnd cabbage, similarly prepared, I
wcro enjoyed with singular freedom from
the troublesome Intestinal symptoms
which so often follow their use. Tho
usefulness ot theso plant products ap
pears to lmvo been augmented by their
preliminary treatment A group of vege
table products has thus been converted
Into a source of nutriment.
Kaslty Assimilated.
Tim pfftclnncv here recorded." says
tho writer, "is rendered tho more strik
ing by tho report from tho Altona ciimo
hnt ten ounces n day of vegetable pow
der, equivalent to six pounds ot fresh
plant may cosily bo nssimiiaien-an
amount which In tho natural state couiu
nnt i nimtit. Possibly by suitable
preparation such plant products as
grasses, which havo nitncrto ueon ox-
eluded from tho dietary ot man. may no
usod as direct sources of energy In human
nutrition.
"Without dlsciiHolng the advantages ana
disadvantages of tho uso ot foods of Ani
mal and vcgetablo origin, respectively,
wo aro bound to admit that man and ani
mal nllko aro depondeht on plants for
nutrition. A recent writer has said that
man Is a parasite living on the plant
kingdom. Tho final courcof human
energy is found In plnnts. In so far as
mankind obtains onergy by consuming
tho flesh ot tho domestic animals, only
a fraction of the supply taken to the lat
ter In tho plant products can ever reach
the sphere of usefulness to man.
Expensive Converters.
"The animals whloh furnish food to
man aro expensive converters of tho
energy of plants Into a form directly
available for his uses. Only a very small
residue ot tho energy-lntako of such ani
mals la left in tho tissue which they fur
nish to man; the great bulk of what has
been consumed has become lost in tho
processes of animal life during tho long
periods of growth and maintenance before
tho animal food products can bo mar
keted. To nppreclato this, ono need only
consider tho enormous amounts of vcgo-
table food necessary to produce tho flesh
of cattle for human consumption. A cow
cats a llberat plant ration dally during
several years befora sho la ready to
market,
"It Is evident that It would be an ad-,
vantage if man could utilize mora directly
tho energy which ho now secures only
after it has been converted by animals
Into tha forms that suit his preferences."
OUR MOTTO
Quality Insures Economy
in Buying Seeds.
Wo guarantee tho PURITY, DESCRIPTION
and QUALITY of all our seeds. Note the.. ,
. terma on your seed package in buying else,-,
where.
Nebraska Park, Tree & Floral Co.,
W. A. WALT STENILE, Pres.
Phone Tyler 2036. 617 So. 16th St.
NOW is the time to PLAN and PREPARE for your
LAWN, VEGETABLE GARDEN' and FLOWER BIDS.
A complete line of SLOWER, GRASS and VIGE
TABLE SEEDS, POULTRY and BEE KEEPERS' Sup-,
' plie3 and Garden Tools always on and. ;
An illustrated catalogue mai ,yfwig ,
Stewart's Seed Stare
Phone Douglas 977. 119 No. 16th St. Opposite P. O.
Try Buying YOUR HARDWARE NECESSITIES OF US
For We Have on Hand This Spring a Complete Line of
Paints, Oils, Glass, Rubber Hose and Garden Tools
BURNETTS
"OMAHA'S QUALITY HARDWARE"
Dunham
Lawn Rollers
Pennsylvania
Lawn Mowers
1612 Harney Street
'Anything Delivered Any admits."
Phone Douglas 421
Nearly Awning
Time Again
It won't be lonp; until you will be feeling tho need of some
thing to koop tho hot sun's rays off of your homo or oftico and
putting up quality Awnings right Is our business. Make your
homo comfortable this summer at a very buioU cost. Ask us
about It.
SOOTT-RAWITZER MFG. 00.
SUCCESSORS TO
OMAHA TENT & AWNING COMPANY
Scott Tent & Awning Oo.
11th and Harney Sts.
Wire and Iron Fences and Gates for Lawn, Garden and Poultry Yards.
Trellises for Vines and Roses. Crape Arbors. Flower borders.
Olothes Posts
Wire Arches
Summer Houses
Ohairs and Settees
Tree and Flower Guards
Lawn Vases
Iron and Wire
Window Guards
Screen Door Guards
Send for Catalogue.
CHAMPION IRON & WIRE WORKS, 15th and Jackson. Tel. Doug. 1590
A. DONAGHUE Efg25
All kinds of beautiful Potted Plants, ohoice Out Flowers
fresh overy day from our Greenhouse.
OUR PRICES REASONABLE. OUR SERVICE PROMPT.
