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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-01
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ApnOrlSmS III "A d u OTuSTs
After the secondyear the hens
value as winter egg producer
lessons.
Gull out the poor layers and
give the prolific hens more room
to work.
Ducks and geese should never be
k pit with chickens.
Filthy quarters produce sick
ness, and sick hens will not pro-
duce eggs.
Good stock will find quicker
sale at good prices thanpoor stock
a any price.
Hens will lay as we'll without
the attention of a male as with
it.
If an old rooster is not fit for
the table kill him and bury him.
Judges say that hens lay better
and eggs keep longer if ROSTERS
are not allowed with them, but
eggs will not be fertile.
Keys which unlock the gates
of success in poultry raising are
good stock, sense in their care,
and, of course, good paper to
consult.
Laying hens consume more
food than those not laying. See
that they get it.
Make the hens work; exercise
aids digestion; they prefer to do
it themselves.
Overcrowde d flocks will not do
we'll as layers.
Proper feeding means health
to poultry and profit to owner.
Quickness of growth is with
ducklings instead of chicks.
Remember that lice stick to
fowls all the year round.
Ten weeks from shell to mar
ket is the time allotted to the
chicks.
Uppermost questions with the
poultry man should be proper
food and comfort for fowls during
winter.
Very young stock should not
be used for breeding purposes.
Zeal we'll directed is as neces-
sary to SUGGEST in poultry raising
as anything else.-Poultry Jour.
nal.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-01
ALEXANDER SEED CO.,

OF AUGUSTA. GA,
announce that their new crop of
Turnip and Ruta-Baga seed are
n stock. You can depend on
what you get from them to be the
pest. BY planting their seeds,
with fair season, you can be as
sured of good crop.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-01
DEVELOPING HEIFERS,

hort llme ago correspond
g. If the o Fsrner, in an ar
tjc'e on )" helfer. re-
ferring ,dyocated
handlir,, 4..a tx udlers
before she drops her first calf.
asks the question, "do they prac-
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-01

tice what they preach!" His on
~ argument against the practice
was, that 1t was contrary to ma
ture to do so. Does this friend
not know that the modern and
paying dairy cow is largely arti-
fetal? She has been manipulated
in breeding and handling until
she does not resemble in the
least the original animal She
has been changed, artihcially
changed, in for m and nature.
But speaking for myself, / want
to say that l practice what l
preach, and I practice it much
more intensely than I have ever
preached it. In our herd today
we have eighteen head of young
cows that have gone through the
system of uddcr development.
These heifers were not be Sc
1ected to start with, but every
heifer dropped by our cows was
saved for future mixers. Orig
inally there were 10 head, all
but two of them high grade Jer-
sevs. These two wers half
blood Shorthorns. Of the 10
head so treated only one heifer
failed to come up to our stand
ard. She persisted in putting
her feed on her back instead of
in the pail, and even this heifer
might have done better with her
second calf, as she was above the
average as cows go, but we did
not care to take the chance and
let her go the butcher.
With me this system, or meth
cd, OF developing dairy cows is
no longer theory. This is not
saying that one can take any
kind or breed of heifers and de-
velop them so they will make
good dairy cows. We must have
breeding to start with, and the
heifer with tn, best breeding
will be the better for such a
course of handling, and helfers
with doubtful and ordinary
breeding can be developed so as
to make good dairy would other
wise have been failures. I claim
that a COW needs a course of
schooling to prepare her for flu
ture work, as does the race horse.
Had it not been for breeding,
handling and educating, we
would not have he'd any three
minute horses, nor would we
have any three pound butter
cows. Look along the line from
man down, and see whether it is
not fact that as rule the best
trained or educated man, or
beast, is the most useful. We
do not claim to change greatly
the form of our heifers, but we
do claim, after drawing eighteen
prizes from nineteen chances,
that it pays to follow this system
of treatment.
We have often heard it said
that a heifer should never be
MIXED before she drops her
first calf; contrary to nature, we
suppose, yet our best cows all
had to be MIXED before calving,
some them for a month before.
We had heifer drop her first
calf this winter. She had a fine
udder and about two weeks be-
fore she dropped her calf, she
looked as though she ought to oe
MIXED; but at that time l read
an article in which the writer
claimed that it was positive in
jury to milk a heifer before be-
fore becoming fresh. We took
his advice much against our
judgment, with the result that
the heifer lost one quar- ter of her
fine udder. Under ordinary
treatment they may not need
milking, but under our system
we may find it necessary.-Buck-
eye Dairy Farmer.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-01
THE AMERICAN HOG.

