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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

Cantaloupes are grown on a large
scale by only one planter near
Americas, but several others have es-
sayed minor experiments, and it s
probable that as result there will be
widening of the acreage devoted to
the melons with every year. While,
rs tn many other crops, cantaloupes
vary in their profits from season to
season, the results SO far on
tanned have been highly satisfactory
1t has been shown by several seasons
operations that soil and climate are
both peculiarly adapted to the produc-
ton of a solid melon, of very fine fla
vor, well suited for shipment to dis
tant markets.
Mr.. Elton Parker, of Americas, is the
pioneer cantaloupe grower of Sumter
county. His experience has made him
an enthusiast along this line. Ia 1911
Mr.. Parker planted eighty acres close
to the city. Planting about March 90,
using Rocky Ford seed direct from
Colorado, he began shipping melons
June 25 and continued shipments I'M
til the end of July AS a general thing
the shipping season is shorter than
this. The melons were placed in re-
frigerator cars and sent by fast
freights to the large markets. From
the eighty acres Mr.. Parker shipped
over twelve thousand crates. On the
early shipments he netted about $l.00
a crate the middle period shipments
were not as profitable, and the closing
shipments yielded we'll financially. On
an average forty-five melons were
shipped in crate, the average weight
to a melon being two pounds. The mel
ems were picked when just about fully
matured, they ripening within twelve
to twenty-four hours, reaching mar
ket in fine shape for consumption, be-
ing firm, easily handled and possess
ing all the rich flavor that the Rocky
Fords are noted for.
1t has been Mr.. Parker's experience
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

Secretary Wilson has also recently
declared that the lands in the South
are much better than those Of Belg-
ium and Holland were originally, but
those lands will now produce as much
again as many of the Southern lands.
and are worth from $500 to $1,000 per
acre, though they have been cropped
for more than thousand consecutive
years.
The value of pasturage is based on
the value of the land and the number
of cattle it will support. A good Ber-
muda pasture will keep as many cows
in good condition as any other pas
ture OF the same size in the world, and
it will stand rougher useage. Ber-
muda grass will recover from over
stocking, which would completely kill
out bluegrass. 1t is evident, therefore,
that a Bermuda pasture, on land worth
SIS per acre, will pasture cattle at
one-fourth the cost of a bluegrass
pasture on land worth $50 per acre;
and Bermuda is not the only pasture
available in the South. Bluegrass is
d popular pasture in North Georgia.
but further south the hot sun kills it
out, the same as drought would in
the North. There are many native
grasses grown all over the South
which nearly equal the value of Ber-
muda. Orchard grass, wiregrass, crab
grass, Johnson grass, and many 9th
ers afford excellent pasturage for
dairy COWS; and the mild climate en-
ables the Southern dairyman to keep
his COWS on part pasture, at least.
during the winter months, when the
snow covers the northern pastures.
The climate also permits the growth
of a winter crop of crimson clover,
vetch, winter oats, or winter rye, to
be cured and fed in the spring, and
these crops all enrich and add humus
to the soil at a time when it would
otherwise lie idle. Or, the cattle can
be pastured on such crops during the
winter months, thus applying the
natural fertilizer direct to the land,
without any cost for spreading.
Silage can be produced on cheap
Southern lands at cost of from $1.5O
to $500 per ton. The Georgia State
College of Agriculture filled their silo
in 1910 at a cost of only $500 per
ton.
Cottonseed meal, the very best feed
known for both beef and milk pro-
duced than in the North. DR.. A. M,
Souie, President of the Georgia State
College of Agriculture, states that, as
a result of carful and thorough expert
ments, they have found that pound
of cottonseed meal is worth one and
nine-tenths pounds of wheat bran for
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

