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Address sll orders and notices for tht«
fWhat about a marble tournament*
No doubt the ice trust la just now doing
Ils most flourishing business.
There is somethin* new every day—or
at least some new candidate or other.
Do you feel that touch of autumn
along about 6 o'clock these July morn
ings ?
In Mobile the feeling seems to be
that It has been an eternity between
drinks.
Now that the heat wave is broken,
congress may adjourn sooner than it had
intended.
They have barred the public drinking
cup tn New Jersey, but what about the
private bottle?
Atlanta. Boston and St. Louis, three
■: .ail-enders in baseball, but otlierwise rat
tling good towns.
Think of the tennis champions and
their strenuous eyeeise these hot days;
but we must have tennis.
Mobile has voted for the return of the
saloon, but we never knew before that
she had ever banished IL
Now that the heat wave is about
broken. para<raphers will have to seek
some other sunbject.
United States naval officers say dread
noughts are indispensable. If not that.
' they jSertalnlv are effective.
.
If you hear or feel anything unusual, it
is last June’s ooilege graduate making
himself felt in the world.
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Now that Mobile has voted for saloons,
maybe we an root her out of next to last
place in the Southern league.
Sixty-three million bottles of beer have
been sold during the past month, and
probably as many more of near-beer
Imagine a condition six months from
now. if you can, when we shall all be
complaining of the cold and the furnace.
The trouble with being a lightweight
rehampion is that there is so much com
petition and so many lightweight
“hopes.”
A perusal of some of the letters in
the Stokes trial would indicate that the
bunch might well be worth fcS.ono to the
hotel owner.
A New Jersey minister approves of
>"‘good" liquor and tobacco; but in the
matter of liquor It is all alike after
I the first drink.
As Chancellor Day hasn't said any
thing lately about congress, it must be
Inferred that.'he has about given up the
I Democrats as a bad Jon.
We do hope the legislture will give
some attention to the Atlanta baseban
team, with a view of Improving its
league standing.
A ' New Jersey pastor says he sees noth
ing morally wrong in drinking or smok
ing. We refuse to comment on this or
| In any way influence our readers, ex
cept to say that ths campaign cigar
ought to be suppressed by law.
In view of the fact that the south's
■ crops are the backbone and most of the
- riba a* well ot this section's development.
It might be well to remark that the pres
ent weather is ideal far crops. Be diplo
matic with the weather man.
I .
A Rainy Romance
Saith one little raindrop
To the other: “Pray,
Wherefore art thou weeping?
Why not bright and gay?”
Saith th* other raindrop,
"I have been deceiv’d.
For my love hath left me—
Left me alone and griev’d.
“With another maiden
He has gone from me—
* That Is why I’m weeping;
Happy ne’er I*ll be!
“Now that I have told you.
Pray, why weepest thou?
Hast thou not a sweetheart?
Why that furrow'd brow’"
Saitii the first small raindrop:.
“I've cause-tears to shed—
I am t'other maiden
With whom he has fled.”
—New York Times.
COTTON GOOD OUTSIDE
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
NEW ORLEANS. July 10.—The Times-
Democrat rtifs morning prints the reports
of KA correspondent* as to the statuF.of
the *OOIIOO crop on July 5. and says the
| joncen-'u- of opinion is as follows;
■•Outside of Texas and Oklahoma, great
improvement is almost uniformly report
ed. The Texas correspondents report the
f crop as spotted, while Oklahoma was
facing a crisis because of heat and drouth
when these reports were made up.
"Cultivation has been thorough and
the supply of labor has been sufficient.
•There is some complaint of boll weevil
from certain districts, but farmers are
. Making a resolute flght.
JT“Taking the belt as a whole, the pros
g|&BCt is one of the best ever known at
Kh date.”
R' $500,000 in Cotton Fire
EM*r. PETERSBURG. July 1 -The tire
broke out among he cotton able*
|K the port section of the city last nigh:
extinguished today after damage
Ko ifirm* chared in the loss
THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION BILL.
In response to a practical and broadly popular demand there
has been introduced in the house a bill to establish a state highway
commission. The purpose of this measure is to give the various
counties scientific aid and direction in building, improving aad
welding together the public roads.
