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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-27
CARE OF BROOD SOW AND
LITTER.
Feed Sow n Balanced Ration and
Keep the Pigs Growing.

Messrs. Editors: To raise good
filters OF pigs it is necessary to take
good care OF the brood SON TO start
with. have raised some good lit
tiers OF pigs. and l will tell your
readers just how II was done.
When say good pigs" / mean
pigs that will weigh zoo pounds.
with good frames and plenty of bone.
at less than six and a half months
old. This cannot be done unless the
brood SOW is we'll taken care Of. |
have done this with a young SOW tha;
narrowed at twelve months old.
when bred her she was in good
condition. but not fat She vas fed
well enough 10 keep her growing all
the time TIL she farrowed. / feed
my male little extra a few weeks
before breed my sows. which have
the run Of nlty acres OF pasture
about two-thlrds OF IL I'm bluegrass
and the res; IL ulbcr. keep them
In this pasture all the time except
few days before they are ready TO
tarTow. Then / put them in a bot
away from any other hogs so they
cannot hear any other hogs at far
rowing time. IN this lot put por-
table house. six feet square. built OF
matched lumber with no noor la t.
dig ditch around II and throw the
dirt from ditch inside the house
Then put alt the straw can hold
under one arm in the house. and the
sow will make her own bed.
After narrowing | keep bedding
dry by changing the straw. give
SOW plenty ot water--in the pasture
| have running water for them.
When the pigs are narrowed feed
nothing the hrsi day: the second dag
/ feed about one-tourth OF feed.
and the third day about half feed
and also Is; her ont in tho pasture
every day after this except In bad
weather feed bran and corn about
half and half and sometimes kitchen
slop Am very careful not 20 feed
anything sour till after plgs are two
months old when pigs are old
enough 10 cat feed sweet skim
milk w!th bran and shorts mixed In
H. II / have no milk make alop
wlth bran aud shlphtuT. This In fed
pigs only. they eat corn With the
sow. After pigs are tao months old
feed eow corn only. From tarrow~
rowing up 10 this time gradually in
crease SOFAS feed and Try 10 feed her
heavy enough TO keep her up In
weight. nnd this hard 10 do ~itb
a sos that has \ large litter.
The Bow wili wean pigs gradually
After this feed pigs alop and corn
In 4 run 10 themselves I'LL sold.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-27
Believes ina Deep Flowing and shall
low Cultivation.

Mctara Editors will give you
my ideas on the culture Of corn. IL
the first place break your land early
and be- sure that YOU subsoll i, II q
has not been done in four or fvc
year,. subsoil all land except where
Il needs draining Prepare your
land well before planting. cultivate
shallow every eight or ten days II
you can
mostly drill mine. ah | believe J
can eet the best results from drilling
Beside sou have the advantage OF
the ground and believe IL Is easier
tended Cultivate shallow: Law bj
early. ms soon as YOU Sec the frst tah.
Sell. don't break the roots Of your
corn
As for variety. | believe In the
small kinds. that have from two a.
ala ears believe the small kinds
on rich or poor land will give the
best results.
J. HAM sWICEGOOD.
The new era., 1909-04-01
LITERALLY ION THE FLOOR"
ereotyped Sentence of Ccrrc sponc
ents Made Good.

When a correspondent wants to
mention that member of the national
senate or house was ON the job he
says he was "on the floor" Some
times he says that member sat on
the floor" for some time.
But the correspondent doesn't mean
what he says. There are chairs in the
senate and house And benches. "On
the floor" is just a formal, parliament
airy way of saying that a member was
in the chamber.
But there Is man who actually sat
on the floor during session of the
house, and he Is the one and only one
that ever did 1t. History relateth not
another case. He was recumbent in
fact as well as expression. His trous-
ers, the rear end of EN-, caressed the
carpet. He held his knees in his
hands.
j. Sloat Fasset of New York is the
man, and the sitting incio ent occurred
when Chairman Perkins of the select
committee appointed to punish Presi-
dent Roosevelt brought in the commit
tees recommendation Tension in the
house was at high pitch, both on the
Republican and Democratic sides of
The chamber. Scarcely had Mr.. Per-
lns taken the floor chats another
line parliamentary colloqualism), than
the seats in his immediate neigh
oorhood were occupied. Mr.. Fassett
started for that section of the house
in order to kearken to Mr.. Perkins
dulcet tones without missing a word.
He couldn't find regular sitting down
place so he sank, tailor-fashion, to the
floor. There he squatted, foolish-look-
ing, but comfortable, during all of the
proceedings.
The new era., 1909-04-01
UNIQUE Cannon

