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The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
COOPERATIVE MEAT CIRCLE
Butehering Association Started Among
Farmers In Ohio Community
Meets With Much Success.

Some years ago we started here a
cooperative meat Or butchering asso-
citation among our farmers whereby
we all get fresh meat at cost AS soon
as frosts and cool weather comes this
association begins operation, writes
George w Brown of Hancock county,
Ohio, in the Farm and Home. Each of
the eight farmers in the circle con-
tribute a fatted beef.
When the first beef is butchered IL
is cut up into eight pieces as evenly
divided as possible and each man
takes a piece home. A bookkeeper is
appointed and a memorandum is made
of each piece. At the next round of
killing each man gets a different cut.
When the season is over, which lasts
two to three months or until pork kill
ing time approaches. each family has
consumed beef and has had differ
ent portion each time and fresh beef
at a nominal cost
The circle was formed mutually and
each man aims to be present and aid
in the killing, help weigh up and set
tie. Last year the price paid for diff
ferences In weight of pieces was eight
cents per pound Each owner of the
animal butchered keeps the hide, tai
low and offal
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
The Cotton Crop.


No one ought to go without shirt
this year merely because the cotton
crop will be only about 100000
balesV 1t isn't many years since that
would have been bumper crop, and
last two crops were very much larger
than any others ever picked. The
crops of 1911-12 and 1928 slightly
exceed 34,000000 bales. Add 13,000,-
900 bales for the present short crop
and we have 100000 bales for three
years, an average of nearly $4,000, 600
bales year. A few years ago 12,O00,-
900 astonished us. And the world S
consumption must be outrunning popu-
lation for prices have ruled high while
production was making new records
Philadelphia Record.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
PRETTY THINGS EASY TO MAKE
Newest Lace Carriers Not at All Hard
to Fashion by Many Clever
Women.

II seems that the designers and
manufacturers never tire OF inveuting
new and rayishing trifies for the fem
mine wardrobe The woman of I'M
limited means halls them with delight.
But the average. woman of slender
purse gazes wistfully away, and car
ries with her a haunted memory Of
the unattainable-tha Is, the wom-
an who has not cultivated clever
fingers.
Not so the woman whose eyes but
have to see to set her fingers a-twitch-
ing ard a-fashioning 1t is never too
late TO begin. and pair of lace-frilled
garters which graced an importer
window few days ago are easily cop
led
Get strip of plain silk rubber in
pink or white. three-quarters of an
inch wide and long enough for two
sarters. Cut the strip in half. but DO
aot sew up the garters as yet Now
take a piere of shadow lace insertion.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Farmers Educational
IN and Cooperative
Union of America

The best system OF marketing Is
that which comes through organiza-
ton.
While the wire fence will turn stock,
its poor barrier for them against the
bleak winds of winter
AS for satisfaction the garden patch
produces more of it to the square foot
than any other acre of the farm.
The reason some men always seem
to hustle so is because they always
wait until the last minute to get busy.
II you beat the robins up in the
morning you shouldn't allow them to
beat you to roost in the evening very
long
poor road super visor is detri-
ment to any community. Better give
him an ornery pup and pay him wages
to play with it.
Too many of us never recognize a
good thing until we have first ex-
hausted ourselves in an effort to kick
1t out of existence.
1t is better to invite grouchy
neighbor to dinner than to fuss with
him; you cannot kill one crouch with
another, even IL 1t Is a noisier one.
II shed costing SIS would enable
you to use farm machinery costing
several hundred dollarsut twice as long,
the shed is very good investment
Mems ideas differ as to what will
give their wives pleasure. One
thoughtful man we know always cele-
brates his wife's birthday by buying
himself a new pipe
The farmer who allows the rabbits
to carry burrs out of his field into
another's as they journey across them
has yet long ways to travel on the
road to perfection.
II 1t costs to haul bushel of wheat
one mile IN an ordinary country road
as much as 1t does the railroads to
haul that same bushel 200 miles, then
bad roads are an expensive luxury
Some wheels are like some men
they complain loudly under a heavy
load. The difference is, that you can
step the squeaking of the wheel with
little oil, but there is mighty little to
be done for complaining man
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
ARE FARMERS DISSATISFIED?
Missouri Pessimlst Afraid City Man
viii Soon Refuse to Pay High
Prices for Meat and Eggs r.
Bv r. G WEATHERsToNEl

