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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1913.
rjcultural
ucafion
and 5UCCE55FUL MiG
^ Andrew M.,5oule
THE FUSARIUM DISEASE OF POTATOES
The Dry-Rot Fungus Causes a Blight and Wilt of the Po
tato Crop-lt Also Produces a Sick Soil Condition
HOKE SMITH FARM BILL
PAST SENATE COMMITTEE
SICK, SOUR STOMACH,
INDIGESTION OR 6AS
BY T. P. MANNS.
This department will cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State Ag
ricultural College, Athens, Oa.
The dry rot of potatoes has long
been known as a storage trouble. At
intervals since 1824 there has been
found associated with this rot by dif
ferent investigators a fungus of the gen
ius Fusarium, which has been various
ly designated, but the history of the
CHEAP PROTEIN FOR
SOUTHERN FARMERS
The season of the year is at hand
when the winter feeding of cattle must
be undertaken, and consequently the
farmer is casting about to find out what
he can utilize for this purpose to the
best advantage. He is offered a great
variety of foodstuffs and at a marked
variation in price. Many of these are
the refuse derived from the manufac
ture of various commercial products
used for human consumption. In some
instances the refuse material is as val
uable for the maintenance of live stock
as the original product. For instance,
if the starch of corn be removed the
protein content of the refuse from this
cereal wil be increased above the nor
mal. and for certain purposes the prod
uct has been ehanced in valiu*. Strange
to say, most of these by-products, how
ever, are not offered for sale on their
merits, but are manufactured in some
form suposedly to increase their vir
tues, but really only calculated to ad
vance the financial interests of the man
ufacturer. Hence, when the farmer goes
to buy a so-called food products he is
frequently at a loss to know just what
the merits of the given . material may
be and the source from which its differ
ent ingredients may be derived. As a
matter of fact, while it may show a
certain analysis, and, therefore, appear
to commend itself as a fine substitute
for some foodstuff which has been fed
in 1 rge quantity it may not be readily
digestible, and probably does not exert
the desirable physiological effects in
animal nutrition which would be de
rived from the product which it is in
tended to imitate. This business has
now assumed tremendous proportions
and. the farmer is frequently of the
opinion that it is cheaper ^rnd more de
sirable for him to buy one of the ready
mixed products than to prepare a ra
tion for himself. Strange to say, he
frequently has the idea that the mix
ing which it has undergone has in some
mysterious way improved its qualities
when it is made up probably of the
very foodstuffs which he either has on
his own place or may purchase at a
lower cost than the constituent ele
ments he buys in the mixed food.
Georgia farmers are chiefly concerned
in the utilization of two or three food
stuffs for the maintenance of their dairy
cows, beef cattle and work stock. These
are briefly corn, oats and cotton seed
meal. To this list, of course, may be
added wheat bran, shorts and some
other foodstuffs, but the first three men
tioned are the primary concentrates to
which the farmer should give consid
eration and attention. If he buys any
or all of these in their natural condi
tion, he knows just what he is getting,
for, though corn and oats may vary
somewhat in composition owing to the
latitude in fthich they are produced, the
variation is not as a rule extreme. Cot
ton seed meal is produced in the south
and is sold under guarantee of the state
department of agriculture, and, there
fore, the buyer knows exactly what he
is getting. If a mixed feed of any
character is desired, the combination
of these three primary foodstuffs will
enable the preparation of a ration ad
mirably adapted to the nutrition of
horses and mules or beef and dairy
*attle.
Wnat more can the farmer ask than
to have the measure of protection af-
’ forded him through the utilisation of
these fod products? In the winter time
there is plenty of leisure on every farm
to do the small amount of weighing and
mixing necessary to prepare the choic
est of rations from the materials under
discussion. Why pay an abnormal price
for something which though said to be
just as good is frequently not so de
sirable, and is probably after all made
Low Fares!
Homeseekers tickets are
sold at greatly reduced fares
on the 1 stand 3rdTuesdays
of each month; stopovers
free and 25 days time, via
Cotton Belt Route,—to
Arkansas
and Texas
Winter tourist tickets (round
trip) from southeast points to
many points in Texas, Louisiana
and New Mexico, will be on sale
daily Nov. 1st, 1913 to April 30,'
1914; with exceedingly long return
limit of June 1st, 1914. Stopovers.
All year tourist tickets on sale
daily to certain points in Texas
—90 day limit.
