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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13
FARMING IN
THE SOUTH
pEAvINE HAY AS A MONEY CROP.
one to One and Hall Tons Can Be
Raised Per Acre.

start out by saying can make
more money on peavine hay than
can on cotton; that is, counting ex-
penses.
In the summer of 1905 l turned
eight acres of wheat stubble that only
made twenty-eight bushels OF wheat
with two hundred pounds Of guano per
acre. Then drilled in one bushel OF
speckled peas and one hundred pounds
of euano per acre with a Hoosiez grain
drill: then run over the ground with
n drag and made it perfectly smooth.
That wear ! cut and sold In bulk
s1O9.S0 worth of hay on OF the eignt
acres. Then followed it In wheat
again; made ninety bushels; put IN
meas as before and made SITS worth
on the same ground.
am very careful to kill all the
grass and weeds where sowing my
, peas. 90 that the grass and peas Will
. not come up together and be reacy 10
, cut at the same time.
ii l let at least three-fourths OF the
. mods gets ripe before cutting. Do not
cut more at one time than you can
care for. cut after the dew Is ON;
! rake before night; leave in wlndrows
till the next evening; then haul 10 tne
!. barn or stack haul my hay to mar
J. ket from the field, for which get $zt
y per ton.
4 would advise our farmers to plan'
A less corn and cotton, prepare It bet
!. ter and make more. Sow your THU
b land In peas. Land that VIII no
q make more than FIVE or six hundred
= mounds seed cotton with two hundred
d mounds of guano per acre will max
from one to one and haif toas o
peavine hay per acre.
One man with team can Turn
drill. cut and house one acre ir wv
DAYS with only a boy to help nh
load.
I commenced sowing about May
and continued until July 10; SOW fou
or FIVE acres every time it rains; don
lose any time out of your crop, an
your hay is not all ready at the sam
time. cut and fill my barn. then Sc
the rest. BY doing so have fat stoc
and a nice bank account before
commence to sell cotton.
Sow sorghum or German mIi'er Q
rich or bottom land; peas Will gro
too large stalk; It will be too hal
and woody and stock won't eat
Peas in the South are as clover al
timothy in the North and West
So let our farmers be about the
business. Don't sit around the cou
try stores and whittle on goods Dcxe
when 1t is too wet to work In yo
crop, sow peas. and the more peas Z
better for your land, stock, wife al
children. Don't fail to SOW, becau
sos peas are high-when they are high
the time to have some to sell.-5
Hancock.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13
POINTS or a GOOD HORSE.
Some Good Suggestions on judging
Horsefiesh.

Here are some good suggestions
from a Canadian bulletin. giving the
points Of good reliable horse:
If horse is short ribbed he Is iient
in his middle and is nearly always q
poor feeder. He has not the stomach
to contain succulent food to serve MIN
from one meal to another.
A light centered horse seldom
weighs well. and weight In a draft
horse, il it comes from bone. sinew
and muscle, goes long way to deter
mine his commercial value.
"A stallion whose feet are contract
ed and brittle and whose hooks are
puffy and fieshy looking should be
avoided. as such hooks are generally
associated with a coarseness through
out his whole conformation and gen.
eral lack of quality.
When a horse Is well coupled 10
gether on top and has short back,
/ he must have the length below from
the point Of the shoulder to the back
of the thigh. When SO built he Will
stand the strain of drawing heavy
loads much better than II he has a
long, loose back.
The front feet and hooks are the
parts of either a draft or q driving
horse that come directly in contact
with the hard work, and unless they
are sound and good horses useful
ness win be very much impaired and
his commercial value much lessened.
| Before using a stallion get ths
groom to lead him away from you
stand square behind him and see tina
he picks up his feet and places then
Ion the ground properly, travelling II
both trot and walk clear and clean
not striking the ground first with tn
toe and then bringing down the heel.
The feet should be large and wax
in appearance. The sole OF the hoo
should be concave, the frog spong,
plump and elastic, because 1t acts
buffer to take the conclusion froI
acting too severely on the foot, pa
> tern and fetlock See that both sir
, and dam have sound feet. free frol
: lflatness, brittleness and are net col
ltracted. There should be no quinn
! ness about the hooks of the ORA
! horse, as it indicates coarseness. The
should be large. fiat and firm. an
should be wide, especially from sic
!, view.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13
Agricultural Epltomes.

