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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND GAzErT

Also visit other bee keepers. ana
from them and through your bee
manual and bee journal get all the
information you can so as to be fully
ready to begin work next spring.
Some keepers want TO know about
marketing their honey. If you ara
going to retail your product in small
quantities, 1t may be well TO begin
selling as soon as the sections or
frames are full and the honey capped
over. The honey will not be we'll
ripened, but. as 1t is to be consumed
at once, this makes no great differ
ence and by getting into market ear
ly with new honey the price will be
higher. II you are going to store or
ship your honey in large quantities.
you will do better TO leave It with
the bees till late in the fall so they
may fully ripen the whole mass and
insure It's keeping qualities. for un-
ripe honey is very apt to ferment and
spoil II kept on hand for some time.
| once allowed some honey to remain
on the hive all winter and took the
super of next spring after the bees
had begun to store a fresh supply
in the uncapped cells. The result
was that It fermented and soured.
T. C. HARMS.
Powell Station. Tenn.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06

liams, one OF the best known Amerl-
can authorities on the effects OF alco-
hol. after examining all tho available
evidence. both from American and
European countries. presents the fol-
loving as his deliberate conclusions:
so am bound TO believe. on the
evidence. that II you tako alcohol
hahitually. in any quantity whatever.
1t is TO some extent a menace TO you.
l am bound 10 believe. In the light OF
what science has revealed:
o. THAT you are tangibiy threat
ening the physical structures of your
stomach. your liver. your kidneys.
your heart. your blood vessels. your
nerves. your brain.
CD That you arc unequlyocally
decreasing your capacity for work In
any field. be 1t physical. intellectual.
or artistic.
CD THAT you are In some meas
ure lowering the grade of your mind.
duiling your higher esthetlc sense.
and taking the finer edge OF your
morals.
ti) That you are distinctly less-
ening your chances OF maintaining
health and attaining longevity.
t5)"That you are entaiiing upon
your descendants yet unborn a bond
or incalculable misery"
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06

Mr.. &c. A. G." writes and asks
how to rid his chickens and farm of
chiggers; they are on his chickens,
in the hen house and under his
buildings, and his chickens don't
half lay nor the eggs half hatch"
Well, l don't wonder; chickens tor
mented with these pests cannot do
their best. Spray the hen house with
kerosene emulsion, dip all the fowls
in the same solution, and then if
you are busy man place a shallow
pan. like tin plate, filled with kero-
sene and hang straps of cloth satu-
rated with kerosene over the open
ing through which the hens gain
access to the house. The pie plate
should be on the ground. The fowls
passing in and out will keep them
selves well creased and the chiggers
will soon leave.
To rid the buildings, take a gun
shell, remove the shot, and fire two
or three blank cartridges under the
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
BEE KEEPING FOR FARMERS
XVH.-More Answers to Queries.

A correspondent at Waynesboro,
Miss, thinks of going into the bust
ness of bee keeping next winter and
desires information. The winter Is
not a good time to begin. 1t is bet
ter to start at the time OF fruit
blooms in the spring when the bees
can get good living. 1t is also better
to buy your bees after they have
passed through the winter. Then
if you pick out strong colony you
may know that it will be all right.
Where can l best inform my
self" this correspondent also asks.
BY referring to all the back numbers
of The Progressive Farmer and Ga
zette which contain articles on Bee
Keeping for Farmers" When In
formation Is not given in these arti-
cles, reference Is made to books and
periodicals where it can be found.
If you haven't the back numbers,
send 25 cents to the publishers and
get them. The same answer applies
to requests for address Of dealers in
supplies and bee keepers guides. A
Mississippi firm recently advertised
in this paper Offering to send the A.
l. Root Co.'s supplies. Look It up.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06

