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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
Keen me Animals Warm.

"How do you manage to always
keep cattle looking so sleek and fine, y
was asked of successful stock raiser.
why, l keep them comfortable, y
he replied, ''from the day they are
born until sell Them"
And this Is to a great extent the
secret of success in stock growing.
The best farmers are the best stock
raisers; and this Is branch of farm
ing that always wins in the long run.
If you can raise all the rough feed
and grain that your stock need, do
so, by all means, but don't neglect the
stock to do this. Better buy of some
less fortunate neighbor who has more
feed than stock. There are other
things beside feed, too. Have you
seen cattle and horses bumped and
shivering, day after day, through the
worst part Of the winter? Do you
think that those animals were COM
Portable? Picture yourself in that con-
dition and imagine how you would like
it! 1t is difficult to see how some men
can crawl into warm bed at night
and sleep soundly until morning,
while their live stock stand half frozen
and perhaps half-fed all night. Such
mans feelings must be pretty well
blunted. 1t doesn't pay in dollars and
cents, either. Now, it doesn't cost
much to fix up comfortable shelter
for stock, when old hay and straw
can be had almost for nothing. When
man let's his stock suffer from the
cold, it is clear case of shiftlessness.
But every year there are fewer and
fewer of the shiftless class.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
ne FertiIifY of Eggs.

In considering the possibilities fol
a good hatch from a setting of eggs
the fertility Of the eggs used is oil
prime Importance. Data regarding the
factors affecting the fertility of eggs
are of great value in the poultry in
dustry, this question having been
studied at a number of the experiment
stations in the United States and else
where.
Too warm quarters for laying stock
and overlooking as well as a cold sea.
son are commonly believed to exer-
else an unfavorable influence on egg
fertility. The way eggs are handled
or stored is also believed to affect the
which will hatch, as well
as the conditions under which incuba-
ton occurs. The vigor and character
Of the parent stock and the length of
time the male bird has been with the
flock are also important. At the out
set, officials of the Department of
Agriculture wish it distinctly pointed
out that fertility and ''hatchability"
are not necessarily identical. An egg
may be fertile and the germ still not
have sufficient vitality to produce
uSdAIly IAtlCh uuucI IuG OIQludIg COLI
litions of incubation.
In series Of incubator experiments
1t the Rhode Island Station, of 8,677
eggs tested, SO per cent. were, found
10 be fertile, while only 46 per cent of
the fertile eggs, or $50 per cent. of the
total number of eggs, Matched under
The conditions of the tests. Expert
ments made at the Maine Station
showed that there was as great Yaria-
ton in fertility as in the total yield
N inherent hens some producing eggs
that were all highly fertile and others
that were completely infertile, and,
that eggs of some hens
varied greatly In this respect at diff
ferent times. The observed facts
seem to show that while a heavy egg
yield does not hinder fertility, provid-
ID the hens are allowed to rest before
hey begin to lay again, infertility is
likely to result after hens have been
aging long and heavily
The Ohio Experiment Station made
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
The TeTephone on The Farm.

He sits by his hearth and sells his
cotton when it reaches IL cents be-
cause his samples are stored in the
town, even though his cotton is at
that time under the cow-lot shed. He
learns when he comes from the field
at noontide, that the carload of seed
potatoes ordered by him and his
neighbors has arrived and he goes to
town Immediately for his own share,
and by phone agreement, hauls home
the portion belonging to two neighbors
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

for enough money to pay for his phone
service that year. With a telephone
in his home. the farmer has the world
where the wool is short. He has a
down-hill pull. On the next day he
Is too busy to send a horse to town,
four miles away, for a bushel of seeo
corn he must have for Immediate
planting, as he has been advised by
telephone of its arrival by express, SO
he pays n thriftless neighbor who Is
going into town to buy bacon, to bring
the seed corn out to him. That is bet
ter than stopping a three-horse plow
for half day. At night he inquiries
Of neighbor over the phone, how he
is pleased with the improved double
row corn planter, and he learns that
it is the correct thing, so he orders
one to be delivered the next day from
his nearest implement house. 1t ar
rives and saves so cents a day In
labor for ten days of the planting sea
son. His wife calls up her cousin.
who lives in the town and has a
pleasant chat about all the doin's of
the last two days; finds out who was
present at the last social, which she
was unable to attend. and she is salts
fed. The phone is q veritable money
maker. and social satisfier In the
rural home. It is a builder of So
ciety, an insurance against violence
and an ever present help in case OF
sickness.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

Ten millions of dollars or more, prop
erly expended each year through the
medium OF agricultural colleges aud
departments throughout the states,
would be a valuable investment by the
National Government for the entire
nation, provided these Influences tend
ed to upbuild the agricultural and
livestock interests of the South; to
teach the growing communities how to
care for their lands and their homes
in manner that would return to the
soil Its former richness, and to make
the products of the ground increase
and multiply and enrich the people.
But nothing could be more unfortu-
nate for any locality than to have
sums of money voted to that pur
pose and have it made use Of fol
political advancement and the aid of
classes rather than the masses.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
Fowl BuIIetin Ia Demand.

