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The Florida agriculturist., 1907-07-10
Contamination.

The great need Of care in drawing
the milk, in keeping the COWS and milk
ing utensils clean,e ETC., is shown by
the following statistics printed by the
j journal of Agriculture.
Experiments have been made at a
number OF the stations to determine
how rapidly milk will become con-
tarninated with bacteria when exposed
germs Sterilized milk which had been
heated to a temperature Of about 90
uegrees was subjected to the kind of
contamination which it was desired to
test and the following deductions were
maze after reading the different re-
ports:
A nalf gallon Of sterilized milk in
sterile pail, exposed seven minutes to
me air III the passageWay behind the
lows stalls, showed the presence Of
$500 bacteria to a cubic centimeter A
hall-gallon OF sterilized milk in a
sterile pail exposed unuer the cows I'D
der while the mixer was going through
,,le motions Of milking but drawing no
milk (udder had not been previously
|cleaned) showed the presence Of 1000
bacteria per cubic centimeter. A half
gallon OF milk exposed in the same
way under an udder that had been
previously cleaned showed the pres
ence Of 400 bacteria per cubic cent?
meter
At another experiment several pals
were rinsed with buttermilk One of
these pals was then rinsed out with
a quart Of sweet milk This milk was
analyzed and found to contain A.
$4,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter.
Another pail which was rinsed with
colo water and then rinsed out with a
quart of milk was found to contain
10000 bacteria per cubic centimeter.
Another pail which was carelessly
washed and rinsed with warm water
and then with sterilized milk on test
was found to contain $1,000 bacteria
per cubic centimeter. Still another
pail was carefully washed with boiling
water, then rinsed with cool water,
and set out in the sun to air for four
hours latter which it was rinsed with
cold water and then with milk This
was found to contain only 1900 bac-
terra per cubic centlmeter.
A live fly was placed in 1000 cubic
centimeters Of sterilized milk in a
sterile vessel. For "A hours the tenn
perature was held at room heat and it
was found to contain 45,333 bacteria
per cubic centimeter and in 48 hours
the number had increased to 100000.
A piece of hay about an inch long
was placed in 1000 cubic centimers
Iof milk which was held at room tenn
|perature for "a hours when it was
found to contain 1896 bacteria per
cubic centimeter, and at the end of 80
hours the number had increased to
100000
A live fly was placed in 500 cubic
centimeters of milk and shaken for
one minute when the milk was found
to contain AZ bacteria per cubic cent?
meter and at the end of SO hours the
number had increased to : 6zr 600
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-07-10

fully done and no ticks allowed to drop
during the warm season the effort will
be a success. This last method is
hardly practicable with large herds,
but the first named will answer if care
fully carried out We hope that our
readers in the South, and they are a
host, will carefully study these direc-
tons and aid in the determination Of
the ticks.
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-07-10
How to Exterminate the Cattle Tick.

Every county in the Southern States
that is under quarantine by cattle
ticks is subjected to an actual money
plague, and should address itself to
the ultimate determination Of the pest
81 have not the slightest doubt"
writes Col. R. J. Redding, in the At
lanta Constitution, that estimates Of
the annual loss to the Southern farm
ers resulting from the tick fever are
rather under than above the truth.
There are close on to one million Of
cattle, Of all ages, in the State Of
Georgia, and probably not less than
ten millions in the rest Of the Cotton
States of the South The tick tax
absolute loss to the cattle owners Of
the country, to say nothing Of the
indirect loss due to the practical pro-
hibition of thoroughbred cattle from
the North and the Northwest, except
under expensive and not always effect
i've precautions"
From the Practical Farmer we copy
the gist Of the bulletin on this sub
ject, published by DR.. TAFT Butler, Of
the North Carolina Department Of
Agriculture, in May, 1908, the follow
ing of which has cleared a number
OF counties in this state Of ticks and
moved them north of the quarantine
line:
Habits Of the Tick Described
engorged female ticks drop from cattle
and crawl under leaves, etc, on the
ground, and soon lay from 1900 to
$500 eggs, which in very warm wea-
~, h114
be delayed or stopped entirely by
the grass ready to be taken off by
they will perish in four or five months.
grown and ready to drop in four
they stay much longer None Of the
ticks crawl far, and a base board to
fence will stop them. But all wire
animal to another Eggs laid before
unless they get on cattle, mules or
spring. Eggs laid in cold weather re-
main and hatch in spring, but no tick
winters over.
NOW lOl d IlOlllC- NI duC 4udl dlIllllS
Then. to rid pastures Of ticks, keep
all cattle, horses and mules out Of
tick infested pastures, lanes and lots
after September Ist, and all eggs pre-
viously laid will hatch and the seed
ticks will starve Divide the pastures
by fence with board tight on the
ground and keep stock out Of one
half after September Ist. The second
year put the cattle on the half left
vacant the previous year, and provide
lanes and lots on which no cattle ran
the year before. If practicable burn
the pasture over we'll in the spring
Feed Sulphur and Apply Crease
Mix sulphur with the salt for the
cattle, one part sulphur to three parts
salt. Not later than April 18th grease
the legs and under parts of the cattle
and repeat it once a week all summer,
and at the same time look carefully
for ticks, and pick off any found. The
grease may be one part kerosene and
two parts cOtton-seed OIL A little
sulphur and tar will increase and pro-
long the effect. Grease prevents the
ticks getting on and kills those on
by choking their breathing pores.
If these directions are followed and
the greasing and hand-picking care
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-07-10
Fine ruit Farm.
in Lake County,
For Sale Cheap.

