Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1909, Page 38

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER Christmas Fair of the Churches In the Court of the Bee Building Continues This Week December 6th and Zth-- Mk M Gl Pk First Methodist Church T vk Clifton Hill Presbyterian "C'”::;,_ yhing! M:m:d- December 9th-- : . M:;e;na: F irst Christian Church ome Made Canny. Here are some of the articles to be offered at the fair: Embroidered Goods Books Towels, rag rugs, dish towels, doilies, Luncheon chk Book, recipes tried by the ladies of hand hemmed kitchen aprons, handker- maha. chiefs, cotton bags. 11:30 to 2 p. m. Ezg:’ o.!os’z:sttdy Recipes. ’ v every day Hand Recipe and Address Books. Traveling Conveniences el F ilk , coll y ) zr;cr:fs;rtel::gs collar bags and boxes Doughnuts and Coffee, Baby Supphes Hand made raffia and rattan baskets, 20c¢ Children's dresses and skirts, lingerie, very unique. Flowers, dressed dolls, Fancy aprons, stopks and collars. Japanese articles. Q|19 the dévelopment and prosperfty of the |too little attention. In a region where |very vital questions would often fesult in| Of the semt-arid belt {8 that of more In-fern states find it hard to belleve the|not given enough consideration to the AR A A S| sreat west and its raiiroads than any |the raintall fs more than ample, the farmer | total failure. Kach region will have its telligent, hence more sclentific, tlilige of |things which have become commonplace principles fuvolved, theroforo have never other one thing. It will not be disputed |finds that he gets best crops when the|pwn problems, each one different.’ Kvery |the soll. All else I Incidental or leading |with us. To many the change wrought | grasped the true foundation in securing the Y today by anyone who knows, that by and|fain comes in frequent gentle showers. |season will compel revision of the rules |up to this vital truth. We have here to- |has seemed almost a miracle. right physical condition. Others, for Some Suggestions from a Practioal | through sclentific soll culture more is Why? Because nature does the work of |of mechanical work. Complete as we have |day these reports of large crops, better | I believe I have had exceptional oppor- | instance have fallen short because they Man on Practical Points being accomplished for the vetterment of | FeSulating the quantity of air nd water. |made (his seem, yet the farmers can by |yields, more profit, greater prosperity. be. | tunity. to withess the he ge taking place. f nave not watehed the condition of the o all erops and the increased prosperity of ]\\Neh. under other condiituns, such as pro- |study and observation so compietely con- |cause .men who study behind the plow |with an enormous correspondence and then soll just beneath the mule' 8o long as the s the great west in all seasons and under |10086d drouth or excessive downpour, the |(rol thesa elements, of Zortility as to bring |have come to know the Inestimable valgs |my travels have beon into Mexico and top of the compact soll Is molst e con- F SOIL |almost all conditions than in any other | Fermer would have to do the work to over- | ravorable resulis whero total fallure hag |of Sclentifio sofl eultupe o making and | Canada and all between. Within a week ; CORRECT TREATMENT O Sihe i iyhbd ] | H s ditions are all right, but dryness of this way. O, that you dould all see these things | ™ the detrimental effect of Hature's |been recorded in the past maintaining fertility of the soll, 1 have seen In Texas, In a region of de- - O, i A48, Do lilsiskior 1t Ritst &' Koot . esults brought | toP indicates that trouble Is near- at hand a6 I see them. Were it so leas eftort|°™" te: If after a heav Now as to the mechanical processes to| I ®ay to you that in the near future |flolent rainfall this season, results H d th ivator should be applied. I What 18 Needed to Seeure the Best | wouid be put forth to pread the hews|Loiin MIn the fleld in