In no portion of the south are the people more deeply interest
ed in the cause of good roads than in Georgia. It is a singular
and regrettable fact, however, that the state itself has thus far ta
ken no definite and official interest in this great work, save in
apportioning its convicts to the counties. New York recently ap
propriated a million and a half dollars for the construction of a
single highway. Texas, North Carolina, Maryland and many oth
er states in this section are spending munificent sums upon their
public roads. Throughout the union it is recognized that the de
velopment of a highway system is pre-eminently a duty of the
state government.
The bill introduced by Representative Blackshear, of Rich
mond, provides for a commission to be composed o’s the chairman
of the state prison commission, the state, geologist, the professor
of civil civil engineering in the University and the Georgia School
of Technology, and one civilian member to be named by the gov
ernor. With the approval f this commission the governor will
appoint a competent civil engineer who is experienced in highway
and maintenance. This official, who will be known
as the state highway engineer, may appoint such assistants as may
be necessary to give thorough efficiency to the work of the com*
mission.
Such a department would, in no sense, interfere with the en
terprises upon which particular counties are engaged. On the con
trary. it would strengthen and facilitate their efforts by encour
aging backward communities to fall intp the line <sf progress.
The fact is the counties are justified in demanding that the state
re’nforce their individual efforts. Under present conditions the
work of a progressive county is often handicapped by neglected
roads in adjacent territory. It is the duty of the state to lend its.
aid and influence in repairing all such ragged stretches. By fur
nishing a basis df co-operation the highway commission would
establish a uniform system of good roads from one end of Georgia
to the other.
Tn addition to these general benefits a wealth of definite serv
ice would come to the in/lividual counties Through such a commis
sion. The state highway engineer would be ever ready to advise
and assist local road authorities. He would furnish blue prints
and estimates of the cost of construction of roads. He would in
vestigate and determine the methods of road building best suited
to particular sections. His office would be a store house of val
uable knowledge on this entire subject, and every county could
profit by the accumulated experience of the entire country.
The commission would distribute bulletins from season to sea
son, conveying the latest information on road building problems
and thus its work would be richly educational. It would also
collect complete statistics relative to the mileage, character and
condition of the main roads and bridges in all the counties, and
thereupon prepare a highway map of Georgia.
These are but a few instances of the practical service a state
highway comnlission would render. The object of the bill has the
cordial indorsement of good roads associations, trade boards and
of hundreds of officials throughout the state. It has been sanc
tioned both by former Governor Brown and Governor Smith. It
should be enacted without opposition.
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ADJOURNMENT IN SIGHT TOR CONGRESS.
The passage of the reciprocity bill, speedily followed by the
adjournment of congress, is now in sight. „
The Canadian pact, for which rough seas were lately feared,
has weathered all serious danger and is making for port, unshaken
except by such fitful gusts as the unhappy insurgents can raise.
When the Root amendment was voted down viva voce, it was
realized that the bill had a clear chance. This has been followed
by a signal defeat of the Cummins amendment. The more insid
ious enemies of the measure have given up their fight. It is now
simply a question of how long the insurgents will, or can, persist
in talking.
Senator LaFollette is expected to consume several days in
explaining why he opposes legislation, for the principles of which
he has professed loyalty. There may also be an attempt to nurse
a filibuster. But the backbone of the opposition has been broken.
Definite results must soon follow.
For this the Democrats of the senate are due a large measure
of credit. The great majority of them have stood squarely in sup
port of the splendid work of the house. To be sure, Senator Bailey
has done his utmost to mislead his party jnto an unholy alliance,
but this was only to be expected. Happily his influence has
counted for nothing. He has served the interests he represents,
while the rank and file of Democracy in the upper house have stood
stanchly by the party’s principles. I
The enactment of the reciprocity bill vyill doubtless end the
constructive work of the present session of congress. There are
other important measures to be settled, but these will probably be
carried over.
PREVENTIVES OF WAR.
The proposed treaty of unlimited arbitration between the
United States and Great Britain has passed the preliminary stages
and will soon be ready for adoption. Indeed, the formal draft of
this agreement is now complete, save in a few minor details of
phraseology. It has the foregone support of both governments, re
gardless of political parties. It represents a deep-seated idea and
wish of the English speaking people on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its consummation is all but assured.
