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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18

is the men who do not read or study their pro-
fession.
How shall we reach these men? They know SO
much about farming that they will not attend the
farmers Institutes. The will not read, for book
farmin' " does not pay. and their sort certainly
does not All of our readers know of some such
men in their neighborhood. Would it not be
good thing for every of you to do some mis-
sionary work among the 150-pound cotton grow
ers? Even if they can not read, or Will not read,
you can, perhaps, get them to attend the insti-
tutes and get some ideas from the speakers. Do
not hide your light, but try to help your neigh
bOrs. Get them into neighborhood farmers
club, and get them to what you are doing
Then get them to read the paper, and you viii
help them and help us to make The Progressive
Farmer and Gazette better and better every week.
We want to make the paper the greatest force
in the South for the uplifting of the men down in
the ruts, and especially to save the young men
on the Southern farms from following the old
ruts. In short, we want to get at the men who
make the low averages Of corn, cotton, wheat.
and oats in the South and get them interested
in raising that average.
1t is this average farmer who makes the potato
crop of New York State average 80 bushels an
acre. In Kansas he makes the corn crop average
28 bushels their fine SOIL while the old lands
of Maryland average 35 bushels. He makes the
corn crop of North Carolina average Is bushels
an acre and that of South Carolina still smaller,
while the largest corn crops ever grown In the
United States have been produced in these two
States
The aim of The Progressive Farmer and Gazette
is to get every who works the soil to come
out of the average class and help to raise the gen
eral average Won't you help us?
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18
Let Us Grow Our Own Seeds.

\" hf SHOULD any farmer complain of tho
wv nigh price OF cowpoaHg Certainly South
ern farmer should not The high price Ia
largely due TO the fact that the wido-awako stock
feeders In the North have found that cowpoa meal
IL valuable feed. There IL also a demand for
the seed In localities North where IL In hard To
fipeh them Farmers all over the country have
discovered the value of the Southern peas aud
'he price VIII never be low again
what We should have In every nolghborhood IN
travelling pea threshing OUTFIT that will clean
the peas Tor every one from the stored hay. Then.
TOO II we get TO growing crimson clover as Wa
should We can be Independent of the Delaware
tfo"efa. But here, too. the machinery for clean
ing out the seed Is too expensive TO be- owned
one average farm. but If enough are grown 10
warrant some one investing In IA huler and power
W thresh the seed for the whole section we can
set crimson clover seed OF our own cheapiy
But until this Is done the best thing is TO fail
OUT seed enough for your own sowing and SOW
mem IN the pods II will take more than twice
ene weight OF seed In the rough. but they seem to
ee'niiate even better than clean seed az the hulls
'e'aih moisture. To get the seed the clover
s"ouiu De let fully mature In the field and then
20 I'' anu raked into windows. Then when dry
'""' 10 the barn and beat the seed out
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND GAZETTE

at the end of that year owned everything had
boupht and owed man cent. Worked-o,
course I worked and studied, too, and the morn.
ING sun never caught me at the house had M
clock and got up largely by guess and the morn
inc star One morning was out in the field hara
If work after breakfast. and a neghbor cam.
driving by. out early this morning." said hs
am ON my way to catch the $3.50 train and II ia
now about 3 o'clock" Well. had four meal.
that dav. for about daybreak went to the house
and got another breakfast. My wife said shs
,honeht that day was a long time coming ANY
Young man OF good character and energy can ge,
two horses II he will Leave the one-horse farm
ing TO the shlftless fellows that depend on some
one to carry" them every year.
TO DESTROY MoLEs.-Get pint can OF car.
bon bisulphide from the drugstore. II usually
sells for % cents a pint Then punch holes along
the runs In the garden or lawn and put teaspoon
full In and cover with earth. pint will clean up
the moles from large garden. for have done II.
CORN FIRlNG.-Last fall In driving about the
country among corn fields with which | was IA
millar noticed that every field that had been
planted on a crimson clover sod was green 10 the
ground and that other fields where clover had
Teen were burnt nearly TO the ears. This was be-
cause the decayed clover had enabled tho soil 10
retain moisture in the dry weather. In dry weather
following heavy rains. light soils viii FIRE
badly because tho growth excited by tho rains can
be no longer maintained owing 10 the dry con-
dition of the SOIL while with an abundance Of
humus- making material tho moisture wlll be
maintained aud the corn wiil not suffer.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18

that after using heavy application OF fertili@el
70 grow a crop of early potatoes or some othef
early truck CROP it is good thing to get crop
of corn afterwards when if they looked to the III
ture of the soil little more, they would SOW peas
after every early truck crop
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18
Notes and Comments.