The Cotton Belt Route is the
direct line from Memphis toTexas.
through Arkansas—two splendid
trains daily, with electric lighted
equipment of through sleepers,
parlorcars and dining cars. Trains
from all parts of Southeast make
direct connection at Memphis
with Cotton Belt Route trains
to the Southwest.
For full information about Home-
seekers Fares, Winter Tourist Fares
or All Year Tourist Tickets, address
the undersigned. Books about farm-
EXAS
concentrates
up largely of the three
mentioned.
Cotton sefcd meal has long been known
as the concentrate richest in protein
available for use on the farms of the
United States. It is so rich In fact that
it combines admirably with other food
stuffs which are low. for instance, in
protein but relatively high in carbv
hydrates. On this account it is a splen
did foodstuff to combine with corn, and
while it may be fed alone with the
very best results to beef and dairy cat
tle, it gives even better results in com
bination with a limited amount of corn.
When combined in proper proportions
with oats and corn for horses and
mules, it increases the economy and ef
ficiency of the ration Very materially.
On account of the concentrated nature
of cotton seed meal and the high per
cent of protein it contains, it is prob
ably more extensively used for building
up by-products derived from the manu
facture of various foodstuffs than any
thing else. Hence, when the farmer
buys one of the so-called ready mixed
feeds in many instances he is buying
back at a high price but in a disguised
form the cotton seed meal produced on
his own or his neighbor’s farm. Surely
this is a practice which southern farm
ers cannot afford to continue. Surely,
they do not appreciate the full extent
to which cotton seed meal is used for
the purpose indicated above. It is
clearly evident that if it is used in
various parts of the country for im
proving the feeding qualities of various
by-products the farmer must pay a prof
it on these manipulations. Therefore,
as he has the basis of the ration on his
farm in the form of corn and oats, why
not buy the raw product under a guar
anteed analysis and utilize it in the
proportions advised through the various
agricultural colleges and experiment sta
tions for the productaion of rations in
all respects better than he can pur
chase and which will cost him less than
the mixed feeds prepared by using cot
ton seed meal as a base.
Pure cotton seed meal is one of na
ture’s geratest gifts to the southern
farmer. It has no superior as a source
of cheap protein. It can not only be
fed to advantage, but will enrich the
resulting manure and thus help to build
up the land. It can be so extensively
used directly and alone under proper
conditions of management that in many
Instances it will not pay at the present
prices for meal to combine it with other
foodstuffs. For those classes of stock
to which it can not be fed alone to the
best advantage, it combines ideally with
foodstuffs for the improvement
or the ration. Cotton seed meal should
therefore be purchased and utilized on
its merits and it can be made more ef
fective as a concentrate in this form on
f 1 ' 10 « outhe ™ fa ™ than by shipment
;V he , n0rth an<J west and mixed with
other tood products of uncertain origin
hackTt 1U *t and ,Y h ' Ch are then shipped
hack to the south and sold to our farm-
ers at exorbitant prices.
* * *
fertilizing winter oats.
•Mr E. X.. of Evans. Ga.. writes- ' J
fan/ D w™,r‘ S , °S pea stuWe rly<,r bottom
innrt. Would it he advisable for me to
apply act'd phosphate, and if so . at what
.fj r °[ {ho growth of the oats and how
much per acre, and what grade? I am also
planting some Bermuda sod to oats. It
haR not been broken in six or seven years
and some portions are a little thin, though
qhnnM 1l #hf t . We / al1 second bottoms. How
should this he fertilized and at what time?
In our opinion it will pay to fertiliz
oats when planted in the fall. In most
instances we think a complete fertilizer
preferable and especially do we think
this advisable where the land is not in
tbe best physical condition and low in
tile mineral elements essential to plant
growth. If one were to use acid phos-
phate alone we would suggest the appll-
! cation of not less than $0 pounds of the
| 16 per cent grade. Where one uses a
complete fertilizer, and this would of
course# be better on a Bermuda sod and
on the up lands than on the bottom
lands, %e think the percentage composi
tion should be 2 per cent of organic ni
trogen, 8 per cent of phosphoric acid and
3 „ p ®!1 c t en ^ of Potash. Apply at the rate
of 200 to 300 pounds per acre. We would
prefer putting the grade of fertilizer
mentioned in with the oats at the time
of planting. The use of phosphorus and
potash in the spring of the year is noi
likely to give as good results as when
these elements are incorporated in the
soil at the time of planting the oats.
