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EHE name “abandoned” or ‘“run
| down,” farm conjures to the imagi
nation visions of many a dear old
' place peopled with the memories
- of days gone by, with large room,
i beam ceiling, wide, comfortable,
open fireplaces, the well of pure
water, fruit trees very much neg
' lected but quickly brought back to
productive vigor, the barn green
with age and many storms, sound in its original
timbers as of yore, fence corners overgrown to
bush and shrubs, a general air of sad neglect,
yet having the appearance of having once been
a productive and carefully tended farm.
To others they signify all that the name im
plies—run-down places abandoned by owners
who could no longer make them pay or even fur
nish enough mcney to keep them up in repair;
places with old, dilapidated houses, disused wells,
tumble-dowr barns and unproductive lands.
There are many farms to fit both descriptions,
those of the latter description being the true
“abandoned” farms, while there are many of the
former which, while run down, can be brought
back eventui’lly to the “near” equivalent of their
onetime value.
These old Aouses have that peculiarly disagree
able smell of aged wood, and if very old will
have those fireplaces of antique pattern, entirely
unsuited to present-day needs, but perfect dis
tributors of soot.
In most places where these old fireplaces and
chimneys exist, it were better far to have pulled
down and replaced with chimneys built on ap
proved modern lines, which would be not only
safer, more sanitary and more pleasing in ap
pearance, but probably add room to the house
to be utilized as a hallway or vestibule, gaining
a two-fold advantage. These old chimneys har
bor rats and mice, and prove delightfully conven
ient for these pests to travel at will over the
entire structure.
I am convinced that the man of moderate
means buying a farm should not move on to the
place until early in the spring, for these rea
sons: The cost of living through the winter
with a comparatively small income, buying vege
tables which the land should supply another
year, keeping up the payments on insurance,
taxes, interest, etc., becomes a serious drain on
a small capital, and should be very seriously
considered.
In my ignorance I thought living on a farm
would be cheap, as compared to that of the city,
but I found I paid higher prices for all commodi
tles, owing to there being no competition, and no
chance to study bargains. One’s neighbors de
mand market prices for produce and one pays
top prices for all farm stock purchased.
The main question was to obtain a monthly
income wherewith to meet expenses through the
winter, and my thoughts turned to cows. Here
again I lost out.
Buying five head of cows for $3lO, I spent con
siderable money for expensive feed before I saw
FARMING FOR TERRAPIN =« =« By A.D. HART
A few years @go, it looked as If
the famous diamond back terrapin
was doomed to extermination. The
supply was rapidly decreasing and the
price was becoming prohibitive. Then
the experts of the United States bu
reau of fisheries began their investi
gations, and as a result of a number
of years of study and experiments, a
profitable industry has been saved to
the South and another source of food
supply saved from extinction. This
valuable work has been carried on
Jargely at the laboratory of the bu
reau of fisheries at Beaufort, N. C. It
was begun in 1909 with the establish
ment of a small pound on the shore of
an island in the harbor, in which 65
mature terrapin were placed.
In building the pond a very favor
able location was obtained, contain
ing the greatest variety of natural
environment, including dry sandy
ground, always above water, suitable
for crawling and laying, grassy ground
usually above water, farther down a
muddy tidewater marsh, and still far
ther a soft muddy bottom covered
with never less than two feet of con
stantly changing salt water, with the
rise and fall of the tide. During the
past five years the pound has been
enlarged from time to time, to ac
commodate the ever-increasing family
of little terrapin. A house, 25%x156%
feet in size, for use in winter, has also
been built, with glass side facing the
south. Here many of the young are
kept in wooden tanks with sloping
bottoms, the lower end containing two
or three inches of water.
These terrapin are fed twice a
week, with fish, fresh or salted, while
others of the same hatching are al
lowed to hibernate in certain sections
of the pound, as they would do under
natural conditions.
“~From among the first hatchings of
1909 a few have attained a growth of
five Inches, measuring along the plas
tron, or lower shell. These were
turned loose during the past summer
among the older ones in the general
breeding ground. From the hatch of
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any returns at all from the sale of the milk.
One cow was fresh when purchased, two were
to calve the following month, the fourth in two
months, and the fifth in four months, though at
that time she was glving about eight quarts of
milk per day. As a matter of fact, two were
fed two months and ten days before calving, the
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fifth six months before freshening. The man I
bought from gave me a square deal, as far as
he could, but he was uncertain of his freshening
dates. =
The cows were fed liberally, a well-balanced
ration, and three months after purchase milk
was sold to the town creamery on contract at
32 cents per can of eight and one-half quarts,
and as the maximum of milk production was five
cans, the profits, if the five-can production could
be maintained, was largely mythical.
