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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18
Vol. XVII. No. 20.
Let's Grow Our Own Feed Crops This Year.

/I<F1lS be 'followup of Live
stock Special last month. Good livestock had
without good feeds and South has had few farm ami
mails and those of quality largely because Southern farmers
have been adverse growing crops They preferred
to grow crops which could be sold maturity.
Now it is great thing to have crops which be taken
market and converted whenever they NATURE
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

ton of crops; will be doing with less work stock
than we need, and will be wearing out our soils
instead of improving them.
Let's quit it and grow our own feeds-and
some to sell-this very year
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FEATURES OF THIS ISSUE.

CRIMSON AND BUR CLOVERS IN ALABAMA VaM y
Some Who Grow Them Successfully. 10 I'M \
DAY.OLD CHICKS-What the Seller Can Rea-
FARMING in THE MOON-Old Superstons Modern
Facts? ......................
FEED CROPS OUR READERS RAISE-Letters From the
Men in the Field. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. o,
GET A CANNING OUTFIT - How One Reader Made
GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS - The Farmer Must
Vote a Farmer, Not Party Subject. -.
HOW TO CARE FOR MARE AND FOAL-Some In
Worth Needing Just Now ............. ]
MR. FRENCH'S FEED CROPS-COrn, First of All. Then
Clover, Redtop and Timothy Observation-Disclosures.
NINE THINGS FOR THE FARMERS WIFE-A Range
Freless Cooker, Washing Machine, Sewing Machine
Telephone Good Kitchen, a Vacation, Good Reading
Home Water Works ................
PREVENTION OF MISSISSIPPI FLOODS-A Big Nation
WHAT THE COWS SAY ABOUT THE SILO-Testimony
Which Cannot be Doubted NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

for what we have? 1t certainly because feed crops wi
not here be either because do know
to grow them because too-what? shiftless " tr
fling, Careless any of these the word shall say
prosperous, busy, independently grow then
Whatever the for failure along this line tn
reason is no longer good if it 1t will pay
grow the feed crops need, and than
need and to feed them to good livestock and it
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

crops. we 90 not believe,
however. that it is a wise plan
to depend entirely upon the
sale OF crops in their raw state.
The farmer can feed a large
per cent of his crops to good
l1vesto c k-manufacture his
grain and roughage into flesh
and milk-and get more money
while making lighter draft
upon his soil. Farmers in most
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

sections have found
this out, and it is only
a matter of time any
where until mixed
farming succeeds the
one-crop system. This
change has been long
delayed in the South
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1912-05-18

most certainly
not pay us to
cotton and
money crops t
buy corn and ha,,
and oats from 9th
err sections.
AS long as W
keep up this prac
tice we will b,
sending abroa'
money which WI
might as we'll
keep at home:
will be doing a (
large amount {
of unneCeS- l
sary labor in 4
the cultiva- I
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
For Better Farm Homes.

Secretary Wilson of the department
of agriculture, has always recognized
the influence for good farming which
flows from an attractive farm home
and has developed a branch of the
department which, through its CORE
spondence and its publications, has
become a bureau of Information on
household topics. Bulletins on sub
jects relating to food and to home
making have been prepared which
have had a circulation of more than
100000 copies. One of these, the
Economic Use of Meat in the Home,
reached an edition Of a million and a
half copies. At the same time this
branch of the department has given
special attention to agricultural edu-
cation. assisting states to plan and
organize schools to secure teachers,
and to prepare courses.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19

Kansas Experiment Station Issues
Bulletin Giving instructions for
Doing the Work.

Bulletin No. 155, of the Kansas Elk
pertinent station, contains instruc-
lions for the measuring of hay in
long and round stacks. The measur-
ing Of a stack or rick to ascertain the
tons of hay it contains is, at best a
guess. The bulletin states that when
alfalfa hay has been In the stack 80
days 1t requires 512 cubic feet to
make ton that when the hay has
been in the stack five or six months,
422 cubic feet are calculated for a
ton. In the case of old, well settled
stacks, 343 cubic feet are figured as
making ton. 1t further says that
slough hay is heavier than alfalfa
and that upland prairie hays are
lighter than alfalfa. Having found the
contents of stack in cubic feet. di-
vide the number of feet required to
make ton to find the number of
tons in the stack
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
GAPDEN dno
EAPM NOTES

