Evening Star Newspaper, May 17, 1926, Page 22

FERTILIZER PLAYS - BIG PART THIS YEAR| Farmers Intensely Cultivat- ing Worn-out Lands, Little Virgin Ground Broken. BY. J4. C. ROYI Special Dispatch to The Star NEW YORK, 17.—Fertilizers ht and imed during the 6 season, drawing toward a close, undoubtedly have exceeded £,500,000 tons. This fact not only is a splendid indication of the pr farmers, but new trend cons now perous condition of the makes it evident that a has come into agriculture Heretofore the tendency has been toward breaking new wd rather than building up the re-~ sources of old ficlds. The agricul- tural authorities now admit, how- ever, that the day of plowing virgin soil in the United s is nearly sed, und that intense cultivation winue to increase steadily. surely will i additional ‘ertilize: But many farm 00 much in the way of lower prices should not be expected from Muscl Shoals, even it Cor which is likely to call the 1 up for ac- tion in the next few days, finally de- the future disposition nts there and they tion. It is cer- tain that nitrates can_be produced at the Muscle Shoals plants, but the st of their cial production s something remains to be proven Five Per Cent Only about 5 per cent, according to fertilizer men, of the ordinary mixed fertilizer consists of nitrates. Should they be produced at no e whatso- ever, therefore, it could result in a reduction of gnly 5 per cent in the selling price ?n- farmers. Other ma- terials which must be taken into con- sideration are potash, acid phosphate, phosphate rock, sulphate of ammonia, fish scrap and tankage. Fertilizers in which sulphuric acid is a basic in- gredient aggregated nearly 8,900,00 tons in the last year. the terms of the bill now the first 10,000-ton commercial completed by years. Such a plant run at full capacity, then, would supply, rou enough nitrogen for 200,000 tons of mixed fer- tilizer, s than 3 per cent of the total consumed this season. Fertilizer prices are slightly higher than at this time last y No matter to_whom the plant i «d or operated, it is fair sume that a considerable period of time must elapse before pro- duction of nitrates in large quanti- ties is possible The No. 1 nitrate plant now at the shoals is an ammor and cost about §13,000,000. 2 plant is 2 cyamid plant, which, with the lime- Stone quarry and steam electric power plant of 76,000 horsepower capacity near it, cost about $81,000,000, Some fertilizer men say that as both plants were constructed to make ammonium snitrate for munitions considerable sums would be required to fit them for fertilizer manufacture. Electric Power Possibilities. The effect of the electric power possibllities of the Muscle Shoals de- velopment will b much more prompt. In fact, it is being felt at the mo- ment, although the fate of the pres- ent measure before Congress is any- thing but assured. Heavy construc- tion programs already are under way in the Muscle Shoals superpower zone as a result of the demand of tire manufacturers for cord tire fabric. The most recent project contem- plated is the erection of two new plants at Thomaston, Ga., to cost $3,000, 000 each. The Goodyear mills vecently purchased by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. at Cedartown, Ga., are in course of enlargement. Construction is progressing on the plant which will house the Brighton mills at Rome, G hich being moved from ic, N. J. The West Boylston mills are moving from North Adams, Mass., to Dalton, Ga., and the Stark mills from the same State nsville, Ga. All on trans. miss lines which are naturally hound to be a part of the Muscle { tribution. ler placed for ioodrich and Fi is more easily understood when it is known that about casings a day are being produced by les for which Nitrates. ¥ last year amounted to TEXTILE MEN MEET TUESDAY IN ATLANTA Stabilization of Industry Will Be One of Principal Topics of Southern Convention. , Ga, May 17.—Stabili- zation of the textile industry will be the kevnote of the thirticth annual convention of the American Cotton Manufacturers’ sociation, which rrow for day session, Approximately 500 man- ufacturers and their representatives are expected to atttend. The program calis for an analytl review of the cotton manufacturing situation and discussion of measures for relief of the industry. Among the speakers will be Ixdwin T. Meredith, former Secretary of Agriculture; John BE. Rousmaniere, New York, repre- senting the As: jation of Cottton Textile Merchant Senator W. F. George of ia, Dr. G. W. Dy of Vanderbilt Universit B. Maccoll of the National Ass of Manufacturers. "The association is composed of rep- resentative textile men of the whole United States, including approxi- mately 90 per cent of the Southern mills. A New England delegation, headed by President Maccoll of the National Association of Cotton Man- ufacturers, will be the guests of Pres- ijdent W. J. Vereen of the Southern association of the same body, while allied bodies of the cotton industry will be represented hy a number officlals, including President J ‘Wannamaker and Secretary Harve Jordon of the American Cotton clation. president of Cotton WILL RESUME AUCTION. LONDON, May 17 (#).