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gasoline Is cents gallon. No charge
was made for wear and 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 day. In this section the aver
age yield of silage per acre is 10 to
is tons. Some farmers fill their silos
at a cost of so cents a ton, while 1t
costs others rs cents. Often the high
err cost was due to unavoidable causes,
such as long hauls, lodged and tangled
corn and accidents to machinery In
many cases, however, poor arrange
ment of the help was responsible. A
small cutter may be almost as eco
nomical as large one, but most farm
ers wish to get the silo done as quick
ly as possible and SO prefer the larg-
er machines.
With labor high In price and difi-
cult to obtain it becomes necessary
to take advantage of all the labor
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Noted Cuban Scholar Asserts That Hs
Has Documents to Prove
This Claim.

New York.-Dr. Constantine de
Hora y Pardo Of Havana, Cuban
scholar Of note and a Fellow Of the
Royal Spanish Geographical society,
has undertaken to prove to the salts.
faction of the American Geographical
society and the Hispanic society OF
America that Christopher Columbus
was a Spaniard and not an Italian.
He maintains that Columbus was
born at Pontevedra, Galicia, SPAIN
and not at Genoa, Italy.
DR.. Horta has gathered mass of
documents to pave his contention.
and these are now in New York await
ing the consideration of the American
Geographical society and the Hispanie
society.
After these organizations have COM
pleted their examination, DR.. Horta
purposes to publish the details Of his
research in pamphlet which will be
sent to governments, universities and
civic authorities throughout Latin
America, that they may rejoice in the
knowledge that Columbus was Of their
own blood.
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HARVEST DWARF BROOM CORN
lr sections Where Dry Weather
Usually Prevails Brush Is Pulled
and Piled In Heaps.
1nr w FREEHoFr. Wisconsin,

(By w. FREEHOFF, wisconsin,
The National Broom Manufacturers
association sends out the following
instructions for harvesting dwarf
broom corn:
AS the dwarf grows from four to
six feet in height, and the head is
partly inclosed in the sheath Of the
upper leaf, it is found more conven-
lent to pull the heads. In sections
where dry weather usually prevails
at harvest time, the brush is pulled
and piled In punches along the rows.
Brush from two to four rows may
be placed on stalks broken down to
keep the brush off the ground while
other stalks should be used to pro.
tect the pile from sun or rains. These
small piles are left in the field for a
few days until they are practically
dry: and then they are gathered up
and put in ricks to remain until all OF
the crop is harvested. If the field
does not mature evenly 1t should be
pulled two or three times each time
only rolling the matured heads. After
the crop is all harvested and thor
oughly cured, it is usually seeded and
baled the same time.
This custom prevails In Oklahoma
md Texas where there may be only
one seeding and baling outfit among
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WAY OF 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 small army of men and
horses, is nearly out of the question as
1t has become impossible to get the
men unless the farmers themselves
club together and help one another.
This looks all right on paper, but in
practice it is otherwise, writes J. p.
Fletcher Of New York in Hoard's
Dairyman. 1t discrepancies the smooth
working Of every farm in the commu-
nifty Let the farmer desert the farm
for few weeks and the, things
neglected become seriouE 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 person stores only one or
two hundred tons of silage it Is pref
cradle for each farmer to have
his own cutting outfit. While others
are waiting for the outfit to get to
them my corn goes into. the silo. l
can fill it slowly with the regular
farm help; and with one or two extra
men can do reasonably rapid work.
I'LL for a few days and then attend to
some other necessary work for a day
or SO. In the meantime the silage set
ties and by the time / have done fill
ing it 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 filing,
and every well managed dairy farm
should have 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 good, sweet silage or a soup,
moldy article.
Avoid filling the silo too early with
immature corn. A poor quality of
acid silaga is the result The COWS
may like this, but much Of it's value is
wasted. If an early frost catches
the corn before it is cut you need have
no anxiety provided you go to work
at once If impossible to handle the
corn as fast as you would like, cut
it and leave it upon the ground in
small piles or even in single bundles
for day or two; it will not get as
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much harm there as 1t would stand
ing. If the stalk seems too hard and
ripe, add water. Most of the filling
machines are provided with a con-
venience which makes it possible to
turn q small stream Of water into the
blower. The fans thoroughly mix this
water with the fodder A better quail
ity of ensilage will be obtained If
this process is followed when the corn
is too ripe.
In this section the most common
practice is to have one man with
three horses on corn harvester cut
ting corn, two men to load the wag-
ons three CT four men with teams (de-
pending on the distance from the field
ito the silo) to haul the corn to the
cutter One man to run the engine
when steam is used for power and
occasionally when gasoline engine is
used. one man to feed the cutter and
one man in the silo to spread and
tramp the silage. Each teamster
pitches off his own load. This makes
a crew of eight OF, nine men, exclusive
OF the Iudu WIZ lCAuS th0 CASiho-
Where there is shortage of teams
the following method Is generally
practiced: One man with three horses
cuts the corn; two men load the wag-
one. two men or boys haul the corn
To the cutter, one man feeds, and one
man works in the silo. AS soon as a
load arrives at the cutter the team
ster changes his team to an empty
wagon and goes to the field after an
other load. When wagon Is unload
ed it is run out of the way by hand.
With this method boys who are not
strong enough to handle the green
corn can be utilized to drive the
teams This method requires crew
of six men and two boys exclusive of
the engine tender.
When horses are available and help
ts scarce, one man with three horses
runs the harvester, four men with
teams haul the corn to silo. one man
feeds and one spreads the corn in
the silo. Low trucks or wagons with
racks suspended below the axles
should be used, so that the teamster
can put on their loads. This requires
a crew of seven men besides the en-
gineer.
The cost of labor varies consider
ably. In order to compare the differ
emit methods uniform rate of is
cents an hour was made for men and
the same for team of two horses
Engine hire was at SIS day, which
include the engineer. This may be
too high in the case of gasoline en-
gines, as they do not require atten-
ton all the time. Irvine costs ~
cents pound, coal S. ton; and
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TRAVEL IN THE EAST
The "Gemming" Country Of
Famed Old CeylOn.
Native superstitious In Evidence ENe
erywhere-Three Small Votive
Lamps Always Kept Burn
ing by the Devout
Natives.

