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Modern Farm Methods
As Applied in the South.
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and Stockman
Feeding Blackstrap Molasses to Young
Calves.
The Louisiana State Experiment
Station at Baton Rouge has recently
been making some interesting experi¬
ments on feeding blackstrap, or low
grade molasses, to young calves, and
has published a bulletlng, No. 108,
covering these experiments. They
were carried on under the direction
and control of Mr. T. E. Woodward,
of the Dairy Division of the National
Division of Animal Industry, and Mr.
J. G. Lee, Jr., representing the State
Experiment Station.
The conclusions were that in feed¬
ing calves blackstrap molasses the re¬
sults were not satisfactory, owing to
its laxative effect. This laxative
effect, however, is said to be
due to the sugar contained, rather
than to any of the other constituents
of the blackstrap, and the scouring is
said to have been caused by the fer¬
mentation of the sugar in the diges¬
tive tract. It. is a well recognized
fact that there is considerable diffi¬
culty experienced in rearing calves
on skim milk. The substitution for
skim milk of blackstrap molasses, or
any combination including molasses,
would appear to the average layman
familiar with the matter, as being
of doubtful propriety in feeding
young caives. To successfully rear
young calves nature's own way is the
most certain, but modern methods
are trying to discover effective and
more economic methods, and the re¬
sult of the present bulletin is to in¬
dicate that low grade molasses is not
well adapted to the feeding of young
calveB, although very superior as a
carbo-hydrate stock feed in a general
way.
Simple Slaughtering Outfit.
Figure 1 shows a big galvanfzed
Iron washtub set upon a few bricks
piled up for the occasion. A small
fire can he built beneath, which will,
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of course, melt off the coating of zinc
on the bottom of the tub, but this will
do no great harm. Such a tub costs
about seventy-five cents, and can be
purchased anywhere.
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Fig. 2 is the table and hogshead
for scalding and taking off hair,
scraping, etc.
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Fig. 3—FrameworkForSmoke Outfit.
Fig. 3 is the framework on which
to build the smoking box.
As to the Birds.
Farmers who have been studying
the use of various birds to their grow¬
ing crops, feel much less animosity
against the crow, blackbird and blue
jay than formerly, for it has been
proved that these birds aid the farmer
more than they hurt him. The swal¬
low, swift and nightingale are the
guardians of the atmosphere, feeding
on the wing and taking from the air
thbse forms of insects that might en¬
danger the fruit trees. Woodpeckers,
chickadees and creepers are the guar¬
dians of the trunks of trees, eating
the grubs that injure the bark of
fruit or ornamental trees. Blaek
Ards, thru , crows and larks pro
t the soil, eating the worms and
jts that injure the corn, wheat
and oats. They scarcely partake of
corn except in the autumn. The snipe
and woodcock are the guardians of
the subsoil, reaching far down into
the earth after hatching larvae and
insects that would soon attack the
roots of the growing crops. The long
persecuted crow is really the farmers*
fiiend, for he destroys more insects
than the average bird and rarely pulls
up the corn, as alleged. He has been
known to eat 200 grasshoppers in a
single hour. The pretty quail, whose
life has been spared by the hunter
only because of the laws of several
States, eats the weed seeds, which
would otherwise scatter, and is also a
good feeder on insect life. The grouse
of the West as well a3 the East is a
great eater of grubs and grasshop¬
pers and all forms of insects.—Week¬
ly Witness.
Pasture Without Grain,
At the Mississippi Experiment Sta¬
tion careful tests have been made to
determine the value of alfalfa pasture
without grain for hogs. Pigs ranging
in age from three to twenty-four
months have been used, and the re¬
sult of two years’ work show that al¬
falfa is little more than a main¬
tenance ration for growing hogs with¬
out grain. Satisfactory gains have
always been secured from alfalfa pas¬
tures by supplementing the pasture
with from one to two per cent, of the
weight of the hogs in corn or other
grain.
Cowpeas without grain so far have
given better results than any other
crop for hog pasture. In one test the
crop was grown on thin hill land,
where one acre of cowpeas produced
350 pounds of pork. In another test
on rich valley land one acre of cow
peas produced 483 pounds of pork.
The hogs were put in the field when
the peas were about ripe.
Sorghum as a Forage Plant.
The Florida Agricultural Experi¬
ment Station at Gainesville, Fla., has
recently issued Bulletin No. 92, in
which it discusses the whole sorghum
question, including classifications,
soils, adaptation for ensilage, method
of planting, fertilizing, cultivation
and its value for hay and for pastur¬
ing. It has frequently occurred to us
that in the sugar sections of Louis¬
iana we have paid less attention to
sorghum as a forage plant than we
should have done. In the bulletin
under consideration certain varieties
are shown to have given from six to
as high as nineteen tons of green
forage per acre, and yield in seed, or
rather grain, per acre from 500
pounds to over 2100 pounds, mu 1 _
sorghum plant is a wonderful forage
producer, and perhaps we shall learn
more about it in the future than we
have been inclined to learn about it
in the past.
