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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22
PLOW THE GARDEN EARLY.

Did You Ever Note the Difference
Between the Family With Gar
den and the One Without?
Messrs. Editors: If I were asked
the most valuable point gained from
experience in my many years work
with the garden, my prompt res
ponse would be: Have it plowed in
winter"
When | have read of the large
yields of corn in the recent issues OF
The Progressive Farmer and Gazette,
| would run on down the column to
see if the land was not broken in
winter, and l can tell you, l have
scarcely ever been disappointed.
Years ago l read in some farm
hand book: IF the garden is plow-
ed and bedded in winter, it will
make it much earlier" By proof, 1
found it wonderful truth. The soil
is pulverized by the freezing, the
ridge dries out sooner than a level,
the warm soil is on top, the seed bed
is firm, and what better condition
can we ask?
When | have done this, l have
gathered cymlings, and to spare,
the last of May. OF course, they are
not the whole dinner, but prepared
with butter and cream, they make
most delightful side dish, and un-
less they come in early, we do not
care for them.
| opened my safe not long since,
and got breath of the June time,'
and what do you suppose it was +?
Why, dish Of picked beets-they
| we're put up during the summer
while the sugar was still present.
winter they are stringy and insipid
A small thing you say, our lives arr
made up of small things.
Another vegetable used as relish
is the parsnips. They are good, ant
easy to raise, never have to be dul
or protected, and come in at tn,
scarce time, last of February.
Compare the family who has these
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22

things with one that cares only for
meats and sweets, and see the diff
ference.
In our garden we have long row
so that the plow may go each side,
and in it asparagus, grapes, sage and
perennial herbs, and even little rose
nursery. Some of the choicest va
rieties have been left here, and since
the good man works them around.
they out-bloom those on the lawn.
and when I go in to get vegetables
for dinner, their beauty and sweet
ness lift my thoughts to heaven,
and l am sure the burdens of the
$12 for lespedeza.
MRS. PAMELA C. READE.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22
Underground Drainage With Coal
Stag.

Messrs. Editors: The writer saw q
farmer cutting narrow bitches about
to 6 feet deep, just large enough
for the hired man to have standing
and working room, and filling them
up with coal clinkers from nearby
cotton mills, which gave him the ma
terial for the moving. 1t filled a most
excellent purpose as blind ditch,
and was filled with clinkers up to
about 16 inches of the top, when dirt
was filled in. The percolation was
perfect and series of those bitches
emptied into large open central
ditch and drained medium wet land
perfectly.
H. EUGENE FAINT.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22
Money in Hay.
H. EUGENE FAINT.

Messrs. Editors: I have baled 900
bales OF hay this year. I keep an
expense account with everything /
raise and find l get more clear money
out Of hay. I have a loader made
by John Deere Pillow Co. l got FL
4-horse loads off of Z acres. I sell
my hay for SIS ton, So for grass.
$12 for lespedezia.
D. A. STRATTON.
Como, Miss.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22

Get my Ciincher Proposition for 1910 with
proof-lowest price ever made on a first-class
sprcader. No. S, complete with steel trucks 20
bu. size; or Galloway Famous Wagon-Box 4
sizes. from 50 to 60bu.-with our agreement to
pay YOU back your money after you try 1t twelve
months IT it's not q paying investment. How's
that for a proposition? II did not have the
best spreader would not dare make such an
offer 10000 farmers have stamped their o. X.
Vim. Galloway Company. Of America.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22
$500 More Year Farming: How to Get It
BY System of Cropping That Will Furnish Work for Men
And leans Every Day In the Year.
BY TAFT uIe
by TAFT Butler.

