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The Adair County news., 1911-11-15
Dairy Doings.

The economical butter cow-the but
ter COW that produces most largely
is seldom the smallest eater.
Milking must be done quickly
quickly and thoroughly. Anything
that irritates the cows. such as rough
ness or slow milking. will shorten the
milk flow.
Butter should come in twenty min
utes of churning and never longer
than half an hour. Good salt should
be used and great care taken that IT
is well worked in.
The demand for good. high produe-
ing milk cows is great and steadily
Increasing. Dairying is becoming one
Of the most substantial industries con-
nected with farming and country life.
Barnyard manure not only adds
plant food to the soil; it does more Ii
improves the mechanical condition, in
creases the water holding capacity
and raises the temperature in early
spring. The intelligent use Of barn.
yard manure has made thousands Of
worn and improbable soils profitable
and lifted the farm mortgage.
The feeding Of alfalfa hay to cows
deepens the yellow color Of the butter.
A cow was recently fed ration OF al
falfa and cottonseed meal, and the but
ter from her was analyzed for the
amount Of coloring. Then the alfalfa
was sfonred hor ration being cotton
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

ment to the floor to keep out rats, and
if barrels are used set them up some
what from the floor.
OF course every apple grown on the
farm will not be worth putting down
cellar, but the lower qualities are
be so thoroughly pressed as to extract
all the sugar instead of leaving big
proportion of it in the pomace.
Three pounds OF sugar to a ouShel
of apples is high result with the or
binary hand mills. But with an eighty
ton hydraulic press have been able to
recover four gallons of juice from fifty
pounds of fruit, double the quantity
could recover with the hand mills, and
yet left In the pulp about II per cent
OF the juice" says Professor w. B.
Atwood Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture.
Practically 25 per cent of the total
weight of apples went out in pomace,
or from to per cent of the sugar.
With the best power mills under a
most efficient working system it is GER
tain that practically per cent Of sug
ar is thrown out in the pomaee.
There are something like 5.000O00
bushels of apples worked up every
crop year in New York state alone for
byproducts. If we assume that D
per cent of this fruit will be left
as pomace we will have about G0,OO0.-
600 pounds Of pomace. which will con
tain 100000 pounds of sugar, or 1900
tons. Data collected for 1909 indicate
that this quantity of pomace is pro
duced and that 5 per cent of this
pOmace is sugar.
II am not able to tell how much OF
this pOmace is wholly or partially
lost, nor can l tell precisely how TO
recover all the sugar it contains. as
this investigation has just been begun,
but want to emphasize this idea. that
this 1,5OO tons of sugar, If recovered.
would make 100000 gallons of vine
gar, which would go long way toward
paying the expense of managing the
orchard One of the largest manufac-
LureTS OI vinegar III the Sldte tOiu uue
recently that he expected pure cider
vinegar to go to 80 cents wholesale
tn the next two years
''1n regard to the large amount OF
sugar that goes out in the pomace as
waste, / have never yet seen manu-
facturer or farmer who handled this
pomace so as to recover nearly all
the sugar left in it Thousands of tons
Of pomace are thrown out without the
slightest attempt being made to re-
cover the sugar. Some people put it
back on the soil, but it ought not to
be put on the soil at all until well
rOtted.
1T has been well established that it
can be successfully used for cattle food.
In France and England it Is fed very
successfully. Vermont and Massa-
chusetts experiment stations have also
Experimental with it and for several
years have been feeding 1t ruccessfulls
to milk COVE"
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15
ADMR BOYS CORN CONTEST.
Saturday. November Is, is the Day
for the judges TO Decide.

