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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
MODEL GERMAN FARM.
House and Barns Are Lighted and
Heated by Electricity and
Ventilated by Fans.

AT Quednau, eastern Prussia, is
dairy farm managed by Prof Back
haus. 1t includes $50 acres and pro-
duces 1000 gallons of milk daily The
Engineering Record is authority for
the statement that the buildings are all
lighted by incandescent lamps, and
the grounds, in places, by arc lights
The current is supplied from a small
central station containing a so horse
power engine, direct coupled to two
generators, and switchboard for the
control of the various circuits, all
parts of which are SO simple and
plainly marked that any farm hand
can understand and operate it. In ad-
dition to the lighting, power is sup
piled for the pumping Of water and the
driving of saws, feed cutting and
threshing machines, grist mill and
an electric churn in the dairy. Besides
these stationary power appliances,
there are a number of electrically
driven agricultural machines for use in
the fields, including an automobile
pillow, all of which are run by storage
batteries and may be charged at con-
veniently located sub-stations. To
round out the completeness of the
equipment, the barns are heated by
electricity and ventilated by motor
driven fans. and all parts of the farm
have telephone intercommunication.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
POTATOES A GREAT CROP.
Value of the Tubers Exceeds That OF
Any Other Single Product
of the Farm.

The opinion generally prevails that
wheat or corn-in some regions one and
in others the other-constitute the crop
of greatest value to the world. Such
is not the fact. The potato leads all
other staples, being produced at the rate
of 1000 100000 bushels a year, while
the wheat yield is only $500 900, 000
Europe produces seven-eighths of the
worlds potatoes, but it is little Ireland
which eats most of them, averaging four
pounds of potatoes day per capita. The
United States is on record as the greatest
meat-eating country in the world, H.
O0000,0 900 pounds yearly being con-
sumed here. There are psychologists who
ascribe to this her power on land and
sea. Johnny Bull has the sweetest tooth
among the worlds children, heading the
list of sugar consumers at yearly rate
of 5000 100000 pounds of sugar. Of to-
bacco, however, the average in Belgium
is 10 ounces per capita. in the United
States only 43 ounces. But in the mat
ter of beer the United States again takes
the lead. showing a record of 80 gallons
a year for each inhabitant.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
Virginia Hog Experiment.

An attempt was made by the Vir-
GINA station to determine the effect of
wide, medium and narrow rations for
hogs on the relative development of
fat and lean. The pigs used were from
five to nine months old One lot was
fed on corn meal alone, nutritive ratio
1905; another on corn meal, bran and
beef scraps, nutritive ratio 1852; a
third on corn meal, cotton seed meal
and beef scraps, nutritive ratio 1925.
All the hogs were fed in pens Those
fed the narrow ration containing the
cottonseed meal al died in from eight
to ten weeks, with the usual symptoms
of cottonseed meal poisoning Of the
other two lots the one receiving bran
and beef scraps. in addition to corn
meal, made Is per cent better gain
than the lot fed corn meal only. Not
the slightest difference in the proper
ton of fat and lean could be detected
in the meat of these two lots of hogs.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11

what is written on it-and be sure
set fire to it at the gas jet or with a
match, and throw the charred remains
into a china or earthenware bowl
which you have ready on a nearby
table. The bowl will represent NOR
tar, and a piece of wood eight inches
long and one inch thick will do for a
pestle.
Having thrown the ashes of the pa
per into the bowl add a powder of
some kind, no matter what, saying that
it has certain magical properties. Then
you begin to stir the ashes and powder
with the stick, and while doing that
you make the raps on the bowl that
will give the necessary information to
your confederate in the other room
Let us suppose that the word dog
is written on the paper. You must
manage to make first, four raps on the
bowl to represent the letter D; then
fifteen raps for the letter o, and seven
raps for the letter G. The raps must
be made while you are moving the
stick around in the bowl, pretending
to stir the ashes and powder, and you
must make them in way as little no.
ticeable as possible. Your confederate
will detect them, because he is expect
ing them, but the company will not, if
you make them in the right way.
When you have made all the raps
continue stirring little while, to de-
ceive the company, and then call out
to your confederate, asking him what
animal has appeared to him. 1t would
be better for him not to answer you at
once; little delay on his part helps
the trick. Finally he tells you that it
is dog he sees.
A little practice will enable you to
perform this trick with great success,
and you might have the same confed-
crate at different places. Two brothers
might become so skillful in it that no
one could possibly detect how it is
done.-Brooklyn Life.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
PARLOR MAGIC FOR BOYS.
How to Perform a Feat Which VIII
AstOnish the Old As Well As
the Young.

