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The Bourbon news., 1912-01-26
Biz Purchase of Walnut Tees

The biggest deal for walnut timber
that has been made in this county in a
number of years was consummated a
few days ago and by which Mr.. Ossian
Edwards, of this city. purchased over
four hundred trees from the following
at goodd prices: Mr.. Vol. Ferguson,
rs trees Mr.. M. B. Lowell, $50 trees
Mr.. Thomas Henry Clay, Jr., 1GO
trees; Mr.. j. L. Lynch. rs trees; MIR.
2. l.. Plummer, 25 trees.
The purchase represents the best
standing elnut timber in Bourbon
county. The trees will be cut down
and the pick of the logs will be export
ed to Germany where they will be
manufactured into furniture.
The Bourbon news., 1912-01-26
Robbed and Thrown into Cinder
Pit.

Robbed, beaten into helplessness,
stabbed in the back and abdomen and
thrown into cinder pit onto burning
oals and was the terrible experience
of Will Flower, a nergo of jackson,
KY, who was attacked by highway
men in that town Wednesday night.
Flower was was found by an l.. 4 E.
train crew and taken to Lexington
hospital where his condition is said to
be critical.
The Bourbon news., 1912-01-26
UNIT BILL PASSESSENATE
Graham Extension Goes Over
By a Vote of "a to "a in
Upper Branch.
SENATOR THOMAS IN FIGHT
Speaks at Length on Issue Be-
fore Vote is Taken Yes
terday Afternoon.
SENATOR THOMAS IN FIGHT

The Kentucky Senate yesterday
afternoon at 4 80 o'clock passed the
Graham county unit extension bill by
a vote Of "a to IA.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25

The following. taken from an ex-
change. signed by Mrs. Anna Hoffarth.
contains some good advice:
In speaking of the value of cream, I
do not mean it's value computed In
dollars. but rather its value as a food
and as time saver to the busy house
wife. Cream is the very choicest OF
fats, both as to palatability and ease
OF assimilation. People with weak d.
gestions can usually digest cream,
and 1t is very rarely that we find anys
one who cannot use cream In some
form. A more perfect combination Of
fat and flesh food could hardly be
imagined than exists In cream. Per-
sons who cannot take cod liver oil at
all can revel in good. pure. wholesome
cream. One noted physician has said
that II children were allowed all the
cream they desired at all times their
parents would not have to buy SO
many bottles of cod liver oil for them
later In life.
| have seen busy, tired. overworked
farm women carefully save and hoard
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
REDUCE ACREAGE IN COTTON
Price 10 Low and Not Likely to Ad.
vanee-Pay More Attention to
General Farm Crops.

In planning the rotation for 1912
do not forget that the price OF cotton
is low and that the price is not likely
to go up much within the next year
Since food crops. pork. lard. mules.
horses. beef. poultry. butter and SO on
are high and likely to be -igher. why
not reduce the acreage In cotton and
grow the high-priced products that
we are now buying with our cotton
money! Leguminous crops such as
peas, soy beans. peanuts. velvet beans.
lespedeza and so forth and good live
stock means rich land and prosperous
farmers.
Let us to some extent pattern after
the farmers In states where cotton
cannot be grown. The man who has
plenty Of everything that can be sue
cessfully grown In his section for use
on his table can laugh at the boil
weevii and the low price of cotton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25

both turn down fat when not in use.
No. 6 is the bolt through the bottom
of the standard and the sill. C is the
front cross-piece. d is the piece NOR
tised in the front end of the sill and
also In C. EE are the stills. FF
are the cross-pieces under the bottom
to support the floor. @ @ are the top
cross pieces with bolts through @. e
and F. HH arc strips bolted to c
and G the full length Of the wagon.
IL are wheel guards made of old
wagon tires about 8 inches wide and
bent to span the rear wheels These
are bolted to G.
This rack Is made with stills 50 to
AZ inches from outside to outside. so
as to at in between the bolster stakes.
The narrower width is better for II
allows the front wheels more room to
turn. The rack can be made IA. IS
or IS feet long for about the same
cost.
have been making and using these
racks for Is years. They rest low on
the wagon and carry two tons of hay
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
GETTING NEARER TO UTOPIA
Beet-Growing Contract Thai Looks
Good to the Farmers-PIan
Found In Western Kansas.