The United States and England have submitted many of their
past differences to arbitration, but when this treaty becomes op
erative, all issues, of whatsoever character, will be given that di
rection. Matters involving national honor, as well as commercial
interests, will be settled through the peaceful processes of justice
and at least two of the earth’s great nations will have laid by their
arms for one another.
It is a noteworthy fact that the men who are most stalwartly
in favor of this treaty are the practical, business-minded men. For
the most part, it is only the sentimentalist who prates of “national
honor” and “vital interests” as being issues which arbitration can
never settle. The common sense of the two countries stand unitedly
behind the plan of unlimited arbitration. And so what was once a
vision has become a work-a-day policy.
The great virtue of arbitration treaties lies in the fact that
they hold the war impulse in leash until calm reason can assert
itself. They are mighty preventives that cool the blood; and it is
the evidence of history that most wars have been sparked by some
sudden passion and have begun either because facts were not really
understood or because there was no effectual means of bringing
the truth clearly to light.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1911.
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Topics
Compoctep BTMRS.TZH.S'ELTOA.
None of our readers will forget the ex
citement which followed the blowing up
of the Maine, one of >the largest war ves
sels of the United States, or the Cuban
war, which followed.
yhe Maine was located in Cuban waters
and supposed to be stationed there to
watch what was going on, warlike or
otherwise.
One nigh*t there was a revel in*Havana,
a big dance, a jamboree that sailor men
and military young bucks delight to fre
quent. Many of the Maine's men were
participating in the frolic, when a sudden
and violent explosion took place and the
great battle siiip was blown up and a
great many people were either blown to
fragments or went down with th*e wreck
to a shocking death.
I read a great many things about the
destruction of the Maine, but my opin
ion never wavered as to the cause of this
horrid tragedy. So many were absent
that night, intent on getting all they
could out of a frolic where Cuban and
Spanish senorltas were to be seen and
danced with, that there was gross negli
gence somewhere, dry boilers, perhaps,
and while these frolicsome sailors and
marines were in the midst of revelry the
accident took place.
Now, the United States government is
endeavoring to raise the submerged re
mains of the battle ship. An inspector
was appointed to investigate the inside
and outside of what has been raised up,
and this inspector is a person high in mil
itary circle, of well established capacity
and integrity, and he renders a verdict
that sustains my constantly expressed
belief that the explosion was not caused
on the outside, but on the inside of 'the
battle ship Maine. Whatever may have
touched off the torpedo it was inside the
hull of the ship, so it was not Spanish
incendiaries who did jhe mischief, unless
; hev were allowed bj* unfaithful men l>e
■ longing to the Maine to come over and
inside on that fatal night.
But the people of this country were
simply •’spilin’ for a fight” ijdtli Spain.
The authorities were hankering after a
scrap. They carried a chin on each
shoulder, and dared Spain to knock them
off .or make motions toward an insult.
A wink would answer, if Spain did not
walk straight, etc.
Oh, it makes an old body like myself
very fearful of the future when I recpl
lect bow madly we rushed into civil war,
and so soon afterwards plunged into a
fight with Spain.
I am told that 70 cents out of every
dollar of our tax money is devoted to
war. to pensions and the military equip
ment, leaving but 30 cents to building
up and repairing the waste places and to
give us a progressive civil government
and reasonable pay for the civil estab
lishment. Wc are in a constant .attitude
of war The excitement which followed
the destruction of the Maine goes to
prove our leanings toward guns and
deadly strife.
Only yesterday I chanced to come
across the published proceedings of the
peace commission, so-called, which set
tled the dispute with Sapin after we had
taken over the Philippines and < üba,
and destroyed the entire Spanish navy.
Every time I think of Admiral Cervera,
the Spanish commander of the fleet, and
of his terrible contest and the destruc
tion and loss of life. 1 ask myself,
•‘What did we get by the effort?”
So far as I may judge, we bought a
“pig in a poke” when we took over a
nation of seml-savages in the Philip
pines, and we bought enough trouble to
last us fdr a good long time.
xThe untold millions of money that
have' been wasted on those brown men
on the Oriental side of the Eastern con
tinent would have made these United
States a land flowing with milk and
A TACK IN THE INTERNATIONAL SHOE.
The reappearance of Cipriano Castro in trouble-ridden Ven
ezuela kindles a degree of international concern. For, wherever
Castro tarries, there bickerings are bound to be and'the paths of
trade and diplomacy are twisted. . Every European govermuen
that has dealings in Central America considers his presence apes
and to the United States he is like a tack in the shoe.
