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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08
WELL GROWN cowPEA VINE

per acre. The seed when left to ripen
make very valuable concentrate. be-
ing as rich in protein as oilmeal. They
will yield from ten to fifty bushels per
acre. and the seed often sells for 50 or
more per bushel.
A crop rotation should be practced
which includes the growing of clover
or some other legume crop at least as
often as once every four years If the
clover should fail some other legume,
as soy beans or cowpeas. should be sub
stituted.
All crop residues, as well as manure,
whether stalks, straw or chaff, should
be left on the farm. being hauled If
necessary and plowed under, either di-
rectly or in the form of manure. in or
der to supply organic matter and nitro
gen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08
TO KEEP UP SOIL WEALTH.

Growing q Lesume Crop Is Necessary
Every Four Years.
Glover or some other legume crop
once every four years is absolutely
necessary in order to maintain the nj
trogeD Of the soil for corn, wheat, oats.
timothy and like crops.
Where it is difficult to secure clover
the trouble is either a sour soil need
ing limestone or a soil low in phos-
plate.
To help out the stand, says Farm
Magazine. 1t is often advisable to SOW
part in alsike clover. Alsike clover will
often produce a good stand where red
clover fails.
Where clover has failed and a crop
like clover is needed soy beans and
cowpeas are proving a very profta BILE
substitute in the corn belt.
Soy beans make valuable hay. yield
ing from one and half to three tons
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08
EAST SHOREHAM

c. r. Parker and wife from Pittsburg,
Pa, have been visiting friends in town.
Miss Dora Pond visited Mrs. Mary
Brown Wednesday.
Raymond Birchard and Ruth Webster
went on the excursion to Ausable Forks.
E. S. Bissell, wife and son, from Med
field, Mass, are visiting his father, E. N.
Bi-sell.
Mrs. Frank Darrah and children are at
Jonas Orchards.
E. n Bssell sold eleven choice rams to
Cook & Garnber Tuesday for shipment
to South Africa.
Alison Webster was business visitor
at E. n Bissel's Tuesday.
Examinations for teachers certificates
and for high school entrance at graded
school, Middlebury, Thursday and Fri
day, August IA, 10.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08
BREEDING FOR BIG EGGS.

"Aigs'' are no longer 'jist aigs."
People even have favorite colors, and
eggs are now classed as rots. spots,
blood rings, floats, checks, watery,
weak, seconds and f1rsts. and firsts are
also divided into ordinary and extras,
the latter being the bon ton big egg
which commands the big price and
which every fancier should strive to
produce.
Most focks have hens that lay eggs
from eighteen ounces up.
We show here eggs that weigh four
ounces each, laid on successive days by
one Of our big egg layers.
Think of eggs three pounds to the
dozen! These are not double yolks, but
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

\ Texas contributor to the Kansas
City Weekly star gives this recipe
for making mustard pickles: Take
two quarts each Of small cucumbers,
onions and green. tomatoes and cut
In chunks celery. caulihower and few
peppers. For the brine use one pint of
salt and enough boiling water to COW
er the vegetables. which should be
scalded well and allowed to stand
twenty-four hours Drain well and
have hot one gallon of vinegar con
tanning -four tablrspOonfnls Of mustard.
two tableSpoonfulS of turmerc, three
eupfnlS of sugar and one cupful of
-four. Ponr this over the pickle mix
ture and let stand III the back of the
stove until all is well scalded, when
the pickles viii lie ready for use.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

lay the "weenty teenty" egg, either
nor do they lay fewer eggs because
their eggs are large and they are good
sized hens.
To say that a perfectly formed big
hen can't lay as many eggs as per
fectly formed ordinary sized hen is as
absurd as to say that large grapevine
of perfect structure cant produce as
many grapes as a small grapevine OF
perfect structure.
We know it's not so.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08
arm ana
Garden
WATCH THE FENCES.

