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tb. modem IshniasllD?
lu New J*r*ev 11 I* aanertcd that
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pe.r.nen He. now wbst nil thl* pro.
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Re» Dr t’harle* Abed derlare* Hist
everything la geltlm better. Being
Mr. Rockef.llor'a |m*tor the origin
of hla »xtr*me optimism l* w*»y to
KU.»»,
Nest II In lilsgen's turn to he noil
Hi d Ant Ihl* will not he a hard |ob i
lor him. tine.' hi* »| icech will he pro !
pared for him by In* boas who will
Ktv. |l due publicity til 111* paper*.
Hlne* that operation ha* been per
formed on John Temple, nothing ha*
been heard of him Which *ngge*l*
the horrible question Hid the *ut
goon* amputate hi* tongue?
They art 1 now playing "The Devil"
In New York. That U at night on
the *lagi on Wall aired ih. y play
the devil a* a contlßttou* perlorm
anee
Atlanta propoae* now to have her
atreet* worked by rondels*. Thai'*
where free labor will get II In the
neck good and hard from convict ays
tetn reform.
That Mlehl.an man who advertlacd
for rain probably didn't know that the
orthodoi way foi letting It l>.■ known
that rain la wanted la to kill and
hang up a »nnke
The admlaaton prtee to clreuaea and
menagerie* al*o will prohahly be ad
vanead when R.Hiacvell I.c*liih hla
alaugbier of Ih. r, *i>r»# itoek of big
animal* In Africa
King Kdward ha* gone to Marten
bad to lake tho water cure He
ghoutd have come to l«. >rgl» where
he ronld lake the cure without hav
Ing to go to the had with It.
The t.aaatng day* only add to the
activity of the building boom In \u
gun a If Ihl* keep* on there Will
soon he no vacant lot* lelt in tip'
cltj
The Nehraaka man who *hnt al til*
wife beeauae ahe wouldn't talk enough
vt a* nioat K*»uredl\ *'ra*> lit* will
deaerve no pity he I caller when hr I*
subjected to a course of ruriatti lee
IMJe*-
Now there ar*. thos e who profet *
to believe ths' the republican* hav.
found the negro vote an elephant on
ih*lr hand* after all Dm ai least tt
cannot b* claimed that they found tl
a white elephant.
The Time* tell* of a Yaldoala man
who dreamed about heaven the other
night and fell off ihe bed And It will
be a safe goes* to make that the *ptr
Dual feeling which Induced that
dream wa* obtained out of a bottle
The Orangeburg Times Democrat
admonlabe* it* reader, to "Read Mr
Hrran’a *peerh rtf acceptance whten
la published In aaot her column
What long columns that bright neigh
bor ot ours tnu*t have to use ou
occasious
Havanuah IS wttit putting on alra of
aanctlmoniouanea* ovrr the allseed
fact that »he compel* her blind tiger*
lo rime up on Dundav*. And all
the time no report come* from that
city of any Of her people periahins
of thirst on Sunday*.
GEORGIA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
It may he merely a coincidence but It ia certainly a peculiar one
that such determined effort* nhould be concentrated in Georgia to pre
vent her giving her electoral vote* to the Democratic presidential nom
inees that it should be asserter) and really believed by some people
that thia state |s doubtful.
Hon. Tho* |C Wataon I* again a candidate. About this it rnuat be
remembered that he was. noniiriHied by the Populist convention on
April and almost Immediately thereafter signified hi* Intention of ac
cepting this nomination. That wan long before the time when it be
came certain that Mr Bryan would b.. the nominee of the Democratic
party Moreover Mr Wataon offered to give the vote of thla Htate to
Bryan, If he (Watson) should carry It, and It developed that Georgias
vote was necessary to Bryan's election. Hearing these two facts In
mind l| Ik dear that those who charge collusion between Watson arid
the Republican managers, or who profess to believe that Mr. Wataon
Is making the race only to help defeat Bryan, only exhibit their I*
noranee,
riut Tom Wataon I* a candidate, and he will get votes In Georgia.
It may be very poshilil, that this fact has encouraged the Republicans In
the hope i hey aeein to entertain that they shall be able to keep Bryan
from carrying It, and thus for the first time break the solid South.
This makes the candidacy of the Herat ticket seem very suspicions.
