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Deep Cultivation Harmful to Corn Top Three Inches of Soil Contain Largest Amount of Plant Food. (Prepared by the United Statea Department \ ot Agriculture.) The ka-lick, ka-lick, of the corn * planter has ceased its musical tattoo for tlie season and has been hacked into the shed. If there were no weed feeds Just under the surface of the aoll lying in wait for favorable ger minating conditions, the farmer's work 1B the cornfield would be done for the summer. If there were no weeds there would be no need to tune up the old cultivator or cut a forked stick. The ■ crop would not again need his atten tion until corn-picking time in the fall. He could turn his attention to other work about the farm, or he could cut himself a pole and go flshin', which ever was according to his Individual bent —and his cornfield would still yield as many bushels of corn as It would have had he given it the tradi tional three limes over with corn plow. Cultivation Controls Weed*. At least some such conclusion might be arrived at from a study of the re sults of various tests by corn cultur ists to determine the real reason for cultivating corn. Cultivation, they agree, is chiefly for the purpose of controlling the weeds. In fact, weed eradication may.be the only beneficial result from cultivation after planting. Nevertheless, there is that big little word "If to reckon with. We do have weed seeds and we will have weeds. Soon the broad clean spaces between the rows of young corn will be covered with a mass of green weeds of every description. The cultivators will be unlimbered In feverish haste to attack the weeds and hold them in check while king corn gets the Jump on them. But that Is where the similarity of the operation ceases. One farmer will set his shovels to plow as deeply as possible. He will hurry across the field so that he can start his plow on the cross rows—the main idea appar ently being simply to get over the field three "times before the corn Is knee high and ready to lay by. He be lieves that the formation of a dust mulch to retain moisture is also a thing to accomplish. Must Keep Weeds Down. As long as there are weeds, some sort of method will have to be used to keep them down. Rotating crops, preventing weeds going to seed, and sowing seed that Is free from weed seed, are some of the other principles that will help to keep down weeds. An understanding of the fact that cul tivation is principally for the purpose of killing the weeds and not to stir the soil or provide a dust mulch, however, will modify methods of cultivation. Thirty-six years ago the Illinois ex periment station made some tests In which It was shown that if weeds were kept down by scraping with a hoe without any attempt at forming a dirt mulch, the yield was the same as with ordinary deep cultivation, and only Klightly less than with ordinary shal low cultivation. Twenty years ago the United States Department of Agriculture made sim ilar tests at a number of stations over the country and obtained similar re sults. Now the Illinois station has secured some more figures which further sub stantiate the former tests. As an av erage of 24 years of experiments at that station it was found that a field of corn 'ln which the weeds were re moved by scraping them off with a hoe gave a yield almost exactly the same as a field cultivated with a surface cultivator. Deep cultivation gave a yield of one to two bushela less on the average than either shallow culti vation or scraping with a hoe. Many deep cultivations decreased the yield further. Deep Cultivation Harmful. These experiments indicate clearly that the deep cultivation ia harmful. Cultivation should be as shallow as l>osslble. although deep stirring is leqs injurious at the first cultivation than later. The feeder roots of the corn plant leave the stalk about two inches below the surface of the soil no mat ter how deep the grain has been planted. Plowing close to 4he stalk and deeper than these roots Injures many of these roots and results In de creased yields. It appears, says the United States Department of Agriculture, that the top three Inchea of soil contains more available plant food than that further down and that It Is of more value aa a feeding ground for corn roots thsn ss s mulch. Cultivation that mutilates this mass of roots In the top soil not only re moves the connection of the com plant with thla rich source of plant food hut destroys Its natursl wster gatberlng system. From the grest number of experi mental studies that have been made It would seem thst the cultivation problem In the corn belt la to kill weeds mt* economically and as esslly aa possible without plowing so deep ss to do harm to the plant In any way and without making the surface soil unavailable to the roots for feeding purpose*. Some of our present Imple ments for cultivation are designed primarily to produce s mulch and atlr the