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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
ROTATION OF CROPS.

The doctrine of the rotation of
crops has been preached for three
quarters of century, yet the knowl-
edge and practice of it have not IN
creased much. We take up our poor
est mowings, plant with potatoes and
corn, and seed down again with oats
or wheat, and in this way have, it is
true, sort of rotation. But it is
sometimes done in haphazard way,
without much intelligence and with
less system. Experience, where ex-
perience has been gained by careful
experiment, has shown that certain
courses of certain crops, treated in
certain manner, are best adapted to
certain kinds of land. Thu rotation
for heavy land must be different from
that for lighter soils. Yet the effect
of tile drains upon heavy land is such
that these alone make great differ
ence in the rotation and their results.
Tile will make the meadows better,
and keep them in fine sweet grasses
longer; yet at the same time they
make 1t so much easier to get them
into grass after tillage, that they en-
courage rotation Of grain and hoed
crops such as is not thought of with
out them. Let us aim to sell nothing
Off the farm that will impoverish the
soil, unless we are sure of a price
that will make all good. Let us re-
member the good rule: "No manure,
no crops; no cattle, no manure. -
Weekly Witness.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
pouLTRY A SIDE LINE.

Poultry for the farmer should only
be considered in the light of side
line, but should be made one of the
distinct and substantial branches, and
given the same relative attention as
the cattle, horses or hogs OF course
we cannot all be horse fanciers, hog
fanciers or cattle fanciers, nor can
we all be chicken fanciers, but there
are very few farmers so constituted
mentally and physically that they are
entirely unfit to give poultry the nee
essary attention demanded of sue
cessful farm flock. Intricate knowl-
edge of the science of breeding is not
necessary; all the fowls need is good,
sensible care and proper housing
Farmers Home Journal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
The Farmer Of the Future.

The future farmer will sub4irrigate
his land, and defy drought as well as
floods. He will become a scientific
forester, and every farm will produce
wood and lumber as well as wheat
and apples. A single acre will pro-
duce what ten acres yield now. Wo-
men Will work outdoors as heartily
as men; in fact, they will be horti-
culturists and truck gardeners. There
will be closer relation between the
producer end the consumer, ignor-
ing horde of middlemen who FREE
quently waste more than is destroyed
by ignorant help and insect foes COM
bined. Under the alliance with the
school the farm will be valued not
only for its gross weight of products,
but for its poems and its education.
AS our schools become places for APP
plying as we'll as acquiring knowl-
edge, our farm homes. will become in
tegral parts OF the garden school and
the school farm. The alliance be-
tween the home and the school will
become very close. A valley full of
farms is already the nearest to para
disc that we have, but the future will
tenfold its wealth and hundredfold
it's delights.-New York Evening
Post.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
RfOO Reward. BOO.

The readers of this paper will bepleasedt to
learn that there ls at least one dreaded d1s.
ease that science has been able to cure IN all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being con.
stltu1onal disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
naIly, acting directly upon the blood and mu'
cous surfaces of tae system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation Of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in dong It's
work. The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails TO
cure. Send for list of testimonials Address
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, ..
Sold bv Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
Remarkable John Burns
BY SYDNEY BROOKS.

TO look down from one of the gall
1eries on John Burns sitting on the
Treasury bench is to see apparently
an old man. The hair is almost snow
white; the forehead pale, spreading,
and deep lined; his movements as
he adjusts his eyeglasses and reads
over his official papers are leisurely
and might even seem fatigued, But
wait moment. Wait till he lifts his
face and you catch glimpse of his
great, brown, clear, burning eyes. Or
wait till he rises to address the House,
electrical alertness speaking from
every gesture, from the very poise of
the body, power and passion in his
voice, his whole bearing eager, de-
liant, welcoming the combat. Or see
him again on the Terrace outside
q thick, square man, in blue REFER
snit, his head thrown massively back,
tramping up and down with free and
swinging stride. You would not then
think him old. Still less would you
think so IL you walked with him
NAAAOuSh NAO oSAOCbo Va PdAAoy
his own people, giving and exchang-
fng salutations, patting youngster
ON the head, helping to fish out q ball
that has fallen into the Serpentine,
showing boy how to handle a cricket
bat, skipping over the ropes with the
girls. congratulating the mothers,
Testing with the policemen, the very
picture of zest, health and jollity.
The workmen know him and love
him. They recognize in him the big.
gest man that their class in England
has yet produced. And John Burns
knows them and loves them in re-
turn, and uses both his knowledge
and his affection to rebuke, chastiss
them and make them elevate them.
selves. Himself non-smoker and !
total abstainer, he never shirks FRI
rubbing In his conviction that thel,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
ROSY AND PLUMP
Good Health From Right Food.

