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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
Tact; Son Gets Down to Taeks.

Henry, age five, had two younger
brothers. Henry's father had just
moved, and was busy laying the kitch-
en- linoleum. In order to facilitate the
work he gave Henry the task Of fur
nishing his with tacks. The. little
fellow worked faithfully for half an
hour. Suddenly, however, he turned
to his father and said:
Papa, you like me best, don't you?"
"oh, l like all my boys" said the
father.
But don't you like me a little bit
better than the others?" queried
Henry.
Il like all my boys equally well.'
answered the father.
We'll, papa" said the lad, after a
moment of reflection, whats the use
of my handing you these lacks them"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29

1t is we'll for the farmer to realize
at outset that the conditions are very
different from what they were thirty
or forty years ago, and that without a
good spraying outfit good fruit can
not reasonably be expected. It is well
to emphasize the word good in this
sentence, writes e. E. Miller in the
Country Gentleman, for 1t is a very
common mistake to try to economic
in the purchase of a spraying outfit,
and SO to get inc which will make
good work impossible, or at least make
the cost of doing 1t twice as much as
It should be. The manufacturers of
spraying outfits who lead mep to be-
lieve that an apple tree a be
sprayed with a bucket pump are do.
ing an injustice to their own ma
chimes, as well as to the men to whom
they sell.
All this said. not to discourage the
growing of the farm orchard, but
merely to point out some things nee
essary to make it a success; and to
show by contrast how easy 1t is for
the farmer to have a liberal supply of
the small fruits.
1t is poor economy for farmers to
try to get on without a home orchard,
but 1t is much worse for them to try
to get on without berries and other
bush fruits and grapes. All berries
are easily grown. The strawberry al
be planted M year and be in full
bearing the next. Most of the others
need only two years in which to bear
ties none of them are seriously at
tackled by other insect foe or disease.
The currant worm, gooseberry blight,
blackberry anthracnose and straw.
berry weevil will do considerable
damage in the aggregate, but all Of
them are more or less localized,
and most of them are easily con
trolled. A man with a Sc knapsack
sprayer need spend only a few hours
in a season to protect enough bushes
and vines to produce all the small
fruits the average farm family will
need.
The following are the standard
formulate:
Bordeaux Mixture: This is a fun
gicide and used during the summer on
plants that have resistant leaves; 1t
is made as follows: Copper sulphate
or blue stone. 3 20 4 pounds; quick
lime, s to 6 POUNDS; water, Is gallons.
Dissolve the blue stone in Is gallons
of water; slack the lime in as much
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
WHERE HER THOUGHTS WERE
liar Experience, If They viii
Admit the Truth.

The husband was reading a news.
paper account to his wife. Now and
then he paused and asked a question.
The nature of her replies made him
doubt that she was listening closely.
He accused her of having thoughts
elsewhere, and she Indignantly retort.
ed hat she had heard every word.
He continued reading for a few
minutes and then glanced at her.
From the far-away look in her eyes
he knew her thoughts were not upon
the item he was reading. So, turn
ing the sheet as an excuse for a
pause, he continued as follows, ap-
parently reading:
Last night, about two O'Clock in
the afternoon, just a few minutes be-
fore breakfast, a hungry boy about
sixty years old bought an orange for
nine pins and threw it through q con
crete wall twenty feet thick. With a
cry Of despair he jumped into a dry
mill pond, broke his arm at the knee
Joint, and was drowned. 1t was only
ten years later, on the same day and
at the same hour, that a goat gave
birth to six elephants. A high wind
then came up and killed three dead
horses and a wooden cigar Indian
What do you think Of that, dear?" he
questioned, suddenly.
She gave a little start. smiled, and
said:
81 think that's a splendid bargain,
Henry. You had better get half a
dozen, for your stock Of shirts is
low"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
Paraphrasina the ImmortaIs.

Tennyson's Brook" and SCOTS
"Lochinvar" were recently set for
paraphrase at a girls school. The
conscientious students set to work
with a dictionary. Here follow speci.
mems of the results: To bicker down
a valley-"To have an undignifed
quarrel in a low place among the
hills" He staid not for brake-"He
never stopped for a mechanical con.
~trivance to reduce speed by means OF
friction"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
CLEARED AWAY
Proper Food Put the Troubles Away.

