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The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
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quality is rigidly maintained is evidence that
tnere must be advantages in using electricity In
such an installation.
The total acreage of the farm is nearly
1,200. and at present about 10 per cent. is under
cultivation. Electricity Is generated by steam
power and distributed at 220 volts. The gener-
ating equipment at present consists OF 25-
kiowatt direct connected unit, steam boiler. etc.
This Is not large generating plant to be
sure. but 1t insures cleanliness of lighting equip
ment and safety from fire risk In the barns,
bunk houses and outbuildings. 1t also makes
possible convenient source of power in any
part Of the farms or outbuildngs. which of
essity are widely distributed. and cost OF gen
Grating the current, including interest and de-
probation charges. is probably not over four
cents klowatt hour.
Scientific milk production is more and
more coming into prominence and the necessity
for perfect cleanliness. immediate cooling and
keeping the milk at low temperature compels
such dairy farmers to adopt devices that will
be most helpful in obtaining these results. There
is a milk dairy in Morristown. N j.. where the
walls, ceilings and floors of all rooms In which
the milk is handled are washed down daily both
morning and evening-the electric lighting FIX
lures being entirely water tight
"Dairying and stock raising are usually fol.
lowed where land needs upbuildng In fertility
and in either the silo is necessity cutting up
succulent forage crops and storing them in the
silo for later being the accepted method of
preparing the feed To do this the farmer must
have power but ten horsepower electric mo-
tor with its capacity for momentary overload
will do the work that would stall a gasoline en-.
CINE rated at twelve to fifteen horsepower
The farmer easily recognize the advan
tage OF the electric motor for this operation and
when once adopted he soon wants to use the
current for grinding feed baling hay and other
purposes.
"On the dairy farm, however, electricity Of
fers other opportunities It is the most con-
venient form of energy for operating an artin
cial refrigeration plant the cream separator
churn and butter worker.
Cream separators. while often turned by
hand on small dairy farms, are more frequently
driven mechanically where considerable cream
is handled Except in the very large Sizes they
require not more than one-ffth horsepower mo-
tor and they are In operation only for COM
paratively short time The operating cost there
fore. is practically negligible"
There are in many designs of electric
mixers. especially dairy farms where there
is great deal of milking to be done and hand
mixers not available in sufficient numbers
Likewise electricity is now being used exten.
sively for cooling and aerating and the Ice
making electrical device is not unknown to our
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
DETERMINE AGE OF HORSE BY
EXAMINATION OF ITS TEETH
Average Animal Reached
Twenty-Five Years Of Ase-Shape OF Front
rfoIars Gradually Changes With Growth
Fears tout Is Flu
another grinder on each Jaw. The BED

another grinder on each jaw. The set
of milk teeth is then complete.
AT the age of from thirteen to six
teen months the cavities in the face of
the middle fore teeth are effaced or
razed; and the same process takes
place in the corner teeth by the end
OF the second year. The shedding of
the teeth and the beginning of the
second set or permanent teeth occur
at from two and one-half to three
years years OF age.
The first or milk teeth may always
be recognized by their shortness.
whiteness and by a construction or
neck. The middle front teeth are
shed first. the intermediate ones fol-
low at the age of three and one-half
to four years, and the corner teeth
are shed at from four and one-half to
five years OF age.
The determination of the age of
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16

1t is absolutely necessary that the
fodder be dried before storing.
When the surface of the ground is
smooth l cut the oats with a mower
aud let them remain several days.
then turn them over. repeating this
operation until thoroughly dried.
1t usually takes me about a week
to cure my oats properly. When the
weather is not favorable and / fear a
rain before they have time to dry in
the windrow build very large cocks
and build them 80 as to turn the
water as much as possible.
These cocks go through a sweat
and may stand If necessary two or
even three weeks. after which they
must be stacked or put into the barn
When unloading every two loads
can be salted thoroughly and tramped
down. it will then go through another
sweat.
Such hay when fed with clover will
prove excellent for horses and cattle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
To Burn New Home
Former Fire Chief of New York Plans Unique
Demonstration.

