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I 4httw -WallAf utrn isn. At. UL maiitummuw r PAOTC ETX SIEDFORD MAIL TltTKUNTE, MEDFOIiri, OWEfiOX, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1917 WHEATGROWERS IRISH PARTIES WARNED AGANS I Department Captions Farmers Not to Be Misled, in Zeal for Increased Wheat Production, Into Planting Abnormally Hlgh-Priced Seed for Which Extravagant Claim Is Made. SEED PROMOTERS WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 10- . Dy Kenneth W. Vayno. ' A -warning to American funnels not UUHLI.V, Ireland, Sept. 10. The to l.o mlHled, In their zeal for 111- Rrent ,rl"11 convention called hero to , , . , ,, , , , . form a workable constitution for tho ereaned wheat production, Into plant- . , . . Kmcrald lain has at lost got Its ma ting abnormally hlKh-prieod seed for cheery olio i and going. which extravagant claims are made, has just been Issued hy the United States department of agriculture. "Wheat Is attracting, at' tho pres ent time, greater attention han per imps over beforo, owing o Its com parative scarcity and high prlco and tho necessity of sowing a largo aero iigo this fall," says tho department Hlatement. "As might 'be expected, therefore, various porsonB are offer ing to tho public varieties that they describe as far superior to tho kinds now being grown. TIicbo varieties aro usually given somo catchy name nud extravagant claims aro made for them. Keveii-lloiiiled Wheat "An examplo of this kind Is tho Alaska, or seven-headed wheat that was exploited a few years ago. Tho backers of this wheat did not got very far with It, however, as tho post offlco department Issued a fraud or 'dor and their business camo to a utandstlll. This typo of wheat, hav ing a large, branched head, has been offered at high pricos to tho people of this country muny times under one name or another. Records concerning It go back more than a hundred years. Just now another exploitation Is threatened under tho nnmo 'Titanic' ' his typo of wheat with branched heads should bo left strictly alono by tho farmers of tho country. , "A favorite scbemo employed by those having whoat for sale for which they wish to obtain exorbitant prices Is to claim that their variety reiiulros' but a small amount of sc6d per acre. A peek of seed, twenty pounds and a half bushel per aero, aro amounts fre quently mentioned. Of course tho claims of maximum yields from these small secdlngs are not substantiated by Tact. Only on dry lands or under very special conditions Is the seed ing of as little as even 15 pounds por ncro of wheat advisable. On noarly nil of tho whoat lands of tho country It. Is innro profitable to sow from a bushel to two bushels of seed per ncro than to sow less than a bushel. Miracle- or Mm-velim lic it. 'The I'nlted States department of agriculture bus shown In previous publications thai tho claims nf, max imum yields obtained from sowing one or two pecks lo the aire of the wheat known as Sinner, Miracle or Marvelous are not substantiated by experiments. Safe rules to follow In the case of all wheals for which such, claims are uiailu aro first to suw as much as has been found profitable Willi other varieties In the neighbor hood, and, second, not to pay high ju ices for the seed. "Itadlial claims of high yields are made for some varieties of wheat. II Is not uncommon In advertising n new variety for an unscrupulous or uninformed promoter to claim yields four or five limes that or the average yield of ihi' country, claims as high as lo or more Hums the average yield have been made in special cases. Such claims are absurd and no one need tie misled by them. A well-bred variety in the section lo which It Is adapted may yield a few bushels more than the varieties being commonly grown. Very seldom, Indeed, can a doubling of the yield be expected. Iliiyinit at ii IHstanie. "Ilu.vlng seed grown at a distance from home Is another tiling that the wheat growers should lie on their guard against. No wheat grown and bred for California conditions, for In stance, no matter how good for Cali fornia, has been found adapted to the country east of the Itoekles. Cali fornia adapted wheals do not succeed east of that state. Neither would the Wheat adapted to the Atlantic coaxt or the Mississippi valley succeed In California. In short, home-grown seed should bo used unless the state agricultural experiment station or the Vnltetl States department of agricul ture ndvises otherwise." SOCIALIST CONFERErTF. FOR SWITZERLAND (IKM'.VA. Se,.l. I'l. The Heme Plllltl savs Ihnl lile proposed Mti-iill-isl conference evciitnnlly will be held in K il zerlimd ul n (dare iiiul tune jet to In' determined. GET TOGETHER FOR HOI R LE Emera'd Isle Parties Settling Differ ences Amicably After Age-Old Strife and Bloodshed "Tell U.' S. to Get on With the War" Is Irish Convention's Message to America. It Is the war's first "peaco confer ence" Factions that for centuries have fought each other witli words and sometimes guns are now assem bled peaceably to settle their differ ences by negotiation. This convention Is veiled under le gal restrictions as to secrecy, and out classed In thrill by tho war news from Franco and Flanders. , Hut how Is it working? And what are Its prospects? How Is It Working Theso questions I camo horo from London to answer for the Americans over whoso grave Intorost In Iroland the English havo been so concerned of late. : It is generally agreed that tho solu tion of the Irish question Is a vitally Important part of post-war problems, World peace, the leaguo of nations, freedom of tho seas, tho rights of na tionalities, Britain's trndo routes all these aro moro or less closely touched by tho Irish problem. I have talked with tho leaders of every party, and with at least a dozen of tho most prominent delegatus to tho convention. The lasting impres sion received from theso meetings Is that tho delogatcs themselves, after gottlng their work In hand, wore sur prised to find It had possibilities of SUCCCHB . r . (, , A Till-Ill of Hope. ;,. -. ' They had arrived In a slato of con siderable, gloom. -Dunlin hnd not shown as much Interest In tho open ing of tho convention as It did lit the races hold the tamo