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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6.
MISTERS 00 ;
HOT WANT THE
: SUNDAY MOVIES
Petition Council Not to Pass
Ordinance. However, Proposed
Ordinance Has Been With
drawn, Anyway.
Some time ago notice was published
in The Herald of a proposed ordinance
to be submitted to city council allow
ing the moving picture shows to be
open on Sunday from 1 to 7 p. m., and
t.o show sacred and educational pic
tures.
On last Monday a meeting of the
Protestant ministers was held and
there was practically unanimous ob
jection to the plan. The councilman
proposing the ordinance withdrew it,
but the following petition to city
council from the ministers show their
feelings with regard to the matter:
To the Honorable Mayor and Council
of the City of Augusta:
It having come to our knowledge
that there will be introduced at the
next regular meeting of the council an
ordinance to permit the opening of the
moving picture theaters on Sunday
afternoons,
Therefore, we, the undersigned min
isters of the city, most earnestly pe
tition your honorable body not to pass
such ordinance. We believe that it
will be positively injurious to the life
of the city; and will be of small intel
lectual value.
M. Ashby Jones, pastor First Bap
list Church.
f S. P. Wiggins, pastor St. John’s M.
E. Church.
i A. J. Smith, pastor Curtis Baptist
W. B. Dillard, pasotr St. James M.
E Church.
O. P. Gilbert, pastor Second Baptist
Church.
P. J. Bame. pastor St. Matthews
Lutheran Church.
J. F. Roberts, pastor St. Luke's M.
E. Church.
C. R. Hutching, pastor Woodlawn
Baptist Church.
H. L. Veach, minister West End
Christian Church.
Thomas Walker, pastor Crawford
Avenue Baptist Church.
W. T. Hamby, presiding elder Au
gusta District M. E. Church.
Howard T. Cree, minister. First
Christian Church.
Adjutant James Tates, Salvation
Army.
PASTORS ASSOCIATION TO
MEET MONDAY AT NOON
The Pastors’ ssociation will hold its
regular monthly meeting tomorrow at
noon in the study of ti.e St. John’s
church. It is a meeting of importance
and all members are urged to be pres-
Offleers for the next year are to be
elected. Rev. R. E. L. Harris has
moved away from the city and it is
not likely that the will accept another
term as president of the association.
He was greatly admired by the mem
bers of the association and they regret
that he saw fit to leave the city. Dr.
W. B. Dllard is vice-president: Rev.
A. D.' Echols, is secretary, and Rev.
J. O. Brand, treasurer. Both of these
men have been transferred to other
churches, and their places will be fill
ed at tomorrow’s meeting.
It is likely that an effort will be made
at the meeting to alter the constitu
tion of the association. The change
will give the body larger scope and
make its utterances more effective.
DISTINGUISHED MINISTER,
ST. PAUL’S NEXT FRIDAY
Rev. Dr. Gardner, of New York, gen
eral secretary of the Board of Religous
Education of the Episcopal church, will
hold a conference in St. Paul’s Parish
House. Friday evening, December 11th,
at 8:15 p. m. The meeting is to be
held in the interest of Sunday school
workers and all others interested in
religious education. Dr. Gardner is
an expert in his field, and is a most
distinguished minister. His coming
to Augusta at this time will be heart
ily welcomed by the members of the
Episcopal churches in the city and
laTge numbers from other denomina
tions who are eager to improve them
selves in Sunday school work.
Dr. Gardner will leave here Monday
for Savannah where he holds a similar
conference. The public is cordially
invited to hear him.
"And what is the capital of Mexico?'’
"About 80 pesos now. I should esti
mate.” answered the banker's son, from
the foot of the class.
Use and Value
of Trap Nests
The trap nest was a clever invention to
weed out the lazy h<en and discover which were
the real workers in a flock.
It has proved its worth on thousands of
farms in getting rid of drones and enabling the
poultryman to scientifically manage his flock.
It has turned many a losing farm into a pay
ing proposition and long since became a per
manent fixture on every well regulated farm.
Next week’s article will be on this subject.
Look for it next Monday appearing exclusively
in The Herald.