Ceylon.--I wanted to see the s'geun
ming" country, and journeyed by train
to Avisawela, whence drove by coach
the twenty-six miles to Ratnapura; ii
was late in the afternoon when at last
/ reached Ratnapura resthouse, and
Adams Peak itself appeared over the
Jungle, glorious under warm, rosy
cloudlets that seemed to be playing
game Of touch mountain" as they
passed from one pinnacle to another.
The rest house is pitched high up on
the hillside, and in front of 1t the
broad Kela Gange river cleaned that
night under the stars, and the mysteri
Gus gloom Of the forest brooded be-
hind curtain of winking fire-fies.
Less than halfway to the sea, up
among the hills on the southern side Of
the river, an English syndicate is
working a plumbago mine with first
class machinery and expert engineers
] stopped to visit this mine, and in its
dark levels" blasted out Of the gneisa
rock in the bowels of the earth, saw
the plumbago being hacked out in
Jumps. Near the top of the shaft. In
a small wooden box, three little votiva
lamps are always kept burning-one
light for God, one for the company
and one for the miners.
During the second day of the river
journey came the shooting of some
rather gentle rapids" where brown
rocks thrust their noses out of the wa
ter and we rushed down splashing ON
slide to lower level. At last, some
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with which people living outside of
the tobacco growing areas are en-
tirely unacquainted, this description
will be read with interest by all.
The tobacco is cured in large, VEN
tilated buildings. In these, barns
sticks filled with the green plants are
hung about ten inches apart on the
rails, which are usually four feet
apart, these rails also being about
four feet apart vertically. Shaking
the plants when they are being hung
in the barn will prevent the leaves
sticking together, which is frequent
cause Of damage from house-burn,
the texture and elasticity of the leaf
being practically ruined when thus
affected II house-burn is not pro-
duced, uneven coloration is likely to
result
The prime requisite of barn for
air curing is that it shall be thoroughly
ventilated. What is termed side-ven-
tilation is popular in the Burley dis
trict-i. e., the air Is permitted to
pass in at windows on one side of
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windows on the opposite side. The
old method was designed to admit air
at the side and provide an exit at
the top. The movement of the Dir
is effective in driving current
through the barn, and is more likely
to give good results than to depend
upon a rise of temperature to carry
the draft out at the top. For the
protection of tobacco hanging in the
comb of the barn some ventilation
at the top can be provided, since to-
bacco in this portion Of the barn is
not much affected by the side draft.
To accomplish the ventilation desired,
windows should be arranged. horizon
tally the full length Of the barn, par
allel with each tier, so that current
or air may pass between the butts and
the tips of the tobacco on each set
of rails. The windows should be about
a foot wide and the length of bin,
usually 10 feet. Ventilators about
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Vanderbilt Helps Injured Man.

