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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29

dens who not only believe in the hu- mane treatment of convicts but who have carried ~ft into practical effect is w. A. Gibson manager of the convict department of the Pratt Consolidated Coal company. While yet young man he has had much practical experience m dealing with the convict question and by reason of his position he has had tEe opportunity to put his ideas into effect and with splendid results. MT Gibson fayors the abolishment of the lash prefers 10 put the prisoner on the merit system and on his honor for many of the prisoners, convicts though they be, are not devoid of that virtue-and by kind and humane treat ment gain the confidence of his charges And this he has already accomplished In his efforts to solve the question he has had the eminent cooperation of II. F. Mccormack, general manager of the company, and other officials.
 MT. Gibson allows the prisoners to roam at will around the yard when the weather permits and in the sum mer months has frequently taken from f5 to 100 on the outside to attend game of ball, and under his honor system he has never lost man.
 The Wegra Stockade
 When the state convicts were placed in Banner mines, operated at that time with county convicts it was found necessary by the Pratt Consolidated Coal company to provide place for the county prisoners After looking over the situation an ideal location for stocl<ade was found at Wegra, in the northeastern part of the county where Flat Creek mine No 3 is located. The site selected was near the mine but high and dry The buildings erected are strong and substantial, built and fully equipped with modern appliances. While the safe keeping of the prison | CTS was considered when the buildings were nIanned so wa s the safe keepine
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-29
Baby Mine

William A Brady, Ltd, presents "Bady Mine," Margaret Mayos comedy success, at the Bijou theatre for the week beginning Monday. January 6, with Walter Jones. Baby Mine" has ito it's credit one solid years hun at Daly's theatre, New York It is the fun and hilarity at every point throughout the play that holds an au |dience and justifles the verdict that Baby Mine" is a good comedy
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14

In order to obtain a beef animal Of
the right form and quality IL is nee
essary TO start with the calf. Great
changes have taken place in the last
few years in the methods of feeding
calves. Careful feeders now are agreed
that the best way to raise calves
is to let them suck for a few weeks
then take them from the COWS and
teach them to drink whole milk first,
then begin TO mix a little fresh skim
milk with 1t and gradually increase
the skim milk until in a Few weeks
no whole milk is needed. Calves
should be taught to eat some grain
and bran when only a few weeks old.
II is q very good thing to have some
meal to mix with the bran
or other grain, or just stir 1t into
the milk. This meal is a good substi-
tute for cream and is very much
cheaper.
II calves ere TO be raised profit
ably they mus never have set
back In any way, for it takes both
time and money to make up what was
lost. The general care of the calves
as regards shelter. good clean water
and pasture Glover pasture is the
besD is Of nearly as great impor-
lance as the feeding. BE sure the
calves have a shelter to go into when
1t Is cold or rainy. If there is not
barn room a shed should be built,
after the order of the one
described in The Citizen, Oct. gath.
1t takes much less feed to keep
them in good condition If they can
stay in a warm place, and it is
even more important to shelter them
now in the fall before they are used
10 cold weather than later on when
their systems have become adapted
10 the cold
One OF the cheapest and best feeds
for calves this time of year is the
colt corn and nubbins as you sort
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
FARMERS SHOULD
RAISE MORE MULES
The PROFITS OF THE FARM
MAY BE GREATLY IN
CREASED
BY This Class Of Stock Raising
United States Government Needs
More Mules.

The South has been the home OF the
American trotting and saddle horse,
but OF late years there has been a
growing necessity for draft hourses
and mules, due to the fact that the
farmer needs a greater amount Of
power on the farm to prohtably con-
duct his agricultural work. This can
be done In two ways. either by a great.
er number of horses or through the
Use OF larger horses. The horse-drawn
machinery on the farm at the present
time is gradually increasing the area
which one man farms.
The use OF large horses and ma
ohinery is a large factor In determin.
ing the profits OF the farmer. The
most profitable farms OF to-day have
more and better horses and are also
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
Questions Answered

