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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-07-01
Is There a Southern Dair,
Belt

Will some one rise and explain
why II IL that he dairy belt both
in the nitcd States and Europe
lies 10 the north where the sum-
mcrs are hit, the winters cold,
and where there is a much Ion
ger feeding PERIOD than two,
three, or four hundred miles
south Why is il tina, the DAIRY
belt Of the United States has
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-07-01
Low Rates 10 Bostos

Account Annual Meeting .tlr>,
Church OF Christian ScIcn,i,,
hoston' Mass, June ,Sth-Juiy :.
Mobile y Ohio coupon ticket,
agents will sell tickets AZ one
fare plus ;, for the round ,rio.
Ask agents for PARTICULARS.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-07-01

Mrs. Gramcrcy; DO you think
il WAS ~ intentional slig II, on the
palt OF Mrs. Ncwrich5
Mrs. Park Why, no, my dear,
She hasn't been lady long
enough L. know how TO tc rude.
Puck.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-07-01

not allowed to enter the milk
room. Milk is received and
cared for by dairy attendants,
who in turn are not allowed to go
near the barns. Every utensil
that comes in contact with milk
is regularly stcrillzed by live
steam. The bacteria found daily
by analysis arc below thousand
to the cubic inch, while il is
known that milk sold generally
in cites contains hundreds Of
thousands OF germs to the cubic
inch. Mr.. Law believes that
poverty, hunger and dirt can be
ousted by many small farmers
if cleanliness Is adopted instead
Of the negligent. slip shod habits
prevalent.
If buttermakers would always
remember tina, the quality OF the
butter was determined by the
proper or improper management
in the first or primary stages,
and that churuing alone did no;
and could not insure the flavor
desired. then there would be
marked improve along the
dairy lines. Butter. wholesome
and sweet. possessing the cx.
quisitc aroma so much desired
by maker and consumer and re.
minding one Of fragrant; clover
and dainty meadows. IS not made
by the las, finishing stroke alone;
i. c., churnIng. II is being made
from the moment the ioa my fluid
leaves and UNDERWAY. before,
for upon food, care and environ
mcnt does the flavor. etc. depend
III a marked degree. So. we fad
that The pro>cs~ o. good butter
making begins before the milk
reaches the dairy.
The dairy. wonder VIVA,
proportion among the general
farmers who com binc dairvlng
with farming process real
truly, as the children say dairt.
one. be il large or small. which
is set apart Tor dairy uSts a!orct
There must be revolution ~
dairy work on many farms before
success can be hoped :or. Wal
iaCcs Farmer.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-07-01

been moving along isothermal
lines from New York to northern
Ohio, Wisconsin. northern illinois
Minnesota, and northern Iowa
Is it because the atmosphere aud
the grasses are more suitable IN
that locality. or is it a mere hap
pen so: Or is il that the New
England farmers were forced by
circumstances into dairyiug and
as they moved west carried the
butter and cheese business with
them, while farmers in Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio. living fui Their
south and having a better soil,
didn't have to. and took up the
lees combining work OF growing
horses, hogs. aud cattle. and
in their western migrations (for
men usually move on isothcrmal
lines) carried ,hcse lines of bust
ness with them Or IL il because
IN all lines OF human enterprise
men having the same occupation
tend 10 group themselves ,oeeih
or. one community IN the manu-
featuring linc dcvo.ing itself en-
i'rcly 10 one particular thing.
whether IL hc shoes. buttons.
woolcns, co,tons, or iron: Why
il IL We do no, answer the
question, but simply ask our
readers ~ think i, over.
Theoretically. Missouri, kan.
sas. southern Illinois. and the
Indian Territory ough. 10 &c onc
oi The fines, dairy belts IA the
world. Actually there j. less
tatrying done there shan almost
any other distric, north ot 1t.
Why ~ IL The season il
longer the COWS can craze more
months IN The year. aud blue
grass Is IN its glory in all tina,
section. Corn cowp:as. . NJ clio
yer can with proper care and
brains be grown ali over i; and
alfalfa on large portion OF II.
Silos can DC constructed more
chcap!y because there ~ more
timber. There j. southern
marke; a. we'll ~ an eastern aud
western. Theoretically, the
da'ryman has everything Laid u
h. hand. Why don't he take
hold o! IL l. i. simply because
the people ar, not educated in
that line. or j. i, because. 10 uss
a local pxpFrSSipu III. f,r,v.,,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

