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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-09-09
HOW TO GET RID OF NUT

A0W IL 1L1 N1D Vt NO4
A
Afriend wants to know if
have conquered the nut-grass il
my garden. Yes, 7 have nearly
finished it, and this summer it is
the rarest weed in my garden.
Last year was the first year the
garden was cultivated, as it had
been lying out as a vacant lot.
One end of the lot was we'll set
IN nut-grass, and I determined
that it should go. [ did not dig
1t out except whatever turned up
IN the blowing Of the land and
was raked out. Then every day
| choppad out that nut-grass.
Cut off to-day it was up to-mor-
row, but knew that no plant
can long survive if not allowed
to make green leaves above the
ground. So I chopped it off
daily. It got thinner and thin
ner by frost, and as none was
allowed to seed, I find few plants
this summer and have simply
been pulling them out as fast as
seen, and have not had to use
the hoe on them. This is equal
ly applicable to any persistent
weed. Keep them chopped off
and they must die. The same is
true of sassafras sprouts. These
will simply increase if dug and
the roots cut, but chopped off or
mown off regularly with the
moving machine they soon give
up. The mower is the best i'm
plement to rid land of sprouts
and briers. The Progressive
10 travelling through the South
one is more and more impressed
with the fact that the very best
land in nearly every State is not
yet in cultivation. It has not
been drained. Into these wet
the fertility of the hills
has leached down, and yet our
people have too often baked at
the little extra work of canalling
and ditching that would make
these loWlands outyield the
prairies of the West. Verylikely
on your own farm, Mr.. Sub
scriber, there are branch bot
toms or creek bottoms which if
cleared and ditched would give
you So for your labor for every
81 the poorer hillsides will pay
you? And in that case isn't it
to keep hiring yourself to-
he unappreciative field. The
Progressive Farmer.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-09-09
FOR THE FARMER
FARMING
0SSNSNW0N1NI
THE H TYPE o

FARMING.
This is a Young Peoples Spe-
cial, but since the young people
of to-day will be the grown-up
people of tomorrow, we feel that
we can not do a better thing for
our Progressive Farmer Buys,
than to call their attention to one
line of farming which has been
all too generally neglected in the
South. We refer to stock rails
ing.
Of course, all farms have more
or less live stock on them; but
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-09-09

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as many farm animals as the,
should; they do not keep animals
of the best quality, and they d,
not care and look after and Low,
their animals as they should.
Too many farmers think tina
they need no other stock thar
the mules they must have to tent
their crops, a COW or two to fur
nish milk, two or three hogs t,
kill and a little flock of poultry
Now, we believe that this is /
wrong idea. Let US tell you why
In the first place, you mus
have good land if you make gooe
crops. Well, it is a matter o1
c 0 m m 0 experience fact
proved too often to be success.
fully questioned-tha it is easier
to keep land good, or to make II
good, when a large part of the
crops are fed to live stock than
when they are sold off. If you
feed your grain and hay to cattle
and sell the milk and butter, you
take less from your land than If
you sold the hay and grain.
Again, if you raise cotton to
sell to buy meat and lard, your
only chance to get a profit is on
the cotton. You must pay a
profit to the man who raised the
hog, to the man who killed it, to
all the men who handled it be-
fore you bought it. When you
raise the hog yourself you get all
these profits yourself.
Once again, if you have plenty
of work stock, you can do better
farm work and do it easier and
quicker than if you lack team
force. 1t is cheaper to pIow
with three horses than with one.
Other reasons might be given
why more live stock are needed
on Southern FARMS, but these
ought to be enough. When the
boys who read this grow up and
begin farming for themselves
we want them to remember this
one point: The farmer who.
keeps plenty of good live stock
can do his work easier and bet
ter, can get a bigger profit out
of the crops he grows, and can
improve his land at much less ex-
pense than can the man who does
not.
But it is not only more farm
animals we need. We must have
better ones. Go to any section
where the farmers keep pure
bred cattle or horses or hogs and
see if you do not find better
better houses, b r
generally, than in those
sections where they keep just
any old kind of stock. You know
yourself, if you have a colt, a
calf, a pig, or a chicken that is a
little better than the common
cun-one that you would be
proud to take to your county
tair, let US say-you take more
bride in and get more satisfac-
ion out of this one animal than
you would out of two or three
scrubs. When you go to raising
i've stock, get good stock. There
S more money in that kind and
more satisfaction.
Remember this, though: Even
t you were able to buy the high
st priced animals in your State, /,
Inless you knew how to feed and
are for them, and unless you
lad interest in and feeling for
they would not retain ,
heir good looks and their use ]
illness long. It takes good care !,
nd good feeding to make good {
or to keep them good;
nd the boy who expects to be a {
tockman can not begin too early
> find out about the stock on his {
arm, to learn how to feed them,
ne sort of care they need, what :
ney like, what they dislike. and {
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-09-09

