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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
TOBACCO IN CROP ROTATION
Recommendation Made as Result of
Experiments Made at Virginia
Station-Grass Is Best.

The Office OF experiment stations
Department OF Agriculture. has re-
ceived a copy of a report from the
Virginia station of experiments made
in cooperation with the department
in connection with tobacco growing.
AS a result OF the crop rotation
work the recommendation is made for
the following seven-year rotation: To-
hacco, wheat. grass. corn with Grim
son clover as cover crop. cowpeas
and red clover. The rotation OF crops
in the suncured tobacco district was
found necessary and profitable. In
connection with this rotation work it
was found that seeding grass alone in
August gave better results than seed
ffg with small gran
1t was also found that heavy ap-
plications of fertilizer were more
profitable than light applications. The
use OF 1000 pounds OF 1888 fertilizer
per acre gave a profit Of 5000. while
1900 pounds Of home-mixed fer
t,lizer gave profit OF sf12.17.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
GREAT INDUSTRIES OF THE
COUNTRY AWAKE TO DUTY.
Movement to Take Care of Employees
lHcapacitated Through Age May
Become Universal.

A great western railroad system re-
cently got into line with the modern
movement in announcing a pension
plan for disabled employees. An east.
ern system was the pioneer to adopt
such plan. It's pension system went
into effect in 1884 and it has about
TOO pensioners on the rolls.
In the next decade the movement
grew until almost all the leading
railroads had adopted it. Several Of
the great industrial concerns of the
country have undertaken the same
recognition of faithful service.
All these plans are encouraging
evidence Of a growing appreciation
of the fact that the maintenance OF
employees is legitimate part Of the
expense OF conducting business. But
they cannot be depended ON to solve
the problem of old age dependency.
However great their merits. they can
touch only a fraction of the workers
of the country. The great bulk OF
the business organizations are not in
a position to provide annuities.
Actuaries have figured that of 1000
men living at the age of 20. 500 win
be living at the age OF IS. But eco
nomists have figured further that OF
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Industrial Disturbances in Great Brit
ain Costly to Both the Employer
ard Enpicye.

From the report of the English
board of trade for the year 1911 it
would appear that British strikes do
not pay the strikers. During that
year million men obtained an
increase OF wages without striking
and 49,, O00 by means of strikes. The
Welsh miners lost s3.s5o. 900 in wages
and spent 100000 in strike pay from
the union fund during the miners
strike, while the lockers strike cost
those mon at least s3.70n.0e0. In the
disputes which commenced in 1911.
some $4,000 work people were involy-
I'D. which was the highest number IN
the period between 1893 and 1911. The
main groups affected were the sea-
men. who went out in June. This
was rapidly followed by a series OF
strikes OF dock workmen. railroad men
and others employed in the transport
trade until the end OF August and a
lockout in December in the weaving
industry in Lancashire. Wages as q
cause OF dispute involved 46 per cent.
or the workers directly affected and
fhe assertion or defense OF trade
nnion principles 80 per cent more.
Although the extra amount OF w0-k-
ing time lost works ont the huge hg-
nra OF 7.62e.30c days the industries
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Child Labor.

1t must not be forgotten that chain
is no stronger than its weakest link.
and that the health of a community
depends to great extent on the health
of all those who make 1t up. il
some are so everworked and SO under
fed that they readily become victims
of disease the diseases which they de-
velop gain in virulence under such un-
favorable conditions until they become
capable of spreading even to those
whose health and strength are often
rugged enough to render them i'm
mune 10 the milder form OF Infection
that are present at the beginning of
an epidemic. The children OF the
wealthy, then, often suffer because the
children of the poor have been neg
lected and permitted to be i'll and be-
come the hotbeds OF Infection where
the seeds OF disease are nOurished
into sad activity.--New York Herald
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
WAYS OF SECURING NITROGEN

tBy L. r.. NEEL.)

