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CORN TALK.
4 study Of Important Points In thS
Judging OF Corn.

n Study Of Important Points In tine
Judging Of Corn.
There appear to be some vital points
both as to desirable qualities and de-
fects In picking out good ear of corn.
Professor V. NJ. Shoesmith of the state
college. has prepared for the Kansas
boys who engage In corn contests Ut
tie study of corn which furnishes an
elementary guide In corn Judging ana
includes among its twenty-seven prac-
teal questions and answers the ones
here reproduced:
Errst.-Why should corn be studied
az to trueness to type or breed!
So that better idea may be had as
to the certainty with which the char
acters will be transmitted. Corn pos
sessed of desirable characters, but
little breed type, is of little value,
since these characters may be substi-
tuted the following season by latent
or hidden characters of little value.
Hardness, productiveness and other
invisible characters may be as distinc-
tive breed characteristics as the color,
shape. of ears, ETC., and these must be
judged by the type as seen In the WIS.,
ible characters.
Second.-How may the trueness to
type best be judged:
BY studying the uniformity OF the
ears In shape, size, straightness of the
| rows, color, etc, and also by study
ing the uniformity OF the kernels In
size, shape, color and indentation. The
| uniformity of ears is studied by COM
pairing with the standard of perfec-
| tion," but as it is difficult to sufficient
" define the standard Of perfection for
| the kernels heading uniformity OF
Kernels is placed on the score card.
Third.-Why should an ear OF corn
be cylindrical or nearly SO?
Because this is the only shape which
will permit of the same number Of
rows throughout the length of the ear
/ and also the same size and shape OF
| kernels In all parts of the ear. In a
| tapering ear there must be some short
! rows or the kernels must be larger or
have more space between them at butt
than at tip of ear. In such an ear or
one of irregular shape some of the
kernels must be of irregular size or
shape, which will not permit of an
even distribution by the planter.
Fourth.-What is the proper ratio be-
tween the length and the circumfer-
ence of an ear of corn!
Although there is not much expert
mental data to show that an ear of
/ corn should be of exact proportions,
most corn breeders agree that the ratio
between length and circumference
should be about as 10 Is to I. 1t
/ appears that ears which are long and
slender are often associated with plants
which are not possessed of the great
est vigor and hardness, and also such
ears have relatively small percentage
/ of grain, while ears which are large in
circumference and short are usually
late in maturing and also often have a
small per cent Of grain because of an
extremely large cob.
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ALTAR or ROSES.


How This Delicious and Expensive
Perfume II Made.
The word 'attar" Is from the Arab
.'itr" and means perfume. So altar Of
roses is simply perfume Of roses. It II
brought from Turkey and the East In
dies in small Walls and Is very costly.
Even ON the spot where 1t Is manufac-
tured 1t is extremely dear, because It
requires 100000 well grown roses to
yield but 1870 grains of altar.
Its high price causes 1t to be often
adulterated with some essential or FIX
ed oil or with spermaceti. However,
the adulteration may be detected by
testing 1t in a watch glass with a drop
Of sulphuric acid. If the altar be pure
It will remain colorless. for pure altar
of roses Is colorless, but II it be adul-
terated it will become darkened.
In rose fields, where the roses are
grown for the purpose Of making the
altar, the bushes are planted In rows.
In the early morning they are laden
with beautiful roses, but ere noon
comes they are all gathered and their
petals distilled In clay stills, with twice
their weight of water.
The water that comes over Is put
into perfectly clean vessels and is then
carefully covered with damp muslin
clothes to keep out dust and insects. It
Is afterward exposed to the night air
or to artificial cold. By morning a
film Is swept off with feather and
very carefully transferred to small
vial. Night after night this process Is
repeated until all of the precious oil Is
separated from the water.
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of a number of grasses. OF these the
most important by far is the clover
timothy mixture, and against this it
has ever been argued that the clover
natures so much in advance of the
timothy that the feeding value of either
the one or the other is sacrificed on
account OF the time of harvesting.
In the course of an extensive expert
ment with clover seeds from different
sources there appeared variety hither-
to not used in the United States, pos
sessing certain advantageous qualities
which make it desirable to introduce it
into American farming.
The seed of this variety was secured
from the .'black EARTH region in the
eastern part Of the Orel government Of
Russia. The soil and climate of this
section resemble strikingly those of
our own northwestern prairie country.
particularly Nebraska, Minnesota and
the Dakotas.
This variety is distinguished by the
dustlessness of its hay, due to almost
complete absence of hairiness from all
parts Of the plant by It's heavy yields
for the first crop, by its leafiness and
the persistence of the basal leaves, by
the succulence Of the stems, which I'M
proves greatly the quality of the hay
and reduces the waste due to woody,
UNBEATABLE portions, by greater palata-
bility than hay from domestic seed
and by the fact that It comes to proper
maturity for harvesting from ten days
to two weeks later than the ordinary
American red clover.
Except In certain sections and for
certain purposes this variety Is not
recommended for supplanting domestic
red clover, but rather for supplement-
ing the latter.
Although the hairless Orel clover can
be readily distinguished from the
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Easy Going Dutch spelling.