dictment of alcoholic drinks
u ever made was that registered
against them by convention OF emf
in Washington City not long ago as
The American Society for the Study
of Alcoholic and Drug Narcotics"
With remarkable unanimity they de-
clared that the old ideas of whiskey
as medicine have been exploded:
that its use in the treatment OF dis
ease must be almost wholly aban-
doned. II brings out hidden weak
nesses and develops latent maladies.
ii is especially dangerous when used
by persons suffering from any nerv-
GUS weakness. and by lowering the
vitality and destroying the combatiye
forces of the blood" 1t makes IL hard
er 10 resist all kinds of disease.
Superintendent Burton OF the Ster-
ling-Worth Sanitarium, declared that
the use OF spirits Is followed by
shortened life. increasing [prema-
ture1 age. and diminished vitality:
alcohol In any form can never pro-
long life." while DR.. b. c. Keister, OF
the Roanoke Home Sanitarium. de-
clares
Theories held few years ago as
correct are now found TO be erro-
neous. Alcohol. like every other
drug In common use. is found by
science to be useless except as
narcotic Alcohol as n
beverage is relic OF barbarous
times"
DR.. Henry o. Marcy, ex-President
OF the American Medical Association.
laid especial emphasis on the use OF
whiskey as a cause OF degeneracy
among the colored and illiterate
classes OF the South" and a number
OF eminent doctors Joined in urging
the necessity Of providing hospitals
for the especial treatment OF inebri-
ates and drunkards. DR.. II. j. Ach-
ard, a tuberculosis specialist, especi-
ally attacked the old idea OF whiskey
being useful In lung trouble, and re-
ported statistics showing that OF sus-
pected consumptives treated with al
cohol, so per cent died, while OF those
treated without alcohol, only 25 per
cent died. I'm some cases the direct
action of alcohol predisposes and en-
courages tuberculosis" he declared.
Similarly, DR.. Henry Smith Will
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
N. |. WILlET SEED CO.,
AUGUSTA, GA.

Lookout Mountain Potatoes-a cars.
Vetches and Crimson Clovers-l car
lot-importers. Velvet Beans, Cowpeas,
Peanuts. japanese Millet, Sorghums,
Bur Clovers, Large Jobbers. Get
prices. State amounts wanted.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06

IN inns tbs F
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andar adwecn
wthusain
Clnchfeld Poultry, Yards Rooersvalo
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06

Cleanliness in the poultry yard
Is next to success.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06

Lice, mites and chickens cannot
thrive in the same quarters.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
IA REMEDY FOR MITES.

IA REMEDY FOR MITES.
Mr.. R. l.. c. wants a remedy for
mites; also wants to know If poul-
try yard would pay. and how many
hens to start with, and any other in
formation along this line.
The very quickest way to get rid
of mites is to buy a gallon of creo-
sote stain, costing rs or 80 cents and
paint the house with it. Three ap-
plications in season should keep
the critters" down.
M.-DO HENS PAY?
Yes, there's money in hens, In
fact, there is money in most every
thing, if one gees the right way
about getting it out. In your coun-
ty, with an ideal climate, man with
little money and gumption enough
to get in out Of the rain can make
a good living with 800 hens. Now.
mind, not the first or second or, per-
haps, the third year, but it will come
"as sure as krout," If one sticks at
1t and uses the brain the Lord en-
dowed him with. Hens are quoted
on the Charlotte market at 12hc.
and fryers and 1Sc. per pound. A
B. P. Rock hen, weighing, as 1t
should z " or s pounds would bring
81, and 2 " pound fryer, soc. Yes,
there is money in hens, more, in fact,
than there is in beef cattle. II you
start this fall, go slow at first until
you have learned the business.
Nearly all the failures in the poultry
business have been by men with
more money to start with than was
good for them. Went at 1t with a
whoop, and, hurrah. with hundreds
OF hens, hired help and new-fangled
notions or systems. that no one
could understand-andi in two years
the plant is abandoned.
IVA REMEDY FOR CHOLERA.
Mrs. D. z. p. sends me the follow
ing cure for cholera and limberneck
II you try this remedy be very care.
full to use very small quantity oil
bluestone as 1t is poisonous.
Il have often seen remedies
for these diseases, but have
never seen bluestone mentioned.
That will cure nearly every
case IL given In time. l have
cured many when they could
not eat. only by putting 1t in
their mouth. Give them very
small pills each day until better,
keep it in their drinking water"
VAN UNUSUAL EGG.
Mr.. ID. H. B. wants to know II
Uncle 10" has a hen like one OF his
This particular hen, one day recent.
ly, laid double egg. That is moi
a double yolk. but a complete egg
inside another. No. have no such
hens.
The one complete egg inside the
other, while not a common occur.
renee, has been reported two OF
three times each laying season from
various parts of the country.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
POULTRY AND BEES.
WHAT READERS WANT TO KNOW.
By Uncle 10.

