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Show • THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Page Two Friday, June 21, 1929 Give Corn Water for High Yields Need of Fertile Soil and Use 1f Legumes in Rotation Arc Factors. No one e,·er saw n good yield of corn on poor land nor during a dry season, unle.:s tJ1e crop was irri· gateu. I"arge amounts of water nL·e essential to heavy corn production per a ere. "i\luch lnteres~ has heen created throo~t North Carolina by <•D~" state· meN that the average u. te yield of corn should be at least 50 bushel<:," says G. l\1. Garren, cereal agronomist at the North Carolina State colle~e. "We have had a number of letters askIng how to obtain such an average yield. In answering these, attention has been called to the need of a fertile soil, the use of legumes In rot ativn, liberal fertilization and other necessary factors. Need for Moisture. "rt Is afRo essential that we keep In mind the need for moisture in the soil. Some Investigator has round that 300 pounds of water Is needed by the corn plant for every pound of dry matter produced. This includes the water evaporated through the soli as well as that transplanted through the leaves." Therefore, It Is Important, says Mr. Garren, that the corn growe.r <>onserve the moisture in the soil. This Is the only kind that benefits the growing plant. 'l'he grower may fnct·ease the storage capacity of tbe soil by increasing its humus content, nnd he may conserve the mois.tnre by keeping a mulch constantly on the sm·face. This mulch must be restored wheneYer destroyed, and certainly after every rain. Three inches Is a fair depth for cultivation, and ony Implement that will produce the effect of a drag harrow may be used for the cultivations. For best results. level cultivation should he given extept In a very wet season. '!'hen drainage becomes a problem. Conserve Moisture. Tho!>e who wish to grow 1\0 bushels of corn per acre must give close attention to the consen-ation of soil moisture. In man:v cases, this will call for a ~hange of practice and the securing of more suitable implements for cultlv;• tion. Select Turkey Breeders for Next Season's Crop By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ESPITE the determined effort that has been made in recent years to reduce the number of casualties which seem to be an inevitable part ot our celebration ot Independence Day; despite all the warnings and cautions that are Issued by the authorities before that day each ~ year; despite the constantly increasing prohibitions on the use of explosives, 4 the fact remains that America is still a long way from a "safe and sane Fourth," concerning, which we have been hearing so much in recent years. Did you know that more people have been killed celebrating American Independence than were in acquiring it?. Did you know that Fourth of July celebrations in the last four years have taken a heavier toll 6f American lives than did thirteen of the most important battles of the war in which our independence was won? Perh.1ps you did not, but here is the bitter history of Independence Day celebrations which annually takes the lives of both childt·en and grownups-mostly children-bl!nds them, maims them, or inflicts upon them dreadful burns. In 1925 a total of 250 deaths resulted from Fourth of July celebrations. In 1926, 70 died; In 1927, 30 went to their deaths while celebratin~ our nation's birthday and last year the IndE-pendence Day toll of death was 209. Official records of the Revolution show that 7 Americans were killed llt the battle ot Lexington; 49 at Concord; 31 at Princeton; 12 at Cow· pens; 92 at the siege of Charleston; 145 at Bunker Bill; 11 at Ft. Moultrie; 72 at Monmouth; 51 at Stone Ferry; 20 a~ Stony Point ; 30 at Benning· ton; 32 at Saratoga and 2 at Trenton. That Is a total of 554 Americans who gave their lives in winning American liberty. ~'rom Hl25 to 1928 some 559 Americans gave their lives. Ul.'elessly, In "celebrating" the winning ot that liberty. Take two Fourth ot July celebrations at random and the records show that during one of them, 22 were kllled and 437 were injm·ed. For the other the casualty list read 135 dead, and 80 Injured. The total for these two celebrations is 159 killed and 517 injured. Add to this the c·asualty list for any Fourth of July celebration since 1900 (about the time when this "safe an-d sane Fourth'' agitation started) and the total will be greater than the losses suffered by the Continental army when 1t was defeated at the battle of Germantown