FOR SALE-I Jersey COW and
calf, apply to S. NJ. Philip, r. F.
D. No. 1, Opelousas. sept 2 4t
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21
Lure Of the City Reaches Out to Farms

g T. LOUIS. MO.-Sixty per cent of
~ the young men who wear blue uni
forms on the trolley cars are farmers
sons. Most Of them have pulled and
kugged at pillow lines over the backs
Of refractory mules long before they
ever pulled bell cord In this city.
Half the clerks in the big railway
ofiices In st. Louis are boys from the
smaller cities and the little railway
stations where the fast trains never
stop. Fifty out Of every hundred Of
the young men who are putting kinks
In their spines and running their eye
sight over long columns Of freight
earnings and ton miles," know when
70 plant potatoes and how to pillow
corn.
Every other waitress in the quick
lunch places down town was once a
country lassie. That is. they were
born and raised up In one Of those lit
tie towns that dot and speckle the
state maps. Thirty out of 40 of the
men who run trains. hammer tel
egraph keys and make out bills OF
lading for the railway systems were
recruited from the farms. Many of the
little stenographers who scurry In
and out of the office buildings at lunch
hour were once upon time little pig
tailed lassies. who played about the
big yards Of some little half forgotten
town with elm shaded streets.
When a middle aged man or woman
goes into the city to make his or
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21
Homemade Bread Declared Murderous

their duty by baking at home" Mr..
Schulze said. The long-suffering stom-
achs of their families continue to pay
the penalty of this mistaken sense of
duty.
THE American housewife - the
American mother-of today is an earn
est and sensible individual. but very set
in her ways She is still Influenced
by the working methods adopted in her
girlhood.
"one thing which we bakers in the
larger cities see most plainly today
is the absolute necessity OF educating
the housewife to quit baking at home.
Let us come forward Let us show
these women that home baking Is
wrong. Let US show them the over
whelming benefits Of buying bread
baked in sanitary bakery"
Mr.. Schulze told 81 Chicago wom-
an who had built up business sell
ing health bread" home product
She brought him loaf and wanted to
sell the formula Il cut into the loaf"
said Mr.. Schulze. "and saw that the
center was unbaked dough. have
been wondering since what effect that
woman's health bread has had on the
death rate In Chicago. She was un-
Questionably committing murder"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21
Eccentric Millionaire's VIII is Void

ner parties in the home and presiding
at the festive board in his under
shirt. II the guests appeared to Mr..
Miller in any way bored he got up
and performed for them. His favor
lite stunt was to put the cut glass
salad bowl on his head and then
dance sprightly saraband around
the table.
The millionaire iron manufacturer
also possessed original ideas on serv-
ing oysters. He had basket of
bivalves taken into the library. where
he opened them on mahogany table
AS he opened each oyster he hurled
the shells at the portraits of his an
cestors which decorated the wall.
Whenever he scored hit upon the
countenance Of an ancestor In oil. Mr..
Miller would pause In his lombard
ment to carve the initials of said
ancestor on the mahogany table. call
ing upon his guests to follow his ex-
ample. He decorated much Of his
costly furniture in this manner.
Mrs. Miller declared that her late
husband was very fond Of playing
mumblypeg on the mahogany chairs.
1t also gave him unbounded amuse-
ment to drive his wife out into the
street, then rush out after her and
beg her to come back.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21

