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VALUE OF THE PEANUT CROP
TO SOUTHERN FARMERS
Florida has made an enviable rec
ord in increased swine production
during the twelve-month period from
January 1, 1919, to January 1, 1920.
While the United States, as a whole
shows a decrease of 2 per cent in
swine production during this period,
Florida shows an increase of 5 per
cent, with an average value six
times greater than it was ten years
ago. The introduction of good
breeding stock, beter care including
prevention of disease, and the pro
duction of a more liberal feed supply
have been largely responsible for
the results obtained. However, if
Florida is to maintain this standing
and increase her hog production as
her climatic and soil conditions war
rant, more atention must be given
to the production of cheap feeds;
and. in this connection, we believe
that the peanut crop is one of the
most important if not the most im
portant grown in the state.
Peanuts can be produced profit
ably on nearly every farm in the
hog-raising section of the state and
the number and value of hogs in
the state have increased with the
increase.in acreage of peanuts. It
is a noticeable fact that the sec
tions of Florida, Georgia and Ala
bama which have been producing the
most peanuts for market have made
tffe greatest strides in pork produc
tion, and in these sections we find
the most prosperous farmers to be
found in the south, as well as the
healthiest business conditions.
The peanut crop fits splendidly
into a profitable crop rotation sys
tem and furnishes a cash and feed
crop which cannot be supplied by
any other of equal value. It has
been customary for many years to
grow peanuts as a source of cheap
fed supply for the hogs to gather
in the field in the late fall and
winter. We have no criticisms to
offer for this practice in times past,
before an established market was
obtained for the harvested nuts, but
with the present demand and prices
paid for the nuts and the increased
benefits to be derived from feeding
peanut meal instead of the whole
nut, we feel it is poor policy on
the part of the farmer to continue
this practice. There is, we feel, a
place for a grazing'crop of peanuts
as an early crop, planted in con
nection with early corn and cowpeas
for hog feed in the summer and ear
ly fall when there is plenty of green
forage and supplementary feeds to
furnish a balanced ration; but the
main crop should be harvested and
marketed. The practice of carrying
hogs over the summer on scanty ra
tions, then turning them in on the
peanut field, has been disastrous to
many farmers. While acting as
countv' agent in Florida I was many
times" called on by farmers to treat
hogs that in their opinion were dy
ing from cholera, but on careful
examination the trouble was found
not to be a contagious disease but
indigestion caused by unbalanced ra
tion due to their being turned in on
peanuts and consuming large quan
tities of this high protein and oily
feed alone.
In discussing the peanut crop for
market versus grazing as a cheap
supply of feed for hogs, let us con
sider some of the important factors
in profitable pprk production:
First, the supply of protein feeds
for the growing animal.
Second. • feed that will produce
firm pork.
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Third, winter grazing.
Now, let us see what relation the
harvested crop of peanuts has to
; supplying these needs. Peanut meal
contains from 28 to 47 per cent pro
tein, according to the methods of
crushing.
First, it is generally conceded that
a pound of peanut meal is equal to
a pound of peanuts in the hull for
pork production. A bushel of white
Spanish peanuts contains approxi
mately one gallon of oil which is not
beneficial but rather detrimental to
the hog. By harvesting the crop and
selling and buying back the rrteal or
trading for meal, a farmer usually
gets back from 3,000 to 4,000 pounds
of meal for a ton of nuts or one and
a half to two times as much food
value as was contained in the nuts
and releases for commercial purposes
about 75 to 80 gallons of the most
desirable oil to be found on the mar
ket for human consumption. . The
peanut meal thus obtained Will fur
nish a. cheaper supply of protein food
than can be obtained otherwise and
one which, if the fiber is removed by
bolting, may be fed even to small
pigs in the" proper proportion with
out any detrimental effect as has
been proven by many .field tests car
ried on by pig club* boys and farm
ers. The exchange of nuts for meal
secures for the farmer a much lar
ger supply of protein feeds that can
be easily stored away and utilized as
needed throughout the year. In graz
ing the crop we usually find the sup
ply of feed given out before the hogi
are in a marketable condition and no
provision made to supply them with
the necesasry feed to finish them,
and. in consequence, the farmer is
obliged to sacrifice on price and
quality at a season of the year when
prices' are usually low.
