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Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, pesident State Agri
cultural College, Athns. Ga.
THE ADVANTAGE OF A SILO
With the development of our live stock
industries comes the necessity of pro
viding an abundance of cheap food,
eepeciaily in the winter season when
pastures are not available or difficult to
establish and maintain. What shall the
farmer use under the circumstances is
naturally a very pertinent question. In
years gone by dry feeds were depended
on and they answered the purpose fairly
well. Os course at best they were not
satisfactory substitutes for grass, which
by reason of its succulent nature is ex
tremely palatable and a wholesome fool
for live stock to consume, as well as
tending by its very nature to keep the
digestive system in good condition.
. Feeds of this character, however, are
r frequently dusty and moldly. difficult to
cure, awkward to handle, and require
extensive barns in which to properly
. house them. This method of practice
) was followed, however, until the silo
was invented by which it is now possible
to take green feeds and store them and
keep them in a wholesome condition for
a year or more.
The theory of the silo is simple
enough. The idea is to build an air
tight structure of desired dimensions,
and then by packing the food in when it
is in a green condition exclude the air
and thus prevent fermentation. The silo
is not a costly or difficult structure to
build, and yet in proportion to its size,
its tremendous storage capacity affords
the most economical and desirable means
of preserving roughage which has ever
been devised. Silage may be said to be
th one effective and universal substitute
for grass. It is a dependable food and
can be kept satisfactorily in any cli
mate for a nalmost indefinite period of
time, provided it is put up in a properly
built structure and cut at the right time.
The importance of the silo can not
be emphasized too strongly. If every
•- farmer who keeps live stock, and eespec
ially cows, realized its importance the ’
dairy industry of the south would n- '
dergo the greatest boom it has ever
known, gnd would soon rank as one of i
our most important money making in
dustries. The trouble is with many!
farmers they believe the average scien
tist is not practical, and therefore, they
doubt the advisability of following such
advice as he may offer. In this instance
the writer desires to assure them that
the statements contained in this article
are base on years of practical experience i
during the which time a large herd of
sows have been fed successfully and
economically on silage. In support of ,
this statement notice what Mr. A. A.
Denham. Jr., of Eatonton. Ga., has writ
ten about the value of silage to him. He
states under date of February 6. 191$,
“My cows are giving more milk now
than ever before. 1 sold $ 10.uOO worth
of butter more for the fnonth of January
> with six cows less in the herd than I
sold one year the same month. I am
only millung eighteen cows now and am |
getting seventeen pounds of butter a day
besides what milk w e use for. the houso ■
which amounts to about one gallon a
day. Out of the eighteen cows 1 have
four strippers that are only giving a lit
tle I consider these very good results,
stimate that I am saving at least SIOO
per month at the present price of feed
* by having a eilo. My cows are in fine
condition. I have not had a single sow
sick this winter. lam generally worried
a great deal in the winter with the cows
retaining their after birth, but have no:
had a single case up to now out of four
teen cows freshening."
This testimony should convince the
most skeptical and should induce them
to give immediate attention to the
' I lanting of crops suitable for silage
They should make arrangements to
build a silo during the summer in which
tu preserve the crops when they are
• ready to cut. Observe that Mr. Den
ham estimates that he hak saved in
;»ed alone SIOO a month. He has not
only increaser! the returns from nis
herd with a smaller number of animals,
tut he has kept them in a healthy ano
vigorous condition because he has fed
them as nearly in accordance with na
ture's dictates as possible. In other
v'ords. he has provided them with a
substitute for grass In the winter which
exerts about the same influence on the
digestive system as grass itself. The
statements presented by Mr. Denham
cite the wonderful possibilities of the
silo on every farm where cows are
kept and show that a structure vari
ously estimated to cost, according to
size and the materials used, from SIOO
up to sspo. will more than pay for
itself the first year.
In order to aid the farmers in secur
ing information about the silo the ex
tension division of the Stale College
of Agriculture is now employing a man
to give his whole time to the prepara
tion of plans and specifications for
silos. Experts are also employed to
visit the farmer and suggest the best
type of silo for him to build. He can
k - also secure information free of cost on
what crops to plant and how to fer
tilize and cultivate the same. Thus,
every encouragement is being extended
the farmer to build structures satisfac
torily adapted to our climatic conditions
and varying in cost* according to the
size of his pocketbook.