1t is curious fact that when the
is!and of Malta was in possession of
he fenirlsrs those doughty knights
defended 'heif forts by means of can
non cut into the solid recA
Each Of these strange engines of
war was capable OF containing an en-
tire barrel of gunpowder, and, 1t is
,aid, could throw 10000 pounds of pro.
iectiles. Inasmuch. however, as these
natural oannon could not be aimed, SO
vs-G cut out OF the rock guarding the
various eiaGne!ls of arr~oach and the
'es-cls of that DAG were therefore
in1bic to cone within thsir own
lga before being anni,i.atcd by the
* weal ors of defense.
Although thu fans of these can.
N was spfs,I FIR and wide. they
ere not Duplicated els5 where, and to
IS Gay icy re-. an the ohiy rock
an Of stioh :hcFs exis any rec
,rI.- SUI day Masaa.ne
The new era., 1909-04-01
In CleVeland's Re;an.

AZ bachelor president. Grover
Cleveland 81 cnt but one Christmas at
the White House, and this Christmas
amounted to but little. However. be.
fore the next Yuletide, the beautiful
Frances Fo.som had become the wife
of The president and mistress of the
White Eouse. and then Christmas be-
came really Christmas. During. both
of Mr.. Cloveland's administrations
Santa Claus never failed TO do his full
duty and especially after the baby
came. The president was not much of
a makc'merry man, but the fair young
wife scattered the sweetest of Christ
mas cheer TO all.
The death in 1892 of Mrs. Caroline
Harrison, wife of President BENJAMIN
Harrison, cast a shadow over the pres
ident for the remainder of his term.
md the happy Christmases he had
known came to him no more.
Under the direction of William
Mckinley, Christmas at the White
House during four years of his ad-
ministratioa was all that could be
wished for.
The new era., 1909-04-01
WORTHY OF THE WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. Taft Can Be Relied on to Grace
Executive Mansion.

The wives of presidents. elect might
be supposed to be all in flutter of ex-
citement before the pending duties
and social obligations at the White
Houce. Mrs. Taft is serenely oblivious
Of the honors In no respect has she
altered her daily routine She is
busy woman, full of energy and occu-
pied in hundred good works.
A very sensible woman and "uncou
useful aboot the hoose," as the Scots
would say. Her writing desk is lit
tered with correspondence demanding
her attention. Her working rooms
show signs of being the habitat of
woman much occupied with things
really worth while. The dainty decor.
attve superfuities dear to woman's eye
and heart find no place of honor The
instinct of collaboration seems also
to be somewhat lacking. Neatly
dressed with utter simplicity Mrs. Taft
is woman whose tastes lie in other
decorations than frills and furbelows.
Tall and of youthful figure, abun-
dant energy and almost unfeminine
common sense, Mrs. Taft is a woman
whose personality makes itself felt
among any group of people,
Her hair, slightly tinged with gray,
is coiled up in the simplest manner.
Her brow is unllned, her eyes frank
and clear. The nose is long and thin.
the mouth thin-lipped and the chin,
somewhat receding, nevertheless
ilows determination and character.
The new era., 1909-04-01
Ant sir,,i,cs.

Poetry is the flcwer of literature.
rrcsa the corn. pc toes al meat.
iati thH '7fort.S. wit the 81 ice
ard perrer lie le 1915 are the
hcaey and sr2a'. a. ,7'ters co1tain-
ing Ie.:i.ancos a.rle d.i siinss-
The new era., 1909-04-01
Wea-ied ef .i,e Plano.

Quite human and tinged bit with
suggestion is one remark Mendeis-
sohn made to friend in the days of
compulsory piano stuuy: Il am glad
when Sunday comes, for that is the
day | don't have to get up at i've In
the morning to prsc.ice!"
The new era., 1909-04-01
co,na cown.

