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Have you noticed a difference in the
air since last week?
Bonilla to defy United State* Bet
ter call tn Mr. Carnegie at once.
Police nave unearthed wholesale blind
tigers The trade must be picking up.
In the case of the fruit crop, it is an
Instance of where peach doctors disa-
► It win be noticed that nobody is tak-
ing joy rides in the automobile police
putroi-
If fried chicken should be cheap, too-
But don’t expect too much. You might
be disappointed.
There la a danger that the country
must watch. The Ice cream soda season
is drawing near.
E Senator Aldrich favors reciprocity
, Well, the administration can go ahead
EL»ow without fear.
Why, for heaven’s sake, hasn’t Inspec-
P tor Dew been engaged on the Arnold
disappearance case?
MK The cool weather re>rr»e in at just about |
the right time to kill the rumor of ■
■w damage to the peach crop.
' What s the matter these days. It has
|1 been a week or more since the interests i
got control of a new magaxine.
fit j When Speaker Cannon retires from '
•• .the speakership, the country can no >
U,. ,longer be blamed for its troubles.
M? is the president mentioning an extra
session for reciprocity as a threat for
the country or a promise of hope?
"Honk? Honk Spring Is here"’ a head- ’
L line announces. No, it isn’t automo-1
biles, but geese on their way north.
With weather like this, we may re-
g some our life strictly acocrding to the
calendar and not by what we imagine.
It is a delicate question—this matter !
L . of the number of locker clubs for A tian-
S ta—a question of having too many or too
Davis and Macon are determined
is re; rosentM t r . -
■1 bai ->■>-“ er . •> • - ?,!• x
fflHggMwar sl'. ia:. n :<-> s; r. .’ « <’■
novel.
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HHHHI rout**- favor a diet No man
||||||Mld eat rnore than one ; fee of ; , v
ml,; " - ’ ' : “• r -
BW representative calls Colonel Roose
» veil a "human seidllts powder." Just
&•swatch. This man will be consigned to
’the Ananias dub.
I Fifteen-pound cabbages are plentiful in
F Thomas county, a dispatch says. Thomas
p is dotng her part to encourage the back
v to the form movement.
The author of "Curfew Shall Not
Ring Tonight" is living In Texas. In
tne event of pursuit he may escape safe-
F'> ly across the border.
Representative Macon is apparently of
the belief that the Congressional Rec-
> ord is the only reporter that ought to
P be allowed in the house.
♦ It is a question whether George Gould
Will shortly retire from the presidency
U of the Union Pacific, or the presidency
I of the Union Pacific from him.
g”- woman a chance," urges the
New York World. Goodness: Doesn't
the World know that women already
? enjoy more power than men?
■ It must be an awful bore for King
George to go through the coronation;
but think of the pleasure he will give
| wealthy Americans tarveling abroad.
It is hereby announced that as long
- as eggs behave themselves around !0
cents a doxen there will henceforth be
no more scorn of them in this column.
Bummer session seem likely If reci
procity h to be passed. Fortunately,
though, extra sessions don’t interfere
- with the rest of the country's vaca-
ns.
If they sell beef in Canada at 9 cents
$ a pound and could sell it to us at the
faame figure under reciprocity—if they
could or would—then let’s have reci
procity.
I Some men can say that, like George
Washington, they never told a He; oth
ers that they told one and were not
•aught; and still others lie when they
aay either.
Bf- Architects are planning to make the
k < rotunda of the New York city hall as
it was 100 years ago. The rest of the
i city ball is practically the same. Tara
many is still represented.
A NEEDED INVENTION.
If it is true that every necessity gives birth to an invention,
there should come a time when we shall be spared our annual anx
ieties over the peach crop. By some sort of device, the nature of
which we cannot yet imagine- in any detail, the tender buds should
be fortified against the sudden and sometimes deadly sallies of
departing winter. *
For more than a month, the south has been on pins. Tn a
season when, according to the calendar, the wind should be sharp
xnd only hyacinths or buttercups should be found abroad, we have
been flirting with springtime. Trees that are ordinarily most cau,
tious in exposing their shoots and leaves have yielded to the warm
enchantment and given themselves over to Easter styles. The
peach trees have been most reckless of all.
And now they are about to be called upon to pay their score.
In Texas a blizzard has just swept over orchards in full bloom. In
Georgia horticulturists fear a similar calamity.