Our own troubles always seem more
severe than any others. But when q
man is unable to eat even a light
breakfast, for years, without severe
distress, he has trouble enough.
1t is small wonder he likes to tell of
food which cleared away the troubles.
II am glad Of the opportunity to
tell Of the good Grape-Nuts has done
for me-" writes a N. II. man. "For
many years ! was unable to eat even
a light breakfast without great suffer
ing.
After eating I would suddenly be
seized with an attack. Of collie and
vomiting. This would be followed by
headache and misery that would some,
times last a week or more, leaving me
60 weak / could hardly sit up or walk.
"Since I began to eat Grape-Nuts I
have been free from the old troubles.
/ usually eat Grape-Nuts one or more
times a day, taking 1t at the beginning
of the meal. Now / can eat almost
anything I want without trouble.
when / began to use Grape.Nuts I
was way under my usual weight, now I
weigh 80 pounds more than l ever
weighed in my life, and I am glad to
speak of the food that has worked the
change" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little
booklet, THE Road to Wellville." in
pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true, n full Of human
interest.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29

NOR and pour the two together at the
same time, into a third barrel; pour
them through a sieve SO all the rocks,
trash, etc, will be kept out Of the
final mixture. While applying this
mixture keep it we'll stirred.
Paris Green: A deadly poison for
biting insects, made as follows: Paris
green, l pound; quick lime, l to q
pounds; water, $50 to 200 gallons.
Mix the paris green into a paste with
water; slack the lime and add the
whole required amount Of water. Par
is green may also be used in connec
ton with bordeaux mixture instead Of
water; the bordeaux taking the place
of the water. Paris green is not used
with self-boiled lime sulphur.
Arsenate of Lead: A biting insect
eide as paris green, but more effective.
as 1t Is not so apt to hurt the foliage
of the tree; 1t is, however, more ex-
pensive than the paris green: Arsen-
ate of lead, 2 to 3 pounds; quick lime,
2 to 8 pounds; water, SO gallons. Slack
the lime in the water and mix in the
~arsenate of lead. Either bordeaux
mixture or self-boiled lime-sulphur
can be used with the material instead
Of water.
Kerosene Emulsion: This is a con-
tact insecticide, used in the summer
time for soft-boiled insects, like plant
lice; II Is made as follows: Soft water.
1 gallon (add borax to soften II water
is hard, a good hard soap, l to 2
pounds; kerosene, i quart. Shave
the soap into the water and warm until
thoroughly dissolved; then add the
kerosene and churn or pump 1t back
and forth into itself for at least Is min
utes or a half hour; when thoroughly
emulsifed, add 81 to % gallons of wa
gallons gives an s per cent. and II to
IL gallons gives a 8 per cent; the orig
inal solution is Is per cent. Never APP
ply the Is per cent. first; always start
with the 7 per cent. solution and work
up to the stronger ones; it is hardly
ever necessary to use more than a Z
per cent. for ordinary plant lice. Be
careful in making this mixture. for If
the oil separates upon the plant the
leaves are SURE to be injured and
likely killed.
Soap Solution: Where foliage is too
tender to stand the kerosene, soap, at
the rate of / pound to 6 to s gallons Of
water may be used instead; 1t is not
as good as the emulsion. but a great
deal safer.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
Our Wonderful Energy.

Andre de Fouquieres, whom So
ciety lionized during the New York
season, praised on his departure for
Paris the wonderful energy of the
American business man.
81 once asked an American bust
ness man." he said:
"'Do you know what leisure
means?'
why, to be sure, I do the bust
ness man replied. Leisure is spare
time that a be devoted 10 some
fresh job Of work."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
Profit In Young Cattle.

The Central experiment station
farm at Ottawa, Canada. found that
by comparing 1000 pounds live
weight in the a s Of calves, year.
lings, two and three-yearolds, that
the profit for each 1000 pounds was.
Calves. s31; yearlings. s27: two
yearolds, 1910; three.year-olds.
S12.s0.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
Pale by Comparison.

