. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. al of the Central High School, Phila-delphia, speaking of th e carefulmethods used by the PennsylvaniaGerman farmers in improving theirlands, said that this race furnished thebest farmers in the United States. Itis the only race in this country thesoil of whose farms is richer todaythan when the farmers settled upon it. As an instance of their intelligentmethods, Dr. Thompson cited theiruse of clover The clover hasvery deep
. The Pennsylvania-German : devoted to the history, biography, genealogy, poetry, folk-lore and general interests of the Pennsylvania Germans and their descendants. al of the Central High School, Phila-delphia, speaking of th e carefulmethods used by the PennsylvaniaGerman farmers in improving theirlands, said that this race furnished thebest farmers in the United States. Itis the only race in this country thesoil of whose farms is richer todaythan when the farmers settled upon it. As an instance of their intelligentmethods, Dr. Thompson cited theiruse of clover The clover hasvery deep, clinging roots, from 12 to 15 inches often in length. The Penn-sylvania German farmers plant thisclover in their soil every few years,and after the clover has sent its rootsdeep into the sub-soil, bringing thericher elements to the surface for itsnourishment, they plow the entireclover crop back into the soil. Inthis way they keep the upper la-enriched for the croos whose roots arenear the surface. This, of course, isin addition to careful alternating ofcrops and other methods of fertilizingthe soil. Hebron Lutheran Church By L. H. Gehman, Locust Dale, f was in the year 1717 thata little band of GermanLutheran emigrants leftthe shores of the Father-land, and set sail withthe hope of finding; abetter country in thewilds o f vessels stopped at the captain of the ship was im-prisoned for debt for several this delay part of the ships provi-sions were consumed. What remainedwas insufficient to meet the demandsof the passengers and many died ofhunger. The rest never reached theirintended destination. For, after a try-ing disastrous voyage in which theywere driven southward by a storm,twenty families, consisting of abouteighty persons were landed on the Vir-ginia- coast, strangers in a strange land,where they were sold by the captain ofthe vessel to pay the cost of theirtransportation.!. Governor AlexanderSpottswood advanced the money, a
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