Every year the story is much the same. Each February we
talk of the unusual weather, but seasoned observers will tell you
that 1911 is no different in this respect from its predecessors a
decade back. It is certain that every year about this time we pro
nounce the peach crop’s funeral oration whether it dies or not.
The annual scare never fails.
A condition that recurs so regularly should lead to some sort
of protective invention. Many peach growers are now supplying
thenxselves with oil heaters which they will place among the trees,
if the freeze becomes a certainty; or they will kindle ‘’smudge’ 1
fires throughout the orchard. These devices have been used with
considerable success in northern states and in the south, it is be
lieved, they will save at least a portion of the fruit.
From some such plan, an appliance or method, at once effec
tive and economical, may yet be contrived. Anyone who may suc
ceed in doing so will assure his own fortune and save the south
millions of dollars. The peach crop is towering* higher each year
in commercial importance. Its loss becomes a disaster and its
jeopardy a source of the most nagging uneasiness. In Georgia,
however, we shall continue to hope that by son>e lucky shift of na
ture the 1911 crop may be spared.
FOOLISH AND PERILOUS
In his avowed ambition to put the postoffice department on a
businesslike basis, Postmaster General Hitchcock is pursuing the
most unbusinesslike policy that could well be conceived.
To reduce the annual deficit and increase the efficiency of the
department, he now proposes two amazing expedients.
He would increase the number of Peeping Toms, or spies, that
plague the department from three hundred and fifty-five to four
hundred and forty, thus bringing their total expense to the govern
ment up to a million, one hundred and forty-four thousand, four
hundred and fifty dollars.
He would also drive away business from the postoffice by
quadrupling the postage rate on the advertising matter in maga
zines.
It would be difficult to say which of these propositions is the
more foolish or which is the more perilous to the American public.
The increase in postage on the magazines -would, as Governor
Woodrow Wilson expressed it, be a direct and a very dangerous
tax on the formation and the expression of opinion; it would drive
out of existence many publications that are pressing forward the
canse of honest and popular government. But the extension ot
the federal spy system that has already reached alarming propor
tions is a direct step toward the Russianizing of this republic.
The postoffice department already employs ithree hundred
and fifty-five inspectors who, in many instances, have crowded out
and crushed down everything like local honor and authority
in the postoffices of the country. Congress is now asked to in
crease that number to four hundred and forty, tfye largest on
record.
And for the maintenance of this gilm-shoe system the people
are asked to pay over a million dollars.a year.
These are the plans by which the postmaster general proposes
to increase the efficiency of the department and cut down its de
ficit. z
It is scarcely to be believed that congress will suffer such a
danger and such a folly to be inaugurated.
A WEIGHTY DAY IN ENGLAND.
The issue which has caused England two political upheavals
almost within a single year but which nevertheless remains unset
tled will come definitely before the house of commons today in the
form of a bill to reduce the veto power so long held by the house
of lords.
This measure provides that the upper chamber shall have no
authority to reject or -change in any detail a bill that has to do
with appropriations or any other matters of finance. It, further
more, makes the speaker of the lower house the judge as to whether
or not a particular of legislation is a money bill. This is a
signincant feature, for it will be renuembered that the lords reject
ed the budget on the ground that it contained extra
neous and revolutionary proposals under the guise of financial
measures.
The bill that comes up today provides also that the lords shall
have the power to suspend but never ultimately to reject legisla
tion. Any bill whatsoever that might be passed by the house of
commons three suceessiye times would thus become a law, regard
less of the upper chamber’s opposition. The lords could postpone
but not actually prevent the enactment of a measure, except insofar
as the popular or moral effect of their opposition might count.
It is now possible for the peenp to dock any piece of legisla
tion almost indefinitely, and it is declared by the Liberals that this
is what they have actually done in the majority of instances where
reforms were sought.
Sho ild this bill become a law England would be virtually lim
ited to a single legislative chrmber. It has been suggested that
the situation must result in some compromise less radical. That is
doubtless what a majority of Englishmen desire. The lords will
scarcely consent to the bill in its present shape. Should they de
feat it, the government would call upon the king to create enough
Liberal peers to assure the passage of the bill in the upper cham
ber. Should the king refuse to do this, and it is by no means unlikely
that he would refuse, there would thus be precipitated another
election in which the throne itself would be involved.
Whatever may be the outcome this is a day that begins the '
making of momentous history in the life of England.
A GREAT SOUTHERN CONGRESS.
