Friday, August 15, 1941
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CORN HYBRIDS
DEPLETE SOIL
High Fertility Necessary
For (¡ood Results.
By PROF. A. I.. I.ANO
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Whether hybrid corn succeeds or
fml» In It* Job of producing bumper
yield» depend* largely on the lurid'*
fertility level and the effectiveness
of the Individual farmer's loll man­
agement program
Test* on loll* varying in productiv­
ity and under different systems of
•oil management revealed thut
some of the better hybrid* are more
responsive to good »oil and good »oil
management and more sensitive to
poor »oil and poor »oil management, '
than molt of the open-pollinated varl-
•tie* of corn.
Whether hybrid take up inure
plant food or uie what they take up
more efficiently than o|»en pollinated
varieties ha* not yet been deter- '
mined
The danger to future »oil ■
productivity lie» In hybrid'» capacity
to produce more buihel* per acre
when grown on naturally fertile
•oil*.
If farmer* take advantage of the
■uperiority of hybrid corn on good
•oil without recognizing the danger*
Involved from a more rapid deple­
tion of available plant food, their «oil
will not be In condition to express
hybrid »inferiority for long.
On the other hand, if hybrid su­
periority on good soil I* used to stimu- |
late more and better soil enrich­
ment practices, then there I* an op­
portunity to go beyond whut hu*
already been accomplished.
The farmer who follow* good soli
practice* and ha* hl* soil tested to
determine needs for limestone, phos­
phate* and potash will cush in prof­
itably when hr plants hybrid seed
com.
AGRICULTURE
IN INDUSTRY
Fun for the Whole Family
BIG TOP
By ED WHEELAN
BOLT OF LIÖHTNING apilHTBRED ONE
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FELL OH'âlLK'A3 HE FLED FROM THE RING -
Ofue CROWD WAS A4OW IN AN
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RUSH FROM -WEIR SEATS-
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By RUBE GOLDBERG
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By Horanca C. Waad
(Thia 1» ono of a aortal of articloa allow­
ing how farm product» ata finding an Im
portant mathat in industry.)
Sweet Potatoes
An old Negro laundress probably
was the first to discover that excel­
lent laundry starch could be made
from the sweet potato. She mushed I
the potatoes. soaked them In water,
then drew off this liquid and boiled
It to make a fine starch.
The first commercial venture was
a small co-operative plant set up in
Mississippi to make sweet potato '
starch Now another plant is being j
started in Texas Their product is
used for sizing in the textile Indus­
try. Since many varieties of the
sweet potato contain as much a* 20
per cent starch, It seem* likely
that tills new industry has good pos­
sibilities. Tlie pulp left after the
starch Is extracted is being used I
for feed tor beef and dairy cattle.
Sweet potatoes have been experi­
mentally converted Into a thin trans­
parent sheet which one day may be
a competitor of cellophane. During
the World war, sweet potato dour i
was used In the South
George Washington Carver, famed
Negro scientist,
has uncovered
many possibilities In this crop of the
South He has used the sweet |M>tato
to obtain vinegar, shoe blacking, ink,
library paste, dyes, candy, ginger,
synthetic tapioca, chocolate com­
pound, coffee substitute, molasses ,
and rubber.
The commercial crop of sweet I
potatoes is raised chiefly in Virginia,
Louisiana. Tennessee and New Jer­
sey. Since many southern varie­
ties tend to grow oversize, there is
a large quantity of cull* in each
crop. Some are fed to cattle but
more are wasted. These condition*
have led to an insistent demand for !
some means to use these in Industry.
By C. M. PAYNE
S’MAl lER POP— Ride Him, Cowboy—Whoa!
By J. MILLAR WATT
Rural Briefs
Roughage feeds are necessities in
the dairy cow's diet.
• • •
Hedge, or Osage orange, make* j
excellent fence posts.
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KIBITZERS
Fumigation with carbon disulphide
is one of the best methods of treat- 1
ing a corn crib to control corn
weevils.
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Beef from cattle fattened on grass
“ripens" as well as beef from cattle
on grain, and it Is Just as juicy and i
flavorsome, according to the U. S.
bureau of animal industry.
Mil» ADU l U ARE
J1ÏAL DOWNSTAIRS, 801M
BICAOSC tf5 FON to STŸ OS
FREW EUNNV WHEN
ANWtiW AHD tWAIlH ERT i NG . SlkRT
r>l£ ICE CREAM. OF WHICH w
CtófcUNe
HAVENER PROMISED 50»
if T here is anv irrt
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Principal causes of failure of elec­
tric motors on farms have been over­
loading, poor or insufficient lubrica­
tion, worn bearings, improper cir­
cuit protection, lightning and operat­
ing in dusty or wet surroundings.
• • •
More than 5 per cent cottonseed
meal in hens’ rations will make
the yolk of the eggs mottled after
they have been in storage several
months. The whites may turn slight­
ly pink from too much cottonseed
meal.
GLUYAS
WILLIAMS
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MHTM FtMOUSlV WH1Í
ICE CREAM IS EArim.
reflect T here
SOINfc -to 6E MUCH urr
OVER
OUCk OUT OF S i SHT,
MOTHER MA'S WHAf Mi
tlrf SOUND IN THE MALI,
AND EVERVONE IdPNS
CANT REPRESS A F ai HI'
HAH6 0*R RAILlN6 AHÍ-
CWTR WHEN MRS. VflMPlf
CUSLŸ AS EVERRÒ»« RE­
FUSES A SECWP HEÏPIX6, AT LAST DECIDES NOT lb
EXCEPT MRS. WMP1E WHO HAVE ARi'MORE
fc INPCClbEP
FMERCE CAMOVSn AS
PINNER PAREV IS ÎXS-
1RACTEP BV ARRIVAI OF
VIC ICE CREAM
AS fVffhtNE TÓRN5,
DUCK DOWN AND CREEP
UPSTAIRS, IMAOlHRO
HOOK CM SEE THEM
By
LANG
ARMSTRONG
*'K««p your mind on yor work. Ton Juot oifwalod for a f«ur-a>ad« bid!’*