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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
VALUABLE CROP FOR SWINE
6o5s OF All Ages Relish Cut Alfalfa
when Fed in SIop and Make
Excellent Growth.

nave found that alfalfa makes one
OF the most valuable crops for the
Log grower, whether it is pastured or
CUT up finely and fed with ground
leeo, writes John II. Duniay Gin the
rarm, Stock and Home. Last winter
WIen middlings were selling around
S5o per ton l cut alfalfa in a cutting
box and fed with the warm slop to all
my hogs that did not have access to
! grass or the rye fields. Hogs
or all ages relished the cut alfalfa
when fed in the srop and they made
a fine growth.
Inc alfalfa was cut to about one
half an inch in length and then scald-
ed before being mixed with the
ground feed. l usually put the cut
alfalfa in a large galvanized tank and
pour boiling water over it. 1t is then
left to stand over night and if COW
cred will be warm the next morning.
L want to purchase a feed grinder
that will grind alfalfa into a coarse
meal, and if | do this | think the hogs
VIII lind it ever lore palatable. Al
falfa contains about the same amount
or protein as found in the best mid
dlings and at the same time it seems
TO act as a tonic for all the hogs that
have access to it.
1t is not too late to SOW alfalfa and
it will pay you to SOW at least a small
patch even If you only feed the hogs
the cured hay during the winter
months, when they do not get green
feed. When there is a good supply
OF alfalfa, it makes the best of forage
crops for hogs of all ages. Alfalfa,
when pastured, should be allowed to
get a good start and should not be
pastured the first season. In this way
it gets a good start and is able to
stand p%asturing better the next year
1t is we'll to ring the hogs or take
them from the alfalfa field if the
ground gets wet or muddy.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
KANSAS GOODS ARE HUSKY
Taller, Heavier, and With a Much
Greater Lung Capacity Than Young
Women Elsewhere.

Lawrence, Kan. - Kansas college
girls should be able to talk
longer, yell louder and for a longer
time than any other girl students in
the United States, according to DR..
Margaret Johnston of the department
Of physical education Of the Univer-
sity Of Kansas.
The Jayhawker coed is also taller
and stronger than her eastern sisters.
The average Kansas girl is about one
fourth inch higher than the Wellesley
young woman. The average weight
Of the girl at Wellesley is 116 pounds,
at Kansas III.
In strength and lung capacity the
Kansas girl reigns alone. The aver
age capacity of the German girl is
147 cubic inches; Oberlin girls can
swallow 141.2 inches Of ozone and
Wellesley girls $50 cubic inches. The
Kansas girl tests 165, which is. far
above the average for the United
States.
Plans were formed recently for the
establishment Of a girls baseball
league among the different sororieties
here. Margaret Johnston, director
of women's athletics, is expected to
start the goods in the game within a
few days.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

All dairymen welcome the time
when the cows can be turned out on
pasture. for it is then that the largest
ana best result are expected from
each animal and the labor and expense
connected with winter feeding are
done away with.
Fasture is a term which means va.
rlous things. 1t may mean the old
virgin ED which have been allowed
10 remain in native grasses from year
10 year without any attempt at i'm
provement through cultivation or ro-
ta1ion OF better forage plants, or. 1t
may mean the more s~ucculent and nu-
trltious crops of alfalfa. clo-
vers. soybeans, oats. rye. corn and
other similar forage plants. The
amount of forage produced by native
grasses is very small and If the price
OF land is high. 1t is poor to
allow the soil to lay idle. since by n
proper system of rotation. the pro-
auction OF feed material can be in
eas from ten to one hundred times
ano nus increase the ono in the
production of the milk. Not only Is
the amount of forage increased, but il
is In a better condition to be assimi-
lated by Inc COW and turned into milk
because 1t is In a more active stage
OF growth, is more %succulent than the
native grasses, which begin to turn
Drown and dry Up in the late sum-
mer n hence do not tend to keen
ap the flow of milk. AS stated. a large
variety of forage plants may be mas.
tured, but the most nutritious of these
and the most effective in making milk
are the legumes, providing snfacient
caution is exercised to reven the
bloating of the animals.
In changing from the winter ration
OF dry feed to the ~succulent grass.
great care must be exercised. esne-
ciaily In the Ease of heavy milking
COWS. not to make the change too
abruptly. The first periods OF pastur.
ing should be rather short, about one
nour per day for the first few davs
At the same time cutting down the
roughage fed at milking time. About
one week to ten days should be taken
10 make the complete change from dry
teed to pasture. The young immature
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