If tie i,. In anything that the Hearat party can accomplish, beyond the
harm jt. mu . do tie- Democrats, nobody has yet been able to see IL And
on Its ticket a Georgian ha* been placed, and a strenuous tight for
votes In his state la to be made, when without this the Hearat ticket
would in,l get more votes In Georgia than It will In South Carolina or
Alubania, which will not be enough to count.
With this to help them, besides the other minor candidate*, the Re
public.urn will make the strongest efforts they have ever made In thla
stale Jt iiiiist he remembered that unless Bryan polls a majority of
all the vote caat in the state he will lose it* electoral votes, undPr Geor
gia's peculiar law In regard to presidential electors which the legislature
rilu.id lo amend at Its regular seHalou Just ended. Will Mr, Bryan get
this majority?
I'D Governor Terrell, In an interview published recently In the Wash
ington Post, aaya that he will. Mr, Terrell Is probably about as well in
formed about political afTalrs In Georgia, a* »ny man, and hla opinion
Is worth much Besides, In giving It, he doe* not deal In generalities,
but comes down to detail*. Governor Terrell placed the vote which
tin Populist ticket will get at 30,000 and Ihe vote of the Independent
party at 5,000. There are aeverai other presidential ticket*, but, accord
ing to Governor Terrell, they will not get many vote*. The Republican
party will gel Its usual vote, whleh, In 1900, was about 35,000, and In
loot, :;l,00() II Isn't expected that Mr. Taft will get as large a vote aa
Mr Mi Ivlnh did and he may not g«t more than Mr. Roosevelt did. The
uncertain factor lu the alloatlon 1* the vote th,. Prohibition ticket will
get Few expert, however, that the prohibitionist* will generally vote
the prohibition ticket. The Indication* are that Mr. Bryan will get tne
usual Democratic vote, lu which case he will hav c a very considerable
majority over all of Ihe other candidate*.
11l I'.ilM Wnlson polled 22,035 votea Hi thla state, Roosevelt 34,003,
and Parker k 1,2 The lesser candidates only got 1,043 votea all to
gether There I* no reason to anticipate a much larger vote for either
the Socialist or Prohibition tickets, and the Hearat ticket will probably
not poll 5,000 votes, as Joe Terrell thinks It will. Neither la Wat
son Hkelv to Increase on the vote he polled that year, but Taft will
probably poll es large n vote as did McKinley In 1900.
So, unless either Wataon or Taft should ruu in thla state far ahead
of any pri sent Indications, Georgia wlil be safe for Bryan by a very
comfortable majority over nil other candidates combined
THE CLOSING OF THE BASEBALL SEASON.
Tin 19ns season of th« South Atlantic Baseball t.eague closed yeater
dm The fan* may now take a well earned vacation, to recuperate and
get their mo ve* reatnreiT to Ihe normal for the next season, while they
turremlei the front of ll# stage to the football enthusiasts.
The *. asoti just closed ha* not le-en exactly what might be called
a ftiost successful one. Of the six clubs composing the league It ia
repot eil that all but one, Jacksonville, are In a bole So Augusta to
ihl* misery lia* plenty of company, which should make It lighter to
,ie H i To the Individual member* of the chib, the fan* who put up
the dough that Augusta might retain her place In the league and An
gustitiia have thla great national sport through the summer season,
general svnipathy t* extended And It should not reat with this. The
risk they assumed was tor Augusta a* much a* for themselves, and
whatever utu be done to save them from actual loss in the end, should
be done.
There were various causes whleh conspired to this unfortunate end
tug, some of them providential ami others through mistakes of judg
ment The weather i'll one of the providential causes. Rain at thu
critical time when the gate receipts promised to be large knocked them
out altogether, and 'he wide difference in the standing of the clubs,
which virtually settled the pennant position and Ihe o\hcr positions
as well long before the season ended, also helped to detract from tbs
Interest felt in the games and redueeil the attendance
Then Augusta wa* unfortunate In Its club manager. The team start
ed off well, and early lu the season the prospects for a most success
ful season ware good (enthusiasm was great, aad the attendance all
that could have bcett desired. Then came the time when, for reaaons
not clear to the tenderfoot, the Tourlsta fell down When they lost
game after game with Sickening regularity enthusiasm melted taster
than an Ice block In the sun, and the splendid playing done during the
la ter week* under the discouraging conditions that then prevailed, could
not revive it And so the enu was reached. In a chill all around
the Circuit, when there should have been the greatest enthusiasm.
