The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, November 08, 1907, Image 8
HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY. J. A. FOUCHE, Publisher. R. L. JOHNSON, Editor. Entered at the postofflce at Me Don High as second class mail matter. Advertising Rates: SI.OO per inct per month. Reduction on standini contracts by special agreement. Prof. Hugo Munsterberg declares that the experimental psychologist can determine whether there is truth in what a man says, as surely as the chemist can find out whether there Is arsenic in his stomach. He has little machines that pick out the lies with accuracy. This is one of those curious instances in which science rises unexpectedly to the demands of mankind, opines the Boston Pose. There never was a moment in history when Professor Munsterberg's psycho logic apparatus would find such wide an '. important use as to-day. The American people love their ora tors, says S. P. Orth in The Atlantic Monthly. No other people flock as we do to hear sonorous sentences, well rounded periods, plausible epigrams, multiplied alliteration, and picturesque metaphors. Nowhere else is a resonant voice so potent as in America. Where else in the world, and in history, could be re-enacted the scene that witnessed the nomination of an obscure news paper reporter for the highest office in the gift of a great nation, because of the full rotund of his voice and the appealing figures of his speech? And what greater tribute could he paid to roan than was vouchsafed by the as cembled thousands gathered from every state at the eastern gateway of the continent to greet the necromancer of words as he returned to his native land from a world tour? It is not Bryan the statesman, nor Bryan the sage, nor Bryan the politician, but Bryan the orator, whom the masses adore. Professor Arrhenius, of Sweden, re nowned physicist and Nobel prize-win ner, in a new book about the origin and formation of worlds, expounds new and consoling theories, remarks Harper’s Weekly. For reasons that he sets forth, he concludes that the sun is not burning up, nor the earth cool ing, nor the machinery of the universe wearing out in any measurable degree. Things celestial are likely, he thinks, to go along as they are, not for a few million years, as Lord Kelvin com puted, but for millions of millions of years. A world without end, this learned man thinks ours is, and there are shreds of consolation in his con viction about it, and in the stiffened realization that if the railroads, trusts, and all of us other sinners are not per fected in good conduct before next New Year's, there probably will still, in Heaven’s mercy, be an extension of opportunity, and we can go right on laboriously climbing the golden stair. Maybe we can even rest a minute or two and knot our broken sandal strings and take drinks out of our gourds, but as to that the learned physicist does not say. In his recent admirable address be fore the Syracuse members of the Hol land Society of New York, Professor A. C. Flick of Syracuse University, showed how great have been the con tributions of the Dutch to civilization, and paid fitting tribute to the bravery, patience, independence, and heroism which made them leaders of political liberty, democracy, and religious free dom. Incidentally, states Leslie’s Weekly, he criticised Washington Ir ving’s travesty and misrepresentation of the Dutch settlers of New York in representing them as a coarse, stupid, drunken, nicotized, and immoral lot of people. In later life Irving himself called his picture of them a ’’coarse caricature." Professor Flick is an ac complished historical scholar and au thor, and he traced to Holland rather than to England our political ideas, our system of land tenure, our public schools, our free press, and our re ligious liberty. With enthusiastic elo quence he eulogized the sterling racial characteristics of the Dutch, their industry, pel severance, honesty, cau tion, lrugality, cleanliness, good sense, reliable judgment, morality, and lofty but liLcrai faith. Modern Farm Methods As Applied in the South. Notes of Interest to Planter, Fruit Grower and Stockman Tennessee Hams. The hams of Virginia have long been celebrated as the “finest In the world,” hut in Tennessee they believe they can raise as good or better—ac cording to the Nashville American. Here is an account of the achieve ment of one of the leading producers of Tennessee hams, Mr. John M. Graham: The hog I breed is the Berkshire, and as I raise two crops