BEREA, FRIEND OF WORKING
highest
n every
SCHOOL regulations
the cha and reputation of the
who be sick the College
charge
All those with buildings,
boarding
training getting Except
expected that will
Write the
PERSONAL EXPENSES
with different clothing the
underclothng umbrellas THE
COOPERATIVE STORE furnishes book articles uniforms,
umbrellas and other articles
LIVING EXPENSES
for the fine buildings which
cleaning repairs fuel washing of bedding and
For table board without the fall
and $3.50 in winter For furnished with fuel lights washing of bed
ding, 40 person
SCHOOL FEES a DEPOSIT"
of library books.
returned when the departs.
Second INCIDENTAL school
buildings hospital library
vices of ahersa instruction Incidental Fee
for students $500 Academy
Collegiate
PAYMENT MUST BE IN ADVANCE incidental by
the term board by the half term nstamens follows
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14

raising more colts than the less profit.
able farms. The profits from each
farm could be materially increased u
one team on the farm consisted OF a
span OF mares. preferably of heavy
type. and require each mare to pro.
duce a draft colt or mule each year.
II the date OF foaling is properly
timed, the use OF the pair of mares
for farm work is not interfered with
in the least. The work can be done
with brood mares on the farm as with
any horse power. and In addition a re-
turn 90 the farm products OF a colt
worth from 800 TO Sl25, when one
year old. The demand for heavy draft
horses and mules is greater to-day
than ever before. but the supply can
not meet the demand. especially OF the
latter
The United States government is
paying out millions Of dollars for draft
mules that are produced throughout
the different states Of the union. This
being true. the farmers can not afford
to produce a colt OF the roadster or
saddle type. when he can produce a
draft colt or mule that will demand a
higher price at the age OF one to three
) ears.
c. A. LUEDER.
Instructor In Veterinary Science.
West Virginia University.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
NOTING IN THE HENS

When winter eggs are desired It is
very essential to have the hen shed
her feathers early in the fall so that
an entire new coat covers the body
before the cold weather begins. II the
molting is delayed. the production of
new feathers in cold weather is such
i drain on the vitality OF the fowl and
so much OF the elements OF her food
are needed for the pumage produc.
tion that usually she is not able to
produce eggs before the spring
months.
The proper months for melting are
August, September and October II
melting is completed during the fall
months. the hen begins winter in good
condition. and II properly housed and
fed. may produce eggs during the en-
tire winter.
Many methods have been tried TO
hasten the melting season and thus
secure more eggs in winter All meth.
DDS are more or less injurious to the
fowls. and poultrymen who desiS vi
tally as well as utility stand by Ma
lures methods for the melting hen.
The Van Dresser method OF promot'
ing an early molt is considered the
nearest to Natures method. at con.
slsts in Withholding food. either wholly
or In part, for few days, which stops
egg production. and reduces the
weight OF the fowls, and then feeding
heavily on a ration suitable for the
formation OF the feathers and general
building up OF the system"
The fswis are kept In small yards
where nothing but green food and wa
ter are given them for two weeks
After this time they are literally fed
a ration rich In protein or nitro
senous food. which Is especially val
liable for the growth OF feathers.
A mixture made OF 4 parts wheat,
G parts corn. part beef scraps. and
] part linseed meal forms a very good
Noting ration. With this should be
fed plenty OF green grass. clover OF
alfalfa.
During the entire Noting period
great care should be exercised to keel
everything about the poultry houses
and yards clean and sanitary. Al
Cropping and cast on feathers should
be removed daily
College OF Agriculture, Morgantown,
w. Va.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
Caring for Calves