LIE AMEN1OAN 11O0'
There are some professors
who are continually advising the
practical hog men. even those OF
greatest experience. in the selec-
ton of the kind of a hog they
shoulc raise for greatest profit.
They observe that the price OF
the bacon hog grown in Canada or
IN Europe brings higher price
than our American hog, conse-
quently they say to the farmers
Of the United States, raise this
kind of a hog.
The hog situation IN this coun-
try has adjusted itself to the con-
ditions that surround it. We are
a great hog country simply be-
cause we are the greatest corn
country 10 the wor1!. No other
country can compete with US in
growing corn or MAZE. We pro-
duce more than three-fourths of
all The corr grown iE the world.
The only plan of marketing this
excessive CROP is through feed
leg to animals, and no other ami
Nal will produce the quantity of
meat from = buShel OF CORN that
Can be made from corn fed to hogs
Hogs ATE aIavOrlte method ul
marketing the corn crop of the
United States. If we did not have
the means of handling 1t in this
we would be producing a crop
that would be almost wasted If
there was a foreign demand for
the grain, with the tremendous
Quantities raised, it would scarce
ly pay the freight of shipping to
tee seabord.
While FEEDING peas, wheat and
barley will produce perhaps
finely favored meat tor bacon,
the United States farmer is faced
with different proposition. He
mist have an animal to eat his
corn. You. can balance the corn
ration. You can do 1t with the
biprodnct of the dairy and modi-
fly it with the grass that we grow,
and even cheaper it thereby, with
ont saving anything about the
benefits TO the corn or to the
health of the animal.
We have owthrough evolution
secured a hog that is we'll adapt
ed to marketing our great corn
crop. We have improved him
over twenty-five years ago by
quickening his maturity; we have
expedited his growth and are
putting him into market in 6 to 8
months, whereas thirty years ago
it required IL to IS months. We
have succeeded in producing an
easy feeder, one that gives gen.
erous returns for the teed eaten,
and when we come to market
him in the stock yar.s he usual
ly figures at the top of the mar
ket and brings as if he had been
fed on peas and barley and high
err priced grain than corn.
Of course, this year corn is ex-
traordinarily high because of the
scarcity through drouth and
failure of the crop. Fortunately
the prices of hogs are correspond
lngly high, which leaves the far
mer in much better condition
than if it was priced hogs and
high priced corn, which has some
times been the case.
The fact that we must take
into consideration in selecting is
that the United States breeder is
to produce hog that will con-
sumo the great corn crop raised
upon the farm. They should
take into consideration the quail
lty of feed that we have most of,
easier to produce, and therefore
The one that we must Of necessi-
ty feed. At the. same time we
recognize the advantages and
benefits and urge all of our feed
ers to balance the ration for
greatest profit anu success.
We arc certainly producing a
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-01

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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09

overcome them; to keep away from
saloons; to work every day with
out being particular about the kind
of work, and to let liquor alone.
IF you have wife and family
spend all your evenings in your
home and try to give happiness to
those dependent upon you, instead
Of going out with "the boys" II
You are not married, spend your
evenings in your own room In care
ful study. Go to church regularly
and associate with people who rev
erence the Sabbath. l will guar
antee that any man who follows
these rules after leaving here will
be successful. The police will
never bother him. OLLIPHANT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09

