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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-20

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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

necessary change Of sentiment whl,h
~il1 require several pears az lcaat
X IL well hnoau tart fhat
oats ao~n In tho fall produce
nrch better than aprin, Data
hat cover crops arc orc 81 the most
'a1uabl" fnrana Of Increasing self Ter.
lliY. that live stock tramping atm
lands do 4; s~rioua lnlusY. and that
si"1 running at large deatru2 more
han they gain. bot &, Is ono ~ our
cherished traditions that tive storl
ought 10 b" allowed 10 run al largo
:" SAY" The o~n"f from feeding and
caring Tor II. AMI changing tho ho.
h"ia and habits nt people ls ,oo
'"Ts" task 90 accomplish. crrop,
after tcava 90 effort
III" ""l> pf"a~ut solution apparent
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

|" Il I'D !. htAl'E, our "e'"'
TA sioual apnndont. tolls In
recent letter Of tho great dam.
age done to crops and soIi By the
running NJ large 81 stock during the
winter. lie nays that tho average
coz or hog ia the Delta destroys
moro In y"ar than II is Worth. and
tolls ot ono particularly RggraYaiins
instance where bis o~n gate waa left
open during his abscno" and patch
of alfalfa that cost $40 per acre 1"
iced wAa destroyed hy stock
Ho also rays. and truihtullt
enough. that many farmers from tn"
North arc kept from buying lands
here by this very practice How In
man 10 carry on diversified farm
ing" he asks. in IA country that be.
licycs in letting stock run at larg"
from the time half the cotton crop ls
picked until tho next one II
planted"
Mr Bcnlc Is exactly right I'm his
opinion of this wahtcfui and an.
thrifty custom which ~ not confinod
TO the Delta by any means In ad
dition 10 the facts stated by our cor
respondent. this custom OF allowing
stock 10 run nj large iH responsible
for scattering the cattle tick and Will
prevent It's eradication II f. also
the best possibl" means OF spreading
hog cholera and all other such dis
eases. In short. there rs no possible
excuse for II. but the custom prevails
aud IL Will not be AN easy task to
change II For the present We may
as well dismiss that method of Boly-
ing the dinculty. OF course. that
VIII d" III" hnhl solution: but no pro
srehsive farmer should wait for the
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

methods forcing itself upon y.
must give moro attention 10 tho
and feeding Of live stock. and 70 a.
this successfully We must cnn,-o, -
at all seasons OF tho year. Moreo.o.
there should be too much yalp,h,.
feed on every farm 10 either allow !,
to 20 to waste or permit other ,oo
plo's stock 20 consume It. FencInr
therefore. is the only present hono
and is tho only solution that has eve,
boon found in this section or else
where.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

This Will cost money. but IL will pay.
To those who say they cannot afford
1t We can only reply that they can
not afford not TO do IT, Much money
is now spent In the purchase OF live
stock and feed for live stock. This
sam" money spent tn fences and an
effort 10 produce feed for 1.-Two stock
would pay better and. In addition.
improve tho land
with tho bolt wcoYil I'm our midst
and tho necessity for change of
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23


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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23
Obe First Duty Of Southern States
manship.

- AN agricultural muei, strcs.
IT, majority of people live \ good
other aborcr. good citizen
h favor Tho skilled his limo OF rapidly
the wealth 81 the
which the state depend. for all tho
With telephones, rural fire. delivery of mail
needed make ifr
jyahl~. knowledge comprehensive and
q" agriculture. Of pr~scrving and fertility ~
srst"n Of
cation. farm economies comforts and other To
make happier and the
neessit~s Of life patience
Not dorrn colleges adequately supply 1t %
people. Wo here and
there I'm tho OF them
"h"~o intelligent. practical farming
ample and whole
of but tho
reasonable quicken shall encourage a policy
tnrr - thoroughly taught public schools.
Wth such ~ss~na. taught tho boys I q
the
to
AMI tho study of bulletins VI
which Of
prom tho Inaugural Address ". of
North Carolina Eai~igh. January -. 1000.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