These elements are not readily leached
trom the soil and the organic nitrogen
when used as suggested is quite likely
to be fully utilized by the growing crop.
READING COURSES FOR FARMERS.
L. A., New York, writes: Please advise
me if the College of Agriculture offers a
reading course for farmers. I expect to
purchase land in the south for farming pur
poses, and' would like to study the subject
in advance.
The College of Agriculture does not of
fer special reading courses for farmers,
bu tit offers special short courses in
which a large number of practical ad
dresses are made by experts of the in
stitution. These courses obtain from
January 5th to tl6th, and those desiring
may study with us a longer period. There
is also a three months course which is
very valuable to farmers and particular
ly those who desire to acquire informa
tion and advice about Georgia lands and
the probable returns from investment
therein. The college has an admirable
organized department of agronomy in
which special emphasis is laid on spils
and farm management. The department
of agricultural chemistry in co-opera
tion with the department of agronomy
is carrying on surveys of the soil types
in several counties in the state, while the
data obtained from the test plats in va
rious counties will be found very help
ful. Persons owning land or contem
plating purchasing land in Georgia will
line! the courses offered an immense prac
tical value and they can secure direct
and practical information at first hand
at a lower cost through taking these
courses than in any other way.
TESTING LAND FOR ACIDITY.
Mr. R.. from Andalusia, Ala., writes: I
hav« ? some blue litmus paper which I de
sire to test my land with. If it turns the
blue to red what kind of fertilizer must I
use on my land?
Showing prematur^ dying in the field
of an area which has become infested
with Fusarium disease.
show some or all of the vessels to be
of a brown or dull gray discoloration.
Following the marked yellowing of
the fields a premature ripening or dying
of the plants sets in. The life of the
crop is shortened fully three to six
weeks. The tubers are undersized and
the yield is materially reduced. The
progress of the disease is greater in
certain areas than in others, due prob
ably to several different factors, such
as previous infection being uneven, ir
regular drainage, different soil condi
tions, etc.
The disease makes its attack ^>y way
of the root system. Nearly all such
root infecting parasites are more or
less persistent-soil organisms.
There is much evidence to indicate
that many growers are practicing po
tato rotations of too short a duration.
Most of such growers have attempted
to maintain a three-year rotation of
wheat, clover and potatoes, but longer
than a three-year rotation should be
If the blue litmus paper turns red
you may be sure that your soil is quite
acid. In order to determine correctly
the acidity in your soil the best method
of procedure is as follows: Remove
the surface earth to a depth of a cou
ple of inches. Take one or more hand-
lulls of the soil and mix thoroughly
together. Place the soil in a new tin
cup and moisten it with rainwater. In
sert the blue litmus paper in it and
watch to se whether it turns red
quickly or slowly. The more quickly
and completely colored the paper be-
disease as a field trouble is of com
paratively recent record.
On badly infected soils the disease
is characterized as follows: The stand
is uneven, though few of the hills are
missing. The early growth is some
what slow. When the plants reach a
height of 10 to 14 inches, there is an
apparent cessation of growth. The
first indication of the disease is usual
ly conspicuous at this time. The pre
liminary symptoms are a light green
color of the foliage, particularly the
lower leaves; this is accompanied dur
ing the heat of the day by a partial wilt
ing and an inward and upward rolling
of the upper leaves. The color gradu
ally changes to a sickly yellow, which
slowly and evenly covers the affected
vines. The wilting and rolling of the
leaves extends to all parts of the af
fected plants. As the disease progress
es the field takes on a mottled yellow
to light gren color. .The growth of
the foliage is greatly restricted, the
wilting becomes more pronounced and
there is associated much tip-burn ow
ing to the failure of the leaflets to
fully recover at night from the wilt
of the midday. Occasional hills will
show only one or two vines afflicted.)
Plants which early succumb to the dis
ease pull up easily, manifesting a bad
ly rotted condition of the root. As a
rule the blighted stems do not fall, but
remain quite erect, except for the droop
ing top.
A careful examination of the under
ground parts of the afflicted plants
in their early symptoms reveals a num
ber of pathological conditions. When
the sgil is thoroughly sick many of
the roots are entirely destroyed. Parts
of the main root and many of the larger
secondary roots manifest a vitreous,
sickly, watery, aspect, instead of the
clear white of healthy roots. Cross
sections of the large roots and the stem
at a level with the groun dor below
comes the greater the evidence of acid
ity in the soil. You should make these
tests at a number of places throughout
your field.