OF the making of Government docu-
ments there is no end. This, too,
although the President has forcibly
expressed the opinion that the liter
airy output of the departments could
be cut one-half. But there are bulle-
tins and bulletins.
THE Tapeworms of American
Chickens and Turkeys" prepared by
b. II. Ransom, B. Sc, A. NJ, Acting
Zoologist, Bureau of Animal industry
is one that a city chap might classify
as useless publication. Even though
''the important subject of tapeworms
Of poultry has received but little
attention in this country" the indi-
vldual who often mistakes cooked
veal for chicken would not sanction
the expenditure of public money for
such a ridiculous document" In
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

used are those from vigorous parent
stock. known to produce q high per
centage Of fertile eggs, while in order
to secure a great percentage Of fertile
eggs the hens should be allowed a
rest after each laying period. The
eggs should be handled very carefully
and not subjected to extremes of tenn
perature in storage, and used only
when comparatively fresh.
As whole 1t may be said that the
ordinary conditions prevailing on the
farm as rule favor the production of
eggs Of high vitality. The keeping
quality OF eggs is a very different mat
ter from fertility, as it is the general
belief that infertile eggs keep better
than fertile.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
POULTRY BUILDING SUITABLE FOR SOUTHERN CLIMATE.

adoat, until California has become one
of the largest poultry producing
states of the country, and San fran
cisco and the Pacific Coast are being
supplied with the finest quality OF
fresh-laid eggs and poultry Of all kinds
produced at hOme--a supply which
formerly came from east OF the Rocky
Mountains.
We note this for the benefit of the
states lying south Of the above men,
toned line. If the people in these
districts, individually, locally and ma
tlonally, would take hold of the up
building OF the poultry interest, Of the
growing OF all kinds Of land and water
fowl for market and the producing OF
fresh-laid eggs in winter, 1t would not
be many years before the fields OF the
South would bloom again as In the
Olden days when cotton was king, and
when the planter of these districts
rolled In wealth enjoying the distin-
guished attitude of being envied By
all mankind.
y The modus operandi to be pursued
In connection with the poultry in
dustry is extremely simple, and the
only wonder is that 1t Is not more
generally carried out. 1t appears,
however, to. need the energetic work
OF one or two men In each community
TO demonstrate to the surrounding
farmers the advantage and profit In
employing up-to-date methods. The
barnyard flock can within a short
time and at very small expense, be
bred up from an average of go or 70
eggs year to a production OF 10 or
$50 eggs per hen, constituting the diff
ference between q loss and hand
some profit from the flock. All 1t Is
necessary to do is to decide upon some
suitable breed of fowl and infuse new
blood into the flock each year by the i'm
portation of reasonably well-bred cock.
BY this means not only can egg produc-
tion be increased but, If a general purpose
breed is selected, great average In
crease In the weight of the fowls Will
be absolutely assured.
In connection with this. nothing
could be more profitable to handle
than the growing of fruits and market
stun throughout the entire South.
Two other features of great value
might easily be added; that is, cult
waiting SQUADS for market and keep
ing bees for the production OF honey
and bees-wax. In the local market,
hees-wax sells now for almost 40
cents a pound. In the southern or
warmer climates where winter feeding
would not be OF long duration, the
cultivation OF bees for bees-wax alone
would become a profitable vocation,
even IL the extracted loney were dis
tributed among the neighbors as a
gratuitous compliment from the grow
ers Of the bees. But the bees must |
be compelled to build their own |
to facilitate which. as
well as to have larger product of |
bees-wax, the boxes for receiving the |
honey should be so constructed as to
influence the formation of a large |
amount OF honey -comb or bees-wax In |
preference to honey.
II these matters were earnestly |
taken hold of by the agricultural de-
partments In every Southern State |
md pushed as they should be. with |
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

South Of the Virginia line and on to
the Gulf In the Atlantic States or
this country can be found about the
same climate as is prevalent along
the Pacific coast south from San Fran
cisco The State Of California, the
people OF California and the agricul-
turaI interests of California began a
number Of years ago determined eff
fort to colonize that section OF the
world with poultry growers. No
stone was left unturned to make this
effort successful; the railroads, the
state statistlcians, the agricultural
department and the people kept IL
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
THE SOUTH BEST SUITED FOR POULTRY.
BY 7. r. Nc GREW.