"VEN AT THE present high prices for seed
X of cowpeas and soy-beans. do not know
1l how farmer can get the same amount of
valuable food so cheapy with these crops. and
at the same time help his soil. We shall never
see peas much cheaper. for they are being used
SO extensively in sections where the seed can not
be well matured. that the crop from further south
will always be in demand, and II behooves South
ern farmers to be prepared TO supply that demand.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18
Professor Massey's
Editorial Page.
That Average Farmer.

TIE is THE ONE who makes the statistics OF
II crops look so small The Department OF
IL Agriculture shows that the last years cot
ton crop was but little over $50 pounds an acre
over the whole Cotton Belt. Now we know that
there are thousands of farmers in the South who
make 900 pounds or more. 1t is very evident,
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18
SPRAYING WEEDS.

SPRAYING WEEDS.-In the brick pavement in
front of my house the weeds persisted in growing.
and 1t hard work TO cut them out of the
cracks. / made strong solution OF sulphate of
iron. commonly known as copperas. and sprayed
them literally. l am glad to say that the weeds
dead, dying Ii will not kill grain crops
like wheat or oats. but is good to clear out the
weeds that often infest the fields. I afraid
that 1t will not kill nut grass. Weeds that have
hairy leaves are the easiest to kill. will try 1t
in a small way on the plantains In my lawn and
hope to kill them and not hurt the grass
THE HORSES FOR THE SOUTH fully be-
lieve that the South should have more horses and
good blocky animals. too; mares that will make
good mules. for the mule is OF more use In the
cotton field than the big Percheron. | do not be-
lieve that the Percherons will be the farm
horses OF the South. There is profit I'm raising
them to sell for city drayage purposes but they
will never displace good, compact, blocky mules
In the cotton field. horse with foot as big
as dish-pan lis out of place In a cotton planta-
ton. All the same. for heavy hauling We want
some heavier horses. and. as have said. We want
mares that will raise fine mules
KEEPING DOWN THE WEEDS.-Take DIR But
lers advice and see that the weeds are kept down
| often get letters from farmers asking how IN
get rid OF nut grass. l tell them that the only
way know Is not to let nut grass grow. | am
acting on this advice. for | am making a garden
on piece OF land infested with nut grass Every
DAY, at every leisure moment. go into that gar
den and hunt nut grass and chop 1t of IL will
De up again the next day, but | chop II again
and no plant can long survive II not allowed 10
make green leaves above ground, and already the
nut grass is getting thinner In my garden. and
another season will about finish It, But neplec,
IL while, and let 1t go to seed In the late snnn
mer' and you VIII have an abundance another sea
son, for thousands come from the seed TO ever,
one from the nuts.
THE THING THAT COUNTS.-"Thar's mar
IN the man than thar is in the land" This Il
the foundation fact. Talk about "one-borsa.
farmers? Amy young man of grit and enero,
can have two horses. l had not cent AT IN,
elose OF the war. but rented farm. and wen
in debt for two horses and everytbing alec 49,
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18

then, that there must be a most
of men cultivating land in cot
ton at dead loss.
And it is these men who
make the low average, the
average farmers, the men who
find that farming does not pay,
whom we want to reach. The
men who take and read The
Progressive Farmer and Ga
zette are not the men who cut
the average down so low. but it
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18

T., "e proper place for a patent medicine almanac
IF not The freside but the fireplace.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-18
. THE THING THAT COUNTS

in the man than thar
the foundation fact.
farmers? Any young
can have two horses.
close of the war. but
in debt for two horse!
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
THE INAUGURAL.