left untouched the | by ysed fn bringing about the desived con: |Iarer vields of grain will be ostaine. m | about by scientitio tilage that would e TR O e, Results Under Given Climatlc | that It can be done and for more to the ;:(t,:“ ,‘".l,:. ””;f,"d ”',;, et g crying |910ona in the ®oll, T have no quarrel with | the great plains region of the west than '::-'" I;::;':'r"::d{r:\:n":l‘::ll:": h ){rfl:m::x‘m.)':nn:m :.::“:::'u'r - i i n;m:":; 9 v ck up by capillary movement, carrying | % # hes ever besn known: mot by accl 0. A oll ¢ | po [ . an Couditions and. Composi- Practical disssmination of information as|ig the surface of the then firm soff me;:'_'y"u"m“::‘"r m:"l :l""‘.:,"_", N o,r, r:'“;s b; km-mlednl n‘k‘mg llg“h‘l lll‘u: ARGl DL | eting iake Thom Mol oultere: BSI6noh. <1 | ix whik ke many o emingly Mttle things tion of the Ground. :“ h"{n.(: w:llld:"‘l—. To :meply :nn\d\' A | soluble minerals from below, and they ”"th‘uork Q..T;...v :-" 'm“”" \::: :; 04 Aridtad have kept:in &'nm‘llll’l: enm:‘mn;‘m!?m Wwith | 'are well understood that the general aver- ng vill bring resuits can be done i % . Y 3 clal Commendation, Ixty-elght farmers locate n fourteen | aue a our farms od .:;ya to know how to do it, are two quite ::ls"u::a::u"::l::zl «::n“orm(:;: ‘rr:::v:"- ’n‘:: :’G’l o m'pl:m""( b G g o3 i O regard It exceedingly unfortunate that itrerent. sates, with ton more In' Atberta | I.u- :Iu::d ;-’--’::‘ n‘:;d{v:‘:]en “.“Jc:! :;:.u"xln: Witle 1 have fn the past protested | different conditions in shaping the destiny | solut ’ A shall ineist on is that the farmer 4 ¥ v ¢ Sasory) | and two In Saskatchewan, all working along | ) * agalnet the name, which the dry farming | of the new farm home. T\-Q.‘:(-lrm:.;.h::‘-.::.s:”v.'-';..r.‘;.r';,:r:r:r:,‘:""‘“W what woll condition 1s necessary Lo :T‘;‘,‘:::"::;: ',’::; ‘;r,(t“]:,!y:.::r:,':w:,hl‘:";:‘unm we have suggested, and contesting | ¥1o™ 'L:lf,.”f.il:l"fl, Tn;“;u’:‘:":;“n:: congress bears and while we stfll think it Seaniel Beinst K s is formed Which shuts out the air from the U\ bOUL the results he desires and that | © B NCC (HO80 WHO wre crying and all of|for #8000 in cash prises offered for the | .o, oq oountry the rewults will ceass wrong because it (s indefinite, yet it 18 o 8 roots, thereby checking chemieal action, |'S #hall g0 by the most direct route to (S TURE LS dolng i L years fn rela. | DSt Yields of wheat, oats, corn and cot- | * Atcourage or terrify the ssttlers, Ther. ¢ boy and | To understand this we must discuss . |Obtaln those conditions. Let me assure o, ecent years In rela- | ;" “mpey all began work early last | o discouras: 4 o a good deal Ilke the case of the boy and | and the plants soon ceass to grow. If the | tion to dry land tillage. In a Washingtor | | fore I commend to you this motto: As g o . but | briefly a few of the general principles in- 4 . |you that no matter what your mechanical ¥ spring. From many of these wo have had | 3 J Lis hickname. John {t was in fact, volved. The one easential to crops s cor. | MMedIAte surface has been stirred, and a YO that no matter vth and grain | JItPatch last month the head of the De. | ol L R AR B0 O i thelr | cultivate 80 shall the harvest be. ] they called him Juck = When everybody | ooi"iroaimant of th soll. The soil 1s tne | PFOIONEEd dry period follows, the crust will [viola wili be sust In Droportion. o “sous | PAFLMENt of Agrioulture In represented s | subusts, apd sapectaile I the Sryee oo | : ! . ; o o “ Iy v prope o your | P8I i “ | success, yer knew that Jack was John it was Sust as (¢l IO DR TGl 0l o ‘:‘::l:n:::m;u:tl::' \::: i l;).:r:;llwlll‘n’;hl’““-v to obtain the ideal, fine, firm, moiat | "O/CIE this sentiment: “The Campbell |{iona their ability to control the moisture well to call him Jack. In faot it ald not [ i) FOCKAROR and labora | system of dry land farming he pronounc i p , y depends A il condiiion f tu % & pronounces | others have falled by just a little car make so much difference whether Joan | upon the kind, time and manner of til). | E*oWih of the plant to be checked means | or nature 1o da its work | yrong ana hurtful.” lessness, Yet I know that wonderful a decrease in yield of grain, and the extent | Thing That is Basentinl. | "He 15 quoted as condemning cropping T know much of was Juck or Jack was John, @s It dld |age. The farmer cannot control the raim progress has been made. what be stood for, whether his principles |or sunshine nor fix the temperature, but :'f “:H- :h’:l‘;:l'. dl;ll'!m!