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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-12-03

TO dodge the glass eye pointed toward him. In
any event quick action is necessary at the crit
1cal moment If the subject sought is to be caught
ere he moves away, turns his head or otherwise
spols the picture. Indeed the snap-shotter who
would catch on the wing" such restless spirits
as Colonel Roosevelt must develop a sort of sixth
sense that will enable him to anticipate with rea,
sonable certainty the future moves Of bis subject
No other American Of the day is so much pho
tographed as is Colonel Roosevelt, and vet he
Is by no means an easy subject for good pictures
1t is not that he objects to the operation indeed
ne seems to utterly ignore the cameras that are
pointed at him dozen times day. But the
colonel is one of the most active and sudden of
men, and the snap-shotter must be on the alert
every minute of the time he loses the golden
opportunity to catch the expresident at the "psy.
Geological moment" This was admirably illus
ENTERTAINING THE BLIND.
In these days Of specialists you can't Just
step out and help your fellow humans in haphaz-
ard fashion," said the matron on an institution
for the blind. you have to take course of
training before you can even do good in the world
In this position the task that requires most d.
plomacy is declining the services Of people who
offer to entertain the blind. All sorts of incom-
petents volunteer. Their Intentions are good but
their achievements are deplorable. Poor readers
are most numerous and are hardest to manage.
They have had no practise in reading aloud since
they left the lower grades in the grammar school,
yet when the fires of benevolence break out that
is the FIRST thing they want to do. =. ......z d..
"The blind are particularly sensitive to tho
quality Of voice. harsh, high pitched voice
that rambles on without rhyme or reason gets
on their nerves. and it is our duty to shut out
all such readers They have to be handled with
care because their hearts are in the right place.
and with tact their good intentions may be de-
Elected into some useful channel" H..
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ings all the world it speedily progressed from
interest In places and things to curiosity regarding
the actual appearance Of the people regarding whose
do1ngs the papers had much to say. It was not
enough that the newspapers should print as coun-
terfe1t presentment of this that public man a
carefully posed bust portrait touched up to show the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-12-03

ed the "snap-shotting Of celebrities, which means
the making of instantaneous photographs of the
people who are temporarily permanently in the
public eye and whose personal appearance is conse
quenty matter of interest to the people of all parts
Of the country.
Few newspaper readers who take delight in the
mass of pictures spread nowadays over every print
ed page, ever stop to reflect what comparatively
short time it was that first such embellish-
ment of the chronicle of the days happenings. Most
Of our readers doubtless remember distinctly
the time when pictures unknown in their favor
tie newspaper, and even after crude cuts began to
make their appearance in the advertising columns of
the weekies, and later in the dailies, it long
lapse ere the pictures to be found in the read
Ing columns and yet longer time before the reader
came to expect not scenic subjects but graphic
pictures OF the current happenings Of the busy world
The vocation Of snap-shotting celebrities has
been the outgrowth-the very latest outgrowth it
might be ermedof the practise Of recording in pic
ture we'll in story the dongs Of all the world
When the newspaper-reading public came to expect
the quick reflection in picture form Of great happen
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23
Late and Early Irish Potatoes.

I'm REGARD to the late crop OF irish potatoes
would add to what Professor Thompson says
Il that the crop grown from the seed OF the
early crop will be better by getting the potatoes
to sprout earlier and they will sprout more quick
ly if cut in halves than if left whole. Then | do
not plant them in the same way plant the early
crop for at this season we need to conserve mois-
ture. Therefore | make the burrows very deep
but cover the potatoes very shallow at first, and
then as they grow, work the soil to them till level
and cultivate them level and shallow to retain
the moisture. ] hill early potatoes, as we want
the influence of the the hills in the early
season when there is usually plenty of moisture;
but the late crop never hill at ALL but get them
deep in the ground and keep dust mulch on the
surface to retain moisture.
My early potatoes planted very shallowy
and abundantly hilled in cultivation, and my plot
yielded at rate of $50 bushels an acre of splendid
Cobblers | dug one hill that had thirty-one good
potatoes in it. Contrary to my usual practice,
these MANFRED with stable manure broad
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23
Notes and Comments.

