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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-10-22
PHILOSOPHICAL.

knew very wise man that
believed that if man were per-
mitted to make all the ballads
he need not care who should
make the laws of a natiOn.-An-
drew Fletcher.
Many dangerous temptation
comes to us in fine gay colors
that are but, skin deep.-Mat-
thew Henry.
"Whatevpr is is not" Is the
maxim of the anarchist as Of
ten as anything comes across
him in the shape of a law which
he does not 6ke-Richard Bent
ley.
That which makes the man no
worse than be was makes his
life no worse 1t has no power
to harm without or within.-Mar-
Gus Aurelius.
Men ought not to investigate
things from words. but words
from THINGS for that things are
not made for the sake of-wordS,
but words for things.-Diogenes
I.aertius
-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-10-22
Not Paint

With li1seed oil at 81, what sort OF
oil do you think they use in "paini'
at $1.75 and ST. SO?
That stuff is counterfeit paint. You
cheat yourself; you cans cheat
Time OR Weather
Paint is a rubbery coat over wood
md iron to keep out watsr.
Counterfeit paint may look lice it:
cOunJerfeiG money looks ike money
What are all connterfeits for? They
are all alike.
DEVOE
E. w. Barron Co. Sc lis it.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-10-22
Or Cigarettes.

Modern education is grand thing,
but somehow it is hard for "olC-
fashioned" people to get up any
enthusiasm over the spectacle OF a boy
smoking pipe on his way to high
school. Rutland News.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-10-22

The official announcement from
Washington that the president will
name Charles A Prouty of this state
to become director of the physical
valuation of railroads cannot fail to be
eminently pleasing to Vermonters.
Mr. Prouty is, recognized as one of the
most able men this state has ever
produced. In his II years experience
as member Of the interstate COM
merce commission he has gained a
national reputation for possessing not
only legal and analytical mind Of
superlative character but also of being
absolutely fearless and fair in the dis
charge of his important duties. While
he has been jealous in preserving the
rights of the people in their relations
with the railroads he has at no time
disregarded the rights of the corpora
tions. In his new position Mr.. Prouty
will be of incalcuiable value to the
government. as it is safe to- say that
he is the most compe tent man in the
country today in the particular line.--
Rutland News. I
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-10-22
MI-O-NA QUICKLY
ENDS INDIGESTION

Do not continue to suffer with
heartburn, headache, biliousness,
pain in the bowels or sour and gassy
stomach. Get relief at once-buy
today-a SO cent box of Mona Tablets
They quickly and surely end indiges-
ton and stomach distress-are per-
fectly harmless.
There is no long waiting for results
no need to need to deprive yourself of
tha food you like best tut fear to take
because of stomach distress Eat
what you want at any time and take
MILO ma Tablets.
Do not suffer stomach distress
another hour. 1t is not only needless
but may be dang erous-many serious
diseases have their origin in the
stomach and bowels.
Begin using MILO na-now-at once
Money back if not satisfied.
Fred D. Pierce, Barton
Sold and guaranteed in Orleans by
F. J. Kinney.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
WHERE GERMANY BEATS U. S.
Teutons Educating Young Men to
Take Charge Of Cooperative Or
CARNATIONS In Right Way.

While the United States is strug-
Cling along with cooperation in a
haphazard way, Germany is teaching
1t as a business. The Germans are
educating young men to take charge
of cooperative organizations. They
are teaching both cooperative buying
and cooperative selling.
In the United States, cooperation is
a venture into an unknown field, as a
general thing; in Germany, it is a
science that is studied in the univer-
sites and even in the high schools.
Uncle Sam, when he starts a co-opera-
tive association, takes chance of get
ting the right man to manage it. If he
guesses wrong, the whole thing is a
fizzle. Germany educates young men
for that business. The people of the
United States are turning to co-opera-
ton more and more. but they are do
ing 1t blindly.
The German is thorough. That is
one Of the things that has given him
his world trade. He packs his goods
better than the American, and that
counts for a good deal. Now he has
taken up cooperation, and he is just
as thorough in that as he has been in
other things.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
BEES STING A FERRY CROWD
Considerable Action When Box Hold
Ing Hives Splits Open and 1000
Are Released.