or during the siege of Yorktown whicb ended successfuily the American struggle for liberty. The sufferings of the Continentals during the terrible winter at Valley Forge have become traditional. Yet, since 1925, more Americans have lost their lives during Fourth of July celebrations than were lost among the soldiery who shivered in the cold on those bleak Pennsylvania hillsides. Estimates based on government records show that there were 4,044 killed and 6,04-! wounded during the six years of the Hevolution, when there was scarcely a day in which there was not fight;. lng of some character going on somewhere In the land. In comparison with that record, look at the figures compiled by the American Medical association and the American Museum ot Safety In regard to Fourth of July celebratlun casualties. During the last 30 years-and thllt means 30 Independence days-there were 4,200 Americans killed in fireworliS accidents and 00,000 injured. How lucky 1t was for our nation that George Washington's Continental army merely had to fight for American Independencet It that army had had to celebrnte the winning of inde· pendence, according to our modern mE-thods, it would have been wiped out of existence in a very short time Indeed. Now, these figures quoted above are tot· fireworks accident& alone IUld do not ln;:lude the maoy deaths occurring after July 4 as a direct result of fireworks accidents or dwwnings and deaths from accidents to motor cars. From 1903 to 1915 the American Medical association compiled statistics of Jndepenclence day fireworks casunlties and found 1,862 deaths and 42,089 injuries were attributable definitely to fireworks. It was an average of 14~ deaths and ~.237 injuries each year. In the celebration in 1!)0!) of the "Glorious Fourth," 21.) persons were killed and 5,000 injured. The fire loss that lay was $1,000,000. Last year the ~ational Museum of Safety ordered newspaper reports of fireworks casualties from all parts of the country for June and July. The result: l{flled • • • . • • . • • • • • • • • • .. . .. • • • • • • • • • 101 Injured •••..•..•...•••.....•. ." ••.. 2,205 Include>d In the list of dead were f>2 childen less than five years old; 54 persons burned to death by fireworks or bcmfires; 20 children burned to death by "harmless·· sparklers, ancl 21 children died from eating fireworks. "Unloaded guns" or stray bullets injured 32 persons last year; HO persons lost one or both eyes, and 300 persons surrered Injuries to their eyes. Recently the country was horrified at the cas· ualty list of 125 in an t>xplosion in a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. It has al!>u been horrified from time to time when a fire In a school, a t'Or· nado, or a flood snuffs out from 100 to 150 lives. Yet it seems strangely unconcerned that every year more than a 100 persons die and more than 3,000 are seriously injured in celebrating the "glorious Fourth." Fireworks ar€- genE-rally held responsible for the appalling deoth list while as a matter of fact, firecrackers, salutes, pinwheels, bomhs and skyrockets account for not more than 5 per cent of the Independence Day cnsualties. Nor have all of the deaths been due to the explosions of these fireworks. Many of thE>m result when sufficient care is not taken to keep fireworks from the smaller children. l\Jany children have died from eating poisonous powder pellets, such as are used in dynamite canes. Even thP so-called "safety" sparldE>rs have proved fatal to youngsters who have eatE>n them, believing that they were candy. But aside ft·om the dangers of celebnlting the Fourth there are other reasons why this ts an occasion for a high mortality rute. The Fourth of July Is the one national holiday In the yeur when the entire population drops all Its workaday cares to swarm to the beaches, the mountains and other places of recreation. The result Is an appalllng number of drownings nnd deaths in automobile accidents which far exceeds the number recorded on any other day in the yE>ar. So it is apparent that althou~h a great deal of good has been accomplished hv those organiza. tions which have sponsorPd this "safe and sane Fourth" Idea and whiC"h c·alls U[lon every American to nssume the responsibility of being a "safety engineer" on July 4, there ls !;till much to be done in maldng the celebrntlon of thls dny more in keeping with the spirit of the occasion. One hopeful sign lies in the fad 1hat recr('ation is displacing fireworl;s to a ce•·taio extent. For the charactE-r of Fourth of July celehrations is