Governor Mann's inaugural address
4 is practical document. through and
Z through. Avoiding broad promises and
II spread-eagle pledges, he fills seven col
4 umns of type with suggestions OF i'm
I mediate and permanent Importance. As
"a practical man. lie offers practical
ideas that must appeal to practical
men.
This view OF the Governors address
will be impressed upon all WHO read
his proposals for tax reform for oys-
ter legislation. for bank reform. for
good roads for agriculture and for
health. These are practical questions,
which must be handled with states
Inan-like grasp and with real and
detailed knowledge of conditions as
they are. In setting forth his views
The Governor has displayed these quail
titles. together with q sound Judgment
in choosing among methods of proce-
tmrc. This Is particularly seen In con-
noction with the tax commission ques-
stion, where he takes precisely that po-
sition warranted by conditions and JUS
titled by experience.
I 1t is high credit to Governor Mann
shat he accepts these policies as they
are and frankly reverts TO Mr. Swan
sons suggestions upon them. 1t was
sthe good fortune of the late Execu-
tive to come when these various move
.ments were in the making, and it was
his appreciation of their worth which
has connected his name with many of
them. They belong now to the State.
They belong to Governor Mann They
sarc his to use to the best of his ability
with the cooperation of the Assembly
and for the good of the, State.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
A WIZARD CLOCK.
Even New York Is Satisfied WITH
Timcpiccc in New Building.

i sASHiSSS III 1SSN
not the largest In the world in the
width of its dial, is by far the most
wonderful in construction and in It's
usefulness to greater number OF PEG.
pie than any clock ever built.
In designing the metropolitan tower
the architects copied the Campanile
which stood for hundreds Of years at
the seas edge in Venice, and 700 feet
above Madison Avenue the Metropolis
tan tower rises. Fifty stories are in
tho building, and with the exception
structure in the world. On clear days
the top of the tower affords magnifi-
cent view of fifteen miles In every
direction. covering territory inhabited
by 100000 or 100000 people.
HALFWAY up this tower, and higher
than any other timepicce OF It's size in
existence. the dials of the great clock
were placed on four sides of the build
ing. These dials arc made Of con-
crete, prepared especially for this pur-
pose. and measure twenty-six feet and
six inches across. Skeleton steel, cop
reflection of the tower lights on the
glass adds much to the beauty of the
dial at night and causes the massive
pointers to sparkle in the darkness
The minute hand measures seventeen
feet and the hour hand. which weighs
700 pounds. is three feet shorter, and
the machinery which control these
massive hands is encased in small
cabinet, about two by three feet in
size. directly back of each dial
Wherever the surface of the earth is
flat enough to enable sound to travel
we'll, and the sound OF the chime has
been heard. the bells are loved and the
New York public no doubt values the
chimes of the Metropolitan tower
highly. These chimes, though con-
from the street, and the four large
bells peal forth the hours, the quarter
hours with the old English air, Cam
bridge Quarters" -Four bars. each
having four notes, make the complete
melody, and beginning with the first
quarter, the four bars arc ended with
the hour. The first bar is sounded
on the quarter hour. the first and sec
ond on the half, the first, second and
third on the three quarter. and on the
hour the full sixteen notes. or four
bars are heard, followed by the hour
strokes by the deepest-toned bell
When darkness comes the bells are
slenced and flashes of white light are
substituted for hour strokes of the
bells and red flashes mark the quar-
ters. These flashes of time can be
read fif1een miles away when the
night is clear. The whole system of
TINS wonderful clock is controlled by
small electric master clock" in the
TOP or the towcr.--Columbia State
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Voice Of the People.
senator strobe in pcfense of Iii. Tax