For acid soils we would advise the
use as a rule of finely ground raw
rock. This kind of lime only exerts
about one-half the seweetening power
of the burnt or caustic lime. It should
therefore be used at the rate of about
one ton per acre on most soils. We
would prefer that it be put on about
two or three weeks before planting the
crop. It is best to put it on . land
where you expect to plant legumes.
SEED VERSUS MEAL AS FERTIL
IZER.
Mr. H. L.. of Blakely, Ga., writes: I own
a four-horse farm iu the city and have the
seed from sixty bales of cotton. What do
you think will pay me best, sell the cotton
seed and buy guano, or exchange for meal
and mix it with my guano? Ilow can I buy
pure cotton see«? Will It pay me to put
in a few acres of alfalfa? What time of
the year is the best to plant it, now or in
the winter? The winters here are not very
cold and there is no danger of the cold in
juring it.
A ton of cotton seed contains about
$U worth of plant food at average
prices for commercial fertilizer. Allow
ing liberal prices we would say it would
not exceed $12 in vtdue for fertilizing
purposes. Of course, the seed contains
a large amount of oil that is of no
value when incorporated with the
ground, and the soil would probably be
better off if it was left out of it. Where
one can exchange a ton of seed for a
ton of high grade meal, that is, a sam
ple running 6.18 per'cent of nitrogen,
2.5 per cent of phosphoric acid and 1.6
per cent of potash, and receive a bonus
of $2 a ton in addition, we think it to
I is interest to do so. Meal will ordinar
ily contain from $23 to $25 worth of
plant food per ton, depending on its
exact composition. At high prices for
commercial plant food elements it will
approximate $30 in value.
Using the meal as the basis and mix
ing with it acid phosphate, kainit or
muriate of potash in proper proportions,
you should be able to secure a fertil
izing formula of excellent character for
the production of corn and cotton on
land such as you have in Early county.
An application of 300 to 500 pounds per
acre should prove profitable. The fact
that you have obtained good results
from 250 pounds of such a mixture for
a number of years past should make
you hesitate to change your methods of
practice at the present time. From the
standpoint of economy, we think your
present practice should prove as desir
able from your point of view as any
method you can pursue.
In buying cotton seed we think you
will do well to inquire into the varietits
which give the best results in your com
munity and which have been known to
yield well through a series of years on
your soils. The variety selected should
bo chosen for earliness on account of the
approach, of the boll weevil, for length
and quality of staple and for freedom
from disease* Buying varieties of cot
ton at random and at high prices is not
a desirable practice for our farmers to
pursue as there is entirely too much at
stake. Good seed is a most important
matter in securing a good yield of cot
ton. One should therefore buy with
care and discretion and only from those
firms or individuals who have an estab
lished reputation for fair dealing, and
who are taking special pains to produce
and distribute seed of superior quality.
One has a right to expect in buying
seeds at high prices to receive a reason
able guarantee from the grower as to
the methods under which the seeds were
produced, selected and preserved, and
their freedom from disease and other
objectionable qualities. Where you can
buy under these conditions we think
your interests will bep roperly pro
tected.
We think you will do well to give con
sideration to the cultivation of alfalfa
in your section of the state. It is now
too late, in our judgment, to attempt
seeding the crop this fall. You should
prepare the land by deep plowing and
careful cultivation and sow it to a win
ter cover crop such as rye. Turn this
under in the early spring and sow to
peas. Turn under the peas in late Au
gust or early September, lime the land
at the rate of not less than two tons
of pulverized rock per acre, and then
work down to a fine seed bed and let
3tand for two or three weeks. Fre
quent cultivation should be given to
retain moisture and to secure a fine
tilth. Seed the alfalfa from the first
to the fifteenth of October if the season
Showing a potato rotting*in the soil
from the Fusarium disease.
practiced.
Sick fields should not be planted in
potatoes again for at least five or six
years, and even longer time may be
required to work the parasitic fungus
from the soil. Grass and grain crop
will undoubtedly eliminate the fun
gus from the soil quicker than will
manuring and cultivated crops.
The work of the dry-rot in improper
storage causes an excess of moisture,
due to the drying up of the rotting
tubers. This excess moisture condition,
together with the added facility with
which bacteria and decay fungi may
enter the already infected tubers, brings
about much complication in the form
of soft or wet rots, for which the Fusa
rium disease is primarily responsible.
