Show i - t r THE w GARLAND TIMES GARLAND UTAH Corn Smut Will Decrease Yields V Is Caused by Certain Type of Germ Belonging to Molds Disease vA - !' V i'A ’"Av it ' f 4 V j- 'f mi ' u KWkfi&ikX Ur m ''Aj v’-iC- ft-- ' 1 — View la Grand Teton National park In w eat era Wyoming the nation’s newest playground just formally association and officials of tbs national park service 2 — Chinese troops being by tbe National Editorial tbe Manchurian border to confront tbe forces of Soviet Russia dedicated nmhed to HEWS REVIEW OF CUR1ENTEVENTS God d eta of Peace Is Busy in Many Lands — Kellogg Pact Is Proclaimed By EDWARD W PICKARD TRKNE that goddesa of peace who has become familiar to all crossword pussier was tbe star performer of the week Her gracious presence wse manifest In Washington London Psrla Rome snd Mexico and over in Manchnrla shs could be seen peering through tbs fast thinning wsr clouds Our own National Capital was the stage for tbs more formal peace proceedings for there President Hoover In an Impressive ceremony declared effective the treaty for the renunciation of war as s national policy of the 40 nations that have declared their acceptance of the pact In the East room of the White House were gathered the representatives of 42 of those countries together with former President Coolldge former Secretary of State Kellogg Senator Borah and m few other Invited guests At tbe table central seat of a long was the President with Mr Coolldge st his right When the dlplomnts had entered while the Marine band wna playing and had been Introduced and seated Mr Hoover arose and tn a rather cautiously worded address co- tbe assembly and the nangratulated tions represented on the coming Into force of “this additional Instrument of humane endeavor to do away with war and to obtain by pacific means slone the settlement of international disputes” He expressed the thanks of the nation to Mr Coolldge Mr Kellogg Senator Borah and Representative Swanson for their diplomatic skill deThe Presivotion and high service mnk dent then read hla proclamation lng the pact effective There were no other apeeches and to the state the assemblage adjonrned dining room where luncheon was served with the ceremony announcewere ments from London snd from the White House of action looking toward real curtailment of naval building programs by Great Britain and the Unit ed States Declaring that hla government Is determined to secure a reduction of naval armaments through agreements with America Prhns Min later MacDonald told tha house of commons that work had been suspend sd on two cruisers now under construction and contracts for a subma rine depot ship and two submarines had been canceled This he Indicated was but tbs first step In an extensive program which would Include not only canceling of contracts for ships conunder cotemplated snd actually nstruction but also scrapping ships ready built Of hla conversations with AmbaMr MacDonald ssador Dawes said “We have agreed an a principle of parity and that without departing In any way from that principle a measure of elasticity can be allowed so as to meet the peace requirement of We have arranged each nation that we shall not allow technical points to override the great public Issues volved In our being able to come to an agreement" The prime minister said that October seemed to be the most likely month when bis contemplated visit to President Hoover would take place The house of commons rose on Friday and was told by the prime minister It would not be summoned to sit again until October 20 Coincidental HOOVER’S response announcement He gave out word of three cruisers the for whlrb were to be laid down In American navy yards this autumn held op pending considerawould b tion of disarmament proposals In a formal statement the President said to part : “I have read with real satslfactlon tbe statement which the prime minister has made In the house of commons The American people ure greatly complimented by bis proposed visit PRESIDENT was that keel Immediate construction and he will find a universal welcome “Mr MacDonald's statement mnrbe new departure In discussion of naval disarmament The prime minister arcs tbe principle of parity which we have now adopted and Its conmean summation that Great Britain and the United States henceforth are not to compete in armament sa poaa tential opponent! but to friends In the reduction of It in this “We have three cruisers which construction program year’s to the govern havs been undertaken ment navy yards the detailed draw to course of now for which art lngs The actual keels would preparation to the ordinary course be laid down some time this fall Generally speak lng the British cruiser strength con slderably exceeds American strength st the present time and the actual construction of these three cruisers to would not be likely In tbemselvea produce inequality In the final result “We do not wish however to have of our actions any misunderstanding and therefore we shall not lay