Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, October 20, 1921, Image 3
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What Rai
Mean t<
*Crop
Reports Indicate Difference j
Few Showers Make in Humanity's
Scheme of Things. '
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BIG PART PLAYED BY NATURE J
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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<
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<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
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Farmers in South Dakota use tne j
' Barbed-Wire System." i
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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:
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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
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Refugee Noblemen in Turkey Are ,a
Perfectly Willing to Marry
for Money. m
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HOPE TO GET BACK ESTATES j
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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
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resident Harding "
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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!
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>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
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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
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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<?
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Friendly BURLEY i
Gentlemen TURKISH
The perfect blend of the three
perfect cigarette tobaccos
in one perfect cigarette
one-eleven
cigarettes
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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.
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? 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.
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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
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After Evei
WRHjJ
Seatedtt^tA
> 11 Bp
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kept to the pre
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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.
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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<
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(New Jersey)
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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. ?
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