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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
CULTIVATE CORN LATE.
Best Implement to Use Is Harrow Of
Adjustable Width.

Best Implement to Use Is Harrow Of
Adjustable Width.
The mistake Is too often made OF
laying by" corn too early. Our ex-
perience has taught US that 1t pays
to cultivate corn late. 1t is highly
important to conserve the soil mol,
ture by shallow cultivation. Weed
should not be allowed to rob t!.r.
plants of nourlshment. nor should dis
agreeable work in culdyadng tall
corn deter US from keeping up tillaga
II you have never tried late cultiya-
ton give it trial this year.
The best implement for filling corn
late is a harrow which may be ad-
justed in width This should have
handles and be operated carefully to
avoid disturbing the roots OF the
plants. Use one gentle horse and
run one time between two rows.
This destroys weeds that make their
appearance and leaves an effective
dust mulch TO rednce loss In soil mois-
ture.
The practice of leaving the middieS
exposed with a deep furrow should
be carefully avoided. The entire row
should be mulched, and the land shout
be as nearly level as possible. Keen
up the mulch until your corn is II
roasting ears Texas Farm 2ct
Ranch.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
Horse coIlars shnnId Eit

1t is well worth while 10 have a per-
feet fitting collar for each work horse.
Collars should not be changed from
one horse to another unless the collar
is fitted to the second horse. A good
method for fitting collars is to wet
them until they become soft and plia-
BILE. then put the collar on the horse.-
Kansas Farmer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
Five PROFIT" CROPS.

Corn. alfalfa and clover are
five profit" crops. In other
words. they will give five profits
when wheat gives one And
wheat cannot give that one IN
less helped ont ~ corn. alfalfa
or clover
The five prof. crops nrr FIRST,
the crOr, $ecOU., Brp;'.~-' ION of
the Ian Fer cTUp OF @'~.in and
the ass. IRE OF Il crop of grain;
thru ''.- Xix, butter. hte' eggs.
pork OF hurSeDHVpr tnai THESE
crops can Ue manufactured INTO;
fourth. the uHnurs. rif'G -ii:,Irih
utinc the IuCOme auG work
HOa rd'S DairvuInu
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

On a n&hI sand e ~.-'.. -.ls
phosphate ana potash nr.r,. o. I'.>SIni,.
to grow 'e"uul..'.f~ rg.i "-U;-n.
plowed down M l:i;. >uu,. r"rjil,'v
for a forty i've hu~h., rap ~ -,irH ~
ume was grown aus piUWed dawn
with no fertilizer made. uuly thirty
bushels per acre And the aud L. in
better condition fqr the next CROP
Farm and FireSlde
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

At recent gathering of an organiza-
zion known as the Native Sons of MIN
nesota a tablet was erected to the
memory Of Peter Gideon. the originator
of the Wealthy apple, variety which
for its season is not surpassed in either
juiciness or flavor by any produced in
America. The memorial tablet was
placed on the old Gideon farm in Min
nesota, and the occasion was honored
by the presence of noted horticulturists.
who spoke appreciation for the serv-
ice he had rendered to horticulture.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

One of the loveliest floral sights that
the writer has had glimpse Of this
season was crimson rambler that
was weighted down with numerous
sprays of wonderfully perfect bios
SONS, some of which contained as high
as forty and fifty individual blossoms.
The flowers were picked by the bushel
baSketfUl and brought cheer to the
bedside of many a sick person to
whom they were carried.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
REWARD UNCLAIMED.

The reward is still unclaimed that
was put up some time ago for a nest
ing pair of passenger pigeons, the spe-
cieS that forty years ago in migratory
flights of many millions used to shade
the sun. Along with the Indian and
some other creatures the pigeon could
not stand the inroads of the white
mans civilization perhaps it were bet
YER called humanity and is now
practically but a fact of natural his
tory.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
THREE GOOD THINGS.

Professor Alfred Vivian, acting
. dean of the College of Agricul-
ture, Ohio State university, who
. is Of a poetical turn Of mind.
says:
Lime, manure and vigorous clover
Make the old farm rich all over.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
Hemn as Wesd Killer.