Those in charge of the contest have
decided on the following plans, and
therefore request every contestant to
promptly comply. 1t is as follows:
Two men have been selected in each
voting precinct, to measure the ground
and weigh the corn, and send measure
ment of ground and weight of corn to
Judge Moss, at the earliest day possi-
BILE. If any contestant withdraws from
the quantity contest on the half acre,
it will not be necessary for him to have
either ground or corn measured. A
withdrawal from this does not prevent
him from entering the contest in the
exhibit on the 18th, and every boy who
got seed furnished by Judge Moss is
expected here with samples of corn on
that day. Each boy is to show ten ears
of corn. Should the committee fail to
collect the full amount of premiums,
then each winner in the contest will
bear his proportional loss. The corn to
be exhibited in the court house, and to
remain on exhibition in Judge Moss
office, with name and address of pro-
ducers.
In selecting the men to determine the
amount of land and weight of corn, the
committee has selected good men, and
while the performance of this work will
require some time without money COM
pensation, yet it is trusted and believed
that every man will be faithful and
prompt to every call in his district.
The premium money has been SUBJ
scribed by the two banks and business
men in this town, with the exception of
a few dollars from good farmers. Re-
member, if in the contest, gather your
corn and have land measured and corn
weighed by the men, or by one of them
in your precinct. Below we give
their names:
Gradyville; C. o. Moss, ]. A. Diddle.
Elroy; Jim Simpson, Geo. Akin.
Keltner; w. S. Pickett, W. H.
Kemp.
Milltown; Frank Dohoney, Will Hind
man.
Cane Valley; j. w. Sublett, Lige
Hancock.
Casey Creek; Minetree Monday, Emit
Goode.
Pellyton; Cal Neal, Oscar Sinclair.
Little Cake; Frank w. Miller, Tom
Wheat.
White Oak; ]. N. Murrell, Hirum
Conover
'Glenville; Geo. Helm, Tom Epperson.
Egypt; Ben Grsnt, Ben Robertson.
Harmony; Anthus 10y, Cap Lewis.
East Columbia; R. A. Waggener,
Melvin Conover.
West Columbia; J. N. Coffey, Dol
.phus Murray.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15
WomanIy Wisdom.

The choicest garb, the sweetest
grace,
Are oft to strangers shown:
The caaeless mien, theyfrowning
face,
Are given to our own.
We flatter those we<s scarcely
know,
We place the feeting guest.
And deal full many a Thought -
less blow
To those who love us best.
To remove potato, onion and
thoer vegetable stains from the
hands, rub with ripe tomatoes.
Get the stoves in order for
the first cold snap, when you
really feel the cold more than in
winter weather.
Crumpled newspapers pushed
up the fiues of unused chemneys
keep out flies that would enter
there.
Be sure to keep pair of old
scissors in the kitchen for the
purpose Of cutting raisons. let
tuce, celery. etc.
Skim the fat off the chicken
broth aud use it to shorten bis
cults. These are much more de-
licious than when you use lard.
At the altar: II, thee, with all
my worldly goods endow. : Two
years later::'' More money
Where's the dollar / gave you
last week?
A bank lately received the
following note from a lady: Please
stop payment on the check /
wrote out to-day, as / accidentally
burned it up"
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

other night and got lot of fleas
on him, and is expecting to be
attacked by them now at any
time.
There is a dangerous mud hole
in the road just after you pass
the Dog Hill church. and to pre-
vent anybody from running into
it a committee dug a couple of
bitches across the road at that
point.
Slim Pickens has purchased
himself a pair of overalls and
some heavy gloves to wear when
ne takes his job at Tickville,
which consist of ringing the bell
at the Methodist church every
third Sunday.
Luke Mathewsla while seated
on the fence near his home
yesterday fell to the ground and
received injuries on the head
and body. The fall came as a
great surprise to him, he being
asleep at the time of its occur
renee.
The postmaster has issued in
structions that hereafter no let
tiers must pass through the office
unless they are addressed on the
front side of the envelope, as he
has not the time to go around be-
hind any letters at this busy
season.
Miss Hostetter Hooks has writ
ten a poem that reminds the
people that summer is passing
and autumn is upon us. The
poem will not take very we'll as
nearly every body around Hog
wallow has already received
notifications of a change of seas
on through the columns of the al
amanac.
The mail carrier was delayed
for several hours on his trip into
Hogwallow Saturday night, and
was completely overtaken by
darkness several miles east of his
destination. However, he pro-
ceeded slowly. and was over
taken by the moon, and travelled
along with it the rest of the way
home.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15
ELECTRIC CURRENTS NO
JOKE.