Value of Sheep on the Farm.
W. J. Duffel, president of the Texas
Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Associa¬
tion, says,speaking of sheep: “Sheep
pay more on the investment than any
other domestic animals. Sheep aud
diversification keep the farmers’ chil¬
dren in school instead of in the cotton
patch. Sheep eat about 55 0 different
kinds of noxious weeds; cows eat
from 150 to 200 kinds, while horses
eat less than 100 kinds. Sheep not
only destroy noxious w'eeds, but they
improve the grass on a pasture by
exterminating the weeds. Land also
Improves with sheep running on it,
as is well known all over the civilized
world.”
Plant More Peas.
Here is a crop of which you cannot
have any over production. The peas
sell for $2 per bushel. If you cannot
sell them you can feed them. The
vines are worth $15 per ton as hay.
They actually leave your land iu bet¬
ter condition, besides giving you two 1
paying crops. Yet, we heard one
farmer say, “Peas are too high to
grow.” They may not be too high to
buy—but we cannot see how they can
get too high to grow.—Southern Cul¬
tivator.
To Rid Your Pigs of Lice,
If the pigs are lousy when weaned
dip them twice ten days apart. Put
up short posts in the feed lot and
pastures. Wrap these posts with old
sacks and once a week saturate the
sacks with crude oil or kerosene. The
pigs will rub on these and the oil will
kill the lice.—H. M. Cottrell, Super¬
intendent of Farmers' Institutes,
Colorado.
Have Custom of Old Rome. I
Women in Madagascar drape their
shawls as the old Roman senators did \
their togas. The Roman custom w r as j
to wear the toga wrapped around the i
body and across one shoulder, leaving j
the other uncovered.
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i Sad but Ineluctable Rejection of Immigrants in London.
vVithin. a stone s throw of the grim
Tower of London there is enacted
many and many a quiet tragedy of
which the busy world, absorbed in its
own cares, hears but little and that
little through a brief newspaper par¬
agraph.
It is the tragedy of the human shut¬
tlecock tossed by the combined forces
of persecution and adversity from a
land of misery to a land of hope and
tossed back agaln by the powers that
be f rom the goal that had seemed to be
j fl>11 of golden possibiljties . T he “pow
i ers that be” are represented by the
i mmigration Appeal Board) a body
| which con(ro!a (he des tlnies of hun
dreds 6f human beings who for medi
j cal> flnancial or industrial reasons have
failed to pass the Port of London sani¬
tary authorities.
No interested public views the pro¬
ceedings of this tiny court of appeal
whose rooms have echoed to many a
thrilling and remarkable story. The
inquiring man in the street will find
all his efforts to penetrate this judicial
sanctum futile, for unless one happens
to be a privileged pressman, or is called
as a witness on behaU of an alien, one
might as well cry for the moon as
hope to obtain admittance.
A fiBe morning. Around the hum
and bustle inseparable from the life
of this great metropolis. Knots of sea¬
faring men continually pass and re¬
pass, for we are in the vicinity of the
silent, swiftly flowing Thames. Eleven
o’clock strikes from a city clock tower,
and from the neighborhood of the
docks comes a smart ship’s officer, his
uniform resplendent with gilt lace,
heading a tiny crowd of immigrants,
who are seeking to appeal to the Immi¬
gration Board as a last resource. A
sorry knot of humanity, indeed, worn
with travel and tortured by anxiety. |
They look with wondering eyes at the
shops, policemen. the towering A buildings, office boy and pokes the J J
J saucy
fun at their foreign garb, derides their;
dusty jack bools and criticises their
astrachan caps.
The party numbers nine, just dis¬
embarked from the Libau boat, from a
Russian rabbi of partriarehal mien to a
child of four, who weeps bitterly on
seeing the tears in bis mother’s eyes.
Wistfully these human sheep look on
all sides, anon turning behind, fearful
lest some unnamable terror lurks at
their heels—they forget that this is
England. There is, too, a youth of 16,
possessing nought but a good constitu¬
tion and a solitary ruble. Accompany¬
ing him are three young mechanics,
while some London relatives bring up
the rear. They arrive at Great Tower
street now.
