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WAY or FILLING SILO
Each Farmer Should Have His
Own Cutting Outfit.
Fodder and Straw Are Improved by
Being Run Through cutter-corn
Should Be Hauled With Low
Trucks or Wagons.

To fill the silo as we formerly did,
employing n small army of men and
horses, is nearly out Of the question, ais
1t has become impossible 10 get the
men unless the farmers themselves
club together and help one another.
This looks all right on paper, but in
practice II is otherwise, writes ]. p.
Fletcher OF New York In HOaTd's
Dairyman. 1t discrepancies the smooth
working of every farm In the cOmmu,
nifty, Let the farmer desert the farm
for a few weeks and the things
neglected become q serious menace
to the future welfare Of the stock and
crops; while the man working on the
run all day and trying to ]straighten
out things at home at night, works
himself half to death and often his
teams share his fate,
Where a person stores only one or
two hundred tons Of sIlnge 1t Is pref
cradle for each farmer to have
his own cutting outfit While others
are waiting for the outfit to get to
them my corr goes into the silo. /
can I'LL 1t slowly with the regular
farm help; and with one or two extra
men can do reasonably rapid work. |
fill for a few days and then attend to
BONE other necessary work for a day
or 80. In the meantime the silage set
ties and by the time ! have done fll-
ing 1t Is completely settled and the
silo capacity is considerably in
creased.
Every farmer will find enough use
for an engine to pay the interest on
the investment aside from silo filling,
and every well managed dairy farm
should have a cutter. Fodder and
straw are much improved by being
run through one. The great advan-
tages Of owning our outfit Is the fact
that we can cut when we wish or
when the corn is in prime condition.
That may make all the difference be-
tween a good, sweet silage or a soup,
moldy article.
Avoid filling the silo too early with
immature corn. A poor quality of
acid silage 10 the result, The COWS
may like this, but much Of it's value Is
wasted. If an early frost catches
the corn before 1t Is cut you need have
no anxiety provided you go to work
Mt once II impossible to handle the
corn as fast as you would like, cut
It and leave 1t upon the ground IN
small piles or even in single bundles
for a day or two; 1t will not get as
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fARMN0TES,