like the n pictured is a matter for
serious consideration by the modistes
OF the tribe and months were probably
spent over the beadwork of the bod
ice alone, while the doeskin for the
skirt had to be worked over for weeks
by the old women tanning experts in
order to attain the velvet-like quality
necessary for a garment of this de-
scription. The shopping bag" too,
while not Of a late model as our fash
ions go, will nevertheless be in excel
lent taste for years to come in this
land where fashions never change"
Changes in styles would indeed be SUI
perfluous in a country where il takes
months to complete a single garment,
but which when made will wear for a
generation or two. The girdle with it's
pendant-reminiscent of Cleopatra-is
made of heavy leather, also practically
indestructible, covered with heavy
silver disks beaten out by hand. 1t is
of prime necessity to be of athletic
build in order to wear this variety of
clothing successfully, as the beadwork
weighs something like ten pounds to
the square yard. This cloth is made
by fastening the beads IN parallel rows
on a backing of heavy buckskin. The
blanket in the background is of Ma
vajo make from New Mexico.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
INDIANA AGRICULTURE
BY G.. !. Christie, Superintendent De-
partment of Agricultural Exten.
sion, Purdue University.

Indiana agriculture Is making rand
advancement. A study of present con.
ditions causes one to feel that the de
mand OF rapid and ever increasing
population for a food supply at a rea.
sonable price will be met By a greater
and more economical production on
Indiana farms. Farmers throughout
the state are following improved prac.
tees and are getting results. In a
corn growing contest the past season
In Upton county, thirteen farmers
each grew more than 100 bushels per
acre. This work is demonstrating the
possibilities OF corn growing. 1t is as.
tablishing n higher standard and no
longer Will the farmers be satisfied
with a yield of 40 TO 60 bushels. OF
course, these farmers gave this ground
extra cultivation and in some cases
fertilized and MANFRED it heavily. but
In a statement following the contest
the farmers stated that they had done
nothing to secure these high Yields
that they could not afford TO do on
every acre of their corn land.
While Indiana has had in 1912 one
or the largest crops of corr in its his
tory and while the average yield per
acre has increased more than five
bushels in the past eight years. may
We not hope that the work Just start
ed may bring returns In the imme-
date future.
During h past seven years a cam
paign for Il better agriculture has been
waged In Indiana by the press, the
state agricultural associations. Pur.
due university and the United States
department of agriculture. Much has
been accomplished. Not only nave the
soils been improved and the crops in.
creased but the industry has been sur
rounded by a more desirable atmos-
phere. The problem has not only
been that OF demonstrating how more
money could be made on the farm. but
also that OF Identifying the profession.
and developing a spirit and a life in
the country that would enlist more
OF the young people in the agricul-
kural work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

