The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 130, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 7, 1917 Page: 3 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
SOIL FOR LIMA BEANS
One of Most Desirable Products
of Any Family Garden.
General Rules for Care of Garden
Crops Should Be Adhered To in
Cultivation — Plant Thrives
Whrjn Land Is Rich.
Beans thrive best In a rather warm
sandy loam, but may be grown on al-.
most any kind of soil. > For the best
results the soil should not be too rich
in nitrogenous matter, or the plants
will run to foliage and stems at the
expense of the crop of pods. Heavy
clay soils are not well adapted to bean
culture, owing to the tendency of the
soil to bake and prevent the seedlings
from coming up evenly. The beau
does not draw heavily upon the soil
and is suitable for rotation with other
garden crops.
In the cultivation of beans, the gen-
eral rules for the care of garden crops
should be adhered to, and frequent
shallow stirring of the soil practiced.
For a constant supply of bunch or
snap beans successive plantings should
be made, the final planting being made
about eight weeks before time for
frost, in the autumn. In the South,
plantings should be made as soon as
the ground begins to warm, and con-
tinue until hot weather sets in. To-
ward the end of summer one or two
plantings should be made for a fall
crop.
The lima bean, both pole and bush,
forms one of the most desirable prod-
ucts of the garden. This crop thrives
best when the soil is quite rich; in
Late Lima Beans.
fact, good lima beans cannot be grown
in poor soil. Place the seed in hills,
8 or 10 to the hill, and after the plants
become established thin to 4 or 5. The
hills should be 4 or 5 feet apart for
the pole varieties and 2 or 3 feet apart
for the dwarf or bunch varieties. It
Is a good plan to make up the hill
with a little additional manure well
mixed with the soil. Cover the beans
about 1% inches, placing them with
the eye downward.
When planting beans of any kind,
the seed should not be covered to a
greater depth than 2 inches when the
soil is moderately dry, and if the soil
is wet, the covering should be very
slight.
CORN HEAVY FOOD PRODUCER
Will Yield More Per Acre Than Any
Other Crop, With the Possible
Exception of Alfalfa.
Corn will produce more food per
here than any other crop except pos-
sibly alfalfa. It produces both grain
and forage that is both nutritious and
well relished by all kinds of stock.
Corn fodder has about the same feed-
ing value as timothy hay and shelled
corn has about the same feeding value
as oats.—North Dakota Experiment
Station.
INSECT INJURIES TO CROPS
Great Part of Annual Loss Can Be PtSr
vented by Vigilance and Action
on Part of Growers.
Be ifti the job against insect pests
this season. Make your food contribu-
tion to the human family, not the in-
sect family. Farmers who provide
themselves with insect poisons and
then keep a vigil for the first out-
breaks of crop enemies will bring
through the largest yields. Failure to
detect an outbreak at Its beginning
and delay in getting combative mate-
rial may be fatal to the crop attacked,
warn entomologists in the United
States department of agriculture.
That a great part of the annual loss
to grain crops due to insect injuries
can be avoided by vigilance and vigor-
ous action on the part of growers is
not sufficiently realized, the entomolo-
gists say. Frequently insect out-
breaks originate within a limited area,
and when this is the case it is often
quite possible to stamp them out be-
fore any great damage has been done.
If the outbreak is general, then com-
munity action Is essential to prevent
the infestation from becoming wide-
spread.
EXCELLENT AS LICE KILLER
Kerosene Emulsion Is Easily Prepared
and Not Expensive—Best to Use
Rain Water.
Kerosene emulsion is one of the best
lice killers on plants and animals. It
is easily prepared and very cheap.
Dissolve one-lialf pound of soap in one
gallon of kerosene and stir very vigor-
ously or, better yet, churn with a
force pump for a few minutes. For
use, dilute one gallon with nine to
ten J"il1nnii r^-ntor Stir well. It is
best iLc /u.'' water. If only a small
quantity is wanted, use one to two
ounces of soap, two quarts of boiling
water and one pint of kerosene, and
dilute to two gallons.
LOADING CRANE FOR WAGONS
Small Homemade Device Solves Prob-
lem of Handling Heavy Grain
Shocks by One Man.