« upon the period every other yeur because he says this |what has been done in the splendid state were right and his Influence good, And | Within certain limits he can maintain that | the plants growth. ¥ means burning out of the vegetable matier. | or Montana and In other states of th ’ “.,M,m.'“, really accomplished any. good | certain physieal condition of the sofl that| 1 feel free to ihec thare 48 1o """‘::-n rlfi’;m;'r‘l::“ J:‘: fl'“:.'f.':fi."‘,..,‘,’;: 1 say such suggestions coming from Wash- |west. It is all good. | for ‘himeelt or for those with whom he |Shell control therein both air and water, fsubject about which farmers know so lit- |£vow any particular systom followed In |\P§tOR 8re unfortunate, because it Is evi-| e of the west no longer need to defend was assoclated, 80 with this dry farming | APd We shall endeavor to show a little la- |tle as this one of the movement of et eiting It. Timeliness In plowing and cul. | 490t that Mr. Wilon' knows nothing of | gurseives from attackd Inspired by jeal- ? . What we are really interested |6F ON that herein lies the hidden secret [in the soil, and the formation of a crust| (> * 4 tiat which he condemns. The plan of crop- [ ,ugy or selfishness. The movement has congress. hi a | Of successtul farming, and why it Is so injurious to the crops, [{lvAtlon 18 more than depth of fufroW.|;iny every other year, which hg holds to | made good, and day by day it is becoming a8 what the organiartion siands for and | "od NN BTN L cctimtitic | ag Y abla 0, Snfutious to the Watehfulness (o avold ruinous conditions | bo''a ‘fixed part of our work, j et e B gLk, 08 0 f ~wo Gonti Goul the good it can do, soll eulture 1s such a condition of the soll | gach Heb & b, is betidr than an argument on plowihs, |esdntial of the system and is resorted to (RATNEARE Th Noa that atiost the ottors of “wo Continents Could Ite' hibtory Sommenoes back only B feW | oy it} ecure in avallable form the sres RN s Fee . Deaniyta 1 fosl that 1 render mo greater servies |onjy inoidentally as known oonditions de-| I' 18 SiEmificant "ty fatmens | Make No Impression on Torturing yoars oo when a fow thinking men began est amount of fertllity. But what ia fer-| It I8 evident any attempt to lay down [than to impress upon you the fact that|osq o Bviagatly, too, Ne' Graws his ORI QueNtion RO asked st every farmeg D to realize that there was something worth| tility? Is it something that is within the |® Tule as to how to ull the soll without |the one great and essentlal factor in - | conclusions regarding the burning out of | M¢CUNE where the subject ix disc o il | Skin Disease — All Treatmonts while In soll culture, that the farmer did | graing of the soll In fixed quantity only to {due regard to theso somewhat new lndjvelnpmem of the agricultural resources | tne yegetable matter from experlments with | N0 to et results. But how well | Failed for Nineteen Years, content with what | be reduced as each erop is taken from the the old famillar summer fallow, which is | Tecollect that for vears the chief "nw Bilaissia i lling to give from the soil | 1618, We very much doubt it. We have = a5 different from the true summer tillage | CUslon was as to whether or not anvt m.’( vear by year. but that it possibls (o #een abundance of Svidence in our work | that we agvise as night from day. 0fIl be doe or ""'"""\“""’"“"T';" Al S THEN CUTICURA CURED bt bafrimgieer e last ten years to fully convince us > ferent methods of til'age. he ch ::flp;in.:.