A good fence is insurance
against the depredations Of
browsing animals. All repairs
should be made promptly. Di-
versified farming requires small
fields and considerable fencing
material, but 1t pays. Do not be
afraid Of spending a few dollars
for fences If they are needed.
Cut up the farm into small fields
so crops can be grazed-lowa
Homestead.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

A short time since the big packers
at Chicago, foreseeing shortage in
the supply of beef, arbitrarily raised
the price of dressed beef from one
half to 2 cents pound. but at the
same time reduced the price they were
paying to shippers of beef cattle from
90 to 10 cents per hundredweight. This
is condition that is calculated to
make both the consumer and producer
swear.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

The petroleum output of the country
for 1912 was the largest in the history
of the industry. being ODD .53S.G GOA bar
rels. The total value of the oil was
S1G4.0S1.342, or gain of over 22 per
cent above the yield of the preceding
year. The greatest increase in yuan
tity of output in any state was in
California, where there was a produc-
ton of S6,4J0,767 barrels. or gain of
5,316,316 barrels over the yield of the
year 1911.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

Corn is worth from IS TO 80 cents
per bushel. depending somewhat upon
quality of corn and location Of pro-
Queer. If this same corn is put into
beef 1t will fetch return of S1.25 per
bushel. This is the main reason why
growing beef is Il better proposition
than growing corn and selling it in the
raw
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

Both in the matter of growth and
also in the point of training and de-
velopment horse is usually made or
unmade by the time it is year old.
For this reason the care given during
the first twelve months is most impor-
tant.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

Scaly legs, a disease which is caused
by the presence of mite that is not
1istinguishable by the naked eye. may
be cured b. first washing the legs of the
birds affected with soap and warm
water and after they are dry applying
Kerosene. A couple of days later cot
tonseed oil or vaseline should be APP
Piled.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

Scours in calves may be cured by
giving teaspoonful of dried blood In
the milk. stirring it in thoroughly as
the milk is being drunk Besides re-
lieving the scours, the dried blood is
a very concentrated form of protein
and will tend to put the calves in good
condition.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

An Arkansas farmer has succeeded
In getting stand of sweet clover on
barren farm which, it was supposed.
rould not produce even cowpeas. Now
that he has the soil inoculated with
the sweet clover bacteria. it is con-
ceded that he can grow alfalfa.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

One of the chief handicaps that the
jewellers far inland suffer as compur-
ed to those who dwell in the vicinity
of either the Atlantic or Pacific sea-
board is in his inability to get fish
and Holsters fresh and at price with
in reach of his purse.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

A large lawn near where the writ
er lives is kept moved by flock of
sheep and lambs which have free
range of the place. The lawn is fenc-
ed in by woven wire fencing fastened
to steel posts driven into the ground.
Dandelions and other weeds have been
about cleaned out Of this lawn. as the
sheep nibble these down in preference
to the grass
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

With heavy reduction in the area
devoted to growing potatoes for the
whole country reduced by from 80 to
40 per cent. we believe the potato
grower will get generous return for
the seasons crop For this reason he
should leave nothing undone in the
matter of cultivation and spraying for
blight and bugs if either of these pests
should appear.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

Sixteen dead and sixty injured is the
toll Of life and suffering enacted by an
explosion Of mill dust in large Buff
falo On. " elevator Had precautions
been taken to see that this dust was
removed as fast as it accumulated by
some effective vacuum suction sys-
TEN this catastrophe might have been
avoided
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

There has lately been put into effect
in Wisconsin Il law requiring the rigid
inspection of all seeds offered for sale
in the state as we'll as the labelling Of
all parcels of seeds, giving definite in
formation as to their purity and fresh
ness. In the hearings at the time of
the passage of this bill the fact was
disclosed that the farmers of the state
yearly suffer loss of tens of thou
sands of dollars through the purchase
of seeds that will not grow and hence
are entirely worthless
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

There seems to be little question that
much Of the susceptibility to disease
among hogs is due to the all too COM
mon practice of using young and i'm
mature sows as breeders instead Of
keeping the old and tried sows. If the
loss resulting from this one practice
could be figured up for a year there is
little question that it would be an enor-
nous figure.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

At Santa Maria del Tule, in the
province of Oaxaca. Mexico is a cy-
press tree said to be the oldest known
living thing an the earth. The giant
sequoias of California are estimated
by John Muir, the naturalist, to be
1000 years old, but these are consid-
cred to be very juvenile in comparison
with this Mexican cypress.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

