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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

DEVICE FOR CURING SOY BEAN HAY IN
SHOCK.
IFrom bulletin Kentucky agricultural sta
toni
tention is given until the hay is cured.
He claims that hay cured in this way
is of extra fine quality, but does not
say how much time it takes to handle
the hay in this manner. 1t would prob
ably not prove practical on a large
scale, but is worth trying with a small
crop.
curing soy bean or cowpea hay is IL
Illustrated here The hay is allowed to
wilt and is then raked into windows
and piled over these frames. Being
held up from the ground and having
an air space in the center of the shock.
the hay, of course, cures quite rapidly.
This apparatus appears to be more
practical than the one described above.
Neither soy bean nor cowpea hay
keeps we'll in a stack unless given a
good covering of timothy or other
grass. because the coarseness of the
stems allows the water to penetrate
so readily. The stack should also be
made on brush. rails or boards to keep
the hay from becoming damp and
moldy on the bottom.-Bulletin. Ken
lucky Agricultural Station.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
OUR UNCLE SAM.
His Nickname, II Is Claimed, orisi-
mated In Troy. N. Y.

mated In Troy, NJ. Y.
Troy, n. Y, is said to be the place
where the name "Uncle Sam" origi-
mated. says the New York Sun. After
the last declaration of war with Eng
land by the colonies a New York con-
tractor, Ebert Anderson, visited Troy
and made it his headquarters for the
purchase of provisions for the CONT
mental army. The supplies were duly
inspected before shipment. One Of the
inspectors was Samuel Wilson, brother
of Ebenezer, also an inspector and
known as Uncle Sam to the workmen
whom he superintendent.
The casks in which the beef and pork
were packed were marked with the in
itials of Ebert Anderson, the con-
tractor, and the United States, thus:
"E. A.-U. s." The first pair of in
itials were of course familiar to the
men, but the ~. s." stumped them.
The fact was that the name United
States was then so new to these cOun-
trymen that its initials were a COM
plete puzzle. They turned to the near
est explanation. a humorous one and
intended as a joke on their boss. If
&c A" stood for Ebert Anderson,
then. they opined, "U. s." must stand
for Uncle Sam" Wilson. The joke
spread to the continental army, which
carried 1t to every part Of the country.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
FLAX WEAVING IS ANCIENT.
And the Process Has Improved but Lit
tie In Forty Centuries.

And the Process Has Improved but Lit
tie In Forty Centuries.
Flax weaving, according to a recent
authority, is 1000 years old as an in
dustry. Egypt was the first country
10 raise flax. All fine table linen is
mace from water spun flax. as water
Is essential to its manufacture. YapOr
has been tried, but unsuccessfully.
The process of manufacture has i'm
proved but little in 1000 years, the
linen made by the Egyptians being
OfiyI found in an excellent state of
preservation, wrapped about the bodies
of mummies.
There is no grass bleached linen to-
day. as grass bleaching is too slow a
process Chemicals are used to short
en- the work.
Very little fax is raised in the Unit
ed States because the air contains too
little moisture. The finest lawns and
handkerchiefs are made in Ireland,
and the Scotch linens wear perhaps
better than any. Straight line patterns
do not wear as we'll as figures with
rounded edges.
In single thread damask the same
number of threads run each way. In
double thread damask there is double
the number of threads in the weft,
which doubles the wear.-NeW York
Post.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
Apiary Notes.

Don't use sulphuric acid for cleaning
beeswax, because it will burn the comb
and take the substance out of it to
such an extent that the bees will not
work upon it.
Bees won't thrive in a cellar where
there are mice or any disturbing in
fluences. 1t is well to Partition bees
off to themselves where it is quiet,
with plenty of ventilation and little
light.
During spring manipulationS> in pre-
pairing bees for winter and at other
times it may be necessary to feed them
for stimulation or TO provide stores.
Honey from an unknown source should
never be used for fear Of introducing
disease.
The first thing TO be looked after in
making bee cellar would be the lOca-
ton. This should be in a side hill or
knoll sloping to the south where the
soil is gravel or sandy loan. By dig
ging into the bank d cellar of suffi-
cient size to hold the number of colo
MES comfortably can be secured.
A curious interference on the part Of
the honeybee in our economic ques-
tons has occurred in the tobacco rails
ing sections of the country. They are
gathering nectar from the tobacco bios
SONS, and some of the apiarists COM
plain that the honey is Favored in a
way that Is neither delightful nor
| ouholoSOp1a
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
Cuttiro a HailstoSn1.