Second, it has "been found that at
least 50 per cent of the ration may
be peanut meal and still produce firm
pork. This, in itself, is worthy of
grave consideration on the part of
the farmer and feeder, as peanut
fed pork is oily and commands a
price much less than firm pork.
Third, green winder grazing crops
are very esential for profitable pork
production and on many farms
where the peanut crop is harvested
no provision is made to supply this
great need. Where peanuts are har
vested the farmer is able to plant
this land in an early winter grazing
crop of oats, rye, or rape or a com
bination of these crops, which will
add greatly to the condition of his
hogs and the profit of the industry.
By pasturing this land during the
fall and winter and following with a
corn and velvet bean crop he is in
creasing the fertility of the soil
rather than depleting it, which would
be the result from a one-crop system
of farming and will largely overcome
the objection of removing the pea
nut vines from the land. In harvest
ing the peanut crop the vines are
secured for .hay and if properly han
dled and stacked an article of forage
equal to alfalfa in feeding value and
of sufficient cash value to more than
pay all expenses of harvesting and
marketing the crop is obtained.
The successful farmer will plan on
marketing the bulk of his crop
through his liye stock, returning
much of the plant food removed
from the Soil in producing these
crops back to the land in manure ob
tained from his animals.
S. W. HIATT.
Publicity and Field Agent, South
eastern Peanue Association. 24 1-2
Buckie St., Atlanta, Ga.
AKD SUCCESSFUL FARMING JBS.
Andrew M Soule
The Soft Fork Situation
What shall we do about the soft
pork Situation? This is a matter of
concern to every southern farmer.
At the present time soft pork is dis
criminated against in a’l of our pack
ing plants and consuming centers.
Apparently, we are producing more
of it in the south than elsewhere.
The great questions at issue, there
fore, are the discovery of the causes
of soft pork and an adequate and
profitable means of correcting this
condition. It is an open question as
to whether feed is the only factor
affecting the production of soft pork.
Possibly the personal equation in
the grading of this article is exer
cising an influence greater than we
may realize, and then, of course,
there is the economic side of this
question which must not be over
looked. It is possible under certain
conditions that we might produce
soft pork and take the cut which is
now accorded it and still raise pigs
more cheaply than if we attempted to
grow and feed those crops which as
suredly will result in the finishing
out of animals that will kill “hard.’
Certainly this problem is one of uni
versal concern, and, in the present
state of our knowledge, it surely
needs to be investigated very fully
and carefully so that we may arrive
at definite conclusions as soon as
possible and be enabled to advise
our growers and prevent the eco
nomic losses continuing which we
are now suffering.
Such investigation as has been
made up to the present time would
indicate that there are about three
classes of pork being produced in
the south. These would be rated as
hard, or firm, medium hard and soft,
or oily. A hard pork Is that which
under a standard of firmness based
on 100 per cent has a melting point
of the body fat of approximately
100.4 degrees ’ Fahrenheit. Medium
hard pork is that which has a melt
ing point of the body fat of approxi
mately 91.4 degrees to 100.4 degrees
Fahrenheit and soft, or oily pork
would be that grade which shows a
melting point of the bddy fat of ap
proximately 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit
or below. Hard or firm pork is de
rived largely from hogs fed on corn
or corn and a supplementary con
centrate that does not materially
change the character of the body
fat. In other words, the iodine num
ber does not vary materially from
that of strictly corn-fed hogs. The
medium hard pork is softer to the
touch than the fats of the standard
or firm grades, and this is true even
after it has remained in a cooler for
forty-eight hours at a temperature
of from 32-38 degrees Fahrenheit.
One can easily recognize these dif
ferent grades /without much experi
ence or aid if he but have the op
portunity to come in contact with
them. The differences shown are so
marked as to be readily seen and ap
preciated. The soft, or oily pork,
even when kept in a refrigerator for
forty-eight hours at a temperature
of from 32-38 degrees Fahrenheit. Is
still soft, flabby and oily to the touch
and apparently without firmness of
texture.