The nation as we'll as the state ia
awake to the need of agriculture and
an attempt will be made this winter
TO secure needed assistance for the
1urtherance of movements now under
way On August 23, 1912, the house of
representatives at Washington, ID. G..
passed unanimously the Lever bill
which provides for an appropriation
Tor agricultural extension in each state
ana territory. The work provided for
IN this act would consist of practical
demonstrations in agriculture and do
nestle science among the people of
the state. The above bill was re-
lerred TO the senate and was reported
on favorably by the agricultural COM
mittee N now awaits the vote. which
II is hoped, will be taken soon.
In line with this measure in ron.
gress. the agricultural and industrial
commission of Indiana has recommend.
ed to the legislature the passage of a
Dill which will provide for an agricul.
tural expert in each county of the
state.
Already Mr.. l.. B.. Clore is serving
as county agent In La Porte county
lie has an office in the ourtbous
where farmers gather to consult rel.
ative to various farm problems. The
county furnishes an automobile. and
Mr.. Clore spends four to five DAYS each
week visiting the farmers and the
schools and giving such help as he
can. Montgomery. Parke and Stem.
ben counties are organized and will
start county agents within a few
weeks. Indiana has more than 900
600 farmers. These men are in active
service n canno go to college. The
proposition is to take the best infor.
nation TO them and assist them in max.
Ing a direct application of the prin-
cipies IN their every day farm work.
An increase Of five bushels per acre
III the corn crop Of the state at fifty
per bushel would mean an in
creased annual income of s12. 500. O
has coo. 900 dairy cows. II the
income OF this herd could no in
creased $1,000 per COW. it woul
amount to $4,000. 900. During 1912. In
diana lost from cholera alone more
than 500. 900 hogs. valued at s4. 600. 900.
This loss could have been largely
avoided by care and attention ON the |
part OF the farmers. Similar facts |
and figures could be shown In animal |
horticulture and other |
Of agriculture.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
DRESS NEVER CHANGES HERE
Sioux Maidens Living on the Pine
Ridge Reservation Wear Same
Style a Lifetime.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-American fash
ions versus Partisan! Why go abroad
for clothes which only wear one sea-
son when you can get a dress like the
one shown in the accompanying pic.
ture, which will veal a lifetime? Long
before the young woman in the illus
tration had attained sufficient stature
to fill out the costume properly the
materials for it were being prepared.
The owner of this CONNECTION" is a
young Indian girl of the Sioux nation
who lives on the Pine Ridge reserva-
ton in Shannon county, South Da-
kota. This is doubtless her holiday
regalia and it is doubtful if she would
trade it for the latest model from the
Rue de la Paix. A beaded costume
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Showing Premature Dying in the
Field on an Area Which Has Be-
come infested With Fusarium Dis
ease.

Is somewhat slow. When the plants
reach a height of 10 to IA inches
there is an apparent cessation OF
growth. The first indication of the
disease is usually conspicuous at this
time. The preliminary symptoms are
a light green color of the foliage, par.
ticularly the lower leaves; this is &C.
companied during the heat of the day
by a partial willing and an inward
and upward rolling of the upper
leaves. The color gradually changes
to a sickly yellow, which slowly and
evenly covers the affected vines. The
willing and rolling of the leaves ex-
tends to all parts Of the affected
plants. AS the disease progresses the
field takes on a notified yellow to light
green color. The growth of the
foliage is greatly restricted, the wilt
ing becomes pronounced and
there is associated much tip-burn ow-
ing to the failure of the leaflets to
fully recover at night from the wilt
of the midday. Occasionally hills will
show only one or two vines afflicted.
Plants which early succumb to the
disease pull up easily, manifesting a
badly rotted condition of the root.
AS a rule the blighted stems do not
fall, but remain quite erect, except
for the dropping top.
There is much evidence to indi-
cate that many growers are practicing
potato rotations of too short a dura-
ton. Most of such growers have at
tempted to maintain a threeyear
rotation Of wheat, clover and pota-
toes, but longer than a three-year
rotation should be practiced.
Sick fields should not be planted in
potatoes again for at least five or six
years, and even longer time may be
required to work the parasitic fungus
from the soil. Grass and grain crops
will undoubtedly eliminate the fun
gus from the soil quicker than will
manuring and cultivated crops.
The work of the dry-rot in i'm
proper storage causes an excess of
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

The trouble with soils when they
cease to produce as they did when
new is not that elements of plant
TODD are actually exhausted from the
soil, but the necessary forces for the
liberation are exhausted. One OF
these forces is bacteria. It. is esti-
mated that in the common soil there
are 150,O00,000 bacteria to the ounce.
These bacteria must have for their
food. humus, then they will liberate
food for the growth of plants. To be
O good farmer one needs to grow
legumes and other cover crop plants
to turn under for humus, and to en-.
courage these beneficial bacteria to
perform their functions In the soil.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Il
fARMN0rES~
Rotate your garden crop.