Where one builds a silo costing, say I
9100. it must of necessity be a cheap '
structure. It will, however, last for I
several years, and will effectively pre
serve green crops. The farmer, there
fore. who is a doubting Thomas or who
only has a limited amount of rfloney
at his command should at least build
a structure of this character, for it is
certain that if he follows the dairy or
beef cattle business he will never be
without a silo once he has satisfied him
self of its merits. The farmer with
more capital at his command, or who
is not so hard to convince of the ad
visability of using newer and better
methods, can afford to make a larger
investment.
/ There are many types of silos now
in use which are giving good satisfac
tion. The stave silo of various types
will last for a good while, but. of course,
the most permanent of al] kinds are
those built of cement It seems safe
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to conclude that 500 silos were built
in Georgia last year, and of course, a
good number were built in each of the
southern states. The writer has yet to
learn of any individual who built a silo j
under expert advice and according to 1
approved plans who is not delighted with I
it. It is true that one must make some
investment in machinery for handling
the silage, but as the crop can be stored ,
in a comparatively few days and can ]
be produced with a minimum of labor, |
it is no more costly to handle and place j
in the silo than it would be to harvest
and cure as hay and dispose of by the
laborious methods followed in the past. i
Now, Mr. Farmer, what are you going
to do about the silo proposition this
summer? If you are keeping ten cows I
or more you should arrange to build a
structure varying In size according to I
your needs and capable of holding from |
50 up to 250 tons. Every farmer who,
starts out to build a silo always thinks j
he is making the structure too large and
that he has invested more money in.
it than is wise and proper. In a col-|
lege experience of twenty-three years..
I do not know of a single farmer who
has ever built too large a silo. Prac-I
tically every man who uses one soon
wants to build another.‘and often three
or four. If you make your silo twice '
as big as you originally planned, it will (
not be two years before you will wish
you had a larger one. While the writer
would advise the use of a cheap or tern- (
porary form of silo for the sake of get- •
ting ft introduced and letting the far- j
mers appreciate the value and merit of I
silage, it can not be regarded as the best |
or safest kind of an investment because 1
it will shortly have to be replaced. With ,
a little more money a permanent type
of structure good for many years can
be erected and will naturally prove the
most economical Investment in the long
run.
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MAKING HAT FROM SUDAN GRASS.
E. W. L.. Thomasville. Oa., writes: What
la the best grass for a hay crop? la there
anything better than Sudan grass? Thia
grass tends to rust with us in wet weather,
esi-ectally the second cutting. We make
hay of oats and cowpeas, but would be
glad to have a summer grass for hay also.
If Sudan grass does at all well in
ycur section, it is likely to prove one
of the most desirable crops to grow
for hay, for if seeded thickly on soil]
of fair fertility, it makes a fine stalk
and a hay which is well relished by live
: stuck. The hay is equal in feeding val
ue to Johnson grass, and therefore, to
i Timothy and other standard hay grasses
grown extensively in the northern states.
We have not had any trouble with
Sudan grass rusting here on the college
farm, and your complaint with refer
ence to this matter is the first one to
come to our attention. Presumably, the
extremely wet weather of last two weeks
accounts for this trouble, and possibly
after this cutting is made you will not
• have a .repetition of the experience
j about which you complain. The precip
, Ration has been excessive in the last
few days and the warm weather has
tendded to favor the development us
rust spores.
You should be able to grow German
'millet or Hungarian grass to good ad
vantage in your section. This crop only
takes from 60 to 90 days to mature and
in a favorable season might even be cut
twice. We have often planted an early
maturing variety of cowpeas with millet
to good advantage. Millet and peavine
hay is a standard hay in Tennessee.
Os course, you know that millet is very
extensively grown there. It is said to
be a hard crop on the soil. This is due
probably to the quickness with which
it matures and the abundant yield it
makes under favorable conditions. Pos
sibly in proportion to yield it is not
more exhausting to soils than some oth
er crops. We think combinations of
Sudan grass with legumes and millet
with legumes should enable you to
produce summer hays of excellent quali
ty and well adapted to the needs of va
rious classes of live stock.