(By r. n. NEEL.)
Their is a lack of sufficient nitrogen
in the average soil to supply all OF
the demands of grain or grass crop.
Sometimes this need is very great. SO
that good crop cannot be harvested
without supplying nitrogen artificial
~. This element Is very costly in a
commercial form, costing most farm.
ers 20 cents pound or more. So that
fertilizer with only 165 per cent OF
nitrogen is made much more expen-
sive by its presence. At 90 cents per
pound for the nitrogen the cost per
ton for this element would be $500.
Ii 200 pounds of this mixed fertilizer
were used to the acre. only 3.3 pounds
of nitrogen would be applied, and this
at cost OF not less than 66 cents.
This small amount OF the element un-
der consideration would only be
enough to start growth over the acre.
Nitrogen is very costly substances
to buy in an artificial fertilizer. and
yet most soils need more Of 1t. For
tunately It can be secured without
to the order commonly known as
legumes can get their nitrogen power
from the ear as OF the air is nitro
gen), by the aid OF very small plants
or bacteria living on their roots. SO
this class OF plants is independent OF
the nitrogen in the soil. II there is
plenty or other plant food In the soil.
they will make a luxuriant growth
where nitrogen is deficient This
nitrogen that the legumes draw from
the air IL stored in root, stem, leaf and
seed. II the crop is allowed to decay
on the land or is fed to stock and the
manure returned, the nitrogen content
OF the soil will be increased and bet
ter crop OF corn, wheat or grass can
be grown. So 1t is evident from this
that there Is a practical way Of sup
plying the corn. cotton. tobacco and
hay with nitrogen without paying 20
cents per pound TO- 1t. And it should
be mentioned that nitrogen accumu-
lates in land in pasture or when shad-
ed by some crop, or by straw or
boards, etc. Both of these natural
ways OF securing nitrogen are very
important. out it should not be
thought that the latter will be sufh-
cient without the former
The legumes are the. beans, peas,
ciovcrs, alfalfa. vetches, peanuts. beg
gariice. the locust tree and some 9th
er plants not so well known. There
is scarcely one among them but that
is valuable as a farm crop. so that
they can be grown at profit indie
pendently OF the nitrogen they gather
for the farm
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Team Work" Counts

mage. he would go down to inevitable
defeat before properly fed. properly
disciplined opponents That is the
reason for the training table. That
is why player who Is seen smoking
gets an opportunity to warm the
bench. That is why single Whit
of liquor may cost a man lis place.
The same principles are coming to
be applied in business. If a man Is
to make a success in business he
must train that is, he must con-
serve his energy. The moro pro-
gressive employers are sitting out the
weaklings. just as good coach casts
aside the unfit.
But don't get the idea that we are
encroaching upon the rights OF our
employees, that we are demanding that
they give their entire time to our in
terests- We don't go at it that way.
The first thing we had to do was
to gain the interest and support OF
our men. We accomplished that by
taking them into the business in a
sense We adopted the bonus meth
Cd. Record breaking was remuner.
ated with liberal rewards. In addi-
ton to planning and executing new
moves. we began to talk training
Mai, a worker thinks he can frit-
ter away his energy and then show up
for the business contest with a cool
head and bright eye. He may know
the rules and have mastered the
trick plays. but IL he has not energy
to back them he will be superseded
by some one who has.
Our bonuses are arranged in such
a way that team work is essential II
one man is weak it affects ali the
others. 1t is no individual competi-
ton. The force as a whole either
wins the game or loses. Every man
takes strict account OF the snap and
energy of every other man.
The results of this plan have been
highly satisfactory, both to US and
to the men. They have received a
good share of the profits. There Is
a spirit OF loyalty among such as l
have never seen anywhere else. -
Chicago Tribune.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

