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Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Sowing Rice Instead Of
Planting it.

The very rapid development
Of the rice industry in British
Guiana is attracting the attention
of te sugar colonies elsewhere,
becouse of the ease with which
the planters can engage in the
rice Industry should the sugar In
dustry prove IN profitable. The
rice industry is, necessarily a
very close one, because it is a
staple crop and is produced to
the extent Of millions OF tons IN
the British East Indies, when
now controls the cheapest supply
Of human labor il The "otn,
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Mr. Bogdan now desire
an experimental y

Ixk OC(sAGAAA SA>SAA>
an experimental
at some convenient point
and to supply it W
the necessary implements
apparatus for planting, cult\
ing, harvesting, shelling
shredding corn. In order to man
sure of success in these matters
with which his people are entirely !
unfamiliar, he desires to secure
the services of some highly edu-
Gated and thoroughly practical
agriculturist from the United
States to take entire charge OF
the station. The Society is pre-
pared to pay $4,000 a year and to
furnish gratis a comfortable
house for such a man to live IN.
Besides the Society will make a
contract for a term Of years and
promises all of the assistance
needed in the way Of hand Or
horse labor. A man Of mature
years is wanted ond preferably q
married man, as being perhaps
more contented under the differ
ent conditions Of life in Russia as
compared with the limited States.
The person selected would also
be expected to be we'll posted
theoretically, if not practically,
as to the profitable utilization OF
the corn crop.
MI. Bogdan further urges up
on the Minister Of Agriculture al
list. Petersburg the importance Of
admitting free Of duty all nipple
ments used in corn cultivation
Corn harvesters are already or
the free list. Mr.. Bogdan has al
ready applied for assistance il
; this matter to Mr.. J. c. Meyer
the manager of the Odessa otfic'
} of the international Haryeste
Co
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
The American Farmer
Leads the World.

AS far back as history gives
US any records , the Black Sea in
Russia has been the granary OF
Europe. This may have ledto re-
duced crops on any given area IN
Southern Russia and in consider
ing the matter u. s. Consular
Agent, R. R. Denis, reports that
the uncertainty of other grain
crops in Southern Russia is now
leading them to consider with
much care the possibility of turn
ing their lands over to corn cul-
ture, that is Il Indian corn, maize.
It seems that thus far some mod
crate %exprimenets in corn have
done moderately well, even un-
der conditions that were injur-
ious to the wheat crop, IN the
government of Bessarabia, west
of Odessa, Nj. ". l. Bogdan,
President of the Government Ag-
ricultural Society, has taken the
matter in hand and has secured
an appropriation equal to S,l5O
per year for the purpose OF prac-
tically and scientifically demon
strating to the farmers of that
country the possibilities Of corn
:sautft;l he crop. 1t is though
that there were nearly thirty mil
lions of acres of land in that Sec
ton of Russia that could be uti.
lized in corn culture. If this be
|done at an, early date, our corn
producers of the western states
may not reap the golden harvest
that they have been doing Of
late years, a harvest that has
brought much gold to them anc
their product to nearly a dollal
per bushel when distributed il
| New Orleans.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02

rial lands Of Louisiana, or IN
TACT, any lands where sna1ls pre-
,ail, are said to contain llme
enough for the production OF Ie-
guminous plants. We all know
that in our a!lluvial districts we
have an ample supply Of tie vines;
a sort of morning glory plant, ara
also the wild, or deer pea: II
would therefore be fair to inter
that our alluvial soils do not need
inoculation. In fact the exper-
jments at Audubon park made
by DR.. Stubs showed quite a
successful growth Of alfalfa WITH
out inoeylatioa, On the o|4s[
hand in the hills c1 North louis
lana it seems cery d'Mcultto So
cure p stand Of alfalf". Some
experiments made in Ca'hoHH N
inocu'ating the soil remedied this
in degree, but we believe that
the stand Of c!fa1fa there hos
not become I'll that ".as dns'rnd.
II the bluff lards at Patton Pouge.
which ere preeumphlc a" a\'''v'a'
of another sort, if, was fo'nd
that inocculation, while rot also
lutely essential. gave better re-
suits than did the plots without
incubation.
All the agriculture! "or!d hos
, Dome to rocornize a|falfo as o~e
of the vorv hest possible crrrs
, for the farmer n rroa'7ce. Or
the other hard there have bee:
many failures. cue. porhans. Il
the choice Of the wrong time o.
of the year. or the ground may
have heen in too rough a cond1
ton: Arv way. the failures have
come and this has discouraged ST
many persons that we have real
" but few successful fields OF al
falfa in this state. It is now sail
that alfalfa should be planted il
the late summer or early in 'th'
: fall. so as to escape the rrollh
growth Of summer grasses an
, get fairly under way IN 1t
} growth before the freezln
} weather.of Writer comes alone
Alfalfa planted in the spring J
5 Southern Louisiana seems to b
2 Immediately, covered with
f growth of other grasses ard choF
ed out. Those interested il a
2 falfa culture should write to til
! Department Of Agriculture an
/. secure copies of this bulletin
n which gives all the latest into:
nation up to the present tin
and is a very valuable contrib
ton to our agriculture. The bu
letin is Farmers Bulletin N
i sa9.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
The Progress of Human
Society