“Come along!” shouts the officer in
guttural German, and the party quick¬
ens its pace and makes its way slowly
up the steps leading to the offices of
the board. On the steps they encounter
other friends and relatives, who appear
to have waited there from an early
hour. There is mutual recognition, A
stalwart young fellow embraces his
betrothed, a mere child of 18, who
finds herself enmeshed in the adminis¬
tration of the act, and he is loath to
leave her.
“Coming?” queries the officer, with
no attempt to hide his impatience, and
the two are parted, to meet again soon
before the tribunal of three.
The little crowd is disposed in an
anteroom and the stalwart lover left
outside. Spying the letter box affixed
to the door, however, and finding it an
excellent conversational medium, he
utilizes it for that purpose, until the
caretaker interposes, bidding the amor¬
ous swam remember that “there’s
plenty of time for that there business!”
The man retires to the “waiting room”
reserved for witnesses. The occupants
of the room sit apart in silence; they
endeavor to stifle their very heartbeats,
and wonder vaguely w r hat is in store
for them.
The medical officer looks at the par¬
ty, picks out those whom he has desig¬
nated “physically unfit,” re-examines
them and gets their cases rapidly dis¬
posed of. An alien may have the
necessary few pounds, but trachoma is
his undoing; London, rightly, will
have none of it, for this terrible eye
disease is highly contagious.
The alien is quaking in his shoes, for
the interpreter has just announced his
name. He presents a truly sorry and
forlorn appearance, for his journey in
the steerage of a ship has neither im¬
proved his complexion nor S,dded vi¬
tality to his movements.
“Who told you to come here?” in¬
quires the presiding Justice of the
Peace.
The interpreter repeats the question
in Yiddish and the immigrant replies
to the effect that trade was disorgan¬
ized in Russia and that life—especially
Jewish life—was ever unsafe. He had
come here with a trade in his hands
and he assures them that the first
money he earns will be spent in send¬
ing for his wife and children, who re¬
mained behind in the pogrom ridden
town.
“How much have you got?”
The alien places on the table a few-i
ruble notes and a couple of shillings—a
sum far short of the requisite £5.
‘‘Any prospects of work?” A tatter¬
ed piece of paper is produced whereon
is scrawled in pencil the name of a
prospective employer. ‘‘Let him re¬
tire!” and the alien is returned to the
ante room to ponder over his chances
of admission.
Witnesses are called and subjected
to some close questioning as to their
position, the number of rooms they oc¬
cupy, and their willingness to sign a
guarantee that the alien will not be¬
come chargeable to the rates if admit¬
ted. The employer whose address had
been produced is willing to employ the
man at a fair wage. The board delib
erates in private, the alien is again
questioned and subsequently admitted
The anxious bride, neatly and taste
fully dressed, survives the ordeal of
cross-examination, answering the in
quiries of the interpreter in an unruf
fled manner. She had not a friend in
London other than her lover, to whom
she had come at his request. “Can you
work?” she is asked. The girl smiles
and replies that where there is work
to do she is willing to do it. Besides,
she is to be married shortly. But a
paternal board wants to know where
she will lodge prior to her marriage,
and the girl replies in ail innocence
that she does not know. Her lover is
brought before the board. He is a
good workman, bearing an excellent
character from his employer. The girl
is in the bloom of young womanhood
and she must be protected. Is she
willing to enter a home for immigrant
girls until her marriage? “Certainly,”
thp the girl e-iri answers in in tho the jargon, iar-nn and and rhe the
two aie sent aw-ay happy.
The woman with the child is a trans
migrant bound for America, whtYe a
husband who deserted her resides. But
the child is afflicted with the terrible
To part it from the mother
is out of the question; the child, it is
clear, cannot be allowed to land.
The talt, gray-bearded rabbi had
awaited his turn with the patience
characteristic of Israel’s children. His
story is soon told. Sixty-four years of
age, he was the minister of a tiny Rus¬
sian synagogue which had been burnt
by the mob one night last winter. His
was devoted to the study of the
Holy Jewish law, he explained
had been shot in an endeavor to
military service. His occupa¬
tion was gone, Russian family ties
all severed and he had come to
England to end his days with an old
colleague who lived iu the
End of London.
The pressmen are asked to retire,
while waiting in an outer room
as to the fate of this exije
lot had been so sad. No wit¬
appear in the rabbi’s behalf and
recalled the journalists are in¬
that the appellant had been re¬
The other cases are soon disposed of
are dealt with methodically. They
but little. Now and then an In¬
episode will relieve the mon¬
An unscrupulous shipping
will find his methods exposed to
light of day. The man who is so
to employ the “greener” the
arrived alien—is sometimes
to be the proprietor of a sweat¬
an establishment such as Roseu
the blind Yiddish poet, has so
depicted. A child will often
about the room while its mother
giving evidence, pleading as though
her very life. And the child plays
ignorant of the tragedy being en¬
close by.