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QUICK MATURING STOCK CROPS.
A. C.. Toccoa, Ga.. write*: Would be
glad to have information in regard to quick
maturing stock crop*. The river haa
ruined the corn in the bottoms, but people
will still have a four mouths' season. What
would you advise planting?
Probably one of the very best crops
you can grow in your section of the
state would be millet. Various varie
ties may be seeded, but the German or
Hungarian grass are standard sorts ex
tensively cultivated in many sections
of the country and if cut at the right
time produces a fine quality of nay
which is readily eaten by all classes of
stock. You can also secure good yields
from millet on soils which are rich. It
matures in from sixty to ninety days
under average conditions. You should*
not find it difficult to secure seed. Os!
ccurse a good seed bed should be pre-1
pared and the millet sown under the;
most advantageous conditions. The
sooner the planting is accomplished the
better. The drilling in of the seed will
generally give better stands than broad
casting. The uniform covering of the
seed is an important matter. Millet
and cowpeas are very extensively grow i
in Tennessee for hay and forage pur
poses. I believe you can plant no crop
which is likely to prove more advan
tageous to you under the circumstances
i tnan one of those mentioned above.
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MERITS OF BERMUDA GRASS.
W. F. F., New Hope, Va„ writes: Is
Bermuda n goxi pasture grass? Will it
thrive well on mountain land where the
ground Is rich and loose? When is the best
time to sow it?
Bermuda is essentially a south
ern grass and adapted for growth in
a relatively hot climate and under con
ditions where drought periods of more
or less extent are likeiy to occur from j
time to time. Bermuda grass does well I
as far north as Knoxville. Tenn., where |
the elevation is irom 600 to 900 feet.
It is grown quite extensively in various
parts of the Piedmont area. We would
bardly expect it to do much at eleva
tions higher than that indicated. The
chances are that at greater elevations
It would be destroyed by freezes. Ber
muda grass is a fine sod former and 1
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1916.
-O X. MR AND MRS WERT HUCHEJ
_ , COPmiQUT 1916 BY ADtLAlpt M UUGUEJ
(Continued from Last Mane.)
GLORIA had not been long in find
ing out that there can be too
much liberty as well as too little.
No child wandering in a dream through
nightmareland could have seen a a more
fantastic world than that Florida en
tanglement. She was entranced at first,
but at length she had *fiad enough. She
was done with fairy stories. The dense
foliage became a tiresome reality. She
learned from the experience of torn
flesh what "saw grass" or "sword
grass" or “knife grass" meant, and she
nearly learned what poison the "cotton
mouthed moccasin" carries in its lethal
fangs.
The zest of the adventure was soon
gone; the effect of fatigue grew upon
her. She would have been more scared
if she had not grown so sleepy. She
would have been more sleepy If she had
not been so hungry. She found a cocoa
nut, but could not break It. She grew
angry and bit at It in vain. She cast
It aside and found bananas growing in
huge bundles. She stayed her famine
with these.
She kept trying to find a pathway,
out. At length she came across foot
prints and rejoiced to find at last a
sense of human companionship. She
would follow the tracks till they led
her to somebody’s home. The very
word brought tears to her eyes. Then
she recognized that the footprints had
been made by her own satin slippers
now hopelessly bemired and torn.
She had read of lost people who walk
ed In circles till they died of exhaustion.
She felt ready to die so already. But
mainly she was yawning her pretty head
otf. She beat about the bush and said
"Shoo!” to any crocodiles or boa con
strictors that might be in hiding. Then
she stretched herself out and began a
little prayer. She could not keep awake
to finish it. In her sleep she dreamed
herself back in the beautiful bed she
had foolishly left. She dreamed that
she was asleep in her own room.
Meanwhile Dr. Royce stumbled and
groped through the jungle in search
for her. and her father and brother were
In conference with the Palm Beach po
lice. x ..
