Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 8, 1913, Page 12

CORN-TALK BASED UPON TALKING CORN-CROPS Wwill “run out” unless it is selected and Dreserved with some intelligence. It s Ceen shown that, on the same sround, daving the same treatment, the same year, corn from wisely' se- lected and tested seed will produce from eight to. ten bushels more, per acre, ‘than corn from Jjust ordinary seed. It has been shown that corn respands nobly fo intense cultivation, Dboth before and after planting; that it calls for deep plowing and thorough fitine Wi the harrow. and that it pays big wages for at least twice as much cultivation as usual, after com- ing up. -And various other things. (Wriften Specially for The Bulletin.) 1 s'pose there’ll be many of you who won't want to hear another word about corn for a year. “Good Lord, is this talkative farmer ddft over corn?” I seem to hear some you. say. praps I am. A fellow never can know his own crankinesses SO well as the other fellow knows them. They used to talk about the “three Rs”: | Pm fairly grounded in them and have now gone back up the alpha- bet to the “three C's—Corn, Co-opera- tion, and Common-sense, I've some- how got the idea into my thick head that a combination of those three C’s would work wonders for the farmer man. As for you who are tired of corn- talk just Tow, why probably you.cam Temember when, as small chaps, The fact that corn didn’t use to do well when handled in the old way is 1ot only no. proof, it is no presump- tion, even, that it won't do well when handled as, growing knowledge has shown it should be. Were very tired of taking hol old ‘compesition tea. It didw't smell I have once before referred to the good; it didm’t taste good: amd gee- | DOVS' corn contests which are such & Whizzle! Wow it burmed and choked! | feature of western farm life, these But when Mother had gof vou |days Some recent reports to the Kan- sas City Star from the lads who last season tooK tries for <its prizes illus- trate.with an emphasis that ought to make some of use old hunks ashamed of ourselves just what the adoption of modern methods will do for corn. wrapped up in flannels and your feet in a pail of hot water, and had listened to your unsuppressible cough a min- ute, she disappeared into the pantry and shortly afterwards appeared with a bowl—not a mice genteel little cup, but a big, homely vulgar bowl full of the steaming, stinging, horrible stuff. “Yes, you've got to take it all” “No, 1 shall not set it down and let vou take it when vou get ready: you're going to drink it right up while I can see you.” Now, there’s no use snivel- The averade yield of corn, per acre was 213-4 bushels in Kansas in 1912, That includes all the corn grown in the state, no matter by whom and, of course, includes these contest acres as well as those of the big ranches run by old farmers. Now will you please ling about it: the sooner you swallow : it the sooner it will be over” “I|consider a few cases of a few Kansas Zmow it isn’t very pleasant but you've | Small boys, raising corn according to the new way Two boys in Lincoln county, Guy Mooney and Clement Mooney, raised four acres of corn, last summer. They plowed the land in the fall: they disk- ed and harrowed it in the spring till it was as mellow and deep as an ash- heap; they secured tested, pure-bred they gave the growing crop four ultivations: they harvested and sold 208 bushels, an average of 52 to the acre, for 50 cents a bushel. Guy Mooney is eight vears old and Clement is ten. They used no com- mercial fertilizer and their field is on the edge of the “dry belt.” Byron Robinson, another Kansas boy, took an acre which was in corn in 1911, disked it in the fall, harrowed it in the spring, tested his home- grown seed before planting,—he saved it himself the year before and kept it over winter on shelves in a dry, rat- proof box,—cultivated epergetical five times, and took off a yield of 93 bushels and 11 pounds of corn. Byron is twelve years old. it, because it's good for sot_to take what ails yon." And vou took it. And it was good for what ailed you. And next day your cold had all gone and you were able to go out sliding with the other boys on the old hill back of the school- house. Similarly, likewise, and accordingly, Tm going to talk corn again for about ten minutes. whether you like it or not, —because it's good for what ails you. 1f vou farmers of this, my larger audience, are any like those who make up my immediate personal neighbors, You may not have a cold in the head, but there’s quite a few of you Who've £ot fog on the brain _Cold, shivery, demp, stifing fog. Like me, you're Zetting on in vears Like me, you've been Iiving ail by your lonesomes and getting _crotchetty. Like me, you've drivem your old farm wagon for so ‘many years along the same route that You've worn a deep rut, and it's like pulling teeth to get out of it. And all the while the fog of old-fogyism has been thickening in your brains,— 2s I know it bas in mine. Now if 1 can