them from the corn you are putting
away in the crib. These soft ears
and nubbins should be chopped into
thin slices not over half an inch
thick with the corn cutter for calves
under six months old. Sprinkle
about one-fcurth aC much bran over
the chopped corr as there is corn it.
self and give tho calves all the fod-
der and clover hay they want to eat.
Continue this through the winter and
in the early spring after your soft
corn is gone take ear corn to the
mill and have it ground up cob and
all for the calves continuing 10 mix
bran with this feed. Continue this
feeding until May, gradually diminish
ing the amount as the grass gets bet
ter. If you have good patch of rye,
as every farmer should have, the
calves can begin to get some graz
ing early in March, and that will keep
them growing we'll till your orchard
grass comes on early in April. BY
the middle of April orchard grass will
be large enough to begin to dmin-
ish the grain feed materially.
Good calves wintered in this way
will grow right along during the sum-
mer and should weigh 600 to 200 lbs.
by fall. and should be worth s25 to
s35. But you now have them in con-
dition to double your money on them
in a year, so don't sell them, but
have enough corn and clover hay on
hand to keep them till the next fall
when they should weigh 1000 to / 100
pounds and be worth $50 to SIS a
head. Every farmer that will get
good shorthorl or hereford stock and
raise good crops can do this.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
INTENSIVE FARMING
Conducted by FRANK S. MONTGOMERY, MS.
Instructor in Animal Husbandry and Special Investigator
Holing Up The Vegetables

Three things are necessary in hol-
ing up vegetables and apples. First.
they must be kept from freezing;
Second, they must be kept compare
lively dry; Third, they need ventila-
ton. A very simple mcthod Of &C
complishing all three of these results
is as follows:
A place large enough to hold all
the vegetables and apples you wish
to put away rhould be dug out about
a foot deep and the bottom should
be covered with old boards, pun
cheons or flat like rails. Then boards,
say about six inches wide, or rails
should be. set up edgewise around the
sides so as to be able TO make a
deeper pile Of the vegetables. Put n
moderate covering Of straw over this
floor and then begin at one end TO
pile up the potatoes. Drive couple
CT stakes into the ground along the
end OF the floor 30 as to set short
boards on edge TO pile the potatoes
against. When you have got most
of the potatoes in. you can tell about
how much space they will take. then
use more short boards for a parti-
ton and pile in your turnips, say,
against the other side to hold the
boards in place as you fill in the
rest of the potatoes. Proceed in this
way partitioning off all your differ
ent vegetables from each other, and
from the apples till all are in place.
They may be heaped up two or two
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14

and half feet along the ridge. Now
take three boards as long as your
hole and about six inches wide. Set
two of them on edge, lay the third
along on top and nail It TO the two
on edge, thus making a trough. Place
this trough upside down along the
ridge Of your vegetables and then
spread good covering OF straw or
leaves over trough and all before
throwing up the dirt. Cover over with
enough dirt to leave a trench deeper
than the floor Of the hole, all around,
then set short boards all around TO
drain off the rain and snow.
The ventilator at the top can be
closed at the ends during extremely
cold weather to prevent freezing.
Be sure to remember where each
kind OF vegetable was put, so as TO
be able to get what you want at var
ious times without disturbing others.
When the holo is opened up during
the winter to get supply II
should be covered up again very
carefully to keep out water and pre-
vent freezing. Two or three weeks
supply should DO taken out at once
SO as to disturb the hole as little as
possible.
Vegetables holed up in this way
will come out in the spring as nice
and fresh as when they we're put
in, and apples will keep much longer
than If left in the open.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
SOIL CONSERVA.
ton IS A DUTY
A FARMER OWES " TO HIS
CHILDREN AND FUTURE
GENERATION
HE Farm Should BE Left More Fertile
Than He Found It-Proper Care
Increases Soil Fertility.

Our agricultural papers OF the pres.
ent time and OF the past have been
filled with methods OF how to farm
better and the money profits 10 be de-
rived from the use OF better methods
IN farming until now almost every
farmer knows how to farm better than
he Ia doing. Hundreds know how TO
maintain their soil and keep II In bet.
ter condition than they are doing. and
through neglect, indifference and care
lessness. are letting soil fertility 20
20 waste.
The great majority OF land owning
farmers OF the United States intend to
use the same farm for agricultural
purposes the remainder Of their life,
then turn II over to their children,
many OF whom will continue to farm
Q same land. How many OF these
men ever stopped to think what
great handicap they would be placing
on the future prosperity OF child by
bequeath.ng 10 him a farm worn out
In fertility: one on which taxes we're
high and the producing capacity very
low. low in fertility because OF years
Of careless handllngt Is II not the
duty OF every farmer TO leave the land
as rich as he found II. and In as good
tillable condition. Certainly; he
owes that to his children and future
generations. II few OF the farmers
OF the past generation or many more
OF the present generation could fore
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
A WeILkept West Virginia Farm.

