The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1914 Page: 1 of 8
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Pearsall, Texas, Friday, nareliii^if ^
WITH THE REA
■ Witt PearMll Lautor Mutt
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Number 50
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One tablespoonful of formalde-
: ‘ > one pint of water with a little
sugar. , '
Ik and water with the formal-
dehyde need not be mixed every day.
r r pered bottle it will keep all
j ready for use.
ate the Breeding Places tor Flies.
inkle chloride of lime or kerosene
e’<ntents of privy vaults and gar-
boxes. Keep garbage receptacles
My covered/ clean the cans every
ht boxes every week. Keep the
i around garbage boxes clean,
nnkle chloride of lime over manure
old paper, old straw and other re-
f like nature. Manure should be
ved at least every week,
nr kerosene into the drains. Keep
- rage system in good order; repair
M leaks immediately.
nidors every day. Keep 5
• -of, solution of carbolic acid in
•Ml the time. (Jet rid of sawdust
used as cuspidors—destroy them
1 -they are insanitary.
f allow dirt to accumulate in cor-
b nd doors, back of radiators,
nder stoves, etc. 1
no decaying matter of any sort
to accumulate on or near your premises,
in the home indicate a careless
. Remember No Dirt—No
j Flies.
n twenty-six cases of ty-
fever in Pearsall were re
In the spring of 1912 the
J Clubs of Pearsall enter-
e Holland’s Contest for a
town. Such a cutting of
a hauling of tin cans and
’’ash, such a general clean
the town had never exper-
hefore. The results of
ah-up, were so far-reaching
• omen of Pearsall determined
oh work must not be allowed
to drop. M. ■ H
• Civic League was organiz
a ;st 1912, and took for it’s
sr50.Q00.00
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lia clean town now and all
. e. ’ In 1912 there was a
a],
1 falling off in the number
s also in the number of ty-
fever cases- We would not
mention in this connection
r he city water was more wide-
1911 than ever before.
3 Pearsall again entered
•hand’s ‘‘Cleanest Town Con-
despite her lack of city
rage and a municipal sanitary
, scored 89 in the contest,
wo other towns ranking high-
has been repeatedly said
other one thing Pearsall
• rved for such an effeet-
usementas has her clean-
,s continue to advertise our
town in this way. This re-
ft s been accomplished
the hearty co-operation
women and children in
. We will accomplish
iilings by a continued co-
: n, a growing civic pride
lization of the fact that
d cleanliness makes for
municipal health.
illinery
ooutice to the ladies
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u country that she will
Opening
pi her home
rie
hats ever offered for
Anticipation and Realization
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If you will visit our yard
you will realize how near-
ly we have, anticipated
your wants in lumber,sash 4
doors and lime and cemeftt
and all kinds of building
materials.
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W. F. & J. F. Barnes Lumber Co.
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CORN GROWING QUESTIONS.
J O. Morgan, professor of ^
Agronomy-at the A- & M. College
oftkfie* j|l§|
interested in cornculture the ques-
tions which are answered below:
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What is meant by pedigreed
corn ? Pedigreed seed com is that
which has been produced by care*
ful methods of selection, at the
same time keeping records of each
year’s performance of the corn,
and thus showing its yielding powV
er as compared to ordinary strains.
This pedigreed selection
not only the selection of seed
from the best plants in the field
but it also means that the seed
from each plant mast be tested
separately in order to determine
the power of the seed to produce.
It is a matter of common know)
edge that two ears of corn having
similar appearance are net neces-
sarily of equal value for seed-
One may have a higher producing
power than the other- When
strain of cojj*n has been found that
has a high producing power, this
corn should bo kept from crossing
with inferior types each year and
the selection should be kept up
each year. After this selection
has been continued for four or five
years in such a way that rather a
productive strain of corn has been
produced, it is often termed pedi-
greed corn. It is necessary that
the selection should be kept; up
each year.
Is there any difference in the
nutritive value of white and yeL
low corn? Care fully ^conducted
feeding tests indicate that there is
no difference in the nutritutive
value of white and yellow corn.
This fact is also indicated when
we compare the chemical com-
position of yellow and white corn.
There is practically no differance
as regards the amount of feeding
nutrients contained.
Why do some people detassle
every other row in growing seed
corn? In conducting breeding
work with reference to corn, far-
mers select ears from the best
plants in the field and later test
these ears out to determine those
which really have a high yielding
power. They do this by planting
the seed from ear in a row to it-
self. Thus the seed from ear No.
would be planted in row No 1,
the seed from ear No. 2 in row
No. 2, ear No. 3 in row No. 3. and
so on until the seed from all of
the ears have been planted in as
many separate rows. This brings
together a large number of plants
which are closely related. For
example, all the plants in one row
were from seed from the same
ear of corn. This makes con-
ditions favorable to inbreeding as
the pollen from stalks produced in
one row falling on the silks of
plants in the same row would re-
sult in the crossing of closely re-
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to decrease the vigorofeorn. Id
FfUP COUNTY ONIONS.
Through the kindness of Ira A.
