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MIEFARM CROPT
I ty V
612ussell
Although the following remarks
refer specifically to gardening, I
feel that they are not out of place
Ina farm colutnn, In fact nothing
that has to do with enriching the
isoil--or preventing already -rich soil
from becoming starved—could be
out of place here. And I feel sure
that Helen M, Fox, who wrote the.
article, and The New York Times
from which I snitched it, won't
mind my passing this valuable 3n -
formation along,
* *
Gardens, originally, were supplied
with humus via a mixture of man-
ure and hay that was dumped along-
side barns, where it was allowed to
rot and where much of the nitro-
gen evaporated. Today, when such
Inaterial is expensive and difficult
to obtain, no such wasteful method
could be advised. The most econ-
omical and practical way to feed
the garden is to snake a compost
- heap, which becomes humus,
* * *
Different schemes of composting
have been evolved but, basically,
three hinds of material are required.
The) are manure, vegetable waste
and earth. The first night consist
of sweepings from the barn, chicken
house or pig pen. Vegetable waste
includes leaves, grass cuttings, prun-
ings, pea, bean and corn stalks, left-
over matter from vegetables pre-
pared for the table, faded flowers
and unused hay. "Earth" may be
Sod: topsoil, river soil or peat.
* 5 *
The compost heap should not be
far from the garden and ought to
stand on well -drained ground.
Where the climate is particularly
dry, the pile is placed in a pit about
two feet deep. This, too, must have
drainage so that it will not become
water-logged: The size of the heap
should he five feet high and five
to eight or ten feet wide, depend-
ing on the amount of material avail-
able. It is easiest, however, to make
sections of five feet at a time.
* *
There must be space near the
compost heap to collect and accu-
mulate material to be used. Man-
ure should be kept in a shed where
rain cannot reach it, but it should
not be stored long since it ought
to be applied fresh. Twigs and
',rancho are broken before being
pot on the pile.
y * *
the foundation of the compost
heap is a nine -inch layer of good
earthpreferably sod turned upside
down, Then comes a layer of vege-
table matter six inches thick. This
is covered with an inch -thick layer
of earth, which is sprinkled with
wood ashes, and sometimes lime
to sureten the soil. Provided the
day is a dry one, watering follows.
* * ,
The layers are then repeated, in
the same order, until the pile is
five feet high. It should be nar-
rower at the top than at the bot-
tom. At the very top, a hollow
int made in which the water can
settle so it will seep through the
pile slowly. Compost should be
kept moist—but not soggy. If too
wet, air will be unable to circulate
freely and decomposition will halt.
* * *
After this. holes four inches wide
tine made with a crowbar through
The center of the heap, from top
- la a heap five feet long
there would be three holes. Soon
after the appearance of fungus
growth, the pile will begin to shrink
until it is thrity-six inches or so
high. The first turning (so that
the outside comes inside) is made in
about three weeks; the second turn-
ing, about five weeks later.
* * 5
Inside the pit the temperature
trill be 150 to. 1.69 degrees, hot
BATS IN THE BELFRY --Four Texas gals "pitched" woo at
four baseball players, "caught" their men, and 'forced" them into
a Ft, Worth church for a quadruple wedding, amid flower' and
"bunting." While their mothers "balled," the girls took a "lull •
count" and then "walked" down the aisle under a canopy of bats,
held by team-mates of the grooms, The players are now definitely
"out" of circulation "at home."
enough to destroy weed seeds and
diseases. After three months the
heap should be ready to spread on
the land, and this is done as soon
as possible to prevent the loss of
efficiency. The finished product is
a fine quality hulnits,
* *
The humus is a dark brown or
almost black, fine -textured sub-
stance. The decaying organisms in
it bring stored -up energy to the
soil and make it "dynamic." They
stimulate the decomposition of ele-
ments present in the soil, supply
nutrients essential to growth, and
also destroy injurious substances.
Humus binds light, crumbly soil
and makes heavy soil more friable.
Then, too, it increases the moisture -
holding capacity ofthe soil.
* *
It is necessary to renew the soil
every time a new crop is to be
planted. A fertile sail requires an
adequate supply of water, air and
space in which roots can spread.
The humus from the compost heap
helps provide these conditions, as
web as certain chemicals like
phosphorus, hydrogen, carbon, ni-
trogen, potassium, lime and others
in smaller percentages. It is gen-
erally agreed that a well-balanced
soil containing all the essential ele-
ments is needed to produce healthy
plants.