gronnd. There are many, how over. that have been designed with special reference to weed control, aoch aa the weeder. the aprlng-tooth har row. and the eaifaee cultivator. l»cal conditions will determine which of i thaae caa be used to the beat advaa Select Right Paint for Each Farm J ob Best Way to Preserve Build ings and Implements. (Prepared by the United Btatea Department of Agriculture.) Painting improves appearawe, bat the chief purpose of painting on the farm is to preserve buildings, fences, and implements from the effects of the weather. Interior painting is usual ly done to make the home more attrac tive, but it also serves a useful pur pose in making wails and ceilings more sanitary and dark rooms lighter. Paint ing eat regular Intervals, says the United States Department of Agricul ture, is the cheapest .way to keep bulidftigs and Implements In good con dition. A knowledge of the different kinds at paint and their particular adapta bility is a great advantage to the farm er who wishes to do his own work. The department has published Farm ers' Bulletin 1452 for the express pur pose of helping the farmer to select the right paint for the particular job at hand. It gives directions for mixing paint, for preparing surfaces, and for applying the paint. Full directions for making and applying several kinds of whitewash are included also. N&Jffting snould not be put off too has begun to rust, the rotting and rust ing will continue after the paint has been applied. Moreover, the longer painting Is delayed, the more difficult and expensive It becomes. A copy of the bulletin may be had free of charge, as long as the supply lasts, upon request to the United Slates Department of Agriculture, Washing ton, D. C. Marketing Poultry and Eggs Is Important Job "The time has come when serious thought is being given not only to the production of poultry and eggs, but also to the marketing of these prod ucts." So declares the poultry and egg marketing department of the Illi nois Agricultural association, F. A. Gougler, director. , "The states of lowa, Illinois, In diana, Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Kansas together sell about 85,000,000 dozen eggs each year. This amounts to 28,000,000 cases or 70,000 carloads. And if we add to the value of the eggs sold from these states each year, the value of the poultry sold, we have no less than $295,970,472." Marketing of this large quantity is as Important a problem as producing it, says the* association. "Both produc ers and distributors of eggs and poul try products are concerned with the best method of moving this produce from producer to consumer, so that the spread between producer and con sumer is reduced to a minimum. "It Is estimated that the annual loss in the United States in rparketing our egg crop ranges from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 and those responsible for this loss are everyone who has anything to do with eggs from the farms to the consumers. The trouble Is'lfue largely to the fact that eggs are not bought on the basis of grade di rect from the producers." Most Opportune Time to Cut Soy Beans for Hay "Soy beans may be cut for hay at any time between the full bloom stage, which usually comes between July 15 and August 15, and the stage when the leaves begin to turn yellow, some four to six weeks later," says C. J. Wil ls rd, of the Ohio experiment station. "Yield, ease of curing and quality of hay will mainly determine the time to cut. The largest yield obtainable at one cutting is secured by cutting when about one-fourth of the leaves are yel low. In one typical test at the uni versity, these were the results: "When cut July 25, at full bloom, yield was 3,700 pounds an kcre; cut August 8. with pods well formed, 5,700 pounds an acre; cut August 29, with beans half grown. 6.500 pounds an acre; cut September 12, with one fourth of the leaves yellow, ' 7,400 pounds an acre." RUM RcTSfc Do you need any new castings for the binder? • • • Hot weather cuts the milk flow, but poor feed cuts It even more. • • • For fine leafy alfalta, most farmers should cut when It Is about one-tenth in bloom. • • • The ben Is the most efficient of farm animals In producing food, states an Ohio university authority. • • • It haa beeß said that there Is ao gain without a loss. In other words, gain alfalfa and lose despair. • • • i A man wlio does not keep his live stock well supplied with water la not only a poor fanner; he la a might* poor kind of man. • • • For the city man a home garden does more than produce some vegetable* the table; It prodocaa a real ap petite to help eat em • • • Early cot hay Is best for dairy cat rle. Greater Bilk p redact 100 as 4 Healthier cattle will reault. Clover la | beat wbeo cat at ar Juat before the I fall bloom stage. THE ALAMANCE OLEANEB. GRAHAM, N. C. T he KITCHEN I i CABINET I L j •*k Weatera Newspaper Uaioa.i Choose what jrou will, within the limits of reason, and by the exer* else of the average ability you poa aea* you will. In time, reach your mark.