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The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-18

Lawyer-"Do you mean to tell me
that the plaintiff was drunk?" Wit
ness--"Well, no; but you couldn't call
him ostentatiously sober Judge.
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Frank.

Motor and Aviation Exchange. In
sure with US before the accident. Aft
erward we can do nothing for you
The Cyclecar.
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Chitdlgh ChatteP

Elsie with picture book)-"rd jus,
love to be mermaid Margie-.I
wouldn't. What would / hang up for
ChFistmas?"
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CInchea.

CABLE hear Wise is broke.
Steve-Why, that's funny. He claims
he never took chance in his life.
Gabe-lie didn't. He had a lot of
sure things.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Qupils, temples, tendonsP cheek, D.:
age tpalleo. . waist eweste). eyebrows
.P brpwse).
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NEWS OFTHE RIVERS
Stage al River.

Stage Of river It'll Feet, III
change in the asst "a hours
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Subscribers are requested not
to pay carrier boys for The
Bulletin. All Collections are
made by an authorized collector.
who is provided with proper
credentials. Please communicate
all complaints concerning ser.
vice direct to the office b.
tween s 4. m. and 8 p. n. on
week days.
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when the attention Of The Bull.
Ietin il called to any misstatement OF
fact or to any error concerning any
man or thing, corrections viii cheer.
fully be made.
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WEATHER.

Illinois and Missouri: Fair Thurs
alo,y acd L,ridays y.f' t. ss5.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18

duction and harvesting are considered.
The two at in nicely together, and one
preparation of the land answers for
both crops. Growing both on the
same land will not only prove profit
able, but If properly handled will build
up the SOIL 1t will also help to solvs
the question of farm labor, now one
of considerable worry in all agricul-
tural sections of the country. by
utilizing a large part of the farm in
hay and oats, much of the work may
be done by the use of laborsaving ma.
chinery The mower, rake, binder.
thresher, seeder and several other
high-class implements can be used to
great advantage and profit.
After a thorough preparation of the
seed bed, apply fertilizer when it is
used just before or at the time OF
seeding, except nitrate of soda, which
should be used as a top dressing in
early spring. Oats should be drilled
in with seeder, two and ope-half tc
three bushels to the acre, between
September Is and November the 1st
according to the locality. If the land
Is not already seeded with lespedezs
from previous crop, it should not
be sown until the latter part of Febru
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
INVESTIGATION ON
SOUTHERN FARMS
Lespedeza Destined to Become
important Feed Crop.
HlGH-GRADE HAY AND FORAGE
Plant Is to South What Glover and Al
faifa Are to other Sections
Grows on Any Soil and Needs
Little Attention.
By G. 81. ALFoRD.l

Botanists and experimenters are
constantly searching the world for ag
ricultural plants, especially of the
legume family, that will furnish
abundant crops OF high-grade hay and
forage. Lespedeza, or apan clover, a
little plant of Asiatic origin, and un.
til quite recently little known, is des-
tined to become the most important
all-round crop for large areas Of the
Southern United States.
Lespedeza is an annual, appearing
after killing frost is over, and lasting
until freezing weather in the fall 1t
may always be distinguished from 9TH
er small wild clovers by small pur-
pie bloom, which does not appear I'M
til August. The seed resembles I'M
hulled clover and are sold and planted
and a profuse system of lateral roots.
The plant maintains vine-Iike ap-
pearance when thin on the soil. Over a
large part of the territory covered the
growth is dwarfish, from four to six
inches, which leads to the impression
that it is only fit for grazing. In the
southern part of the belt it attains a
growth Of from II to 80 inches, and is
so thick on the land as to yield from
two to four tons of dry hay per acre.
Lespedeza is to the south what
clover and Alfalfa are to other sec
tons. It has the advantage over them
of growing on practically any soil
and with much less cost and attention
than either of the others. The plant
is equally hardy and at home on poor
clay soils, sandy hillsides, alluvial
bottoms or crawfish flats; the growth,
of course, corresponding to the fer.
tility of the soil. In feed value it
equals red clover and is little inferior
to alfalfa.
As a soil renovator nothing sur
passes lespedaza, from the fact that 1t
makes considerable growth on the
poorest lands and win increase in size
and denseness each season, while
nearly all other legumes must be
planted. fortified and doctored to
make any growth whatever on much
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18