Secure your garden needs from
the advertisers on this page. They
offer the best that can be obtained.
COMPLETE BAMSHOW PLANS
Contest at Low Cost Exhibition Un-,
. fler Direction of Mrs. Birss.
BLANKS GIVEN ON APPLICATION
0 - -
Arrangements Are Mode tor Those
A that Wish to Knter Children
tor Physical Perfection
. -. Honor..
Complete organization of the Baby
Health-contest, which Is to be tho big
gest feature of the Grocers' association
"Low Cost of Living Show" in the Omaha
Auditorium from April SO to 2C. was ef
fected yesterday by Mrs. F. J. Birss. She
has. full charge of all details In the carry
ing; on of this show for the Omaha Wom
an's club, Tne following committees
were appointed and in every Instance will
gtve hearty co-operation and aid to Mrs.
Birss in bi'.r efforts at making a success
of this feature;
Publicity Mrs. F. A. FolUnsbee, as
elated by the social science department.
Awards or Premiums Mesdames D. O.
Craighead, W. 8. Holler. L. J. Healey.
Place and Equipment Mesdames C. L.
Heinple, J I Adams, F. C. Tym. C. K.
Hutchtps. John Haarman. C. C. Ryan, C
A. Sherwood, C 11. Coon.
Entries and Enrollment Mesdames
Ueorse Mlrkel. F J Taggart. H C. Bum
ney, J 12. Pulver and R. E. McKelvcy.
Selection pf Judges and Assistants Dr.
Adda Wiley Ralston, Dr. Kathleen O'Con
nor, Dr, Mary Scott, Dr. Margaret W.
Koenlg.
Flsrurlng Score Cards and Maklne Du
plicatesMrs. J. C. Hammond, Mrs. N. II.
iNeiHun. Airs. j. u. xeiser.
Child Welfare Exhibit Mrs. F. II. Cole.
Mrs. James Dahlman. Miss Louise Mc
Pherson, Mrs. Frank Haller, Mrs. George
Joslyn.
Educational Prosrram Mrs. L. M. Lord.
Mrs. M. D. Catneron, Mrs. J. W. Towle,
.airs, w, w, Axeu, airs, is. ai, wyiert.,
Mrs. Wn(U Will Assist.
Mrs. Birss -has secured the' services of
Mrs. Mary T. Watts, president of tho
National Baby Health associat!6n, who
will come from Audubon. Ia. to give ad
vice and render efficient aid In the de
tailed arrangements. The various com
mutes wilt report direct to Mrs. Birss
and all entries which are going to be
made through the grocers ot the associa
tion should be sent direct to Mrs. F, J.
Birss, 3308 Lincoln boulevard. Mrs. Birrs
will send entry blanks out on application.
The Omaha Retail Grocers' association
have also volunteered to send tho entries
In of several hundred babies for this con
test. "When the subject was brought before
our club by the officials ot the grocers'
association ot giving a "Baby Health
how' it appealed most sincerely as a
proper thing for our club to manage and
I can assure you that I feel very proud
of Uie fact that the destiny of the show
has been placed in my charge," sld Mrs.
Birss yesterday. We are going to try
to convince the parents of Omaha that
the health ot the baby, the perfection of
its form and shape, of Its tuturo destiny
and disposition, rests largely in the hands
ot the parents after the baby has been
scientifically examined and Judged from
a 100 per cent standpoint It must be
thoroughly understood that this J not a
"baby beauty show." But tew persons
understand the purpose and the method
of Judging, In 'fact, any detail regarding
such a proposed contest, inasmuch as
there has never been one held In Omaha,
and but one in the state of Nebraska,
that at Lincoln last fall.
From the Country.
Another cause for city baby develop
ment Is that the country mother Is In
nearly every Instance 'overworked. We
are going to start this show with classi
fication as follows:
Six months to twelve months, twelve
months to eighteen months, eighteen
months to twenty-four months, twenty
four months to thirty months, thirty
months to thirty-six months, thlrty'-alx
months to forty-two mouths.
There will be no entry tee charge and
the details as to how the babies can b
brought to the building and examined,
etc., will be put forth through tho press
next week, after committees hold their
meetings.
Key to xtxt Sltuttaon Advertising.
Persistent Advertising u tt.e road to
Business Success,
MEDIGS TO MEET AT LINCOLN
Spring Assembly of Missouri Valley
Society March 28 and 27.
ALL SESSIONS AT LINCOLN
Convention Hall ot the Hotel to
House Doctors, with the Isxcep
tlou of Clinic Session on
Second Day.