ITS not new food to me-" re-
marked a Va. man, in speaking Of
Grape-Nuts.
About twelve months ago my wife
was In very bad health, could not
keep anything on her stomach. The
Doctor recommended milk half water,
but it was not sufficiently nourishing.
"A friend Of mine told me one day
to try Grape-Nuts and cream. The
result was really marvellous. MY
wife soon regained her usual strength
and to-day is as rosy and plump as
when girl of sixteen.
These are plain facts, and nothing
1 could say in praise of Grape-Nuts
would exaggerate in the least the
value of this great food"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich, Read, THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's Rea-
SON."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
NANCY.

When was about five years old
we had dog we called Nancy. i
would sometimes wander away into
the wood which bordered on our home,
and Nancy would always walk in
front Of me to protect me and keep
OF the enemy as mamma always
said. One day my sisters and were
playing house under the large pine
trees in front OF my home, and Nancy
lay in front of me, as usual. The
milkman, intending to frighten us,
came UP the path and hid behind the
trees. But Nancy spied him and made
a jump for him. He dropped the milk
cans, spilled all the milk and ran
down the path as fast as he could.
Nancy would wander away for days
at time, and then come back re-
pentant to stay for a few weeks. But
one Of these trawps cost our dear dog
her life. It was stormy night, ana
everything was wet and cold. Nancy
wanted to come in the house to spend
the night. Mamma made her go out
in her kennel in our old-fashioned
back kitchen. Nancy hung her head
and went out in the storm. The next
morning we could not find her. She
was gone for weeks and weeks, and
one day a workingman told US he
found her on the railroad track cut
to pieces. She had been struck by
a train. We were very much shock
ed and grieved, as we thought great
deal Of her.-Ellen Ranger, in the
New York Tribune.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
COOKING GRAIN.

Cooking grain and meal for stock
is only profitable when it is done in
cold weather and the feed is given
while still warm. A temperature at
or near animal heat is an advantage,
as the stomach has to warm to that
extent. But the heat required in
cooking food expands it SO that the
stomach can contain less Of it. If the
digestion be good the uncooked food
will in the same bulk have the most
nutriment and do the greatest good.
--Epitomist.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15

twenty-five per cent of the young
stock.
In France blackleg is regarded as
the most destructive disease among
the cattle, and 1T is especially the
dairy districts and the mountain pas
lures which suffer the greatest losses.
In the latter places the disease is
called NAL de montague" or noun
tain disease, but statistics show an
equally great mortality among the
cattle on the rich meadows and pas
lures along the great rivers. In the
Bavarian Alps, In Tyrol and Vorarl-
berg the disease is very severe on the
young stock.
In Denmark the disease is well
known, and has for more than CEN
tury been distinguished by laymen
from other antracoid diseases under
the name of "raslesyge," which means
cattle disease. In 1921 Viborg de-
scribcd the disease as occurring regu-
larly in certain districts where 1t
still appears up to the present time.
In Africa blackleg occurs both in
the northern and southern colonies,
especially in the French possessions
in Algeria, where it frequently deci-
mates the herds of young stock. Also
in the southern British provinces, es-
pecially Natal, it has been reported
to be very prevalent. The same seems
to be the case with the English colo
mics in Asia, although no definite sta
tistics to that effect can be obtained.
In South America the disease prevails
quite extensively throughout Argen-
tina. Cattle in Cuba and Australia
also suffer.
Up to the time when the Bureau of
Animal Industry undertook to in
vestlgate the prevalence of blackleg
in the United States it was merely
known that 1t occurred in certain
districts in this country. From the
reports received during the investi-
cation 1t became apparent that the
loss from blackleg in certain portions
of several States exceeds that from all
other causes combined. The States
and Territories which principally suf-
fer are Texas, Indian Territory, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska,
Colorado, North Dakota and South
Dakota but quite number of other
Western States are badly infected.
In the East number of outbreaks
have been reported from Virginia,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania, and
scattering outbreaks have occurred
in Vermont, New York, Ohio, Ken
lucky, Tennessee and North Caro-
lima. In the Central States outbreaks
have been reported from Michigan,
Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Iowa and Missouri; but it is
principally the cattle raising and cat
tie feeding regions, which are bound
ed on the north and east by the Mis-
souri, and Mississippi Rivers and on
the west by the Rocky Mountains,
which suffer the most. In the ex-
IRENE West the disease seems to pre-
vail to considerable extent in the
States of Washington, Montana, Ore
gon, Idaho, Utah, California and Ari-
IONA.
With the exception Of the Southern
Atlantic and the Eastern Gulf States
there are but few districts in the
United States where the disease has
not been observed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
FEEDING GRAIN IN THE sHEAF.