nv HE bureau OF Soils of the U. s.
IA Department of Agriculture
through its soil surveys has
been taking an inventory of the soil
resources OF all the States and a
large amount Of work has been done
All through western and north
"ru Louisiana tho sandy loan soils
of tho region are suited not only 10
cotton production. but also To fruit
raising and vegetable gardening The
extensive swamp areas lying In the
southern part OF tho state arc being
developed 10y private enterprise and
the rich alluyial soils Of tho great
Mississippi Delta Rtill dcmaiu prac-
uCally untouched except along tho
front lands and the hayous Less
than one half Of tho land area of
Louisiana ie now includcd In farms
and not ono acre In elk waN reported
as improved land hy tho census 81
1900 additional drainage facilities
and better transportation wijl enable
Louisiana to increase hor production
Of rice. cotton and corn 10 double
tho present production within the
n"Nt tw"lvo or attocn years
There arc : 600 square miles o.
rich allnYlal bottom lands between
tho Ia7oo and Mississippi Rivers In
tn" state ~ Mississippi Abou, "a
lscr cent az this land IS now culii.
waited and the balance awaits drain.
a." and occupation This land con
.lAla 90 the cream - slr ot tho itch.
est prairie States wsahod dosn tn"
river aud deposited AT the front door
of the state Of Mississippi lis Dc.
"ioptu"t.t and occupation Is AWAITING
only proper lcvc~ systems and proper
drainage In the southern part Of
tho state lands formerly occupied b.
extensive forests arc found wcll huli.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

Something Undevcopcd Louisiana. Mis-
sisipp Alabama.

United The
,
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23
A Wosteful md Injurious Custom

M .' .' .:. ::s.: ::: ,, !.
recent lciicy Of tho great dam.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-01-23

~ HE bureau OF Soils OF the u. s.
rs Department OF Agriculture
through It's soil surveys has
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
POSSE IS ON TRAIL
Of TRAIN ROBBERS

o. LEADVILLE, Colo. Sept. 17.-SheriH
Campbell and a posse are today in hot
pursuit Of the five men who late last
night tried 10 hold up and rob a train
on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway.
four miles west of Malta.
The bandits dynamited the express car
hut failed to get into the big safe. They
got no booty. The trail is said TO be
getting hot and a capture is thought to
be imminent.
The robbers climbed on the engine Of
the train at Malta, l. IS supposed, and
when "A short distance outside Of the
town held up Engineer Smith and his
fireman with revolvers.
Smith was taken hack and ordered TO
ask the express messenger to open the
door, but the latter refused. This bandits
then placed dynamite under the car and
Blew the side out. Several charges OF
dynamite were exploded under the safe.
but without doing any damage except
TO the interior OF The car
The robbers then fled in the darkness,
while the trainmen made their wav to
a signal tower and called ont the sheriff
and his posse.
The train which rs known as the
CmCagO-Sau Francisco express. usually
carries much valuable express matter
and gold shipments TO the coast banks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

and large American flag were in evi-
dence. The menu was superb. It was
unfortunate that some of the ladies
who wanted to attend could not be in
vited as there wasn't room for all and
there are some intima1ions of trouble
ION that score.
Everybody viii now be interested in
observing which is the true route to
suffrage Does it lie through war with
the police and sojourn in filthy prison
cells? Or is it across the lunch table,
through roses and smilax and chrys-
anthemums end good things to eatf
A favorite theory of womankind has
long been that the way to win man
is through his sto mach Mrs. Belmont
is evidently applying the same idea to
her own sex
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
THE PRESIDENT AND WEST
ERN OPINION.