known as terror, first by chuck
ing the tiger and losing his coin
like a real sport, and then by shoot
ing a faro dealer and walking off
with the cash box. But, like all
bad men, he met his master, who
was a little tenderfoot from St.
Paul, Minn.-a n. P. brakeman.
It came about this way:
The brakeman won't mention
his name-had only been in town
few hours when he met Mr.. Carr
in the Odean saloon and eating
house. The stranger was eating a
plate Of beans. Jeff kicked over
his stool, and brak eman and beans
were mixed in a heap on the floor.
Of course the stranger got mad,
perhaps thinking he was in an n.
P. eating house, he promptly
called Mr.. Carr down. which was
just what Jeff was looking for. He
grabbed the tenderfoot by the COL
lar, dragged him to the bar, called
for drinks for the house and at the
point of a six-shooter made the
stranger pay for them. Then he
made him dance to the music of
shots from his gun.
The brakeman seemed to. enjoy
the game. He clapped his hands
to his steps, swung his arms back
ward and forward, up and down,
and all at once his right hand
found his hip pocket. He pulled
revolver and in the twinkling of
an eye Jefferson Carr was dead.
Then the brakeman walked quietly
out of the saloon, took passage on
the same boat he came up on and
in few days was back in St. Paul
once more. His stay in skaguay
was short, but while there he did
good work. II. Il. T.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09

can do this, tmay be we'll to remark
that sheep are of all stock the most
difficult to handle successfully, and
for this reason many chances pre-
sent themselves for man to try,
inasmuch as beginners quickly find
themselves in one of three posi-
tons: Quitting from disgust be-
cause he finds one sheep can dis
play more obstinacy than ten
mules; fired for incompetency; or
retained at wages 10 per cent higher
than can be had for herding other
stock. A.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
Jeff Carr'S Finish.

Jeff Carr, ex-cowboy, ex-stage
driver, gun fighter, all around bad
man, and late city marshal of
Cheyenne, Wyo., is no more. He
cashed in his final stack of blues
at Skaguay, Alaska After the
killing of Jefferson r. Smythe.
better known as "Soapy Smith, .
by one Ried, bad men became
scarce in Skaguay, and Mr.. Carr,
thinking Cheyenne too etfete, took
up his residence there.
In short time "Jeff" became
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09

degree, so much so that it's worst
and most detestable form is I'M
speakable; it's very odors smelling
to heaven; and yet how infinitely
insignificant are the moral endeav-
ors of mankind to check it.
Why is this SO? 1t is because
vice sends it branches into all
classes and spheres of society; not,
it is true, in the same guise or
degree, but in some form that de-
ludes the eye and makes it
impossible to be detected by the
casual observer, jealously guarded
behind some cloak of morality, and
SO sacredly, that vice is known to
be the pillow in death with a great
many people. If this were not SO,
the final destruction of vice would
be a simple undertaking, but as
long as vice is practiced secretly,
it must and does breed the fragrant
forms that lures men and women
to ruin by the hundreds of thou
sands.
Vice has a multitude of forms,
and it is not the writer's purpose
to point out and specify any one
form to beware Of; it is sufficient
to know that in any form it will
lead you to ruin; you are at liberty
to interpret the verses above to fit
and suit your own imagin alton.
Men and women who are victims
of the fascinating influences Of
vice, know its haunts without be-
ing told, and sooner or later, when
they are called upon to pay the
penalty for their immoral lives,
they begin to realize that they
have spent the best portion of
their days in slavery. 1t is too late
now to sever the bonds that have
for SO many years held them to
some fancied pleasure, for what at
first seemed to them "their pleas
ure,' soon became their pastime"
and in due time it grew in ''their
habit" and it was not very long
after until their arduous habit be-
came "their passion. so that now
they find their silken cord of vice
is their MASTER
It is not difficult to understand
why. when that wicked old mon
arch was told he was to die and to
prepare his soul for heaven, that
he is quoted as saying: Il do not
want to 60 to heaven, only angels
and infants go there; [ want to go
to the other place where [ shall
meet the Caesars, Cleopatras,
Mark Antony's and the great phil
osophers of ancient times, as we'll
as those kings and queens of my
own times: [ want to hobnob with
men and women Of wit and beauty.
Aye! tits indeed we'll with my
SOUL" Be that as it may, and the
common saying, "Get all the
pleasure out of this life you can"
does not mean an indulgence in
vice. JULIUS.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
The Downward Road.