Tract of nearly forty acres, partly
underlaid with kaolin. About twenty
acres planted to oranges and grape
fruit, fifteen years old Also figs,
peaches and other fruits. Land is
especially adapted to peaches. Near
railroad station, and in good neigh
borhood. House of three rooms.
small barn, fowl house and other i'm
provements. For immediate sale will
take $4,000 cash. Address
The Florida agriculturist., 1907-07-10

Six Weeks For Ten Cents
Until further notice we will send the Agri-
culturist six weeks for 10 cents to new sub
scribers only.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
Mo Wonder.

Il do not wish to boast, gentlemen"
said the star witness at the insurance
investigation, but allow me to point
out that l originated the famous High
lick policy"
What is the Highlick policy?"
asked the chairman Of the investiga-
ton committee.
ut is the enrolment as agents of
all the Alpine guides of Switzerland
Every Alpine guide, when he gets a
tourist in particularly dangerous
place says:
This crevasse is seven thousand
feet deep, sir, and the foothold is
most unsteady Over one hundred
and eighty lives have been lost cross
ing the snow bridge that now extends
before and behind us. Three English
gentlemen were killed here yesterday.
Don't you think, sir, you had better
take out an insurance policy? I am
an accredited agent. can enroll you
ON the spot, sir"
Our Highlick policy" concluded the
star witness, has been most success
ul"-New England Grocer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
The Truth About Coal Tar.

Much has been said about the coal
tar compounds and but little to their
credit, writes Agnes Spaulding in Good
Housekeeping To many persons they
seem but new poisons capable only of
doing harm. Yet their discovery fifty
years ago was and is one of the mar
wells of science, changing chemistry
from a narrow interest in minerals to
the present broadening conception of
life compounds. From coal tar the
chemist is able to initiate some of ma
lures most intricate compounds. But
at best the coal tar products are still
limitations, and because they too often
masquerade as something better than
themselves they defraud the public
Many of them are wholesome and
have legitimate place upon the deal
ers' shelves. Vanillin is good, vanilla
is better, but both should be available
to the possible purchaser and under
their own names.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
Ought to Change Their Style.

When a man goes ont to speak to
people he at least ought not to do
them any harm by holding up false
ideas of life and confusing young peo-
pie as to the meaning OF success. The
commencement speaker has much to
answer for along this line Boys and
girls have been told SC often about
the success OF big men and so little
about the success OF those who.
though not born great, made the most
of themselves and lived happy and use
full, thought not famous lives, they are
apt to get the wrong idea about what
success really means; and because they
can't all be presiden. or governor
as they are falsely toil they can be,
they are apt to think that they can't
be anything. The value of education
is dwelt upon as a means to achieve
wealth or fame or both. This is why
there is so much error as regards the
true value of education which means
simply that each individual should be
trained or educated TO use to the
greatest advantage whatever powers he
has, be they large or small. But be-
ing told that education means that a
boy will necessarily become a govern
or or a senator or occupy some other
high place, many people have come to
think of education only in this sense.
and so when they see man who has
been to college and been educated"
and does no good in life, they say that
education does not pay. The COM
mencement sky-scrapers ought to get
down to their business and find what
education really Is and then talk about
it, and stop the meaningless jangle of
words that often have more sound
than sense-Monroe Journal
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
AUTOS HURTING BUSINESS.
Merchants Complaining Their Sales
are InlurioasIx Affected Thereby.