The spring meeting of tho Medical so
ciety of the Missouri valley will be held
in Lincoln Thursday and Friday, Murch
26 and .ST, under the presidency of Dr.
Flavel B. Tiffany of Kansas City.
Thursday evening members will be
guests of the Lancaster County Medical
society at an Informal dinner at the Lin
coln hotel. Immediately following the
dinner Dr, J, lUlus Kastman ot Indiana
polls wlil give an address on ''Surgery."
and Dr. J. M. Bell ot St. Joseph will
speak on "Medicine."
On Friday morning a clinical session
will be held at the state orthopedlo hos
pital when the following program will be
presented: II- W. Orr, "Spinal Curva
ture," with patients and lantern slides,
etc; J. P. Lord, "Surgery of Anterior
Poliomyelitis. H II Kverett. "Stomach
Surgery and X-Ray and Local Ancsthe-
Bla;"E. a. Blair, "IthTnopasty," two pa
tlcnts; J. M, Mayhew, "Medical Clinic;" j
A. I. McKlnnon, "Traumatic Pancreatic
Cyst," "Rupture of the Spleen," "Chorlol
Epithelioma of Testicle," "Ulcer of the I
Stomach," Osteoplastic Resection of tho
Skull;" R. I Smith, "Radiography;" J.
J, Hompes, "Acute Mucous Otitis
Media;" "IX. J, Lenhoff, "MedlcaJ Case.
Kxophthalmlo Goitre and Organic Heart
Trouble.'
On Friday afternoon a "Symposium on
Corneal Ulcers will bo presented as fol
lows! "Etiology and Symptomatology,"
J. M. Banister: "Bacteriology nnd Path
ology," J. M. Patton: "Treatment," W.
P. Wherry; "Complications," P. I.
Leonard.
All sessions of the society will be held
In the convention hall of the Lincoln
hotel, with the exception ot the clinical
session on Friday morning, which will bo
held at the orthopedlo hospital.
The committee of arrangements con.
slsts ot Drs. A, I. McKlnnon, R. B,
Adams and R. L, Smith.
Following is tho preliminary program:
"Nephritis,' J. F. Percy; "Plattlo Op
bratlve Methods on the Stomach," Carl
Beck; "Reading X-Ray Plates, Showing
Pathology." W. II. Mlokt "Vomiting In
Early Infancy." Newell Jonas; "Serum
Diagnosis of Pregnancy," Palmer Find
ley; 'The Relations Between Radium
Treatment and Surgery,'1 D. T. Qulgloyj
"On tha Relationship of the Ductless
Glands to Growth,' A. D. Dunn; ' A
Preliminary Report on a Surgical As
pect of Diabetes Insipidus," David Hil
ton; "Cesarean Section." F. D. Dorscy;
"Common Errors In Oall-Tract Surgery,"
(. K. Ruth; "Enteroptosls a Factor In
Constipation," J. M. llyrum; "Drainage
of the Peritoneal Cavity,'- AV. W. a rant;
"Free Tissue Transplunntlon," A. T.
Mann. Complete program will be Is
sued Mnreh" 10, and copies ina,y bo ob
tained of the secretary, Dr. Charles Wood
I'avsctt, St Joseph, Mo.
SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION TO
HAVE MEETING TUESDAY
The Omaha Suffrage association will
bold an open meeting In the council
chamber ot the city hall Tuesday evening
at 8 o'clock. Mrs. George Covell will
answer the anti-suffrage arguments ad
vanced by Miss Minnie Bronson In her
recent addresses In Omaha. Mrs. M. B.
Munson of Pittsburg, Kan., will speak on
the campaign work In Nebraska, and the
Rev. Frederick T. Rouse of the First
Congregational church will have as his
topic "Suffrage Work from the Minister's
Standpoint." Mr. John L. Kennedy wilt
preside. An Invitation has been extended
to tho labor unions, Men's league, fra
ternal organisations and Improvement
clubs, as well as to tho other suffrage
organizations.
. FRIDAY
13th
Something Doing
In the 1300 Block on
Farnam Street.
Watch For AnnouRCimiRt
Y0DELERS WILL GIVE TWO
PROGRAMS AT MUSIK HOUSE
An Interesting program ot folk songs
and dances will be given Friday anad
Saturday evenings by the Oberammer- '
gau troupe of yodelers at the German
Muslk-Vereln's home. Nineteenth and
Cass streets. The famous "Schuhplatter"
danco will be one of the features. The
entertainers have staged over 260 per
formances in the United States and havo
won pronounced success In practically
each Instance.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road to
Big Returns.