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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-21
Wee Macgreegor On the Pier
Copyright. 1906. by Joseph B. Bowleso
By ]. j. BELL

"Hechl Macgreegor, yere goin' too
quick for me-" gasped Mr., Purd!e, rs
the youngster whose hand he held hur-
ried along the Rothesay Esplanade in
the early afternoon sunshine.
IT ., could go quicker. sranpaw,,
aat h half sn not So be veil ii 5Ss aEs
greegor, Tn gettin' DID,
LAY, ye're very old" said Macgreegor,
agreeably.
die, hastily.
They took seat facing the bay.
steamboat s,t boat which he had been dragging
wall, walk, While his grandfather drew from
Its case well-seasoned meerschaum.
II see q boat comm exclaimed
Macgreegor, ere they had been seated for
whs5sS - Oh, AZ; i, Put Z that's Tia N, not
wi. two yellow funnels.'
u like red nh tunnels better , than yell
i boat W.T. wi; yelfoW fn u a% o'l'' = :
/, Yer NAV dsna like the water, an
ess's vi Is ssS f WITH red aS sn
lsnels. Here! Put this in your MOUTH
II like peppermint lozengers." OBJ
| served Macgreegor. drawing in his
| breadth to get the full effect. II Ike
lemonade Also he added. presently.
Are ye dry?'
wen. yen maybe get a bottle he
been doin TO- yer steamboat2 It's all.
IA iaddie stepped on IT,. said Mac
greegor, holding up. his toy. But the
an he ny vent !, a%ey %sepln Why IS
ing round at the lbandstand y.
i It's not the season yet
pan Mh W sn big drum rue ssS VIII there Sc
oan NO. )" n as a NOT iii the Summer II
my coughs no better Ell maybe bide
Yen come back an stay With Yer gran
ny an me- an hear the band" H
Is yer cough bad now"
Il Ay: It's very bad at night, Mac
hi II once had an awful bad cough"
said Macgreegor. thoughtfuily, Il Took
S Sa ssttes soub efors the SUMNER, gram
/ paw
my cough to be better erore the sum
!, ,.H Sy.sa i tzdo , Would AXE to 0'ao in
." I'm HrSA tHhiinSin I'll try the OIL Mac
s TITS resi- nasty to take, But IT
Knight make your cough better before
the summer ~, Rothssay's q
ss P FL sok A n s watef m gee
a stapanmbo at Behind h him. vent over to
4 the ratings OF the, espianade.
4 Purdie rising In alarm. IF We was
fa'!H herss 'a an awtu lot q wsts. to.
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says the plantation is undivided into
twenty farms. upon each OF which there
is u manager, who is well paid. Each
farm cultivates about twenty-five acres
In Havana tobacco. making In all Ave
hundred acres under cultivation on the
whole estate. Every acre in tobacco has
cover OF STATS for the purpose of shad-
ing the plant. This is done to make the
tobacco thin and Of fine texture
Mr.. Taylor says 1t cost five hundred
dollars the first year to prepare this COW
ering and cultivate one acre of tobacco;
the next year 1t cost only ABOUT three
hundred dollars It requires a large
quantity OF fertilizers TO the acre. The
plant grows from eight to twelve feet
high, as 1t is not topped. From fourteen
to fifteen thousand plants to the acre is
raised and the average crop per acre Is
from eight to twelve hundred pounds
Each farm has six mules upon 1t. There
is one general manager for the estate. and
all the sub-managers are required to make
reports to him and are under his control.
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world that we sAouid be eppo1ed te eheli
other, hs fafiA ~ trade Id unt,seriind. W.
wnht y protective tariff lllsil piivns'l 70
force yvtir people " establlBli branpfl
faeterles here and tnake With Canadian
labor suah goods hg VIZ usn. That ia
what - going oil How and ,rlht MN be
dgns more and more III The future" ~
England and Protection.
uxotir IDEAS aru different from those
or your mother country, MI, Melghenf'
laid I Size ID for free trade"
"rbat wHB 10 lii the past" replied the
Canadian 4nitler, "but Il Ia not 20 now.