Merchants Complaining Their Sales
are Injurlously Affected Thereby.
Merchants are complaining that
their trade is not quite what it might
be were it not for the automobile
craze. Some merchants after careful
study of the situation have arrived
at the rather curious conclusion that
they are not sharing as much as they
should in the general prosperity be-
cause Of the automobile.
This is new charge against the
much criticized machine. To some
this may be somewhat puzzling at
first thought for the hasty supposition
would be that people would not in
dulge in automobiles unless they had
money to spend for anything they
wanted. That is, in other words,
would be one among other free ex-
penditures. 1t is probable, however,
that many buy automobiles with no
very clear realization of anything ex-
cept their first cost, which is not in
considerable for anybody without an
income very large, and that they
then find the expense of maintaining
so serious that it involves the cutting
off of most other privileges, not in
Guiding the other necessaries.
Even when an automobilist is his
own chauffeur when he has the me-
chanical ability for making ordinary
repairs himself, and is able to find
it amusing or endurable to act as
groom for his exacting servant with
the delicate constitution, he discovers
that if it is to be kept in order the
dollars so out with alarming rapidity.
There is always something to buy or
something to replace. Of course, the
automobilist who puts himself at the
mercy of hired chauffeur, even
though he be an honest one, must
meet an everending stream Of
charges and pay two or three prices
for everything he buys.
1t is no wonder, then, that this con
centration of expenditures is making
itself felt by those who cater to those
who do not count their pennies with
any great care. That so many people
have automobiles is a constant source
OF wonderment and the wonder is the
greatest to those who know best by
sorrowful experience the cost of
running one of the machines. The
amount of pleasure an automobile can
give is enormous, and its quality is,
or may be, OF the highest among the
joys not distinctly intellectual but for
the present few can have those joys
without feeling an unwonted inclin-
alton toward economy in other direc-
tons Some day the price of motors
will come down, and then things will
adjust themselves again.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
Pine Trees Made lnto sllL

About five tons of artificial silk are
now manufactured daily in Europe. ana
the demand far exceeds the supplv
This is one Of the many modern prod-
ucts of cellulose, that wonderful sub
stance of which the microscopic cells
OF plants are made, and which COM
poses about one-third of all the vege-
table and animal matter in the world
Robert Kennedy Duncan now profess
sor Of industrial chemistry I'm the
University of Kansas, writing of "The
Wonders of Cellulose" In Harpers Mag
azine, points out it's possibilities for
the manufacturer For instance. he
writes: "A pine tree is worth $40 a
ton; cut and stripped it is worth SIS;
boiled into pulp it is worth $34; bleach
ed it is worth S55; which, turned into
Yiscose and spun into silk is worth
$500" Professor Duncan argues for
a closer working relation between the
technical departments Of the univer-
sites and the manufacturer who stands
ignorantly at the door Of great indus
trial developments which can only ar
rive by the aid of modern chemistry.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
Upton on Matrimony.

Sir Thomas Upton, replying to a
woman interviewer who questioned
him on the subject of his matrimonial
intention, replied that he would have
married long ago if he had only been
a Mormon. This recalls the reply
made by Sir Richard Burton, the
famous Oriental traveller to an
anxious mother who asked him WHEAT
his intentions were concerning her
daughter. "Ah, madam" said Sir
Richard, Gin a country like Great
Britain, where a man is allowed but
one wife at a hme, he cannot be too
careful"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
Model EARNS.

1.-THE government should establish a
small Model Farm in every rural
Congressional district; later perhaps
in every country in the agricultural
states. Let the Department of Ag-
riculture show exactly what can be
done on a small tract Of land by prop
er cultivation, moderate fertilizing and
due rotation of crops The sight Of
the fields and their contrast with
those of their neighbors, the know
ledge of yields secured and profits
possible, would be worth more than
all the pamphlets poured out from the
government printing Office in years. +"
j. j. Hill
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
Tlmbuotoo,a sin Game.