her home there, It is nine chances to
ten that they have failed at every
thing they have ever tried In the lit
tie cities, and have come to the big
town to start boarding or a room
ing house.
And nine out Of every ten Of them
is certain that the city, any city. is
the very wtckedest OF wicked places
Back In the country. where they come
from. the big town was held up to
them as symbol of sin. The older
folks talked in low tones Of its snares
and pitfalls. of the sin and degrade
ton that were everywhere In the big
town. Why do they come? Many of
them fail to drag themselves back to
take up life where they left 1t out on
the farms.
The great majority manage to live
on the salaries they receive or the
wages they are able to earn. A few of
them become wealthy and successful,
and are able to go back and buy up a
whole township around the old home
stead. II they desire.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21
Iowa Leads in Guern-
sey ImpOrtatiOns

Iowa Is fairly on the way to be-
come home of Guernsey and Alder
ney dairy cattle. A very large per-
centage Of the choice Guernsey and
Alderney bulls and cows imported
this year have found their way to Iowa
dairy barns--more than a third Of
them up to the time of the last gov
eminent report on the importation
OF pure-bred cattle for 1911. In the
first three months OF the year three
bulls and 25 cows were imported
from the Isle Of Alderney; all OF
the bulls and 10 of the cows were
brought over by an Iowa man, w. w
Marsh Of Waterloo, and found their
way to Iowa. In the same period 80
Guernsey bulls were brought over.
and more than half, or IT. to be ex-
act. were imported by the same man.
In that same period 232 Guernsey
cows were imported, and so Of them
by Mr.. Marsh, or more than a third
Some of these fine dairy animals will
be sold out Of the state, Of course.
but enough of thonn will be kept here
to make a splendid showing for Iowa
In this class Of dairy cattle. British
dairymen complain that American
dairymen have stripped the isles Of
Guernsey and Attorney of available
breeding animals and that hardly any
are to be bought now. even at the
highest prices. This American inva-
sion, prompted by the high popular
lty of these breeds. has forced prices
mp. One British breeders Journal
rays that whereas Guernsey cows
were once to be bought for something
like 500. they cannot now be bought
Tor much less than $500.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21
Notorious Firebug Gang is Revealed

rHCAGO.-Six men are in custody
~ here and the arrest Of another
has been ordered by the police In
connection with the operations Of an
alleged arson ring which caused a
property loss Of 100000 during the
last twelve months. Three other men.
including a former policeman. are be-
ing sought by the police In connec-
ton with the alleged conspiracy. The
arrests were made after David Kor-
shak. the alleged leader Of the fire.
bug gang. had made statement i'm
plicating several business men In the
alleged arson conspiracy.
Korshak In q statement made to
the police declared that rs per cent
Of all fires In Chicago In the last five
years were Of incendiary origin. and
were either the work Of the proprie-
tors of the building or of professional
nrebugs. He says there are more
than hundred men In Chicago who
make good living by setting fire to
buildings, to enable the owners to
collect large sums Of Insurance.; that
the firebug IL usually paid a lump
sum In advance, but that sometimes
he works on commission. receiving q
percentage Of the insurance money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21
IN
SILAGE
By HOWARD VAUGHN In the
Iowa Agriculturist

Silage is worth at least three dollars
per ton. This is the value placed on
II by many feeders and determined In
carefully conducted Investigations at
various experiment stations. Good
corn land will produce fifteen tons OF
silage per acre. This means return
OF forty-five dollars from every acre
Of corn put into the silo. Assume a
land rental OF five dollars, which is
certainly enough. and there remains a
forty dollar profit per acre.
The farmer who has twenty-five or
thirty cows can use silo about 14x36
feet in size, holding approximately
100 tons. This will take the yield of
eight acres, each returning profit OF
forty dollars. Silo manufacturers will
agree to put up good silos of the
above size for less than $500. Obvious
ly. then. It is possible to pay for a silo
by one years use-and that Is making
100 per cent. on your money in one
year. This Is not possible only on
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21

