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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-10

solution over them until thorough
ly wet took them out and put
them in a pile (after treating about
fifteen bushels) covered them with
wagon sheet for about 2 hours, then
scattered them out to dry.
As to cost of formalin and time to
treat the fifteen bushels l consider
1t about % cents.
Again thanking you for sending
me the formalin, | am.
Yours truly,
T. ]. BOWMAN.
Lowndesville, s. c.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-10

Dear Sir ny request. write you
ms experience with formalin. ! con-
elder II great preventative of smut
n oats eowed some seed that were
treated and some not treated. in the
same neld. The ones treated were
almost free from smut while the un-
treated seed were about ITO smut
As 10 treatment. ! placed IL gal
Ions Of water In a tub. TO which |
added ounces OF formalin. stirring
until well mixed | used half
bushel basket. put oats in basket and
placed them In tub. and poured the
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-10
Editorial Comment

Editorial Comment crop OF
peas tn thc corn would have helped
20 keep mp the soil fertility aud have
given good grazing for those cows:
and the coNs would have distributed
evenly The manure made from the
penvineh And the corn stalks would
have been better for feed just after
the corn VAS gathered than al any
later time. so that the peavines and
The corn stalks would have been
graxed of together 20 good advant-
age. As IL is. this one acre has made
as much corn aa i've usually make
and has done II with less labor and
EXPENSE. The land will also be better
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-10

great bulk OF agricultural products
are non-perishable II kept under
shelter. OF course there is always
the danger OF FIRE. but Ne can have
that risk covered by insurance for a
small cost Feed the markets on
short rauons and you will soon see
prices boosted by an increased de-
mand. Don't let the cry Of big
crops scare YOU into parting with
your products at a price that will
not give you a fair and Just reward
for your labor and the capital that
you have Invested In your business
stop the Suicidal Policy.
You don't and men in other call
ings dlsposing OF products which
represent . years work and inter
est on their investment. az a price
below cost The farmer has often
done this By following tho suicidal
policy ot forcing on the market in
four months time. crops which mus;
meet and supply a years demand
OF course these crops are not TO %
and will not BE- consumed in four
months. They are bought BY the
middle man" and held ia storage
until the demands 81 the markets
cali for them At remuneratlvc
prices.
We should not quarrel with the
middle man" as long as he con
ducts a legitimate buying and selling
business. We should quarrel with
ourselves for not handling our own
crops for our own benefit in the
same husinesB-like way that the
middle MAI" has been handling
them for hts benefit n products
wer. not offered for sale on tho
streets Of our towna az whatever
price they would bring. tho middle
man" would soon 20 out of business
But as long as we follow the present
method OF marketing our crops.
there Will bee a legitimate field for
The middle man" and. in fact. he
is a necessary part 81 thla mode Of
marketing IN the case OF the cot
ton crop. which IL tho principal
money of the South. &c can nell be-
lieve that . fair margin IA made By
The men who stand between tho pro-
Queer and tho spinner, otherwise
there would no, bc 80 many cotton
buyers"
Cooperate in Your selling.
Nos. boa are we To gut out OF
these old ruia" and upon the high
way Of successful business like
marketing OF our cropav II must 30
done by extending The selling period
throughout the year so thAt tho sup
ply will Just keep pace with the de-
mand Also by punching" our pro-
ducts and selling Ia such quantity az
demanded By large buyers. This In
cooperative selling.
How IL Il TO be doneT Through
the storage or wArehnuh. plan Go
70 any large cotton market tn~n and
you wlll and the cotton buyers unlnE
the warehouses 10 store our cotton In,
10 be held until demanded by the
spinner We should do this for our
selves and save the profits that nov
40 70 The men who have been doing
Il for uB
How to hanagr Where You owe
Kills"
Bot YOU say that you have bills
that are due aud that you must
realize money from your crop at
once. Unfortunately this II true
~lih great many farmers. Too
many % as are eth following the
old rulnous credit system. which
4
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-10

for History and descriptive cir
culAr OF his Extra Prolific Cot
ton ard price of sired fts fire..
and wurth huudrw1s OF dollars
"a Yua The Extra Prolific Cot
Ton r1AEuyus quickly. and IS i
make thrwr halra PER acre
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-10