Timbuctoo used to be a region OF
which most Europeans had heard lit
tie and knew less. But that hazy
time is past now Timbuctoo is being
proclaimed to the world as a Nimrod's
paradise. Quite recently, says the Lon
don Globe, a small party Of sports
men bagged five elephants in the
Goune district It is declared that in
more than one district of eighteen
miles square more than two hundred
head of elephant may be found. Alto
gether, it is claimed for this part of
French Africa that it is a splendid
regica for big game and that the at
tention of sportsmen should be direct
ed 70 1t.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25

Blusters-I dare say do look mad
/ understand Jigley says I'm the
worst liar he ever saw.
Wiseman-o! that's gross libel
Blusters-Of course it is.
Wiseman-Well, should say. Why,
everybody admits you're pretty
good liar-Catholic Standard end
Times
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
Why, OF Course.

What good will it do EN- to reach
that Pole?"
"Oh, you talk foolish"
We'll, what good will it do 'em?'
"A heap Of good Can't they nail
ads. all over it?"-Courier-Journal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25


that a single pound of the finest
spider webs would reach around the
world
During the nineteenth century fifty
two new islands rose from the sea by
volcanic action and sixteen disap-
peared
M. Santos-Dumont gratified with
the successful flight of the aeroplane
the Bird of Prey, talks enthusiastical-
ly of the day when flying machines
viii be as common as automobiles.
A reinforced concrete standpipe, so
feet in diameter, 106 feet high from the
inside of the bottom of the tank to
the top OF the cornice, and with
capacity of 100000 gallons has been
completed and is in service in the
waterworks system of Attleboro, Mass.
1t has often been observed that a
district where all vegetation has been
destroyed by ashes from Mount We
suvius soon looms afresh with greater
luxuriance than ever Since the re.
cent great eruption the volcano ash
has been examined by scientists for
an explanation of this fact, resulting
in the discovery that the ash is rich
in phosphates to a remarkable degree,
An electric lamp inclosed in
pretty little cage formed of fine metal
lie chains almost touching each other,
and held rigid by metallic rings above
and below, is the very latest thing in
lethal chambers. It's destined victim
is the mosquito, explains the London
News. BY this nvention-recently
shown to the savants of the Paris
Academy by Mr.. Chauilin-the insect
IS pleasantly attracted to it's doom.
An unseen alternating current passing
through the chains does it's business
as it endeavors to investigate the at
tractiye luminous object inside
In the opinion of the council of the
Royal Astronomical Society of Eng
land the proposed erection of a large
electric generating plant near the
Greenwich Observatory would have
serious effects upon the accuracy of
the magnetic instruments employed
IN that observatory In view of the
worldwide Importance of the Green
witch observations, which form the
basis for time and longitude calcula-
lions all over the earth, the council,
by unanimous vote at it's June meet
ing, called the attention of the British
Admiralty to the desirability of pre-
venting the threatened injurious in
Vasion of precincts SO long devoted to
scientific work of practical interest
to all mankind.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25

In Saxony no man is permitted to
shoe horses unless he has passed a
public examination and is properly
qualified
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25

you don't buy so much meat now,
Mrs. Malaprop."
mo, indeed; since all these awful
tales, our family has turned valetudin-
arian. Baltimore American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25

LET us leave a few problems for
posterity," counselled Bismarck.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25
revzS===z==zs=zss=5 $500 -
6EaH7ESCIEZ(ENR9
w. z -.

Lenenhcck and Humboldt both say
that single pound of the finest
spider webs would reach around the
world.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25

During the nineteenth century fifty
two new islands rose from the sea by
volcanic action and sixteen disap-
peared.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-01-25

A reinforced concrete standpipe, so
feet in diameter, 106 feet high from the
inside of the bottom of the tank to
the top OF the cornice, and with
capacity of 100000 gallons, has been
and is in service in the
waterworks system of Attleboro, Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
FLOWERS CHANGE coLoRs.
Some Go Through as Many as Three
 Changes In a Day.