A new French system Of cleo
trocuIture consists simply in
standing upright in the ground
small ircn rods with noncorro-
sibie points, the theory being that
these rods cause electric dis
charge from their points and
create electric oscillations in the
ground. For cereals quarter
inch rod s about six feet long are
suggested. II is alleged that
plants grown in the ground so
eleetrified-spinach, Strawberries,
eurrants, green peas, etc.-are
both earlier and better than
others grown in neighboring
plots having no rods.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

Some one fond Of statistics In the
large has found that the Russian. uses
on an average two pounds OF soap
per year and the Englishman twen-
ty-one pounds, but since he uses cold
water he is not any cleaner than the
American, who uses seventeen pounds
a year with warm water. The French
man uses fifteen pounds Of cleanser
and the German ten pounds.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

hang over the
edge a rag long
enough to reach
to the bottom of
the pail and to
the roots of the
plants. L e a v e
this overnight and
80 -s1l .-4 4ha o
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

Some one who has tried it recon-
mends putting a cupful Or more Of
salt into the cistern to purify and
sweeten the water. This causes i'm
purities to separate and settle, when
the clear water on top may be dipped
or pumped off.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

The chief advantage OF the cement
floor for the poultry lies in, the fact
that it is rat and skunk proof. The
tendency of the floor to gather damp
can be overcome by a thin covering
Of earth or generous scattering OF
litter. For. the superstructure- walls
Of the henhOuSe no material excels clay
hollow blocks, which insure both dry
ness and warmth.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

The good Lord apparently knew
what he was about when he ordained
that men and women should unite
their efforts in the making Of home.
Either sex makes a pretty bad mess
Of it when they attempt to go it alone.
OF the two the man seems to be en-
titled to even more sympathy than the
woman
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

The fall thus far has been ideal for
the securing of a supply Of seed corn
If there is any man whose seed corn
fails to germinate next spring it will
be his own fault-because he is lazy
or careless or both.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

ter just where il is needed without
wasting any. In the morning take away
the pail and lay the rag around the
roots. This prevents excessive evap-
Grafton.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

There is nothing that gets second
hand and out of style faster than an
automobile unless it is woman's hat
Of the current mode.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

Corn and alfalfa are the keystones
of success, not only in the production
of beef and pork, but in the produc-
ton of butter fat. Wherever the two
crops will grow there prosperity is
sure to be found.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15
TO KEEP PLANTS MOIST.

Simple and Inexpensive Help In Sea-
sons, of Drought.
To keep young plants moist in dry
weather set a pail or other receptacle
of water at the. edge of their hill and
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

Anthracnose, a plant disease that
does much damage to both apple and
pear trees, can be kept largely in check
by spraying the trees as soon as the
leaves have fallen with the bordeaux
mixture. A thorough treatment at this
time has been found to give excellent
results.
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

Not few boys and girls who go
wrong in life and fail of anything
worth while got their start when their
parents sided with them wrongly as
against the teacher at school, This is
not theory, but condition that can
be verified from the experience of
teachers everywhere
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