81 am thy Pleasure. See, my face is fair
With silken strands of joy 1 Irvine thee round
Life has enough of stress-forget with me!
Wilt thou not stay? Then gO-thOu are not
bound.
II am thy Pastime. Let me be to thee
daily refuge from the haunting fears
That bind thee, choke thee, fill thy soul with
Seek thou my hand-let me asSuage thy tears!
81 am thy Habit Nay, start not thy will
Is yet supreme, for art thou not a man?
Then draw me close to thee. for life is brief
A little space to pass the best we can.
81 am thy Passion. Thou shalt cling to me
Through all the years to come. The silken
cord
OF Pleasure has become a stronger bond,
Not to be Gle nor lOOSened at a word
81 am thy Master. Thou shalt crush for me
The grapes of truth for wine of sacrifice;
My clanking chains were forged for such as
am thy Master-yea, am thy Vice!''
It was an over-indulgence in
vice that mastered and eventually
ruined all of those magnificent
cities of ancient Greece, Rome,
Egypt, Palestine and Asia; and
that vice may not be as fagrantly
and openly practiced today as in
ancient times, is no proof that it
has no hold upon mankind or that
it has lost any of it's potency. Our
great cities are hotbeds of it. A
single germ of vice, when inocu-
lated into the flesh, can be cult
waited and grown to an enormous
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
A Hard Luck Story.

III. S." in his we'll written arti-
Gle, "The Ex-Convict's Show In
Life" in a recent issue of this pa
per, expresses the same view [
have of the subject, and if he will
look me up next holiday we'll
"shake" on it. He may have been
little strong in saying that no
ex-convict ever gained a good po-
sition by returning to- his home
town, as there have been such
cases, but, it being gained only
through wealth and influence, his
remarks in that line will pass.
The experience of III. S." should
be lesson to anyone who thinks
he can 60 back to the place where
he was convicted and begin life
over again. [ will relate two cases
that have come under my observa-
ton, showing how quickly the
hand of suspicion was directed
toward two fallen men.
A man who was confined in the
same jail in which I was awaiting
sentence was released by habeas
corpus proceedings before his case
came to trial That night the vii
age post Office was robbed and he
was at once arrested. His ROOM
mate and the landlord of the hotel
where he was stopping both swore
that he had not left the building,
but not until he had been thor
oughly searched and none of the
stolen property found on his per-
son was he allowed to go, and then
only with the understanding that
he should leave town in an hour.
Another case: A young man in
the city where I was born and
raised, was sent to the reformatory
for some minor offense. On being
discharged he returned to the city
and tried to earn an honest living,
but was constantly being arrested
by the police for crimes of which
he quickly proved himself inno-
cent. Some months later a large
robbery occurred in the city and
he was again arrested and this time
sentenced to a long term in prison.
The provisions of our parole sys-
tenn confne prisoner SO re-
leased to the limits of the state,
but Minnesota is large enough to
select some place he can go and
earn a good living without return
ing to his home town. [ may be
termed a crank, but there is whole
lot Of satisfaction in knowing
where there are $40 others.
In these prosperous times men
are in constant demand. There
are hundreds of places open,
even in the largest cities of the
land, where a discharged convict
can go, and by leading an honest,
upright life soon live down the
past and enjoy an abundance of
happiness the remainder of his
days-but not if he returns to the
place that witnessed his downfall.
HAPPY JACK.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
Western Ranch Labor.