a year, one is slaughtered and baconed, the other is fed with cattle and shipped in April; so those baconed run in age from seven to nine months, and net about 200 pounds. These pigs have the run of the pas tures, beginning with grass in the spring, followed in the order named, with clover, the gleanings of the oat and wheat fields, sorghum and cow peas. At all times they have access to a mixture of salt and wood ashes, and good water. I have a dipping vat through which the entire herd is made to swim as often as indicated, to keep them free from vermin. About August 10 those intended for slaughter are put on the fatten ing ration of old corn, with cut sor ghum once a week until the new corn is matured sufficiently to use, when they are turned into a field of corn and pumpkins to eat, grunt and grow fat. I slaughter the first cold spell in November, which usually comes be tween the 15th and 20th. The hogs are allowed to hang on the pole over night to allow the animal heat to escape, and next day they are cut up and salted. Tne hams are neatly trimmed, removing all surplus fat and cutting off the foot well up the leg to remove the shank. They are well rubbed with salt, and on each ham a pinch or so of saltpeter is put. They are packed on a plat form in the centre of the bulk, the middlings being around the edges of the pile and the shoulders on top, as they are the first used. Each layer of meat is covered with salt, and that not absorbed by the meat is used for salting stock hogs. It is allowed to remain in salt from four to five weeks, owing to the weather, when it is taken up, washed clean in warm water and hung to be smoked. The hams are hung on the top tier of joists about twenty feet from the floor, the sides and shoulders being on the lower tiers. I use nothing but green hickory poles, from two to four inches in diameter, for smoking, for the smoke produced by no other wood can im part the fine flavor derived from young, green hickory. The smoking is continued daily until the latter part of February, when the hams are taken dov:n, wrapped in strong, tough paper, sewed up in brown muslin and white washed with lime, and rehung to re main until needed. No borax, boracic acid, salicyclic acid or other anti-fly chemicals are used in curing my meat; the paper, canvas and white wash are used to prevent “skippers” entering the hams. I prefer not to use my hams until they are a year old, as an old coun try-cured ham, thoroughly boiled and well baked is, to the Gentile, the acme of good eating, and to the sons of Israel a “terrible temptation.” Cottonseed Meal. As a fertilizer of which ammonia is the chief fertilizing constituent, cottonseed meal in the Gulf States stands pre-eminent. It is generally conceded that we can put nitrogenous fertilizers into the soil in the Gulf States more cheaply by using cotton seed meal than by the use of any other fertilizer. The evil of cottonseed meal has been the tact that its condition as meal was one that led to its easy adulteration and, as is generally known, large amounts of cottonseed hulls were ground up and introduced into the meal, until the abuse became so flagrant that legislation has been had in many of the States of the Union to define what constitutes a good delivery of cottonseed meal as a fertilizer, eight per cent, ammonia be ing generally established as a min imum. Incidental to this easy adultera tion of cottonseed meal, it is gener ally stated as a fact that the reason why the European countries that are such large buyers of cottonseed prod ucts, persistenly refuse to buy our cottonseed meal, but do buy our cot tonseed oil cake is because it remains in its original condition after the ex pression of the oil ana the opportun ity for its adulteration after the oil extraction is practically reduced to nil. Denmark, among the nations of Europe, has long been noted for the excellence of its dairy products, as well as for the excellence of its bacon. In that kingdom great attention has been given to the intrinsic value of feed stuffs, and they now claim to be the most economical and scientific feeders in the world. A few years back linseed oil cake was the favorite feed stuff among the Danish people, the merits of this oil cake being con sidered as compared with all compet ing commodities. A vast amount of sunflower oil cake is produced in Russia and sunflower oil cake is said to be a valuable food stuff, but the value of American cottonseed oil cake now stands in Denmark above any of the rest in the