You have a large library. Do you
read much?"
mot much. l have yet been
able to find a set of books that was so
interesting as the talk of the agent
who sold 1t to me-"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
Hired Man on DAIRY Farm,

The hired man on the dairy farm is
seldom out of work and contrary to
the popular opinion this same hired
man is not so dissatisfied as many
would have you believe.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
Ready Answer.

BE mine. l cannot live without
you"
Bah" said the heires. You have
lived without me for years"
True" retorted the duke, "but the
cost of living has got me at last"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
Queer Trouble.

We are having a hard time with
that smoke
"A hard time? That's odd. It's
from soft coal"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-05-29
Shortest,

What do you think is the best way
to deal with q deadlock"
Find a key to the situation"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

Bile your capacity the first year and
again double it the second year il
you have had success.
Keep a record of everything, that
you may really know what YOU are
getting out of the business. So MANY
get the big head at the start and are
Ike the man who was successful in
running the little dry goods store on
the corner, thinking that he was real
" fitted to manage a department
store until he tried 1t and failed,
There is no question that there
are great possibilities in the poultry
business in its various branches. but
we desire to impress upon the minds
of the Overzealous that It is like all
other kinds of business, success is
only reached through we'll directed
hard work.
1t must be remembered that tbs
hen to give us her best efforts must
be well cared for every day In the
year. The hen in her natural or ma
tive condition laid but about two
dozen eggs a year. 1t takes about
five or six dozen to pay for her years
keep. 1t must be born in mind that
each individual poultry raiser must,
to a great extent, solve his own prob
lens. He can pick up pointers here
and there that will help him greatly
to avoid the ruts and pitfalls, but,
after all. he must for himself prove
all things and hold fast to that which
is good"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

be erected. the number and quality
Of fowls to be purchased the first
season.
The main thing in building Is com
fort and convenience. The palmer
building is really the better, as it is
more easy to keep clean. and cleanli-
ness is absolutely essential to sue
cess.
or course, the man with unlimited
means can DO as he pleases about ex-
pensive houses In fact, that kind ask
but few questions; as a rule. they
push ahead and build, doing the con-
sidering afterward.
Cheap Houses the Best.
A very good cheap house can be
built from the cheaper grades of lum-
Der, creosoted with a gas-house prod
uct that is very cheap and viii last for
years. This is a very healthy product
to have. about to dilute with kero-
sene and use as spray on the inside
for the destroying of mites and lice.
Perhaps the most economical all
around house is one that will accom-
modate about 100 hens. This num-
Der can be housed, fed and cared for
with the same work that one-fourth
that number could. As you increa Sc
the number you multiply the risk of
disease and the difficulty of handling
it.
OF course, In our most extensive
commercial poultry plants larger
houses are used with comparative
success.
A house for 100 fowls would have
to be about Is by 80. In a mild ell
mate where there is but little severe
winter weather such a house can be
utilized as a roosting house and a
scratching shed combined during the
really bad weather
The roosts should be placed in the
rear of the house, and when 1t is de-
sired to use the front for scratching
a 12-inch board should be placed on
edge to divide the roosting section
from the scratch. In that way the
scratching part will be kept free from
the dropping. These houses should be
about 8 feet in front to the south,
slanting back to feet at the caves
Boarding Is Necessary.
The front yard should be boarded
down three feet from the roof to pre-
vent beating rains from wetting too
far in. The rest of the way down
should be covered with poultry net
ting to allow a free circulation of air
and let the sun in, as the sun means
health to any place.
True. such houses will get hot in
the summer, but the fowls will only
be in there at night. Any carpenter
under proper direction can easily
build such a house. The roost poles
should be not high from the ground
or floor, as flying from high perches
causes much trouble in the way of
bruised heels The nest boxes should
be separate and not nailed to any
thing, in order that they may be
taken out for cleaning and disinfect-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
FARMERS USING
FLOOD WATERS
To MAKE MONEY
Tax Exemption Granted On Each
Dam Built For Irrigation
Many Acres Corn Land Added.