these keels until there haa been an opporof their full consideration for tunity for effect upon the final agreement parity which we expect to reach al though our hopes of relief from construction He more largely in the tot ter years of the program under tbe law of 1028” s between China and Russia WAR baa been averted at Reminded least for the present by tbe United Stut?s Great Britain and France of their obligations as signers of the Kellogg treaty both govern ments declared their Intention to abide and then by the terms of that pact the suggestion of China representu tlvea of Nanking and Moscow began a conference at Chang Chun This It was believed would lead to direct for a peaceful settlement negotiations Of the controversy over the Chinese Eastern railway There were unconfirmed reports of several clushea along the Manchurian border and Russian diplomats declared there could be no mediation between the two nations until China had restored tbe status quo was more peaceBut the atmosphere ful nevertheless Japan which has vast Interests In Manchuria was strivand both ing hard to prevent warfare China and Russia Insisted they had no desire to resort to arma Secretary of State Stlmson In Washington waa especially active to the cause of peace In the Far East at TOINCARE of France trt PREMIER to his endeavor to obtain from the French parliament a ratifies tlon of the debt agreements with the United States and Great Britain The chamber of deputies authorized tbe action by a vote of 300 to 212 after a long and atormy debate which sent the premier to a sick bed The senate discussed th question more quietly and then concurred Ratification by France was so long deferred that congress will have to take action on tbe agreement all over again next fall Tbe house ratified it two years ago but the sen ate refused to consider it until France had acted Meanwhile a new house haa been elected and the representatives must pass on ths agreement again tion of th Blessed was Sacrament performed With the assistance of the Italian officials the whole affair waa given e holy and solemn aspect that kept It from being merely no Immense spectacle The crowds were asked to refrain from cheering and th making of photographs moving or still was forbidden part In the general was the ending of pence the Catholic rebellion by the surrender of the “Crlsteros” and their lead era to several states and the announcement by tbe prosecuting attorney general that all legal suits instituted s gainst persons ' accused of rebellious activities In the name of the church sedition and furnishing aid to rebels have been suspended throughout the t states and three territories of Mexico on orders of President Portea GIL MEXICO’S “TpHREK banking Institutions In N J owned by the Bankers Securities company whose president Is former Senator Edward L Edwards were closed by the state commissioner of banking because he said tbelr capita! has been Impaired by assets of doubtful value The affair is mysteriously tied up with the recent kidnaping of the executive vice president of one of the concerns and his resignation after he was released Three more Florida banks have closed They are the First National of St Augustine the Phifer State bank of Gainesville and tbe Bank of Ormond winter home of J D Rockefeller They shut their doors because of excessive withdrawals and for the protection of depositors Announcement tvas made of another huge bank merger In Chicago The Institutions to be consolidated are the Foremnn National bank and the State Bank of Chtengo with the Foreman National corporation as an Investment The Institutions will have subsidiary total resources of nearly $220000000 resist smut” GERMAN! captured the speed of the Atlantic ocean when the new liner Bremen arrived at New York 4 days 17 hours and 42 minutes out from Cherbourg This clipped 8 hours and 62 minutes from :he record held for some years The by the Cunarder Mauretania huge North German Lloyd liner also broke all records for a single day’s run having made 713 miles on the lust dny It maintained an average speed per hour of 2783 knots or almost S3 miles for the entire trip farm MEMBERS ofa the federal conference In Chicago with SO Invited officials of grain growers' the purpose being to acquaint the board with the problems now existing in the marketing of wheat and course grains and to obtain opinions of the grain growers as to the methods to be adopted by tbe board under the terms of the farm relief act From Chicago the board went to Buton Rouge La to attend the annnul meeting of the American Institute of noilENZOLLERN la to return to Germany from his exile tn Doom Holland for the bill for protection of the republic clause of which excluded him from the country has expired and the relchstag refused to renew It It Is stated however that the reliably former kahser haa no Intention of reentering Germany WILLIAM on the signing of the that ended the long quarrel between Italy and the Vatican the pope for the first time