On the prison farm at Waupun. Wis.
a field of three and a half acres was
infested with quack grass and Canada
thistles- IL was sown III hemp to test
that crop as weed eradicator The
seed was sown at the rate of a bushel
per acre. 1t yielded Sis worth of
hemp and killed all the thistles and
hearty all the quack.-Farm and Fire
side
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
There are 29.566. 600 miles of {,

There are 29,586,OO0 miles of tele-
phone wire in the world. and nearly
two-thirds Of this is found In the Unit
ed States, and good share of this lat
ter amount has been strung to enable
farm folks to visit with each other
and get in direct touch with the out
side world
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Land in some sections of New York
state is said to have doubled in value
since the Introduction of alfalfa grow
ing. This is simply working out of
the law of cause and effect. Any crop
that will double or treble the crop
value of land is bound to make it adj
vance in price
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Fire killed timber, large quantities
of which have been available in west
ern states In recent years as a result
found especially suited to the making
of apple boxes, for the reason that it
is practically odorless, and it is useful
also for telephone poles and railway
ties.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

A woman, aged fifty years, living at
Grand Rapids, Mich, graduated from
the local high school the other day.
This should serve to spur on a certain
class of boys and girls who consider
themselves hOpelessly outclassed if
they happen to get year or two be-
hind their grade.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Experiments in the feeding OF beet
tops. rs conducted by California dairy
men, indicate that when used fresh as
a part of the ration they tend to pro-
duce butter that is firm and of excel.
lent market quality. The tops form
succulent ration and one that is much
relished by the COWS.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
Farm ana
Garden
WOOD LOTS AND RAINFALL.
Stand of Trees Valuable In Themselves
and For Conservation of Moisture.

No intelligent farmer should require
an argument to induce him to sur
round his farm buildings with enough
trees to give him a windbreak in
winter and a cool retreat in summer,
says the Farm Press. 1t may require
some demonstration, however, to con-
vince him that he can afford to give up
a few acres of seventy-five dollar land
to plant a crop of timber We will
do our duty, nevertheless, by advising
every man to put in at least 10 per
cent Of his acreage to a permanent
forest growth. While the trees are
young he may utilize his land for
tillage crops, like corn or potatoes, and
before his trees are half matured he
can begin thinning them for frewood
or fenceposts or for other uses about
the farm. When his trees have reached
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Figures compiled by the department
of agriculture at Washington show
that the farmers of the country were
receiving 17.5 per cent more for their
produce on July l of this year than
they were a year ago. The increase
noted is based on the prices prevailing
on some 80 per cent of farm products.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

bug that was so much of a nuisance
ten or a dozen years ago? Somehow
it has not seemed much in evidence
lately
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

The food chemists Of the Oregon Ag-
ricultural college have figured it out
that slice Of ordinary plain cake con-
tains as much in way of food elements
as a pint and a half of milk.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

The favorite as well as the most
common breeding place for flies is the
pile of horse manure out back of the
barn. If it is not possible to screen
this, a simple method of preventing
the flies from getting to it is by cover
ing it with straw or old hay.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Often the tender spots or lunches on
the horses shoulder made by i'll fitting
collars may be reduced or entirely re-
moved by painting them daily with
tincture of iodine.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

A lady friend in picking some Colum-
bian raspberries the other day broke
off one of the large and quite brittle
stems which contained several dozen
immature berries. She took this and
set it in a vessel of water, and the
berries are growing and ripening as if
under normal conditions.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

A review of automobile accidents as
reported over the country seems to
show that there are still plenty Of
fool chauffeurs who think it good sport
to try to beat fast trains to a railroad
crossing, with the usual result that the
scrap iron collectors and undertakes
both get Job.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

There is near Hampstead, a suburb
of Houston, a watermelon patch said
to contain 6,OO0 acres, and it is nothing
uncommon for the patches to produce
melons weighing from forty to sixty
pounds.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

The time is at hand for the sowing
of the turnip seed for the fall crop. In
the average small garden there is usu-
ally some space that has produced a
crop that might just as well be grow
or nothing at all. The ground should
be put in good condition and the seed
sown rather sparingly, as it will pro-
duce many more plants than one real
ICES at the time of sowing.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

A new record for size of egg is said
to have been made by a White Leg
horn hen in New Jersey, its respective
circumference being 90 and 10
inches. The egg was soft shelled and
has been put in alcohol for exhibition.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

An interesting fact in connection
with turkeys is that the hen, when
ranging with her poults, seldom roosts
in the same place twice. A distinct
advantage of this is that her flock is
not subject to the ills likely to result
from occupying foul quarters.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Draft horses are in greater demand
than light weights; but, for all that,
most men prefer the roadsters in the
hope, doubtless, that they may haply
find a jewel of a trotter among their
colts
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Farmers blame the predatory dogs
for the decline Of the sheep industry
in many sections. A single nights
raid may destroy the profits of an en-
tire season And OF what use are the
predatory dogs that they should be
spared?
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Some one who has had experience
with f1eas recommends sprinkling oil
of pennyroyal on the floors of house
and barn and in the sheds.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Wyoming is one mountain state that
has suffered a good deal in a business
way for months past as a result Of
heavy cattle losses due to severe snow
storms last winter. One rancher at
Douglas, Wyo.. reports as high as 60
per cent of the cattle and sheep of that
section lost rs a result of the storms.
In their efforts to save their flocks
many inexperienced ranchmen and sew
eral old timers lost their lives.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

