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FEEDING IS IMPORTANT AS
PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF PROFIT
Farmer Now Provides Live Stock With Canned Green Fodder.
Called "Silage,” Made Most Commonly From Corn,
/Cow-Peas, Clover, or Alfalfa, Chopped
Fine and Stored in Silos.
The principal source of profit in
dairying, stock-raising and farming
lies in improving the quality and at
the same time keeping down the cost
of production. In this matter of profit
and loss nothing plays such an im
portant part as the question of feeds
and feeding. The natural feed for ani
mals, the one on which they do best,
is green pasture. In climates subject
to frost, man has made the same pro
vision for animals as for himself by
providing them in winter With canned
green fodder called “silage.’’ Silage is
made most commonly from corn, cow
peas, clover, sorghum, or alfalfa, mere
ly chopped fine and stored in large
water-tight cans known as “silos.” In
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dry weather or in winter, when green
pasture cannot be had, this feed is
equally good in producing a flow of
milk or in putting fat on animals. One
«,cre of a crop harvested as silage will
feed twice as much stock as the same
amount harvested in any other man
ner.
Like a glass fruit jar, a silo must be
water-tight and jointless to keep the
silage from molding or “dry firing.”
For this reason, and also because no
painting or repairing is ever neces
sary, solid-wall concrete silos are
coming into general use.
The best silos are built circular In
shape. The size depends upon how
many animals are to be fed daily, the
quantity in pounds for each animal’s
daily feed, and the number of days ft
may be necessary to feed them. The
COMBINED TOOL
HANDY ON FARM
Scoop Detachably Connected and
Has Grooves for Tines —
Advantages are
Easily Seen.
A combination Implement that Is
handy for farm and stable use has
been designed by a man In the state
of Washington. It is a fork and shovel
combined, and Its advantage is that it
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Fork and Shovel In One.
takes up no more room than one of
these tools and can quickly be turned
from one Into the other. The basic
Implement is a fork, and the shovel
portion la adjustably connected. In
the head of the scoop are holes
Solid Modern Concrete Silo.
silo should be of such size that a layer
of silage at least two inches in depth
will be removed each day after feed
ing has begun. This prevents a thin
top layer from molding. A dairy cow
requires about forty pounds of silage
per day, and the following table is
based on this amount. Forty pounds
Is also the average weight of a cubic
foot of silage.
Locate the silo where it will be con
venient for feeding. Usually it is
joined to the barn by means of a
chute and passageway with doors.
Since the silo and its contents are
heavy, it must be built on solid
ground. The bottom of the foundation
should go below frost line. The silo
may, with advantage, extend four to
five feet into the ground. Dig the pit
large enough to allow for the thick
ness of the circular walls and a foot
ing two feet wide.
In order to save lumber the con
crete is poured into forms which can
be moved up as the concrete sets or
becomes hard. These movable forms
consist of two circular shells three to
four feet high, so made that one, fits
within the other with space between
for a six-Inch wall. The horizontal
framework consists of 2 by 4 Inch tim
bers cut to a circle, which are cov
ered with sheet metal or wooden lag
ging. Each piece must be long
enough to provide for a six-foot three
inch length of the circumference of
the circle as well as several inches for
the lap or strap joints. The forms are
raised by loosening them at the joints
and setting them up again on the fin
ished section of the silo.
Concrete for silos should be rich In
Portland cement and should be put
into the forms mushy wet. Mix it one
part cement to two parts sand to four
parts crushed rock. Four parts of
clean pit or bank-run gravel may be
used instead of the sand and rock.
Measure all materials on the basis
that one bag of cement equals one
cubic foot. Many persons raise the
concrete in buckets, but the work can
be done more quickly and easily by
using a horse together with a der
rick or a well braced jib-boom fixed to
an adjoining building.
The first cost of concrete silos may
or may not be greater than that of the
best of any other kind. The time is
now at hand when farmers, like rail
roads and corporations, are consider
ing the lasting qualities of buildings.
Concrete silos need no Insurance;
they do not blow down or burn up.
They never have to be painted or re
paired. With other kinds of silos dur
ing their short lives these expenses
alone equal the first cost. Concrete
lasts forever.
through which the tines of the fork
pass when the scoop is to be attached,
and across the bottom Is a metal strip
with a series of longitudinal grooves,
through which the tines also pass and
which serves to hold the shovel firmly
in position. The usefulness of such
a tool can readily be understood. In
a case where a man has both shovel
ing and forking to do, as around a
barnyard, he can accomplish the work
by a quick transformation of this de
vice Instead of having to go and get
a different implement every once In a
while.
