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Instructions for Growing Cotton
IRST. The soil should have been thoroughly pulverized
for at least five inches deep last fall or in the early
winter; the cotton stalks, grass and trash should have
been turned under to decay. However, if you have not
plowed the land deep, plow it at onge about one inch deeper
than it has ever been plowed before. It is best to flat break
the land and then bed it. : 8
Second. The rows ought to be wider on rich land than
on poor land. It is better to have the rows a little too wide
apart than too narrow. Air and sunlight are of the greatest
importance in making the cotton fruit.
Third. Lay off tge rows and distribute from 300 to 800
pounds of some standard ?rade fertilizer in the rows. On
poor land it is not advisable to use more than 300 pounds
per acre; on very fertile soil as much as 800 pounds per acre
may be profitably used. Distribute the fertilizer several days
before planting and thoroughly mix it with the soil by follow
ing the fertilizer distributor with a bull-tongue or scooter.
: Fourth. Use the harrow thoroughly before and after
planting the seed. .
Fiith. Piant as early as is safe from frost.
Sixth. Begin cultivatm?‘ the cotton as soon as it is up to
a stand. Frequent and shallow cultivation should be the
rule. Harrows, cultivators and winged sweeps are the im
plements best suited to the cuitivation of cotton.
KEEP THE FOLLOWING RECORD:
dl. Date of preparation and how the land was pre
pared. , ;
2. Amount of fertilizer used and how applied.
t 3. Date of planting; depth; variety; distance of rows
apart. —
4. Date of cotton coming up. : Sl
. 9. Date of each cultivation and kind of cultivation
given,
6. Date of first blossom.
7. Date of first open boll. :
8. Number of pounds of seed cotton per acre; number
of pounds of lint cotton per acre.
9. Price received for cotton.
10. Keep a record of the entire cost of preparation,
planting, cultivation, gathering, marketing the crop. Be able
to tell just exactly what the cotton cost per pound to make it.
Efficient and Practical Agency in
Eradicating Ticks.
Number of Counties In Mississippl Ex
press Approval of Method of Ap
propriating Money for Build
ing of Tanks.
(By DR. J. A. KIERNAN, Nashville,
Tenn.)
The dipping vat as an efficient and
practical agency in eradicating cattle
ticks is gaining rapidly in popularity
among all classes of stock owners.
This growing approval is being ade
quately expressed through the Boards
of Supervisors in a number of coun
ties in Mississippi by appropriating
sufficient amount of money to buy ma
terial for the construction of com
munity dipping vats at convenient
points in these counties, available for
all the cattle in the respective commu
nities and for the purchase of material
with which to fill these vats. With
such convenient assistance provided
there are extremely few cattle own
ers who are so indifferent as not to
become actively interested in erad
icating fever ticks from their premises,
which result is easily accomplished by
regularly dipping all cattle every two
weeks for the space of 'a few months.
This action on the part of the Board
of Supervisors is beyond doubt tryly
economical and far-sighted and in all
instances noted has been so consid
ered by citizens of counties in which
this action has been taken, for it makes
certain the complete eradication of the
fever tick in a much shorter time than
EXTENSION LADDER FOR ROOF
Many Difficulties Overcome by Use of
Implement Shown in lllustra
tion—How It Is Made.
It is extremely difficult to climb up
the roof of a building and retain one’s
footing after reaching the eaves with
out a long ladder equipped with ridge
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aooks. ' This requires two ladders of
congiderable length, the hooks are
more or less dangerous, and they are
injurious to & roof. : ‘
- would othertvise be consumed and by
'so doing makes possible the elimina
;tion of quarantine restrictions at a
correspondingly early date and not
1 only are the ultimate resuits thereby
hastened but unneccessary dissension
‘during the progress of the work by
this method is largely eliminated as
}well as the useless discussion as.to
the probable results, for no well in
formed man of average intelligence
can have any doubt as-to final results
after having witnessed one dipping of
cattle in properly prepared arsenical
solution and noted the results of that
dipping four days later.
Private owners of dipping vats have
often been heard to remark that they"
would not part with them for many
times their cost if another could not
be secured. All this augurs well for
the universal adoption of this very use
ful implement of warfare aaainst the
southern cattle tick in the entire ter
ritory involved by this pest and in
which it has so wantonly devastated
the great cattle industry.
Value of Skim Milk.
One way to determine the value of
skim milk is to figure just what it
saves in other feeds. Here is the re
sult of our experiment. It is found that
it takes ten bushels of corn to make
100 pounds of pork, but when this corn
was fed in connection with skim milk
seven bushels produced the same
growth.
Cow’s Appetite Varies.
Feeding all of the .cows in the
same way is treating them unfairly
and cheating yourself, - Remember
that each cow has an appetite of her
own and that each one varies in ca
pacity. :
by making a roof extension ladder, as
shown in the illustration, says a
writer in the Farm and Home. For
reaching roofs for repairs it is in
valuable. Out of waste lumber make
a short ladder extension to fit inside
the rails of your long ladder. Bore
holes through rails and fasten ladders
by a bolt in each rail.