_. * „
There has been and still is much
discussion as to whether it is bet-
ter to fertilize with humus or with
chemicals. Many authorities seem
to agree that chemicals must be
used by experts, whereas any ama-
teur can make and handle a com-
post heap. Moreover, gardeners who
use compost alone are of the opin-
ion the crops produced are of higher
quality than is the case when chemi-
cals alone have been applied. At
first it may be necessary to use a
little of both, but after a good
supply of compost is available,
chemicals will not he needed.
A well-known industrialist has
recently been experimenting with
composts and is now establishing
with a plant near the Chicago stock-
yards in order to utilize the waste
material farmers have found too
expensive to slip back to their
farms. He plans to sell his product
at fifty dollars a tan and estimates
it requires one ton to fertilize an
acre which produces two crops a
year, and that it would take two
years to bring land into good tilth.
Scientists at work on this project
have found the humus he made
contains beneficial soil microorgan-
isms, such as penicillin and strepto-
mycin in minute quantities, and two
per cent each of nitrogen, potash
and phosphorus.
United Again—I3ritish. American and Scottish soldiers compare
arms at a South Korean port, as additional countries throw'
grdunrl troops into t11Q United Nations' fight against North
Korrtln keds. The men are: Sgt. Frank Redpath of London;
it{t.
Donald DrCr.sIa of Iionoltiltr, and SO, Ron Phillips of
( ;lasgow, Scot Ian d. •
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We are taking it for granted that
the Philadelphia ?billies are the
1950 champions of the National
League. At the time of writing,
with about three weeks to go, they
are six and a half games in front
of the Brooklyn Dodgers; and if
they can't hold that kind of a lead,
over such a short stretch, it will be -
about the biggest surprise since the
one Tom Dewey got one November
morning almost two years ago.
* * *
And if the 'Phils, as expected,
win their first pennant in thirty-five
years, a huge gob of the credit —
as well as sizeable hunks of cash—
should go to one James Konstanty
who, back in 1946, used to do his
throwing in the uniform of The To-
ronto Maple Leets. (Remember
them?). -
* *
In the Phils 112 games Nonstauty
has made 53 relief appearances,
which is just about every other day,
or as nearly that as makes no mat-
ter. • Keeping up that gait, by the
time the season ends he may well
have topped the modern National
League record in that regard. This
. was set by Ace Adams, of the New
York Giants in 1943, with a stark
of seventy games. _. .
* * *
However, it seems improbable at
this juncture, that .Konstanty will
equal or exceed the remarkable per-
formance of one 'William White,
who appeared in an almost unbe-
lievable 75 games" one season for
Cincinnati. NO, WE DO NOT
personally recall just what sort of a
heaver A•Ir. White was—as it hap-
pened back in 1879, and our baseball
memories do not go back that far.
Not quite, That is,
* # *
They say that a team without a
great relief pitcher doesn't win any
pennants; and while they may not
have been strictly true a generation
back, when a pitcher expected to
start every fourth day — and to
finish what he started too — it's
pretty much the mss in these times,
when a hurler who lasts a full nine
innings gets his name in hig typic
headlines.
* *
Coming into the game — es he
generally does — with sten on the
bases, a relief pitcher must have
far better control than is necessary
for a starting clutcker. The one or
two bases on balls that tl starter
often gives up, without any dire
results, would be fatal to the relief-
er. So he must have a pitching arm
that "warns up" fast. Also, it
mustn't "cool off" quickly, seeing
that he often has to start throwing
in the bull -pen three or four times
before he is finally called into real
action.
* *
One former National League re-
lief pitcher puts it this way; "For
some reason pitchers just can't work
regularly and then relieve as well.
Those able to do so can be counted
on the fingers of one hand — men
like Bob Lemon, for example.
"But look at Bearden and Claude
Passeau, who worked out of turn
and relieved until it finally caught
up with them. They say Dizzy
Dean was ruined by breaking his
toe, which caused him to change
his pitching stance, But I've al-
ways thought it was just plain over.
work. He was one of those eggs
who wanted to pitch every day --
and you just can't get away with
that. At least the -guys who are
really chard throwers can't.