From the New Orleans mes-Democrat. "This bed of flowers was blue this morn- ing, and now it is pink. That one was white, and it is now rose. The one by the hedge was yellow yesterday, and to- day it is purple.'
 The gardener chuckled delightfully."-.
 q call 'em my fairy flower beds, ma am," he said You see, they change color. It's a grand idea, isn't it? It gives a garden such variety"
 But l didn't know that any flowers change their color"
 "Oh, yes. That bed you first mentioned is the mutable phloX. At sunrise it is blue. and in the afternoon it is pink.
 'The one to the right is hibiscus-hibis- GUS mutabilis. It goes through three changes in the day, from white in the morning to rose at noon and red at sun set
 "The bed by the hedge is the lantana. The lantana is yellow one day, orange the next and red the third. It's changes are slow.
 There's other flowers, too, that change There's the cheiranthus chamele, that shifts from white to yellow and from yellow to red. There's the giadiolus yer sicolor, that's brown in the morning and sblue in the evening. There's the coea scandens, that moves slowly from green ish white to deep violet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
UNION SPRINGS.

Union Springs, June 2.-(Speeial )-The last meeting of the Magazine club until October was held a few days since with Miss Dorothy Slaughter. The club next year will study Germany, and the pro- grammes now being prepared promise to be quite interesting.
 MT. H. Harris and Miss Carrie Anderson will represent the Presbyterian church at the Synodical Institution which convenes in Opelka, June 9.
 D. c. Turnipseed, the fruit grower of this place, says his peach crop is turning out better than expected. He will ship about four carloads this week and the Elbertas will not be ready until some time in July.
 Two more new store houses are to be erected at once on North Prairie street.
 MT Frank Vaughn is visiting in Tam pa, Fla.
 Miss Myrtle Watkins of Troy visited relatives here this week.
 Capt. J. H. Rainer left this morning for an extended trip to North Carolina.
 Mrs. Fannie Gussie Hayes, who has been teaching near Tulsa, Indian Ter ritory, reached home yesterday.
 Miss Eva Brownlee of Albany, Ga. will reach the city Tuesday for a visit to Miss May Netta Cowan.
 Miss Smith of Prattville is the guest of her sister. Mrs. B. P Powell
 Mrs. Sam Cowan has returned from a months visit to Social Circle, Ga.
 Thursday morning about o'clock Judge Singleton was called to the court house to perform the marriage ceremony of Mir. Monroe Culpepper of Cross Roads, and Miss Josie Craig of Perote. They were accompanied by MT. and Mrs. Jim Gull pepper of Eris. The groom is a popular resident of Pike county and the bride is d popular young woman of her home town. The groom was not of age, but had a certificate of permission from his father.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-23
SCOTTSBORO.

Scottsboro, June 22.-(Special. .)-Mrs Sadie Bell Mcclure and Miss Margaret Donaldson have returned to their home at Roberson Fork, Tenn, after a visit to Mrs. Idella Mcclure.
 Mrs c. w. Adkins and daughters Misses Susie and Anna and sister, Miss Lula Phillips, visited friends at Langston Monday.
 Miss Virginia May Brokn has returned from Hillins Institute, Virginia.
 Mrs. O. J. Dodge and son, Jim, arc the guests of MT. and Mrs. J. w. Moody Mrs. Dodge's parents.
 Mrs. J. c. Johnson of Bridgeport are visiting Mrs w A. Gold.
 Miss Annie Coffey of Beech Grove, Tenn, is the guest of her sister, Mrs Ben T. Rowland.
 MT. and Mrs. James M. Card and little daughter, Anita, have returned to their home In Chattanooga.
 Miss Ruth Kyle has returned from a visit to friends in Chattanooga.
 Mr. Robert Stuart and Miss Bertha Leo Mccall were married in the study of the Rev. J. w. Bachman in Chattanooga on Wednesday. June 5. MT. Stuart is an old Scottsboro boy and has many friends here. His bride Is a beautiful and at tractive young lady, whose home is in South Pittsburg, Ala.
 Miss Mavin Cross has returned to her home at Warmvlle.
 Miss Mary N. Moore has gone to east Alabama.
 Miss Hattie Woodroof of Mooresville is visiting relatives here.
 Miss Hattie Woodroof of Mooresvlle is visiting relatives here.