One farmer has solved the problem
of loading grain shocks or other things
too heavy for one man to handle by
installing a small homemade crane on
his wagon, attaching it to the rear by
supports which also may be xised to
hold the load in place. A pulley on
the end of the crane and another near
the bottom permit the hauling up of
loads heavier than can be lifted.
PULLING STAKES AND POSTS
Mechanism Is in Form of Pivotally
Connected Open Frames Adapted
to Be Slipped Over Post.
The Scientific American in illustrat-
ing and describing a fence post and
stake puller, invented by R. S. Fox of
Blue Earth, Minn., says:
This inventor provides a device es-
pecially adapted for pulling posts,
stakes and ttle like from the ground,
Stake and Post Puller.
wherein the pulling mechanism is in
the form of pivotally connected open
frames adapted to be slipped over the
post, each frame having at one end
gripping mechanism for engaging the
post or stake, and at the other end
a handle.
TAKE CARE OF COLTS IN HOT WEATHER
YOUNGSTERS RAISED AT UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI.
(By E. A. TROWBRIDGE, Missouri Col-
lege of Agriculture.)
Horse and mule colts suffer more
from heat and files during July and
August of their first yeafc than at any
other time, according to the experience
Df the Missouri agricultural experi-
ment station. During these two
months many plump, well-developed,
smooth-haired youngsters become thin,
pot-bellied, listless and begin to show
staring coats. In this condition they
are likely to be weaned In September
Rnd perhaps before they have become
thrifty again they are put on a scant
supply of dry winter feed. Such set-
backs cut profits seriously.
Colts from work mares should be
kept in the barn or lots while their
mothers are in the field and should
not be turned in with their mothers
if the mares are warm immediately
on their return from the field at noon
or in the evening. They should be
kept separate until the mothers are
thoroughly cooled.
The colts should be eating grain and
a little grass or hay by the first of
July and if they have not yet learned
to eat grain, a clean mixture of equal
parts of crushed oats, ground corn,
and bran should be placed in a trough
where they can get it at any time.
The lots should have plenty of shade
and if the colts are kept in the stable,
the stalls should be partially darken-
ed, taking care not to shut out the
breezes or free circulation of air. If
flies cause much trouble, hang up old
burlap bags where the colts can walk
under them and scrape the flies off
their backs and sides. Proper care
may make a difference of from $10 to
$40 in the value of the colt at weaning
time and these inexpensive methods
should be used to increase the owner’s
profits as well as to make the colt do
better.
Parasites Cause Heavy Losses to
Farmers of the South.
ERADICATION OF TICK
Bloodsucking Pests Decrease Meat and
Milk Production—Increased Sup-
ply of Food is One of Coun-
try's Urgent Needs.
ern communities. Dipping vats filled
with solutions that will destroy the!
ticks on cattle, and public interest
which will insist that qftl cattle be
dipped are the essentials, and when
these have been acquired in a commu-
nity a new day for cattle production
is sure to dawn. Cattle that have been
freed from ticks and kept free, as they
may be at small cost, put on weight
rapidly and make cattle raising among
the abundant feed supplies of the
South a truly profitable enterprise,.
(From the United States Department of
Agriculture.)
Tick eradication should be given an
important place among the measures
to be taken by southern communities
to meet existing conditions. An in-
creased supply of meat is one of the
country’s most urgent needs; and the
South can do its share toward furnish-
ing this increased meat supply until
the tick has been put out of the way.
The United States department of ag-
riculture says it is proved every day
in the South that beef cattle that are
being robbed of blood by ticks will not
grow or fatten properly, and that milk
cows subject to the same drain give
only scanty supplies of milk. They
cannot efficiently turn into food for sol-
diers and civilians the hundreds of
pounds of grass, hay and grain which
they consume. They are wasters,
made so by the ticks that feed on
them.
These are animals that live in spite
of the cattle-fever germs which ticks
Inject with their bites, and there Is the
added loss to be charged against ticks
of the cattle which die from fever; and
their number reaches into the thou-
sands.
Now that each pound of meat and
each glass of milk takes on an added
value among the nation’s resources,
more cattle must be raised and each
animal must be made to put on as
great a weight of meat or yield as
much milk as is economically practi-
cable. If this is to be accomplished
in the South, the first step must be a
drive against ticks. The methods for
getting rid of these expensive pests are
well kuown and are already being
made efficient use of in many South-
ATTENTION TO SICK ANIMALS
Between Good Nursing and Medicine
Veterinarians Would Say Former
Is Most Important.