work stock and farm machinery and
numerous other varying conditions
must largely influence and determine
the selection and arrangement of
crops and the areas to be planted to
each. But to improve our present
detective cropping system, wherever
period OF idleness or overwork for
men or teams now exists such a re-
duction and shifting of some of the
crops now grown, with the addition
OF certain OF the most desirable new
crops TO fill in the vacant periods,
must be arranged with a view to
giving more continuous employment.
For instance. when the picking OF
the cotton crop requires so much OF
all the available hand labor as to pre-
vent the use of the teams in prepar-
ing the land and sowing winter-grow-
Ing cover and forage crops, the acre
/ age in cotton should be reduced and
the land used for an increase in the
acreage planted TO these winter.
growing crops.
Again. when tho cultivation Of
corn and cotton SO occupy the avail
able forces in May and June as t
seriously interfere with the harvest
| Ing or planting of needed forags
crops. changes or reductions shoule
be made to distribute the work
more eauitably.
During the latter part of July ant
August when the cultivation of the
corn and cotton has been finished
crops should be arranged that will
occupy the men and teams either IL
planting. cultivating or harvesting.
Prepare Land In Winter for Next
Seasons Crops.
The preparation OF the land dur
Ing the fall and winter for the mex,
seasons crops of corn and cotton will
largely reduce the labor OF spring
preparation and cultivation, and
while furnishing work during the
late fall and winter for men and
teams will also relieve the pressure
OF spring work to an extent which
may permit OF the planting OF other
crops to be cultivated or gathered
during the idle period which al
ways follows the laying-by OF the
cotton crops.
1t Is not possible to outline a
cropping system that will fit a suf-
ficiently large number OF farms to
justify the attempt, but just what
the system should be is not the i'm
portant question. 1t would not be
exactly alike for any two farms,
probably. The main point aimed at is
10 call attention to the Importance OF
the question with view of inducing
each reader to give more thought
and attention TO the subject. or
course, IL is not possible TO plan a
cropping system that will completely
and equitably distribute the work
for both men and teams throughout
the entire year. nor is this necessa-
rily desirable. but the aim should be
to furnish as near continuous work
as possible for both men and work
stock to the end that both will be
better off and the net profits of the
farm increased.
The growing OF feeds for live stock
may be so fitted into our present
cropping systems as to largely solve
the problem of furnishing constant
labor for men and teams throughout
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22

w. in determining the profits re-
sulting from its production. In this
cost two very large and important
items are the cost of the man labor
and the expense of keeping the work
stock. Heretofore. our system of
cropping and methods of doing farm
work have not been such as to give
proper consideration to the import
ance OF reducing the cost of these
items of expense. For from four to
six months in the year. particularly
during July and August and from
December 18th to February 18th,
both men and teams are usually idle,
and some of the work stock frequent
" for the larger part of the year.
While this is not universal. 1t Is too
general for economical farm pro-
ductlon.
The disadvantages of system of
cropping which does not give
constant profitable employment
throughout the year to both men
and teams are many and far-rcach-
ing as affecting tho labor and other
economic conditions of the farm.
Idlcness Is Dcmoralixing.
Any lahorcr OF type to do intel
ilgent or satisfactory farm work. Is
not willing TO work only eight or
nine months In the year. unless paid
full years wages for tho shorter
period OF service. In fact, good la
Dor demands constant employment.
and any system of farming which Gu
foFcoa period of idlenoss on labor
must bear the burden of supporting
tho iaborers during tho period OF
ldicneaa as we'll AZ when they are
working. Furthermore. cropping
Bystem which does not furnish con-
atant work for farm laborers is do
morallHlng In It's influences on the
iaborera and begeta inferior service.
Il matters not that large part of
our farming Is done by negroes and
other tenants aud that these are
largely at liberty TO work or play rs
they may see 1T. the cropping system
which offers opportunities for long
periods OF idicncss Is extravagant
and dcmoralixing ON all farm labor.
Where cotton Is the chief crop the
portion of the year during which the
teams arc idle is even greater than
that stated for the iaborers. This
item OF expense is not given sufficient
consideration. Counting tho limited
period of usefulness OF work AMI
NAL. It's cost. the interest on the In
sestment and the expense of feed and
care. 1t costs not far from 500 TO
keep a farm horse or mule year.
To permit this animal TO pass hair
the time I'm ldleness when he Is more
efficient and healthy II kept at regn-
lar work. Is an expense no farmer
can afford. No non-breeding animal
should be kept In idleness on the
farm.
In planning cropping system,
this question OF supplying regular
work for men and teams Is. OF
course. not the only one TO be con-
sidered. but IL Is one which should
receive more consideration than has
been our custom In the past. The
larger the place given in any crop
ping system TO crop that requires
large amount OF hand or human
labor. the more difficult IL becomes
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22
Get My Price
This AID Saves You Dealer, JObber;
Supply Men, Catal0q-H0use
Profits. Nobody Can Beat IL