In view of the annual loss of $G0.-
100000 to the hog raisers of the coun-
try through cholera. the federal DE-
partment of agriculture has started
campaign for the purpose of eradicat-
Ing the disease from the swine herds
of the country For the most part the
work will be done in cooperation with
the animal husbandry departments OF
the several states. In the light of the
greatly increased cost of living in re-
cent years, it is strange that such
campaign has not been inaugurated
before this.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

What nature can do in way Of fore
ing growth of things has been demon
strated in the past three weeks in the
matter of the corn crop. Where farm
erS were stewing the LIST of June be-
cause they feared their corn would not
be more than shoe high by the Fourth.
five weeks of exceptionally hot wealth
err, coupled with abundant moisture.
resulted in many fields in the northern
part of the corn belt being chin high
by the date referred to
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

A lady reader makes inquiry about
the manner of treating buttermilk. re-
ferred to in these notes. so as to make
II disable for several days. The item
did not make as clear as was intend
ed that where one wishes to keep the
milk in the manner suggested it may
be done by pouring water into the lar
ger vessel containing the buttermik
after the amount which one needs for
the time has been taken out The
presence of the water tends to dilute
the Tactic acid and check its fermen-
tation, while the curd or protein part
of the milk settles to the bottom of
the container Before using each time
this water should be poured of, more
water being poured on when one is
through drinking Buttermilk is more
enjoyable If one can get 1t fresh ev-
cry day. Where one cannot the meth.
cd suggested is worth trying.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

The officials of the department of
agriculture have seen fit to issue a
warning to the people Of the country
relative to the matter of investing in
date ranches in the west and south
west. While some success has been
achieved along the line of growing
dates in the sections mentioned. the
business is no such bonanza as the
hackers of some date ranch promotion
schemes would have their intended
victims oppose. And least of all is
any money TO be made by absent in
vestOrs and owners
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

While washes of one kind and an
other will kill many young borers if
applied at the right time-a few days
after the grubs are hatched-one should
not rely on this method alone for get
ting rid of them. In many cases where
the Oorers are in thei: second year or
in the latter part of their first year
the only effective way of reaching
them is by cutting them out with a
sharp knife or at least finding the
opening Of their "burrow" and prod
ding them with a peeled pliable twig.
A good many more boys would stay
on the old home farm if given a great
err financial interest in the returns of
their toll and if the work of the farm
were so arranged as to call into play
in larger measure both their intellects
and their 'nergies. On farms where
played out machinery is still used,
where scrub animals and poultry are
raised and where the father takes lit.
tie or no interest in improved methods
1t is little wonder that the average
bright and Wideawake boy gets the
agricultural iimjams and wants to dig
out The farmer who values his own
happiness and that of his boy will
take good deal of pains to see that
the conditions referred to are done
away with
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

Records covering a period of four
teen years show that Arizona has the
lowest average rainfall Of any state
in the Union-5.S inches-while the
greatest average rainfall was in Ala
bama. the precipitation being 71.6
inches North Dakota had the lowest
average temperature, 35.5 degrees F.,
and Florida had the highest, 71.S de-
grees f.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

The cement post is being used a
good deal as a substitute for the post
made of timber. 1t costs no more
than does the wooden post and is prac-
tically indestructible. A very simple
vet durable post that many have tried
is triangular in shape and REINFORCED
with iron rods set in the cement close
to each corner. The molds are easily
constructed and are so arranged as to
give a dimension of four inches for
the top and seven inches for the bot
tom of the three later surfaces. The
length of the posts may be regulated
to suit ones needs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-08-08

Two Sioux City boys on arriving at
the age of twenty-one were given 81
half section Minnesota farm as a re-
ward for not having drunk. smoked or
chewed for the preceding ten years.
If these boys keep on in this way OF
temperate living they will be ahead
the equivalent of another farm by the
time they are fifty years old.
The Mississippi valley farmer who
couple of weeks ago took forty-two
big loads Of alfalfa hay off twenty
acres that he seeded early last Au-
gust will not need to have any further
arguments presented to him as to the
wisdom Of growing alfalfa. Inciden-
tally it may be observed that his near
neighbors will hardly need any more
proof either
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19