Newport, r. Reginald Wander
6bilt and Preston Gibson. the lattss
formerly of Chicago but now OF
Washington, rescued David G. Crui&
shank, who had been run down by an
automobile driven by Augustus Jay
The injured man, whose skull WAS
fractured, had been riding on the tan
seat of a motorcycle when run into by
the automobile and hurled to the cub.
Vanderbilt and Gibson, passing 10
their machine, lifted Cruikshank into
the car and carried him to Newpcy
hospital, where he was said to be IS
serious condition owing to his egg
of seventy years.
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The disk pillow is great dry ground
pillow.
Succulent fodder or silage is what
counts.
Farmers should prepare themselves
to utilize fall pasturage.
Cement every crack that will admit
the least air into the silo.
Hogs can be raised on kafir corn
and milo maize at small cost.
Right now is an excellent time to
make start in the sheep business.
Fowls that are crowded must be
watched and more particularly cared
for.
The soy bean plant is legume, and
is, therefore, nitrogen gatherer for
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 spreader.
Perhaps no other kind of liv< stock
has been subjected to as 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 0 farm is with ma,
chinery rather than with muscle.
There Is no way to keep the boy Oh
the farm that thoroughly and actually
despises the work that must be done
on farm.
1t is best that everything should
attain maturity without being stunted,
whether 1t be stalk of corn or hog
or steer.
Pasture the new clover meadow II
it is in a healthy, growing condition,
and when the sod is not soft and wet
or entirely too dry.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

By w. H. SCHERFFIUS and H o.
WOOLSEY.)
What is known as the White Burlay
district supplies 1gns,market with
shelving, pipe and q kcco. The
Park Tobacco district oduces a
lark. heavy type which eactically
I'll exported to European ~ 4tries.
In view of the fact that Kentucky
and the bordering states produce
s76,S47,000 pounds of tobacco an
nually, one-sixth of the total produc-
ton of the world, and more than
one-half Of the production of the
entire United States-of a quality
which is peculiarly confined on &C.
count of soil and climatic conditions
to this area-we may expect that a
great part of the worlds consumption
will continue to look to this western
section for supplies.
The method of curing tobacco liz an
interesting process. and as it is one
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been done at the end of that time the
tobacco is comparatively safe. But
even then unless there is very humid
closed so tight that the air can not
circulate through it. Two months are
ordinarily required before a crop is
sufficiently cured to be bulked and
stripped out.
In the Dark Tobacco belt fire-cur-
ing is practiced. The stocks are
crowded to about inches apart on
the tiers, the amount of space de-
pending to some extent upon the size
of the tobacco, and very little regard
Is paid to ventilation. About five days
after the crop has been housed the
yellowing process is completed and
firing begins. If indications of house.
burn should occur earlier it will be
necessary to begin firing sooner than
indicated. The first two or three days
slow fires are applied SO as to con
tinue the yellowtng process. Hotter
fires follow until the curing process
is practically complete.
The practice is quite common after
about one weeks firing to allow the
tobacco to rum. e., to come in case
which will be facilitated by the
amount of moisture still remaining in
the stem and stalk. AS soon as the
tobacco is in case, slow fires are added
again, but continued only for a short
time. Running" is not practiced as
much as formerly by many of the
best growers. A common mistake is
made by attempting to cure the CROP
too quickly, and green and off color
are set. Careful planters often fire
for about ten days. Wood-hickory
and oak are preferable-is used in
firing. The odor and flavor impaired
to tobacco by the smoke of wood are
necessary where an effort is made tc
produce dark export type. Coke
and charcoal impart no f1avors and
for this reason are invaluable in
emergency cases where Burley to.
baccos are being cured.
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Quare may be located every 25
i in the comb of the barn.

in. the comb of the barn
se general principle upon which
curing proceeds is that the to-
E1fco dries during the day and comes
in case, or takes up moisture, during
the night. The barn should be opened
in the morning, kept open all day
under normal conditions and closed
at night during damp weather. Dur
ing dry weather while the tobacco is
curing it is desirable to keep the barn
open both day and night unless strong
winds prevail, which would break or
bruise the tobacco
The most trying time is during fogs
and warm, drizzling rains, when there
is very little air stirring. Under
such circumstances the air on the out
side is saturated with moisture, and
the barn should be kept closed until
the air reaches the saturation point
sweating Of the tobacco. Then it Is
better to open the barn and get the
benefit of whatever draft there may be
outside. Open FIRES of coke or char
coal are placed about on the floor
of the barn whenever the draft is in,
sufficient or the humidity SO great that
sweating continues. This creates a
draft and increases the water-holding
capacity of the inclosed air. Sweat
ing may continue for 48 hours with.
out serious injury, but if continued
longer than this house-burn may
occur, and render fires imperative,
The first two weeks is the critical
period of curing; If no damage has
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01
Pound a Day for Lambs.

