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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
WHAT LOCOMOTIVES EARN
mates Produces Some Inter.
estlng Figures.

An engineering expert with fine
appetite for mathematics has been fig.
uring out for the Railway and Engi.
neering Review just how much rail
road locomotives are worth per day
to the railroads owning them. He
took into consideration the locomo
tive's earning capacity. making all
due allowance for financial loss
caused by detention in the repair
shop the increased cost OF fuel, water
and men to run the locomotive.
The average daily earnings OF loco
motives on the Pennsylvania railroad
was figured out at s131.s4. which Is
slightly above the average for all the
railroads of the country. In the east
the average is s124S4, and on the
western roads s130.s4 per day. The
locomotives of the Central of New
Jersey head the list In the east, with
an average of s147.06 earned by each
locomotive per day. and the D., L. q
w. comes next with s140.S3. In the
west the Santa Fe locomotives lead
with sl49.53 earned per day.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
CRIMINAL TRIALS IN ITALY
System There, Though Simple, DIFF
fers Radically From That in
This Country.

The reports in American papers OF
the trial OF the Camorrists at Viterbo
have made many people wonder II
there is any system at all about GRIM
inal trials, and II there is, what the
system is like. There Is a system,
and very simple one It is. though ut
terly different from that which gov
ems procedure In American or Eng
fish courts, says an exchange.
The trial takes place before three
judges and jury, to which are added
certain number Of extra Jurors who
are sworn and are present In court to
hear the testimony, and are held
ready to take the place In the jury
box OF any juror who may in the
course of the trial be incapacitated
from further service. The dispositions
OF all the witnesses have been taken
In writing and signed before the trial
begins. Each of the judges has copy
of these before him. The prosecutor
and the counsel for the accused fur
nish to the court a list of the wit
nesses they desire called, and these
are summoned all by the court, which
has power to punish nonattendance.
The first thing that happens when
the trial begins is the questioning OF
the accused by the presiding justice.
In Italy, as in most of continental
Europe, man accused OF a crime is
considered by the law to be the very
best witness TO his own guilt or limo
cence. In England and America the
accused need not testify unless he
choose. In Italy he is the first and
most important witness.
The accused Is allowed the widest
scope in defending himself. He has
right to tell his own story in his
own way, TO offer anything he can in
the way of justification or palliation;
even hearsay evidence is admissible.
The Judge has absolute discretion as
to what testimony may be received
and what excluded, and any judge
who exercised this discretion unfairly
would be an object of execration. Bias
on the part OF one judge is possible,
but there are always the other two
judges ON the bench with him, and
they are a perfect check against un-,
fairness.
When the accused has given his ties.
timony he is confronted personally
with his accuser The accuser is
necessarily the principal witness
against him. Strictly speaking, the
prisoner has no right to interrupt his
accuser, while the latter is telling his
story, but in practice the judges per
NIT It, and the conformation some
times becomes a three-cornered de
bate between accuser, accused and
Judge. the latter giving the accused
the widest leeway TO demonstrate his
innocence.-Case and Comment.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
His Reward.

TITS an unsatisfactory, disappoint-
ing kind of world" said the old SOL
der. Il fought four years for the
Union. | was in sixteen battles, In
Guiding Antietam, Gettysburg, Fred
ericksburg and the Wilderness.
was wounded twice and spent four
months in Andersonville. | tramped
hundreds of miles in the dust and the
mud and the snow. got rheumatism
from sleeping in the wet and l al
most died with typhoid. l lived two
days on three pieces of bareback, and
ate salt pork that wasn't At for a
dog.
Il enlisted as a corporal and came
out Of the war a private, and then
then spelled my name wrong on my
discharge papers. Puck.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
orse rnan the voters OF uasnel.

worse IMAM the voters or CasneI.
"All the voters of Cashel used to sell
their votes, and reform candidate
once got the preachers of the town
to preach against the sin of such scan.
dalous conduct.
THE day after the sermons the
reform candidate said to a party
leader:
"'Well, how will the election GO?
1T will be close and difficult and ex.
pensive, SIR was the reply.
What do you mean?' said the can
didate.
We'll. said the party leader, the
boys didn't understand that vote sell.
ing was sin before and they always
let their votes go at two dollars apiece;
but now they know eternal perdition
is awaiting them. | understand that
every man jack Of them has put up
his price to four dollars. "-Reboboth
Sunday Herald.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
SPY HAD A NARROW ESCAPE
Soldier, Believed to Be Dssertsr, 10
Ordered Under Arrsst-HIs Pace
Found to Be Genuine.

