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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-12
POLICE COURT NEWS

A charge was made against a Hun
garian for cutting down city trees by
Frank Barca, of 124 Hall avenue,
this morning.
Policeman Tonnesen reported at
9:15 1~rt night q family disturbance
on Ney-,io ST. Get.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-12

Want advertisers grasp the skirts
of happy chance, and breast the blows
of circumstance"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-12

The P~olicemen's Association did
not meet last night, but will meet at
Z o'clock tonight in the council cham
her at the city hall to elect new Off
GERS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-12

The advertisers attention is called
to the fact that the NEWS reaches
by far the greatest number of people
who shop in Perth Amboy than any
other newspaper.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
UN POTRO RUCIO. CANELO

De Ia propiedad del que subscribe,
es un Potro Rucio- Canelo, dc tres
afios de cdad estatura crecientc, los
dos remos traceros blancoS, del me
nudillo para abajo igual el reno
delantero izquierdo, que lie fue sus-
traido en- la noche del II del corrien-
tie, de una estancia de la propiedad
del mismo cn el Barrio de Santa
Cruz" de la Carolina.
Sera gratificado el que 10 entregue,
8 de raz6n de su paradero.
Carolina P. r, I8 de Agosto dc 1906.
M0riGno GOned'e. Leya.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05

pedazos, y Ell immense remolino
de las aguas separaba q los bo-
tes de socorro que enviaba otro
barco lejano.
Y el sol seguia reverberando
con fulgores de horno, en- aque-
LA tarde abrasada, sobre el mar
azul, limpido y transparente, en-
donde Sc agitaba con las cris-
paduras de la agonfa aquel mi
sero rebaio humane, lanzado
desde 81 estupor amodorrado al
fondo de las aguas, ALA lejos,
muy lejos, en- busca del Miste-
rio Infinite. =.
Luis Paris.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
Hacia el nnisterio

Fran las cuatro de la tarde,
una tarde caliginosa. apenas
oreada por las auras salobres
que venfan del largo. FL sol
Teyerberaba con fulgores de
horno sobre Ell mar azul, limpio
y transparente, alrededor de
grandes manchones obscuros
eobre los cuales emergian los
pefiascos de los bajos proximos
salpica6os de blanca espuma.
Rapido Y gallardo avanzaba
el "Sirio", hermoso barco de
buen andar, seberbio y altivo,
como 81 sc sintiera orgullose de
surcar las aguas del mare nos
trum", del lago azul latino, Gu
vas olas besan la TERRA bendita
en- que nacieron sus tripulantes.
Sobre cubierta, bajo las toldi-
llas, agrupados a la sombra de
las chimeneas que retiemblan,
sc hacina una multitud avida
de respirar aire puro. Las en-
trafias del buque abrasan, y los
pobres emigrantes italianos VI
espanoles que alberga su panza
monstruosa, contemplan con es-
tupor amodorrado la linea obs
cura que. a 10 lejos -indica la
costa.
Ahora es Espaia 10 que Sc
We. Hace dos dias era Italia,
Geneva y su graciosa cornisa;
mafiana sera Africa; luego mas
tarde-iquien sabe cuando!-I
sera America. la virgen que sur
ge del tondo de los mares avida
de ser fecunda, la esperanza SUI
prema de toda aquella gente,
que va no tiene hOgar, que va
cst& sola bajo el cielo inclemen-
te, abandonada al impulse fatal
de su destino, que la lleva muy
Iejos en- busca del Misterio.
La calma era absolute. Ell
silencio profundo, De pronto,
tuvo lugar un choque rudo. Re-
sonaron desgarramientOs meta
aicos y un enorme ZumbidO. Ell
buQue lanZado haCla adelante
tevanto la proa, mientras las
aguas caian sobre la popa, inun-
dandola con cataratas azules
que rielaban al sol y TN inmen-
so alarido, mezcla inaudita de
aollozo y espasmo hendi0 los
aires. Aquella multitud corria
de Tin lado q otro, lanzandose q
las bordas sobre los botes, arran
cando los salvavidas con los
aientes, derribandose unos a
etros con furia salvaje. Las
mujeres apretaban a los nifios
contra su pecho con rujidos de |
leona herida, y por las escoti-
ilas seguia subiendo gente, pi~I
soteandose. pasandO los mas
fuertes sobre los Caidos, mien-
tras Ell barco Sc hundia rapiia-
mente. igualado por el avanceI
silencioso de la mole de aqua
szul y transparente que 10 ane-
gaba todo.
Un sacerdote, simbolO en-
aquel instante de la Piedad Su
prema, enviaba su bendici0n a
los que caian para no reapare-
Ger jamas. y algunos hombres
de corazon fuerte Cogian d los
ni1os Y a las mujeres, precipi-
tandolos en- monitor lugubre
Sobre las lanChas.
Tn silbido agudo V penetran-
te, seguido de una explosion
sorda, puso fin la catastrofe.
Las calderas, invadidas brusca-
mente por el aqua, habian sal
tado rotas y retorcidas en- mil
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
BiD||O|CC0 Dc U|IIdod pTlC|Ig1

