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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

Let us compare alfalfa with corn"
said Mr.. Wing, for you all know what
corn is worth to you. To-day you can
trade baled alfalfa for ear corn. bushcl
for bushel and pound for pound. With
three cuttings of alfalfa you should
get tons per acre. which is equiva-
lent to 100 bushels of corn per acre
This is an exceptional year. We
have had severe drouth and forage
is scarcer than in 40 years. but the
man who has alfalfa is not complain
ing. With 4 tons to the acre from
three cuttings, he is getting $50 per
acre, often as much as his land would
sell for.
alfalfa is more often injured by
cutting too early than from cutting too
late. Make only one good cutting the
first year. The second year do not
NOW oftener than every As days. II
grasses appear in a new stand after it
is about six months old, take a spring
tooth harrow, sharpen the teeth, and
go over it thoroughly after the first
cutting
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
q NXSZEHW S/zEE0 ~ NCH~

veyed on this side of the Atlantic for many years
and many a farmer paid almost fabulous prices
Tor sheep having no adaptation to anything except
wool production. Perhaps this state of affairs was
due TO the impression that so long held sway that
the American people were prominently nation
Of pork eaters and had little appreciation for good
mutton Whatever justification there may have
been for this in the past II certainly ceased wears
ago. a depression I'm the price OF wool some
score of years ago was very influential in
bringingi about change of conditions and
once started the new movement I'm behalf
of mutton sheep swept all before st. In.
deed. In some years single market such as
chicago, has shown gain of fully a million. sheep
over the twelve months preceding Canada
sends great numbers of mutton sheep to this
country as well as considerable quantities OF wool
The experience of later years has proven that
the rich lands and abundant feeds of the United
States are well suited 70 the economical produc-
ton OF superior mutton and the furthermore NUT
ton sheep II properly selected grow a large
part If not all of the wool demanded for Ameri-
can manufacturing. Experts declare that there is
no greater error than the impression on the part
of many people that sheep are suited only to In.
ferior land. To be sure. sheep unlike some other
animals, get along on scanty vegetation and
consequently VIII craze Drohtably semi-srid
land. but on the other hand they render an es.
pecally large return for a liberal ration OF GOOD
foods As showing how much more appreciation
of this fact there is in other countries than !1 the
United states 10 may be cited that recent stats
tics showed that there were not TO exceed 25
sheep per thousand acres of land I'm our leading
agricultural states whereas I'm England the high
priced agricultural lands sustain an average OF
$50 sheep per thousand acres and I'm Scotland
there may be found as high as 1880 sheep re-
thousand acres.
The champions Of scientific agriculture In the
United States are just now striving earnestly 20
impress our farmers with the fact that 30 would
be better TO convert their surplus grain products
into meats. such mutton cat least to the extoat
Of supplying home dcmands) than 10 export the
corn and other grains such. For example ~ ib
claimed that to raise $1,000 worth Of corn takes
from tho soil producing the crop about $500 worth
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
BUY SHEEP AND
LAMBS NOW
But Don't Be a Sheep.
A COMMON EXPERIENCE.
Don't Follow the Crowd.

bOn u FoioW inc crowd.
In chasing the market for croft. the
fellows who blindly follow the crowd
are generally tho ones who get left.
The successful man buys when he has
the least competition, at tho lowest
prices and with the greatest margin.
for profit. which usually brings his
selling time during period OF com.
parative scarcity at market, and he
therefore gets higher prices and most
always makes good profit in His
dealings.
Here's a Chance for Gain.
The present very low market val
ues Of feeding sheep and lambs, being
less than the cost of production, Of
fers such an opportunity to those who
are prepared to properly care for
them.
Feeders Arc Selling Cheap.
Wellbred, thin but thrifty lambs OF
the growing kind can now be bought
on the Chicago market for S5.25 to
$3.50 per 100 pounds; wethers of sim
liar description, $40 to 1915; year
ling wethers, s425 to $3.50; yearling
breeding ewes. $500 to $3.50, and good
feeding ewes at $3.50 to s2.S5. These
prices are about $1.75 lower than a
year ago for feeder lambs, and the
lowest since 1904. Feeder sheep
prices also are unusually low.
Now Is the Time to Buy.
In view OF the fact that prices of
feeder sheep and lambs are now be-
low the cost of production, and that
present prices OF lamb and mutton are
out of line with all other meats and
must therefore soon rise because OF
the increased consumption invited
thereby, the conclusion is inevitable
that now is the best time to buy feed.
er sheep and lambs for all those who
are ready to prepare them for market
during the early part of next year.
A leading sheep owner and dealer
says: Fat is made pretty cheap ON
the Fall feed that otherwise would
be wasted, and the sheep ana lamb
feeding proposition from tho 70 stand
point of fertility is worthy or most
careful consideration"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
TIME TO CONSIDER PURCHASE OF TREES
For Fall and Spring Planting the Nursery if Possible
Select Nursery Stock Carefully
H. Alderman Horticulture West Virginia unve,