I-HOW TO GET building will do the
work.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-08-06
TWO-MINUTE HEALTH TALKS.
Leading Whkcy
Hcalth-Summary Evidenc by II. Williams.

\ ERHAPS the most startling in
dictment of alcoholic drinks
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-02

professional and manipulative. The market ends the year with bullish undertone, but the high price levels discount excelled actual and prosrec- tive earnings and dividends, and itl- come returns are at rather unattract- fife figures. Bonds, which early show ed unprecedented activity with a re- cord total value of $1,312, 900 900, later in the year showed a quieting of da- mand and declining tendencies, save in purely speculative issues.
 4 Look Ahead.
 Reasons for confidence in an excel lent, if not record, trade crop in 1910 are many. The agricultural interest is prosperous as never before ill tue countrys history, and the first of the great crops of the year-wheat-cn- ters the winter in excellent condition on a neXt-to-record area. High prices for all farm produce would seem to guarantee enormous planting of all crops this year
 Spring orders already received by jobbers and wholesalers and business booked by manufacturers practically insure the fall or overtime now being run until next years crop and trade outlook takes more definite form. While it might be erroneous to ex- pect the record building eXpenditureS of 1909 to be exceeded in 1910, an ac- tive years business is looked for. It
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-02
l. 1909 WAS FINE
 ! BUSINESS YEAR Surpassed Most Sanguine Expectations Entertained at It's Outset.
 
 IBRADSTREET REVIEW
 Crops Were Abundant and Confidence Expressed for 1910-The M Outlook.
.BRADSTREET REVIEW

! Nineteen hundred and nine may be
 laid in many respects to have equal sAd and in some directions surpassed &he most sanguine expectations enter StainedAlt its outset. In fact, it will take rank as a remarkable year in a Idecade which has seen great changes and wonderful progress. For one Mining, it witnessed processes of re- acuperation and repair, initiated in the ssecond half of 1908, carried to tri- successful conclusion, AL gso while it will probably not be Sclassed as boom year, it saw many srecords of financial and industrial achievement exceeded, and at it's close 3two year, after a worldwide financial
 anic, the progress made has been so reat that many of the scars made by at convulsion have been effaced, and
 ne country seems to have been plac-
 sa In stronger position than Never
 hefore occupied.
 Great progress is often made agains,
 great obstacles, and 1909 was not free
 from unsettling and disturbing unflu.
 ences.
 < While it's outset found the business
 world cheerful to the point of optim. Ism. there were some evidences ol
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-02

broke all records, while that of pig : iron equaled the best and building ex- penditureS showed a phenomenal gain over 1908, even surpassing 1906. Bus mess failures decreased 15.7 per cent. from 1908, though exceeding 1907 by l IS per cent, and liabilities were less than half those of 1908, while r per cent. in excess of 1906. Bank clear inSs testified to the expansion in all lines Ill gain of ? per cent. over
 1908 and of 14 per cent. over 1907 and even exceeded the record year 1906 by over 3 per cent. The tide of immigration, which turned in 1908, flowed strongly toward this country.
 Mention has already been made of the uprush of prices of commodities, but this record would be incomplete without more detailed reference. Ex- cept for very slight reactions in the spring of the year, the course of con- modity values may be said to have been steadily upward throughout the year, and indeed ever since the low point was reached, following the 1907- oS depression on June 1 of the latter year.
 The index number on December 1, 1909, was almost identical with that touched on March 1. 1907. In fact, prices went from their highest to their lowest of recent years in year and quarter and rallied again to their highest in year and half. The level of prices on December 1 this year was II per cent. above that of the same date in 1908; was, as above shown, even with the high record of March 1, 1907; was nearly 20 per cent. above the low level of July l, 1904, and 12 per cent. above the panic of 1903. Much is made, of course, of the fact that the rise from the low est level of recent years-that of July 1, lS96--is 56 per cent; but it should not be forgotten that this level was an abnormal result of a combination of depressing causes, and the compari- son marks a contrast of extreme con- ditions. If however. we compare the average of the entire year 1909 with that for 1908. 1t will be found that the advance Is 6.3 per cent, while 1t is
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-02