forms in September. and when the
land is to be continued in lespedeza
enough seed should be allowed to be
mature so that in handling enough
will scatter off to reseed, thus saving
of buying and reseeding. Where only
hay is desired, cutting may be done
when the plant is in full bloom, in
most cases about September Is. The
yield varies from one ton. on poor
uplands, to three or four tons on
rich lands and bottom lands. One
days sun is sufficient for the hay
Rake and let stand in windrow or
shocks for four or five more days, then
put into barn or bale. 1t cures quick
ly on account of small stems and low
water content.
When saving seed for use or. for
market, the poorer portions of the land
will be found best suited There will
usually be a heavier crop Of seed and
less straw to run through the thresh-
er. When moving for seed alone. the
moving should be delayed until the
larger number are matured. Cut be-
fore the plants are killed, however.
Rake while still moist ard let cure in
windrow. Handle carefully to pre-
vent shattering. as the seed fall of
easily. The cheapest and best method.
If weather permits. is to haul directly
from the field to thresher Adjust
sleeves and wind of machine carefully
to prevent blowing out seed. The yield
varies from 6 to II or more bushels
to the acre.
The market for hay is growing by
leaps and bounds, and anything like
good quality can be sold for good
prices, ranging from s12 tc SIS per
ton. Seed saving has not yet become
general anywhere in the lespsdeza ter
ritcry. The supply does not equal the
demand so far. Prices for seed have
ranged from SO on the farm to SIS or
more per bushel of Is pounds cleaned
seed at the seed houses.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18

of our lands. Its roots system pene-
trates the hardest soil, makes them
porous and stores up vegetable matter
and nitrogen and renders the natural
elements of the soil more available for
plant food. On the poorer soils the
growth increases rapidly, and in very
little time washed away hillsides will
have their gullies checked and be pro-
ducing luXuriant growth which will
furnish choice food for the stock
Most legumes must be planted by
the hand of man and many require ex-
pensive preparation and fertilizing and
always must be planted on the richest
part of the farm. Another valuable
feature is that it will hold its oy-n
with any of the native grasses or
weeds. and frequently runs them out
entirely.
No plant In the south, except per-
haps the Bermuda grass, will give
more or better pasturage from May
until frost. Growing, as it does, on
the toughest and poorest hill soils and
on the richest bottom lands, 1t adds
untold value to the pasture lands
throughout the areas which it covers.
No other plant will stand so much
hard grazing or dry weather through
the summer period. It has been
claimed, and with good reason. that it
adds % per cent. to the earring ca
pacity Of any pasture OF which it is
part.
It is only in recent years that les
pedeza has been recognized as one
OF the best hay crops of the south.
This is true not only from point of
quality, but In the yield and sureness
OF production.
Being very low in moisture content,
the hay is more easily cured and han.
died than any other fegumes. This Is
very important factor in hay max
ing. where the rains are SO frequent
and excessive as in many sections in
the south. The writer considers oats
and lespedeza, grown together, one
of the most valuable crops for the
southern farmer This is undoubted-
y true when the expenses Of the pro
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
FARM I
POULTRY.
FREE RANGE FOR CHICKENS.
Modern Wire Fencing, Which Has
Neat Appearance, viii Keep All
Fowls Out of the Gardens

The old method of free range need
not necessarily be changed The
fowls should not, however, be allowed
to run at will within the garden or
in and about the farm buildings
Nothing is more aggravating or dis
gushing than to have the nice Veget-
ables or beautiful flowers scratched
up, and the doorsteps, the porch, the
barn floor and the farm machines
fouIed with poultry droppings. Sep
arate the poultry also from the other
live stock of the farm.
If the fowls are to be kept near the
farm buildings, provide ample range
inc,osed by modern poultry wire fenc-
ing. The latter requires ordinarily
but few posts. is easily put up and
has a very neat appearance when in
position.
Another way of separating the
fowls from the center of farm opera
lions is to place the henhouses at a
considerable distance from the farm
stead, in pasture where the fowls
will have absolute range. The latter
plan may entail some extra travel by
the poultryman and there is the risk
in some localities of depredations by
foxes, hawks or other wild animals
or by thieves. The young, strong
farmer boy may find advantage in
the second or so-called colony plan"
while the housewife will probably
prefer the fenced Enclosure near the
farmhouse.
Thirdly, the farmer is too careless
in the way he disposes of his poultry
products. He is usually content to
trade his eggs at the nearest grocery
store when by little extra effort he
could gain a select private trade
which would pay far better. His
pure-bred stock of one breed of fowls
in their well-kept house and capacious
| grassy yards will be q great adver-
tisement for his egg products, and
uniform clean appearance of the eggs
| in their attractive package will prove
an additional help il making sales.
Then. too, in disposing of his fowls
the farmer often sells the birds alive
when by carefully dressing them on
the farm and selling to his customers
on orders he could secure far better
prices.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
L)0lJLIM N)IE(|
SSSSSSsSSSSSSS Az<AJO|