AAsAcS NOAss9 A~NeCAA C4CAAAss9s
In the good old days when the Dutch
were supreme in the administration Of
the affairs of New Amsterdam every
body knew everybody else, and 1t mat.
tered little how proper names were
spelled. Modern lawyers and civil
service reformers would be shocked
at the photographed freedom of the
clerks of the burgomaster's court Of
those times. Here is sample case
taken from the old Dutch records in
which the name of a plaintiff Is spelled
FIVE different ways:
In case before the court in 1866
Jan "Hackins" Is a complainant against
the inspector Of tobacco, who has GER
titled to Jan "Hockins' that the to-
bacco was good. The Inspector says
j In his defense that he inspected the
tobacco at the request of Jan 'Haec-
kins'' on June 20, and aforesaid TIA
gins" kept the barrel of tobacco until
the Both without finding out that 1t was
bad. Then Jan "Hakins'' has some
thing else to say in the case.
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The Charm OF a smile.

A beautiful smile is as potent In the
drawing room rs on the stage. Every
woman can count among her acquaint-
ances the favored few who possess the
gift-not studied, conventional smile
that simply tightens the lips across the
teeth, but the quick, responsive express
sion that springs first into the eyes and
then to the lips. Another noticeable
feature of this CLEAN of sunshine,
which transforms the plainest face aud
can transigure the most commonplace
surroundings, Is that 1t leaves the fea-
lures as quickly as 1t appears.
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NEW RED CLOVER.

A Type with Special Advantages In
American Farming.
By CHARLES J. BRAND, bureau Of
plant industry.
Two great objections have long been
made against red clover culture in the
area where it can be grown. One Is
that the hay crop natures at a time
when the farmers best interests de-
mand that he he either cultivating his
corn or harvesting his small grains.
The other Is involved in the fact that
perhaps the most satisfactory or at
least the most popular method OF seed
ing clover for hay or pasture Is In mix
lures containing either one o.. several
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Election Proclamation.


TN accordance with the general cleo
u ton laws of the State Of Louisiana
and in obedience to the proclamation
of His Excellency, Newton G. Blanchard,
Governor, duly published, notice is
hereby given and we hereby proclaim,
that an election will be held at the vari-
GUS precincts, as now established by law,
in the Parish of Bossier, State Of Louis
lana, on the 10th day Of January, 1901,
for the election of one Judge of the
Court of Appeals for the Second Dis
trict of the Second Circuit of the State
of Louisiana for term of six years, be-
ginning March |, 1907, and for Act 137
Of 1906, proposing amendments to Arti-
cles 50, So, fOO, los and 131 Of the Con-
stitution and the repeal Of Article los Of
the Constitution, which was submitted
to the qualified electors of the State, in
accordance with the terms of the Act,
at the Congressional election held on
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1906, received q major
ity OF the votes cast and 10 now part Of
the State Constitution. Said election
to be held under the general election
law, at the precincts named, and under
the supervision of the following COM
missioners and clerks, to-wit:
WARD ONE.
Atkins-A. j. Moss, P. T. Poole and
d. G. McClanahan, commissioners:
w. E. Connell, clerk.
Taylortown ii. S. Overcast, i, S..
Dortch and j. II. Mercer, commissioners;
J. G. McDade, clerk.
Curtis-W. j. Fullilove, A. Curtis and
T. A. Carter, commissioners; J. M.
Stacey, clerk.
WARD TWO.
Benton-W. J. Dawson, ]. n. Belcher
and ]. A. Bumgardner, commissioners;
Ed Logan, clerk.
Bossier City. N. Brumlow, e. M.
Hoyer and j. r. Brandon, commission
ers; w. E. Coleman, clerk.
WARD THREE.
Plain Dealing-W. H. Stroud. G, w.
Demoss and r. s. Doles, commissions
T. q. Barnett, clerk.
Alden Bridge. L. II. Graham. J. r.
Wise and /. F. Elder, commissioners;
F. T. Whited, clerk.
WARD FOUR.
Cartervile B. Keoun, j. j. Rober-
son and A. A. Barnett, commissioners;
j. F. Hudson, clerk.
Mot. E. Holloway, ]. B. Lynn and
and j. D. Mcclellan, commissioners;
S. p. Johnston, clerk.
WARD FIVE.
Rocky Mount S. M. Mccall, J. F.
Mckinney and j. M. Henderson, COM
missioners; w. A. Zeigler, clerk.
Linton-R. E. Young, L. T. Merritt
and w. v. Lay, commissioners; r. E.
PilkingtOn, clerk.
WARD SIX.
Bellevue. w. Onley, L.. C. Biggs
and G. w. Berry, COMMISSIONERS; Wal
ter White, clerk.
Haughton g. w. Smith, r. M. San
didge and p. P. Cook, commissioners;
]. w. Elston, clerk.
Thus done and signed il the Parish Of
Bossier this day, Dec. 3ist, 1905.
WI. JOHNSTON.
E. r. MADING,
r. B. HILL,
Board of Supervisors Of Election.
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He Was Man.