Hut such la life Disappointments are met sometimes where the
hopes had been highest. But there la a silver lining to ovary eloiid,
and so there i* to this. Another season will come From tho mistakes
of the past the wav is learned to avoid them tn the future With the
experienced gained mgustn will really be better situated aa regards
baseball next season than It was at the beginning of the season juat
closed
The king la dead long live the king
MORE GOOD THAN EVIL.
Tin auuiiunci ment Ilia; <\>l Hamilton Young has mid hla Kentucky
farm, which was one of ihe arc it tnrm* In the blitcgr.iss sec. Inu where
thnutgl bred raised, ha* been received with varied sensr
turn*, for not only ilo*« the ownership of this famous prop, rLy change,
but n'so It* charttctei No longer will it be devoted to the raising ol
race horses, but It will be glv-ut over to the raising ol cattle.
The primary eause for the making of thH change l* said lo hive
been the law* recently p.o-.'d ngainst bimk making The stringent laws
a cal oat race track betting nml rambling which are now the order have
taken the meat ol the spirit out <1 this lime-honored amusement, re*
Milting In :: lessening o( Intel '*! In racing events aud In the raistne of
iu e horse* Race track prop.'rD in the great courses lu New York aud
lot state* .i wall has slump. I heavily In value, and lu the sale and
ekange ol t'o| Youngs famot.v. turn Is seen the effect tne»e law.. «u
--alrendv having on the business of raising Wooded horse*
tit coui*e thl* 1* bewailed by the veterans of the turf. ho. ' mak. is
raeing men. and lover* of the *i<ort generally Horse racing has Wen
* nation* *p<«rt tor gen. rations, finally eadlng to *;ieh perversion
that lu th" Interest ol puVlc nv'ral* It became advisable t.i impprc-s
horse t " i». <r to *.. «he!i * of lu ghmbllng fespir"* ;hnl ft. eh'cf
interest In It lie lost It l* unfortunate thit In doing this a Istal b>w
must also be struck at the hood.d horse farms, this was not Intend
ed but tt e. tn* to havc be •* >ne of p.* piev't tl 'e ronsequet c *
However, there Is no evl. without It* conipensattug good, and so
!• will turn out In this ease t'attie thrive a* **ll tn the blnegriss
belt a» hor««v» \u.| blooded esft |e. although they may appear less
noble than h onded horse* xre In the en., productive of mb"h mote gool
The is«<- horse. Ilk.- the diamond |« ol yerv little economic value It
IS purely * ttxurv an expens v. •„> Sot so with blooded cattle The
growing in favor of the raising of meh stock will lewd to belter and
more valuable eaiil* <>• the f .ru>« It ntil pu' an end lo the semh
stock, still nil too common Thl will mean greater values In thl*
class ol stock, rod greater profit* to the farmer* In Ihe raising of beef
aid dairy product* And lltla. In turn will make It equally a* profit
able to raise Wooded cattle for progressive fanners, aa tt was formerly
pMM.tahla to raise blooded horse* for turfmen
So lu 'hr end thefv u nothing *o regret. In the breaking tip of this
racing hu«.n« *s. since the ultimate cnin will be greater than the a*
tin.sir ei-e For a luxurv that had degenerated into an evil the country
will hav. a aec.-sstty gteatl' tn.proved, and Instead of pleasure so»
the few 'here will be subs'anUal improvement for the many.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
THE SHEATH GOWN.
For a mere man to enter into a
discussion of the sheath gown would
seem to be the height of presump
tion. It would appear dangerously
near the case of a fool rushing In
where angels fear to tread. What
the average man doesn’t know about
sueh thfngß would stock a library,
and If he Is prudent he will let it
most circumspectly alone. But the
Columbus Ledger, moved to action by
the communication of a young lady
In which she spoke favorably of this
much discussed garment, has felt caT
ed lo Indulge in a half column or
more of editorial discussion and con
damnation of the sheath gown.
The young lady in question had
said that she “could see no reason
why any one should object to It. It is
cool and comfortable, and that being
the case, why should It not be worn."
And ahe had the audacity to announce
that “I am 20 years of age, and have
usually been regarded as a prudent
young woman, yet 1 would have no
hesitancy tn wearing the gown. Of
course I would want to see others
lead, but lam ready to follow,” Aa
the result of thla bold declaration she
had a well-meant but severe lecture
read her, the editor striking over her
shoulders at all womankind which
does not see In the sheath gown a
device of the devil.