The corporation and the farmer are
getting closer together. Each has be-
gun to realize that he can do better
by cooperation than by constant fight
ing. A good example of this is cor
poration that buys beets from the
farmers In western Kansas.
The contract is especially liberal In
all its clauses. The farmer agrees to
plant, cultivate. pillow out, and deliver
at certain specified places and receive
stipulated amount for every ton Of
clean topped beets.
The company, In return for the fore
ging. agrees to protect all beets from
sun and frost at the time Of blowing
out. It gives the grower the seed and
thins and punches the beets as needed.
The beets are hoed. pulled. topped.
and piled by company labor without
cost to the grower. The beets are to
be cultivated with company nipple
ments furnished without cost.
The beets are divided equally be-
tween the grower and the company.
Provision is made for negligence upon
the part OF the grower. in which case
the company may take charge of the
crop and charge the labor to the
growers share. All the farmer Is out
in such a case IL the use Of the ground
and his own labor. The company be-
comes, In fact. q partner. and the two
work together for the good Of both.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25

Though you may read this right side IN
There Is another way about;
When, as you smoke, or eat, or sun.
These simple stanzas you may hout--
All. well. the world will wag along!
Men viii take pen and ink to write
In cadence tender, or full strong,
In meter mild or full OF might.
The verse Is ready hand on, hilt
That tells CT brave old days agone.
Although II has q lively lit
You may peruse II with a yawn.
To test the poetasters art
In silver dawn or ebon night
The song that bubbles from the heart
It is not always gay and light
To show the dreams that fancy brought
In language thrilling, tense and terse.
To linn the figures OF his thought
When one would do a clever verse.
The trouble is where to begin.
One may not always spread his wings:
The muse Is hard TO WOO and win
Perhaps you care not for such things!
To make the rhyme and meter blend.
Though pen and ink be used In vain.
These verses read from either end:
This leading fact must here remain,
Though here your carplng gaze you cast
And though you wear critics frown,
You could have read the first verse last.
You might have read this upside dowpL
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
FINDS COTTON GRADE
Official Grades Show Growers
What He Should Receive.
Farmer Should Be In Position to Know
Positively What His Crop 10 Ae-
tuaIIy Worth When Sold
Directly to the Mills.

(By BRADFORD KNAPP. Special Agent
in Charge OF Farmers COOPERATIVE
Demonstration Work.
II the farmer IL q fairly good Judge
Of cotton. the Official grades will show
him exactly what the grade OF his cot
ton viii be In any Of the nine ex.
changes which have adopted them, and
since few II any Of the grades Of the
other exchanges are higher than the
oficial grades. 1t follows that II his
cotton Is below middling, 1t is alto
gether unlikely that II can be prop
efly graded lower in any market than
his official grades viii put It
1t follows that the farmer who has
set Of these grades can tell what
premium he should receiye for cotton
above middling. He can also tell the
limit Of penalty or cut which can be
properly made in any market for his
cotton grading below middling. In
other words. II his cotton will grade
strict good middling. and the average
premium is being paid. he should re-
ceiye one-half cent per pound above
the price Of middline. or a premium
OF $3.50 on each bale. This premium
on IL bales would pay for full set
OF the official types. and on only four
bales would pay for three of the types,
which, II properly selected. would en-
able him to grade the bulk of his crop
In an ordinary season
On good middling cotton the aver
age premium Is one-quarter cent per
pound. Even II 1t is little less than
this 1t amounts to a dollar a bale. and
II grower can secure even this small
premium on twenty bales It will pay
for six Of the official grades, and these
would enable him to grade all of his
crop except In very unusual seasons.
There is large amount of cotton pro-
duced nearly every year which. II
properly handled. will grade good
middling The earlier pickings Of
nearly all good fields will grade above
middling unless the cotton is needless
ly damaged. II the farmer Is getting
no premium on such cotton he Is turn
ing over some of his profits to some
one else. The Official grades will give
him the measure of what he is losing
by a careless method of selling. and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25

