Belle Plaine News from Belle Plaine, Kansas • Page 5

eOOOCHVKKIOOOOOWOOOOOiTooe WHEN I WAS TWENTY-ONE How It Started By Jean Newton THE WHY of SUPERSTITIONS By IRVINQ KINQ BETTER SEED WHEAT WILL INCREASE YOUR PROFITS production la Controlled by the Capacity of the Seed From Which the Crop Is Sown. By II. M. Beiner, Director The fieuthweatern Wheat Improvement AaaeeUtloa. BY JOSEPH AYE woooCKoeooooooooo At Twenty-one Richard Le Galllenne lociJiajr) WOMAN'S SKIRTV Received His First Commission.

otrliWU WUrVlAri 3 OVER THE LEFT (t a THIS age came my first com- mission, from Mr. John Lane, to AMONM children it Is after making false statement to say "over the left." This Is fieinient-ly uttered in so low lone that the person addressed cannot hear It; but in the child's mind the "over the left" lakes away, or neutralizes, the sin of the lie. If the words are uttered so as to be heard the hearer ut once TSNT it rather Inconsistent now that A women have the vote that fashion should deny the more timid of tbe other sex the protection which wsa formerly accorded them by the voluminous dimensions of their ladle' costumes below the waist? Certainly there Is nothing smaller than a man who would hide behind the skirts of a woman. We have not much to say for his breadth or hi depth. But small as his proportions may be can you imagine how they could be crowded behind what in these days serves (or milady the purpose of a skirt? But think of the hoop skirt and the If poor seed ts used the remitting eroo cannot be the best, no mutter bw good the Bull, how welt the seedbed he beea prepared, or how favor' lle the weather Good troBt teed will often produce a oron tinder advene conditions when poor ged will fall.

Oood pure seed of an adapted Variety, that Is un-mixed, free from weed seed, smut nd rre, may be considered: as the first Insurance policy on next year's nrop, Inoreaees Yield and tmprovse Quality. Hood authority shows that the yield of Kansas wheat could be Increased fully two bushels per acre HONOR ROLL. Receipts on subscription since last report: Indicates new subscribers. GtcM.e Applegate, Peck fcmina l'cweis, city V. T.

Oakley, Rt. 1, city C. A. Maty, Ltnguiunt, Coio. C.

McMillan, Rt. 2, city W. W. liiKle, Kt. 3, city George Hunt, city B.

W. Evers city. S. F. Armstrong, Exoelsior Springs, Mo.

Harry Willcy, Rt. 3, city Win. Seals, I'ikeview, Cclo. Clarence Mount Sunnyside, A. O.

Lobdilt, Van Buren Ark. L. T. Bowlby, Rt. 1, city Mrs.

Gcorpe Gordon, Wilson, Okla. Mrs. Ella P. Reitz, city GeorRa Troutman, Rt. 3, city Mrs.

S. O. Bishop, Rt. 1, city Hatfield, Wichita EiiRcne Brahoar, city IK J. T.

rdy, Des Moines, Iowa. W. E. Bninter, city. Mrs.

M. M. Miller. Watsont' wn, Pa. B.

Stores city. A. H. Watson, Stafford, Ka's. Jas.

Fllnn, city. Jc ErrinRton, Raton, N. M. Geo. Smith, city.

Marsh Kncpple, city. J. Wa'ler, city. Mrs. Lyda Miller, Massilhn, Ohio Mrs.

H. F. Masters, Eliis, Kansas self. and Mrs, Roy Lauterbach, Clear water, Frank Brunscber, Peck a bushel of ordinary seed. Uood seed Insures strong, vigorous plants and a yield of excellent quality.

Adapted Varlties Do Bast. What the wheat farmer wauls Is the best yielding variety that Is winter hardy! hag good straw; Is of Sood quality and something the market wants. Kansas has become famous on account of He Turkey Hd Wheat. Kanred Is a pure seloctlon from Turkey lied made by the Kansas Btate Agricultural College anil Is In the samo alas. These two are by far the best hard winter verities for the state.

They stand highest in winter hardiness, yield, quality and In all of the milling requirements. IUackhull Is another hard winter wheat, but owing to Ha poor inllllnc qualities and lack of winter hardl ness, Is not aa suitable as Turkey Tied or Kanred. It Pays to Use the Fanning Mill. Kven though the seed may lack purity. It can be greatly Improved by cleaning and grading.

It Is generally known that the best wheat farmers, who reolean their seed and sow only (he purest, obtain from 8 to 5 bushels mpre per aere than the general aver ge. Beware of Weed Bead. Borne of the worst words known have been Introduced through seed wheat. Such weeds as bindweed, aegllops, thistles, sunflowers, rag write a book on John Meredith. I had at this time said good-hy to the accountant's otlice where I had been working, rented an old loft lu an ancient otlice building In Liverpool and seriously, as they used to say, 'commenced I would hardly venture upon the task now, but one is afraid of nothing at twenty-one.

