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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23
UNITED STATES RECLAMATION.
Flowing by Cooperative Traction
Engines.
BY G. J. Blanchard.


A million acres will be added to the
cultivatable area of the country during
the next three years, under the various
government irrigation projects. Most
of this acreage is raw land upon which
the plow has never turned a furrow.
Thousands of new settlers will be 10
Gated there and for several years the
principal work will be clearing, level
Ing, and blowing, to prepare the land
to receive the water.
Over vast stretches the sage brush
Is the only vegetation. In other places
the bunch grass makes a tough sod,
unyielding and hard to break. The
subjugation to agriculture of this new
empire has attracted the attention Of
the manufacturers of implements and
machinery. They see in this work a
virgin field for the products Of their
factories. AS most of the settlers 60
ing upon this land are not in af-
fluent circumstances, and as feed for
stock will be scarce and costly, any
proposition which will eliminate the
necessity for the purchase of horses,
plows and forage will naturally prove
interesting.
1t has occurred to the writer that In
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23
Cream Separator on the Farm.

It has been only a few years since
the manufacturers of separators
brought out hand machines with the
definite purposes Of making them pop.
ular and selling them in large mum.
bers, says the Farmers Wife In a
well considered editorial. From that
time to this they have gained friends,
and now it is rare to hear anyone say
anything against them, and when this
does happen one may be sure it comes
from some person who has been in
jured 10y their use, and this is never
the man who provides.
The hand separator has so many
advantages over the creamery sepa-
rator that the whole creamery busi-
ness is being revolutionized and re-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23

every one of these projects there is an
excellent opportunity for the use of
powerful traction engines, accom-
panied by gang plows and harrows.
These engines could be purchased and
managed by a number of settlers or
they could be operated by one man
who would contract to do the work.
Up in the Northwest Territories a
Michigan man is preparing to intro
duce this method of custom blowing
and cultivating. He is building plow
which will turn nine burrows, each
fourteen inches wide. and with a trac-
ton engine which he has designed
will pillow 33 acres per day. He has
already contracted for 2,700 acres at
SO per acre for blowing, and expects
to- close arrangements for a much
larger area.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23

cotton, and the department not only
knows the seed that will give best
results, but the condition of soil and
climate that are best suited to the re-
quirements of each strain.
IF FARMERS WILL HELP.
The farmers at large can help great
ly in keeping up the work that has
been given practical start by the de-
partment. There are simple methods
of seed selection that will insure a
steady improvement in each successive
crop, and that will prevent the crops
from deterioratng. The selection Of
seed takes a little care and intelli-
gence, but it is not deeply abstruse
work, and the department has reduced
it to simple directions that are easy
for any planter to follow.
The cotton belt" so called, in the
United States is clearly defined Cot
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23

With the cotton crop of the United
States reaching an annual value or
nearly $600,000,000 it is easy to see
that the man who can make it worth
four or five cents a pound more to the
grower will put few dollars Of
spending money into the pockets Of
the southern planters.
This Improvement Of the crop has
been realized, and there is no reason
why in ten years from now the whole
of the cotton belt should not be grow
ing longer staple cotton worth on the
average of Az cents pound more
than the present crop. OF course this
millenial condition of things will not
be altogether realized. That there
will be a decided and general advance
in the value Of the crop as the result of
work already done by the Agricul
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23
SEEDS OF NEW TYPES.

