Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 22, 1911, Page 13

If We Are Receptive Experiencit’ Teaches Something New (Written Specially for The Bulletin.) If there is any one problem in the farmer’s year which has been talked and written and discussed to within an inch of death, it is the manure problem. “Nevertheless, it is always with us. It is one of the two or three absolutely vital questions in fari/ng. There are a faw fundamental 1acts about it which seem to be settled. We have all, also, learned some details which fit our own particular farms and crops. One reason why so many people dispute about the relative values of farm-produced manures and com- mercial fertilizers is because they iz- nore or forget some of the settled facts. Another reason ig because each one, having learned the whims of his Ppeculiar soil, assumes unfairly that what is sauce for his goose is sauce for all other ganders. One of the fundamental facts of crop- growing is that practically all plants have to eat and breaths, just as much as animals. They take in nourish- ment through their roots, as animals take it threosigh their stomachs. They breathe with their leaves, as animals breathe with their lungs. Give any animal all tha air it wants, but stop its fodder, and it will die, in time. Give the same animal all the feed it needs, but shut off its wind, and it will die—in less than no time. It must have both food and air. We all know that. The same thing is just as true of tha plant. It must have both food and air. You can Kkill even quac rass—kill it dead—kill it beyond the ope of any vegetable resurrection, if vou will only make sure that it is never allowed to start a leaf with which to breathe. You can do this, though your ground is so ‘“rich,” ., so full of plant food, that the quack would riot in luxuriant growth—if it could only get a chance to breathe. The richest bit of garden land I have is a patch which used to be so matted and felted with quack that nothing else could find room to grow. The quack was ki by deliberatply enhancing the richness of the soil, while, at the same time, not a spear of grass was allowed fo reach the_air forl three months. Tt was smotherad te death—had to die, because it couldn’t breathe. Fortunately for us farmers, the nte we want to raise are usually all the air they need, if give them ‘half a chance. We don't have to help them out in that ection. But when it comes to their feeding, why, that's another matter. A much more difficult one to manage successfully. To begin with, it's perfectly clear that, when a plant grows, it takes something out of the s0il to grow with. Last spring vou had an acre of bare dirt, freshly plowed, with notk ing on it. Now that acre is occupied with growing corn. When the crop reaches full growth there will be from 10 to 20 tons of graen cornstalks, etc., on it. A considerable part of thos stalks is just water which will dry out. ere will still be 1t some tons matter. It came out of the dirt. as certain as anything w If you remove that entire crop, stalks, ears, and the rest, then between you and the crop you wiil have removed from your acre all the erops contains of matter which, before that crop grew, was in the dirt of your acre. Next year, when you plant corn again on that acre, the cern will have just that much less of those particular forms of matter to live on. This, also, is about as certain as anything well can be. By and by, if you continue the process, you will have used up ail there ever was in that acre on which corn can fesd, and then your crop w fail. A Why shouldn’t it? If you take twe quarts of water a day out of a six- quart pail, yeull empty it in three days—if you don’t put any dack to re- place what you've taken. If the corn- stalks take two.tems of corn food out of your acre every year, and you ¢en’'t put any corn foed back, your acre will, sooner or later, get empty of corn food, and yeu won't get any mere corn oft it. How are you geing te return that which the crop has eaten and you have sold away? That's the w§ole point of the manure question. Years and years ago, farmers found out by the simple method of trying it that stable manure spread on the land helped the crops to grow. The self- evident facts were seen-to be that manured land preduced better ecrops than unmanured land. Also that, the more manure you used, in reasen, the better it was for those crops. Then along comes some “why” farm- er and wants te know the reason for this. Se he-tests and experiments and gets chemists te analyze for him and at last finds out just what things the corn crop has taken out of his dirt, and how much of each. Furthermore, he finds eut, by similar processes, about how much eof these things he puts back with every load of stable manure. He discovers that when he puts say 20 loads of manure on his BV HEN the HAIR is BRIT~ ¥, TLE, DRY, HARSH or - HIN, 7 or SWHEN DANDRUFR te- gins te, appear o; ress _‘ or Coat Corlar i 3 +THEN, it's