During a severe hailstorm in the Him
alayas our native gardener brought out
a Ratchet and placed it edge upward
in the garden to "cut the Storm" as he
said. Catlin in his North American
Indians" describes a ceremony of the
Mandan Indians in which hatchets and
edged tools are sacrificed to the spirits
Of the waters" to avert a recurrence of
the great deluge, OF which the tribe
has the tradition.-London Notes and
Queries.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
Hadn't Sean Them.

You know" said Miss Oddways
looking critically at a picture that
friend had purchased. that landscape
does remind me so of Mr.. VermilliOn's
work. You've seen his pictures. OF
courseT"
NO" said the friend frankly, Il
haven't
Not seen MF VermilliOn's paintings.
Why. my dear. and you an art con
nOshure! | understand be has a pic
ture in every saloon in Paris. New
York Press.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
SANITARY DAIRY HOUSE.
From Kimbalrs Dairy Farmer.l

l.
trates a very convenient farmers dai-
ry house. The size of the rooms may
be varied to suit the individual reeds.
n concrete tank near the pump
makes cooling Of the milk convenient.
The separator should be located in the
same room. a room provided with a
sink and rack can be located at one
end of the building. This room should
be used exclusively for washing and
drying cans and bottles. \ room with
shelves suitable for storing milk
should be paTtitioned off FROM the OPP
pOSite end OF the building.
The walls and floor of the dairy
house should be of solid REINFORCED
concrete. The roof can be of roofing
paper or shingles.
The cost of such a building need not
exceed $1S5. varying according to the
size of the herd. KirnbalPs Dairy
Farmer.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
THE FOURTH DIMENSION.
This Tells What It Is, Though You
May Not Quite Grasp IL.

This Tells What u Is, Though Ic.
May Not Quite Grasp Il.
The fourth dimension is a property
Of space quite beyond the sense per-
ception Of men, an abstraction derived
from the results obtained by well com
pretended processes in the higher
mathematics. Certain things happen
in these computations which are in No
way susceptible of explanation in 4
space restricted to the three tea chest
dimensions of length. breadth and
thickness. From a sufficiently consid-
cradle number of such phenomena the
theory has been evolved that space has
a fourth dimension.
in the common progress Of matle-
NAUTICAL study the need Of such trans
cendental dimension first arises in the
specific case of that plane section OF
the cone designated the hyperbOla. At
an infinite as we'll as in all intermedi-
ate distances of that curve from the
point of origin the line is continuous
in a given direction; If now to infnity
a single unit be added the curve comes
into view in the Numerically opposite
direction
In this elementary demonstration the
fourth spatial dimension appears 10
suggest sphericity. but this is only the
beginning. 1t is still under careful ex-
animation by matbematicians. SciOl-
1sts at one time seized upon the idea in
explanation of thought transference
psychic phenomena and the whole hoo
doc range in general.-New York San.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
STUDENT USING SEPARATOR.

STUDENT USING SEPARATOR.
of the udder short, wiping the udder
and surrounding parts with a damp
cloth just before milking. clean, light
stables. clean. dry hands during milk
ing-these are some Of the matters
that must be given attention, accord
ing to Mr.. Stockwell, if the dairy prod
ucts are to be kept pure and free from
disease germs.
A common source of infection is the
dirty separator. The bowl of the sep
aratoF should be taken apart after
each use and washed thoroughly with
warm water and washing powder and
then sterilized with boiling water or
steam.
After the milk has been drawn from
the COW, if it is to be sold as whole
milk it should be aereated and cooled
to 80 degrees f. at once and kept thus
until delivered. If it is to be separat-
ed that should be done as soon as pos
sible since the fat glObuleS separate
more easily then. and the cream should
be cooled ard kept in cool place.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
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SiIage Cheaper Than Pasture.