Officials of the Southern Commercial congress have reached
Atlanta to perfect arrangements for the great convention of that
body which is to be held here March 8, 9 and 10.
Their arival is none too early in view of the bulk and the im
portance of the work that is to be accomplished. It is, indeed,
doubtful if a convention of such far-reaching and vital aims has
ever before been planned for this section of the union.
Practically every state in the south will be represented by its
business and civic leaders, men who are striving practically and
earnestly for the development of our recources and the extension
of our opportunities.
These will be the keynotes of the congress: An awakening
of the south to its own possibilities in order that it may assume
its due role of national leadership, and the awakening of the na
tion at large to what these possibilities mean in the broadest
American sense.
“A greater nation through a greater south”—that is the pur
pose of the congress, sunxmed up in a phrase.
The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce will be the host of this im
portant gathering. It need scarcely be urged that this city should
meet the full measure of its duty and its opportunity in respect
to this convention. The people of Atlanta and of Georgia are for
tunate in having such an organization as their guests. _
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 24, 1911.
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ANABOMY IB GBOBGXA.
ThOee who read the story ot the hold
up of the Southern railway fast mail
train between Atlanta and L.ula are
doubtless surprised, but that Is only one
symptom of what is Impending oyer us
at this time.
I had an experience last week that was
also an alarming symptom, to my mind,
of the state of our country. My son’s
barn, in which his tenant had stabled five
mules and horses, on last Wednesday
night was set on fire by some miscreant,
and everything in the barn was in ashes
before 10:30 o'clock p. m. The evidence
goes to show that the lower part of the
barn was kerosened, for the fire caught
all around except on the side facing the
dwelling. Nothing was saved, and the
barn was not a year old, and so far as
I know the tenant had not an enemy.
This is the second barn on our place
that was burned by incendiaries. In the
first one. we had five mules and two fine
horses cremated, 400 bushels corn and
about 200 bushels of cotton seed. The
horses and mules were fed at 3 p. m., be
cause the hired man got off on his own
business at that hour. Except to water
the stock and turn them into the barn,
no human being was about the barn after
that hour. My husband locked the barn'
door and put the keys in his pocket.
When Dr. Felton ate his supper, about
7:3u, he went around the house and barn
to see if all was right. Nobody had been
near the barn with a pipe or cigarette.
Before he went to bed the rear side of the
barn and crib were fired, all starting at
once, and in 30 minutes the roof was
down on barn and crib, and everything
dead. We had infinite trouble ih saving
the dwelling. We were satisfied it was
done by a negro woman who had been
dismissed from our employ a few days
before, and was then within 200 yards that
night of the burning barn. Her infant
was born the Saturday afterwards, and
we had no assistance from the county au
thorities to bring her to justice.
This barn that was burned last Wed
nesday night was new, not a year old. It
was built of pine logs to the height of ten,
feet and covered with iron roofing, which
we put there hoping to prevent destruc
tion by fire.
The loss of the first barn was 12,000,
corn, mules, cotton seed and buildings.
The tenant, who lost five head of horses
and mules last Wednesday night, has also
a heavy loss. The governor has offered a
reward of 1200 for the capture of the
barn-burner with proof to convict. Os
course there are suspicions abroad, but
the people are timid about arrests, etc.
The attack on the Southern railroad is
another case in point. Lawlessness is
abroad in the land. Bad men are abroad
in the land. Vengeful people are abroad
in the land, and it seems impossible to
secure judicial protection tp life and
property under existing conditions in our
section.
The south has not suffered from
strikes and barn burners and thieves as
the north and west have suffered; but
it Is coming to us, and that very fast
We find the towns filled up with idle
people, deadbeats, who will not work,
who recognize no authority and who
have no character to defend. The coun
try is full of people who will pay the
fines of criminals, and then turn them
loose on the community. It should be
stopped, th|s habit of turning criminals
Sabbath I For February 26; L Kings 21:1-19.
f V Golden Text: "Take heed, and be-
O QOI. X*/C£SSOXIi ware of covetousness.”—Luke 12:16.
BY DB. MARION McH. HULL.
There was an interval of probably five
years between the events of the last
lesson and the incidents of today’s. Dur
ing this time we have no definite knowl
edge of Elijah, although we know he
was accompanied by Elisha. It is more
than probable that he occupied his time
in establishing and nurturing the schools
of the prophets about which we see some
notices later. He had learned at Horeb
that God was not to effect the reforma
tion of Israel by spectacular methods,
by force, but by the gentler method of
the quiet influence of man upon man, as
typified in the still small voice that he
heard. Obeying the heavenly vision he
anointed Elisha and set about organiz
ing schools where young men might be
gathered and trained who should go in
and out among the people, warn them of
their sin, and lead them gently back to
God.