—Harden SPINACH DISHES Splnnch needs good seasoning and care In serving if you must teach your family to like It. as roost of us do. Being such a worth-while vege table. so good for the blood, being rich In Iron, It Is needful that we learn ways of serving It in the most attractive manner. Spinach With Stuffed Pimentoes.— Arrange six plmentoes in well-buttered ramekin dishea. Take one and one half cupfuls of cooked spinach, two tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one egg, one-half teaspoonful of grated nutmeg, two tablespoonfuls of butter and one-half cupful of bread crumbs. Mix the stuffing and fill peppers, cover with buttered crumbs "and bake In a hot oven. BoHemian Spinach.—Take six strips of bacon, three-fciarths of a cupful of cooked spinach, one-half teaspoonful of salt, two eggs, three-fourths of a cupful of milk, one-half cupful of bread crumbs. Curl the bacon Inside of six ramekinß. Chop the spinach, add seasonings and beaten 4ggs, milk and crumbs. Pour the mixture Into the ramekins and bake until firm. The bacon If partly cooked will be more satisfactory. If It Is not sufficiently cooke#, turn the molds out onto a bak ing dish and bake In a hot oven. Spinach and Noodles. —Take'one and one-half cupfuls of noodles cooked, one and one-half cupfuls of cooked chopped spinach, one cupful of grated cheese, one teaspoonful of salt, one fourth teaspoonful. of pepper and one cupful of milk. Put alternate layers of spinach and noodles in a baking dish, sprinkle with cheese season ing over each layer and top with noodles. Pour over the milk and bake forty-flve ffilnutes. Spinach Croquette*.—Take one cup ful each of chopped htfm and spinach, one tablespoonfal of prepared mus tard, one-half capful of boiled lit*, one egg yolk, one-fourth of a cupful of spinach liquor. Mis all the ingredients and moisten with the stock. Shape Into croquettes, dip Into egg and crumbs. Serve with tomato sauce. Bpinach With Buttsrsd Crumbs.— Put the well-washed spinach into a kettle, adding no water; cook carefully, stirring occasionally for the first few minutes, then cover and cook until tender. Serve seasoned with butter alid sprinkled with buttered crumbs. Staffed baker fish is one of the favorite ways of serving the large lake trout. Savory Dishes. Don't fall to learn a few of the kinds of field mushrooms. There are ao many savory dishes to which a few mush room* will add flavor. Scrambled Eggs and Mushrooms.—Break Into small pieces one pint of fresh field mushrooms. Sprinkle with salt and let them' stand twenty 3S& - mlnutea. Into a saucepan place two tfcblespoonfuls of butter, add the mushrooms and Juice, cover and cook eight minutes after they com mence to simmer. Season with pepper and more salt If needed. Add the yolks of Ave eggs, beaten allghtly, to the mushrooms. Stir until the eggs are cooked, adding more butter. Serve on buttered toast. Currlsd Esse. —Take six hard-cooked eggs. Peel three large onions and cut them Into thin sllcea, put them with two tableapoonfuls of butter In a saucepan to cook nntll soft. Add a tablespoonful of curry powder, one clove of garlic, one-fourth of a tea spoonful of ginger, one-half teaspoon ful of salt, one tableapoonful of flour, one-half pint of stock, cool. Take three cnpfuls of cooked rice, place around the edge of a platter, cut eggs into slices and place over the rice; over thia poor the aauce, very IrtH. Garnish with green pepper or sprigs of paraley. Coconut Fie. —I.lne a deep pie plate with rich paatry and let atand In the Ice cheat for an hoar. Beat foor eggs, one-half cupful of rugar, the rind of a lemon and add two cnpfuls of milk. Bprlnkle the top with a cupful of grated coconut. Bake In a moderate oven ooe hour. Rhubarb da Luxe. —Take foor cup full of rhubarb cot Into amall pieces, two cupfuls of grsnnlated sugar, one half teaapoonful of mace, one-fourth teaapoonful of dnnamoo, twelve whole cloves, one large orange. Place the Ingredients together In a well-buttered caaaerole. adding the rind. Juice and pulp of aa orange. Cover and bake Ctil the rhubarb la render If vary cy. uncover the last fifteen minutes •f rooking. Cracker Jack. —Take one .capfot each of brown a agar aad extracted honey, boil until it harden* In cold water. Remove from the fire, add one-half teaapoonful of soda and all the pop corn or palfed rice or wheat you caa atlr la. Add a few shelled pen nuts and preaa into a well-greased dripptag pan. Mark off tato aqaarea. KNITTED FULL LENGTH COATS} PARIS MODES FOR YOUNG GIRLS THE knitted coat's the thing! One cannot look upon the handsome models which grace this season's showings without realizing that the knitted coat by virtue of Its chic, charm and practicality Is destined to play a most Important part In fash ionable life. Not that the- full-length knitted coat ever failed of fasclnstlng appeal, even from