This allows extension to swing
either way or to fold down. It will
lay up on any roof firmly without
hooks and is self-adjusting. All that
is necessary is to move the foot of the
ladder-out farther for low roofs.
Keeping Bull Good Natured.
To keep a bull good natured he
should be raised with the other stock,
allowed to run in a paddock where he
can see the rest of the herd. With
this treatment he will seldom become
Cross,
Weight of Feed.
_ About an ounce of food a day is need
ed for every peund of hen welght.
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K!DNEY TROUBLE—A WOMAN'S
600 D ADVIGE.
I regard Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
as the best medicine for kidney and
bladder trouble I have ever taken and
"I will always recommend it to all that
are afflicted” with bladder or kidney
trouble. For eleven months I was af
flicted with kidney and bladder trou
ble in violent form. The symptoms in
my case were fearful, During all this
time I was being treated by the best
and foremost doctors of the country,
all of them failing to afford me the
slightest relief and I continued to
grow worse all the time and while 1
had utmost confidence in their treat
ment, it seemed that the time had
come in my case when I must try oth
er remedies, consequently, I resorted
to the use of Swamp-Root and before
I had taken three small bottles, every
pain and symptom had completely dis
appeared. For any form of kidney
trouble; Dr. Kilmer’'s Swamp-Root is
the medicine to use. I have never
Enown it to fail iu a single case.
Very truly yours,
#- L. M. HUNTER,
R. F. D. No. 1. Morton, Miss.
State of Mississippi
Scott County } 88,
Personally appeared before me the
undersigned member of Board of Sup
ervisors in and for said County and
State, the within named L. M. Hunter,
who after being duly sworn states that
the foregoing testimonial is composed
of his own words, written with his
own hand and the same is absolutely
true and genuine,
J. G. RisHER, M. B. S.
Dr, Kilmer & Co,
Binghamton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham
ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will
convince anyone. You will also receive
a booklet of valuable information, tell
ing all about the kidneys and bladder.
When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
atores.
MAKING THE BEST OF IT.
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She—l am sorry I ever married you!
He—Oh, don’t worry about me. I'm
pretty tough and can stand it!
Jones Admitted It.
Jones and Brown argued as they al
ways did when they had time enough.
They had dined together, and as Jones
lived at a distance and it was very
late Brown offered to put him up for
the night.
On the way home they fel! to dis
cussing the strategy of the Civil war
as indicated by the campaigns of Lee
and Grant. The topic was elastic
enough 10 keep them going for half
an hour, and reached its height as
they neared the Brown house.
Then Brown lost his temper.
“Jones,” said he, “if you don't adm!t
that Grant was a greater general than
Lee, you can’t sleep here.”
It was the!\two o’clock in the morn
ing, and Jones was eight miles from
home.—Chicago Post.
A Little Off.
Senator Penrose was talking in
Washington about the dreadful hunting
accidents of last month. “When buck
fever seizes a man,” he said, “he goes
as far off his aim as the old lady went
in her definition of the word ‘belli
cose.” She was talking with a friend
about a bishop.
‘“‘He’s a fine man,’” said the friend,
a fine, handsome man. His only
trouble is that he’s a little bellicose.’
“‘Bellicose? said the old lady with
a surprised frown. ‘He must have
changed, then. The last time I saw
him he was tall and rather slender.”
Those Dear Girls.
Maud—l am told I got my good
looks from my mother.
Ethel —I wouldn’t repeat that if
I were you.
Maud—Why not?
Ethel—People will think your moth
er was stingy. &
" His Theory.
. Teacher—What is it, Tommie, that
Shakespeare tells us “becomes the
‘throned monarch better than his.
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The Occasion. |
They had been having a little tiff.
“Oh, of course,” sald he, wrathfully.
“I am always in the wrong.”
“Not always,” said she, calmly.
“Last week you admitted that you
were in the wrong—"
“Well, what's that go to do with it?”
he demanded.
“Nothing except that you were per
fectly right when you admitted it,”
she replied.—Harper’s Weekly.
Put Out.
Truxton Hare, the football veteran,
deprecated, at a dinner at the Mark
ham club in Philadelphia, that type
of football player who always fails
in his examinations ™
“Such men do more harm than good
to a university,” said Mr. Hare, “yet
even the fathers and mothers of such
men are proud of them.
“One broker said to another the
other day:
“‘How is your son doing at col
lege?
“‘Ok, rotten,” was the reply. ‘He's
put his knee outs, and has to confine
himself to his studies.’”
Says the Earth Is Flat.
It is something of a reproach upon
cultured Boston that a man living
next door to it, Charles W. Morse of
Brookline, believes that the world is
flat as & pancake. Moreover he backs
up his conviction with the offer to
give a thousand dollars to the man
who can prove the world is round.
It is not surprising that there are men
in this day and generation who be
lieve in the flat theory, but it is re
'markable that one of them should
have been able to make a fortune.