—The wool auctlons, which were postponed on aoccount of the general strike, will be resumed on June 10. caa g NEW BOND OFFERINGS. NEW YORK, May 17 (®)—New bond offerings today approximated $8,836,000, the largest being an issue of $3,000,000 15-year 7 per cent closed mortgage sinking fund gold bonds of the Mansfleld Mining and Smelting Co. of Germany, at 93¢ and interest, to yleld 7% per cent. These bonds common stock purchase war- ramse # THE EVENING STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, MAY 17, 1926. Golf Strategies' That Won Some Important Struggles “By Bunker” 0G5 YYINNING MIBLICK, SHOT ON GREEN 4™ CAPPER: = H oK & LENGTH OF HOLE ~ 460 YARDS. UTSIDE the national open, no Summer event so interests the big professionals of the Eastern s Country Club open at Shawnee-on-the-Delawarc it decides the Eastern championship. the Shawnee Unofficially éction of the country The 1921 event took on an international flavor, because Abe Mitchell and George Duncan oi Great Br competed, Sarazen, h, Willie Ogg and other star. : got off to a great start Tound with a 71, the best seore of the tournament, with the ex ception of a 69 turned in by Alitchell on the final round. Playing with Ogg was Archie Cap- and the latter kept right abreast he former New England champion as the first, second and third rounds were reeled off. As the latter round progressed it was apparent that the championship lay between Og Cap- per, Kirkwood, Pete O'Hara, Mitchell and Sarazen. The tournament was played in storm conditions. Rain and hail fell and it thundered terrifically. Showed Headwork Counts. A splendid play by Ogg in the third round, which overcame conditions im- posed by the storm, showed how a bit of headwork at a critical moment can count hugel the disposition of championships. “Coming up to the fourteenth hole,” s Willie, in telling how he came to make the play, “Archie and I were < a nice little struggle between Ives, regardless of how the tour- nent came out. We had drives of about the same distance and our second shots put us on the green of this 460-yard hole. “Neither of us noticed anything un- usual about the green at first. But after Capper, who away, played is first putt T got suspiciou: ““Archie hit his ball reasohably hard, but only moved it a couple of yards from the front edge of the green, where he lay. My ball, resting near in the fi Abe Among the Americans ta Willie Macfarlane, Cyril aValker, Bobby Cruickshank, Emmet |the left n and Joe Kirkwood of Australia ing part were Walter Hagen, Gene side of the green, still was nearer the cup than his, so that he again putted, while I waited. “Again he only moved his ball a few feet. This caused me to make a more careful examination of the green, and I found that, although it appeared to the eve to be in fair condition, the ruin had soaked it until it was like a huge sponge. Archie hadn't just found a_couple of damp places o hold back his ball. It was the same everywhere. Asked for Niblick. “It was now my turn to play. T put {my putter back in my bag and asked for a niblick. 1 looped my ball 20 feet through the alr. of course at the ex pens of the turf, but I stopped it dead exactly an inch from the cup. “This gave me a birdie 4. Gaining roke under such conditions cer was @ big help. “Strangely enough, even after seeing my play, Capper continued to use his putter. Tt is a fact that before he finally holed out he had taken seven putts. That gave him a 9 and ef- fectually removed him from the tour- nament. “My taved stroke helped me a lot s getting unplens- 77 for the round. “say, though, that after my in executing & niblick shot on the green I was steadier than I had heen before and continied so through the final round. “I won the championship with a just ahead of Kirkwood, O'Har: 98, a chell, who tied for second place.” (Copyright. 1926.) ROD AND STREAM = By Perry Miller. best fish are being caught, but that the black bass bill, prohibiting THE best news just now for the anglers is not where the most or . the interstate shipment and sale of these fish, has been passed by Congress. The Senate passed the bill last Monday night and the House passed it Thursday afternoon. The credit for its passage belongs to Scnator Watson of Indi: the Senate and Representative Hawes of Missouri in the House men are ardent anglers and had been working hard for the bill s was introduced. The bill was passed by the Senate without amendments and the House passed the Senate bill by a vote of 104 to 37. This action by Congress comes at a most opportune time, because these ame fish, the large and small mouth ppearing on account of the many illegal methods used in their capture and sale at the fish markets throughout the country. This condition has been especially true concerning the big-mouth bass in the Atlantic coast States. The net fishermen operate their nets and seins from early Fall to late Spring. The bass they take are prized more than any other fish, because they bring the most per pound, and these fishermen have found a ready market for their . They did not care whether the were large or small, so they had sufficient pounds to make their pock- ets bulge with money, E. C. Kemper, a local man and well known angler, is really the father of the Hawes bill. For man ears Kem- per has been a close observer of con- ning to these gume fi 3 printed in the Izaak W giving in detail the many evils sur- rounding the bass family. He has been untiring in his efforts to have Congress pass some remedial legisla- tion, and the bill which was enacted into law last week is the fruit of his efforts. In his article Kemper said: “I do not know what is happening to the bass in the Middle West. I do know what is happening to them in the At- lantic coast States. They are being