Tho English arc bssinnlhs IL uhderpt st :,
tho situation, and they will soon fetnliate
Against the United BthtoS nsrlduiturn1l
imports Ii such h way AZ to force UnoH
Sam TO his knees. our colonies are rap.
IDLY increasing In the production OF 0rena
stuffs They furnished ursat britain ono
third OF hor supply last year, ma we nave
now enough WHEAT lnnd 10 furnish mo
mother country, and ntIll flood tho mar
kotS Of the world. We Aro giving 1onH-
land n preferential tariff, and tho any
will como whom Hhe viii give us pro
fcrontial duty on our wheat ana -four.
When that occurs there Will DO n how
from your erais farmers which VIII reach
Washington Your Congress VIII tnsn
revise tho tariff, and you Will cut your
duties to tho bone. Thnt n one OF tho
certalnties OF the future"
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
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have a storage eapaulty Of B0opo,op0 bush.
els. This liz outside The srent elevators
at Fort William nnd Port Arthur, nj thu
head OF Lake hyperion, which Will hold
HematliInH Ike so,oot,tD9 bushels more.
These elevators are largely owned by
companies which buy, ship and store
wheat. One company Will own thirty Of
forty elevators located at different Points
and H. aH1ntH Will MAKE Huinfties kfid
winter ratios OF storage and sale. Tie
number Of elevators Ia rapidly increasing.
II has doubled within the past fve yHnrs,
md now buildings arc going UP every
day. All these elevators nrs ,indsr gov
crn,nont supervision. Enci has y License,
and II ID inspected regularly w fha
warehouse commisscner, nvery Die OF
grain which Is sold In Canada has TO pass
through such inspection. II must 10
weighed under tho government weiEh-
master. and all grain put into vessels
has to be passed Upon by tho HoYsrn.
,nent. This is to maintain the hi2h
standard OF western Canadian wheat.
Theae elevator companies will hole tho
farmers wheat and sell 1t as no oroers,
or they will agree to handle It on com
mission and get what they think ., " ING
highest price. II the whont 70 shlpped
on the train the railroads will charge
IN the neighborhood OF Is cents for haul
ing hundred hounds 1000 miles, ana ~
cal, be taken ,wn the great lakes by
water a thousand miles farther for ABOUT
five cents per bushe!.
High Charges.
The elevator companies are much Grill
cised by the farmers, who claim that, they
delay the shipment Of wheat in order to
Increase storage charges. The wheat be-
gins to come to the elevators about the
LIST Of September, and the elevators are
pretty we'll filled up by the middle or lat
ter part OF October. AS the season goes
on they charge margin OF n few cents
a bushel to cover the risk OF possible
non shipment down the lakes and this
margin is sometimes increased to ten
cents bushel II the wheat has to be held
over. 1t actually costs between eeven
and eight cents to keep a bushel OF wheat
in tho elevator from winter to the open
ing of navigation on the Great Lakes
Many OF tho country elevators are
owned by the milling companies. They
are used for receiving cleaning and ship
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day." remarked the boy, as his grand
father put an arm around him

day" remarked the boy, as his grand
father put an arm around him.
"Ye c sGins 81 sail SA i there. 'YA' no"
LAY, can I! Sect Macgreegor low
cred his toy with the string yiil u
touched the water a, yard beneath. them.
avsn keel to 2as sR he
claimed IN triumph, as he jerked \
about. And then the string slipped
s gram g A n dire dism aseu no
Poor laddie.'' said Mr.. Purdie, look
ing about for help in the shape OF a
rowing craft.
MY boat. my boat!" vailed Mac
sod, Old Mr. PaaraIe went down on his
50. laid his pipe on the ground nd and a.
sears tby zI hs ed With h
stick. FOR several minutes he wrought
but all In vain,, and then Macgreegor
cried out that his boat was sinking.