A Scot Of PEBBLES said to his friend
MacAndrew, Mae, / hear ye have fall
en- in love WI bonny Kate McAlister."
"Weel, Sanders" Mae replied, Il was
near-verry near-daein' it, but the BIT
lassie had nae siller, so said to my
self, Mac, be mon.' And I was a
mon, and moo pass her by WI silent
contempt"
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cotton.eed mean For Ho~.,

Cott0nseed meal should be fed with
corn chops or similar starchy feed at
the rate Of one pound to three or four
pounds Of corn chops, the two grains
being soured together. In this manner
the corn Is made more effective than il
fed without the cottonseed meal. The
flesh of the hog is harder and more
rapid gains result than when the corn
IL fed alone.-Farm aud Ranch.
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round, and the lower is cut at an acute
angle.
The scaffOld may be raised or lower
ed by pushing in or drawing out the
feet Of the props As the props are not
fastened to the brackets. several pairs
OF different lengths may be used for
high or low painting Those in the
drawing are rather short.
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claimed the big gobbler. Look at me;
handsome and graceful. and large and
fat. When / pass the turkey hens all
gaze at me In admiration and the other
gobblers look ON In Jealousy"
but It doesn't always benefit you to
be large and fat and handsome" said
the little chick.
"Oh, yes, 1t does!' replied the COB
bier. Here comes the farmer now. We
will see what he says"
Just then the farmer came along.
my. my! What magnificent COB.
bler!" he cried. II shall kill him tonight
for dinner tomorrow"
And he did.-Atlanta Constitution.
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COTTON SEED.
It's Products Are Valuable Beef and
Butter Producers.

Its Products Are Valuable Beef and
Butter Producers.
Cotton seed products beef lis good.
the agricultural press that beef pro-
duced from cotton seed products Is Of
poor quality an examination of all ex-
periments on the subject failed to dis
close evidence to justify the statement.
It is true that the fat of animals fed
on cotton seed products has a melting
point 2 to degrees higher-the fat
harder and firmer-than that Of ami
mails fattened on corn, but this has not
SO far as known caused any objection
to be made against the eating qualities
of the beef.
Cotton seed and Its products are valu-
able milk and butter producers. They
do not injure the milk for drinking
purposes, but when fed in too large
quantity they give butter higher
melting point and make it quite firm.
This Is an advantage in warm sum-
mer climate, but at the same time the
texture is injured, the butter being
sticky and the flavor poor When, how
ever, seed and meal are properly COM
bined with grain and hay foods this
Injurious effect on the quality of the
butter is not apparent. Three to four
pounds Of cotton seed or meal may be
fed to a COW each day without materi-
ally affecting the butter. Cotton seed
meal is valuable as dairy food, and
for mixing with cotton seed hulls, corn
fodder and the grass hays it has no su-
perior. Numerous experiments have
shown cotton seed meal In the same ra-
lions to produce pound for pound more
milk and butter than cornmeal, wheat
bran or the other grains and concen-
trated feeds In use.-B. w. Kilgore,
Mississippi.
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In turn bearing
the scaffold board.
The construction
Is simple. Let the
lower arm of the
brackets be Ion
ger than the hori-
z0ntal one. There
Is one brace on
each side Of the
bracket, and the
long 2 by 6 prop
goes bet " e en-
them. The upper
end OF the nroD Il
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Traitor to Her Seq.