It has been presumed since this
question came to public notice that
feed is the chief factor in causing
pork to be soft. This trouble in
the south has been attributed pri
marily to the use of peanuts. It is
a question whether this conclusion
is absolutely correct and whether
there may not be other influences
entering into this proposition which
should be carefully considered. It
is the consensus of opinion that soft
pork is also produced to a greater
or less degree where soy beans, rice
bran and mast constitute the chief
food of the animals concerned, It
is now felt by those who have in
vestigated the situation that peanut
meal does not exert a softening in
fluence on meat when fed in rea
sonable proportion with corn or the
grain yielding sorghums. This is
very gratifying information, for from
an economic point of view, peanuts
should always be harvested and sold
to the erushing mills. The oil should
then be extracted from them and
made into human food. In this re
spect it ranks very high, being equal
in quality, flavor and other charac
teristics to the best olive oil. After
the oil is extracted the peanut meal
is very valuable apparently as a hog
food. Its desirability for this pur
pose has been greatly enhanced over
the peanut in its natural state. If
then we combined peanut meal with
corn or grain derived from sorghum,
we probably have found a solution
of the soft pork problem which w'il
enable us to overcome the great eco
nomic losses we are suffering in
this direction at the present time.
It will take a little different meth
od of farm practice, but certainly
we can increase our annual ouW
turn of corn. Our climate is ad
mirably adapted to the growth of
the grain yielding sorghums. Thes>
are mostly of the nonsaccharine va
rieties. They do well in our climf.te,
withstanding drouth remarkably well.
We can secure very considerable
yields of grain per acre from the cul
tivation of these crops. They yield
a forage of some value as well.
Hence, it seems that we should em
phasize 'the production of the grain
yielding sorghums more particularly
in the future than *we have done
in the past.
It is certain that we can harden
meat quite successfully through the
greater employment of tankage and
shorts in the ration now fed. It
will be argued that these foods are
very expensive, but their use will re
sult in an economic gain to the farm
er as compared with the loss he is
now suffering in the cut on animals
producing soft pork when sold in
the onen market.
There is another hardening ma
terial of extra superior value to the
southern farmer, and that is cot
tonseed meal. If fed without discre
tion in unlimited quantities for too
long a period of time, it will almost
certainly result in the death of ev
ery animal consuming it. It can be
seen, therefore, that it is a danger
ous food and its use unwise. Most
people do not realize that if fed in
very small quantities, cotton seed
meal effects a decided influence on
the hardening of pork. Nor do they
realize that this small quantity may
be fed to animals on grazing crops
during considerable periods of time
with safety. It is considered that
one-sixth of the ration may consist
of cottonseed meal for periods vary
ing from sixty to ninety days. This
is a long enough period of time in
which t 6 finish the average bunch
of hogs for market. Use discretion,
care and consistency in the feeding
of cottonseed meal. Do not take
any chances with it, but remember
that under existing conditions it
promises to be a feed of value in
the attainment of the end to be
sought. The length of time neces
sary to harden soft pork varies ma
terially, and' further investigations
are needed on this point.
The foregoing suggestions arc
worthy of the careful consideration
of every swine raiser in the south.
If they are followed out on the basis
indicated, they should enable us to
secure some relief from the undesir
able economic conditions by which
our hog raisers are now confronted.
The Southern Agricultural Workers’
Committee on soft pork investiga
tions recently met and formulated
the following program of work.
This is a movement in the right di
rection and should help the situation
materially; :
a. Experience has repeatedly
shown that theer is a lamentable
lack of uniformity in grading pork
as to hardness.
1. Between different markets on
the same day.
2. At the same market on different
dates, often as influenced by the
proportion of carcasses received of
each class.
3. Between different color experts
as expressed on the same day and
for the same hogs.
4. Between the classification
made by individual experts of the
packers and classification based on
melting-points and iodine numbers.
b. Therefore, we recommend that
the southern experiment stations
further perfect the requirements for
the three grades of pork tentatively
riroposofl in this report, and that
they correlate their results with
market requirements, giving due re
gard to commercial usage.
c. We also recommend that on
the basis of the standard thus for
mulated the packers be requested
to provide such instruction to their
cooler-experts as will insure uni
form grading on all principal mar
kets.
d. We further recommend that as
a means to this end that the tem
perature at w’hich test lots are held
during the chilling period be uniform
in different plants. .