Had 1 bought ten or twelve cows as good as
those I did buy, my profits: would bave been
more tangible, and had ! bought cows just fresh,
even paying $lO more per cow, I should have
sustained no loss.
About fifteen tons of hay had been cut the
previous summer, which, being stored in the
barn, went with the farm, so that only the corn
meal, bran, linseed meal and roots used were
paid for in cash. Figuring the feed at the mar
ket prices, there was a possible profit of $3 per
month per cow during the period of greatest
lactation. This is not taking into consideration
the cost of the ice during the summer or the
labor of caring for even so small a herd as five
COWS.
1910, 295 young were secured; 420
in 1911, and 960 in 1912.
With the close of the breeding sea
son of 1913, 1,450 little ones were tak
en from the hatchery. As in former
years these have been distributed to
smaller compartments containing salt
water and sand. By protecting the
young in this way t'very large per
centage are saved that, under natural
conditions in a wild state, would have
been destroyed, being preyed upon,
especially during the first year—
when their shells are soft—by all
manner of marsh fowl, as well as by
rats, crows, mink, hogs, crabs, etc.
Information furnished the bureau
by fishermen, netters, shell fishermen,
terrapin hunters—those who make
their living from these and kindred
occupations, and who are always on
the lookout for the highly prized ter
rapin, confirm the statement that it
is exceedingly rare to find a diamond
back terrapin under two years of age
in a wild state. Owing to their de
fenselessness during the first and sec
ond years, it is fair to assume that a
greater percentage are destroyed than
survive. In captivity the records of
the laboratory show that 96 per cent
of the young are savea,
Previous to the season of 1913 all
terrapin hatched on the laboratory
grounds had been from native stock
taken in the immediate vieinity of
Beaufort. For exnerimental purposes,
during the late summer and fall of
1912, over one hundred adults from
widely different sections of the coun
try were added, some coming from
the Chesapeake and many large ones
from Texas. Among the latter Is one
female measuring more than eight
inches on the lower shell. The ad
dition of this stock accounts for the
great increase over former years In
the number of young already taken
from the hatching beds. The methods
employed by the government have
necessarily been along the slow and
tedious road of research, investiga
tion and experiment, until the life his
tory and habits of the animals bave
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been learned. It then became possi
ble to formulate plans for propaga
tion and cultivation of the species un
der consideration,
By the addition of the new stock, a
new terrapin variety has been pro
duced. On emerging from its sandy
bed one day in August last, the new
comer proved to be a pink-eyed al
bino, with upper and lower shells,
head, feet and tail a pure white. It's
a wise terrapin that knows its own
mother, and all that the officials know
about it {8 that it came from the beds
containing the mixed stock.
Encouraged by the government's
successful experiments {n raising dia
mond backs, a company has recently
been incorporated in Beaufort, N, C,,
for a similar purpose. A short front
near the terminus of the Inland Wa
terway canal, containing about four
acres, was obtained, and this was In
closed on three sides by concrete
walls, The water front is 340 feet in
length, and the depths of the grounds
190 feet. Within the inclosure are
three separate pounds, with ample
wire grating on the outer side to in
sure pure and constantly changing
salt water with the tide.
Since the completion of these
pounds, they have been stocked with
3,200 terrapin. Eleven hundred of
these are mature females of laying
gize and age, the remainder being
from two inches to flve inches in
length. These terrapin have been pur
chased from time to time, many of
them out of season by special permit
from the state authorities, for breed
ing purposes and to encourage propa
gation, It I 8 Interesting to learn that
820 young were taken from the hatch
ing beds during the past season,
Pursuing the same policy adopted
at the government hatchery, this com
pany allows the old stock to hibernate,
while the young are warmly housed
and fed. It has been noted at the gov.
ernment pounds that hibernation usu.
ally beging about October 20, This,
however, I 8 not a hard and fast rule,
s many of the older ones are seen
¥ FOLKSTON, GEORGIA!
One must be pre
pared to feed full rations up to June, or after,
and as hay becomes more expensive just before
grass time, it is advisable to buy such additional
hay as may be needed while the price is low.
Bear in mind that a cow needs to be fed liberally
of milk-forming foods. Meager feeding will very
materially reduce the milkflow and make it dif
ficult, perhaps impossible, to bring the cow back
to her former output.
Usually the fences on these old New England
farms consist of stone walls considerably out of
repair, which afford convenient homes for wood
chucks, skunks and rabbits, the lawful prey of
the hunter or trapper. The hunter rarely re
members to rebuild where he has pulled down
the stones in his quest for game.