exterminated, rapidly in some local- ities, slowly in others, surely in all. The migratory bird law put an end to the slaughter of our game birds. Some such law, as the migratory bird law, must be enacted to save our bass. It is realized that bass are not mi- ratory fish, but we have the Inter- state Commerce act, under which legislation could be put on the books prohibiting the interstate shipment of bass for market sale.” His article was published back in 1923 and was illustrated with several interesting pictures showing many baby b weighing about 14 ounces for sale in our local markets. These were captured in nets in Virginia or Maryland. One showed a bass filled with spawn and selected at random " | make from a barrel of 1 tures were taken on at the Municipa All these pic- March 13, 1923, h Market. _'l'he black bass bill had been before Congress for the last three years, opposition from first one sou and then another preventing its passage. This bill now goes to the President for his signature, and the fact that every chapter of the lzaak Walton League of America and thousands of anglers not members of this organiza tion are behind the bill, should con- vince the President that it is the only thing that will save these fish from utter extermination. After talking with Commissioner O’'Malley of the United States Bureau of Fisheries concerning further sein ing operations in the Tidal Basin it has been decided to try again to r¥ those waters of some of its undesir- able fish. Capt. Deeters is willing to another attempt, provided the stakes and obstacles are removed. Several weeks ago this column asked and received permission from the Secretary of the'Navy to have the diving crew at the Washington Navy Yard assist in this-work. Lieut. Ken- nedy, in charge of the crew, is ready to go to the Basin whenever given the word. It is now planned to delay these operations until after June 1, in order not to molest the nests of spawn of the bass and other game fish already In the Basin. There is no “doubt about the Basin containing a large number of bass, because many of them were caught in the seine and returned to the water during the last operations. _ It is now proposed to have the divers locate all stakes and obstacles surrounding the old bathing beach site. When these are removed bait for the carp and catfish will be placed at night and the next morning, early, the big 1,500-foot seine will be circled around the baited area. In this way it is hoped that a large number of carp and catfish will be caught. A week ago last Saturday 150 adult crappies were planted in the Basin. This was the first shipment j Swelling. The first application brings Great Relief. Stops Itching Instantly and Quickly Relieves Irritation Severo tests in cases of long standing have proved that PAZO | OINTMENT can be depended upon with absolute certainty to Stop any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Recommended by Physicians and Druggists in United States and Foreign Countries. PAZO OINTMENT in tubes with Pile Pipe Attachment, 75¢ and in tin boxes, 60c. Tue circular enclosed with each tube and box contains facts about Piles which everybody should know. received. The Bureau of Fisheries has a large number of bass at its hatcheries at College Park that will be planted in the Basin as soon as they have finished spawning. Commissioner 0'Malley informed this column that he has been having a hard time trying to catch bass in nets in tFe open streams, and again the old question of selning operation by commercial fishermen, but which will be prevented by the passage of the black bass bill, is apparently the cause for this shortage. However, as quickly as they can be collected they will be transferred to the Basin. While the apening of the bass sea- son in the District of Columbia is May 30, fishing will not be permitted in the Basin this year. Commissioner O'Malley and Glen C. Leach, chief of the department of fish culture of the bureau, are both of the opinion that the planted fish should be given at least one year in which to get well acquainted with their new home be- fore falling a victim to the angler’'s lures. Although the District law states that bass fishing in its waters opens on June 1, the authorities have allowed anglers to catch bass on May 30, as it is a holiday and a large number of persons spend it casting for game fish. Regular Lines of Goods In addition to special purchases, it is our constant aim to carry in our Down Stairs Store complete lines of regular goods in every section. The prices must average as low or lower than elsewhere. 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The bass season in Virginia does not open until June 15, and anglers are warned not to confuse these two dates, as it may prove embarrassing and costly to them at the same time. Robert L. Pyle and a party of friends motored down to Solomons Island a ‘week ago Saturday. They fished a lit- tle that evening and landed about 18 hardheads before dark, but the next morning they made a killing, return- ing with a catch of 126 of these flsi and one rock welghing about tw« pounds. Bob Pyle said that he w lucky in securing a half dozen hard crabs, and that the fish took this bu better than they did bloodworms i shrimp, and that the latter were use only when the crab balt was e hausted. ‘Those in the party were Alden Beaci Jim Pruitt and Representative Iie:. bert W. Taylor of New Jersey. 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