Nearly everybody In Atlanta reads
The Sunday American. YOUR adVer~
tissnent N tire next issue will sell goods
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
DAIRYMEN BACK
PURE MILK BILL

Two bills designed to aid in the
fight for pure milk throughout the
State, and in Atlanta especially, prob
ably will be introduced in the Legis!a-
ture as the result Of a conference
Wednesday afternoon between the At
lanta Dairymen's Association and the
milk commission of the Fulton County
Medical Society.
One of these bills will legalize Ger
titled milk" placing the official stamp
of approval on milk produced and
marketed according to the rules Of the
milk commission. The other will pro-
vide reimbursement to dairymen for
cattle condemned and killed by the
State because of tuberculosis symp-
toms.
The rules of the Fulton County
Milk Commission. which create a
standard Of purity virtually were
adopted by the dairymen. The rules,
submitted by Or. L. b. Clarke, secre-
tary Of the commission, comprise sug-
gestions for sanitary milk production
and distribution
Both the dairymen's association and
the milk commission declare that the
cooperation of the public is necessary
if pure milk is to be obtained. Ii is
proposed to circulate cards, bearing
brief instructions for the care of milk
in the home.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
BRYAN ORIGINATES
EXPO DIPLOMACY

WASHINGTON. June 1s.-"Expo"
diplomacy is the latest and its origin
lis Secretary Bryan. It is learned to-
day that the State Department has
taken formal recognition Of the re-
fusaI Of Germany TO take part in the
Panama Pacific Exposition in San
Francisco in 1915. and has made po-
lite representations to the German
Government through the German Am
bassador Count Won Bernstorf. 10 the
effect It would be pleased to have ex-
hibits from manufacturing and other
German interests.
President Wilson is much Interested
in making the 1915 fair a success, and
also has talked with the German am
bassador about it,
So far France is the only big Eu-
ropean power that has formally ac-
cepted the invitation Of the United
States to participate. Russia has held
aloof out Of spite for the abrogation
Of the 1892 treaty, England has stood
back because Of the Panama Canal
tolls controversy, and Germany has
refused TO take part for two reasons
first, the expense, and secondly, be-
cause German commercial interests
fear they will suffer as the result OF
the United States tariff
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
AnSley Annex Sale
Marks Realty Epoch

Twenty-Five lots in the Ansley Park
Annex viii be sold at auction at $50
o'clock Thursday afternoon by the
Edwin P. Ansley Agency, making one
Of the most interesting real estate de-
velopments in the history Of Atlanta.
The lots adioin the well known
ARsley Park subdivision on the north,
but are really a continuation Of the old
park. A large force of Iaborers has
been at work on the subdivision for
several months. and have made it
into beautiful residential section.
The lots viii be sold on terms of 10
per cent cash and S25 a month.
For several weeks the Ansley
agency has been conducting a record
breaking advertising campaign and
there is every reason to believe the
auction will be largely attended.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
Belle Grier's Way of Giving Loose
Tongued SWANS Their Come
uppins' Wins Favor.

Praise Of Miss Belle Grier, the
militant maid Of the Blue Ridge
Mountains" who horsewhipped her
former sweetheart because, she claims
he uttered scandalOus and unseemly
remarks about her. is resounding
throughout the length and breadth Of
the Cherokee County hills.
The strenuous young girl is being
held up as a model by the fathers
and mothers and daughters OF the
New Home Settlement, the scene Of
the chastisement Of 20-year-old Roy
Owensby. and many are the young
swains that are walking in fear and
trembling lest some forgotten slip Of
the tongue is resurrected and prove
a boomerang.
Especially fervid in their declara-
tions that the fifteen year-oId daugh-
ter Of Preacher Grier' did "just
right" in melting out summary pun
ishment to the alleged defamer of her
character are the four young girls
Lucille Fitzgerald. Mary and Fannie
Allison and Pearl Kelly, who gather
ed great punches of mountain flowers
and offered them on the shrine Of the
victor
The men folks" Of The Cherokee
Hills are just as enthusiastic and
lubilant as the women over the chas-
tisement administered % the young
man. They regard 1t as evidence that
their women" can take care Of them
selves, and many Of the farmers are
predicting an epidemic of horsewhip-
pings that will spread the fame OF
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
DODD RELATIVES
SUE To BREAK
HER WILL
Claim Refusal to Throw VitrioI on
Divorced Husband Cost Them
100000 Inheritance.

