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Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17
SOME AA.oIpApL.a .sARm WASTES.

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SOME As.oIDABLE FARM WASTES.
There are many ay0idable farm
wastes. Here arc i few The use Of Il
manure spreadeI to put the barn ferti-
lizers on to the fields as soon as made
viii prevent the waste associated With
the fcrmenting and teaching Of the
most valuable asset Of the farm aud
win add many bushels anddollars to the
farm income. x hundred dollars spent
ia Tile drainage Of vet spots Will con-
vert worthless tracts into the most
productive acres Of the farm. The
spring disking OF Il hidebound pasture
and Ii scattering Of clover seed will
double its feeding capacity for two
years. The laying ont of headlands
around all fillabEe fields will give VAL
liable crop Of grass III place of a fence
row lined with weeds and improve the
appearance OF the farm 100 per cent
Fewer acres Of corn put III the silo
viii Increase The feeding value of each
acre of corn grown . per cent The
wage Of Il hired man may be saved by
simply promptly stacking the small
grain instead Of waiting your turn to
thrash oat OF tie shock Sixty cents
worth Of clover seed sown on each
acre Of small grain will return 500 per
cent OH It's cost if it is simply plowed
under the following May for a corn
crop. Poor seed corn costs all of our
corn growing states millions Of dollars
each year Dry pastures i'll August
play hob with cream checks Sweet
corn of silage VIII stop this leak
From TWO to liye tons OF good hay are
lost each year by neglect to utilize the
highways around the farm. A fence Of
barbed wire, While seemingly the
cheapest fence to build, IS still the
most expensive one for the horse pas
ture The poultry should pay the gro
Gerry bills and the taxes If it does not
il should be made TO- The extra dollar
D month paid the hired man viii be
worth 81 II month to his employer ev-
cry MONTH he works Ii the cultivated
hillside washes badly, quit plowing it
and get ii into grass or timber. Close
pasturing OF the timothy meadow in
spring menus Il slim crop of hay in
July 4 cenented and whitewaslled
cellar may mean the saving Of a doc
tors and undertaker's bill which would
fix dozen cellars. Let your wife buy
the clothing for the family. She knows
more than you and can make a dollar
go further Than George Washington
did. 4 farm telephone will save its
cost on the sale OF one lot of hogs or
grain 1t is easief TO raise T50 bushels
of corn ON ten acres than on twenty,
which is the hardest Of all things to
make men believe One-ffth of all hay
stacked in the field is wasted. Stack
covers and big stacks would stop this.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17
KANSAS GRANGE STORES.
An Example of Successful Co-opera-
ton of Farmers.

ton of Farmers.
The largest grange store in the Unit
ed States is located at OIathe. Kan
1t has been in successful operation for
twenty nine years, and it has distrib-
uted to its patrons more than 100000
in dividends. In Olathe is located also
the Patrons Cooperative bank with a
capital of 100000 and surplus funds
of $33 900 Both of these institutions
are owned and managed by members
of the grange. About one year ago the
store building and all the merchandise
Were burned. causing Il loss Of about
S97, 900 1t was insured for 100000.
which was promptly paid. and with
the surplus fund of $4,000 the store
was rebuilt and restocked Immediate
ly. At Cadmus, Kan. there is another
similar enterprise The store occupies
Il stone building 40 by 100 feet in size
and three stories high. with well suit
ed and tastily decorated grange hall
ON the third floor This cooperative
enterprise invoices $4,000 Of machin-
cry and supplies III addition to the
building and real estate owned. The
Cadmns grange has about 800 mem
hers
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17
COMPETITION FOR Prizes.
A Plan That Works Successfully In
New HnrnnShire