7 ETTERS LITERALLY by the hundreds come
to me from the Southern farmers asking
- for a fertilizer formula for every crop they
grow. But to-day the monotony was broken by
farmer writing TO ask for the best rotation for
his section for the permanent improvement OF the
soil like to answer letters of that sort for they
show that the eaven OF good farming is working:
but the everlasting requests for fertilizer formulas
Tor every crop planted discourage me, and cause
me to think that the writer's do not read the paper
though they subscribe for II. When a man reads
and puts his brains to work thinking out a plan
for improvement, / know at once that that man
reads his paper to some purpose. All over the
country farmers are taking farm papers and hard
~ give them more than casual glance after they
arrive. The papers have no effect on the farm
practice Of these men, because they do not get
walked up enough to really read and digest what
is printed for their benefit. No one expects any
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23

cast and fertilizer in the burrows | afraid
of scab but never a cleaner lot of potatoes
Taking up piece of land that has been lying out
for years as garden used the manure all over
1t in order to improve the soil. Now IL | keep
on growing potatoes in that land with stable ma
nure | believe that after while | shall get the
scab fungus in and may have scabby potatoes
But SHALL for some time. avoid the land where
potatoes grew this year and will put II In other
crops.
A good rotation in the garden is just mpor-
tant as in the farm land, If we to avoid dis
eases. AS rule. Professor Thompson Is right In
avoiding barnyard manure potatoes, but my
manure was from the New York horse stables. and
there was little danger of scab fungus in It, and
the land probably clean OF the disease
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23
The stock Food" Fraud.

INHAT The Progressive Farmer and Gazette Ia
right In refusing To advertise the condi-
mental stock foods that are enabling mon
TO make large fortunes out OF mill onol e. we'll
shown by the results of feeding experiments nj
the Iowa State College Experiment Station. Bull
etin l13 gives the following conclusions from a
55-day test:
cd Stock foods did not have any bene
hcial effect on the digestion
t2) Stock foods did not have any nm
preciable effect In getting greater gains from
corn ration than can be obtained from
feeding corn alone.
t5) IL required more feed TO produce n
pound or gain when stock foods were used
than when corn fed alone
"a bushel OF corn produced as much
or more pork when corn was fed alone than
II ala when stock foods were added to II.
N5) The pork produced by corn alone
returned greater net value per bushel of
corn led than was returned when stock
FOOD was added TO the corn"
Ihese trials included all the stock foods so
freely advertised in most agricultural papers
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23
Professor Massey's
Editorial Page.
The Wheat Crop and Winter Oats.

vNHE FARMERS in the Southern Piedmont
section are already writing for information
Il in regard to the wheat crop But, as usual,
most of them seem to be more ANXIOUS TO KNOW
what fertilizer and how much to USE
This matter of fertilization always seems to
come first to every Southern farmer when con-
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23

one to read the paper and adopt every idea it con-
tains, for the paper is prepared by in various
sections, and we try to have something useful for
every section where The Progressive Farmer and
Gazette circulates. But must assume that
the readers of the paper have good common sense
and can select from the various suggestions what
will be of to them. There be no hard
and fast rule by which every shall work but
the principles of good farming the same every
where.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23