The sheep-killing dog should be
placed on the same footing as one
AFFLICTED with hydrophobia. Nobody
asks any questions regarding what
should be done with rabid animal,
Iyet a sheep thief does ten times-more
damage than a mad dog.
1t is claimed that great as is our
annual wheat crop, 1t does not exceed
the production of poultry and eggs.
This is due to the fact that large
proportion Of poultry is kept In the
suburbs OF cities, towns and villages.
/ Grapes are a winter-keeping fruit
and are very valuable for that pur-
pose. What greater luxury or more
wholesome fruit than fresh grapes on
the table all winter and no one so poor
who may not enjoy plenty of his own
growing. The value of grapes for win
ter use Is not fully appreciated.
Corn on the cob and refuse-which
Consists almost entirely of grains re-
lduced to charcoal-and still retaining
their perfect shape placed before the
fowls is greedily eaten by them with
marked improvement in their health,
as shown by the brighter color OF
their combs and their sooner produ.
cling a greater average of eggs to the
flock than before.
I AS soon as possible in spring all
; TREES planted within year should be
. Strengthened where loosened by frost
: Inattention to this point has made al
.. OF our old orchards lean away from
. the prevailing winds. The evil II
: worse as the country grows older ant
! winds have free sweep.
It is all right to raise seeds To-
home use, but they are seldom as goo'
\ as those raised by a reliable seeds
man. Send for a catalogue, look
!, over carefully, make judicious selet
!. lions and have the seeds ready whel
!. the planting season comes Most per
: pile plant garden seeds too early, tn
! plants are chilled by the cold OF earl
4 spring.. turn yellow, are stunted an
: never wholly recover from the effect
: of the setback. 1t is better to wa
: until the ground Is warm and In
: good condition to be worked. The
i the seeds will quickly germinat'
= come up and mature far more and be
n ter fruit than those that have bee
80 planted out of season.
a The fruit grower who makes apple
peaches, pears and plums his specials
:. may also add poultry to his bushes
~ as the birds can occupy the san
- ground with the trees. Tho orchal
= provides shade for poultry in summe
-. while the fowls greatly assist In Il
on destruction of many insects that
es fest the orchard.
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crab-crase Hay.

OF all the plaques sent on the South
ern States undoubtedly crab grass
holds the first place. Negro slavery,
the Civil War and yellow fever all put
together does not equal the curse OF
it. 1t adds two cents per pound to the
cost of the cotton crop and deducts
25 per cent fro mthe total yield OF cot
ton. 1t robs the land OF plant 1000 as
no other crop does. 1t is actual poison
to some other crops which may con-
tend with it for living from the land
such as alfalfa. 1t is ever present.
ever ready, always aggressive. never
Welding without hard struggle. 1t
is ten times harder to destroy than
Bermuda grass. and does thousand
times the damage. 1t should be fought
systematically and persistently. The
national government should be In
duced to organize fight for its exter'
mination.
While fighting this pest we should
use it to our advantage when 1t is pos
sible to do So. Sometimes, in spite o.
efforts to keep it down, it comes OF
and makes a good yield Of hay. II Gu
| in time and properly cured the hay Y
of excellent quality. But If allowed Z
stand too long it not only ripens seet
to infest the land again, but the ma!
is of little value.
Crab grass should be moved just q
the first blooms appear. If a Few day
longer is given there will be enougl
seed ripen and drop to keep tho Ian
seeded and the quality of the hay Wi
not be SO good. Nearly all crab-gras
| hay is made from overripe grass an
is of inferior quality.
/ Curing crab-grass hay requires clos
attention. 1t should be bright gree
color and possess a sweet. aromatl
odor. Bleached, sunburned hay
worthless. Crab grass needs close a
tention in curing. Sometimes whe
the cutting is light and the sun shine
, hot the rake should follow immed
ately after the mower, and curir
should be done in the windrow. tt
windrow will probably need.turning
/ fine or two. The thing to do Is
cure It in the shade, but cure
. Don't go to the other extreme and p
: good enough to eat.--W. L. w.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

