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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
SELECT SEED CORN EARLY.
Many Advantages In This Plan.
Keep Close to Type.

One of the main reasons why seed
corn should be selected early Is to be-
reasonably sure it will grow the fol
lowing year when planted, says a Min
nesota bulletin.
Early selected seed corn Is the coru
that usually gives the best stand
Without a good stand it Is impossible
to get a maximum yield. and it costs
no more to raise yield Of corn with
a perfect stand than it does to raise :;
field with a 60 to 20 per cent stand
Every good kernel OF corn has in it -
live. though very small. corn plant
This plant is tender and easily injured
unless kept under favorable conditions
Seed corn that is not thoroughly dr.;
before cold weather will freeze. The
freezing of the kernel causes It to ~
pand. thus injuring the germ, or iitti"
plant. lowering its vitality and Oftra
destroying it, so the kernel will not ger
inmate 1t is well, If possible. to have
every ear of seed corn selected befor,
a killing frost
In the choice of corn for seed oHc
selects the ears that he believes wi
give him the largest yield of guW;
corn the following year. 1t is go";
plan to choose an ear Of corn th..s
is as near the type wanted as possible.
then keep this ear from year to yeuJ
or until you get u better one At au.
rate. have sample ear that yOu cn,,
look at occasionally to help you %.
following one Keep this type egg
handy when selecting corn in the IN.
and in the spring, when the final 80,
lection is made. it is well to comWHr
all ears carefully with the type ear
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
The Men who Succeed

as heads of large enterprises are men
of great energy. Success, to-day, de-
mandS health. To all is to fail. It's
utter folly for man to endure a weak,
rundown, half alive condition when
Electric Bitters will put him right on
his feet in short order. "Four bottles
did me more real good than any other
medicine I ever took" writes Chas.
B. Allen, Sylvania, Ga. "After years
OF suffering with Rheumatism. liver
trouble, stomach disorders and de-
ranged Kidneys, | am again, thanks
to Electric Bitters, sound and well. :"
Try them. Only 20 cents at Paul
Drug Co.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
Saved by His Wife.

She's a wise woman who knows
just what to do when her husbands
life is in danger, but Mrs. r.. j. Flint.
Braintree, VT, is of that kind. "She
insisted OH my using DR.. Kings New
Discovery" writes Mr.. f. '!fOr a
dreadful cough, when L was so weak
my friends all thought | had only a
short time 10 live, and it completely
cured me-" A quick cure for coughs
and colds, it's the most safe and reli-
able medicine for many throat and
lung troubles-grip, bronchitis, Group
whoopjng cough, qulnsy, tonsilitis
hemorrhages. A trial will convince
you. s0cts, and 81. Guaranteed by
PAUL Drug Co.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
Roosevelt Endorses Bryan.

The following statement was
issued by Colonel Roosevelt at
Mercy Hospital in answer to
what Mr.. Bryan said in his
speech in Franklin, Ind.
81 wish to express my cordial
agreement with the manly and
proper statement of Mr.. Bryan
at Franklin, Ind, when in argu-
ing for a continuance of the dis
cussion of the issues at stake in
the contest, he said"
1t embarrassing to discusse
Mr.. Roosevelt or his policies at
this time, while he is suffering
from the murderous assault made
upon him.
Il would rather occupy the
time in denunciation of the deed
and in expression. of sympathy
for him and hopes for his speedy
recovery, but the issues of the
campaign should not be deter
mined by the act of a mad man.
They must be settled by the
sane rather than the insane.
Neither Col. Roosevelt nor
his friends could ask that the
discussion be turned away from
the principles that are involved.
If he is elected president, it
should be because of what he
has done in the past and what he
proposed to do, a maniac, how
ever cowardly and dastardly his
deed, is not the arbiter to whom
to submit a presidential contest. "
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
PROTECTION FRom LIeHINlNe.

PROTECTION FROM LIGHTNING.
y friend whose house has been hit
ny lightning three times in the past
five years asked The writer the other
day about the value Of lightning rods
as 4 means of protection during cleo
trical storms. The truth about this
matter can be put in a nutshell
lightning rod poorly insulated aud i'm
properly grounded is worse than no rod
at all. for while it attracts Il bolt OF
lightning it in 40 way protects the
structure on which il Is erected Or
the other hand. rod property pUt W
comes as near being complete iuSur-
auce against lightning damage - il is
possible to have. such avn equipment
should be secured from 20 reliable firm
that has permanent pCSt0.Hce address
and put up Ivy one Of tEcir representa-
tiyeS who understands his business
thoroughly and not. from some tramp
who is chiefly concerned ia making
wId Of easy money By questionable
methods.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
WINDOW JACK.
TFrom Farm and Ranch.l

a window. The pin Is made of any
strong wood. such as oak or hickory
or it may be an iron pin.
AS will be seen. several holes are
bored in the inside end of the Jack and
at various angles. so the jack will BIT
any thickness Of walls. The top board
should be at least fourteen or sixteen
inches wide, and the jack should be
well nailed and braced. as illustrated.
Farm and Ranch.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
A Cheap Man.

