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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 READ HERALD WANT ADS. Farm and Garden 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 * t\ h ' /•'! •i* \y 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 READ HERALD WANT ADS. SEVEN