Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 2, 1917, Page 3

THE CASPER DAI’ (@repared by the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture.) The most successful corn growers realize the importance of thorough early cultivation, thus preventing any cheek in the growth of the plants be- cause of weeds or crusted soil. furmer should see that, from the time of germination to the maturing of the corn the plants are not subjected to | any preventable unfavorable condi- tions, but are given an opportunity to make a steady, vigorous growth. If their development is checked from any cause they will never fully recover, no matter how favprable the later treat- ment. As a consequence of heavy rain- the stalks may increase rapidly ht, and at the same time, for of cultivation or of soll fertility, or for some other reason, they may be slender or of poor color, Thrifty corn plants are thick, strong, and of dark- green color. Horse weelers and harrows should be used when needed to break a sur- face crust, check insect depredations, or kill young weeds that start before the corn is up or large enough to be worked with other implements. Dur- ing the first cultivation, or while the plants are very s ll, narrow shovels that throw the soil but very little should be used, and fenders are usu- ally found desirable to prevent the covering of the plants. Favor Shallow Cultivation. Many comparative tests of deep and shallow culiivation have been niade, and on the whole the results are in fa- vor of shallow cultivation. There are but few occasions when deep cultiva- tion is preferable. If excessive rains 130 Bushels Per Acre of Corn. have packed the soil and kept it water soaked, deep cultivation will help to dry and aerate the soil. Breaking the roots of the plants must be avoided so far as possible. If roots are broken, the plants will rapidly produce other roots, but it will be at the expense of the vitality and food supply. After the plants have reached a height of two or tliree feet, the soil, ever in the middle of the rows, should not be cul- ig tivated deeper than four inches, and usually a shallower cultivation will PF prove better. For retaining soil mots- ture a loose soil mulch two or three Inches in thickness should be main- tained. The best answer to the question of low frequently corn should be culti- vated Is that it should be cultivated often enough to keep down weeds and to maintain constantly a loose soll mulch until the corn has attained its growth. To this end a greater num- ber -of cultivations will be necessary wh rains at intervals of about a week cause the surface soil to run togdther and crust. This crust must be en and the soil mulch restored, or poration will soon rob the soil of moisture. It is a mistake to think that the longer the drought the more frequent should be the cultiva- to After a fine mulch of about three inches in depth has been produced its frequent stirring is not necessary, except in so far as it is required to The | INEXPENSIVE AND CONVENIENT CORNCRIB. cultivator without breaking down the stalks. If the condition of the soil de- mands it, shallow cultivation should continue, even though the corn is tas- Seling. A small implement with sev- eral narrow blades and a short single tree may often be used for maintain- ing a soil mulch after the corn is too tall for the use of double cultivators. | Some forms of the one-horse cultivator }are especially adapted te cutting off | weeds. Blocks nailed on the handles of the implement will protect the hands from the corn blades. It is sometimes profitable to remove weeds even by the costly process of hand hoeing, and at as late a date as the silking time of the corn, Walking Double Cultivator. With a good riding or walking dou- ble cultivator one man can cultivate }as many acres as two men with one- horse cuitivators, and with the most jimproved types he can accomplish the we more easily and fully as well Because of this saving of labor, double cultivators should be used wherever practicable. Two-row cultivators j}equipped with four gangs of shovels land drawn by three horses are meet- |ing with favor in the central prairie | states, As one of these comptetes the cultivation of two rows of corn each time s the field, one man ¢ cultivate 15 acres per day. In ma y | sections it is often difficult to obtain ‘laborers when they are needed and, as with these two-row cultivators one man can cultivate us many acres as two men with one-row two-horse cul- tivators, their use is likely to increase, especially in comparatively level sec- tions free from stumps and rocks where corn is planted by means of two-row planters. Some forms of these two-row cultivators are mounted on two wheels, like two-horse double cul- | tivators, while others made for plow- Ing listed corn are carried on runners or low, broad wheels desigvied so as to follow the rows made bythe lister. Three-row cultivators of this type are used to some extent on large fields free from obstructions, Very stumpy land or tall corn may prcessitate the use