Begin to plan now for a gain Of a
pound day in the lambs next year.
This can easily be done by providing
good clover hay and winter pasture
for the sheep and pasture for 1.-THE
lambs next spring. Put UP some sec
ond-crop clover. some iespedeza,
cowpea or soy bean hay for the
ewes. And SOW barley or oats and
crimson clover in September for pas
ture.
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many growers. In older broom corr
sections, such as Illinois and Kansas,
nearly every grower has his own
seeder and sheds in which to cure
his crop. Where there is liable to
be much rain or heavy dews at har-
vest time it is essential to have sheds
for curing. and where this condition
exists the brush Is pulled and taken
directly to the sheds, where it is
seeded, then spread out in thin lay.
ers, on suitable shelves for curing
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Feed of Cows.

The vigorous appetite of the cows
will indicate whether the food is well
digested or not. Weighing che milk and
the feed will determine the profit,
while the ratio between the feed and
the milk will make clear to certain
extent, whether or not the ration Is
balanced.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

A pulmotor saved the life OF Chi
cago woman after she was half as
bhyxiated by Illuminating gas. At last
there has been motor discovered
that is not devoted to purposes of de.
struction
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farms with short hauls. The accom-
panying illustrations show the wag-
on and how it is made.
Guarding Against Flies.

The farmer who keeps swill bar
rel for the kitchen refuse should be
sure to screen it carefully to avoid
the breeding of flies and the spread
of disease. This is very important
subject and should receive due con-
sideration.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Telephone girls in one locality have
been forbidden to powder their faces.
Under such conditions it is useless to
deny that tyranny, oppression and
cruelty are still rampant In this free
land.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

The new stepless cars may be put
in use on New York street railway
lines. And then may come the strap
less cars, and then the millennium of
street car travel.
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innocent. 2s Years In Call.

Huntington, Ind.-Mrs. John Epps'
who served 2S years In the Indiana
woman's prison for the murder of hel
husband, and who was paroled SIX
years ago, has been vindicated, 1t waa
learned, by the deathbed confession
of Henry Epps, brother.
Epps, before dying, said that az
poisoned his brother.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

clnaalese Superstition: A "Luck-Poie"
on the Site of a New House In CeyIon.
miles after we had passed the opening
of the Kelani river canal, the long
bridge Of Kaletura> appeared at the riv-
er mouth with a line of fiery sunset
sky behind it, and saw again the rail-
way, and that fringe Of cocoanut palms
against the sea which more than any
other detail is typical of Ceylon.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Philadelphia chicken thieves perpe-
trated their dastardly work by chloro-
forming the fowls before abstracting
them. Taking fowl advantage of
the owner, as 1t we're.
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A New York judge committed
pretty miss to jail as love cure.
Rather trife more strenuous than
the old fashioned potion. but surely
gore certain.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

A Chicago woman has requested
that the courts force her husband to
remain home of nights. With the av-
erage man it would take more than
court injunction to do that.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Ebert Hubbard recommends base
ball as cure for nerves" Evidently
Elbert isn't really interested in any
benLant outcomes
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

A female fly lays 10000 eggs in a
single season; but that's because she
don't spend three-fourths of her time
cackling over it.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Eastern society women are called
bad life insurance risks. Germany
refuses to insure aviators. Both are
high flyers.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Chicago women, so it is said, are
smoking cigars. Some women every
where are likely to do almost any
thing. The same is true of some men.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Lots of city people do not know
the difference between sweet corn and
green field corn and some grocers
would not trouble to enlighten them.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

A reported boycott on fuller skirts
by the young women of West Vir-
ginia town may cause Paris to hest
tate.
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A New York man has just died of
old age at twenty-six The great
white way certainly sets the pace that
kills
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

A Buffalo barber advertises that he
is "a man of few words" His wait
Ing list ought to be long one
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RURAL RETREAT TIMES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY

Girls, be careful of the curling irop
when It's hot.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Boston now has the articulated
street car, but it is certain that the
Boston articulation of car" leaves off
the final "r.'
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

A Boston man says he has a way of
producing a f1yless age; but he refers
to the insect not the aeroplane.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Japanese feminine fashions have re-
mained unchanged for $500 years.
Happy Japan!
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

Those deaf-mutes who were just
united in the bonds Of wedlock are at
least assured of quiet married life.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

A woman recently married a convict
In New York penitentiary. She at
least knows where he is O. nights.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-01

From the deaths occurring in the
ranks of army aviators, it appears as
If peace were not without it's dangers
too