n.IRYING is a comparatively new
ro of the agricultural life of
rnmter county, that is, dairying on a
r,mercial scale. There have al
ways been, since the early develop
ant of the city, parties who have
sone a small dairy business, but only
81 the past few years have there been
~ efforts on larger scale in order
- meet the rapidly growing local
noods The success that has been
ocbieved is sufficient to justify the ex-
rotation that in the future dairying
,,,;Il become an important industry in
sumter county. Situated, as the coun-
=, &c convenient to several large mar
,,ots with ample transportation facil-
;+ioe there is every reason why dairy
i,c should flourish in this section. Ex-
norience has shown that the climate is
noouliarly suitable for the industry
Tho necessary food crops can be
.rown here to advantage, the country
;s we'll watered, land values are cheap
stock thrives, there is an absence OF
+bo severe long winters that inter-
fore so much with the profitable con-
dnct of dairying further North or
West In fact conditions all combine
r. make this an ideal territory for the
dairy business on gradually ex-
handing scale.
One of the most successful dairy
men now located near Americas is
Mr. R. w. Buchanan. Mr. Buchanan
has this to say of his success in this
line and of the prospects here for
Others engaging in dairying:
q came here a few years ago and
started small dairy. This effort
was not crowned with success in the
start but after some months of en-
ergv and perseverance l succeeded in
making the dairy pay profit each
month, l now HIu III ClOublC III ulo-
posing of everything l can make in
the way of dairy products. use the
common grade COWS of the country
and find by giving them personal at
tention as we'll as plenty of feed
nroperlv balanced, that the most of
them can be brought up to an aver
age of from three to five gallons OF
milk per day. This milk sells readily
at thirty cents a gallon, wholesale,
and forty cents retail. The price OF
COWS ranges from $50 to $50 each.
Feed is a very great item with the
dairvman, but with the long seasons,
and mild winters, one can make all
the rough feed and good deal OIL
grain needed for dairy stock, By
proper soiling one can have green
feed most of the time and this alone
speaks we'll for this section, as the
COWS require a great deal OF green
feed to produce a good flow of milk
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

lnis solling process is very essential!
The by-products from a dairy herd y,
twenty COWS will give plenty of man.
ure for six acres of corn and cotton
wiCnout any other fertilizer and is Of
lar more benefit to the land than chem
ical preparations. l find the nrices
OF FARMING lands here very reason.
aole and most kinds of products CON
We grown here that are grown in the
northern states, together with others
not possible there, One can also mako
TWO crops each year. The climate Is
IDEAL, the winters mild and the sum.
, mers more pleasant than North owing
TO the prevalent breezes. All in all
consider this an excellent location
for dairying."
Columbus, with 10000 population
Macon, with $4,000, Atlanta, with 1875
900, Savannah, with $4,000, make ok
cellent markets for dairy products as
well as a number of smaller cities If
Georgia that can be conveniently
reached from this city or county
montgomery, Ala, with $4,000 popula-
ton, is also a convenient market
The pamphlet recently issued BY
the Central of Georgia Railroad. deal
ing with dairying in Georgia, gives
the following information of value to
those contemplating engaging in this
business:
Good lands, suitable for dairy farm
ing located near a good sized town. or
within easy distance of a large city,
can be purchased for from $40 to $50
per acre; while cutover pine lands,
from which the merchantable timber
has been taken, and which has but
little underground, and can be cleared
for from S. to $40 per acre, can be
bought for from S. to SIS per acre;
anu leillo NlISu DtCu WI IL w
continuous cropping in cotton, the
fertility of which can be restored in
three years if devoted to dairying,
with careful use of all manure and the
proper rotation of leguminous crops
with corn and small grain, to restore
the humus to the soil, can be bought
for from $40 to $25 per acre. There
is an exceptional opportunity for
dairying, or dairying in connection
with general farming, in the taking Of
such worn land and increasing it's
fertility. Hon. James Wilson, Secre-
tary of Agriculture, has said:
with proper attention to stock
raising and legume growing, you can
in six or seven years make your
Southern lands worth 800 per acre
and there is no more alluring agricul-
tural opportunity in America than that
of taking $40 or $40 Southern land
and increasing it's value five or ten
fold in a decade, besides making good
profits while doing it,"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30
Dairyinq Offers Te1,Dting Opportunities in Sumter County

Corresponding low rates are made
for longer distances up to 300 miles
For instance, for distance of ESQ
miles, the rate is IL cents for i've
gallon, and 81 cents for ten-gallo7
sans. Empty cans are returned with
out charge.
(Other railroads give equally as
satisfactory shipping rates.)
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30
THE SOY BEAN WILL
: PAY THE FARMER HERE.
4 1 Il L
\ \ y \ \ \ \ = \ \ \