The disk pillow Is a great dry ground
pillow.
succulent fodder or slIage is what
counts. n
Farmers should prepare themselves
to utilize fall pasturage. m#
Cement every crack that will admit
the least air into the silo.
Hogs can be raised on kafilr corn
and milo maize at small cost.
Right now Is an excellent time Ia
make a start In the sheep business.
Fowls that are crowded must be
watched and more particularly cared
for.
The soy bean plant is a legume, and
is, therefore, q nitrogen gatherer fol
the soil.
A hedge fence that you are trying
to keep nicely trimmed grows whether
crops do or not.
Manure will benefit the crops no
matter whether It Is spread by hand
or with a spreader.
Perhaps no other kind OF live stock
has been subjected to rs many booms
and depressions as sheep.
Glover alfalfa or grass seeds bought
at the lowest price may turn out to be
the most expensive In the end.
The modern farmer is realizing that
the cheapest way TO farm Is with ma
chfpory rafhar than with rnuacIe
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on the V of being able to announce
the success Of his red rose ventures.
Once a friend from France brought
Mr.. Bancroft a cutting of a red rose
called Madame Ferdinand Jemain,"
which, although 1t had failed at home,
was thought to have possibilities in
an American climate. Brady nursed
it along with a fair degree of conscien-
tiousness, non too pleased, likely
enough, that France had been SO pre-
mature in this honorable business.
But the little alien rose bush sickened
and died, and was thrown aside, pre-
sumably at the end of its history.
Then came the shocking news from
England that William Francis Ben.
nett had won the red rose race. He
had had an astonishing luck with his
plants, and had finally established
their hardihood and their permanence
Of color. Bancroft and Brady mourn
ed in secret. True, there was still the
American championship to be tried
for, but the first fine careless rapture
Of success had been already captured.
A rose culturist in New York had
the good fortune, about this time, to
make a new flower, which he prompt
ly named the George Bancroft" but
this was not compensation enough,
either for the historian or his garden
er. So back they went to the Seeding
beds, with renewed determination.
In the face of such a touching faith
and such Astounding energy, the fates
were bound to be kind. And so, one
morning, a delighted yell from his
gardener brought Mr.. Bancroft cur
rying into his garden, to find that In
a bed Of white and yellow seedlings
there stood a strange red rose, look
ing for all the world as If it had come
to stay. It's stem had a stiffness the
like of which had never before been
seen. Its petals looked to have the
hardihood to weather a hundred dis
asters.
Where 1t had come from nobody
could find out. 1t might have been a
stalwart seed left from the scored
and d~iscredited Mime. Ferdinand Je-
MAN." and it might have been just
that mysterious freak which the rose
c~ulturist has come to take for granted
under the name of a sport"
At any rate, there It was, and 1t re-
manned to be developed. h
For 1t must be known at the outset
that getting a single bloom is the least
of the rose culturist's troubles. In fact,
1t merely marks their beginning.
All new brands Of roses are grown
from these curiosities called sports"
In q bed of seedlings, about once In so
often, an orphan rose will appear
which will bear no trace of Its parent
age, and will usually be found to have
neither longevity o the ability to
reproduce after Its kind. Its seeds will
revert to type.
So John Brady set forth on the up
hill climb to perfecting his little red
sport" In due time he did 1t. And
when he had three bushes which he
could personally guarantee to repro
duce red roses after the original pat
tern he placed them In the garden
where they would likeliest be seen,
He had not to wait for the clamor OF
approval. Guests for tea in the after
noon we're led into the garden by M
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Bancroft for "a private view" Of the
coveted red rose.
"Oh, that must be Benefits new
rose, the English beauty" said the
first woman to spy it..
Not at all, madame" said Brady,
proudly, that is the American red
rose"
Then 1t is the American Beauty"
said the lady, not to be outdone.
And then and there the name orig.
mated, and not all of Brady's storm
lest ~persuasions could ever dislodge
it. For the roses maker had already
decided that 1t should be named for
Judge Hagner, a warm friend Of Mr..
Bancroft, and Brady's bright particu,
lar star, and to have the choice of, its
name and the christening ceremony
swept out of his reach at one fell
swoop would have tried the patience
Of a saint.
Brady finally made the best of it,
and contented himself with assuring
Judge Hagner that things would have
been different If he had had any say
in them.
From this time on, however, the his
tory of John Brady and his precious
rose begins to take a somber turn. Mr..
Bancroft died in 1891, bequeathing the
American Beauty to Brady as a tesla
ment of his affection and appreciation.
The famous gardens passed into other
hands, and Brady moved, with his
large and hungry family and his
handful of American Beauty rose
bushes. into a little house outside OF
Washington.
Things went rapidly from bad to
worse. Brady had neither money
nor the knack of picking up odd jobs.
His eldest son was still too young for
responsibility, and the ages of the
others, In regular succession, dimin-
ished ~punctually by a year. His wife
was frail, out of patience with power
ty, and worn to exhaustion with the
ARE of children.
4 Brady survived the first part Of this
bleak period by observing the Span.
Is proverb. Patience, and shuttle the
cards" No stress of want could make
him part with his rose bushes, though
his wife, regarding him as a sort OF
monomaniac on this subject, put her
noblest ~persuasions into the task OF
undoing his resolve.
To his reiterated tales of the for
tune that would come to him some
day through the American Beauty
o 8 Mrs. Brady reasonably replied
that she and the children we're hungry
that very day and hour, and that more
than her soul was sick with hope de-
ferred.
But some precedence OF the inherent
value Of his ros kept Brady obdurate
to appeals. domestic or professional.
The world Of fashion had all but
forgotten the interregnum Of the
American Beauty In the Bancroft gar
dens. Rose culturists had thought,
many Of them, that 1t had never out.
lived Its beyday. Only a few of the
more observant had remembered that
the treasured bushes had been q lega.
~ from Bancroft to his gardener.
One of these last was the elder OF
the Field Brothers, Wholesale florists
on the old Seventh street road, out
side Of Washington. They made con
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11
MolasseR Pie.