So I wrote the book f.r Mr. Lane and, ns a result of It, went up to Loudon. It chanced that at that moment one of our 'T. (T. I'.

O'Connor) earliest successes, the Star, was about to lose one of its most valued contributors. Mr. Clement Shorter. His column on and Bookmen' was vacant and open to competition. I took my fling at it, fearfully, as oue should essay some luaccessihle flight.

Hut, one Incredible afternoon it was announced to me that I hail been chosen to fill the giant's robe. I was to be paid for writing every Thursday about the books I loved; I was to have my pii-k of all the hooks that came Into lie office and yet I was to be paid. Richard Lo i allien ne." TODAY. Mr. Le Gallienne is one of of the most distinguished poets and essayists of this ageso distinguished, in fact, that the writer recently came across I lie manuscript of one of his poems offered for sale by Thomas F.

Matligan, tile autograph dealer. When tills happens to any writer he can be certain that he has already achieved tlfe realms of posterity. l.c by Mi-cluro Newspaper Syndicate.) Raymond Reed was awarded a li- cer.so to pilot an airship and is awa't-ing a call. knows that the statement just made Is not to he taken us a true one. Among adults, too.

the words "over the left" are not infrequently added to a statement to convey the Idea that it Is to be taken In Just an opposite sense; for instance, they chnngo laudatory statement Into a sarcastic comment. The idea of the power of magical Inversion In "over the left" comes entirely from the primitive superstition with regard to right lin.ul and left hand an idea applied by extension to the right and left of the entire body. The Idea, in brief, is that as the right hand Is the "right" hand to do tilings with, the left hand consequently the wrong one, it naturally follows that good resides on the and evil on the loft. In former times the words "over the left" were considered imn-li more seriously by adults than they are now and believed capable of changing a blessing Into a very potent curse. In 17(15 one lievell Waters, having lost a suit In the court at Hartford.

said to the bench as he left the room: "God bless you nil over the left shoulder." The court took expert testimony upon the remark from the two ministers of the two Hartford churches, who declared that Waters had uttered "the words of a curse the most contemptible that can ordinarily be used." Whereupon the culprit was heavily fined. crinoline of other day! And that's how it started. For then man might very comfortably hava concealed himself behind a woman's skirts. To adjudge this expression an index of the manhood of those day would certainly be unfair. For In all ages there have been men and men.

But In these days of other fashions it did not require a great stretch of the Imagination to speak of a man who permitted a woman to shield him as biding behind ber skirts. tConyrlnht.) Mrs. Lowell Mahan and baby, Mary Eledica, who were at tb3 Bartlett hospital' rooms for the past ten clays have returned to the country home. Geo. J.

Frey, of Winfield, representing the New York Life, was here Tuesday executing the papers for that company in the matter of G. M. Howard, deceased. Mr. Howard carried a policy in the New York Life that matured Mix years ago and Mr.

Frey wrote him a new policy at that lime. Can Improve Seed Wheat by Cleaning and Oradlng. Mr. and Harry Trekell. Harold and Helen started to Brigham, Utah to visit Mrs.

Trekell'a sister, Tuesday morning. They will visit other points of interest. They expect to be pone until school begins. Mr. and Mrs.

Clay Wood, of Wellington are keeping house for them during their absence. through the use of better seed, which would mean an annual Increase of approximately 20,000,000 bushels. The loseee from the use of ordinary seed are not altogether due to low yields and poor quality but to the effects of smut, rye and mixed wheat, all of fchloji reduce the market value. DUrlng the past four years, records have been compiled In the office of the Southwestern Wheat Improvement Association of S0O farmers In the Southwest who have tried out bettor seed In comparison with their ordinary seed, on the same farms and under the same conditions. These records show gains of from .1 to 12 bushels per acre, with an average gain, for the 300 farmers of 3.8 bushels per sere In favor of the better seed.

Lees Seed Required. Peed is not good unless It is pure, clean, plump and uncoutaminated by diseases; this kind of seed will always Insure a good stand. Three pecks of good seed will go ss far as weeds, Johnson grass and others arc likely to be mixed with seed wheat. Weed seed constitutes one of In-chief forms of dockage In innrket wheat. It requires fully as much moisture and plaut food to produce weeds as la needed for tbe same amount of wheat.

Look Out for Rye. Rye in wheat lowers thu grade and price more than is ordinarily realized One per cent of rye will lower the wheat one grade; 2 per cent, two grades; 3 per cent, three grades: r. per cent, four grades, and 7 per cent, five grades. Five per cent of rye in a choice milling wheat will reduce the price from to 8 cents a bubhel Mixed Wheat. Wheat composed of more than one variety will not ripen evenly and when sold, grade as If any mixing Is to be done, millers prefer to do it themselves and for this reason mixed wheat never sells at a premium.