President Taft is going TO talk about
the tariff out West, but more important
than that, it is to be expected, is the
fact that he will let Western people
talk to him about the tariff If he does,
be viii be decidedly confirmed in his
purpose Of insisting on some more re
vision just as soon as possible. Per
haps it would be more accurate 10 say
simply, "some revision"
Nothing will do so much to insure
a fair Republican chance TO control the
next House, as definite guarantee that
before the next House shall have re-
tired, it willibe called upon to do some
. real revising It is useless to try to
dodge tariff consideration on the
ground that it will disturb business.
1t can't be lodged. If the Democrats
get the next House, they viii more as
euredly set about TO initiate revision.
And they will get the next House un-
less the Republicans give assurance OF
purpose to do,that very thing. As Mr..
Dooley would say, AN there We are"
Tariff debates are going on all over
the Middle West. The Senators and
Representatives who voted against the
Payne-Aldrich bill are being called on
10 explain tovcheering and acclaiming
audiences justswhy they voted against
it; and those who voted for it are be-
ing required tor explain to sullen and
disguised nstituents why they didn't
vote against it. That's the situation,
and it must be hooked squarely in the
face. President Taft viii hardly come
back from the West without due i'm
preston of the ireallsigu1fcance of such
a condition.
There is good reason to believe that
the Middle West is tvery little more
radical on this subject than the rest
of the country. True. the central val
ley got some measure ,Of representa- ton
for its views in Congress, while revision
sentiment elsewhere m light as well not
have existed, so far as concerned ade-
quate expression Of ITS views on the
floor OF Congress. But the tariff is
just about as dangerous TO the Repub-
leans in States whose delegations vot-
ed solidly for the Till, as in those
whose voice was raised in opposition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

Western farmers are still going West,
looking for more acres, not more in
tensification. Canada is getting hun
dreds of thousands, and the United
States is losing them. In the next dec
ade the Canada movement will take
on proportions comparable to that of
the great movement which settled our
own Middle West-the most wonderful
migration in all history. 1t would be
vastly better for the United States if
that movement could somehow be di-
rected 10 our own East and South. The
emigrants would in the end be better
off; the nation would; the race prob
lem Of the South would be Initigated.
and the imminent period Of severe &c
onomic pressure in the manufacturing
East would be postponed. if only we
could induce our own people to come
and farm the lands which, adjacent to
the best markets in the world, lie ne
elected
The time is come for serious consider
alton of these questions. The Western
States used to establish immigration
commissions 70 steer the Western
streams of population to their broad
acres. Is it not worth while for some
of the Eastern and Southern States to
set seriously about the effort to bring
the farmers nearer to the place where
their products must be sold?
1t would be a good thing if the next
census could work out some sort of
illuminate exposition of this situation
as to neglected agricultural opportun-
ity. If necessary, all the people in
the country could live east of Indiana
and north Of the Potomac, and get a
very good living out Of the soil and
industries of that region There is no
good reason why agriculture should
fall into decadence in the East; and it
should be realized that this is the CON
dition which, overtaking agriculture in
the East, is in no small way response
Die for the great increase in the cost of
living.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
THE SCHOOL CHILDREN'S FALL
FLOWER SHOW.

One of the interesting announcements
of the opening school year is that in
October a children's flower show will
be held to let parents see what has
been accomplished in school gardening
work this last summer. 1t Is an ex-
cellent idea 10 let patrons appreciate
the scope and results of this work. And
it viii emphasize the practical trend
Of our modern education. Educators
know what the new ideals are, some
few of the children realize it vaguely,
but few outsiders understand the new
methods. Remembering their own
school days they think school a place
of books, and recitations, and repressive
discipline. Instead school is now large
ly place of actual things, and doing,
and expressive training.
During the past year Washington
has been successful in carrying on this
outdoor horticultural work during the
summer vacation. II has kept the
children interested, and over one hun
dred and fifty gardens have been
cultivated, in addition to the work of
the children at home. This home work
is the finest result of the system, for
by it a permanent interest in nature
is aroused, the city is beautifed, and
the training is spread through an en-
tire family. Moreover, the children
are kept learning during the vacation
period, they are kept from idling on
the streets, they learn to use their
hands, and the exercise cannot but be
healthful.
This flower show should be made
as large and interesting as possible,
and it should be made an annual af-
fair Parents of school children should
demonstrate their appreciation by at
tending. Competition for results should
be encouraged in the boys and girls.
And what financial aid is needed should
be forthcoming, for there is no better
educational investment than a knowl-
edge of nature and love of beauty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
THE NEED FOR A. NEW MIGRA-
TON OF FARMERS.