One whole egg and yolks OF three,
one-half cup Of sugar, O%ne.fourth Of
butter, two tablespoons of -four, one
cup OF molasses, one cup Of sweet
milk, a tiny pinch Of soda and n
teaspoon of vanilla. Mix till smooth.
Line two plates with good crust. Pour
IN mixture. Bake till golden brown.
Beat whites Of three eggs with one,
half cup sugar, Spread on pies ant
brown.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11

gasoline 16 cents . gallon. No charge
was made for wear aud tear on ma
chinery or for boarding the help. The
charge for an engine, engineer, silage
cutter and one man to feed is usually
$40 a day. In this section the aver
age yield OF silage per acre Is 10 to
Is tons. Some farmers fill their sllos
at a cost Of so cents a ton. while It
costs others rs cents. Often the high
er cost was due to unavoidable causes,
such as long hauls, lodged and tangled
corn and accidents to machinery. In
many cases, however, a poor range
ment OF the help was responsible. A
small cutter may be almost as eco
nomical as a large one, but most farm
ers wish to get the sllo done az quick
ly as possible and so prefer the larg-
er machines,
With labor high in price and diff
cult to obtain It becomes necessary
to take advantage of all tho labnr-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11

(A) Shows front axle aud king bolt,
(B) Shows front enc Of platform which
Ia attached TO the under side of the front
axle.
co Shows an iron which strengthens the
splicing OF the 3x8 inch timbers wherS
they are attached to front axle.
CD Shows an iron loop which goes over
the hind axle md through the 3xS inch
timber This iron loop attaches platform
to hind axle of the wagon,
It Is weil 10 take wagon TO blacksmith
shop to have this work done, for not all
wagons are the same size.
savinb machinery possible, The bind
en- has come to be almost indispens-
able. The cost of cutting corn with
a machine 10 about the same as when
It is cut by hand, and laid in small
punches on the ground, But there iB
a considerable saving Of time In han"
ding bundles. It takes twice as
long TO unload the anne quantity OF
corn when loose as when in bun
dies.
The rack should be az 10 was posi-
BILE. A low, solid wheel truck gives
good satisfaction OF smooth level
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11

Pare four quarts Of ripe tomatoes,
cut up, boil four hours with eight cups
Of vinegar, one cup of salt, one table,
spoon each of ground cloves. mustard,
ginger, ~allspice, one teaspoon Of ca
yenne. Add one pound Of sugar, one,
quarter pound Of mustard seed. Have
as thick as catchup. Bottle.
Twenty-Five large, ripe tomatoes,
chop fine, five onions, six green pep,
pers, one cup Of sugar, two small
tablespoons OF mustard seed, the same
of celery seed, salt to taste, one quart
OF vinegar; boil two hours; bottle
while hot. u. G. r. W.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11
10 ADD TO MENTAL ENERGY

name kenotoxin. Then II was shown
that anti-kenotoxin injected into a mar
increases physical and mental yigor,
This led Professor Lorentz to think {
utilizing antikenotoxin to stimulate
work. He considered that errors OF
calculation, for example, should be set
down to fatigue. He found that prob.
lens given to his class In mathemat-
les at the beginning OF the lesson
was solved In five minutes nv three
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11
Improving the Dairy Herd.

The grading up of the dairy herd, II
fundamental principles in grading are
observed, cannot result in other than
improvement year after year. The
grading up Of a dairy herd Ia not
completed In a few years, but is the
work OF a lifetime.
It does not require so many years
to obtain a good dairy herd, but in
breeding and improving II the results
are apparent year after year no long
e. the guiding hand is active. The
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11

Use a head of crisp l~ettuse, one.
quarter of a pound Of walnut meats, a
bowl of ~mayonnaise dressing and a
loaf Of oatmeal or graham bread. But
ter the bread and cut it into small trl.
angles, cover them with the lettuce.
shredded finely, then add a spoonful
Of dressing and a sprinkling of chop
ped nuts before pressing on the top.
Garnish each triangle with a whole
walnut meat and serve at once on .
bed Of lettuce leaves.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11

