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I What Rai Mean t< *Crop Reports Indicate Difference j Few Showers Make in Humanity's Scheme of Things. ' * BIG PART PLAYED BY NATURE J t Takes About 2,260 Tons of Water to the c Acre to Grow a Food Crop?Process s of Evaporation Yields Chemicals I Valuable as Fertilizer. < Washington, D. C.?"Rain might be f looked upon as the oil which lubricates 1 the world's economic machinery," says N * hiillotin lccn??H f mm fhp WflShinC- 1^ ton, D. C., headquarters of the Na- 1 tional Geographic society in connection with recent reports of world-wide drought damage to crops i "With the smallest estimated cotton t crop since 1893," continues the bulletin, "with spring wheat in poor condition at home as well as in many of the other wheat countries of the world, with other important crops below their . average, and with drought cast as the villain, or at least as an accomplice, in each case, the difference that a few showers make in humanity's scheme of things is strongly emphasized. Depends on Rainfall. "While everybody realizes in a gen- i eral way that the world depends on rainfall and fertility for food, there are very few, perhaps, who even approximately appreciate how comparatively little the farmer actually does In the great process of crop-growing. To plow millions of acres furrow by I furrow, to spend millions of dollars ' on fertilizers, and to reap and gather and thresh, is no mean task. And yet f compared with the part that nature plays in the process, man's work seems a very slight labor. For in ? stance, it takes about 20 inches of rainfall to grow a food crop under our general farming methods, which means about 2,260 tons of water to the acre. 1 That seems a preposterous figure, but J the doubter can easily demonstrate j I its correctness. Suppose the Amerl- ! i can farmer had to haul the water his f ground must have to give him a good c crop, and that the distance and freight j rate were the same as the average i s railrcad haul and rate in the United j a States. On that basis it would cost j c Making Bust of.P Mrs. Sally i'urnhain, noted sculptor, studio on her bust of President Harding, They Plan to Mak< ~?: <irnu[i of the most note<l women irwj National Women's party at Washington, signed to make women the exact legal eq WIRE FENCE PH01 j Farmers in South Dakota use tne j ' Barbed-Wire System." i r t County Agricultural Agent Assists ( Farmers to Install System at ? Cost of Less Than <s $20 Each. I vPreparrd by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Washington.?There are still many s rural homes that do not have telephones ( and. as at present economy In ull lines I is imperative, interest is reviving In the 1 "barbed-wire system." which was more ' 1 ' or less common In parts of the West \ 20 years ago. { In Carson county, South Dakota, the s t county agricultural agent has assisted ' farmers to install such a system at an average cost of material per farmer. < of less than ?20. Carson County is i ST tniles long an I very sparsely settled, i although the agricultural lands are t ^ fenced. Stanford telephone lines an-1 indrops : o Farmer: h dm inore than $4,000 an acre to wa;er his place. $ "But not only would his water bill a' >e nearly half a million dollars on a SI 100-acre farm, but his fertilizer bill, ilso, would amount to a neat little tc sum. It is estimated that In the procfss of normal evaporation, soil waer presents the rootlets of its neigh- | lorhood with about fourteen pounds J 01 >f ammonia a year to the acre. Al-' N so, it gives them some 57 pounds of . C': totash. With sulphate of ammonia ostlng only 2 cents a pound (It cost I at during the war) and a hundred . 0( )ounds of the sulphate required to ] g] outribute 17 pounds of ammonia, It j viil be seen thnt the process of evap-! fc ration gives the rootlets S1.C5 worth ?> f ammonia to the acre. Automatic Fertilization. g; "Wlien the World war cut off Ger- D nan supplies of potash and it soared a o $400 a ton, geologists scoured the | w Russ Prin Ask U. ????? ? Refugee Noblemen in Turkey Are ,a Perfectly Willing to Marry for Money. m tt HOPE TO GET BACK ESTATES j d< R tfarty Refugee Russian Women Have oi Married Turks in Order to Get w Temporary Homes?Still Retain Their Politeness and Courtesy. Constantinople.?The arranging of uarriages between Russian princes ei tnd well-to-do American women is the u atest scheme advanced here by an ngeuious Russian to get a livelihood or workless, penniless refugees living 01 >n American and other charity. It Is argued that the American worn- * in would, iu addition to the title, make i good business bargain, since the filled Russian noblemen all have Cf n< resident Harding " C' Ct is shown working in her New York aj , nearly ready for the casting. si 5 Women Exact Lega ers of the United States, gathered in the to discuss a proposed amendment to tlie uals of men in all civil respects. NES ARE IN USE cr! lil tt >eared to be too expensive, yet there h( vas a great need of facilitating com- fi| nunication. The county agent furlished information regarding the cost j >f installing the line, using porcelain iail knobs for iusulntlon, which cost | ,u ibout $3 per mile. These knobs work vv satisfactorily when the barbed wire I s tied to them with a short piece of ! tt vire. In order further to reduce the cost I ioine furmers tried pieces of rubber :ut from automobile Inner tubes as tc nsulators. Pieces of the tubing l1^ S( nches square were wound around the fV >arbed wire and fastened to the post a vith staples. The county agent re- |,i >orts that this insulutlon is giving tj iatisfaction, although, of course, the|tf ubber will deteriorate in time. I n( The farmers were able to obtain sec- j In )r.d-Iiand phones at from $5 to $20 each j w ind 50 cents bought a lightning ar-( ai ester, so that the total cost per farm- t< r was comparatively nominal. til Each farmer has his own special fr nlted States for the priceless fertll* ;er with little success. Vet the procss of evaporation generously hands jt more than half a hundredweight > the acre, in war and peace. This utomatlc fertilization is worth an ilditional $2.30 an acre to the farmer t present prices, and would have cost itn $10 an acre at war prices. "From this it will be seen that the 12 to $23 an acre that it costs the cerage farmer to grow wheat is a nail figure indeed, compnred to what s saves by having nature as his wa r wagon and fertilizer source." Six Generations in One Family. Tho Pas, Man.?Six generations of le fatally are holding a reunion at elson House. They belong to the reek tribe of Indians. Sarah Donkey, aged one hundred -* A 1 n/Linmnn nncpstnr I Ill IWClVt, IS IUC ?.UHHUVU ' the other five. They are: Caroline pence, ninety, daughter; 'John Don?y, seventy, grandson; Ina Spence, irty-four, great-granddaughter; Sarnh onkey, twenty-two, great great grnndtughter; Jemina Donkey, two, great reat great-granddaughter. Sarah onkey the first retains possession of II her faculties except her sight, hich is failing. ices S. Brides rge estates which they hope to reiver when private property Is reored and Bolshevik Russia Is no ore. Many Russians have open minds on ie marriage question. Many of the fugee Russian women have marrrled urks since their arrival here, in orjr to get temporary homes. The ussian men have followed suit. Many f the older ones have married Greek omen. And Age Has Its Weddings. "Youth has Its follies, age its stupidles," said a Russian general, no long young, when inviting a friend to his edding. The difficulty of locating these merican wives across the seas is not ie to stump the imaginative Russian Ind, which readily adapts itself to ie lighter branches of commerce, and ts succeeded here with cafes, beauty irlors, manicure and tea shops, conirt halls and public grounds. The first and only bathing pavilion ;ar here has been established at loria beach, on the Marmora sea, by group of Georgian princesses, irough the loan of American Red ' foss tents. Men Are Out of Luck. The condition of Russian men refu;es here is bad, as there are few intstries or factories to provide work, ecently the French government cut f its food rations to several thouind men, though still feeding a eeriin uuraber of children, women and d men. It Is hard for them to get passports i go to other countries. Serbia has .'cepted some 20,000, but her leniency i refugees is finding its limit. Dr*l nr>c\ r!nl if7v Tvhrv fnrmorl v hpJri imense estates near Kiev, and n)ay (cover them, among hundreds of otli- , s, Is attempting to earn a living by ilizlng his knowledge of precious ones of wbicli he once had a large Election. Such men often lose their clothing id baggage to rapacious landlords ho serve them in default of the payent of room rent, but the Russian ristocrats never lose their politeness ad courtesy in adversity. They still kiss the hands of the omen, after >the manner of their auntry. Often cheerful and courgeous in the face of poverty, they lare their last money with friends. il Equals of Men i garden of the headquarters of the Constitution. The amendment Is deng, so there Is no expense for a mtral. It Is possible with a system * ?i? i tvC IUIH IU 17UI1UWI vuituus |?ai ia \jl ( ie farm or distant barns with the ouse, or the tenant house with the trm home, at a very low cost. While ich a system leaves much to be dered In the way of service, It meets 1 emergency and can be made to iswer, pending the coming of times hen conditions will warrant a more cpenslve and more satisfactory svs>m. Dogs Rout Tobacco Pests. Marietta, Pa.?Martin S. Stoll t ibacco grower, who resides cm a farm veral miles east of this place, has io dogs, one a spaniel and the other fox terrier, which he has trained to ant worms from his tobacco. From iu time they enter the patch until icy leave they are busy with their oses, sniffing and smelling tobacco ags from the leaves. They take the orms from the leaves without damping the plants, and as a result the ibacco on the Stoll farm is among the nest in the country, "ocieg almost fref om worm holes<? \ \ Three VIRGINIA Friendly BURLEY i Gentlemen TURKISH The perfect blend of the three perfect cigarette tobaccos in one perfect cigarette one-eleven cigarettes 2Dforl5v j (jjjkZ*ZZZ-ae^g * 1 11 FIFTH AVE. Ill ***' VMN C,TT Doing Proper Thing. We may not believe in a personal devil, but there are very few people so constituted that they are able to do the proper thing continually and everlastingly without constant pressure from conscience. Dame Grundy, and fear of what the neighbors will say. Our entire inclination is in the direction of a passive rather than an active existence, except for the purely routine muscular movements, the will is constantly engaged In taking the bfcdy by the nape of the neck and easting it afresh into the fray. The backbone may be a hard-working organ, and always on the job, but in comparison to the effort put forth daily by the will, is merely an also ran.?Exchange. Plant a Kentucky coffee tree in your yard and you will not be troubled by flies, runs the newest formula. But, while waiting for the tree to grow up one should not neglect the old reilabU fly swatter. 