The time is now at hand when the
fruit grower should consider the pur-
chase of trees for his fall or spring
planting. The demand for trees has
become so great that the overworked
nurserymen from Maine to Oregon are
unable TO furnish an adequate supply
in all varieties. Many of them have
already contracted for over half of
their stock. If you are looking for
hrst class trees and are at all particu-
lar about getting the varieties ordered
1t would be advisable to arrange your
purchase as soon as possible.
Visit the Nursery.
IL you are buying a good sized order
1t would pay to visit the nursery and
select the trees before they are dug.
Most nurserymen will allow pur-
chaser to go through their blocks and
mark the trees he wishes to buy. In
this way one may secure the most Wig
orous and best shaped trees in the lot.
and can be reasonably sure that they
VIII be true to name, for most of the
variety mixtures are made in the con-
fusion of the packing shed. Insist that
your trees shall not be dug until the
leaves have nearly all fallen, for this
means that the buds are well ripened
and that the wood is hard and mature
Much has been spoken and written
about the advisability of buying trees
from nearby nurseries where condi
tons are similar to those in your
orchard. While this is a factor that it
m o hn oil g., Z.
more importance to secure a good tree
with a good root system. There is
much evidence to show that ii matters
little from what part of the country "A
tree comes, provided it is healthy, Wig.
orous and has not been injured in dig
ging or shipping.
Yearlings or Two-Year-Olds.
With apples it is always an unset
tied question whether it is better to
buy straight whips lone year old or
more expensive two-year-old trees on
which the main branches are already
started. The advantages in favor of
the smaller trees are, first, cheapness;
second, small root systems which will
require only a small hole at planting
time; third, the head may be formed
at any height TO suit the growers
fancy; fourth, the root systems re-
ceive less injury in digging than do
those of larger trees. The advantages
of the two-year-olds are, first, trees
with we'll formed heads may be select
ed thereby insuring uniform and sym
metrical orchard trees; second. they
will probably reach bearing size year
sooner than one-year-old tree; third,
1t is easier TO detect crown gall or
hairy root upon them than upon year
lings. Between first class trees of
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

crust its interior was packed with
six rabbits, six kidneys. twenty.eigbt
pounds OF beefsteak and potatoes -.
nlps. carrots and sprouts. The sea pie.
as u Is called is boiled. not baked.
and It's builder. Skipper Hartman. mado
the cooking process an eight hours
watch.
Tnis three decker provided a savorv
meal which more than satisfied az
guests and It's wrecked and disman.
Tied hun provided ten gallons Of OK.
cellent soup that was gladly welcomed
~ the poor Of Gorleston. sketch.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Unfortunate Man.

A tourist in the mountains Of Ten
nessee once had dinner with a queru-
lous old mountaineer who yarned
about hard times for Is minutes at a
stretch. why, man." said the tour
list. you ought to be able to make
lots of money shipping green corn to
the northern market. Yes, l orter,"
was the sullen reply. You have the
land, / suppose, and can get the
seed" Eyes. ] guess So" Then why
don't you go into the speculation
mo use, stranger" sadly replied the
cracker; "the old woman is too lazy
to do the plowin' and plantin'."
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Don't Be Embarrassed.