A Plan That Works Successfully In
New Hampshire.
Governor Bachelder when Muster of
1863 remarked that few years ago
a system of prizes was established by
the state grange for promoting and
perfecting various features of the
grange. When this policy was first
suggested it was regarded with sus-
accomplished its purpose and so effec-
lively contributed to tlxe success of
grange work as 10 dispeY doubt as to
its value. There must be some III
centive to action beyond the bare sense
of duty in order to succeed in any un-
dertaking on enterprise The incentive
may not he the real value or useful
ness of the prize when obtained so
much as the spirit of competition
aroused in working to secure it This
principle is recognized in many ways
and made effective in securing en-
thusiastic effort ia many directions.
The prizes in the grange have been
t9Su lot increasing lue membership
increasing the attendance. ut meetings,
perfecting the ritual work and imDrov-
ing the literary exercises. 4 prize be-
ing offered in each deputy district
renders the competition fierce on ac-
count Of contact and knowledge of
progress being made by competitors
and enables the award to be made by
deputy familiar with all the condi-
tions. The decoration Of grange halls
with trophies won in these friendly
contests for competition is between
oranges rather than between individual
members affords an interesting ex-
hibit to visitors and an inspiration for
more Jealous work on the part of
members in future years. No enthu,
siastic sportsman decorates the walls
OF his rude camp in the forest or his
elegant home in the city with trophies
of the hunt or the chase with greater
satisfaction than do the members of
a victorious grange decorate the walls
Of their grange home with evidences
of victory in the mental race stimuIat-
ed by Il well arranged and appropriate
system of prizes The cost of prizes
offered annually is about $500. 81
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17
No WORLDS Fasr Heaaauarters.

Early in The season ii was hoped
that the national grange might pro-
vide suitable grange headquarters ut
the ST Louis worlds fair, but the fair
management did not seem to be as en-
thHsiastic over it as the executive
committee was and delayed making
arrangements for suitable building
until finally the committee abandoned
the idea. It is much to be regretted.
iinasmuch as it would have been 4
pleasant meeting place for the aTang
ers throughout the United States and
would have made known the work Of
the grange through its representatives
there ana through its literature. and
many might have become acquainted
with its aims and purposes who now
know but little of it.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17

the cattle would eat up clean without
securing. 1t was found that with al
falfa it was possible for the steers TO
eat too much hay and become loose.
The grain ration was begun with four
pounds per 900 pounds live weight.
The grain was increased very grad
ually. the steers getting on full feed
In five weeks.
The cattle arrived in Kansas City Oh
June % for slaughter The packers
found the carcasses of the ensilage lot
Gwo-yeaI-olds) OF good quality They
were covered with the right amount Of
fat, the loins We're excellent, and the
carcasses showed very little waste and
were salable in any market
The carcasses OF the Katfir corn lot
looked like grass cattle They were
fairly we'll tieshed, but not we'll cover
ed with fat They We're considered
only IN ordinary bunch Of cattle
The best animal as to quality is not
always the best gainer With one ex-
ception the highest market price was
placed By Armour Is Go. On the choice
animals III this test the profit for the
feeder is, with one exception. consid-
eraply more for the best gamer than
for the choice ANIMAL 1t should he
noted. however, that tile best gamers
We're also Of excellent quality and
stood close to the choice animals in re
snect to merit.
The let of calves ana the lot of three
year-olds We're fed cut alfalfa, corn
chop. kaftir corn chop aud cottonseed
meal.
Contrasting two lots of two-year-old
steers. one lot fed with ensilage in adj
dition 10 alfalfa hay for roughness and
the other without it was noticed that
for every 100 pounds of gain al
pounds of ensilage saved Is pounds OF
grain ana l56 pounds of alfalfa, il saw
ing of 52.62 cents: also the ensilage
steers sold for p cents Il hundred
weight more than the others. This
makes the HI pounds Of ensilage
worth 1852 cents, or at the rate of
S3.29 per ton Average farm land with
an average season will produce from
twelve to fifteen tons Of green corn per
acre. Rich bottom land under favora-
BILE conditions will produce from TWEEN
ty to twenty-five tons per acre With
the modest yield of ten tons per acre
there is an income, according to The
above experiment. Of go per acre
The financial statement shows tltt
the ensiiage steers made Il profit for
feed consumed of S4.l0 per head. while
the same grade OF steers on the same
feed except ensilage lost S1.47 per
head,
The ensIlage acted us a regulator Of
the bowels. 1t was also an appetizer.
and fo2 these reasons the steers fed en-
silage could be forced more than the
others The best gains. from the ensi-
Iage occurred in the fore part Of the
feeding period.
The heaviest loss. ST.41 per head. was
with the two -year-olds fed Kattir corn
sfover for roushness
The results show that by feeding
plenty Of heterogeneous roughness lilSe
alfalfa and plenty of succulence most
cheaply obtained in corn ensilagel it is
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17
HAS WON THE RArTLE.