,
Missouri man with characteristic
pessimism opines that the exhorbitant
prices that the farmer is getting for
his grain and live stock will eventually
lead to his destruction.
This sign reader says the products
of the farm were selling too low for
the producer TO make a living few
years ago. Now. the prices are at the
other extreme and he fears for the
prosperity of the man of the soil
Our Missouri pessimist bases his
gloomy predictions from the inability
of the city man to eat 40 cent eggs
35 cent bacon, As cent butter and SO
cent beefsteak He declares that sal.
aries have not increased as rapidly as
the price of the things he must eat
and he must, therefore reduce his
expenses by cutting down his grocery
bills.
This means that if the price of meat
keeps up Americans will cease to be
meat eaters, and the Missouri prog
nosticator declares that no nation hay.
ing once ceased to eat meat has ever
been known TO return to the habit.
With nobody to eat meat, farmers
will find 1t Improbable to raise 1t,
the packing houses will go out of
business and agriculture will sink into
a state of decay.
1t seems to us that the Missouri
man has overlooked the fact that
even If people do stop eating meat
they must eat something else and as
the farmer is the only man who grows
things to eat, he will turn his atten-
ton to growing the things the city
people want and his destruction Will,
therefore, be postponed.
At any rate we do not believe that
the farmers of this country are losing
much sleep over their present pros
porous condition but will continue to
produce whatever the people want
whether it be meat, fruit or vegetables
and abide by the principle of the law
of supply and demand taking their
chances of poverty or richness along
with other folks.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
COOPERATIVE BANK SYSTEMS
Professor Austin Of Texas Makes Con-
else Report on European Rura.
Credlts-EIs Views.

From a college professor, Charles
B. Austin of the University of Texas.
who was one of the American commits
sion to study European rural credits,
and who. together with other Texas
members, has just returned has come
the briefest report yet published. and
also the one containing the most
healthy germ of common sense.
Professor Austin says: 1.-The adop-
ton of any system of improved fl
nances for the farmer, or a system of
cooperative marketing is not a ques-
ton of constitution and bylaws My
European experience led me to be.
lieve stronger than ever that 1t is
a question of the underlying social
forces. Germany is credited with
being the birthplace of the financial
and cooperative movements which
have meant so much to the European
farmer and peasant. But no European
country has adopted bodily the Ger
man system; each country has It's
own economic conditions. Even with
a modification of the system II is go
ing to require something more than
legislative enactment to get the peo-
pie to adopt a policy of business for
service and not for profit. or to adopt
cooperative banking system with
the motto of Raiffeisen, One for all.
and all for one Cooperation does
not come through the law; it comes
through the spirit In the end, 1t will
be the American farmer who will give
the country working, beneficial sys-
tenn of cooperative rural credit. mar
keting, production or otherwise"
The meat of this opinion is summed
up in the sentence Cooperation does
not come through the law; it comes
through the spirit" says the Texas
Farm Co-Operator.
Or. in other words, commissions
may investigate and report and rec
ommend, governors may proclaim, or
CARNATIONS of farmers may pass reso-
buttons, legislatures and congresses
may pass bills-but, after all, the
origination power for making cooper
alton effective among farmers lies In
the hands of the farmers themselves
Cooperation is question of under
lying social forces" as Professor Aus
tin puts it in his scholastic language.
That is, If the people of a commun-
ity want to cooperate and have the
determination to do so, they will find
a way The way" is incidental to
the determination
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

scailoped or pointed on both edges.
about four times the length of the
rubber bought for the garters. Cut the
lace into four parts. Place two pieces
of lace tegether-one on top of the
other-and run two rows of stitching
about an inch from the top and an
inch apart. to form a casing through
which the elastic is to be run. Run
the elastic through and join the rub
Der and lace. After the lace is fulled
upon the elastic. ii will be quite full
and cause the sealloped edges to ruff
tle. The longer rufiie falls over the
knee and the little rufie at the top.
over the Joining of the lace put a
tiny wreath OF pink rosebuds made of
chiffon.
The garters can. of course, be made
in any color desired Violet on law
ender garters and forget-me-nots on
blue ones would be effective.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Co-Operative Dairyinq.

The successful results attending CO.
operative dairying in England were
made the subject of report of the
department of commerce and labor by
B. F. Chase, United States consul at
Leeds. The report shows that the dis
tributing depots at Leeds, Hull Scar
boro and other places, handles more
than 100000 gallons of milk annually,
beside large quantities of other dairy
products, it's total business amounting
to $4,000 a year.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Co-Operatlve Shippinu.