ID iihe ESypllan OF Sea Island.
SEEDS OF NEW TYPES.
The parent types from which it has
been evolved are listed and carded in
the departments collection, and each
year as the fresh crops come in from
the improved fields their output is
carded for comparison. These new
types have now reached point where
the department feels justified in send
ing out the new seed to the farmers.
And if the farmers will take a little
trouble and spend pre- "tically no
money at all, they will be abe to keep
up the improved strains so that in a
few years the American cotton crop
will have been doubled in value with
out necessarily expanding by single
acre.
1t has been tedious work, and has
been carried on Systematically.
"ScOre cards" such as are used in
judging at stock shows are kept. The
records of the individual plants are
known, the shape and opening quail
ties of the boil, the date Of maturing,
the length and firmness of the cotton
fiber and the degree to which the
parent plant may be depended upon to
llduSlill It's ueSlTdDle QudlllleS 10 us
progeny. The work has been done in
the open field and not in the care
fully tended plots of the experiment
stations. Thousands of plants have
been destroyed each year, and only
the best types kept. These have
again been weeded out the following
year, and only the best of the breed
have been kept. The farmers who
have been cooperating with the de-
partment in the work have been as a
rule careful, enthusiastic and pains
taking under the direction of the ex-
perts sent into the field by the depart
ment, and slowly but surely the length
of the staple and other desirable quail
ties in the new cotton have increased,
till the department now feels it has
new and fixed type that can be de-
pended on to perpetuate its desirable
qualities.
One thing that has been carefully
observed is to keep growing the new
types on the ground where they will
be cultivated commercially. There
are several new strains adapted to
Slightly different conditions of soil
and climate. 1t has been found in
the case of wheat, for example, that
a strain may be improved in one To-
cality, and that by moving it to new
surroundings it shows little, if any,
improvement over the local type. This
error has been avoided with the new
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23
HOW TO HOLD A POSITION.
Courtesy, Promptness, Loyalty and
Hard Work Are Keys to Success In
Rusiness.
BY II. j. HAPGOOD,
President of Hapgoods.

ITeSIueuI VI I1dpsOOuS
How to hold position? Do just as
little work as you possibly can; take
no interest in the business; curse the
injustice of your employers when you
see younger men advanced over your
head. By following these rules you
may hold position ten years, but the
salary paid you and the responsibility
placed upon you will be little if any
greater than when you started.
But by holding a position we mean
something broader and better than
this. We mean constantly increasing
your employers satisfaction, steadily
developing higher ability and surely
advancing to larger and greater re-
sponsibility.
My subject is then really success
in business" and this, like success Of
any kind, is "untaught and unteach-
able" There are, however, certain
valuable hints to be gained by study
ing the careers of men who have sue
ceeded. Although the paths by which
these men have won success are wide
ly different, there are certain features
which stand out prominently in all Of
them. These l believe to be the es-
ness, courtesy, loyalty, hard work
Promptness is the key note in this
age of hustle. Opportunity waits for
nobody and the man who is always a
little behind time is playing a losing
game. always there with the goods"
is one of the highest tributes that can
be paid a modern business man.
"Having the goods" is the first con-
sideration, but this will avail little if
you are not always there with them
when wanted.
In this connection q good story is
told of Philip ID. Armour and young
man who had just begun work for
him. When on the first morning the
young man reached the office at
o'clock, he found his employer al
ready there at work. The next morn
ing at $50 and the following morning
at o'clock it was the same. At last,
determined for once to be there first,
the new clerk was there at Z o'clock.
When he walked into the office Mr..
Armour looked up from his desk and
grimly inquired: Young man, where
do you spend your fOrenoons"
Business hours are not usually as
long as Mr.. Armour made them, but
whatever they are they are rigidly OBJ
served. Five or ten minutes in the
morning trivial as it may be itself, is
pretty sure indication of the degree
of promptness you will show in more
important matters.
IL know of no investment more GER
tain to pay large dividends than
courtesy" said successful business
man the other day, and he spoke the
truth. In the nerve-racking, endless
rush of affairs, there is nothing which
leaves a stronger impression than a
pleasant word or kind act, especially
If it be something most men over
look. Business courtesy is largely a
matter of habit and is one of the
habits we can afford to cultivate.
In the army and navy loyalty is an
essential for success and it is no less
so in the business world. Enthusiasm
and loyalty go hand in hand; man
cannot be really interested in his work
unless he has an employer to whom
he is loyal. "There are many brighter
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23