Dean Mumford of the Missouri Col
lege of Agriculture makes the state
ment that COWS can be maintained
more cheaply on silage than they can
be carried through the summer on
blue grass pasture. where the land
costs about 500 per acre and is suit
able for growing corn. He says that
there is very little pasture land where
a COW and a calf can be pastured on
less than one and one-half acres. but it
is entirely possible to get twelve and
one-half to twenty tons of silage from
one acre.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
Passing of the Orchard Windbreak.

RAISING OF the Orcharo Wlnooreak.
The attitude of the fruit growers in
America has changed on the subject
of the windbreak. A few years ago
volumes were written and talked on
the value OF windbreaks for orchards.
They were generally considered indis-
pensable. Today. however. one rarely
hears the word ut a fruit growers
meeting. and the modern fruit book
omits that chapter altogether. There
appear to be two reasons for this.
change. First. orchards are being plant
ed in much larger blocks than former
~. In these large blocks the trees
shield one another. and If windbFeaks
we're used they would have to be
placed every thirty or forty rods. thus
cutting the big orchards into incon-
venient small units. The second ex-
PLANTATION is that orchardists have dis
covered that windbreaks are eXpen-
siye and usually unnecessary.-Coun-
try Gentleman.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
MAKING CHARCOAL FOR HOGS.
Helps Wonderfully In Keeping the Ami
mails In Good Condition.

Helps wonderfully In Keeping the AMI
mails In Good Condition.
When hogs are being fed corn they
have Unsuitable appetites for charcoal.
and this goes to show that the char
coal meets some requirement of the
animal system. What is palatable sell
dom does the system any injury. and
then only when taken in excess, which
it is likely to be if the animals are not
accustomed to it, especially if they are
hungry. The fact that hogs when on
full feed of corn eat all forms of char.
coal with avidity and never get too
much of it is sufficient grounds for
providing it in abundance and keeping
it within reach of the hogs at all times.
1 utilize all the corncobs on my place
for making charcoal to feed my hogs.
says an Iowa Homestead correspond.
ent L dig a pit about five feet deep.
which is smaller at the bottom than at
the top, in which to burn the cObs. |
start fire at the bottom and gradually
fill with cobs, then cover the pit with a
sheet iron lid. Earth may be used in
covering the pit If large lid is not
available. In about twelve hours the
combustion has produced an exceeding
ly good grade of corncob charcoal.
In feeding the charcoal make up the
following mixture: Five bushels of
corncob charcoal, one bushel Of wood
ashes. eight pounds Of salt, two quarts
of air slaked lime, two pounds of sui
phur and pound of cOpperas. | break
up the charcoal, mix all thoroughly to-
gether, put the mixture in self feeding
boxes and place where the hogs can
have free access to it. This combina-
ton furnishes a good percentage of ash
for bone building. destroys worms and
helps wonderfully in keeping the hogs
in a thrifty condition. The amount of
charcoal that a bunch of hogs Will eat
during the winter if given free access
to it at all times is really very surpris-
ing.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
ALastino Example to Him.

\ North Carolina negro was brought
out on the gallows to be hanged for
murder.
Henry" said the sheriff. have you
anything to say?"
''Yas, subj" said the condemned man
Use got few words to say. ] merely
wishes to state dat dis suttingly is
goin' to be a lesson to me."-Saturday
Evening Post.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
A LAUGH THAT SPREAD.
II Saved Ferranti's Reputation and
Eoolei the Critics