After buying a marriage IL
cense a prospective bridegroom in
Paducah kicked" against pay
ing So to a magistrate to tie the
knot and with the remark, Il
won't pay no three dollars to git
married." left for the tall and
uncut. Whether he found any,
body who would perform the
ceremony at a cheaper rate has
not been recorded. Possibly he
was short Of funds or was one OF
those economical citizens, who
do not believe in fooling away
money even on such rare occas-
ions as when matrimonial al
liances are being entered into by
due process of law. In either
of these situations. the bride-to-
have-been is entitled to congradu-
lations, in case the marriage was
declared of. Stanford Journal.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

From two counties in western Colo
RADIO, Mesa and Delta, there will have
been shipped by the close Of the season
5000 carloads of peaches from orchards
5000 acres.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

Although there are quite number
credit the tuberculin test as Il means
bf detecting the presence of tuberculo-
bis in dairy cows and stupidity contend
that the test is going out of use, it is
interesting to note the fact that every
state in the Union except. Rhode Is
land. West Virginia. Nevada. Ohio.
Illinois and Florida has laws prevent
ing the importation of dairy animals
unless they have been given the tuber-
culin test and have been found free
from disease. II is more than likely
that the states mentioned will follow
the example of those in which the law
Is now in force.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

\ long time before the colt gets
through sucking it should be petted and
handled enough so that it won't be a
stranger to it later, when the time
comes to break it to driving The value
Of many promising horse is reduced
materially because this job of handling
is put off until the colt gets set in its
ways and not only becomes set. but has
the strength to have its own way some
times
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The equipping of home forge which
need not cost to exceed Sc or 81 and
the posting Of oneself in regard to the
simpler blacksmithing processes would
often save both time and money during
a rush season Of farm work, when
more likely than not the town black
smith is overloaded with the same kind
of repair jobs.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
Answer to Many Letters.
N. B. Miller.

When you have a bad cold you want
she best medicine obtainable so as to
ccure it with as little delay as possible.
Here is druggists opinion; Il have
sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
for fifteen years." says Enos Lollar of
Saratoga, Ind, land consider it the
hest ON the market" For sale by
PAUL Drug Co.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The department of agriculture at
Washington has lately made an offer Of
5 cents each for live bedbugs. Doubt
less these are needed for strictly scien-
dfic purposes, but readers Of the daily
papers are Of the opinion that they are
"bughouse" enough now down at Wash
ington without propagating any more
Of these bloodsucking pests.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
TOO BAD!

Let us devote n few minutes OF
pity to the poor farmers wife
far away from the bargain
counter Her children cannot
watch the fire engines pass by,
The only place they have to play
is Gods out of doors. She can
not go TO the telephone and or
der. with a careless air. stale
fruits an wiIted vegetables for
dinner. .' must go out and
gath t'- things fresh from
the tree anu vine. Early i'm thu
morning she must get up TO see
that her better half does not
OverSlPep She shares the work
of the long day with her nus
band. no time 10 murmur at her
lot; no city joys. only the tele
phone. the cackling of the hens
and rural mail delivery 10 divert
her mind while she is toilinG fai
out in the quiet country
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The quiet resignation of dwellers in
the northern portion Of the corn belt
in the midst Of sweltering weather
sorely needed for belated corn crop is
one Of the interesting traits of our
modern agricultural civilization.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The revivifying effect of heavy
rain following period of protracted
drought is said to be due in part to the
fact that such a rain contains an I'M
usual amount of nitrogen, which it
absorbs from the air as it is precipitat-
ed. Samples of such rain water have
been found to contain as high as .525
of grain Of ammonia to each gallon.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

In some sections of the northern
states where the small grain crop has
been heavy this season a good deal Of
annoyance has been caused farmers
who have left their grain in the shock
by crickets, the insects gnawing the
bound
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

In view of the oft repeated claim of
the physical superiority of the white
man over his Indian brother, it is in
teresting to note that the champion all
round athlete of the international
Olympic games held at Stockholm,
Sweden, while a citizen of the United
States in the legal sense of the word
is nevertheless a full blooded Indian
of the Sac and Fox tribe
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The tomatoes already set on the
vines may be fastened to maturity, as
we'll as increased in size, IL the vines
are pruned back rather heavily. In
stead Of being used in the growth of
new shoots and the setting of more
fruit, the strength of the root system
will be used in the development of
that fruit already on the vines.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The United States produces two-fifths
of the worlds output of coal, which in
all amounted to about 1902, 100000
short tons, this country's production
amounting to 496.221, 16S tons. Great
Britain led in coal production until
1899. since which time the United
States has held first place.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
GOOD FOR BARN USE.
Variety of Employment May Be Found
For Handy Window Jack