since the destruction of the papal state In 1870 emerged from the Vat lean and entered the portico of St Peter's ending the self Imposed Imprisonment of the head of the Catholic church However 1’lus XI did not a "political LONDON experienced leave the boundaries of the sovereign wheu It was announced Vatican state established that Lord Lloyd British high by the treaof Egypt had resigned by ties for St Peter's Is Included In Its territory The occasion was a great request because of his difference of one not only for Rome but for the opinion with the lulor government over Egyptian policy Lori Lloyd has whole Catholic world Thousands of been the actual dictator in Egypt and Italian soldiers Fasclstl and city pohe is held responsible by the Egyptian lice guarded the plaza of the cfiurch Nationalists for the coup d’etat by while perhaps three hundred thousand devout Catholics knelt as the which the last parliament was disand toe present Egyptian govsolved from moved the Vatican In procession ernment constituted close resemblance to — the Corpus by the fiat of Pontifical King Fuad Chrlstl processions gendarmes with the papal colors the Pnlntlne and heralds guard with from India say the DISPATCHES trumpets led large bodies of Tarious Sakao the self clerical denominations made king of Aghanlstnn and after the were defeatchamberlains and the cardinals came ed In a 16 hour battle by tn army raised by Nadir Khan and that the latthe pope himself on a platform borne by twelve men and carrying the ter was preparing to march on Kabul Eucharist On the portico of the great with fair chances of ousting Bachs from ths throne church tbe ceremony of £bs benedic CONSEQUENT - or galls “The enlarged outgrowths which may now be seen on the morn Is smut" according to W E Brentzel botanist and plant pathologist at tbe North Dakota Agricnltural College “Is some"This trouble” he says what Similar to wheat smut although different In many Important respects Corn smut never goes to wheat and wheat smut never goes to corn Seed treatment will control covered smut of wheat but has no value In the control of corn smut — “This disease"”!" caused by a certain type of germ belonging to the class known as molds These germs now be a black as seen may powder falling from the corn smut galls They pass from one season Into the next by wintering over In old diseased stalks sometimes In tbe soil and may also live In manure for several months buring the summer while the corn Is growing the smut germs move about as dust In the winds and find lodging on the corn The pockets In the tops of corn and the pock ets at the base of tbe leaves collect dust and water When "the germs or spores lodge In pockets containing moisture they begin to grow and In a short while form the smut bnll which we now see In tbe corn fields Will Grow on Any Part “Corn smut Is not particular about which part of the plant to grow on When the parasite attacks the ears the When grain usually Is a total loss other parts of the plants are smutted such ai the leaves tassels silks and nodes tbe amount of loss Is hard to estimate Often the plants are broken over sometimes excessive by the weight of the smut galls and some times by the weakening of parts where the smut growth comes out In one way or another smut to causing heavy losses In some fields "Growers have asked whether lage made from these smutted ears and stalks will Injure cattle It Is very true that these smut galls have an ugly appearance and" some ninv hesitate to feed them to a fine lot of However so far as Is known cattle corn smut has never caused any disease or effects when fed to cattle In experiments conducted by the experiment stations of South Dakota Kansas and the United Michigan States Department catof Agriculture tle were fed corn smut In heavy In no case wps any Injury amounts done to the cattle resulting from the smUL j Only Known Remedy “The only remedy known to avoid losses to the crop Is to destroy the nearby source of the disease for the next year In fields where this means of control Is Impractical It Is necessary to rotate crops Smut resistant corns have not been developed yet but plant breeders are having some success in this direction It is hoped that In the near future we may have developed a variety of corn which will Big Quantity of Humus in Soil Most Desirable One of the Important explanations of the desirability of having a quantity of humus or decomposing organic matter In the soil Is found In the capacity of humus for soaking up and Is water which thus made storing available later for use by growing huve- - revealed plants Experiments that 100 pounds of sand can hold only 25 pounds of water and 100 pounds of clay soil can hold only half Its weight In contrast 100 pounds of In water decaying organic matter may hold as much as 1IK) pounds or nearly twice Its weight of wnter Most soils are In of mixtures varying proportions sand clay silt and organic material Aa a rule the greater the proiortlon In soil contained the of