Former Fire Chief Edward F. Croker OF New
York city is planning unique yet highly impress
sive object lesson the prevention OF hres IN
dwellings. He recently purchased ground Tor
new house in the suburbs. and now he announces
that when his $4,000 home is completed he will
demonstrate its fre-proof qualities by attempting
90 burn 1t. His grim experience while fire CHIEF
Of the metropolis in seeing SO many lives sacri-
feed each year to the demon OF flames fed on
fmsy materials. both in buildings and their fur
nishings is back of his commendable plan to ef
fectually prove that there is safer and saner
way
THE house will be completely furnished at the
time" explains Mr. Croker. with rugs, draperies
and furniture of artistic patterns. But everything
In the place will be proof against fire. We shall
fill each with wood shavings and cotton
waste on which kerosene has been poured. We
have such confidence In the material employed in
the house itself and in the fire-proofng qualities
of the furniture that they VIII come
out of the ordeal unscathed
The building itself will be constructed of fire.
proof block. which can be worked up into most
artistic effects During its manufacture 1t was
subjected to excessive heat The exterior Will
be In the Italian villa style-the first story in
white. the second in red. with red tile roof.
mot a particle of wood will be used anywhere.
inside out Doors. window frames. sashes and
trim will be of>hreproof material The floors will
be of a substance that looks like wood but which
is chemically impregnated with resistant mate
rails The furniture will be OF freproof sub
stances. on which fire has absolutely no effect
In parts the Edison concrete furniture will be
used
1.-THE sanitation will be perfect The corners
of every room will be rounded. there will be a
vacuum cleaning system, and SO the dwelling will
be insect and rat proof. Closets will be fitted
like innovation trunks. with all the fixtures in
stamped metal and lined with tile. The different
appliances in them will work ball bearing
rollers Kitchen sinks and drain boards will be
of aluminium.
There fireproof house In existence,
and lives are lost through the burning Of
private houses than through fires in factories or
other buildings"
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16

six years Of age the nippers become
worn down even with the middle
teeth; the inner edge of the corner
teeth is also worn Off
At seven years of age the tushee
show a dull, rounded point, both edges
of the corner teeth are worn smooth.
and the cavity on the face of the teeth
is small From this until ten or eleven
the incisor teeth Of the upper jaw
are usually examined for determining
age.
The age is now indicated approx
mately by the amount of wear upon
the face of the teeth and by the
gradual disappearance of their marks
or cavities. The marks in the corner
teeth become obliteratetd at the age of
from seven to eight years; the same
process takes place in the fore teeth
of the upper jaw more slowly, and
when these changes have occurred In
the upper teeth the horse may be
looked upon as ten years of age or
older.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16

horses between the years OF FIVE and
ten may be made with considerable
certainty by experts from a study of
the front teeth of the lower and up
per jaws. Naturally these teeth under
go a progressive wearing process
which changes their appearance as
the animals grow older
In general, 1t should be remember
ed that the shape of the front teeth
gradually changes with age; in young
horse they are wider from side to
side than from front to back, while in
very old horses they become wider
from front to back than from side to
side. having in many cases trian-
gular shape.
AS already indicated. a horses
mouth is said to be full, or dentition Is
complete. at the age of five years. At
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16

dividual teeth This is usually an ac-
curate method until the tenth or
twelfth year After this period the
general appearance of the teeth and
the bones of the head are relied upon
in determining age
At birth the foal commonly has no
teeth in the front of the mouth and
only four grinders in each jaw. After
a few days the middle fore teeth ap-
pear and after month another grind
er breaks through on each side of each
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16