the days of Its Initial appearance but somehow heretofore we were prone to claaslfy it rather as s passing fad or fancy, rather than a staple fashion. Not so froru now on, for this season's models prove conclu sively that the knitted coat has earned —1 '" 1 "" / a \| I 1 M Hi f I LAST WORD IN KNITTED COAT FASHIONS for itself a definite place In the field of stylish and practical wrapt. A model which bespeaks the last word In knitted coat fashions Is pic tured here. It Is knitted of coral In an Intriguing stitch, with cuffs, patch pockets and revers In frost gray. That smart tailored appearance, which Is so necessary according to style requirements, characterises this coat In every detail. The midsummer collection of%nltted coats accents the pastel shade*. Fre quently looped wool describes a smart embellishment In collar, cuffs and sometimes hen-border. Most of the lightweight models are constructed of soft wool with rayon Interknit either In attractive stitch, as K SHOWIMQ COAT AND PARTY DRESS Instanced In this Illustration, or de-' fining self toned block patterning* or Jarquard effecta. The straight line wrap-around fastening witb a decorative button are preferred for wear over lingerie and abeer frocks tbeae knitted coats are en trancing. The color! whleb glorify tbetn contrlbate a summer lovelloeaa 10 the costume. The all-white knitted wrap leads, perhspe. In popularity si tboogb the competition |e keen among anch loeetj ahadea as Bile green, pink to deep rose, powder blue, larioi and gay yellow Dooble-hreaated coat aof two-toned mettled jeraey are a fall Item. Before the littlest Parlslenne Is ceoaeHms of bar Hot bee ahe Is -lad la garments that differ from those ef her brothers, and thia difference widens steadily as the yesrs carry her inio yount; girlhood. In the early teens *lie Is always simply dressed, but much attention Is given to details of Hnisli and style In all that ahe wears. In uurn.v particulars—as In color and decorailoin—her belongings are made lo follow the lead of the modes for grown ups. , I'arls sends over drawings of two costumes for young girls In the first half of their teens. arthown In the Il lustration. In the figure at the left ihe young miss Is thoughtfully regard ing an embroidery In colors which brightens her three-piece costume of tan kasha. It has quite a grown up appearance for a girl of thirteen, but the embroidery Is In a simple pattern nnd might be In any bright color. The skirt Is lengthened a tittle for each year up to sixteen. At the right a coat In pastel-green kasha Is lined with printed silk In any hurmonlzlng colors oqe may choose, and may be worn over a matching dress or with other dresses. The use of kasha cloth and printed silk lining 1 modestly acknowledges the lesd of the mode" and the coat Is very carefully tailored. Mam'selle Is much dressed 1 up In these costumes and they will re mind her to deport herself with dig f nlty—ln order to match their style, i In party dresnes the young miss I* i allowed to shine In filmy fabrics and iowerllke colore llk| those worn by her elders. Taffeta, made with Iffed ebort-walsted bodice and fall akin, orach heru filed and be ribboned, la chosen In corn-color, pink, peach, pow der blue or pastel green for theae gay party frocks Oeorgette In the same colors or white, poaed over silk slips In contrasting color, are shown In frock* with flaring skins. uaually set onto lac* yokea and flnlabed at the bottom with lace. Plelta are freely used aa a decoration and narrow ribbon girdles to define s low wslstilne. Ribbon In two rotors, or sllrer sad s color, In a twisted girdle finished with a rosette brings a plaited georgette frock to the plaaacle of aucceea. JVi.tA BOTTOMI.rr. itk »»» W«IM» Hws«|ir UalH.) Indians Cay in Buckskin Clothe* The annual (tinning party held by Flathead Indians on the western boundary of (Jlacler National part has become a holiday event. The braves having "brought down" the animals with unerring "gufc. barrel sight"' only have after the papooses and children, while the squaws transform the hairy pelts into material for shel ter and raiment—niosiV holiday, rai ment in these modern days, for most of them live in houses and wear wool en clothing in their everyday agricul tural life. \ The United States Indian depart ment Indulges the re,d map in this cus tom, for without the finery of beaded buckskin clothes, the gala events on reservations would he robbed of the very background which gives them their Impetus. Cuticura Soothes Itching Bcalp. On retiring gently rub spots of dan druff and Itching with Cuticura Oint ment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Make them your everyday toilet preparation* and have a clear skin and soft, white nands.—Advertisement Tesla Turns to Mars Nikola Tesla. the inventor whose work has been very Important in the electrical world, has turned his spec ulations to Mars. 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