(By C. H. M1 ELROY, Oklahoma Experi-
meftt Station.)
Animals that are sick should have
the benefit of good nursing.
Veterinarians, if required to choose
between good nursing and medicine,
would often consider the former the
more important. To be a good attend-
ant to sick animals one should be at-
tentive. supply their needs and un-
derstand them thoroughly, always
studying their well-being and comfort
in any disease. In any diseased ani-
mal, first look for the cause, and, if
possible, remove it. Study the sick
animal, his surroundings, the work it
has done, feed, water, exercise and ex-
posure. Sick animals should be placed
in comfortable quarters, which should
include a box stall. This should be
dry, free from draft, warm and well
ventilated.
Box stalls are indispensable on a
farm, and yet are uncommon. The
stall should be kept free from vapors
and should be clean, easily disinfected,
and have an abundance of fresh air.
It often happens that animals are
found 111 in conditions that cause dis-
ease. Surroundings are often injuri-
ous, such as those subjecting the ani-
mal to extreme heat or cold and incle*
ment weather.
Narrowed Their Souls.
Some farmers have broadened their
acres but iu the process have narrowed
their souls.
GAINS FAME HERE
Serbian Immigrant Now One of
World’s Greatest Scientists.
New Discovery to Add to Wealth of
Man Who Came to the United
States Penniless in 1874.
The man who made transcontinental
telephony possible announced recently
that he had completed an invention
that would free wireless telegraphy;
from static interference, much the
same trouble that so long Hindered the
transcontinental telegraph.. He i»
Prof. Michael I. Pupln, who fame to
America in 1874 a penniless Serbian
immigrant, according to the Kansas
City Times. His inventions already
have netted him $1,000,000 and his
most recent one probably will bring
him in a sum running into the hun-
dred thousands.
Wireless transmission has heretofore
been subject to one serious handicap,
a composite of atmospheric and phys-
ical troubles known to scientists as
static interference. Under such con-
ditions it is often impossible to get
a wireless message through for days
and during portions of almost every
day transmission is out of the ques-
tion.
Professor Pupin announced a year
ago thftt he believed he had solved,
the problem. Recently he stated that
he had perfected his device and now
knew that it would meet all require-
ments. The value of his invention in
time of war is tremendous, as it would
give the side possessing it a great ad-
vantage over its foes. For that rea-
son Professor Pupin asserted that he
would not make public the secret of
his Invention until the close of the
war, and that the United States
should be the first to possess it.
This one-time Serbian immigrant
also is the inventor of the present sys-
tem of ocean telephony. He received'
$200,000 for that invention. The same
“loading” coil that rendered ocean,
telephony possible also put an end to.
the difficulties of transcontinental tel-
ephony. He is rated as one of the
world’s foremost electrical scientists.!
It was to escape service in the army
that Pupin fled to America. lie . had
no dream of becoming a^jPHpntist
then; he wanted only some-peaceful
occupation. When he landed In New
York he did not have-a cent. Drifting
from one job to another, he finally,be-
came a farm hand in New York state.
The daughter of the farm owner inter-
ested the Serbian lad in education;'
and Pupin went back to New York city
determined to acquire learning. He.
worked as a masseuse in a Turkish;
bath shop and in his spare hours stud-
ied at the night school of Cooper
Union. He progressed so fast that
when a friend obtained for him a
scholarship in Adelphia college he was
able to hold his own with the other
students. From Adelphia he went to
Columbia university, then to Cam-
bridge and finally to the University of
Berlin, where he studied under the
German master scientists.
He came back to America as a pro-
fessor at Columbia university, but he
was not content merely to teach; he
at once turned to the practical use of
his scientific knowledge. So valuable
as an inventor is he that the Columbia
authorities have an arrangement with
him that when he wishes to devote his
time to some Invention he is not re-
quired to give any attention to univer-
sity work.
The Serbian government several
years ago acknowledged his services
to humanity by making him honorary
consul general to New York.
Ominous.
“Why didn’t the aviator take ths
job which was offered him?”
“Because the man In charge of the
expedition told him his part in i|
would suit him down to the ground.”