Not only does Henry Vanness OF
Rockville, Conn, enjoy the distinction
of being the only negro railroad con.
ductor in the country, but he has also
the honor of being one of the men
who have been longest in continuous
railroad service in the country. having
been employed as a conductor for 40
years without a break. He has been
employed on the New York, new
Haven & Hartford railroad since II
was opened to traffic in 1868.
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To get well. Now we are lovers, you
and belong to each other. My arms
are omen for you; why do you not
take me? Fie, Ambrose! you are
cold lover"
Ambrose started up with enastiy
look. "You do not know the man !
am"
IT know that you are good ana
kind-and that love you"
Ambrose stared at her for mo-
ment. Then suddenly he leaned down
and whispered a few words
Terese closed her eyes, shuddered'
Law still. Finally her lips began 10
move. my hour is come. Send ior
Father Etienne."
Terese died before morning and was
buried two days later in the OLD 81
Louis cemetery.
| Ambrose attended the funeral. Wnen
he returned to his lodgings, wnen nc
wandered once more among his emp
ty, cherries rooms, he felt for the
first time his terrible isolation. II
the succeeding days, though he at
tended conscientiously to his profes
sional duties, he was a changed man
He fell into melancholy ways, and wal
afraid to be alone with himself.
| One day in the street he encoun
tered Terese's mother, Nine. Touiare
When she saw him she took him D.
both hands and tried to speak, Du
could not say a word. Terese ha
been her only child, and she was IN
ling alone in the old house now wit
her servants. While Ambrose wa
trying to comfort her he had ne'
idea. He told her he was in nee
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

The telegraph does not reach every
where. News arrived in London early
lin April that there had been a
fight last December between British
soldiers and natives on the west coast
of Lake Tchad. in central Africa, dur
ing which IL men were killed and AZ
wounded. 1t took more than three
months for the particulars OF the
struggle to reach civilization and q
telegraph line.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

of a rest in some quiet place not
far from the city, and asked whether
she would take him for short time
as a lodger The poor woman clap
ned her hands with joy, and said no;
he should come as her guest.
| So Ambrose took up his quarters
in Nine. Toulare's house, returning
TO the city now and then to look att
err his important cases, but allowing
himself plenty Of time to entertain
the old woman. In the evenings
when they were together she spoke
often of the dead girl, got out the
hooks she used to read, pointed out to
him her favorite passages, showed
him her embroidery, her music, even
the dolls she nursed as child. Nine
Toulare grew very fond of him for
| his interest, and once said: III you
had met my Terese before she fell
sick perhaps you would have loved
her. and then would have had you
for a son." And moment later she
added: "She liked you even more
than you suppose. Just before che
died she tried to write mes
sage"
"A message!" cried Ambrose. ITO
, whom?"
. ITO you, fancy. but do NOT
! know. Wait and will show II &c
!. you"
. Returning an instant later she
. thrust into his hand paper OF
! which was written in trembling char
I acters:
"You must go back"
q That night Ambrose sat long in hi
4 room with the paper in his hand
!. What did the words mean? Go bacl
;. where? Presently he rose, turne'
v down his lamp and lighting candl
: stole tiptoe down the hall toward Te
4 rese's room. He went to the ope
n window and sat in the place fror
= which many night he had ker
% watch over the sick girl.
- For q long time he sat there. an
r. presently grew drowsy, but wa
. walked Just as he had begun to no
NJ by a low voice speaking his name.
o. AmDfOSe, IL odiu, AAoioS~'
He sat up suddenly, and locke
"a around him. A great bar Of moo
#. light, gliGtening like polished stee
r.. lay across the room and entered II
of canopied bed where the curtains wei
parted little at the side. Ambro'
h! peered in and saw in the swimmir
N moon beams--Terese!
ed Ambrose" she breathed, go bat
to your people"
~ Ambrose went back to Calcasi'
lg- parish. There he made inquiries co
ne corning the boy who had wander'
s." of SO many years before, but no OF
&c. remembered the incident and he cou
Il claim no one as kin. At first b
ie. people were suspicious Of him, b
gradually they accepted him as o.
ed OF them and he came finally to ha
,w great influence among them
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