These walls are supplemented with one or two
‘strands of wiré along the top, fastened to driven
posts, and if examined closely will be found to
need a great deal of repair before they will ef
fectually turn stock.s The walls have such odd
lines that they ‘convey the impression of having
been the result of a haphazard disposal of the
rocks and stones taken from the land, rather
than that of a well-defined plan of dividing into
meadows and pastures,
The wisest plan is to take time enough in the
early spring to put the pasture fences in good
repair, as at that time one can work to better
advantage among bare trees, and can see more
clearly where the walls need extra attention.
If this is left until the stock get the “wander
lust,” time will have to be taken from planting
or haying, and it then becomes more tiresome
and expensive.
during warm days later in the fall,
crawling lazily around, even after
they have been for a time in their win
ter qua ters.
Another fact in connection with the
artifieial raising of terrapin is inter
esting. Whereas the average number
of eggs during a season from one fe
male in the natural state has been
elght, the females in the government
hatchery have averaged fourteen eggs
each.nuli is well known that turtles of
all spedes can exist for a long time
on very little food if forced to do so.
By being well fed and well cared for,
not only a larger number of eggs are
obtalne‘. but it is found that they
often make a double laying; this is
especlally the case in the Carolinas,
where the temperature and the water
remain warm much longer than in
waters farther north.
It will be recognized that, in a pri
vate enterprise of this character, to in
sure sugcess and permanency, abso
lute cleanliness is Imperative, for it
will be seen from the government re
searches that the natural habitat of the
terrapin I 8 on the open, tide-swept
marshes, far removed from anything
of an itary nature, Every
thoughtfal citizen will appreciate the
fact that broad sclentific methods,
heretof used on land rather than
on sea, are to be employed to enable
us to realize from the water an im
proved food supply.
The w can be farmed almost
as flyltflmllly as the land. Man
has boot&hflnlng the land for 5,000
years. Now, largely through the In
telligent administration of the bureau
of fisherles, coastwise residents of the
United :ru are beginning to dis
cover how to promote increase of or
ganized life In the adjacent waters,
That this ean be accomplished by in
telligently directed effort is no longer
a matter of theory. Not only through
| artificlal “ In propagation, but
’ a properly arranged protective system
for the 7%!!!:10“ every fish that
luwlml, or t lives in 1. shell, can
be made mere abundant,
Where the arrange
ments for feeding and
watering are incon
venient, but little
time is left during
winter days for any
other work, as the
milk must be carried
to the creamery, the
barn and cows thor
oughly cleaned every
day, feed and roots
cut up, milk cans
scalded, and many
other small chores to
be done. One could
handle twice the num
ber of cows with little
more work.
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Hot Weather
Meats
Veal Loaf, to serve cold: Cooked Corned Beef, select
and appetizing. Chicken Loaf, Ham Loaf and Veal Loaf,
delicately seasoned. Vienna Sausage, Genuine Deviled
Ham and Wafer Sliced Dried Beef for sandwiches and
dainty luncheons.
Insist on Libby’s at your grocer’s
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Libby, M¢Neill & Libby, Chicago
iREASON FOR THE MUSTACHE
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In Eviden:e as Having Been Worn by
British Soldiers as Measure of
Military Necessity.
The correspondent who writes to a
contemporary suggesting that the
British war office authorities should
insist on soldiers being clean shaven
instead of ordering them to wear mus
taches, might have alleged Teutonic
influence in the adoption of the mus
tache of the British army. The idea
was first borrowed from a batch of
Austrian officers quartered with some
of our troops on the South coast dur
ing the Waterloo campaign. It was
then taken up by the guards, who very
much resented any attempt on the
part of mere line regiments to follow
the new fashion. The winter cam
paign in the Crimea led our men to
grow full beards for warmth, and
these, modified into flowing whiskers
(“Picadilly weepers,” as they came
to be called) on their return to Lon. 1
don, were long regarded as the mark |
of the man of fashion.—London
Chronicle. ‘
HAD PELLAGRA;
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Ringgold, La.—Mrs. S. A. Cotter, of
this place, writes: “Will say that I am
perfectly well and the happiest soul on !
earth. Wish every pellagra sufferer could
know of your great remedy. I know how
to appreciate health and sympathize with
those that are not so blest as I. Am grow- |
ing stronger, gaining in weight and can
do anything I ever could. Oh, I know I
am well of that horrible disease, and my
heart is full of rejoicing. I feel that I
have come out of a dense cloud into the
blessed sunshine. God be praised! He
has spared my life for some good, and I
feel that I have just begun to live.”
There is no longer any doubt that pel
lagra can be cured. Don’t delay until it
is too late. It is your duty to consult the
resourceful Baughn,
The symptoms—hands red like sunburn;
skin peeling off, sore mouth, the lips,
throat and tongue a flaming red, with
much mucus and choking; indigestion and
nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation,
There is hope; get Baughn’s big Free
remedy for Pellagra that has at last been
found. Address American Compounding
Co., box 2091, Jasper, Ala., remembering
book on Pellagra and learn about the
money is refunded in any vase where the
remedy fails to cure.—Ady,
Spoiling His Chances.
