The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-10-06

people here to know what it is all
about, says the Buffalo Courier.
Two young women writer's are at
war over novels perpetrated by each, a
strong resemblance marking the
books. The scheme is neat and new,
and, with a fair division of royalties
and the cost of advertising, should be
mutually satisfactory.
According to census figures in the
French capital, Paris has a thousand
horses less than it had year ago.
The tax Office and the dealers In for
age feel the difference. 1t is the ar-
tomobiles advance which has put the
number of horses ON the decline, the
New York World declares.
After years of study devoted to the
topic, Professor Alfred Newton, of
Cambridge, stated that, without doubt,
bird migration is the greatest mystery
in the entire animal kingdom-'a
mystery" he added, chat can be no
more explained by the modern man of
science than by the supplemented
sayages of antiquity"
1t is said on behalf of the Car OF
Russia, though nobody seems to know
how good is the authority, that he will
give his people constitution in rec
ognition Of the goodness of Divine
Providence in blessing his prayers
for an heir If this be true it is easy
to understand why the Russians are
especially joyous over the Cars good
fortune, for it also means great bene-
fit to them, says the New York News.
The farmers of the United States,
and especially of the central agricul.
tural states, have come nearer to uni
versal pure swine breeding than any
other farmers in the world. But in
cattle breeding perhaps as much can
not be said of them. 1t has been the
belief of many that the farmers OF
Great Britain come nearer to univer.
sal pure breeding than those of any
other country, declares The Indiana
Farmer.
Just in proportion to the progress
of agricultural education has been the
decrease in the cityward movement OF
young men reared on farms. Farmers
who know how to treat their live stock
and their land know how to treat their
sons, says the Breeders Gazette Good
stock is almost invariably found in the
possession of good men and it is sig
nifcant that on stock farms sons sue
coed fathers in cases, as history tells
us, to the fifth and sixth generations.
:, The short crop Of wheat in most
sections of the Central West is having
the usual effect, with too many farm.
ers, of reducing the area for next sea-
son. We think this is unwise, com.
ments the Indiana Farmer. 1t is not
at all likely that the conditions next
year will be as unfavorable as this one
has been. Seldom are two consecutive
seasons alike, and next year may be
one of our best wheat years. 1t is a
good rule to keep about the same
acreage in wheat each year, trying
always to put the ground in little
better condition than heretofore.
AS an example of what irrigation
will do for country, Mr.. Curtis cites
the case of the desert known as the
Rechna Doab. Until recently this was
waste government land, barren tract
upon which nothing but reptiles could
exist Ten years ago it was absolute
~ IOudy ~ ID CuS uOAC
of about 100000 happy and prosperous
people, working more. than 100000
farms, in tracts of from five to fifty
acres, an average of twenty-five acres
each. The average population of the
territory disclosed at the census OF
1901 was PIP per square mile, and it
is expected that the extension of the
water supply and natural development
will largely increase this average.
There is only one way for the far
mer to make farmer of his son: that
it to make him first his cOnfidant and
then his business partner as soon as
the boy can appreciate this relation
and share its advantages, pecuniary
and otherwise, declares the Breeders