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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14

Because a man cannot correctly ap-
praise a compliment don't make the
mistake of thinking he will fall for a
gold brick.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14
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tion- No such articles Will be printed
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14

Self reliance is good thing to have
around the house, but a rich father-in-
law is of more weight at the bank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-02-14

Faint heart never learned to run a
motorcar.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
C0WPEA BETWEEN CORN ROW
Practice Is Recommended Because OF
Value Of Plant for Improving
Soil and Feeding.

There are thousands of farms where
cowpeas will be planted between the
rows of corn. This practice is recon-
mended because experience has. shown
the value of the cowpea, both as a
means of improving the soil in humus
and nitrogen, and for feeding the ami
mails, either as grazing or for the
vines as hay.
Those who planted their corn in
wide rows, allowing plenty of space
between the rows for the cowpeas aret
fortunate. This practice has been
tried and found advisable, especially
on thin, sandy soil. It is the best
method for corn as well as the peas,
makes cultivation easy and leaves the
land in good condition for future
crops.
1t is generally advisable to plant the
peas in rows, although some broad.
cast between the rows. Our expert
ence favors planting in rows and
cultivating both corn and peas one
time at least, before the corn is laid
by. Much depends upon giving the
peas good start while young, and
as the corn plants make the struggle
for plant food and moisture keen at
this time, cultivation of the peas is
advisable. If the peas are given a
start, so that they can get food and
moisture, until the corn plants are
mature, then a good crop of peas
is almost assured, for the peas thrive
in hot weather, and will continue to
grow and put on pods until fall
Where the corn rows are narrow 1t
is difficult matter to cultivate the
corn after the cowpeas terminate.
And likewise there is less chance for
the peas to get chance, because of
the extensive and exacting feeding
roots of the corn and the dense shade
of the plants. The best plan is to
have wide rows and to get the benefits
of space for both corn and peas.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

vehicle axle is supported is made Of
strap iron measuring by ss inch.
This is fulcrumed between the up
rights by means of a bolt which passes
through holes in the sides of the up
rights. There are number of such
bolt holes to permit of adjusting the
lever to various heights. The weight
comes on the short arm of the lever
and is lifted by depressing the long
arm. To hold the long arm in de-
pressed position rod is provided
which is fastened to the lever at one
end, while the other end passes be-
tween the uprights and is welded to
a block of metal. This is adapted to
bear against the uprights and serves
as a catch to hold the lever at any
desired adjustment. The rod shown
in the drawing is % inch in diameter.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
SEASON FOR DEEP FLOWING
Southern Lands Need Fresh Supply
of Vegetable Matter Annually to
Increase Productiveness.

There are, OF course, numerous ex-
cepttons, but as a general rule, the
spring is the season for shallow and
the fall the season for deep blowing.
The breaking up of the subsoil
where this is needed, should be done,
according to the Progressive Farmer,
only when the subsoil is dry, and
this is much more likely to be the
case from August to December than
at ony other season
In preparing land for winter cover
ing crops, or in breaking up the land
for winter weathering- permissig
BILE practice on few southern soils
the blowing should be deep. This
is not the season for scratch blowing.
Indeed, there is nothing more needed
by great part of our lands than
some sure-enough blowing. We know
that here and there will be found
men who decry deep blowing as g.
waste of time and labor, and we
know that on light and sandy soils
the depth of breaking is of less i'm
portance than on those of a clayey
i1dLulS UuI u6ltlI6I VI Lu6Sc ldCbo al"
ters the general rule that deep, thor.
ough blowing goes with profitable
farming, and shallow, careless turning
of the land with poor farming and de-
.pleted soils
Break as much as possible of the
land you expect to cultivate next year
between now and Christmas and
break it as deeply as possible. Then
put cover crop on it and prepare to
add to the soils supply of humus.
Deep blowing makes a deep soil only
when the blowing means also the
mixing of some vegetable matter with
the earth broken up and turned over.
In many cases, extra deep turning,
subsoiling, dynamiting even, would
pay, even if nothing were accomplish
ed except the breaking up of the I'M
DERIVING hard-pan; but the blowing
southern lands need is that which
year by year turns up new layer of
fresh matter and turns down new
supply of vegetable matter, mixing
them together and thus making a
real soil-friable, moisture-retaining
and steadily increasing depth and pro.
ductive capacity
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
IElssAlsIJ ,ERAL
dEKRM15N0rfE5sSS-