For more than a decade this adventurer ruled Venezuela with
all of the arbitrariness, but none of the constructive skill ot Diaz in
Mexico. He lined his own pockets with no pretense of promoting
his country’s general interests. He considered its resources as ns
private monopoly. Far from inviting commerce he discouraged it
at every turn. First, he fought to live; and then lived to tight.
Now, Venezuela, while not among the richest bf the Caribbean
lands, contains much natural treasure which its own people stimu
lated and aided by friendly relations with the outside, could turn
to large profit. American investors have important interests there
and so have the Europeans. The return of Castro imperils them all.
While formerly in power he seized every occasion to-snap and
snarl at the United States. He openly expressed a contempt for
this government and frowned upon its citizens. He was, moreover,,
a continual center of stormy, wasteful polities and Washington was
time and again perplexed as to what course it should adopt toward
It was just after a hot quarrel with the Netherlands that Castro
abandoned his power in 1908 and shipped to Europe. At the time
he was in widespread popular disfavor at home. It appears now,
however, that upon returning he has been able to rally a following
of some thousand fighters and his forces will doubtless win in
strength and numbers. Certain it is that the interested powers
would gladly unite on any defensible plan to suppress him.
UNCROWNING THE LORDS.
Now that England has jubilantly crowned her king, she turns
to the serious business of uncrowning the house of lords. The Tory
peers have put on a vastly different front from that they assumed
a few seasons ago. Today they are for compromise and concession,
for anything, indeed, that will enable them to depart at all grace
fullv from their one-time bold defiance.
Evidently, the word has gone round that, if it becomes nec
essary, the king will create a sufficient number of new peers to
assure the passage of the veto bill in the upper house. Nothing
could be mofe distasteful to the hereditary lords.
These new, or as they are sometimes called “puppet” peers,
tend rather to cheapen aristocracy. There is little virtue or dis
tinction in a coronet when the rabble takes to wearing them.
It is pointed out furthermore that the king would very much
dislike to be drawn into this political strife. It befits the king to
remain calmly aloof from such wranglings. And so out of consider
ation both for their own prestige and for the royalty, the Tory
lords will hesitate to compel the government to demand a batch of
ready-made lords in order to carry through its veto measure.
The probability is, therefore, that th6 bill as already passed by
the house of commons will be accepted by the upper chamber, with
such slight concessions as may be secured. The proposal that the
lords do their own reforming has gained little headway. A year or
so ago, such a plant would have enlisted popular support. But
now it is pretty much like the proposal of Atlanta's city council to
revise the municipal charter.
When the avalanche is fairly started it cannot be stopped by
grasping at a handful of snow.
i
honey 1f it had been used to develop
the country instead of buying more
slaves or niggers on the other side of
Japan or China.
But our people were “spilin’ for a
fight.” They wanted to fight somebody,
especially somebody that was well-nigh
helpless and easy to whip. And. after
all the rot that was printed and the
gush and glory of the Cuban war, we
are gravely told by one of our own mili
tary that nobody blew up the Maine from
the outside.
Whatever may have caused the explo
sion, it is certain that it grew out of
trouble on the inside.
PARADING THE PUBLIC STREETb
We had a fine sermon from Dr. Ains
worth, president of Wesleyan Female
college, on last Sunday.
Discussing the future of our womanhood
he said it was not education, bu-t the
habits or inclinations of young girls that
turned the scale as to their future useful
ness and happiness.
Byway of illustration he said: “Doubt
less it is net the edse in Cartersville, but
In tne other towns where I am familiar, a
certain state of things happens. About 4
o'clock in the afternoon, unless the* rain
is pouring down, you see the young
women and girls emerge from their
homes, dressed to the Ijmlt, in the very
best they can get in clothes, shoes, etc,,
etc. They go down the main street on
that side and they come up the street on
the other side. They have no business,
they are after nothing but to see or be
seen. They perform in this way as much
as six times, never less, maybe more.
They do nothing else in the promenade,
unless 'tjjey go into every little drug
utore anil suck something out of a tumbler
through a long yellow straw. They spend
their time until sundown or dusk in this
performance. Then they disappear until
the next afternoon, when the parade
again opens and they are on duty as be
fore.
“Now ” said the preacher, “what is
therd in this parade to build upon? What
sort of preparation is this for the serious
things of life? What soffi of wives or
mothers can you hope to find in a class j
of well dressed and often well schooled i
young women who devote so much time
to these public parades, with nothing at
the end of it except to show themselves
in the clothes that they are so fond of?”
If he had gone further and said, they
occasionally get in a quiet retreat, or
behind some of the taller ones, to put on
a little more face powder, or rearange
the head fixtures, he tyould have given a
little mote pith and poirvt to the subject.
These public parades are become an es
tablished institution. The little misses
are on to it. They dress up and they pa
rade just to be seen and to show off the
latest new frock that a patient, toiling
mother has nearly exhausted herself to
fashion and adorn. They primp, use face
powder and decline to wear hats because
their- hair ribbons are so expensive and
so profuse. They certainly come up in
the way they will go.
I can remember myself in the long ago
when I was allowed two school dresses
a week and a clean linen apron
other day, and when I got home from
school had to do things so that’, my moth
er could rest or pay a visit in the cool
afternoons, or I had to prepare my les
sons before dark, or practice that music
lesson, andl think my mother was Sensi
ble in keeping me engaged at something
useful, no matter how much I might i
have been inclined to gadding or dawd
ling about. But we are living in an age
that the prophet wrote about when he
eaid: “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity!”
Pray, where is this sort of thing to
stop?
Facts About The Farm
CONVENIENT WAY TO SCALD
TOMATOES.
It is a common practice to put to
matoes in a vessel of scalding water and
! leave them till the skins may be re»-
1 moved, then fish them out with a fork.
A better practice is to put the fruit
in a wire basket, which may be con
trived of poultry netting if nothing else
is at hand: suspend the basket in scald
ing water till the skin will slip on the
tomatoes, then remove and immerse
quickly in cold water, then the skin may
| be removed without burning the hands
J or mashing the fruit.
AN EFFECTIVE WATER-GATE.
; Many farmers have one or two small
| streams running across their farms, and
i these streams, when the water rises, play
havoc with the fences, so that hardly
a farmer in the country has a fence at
all where it crosses a stream. Indeed,
it is impossible to keep up an ordinary
fence under such circumstances.
The following illustrated device shows
how a water-gate may be constructed
which will prove highly successful and
it will last for years. An unusually high
water might damage it, but if construct
ed according to directions there is little
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likelihood of its ever being washed
away.
If nothing but large stock are kept
adjoining these gates, leave as much
space as possible between the wires, to
permit the passage of trash and timbers
during the floods.
A. stream bed.
B. forked posts on the banks. These
should be strong, durable and well set
in the ground. Many times we see trees
at the fence crossings that are the cotZ
| rect distance apart to be utilized for
i this purpose, which makes it all the more
lasting and permanent. .
C. pole to fit and turn 4n forks. The
length and size will depend upon the
distance across the stream. It should
be as straight as possible and must be i
smooth and round at the ends to
of easy turning.
D. d, wire or straps to retain the pole I
and prevent its rising during the floods. |
E. e, smooth wires.
F. f, boards or small poles attached to
the wires.
G. g. stay-wires to prevent posts from
pulling up ' or leaning down-stream.
These should extend upstream from the
posts.
When the water rises during a flood,
a gate of this kind rises and floats on
the surface of the stream and there will
be very little strain or pressure on the
fence. As the stream runs down, the
gate again settles into its original posi
tion. forming a stock-proof fence.
One must be very careful to keep all
logs, sticks and trash from collecting and ;
hanging on the gate after the water '
recedes, to prevent breaking or damag- I
Ing by sagging which would cause the
gate not to work as it should.—M. A.
Coverdell.
TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT CANTA
LOUPE.
The government says -growers must i
not label packages “Rocky Ford Seed
Melons” or any other name containing
“Rocky Ford” unless the melons are the
real thing—that is. they must be grown
in the Rocky Ford district of Colorado
and the government board of food in
spection says:
“The use of geographical names shall
not be permitted in connection with a
food or drug product not manufactured
or produced in that place, when such
name indicates that the article was
manufactured or produced in that place.
“The Rocky Ford melon Is one of the
older varieties of melons which, in the
environment/Of Rocky Ford, Colo., has
attained particular excellence.
“The same remark applies to the In
dian River oranges of Florida. They
are not a new variety, but various va
rieties which in the environment of the
Inc Nan River have attained unusual ex
cellence.”
This is a remar’cable decision. There
Is no reason why melons from any oth
er section should Ire sold upon the repu
tation of the Rocky Ford melons, they
will establish a reputation of their own;
if they are not as good, they don’t de
serve it, and should not be permitted to
pass under false colors.
Fruit growers generally should take'
note of this decision for it will apply
to every other similar case where pack- ;
ages have been marked with a geo- 1
graphical name.
Sell your products for what thej act
ually are—by* so doing you will establish
a reputation of your own and will not
he dependent upon the reputation of
others.
NEIGHBORLY NEIGHBORS.
No good neighbor will allow his fence
corner to grow rank with weeds that
will not only injure his own crops bui
those of his neighbor as well.
Il is not a good plan to sneer at a
neighbor who is always ready to try
something new in farming. Better watejh
him and say nothing you will be sorry
for later when he has proved its success.
I have found it to be of good advantage
to keep on good terms wtih my neighbor j
if for no other reason than <he selfish;
one of being able to call on him to help
out in times of too much work and short I
help.
The farmer who expects help from his
neighbor always must be willing to lend
a hand and a horse when called upon,
even if it is not always quite convenient.
What has become of the farmers whose
old-fashioned ideas of hospitality which
always prompted him to send around to
the neighbors a taste of the first choice
fruit or a basket of spare ribs or a bit
of a roast at killing time?
Better continue to lend our tools to j
the improvident one than quarrel with
him. His friendship may sometime prove
of more value than the temporary loss
of a plow or a hoe.
Do not poke fun at the too enterprising
man who leaves the old home to find for
tune fn a new country—he may .come back
to be our neighbor again.
ALFALFA LAYS ON FAT.
A Kentucky farmer wbn keep* about 100
hogs ou bis farm every year asks: “What
kind of forage will pnsince the most fat?”
This is rather a difficult question and will
dei>end upon the time of year and quality of ;
forage, but when considered from a fat pro- ‘
during standpoint we would feel safe in mak
ing the assertion that cow peas would give
the best results for producing fat, but if we |
were asked what was the best forage we !
would say alfalfa.
The whole question depends upon the local- I
tty. but with any kind of hog pasture it will .
pay to feed some grain feed to liarden tbe
meat and give it a more desirable flavor. There f
is nothing that will produce as rapid gain in
hogs as alfalfa and corn.
Th“ lice and mites will get tbe start of you
this hot weather If you don’t look cut!
I PICKED UP IN THE ORCHARD
If your neighbor's orchard has beel
spraved at least twice during the seal j
, son it will interest you to comps.re thi
. quality and quantity of his fruit wit|
yours, if yours has not been sprayed
If your orchard produces poor fruit yo|
may be sure there is a reason and yoi
, I ought to find it.
Grape vines make a beautiful arbor
. and if properly taken c ire of will pa)
, their way every yeaj>- in fruit.
The reason fruit trees planted in fend
( corners and out of the way places dl
not thrive generally may be found 11
the ’fact that they are not cultivated.
If a man sells fruit of which he il
.ashamed then he should throw away hil
I * stencil and conceal all evidence of hil
, I ownership.
If the orchard has been cultivated ul
to this time it may be sown broadcas!
with any of the crops for gather.ng nb
irogen such as clover, field peas or bat*
ley. x
It. is a great mistake "to pick out thl
I poorest soil on the place on which, t|
[ plant the orchard. The best is nene to 4
i good. w
HEMP CULTURE INCREASING.
The blue grass regions of Kentucky, it
' the center of which lies Lexington, raise!
about 20,000 acres of flax from whicl
hemp is procured.
The acreage devoted to hemp in othel
parts of the United States is very small-*
perhaps 600 acres around Lincoln, Neb.,
and an equal number in the lower Sac<
ramento valley. California, with small ex*
perimental plantings in Indiana, Pennsyli
vania, Wisconsin. Michigan, Minnesota,
lowa and Arkansas. --
All the hemp fiber produced In this
country is used in the Americal mills)
and, as increasing quantities are beinj ' .
imported a marke*t for a larger produc*
tion is offered.
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TRANSPLANTING TOBACCO SEED*
LINGS.
Tobacco seedlings are set out, partici
ularly on the larger plantations, with a
machine called a transplanter. It i«
drawn by a team trained to walk very
slowly. It consists of a barrel of watel
set on a truck with a single wheel ahead,
which acts as a roller. Behind the truck
comes a plow, which opens a furrow in
which the plants are set. Following eom4
the wings, which draw the soil ovet th«
-
Transplanting Tobacco Seedling’s.
rodts of the plants and set them. ’• * i
The barrel of water is so connected by
a rubber tube and gearing that It lets
out aboirt a cupful of water on the roots
of each plant as It is set. Thia puts the
water just where it is needed by the
plants, and they thrive much better than
when se»t by hand. A machine, three
men and a ’team can set from three td
four acres of tobacco in a day.
COMPOSTING DEAD LEAVES.
Composting Is rather a hard job ana
requires a great deal of time. The com
post heap should be made square and
with perpendicular sides, four or five
feet high and as nearly fiat on top ad
possible. The leaves may be composted
with stable manure thoroughly rnlxeo.
Hen manure, cow manure and some lime
will do no harm.
If the heaps are made now the com
post will be ready for use early next
spring. It requires a long tiifae sos
leaves to become thoroughly composted.
The compost heap should be made un
der shelter else the rains will wash
awav much of the valuable liquid. ThG
compost heap can receive nearly every
thing—slops from tjje kitchen, old veg- W
etables, animal matter (provided it is
cut up fine. Great care must be taken,
however, that the vines of vegetables
which have been diseased should not set
into the heap as they will infect the •
entire compost and do much harm. t
The pile must be forked frequently
and kept damp enough to aid in the rot
ting process.
To thoroughly compost eight <>r ten
tong of leaves will require many months
and the matter should be placed in at
least four or five heaps to facilitate the
forking and handling.v
These heaps may be made in the fields
where the compost is to be used late - ,
but it be covered as before sug
gested. Maiiy gardeners build up *
structure of rails or old boards in order
to keep the heap in proper shape
FEEDING FIGS DURING
SUMMER.
On Bcconut of living a comparative!*’ small
stomach the p g ‘* an animal especially adapted
to the consuming of concentrated feeds. W
growing piz and the mature breeding animal
van nee considerable rough feed and forage to
advantage. , . -
1 For beat results the growing pig must not
t>e confined to forage crops and roughage alone,
and the fattening hog. although It can use a
litt e bulky and snccnlent food, should be fen
largelr upon concentrated feed.
The legumes, alfalfa, rape. rye. sogbum.
milled are carbonaceous feeds. Blue grew
contains les« protein than the former, bu” more
than the latter crons, consequently. If vre are
feedinc P gs on pasture we must plan to feed
protein M* If they have carbonaceous forage
and pasture and carbonaceous feeds if they
ha v P proteinaceous pasture and forage croiw*
P'gs that have the run of clover and alfalfa
make the best gains If fed a lltle corn and j
some or the nltrogene-n’S feeds like oil meal,
skii’i'nilk or wheat middlings. However, it Is
usuallv wore profitable to denend upon the
• lover and alfalfa pasture and not feed the
more expensive feds.
With carbonaceous forage and pasture ft will
pay to feed less corn and more of the nitro
g-neous feeds.
If we have our pigs well developed on for
age anj nrotein feds they will be In condi
tion to fln'ah ' corn alone the last two
months.—W. M. K. ‘
BELIEVES IN MARCH FIGI
' T have best qiicresa with young pig’ J**" ’
rowel about the of March.
about a month old we wean them and put them
in a pen bv themselves and feed on sweet
sklrrmlik. Titov learn to drink quickly.
We add a little middling to tbe milk. Aboat
the first of Mnv re tern the pigs Into the
o-chard on grass and clover pasture. ,
twice d»Uy with bran and middlings mixed
with milk or water, giving them all z they
j want.
We beg’p to fatten November 1. o” corn,
corn fe’dor. apples and ni’tk. Tber are ready
for kiP*ng al>out tlte middle of November.—
J. B. Übiisoa. New Wilmington, Pa.
When a farmer’s wife brealrs down
from overwork he naturally feels that ho
is in hard luck. .Hired girls come high
and so do blooded bulls and riding
I plows.