Much has bpen said and written
about this sheath gown or Directoire
gown—presumably they are the same
—and most of It by people who have
never seen one. It has been made a
subject of ridicule which every joke
ster has felt privileged to use. Pic
ture* have been printed of it which
showed It to be truly a ridiculous
garment, to say the least of it. But
who really has seen one? Lika
stories of the sea serpent, it is con
stantly reported to have been seen
here or there, but the reports are
never verified. It is probably true
that none has been seen anywhere in
our country, up to the present time
It may be the case that many of
the illustrations of it that are shown
are caricatures, designed with the in
tention of producing a laugh at its
expense. One Is led to this conclu
sion by comparing this class of illus
trations with oth» rs that appear In
papers and yiagazlnes not given to
caricatures, In which this dress ap
p@ar3 decidedly becoming on a hand
some woman. Certainly it is far
more becoming than some other fem
inine fashions that have been in
vogue, as for instance, the Immense
hoopsklrts that once were worn.
"Miss Comfort," the young lady
who provoked the severe lecture
from our Columbus contemporary,
may take comfort in the thought that
the lecturer really knew nothing
about the subject of his lecture. He
was like a snake In August, Wind,
and In his blindness striking out at
every noise he hears. Whether the
sheath gown really exists anywhere
- except In some fertile imtginations
—or wether It shall ever make Its ap
pearanee In our country and be gen
erally worn, are questions which the
future must determine. But if it
be introduced and worn here, those
who criticize it now so severely may
find that the thing is not really what
it was cracked (or split) up to be,
and Miss Comfort and her sisters
can wear it without shocking the
present severe critics, any more than
they are now shocked by the sight
of a lady wearing one of those coni
sortable waists ridiculed as pees a
boos." which are second only to the
sheath gown in the humorous com
ment they have caused.
THE NEED OF A RIFLE RANGE.
Again tho necessity for n rille range
near Augusta Is forcibly brought lo l
public attention. The Georgia team
ha.*, started for Camp Perry, Mo.,
where the annual national shooting
contest I* :<> take place next week, \
and there Isn't an Augusta man on
the team. Nor is this the first time
that this has happened. There hasn't
been an Argurta man on the Georgia
team In these contests In many years
—and all because there Is no rifle
range on watch to practice.
It Is as-' ned by those who are h.
a position to know that there ar.
among our local soldiery men who
have never fired one of the army
rifles, and that none of them have
had the practice to enable them to
handle the.e weapons eSec.ively, it
1* for this reason that Augusta Is not
represented on the Georgia team
isn't it ridiculous? What is a sol
dier worth In service who cannot
shoot straight? At great expense, to
the nten Individually and to the gov
ernment. we maintain military or
ganisation* because the lime may
come » hen their service* will he bad
ly needed And :f :hi* time ever
should come *'v would have men in
expert' nenf In shooting their gun*,
and therefor.* Ineffective And all
because »t had no rifle range .where
they could obtrin the necessary prac
tice Wha- Is s soldier worth who
cannot handle hi* gun In the mott
.ff.>ctive manner )>ossib!e, when on
this the safety of the community nj tv
depend?
There has been much tal* of es
tabUshtog a rifle range, aud *pa»
nodle effort* trade to actually secure
>.nc Hut ao far lhe' have not re
rul’ed in anything tmigiWe. flow
!on« i* U>t* to remain sot
HON. W, H. TAFT AND THE S. P. C. A.
The papers have had considerable mention of late about Mr. Taft
and his equestrianism. It was stated, among other things, that the
hors,, he had been riding had broken down under his weight, and that
a fine new anfmal had been provided for him. Sensation mongers
stretched this report until they made it that the horse had sprained his
ankle or broken his leg under the strain.
It is such exaggerated reports as thes e which brought Hon. George
T. Angel! Into action. Mr. Angell is president of the National Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He is the father of that or
ganization, and for many years has devoted his life to it. It is a noble
cause and has done and is doing much good, for which this good old gen
tleman deserves much credit. And he rides it with the greatest per
sistency and pleasure as his great hobby.
Mr. Angell, hearing these reports, promptly declared that it was
outrageous cruelty to animals for a big 300-pound man like Taft to ride a
horse about tne country, which should be stopped, and he suggested
that if Mr. Taft feels that he must ride he should ride an automp
bile or an elephant. However, it is not probable that if Mr. Taft per
sists In riding his new horse, that the president of the S. P. C. A. will
have him arrested and tried for misdemeanor.