That he had done this work so quietly
th art Ahab and Jezebel had not heard of
his presence back In Israel is quite cer
tain. They probably thought themselves
rid of a man who was a troublesome
neighbor. His righteousness made them
hate him because it constantly con
demned their sin. Does yours condemn
that of others for the same reason? He
had disappeared after the Carmel expe
rience, and they had not seen or heard
of him since.
NABOTH, THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR.
Ahab had not profited by that experi
ence. It would seem that after so mar
velous a manifestation of God's power
and mercy to him, he would have been
a changed man; but he was not. Soon
the Carmel Incident (for it was no more
to him than a mere incident) was for
gotten, and his unholy life grew in un
hollnees. The development of one side
of that is seen in this story of him.
Adjoining the palace enclosure at the
summer home in Jezreel was the estate
of a gentleman named Naboth. It had
been inherited by him from his father,
who in turn had Inherited it from his
father. It had come down through a long
line of ancestors, and could be traced
back to the time when Joshua parcelled
out the larjd to the tribes aftjer conquer
ing Canaan. It may or may not have
been a desirable piece of property, but
Naboth prized it highly for Its associa
tions. The law of God as given to Moses
had direceted that such property could
not be sold permanently. If a man got
into sore straights he tuighrt borrow on
it, mortgage It for a time, but at the
year of jubilee, it had to revert to its
original owner.
Ahab wanted to beautify his home,
and proposed to this gentleman that he
sell him hiz estate, or exchange it for
one better. It seemed a reasonable prop
osition, but Ahab knew that the divine
law prohibited such a transaction. Na
both had too much respect for God’s law
to accept it, and very respectfully de
clined the repeated proposals that were
made by his king. The apostasy of tne
king and the people haa not affected
him. He was probably one of the 7,000
secret disciples who had not bowed the
knee to Baal. The testing time comes
to him now, and he shows his colors
bravely.
AHAB, THE COVETOUS.
It might have been better if Nabath had
showed his colors sooner, and stood boldly
for Jehovah and against Baal, but we
must not be judges of men’s motives
when our data concerning them is so
meagre.
Ahab presents a very ugly side of his
life to us here. It would seem that he
had enough to satisfy him. He was king
loose on the community. Only week be
fore last I went before the grand jury
of our county and proved to them that
a negro had bought a cow from me,
pledged the cow until the money was
paid and gave me a note to that effect.
He then sold the cow and defied me as
to payment. The grand jury indicted
the negro and the court found him
guilty and sentenced him to two months
in the chaingang or a fine of $25.
An enterprising citizen who wated a
farm hand paid the fine, and that negro
is as free as you and I and can wreak
vengeance on me er anybody else he docs
, not like. He is striking distance of
my barn, and I have lost the money for
the cow, and the negro who sold the
i cow under mortgage still defies me and
I have no redress whatever.
This practice of turning bad men or
i women loose on >the. community is. per
nicious. It will have to be checked. The
. man who took the negro out came to
me with the criminal and assured me
> he would see my claim paid in taree
days later, that the man who wanted
, the farm hand had telephoned him from
• Atlanta to pay the solicitor’s fee and
had also said he would pay my cow
claim; but when I approached the man
( who took out this criminal he was mif
fed that I should presume to ask for
a settlement from him. I have been
i thus particular in stating the circum
stances to show our readers how we are
absolutely at the mercy of this pernl
, clous evil of paying out offenders only
■ to turn them loose to wreak vengeance
i on those who are robbed, as well as made
: perfectly helpless.
i SENATOR TILLMAN'S BBEAKDOWN.
The newspapers are full of the scene
i in the United States senate when Sen
ator Tillman attempted to speak at the
funeral obsequies of Senators Clay, of
i Georgia, and Dolliver, of lowa, and could
. not speak but a few words.
Any one who has kept in touch with
. reports of Senator Tillman’s health will
not be surprised that he was unequal to
t the task.
i It Is well understood that it is only a
. question of time before a similar scene
will be enacted for himself, if he is still
a member of the senate. If he had been
properly counseled he would have pre-
i pared a manuscript and allowed tne
, clerk of the senate to read it for him, if
he felt obliged to attempt a speech of
. any kind on that occasion.