time for COKE. : L Give the scalp a gener- | +ous shampoo with EOKE“. §LIQUID SHAMPOO— § 5%®When the hair is dried, ap. ¥ o7 * acre he puts back rather more of one thing the corn uses than the corn has actually taken away. Also, that he puts back considerably less of two or three other things. His stable manura has helped a lot, but, as every practi- cal farmer knows, it is hardly. possible to keep on raising bang-up good corn year aftér year on the same acre, with stable manurs alone. It will grosw, but it doesn’t usually “do well.” What then? Suppose your twenty loads of stable manure return to the soil a quarter more ammonia than the corn crop took out of it. Then, by re- ducing the amount to fiftten loads, you have just balanced your ammonia debt to the soil. Youve paid back just what you owe it, of ammonia. But even your twenty doads did not re- store all the phosphoric acid and pot- ash the corn had used. Fifteen loads 11 give even less.. So the inquiring farmer who wants to know the “why” of it buys a few bags of rock phos- phate or ground bone, or something else that is loaded up with phosphoric acid, and a bag of sulphate of potash or a load of wood ashes which are rich in that same potash, and puts taem on with fifteen loads of sta- ble manure. By this combination he has “evened up” matters somewhat. He has actually restored to the acre the principal plant-foods which the corn ate out of it, in very near the proportions the corn ate them. The result, usuall s better corn and more oi it But now comes along the “advanced” farmer and ys: . “You buy your phosphoric acid and your potash in handy, clean shape and you put it on e v and evenly. Why not buy your nitrogen the same way; get an abso- lutely even-balanced ration for your corn; get is in compact form; get it in comparatively clean mixture; save all the hard and dirty and chanc-y work of handling manure; and insure a good crop eve time?” Sounds all right, too. Doesn’t seem to be any flaw in the logic of it. But, somehow, when you try it, it won't always work that way. You may get the best nitrate of soda, and the best superphosphate, and the best potash- salts that chemists can segregate and that money can buy. You may put them on your acre with scientific ac- curacy of combination and measure- ment and distribution. But three times out of four your corn crops will dwindle, year after year. “Why?” Since Nature does nothing without a reason for it, there must be a reason for this. What is it? # The reason corn doesn’t do well, year after year, on stable manure alone is because stable manure alone doesn’t restore to the soil all the corn takes out of it. The reason the same ccrn won't do well, year after year, on commercial fertiizers alone is b cause they fail to add the ‘“humu which seems essential; because they do not help in retaining the moisture which certainly is essential; because they allow the soil to compact itself instead of preserving that looseness of texture which seems necessary; and because they have no tendency to stimulate that bacteriological action in the soil which is apparently requi- site to change the crude forms of plant food in it into those which are eatable and digestible by the plant. Stable manure does all these things. It holds the soil moist by acting like a sponge; it keeps the soil porous, making it easier for the tiny rootlets to pierce to where their desired food is; it fills the soil with helpful bac- teria which change the crude constit- uents of earth into morsels ofydelect- able food for the plant. Now all this is general. Its bear- ings all lie in their application. I have heard of a man raising good potatoes for thirty years‘in the same field by the use of commercial fertilizers alone. I have known of dairy farmers rais- ing magnificent yields of hay for a generation by the use of stable manure alone. But these are rather exce tional. Every different soil own® secrets; every different crop its own demands: every different crop its own whims. Taking the years as they come and the country as a whole, with all its widely varying crops, the- ory and experience unite in indicating that the wisest, most economical and most successful methed of feeding crops is that which combines stable manure with phosphates and potash, in such varying proportions as vary- ing soils and crops demand. The old-fashioned farmer who can’t find words sneering enough to express his opinion of those who buy their manure in a bag and put it on with a teaspoon” would ordinarily be a more successful ¥Yarmer if he wasn’t so “sot” in his ideas. Theadvanced young ag- riculturist who has no use for the dung-fork and who tries to feed his farm solely on scientifically prepared rations of chemicals would ordinarily do better if he were not quite so brash. We don’t any of us know it all, just yet; neither these of us who are nine- ty and bent-backed with experience, nor those of us who are nineteen and swoll2n-headed with ideal