Keep the pigs and sheep out of the
calf pasture.
Begin now to get the COWS in shape
for the winter months.
Don't let the colts run out in the
cold rain. Put them up.
Calloused hands are much to be
preferred to calloused hearts.
Never breed an unsound horse. Re-
member that like begets like"
Horses get thirsty between meals.
just the same as men folks do.
Train all the horses so they will be
safe when meeting automobiles.
The sheep-killing dog is a serious
drawback to the sheep breeding in.
dustry.
Select seed ears that are the ear
lest to mature and from stalks that
stand up we'll
Cut the water sprouts off OF fruit
and shade trees. They are nuisance
and unsightly.
Keep the sheep out of the fall
rains. If you don't, look out for
cough all winter.
Water horses as often as possible:
little at a time is better than ex.
cess at long intervals. V.
Many farmer has gone broke on
trotting horses. Let the other fellow
raise that kind of stuff
It is often best to apply a fine
coating of manure on alfalfa in the
late fall to protect plants.
The roofing of the manure by pigs
does not add anything to its value,
but it may prevent excessive fer
mentation.
Fine-wooled ewes crossed with one
of the mutton breeds will make a
sheep possessing both wool and NUT.
ton qualities.
Hogs like the warm sunshine, but
they do not like to be baked before
their time. Get up some kind of
shelter for them.
A case of bad moulting in nearly
every case can be traced to too close
confinement, poor food OF some con.
stitutional weakness.
You may not care to make CONNER
cial fruit growing your chief business
but a farm fruit plat viii please the
family just the same.
Study the separator. It's a money
maker and time saver. Get the cat.
alogues. Milk viii separate best
when first drawn from the COW, be-
fore it has time to cool
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

nature OF the farm--very rough land,
and entirely unsuited to dairying, it
can easily be seen that the farmer
was up against it, to use his own
term.
He happened to read an article on
More Wisconsin Pork" which was
written by student of the College
of Agriculture, at Madison, about that
time, and in it was depicted the pros
perity of Danish farmers who raised
profitable pork without corn.
So he did some figuring during one
especially disagreeable and unprofit-
able winter, and finally decided to go
into the hog business. All but five or
six of his very best cows were sold,
and with the money obtained he
bought a pure-bred Berkshire boar
and about dozen of the best grade
sows he could pick up in his neigh
borhood. More than that, he put
woven wire fences about the toughest
stretches of his land, and introduced
few grade Shropshire sheep to Craze
down areas formerly tenanted by his
cows.
His best bottom land was put. into
corn, while the better tracts along the
side-hills were seeded into clover.
Arrangement was also made to have
a succession of rape pastures during
the summer, until the clover should
be ready the following season.
By a series of movable fences, and
little permanent pasture, he was
able to summer those sows and their
filters in great shape, and about 80
likely grades to finish on his corn
crop.
His barn was also remodeled. One
row of corn cribs was taken out, and
a place found for the sheep. In an
other section of the barn were housed
the boar and a few sows he decided
to keep over the winter These were
bred to farrow in April.
The man at once discovered that
his farm work had changed greatly.
1t was no longer necessary to raise
large amounts of hay for the "a ever
hungry, cows, now was much grain
needed. The sheep kept the bad
places grazed down, and cleaned a lit
tie profit where none had been before,
and In response to supplementary
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
FEED FOR FATTENING SWINE
High Prizes of Corn Has Caused Many
Farmers to Resort to Hominy--
Results of Tests.