The rehellious angels had jus. been
cast cut Of hea-e-'. In the swift down.
ward flight Luci. er overlook Bee!z6r
bub What's troubling you, Dub?"
he called. An Old p.oblem, an
swered the future foul iiend, between
mersauits-"Where are you going
Ibis ll?'-Phila delphia Record,
The new era., 1909-04-01
1h. proxinciaIism of Self.

The narrowcst provinria ism is that
of self The ma ursi nan, like the
singing bird, comes out of the forest
-s Inevitably as tie natural bear and
The wild cat stick there. To seek TO
We raturai Implies consciousness
that forbids gll aa.uralncss forever
James Rus seli Lcvoli.
The new era., 1909-04-01
rs!p IS Nees.: ny.

C. - -"ds 10 a II - ..ea4
INC gU1s.- abol. sd mzn cae..ot
art am. II .ear.y sacws the df
that rapatat;ors b.5,s d certain 2lade
eie made OF. slaly pf ne s.naiier
glorics owe tAe.r io9 raWty 70 The
.aay--Di4 dadness OF tbs sasYiy0rs. For
who can afford to be pGi stalking apout
such trllcs?-f.alk Mco.e Colby.
The new era., 1909-04-01
PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY.
Editorial.

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The new era., 1909-04-01
We cr Le~yers :. pu,shir ton.

Misses itha' A. uni Florence M.
ul'o-d. ;@ir sisters who nrc lawyers
h nato al ca n. were recently
ir'ii.1d q p-aftire b. fore the
~ ell . ~ S sIlgtrls court. Tx
- wemcn arc beth he and
f d Icy regt nj Sc each othe
g ii sci. i.at orr t,7 friends ca
IS tl nj y them erar' they are ma
es of Ns.a $50 in ,u: have livet
inst OF their lie --they 4re now ii
lhe earlv twenties--in Washington,
The new era., 1909-04-01

Well the news didn't get here
this week on account of the stage
being delayed by the big storm and
by bunches.of cattle going out of
the =. Park. { So this weeks news
will appear in next weeks issue.
The new era., 1909-04-01
N.sura, cesi c fer ceauty.

Frcry yoi- a: wo-il vuther be beau
tifn han tr"'i csc in t1G ror!d
ever SC r. so go,d-sor
az I'll tas SIS o. ne fiifias,-
Tlac Grey.
The new era., 1909-04-01
Llnse::.,c E z i2n.

g I'll try .,c s. w!'c-
shown 20 be c1rors; ana $; y d.. :
n.w views. - i.ft a thsy ....ll ap
pear to be tr..e v;ews.--Lincoll.
The new era., 1909-04-01
&C ..-yir1.

Drr ss!n. { 'ls b ,cns tho se-i-
eus blsi ess q q ny 1s,nia
'ut esrec ~ o. -A,-s--- II M r.
dck
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-02
Farmers az Jurymen.

Much comment and criticism is sure
to be heard of the action of Judge
Anderson of the federal court at Chi
cago in Diminishing a jury panel COM
posed almost entirely of farmers and
insisting that the panel called to try
the case of the government against the
Standard Oil company should have
some business men" on it.
The learned judge did not assert
that the farmers would be prejudiced
against the Oil trust. but no other in
ference from his action is left. The
question then arises, Is the farmer sup
posed to be more prejudiced against
the corporation than business men
would be? Prejudice against the
Standard Oil company is not confined
to farmers or any other class but,
rightly or wrongly, is generally prev
alent. Nor will it be admitted that
business men are any better qualified
than farmers to weigh the evidence
and return a verdict in accordance
with the law and the facts. The aver
age farmer OF this day is something of
a business man himself and fully as
competent as the small merchant or
other brand of business man to give
intelligent verdicts when the facts and
the law are before him. One of the
convictions of Caleb Powers, charged
with the Goebel murder, wal reversed
by the supreme court of Kentucky be-
cause the trial judge had the attorneys
for the prosecution exclude all re-
publicans from the jury. If the jury
system is to last such rulings as that
of Judge Anderson will have to be
abandoned.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-02
The Bleached Flour Ruling.