CHRISTMAS AND
THE CHURCHES
Minds Turning to Sunday
School Christmas Trees For
Pupils---But Should Money
Be Spent at This Time?
As the great festival occasion ap
proaches the question of Christmas en
tertainments for the Sunday schools is
upon the lips of most officers and teach
ers. It has been the custom for sev
eral generations for the Sunday school
leaders to give a Christmas tree to the
pupils. Naturally they would make no
exception to the rule this year. The
pupils of the various schools in the city
have been faithful all the year, and the
officers and teachers would like to see
them have a good time, but there are
reasons, we are told, why there should
be no Christmas trees loaded with tin
sel and toys this year.
The present financial pressure is gen
eral orer the country. Many people afo
out of employment. Numbers of these
are bread winners in large families, llow
are they to be supported when the wolf
begins to claw at the door? There are
little prospects of business opening up
between this and the holidays, anil Jan
uary bids fair to be a hard month. The
more practical among all the churches
are beginning to ask if it would not he
wise to giye all a chance, men, women
and children, to contribute something to
our local poor and needy.
Hard Months.
The money spent for toys would
amount to several hundred dollars. The
hard months of January and February
will try every charitable and semi
charitable institution in the city-. Surely
It would be more Christ-like to take the
money we spend for the toys of tile lit
tle folks and the vanity of the big folks
and give it to the unfortunate.
It would set an example for the little
folks that would help them in the years
to come. It would be teaching them
by precept and example what the Lord
said: “It is more blessed to give than to
receive.” Whats_aVe churches and Sun
day schools for, if not to teach and as
sist the needy in soul, mind and body?
Some object to the change on the
ground that it has become a fixed cus
tom and the children expect it. There
is not apt to come a better time to
change the custom to one much more
Chrlstly practical. Some of the Sun
day schools in the city have not had a
tree in years, they having an entertain
ment of song, recitation and prayer, at
which time an offering is taken fov some
orphanage. These schools have not suf
fered a decrease in attendance, and the
spirit of helpfulness has been greatly
stimulated among ail ages.
THE MILITARY MEDAL
GIVEN YOUNG FRENCH
LAD FOR COURAGE
Paris.—General Joffree has made
following announcement:
The Military Medal has been con
ferred on Andrew Bourgoin, soldier
of the Second Class, 66th Infantry
Regiment, for his energy, courage
and presence of mind.
Corporal Bourgoin is only nineteen
years of age. His heroic deed was
one of the incidents of the battle of
the Marne.
The corporal and what was left of
his company fell in with another
French detachment in the woods.
Three thousand Germans surrounded
them, but luckily they did not know
the number of the Frenchmen.
The Frenchmen made a brave stand
protecting themselves in square
trenches, and in the middle they
placed the colors.
About one o’clock, the French ar
tillery came up, and the devoted band
in the wood were between two fires.
The position became untenable, and
one by one the men abandoned the
trenches.
But the corporal, remembering that
he had been entrusted with the flag,
did not think it was safe to go, and
it was 3:30 in the afternoon when
he left the wood, carrying t he colors,
which he wrapped round the staff.
On his way back, he saw a dying
German officer and bandaged up his
wounds.
As the officer saw the look of pity
on the youngster’s face, he drew his
head towards him and kissed him.
With tears rolling down his cheeks,
the dying man told the boy that he
had left eight children behind him in
Berlin. His last words to the boy
were: ‘‘God save your life!”
ASBURY BARACAS WILL
MEET SUNDAY MORNING
Asbury Baraca Class meets this
morning at 9:45 at Asbury Methodist
Church, 1016 D'Antlgnac Street.
Subject of lesson, "Christ Risen
from the Dead.”
All young men of Augusta and vis
itors are cordially invited to visit our
class rooms.
Our new pastor has arrived and we
want every member to come out to
day and meet him. Bring a friend.
SIBLEY SETTLEMENT
HOME’S GREAT WORK
Has Been Open a Little Over a
Year—November was Busiest
Month in Short History.
The Sibley Settlement Home is at
tracting considerable attention. It has
been in operation a little over a year
and already Is a splendid success. The
report of the management of the Home
for the month of November shows that
it was the busiest in the short life of
the institution.