The high price of corn in recent
years has caused many farmers in the
vicinity of hominy mills to resort to
the use of hominy feed for fattening
hogs. Such a large number of in
quiries have been received by the ex-
pertinent stations In regard to the
comparative value of hominy feed and
corn for hogs that series of trials
was planned in order to secure re-
liable data on the subject
The results of these trials in In
diana are as follows:
1. Hominy feed must be consid-
cred as a substitute for and not a
supplement to corn.
e. Hominy feed, like corn, should
be supplemented by some feed high
in protein content such as tankage,
linseed oilmeal, shorts, milk, etc. in
order to secure the most rapid and
most economical gains
8. Hominy feed produces more
rapid gains on hogs than does corn
meal
4. Hominy feed produces gains on
less grain than does corn meal.
8. AS a general rule the high cost
of hominy feed binders its more gen
eral use as a hog feed and prevents
its economical substitution for corn,
except when the latter is very high in
price.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
SEEK SUNKEN CITIES.
English Expedition to Search fol-
Lost Continent.
Coast of Yucatan the Scene of the OPP
erstlons, and Result May Be the
Discovery Of the Much
Discussed Atlantis.

T,ondon.-Yet another party of treas
IRE hunters has sailed from England
This time the search is for no paltry
hoard hidden by an old time pirate,
nor for a mere million or two of glden
doubloons sunk in some Spanish gal
leon. This latest expedition is to go
diving for a lost continent, Atlantis
perhaps, and salvage the countless
millions worth of gold and gems and
art treasures of the sunken cities of
region as large as all Europe.
At the head of the expedition is
Bernard Meekham, an English expior-
er. His plans include the employment
of a huge floating dry dock, at least
a dozen submarines for work on the
sea bottom and hundred or more ex.
pert divers
For nearly hundred years, says
Meekham, Yucatan fishermen have
been bringing up from the waters
along the coast beautifully carved
stones. vases and small objects of
gold and silver. These fishermen are
Maya Indians, who believes themselves
to be the descendants of a once
mighty race. They hold these treas
ures of the deep as sacred and when
asked where they get them reply that
they have been given them by their
forefathers.
The reports of these finds led Meek
ham to explore the ruined cities on
ancient civilization scattered all along
the coast of Yucatan. He thus became
convinced of the existence of a once
populous and rich country, swallowed
by the sea long ages ago, but still ac4
cessible.
First of all, engineers and investi-
gators were sent to Yucatan. Their
reports showed that the country mark,
ed for exploitation had apparently,
sunk over an immense irregular land
surface stretching along the twentieth
parallel and breaking away from what
Is now the northern coast of South
America and the eastern coast of Cen
trial America Further observations
showed that the temples, palaces and
houses which formed the cities of this
lost country were in far better condi-
tion than the land-buried cities of
Yucatan and Guatemala. Several
valuable objects of gold and silver en-
crusted with jewels and recovered by
the crude methods necessarily EN-,
ployed by the searchers made it prac-
ticaily certain that the inhabitants of
the doomed land had not had time to
escape with their wealth before the
final catastrope.
These discoveries, together with the
traces found in the buried cities of
Yucatan Of once powerful and en-
lightened race, indicate a wonderful
civilization that was in existence long
before the days of Egypt or Babylon
Even when the Spanish conquista-
dores invaded Yucatan these mysteri
GUS cities had been in ruins for cen
turtles.
Submarines and divers will be EN-.
ployed to explore and loot the sunken
cities. These submarines of the curl
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
Building a PouItry-House.

