The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1456, Ed. 1 Monday, November 16, 1908 Page: 2 of 4
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THE DAILY LEADER
YERNOR & ABNEY, Pubs.
LAMPASAS, - - - - TEXAS
It’s better to occupy a thatched cot-
tage than a marble mausoleum.
The man who isn’t satisfied until h©
is married isn’t always satisfied, then.
Hope has been described as a "life
preserver with most of the cork out
of it."
The only thing wrong with money is
that there isn’t enough of it to go
round.
Few of us have shoulders* that will
not droop under the weight of imag-
inary troubles.
A eraze for aeroplanes is developing.
But that is a business which is liable
to frequent drops.
Iceland is eager for home rule. In
other words, its people want to be
their own icemen.
Who was it that said the new fem-
inine hat wasn’t to be bigger and more
umbrageous than ever?
Every time Alfred Austin bursts intc
song a series of critical explosions oc-
curs all over the world.
The proper study of mankind is
man, but the most talked of one just
at present is tuberculosis.
About this time paterfamilias gets
stalled with questions from Young
Hopeful on School subjects.
Maybe the airship will oust the war-
ship, but it will have to take several
feeds of gas or gasoline first.
The man who prides himself on al-
ways saying what he thinks seldom
succeeds in saying anything any one
else wants to hear.
Aeroplanes of the Wright pattern
are to be on the market soon at about
$4,000 each. Take a few home to
amuse the children.
The Bocootawanankes Canoe club
was recently organized at Pawtuxet,
R. I. Imagine a girl trying to work
that name onto a sofa pillow!
Now that it has been discovered
that sweet potatoes make an excellent
brain food some philanthropist should
work to have the price reduced.
A whistling buoy adrift is scaring
mariners on the wide Atlantic. But if
it only refrains from “The Merry
Widow,” et al., all may yet be well.
And now some one claims that a girl
knows two weeks before a man even
admits to himself that she is rather
attractive what hour he will propose.
Though it is foretold by aeroplane
manufacturers that the battleships are
doomed, the scuttling of those impres-
sive vessels will be postponed awhile.
It is easier now for stranded British-
ers in this country to write home for
money. The same happy condition ap-
plies to stranded Americans in Eng-
land.
Will the broken-down English no-
bleman who marries a poor girl at
home instead of an American heiress
be given an annuity from the Carnegie
hero fund?
Emperor Franz Joseph still enjoys
his favorite pastime of hunting at
Isehl, and in spite of his 78 years
elimbed 5,000 feet the other day and
shot four stags.
Andrew Carnegie has now estab-
lished a hero fund of $1,250,000 for
Scotland, with listening to bagpipe
music barred as a reason for getting
in the money.
The navy wants an airship which
will float as well as fly. Naval experts
understand that it is entirely possible
to be In the air and in deep water at
one and the same time.
King Edward, though a gracious sov-
ereign, is a busy man, and probably
never will find time to make a lord out
of our distinguished ex-countryman.
William Waldorf Astor.
The Wright brothers between them
have established the fact that flight
like a bird is possible, but also that
it is very difficult. It requires no
merely good flying machine, but a
good operator. However, says the
Brooklyn Eagle, once a man .learns
how to fly with freedom, he will have
thousands of rivals. The human part
of the problem is easy, and on its
mechanical side it is approaching so-
lution.
^Two-thirds of the' habitual Inenn-
ates under some form of public care
in Great Britain are mentally defec-
tive, according to the recent report
of the royal commission on the care
and control of the feeble-binded.
This conclusion conforms to that
drawn by many thoughtful persons in
America. The man who permits him-
self to become incapacitated through
the gratification of any appetite is
deficient, either mentally or morally.
| FARMER. AND f
| PLANTER l
COMMERCIAL GROWING OF SWEET
POTATOES.
A Crop Easy to Produce—Methods of
Planting and Cultivating.
Sweet potatoes thrive on a mod-
erately fertile sandy loam which does
not contain an excess of organic
matter. They are frequently grown
upon almost pure sand, especially
where the subsoil is a yellow clay.