A lady frie.-1 who is a reader of
these notes reduced her jelly operations
to a minimum during the hot weather
by bringing her fruit juices to boil
and canning them. She will make her
jelly as she wants it during the COM
ing months, thereby saving herself a
lot of discomfort from the heat and
incidentally saving quite a bit of fuel.
More than this, she claims that the
jelly has better flavor if made but
we shouldn't wonder if she were right.
While next May is the time to make
the rose bed. it is a good idea to be
getting the material ready for it now
Among the best recommended is a
mixture consisting of one part Of
broken blue grass sods and one part
of well rotted barnyard manure AS
much of this as will be needed should
be composted this fall and allowed to
decay until the time for making the
bed in the spring. when to the mix
ture should be added and thoroughly
mixed one-half as much rather stiff
clay soil. Rotted leaves may be used
in part In place of the manure and
will give excellent results.
The way some folks hang on to the
almighty dollar or almighty penny
would lead one to believe that they
not only thought shrouds had pockets.
but that caskets and sepulchers were
provided with telescopes and gunny-
sacks for the reception of coin earned
in life. This, however, is mistake
The coin that misery people hoard is
all left for heirs to squabble over and
In some cases no more Is wasted on
funeral equipment for the deceased
than the law allows. In view of this
somewhat untoward situation it is a
pretty sensible idea to curb this miser
~ tendency, to loosen ones purse
strings and not only get some enjoy
ment out Of life for oneself, but II
possible to make life brighter and
more worth the living for others
The Adair County news., 1911-11-15

GOOD HOMEMADE
IRRIGATOR.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-02

substitute teachers will be Miss Kath-
crime Flynn, Miss Willie B. McCrery
and Miss Virginia Thomas. The sub
stitute teachers are among the best in
the schools. as they will be required
to handle any department at any time.
Scholastic Increase.
The 1911 school census in the city
has increased from 200 children last
year to 1900. This increase in the CEN
sus means that there will be an in
crease in the number of children at
school. The enrolment of last year
was 5516 children and 1T is expected
that this will be increased by 200 or
300.
:. There will be several changes among
the teachers in the different schools
In the high school. R. E. Mccormick
will have charge of. the English depart
ment- Mr.. Mccormick has received
bachelor of arts degree from the Uni
versity of Texas and a master of arts
degree from Harvard. - d.
= Miss Arlene Bfacker WIN have charge
of the Spanish classes In. the high
school and takes Miss Isabel Kelly's
place, Miss Kelly having been granted
a years leave of absence to take a
course in advanced Spanish at the Uni
versity Of Texas Miss BIacker was
tie HISTORY ledc1er IN the San Jdc1nIO
school last year.
French and German.
The French and German courses in
the high school will be continued this
year and Prof Rene de Serviere will
again have charge of the department
Mr.. de Serviere took an advanced
course in modern languages at the
New Mexico university summer school
during the vacation
The public speaking classes. which
proved so popular in the high school
last year, will again be on the high
school bill OF studies, and Prof. A H.
Hughey will again have charge of
these classes
Miss Mary L. Watkins, a graduate of
the Fort Worth kindergarten training
school. will teach in the kindergarten
department of the city schools this
year, and takes Miss Dixie Fassett's
place. Miss Fassett has been granted
a years leave of absence in order to
attend training school at Baltimore.
New Domestic Science Teachers.
Miss Mary G. Lampe and Miss Dora
Hart have been securedsto take charge
of the domestic science classes in the
grade schools. Miss Lampe, who is q
graduate of the Pratt institute IN
Brooklyn, will have charge of the do
nestle art and the domestic science
classes. and Miss Hart. graduate IF
0(,ontinued ON Page Ten-l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-02
STATUE GIVEN
GERMANY BY
AMERICANS
Is Unveiled and Resented IN
Honor of German General
Who Fought For Us.
PEACE Is TEXT OF
PRESENTATION TALK