spring; but well drained soil, like a
metal, is easily and quickly heated in
the spring, hence IS IN early soil. The
growth and extension OF root systems
as instruments for obtaining Dourish-
ment for the later growth OF the upper
part OF the plant must take place dur
Ing a certain definite period previous
to top development This period and
consequent root development Is short
ened by cold, late plant bed in the
spring, but increased by warm. carly
soil, hence thu removal OF water by
drainage, by permitting an early rapid
heating OF the soil, insures vigorous
root system to supply abundant nour-
ishment later for the growth OF the
top.
The Development OF the root sys-
TENS Is further helped by the lower
ing OF the water table. Roots cannot
grow below the water table. Lower
Ing the 'water table permits a deeper
root Development aud consequently
more root surface in contact with and
in position to take in the plant food.
1t viii thus appear evident that
many OF our apparently dead. worth
less lands are SC because OF Lack OF
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Employer Has Brought Funda-
mental Sporting Rule to Profit
Him in Business.
KEEPS ALL MEN IN TRAINING
Idea Borrowed From Athletic Coach
ers of College and Professional
Teams He Admits Is Response
Bile for the Success
He Has Had.

How is it, / asked the big en-
paoyer, that you can turn out SC
nuch more work with smaller force
than your competitors"
by developing the sporting in
st4nct in my men," he replied.
Business is big game. like foot
bail or baseball" he explained. Our
force is the team. I am the coach.
We pay attention TO the game, new
plays. and scoring on the other fell
lows. We have our training rules
like those of the big football teams.
The way man conducts himself dur
ing Off hours is one OF the most I'm
portant points
Like the athletes we work on the
conservation of energy theory. No
athlete. even though he is. q genius,
can stay on one of the big football
teams of today unless he trains
Training means more than master
ing the plays and appearing regu-
larry for scrimmage. Training is eat
ing. sleeping. living.
Why, in the great game OF bust
ness, should not the players train!'
It's bigger game than football. and
It requires more skill and endurance.
OEe-half of the athletic eoach's IL
struction concerns training. He
Tells the players when to sleep. what
TO eat and how TO conduct them
selves. II he confines his attention
TO perfecting new plays. developing
team work. and directing the scrim-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
NINE. jussERAND BARS FREE LUNCH"

Nine. Jusserand. wife of the
French ambassador, and new doyen
of the diplomatic corps at Washing
ton. has decreed the abolition Of the
diplomatic free lunch route" whick
is the undiplomatic designation OF
that indiscriminate and uncensored
list OF hostesses from whom the at
taches OF embassies and legations
have been wont to accept luncheon
dinner and dance invitations.
Henceforth there will be a rigid
adherence to diplomatic and socias
lines by the young diplomats who
have entered too much into the spirit
of our democratic institutions and
gone to those entertainments vhsrs.
he spirit OF convfviality led them
The gossip in diplomatic circles IL
that there has been not only a weak
ening of discipline, but that the young
bachelor set, not provided with the
large expense account of the heads
of legations. have found In the bouuti-
ful hospitality of Washington means
out their meager incomes By saving
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

drainage, and that drainage can IN
lock the fertility of these dead soils
and make them alive. warm and
fertile.
The deeper the drains are placed the
lower do they make tho water table
with given distance between drains
Drains do not lower the water table
20 the same level at all points Close
to the drains 1t is lowered to the depth
or the drain, whereas at the point
midway between drains it may be sew
eral inches or even feet higher, de-
pending upon the openness and permts'
ability OF the soil to water. The water
table is thus formed into series OF
curves, the end of each at the level OF
the drain and the crest approaching
the surface OF the soil. Therefore, the
deeper the drains the farther apart
may they be placed without danger OF
bringing the crest of the water table
too near the surface.
-Four feet is considered deep drain
age, three feet medium. and two and
one-half feet shallow drainage In
general three feet is safe distance.
but on some soils containing very
thick and close hardpans, it is safer To
lay tile at two and one-half feet. II
such depth will keep them above this
impervious subsoil.
In some instances the lans is too
wet in early spring only, while later
the water table lowers sufficiently
through natural causes. In such
cases depths of two and two and one
half feet are usually sufficient.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Relation Of Depth Of Tile 20 the Pc-
sItloH and Depth Of Water Table.