ORDINARY COIION STAPLE.
SELECTED AND IMPROVED COTTON
tural Department is certain. But there
are always the factors Of ignorance,
Indifference and prejudice to be
reckoned with, and that will hold
down the grand total Of the advance.
This is human nature. Otherwise
every one would be raising thorough
bred Stock cats and chickens, which
cost no more to feed and rear than
scrubs, but everyone does not breed
thoroughbreds, whether they be dogs
or cows, and SO it is a certainty that
when the average Of the cotton crop
Is vastly improved by the use Of
better seed there will be large num-
Der Of planters who are sticking to the
old methods and complaining because
they find 1t hard to make living.
SEVERAL NEW STRAINS.
1t Is q fact, however, that the De-
partment of Agriculture has, by several
years Of persistent work, bred from the
old varieties of cotton raised in the
south several new strains Of cotton that,
while having all the desirable qualities
Of the old types, produce staple that
Is almost half longer. It is just one
branch of the general industry Of plant
breeding, and the result, as shown by
the cotton itself combed out in feecy
wilderness on a black card, is a striking
object lesson in the possibilities of
plant breeding.
The Department has been at the
work for some years, and in the course
OF it's experiments has handled thou
sands OF samples and hundreds Of
thousands of individual plants in max
ing the selections that are now con-
sidered good enough to be sent out as
new fixed types. The story of this
Improvement is a long one, inter
spersed with many disappontments
But the result now IS success beyond
contradiction. Northerners, people
who live outside the cotton belt, do not
realize just what long staple cotton
grown on the uplands means. Cotton
is our principal export crop. 1t is the
second most valuable crop grown in
the United States, corn coming first.
1t is the principal crop of ten states,
and in large areas Of these states it is
almost the only crop grown. The
United States furnishes five-siXths Of
the cotton crop of the whole world,
and while there are great areas, espe-
cially in Africa, that are adaptable to
cotton, there is no prospect that the
United States will be overtaken as
producer for many years to come.
The worlds consumption of cotton and
the consequent demand are increasing
steadily, so that there is little prospect
of over-production. All these things
are in our favor. Then comes the
question of improving this great crop.
Outsiders do not realize that an
eighth of an inch on the 'nugth Of the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23
deled because of these handy little

modelled because of these handy little
machines.
1t is hard to find q place to begin to
enumerate their advantages. In the
item of travelling to the creamery
dairy owner has one of these ma
chimes, he need not go to the cream
cry more than three times a week in
the warm weather and twice in q
week during the colder months.
When cream only instead of the
whole milk is delivered to the cream
cry, the item Of hauling is reduced to
its lowest limits. Say ten cans Of milk
a day is the product of a given dairy.
Where q hand separator Is used, haul
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23

ton is planted over the whole of it so
that there is no large addition of range
to the plant likely. 1t is true that the
acreage within the bel could possibly
no doubled but that az not tho thing
land now yields 40C to 800 pounds to
the acre. What the department
would like is to Sc, this yield doubled
in value and in quantity. The founda-
ton for this increase isnow firmly laid.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23

and If the planters will cooperate with
the department to even a reasonable
degree the value Of the whole cotton
crop in the United States can be vastly
enhanced without planting a single
additional acre, and there will still be
enough land available in the cotton
belt to assure the United States OF its
supremacy in the cotton world for
many years to come.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23

fiber in n cotton boil means cent a
pound additional on the value of the
crop. Now by careful breeding and
selection the Department Of Agricul-
ture has produced cotton that runs
from three-quarters OF an inch to an
inch and n quarter longer than the
parent plants from which It was pro-
duced. This Is not n freak growth,
either. 1t is an Improvement that has
developed into a fixed type, and is no
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23
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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23