*
* *
a
"Konstanty is different" ... the
speaker, who was Emil Kush, for-
mer reliefer for the Chicago Cubs,
"He's smart andsaveshis arm, Jim
is a big lura, six feet tall and weigh-
ing around two hundred. Ile looks
a51 though he could threw that bali
through a brick wall — but instead
he dishes out soft, cute stuff. which
doesn't put such a strain oil hilt
�rin."
b r ±t
Herman Besse, who was with the
l*Iaple Leafs back in 1946 but is
now playing for Los Angeles, had
more to say along the same lines,
"ICinstanty was a starting pitcher in
those Toronto days," he said, "but
I guess he still throws about the
satire. He threw his palm ball a
lot then, and used his curve ball
and fast one to set it up. Maybe
he'd throw his fast ball a few inches
off the plate. Then, with exactly
the same motion, he'd come back
with his palet ball, and have the
batters busting their backs before
it was halfway to the plate,
* * *
But the principal asset of a sue-
eessful relief pitcher would seem to
be confidence. A really good re-
lia£er comes into a game dead sure
he can get the other side out. The
other players on the team also feel
certain that he can do that very lit-
tle thing — which helps a heap too.
Control — a limber arm — and
confidence with a capital "C". That
seems to be all you need, kiddies,
if you want to be a really good re-
lief pitcher and stake yourself a lot
of dough. Jim Konstanty is a
really good reliefer --• one of the
best that ever came up; and Ontario
fans by the hundreds of thousands
will be watching, with intense in-
terest, his -work in the World Ser-
ies.
* 5 *
When, if and as the Phillies get
into same, that is.
:ntaa8ttt Y
Carolina Peach—Pretty Caro-
lyn Edwards, 18, does her bit
—and bite—to help open the
Carolina peach season by sam-
pling this years crop. Carolyn
represented her state in the
`Bliss America" contest at
Atlantic Citv.
1I1FE SCM'VOL
LESION
By Rev, R. B. Warren, B.A., B.D.
What Is Christian Living?
--
Matt. 5:13-16, 20: Phillipians 1:27-
30: 1 Thess. 5:15-23: Jas. 1:22, 26,
27.
Golden Text: Let your conversa-
tion be as it becometh the gospel
of Christ. — Phillippians 1:27a.
As salt arrests decay, purifies.
preserves, and helps to feed and
nourish in its various usages, so
does a Christian in the society
• where he lives, Ten such would
have saved Sodom from destruc-
tion. The world is in due need
of such today. Jesus said, "I am
the light of the world." It was no
contradiction when he said to his
disciples, "Ye are the light of the
world." The Christian reflects
Christ to the world. We Hurst let
Hint shine. The Christian is the
only Bible that many people read,
The Christian observes the laws
of God, yet he is not a legalist. If
any elan have not the spirit- of
Christ, he is none of His. The
Christianimitateshis master. His
first concern is - to Jet the world
know of Christ, ever, though it
means suffering. -
Two wrongs never stake a right,
hence the Christian retunss good
for evil. The law which said, "an
eye for an eye and a tooth for a
tooth" is superseded by the law of
Christina love. "Love your enem-
ies."
The Christian is always happy,
prayerful, and thankful. He does
not delight in seeing how near ire
can get to being a sinner and yet
remain a Christian. I'iather he ab-
stains from the very appearance of
evil. Paul prays that he may live
it life separated to God and pure
from sin and thus lie preserved
without blame until ,iesus conies.
We cannot be faultless in this life.,
but we can be blameless.
James ctnphasizis the practical
side of Christian living, Works must
demonstrate faith, lie who doesn't
know how to put a bridle - on his
tongue, deceives himself, We mush
help the needy and at the saute time.
be seperatett from the sinful world.
We can only live the life when
Christ has conte into sur heart.
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A farmer and a city man were
walking down a street together.
They saw approaching them a girl
just out of the beauty parlour—
tinted hair, scarlet fingernails, very
heavy make-up and gaudy lipstick.
"Well, what do you think of
neat?" asked the City man.
The farmer looked the girl over
thoroughly and then observed:
"Speaking as a fanner, 1 should
say it must have been very poor
soil to require so notch top -dress-
ing.,,
TOUGH PROBLEM
Father took his small son to
church. At one stage of the service
the clergyman announced: "We
shall now sing hymn number two
hundred and twenty-two. 'Ten
thousand times ten thousand.' Two
hundred and twenty-two."
The puzzled lad nudged his father,
"Dad," he whispered, "do we have
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WAKE UP YOUR
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ISSUE 38 — 1950