La Practica &c la Homeopatfa s1mpli
ficada.
Los Auimoles de Corral.
Manual del Tintorero Sac. manchas
FL CCcioeto De la Familia.
Manipulation &c Ia Leche.
Manual sobye Arbolcs Frutales.
I a'aao de Carpintesis tor os
l,4ta1o del cottr de ComisAs.
Tratado de Fotografia.
Manual de Esgrima.
Las gra0les splicacoues de la
Electricidad
Tratado DE- Electricidad
Cofte y Hechura de Traj-s para
Hombres y Min :.
Medicina Vete1iua ia.
Tratau0 ps actico de las MdquinaS.
Dinam o. l-Utr1cas
D. ypnta tn el BOLETIE.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-09-05
seccidn s'eliqiosa

MES DE SEPTIEMBRE-
SANTOS DE MANANA
Jueves s.-Saa Eugenio y compa-
fieros martires.
Ew 1901. En- este dfa fue asesinado
en- Buffalo el Presidente de los Esta-
dos Unidos. w. Nc Kinley, por ell
anarquista Leon Czolgosz.
MISAS DE MANANA
Cathedral, a las 7 y 9 de la maflana
San Jose, ~ de la idem
San Francisco. ~ de la idem
Santa Ana, IN y SA idem
Convento de San Miguel, 6 de la
dem
Capilla T. o. F., 611 de la idem
Puerta de TERRA, 7 de la Mem
Santurce, 7 de la idem
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09

hay for pigs, it is considered better to
cut it early, so that larger proportion
of leaves may be saved and conse-
quently larger proportion of protein
conserved. While late cutting, after
the leaves have fallen somewhat and
the stem hardened, is better for
horses; for pigs, especially growing
pigs, the crop should be so harvested
as to save the largest number of
leaves. Experience teaches also that
the third or fourth crop is better for
pigs because it is softer and more PAL
atable. 1t is always wise to provide
some sort of trough or rack with a
floor in it for feeding alfalfa to hogs.
Alfalfa in its green state, or when
used as hay or ensilage, is first-class
poultry food. Poultry will pasture on
1t during the summer and thrive. 1t is
best for poultry to use the last cutting
of alfalfa. as it is softer in texture,
has larger proportion of leaves, less
woody matter, and is more succulent
than any other cutting. While poultry
of all classes will eat alfalfa hay, or
at least the leaves from it, and thrive,
1t is undoubtedly a better practice to
chop or grind it and mix it with a
grain ration. A good practice Is to
steep the alfalfa hay in hot water and
let it stand for several hours before
feeding.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09
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We have secured from Sir
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is with great pleasure that we are
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Be sure to get the initial chapters.
as it is stirring tale that will hold
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09