Man has fought out his century long
battle with the forests Of the United
States and won. That which it took
nature thousands OF years 10 produce
be has wiped out IN ten decades. The
barred aud sterile hills the periodic
foods the ruined water powers the
parehing droughts the shrunkelf
streams, the l,ntimely frests, are ms
turc's pitifui protest against the war
of the yandals on the woods. With an
ak in one hand and a match in the otli-
er, man has made Z clean sweep, ieavz
ing for the coming generation the ire
imendons problem of reforesting at
least portions Of the country for its
own agricultural and economic saliva
ton
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17
Ia'otaI gain 5s2 pounds ]


Total gain 562 pounds.l
possible to make rapid gains and ut the
same time pnt the steers in prime eon-
dition fol market
The results further emphasize the
superior and economic value of alfalfa
hay Corn or kaffir corn stoyer does
not contain the nutrients required by
the steer in securing best results un-
less the grain ration is supplemented
with nitrogenous concentrates like oil
meal or cottonseed meal, which is usiI-
ally costly
Since alfalfa is such a splendid feed,
is d heavy yieder and 4 good drought
resister. its growth cannot be urged too
strongly as an economical producer of
beef rs well as other Glasses of stock.
Alfalfa and ensilage combined fur
nish Il feed that can almost invariably
be depended upon, no matter what the
season IS. and when grain fails will
keep stssk III good condition and when
grain is available will enable the. feed
,er to put on gains rapidly withaa COM
oarativelv small allowance of grain
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17
WHEN To SELL.

Il is one thing to raise 4 crop and
! another to know just when and where
to market it. 4 pretty good rule to
follow is this: When such crops as
may be kept on the farm without seri-
Gus loss are selling below the cost of
production hang on to them on con-
vert them into some more profitable
kind of farm produce. Perishable crops
are best sold for whatever they will
bring when ready for market. Fatted
stock of all kinds is kept al a dead loss
every day after it is finished po-
tatoes are better sold in the field In
October nj - cents than held for a
spring market at 40 cents. Hay sold
in the field 1T So per ton is better sold
than when taken out of the barn the
next spring at $3.50. for you sell a lot
of water when you sell in the field.
Every crop grown on the farm will
touch high water prices about once in
ten years Interest, rateage and insur-
ance will usually eat up the difference
between sucli high prices and a fair
price obtainabie when the crop is Sc
cured The bIlshel of corn worth 40
cents will usually bring 60 cents or
more when marketed in the shape of
meats or dairy products. The seller of
raw material, such as hay or cereals,
loses the manufacturers profit AS Il
general proposition. it is best to sell
farm produce when it is ready and
brings even d small profit The aver
age farmc. cannot afford to speculate.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17

Major McI'ee and wife of Lake coun-
aty, O., are earnest workers in the
grange They are also officers in the
Salvation Army The army farm COM
prises 500 acres.
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17

Progress all along the line Will be re-
ported at the national grange meeting
in November
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17

FEEDING STEERS.

Alfalfa and Corn EnsiIage Give
Rapid Gains and Prime Condition.
The Kansas experiment station be-
gan one season. in the month of No
yember, an experiment in feeding en-
silage. alfalfa hay and Kaftir corn to
steers Of different ages. which repre-
sented the average quality Of cattle,
such Us ordinarily handled by feeders.
The steers were taken directly from
pasture and the calves from skim milk.
Each lot was given all the roughness
Gloucester County Democrat., 1904-11-17

Pennsylvania now has three Juvenile
oranges.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06
REAGAN TO BRYAN.

Hon. John H. Reagan Of Texas,
who asserts that if it were in his
power he would again place Bryan
at the head of the national Demo-
cratic ticket, has written him an
open letter in which he advises
him to be mere conservative and
to manifest more tolerance. He
says:
"If we go into the contest with
contesting factions in the party,
defeat is inevitable and the prac-
uces of Roosevelt and the policies
of the Republican party will have
four years more in which tos be-
come crystallized, and that would
be the end of constitutional gov
ernment and the enforcement
in its stead Of a government Of
classes, money, corporations and
trusts. ! believe as earnestly as
you do in the great body Of doc
trines you have been advocating,
but l am not so afraid Of the lin
tied numbers of Democrats who
disapprove these policies as to be
afraid 10 go into a convention
with them.
"Surely 100000 Democrats
need not be afraid Of 100000.
While 100000 may not elect a
president, they with the influences
they can command can surely de-
feat the election of any one on u
platform antagonizing their
views. With me it is not & ques-
ton Of whether we can defeat and
punish any faction in the Demo-
cratic party, but whether we shall,
by uniting all Democrats, secure
an election which will restore the
constitution, good government
and the best interests Of the peo-
ple."
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06
The Ref0rmer.