Soils containing considerable calcium
or underlain with limestone are well
adapted to the growing of the crop.
The sweet pototo is exceptional in
that a fairly good crop can be grown
upom soils that are too poor for the
production of the majority of farm
crops. Sweet potatoes yield a fair
crop on the “wornout” tobacco and
cotton lands of the South, especially
when used in a rotation including
some leguminous crop for increasing
the humus in the soil. Like many
other crops, the sweet potato thrives
on newly cleared land, hut the crop
should not be planted continuously in
the same place. With the sweet
potato, as with other crops, rotation
is the keynote of success.
After plowing and fitting the land
it is generally allowed to lie several
days before being put in shape for
planting. If level culture is to be
practiced, the only thing necessary
Via. j*
Fig. 8.—Holler for marking distances to plant.
will be to run the harrow over the
soil once and then mark in both direc-
tions at the desired distances for
planting. The marking is generally
done with either a one-horse plow,
a flat-soled marker, or a disk marker.
The disk marker is well adapted to
this work, as it throws up a slight
ridge which furnishes fresh earth in
which to plant. Some growers who
practice level culture mark the ground
with a small one-horse plow and
throw up a slight ridge upon which
to plant; behind the plow a roller is
used to compress this ridge to a low,
flat elevation.
Where the more universal ridge
method of planting is employed the
soil is thrown up by* means of a turn-
ing plow or a disk machine. The
ridges should be made at least one
week before planting, in order that
tfcs v oil may become settled and com-
pact. The majority of sweet-potatoe
growers make the ridges whenever
the land is in good condition to work
and then either roll or drag the tops
just ahead of the planters. By using
a roller Similar to that shown in the
fifure 8 the ridges at one operation
can be rolled and marked the proper
distances for planting. A drag suit-
able for smoothing the tops of the
ridges can be easily constructed by
cleating together three pieces of 2 by
4 inch scantling.
When planting for level culture the
location of the plai ts will be indicated
Fig. 9.—Drag or rake marker.
by cross marks, but for planting upon
ridges it is necessary to provide some
means of indicating the distances.
This may be accomplished in several
ways, but a roller of the type shown
in figure 8 having cleats nailed at
equal distances around its surface is
desirable and serves the purpose of
both rolling and marking the ridges.
Another device is constructed along
lines similar to those of the ordinary
wheelbarrow, pegs being placed upon
the rim of the wheel to mark the
planting distances. In using the
wheelbarrow marker it is simply
pushed along the top of the ridge.
Another device of this class is con-
structed by placing three or four
wheels upon a long axle and drawing
it with a horse, the wheels being so
arranged that they can be set at any
point on the axle to provide for
change in width of row.
A very cheap and efficient marker
can be constructed of 1 by 3 inch
laths, as shown in figure 9. This
marker can he used to indicate plant-
ing distances along one row, or by
dragging it across the ridges the en-
tire field can be marked before begin-
ning to plant. The
machine trans-
planters are pro-
vided with a spac-
ing device which
indicates the dis-
tance between
plants; also with
a row marker to
show the location
of the next row.
As the black-
rot (Ceratocystic
flmbriata) is
widely distributed
and destructive,
it is perhaps the
only disease that
will cause great
difficulty. The
black-rot may be
easily detected
upon the young
plants either i n
the form of a
blackened and shriveled condition of
the terminal buds or as small black
spots on the main portion of the root.
On the potatoes this disease first ap-
pears as brown patches upon the sur-
face. These patches are generally
quite irregular in outline and spread
rapidly until the entire surface is
covered. As the patches enlarge, the
central portion becomes darker, often
almost black. The presence of the
black-rot upon the potatoes can usually
be detected at digging time, or more
ly lyitil the entire surface is covered.
As the patches enlarge, the central
portion becomes darker, often almost
black. The presence of the black-rot
upon the potatoes can usually be
detected at digging time, or more
certainly when selecting the seed for
bedding in the spring. Some idea of
fhe appearance of this disease can be
gained from figure 16.