The rooms of the Jlonv are located at
19“2 Pearl avenue, near toe Sibley Mills.
Within the last month the rooms have
been remodelled, painted inside, cleaned
and put in first rate shape for the work
to he done there.
The Home had an opening day on the
17th of the month, the report says, which
was quite a success. More than 150
visitors attended the opening and were
shown through the apartments. Many
donations of house furnishings, cloth
ing arid provisions were received by the
authorities of the Home.
The directors of the Home have open
ed up a sewing school. This was open
ed on the 29th with 2fi present. It was
thought that the rainy weather reduced
the attendance very much. This de
partment. with others to bo added in
course of time, will add much to the real
worth of the enterprise.
Thanksgiving Pay.
Thanksgiving Day was appropriately
observed. There were present the moth
ers of the Nursery children: there were
70 mothers and children at dinner. The
tables groaned under the good things
provided by the ladies of the churches
engaged in the work.
It is declared in the secretary’s report
that the last month lias brought metre
calls for help than ever. The secretary
has responded wherever possible. The
Nursery has cared for 507 children from
the 12th of October to the 12th day of
November, an average of 21 per day.
The work on Pearl avenue is in the
midst of a people who are ready to be
assisted in their effort to better them
selves. it Is believed by those who
are backing the enterprise that it meets
a peculiar need in that part of the ctiy,
and that it will continu- to have the
support of many of the church people
and others interest el in concrete Christ
ian labors. Miss Daisy Cummins, for
merly of Spartanburg, S. C„ is at the
head of the Home. She is an expert so
cial worker, and her success here will
continue to grow.
THE SILENT JUDGE
John 8 : 3 to 12.
Who can read this narrative with
out gleaning some wonderful truths —
without recognizing the spirit of the
Master—the spirit of the world, and
tlie humility of the repentant sin
ner!
Pharisees had brought unto Him, a
woman—to be stoned!
Surely such a holy Being would not
suffer so vile a thing to live!
How astonished were they to see
Him quietly, silently, not shrinking
away from so much guilt—“stoop down
and with His finger, write upon the
groupd!” They curiously drew near,
and what did they see there? Doubt
less, their own names written in burn
ing lines, upon the ground, beginning
at the eldest unto the last!
Then arose the Christ, the Saviour
of men, and spake those memorable
words: "Let him that is without sin
cast the first stone!’’ Still these men
stood firm, looking on—for there is
nothing written against such honor
able names and no man could possibly
know of their secret sins!
But again the Lord stoops and
writes upon the ground—and lo! bend
ing over, startled and affrighted—what
read they now?
Doubtless, each man, over against
his name sees in the same burning
characters recorded —his own most
deadly sin!
"Convicted by their conscience," th«v
rush away—leaving the poor, perhaps
ignorant and tempted sinner, now re
pentant, at the feet of the Master,
alone with her Saviour!
He was not afraid nor ashamed tp
stand by her, in her deep humiliation
and shame; for He saw her breaking,
repentant heart—heard her despairing
cry for mercy and strength. He ans
wered: “Neither do I condemn thee;
go in peace and sin no more!”
The whole scene is most vivid and
burns into our souls never to be for
gotten lessons for our own conduct!
We can only regret that the divine
record does not tell of the woman’s
after life, of faith, hope and service to
Him, who, standing by—had saved
her!
But in the case of the Apostle Peter,
the record goes further, and tells us
how the sinful man, abjectly denying
his Lord with oaths and cursing—when
he,'too, had repented, was forgiven,
restored, and not cast out from service;
but began his marvelous ministry by
preaching such a sermon at Pentecost
—that three thousand souls were con
verted!
And neither did his brethren say to
him: "Stand by; we are holler than
thou!”
Truly the world grows older, but not
wiser! Did not these Pharisees point
the finger of scorn at Jesus (the
Christ), saying: “He eateth with Pub
licans and sinners! My! My! we would
not do that!”
And yet our Lord came Into the
world not to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance; and His grand
est follower —the apostle Paul, taught
saying: "Brethren, if a man be over
taken in a fault, ye which are spiritual,
restore such an one In the spirit of
meekness; considering thyself, lest
thou also be tempted;” and never was
he more more Ohristlike than when
littering this!