The message tnat Royce gave to the
boy from Colohatchee reached them a
makes a dense turf. It can be used,
for instance. In washes in blue grass
pastures to good advantage. c have
seen ditches of it made in this way
and carry great quantities of water
without the sod being disturbed in any
sense. Bermuda grass is best estab
lished from sets, though, of course, it
can be started from seed. It is often
difficult to secure good viable seed, vte
have established small areas from seed,
but in our experience it has been
cheaper and more satisfactory to use
the sod. A relatively small quantity
oi sod put out at the right season of
the year will spread rapidly and give
the farmer as many sets as he will
care to transplant the next year. It is
now getting late in the season to estab
lish Bermuda sets on elevated locations,
as this grass makes its primary growth
In between frosts. If frosts do not oc
cur with you until the first of October
you could put out the sets as late as
August 1 to 15 with very good advan
tage though they would not make very
much growth during the present year,
but would be in position to grow off
rapidly at the opening up of the next
season and would make a fine dense sod
in 1917.
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WHEN TO CUT AND SHOCK CORN.
K L G.. Oxford. Ga., writes: Please ad
vise me at what stage of growth corn la
cut and how shocked, also whether the ears
are pulled before the stalk is cut. Have
cowpeas as high a protein content o«
Canada peaa? Which is best to sow tn cot
ton. crimson or bur clover? The land is
rather poor. Can a stand be secured in
such soil by inoculation?
Presumably you desire to save tne
corn fodder, leaves and all and preserve
thg grain at the same time. In that
event the corn should not be cut until
the ears have passed out of the glazed
condition; In other words, are practically
ripe and the grains firm and hard. It
is Important, of course, that the cutting
be done as early as practicable so as to
prevent the drying up of the leaves in
the stack and their loss on this account.
Corn is best cut with a corn harvester
and mav then be stacked In large shocks
In the field. . The shocks should be of
a good size and should be carefully built
so as to stand perfectly upright. Three
ties should be made. In order to draw
the com together tightly a rope with a
ring ine one end can be used to good ad
vantage. If gathered with the idea of
saving the fodder to be shredded later
on the ears should not be pulled off the
stalk.
Cowpeas contain about 19.4 per cent or
digestible protein and Canada field peas
abou't 19 per cent. There is very little
to choose, therefore, between them i.?
this rspect.
Crimson or bur clover may be seeded
in cotton. In case we were attempting
to establish bur clover we would sow it
before th# last cultivation. Obtain the
clover In the bur and seed rather freely.
It should not be necessary to inocuiata
bur clover. You can injure its more
rapid germination by giving it what is
known as the hot water treatment. No
doubt you are already familiar with this
operation. You should be careful to
relnoculate after the hot water treat
ment. We have not found it necessary,
as a rule, to inoculate crimson clover,
though if seeding it on thin land for the
first time, we believe it would pay to
Inoculate. Crimson clover could be
broadcasted over the cotton land or sown
in between the drills. It should be cov
ered lightly. A weeder or some lignt
surface working implement would be ex
cellent for this purpose.
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ELIMINATING WASHES WITH
KUDZU,
C. M. S., Rome. Ga., writes: We have
a large kudiu vine running on a fence.
We have a hillside on our farm that Is
badlv washed. and have thought if we could
get thill kudau started there it would collect
in the washes and in the course of time
stop them and build up the land. Do yon
think this is practicable? Do on think
we could get cuttings started from the
vine we already have?
We have planted the kudzu vine on a
hillside similar to the one you describe
The vines were planted in hills five feet
apart in each direction. Only about for
ty per cent of the vines germinates. The
planting was done early in the spring
when the roots were still dormant. This
vine roots at the joint-s somewhat like
Bermuda grass, and in the course of
time will Spread over and cover up the
washes on the hillside in question quite
effectively. No doubt it will build up the
land to a considerable extent at the
same time, ft may take longer to ac
complish the purpose you have in view
than you may think at the outset, but
our experience indicates that these vines
will spread and will eventually make a
good soil cover. We have not tested
their grazing value as yet, but when we
can establish a good stand of them will
try them out for this purpose. We think
you will find it an advantage to put out
roots of this plant whenever practicable,
to do so. We are inclined to think it
may be set out any time after the vines
are defoliated and the wood i-s well rip
ened and hardened. We have not tried
to established it as yet from cuttings
and have not heard of this practice being
followed with success.
little before dawn. It only increased
their alarm, but it gave them some
thing definite to do. They made no
further secret of Gloria’s disappearance.
