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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-22


Mobile Item: If you keep your ear
close to the rail for the next 80 days
you will hear one big squeal on the
animal Southern league hoodoo, the
salary limit.
The Southern league magnates made
up their minds at the Memphis meet
ing that they would simply stick to
the limit and quit hollering about 1t,
but as sure smoke somebody Is go
ing to say some thing worth quoting
when the presidents, managers and fans
thoroughly digest the line-ups of the
eight squads.
Look at that New Orleans club"
they will say. How can that Dutch
man play such men as Jackson, Butch
er, Spencer, Hess, Weimer. Maxwell
Demont, Robe, Breitenstein and Mitch
ell in a $4,000 limitY"
The New Orleans club Is bound TO
fall under suspicion, but at the same
time there are others In the league
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-22

Mobile Register: The Birmingham
team and a miserable norther yester-
day afternoon. after the game, sent
a large crowd of local fans back to
the city with chills running down their
spines. Mobile was defeated, thanks
to Fleharty's effective pitching, but sew
eral opportunities came to the locals
to break up the contest; they failed
because there was too much File
harty.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-22

swimming run with none out.
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-22

Mobile Register: Base ball is funny
proposition. Shortstop Newton of the
Barons, while a lightning fielder has
never been accused of being a stick
artist, yet yesterday and Monday his
wallops scored men. Huelsman, a real
hitter, comes to the bat and soaks
the horsehide terrific wallop when
Fleharty accidentally knocks 1t down
with his glove. Captain Kerwin was
on second at the time and would have
bet about 10 to l he would score,
but he didn't. Talk about luck, Huls
is minus 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-22

mobile Register. The same teams
meet this afternoon. So far the games
have been of more interest than base
ball games usually are, for the con-
tests have been featured through out
with sensational fielding stunts. Wag-
ner, Neal, Darringer and Huelsman yes
terday were the stars, Darringer max
ing a doub.e play at critical mo-
ment in the ninth inning, unassisted.
Swacina was out of the game because
of his injured knee and Jules Watson
played first base like a veteran.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-22

Mobile Register: Torrey's perform
ance yesterday shows that a pitcher
has everything one day and nothing
the next The Barons went right after
the big fellow in the first inning, scor-
ing two runs on three hits. After that
however, Torrey settled down and
pitched excellent ball until the Barons
began to pound him in the eighth.
Liz apparently cannot go far on a
cold day, preferring that good old sun.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
LEAVING THE FARM.

It IL a sad day for some old people
when they divide. their farms, break
up their homes and delude them
selves into the notion that warm
welcome and happy days await them
in the homes Of their children. The
welcome generally wears out, or the
old folks soon feel that 1t does and
the independence that goes with own
ership and full control vanishes in the
rnists Of woe.
We have In mind a good couple
who once lived near us. They con-
verted their property into cash. went
to live with their children, and put
their money into business ventures in
which visionary sons-in law were in
terested.
Time after time they moved to
keep near these children and grand
children, and the nearer they got to
the end Of their financial rope the
more frigid became their welcome.
Today they are penniless, homeless
and dependent upon the bounty Of
men who are not bound to them by
the ties Of blood.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
FROGS, TURTLES AND TERRAPINs

The demand for frogs, turtles and
te:rapins is growing stronger in the
eastern cities Of the United States.
Quite good deal Of money Is being
made by those who have undertaken
to supply these markets.
The state of Missouri alone shipped
$445,997 worth to eastern buyers last
year.
This state holds first rank as pro-
Queer Of frogs, and none other ships
SO many to the east.
The flesh Of the frog is white and
tender and to many people it IS more
toothsome than that Of fish. Iheir
skins are also valuable as they are
used for making fancy purses and
other leather novelties. The Missouri
turtle has become famous for its ten
derness and delicacy. Many or the
streams in Missouri abound with them
and it is said when they are shipped
to the cities they often become tne
basis -.-any green turtle soups.
Most Of the terrapins exported from
Missouri are products Of Dunklin.
Pemiscot, and New Madrid countries.
There is great area Of swampy land
in these countries. and here the ter
rapins grow and multiply very rapidly.
They always meet with ready sales
on the market and bring fancy prices
in New York, Boston and other large
eastern cities, Many claim that when
Missouri terrapin 10 properly prepared
he is as delicious as the salt water
variety.-W. D. Neale, Elsberry. MO.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
VALUE OF A DAIRY
SIRE.