Push the pullets along to rapid ma
turity.
The comb is the chickens health
indicator.
Stimulate the hens to eat more by
feeding variety of foods.
Start with Pekins-they are the
handiest and mature early.
Never allow ducklings to get wet
until they have a good coat of feath-
ers.
The nearer square you build 8 poul
try house. the less the cost OF con
Etruction.
Ducks are pigs for food, and gopbie
down pretty nearly everything thai
comes in their way.
Pekins do not need water for swim
ming. but they must have plenty OF
absolutely clean drinking water.
We could not think of more sim
pie or efficient method Of improving
the egg supply of this country thar
the production Of infertNe eggs.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18


that potash might not be a limiting fac
tor, but other experiments on the same
soil showed that it's use was unneces-
sary. Eight hundred pounds of acid
phosphate and 1000 pounds rock phos-
phate per acre (eQual money values)
are used once il a four-year rotation.
The following yields will show how
poor the ground was, and will show
how clover will take hold of rock phos-
phate and how the land improves as
organic matter and nitrogen are re-
stored to the soil. Manure was used
on these plots equivalent to the crops
removed. The materials were applied
July 1, 1908, in growing cowpea crop
which was turned under, then again
preceding corn In 1912:
Rock No Acid
phosphate treatment phosphate
Corn, 1907. 3.8 blu. 10 bu- 11.3 blu.
Oats. 1910. 9.3 blu. 90 blu. 11.9 bu.
Glover hay,
1911 -. .2,436 lbs. 66S lbs. 2,16S lbs.
Gain in corn 291 blu. 20 blu. 1874 Blu.
This experiment has not been con
Quoted long enough to get full com
parison, but it is valuable In that 1t
gives some indications Is to what may
be expected The mo Treatment"
plot and the Acid Phosphate" plot
were both little more fertile in the
beginning than the Rock Phosphate"
plot, as was plainly evident to
the eye. The yield for the mo Treat
ment' plot bears out this statement.
No doubt the acid phosphate plot was
at an advantage by having a better
cowpea crop plowed under. Another
! factor to be taken into consideration
is that there is in the amount of rock
phosphate applied, five times as much
phosphate as in the amount of acid
phosphate, and that most of this
is in the soil for future use. The
phosphorus naturally in the soil IS
chiefly in the form of rock phosphate
which nature makes available when
organic matter is present. For given
amount of money, four or five times
as much phosphorus can be added to
the soil in rock phosphate, as in acid
/ phosphate.
An experiment at London. Laurel
! County, one year DID,, has given the
following results. Ground limestone
and sulfate of potash were used with
both the acid phosphate and rock phos-
kphate. Acid No Rock
phosphate treatment phosphate
Cowpea hay,
1912 "A, 790 lbs. 1850 lbs. 5000 lbs.
Corn, 1912. .37.3 blu. 24.S blu. 400 blu.
Sweet clover.
1913 -. 2,840 lbs. failure 2,570 lbs.
From the results of these expert
| ments, we are led to recommend the
use of acid phosphate first on thin
soils, and from these and experiments
by other stations. we are led to recon-
mend the use of rock phosphate when
the soil has had sufficient organic mat
ter introduced into it.
When only small amount Of phos-
plate is to be used merely for the
purpose of starting a crop, without
reference to increasing the content of
phosphorus in the soil. then we would
! advise the use of acid phosphate In
other words, in a permanent pracass
of increasing and maintaining fertility,
i we would recommend the use of raw
/ ground phosphate rock with the limita-
tons already noted.
At least 80 per cent of raw phos-
plate rock should pass a screen of
! 100 meshes to the linear inch or 5000
meshes to the square inch. In pur-
l chasing this material, guaranty
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
Cause Of scours

Calves can be given scours by feed,
ing too much high testing milk.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
PLAN FOR SCRATCHING SHED
illustration Given of House for the
Benefit of Small Poultryman Where
Back Yard Is Used.