The soy bean will produce ten to
fifteen tons of silage or three tons OF
cured hay to the acre on the average
farm. This legume is one of the best
swine forages. A gain of 554 pounds
on three hogs fed for three weeks on
two-thirds cornmeal and one-third
soy beans has been recorded. Sow
beans in the midsummer season will
often stand waist high in the South.
and so thick man can hardly walk
through them. Cattle and hogs revel
| in these fields.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

lie; eleven to twenty miles, 1lc'
twenty-one to thirty miles, 13c; thirty
one to fifty miles, 15c; fifty-one to fif-
ty-tive miles lie; fifty-six to sixty
miles, 1Sc; seventy-one to seventy-five
miles zoe: sixty-six to seventy miles
21c; seventy-one to seventy-five
miles, &c; seventy-siX to eighty miles,
22c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-30

Eighteen Quart Crate-Ten miles
or less, &c; eleven to twenty miles,
Sc; twenty-one to thirty miles, lie;
thirty-one to fifty miles, 12c; fifty-one
to fifty-five miles, 13c; fifty-six to six
ty miles, lac; sixty-one to sixty-five
miles, 15c; sixty-six to seventy miles,
16c; seventy-one to seventy-five miles,
lie; seventy-six to eighty miles, 1Sc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28

Smith, another son, ana . small child
Of Charles Smith. . son living near
here. were the other occupants Of the
car, and with the driver they escaped
without serious INJURIES.
Peter Smith. the woman's husband.
was attending the state fair at Des
Moines and was brought here in an
automobile last evening
The car had been driven near the
edge Of q small grade and when the
driver attempted to turn 1t into the
main roadway, the front wheels whirled
throwing the machine over. Mrs. Smith
had her neck broken, dying instantly.
The family lives at Waukon and were
visiting at the Charles NJ. Smith home.
northwest OF here.
The occupants were thrown out near
the James Chance home, about two
miles south Of town. L. P. Herr came
along at the time Of the accident and
brought Mrs. Smith into the Office OF
DR.. Heitz, where she died in a short
time. One of the sons was Injured. but
not seriously. The Smiths had driven
down to the home of their son, c. NJ
Smith southwest Of town and the hus-
band had gone to the stcte fair while
the wife and sons were visiting.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
NO LETTERS FROM HOME.
Dss Moirss Man Kills HinssIf When
Postman Fails 70 Stop.

Des Moines. Aug. 2S.--Joe Faltnsky,
% years old. killed himself at 1887
West Eighth street. yesterday after
noon Disappointment over letter
that never came Is believed to nave
prompted his self destruction. He shot
himself in the mouth with 81 caliber
revolver Death was instantaneous.
Falinsky drove milk wagon for the
Flynn Dairy Company and lived at the
home Of Mrs. A. f. Brown where he
killed himself. He stood in the dining
room OF the house and fred the shot
The bullet lodged In the base OF the
brain.
Mrs. Brown was away from home.
Her son. Harry. IA years old. heard the
shot and found the dead and bloody
body.
Mrs. NJ. A. Boyle 1901 Eighth street,
saw F'alinsky step out upon the 'front.'
porch and look into the mail box about
fifteen minutes before the fatal shot
was fired. 1t is believed that he was
looking for a letter from his sweet
heart and that. sick at heart because
it did not come. he ended his life.
Falinsky came here from Chicago
about month ago. 1t ts said that
both his parents are dead. He was In
the navy until about a month ago. Lit
tie Is known Of him here nltho II Is
said he kept company with a Des
Monies girl
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
ELpoRA RESIDENT HAS pLUMs
GROWING ON TREE WHICH
LAST YEAR BORE APPLES.
GRATED ITSELF FROM
PLUMS GROWN NEAR ~
Two Limbs on Trunk Showing Evi.
dsnes Of Decay Contain Fruit Pro.
nouneed by orehardists to 30 Minor
PIums-Trss Never Grated BY Hu.
man Hands, Says Owner.
special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Eldora, Aug 2S-Wiliam Schwebke.
OF this city, is the possessor OF an APP
Pile tree that is surely something out OF
the ordinary Last season the tree bore
goodly quantity Of fruit, but this
year most of the limbs give evidence
Of decay and death. Two of the limbs.
however. reaching out from the now
apparently lifeless trunk. have upon
them some twelve or fourteen good
sized and lusious plums, which fruit
specialists pronounce Minor plums,
with blush skins and yellow meat. Not
to Mr.. Schwebbke's knowledge was the
tree ever grated with that of the plum.
altho adjacent and near to the apple
tree are some very vigorous specimens
Of the plum variety.
A gentleman who has given consid- :
cradle study to the fruit question is OF
the opinion that with the near APP
proach Of death to the apple tree 1t
has in some manner reached out its
hidden roots to the kindly advances
Of the neighboring plum and the latter
has given Of its strength and vitality
so that the apple. while not able to re-
produce that Of It's kind, has endeav-
ored to bring into the world the fruit
Of another stronger than itself. The
wizard Burbank may be able to un-
ravel this phenomena. but as yet none
Of the lay mind have the necessary &C
quaintance with fruit to understand It.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
SOUTHEAST IOWA METAooIsTs.
Annual Conference to Be Hold in New
ton Beginning Sept. 3.