Cooperative shipping associations
are being organized in many parts
of the corn belt. Their main feature
is to give those who market less than
a carload of hogs or cattle at time
a chance to club together and sell
their live stock at the larger markets,
thus saving the slice that goes to the
local buyer. The theory is sound and
in time will win out. There are alto
gether too many slices taken from
the farmers product before it reaches
the consumer.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Dairy Cleanliness.

Absolute cleanliness is the first
requisite in making good butter; SAM
tary surroundings come next. and right
temperature, with attention to details
in the care of cream. third. We make
20 to 25 pounds each week, wrap it in
parchment paper and sell direct to the
consumer In order to keep uniform
color we use one to four drops of vege-
table coloring to the pound, the
amount depending upon the time of
year
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
49, lI's

remnant of material from which the
skirt was made. then that could be
used.
In such work as mailing up pictures,
laying carpets. hanging curtains, an
apron is very often much in the way,
and an old skirt with roomy pockets
of the nature described is almost as
easily slipped on as an apron and will
be found great improvement upon
1t, and hammer. tacks. pins, etc. can
be placed in the pockets and be ready
to hand whenever required.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
FEEDING Counts.

1t is the full feeding on good, sound
food that makes the paying differ
cred chickens that command the best
prices and the lean, thin-feathering
specimens that are too often a drug
on the market
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Mater With thu Ration.

Water is cheaper than feed. but
brings the same price when you mar
ket your hogs. About 65 per cent. of
hog Is water. which is one of the
many reasons why you should be
sure to see that your herd has access
to 0lenty Of pure water at all times.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Salt Cows Often.

A subscriber wants to know how
often cows should be given salt, and if
feeding it too frequently has detrimen-
be sailed at least once week. The
best plan is to have salt under cover
where the cows can go to it at will.
Rock salt, of course, is best for this
purpose.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
FARMING a Profession,

Farming is profession no less i'm
portant nor less difficult to master
than many of the so-called learned
professions, and the man who believes
that farming is a fool-proof occupa
ton will usually make an abject fail
ure of the business.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Fancy Corks.

Corks mounted in silver are shown
in many fashions. Some have little
champagne bottles in silver pals filed
with glass cubes to look like ice
Some are surmounted with small all
yer chanticlers.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Remedy for Scours.

In spite of all precautions scours
will appear among calves. The best
remedy we have ever found is raw
egg: 1t will usually check them in
twenty-four hours.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Hon Sheds

Hog sheds need not be expensive,
but they should be dry, tight enough
to exclude rains and SHOWS, and also
capable Of being we'll ventilated in
summer when the weather is hot and
shade Is needed
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Floor of Poultry House

The floor of the poultry house
should never be allowed to become
foul or damp. Either one is a dis
ease breeder. Clean out often and
add plenty of fresh material A few
baskets of sawdust will help.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Keep Cows Clean.

Dent let filth and dirt accumulate
on the COW 1t may be unhealthy for
her and may drop into the milk pail.
Curry her every day and be sure to
brush her down well.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Dehorninq Calves.

1t is all right to dehorn calves as
soon as the button starts, either with
caustic potash or any of the prepared
dehorning compounds.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

Tho hest nies arc tho offsnrino
sires
sss
If there we're fewer whins in the
world there would he fewer uelv
A prooo SOW should have length OF
pody' out not loo high from the
ground
% 'neo '"e ieed ,anu ieeuine
pieleo' % 90 ~ nav al 'iiines eoA'
Of sows milt
= ~ en- = s ., 49,.
-. ~. - - -, -
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

Excellent Hos his bach
cent. of the food eaten
to make growth. A shet
% per cent. of its 81 morning
growing. which means.s to visit
production Of meat. rks.
These figures are
cent experiments MIN, was
ment experts, who ne first of
of their study. that I.
they call an "econo
even over poultry. VISITED
produces more mea La, this
it's weight, and
more in proportio
food it consumesve, of Der
Eighty-four pers here ~;
of a hog is utili. WIS
beef animal, rs pc.
of the sheep only 5f I;4n
it appears that g.. III ooiexe
of pig is available fS food tn
any other domesticated creature
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Profitabiy Handled Herd

The farm that is overstocked with
COWS is working at a disadvantage.
While prices are high reduce the herd
to a size that can be probably han
died.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Demand for Horses,