Cow Weeding.
The removal of weed cows from the
herd is doing more for the dairy busi
ness than perhaps any other one
thing. So profitable has this line of
dairy work proved that many dairy
men who were about ready to abandon
the dairy business have taken a fresh
start. But the mere removal of weed
cows is not enough. Their places
must be taken by better ones. These
are easily secured by using pure-bred
Sires of known milk producing strains.
Records show that this line of work is
also profitable. More and more dairy
men annually are adopting It. Some
men themselves do the work of weed l
Ing and breeding; others rely upon
cow-testing associations. These as
sociations cost little and pay well as
cow weeders.
Wants Bureau of Inspection.
The Kansas department of agricul
ture wants to establish a bureau tc
Inspect grain feed, seed and hay with
the purpose of raising the standard
on these commodities. Chicago and
St. Louis already have such bureaus
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Run Down and Killed by Speeding
Chicago Motorcyclist.
Dr. Willett, Roused by Killing, Says It
Is Hard to Believe Some
Drivers Have Souls of
Their Own.
Chicago.—" Before the motorcyclist
had time to realize that the man in
his path was blind the machine struck
him."
This sentence, an excerpt from a
morning newspaper’s account of the
accident at South State and Sixty
third streets the other day, which re
sulted in the death of Jacob Snapp, a
blind man, from Injuries sustained
while the helpless victim was groping
his way across the street, furnished a
text for a sermon on speed fiends. It
was preached by Dr. Herbert L. Wil
lett, pastor of Memorial Church to
Christ and associate professor of Se
mitic languages and literature at the
University of Chicago, when the tragic
circumstances of the accident were
suggested to him.
Doctor Willett did not handle the
subject with gloves. Any motorcyclist
or antomobilist whose speed mania has
brought him to the stage where he has
forgotten that a common ordinary
pedestrian Is a human being and should
have consideration even though not
blind or crippled, had such a person
overheard the minister’s dissertation,
would not have needed an Interpreter
to aid him in determining just how
great a menace he has grown to be,
in the opinion of the walking popula
tion.
“It is hard to believe that some of
these reckless autoists and motor
cyclists, who imperil pedestrians, mess
up our thoughts and tangle our nerves
until we are near insanity are persons
With souls,” Doctor Willett began, as
he launched with fervor into his tirade
against the dangerous speeder.
“Such as accident as the one in
which the blind man met his fate Is a
horrible evidence of the pass to which
things have come in the big city’s rage
for speed. It raises the question of
whether the pedestrian on our streets
has any rights whatever. Must he be
continually on his guard, watching for
reckless speed fiends who show not a
whit of consideration for the lives of
those on foot? Is the pedestrian
Obliged legally to be alert constantly
and prepared to leap from the path of
a speeder? The account of how the
blind man met his death would almost
seem to Indicate as much. »
"Think of the irony of the conclu
sion! ’Before the driver had time to
realize thatthe man was blind his ma-
PRINCE OF WALES A SMOKER
English Rulers Allow the Heir Three
Cigarettes a Day Since His Sev
enteenth Birthday.
London. — Since his seventeenth
birthday ft has just become
known, the Prince of Wales has
been permitted to enjoy an occa
sional cigarette. Like the King of
Spain, he shows a preference for the
genuine Spanish cigaritos, which are
very small and made of choice Havana
tobacco. They are not gummed, but
are held together by a dexterous in
ward fold cf the paper.
The king and queen did not wish
their eldest son to smoke until his
seventeenth birthday, and on that date
he received many gifts representing
the smoker’s small luxuries. If ru
mor speaks truly the young prince
does not show great enthusiasm as
a smoker, and is quite satisfied with
the three cigarettes a day which are
$500,000 CINCHED CY BABY
Arrival of Infant Secures Big Estate
for Pennsylvanian, Nephew of
Former Congressman.
Scranton, Pa. —When the stork
dropped into town the other night on
his usual rounds he called at the home
of Charles R. Connell, nephew of for
mer Congressman William Connell,
and now Scranton is boasting of a
"half million dollar baby,” while the
baby’s mother is proudly displaying its
charms to her friends and at the same
time showing a SIO,OOO diamond sun
burst, the gift of the proud father.
Under the will of the baby's grand
father, it was provided that If its fa
ther died without Issue the estate was
to go to the children of the former
congressman, and inasmuch as Mr. and
Mrs. Connell had been married eight
years without having their union
blessed by children, it began to look
very much as if the behest of the will
would stand. The arrival of the baby,
however, sets aside this provision of
the will and the $600,000 will now re
main in the other branch of the fam
ily, no provision having been made by
the late congressman for its conver
sion in the event of the child’s not
living.