Establishing an Area of Bur Clover
F. S., Ellerlee, N. C., writes:
There is a small patch of Wur
clover that was on the farm
when we • bought it. I have
some rough land that I want to
make into a hog pasture and
want to get a start of this clover
on it. What is the best way to
do this?
You should protect the patch of
clover in question during the spring
and summer. After the burs ma
ture, gather the clover seed as care
fully as possible. This may be ac
complished by means of what is
called a hand stripper or by cutting
the clover, drying it and then flail
ing out the seed. It would hardly
be necesasry for you to clean the
seed by winnowing it as the
associated with it would enable you
to distribute it more uniformly over
the ground you wish to seed.' The
seeding should be done as soon as
the seed has been harvested. That
would be nature’s way of handling
ths proposition, and we cannot im
prove on nature in that respect.
For sowing seed, I would prefer
to work up the land as well as pos
sible and to cover the seed into the
soil. This will be more likely to in
sure its rapid and uniform germina
tion. I would not pasture this land
during the present season because
if you do so the young plants are
liable to be injured by tramping or
possibly destroyed altogether. An
other year, If you succeed in obtain
ing a thoroughly satisfactory stand,
you may with propriety fence the
area in question in the manner sug
gested in your letter and then turn
in hogs to graze on this crop.
Controlling' Abnormal Fermentations
in Milk
W. K. 8., Sardis, Ga., writes:
I wish to know what is the
trouble with our milk. It is
all right when it is sweet, but
when it clabbers it goes to whey
and eats up the cream. The cow
is in a healthy condition. We
feed her cotton seed meal and
hulls, velvet bean meal and
shucks off of corn. She runs
on a grass pasture and gets
plenty of fresh water.
Milk i-s frequently affected in the
manner you indicate at this season
of the year. The summer weather
comes on and there is a considerable
amount of rainfall and a good deal
of moisture in the air. conditions
for the development of molds, fer
ments and fungous growths are at
their very best. Milk furnishes the
best medium in which these fer
ments can develop, and a very slight
infection may result in the develop
ment of a condition such as you
describe. The best way of over
coming a trouble*of this character
is through the careful handling of
the milk. In the first place, boil and
sterilize every utensil used. You
cannot be too particular or careful
about this. See that the cow's
udder is wiped off before milking.
Wash the hands thoroughly before
milking. Milk cow dry. The udder
should, of course, be oiled under
such circumstances to prevent its
chafing. When the milk is drawn
aerate it by pouring it from one
Vessel to another several times.
Keep It in a cool situation where the
air circulates freely.
The natural ferment in milk is
that produced by the bacteria which
causes the development of lactic
acid. As a rule, these organisms are
present in sufficient numbers to
insure normal fermentation taking
place. Sometimes other organisms
gain the ascendency. When this
occurs, we have a condition, such as
you describe. Your efforts should,
therfore. be directed to re-establish
ing the normal ferment. This will
occur if you carry out the sugges
tions made with sufficient skill and
persistence. .
BEGINNING WITH ALFALFA
CLOVER
C. 8., West Lake, Ga., writes:
Please give me all the informa
tion you can on alfalfa. I have
fifteen acres in bloom and wish
to know when to cut and culti
vate it.
Alfalfa should be cut when a new
growth starts from the crowns of
the plants. If you will pull the tops
of the plants aside and examine the
crowns, you can determine whether
this new growth has started or not.
Alfalfa should not be cult according
to the stage of bloom it evidences,
but only after an examination has
revealed evidences of the develop
ment of the growth to which refer
ence has been made. If alfalfa is
cut before the new growth starts;
it will be greatly injured or may be
killed out altogether. If it is cut
too late after the new growth starts,
unsatisfactory results are almost
certain to follow. Be careful, there
fore, about this matter as It Is of
vital importance to the future wel
fare of your crop. I congratulate you
on having fifteen acres of alfalfa.