The people murmured and grew
restiyo under the conditions i'm
posed upon them by arrogant and
merciIess masters.
"I'here is something wrong" de-
clared the People.
"That is true" said the re-
former.
Thereupon the reformerpointed
out the wrongs and suggested the
remedy, which lay close at hand
and was marked "The Ballot"
"What you say is true" respon-
ded The People, "but if we use
the remedy you will receive too
much credit for it, "
So saying The People continu-
ed to suffer rather than be cur(
Moral; Those who quietly
suffer wrong deserve it.-Com-
mo ar.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06
Three Pardons.

Three pardons were granted
Friday by Governor Davis. The
persons who were the recipients
of the executive clemenoy we're:
q. Rubottom, who was SEN
fenced to two years in the peni-
tentiary on a charge OF forgery
from Washington county in Octo-
Der, 1902.
.. A, Luccoch, who was fined
for selling liquor without license
at the fall term, 1903, in the cir
cult court Of Searey county.
J. G. .Braswell, who was fined
$50 for carrying a pistol in Hot
county, ip the January
term, 1904.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

The democrats of New Iiamp-
shire adopted a platform last week
which has the true ring about it.
1t demands a revision Of the tar
itt; suppression Of trusts through
law and executive action; ga halt
in the march toward imperialism; >"
"a return of simplicity, frugality
and integrity in administration
and a thorough investigation of
the federal department by con-
gressional authority"
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06
Eitll, Senator's For PAWS.

A political statistician has
made up a list Of members of the
next state senate with reference
to their prediction toward the
head of the states executive de-
partmcnt. The 1gures show that
Of the thirty-five senators, twen-
tv-seven are ciassed as anti Davis
and eight as pro-Davis. No
definite ascertainment has been
made as to the alignment Of mem
bers of the house, but it is said
that the anti-Davis contingent
will be in the majority in that
body. The significance of these
apparent facts is interesting in
that it is construed quite gener-
ally to mean that the governor
will again be unable to accomplish
his great desire to vest the man
agement Of the penitentiary in a
board similar to that which has
control Of the charitable institute
ons.-Gazette.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

Hon, E. M. Allen of Clay
county is contesting the nominal
ton of Hon. j. K. Browning for
State senator in the first district.
On the face of the returns Allen
was defeated by 1875 votes. Allen
contests the legality of a number
OF votes cast, and declares he will
take the matter through the
courts.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06
q Gems

Eight cents a pound is
what a young woman paid for
twelve pounds Of flesh.
She was thin and weak and
paid enc dollar for a bottle Of
SCOTS Emulsion, and by tax
ing regular doses had gained
twelve pounds in weight before
the bottle was finished.
, Eight cents a pound is
cheap for such valuable ma
terial. Some pay more, some
less, some get nothing for
their money. You get your
moneys worth when you buy
SCOTS Emulsion.
We will send you a little
free. =
SCOTT & BOVINE, CHEMISTS,
90 Pearl Street New York
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

1t would be a measIey shame
for the republicans of the United
States to turn down the appeal
from their brethren in Ashley
county, this state, and not put
Hon. II. L. Remmel on the tail
of the ticket with Roosevelt.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

Coin Harvey OF Monte Ne says
neither Parker nor Hearst are
presidential possibilities. There
is some reason to believe that
Coin has a pretty good estimate
of himself along these lines.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

The republicans Of Arkansas
declare themselves opposed to
joint discussions between the
candidates for governor. 1t is
hard on the Arkansas republicans
to face the facts.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

Joseph W, Folk carried five
more Missouri counties last Sat-
urday making a total of about
fifty counties he has captured in
all. He has 228 delegate votes.
Folk is a sure winner, and the
mystery of the thing is, why his
opponents don't withdraw.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