The largest and finest Strawberries
the writer saw this season were from
a four-year-old bed, from which all
weeds were carefully pulled last sum-
mer and a good many of the old roots
removed
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

The word alfalfa comes from the
Arabs and means "the best fodder"
This designation seems to be borne
out today by practically all farm ami
mails and poultry that have access to it.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Land was being cultivated in por
lions of Germany before Columbus dis
covered America. yet after the rela-
lively short time in which land has
been titled in this country Germany
produced last season twenty-nine and
a half bushels of wheat per acre, while
the average in the United States was
but fourteen bushels The difference
in yield is due chiefly to the fact that
the German has taken care of his soil,
while we in America have skinned the
land and made little or no return to it.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28
The luxuriance of the bed of flower

The luxuriance of the bed of flower
ing plants is likely to depend quite
largely upon the amount of water it
receives. This is true with respect to
the smaller Towering plants and espe-
cially of the larger, such as the aster,
SALIVA and dahlia. Water is needed at
frequent intervals during the growth
of the plant and particularly at bios
som time, when the vitality of the
whole plant is taxed to the utmost.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

The tone of many editorial articles
in daily and weekly newspapers and in
numerous farm journals seems to make
clear the fact that legislators who
hereafter expecu to be on satisfactory
terms with their constituents will have
to take more definite action on meas
ures that vitality concern their con-
stituents than that has up to the pres
ent time been understood by the
phrase careful consideration" The
rank and file of people are getting sick
and tired of this careful considera-
ton" type of service, which, translated
into plain terms, means nothing more
than studied neglect and stupid indif-
ference
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

At the close Of the strawberry sea-
son a few weeks ago a Missouri valley
gardener reported a total of 1888
quarts Of strawberries picked from a
bed containing just a quarter of an
acre. These berries brought on an
average - cents a box, or a total Of
$357.45. Multiplying this by four gives
81 ,429 as the per acre yield. This COM
pares well with returns in any part Of
the country. including even California
or Texas.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

Flowing stuhhlP fields as soon as
possible after the grain is removed
serves two purposes that are not en-
phasized as much as they should be.
In the first place, it breaks up and eX-
poses TO the elements and to birds and
poultry the nests of many insects that
have sought harbor in the ground
for the winter Again it serves to pre-
vent the maturing of myriads of weed
seeds and to terminate many remain
ing in the soil. the plants from these
being killed by the fall frosts.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

The experiment which is being made
in Missouri of using convicts in the
making of permanent highways is
meeting with very satisfactory results.
Thus far none of the men has re-
fused to work, and none has tried to
get away. The convicts seem to en-
JOY the outdoor work and are the bet
ter for it in every way. AS an in
centive to the men they are promised
reduction of their period of confine-
ment by one day for every two days
work they do on the roads.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-08-28

-, -.'--s..:.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

ment is offering prizes to the provinces
to stimulate road building. 1t gives a
prize OF $500 each year TO the one that
constructs the greatest number Of
kilometers Of first class roads and
keeps its old roads in condition. It
has a second prize Of $4,000 for the
province which stands next, and e
third one OF $500 for the one which
gives most to the road and bridge
funds during the y months preceding
-Four Thousand Niles of New Roads.
As the result Of such work done by
the insular government with the aid
Of the municipalities several thousand
miles of good roads are now opened
and in excellent condition There are
500 miles Of first class highways which
are heavily surfaced and over which
automobiles can run as wei as over
the best roads in the United States
There are 300 miles which have been
built by the municipalities and there
are thousands Of miles OF trails through
the mountainous sections
The general management OF the good
roads movement is under the bureau Of
public works. That bureau has 1900
men in its technical and clerical posi-
tiOus and Il has road working army
Of more than 20 600 labOrers. The bu-
reau has mapped out a great scheme Of
roads covering the Islands Each
island has its own problems, but there
are TO be chief roads connecting the
provisional capitals and cities with
branch roads extending out 10 the
smaller towns and important villages
The trunk tines are expected to be
completed within the next five years
and work on the branch roads having
a length of 5000 miles OF more, viii
be carried on with II. During the
present year the road and bridge funds
available viii probably exceed three
provinces, and ferries and bridshrd
million dollars The work is going on
In % of the 81 Christian provinces.
and ferries and bridges are planned
everywhere.
The archipelago has been divided up
into road divisions, and these divisions
into districts. Every district has its
own engineers and they report to the
division engineers. who get their orders
from the board of public works at
Manila Most Of the designing is done
at Manila the bureau furnishing plans
and specifications for all bridges and
culVerts
Keeping UP the Roads.
These new roads are better main
tanned than those Of the United States.
Each Of the provinces has q road fund
taken out Of the provincial treasury.
and every mile Of road has one or more
men employed to keep 1t in order. The
road man has shOvels and picks, and
he spends all his time on the highway.
The people are now spending about
SI75 per kilometer, or in the neighbOr-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

