, a Lusty Farm of South _—-——-— ,' he “an mu family. im £1011“: . . g. 1, .\ 9W JOYI.,. -' in d!“ loom mag. val. ... ,sc... IZ‘JJCVO 95:17 word. (as! it) raising "‘I'IIL— . is the 1-: sub Gus Gets a Start In Life nnwiffl Lo Lil» you: cut-s cf the Caesars. lW‘k it up. . rue has a natural. implaca- NIL ms: got into the country lats in to raise .- it still does. It was to de- sa asparagus which rust doth enemy. called asparagus last centu ry. starting His Fortune 111 the Fields h Only hi. nickname. “a D, lusts friends. In the books of an“ “m m . connection With a. m to has pulled a gust 11:60th I m mire. whetted the appetite um“- and given a new meaning .. threadbare m “the Win- seems worth to- , be“ place to get acquainted , 5.1,, or. if you prefer, Washing- “psrss‘ls. is to Visit him M a. email; unparsgns farms of Jo- C c— mmaker. sometimes called Am’ a“ King of New Jersey, .- “as a glass manufac- um ward farming as a hobby. .. G“ v.17.“ 8103‘, I bundling of [-31.1 ri'iIE’S Department of Ag» mums; for a (kids. philoso- Shoemaker and he i to each other right ,_ lza remit was that hobby ran 1,113 the glass business. Ills? :zn'lner of the dllh With >zzoemaksr turned from :-;.-.:rwi and ilfty to six hm. _., an acre on average sell of profit most khan . mm shout. Gus. the m younrstnr from South Jersey. .mo reckoned I lane at I» . rum runners. and sun" hofl pa, has made this drum Usual -. was probably eonsidsl'ed am. mmt succulent herbs in the a: Eian by Adam and Eve. gm hardly be called “one of rind notions." It is so ev- : the origin of its high- s cute cannot be traced. TI. pm the name along with the 13021 t 'ne Asiatic neighbor‘tnd w: an: t i the Romans. who grew on! wnlghing three stalks to i—orle of the dues: table 09".". was made to produce a ‘y distinctive variety until about . when the Department of Agrb Youngster Made Jersey Agi-icultnre began its experiments. Galvanized Asparagus The department found. in New Joseph c. Shoemaker. godfather of Washington Asparagus. and some or his crop. not corrupt thatthe Department of England. an exceedingly nne. hardy male plant which resisted rust. They called him Washington. inen the search began for a~snitable spouse for u'spaper Comment Shanna] for lie-chm. .‘ev i. Mi Evening World.) ,, m’r‘ - c on the ceneorehlp of ice ta'hing suits. the Times lthe pi‘lilt that only the amateur rs nre required to wear the ., mu skirts usually prescribed to? r' propriety. while profes- iii “halal” carnivals are allowed 1: rncupiece suits. 1 reason for the difference." n9.- mncludes. “may be that the rm’s (”Oil for wine of the others have—well. swimming. . "meta at least subconsciously , l 'Why shouldn't this suggest a corn- promise? Why not allow the one- piece suit in the water and require the one-piece bathers to provide a re. movable skirt to be donned as soon as they come out to sun themselves on the beach? This may seem somewhat prudish. but the prudes we have always with us. And‘thcy rule the beaches. At least put them on the defensive by offering them the chance to be reason. able. A test case of this kind might open the eyes of a ccnsotlous magistrate. Don’t sum Schools. (Omaha Tiee.) The dollar wasted in education is .. d not wasted. Provided that education is practical; it is wasted only when It re- sults in false notions of life. Perhaps we have created a false notion in the minds of our boys and girls by our ever increasing expenditure of money on schools and colleges. It is barely possible we have convinced them that education is something to be accepted. instead of something to be acquired by diligent application. But to ”attack our public school system on the ground that it. is cost- ing too much is not wise. Far wiser would it be if we de‘fed our energies to making sure that we get the worth of the money. 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CONM Mufudryear.tne graduation cement-suns. monomer-nu: Sorting and i Bunohlng the ' Luscious Stalks this giant. 