theories. He is a foolish young farmer who will not heed the teachings of experience; he is a mulish old farmer who won't learn anything new. THE FARMER. WEDDING Hughes-Woodcock. Cards Were received in New Haven last week announcing the marriage of Miss Marion Woodcock, daughter of Bishop and Mrs. Charles Wocdcock of Louisville, Kentucky and Ernest Lee Hughes of Lexington, Kentucky, which took place Saturday, July 8, at the WINDHAM COUNTY SOUTH WODDSTOCK Henry Baker Speaks at Baptist Church ‘Mr. and Mrs. John Burleson have re- turned from Willimantic, where ‘they have been visiting the past week. Miss Gladys Sheldon has been spending a few days in Southbridge. Mrs. Avery of Norwich is spending several days with Mrs. Fitts. Mr. Swett of Southbridge was town over Sunday. Henry 'Baker gave a talk at the Baptist church Sunday morning. Fred Wright from California is spending a few days with his brother Frank. & POMFRET CENTER The many friends of Mrs. Phebe Sharpe, who underwent an operation last Saturday at Day-Kimball hospi- tal, are pleased to learn that she is resting comfortably. Mrs, E. E, Brown spent Sunday and Monday with her'mother at Black Hill. Miss Tait of New Haven is visiting Mrs.. E. E. Brown. Miss E, J, €lark and Mrs. Courtland in Hoppin have left for several weeks at | Harbor. Brown was one of an automo- bile party who visited Fairlea farm, near New Haven Wednesday. RAWSON Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Gold are en- tertaining relatives from New York. Willimantic callers on Saturaay were Frank Phillips, ewton Phillips, L. C. Stocking and Siom Dietschiz. Mr. and Mrs. L, A. Colburn and Miss Frances Thompson were Abington York E. joying their vacation in Vermont and Canaga." Rl : Irvin Botham, Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Bow- visitors on Sunday. George Reed of Phoenixville was a caller here on Wediesda: TOLLAND COUNTY WILLINGTON Recent Visitors in Local Church Renovation. Rev. E. W. Darrow preached Sun- day to an attentive and appreciative audience, his text being The Fear .f the Lord is the Beginning of Wisdem. The music by:the Misses Ellis and} Miss Dunning was beautiful. The En- deavor meeting in thz evening was led by Mrs. Preston and many helpful thoughts were brought out. Rev. and Mrs. Darrow delighted the gathering by a duet. Homes— Summer Guests. There has been a succession of Vv itors at Mrs. Gardner's, including Mr and Mrs. D. B. Gardner of Rockville, Miss May Hill from Boston, her sis- ter, Mrs. Howard, and daughter Flor- ence from New York state, among the Catskills, and Miss Nellie Thrall of Hartford. X The Edsons after their motor trip to Boston and Plymouth spent a might at Hillside and with their children and governass returned to their home in Greenwich. Mrs. Houghton, who spent Sunday in New York, has returned. Mr. Ricketts came again to Hillside on Monday and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis of New Jersey came on. Saturday for a month. Church Improvements. The services on the Hill next Sun- day will be at the usual hour, Sunday school at 2 o’clock, preaching service at 3 o'clock Communion will be ob- served. It is expected that the new carpet will be in place and the exer- cises will take the form of a red cation of the newly decorated and ren- ovated sanctuary. For the last Sunday in July and the first Sunday in August Mr. and Mrs. Darrow will be away on vacation. Mrs. Frank Carpenter of Wethers- field and Mrs. Holman called on Mrs. Emily Carpenter last week. SOUTH WILLINGTON Bap‘tism at Lake Tomorrow—Norwich Members Join Local Church. Tomorrow (Sunday) there will be no preaching service in the hall, but as soon as it can be arranged for, proba- bly by 11.30 o’clock, the rite of bap tism will be administered to saveral candidates at the lake. The congre- gation will then assemble in the hall, where the Lord's supper will be ob- served. Mr. and Mrs. James Service Voted In. Mr. and Mrs. ‘James Service, Jr, were unanimously accepted into me; bership in the federated church, as far as this branch of the church con- cerned, by letter from the Congrega- tional church of Norwich last Sunday Louis Morse is building a two-story house for Cyril Bartek on the old Dr. Barrows place, near Sharp’s mills. d Progress on New Church. The new church is nearing comple- tion. The panel work is being finishad up and the stained glass windows are being set. Then will come the oiling and waxing, the organ and pews, altar and choir furniture, etc. Edwin McKinney is rheumatism; Robert Battye his place on the truck team. Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Jones of New York spent Saturday and Sun- day at the heme of Mrs. Jones’' par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner Hall. Mrs. Jones will remain here for this week. Mr. and Mrs. James Service were in Norwich Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer J. Matthews were in attendance Wednesday -at the national convention of the Sons of Temperance at South Manchester. STAFFORDVILLE Rev. Marion H. Jones Participates in Nepaug Ordination—Personal Notes. laid up with is taking As stated in Wednesday’'s Bulletin, Rev, Marion H. Jones attended the ordination of Miss Grace Edwards as pastor of the South Congregational church of Nepaug Tuesday and made the closing prayer. On Summer Outings. Miss Kate Sisk is visiting her cous=~ in, Miss Alice Higgins, in Plymouth, Mass.; Miss Myrtle Phelps is with her aunt in Bosten; Miss Bertha Belcher with her cousin in Jewett Ci Mrs. Sarah E, Belcher has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Julia Needham, in Mon- son, Ma irs, H. G. West and two sons are Woedcocks' summer home in Leiand, | oiih Mrs. West's brother, L. Wilson, Michigan. The cerrmony was per=- formed by Bishop Woodcock. the father of the bride. Mr. and Mrs. Hughes are to reside in Lexingten, Ky. ‘Bishop and Mrs. Wood are well known in New Haven, Bishop Wood- cock being at ene time rector of the Church of the Ascension. He was also for a number of years rector of the Episcopal church in Ansonia. Ca!! for Winsted Girl. church, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., last week Miss Lillian B. Deming of Winsted was unanimously invited to become assis ant to Rev. Franklin D. Elmer, pastor of the church and formerly of Winsted. At the festival meetings held in Poughkeepsie recently Miss Deming made a strong impression with her lec. ture and demonstratien of modern Sun- day school matheds. She has acted as secretary to Rev. Dr. Elmer for four vears, leaving the public schools 1n Wlngted te accept the post. It is un- derstoed that Miss Deming will accept the appointment tendered her, entering upon her mew duties in September. and family in Ashford. William Phelps of Springfield was home over Sunday. C. R. Kemp and J. O. Stone of Hol- voke, Mass., were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bradway over Sunday. Willie Chamberlin of Pittsfield, Mass., was home over Sunday. MANSFIELD DEPOT At a meeting of the First Baptist | Motering Trip to Pertland—Personal Interests. Mr. and Mrs. Geerge '‘Baker and Herbert and Leroy Waldo were in Portland Sunday, the trip being made in Mr. Sterry’s autemobile. Mrs. George Platt is spending the summer in Hampton and Woodstock. Mrs. Ida Marcy is visiting her ne- phew and family in Putnam. George Platt and family of Bristel were recent guests at Elm cottage. Clifford Botham of Willimantic is enjoying twe weeks' vacation at the home of his parents. Mr. Wheeler and family are stiil en- Among Willimantic visitors the p. week were Mr, and Mrs, Hansen, Mrs. ers and Mrs. Badger. Mr. Johnson of New York is visiting his sister, Mrs. Warren. BOLTON NOTCH Miss Siegel Gives Recital at M. Church—Personal ltems. Miss Ruth Warner of South Man- chester is spending several days with her grandmother, Mrs. Minnie E. Howard. She has just returned from a visit to Rockaway beach and New York city. Miss Sadie J. Howard is home for the summer vacation. Mrs. Estelle Reed was a Hartford visitor Monday. M. W. Howard was in Hartford on business Monday. Misses Laura and Mary Brownell of Westfield, Mass., are visiting their gfiandmother, Mrs. Mary E. Brown- ell. Mr. and Mrs. William Clarkson and family of New York were in town on Monday, calling on frienas. Mrs. Hattie French of New Haven, a visitor of Mrs.’ L. S, Maine, has re- turned to her home. Mrs. Charles Belden of Hartford is at her summer home for a few weeks. Recital of Play. Miss Theresa M. Siegel recited The Lion and the Mouse, or the Battie of Money and Justice, at the Quarryville Methodist church, Wednesday evening, July - 19. Thomas Sheen of Manchester working for Mirs. Charles Belden. BOLTON is Victory for Manchester Team—George Whippert to Re-enlist. Andover Bolton baseball nine was de- feated by the Blue Ribbons from Man- | chester at Andover Saturday, 5 to 4.} Will Re-enlist. George Whippert of ~the United State navy, who has been in the West Indies for the past year, was a Bol- ton visitor the first of the week. Mr. Whippert enlisted several years ago. His time expires next January, but he intends to enlist again. Blmer C, Loomis of Westficld, st at William H. ed Doane of Springfield, 3 since a small boy, isiting his brother, Jobn H. Mas- The brothers have seen each but once for a short time in eighteen years. Lecal Young Ladies Awarded Scholar- ship at Springfield—Notes. Alex Barrows suffered a slight shock P. and J. Brown received eek of the death of their father in England. | Miss Alice Mathews of Hartford is spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hough. E. C. Pinney has been reappointed one of the trustees of the Norwich hospital for the insane. Miss Ruth Pinney of Springfield is the guest of her giandparents, Mr. and Mrs_E. C. Pinney. 