popular esti mation. The importation of cotton seed oil cake for 1906 into Denmark given in metrical tons stands at 203,- 000 tons, and this nearly equals the total of the importation of all other kinds of oil cake into Denmark. In cidentally it is stated that some cot ton oil cake is made in Russia and is said to be equal in its feeding qualities to the best American cotton oil cake. It is produced in the Rus sian provinces northeast of Persia. Dr. Stubbs said in Louisiana years ago that when the intrinsic merits of cottonseed meal became more thor oughly appreciated our European competitors would buy it all away from us, using it there as their most valuable stock feed. His view fur ther was that if the peculiar flavor and odor of cottonseed meal could be modified, ameliorated or altogether removed, it would become one of the most valuable human food stuffs available. Those of us who have been feed ing cottonseed meal to mules are fa miliar with the fact that the mules at first reject it entirely. If it be mixed with other food more to their liking they will endeavor to select out the other food and reject the cot tonseed meal. This gradually leads to a little familiarity with the meal and little by little their willingness to consume cottonseed meal develops until some of our planters are said to have reached a daily consumption of cottonseed meal in their mule stables equal to three pounds per head. We know by experience that two pounds of cottonseed meal per head can be freely taken by mules in connection with molasses feeds and the results are extremely satis factory.—Louisiana Planter. What Fertilizers Are Worth. A ton of fresh farm manure con tains ten pounds of nitrogen, two pounds of phosphorus and ten pounds of potassium, with a total value of $2.34. Of dried blood, 280 pounds of ni trogen, worth $42. Of raw bone meal, eight pounds of nitrogen and 180 pounds of phos phorus, worth in all $33.60. Of sodium nitrate, 310 pounds of nitrogen, ■worth $46.50. Of steamed bone meal, twenty pounds of nitrogen and 250 pounds of phosphorus, worth $33. Of ammonium sulphate, 400 pounds of nitrogen, valued at S6O. Of acidulated bone meal, forty pounds of nitrogen and 140 pounds of phosphorus, Avorth $22.80. Of slag phosphate, 160 pounds of phosphorus, worth $19.20. Of rock phosphate, 250 pounds of phosphorus, worth $3 0. Of acid phosphate, 125 pounds of phosphorus, valued at sls. Of potassium chloride (muriate of potash) 840 pounds of potassium, worth $50.40. Of potassium sulphate (sulphate of potash), 800 pounds of potassium, worth S4B. Of kainit, 200 pounds of potassium, worth sl2. Of wood ashes (unbleached), ten pounds of phosphorus and 100 pounds of potassium, worth $7.20. Lumber For Silos. Professor A. M. Soule, in Southern Farm Magazine, of Baltimore, says: Chestnut or oak staves may be used in the construction of a silo. We would prefer the chestnut, as we do not think there is so much danger of warping as with oak, even after the latter is well seasoned. Of course, oak staves are frequently used in a silo with satisfactory results, but chestnut, if of first grade, should last very well. We would prefer the staves cut out of a single log rather than to use the twelve and fourteen foot pieces, which, of course, must be spiked or toe-nailed together in some way, and we do not believe an arti ficial joint can be made as strong and secure as where a single piece of timber is used. In building a stave silo be sure and have the staves of a uniform size, and we believe it will pay to tongue and groove them. It will add a little to the cost, it is true, but a stave silo properly constructed and cared for should last for many years, and pains should be taken to put up a good structure. TAX COLLECTOR’S NOTICE. I will be at the different precincts on the days mentioned foi the* purpose of collecting the State and County Taxes for the year 1907. OCT. NOV. DEC. Hampton 2 4 and 22 13 Sixth 3 6 “ 25 Flippen 4 7 a Stockbridge 7 8 “ 27 16 Shake Rag B.* n “ 28 Brushy Knob 9 12 “ 29 Loves 10 13 2 McMullins 10 14 4 Beersheeba 14 15 5 Sandy Ridge 15 18 9 Tussahaw 16 19 10 Locust Grove 17 20 11 and 17 Lowes 18 21 12 Snapping Shoals IO o’clock A. M 6 Island Shoals I o’clock P. M 6 Woodstown 2 u P. M 6 F O UR T H ROUND. Hampton Friday December 13 Stockbridge Monday ‘ ‘ 16 Locust Grove Tuesday “ 17 McDonough, Court Week, First Tuesdays and Satur days until books are closed, Dec. 20th. SEAB MARKNESS, T. C. Henry Co., Ga. 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