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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
This Issues Special Message.


which wish to put up squarely to the great
mass of our readers Is simply this: Can you af-
ford to go on growing money crops, cotton or to-
bacco to buy your bacon. lard. and other pork
products?"
The majority of farmers answer this question
conclusivey for themselves by continuing to de-
pend upon these sale crops for the money TO pur-
chase the meat they eat; but great number OF
farmers all over the South who have made the
experiment have learned that they can produce
pork for one-half or one-thlrd what II costs at
the merchants. II these men do II. why can
not farmers generally7 II Mr.. A. l.. French finds
It profitable TO grow 100 hogs each year. largely
upon pasture crops. why not the ordinary
farmer grow at least enough for his own use9
He. too. raise these crops. and he. too can
give his pigs the care and attention which are
necessary to keep them in good condition.
There are. in fact. only two classes OF mon
who can not proatably grow hogs. Tho ars,
class Is composed OF those who will make pro-
vision for the feeding and of their animals:
who expect them to pick up a living through tho
summer and then to be tattened on corn in tho
fall and winter. or who keep them shut up in a
filthy little pen the year round. feeding them on
unwholcsome slops and high priced corn tha, has
been shipped from the West The other class Ia
made up OF those men who can not undora,ard
that any farm animal. even the pig. ia entitled 10
good treatment and acme consideration of his
~ants-men who do not realize that II the hog Ia
to produce pork ehcaply he must DO made com
Portable. and that when IT Is question OF getting
a profit out OF the pig. the piE'a wishes. rather
than those OF his owner. are the arwt TO ha con-
sidered.
| The pig wants several things and thcae no mus,
have II he ia to produce pork eheapiy lilo mus,
have good feed and plenty of IT: he mus, have
pure. fresh water 10 drink: no mus, have clean
quarters and enough range TO keep him active
and healthy; he mus, have shade in no, weather:
and he must be KEEP, free from lice tina, wha,
he eats viii 70 TO tho building up OF his own
body instead Of feeding these parasites
We believe. aH Professor M}siey paid week
ago. that just now there Ia no other line OF farm
Ing that offers such profits TO Southern farmers
as does the growing of good hogs but 10 60, these
profits the hogs must be good-,hat H. they
must be OF good breeding and good ,ypc-and
they must be we'll fed and cared for and due at
| tention paid 10 the cost OF the feeds upon which
they are kept To buy 81 corn and $50 mid
diings to feed TO hogs might enable tho grower TO
produce fine hogs all right. but Il would not en-
able him to produce them ut n profit. Tho essen
uai thing In the profit. and TO get II. there must
/ DC pasture crops-cowpeas. soy beans, peanuts
sweet potatoes. Bermuda grass Japan clover
/ something that the hogs can harvest for them
selves
/ The conclusion OF the whole matter. then, is
simply TINS: We can either continue to grow cot
ION and tobacco. depicting our soiis. sending the
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09