Raising the heifer calves OF good,
high-producing cows. is great FUND
amental requisite for the best and
easiest Improvement Of q dairy herd.
But those calves will take their quail
tiles from both parents. and It is
equally important that each calf
should have good parentage on the
male side. But an inspection Of MANY
dairy herds will show that compare
lively little attention Is paid to the
quality Of the sire.
have too often seen herds II,
which the heller calves were raised
for future cows, but in which the bulls
used were miserable little scrubs. and
weaklings, obtained by simply saving
a grade calf from the herd.
And OF many other sjres, fairly
good as individuals. nothing is known
of the actual milk production OF their
female ancestors.
There are as I view It two prtnci-
pie reasons for this. One is that un-
der the custom Of selling the calve.
for veal it does not make much DIFF
ference about their breeding. But as
this custom must be changed by sue
cessful dairymen and the best heifer
calves raised for cows, It becomes nee
essary to provide good sires
But another great reason Is that
the pure-bred sire costs more money.
Underlying both these is the funda-
mental reason that many dairymen
do not yet realize the wonderful i'm
provement that can be wrought by q
good head Of the herd.-R. 3. r.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
LIME-SULPHUR VS.. OIL SPRAYS
BY g. 6. woodbury., Indiana.

been experienced with some mtscible
oils in getting them to emulsify and
dilute with such water as was avail
able.
The lime-sulfur sprays are not so
pleasant to use as the oil sprays.
They are corrosive in their effect on
the skin, so that the hands and face
Of the operator need to be protected;
they stain harness, etc The home
made lime-sulfur wash Is objected to
by many on account Of the difffculty
of preparation and the fact that 1t re-
quires boiling. It does not spread as
the oil sprays do. The difficulty of
preparation in the use OF line-sulfur
does not apply to the commercial
brands Of prepared material which
require only to be diluted with water
to make them instantly ready for use
Some OF these prepared lin1e-sulfur
washes are proving to be as effective
as the homemade material. They are
at present rather more expensive than
the homemade wash, but many own
ers Of home orchards prefer to pay
a slightly higher price and avoid the
labor and bother OF home prepara-
tons. AS class, the lime-sulfur
sprays are cheaper than the miscible
oils, there is no likelihood Of injury
following their use, and they are as
uniformly effective as any cheap and
safe material that can be recommen end
ed. Besides the scale killing ability
Of the lime-sulfur sprays, they have
the additional value Of being powerful
fungicides. Referring to the neces-
sary qualities Of any spray for the
scale. Of safety, cheapness and ef1i-
cheney, from the data at present
available, 1t seems evident that the
lime-sulfur sprays, come as near to
filling the requirements as anything
the orchardists can use.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
BY r. b. Rushing.

Following is from a conversation
with a man who has recently gone
into the dairy business He is a
strong believer in the cream separator.
For several years we had been
keeping three or four cows. raising
a calf each year but letting the calves
suck the cows until they were from
four to six months old. and not try
Ing to milk them until after the cali
was quite large. and then after we
did wean them the cows did not
seem to do well in giving milk, and
it also seemed that the cows were
making us very small amount Of
money this way.
Three years ago, CHANGED to be
at place whore a cream separator
was being exhibited, and seeing it's
workings and getting a few figures
about making butter, and selling
cream, and also feeding the skim
milk to hogs, 1t appeared to me that
/ would like to have a good separa-
tor.
$50 when I returned home wife
and I talked the matter over, and
It seemed as though we were not
financially able to buy the machine,
but at that time we had four cows,
two OF which were fresh and the
other two would be fresh soon. AZ
ter talking the matter over consid-
erably we decided to try the ma
chine.
Following our decision, we bought
what we thought was q good sep
arator. Before we bought the sep
arator, the most butter we had ever
made any one week was only pounds
very small amount Of course. With
the help Of the separator we made
twelve pounds the first week from
the same cows, apparently giving the
same amount of milk and on the
same feed.
1--WE weaned our Lives young and
kept on making butter until Sept
ember, when we began selling cream.
1--WE got only II to Is cents per
pound for our butter. The higher
price for just little to private GUS
toners, and It mostly sold for 20 cents,
and different prices for cream, ac-
cording to the price Of butter fat,
which varied from % to 80 cents per
pound.
"For the year beginning and end
ing with the time we bought the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
UNCLE SANS wH1TEwAsH