When a prominent public man Ys so
unfortunate as to lose his health he
owes a duty to the country as well as
to hlmsqlf. and it is proper to state, It,
namely, give place to some one who is
physically able to do the work of the
position, and relieve himself of the
strain and worry that attends the dally
I life of a representative in congress, and
also allow the state the benefit of the
services of a person fully qualified to do
it.
When a bookkeeper fails somebody
must come in to do the bookkeeping.
When a bank president breaks down he
should step down and out.
While it was tragic to see Senator
i Tillman sobbing like a child in the sen
ate chamber, the very fact that he had
i no control of his emotions goes to prove
that he has lived his day and owes it to
himself to retire, and to South Carolina
to give the place to a sounder man.
> over a large territory, the resources of
: which could be poured into his coffers: he
had married wealthy, for Jezebel’s father
was not only the king of that fertile and
i rich section along the coast, with Tyre
i the greatest seaport of the country, as
i its capital, but he was also the priest
i of Baal, with all the many requisites of
i the office, not a’ few in those days, as
• now in the pope’s office. Wealth and po
sition were Ahab’s—these should have
have satisfied him. But they did not.
! Like every covetous man, he wanted
i more, even though it be just a little,
i And when he was thwarted in his de-
> sire, like every covetous man, he became
• very unhappy. Ahab went off and sulked
' over it; putting his face to the wall,
i either to keep his servants from seeing
■ him, or in pretended sorrow and grief,
1 he sulked.
Ah! the ugliness of covetousness! It
’ is the sin of the age. It is damning souls
■ of men all around us. The greed for gain
and gold makes men grind themselves
' and their employes. Men start out to se-
• cure a competency for their declining
1 years, but long before they have secured
• that the love of money • has mastered
1 them. They no longer own some money:
1 it owes them. It is their master; Instead
of it being mastered by them. Jesus rec
ognlzed this evil so strongly that in that
great masterpiece of theology and phllo
. sophy the sermon on the mount. He lays
■ down as one of the fundamental princl-
■ pies that shall govern the subjects of the
• kingdom that they shall not lay up
i treasure on earth. The matter is not op
i tlonal; it is mandatory.
1 There is but one way to beware of cove-
• tousness; but one way to control your
• money, and not let your money control
• you—seek first, first, first, the kingdom
of God and His righteousness. When the
• Interests of the King and the kingdom
• have the first place in one’s thoughts,
1 purposes and plans, there is not much
■ danger of overaccumulation. Nor is there
1 any danger of want. "All these things”-*-
’ the ordinary needs of a man’s life—"shall
1 be added unto you;” they that trust in the
1 Lord shall not want any good thing.” Try
’ it, my brethren, jf the money God has
! loaned you Is becoming your master In
-1 stead of your servant.
JEZEBEL, THE MURDERESS.
The rest of the story is familiar. The
wicked Jezebel, enraged that any one
should dare to refuse any demand of
1 the king, upraided Ahab for his weak
' ness, and took the matter in her own
1 hands. She planned the death of Nabath
and all his family, so that his lands
would revert to the king. The officers
1 of Jezreel were her dupes, probably ap
‘ pointed by Ahab. They were unscru
' pulous. With a show of justice, the
1 farce of a trial, a sham of a religious
' fast to avert a danger to the whole com
munity because a of some crime against
God and the king that remained unpun
-1 ished —this was the plan. Nabath was
• to be given a prominent place in the
celebration; two bribed witnesses were
1 to swear he was the guilty party, and
1 that the crime was treason against God
1 and the representative/ the king. This
1 would mean the death of the whole fam
ily. ‘
The plan was shrewd, cruel, wicked.
Godless; but it was well executed. Na
bath and his sons were speedily dealt
i with, stoned to death; and the matter
i reported to Jezebel. Ahab was as much
' to blame as Jezebel, she had planned It
and had it executed; but Ahab had con
i sented to it beforehand by giving his
i signet ring, setting his seal to the or
' der> „ _
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DISEASES OF PIGS.
The falling off in fleeh of little pigs is
generally due to a derangement of the
digestive organs. The first things neces
sary is to put on a diet of boiled grain
or meal, with which may be mixed a lit
tle boiled vegetables, except cabbage.
With this should be given each night and
morning a dose of one-fourth teaspoon
ful of a mixture of golden seal, three
ounces; powdered sugar, three ounces.
