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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-19
Preparing the Ground For Wheat
Hints To A Farmer By An Expert AgricuIfurist

Banner Agricultural DemonsatOr System Amarillo
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-19

REEN apples have arrived, much
II to the delight OF the small boy
- and the attending physicians,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-19

A SOON as the oats or wheat has
"A been taken off the field, it is
4 n desirable to double disc the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
The Proper Care of Apples
Early Picked Fruit Keeps Better
Or. ]. c. Written, Professor Of Horti.
culture, College Of Agriculture,
University Of Missouri.

and germs Of decay find convenient
breeding place, Not only should all
bruises OF the skin be avoided, but the
natural waxy color Of the skin should,
so far as possible, be retained intact.
\ cool place in an open shed or In
the shade OF trees should be selected
for packing. Apples should be cooled
as much as possible before they are
put into the barrels. II barreled up
and put into storage hot, they are
very liable to decay badly before the
mass becomes cool through,
In barreling, two layers OF apples
should be placed with stems toward
the head In the bottom of the barrel,
the last apple in each layer being of
such size as to wedge the layer tight
Other apples may then be carefully
put In. The apples should be fire.
qucntly shaken down into place by
lifting the barrel up and down and
shaking It sideways so that during
the filling process the apples will be
packed ms tight as possible.
When the barrel is nearly full two
more layers OF headers should be
placed In so the last layer will stand
about one inch above the chine of tho
barrel. The clamp should then be-
adjusted and the head placed down
into place to retain the fruit tight In
the barrel. II fruit is loosely packed
10 oh
shipment or handling. the apples be-
come bruised and rot badly. After I'LL
ing, the apples should be placed
where they will cool OF as quickly and
thoroughly as possible and never be
piled In large masses during hot days
Ordinarily two or three grades OF
apples are made. In some cases the
very finest specimens are selected.
double wrapped in tissue paper and
packed in bushel boxes or barrels 20
catch the highest prices on the
market In places where Jonathan,
Grimes Golden and York are grown, Il
is highly desirable to pack the select
portion of the crop into boxes and put
In cold storage and sell for high prices
in late winter or early spring.
The majority OF apples, however,
should be sorted into first and second
grades and barreled. Those which
are not suitable for packing may go
into the evaporator.
In barrcling apples the packing
should be uniform throughout. II is a
mistake TO put fine fruit In the ends
OF the barrel and oil up the center
with culls. Only sound specimens
should be bnrreled. as one soft or rot
ten fruit Is often capable OF causing
nearly the entire barrel to decay
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
UTILITY VALUATIONS FIXED.
Increase in Corporation Assessments
Won't Exceed 100000.

Jefferson Clty.-The state board OF
equalization completed its valuation
of railroad. bridge. telegraph and tel.
ephone properties The detailed as.
sessments were not made public, 1t
being necessary for the state auditor
to compile the figures.
There will be no heavy increase,
however. upon the railroads or any
other class OF public utility property.
1t is expected the increase will not
exceed 100000 and may not reach
that figure IL the increase is on par
with the advancement Of real and
personal property.
The approximate taxable valuation
Of public corporations last year was
$751; 600.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
LOSS IN THE STALK FIELDS
A. C. Page, University Of Missouri
College OF Agriculture.

Time and again the story has been
told of the tremendous waste that
goes on every year in the stalk field
because only the grain Is harvested.
Time and again the farmer who uses
such a system has been compared to
the prodigal son who has never
learned the price of dollar. Yet this
year again. 1t will be repeatcd-this
offense OF men against themselves
Prof. C. H. Eckles of tho Dairy De.
partment of the University of Mis-.
souri, has said, "The farmer who
gathers his corn and allows the stalks
to stand waving In the winter winds
to dry and wither and finally to rot,
10 deliberately throwing away forty
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22