It was too true DAMAGED doubtless g,
land, and also by being tramped upon:
the luckless vessel had gradually filled
distress, endeavored to save 1T with
his stick by getting hold of the
metal rigging, but his sight was poor
which precipated the disaster. Down,
down, in ten feet OF clear water 1t
quietly sank, while It's owner could do
naught but watch and wall: My boat,
Mr.. Purdie rose, rubbing his knees and
coughing. I'm real ivexed, Macgreegcr,
| hef began.
l&a Crunch! ,5s N III IS III M
:iia,,My pipe. my plpel"
| 81 klas! troubles never come singly, Mac
isgreegor had lost his beloved boat; Mr..
ISPurdte had trod upon and reduced his
denr old pipcSto atoms a
| "My boat, my boat! II
my pipe, my piper
mo boy -gazed desparingly into the
depths; his grandfather stared gloonily
'"D DIM q cry, laddic," said Mr. Purde
I'm not cryln' returned Macgregor
| rubbing his eyes with his sieve and sniff
! fling violently, Then he perceived the
'iWhy--" he began. and stopped. strick-
dumb BY hs N ns o
boz boat w sagi tide goes out III tel Inc
| man over yonder to keep his eye on t.
An,-an ye,re- no to cry"
tim no. cryin,, granpaw,
woud not like We. to be meetin' yer nav
pence Pence Macsreegor. Just run over to the the
shops an buy a sas re ye ha'e fancy
delivered Himself, Mr.. Purdie heased d a q
! big sigh and looked once more at the
wreckage at his feet. The meerschaum
had beer. presentation, and he had
old old like hissel', but il wasna nesS done
sSs SSs remark 81 lis snds 70 S!
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ping tho grain. and also ror storing It
over winter.
Winnipeg is tho chief milling center for
tho Northwest. although there arc other
mills now building throughout the wheat
belt. and largo mills have been construct
ed In the Rainy River country, 100 miles
east OF Winnipeg. One Of these mills 2as
Il capacity Of 5000 barrels OF -four per
day. and ia now shipping its product to
Great Britain, Australia, South Africa and
Japan, as well as to all parts OF Canada
The Ogilvie Mining Company has an es-
Enlistment at Winnipeg which grinds
5000 barrels Of flour day, and altogether
there are mills here which are turning out
something like $4,000 barrels Of Hour
every twentyfour hours All OF these
mills are making money. Canada has q
tariff which keeps out American -four, and
Its home consumption requires about
30O00,0o0 bushels OF wheat per annum.
The exports amount to two or three mil
lion barrels yearly.
Within the past twelve months -four
mills have been constructed In the West.
not far from the foothills OF the Rockies,
to grind winter wheat for the Asiatio
trade. There are mills at Calgary. which
Will soon be producing 1000 barrels per
day, and others will be constructed as
| 'iiS 81 eSh " WultcE WHEAT lNcFeaSeS., WIN
ter wheat flour is especially desired by
the Japanese, and the region where it is
being raised lies within about 900 miles
OF the Pacific coast.
Canada Don't Want American
Flour.
Tho Canadians don't want American
flour, and find some OF them object to
our taking the Canadian wheat and
manufacturing 1t In bond met at
Montreal Nj. Robert Melghen. phcsl-
dent OF the Lake OF the Woods Milling
Company, which has some Of the larg-
est mills in Canada. and talked with
him as to reciprocity. Said he:
Il am opposed to having our wheat go
into the United States to be ground for
shipment abroad. I believe In high du-
! ties on American -four and would make
you Americans come to Canada and
/, build mills II You want to manufacture
our wheat"
But, Mr.. Melghen.'' said /, ..would
not Canada profit by reciprocity with
Uncle Sam?''
NO" was the reply. 1--WE would
4 rather have commercial war with the
| United States than commercial peace
II Uncle Sam would build trade wal
nnety-nine feet high across his norther
(. boundary from the Atlantic to the Pa,
cihc. 1t would suit US down to the
ground. We believe it is best for the
North American continent and for the
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during the last five or six years And
now-now II was done for.