The feat herein described must be
performed with the aid of confederate,
and as everything depends on his thor
ough understanding of what you are
going to do. some little preparation is
necessary, without the knowledge of
the spectators.
The success of the feat rests on your
own and your confederate's readiness
in reading the letters of the alphabet
by certain number of raps or blows,
and it is essential therefore that you
both memoriZe NE numbers or have
list within your sight, but not where
the spectators can see it. 1t is much
better, of course, that you memorize
the numbers. if you have time to do
it, before performing the trick. In
this private signaling one rap or blow
on any object that makes a sound
means A; two raps means B: three
raps c, and SO forth. If you and your
helper will get those numbers in your
head so that you know at once what a
certain number of raps stands for the
feat will go through finely.
When you are ready to perform the
feat you say to the company that you
will send one of them into the adjoin-
ing room and have the door locked on
him, you will cause to appear to him
in that room any animal that the COM
pany may name. You must contrive,
in one way or another. to have your
confederate go into the room, for the
success of the feat depends on that. as
you can see. There are several ways
in which that can be accomplished, as
you will find out when you undertake
it.
When he has entered the other room
and you have locked the door, hand a
piece of paper to one of the company,
asking him to write on it the name
of the animal that he would like to
have appear to the person in the other
room.
When this has been done and the
paper has been given back to you,
hold it up so that everybody can see
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11

half or two-thirds of that size Until
itself very much like any other cater
pillar, except that it is never found any
where but in the neighborhood of the
rata" tree, gigantic scarlet Towering
myrtle. and that it habitually buries
itself in the ground few inches below
the surface. Then, when full-grown. it
undergoes a miraculous change For
some ineXplicable reason, the spore of
vegetable fungus, Sphaeria Robertsii,
fixes itself on its neck, or between the
head and the first ring of the cater
pillar, takes root and grows vigorously.
The plant is exactly like a diminutive
bulrush, from six to ten inches high,
without leaves and consisting solely of
single stem, with dark-brown felt-like
head, SO familiar in tie bulrushes. This
stem penetrates the earth over the cater
pillar and stands up few inches above
the ground. The root simultaneously
grows into the body of the caterpillar
out altering its form in the slightest de-
gree, out simply substituting vegetable
substance for an animal substance AS
soon as this process is complete, both
the caterpillar and the fungus die and
become dry and hard but without shriv-
cling at all. The thing, then, is wood
en- caterpillar, SO to speak. with a wood
en- bulrush standing up from its neck.
PAPER mache perhaps. would better de-
scribe it than wood. 1t can be taken out
of the ground entire, without any diff
Guilty, and preserved for any length of
time Where the ''aweto" is found at all
always at the foot of the ~"rata"-it is
often found in great numbers. so that
dozens of specimens may be obtained at
once. The Maoris eat it, in it's soft state,
when it is much like marrow in consis-
tency and flavor: and. when it is dry.
they powder it and use it for fresh dye
in tattoo.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
Fish That Cannot Swim.