hardly completed, and yet both are beautiful
The treatment OF the bold declivity at Morn
ingside and OF the narrow strip of valley at Its
foot is alike the pride of NEWCOMERS and the
admiration Of visitors 10 the city. There is in
this park a subduing of ruggedness without de-
tracing from its charms which has challenged
the admiration of foreigners. The German halls
IT as Rhenish and the Italian as Neapoitan
while the sturdy Briton sees in ii something to
remind him of the choicest specimens of garden
ing in England, Scotland, Ireland or Wales
Not one Of these could play higher compliment
than he thus unconscously bestows.
While Mr.. Olmsted designed public parks for
Chicago. Boston. Buffalo. Louisville, Montreal
and other American cities. his work in the two
more popuIous boroughs of New-York City has
not been excelled. He has. however. designed
two parks Of national interest that doubtless
in time will be regarded as his greatest achieve
ments One Of these borders Niagara and its
raptds and the other is the great national park
in the Yosemite region of California. All told
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

thirty-seven public parks in the United States
and Canada were created by his genius.
OF the grounds about public buildings which
have been ornamented and planted under Mr..
Olmsted's direction those about the Capitol at
Washington are perhaps the most noteworthy.
Twelve suburban places. eleven hospitals, thir-
teen colleges and four large schools. four rail-
way stations and twelve private estates in this
country owe the attractiveness Of their grounds
TO his Intelligence and labor. The most beautiful
and most prominent of the latter is Biltmore.
the estate OF George Vanderbilt, near Ashevile.
y. c.
New-York also owes to Mr.. Olmsted the beau
ties OF its Speedway, of the Ocean Parkway and
the Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, and the de-
signs for many of the smaller parks created
within the last three decades With each of
these widely separated works as a monument,
the name of Frederick Law Olmsted ought long
TO remain green in the memory of the COM
rnunities he has so conspicuOusy blessed by his
great talents and valuable public services.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
IN THE, BERKSHIRES.
Social Incidents at Lemon, Stock
bridge and PittSfeld.

I.enox Mass. Sept. CSpeciaD.-The revival Of
tennis at the IenOx Club. where a large tOurna-
ment was played this week. made cOttagers recall
the vogue of tennis in Lenox ten years ago. when
the foremost tennis players in the country batted
on the Ienox courts. Mondays tournament was
made notable by the numbers in the tournament
and the interest by the cottagers in the mixed
doubles Miss Evelyn Sloane. Of New-YOrk, and
Joseph w. Burden. jr.. the tournament. de-
feating Warren f. Sturgs and Miss McCOOk. The
consolation prize was by Miss Heloise Meyer
and lie Roy King Of New-York. Those who played
in the tournament Miss Coruelia Barnes, Miss
Winifred Folsom Miss Constance Bacon. Miss
Emily Whitehead. MSS Emily Bacon. Miss McCook'
Miss Evelyn Sloane Miss G. Folsom. Miss Fl
Meyers. Mrs Samuel rockingham. Miss Susan
Hail. H. s Coffin. r G. Greenleaf. r.. u. Hare
John Sloane jr F. s. darkness. Rodney Proctor,
Samuel rockingham. lie Roy King, w. . Sturgis,
d. T Dana and Arthur 5. Dtxey
The entries for the horse show closed Monday
Although the entry list large as last year.
the quality is high. and the contests for the blue
ribbons will be keen Several new horses will be
shown for the first time. and their merits are I'M
known The Ienox Horse Show Association holds
its shows without the presence OF the professional
driver and the horse dealer. No dealers are allowed
to enter and no professional drivers can compete.
The association draws the one hundred cot
RACERS in Ienox and Stocktridge, and has always
succeeded in conducting a high class show from
these stables The entries from the stables Of
George G. Haven. George Westinghouse. Harley t.
Proctor and William D. Sloane are large. W X.
Matthews Of New-York. will be new exhibitor.
REGINALD Vanderbilt will not be an exhibitor, as
was expected He has decided not TO 20 to Lenox
for the fall season. Harley T. Procter. who has
stable Of twenty-five horses. entered in nearly
ALI Of the classes for doubles tandems AMI four
in-hands In the four-in-hand class he will meet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
PARKS HIS MONUMENT.
City Hounds tn Works of Freder-
ick Lac Olmsted.