Are ye not goin' to the shops?" he
Fay. I'm goin.'' said Macgreegor
Thank We. granpaw." he added: remem-
ber!ng for once his mothers good instruc-
tons. And his small visage wreathed in
smiles of joyful anticipation. he ran off.
Mr.. Purdic saw him disappear into a
fancy goods emporium. and then stopped
down and gathered the fragments of
his pipe into ~ large red handkerchief
which he carefully deposited in n side
pocket of his coat. After that he marked
the place where Macgreegor's toy had
sunk. and toddled along to tell the nearest
boathirer to look out for the wreck at
low water. He was beginning to get
bilant. dragging behind him a gathering
tits not boat" said Macgreegor smll-
ing. It's 4 beast.
....Ay. granpaw. A aggilator."
"A what"
."Aggilator! That's what the wife in
the shop said 1T was Look at It's toes!
1t In the sea-"
Mr.. Purdie examined the new purchase.
"Oh, see" he said at last: It's what
they call a--a-a crocodile. Macgreeger."
Nav. it's not n crocodile. granpaw.
it's aggilator."
We'll. we'll, it's a duecr-like thing TO
+,
that's all there is about 1t. Now, It's time
we was goln' to meet yer nav.
Macgreegor gave his disengaged hand
to his grandfather. and they proceeded
pierward. Silently they went for min
ute. at the end Of which Macgrcegor re-
marked II didn't spend all my sixpence
on my nggllator, granpaw."
ibid we not? What did you pay for
"Tourpence bought some striped
if'UrSt1 - o,,s :. sggf,5 .es..
.Ay, but b / didn't spend all the slpponcs
4. would !, kss ; 81 penny for yer pooch.
said Macgreeger. grinning He released
~ .W Vsi nevsr!'' said Mr.. Pardie. re-
celvins snail , PAPER parcel from his
ms sap'a' murmured p to himself him 'u He pat
ted Maogreegor on the head and removed
'It,s an awful nice kind O. pipe. gran
paw" snid Macgreegor. Eye put water
init. On, then We blow. an It whistles
Mr.. Pnrdie fairly gaped at the instru-
.ment of torture in his hand, For lno-
ment he seemed to be stunned. Then he
lsxclalmcd: ut beats everything" and
VENT into a 1T OF chuckling, which was
''T,o8vou like 1t. granpaw?' asked Mao
sFino. laddie. fne!, said Mr.. Purdie.
when he had recovered his breath; nlood
sees sw ayh g99a ae Whee ea m
CAV. IN learn yei said Mncgreegor.
gracously Granpnw. I'm very dry"
We'll near forgot.Yer Lemonade. But
We'll soon put that right Macgreegors'
/
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are thrown on the wngon. to DO CAR
ried direct to the threSher. There arc
half dozen teams moving over tho
field gathering them UP. Men stand on
the wagons pil!ng the sheaves. As soon
as wagon is loaded 1t is driven to tho
thresher. There are two there all the
time. and the sheaves stream conttnu-
ously into the threshers from sunrise
to sunset. -..s4 -.s.sss-..s
At the same time there Is little river
of grain flowing out 1t comes from the
thresher through a tin pipe, which has
a flexible end Of canvas. This end Is
placed in the wagon box and the wheat
is not handled by man from the time 1t
leaves the straw until it reaches the
car. Wagon after wagon comes to the
thresher and is filed with wheat, its
driver carrying 1t on to the elevator or
up to the platforms. which arc provided
at the stations, from where 1t may be
shoveled into the cars
The Travelling Threshers.