of one-horse cultivators. Shovels for Cultivators. The kinds of shovels with which It is best to equip either single or double cultivators must be determined by the character of the soil, size of the corn, and the size and nature of growth of the weeds to be destroyed. Without exception, any form-of shovel found to do good work on a one-horse culti- vator can be attached to a double or two-row cultivator. In some cases the surface cultivator does better w. °* than the disk cultivator which m.; leave narrow strips of solid soil that are not covered with fine, loose soll. All forms of shovels should be so ad- justed that the loosened soil will make a fine and even covering for the harder soil beneath. Shovels sometimes may be modified at the farm blacksmith shop for special use on river-bottom land, where bindweed, man-of-the- earth, and other vines and weeds are hard to control. Sharp horizontal blades at the bottom of shovels strike the weeds squarely, so that there is little chance for them to escape by slipping by either side, as is so com- mon with ordinary shovels. TOO MUCH SALT MAY KILL SOME ANIMALS When Taken in Excessive Quanti- ties It Is Poisonous—Chick- éns Are Susceptible. (By 1. E. NEWSOM, Colorado al College, Fort Collins. Samples of salt are occasionally sent to the agricultural college for analysis with the statement that animals, usual- ly cattle or sheep, were poisoned after eating it In considerable quantis.es In no case has any foreign substance that would account for the poisoning been found. Since salt is necessary to life and is in-universal use, it is difficult to realize that in large amounts it is poisonous. Many cases of poisoning in chickens have been reported and occasionally in larger animals. in one instance salt was by mistake used in- stead of sugar in making a cake. The cake was given to the chickens and killed all of them. Chickens are very Jreadnaught California Will Be Wonderful Ship. Vessel Also to Be as Near impregnable to Mine and Torpedo Attacks as It is Possible for Science to Make It. Besides being an electrical marvel, the new superdreadnaught California, which Unele Sam will build at Mare Island navy yard, will be as near im- Pregnable to mine and torpedo tts as itis possible to make a modern wat ship. The armor and other protection } against these weapons have be worked out ia sarerul study engagements in the present Eur war, For some time before the play the California were made the 1 is for y dev} partment experts satisfied themselves | by exhaustive tests that vessels of the proposed construction could not be sunk either by striking a mine or tor- ; pedo attack. It is understood that the j construction of the bulkheads by an | improved method is mainly relied upor# to make the vessel impervious to tor4 pedo and mine destruction. They are to be of steel, but will not be rigid ag is the case in other ships. Also ‘esise Water-tube boilers, Not only th. Spe wf the machinery insratiatt< i arrangement is said to ig « ferent Trem any ever Adopte previous Wate The use of ele vessel will be he c ~cMil- tion to the main propelling engines of the ship, the handling of the ammuni- tion and firing of the guns will be done by electricity, boats will be | hoisted ir nd out, anchors raised, the | Vessel ste a, and ventilating blowers operated by electricity. Other minor uses employing elec- tricity will be potato peeling, whieh performed in a separate mpartment, the machine having a cap: | pounds per hour; ice cream freezin complete aundry installation, pr machir *, food kitchen and cake 1 hine of 60-quart capacity, dough mixer of two barrels per hour, and a dishwashing machine that will handle 1,000 dishes per hour, The California will have a length of 634 feet, displac 300 tons, a speed of 21 knots, and a fuel oll ca- pacity of 1,900 tons. Her armament will consist of 12 4-inch guns, 4 sub- merged torpedo tubes, neh rapid- fire guns, 4 6-pounders, 8-inch auto- aircraft guns and 2 30-caliber machine, guns. und meat Declare Brass Buttons Make Better Soldiers That “fine feathers make fine birds” is accepted as an unques- tionable truth by the leading military authorities, who are urg- ing a more extensive use of the blue uniform. Major General Bell, United States army, recently pointed out the United States marines as exnimples of his belief that an attractive uniform inspires ua soldier to live up to a soldier's ideals, “Though the drab and khaki will still be used as a field uni- form, the smartness of the blue uniform, with its shining brass buttons, worn by the marines at sea and ashore, have a marked effect on the efticlency of those troops,” say the marine officers. OOOO ODOR FROG Bodies Made of the Metal Are Lighter and More Rigid and Are Safer in Case of Accident. Metallic aluminum now competes strongly with other sheet metals and with wood in the manufacture of auto- mobile bodies, according to reports by the United States geological survey, department of the interior. This pos!