"Oh, she's not at all NICE" said little
Elsie. 'She's always wishin' she was
a boy
WELL" replied Mabel. II wish was
too -
i know, but she wishes It out loud,
50 the boys can hear her. hiladel-
phia Press.
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Or. E. G. Allen, Of Shreveport,
Announces that he has opened an ONCE
in the Cooper Building. DR.. Allen is a
graduate OF both schools and carries a
full line Of homeopathic remedies.
Special attention given chronic diseases.
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40 ApimAl Story For
Little Felix's
The Handsome 6ObMer

.What an Insignificant little thing
you areT' exclaimed the big turkey COB
bier as he strutted past puny chick
who was taking its morning meal In the
barnyard. II am 20 very thankful that
l am not such babe as you"
II am glad you are pleased with
yourself" answered the little chick.
PLEASED with myself! Why. certain
" am. and why shouldn't BET" ex.
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Il Ii Queer.

cts queerr'
"Whaty
1.-THE man who pays as he gnes y
most welcome to stay" American
Spectator.
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A Diplomat.

The Child Mother which had bet
ter do, go to school in the rain and get
soaking wet and probably catch cold
and die or just simply get an absent
mark against my name - Exchange.
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TO CfrcUmvent the BOll Weevfl.
The best way to circumvent the boil
weevil Is to raise more corn and hogs,
more alfalfa and mule colts. more hay
and calves, more oats and chickens,
more wheat and turkeys and build
more factories. With full crops OF all
these things the boil weevil would
have little terror for Texas-Exchange.
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a. 0yA ~. - 70 We

An Old One In New Way.
Little WILLIE Say, pa, what was the
1fst talking machine made out Of? Fa.
ther Well, my boy, the first one was
made out Of rib.-New York Times.
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Adjustable scafroId.

The drawing illustrates good adj.
Unstable scaffold for painting and IS
described by contributor in New Eng
land Homestead. 1t consists of two
brackets of by scantling support
ed by long 2 by props, the brackets
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The battle of LIZ.

No man lives without jostling and
being jostled. In all ways he has to
elbow himself through the world, Civ
Ing and taking offense His life Is d
battle in SO far as it is an entity at all.
I-Carlvle
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Many a ruined man dates his dowr
fall from the day when he began Dor.
rowing money.-Success Magazine.
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American form on the field, there Is no
apparent difference in the seed. The
department Of agriculture has at the
present time no seed for general dis
tributiUn.
Before purchasing seed from foreign
sources farmers are urged to assure
themselves as far as possible as to the
genuineness Of the seed.
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Il You Have a Sign Over Your Door
You Are an ADVERTISER!

THE sign is intended to adverthe your business
to passers-by. An announcement in THE
BANNER i hundreds Of signs spreading over many
miles. You can't carry everybody to yor sign, but
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THE SUN At 1 CENT
Is the Cheapest Hight Glass Paper in
the United States.

40 eAAS OuV6POce 1AS 'VAoeo 8YoI Ia
the United States.
TNHE SUMS special correspondents
i throughout the United States, as
well as in Europe, China, South Africa,
the Philippines, Porto Rico, Cuba and
in every otner part of the world, make
1t the greatest newspaper that can be
printed.
Its Washington and New York bureaus
are among the best in the United States,
and give The Suns readers the earliest
information upon all important events
IN the legislative and financial centers
of the country.
THE FARMERS PAPER.
The Suns market reports and COM
mercial columns are complete and re-
liable, and put the farmer, the merchant
and the broker in touch with the mar
kets OF Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston,
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and
all other important points in the United
States and other countries. All Of which
the reader gets for one cent.
THE WoMAN's PAPER.
THE Sun is the best type Of q news
paper, morally and intellectually. In
addition to the news of the day, il pub
fishes the best features that can be pre-
scented, such as fashion articles. and
miscellaneous writings from men and
women of note and prominence. It Is N
educator of the highest character. con-
stantly stimulating to noble ideals in
inf3ivif3,,ai and ofsnnel 1sf<
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Cartervile- B. Keoun, ]. ]. Rober
son and A. A. Barnett, commissioners
J. F. Hudson, clerk.
Mot. E. Holloway, ]. B. Lynn an
and ]. D. Mcclellan, commissioners
S. p. Johnston, clerk.
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WARD ONE,
WARD TWO.