The Department of Agriculture is
evidently determined to rigidly en-
force its ruling preventing the bleach
ing of wheat -four, in face of the
strong opposition offered by certain
manufacturers and millers. Secretary
Wilson has made this plain in answer
to a rule to show cause, in the federal
court, why a writ of mandamus should
not be issued to prevent him from
prosecuting violations of the anti
bleaching order recently promulgated
by the department.
The mandamus was asked by a st.
Louis concern which alleges that it
makes machinery used In the bleach
ing process, m hat If the order is
carried out its business will be entirely
by declaring the request for the man
damus a "meddlesome intrusion" and
stating that -four bleached by the use
of nitrogen peroxide is lowered in
The process. he declares, is a violation
of the pure food law and must be
abolished.
Taking 1t for granted hat the de-
partment is right about the harmful
effects of the bleaching process the
secretary will be commended for en-
forcing the ruling. The millers Will
not suffer If they are all compelled to
abandon the process and all furnish
-four of the natural color. The makers
of the machinery for the bleaching
process will of course lose, but their
profit or loss should not be considered
when the question of the public
health is involved.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-02
The Court House Contract.

Opening bids for a million-dollar
public building is a really momentous
occasion in a city the size Of Omaha.
1t means that the people who make up
the citizenship of the county are in
terested to the extent of authorizing
a very large expenditure for public
uses. 1t also mean that these people
are interested in seeing that the money
they have authorized is properly ex-
pended and that full value is given In
the end. 1t is not anticipated that
any scandal of graft will attach to the
construction of the new county build
ing, but it Is certain that the expendi-
lures will be carefully s%crutinized and
the work Of construction will be
watched very closely. This is not be-
cause of any suspicion that may exist
In the minds of the public, but be-
cause of the great interest hat is felt
in the work, and because the people
want to see Douglas county have the
very best court house that can be built
under existing conditions for a million
dollars.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-02
HELPED OUT ny THE COURTS.
Draws Teeth of the Penal Enactment
Against RebattnR.

flllSDuTk DlSpblCus
The ruling OF Judge Anderson In the
Standard Oil trial at Chicago as to what
constitutes the unit or separate offense in
preferential rates gives an eminent illustra-
ton of the way in which the law to prevent
such abuses can he reduced TO its lowest
terms by judicial construction. The ruling
Is not final, even in trial court, but II
gives a very positive indication of how
that court will finally hold under the
Grosscup decision, M the difficulty of
getting the Grosscup ruling reviewed by
the supreme court has already been notably
illustrated.
1t may be accepted, therefore. as prac-
tically settled that the law for the north
western circuit is that the unit lie neither
the carload nor the trainload shipment,
but the entire total of shipments between
the dates at which the railroad and the
favored shipper make final and full settle
ment Of freight bills. 1t is self-evident
that this construction reduces the maxi
mum penalty to a limit that constitutes
no deterrent to the practice. All that is
necessary is to extend the cooperation be-
tween railroad and favored shipper this
always exists in such cases to make the
settlements so far apart that the profit
from the rebate shall be greater than the
fine, even II all the cases of rebating are
discovered.
We do not undertake to dispute with
district and circuit courts that this is q
possible construction of the law. 1t has
to be conceded that the act contains nc
express provision that either the carload
or train load shall be the unit. But what
can be affirmed is that congress in passing
the act Understood that the carload was al.
ready established as the unit. If we are
not mistaken cases have been affirmed by
the supreme court in which the carload
unit has been so taken.
Two other things are equally indlsput-
able. One is that this construction draws
the teeth of the penal enactment against
rebating. The other Is the obvious import
ance Of having this point settled by 6
direct ruling of the supreme court. so tina
the law, whatever 1t is. shall be known
and uniform in all judicial districts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-02