A window jack for repairing. clean
Ing and painting the windows and the
openings In the barn should find a
place on every farm. The accompany
ing Illustration will show the reader
how such jack may be easily con
structed
The upper drawing shows the jack
completed aud will be understood
without further elaboration. The low
er drawing shows the jack In place in
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

One Of the largest. If not the largest,
peach ranches in the world is situated
in southwestern Arkansas. 1t contains
$500 acres Of bearing trees, and the
crop this year totaled 225,OO0 bushels.
1t took 1,5O0 pickers and packers to
handle the crop. and these people
camped in and near the orchard while
the harvest was in progress.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

In an instance which came under the
writer's notice the other day 1,20O
goats were used in clearing a large
farm of hazel brush. While there was
blue grass in the nearby pasture, they
kept at the hazel brush until they had
it completely barked browsed and
killed. The owner of the farm will
realize 81 per head on the animals, be-
sides having them clean up the brush.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

Those interested in the progress of
agricultural education will be pleased
to learn the fact that the number of
special institutions that are teaching
agriculture In the United States has in
creased from 545 to S75 within the last
two years.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

An engine weighing $4,000 pounds
and having sixteen drive wheels has
lately been ordered by a West Virginia
railroad to be used in pushing freight
cars up heavy grade.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The proper time to cut the corn for
the silo is when the corn plant con-
tains In ears. stalk and leaves the
largest amount of food value, and this
will be when the lower leaves and
husks have begun to turn yellow and
when the ear has become firm and
dented
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

As showing that agricultural lands
in the upper Mississippi valley are
advancing rapidly in price it is only
necessary to cite the case of the north
Iowa farmer who listed his farm with
a real estate agent short, time ago
at 500 an acre The agent was to
have what he could get for the place
above the price mentioned. and In a
couple Of weeks he had found buyer
at a hundred and a quarter. The state
of mind of the former owner Of this
parcel of ground can be better imagin-
ed than described
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The first butterfly farm in the world
is to be established at Red Bank. N. j..
by business men from New York. This
Is to furnish society ladies who enter
tain extensively butterflies Of rare and
beautiful coloring to fit about in their
Conservatives and parlors.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

Oklahoma seems to have taken the
lead in the rapid development of
demonstration work for the improve
ment of farming. 1t has 1915 cotton
demonstrators. 1872 corn demonstrat-
ors and 4S1 Kaffir demonstrators. while
9,37G boys of the state are enrolled
in clubs the object of which is the
growing of these products. and 1855
girls are enrolled in girls canning
clubs
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

An increasing number of states are
breaking away from the long estab-
lished contract labor system and in
stead are employing their convicts in
the work of permanent road improve
ment. The plan in operation means
not only labor at comparatively low
cost, but it is found that the outdoor
employment, with its sunshine, fresh
air and vigorous physical exercise. is
gOdsend to the men thus employed
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

=. A member of the New York health
commission has decided that there Is
just as great need for individual drink
ing vessels for horses as there is for
separate cups for folks. The idea has
much to commend it, but just how 1t is
to be worked out is a problem.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The auto Is not only luxury from
the standpoint of the pleasure it gives
to members Of the farmers family, but
it comes well within the class Of a
great convenience when it is used on
emergency trips to town for repairs
needed in busy time.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

One state pure food commissioner of
whom we read the other day proposes
to take the necessary legal steps to
compel retailers of fruit TO protect
their products from the flies. He con-
tends that when flies deposit germs on
fruit it becomes adulterated within
the meaning Of the law. Consumers
of fruit who are used To seeing flies
roost on it before buying would be
gratiied if this Interpretation Of food
laws should become general
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
win Fill a Long Felt Want.
Springfield, Mo-, Oct. Is, 10

