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The Hattiesburg news., 1911-11-23
WANT AMERICAN SHIPS
BUILT AT HOME
fBV Associated PreSS.A

Atlanta, Nov. 22.-The American
Federation of Labor adopted a reso-
luton favoring the construction of all
United States war ships in the Gov
ernment yards where the eight hour
law prevails at today's meeting.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-11-23
ASTHMA! ASTHMA!
Popham's Asthma Remedy

gives instant relief and an absolute
cure in all cases of Asthma. Bronchi-
It's. and Hay Fever. Sold by drug
gists: mail on receipt Of price, $100
Trial package by mail 10 cents.
Williams Nrf. Co.. Props. Cieve
land, O.
For sale only by CENTURY DRUG
STORE.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-11-23

During the past six months an aver
age of $50 automobiles a week have
been shipped through the port of New
York to Europe.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-11-23

A show coliseum for Minneapolis,
which is to be completed by next Janu-
ary, in time for the automobile eXhibi-
ton. has been assured by the action
of the board of tax levy in appropriat-
ing $4,000 for an annex to the Nation
al Guard-armory of that city. When
completed the entire building will hold
more than 5000, people and will have
a floor space Of $4,000 square feet.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-11-23

The Secretary of State of Wisconsin
expects registration of $4,000 cars
by the 31st of December
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-11-23

Indianapolis has an automobile bus
line with seven cars. 1t Is new en-
terprise.
The Hattiesburg news., 1911-11-23
AUTO NEWS AND NOTES.

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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

dollars Mak each person who har-
bors a dog the owner Of the dog"
The petition is proper, timely and
sensible. It ought to be circulated in
every county in the State. 1T would
doubtless secure many signers-many
more than the public generally hin
All these years the politicians have
run away from a dog law, under the
idea that the dog is held in such es-
TEEN that any legislation restricting
his ancient liberty would utterly de-
stroy those responsible for it. This
was probably true in the past. Time
was that the proposition to prevent
stock running at large almost provoked
a civil war, and it is yet SO where a
stock law has pever been enacted.
But where the law has been tried
people now wonder why they ever OBJ
jeoted to it. For. years The Landmark
believed that the dog is not neal
50 popular as he is generally regarded
and that a dog law on h ines sug-
gested would meet with much, if not
general, appreciation. Sensible people
h want to keep dogs are willing to
keep them ait home and pay taxes on
them and have them protected. The
class who want to keep more dogs
than they al feed and allow them
to run at large and depredate on the
community, at once a nuisance and a
menace deserve no consideration. If
legislators could get away from the
idea that a dog law is a political peri
and would consider the question from
the standpoint of the public good and
common sense such a law would be
promptly enacted. But so long as the
majority of the Legislature is com
posed of aspiring politicians, whose
chief conceFnE is their own political
fortunes, rather than the interests Of
the people. such wholesome and help
full measures as a dog law and others
of similar Importance will be neglect
ed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

ture which has been found 10 be very
satisfactory consists Of equal parts, by
weight. of cornmeaf. ground oats and
wheat bran To this mixture is added
about 10 per cent Of beef scrap. In
addition to the dry mash. the fowls
should be fed at least once per day
some whole grain. such as a mixture
of corn, wheat and oats. In the WIN
ter time. when the fowls are confined
to the houses. this should be scattered
in the straw or litter. which should
cover the floors Of the houses. In sum
mer the whole grain may be scattered
outside.
Laying hens OF the size of Leghorns
require from sixty to seventy pounds
of grain and beef scrap per head
yearly. At the present prices for
grain, this will cost about one dollar
per fowl each year.
Young fowls, when poorly fed and
cared for and given free range in an
orchard. As outlined, viii lay. at the
very lowest estimate, ten dozen eggs
per year. At al average price Of Is
cents per dozen, these would be worth
S2.50, OF a profit, above the cost OF
feed. of $3.50 per hen per year.
Every fall. a short time before the
ayers begin to nouIt, they should be
called over, and Il few OF the best
birds reserved for next years breed
ers. The houses should then be
cleaned. disnfected and put in readi-
ness for the reception Of the pulletS.
hich should be moved into their
winter quarters at the beginning Of
frosty weather.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
DEMONSTRATION WORK.
Farmers Who Follow Method In
crease Their Yields Greatly.