In 1868. not long before the battle
OF Chickamauga, said Capt e. B. Par
sons OF the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin,
regiment he had the honor to com
mand on several occasions, writes
Lieut. Col. J. A. Watrous, u. 8. A.,
IN the Milwaukee Sentinel, I had an
experience which made SO strong an
impressiou upon my mind that recall
II today al wildly as II II had 90
CURED only yesterday. A member OF
my company. X. suddenly disappeared
and for time was carried as a de-
serter. Soon after dark one evening
ne walked into camp and when
asked him to give an account OF him.
self he informed me that he had been
In the secret service on q detail by
Maj Gen. Rosecrans, then in command
OF that army, and as an evidence Of
good faith showed me q pass which
permitted the bearer to 60 through
the Union lines or anywhere about the
army. at will. He told about having
slept with the Confederate army the
night before and related very interest
Ing incidents. and then said, I guess
] Will 60 up and see the old man The
old man was Col Charles II. LARA.
bee. then In command Of the Twenty.
fourth
The colonel was not In his usual
good health that evening and the mo-
nent he saw the soldier. whose name
was Azur Hoyt. be ordered him under
arrest as deserter and he was TAX
On 10 brigade headquarters. Ten or
eleven O'Clock that night, after I had
gone TO bed. an orderly from brigade
headquarters woke me up and In
formed me that Gen. w. II. Lyle, our
brigade commander, desired that I 70
port TO him without delay. told the
orderly TO give the general my COM
phments and to say that ] would be
right over. As entered his tent, Gen.
Lyle. one OF the most lovable OF men
az well as he was one of the bravest
Of soldiers, said: Capt Parsons, tell
me about this man Hoyt His pass
seems to be all right. but your colonel
tells me he Is q deserter. can un-
derstand why no regular recorded de-
fail was made for the man. He was
10 act as spy. and the general natur.
ally did not want anything known
about the mans having been taken
from the regiment and ordered TO
headquarters. But this pass may DO
bogus"
II was q beautiful moonlight night
ana the general and mySsh were
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22

- -vuiu 40 a the case was
one that required action by you"
His question nearly took my breath
away There was brigadier general
virtually asking captain In one OF
his regiments to tell him what to do.
| said: Gen. Lyle. as you have asked
me will tell you frankly what l
would do II II was my case | would
send the man TO Gen Rosecrans' head
quarters with directions that he be
taken to the general If he holds Gen
Rosecrans' pass that officer would
know at once whether II Is genuine
or not"
Without a moment OF hesitation
Gen. Lyle called an orderly and d.
rected that two mounted soldiers, with
an extra horse. report 10 him without
delay When they reported he directed
that they take charge OF Hoyt and
conduct him to Gen Rosecrans head
quarters, eighteen miles away, that
night II was at once found that Hoyt
was one OF the army spies at liberty
10 go where and when he pleased The
pass was genuine. The vexed problem
was solved After that we carried
Hoyt on the rolls as a regularly de-
tailed soldier. without stating the serv.
ice he was performing
AS you know General Lyle was
killed al the battle OF Chicka-
manga within a short distance OF
our regiment number OF our
men saw him when he fell from
bic horaa
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22
price Of pamnation.

Judge Hiram G. F1ack of West LIB.
erty said the other day, speaking of
the notorious DISTINGUISHED vote sellers
of his native Ohio:
Some Of these men, | understand.
even claimed they did not know It was
wrong to sell ones vote. They were
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-22

walking back and forth In front Of
headquarters talking the matter over
when he abruptly stopped and said;
Capt. Parsons. wish you would tell
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10