INOWo VI IlC CoCoblioiiillShe ~ oAA
Automobile line between Column
bia and Campbellsyille for pas
senger traffic. This was certainly
a move in the right direction,
and one that will fill a long felt
want and sure to be appreciated
by the travelling public. The
comfort, to say nothing of the
time saved, commends itself to
all.
| wish to suggest to the enter
prising gentlemen who own these
machines the advisabiIity of plac-
ing an Auto freight truck on the
pike to carry freight to and from
Columbia.
These trucks are in use here
and in other places by the whole
sale houses and prove salts
factory, and | believe would
prove profitable on the pike.
A round trip could be made
daily, and a truck of good size
and power would carry twice or
thrice that of an ordinary freight
wagon now in use, and the gaso-
line bill would be less than the
keep of team.
When 1 came to Springfield z
years ago, there were only A or 5
automobiles here. and now there
are over 200 in use, and of the
latest and most improved type,
and the number fast increasing.
These machines go all over the
country road. 1t is true we have
better roads than in Adair county
because they are thrown up and
graded, but as a rule not gravel
ed.
A party from here with 3 ma.
chimes made trip to Colorado
and returned, and had but one
tire punctured. Another party
left for the Eastern and New
England States and have reach
ed Vermont.
With the advent of automo-
biles a noticeable improvement in
county roads. And many farm
ers ride into town with their
families, or loaded with farm pro-
ducts and return in 2 or 3 hours.
| have read some articles re-
lative to building pixies from
Columbia to jamestown and
Greensboro, all Of which | heartily
endose. But the only way to
have these pixies is for reason
able number Of men to form
a company. secure a charter. |
right of way, and go to work |
with Z traction engine hooked to
a roadp.ow. followed by a grad
er, sad rockcrusher, under the
direction of a superintendent. !
I understand there is a statute /
zInder which the county may |
take stock in and build five miles |
OF pike from county seat when
ever citizens will build remain
de- 10 the county line. If | am
correct and the county will give
such aid | am willing to become
one Of p men to build a pike to
the river at Greensboro. l hope
the other q will speak out and |
send in names.
While | reside here as an Of
fetal, | claim my legal residence
and citizenship at Columbia, and |
/ feel an interest in the progress
and welfare Of her people.
NJ d M;llor
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

One Of the most attractive trees to the
tourist in the Golden State is the valley
oak that dots the meadows and pas
lures of the Sacramento valley. One
of the most symmetrical specimens of
this variety of oak which is broad
topped and deep rooted, is found on
the Bidwell ranch in Butte county. 1t
has height of 100 feet. spread of
212 feet and n diameter ten feet from
the ground of nearly ten feet
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

1t may be a matter of imagination.
but the writer is of the impression
that the much advertised and Wig
orously prosecuted fly killing cam
paign that has been waged the past
few months has had a very noticeable
effect in reducing the numbers of this
common pest. In the immediate neigh
borhOod in which the writer lives
there is not one fly where two years
ago there were ten. Eet the good
work go on.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

While the bite of mosquitoes is gen
orally considered harmless except that
IN the biting process disease germs are
introduced into the human system, a
number of instances have been report
ed this year where the bites of these
insects have been accompanied with
more serious results than follow the
sting Of bees. A Wisconsin farmer was
SO savagely and repeatedly bitten by
mosquitoes the other day that he not
only could not find his way home, but
died an hour later as a result of the
bites.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

The trouble with Oct 10 as a state
field corn day-a day named by the
well known corn specialist. Professor
Holden, some years agO-is that in two
fall seasons since very heavy and kill
ing freezes have occurred on dates
prior to that time. AS a result of this
even Mr.. Holden has recommended
Oct. l as a proper time to select the
seed ears. while there are others who
believe that this important item of
farm work ought to be attended to not
later than Sept. 81.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17
Armored Women.

Some OF the suffragets who dis
turbed Mr.. Lloyd-George's Welsh
meeting last Saturday came "armo4
ed" says correspondent.
They were found to be wearing a
very effective protective arlnpr,
which can be described as literally a
spiked coat of mail This consist
ed OF an ingeniously designed an |
arranged quilted padded garment,
armed with quantity of sharp
pointed pins firmly fixed in the pad
ding with their points outward.
There was nothing in the appear
ance Of the dress of these women tc
betray the existence of either this
formidable array of spikes or of the
quilted padding. But when stew
ard seized or a spectator pushed a
woman 80 protected the result can
be readily conceived London Chro-
nicle.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

As the result of little over six
weeks work the democratic national
committee claim to have over 40
600 progressive republicans in New
York. Philadelphia. Chicago. Cleve-
land, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, and San
Francisco enrolled in support Of Gov
Wilson But 1t is not asserted that
these signers have enrolled with the
democracy for good
At the close Of the present cam
paign it is the intention of the Will
son national progressive republican
league officers to meet in convention
in Chicago and decide upon the fu-
ture course Of the progressives in the
republican party The probability Of
the election OF Gov Wilson being
strong IN their belief they thin
that an entire reakgnment of the le-
publican party Is important.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-10-17

1t is lonesome year for the3 politi-
cal boss, and no mistake. He has NO
friends in the open. All the candi-
dates raise the battle cry OF free
DOM Listen to William Sulzer, the
democratic candidate for governor OF
New York;. -
Il ANN the candidate Of united
and unsflackled convention.
went to the convention. not as a
cadidate, but to tight for a'principle-
the principle of an open convention.
/ will 60 into Office, i. elected, with
out, a promise except my promise 70
me psople to serve them to the best
Of IN sblIity. am free ard without
e1it clements, and shall remain free!
If elected I viii be the governor and
the executive, office viii be the
capital