poultry, and stock Of all kinds, the
presence OF which always enriches and
fertilizes the soil. providing that care
and attention be given to the eco
nomical saving of the manure and a
proper distribution of it over the land.
The States Of Missouri. Kansas and
California are samples Of what can
be done in the upbuilding of the
poultry interests for the elevation of
its people through an increased in
come enabling the State to have bet
ter schools, better education, better
homes, and to better improve their
lands. Only q short time since there
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

was a gathering of representative
business men from the South look
ing for national aid to the upbuild-
ign of the localities from which they
came. Nothing should be more loudly
applauded and approved by the people
Of this country than government aid
properly applied throughout the South
ern States; but this aid should be so
applied as to make the people more
Industrious and to add to their wealth
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
Use of Nitrogen Bacteria Limited.

Use of Nitrogen Bacteria Limited.
The extravagant and misleading
claims made by many of the circulars
advertising those widely heralded bac-
terra for inoculating barren soil, which
were to revolutionize agriculture, have
led the United States Department oil
Agriculture to issue warning to the
farmers. In the first place the inocu-
lation is very limited in application
If the ground is already naturally in
fecred with these nitrifying germs, any
further addition of the artificial pro-
duct is useless. They in no sense re-
place the usual forms of fertilizer; II
the ground is barren, no benefit can be
expected to result from its mere inocu-
lation with bacteria; phosphates, pot
ash, lime or other plant food must be
added along with the nitrogen-fxing
microbes. In a soil already rich In
nitrogen the bacteria do little good.
Furthermore. many Of the bacteria
now on the market are of no value
whatever. OF nineteen samples bought
in the open market and examined by
the Bureau of Plant Industry one was
very good" FIVE others
good" and most of the remainder
poor" and eight Worthless"
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

Nah ole woman's idea oh economy
am in payin' ten cents wurf OBJ cab
faih To- de sake OBJ buyin' dollars
wuf of stun TO- ninety-eight cents,
what she doan4t want nohow.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
UneIe ATee,s Refyec1io,s

Doan nebber try to comfo'ht er man
by tellin' i'm his trouble might be
wus. II. tickles his pride ter feel dat
he's beatin' de record, chen when it
come T. bein' mizzabIe.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

Henry Labouchere has spent one
million dollars in defending suits for
libel brought against him as editor Of
the London Truth.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

High-born Slamese walk with the
elbow joint turned inward and the
thumbs turned out.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

There are 100000 horses and $500
licensed automobiles in the State of
New York.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
WHITE AND BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS AT BILrMopr. NJ c.

a study OF the effect OF the presence
If the male bird on egg fertility. Forty
Leghorn hens which had previously
been kept without males were placed
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27

in pens with three male birds and the
percentage of fertile eggs observed for
nine days after mating. This in
creased regularly from 0 on the day
Of mating to 95 per cent. on the eighth
day after mating. The fertility of the
eggs was apparently not materially af-
fected until the twelfth day after re-
moving the ROSTERS. This point was
also studied at the Ontario Agricul-
tural, College and Experimental Farm.
The hens were separated from the
male and the eggs laid each day were
placed in an incubator and tested with
respect to their fertility. OF the eggs
laid during the first four days after the
male was removed, 20 per cent. were
fertile; of those laid on the fifth day,
81 per cent; on the sixth, 60 per cent;
on the seventh, 40 per cent; on the
eighth, 10 per cent; on the ninth, 2
per cent. and on the tenth, all were
infertile
The influence Of the male on the
total number of eggs produced was
also tested with two lots. Lot / con-
sisted OF s pullets, hens, and ! cock;
lot 2. of hens and pullets OF the
same varieties as lot /. Both pens
were fed and cared for in the same
way. Lot / laid 959 eggs and lot 2,
972 eggs. It may thus be seen that
there was but very little difference in
the number Of eggy laid by the two
nnusy
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-04-27
ideal condltiioelnr,Is. Tor FertiIlty.

The various observations made at
different stations, while not entirely
conclusive, seem to indicate that, in
order to secure fertile eggs which will
hatch, 1t is considered desirable for
the laying stock not to be kept in very
warm quarters or overfed; the males
must be kept with the hens contin-
uously and only eggs used which have
been produced after the male has been
with the hens several days. The most
desirable fowls whose eggs are to be
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-15
CITIZEN AND SOLDIER.