The Church of Jesus, In this noon
day light of Christianity, should so
live in the spirit of the Master as to
be far away from and above the spirit
of the self-righteous Pharisee of old,
who delighted in stoning; but rather
rejoice that they, too, in His spirit, may
sometime save; always comfort and
help!
MRS A SMITH IRVINE,
North Augusta, 8. C.
DR. M. ASHBY*JONES IS
BACK FROM MISSION MEET
Rev. M. Ashby Jones, D.D., attend
ed a meeting of the Board of State
Missions last week In Atlanta. The
board meets two or three times during
the year, and its actions are of great
importance to the Baptists of the state,
as the board has the disposition of the
funds sent up to carry forward mis
sion work. The Board of Missions Is
composed of n number of our leading
citizens and some of the great preach
ers of the Baptist denomination. The
Baptists in this section are glad that
Dr. Jones has been continued on the
board, __ »
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
“BACK TO
THE FARM"
Vll,—How Some Men Have
Succeeded on the Farm.
©y Co V. QRIKpORY.
[Copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso
ciation. )
THERE are many millionaire
fanners, but most of them
have made their millions else
where and are spending them
on rural estates merely to gratify n
fancy. There are a number of men,
however, who have made millions on
the farm. It Is not such an easy thing
to do, but the success of these men
shows some of the possibilities that
the farm holds for the mau who de
sires to make money in large amounts.
Probably the most notable of the
men who have made fortunes on the
farm Is David Rankiu. When David
Rankin was married he handed the
preacher his last five dollar bill with
the remark that now he could start
square with the world. He bought
land on time and borrowed money to
buy cattle. His first purchases were
In Illinois. Later lie removed to Mis
souri, attracted by the cheap prairie
land that needed only a little drainage
to make It yield abundantly. Today
David Rankin owns nearly 2fi,000 acres
of this same Missouri laud, and It
'
TWO OF TUB MARES THAT HELPED TO FAY
FOR A FARM.
would all sell for SIOO an acre. Add
to this his cattle and horses and ma
chinery and a few Incidentals, such as
bank stock and the like, and he has
a fortune approximating $4,000,000
This has all been made in farming
Corn has been his specialty, and It has
always been marketed In the form of
cattle. He has always used the most
modern machinery and the best equip
ment that money can buy. It has been
the*sume with help. Ills foremen art
men who can get results. He furnishes
them with automobiles to take them
from farm to farm because he has
found that It pays In the time saved.
He attributes his success to close per
sonal attention and the application ot
business methods to farming.
Another man who has made millions
In farming is Colonel James M. Smith
of Georgia. Colonel Smith started
raising corn and cotton on a rundown
quarter section In Oglethorpe county
soon after the war. The first year he
lost S4OO. Last year his net profits
were SIOO,OOO. In the meantime bis
farm has increased to 23,000 acres.
Colonel Smith was one of the first men
to build cottonseed oil mills and make
a profit from what formerly had been
a waste product. Ills farm was twen
ty-flve miles from the nearest railroad,
but he solved the problem by building
a railroad of his own. He has always
been a personal friend of all his men.
white and black alike. He has pro
vided well equipped schools for both
the negro and the white children of his
employees. Unlike David Rankin, who
never had even n common school edu
cation, ColODel Smith is a college grad
uate. He learned to handle men In
the army, and he applied the same or
ganization to bis farm work with
great results.
Colonel Smith’s success hns demon
strated what ohd bo done on the farm
land of the south. One of his 200
acre farms a year ago yielded 4,800
bushels of wheat and 200 bales of cot
ton. The wheat sold for $1 n bushel
and the cotton for SSO a bale, making
a total Income from the farm of sl4,
800. After taking out the expenses
there was a net profit of sf>l an acre.
This might well make even a Missis
sippi valley fanner envious.
The west has been heralded as the
land of opportunity. In the early days,
when land could l>e had almost for the
asking and the cattle business was at
Ita best, a young man of tho name of
Henry Miller started out to make a
fortune In the ranch business. Today
he is worth $20,000,000. He once an
nounced that he hoped some day to
own the whole state of California. In
this he did not succeed, although his
holdings in California amount to 600,-
000 acres. He also has large tracts
of land In Nevada and Oregon.