Prof. S. A. Knapp, OF Lake
La, who has been con-
nected with the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture for a num-
Der of years and has done an I'M
mense amount Of good work in
connection Herewith, was dele
gated by Secretary Wilson to
take up farmers cooperative
demonstration work in its rela-
ton to rural Improvement. Prof.
Knapp believes that steps should
be taken to increase the earning
capacity Of rural toilers. lfthey
are able to increase their earnings
but unwilling, then the next step
would be to increase the rural
pride, and by arousing this and
the force Of public opinion, an
Improvement can ordinarily be
had. Even in the matter OF
schooling, It is generally recog-
nized that compulsory atten-
dance is demanded in most OF
the states of the federal Union.
In order to bring about increas-
ed gains to the farmer in the
demonstration work inaugurated
by Prof. Knapp, efforts are made
to secure the best crops for the
lands under consideration and
the best and most profitable
methods Of producing those crops
on the lands. These demonstra-
tons are being made on several
hundred farms in the state and
wherever practicable, the farm
ers are made parties to the work
and their assistance is found i'm
mensely beneficial,
A part from this selection OF
the lands and the crops, Prof.
Knapp undertakes to demonstrate
that there is no necessity for the
deterioration Of the farms, which
8 one of the chief factors in the
too common poverty in the rura'
districts. He believes, hence,
that by selecting proper crops,
by utilizing the best methods anc
by gradually improving the fer
tility Of the soil, the farmer car
become well off, and perhaps
very we'll off, where now he ma,
feel extremely poor and unable
to indulge in, the good things O
this life, such as churches
schools, good houses, good SAM
tary conditions Sgod food, goo;
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02

and whatever else mdn-
" we'll spent usually brings lin
he course of his inyes+'gatl9bns
~ tho rural districts Prof. Kndpn
soted years ago that among the
people who were thought TO- be
the most unprogressive incr'e as-
ed earnings brought about ir-
cree sed expenditure, in ordelt to
secure improved living condit3!o ions.
clothing and more CON-
Portable homes quickly rsSulted
from the increased esyiSgs.
One Of the misfeX,unes Of our
Gulf coast parishes Of Louisiana
is the fact 51eaat nature has been
50 hoagt111lin Supplying fish and
game that can lie had for the
catching, that the intense effort
utilized in the more progressive
parts of the Union have not been
necessary. Unless necessity IS
felt in some wa, bat little effort
will be made to secure greater
wealth. Prof. Knapp told us
some years back Of a compare
lively wealthy neighbor who
lived reasonably well and in &C.
cordance with tie o!dfashloned
customs Of the country, gong
barefooted in the summer tine
and having but limited house
, room and that~of q primitive
style. The new comers from the
western states, of whom DR..
Knapp was one, SOON got on VS.
ting relations and the young Ia
dies Of tae native households
were asked to return the calls OF
the incoming westaIners. 10 &c
tn they had to have good shoes
and they made The necessary ae'
mand upon the pa1ernal ancestor
and Get the shoes. The shoe:
were followed by rugs on tht
aoor, by better furniture and II
nally by a piano and many othe:
of tn good things that come WIFI
reasonable prosperity. Such pro
gress is certainly very Legitimate
. and where nature is as bounteou
> in her Supplies Of food as in tn
Gulf tier CT states, it requires al
apppreciation Of the advantage
. Of improved homes, improve
sanitary conditions, Of good cloth
' ing, good education and OF goo
: transportation. All Of these dc
: mand a considerable outlay an
!. that outlay can only be provide
4 for out Of the profits Of the II
> dustry in which the heads of tn
: families are engaged, 1t ma
{ been noted Of recent years ths
thousands of automobiles al
+ owned by farmers up in the we
tern states, where the high price
of corn and wheat have made tt
farmer as a class, comparative.
4 rich, We don't have many aut
mobiles in the country in Sout'
ern Louisiana, and perhaps v
ought to be studying as to ]u
!" how we can get them. Eve
= one engaged in agricultur
! whether the cultivation OF can
+ corn, cotton, rice or garden 'tru'
II doubtless knows that in son
way or other, the methods
practices could be improved
e least to some extent and as
= rule better crops mean more n
=, ain to the farmer.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Alfalfa.

