anaheim-gazette 1921-08-18

DEMONSTRATIONS ON CONCRETE PIPE Work Will Save Thousands of Dollars to Orange County Ranchers That the concrete pipe demonstrations started by the Orange county farm bureau will ultimately have the result of saving ranchers thousands of dollars in loss or irrigation water, is the declaration of at least one pipe dealer, Farm Advisor H. E. Wahlberg stated. "A good deal of favorable reaction has resulted from the recent demonstrations held in Santa Ana and Fullerton," said Wahlberg. "Farmers who previously bought irrigation pipe on looks and cut rate prices have found upon investigation and in many cases sad experience that the cheap pipe was the most expensive in the long run. "The only logical way to get quality pipe is to buy on pressure test. "A pipe that will undergo reasonable pressure has been made of good, clean material—clean sand and gravel. "Rock dust is being used to a considerable extent by pipe manufacturers in the making of concrete pipe in conjunction with cement. This by-product of the cement mill was formerly discarded, but is now used to exceeding advantage in building a strong pressure pipe. "Porus pipe is not only subject to excessive leakage, but under alkaline soil condition breaks down and rots in a comparatively short time. "The farm bureau has been greatly concerned about the distribution of pipe in Orange county, realizing, from the large number of complaints that come to my office, that miles of poor pipe have been laid. "A list of manufacturers of reliable pressure test pipes has been compiled following the first application of alfalfa. Enthusiastic orchardists will show you groves of orange trees which one year carried small, sickly, mottled leaves and the following year were foliaged with broad, rich colored, waxy leaves, the result of an application of from 75 to 90 pounds of alfalfa hay per tree. These enthusiasts declare that alfalfa makes the tree look better and grow a bigger crop of better fruit. "How much can a grower afford to pay per ton for alfalfa hay to use as a fertilizer on his citrus grove? That is a question which is being asked by orchardists today. The National Orange company, of Riverside, has paid as high as $23 per ton for baled alfalfa, chopped it, spread it, plowed it under, and considered it good business. Dr. C. E. Lombard, of Redlands, used hay from his own fields, which he could have sold for $25 a ton, to fertilize some of his extensive acreage. He declares it was money well spent; that he really received the value of $25 a ton for his hay. Many others during the years of high priced alfalfa paid equally as much and considered they were justified in doing so. However, a consensus of growers' opinions would regard from $15 to $20 a ton a conservative price to pay. That is, compared to the price of other fertilizers. Of course it depends somewhat on the price of fruit, but your price is more likely to be top notch if you use the proper fertilizer. "Probably one of the most enthusiastic over the efficacy of alfalfa as a fertilizer is Dr. Lombard. He has been using alfalfa for the past five years and declares his experience gives him authority to speak on the subject. Dr. Lombard has used a great many varieties of fertilizers on his many groves near Redlands. Barnyard and commercial fertilizer he has used in large quantities. He has tried both summer and winter cover crops, vetch." ELLIOTT'S REASONS It is well worth sentence or two on state commerce of Elliott, chairman cific railroad company of the efficient labor during these other things: "There was less slack and as high efficiency. This condition we railroad employees existed in the hoist office, on the farm the mine, as we generally the co farther away ington, and from and ship-building necessities of the production be spared costs. The spirit was: We will s essary to get a" As a matter o clared purpose was to speed up of costs, the did had an opposite on the part of spending money recklessness on in spending the iors set an example w ordinates. That Undoubtedly lutely right in away you got f the government ditions were. A of peace as in ment waste is n though it is ac ditions. Excep t where work ha there is proba "Porus pipe is not only subject to excessive leakage, but under alkaline soil condition breaks down and rots in a comparatively short time. "The farm bureau has been greatly concerned about the distribution of pipe in Orange county, realizing, from the large number of complaints that come to my office, that miles of poor pipe have been laid. "A list of manufacturers of reliable pressure test pipes has been compiled by the farm bureau which is available to prospective concrete pipe buyers. "Dealers as well as farmers are vitally interested in the improvement of pipe quality, as may be illustrated by the many letters coming to me commending the movement. One prominent Orange county dealer said: "I think when you started testing of concrete pipe you started something that will save the ranchers thousands of dollars in water. I'll warrant you will find out things about the different pipe that will surprise you. "I hope you keep after this pipe