and dairy farming In the east, the modern farmer
has caught the scientific spirit of the time and
is getting practical results from his realization
of the fact that methods must accommodate
themselves to changing conditions.
At the annual convention of the American
Institute OF Electrical Engineers held recently
in Boston, the electrical farm was considered in
a paper by Putnam A Bates. He discussed in
some detail the work being done by farm
ers who are developing the arid districts OF the
west, showing that irrigation and electricity are
the two factors that promise most for the future
where natural conditions are for the most part
against the farmer Irrigation came first and
then the advantages of electric power pumping
were realized The so-called electrical farm has
been In existence for dozen years or more but
1t is only recently that there has been an organ
lied effort to disseminate knowledge on the prac-
teal use of electricity In agriculture.
Referring to the southwest and to the elec-
trio farm as he found 1t there. Mr. Bates says:
I'm some sections of that wonderfully fertile
country, well protected by the high mountain
ranges. practically every farm is an electric
farm Thta is to say. the buildings are lighted
by electricity and many of the laborious opera
tions are accomplished by the use of electric
power. These really were first electric farms
the period OF their establishment corresponding
with the development Of the water powers of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
Rape and Pea FORAGE.

The annual forage crop for swine
which has given best results at the
Missouri experiment station is rape
in which have been sown a few oatse
Rape may be sown as early in the
spring as the ground can be worked
or about the same time that oats
would be sown.
1t is a rapid growing. succulent
crop and hence 1t is well adapted for
swine pasture. The Dwarf Essex fs
the variety sown for this purpose.
Coco results have been obtained by
sowing five or six pounds ahead of
the drill and then drilling in one-half.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
JaekrabhI.s In Mast

Six hundred dozen jackrabbits wers
reported to have been killed and
shipped to Seattle and Spokane last
winter at an average price of SO per
dozen.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16

The age of horse determines, in
general way. the init OF its useful
ness. Still. 1t is not always sure
guide to follow A well-preserved
horse of good disposition and nervous
temperament is often younger at six
teen. as far as activity and usefulness
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
L E EcTRIc

L E T RIG
ITY for light
ing and pow
err is rapidly
advancing IN
the favor OF
the American
I q r N 0 r
Whether he
be one OF
those adven-
turous in di-
viduals who
stake their
all on the
prospect Of
developing a
paying farm
in the arid
districts OF
the west and
.>,.tl.,.<.rt n
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
Agents Wanted.

Mr.. Gowit-I going to join the Society for
the Prevention of Crime
Reggy Riverside-Great Caesari What for?
Mr.. Gowit--So that I can paint the town and
have my expenses paid-Puck.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16

go. than many another horse is at
eight
While twenty-five years is consid-
cred the limit of a horses usefulness.
exceptional cases may not have out
lived their usefulness at thirty. and
instances are recorded of horses hav-
ing lived for more than fifty years.
A horses age is commonly deter
mined by an examination of the In
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
On the Farm.

DO you have any trouble in keeping your boys
on the farm?"
NO" replied Farmer Corntossel They're
willin' to stay. The only difficulty is that they
all want to act like summer boarders"
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
Had a Tender Heart.

Mr. Calley-I thought both your girls played
the plano?
Pa Hyley-Mamie does. but Carrie never could
stand to make others unhappy
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
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more progressive farmers. The up-to-
date farmer Is very much aware OF
the fact that the regular grooming OF
COWS increases the supply OF milk
and counts strongly for cleanliness.
He now has an electrical device for
doing this.
One of the most interesting cleo
trical devices on the modern farm is
the telephone. In the old days the
men and women were called from the
fields for dinner by the blowing OF
horn or by sending the small poy
trudging across the field with the
good news. The modern farmers men
take to the fields with them tele-
phone which can be rigged up near
where they are working and receive
messages from the house by tha'
means.
With the installation OF these eiec-
trical devices much of the romantic
side Of life on the farm passes away.
Even a modern poet would have
hard time getting anything lyrical OUT
of an electrical milker, and the beauty
of a load of hay somehow fades when
a motor truck goes chugging across
the fields with It. But the American
farmer ceased to be romantic when
the graphophone took the place of the
wheezy old organ and when his wife
that front parlor that always used to
sombre place. He is out to make
, and electrical machinery opens up a
N to do 1t. When he feels like 1t now
.ets into his automobile and goes else
nd what will anneal to his idea of the
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16

bOutH Wtbt1 VI III tIlo
swamp lands OF the
south. or whether he be
of the class that is turp-
ing Its attention to the
great rewards of truck
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-16
Well Fed Sow.