PROFESSOR MASSEY gen in any form, if they farm
right and on most of the red clay lands they can
do without the purchase OF potash II they use
basic Stag phosphate literally on their wheat crop
as the lime carried by basic Stag will tend to re-
lease some of the nsoluble potash with which
these soils abound. This is especially true where
the land is in peas in preparation for the wheat
crop Having peas, | would certainly NOW them
for hay for you can get the land in better shape
for wheat with only the stubble, for wheat needs
a well settled and compacted soil. Nor would |
plow the stubble deeply. The blowing for the
peas will be all sufficient. and / would disk the
stubble over not more than three inches deep,
after either peas corn But would run the
disk till the land fine as it is possible to
make it, and we'll tramped over and packed by
the teams Then do not too early, or you
may catch the Hessian fly. Keep the land stirred
and fined till there is light white frost and then
drill the wheat. If the land is thin l would
use not less than 400 pounds of basic Stag per
acre, and would six pecks of seed per acre.
On stronger land l would use somewhat less OF
the phosphate and would SOW five pecks OF seed
per acre, for the plants will tiller more on the
strong soil.
But am getting letters continually from farm
ers in the level sandy coast country asking about
wheat growing | do not think that in the coast
section from North Carolina southwark, wheat
ever be made profitable crop. The lands,
as a rule are not suited to the crop, being gen.
orally too light and sandy, and the humidity OF
the climate will always encourage the rust, and
that will ruin the crop.
In the coast country and over the greater part
of the Gulf States winter oats will always be
more profitable than wheat. The preparation of
the soil should be the for wheat for win
ter killing is always where the land Is
loose and lumpy. Therefore the best thing to
do is to fine the surface soil with the disk and
compact it with roller and harrow. Then drill
the seed in, and if the soil is in the proper
dition, the drilling will be more profitable than
the laborious open-furrow method that some prac-
tce Sow not later than October, and still bet
ter in September, and get good fall growth.
Then clean seed On a farm here in
southern Maryland in the improvement of which
am interested, sowed last September perfect
ly clean seed of the Virginia Turf oats The win
ter was hard one, but in that whole field not a
plant turned to cheat; simply because there were
no cheat seed sown. But if you seed that have
cheat seed mixed in them you will conclude next
spring that the oats have turned to cheat when,
in fact, every cheat plant from cheat seed,
for the seed of cheat looks very much like small
oat grain. They easily be blown out with a
tanning mill. and all seed should be re-cleaned
well, whether of wheat oats for the best crops
always come from heavy clean seed.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23

The success of live stock raising in the South
depends largely united and persistent effort
to rid the country of cattle ticks Read what
DR.. Butler says about the getting rid OF these and
the immense cost they to the South. County
after county in North Carolina was cleaned of
ticks when Dr. Butler was State Veterinarian
and he knows well what the ticks cost and how
easy it is to rid a section of them if the proper
method is used.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23

tempIating the planting OF any
crop. And every one of them
thinks that | can advise as to
the proper fertilization of his
soil without knowing anything
about it's particular needs.
Farmers all over the South
are, doubtless, buying fertiliz-
ers that they do not need to
buy. They certainly do not
need to buy ammonia or nitro
gen in any form, if they farm
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23
KEEP UP THE HUMUs sUPPLY.-on IL

KEEP UP THE HUMUS SUPPLY.-On the deem
black soil of the reclaimed land of the Lindsay
farm in the Dismal Swamp in Virginia I saw last
week ninety acres of rye that Mr.. Lindsay intends
pillow under. | asked him If he did not think
that land had humus enough Perhaps" said he
but do not intend ii to get any less. and find
that this rich land 1t pays" That aver
age farmer I wrote about recently would do his
best to get all out of that land he could get and
put nothing on 1t. he would consider II too rich
to need anything. And yet. Mr. Lindsay
finds that IL pays him to phosphoric acid and
potash literally to balance the great amount OF
nitrogen he has naturally in the soil. And that
1t pays is shown by his getting 100 barrels Of
potatoes an acre. In fact. he Is doing intensive
work extensive scale.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23
CRIMSON CLOVER

chMsoN CIOVER.-In sowing crimson clover
seed In the rough you should sow about 40
pounds per acre to make 1t equal to / s pounds OF
cream seed believe that you more certain
10 get stand In the rough than with clean seed
as the hulls hold the moisture had rather use
them than clean seed. The clean seed. Will be
very high this fall. for the rains have damaged
the crop here.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23
GO To THE INSTITUTES