Especial to News and Observer.)
Albemar1e, Dec. 29.-The report of
J. Samuel Underwood, county demon
.strator, shows gratifying resufts Mr..
Underwood reports that during ne
year 1910 there were 38 men who
worked corn under the demonstration
directions. These produced 4O.2 per
acre on land that had heretofore pro-
duced only Is. showing ar increased
yield of 16S per cent. The SO men
worked cotton under demonstration
rules produced an average Of 1924
pounds of seed cotton per acre on land
that had heretofore averaged only 600
pounds per acre, showing tn increase
of 107 per cent. Besides, Mr.. Under
wood says. this demonstration work
has resulted in %arousing the farmers
of the county to more scientific meth
DDS Of farming, generally, hat the
farmers are going at their work as a
business rather thar to exc out q
mere existence.
The farmers are building better pri-
waite roads, erecting better dwelling
houses, barns, out-houseS, better
fences. raising better cattle. hogs, etc.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
FULL AS A GOOSE.

But few know how the term, as ap-
piled TO a drinking man. "as full as a
goose" came into use in the long time
ago, and is still in use. Close observ-
ing farfners will recoIlect that hungry
geese when turned on good grass or
other good feed, will eat until the craw-
is filled to the fullest capacity, and the
passage from the craw clear up to the
mouth. so hat there is no room left
eve for water to satIrate with. Hence
the term as full as a goose has got
to be ~proverbiaL. The goose doesn't
get drunk when it gets full, but the
man does every time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
Increase in Rabbit Shipments
(Siler City Grit.l

The total numbe of rabbits ship
ped from Si1er City last year were 49,
1913. and the indications now are that
this large number will be surpassed
this season. From November 1st to
December 18th, 1909. $3.50 rabbits
were shipped. while from November
LIST to December 18th, 1910, 1888 were
shipped. This is a gain over last sea
son to date of 2,978. The cool weather
has been more favorable since No
vember 1St than for the same period
last year, which may account for this
present increase: and then, too, there
are simply more rabbits. The crop
seems to increase each year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
FARMS.

From time to time Sk1nk farms
have been established. but from some
cause, probably ack of experience,
cost of feeding the animals. or fencing
the Enclosures, the industry vas soon
discontinued.
The majority Of people who start IN
his business seem to think thai the
animals will taxi care Of themselves,
land do not appreciate that, to make a
success, they will have to devote a
great deal Of time and energy.
This is true in regard to the do
mesticated animals, and is doubly so
where wild ones are concerned There
is no reason why a man hould not
succeed in the skunk business, if he
is fond of animals and is willing to get
well acquainted with their habits.-H.
f. Fisher.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
HORSE

If you can't get a competent black
smith to shoe the horses, they are bet
ter Off without any. The caus. OF
most hoof troubles may be traced back
20 iIl-itted shoes.
Are you simply feeding the norses
to keep them alive this winter, or are
you feeding and caring for them with
an y to their good flesh and useful
ness when next springs work opens
up?
What sane man would attempt 70
extinguish fire with fire? Ye-. some
supposedly intelligent men try 70 take
TIC fear out of a frightened horse by
the use of a whip-!ash and lpuL
threatening language.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
COMBINING POULTRY
AND FRUIT RAISING
ALLOWING POULTRY FJIL RANGE OF THE ORCHARD AIDS IN
KEEPING THE TREES FREE FROM INSECTS. THUS INSIRI\c
MORE PERFECT FRUIT
By Horace Atwood
By Horace Atwood.