zee their posterity ekIng a bare exist.
once on a WORKOUT farm or trying to
put back In that soil some OF the lost
fertility. they would doubtless be
shocked, The country is coming to
This II present practices are continued.
The farmer must prevent useless
wasting OF lands. teaching and loss OF
uanures because they are not stored
and spread properly and use proper
rotation OF crops. 1t can not pay TO
waste plant food which win later need
Go be replaced with commercial fertll-
izers Too many farmers are priding
themselves In the vain glory OF bank
sccount-dollars placed In the bank
by robbing the farm. Which is tho
safest place OF deposit. a rich field or
commercial bank? Placing money
IN the bank by raising one kind OF
grain crop continuously on new field
end selling the product of the farm.
returning nothing 10 the soil. has but
one effect on the land-a short period
Of profitable tillage.
A comparison can be drawn between
the soil and a work animal Work
q mule very hard for short time and
rve II poor food and care and It's pc
Rod OF usefulness Is short and the
total amount OF labor produced small
With good care and feed the animal
viii do a normal amount OF work
every day for many years and the
total amount OF labor produced is
arge. Take an acre OF newly cleared
1land and for few years II will pro
duce a large crop OF corn every year,
hut soon begins to fail. and not many
years need be In the series for the
yearly average OF production TO be-
come small enough to make the crop
IN Improbable one. With proper ro-
tation OF crops and care OF the land
a crop can be gotten which will be
profitable and a series Of years will
show n profit for the labor OF the farm
er. You can probably AFFORD TO wear
out the mule quickly and buy new
one. but the day Of buying new land
and abandoning the old Is over. An
animal will naturally die. but soil
properly cared for will last forever.
The fertility 10 in the soil II properly
handled and made available. Look at
the land In the old countries-Eng-
land, admitted to have the best farm
ers In the world. is producing more
per acre on her old land than the
American is on his newer fields. The
Chinese are farming lands which they
Rave titled for hundreds OF years. but
there farmers care properly for their
soil.
The man who knows he 10 not prop
erly caring for his land and does not
do anything to remedy the evil. is no
better than any other man who Is
robbing the people. whether by
crime punishable by law or not. II is
q great wrong TO waste the fertility OF
the soil. for II Is the soil which 10 10
furnish the food to this and all coming
generations. 8. b. NICHOLS,
College OF Agriculture. West Virginia
University.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
9th Door-Berea College

This the of the whole Institution standard
courses n advanced subjects.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14

General Education advanced combined
vocational training No present
ment you yourself give chance
rapid progress.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
SIX DOORS
FOR ASPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE
lst Door-Berea's Vocational Schools

Training that adds moneyearnng power
education
FOR YOUNG MEN-Agrcuue Carpentry, Printing Commercial.
FOR YOUNG LADIES-Home Science Dmakng Cooking Nurs-
ing, stenography and Typewring
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
Couldn't Be q Poem.

Il used to think she was a perfect
poem" well. isn't shef" No: she's
not a poem at ALL" why not3" "She
has been snapped up and married by
q magazine editor."-Houston Post.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
HORTICULTURAL BUILDING PANAMA.PAClFIc MTERNA.
TI0NAl EXPOSITION.