write a little, short compesition that will blow away even one Whiff of that.fog for both of us and all of us, I'm going to try ana do it. I don't care whether you like the dose or mot, whether you approve of my style of medicine or not; I don't even care whether it makes you mad <r_mot I’s good for what ails you. Leonard Skinner of Morris county, following out similar methods of prep- ardtion and care, raiéed 50 bushels to the acrfe, which paid him ten cents an hour wages for his time spent on it and gave him a profit of $21.21 in addition, when the corn was sold. Leonard is twelve years old. Reno county, Kansas, has not hith- erto been considered a corn county. But Luther Brickey grew 52 bushels io the acre there, and is going to try it again, this coming summer. Ior, he says, 'he sees where he made ome or two mistakes that he won't copy again. Luther is also twelve years old. One reason why a whole lot of us Connecticut farmers don't grow mure corn is because we used to raise it and found that it didn’t “pay.” ‘Which wasn't, after all, so very eur- prising. Considering the way in which we went at it ‘We found that the ‘‘seedin’” was getting thin on some field. So we drew on a litile manure, plowed ’er up, and planted corn regardless of the char- acter of the soil. We took the first seed that came handy; some out of the corn-bin if the rats had eaten up the seed-corn,—as _they usually did. We half ' plowed the field_and about a quarter harrowed it. We sometimes had to step over two or three rows to find enough loose dirt to cover the séed we aropped. Then we “plowed out’ Detween the rows, tore up the half- rofted turfs and destroyed half the ung rootlets from the corn. . We “went over it” about twice and- then left it to the weeds and fo luck. ¢As a result we sometimes got enough-to pay us days’ wages. Oftener we did- 't So, because the crop wouldn't do well in spite of our carelessness and neglect and disregard of natural laws, we' conGemned it;—relegated it to the heap Of “has-beens.” Creston Haworth of Republic county harvested 55 bushels from his acre. Creston is eleven years old. And s0 on and so on. Just as Winf-up will yvou please read this: Vincent Dumas, seven years old, plant- ed end took care of an acre in Cloud county, and got 35 bushels of shelled corn off it. Eb, what? So far not an acre has been reported to The Star which didnt do better than the state average. The general run has been about double. I wonder how the old grizzled Kan- sas farmers feel about being beaten at their own game by twelve and ten and seven-year old boys? I wonder if that's one reason why Bastern Connecticut farmers are so timid_about letting their boys-go into The Bulletin's corn contest—because they're afraid the boys will get the laugh en them? - The only le reason why these Kansas boys beat their leaders was that they were willing to take pains, willing to learn, and really anxious to succeed. They weren't afraid to work nor ashamed to take “pointers” from experts: They didn’t start out assum- ing thaf they knew it all, and“that any advice or- suggestion or instruction from successful corn-growers was an insuit. . / My #wn Teefing is pretty strong that, if a lot of Connecticut farm boys were given the same chance the Kansas boys had. they'd take it with a whoop and jump Over the Kansas record like @ deer over a five-foot wire fence. THE 'FARMER. Now, ail this was a good many years ago. Somé vater hag run under some bridges since then and the world has got quite @ bit forwarder on its jour- ney to Semewhere. Several things have been made clear which weren't clear or, at léast, weren’t deeply con- sidered in the old days. To begin with, it has been made manifest that some land is maturally fitted. for corn, i.e., contains in itself the needed elemerits for corn-production, while other land laeks one or more of these elements, s are supplied. and won't answer till th It has also been found that corn seed - Avoid Impure Milk for Infants «nda Invalids HORLICK’S It means the Original and Genuine MALTED MILK Rich milk, malted grain, in powder formys More healthful than tea or coffce. | For infaat, invalids aod gowing childres| Agress with the weakest digestion. | Pure nutrition, upbuilding the whole body. Keep it on your sideboard st home. ' mvngnm-mn-n.n&-'n‘dthn-d. Aqgid:lnnfl: prepared in a ‘minute, PEF Take no substitute.” Ask for HORLICK'S. HORLICK’S Contains Pure Milk i W | to the proposed new bridge which / o be efected about twe hundred feet | north” of the. present bridge. E the leading undertainties is the weather conditions and in news- paper .offices that ttle y ‘weather item is one ‘g ost un. reliable. So it may be pres- ent prospect that there will be little if any ice havested in this section, but there may be a change in weather and an unprecedented ice harvested. Such. things have occurred before and may agaim. A dozen years ago an artificial ice plant was installed in connection with the brewery in East New London, but the brewery was