Fruit culture and the production Of
poultry products can frequently be
com in a most satisfactory man.
ner. There are several reasons why
fruit n poultry can be produced eco
ncmicaIly together. In the first place.
fowls are very destructive to insect
life, and if sufficiently large numbers
are kept. few of the larger insects
which may spend a portion of their
time on the ground among the dead
leaves and grass will escape. The
destruction Of insects tends, of course,
to make the trees more healthy and
fruit produced more perfect.
The amount of fertility. too, which
be added to the soil through the
Groupings Of the fowls is a matter Of
no small Importance when considered
for a series of years. Medium-sied
fowls, like the Leghorns,- require about
a bushel Of grain per year and larger
fowls considerably more. The greater
part OF the nitrogen, potash and phos-
phoric acid present in this grain
passes into the excrement. and when
this is scattered uniformly over the
surface the soil slloul become more
fertile from year to year, thu making
the trees more thrifty, vigorous and
productive. In these ways. then, VIII
the fowls benefit the trees, while on
the other hand the shade furnished
by the orchard on the sultry days -
summer adds 10 the comfort and vel
being of the fowls, and thus increases
Inc profit which may be derived from
them.
In connection with oreharIiu-. i: Is
important to have the poultry ~erk
SO arranged as to interfere as little as
possible when the trees demand most
attention, namely. in the spring. when
it is necessary to spray, n in the
autumn at harvest time. Keeping
fowls for aop nrn6l1cffnn Gan he T1ada
to meet this requirement more nearly
than any other branch of the poultry
business.
Colony houses should be scattered
through the The shape or
size of these houses is quite inmate
rial, povided that the hens are not
~overcrowded, and that the houses are
dry and comfortable.
A house sixteen or eighteen feet
wide and twenty feet long will accom-
modate about seventy-fve fowls of the
smaller breeds, and one house per
acre would be sufficient. These houses
should face the south or southeast, so
as to receive as much sunshine as pos
sible in winter. The back wall. on the
north side Of the house, should be
double-boarded, so as to b eperfectly
Highland warm. and the south side
should be provided with an opening
which can be closed in cold and
stormy weather by a canvas or duck
curtain. The perches should extend
the entir elength of the house at the
rear, and should be provided with
dropping boards, underneath which
the nests may be located.
The dry-mash system Of feeding can
be used. This reduces the cost Of
labor for feeding to a minimum This
system consists in keeping constantly
available to the fowls a mixture of
| ground grains and beef scrap. A mix
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03
TIE FARMERS UNION
WANTS A GOOD DOG LAW.

No Other Animals, Not Even Poultry.
Are Permitted to Trespass on the
Property of Others.
(Statesville Landmark.)
Members of the Farmers Union Of
Mecklenburg county are circulating
the following petition:
I'VE, the undersigned, petition YOU
to enact a law to dogs from
running at large outside of ~incorpo-
rated towns in Meck1enburg county.
W remind you that no farm AMI
mails Except Dogs are permitted to
run at large-not even poultry can
trespass on land. if the owner of sale
land objects. We ask you to have it
made a misdemeanor for any one TO
permit his dog to run at large, and in
addition to the fine, add a penalty of
$40 to go to the officer securing the
conviction. Also. require all dogs in
b county to be listed for taxation as
sheep or hogs are listed. All dogs not
listed for taxation to be taxed three
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

Every farmer should grow hogs, if
only enough for home use. OF course,
we would not advise the farmer to
grow more hogs han he can properly
feed and handle. The farmer must
grow some class of live stock for meat,
and the hog is about the easiest and
cheapest to handle.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-01-03

IF We thought less of our own stom-
acfs and more of those who t=tr- :,
hard time to keep theirs filed, our di-
gestion would be improved.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14