Korshak said that in all his fires he
used jugs filed with gasoline. to
which he set fire. with the result that
flames rapidly spread to all parts Of
the structure. He fed from Chicago
after he was charged with having set
fire to the store Of Leopold Dreyfus
q Co.. wholesale clothiers. June 8.
this year.
Both Leopold and Lazard Dreyfus,
members of the Arm. were arrested
on suspicion Immediately after the
fire. Three days later Leopold Drey-
fus made statement duplicating
Korshak and then committed sui
eide. Lazard Dreyfus was charged
with conspiracy, and the case against
him Is pending. Three barrels of
gasoline are said to have been used
in firing the plant of the Northwest
ern Can company.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21

to feel better when I had taken only
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SADIE MULLEN, 272S N. B. St., e.
wood, Ind.
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21

" ANsAS CITY. MO.-The National
"A Association of Master Bakers de-
voted part Of their annual convention
90 the housewife yho bakes her own
bread. She was pictured In every po-
sition. The bakers showed their sor-
row for her by applauding every refer
ence to the lot kitchen In which she
has to work to turn out the homemade
product for her family. They de-
clared she should be rescued from her
slavery and the only way to effect .
rescue was through bakers bread.
That the modern housewife produces
. soggy article Of Dread and 10 com
hitting murder In Allowing II to be
eaten, was the statement made by
Paul Schulze Of Chicago. president Of
the association. "Thic country is full
Of housewives who are proud Of their
cooking and who think they are doing
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21

NEW YoRK.-A Jury in the supreme
~ court found that man VINO
dances around with a cut-glass bowl
on his head for a helmet, even
though he is worth million dollars
and made IT by means of his own in
genuity, is not in any mental condi-
ton to make will.
The eccentric testator was Alexan-
der Miller of Brooklyn, owner of the
Vulcan Iron Works, and he made a
win In which he cut OFF his widow.
Mrs. Mary Ella Miller, with $12,500,
leaving the great bulk of his estate
to his brother and sister Mrs. Mil
Ter. by her own testimony and
through the testimony of other wit
nesses. proved that her husband was
eccentric beyond the highest known
Brooklyn records for eccentricity.
4 Before his death two years ago Mr..
Miller manifested his scorn for the
conventions by giving barefoot din
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21
For the Hostess

mold. Cook for two hours. and serve
piping-hot.
Haggis No 2--One fourth of a
pound of fine minced suet, handful
of oatmeal, four onions sliced and one
cupful of sweet milk Cook the minced
suet and scalded onions to a nice
brown, then sprinkle In the meal to
consistency of dough, keeping 1t hot
Keep stirring the pot until you have
added black pepper. white pepper and
salt to taste. Then add the milk Zone
cupful Is not quite enough. When It
has stood tightly covered 1t will very
soon require, say. one cupful OF hot
water. Stir often. taking 1t from the
bottom of the pot with a fork. Then
and half.
Scotch Scones-Two cupfuls OF
flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der, one teaspoonful of salt, one egg,
three fourths of cupful of milk and
one tablespoonful of butter. Begin by
sitting flour. salt and baking powder.
Add butter, chopping 1t in. Then add
the beaten egg and milk. Make a
tough stiff enough to roll out Roll
about one-half inch thick, in round
shape. Cut in four or six divisions.
as in cutting pie. Bake on hot
griddle about twenty minutes.
Shortbread - Fourteen ounces Of
-four. one-half pound Of good butter.
two ounces of rice -four. one-fourth
of pound of caster sugar and lit
tie baking powder. Sift -four. rice
flour and baking powder: beat the but
ter and sugar to a cream; add -four
gradually Make into a round piece.
and roll out the size Of tin. Pinch
around the edge. prick over the top
with a fork. and bake in a moderate
oven.
Currant Bun-Two pounds OF cur
rants. two pounds Of raisins, one
fourth of pound Of almonds. one
fourth Of a pound of orange-peel, one
ounce of ginger, one ounce Of Gin
namon. one ounce Of allspice. one
pound of -four and one teaspoonful
of baking powder. Some raisins and
mix with currants: halve almonds and
cut peel In small pieces; sift -four
and spices. Mix all together with
sweet milk into a stiff mixture.
MADAME MERRL
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21
SOME NOTES ON FLoUNclNG
Remnants VIII Be Found Useful
Lingerie Hats Are Made Of
Short Lengths.

