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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

Some of the Things He Had Not Thought of Before
BY A. L. French.

are examples of how the sins of the
fathers are visited unto the child
rem; discouraged wife who prom
Used to love and honor him, and who.
poor thing. can not do IL TO save her
dear life, and last, a craving for whis-
cannot control and which takes every
dollar he can lay his hands on. Tom
Perkins owns the cabin Jim lives In
and Mrs. Peters takes in washing to
pay the rent and provide for the
children
| expect II is the truth. too, as
he said. that | might, II | would.
get every one of these boys into
the Sunday-school and by my ex-
ample, get them to attend the public
school regularly. putting them in the
way OF making better citizens. |
had never though OF 1t just as he put
1t, about boys life not belonging to
himself alone. but to all OF his line
that had gone on before and all that
would come after. And what he said
than sin never raised boy in his
own estimation or in the estimation
OF any good man in the community.
never added any thing to his useful
ness in the world. never added n par
iicle to his manhood. never added to
mis- length of life, never improved his
health In any way, and never added n
dollar to his estate sounds lfka tho
truth but | hadn't thought of II.
The old Man seems TO know n lot
and every one seems to respect him.
He seems to think a lot OF me. too
III be hanged II | don't turn over n
new leaf and take different tack
with the bucks | can get them
over and get 'em interested in the
way we raise corn, show them nv
fine SOW and heifer, and maybe I
can get dad to give each OF them n
lamb or pig. I'll have the ball
games up In our pasture instead of
down there at the lower end of
town where all the old toughs con-
gregate, and I'll get mother TO let me
nave lemonade to drink and make the
fellows cut out the 'near-beer' and
cigarettes. / just can't be a sneakine
fool when he is expecting something
better OF me-"
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

the money they need for spend
~ ing as suits themselves, but
such boys are the exception rather
than the rule. 1t has not been many
years since l was myself boy on
farm, and from my experience then
and my observation and experience
since, I am fully convinced that
most farmer boys do not have as
much money as they really need. 1t
is a good thing for a boy to have
money all his own so he can buy some
of the things he particularly wishes;
and unless he can do this, the money
is not really his.
This does not mean that 1 believe
the boy has every time a right to
spend money as he wishes without
accounting to his parents for the way
he spends it, or letting them know
what he gets with it. In fact, it is
pretty likely to be the case that If
he is afraid or ashamed to let his
parents know what he bought when
he went to town, he bought some
IuluS uS ul0 AOI AOOu dS Oil. 0OAA
believe it is a healthy state of mind
for a boy to be suspicious of his par
ents, or to feel afraid to confide in
them. If were boy again, should
take my father and mother much
more fully into my confidence than /
did. 1 know it is the parents place
to begin these confidential relations;
but if they will not do it, the boy
should. His parents are not likely
to see things as he does always, but
and often he misses a great deal in
many ways, just because he is too
shy to talk to them about what he
would like to have or wishes to do,
so that they never know about these
desires of his.
But all this is long way from the
question of how the boy on the farm
is to make money; and until he has
made it, he certainly can not in
vest it.
Now, most farm boys are not going
to have a great deal of money of
their own. and l doubt if most boys
need a great deal. Neither do l be-
believe that what they have should
be given them. | know that the
average boy on the farm pays his
way and more; and it would be an
entirely fair arrangement for his ia
ther to pay him regular sum each
month for his services. Better still,
it would be for him to keep an ac-
count of the work he does and of
what he gets and then collect any
balance due him. The great draw
back to this plan is that he and his
father are not likely to agree, in most
cases, either as to the value of the
work he does or as to the value of
what he receives.
For this reason, and also because
it puts the matter of profit or loss
squarely up to him and his own work,
l think it better for him to go into
business for himself.
l do not mean for him to leave
home or quit working on the farm or
for his parents, but for him to have
something of his own, and to get and
keep what he makes from it. He
can, at least, rent an acre of land
from his father, for a fixed sum or
certain part of the crop, and try his
hand on that. He can buy a calf or
a pig, perhaps; and if he can buy a
i
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

Our advertisers will do as they
promise
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10
|UVHE
RED-HEADED,

"HE RED-HEADED, freckled-
faced boy dropped lightly down
Il on the end Of the log that ex-
tended out over the old mill pond,
tossed his cap back onto the bank,
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

oo or Sale-four pure-br~d young Jersey Bulls:
200 colonies Of Bees and | second hand IL rise
Prairie PIT. Miss "
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

a.. roland China Bears: 2 Gilta three months old
1000 each with pedigree. A few Barred Rock
Cockerels; 30 each. All f. o. b. Geo. Shaver.
Brooksville. Miss
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