not a paying investment and the ice plant has not been working the past six years or more. Now that indications point to a scarcity of natural ice, plans are being made to put the arti- ficlal ice plant in operation, which is surely cheering information to New London, especially as it is given out that ice is to be manufactured for the local trade. The plant has a capacity of forty- five tons of ice a day, but which is to be increased, and a storage for five hundred tons. Once the plant is oper- ated effort will be made to have at least five hundred toms of ice in re- serve to meet all emergencies. In con- sequence there is no danger of an ice famine in New London. With, Ex-Mayor Geerge F. Tinke styled the watch-dog of the city trea ury, and who has repeatedly said in city meetings that it was time to cry halt in unusual city appropriations, speaking in favor of an appropriation of $30,000 for the direct drive to the Pequot section, the matter was carried with unanimity at the city meeting on Monday and this big improvement will begin with the least possible delay. This has been the project of James D. Lynch for a great many years and is in keeping with his general ideas of public improvement as indicated in his development of the Pequot colony, as perhaps he has done more for the de. velopment of property in that vicinity than any other individual and without any great profit to himself. Former Governor Thomas M. Waller, who has strongly opposed the severa plans of city improvement suggested Dy Mayor Mahan, such as the new sidewalks and the park system, also spoke in favor of the appropriation for the direct drive, so-called, as did also Ex-Representative Whiton, who is also classed as a comservative when the mayon's plans for improvements have been under consideration. Mayor Ma: han, too, is in favor of the improve- ment as plarned but he took no lead in the city meeting and, perhaps, that's a reason why there was no open oppo. sition to the plan. While the new drive, or rather the improved driv will be a great public improve- ment, still the real benefit will be a relief to the vehicular congested con- dition of sank street. The plan pro- vides connection of Washington direct with Reed street, the widening ‘of Howard street near Bank and also near the junction of Pequot avenue. to death of a man suf- rium tremens recently cell at the aimsnouse, whither he was taken by order of the police department has brought the members of the court of common council to the realization that there should be some place where this class of patients could réceive proper and humane treatment, and not be bundled off to the only padded cell in any In- stitution in the city and was never intended as a receptacle-for cases of the class mentioned. The committees on police and charities were instructed to consult with the mangement of the Memorial and Lawrence hospitals to ascertain if some arrangement could not be made to have an alcoholic ward added to one of the hospitals, both of which are nearly occupied to capacity by patients of an entirely different class and where quiet is an essential part of the treatment. The cases .of delirium tremens are in New Lon- don, certainly not enough to warrant either hospital to build a special ward for thei accommodation, even were such a ward possible with. the present hospitals. The burning fering with in the padde It does seem that with proper accom- modations the few patients that_show up_ a could rdceive medical care from the city physician with the station house keepers, or a supernum- erary policeman, if necessary, as at- tendants. The city cannot expect the hospital associations to erect an alco- holic ward for the city patients and at no public expense. There is no need for it. The very best location for an hospital of this character is in the rear of the police station. There is ample room in the rear of the present build- ing for the erection of euch a struct- ure, and it could be fitted with a pad- ded cell or two and completely fur- nished at a moderate cost. There a patient would not be left alone at any time and there would be no danger of repetition of the almshouse fatality. Perhaps the council acted wisely’in taking the initiative for the proper care of these 'rare cases, but there is no sense in asking the hospital man- agement to incur an expense ‘that should be borne by the city. It is a matter that should be cared for by the police department and the city physician and the most advantageous location for an asylum of this wpecial kind is in connection” with the police station, rather with hospitals of the nature that are in New London. Aft bout five years of expectancy there is indication that -the Consoli- dated railroad, officially known as the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford, is soon to aid in the advancement and progress of the city of New Lon- don, There is strong indication that the ‘new bridge acrose the Thames is to be built and that the work will actually commence in