One of the very best ways of fur
nishing the hens with exercise in win
teris to supply them with grain in the
sheaves- oats, wheat, rye, buckwheat,
or as many of them as possible, al
ternated to give variety.
The fowls scratch and hunt in the
straw for the grains all day long; this
helps maintain their bodily warmth,
keeps their bodies in good rugged
condition, and the fowls happy and
contented because busy. -Epitomist.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
NATURE sIREs.

Breeds of swine have been injured
to a certain degree by using animals
for breeding purposes that were not
fully mature. Experiments made
with mature gows and young sows
show that the cost of raising pigs
from mature sows is much less than
from younger dams, while the losses
OF pigs were also greater when the
dams were young. 1t has been
claimed that liability of swine to
cholera and other diseases is likely
caused by the use of immature ami
mails for breeding purposes.-Epi-
tomist.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
Form Topics
YIELp .oF PoTAToEs.

The Journal of Agriculture of ire
land notes some experiments cover
ing period of four years on the
sprouting Of late potatoes, where the
yearly average gain in yield due to
sprouting before planting ranged
from fifty to eighty bushels per acre.
Such a large increase would not, how
ever, apply to average potato grow
ing in the United States. since the av-
erage yield of potatoes here is much
smaller than 1t is in Ireland.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
BLACKL &c.
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Circular Of Bureau Of Animal Industry
-%1@~-4

Although it was not until the last
quarter OF the past century that
bIackieg, or symptomatic anthrax,
was definitely recognized as dis
tinct disease caused by specific nil
cro-organism, still there can be little.
doubt that it had existed for many
centuries and that large number Of
the epizootics among cattle which are
referred to by early historians and
clinical observers as anthrax we're
really blackleg and not anthrax. This
supposition is based on the fact that
their description OF the symptoms and
post-mortem appearances in many
cases corresponds more exactly with
our present knowledge of blackleg
than it does with anthrax.
In 1850 Rayer and Davaine dis
covered the anthrax bacillus In the
blood Of sheep which had died from
anthrax; but, although a number of
scientists verified this discovery, they
did not recognize the bacillus as the
cause of the disease, but considered
its presence in the tissues and blood
Of affected animals as the result of
the disease. Not until 1877 did Pas
teur succeed in demonstrating that
the bacillus was the one essential for
the appearance of the disease; and in
1879 it was proved by Alroing, Cor
nevin and Thomas that symptomatic
anthrax, or blackleg, is caused by an
entirely different organism, and con-
sequently is distinct disease. The
following year the same authors pub
1ished description of the blackleg
bacillus and demonstrated that the
disease could be produced in suscepti-
BILE animals by incubation, and that
immunity might be produced by in
Producing the bacillus into the circu-
lation of such animals under certain
favorable circumstances. This dis
covery was the beginning Of series
OF experiments which finally led to
the Introduction of preventive vac
cination by hypodermic injections Of
blackleg virus which had been atten-
mated by means of heat.
There are but few countries in the
world where blackleg does not prevail
to some extent. The ravages OF this
disease are not confined to certain
zones or attitudes, but occur as FREE
Huently In the extreme north as In
the tropical regions, and as often on
the highest mountain pastures as in
the lowlands. 1t is therefore evident
that the contagion Of blackleg pos
sesses an unrivalled power Of resist
ance to the destructive influences Of
varying climatic conditions. In
Europe 1t occurs as far north in Nor
way as cattle are kept, and it is
tiOubtful whether disease which
often causes great loss among the
reindeer herds in Lapland, Northern
Russia and Siberia is not identical
with blackleg. Furthermore, in Dem
mark, Germany, France, Spain, Italy,
Austria-Hungary, Netherlands and
England the disease is known and
dreaded by cattle owners. On the
SIMMER pastures on the Alps in
switzerland, where for i've months of
the year the ground is covered with
snow and ice, the disease appears
regularly every summer when the
cattle are brought from the lowlands,
and sometimes carries off as high as
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
race sulclde in France.