crop Of corn sown broadcast. The
corn was plowed down in the fall and
the sand lot planted in rye. 1t Will be
seen that in this process nature was
being assisted by moisture and sun
light to change sand into rye and corn
stalks. Then the sand, by the natural
process of decomposition of these
grains, brought about a complete
change In the physical condition of
the soil.
The work of this interesting man
attracted the attention of many people
pursuing scientific agriculture, among
whom was, III. j. Heinz the pickle
manufacturer-57 kinds--who is in
terested not only in the culture of the
vegetable kingdom but in the tel ct
ual growth of boys. and through his
activity Mr.. Hollister. was elected
Dean of Agriculture at the Agrlcul-
tural Institute of Wlnona Lake, In
diana. Here he was seen last sum-
mer, handling his crops of embryo
farmers who seemed imbued with his
enthusiasm and whose first harvest
received encomiums from FIVE thou
sand visiting farmers, who unani-
mously adopted resolutions endorsing
the work.
EDUCATING FOR SMALL ARMS.
A plan is now taking tangible form,
which will lead to the establishment
of small farms comprising five to
twenty acres each. On these farms
young men will be taught combined
scientific and practical agriculture.
They will also demonstrate the pos
sibility of getting an income and genu-
Inc happiness from their Investments
which may well be envied by the
salaried man or the man of moderate
capital in the city. 1t is believed too,
that this work will have wholesome
effect upon the farmers throughout
the country. An increase of even
$4,000 in the revenue of each farmer
when multiplied by five million, would
establish the prosperity of the Ameri-
can Nation, the bulwarks of which
are its farming population.
Mr.. HOllister is also directing a
work of reclamation of large tract |
Of salt meadow on the Connecticut |
coast which, when reclaimed, will be
used for the purpose of intensive
farming, thereby firmly establishing
the fact that these lands may be used |
to furnish employment and bring
wealth and happiness to the people.
Thus each day reveals some new
progress, and farming, that once
seemed hopeless, hapless drudgery,
is being shown golden highway to
In ever increasing success.
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considered by stockmen in other sec
tions.
Some of the questions considered in
the experiments were the composition
and digestibility of alfalfa, the calcu-
lated cost of nutrients supplied by al
falfa and other feeding stuffs, the
value Of alfalfa hay cut at different
periods of growth, alfalfa as a pastur-
age, soiling, and hay CROP alfalfa meal,
and the value of alfalfa, fresh and
cured, for different kinds of farm ami
mails and for poultry. The importance
of this crop as a honey-producing
plant was also considered.
Finely ground, kiln-dried alfalfa
hay, called alfalfa meal, has given sat
isfactory results as feeding stuff The
commercial article is made from Sc
lected alfalfa and mixed with sugar.
beet molasses in the proportion of rs
lper cent. alfalfa and 25 per cent. mo-
lasses.
Horses and mules, 1t is stated, thrive
on alfalfa pasture, and while alfalfa is
too rich food for mature horses UNI
less used in combination with some
| other roughness, it is an excellent feed
for young ones, as it seems to contain
just the elements necessary to develop
bone, muscle, and consequent size
Caution should be used, however in
| feeding alfalfa to horses, particularly
| If they have not been accustomed to
| it. Like other concentrated feeds, il
seems to stimulate all the physical
processes to such an extent that vari-
GUS disorders of the digestive system
may appear. This is particularly no
ticeable in the urinary and perspira-
tory glands.
| When alfalfa is fed to horses in con-
siderable quantity the grain ration
must be proportionately reduced and
an abundance of other roughness fur
nished. When horses have attained q
mature age and 1t is desirable tc
change from other hay to alfalfa, this
change must be very gradual, and the
alfalfa selected for this purpose should
10 more advanced in growth at the
time Of cutting than that which is to
be fed to cattle or sheep. AS general
statement, very ripe alfalfa hay is the
best to use for WORKING and driving
horses, while that prepared in the
usual way--that is, cut when the field
is about one-tenth in blooms better
for the colts. In any event, horses that
are fed alfalfa hay must be given
abundant EXERCISE
For dairy and beef cattle and for
sheep, alfalfa has given. very good re-
suits. AS regards the use OF alfalfa
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09
The Irish Potato.

A rich, sandy loan is best suited to
the production of Irish potatoes, and
the fertilizers employed should contain
high percentage of potash. The main
crop of Irish potatoes for family use
should be grown elsewhere, but small
area of early ones properly belongs in
the garden. The preparation of the
soil should be the same as for general
garden crops.
In a recent bulletin on farm vege-
tables, the department of Agriculture
recommends that for late potatoes, the
rows should be 21a to feet apart,
.and the hills IA to IL inches apart in
the rows. Lay off the rows with a
one-horse pillow or lister, and drop the
seed, one or two pieces in place, in
the bottom of the furrow. Cover the
seed to a depth of about inches, using
a hoe or one-horse plow for the pur-
pose One to three weeks will be
required for the potatoes to come up,
depending entirely upon the temporal
ture of the soil. The ground may even
freeze slightly after the planting has
been done, but so long as the frost
does not reach the seed potatoes no
harm will result, and growth will be-
gin as soon as the soil becomes suf-
ficiently warm.
AS soon as the plants appear above
the ground and the rows can be fol-
lowed, the surface soil should be well
stirred by means of one of the harrow
toothed cultivators. Good cultivation
should be maintained throughout the
growing season, with occasional hand
hoeing, if necessary, to keep the
ground free from weeds. Much de-
ponds upon cultivation. Toward the
last the soil may be worked up around
the plants to hold them erect and pro-
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09
Through Toll to Triumph.
BY Anna C. Grannls,