The time to pick apples depends
upon the variety and the character OF
the season. Apples which are picked
early usually keep better than those
which are picked late. Early picked
fruit has tendency to shriyel and
become tough from loss OF moisture.
II also lacks color.
II allowed to remain on the trees
longer the apples take on n better
color, but are more liable to rot in
storage. II should be borne in mind,
however. that II apples are picked
moderately early they will continue to
color up after being gathered. 1t Is
usually best TO pick them as early as
possible without their being liable to
shriyel after the picking, even though
their best color has not been reached,
For general storage the mistake OF
picking too late more frequently &C.
ours than that of picking too early.
II apples are TO be stored In an ordi.
nary cellar, they should be picked
earlier than II they are to be put in
cold storage, for the reason that in
the cellar the breaking down process
Of the fruit goes on much more iapid.
Is during winter than II does In the
low temperature of cold storage build.
ings.
Certain varieties should be picked
earlier than others. Generally speak.
ing, those which ripen earliest should
bo gathered first, and the latest keep.
ers should be the last to be taken
from the trees. The Jonathan. for ex.
ample, usually should be picked a
month earlier than the Ben Davis.
The Jonathan and York should be
picked before they have reached their
full color which Is usually some time
In September. Grimes Golden should
be picked when the earliest specimens
begin to assume yellow color and
when their seeds begin to turn black,
Ben Davis and Gano are usually gath.
cred in October when they have taken
on good color and the later keepers
like Ingram, Genet, Winesap and Clay.
ton may be allowed to remain on the
trees even little later
In gathering apples they should be
handled so as TO receive as few
bruises as possible. They should
never be shaken or knocked from the
trees. but picked singly in the hand,
placed in one.half bushel basket
well padded with burlap. and handled
as little as possible before they are
finally put into barrels or boxes.
Every apple should be picked with
the stem on. II is as much a part OF
the apple as the skin itself Pulling
out the stem leaves n wound in the
cavity Of the apple where bacteria
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
Mrs. wa.kinson Heads W. r. C.

Neyada.-The eighteenth annual
convention OF the Fourth District
Womans Relief Corps elected the
following officers Mrs. May Watkln-
son, Nevada. president; Mrs. Column
bla Shaw, Eldorado Springs, senior
vice.president; Miss Sarah Terpen.
ing. Moundville, junior vice.president:
Mrs. Dan ellison, Appleton City. treas
urer for life; Mrs. NJ. NJ Bates. Ne
vada. conductor; Mrs. II. l., Tillot.
son. Nevada. chaplain for life;
Mrs. Minerva Shoemaker, Eldorado
Springs, guard; Mrs. Mamie Good.
nough, Nevada, secretary.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
NEWSgf MISSOURI
TRACE OF GOLD Is FOUND.
Salem OIL Well Borinss Show vaiu-
able Minerals.

Salem,--A. w. Boyd, who is super
intending the drilling OF an oil well
near Salem on the McGrath farm. has
been saving samples of borings for
the last few hundred feet and was
exhibiting a specimen of the last
cleanings which has the appearance
of bearing a large per cent OF gold.
The boring for 400 or 500 feet indl.
Gates the main body to be quartz
formation and some Of the samples
saved have been by persons of large
mining experience estimated AS high
as $1,000 per ton. At one or two
places In the shaft black water. indl-
eating lead, was encountered. but no
memorandum was kept as TO depth.
The shaft Is now nearly l,400 feet
deep and the work OF drilling Is go
ing on and probably will be continued
to 1000 feet unless the oil bed La
sooner reached.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22

st. Joseph That plans are now un-
der way for the division of the Ma
tional Guard of Missouri into two bril-
gades was the announcement made
here by Adj Gen. +. NJ. Rumbold of
st. Louis. 1t has not been decided
which regiments are to be assigned
to the new divisions. Gen. Harvey
c. Clark will retain command of one
brigade" said Gen. Rumbold, and
it is pretty generally understood that
a st. Joseph guard officer Is to head
the new brigade"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
Hand Bellows Saves 2 Lives.