- tion in the market has been attained through improvement in foundry methods for casting metallic aluminum and increase in knowledge of suitable alloys. Large sections of aluminum castings ure now used in making touring cars and the inclosed bedies of certain other motorears, a use which was not prac- tieable ten years ago. Cast aluminum 1s also used for making automobile dashes. Bodies made of it are lighter than those made of other sheet wetal and have a rigid surface that will not dent easily when handled, They are in case of accident. The retains paint well, he ¢@ re co ryside to become ance has been Increased 25 to a A Tiaaapa pe ab pee CORBETT'AND SULLIVAN IN 1916. on 14 rush to hay or grain fields to get James J. Corbett was in a Fifth avenue, New York, hotel, when a little The main engines will be @ledtric, | th. ne rop or, in the spring, work like | 914 Irishman made his way through the crowd of Corbett’s admirers and the electric generators being delves WY | be).vers “covering young seedlings in grabbing the once famous pugilist by the Hund, said: sam turbines of 28,000 horse peer, | tk. ceuek gardens with paper or other “Say, don’t you know me, Mr. Corbett?” the stexm supplied by off4herding.’ ol} otection from frost, or preparing to Don't know that I remember you,” replied Gentleman Jim. ity of 1,000 | nting grinder, | ALUMINUM IS USED IN AUTOS | + | forecasts enable proper precautions to re ANELECTRICALMARVEL|WE! THER BUREAU | 1S AID TO FARMER System for Has Giving Warnings Been Highly Developed. GIVES PROTECTION TO CROPS Ne © That Merely Makes the City i w Take an Umbrelia May Re- suit in Intense Activity in Agricultural Districts. i bey city people reading Uncle} Saie . weather forecasts in their morn- ing, pers realize the importance a} Wav ing of rain, snow, frost, or high ¢ may have for the farmer, fruit r, or stock raiser in the country, message which causes the city mat paerely to debate whether he shall car 1 or tuke his over- iphed to country may be telephoned instantly armer to farmer as news of the test agricultural importance. Such | ssage over the phone muy cause | a nal Film Service ‘ld fires or light smudges in or cNarda,~ On ranches every available vorkD> tay be dispatched to herd in| Om ytock to yp “Well, you certainly ought to remember me—look again.” Corbett sized the fellow up critically, but could not place him, “Why, Jim Corbett, I'm the fellow who sat back of your corner at New retect them from) Opeans just 24 years ago and yelled at you, ‘You're not Irish If you don't | storms. TS them the message, which | jo him in the next round.’ And you jumped from your corner at the sound jin the city may Rave foretold only! 6¢ the bell, and with a right-hand jolt knocked Sullivan out and became the ht pcsORAE Riscomifort, curries tid | champion of the world. I always will believe that I made you the champion.” | inas of commiitss which may mean | “Say, I do remember someone yelling that at me,” exclaimed Corbett, heavy MOHGiKY SossGeito: the unpre: | “and, by the way, it was just 24 years ago that I knocked out Sullivan and Died fern Ue oO Sas | became the new champion.” | Ow the other hand @ Tereoast predict- | INTERE STING TALL MEN AT PENNSYLVANIA ing good or hol weathe th or four days to came t nics | of reapers into the Selds t& take vd: | vant of fuvorable Woather end | Smatiest of Eight-Oared Shell Combi- if by1 ic, cha the la re tre e * nation is Captain Woll, Six Feet, one of waving grain or gy. «8 Ty One-Half Inch. scene of haycocks, or wheat Caves ‘ ae rt Special Systems Perfecteu PARAGRAPHS Coach Joe Wright of the University The United States weather bu: ht of Pennsylvania oarsmen, plans to de- has perfected special systems a Ski-Jumping has never been a popu-| yelop an eight-oared shell combination ‘ilities for obtaining and disseminat-| lar vert ia Panama. made up of oarsmen of six feet and g advance weather news adapted te “ss © over in height, Captain Ad Woll, who the protection of growers of many spe Bat ‘Ansky Outpointed Jack Dillon. | was the tallest man in this year’s var cial crops in diff it sections ef U6) ye wit We Tack’s tien next time. sity, is the shortest In the latest selec } country. In connection with the weath * er reports received from its 200 sta- . Some kh re hang P | * sone are nor- tions and from 4,500 other observatioD| mal in intelligem . ¢ others ate points, the bureau has established @] paseball pitcherr A) large number of special stations for +. omy ‘ observating crop weather conditions ip the corn, wheat, cotton, sugar, rice, and | euttle-raising districts. The object of this service is to furnish the growers of each of these crops throughout the summer with Information diait will en- able them to handle the crops to best They call Le Gore, Yale'y we inspring. | It's now up to Percy Haughton to see) that he’s not wound up. # one One time a football dopist doctored up a Jot of comparative scores and ac- advantage, The corn and wheat region tualaore se Se 2 Ps seryice covers, for example, the 1£} principal grain states, in which it| | Pugilism originated in Re appt maintains one