1t Is q far cry from a CANADIAN
farmer boy in the sixties to the Deal
of Agriculture to-day in a rising insti
tuition in the West. yet, by the applica
ton of science to practical farming
such a change has been wrought b!
Edgar J. HOLSTER, soil expert o.
wide reputation.
No agricultural college opened Its
friendly doors to this young pioneer
nor was the Canadian government sc
deeply interested at that time as now
in its farming population. Books or
the subject were few and fell woefully
short of the mark, yet he knew neither
disbursement nor dismay.
A call from western Ontario bis
birth place, came in 1873 and in re-
Spouse, some time was spent in set
ting out peach orchards, the work los
ing it's irksOmeness because of the
study which accompanied it. More
over, at this point a company was en-
gagged in retaining some twenty-five
thousand acres of land by the drainage
of an inland lake. The young man as
sisted in some of the surveys and was
in touch with the chief engineer of
the work. His enthusiasm was
aroused by the anticipation of the re.
suits which would come from the adj
dition of such n large acreage, which
hitherto worthless. was now. by re-
ducing it to cultivation, to be made
productive.
After some further years of study
and preparation Mr.. Hollister became
interested in the organization of com.
pany for the development of a
large tract of swamp. The land was
cleared of brush and reclaimed to
cultivation, buildings erected. ma
farming, very nearly perfect, was
established. Fields of six acres were
made to produce an income of 49,
10000 each, while others of four acres
produced $1,S00.00. OF the latter ST.
10000 was net; while thirty-five acres
was made to yield S14000.00 gross at
an expense of $S,000.00. OF course,
these were special crops such as Gel
cry. onions and other vegetables
SLOW PROCESS OF NATURE.
In some instances five years is the
period allowed for the reclamation of
land by the slow process of nature
after the drainage has been obtained.
Even then these lands may fail to
produce paying crops, because of their
deficiency in essential elements such
as lime, potash, phosphoric acid and
magnesia. These are some of the
forces which go to make stability in
plants 1t is true that such lands con
tain large percentage of nitrogen,
accumulated from the decomposition
of vegetable matter annually produced
in low places. However, this nitrogen,
which would produce growth We're it
available, is in an unknown quantity
and available only when sufficient
moisture is present, yet does not prU-
duce the same results upon crops as
nitrogen derived from other sources,
such as bone, dried blood or barn.
yard manure.
To make these lands productive i'm.
mediately after drainage, it is neces-
sary to correct their acid condition by
the use of lime and by disintegration
of the soil particles. thereby increas-
ing their powers to retain water and
absorb oxygen These forces together,
will act on potash and the three abso-
lutte essentials to plant growth are nj
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09

An Agricultural Education.
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL.

HOLSTER proceeded upon the theory
that, climatic conditions being equal,
certain crops are adapted to certain
soils, and that planting those which
viii bring the greatest revenue will
enhance the value of the land, inspire
the people with enthusiasm and en-
courage development in all lines of
trade. For example, Kalamazoo,
Michigan, was once surrounded by
boys and fats worth scarcely $1,000
an acre. After the incoming of the
Hollanders, who began raising celery
on these supposedly worthless Ia =,
$G00,000.00 was brought annually to
the town by the sale of this vegetable.
In ten years time the land increased
in value to $4,000 an acre.
In 1899, trip was made to Colo
RADIO where the people were farming
under irrigation, and here the growers
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09

stration of the productiveness of these
lands under applied science.
MAKING SEA LAND PRODUCE.
Another equally successful expert
ment was conducted by this wizard
of the Soil' ON this same tract, viz.
the transforming of a 1ve-acre tract
of sea sand to loamy condition. The
soil was first treated with chemical
fertilizers and in the fall rye was
sown, which covered the ground in
winter and made full growth the
following spring. This crop was
plowed under in June and followed by
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09