The ranch business la on the decline
lo the west, and what was once one
man’s cattle ramfh Is now being cut
up to make furms for the hundreds
of thousands of land hungry settlers
who are pouring into what Is still
“the land of opportunity," About
twenty years ago an lowa farmer sold
a half section of land, paid bis debts,
and. with seven or eight thousand
dollars In cash, a wife and four chll
dren, started for Arizona. He located
In the Salt river valley, bought ns
much of the cheap land as bis money
would pay for and set out to learn
Irrigation farming. He learned It well
and made money. The surplus went
to buy more land. lie Joined the
READ HERALD WANT ADS.
Water Users’ association and was ln-
Sueutial in getting congress to start
Ihe Salt river Irrigation project. Gov
ernment irrigation insured permanent
prosperity for the Salt river valley,
and today this pioueer farmer who
set out to make a fortune In “the
great American desert” is worth more
than $200,000.
Success in the irrigated districts is
not necessarily measured in extensive
farms and large bank accounts. A
few years ago a locomotive engineer,
6ixty years old and broken in health,
moved from Minneapolis to the state
of Washington. He bought an acre
of irrigated land, paying $1,400 for it.
It. contained an apple orchard in poor
condition, a house and a few dilap
idated outbuildings. The purchase of
the land took nearly all the old en
gineer’s savings. He pruned the old
apple trees and set out thirty new
ones. He sold off a few mongrel
chickens that were on the place and
bought a pure bred rooster and three
hens. After the first year's expenses
were paid he had enough money left
to put on many Improvements. The
next year he put money In the bank,
and the year after. So well did the
ncre produce that at. the Lewis and
Clark exposition at Portland In 1905
It was awarded the prize for the sec
ond most productive and best man
aged farm In the west.
It Is instances like tins that reuiiy
show the possibilities of the farm for
the average man. Few men can be
come greut cal tie kings, and not many
can repeat the success of David Ran
kin or Colonel Smith. Rut the success
of the old engineer on his one ncre of
Irrigated farm laud ought not to be so
hard to duplicate.
There are men who say land Is so
high that there Is little chance for the
man with small capital to get a start.
Notwithstanding this more young men
are buying farms every year. A
dozen years or so ago a young German
who had been working by the day in
northern lowa decided to get married.
After (lie ceremony Ids chief posses
sions, in addition to a capable wife,
were a horse and buggy and $l5O in
cash. lie rented a farm and bough!
a grade Peroherou mare. The prices
he received for Ills first few colts open
ed his eyes to the profits of the horse
business. lie bought some more
mares, pure breds this time. He made
money from the start and has nenrly
enough money laid by to buy and pay
for the farm lie has been working.
Another young farmer in northern
lowa went into the dairy business
six or seven years ago. Dairying was
rather a new thing in Ids part of the
country then. Most farmers preferred
to raise corn, where they could do
most of the ugirk by machinery. Much
of the land at that time was badly In
need of drainage and was better suited
to pasture than to corn growing. A
few wet seasons reduced the profits
of the corn growers almost to the van
ishing point. The young fellow who
had put his faith In dairy cows Jin
gled milk palls and put money In the
bank. After a few years of ndlking
he bought the farm he was working
and paid half cash. The mortgage
cannot last long in the face of a pros
pering dairy business.
The average farmer of the middle
west doesn't like to think of farming
anything less than a quarter section.
An eighty or a forty he considers
rather ‘‘small business.” Nevertheless
there are muny advantages In the
smaller farms. The hired help prob
lem Is solved, for the owner can do
all the work himself. It Is much
easier for a man with limited capital
to buy a small farm, and the cost of
stocking and equipping Is less.
O. E. Beadle of Nebraska Is one of
the corn belt farmers who is making a
SAVID RANItIN OK TAIIKIO, MO., WHO UAH
MALIC MILLIONS 1)Y FARMING.
living on forty acres of land. His
average not income Is SBOO u year. He
has a very comfortable house. To rent
such a house In the city and live a*
well there as he and his family do on
the farm would cost him $1,500 a
year. Considered In that light, his lit
tle farm Is really paying him a salary
of $2,300 a year.