Annual Conference to Be Hold in New
ton Beginning Sept. 8.
Newton, Aug. 2S.-The siXty-ninth
Of the Methodist Episcopal church
covering the southeast portion of Iowa
will be held at Newton, Iowa, Sept.
3 to 9.
The session will be a quarter CEN
tennial session of the admission OF
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes on trial on
the itinerary of the Methodist Episco-
pal church. at. Newton in 1887. when
Bishop s. NJ. .Merries presided. The
jubilee hour will be Friday, Sept.
at II a. m.
The conference opens on Wednes-
day, Sept. 4. The evening OF Sept.
Rev. w. H. Head will give an imper-
sonation Of Bunyan's Pilgrims Pro-
gress."
The organization on Wednesday will
be followed by the memorial sermon
by Rev. Elias Heondy. Henry J
Cocker: p. u OF: Kansas City, will rep
resentethe Board OF home missions
Wednesday evening.
Other representatives will be DR.. J
Garland Penn, the F'reedman's Aid So
ciety; J. NJ. Brown, D. d.. the board OF
conference claimant: Miss Mary Bias.
cho. Kansas City, the w. Fl. NJ. S.: DR.
Agness NJ. Edmonds. Chung King
China, the w. F. NJ s.
The Iowa Wesleyan banquet will be
at ) p. M, Friday, Sept 6. The edu-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
SWEET CORN At 2 CENTS.
charitably Inclined Farmer Cuts Price
Below Cost Of Production.

Waterloo. Aug. 2S-Sweet corn at 2
cents a dozen ears was the low water
mark Of the season for garden truck
reached on the public market yesterday.
Farmers and truck gardeners declare
that corn can not be raised and sold at
profit at cents dozen ears. The
man who sold his at 2 cents was will
ing to part with his produce at the
figure named. Naturally he was not
long in disposing Of his load and the
price then advanced to and 10 cents.
according to size and quality
Strange enough the gardener who
cut the price more than half is the
individual who stated few days ago
that he had worked in factory until
his health failed and he knew what the
high cost Of living means to the wage
Garner. Whether his experience and
views on this point had anything to do
with the reduction in the price OF sweet
corn rs not known. but at any rate he
fixed the price and sold the goods as
fast as he could count the ears
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
HAS sY8TEMATlZED WORK OF
PUTTING SCHOOLS ON
BETTER BAsla.
SECURES AMEs EDUCATOR
TO COMPLETE ITS SYSTEM
Iowa School Commission Now in SEES
sion 60 Make Recommend atoms for
Bounding Out and Making Effective
Salaries Of Good Teachers Con.
sidsrsd inadequate.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times
Des Moines, Aug. 2s.-The need Of
something to be done along the line
Of tho work to be considered by the
Iowa better schools commission, now
in session here, is emphasized by the
fact that next Monday. Prof. A. v.
Storm. Of Ames, goes to Minnesota to
take up his new work in the Univer-
sity of Minnesota.
The better schools commission will
make a recommendation as to some
things needful in Iowa to round out
the public school system. The Minne-
sofa system is more nearly perfect
They have the machinery for really
taking up the teaching of agriculture
In all the schools, with the possible ex-
ception of a training school for teach
ers in agriculture, and 1t Is to fill in
this gap that Minnesota comes to
Iowa and takes one who has come to
be recognized as foremost among the
teachers of agriculture in the country.
President Vincint is reported to have
said that he believes that somewhere
in the agricultural middle country
there will be located a college that will
be recognized as the one best place
for fitting teachers to take care Of the
work IN agriculture, and he intends to
make the University Of Minnesota that
place. 1t is really something that Iowa
ought to have done long ago.
Professor Storm has been doing
great work at A-nes preparing teach
ers for work in agriculture, but other
states are taking the product rapidly.
In Minnesota the rule will go into
force next year that no one shall teach
agriculture in the state aided high
schools except a graduate of an agri-
cultural college. That assures market
for such teachers in that state.
The work in agriculture has not
progressed as far in Iowa Is desired
by many persons, for one reason be-
cause the schools have not been able
to pay the price for good teachers. In
number of places in the state col
lege graduates who have taken a
course in agriculture are employed.
but the number is comparatively few.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28
THIRD CONVICT DIES
Fort Madison Prison Gardener Partook
Of Fatal Drink Of Wood Alcohol
Which Killed SteII and Dimmitt.