'After experimenting with hundreds of female plants. gathered from all over the world. the ideal type was hit upon. and naturally enough. named Martha Washington. Later other rust~resisting females were espoused by George. Gus—or Washington Asparagus—is the progeny of these unions. He has all the admirable qualities of his par- ents, blended and intensified. and is naturally galvanized. In other wens, be resists rust. Shoemaker, farming experimentally as a counter irritant to the glass busi- ness. heard about young Washington Asparagus five years ago. He had a thousand acres to play with. The soil was a rich sandy loans. with little gravel—just what the Department of Agriculture recommended for Gus. Growing Money in Bunches Most of the farmers were going broke, or hanging on __by their teeth. and lipsticks and rouge, and other things, we really should not get into the “piker” class by objecting to little waste in public School expenses. On Judging Individuals. (Poughkeepsle Eagle-Nexis.) Every now and again a. bit of per. sonal new: turns up that causes the righteous and conservative to wonder whether commonly acc'cpted stand- ards of judgment upon the basis or which individuals are classified an: altogether fair and comprehensive. During the lifetime of the late Rich- ard K. Fox. publisher of the Police Gazette his rating in the estimation of a good many strict moralists was far from high. The bathing girls and stage beauties. scantily clad. whose pictures adorned its pages. scanduiized them. and its purchasers often folded its pink exterior undc'r the protective covering of ie colorful dailies to keep casual obs rvers in ignorance of the literature whore solace they sought The other day the estate of Mr. Fox was appraised in surrogate's ccurt in New York The appraisers .‘onnd that it might have been considerably greater had not a. large part. of it been included in occupied rea’. estate upon which Mr. Fox had refused to raise rental prices Rents in and around New York were being in— creased and property rose in value as a result But this did not. influL ence the owner of the Police Gazette, it appears. He insisted that his ten- ants were paying all they could excrd to pay. and consequently his income failed to keep pace with those of oth-‘ er landlords. Richard K. Fox may have published a magazine to which some persons took objection. but he was a. property owner whose con- science and generosity met very prac- tical tests successfully. In passing judgment on individuals. all of us might learn a little of the unfairness of dogmatic classifications in consider- ing his example. ,_ , N. _— l Commencemcnis. 7 . '(Ansonia Sentinel.)' ‘ ' No education is in itself importhnt. Its usefulness consists in the prepar- ation it gives for the life which it pre- cedes In the higher ihstitutions they give a formal name to the measure of instruction attained. as a "degree." And it was supposed that when the degree was conferred. living actually began. 80 the presentation of the degree was known as “commence- ment." In the course of time the use of the term. had been extended to secondary and even to grade schools. In theory it is just as appropriate there. For every “graduation" marks a step, in the educational process, and looks forward. not backward. And for too many pupils, even in these times of increasing and expanding education. even the grade graduation is the only “commence— ment”~they will know. For them. in; too many cases. life. with its work and its responsibilities. then basins. m is the week of commencement. Schools in all of our escalated com- annuities have been holding or will hold the exercises connected with the ' s The first day's cutting at Riverview Farms. raising corn. potatoes. and other com- mon crops. Shoemaker. knowing noth- ing about farming. thought he couldn't do any better than the others with these crops. So he decided to plunge on this new asparagus. Fifty acres was to be the extent of the plunge. Fifty acres is not a great deal in terms of wheat land. but. asparagus is not raised like wheat. The fifty acres have grown to 200. and are still growing. Planting a Plantation ’ Root planting. at Riverview Farms. is a fascinating enterprise. They were putting in the last roots this year just as the first stalks of as- paragus from other roots warp being cut for market. The best of Shoe. maker's asparagus was selling for one dollar a bunch wholesale in the New York market, and most of that came back to Shoemaker. So putting _Flve planting operations combined in to one at Rivorvlew Fan-ma a, bunches like that. would naturally be a fascinating enterprise. The way they planted at Riverview Farms took quite'a delegation. A pa- tient mule dragged a marker over the ground, already prepared as for pota- toes or any ordinary crop. Alongside two tractors hauled a plow, making a deep furrow on the line the marker had indicated. Then a wagon load of oae-year-old large. prime roots. to re- plenish the supplies of small boys ifrom little Italy—South Philadelphia —who dropped and covered them in the new-turned furrow. After that another contraption on wheels. a pat. ent distributor of fertilizer. Of course. all this can‘be simplified or complicated as the size of the plot demands: On a big farm—200 acres in Washington Asparagus, and 800 more going to be—they do things in a big way. Where Chickens Are By-Products Across the road the fathers of the boys passed up and down the obscure rows of producing roots. cutting the splendid. succulent stalks. In mid- season they work early and late. for asparagus grows like the proverbial mushroom. A new crop of due stalks waits harvesting every day. and sometimes two cuttings a day are necessary on every field. This sea- son lasts. on the' Shoemaker farm. from late April until early July. Then the tops are allowed to grow. and the plant to recuperate the strength dis- sipated in early cutting. It shoots up feathery branches, taler than a man. Many of Gus' progeny grow to be giants. 