testing until every yard of pipe in the county is tested and the results are published and then advise the rancher to buy his pipe according to the pressure test and percolation test. "There have always been cheap pipe men who make cheap pipe and sell it cheap. They last for a time, but finally go broke and 'stick' some dealer. The rancher who buys the cheap pipe is always losing water. "I hope you publish the result of your tests, and have them available for us dealers to hand out to pipe users. "In the June 18 number of The Scientific American is an interesting article on 'Concrete.' It states that 1-1000 part of dirt in the sand will weaken the concrete twenty-five per cent, that concrete worked wet is weakened thirty per cent. "Concrete pipe is sold in Orange county at a variation of ten cents a foot, and so many men think they have saved just ten cents by buying the cheaper pipe. They fail to think of the leaky pipe they may be getting. I hope you get them to buying their pipe on a test. "You have started a good thing and I hope you push it along as you are doing with the fertilizers and tractors. Educate the rancher to buy on a test or analysis basis." ALFALFA AS FERTILIZER "Probably one of the most enthusiastic over the efficacy of alfalfa as a fertilizer is Dr. Lombard. He has been using alfalfa for the past five years and declares his experience gives him authority to speak on the subject. Dr. Lombard has used a great many varieties of fertilizers on his many groves near Redlands. Barnyard and commercial fertilizer he has used in large quantities. He has tried both summer and winter cover crops, vetch and mellilot alba, but is satisfied that alfalfa hay, chopped fine and carefully plowed under in early December, will surpass them all. Dr. Lombard was impressed with the value of this method of fertilization during the disastrous June hot wave of four years ago. His experimentation with alfalfa had only begun the year previous. At that time se had applied a covering of 90 pounds to a tree on one of his groves. The foliage on these trees in response to the alfalfa treatment was so dense and afforded so much shade to the fruit that his loss was almost negligible. While surrounding trees dropped nearly all their fruit, his trees, alfalfa fertilized, produced a good crop of splendid fruit which had the advantage of a high priced market. Dr. Lombard is emphatic that the only way to secure results by the mixture of alfalfa with the soil is by thorough plowing. The closer you get the chopped alfalfa to the root system the better, in his opinion. He is satisfied disking will not answer the best purpose because the disk will not completely cover the alfalfa and this he believes is necessary if best results are to be obtained. Deep plowing tends to decrease loss by oxidation during the heated months. It is also best to spread the fertilizing element between the rows in the direction the water runs, because it will the more quickly form humus if it has the advantage of abundant water. Dr. Lombard was attracted to the use of alfalfa as a fertilizer five years ago by the splendid condition of a few rows of trees in the orchard of a friend near Pomona. This friend had applied 125 pounds of alfalfa hay to each tree the year previous, and their remarkably thrifty appearance in contrast with the other yellow leafed trees in the orchard gave the doctor his first lesson in proper fertilization. He was so impressed that he decided to give alfalfa a trial. He used 90 pounds per tree with his first application." Undoubtedly lately right in away you got from government ditions were. A of peace as in meant waste is not though it is accditions. Except where work has there is probable government service gets as m private employe The effect of inefficiency is bence upon work government est reason, the farthing ington and from higher degree o Prior to govern roads, every e sidered himselfiation and took p make the servi road. This split a government took charge and roads. The old stored and soon the old advantage which can rea There ha s not rates since the act was passed will b such coory in quality of which the pub provement. Mr. Elliott's you got from conditions were national thought nation keeps ownership, government limitation terference, ther Some regulation individual riglthe fewer there less privated ed to the ham reauracry, ther shall make ind ALFALFA AS FERTILIZER The shortage of manure in California has caused citrus orchardists and others to persistently ask, "What shall we do to save our orchards?" Some are answering their own question by using alfalfa hay, usually damaged or inferior hay at low prices, but often high grade hay. Riverside and Redlands growers have been testing out the use of alfalfa for some years. The Riverside Press has made canvass of the situation and reports: "These experiments have been going on for four or five years, long enough to convince even the most skeptical that alfalfa hay is one of the best mediums to increase the organic matter content of the soil, especially the clay loams of the two districts above mentioned. According to these growers alfalfa hay has all the