Buy direct from the biggest spreader factory world
my price has made it. No such price make this
hghgrade spreader has been made before all
spreader history Here's the secret and make
you price one based 80 900 quantity and pay
the freight right station You only pay for actual
material labor and small profit, based this
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-01-22

on 1t. They all tried It 80 days free, just like
ask you to try it-3O DAYS FREE.
Drop me a postal and say-"Galloway, send
me your C1incher Proposition and Big Spreader
hook. Free. with low prices direct from factory"
I. r. Stice, Oswego, Kans., writes me-"Often pull IL
with my small buggy team. Does good work. Have
always used the before. Galloway much the best II
going to buy dozen more they would all be GallowayA
Thousands more letters like these here.
$40 Galloway Station. Waterloo, Iowa
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.

The splendid thing about the Re-
publican county ticket is the fact that
1t does not have to run on the poor
qualifications of its opponents. From
Sheriff Nisbet down, it is made up of
good material. Material so good that
Republicans can grant every claim
made by the supporters of other par
ties and still prove their candidates
the men most deserving of election.
1t is a pleasure to take part in such
a campaign. 1t is a pleasure to sup
port men who stand for the best in
the community. Honest elections,
good business administration, equal
lty and justice are platform enough.
Were it not for the intrusion of a
third party the Republicans would
make a runaway race of it. AS it is.
we DOUBT whether the people will fol-
low the vagaries of advanced" Re-
publicanism, Democracy and mug
Wumpism to any considerable extent.
The worst feature of the third
party movement is that it begins over
night, and fades away as quickly. 1t
is good enough to settle one problem
at an election, but the conduct of
county for two years is beyond the
limits of Its life. There is no great
body Of voters to whom its candidates
must make an accounting when next
they are up for office. Its personnel
Is shifting. It's motives, however
high, have not lasting power. The
voters really have only the Democrats
and the Republicans to chose be-
tween. Since the Republicans have
been so good, we see no need to seek
civic virtue in others when our own
party offers men of tried worth.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05
SPRATllN FAVORS THE THIRD
AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT.

vi. EullDI.
| beg your indulgence to call atten-
tion to an important amendment that
VIII be voted on next Tuesday. Allow
me to say that as our constitution is
now, the professional schools main
tanned by the state must hold their
sessions in Boulder Our supreme
court has so ruled. The new amend.
ment will allow the university to re.
move to Denver the medical, dental
and pharmaceutical schools where all
but the first and second years of their
courses may be pursued. Every col
ored voter in Colorado should vote for
this amendment. Some one may ask
for my reasons. It is well known to
all that colored students always fare
better when their schools are in
cities. Unfortunately for the most Of
our aspiring young men and women,
they must work their way through
school. In city the size of Denver
there are more jobs available for col
ored students. The poor boy and girl
can more easily find employment and
make enough to finish their courses.
Not so in village like Boulder.
What few jobs may be at the disposal
OF the students are invariably reserv.
ed for white students.
In Colorado the professional schools
except the state universities are priv
ate, and they draw the lines on our
boys and girls. The Denver Dental
College is private school and some
years ago 1t closed its doors against
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05
The Republican Ticket
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

Governor-John B. Stephen.
Justice of Supreme Court-James
E. Garrigues.
Lieutenant Governor-J. H. Painter.
Secretary of State-John E. Ramer.
Attorney General-Benjamin Crit
fifth.
State Auditor-Thomas l.. Jamison.
State Treasurer-James E. Collier.
State Superintendent of Schools
Helen NJ. Wilson.
Railroad Commissioner Sheridan
S. Kendall.
Regents of the State University
Anna Wolcott and DR.. w. ]. King.
Congre sman-at-Large-lssac N
Stevens.
Congressman First District-James
c. Burger.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05

us, and if our young people want to
study dentistry they must leave the
state. The Denver University and its
professional schools are against this
movement, and yet it shuts the doors
in our faces when we apply to its den.
tai college. Show your resentment
for its policy by voting in favor of
this amendment.
The state universities are public
and are open to our young people and
we must do all we can to locate these
universities and their departments
where the young people will have the
greatest opportunities, and where our
numbers will materially assist them
in procuring board and rooms and
moral and financial help. Denver will
become the greatest centre for pro.
fessional colored students when it is
known that the medical, dental and
pharmaceutical colleges are in our
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05
Vote for It
THE CANDIDATES AND THE
AMENDMENTS.