5 Elizar Richmond is seriously ill with heart trouble at the home of Mrs. E. M. Goodell. . All who are interested in the loca- tion of Hyde park extension are in- vited to meet at the town hall, Mon- day evening at eight o’clock. Ir. and Mrs. Russell Colburn are i their son and wife, Mr. and George Colburn at Burlington, Vi As the result of an examination held recently, Miss Annie m i 11, at %‘f}“figfflm‘m were a-nrd»;a “scholarships. TURNERVILLE. -~ Trips of Local Peopie. John Harrigan “of Pennaylvatia i visiting at Mr. Slater’s. Spencer of Florida is visiting this week at' George Potter’s. % Berton Belcher of Staffordville, who has been spending a month with his aunt, Mrs. D, F. Jaquith, is now with relatives in South Coventry. Mrs. J. H. White spent Saturday with relatives in East Hampton. Mr. and Mrs. George Potter spent the week-end with relatives in North ‘Windham. - “ i Mr. D. F. Jaquith spent a few days this week with her parents in South Coventry. Miss Minnie Slater is visiting her brother in Lakeville, Miss Lena Potter has resigned at ‘Willimantic and will spend the re- mainder of the summer with her par- ents. SOUTH COVENTRY. Items of Local Interest—Perscnal Briefs. Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Hull have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Ethel Mason Hull to N, Searle Light on Wednesday, August 2d, at 6.30 p m. ‘William A. Wolfe has purchased the property known as the Mary Winches- ter place on-Main street, and will {ake possession in the fall. The place is at present occupied by Arthur Nye and family. The house owned by Addison Kings- bury and occupied by John Clark and family is being raised a story. M Sadie White of Allegheny, Penn., is at her home for a six weeks’ vacation. M Hattie Little Kinney and daughter of Mystic, have been guests of friends ir town. Mrs Brown of Hartford has been making a visit ot the home of her brother, Van R. Bennett. Miss Hannah Pottc guest of friends ' in South Manchester. The annual Congregational Sunday school outing will be held July 26th, being a trip to Ocean beach. Mrs, E, A. Tracy is daughter in Manchester, N. I. Dr. and Mrs. William L. Higgins have returned from a visit in North- ampton, Mass. The Misses Ruth aad Ruby Higgins will remain for a longer visit. has been the Hartford and SFRING HILL arren was in Boston last Monday and returned with a new au- tomobile. Members from the il" attended the regular meeting of Echo grange at the Center last Monday evening, at which time several were initiated. In place of the regular prayer meet- ing Jast Sunday evening the Biblical drama, “Moses the Liberator’ was used. The Ladies’ Aid society held a social ‘and Their Hosts—Summer ; kg' Nason anc ly of West- Yo s BRI automobiles L Lawn Social Nets $12—Items of Local Interest. The lawn social and supper given by- the Ladies’ Aid society last week at Yeoman's hall, netted the fes about twelve dollars. x Charlés Hitchcock and family are entertaining friends from New York at their pleasant home on Columbia Green, Mrs. Georgianna Collins of New York is having a bungalow erected on the east shore of Columbia lake. The new church hymnals furnished by the Jdadies were used for the first time at the morning church service last Sunday. Crops of all'kinds are suffering from the protracted drouth. In some fields the potato crop is practically ruined. Lawns are dried up and the feed in pastures is burned up so that the milk yield is very much reduced. Wells and streams are drying up but the farmers are hoping that rain may soon come and relieve the situation. Quite a number of farmers are through with their haying. As a whole the hay crop is considerably be- low the average. GURLEYVILLE Mrs. J. F. Robertson entertained the members of the Epworth league Fri- day evening at the parsonage, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Tucker from Lebaonon, were guests of Mrs. Tucker's parents over Sunday. Charles Crocker from East Hampton was the guest of Wormwood Hill friends Sunday. Rev. E. F. Smith and daughter, Miss Tda Smith have returned from a visit with relatives in Brooklyn and New London. Henry Dunham from Mansfield Cen- ter has been spending a few days at i{ Charles Hobby's, Mrs. Martha P. Dunham, Mrs, Charles Hobby and Wilbur Hobby spent Monday with Mrs. George Allen at the Willimantic pumping station. EAST WILLINGTON Charles Amidon and have been camping. Mrs. George Wilson is improving. Mrs, A, G. Baldwin's grandchild, Gridley Dawe is the yourgest sergeant in the U. S. army. His grandfather, Dawe took care of the gold and silver as it came from the mine to the mint and never was a package lost. On his mother’s side he is descendant of Uncle Thomas Benton, a United States sen- lator for over thirty years. family Tncle Sam has 51,000 sawmills. Children Cry - FOR FLETCHER'S ASTORIA When you want a good smoke, buy the Perfecto 10¢ or 3 for 28¢ E. F. HIMES & CO., Providence, R. 1. ‘\MWM {WMMM | § | | S Try the New Brew “Gansett” Pilsner Enjoy the taste of REAL Pilsner Beer—a beer with all the sparkle, snap and vigor of the original Pilsner Brew. 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