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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16
LEfr THEM All CRUSHED.
Power Of Wealth Impressed on Gath
erloo Of Farmers.

At a sale of fancy farm stock in
Massachusetts Thomas w. Lawson
was one Of the foreign buyers in at
tendance. He went in his private
car, with private secretary, chef. valet,
etc; also he took up a private stock
car, specially fitted UP for Transporting
whatever choice animals he might
buy
Mr.. Lawson's coming had been well
advertised. and farmers came from
far and wide to have sight of him
The fair grounds were so crowded that
many men and boys were unable to
gain admission, and they roasted on
trees surrounding the grounds so they
could peer over the high board fence
at Mr.. Lawson.
The financier was an active bidder
After a time local farmer put up
for sale 2-year-old heifer. He had
originally paid 5000 for the animal,
but she had not turned out quite as he
had anticipated, SO he did not expect
to realize more than that amount for
her, II so much.
Some one started the bidding at
$3.50. Mr.. Lawson promptly and loud
ly bid $3.50. He was met with $165,
which he raised to SITS. This was
again raised, whereat Mr.. Lawson
seemed much annoyed. In an impress
sive manner he bid $3.50, and looked
haughtily around as If to indicate that
no presuming yokel should again defy
the man of wrath. However, an un-
abashed farmer ventured 5000, and
others followed until the figure stood
at 1926. Then daring soul said $685. |
There was an awful pause, while all |
eyes turned expectantly toward Mr..
Lawson. Rising majestically, Mr.. |
Lawson roared out, six hundred dol |
lars!" and with an awful crash every
man and boy perched on the surround
ing trees fell to the ground, stunned |
by the power of wealth.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16

nnu,terabie love making his rugged
face beautiful
IL father had only lived,7 she said.
but you know 1t is impossible now,
Charlie can't leave mother not
vet and must finish the course at
the B-- academy, and keep school at
least year before get things
Strengthened out"
He gave long, low whistle then
urged on his horse, but stopped again
till Susy came up with him.
You know III wait for you, susy,
as long as you say, but it's rather hard
on me, as I'm forehanded and ready
to marry. Susy, come, make up your
mind My house is large one. I'll
take your mother and granny; Tom
can run the old farm and"
What let you support me and the
family, too? Neverl" and her eyes
flashed 4 would never permit it,"
well, Susy, I've declared my will
llngness to help you, if only you would
let me" said Charlie, "but since you
won't, don't look so sad and worried,
my darling. It's worth serving and
saving for seven years If can only
win you at last for my wife,"
"Oh, Charliei" she said, brokenly,
your love is pricelessl Only be
patient"
I'm try, and keep on hoping" he
said, and they parted at the store.
The grocer met her with smile.
Everybody liked Susy. TO girl more
genial than she under ordinary cir
cumstances, but to-day her face was
clouded, her manner preoccupied.
Mr.. Lee, have made up my mind
to sell Brown Bess," she said, after
getting the things she needed. do
you know anybody that wants a
horse?"
Dear mel going to sell Brown
Bessl What would you sell her for?"
Il leave that to the purchaser" Susy
made answer. Papa paid SIS for her
more than year ago, and I wouldn't
want to take less than that, for
need the money very much" she went
on, "and If you will be so kind as to
take an interest in the matter"
She stopped, her eyes wistful.
why of course / will, y the grocer
responded. "Tll send my boy to your
house with the groceries, and he can
bring the horse back with him. If
anything is done in the way of sale,
I'll let you know at once"
Susy thanked him and went on her
way home. Work and home seemed
brighter. The grocers boy came for
the horse, and though it was hard
parting with the pretty creature, Susy,
In expectation of results, bore the sep
aration bravely.
Day after day Susy waited, but no
word came about Brown Bess. Tom
declared that he believed there was no
of selling her, but one day
Charlie Grant droyS up to the house,
his face fairly beaming.
Il thought I'd bring you the news"
he said, as he came in the bright liv-
ing room.
Have they sold Brown Bess?" Susy
asked, her voice trembling in her ex-
element to hear
We'll, yes-that is if you'll take the
price they Offer" Charlie answered.
"Oh, / hope it's a hundred" said
Susy.
"a hundred" laughed Charlie. "Is
that what you valued her at? Lucky
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16
2 Thought I'd Bring You the News"