The work here. as on most of the
Canadian farms, ls done by contract
threshers, Few farmers own such mas
chimes but there are contractors who
go from farm to farm carrying gangs
of men with them They thresh the
wheat at SO much per bushel. They
have thresh!ng machines. many of which
come from the United States, and Amer
lean traction engines by which they
move their outfit from one farm to an
other Every thresher carries with him
little caboose upon wheels, which con-
stitutes the cooking and eating places
of the men. There Is also water tank
wagon in which the water for the en-
CINE is carried. The ordinary threshing
outfit requires force OF about eigh-
teen men who are hired for the season
at wages of about $3.50 day. includ-
ing board. The food Is supplied by the
thresher, and all that the farmers need
! do is to furnish the wagons to carry
away the grain.
Marketing the Wheat.
I In the eastern part of the United States
| the wheat is often stored in granariss.
! and the farmers watch the market until
| the price Is Just right. when they haul
it to the station and ship 1t. In the new
J Canada there are practically no barns
| or granaries. The wheat goes direct from
! the threshers to the elevators, or 1t IL
sent to the carr and shipped to the stor-
age elevators upon the great lakes
/ Throughout the, wheat region there are
now more than thousand elevators
4 There are several at every station; they
I stand out on the landscape, marking the
value of the wheat districts surrounding
There are 600 different stations, which
have such granaries, and altogether they
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CROPS FOR HOGS.
Divide Six Acres for a Succession
of Grazing.
Especial to The Times -Dispa.ch.)

Especial to The Times -Dspatch)
/ VIRGINIA EXPERIMENT STATION,
BLACKSBURG. VA..l January 2O.-Any
farmer can select a six-acre tract OF land
convenient to hiy barn and divide 1t off
as follows: The tract of land selected
should be rather long and narrow. and
roadway should be left along one side.
Divide the land into six equal areas by
means OF permanent fences
The first area should be seeded to grass.
In some sections blue grass will be used;
In others orchard grass, and still others,
Bermuda. The temporary or permanent
shelters for tho hogs should be erected
on this section of land. These need cost
very little, for suitable shelter fop,-a
brood SOW and her litter can be built at
a cost of So or $40.
Section two should be seeded to sor-
ghum as early in the spring as possible.
After 1T is grazed down, seed to winter
oats and hairy yetcfl. or crimson clover
may be used, This will furnish some late
fall and early spring grazing.
On section three SOW cowpeas as early
In the spring as possible. After the cow
peas arc grazed down, put in crimson
clover which will be available early the
On section four plant Spanish peanuts.
'SSS'Sii ANu piSPet'o S|ASf5 "
the greatest possible care and seed. al
falfa, Alfalfa will be the most desirable
OF all the grazing crops, as 1t can be
grazed over two or three times during
u single season, and will remain on the
land for several years, III well established.
Section six may Ibes devoted TO arti-
chokes. to furnish feed through The late
fall and winter Al. J,
Some grain should be fed to the hogs
on grazing crops one to three pounds Der
day, depending on the, age and size OF the
animals, An ear or two of com " otter
be all that is necessary. by using graz
Ing crops the corn can be made to go
| much further and q better quality OF
pork obtained at q lower cost per pound,
Hogs kept on grazing crops are under
| the very best sanitary condition, The
plan suggested will provide grazing for
twenty-five or fifty hogs, depending o.
the character of the land and the croI
! season.
| The several areas should not be y KEEP,
In the same crop from year to year, hui
a rotation should be practiccd that VIII
enable u variety of crops to be GROWN on
the land and so preserve an equilibrium
In the soil food supply. The utilization OF
grazing crops for pork production isaa
matter worthy Of the most, serious atten-
ton OF our farmers.
\ ANDREWhI. SOJLE,
| Dean ana Director.
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RAISE HAVANA
Wonderful Farming in Georgia,
AS Told BY a Virginian.
lspeclal to The Times. Dispatch)

Especial to The Timcs- Dlspatch0
BOYDTON, VA. January 2c.-Mr.