Every cotton grower. large. or
small rich or poor. writr 10
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-10-10
How to Manage Where You -
Bills

Bat You say that you have bills
that are due aud that you must
realize money from your crop at
once unfortunately this II true
@gih great many farmers. Too
many % us are .till following the
Old ruluous credit system" which
The legitimate offspring Of the
al cotton system" and. next 10 It's
parent Us the greatest curse ever
imposed upon the agricultural in
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-22

THE LADY: THE IDEA; A BIG STRONG, STRAP.
PING MAN LIKE HIM TRYING TO ABUSE POOR
FRAIL, WEAK WOMAN LIKE ME-"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
Use Fire to Combat Fire.

The average retailer does not en-
ploy enough printers ink, and employ
it in the proper direction, in dealing
with the trade for his community.
The enemies of the retailer, the mail
order houses, are products of printers
ink and know full we'll the value OF
ii. They are not anxious that the re-
tail dealers OF the country wake up
They are satisfied to allow conditions
to go on and allow them, the mail
order house, to get the benefit OF the
trade which Is coming to them
through their aggressive advertising
campaigns. IL merchant would fol-
low out their schemes OF publicity
upon a small scale IL his immediate
tsing matter in the form of circulars
with prices and descriptive matter, 1t
would win. The way to fight fire Is
with fire, and the retailer has had the
shortcomings of his anti-mail-order
house campaigns thrown back upon
him with little or no satisfactory re-
suits. Campaigns he has set up In
opposition have In measure taken
the edge off the catalogue houses cam
paigns, but why not get right into the
game and fight them with the same
ammunition that they are using to ex'
terminate the retail trade of the coun'
try? Use local papers literally and
get out circulars, letters and price
lists, well printed and illustrated.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
DAIRY DOiNGS.

Do not try to milk a COW by squeez-
ing her horns. Always do your milk.
ing at the udder end
A good feed for young calves Is ten
pounds blood meal, five pounds bone
meal and 20 pounds each of oil meal,
oatmeal and cornmeal.
To make a dairy herd profitable the
feed is only half. The method and
regularity of care with the comfort
Of the animals is Of equal II not of
greater Importance.
When butter does not come the diff
ficulty is usually due to one Of two
things. Either the cream Is not sour
enough, or its temperature is too low.
II you have a good churn you can
usually make butter in half an hour
If these two points are right.
Two pounds Of milk can be pro
duced by the aid OF silage as a dairy
feed, where on any other system
which does not include fresh pasture
one pound would be the limit. Care
must be used in feeding silage, but the
difficulty Is not so much with the
silage as with sour and spoiled rem.
nants left in feeding utensils. The
best ration for dry COW is corn silage
and alfalfa, and when she becomes
fresh continue to feed these with six
or eight pounds of grain daily.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
TWO CURES OF ECZEMA
Baby Had Severe Attack-Grandfathe
Suffered Torments with 1t
Owe Recovery to Cuticura.

"In 1884 my grandson, babe, had
an attack of eczema and after trying
the doctors to the extent of heavy bills
and an increase Of the disease and suf-
fering, l recommended Cuticura and
In few weeks the child was well. He
is to-day strong man and absolutely
free from the disease. A few years
ago l contracted eczema, and became
an intense sufferer. A whole winter
passed without once having on shoes,
nearly from the knees to the toes be-
ing covered with virulent sores. tried
many doctors to no purpose. Then l
procured the Cuticura Remedies and
found immediate improvement and
final cure. M. w. LaRue, Si5 Seventh St..
Louisville, KY, Apr. 23 and May IA. '07."
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
GATE FOR ALLEY WAYS.
II Will Help Greatly in the Handling
of Stock.