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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23
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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23
TO DOUBLE AMERICAS
COTTON CDOD
more like the old upland cotton than it
Is like Egyptian or Sea Island.
startling Results of Patient Experiments by
Government Agrlculturists
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

Cotton Illustrations by Courtesy Of Agriculture
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1906-06-23
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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-10-26

The grand jury in Atlanta are in
vestigating the recent riots in that
place, and have come to the CON
clusion that the yellow Journals are
responsible for the acts Of the mob.
The extra papers that were distribut-
ed among the crowd was filed with
such utterances as would incite the
mob to commit such a crime on
innocent and helpless people; all
for few dollars that they could
make by the sale Of their papers.
Will the grand jury do its sworn
duty, and not only indict those yell
low journals but the leaders of that
mob also those who urged on the
mob are as guilty as the mob and
the good people of Atlanta should
see to it that the guilty are punish
ed and that another such disgrace
full scene shall not occur on their
streets again. Thousands Of people
all over this country will watch the
course OF. that grand jury and the
people of Atlanta. Will they per.
init such men to continue their
course Of butchery. They can stop
it if they want to.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-10-26
BURLINGTON NOTES.

Oct. Especial to Bystander)
The A. M. E. church held their first
quarterly meeting. P. r. Phillips was
present and preached two very inter
esting sermons. Our newly appoint
ed pastor, DR., w. A. Moore, stood on
the rostum at 8 p. m. His discourse
being from the mouth OF the prophet,
Hesikiah.
Mr.. A. L. Drew has returned from
spending several days visiting his
mother and other relatives in ST.
Louis.
Mrs. L. Tigg, who has been In the
Mercy hospital with a very sore hand,
coused from burn, for three weeks,
is much better and will return to
her country home the last Of this
week. :4i
The c. E.. was entertained at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs VIM Emanuel.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Z. Drew entertain
ed P f. Phillips and DR.. w. "a. Moore
at 6 o'clock dinner Monday.
10. G. Folk and Rufus Keith has re-
turned from Ottumwa. Il
The ladies' club known as the w.
L. w, are preparing to give q musi-
cal in the near future. II Il s5ss
Mrs. Ellen Morris has arrived home
after visiting her sisters IN Indian
apolis, Ind, for three weeks.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-10-26
IOWA CITY NEWS.

4 Mr.. Mrs. William Patterson spent .
few days Of last week in Rock Island and
Moline, Iii. with friends And relatives.
MS. Arthur Jones Of Chicago arrived
last week 10 spend the winter with her
husband who is the chef at the Burkley
Imperial Hotel. q. !. 3sis3
Elmer Brown has returned to the city.
The entertainment given at the a. M:
&. church last Friday right unter the
an Del vision Of the Mechanics Patterson
and Winston wasa success considering
the short time they had in making pre-
perations for it, the net prec eds was 9
fe y cents over $500 which " IS given to
the pastor it the Intentions Of the Ilem-
bers and friends OF the church to give
several entertainments during the fall
and winter. v. q IS 5sfs. +
Mrs. Matte Dameron expects to make
visit to Indiana in the near inture.
Miss Mamie Patterson is now keeping
house for her father W. T Patterson since M
the death OF his wife ss Z ~ v
The Fiast Foot Ball game Of the seasor
: iii be play ed here on ,he 27sh \ The uni
yersity Of Missouri will furnish the op-
posing team, but mort every one her ''l'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-10-26
TANNER WINS PRIZE.

Henry C. Tanner, son of Rlshop
Tanner and already renowned as an
artist, won the 10000 prize for the
best painting at the 10Th annual Ex--
hibition of American, paintings at
Art Institute in Chicago. His SUBJ
iect was "Two Disciples at the
Tomb" The decision-of the Judges
was unanimous.
The dispatch says:
''rhe picture shows the faces OF
Peter and John before the tomb OF
Saviour with fine light across their
features, which are strained with ex
pectancy while awaiting the fulfil
ment Of the promise that had been
made them.