A disease known as stem-rot causes
the stem of the plant to begin to die
at the surface of the ground. This
decay gradually extends downward to
the potatoes and frequently kills the
entire plant.
The disease known as soft-rot, dry-
rot and white-rot are all similar in
their method of attack to the black-
rot. One form, known as soil-rot,
causes ‘the loss of the crop while it is
in the field. Each of these diseases
is caused by a particular fungus, but
has received the common name sug-
gested by its general appearance or
some marked characteristic. Any
one of the diseases of the sweet
potatoe may be present without caus-
ing severe loss provided conditions
are favorable to its development, and
growers should be constantly on their
guard to prevent the spread and
development of diseases.
Prevention and Control of Sweet
Potato Disease.
The diseases of the sweet potato
have been under observation for many
1 years, the New
Jersey Agrisul-
mtg tural Experiment
[H Station having
published a bulle-
II tin upon the sub-
Ilf ject in 1890, and
y this w o r k has
Fig. io.~—a trowel and been supplement-
a dibble used In setting ed by the results ;
gained by numer- i
ous observers. The diseases of the
sweet potato are now widely dissemi-
nated, and one or more of them may
at any time prove destructive.
A system of crop rotation by which
the land will not be planted to sweet
potatoes oftener than every four or
five years is the first step toward
disease control. Care in the selection
and keeping of potatoes intended for
propagation is of importance, while
clean cultivation and proper handbag
at the time of harvesting are essential.
Diseases will generally make their
first appearance upon cut, broken, or
bruised potatoes, and all that are in
any respect injured should be stored
separately from the seed and perfect
stock. The storage house should be
cleaned and fumigated with sulphur
or formalin before storing begins, and
all crates or baskets used for hand-
ling the crop should be in the house
during the fumigation. Potatoes that
show evidence of the presence of
disease should not be used for prop-
agation, and the hotbed should be
cleaned and supplied with fresh soil
each season.
It is very apparent that some
varieties are more subject to the
attacks of diseases. than others. The
Big-Stem Jersey and the Jersey group
generally are especially subject to
disease, while varieties of the Hay-
man group, such as Southern Queen,
are seldom affected.
J. P.s’ Clubs.
J. Pierpont Morgan belongs to four
times as many clubs as does the king
of England. His royal highness is a
member of 12, while Mr. Morgan has
his name on the lists of at least 50.
Some of the clubs of which he is a
member he has never visited, but once
a member he never resigns
Fig. 16.—Sweet potato
affected with black-
rot: A, appearance of
disease on potato; B,
plant affected with
black-rot. (Redrawn
from Halstead, Bulle-
tin 7 6, New Jersey
Agricultural Experi-
ment Station.)
An Osculatory Tragedy.
TOO MUCH FOR THE SHOPMAN.
A wag, sauntering quietly along a
street the other day, was accosted by
a man who stammered.
“Can you t-t-tell me where I may
g-g-get some g-g-g-g-good t-t-tin
t-t-t-tacks?”
“Certainly,” replied the wag. “You
turn down this street on your left,
then turn again to your left, and that
will bring you to the best hardware
shop in the town, where you’ll be sure
to get them.”
The stammerer continued his way.
The wag, walking down the street, en-
tered the aforesaid hardware shop, and
proceeded as follows:
“Have you any g-g-g-good t-t-tin
t-t-t-t-tacks?”
“Yes, sir,” said the obliging shop-
man, producing his, best, after some
rummaging.
“Are you sure th-th-these are
g-g-good ones?”
“Yes, sir, the best that are made.”
"Are th-th-the heads g-g-good and
strong?”
“Yes, sir.”
"Have they g-g-got s-s-s-s-sharp
p-p-p-points?”
“Yes, sir.”
"Well, p-p-p-please s-s-s-sit on them
t-t-till I come back, will you?” he said,
making a bolt for the door.
