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The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
Intensive VS.. Extensive Farming.

The successful farmer of the future
must farm fewer acres and grow more
per acre. Rotation of crops and diver
sified farming and stock raising are the
best foundation for the success Of the
future farmer, and, as it costs no more
to raise a well bred animal than 1t does
to raise a scrub, better sell off the in
ferior stock, and In the future raise
none but the very best to consume the
crops raised. Fewer animals in number
and better ones to consume the grain
and grass raised on fewer acres is the
road to success in these days Of small
margins and sharp competition. The
writer has observed one great mistake
made by many farmers. They under
take to do too much, so that they have
not time to give growing crops proper
attention at the right time.
Better drop off one or two things in
which there is the least profit. and put
more time on other crops that pay bet
ter. The successful farmer of the fu-
ture will find that he can do well.
have had experience enough to know
that In farming many things must be
done at the right time to secure a good
and profitable crop. If we would have
our potato patch and growing corn do
their best, the ground should be stir
red as soon as dry enough after every
rain that falls, forming crust on the
surface. Every ton of clover hay that
man sells off his farm robs 1t If
about $500 worth of fertility; every
ton of timothy hay that he hauls away
robs it of about $5.4S, and every ton
Of wheat, $7.75.
Hence 1t is evident to every man
that IL we grow clover and timothy
for the market 1t is only question OF
time when the best of farms will be-
come unproductive. We must prac.
tice more intensive farming and less
extensive If we make farming pay In
the future. We must plant fewer acres
and raise more to the acre. Wheat at
so cents per bushel and twelve to IF.
teen bushels per acre, does not pay ex-
penses. But II we can so farm as to
raise thirty or thirty-f1ve bushels per
acre, then there would be some profit
in raising 50-cent wheat. But the
American farmer cannot afford to quit
growing wheat IL there be little or no
profit in 1t, from the fact that we must
rotate our crops In order to keep up
the fertility of the soil.-M. Trussler, In
Farmers Guide.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
Animal Food For Poultry.

This matter is discussed lucidly with
reference to farm poultry in Review
of Bulletin" No. III, as follows: 1t
Is desirable to feed poultry animal mat
ter in some form. This has long been
taught by practical feeders; but the ex-
act effect Of such feeding has never
been shown SO clearly as in expert
ments recently concluded by the New
York Agricultural Experiment Station
at Geneva. In these tests 1000 chicks
and ITO ducklings have been grown to
marketable size, and ninety hens and
forty cockrels have been fed for
lengthy periods; so that the evidence
presented in Bulletin No. Ill has the
weight of time and numbers. 1t all
points in one direction: Toward super
iority Of ratIons containing animal food
over those made up Of grains alone. In
no case has the reverse of this proven
true, and in nearly all the trials the
difference has been most noticeable.
When the lack Of mineral matter In
an all-grain ration, as compared with
one containing animal meal, is supplied
by bone ash, the difference disappears
or favors the grain ration; so far as
chicks and laying hens are concerned.
That Is, 1t is the small amount Of ash
in the grain ration which makes this
ration inferior to one containing ami
NAL meal, rather than difference In
quality Of the protein.
Practically, this is Of little impor-
lance, for, except under rare conditions
like those surrounding these expert
ments, 1t would be easier, cheaper and
better to use animal meal, meat scraps
or cut bone to supplement ration for
fowls In confinement, than to burn the
bones or to buy bone ASH. Something
to supplement the ash-poor grains they
must have and 1t is simpler to give 1t
in q natural form combined with val
liable protein and fats, than to burn
out the organic matter and give the ash
only.
With ducks, however, even the addi-
ton Of the bone ash did not make the
grains a perfect feed. Ducks are nat
urally great lovers Of small fish and
frogs and snails and such forms Of ami
NAL life found In their water excur-
sions. Unless they have something to
take the place of this animal matter
they can not do their best.
In farm poultr feeding, where the
birds have the range of orchard and
pasture, of course they get animal food
In the insects and worms and snails
which they scratch for so vigorously
SO grain may make up practically all
the ration fed. The birds themselves
will attend to the supply Of animal
feed.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
Three Grand Opera Mules.