Philadelphia.-Two thousand busy
little bees raised much turmoil and
excitement at the Market street ferry.
A large packing box containing two
hives with 1000 bees was being
shipped to Paulsboro, NJ J. When the
drayman reached the ferryhouse the
box slipped on and fell to the street
and burst open. The enraged bees
at once mixed with a crowd Of 1000
commuters and then action began.
Lieutenant Buehler on q spirited horse
rodo into the fray. His steed was
stung and tried to stampede into the
crowd. Finally the crate was pulled
on the ferry boat Camden and when
she left her slip the 1000 bees flew
after it. making life uncomfortable
for everybody on the boat. Had the
queens left either Of the hives It r.
estimated that trafio at the ferry
would have been suspended for the
rest of the day.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14

eight feet long, and four pieces Of
heavy wire two feet In length are the
materials necessary for making the
racks.
The four eight-foot poles are fast
ened together at the top by means
of links and staples. On each Of the
four poles, staples are driven eight
cen inches from the butts and a loop
of heavy wire fastened in the staples.
The racks are easy to set up.
When the four poles linked at the top
are set up they are like the frame
work Of a wigwam. Then the four
stakes are slipped through the wire
loops at the base Of the poles, being
placed horizontal, so they reach from
pole to pole. forming rectangle.
AS soon as these cross-sticks are re-
moved the racks win fold together ard
can be stored anywhere that is h u
diest The value Of the racks lies In
the fact that none Of the hay rests on
the ground and that there Is a free
circulation of air all through the rack
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14

the seed evenly. After using the disk
harrow to cut the corn stalks, pillow
the land deep, then disk and double
disk, and harrow and cross harrow
until every inch of the soil has been
stirred and broken as fine as possible.
A mixture of 800 pounds Of 1e per
cent. of acid phosphate, 100 pounds Of
cotton seed meal, and 200 pounds Of
potash, followed in March with a top
pressing of so to rs pounds of nitrate
Of soda per acre is good fertilizer for
oats on average soil
The best variety for fall sowing In
the south are Red Rust proof type.
The original Red Rust proof, the APP
pier and Bancroft are so nearly alike
that no one can tell them apart II
shown side by side. The Burt oat is
for spring sowing.
The quantity of seed that is neces-
sary to SOW an acre of oats is variable.
II sown early in the season or sown on
very fertile soil a smaller quantity Of
seed may be used than II sown late
or sown on poor land. II the crop is
planted 25 per cent. less seed may be
used than If the same crop were to be
sown broadcast
There are three methods commonly
practiced of planting oats, namely:
Sowing broadcast, open furrow and
drilling. Drilling of the seed is to be
preferred, since considerably less seed
can be used IL drilled by machine; the
seeds are covered at a uniform depth
and come up, grow. and ripen uni
formly; the small ridges made by the
drill afford a slight degree of protec-
ton from the. cold; and the yield from
drilled oats is usually greater than that
from broadcast oats. The seed saved,
and the larger crops that usually re-
suit from drilled oats, will soon pay
for a good drill on the farm.
II is well nigh impossible to discuss
oats in the cotton belt without discuss
ing lespedeza, COW peas, soy beans and
peanuts, as these crops are almost as
much a counterpart Of oats as the
Siamese twin Ang was of his brother
Chang.
The lespedeza begins to bloom in
September and October, and is ready
to harvest 1t is best to cut when in
bloom and all green.
Do not cut when wet from dew
or rain. Now in forenoon, windrow and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
INVESTIGATION ON
SOUTHERN FARMS
Oats Should Be Principal Stock
Feed in Cotton Belt.
MOST PROFITABLE IN SOUTH
Plant Would Reduce Washing and
Leaehins to Minimum, Furnish
Grazing and Add to Deficient
Supply Of Humus.
CBy @. H. ALFoRD.)

