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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, ‘m: / 1 £ •• * Fig 1—Tub For Heating Water. 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. s I I A \ -T \ t / « . 3 Fig. 2—Slaughtering Table and Vat. Fig. 2 is the table and hogshead for scalding and taking off hair, scraping, etc. ^2231 Mw - - eh j* «t I/* a »* 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. r JT H E O U r V C A s r r W . 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, •W.V Mv, i P* *V k*/-".'.v mm ■■■ - m w) ?fs«8 V m .v. m V rJ TT n /v.vr.v. ■xo; m m 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.” i { 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. genuine, true and full of bmnan are , interest.