uneasiness a$ to the reality of all the improvemn nt shown in the yeal following the 1907 panic. Certainly the tariff reysion. then impending; was not at tlf outset regarded as |, helpful elemet. There was, in fact
 a good deal OfreDresSion evident ear ly because of tariff, crop and trade uncertainty, hd reduced public pur- chasing powe} and later the remark able advances pf securities and com modity to hitherto uneXampla'l heights, furniAed ground for conser- vatism, Whichlwas no doubt benefi- cial in preventing eXcesses apparently inseparable frd great forward steps in American tude finance and indus try. Withal, lwever, there was ev- idenced an almEt ineXhaustible capa- city for lookin3on the bright side Of things which mNe for fresh triumphs and for yirtAl new birth of az gressiveness in pushing enterprises forward toward luccessful futures.
 The events of he year tended to confirm earlier i(pressions that the great collapse Ot1901 was purely financial affair, l1t involving any
 great weakness 1 the business and
 industrial structue. Whatever may, be said of the n}rits of the year s
 tariff revision, thre is no denying that the work was killfully done with
 a minimum of unattlement to trade.
 and with uncertaity as to this re-
 moved in mid-yeaH the optimism ill
 the stock markets. Ae ease of money.
 the preparation for and good results
 from abundant harests. the steady
 monthly reduction business nor
 tality and failure dahage, the expan- sion in leading indutries, the boom in that readiest of II ready money producing trades-buding-and the preparations made tdfill the void in the containing mark$ made by two years of repression buying, all combined to cause agreat onward surge in all lines oi trade, which,
 despite the steadily inteased cost of all that enters into h,han consump-
 tion. resulted in a totalFade turnover which will compare vfy favorable
 with theEbest that wal witnessed in
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-02

only l.3 per cent. below that of 1907. II the additional comparison is made With the yearly average of all the years from 1892 to 1908, We find the present years level of values to be II per cent higher, and if the seventeen years average level is compared with that for December 1, 1909, we find a rise of 22.3 per cent.
 The Security Markets.
 The years stock market witnessed a continuance of the recovery started
 in 1908. Throughout 1909 Wall street showed tendency to discount i'm proved trade and industry. Political factors were less prominent than in 1908, the new tariff and the corpor- ation tax ceasing to affect sentiment before enactment. Beginning with a prevalence of bullishness the market early assumed hesitating tone and the lowest quotations were generally in January or February, poor steel and iron trade conditions contribut- ing. With the spring came more fav- orable crop prospects and increasing railway earnings, induced buying of rails and material The summer saw extraordinary bull manipulation, led by the Union Pacific roads. August marked the high point for railway shares, the movement in these culmin- ating with the illness and death of E. H. Hartman. Autumn brought firmer money on account of business and crop-moving demands, high interest rates abroad, firmness in foreign ex- change and heavy gold exports. Real stringency was, however, not shown, and while high-grade railway stocks receded, many industrials. particular ly United States Steel, scored remark able advances in the last quarter. Even copper-mining stocks developed irregular strength, despite continued adverse trade conditions. The Stand ard Oil decision chilled the bullish- ness manifested in the late fall. In activity 1909 compared we'll with the preceding year, stock transactions at the New York Stock Exchange aggre- gating 21O,000,000 shares, against 1S0.000.O00 shares in 1908. The deal- ings were as whole, however, more
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-02

previous years of abundant prosperity. That great backlog of all of the coun- try's griculture-prosper ed as never before not so much in the matter of quantity, because bump CT crops were few, but in the matter of financial returns, which, indeed, placed the farmers of the country in a class by themselves. It is true that the price advances bore hardly on the consuming classes, and there was shown in the utterances of public men and journals disposition to question the reality of all the appar- ent benefits that flowed from high prices.
 Some Results of the Year in Trade.
 The crops of the year, taken as whole, were abundant, though few of them broke' the best records of the past. Yields of foodstuffs were very large. wheat and corn showing next-to record production, and yields of oats, rice. sugar, potatoes and tobacco broke all records, while cotton and hay fell off from the high level yields of the preceding year. The high prices ruling, however, placed the ag- gregate returns to the farmer at points never before reached. While ease of money no doubt helped to- ward encouraging speculation in con- modities, the high records of prices at the time of heaviest movement showed demand waiting closely on supply, if indeed not actually surpass- ing it, and this too, in year when, owing to high prices of our foodstuffs, foreign demand was conspicuously small and exports fell below those of the three preceding years. Large imports previous to tariff revision were partly. no doubt, due to desire to anticipate this legislation, but the record-b breaking arrivals of foreign goods, not all of the raw materials for manufacture, in the late fall, swell Ing the country's import trade to unprecedented totals, indicated an ex- pansion of consumptive demand sur passing all expectations. In the leanding industries the story was one of large, in some cases record, expan- sion. Iron-ore and copper production
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Continued on Page Eight.)
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-24
JOHNS, MISS.