From October l to November Is, &C
cording to the latitude, is the best
time to SOW oats in the cotton belt.
The oat crop should be made the
principal stock feed grown in the cot
ton belt. The area in oats should be
fully as large as that in corn, but let
US not forget the facts that as a stock
feed and cash crop, oats is one of the
best crops that can be grown in the
south.
The chief crops grown all over the
cotton belt are cotton and corn. AS
an average for a ten-year period of
1900 to 1909 there was planted from 10
to Is acres of corn for each acre Of
oats in the various cotton belt states.
During the same time an average of
the oat crop per acre was $1,000, while
the average value per acre Of corn was
s11.02. Figuring the cost Of growing
an oat crop and CORE crop. we find
that the oat crop was the most profit
able. There are several important rea-
sons why we should SOW millions of
acres of oats in the cotton belt. The
oat crop would reduce washing and
teaching to the minimum, furnish graz
ing, add to the deplorably deficient
supply of humus, add to the always
short supply of feed stuffs and supple
ment the money crop-cotton.
OF course, there are better winter
cover crops than oats. Burr clover
and crimson clover are the vetches,
and In some cases some of the other
winter cereals are better. We do not
claim that oats alone or that oats and
hairy vetch combined should be grown
for the sole purpose of supplying a
cover crop. However, in view of the fact
that oats will grow on poor land poor
ly prepared, and it costs little to seed
an acre, 1t is a good winter cover
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14

forced to admit that every farmer IN
the cotton belt should grow oats.
In attempting to build up the worn
out cotton lands, we must depend very
largely on the leguminous crops. Now
the oat crop is harvested early enough
to permit the growing Of leguminous
crop. The leguminous crop may be
plowed under or 1t may be used az
feed, and the manure returned to the
land. II we are going to build up our
land and raise good stock, we must
grow oat crops and follow with legume
crops.
Oats are probably the best paying
small grain crops that can be grown
over practically the entire cotton belt
The same soil that will produce one
bale Of cotton or 40 bushels OF corn,
per acre will produce so bushels of
oats. At the average price that has
prevailed for oats during the last FIVE
years, the so bushels will sell for from
$36 to $40 and the straw, when baled,
will often pay for growing the grain.
1t is best to plant oats after corn
and peas. Cut the corn stalks and pea
vines into pieces with disk harrow.
The disk harrow is the best possible
implement in preparing the corn and
pea fields for oats. The, drill will
clog in trashy ground and particularly
when working in uncut stalks and pea
vines. When the disk harrow is used
haforo fho land fu hrOkan the driIl
runs freely and easily, thus depositing
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14

crop for the many thousands Of farm
ers who have not learned to grow
winter legumes.
Two and one-haf acres were plant
ed in oats at the experiment station
at Baton Rouge, La, for a grazing ex-
pertinent on September %. October
29 seven Poland China hogs, weighing
in total 276 pounds, were put on this
plat and were given no feed but the
green oats during the winter. Febru-
airy II the pigs weighed total Of SOS
pounds. There was an average gain
og 81 pound per pig per day for ITO
days. From October 20 to January
45 head of sheep were pastured on this
same plat. OF this number, eight
ewes and nine lambs were pastured
continuously there after February II,
at which date the lambs averaged IS
days old and 35.5 pounds each. Allow
ing six cents per pound for the lambs,
we have a return of $13.4o per acre,
plus the pasturage of the sheep not
considered in the estimate.
Inc loss OL HVuuS IN the Bull TO
suits in the increasing of its power Of
storing up and properly supplying
crops with water. Soils with liberal
supply of humus are capable Of more
effectually withstanding drought than
similar soils with less humus. The
oat crop fills the soil full of roots, and
the stubble also adds much humus to
the soil.
The oat grain il very valuable feed,
especially for young animals, because
of it's moderately high protein content
and the large amount of ash and min
eral matter. Pound for pound, oats
are not as valuable for feeding ma
ture animals as corn, four pounds Of
corn being equal to about five pounds
of oats. However, when we consider
the cost of growing the'two crops and
the fact that feed is always scarce
when the oat crop is harvested, we are
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
FEW YEARS OF COOPERATION
What the Southern Produce Company
Members Have Accomplished
All Work Together.