It is one of the most valuable crops
than can be grown in the State of
Georgia. It makes a very superior
hay, will yield four or five cuttings
in a favorable season and can be used
in the maintenance of dairy cattle
almost as effectively as bran or corn.
It is also valuable for other live
stock when fed in moderate amounts.
It is so rich in nitrogen that only
limited quantities of the hay should
be fed to work stock.
We would not give the crop any
treatment at this time unless it be to
use 500 pounds of acid phosphate per
acre as. a top dressing. This might
be harrowed into the ground. If your
land is not rich in lime, you might
put a ton or two on. as a top dress
ing next summer. Heavy fertiliza
tion after the crop is established is
not, as a rule, necessary and the
best material to use is an annual
application of acid phosphate.
CONTROLLING MILDEW ON
BOSES
M. E. C., Monroe, N. C., writes:
I would like a remedy for some
thing like white rust on rose
bushes. I have some fine rose
bushes and they grow off well
for a short .time and then the
buds and leaves turn white.
There are several fungi affecting
roses which might be responsible
for the trouble you describe. It is
difficult to distinguish between them
accurately except through the agency
of a careful laboratory investigation.
We are rather Inclined to think from
what you say that your roses have
been attacked by mildew. There is
a good deal of this present on the
roses’ in this section of the country.
It is brought about largely by the
excessive rainfall of the present
spring and the cold weather. It is
a difficult thing to control. Some
roses are much more subject to it
than others. The best thing to do is
to dust the roses with flowers of
sulphur every ten days. Do the work
carefully and effectively. Ammonia
cal copper carbonate is also valuable
for- this purpose. These are about
the simplest remedies you can under
take to use.
The Relation of Nitrogen Bacteria
to Legumes
J. L. H., Hatley, Ga., writes: Is
there anything to the statement that
nitro-germ wil Idouble the yield of pea
nuts?
All leguminous crops as you
doubtless know have the ability un
der certain conditions to gather ni
trogen out of the air. To accom
plish this little white nodules or
knots must form on their roots. In
these nodules live certain forms and
types of bacteria which enable the
plants to assimilate nitrogen out of
the air. Bacteria cannot live in a
soil that is acid. If legumes have
never been grown on the land, the
bacteria may not be able to estab
lish themselves. In the case of large
seeded legumes there, is often dirt
enough clings to them to insure
Laborer Inherits $7,000,000
But “Tends His Hawgs” as Always
HAGERSTOWN, Md.—Gabriel Ship
ley, the well-known millionaire,
tossed another bucketful into the
trough and, wiping his sweating
forehead, exclaimed, “Ain’t they a
beautiful I’il bunch o’ hawgs? Only
paid $7.20 apiece for ’em, too!”
No idle bit of fiction in that sen
tence. No romance. No actual quo
tation.
And Gabriel Shipley, at the mo
ment he said it, presented the picture
of a millionaire —a $7,000,000 million
aire—engaged in the act of feeding
pigs.
You know Gabe, of course. He is
the tender of the lock just above Dam
No. 4 on the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, and he has just inherited $7,-
000,000 from his uncle, Jimmy Mc-
Coy.
The most money he ever had seen
in his life was the ssl he got the first
month they raised the pay of lock
tenders from $35 a month. As a
matter of sober fact he hasn’t seen
any more yet. And—saddest of all—•
he really doesn’t care a hang whether
he ever sees any more or not.
Gabriel Shipley is a monument
marking a stage in the world’s evo
lution—nothing less. When Gabriel
Shipley got a letter from his sister,
Sal Crone, in Washington, D. C., say
ing that Uncle “Jim” McCoy had left
him $7,000,000 he deliberately reduced
his hogs’ supper portion of slop be
cause he was afraid he might acci
dentally, in a sudden wave of gen
erosity, give them more. “Gabe”
Shipley brought the Alladin idea up
to 1920.
Everybody knows how it is—-when
one wants to exercise one’s imagina
tion to the limit and start up an ex
citing discussion, one says. “Oh, what
would you do if you had $1,000,000?”