PREVENTING RUST AND SMUT
Diseases Feed Differently on Various
Kinds of Plants—Rotation Should
Be Practiced.
Rust ahd smut feed differently on
different kinds of plants. Rust is
usually on the stalks of wheat and
feeds on the pabulum prepared for
the seed but smut feeds on the seed
itself. Should any kind of fungus
growth be noticed on wheat or corn
plants, the seed for the next year’s
crop should be procured from else-
where, while rotation to other grounds
should be practiced.
A Milk Factory.
A cow’s udder is both a factory and
iti storehouse. The blood is the raw
material, the cells are the manufac-
turing agents, the nerves the stimulat-
ing force and the canals are the tracts
(of delivery.
Well Unvested Feed.
No food ever given to a hog is so
[well invested as that fed to a sow
. suckling a litter of pigs, if she is well
jfed.
TEST GERMINATION OF SEED
COTTON STATES SAVING CORN
Varieties Best Adapted to Local Corv
ditions Should Be Used—Plant
for Full Stand.
Southern Farmers Plan to Feed
Cottonseed Meal to Horses and
Mules, Saving Corn for People.
Pig Shade and Shelter.
Provide some shade in the pasture
and some shelter from bad weather.
The pigs will show their appreciation
in increased returns.
No one should run the risk of cro£
failure for using poor seeok This is
especially true at this time when *11
possible agricultural produce Is need-
ed. Seed of the varieties best adapt-
ed to local conditions should be used
as far as available. Particular care
should be taken that all seed is planted
at such a rate as to insure a full stand
iu the field under normal weather
conditions. Wherever possible, sow
only seed which germinates well. It
often happens, however, that the avail-
able supplies do not germinate well,
All seed, therefore, should be tested
for germination before sowing and the
rate of sowing of any that does not
germinate well should be Increased suf-
ficiently to insure the use of a proper
amount of live s?ed.
Soil jKleeds Potash.
If trees do hot thrive, onions seem
soggy, and tomatoe vines lack sturdi-
< ness of stalk, the soil needs potash.
A plan is being promoted in the
Southern states which has for Its pur-
pose the conservation of corn for hu-
man food.
In the 11 cotton states there are
6,500,000 horses and mules. If each
of these were fed two pounds of cot-
tonseed meal per day it would release
four pounds of corn each day from
the usual feed of about 14 pounds,
and 200 days of such feeding to all
horses and mules in the states re-
ferred to would release 100,000,000
bushels of corn for human food, and
the mules would be benefited by the
change.
Infertile Egg Won't Hatch.
It Is impossible to hatch an infertile
ifegg or to caufte a blood ring to form
In one.
Hogs are like humans in being bet-
ter off for sunshine and exercise.
Self-Feeder Will Help.
The use of a self-feeder will help in
the labor problem, hut a self-feeder
needs replenishing just the same as
the feed bin.
Get Pigs on Pasture.
Get the pigs out on pasture when-
ever possible. It will benefit both the
pigs and the pasture, provided the pig*
are taken off during wet weather.
Know* it All.
The farmer who thinks he knows all
about farming has struck 12 and
stopped.
Common and Useful.
The farm auto has become as com.
mon as the top buggy and a great deal
more useful.
Corn Fed on Pasture.
A bushel of corn fed on some good
pasture U worth two fed In a dry lot.
No Longer New Goods.
Dorothy’s little brother arrived re-
cently and Dorothy became much at-
tached»to him. One day she was mis-
chievous' and as punishment I threat-
ened to send her little brother back.
She replied: “Mother, you can’t, he’#
been used.”
Knew All About It.
Caller—“Doctor, have you evei
treated a patient for loss of mem-
ory?” Doctor—“Oh, yes, indeed. 1
employ a bill collector quite often.”-*
Boston Transcript.
Home Dreams.
“Mike.”
“Phwat?”
“I was just thinkin’. After we gei
out of the trenches an’ back hom#
again how nice an’ peaceful that oil
boiler factory will sound to us.”
Keeping Things Moving.
“What do you think of paper cup#
at the soda fountain?”
“They tend to keep the crowd mom
ing,” said the druggist. “Got to drinl
their sodas before the cup begins t(
leak.”
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The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 130, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 7, 1917, newspaper, August 7, 1917; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth906436/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.