The monuments 10 the great in many walks
OF life are merely ornaments for public places
However enduring the materials and however
artistic and attractive the forms. such memo
rails are but abstractiy associated with she
achievements which called them into being.
Frederick Law Olmsteds most enduring
monuments are the works which he per
formed The fact that Boston in his ripe
old age. and while Yet he lived. honored
him by bestowing upon one OF las larg-
est recreation grounds his name is pleasing.
but Il cannot possibly impress future genera
tions as they must be impressed by the park
itself everything of beauty in which bears the
impress o. Mr.. Olmsteds genius. Whatever is
admired in the many parks which he created.
al least il il be more than a detail OF garden
ing or architecture. is his monument
New-York and SIS environs are peculiarly rich
IN such memorials TO the best known OF Areri-
can landscape architects. While Calvert Vaux
cola borsted with Mr.. Olmsted in designing Cen
ira Park Mornngside Park. Prospect Park.
Brooklyn: Riverside Park and Drive. the Ocean
Parkway and Eastern Parkway. Brooklyn. and
many Of the smaller public gardens Of the me-
tnopons bear the everlasting impress Of Mr..
Olmsted's individual taste and HIS ability 10
combine beauty with utility.
Mr. Olmsted is credited with having originated
the scheme for transverse sunken road across
Central Park one Of his strongest points was
his cleverness IN adapting his SCHEMES for beau
trying a tract OF land 20 the environments and
the public needs he found them. His nature
had q practical side which showed through his
idesllsm with such frequency that no need was
ever overlooked. nor was H. when seen left I'M
provided for.
Central Park was the earliest OF his great
achievements. There he had 10 contend with
limitations which he did not encounter in some
Of his later works. The proportions OF the land
20 be beautined were against him. The width
between the present walls % the reservoir and
the east and west boundaries was wofully in
adequate for any broad effect. That was al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

To the great relief OF the Maine natives. whose
fears of international complications have never
been ouieted since the Gays of the Spanish war;
when phantom fleets flying Spanish colors were
daily sighted between Saco and Eastport. the great
war manPuvres are over. and cannon have ceased
TO boom OF Cape Elizabeth But while the wise
Judges are trying to decide the winner OF the con
test the general public is satisfied with the fact
that peace without pension has succeeded war
without carnage and are settling down 10 agIl-
,l+,,re "a hile the barrack rooms continue TO hear
the stories of the conflict. and the marines are
listening 10 their proverbial tale. Bloodless as II
was however the war game this year aboundeo
with number OF delicious anecdotes.
To Major General Adna r. Chaffee, perhaps. be-
longs the first place in this chronicle OF yarns.
While not actually figuring in the game. since he
left the command 10 Colonel s. NJ wis com
manding the Portland artillery ustFiCs; r1ngsd
himself by carrying CONSERVATION into the RANKS RANKS
OF 9',rDed 70 China General ChafTee has been
the undisputed master of the question business
Il saw" he Queried OF a mournful looking sentry
at For. Ievett one fogey morning. How are they
feeding you?'
Pretty poor. can tell you" grumbled the SEN
try. who belonged Maine National Guard
regiment.
You don't really mean that7" inquired the gen
oral solicitously. why. what are they giving
your"
Wal" drawled The Down Easter. sadly, tine
other mornin they served rs a ration o prunes.
There is forty and We just counted them
prunes-there was signty-three.
The deuce you sayl' exclaimed the general
with apparent surprise; why. that's more than
two pruues apiece. That's luxury With this
he departed. chuckinE Inerrily
Later he climber into a shack where darby
cooking the rations of a company.
Morning. cook said he pleasantly; how do
you like cooking? Do your men treat you nice?
Purity good, sab, inurmired The astonlshed
darby. -
Don't complain the food swear at your
NO. sah.' the def5ren-ial answer.
Il tell YOU what fl is you must he boss cook;
that's thc reason
40. subj" was the smooth answer. Fact Is. 1
just come sir; they run the last cook cot of camp
this mewnin'. sah'
Another day the general rode twelve miles in
a driving rain to inspect outpost at Silver
Springs When he arrived he a detail Of
hungry and unhappy men sitting about Hstlessy.
We'll. my man" said he to private; how are
they feeding you? What did you have for break
fact?'
Not one darn thing" was the frank answer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
WAR WITHOUT CARNAGE; PEACE WITHOUT PENSION
SOME INTERESTING INCIDENTS OF THE VAR CANE
OFF THE COAST OF THE PINE TREE STATE