Nothing causes a person moro en-
barrassment than the knowledge that
some part of their attire needs apol-
ogy. Dirty linen is the most common
and ineXcusable fault, and as long as
strong rosin soaps are used in the
laundry, streaked washables are in
eyitable.
Hewitt's Easy Task-the original
white laundry soaps the best clean
linen guarantee obtainable. Multi
tudes Of women say SO, and you'll
agree after trial. Ask your grocer.
Five cents cake.
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both ages the two-year-olds are the
most desirable. II is. however. some
times difficult to get good two-year.olds
because the nursery block has been
sorted over the previous year and the
best trees sold as yearlings. Between
a first class yeariing and second
grade two-year-old. the younger tree
would undoubtedly be the better. New.
er buy three or four-year-old trees be.
cause these are the culls of previous
years which were so weak and small
that they had TO be grown the extra
season or two in order to bring them
to marketable size.
Crown Gall.
The most prevalent disease that at.
lacks nursery trees, and against which
purchasers should be on their guard.
is Crown Gall or Hairy Root. the two
names coming from the two distinctive
forms of the same disease. There are
some differences of opinion among
plant pathologists regarding the ulti.
mate effects of this disease upon or
chard trees, but all agree that il ia
very unsafe to plant infested stock.
Make no contract or arrangement with
a nurseryman which will not allow you
TO throw out all trees that show any
sign of the disease. The woody aphis
causes small irregular swellings to an.
pear upon the roots that might be mis-.
taken for small gals. but inasmuch as
the aphis is to be more dreaded than
the aforementioned disease. lave no
hesitation about discarding these trees
also.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

OF fertility. but the
same amount of corn
converted into NUT
ton is claimed not
to take from the
land more than $50
worth OF fertility,
whereas If sold in
the form of wool 1t
will not take from
the land more than
SO or So worth OF
fertility. With NUT
ton as the primary
consideration, how
ever, Sneep raising
will return a salts
factory profit year
after year without
very much regard to
the price of wool.
In later years the
W e S tern territory
known as the range
became the great
breeding ground for
sheep, and as far
back as a dozen
years ago this local
ity produced about
one-half of the total
number of sheen in
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
A Great Grace.

Il is no great matter 20 associate
with the good and gentle, for this is
naturally pleasing to all and everyone
willingly enjoyeth peace and loveth
those best that agree with him. But
10 be able 10 live peaceably with hard
and perverse persons. or with the dis
orderly, OF with such as go contrary to
US, Is a great grace. and most com
mendable and manly thing Thomas
a Kempis.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Stirred Up the Street

Pandemonium roiRned in n Dundee.
tScotland) street the other day
Such crying Of babies has seldom
been heard at once i'm any street Of
the town The incident resulted from
an adventure which befell tvo-year-
old Mary Dopeliettv. who crawled
ont on window SIN two stories
above tho street and overbalancing.
fcil TO the ground Her fall. however.
wna broken by her alighting on an
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

other youngster This lucky clrcum.
stance seems 10 have saved her life.
for when taken 90 the inhrmary she
was found to be suffering from fright
only The child on whom Mary tum-
bled was as badly scared as the baby.
and she rolled over. screaming Justify
The other Httle ones who had been
PLAYING in the street under the win
dow were much startled. and they.
TOO, began to cry heartily. However.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
one Pie for 10 eussts

Seventy guests banqueted on sin.
gle pie at Confession. and there was
plenty to spare when they had finish.
ed. Tho pie had three inch crust
and weighed a hundrodweight and a
half 10 was made In three sections
or water tight compartments and each
bold had a substantial buIkhead Of
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Clara Bsrton's Splendid Work.

DIaFa barton's Splendid Work.
America owes its Red Cross almost
entirely TO one woman-C Clara Barton
While resting IN Europe. after her ar
duous work during the civil war. she
learned OF Mr.. Durant. read bis book.
looked into the treaty. saw its appii.
cation In the wars then pending, and
came home determined that her own
country should ratify the treaty and
put It 20 good use. Said Miss Barton:
III we h.ld adopted tho Red Cross idea
IN the Civil war Andersonville. with
It's 10000, would never have stained
our record"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

The sea has flowers as the land
has. but the most brilliant OF the sea
flowers bloom not upon plants, but
upon animals. The living corals OF
tropical seas present a display OF
floral beauty which in richness and
vividness OF color and variety and
grace Of form rivals the spiendor Of
q garden Of flowers
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
Roman GOSSIP.