A hard morning’s work. Nine cases;
of them rejected. The latter are
again by the officer. The
on their faces is sufficient to tell
waiting relatives of their non-suc¬
and the ship’s officer speaks to
now, in a gentler tone. Down the
this time, hope left behind them;
bustling Great Tower street,
the crowd eyes them just as
thence to the Libau ship,
is to take them away from the
of their dreams, back again to the
of despair.—London Daily
Impromptu Speeches.
Why be ashamed of getting your
made for you by another?
clothes are made by another—
not your speeches? Both, after
are necessary to a successful par¬
career. Impromptu speech¬
(for any occasion).—As these re
more time in their preparation,
is necessary to make a charge of
gnineas per 1,000, which is, how- 1
inclusive of humor and quota- j
Our series of “Impromptu !
for One Hundred and One
can be had for £500, or j
the Times system of payment for ;
down and thirteen monthly pay- j
of £50 each.—Punch.
There were 3869 foreigners at the !
universities during the winter I
constituting 8.3 percent of ;
total attendance,
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this After suffering for seren years
woman tv as restored to health
by Lydia E. Pinkliam’s Vegetable
Compound. Read her letter.
Ind. Mrs. Sallie French, of Paucaunla,
Ter., writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
j .. I had female troubles for seven
years — was all run-down, and so ner¬
vous 1 could not do anything. The
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no gopd. While in this con¬
dition I wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for ad¬
vice and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege¬
I table Compound, and I am now stronir
and well.”
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{ j FACTS FOR S8 til WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, tion, fibroid tumors, inflammation, irregularities, ulcera
periodic pains, backache, flatulency,indiges- that bear
ing-down feeling,
tion,dizziness,ornervous Why it ? prostration.
don’t you try
Don’t hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She will treat your
free lettermconfidenceandadviseyou No
wonian and because ever regretted
writing her, she of her
vast experience has helped
thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Model Villages in Hungary.
The progress of the Agricultural
(Ministry in dealing with the forma¬
tion of new villages and of irepeopling
those suffering seriously from decline
goes on apace in Hungary. A re¬
port just published shows that the
State has allocated 32,874 acres of its
own property for sixteen settlements
on which 1,590 families have been
given new homes.
Two new model villages have been
formed named Igazfalva and Szilagyi i
while some thirteen centres have be
•resuscitated. Several interesting fea¬
tures demand attention. Far instance,
the expenses of a church are the more
easily borne because the inhabitants
of such a village settlement are usual- f
ly of the same religious faith. Life
is more bearable within these pro¬
tected or aided areas. Land—good
•land—is cheaper.
Terms of purchase extend over a
long -period, an d the interest in Tran¬
sylvania is only 2 per cent., rising
in some of the other districts to 4
per cent. 'More than 2,250,000 crowns
have been - repaid by the new
settlers and only 150,000 crowns of
the purchase money remains outstand¬
ing.
In the selection of the peasant farm¬
ers great care is shown and all are
subjected to a severe examination.
In many cases the new farmers have
been, supplied gratis with seeds, fruit
trees and cattle for breeding pur¬
poses, and special funds have been
provided for the laying out and mak¬
ing of new roads.—Budapest corre¬
spondence Pall Mali Gazette.
FULLY NOURISHED
Grapc-NutsaPerfectly Balanced Food.
No chemist’s analysis of Grape
Nuts can begin to show the real value
of the food—the practical value as
shown by personal experience. bal
It is a food that is perfectly .
anced, supplies the needed elements
of brain and nerves in all stages of
life from the infant, through the
strenuous times of active middle lh®> J
and is a comfort and support in old -l
age. used Grape
"For two years I have
Nuts with milk and a little cream, f° r
breakfast. I am comfortably hungry
for my dinner at noon. veget¬
“I use little meat, plenty of
ables and fruit, in season, for the
noon meal, and if tired at tea time>
take Grape-Nuts alone and feel per¬
fectly nourished. mem
“Nerve aud brain power, and
ory are much improved since usi og
Grape-Nuts. I am over sixty and
weigh 155 lbs. My son and husband
seeing how I had improved, cjj 8 a (
using Grape-Nuts, traveling
“My son, who is a
ea ts nothing for breakfast but Grape
Nuts and a glass of milk. An aum.
over 70, seems fully nourished
Grape-Nuts and cream.” "There
Reason.” Co., r -ie
Name given by Postum
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road
Wellville,” in pkgs. Anew
Ever read the above letter . They
one appears from time to time.
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interest.