for you that was in at the bargain.
That horse will be worth thousands OF
dollars before long. The man who
bought trains horses for the race
course. He has discovered remarkable
qualities In Brown Bess as trotter,
and is willing to give you thousand
dollars for her."
A thousand dollars Susy stood for
moment like a statue, then she few
into the kitchen where her mother
was making the daily batch of bread,
exclaiming:
"a thousand dollars, mother!
we're richl Brown Bess is sold for a
thousand dollarsl You won't have to
work hard this winter. Tom can get
two suits of clothes If he wants them,
and bay the five-acre lot Grandma
can have all the fire she needs; the
roof shall be shingled, the mortgage
paid off, and-and-"
What am to havey Charlie ask
ed, as she stopped out of breath, he
having followed her into the kitchen.
She turned round, and blushing
beautifully, held out her hands. He
clasped them both and drew her to
his bosom.
What do you think of this, moth.
err" he asked OF the glad-hearted
woman at the bread-pan "Susy is to
be my wife,"
why, | thiAk it's a good deal bet
ter than keeping school," she said.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16
coco News fer Him.

give decided said hltcr to devote
glrcclt exclusively heea-fser % the
writing Of poetry"
"Glaa TO hear it," said Nrotchett.
''Fhiak that's my forte, el O.
Den, know about taat bat "a
know that | never read poetry
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16
He Remained Seated.

AS an extemporaneous accot 4
soloist, Clyde Haskell is a howiing
success. Like all great musicians he
had a languid PARKWAY look in his
eyes as If his soul was communing
with the music of the spheres. We
heard it remarked that he see ned.
exhausted and remained seated d Ing
most of the time he wasn't stai V
up.-Comstock News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16
one Good Feed.

Roy Havre and the editor took dinner
in Fowler, Sunday, the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. j. Brown. Sure, we had the
best dinner we've had since we left home.
Arthur Und.) Bugle *
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16
lie 4eIaht Of Ma ca.

And so she is very queelly? / SUP.
pose she's the kind of woman who Is
never afraid to enter the grandest
drawing room
"Oh, more majestic that that. She's
the kind Of woman who's never afraid
to enter her owa kltehe1-"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16

False advertising statements, salespeoples' mis-
representations or prices above those elsewhere
react as sure as fate We try to handle the best.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-01-16
Converting the Enemy.

Editor Landy, of the Buffalo Lake
(Minn.) News, feeling the need of a
sack OF barley, advertised In his
newspaper that he would give year'si
subscription for same. A mean cuss
in an adjoining village filled a tobacco
sack with barley and sent it to Landy,
who stood pat and sent him the News
with receipt for one year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Growing Feed Crops.

Theoretically when 1 feed my COWS
a full amount of good corn silage and
alfalfa hay my milk yield should be
satisfactory, but actually l find my
kind of cows will increase their milk
giving If l add some cornmeal to the
bill of fare, and increase still more II
in addition furnish about two pounds
per day of oilmeal per COW; hence,
while I am personally very much In
favor of the Acknowledgements growing
feed crops to the fullest extent OF
proved profit, endeavoring to do SO my
self, yet to all grow l never hesitate
to bring in as supplementary by pur-
chase any feed needed which my cows
can use at a profit to me.
I have no manner Of doubt that ton
pf clover hay, being all one acre could
produce, is of materially less feeding
worth than a ton from an acre having
grown a three ton crop, all conditions
of cutting and curing in both cases be-
ing equal. I know that when secure
a crop of 100 bushels Of corn per acre
I have more than twice as much feed
as l have If am so unfortunate as te
get but fifty bushels per acre.-W. f
McSparran.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Treatment For Loco.