Western Ranch Labor.
Some very disheartening re-
marks having lately been made
with regard to what field of op-
portunity there may be for ex-con-
victs, it might be we'll to offer a
suggestion as to a chance for en-
ployment which is within the
means, reach and ability Of all
who may be placed in the unfortu-
nate position of having no friends
to aid them in securing honest
work. The occupation referred to
is helping around western stock
ranches, and it has many advan-
tages to commend it to the notice
of all persons wishing to work up
ward from the lower stages in life,
whether ex-convicts or not.
A person desiring to hide his
past till he has re-established him
self may take heart from the fact
that few questions will be asked,
and none need be answered, on this
score, and you are just as likely to
rub shoulders with young aristo-
crat out for a good wild time, and
maybe incidentally to SOW a few
wild oats, as man who has re-
Gently been identified by a num-
Der. Wages range from $25 to $50
per month and board, the general
figure being $35 for a fairly good
man, and when you consider that
SIS per month will cover all neces-
sary expense for clothing, etc., it
will be seen that more can be saved
out of this than at many jobs in
cities at an apparently higher
figure.
Probably the most alluring fea-
ture, however, that can be men,
toned is the fact that this bust
ness opens up quicker road to
independence, to steady worker,
than any other, because SO many
opportunities occur for such a man
to work on his own capital (sav-
ings) and be paid for his labor by
a capitalist on the one hand. and
the natural increase of his capital
so worked on, on the other. AS
an instance of this, to make the
meaning clear, a man can generally
manage to keep his own stock with
his employer free Of all expense,
whereas putting them out to be
kept would cost about so per cent
Of their increase, besides not get
ting such care as when under his
own charge.
This is the only occupation in
which success is certain for all who
really intend to succeed, as there
are openings for all. Education,
knowledge of methods of handling
stock, horsemanship, muscles. are
not by any means necessary to
begin with, but all are useful at
certain times, and to obtain some
positions considerable knowledge
and ability is of course wanted !;
but one will soon learn along what
special lines his talents lie and can
obtain compensation in proper
ton. While on this subject, and
to remove any impression that this
article is recommendation to go
''herding shape" and as there is
a popular impression that anyone
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
1t Depends On the Man.

-. was certainly untOf-
tunate and extraordinary, but | do
not accept his views regarding a
mans chance to earn an honest
living in the town in which he was
convicted.
In the first place, "H. s." says
that no man, on being released
from prison, can return to his old
home and there win honor and re-
spect by hard work. He says The
police and their minions will be
laying for such man on every
corner; he cites his own experience
of having been arrested seventeen
times within the two years follow
ing his release from here, and of
his final conviction and return to
prison. He cites these things in
proof Of his theory.
l do not wish to put myself up
as Judge, but the slight knowl-
edge Of human mature l have
gained in the last ten years leads
me to believe there was something
radically wrong in the method our
friend III. S." employed in going
about gaining honor and respect,
and I think I can put my finger on
the sore spot. He did not choose
his friends wisely. In my humble
opinion the very thing man
should do upon his discharge is to
return at once to the town where
he was convicted, and prove first
of all to those who witnessed his
degradation that he is worthy of
their respect and confidence. This
1s the first step he can take to re-
establish himself. If l have
wronged any man | must right
that wrong, so far as it lies in my
power to do so, before [ can ex-
poet people to believe in the sim
'.cerity of my purposes. L must
sprove to the world that [ realize
the error of my former conduct,
and have determined to live a diff
ferent and better life.
But the skeptical will say that
If do return with such intentions
people will not believe me. You
will say that no matter how nigh
and honorable may be my aims,
people will not place confidence in
me. Well, how in the name of
common sense can man expect to
leave here, with all the faint and
odor Of a prison on him, and have
lpeople believe in him? Right here
most OF the men make their mis-
take. They 60 out with the idea
that the world is waiting with out
stretched arms to receive them as
returning prodigal sons, and when
the fatted calf is not killed, and
they see no preparations for feast
ing. thew at once lose heart and
courage About this time, when
courage and hope are at ebb
tide, along comes one of the old
gang from the under world" one
of those good fellows. compan-
ion of the old days, and he is so
glad to see you that he almost hugs
you. OF course nothing will do
but you must have a drink with
him, SO away you go; and as you
enter the saloon two policemen
make their exit. They have seen
you and the company you keep.
Then they check up your past rec
ord, and decide that it is we'll to
keep an eye on you.
Now listen: Just as sure as the
sun shines there is but one way
for the man who has served term
in prison to re-establish himself in
the eyes of the world. That is to
start out with the expectation OF
getting hard knocks and rebuffs,
and to have fixed determination
to meet them like a man and to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-01-09
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