For the past eight years the salary
list Of the Metropolitan opera COM
pany has included the names of three
mules. On the payroll they appear
thus: "Calve, Carmen, Carmencita-
mules" And they have earned nearly
$1,000.
When Nine. Calve was about to
make her first appearance in this coun-
try in Carmen" she insisted that
great care should be taken in the selec-
ton of the mules that form conspicu-
GUS part of the gypsy outfit.
Mime. Calve said much depended upon
the character and training Of the
mules, and she would take no chances
In the matter. Finally she decided up.
on three animals that have ever since
appeared regularly in the opera. Nine.
Calye herself rehearsed the mules and
christened them. They became great
pets with the singers, and this sum-
mcr Nine. Games has invited them to
pass their vacation at her country
home.-New York World.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

There is q vast deal more in wall
papers than meets the eye, says the
Pail Mall Gazette. They are record
and comment of the various fashions
in decorations that have succeeded
each other through the centuries. The
difficulty is that they are SO liable to
destruction that a complete collection
is impossible. There is certain M.
Toilet, however, who has given all
his time to collecting wallpapers. With
the utmost patience he has wandered
down the centuries in search Of old
walls. And he has got back as far as
the beginning of the seventeenth CEN
fury. Wallpapers were then painted
or engraved by hand. and were a lux
ury which could only be INDUCED In
nv the rich. But in the year Of the
glorious revolution one Jean Papillon
invented a printing press for the pro-
duction of wallpapers which brought
them within the reach of limited in
comes, and the sometimes hideous.
sometimes beautiful, passing whim Of
the moment.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
Some Dairy Hints.

At the dairy institute at Springfield,
Professor Cooley told the members
that:
The food does not affect the richness
Of the milk. You cannot tell by the
looks of milk how rich 1t Is.
/ We cannot afford to run cows on
half time.
To get high-grade milk, brush the
cows before milking, and 1t Is advised
by many that the udders be clipped.
Manage to have the cows come fresh,
so as to maintain uniform supply
throughout the year.
1t is claimed that summer silagc will
stop summer shrinkage.
Overalls should be clean. Don't have
them stiffened with dairy starch.
Don't make a strainer do too much
work. Have a fresh one for every
ten or a dozen cows.
Cool the milk and keep 1t at a given
temperature.
Care, cleanliness and cold are the
three c's of milk production.
The German dairymen have a stall
which seems nearly perfect. The plat
form is just the right length for the
cow, and behind 1t Is a deep ditch of
six or eight inches with n ledge part
way down, SO that the cow in slipping
OF does not slip clear to the bottom.
The cows soon learn to stand out of
the ditch and keep perfectly clean.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
ISOLATED GREATNESS

The man who never makes mistakes,
He is the creature who awakes
The soul to scorn, the brow to frown
With wrath no charity can drown.
Men sound his praise with zeal in.
tense
And bid us heed his excellence.
But none the less, when he comes
round,
Discomfort seems to reign profound.
For how can he, so coldly wise,
Extend a hand and sympathize
With simple, struggling, mortal men,
Who rise and fall and rise again?
How can his heart responsive beat
To that remorseful mood complete
OF those who feel they cannot be,
Strive though they may, as good as
he?
He knows all things in human life,
Save to forgive the struggling men
Who grope and stumble now and then.
I'd rather be dull machine
And clink and clank in a routine
OF duty until something breaks
Than he who never makes mistakes.
Washington Star.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
Eradicating Wild Mustard.