‘»flx‘\lrw:-:r«‘-:.\ ‘m.‘.‘.!.‘..,,h,n. It is| (M8t In the main it is something that fs | Th H k Field Sor Investinntion. marks the passing from the old to the new. | SWIFTLY AND EASILY o developed each year in quantity just In| e us ers And again Becretary Wilson speaks of his 3 I ¢ the west under | ——-- to this ead our efforts should be falthtully | yioSiFC (60 VEML 0 auantior just in SRR VAR Siencaty Wilaoh s D¢ B8 | What 1k the: fyfury o W a and persistently directed. | oll, that condition which permits the sofl d im it rigee! .‘f, I the dry regions | Felentific soil culture? 1t I was to speak | “I contracted my diseese av school | at bkbet & | v i Oetober, and the long Beneath, the tu ay concealed, in ¢ e 3 g 8 ce or exaggeration. ave | — - My thoughts were first directed to tillage | oy *h wote” § (hat sunshine and warmen |1t Wik late in mild o i S ey o4, 10 MADY | o pgps imported from Russia. Mo refers | ¥1th R e be- | three. My father put me under the owi 0b some twenty-six L ertile. wnery e Tacal 8¢ | Had left the summer harvest fields all And gllatened in the sianting light the |especially 16 the swee clover and the Rus. | Kreat con : care of our family physician who diag- and the growing crop = nty tlon.. Sofl is fertile where the ‘chemical | /"5 oen with &rine sgain; pumpkin's sphere of gold. 3 s - I do|leve of a truth that this region which i | fon Bt She years ago. At first we jumped at con-|changes and processes are active, and this | The first sharp frost had fallen, leaving all hacred ‘z"' 4 AR MU A Shis. oRpue 9| just now coming into its cwn in destin:d| several treatment without clusions as to the kind and time of tilage |is made possible hy bringing togather the| the woedlands gay THar Niaukht the WUy Aryosters, sud|Bpt RBGWE A4 3 @0 net want tq diapute |SOST REEOTTRAE VL O 0T St reln receiving any benefit, I was advised only to find that results were uncertain. |elements of air and water in right pro-| With the hues of summer's rainbow or the many & creaking wain him as to the utility of these familiai b e et P I peii iy to go_to & hospital. I attended the Progress was slow because we dld not and | Portion and subjecting them to the action | meadow flowers of May. Bore slowly to the long barn floor its load plants, But I am willing to leave the field f It Is the physical condition of the soil aying the Foundation. —— Hospital, London. Then and on s of husk and grain . i f the | be done here better and with tess ditficulty | {22 (FO0PIERL, Lohdon. Then o p could not grasp the fundamental principles | O UEht and heat and, perhaps. of elec- | Through a thin, dry mist that morning the Tl broad sns ma'ss when he rose, the [Of Investigation of Lo vy e £ Rkt Rl pedloadby- Lo id ting eny Denefit, they treated tee’te of selentitic sofl culture. Practically | !Tlclty. This can be brought abouf very | sun rose broad and red, *un sank down 15 AWM Sar a% MRS BAR | derstood and be carefully | eczema. My next attempt was trying nothing wa# Kndwi of this among the | '®T¥¢1Y bY mechunical processes. |'At first a less disk of fire, he brightened And like a merry guest's farewell, the d from Siberia and the far north to the De \\'ul’l; (.;m:'mlll.‘nl' ..‘-“ e :' i i b sl A o 'mmpdww" P > 3 | as he sped; in brightness passed. peartment of Agriculture, applie he highe eR T J c hy farmers geénerally and ubt a line could be « ot Lay Down Fixed Rules, | Yet, even his noontide glory fell chastened | T do tisist, however, that it is wrong and | s needed. It means real head work In | fl:;;vx,‘dx:«'::.:lhgzlnl:d_pu:::tmd.emu, ' ht of the books and and subdued And lo! as through the western pines, ¢n 3 *§ | . " '} gy scad found in 1!_:" l":fln:‘:lll" 2 'I' w“b: lflu;: But you cannot lay down a fixed rule|on ‘the eomn flelds and the orchards, and, mesdow. stream and pond. | © ‘" | hurttul, and wholly inexcusable, for the |every process. 