GO To THE INSTIruTES.-Dr. Butler is right
in saying that the farmers institutes are for
teaching and learning. and not for entertainment
OF course. / am not opposed to entertainments
when they are held solely as such. But the State
provides funds for Institutes a for in
struction. and 1t is perverson OF the purpose
of the institute to make II merely an entertain
nient or an amusement DIR. Butler made the
North Carolina institutes what they are TO day.
and they have kept strictly to their proper work:
but some States have appropriated many thou
sands OF dollars annually for institute work and
allowed them TO degenerate into mere entertain
ments and shows hope that IL will never be
the case in the South.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-23

kCDZC.-That analysis of the kudxu vine
seems TO show that II has high feeding value
ana as 1t viii thieken and hold the ground for
years. and grow like Jonah's gonrd IL looks as
though there may be n rival 10 alfalfa on the
way. have seen II grow nearly foot in twenty
four hours. The seed now be had. and |
would suppose that the best way would be TO
grow seedlings and set them out about ten feet
apart each way and peg them To the ground as
the! sfo" 1t would not take them long TO cover
the whole area. | hope that the stations will ex-
pertinent with the plant as a forage producer II
rs hardy almost everywhere
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-08

of the Chanccllors of the Exchcauer
throughout all that time In the prep
aration of .their budgets, and was es-
pecially close to Gladstone, who had
the most unboundcd confidence I'm his
ability.
Lord Welby. who was raised TO the
peeraSe for his work at the Treasury
belongs to one of the oldest houses of
Lincolnshire. and as long ago as in
the reign of King Stephen, the Wclbys.
or Wellebl. as they were then styled
hourished as territorial magnates, and
this Is borne sout by numerous con-
temporary records, notably by the
Black Book of the Exchequer. The
Welbys are mentioned as having dis
tlnSnished themselves at tho battle Of
CrecY, and later on In the battle OF
Bosworth, and little over 100 years
ago. William Earle Welby. one Of
the principal supporters of Pitt OBJ
tanned through the latter a baronetcy.
now held by Sir Charles Welby, as
fifth holder of the title. Lord Welby
is grandson of the first baronet; is
a confirmed bachelor. an exceedingly
popular figure in London society. and
in great demand as diner out. owing
to his fund of anecdote and clever con-
yersation. He has no heir to his hon
.ors. lives in Stratton Street. Piccadilly
rarely leaving town. and while belong
ing to number of clubs, makes his
headquarters at Arthur's
lGopyrlsht, 1910. by the Brentwood
COmpany.J
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-08

| is, we take X, the sole purpose OF the
second RESOLUTION adopted. Few men
believe that administrative boards,
dropped down on top OF the council
system. will be thoroughly remedial OF
permanently satisfactory. At the least,
lstration in special instances until
other forrns OF city government can be
decided upon. In this connection we
think the conference erred in fixing
the size OF administrative boards which
can be authorized by the Legislature
to control the administrative affairs OF
a city. or course a compact body is
most desirable. but the exact size of
such body should be left to the city.
This, however, IL q. matter which can
easily be corrected in the Assembly.
Tho important thing about the con-
ference Is that 1t has opened the way
for the permanent betterment of city
government in proposing to petition for
a constitutional amendment authorize
ing cities to adopt commission govern
ment This is goal towards which
the citizens OF many cities are already
gazing, and which, If the Assembly will
grant the petition Of the conference,
may now be easily attained. II is
worth directing attention also to the
conferences decision to leave the
adoption Of such changed forms OF city
government as the Assembly may grant
wholly optional with the cities Thus
the needs of city will determine the
form of its government, as is right and
proper. This optional feature Of the
plan should and will reduce opposition
to 1t to a minimum.
The pioneers of this movement for
municipal form have now passed.
The engineers. in military parlance
should follow. The committees named
under the admirable resolution Of Mr..
Sargent should formulate their petit
lions to the Assembly and should push
them from the day the House opens.
This, and this only. will bring sue
cess.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-08
Voice Of the People