The people Of the Centennial
State, Colorado, and Of the wilds
of Western Kansas, were among
the first in this country to nation
alize, so to speak, that great leg
luminous plant, alfalfa. For gen.
agriculturists have been
familiar with the merits OF the
plant under the English name OF
Lucerne, but it required the arid
climate of Western Kansas and
of Colorado to search for crops
that would grow with a limited
water supply. 1t was found that
sorghum would grow where In
dian corn would entirely fail and
many thousands of acres OF sor-
ghum were grown in Western
Kansas as a forage plant and the
magnitude of the industry led to
efforts to convert sorghum into
sugar, the state Of Kansas offer
ing to pay bounties for the sue
cessful production, as our read
ers will remember was the case
a quarter of a century ago.
Over in Colorado they took up
alfalfa because Of its great capac-
ity for searching for water, its
roots penetrating, it is stated to
a depth Of ten feet. and the Spar.
ish name for the plant then cur
ent in that country has now be-
come generally adopted for il
throughout the United States. Al
falfa is recognized as the legume
con tanning in its stems and leaves
more protein matter than does
any similar plant. Experiments
with alfalfa in Louisiana have
demonstrated that as a protein
food, when cut up in short
lengths and mixed with molasses,
practically all hydrocarbons, the
mixture constituted an almost
perfect ration. Those who have
not the alfalfa can use ordinary
hay in consuming molasses az
stock food, provided they use
enough cotton seed meal to sup
ply the protein which alfalfa on.
" supplies and which is missing
in the ordinary hay.
The United States Department
Of Agriculture has recently is
sued a bulletin on alfalfa which
gives a resume Of the spread
of alfalfa and . discussion
of the best means Of secur'
ing and maintaining a stand
Of it. The special features re.
quisite to securing an adequate
stand seesl to be those Of soil in.
ocu|at;on and the presence in thu
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
The Damage by Rats

We believe that we in Louisia-
are very much damaged by the
musk rat, because Of their bur
rowing into the public and pri-
vate levees. When the burrows
are invaded by high water the
holes thus made carry the water
nearly through the levees and a
moderate amount of seepage SOFT
ems the land side Of the ]evee to
such an extent as to admit the
precolation of water and then the
invasion af crawfsh and snakes
in search of the animalculae en-
which they feed, does the rest.
The most serious loss by rats
is, however, in the great grain
fields and warehouses, storehous-
es. etc., of the country. Even in
our own cane fields we find that
the rats and mice do more or
less harm and in the tropics they
are said to be especially hurtful.
Our attention is called to this
by the fact that recently a depu-
tation, headed by Sir james
Crichton Browne and the Duke
of Bedford, representing the in
corporated Society for the De-
struction of Vermin in Great
Britain, waited upon Lord Car
rington at the Offices of the
Board of Agriculture to. urge
him to appoint a commission to
inquire into the subject of the
destruction caused to crops by
rats. The deputation pointed
out the enormous damage done
by rats and estimated it at seven
ty millions Of dollars per annum.
This estimate was had by allow
ling one rat per cultivated acre OF
land and assuming that each raj
does damage to the extent Of
: half a cent per day. On the
forty millions of acres of lane
under consideration this works
: out the damage estimated. ne
/ ference was also made to me
fact that two millions of people
died of plague in India and tina
the rat was the proven cause Of
: the spread of the infection. lr
2 Great Britain the annual expen
ture for rat poison is placed at
million and a quarter dollars AM
3 it is thought that the rat plagu'
t in England could be reduced, l
, not eradicated, at a considerabl.
: less cost than is now occurring
e through their depredations.
]
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Domestic Ric

In the report OF Il
of Agriculture, just
large rice crop of this'
100000 bushels, giving
close to that of the rye'
10 millions of dollars.
2S.7 per cent. above 1t IN
Secretary Wilson says '''
year has produced such a
crop as this one in quan'''y.
has the rice crop OF any
mer year been worth as ,'O
the producer, It woulo
.Lo ,cot.v NJ" -
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Four Million Bags of Rice.