In large dairy stables 1t is always
advisable to have small gates or doors
hung in alley ways TO prevent the
stock from going where they are not
wanted when being stabbed. If such
gates are closed at the proper time
considerable disturbance can be
averted. | have seen various kinds of
gates used, but the one pictured is by
far the best.
Instead of swinging upward and be-
ing hooked to the ceiling or jOist
overhead as some do, it slides back
and forth upon length OF gas pipe
serving as "a track, by means of iron
straps attached to the long pieces that
compose the outer ends of the gate.
The gas pipe should be at least two
inches through and in length twice the
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17

width Of the gate. The gate should
be made to fit the place where needed,
and can be constructed of any strong,
light lumber
If the feed room is in easy reach OF
the stable, says Farm and Home, the
alley leading to it should by all means
be protected by one of these gates.
In case of a COW getting loose in the
night, as COWS frequently will, II
might be the means of saving her life
from eating too much grain.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
SIx.FOR.FlVE SALE.
One Plan That Benefits the Buyer ano
Increases the Merchants Trade.

81 want to outline a successful sale
about the best one we have ever tried.
1t is not original with me. | think 1t
was worked out and first used by
store in some town in Wisconsin.
We obtained the plan through shoe
salesman. Should the originator OF
the idea read this article l wish to
offer him my apologies for reproduc.
ing his plan" writes an Iowa mer-
chant.
1T is called a 'Six-for-Five Sale.
The idea of the sale is to give six
articles, or CARDS, for the price OF five
The statement made in our bills, is:
No matter what you buy dress goods,
shoes, furnishing goods, notions, cali
Goes, ginghams, outing fiannels, hats,
gloves, ribbons, handkerchiefs, hose,
dishes, canned fruits, canned vege-
tables, glassware, or any other goods
that we carry in stock with the ex'
ceptior Of goods on which we are al
ready making a special low price, and
the list of specials advertised else.
where in this adj you only pay for
five, but you get six
"In order to make the sale still
more effective we selected few we'll
known articles which we marked very
low, and then excluded them from the
regular 'six-for.five list. OF course,
If it is desired to move such lines as
cloaks and clothing, Of which you
could hardly expect to sell five to one
family, they can be excepted from the
'siX-for-fve' list and a price be made
on them.
When we sold five pairs Of shoes
or of any other line, we would take
the average price of the five and al
| low this amount on the sixth pair.
This sale has many strong points
In the first place, it is based on the
principle that nothing will have quite
! the influence in getting people tC
leave their money with you as that
Of giving them something for nothing
1t is the extra yard or pound or article
that talks.
in addition to all these points, II Is
a plan that can be used equally wei
for almost any occasion, and at any
time of the year, and one which vii
not, think, grow old, If it be made {
regular annual event.
That this is a successful sale plar
was shown by the fact that when W.
were running 1t our competitor pu
on sale and got out bills in which
he called attention to the fact tha
the prices he was making were lowe
than our 'six-for-five' prices, and still
We got the crowds. 1t was but natural
however. that we should, because pee
pie are always attracted by something
free"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
The Entire Family.

Grand Pop used it for Rheumatism.
Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises.
Many for Burns, Scalds and Aches.
Sis for Catarrh and Chilblains. i use
1t for everything, and it never disap-
points any Of us. 1t surely yanks
any old pain out by the roots.
Hunts Lightning Oil Is what / am
telling you about.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
Fastidious.

81 believe in reason in all things
said the milliner, shifting gone
crazy hat from a stand to the show
window, "but when a woman Is so
afraid she won't be genteel that she
comes in here and asks to be shown
Limbhorn hats, instead Of Leghorn, It
makes me weary"
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
Feed the Cows.