Thomas w. Taylor, MecklcnburB boy,
who is now a resident Of Georgia, was here
few days ago. Mr.. Taylor is engaged IN
agriculture, and says his adopted State
is good country to live IN He is en-
ployed as manager OF ono Of the farms
owned and cultivated by A. Conn and
Company. a wealthy corporation OF New
York city, who have purchased thirty
seven thousand acres OF land in Decatur
county. Ga. and are raising Havana to-
bacco on very large scale. Mr.. Taylor
gives very interesting account of the
management OF this mammoth estate. He
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Railways for German Colonies.

The. German government has appro-
priated q, 10000 marks for the ,construc-
ton Of new railways in the Cameroons.
The line will be about one hundred miles
long and run from Hickory to Bayong,
The latter place Is nearly 5000 feet above
sea level and gradients up to one y
forty are contemplated. The entire liz
must be completed within four years /
ispltu rl the fact that immense engtnseI
tns d!ntlcult!ss are anticipated
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peen loaded upen the cars which will
take It 10 The great Lakes,
How One American Reaps.

How One American Reaps,
Harvesting Oh tho iarger farms IL
pushed from nunlghs to dark, and even
by twilight and moonlight. Thoupandu
or bushels OF sraiii must la reaped with
Ia week or 40 and u lituo delay may
ruin tho crop. Tho grain must bc cut
when 1t Is just no ripo. and no rlpar. II
left too long It will hull In tho harvest
ing. II II becomes wot II will loso In
Quality, and an unt!moly frost may ruin
1t. Take for instance. farm liko that
OF Emilio j. Meilicke, which hnd last
year one wheat fluid containing $50 acres,
from which came 5000 bushels OF grain,
worth 5000 and moro, That farm IL
situated near Dundurn In Saskatchewan
several hundred miles north Of tho Amor
lean boundary. 1t Is owned by Mlnro-
sofa State senator, who probably got
his experience in the United States. Tho
moment his wheat was ripe no started q
dozen harvesters into It, and worked his
machines from daybreak to dark until
every stalk was cut. He had relay
horses and he instructed his men to
push them to their utmost. There was
no stopping for resting at the end OF lie
field, but every four hours fresh tens
We're put into the harvesters and the
work went on, the machines following
each other over this vast tract, cutting
down scores of acres at one swath. The
result was that the wheat was all har-
vested In time. and 1t brought excellent
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Among the Threshers.

l have seen considerable tllreshing dur
ing my trip through Canada The work
is done by steam and in riding through
the country last fall one was seldom
on. of sight of the smoke and the noise
OF the threshing machine.
The business is interesting. Let us
visit farm and see how it Ia DONE
The field which we enter contains Il
thousand acres. 1t Is spotted with
wheat shocks. or stocks. as they are
called here. Each stock consists of
half dozen or more sheaves. stood upon
end, with others on top so arranged as
TO shed the rain. In this form the stocks
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-07-19
BETHEL elLEAo.

Mr.. Herrick OF Florida is spending few
days at Dana Torrey's.
j. Il. Deariog visited at DIR. Bearings in
South Royalton this week.
Elmer Stoddard and son, Eddie, OF Gays
vile are at Mrs. Maxham's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Booth of Randolph
were recent guests at J.. M. Booths.
Miss Al &c Flint has gone to her home
in Barnard for a several weeks stay.
Albert Barnes Of Randolph visited at
Myron Edson's the first Of the week.
Miss Kate Cole of Rochester spent sew
eral days last week with her sister, Mrs.
Walter Chamberlin.
Mrs. Kimball Williams of Randolph is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Gale Morse,
and son, Arthur Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sawyer and two
children OF Randolph were guests at VIII
Kendall's the first OF the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Quimby Of Philadel-
phia are at his mothers, Mrs. Mary
Quimby, for a two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Wilson and daughter
OF Bethel visited at Christopher Riley's
this week, also March Wilson of Randolph.
Edison Fisher has received the sad news
that his nephew, Dan Barber, son of DIR.
Barber OF Barre, was drowned while bath
ing in Moosehead lake, Maine, last week.
His mother, known il Gilead as Ella
Granger, died several years ago.