OF the most notable buildings at the Panama Pacific ntens
uona Exposition San Francisco 1915 will
" Palace OF Horticulture constructed
or two city a
100 feet high The Palace Of Horticulture will
garden near the main entrance the exposition will
oI2 feet long and Its width will
eighty feet high will the length building
central either side will be aies
At the main entrance to the building huge
classic bas efs suggestive Of
trance and interior OF the Palace Horticulture
trelses which towering
ton the Horticultural Palace
marvellous garden Although will be
the Palace OF Horticulture will
During the night lumi
nations the exposition
unusual and beautiful reflections.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
4th Door-Berea's Normal School

This gives the best raining for those who
arranged that
attend school through spring.
thus money keep study.
book to District School,
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
9Th Door Berea's Preparatory Academy Course

College training
Sciences, Languages History
Academy Berea's largest department
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-14
3rd Door Berea's General Academy Course

For those who not citing arr
going through College, but desire
Just the thing for those
without college general
education those who wish
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08

since the judicial decision recall idea
he put forth"
r. e. Williams of Oregon, who is n
Taft enthusiast, said his state was
going to uphold the President William
Stone, sergeantatarms Of the national
committee, declared there was no
doubt as to Maryland
The governor and all Republican
officials in the state are for the Presi-
dent, and Taft has Maryland safely
now" said Mr.. Stone.
National Committeeman Duncan re-
ported the lilly whites and the
black and tans," as the factions we're
designated in the national convention
of 1908 from Louisiana, have been
harmonized and Louisiana will bring
a solid delegation to the Chicago con-
vention for the president. National
Committeeman Duncan and Williams
and Secretary Hayward of the ma
tional committee have just returned
from Louisiana, where they say they
we're successful in bringing the war
ring elements together.
Text of Forgan's Telegram.
The telegram President Forgan OF
the Taft Club of Illinois sent from
Washington reads as follows:
president Tafts supporters here
are delighted with the Columbus
speech of Roosevelt They believe
that it will swing innumerable doubt
full ones into line for Taft. There is
a strong feeling that the issue is now
clear between sane government and
fantastic catch vote proposals for
which the American people after
full discussion will not stand
1t is announced a Young Mems Taft
Club will be organized Monday night
at Taft headquarters in Hotel La
Sale.
10 Toilette Forces to Stick.
La Toilette forces in Illinois are go
ing to keep up the fighting. Walter
S. Rogers, western manager for the
La Toilette canvass, in the course OF
statement today said: 81 believe
from my knowledge of public senti-
ment in Illinois that there is q great
La Toilette sentiment here. How great
that sentiment is no one can say in
advance of a direct presidential pref
erence primary, neither can anyone
say how much sentiment there is for
Mr. Taft or Mr.. Roosevelt, Senator
Lo Palette and those associated with
him are perfectly willing to submit his
candidacy to the people of Illinois.
They want no caucuses-they believe
J in the people,"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-08
WHAT CHICAGO IS DOING
IN IMPROVED SCHOOLHOUSES

CHICAGO, February 24.-"The lit
tie red schoolhouse of our boyhood
days is only memory. In its place
stands an imposing structure costing
nearly a quarter of a million dollars,
a scientific, sanitary, well equipped
fireproof structure which is in itself
an education to the surrounding com
munity," said Louis E. Larson, secre-
tary of the board of education of Chi
cago, in an address on The Business
Side of Public Schools" before mem
bers of the Irish Fellowship Club at
luncheon in the Hotel LaSalle to,
day.
Keeps Pace With Other Things.
Just as the modern electric light
has displaced the old kerosene lamp;
just as our homes of today excel the
homes of our fathers, so do the mod
ern school buildings keep pace with
the times and reflect our advance in
civilization. Ours is the problem OF
seeing to the physical upkeep of the
school system. We see to it that
clean, light, we'll heated and well ven
tilated buildings are provided for the
school children. 1t is essential, too
that the school buildings should b,
up to the standard of the buildings il
the neighborhood and be a credit t
the community"
The business man of Chicago
should know these things. He shoul,
realize that we are working constant
ly to the end that the taxpayers dol
lar be made to return 100 cents WORT
of value as a business proposition
! The school board has taken up tn
question of identifying the homes o
the community by encouraging tn
planting of trees and gardens and tn
results have been very gratifying. |
is often the birth in a community of
local pride which accomplishes con
mendable results both for the pres
ent and future,
Board Cares for Property.
The school board realized the In
!nortanca of the nhvsieaIAnnAafinna a.