TO make the whitewash which has
been used for more than thirty years
in washington and on the lighthouses
maintained by the Government along
the Coasts, take half bushel of un
Stacked lime. slake 1t with boiling
water, covering during the process
to keep in the steam. Strain the
LIQUID through fine seive or strainer,
and add to 1t peck of salt, previously
dissolved in warm water, three pounds
Of ground rice boiled to thin paste
and stirred in white hot, half a pound
Of Spanish whiting and one pound Of
glue, previously dissolved by soaking
in water and then hanging over in
a. small pot hung in a larger one
filled with water. Add five gallons
Of hot water to the mixture, stir we'll
and let it stand few days covered.
it should be applied hot for which
purpose it can be kept in portable
furnace.
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She relative merits Of these two
sorts Of sprays for San Jose scale are
subjects OF frequent inquiry. Both
@,ave adherents and enemies. It may
soe said of the miscible oils as a class
nat they are easy and pleasant to
york with, and not hard on tools,
men or horses. They are readily pre-
pared. requiring only to be mixed with
water. AS class, 1t must be con-
'fessed that their efficiency is varia-
BILE. Some are fairly reliable and eff
tective at dilutions varying from lis
10 LIE. The fact that they spread
Dnd penetrate to certain extent
after reaching the tree, is often
urged in their favor. Considerable
injury has attended the use OF oil
sprays in the past. sometimes, no
doubt owing to careless handling and
failure to follow directions precisely.
In Indiana. considerable difficulty has
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
TO Benefit The SOUTHERN FARMER
The Necessity Of Applying Strictly Business Principles
To All Lines Of Farm Work is Emphasized;
Farmers Organizations Recommended
W.
BY w. b. Mercier, Mississippi.

The old idea that the farmer does
not need training is fast disappearing.
No other line Of work requires greater
forethought and nothing else offers
creator opportunities for the develop
S,nent of business ability.
N The opportunities to the young men
IRE lunbounded, but to insure success
u this line Of work he should take
thorough course in some good agri-
cultural college. Farmers, whose
school days are past should attend
the Farmers Institutes and make q
practice OF reading the bulletins OF the
various experiment stations. These
are very instructive and helpful.
Farmers should learn that only the
most profitable crops should be raised,
all feed should be saved, only good
stock raised, and the fertility OF the
soil should be carefully preserved,
and that diversified crops are neces-
sAry to success.
This is day Of organization and
INTERPRETATIONS. No business or
profession is without them, and when
everyone adopts thing there must
be some good derived from it.
Organizations among farming COM
mittees have great bearing upon
their business standing. The farmer
cries out against organizations in
other enterprises, but fails to realize
that it is possible for him to organize
Into a body that could defy the
world.
Since we have trusts and combines
with us, and they are here to stay,
would 1t not be a sensible proposition
for us to stop complaining and play
Ut their own game? II we combine
properly 1t is in our power to regulate
freight rates, taxation and buy and
sell our products at wholesale.
We could fix a uniform and reason
able price on our farm products, and
in hundreds Of other ways take our
business affairs into our own hands,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28