The great trouble with cooperative
work among the tillers Of the soil is
that they do not stay" co-operated
long enough. Almost as soon as any
kind Of cooperative organization is
formed. the selfish interests of indi-
viduals begin to crop out and mar the
effectiveness and smoothness of the
work.
Therefore, 80 per cent. of the or
ganizations of the tillers of the soil.
continue for only a brief period,
writes A. LETTERS in the Progressive
Farmer. The Southern Produce COM
pany was organized as a Grange"
away back in 1870, and has evoluted
through several forms Of organization
to its present form. 1t has done an i'm
mense amount Of good not only to its
own 400 members, but to tillers of the
soil in it's sphere of influence. With
out its stockholders putting their
hands into their pockets for a dollar,
excepting to pay the original cost of
their stock, the company has built and
equipped an experiment station worth
today, with its equipment, at least $40,-
600. 1t has also built a splendid six
story building in the city of Norfolk,
for permanent home for the organi-
cation, at a cost Of fully $125,000.
When 400 men organize to coop
crate, and stay co-operated for 40
years, they accumulate experience
sufficient to enable them to success
fully meet the business world and
secure their just and legitimate
rights.
This has been a continuous organi-
cation, working as such ever since
1870. At least a dozen OF the origi-
nal charter members are still alive,
among them at least two ladies, for
the ladies have been members all
along. The stock of this company is
limited to less than $4,000 and has
paid a dividend Of late years, never
less than 20 per cent. Besides there
has been accumulated enough Of
surplus to build and equip the ex-
pertinent station and the other build
ings. Each and every member has
been greatly benefited every year.
The saving and the profit to each in
dividual member has been many
times more than his stock. II is sim
ply the savings" through co-opera-
tive buying and selling.
These men have been long enough
in the cooperative work to get thor
oughly inoculated, acclimated, drilled
and disciplined. They can keep step,
touch elbows, and go right along. They
cannot be downed by internal dis
sensions, should they arise, nor by out
side pressure or attack, which is al
ways liable to happen. These men
buy together and save money; sell to-
gether and save; consult and save;
and in thousands of cases have saved
their bacon" by working together.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
DUTCH in AFRICA

would survive. The Saxons were thor
oughly conquered and ground down.
The Beers are certainly not, for their
Robin Hood kept up national senti-
ment and nurses covert distrust and
hate not under the greenwood tree,
but under the rooftree of government,
and their Herewards lurked In no fens,
but came and went about the veldts
teaching an empire many lessons. The
Saxons, 1t is true. we're In a great ma
jority, but opposite those pensions
paid to the Beers even injured in the
war we must write the marrying Of
Yorkshire.
Norman-French at once became the
language of church and state; Eng
lish. we may say. is neither today in
South Africa. Again we see the back
bone of society, loyal to the voice Of
the land" and the brilliant top dress
ing proudly maintaining the tongue Of
their fathers. But, then. In those
feudal days OF no board schools, and
with as big gulf between conqueror
and conquered almost as between
white man and Kafir. there could be
little question OF an advanced coales-
cence or of the bilingualism so appar.
ent today in the educated strata OF
South African society.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
TRAPPED IN BURNING TREE
Chased by Bull. Farmer Has to Best
Out Flames In Topmost
Branehee.

Muskegon, Mich.-Attacked by .
bull and forced to take refuge in q
tree, which later caught IRE from
burning brush. was the thrilling en-
perience Of r. T. Lane. an Eggleston
township farmer living near here.
Lane managed to beat out the IRE
in the tree. He had his eyebrows
burned OF and his clothing scorched.
He climbed so feet into the tree BE-
fore he was able to check the flames
that spread through the branches.
The bull kept in the neighborhood of
the tree and Lane was unable to make
his escape for several hours.
Finally line Of IRE forced the bull
away from the tree and Lane was
able to descend. He fed through the
hot embers OF the brush FIRE and had
one foot burned.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14