They called on everybody for help.
The latest scandal in divorces, the
most startling bathing suit at yester
day’s sand parade, were forgotten that
day. The only theme of talk was the
fact that Pierpont Stafford’s daughter
was lost in the everglades and that a
big reward was offered for her rescue.
Parties of all sorts attacked the prob
lem. •
Cars went scuttering along the little
ailroad that pushes a short distance into
the glades; boats of every sort glided
along the drainage canal; motor boats,
canoes, skiffs were spinning hith-
er and yon among* the thousands of
waterways.
xjavid forgot Lois Freeman and the
engagement he had to play golf with
her that morning. He and his father
had anticipated the dawn in the bayous.
Freneau, strolling across the lawn to
open the office of the New York brok
ers he represented, found Lois Free
man and her father reading the morn
ing papers. They spoke of the loss of
Gloria and the $5,000 offer for her re
storation to her father. Freneau medi
tated. He could use $5,000 or less to
great advantage.
When Lois invited him to play golf
he said that he had another engage
ment. Whatever motive it was that
moved Freneau, he resolved to forego
his opportunity to court Lois without
the disturbing presence of his wealthy
rival. He bade her good-by, but he did
not go to his office. He sauntered to
the water’s edge and chartered a motor
boat. He dropped into it and turned
the engine over. The water began to
churn and the boat to skim the flash
ing waters of Lake Worth. He was so
eager that he stood up with the tiller
ropes in his hand and stared ahead as
if already trying to pierce the veil.
Almost everybody in Florida must
have been aware of Gloria's disappear
ance except the family of shiftless pau
pers named Sipe. They had come south
some years before and put their savings
in an orange grove. A vicious winter
frost had ruined them in a night. They
had neither the spirit to go north nor
to conquer the south. Theny sank into
a kind of sluggard lethargy, hating the
world and all the lucky ones. The trop
ical fertility of the soil barely kept
them from starvation, and they loated
through life in slovenly dejection.
Gloria had lain down to sleep just
about where the Sipe fence would have
been If there had been a fence. She
had not seen their shack beyond the
heavy growth.
When she woke and yawned and rub
bed her eyes and looked about she de
cided that she must have fallen asleep
in the horticultural building at Bronx
park. She could not imagine such giant,
such grotesque trees anywhere else.
Then she realized where she was and
how she had come there. She wonder
ed how she would get out of there.
She wanted very much to have her
governess scold her for oversleeping and
her maid to fill the tub with water that
was too hot as usual.
She did not like to be out in the broad
daylight in an evening gown, especially
not In a gown so torn that the broad
daylight shone through it in places.
She rose to her feet and limped aimless
ly. She caught sight of the Sipe hovel.
It was a tumbledown hut, but it looked
like the Royal Poinciana to her. The
pigs and the mangy dogs might have
been gazelles in a park and the ragged
man and woman and boy might have
been a group of royal blood.
She ran toward them for shelter. They
received her with stupid wonder and
with no hospitality. When she told
who she was the name of Stafford meant
nothing to them. When she told how
she came there they did not believe her.
They stared at the little diamond ring
on her finger and the gold bracelet at
her wrist. These meant something to
them. .
The woman upbraided Gloria for be
ing out in such rags and Gloria offered
to buy anything she had. Mrs. Sipe re
fused' to sell what she had on, which
was all she had. The only extra cov
ering was a new suit she was making
for the bov out of some hemp sacking.
Gloria did not want a boy’s clothes,
but Mrs. Sipe sneered that they wpre
more decent than what she had on. Also
that she might pass some rough char
acters or even some Seminole Indians
on her way back and that she would be
safer as a boy than as a girl.
This convinced Gloria. She paid for
the clothes with the ring and went into
the shack to change. The old woman
snatched the gold bracelet from her
arm. She took it as payment for a
cup of weak but bitter coffee that
Gloria gulped down.