Rotate your garden crop.
Give the radishes just a little shade
Plant early smooth peas. Alaska is
a good early variety.
The farmer is known by the amount
OF clover seed he sows.
A set of steel drills will soon pay
many times their small cost.
One way to increase the profits OF
your farm is to build a silo.
Fine cabbages follow beans but dc
not grow we'll after potatoes.
Alfalfa pasture and hogs make q
combination that is hard to beat.
Sweet peas should be planted as
soon as the ground can be worked.
Do not plant your potatoes in the
same old place and invite the scab.
Save muscle and time when cutting
bands by having a keen-edged knife.
Plant radishes remote from the
track infested by the wire-worm last
year.
When short of room. train squash
vines on trelliseS or wire fence: they
are good slimbers.
Plant cucumbers in level rows: In
dry seasons they do better than when
grown in elevated beds.
Onions. beets. spinach, radishes and
lettuce may be sown as soon as the
ground can be worked easily.
Lettuce should not be where the
soil is too dry or light Parsley VIII
stand such soil Q little better.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Showing a Potato Rotting in the Soil
From the Fusarium Disease.

moisture, due to the drying up Of the
rotting tubers. This excess moisture
condition, together with the added
facility with which bacteria and decay
fungi may enter the already infected
tubers, brings about much complica-
ton in the form of soft or wet rots,
for which the Fusarium disease is
primarily responsible. Under the
average cellar storage conditions it
is quite safe to estimate the loss from
dry-rot and its complications at from
one to five per cent.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

grass. such as we have In the spring,
contains a large amount of water and
a small amoun of dry matter and it
is almost impossible for a heavy milk
ing COW to eat enough of such FEED to
supply the nutrients necessary for her
normal functions.
his same fact is true during the
entire pasturing season, to a certain
degree and hence, the necessity of
supplementing pasture with a grain
ration. There is no question but that
a COW will produce more milk If fed
grain while on pasture, and, IL a large
yield is of more Importance than econ
omy OF production, grain should Ger.
tainly be fed. The feeding OF grain
during the pasturing period enables
cow to store up a considerable
amount Of body nutrients which are
available for her use in producing milk
when the change back to the winter
ration is necessary. Cows which are
fed grain along with the pasture will
go n the barn for winter feeding in
better condition han cows having re-
ceived pasture alone.
Where only a small amount of
grain is fed to the cow on pasture.
corn is as well adapted as anything
else where 1t is cheaper than other
feeds, since, on account Of the COM
parative narrow nutritive value of
grass, the corn does not unbalance
the ration.
In the case of heavy milking COWS.
where as much as five pounds or more
Of grain per day are required 10 sup
plement the pasture, then feeds con.
tanning more protein should be used.
such as bran, gluten meal, oats or
cottonseed meal, in combination.
Since as has been stated, the feed.
ing Of grain In connection with pas.
ture is not the most economical meth
cd OF producing milk, some success
full dairymen have found it feasible
n profitable to supplement the pas
ture with a feed Of silage at the time
or milking. The addition Of silage
compensates for any shortage in pas.
ture and aids in maintaining a con.
slant milk flow through the dry. hot
months when pasture is naturally
short aid less nutritious.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
MAN DODGES COUGARS JUMP
Animal Then Follows Him Half Mile
to His Home-Lamp Used as
Weapon.