He who pays as he goes usually
goes far.
Worry is thought without purpose
or object.
Defective flues often permit the
sparks to fly.
Success helps some men and makes
fools Of others.
An ounce OF prevention is worth a
ton of inquest
Warmed-over opinions are better
than none at all.
Hope is a pneumatic tire that is fire.
quently punctured.
Inflated currency isn't always money
that's been blown in.
Inflated currency isn't always money
that's been blown in.
Ventilation is as essential to the
family as it is to the stock.
The secret of success is correct in
formation secured in advance.
A story to be pleasant should be
without a singer in the tale.
An unqualified success-co-opera-
tive fire insurance companies.
II one gave voice only to ones
thoughts one wouldn't talk so much.
Money is one of the best things
Eoing-but it is still better coming.
Any man who has made a fortune
never wasted time wishing he was
rich.
Ignorance of the law does not pre-
vent the losing lawyer from collecting
his. bill.
The world owes every man a liv-
ing, but every man must collect 1t
himself.
A self-made man often acts as II he
thought somebody else wanted to
claim the job.
Science in farming is no bugaboo.
II is just knowledge and good sense
applied to everyday conditions.
Three inches of lead pencil with
thought behind it Is better than an
extra gang pillow and hired man.
Triangle co-operation"-that be-
tween Iuo idTIucT, inc OuSihCSo man.
and the banker-is the kind that
means individual and community pros
perity.
II would appear that some folks re-
gard delicate health as basis for
social prestige. This is a foolish line
of thought, but quite profitable for the
doctors.
Philadelphia reports tomato growers
get FIVE cents a basket, while the local
consumers pay 20 cents for the same
basketful A diagram Of the way sta
tons might expose the route Of the
high cost of living.
The farmer who wakes up to the
fact that his soil is exhausted, and
will not produce as 1t did once. is in
the position of a man who has over
drawn his bank account. He must
make good. and that quickly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
BABY SAVES GIRLS LIFE
Applicant for Carnegie
Medal.

New York.-Perhaps the youngest
applicant for Carnegie hero medal
is little Freddie Smith. the five-year-
old son OF Sergt. F. S. Smith Of the
Columbus corps Of the Salvation
Army. He is credited with, having
saved his playmate. Tenia Daily. q
few months younger than himself.
from drowning. The rescue. accord
ing to eyewitnesses. was dramatic.
Col ]. E. Margetts, chief secretary
for the children's Salvation Army
work in the United States. Is 80 i'm
pressed with the story that when he
started for Pittsburgh he carried a
quantity of evidence which he will
submit TO the Carnegie Hero Fund
commission on behalf Of the little fel-
low.
Tenia was playing on the bank Of
the Scioto river on June 4 when she
lost her footing and fell In. Freddie.
who was q block away, heard her
screams and ran to the river bank as
Tenia was sinking. Although he
could not swim, he jumped into the
water without hesitation. He was up
to his neck about three feet from
where the little girl was struggling.
Fortunately her long hair loated on
the water toward him. He grasped It
between his tiny fingers and dragged
her to the shore
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
Turning Alfalfa Into Pork.

At the Kansas experiment station
500 pounds of pork we're made from
one ton of alfalfa hay and no pounds
from an acre of alfalfa pasture. At
the Nebraska station hog rations con-
sisting of one-fourth alfalfa hay show.
ed the alfalfa hay worth its weight in
corn meal and superior to the same
weight of bran. The Iowa station
made pig pork at 1884 per 100 pounds
and realized I'll cents per bushel for
corn. With alfalfa and corn, pork cost
sass per 100 pounds. and corn re-
turned S6.6 cents per bushel, differ
ence of 33 1-3 per cent in favor Of al
falfa.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
RACK FOR CURING PEA HAY
Arkansas Man Describes Folding De-
vice and Materials Necessary In
Its Construction.

Some years ago saw on one Of
the Tennessee experiment station
fields a number of racks for the cur
ing OF pea hay. They were made Of
scantling bolted together and. while
very effective, were rather hard to
move around.
In this neighborhood sort Of Q
folding rack has been developed that
answers the purpose Of curing cow
pea hay, soy bean hay or heavy clover
and alfalfa very well. BY using from
four to eight of these racks to an acre
Of ground the crop can be easily
cured. Each rack viii hold several
hundred pounds Of green hay. The
hay can be left on the racks right in
the field for weeks II necessary,
writes an Arkansas man In the Farm
Progress.
Poles cut from the nearest woods
will be best for the racks. -Four
poles eight feet long. three inches in
diameter at the butt. four stakes
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
Rettermen, By cuIIIna sows.

II SOW raises but three pigs. says
Professor Smith of Purdue university,
Lafayette, Ind, it means that they are
costing IS each. II instead Of three
she raises five, the initial cost is re-
duced to SO per head. II she is q
very prolific SOW she may raise ten,
in which case the debt represented by
each pig is only dollar and half.
When the breeder heartlessly culls
out his sows that produce stock that
never attain good size; when he
promptly sends to the block the SOW
with small filters: when he gets out
Of his herd the peevish hogs and the
hogs Of low vitality. then he win hear
less about the relative advantage Of
the cross-bred hog.