anaheim-gazette 1916-11-23

STANDARD MUST BE REACHED IN FERTILIZERS CALIFORNIA FERTILIZER CONTROL ISSUES BULLETIN GIVING RESULTS OF INSPECTION FIFTY THREE BRANDS OUT OF 507 REJECTED AS DEFICIENT IN PLANT FOOD ELEMENT California University, according to a bulletin received at this office, is making an effort to protect farmers against unsatisfactory fertilizers. Most of the manufacturers of the 152 different registered brands analyzed during the year were found to be honestly endeavoring to live up to their guarantees. Out of 507 samples of fertilizers and fertilizer materials received at the University, however, 63 samples were found which were more deficient as compared with the dealers' guarantee than is allowed by law. The university has now published the exact results of its analyses, so that farmers can see for themselves exactly what the record is of every registered dealer in the matter of living up to his guarantees. Only registered dealers have the right to sell commercial fertilizers in California. Here is some advice the University offers the farmer to help him get his money's worth in buying commercial fertilizers: Buy commercial fertilizer on the "until" basis—that is pay for fertilizer act results of its analyses, so that farmers can see for themselves exactly what the record is of every registered dealer in the matter of living up to his guarantees. Only registered dealers have the right to sell commercial fertilizers in California. Here is some advice the University offers the farmer to help him get his money's worth in buying commercial fertilizers: 'Buy commercial fertilizer on the "unit" basis—that is, pay for fertilizer on the basis of the amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, or potash analysis shows it to contain. Buy commercial fertilizer only from properly registered dealers or their authorized agents. Insist on obtaining commercial fertilizer accompanied by a plainly printed label giving the brand name, the analysis, and the source of the materials in the package. Insist that fertilizer tags show plainly the percentage of each ingredient and what it came from. Refuse to accept the selling agent's verbal statement in lieu of a printed label. The honest manufacturer is willing to guarantee his goods properly, and the farmer will best serve his own interest by using such a manufacturer's product. Insist on getting a fertilizer which is ground fine, because the finer the material the higher, usually, is the availability in plant food. Every manufacturer is required by law to guarantee the percentage of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash in the fertilizers he sells. Owing to difficulties of sampling and analysis the law permits a maximum deficiency of 0.25% nitrogen, 1.00% phosphoric acid, 0.50% potash from the figures guaranteed. Greater deficiencies than these are regarded as infractions for the law, for which the manufacturer may be prosecuted and fined. A good degree of fineness is one of the essential qualities of a good fertilizer. It may be assumed as generally true that the finer the material the higher the availability, hence the consumer should insist on having finely ground fertilizers. Unfortunately some manufacturers are at times careless in regard to the fineness of their goods. The insistent demand of the consumer is the most effective means of correcting such calelessness. Besides the low agricultural availability and the difficulty in applying coarse fertilizers, it is almost impossible result of its analyses, so that farmers can see for themselves exactly what the record is of every registered dealer in the matter of living up to his guarantees. Only registered dealers have the right to sell commercial fertilizers in California. Here is some advice the University offers the farmer to help him get his money's worth in buying commercial fertilizers: 'Buy commercial fertilizer on the "unit" basis—that is, pay for fertilizer on the basis of the amount of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, or potash analysis shows it to contain. Buy commercial fertilizer only from properly registered dealers or their authorized agents. Insist on obtaining commercial fertilizer accompanied by a plainly printed label giving the brand name, the analysis, and the source of the materials in the package. Insist that fertilizer tags show plainly the percentage of each ingredient and what it came from. Refuse to accept the selling agent's verbal statement in lieu of a printed label. The honest manufacturer is willing to guarantee his goods properly, and the farmer will best serve his own interest by dealing with no other. For the purpose of this discussion, a fertilizer is a material furnishing plant food, specifically nitrogen, phosphoric acid or