So3 acres for sale. l.2 mile from two depots
Dairy and poultry farm Eleven miles meridian
s ..9 improvements. Geo. C. Hogaboom, Basic.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

Registered Poland China Pigs and Pure Bred
Angora Bucks. Prices To meet Roll WeeyiI con.
ditions. Jno L. Lord. Hcrmanvilla. Miss.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

Single Comb Rhode Island Red Cockerels. 81 30
saehi Satisfaction guaranteed. l.. Lehman
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-10

Wantod-B buyers for nice. new. 20 pound Peath-
| lington. N. c. ~ p'
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

ampler than the present; it has more
room for energy and enterprise. In
that realm Of light and gladness are
the great spirits of our race, and they
have employments congenial to their
powers. They have not been retired,
but promoted Human nature is to IN
f1uence all worlds A vital Christian
1ty will always emphasize the future
life. Mems souls grow great and their
thoughts profound only in the pres
ence of the eternal realities OF God
and human destiny. Christ is the liv
ing bond between both worlds. The
love that moves the sun and all the
stars is the rapture and the satisfac-
ton of the spirits of just men made
perfect and of the festal assembly OF
the angels.
In the fair mansions Of the heavenly
home are many unutterably dear, from
whom we parted with agony. What
joy it will to meet them again! No
more shall we be lonely. The armies
of the saints are triumphantly march.
ing onward and homeward to that city
whose light is not that of sun or
moon, but the glory of the Lamb OF
God. In the quiet of the evening
cleaning and amid the fury of all
life's storms we catch strains Of celes.
tial melody.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Pigs Need Phosphate.

The relation of phosphate to the
animal economy was finely worked out
by the Wisconsin Experiment station.
Three pens of pigs of three each were
kept for several months. To one was
fed the ordinary fattening ration; to
another a little phosphate was added
to their food; with the third all the
phosphate was extracted from their
feed The effect was astonishing. The
pigs to which was given an increased
portion, though small, of phosphate,
were wonderfully thrifty and vigorous,
while those that ate the ration from
which the phosphate had been extract
ed we're dumpish, and not able to
stand on their feet for a minutes
time. Their growth and weight was
also greatly retarded. Our soil, ami
mails and crops need this important
agent nstantly.-Hoard's Dairyman.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
HYMNS AND THEIR AUTHORS
THE COMING KING.
BY John Cennick.

[Although this hymn is frequently cred
doubt but that he deserves credit only for
placing it in his collection, while the Rev.
John Cennick (Reading, England, Dec. IL,
1718-London, July 4, 1879 was it's au-
thor. It appears in his collection of hymns
before Wesley published 1t. The hymn is
interesting principally because of the pop
ularity it once enjoyed not long ago it
was thought to hold third place among
all the hymns in the English tongue.
While it is still frequently sung in Great
Britain and in her colonies, it is certainly
declining in favor for it's thought does
not greatly interest our day.]
Lo! he comes with clouds descending,
Once for favored sinners slain!
Thousand thousand saints attending,
Swell the triumph Of his train!
Hallelujah!
Jesus comes, and comes to reign.
Every eye shall now behold him,
ROBBED in dreadful majesty!
Those who set at naught and sold him,
Pierced and nailed him to the tree,
Deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see!
Yea, amen! let all adore thee,
High on thine eternal throne!
Savior, take the power and glory;
Make thy righteous sentence known.
Men and angels
Kneel and bow to thee alone!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
POLITE JAPANESE POLICE
A Rebuke to Tourists-Originally a
Most AristOcratic Body.

The Japanese police, one of whose
chiefs has been studying English meth
DDS at Scotland yard with d view of inn
provements in his own force, was orig
inally the most aristocratic body of the
kind in the world
dent with the Emperor's decree forbid
ding the wearing of swords. By a
stroke of the imperial pen the Samurai
were deprived of cherished weapons, by
which the gentleman of Japan had been
accustomed from immemOrial times to adj
vertise their rank. So they went into
the police, where it was still possible to
carry sword, and a very formidable
weapon it was, being of the two-handea
variety.
Perhaps the police twenty years ago
were rather too fond of chnnning a prls-
oner in half instead of arresting him, but
they were very expert, and there was
seldom any evidence TO contradict their
own version of the incident.
To people of their own re nix and to
foreigners they are polite in a degree
which would have seemed ludicrOus any
where except in the land of honOriticS.
The writer remembers an incident which
illustrates this train well enough. 1t
was at Osaka during water festival,
sengers much in the same way as our
own on boat race day.. A rope at either
end guarded by a policeman was sufli-
cient for the purpose.
With the contempt for authority
which distinguishes the Englishman
abroad, two or three tourists stood on
the wrong side of the rope out of the
crowd, so as to get a better view, but
the policeman was equal to the occasion:
With apologize bows he united ona end
of the rope and then fastened it again
in front of the foreigners, and they had
the good sense to accept the rebuke.-
London Chronicle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Most Profitable Farm Animal.