Democrats OF che Bryan school who
have beer contending that the jude
larry of the nation was not disposed to
deal severely with any OF the unlawful
trusts must find a cause for disap-
pointment in the several cases recently
disposed OF by the supreme court of
the United States to the marked dis
comiture of some of the big combina-
tions. 1t is true that some of the
antitrust prosecutions begun within
the last three or four years have not
been pressed to successful issue, but
as rapidly as these cases reach the
federal supreme court they are being
passed upon in a name that is highly
satisfactory to the administration and
to those who have worked so indus
triously for the curbing of unlawful
combinations and the strict enforce
ment Of the federal laws.
In the last decisions of the supreme
court three cases against the New
York Central, charged with Relating,
we're decided against the company and
a fine of some millions of dollars i'm
posed. In one of the cases. the rail-
DAD offers q new argument to the eff
feet that congress had no authority to
impute criminal offenses to a corpor-
alton, prosecute and convict 1t on GRIM
inal charges and infict the penalty Of
fines, thereby furnishing the innocent
stockholders" and depriving them of
property without due process of law.
The nine judges of the supreme court
we're unanimously against the COM
pany, Justice Day holding hat where
a crime consists in purposely doing
things prohibited by law under pen
atty there is no reason why corpora
lions may not be held responsible and
charged with the purpose and knowl-
edge of their agents acting within the
authority conferred upon them" This
appears to be the last recourse of the
the purpose of the Elkins law and the
theory that a corporation can commit
no crime must be abandoned.
The second decision, sustaining the
antitrust laws of the state Of Arkan-
sas, is the strongest pronouncement
yet made by the federal supreme court
upon the right of states to define and
regulate the operations Of corpora
tions within their borders. In the
case under hearing the supreme court
decided that the state authorities had
full power to call for the books of the
offending company, a packing concern,
and to allow the state authorities to
examine the records for the purpose
of ascertaining whether the state laws
we're being violated, through a combi-
nation of packers to fix the prices.
These decisions, coupled with the
rulings in the Missouri and Texas
cases furnish notice to the big cor
poration that the laws for the protec-
ton of the public are valid and that
the disposition of the courts of the
country Is in favor of their enforce
ment. The fight has been a long and
tedious one, but the victory is resting
with the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-02
Steel Prices and the Tariff,

The somewhat startling develop
ments in the steel war are certain to
have an effect on the attitude of con-
gress when the time comes to revise
the tariff at the special session. The
big Steel trust has been the target at
which the darts of democratic spell
binders has been aimed for several
years and the country has about
reached the conclusion that the tariff
on steel is something of a luxury, not
needed for the protection of the in
dustry In this country. Mr.. Carnegie
and Mr.. Gary have done much to
strengthen this opinion by declaring
that the tariff was needed for the
benefit Of the struggling independent
concerns and not for the protection of
the United States Steel corporation.
Mr.. Carnegie has declared thai the big
company could stand to have the
duties on steel cut in twain. Mr..
Gary, testifying before the ways and
e committee in December said:
As a fair-minded citizen, I would have
you impose a tax which would protect
our competitors. even IL we did not need
II.
II is a fact that we have been friendly
and OF benefit to our competitors, not
simply because we are so much better than
anybody else. but as a matter OF policy.
1t is good business policy for us to pay
heed to others, including our competitors
and our customers, the government and
the public generally. 1t is a good business
policy.
Conditions have changed since De-
cember. The Steel trust refused to
lower any prices and the Independents
co-operated for a time. Recently the
demands of trade have become in
sistent and the independents went into
business on their own account and be-
gan slashing the scheduled prices, as
a result getting the lions share of the
business. After holding out for
months, the Steel trust decided to get
into the price slashing game. With
in the last fortnight the trust has cut
prices from 10 to 40 per cent on many
lines and its agents have been in
structed to Get the business" The
val Is on in earnest and structural
steel is being offered at lower prices
than have obtained since the organi-
zation of the trust. Just what effect
this cutting will have on the steel bust
ness of the country remains to be de-
veloped, but 1t begins to look very
much like a war for the determination
by the trust of the independent con-
Germs hat refused to adhere to the
"gentlemen's agreement" to keep
prices up. That the Steel trust is in
position to carry On such a war is in
dictated by the answer of Judge Gary
to the question asked by one OF
the ways and means committee,
Have you such a hold on the market
that you could drive our competitors
out Of bu~siness?" Judge Gary ans.
wered:
Quite likely. That may be true. I will
not say that is Il not true. ! will not say
that in competition we could not drive 4
good many of our competitors out Of bust
ness.
When the smoke Of the price wal