This would stop every other vocation
from Fleeing US and we would cease
to hear the cry Of oppression from
the agricultural part of our land We
read OF where combines among farm
ers In the West have resulted in great
benefit where they have handled their
business themselves. But as long as
we are cursed by the credit system
in vogue throughout the South, we
need not hope for financial freedom
This evil can be eradicated by us, and
until we arouse ourselves along this
line and begin to examine into the
business principles which underly our
farming interest, we need not expect
the universal prosperity and good will
which might reign supreme among us.
It Is a generally accepted theory
that we Of tho South have not suffi-
cient capital at command to develop
our agricultural interests to the high
est degree. All Of us realize how
Handicapped any farmer is without
sufficient money at hand to carry out
his best plans and ideas to q success
full business end. We must demon
strate to those who have money to
invest that there is no business that
returns such sure profits on the in
vestment when properly managed as
farming. When we succeed In estab-
fishing this fact to the satisfaction of
the naoneyed men Of the country, we
will have no further trouble In finding
plenty OF money at cheap rates Of in
terest to be loaned on good farm Sc
curity. When we consider that often
our crops are cut off fifty per cent In
one year, and that frequently we suf-
fer losses in stock and property that
would bankrupt any other line Of bus
mess, it should not be any great diff
Guilty in proving to the capitalists Of
our country that no security is so
good or certain for term of years
as good farm with wide-awake
businesslike farmer in control.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
BACON AND LARD HOGS
BY J. G, Fuller.

The hog is q source of profit when
rightly managed, both to the general
farmer, and the dairyman, but those
who would succeed in breeding for
profit must have clear understand
iEg Of the correct type of animal
to produce and feed. BY type is
meant the general conformation of
the animal. Many breeds are In
eluded in the same type. The breeds
may differ in color or some other
small detail, All OF the breeds are
included in two types-the lard type
and the bacon type. Those breeds
that are low, deep. broad and heavy
f1eshed, such as the Poland China,
Duroc-Jersey, Berkshire and Chester
White, are known as lard hogs. These
are largely Of American origin and
have been developed by selection and
continued feeding on a fat producing
ration. principally corn.
The bacon type. on the contrary
Is Of long, narrow, deep, smooth, thin
fieshed conformation The large
Yorkshire and Tamworth breeds illu-
strate this type. These breeds are
Of foreign origin and have been de-
veloped on heterogeneous rations largely
composed of grain and skim milk.
AS the result Of careful feeding and
breeding, the bacon breeds have been
developed to a high state Of per-
lection and yield the best quality Of
pork. That more bacon hogs are not
produced throughout the central West
Is due to the fact that the bacon
hog. compared with the lard hog,
with which he comes in competition
dresses but 70 to Is per cent net to
gross weight, whereas the lard hog
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
IN THE POULTRY YARD.

The often neglected youngsters
should be supplied with plenty Of
shade during hot weather.
When feeding grain throw it broad
cast all over the lot so that all the
fowls may have an equal chance.
Did you know that a turkey hen
with a brood If allowed her freedom
will seek new roosting place every
night.
Turkey hens with pullets do not
thrive In closed board houses. Knock
out the side boards and replace with
wire netting.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
PEA VINES AS A BY-PRODUCT.

In the early history of pea canning
the pea vines were treated as waste
product, the disposal Of which in
volved considerable difficulty and ex-
pense. Most commonly they were
thrown out IL pilcs to rot, the re-
sulting manure being used for fer
tlizer.
During recent years. the pea vines
have risen to the dignity Of by
product, from which the factories de-
rive considerable profit. They are
now utilized for silage. or fed to
stock in a fresh state, or cured for
hay. They make a silage superior
IN value to corn silage. They may
be preserved in silos the same as
green corn, or they may be put up
IN large stacks in the open air. If
these stacks are we'll put up and the
vines are we'll tramped. decay will
only affect the surface to the depth
Of a few inches.
The pea vines can easily be cured
by spreading them on sod land. Pea
vine hay is considered better than
clover hay.
Experiments by the Government
have developed the fact that both the
hay and the silage are excellent feeds
FOR dairy cows. They are also salts
factory feeds for beef cattle, horses,
and sheep. The hay sells at SO to
SIS ton
In some cases the pea vines are
hauled away from the factory by the
farmers who supply the peas; in other
cases they are sold in a fresh state;
and in still other cases the factories
either silo the vines, or cure them for
hay.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28
FEEDING POULTRY.