Secretary Marshall Of the
Louisiana and Texas Rice Millers
and Distributors Association, in
his crop report for December.
makes the estimate for the Louis
lana and Texas rice crop for the
year 1903 as a total of 4,39l, C0o
bags. As such a considerable
quantity will be needed for seed
rice, he estimates that the actua]
crop available for food purp0
will amount to about four m
Of bags.
Considering the large
rice that is saved fq
this estimate is not very
that made by the Unite
Department of Agl
which, in its recent e
placed the rice crop al Il
millions of bushels Of f
pounds each. Estimatl
bushels to the bag Of
should then have about fo
one-half millions of bags, 4
ponding closely with Mr..
shall's figures.
The rapidly increasing co
sumption of rice in the Uni
States and the outlet that
have for considerable quan
of rice in Porto Rico, have
a healthy tone generally t
rice industry and we SIM
hope that this will continue1
that this great staple crop
annually in quantity until
hundreds of thousands OF
of our Louisiana and Texas
yet unemployed, may be
therein.
It is incidentally
crops of the Carolina
kansas will amount
a quarter Of q
bags, or to only about
cent. of the total prod
!: the United States. Thu
show what a wonderful
ment there has been in r
ture in the Southwest, whe
tv years ago practically :
American supply came
Carolinas.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02


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quallty OF the rice grown pysoW~
ing as COMPARED WIN 5hat pro-
ducd by planting and they fear
that the Droaocast rice VIII not
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02

The Philippine lSlanuS
ported to nave sent us in ST.
snort tons this year against 90
short tons during the same
Rod last year, an increase
over four hundred per cent.
one year.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-01-02
Imports of Rice

Although the United 81
has become such a large prod
of rice, the imports OF 10y
rice still continue. For tho
months Of the current yea]
ing October 3lst, the
have been abont
fshort tons of stand
about 5000 short
-four, rice meal a
The broken ri2
slightly undal
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
RETURNING SHOOTERS
FROM CAMP PERRY
TEMPE MEN NEARLY ALL HOME
NOW; ONE STILL MISSING.
SigaIa, the Crack Shot of the Team,
Stopped Over in Prescott.

Capt. w. H Woolf of @ company,
n. G. a, and Lieut.. Alma Jones both
returned yesterday morning from
Camp Perry. Ohio. where they took
part in the national shoot as members
of the Arizona team. Captain WOolf
expressed himself as well pleased with
the score made by the Arizona team,
but OF course regretted that it could
not have been a little better. Lieu
tenant Sigala stopped over in Prescott
few days and has not yet returned.
He easily led in the shooting for the
territorial team clear through The con-
test A Phoenix member came next
and Captain WOolf third. The captain
and "A few others remained after the
shoot for the individual shoot, more
for the experience of il than in any
hope of winning a prize.
After the shoot WOOlf and Jones
went to Chicago and spent a few days
there They also visited Milwaukee
and other points Of interest in the
section. Sigala was also in Chicago.
but left in advance of them. Lieu
tenant Harris they have lost track Of
completely. but as his ticket expires
in few days he will probably be
back this week.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
TEMPE
ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE
TO EASTERN STATES
Fer a Visit With His Son and
Daughter.

Jack Harris of Maricopa is spending
few days in Tempe. Mr.. Harris will
leave tomorrow on his annual Pilgrim
age to the east for a visit with his
children. Mr.. Harris plans to make
them a visit each fall and but once in
a good many years has he failed to
do 81. That once was a couple of
years ago. when he put in a crop OF
cantaloupes. The results were neither
satisfactory or pleasant and in cOnse-
quence the trip that fall was aban-
doned.
Unlike most people here Mr.. Harris
delays his trip until cooler weather
He spent one vacation back there in
the summer and decided then that the
summers of Arizona were much more
preferable. This year he will be away
until about the first of November. He
will go from here direct to Chicago
and after spending a week or ten days
there will visit his daughter at Quincy,
Ill. He will make other stops i'm the
middle west, visiting friends and rela-
tives, and will then drift southwark.
At Memphis he will stop over for Il
while with his son and will return to
the valley b. way of New Orleans.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
TEMPE
REPORTED DEATH
OF A TEMPE man
dad" Kite Thought to Have Died
Near Mormon Lake.