organic matter ' cathe" greater Its pacity and the greater reserves of moisture It will retain for resistance to drouthy and hot weather Eradicate Barn Flies With Creosote Spray Fleas grow In filth and the first step In cleaning up a place Is to remove all the dust straw manure etc from the barns and hnul tt out to the fields Spray the floors and walls with a very It Is betstrong solution of creosote ter to use this dip In Its original strength If you can do It After the dip has soaked In for a day or two spray again with kerosene following that with an application of napthnlene crystals Be very careful of fire Keep the hogs away from these breeding places and It is likely you will have no further trouble Improved Roads Needed for Operation of Farm For economical rigs farm rends of spray operation should be kept In draggood condition —An occasional ging Is not alone necessary for this In addition to dragging It Is necessary to have the road well drained Many growers find that It pays to own a ditcher They use this for their pearb orchards to keep the drainage In good shnpe'anJ then nse It In keeping their roads well ditched Spray rigs are heavy and dragging them around through the mnd Is hard on teams and expensive In time Housekeepers Asked to Watch for Pest News Notes It’s a Privilege to Live Mediterranean Fly Threatens All Fruit in Country m large throughout Housekeepers section of the United States are being enlisted by the United States government as Inspectors and scouts In tbe effort to repel a thoroughly dangerous Mediterranean foreign enemy— the fruit fly— which has already Invaded the country Fruit from Florida where the festation of the fruit fly was first dishas been placed under an covered but only after much fruit embargo which may have been harboring the bad been shipped to distant pest states Federal authorities urge the utmost care In inspecting any fruit Imported from Florida and the Except for the watermelon In the all fruits grown pineapple United States are vulnerable to the attacks of the Mediterranean fruit fly In of form Is to be found The fly tbe small maggots or worms Inside the pulp of the frUIL When these mag gots have reached full size or when they have been working for some Is easily discovtime the Infestation ered since they will destroy most of Before that time any fruit the pulp which Is conspicuously soft— or In which any sort of worms or maggots are found Is open to suspicion Destruction of such fruit Is urged by the government To make sure of killing the maggots the fruit should he boiled or baked for a long period It Into the garbage la the Throwing surest method of giving the maggots an opportunity to grow and spread Fertilizing Value of Manure Is Overlooked Many farmers who pride themselves on their farming technique their fine barns and their homes and gardens neglect their barnyards Too often the manure pile blocks one or more of the doors Into the cow barn and the cattle going In and out cover themselves and the barn floors with filth Too often the litter carrier Is broken or absent and the pile starts at the door and grows In all directions uncontrolled realizes Every farmer the fertilizing value of his manure but not so many know that the most valuable part of it is the llquhl which more often than not Is allowed to An drain or leach away Ideal set- - i $ In UTAH LOGAN— Hogs on Utah farms were estimated on January 1 1929 as numbering 98000 compared with 76000 in 1928 and 60000 in 1927 CITY— The total value of HEBER the cattle sheep and hogs In Utah Is estimated at on January 1 1929 and one year earlier It $60000000 An increase of was $63000000 In one year TOOELE— The number of sheep and on Utah fa'ma and ranches on lamb 0 January 1 1929 Is estimated at compared with 2 730000 one year before and 2650000 on January 1 1927 warm temperLOGAN — Abnormally atures bare followed the eastward demovement of the atmospheric In Salt Lake recently the pression and mercury mounted to 98 degrees second warmest day of the year The mean temperature of 86 degrees was the hlgest dally mean of the year eclipsing the record i Wednesday by two points — County commiMONTICELLO ssioners of San Juan county met with members of the state road commission for the purpose of discussing recently early procedure on the project from Peters Hill north of Montlcello to The San Juan commiThompson ssioners assured the Btate officials that they are Feady to match federal aid funds for the completion of the remaining link of three miles LOGAN — A new record for heat was set In Cache county Wednesday 96 when the thermometer registered degrees according to officials at the Utah State Agricultural college redegrees was the minimum ported for the night The high point for June was 92 degrees in 1929 while the highest temperature recorded for June 1928 was 89 and for July 1928 degrees 93 GROVE — The pleasant PLEASANT Grove Canning company has employed more than 200 girl and boys to pick Fork and American Lehl beans Pleasant