Fooled the Critics.
One evening Carlotta Patti sang in
large town. Just as Ferranti, the
buffo. was leading her out of the door
upon the platform some one in the an
teroom behind cried out to him that his
coat had burst at the seam in the back.
It was too late to go back, for the an
dience had seen him, and the two
singers advanced to the foOtlighIs. The
knowledge of this mishap took all the
fun out of Ferranti, and the duet.
which was sung in Italian, was 50
dolefully devoid of its usual humor
that Patti noticed it before they were
half through, and, dropping the tey4
of the duet, she fitted the following
words to it, in Italian: What is the
matter with you tonight? / don't IN
derstand your nervousness. Nobody
laughs at your
Whereupon Ferranti, in the melliAC-
Gus italian, responded: "By the saints,
l have burst my coatl Everybody vii.
laugh when 1 go off the stage if they
don't noww'
At this unexpected Interchange OF
personal feelings Max MaretZek and
his orchestra began to laugh Then
the people in the front seats. seeing
the orchestra and the artists laughing,
Joined il themselves, and the merrt-
ment presently broke outinto applause
all over the house.
"Ah." said one of the papers next
morning, there is always something
majestic in Ferrantis singing Of that
song People burst into sympathetic
laughter without being able to tell
why
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
A Partnership

"My father and | know everything
in the world" said small boy to his
companion.
"All right" said the latter where's
Asia?''
1t was a stiff question. but the little
fellow answered coolly. THAT is one
Of the questions my father Knows
Ladies' Home Journal
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
HAY FROM THE SOY BEAN.
Directions For Handling Forage From
THIS Useful Plant.

Directions For Handling Forage From
This Useful Plant.
For hay soy beans are cut with the
mower and as soon as wilted raked
into small windows They are allow
ed to dry here for a short time and
should then be put into small shocks
and allowed to stand until we'll cured.
Experience is necessary in curing soy
bean hay, but those who have made
cowpea hay will find less trouble in
curing that of soy beans. A CORE
spondent writes in regard to curing
cowpea hay that he sets posts about
one foot into the ground. nails cross
pieces near the bottom and shocks the
hay over the posts as soon as cut. The
forkfuls of pea vines are slipped over
the post, which is sharpened. and a
good sized shock made. No further at
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
Converted Uses.

Assistant - As we've given up our
music department. | may as well throw
away this sign reading. Take This
Home and Try 1t on Your Piano"
Manager-Throw it away? Certainly
notl Stick 1t up on the furniture polish
counter Boston Transcript
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
Pasturinq Alfalfa.

Alfalfa should never be pastured the
first season, and in most cases it will
be best to use it for haymaking during
may become thoroughly established be-
fore animals are allowed TO trample
over it. 1t should never be pastured
closely, as this injnres the crowns of
the plants.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

\ Washington farmer is reported as
saying that one of his COWS, a near
record breaker, does not care for al
falfa. This seems to be a reflection
either Oh the hay or the COW, and it's
hard telling which.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

\ common regard for cleanliness and
health should suggest covering corn,
apples or other fruit that is being dried
with mosquito netting to keep off the
flies that may have just come from
the manure or garbage pile or cess
pool
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
What Ha Meant

Baker-I was out in Blakesley's mo-
tor last week He has everything in
it, even a pedometer. Barker-YOu
mean a speedometer, old man. \
pedometer is an instrument for meas
uring how far you walk. Baker-All
right. I'll stick to pedometer.-Har'
per's Bazaar.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
His Restless Hart

Nervous Patient-It's the 'eart. doc
tCs- Wearin' itself out 1t is. WheE-
ever put up my and to it there it Ia
wabblin' to and fro. Amt never still
for FIVE minutes together. - London
OPINION.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

The writer has wondered lately why
some agricultural implement firm has
not put out a hand propelled garden
cultivator on the general lines Of the
spring tooth harrow.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
Soruhun1 a Coed Hay-

Sorghum is considered one of the
most valuable forage crops. 1t is
stronger feeding plant than corn and
will do better on thin lands where
summer months are quite warm
American Agriculturist
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

Here is a well tried spray formula
TO keep flies from tormenting stock,
especially cows at milking time: Fish
oil, two quarts; kerosene, one quart;
crude carbolic acid, one pint; oil of
pennyroyal, one ounce; oil of tar, ten
ounces. Mix thoroughly and apply in
fine spray every two or three days
or as often as the flies begin their at
lacks again.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
COOPERATION.