As the appetite increases ad a little raw
grain to the boiled feed each day till
the pigs are on a full diet of raw grain. I
Epilepsy—This is generally caused by,
overfeeding on such feeds as corn or
barley, with little or no milk, or feeds
rich in protein to balance them. Some
times, however, the disease is heredi
tary. Ptit the pigs in a clean, dry place ’
and give a teaspoonful of valerian tea
twice every day to each pig. This can
be mixed in the feed or milk. Excellent
results are also obtained by sprinkling
a little ground horseradish over the soft
feed. As much as a teaspoonful may
be given to each pig. If these remedies
fall to act give a half teaspoonful daily
to each pig of the following mixture:
Powdered asafoetlda. two ounces; table
salt, two tablespoonfuls powdered capsi
cum, one tablespoonful.
Rheumatism—This trouble is common
with little pigs when the weather has
been very wet. The appetite is impaired,
the pigs are lame and do not leave their
sty willingly. They should be kept in a
very warm place and fed a half teas
poonful of the following mitxure once
each day in warm gruel: Powdered sul
phur, three ounces; ground sassafras,
two ounces; powdered cinnamon, three
ounces. If this does not bring relief in
two or three days apply hot applications
to the affected parts. This latter
edy is not practical except for high
priced stock, unless the breeder does it
to remove the suffering and with no
thought of returns for the time em
ployed.
Scarlet Fever—lt is not generally
known that little pigs are subject to
scarlet fever. While the trouble may
not be exactly like the scarlet fever
which human beings have, it is so nearly
analogous that it is called scarlet fever
for want of a better name. The disease
makes its appearance on the back and
between the legs in the form of postules.
These gradually extend over the whole
body. It is very contagious and many
of the weak pigs die from the attacks.
The best remedy is the external applica
tion of medicines. Powdered blood root,
one ounce and boiling vinegar, one and
a half pints, is the best. When cooled
to blood heat apply to the affected parts.
Give a half feaspoonful of sulphur ev
ery night ana keep the pigs under quar
antine in a warm, dry place till they
have fully recovered from the trouble.
Colic—Many times the pig is bothered
with colic. The trouble requires quick
action to prevent death. Give a tea
spoonful in warm water every hour of
the following remedy: Ground caraway
seed, three ounces; assafoetida, one
ounce.
BAXSE MOBE BOGS.
The farmer should raise more hogs.
He should at alast raise his own meat
and a few hogi for the market.
There need be no fear of an overpro
duction of hogs. Hog production has
not kept pace with the Increase of pop
ulation. This largely accounts sot the
scarcity of hogs and high prices inci
dent thereto. The oft repeated charge
that the packers are responsible for high
prices is not sustained by an analysis
of the condition. Then, too, high priced
grain means high priced pork.. There
is little probability that gridn will ever
go much below its present value, as
grain production has not kept up with
increased population. The hog raiser
can depend upon good prices for his
hogs as long as population continues to
increase at a greater ratio than hogs,
and as long as grain prices are main
tained.
The farmers will not need a large herd
to begin with. Two or three sows will
be sufficient to start with. As he gath
ers experience and practical knowledge
of the best methods of successful hog
raising he can enlarge his herd. But
there should be a beginning. There is
no better time than now.
PLOW ALL THE TIME.
These are the days when enough low
growing green weeds cover the garden
and farm ground to make it worth while
to plow under to get the fertilizing bene
fit, to get rid qf the weeds and the ad
vantage of the plowing. Blowing is a
good thing. If the farmer 1 or trucker
should by any means find himself with
nothing td do, no task on hand, let him
by all means go out and plow. It does
not maJce so much difference what or
where he plows, only so he dots not plow
up and destroy something that he ought
not to. But he may be sure that there
is not a spot on his farm which it would
not pay to plow over, provided only it
has no growing crop on it. Bear in mind
that you cannot plow too much when
the conditions are right, and that they
are generally right.
HOOD’S
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Sarsaparilla
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For Z
• The Blood, Stomach, Liver
and Kidneys.
Possesses Medicinal Merit Peculiar to Itself.
Has an Unequalled Record of Cures.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Sold Everywhere.