The results of the loco weed when
eaten by stock are unpleasantly IA
miliar to the stockman of the plains
east of the Rocky mountains. 1t has
been estimated that the losses from
this source in Colorado alone have
reached the sum Of million dollars
per annum. The national bureau OF
plant industry has been taking a turn
at the loco problem, and G. D. Marsh,
expert in poison plants, reports that
it has been found that locoed cattle
can in most cases be cured by course
of treatment with strychnine, while
locoed horses can generally be cured
by a course of treatment with Fow-
Ier's solution The animals under
treatment must not be allowed to eat
the loco weed and should be given not
only nutritious food, but, so far as pos
sible, food with laxative properties
To this end magnesium sulphate was
administered to correct the constipa.
ton which is almost universal among
locoed animals. It should be noted
too. that magnesium sulphate may
serve to some extent as an antidote to
the poison.
1t may be added in regard to the
question of immunity that loco poison
ing comes on In slow and cumulative
manner, so that there Is no possibility
Of animals becoming immune.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
r arm ano
Garden
PtoW FOR ALFALFA.

Utah Farmers '-Adaptation Of the Com
mon Walking PieW.
An article coming under my obssrya'
ton is one entitled Types of Piows," /"
accompanied by cut Of German
wheel plow. Why a man should run a
clumsy, numbering construction akin to
Ia self binder for breaking up lucern
when our common hand plow will an
Iswer the purpose is beyond me.
fail to see where the writer's concep-
ton Of q German wheel plow OF the
1870 type is much in advance of Mr.
Wings idea of French plow In the
twentieth century. A farmers time is
too precious and capable architects are
too few and too expensive in this coun-
try to make a piow Of such design OF
any practical value to its owner.
We have here in Utah thousands OF
acres of alfalfa as luxuriant and
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28

Above are the fearful jaws and
serpent fangs that cut the throats
of eighty chickens in one night. The
skin is drawn back to unmask the
mnrderous killing weapons and to dis
play the intricate network of muscles
that work the powerful jaws, which
make the weasel the most dreaded
enemy of the poultry keeper. Though
he weighs from five to eight ounces
and is from six to ten inches in length,
vet this little sausage shaped creature
is much feared and formidable. He has
been known to kill the eagle and attack
a FIVE prong buck.
On Jan. II last a miner was ter
ribly lacerated and bitten by weasel
at Bear Valley shaft, Shamokin, Pa.
In the darkness the weasel seemed
master, but miners. hearing the cries
of distress, rescued their companion
and killed the weasel with drills and
shovels This animal has been known
to kill six full grown hens, twenty tur-
keys and eighty chickens in three
nights. His victims are not disfgured.
He bleeds rabbit between the eye and
ear, but has been known to chase one
into a stone fence and open an artery
in the hind leg.
He will clean the rats and mice out
Of barn and bleed them the same
way.
He bites old chickens in the arteries
of the neck close to the head. Young
chickens, pigeons and wild birds are
caught back of the neck and sucked
dry. If wounded, he will suicide by
sucking his own blood.
A hunter followed weasel for
twenty-five miles, the little animal
stopping to kill only eight rabbits dur.
ing the race. At times he would dis
appear and travel under the snow for
fifty feet In this way he kills many
quail that seek shelter under wind,
falls, the farmers in the spring re.
porting them frozen by the hard winter
weather.
In one night hunter trapped dark
brown, light red and white weasel. The
most common color Is brown. Weasels
are dark and light brown, dark and
light red, maltese and white. Maltese
are rare The weasel wears white II
winter. On the snow he can hardly
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Apples on Long island.

Long Island in the past was noted
for its trees, both fruit and foliage. and
many rare foreign trees are thriving
today on its ideal soil, with its mild
climate to back it. 1t has developed
some of the finest apples known,
among them the Newtown Pippin, both
green and yellow; Flushing Spitzen-
burg, Long Island Russet, Long Island
Seek No Further and other varieties.
The Yellow Newtown Pippin is un-
doubtedly the most widely known of
all apples 1t is unsurpassed as des-
sert or cooking apple. and for cider
it stands unique both in clearness and
high quality. They are known in some
sections as Albemarle Pippin, but all
came from a Seeding originating at
Newtown; N. Y. Introduced into Eu-
rope by Benjamin Franklin in 1853, 1t
still brings two and even three times
as much as any other apple. 1t bears
annually; hence it is an all around
"good thing"-H. B. Fullerton.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Oats For Calves.