Lightning Shocks '-.any.
Dunkirk, N. Y. —Eight persons vho
were examining photographs at the
home of E. H. Ditcher at Fredonia,
were close to death when lightning
shot down the chimney. A ball of fire
circled the room several times, leav
ing a charred course In the wall paper
and tearing the plaster off the walls.
It passed out an open door, shatter
ing a tree in the yard. All tn the
bouse suffered from shock.
NAVAL GUN TO DESTROY AIR CRAFT
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THE AERO PLAUE- GUM
WITHIN a short time, each destroyer, cruiser and battleship of the United
States will be equipped with one of the new aeroplane guns pictured
above. This formidable weapon has a vertical range of three miles, and
can fire from 15 to 20 shots per minute. The sighting arrangements are
such that the object aimed at can be kept covered as long as It is in range.
The adoption of the gun by the authorities is proof positive that the of
fensive possibilities of the aeroplane have been fully recognized.
chine had struck him.’ The victim was
lacking one of his God-given senses
and did not perceive his danger. A
horrible death was the result
"Os all speed fiends of the present
day, some motorcyclists are by far the
greatest menace to the pedestrian. The
machine is small, much lighter than
an automobile and capable of darting
into and through a crowd with almost
the wariness of a rabbit. What chance
has the man on foot with a reckless,
daredevil driver likely to cross his
path at any moment? Chicago, I am
convinced, is today in great need of
ordinances which will serve more ef
fectively to protect its pedestrians. A
motorcycle speed law is needed which
will muzzle the mania of the careless
driver.”
allotted to him until he reaches his
eighteenth birthday.
The Health of Prince Henry continues
to cause anxiety. The experiment of
sending him to school at Broadstairs
has resulted in an improvement, but
the gain in strength is hardly rapid
enough to satisfy the royal physicians.
It is hoped, however, that a quick
change for the better will come dur
ing his holiday sojourn In the High
lands.
Prince Henry’s lack of vigor is the
more serious because he is growing
too fast for his age. He is the tall
est of the king’s sons, and he has
the making of a handsome lad. His
continued weakness does not seem to
affect the. prince’s lively disposition,
which has earned for him the family
nickname of “Bluebottle.” He is the
humorist of the royal children, and
his comicalities of manner and speech
are the delight of all who know him.
MACHINE TO CURE DULLNESS
Boston Savant Declares Charging
of Schoolroom With Powerful Cur
rent Will Stimulate Pupils.
Cambridge, Mass. —Dr. Andrew F.
Christian, a Boston physician, believes
that “if backward or sickly school
children were made to study and re
cite their lessons In a room where the
atmosphere was charged with elec
ericity, the children would Improve,
both mentally and physically, and
would soon cease to be backward or
sickly.” Dr. Christian says:
“The plain fact is that the electrifi
cation of a room creates what is
known as ozone, and the breathing of
this has an absolutely stimulating ef
fect, of which the reasons are well
known to medical men.
“Not only in the case of school
children, but also in relation to the
efficiency of adults employed in offi
ces, I think It would be of great ad
vantage if the air of the rooms were
subjected to a high-frequency current
of electricity."
Continuing, Dr. Christian says:
“I have noticed that a person feels
better in a room where the air has
been electrified than be does in a
room with common air, however well
the room may be ventilated. The
reason is that a high-frequency cur
rent in a room breaks up the atoms of
oxygen in the air and creates ozone.
The ozone enriches the red blood
corpuscles and they become more
numerous and more active.
“The blood thus carries more oxy
gen to the tissues and the result is
that an Increase of circulation means
an increase of assimilation and this in
HEWS BIG TREE AT TRINITY
Passing of Landmark In Few Green
Spots of New York City—Over
Three Hundred Years Old.
New York. —Busy passersby in low
er Broadway have paused in the last
few days before one of the few green
spots In the business section to no
tice the passing of an old landmark.
This is a tall tree in Trinity church
yard, on the south side, very near
Pine street.
This tree, which Is credited with
having passed its three hundredth
birthday, recently died, and Thomas
Floyd, the venerable head gardener
of all Trinity’s grave yards, who has
served in that capacity more than
thirty years, decreed it must come
down, Mr. Floyd hired a sailor, who
has trimmed off all but the trunk and
the arms of its main branches. Even
yet the tree reaches to the fifth story
of the Trinity building and almost
touches its windows.
This is the only tree In Trinity
church yard which has been cut down
for more than a year.