Grove supply most of the from A number and girls boys other Tooele Sandy and places will help for picking forty acres beans the largest acreage ever Niw ndled by the local concern achlnery has been installed at tie ant FORK — Cherry producers SPANISH the east bench announce that tile ierry harvest lb practically over lerman McGarry one of the heaviest oducers has cold much of his crop He local dealers and housewives lipped one carload ard several to the Mt Pleasant Owing to the thinning company In Mr McGarry’s orchard was much less than in production devious years LAKE — Crop conditions SALT Date Seeding throughout the United States are beWhen to low those of las year In quantity refederal agriAndrews of has date Frank That the ported seeding wheat lltt'e nr no effect on the time of har- cultural statistician for Utah who reD vesting Is the conclusion which may turned recently from Washington C where he served on the July crop he after looking over the seeding and harvesting dates kept for the reporting board with other specialists of the United States department of past 36 years on plots at the North Mr Andrews reported Dakota experiment station agriculture In the years of ISM 1001 1908 1920 that nearly all crops showed a decrease wheat being one of the few and 1924 the dnte of harvest was August 10 but the dates for seeding In above average PA ROW AN — The annual meeting of were May 6 those years respectively the stockholders cf the Southern Utah May 4 April 18 April 20 and April 22 In some Instances there was a variawhich has Us headDairy company tion of a month in the date of seeding quarters in Parowan will be held in while In every Instance the date of the courthouse Monday August 5 This organization Is Belling its whole harvest came on the same date milk to the El Escalante dairy In Lute seeding of wheat Is not advocated by the station however as It Is Cedar City and Is in good financial The dairymen also are receivusually followed by a short straw and shape a lighter crop taking the weather coning greater returns for their milk than ditions into consideration heretofore All milk sold at retail In Cedar City must now be pasteurized Turkey Is Roamer PRICE — George B Jensen agent for Many poultry men consider that the Utah state road commission for are naturally a roaming bird and Emery county reports that the that they can pick up their feed from road which has been If has been found all over the farm almost Impassable since the first winhowever that much better success ter snows is now open to traffic alwith turkeys fan be enjoyed by keepcondition A though not to ing them confined and by following number of earth slides occurred last out the definite practices week and they are now being cleared aud Mr that have been found economical Jensen predicts that the road will Another which efficient practice be open soon unless further damages should be kept tn mind In handling the occur Opening of this highway makes turkey flock Is that of feeding sprouta clear path all through Utah ed oats or fresh alfalfa PROVO — The fourteenth carload of meat broilers was shipped from Provo for out of state markets recently by the Steers Utah Poultry Producers Inc This Is Ohio The experiment station recently-c- an Increase of eight cars over the enon a test showing ducted that tire shipment last year according to where silage was used In large rations J T Harden manager of the plant Each car carries about 8000 birds of for fattening steers $16 more per acre for corn could be realized There are s total weight of approximately 12000 Each carload shipped brings carried on by many pounds many experiments to local growers $2180 or a total to of our experiment stations which have demonstrated conclusively that silage date of- $29520 for this year's shipments will lower the cost of beef production The cars shipped have gone to San Francisco Kansas City Omaha With this evidence certainly agriculIowa City and Los Angeles tural advisers would do well to urge s greater use of the silo — Announcement COALVILLE Is made that the Summit county fair for 1929 will be held at Coalville SepFeeding Sweet Clover 3 4 tember aud So clover bayhasnoi at the oldtair been observed to In any way Injure grounds This will probably be tbe Its bad effects seem sheep or horses last year that this affair can he held I0be confined lartleThen’-too'BS'TheelirwIir'Le sweet clover pasture has never been covered with water of the Echo reknown to produce this trouble — Thou servoir following construction of the sands of farmers have used sweet clover pasture for years without any bad Echo dam A decision as to the location of the new grounds has not yet results The North Dakota experiment station has conducted a sweet been reached officials of the associa- tlon state Prospects for the 1929 ex- clover pasture test with calves with hibitlon are very encouraging and a out discovering bad effect! progressive program is being planned the trees e of and Wheat Harvest Feeding - J ' |