Topeka, June 2s.-Western Kan
sas has discovered that 80 per cent
Of the water that falls in that sec
ton runs away and does no good.
As Kansas usually does when some
thing needs fixing, the western Kan
sas farmers have decided to stop this
waste. Thousands of artificial lakes,
from one to five and ten acres in ex-
tent are being built to hold this
waste water.
1t is estimated by the Kansas Ag-
ricultural College that 10000 acres
will be covered with water in west
ern Kansas this summer the water
to be used in irrigation during the
hot months. when the rains do not
come.
Kansas is a rolling prairie, and It is
cut up with thousands of miles Of
gullies. AS soon as the water was
carried away and into the streams
the gullies became dry.
Thousands of these guIlies have
been damned by the farmers this
year, and hundreds have planted
small fields Of corn just below these
dams on ground that never grew Il
stalk Of corn before.
July and August often pass without
a single drop of rain falling in the
western part of the State, and those
are the months when the corn ma
lures.
Many farmers have built from two
to five dams. They can irrigate with
little or no expense, as the ground -
rolling enough for the water to be
carried to the fields without pumping
and without elaborate engineering
problems.
Prizes Are Offered.
Otis l.. Benton, a banker at Oberlin,
and J. G. Hooper, a banker at Ness
city, offered prizes to the farmers
who built the dams and who raised
the best crops by irrigation Both
are big landowners. and they have
constructed several hundred dams
on their own lands and on the lands
owned by Eastern people. but leased
to them for farming.
They obtained from the Kansas
Legislature a tax exemption on lands
where the flood waters are conserved.
For every dam built on a farm, half
the tax on twenty acres is returned
to the farmer by the county.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

ing at any time. A good place for
them is on a board along the rear
wall just above the roosts, with a
small piece of netting stretched above
them to prevent them from rOOsting
upon them, still making them easily
accessible from the rOosts for laying
purposes. The rOost poles should all
be loose and should not touch the
walls Of the house in any way. They
will then be easily cleaned and kept
free from lice and mites.
Pure Bred Stock Best.
We would advise beginners to start
with pure bred stock, no matter what
the character of the business is to be.
True. il costs a little more to make
the start, but the results are so much
better that there should be no COM
parisons made.
All poultry plants of any cOnse-
quence use this kind Of stock Wheth-
er for eggs or stock, for market, or
both, it will pay. In marketing lot
of fowls that are of the same size,
color and shape they win always
bring a little more per pound than
will the hit-or miss type of all sizes
and colors
Then the eggs from thoroughbred
stock of any one variety will be uni
form in color. and as a general rule
in shape. all of which goes a long
way toward obtaining better prices.
The thoroughbred hen can be de-
pended upon for uniformity in egg
production. For example, If ten hens
in a flock of 100 lay every other day
the chances are that very soon ap
prOximately 80 per cent will soon be
doing the same thing. while in flock
of odds and ends of the scrub kind
you can make no estimate.
Thoroughbrsds Like Machines.
The thoroughbreds have been bred
TO type and for laying purposes for
so many generations that they are
really like machines. No one should
go into the poultry business with the
notion in his head that he is going to
make big money right from the start,
or even a good living. 1t takes time
to get things in running order. II
you have little knowledge Of the
work and have been raising and
keeping 100 hens you may easily dou-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Hail Does Damage
To Georgia Tobacco
Fancy Grades Reported Hurt-Holes
In Leaves Cut Values-Crop
100000 Pounds Yearly.

Hail has done considerable damage
to the tobacco crop in South Geor-
gia, according to advices received by
the Swint-Davis Leaf Tobacco Com
pany.
planter who produces fancy grades.
Tiny holes in the leaves now are
made larger as the plant grows, and
at marketing time It may be found
that the leaves around the bud, from
which come the finest wrappers, have
been ruined except for filters.
In a forty mile belt on both sides
Of the Georgia Florida line, per-
haps 100000 pounds OF cigar wrap
pers are crown yearly. Fine wrap
pers bring IS cents per pound to the
farmer. while filler tobacco Is worth
perhaps 10 cents.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
By Judge F. j. MARSHALL.