water Plants require moist soil,
but cannot grow in a saturated soil
where roots come in contact with
standing water below the water table.
Plants obtain their moisture almost
entirely from capillary water, that is,
the water which is held in the small
openings between soil grains as oil in
wick Since capillary water is only
available In the unsaturated soil above
the water table, drainage. by lowering
the water table. makes room for more
capillary water, thus increasing the
supply OF water available TO plant
roots, and making possible the storage
of large quantities of moisture during
wet season against the time of
droughts. With drainage comes also
the more favorable condition for the
formation of mulches and consequent
prevention OF waste of moisture by
surface evaporation.
By the downward percoiation OF
water toward the drains, the plant
food. OF the flne surface soil and the
manuree. Is carried downward to be-
come thoroughly incorporated in the
soil, rather than to be washed away by
surface overflow. Moreover, the deep
ening OF the soil increases its capacity
for water, and prevents the overflow
which washes away the saturated,
muddy top soil.
Vegetation can use only plant food
of finely powdereas soil easily soluble
In water. The passage OF afr and heat
into and through the soil. made pos
sible b. the removal OF the standing
water. and the Interchange OF air
through the soil between the bodies
of air in the tile and the air above the
soil, disintegrates the soil particles
hitherto unavailable to plants, and pro-
duces that fine. crumbling, workable
condition of the soil known as fine
texture, in which is found the maxi
mum amount of soluble plant food and
the most favorable conditions for plant
growth. The toughest clay soils are
in this way made friable. responding
with increased crops The increase
of heat and air provides favorable con-
ditions for the increase in the num-
bers and activity of bacteria. the min
ute plants whose function 1t is to set
free plant food and change the form
of the constituents of soil into a food
for plants. Moreover, the constant
passage of surface water into soil car
ries in chemicals which act vigorously
to set free plant food bound in various
chemical combinations.
Since 1t Is very difficult to heat
water from above. water-soaked soil
Is very slow TO become warm in the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
]. H. HAMMOND WOULD PAcIFY YAQUIs

John Hays Hammond has asked
the Mexican government to permit
him to go, unarmed and accompanied
only by an interpreter, into the
mountainous stronghold Of the TaGui
Indians in Sonora, to pacify that
turbulent tribe. The government OF
Mexico has fought the Yaouis Tor
thirty years. but today the YaQuis are
unconquered.
Mr.. Hammond expects that the
Madero government will give him the
permission which he desires His
program is based on his belief that.
as a result of his life and work i'm
Mexico, many years ago, the under
standing between him and the Yaquis
is so thorough as to obviate the risk
OF his being injured or killed. Major
Burnham, the famous American and
South African scout and fighter, viii
accompany him.
Last July Mr.. Hammond wrote to
Senior Calero, the Mexican ambassa-
dor to this country, outlining his
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Immense Loss by Strikes

OF the United Kingdom are SO enorm-
oRs that the stoppage was only equal
to the. total closing down Of all ia
dustries on one extra bank holiday
Cancellation or mediation entered into
settlements which involved $4,000
workers, while arbitration only figured
in adjustments or but 7,400 strikers.
Settlements In the nature Of com.
promise were arranged in the case o.
of ga per cent. Of the work people d;.
rectIy affected by ali the disputes.
Less than z per cent. Of the strikers
were wholly successful and rather
more than 9 per cent were wholly up
successful
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
BENEFIT OF DRAINAGE
Has Influence That Nothing Else
Can Accomplish.
Soil Has Usually Been Enriched by
Deposits From Higher Lands and
Viii Therefore Become Most
Fertile and Valuable.
(By G. P. NORGOOD.)