Spring Humors are due to the “Hood’s Sarsaparilla has no
impure, impoverished, devitalized equal for cleansing the blood and
condition of the blood brought expelling the humors that accu
about by the unhealthful modes of Vnulate during the winter. This
living during the winter, too close spring pimples covered tny faco
confinement, too little outdoor' air and troubled me very much. I
and exercise, too heavy diet. took Hood’s and they all disap-
Hood’s Sarsaparilla cures them. peared.” Ralph Rust, Hillis, Mich,
NEW USE FOB SOY BEAVS.
The German chemists are ever on tha
alert to discover new processes for bst-i
tering human conditions. And now the'
American consul at Frankfurt-on-Ma.in I
reports an entirely new discovery in the
use of the soy bean. In his report he!
says: '
According to a Frankfurt publication a
German patent has been secured for the
manufacture from the soy bean of a ( ;
product to take the place of rubber. The I
process consists in the reduction of the
oil of the soy bean to a thick, tough
liquid through the addition of nitric acid.
After further treatment with alkaloid
solutions the mixture is heated to 150
degrees, giving a tough, highly elastic J
product, similar to rubber, which ctin
be vulcanized by the same process as* . ■ ( g
rubber.
Numerous attempts have been mada| ,
in the past to manufacture artificial
rubber and processes, which in the lab
oratory gave excellent results, but ha ire
been found Impracticable on account of ■
high post. Whether this latest method j
will be successful remains to be proved. ’
However, the fact that the soy bean Is ,
being experimented with is illustrative * .
of the fact that it is beginning to be
known in Germany, where it is now ;
imported free of duty. .
The bean is cultivated in the hinter
land of Kiaochow, the German leased
territory in China, as well as in Man
churia. Its increased commercial 1 tn-; t
portance would help develop the provirce
and bring new life to Jsingtau as a
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BBEEDS OF CATTLE.
Every dairyman who aspires to a
nified position in his profession should
attain to a comprehensive knowledge of
the various breeds of cattle. This is
not onlv of interest to him financially.!
but a satisfaction intellectually. It cer
tainly is a great oomfort to be able to
discuss all breeds of cows with intelli
gence.
Where do all the noted breeds of cat-;
tie come from? Where is the original. |
home o fthe Durham, the Ayreshire, the!
Holstein, the Guernsey, the Jersey laid,
others? Under what environments did,
each grow up that gave it that pecu
liar character which it sustains? We
know that every cause has its effect and
also the reverse. Individual breeds are'
the result of certain causes. <
What an interesting study there is ini t
sll this for the Inquiring mind! It leada
us to uncover nature's secrets and ar* 1
rive at the very foundation of thing* i
What, for instance, made the Jersey a|
butter cow rather than a beef specialist?!
It was the natural condition of genial
climate and succulent grass united with
special selection for that purpose and
other conditions.
That similar results must come from
similar conditions and causes, we must]
conclude from a study of the Guernsey |
and Jersey cattle. Both come from the
Channel islands off the coast of France, |
or rather between France and England:
Each bears the name of the Island
where it originated. The conditions in
these islands were similar and the c-yws *
which they produced are similar. The.
same rigid laws of cause and effect are*
to b© observed in the study of other' J
breeds.
GBOWUTG SPECIAL COB*.
Farmers’ Home Journal.
The Illinois agricultural experiment,
station has been breeding corn in an ef
fort to produce and fix strains that hs.ve
opposite characteristics .as to chem:cal
composition. By careful selection through
a period of over ten years the station
lias corn very rich in protein, some espe
■ cially rich in starch and sugar, and other
i high in oil and low in oil content. Alli
were bred from a single ear. None ot,
the especially bred corn is for sale. When
the experiment is completed no doubt it
can be obtained. Ordinary corn is ds
ficient in protein for feeding purposes,
and a high content of that constituent,
is desirable. Soon a farmer can grow
i one field of corn to supply starch and
glucose factories, another to furnish raw
material for corn oil manufacturers, and
1 still another to furnish corn for feeding
in case an abundance of valuable protein
food is desired. Corn growing has be
come “specialized.”
NOTES OB PLANTS.
The heliotrope is another giant bloom
ing plant that can grow in our southern
home yards with success. They are ex
quisitely beautiful and every home ground
should have them.
The is a g)od.
hardy climber for the home ground. We .
have known it to run 30 feet in a season.
It bears a mass of white starlike flowers
in autumn when flowers are most appre
ciated.
Then the double hardy hollyhock should
not be despised. They make a grand
summer and autumn flowering plant,
bearing long spikes of double flowerr,
three to four inches across. Try a few
and you will be pleased,
flower can give.