In the east the greatest opportunities
are In truck farming. Only a few
acres are required, und the returns are
large. A certain truck farmer In the,
vicinity of Boston Is making a small
fortune on ten acres of ground. He
has intensive cultivation down to a
science. No sooner Is one plant taken
from the soil than another is ready to
take Us place. He has part of his
truck farm undy-r glass, so that he
can grow crops In winter as well ns In
summer. Last year bis net profits
Were SI,OOO per acre
READ HERALD WANT ADS.
THE VALUE OF LIME.
Experiment stations are find
ing out In their soil Investigation
work that production is greatly
Increased on certain types of soli
by the addition of lime. In some
Instances the application of two
or three tons of lime per acre
makes a difference between suc
cess and failure lu the growing
of certain crops, and yet lime Is
not regarded ns a plnnt food In
the same sense as this term ap
plies to nitrogen, phosphoric acid
and potash. Lime performs an
Important function In plant econ
omy. but It Is present In such
small quantities In plnnt tlssuo
that there is a sufficient supply
In practically all soils to fur
nish this amount
It Is because of its effect in
counteracting soil acidity that
lime is coming to be regarded
under certain conditions as an
ecouomic necessity. The decom
position of vegetable matter in
the soil results in the production
of injurious acids, and when lino
Is not present to combine with
these acids chemically, thereby
forming an unlnjurlotis com
pound, the acids, in turn, will
act as a imison under certain
conditions. lowa Homestead.
HOME POTASH SUPPLY.
A Ton of Average Farm Manure Con
tains Over Ten Pounds.
[Prepared by Ohio agricultural experiment
station.!
A ton of average farm manure con
tains more than ten pounds of potash,
and not less than 10,000,000 tons ot
such manure, containing 100,000,000
pounds of potash, are produced during
the six winter months when farm nnl
mals are being fed in stables au<f barn
yards in Ohio.
The Investigations of the Ohio ex
periment station have shown that
when immure lies exi>oseil in an open
barnyard for three months more than
half its potash Is washed out by the
rain.
Even when manure was produced
under cover the loss when cuttle stood
on an earth floor was 10 per cent great
er than when the floor was cemented.
A fevV Ohio farmers are proventiu”
this waste by feeding under cover on
cemented floors and keeping tho mu
nure under cover until It enn be spread
on the field, but it is a conservative
estimate that one-fourth of all the pot
ash produced annually In Ohio stable*
and barnyards, or 25,000,000 pounds, i
absorbed by the soil under the stable
or yard, never to bo recovered, or Is
washed out und carried into the rivers
While this stream of popish has been
flowing from our barnyards, we have
been purchasing of Oermtiny aboui
one-fourth to one-third ns much, which
has cost by the time It has reached
the farm in the fertilizer sack noi
murh short of $1,000,000 annually.
The nitrogen and phosphorus of ma
nure are not as quickly available as
the nitrogen of nitrate of soda and tho
phosphorus of add phosphate or bone
meal. but the potash of manure comes
chiefly from the liquid excrement and
Is mostly soluble In wafer, so that It is
ready for Immediate effect, und a
pound of potash In rannnt'e Is worth at
least as much as a pound of the same
substance In the fertilizer sack.
While this stream bus been flowing
from our b.irnyurds. It has been carry
ing with It both nitrogen and phos
plionis, the loss In these elements hav
ing a greater potential crop producing
value than that of tho potash, so that
the total loss Is amounting to not less
than $10,000,000 annually.
Window For a Dairy Barn.
A practical dairy barn window is
made by pluclng the hinges at the low
er edgo of tho sash, ns shown, and at
tacblng cunvns ut the cuds so that the
cloth will hold the wish partly open,
writes Italph V. Crane of YpsUantl,
Mich., In Uopulnr Mechanics. This will
deflect the air currents upward toward
the celling and prevent draft on the
stock.
Farmers as Movers.
Statistics prepared under the dlrec
tlon of the department of commerce
show that farmers are Incessantly
moving.