there are final limits already in sight TO
the quantity OF tlllable land.
The productivity Of the soil and the
food supply as compared with acreage
and with population both decline, Our
total agricultural product has been grow
ing so rapidly and so immensely that we
find it hard TO realize that THIS may be
entirely consistent With failure. at the
same time. to keep pece with the growth
OF national needs.
uent that the. increase In the value Of
farm products In the eight years from
1899 TO 1907 was from s4.7l7, 100000 to
1897 10 1907 the strictly agricultural crops
corn. hay. wheat. cotton, oats potatoes
barley and rye-increased In value nearly
So 900 OO0, 900. or 95 per cent.
These are facts that strike the imaGi
nation and the increase last year alone
OF 1870 900, 900 In the value of farm prod
wise nor safe 10 take these conclusions at
their face value and declare. without fur
ther inquiry. that everything Is going to
come out for the best In This best OF all
possible worlds without any forethouGht.
care or direction on our part. And II is
only ordinary business sense and sanity
to analyzc the returns and see where we
stand with reference TO the future.
Fluctuations IN prices may change totals
expressed In dollars into something very
different when they are expressed in
may he swollen by marking up goods as
well as by adding 10 stock OH hand. Con-
eratulatlons upon prosperity are NIL right.
but II is still better 10 make sure that
the prosperity les real and that 1T will re-
main.
There arc ten states in the union IN
which the wheat crop was less In 1908
than II was IN 1888. Twenty years have
cut this staple food product in many
cases more than onc-halt, They arc not
all the Oldest and poorest soils originally.
Both the total crop Of this country and
its yield per acre have been maintained
by resort TO new soils not yet robbed of
their fertility.
The yield per acre. with singuary few
exceptions. is falling In ordinary years,
Consumption per capita tends TO increase.
and new population adds from 1900, 900
to II, 900. 900 bushels every year TO the de-
mand. This is not prophecy of disaster,
but plain statement OF fact that any
man can verify for himself. Tho figures
are all drawn from the official publica-
tIons Of the United States government.
The situation is in no sense desperate.
be- cause VIC know exactly how 1t can be
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14

passions. with power to change their in
stitutions when such change is generally
desired 1t would not be strange ii they
should in their desire for change attempt
10 pull down the pillars OF their national
temple
Far may this day be from us. But
since the unnecessary destruction OF our
land will bring new conditions OF danger.
Its conservation. Its improvement to the
highest point of productivity promised
by scientific Intelligence and practical
experiment appears to be first COM
mand OF any political economy worthy
of the name.
The work now being done by the de-
partment of agriculture and the agrl-
cultural colleges of tho various states
furnishes Il broad and intelligent founda-
tlop upon which TO build up new era
OF national progress and prosperity. 1t
calls for wise, generous and continu-
Ing policy on the part of both federal
and state governments,
II this patriotic gospel Is 10 make
headway, II may be by just such or
ganized missionary work as is today be-
gun. II cannot go on and conquer ii i'm
posed from without. II must come To
represent the fixed idea OF the peoples
mind, their determination and their hope.
II cannot be Incorporated In our prac-
teal life by the dictum OF any individual
or any officer of nation OF state In his
official capacity. II needs the co-opera-
tion OF all the influences, the help Of
every voice. the commendation OF nation
and state. that has been the strength
and inspiration of every worthy work on
American soil for 120 years.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14
r Drawing By Homer Davenport

acre OF ground In the shortest possible
time and with the least possible lator
This soil is not mere dead matter. sub
ject TO any sort Of treatment with i'm
punity.
Chemically IL contains elements which
must be present In certain proportions
for the support OF vegetation. Physically
II Is made UP OF matter which supplies
the principal plant food. This food, with
mixture. is furnished by the deconposi-
tion OF organic matter and the disintegra-
tion OF mineral matter that proceed TO-
gether
Whatever disturbs either factor OF the
process. whatever takes out OF the soil
an excessive amount OF one or more OF
the chemical elements upon which plant
growth depends. ends in sterlity. Any
agricultural methods that move In this
direction mean soil Impoverishment, pres
ent returns at the cost OF future loss. the
exhaustion OF the land exactly as the
animal system Is cnfeebled by lack OF
proper nourlshment.
Our agricultural lands have been abused
In TWO principal ways; first by single
tllizapon. 1t is fortunate for us that ma
ture Is slow TO anger and that may ar
rest the consequence Of this ruinous pol =
Icy before II Is too late
In all parts OF the United States with
only Isolated exceptions. the system OF
tillaSe has been 70 select the crop which
"ou'u piiHS III inost money AT the cur
rent market rate. to plant that year after
year and to move on TO virgin fields as
soon as the old farm rcbelled by lowering
the quality and quantity OF its return
IL Is still the practice. although diversifi-
cation OF industry and the rotation of
crops have been urged for nearly cen
tury and arc today taught in every agri-
cultural college in this country
The demonstration Of the evils of sin
gle cropping Is mathematical In its COM
pleteness AZ the experiment station of
the agricultural college OF the University
of Minnesota they have maintained A eX-
perimcntal plots of ground. adjoining one
another. and as nearly identical in soil.
cultivation and care as scientific handling
can make them. On these they have tried
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14