More than one species of fish is met
with which cannot swim, the most sin
gular of which. perhaps, is the NAL
tina, a Brazilian fish, whose organs of
locomotion only enable it to crawl or
walk or hop, after the manner of a
toad, to which animal this fish to some
extent bears resemblance, and it is
provided with long upturned snout.
The anterior (pectoraD fins of the NAL
tina. which are quite small, are not
capable of acting on the water, but can
only move backward and forward.
Both these and the ventral and anal
fms are very different from the similar
fins in other fishes, anu could not serve
for swimming at all. Other examples
of nonswimming fishes include the sea-
horse, another most peculiarly shaped
tnhabitant of the sea, which resembles
the knight in set of chessmen and
the sh.-Philadelphia Ledger
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
THE EARLY AUTUMN FRocK.
1t II of Light weight Wool, Tailor.
Made and Not at All
Mannfsh.

The English tailor-made is mannish
affair of tweed serge or similar material
fashioned with close fitting coat, mod
crate coat sleeve, little turnover tall
ored collar and severely tailored skirt.
In its excessive simplicity it seems
welcome reaction from the intricacy of
the seasons modes, says the New York
agance than the average gown that
makes more pretense; for unless made
by an excellent tailor and perfectly
fitted, hung and finished, 1t Is dismal
failure.
The mixed black and white samples
Of mannish materials are very attrac-
tive, as are those In brown. Dashes Of
brilliant color occur in many Of these
mixed tweeds and homespuns, redeem
ing them from dizziness and giving
them distinction without making them
less serviceable or severe.
A mixed brown tweed has an occa-
sional thread of dull orange cleaning
through its somber lines, and the same
orange thread shows in mixed black
and white. A red thread runs through
certain browns and blues and grays.
Less uncompromisingly severe than
these tailored morning frocks, yet not
entering the province of the dressy
cloth gown, are host of early autumn
frocks in light weight wool, tailor
made, yet not mannish. These frocks
have jaunty little capes or pelerines,
fanciful trimmings, revers, collars and
cuffs, floating scarfs, folded girdles-
any number of giddy details that would
ruin the character Of severe English
tailor frock; and they are more serv-
iceable for an all around first autumn
gown than the smart mannish costume.
The bolero, the Elton, the short sack
coat, the fitted coat in varying lengths.
the pelerine-any one of these is used
for this three-piece suit, and the blouse
may be an integral part of the costume
or the skirt and wraps may be worn
with separate blouses.
The skirt is round, just touching back
and front, though il the suit is really
intended for outing wear the skirt may
be shortened so that it clears the
ground. The short skirt has gained
favor even in Paris this year, but it sets
a frock aside for certain purposes, and
the early autumn frock will fit in on
more occasions, will fill the gap be-
tween summer and fall wardrobes more
effectually. if it has the round skirt.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
Plant worth watching.

"A plant that is its own gardener is,
you would think, an impossibility,"
said peanut dealer. ''In the peanut.
though, we have just such a plant-a
plant, as it were, with a spade. The
peanut grows in the air and sun, but
when the flowers fall off and the pods
appear it is necessary for these pods
to mature under ground, and, there
fore, the plant buries them. 1t buries
them with movement of the stalk,
downward bend that pushes the pod
beneath the soil. This is a strange
thing to see; it makes a peanut patch
we'll worth visit. Go to one of these
patches at the season when the pods
are falling, and if you are patient you
may have luck to catch plant in the
very act of burying its pods."
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
81 WON'T, I WILL, | DID,"

] know little lad
With his mother and his dad.
He lives within rose-embowered haunt
And this little lad at times
Makes the queerest little rhymes,
Singing frowningly:
Il won't | won't, | won't"
But again his eyes of blue
G!isten as he lcoksat you,
And he tries your empty heart with love
to FILL
AS he laughs in rosy glee.
Your surprise and joy to see.
When he merry shouts:
81 will, | Will, | will
But l like this rogue the best,
When the sun is in the west,
And to bed he goes, the tired little kid.
AND he holds himself awake,
The glorious news to break,
As seepily he sings:
II did. | did. | did"
Mary A. Denison. in Washington Star.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
There Is Money In Hon..