When Gloria was dressed the Sipe
boy was ordered to take her to a path
which would eventually lead her to the
main road.
It was easier walking in breeches than
In the skirts she had worn. But she
did not like the manner of the boy. He
began to pay her crude compliments and
finally grew so impudent (hat she boxed
his ears. He took his revenge by potnt
.ng her in the wrong direction. He
turned back and laughed. He had an
ill nourished sense of humor.
Gloria pushed on and on, growing
more and more doubtful of the way and
dismally footsore. She longed for the
little racing car that she had left in
the waves, or even for a pony or a
mule. She prayed for anything to ride.
Suddenly a turn in the path revealed
what she took to be an answer to her
prayer—a horse! It was a doleful look
ing animal, yet it was a horse. She
ran forward and spoke to It soothingly.
But it backed and reared. It was not
a white man's horse and it hated the
whites er on as its red master had'hated
them. Thereby hung a tale.
(Continued in Next Issue.)
Let’s go and get some good old IB
Vhen you’re hot and thirsty.
n or just for fun, there’s noth- I
Ex ing comes up to it for delicious- \
ness and real refreshment. > .*> ’ I
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Demand the genuine by full name — lr SjGzO . v I
nicknames encourage substitution. 1 (r
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A NEW LAW IN REGARD TO MAR
RIAGES.
A bill pending at this writing in the
present session of the Georgia legis
lature will likely pass, because it is
charged that our lax laws are in great
measure responsible for many divorces
and unhappy marriages. It is much
needed legislation.
, For years and years I have been urg
ing reforms of this sort. Ten years
ago I published some things in The
Semi-Weekly Journal on this subject, in
which I said a fourteen-year-old girl
is only a nearly grown child. Her
mind is immature; also her body. She
has not the physical essentials for the
burdens of motherhood. It is the gosling
period of her life, when she is green
and unfitted for the strain that is im
posed upon wifehood or motherhood.
I am reminded, however, that four
teen years was not uncommon in my
girlhood as a marrying age. I remem
ber well a girl who married at fifteen,
became the mother of three children
apd died when she was a little over
twenty. To state such a case is ample
explanation of the subject herein dis
cussed.
I know a beautiful woman who mar
ried a widower when she was twelve
years old, the man more than three
times older than the bride, and the
girl's mother favored it because the
man‘was rich and lived in style.
It was cruel to rob such girls of their
fiee happy girlish days when life was
full of unclouded hanpiness and to
fling upon them the heavy cares of ma
ternity, when minds and bodies were
manifestly not fitted for such burdens.
The new bill is a move in the right
direction. It requires an age limit and
publicity before a couple can be mar
ried by anybody.
Perjury as to age will be fitly pun
ished and it is to be hoped that suit
able restrictions will be placed about
marriage licenses and suitable punish
ments inflicted on violaters of the law.
THE VOTE ON CIGARETTES IN THE
SENATE.
I sat in the senate chamber of Geor
gia more than a week ago and listened
to the debate on the cigarette bill, so
called, before the committee of senators
who had the bill before them to take
action thereon. There were ten snators
present, barely a quorum. The temper
ance women of the state had asked that
the legislature should so arrange that
the youth of our country should be for
bidden to destroy themselves by the use
of cigarettes, and the state president,
Mrs. Patterson, called on the temper
ance ladles to appear, and she was ex
pected to be present and urge the plea
against the cigarette evil. She did not
appear, but others did, and the president
of one of the Atlanta unions made the
best address that was possible under the
circumstances.
Four men made speeches against the
measure, each and every one pleading for
the cigarette manufacturers, and each
and every one when questioned confess
ing they were to be paid for their day’s
work, with all expenses, by the tobacco
kings of the United States.
They made this one plea that manu
facturers paid a license and that they
should be allowed to manufacture cigar
ettes.
When the ten men voted, but three of
them voted to keep minors and the youth
of the country away from the tempta
tion, but seven (more than two-thirds)
voted to preserve the cigarette traffic.
If 1 had not seen it I could not have be
lieved it. When we know, as we do,, .that
cigarettes are destroying the physical
and mental forces of the boys of our
country it was a painful sight to the
mothers who were present.