Feed the COW all the hay or other
oughness she will eat, even If she |
unning on good pasture. Her appe
lite tells her better what she need
han you can tell. Keep the mangel
full and allow her to eat as much o.
1t as she desires.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
AN OCTOPUS THAT CONTINUES
TO GROW IN SIZE.
IS RUNNING COUNTRY TOWNS
Systems That Sap the Vitality Of Agri-
cultural Districts and Concen-
trate Wealth in the Larger
Cities.

SllISSs
To accomplish anything Of public
nature there must be organization.
Every village should have an associa-
tion devoted to the policy of home pro-
lection and village betterment-an as
sociation for the molding Of puolfc
sentiment that will carry into practice
the theory that Business, like charity,
begins at home"
1t is a recognized fact that the re-
tail business of the country villages
and the large towns, for that matter,
is being destroyed. Year by year the
once prosperous merchants are being
forced TO the wall-driven out by the
mail order business. And this is ta-
king place in face of the fact that the
population and purchasing power of
the country districts is ever on the
increase.
The mail order houses are drawing
the cash retail trade from its natural
channels to the cities. The growth
of this octopus has been phenomenal
From a jelly-like idea-without form
an experiment 10 years ago, it has
grown to proportions that threaten
the determination of the retail coun-
try merchant An idea of the way
the money of the people is being
drawn into this mail order trade can
be had from the reports of some of
these houses.
certain mail order house which
began with few thousand dollars Is
years ago now does a monthly busi'
ness of $5,OOOO00 with yearly net
profit Of more than S3,000,000.
This is the record of but one in
stitution. There are dozens of them
in various cities of the United States
They are springing up like mush
rooms every night. All that is neces
sary 70 start mail order business is
place to receive mail and money
enough to get out the first batch OF
printing and for the first advertising
campaign.
Like the patent medicine business
the mail order business depends on
the gullibility Of the general public
Thousands of people every week send
their hard-earned cash to some mai
order house in payment for goods
that could have been bought cheaper
at their home store.
Why do they do il? 1t is owing par
TALLY to the desire of the average per
son to be humbugged and partially
to the effect of persistent advertising
The mail order house sends out its at
tractive literature to every family II
the country. In this literature, com
posed Of well-illustrated catalogues
and cheap magazines known as mail
order papers, the goods are set on
in the most attractive manner. 1t II
tempting bait and the fish bite.
All of these millions of dollars come
out of the legitimate trade of the coun
try merchant, the man who has In
vested his capital, built himself
home, and been active in building NJ
the town with the expectation that n
would be allowed to do a Legitimate
business in a legitimate way. lie i
entitled to the trade Of his town AM
the country adjacent. He pays hi
taxes and contributes to the supper
of the community. That communit
owes him a reciprocal duty-the dut
to give him the preference or trade
everything else being equal.
IL
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17

lifting, languor, dizzy spells I'd rheu-
matism. Before i used Doan's Kid
ney Pills." says Mr., Winney, II
weighed 143. After taking 10 or IL
boxes / weighed 162 and was com.
pletely cured
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
FosterMilburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
A Curious Fact.

water swells wood"
1T must I've often noticed that
a novelist will wreck a skiff and then
float enough timber onto the desert
Isle to build a town.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17

It's all right for a man to be q
dreamer of dreams providing he wakes
up occasionally and gets busy.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17

To all who enclose
postage he will re-
ply, telling h o W
Doan's Kidney Pills
cured him after he
had doctored and
had been in two diff
ferent hospitals for
eighteen III on t h s ,
suffering in t en- s o
pain in the back.
'ameness, twinges
when stopping or
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17

One way to buy experience is to
speculate In futures.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17

Contentment is natural wealth;
luxury, artificial poverty.-Socrates.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED,

Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them
white again. Large OF. package, s cents
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
PROOF FOR TWO CENTS.
II You Suffer with Your Kidneys and
Back, Write to This Man.

G.. w. Winney, Medina, N. Y, In.
vites kidney sufferers to write to him.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17

The romance Of q spinster Is apt to
be one sided.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17
AIrs. WinaIow,s sonthinr sxrnn.