1 passed examinations for govern- papers. o fou on had | for this mechanical work. Any such fixed | voftly plctured wood Flamed the red radlance of a sky, set all |®uthority to be given &t Washington for | Scientific tillage means to convert hin ment mtuations but was finally re- in tha Bitter schaol of experience and dia- | rule would break down whenever there was | - afire beyond, seneational attacks upon the work that we | dreds of milllons, of acres of the once | j\-;xl L;‘ the medical examinations. appointment, A radical change in conditions, such es ex. | A"q 8l the quiet afternoon, slow sloping Slowly o'er the eastern sea bluffs a milder |of the west are doing. Better that ald and | seemingly worthiess land of this great west | ree §tiempts to enlist in the 3 3 It 5 1 E British army I succeeded at last b Not uatil 188 8id we sain contidence and | cessive heat, & prolonged dry period, high | He Serr with §olden shuttie the hase with Aud the sunset and the moonrise were min. | S0CoUrsgement be gIven us in our Work of |ino rich farms with beautitul fdeal con- r discharged on socount of my e&"a;‘n‘ become enthusiastie, and by the elose of | winds, ight showers or heavy downpours yellow lght; gled into one. development of sclentific soll culture by |aions are maintained. It means prody The disease was confined to face, arms 1884 we had just begun to realize the great | We can outline certain general mechanical | Slenting through the painted heeches, he and through which we havé already accom- | ;0 graing and grasses for finishing off and legs, my face bg{nl actually raw at futite of the west under scientific soll | Work that will succeed If the farmer under.| . §10rified the hill; A ued hay® duiet night the twillght | piished so much that is of permanent vaiue. | gt oS FUE ISR S0 CURITE OO timen. 1 came o America thistems 5 | . And, beneath it, pond and meadow lay lapsed away, | efrs by heca culture. Up to 189 our main efforts had | ands just what the finished work must Urighter, gresner_ still. And Gespor in'the brightening moon the | Never in the hatory of all our Woik | youe"ana school houses, towns and clties | ‘Y“mmfio u‘tv;l.y. l'nw;l-.w gme &Z‘ { been to overcome the evils of the drouth; be Therefore, the only thing to de Is to __tranquil shadows lay; | hae our desk been su flooded wiiii reports | wyy yunky gna stores and newspapers was advised to to — Hospi| byt from that time on the work broadened | Nelp the farmer educate himself in the true | ANd shouting boys in woodland haunts From many & brown oid farmhouse an Jor success and expressions of gratitude whence I was sent to the —— Hospital o t wealth pouring v u i of soll fe caught glimpses of that rky, hamlet without name, y 2 . \g the | YO8 it means a stream o untll ‘we came to know that tillage of the | Principles of soll fertility, so that he will Flecked, by the many tnted ieaves, ahd Their milking snd thelr home tasks dons, | Lo @il over the country as during the | o W cinels of trade over these| iB Brooklyn. Iwasput under the care of right Kind, at the right time, means more “";1‘: N'l-"d_ Jusi what he is aiming at in laughed, they knew not why; gt e I o Bt By v mula :ln:ly :-yu.' V\Illc;\ ‘.,mnl we h-‘- i B vy | rfimuf r(‘_“:..:.“ '1"-':“'“3“? | cultivation and In all field work. He must | And schoolgirls gay with aster flowers, be- Buide y—the theory o he one grea coesafy ton - | know why things are done. He must ever | de the meadow brooks, Swung o'er the heaped-up harvest, from |man at Washington, or facts from hun- Mistakes Still Being Made, | zmrmg Im:[':'m lp'f‘;.nd and tried the 7| be alert to these things, know in what way | Mingled the glow of gutumn with the sun- _ pitehforks in the mow [dreds of practical men tilling the soll | But there are still mistakes being made ol o L w':fil' the =— shine of sweet looks. Shone dimly down the lanterns on the | right out here in our great west? and hopeful workers are meeting with dis b)m’lun . T8 H?ubimm [« world-famed . \ : * | they u be tavorable or de orable or detrimental, and pleasant scene below | ub without get- Th° Kln Oi Dlal’les | what he should do and when to derive me! From spire and barn looked westerly the The growing pile of husks behind, the | ~ Culture ftor ANl Lands, appointments now as In the past, only be. ting cured. I eQ{nm.huk to Anal.