Presently the unlucky stammerer,
having described a square, arrived at
the hardware shop, and, entering,
asked, innocently: “Have you any
g-g-good t-t-tin t-t-t-tacks—” When he
recovered, he asked, in a somewhat
dazed fashion, Whether the house had
fallen on him, or if it was simply an
explosion.
THEIR LIMIT.
Frank—It seems extremely difficult
to get the gentler sex interested in
politics.
Kitty—Yes; about the only tickets
we are interested in are theater tick-
etc.
Pigs.
This little pig (having the bacteri-
ological inspection) went to market.
This little pig (in the absence of the
proper certificate that the man who
brought the animal invariably sprayed
his beard) went home,
This little pig (especially requiring
proteids) had roast beef,
This little pig (carbohydrates in-
dicated) had none,
This little pig went: "Tee, hee hee!
“To be modern is such fun.”—Life.
Home Help.
Small Daughter—It’s most school
time and I’ve mislaid my geography.
Cultured Mother—Well, tell me what
the lesson is about, and I’ll write out
the answer for you to learn.
Small Daughter—The lakes of
Africa.
Cultured Mother—Um—er—if you’ve
mislaid your geography, you careless
child, you can just hunt till you find
it.—New York Weekly.
Her Withering Scorn,
“My dear, is it possible you paid
$7.50 for that bathing suit? Why, it
doesn’t weight more than about four
ounces, and I could hide it in my fist!”
“George Alfred, if I had known that
you judge a bathing suit by its size
and weight I would have bought a gun-
ny sack.”—Chicago Tribune.
By the Way.
A man in Boston wishes to eliminate
“Yours truly” from all" correspondence,
as being superfluous.
Why not let a few superfluous
things remain?
It is the superfluous that counts
after all.—Life.
Reasonable.
Little Girl—Say, mamma, ain’t I
made of dust?
Mother—Yes, dear.
Little Girl—Well, why don’t I get
muddy when I drink?—Judge.
There was a young fellow named Jack,
Who kissed a pert maid with a smack.
The maid, she got mad,
And made Jaeky sad,
For she pushed back his face with a
whack.
—Baltimore American.
TAKING CHANCES.
1——-— -n i ir<r-• i 1—^
Charles—I heard the other day that
Gerald is going to get married.
Edward—Well, why shouldn’t he?
He’s comfortably well off.
Charles—That’s just the whole
point. Why doesn’t he remain so?
Towers.
The patient architect had just suc-
ceeded in getting Mrs. Drippingold to
decide between the charms of Renais-
sance, Classic and Queen Anne for the
plans of her magnificent new country
house.
“The only details I ain’t goin’ to
leave to your discretion,’ said the
wealthy lady, “is the matter of tow-
ers. I want plenty of towers that folks
can see for a long way off when
they’re ridin’ by.”
“But what kind of towers do you
want?” inquired the unfortunate archi-
tect. “Norman, Gothic—”
Mrs. Drippingold closed the English
novel of high life on Which her soul
had been feeding?
“Why, ancestral towers, of course."
—Puck.
A Wife’s Devotion.
Young Husband—My dear, some of
my garments are sadly in need of but-
tons.
Young Wife-—Yes, my love, I no-
ticed that and have sent for my
mother. She is a splendid hand at
sewing on buttons.—New York
Weekly.
DAD WAS WISE.
Reginald—Thought your dad wasn’t
going to send you back to college?
Clarence—Yes, dad did kick at the
expense, but I threatened to stay at
home and help run the business, and
he decided college would be cheaper.
The Cook-Book Trade.
Lounger—Do cook books form an
important item in your sales?
Bookseller—-Yes, we sell them by
the thousand.
“The women appreciate them, eh?”
“Oh, the women don’t buy them;
their husbands do.”—New York
Weekly.
One Man’s Wisdom.
Jack—That fellow Marvin knows
more about women than any man I
ever met.
Tom—Is that so?
Jack—Yes. Why, he actually real-
izes that he doesn’t understand them.
—Chicago Daily News.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1456, Ed. 1 Monday, November 16, 1908, newspaper, November 16, 1908; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth900677/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.