One of the most puzzling ques-
tons Of the present day is, who
is the swiftest runner, Joe Folk
or Jeff Davis? You can safely
place your money on either.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

The Lawrence county republi-
cans held a meeting last week,
and among other things, instruct
ed for Hon. Harry H. Myers for
governor.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

The Evening Journal has been
launched at Walnut Ridge by d
trio Of newspaper men from Pop
lar Bluff, Mo. The Ridge ap-
pears to be mighty small place
for a daily,
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

An exchange remarks that the
Missouri man who claims to have
spelled 10000 words without miss
ing one, didn't run up against the
Russo japanese war names.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

A woman and a mouse created
a panic in a Philadelphia theatre
a few nights ago, in which about
twenty people were seriously in
jured. What makes women SO
alfred afraid Of mice, anyhow?
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06
State News,
Brief Items Gathered From
The Newspapers of
Arkansas.

/ In a resent storm the Adventist
gospel tent at Grayette was blown
to pieces.
Iona Jones, colored, was
convicted at Helena, Of killing
her husband and sentenced to
Lwenty-one years in the peniten-
tiary.
The Texarkana city council has
passed an ordinance imposing
fine of 81 for splitting on the
streets.
A quantity Of gambling tables
and other devices seized by the
authorities in Fort Smith gam
Cling houses were publicly burned
last Monday night.
While out hunting on Hicks
lake, in Miller county, c. Il.
Shepherd sustained a Slight flesh
wound, caused by the accidental
discharge Of his gun, as he was in
the act Of ofremoving it from a boat.
A young man named Jones
was shot in tue face with a pistol
by Philip Flipman at Blissville
and both eyes were destroyed by
the bullet, which entered the left
temple and came out Of the right
eye. He may not live. Flipman
is in Jail at Monticello.
A man named Conrey attempted
10 commit suicide at Junction
City by stabhing himself in the
abdomen with a Barlow knife.
His life was saved. He is a man
between 55 and 80 years old and
a brick mason by trade. About
i year ago ne and his wife separ-
ated.
The heirs of VIM. Hendrix in
Howard and Hampstead counties
have entered a claim against the
government for 136 bales Of cotton
belonging to VIM, Hendrix, de-
ceased, which was confiscated by
the federal government. At the
time the cotton was taken by the
government it was worth 40 cents
per pound, and the average
weight of 800 pounds per bale
would have been worth S37, 200.
During the storm early this
week ill Scott county a two-room
frame house occupied by Jessie
Moore, anegro, and family of
wife and three small children,
who lives on his fathers farm,
three miles from Waldron, was
completely demolished. Two Of
the children were severely cut
about the head and face, Jessie
Moore's nose was broken and his
face was otherwise disfigured.
His brother Steward Moore, about
% years old, who was in the
house at the time was seriously
cut about the face aod injured in
ternally. All the injured are re-
covering, 1t is a wonder they
were nos all killed, as the house
and everything about the place
was a complete wreck. All the
household goods were blown
away and destroyed, the cook
stove, which was large steel
range, was blown several hun
dred feet and the furnitlre and
house was broken into kindling
wood.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

Representative Livingstone of
Georgia, when interviewed about
the work of the 58,h congress,
summed the whole thing up by
declaring it had done nothing
but spend money"
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

It is said that William R.
Hearst's campaign managers will
enter Arkansas and endeavor to
induce the democratic state con-
vention at Hot Springs to instruct
fOr Hearst.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

Mrs. r.. l., Taylor has been
granted divorce from Gov.
Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee.
Both had children by former mar
r.ages, and this, it is said, caused
the unhappiness.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06
Worth The Price.

G""s an exchange: A Japan
ESQ ldier only gets 2 cents a
day, nd the general impression
is th, he is amply worth it.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06
ThG War,
State And National
Political Campaigns,

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Sharp County record., 1904-05-06

The St. Louis Exposition is now
on in full blast, having opened
last Saturday.
Sharp County record., 1904-05-06
rTHE COURTS

n Circuit Court, Northern DIS
hict-First Monday in January
and July. Southern District
Second Monday in February and
August.
County Court-Third Monday
h January, April, July and De-
bber. No County Court in the
Northern District.
!. Probate Court-Northern Dis-
hict-Third Monday in Marcn,
June, September and December.
Southern District-Second Mon
fay in March, June, September
and December.