The depopulation of France Is pro-
ceeding at an amazing rate. The
vital statistics for last year show
reduction in the birth rate even be-
low the figures OF 1906, with an In
crease in deaths. There were 32,87S
less births in the entire country IN
1907 than in the preceding year.
and 1888 more deaths. There was
an excess of 1920 deaths over
births In 1906 the ratio Of birthD
was 215 to 10000 of popula1
ton; in 1907 1t fell to 2O7. The fall
ing off took place in 80 departments,
while Eve showed slight increase.
The decline of births in the out
lying rustic regions is most alarm
ing. The excess of deaths occurred
In So departments, that In the Seine
which is practically Paris, being the
largest. From 1901 to 1905, inclusive
the population of France showed an
average increase OF Is year for each
10000 inhabitants. In 1906 this
dropped to I, and last year it chang
ed 20 decrease Of in 10000 This
Is race suicide with vengeance.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15

is little the Government can do for
the workingman compared with wh,A
the workingman can do for himself.
No man has spoken out more strongly
against drink and betting No man
has insisted more trenchantly that So
cial and industrial reform must be-
gin with the individual. Harper S
Weekly.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
FALL FLOWING KILLS GRUBs.

The white. grub, which is the young
of the June beetle, is especially trou-
blesome in fields newly plowed from
sod. Strawberries set on such land
suffer severely, and for that reason
growers often set them on land the
second year from SOD rather than the
first. Other standard crops like corn
are apt to be affected to some extent.
Pasturing of hogs is one method Of
greatly reducing the number Of grubs.
Fall blowing is another plan which is
quite effective in severe seasons
American Cultivator.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15

Various means Of securing pm, s
ity are being employed to a grea; err
and greater extent in New York by
ne preachers who wish to secure
largSr audiences.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15

Seeing the humor Of a situation
helps to tide one over many rough
places.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15

Results obtained IN tests or the
Maxim silent f1rearm before the Unit
ed States Army board are reported
to have been encouraging, the ex-
plosion being only family audible.
The muffling is obtained at some ex-
nense Of velocity.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15

The Best Garfield Tea! Com
posed of Herbs, it exerts beneficial effect
upon the entire system, regulating ivers
kidneys, stomach and bowels.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15

Human ingratitude is the thunder
storm which sours the milk Of human
kindness.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
Pilee cured In 9 to az DAYS.

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
ease of Itching, Blind Bleeding or ProtTudlng
Piles in 6 to IA days or money refunded. ou@N
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
Good resolutions are timely at any
season of the year

Itch cured in 80 minutes by Woolford'a
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails At druggists.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15

Pedantry is an icle comparable the
warm comfort of wisdom.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-10
Low Rates inaugurated.

Portland-In view of the fact that
Portland and Seattle, the two principal
cities of the Northwest, are to hold
notable celebrations the coming sum-
mer, the various trans-continental rail-
roads with terminals in the Pacific
Northwest have conceded extremely
low excursion rates from all points in
the East and Middle West. Portland
will hold its third grand annual rose
festival the week Of June 7-12, while
Seattle will be hostess for the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition, continuing
all summer, The rates which the rail-
roads have given are much more at
tractive than any that have been put
into effect in any previous year, SO far
as this part of the country is concerned,
and they permit of a much wider range
of stop-overs and side trips, all of which
is appreciated by the tourist. Many
communities and individuals in the
Northwest have taken advantage OF
this and have notified their friends and
relatives in the East to make the trip
this summer and to do so early in the
season so as to be able to visit the ex-
positions at both Portland and Seattle.
The rates are effective May 20, plenty
early enough for Fasteners to avail
themselves of the fine opportunity o1
seeing the whole Northwest at its best
The rates are good returning unit
September 80.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-10
hoRMALs ORDERED CLOSED
Even Title of State School Will Be
Taken Away by Regents.

Salem-At a meeting of the normal
board of regents it was voted to close
all state normal schools at once unless
maintained by private subscription,
and then only until the end of the pres
ent half year. Hereafter the schools
will be permitted to run as local public
schools or as private normals, but will
not be permitted to pose as state nor
mails. This means the closing of Ash
land, Weston and Monmouth normals
at the end of this year, as all have Sc
cured funds to carry them to the latter
part of June.
In discussing the situation the MEM
bers of the board agreed that since the
1907 legislature prohibited the board
from mourning any debt and the 1909
legislature failed to make an appro-
priation, the board has no right to con-
tinue the normals, thereby laying the
foundation for a claim for reimburse
ment. The board will even refuse to
permit the schools to run as state nor
mails by private subscription after the
end of this school year, for the reason
that it is the desire to carry out to the
letter the legislatures idea of closing
all the normals. This will leave the
field clear for the. legislature of 1911
to settle the normal problem.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-03-10
An obedient Tiger.

"How entire" remarks the London
Globe, "is the confidence Of the native
East Indian in the government may be
gathered from the following anecdote,
which comes from Lahore: "A tiger
had escaped from the geological gar
aens, and its keeper, hoping to lure II
back, followed it When all other In
ducements had failed, he lifted up his
voice and solemnly adjured 1t in the
name Of the British government, to
which 1t belonged, to come back to its
Mge. The tiger, it Is needless to add,
sbeyed at once"