Replies from nearly 6.000.000 farmers
In answer to the question how long
they hail rc-slded upon their farms
showed thnt 52 per ceut had moved
within five years. Over 1,000.000 farm
ers had moved within a year. In the
north 57 per cent had lived upon their
farms five years or longer, In the west
44 per cent nnd In the south 41 per
cent The figures for the south lnclud
ed colored farmers us well as whites.
These figures are significant. In the
opinion of the government authorities,
because they show that farmers move
before they have had time to become
acquainted with the various conditions
if the soil and climate of suy one lo
cality, this lack of knowledge result
ing In a small yield of crops per acre,
fn neglect of bulldlucs and In failure to
conserve the fertility of the soil. Still,
nothing can be done nbout, the matter
until some wav can be fonnd to eradi
cate flu* r>---*- "■•’•••I in inn-inn nature
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MAKING POULTRY PAY.
Conditions as Nearly Natural as Possi
ble Should Be Provided.
The secret of success In raising poul
try is to provide conditions as nearly
natural ns possible, says Professor H.
L. Kempster. Such conditions the
farmer-poultryman Is In position to
provide. With unlimited range at his
disposal there is no need for him to
crowd his poultry Into small yards.
Limited range, encumbered with large
numbers of division fences makes It
Impossible to give the poultry yards
proper cultivation. This causes them
to become filthy and insanitary, a con
dition which Is responsible for most
poultry diseases. The success of poul
try enterprises is usually measured by
the extent of range provided for the
purpose. Commercial plants which de
pend upon small yards are usually
short lived Better sanitary condi
tions would yield the furmer more sat
isfactory results.
The most common mistake in locat
ing the farm poultry bouses Is that of
placing It so close to other farm build
ings that hens overrun the latter.
Poultry raising has resolved itself
Into two systems—the Intensive sys
tem, involving houses of considerablo
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CniCKENS SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF RANGE.
6ize or many houses and a large amount
of stock upon a small area, and the ex
tensive or colony house system, la
which small bouses are scattered over
large areas. The former advantage
is that the labor resulting in the
care of the flock, especially during
the winter, ia reduced to a minimum.
In general the expense of housing is
less than where fowls are kept In small
flocks. It has the disadvantage of In
creasing the amount of yard care on
account of the limited yard space.
Tho extensive or colony house sys
tem necessitates more labor In tbecare
of the flocks during stormy weather
when the birds are confined. It has
tho advantage, however, of unlimited
yard space, and yard fencing can be
quite largely eliminated. Often the
poultry can be permitted the range of
fields after crops are started, without
appreciable Injury to the crop, utiliz
ing to good advantage the droppings
which would otherwise go to waste.
In some localities worthless land has
been brought to a high state of fertlH
lty by tbls practice.
Hint to Buttarmakers.
Overworking of butter Injures the
grain, yet there is less danger of over
working than underworking. Do no#
be afraid to work the hotter properly.
Take plenty of time and allow the pal#
to dissolve. Butter that is worked at
intervals of one-half hour for four or
five hours will be the butter free from
mottles.
j HOGS ARE PROFITABLE.
Hogs give quick and cheap returns,
and they should form a much greatet
proportion of our meat supply.
Hog raising is one of the branches
of meat production which have held
their own nnd havo shown an Increase,
but it should ascelve much more atten
tion than it does at the present time.
Hogs are economical producers, rank
ing next to the dairy cow and exceed
ing both sheep and steers. Swine make
use of feeds that cannot be used other
wise, such as swill, garbage, garden
waste, wormy and windfall apples, po
tatoes and pumpkins and small fruits,
etc. Pasture laud hardly adaptable to
other stock may also be used for bogs,
and the byproducts of butter manu
facture, such as skimmllk and bufter
milk, can he turned to a good profit.
Inexpensive quarters only are neces
sary.
Excellent prices prevail for dressed
hogs as well as for hogs on the hoof.
Eight cents a pound live weight, oc
10Mi cents dressed, are profitable prices
from the producer's standpoint even
with the present cost ot grain.
While there is some danger from hog
cholera, there Is always a risk In any,
business, and, compnred to other lines
of animal husbandry, the hog losses do
not bear ns large a per cent to the
whole. Otherwise than hog cholera
there are very few Ills which affect
the hog.—E. L. Qualfe, Agricultural
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