One of the worst weeds in many parts
Of the United States and Canada is the
wild mustard. 1t is an annual and is
spread entirely by seeds, and owing to
the great vitality of the seeds them
selves, it is very difficult weed to
eradicate. The seeds once in the
ground live for years and continue to
terminate as they are brought to the
surface. If they are present in small
amounts, hand pulling is the best meth
cd of eradication. When the field Is
badly infested, the ground should be
narrowed or -plowed soon after
harvest. AS soon as the seeds have
sprouted, cultivate thoroughly and at
repeated intervals. Rib up with q
double mold board plow late in the
fall. Put In a hoed crop the following
spring and cultivate thoroughly through
the whole Of the growing season. Gull
tivate and harrow after the crop Is of
and plow again with O double mold
board plow. Sow the ground the next
spring and seed with clover, pulling the
weeds by hand out of the grain crop.
After one or two crops of hay are cut.
rotate again In the same way.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
CuItIvating Peanuts.

Ii anyone desires to grow his own
peanuts, they can do SO by giving to
any dry soil a thorough pulverization
and fertilization with decomposed
stable manure. Have the surface even.
and plant about the time Of planting
beans, getting fresh unbaked nuts,
which should be removed from the
shell. Plant in hills from two and one
half to three feet apart, with two kerr
nesl to hill, so as to insure at least
one plant to every hill. The surplus
can be transplanted. When they come
up keep the land clean by hoelng. When
they begin to run and show blossoms
the vines ana blossoms should be cov-
Erred with earth, 10 d depth Of about al
lbrh, leaving the rlAas 81 the vsAss Just
~ q sha sgsukd,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
Remedy For the Dat Smut.

Do not sow oats without treating
them for the destruction Of smut, If
the smut has ever appeared on the farm
or farms in the vicinity, and there are
few places where it has not. The oat
smut requires a stronger solution to
kill it than wheat smut. Inc formula
given for oats is one pound of bluestone
or sulphate of copper, in eight gallons
of water for eight bushels of oats while
the wheat formula uses same amount
of sulphate of copper in ten gallons of
water for ten bushels Of wheat. The
gain by using this preventive for smut
is an increase of crop and an improve
ment in quality.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

And without another word, Red Cloud
turned upon his heel and stalked away.
This time Gordon was glad enough to
obey the Injunction to go" Three
days later his little party filed in at
the military camp on White River, and
when, some time afterward, their boxes
Of freight had been recovered, not so
much as blanket or pound Of sugar
had been taken by Red Clouds Sioux.
Youths Companion.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
FARM and GARDEN NOTES.
ITEMS, OF INTEREST ON AcRIcuL.
TURAl. TOPICS.
Keeping Weeds Cut Down-Remedy For
ths Dat Smut-Methods OF Farming
Eradieatirg Wild Mustard-some Dairy
Hints-Etc., Etc.
Keeping Weeds Cut Down.

A writer in American gardening
urges the Importance Of keeping weeds
cut down as one measure in the war on
insect pests. Many Of the insects that
infect field and garden crops live on
the weeds that spring up in early spring
until the cultivated crops come on. OF
course if only one farmer In a COM
munity kept the weeds under subjec-
ton it would have small effect on the
insects, but if there was general pol
icy of weed destruction manv pests
would be starved out,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

With good cultivx lion the vines Will
grow rapidly and the earthing process
must be continued. They will continue
to grow until frost comes, and then
they should be lifted from the ground.
Leave the nuts clinging to the vines, in
which condition they must be thor
oughly dried. Do not let them mould.
With good culture and luck a quart
may be gathered from single plant.
If the farmers boys prefer to grow
their own peanuts, there is no great
difficulty attending the operation.-The
Epitomist.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