MN. how's that? Doa't you have any rations
issued you?'
They gave lis some the first day. kettle Of
beans and some sugar and coffee. just that wash
7 looked at the washboiler" said the general in
keg of beans. and five days rations Of beans are
tSy , pounds Poor fellows l was sorry for
next year they viii go to a picnic
But General Chanee was not always an unsym-
pathetic critic. On the last day of the war game
when he came to UP his Impressions he re-
called Maine volunteer whom he had met several
DAYS before
DO you know" said he. Il asked that fellow his
duties when guard. and he answered them just
as IL he were reading them out OF a book His
name was Hunter: he pleased much re-
membered it The general had five thousand pri-
Yates at Portland, but he did not forget ready
sentry on that account.
Among the participants in the war game were
some eighty New-York National Guardsmen. mem
hers OF the first and second companies of the Signal
Corps. from New-York and Brooklyn respectively.
The detail went TO Maine on the boat with
General Chafee. When the general came on board
he wore civilian garb, and the guardsmen, who sa-
luted their lieutenants ostentaousy at every turn
passed the man I'm the frock coat. their COM
mander, with never salute. Later when they
learned their error. they made il up; but il was a
sore point on the first night away from home
Point Judith While the vessel was tossing mer-
my Suuuen crash was heard. and pOrtlV
com sleeping In upper berth descended ali
ly 70 the floor. There a second of grim silence
and then a voice walled through the darkness:
~, war Is hell amt it, corporal and the answer
illuminated the darkness.
on their way home. when the cruel war was
over the guardsmen were veterans and the girls
on the ship succurlbed 20 their charms with proDer
readiness. One big sergeant somewhat of a sticker
for discipline. carried off the pretiest girl on shin
board, and in a quiet corner Of the deck was ex-
planning war. A blue sleeve had moved in eek
tended order" ard he certainly ENJOYING a
full victory. when from hidden vantage point a
couple Of voices roared out the familiar oder Of
the corps:
send up two rockets!"
That ended the sergeants romance.
The lot OF the Maine volunteers was not A happy
one. The Maine troops unused to the ways
OF the regular army their commissarfat broke
down completely, and hunger their daily IA
ton for a part Of the time. The regulars promptly
picked a quarrel with them and dubbed them
''Narrowbacks." During the entire manGuvres the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

Maine mIlitiaman was saiuted wherever he went
with the taunting
"'HulO. NarrOwbackF'
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-21
CHAPTER IT.

HARD SITUATION FOR a MODEST MAN.
ssfSYY WILL, willr' he rnurmur-
k8A 4 ed, staring down at the road
kSs&G through the live oaks.
vS@gsSy AS he spoke there was q
step on the porch behind him, and a
deep voice broke his reverie. The youth
turned to meet his father.
Dreaming again, BoydP' said the
elder reproyingly.
In appearance he was nearly the
counterpart OF his son, but with reso-
luton added, decision acquired and
dreams long lost in tempering ex-
perience. Els bushy hair was snow
white, although not from age, for he
was just turned fifty. His thick droop-
ing mustache and tufted imperial were
also white. AS he looked at his son
he presented stern, weather beaten,
war worn face. Colonel Peyton had
been soldier He had fought with
distinction in the Mexican war four
teen years before. Old soldiers usually
develop into the fat and red or the
thin and lean kind of men. Colonel
Peyton was one of the latter class, al
though his temper was as quick and
fierce as that of the most choleric and
equity old veteran. His voice was full
and rich, and in pronunciation and ac-
cent betrayed his southern character
istics beyond question. Boyd's voice
was different. 1T was still southern,
but not markedly so. He had lived SO
long in the north and on the sea, and
he had tried SO hard to mold it in
sterotyped form, that it had lost most
Of it's distinguishing characteristics,
and except when he was excited 1T
was cosmopolitan and therefore monot-
onous.
Dreaming again, Boyd! It's not
good for an officer. | had hoped that
your Naval academy training, your ex-
perience as an officer. might get you
out OF Inar DaG habit. But here you
are at it again, / see"
The old man frowned and shook his
head honelAsalv toward his snn-
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-21