Secretary Of Agriculture Wilson is
the nations favorite fprecaster of pros
perity.s He always comes around at
the time when it viii. give most cheer.
with assurances that the soil is going
TO produce bumper crop; and there
is firmly grounded suspicion that the
activities of his department have con-
tributed a vast deal to expand the
productivity of the, American farm.
But il isn't a cheerful message that
the Secretary brings back from the
West this autumn.
Big crops and higher prices mean
automobiles for the farmers. of course
but they mean moro Pinching for the
people Who don't farm either the land
or the farmers. We are all willing. now
sdays, 10 admit that the farmer is the
real aristocrst. Everybody works for
him. But the prospect Of 5O-cent but
ter and eggs at 3 cents per. with other
things in proportion, is calculated to
make a good many people wonder
whether the prosperity isn't getting a
bit one-sided.
One basic difficulty with this ques-
tion of the cost of living is that the
farm and the factory are geSing too
far apart. The industrial East has too
little agriculture, and the agricultural
West has too little industry. There is
need for & farming revival all the way
from Indiana to Maine Illinois and
Iowa farmers ought to be brought to
see that they could better their condi-
ton by coming East. even more than
by going TO Canada OF the semi-a
West. New England, New York, Penn
sylvania. Maryland; especially, of all
these Eastern States, the Old Dominion
OF Virginia offer opportunities which,
If they were understood, would attract
e new agricultural migration 10 the
East. If the farm could be brought
nearer 10 the great markets Of the in
dustrial centers if the vast neglected
farming possibilities Of the East could
be developed there would be less
complaints about the increasing cost Of
living.
Secretary Wilson protests that just
now production is not keeping pace
with populations growth; but he
thinks in the near future it will catch
step again. He counts on more inten-
sive farming to bring it up. But the
fact is that those auto-driving mid
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
MRS. BELMONT AND THE SUI
FRAGE CAMPAIGN.

The world will now have n chance
to judge of the respective merits Of
the methods of the English and Ameri-
can suffragettes. For these many
months, the English disciples Of the suf-
frage movement have been busy throw
ing brickbats. terrorizing inoffensive
prime ministers, crying down helpless
men who have sought to speak from the
stump, breaking into the houses of
parliament despite the hapless police
man, getting themselves arrested, ex-
citing public sympathy by starving
themselves in Jail and otherwise con
Quoting a highly strenuous, vociferous
and militant campaign. Lately. Mrs.
Oliver Fl. p. Belmont has arisen as the
leader OF the suffrage movement at
Newport and New York and is exhibit
ing symptoms of determination to be
the Moses 10 lead the American WON
en- who want to vote out Of the wilder
ness in which they have been so long
struggling
But there is a marked contrast be
tween the methods Of Mrs. belmont
and those Of the English suffragettes.
She has opened the equal suffrage cam
paign BY giving a select dinner at Del
monico's 10 leading figures in the suf-
frage movement. II was a prelude 20
the opening of national headquarters
in Fifth avenue, from which fashion
able center it is expected will 20 forth
the directive impetus that viii soon re-
suit in men yielding TO women a share
in the ballot.
Thirty-ive women were present. All
were beautifully gowned. Luncheon
wes served at an oblong table artist
cally decorated with smilax and chrys-
anthemums, American Beauty roses
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
CORN ROAST MARKS
Y. M. G. A S OPENING

The annual corn roast. the opening
fall social stunt OF the Young Mems
Christian Association. is scheduled TO
be held this evening al Glen Echo. be-
ginning at O'Clock.
The association has been given the
use Of the amusement privileges for the
evening. and tho fur will begin with an
exhibition OF moving pictures. AT 9
O clock the association men and their
friends win gather on the Hill above
the entrance where 4 bonfire vii be lit
and the corn roasted while stories are
told and popular songs SUNG.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
KAISER ENDS WAR"
WITH TALK TO ARMY