will put him in q position 10 meet the
buyer on terms of equality in dis
cussion Of the grade Of his cotton.
Several of the agricultural colleges
now give regular instruction In cot
ton grading. and q number are attend
ed by older men. The of cial grades
have been supplied to all these insti-
tutions. but they should be owned by
the farmers themselves, 30 that the
instruction giten at the schools may
be intelligentlt applied at home.
The farmer should not attempt to
carry picture of the different grades
In his minds eye with sufficient ac-
curacy to grade cotton without set
Of types. The Official grades In either
whole or fractional sets will enable
him to take advantage Of the educa-
tional work which is being done in
teaching cotton grading
1t Is very desirable that the grow
er whose cotton Is likely to vary
through a wide range of qualities
should have a full set Of grades
Somebody produces good deal of cot
ton which sells as middling fair on
the exchanges. The average premium
on middling fair is three-quarter cents
per pound, which means that such cot
ton Is often worth four dollars per
bale over middling. 1t follows that the
grower who can match the official
middling fair with part of his crop.
and Is not getting a premium OF about
four dollars per bale is not getting
the value OF his product, and should
have the official grades from middling
up. Therefore II a grower is cut more
than one and one-quarter cent per
pound on good ordinary or gets cut
OF over six dollars per bale from mid
ding price on cotton which viii grade
good ordinary he Is getting too little
and needs official samples Of the
grades from middling down.
On the other hand, the average cut
Of good ordinary is about one and one
quarter cent. or six dollars per bale.
Unless the market Is exceptional. cot
ton which is no worse than the official
good ordinary should not be cut more
than six dollars on a full 500-pound
bale.
A considerable amount of cotton is
now sold by the grower directly to
the mill or its direct representative.
1t is possible that an increasing
amount will be thus sold In these
cases there is no middle man to make
the profit represented by the differ
ence between the middling price which
is paid and the real value of the high
er grade. and the farmer should be in
a position to know w1at his cotton is
actually worth to the mill Few mills
would refuse to pay the prevailing
premium for the best cotton grown in
their territory IL 1t resulted in such
cotton being shipped away to other
markets.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
Eggs.


The egg is a perishable commodity.
When It is over two years old 1t can
only be served In an omelet.
In the early days. before modern
science had made such rapid strides,
we got fresh eggs. Eggs two days old
were given to the poor or thrown at q
mark.
Nowadays more eggs than ever are
laid, but for some reason 1t is not
thought wise to let us have them
fresh. They are put in cold storage
until they ripen. They. are then sold
to US as fresh eggs, twenty-four hour
eggs. strictly fresh eggs, and so on
down to eggs.
The next step will be to preserve
the cackle Of the hen on a phono-
graph record and throw in a cold
storageDackle with each egg.
The Chinese eat eggs that are very,
very oltstbut they know 1t. So do
we-but we pretend we do not know
It. We cling to faith in our fellow
man.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
PEANUT CROP is PROFITABLE
One Acre Is Equal to IS Bushels Of
Corn as Hog Feed-Alsc I'm
proves the Soil.

The result of one experiment at the
Arkansas station shows that one acre
OF peanuts is equal to 85.6 bushels of
corn as hog feed The lowest re
turns obtained from station were In
Alabama. where an acre of peanuts
were only equal to 1874 bushels Of
corn as pork producer However.
even in Alabama the peanut crop was
more profitable as hog crop than
ccrn on the same land
The results obtained by the Arkan-
sas. Alabama and Louisiana stations
show that an average acre of peanuts
equals from rs to 40 bushels of corn
as a hog feed. And let us not forget
that peanuts improve the land and
that the hogs harvest the crop Let
us plan to plant several acres Of Span-
;sh peanuts as early In the spring as
is safe and to make another planting
about the first of July. We can also
Liant several acres of the Virginia
varieties for hogs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
DESTROYING WEEvIL IN SEED
Proper Precautions Can Be Taken to
Eradicate All Of insects by
Fumlgatlon.
CBy w. D. HUNTER)