lions and inferior boars rich man might be |
able to afford grade sres, but no poor man can
do it, He can not afford to sell his high-priced
feeds to animals that will not pay him the highest
prices for them kill the scrub sire"
The Fort Smith. Ark, Commercial League has
secured from the United States Department of
Agriculture an expert agriculturist whose whole
time is devoted to work among the farmers of
that section. His expenses are, of course, borne
by the League. which regards the investment as a
profitable one. Already over one hundred dem
onstraton farms" ranging in size from to 90
acres each. have been started This is the sort
of self-help that will make any locality prosper
Gus.
All over the country great preparations are
making for the celebration of April "a as Health
Sunday. The leading preachers OF America have
endorsed the movement, and hope that all
country pastors will fall heartily into line with the
idea. Wherever a church holds service April
"a the health program should be carried out at
the first succeeding meeting. The church can
give finer illustration OF its practical interest
in carrying the work of the Great Physician
than by lending it's aid to the great movements
for lessening human misery and suffering
The little packets OF garden seeds from the
Congressman are now putting in their appear
ance. This promiscuous distribution OF ordinary
seeds to people who may may not have use for
them is an utterly inexcusable waste of money
that could be devoted to something worth while.
Whenever 1t is proposed to stop 1t, however there
| for the cause OF 1.-The poor farmer" The truth
of the matter is that these seeds are gift. not
to the farmers. but to the Congressman. That's
why they are enthusiastic about them The
whole business Is farce and should be stopped
In personal letter TO us, Mr.. J. r. Sparks, the
Poland China breeder. says: Hundreds of peo-
pie write letters to breeders for prices and ex-
pect to buy pigs at IS to $40, and don't want to
pay over s25 for 200-pound hog when IL would
| bring that on the market. You would be sur
prised at the kind of letters get from Southern
farmers. and at the prices they expect to pay. At
our sales here any good SOW will bring $50.
would have to write 100 letters TO Southern farm
ers to find one man who would pay that much
The South will never be a great hog-producIng
section until the people learn that the best can
not be bought cheap. and that a few dollars saved
on the price OF a hog is nearly always money
lost Mr. Sparks is right. too. No breeder can
sell good stock at pork prices and no one expect
ing to grow hogs should wish to buy breeding
STOCK that can be bought at such prices
| u
| DR.. II. G. Perry of the Alabama State BOARD NJ
Health recently made investigation OF one
thousand families in Sale County and found one
third OF them affected by hookworm disease In
Pike County sixty individuals representing eleven
families were examined. and OF the sixty thirty
/ hve were found TO be infected with hookworm
lhese hgures Indicate what tremendous impetus
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09

Our advertisers are men and firms of known
reliability and will do as they promise.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09
Editorial Gleanines.

77 MAN DOESN'T cut any less wood by TAX
I'M ing time to sharpen his A farmer
0S doesn't make any less crop by taking time
to read the best farm papers
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-09

lions, and inferior boars rich man might be
able to afford grade sires, but no poor man can
do it. He can not afford to sell his high-priced
feeds to animals that will not pay him the highest
prices for them kill the scrub sire"
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

Our party visited in automobiles all
the pretty towns on the gulf coast. They
are mighty close together and the shore
side is lined with costly houses. AT
Bel1eair there is $3,ooo,ooo hotel and
rooms are engaged year in advance by
Northerners. The grounds make a YER.
table paradise. From Sutherland, on
the coast, to Tampa, has been construct
ed road of crushed rock, mari and sea
shells, beautiful white, smooth surface
twenty-five miles in length.
We made the trip back to Tampa at
night-swiftly and enjoyably. A COM
panion said to me: "A year from now
remember that you were riding in an
open automobile without an overcoat
and your hat off, and that the date was
February 28.' replied that was
thinking of something that seemed even
more wonderful; that we were riding on
one Of the finest pieces of road in Amer
ica, representing a very high type of
civilization, but that in the entire dist
ance Of twenty-five miles there was but
one house; that we were travelling in
wilderness that would in few years
present vista of blossoms and ripen-
ing fruit and pretty Southern homes.
Il am saying but little about Florida
in this interview-litt1e concerning those
things that people might want to know
who have an idea of moving there, but
I sold my ten acres at a fine profit and
bought another at little higher price,
so [ may be over enthusiastic and I'd
suggest that the other fellow act on his
own initiative and then he'll have no
quarrel with me if things don't pan out
as he had hoped. But if pressed would
say that if I were a young man I would
not be afraid to tackle Florida; and if
I were an old man with a little money
and wanted a change, I'd either buy or
set out ten acres-more or lesS-and get
in on a little of Uncle Sans most fa
nous climate for portion of the year
Floridians insist that summers and win
ters there are equally agreeable.'
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01
THE PINELLAS PENINSULA