essential necessary to a well balanced fertilizer. It is rich in nitrogen—a form of fertilizer most needed in southern California soils. It can be to the soil a rich humus which imparts its water holding power, makes it more friable and porous, gives it greater aeration, and puts it in a better condition to withstand the heat of the summer months. Experience has shown, too, that citrus groves respond to the treatment immediately. Trees have increased their fruit output materially the use of alfalfa as a fertilizer five years ago by the splendid condition of a few rows of trees in the orchard of a friend near Pomona. This friend had applied 125 pounds of alfalfa hay to each tree the year previous, and their remarkably thrifty appearance in contrast with the other yellow leafed trees in the orchard gave the doctor his first lesson in proper fertilization. He was so impressed that he decided to give alfalfa a trial. He used 90 pounds per tree with his first application. Later he used 75 pounds and even as low as 50 pounds per tree. However, he declared 75 to 80 pounds is ample provided it carefully plowed under. Good, well cured alfalfa is another requirement. The better the hay the better the fertilizer, Dr. Lombard declares. WHAT ANATOMY IS A little negro school girl, down in Florida, in answer to this question, wrote the following: "Anatomy is a human body. It is divided into three parts: the haid, the chest and the stummick. The haid holds the skull and the brains if they is any, the chest holds the liver and lites, and the stummick holds the entrails and thigh veins which are a, e, i, o and u and sometimes w and y."—Texas Scalpel. HIS NAME FOR IT She had the habit of being late in keeping appointments. Well, that's nothing; so have other women. This particular day the appointment was with her husband. At last she did put in an appearance. "Oh, are you waiting for me, dear?" "Waiting? No, sojourning!"—Yonkers Statesman. All through ing, Your honor convicted crook. "So I did, so yer, soothingly." "When the juices years, why in Subject to that..." ANAHEIM GAZETTE ELLIOTT'S R. R. TESTIMONY It is well worth while to repeat a sentence or two from the recent testimony given before the senate interstate commerce committee by Howard Elliott, chairman of the Northern Pacific Railroad company. While speaking of the efficiency or inefficiency of labor during the war, he said, among other things: "There was less interest, there was more slack and careless work and not as high efficiency as prior to the war. This condition was not peculiar to the railroad employee; everyone knows it existed in the household, the store, the office, on the farm, in the factory, and the mine, as well as on the railroads. Generally the conditions were better the farther away you got from Washington, and from those manufacturing and ship-building regions where the necessities of the war required that production be speeded up regardless of costs. The spirit in the air down here was: We will spend whatever is necessary to get a thing out of the way." As a matter of fact, although the declared purpose of government officials was to speed up production regardless of costs, the disregard of costs often had an opposite effect. Recklessness on the part of government officials in spending money caused a spirit of recklessness on the part of employees in spending their time. When superiors set an example of wastefulness, the example was followed by the subordinates. That was to be expected. Undoubtedly Mr. Elliott was absolutely right in saying that the farther away you got from Washington and the government plants, the better conditions were. And that is true in time of peace as in time of war, for government waste is not limited to war time, though it is accentuated by war conditions. Except in the postal service, where work has been standardized, there is probably no department of NO SHAKING HANDS WITH BLOODY BOLSHEVISM The proposal is now advanced that a loan of from two to four billion dollars should be made to the Russian bolshevik government in order to enable it to get on its feet. The Russian government will never get on its feet so long as it is founded upon communist principles. Production and communism are absolutely incompatible. No system which penalizes toll, thrift and enterprise in favor of loot, lust and laziness will lead a people anywhere into the abyss of misery. Russia has only illustrated the truth anew. The world might lend Russia untold billions, but so long as an autocratic government, based not upon public opinion but upon bayonets, flies the black flag against the fundamentals of civilization, the effort of the rest of the world to pull its people out of the pit will be in vain. The relief of famine Russia is, of course, a world duty. But it should not be forgotten that this famine is due to no lack of the materials out of which the millions of that unhappy nation may be clothed and fed, for no country in the world is richer in natural resources than Russia, or better capable, since most of its people live on the soil of self-support. Russia has been longer out of the world war, has had longer opportunity for