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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1916
Page
8
In Des Moines Rev Elmer E Higley of Grace Methodist tells male worshippers to check their laundry after he pauses mid sermon to remove a pin stuck at the back. The interruption brings laughter and he notes the sermon had a point to it.
Ludwig Georgewski jumped from the Rush Street bridge at five o clock. A mackinaw coat act ed as a parachute and kept him afloat until Officers O Neill and Connelly rescued him. The bartender blamed grog and the landlady suggested snakes but Ludwig walked away unharmed.
In Muskogee Oklahoma Lee Lamb and Bertha Robinson wed twice in one day. Lamb first secured a license and a magistrate conducted a ceremony at the bride's home in a neighboring county. A Checotah depot stop led to a second marriage after a local justice of the peace halted the first license as invalid.
George Sylvester of Chis Holm Minnesota visited Anna Lee a self styled gypsy. He paid silver and trusts his valuables in a handkerchief to ward off evil. After two blocks he discovered a wad of paper in the handkerchief and Anha was arrested.
The article explains wheat on corn stubble as a lasting practice to solve labor and rotation needs. It stresses disk farming over plowing, early corn, proper seedbeds, shallow shocks, and using oats or barley to improve grass. Winter mulch and careful seedbed preservation prevent heaving.
A Chicago Board of Trade member notes buyers pay more for top grade wheat. Ohio Experiment Station Bulletin 243 shows high quality wheat yields rise with fertilizer, producing 8.45 bushels per acre with mixed kernel quality untreated, versus 34.15 bushels with fertilizer yielding mostly plump kernels. Fertilizer 300 to 500 pounds per acre greatly increases No. 1 2 grade shares, doubling profits.
The proper wheat placement in rotations varies by local conditions but typically follows corn oats potatoes or an early truck crop or an annual legume such as soybeans or cowpeas. Clover often yields the best wheat. Seedbed prep is costly with plowing the most expensive step. dishing can replace plowing on clean friable land without reducing wheat yield.
Guidance on preventing grain diseases through sanitation, crop rotation, and seed treatment. Describes formalin solution use at 1 lb per 40 gallons, drying, and dipping for smut with dipping steps, plus disinfection of equipment and sacks.
Indiana experiment station endorses wheat varieties after years of testing as best adapted and most profitable for Indiana farmers. New varieties should receive official approval from the Experiment Station.
Fifty years of foreign and American experiment station work show U S wheat yields and net profits can rise dramatically. Eliminating smut and controlling Hessian fly could save tens of millions annually. Balanced plant foods add 8 to 12 bushels per acre. Indiana farmers using 200 pounds fertilizer per acre averaged 30 bushels. Ohio farmers averaged 88.1 bushels last summer.
Topeka Kans Gov Capper weighs a pardon for F E Williamson who lied on the witness stand about prison history after reforming his life in Marion Kansas. Williamson had hidden a theft prison term from wife neighbors and was jailed for perjury.
Peter Franklin McCubbin, 82, Virginia, rode a railroad train for the first time in his life, guided by his six year old grandson Morris Williamson. They traveled through Kansas City en route to Salt Lake City to live with his daughter. He recalled avoiding travel to see family and driving long distances when tired.
In Everett a suit over a $40 contract dispute ended with the jury upholding the original outcome after nearly $200 in court costs. W. J. Williams argued he deserved $460 for clearing 25 acres at $20 an acre, while Mary Anne Evans O'Toole claimed Williams did not complete the work. The superior court verdict remained the same, with Williams bearing the costs.
Three men in broad daylight removed valuables worth 3000 from the home of Charles Freeman a theatrical man while he was away on business carrying a movie camera and declaring they were staging a movie burglary in Monongahela Pennsylvania.
The obituary notes Joe Wing of Mechanicsburg Ohio as the nation’s noted alfalfa authority. It recounts his early Westward study and demonstrations on his farm, his book Alfalfa in America, and guidance on soil, drainage, inoculation, and fertilizer for profitable alfalfa farming. It cites specific fertilizer rates and the Woodbine Farm distributor for broadcast application.
The article emphasizes three key plant foods ammonia, phosphoric acid, and potash as essential for strong wheat growth. It explains how these nutrients support germination, kernel filling, and straw strength, and advises fertilizer choices and rates to maximize yield and grain quality amid wartime potash shortages.
Farmers are urged to test soil acidity using blue litmus paper and to correct sour soil with lime and fertilizer. The article notes that acidic soil harms crop growth, causes hard clods, and reduces yields, especially when lime is paired with fertilizer on wheat.
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