While camped at Mormon lake this
summer J. b. Mullen learned of the
death of a man whom be believes to
be George Kite, better and more
Familiarity known To Tempe people as
Dad" Kite. Mr. Mullen was some
distance from camp a few weeks ago
and met couple of sheep herders.
They told him story of the sickness
and death of an old man near their
camp two DAYS before and whom they
had buried the day after his death.
From their description of the man. Mr.
Mullen has every reason to believe that
il was Kite. He was known to be en-
gagged in herding sheep in that vicinity.
The deceased, if it be Dad Kite,
was a well-known character in Tempe
He made this his home for a number
of years. working from time to time
for different ranchers.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
TEMPE
THE QUIET WEDDING
OF PHOENIX COUPLE
At the M. E. Parsonage Yesterday
Afternoon.

A quiet wedding. in which two we'll
prominent parts. took place yesterday
afternoon at the NJ z. parsonage
south. The contracting parties were
Miss Ella T.. Blanton and Ralph W.
Acuff, both of The Capital City. They
came over from Phoenix on one of
the morning trains and were married
by Rev. Wilbur Fisk i'm the afternoon.
There were present at the ceremony
only the necessary witnesses.
The happy couple returned 10 Phoe-
nix on the afternoon train and will be
at home at the Experimental station.
where the groom mas held a response
bic position for some time.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
a LOST RELATIVE

In communication Philadelphia
parties ask information regarding n
lost relative. The letter is as follows:
"Will you kindly help me to find a
long lost brother in-law2 He is about
A. or A. years old. has n large scar
under his chin caused by a lamp eX-
plosion He enlisted in the army in
this city as a private in Troop d.
Fourth cavalry, as Joseph Chandler
and was sent To Fort Mcdowell. We
have heard he is alive somewhere in
Arizona Mrs. NJ. Howard, care Mrs
]. Walton. 5525 Sullivan street, Ger
mantown, Philadelphia, Pa.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06

+. Killius' bicycle repair shop has
moved from it former location oppo-
site the Olive to Il new place, just
south of the Hanna blacksmith shop
on south Mill avenue. Mr. Killius is
starting a good business in Tempe
and appreciating the necessity of
taking the public into his confidence,
has become a regular advertiser in
The Republican. He handles num-
Der of good makes of wheels and at
tention is called to his ad in this
mornings paper.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

Annual meeting of stockholders OF
the Southern Bell Copper Mining
Company of Arizona will he held at its
office i'm Phoenix Arizona. at Fleming
building. September 18th. 1909. at
, o'clock p. m for the transaction Of
such business as may legally come be
fore said meeting. J. ID. Ferree, pres
ident. Sept. 8, 1909.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
FOR SALE

/ lot on East Washington street for
$1,000; easy payments; $500 down
and $500 per month takes it.
1 lot on East Van Buren, street for
S225.00; easy payments; $500 down
ard $500 per month.
/ lot ON n. Nth avenue. $3.50; easy
payments; $500 down ard $500 per
month.
l lot in Capitol addition for
$4,000; good location. easy pay
ments: $500 down and $500 per
month
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
A SOAKING Rain

A nice shower fell Saturday after
noon: more Saturday night, and off
and on Yesterday morning. and at the
hour OF writing was still falling At
no time was the rain hard. but it was
steady. and considerable water fell In
the aggregate.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
FOR RENT

10-room double 2-story bricl, house,
arranged for two families, good loca
ton, for $500 per month.
5-room brick house. with bath, for
$4,000 per month.
4-room modern brick house with
screen and bath rooms for $1,000 per
month.
: 1-room portable house for $500 per
month.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06

Desirable residence lots in Gold
mans Addition may be purchased now
twenty-five per cent cheaper than in
two months. Buy now for either a
home or speculation. Very easy
terms. See Griffen.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06

ARIZONA Aerie of Eagles, No. 17s,
meets at the odd Fellows hall tonight
at O'Clock. a full attendance is de-
sired. BY order of the worthy presi-
dent.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-06
DOWN FROM The HILLS

Ed Gilland and wife arrived here
Yesterday from Pleasant valley and
will be here a few days.