Shamokin, Pa--As Elmer Gross was
returning from work at the Cameron
colliery a catamount, large and heavy
as a bulldog, sprang at him from the
bushes fringing the road.
Gross sidestepped the beast and
jerking a lighted miners lamp from
his hat, turned the blaze into the
face Of the cat, which ran away. but
o on returned and followed Gross a
half-mile toward his home at Tharp-
town.
Gross hurried into the kitchen and
got a rifle, but when he came out the
cat had disappeared.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Crazed at Siaht Of CORPSE,

Wilkes Barre, Pa-Samuel Mumma,
aged forty-five, of Wilkes Barre. Pa.
went insane while viewing the body
OF his brother-inlaw. Guyton Brudoll,
who had been killed in the mines. AS
soon as Mumma caught sight Of the
features OF his dead relative, he ut
tered a maniac's scream and 1t requir-
ed several men to hold him. He was
taken to an asylum.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
Success Further Down

In many instances the yield of gar
dens can be increased by simply
getting down a few inches deeper
with fork or spade. The French
gardeners a give Americans many
lessons in this respect. The soil
should be pulvertized. but work
should not be commenced too early.
Flowing the ground while it is too
wet Will cause the soil to pack in
solid Jumps. Good land is almost ru-
med in this manner.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
'DIScnSf OF POTATOES
Dry-Rot Fungus Causes Blight
and Wilt of Crop.
History OF Fusarium as Field Trouble
Is of Comparatively Recent Rec
ord-PreIiminary Symptoms
Are Green Color.
(By 7. Z. MANNS)

The dry rot OF potatoes has long
been known as a storage trouble. AT
intervals since 1924 there has been
found associated with this rot by diff.
ferent investigators a fungus of the
genus Fusarium. which has been
~variously designated. but the history
of the disease as a field trouble is of
comparatively recent record.
On badly infected soils the disease
Is characterized as follows: The
stand is uneven, though few of the
hills are missing. The early growth
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09
CHEAP R0OST FOR CHICKENS
Discarded Cart Wheel May Be Made
to Serve Purpose-No Trouble in
Cleaning House.
(By G.. DOVER.)

Take a cart wheel and stab the axle
into the ground, or cut the axle in two,
bolt it to a post and set the post in
the ground. When the chicken house
needs cleaning, all you need to do is
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

to lift the wheel OFF and it is out of
the way. Then, too, if there is a
chicken on the other side from you
that you wish to catch, just turn the
wheel around.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Petersburg.-The jury, after DELHI
Grating less than two hours In the
case against John Black for attempted
wife murder, returned a verdict OF
guilty. Black struck his wife on the
head with a gas pipe, inficting
wounds that came lear causing her
death. He is a hopeless cripple. and
for this reason the jury was lenient.
fining him $25 and sentencing him to
sixty days in Jail.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Terre Haute.-Charles Laughlan,
thirty-one years old, a fireman.
was fatally aid Redmond Gle
ments, twenty-eight years old. a labor
er, seriously burned in a dust explo-
sion at the Standard Steel works.
Laughlan was burned when a blast
from the furnace of the boiler ignited
a large cloud of dust that had dropped
from a dust collector which was being
repaired.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

Notwithstanding city SEN be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 to other
counties for the aid of flood sufferers,
according to a final statement just
made by Secretary Charles II. Spring
er of the Bloomington Commercial
club. At a special meeting of the
Monroe county council appropriated
s2,334.S9 for the construction OF
bridges and other public work made
necessary by the food.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1913-05-09

notwithstanding that her
husband held her and tried to cut
her throat with a knife and that he
had driven her from their home In
Fountaintown on several occasions by
his extreme cruelty. Mrs. Sarah F.
Inflow sued Samuel A. Inflow for a d.
vorce in circuit court here.
Wabash.--While engaged IN pa.
pering a room, William vanvion-
kef complained Of being tired. and sat
down In a chair TO rest. Ten minutes
later DR.. w. j. Grossnickle. at whose
home he was working. entered the
room and found the man dead.
Je~hersonville. = Ere which des
stroyed the Acme elevators and
flour mill here caused a loss OF about
$4,000. There was 5000 insurance
on the structure. principally In the
Millers' Mutual company Of Milwau-
kee. Spontaneous combustion Is sup
posed 10 have been the cause. The
blaze gained great headway. But
or two of the walls OF the building
are left standing. During the fire two
boilers exploded and parts OF them
we're found later 200 feet away.
Sparks We're scattered TO nearby
buildings. but none was damaged.