Mummy (the village banker) What
do you suppose the young fellows IN
ancient Rome did to pass the timer
Phunny (the village philosopher)-
oh, I don't know. l suppose they used
to hang around and talk about what
a punk town Rome was.--Puck.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

Young man. have you made any
preparations for the rainy day?~
"Oh, yes" replied the son Of the
prominent millionaire. I'm addition
70 my roadster, have a corling good
hmoumne that Will easily hold six
girls
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
TOMMY MURPHY,

The great horseman who Is winning
most Of the big races for fast trotters
with that farm horse, "R. n. g. a." record
2.08N says: "SPOHN'S DISrEMPER
CURE is tho best remedy for all forms o.
Distemper and coughs I have ever known
l have used ~ number Of years" All
druggists or send 20 manufacturers zoo
and ~ a bottle. Spohn Medical Co. Chops-
Lata. Qoshen. Ind. ~. s. A
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
KITCHEN HELPS.

Scales wnlch can be bought at any
hardware store for from $3.50 to 50 are
great Lelp in the canning season. 1t
is very hard to measure fruits of diff
ferent sizes so that the proportion Of
fruit to sugar is correct, whereas the
irregular size of the fruit makes no
difference in determining it's weight
In this day of short weights the scales
are of advantage in checking up the
amount purchased.
Spatuia.
The fiat pliable knife, called n spa.
tula, enables one to clean out the bowl
more thoroughly than any other way.
1t can also be used very satisfactorily
for mixing up recipes which do not
require much stirring such as getting
the dough ready to knead for bread.
the making of an omelet or a sponge
cake. This knife can be obtained from
any hardware store for from twenty
five to thirty-fve cents. After having
once used it you will wonder how you
ever got along without it.
RACHEL II. COLWELL,
West Virginia University.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
The Genuine Article.

81, Gon know about this picture. Bobby" said
,"o Hs''oI' as he nan over specimens - the
youngsters camera work az am afraid 49,,
WIN propeller instead Of a tail is something .,
nat ain't propeller" sc'd Bobby "rbaps
lisa hl5 la'l nc Kept Vaughn 1t while his picture was
being tookened. Harpers Weekly vas
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

ail suffered from shock only. save the
girl ON whom the baby fell. and she
was found 20 have sustained slight
bruises
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

How do know that you really love
me? What assurance have that you
would be willing to make sacrifices
and endure hardships for my sake?"
What more can you ask? Haven't
for six months refrained from lay
ing violent hands on your Iittle
brother2"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

used only for milk. and later the skins were used
Tor clothing. Up to about century and a half ago
wool was the primary consideration in sheep rails.
Ing. but about the time mentioned an Englishman
began the first systematic and intelligent improve.
ment OF mutton Sheep and 1t is a question whether
thls liz not now the most important branch OF the
industry both at home and abroad
The mutton sheep rather slow in invading
America The woolproducing Merno (Which came
originally from Spain) monarch OF all he sur
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31
%ESTVIRGINlA UNIVERSITY NEWS

DR.. Charles Edward Bishop, profes
sor of the Greek Language and
Literature of William and Mary
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

a New York woman has an ankiet
that cost $4,000. Something put b.
for a rai0y day, We presume
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

Poverty hath It's own reward. A poor
man isn't asked to contribute 70 q can
paisn funa
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-31

HEEP raising is one of the chief &C
tivites of the American rural do.
main, and it is one that has shown a
constantly expanding scope year ait.
er year, seemingly without much
regard to the good years and bad
which are so visibly reflected in
many of the other occupations of the
farming community. It is interest
ing TO note that sheep are associated
with man in the earliest records OF
the human race. They were first
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-09-30
Ra,hina an Elephant.