changing, and for the better, acl'nrcling to a :>u•·vey recently made by the Play~round 1md HC'C· reatlon Association of America, Without losin~ sight of the smnll boy and his ~.est for "ll gooll show'' on this holiday the association ha;; sent o11t suggestions for · what it calls const•·uctive com· munlty programs whil'h have b<>en tl'iell and llJl· proved by various cities and towns during recent years. Substantial progress has been shown, accordIng to this survey, in changing the former flamboyant Independence Day demonstration Into eccasions that, In som• degre9 at least, interpret the local, state and national events from the standpoint of history and citizenship. Tlw Parent-Teachers' association has recommended a rural program as follows: At 8:30 o'cloek In the morning a band drawn on a truck moves throughout each neighborhood in town. A man with a megaphone calls out that games will begin at the school playground at 10:30 o"clock. These games are followed by a parade to picnic grounds, where there is a progr-am of community singing and a speaker. A two-hour luncheon period follows. Then there are contests, baseball and story telling for children, followed by a patriotic pageant, the celebration concluding with a block dance. The Playground and necJ·E>ation AsPoclat!on of America has emphasized that the paramount opportunities of community celebrations of the Fourth vf July are: "To recall with pride and reverence the courage, sacrifice nnd vision of the founders of Amerlecm independence; to re-emphasize the principles of jw;:tice, democracy and tolerance upon which this gOH!rnment was founded and to encourage their continuance In the present and future; throu~h appropriate ceremonies to dramatize the entrance into citizenship of native-born, who have recently come of age :m(} of the foreign born who have just been naturalized; through gamt>s, sports, picnics, pagenntl'y, festivals and other spectacles, throu~h music and brief addresses, to bring neigh. borhoods and comrnunitiE's together in unified programs of recreation and entertainment suitable to the day; to promote safety, especially among children, by substituting wholesome and harmless recreation for the use of dangerous fireworks." Is there still a need for a "safe and Sane Fourth?" Let the following Associated Press dispntch, dated July 5 of last year, answer that question: The lives of 205 men, women and children were a nation's sacrifice to the celebration of its 152nd birthday anniversary yesterday. Fireworks claimed their share of victims, as they always have since the Ur !ted States first began observing Independence day with Rkyrocket, pinwheel and cannon cracker. Ther, were eleven such deaths in the entire eountry, according to the Associ a ted Press tabula tlon. Lakes and rivers, however, exacted the heaviest tribute of human liCe on the holiday, 106 drownlngs being reported. Motor car deaths ranked next In number with 54. Heat took 12 lives and lightning 3, while 4 were l<illed In plane crash2•. In addition there were 15 death~ attributed to other causes directly connected with Am ~ice's observance of the Fourth. Two denselv populated areas-the middle At· !antic states and the midwest-had more that ha•f the country's total deaths for the day, In thP former there were 68 fatalities. which was 5 , morp than occurred in the midwest. The mountain states and the- northwest had the beRt sectional records, with five deaths in ea<'11 division. Everywhere thruugh the midw<!st the temperature was high, contributmg both to deaths by heat and by drowning. The midwest led the coun try In the number of drownings with 38. althougo the middle Atlantic area had unly two fewer The airplane accidents were at Joliet, Ill .. wher~ a pilot and two passengers plunged to dealh when the wing of their plane snapped. and at Beaumo11t. T~x .. where one was kille-d. Tin --P ot thP. motor car death~ came In racee. drivers being killed In Oregon, Pennsylvania an l n "-;~C,tl.•tll The nurnbPr or per~ons injured. many prohat>ty fatally, ran into the th')Usands. Premature e>:plusion of a truclduad or Clrewurks at Lamar. 1\lo, Injured 25 p"rsons as 5,000 gathered in the publl<' ~<quare to w1tness the di~·play. ln the laq~er eltles the.