While the count of entries to the
great Southern international Poultry
show which opens December 16. has
not been completed. Secretary T. NJ.
Poole states positively that more birds
will be shown this year than at the
associations first venture. when 4,190
prize folws were exhibited at the audi
torium.
Entries were mailed up to midnight
Friday and are still coming in from
distant states, whose fanciers wish to
see their fowls in competition with
the country's best birds at the coming
show.
Secretary Poole announces that the
list of judges which includes the names
of many Of this country's best known
fanciers, has been completed by the
addition of the name of B. o. Swain,
of louisville, Ind, water fowl special
list, who will judge the duck classes,
Officials of the show are confident
that the duck exhibit at the Southern
International show will be the largest
ever shown in the United States, ap
500 entries having already
been counted.
A number of instructive and interest
ing features are daily being added to
the shows long list of specialties. One
of these features will be the installa-
ton, in a space only IL by 4 feet, of
a model poultry plant. Every mod
ern convenience and APPLIANCE for in
cubatfng. Matching and developing the
chick will be shown in this model plant,
which will be equipped with incubators,
brooder houses and all the other APP
appliances essential to the modern
chicken farm This exhibit will be in
stalled by the celebrated Russell Cave
Poultry yard, of Lexington. Ky, and
its proprietor, Louis Lee Haggin. will
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10

only clean. bright, well-cured hay. Try
the following condition powder;
Sulphat of iron. pulverized, ounces
Nitrate of potash, pulverized. 2
ounces.
Ginger root, pulverized, 2 ounces.
Gentian root, pulverized, 2 ounces.
Nux vomica seed, pulverized. 2 ounces
Mix all together thoroughly, and give
a small to a heaping teaspoonful in the
feed two or three times daily. We
think. by following these suggestions
your mule viii improve in health
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10
MANY SPECIAL PRIZES FOR
SOUTH'S BIG POULTRY SHOW
About 1850 Entries Have Been Received More Than for
Any Previous Show-LiSt Of Judges Completed Numerous
Special Features Will Be In Guided in Great Exhibition

be in charge of the plant, exhibiting
and explaining II to visitors.
The national clubs which are or
ganized each year for the purpose OF
improving a special breed or variety,
have recognized the Importance of the
Southern international show, and have
announced that their ribbons will be
offered as special prizes to club mem
bers competing in the show.
DONORS OF SPECIAL PRIZES.
Among those whose interest in fur
thering the poultry industry has led
them to donate gold or silver cups to
the association to be used as special
prizes are the following firms and in
dividuals:
Asa G. Gambler. ST., Atlanta; Pratt
Food company, manufacturers, Pnila-
delphia, Pa; Atlanta Constitution Pub
fishing companyi Poole & Mccullough,
Atlanta, Ca; George r. Donovan, At
lanta, Ga; Durand Restaurant com
Atlanta; Mcmillan Seed company, At
lanta; Joe Brown Copnally, Atlanta, Ga;
John Lowe Smith Kirkwood, Ga; E. V.
Hayne, Atlanta, Ga. : Davis & Freeman.
Atlanta, Ga; Meyer & Berkele, At
lanta, Ga; w ]. Timms, Atlanta, Ca;
Henry Steinmesch, secretary National
Silver Wyandotte club, st. Louis, Mo-;
o. o. Ray, secretary National White
Runner Duck club Kirkwood, Ga; NJ.
Rich Brothers, Atlanta Ga; Randall
Brothers, Atlanta Ca; Mannheim &
Power, Atlanta, Ca; A. c. Woolley &
Co, Atlanta, Ga; Swartz & Blein, At
lanta, Ca; T. H. Purple. Constantine,
Mich; S. T. Campbell. secretary Ameri-
can Poultry association, Mansfield, o..
Atlanta Baggage & Cab Co. At
lanta, Ca; The Rose Valley Poultry
Farm, T. NJ. Poole. owner, Atlanta. Ga.
Belmont Farm, Lorin Brown, owner,
Ga; S. b. thurman, Atlanta,
Ga; Jack Donovan, Atlanta, Ca; West
company, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10
oEoReIA rARM LANDS.

In no portion OF America win you find oppor-
tanIty thrusting itself at POOR IAN, RICH
MAN, AVERAGE MAN, as it thrusts itself Ia
GEORGIA.
Z Write today for our Guide Book Georgia
lad our list of farm bargains; they are free
f.. the asking.
List your land with us for sale ONLY bar
gains advertised.
EDWIN P. ANSLEY LAND AGENCY,
REALTY TRUST BUILDING. ATLANTA. GA.
advertisement
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10

. Costs lttle-make big money. Simplest fastest
highest running IT'S AL IN THE TAYLOR FEED Every
mill fitted with wire cable drive. set-out attach
ments and adjustable idler. Improved carriaes
backing device is quick acting and time saver.
Made in all Sizes portable and stationary.
We Manufacture engines boilers single machines cuon
wood plitters, etc. and do foundry work Write foz
prices now.
NaIlary g Taylor IrOn Works. Dept 10 MsssR. "a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10