A good horse always will command
q good price, no matter how popular
the automobile becomes. and this ap-
plies to draft. harness and saddle
horses aNke.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
Paving the Feed Lot.

feed lot than to sacrifice the cattle
In a half-fed condition
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
ae American hog is Unveils

=. ae American hog is thW ellis
Is omical of animals. OF
eats 50 per cent. goes Vi warren
four per cent. of II her mother, in
by cattle Is siI
cent of all tina L. Hardy atto
a pig eatsRis III Little
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

II the fetlocks are kept clipped and
the horses legs are kept clean
scratches will never bother.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

For such occupations as Homework
the older the garments worn the bet.
ter for the obvious reason that good
clothes would be quickly soied. there.
fore an old skirt that doesn't matter"
should specially be set aside for tire
purpose.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

The southern corn rootworm or bud
worm, destructive insect that in
tests the south, and especially North
Carolina, Tennessee. Arkansas and
Oklahoma, is treated in Bulletin No.
of the department of agriculture The
insect has greenish yellow cast, is
spotted twelve times and resembles
the striped cucumber beetle. 1t not
only attacks corn. but feeds on wheat,
oats, rye, barley. buckwheat, alfalfa.
cowpea, soy bean, clover. timothy.
milo maize, Kafr pearl mis- = vetch.
Johnson grass and rape. m -: y
The beetle has caused Or
to farmers especially h!L e a!Hoh, II
attacks particularly thbryounf L..
ing corn and it does :. .greaN -
age In the low damp 3ande . ~
known as BLACK. lands VI - :
rectly through the outer ~, 4
base of the plant into thfEs H. IA. =
ly Just above the bass a.. g.,
The female common MILAN
soon after the first wa2l7f-'F : 1SS
spring. z&SHN1
The roetworpo4 !. Sf
enemies among 80 VS.
white, California2ss9 tpS re- ~
en-, wild turkey, yt 2eys 'ellb/4zsssas
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
HOG IS ECONOMICAL ANIMAL NEeLEe Brown wf Ssa%ps'
FiftyTwo Per Cen. FoodsF e slight CITY, were
ures Obtained by Espm and wee ~ il

n just Received-A swell line
Mems and Boys Clothing, 1lae
ing TO the hard times. | give ven
20 percent off. See me hefa ~
ouylng.-W. W. Wick. :
Mrs. Edith Guerrie, of contr.n.
Washington, is visiting her fa atasiaila'
" W - ;. Jennings, at Ruby, 14miIes F s.,.
road. 4''o'tiltalh hail
Much for little does not 49,.
anything unless we have ' fo"4
T y Tpf IN mat will stand back of it.
Ia. we haFe-come and see for
'0ufself.-ModeI Shoe Store. i'f
=. Mrs rs Z. G. MeoIerkin and san
W. W. +. McClerkin. have 70
r ftaa TO their home in this citv
ieef an extended visit to rels
ives in Ga. " iela-
Big lot of new Millinery mt
1 have a coano5 Just
- experienced trimmer and
n give as stylish a hat as anvI
u. III town ~ssala.1,,.I
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06
IN COLOR co
NEW MILLINERY
OF iTSf
Small Hat Is Most
Trimmings. Feather
Are Preferred -
Shows Popula

There Il much to be
the new millinery. for
perhaps the maioritY
~ -
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

most ride
as they a
tails in Il
they a Z
eonser z
adjustC H
The "a
color con,
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

hawk. kingbird. red-winged blackbird
oriole, rose-breasted grosbeak, cliff
swallow and robin
The bulletin states that after having
made its way into the crown of the
young corn plant the shoot is ruined
and the plant will throw up worthless
suckers" which produce no ears and
scsnt fodder In the light of all the
A. .mation the department has OBJ
talNed. 1t seems that the farmers only
hope of relief from the ravages of
% 20 pact liac In or ttp,;po hi. rlontt,.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

? fpring as not to subject his crop
i. were attacks.
/ ly all the complaints reaching
Lef ,oartment from the south refer
0Eys damaged by the beetles in
land April. Therefore, it ap-
: THAT there might be possibility
:. Seventing much of the loss to
- rSs1 corn growers by planting
a da. that will bring the
lP><As5ss Y -. owe the ground at a
- st Of the eggs have been
IL y - $aot so late as to invite
IL Z On the. second generation.
z evidently abroad in the tielilv
W. . Inc and narlYs JuiH.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

In spite of all precautions, scour,
will appear among calves A gooC
remedy is q raw egg; 1t will usually
check them In "a hours.
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