rota ton and Fertilization together with
systems OF single cropping.
The result of ten years experiment
are now available: On a tract of good
ground sown continuously for ten years
10 wheat the average yield per acre for
the first five years was 2O.22 bushels and
corn was grown continuously on one plot,
while on the plot beside 1t corn was
planted but once in five years in sys-
tenn of rotation. the average yield OF the
latter for the two years IL was under
corn was 49, bushels per acre,
The plot where corn only was grown
gave 2O.S bushels per acre for the first
five and Ill bushels for the second five
OF these years. an average OF 16 bushels.
The difference of these two plots was
32.2 bushels or twice the total yield OF
system.
The corn grown at the end of the ten
years was hardly hip high. the ears small
and the grains light. But the cost OF
same is true Of every other grain or
growth when raised continuously on land
unfertilized. We frequently. hear It said
that the reduction in Yield is due to the
wearing out OF the soil as If IL were n
garment TO be destroyed by the wearing.
The fact is that soils either increase or
maintain their productivity indefinitely
under proper cultivation.
IL the earth. the great mother OF hu-
mar. man and animal lfe, is to wear out"
The two remedies are as well ascer-
tained as Is the evil. Rotation OF crops
and the use of fertilizers act as tonjcs
upon the soil. We might expand our re-
sources and add billions Of dollars TO our
national wealth by conserving soil re-
sources. instead of eXhausting them. as
we have the forests and the contents OF
the mines.
For there is good authority for the as
sertion that the farmer could take from
the same area of ground In four years
grain crops out of total OF seven years
as much as the whole seven years now
give him. leaving the products OF the
other three years when The land is rest
ed from grain as a clear profit due 10 bet
ter methods,
While i have here dealt only with
wheat, the same Is true OF staple crops.
"otton' loDacSo- corn ana the like.
Not only the economic but the polIii-
cal future OF the country is involved No
people ever felt want OF work or tbc
pinch OF poverty for long time without
reaching out violent hands against their
political institutions. believing that the,-
might find In change some relief from
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14

their distress. Although there have heen
moments OF such restlesSneSs In our
country the trial has never been so Sc
we're or so prolonged as to put us TO the
test.
/, is interesting that one of the ablest
men In England during the last century
historian OF high merit, statesman
who saw active service and n profound
student of men and things. put on rec
ord his prophecy OF such 4 future ordeal.
Writing to an American correspondent
fifty years ago. Lord MacauIay used these
words: "As long as you have bound
less extent OF fertile and unoccupied land
your laboring population will be found
more at ease than the laborins population
of the old world; but the time will come
when wages will be as low and will
iiuctuate as much with you as they do
with us. Then your institutions will he
brought 10 the test. Distress everywhere
makes the laborcr mutinous and discon-
tented. and incines him 10 listen with
eaEerness to agitators. who tell him that
should have million and another cannot
get full meal The day will
come when the multltudes OF people. none
OF whom has had more than half a break
fast or expects 10 have more than half
q dinner. will choose Legislature.
is 1t possible to doub: what sort Of
Legislature Will be chosen?
There will be- I fear. spoliatIon The
spoliation will increase the distress; the
distress will produce fresh spoliation.
Either civilization or liberty will
perish. Either some Caesar or Napoleon
will seize the reins of government with a
strong hand, or your republic will be as
fearfully plundered and laid waste by
barbarians In the twentieth century as
the Roman empire in the fifth"
We need not accept this gloomy pic
ture too literally. but we have been al
ready sufficiently warned to prevent US
from dsmissing the subject as unworthy
of attention. Every nation finds its hour
of peril when there Is no longer free
access 70 the land. or when. the land will
no longer support the people.
Disturbances within are more TO be
feared than attacks from without. Our
government Is built upon the assumption
happy people. capable of ruling their