-i'u = | Greatest benefit from his lab. 1 0 | patient weathercocks xolden ears befors, cause they don't know how. There are five years ago. overle S & hd always look to securing ang. mlnl:u:::l:lunm P e roniy, e Ml mocd mo- And Iavehing eves And busy hands and| it beliooves us to g0 on ln our own way, | Lol BT RO vin: wiiere ae the rer| Dubidurs Remibdies dostes of times, Diary and Time-Saver—1910 "0 oo Y ol P v m“’\ tioniess W8 rockE o brown cheeks glimmering o'er | making study of the problems st soll cul- | "aSiONe {1 Ihe WOV EECe Ba Fe e gu:‘th"- mnnlhaul’n 1 decided to give nopt ; ¢ | No sound wes in the woodiands, save the It lled first to the dry lunds, - - utiours & trial I e L el A tie. |soll that (s most favorable to promoting | squirrel's dropping shell, Half hidden in & quiet nook, serane of 100k | e alng as to Irrigation lands snd thes | BSVe Moved away; but in that saime region | am ourad of ' 4 ea l:‘-.k'" 1 vstors, Mershante, Farmars, Teaoh- | the chemical chauges which develop for- | And the vellow leaves among the boughs, and heart, Methods we must | there are farms on which good erops have | - diseases & man ever had. p Fe “ |to the humia regions. ol o low rustliag as they fell Talking their old times over. the old men | “ 4 oreigheibiy & el Rgody Now Canaan, Conn © great secret *at apart: adopt. for results in the #8 of limited | been secured. [ allure and suceess 1) d “1 am f ar with Naitoa's e [y % thy | OF such successtul crop srowing as shall | The summer grelas were harvested: the Whils up ARd down the urhusked al ) “tore Ins f e e ¥ st} e pile, or | ralnfall will always be found immensely | by side I would thercfore warh agalnst 2, Bl Amante: W ok Samn And Fleins | TESUIL In doubling the average yield of ah stubble lay dry, nestling in its shade, profitable, also where there is abundant |assuming that it Is easy. Men must learn o o crops in all sections of the country in|Where June 5 rolled. in light and At hide-and-seek. with laugh and shout, water. Sclentific soil eulture I8 never in |and learn well before they can suvesed :o«: years and of producing good crops in Bm"""“"l:.- o -,'I'u."m ‘:,',';,‘,'_"",,":_3“! ya {he Rappy children played. sny sense dry farming. It I8 farming | olg half hearted investigation and applica: routhy years, lies in the farmer's knowi- | " gingdq with wood, Urged by the good host's daughter, | With just enough water. tion of all brarches of study and research | | ed&e of how to properly combine the ele- | Ungathered, bleaching in the sun, the _ maiden young and f We have made some progress in a quar- | o' o M houen o i o | | ments of air and water in the sofl eavy corn crop stood. Litting to light her blue eyes and | ter of a century, much of it since thiy [ A% §REYS vary hatd to et o ““.i yors, evs, M chanics, Travellers and . | tllity, For, let me repeat pride of soft brown halr. ded | Water Movement in Soil. Bent low, by putumue wind, And rain. The masier of the village school, sieek of f:"";:“wzl‘[:";'{:'."’;‘:"';"":' :“.r:“l, in selentific soll culture have failed be- 14 of through husks that, dry and sere, alr #mooth of tonmu S ! h-l ~m.1 u:’u-u-.n by nl"rm’ to some rnvo)u-a'hum their ripened charge, shone To the o % % e m, a| Needed. 1 can see there has been & won- | Cause they Rave kept their thoughts riveted {phases of the prosem that bave recelved out the yellow ear; Pt husking ballad sung. —J. G. Whittier. | derful advarce made. Persons in the east- | o8 certaln mechanical processes and have B