81" rs ri All L.
crown and brim 90 CT,
Is mention diffSSto u
else the crown
color with an rC. [
strong contrast
Almost without
are small, with clos
brims-if there are u
the head. The trim
with feathers and rib
Most of the dressA
planned to give extra h
result is achieved throi
mings. as in the hat L
with its large mount OF
age toward the rear I
is one of the new FAINT
with a close cal" CT,
gathered,s7nd q narrow p
increases in width
1t is turned a
crown. allow y
yeloped ~
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

When not too
titles
The Monticellonian., 1913-11-06

There is nothing that produces str
ness, Inflammation and unsoundnes
faster than standing still in a stai
day after day
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-08-23
johnny GREEN
Will FLY AGAIN
At CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 23.-The
Chairman of the Grand Army Enter
tainmont committe, has closed a con
tract with Johnny Green, famous Car
dui Girdman and waterfowl, to make
three flights in Chattanooga during
the G. A. R. Reunion, to be held in
Chattanooga September 1920.
Green is the man who made the re-
cord flight in Cardui Flyer No. over
Lookout Mountain during the U. c. v.
Reunion last May. He was the first
man to attempt that dangerous fight,
refused by so many other prominent
ayiators. A feature of his exhibition
next month will be fight in his Car
dui Flyer No. 2, equipped with hydro
planes, up the Tennessee River. This
will be the first hydroplane fight ever
made by any Southern aviator.
Visitors to the G. A. R. Reunion
will do well not to miss these flights
by the famous aviator, free to all, and
should look out for the dollar bills
which he drops among the crowds be
low, as he goes hurting through the
air
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-08-23
CHAPTER XIV.
A Wasted Plea.

Grace started guNtily at her hus-
bands troubled question. He took
her face between his hands and raised
it to the light.
You're ILL" he exclaimed in quick
dread. "You look actually CHASTITY.
Shall | send for a doctor?"
What nonsense!" she laughed. I'm
all right. Just little tired. A good
nights sleep will put me on my feet
again"
I've buried myself so deep in poll
tics" he frowned self-accusingly, that
| hadn't sense enough to remember
that you might be worn out and might
want to go to bed. But l didn't notice
that you looked badly at the station
It wasn't till just now when the light
happened to strike your face Oh, but
I'm glad to see you here again, sweet
heart!"
"Really?" she asked almost timidly;
drinking in her husbands words as g
condemned man might gaze on his las
sunset.
"Glad?" he cried. Indeed I am
I'm afraid I'll never get past the honey
moon stage. You don't want me to, d.
your"
81 wonder" she faltered, eff you''
never met me-if you'd"
I'D never have known what I miss
ed. That's where nature is kind. Pee
pie who miss the real love neve
know. We only know when we'v
found it."
But" she pursued, when peopl
find out too ate-afterward- That
the bitterest thing in life, l shout
think. 1t isn't easy to judge people
women, especially-who find out to
late-and-and who try then to &c
their birthright of happiness in spit
of everything"
"Such people have lost their brit
right" he answered. They've sol
1t for a mess of pottage. That's on
of the problems of the ages, Grac'
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-08-23

10 d1Hn me passage. InereB anr
other doof tIthe end of 1t, leading out
into the hall"
All right" whispered Wanda in
reply. Good luck to you. Keep your
nerve. That's the main thing. Just
keep your nerve"
"Grace!" called Mark impatiently.
Grace crossed to the locked door,
paused a moment until she heard the
door at the far end OF the suite open
and close, then unlocked the outer
door.
did you fall asleepf' asked Mark,
as he came In. How did the door
happen to be locked?"
Il didn't know I'd locked It," replied
Grace. 1T was careless Of me. 1t
seems I'm fa.ed this evening to keep
you waiting. First at the station.
Then"
TITS queer" interrupted Mark. 81
could have sworn l heard a woman's
voice-not yours-talking in here, just
as l tried the door. Probably 1t was
in the next suite"
Probably. I'm all alone. And I'm
not given to soliloquy. How is the
fight going?"
Badly. But we'll win. We're de
laying until we can get certain ma
| terial we need"
When do you expect the others?'
They'll be here in minute.
came on ahead. I'm a fool, l suppose
But whenever you're in Washington
every minute I'm not with you seem
time lost. So l made some sort of al
excuse and hurried on. Why, The aske'
in sudden alarm, whats the matter?