WHAT ABOUT MEXICO.?
It looks like the war in Mexico is a
continual puzzle. In truth we have oeen
in hostile array against Mexico for more
than two years. I sat in the senate gal
lery, Washington City, May, 1914, and
heard a senator announce the “fall of
Vera Cruz." During the day we read in
the newspapers that eighteen sailor boys
of the United States navy had been shot
and killed by Mexicans in the attack on
Vera Cruz. Ever since that time, we
have been in a state of wafrare, first
with Huerta, next with Villa, and later
with Carranza. It cost this nation six
million dollars to capture Vera Cruz,
and send battle ships to Mexico. We
also appropriated another six millions
to capture Villa, and congress is voting
hundreds of millions of dollars to put
this country in shape to go td war in
brisk order—with the world.
It would make us wonder how long we
can "stand the storm’’—if we could know
right now, what it costs in dollars and
cents to thereaten Mexico —day by day.
But I for one am willing to bear all
sorts of money worries, rather than go
to shooting down Mexicans or contrari
wise, see our Americans shot down by
Mexicans. And I for one, am convinced
that we should have kept out of Mexico
at the start, unless we had made up our
minds to control Mexico as we have lib
erated Cuba and controlled the Philip
pines.
Time will prove, in every case, that a
nation that goes to war, must have aw
ful grievances, or they should settle dis
putes by statesmanlike compromise.
Germany will always be held as ag
gressor, and without sufficient grievance
when Germany destroyed Belgium root
and branch, merely to get room to at
tack France and England. In all the
histories and all the ages Germany will
be explaining and trying to defend its
destruction of Belgium. And the United
I States will also be explaining our halt
ing methods in attacking Vera Cruz and
failing to control Mexico.
Cut Rediscount Rate
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.— A. reduction
from 5 to 4 1-2 per cent in the redis
count rate of Richmond federal reserve
bank on agriculture and live stock paper
running front ninetj* days to six months
was approved today by the federal re
serve board.
.PREPAREDNESSFOR
PEACE NOW CALLED FOR
By Bishop IV. A. Candler
In a very able editorial published re
cently In the New York Tribune occurs
this striking and suggestive passage:
’’The mental and spiritual crisis
produced by the present war is
greater than that of any preceding
struggle, for the reason that this
conflict has fallen upon the most
sensitively humanitarian generation
of thinkers in all history. Never be
fore had the social ideals of broth
erhood, peace and justice taken such
universal possession of men’s
thoughts. The scholars and the
public alike shared in an unprece
dented sense of security, a philoso
phy of easy optimism, and a belief
that progress had carried us beyond
the barbarous conflicts of former
years.
With few exceptions, writers and
scholars had the modern habit of
regarding evil and pain, not as
things inevitable to the lot of man,
but as mere superficialities contin
gent upon the free choice of the
individual and the mal-adjustments
of our social and economic systems.
The mind of the age is now strug
gling with tremendous readjustment.
It is too soon to expect many signs
of a deliberate solution of the great
problem. At present there are only
preoccupation and mental unrest.
When men begin to think again,
they will probably be less occupied
with the accidents of economic af
fairs, and will, wrestle more cour
ageously with the deeper cosmic
significance of the problems of
living."
The eyes of the man who wrote that
editorial see beneath spiritual forces.
For a good many years the eyes of this
leaders of what we call christendom
have been holden so that they could not
perceive this fundamental truth, which
with truly Christian minds ought to be
axiomatic.
Even some leaders of the churches
have fallen under the delusion that in
tellectual culture, coupled with econom
ical comfort, was quite sufficient to
safeguard the peace of the world and as
sure the moral progress of mankind.
This academic illusion has been dissi
pated by the war in Europe.
The most cultured and comfortable
nations of Europe have been at death
grips during the last two years and
their wealth and learning have been em
ployed In warfare of unprecedented de
structiveness. All the contestants have
accused their opponents of adopting un
civilized methods and committing bar
baric acts. Certainly all parties to the
coflict have set aside international law
as far as they have dared, whenever
an advantage could be secured by so
doing. The long accepted standards of
International morality have been set at
naught, with easy-going indifference,
the only recognition of such standards
being given when they were needed as
a basis for criminations and recrimina
tions among the belligerents.