Take care Of your surplus garden
crops.
Well-graded seed grain is free from
foul seed
Corn silage has passed the expert
mental stage.
Millet should be cut for hay when 1t
is just heading out.
The cultivation of kafir corn ard
milo maize is very similar.
Wheat may be cut for hay when 1t
is in blossom or shortly after 1t has
headed.
Every season sees some new use
to which explosives may be put on
the farm.
Milo maize Is similar in composition
to Indian corn and will make very
good silage.
Cement will solve the fence post
pit near by.
Corn silage is perhaps the most
economical stock food any western
farmer can raise.
1t doesn't pay to use old, WORKOUT
cultivator teeth when new ones can
be bought so cheaply.
Alfalfa is too good feed to be con-
demned by those fellows who do not
know much about it.
Ii growing kaff1r corn and milo
maize fall preparation of the land is
preferable to spring blowing.
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y VAUGHAN KESTER
HZNSZp4H0Xs BYDMEZKzZ

fingers on some villain who does. .
said the fudge.
Outside it was noised about that
Judge Price had taken matters in
hand-he was the old fellow who had
been warned to keep his mouth shut,
and who had never stopped talking
since. A crowd collected beyond the
library windows and Toasted it's eyes
on the back of this heros bald head.
One by one the house servants were
ushered into the judges presence.
First he Intercepted little Steve, who
mad gone to Miss Betty's door that
morning to rouse her, as was his Gus
tom. Next he examined Betty's maid;
then the cook, and various house serv-
ants, who had nothing especial to tell,
but told it at considerable length; and
lastly big Steve.
Stop a Bit" the Judge suddenly In
terrupted the butler in the midst of
his narrative. Does the overseer al
ways come up to the house the first
thing in the morning.
Why, not exactly, sab, but he come
up this mo'ning, sah He was talking
TO me at the back of the house. when
the women run out with the word that
Missy was done gone away"
He joined in the SEARCH"
Eyes, sab"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
Westminster's Ideal.

The Westminster's willingness to
give up home, neighbors and old as
sociations for the sake of claim on
the prairie is not sordid His stern
preoceupation with getting ahead Is a
part of his inherited passion for per-
sonal independence. | have seen a
gray hue steal over the face OF the
settler when speaking of some one
who had lost his farm and had to go
out by the day. For the wage-earn-
er's lot the true-born Westerner feels
a dread quite incomprehensible to cit
les and to old communities. II he
ruthlessly sacrifices comforts and Gull
ture, it is that he may win a footing
of his own and so call no man master
Once he has cleared OF the mortgage,
improved his place, and gained a
soothing sense Of financial security. he
will provide books, piano. music les
sons, travel and college education for
his children, even IL in the meantime
his own capacity to enjoy has been
atrophied. Alsworth Ross in
the Century.
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bark, or other rubbish, and since it
with its legs folded up about the body,
and drops to the ground If the leaves
are disturbed, the collector is more
likely to collect it by accident, than
from recognition of it as an insect.
The females begin placing their eggs
promptly in June, and may be found
on the plants until July 18, or there
abouts. Somewhat later they disap-
pear, but reappear again in numbers
| about September II, these being the
| individuals that hibernate.
The eggs are placed singly on the
upper side generally over the midrib,
and toward the tip Of the leafet. They
which hardens and gives them the APP
pearance of being a deadened part of
the leaf. This separates from the leaf
readily when pried up with a needle.
! The adult always gouges the leaf just
above the place where the egg is at
warn away other females bent on sim
liar errands.
The mines made Oy this insect are
very striking and characteristic. The
larva penetrates the leafet above the
midrib and works toward the center in
straight course at first, then at inter
walls makes excursions to the right or
left on each side of the midrib, and
often reaches nearly to the margin Of
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
SURE DEATH TO ALL INSECTS
Paris Green Mixed With Land PIas-
ter is One of the Best Preventives
of Ravages of Bugs.