> hospital list of pen•ons injured In observance of the day ran Into the hundred~. Chicago, with an ordinance prohibiting the sale ot flreworl<s, echoed all day vrltb tlrecraeker explosions and reports from pollee and hospitals Indicated the number Injured was prob~ n~ate• tban in recent yea,ra. Before picking the Thanksgiving birds select the breeders for next year. Choose those birds which show good growth and development. The shanks should be heavy and fat and the legs well-set under the birds. A knockkneed condition reveals lack of vigor. Crooked keel bones are oojectionable. They may be caused by poor feeding or they may be the result of breeding, It possible, do not keep birds with crooked keel bones for breeding purposes. In the colored varieties, turkey growers pt·efer birds with good color, but health and vigor are more important than color. Application of Orchard Sprays to Save Fruit Nearly everyone hns read and appreciated the truthfulness of this terse sentence-"Save the Surface and Sa>e all." This statement may be applied with equal effect ond for<'e to the application of orchard spra~·s. Like the paint on buildings and fences, sprays, when applied to the surface of the fruit and foliage at intervals ot from twE>lve to fourteen days up until five or six weeks of ltan•est time, will save the sm·fu<>e from injury by insects and disease and may prove to be the' best Insurance against failure. Exclusive structural and operative superiorities have definitely established Champion as the better spark plug. That is why Champion outsells all others throughout ~e world. (;DAMPIO SPARK PLUGS TOLEDO,OWO It Renovated Statue of Queen on Exhibit!on There Is now to be seen at the c,:.1rro in that cit.v the statue of an andent quC'en whieh was recover!'d In piecE's f•·om a quarry where it had been hurled ThE> lall:v was Queen Hatscheput nnd her effiiQ' llnll b!'en renf!lVed and thrown Into a quarr.v at the instance of Thot11mes Ill upoo the queen's death In 1480 B. 0. The excavation~ near the tern].Jie Deir-El-lla· hlll·i, at Luxor, have occupied the expe· dition for years. In 1!1:.!7 it was confirmed that all the queen's statues In the temple had heen ordereu destroyed. After the mutilation or destruction the pieees were thrown by Thothme!<' retainers into an abanrlone<l quarry ue,arby. Finally. 35 years ago, when the temple was tlrst cleut·ed, all the tlehris f•·om It was piled together. The experlition has been employing as many as 7~) E~yptinn laborers at a time in the • task of retrieving the fru~ments of the buried :;:tutnes and ahout HKl.OOO tons of rubhish have heen removed. Fragments of s;everal of these statnes have heen recO\·ered and a•·e being assembled, but the work Is exceed• gl~ tedious. mu~eum His by Deed of Gift A man who had not been verr• ~rood during his earthly life died. and went below. As soon us he g-ot to the nether regions, he he;{an to gh·e orders for cham:ing the positions of the furnaces. and Rtarted bossing t'lw Imps around. One of them reported to Satan how the newcomer was acting "Here," said Satan to him, "you act" as though you owned this place." ·•certninly." said the man; "my wif~> gave it to me while I was on earth." -London Tit-Bits. Getting the Definition We',·e always wished we'd nen'r said an~tlling about gotlets, not know· ing what they were. hut now we learn that. they are sometimes used in the hem of the jacl,et of a tailored suit, so we suppose it's perfectly proper t};. mention thC'lD In mixed eompnny, anll' we haven't been so relieved since we finally learned that pull-ons are glove>:. -Ohio State Journal. Whatever you hear. don't for~t that there are always some facts you do not hear. Drag the farm roads-let's 1111me auto repairs. • • • . Use best seed obtainable. Is expensive at any price. . ,. save Poor seed Put grease instead of oil on the farm machines when you store them. It I& bdter because It stays put. • • • Whoever buys and plants cheap seeds nee()s no sermon on gamblinghe Is sure to lE>arn by loss. . .. .. . .. . It's easy to make money as a farm er. You ju:;t work hard for 20 yenn and then sell out to a golf cl.ub. Try to tnl'e the small amount of time necPSS:t ry to plow the gn r·dpn ju>;t as soon as the ~1·ound wi II work w<>ll .. * • Of course alfulfa Is not grown f01 its fra~runce ancl benuly, but the~Se qualities should not he E>nti;·ely o\·er· loolted. • • • Half of the failures in g-ettin~ wine!· hreal; trees to grow and thl'i\'e can be laid rlireC"tly to faulty preparation of the soil. • • • .. .. Commer<'ial fe1·tilizers npplied ll<'· cording to rec.-oJumPndations will usual· ly give pa;vin~ increases In earlines~< quality an1l yie!d. In sea:;;ons of lnte corn or in case ot early fros!s, ensiled corn mny sava the entire crop. where, under other conditions, the Joss would be very heavy. Vakesup. zest! .. |