“Miss Twobble aspires to draw a
cultured circle about her.”
“A dangerous thing for a young girl
to do.”
“Why so?”
“Likely suitors show a disinclina
tion to break through a ring like
that.”
HAIR OR NO HAIR?
It Is Certainly Up to You and Cutl
cura. Trial Free,
Hot shampoos with Cuticura Soap,
followed by light dressings of Cuti
cura Ointment rubbed into the scalp
skin tend to clear the scalp of dan
druff, soothe itching and irritation and
promote healthy hair-growing condi
tions. Nothing better, cleaner, purer.
Sample each free by malil with Book,
Address posteard, Cuticura, Dept. XY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adyv,
Not in the Mcney.
“Does your husband play cards for
money ?"
“No,” replied young Mrs, Torkins,
thoughtfully; “I don't think Charley
plays for money. But all the people
who play with him do.”
For the big and little burns in cook
ing and baking, keep Hanford's Bal
pam of Myrrh near for quick relief.
Adv,
Exactly,
“How did you come to run up your
cottage?”
“Oh, that's another story.”
Unfortunately the fellow who s al
ways willing to lend a hand generally
has an empty one,
At a wedding men laugh and women
weep--probably because they are not
the victims,
Anticipations and regrets show up |
oftener than anything else during a |
man's earthly career, i
Women are acting as street cleansrs |
in Cardiff, Wales, l
NOT A MATTER OF FIGURES
Number of Churches or Synagogues
Seem to Be of Relatively
Little Moment,
“Is it progress to go to church or
not to go to church?” asks Dr. Ernest
(", Richardson of Princeton university.
Thereupon he answers the question in
this wise: “What is almost the last
word that can be spoken on universal
progress at the present stage of af
fairs was once spoken by that most
gracious and polished author of the
most scholarly ‘Life of Our Lord,” Dr.
Samuel J. Andrews, apropos of this
very matter,
“An enthusiastic apostle of Chris
tian endeavor in a quiet library read
ing room was holding forth in noisy
conversation on the wonderful prog
ress of the church in these latter
times,
“‘Why, just think of it,’ he cried,
‘there are twelve hundred churches (it
it was twelve hundred) in the city of
Philadelphia alone today; twelve hun
dred churches, just think of it!’
“Doctor Andrews looked up from his
book at the strenuous declaimer and
remarked quietly: ‘And there were
eight hundred synagogues (if it was
eight hundred) in Jerusalem at the
time when Jesus Christ was cruci
fied.”
In Faroff India.
In some unknown manner a little
sample of Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh
found its way into an interior village
of India. It was its own agent, and
from that small beginning a steady
trade has developed and each succeed.
ing shipment has been larger. Adv.
She Was Wise.
‘Patience—And you say he tried to
kiss you?
Patrice—Yes, and I told him I'd call
for mother.
“And did you?”
“I certainly did.”
What did your mother say?”
“Oh, mother never paid a bit of at
tention, She was a girl once herself,
’ you know.”
! Might Have Been Worse.
Flatbush—Wasn't that awful for
Nero to be playing his fiddle while
Rome burned?
Bensonhurst—lt might have been a
good deal worse,
“How 80?"”
“Why, the old man might have
played the bagpipes.”
His Kick.
“You know there is an old saying,
‘Beauty may draw us with a single
hair."”
“Sure. But I'd like to get my hooks
on to the cartoonist who drew me
with a single hair.”
Let Them Go Cheap,
Lady (in furniture store to new
clerk)—Where are those handsome
sldeboards that you had last week?
Clerk (embarrassed)—Oh, I-—er—l
shaved them off day afore yesterday,
ma'am,.—Life,
Professor's Break.
Professor (to student)—What are
you laughing at? Not at me?
Student-—Oh, no, sir,
Professor—Then what else is thera
in the room to laugh at?
Its Yearnings,
“l see they are going to establish
a Jitney line in Manila.”
“Ah! Then I suppose the Jitney
gervice s that for which the Philip
pines.”
An Alternative,
Caller (at door of apartment house)
~~What, no elevator! Must | walk
up?
Janitor--No; you may run If you
Ike,
Spoils the Impression,
“Rogers has an intelligent face, If
he didn't say a word you'd know he
was clever.”
“Yes; but the trouble is he doesn't.”
Her ldentity.
“Yonder girl's a dalsy,
“She isn't, for | know her, and
she's a black-eyed Susan.”
No Doubt,
Teacher—Mary, can you tell me how
Noah's ark was lighted?
Mary-—Yessum, with ark lights,
A man {8 judged by his deeds; also
by what he doesa't do
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