The great business of the growing
calf is to make muscle. This muscle Is
what gives plumpness to thrifty
calf.
For this purpose food is needed
which is especially rich in muscle
forming material. Grass is not. For
this nothing can be found that is bet
ter than oats. Not only are they rich
in the material desired, but that rich
ness is not so concentrated as to make
them dangerous food. They are
neither heating nor fattening in their
nature, but tend instead to build up
muscle and give the animal strength
and vtgor.
In the spring, before the pastures are
ready to turn on to, is the time that the
calves will need this addition to their
feed. II at any time they are allowed
to grow thin in flesh it will take a long
time of good feeding and careful atten-
ton to bring them again into a thrifty
condition.-GilbertA Allen.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
lNJURE THE MILK.
Use of Rusty or Poorly Timed Cans
Produce OFF Flavors.

Use of Rusty or Poorly Timed Cans
Produce Off Flavors.
"Rusty Cans and Their Effect Upon
Milk For Cheesemaking' Is the ute
of a recent bulletin Of the Wisconsin
experiment station prepared by George
A. Olson, assistant chemist. Expert
ments made by Mr.. Olson show that
milk hauled in poorly timed or rusty
cans is materially injured for cheese
making. "The cheese factory operator
should not hesitate to refuse milk
which is hauled in poorly timed or
rusty cans" writes Mr.. Olson, FOR, In
addition to the retarding influence OF
the iron on the rennet action and the
naturalization of the acid by the iron.
there are also produced taints or on
flavors."
The milk cans used to haul milk to
the cheese factory are often OF cheap
grade and are dented the first or Sec
ond time that they are used, with
result that the tin cracks and the iron
is exposed and rusts. At one factory
can was found that had been used for
thirteen years and had been soldered
forty times, with lead patches two
! inches in diameter in some places.
/ Milk kept in such cans would take for
ty minutes longer to coagulate than
that kept in good cans.
In these experiments milk was placed
in rusty tin cans and allowed to stand
for different periods, while other sam
pies of the same milk were kept in
glass beakers. Every time that this
experiment was repeated the milk kept
in the rusty cans gave evidence of re-
tarding influence on the rennet action
as compared with the milk kept in the
glass beaker Milk which was allowed
to stand in iron utensils for several
hours had a peculiar blush gray color,
indicating the presence of iron in solu-
ton. 1t was evident that the acid i'll
the milk acted upon the iron and dis
solved some Of it. The maximum guam
tity of iron dissolved in the milk
ranged from one to one and half
pounds for every thousand pounds of
milk. This iron in solution at least
partly causes the retarding influence of
d the rennet action, since it increases the
solids in the milk.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
THE INDIVIDUAL EAR.
Stop and Consider This Easy Way ts
Lose on q Corn Crop.
BY J. B. PETERSEN. Kansas.


By J. B. PETERSEN. Kansas.
What constitutes an ideal ear of
corn? This question must be answered
by every corn breeder IL he wishes to
succeed. He must have an ideal in
mind and work to that end. The ear of
his ideal must be determined by the
condition Of the soil and climate. In
buying seed corn it is not advisable to
secure 1t from a long distance.
Seed corn should not be shelled until
near planting time. but early in the
spring a termination test should be
made Of each ear and the poorest ears
discarded and the good ears shelled
and the corn made ready for planting.
There Is perhaps no one thing that
viii do as much to increase the yield
Of corn on every farm as the testing
Of each ear to be used for seed. The
importance of discarding the ears that
are poor In vitality is essential when
we realize that one good ear will plant
one-eighth Of an acre.
The simplest and best method Of test
ing the termination Of each ear Is by
using a termination box. The most
convenient box is 8 by feet, with
wire stretched crosswise forming
squares large enough to hold six to
eight kernels. Fill the box with sand.
Number each one of the squares. Take
q few kernels from each ear and put
in each of these squares. Then wet
the sand and place a damp cloth over
| ho conH QnH cloth
moist and warm. Keep a record of
the time Of termination and note the
kernels which fail to grow.
| What Eight Good Ears Will Do.
| After the termination test the next
step is to prepare the corn for the
planter-by removing the mixed ker-
nels, the ununiform kernels; the in
jured or rotten kernels and the tip and
butt kernels, when the corn should be
carefully shelled.
The value of testing the vitality of
corn which is intended for seed can
not be overestimated. 1t is strange
how many farmers. even today, are
willing to plant corn without the least
certainty that the seed will garminate
and produce good. healthy plants.
There are thousands of acres that have
been planted over each year on ac-
count of the poor vitality of the seed.
I wish each farmer would stop to
consider this. Get seed tester and
! test your seed this spring. The vital1.
ty of each individual ear of corn in,
tended for planting may be determin.
ed. You can discard the poor ears
L.
farmers say they have not the time tc
test the seed.
Stop and consider that 1t only takes
from eight to ten good ears for each
acre. Suppose you plant an ear OF
low vitality. Then you are losing one
eighth Of your crop, and it takes only
few minutes to make the germina
ton test.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
SUMMER FEED FOR Hoes.
Rapid 0ains at Lew Cost From Both
Forage and Grain.