The Pittsburg Times thinks that Major General F. E. Ainsworth, the military secretary, probably comes very close to the root of the matter when he lays the blame for the great number of assertions from the reg uiar army on the attitude the country Vice. Certain it is that public senti- ment has done little to compensate the enlisted man for the sacrifices he makes or to curb the all too gen. eral impression that the average sol dier is what he is because he can not or does not care to be anything else. More's the pity, it is certain. too, that the deserter is seldom regarded as transgressor
 There is less reason why this should be so in America than in any other nation in the world. There is to make the establishment a burden or a source of shame. Service is purely voluntary, the expense extra ordinarily low by comparison and the degree of efficiency an unquestionable matter of pride. Yet the fact re- mains that the army is an object of indifference. if not of contempt. in America just as much as it was in England when Kiplins voiced his pro- test against the mood that could not see the thin. red line of 'eroes' until the drums began to roll
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-15
THE FAMINE IN JAPAN.

If any people deserve sympathy in trouble they are the Japanese. They have just been through a terrible war and have won victory that few noo- ple thought they could secure. The resources Of the over-ponnlated eoun- try have been fearfully drawn upon to conduct the struggle, and the na- tiea has come up to tho duty of the hour bravely The people have stood 3 scheme of taxation so rigorous that many governments would have been unable to enforce it. The laps have paid without a murmur. The only time there was any dissension was when the idea spread that the Rus
 sians had got the better of them in the peace terms. That notion has since been dispelled. All reports agree that the rice crop has been 2 failure in northern Japan and hun dreds or thousands of men, women and children are in actual danger not merely of hunger but Of death by starvation. The case is one of such proportions and such circumstances that it appeals to the kind heart of the whole world. President Roosevelt has signed and published an appeal iii behalf of these sufferers, and the Red Cross stands ready to receive and wisely distribute the contribu. tons. This organization is now in condition to do such work to the best advantage and there should be gen. erous response to the call for help.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-15
LETTING OF PAVING CONTRACT.

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received at the office of White and Altheimer until the 20th day of March, 1906 for the furnishing of the material and doing all the work for the grading and paving of Barra- que street in the city of Pine Bluff, Ark, from Chestnut street to Mulber- ry street, being ten blocks, and also half block on Chestnut street be- tween Barraque and Second avenue. Specifications for the work to be done and material to be furnished is now on file at the office of White and AL theimer, attorneys, subject to the in- spection of any person who desires to examine the same.
 The contract for the doing of said work will be let to the lowest re- sponsible bidder on or after the 20th day of March, 1906. All bidders will be required to accompany their bid with a good and sufficient bond pay able to the commissioners of paving district No. IS in the city of Pine Bluff in the sum of s500O for the faith full completion of said work, and a certified check payable to the under signed as commissioners in the sum of $500 must accompany each bid.
 R. c. THOMPSON.
 HENRY MARK.
 J. M. SIMPSON.
 Commissioners.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-15
PYROMANIA IN CHILDREN.

A case well worthy the study by psychologists comes from Colton. California It relates to the discovery that series of mysterious fires, ex- tending over period of many weeks. was the work of an S-year-old child. The child is a bright boy, son of respectable parents, who never were suspected of vicious propen- sites of any kind. This youngster, however, has confessed that he is the author of the many unaccountable fires that for more than two months terrorized the people of Cotton.
 This youthful pyromaniac is fully conscious of the commission of grave crimes, but evidently he does not comprehend the enormity of his acts. When placed under examination. as reported, he went over his list of fires, telling in detail how each was set and explained at leneth all the surrounding circumstances. During tie course Of his confession he de c1ared that "no one else was in any way implicated and that he had been impelled to his deeds by thirst for excitement He had played fire with small companions and from this play lie had taken to the real thing
 In thfs confession of the young Cotton firebpe an example is given of the extreme susceptibility of some youthful minds The fire play with companions aroused a yearning for the @real thing" in the way of Q con- fagration. The bent of his mind in the direction of pyromania carried him 10 the peint of discarding his as seciates and attempting in secret to eratify a desire for confiaeration. And. responding to that impulse, he developed such tact in his purpose that he escaped detection through a whole series of firebug exploits ex- tending over long period. and with the whole population of Colton con stantly on the alert.
 Children should be taught that a rattlesnake, as compared With fire. is harmless plaything.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-03-15
THE IDEAL CITlzEN.'

Justice Stafford of the District Of Columbia supreme court, at a meeting of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. held recently, delivered an address on "The Ideal Citizen" from which We make the following beauti- ful extract:
 "We need not shut our eyes to the weaknesses and abuses of our time We can not deny that public life is here and there corrupt-that trusts are now and then betrayed; but these symptoms are superficial. and We believe they are transient. Tho American people are sound at heart. I heir instincts and intentions are honest and wholesome: and it is the real character of peonle. not it's slips and falls, that settles it's fate These things are but the froth and scum, the driftwood and noisome weeds. that gather in the eddies and cnmber and defile the rivers banks Gut in midstream the great, free. clear current of national life sweeps on to it's destiny. Some twenty years ago at Montreal l crossed the St.