Two things are apparent from Mr. Angell's declaration: He is not
a Taft man in this campaign, and he doesn't understand how enter
prising reporters make mountains out of mole hills. Mr. Angell is a
great politician and as a man of decided views takes always a positive
stand, so, very naturally, he can see all the faults as a condidate to
whom he is opposed. And Mr. Angell should learn how to make allow
ance for things, good, bad or merely indifferent, that are said about a
candidate or any person in the lime light.
A 300-pound man is a heavy load, to be sure, but there are horses
which are able to carry such a load, without the carrying of this burden
becoming cruelty to them. On the other hand, there is much greater
cruelty, because it is greater physical suffering or discomfort, to a 300-
pound man being jolted by a horse, than ther e is to a strong horse in
carrying such a weight. So in his zeal and in his antagonism to Mr.
Taft, good old President Angell has taken the wrong pig by the ear. In
stead of protesting against cruelty to the horse, in tms case, he should
protest against cruelty to the rider, who certainly gets the most of tt.
But since this cruelty is voluntary on the part of the big candidate,
It may safely be assumed that he will not practice too much of it on
himself. Just as with his dancing, about which also much has been said,
he may be trusted not to dance his legs off, so with his riding, he wfll
take it in equal moderation. Mr. Taft's horse has an easy time serving
his master, and there is really no caus e for interference in his riding ct
the part of the S. P. C. A., and its president is hot under his collar
without sufficient reason.
LIQUOR ADS IN THE MAILS.
Some of our exchanges seem very
much worked up over the fact that
liquor advertisements are allowed to
be carried through the mails, and in
this way get into prohibition states,
finest prohibitionists, they would
suppress the very name of liquor, If
they could. They regard it as the
greatest evil, and are conscientiously
striving to suppress it The manu
facture and sale of liquor having
been prohibited in our state (without
to any appreciable extent diminishing
Its consumption), they would now
prevent its importation, and they re
sent the efforts of people In other
states to bring it into notice, tn the
form of advertisements sent out by
dealers to possible customers.
The prohibitionists cannot be blam
ed for this. If prohibition is right,
the desire to prevent the importa
tion of liquor is right, and the desire
to prevent the advertising of liquor
is also right. But how can it be
stopped? A liquor ad cannot be out
lawed, because the federal govern
ment fegalizes the manufacture and
sale of liquor. It will issue licenses
to sell liquor, and does it. to par
ties who live in so-called prohibition
states. A legal business must have
the legal right to advertise. Conse
quently the government cannot forbid
Ihe use of the mails to newspapers
carrying liquor ads. Newspapers pass
from one state into another. Every
paper of general circulation goes into
all or most of the various states.
Hence, even it by a state law news
papers could be forbidden to carry
liquor ads (which cannot be done)
liquor ads would still appear In that
state in the papers which reached it
from other states.
So it is impossible t° suppress li
quor ads. unless the entire nation
through federal legislation first out
law the liquor business, manufacture,
sale and use. This will probably nev
er be done. So there will always
be liquor traffic and liquor advertis- ■
in*. And It being impossible to sup i
press it our good brethren of the
press should quit worrying aflout It I
l,et them exclude liquor ads from j
their columns, if they think it is their
duty to do so; and when it becomes I
necessary for them to buy (for nearly
all men are under this necessity j
sometimes), let them do as they com
pel their readers to do, take up .1 j
more broad-minded paper which gives
more general and special information
for all the people.
MISAPPLIED PHILANTHROPY.
For several days past there have
been seeh and heard on thg streets of
Augusta a company of negro singers.
Tho group is composed of four, an old
woman, a girl nearly grown and two
I strong hoy*. Thi? sing songs on the
strtet corners, with accordcon and
tambourine accompaniment, and. o?
course, tho ("election plate. They
I were granted the necessary permis
sion bv the mayor to thus afflict the
public.