region center, 18 dis | Greece and the loser's end of the purse trict centers, and 174 special stations, | *'W8Y8 went to his heirs, from which telegrams are received | | A Cleveland football player sticks daily and reports disse uted. Daily bulletins showing the temperature | Di8 head In an elevator shaft. Scalp and rainfall at these stations are| bruised, skull not injured. published at 18 different points and eteise distributed to approximately 2,775 dif-| There is talk of calling a strike in ferent people. Similar services deal- | baseball next spring. ‘The players Ing with cotton weather conditions | Should leave that to the umpires. | cover the 11 principal cotton, states and | consist of data gathered in 13 centers | through 175 special statio: The crop weather serv is partic ularly important to alfalfa growers ip all the western states and special three The yellow peril has bobbed up or four-day forecasts are issued} again. There’s a Chinese player on the throughout the season to alfalfa har | California university football team, One time there was a lightweight boxer who didn’t quibble about two ounces in weight. Yes, he’s dead. ene n vesters. Spee Special Fruit-Region Service. Golf injures batting eyes, says some The special fruit-region weather| American league managers. Yes, Coach Joe Wright. tion being tried out by the Canadian warning service, which forecasts par-| Speaker and Cobb are both golfers. | tienlarly the coming of spring frosts, a aes is of particular value in the intensive| Bill Carrigan refuses to pilot the Red | instructor. Wolt 1s six feet one-half orcharding districts where frult grow- | Sox. That ought to make six American | inch in height. ‘Turner, rowing No. | ers have made preparations by means| league mapagers and Connie Mack/5, is the tallest, being six feet five of smudging or heating or other means | happy. inches. The present crew averages to protect their orchards from frost, 175 pounds. Coach Wright will hold The orchard forecasts and warnings| Once upon a time there was a base-| practice on the Delaware river as well are principally for the benefit of fruit | ball player who admitted that there | as the Schuylkill river course, so that men of Ohio, Colorado, Utah, Wash- | might be other players Just as valuable | the crewmen may become accustomed ington, Oregon and Culifornia. This | #8 himself. to rough water conditions, service has been expanded by the es- Gail tobtball was Rist OIAGEd A tablishment of seven new stations in ege Tooth ay jur- 3 the grape and peach-growing districts| ing the administration of President WORK FOR YALE SHELL CREW of northern Ohio and by the detailing | Johason, which explains why he was Plannbd 45 Have Varsity: Eights En- tered Against Penn on Schuylkill River Next Spring. of trained men for special duty in the | impeached. fruit district of the Hood river valley, Oregou, and the Gunnison valley, Cricket, first mare to pace a mile in Colorado. These men study the local hoped * fraser thee Hai ch ed abou ‘01 este id Brae cit cermern an: Prat ee cult next year, sity adele Plans to again enter his peratures to be expected and as to bake ihe icine J apr ren rage against the probable need to light fires in The navy is developing slowly but}*’enn on the uy! iver next their orchards. surely, interviews Coach Ingram. At| Pring. In addition the Blue will meet Special rain and teraperature fors- | the present rate they ought to be able Cornell and Princeton in a three-cor- casts for the sheepmen in Oregon, | ‘0 beat the Army about 1927. nered rere ERIM Tat W: , and Idaho were made b; Crew pete erican ine 7a diatriet Spoxataatie at 3 Lisi 6 You can’t blame Kid Williams much | Henly at Philadelphia and the annual Ore., during the shearing and iambing | or mot wanting another bout with | feature events with Harvard will be senson of 1916, It is estimated that | Kewple Ertle. Kid knows as much | towed on the Thames at New London there are more than 6,000,000 sheep in | sbout him as he eares to find out. June 22, 1917. : * i Pann areas OES, sree sive, cheep are usually shorntard | Hughie Jennings wants to shorten|EVERY SPORT IN BATTALION oee Coach Guy Nickalls of Yale univer- expensive, sheep are usually shorn and put on the ranges as early as possi- | the training season. It might be all PROTO ble. Early lambing {s encouraged also, | tight for the ball players, but it would Before being shorn, if stormy and | be mighty hard on some of the south-. cold elesan a at enw decmdianesndapsf ern hotel-keepers. Ps succumb to fatigue starvation, and after they are shorn it is neces- | The dream of K. KE, sary to keep them near natural or ; artificial protection for a short period if unfavorable conditions prevail. The be taken by anticipatiffg these condl- state of Washington. represented an uddit adult lobsters sent susceptible to salt poisoning and, while | | the amount that {t takes ro kill a horse or cow is consideruble, this sometimer ae pi occurs when these animals are especial: | (,, ectablish eastern lobsters: _ | *ifie coast. :