Now's the time to pick up remnants
of embroidery flouncing that can be
used for various things. The little
piece Of two. three or more yards will
be Of great use to you In your dress
making days of early fall.
The embroidery ruffle on the under
skirt is always attractive. In either
blind or eyelet work It looks we'll and
outlasts lace.
Fine batiste can be combined with
lace and the Sody of the goods
matched and tucked bands incorpo-
rated with the embroidery to form ex-
quisite blouses.
Lingerie hats for young girls. for lit
tie tots and for older women are east
ly fashioned Of short lengths OF fine
embroidered founcing. Edge the seal
lops with lace or face the entire brim
with ruffies Of net Although we are
thinking Of the last rose OF summer
there win be many occasions that will
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21
KIDDING PIGS
OF WORMS
BY w. II. PEW. Departmsnt OF Animal
Husbandry. Iowa State College

Numerous inquiries are coming in
to the college for remedies for worms
in pigs. They may be disposed OF in
any one Of several ways that are al
together satisfactory II properly fol-
lowed. One effective method which
have used and which can recon-
mend Is as follows:
Divide the pigs into lots Of four
or ave each. Starve them for at
least IL hours. and probably better
"a hours. Give them a dose Of tur-
pentine to the amount Of one tea
spoonful for every 80 to 100 pounds
OF live weight. Put the turpentine In
skim milk, using just enough milk
to make sure that the pigs will clean
It up thoroughly. Mix the turpentine
and milk we'll Repeat this dose dali
ly until three doses are given.
Some have had excellent success
by mixing sulphate OF iron in the
slop at the rate of one-half pound for
100 pigs and repeating Ave times in
succession.
In our experiment station at Ames
the most effective method OF Kidding
the station herd Of spring pigs Of In
testinal worms was as follows:
We divided the pigs into lots OF
five to ten and starved them as above
from IL to "a hours. Then we fed
them In the morning with a feed
mixed with this medicine: We had
the druggist put up santonin and cal
omel in powders large enough for the
lots Of five to ten pigs at the rate
Of FIVE grains Of calomel and eight
grains of santonin for every 100
pounds of live weight. We put these
powders in slop Of ground feed and
mixed thoroughly so that each pig
had its share of the medicine.
The calomel was given for physic.
but In some cases 1t may be neces-
sary to give raw iinseed oil In the
feed to accomplish that result. 1t
may be necessary to repeat the dose
of calorael and santonin in two or
three days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21

paper; It has been shown practicable
by many progressive farmers.
The idea that silage is profitable
only for dairy cattle Is fast being dis
proven. The Iowa and Illinois expert
ment stations have fed silage to fat.
tening steers with very favorable re-
suits from the standpoint of economy.
The Iowa station found that 1t is pos
sible to put on gains at cost of six
cents per pound and even less when
siiage is used. This Is to be com.
pared with a cost OF at least eight or
nine cents when silage is not fed.
Sheep and dry cows can be wintered
on silage and clover hay with prac-
tically no additional feed The use OF
silage in the ration for fattening cat
tie makes 1t possible to use cotton
seed meal in the place OF oilmeal to
supply the protein and thus reduces
the cost OF the concentrates that have
to be purchased OF the farm.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21

demand pretty dressy hat, espec-
cially in the evenings.
Yokes can be made Of nouncing. the
remainder of bodice made OF tucked
material. The same idea can be re-
vsrsed and plain tucked Jokes COM
hned with embroidered lower por-
tions.
For finishing combinations a mar
row fiouncing OF fine lawn or batiste
is not to be improved upon. Corset
covers also can be male entirely OF
fiouncing with straps of embroidery
or lace.
As for edging bureau scarfs. making
pin cushions. ETC.. the opportunities
are without number; the clever wom-
an should be hampered not paucity
OF ideas for the use of odd pieces.