Rapid Gains at Lew Cost From Both
Forage and Grain.
When hogs are kept 1t Is good plan
to produce as much of the feed for
tkem right there ON the farm as possi-
BILE. All want to make pork as cheap
ly as they can, and the feed raised ON
the farm IL, as a rule, cheaper than
commercial feeds. But there are ex-
ceptions to the rule. and the man who
holds himself to a rule regardless Of
conditions should change his methods
Experiments have proved. what we
have found by experience to be true,
that the table waste and skimmilk and
cornmeal constitute feed for hogs
running to pasture that make the most
rapid gains for the cost of feed Of any
thing yet found, writes N. A. Clapp In
Orange Judd Farmer. 1t is not neces-
sary to stop to theorize in regard to
the matter. 1t is sufficient to know
that such things are fact
But the question comes up as to the
kind of pasture that furnishes the best
feed. 1t has been proved again and
again that alfalfa makes the best feed,
with June clover close second. IN
the absence Of clover, blue grass Is
the next best pasture. When none Of
the clovers or grasses are available it
is far better to SOW rape than to COM
pei pigs to go without any green for
age.
The man who gets lopsided and keeps
his hogs either on green forage alone
or on grain alone makes mistake.
Experience has shown us that hogs
can live on forage and make some gain,
but do not make the gains rapid enough
| to show the venture satisfactory one-
Hogs may make rapid gains on grain
diet alone, but 1t is too expensive. The
man who uses both forage and grain
makes rapid gain at low cost. pro-
yided the feeds are well balanced
Hogs fed on both forage and grain
show q better quality of meat than IT
either is fed alone. The forage helps
to make bone and muscle, and the grain
helps to add the fat The skimmilk,
buttermilk, dishwater and whey pro-
mote growth, and all help to produce
cheap pork if fed in connection with
the other feeds. They also help TO I'M
prove the quality Of meat.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Sou,hport Globe Onions.

= Connecticut's famous Southport Globe
onions stand unsurpassed among popu-
lar American varieties of the onion.
They are In high favor in some of the
finest omanercial onicn growing dis
tricts of Ohio and New York and dur
ing a few years past have made a
steady advance i'll standing everywhere
as a highly bred. perfect onion. East
ern onion growers use the red and
white Southport Globes to produce
the exceptionally lNrge, solid, beauti-
fully formed bulbs that bring top
prices in the New York city markets
Besides the two varieties named,
there is a yellow Southport Globe that
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28

resembles the others in shape and gen
eral character, but is of rich yellow
color.
The white is one OF those beautifully
white, perfectly globe shaped onions
that take the eye and bring highest
price in any market Its skin is thin
and paperlike, the flesh fine grained,
crisp and mild favored. Add to this
that It is tremendous cropper, and 1t
represents almost an ideal product In
its line.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1908-07-28
Fruit ana
f lowers
cARNAToN NOTES.

Varieties Attracting Attention at The
Recent Carnation Convention.
Afterglow-weli to the lead In many
classes. A fine thing.
Alma Ward-Peeriess on the exhibi
ton table.
White Perfection-This and White
Enchantress are leaders In the com
mercial class.
Apple Blossom-A fine flower. bu
not quite distinct enough.
Beacon-very much in it in the RED
classes; lacks in color.
CardinaI-Shown in fine shape.
Creole Beauty-Perhaps the brightes
crimson shown.
Defiance-Not shown at its best.
Enchantress-Still best of its class.
Harvard-A little dark.
Imperial-Not a pleasing color.
John e. Haines-No place for It.
Mrs. Tom Harvey-Fine dark pink.