Opinion is divided and probably al
ways will be on the question which is
the most profitable farm animal to
raise. Many believe the horse brings
the greatest profit, others tie their
faith to the beef breeds, and still 9TH
ers to the dairy breeds of cattle, but
it seems that the friends of the hog
are in the majority. A hog requires
more care at times than do some
other animals, but it is wonderfully
prolific, and if the quality and breed
ing are right it is easy to make g.
market for the animals produced, and
the farmer has the advantage of turn
ing his money over more rapidly and
more profitably in hog breeding than
in perhaps any other kind of animal
production. OF course, there are
many risks to assume, as the modern
hog is purely artificial product and
subject to humors and diseases which
would not come to it in it's wild state.
The investment of a moderate sum of
money in a few brood sows in the
spring will make a man hog breeder
within year; whether bred as spe-
cialty or as side line, the hog always
gives a good account of himself
Kansas Farmer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

side of the box. In using this method
one runs the risk of upsetting the
cans when putting the strips in posi-
ton.
An improvement over this method
is shown in the accompanying sketch
from Popular Mechanics, which is
self-explanatory. The apparatus is
made of strips of board, 1 inch thick,
the lower sketch shows how the de-
vice is put into the milk box, B is a
hinge, and A button to lock the
tongue C in place when the device is
Strengthened out. Boards for holding
the grain in bins can be made in the
same manner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
KeeDin& the Cow.

The cost Of keeping a cow varies
considerably according 20 the cost of
producing the roughage from hay,
grain and corn feeds, but figures from
dairy associations place the average
cost at $50 or $35 a year To pay a
profit, it follows that the cow must
produce more than $50 or $35 year.
1t pays to keep an accurate account
with all the cows. There are many
that do not near pay up. Apply the
test Of scales and Babcock tester then
and get rid of those that do not come
up to the mark.
In buying new cows, procure those
that freshen in the fall. You will
have the butterfat at the time when
continue in good flow all through the
spring if you treat her we'll through
the winter. Increase the feeding as
the pastures decrease Extra care and
feed in the fall will keep the milk
flow up and allow of good sales as the
prices increase.
After years of observation the Cor
nell University reaches these conclu-
sions: Cd With a fairly good herd
carefully fed and kept, milk can be
produced for IS cents a cwt., and fat
for 16 cents a pound, for the cost of
food consumed. Large animals con-
sumo less pounds of dry material per
1000 lb. live weight each day than the
smaller animals do. The best yields Of
fat are obtained from cows that give
a fairly large flow of milk. Pasture
grass is the cheapest milk and fat pro-
ducing food. (From this it seems that
those who neglect their pastures or
make little effort to start new ones, are
In losing game.) The cow consum-
ing the most food produce both fat
and milk at lowest rate. A good cow
must be hearty eater. Individuals
of the same breed vary more widely
in milk and butter production than
do the breeds themselves.-The Ohio
Farmer.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Animals Need Juicy Feed.

The digestive organs of animals that
chew their cud are so formed as to
require comparatively juicy and bulky
food. The COW can not thrive on dry
food as we'll as the horse The ideal
food for the dairy COW is good pas
ture, but for a large part of the year
green pasture is not available. The
best substitutes to furnish this succu-
lent feed during this period are root
crops and corn silage. Corn yields
about twice as much dry matter per
acre as do root crops. AS root crops
require much more labor, silage is by
far the most economical for those
where corn can not be grown.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
THE THRILL OF HOPE.
BY Rev. H. Elvet I