The well fed SOW gives the pigs
good start in life.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-25
Notice to Contractors.

The Fiscal Court will receive bids
on Tuesday. July 2. 1912, on the fol-
lowing work:
800 yards pike near Holmes Walk
er's on the East school house and
Crofton road, to be 9 #. wide and
8 in. deep and well graded.
II miles on Moseley's Bridge and
Pembroke road. to be IL feet
wide, 10 in. center. sloping to 6 in.
side. well graded.
900 yds. on Fairview road. to be
9 #. wide, 9 in. deep. well graded.
200 yds. on Kirkmansville road,
near Foster McCown's, to be 9 TT.
wide and 8 in. deep; also rock to re-
pair Pike from McCown's to the
Todd county line.
For further information inquire Of
E. w. COLEMAN,
Road Supervisor.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-25
Could Shout for Joy.

Il want to thank YOU from the
bottom Of my heart" wrote c. B.
RAIDER. of Lewisburg. W. Va. "for
the wonderful double benefit / got
from Electric Bitters, in curing me
of both a severe case of stomach
trouble ana of rheumatism. from
which had been an almost helpless
sufferer for ten years. 1t suited my
case as though made just for me. "
For dyspepsia. indigestion. juan
dice. and to rid the system Of kid
ney poisons that cause rheumatism.
Electric Bitters have no equal. Try
them. Every bottle is guaranteed
to satisfy. Only 30 cents at al
druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-25
SLIGHT CHANCE
Negro Boy To Have Bullet Re.
moved From Skull By An
Operation

Rassie Washington. the 17-year-
old negro boy who was shot in the
head with pistol while in row at
a colored church near Edgoten, KY,
Sunday evening, has been sent to the
Home Infirmary, where the ball will
be cut out by trephining the skull.
The bullet entered the skull just
above the left ear and. as DR.. Burt
thinks. is lodged between the deli
cate Innings of the brain. the dura
and the pia mater membranes, pro.
ducing the semi-conscious condition
in which he has been since he was
wounded. While his condition is
critical, he has a slight chance for
his life.--Leaf Chronicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-25
SEEKS MATE FOR MOTHER.

Setting out to find good hus-
band for her mother, who wishes to
be out on a ranch, "away from the
city," is the task a young woman
of Kansas City, Mo-, has set for her
self. She has written letter to the
mayor asking him to have it pub
lished in helping on the work she
has undertaken, expressly with her
mothers consent and appreciation.
Her letter follows: 81 have a mother
and l want to find a good husband
for her. She has two daughters, one
eighteen years of age and. the other
one seventeen; one son, fourteen.
She is a good housekeeper, neat and
clean, and the man must have a
home and plenty to provide for her.
She has made 80 many wishes to be
out on a ranch some place away
from the city, and l asked her if l
would find her a good husband, if
she would have him, and she said
Yes So i thought / would adver-
tise for her. She dresses nice and
pretty. Amy man writing in answer
to this must send photograph"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-25
FAST PACE OF BUSY TOWN
Time Passes In an Incredible Manner
and Nobody Ever Has Spare
Minute.

A young boy eloquently dilating
on the delights of the small town in
which he lived, the baseball games,
fishing, drives, picnics, ETC., was in
terrupted by his listener, who asked
curiously:
'But what do you do with your
self in the evening in a place Of
that sort, where there are no the
alters or amusements of any kind %
t'Why," answered the youth, 81
stand around in the drug store on
the corner talking to a lot of fell
lows, and, all of a sudden, / ask
What time is it?' And what do you
think? It's twelve o'clockl Time
passes just like that. Never saw
anything like it. Gone before you
know it. Nobody ever has a spare
minute"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-25
Drives off a Terror.