1t would appear from your letter that
your animal is suffering from more or
less chronic indigestion, and the chances
are that you are not giving enough
variety in the daily ration, though corn
and oats, with good, clean. bright fod-
der, should prove acceptable to this
class of live stock. All animals, how
ever, desire variety in the dietary, and
they secure, when allowed to roam in a
good pasture, probably some plants
which act as a tonic and of which they
are deprived when confined in the stall.
1t would be we'll to cut out the corn
and oats for a few days and use mashes
of wheat bran, made by adding a little
hot water to the bran and stirring it
thoroughly. Provide some green food
If you possibly can do so, and cut out
the corn fodder for a few days and give
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10

to work the manure into the surface Of
the ground with a disk, but Of course,
this would be impracticable with the
oats already seeded. You can use this
manure to excellent advantage on corn
ant cotton next sprig, and If your oat
land is in fair condition as 10 fertility
and the crop fairly we'll developed, we
believe ii would be better for you to
save the manure and apply under one
of the crops suggested.
DO NOT MIX LINE AND MANURE
r. c. r., Richton, Miss, writes: l
note That you say lime should not be
mixed with manure. We have a lot of
stable manure that has Johnson grass
seed in it. and 1 want to compost it so
as to kill the seed. 1 have been ad-
vised TO use a formula composed OF
acid phosphate, lime, potash, sulphate
of ammonia, nitrate of soda and cotton
seed meal to kill the seed. Would be
glad to have your advice in the matter
1t is roi best to mix lime with COM
post consisting of manure and such ear
riers of nitrogen as sulphate of am
menia and nitrate Of soda--iThe lime
will cause some of the ammonia to be
free and. will likely result in a epart
of the available. phosphoric acid being
converted. into a more slowly available
form. The best way for you to do is
to secure lime and apply IL in the form
Of finely ground rock at the rate Of one
ton per acre .Plow the land and scat
ter 1T over the Surface Of the ground as
soon as practicable. Leave it on top
as il will work its way into the soil
quickly enough. sThehs in the spring
bed of the land intended for your crop
and apply such yard manure as 9Sou
have under the drill row at the erRte
of one to two tons per acre. Then APP
ply frfom 800 to 500 pounds, of high
grade formula containing for red clay
lands about to 8, per cent of phQs-i
phoric acid, to 3 per cent of nitro
gen, and 3 to 3.5 per cent of potash;
for sandy lands, 9 to 10 per cent of
phosphorie acid, to S.5 per cent of nj
trogen and to per cent of potash.
gether well by means of a bull-tongue.
bed and plant the cotton. Corn is best
planted on the level.
You can destroy the Johnson grass
seed quite effectively by composing the
manure this. winter Select an area of
ground with a red clay subsoil and
puddle ii by adding water and tramping.
Hogs are good animals to effect the
pudding. Place the manure in the
basin so there will be no teaching
from it and compact firmly. AS 1t heats
add enough water to keep it from burn
ing or fire-fanging. Fork 1T over once
or twice during the winter and we
think you can destroy the Johnson
grass seed as effectively in this way as
BY the formula referred to, and with
much less injury to the manure and
without serious loss of nitrogen.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10

pounds of this mixture with II pounds
of peavine hay or IA pounds of Ber-
muda hay for 1000 pounds Of live
weight. Another good formula would
be ESQ pounds of shelled corn, 400
pounds of oats and 100 pounds of cot
ton seed meal. Feed Is pounds of this
mixture with IA pounds of corn slower
or mixed hay.
1t will not injure your land to follow
oats with corn provided you plant peas
in between the corn rows We think
it would be better, though, to use peas
or some other legume on the land and
cut the tops OF and cure for hay. and
turn the stubble under. If your land
is thin and poor, it would pay you to
turn the whole mass OF vines under, for
our Georgia soils are as rule deficient
in vegetable matter. and one of the
quickest and surest ways to build them
up is to pillow under green leguminous
crops. OF course, corn following oats
is not a good rotation. You should
establish at least three-year rota-
ton on your farm and grow two
legumes every three years, and at least
one of the crops should be turned under.
We think the following rotation a very
good one. Corn oats and peas. cotton
and corn. In this case the cowpeas
would either be grazed off or ploWed.
under.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10
BEEF PRoDUCTIoN IN GEORGIA.