11 feet tall at two years of age. in new roots. transition to higher institutions of learning. they are events \vhcse im- portance. to those who participate in them. ‘cannot be disregarded. The normal young pt'rson entcrs into them with his or her whole heart. preserves their souvenirs and memories among the choicest treasures. So it should be. The process of learning goes on. and will never cease until the. life of the individual really begins to rcccde and die. But these school days when the intimate friendships were formed. \vh the in- timate contacts which lay the founda- tion of character were made. will never come aagln They do well who ever make the most of them. The profit of their remembrance can not or school, mthecloaoofthetormal’eonrse of ’AND to grow money in This fogage is sprayed against the C2359. City Average Need of Water American hydraulic engineers. in iplanning tor a water supply under the present conditioni. calculate upon the basis of a daily consumption of 100 gallons per capita. with provisions to meet as increased demand in the near future. For ordinary domestic purposes the requirements average twenty gallons per capita. DOSES TIIREE FINGERS James Morrison of Stony Creek. Conn, was admitted to the Nor-walk hospital at ":00 o'clock last night right hand. with a‘badly crushed. ,of Italy is firmly REE—II? Déliciouu asparagus beetle, an enemy less folJ midable than rust. for spraying in the beetle’s case is effective. Washings ton Asparagus, naturally rust resis ant. sprayed against the beetle, Shoo- maker has found ideal. To make the life of the beetle still harder. the fields during the time of harvest are planted with chickens; Beetle-hungry young chickens. They forage up and down. sharp-eyed and? ravenous, keeping the cutters company: and the beetles miserable. Chickens may be said to be a by-product of- asparagns at Riverview Farms. Provi- dentially. asparagus is chicken-proof. They nip off the beetles, but don'tv touch the plants. The Farmer's First Dollar Asparagus roots. once planted 5341‘ properly fertilized. are good for twan-t ty years. They begin to produce in: April or Mail. and the money comes in- when it is needed most. for carrying, forward the other projects of the farm. One hundred dozen bunches: from an acre, as an average for as threeyesr planting. with the produo-E tion increasing to 200 dozen bunches or more when Gus is in his prime.: from his fifth to fifteenth year. Aa‘ average price of 87. 60 a dozen: bunches. at the farm. for the asparsa gua which Shoemaker grows. Figure it out for yourself. The asparagus market is growing faster than population. as people learn' that it is the tastiest, most healthful tid~blt at the green grocer's. That is why Shoemaker, godfather of Wash-? ington Aspara s and sometimes known as the paragns King. is planning on a thousand acres for Gusg Morrison was employed on the tug boat "Owen J. McVVilliams." and was engaged in duties on the boat when he met with the unfortunate accident. \VHAT IS GOING ON IN ITALY (Senator Spencer of Missouri) \Vhile there have been 2,800 execu- tion: by the Fascist! without recourse to law. they were in every instance cases where the victims defied the government. Premier Mussolini has a. wonderful hold on the people. and it looks as if the present government established. Th. king is safe because he yields to tho Fascisti and has the support of th‘ powerful group. :t -.-' OUR ICE CREAM SUNDAES ARE R E AL L Y DELICIOUS APPETIZING! IT’S BECAUSE THEY ARE MADE OFTHE PUREST INGREDIENTS AND MADE IN A MOST SANITARY ICE CREAM PLANT. THE FRUIT FLAVORINGS ARE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND THEY ARE FRESHLY PREPARED. WHEN FATIGUED, DROP IN AND REFRESH YOURSELF WITH ONE OF OUR ICE CREAM DISHES. THERE IS NO DOUBT IT LOOKS GOOD, BUT IT TASTES EVEN BET- TER— AND IT’S GOING SOME IE i l 1 iii E g if Three fingers were amputated by Dr. George G. Fawcett who attended him
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