TO o) o) 6) Z3 MUST ELIMINATE SMUT There la No Excuse) for Smutty Wheat When Ten Cents Worth of Material and Labor, Per Acre, Will Prevent 99 Per Cent of the Smut. As I 'am leaving the farm I will sell at Public Auction on what is known as the Shay farm 1 mi. east and 2 mi. south of Belle Plaine By H. Bainer, Dlraetor The Southweatern Wheat Improvement Aaaociation.

'26 URDAY, AUG. 14, The smut situation In Kansas wheat Is becoming more and more serious. Official dnta furnished by E. Morris of the Federal Oraln Supervision shows that out of all the wheat delivered to the Kansas City market in 1B24, over 16 per cent was smutty and for 1925 It had Increased beginning at 10:30 a. m.

the following described property. 8 HEAD HORSES AND MULES 1 Roan Mare, 7 yrs old, wt 1200, bred to Jack i to 20 cents a buchel lees than similar wheat free from smut. Smut Is Sown With the Seed. It is generally known that smut is sown with the seed and that good crops cannot be expected from amutty seed, no matter how well tbe seedbed Is prepared or how favorable are the other condition. Proper disinfection of the seed will prevent smut, and with so much smut all over tbe country no one can afford to risk sowing seed without treatment, unless it Is known to be absolutely free from smut.

The Copper Carbonate Seed Treatment. During the paBt few years, the copper carbonate dust treatment of the seed has proven more satisfactory than any other method. This dust 1b poisonous and kills the smut germs when brought In contact with them. Two ounces of the dust per bushel "Mill miiui 1 1 Bay Mare, 7 yrs old, wt. 1200, bred to Jack 1 Grey Mare, 6 yrs old, wt.

1100, will foal soon A Good Home-Made Barrel Mixer. 1 1 Roan Filly, 2 yrs old, bred to Jack 1 Sorrel Horse, 7 yrs old, wt 1200 1 Sucking Mare Mule to 23 per cent. It is too early to estimate the damages to the 1928 wheat crop, but from present indications there will be a decrease, which, no doubt, Is due to the fact that more seed wheat wae treated for smut last 1 span Brown Mare Mules, 4 yrs old, wt. 2200 5 HEAD COWS One Red Cow, 5 yrs old, fresh Sept. 1, good one One Red Cow, 3 yrs old, calf by side One Black Cow, 5 yrs old, fresh Nov.

1st One Red stock Cow, 4 yr old fall than ever before. Smut Decreases Yield and Lowers Belling Price. Reliable authority has estimated that the lossee on account of smut In Kansas wheat In 1925 was approximately 17.000,000. The first big lo on account of smut comes through decreased yields. In some sections, especially lu the western part of the state, yields have been A Satisfactory Commercial Mixer.

THREE HOGS: 1 Duroc Sow, farrow soon, 2 gilts, bred, wt. 150 lbs. FARM IMPLEMENTS, ETC. One Grain Wagon, one Wagon and Rack, one J. D.

Lister, one Moline Lister, one Cutaway Disc Harrow, one J. D. 12 ft. Harrow, one Cultivator, one J. D.

2 row bug, one Deer-ing Mowing Machine, one Avery Ridge Buster, one Oliver Sulky Plow, one 7 ft McCor-mick Binder, 3 sets work harness and collars, 3 sets fly nets, 5 tons Alafalfa hay, 20 tons Sweet Clover in stack, 2 milk cans, and numerous other articles. of wheat i sufficient nnder most conditions if properly mixed. The, lack of satisfactory results in many cases 1 no doubt due to lack of thorough mixing. On account of the fineness of tbe dust and the difficulty of thoroughly1 mixing it with the seed, It Is impossible to make the treatment by shoveling; It I at be done with some kind of a mechanical mixer, either homemade or commercial. The two barrel mixers shown are excellent example of home-made devices and the other nilxer shown represents one of the best commercial machines on Ui market.

Tbe dust and seed should be rotated in the machine until every kernel la thoroughly coated with a film of dust From one to two minutes time should be eufflolent for. best result Copper carbonate 1 cheap and easy to apply, it doe not Injure germination and the seed can be treated whenever convenient and stored ugtll owiog time, WILL BE SERVED- Terms Cash or Bankable Note at per cent, Carrel Mixer en Steel Pram. HARRY RICHARDSON, Auct. CE. SCUDDER, Clerk GHAS.

MARKEL cut down from 40 to a high aa 78 per east of the orop. But this decrease In yield represents only part of tbt Ion a the small crop of tmrT wtieat remaining- sells, at from.