The Following interesting account
of the. life work of Edgar J. Hollister
is sketched by Mrs. Grannis, who has
had the opportunity of personally OBJ
serving some of the results of bis
wonderful activity. Except for Dean
HOLSTERS retiring modesty regarding
his own performances, Mrs. Grannis
SAYS that it would be possible to pre-
sent many more stimulating incidents
of difficulties overcome. All in all,
his life work is doing much not only
for American agriculture, per Sc; but
for the advancement of the idea that
misunderstanding pays, and that
there Is as promising a field in this
line of endeavor as in any of the mer-
camille or Industrial occupations.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09
STUDENTS CLEANING OUT DRAIN AT wINoNA.

tect the tubers from the sun after the
vines begin to die. When the tubers
are fully ripe the vines will be quite
dead, but digging should not be de-
layed too long, as the potatoes will
weather should set in, and weeds will
start seriously interfering with har-
vesting the crop. On small scale,
dig with a spading fork, and on a
large scale, use either one of the spe-
cial digging machines or a turning
pillow, which latter will cover up a
good many potatoes. A late crop may
be planted during May or early in
June in the North, and harvested late
in autumn, when the frost has killed
the vines.
After digging the potatoes, they
should never be allowed to lie exposed
to the sun, or to any light while in
storage, as they soon become green
and unfit for table use. Early pota-
toes especially should not be stored in
a damp place during the heated part
of the summer, keeping best If COW
Ell ed over in a cool, shady shed until
the autumn weather sets in, after
which they can be placed in a dry
cellar or buried in the open ground.
The ideal temperature for keeping
Irish potatoes would be between 36'
and 40 f., but they Will not with
stand any freezing.
A thousand bushels of potatoes
have been raised on one acre. How
many farmers, who chance to read
this, have raised 200 bushels on an
equal plot? And there are some
bwho can not grow 100 bushels on their
acre.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09

were taught the economical use If
water and the method of creating q
favorable environment for plants. A
visit was made to Maryland, where
experiments with soil and plant life
added still further to the experiment
ers fund of knowledge, but in 1901,
the most difficult and seemingly i'm
possible work was to come, i.e., the
retaining of tidal lands on the north
shore of Long Island Sound. The De-
partment of Agriculture already had
had man in the field, who had re-
ported the feasibility of reclamation
but by slow processes, and that in
vestigation revealed too many failures.
In spite of this, Mr.. HOLSTER had
sufficient knowledge, gained expert
mentally, to suggest success, added to
which was the further information
gained during a four years residence
in Washington, d. c., for the express
purpose of consultation and co-opera-
tion with the experts of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. An experiment
was first made on small tract on the
south side of Long Island, where the
salt bog had simply been taken up
and thrown inside of dixie, con-
structed of lumber sufficiently strong
to withstand the tide. This. bog was
made smooth and even, and chemically
treated in the month of August. BY
the of October the surface was
covered with a beautiful growth of
tame grass six inches high. This
might certainly be termed, "a Quick
Process Route" Work on sixty
acre tract on the north side was begun
in June and completed in December of
the same year. On this land, covered
the previous autumn with salt water,
nine hundred bushels of turnips were
produced on two acres during the
first season. Rye, oats, celery and
vegetables throve on the same tract
The following year twenty acres
were seeded to meadow land in April
BY August it was covered by beauti-
ful turf, strong enough to hold up
cattle pastured thereon. The remain.
ing portion of the sixty acres pro-
duced luxuriant crops of vegetables
and corn. A year later the meadow
yielded four tons of hay to the acre
and was considered great demon
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09

trogen, phosphoric acid, potash, and
phOsphoric acid and make them
available as plant food.
Mr.. Hollister visited Florida and Sc
cured tract of land which for five
years was used experimentally. Al
though he was in one case much handi-
capped by inadequate drainage, which
it was not found practical to improve,
the results were, however, very salts
factory.
In 1895, in Canada, the next field Of
operation, a phenomenal success re-
suited in eighteen months. Here Mr..
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-06-09
Value of Alfalfa to Farm AnimaIs,

The Bureau of Animal Industry of
the Department of Agriculture has re-
Gently published study by I. d.
Graham of the use of alfalfa for the
growing and fattening of animals in
the Great Plains region. The results
attained by experiments, while Of in
estimable value to live stock growers
in the region mentioned, may well be