Weary Feet.
I wonder how many people who suf
fer torture with their feet in hot weath
er, agonies of aching, burning, swell
ing and extreme tenderness, know that
a raw potato, peeled and cut in half
and well rubbed over them every
night and morning, will cure the trou
ble? Or, failing that, a good daily
soaking in strong cold tea?. Or that
the worst soft corns will yield to a
treatment of salt—ordinary salt ap
plied night and morning?
The New Fatality.
The player seized the ball as it
rolled away from the half back and
started down the field with it. e
Just as he crossed the goal line he
stumbled and fell and broke his neck.
“What was the cause of death?”
they asked the ocoromer. “An acci
dent?” -
“A fluke,” replied the official as he
made a note of it.
Tribute to Washington.
“More than to any other individual,
and as much as to one individual was
'possible, has Washington contributed
to founding this, our wide spreading
empire.”—John Marshall.
Much Easier.
“My wife decided to do some pre
serving today and I left her perform
ing the feat of a daring swimmer.”
“What might that be?”
“Stemming the currant.”
And So!
Nan—Jack asked me for a kiss.
Fan—Well?
Nan—Well, there wasn't time to
write and ask Laura Jean Libbey if it
Wwoe nreanar- and on.. !
Critical Conditi
Women who suffer from womanly ailments, often give
way to despair. After trying different medicines in vain,
they lose heart and hope. -
No friend in need could be more welcome to a sick,
delicate woman, than a remedy which will relieve her pains and
distress, build up her strength, and restore her failing health.
Mrs. Bessie York, of Huntington, W. Va., says: “I
was sick for two years, and tried all the medicines and
doctors I could hear of, that I thought might cure me.
They all failed to relieve me. | was so bad, that every
month I thought I would die. Finally, 1 decided to
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The Woman'’s Tonic
and it relieved me. I am still improving. I can’t praise
this wonderful woman’s remedy enough, for what it has
done for me.”
; Cardui is composed of purely vegetable ingredients,
which act on the cause of the trouble, and thus bring re
lief in a natural manner. : .
If you suffer from any symptoms of womanly trouble,
better try Cardui, for it has helped thousands of weak,
sick women, during the past 50 years, and should surely
do the same for you.
Try it today. Your druggist has it on hand.
" Tragedies Told in Headlines.
“She Had Married Him to Reform
Him.” :
“Motorcycle Collides With Street
Car—Car Uninjured.”
“Happened to Catch His Fiancee
| Smoking.”
“Tries His New Teeth on a Restau
rant Steak.” .
“Fat Man Sneezes While Descend
ing Elevated Station Stairway.”
“Hostess Accidentally Breaks Bot
tle of Bisulphide of Carbon.”
Her Horrid Friend.
Her dearest friend had dropped in
for a call, and she put out a five-pound
box of expensive candy,
“Oh!” squeals friend, “have you
been squandering your money again?”
“Of course not; that’s a present.”
“A present? Have any of your re
latives been here to visit you?”"
“No."
“Some old schoolgir] friend?”
“Of course not.”
“That business friend of your hus
band, who—"
“Don’t be so silly.”
“Oh, I know! You won it on a bet.”
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Important Business.
Congressman Murray of Massachu
setts in the closing d®ys of the last
session of congress, In August, made
preparations to go to Wyoming on a
camping and hunting trip. He was
enthusiastic about it and took shoot
ing lessons at a rifle gallery. The day
his party was to leave for the west
he received a telegram at the capitol
from his law partner in Boston. It
said:
“Come to Boston at once; important
business; don’t delay.”
Sadly Mr. Murray abandoned his
trip, surrendered his sleeping-car res
ervations and hurried to Boston. Ar
riving there he took a taxicab for the '
office. He dashed in, and there sat
his partner. The partner said:
“Hello, Bill! Come on, let’s go fish
ing.” '
| Anatomical Studies.
- Miss Mary Garden, at a dinner In
Chicago, said of a beautiful Callot
Gown: The Callot sisters probably
make the prettiest evening gowns that
are turned out in Paris. But, their
gowns are sometimes a little bit too
decollette. Still, everybody wears
them—everybody. Consequently a so
ciety ball or dinner this season lis
rather startling.
“I heard a woman say the other aft
ernoon: “I took the children to the
zoo today to teach them zoology. To
night I think I'll take them to the Van
Gelders’ Christmas ball to teach them
anatomy.’”
Advocates Right Kind of Pride.~
Miss Muriel Becheler, editor of the
Wellesley college paper, advises the
college to be a “sport.”” Pride has
been denounced so often, she says,
that it is hard to realize that there 18
the right kind of pride—the kind that
bolsters up a limp back and helps
one to smile at the little bothers to
which it is so easy to give way. When
girls first began to learn how to be
“sports,” she says, they feit that they
were cribbing, this glory having been
left so long to the masculine sex.
Naughty. .
Without wishing to insinuate any
thing it may be said that a good many
bashful men get married.—Atchison
Giobe