/ senator StrOuc bciCusC VI Ills . "a
Bill.
/ Editor of The Times, dispatch:
SIr.-May have space tor this reply
to your rather heated editorial refer
ences of this morning TO the tax COM
/ mission bill, which 1 have yenturcd TO
| Introduce at this session, and which, by
| inference, you denouncc as "a new
/ idea brought forth as an experiment
| by an ambitious legislator?
1 This is not new idea" nor an Tex
| pertinent" and the balance of the quo
tation above or words which. it APP
| pears to have been your pleasure TO
/ use needs no reply, az am willing to
/ leave that method of argument to those
who may enjoy engaging III 1T. For
| impusnins the motives of others have
neither taste, talent nor inclination.
| There are internal evidences In Your
article that You did not read the bill
before criticizing 1t. else you could not
| fairly have said that ii provided for
formulating n report in spare mo-
ments" by ten members OF the As
sembly, when, in fact, the bill pro-
vides lar commission OF twelve mem
/ lers. who are given the power and
charged with the duty of giving all the
time necessary for a thorough inVes-
tigation OF tax subjects the gathering
OF tax information and the submission
OF u report to the next General Assem-
bly, embodying the results of their in
vestigations. together with such recon-
mendations as TO legislation as they
deem proper. 1t is true that / did not
confine my reading on the subject TO
the report of the California Tax Com
mission. though l had seen and consd-
cred that report. but sought to en-
n
from study also of the reports of tax
commissions in a number OF other
States. which, as well as California,
have srapplcd with and worked out the
problem that now confronts Virginia
In undertaking the reform OF tax
system that's a crazy-quilt patchwork.
In framing this bill L also endeavor-
ed to profit by an experience gained
here at two previous sessions In adj
lvocacy OF tax commission bills for the
purpose primarily Of gathering infor-
nation upon which the General Assem-
bly, could act safely and intelligently.
At the session Of 1906 I advocated
sion bill, which provided fora commits
sion bill. phich provided for a commits
sion of some five or seven members, to
be chosen from outside the Legislative
membership, but that bill brought to its
support but "a small minority Of the
/ u
Senate.
At the session OF 1908 introduced
IN the Senate a tax commission bill
similar to that which Mr.. Churchman
succeeded in getting through the
House, and which, as finally amended
and favorably reported by the Senate
Finance Committee, composed then of
the same memb ership as now, with two
exceptions. provided for a commission.
.j,,.,1, ~
siding officers of the two houses and
Of the chairmen OF the two Finance
Committees, with the four additional
members to be appointed by the pre-
siding officers Of the Senate and House.
This bill failed of passage In the SEN
ate, the chief argument used against
1t being that it did not sufficiently pro-
vide for representation upon the pro-
posed commission of the various sec
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
BoyrosOeA Ingles
orr CREED.

! There's nothing so good as u seems
When afnr III the oning It les
The visions and Joys of ON drcoms
Arc swecter than those of our eyes
Real gold Is not slded go brlsh,
as tho phantom OF gold that We sec,
And the diamond nlIures with liRht
That is less than We thought u couia
There's nothing 80 good az u seems
While vet It's unseen and uhki'o"n,
Tho rose OF our fanclfu dreams
Is the rose that is ever MIDTOWN
And summer with all of her flowers
Her warmth and her sunnicst DAY,
Scarce rivals the joy OF the hours
That fahcies OF winter portray
We build-never castle so far
Affections paatlnl abode,
And 10, a real bowel is there
Obseurcd by tho dust of the road
The mountain peaks sink as we ciiinp'
And fades the soft tint OF lheir piue-
The glory OF space and of lmc
Arguments with the distance OF view.
But still let us dwell with our Dreams
Let us build on the hopes that they CIV
Nor mourn for the Joy as II seems
But laugh with the joy as IL Isl
Pcrchance 1t Ia all that We need
And all wo arc able to feel
In dreams be our hopes; but our creed
Be to live and rejoice in the real.
Floyd ID. Raze, In Cheayo-keeord Her
n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
THE CEAsELEss cYSIos.

n Tow the farmers of Missouri decide to
IN send food supplies TO the wicked
wholesalers who have ocen misreprc-
sentlns them. II this cumulativeN boycott
continues the ultimate consumer may be
left presently with chewing gum as his last
resort.--New York World.
Cardinal Gibbons expresses the conviction
that tho high tariff Is largely responsible
for the increased cost of living. Now listen
for some of the gray wolves to inyoigh
against preachers mixing in poli,ics.--Dailas
News
With an open and aggressive candidate
for Senator Lodges seat taking, tho field.
Massachusetts begins to look like insursent
York Evening Post.
Speaker Cannon gracefully swallows Ills
defeat in the House, but Insurgents should
remember that one swallow will not Danish
the winter of their Observation-Disclosures ia
Telegraph.
Already the ultimate consumers are brac-
ing themselves for news that the govern
ment's interference in the sugar peoples
economies will compel them to raise tho
price-Washington star.
Sarah Bernhardt is going to make a fare
we'll tour OF this country. This is prob
ably the beginning of habit.-Chicaso
Record Herald.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02