by C.. r. NORGOODD
There are In general three condi-
tons of soil needing drainage: First,
land which is wet and marshy because
of a lack of surface drainage: second.
that which has so large an amount Of
organic matter and such heavy clay
that water cannot we'll penetrate it;
third, soils with heavy, compact clay
subsoils and hardpars. Upon such
subsoils, the attack of the air from
above and beneath flowing drainage.
and deep blowing or subsoiling, made
possible by drainage. has loosening
and mellowing influence that nothing
else can accomplish.
One of the most obvious results of
drainage, from which all other bene-
fits accrue. is the removal of surplus
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

Attempts to adapt primary ednca
fion to local needs. particularly in
communities where educational and
living standards have fallen low. seer:
"a he desirable Work OF this sort
has been undertaken in Pennsylvania
according to bulletin Of the United
states bureau Of education.
To de7ise course of study that
would be specially applicable to q
mining community with a predomi-
Mating foreign population was the
task assigned to r. r. Bach employed
az sociological superintendent by
i collieries company in the PenHsyi-
ssuia region.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
WOULD EDUCATE MAN BEHIND THE PLOW

To carry knowledge Of scientific
agricultural methods directly to the
man between the pillow handles, and
thereby increase the agricultural prod
ucts of this country by at least 20
per cent, Senator Hoke Smith in a
speech in the senate the other day
urged the passage OF the Smith-Lever
bill 10 establish agricultural extern
sion departments in colleges of agri-
culture.
The annual value of our agricui-
tural products is, in round figures.
$4,000. 100000" Senator Smith said.
IF the increase as q result OF this
work were only 20 per cent we would
have an increased value OF 81 800, 000,-
600, or sufficient sum to meet the
proposed appropriation for 500 years
Senator Smith pointed to the pas
sage Of the Morrill, bill for the estab-
1ishment of land grant agricultural
colleges in each CT the states of the
Union, and OF the Hatch bill for the
establishment of an experiment sta
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
p Pension Old Workmen

500 living at the age of SIS. 200 will
be in want and that eightsninths of
all the pauperism in the country is
among people who have passed IS.
Other nations in dealing with this
world problem-for that is what it is
have found it necessary to make
some sort of state provision for old
age, based on services rendered IN
the past and on contributions that
every person has made to civiliza-
ton and to the prosperity of society.
Some sort OF old age annuity adapted
to American conditions is bound to
be worked out In the United States
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
Water in the Cow Pasture.

It IS most important that he dsiry
herd have plenty OF pure water. II
water is not abundant and pure the
profits win be cut in tHo or cut out
altogether. Keep the spring holes
ii the pastures clean. and make the
annyaaches safe. Water is ussces-
sitv IN aiding the digestion and assin'
ilation oil solid food
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31
MISS BoARDMAN LAuDs BOY SCOUTS

Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secre-
tary of the American Red Cross
association, has sent message to
the 100000 Boy Scouts of America.
She rejoices in the good deeds that
the Boy Scouts are doing She COM
pares them with the knights of King
Arthur of old.
"The Vision OF King Arthur is
the title of MISS BoardmaIfs article in
Boys' Life, the Boy Scouts magazine.
Miss Boardman pictures the dying
King Arthur, and says: Something
held his clear blue eyes-not glitter
ing armor nor helmet with It's visor
own--only boy in simple brown,
who stopped to lift little fallen
child. And there: Another guided {
blind man through the dangers OF the
noisy street, and yet another, with
kindly mien and friendly stroke.
soothed some poor, bewildered dog.
his master Loaf. Here one took from
her trembling hands the heavy load
of some old dame and bore it for her
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

spending about $4,000
OF agriculture
al
of
OF the
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31

LESSON TEXT-Genesis 6:9-12, 7:11-24
GOLDEN TEXT-"The wages OF sin il
death, but the free gift of God IL eternaf
life in Christ Jesus our Lord" Rom. 6:23
r. "
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31


The Yau maintain their stronghold this time addition to their
absolutely
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1913-01-31


under southern the
With skiiful fingers the wound with
the was iven a crosse red"
Boardman
old lDs dead but have brought