The chief executioner of death in
the winter and spring months is
pneumonia, Its advance agents are
colds and grip. In any attack by
one of these msladies no time should
be lost in taking the best medicine
obtainable TO drive it off. Countless
thousands have found this to be Dr.
Kings New Discovery. MY hus-
band believes it has kept him from
having pneumonia three or four
times" writes Mrs. George W
Place, Jacksonville. VT, land for
coughs, colds and croup,we have
never found its eq1al." Guaran-
teed for all broI chial affections.
Price Scots. and $l.OO. TRIAL bottle
free at all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-25
NEW USE FOR A TuRNlP.

A small Brighton Beach urchin
"put one across" on Charley Gard
ner, who takes tickets when the In
dianapolis Reserves play at the
Brighton Beach diamonds. 1t hap
pened week or two ago. Gardner
was on the gate, as usual, though
perhaps not as usual, either. That
is, Charley had been out late the pre-
ceding night.
1t is the custom at the beach to
admit small boys who desert their
knot holes in the fence to recover
foul balls. The ball is ''pass," and
when thrust into GARDENERS hand it
admits the bearer.
Just after a round of cheers from
spectators a small figure rushed up
to Gardner, thrust something round
and smooth into his hand and rushed
ON right in. A few minutes later
Gardner was turning a handful of
balls over to Manager Andy Rein
hardt. Among them he found a
nicely smoothed turnip of about the
right weight. There is a turnip
patch just across from the diamond.
indianapolis News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-25
CHINESE MARRIAGE.

Marriages in China are celebrated
at the home of the bridegroom, not
of the bride, says a writer in the
May Wide World Magazine. Before
quitting her own house the bride is
arrayed in her best dress and jewels,
her hair is deliberately arranged and
she wears large hat. A mantle lie
then thrown about her head and Q
red silk cloth is placed over her face
Her mother then puts her in a gilt
sedan chair, used only for weddings
and locks her in, giving the key to
one of the attendants, who delivers
it to the bridegroom when the pro-
cession arrives at the latter's home.
No priest or magistrate officiates at
the marriage. The happy pair, the
bride still yelled, enters the ances-
trail hall together and bow three
times to the family tablets, after
ward sitting down to a table on
which are two cups Of wine-an Of
fering intended to propitiate the an
cestors of the family. They next en-
ter the reception chamber, where the
husband removes the veil and mantle
from his wife, seeing her face, per-
haps, for the first time. The guests
and friends then enter the room,
gaze upon the blushing bride and
convey their fluctuations to the
happy pair. A wedding banquet is
held in the evening, at which the
bride, very tactfully, pays especial
attention to her parents-in-law.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-06-25
ANDRoMEDRs GREAT NEBuLA
Most Astonishing object In Heavens
and Long = Mystery 70 A.
tronomers.

One Of the most astonishing OBJ
jects in the heavens is the great neb-
ula in the constellation Andromeda,
which is visible as a misty speck to
the naked eye. It has long puzzled
astronomers because, while its struc-
ture-a series Of vast rings sur
rounding a central mass suggests
a gaseous constitution, it's spectrum
is continuous, resembling that of the
sun. 1t has been suggested that it
may be composed Of stars constitute
ing a universe external to ours.
Studies Of its parallax, however, in-
dictate that it is nearer to ne than
some Of the well-known stars, such
as Capella; and Gore, the English
astronomer, points out that if the
Andromeda nebula were assumed to
be an external universe, having a
diameter comparable with that Of
the milky way, its macs would be
forty million million times the mass
of the sun. This is regarded as in
credible and 80 may be taken as an
additional argument in favor Of the
view that this nebula is a member
of our system.-Harper's Weekly.