A Frenchman has invented . pro
cess of subjecting oats, wnea', -
and other cereals to currents Oh nv
a,r which preserves them from moio'
French scientists claim tna' . q
vention has great practical value N
wheat producing countries wne..
mold causes immense loss ouiine
Transportation.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

The only English woman admitted
bv royal decree in recent years TO
any of the ancient orders OF chivairy
II Queen Alexandra. who is Lady OF
the Garter. AS such her majesty
wears the broad ribbon OF the Gar
ter over her left shoulder on state &C.
casions. the star upon the left shout
der. and when the Garter Is worn
at all It is clasped upon the left arm.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

The cold weather which prevailed
al over Europe last winter is making
q tremendous demand for fuel. II Is
not merely in Russia and North Ger.
many, says the London statis'. .na.
the cold has been intense. IN sou'n
ern Italy, southern Russia and at oon-
stantinople the frost has been un'
usually severe.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

A marriage epidemic in q fennsss
v.n,a town threatens to close INC
.choo,s for lack of teachers who nave
.uccumbed to its ravages. And there
is no amount of theory, eauc .r saan
system of legislation which VIII Keep
Cunid from interfering with the oes'
laid plans Of school boards ana peoa'
vooical experts.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

According to the report OF the MN.
lister of mines and forests, the yield
of gold In Victoria for the year i'oo
amounted to S10.050 ounces gross OF
7471ee ounces fine, representing a
value of approximately $l6,soo,ooo'
The total output since the first dis
coyery to the end of 1905 amounts TO
IS. 1851, 4O3 ounces gross. with an est''
mated value of $3.50, 100000.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

Consul w. H. Bradley OF Mancnes-
cor sends a statement signed by the
oficials of the British United lex;
file Factory Workers association,
warning laborers not to flock 10 tna'
city for employment, as every depart
ment in the several mills is working
20 its fullest capacity. and there ID
No scarcity of adult mill labor.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

Salvador has sent sensible man to
1t In Washington. The new
minister said the other day that the
Salvadorean and the citizens OF the
ether Central American countries are
getting tired of war. They realize.
he says, that II all the money spent
for slaughter and the qualification OF
selfish ambitions of some individuals
had been turned to the building OF
good roads, schools and other instru'
mentalities OF civilization, Central
America woulc comprise one united
prosperous and happy nation to-day.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

Though she is not yet social
bud" Miss Helen Taft has been
nicknamed "the tulip giri'' by her
close friends. The title had its origin
in her fondness for certain style Of
dressing. The daughter Of the secre-
tary Of war is almost IL and will
~come out" in the last winter Of the
Roosevelt administration. She is a
classmate OF Miss Ethel Roosevelt in
the cathedral school. Miss Taft has
been in the orient and can rattle Oh
Filipino phrases.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

In order to balk the muckrakers.
the man who gave $1,2Oo.0oo 70
Princeton university concealed MS
name.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

Perhaps the most famous of all the
ekippers on tie Atlantic to-day is Capt.
Karl Kaempff, commander of the great
Hamburg-Ameafc speed record
breaker Deutschland. Capt Kaempff,
or. as his friends prefer to call him,
Commodore Kaempff, bias been fol-
lowing the sea for nearly 40 years.
and yet he is only a little over 81
years of age.
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GETTING HIS ADVICE
ora problem satisfactorily
Settled.
BY KENNETH HARRIS

BOUT an hour be-
fore he left CHIP
ley broke q si-
lence Of severaA
minutes duration
Nv announcing
that Harry Peters,
was thinking OF
getting married.
Harry and CLIP
ley are G 10 8 q
frie nds. SO IL
seems that t n @
young man must.
be speaking win
authority. CLIP
Iev's host. BEN
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

March and April Matched chicks are
more vigorous and grow more rapidly
than those Matched later. Moreover
they go into their winter practically
matured and up tn weight while the
late chicks must r. kept growing at
increased cost Of gain.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

A New York woman has been par
alyzed while listening at the 'eie,
phone. Some one must nave cu'
loose ut central for sure.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