Fair weather for the past two weeks
has enabled the farmers of this section
to prepare acres of cen land for early
planting.
We are glad to know that little Ards
Murray, who has been dangerously sick
with pneumonia for the past two weeks,
is now on the road to recovery, and we
hope to hear of her being entirely out of
danger in few days.
The beat contest convened here on the
night Of the 18th and 10Th inst, and the
following were the successful contes-
tants:
For elocutionary contest in High School
Miss Polka Mcintyre and Miss Bessie
Burnham.
Evolutionary contest in Rural School
Miss frankie Nash.
Defamation contest-Mr. Ellis Patrick.
Spelling contest-Miss Clara Mathews,
Miss Effie Rumble, Miss Jessie Harper.
Hammer throw-Wade Ragland, Porter
Traxler.
Throwing the shot-Virgil Watson,
Wade Ragland.
Sack race-Joe Nash, Clyde Chapman.
Barrel race-Geo. Nash Otis WEIGH.
Three legged race-Lee Kersh, Ed
Burnham, Porter Traxler, Virgie Watson.
Standing high jump-Wade Ragland,
Gwen Boone.
Rurinng bread jump-Wade Ragland,
Virgie Watson.
Running high jump-Wade Ragland,
Virgie Watson.
Cne hundred yard dash-Enos Myers,
Clifton Burnham.
One hundred and fifty yard dash
Lee Kersh, Tom Martin.
Girls 50 yard dash-Prize offered by
Executive Committee-won by Misses
Clara Gates and Ruth Mcintyre.
Shoe race-$1.oo offered by T. J. Gates
wen by Ray Burnham.
Old mems running high jump-won by
Mr.. Ed Donnell.
Young mems teachers standing high
jump-won by @. P. Cook.
The athletics furnished much amuse-
ment for the large crowd that was present,
and especially was the shoe race enjoyed
by all as there were several little boys
who did very faithful work. There were
several people from all over the county
present and they went away greatly
pleased with the days success.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-03-24
PEARSON DOTS.

Every one seems to be rejoicing ever
the coming Ct spring
Mr.. Dan Mckee, of Jackson, visited
his plantation near here ore day last week.
week.
Hugh Wsshburn, of Brandon, attended
to business here Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pink Ford were pleasant
visitors at the Fisher home Sunday.
Mrs Dreshaw visited her daughter, Mrs.
Harris last week Mrs. Harris has been
quite sick but is slowly improving.
Work has begun on the Roell house.
This is going to be very modern struc-
ture and will add greatly TO the looks
Of our town.
All of. Aunt LOUIS friends we're glad to
know she was able to take a ride sunday
and hope she will continue to gain her
strength until she becomes strong and well
again.
Mr.. Ed Peatross, of Jackson, came out to
his farm and also made a short visit
among relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Roell attended the
Palm Sunday services in Jackson last
Sunday.
Dr. Herbert made several professional
trips here last week.
The Rose Hill Academy closes Friday
night. There will be quite an interesting
program rendered. Mrs. J. r. Payne, our
efficient teacher, has taught quite sue
cessful term and It's the first time for
years that we've heard not single COM
plant from any of the patrons. We hope
to have her with US again next year.
Mrs. B. :. Stuart and two interesting
hildren Merl.--,, are on visit to
Mrs. Stuart's mother, Mrs. Clement. Mrs.
Stuart will spend several weeks here and
will then 60 to Denver, Colorado, to live,
where Mr.. Stuart is in business.