Under the average cellar storage condi
tions it is quite safe to estimate the
loss from dry-rot and its complications
at from one to five per cent.
The amount of loss occasioned by
using infected seed can only be deter
mined by growing such seed upon soils
free from the disease* and alongside
of which is planted seed of the same
source and variety which is not carrying
the disease.
is at all favorable. Fertilize it with
800 to 1,000 pounds of about a 10-4-5.
Use America n grown seed and sow
twenty pounds per acre, cross drilling
it. or scattering broadcast and covering
with a wheeled weeder. The seed should
be inoculated before it is planted. You
can secure the cultures for this purpose
on application to the btfteau of plant
industry, United States department of
agriculture, Washington, D. C.
Argentina Cattle
BY W. H. MUMFORD.
Cattle raising for beef in Argentina,
especially in the temperate zone, is a
much more favored industry than in
the United States. The climate makes
it possible for the entire life of cattle
to be spent out of doors without shel
ter and generally without shade of any
kind. Alfalfa grows most luxuriantly,
and the suitability of a very large acre
age for the growth of that crop and of
other nutritious indigenous and intro
duced legumes and grasses, together
with cheap land and labor, makes it pos
sible to produce beef cheaply. To any
one unacquainted with the possibilities
of the country, the degree of fatness
which the cattle acquire on grass or al
falfa alone is a marvel. Corn feeding
as a supplement to pasture for beef pro-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Two thou
sand men and women, representing the
^mti-Saloon League of America and the
Woman’s Christian Temperance union,
assembled today at the capitol for a
demonstration against the liquor traffic.
In two phalanxes the men and women
marched from the downtown section of
the city to the east front of the capitol.
Each bore a petition demanding nation
al prohibition by constitutional amend
ment.
The petitions were received by Repre
sentative Richmond Pearson Hobson, of
Alabama, author of such a proposed
amendment, and by Senator Morris
Sheppard, of Texas. The legislators
also received from a special committee
cf the anti-liquor forces a copy of an
other resolution suggested forever to
prohibit the manufacture or sale of in
toxicating liquors except for sacramental
and medicinal purposes.
In their march to the capitol the anti
salon league forces were led by Brig
adier General A. S. Daggett. Mrs. Lil
lian M. Stevens, of Maine, president
general of the W. C. T. U. f marshalled
the women, who waved banners as they
paraded down Pennsylvania avenue.
After presentation of the petitions,
which were filed in the senate and
house, prohibition speeches were to be
made by Ernest H. Cherrington, of
Westville, Ohio; former Governor M.
It. Patterson, of Tennessee; Mrs. Ella A.
Boole, of Brooklyn, N. Y., president of
the New Y'ork state W. G. T. U., and
Mrs. Mary Harris Armor, of Georgia.
CAPITOL IS THRONGED.
The scene at the front of the capitol
and on the esplanade between the main
steps and the congressional library was
an enlivening one as the hosts of prohi
bition arrived. Observers estimated more
than 4,000 persons were packed on the
capitol approaches and the broad drive
ways. The audience sang “America,”
“Onward Christian Soldiers” and other
hymns.
Representative Hobson and Senator
Sheppard were cheered when they receiv
ed the resolution for a national prohibi
tion constitutional amendment which la
ter wos introduced in both house of con
gress. President Baker, of the Anti-Sa
loon league, submitted the resolution and
Senator Sheppard replied on behalf of
himself and Mr. Hobson.
“There is no higher duty that we can
conceive,” said the senator, “than to in
troduce in both houses of congress this
resolution calling for nation-wide prohi
bition by constitutional amendment.
“We are against the liquor traffic be
cause it is the worst enemy of our civ
ilization; because we want a drunken-
less republic and an untainted flag.”
Macon s Chief to Be
Fined for Running His
Horse Across Bridge
MACON, Ga., Dec. 11.—Police Chief-
elect George H. Riley, who is to take
office one week from today, was fined
$2.50 in police court today. He promptly
paid the fine, which was imposed for
riding across the Ocmulgee river last
night at a gait faster than a walk.
Patrolman Cain, who is detailed from
headquarters to regulate traffic at this
point, promptly summoned the chief-
elect when he had crossed the bridge.