thé near future. This work is of great magnitude and means at least a temporary increase in population of several hundred work- men and their families. A reason for the belief that work on the new bridge is contemplated is found in the fact that the rajiroad company has offered to the state of Connecticut as a gift the present structure to be a part of the highway system of the state and to be maintained as such by the state. The only reservation is that the com- pany, or its assigns, may operate a street trolley road on the bridge when it becomes a public highway. Locally the proposition meets with popular favor and this favor is ghared by all who have use for the ferry with their automobiles or other vehicles, and es- pecially those who tour between New York and Besten in the horseless car- riages. This aside from the dairect benefil the bridge would be to the town of Groten and the cily of New London. This is & matter of more general than local importance, however, and will probably be advocated before leglsla tive committés by residents of all sections of Connecticut what seems o be a very gemerous offer from the rallroad company. There is si- lence a8 to the line of approsch is it has been hinted that there will be a radi- cal_cnange from tha:present approach apd thal the change will tend mater- ially te lessen the imcenveniemce and alleged dangerous cendition that exists —_— by the municipality, it i francs & month to this purpose, it leaves m’m ‘station, and that the general itions along the water front will’ be materially improved. § ~ As usual New London is very much in the legislative footlight and when the mame of the city is mentioned in either house there is just a shade of expectancy in the features of nearly every member and the reporters clear away for action, for there is generally something doing. Just at this stage of the session the special matter of interest is the act presented by the senator from Bridgeport calling for the repeal of that $1,000,000 appropriation for the development of New London harbor as a terminal for ocean steam- ships, the chief feature just at this time 'Dbeing -the matter of reference which is to bée decided by a confer- ence committee of both houses, with prospects that the matter will go to the committee on roads and bridges for hearing. Unless there comes a hitch in the ordinary course of pro-| cedure, the whole business will have to be gone over just as was the case two years ago when the matter was practically adopted unanimously. ~ * personal jealousies and spite purely political on the par{ of what is termed the Bridgeport gang was the origin of the present legisia tive disturbance, and with expectation that the move would serve as a whip to beat oppeonents into line, still the wnotion to repeal the act making the appropriation = seems to have gained quite a following though a true test of -the feeling of the legislators on the subject has not yet been made possible. ‘While there are but few in the deliberative chambers or the corridors who belfeve that the McNeil bill will pass, still it means a finish fight and it will be necessary fo marshal full strensth to prevent any possibility of the appropriation being withdrawn and thus put the state out of the run- ning in progress. What the state has commenced in New London for the advancement of the commercial inter- ests of the state Massachusetts is do- ing in Boston and Rhode Island is do- ing in Providence. Therofore the .result is not only swaited with interest by those who favor the project but also by those who would Iike to have the repeal bill adopted and none are more interest- cd to have it defeated than would be the progressive citizens of Massachu- setts and Rhode Island for then a prospective and dangerous competitor for foreien and domestic steamship business would be removed. It is con- ceded that New London harbor is the bést on the Atlantic coast, open at all seasons and the only one in the state worthy the name. Connecticut has the opportunity to have this state port-developed and it will be done, providéd the members of the present legislature consider the best interests of the state and not vote the op- portunity away just to satisfy the re- venge of what is known under the zilded dome as the Bridgeport gang. Cost of Living in France. Whils the increased cost of commodi- ties 15 noticed by all in Lyon it is felt in particular by wage earners. Five francs (98.5cents) a day is more than aver- age pay for an operative or laborer here, and it is not easy under any ciréum- stances to live well on this sum. When the man has a family it requiresa great deal of economy, patience and-sacrifice to enable him to support those depen- dent upon him. Although town authorities are not as yet allowed to construct buildings for the use of the poorest classes, which Would be maintained, in part at least, said that the V0, on Leng Island Sound Sanerd view of The wondertur sk jine F. H. 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