. 3 e
More .4houl Prohibition In Dapyllic.
EDITOR OF The riines-Dispatch:
Sir,-Thc first full twelve months of
the present dry" period in Danville
closed the Goth day OF April, 1908. At
that time / gave statement to the
press containing comparative statistics
OF the dry year with the wet"
year Immediately preceding. This
statement was from the sworn official
records OF the city. and Mas not SIM
ply the unsupported opinion OF tie
writer, who, like others Interested on
both sides of the liquor question, is
SUBJECT TO personal prejudices.
from an economic standpoint this
sworn statement showed the following
facts. viz:
!. The taxable values Of the city as
Isported by the Commissioner of Rev
enlc had increased in the one dry
year. approximately $I,000,OoO
2. In spite of tile loss of s10,oGe.5o
Tor liquor licenses the city's revenues
were larger than the previous "wet',
year there having been decided in
crease :re.a from every, distinct source Of
on account of police Court fines"
which decreased from sS,la7.s6 to s4,-
246.S4 and doubtless represented food
and clothing saved to the poorer
classes 10 an amount approximating
$4,000 I'M / :.
8. From twenty-five merchants s,
representative OF the entire city, the
purchases reported to the Commits
sioner of Revenue showed decided
increase, thus indicating an Improved
retail trade throughout the city.
4. The amount of interest bearing
certificates in the banks Of Danylle
showed a healthy Increase, and in.
dicated an Increased savings" by the
.. The number of building permits
Issued by he building department
showed 81 an Increase Of more than
80 per cent
s. The receipts Of the street ra.lwa,
company and Of the United States
post office showed decided increase
q. me record OF sales or the tobacco
market Tor the past eight years COLI
years. and three dry years. showed
the smallest dry year TO be consider
AMY In excess Of the largest wet
year. ri. m
IS, An actual count shows that on
our principal street tincluding5 both
business and residential sections. for
laelangth of moro than two rnfles) there
Is To-day not single vacant store or
residenf &C.. PIractieally the amecondI-
non exists throughout, every desirable
From criminal standpoint, these
sworn records show the following
facts, viz: @
l. Tho number OF arrests for drunk
for the wet year was 1895. and for
for the ''we{{S Year Of lss per : cent essesS
"a. 9 In splteSof the Increased popflla-
ton, by reason of annexed territory
land natural growth during the dry.
period, there WAS 10 decrease In the
expenses for courts, iails and police
a. prominent undertaken recently
told me he had had fewer funerals the
past year than had becnfthe case for
many years One OF our hSsiclans, In
speaking OF this fact, said 7 he closing,
OF saloons shad8a direct bearing on the
|deathrate or the city, He argued that
Fsince4 the saloons 3 We're closed The
lahoring classes had more money to
|3spend on their families; that theirchil-
Increased quantity Of food, W ere bet
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-08
B0yyoweA IngleJ
rnE MAN WHO sNonEs.

Z There's the man who tolls us stories.
OFT recouiiting all his glortes
When he pitched upon the diamond, win
ming laurcls for HIS team:
When he was a noted punter,
Or most feroclous hunter,
Or the trophy winning angler whom he fish
ed the sWlrllng stream,
There's the man who tells US riddles,
Or the man who poorly adde's
All OF whom we fain would chriSten ~ Q
lot OF daily bores.
But the worst, In our opinion.
In the blessed whole dominion.
Is the man who rooms below us, With his
deep souorouB shores.
We can stand the cricket calling.
We can stand tho caterwauling
or the melancholy pussies as they ventilste
Fg their cares;
And the milk1nan on his mission
Doesn't change our calm position.
Nor the late "A. NJ. boarder who comes
falling lip tho stairs.
But there ought to be an Island
Some far distant low or high land.
Just a Wild secluded region miles beyond
our peaceful shores.
For that offspring of perdition
Who beyond the thin partition
Fairly penetratcs the welkin with his deep.
resembling snorea.