Quite a crowd of friends wore pres
ent in court to hear the case. The chief
was riding a fine thoroughbred he had
just received from Kentucky, and a
horse that he has purchased especially
to ride during his term as chief.
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—The senate
committee on agriculture at a meeting
this morning unanimously agreed to re
port favorably the bill of Senator Hoke
Smith, providing for agricultural exten
sion work from the state colleges of
agriculture throughout the United
States.
The bill appropriates $10,000 at ono«
to each state, and increases yearly un
til $3,000,000 will be annually distribut
ed betwen the states, according to rural
population.
The money is to be expended by the
colleges of agriculture in the employ
ment of trained experts who will re
side in the various counties and conduct
farm demonstration work, carrying to
the homes of the farmers all of the
truths which have been demonstrated
by the \york of the colleges of agricul
ture, the experiment stations, and the
department of agriculture at Washing
ton.
Domestic science will also be includ
ed in this work, and all matters per
taining to the welfare of farm life.
Senator Smith expects to press the
measure before th senate and hopes
for favorable action before the last of
January. He regards the proposed legis
lation as among the most important
that will be considered by the sixty-
third congress.
Slayer of E. P. Best
Given Death Sentence
Week After Murder
“Pape’s Diapepsih” makes up
set stomachs feel fine in
five minutes
Wonder what upset your stomach—
which portion of the food did the daip-
age—do you? Well, don’t bother. 11
your stomach Is in a revolt; if gour,
gassy and upset, and what you just
ate has fermented into stubborn lumps
head dizzy and aches; belch gases anc
acids and eructate undigested food;
breath foul, tongue coated—just take
a little Pape’s Dlapgpsin and in five
minutes you wonder what became of
the indigestion and distress.
Millions of men and women toda>
know that it is needless to have a bad
stomach. A little Diapepsin occasion
ally keeps this delicate organ regu
lated and they eat their favorite foods
without fear.
If your stomach doesn’t take care ol
your liberal limit without rebellion;
if your food is a damage instead of a
help, remember the quickest, surest,
most harmless relief is Pape’s Diapep
sin which costs only fifty cents for a
large case at drug stores. It’s truly
wonderful—it digests food and sets
things straight, so gently and easily
that it in really astonishing. Please,
for your sake, don’t go on and on with
a weak, disordered stomach; it's so
unnecessary.—(Advt.)
(By Associated Press.)
BARNWELL. S. C., Dec. 11.—Scott
Madison, negro, was found guilty here
yesterday of the murder of B. P. Best,
the merchant who was shot to death on
the street in Barnwell a week ago. Mad
ison was sentenced to be electrocuted,
and was immediately taken to Colum
bia for safekeeping. Two other ne
groes indicted with Madison, were ac-
quited.
MUNSEY CO. SETTLES
WITH GRAND DUKE BORIS
LONDON, Dec. 11.—A libel suit
brought by the Grand Duke Boris, of:
Russia, against the Frank A. Munsey
company was settled today out of court, j
but the grand duke will appear on the
witness stand December 18 and give
evidence to clear his character.
The case arose out of an article de
scribing the grand duke’s career in
Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese
war and his relations with General Ku-
ropatkin, the Russian commander-in
chief .
Frederick E. Smith, a prominent Un
ionist politician, acting as counsel for
the grand duke, asked the judge to set
a day for the grand duke to appear and
testify. He said the case would have
involved the calling of an immense
number of witnesses. To avoid this,
the' parties discussed the matter out
of court and had reached a settlement.
MANNING NAMED HEAD
OF SCHOOL FOR DEAF
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 11.—F. H.
Mahning was elected temoorary presi
dent of the Alabama School for Deaf,
Dumb and Blind at Talladega by th6
board of trustees at a meeting with
Governor O’Neal yesterday. Mr. Man
ning will serve until the end of the
present school term and liis successor
is named.
He has been a member of the faculty
several years. Dr. J. H. Johnson, presi
dent of the institution for a number
of years, died two weeks ago.
WILLIAM DEERINQ DIES
AT MIAMI OF PARALYSIS
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 11^—The body of
W illiam Deering, pioneer harvester ma
chinery manufacturer, who died here
last night, will be taken to Evanston,
Ill., today. Funeral services will be
held there Saturday or Sunday.
Mr. Deering was brought to Miami
six weeks ago in a helpless condition
and was taken to his country home. He
never rallied. With him were his wife
and two sons. Death >yas caused by pa
ralysis.