Berlin, Germany, Sept 2.-Symbol-
izing the function as a pledge Of peace
and a guarantee of the sincerity OF the
hope of all American people that the
two nations be drawn closer together
in the bonds of peace, congressman
Richard Bartholdt, as special envoy OF
the United States, today presented 10
emperor William and the German peo-
pie, the statue erected by America IN
Berlin to the memory OF Cen Won
Steuben. who fought with the Ameri-
can army in the war Of the reVoluuon-
The presentation was made in the
presence of a brilliant assemblage OF
German court attaches and Amer1-
cans.
Congressman Bartholdt said:
Your majesty. by the direction OF
the president of United States we
have come across the ocean to fuiIlii
the purport OF a resolution unanl-
mously adopted by the American con-
gress providing for the presentation
his majesty, the German emperor
and the German people of a statue of
Gen. Won Steuben, a great German and
erstwhile citizen and hero Of two con-
tinents as a gift from the American
people If in the performance of this
honorable mission / may be permitted
to interpret the sentiments of the peo-
pie of the United States, l would
say, on behalf of president Tafrs
special embassy that the proffered
donation is to be a pledge of peace
and amitye and a guarantee OF the
sincerity of the earnest hope, cher
ished by all Americans, that the effect
that this ceremony may be to draw
more and more closely the bonds OF
traditional friendship and good VIII
which, strengthened as they are by the
ties of blood, have always so happily
united the great German Empire with
the great Republic of the west, the
United States of America
Name Awakens Patriotism.
1.-The name sSteuben will ever awaken
patriotic memories beyond the ocean
It's bearer was the embodiment OF
German order and discipline and Oh
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-02

an edge on the razor and there was not
so much danger of a cut and less of
pull" Conditions have changed now,
and the man with the safety prefers his
clean shave at home before he goes TO
work. There is no waiting in line at
the shop-maybe late to work as a re-
sult-and he knows just who he is
shaving after when he uses his own
razor and mug at home. This fact haas
probably led as many to adopt the
safety razor as anything else-this
guarantee of cleanliness.
Barber Admits the Loss.
A barber, discussing the safety razor
recently, said: 1.-The safety has hurt our
business more than the average per-
son imagines. Where 10 men used to
come regularly to be shaved, scarcely
three now patronize the shops, and /
do not know that I can blame them.
At home, they use their own utensils,
they do not have to wait and they
shave at their leisure, instead of sacri-
ficing time from their business. They
have no trouble keeping their razors
in condition and there is no danger OF
getting cut. Men who used to come to
the shop regularly every day or at
least each alternate day, for a shave,
now come only when they need hair
trim or a shampoo. This cuts into the
barber business hard, for there is much
more money-in shaving two men at 80
cents than there is in cutting a mans
hair at 35 cents, and then man usu-
ally tips the barber as much on a shave
as he does on hair cut, so that In
the end, the barber made his money
from -he men who shaved. This class OF
trade has diminished so rapidly with
the ad vent CT the safety razor that the
barber business is no longer anything
like the business it was a few years
or,r
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-02

u VERY labor saving invention has
=. been a hard blow to the profess
sion for which it was invented
each Mergenthaler linotype replaced
four printers, the self binding reaper
did the work of half a dozen men, and
many other inventions have done as
much-but the safety razor probably
hit the barber harder than any other
invention ever hit the members of the
profession into whose field the inven-'
tion was brought
The American public always likes an
argument and there may be a chance
for an argument here-there may be
some other trade which has been hit
harder than the barber business by in
vention; If so, let The Ell Paso Herald
hear from you-but at present, with
the evidence now in, the barber bust
ness appears to have been hit hardest.
The safety razor brought the self
shaving idea to the American and it
has stayed; not only that, it Is grow
ing.
Some genius at statistics has discov-
cred that there are 100000 safety
razors in use throughout the world.
While it is Impossible to verify the as
sertion of the figure sharp, it is GER
tain that the invention has become ex-
tremely popular with men.
Upon the authority of a missionary
recently returned from the South Sea
Islands the semi civilized natives are
passionately fond of the little instru-
ments and in their delight use their
safety razors to- perform all sorts of
domestic stunts from cutting cocoa
nuts to, skinning their fish.
Safety in Camping Outfit.
st always carry my safety razor with
me into the mountains, said a young
business man, yesterday, while some