Benton-W. J. Dawson, ]. II. Belchel
and ]. A. Bumgardner, commissioners
Ed Logan, clerk.
Bossier City. N. Brumlow, e. M
Hoyer and J. r. Brandon, commission
ers; w. e. Coleman, clerk.
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WARD THREE,

Plain Dealing-W. H. Stroud, G. w
Demoss and r. s. Doles, commissioners;
T. z. Barnett, clerk.
Alden Bridge. L. H. Graham, ]. r
Wise and |. F. Elder, commissioners
F. T. Whited, clerk.
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WARD FIVE.

Rocky Mount - S. M. Mccall, J. F
Mckinney and ]. M. Henderson, com.
missioners; w. A. Zeigler, clerk.
Linton-R. E. Young, L. T. Merritt
and w. v. Lay, commissioners; r. E
Pilkington, clerk.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-03
OPPOSE NAMING OF TYLER
President Warned Not to Appoint
Negro at Cincinnati.
Ohio Representative Says Plan VIII
Dick aad Forak impossible.

President Roosevelt was informed by
an Ohio Republican Representative yes
terday that If he persisted in his inten-
ton to nominate d negro, presumably
Ralph Tyler, Cor surveyor Of the port Of
Cincinnati, he would not hope to see a
successful fight maintained against the
Foraker-Dick organization In that State.
Letters of protest against the proposed
nomination are pouring in from the Buck
eye State on its Senators and Represen-
tatives. With one accord they declare
that the nomination would injure the
Presidents popularity.
Harry NJ. DOugheTty, Of Columbus who
has been here for a few days comforting
with Representative Burton, as to the
ACCESSIBILITY of making a fight against "A
Foraker delegation to the national con-
vention Of 1903. promptly suspended ne
gotiations at the first report that the
President had in mind the nomination of
a negro for so important a post as sur
veyor Of the port of Cincinnati.
Both Dougherty and Repres antative
Burton hope to dissuade the President
from carrying out his plan, but Trey adj
nit that If they fail a fight against Sena-
tor Foraker in behalf Of the President,
Secretary Taft. or any other sdministra-
ton favorite, will be foredoomed to
failure
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teenth stEsets-MarEaTet Z. Murphy ct Er. VIII
lam 70 Lutte B. Loving lot 10. square 1865 sic.
No. 7B-Columbia road-HaFry ~. Strickler 20
lara a. FT.s6y, part lot s, block 5. Mount
Pleasant SO.
Esin Estate-Elbertine Robertson ct a. 70 trustees
Of Emmanuel Baptist Church. lot iss, $4,000.
No. L3lf-MsryiAnd avenue nOTtheast--Aibert II.
Knode e uI 10 Charles T. and Lizzie ",
schrDm, lot g. square south Of loZ.. SO.
4 street northeast bttyeeu Sixth and Seventh
strerts-John B. Lord e uS. 10 Annie ". IL
liOtt part lot 8 sgSare So. So
Re DToit Psrk-AnBie n. Elliott % John B. Lord
lot IS, block s. SO
Cleveland PARK and Connecticut Avenue Addition
Ella b. sherman et viz. John. 70 Josephine ID.
Psay. lot a. square Pc. SO John 81 Ames
% same, lot and part lots S and y, square
2sz SO
Nos. lzs-l5l9 L street nOrthwest-Samuei MADDOX
ct al, trustees, 80 jeremiah Culln2ne. lots 2
ana 80 square i9s NO
Fifteenth street southeast between d and streets
Edward a. Muir e 70 Benjamin T. Iden
lot 8. square 1852. SIC.
Connecticut Avenue Heights-Lester A. Barr ct
ux 20 Eliya H. Alexander. lot q square ; SIC
Washington Heights-Psrcy W. PickfGTd 10 David
. A. Ofutt, lots Il and 81, block 8. SO. David
A. 0autt conveys same property 10 Seville
Apartment House Company. SIC
Meridian HTl-The Rees Company % David A,
Offutt lot O. block ., SIC. Belyidere p. Cavitt
e. al 10 same lots g. TO- and II. block Is. So
petworth-AbuCr Greeneaf. trustee. to Craven J.
King. lot II, square SI32, SO