II was on one of these forlorn occa'
sions that Mrs. Brady's patience snap
ped and her loyalty faltered, shs
seized the pampered rose oushes,
made haste to Field Brothers, and
sold them, one and all, for scarcely
more than the price of a single meal
When this was told to Brady, he
touched the hour of his supreme triDu'
lation. His world fell away from be-
meath his feet. Not ice in the IL
years since then has the stupor which
came upon him lifted for long enough
for realization Of his misery to sift
through.
Matters went merrlly with the rose
he made. Field Brothers, by skillful
advertising, were able to sell their ex'
elusive right to its reproduction for
5000. Within a year ten times that
amount was being paid for it by en-
thusiastic purchasers here and
abroad.
For ten years past q moderate estl'
mate of the amount of money spent
annually all over the world for Amer
lean Beauty roses is $25, 900, 900.
John Brady is still homeless In
Washington. His wife and the fam
ished children have died, n after
another. He himself Is the recipient
of constant small charities from Wash
ington florists, any Of whom will give
him bits Of work, spraying, or cutting,
when his mind can be held to his
task.
At the funeral of William r. Smith.
the famous old Scotch superintendent
Of the National Botanical gardens,
who had, at eighty, the reputation OF
knowing more public men-diplomats,
statesmen, and politicians--than any
other person then living In the United
States, there was an assemblage OF
men aggregating almost incalculable
personal distinction. Into the midst
of them crept a shabby, bent old man,
who, with averted eyes and bowed
head sided into a corner and wept
with unmistakable suffering. He was
without airy doubt the most humble
and obscure sorrower at the funera.
ceremony. He was John Brady, maker
of the American Beauty.
Mercifully he does not feel the In
finite pathos of his lot. His real
tragedy ended IS years ago, when
having nothing left to hope, he had
nothing left to fear. II you search
him out and question him, you will
find him curiously a~pathetic.
ME? / am nothing-nobody," he
will say to you. my rose? Yes. that
was my fortune, but they took 1t
away from me. | cannot make an
other-I am nothing"
And he will tell you this with the
most exquisite manners, learned, per
haps. in the Bancroft gardens. His
eyes will tighten, his voice will In
tone gently and courteously, and for
an instant before the lethargy steals
over him again you will glimpse the
power that could drag from earth and
make permanent the most wonderful
rose she gives.
He has kept. or perhaps got back
an impressive sweetness of nature.
One thing only stirs him to overt
flashes Of rebellious misery-it ID to
be asked to see or handle an Amer
lean Beauty rose.
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students; in eight minutes by thirty
three; in ten minutes by sixteen.
Other similar problems, given at the
close of the lesson, were solved in five
minutes by one student; in eight min.
utes by twenty-seyen; in ten minutes
by twenty-three. Evidently. said the
professor. 1t is mental fatigue that
causes the slower work. On a subse-
quent day, Professor Lorentz vapor-
ICED antikenotoxin in the classroom
first before the close Of the period and
then set his pupils problems al before.
The result was that they were solved
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11
Crab Annie Pickles,

One peck Of apples, one quart OF
vinegar, four pounds OF sugar, three or
four sticks Of cinnamon, one table
spoon of whole cloves. Take the bios
som end out sof crabapples. Put the
vinegar, whole cloves and cinnamon
on stove to heat. When boiling put
In the apples and cook until tender.
You can seal them in stone jars OF
glass Jars. These are fine.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11
Guarding Against Flies.

The farmer who keeps a swill bar
rel for the kitchen refuse should be
sure to screen 1t carefully to avoid
the breeding of flies and the spread
Of disease, This Is a very important
subject and should receive due cor
s%ideration.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11

The effect OF a lovely linen table.
cloth 10 often spoiled by the network
Of creases caused by folding II.
In the future when ironing the
cloth fold IL once, through the middle.
roll and tie with q piece Of tape.
In this there will be but the
n e and the tablecloth will liz
fat and smooth upon the table.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11

Use one pound OF white sugar, three
tabIespoonfuls Of vinegar, one tea.
spoonful OF extract of lemon, one Of
cream Of tartar; add a little water to
moisten the sugar. Boil this until it
Is brittle, put In the extract, then turn
quickly out on buttered plates. When
It is cool, pull until white and GU
In squares.
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Hot Erlcaaaee.

Cut into small pieces the remains o.
4 roast, either beef. lamb or veal, put
into a frying pan, dredge thickly with
-four. Season with salt and pepper.
cover with cold water and cook gently,
Serve very hot with mashed potatoes.
At this time Of the year potatoes are
much nicer mashed or scalloped than
boiled. They 20 farther, also.
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in three minutes by three students; in
four minutes by t~hirty-one, and in ten
minutes by one. And the solutions
contained fewer errors than usual.
This was the origin Of Doctor Lor
entz' intellectual pillsi European
physicians are still a bit sceptical.
saying the pills must be subjected IT,
more thorough tests.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11
oid.Fashioned Peach prs.erv.