Joplin.-A hand bellows at the top
OF a drill hole leading into drift OF
the j. +. Aldrich mine at Joplin, fur.
nished the air that saved at least two
mems lives when debris from a burn.
ing derrick fell into the shaft. One
man, however, will probably die. He
is Joe c. Cathgers. an aged workman.
He was overcome by fumes and Is in
an unconscious condition
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
"LIme" Proves to Be Rum.

acknowledgements in lime bar.
rels, l55 fve.gallon kegs Of whiskey
consigned to Tulsa. okla, were re.
turned to Springfield after freight
agents discovered the barrels had
something In them besides the lily
white product, A man appeared with
. bill of lading and removed the wet
goods TO warehouse. The lime la.
bells were covered with new labels
giving the exact nature OF the con.
tents, and the whisky was reconsigncd
to points In Oklahoma
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
EnoIne Sparks Burn Depot.

Sprlngfeld--Flre, believed to have
been caused by sparks from passing
engine, totally destroyed the depot at
Nicholas, Mo-, four miles west OF
Springfield. and the leading signal
station of the road.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22

Large areas Of Missouri land are
not suitable to ordinary cropping, but
will give excellent returns II planted
In trees for timber. Originally there
were large stretches Of pine timber
in southern Missouri, but these were
cut of and died out
A new project that the University
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
University of Missouri Viii
Furnish Pine Seeding Trees

great difference would be made In
few years
The Forestry Department of the Uni
yersity Of Missouri is now growing
hundreds Of thousands of pima
seedlings which will be distributed to
farmers as soon as they are old
enough The pine seeding is very
tender and requires special conditions
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
Few TIeks and seabies Found.

Columbia Few ticks and scabcs
have been found on Missouri live
stock by Dr. Samuel Sheldon, state
veterinarian. lie has completed an
investigation which resulted in find
ing twenty.eight herds OF cattle with
Texas fever ticks and nine fiocks OF
sheep with scabies. Sixty.four head
OF cattle were found with ticks. They
were In Mcdonald. Newton and Rip
ley counties. Sheep showed a record
almost as good, only 404 head being
afflicted out of 7.454 examined
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22

cents Of every dollars worth of corn
he has raised by hard labor"
For the grain is only about 60 per
cent of the value OF the corn crop.
Wise farmers-scientihc farmers.
who have bank accounts and are in.
creasing them-have learned the truth
about this extra forty cents and are
saving It. They are using the sllo or
the shredder. No better way has
been invented than packing away the
chopped up mature corn in an air
tight silo where 1t is ready to feed out
"a dollars worth of feed instead of
sixty cents worth.
Shredded fodder Is not quite so
good in most respects as silage, hut II
is better than leaving the stalks IN the
field to rot, 1t makes q ronghags
that works In we'll with some rations.
and some good can DO gotten from L.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22

OF Missouri Is forwarding is the re.
planting of these districts so that the
timber growth will eventually return.
If every farmer who has stretch Of
rough land would see to 1t that good
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
stead OF transferring business to q

stead OF transferring business to q
favored few for the benefit Of all
should itself discharge that business
for the benefit OF all? | have never
been able to convince myself that
either system would not cast pail
over human action and dull the mo-
tives which have heretofore moved
mankind to the very Hottest endeavor
and produced what conceive to be the
most perfect system Of government
ever devised by the brain OF man since
that far.off theocracy NJ the jew went
down beneath his demand for the
pomp and spicndor OF earthly power.
And yet. do not hesitate to say that
II II be impossible TO restore this Re
public TO its ancient ideals, which l
do not believe, and must make the
ultimate choice between the paternal.
ism OF the few and the socialism of the
many. count me and my house with the
throbbing heart OF humanity.
Three Grades Of Citizens
The discomfort In Republican ranks
Is Democratic discomfort, How much
Of It has reached the point where
wearled with the bad workings OF
good system, It Is willing to toppls
that system over and try something
new, | cannot prophesy. But am
quite sure that whatever badges men
may wear In America this year, what
ever ballots they may cast and what
ever battle.cries they may utter, there
are but three grades OF citizens. The
first grade Is made up OF the favored
few. their hangers-on and their bene
ficiaries, who think the eagle is upon
the dollar, not as an emblem OF liberty
but as an emblem OF power and who
look upon government as an amer
to their business affairs; these are
they who in the past years OF Repub
llcan misrule have turned the tempt,
OF constitutional freedom into mon.
ey.changers mart and have made OF
the coordinate branches OF govern
ment obesant lackeys OF the jinglins
guinea.
The second grade consists Of those
whose outlook upon life has been en-,
larged by the civilization under which
we live. who have been taught by the
school and the college. by the press
and the magazine, who appreciate and
enjoy the good things OF life, whose
horizon has been enlarged and whose
capacity for Joy and sorrow has been
Increased. Conditions have become
unbearable to them. They hesitate to
hope for reform so often has It been
promised to them and so often has Il
been denied They have reached the
point where in the struggle for that
which they believe to be right. they
are willing to destroy the ideals Of the
Republic. How many there are OF
these, do not know, but do know
that special privilege In the Republic
is breeding them day by day like rab
bits In 4 warren.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
Flaaman Sitting on Track Killed.