To give the small poultryman (the
back yard man especially an idea OF
what is meant by using his small
piece of ground for coop and scratch
ing shed, the accompanying picture is
printed. The picture is taken of lay
ing house used by D. G. R. Hoff at
Neshantic, N. ].
Such a design might be used by @
man whose piece of ground faced the
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 1e
THE DEATH OF MOSES.

LESSON TExT-Deut S4:1-12
GOLDEN TEXT-"Precious IN the
sight of Jehovah Is the death Of his
saints" Ps u6:15.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
INTERNATIONAL,
SUNDNSQIOOL
LESSON

CBy e. o. SELLERS, Director OF Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago.)
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18

airy or in March. after all danger Of
killing frost is past Twenty to rs
pounds of seed per acre should be
used. Sow on the oats, and follow
with section harrow, set slanting.
This will give sufficient loose soil to
cover the seed and prevent drifting
after rain. termination will be rapid
after when moisture is present The
plants will grow rather slowly until
after the oats are taken off, after
which the growth will be rapid. In
case weeds should get start, run
mower over the land to clip them in
July.
The oats will be ready for the binder
by June 1. The lespedeza is ready
for the mower in September and Oc-
tober. The period of harvesting can
be extended over longer period than
for any other hay crop. The seed
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
Plan for a Scratching Shed.

south at tie short side. That is if his
piece of chicken ground was 10x18,
and the 10-foot sides faced north and
south. If his coop proper was ten
feet wide by eight feet deep he would
have 1ox10 scratching pen. These
figures are of course taken haphaz-
ard. and the idea would have to con-
form with the ground.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-29
CLOSE SIGHTS
BY THE ArcH1soN GLOBE.

ages? Vail
You can tell how much sense man has
by his smile. ~
1t is easy to make a gossip factory out
OF an automobile.
Opinions differ. F'rinstance Dante saws
the devil S bed is made of ice.
III your lid of truthfulness is tilted Won
PROBABLY are also hypocrite.
A silVer-tongued orator is one who
thinks his speech should be printed in full
Among those who like to ask questions
are those who know the answer.
A careful dresser never allows his DERBY
nat to associate with his sweater
There never was a satisfactory prea ch-
er, newspaper, janitor train schedule
A public official complains that people
seem to think his salary is that way.
There many inspectors it is. a
wonder there is any necessity for insur-
However, studying economics at college
probably will not solve the high cost of
living.
The average man gets married so there
will be some one on whom he can lay all
the blame.
You may have observed that the girl
who takes dancing lessons doesn't fail to
pass the examina ton.
An Atchison man says he won't let
booze interfere with his church work Sun
day comes but once a week
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-29
.AYHAWKER JOTS