Paris green mixed with dry pow
dered land plaster or rye flour, one
tablespoonful to the gallon, is the
best preventive of the ravages Of pc
tato bugs, coddling moth, caterpillars
slugs and worms. If in solution miS
one pound in 200 gallons of water
Buy pure freshly made paris green
A cheap kind is lacking in strength
The paris green should be applied as
soon as the first worms appear The
quickest way is to sprinkle it on
with the hand An active man can
cover several acres in day Apply
early in the morning when the dew
is on the leaves. Two applications
will nearly always answer. In case
shower should wash off the powder,
third application will be needed.
Slug shot may be used instead of
paris green
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
SYNOPSIS.

The scene at the opening OF the story is
Iald In the library Of an old WORKOUT
pony. The place is to be sold. and its
history and that of the owners. the
Quintards, is the subject Of discussion by
stranger known as Bladen. and Bob
Yancy, farmer, when Hannibal Wayne
hazard mysterious child OF the OLD
southern family. makes his appearance
Yancy tells how he adopted the boy. Ma
thaniel Ferris buys the Barony. but the
Quintards deny any knowledge Of the
boy Yancy to keep Hannibal. Captain
Murrell a friend Of the Quintards, APP
pears and asks questions about the Bar
ony Trouble at Scratch HILL when Han
nibal is kidnapped by Dave Blount. Cap
tain Murrens agent. Yancy oVertakes
Blount, gives him a thrashing and secures
the boy. Yancy appears before Squire
Balaam, and is discharged with costs for
the plaintiff. Betty Malroy. friend of
the Ferrises, has an encounter with Cap
tain Murrel, who forces his attentions on
her, and is rescued by Bruce Darlington.
Betty sets out for her Tennessee home
Darlington takes the same stage. Yancy
and Hannibal disappear, with Murrell on
their trail. Hannibal arrives at the home
Of Judge Slocum Price. The Judge recog-
nizes in the boy, the grandson of an old
home. Cavendish family on raft rescue
Yancy, who is apparently dead. Price
breaks jail Betty and Darlington arrive
at Belle Plain. HannibaIs rifle discIQses
Eome startling things to the Judge. Han
nibaI and Betty meet again. Murrell ar
rives In Belle Plain. Is playing for big
stakes. Yancy awakes from long dream
less sleep on board the raft Judge Price
makes startling discoveries in looking up
land titles. Charley Norton a young
planter, who assists the judge. is mys-
teriously assaulted. Norton informs Car
rington that Betty has promised to marry
him Norton is mysteriOusly shot. More
light on MurrelPs plot. He plans upris-
Ing Of negroes. Judge Price with Hanni-
bal. visits Betty. and she keeps the boy
as a companion. In a stroll Betty takes
with Hannibal they meet Bess Hicks.
daughter Of the overseer, who warns
Betty of danger and counsels her to
leave Belle Plain at once. Betty, terri
way their carriage it stopped by Slosson
fled, acts on Bess' advice, and their
the tavern keeper, and confederate, and
Betty and Hannibal are made prisoners.
The pair are taken to Hicks cabin. in an
almost inaccessible spot, and there Muir
fell visits Betty and reveals his part in
the plot and his object. Betty spurns
his proffered love and the interview is
ended by the arrival of Ware. terrified
at possible outcome OF the crime. Judge
Price, hearing of the abduction, plans ac-
zion.
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Anatasia Is Gypsy Queen

field of his own. He doesn't use the
fiddle, but he plays the guitar and
sings better than any troubadour of
old
Anastasia was his third or fourth
queen. She has just turned twenty
and is a full-fedged Gypsy. She is a
beauty of the first water. All St
Petersburg calls her diva or queen.
but. since she attained popularity and
wealth she has never appeared in the
national costume. The latest from
Earis is hardly good enough for her
She has a high pitched mezzo soprano
voice and makes her hearers laugh
and cry at will.
And she sits there blazing with dia-
monds from the buckles OF her satin
slippers to the top of her head, hun
dred ruble notes, silver, gold and cop
per fly about her from boxes, stalls
and galleries. These volunteer contri-
buttons she calls her taxes" At the
end of her act her majesty collects
them with a broom and woe to the
gypsy who dares sneak a single hs@
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
WHITEWASH SURE TO STICK
Preparation Easily Made and VIII
Add Greatly to Appearance of
Many Farm Buildings.