The size of the ballot to be voted
Tuesday is appalling. Not every
voter feels his qualifications for vot-
ing it office by office. The provision
made whereby one may vote for a
whole set of candidates at one time
makes easy the handling of large bal
lots. Remember that on Tuesday you
can write Republican at the head o.
your ballot and choose set of men
superior to opposition tickets.
Then look on the right side of the
ballot and find the amendments. Be
sure to express your opinions on the
legislation proposed. For the sake Of
yourselves and your children, that the
Negros rights may not be infringed,
vote Against the initiative and ref
erendum. Then, too, the state medi
cal school should come to Denver. It
is number three and deserves your
support.
The writing of Republican" settles
your voting difficulty so far as the
men are concerned, but you must
search out the amendments.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05

capital city, and that the colored cit.
liens mean to fight against the pro.
scription as practiced by the private
Denver professional schools.
| know what ! am talking about, for
| am the first colored man who ever
graduated from Denver professional
school 1t will take some OF the con.
ceit and prejudice out of the officers
Of these Denver institutions when
they find out that the state can open
its schools in Denver Don't forget.
Be sure to. vote In favor OF this
amendment. Look down your ballot
till you find 1t and then be sure to
make an X in favor Of the amend.
ment
Yours for our young people,
p E. SPRATLIN. A. NJ. NJ. d.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05
Sheriff-Alexander Nisbet.

Sheriff-Alexande Nisbet.
Clerk-ROland G. Parvin.
Assessor-LOuis F. Bartels.
Treasurer-Albert B. McGaffey.
Supt. Inst.-Edith NJ Culbertson.
Coroner-Harry D. Martin.
County commissioners. D. C..
Hays, Geo. L. Sopris.
County Surveyor-Peter O'Brian.
Justices of Peace-A. e. Healey, j.
NJ Essington, c. c. Sackmann.
Constables-J. N. Hamill, E. NJ. Os-
borne, A. B. McElroy.
Representatives.. J. Sackett,
Charles Baer, Alice l.. Horne, Henry
Brady, F. j. K.nauss, F. Damascio,
Henry E. May, l.. H. Fitzgerald, W.
A Smith, Alice Polk Hill, Burton ].
Symonds.
Senator's. E. Holmberg, ]. d.
Rowland, H. G. Benson, J. P. Curry.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-11-05

Thanksgiving ball at DANA hall,
Thursday evening, Nov. Gath.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
DR. H,DLEi GOI>G iHRo ~.
President Of Iair WI study american
~ ruFities m Europe.

NV HAVEN. sept ~ President Had
lev - Yale will sail for Europe GA Satur-
dav on the Arabic lie will spend week
m .nndon and Two weeks IN Berlin While
IA these cities he will s~ek information
On tho conditions Affecting the invest %
m-nt ~ European capital IN American
railroads and ihe features ~ the Amer
can laws which could arect European
con fdencn
President Hadley ~ chairman ~ the
National Railroad Securities Commission
selected recently Ivy President Taft. and
his trip abroad will ~ IN connection with
ms work OH the commission.
He will return from Europe early IN
November in time 10 attend tho ale
CORONATION meet ing for that month.
~. zaii to-day that he would hav" to
he away from ale a great deal this winter
and newt spring on account Of h- duties
A. op'nui-SiDner lie added that for
tunat.lv his absence will not ~ 40 con
tinuuu- as 90 interfsr" with HIS work Al
lal.
While IN Berlin President Hadiey will
attend the anniversary celebration at
Berlin University ~ an invited guest and
az a repTesentRtiv" q Yale.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
WHr >EW IORk ~ CROU DED.
samuel Gompers Thinks u e Because
innmIgrants Remain Here.

samuel Gpmpers. pres. dent ofths Amer
can Federation - Labor. sad IN an address
Yesterday IN the immigration and labor
com mittee ~ the New YORK cry Con
ke~t,on Commission that the cause - the
congestion IN this city was that a large
percentage u the immigrants arriving
here remain IN Manhattan. VI" con
tended that ono - m" mems by which
this cruwdtng ~ the C'ty could 10 oh
waited - some extent was 20 h"fter the
facilities Tor tranSpor- ing immigrants
to the agricultural and industrial parts
~ tho country The argument WAS al-o
made by Mr. Gompers thai higher wages
aud shorter hours - work would also help
- solve tho problem because he working
Glasses. which nov Nv" near their places
~ occupation. would make their homes IN
suburban districts.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
MINISTER JiCkON RISFS IP.
George ALE Therefore wnI Can H,s New
Pia, - -. Minister BetiIee.' -