The hog has practically dethroned all
other products of the farm the past two
years. A wagon load of corn is worth
SIS to $40; one of wheat is worth pos
sibly twice that amount, but it does not
take very big wagon load of hogs to
be worth $500. The farmer who raised
his corn and hogs the past two years is
the man who has made the easy money.
and acquired the snug bank account.
Cattle have not kept pace with hogs,
and it has taken an exceptionally good
feeder this winter to make both ends
meet on cattle deal, but many of them
have more than played even on hogs
that followed the cattle.-Rural World.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
CARE OF YOUNG PIGS.
Writer Of This Article Tells Why He
Has Abundant Faith I'm d.
versity of RatiOns.

When the pigs are three weeks old
they will begin to eat other food be-
sides their mothers milk. To furnish
them this l have a very shallow
trough, easy for them to reach and
out of reach of the dam, and at this
light-lunch counter l provide them
corn meal. wheat middlings, ground
cats and skim-milk do not furnish
these all at once, Of course, but vary
them according to their cost. / try
always to have skim-milk and corn
meal for them. The quantity is limited
at first, and gradually increased to
such amount as is eaten up during the
day. They thus early develop the hab-
1t Of eating, and the grain and milk
fed in addition to the milk of the dam
gives such a start toward profitable
growing that they keep it up to the
end. This makes it possible for me to
keep the sow in good flesh and heart"
without depriving the pigs of needed
nourishment.
1t is a common thing to see SOW
with family of clamorous pigs, that
have not thrived to the extent they
would If the feed had been put in them,
grow so thin sucking her family that
she is verify yielding up her life to
the demands of motherhood, which is
Of course a Enthusiastically motherly
thing to do, and embodies a very nice
sentiment, but it illustrates no evil
dence of a generous appreciation of
the mothers abnegation by her owner
or feeder True, we are not raising
swine sentimentally. but we are try
ing to do it profitably. and may often
miss our profit by our stinginess.
The pigs stomach is small, and needs
filling often. For awhile after weaving
l feed four times day, and as the pigs
increase in size l feed three times a
day, all they will eat and no more.
From this time on the bill of fare Is
covered principally by corn and milk
IL the corn gets too dry and hard, I
soak it. feed it heavily ground, also.
| try to keep them growing and fat,
so if have good market have hogs
to meet it. By having them fat enough
for market at five or six months old.
If the market does not suit me and I
have a speculative notion that pork
will be higher in month or so, can
keep them that much longer, and still
have them within the limit of most
profitable feeding. 1t may be need
less to add that the market does not
always do what l think it will.
Bearing this in nina, generally sell
when my pigs are ready.-W. F. Nc
Spartan, in Farm and Home.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
WHAT HE CAUGHT.
Said 1t Was Fish. But the InquisltI va
Man Thought He Was
Liar.

The man in the canvas coat had a
rather forbidding expression, but the
fact that he wore canvas coat and
wading boots and carried a fishing rod
in case excited the interest of the pas
senger in the seat opposite, relates the
Chicago Daily News
Been fishing, l see,' he said. pleas
antly.
The man in the canvas coat turned a
fierce eye upon him, pulled the cigar
from his mouth and said explosively:
WHAT"
Il see you've been fishing"
Yes said the man with the canvas
coat and then replaced his cigar and
stared out of the car window.
The other seemed to feel the rebuff OF
his manner, but after a few more
curious glances at the fishing rod and
boots he returned to the charge
Good fishing in some of them In
diana lakes" he observed.
Again the man with the canvas coat
looked sharply at him, and, removing
the cigar from his mouth as before,
said: "Hey"
Il say there's good fishing in some of
them little Indiana lakes"
rs there?" said the man with ths
canvas coat, shortly.
Il thought maybe you'd been down
there"
"Humph,"
The interested passenger seemed
piqued but not altogether discouraged.
Did you go farther south?" he asked,
boldly.
No. replied the man in the canvas
coat. Mink lake"
is the fishing pretty good this Year,"
Whats that?"
How is the fishing this year?"
"All right, | guess"
What did you CATCH
The man in the canvas coat glared,
and then, repeating his unstoppering
business with the cigar, said fiercely:
"Hey?"
Il say. what did you catch?'
Fish" returned the other
The interested passenger lost his IN
terest. but few moments later he OBJ
served to the man next to him: 81 bet
he's liar. If he'd caught any fish he'd
ben willing to talk"
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
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The work is actually darned through
the loose threads, the color all being On
the surface, and not single stitch
should show on the wrong side unless
there is an open space to be left between
two lines, in which case the thread must
be taken through to the other side. If
possible, the thread should be long
enough to follow out one line of the pat
tern, but in case new thread must be
taken a small but very secure knot may
be used to begin with.
The bands here illustrated, being fin
ished in points, can be adapted in many
ways, but will be found especially good
worked on the box plait of shirt waists
from the shoulder down as far as de-
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
A MODERN PIG TROUGH.