Mr. Deering’s name stands at the fore
front in the development of harvest
ing machinery. He staked his fortune
thirty years ago on the automatic binder
device for wheat harvesters. Its suc
cess revolutionized the method of har
vesting the crop.
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duction is extremely rare. Beef-making
in Argentina at present therefore is
practically a strict pasture proposition.
There is quite an extensive area well
suited to, and at present partially used
fer, the growing corn, but as yet, and
probably for some years to come, this
product will be either exported or used
for horse, dairy cow, and pig feeding.
Only the flint varieties are growq gen
erally. It is evident that the natural
advantages of Argentina enable her cat
tle products profitably to compete as
they are already doing, with the grass
cattle and lower grades of native beef
produced in this country. North Ameri
can corn-fed beef, so long as the sup
ply lasts, doubtless will continue to
command a premium over Argentine
grass cattle in the market of the
world. Although Argentina eventually
may develop the production of corn-fed
cattle which her soil and climate ren
der quite possible, it is probable that
the domestic demand in the United
States by that time will absorb, and
indeed already absorbs, practically here,
thus rendering our export trade, and
consequently foreign competition abroad,
an unimportant factor in the indus
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ducers in this country should be not
what effect will the possible importa
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beef cattle here.
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guay, and some other South American
countries, is an assured fact. The ex
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however, is limited by the relatively
small production of corn and further
by the fact that it is a new industry
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considerably more expense.
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of increased population there and among
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where. South American beef surplus
will be in strong demand; obviously
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cost of production is sure to increase
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cattle in the United States will be
menaced permanently by Argentine.
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BEGINS ONE-YEAR TERM
TRENTON, N. J. Dec. 11.—Louis
Kuehnle, for years the powerful politi
cal leader of Atlantic City, entered the
state prison today to serve a one-year
sentence. He was convicted of being
financially interested in a large contract
awarded by the Atlantic City board of
water commissioners, of which he was
a member when the contract was let.
Kuehnle went from Atlantic City to
the prison in his own automobile, ac
companied by the sheriff and a close
personal friend. Kuehnle was the last
to leave the automobile when it arrived
at the prison gate.
Kuehnle made a hard fight to keep
out of prison. The judge and sheriff of
Atlantic county were set aside in the
prosecution and Kuehnle was indicted
by an Elisor-drawn grand jury.
After liis conviction the case was car
ried through all the state courts and
each sustained the conviction and up
held the legality of Elisor-drawn jurors.
MISSING MISS M’CAMN
SEEN IN PHILADELPHIA
NEW YORK, Dec. It.—Police headquar
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today for a solution to the baffling dis
appearance of Miss Jessie E. McCann,
the young social worker and Epworth
league member who has been missing
from her home In Brooklyn since Thurs
day last.
Inspector Faurot, in charge of cen
tral office, said today he had positive
information that Miss McCann was in
Philadelphia yesterday. This informa
tion, he added, had been transmitted to
tbe Philadelphia police. Miss McCann,
the inspector said, was recognized in
Philadelphia by a close friend of the
family. This ffriend, according to the
inspector, at the time, knew nothing of
the young woman's disappearance and
did not grasp the significance of her
presence in Philadelphia.
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DUBLIN STRIKE IS OVER;
ALL SAILINGS RESUMED
DUBLIN. Dec. 11.—All tht transport
and, dock workers in Dublin have agreed
to resume work, according to a state
ment issued by the companies. This
port, which has been practically closed
since the end of August, will be reopen
ed tomorrow on the regular sailings
across the Irish channel will be started.
The situation, as far as the factories
in Dublin and vicinity are concerned,
is unchanged and the employers are
considering the advisability of keeping
them closed until normal conditions pre
vail in the port.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.—Revenue
cutter headquarters today received this
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which had intercepted one from the
steamship Rio Grande, reported afire
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TANGO IN STATE DANCES
OTAWA, ’ Ont., Dec. 11.—The tango
dance is not to be allowed at govern
ment house festivities. The Duchess of
Connaught, who is very fond of danc
ing, has decided to draw the line, and
has let it be known that she is posi
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A number of Ottawa society folk
have been taking tango lessons from a
New York teacher, and news that the
duchess would not countenace the dance
has acted as a general damper upon
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Would Sue Frisco
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 11.—William Niles,
owner of 600 shares of .'kook in the St.
Louis and San Franciscfc railroad, to
day asked the federal Apurt for per
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