BEEF PRODUCTION IN GEORGIA.
E. T., Macon, Ga. writes: I have a
1,2OO-acre farm the land of which is
quite hilly and broken. 1t has a strong
clay. subsoil. we'll watered and fine for
growing Bermuda grass. 1 am very
much inclined at this time to try
cattle raising, and perhaps some stock,
nothing fancy, but for the market.
noticed the college exhibit along this
line at the fair. What breed Of cattle
would you advise for beef?
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10

There is no reason why much of
the land now not producing a satisfac-
tory revenue in Georgia should not be
utilized for the production of beef cat
tie. OF course, one should recognize
the necessity of freeing the land of
ticks. This can be done by keeping
the cattle off the pasture lands for
a period of six months. You may di-
vide your pastures into two equal parts,
grazing one-half while freeing the other
of ticks. When you transfer the ami
mails from the infested land to the clean
land, the greatest care should be eXer-
cised to make certain that all ticks
have been removed from them. By
taking native cows and using pure-bred
sires of one of the well-established and
preponderent beef breeds, you can i'm
prove the grade of cattle you raise on
your farm in a comparatively short
time. You saw the results of such
practice in the exhibit of the State Col
lege of Agriculture at Macon. Few
people can realize the wonderful trans
formation a pure-bred sire and better
methods of feeding and handling can
bring about in the beef cattle produced
in Georgia.
There is no one best breed. There is
more in the man than in the type of
animal selected. We believe that the
Shorthorn, Hereford and Angus will all
do we'll in Georgia Some Of the So
called dual-purpose breeds, as the Red
Poll and Devon, will prove profitable
when skillfully handled. We have Sc
lected the Hereford because they are
good grazers and rustlers, mate well
with native cattle, produce fine quail
ity of beef, and also mature at a rea-
sonably early date. Their colors make
them attractive and give uniformity
to the appearance of the herd, which
is a great advantage in selling the ami
mails
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10
TREATMENT OF INDIGESTION IN
NFTTT

H L. B., Halcyondale. Ga. writes:
have a mule about seven years old
which does not keep fat He eats plenty
and does not work very hard. give
him corn and oats, hay and fodder. I
think indigestion is the cause. Would
like to know what to do for him.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10


Farmers are more than welcome to
apply to the college for advice and
assistance of any character affecting
their special interests. 1t is the policy
Of the institution to do everything pos
sible to assist those who cultivate the
soil by supplying them with concrete
information concerning any line Of
farm work in which they may be en-
gagged or may desire to engage.
There is no reason why Irish pota-
toes may not be grown successfully
and profitably in Georgia. OF course,
the earliest potatoes can be produced
in the southern part of the state on
what are regarded as the best truck
lands. These are more sandy probably
than the land in your section, and
therefore somewhat. earlier. The ideal
truck soil. however. is not, as a rule.
so strong as the red clay land, and On
that account requires heavier fertiliza-
ton. The Irish potato enjoys a loamy
soil. fairly we'll supplied with vegeta-
BILE matter. Green crops may be
plowed under in the northern part Of
the state to supply the needed vegeta-
BILE matter, or yard manure may be
used if it can be obtained in sufficient
quantity. The land should be broken
deeply and thoroughly enriched with
vegetable matter for this crop. The
Red Bliss is one of the best varieties
to plant for early market, and the
Irish Cobbler is also a good strain.
This crop should be literally fertilized.
highgrade formula is desirable, and
you should apply not less than 500 TO
1000 pounds per acre, therefore, of
about 1917 or s. The fertilizer may
be put under the drill row and well
mixed with the soil before the potatoes
are dropped. Ordinarily, it is best to
plant them in rows about three feet
apart and drop the sets say fifteen TO
eighteen inches apart in the drill. The
sets should be cut one to two eyes to
the piece, and the planting should be
done as early in the spring as practical
BILE. On small areas Of land the gar
dener can often set his potatoes In 80
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10

Brooks county of, the greatest possible
value to the people of your locality.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-10
SUGGESTIONS ON POTATO
TTTPE

DUNGEoI HUNS ON TOIAIO Cult
TURE.
correspondent, Warrenton, Ca,
writes: My brother and 1 are conduct
ing a plantation at this place and wish
to know If we are at liberty to call on
you for help. Can irish potatoes be
grown probably in Georgia? If so,
when is the best time to plant them
so as to get the best prices on the
MARKET Our land is rolling and has
a red clay subsoil. 1t has been devoted
largely to corn and cotton.