7 I ? Love Sickness. ' Eraslstratus gives an account of the ] consequences of masked or hidden | love. These comprised languishing' eyes, with anomalies of the voice and ' complexion, ears. etc. When a pa- j tient presented these symptoms, espe-1 dally if he or she were a youth, the medical man should suspect a secret love passion. The source of the latter might be found by the reaction which took place on the entrance into the room of the object of the passion. This consisted of a chunge of color. trembling, palpitating and sweating. The astute physician by placing his hand over the subject's heart.could feel its agitation when the object of love entered the room. In later years the pulse was deemed a sufficient guide for the medical mun, the other symptoms having been regarded as largely secondary to the disturbance of the heart. Temperamental Bird. The raven is a bird among birds, self-reliant and formidable. Naturalists. says a writer In the New York Sun, call him the most wary, the most amusing, the cleverest of birds. He is also described as grave, dignified and sedate. The hill of the raven is a formidable weapon, strong, stout, sharp at the edges and curved toward the tip. It is his one weupon of offense, but it answers the purpose of two or three. Like the dirk of the old-time plainsman, it is available as a dagger or as a carving knife; and it can also be used as a pair of pinchers. With one blow It can kill a rat, and the raven can easily drive It through the spines of a hedgehog. If It Is true that the raven will never attack a man, probably it is not so much from lack of courage as from the bird's keen intellectual perception of what is unwise. The Love of Color. Vegetable dyes were used by the aborigines of all parts of America for ornamenting their utetfsils, staining their baskets and fabrics. Many of the textiles found in the prehistoric graves of Peru are remarkable for their beautiful and permanent colors. Few of these, unfortunately, can be traced to the plants from which they ' were derived. The Introduction of foreign dyes has been disastrous. Their cheapness and the facility with which they can be transported has caused them to be widely adopted in place of native dyes, the prepare- j tion of which is fast becoming obso-1 lete. The ancient Mexicans made use I of a number of beautiful pigments, mostly vegetable, for the picture-writing of their celebrated codices. Nearly all of their colors can be identified. ? "Wr iv(1t I TO PRODUCE <lay in the clean-burning, "Standard" Motor fewer than five importa employed. Nothing is granted?nothing left to 1 "Standard"' Motor Gaso pass five stiff examinatioi These are: Chemical laboratory tests line itself, to determin purity, stability, explos ~ a ? ClU. Physical laboratory tests der engines, to determine ignition, rate of combust pressure development, li formance, etc. Dynamometer tests in stai of engines, to determine ] oped, mileage per gallon Isnt it time yon case? ISotice the i STAND.4 f M i * After Evei WRHjJ Seatedtt^tA > 11 Bp | WRICLEVS h kept to the pre I| And to the same ard of quality. J|| No other good ji long-costs so II |;i so much for yo || Handy to cany ! In effect?full < . solace and cc young and old. THE FU LAS1 i i Accidentally Made tl and clay out equivalent to a yei full-powered rate data on carb Gasoline, no pitting, spark plu mt tests are Road tests in rep fnl.'AVI f aIi/ l.livm UUC&9, niHUU tUl uck. former findings, line has to greater accuracy tl ation, flexibility, adjustment, etc. Service tests unde on the gaso- Company garages e volatility, containing from 3 iion points, and tractors, com; type cf niotor-drr drivers are both a in one-cylin- Gjonals?a fair ger character of WOrk. These test tion, rate of aroiinrt performar mits of per- tJie |van(]s Gf {}ie u "Anybody's Gas" ndard make? and then. "Stand; power devel- has to be ri^ht al , etc. Runs what the public ei i drained the old oil out of y difference when you refill with P< LRD OIL COMI (New Jersey) HA ry Meal LEYS 5C | as steadily I {-war price. | high stand- J |y lasts so I ttleordoes !;| u. II * u* B -beneficial I v ; of flavor?a imfort for | A WOR I 4-'->, ,j *v m ? < / ; Xts ' i- ;?> ^ ;;; -r; 4 I '/ f>. ' I i - * ' ; ; < ' ' (. - t Good? ; / ! iat Way , ir s service give accuon formation, valve g fouling, etc. > resentative cars and ?ck the accuracv of and determine with he factors of accelerrange of carburetor r average conditions, are maintained, each 0 to 200 cars, truck* prising every known ren equipment. The mateurs and profesleral average for this s determine the allice of the gasoline in ser. may be good now ard" Motor Gasoline 1 the time. That is cpects of it. ? our crank OLARIISE. >ANY I ITTCSm