trough and as wide as the fence is high.
If tight partition has been placed in
front Of the pen. the battens and can
be fastened on the back side instead of
having the hinges attached to the
beam k).
To feed the pigs, the perpendicular
sliding fastener f) can be raised, the
door (a) pushed back beyond the rear
side of the trough (g). and then the door
(a) can be held in position by pushing
down the slide (f).
Instead of having partitions in the
trough to prevent the hogs from stand
ing lengthwise in the trough, it is more
Clearly to put pieces of plank on the
back side of a. as shown at h. These
plank need be only three-fourths as wide
as the trough. and straps of iron placed
on their edges and also on the edges of
the trough will double their durability.
H. M. Drake, in Farm and Home.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
WOOD OR IRON DRILL.

up rights are braced as shown at ( f.
The bit stock (c) is made by bending
one-half or one inch round rod into shape
as shown. or may be purchased at hard
ware store. A feed screw is shown at d j,
which may screw into the wood, or
nut may be attached to the front side Of
rear upright A tool chuck (g) is screwed
to the end of the bit stock Loose blocks
of wood are placed between the bit and
the front post (b) as needed. By using
twist drills, either wood or iron may be
bored.-George T. Price, in Farm and
Home.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
lFeArfof
SHIRT:

IN THE old days, w1en our grand
mothers, or even our mothers, were
young, earning meant either rents in
gowns to be neatly drawn together or
stockings to be mended But now darn
ing is a pastime, an art, an accomplish
ment, if you will; but one need not be
possessed of a patient mind or even an
artistic soul to make for herself one of
the new darned waists now shown in
the shops Shirt waists are the most
elaborate of the many pretty things
made of this curious old-fashioned buck
toWeling.
The material is bought by the yard at
any linen store, and costs from % to SO
cents a yard, according to the quality
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
MISSION CRADLE ROCKER.

while mamma sits at her ease in the
chair end. 1t is rush-bottomed. The
ensemble is very complete, but just
whether mamma will take to knitting
just to be in the picture is not easily
determined. The old homemade rug
is right in line, and so is the austere
china cat on the mantel. Mission fur
niture is delightfully."- simple for the
sitting room or for the nursery. and
this clever piece is valuable addition.
Tribune
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
Bread and Plum PUDDING

Put one pound Of blue plums in q
saucepan with very little water and
stew gently until tender; remove from
the fire and take out the pits. Cut stale
bread in thin slices and lay in but
tered pudding dish, place on this
layer of the plums, filling the dish in
alternate layers of bread and fruit.
having the last layer of the slices of
bread which have been buttered. Beat
up two eggs with three tablespoonfuls
OF sugar, add pint of sweet milk,
pour over the top. Bake one hour
Philadelphia Press.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1903-09-11
Pint ON Your Thinking Cap.

This is a peculiar season; with
some it is good time to buy stock:
with others, perhaps unfortunate,
some animals must be sacrificed for
lack Of feed. Weigh your conditions
with care. Remember that it is not
difficult to figure out prospective
profits, but that profits often fall
short Of calculations. 1t is not safe
to spend money before it is saved.
Generally, when things are high, is a
poor time to buy. II on the other
hand you have feed, or animals to
breed, and the flock or herd can be
increased to advantage, by all means
buy.-Farm and Home.