1t seems particularly appropriate
that Clinton Apple should live al
Ochiltree.
And yet another thing to worry
about, signs the Halstead Independent
There is a prospect of an increase in
the price of diamonds.
This isn't Leap Year, but the Lee
nora News reports: The Consolation
Girls club fed a few of the Bachelor
Boys in Goodrich grove, Sunday even
ing.
Even after she has promised to be
"his'n" he shouldn't worry, thinks the
snbmissionist. Sometimes women
break their promises.
We will now have ditty, an
nounces the Florence Bulletin, by the
great Football Chorus, entitled,
Every Little Movement Has a Pain
That's All Its own Rah, Rahi Rah.
Advice to the few Kansans who
may have the blues, from the Logan
County News: The fellows who hang
on, have. Don't 1eggo- Remem Der
the bulldog, once he gets holt" he
stays right there.
the Olathe Register: The man or
men who have been attending the pic
ture show without first using some
soap and water on their feet are here
by advised to try it a couple of times
year or leave their feet at home.
Jack and Jill, the Little Soldier cor
respondent of the Mayetta Herald,
visited the Fickapoo reservation re-
Gently and noticed that there are not
as many loafers there as on the Pot
tawatomie reservation. A larger per
cent of them farm their own land.
Dad Bliss has walked the streets
with a rather mysterious air the past
week, and even intimated to a few of
his closest friends that he was carry
ing a deep secret of considerable i'm
pcrtance, reports the Harveyvllle
Monitor. One day the first of the
week Dad" gathered up the wash
tubs, boilers. cream cans, etc, and
went out to Albert's to lick OUT a
swarm of bees that had located in an
unused chimney. After fighting the
day, the bees We're annihilated and
the honey, amounting to about half
pint, was secured. Dad SAYS the
boarders will now have to take sor-
ghnm on their cakes this winter
Monday while crossing Main street
between the banks the winds deposited
a handful of gravel inside mans col
lar just below the medula obIongata
Before he could reach rest room
the gravel had arrived in his shoe. 1t
was so painful he stopped in the street
to remove his shoe and was struck
of thereabout, by a big
car and landed in the big pool
near the railroad bridge. He fell from
such a height he splashed all the wa
ter from the pond. The water fell on
Shamleffers corn and the crop is now
assured al so bushels an acre. The man
PICKED himself up and observing all
the fish now on dry land, gathered $40
pounds which he sold for $500 This
story was told by Fletcher Fog. Some
people think the heat has gone to
fletchers head.-Council Grove Guard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-29
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.
[From the Philadelphia Record.

[From the Philadelphia Record
Some people know too much, and others
know enough not to.
No man is SO impervious to superstition
as to want Is wives.
The contamination of many a mans
hopes is really the consomme.
Strange it may seem. high living has
put many a man on his uppers.
It's a good plan to use your head if you
would get there with both feet
1t is a mistake TO suppose that the man
who is on the fence is always we'll bal
anced.
Don't judge by appearance Many a
man is well heeled whose shoes don't in
dictate it,
Keep your plans to yourself if you
would succeed unless you happen to be
an architect.
Unfortunately the fool who rocks the
boat lives to apply the same tactics to an
airship.
The woman who fishes for compliments
may hate to bait hook. and yet she
fishes with bated breath.
BlobbS-''He cares nothing for wealth.
and Vet he has money to burn Slobbs-
NO wonder he makes light of it
Wigg-'GuzZleT is the most unconmuni-
cative man L know" Wagg-"Yes. the
only way to draw Guzzler out is with a
corkscreM.''
Il have read that the world is made up
OF seven-eighths poverty, remarked the
Wise Guy How true it is that one half
of the world doesn't know how the other
seven-eighths live added the Simple
Mug.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-29
ENGLAND W|THDRAWS
The Chinese Loan Agreement Has
Been Dissolved.

London, Sept. 29.-The British gov
eminent announced today the dissolu-
ton of the Chinese loan agreement
from which the United States withdrew
its support some time ago. The agree
ment had not worked to the satisfac-
ton of any of the five powers con-
cerned-Great Britain, France, Ger
many, Russia and Japan.
The British government took the ini-
tiative in the dissolution" it is eX-
planned, because of the failure of the
other powers to observe its spirit.
They had made of the agreement sim
ply an instrument against the interest
of British financiers." The five powers
will still act together in making loans
to the Chinese government for general
administrative purposes but each of the
powers has been left free to support
any of it's citizens in floating loans for
railroads and other industrial projects,
and for provincial purposes.
The declared object of the original
agreement it is pointed out here, was
to prevent an international scramble to
lend China money, but such scramble
is in DrOgreSS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-09-29
SEES NO OPENING.
United States Cannot Communicate
Officially With Rebels.

Washington, Sept. 29.-The admins
tration has reluctantly concluded that
at present there is constitutional
means of opening communication on an
official basis with the insurgent parties
in Mexico. This fact developed today
as the result of an inquiry as to wheth-
er Mr.. Lind, the presidents special COM
missioner to Mexico was about to get
into communication with the constitu-
tiOnaliStS with view to obtaining an
agreement for them to respect a truce
While the projected october elections in
Mexico are under way.
The administration is much interested
in the bringing forward Of new candi-
dates for the presidential nomination,
though not willing to express any Opin-
ion as to the significance of these en-
tries in their bearing upon the settle
ment of the question as to whether or
not the Huerta government is genuine
ly complying with the desire of the
United States government for a free
and fair election in Mexico