Six relatives Of the late Mrs. Bar
bsra Dodd. the wealthy Atlanta wom-
an who bequeathed 100000 Of her
estate to Mercer University and tho
remainder 10 charity, have filed an
appeal TO the ordinary suit and OBJ
tanned the right 10 carry the suit TO
the Superior Court on the alleged
grounds that Mrs. Dodd deliberately
cut them out Of her will because they
refused her proposition to kill OF
main her divorced husband, DR.. J. h.
Garner, by throwing vitriol In his
face.
The petition AYERS that Mrs. Dodd's
mind was unbalanced at the time or
making the will, and that when the
relatives refused 10 comply with her
wish TO kill DR.. Garner she became
imbued with the idea that they were
not her blood kin.
The appeal to the Superior Court
follows q decision OF Judge John r.
wilkinson in a recent hearing up
holding the will OF which Charles +.
Currier. represented by Attorney c.
p. Gore, IS the executor.
Was a Widow.
Mrs. Dodd. who was the widow Of
Philip Dodd, a wealthy merchant OF
Atlanta. married DIT. Garner several
years ago. shortly after the death Of
Mr.. Dodd. Mr.. and Mrs. Garner
married life was not happy, IL Is said.
Not long after the marriage DIT.
Garner went to North Dakota, where
he filed suit for divorce In which he
claimed that he had been deceived
into believing that his wife's hair was
really hair" and that she had also
rallied to keep her promise 20 give
aim S100,0 600 Immediately after the
ceremony.
In the meantime Mrs. Garner sent
an Atlanta attorney to North Dakota
to answer the petition and also to file
a petition for divorce from DR.. Car
ner The divorce was granted
Wanted to Kill Garner.
Ii was this climax 10 her married
life. 80 the relatives claim, that
caused her to become imbued with the
insane idea Of killing or manning Dr.
Garner.
As result they claim further. she
cut them out OF her win. with the ex-
ception Of a bequest Of a few paltry
dollars. The largest single gift TO any
relative was $4,000 left TO a brother
The estate is valued at 100000.
The relatives who have filed the
appeal are Mrs Barbara y. Dibble
MRS Fannie T. Alderman and George,
oscar c.. Malcolm and Henry T.. Dib-
BILE. The attorneys behind the utiga-
ton are King g. Spalding and Under
wood and Rosser 8 Brandon
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19

idence, Plain Avenue. New Rochelle,
He leaves a wife and one child.
Recently he took the Friedmanu
treatment for tuberculosis in New
York City. and it is said he became
worse Immediately after.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19

Cherokee County girls TO the farthest
confines of the State.
Reports that have filtered IN to Mar
ietta and Woodstock since the thrash
ing Indicate that young MI. Owens
by the recipient of the lashing, is
keeping in close seclusiun.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-19
FEEL RIGHT
ALL THE TIME
Don't Let Periodical SPELLS of
Lazy Liver Ruin Your Temper
and Spoil Your Work.

If your liver doesn't behave right
all the time-if il sometimes stops
working and you become bilious
and "headachy"-do take Gallo
mel, but try Dodson's Liver Tone.
You are safe in taking Dodson's
Liver Tone, It's a harmless,
pleasant vegetable remedy that
starts the liver without stirring up
your whole system as calomel oft
en- does. Ii is especially good for
children who need a liver tonic
once in while, but who should
not be dosed with strong drugs.
Dodsons Liver Tone Is sold by
all druggists. These stores guar
antee Il with a clean, open and
shut guarantee-your money back
with a smile II it fails to satisfy
you. Price, so cents a bottle, and
your money is as safe as if you
had II in your pocket II you need
the medicine, you need it badly
IL il doesn't satisfy you-your
money back. Buy a bottle from
any druggist to-day under this
guarantee.