In the German army movable tar
gets are used. The targets are drawn
forward by the aid of ropes and pull
leys, and the targets rest on small
skids. AS the trucks move forward
the infantry, kneeling down, fires at
them. This gives them practice
which enables them to fafniiiariEo
themselves With the best methods q
rsseliina 4 esvairy Gttsak
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Thomas Hamblen killed mem re.
Gently that proved to be phenome-
non. The hen was exceptionally fat
and weighed when dressed nine and
one-half pounds. In dressing her
twelve fully developed eggs with soft
shells and twenty-three partially devel.
oped eggs were discovered. The small
or eggs varied from the size of mar
BILE to that of walnut. The eggs have
been preserved and will be presented
to the museum of the Washington
Agricultural College at Pullman.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

The latest labor-saving contrivance
Is said to be an electric collection box.
No collectors are required, for as soon
as the clergyman has touched a button
In IKE pulpit the boz runs along wires
frea psw y pew, and sAs esbufsgs'
tisa a tha ssutl
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

The Missouri Supreme Court has
sustained the principle of arbitrarily
assessing property for street improve
merits at a front-foot or sQuare-foot
foot rate.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

there are considerably over 600 acres
under glass devoted exclusively to
flowers. which at retail aggregate a
grand total of about $22,5OO,0O0, or a
dollar for each square foot Of glass.
Of roses there are sold each year 1O0.-
900, 900, worth 100000; as many car
nations, worth $4,000 $4,000, 600 of
yiolets, worth $4,000. The single
item of chrysanthemums alone repre-
sent half a million dollars a year,
while the value of the 100000, 600
plants sold in pots is set at $10,OO0,0OO.
The demand for flowers is constantly
Increasing, no. social function is COM
plete without them; never have they
been so highly appreciated as at the
present moment.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
State Government Of Louisiana.

Governor-W. w. Fl, ard,
Lieutenant Governor-Albert Esto-
pinal.
Secretary of State-John Michel.
superintendent Education--John
V. Calhoun.
Auditor-W. s. Frazee.
Recommendations e. Smith.
u. s. SENATORS.
Don Cafferey and s. d. McEnery.
REPRESENTATIVES.
l Disirict-R. g. Dayey..
2 District-Adolph Meyer.
3 District--R. F. Broussard.
4 DistrictP. Brazeale.
8 District. f. Ransdell.
6 Districts. M. Robinson.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

One of the peculiar institutions
which the Paris Exposition has
brought into existence is a school In
which the attendants are instructed
how to see the fair.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Ohio and Indiana are In litigation
over the Ohio River. The river Is IN
conscious of the trouble and at last &C
counts was vending Its way unruf-
fed to the sea.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Minister WI must admit that the
prejudice against the Chinese in this
country has never reached the violence
of the Boxers
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

1t is an iii wind that blows nobody
any good. A mild case Of the bubonic
plague in one of the coffee centres of
Brazil resulted in rise of 60 per cent.
in coffee prices inside of three months.
The industry is said to be now in a
better condition than for some time,
and with the very marked increase in
the use of Brazilian coffee in the
United States, prices are likely to con-
tinue at the same level.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

The rpesph poets wear long hair "A
rrcbas!y bssau.s there II ~ sheys aul
q lgtlss
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15
Double Daily Trains
Fast Time
Close Connections.

Through Pullman Palace Elespers
between New Orleans and Memphis,
Kansas City, 81. Louis and Chicags
without change. making direct eonnec-
lions with Arst-class Hines TO al point&
The great steel bridge gpanniAg the
Ohio river ct Cairo completed, and I'll
trains freight and paassAgsr) now ran.
ning regularly over II thu avoiding the
delays and annoyance incident TO trans
Tor by ferry ksaA
4. 3. HAssos. osa. - An,
QhleASA
IA s ssvsaI n h 4. slsn2Ak
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