Cape Girardeau.-James Cooley.
Cotton Belt fiagman. was killed by n
train between Thebes and Rockview.
He had gone to protect his train and
It is opposed dropped asleep, as he
was sitting on the track when the
engine struck him.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
Old-F ashioned Democrats.

The third grade OF citizens II
pleases me TO call old.fashioned con.
stitutional Democrats. These are they
who believe that the equality OF man.
kind does not consist in an equality
OF brain and Drawn but In an equality
whereby every man, native and for.
eign-born. has an inalienable right to
exercise all of his ability In getting on
In tho world Just so he realizes that
in getting on he owes II to himself
to his family and TO the Republic to
see to II that he gets on honestly and
that he does not prevent any other
man from obtaining the reward OF his
honesty and enterprise These old.
fashioned Democrats believe in max.
ing money but they believe that every
dollar made should be so clean that
an infant may cut It's teeth upon It..
They hold that It Is no part Of govern.
ment to boost one man aad to boot an.
other, and that any system OF govern.
ment which enables one man to take
advantage of another is not n system
under which a Democratic condition
Of life can thrive They hold that
from age TO age, social and economic
conditions change, but that the great
principle OF the equality of all men be-
fore the law can never change while
time shall last, and that the honest
Interpretation OF this great principle
In statutory enactment, judicial con.
struction and executive conduct, will
take from the life OF a people the
mighty avarice of the few. bind up
the broken hearts OF the many and
loose the bonds OF all who are in slav-
cry to wrong, injustice and ignorance.
II doubted that the return OF the
historic Democratic party to power
would fall to right the wrongs OF In
dustrial life, to wipe out the injustices
of legislation and to preserve the OPP
rortunity OF every man for happiness.
then my voice, now weak, would be
silent. Il did not believe that, in.so.
far as human agency can, this party
OF ours will promote the brotherhood
of mankind. would here and now re-
pudiate It. But believing as | do that
the Republic had Its origin in an in
splratlon which did not come from the
mere brain OF a mere man but spraug
from the heart OF humanity. believing
that this age more than any which
has preceded II calls for conscience
and brotherhood In governmental az
fairs; hoping that every sacrifice Of
mind and body and personal good
which has been made, is a guaranty
of the perpetuity OF this. the latest
and greatest experiment upon the part
of a Democracy to work out its ideals
in government; and trusting that the
God OF Washington. the founder. and
OF Lincoln the preserver. will still be
the God OF the republic, and will not
permit his chosen people to forever
wander In the wilderness Of legis-
latiye sin, accept upon Its platform,
the nomination of the Democratic
party for vice president of the United
States. And may my right hand for
get her cunning and my tongue cleave
to the roof of my mouth II In all my
gettIngs fall to get that greatest gift
wisdom and understanding to know
the heart.break and the mead OF our
common humanity.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22
Steers Are Sold at SOTO.

Chicago. Ill.-Beef steers from Mon
iteau county. Mo-, sold here for s10.10
O hundred pounds. The price was due
to the shortage OF cattle and hogs in
this market.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-08-22

in order to thrive we'll. A number Of
ways are being tried, furnishing arti.
fetal shade to keep off the surplus OF
sunlight This experiment is certain
to prove of great value TO Missouri
timber lands
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-10-08
Johns Letter.