Bone Is one of the best substances
that can be fed to hens. Ground or
broken bone is highly relished. 1t
not only contains lime for the shells,
but also nitrogen and the phosphates.
1t should be kept in boxes before the
hens at all times.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

One way to make hens profitable is
to sell often. Sell eggs in small lots.
and sell broilers and fryers as soon
as they are ready. Then the eggs
are fresh, and the cholera, the cats,
he coons nor accidents win take
hem away.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

Gen. George washington's old horse.
Granger" was a pure-bred Arabisn.
General Lees old gray nag. Travel
err" was of the Gray Eagle" stock,
and when a colt took the first pre-
MUM at the Lewisburg, West Virgin
ia fair, in 1859 and 1850.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

The Massachusetts, statesman who
says that everybody ought to take q
months rest does not provide for the
numerous people who cannot be per
suaded to do a months work
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

Paris cab horses work only every
other day and are fed on tne Gays
they work only. not on the days tneS
rest"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-13

II has been computed that there are
a. 600 Ooo. 600 in gold and jewels AZ
the bottom of the sea on the rou'o
h<tween England and India
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y y j
~ eeems that the
NW young man must
NJ be speaking with
authority. CLIP
ley's host, Ben.
son. seemed surprised. nevertheless.
"Well, you don't tell mel ne e1-
claimed. Who's the girl?
~ don't think I'm quite at liberty TO-
mention her name,' said Gilpley. Y
suppose you'll find out in time.
think he's rather caump. oon :
your
Il don't see Why" said Benson
who's a married man himself.
"Well. he's got plenty of time for
that sort of thing five or six years.
from now, should think"
"Rot!" said Benson. IT he ever
intends doing it he might as well CO.
It now as I'VE years from now"
Il suppose that's true in way,
said Gilpley. "and yet % Is pretty
young"
II took him to be older than that.
Benson. "Pd have guessed him to be-
rs or 26. But % isn't too young II ness
got the right kind of a girl"
"Oh, the girls all right" said CLIP
| lev. I'm fact, one trouble is with her.
She thinks Harry is too young. She
thinks they ought to walt. l-er-i
think they ought to. perhaps, TOO.
She's pretty level-headed. the girl Is
.Nonsense!" said Benson. In the
f,rst Mace. she don't mean it. She's.
inst blufing, and If she did mean 1t
she wouldn't really know what shes
was talking about And she'll have
more good, solid happiness II she mar
ries him now than If she puts It on
until they're both gray-headed. Tnat
is, of course, II he is land | think ner
| isl the right kind of fellow and sner
is the right kind Of girl"
Hes got his faults. but he'd try to-
be decent" said Gilpley. land you can
bet there's no discount on her.
aWell. then, there you are, saidt
BENSON. with wave of his cigar.
what more would you want to start
with? suppose you've been trying TO-
dissuade him?"
II "Yes-aot exactly" said Gilpley.
II don't want to see him make an ass
: OF himself, of course, but ! think a.
! rood deal Of him and wouldn't want;
him to back out on my account II II;
was the best thing for him to do-i
! That's my position"
. ~What can't see is why you think
. 1t wouldn't be best for him." said
: Benson.
!. well. he's just starting out In life
and sometimes 1t stands In young
mans way to have wife and family
! hampers him. you know"
"You express yourself like a cheese
sandwich, Gilpley." said Benson, with
: : some heat. Il thought you had more
: good red blood in you"
: keep your coat on. Benson" said
!, the young man. "I'm not really argu-
" ing against it. Tmstrying to get your
! ideas on the subject. don't pretend
e to know. and Harry knows less about
:, II than do. There's another point,
!" and it's a rather important one, and
= : that's the question of whether he can
- :, AFFORD it. He's not getting q very
- large salary"
= How much?" asked Benson.
10 81 don't know whether he'd wan
~ ma to tell It. but In confidence he'i
only drawing out $50 a month"
- sT,oads!"
- .Eh?"
~ "plenty. Why, man, that's plain al
= Nuence. How much do you think tn
I. average couple gets married on?"
- ~ don't know, I'm sure" replies
4 Cilnlev .sbut It seemed to me that
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1IaAk ~ W.
The Message from the Dead
By Edtuard A. BraniH
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)