For several years the boil weevil
has caused loss of about 100000
bales OF cotton annually. Although
farmers in some regions. In many
cases, are increasing their production.
there is a loss In newly infested re-
gions which almost. If not quite. on
sets that gain.
A conservative estimate shows that
since the weevil has invaded this
country it has caused loss OF 1885,
900 bales of cotton at value Of about
$125. 100000
II has been abundantly shown that
cotton seed Is of Importance as q
medium through which the weevil
may be carried. Many individuals that
happen to be carried to the gin on the
cotton pass uninjured through the gins
to the seed houses. Consequently
every seed house connected with a
gin In the infested territory harbors
more or less weevils, depending upon
the amount of cleaning the staple is
given. OF course such seed Is ex-
ceedingly dangerous when taken into
uninfested regions. Undoubtedly the
present absolute embargos against
cotton seed from the infested region
are wise. In general. they should be
strictly construed. In some special
cases, however, when. for instance. 1t
is desired to obtain special improved
seed, proper precautions can be taken
to destroy all weevils by means OF
fumigation with carbon bisulphid.
The following plan for this work is
proposed: A tight matched-board
box should be provided having sides
four feet high. open on top. and of
other dimensions to accommodate IL
or more 100-pound sacks of cotton
seed placed upright upon the bottom
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
Farmers Educational
INT and Operative
iN Union Of America

OF two evils choose neither.
10 win one must boost, not ridei
Last call: Cover the machinery
LIE Is Just as sweet as we make it.
One bad term deserves a retire
ment
TAI the idler into production or on
me earth
Hoping is a poor substitute for get
Ding there.
sood man should be chosen with
great riches.
Postics frequently makes strange
dead fellows
Il isn't very long bef0e the good
,s|Iow" Is a poor fellow.
After all, intuition is but another
word for feminine suspicion
Women are vain. but men are much
more 80 and with far less reason.
Try helping the other fellow; it's
especially good for the grouches.
Many man IS in great fear that he
win get all that is coming to him.
Il IL not worth while TO say forbear
to bear The safer plan is to run
We notice that most people who
ere consumed By curiosity still sur
slFe.
Il our mistakes teach us nothing IT
we're hardly worth while to make
lbem-
Il play commanded as high price as
rork. people would have to advertise
ior players.
When the farmer produces what he
consumes, he gets one hundred cents
ct the consumers dollar.
We can all be thankful that we are
living In this glorious age Of develop
ment IN everything that works for the
upllft Of humanity.
One. BY merely standing around.
nay shoe a hen out OF the garden.
hut the same method will not get rid
Of 3 mortgage.
Know man by the appearance OF
Us cows when they frst go out to
pasture. Some men are either too
lhr5 or too ignorant to feed and care
Tor their stock right.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
Apparatus for FumIgatIns Cotton Seed
In the Sack.

Another tier OF sacks could be added
IL desired. Into each one of these
sacks about one ounce OF carbon BIZ
sulphid should be forced by an appar-
atus for volatizing the liquid and mix
ing the vapor with air.
This Should consist of three essen
tial parts as shown In the illustra-
ton. A is an air pump having sufi-
Client capacity to enable 1t to main
tain a steady discharge Of air for
several minutes without continuous
pumping. The stopcock at al regu-
lates or prevents the escape OF air. as
may be desired. B Is an ordinary
two.uuart bottle fitted at b1 with q
tight stopper OF good length, having
two openings, through which the inlet
and outlet pipes pass. These pipes
may be OF glass or metal and should
be as large as can be used. The inlet
pipe, BIZ, reaches nearly to the bottom
of the bottle and is provided at the
lower end with perforated metal
cap as large as viii pass through the
neck of the bottle. This allows the
escape Of the air in small bubbles and
insures rapid evaporation. The outlet
pipe, b, reaches only through the
stopper.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
USEFUL HOMEMADE HAYRAcK
How to Construct One That Carries
Two Tons of Hay and Rests
Low on Wagon.

In response to a query regarding the
construction of a hayrack Pennsyl-
vania writer in the Breeders Gazette
replies as follows:
One of the best have seen can be
built for $40. not counting labor A
is the front standards with cross
pieces mortised into the uprights. with
pins on the outside. One bolt is In the
bottom of each upright where II con-
meets with E. The hind standards B
are bolted the same way and they
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
Best Dairyman.

fore the Nebraska Dairyman's associa-
ton asks the following question:
which dairyman. for example. do
you think most likely to succeed: The
one who on 40 acres of land maintains
40 head OF good dairy cows producing
10000 pounds of butterfat per year, or
the one on GAO acres of land who
keeps 100 cows producing 10000
pounds Of butter fat? These two types
are by no means extremes. The first
is altogether possible and the latter
altogether common"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
TIMELY ACTION BY LEADERS
Twenty Prominent co-operstives
Meet IN Conference at ST. Paul
and Adopt Regulations.