Mr.. D. B. Worthington, of Beloit,
Wis, recently visited Florida, and upon
his return North wrote letter for his
home paper, in which he says:
"F1orida has a great future [ visited
that portion lying between Tampa and
the gulf coast-the Pine1las peninsula,
which defes the frosts, lying between
two great bodies of water. It is pro-
claimed as the greatest grapefruit sec
ton of the state. The hundreds of or
chards were a sight to behold. 1t is
rather difficult to grasp the fact that or
ange trees not only contained blossoms,
but oranges that ripened late in Decem-
Der, some that are ripening now. Lines
blossom six times year. Fruit can be
picked every month in the year. The
gardens are now yielding their products
for the table. The Northern farmer, in
love with the black SOIL finds in Florida
pine trees and sand for the most part
and finds it difficult to enthuse; but the
sand not only contains the basic elements
that make the acres worth $1,000 each
or more-but the country, with the va
rious soils, will grow anything in the
fruit line, every kind Of vegetable, sugar
cane, pecans, alfalfa and score of other
things that I've forgotten. I had little
chance for personal investigation during
the few days I could be absent. I dis
covered this, however. Florida natives
are shiftless If a Northern man will
work half as hard down here as he
does here he cannot help getting rich.
Near Tarpon Springs an orchard con-
tanning eight and one-third acres is
said to have yielded $4,000 of fruit
this season This is banner yield,
of course, and represents the limit of
intelligent cultivation and care. Prac-
tically the entire Pinellas peninsula is
high grade land and at present prices
is a good investment. Prices are ad-
vancing rapidly
"Tarpon Springs is the worlds great
est sponge fishery The town has 1000
Greeks, 900 whites, 600 negroes. The
divers are from the Mediterranean They
go out fifty miles in their sail boats and
dive to depth Of from 10 to 40 feet
to the coral beds.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

have seen comes from experiments made
by the Louisiana Experiment Station, as
follows: "In the canning experiments
two $lo outfits were used, each having
a capacity of 800 two-pound cans
and 200 three-pound cans per day.
With these two outfits the cost
of canning these 600 two-pound cans of
tomatoes was placed at $2I.4o. The net
price for the canned product was 70
cents per dozen, or SIS, leaving bal
ance Of $1,000 per day The cost of
400 three-pound cans of peaches was
5000. These sold for $I.75 per dozen,
or a total of $58.33, leaving net bal
ance of $37o3 per day." AS the Keiffer
pears grow in great abundance in any
of the Southern states, the canning of
this fruit is as profitable as peaches.
There are many ways of making money
by putting up fruits in preserved state.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

There are few COWS which will not
stand more quietly during the milking
process if they have nothing else to at
tract their attention.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

FOR SALE-White Leghorn Eggs for hatch
ing, from fine pen Of straight "Wyckof'
Leghorns; $3.50 per IS. Fine cockerels for
sale. c. H. JACQUES, Miami, Fla. R. F. D.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01
Classified Advertising

Advertisements inserted in this column at
the rate of 2 cents per word each insertion.
No advertisement taken for less than rs cents.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01
PROFITS IN CANNING.

Frequently information is wanted
upon canning tomatoes and peaches.
The most interesting statement that we
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

FIELD PEAS to exchange for hens or eggs
w. J. MCCAIN, Fruitland, Ga
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

FOR SALE-DeSoto county, Florida, land, in
SON, 500 Livingston Bldg, Bloomington Ill
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

INDIAN RUNNER DUCK EGGS for hatch
ing, $3.50 per dozen. Descriptive leahet free.
G. C. VOWEL, Ellenton, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

sombaaon boode coonv pe and axna
house; made of waterproof canvas. Formula,
blueprint and full Instructions how to build
only 81. Send today. Address L. E. AM
IDoN, New Smyrna Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

IF INTERESTED IN SOUTH FLORIDA
write w. B. Powell, secretary Board of Trade.
Tampa. Fla. Your name will be bulletned
among fifty real estate agents. newspapers. rail
roads. and you'll receive much intere sting lit
erature Tampa 1882 per cent City"
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

FOR SALE-Lawtey farms, 81 miles south
section; good land, good title. good water,
good town, good schools, good churches;
good community. Soil is productive, the
climate ideal. Write for free booklet. UNCLE
SAM FLORIDA LAND Co., Main and Wash
ington Sts, Bloomington, Ill.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

SMALL FARMS NEAR JACKSONVILLE
Well drained; no swamp; bracing breezes
from the ocean; near neighbors; Christian
church, school and good market. We want
more neighbors but make no extravagant
promises. If you have energy and a little
cash, we will welcome you. Address VIM.
F. HAwLEY, Gilmore, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

FOR SALE: Three young Short Horn males.
Apply College of Agriculture, University of
Florida, Gainesville.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

FOR. SALE: Ny late residence. Leesburg
draped bungalow. in lot S93 feet front. 270 deep.
oranges. grape fruit. peaches. pears. guavas and
grapes. Grass. flowers and shrubbery. A bar
gain at $l25O.0O. Half may remain on mortgage
at per cent Address Helen Harcourt. Msr-
ritt Brevard County, Florida.
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-06-01

agricultural district fine cut-over pine land;
frstclass location and well adapted to col
onization purposes. A proposition of real
merit J. A. HARRISON, 500 Livingston Bldg,
Bloomington ILL.,
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-10-06
FOREIGN.