Simplicity of construction, economy
of building material, efficiency of
ventilation and lighting, with due re-
gard to location and dryness are es-
sential points to be considered In
building a poultry plant. All fixtures
should be movable and simple in con-
struction, being SO placed as to util-
lie the least possible amount of floor
space.
Feed boxes, hoppers, nests, ETC.,
should have sloping tops, and win
dows should be arranged in way to
prevent birds from roosting in objec-
tionable places. A little forethought
in planning will make the house
much more satisfactory and sonven-
lent
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

GUS Pine type, fitted with steel arms
ending in immense claws controlled
from within the boat, will crawl about
the sunken cities and carry the treas
ures which the drivers bring them to
the under water platform of the huge
dry dock above. From the surface of
the sea steel tubes will also drop into
the depths of the Caribbean, and from
their ends will pour streams of light,
Illuminating street where only the
scaly denizens of the deep have wan.
dered for untold ages
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

the 140 picking fingers spin only while
engaged in picking the cotton lint.
The spindles enter the cotton stalks
vertically, whirl rapidly for moment,
grasping the cotton md winding 1t
around the fingers, drawing the cotton
neatly and clearly from the open
bolls; they then pass in backward
motion. coming into contact with the
stripper wheels which strips the cot
ton from the picking fingers and de-
lyers it into large basket at the
rear Of the machine, into which it is
mechanically packed; thus continuing
the operation as the machine moves
forward from one cotton stalk to an
other. An alarm bell is automatical
ly sounded when the basket is filled
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
JACK FOR LIFTING VEHICLE
Device Can Readily Be Made by Anna
teur and the Construction is
Not At All Expensive
(By ]. H. ARMSTRONG, in the Scien-
tific AmericnrlA

(By ]. H. ARMSTRONG, in the Scien-
tif1c American}
One of the simplest forms of jacks
for use in lifting the bodies of wag-
ons or other vehicles is illustrated in
the accompanying drawing. The de-
vice can readily be made by any anna
teur and the construction is inexpen-
sive. The uprights of the jack con-
sist of single length of iron III by
II inch, bent double or to hairpin
form, with the lower ends secured in
block of wood measuring 2 by 6
inches. The ends of the uprights are
fixed into recesses in the block, and
are held in place by means of bolts
as indicated by dotted lines in the
drawing. The lever on which the
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
Laxative for Cows.

If the COWS need laxative, oilmeal
is better than any kind of salts. Like
ensilage and roots, it is a natural lax
alive and helps to keep the COW in
healthy condition. When an animal
is run down from wrong feeding
medicine has little value. 1t is only
by right fedeing and clean, well-ven-
tilated quarters and good care that
health and vigor may be restored.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

"A cotton picking machine, the in
vention of ]. F. Appleby of Davenport,
Iowa, has recently been put on the
market. 1t is claimed that the ma
chine will do the work of from ten
n twelve men and is as easy to oper-
M a mower. 1t is pulled by two
Rr nules, which straddle the
Ehcanism of the picker is
| nd consists of cylinder 16
diameter and IL inches long,
oh is mounted horizontally 20
le shaft frames, each carrying Z
ing fingers or spindles IL inches
It. BY the mechanical construc7,
of the cylinder with it's connec-
to the 20 spindle shaft frames,
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
For the Lousy Hog.

To get rid of hog lice apply freely
along the spine mixture of equal
parts of kerosene and machine oil by
means of an oil can, or apply it to
all parts of the body by rubbing it
in a rag or cotton waste. Repeat the
application in ten days, Irritating APP
plications, such as undiluted kero-
sene cannot safely be used on SOW
in pig, an abortion may follow their
use
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Failure With Former .aid Sue
cess With Latter.
How One Farmer Who Failed With
Dairying Made Marked Progress
With swine-Sheep Were
Quite important Factor.
az W. FREEHoFF. wlseonsin1


Even in Wisconsin the great dairy
COW is not always supreme; but re-
Gently my attention was called to the
accomplishment of farmer who
switched from dairying to hog-raising,
with the most eminent financial re-
suits He lived in a hilly region near
the Mississippi bluffs, fifteen miles
from a good market.
His COWS were not doing oyerwell
for him, and the cheese factory to
which he sod their product did not
pay much for the milk, as compared
with the prices received in the city.
In addition, help was extremely
hard to obtain, especially men who
were willing to do their share of the
milking. When to this is added the
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
MINT TEA ALL THE RAGE
"Everybody's Doin' 1t" in London and
Ordinary Ceylon and Chinese
Brands Are Barred.