The elephants bath takes week to
carry out in every detail. II requires
the services OF three men. and IL costs
$500. This treatment is necessary for
circus elephant. and II the animal is
n valuable one the proprietor OF the
circus does not consider the money
wasted. The first process consists In
going over the immense body with the
best soap procurable; $50 pounds OF
soap IL used, and the elephants ears
are especially carefully attended to.
When the soaping and drying are
completed the elephant is well sandpa.
pered and after that rubbed all over
with the purest Indian oil until the
mouse gray skin is supple and glisten-
Ing. This last touch is the most ex-
pensive part Of the bath. as $50 has to
be spent on the oil alone.-Philadelphia
Record.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-09-30
FOR The CHILDREN
The Fox and the Crow.

Some time ago a crow who found
A piece OF cheese upon the ground
Perched high upon a neighboring beech
And held tho prize well out OF reach
A sly old fox who watched her night
Remarked, THAT whets my appetite"
He winked his eye and scratched his head,
And then TO Mistress Crow he said:
my dear, you,are q handsome bird.
Your voice is very sweet. I've heard
Your lovely song. 30 rich and clear.
IL just the thing long TO hear.
I'm sure II must be passing fair
And one with which mono can compare
30 let mo hear you sing. pray.
For arm feeling blue today"
The crow when Reynard thus did speak
Began to Cav" which oped her bcak.
The cheese at once dropped down below.
The fox 10 seize II was not slow.
He laughed at Mistress Crows distrcsA
And thus the bird he did address:
Give ear TO fiattery II you must.
But always listen with distrust,'
Youths Companion.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-09-30
ManL.x a.lI Rlnaar..

The monkey cage broke in the Pitts.
burg ZOO. and eight monkeys escaped.
They had riotous vacation. but II did
not last long. They hoped away from
their cage and took the overland
route so that nobody might catch them.
All night they remained quiet and
peaceful somewhere or other. and no
one could imagine what had become OF
them. In the morning the mystery
was clear. Everybody knew where
they were. They were In the belfry
OF tho church near the roo. There are
bells in the yteeple. and the monkeys
were ringing them. swinging from one
rope to another and making believe
that they were IN their old original
forest. They kept up the ringing OF
the bells until the fire department men
came with ladders and climbed up to
get them.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-09-30
Landau rhrouah ,he Aae..

The occupation OF the site OF London
dates back much farther than most
readers are aware. The city that
julius Caesar found occupied site
which had been inhabited for unnum-
bered thousands OF years. IL Is now
known that during paleolithic ana
neolithic times-the two great divi-
s!ons OF the stone age-man dwelt on
the site OF London. but IL first became
the settlement OF n community at the
opening OF the historic age, when II
was a stronghold OF the Celts. The
remains of it's Roman period are the
finest OF the kind in Great Britain.
The Anglo Saxon and Danish periods
are finely represented, and even later
periods, such as the Tudor, furnish rel
les that have been buried by that
strange process OF superintendent
growth which makes the soil under n
great city resemble the fossiliferous
strata OF geology Youths Companion
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-09-30
sTUYvEsANTs LOST LEG.
Doubt as TO Which II Was Shown Ir
Paintings and Statues.

There IL no doubt Peter Stuyvesant
had n wooden leg. The histories tell
OF how he stomped about the streets
% New Yieuw Amsterdam. leaving a
dot and dash trail in the road like a
Morse code. But there is one point on
which historians seem perplexed-or x
may be that the readers OF history are
unobserving- which leg had the good
Peter lost?
In the Wall street section those who
roam may see at least five representa-
tions OF the late lamented governor OF
the Dutch colony. Three OF these are
painted on the panels of signs, and two
are statues. like Peters leg. made OF
wood
One OF the statues and two OK the
paintings represent the governor wear
ing a chair leg attached TO his right
neither limb, while in the others paint
ers and sculptors have chosen 10 rep,
resent that IL was his left leg he had
lost
All show the leg bedecked with RIB
bon bows. and all show him as q be.
nign individual--not at all In keeping
with the character given him by the
historians In wearing knick
erbockers and felt chapeau and offer
ing roll OF manuscript to whomso
ever looks.--New York Times.