When the war shall have closed and
peace shall have returned, the first su
preme duty of the hour will be the re
clvillztng of Europe by the restoration
of the ethical foundations of life; and
since all ethics issue religion, a revival
of religion as wide as the continent will
be required.
Even Channing, although a Unitarian,
who denied the divinity of Christ, saw
clearly and proclaimed boldly that the
recognition of the authority of Jesus
was the only effectual preservative
measure against war. He said, "War
will never yield but to the principles
off universal justice and love, and
these have no sure root but in the relig
ion of Jesus Christ.’
Commercial plans and political pro
grams can never prevent war, or pre
serve peace. They spring from selfish
ness, and all selfishness culminates at
last in conflicts.
The war between Germany and France
in 1870, with the territorial re-arrange
ments which followed it, made absolute
ly certain the appalling conflagration
in Europe which now distresses and
depresses mankind. And the present
war will be followed by a peace that
will be no better than a more or less
protracted armistice unless a nobler and
highrer type of religion is revived among
the warring nations, so that there may
be between them a more ardent broth
erly-kindness and a greater respect for
the right of each other. A Christian pre
paredness for peace among them is now
their supreme need.
To the meeting of this need the neu
tral nations must lend a helping hand,
and in this blessed work our country
ought to bear the leading part by so
much as we are a more powerful people
and more pacific in spirit than the
rest. i
We have had our parades in further
ance of preparedness for war; but a
more urgent duty now is a pro
gramme of preparedness for the
more sacred obligation of peace. To this
end our first duty is to begin to be
more religious ourselves. Our churches
must rekindle upon their altars the
holy fires of a fervent piety. Our
schools must be penetrated and perme-
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These points are clearly seen: Drills save seed at the
start, because every individual kernel is planted right, with cover
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Drilling means regular planting, no bunching here and lac.’ there
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Drilling does away with uneven stand, with half-ripe, half-green
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filled out and plump. That means top yields, top prices.
When you buy a drill, buy a Hoosier, Empire Jr. or Kentucky
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ated with religious faith and life. Th? ;
family altars in our homes which have
fallen down must be rebuilt. Our per- ■■
sonal life must be filled with faith, and ■
not with covetousness.
We can not save ourselves, let alone :
do anything for Europe, until religion .Is
revived in our own land.
Our nation has been enriched most
perilously by the sale of supplies to the 1
outside world since the war began. It .*
will be fatal to civilization if the gold ;
we have gained by means of the oppor- "
tunlties for lucrative exports arising ;
from the war, is expended upon <iurtfui .
luxuries and bestowed upon the enter
prises of unholy ambition.
Peace draws on apace. It may be -
nearer or more distant than we think; »
but it can not be postponed very long.
What preparedness are w - e making for
it?
It is time for the prophets of God to
sound again the cry of the Baptist in the
wilderness, “Prepare ye the way of the
Lord, make his paths straight.”
This is the programme of prepared
ness which we should take up without
delay. We must turn to God our Fath •
er before we can turn with helpful
hands to our striken brothers beyond
the sea. «
BUSH FIRES ARE DRIVING
HOME
TORONTO, Aug. 5. —Refugees who ar
rived here today stated that a bush fire
threatening Timko, twenty-six miles
from Englehart.
Englehart itself is in danger fram an
other bush fire and the people are ready
to depart by train if forced to give up
their homes.
Fires are reported also at Osborne,
Bushell, and Otter, forty miles from
Englehart and at Boston Creek a serious
a fire is raging. AU of these fires have
sprung up since the rain. Many per
sons have left the threatened places and.
are t North Bay. Temiskaning and
Northern Ontario railroad men report a
bad fire at McCool.
Italian Air Raid
BERLIN, Aug. 4.—(By Wireless to
Sayville.)—An Italian air raid on Istna
by squadron of fourteen machines, on
August 1 is reported today by the Aus
tro-Hungarian admiralty. One machine
was brought down by an Austrian avia
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