As far back as our memory takes US,
or at least as far back as our man.grown
memory started in, Paris Hill, in our
mind has been sort Of lions Hill. With
US 1t has been, not q veritable Mecca but
Mecca of the mind mostly, as our foot
steps have seldom turned In that direc-
ton.
Some SO years ago on Fourth Of July
we passed that peaceful Quaker hamlet
down South where a temperance cele-
bratiOn was held. We recall some of
the speakers-Neal Dow, Camp Meeting
John Allen, and Hubbard Chandler, who
produced an original poem. No doubt
he considered it such and perhaps 1t was.
All that we recall of it was that once in
so often, with rolling tongue he would
"Roll and roll Old Alcohol" 1t is to be
regretted that be up and died before he
succeeded in rolling and rolling Old
Alcohol off the face Of the earth.
When We remember Zion" with
pleasure and with longing was the fall
of 1860. The occasion was Republican
rally or love feast or whatever, held
under the grand old trees Of that grand
old man on the Hamlin estate. All
Israel was there and some more. Israel
Washburn, Jr., presided. The speakers
were many and the enthusiasm great. The
fame of Burlingame had preceded him as
an orator, but to US he was q weakling
in comparison with our own Hamlin--
our own and the worlds. Had Hamlin
been where JOHNSON was there would
have been page in history We would not
wish to tear out. We incline to the be-
lief that our country would have been In
better standing to-day. knowledge of
the man 10 solid basis for the belief.
Not long since we had q call, not
the Hill for special purpose. The spirit
was willing, but the flesh was old and
weak, and we weakly yielded. The usual
iutter was with US, but when we looked
upon you folks and saw no sign OF
hostility our heart beats became normal.
Well, say! If your people are as clean
linwardly as they are outwardly, they
have no reason to quake when the roll is
called up yonder.
And the music! Don't you imagine 1t
was close second to the invisible choir?
We spent the remainder Of the night In
the pleasant home of Brother and Sister
Hall. Good folks. Don't you think so?
Well, We failed to sleep the forty winks.
Always do after row, even . good
uatured row.
In the morning We entered the place Of
the dead. On the headstones are the
names that were familiar In the years
that are gone. Two Of them were dis
tant kindred. We had not known where
they were laid. However, there Is nc
one there and never was. 1t was quick
transit. They made no tsrrying. The
entrance to the City of the Dead is mar
row. The exit il wide ~ inflnity. The
gate 10 forever on the swing-free fol
all created intelligences. Swift a bird
set free Is the spirit that death unfetteri
free to fly In purer air.
Should you happen to miss as whsr
we are gone, never think Of us a. 9
temporal or permanent tenant Of . dus'
heap. IT'S lame and tame conclusion
Of life's drama. JOHN.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-10-08
Attaches No Blame to R.llroad.
coRoNER's JURY RETURNS VERDICT on
RECENT ACCIDENT. S

At the court house last Monday testi.
mony was heard by Coroner A. P. Bas-
sett and the jury regarding the collision
at Hicks Crossing on Friday, Sept. 9th,
when Mr.. Smith, Miss Crosse and Miss
Fairclough were instantly killed. Coun.
y Attorney Ralph T. Parker of Rum.
ford assisted In the examination. Alton
=. Wheeler, Esq, was present a. . repre-
sentative OF the relatives OF some OF
those who were killed or Injured. Some
ofhcials OF the Grand Trunk were also
present at the hearing.
The witnesses were the members Of
the train crew and . number of other
people who were riding or walking on
the street, or saw the accident from
some point near BY. The deposition of
Forrest B. Conant, who was in the
wrecked automobile, was also taken in
the hospital and read at the inquest.
Little was developed by the inquiry
additional to the summary Of the affair
which was given in the Democrat last
week. The inquiry was very thorough,
and evidently included everybody who
could give any information regarding
the affair.
The verdict rendered by the jury FORM
ally states that the deaths were caused
by the collision, and that no blame Is
attached to the railroad.