such good time together in Boston
that I counted on having the same
good time while you were at home on
this leave OF absence, and now you
are going to spoil 1t all, / know you
are
Now please don't say that" he in
terrupted pleadingly; 81 didn't think
you would be SO annoyed to learn
that IT,
"But I don't care for you in that
way" she continued impulsively, then
suddenly stopped in great confusion,
realizing that she had not been asked
as yet to care for anybody.
"Well, Miss Mary" said Peyton,
greatly abashed II will respect your
wishes, of course. l shall always do
So Everything you may say is law
to me-" Oh, the false promises of youth
and love! Whatever you wish me to
do will do. That is, / won't say any
thing now, but I have only a short
leave OF absence, you know, and be-
fore l go back you must at least let
me tell you that I-I-well, / will tell
you it when tell you, you see.'
Ellis words were entirely confused
hended.
s1 wish you wouldn't" she said
truthfully; 81 do not believe it will be
any use, but if you must, you must,
and we'll put aside the disagreeable
subject" with cutting but unconscious
frankness, "until we've have to. Do
! you know how old / am %
"You will be eighteen OH the Sd of
| January" he answered promptly.
Dear mel" she exclaimed. How,
did you get it down SO paty'
"Why-I-you see-I-oh, dear, it is
| SO hard not to say it / like you SO
| much, Miss Mary II may say that,
surely?" deprecatingly.
"Yes, you may go that far, thiniS,"
with injudicious concession.
"Well, then, like you SO much that
I have tried to learn all about you, =
triumphantly pressing his advantage.
From whom have you learned about
! met" e
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-21
WATERBURY, EVENING DEMoCRAT SATURDAY. FEBRUARY

mo, father said the young man
quickly, mot dreaming when you
spoke, but
"But what, STRIP Only he pronounced
it "suh,"
Resolving"
"Ha, that's better! And resolving
upon what, pray?"
Resolving to take wife, sir. Ii l
can get her, that ia, sir"
"a wife! A wifew in sudden sus-
picion.
"a wife SIR" answered his son
firmly.
"How old are you now, sir?" asked
his father, having partially digested
the unexpected announcement.
"Just twenty-five, sir"
"You are young to speak of mar
riage, lad"
Eyes, sir, I am" answered Boyd
promptly. But it is habit of our
family, sir, as 1 have heard. Mother
was sixteen, think, when she mar
ried you, and you Were no older than [
am yourself then, sir"
well, er-yes, of course" said the
colonel, rather taken aback by this
strikingly direct, if smiling, charge.
"I-er-who Is the lady? hope. Boyd,
that you have not fallen in love with
some foreigner in Europe orr
"No, sir"
Cor with any Yankee girl. A man
should marry among his own people,
especially now. r. 49,
"Well, SIR" said Boyd hesitatingly in
a spirit Of fun, II met her in New
England, at Boston, last winter, and
I"-
boyd Peyton, don't tell me that you
are going to marry outside Of your own
class" Numbered his father; that
you are going to ally yourself with one
of those northern tradespeople-
one of Lincoln's''-
No one could have exceeded the bit
ter contempt with which he spoke.
Father" cried the young man has
tily. seeing evidences of an explosion
in the reddening face and excited man.
ner of his father, sit is Mary Amman"
"Why, God bless mer' returned the
old man, greatly relieved, grasping his
son by the shoulders and giving him a
little shake. tWhy didn't you say so?
Why, that girl is the pride of my life,
the prettiest girl in Mobile, the belle
of Alabama. You young dog! What
do you mean by trying to fool your ia