RwTAsaRyGTON. D c.. Feb. IL
M This letter has nothing to DO
with the politics Of the Phil
fppines. It VIII not discuss the feel
fngs Of the people. nor deal with their
ability or non-abuity to rule. It IS a
business letter ana treats Of business
conditions. want to show you some
thing Of the changes which have taken
place 81 the islands during the past y
years When I Travelled over them In
1888 the chief method Of transp crta-
ton was q noE cart with solid wooden
wheels as big around as the top Of a
kitchen table and rims so narrow that
they cut like a knife. Half the year
the roads were rivers Of mud and the
other half they were ruts- There were
very few roads. The only highways
through the mountains were trails. and
] found that the people Of one locality
had almost nothing TO DO with their
neighbors over the hills 10 miles away
As soon as Uncle sam took hold, he
began TO build roads he got the peo-
pie to building them, and there is now
z good roads movement throughout the
whole archipelago. Tt started with
building short sections but the work
fs being done after q great system and
n VIII in time form network cover
ing the islands. The insular govern
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

The Filipinos are not satisfied with
their tobacco trade with the Unlteo
States. When the tariff was removed
NOV expected to swamp US with Manila
cigars and to sell them at Havana
prices With that in view they sent
about 90, 900. 600 the first year, but the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

its experiment stations, and farming
and gardening is now being taught 81
all the schools. There are goYerumflc
agricultural farms, where they are ex-
DerimentiDg vita new rice machines.
new ploWs and other farra tools end
where they are also ARRIVING on stock
breeding and the study u methods 10
prevent cattle diseases
The bureau OF education publishes an
agricultural magazine in English and
Spanish, and this gives advice as 20
improved agriculture and information
as 20 the raising OF all sorts OF crops.
Frank G. Carpenter
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

Either one Of the above books viii be sent n
mentioned.
WRITE II unable to visit the office. While m
insist upon personal examination, still We do cure
letter explaining your symptoms viii find out Whetf
ENCE Is STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-17

trouble was that they hurried the man
ufacture and in their haste used short
the cigars got a bad name. and there
was no market for them Some OF them
eventually went at less than factory
prices. and the exports the second year
4 were reduced over tWO-thircs. They
are now coming up The Philippine
tobacco is excellent and in time Il viii
have a great market here. Last year
we took almost half Of the exports, the
number consumed being about $4,000
600, and the value almost 100000
The Sugar Possibilities.
As 20 the sugar crop, that is greatly
increasing, but IL is still on the edge
OF its beginning. Sugar can be grown
throughout the archipelago, and IL
needs only good machinery and brains
10 bring up the crop.
Take the island Of Negros. That alone
has 100000 acres In sugar, which is
approximately the same area as that Of
the sugar lands Of the Hawaiian Is
lands, which bring in more than $500
100000 per annum- Tt is said that Ne
gros might do that If It were properly
cultivated. The director OF the bureau
OF agriculture at Manila SAYS the Ne
gros land IS as rich as that of Hawaii.
but that one trouble is that the soil is
TOO rich. The cane grows so fast that
the grade OF sugar Is low They are
now trying to exhaust the soil BY
planting rice with the cane
AS II Is now, there is but little good
BE- IT
are small mills and small plantations
one Province In LuzOn has 400 sugar
growers. who cultivate altogether 81
600 acres. They make only about two
thirds Of ton Of sugar to the acre.
cooperating the juice In old castiron
Kettles set in furnace and fired with
the Fuse Of the cane
The total sugar exports OF the is
lands last year were valued at only a
little more than $1,000. 600.
Improving the Farming
w nat Is needed more than anything
else in the Philippines is scientific
agriculture There is no richer soil in
the world, and none so badly famed
by a semi civilized people. The SOW
eminent has been trying ia ir,Dro7-s7 -,
agricultural conditions, and it is grad
ually Dettering them The insular SOW
eminent has department. Of aErieu1-
tire; which has been connected with
the bureau OF education II has co.,
lege IN the province OF Lag1na NO
miles from Los Banos. which ii 1ov-
entering upon Its second year There
Is ouseau Of agriculture which has