MERCHANTMEN, Germany. Sept II.
The great army maneuvers. In which
10000 German soldiers participated,
came TO an end today, a lecture by the
Kaiser to the officers Of the rival red
and blue" armies marking the cOnclu-
sion Of operations
Burles summoned the officers around
the Kaiser. who delivered his lecture on
horseback. He wore the gorgeous uni
form Of a field marshal and held in his
hand his wand Of office as commander
in-chief. In his harsh, penetrating
voice. the Kaiser delivered emphatic
opiUiOns on what the maneuvers had
demonstrated.
He merCllessly criticised some Of the
Officers who had Numbered, and warmly
praised others who had shown marked
ability.
The disbandment Of the army followed
tie address by the Kaiser.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
GRANDFATHER DIES
WHEN BOY ELOPES

BALTIMORE, Sept 17-Bentan1in 2.
Scott, excited over the news OF the slOpe-
ment of his nineteen-year-old grandson,
William II. King. was stricken with
paralysis at his home. on Bond street,
today and died in a short time
Young King, who Is employed IN the
local officers Of tho Pennsylvan MIA rail-
road, elOped with Mrs Mary JOslin, who
is also nineteen years old. Mr.. Scott had
been in III health t.,r some time, and
was overcome by the news Of his grand
son maria &c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

How would you like to read the rem
iniscences Of that woman who was born
the year OF the Louisiana Purchase,
and has lived 10 see eeroplanes and the
North Pole Year, Just the plain record
Of her life woulC be one or the great
books Of the world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
FALLS FROM CHAIR DEAD.

ASBURY PARK. Sept Edwin p.
Longstreet. forjy-tHree years old, law
yer. is dead. as the result Of a fail from
the front porch Of his home I'm AIanas-
quan His chair gave way under him
precipitatinC him suddenly 10 the
ground. causing conclusion Of the brain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
DYING OF LOCKIAW.

BRISTOL, Pa, Sept 17.-Although an
titoxiu has been administered, Mrs. Pat
rick Rocco. aged siNty-one. Of e51 Pear
street, appears 10 be dying OF lock
jaw. Two weeks ago she trod on a
needle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17
CAVALRY BAND CONCERT AT
FORT MYER.
THIS EVENING AT S O'CLOCK.
George Il. Tyrrell, CHIEF Musician.
PROGRAM

MarCh-''Thunderer ............ Sousa
assisted by Regimental Trumpeters.)
Overure-"Poet and Peasant
Suppe
Waltz-''Lenz Uud Liebe" Won Blon
Selection-"Lucia Of Lammermoor,"
Donizetti
(By reQuest)
Serenata Egyptenne-"Amina,
LinCke
Mazurka Russe-'I1a- -Czarine.'
Came
Grand fantasia-'Death of Custer"
Johnson
assisted by Regimental Trumpeters.)
March-"Semper Fidelis' .Sousa
assisted BY Regimental Trumpeters)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

The farmer is 80 prosperous that the
Census Bureau wants him 20 start fig
uring up his wealth right away, so he
can have it done by next year.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

The goldenrod means autumn for
some people. but the returning school
boy feels a deep interest in rods OF a
less euphonious title.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

II Congress IS truly interested in
science. let it approp rate a few thou
sand 70 buy a beefsteak anG a pound
Of butter for the National Museum. Both
species will soon be extinct
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

The suffragettes have advanced in
practical politics far enough TO have
harmony banquet" When they get to
ouarreling over a campaign fund, they
will be dangerous
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

Minister WI asks where the Wright
brothers are. When last seen they were
making silence records for a phono-
graph company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

When President Taft has finished with
court reform the old maids are going
to petition him TO make Iaw sugges-
tons about counting reform.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

One way to settle the date Of the
straw hats Punishment would be to
take a straw vote.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

Who said that T. r. Is next going to
twist the tail OF Haneyrs comet?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

The words n Mr.. Harriman's will
were worth aoout 100000 apiece. 1t
win be some time before the magazine
writer's break that record
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

1t has been decided that Chinese Joss
sticks will have TO pay duty. OF course,
any deficit IN the nations budget viii
now be a thing of the past
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

Cook and Peary have retired into tenn
porary winter-Quarters on the inside
pages Of the papers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-17

The hunting season for South Poles
is now open.