A long meeting of the representa-
tives of the English and continental
bankers was held in London Thursday
when the subject of the guarantee to
be required Of American bankers on
bills of lading "a American cotton was
further considered.
Sir Thomas Vesey Strong Friday
was elected lord mayor of London
without opposition. Sir Thomas enjoys
the distinction of being the first teeto.
taller chosen as chief magistrate of the
metropolis. He was born in 1857 and
in 1900 married Lille, the eldest
daughter of the late James Hartnell.
Cholera now has firm hold in Con-
stantinople, with an average of doz-
en- new cases day. In Trebizond the
situation is more serious. The desease
has spread so rapidly that the people
are panic-stricken and are taking re-
fuge in the hills.
A large engraved gold medal, com
memorating the fight over the Alps
by George Chavez, will represented to
the aviator's brother by the Aero Club
of France.
Aviator Flochmann, who was injured
when his biplane collapsed at height
of $40 feet Friday in Germany, died
Saturday, without having recovered
consciousness.
Paris Is shuddering at the almost
unprecedented wave of crime sweep.
ing over the city, the so-called "apach-
es," or thugs, dominate the poorer
quarters of the city, and they have
no fear of the police or of prison sen.
fences. The laws against carrying
arms are ignored and men and boys
in the under world of Paris seem to
be as quick as the old-time Ameri'
can bad man" to whip out revolver
to revenge fancied slight In this
extremity the authorities are even
considering a revival of the cato.
nine-tails as they have revived the
guillotine. Flogging was used effec-
lively in the French penal colonies
several decades ago, and also in Eng
land, but was abandoned in the face
of public sentiment Leading news
papers, supported by several senators
and deputies, now assert that foggine
is the only means of checking the
apache crimes.
Dario Trellano, special representa-
tive of Juan Estrada, the victorious
leader of the revolutionary forces in
Nicaragua, arrived at City of Mexico
Monday from Managua, en- route to
Washington, where he will go in b
few days on mission for Estrada.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-10-06

The Republican State Convention OF
Saratoga, N. Y, Wednesday made
Henry L. Stimson of New York Its
candidate for governor. The nomina.
ton of Mr.. Stimson was one more vic.
tory for Colonel Theo Roosevelt, who
personally led the fight for the nom.
nation of his candidate, completing
the unbroken series of triumphs from
the moment the convention was call.
ed to order until its final adjourn.
ment.
Miss Jessise Morrison, who has
been serving a 25-year prison sen,
tence for killing Mrs Olln Castle al
FL Dorado, Kan, on June IL, 1900, was
paroled this week by Governor Stubs,
An agreement which brings to sat
isfactory conclusion the negotiations
which have been in progress for sever
al weeks between the carmen on the
Southern Pacific and the officials of
that system was signed on Tuesday
at Houston. Representatives of the
employees, the officials of the motive
power department of the line and all
others directly or indirectly concerned
express themselves as well pleased
with the outcome of the negotiations,
and all seem to feel that an era OF
good feeling between the men and the
company has been entered
The news that comes from the daily
sessions of the cabinet at the White
House casts no light on the subject
of President Taft's choice for the two
vacancies in the supreme court. There
is still very general impression that
he will appoint Associate Justice
Hughes, chief justice. This can not
be done until congress meets, as an
elevation from associate justice to
chief justice requires confirmation by
the senate.
Cotton is now selling in the South
around 13c, which is &c to 4c per
pound less than its value. This crop
is 100000 bales less than the world
needs. Farmers should not sell their
cotton under 15c. Anything less Is
robbing their own families. That price
will look cheap within ninety days,
says H. l.. Scales of New York.
Fire destroyed a large three-story
brick warehouse in Houston Monday.
This building was used as bonded
warehouse by the Houston Carriage
and Transfer Company, and was filled
with merchandise of various kinds,
principally furniture belonging to a
number of merchants in the city. When
one of the side walls of the building
fell several tons of brick toppled
through the roof of an adjoining build
ing and caused some additional dam
age. One fireman, Charles Perry, was
overcome with heat and was rushed to
an infirmary. The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-10-06
A FOOD DRINK.
Which Brings Daily Enjoyment.
A lady doctor writes +:

A lady doctor writes Z:
Though busy hourly with my own
affairs, l will not deny myself the
pleasure of taking few minutes to
tell Of my enjoyment daily obtained
from my morning cup of Postum. 1t
is a food beverage, not poison like
coffee.
Il began to use Postum eight years
ago, not because l wanted to, but be-
cause coffee, which l dearly loved,
made my nights long weary periods to
be dreaded and uniting me for bust
ness during the day.
"On the advice of a friend, I first
tried Postum, making it carefully as
directed on the package. AS l had
always used cream and no sugar. l
mixed my Postum so. 1t looked good,
was clear and fragrant, and 1t was a
pleasure to see the cream color 1t as
my Kentucky friend always wanted
her coffee to look-'like a new sad.
de
"Then l tasted 1t critically, for had
tried many substitutes for coffee. l
was pleased, yes, satisfied, with my
Postum in TASTE and effect, and am
yet, being constant user of 1t all
these years.
Il continually assure my friends and
acquaintances that they will like it in
place of coffee, and receive benefit
from its use. have gained weight,
can sleep sound and am not nervous. !"
There's o Reason"
Read "The Road to Wellville' in pkgs
Ever read the above letter. A new
one n2pears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Ever read the above IctterI A new
one appears from time to time. They
nre genuine, true, and full of humnH
interest
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-10-06

A traveller entered railway car
riage at wayside station. The sole
occupants of the compartment con
sisted of an old lady and her son,
about twelve years old, Nothing OF
note occurred until the train steamed
into the station at which tickets were
collected The woman not having a
ticket for the boy, requested him to
"corrie doom"
The traveller interviewed and sug-
gested putting him under the seat.
Man" said the excited woman, 'ita
as shalr as death; but there's twa un
der the salt aready!p
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-10-06
The Weeds Return.

"Confound these election bets, any
wayl" grumbled Harker.
Lose heayily?p inquired his friend.
mo, won ten boxes of cigars and
they were SO rank sold the whole lot
to the corner obacconist for dollar
We'll. you made a dollar, anyway"
Yes, but that is not the worst of
1t. My wife saw the boxes in the
window marked "A Bargain, So. and
bought the whole lot to give me as a
birthday present"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1910-10-06
Same with political Pastry.

Teacher-Now, Willie, which would
you rather have, two-sixths of pie
or one-third?
Willie-One-third miss.
Teacher (sareasticallyl-You would,
Ell! And why SO?
Willie2Cause if you cut 1t into
sixths I'd lose more of the juice.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-15

At a dinner, Mark Twain told
the following story which con-
tains some wit and much wis.
dow:
when l was editing The
Virginia City Enterprise, writ
ing copy one day and mining
the next, | tried in many ways
to drive home the fact that ad-
vertising pays. One day l re-
ceived letter from a subscrib.
or saying that he had found a
spider pressed between the pag
es of his paper. He wanted to
know whether this signifedgood
or bad luck. | replied to him
through our answers to corres-
pondence as follows:
Old Subscriber-"T he finding
at a spider in your copy of the
Enterprise was neither good
luck nor bad. The spider was
merely looking over our pages
to find out what merchant was
not advertising in them, so that
he could spin his web across his
door and lead a free and un-
disturbed existence forever af.
ter"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-12-15
IT'S Sal bat Ti1..

Every man or woman who
does ten cents worth of business
a week in a grocery store as
sames they have a right to nib
BILE and sample everything
the grocer leaves uncovered.
A man went in the store the
other day, sampled the fruit in
the window, spoiled a cracker
or two, helped himself to the
cheese, bought a ten-cent can
of salmon and asked the clerk
for a chocolate as he went out.
He imagines his patronage of
immense Importance and inter-
est, too.-Shenandoah Qa)
World.