It U the flavor's kindness of henrf
j which led him into making ihis mis
! take. The old woman Is b'lnd. and
‘ she presented to the mamr ihat she
was making an effort by this means
to raise money to have her •> e«. treat
ed Yielding to the promptings of
benevolence the prayed for privilege
was granted by Ills Honor, and the
work of making nolee and collecting
nickels has been in progress since
then,
All this is wrong. This fjyjm of
etreet mendicancy is demoralizing
and disgusting. It does not. help those
who are its contemplated beneficia
ries, but on the contrary, unfits them
for anything more useful. And it is
demoralizing to the public, to see a
physical affliction made stock in trade
for a vagabond existence, in the in
fluence such exhibitions exert on spec
tators with little moral stamina.
Why should not these negroes
work, instead of begging in mounte
bank form? The cotton fields call
for hands, and ihese three active
young negroes could easily pick 409
pounds of cotton per day, or more.
This would mean a daily earning of
at at least two dollars, and under
favorable conditions bt double this
amount, and it is very doubtful
! whfther their method of begging will
yield, them as much.
But this isn't all. Were they to
work, they would acquire self-esteen.
as well as the respect of others.
They would in time raise the money
to have the old woman's ejos treat
ed. Under the plan they pursue this
will probably never be done, for her
affliction is a part of their stock in
trade, and to be preserved as such.
Neither of these young negroes will
ever have a liking for work. The)
will try to live by their wits, and
grow up to swell the steadily growing
class of the Idle and vicious.
It is a mistake to let a kind heart
lead to (he sanctioning of such a
course. The lazzaroni of Italy are
the curse of that country, recruiting
Its criminal class and causing tha
disrepute In which Italians are justly
held. And what is it but fostering
the spirit of lazaronism in our country
to a,low such mountebank street men
dicancy?
RIOT CARTRIDGES FOR THE
STATE TROOPS.
The Augusta butalllon of the Nn- !
ttnnal Guard will be supplied with
riot cartridges in a few davs. Never 1
before has Jie local militia been sup-1
plied with ihat kind of ammunition,
lor two reasong: It has never been
reqnlred. because there has never
been a riot for them to quell; and
should there have been such an oc- ]
caslnn. the ordinary ammunition
could have been used.
The uew riot cartridges are now to
be furnished, not because St is Ap
prehended that their use will be re
quired, but because the now regula
tion cartridge, to be used in the new
Springfield rifles, is too dangerous to
be used in a possible riot. So ter
ribly effective are these guns that
one of the regulation steel pointed
bullets driven by the regulation
i charge, would pass through a line of
men at the distance of a mile. What
execution such charges might do, in
killing innocent bystanders during a
j riot, is easily seen. For this reason
i a special cartridge is fttrnisbed. with
an ordinary leaden bullet and a much
: smaller charge of powder, to be used
! in a possible riot emergency.
The change from the old Krag
j Jorgensen to the new Springfield rifle
; by the National Guard has long been
contemplated. The necessary supply
for the local troop* has been In the
\ugusta armorv for several months.
! Orders have Just been received for
the change to be made now, and
: simultaneous with the matting of this
change will come the Issuing of two
1 kinds of cartridges.
It la to be hoped, as It is conPdent
i ly expected, tha: there will never be
j any occasion for the use of these riot
| cartridges In Augusta. But the mili
tary axiom that to preserve peace it
ts necessary to be prepared for war
applies to all possible service tha
J may he requir’ d of soldiers; hence
' their equipment with riot cartridges
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
Fall Styles
Are Here
This is but one of the shapes In
new Derbies. W e have- styles to
suit all figures, faces and tastes.
Soft hats, too. Most up-to-date
styles for young men ever seen in
hats. Come in NOW.
DORR
Tailoring For Men of Taste
724 Broad. Augusta.
Willet’s Formula
"Ailalfa Stack Food.”
Made of ground Alfalfa hay, and
ground sound grains with no “filler.”
Exclusive agents, car lots wanted in
each town. For horses and milch
cows.
Ingredients—4o per cent, ground AT
salsa hay, 50 per cent, corn chops,
other guuna grains, etc.
Analysis—Fat 2:63 per cent., Pro
tein 14.75 per cent. Carbohydrates,
61.75 per cent.; Fiber, 17.00 per cent
Price —One sack (100 lbs.) $1.80;
two sacks t. 200 labs. $3.50; 1 ton
(2,000) lbs) $33.00; 2 1-2 tons, $32.50;
6 tons, $32.00 At a cent and 3-4 a
pound.
Nine quarts per day for 30 days
will cost about $3.75; 10 quarts about
$4.30; 12 quarts about $5.15; 15
quarts about $6 45-
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