Pare the peaches, stone and halve
them; take q deep dish, put a layer
Of peaches, then a layer Of sugar and
30 on until you have the desired guam.
tity, sugar on top; let stand over
night, then put on in the morning and
cook until well done; II there is not
Juice enough to cook peaches in, ado
q little water. Pack In stone Jars.
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NJ sook a German scientist to invent
!, mlelectual pill, The basis OF this
S,s rug called antikenotoxin, which
eae quality Of neutralizing the
& which are said to be the cause
NJ asntai fatigue. Doctor Weichardt,
N ssor at the University of Erlan-
NJ. recently demonstrated that the
pb,.,.s OF animals suffering from
49, or mental WEAKNESS secrete
'sih poisSn. to which he gave the
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-10-11
Pepper Relish.

One-half peck Of green tomatoes,
four peppers. four onions chopped,
two and one-half cups of salt, one-half
cup of sugar; put in a bag one.half
ounce each white mustard seed, Glove,
cinnamon, allspice; boil these in one
quart OF vinegar 10 minutes, then turn
II over the whole, and without cook
ing put In Jars and seal up.
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Sheep in Weedy Pastures.

There is nothing that will clean up
a weedy pasture or meadow In shorter
than a flock OF sheep. They will for
age chiefly on vegetation that is use
less or worse than useless. and convert
II In.
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best dairy COW. or best dairy herd,
has not yet been evolved. Better
dairy cows and better herds will be
bred Just so long as the desire for
improvement remains.
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farms with short hauls. The accom-.
panying illustrations show the wag'
and how It Is made.
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So Il seems.

Speaking OF amateur singers"
Every little music roll has q crime
that's all his own"
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laCt tnat BRADY mad brought
It to perfection only after years of In,
srhausttble patience and care; and II
was sold for a pittance, but that is
getting ahead of the story.
Once upon a time, in 1889, to be pre-.
else after George Bancroft had re-
turned from long diplomatic service in
Germany, and had settled down to a
ttnquilizing old age in his home in
Warrington, there grew up among the
flVa enthusiasts of England, Amer
lea and the continent a jealous quest
Nared rose which could be made to
bloom In winter.
Nh. Bancroft's ascendency as a rose
~crlturlst in this country had been be
!cnd dispute for half a century.
At the time of the Inauguration OF
Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln de
SPARED of pleasing herself in the ar
rangements of the White House gar,
den, SO she called on Mr.. Bancroft for
help. This she received in such good
and flowing measure that, in acknowl
edgment Of her debt, she sent to the
historian a splendid bouquet Of ia'
p~onicas. In reply he wrote her that
for magnificence, the bouquet was a
fair counterpart Of Mr.. Lincoln's
brains"
What Of official recognition then was
sall lacking for Mr.. B%ancroft's genius
as a rose grower vas supplied by
Herr Bismarck, who so admired the
American minister to Berlin that. he
supplied him with roses and rose cut,
ungs from the great Bismarck estates
In Pomerania.
But all this while, despite the genial
International cooperation of rose
growers, diplomats and statesmen,
me red rose refused to grow in win.
ler' Its wintertime behavior was, In
isct, cooperating beyond all words.
y, after months Of herculean effort, a
ufahch could be made to put forth a
QUO some fine morning, 1t was a sickly
purple by noon, and brown by sunset,
Little yellow roses had thrived, time
ot OF mind, and these, with camellias
sau !aponicas, were the sole reliance
" those who would have Sewers for
winter decoration.
A Mat
matters were In this state when Mr..
sancroft moved to Washington, bring
Is into his charming old house on
Aiayette square two trusted servants:
herman, who came from Berlin, and
yum Brady, the gardener, from Eng
'oun Brady was installed In the
sua.nt Lrshaped garden, which ran
SasA 70 Seventeenth street, and he was
Instructed, among other things. to
.sp tne glory of creating a tractable
red rose.
aug TASK was one which jumped
.Na MS own desires. The Bancroft
sasaen was scarcely less a personal
n.ae 10 Brady than to Bancroft, and
\ secretly believed that no praise
could be really to extravagant.
oecatne a rendezvous for Washing.
most distinguished persons;
> much so, one can guess from
aisent Arthur's dictum that THE
inv,..t is permitted to accept the
s Nnus Of members Of his cabinet,
Gspse court judges, and-Mr.
0eorge Bancroft"
OO1ens OF times John Brady seemed