cites over tho grave OF all her children
who die in union with her." This pas
toral, especially its concluding sent
ences, constitute nothing more nor less
than a public declaration that the late
urging the people OF Belgium to re-
member only his higher merits and To
refrain from condemnation. the episco-
pacy emphasizes the fact that there
was much to condemn in his life. IN
deed. never in modern times has the
Catholic Church furnished moro stern
Il censure of a sovereign who has died
within its pale than that contained in
the pastoral of the cardinal primats
and episcopaoy of Belgium.
Copyright, 1910. by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02

1t is an interesting plan which Pres
ident Westmoreland Davis. of the
Farmers Institute, outlines in the in
terests Of cheaper lime for Virginia
farmers. Mr.. Davis takes leaf from
lllinoiss book and proposes that the
State should operate four stations, en-
ploylng convict labor, to supply this
necessary fertilizer at cost. Just now
there is dearth OF convict labor, and
it would hardly be good policy to take
the men of the roads where they are
so much needed. But the expiration
of the Davis Shoe Company's contract
will release nearly 1000 more of them,
and Them this plan should prove as
feasible as it assuredly would be BEN
eficial. Cheap lime would be great
bonanza to our farmers, and through
them to the State at large. Virginia
lands are sick for lime and would un-
auestionably thrive under a plentiful
use of 1t. 1t will be argued that this
is class legislation and hence improper
But the State would be out nothing
and it would get back in Increased tax
able values much more than 1t put in.
The farmers benefit would be COM
mon benefit.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02

The reorganized Jewish Record will
have unique place in Richmond jour
nalism and an appeal which is more
than racial. 1t will give to the Jews
of Richmond an opportunity to advo-
cate those measures which appeal es-
pecially to them as a race. and it will
give 10 them a chance TO advocate,
as q racet measures which concern
the welfare of the city. They will
have AN organ which can lend the
support aud voice the opinions OF men
who are particularly united and allied.
We believe. all Richmond wishes the
Record success, especially as 1t will
be the recognized publication of men
who share fully in the public burdens.
enter fully into the public life and are
prominently associated with the up
building of the city.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-02
MERELY JOKING.

a Better Flavor.
Should man use perfumcry?'
We'll. n trace OF sasoleno is permissible
wadays."--Louisville Courier-Journal.
In the school,
Teacher: Willie. what is dromedary?'
Willie: please. ma'am, dromedary IL
two-masted camel. New York Herald.
Sounded Like Her.
Howard: Bridget. dd my wife come III
few minutes ago."
Bridget: NO. sir. That's The parrot you
hear a-hollern'." Bazar.
Perfectly Obvious.
visitor: "Fat men. notice, are quite
Hubble Fat men are quite thick
wherever YOU ind them"-Boston Tran,
script.
Might Want to Initiate.
Daughter (rendins): In winter many OF
the animals get thicker fur coats"
Father: flush. not so loud Mamma is
i,is the next room" --Megscndotf Blaetter.
Spelling Doesn't count.
Mother DOCKING over her boys shoulder):
"Your spelling is perfectly terrible.
LITTLE Son: This Isn't spelling lesson.
it's a compos,ion."-street and Smiths
Good News.
Had to Use 1t.
COMMANDERS: WHY has Miss susans
battery ceased hring?''
stan onccrcss: misunderstanding of
orders. Tho quartermistrcss sent up the
wrong powder wagon."-Judge.
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to further his ambitions, more liberal,
~ is reported. than some naval OIL
eials have thought proper. they have
as well as for the country, the great
honor of finding the pole. Now,
through their representations, they
should properly signalize the feat
Congress should give him q. medal and
resolutions. or whatever of this sort
is thought right and proper. we see
no objections a all to making him
rear-admira Beyond this we think
he need not worry in the least. He
has won himself a place in history
which ought to make questions of
raised pay and place and precedence
seem exceedingly trivial.