Cooperative effort has enabled
many farmers and stockmen to
improve their live stock. 1t is
an easy matter to secure the
best breeding stock when a num-
Der of farmers buy males upon
the cooperative plan. 1t does
not require large capital to farm,
but it requires intelligence and
business organization.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

Small patches of quack grass which
sometimes creep through from the al
ley or street into the garden may be
knocked out by persistent and deep
hoeing. This requires the patience of
Job, but it Will win out in the end, for
to live even quack grass must maintain
a stem and leaf system above ground.
Kept from doing this, it means that the
root must inevitably starve and die.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

Hog raising can be made a profit
able undertaking, but it must be re-
membered that hogs will not raise
themselves. Nothing in this world is
obtained without effort.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

Considering the durability of hay
caps properly cared for, they would
seem to be an entirely justiiable in
vestment for any farmer in the humid
belt having much hay TO handle az
present high prices.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

4 German inventor has devised a
system based on the principle of the
hydraulic ram, whereby the impact of
sea waves is utilized in the pumping
needed in the draining of swamp lands
adjacent to the shore
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

Because of the fact that no heat is
applied to cream or milk in the but
and buttermilk therefrom are just as
likely TO be a source of tubercular in
lection as the original milk from
which the cream was skinned or
separated. This statement is not made
to induce finicalness on the part of
sensitive folk, but simply to induce
fair amount of caution on the part of
consumers of the two products named.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

The true worth Of a man is to be
measured by the objects he pursues--
Marcus Aurelius-
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

Public prosperity is like a
tree. Agriculture is its root; in
dustry and commerce are its
branches and leaves. If the
root suffers the leaves fall, the
branches break, and the tree
dies.-Chinese Philosophy.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24
CONVENIENT DAIRY HOUSE.
Place For Handling Milk, Cream and
Butter In a Sanitary Manner.

Butter In a Sanitary Manner.
Every dairyman selling milk to a
creamery or cheese factory or city
trade or making dairy butter on his
farm should have a sanitary dairy
house. This building should be sepa-
rate from the stable and other build
ings on the farm and should be well
supplied with water. Milk for any
purpose must be kept in a clean, well
ventilated place.
Solid concrete dairy houses. such as
are found Oh the large dairy farms,
are to be recommended. A building
II by IA feet is large enough for Il
herd Of twenty to twenty-five cows.
The accompanying floor plan illus
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

y fine quality Of cucumber pickles
can be made in the following manner:
Take cucumberS of the size desired,
place in jar and let stand in salt water
for about twenty-fOur hours Then
drain them well and remove and re-
place in jar-frst a layer of cucum-
bers, then several horseradish leaves,
and so on until the jar is full with
good layer Of horseradish leaves on
top. Then pour on strong cider vine
gar until all pickles are covered. Put
on a plate last and weight down with
a small weight to keep pickles sub
merged,
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

A great man is made up OF qualities
that meet or make great occasions
lowell
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

FL. W. Colline wood, editor of (
the Rural New Yorker, says that Z
; in ninety-nine cases out of a :
hu2dred every soil that has been z
under cultivation forty years :
cannot be made to produce 70 z
per cent of its crop without the 5
use of lime {
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-07-24

To renew a strawberry bed that is in
its second year or older plOw up
good share of the old plants if the bed
has been kept in such shape that it is
at all easy to separate them. If they
are mixed up remove all but strip OF
plants six or seven inches wide in each
row. If the bed has got weedy during
the bearing season it is well to NOW it
close with a scythe, allow the math to
lie until dry and burn it on the bed.
This will not injure the roots of the
plants seriously and will kill a good
many fungus spores. The soil between
the rows should be loosened thoroughly
and kept free from weeds for the re-
mainder of the season. If rains come
a great many runners will start out on
the clean earth, and these viii give the
plants needed for next year.