Fort Madison, Aug. 2S.-Louis
Busche. the prison gardener died yes
terday afternoon from the effects Of
drinking wood alcohol stolen from the
supply room Of the penItentiary last
Sunday during religious services.
Busche is the third convict to die
within the past twenty-four hours as
the result Of drinking wood alcohol.
Busche became i'll shortly before the
death of James Gorden tSell. known as
"Iowa's prison poet He told physi-
clans that his illness was due to the
heat. Shortly before death he con-
fessed having swallowed some, of the
same fluid which Stell and Charles
Dimm1tt, q colored convict. had been
drinking.
An investigation has been started by
prison officials.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-28

from S. Dryfoos & Son, a commission
firm at the Sioux City stock yards
Williams 4 White purchased 1S1 hog.
from the Dryfoos company last Sep
TENDER. The petition alleges tina,
ninety-four hogs Of the lot had beer
received from Osceola county, Iowa
where hog cholera was prevalent The
commission men knew that the hogs
had been exposed, it is alleged. JUS
16S Of the ISL hogs died. besides sixt,
thoroughbred hogs. which We're on the
farm before the arrival Of the Dryfoot
shipment, 1t is alleged The damage
claim Is based on the value OF the hogs
and the cost of vaccinating the herd
Nevada.
At meeting of the subscribers for
stock in the proposed Farmers Savings
bank of Colo. held Saturday afternoon
, there We're over forty of the sixty
shareholders present and harmon
ious and profitable meeting was held
The bank Is to be capitalized at 800
000 and wealth of possibly million
dollars is represented by those holding
stock. 1t will be one Of the strongest
financial institutions in the county
and will be an undoubted success. A
board Of nine directors was named and
given power to go ahead with the in
corporation Of the institution, adopt
ing OF set Of bylaws. purchase of
a site and arrange for the erection
OF building as quickly as possible.
The board Of directors consist Of L.
Bates. J. r. Hopkins. ]. T. Handsaker,
Ignas Griner, J. A. Gearhart. D. A.
Common, James O'Donnell, c. F. Flem-
ing and James Mccoy. After organi-
saker as president. James Mccoy and
Ignas Griner. vice presidents, and NJ.
r. Mccoy. cashier.
Mason City.
Another attempt to escape from Gus
tody was made Saturday by Frank
Reynolds. the fellow brought here from
Clear Lake for threatening to kill e
girl employed at Hotel lakewood short.
ly after o'clock Saturday afternoon
as he was being brought back from the
office Of Justice, where ne had beer
arraigned. Because he had protested
to Chief Lock that II in his custody he
would not try to escape he had no,
been handcuffed. The authorities hat
found some presentable clothing fol
him to wear. Reynolds behaved vel
until he was nearly back to the Jail
Near the corner OF the barn and power
house, he made sudden dash for lib
erty Deputy Sheriff Buchanan tackled
him. In football style, and bEought him
to the ground. 1t was. however. about
all he, Chief Lock. Charles Gilman
who was with them, and Sam Powers
the outside trusty at the Jail could Dc
to overpower and manacle him. HI
was then taken to a gallery and photo
graphed. as the police believe him t.
have record, which they intend to in
vestigate.. s'fTe