potash. Lime, gypsum, humus, etc., are often of great use in improving crops, but they are not to be regarded as fertilizers in this sense here meant. Now, if the farmer will realize that in buying fertilizers he is really buying nitrogen, phosphoric acid or potash, nothing else, he will have the only solid basis on which to calculate the commercial value of the goods purchased. He should pay only the fair market price for value received. Consequently the price should depend entirely on the amount of plant food. The amount of plant food can be found in only one way, chemical analysis. Therefore, the price should depend on the result of chemical analysis. In the language of dealers, this is known as buying on the "unit basis. A dealer buys 100 tons of tankage guaranteed to contain 8 per cent of nitrogen and 8 per cent of phosphoric acid, at a price of $3.40 per unit for the nitrogen and 90 cents per unit for the phosphoric acid. This makes it cost $34.40 per ton. But if the analysis shows 7 per cent nitrogen and 10 per cent phosphoric acid, on the same basis, the cost would be $32.80 per ton. In other words, the dealer pays for just what he gets in plant food, and for nothing eles. The farmer should buy on the same basis. In buying on these premises or titles therefrom of the local landlord house teachers, school workers who have knowledge persons and premature body lice are told port the fact to thority. So, if thority is wise, he scarce in California. Because of the high typhus rise resulting large numbers in a short time, exerting prevention efforts. Because people in California able economic and danger present great, but it is not sanitary lodging as well as the per capita places, be thorough should be no trouble typhus fever in Cayman Islands. The destruction undertaken by the board of health at Public Health Service every rural community not only because destroyer of crops it is a distinct new health. Bubonic most fatal of all has been found in many Californians; the disease is traced means of rat fleas and ground squirrels ination of these important. It may be assumed as generally true that the finer the material the higher the availability, hence the consumer should insist on having finely ground fertilizers. Unfortunately some manufacturers are at times careless in regard to the fineness of their goods. The insistent demand of the consumer is the most effective means of correcting such calelessness. Besides the low agricultural availability and the difficulty in applying coarse fertilizers, it is almost impossible to obtain a satisfactorily representative sample of such goods for analysis. This is a prolific source of dissatisfaction and disagreement between buyers and sellers. During handling and transportation a coarsely ground tankage will separate so that the top of the sack contains the coarser material, high in nitrogen, while the bottom contains the finer parts of bone, high in phosphoric acid. A mixture of coarse bone meal with sulphate of potash will separate into coarse bone at the top and excess of potash at the bottom. One of the chief reasons for the existence of the fertilizer manufacturer is that he is better prepared than the farmer to grind and mix the goods he sells, and the farmer should insist that he do it well. The law expressly states that every package of fertilizer shall be accompanied by a plainly printed label giving the brand name, analysis, and source of the materials in the package. This requirement is not satisfactorily met by some manufacturers and dealers. Farmers are hereby cautioned that if they buy improperly or inadequately labeled fertilizers or goods not sold by properly registered dealers or their authorized agents they may lose the protection afforded by the fertilizer control. Consumers should insist that fertilizer tags show plainly both the percentage and the derivation of ORDER QUARANTINE FOR THE GRAYBACK State Board of Health Endeavoring to Curtail His Activities Files, mosquitoes, fleas, ground squirrels and rats have long been recognized in California as carriers of disease and now the state board of health has declared the unmentionable body louse (Pediculus vestimenti) a menace to the public health. Because this insect transmits typhus fever, twenty-five cases of which have recently been brought into California from Mexico, the board has instructed health officers to quarantine any persons or premises known to be infested with body lice, until complete delousing has been accomplished. In addition, the board has ordered local health authorities to quarantine premises for pediculosis, the classical name for louse infestation, placarding same with a sign which reads: "Pediculosis. These premises are declared to be in a state of quarantine. All persons are forbidden to enter or leave every rural community not only because of destroyer of crops it is a distinct m health. Bubonic most fatal of all has been found in many California the disease is true means of rat flea rats and ground seination of these important. The owners of in Stanislaus county a persistent colonies by spreading poisons of old sack and after soaking late, rolling them and igniting them county, the farm quantities of poison the purchase price cause of the large The division of the cost to the individual low. In the Bird creek Benito county, a ranches recently work and devoted structure of group end of the day at the workers by and according to geon Williams of Public Health Service of "Squirrel Day regular affair. The Christian Ana have purchaser of Tenth and making preparations building costing for The congregation proportions that small. ANAHEIM GAZETTE—THURSDAY, Nov. 28 This is Perfection Oil Heater Week You have seen the Perfection Oil Heater displays in the store windows. They are to remind you to prepare now for cold, rainy days soon to come, for snappy evenings and damp, chilly mornings—times when you'll appreciate the cheery, odorless warmth of a good oil heater. Ready and glowing at the touch of a match—radiant warmth any place, any time. Saves fire-building and furnace-tending, saves labor and expense. Buy that good oil heater now. Prices: $3.75 to $7.75 For Sale by Anaheim Hardware Co. H. A. Dickel, Positively Only BIG Only Real Wild Al G. Ba BIG 4 RIN CIR THE SHOW 600 PERFORMING ANIMALS PERFORMING JUNGLE BRED LIONS, BERIAN AND POLAR BEARS, SEALS, HYENAS, SACRED CATTLE, KANGARO MOUNTAIN GOATS, DOGS, PONIES, PIC S THE WORLD'S C TOM, DICK AND BIG BILL—WRES TOT AND TINY— PERFORMING P TOM, JERRY AN THE WORLD'S C For Sale by Anaheim Hardware Co. H. A. Dickel, M. W. Martenet, A. Nagel. these premises or to remove any articles therefrom without the permission of the local health authority." Lodging house keepers, employees, teachers, school nurses and any others who have knowledge that certain persons and premises are infested with body lice are told by the board to report the fact to the local health authority. So, if the Pediculus vestimenti is wise, he will make himself scarce in California. Because of the fact that epidimics of typhus rise suddenly, generally affecting large numbers of persons within a short time, extreme precautions in the prevention of the disease are essential. Because of the fact that most people in California live under favorable economic and hygienic conditions, the danger presented by typhus is not great, but it is necessary that all sanitary lodging houses, camps, etc., as well as the persons occupying such places, be thoroughly cleaned. There should be no trouble in the control of typhus fever in California. The destruction of ground squirrels, undertaken by the California state board of health and the United States Public Health Service, is of interest to every rural community in California, not only because the rodent is a great destroyer of crops, but also because it is a distinct menace to the public health. Bubonic plague, one of the most fatal of all epidemic diseases, has been found in the ground squirrels of many California counties, and since the disease is transmitted to man by means of rat fleas which infest both rats and ground squirrels, the extermination of these rodents is most important. VISITING EASTERN FARMERS SEE ORANGE COUNTY Leave Special Train at Santa Ana and Pass Through in Autos The Santa Fe special carrying fifty-six men and women farmers from fourteen eastern states, which left Chicago on Nov. 9, arrived at Santa Ana at 5:45 Friday morning. The men and women composing the party wanted to see Orange county and its varied industries consequently they left the train at Santa Ana for the purpose of traversing the county in automobiles. At 8 o'clock all of them assembled at the city hall, where they were loaded into machines furnished by the board of trade. They were driven to the sugar factory of the Santa Ana Sugar Company, where they were shown every courtesy by the management, and given an opportunity to inspect the operation of converting big ugly beets into the prettiest and sweetest of sweets. Passing from the beet lands to citrus orchards they were enraptured by the beautiful scenes unfolded as the machines sped over the paved roads through Tustin, Hewes Park, El Modena, Villa Park, Olive and Orange. From the latter point they were whirled to the Garden Grove section, where they had a glimpse of citrus and agricultural culture at one and the same time, coming back and passing through the streets of Santa Ana, and then to this city, Placentia and Fullerton, thence on to the oil fields, which produce millions of dollars each year. It is safe to say that in no community which they will