economic reconstruction from within, than any other country in the world. But no nation dominated by "statesmen" who preach murder and theft as a political creed can be rescued except by an uprising of the masses against their masters. Nor can the world help the Russian masses by recognition and economic assistance to despots who have declared war on civilization and have been for four years preaching a crusade against every non-socialist government in the world. Nations like individuals must live LOST THE LION'S SHARE When Jones' rich grandmother passed away, all his poverty-stricken friends rallied about him with words of cheer and comfort, but Jones remained sad and dejected. "She left a last will and testament," murmured Jenkins, carelessly. "Oh, yes," said Jones, "she left a will and testament." They hung expectant, while jobs choked back his words. "I," he declared at last, "am to have the testament."—Jack Canuck. Why Your Suit Why go back? There's a better nomical—a way when you want you like them. Its our modern We'll wash and bundle ready for us ly the heavy flatwo finish at home. when you want you like them. Its our modern We'll wash and bundle ready for use by the heavy flatwheel finish at home. Either way cost deal in time and end bundle is ready, and Anaheim 412 South Lea Job Why no Job Printing Office? We can for you and work is all WHEN IS MATERIAL RAW? In the discussion of a tariff bill there is likely to be a very carless use of the term "raw material." Congressman Joseph W. Fordyce of Michigan WHEN IS MATERIAL RAW? In the discussion of a tariff bill there is likely to be a very carless use of the term "raw material." Congressman Joseph W. Fordney, Michigan chairman of the ways and means committee, has given the term a definition that is specific and at the same time shows what a thorough protectionist is Mr. Fordney. "I will tell you what raw material is in my opinion," says he. "I do not know whether you will agree with me. It is the round world untouched by man. Iron ore in the ground is raw material. Timber that stands in the wood is raw material. The hide on the back of a range steer that has never had human care is raw material. But the minute you introduce one lota of human labor into that you have some man's finished product. If for the protection of this finished product, if for the existence of the industry on which it is based, it is necessary that a tariff be levied, then the principles of protection apply equally to this as a raw material as it does to it as a finished product." TOO LATE THEN "All through my trial you kept saying, 'Your honor, I object,'" snarled the convicted crook. "So I did, so I did," replied his lawyer, soothingly. "When the judge sent me up for 10 years, why in Sam Hill didn't you object to that '"—Birmingham Age-Headed. To shake hands red with the blood of millions whose only crime was political dissent would be a crime that would react upon the government guilty of such profanation. Let bolshevism, unaided, play its string to the end. In order that Russia may remain burned in the memories of men as the world's horrible example of state socialism in practice. Better than Russia should suffer through the death of bolshevism, than that the rest of the world should be menaced by its survival. SAUCES WHICH GIVE FISH PIQUANT AND TASTY FLAVOR Well made sauces add variety to fish dishes. In America too little use is made of the sauces. The following are recommended by the home economics specialists of United States department of agriculture: Fish Sauce— 3 tablespoons butter. 3 tablespoons flour. 1 1-2 cups boiling water. 1-2 teaspoon salt. 1-8 teaspoon pepper. 1-2 cup sour pickle (chopped). Melt the butter, add the flour, salt and pepper and stir until well mixed. Gradually add the boiling water and cook until thick. Let cool and add the chopped pickle. Chopped olives or pimientos or lemon juice may be used for flavoring instead of the pickle. Tomato sauce, which is delicious especially on salt or smoked fish, may also be made by using strained tomato juice in place of the water and adding a little bay leaf if desired. Fish stock made by boiling the head and the tall portion of the fish is also excellent for making sauce. ON'S SHARE a grandmother passpoverty-stricken at him with words short, but Jones rejected. will and testament, fured Jenkins, careJones, "she left a actant, while jobs words. at last, "am to have back Canuck. URBAN CURIOSITY Harkins, who had taken his children to a country place during the holidays, was proceeding across the fields with Louis, the youngest, when the latter saw a cow for the first time. "What is that?" asked the child. "That's a sow, my son." "And what are those things on her head." "Horns." And the two then moved on. Presently the cow moored, whersat Louis was surprised. "Which horn did she blow, father?" he asked.—Harper's Weekly. OBEYING THE SIGN "Did you deliver my message to Mr. Smith, Tommy?" asked the manager of the ne woffice boy. "No, sir," replied Tommy. "He was out and his office was locked up." "Why didn't you wait for him as I told you to do?" 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