BY Rev. H. Elvet Lewis.
We have a thousand devices for try
ing to dwell at ease in sin. We cover
1t with excuses, we hide our faces from
its cruel results, we make ourselves
blind to it's revolt against God and, un-
happily. we can astutely deceive our
selves at last Now, in the trouble
that comes with sin, as part of it,
there is as much mercy as judgment.
God does not waste sufferings. Just as
physical pain Is protest against in
juring the physical frame, SO are the
Affections of sin warning against
moral risks. Painless sin would go far
to prove the reign of merciless God.
He has interviewer suffering with
wrongdoing, so that men may hesitate
to put on the robe which, at the end,
like Deianira's robe, burns into the
very soul with unutterable torment.
The punishment, the misery. the lone
illness, help to bring men near the door
way of deliverance.
For every man in the valley of trou-
BILE there Is door Of hope. Not for
few, not for many, but for all. Him
that cometh to Me, l will in no wise
cast out" This message is for all time.
The Saviour reigns to save. and the
glory of His reign is in saving to tho
uttermost them that come unto God
by Him"-saving completely, perfect
ly.
The sight of a door of hope in itself
thrills the mind. Let man once be-
gin to believe that he can be saved
and he is not far from the Kingdom,
The DEVILS strongest ally is despairs
and, in place of despair, dizziness OF
soul. There Is a sort Of hard blank.
ness that settles down on the lives oil
thousands to-day, perhaps more diff
cult to dealt with than active despair.
Life seems to them to have no out;
look, no glad surprise. Every ray OF
hope is quenched by the heavy att
mosphere; and yet. If hope did quick
en- one desire, all might be changed,
and that with startling suddenness.
We have seen the dullest catch fire, as
the light streamed from the Cross;
and we have seen those who had
buried all hope turn their face to
Jesus, and pray almost before they
knew they could pray. We want to
recover belief in the surprises Of the
Holy Spirit, and proclaim the message
with an accent of conviction that will
be in itself a gospel
Let the prisoner but surely learn
that the outer door of his prison shall
one day be opened, and he will never
again rest comfortably in his cell. So
it is with the unsaved soul. The very
sight of the door makes him dissatis
fled with life of sin; he shall escape
he must escape-one day, and he
feels in his better moments the touch
of the hand of Jesus.
Beyond the door, what prospects lie!
This is Achor, the valley of trouble,
dark with shadows, desolate with dead
wind but, beyond, who can tell what
fair landscapes lie bathed in sunshine?
Pardon, peace, victory, life lived in
faith and love, the growing likeness
of the soul to God-all that beyond the
opening of the door! Greater than the
powers of punishment is the might Of
hope, and so God has tempered judg-
ment with mercy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16

back that 1 thought l would die.
Headaches and dizzy spells chung to
me and the kidney action was irregu-
lar My feet and ankles were SO bad
ly swollen | could not wear my shoes.
The doctor told me 1 had Brights dis
ease, but his medicine failed to help
me. Doan's Kidney Pills quickly re-
iieved me and ere long / was cured"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Plant Watering Scheme.

Persons engaged in rearing household
plants are often in a quandary when it
is desired to leave the house temporarily
without neglecting the plants. An ar
rangement can be readily rugged up so
that the necessary water will be supplied
to the soil automatically. Take a bowl
of water, raise it well above the level
of the plant to be watered by means of
book or pile of books. Twist several
strands of common darning wool to-
gether to form a long thread, and soak
them in the water. If one end be hung
over the bowl and the other end left i'll
the water, steady drip, drip will begin,
and continue until the bowl is empty
Dundee Advertiser
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
SENTENCE SERMONS.

In some churches cold facts would
lake hot sermon.
A store of Impractical piety in the
heart soon paralyzes 1t.
Many reformers get switched off on
to reforming one another.
Turn your face to the sun and you
will never fear the shadows.
A man soon gets tired OF his religion
when he does not work at 1T.
People who live in a bread and but
ter world are always hungry
Teach a child to lie in the hymns on
Sunday and the temptations of the
CT the week will take care OF the rest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
Correcting Acidity I'm Soils.

Acidity in soils, while not directly
injurious itself to most crops, is not a
condition of fertility and usually in
licates need Of phosphates.
Especially is it detrimental to the
growth of clovers, in that it does not
favor the development of bacteria
forming nodules on their roots, which
Ak the nitrogen from the air. Clay
ioam soils, the organic matter of which
has been to considerable extent ex-
haUsted, should be kept in as favorable
a condition for the growth of clover
as possible, and the neutralizing of any
acidity is one of the most important
factors.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-06-16
RUSSIAN HEARTLESsNESS.
Commission Disguised with Poorhouse
and Asylum at st. Petersburg.

An influential commission has inspected
the Obouchoff hospital, one of the biggest
municipal hospitals in ST Petersburg,and
has discovered an astounding state of
affairs. The worst conditions prevailed
in the wards for inebriates The mems
ward was so overcrowded that some of
the patients mad to lie in the corridor.
The women's ward was in the basement,
and the atmospheric conditions were
sitting. There was no ventilation. The
hospital kitchen adjoined the mortuary
chamber. and the larder was III the bath
room. The clothes and sOiled linen Of
the poorest classes of the population lay
all over the floor, and the entire place
was verminous About 500 inmates were
lodged in wooden sheds hastily put to-
gether-the councillors described them as
mere stables; and many tuberculous pa
tients were being treated in these insa-
luxurious jerry-built barracks. The sights
they witnessed during their four hours
visit so affected the municipal councillors
that they did not complete the inspection.