Mistake Snake for Whip.
Hartford, Conn. —George Deady, a
farm hand living in Wilsonville, had
a hot time the other day and he faint
ed dead aw’ay from fright Deady
picked up what he thought was the tip
of a horse whip tn the grass beside the
road, only to find that the borse whip
was alive. It proved to be a black
snake. It wound around Deady's arm
and poked its head in Deady’s face and
grinned at him.
Deady let out a yell that could be
heard all over Wilsonville and ran to
Henry Pearl and implored him to pull
the snake off his arm. Pearl refused
to meddle, saying he was no snake
charmer, whereupon Deady fainted in
the road. Pearl says the snake then
uncoiled and wriggled off into the
bushes. It was about five feet long.
turn means an increase of nutrition.
For children or adults an atmosphere
that is electrified will have a stimulat
ing effect”
It was with this knowledge that Dr.
Christian set about making a machine
which could electrify the air in a
room thoroughly and quickly. The re
sult of his experiments is a cabinet
which contains the three essential ele
ments of a high-frequency electric
coil, an air pump and a vacuum tube.
The high-frequency coil charges the
vacuum tube, which is inclosed tn a
glass air chamber.
The air pump draws air into the air
chamber and the air, after circulat
ing about the charged vacuum tube,
is carried out into the room from
tubes provided for the purpose. The
oxygen tn the air is broken up as it
circulates about the charged vacuum
tubes and the air passed out again
into the room Is full of ozone.
Queer Freak of Lightning.
Mansfield Center, Conn.—A bolt of
lightning threw Itself Into the hip
pocket of Joseph Barrow, a farmer, as
be was sitting in the kitchen of bis
home here. The bolt came into the
house via the stove pipe and was at
tracted to Barrow’s hip pocket by
the presence there of an iron monkey
wrench and a big jackknife. It passed
down his leg. burning him severely,
and then carfeened over the floor, up
setting a tub of water and splitting a
huge chopping block. In Barrow’s
pocket the end of the wrench and the
blade of the knife were fused into a
solid piece of steel
MACON, DUBLIN ANO SAVANNAH
RAILROAD COMPANY
LOCAL TIME TABLE.
Effective July 2, 1911.
No.lß ~N0.20 Stations; Noh 9 Nolt
A.M. P.M. Lv. Ar. A.M. P.M.
’ 7~16 37 25 Macon 11715 4730
7:22 3:37 Swiftcreek 11:03 4:20
7:30 3:45 Dry branch 10:55 4:12
7:34 3:49 Atlantic 10:51 4:09
7:38 3:53 Pike's Peak 10:48 4:06
7:45 4:00 Fitzpatrick 10:42 4:00
7:50 4:04 Ripley 10:37 3:53
8:00 4:14 Jeff’sonville 10:27 3:42
8:10 4:23 Gallemore 10:15 3:30
8:20 4:33 Danvilel 10:07 3:22
8:25 4:38 Allentown 10:02 3:17
8:34 4:47 Montrose 9:53 3:08
8:44 4:57 Dudley 9:42 2:58
8:50 5:03 Shewmake 9:36 2:52
8:55 5:09 Moore 9:29 2:45
9:10 5:25 ar Iv 9:15 2:30
Dublin
9:15 5:30 lv ar 9:10 2:25
9:17 5:32 SouMD&SJct 9:08 2:23
9:21 5:36 NorMD&SJct 9:04 2:19
9:31 5:45 Catlin 8:54 2:09
9:40 5.54 Mintor 8:47 2:01
9:50 6:05 Rockledge 8:36 1:50
9:55 6:10 Orland 8:31 1:45
10:08 6:23 Soporton 8:19 1:33
10:19 6:34 Tarrytown 8:07 1:21
10:26 6:41 Kibbee 8:00 1:15
10:40 6:55 Vidalia 7:45 1:00
CONNECTIONS.
At Dublin with the Wrightsville and
Tennille and the Dublin and South
western for Eastman and Tennille
and intermediate points.
At Macon iwth Southern railway
from and to Cincinnati, Chattanooga,
Rome, Birmingham, Atlanta and in
termediate points. Also the Central
of Georgia, G., S. & F. railway, Mar
son and Birmingham railway and the
Georgia railroad.
At Rockledge with the Millen and
Southwestern for Wadley and inter*
mediate points.
At Vidalia with the Seaboard Air
Line for Savannah and intermediate
points, and with the Millen and South
western for Millen, Stillmore and in
termediate points.
J. A. STREYER. G. P. A.,
Macon, Ga.
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