n the rooms Of the Right Relation
snip league In the Twin Cities there
recently gathered together IN center
snce upon cooperative organization
some twenty leaders OF the co-opera-
liFe movement in the United States
This informal gathering spent two
days going over the needs or the CO.
operative movement In the United
States, and as a result of their dis
cpssions formulated a statement OF
what constitutes actual cooperation
b the following words:
Resolved. That II is the sense OF
this meeting the term cooperative
should rightfuIly be applied only to
snck organizations as comply with the
following regulations:
First The limiting OF votes to the
Individual member. irresponsible OF
holdings. abolishing the proxy
Second. Limiting OF interest on
capital stock to the prevailing rates
OF interest.
Third. The return OF surplus prof
It's according to patronage. and. where
practicable. also according to service"
Such action is timely. The name
'tc-operative" has been used without
warrant by all sorts of private con-
Germs seeking to get some trade ae-
vantage through enlisting the Gym
patnies of the people, and this to the
serious hampering Of the movement
through the exploitation OF those who
we're led to believe that mere names
mean something. The second i'm
pqrtant step taken at this conference
was toward united action to secure le-
sal Interpretation of the term Co
operation limiting its use to only
fueh associations as fall within the
meErlng OF the term. Wisconsin now
noe such a law. model In many re-
speets for further legislation. both
state and national. The last and most
important action taken by the con-
Terence was 10 organize as a perma-
nent body. essentially for educational
Eork. with an executive committee
eonsisting Of c. @. Boring OF Chicago,
"lllet ii. Hays OF the department Of
agriculture at Washington. and c.
harold Powell Of Los Angeles as the
appointed members. The work OF this
committee Is to bring together those
interested in the cooperative move
ment and to lay plans for the forma.
tIon OF federation OF Cooperative
throughout the United States, pos
sloly somewhat after the fashion OF
ne Country Life Conferences.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
Coal.

OO0i.
Coal. like gold, diamonds and other
Injuries, is found in mines
II is brunette Ignite. II is sever
al thousand years old Its manufac-
ture began long before the conserva-
ton of forests was considered Coal
is the result of trees and ferns and
flowers and grass and things getting
entangled with the carboniferous era
and he will explain that 1t is charged
on your bill. pro rata
Coal is regulated in price by the law
Of supply and demand. euphemistical-
ly speaking. II increases in price
ten cents per ton per month during
the summer
There Is no way to utilize coal
ashes. II there, were, we would have
to pay for them or return them to the
coal man.
In the United States coal goes into
the furnace: in Alaska 1t goes into
politics.
Gas is made from coal; also coal
tar. From coal tar we derive many
medicines. which are sold at approx
mately the same price as coal.
Ask your coal man what he thinks
Of the carboniferous era. and he win
explain that 1t is charged on ysur bill.
pro rata.
Coal makes heat. also heated con-
versation.
Coal mines are located along rail-
ways-usually where the haul will be
long.
Coal is measured by the ton. A ton
of coal weighs almost as much as
ton of feathers. but does not last so
long.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
GENEpALFARrl
A4oTES 8

Keep the stock comfortable.
Never leave a particle of loose silage
anywhere.
Corn slower is not nearly as valuable
as fodder corn.
Have you put away your seed corn?
Paint the barn.
Collect the charcoal for the poultry
and hogs this winter.
Rape makes a quicker growth In
warm weather and 1t furnishes good
pasture.
A ton Of fodder corn is almost as
valuable as the same weight Of tim
othy hay.
Never let the hogs go hungry to
bed chilly nights. II Is Just like
burning up money
The hog pasture il q necessity
from the standpoint Of comfort and
also from that of profit
II Ii altogether proper and safe TO
turn cattle on clover pasture. provided
suitable precautions are taken.
Clean up all the manure about the
yards and get It out onto the clover
or somewhere where It win do good
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-10-25
Killing WeeyiIs. f,

Weevils may be killed in any kind
Of seed by placing the seed in tight
box and putting in with the seed one
pound Of carbon bisulphide for each
thirty bushels. The box should be
kept covered tightly and fire should
be kept away until the odor disap-
pears.