There are many brick and stone
walls, as well as wooden outbuildings,
fences and the like, about a subur-
ban place which, lacking paint, de-
tract much from the general appear
ance of the home But paint is some
what expensive and cannot be applied
with too lavish hand by the average
citizen. There is, however, white
wash, which is easily made and ap-
pied, is inexpensive and which for
most outdoor work will answer quite
as we'll as oil paint For chicken
houses, brick walls and the like it is
excellent
TO make the whitewash Stake half
bushel of fresh lime with boiling
water, keeping it covered during the
process The lime should not. of
course, be confined, but merely COW
cred, as confined, it possesses consid-
cradle explosive force. Strain it and
add peck of salt dissolved in warm
water, three pounds of ground rice
put in boiling water and boiled to a
thin paste, half pound of powdered
Spanish whiting and a pound of clear
glue dissolved in warm water. Mix
these well together and let the mix
ture stand for seven days in reason
ably cool and shaded place Keep the
wash thus prepared in kettle, and
when it is being used put it on as
hot as possible, using a painters or
an ordinary whitewash brush AL
ways use magnetism lime for white
wash.
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When was Miss Malroy seen last?"
asked the judge.
She and the young gemman you
fetched heah were seen in the gyar-
den along about shutdown. l seen them
myself"
They had had SUPPER"
Yes, sab"
Who sleeps here?"
Just little Steve and three of the
women; they sleeps at the back OF
the house, sab"
No sounds were heard during the
night?''
mo. sah.'
I'll see the overseer-what's his
name?-Hicks? Suppose you go for
HIM" said the judge, addressing the
sheriff
The sheriff was gone from the room
only few moments, and returned
with the information that Hicks was
down at the bayou, which was to be
dragged.
'Why?" inquired the judge.
Hicks says Miss Malroy's been act
ing mighty queer ever since Charley
Norton was shot-distracted like,. He
saws lie noticed it, and that Tom Ware
noticed it."
How does he explain the boys dis
appeararce?"
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He reckons she throwed herself IN
and the boy tried to drag her out, like
he naturally would, and got drawed
in"
'Humph, I'll trouble Mr. Hicks to
step here" said the judge quietly.
There's Mr.. Darlington and a
couple of strangers outside who've
been asking about Miss Malroy and
the boy; seems like the strangers
knowed her and him back yonder IN
Moth Carolina" said the sheriff as he
turned away.
from the room and the judge dismissed
the servants.
We'll, what do you think, Price?"
asked Mahaffy anxiously when they
were alone.
Rubbish, Take my word for It,
Solomon, this blow is leveled at me-
| have been too forward in my at
tempts to suppress the carnival OF
crime that is raging through west
Tennessee. You'll observe that Miss
Malroy disappeared at moment
when the public Is disposed to think
she has retained me as her legal ad
wiser; probably she will be set at lib
erty when she agrees to drop the mat.
ter Of Norton's murder. AS for the
boy, they'll use him to compel my 81
lencl and inaction." The judge took
long breath. ''Y ct there remains one
point where the boy is concerned that
completely battles me. II we knew
just little more Of his antecedents
1t might cause me to make a startling
and radical move"
Mahaffy was clearly not impressed
by the vague generalities III which
the judge was dealing.
There you go, Price, as usual, try
ing to convince yourself that you are
the center of everything," he said, in
a tone of much evaporation. Lets
get down to business. What does this
man Hicks mean by limiting at sui
eide? You saw Miss Malroy yester.
day."
You have put your finger on a
point Of some significance" said the
judge. "She bore evidence of the
shock and loss she had sustained
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
CHAPTER XXI.
The Judge Takes Charge.