Feeding is the dividing line between
failure and success in poultry cul-
ture.
Even professionals sometimes as
sert that the feeding is a matter OF
secondary Importance. 1t Is all I'M
portant. It is the problem, the ROCK.
on which all inexperienced people go
broke until they have mastered It.
poultry feeding Is science. Few
master the science.
It is the one thing in which COM
mon sense will not guide you. You
can't feed common sense. 1t requires
A. knowledge Of foods. Corn ana
wheat and meat are as far as the
knowledge Of some people extends.
we should become familiar with the
foods and learn what functions they
perform.
We know that corn makes fat. We
also know that fat is the fuel--the
source of the chickens heat and ener-
nv. There is very little egg-making
principle IN It, however. Wheat con-
tains some fat. It also contains pro-
tein which Isl needed for egg and tissue
building. But 1t Is one of long
line Of bodybuilding foods. 1t is not
tha best food for feathers. And IN
some parts Of the country it may be
the most expensive Of the egg-build-
ing foods. Corn, in some, sections
il also prohibitive, owing to it's price
to he used economically. 1t is then
that knowledge of foods comes into
play and suggests substitutes. Chick
ems, like all other livestock, require
40 haaf
When chickens have unlimited
range they balance their own foods
and get what the system Graves. Wren
man feeds he has to furnish this bal
ance. Common sense will not always
decide how to get the balance.
Chas G. Wenlzler, Omaha.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-28

separator we sold butter and cream
to the amount OF $225.50, this amount
minus $137.50. the value OF our out.
lay for the year before. leave $sS,
for the cream and butter, to which
may be added the sales Of the calves
which was $45, which makes to-
tai Of $133, for the first year with
the separator.
These figures are not large OF
course, but 1t is at least twice what
we were getting for the same cows by
letting the calves have the milk.
1T is much more work to milk
than to turn the calves to the cows
twice day, but the extra amount OF
milk for the pigs, and also the skim
milk for the calves pays good wages
for the time spent In milking
The experience we have had has
proven = me that good cream seoa-
rator is most paying investment on q
farm. It Is also a great labor saving
device, being much easier to wash
and handle than either crooks OF
cans. But what is most astonishing
to me is the difference in returns be-
tween the use OF the separator, and
the letting Of the calves have the
milk
"My income IL fully doubled, ana
I believe will be higher in the fr-
ture, and the labor is not great 1t
Is also a much more sanitary way
Of handling milk than the old way.
as the separator removes many i'm.
purities that would otherwise remain
II. the milk or cream.
IF any one can make good butter
without separator they will cer-
tainly make better butter with one.
and besides get all the cream instead
Of just part
"A small sized separator will pay
for itself in one year with the mills
from but two or three cows.
II have already learned that good
cows, properly housed, fed and nfilked
and cream separator with which
to separate the cream from the milk
are continued source of income.
Is not such experience as the abovs
good?
am always glad to meet such men
and talk with them, 1t makes me feel
good down deep In my heart.
know they are doing business HI
buciness-like manner, and success ale
ways comes under such condit,o~s.l
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dresses from 81 to 81 per cent. Tho
d. essed weight compared to the live
weight practically decides this value
of all hogs in the great markets OF
the central west On this account
and the fact that packers can secure
and utilize sufficient supply Of inn
mature and unfinished lard hogs in
place Of true bacon hogs. there IL.
as yet, no we'll established market
or demand for the latter class OF
animals. Although conditions In GER
tain localities are suitable for the
production OF bacon hogs OF high qua
lily, their breeding and feeding should
not be undertaken In competition with
the lard hog, unless the demand Is
sufficient to insure prices leaving
profit over. the cost OF production.