visit will they find every rural community in California, not only because the rodent is a great destroyer of crops, but also because it is a distinct menace to the public health. Bubonic plague, one of the most fatal of all epidemic diseases, has been found in the ground squirrels of many California counties, and since the disease is transmitted to man by means of rat fleas which infest both rats and ground squirrels, the extermination of these rodents is most important. The owners of the Triangle ranch in Stanislaus county have eradicated a persistent colony of ground squirrels by spreading powdered sulphur on strips of old sacking, rolling these up and after soaking over night in distillate, rolling them down the burrows and igniting them. In Contra Costa county, the farmers are buying large quantities of poison at reduced rates, the purchase price being lowered because of the large quantity purchased. The division of the expense makes the cost to the individual farmer very low. In the Bird creek district of San Benito county, a number of the big ranches recently put aside all other work and devoted the day to the destruction of ground squirrels. At the end of the day a dinner was served to the workers by the wives of the men, and according to Passed Assistant Surgeon Williams of the United States Public Health Service, the observance of "Squirrel Day" promises to be a regular affair. The Christian Scientists of Santa Ana have purchased a lot at the corner of Tenth and Main streets and are making preparations to erect a church building costing from $40,000 to $50,000. The congregation has grown to such proportions that the old church is too small. El Modena, Villa Park, Olive and Orange. From the latter point they were whirled to the Garden Grove section, where they had a glimpse of citrus and agricultural culture at one and the same time, coming back and passing through the streets of Santa Ana, and then to this city, Placentia and Fullerton, thence on to the oil fields, which produce millions of dollars each year. It is safe to say that in no community which they will visit will they find a greater diversity of products than in this country. They were not slow to observe this feature and commented on it freely during the ride. Our party is made up of farmers who have done well financially in their home states, and are looking for investments in a milder climate," said L. F. Bacon of Chicago, representing the Santa Fe's industrial department, in charge of the train. "The excursion was not worked up. These people had planned to come to California this winter, and as they all happened to be coming at the same time, we handled them as a special party. Many parties of this kind will come over the Santa Fe to California in the next few months, attracted by the advertising our company is giving the state." At 12 o'clock the party again boarded their train at Fullerton and went on to Los Angeles. Fourteen states were represented by the visitors. The men and women in the party were: L. F. Bacon, of Chicago, representing the Santa Fe's industrial department, is in charge of the party. He says the members of the party are very enthusiastic about California, especially the climate, most of them being from a cold country. J. F. Jarrell, of Topeka, editor of Earth, the Santa Fe's official paper, is with the party. He is collecting information about California for publication in Earth, which goes to people who make inquiries about opportunities in California and other Santa Fe states. Those inquiries are so numerous that the Santa Fe prints 40,000 copies of Earth every month to meet the demand. Missouri—Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McCormack, Geo. T. Black, Miss Ethel McCracken, A. McCracken, August Herman, N. W. Evans, Butler; Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Langenhans, Jefferson City; H. Gelseking, Kirkwood. Illinois—Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Fay, Jerome Fay, Thomas A. Fay, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. L. Dehue, Shermerville; J. F. Henderson, S. J. Nelson, Waterman. Ohio—Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Brundage, Rule Brundage, Tiffin; J. E. Carr, Toledo; Miss Mary Caldwell, Letonia; Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Gregg, Sycamore; Mrs. James Anderson, Huron. Kansas—Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Harbaugh, Bunker Hill; Mr. and Mrs. H. Stewart, Dodge City; Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Campbell, Ford; A. W. Finley, Elk Falls; S. M. Clover, Newton. Pennsylvania—W. E. Miller, Elizabethville; Ralph O. Teeter, Waterside; Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Simons, Hoboken. Kentucky—J. J. Roberts, Miss Em- Only Only BIG CIRCUS Coming this Season Real