Hundreds Of people in all parts of
the country are beginning to take up
the breeding of poultry in earnest
/ They are easy to locate because they
are after information of all kinds
from all sources. Naturally they are
anxious to get started right
We get any number of these let
ters asking US for information as to
how to start a poultry plant. The
majority of them are not explicit
enough as to their intentions They
usually ask us how many and what
kind Of chickens should a person
keep in order to be able to make
comfortable living from them
As rule they do not tell us which
branch Of the business they have in
mind. They do not tell us what their
qualifications are.
Many Too Ambitious.
Many people want to start into the
poultry business upon too large a
scale. In other words, they do not
seem to realize how important il is
to have some experience before en-
barking in too big a craft. They do
not seem to think that experience
counts as it does in all other branches
OF business. What other lines of trade
are there where a man or woman would
the start as their competitors are
doing after a decade of experience?
And yet with poultry they will ask
the question as to how many fowls
or laying hens a person should start
with to be able to make a good liv-
ing.
Now if they would turn it about
and ask a question something like
this, How many hens should a per-
son keep the first year of his ex-
perience to insure making a failure
of it?" it would be little more rea-
sonable to the poultryman who has
been through the rounds
From what we have been able to
gather from our rounds of nearly all
khe poultry plants of this country, the
successful ones started at the bottom
of the ladder In fact, those that
started at the top, thinking that they
were taking a short cut, always had
to drop back for a fresh start after
year or two Of failures.
Experience Is Necessary.
Some one must have the experience.
1t is a matter of history that there
have been a number Of large poultry
plants established in this country that
have been failures from the start for
the reason that their promoters start
ed in at the wrong end of the line
1t has been the plodding fellows
who have built to stand. 1t has looked
like a slow business. So it is with
the growth of the oak. 1t does not
grow like the gourd vine, neither does
it wither and die at the end of one
season.
When 1t is fully matured 1t COM
mands admiration and respect from
all corners. As to the amount of capt.
tai required, much depends upon the
size and character Of the buildings TO
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
EVERY MALE CITIZEN OF
COUNTY TO FIGHT L0CUSTS

KANSAS CITY, June 2s.-Every
able bodied man and boy in Wyan-
dotte County between the ages Of IS
and IS may be ordered out to fight
locusts if the ravages of these insects
on the crops and orchards continue.
This action has been proposed by
farmers familiar with the grasshop-
per plague of 1877 after the famous
"grasshopper year"
Persons failing TO answer the call
for service are liable to fines of SO for
each day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
A MOST WONDERFUL
LIVER MEDICINE

It. A dose at bedtime will not dis
turb you and you will Immediately
feel better IN the morning.
DR. VERDIER'S LIVER EASE will
cure constipation, headache when
caused from the stomach, vertigo, or
swimming of the head, foul breath,
bilious cramp collie, diarrhoea or sum
mer complaint, and last Of all that
tired. don't-care feeling we all have
sometimes in hot weather
DIR NERDIER'S LIVER EASE Is
on sale and guaranteed by every drug
gist in Atlanta, so cents per bottle,
in pink package.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
INDIANA HUCKSTER DIES,
LEAVING $4,000 ESTATE

TERRE HAUTE, IND, June Is
William r. Stevenson, huckster.
who died last week, left an estate of
$4,000, which his widow says was
accumulated by selling vegetables to
residents of the city. She says he
arose at o'clock in the morning to
be early in market row to buy from
farmers. He was known by his Gus
toners for his punCtuality.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29

P0TH TPV. Too ambitious start is greatest
OOA4NA danger to the poultry raiser
Success nth chicken farming can only be at
tanned by hard, systematic ICOrk and every care
for minute detail. Thoroughbred stock is
necessary.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
Have You Tried DR.. Verdier's
Liver Ease? Thousands Say It
Surpasses All Former Pre-
scriptions for a Liver Medicine.

DIR. VERDIER'S LIVER EASE is
guaranteed TO work the liver with alb
solutely no bad after effects. It is
palatable medicine. Children like