George AIDE. the humorist. came To
town yesterday TO confess that he will
not he che author 81 a new play called
u = Minister Jackson. because n real
United States Minister Jackson won't let
him When II was published that Mr. AIDE
had delivered 10 cha rles Frohman a new
play for william " Crane called u y
Minister Jackson Mr. Jack son. Minister
20 Cuba. wrot. Mr. AIDE sdmonishing the
humorist against the Use 81 his name
Just hefor" leaving for Washing ton
YESTERDAY MIR AIDE. dressed IN n suit ~
Indiana home-pun, said
i hereby take credit for rescuing from
the Oblivion Of Cuba 20 the illustriou
States Minister jackson About n month
ago | deliv Mr. Frohman a new play
for William n Crane called u y Minister
jackson The scenes are laid In the
south American republic and Mr. Crane
was to have haAn Minister Jackson The
no SOONER printed the fact
than = real United states Minister Jack son
sprang into existence. Hc 10 Minister to
Cuha. and have his letter requesting me
TO kindly leave him IN Cuba and not put
him On the stage N least without con
sulting his IN rents From what | have
haa ri Of United States Minister Jackson
he has ha"n stealing NV business instead
81 NV stealing his I think IL vas very
caralrss n him 20 20 into the Ministerial
BUSINESS until got through playwritIng
However there IL nothing 10 do but let
the Government have its wav
So Mr. Crane play which Will no ready
for production Ia October. will b" called
L Minister Bsdloe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
The seagoers.
Sailing to-day by tn" Cunardor Naur"-
tania for IIverp,S.

Sailing to-day by IN" Cunsrdor Naur"-
tania for I.Iverp,Sl.
Mr. e & la POM Nr and Mrs. "
Vanderbilt Harold / Vanderbilt. N" Larl
and Countess 81 Granard. 'ol u T I.
Thompson. Bishop McTarlAne \ " Bur
roush- Oscar Hsmmer-t"in and r. y
Marshall
Passengers by the White star liner
Adr'atlc. fpr plymouth. Ch.rbourE and
Southampton.
u Burbank. Mrs John CoTlev N--'er-
welt. Nj and MT- schuyler Hamilton. Mr.
and Mr. charles y Keith Nr and Mrs
Victor q. Eliot. Mr and Mrs Hamilton
Drummond Mrs william NAnice Admiral
sir Albert Markham and ADV Markham
and Nr and Mrs John BrunArett Nahdo"k
Sitting by the White Star liner Cretic.
for the Azores and the Mediterranean
Dr aud Mrs EdWard Denfouh. { ?
ErankIin Mr. and Mr. Ralph " ktrrv.
the Rev and Mrs EVcrard y Miller. ~
william Stiokney and Mrs. George Rus
-ell
By the Hamburg American liner Pres q
dent Grant. for Plymouth. Cherbourg and
Hamburg
Mrs a. : Bonner Mr. ami Mrs Hlalma
Won pameCk, Mrs Ella Poor and Mf. and
Mrs = Vail
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-21
mYS TBE OLIN RESIDENCE
q. %. Hopkins Purchase a We'll known
NIurTay IIiII Home.

charles Hopkins ~ Phllad"lphia
bought Yesterday from Mrs stephen n
DIN SISTER ~ Mrs William X Vanderbilt
and cousin NJ the lat. 2 " Hartman.
nor CITY residence ~ iO7 Past 75th street
Mr. Hopkins ~ said To hav" pad Seo. 80
soTne minor changes IN the interior have
been made
The hous.. - 1--WE stories and ~ the Eng
Iiah ba@em.ni typ. Of ConSt uICtion u -
~ eXas q m size and - = short distance
east of Park avcnu" Mrs Dhn had the
house extensively altered ard decorated
by Stanford Whit. shortly hefore his
Death AZ = considerable ~NpcnS" II -
nov considered one 81 the finest resi-
dences IN the Murray Hill regioI Mr.
Hopkin purchased the property through
BRAN 7. Kennedy. real estate broker ~
iss Broadway