Even that is a lot of fun when you
have no chance in the world of get
ting $1,000,000.
How much more fun it would be
discussing the matter with a man
who was just about to wrap his bank
book around $7,000,000!
And here is what Gabe thinks about
it:
He thinks he will quit the lock
tending business within twenty-four
hours after he really gets the first
Installment of the $7,000,000.
He thinks he will move away from
the house by the canal.
He thinks he will buy himself a lit
tle place in Hagerstown and settle
down to a quiet life.
And that’s about all.
He was in the kitchen, eating hot
Thrash Hard Spring Wheat
Directly From the Shock
When thrashing can be done early,
the most economical method is to I
thrash directly from the shock. '
Thrash when the grain Is dry, either
before or after it has gone through
the sweat. If the grain is too dry,
it will crack badly in thrashing.
Wheat thrashed before sweating in
the shock will go through the sweat
in the bins, giving the grain a dark
er and richer color. Grain that is
thrashed when damp Will sweat too
much and become hot and bin burnt.
When grain is stacked ft should be
allowed to go through the sweat be
fore thrashing.
Community thrashing is desirable
where the farms are not large. The
Individual farmer will get his thrash
ing done more rapidly and econom
ically where a group of farmers can
own and operate a thrashing outfit
together.
See that the separator is well
cleaned before the thrashing is
started, in order to prevent the mix
ture of grain and the scattering pf
weed seed from the neighboring
farms.
Watch carefully the working of
the machine to see that the grain is
entirely removed from the straw and
that the chaff is blown out.
Stack the straw, use it as feed or
bedding for live stock, and so con
vert it into manure.
Write to United States Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.,
for a copy of Farmers’ Bulletin 678,
"Growing Hard Spring Wheat.”
Extension Service
AUBURN, Ala. —The oustanding
feature duriQg„thq.of the
work of the ..home demonstration,
agents of tbft, Alabama extension
service seems to have been the com
bination meeting at Camden, Ala., in
which the counties of Wilcox, Bald
win and Mobile co-operated. For
three days the ,\vomen and girls of
the Camden section were instructed
and entertained by a carefully pre
pared program participated in by
Mrs. Louise Riley, of Mobile; Miss
Mary H. Cooper, of Baldwin and
Miss Mary R. Strudwick, of Wilcox,
assisted by Miss Gladyw Tappan,
assistant state agent and poultry
specialist and Dr. F. L. Thomas, ex
tension entomologist, at Auburn,
Demonstrations were given in
cooking and serving a meal in a
steam-pressure cooker, the meal In
cluding steak, Irish potatoes, cab
bage, and apple puddirtg; and on
the following day in a fireless cook
er, a .meal of baked chicken, beans,
rice and pudding. A demonstration
was also given in the canning ot
meats, and in the use of washing
machines.
There was a lecture and demon
stration on bee keeping, an address
On poultry management, poultry dis
eases, and the feeding of poultry.
There was a short talk on house fur
nishing and interior decoration, also
some health talks.
The success of such meetings as
these is securing the voluntary co
operation and commendation of the
business men of the state. The
Matthews Hardware company of
Camden furnished the place of meet
ing and used its advertising space
in the newspaper to give notice
abroad thrugh the county of the
short course. Montgomery mer
chants sent splendid exhibits of
draperies and house furnishings,
with a representative of their firm
to display same. One of the leading
art. shops sent a beautiful exhibit
of pictures.
And as a practical result in addi
tion to the help and information
given those attending, purchases
were made of three steam-pressure
canners, a fireless cooker, a barrel
churn, several pictures, interior
decorations, and a hive of bees, with
necessary equipment.
Observing a passage of Exodus
which refers to the discovery of
Moses in the bullrushes in an ark
“daubed with slime and with pitch,”
Standard Oil engineers went to Egypt
on a little trip of exploration and
made discoveries as the result of
which there will soon be extensive
oil operations there.
their inoculation without the use of
special cultures. In the case of 1
small-seeded sorts, it is often neces
sary to inoculate them. We hardly
consider the use of cultures neces
sary for beans or peas except on
land where they have not been cul
tivated for some years. In the case
of small-seeded legumes like alfalfa
and the clovers, we would consider
inoculation both advisable and de
sirable in all instances. This rep
resents our observations and seems
to be a fair statement of the con
clusions we have reached relative to
this matter.