All work on the plantation had
stopped, and the hundreds of slaves
men, women and children-were gath
cred about the house. Among these
moved the members of the dominant
race The judge would have attached
himself to the first group, but he
heard a whispered question and the
answer:
Miss Malroy's lawyer"
Clearly it was not for him to mix
with these outsiders, these curiosity
seekers He crossed the lawn to the
house, and mounted the steps. In the
doorway was big Steve, while groups
of men stood about in the hall, the
hum of busy purposeless talk pervad-
ing the place. The judge frowned.
This was all wrong
Has Mr.. Ware returned from Mem
phis?" be asked OF Steve.
mo. sab; not yet"
Then show me into the library"
said the judge with bland authority,
surrendering his hat to the butler.
Come along, Mahaffy." he added.
They entered the library, and the
Judge motioned Steve to close the
door Now, boy, you'll kindly ask
those people to withdraw-you may
say it is Judge Prices orders. Allow
no one to enter the house unless they
have business with me, or as | send
for them-you understand? After you
have cleared the house, you may
bring me a decanter of corn whisky
stop bit-you may ask the sheriff
to step here"
Yes, sah." And Steve withdrew
The Judge drew an easy-chair up to
The fiat-topped desk that stood In the
center of the room, and seated him.
self
The door opened, and the sherir
slouched into the room. He was chew
ing long wheat straw, and his whole
appearance was one of troubled weak
ness.
Morning" he said briefly.
sit down, sheriff" and the Judge
indicated q meek seat for the official
in distant corner. Have you learned
anything" he asked
The sheriff shook his head.
What you turning all these neigh
bors out of doors for?" he questioned
I'VE don't want people tracking in
and out the house, sheriff. Important
evidence may be destroyed. | propose
examining the slaves first-does that
meet with your approvaI?"
"Oh, I've talked with them; they
don't know nothing" said the sheriff.
No one don't know nothing"
Please God, We may yet put our
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19

Henry w. Paine, the eminent Bos-
ton lawyer. once went to one of the
interior towns of Maine, where a boy
was on trial for arson. He had no
counsel, and Mr. Paine was assigned
by the court to take charge of his
case. He discovered, alter brief in.
terview with the boy. that he was
half-witted. The jury, however. was
composed OF farmers who owned
barns such as the defendant was al,
legged to have set on fire and, in spite
of the boys evident weakness Of in.
tellect, they brought in verdict OF
guilty. The presiding Judge turned to
Mr.. Paine, and remarked: Have you
any motion to make?" Mr.. Paine arose
and. in his dry and weighty manner,
answered.: NO. your honor; l believe
| have secured for this idiot boy all
that the laws Of Maine and the consti.
tuition of the United States allow
trial OF his peers"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
She Has Just Turned Twenty and Is
Beauty of the First
Water.

Nikolai, the Gypsy king, is dead,
and his queen, Anastasia, reigns in his
place in the world that amuses itself,
says ST. Petersburg correspondent
For thirty years Nikolai was the hero
of the variety and concert stage, of
after dinner entertainments and pri-
waite cabaret shows. He was a COM
poser as well as a singer, a virtuoso
on the guitar and graceful dancer.
His troupe usually consisted of thirty
to forty Gypsies, whose gorgeous cos
tunes were the delight OF st. Peters
burg He himself was always dressed
in red silk with plenty of gold lace,
his breast covered with medals. coins
and decorations. He wore sword and
a sabretasche and in the latter he
stuffed the paper money. gold and sill
yer thrown at him during his perform
ances.
The Russian Gypsy has a mus:ca
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
Shrubs for Bird S.

Smoothly trimmed hedges and the
stiff trees Of formal garden are not
nearly SO attractive to birds as I'M
trained bushes and tangled thickets.
Shrubs of sterile varieties or those
closely pruned after blooming are not
sought by birds, while those allowed
to ripeu iruit are often crowned with
feathered visitors. Moreover. plants
clustered with fruit of varying color
are more beautiful and interesting
than those which exhaust their energy
IN one burst of bloom and are of mo-
n .o1ous appearance thereafter.
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che leafiet before turning back and
starting another. The final result is a
branched mine with long curved or
slightly tortuous extensions on each
side of the midrib. When ready to
pupate the larva returns to the center
Of the leafiet and pupe ties in the cen
trail chamber over the midrib.
Treatment for the insect is simple.
The adults can be destroyed in the
spring when they appear on the leaves
to place their eggs by spraying with
arsenate of lead.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-07-19
INJURY 70 TRUMPET CREEPER
One of the Most Beautiful Vines Is
Subject to Attacks Of Small
Black Beetle.
(By PROF. L. SWINEY.)

The trumpet creeper, one of our
most beautiful of vines, is, compared
with other ornamental plants, rela-
lively free from pests, but it is subject
to the attacks of a singular small
black beetle that may injure the leaves
so badly and cause them to become so
unsightly as to render the plant value
less for the purposes for which it is
planted.
The adult insect is a f1attish elon-
gate beetle belonging to the same
family as the cucumber beetle Seen
On the leaves in July when it is abun-
dant as an adult, it looks like bit of