London.--If you want to be in the
fashion you must drink mint tea
Ordinary Ceylon or China won't do,
and, anyway, mint tea is fine for the
complexion. Grand Nkchess George
of Russia says so. Min ia is ali the
rage in the fashionable IONA of Bel.
gravia and Mayfair, SssqS aoV it's in
PRODUCTION to the RussiaIf &)ss.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
attention gievn

~ =
In fact w sheep almost paid
the routin 4 expenses of the farm,
leaving the pork clear profit The
milk from the cows, not used by the
family, was fed to the pigs, after be-
ing run through the separator
Last year the profits amounted to
5000, double the average for the past
five years.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Anthracite will fall short only g..
100000 tons this fall, they say. An.
thracite is good deal like the Michi
gan peach crop.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08
Tries odd suicide h JalI.

Huntington, Pa.-By swallowing
match heads and ground glass, Frank
Ronello, on trial for murder, tried to
commit suicide. Sticking his hand.
kerchief in his mouth when physicianA
responded to the call, he refused
swallow medicine and had to be hs
while hypodermics We're used to q
pei him to yomit He was gotten
Of danger and then jury coavicl
him.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Somebody has discovered how to
age wine by giving it electric
treatment. All that is necessary now
is to train spiders to spin cobwebs up
on the new bottles.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

German scientists have discovered
a way to make artificial daylight.
Lady shoppers will not have to wait
for clear day to match dress ma.
terial.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

I'D die if I'd stop work." declares
Long Island chauffeur who has faifaT
heir to $4,000 and refuses to quit 1is
job. Many will die If he don't.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

If the suns rays can be stored in
vegetation in unlimited quantities by
the nitrogen method the anthracite
trust is going to be severely jolted one
Of those centuries
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Aviators are showing a distaste for
meets in which they are killed in con.
siderable numbers. Glory and life In
surance hardly suffice.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

A New York newsboy was struck
on the head with bomb that failed
to explode. Beyond question he didn't
know it was loaded.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

When SOME means whereby mole
Guile can be seen is perfected, it will
be possible to find the man who walk.
ed off with that umbrella.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Up to date no Burbank of the kitch'
en- has succeeded in producing sat
isfactory vegetable substitute for ths
porterhouse steak of commerce.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Approximately 100000 persons
will be eligible to vote in the United
States next November, including the
man who il too lazy to make UP
his mind
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

A handle for safety razor blades has
been designed SO that they may be
used as kitchen knives. But who
wants to shave with kitchen knife?
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

1t took four Chicago policemen the
best part of an hour to kill one mad
cat; which ID rather tenacious, even
for a nine-lited critter.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Philadelphia is trying out" women
as street car conductors. Philadel.
phia is historic and in every way
worthy, but never before has been
rated as adventurous.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

The breeding of draft horses has
come to be profitable adjunct to di-
versif1ed farming. At no time during
the past 10 or 20 years has the price
been higher for good draft and heavy
farm horses. While the automobile
may, to certain extent, have replac-
ed the horse for city delivery, still
the bulk of the farm work is done
with horses; and prices for good stock
are as high or higher than ever.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

A man may be a weather prophet
and still pay his debts
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Soon it will be time to dc the
Christmas shopping early.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

: A chauffeur who killed man was
"censured" by coroner's jury. A slap
on the wrist probably seemed too Sc
we're.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Vacation over, the chase of the elu
Etve dollar is resumed
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1912-11-08

Another invention needed is non
skid apparatus for women who get off
the car backward.