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apple pie, when the correspondent,
footsore and weary after a long
tramp from the place where automo
biles either stop or jump into the
canal, arrived at his front door.
His wife, Urilly, was in the kitch
en baking more apple pies. His
daughter, Mrs. Frank Winters, and
baby, Lois, were in the kitchen clean
ing up hot apple pie crumbs.
In the places on the dining room
table not occupied by hot apple pia
there was hot pork sausage mac 1 *
from the real pig and slabs of white
home-made bread and hock of ham.
(“Dining item table” is correct. Yes,
it was in the kitchen.)
Gabe and his wife, Urilly, and his
daughter and everybody talked freely
for publication. Later Jack Shipley,
his son, came oyer from across the
canal and talked freely.
Gabe had no secrets about himself
or his fortune. The only thing he
couldn’t tell about it was where it
was and when he was going to get
it. He hadn’t heard a word since the
letter from his sister Sal, in Wash
ington.
“Yes,” Gabe said, when they asked
him if-any lawyers had been to see
him. “Yes, Alex Hagner was up this
way. Man' brought him up here by
accident, he said. But that warn’t no
accident.”
From which it may be judged that
folks will have a hard time attaching
the Shipley millions to any South
Carolina diamond mines or oil wells.
Uncle Jim McCoy had gone away
when he (Gabe) was only ten years
old, he said. That was in 1859. Some
of the young bloods in Sharpsburg
had fixed up this wagon-train party
and Uncle Jim had joined it and
they had started out for California.
Everybody knows, of course, that
there was so much gold out there in
those days that it used to blow
around in a strong wind and get in
the food and everything. Uncle Jim
got there in time for one of the
strong winds. And recently he passed
away.
He never married. He had three
brothers, all of whom have died. And
one of them, Mike, had married and
left a son, Gabriel. It is he. the lock
tender, 71 years old. who will shortly
start the life of the idle rich—in
Hagerstown.
Urilly, though, probably will have
something to say about it. She had
an idea about that $7,000,000, that
never occurred to Gabe.
“I guess we’ll give a good deal of
it to the poor,” she said.
Rape as a Forage Crop for
Hogs Brings Good Results
Rape as a forage crop for hogs
has not been so popular in the south
as in the north. It is a well-known
plant of the cabbage family and is
often grown in the south, under the
name of smooth kale, as a garden
vegetable for salad. It requires a
cool, moist climate for best growth.
In hot, dry weather it makes little
growth and becomes tough and un
palatable to the hogs. This makes
spring seedings, except the very earli
est, unsatisfactory. The best use to
make of rape for hog pastures in
the south is probably for late fall
and winter grazing. September seed
ings give good results, as rape stands
light freezing without injury and will
furnish grazing throughout the win
ter. It may be seeded broadcast or
in drills. If drilled, it should be cul
tivated once or twice. It may be
mixed with rye or oats in broadcast
seedings. Three pounds of seed are
sufficient for an acre wheii seeded in
drills or in mixtures with grain, and
5 pounds are enough for broadcast
seedings.
An acre of good rape should fur
nish grazing for three months for
twelve to fifteen hogs weighing from
75 to 100 pounds each.
Farmers Should Know What
They Are Getting in Seed
In view of the large importations
of alfalfa seed which are arriving
from Turkestan and other foreigq
countries, because of relatively small
domestic supplies, the United States
department of agriculture urges
farmers to exercise great care in se
lecting alfalfa seed, since the differ
ence between success and failure with
Alfalfa is often only a question of
variety. The eastern farmer, partic
ularly, will succeed better if he uses
home-grown seed of good quality. But
no matter in what part of the country
he . lives, the farmer should know
what be is getting; and if he is pur
chasing commercial Turkestan alfal
fa, quantities of which have recently
been imported, he should have the
advantage of a lower price.
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>3lx4 9.45 2.25 35x4)4 13.25 3.15
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