Wild Animal Show on Earth A1. BARNES BIG 4 RING WILD ANIMAL CIRCUS THE SHOW THAT'S DIFFERENT PERFORMING ANIMALS 600 65 BIG SENSATIONAL ANIMAL ACTS 65 JUNGLE BRED LIONS, TIGERS, LEOPARDS, JAGUARS, GRIZZLY, CINNAMON, SIPOLAR BEARS, SEALS, SEA LIONS, ELEPHANTS, CAMELS, ZEBRAS, ZUBAS, RED CATTLE, KANGAROOS, OURANG-OUTANGS, APES, CHIMPANZEES, MONKEYS, ATS, DOGS, PONIES, PIGS, ETC. THE WORLD'S ONLY PERFORMING LLAMAS. TOM, DICK AND HARRY—HORSE-RIDING SEALS. BIG BILL—WRESTLING GRIZZLY. TOT AND TINY—SMALLEST EDUCATED HORSES. PERFORMING PERSIAN LEOPARDS AND JAGUARS. TOM, JERRY AND LOUIE—HORSE-RIDING LIONS THE WORLD'S ONLY EDUCATED ZEBRAS. THE WORLD'S ONLY PERFORMING LLAMAS. TOM, DICK AND HARRY—HORSE-RIDING SEALS. BIG BILL—WRESTLING GRIZZLY. TOT AND TINY—SMALLEST EDUCATED HORSES. PERFORMING PERSIAN LEOPARDS AND JAGUARS. TOM, JERRY AND LOUIE—HORSE-RIDING LIONS THE WORLD'S ONLY EDUCATED ZEBRAS. THE HIGH DIVING DOGS AND MONKEYS. DANGER, DYNAMITE, CACTUS AND GUN POWDER—JUST MULES. THE ONLY PERFORMING CAMELS IN THE WORLD—INCLUDING HOLY MOSES, SACRED ARABIAN BLACK CAMEL THE HIGH SCHOOL AND TANGO DANCING HORSES. THE GROUPE OF PERFORMING SOUTH AMERICAN PUMAS. A SEXTETTE OF TRAINED LAUGHING HYENAS. THE RIDING, DRIVING, RACING OSTRICHES. THE MUSICAL CARRIER PIGEONS. THE WORLD'S ONLY GROUP OF PERFORMING BENGAL TIGERS. THE FUNNY CLOWN PIGS. FULL GROWN AFRICAN LIONS WORLD'S CHALLENGE GROUP VALUE $50,000 IN ONE ACT 30 SON AERIAL LION RIDES IN BALOON, SURROUNDED BY SHOOTING SKY-ROCKETS. THE MOST AMAZING WILD ANIMAL ACT EXTANT. HIGH SCHOOL, RIDING, DANCING AND MILITARY HORSES AND PONIES WORLD'S PREMIUM STOCK. EVERY ONE AN ACTOR 40 ANIMAL CLOWNS—506 PEOPLE—6 CONCERT BANDS 150 Animal Trainers—Two Big Special Trains—Three Calliopes Lettering Mille-Long Street Parade at 10:30 A.M. Performances Rain or Shine, 2 and 8 p.m. Doors open at 1 and 7. THE BIG FREE-TO-EVERYBODY ACTS IN VG ROUNDS AT 1 O'CLOCK. YOU'LL HAVE TIME AFTER THE PARADE TO GET DINEN TO THE SHOW ROUNDS IN AMPLE TIME FOR THE BIG FREE FEATURES. WILL EXHIBIT AT NAHEIM Thursday, Nov. 30 REMEMBER THE DAY AND DATE—MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDAR NAHEIM Thursday, Nov. 30 REMEMBER THE DAY AND DATE—MARK IT ON YOUR CALENDAR california for public which goes to people is about opportunity and other Santa Fe series are so numerFe prints 40,000 very month to meet and Mrs. J. W. McBlack, Miss Ethel McCracken, August ans, Butler; Mr. and ans, Jefferson City; wood. Mrs. Thomas Fay, as A. Fay, Chicago; hue, Shermerville; J. Nelson, Water- rss. E. C. Brundage, in; J. E. Carr, ToCaldwell, Letonia; Gregg, Sycamore; on, Huron. Mrs. W. T. Har- ; Mr. and Mrs. H. y; Mr. and Mrs. R. A. W. Finley, Elk r, Newton. E. Miller, ElizaTeeter, Waterside; S. Simons, Hoboken. Roberts, Miss Em- ma Roberts, Miss Florence Nite, Waverly. Iown—Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lyman, Ashton. Nebraska—H. Shoenberg, Edison. Indiana—Wesley Wilson, Newberg. North Dakota—Mr. and Mrs. John Bottcher, Highmore. Texas—Mr. and Mrs. Fevete, Port Arthur. Michigan—Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Reeder, R. L. Reeder, Fenwick. Oklahoma—J. W. Wuif, Jenks. New Mexico—Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Fleming, Las Vegas. California—William Easley, Dinuba, who joined the party in Chicago. TONS OF FISH TAKEN FROM LAKE TAHOE Sixty-Eix Thousand Pounds Shipped During the Season During the five months of open trout season in California 33 tons of trout were shipped from Lake Tahoe alone, according to the report of the State Fish and Game Commission, which kept tab on the fish exported during the open season. The commission estimates that besides this there were 200 pounds daily taken from the lake for consumption in the camps and at the resorts about the lake. There are some sixteen hotels and resorts about the lake and there were allowed an average of 10 pounds each per day, with an additional 40 pounds for stray fishers. In 1915 during the six months of open season 78,971 trout weighing 74,-412½ pounds were shipped from the lake. The 1916 season was reduced one month in order to protect spawning fish. Of the 16,312 trout caught during the month of May, 1915, one-half of them were females, and practically every one of them was about to spawn. The Fish and Game Commission found that in increasing the closed season in the lakes it is found that 99 per cent of them are of the black spotted variety, with an average weight of 1¼ pounds. The largest trout ever caught in the lakes was of the Mackinaw variety and weighed 32 pounds. Dr. M. M. Henderson, Dentist, Suite 1, Mullinix Bldg., Anaheim. R. P. Cooper and wife of Olive collided with a wagon east of town Wednesday evening and turned over. Both the occupants were slightly injured and were brought to the sanitarium for treatment.