day. r Sinn Fein held aloof, and claimed to represent a majority of tho Irish people. . i ., .,, , , Surrounded by this. pall of pessim ism, the convention assembled, and to Its own astonishment It has now felt tho nnmlstnkahlo thrill of hopo. For the first thno In the sovon cen turies through which the Irish prob lem has been unsolved, Irishmen on Irish soil, representing practically ev ery shade of opinion, hnve mot to thresh their. problem out fnco to face -and to their own surprise they seem lo bo coming to tho opinion that tholr differences aro not Insurmountable, after nil, Among tho moro prominent of the members of tho convention with whom I havo talked aro Sir Horace I'lunketl, Its chairman; Dr. .1. I". Ma- haffy, provost of Trinity cvollege, Dublin; Sir William Colliding nud Lord iMIdilleton, unionists; Joseph Devlin, M. P., nationalist; 11. K. Duke, chief socrolnry for Ireland; tloorge Russell, Irish author of considerable note; Andrew .lumeson, represent lug tho rnlonist alliance; J. J. Clancy, M. 1'., and Captain Stephen (iwyun, M. IV, both nationalists. Ititnilom Quotations. Comments on tho proceedings of A FRIEND'S ADVICE Woman Saved From a Seri ous Surgical Operation. Louisville, Ky. "For four yearn I sulTered from femalo troubles, head aches, and nervousness. I could not sleep, hnd no appetite and it hurt me to walk. If 1 tried to do anv work, would hove to lie down before It waa tl mshed. The cloc tors said 1 would have to be opera ted on and I simply broke down.' A friend advised ms to try I.ydla B. l'inkham's VeRe table Compound, and the result is I feel like a new wom an. I am well ami strong-, do all my OWn hntlflt Wnplr have an eight pound baby girl. I know l.ydia E. l'inkham's Vegetable Com pound saved 'me from an operation which every woman dreads. ' Mrs. Nei.uk FisunACK, Vdl Christy Ave., Louisville, Ky. Everyone naturally dreads ths sur geon's Knife. Sometimes nothing; else will do, hut many times l.ydia K. l'ink ham's Vegetable Onmund has saved the patient and made an operation un necessary. If you have any symptom alwut which yo.i would like to knew, write to the l.ydia K. I'inkhsm Medicine Co., l.ynn, Mas., for helpful advice given free, the convention have been forbidden under the Defense of the Healin act. But here are a few random quotations -from various of the delegates, given In private conversation, and showing what tho general situation Is and how the wind IiIowb: A Unionist. "We have conic to gether without preconceived preju dices, and are sincerely trying to hammer the whole thing out." John Redmond "Tho . auspicious organization of the convention raises hopes that Its deliberations will lead to the early realization of a united and self-governing Ireland." A Nationalist "Sinn Fein, refus ing to recognize tho convention, claims to represent a majority of the nation. But I believe It certain that while the Sinn Poitiers have won var ious bye-elections, In tho caso of n general election they would find they did not have the majority of tho Irish people with them." Joseph Devlin "The Irish have al ways needed responsibility. 'Now the responsibility for solving their own problem has been put upon them, and I believe they will rise successfully to the occasion." On African Lines. Most of the delegates - discussed hopefully the possibility of mapping 4 5' 4ift .tfvr jf t 14. Xs - ' - i i jvf " '" - , . : - ., . JC PwSSftifi WStv . f r . f.: ,' ; . f - .... ...... ' It j 49 AHH', -' '4' ? i out a form of homo rulo similar to that of Cunnda or of South Africa Hojec sugiestcd there might be three : provliicosA ith local self-government and a cotuition parliament to sit In Dublin: J ' ' ' "- It .wasv suggested that to Ulster It would bo more satisfactory If the powers of this general parliament were kept In Westminster, "That question Is the rock on which we may yet spilt," Bald a nationalist "Buo we are more hopeful of an un derstanding than we have cvor been before." The Sinn Fein party has announced Its policy as a demand for absolute Independence for Ireland. Its pro gram Is to Win as many seats in Par liament as possible, have the winners set up their own parliament In Ire land Instead of going to Westmin ster, and, while earning on Its prop aganda for an Irish republic, to re frain from outbreaks . like that of Easter, Itllo; and to try to present its case to tho peace conference of the powers after the war. Despite Sinn Keiners. The delegates to the convention semed nearly unanimous In disput ing tho possibility of tho question ever appearing before the peace con- ference. They expected their consti- V. S s , in, '4- fx , :-Vs- s -X" r . 9 tutlon would prove satisfactory to the vast majority of the Irish people, do spite the Sinn Fein propaganda. While the whole problem Is being threshed out, a general armistice seems to have been proclaimed. The Sinn Fein flag minus the in itials 1. II., meaning Irish Republic. is allowed to fly from the convention hall. On one side of it Is the area of destruction caused hy the famous Easter uprislpg. On the other, tho work of construction; the building of a new constitution to prevent the re currence of such troubles, Is now go ing on 111 an atmosphere of unexpect ed optimism. "Have you any message for Amorl ca?" I asked one of the most promi nent members of tho convention. - "Yes" he said,' "toll America to get on with the war. The Irish ques tion is no longer acute, for now quiet ly and slowly Irishmen themselves are trying to work It out together. The impossible 1b always possible In Iro- A3K FOR and GET Horlick's , The Original Malted Milk Substitutes Cost YOU Same Price. M. M. Department Store ANNOUNCES with pleasure and a degree of - pride their showing of all that is new in Autumn modes. , Designers of clothes that bear the marks of exclusiveness and individuality are well represented in this showing a display which we believe to be unequalled for its extent and variety. The new models pre sented conform to a standard well dressed women universally recognize. Our aim :when selecting them was to choose some thing that would endure and would at the same time be out of the ordinary. 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