Dorrenberger, government agri-
culturist, the Leader editor was
enabled to vWit several o£ the
onion farms in the vicinity of
Pearsall apd Melon. The crop
looks exceptionally well, and the
growers ara unit, are confident
of a good yield and better prices
than they have received in years.
The farms of Shelton, Longjj&ell-
am, Evans and Sorrell wereiyisit-
ed, and besides showing the
crop looking well, found the| aev
oral demonstration tracts Under
Mr. Durrenberger’s supervision
dbing nicely, but suffering some-
what from field larks. Both Long
and Shelton, who had planted corn.
RAIN AND HAIL
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The continued cloudy weather
of the week resulted in a heavy
downpour of rain end hail Thors-
day. - As Hr as we could learn
very little damage was done by
the hail, as few of the stones were
larger than a marble. Reports
frmn the onions fields are eneour-v
ngiug, as the growers feel that it
is not likely that another hail will
visit this section this season- T|ie
rainfall at Pearsall amounted to
1.09 inches, which with the balmy
spring weather will hasten the
crops which have been backward
for several iPeeks..
MANEY BUILDING HOME. |
Work was commenced this week
a. aavhrr
duc.DK of »n ear. The coarl^. T *>*****
duced m the plants in tba deUs- »»«™1 inches hi*rh and w»a “*«« **»*
be fertilized forth* third time. Tj
$he pollen from a different row,
oJm ESTiKar-*“.-(•tt-.-i*. it.
M After the cornhM matured I well on Mr. (SSSiS JST ^
—f Ikriher pf -course selects his belongs to his wife and Mrs. ,
seed for fntnre -planting from the I ^ ® Sorrell. [ ame uiav m rnwrry
row that gives the highest yield. --——*- j * mM flcu m II
However he must confine this ROADS Of G00^ CONDITION. 1 ; ^ “ ">inpri>ed 10 i
selection to the detsssled rows ic.i„ ehromde the dssth this week of
alone, as the rows product* tas- L^lr “ . . T™ neT Mre‘ M"y wife of
ales have been selected tH ear- “ ^ ^ ^ «‘E“^.who died ^ her
tain extent to inbreedinK. Sum-1.. ^. 5 ! Co“““*“n‘lhome inPuatmU Tuesday after-
from.differentesr. l>no»now Peara,l|cemetery. Rev. R. W.
'ImdTms !T u^Pk^ * ^ I MC°“n’ °ffici*tiW' Dece^“
ujh.f I, ju i.«t .u.____ii__I husband, three
FIRST SHIPMENT OF BERMUDAS\what it did lMt year, especially I children and he7p.~M,.:d
The first shipment of Bermuda f1®9 ^ Ri^or, which Mrs. R. J. Malone,
onions from the Laredo district ICOD8i8ted deep sand beds for1
was reported by the freight de-18ev’®raI “ilea* Commissioner , ltmmthnirrr — „rf,
parwent of the IulernationJ AI JWI A special session of the Com'mis-
carloads *of *th/<ve«etabie wereTown road in Hhs Schreiner & held Mon*y to
billed over their lin^from Lar^™ H»lff Pasture for ttHue rime .ad d«v*e ways for defray-
- S« Antonio and ChieW H80thi88ide' *°d ^ “nd bed* eowlc^CcLt to thTc£r
This is (he bsKinnioK of the ,re ™Pid,JT dissppearinK Reports I ^ ^
movement of the enormous croprrom l*,e Moore precinct tell °f nroximitelv $5000 Dr William
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carloads will be shipped to the
commission merchants in all sec-
tions of the United States —San
Antonio Express
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County $10,000, and this will in
all probability mean a ten cent
raise in the tax rate.
NOTICE,
If you are troubled with rats or
# ,field mice it will pay you to see I PURE HCMt LARD 15 cents per
SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY. fche rat killer at the livery stable. | pound, at Davia Market. tf
nounoe that school will be re-open-
ed Monday, and County Health
Officer, Dr. Cochran has given
notice that vaccination of children
who attend will be compulsory.
However muhh opposition there
may be to compulsory vaccination
patrons of the school will profit
little by fighting it, as the safety
and health of the school children
demand extreme measures. So all
children who have not been vacci-
nated and who want to attend
school Monday should be vaccinat-
ed at once.
1 SURVEYING.
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. PAVING.
IRRIGATION.
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MONROE CHAPMAN
|| CIVIL ENGINEER—COUNTY SURVEYOR
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FEAKSALL, TEXAS.
1 DRAINAGE.
SEWERAGE.
MACHINERY.
B. Y. P. U. SUNDAY
March 29, 1914.
Subject, Opportunities.
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Leader, Mr. J. B. Arnold
Scriptures, Acts 8:26-40, Luke 23:54-63,
Opportunities Grasped Lead to Greater
Opportunities, Miss Avis Horton
Opportunities Unseen,
Mias Loma Gibson
suit in the crossing of closely re- Present Opportunities of the B.Y.P.U,
lated plants. This has been found* Mr. W- G. Kennan
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and Engraving
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Hudson, C. H. & Woodward, Roy. The Pearsall Leader (Pearsall, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1914, newspaper, March 27, 1914; Pearsall, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth920711/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .