Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, July 14, 1911, Page 4, Image 4
4 THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ATI.AMT A. GA t MOB TH FOMYTH ST. Entered at tbe Atlanta Postofflce aa Mat! Matter of the Second Class. JAMES *. GKIT, President inrt Editor. SUBSCRIPTION PUCE Twelve months.. Sir months ** Three months The Sean-Wreklg Journal ft published oa Tuesday and Fridsv and 1s ma bed by tbe short est routes for *arty delivery. It csetalna news from all over tbe world. Orc-rtf by special leased wires Into our offer. It ban ■ staff of dtotlngwsbed contributors, with ttreng departments of special value to tbe home and tbe fam. Agents ’wanted at every postoffice. Übers’ -ommhalrn aNowed. Outfit free. Write to P. R. Randolph. Circulation Manager. Tbe on!v traveling representattree we bare are J. AJI Bryan. B. F. Bolton. C. C. Coyle and M. H. Gilreath. We wHI be responsible only for njpnev paid to the above named traveling re*re*utatieee. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS The label >«ed for addressing you’ rarer stsovre the time your subscription expires. By renewing at least two weeks before the date os tbs label, yon Insure regular rrvtce. In ordering paper changed be sure to mention your old. as well as yoot new. address. If on a rural route, please give the route number. We cannot enter eubscriptions tn be gin with Part numbers. Remittance should be sent by postal order or regis tered mail. » department to THE SEM’-WEEKLY JOURNAL Atlanta. Ga. 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. \ • 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. \ —i 1,.,, ~n 1 .i ji w 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. if 'WI (pUMTRY . r .■** Was kV" \ Namf timely 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 U —_z—jj I _ 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. • la 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.