The British poets are either out of
luck or their theme Is distasteful to
the muses., Swinburne has tried war
poetry and has apparently made as
rank a failure Of it as the poet lau-
reate.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Eighteen years ago the first news
paper was published in Japan. To-
day there are SIS newspapers, a large
numbers of religious papers, II scien-
tffic and 35 medical journals. This Is
very convincing evidence of Japanese
progress.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Famines are not new in the history
Of India or the rest of the world. A
thousand years ago families in Great
Britain and Europe often occurred,
costing the lives Of many thousands.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Sir J. Crichton Browne Is Of the
opinion that consumption in the United
Kingdom will, in the ordinary course,
disappear in sixty years. He believes,
however, that with caution In the
nursing of patients 1t may be got rid
Of In half that time.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

There has been a marked improve
ment in the state of trade In Palestine
since the opening up Of the country by
the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway. The
transportation Of goods from the coast
to the interior is now rendered very
easy.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Miss Hecker's victory over Miss Un-
derhill and Miss Hoyt in the contest
for the women's championship of the
Metropolitan Golf Association adds
another name to the growing list Of ex-
pert players who haYe attained to
championship form, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser. There
are now FIVE: Miss Hecker, Miss Hoyt,
Miss Underhill, Mrs. Fox and Miss
Wetmore. Six years ago there We're
practically none, and Miss Hoyt's ten
ure of the national championship for
three years gave her a splendid isOla-
ton" that one was apt to ascribe not
only to her own cleverness in the
game, but to the lack of sufficient COM
petitive interest in 1t. But golf has
jumped into immense popularity dur
ing the last two years, and the supply
of champions has. of course, increased
withit. 1t promises to be no temper
airy increase, for the game has come
to stay, judging by the social inter-
ests that have grown up with it.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Some time ago the Connecticut Leg
islature. following the precedent estab-
lished by the Swiss Cantons in case
of the edelweiss, passed a law pro-
tecting the trailing arbutus. This Is
said to be the first law ever passed In
any State in the Union for such pur-
pose.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

The greatest game law ever known
Is about to go into effect in Africa,
where human life has seemed always
to be held rather cheap. 1t is con-
vention of the powers for the preser-
walton of the wild animals within their
dominions. Lions, leOpards, hyaenas,
balloons, all birds of prey Except vul-
tures), owls, crocodiles, and poisonous
snakes, are all given up to the destroy
ers and may be killed at sight. An
other species, including elephants,
rhinoceroses, CRATES, deer of all kinds,
and buffalos, are to be protected by
local laws, the drift of which will be
to prohibit absolutely the killing Of
their females and their young, to de-
mand licenses from hunters, to estab-
fish In certain cases close time, and
to define and preserve reserves with
In which the beasts may multiply In
security The contracting parties agree
to promulgate the measures for carry
ing out the convention within a year,
they are to encourage the domestica-
ton of zebras, elephants and ostrNoaes,
and the convention is to remain In
force for fifteen years and so on from
year to year unless any party, twelve
months before the expiration of that
period, "denounces" it.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Professor Metchnikoff has some fine
theories about checking the inroads of
old age, but somehow the serum and
other things that have been used to
arrest decay of the powers have all
proved futile. Oliver Wendell Holmes
made very careful study Of the sub
ject and had high hopes of living to be
100, but he died at s., despite all his
precautions.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Germany proposes to establish rig
orous system Of examination Of all
meat food products Of domestic origin,
and to require similar treatment Of all
such products imported, from what
ever country. In that she Is impartial
and not unreasonable.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Up to the present time land in Siber-
la can be acquired only by farmers
and settlers. During the last two
years a large number Of concessions
for the purchase of land have been
asked for by merchants, engineers and
manufacturers, and the Russian Min
istry Is now considering the question
of making a change in the present sys-
tenn.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

70 siys an idea Of the extent Of the
espsHheuas culture sf sewers Ia the
3plil4 atltss n NAP - assta1 ttkl
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1909-09-15

Engineers say a 100-foot-wide canal
II to Is feet deep, between Lake Su-
perior and Grand Forks, N. D., Is an
engineering possibility. The scheme is
grand one, and the agricultural
northwest wants it carried through.