For children teething softens the guns reduces In
ssmmston, sllays pain, cures wind collie. c bottle
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1908-07-17

Use Aliens Foot-Ease
Cures tired aching sweating feet. 2oc. Trial package
free. A. b, Omsted lie Roy, MY.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADI
Reports of Improvement in Business
Situation Well Distributed.
ALL DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED
In Many Cases the Gains Are Small,
but Outlook is Encouraging
Textile Markets Are
Active.

NEW YORK, May Pr. G. Dun & Com
panys Weekly Review of Trade tomorrow
will say:
Encouraging reports predominate, and for
the first time in six months the indications
of Improvement are well distributed
throughout all departments. Gains are
small in many cases and unfavorable
weather has retarded retail trade at some
points, while comparisons with last year
still show decreases, but as compared with
preceding months satisfactory exhibits are
found everywhere. In all the leading manu-
featuring Industries orders increased and
output enlarged.
Lower prices for pig iron brought out
large tonnage of new business and fur
mace operators did not find It necessary
to make further concessions although sew
eral prominent consumers are waiting for
still better terms. Buying was most lib
eral in foundry iron, and several contracts
covered deliveries far into the future. As
accumulated stocks are reduced there is a
disposition to enlarge output, making 1t
probable that the active shipment on June
will show a substantial increase over
the low point touched on May l.
Textile markets show distinct improve.
ment, buyers exhibiting interest, and
prices of some cotton goods are higher.
Sales for the week were larger than at
any recent date. and the auction brought
cases the upward tendency checked con-
tracts for future delivery, but this busl-
ness is mostly deferred, as stocks will soon
Exports to China have been resumed, al
though not on large scale, but any
business of this nature is considered en-
couraging yet the advance in prices
checked Red Sea buying that had footed up
fair total Of small orders. Many dupli-
cate orders are reported for wooden goods
much healthier situation existing than
for many weeks, although some lines are
more active than others. Both fancy and
staple worsteds sell freely some mills run
ming overtime on resist" fabrics. but
clothiers discriminate against wool goods
except the finer grades.
Footwear statesmen in the western ter.
ritory have secured fair contracts, but New
England manufacturers report that the
business compares unfavorably with pre-
vious years. A better feeling Is apparent
in the leather market for the sales are Gov
ering more than immediate needs in some
cases and there is less anticipation oi
, further reductions in quotations. Upper
leather Is in much better position than at
any recent date, tanners no longer ac-
cepting the extremely low bde that for
merly secured shipments. An upward ten
dency is noted in hides. the difference In
| price being much greater than the seasonal
| bic Improvement in quality warrants.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-23
TRADE DISASTROUS
sheriff from Waterloo, Ia, Taking
Him Back to Settle With
the Law.

Sheriff Caldwell of Black Hawk county
Iowa, arrived in Omaha Thursday night
from Lincoln. with requlstlon papers for
James F. Riley, who was arrested by De-
tective Van Dusen. May 10, on information
received from the authorities at Waterloo.
Ia. Riley is wanted at Waterloo on the
charge OF swindling a restaurateur OF that
place out of his restaurant, on a bogus
trade Riley represented himself as the
owner OF several hundred acres OF valuable
Texas land, and persuaded the restaurateur
to trade his business for the Texas prop
erty. After securing possession OF the
restaurant Riley sold the same and i'm
mediately lefi Waterloo with the proceeds.
An investigation by the restaurant man
revealed the fact that il Riley had ever
owned any property It was at the bottom
Of a swamp. and search was made for
Riley. but he had departed for other parts.
II was afterward discovered that by his
persuasive manners, Riley had traded his
swamp bottom several times. In and around
Waterloo, ana description OF the man was
sent 10 the Omaha authorities and Riley
was arrested by Van Dusen, while the
former was endeavoring TO trade the same
Riley will be taken back to Waterloo thia