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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
ALFALFA CROPS IN KENTUCKY
ATTRACTING MUCH ATTENTION
Number of Growers Fast Increasing As Its Feeding Value
ReaIized-Wlliam Givens Relates His Experience
in Raising Alfalfa for Live Stock Feeders
Oh. B. Hendrick, Department of Agrono


Alfalfa is crop much discussed by
the farmers of Kentucky at the pres
ent time. It's great feeding value,
closely approximating wheat bran, ton
for ton, is fast coming to be appre-
ciated, and the number of farmers at
tempting to grow alfalfa is fast in
creasing. This is a good sign, for
there can be little doubt but that
alfalfa can, be successfully grown on
fifty per cent of the farm lands of our
state when its requirements are fully
understood and are furnished at the
hands of experienced growers Many
attempts to grow this valuable legume
fail because farmers start with a large
one or more of the requirements of the
plant, get poor results, count the cost,
and thus become discouraged and rem
der the verdict that it can not be done
in Kentucky. 1t is the firm belief of
the writer that the farmer ine9peri-
enced with alfalfa should begin with a
small acreage, putting foremost the
idea of learning to grow the crop,
sticking to it each year until complete
success is attained, and then intro
ducing alfalfa into the regular crop
ping system of the farm.
Mr.. VIM. Givens, whose experience
is here given, started by learning
how He owns farm of 400 acres,
four miles south from DanYille, in
the southern part of the bluegrass
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
ALMOST HERE.

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WILBUR
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18


After some years of experience with
the three-acre field, Mr. Givens de-
cided to grow alfalfa more extensively.
and in the latter part of August, 1912,
following wheat crop, he prepared
the land and sowed twenty-six acres.
In this case 1000 pounds per acre of
rock phosphate was turned under, then
1.5oO pounds of ground limestone per
acre was applied and worked into the
soil The incubation was this time
erected by using about $50 pounds per
acre of soil from the old alfalfa field
After incubation, the seed bed was
made very fine and firm, then 20
pounds OF seed per acre was sown and
covered only about one-half an inch.
Small seeds are often covered too
deeply The writer visited this field
May Is, 1913, and saw beautiful and
valuable crop of alfalfa.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18

region, that section called "The
Knobs" Mr.. Giyens practices general
farming.
Lining and incubation Necessary.
The interest of Mr. Givens in alfalfa
grew from reading in agricultural jour.
mails the value of this crop to- live
stock feeders. In 1907 he selected
three acres from his cattle feed lot
and plowed and prepared the seed bed
just before the time for sowing. The
field was we'll drained and, of course,
rich in humHs. The seed was sown in
August after being inoculated with
bacterial culture furnished by the Uni
ted States Department of Agriculture.
In the spring of 1903, just before the
the alfalfa was turning yellow. Imme-
diately after cutting, the ground was
disked and 500 pounds of slaked lime,
400 pounds finely ground Tennessee
rock phosphate, and 400 pounds of cot
ton seed meal were applied through
the fertilizer attachment of the drill.
The cotton seed meal while rich in
nitrogen, was used to make the lime
and phosphate rock SOW from the drill.
In 1907 Mr.. Givens states that three
crops were cut, while each year since
four cuttings have been taken. and he
believes that five cuttings could have
been removed without injury to the
alfalfa, The year 1911 was a very
poor one for hay on account of early
dry weather, but four cuttings were
removed that year. and Mr.. Givens
says that his three acres of alfalfa
furnished more feed than his seventy
acres of timothy. Alfalfa is dry
weather crop. IN 1912, the sixth year
OF cutting, the estimated yield was
8 tons per acre, and from Is to 20 tons
were sold 1t the barn for $40 per ton.
The first cutting of this three-acre
field was this year hauled to Danyille
and seld fer STAG. No crop in extern
siye turning is more profitable than
alfalfa
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18

You bought one, after all? But,
Mellicent, it will be so lonesome eat
ing it without any of your own folks
here"
Pm to have some of my own folks
ten of them!"
why, Inefficient, only yesterday you
told me that there wasn't living soul
related to you this side the Rockies.
and"
THAT was before you taught me
how to find them, Della. There, don't
be frightened. I've not lost my mind.
You remember about Angelina Snow?
| got to thinking of the uglier lives
than mine, Della. OF the two dear
Misses Prescott worrying over money
matters ever since they lost so much
in that mining venture; of my little
dressmaker, who was the petted dar-
ling in her home back east and has to
work for her living among strangers
out here, because her lungs are weak
and she can't live anywhere else; of
poor, fastidious Mrs. Adams, who can
only afford third-class boarding
house; of won't go on, but they're
all invited. and they've all accepted
She rose, and as she turned toward
Mrs. Wyatt the freight revealed a
face radiant with happiness. 81 can't
talk things out the way you can, De-
lia," she concluded, with gay little
laugh, but just you come into the
kitchen with me and see my Thanks
giving turkey i''-Mav O. RinowaIt in
Los Angeles Times.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 30
CROSSING THE JORDAN.

LESSON TExT-Joshua 37-l7.
z GOLDEN TExT-"Fear thou not Tor
am with thee."-Iss- A:10.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
my. Kentucky Experiment station.)
Cutting, Curing and Cultivation.

Cutting, Curing and Cultivation.
The Importance of cutting alfalfa
just at the right time is emphasized by
Mr. Owens. He thinks that the COM
mon "cure all' of clipping when alfalfa
turns yellow kills the plants in many
instances. The time to cut alfalfa is
when the young shoots appear at the
crowns of the plants. The alfalfa is
cut with a mower, allowed to wilt, then
raked into small windows, shocked
and capped. The caps are commonly
made of canvas, but Mr.. Givens uses
covers made from four cotton seed
meal sacks, left double, sown together
at two edges, and weighted with pieces
of stone or brick at the four corners.
The sewing of the covers costs three
cents each, and they have been pre-
served and used with perfect satisfac-
ton for several years. The hay after
curing under these caps for two days
of good weather is hauled to the barn
and has never been known to spoil
in the shocks nor in the barn. Imme-
diately after each cutting Mr.. Owens
cultivates the ground even while the
alfalfa is yet in shock He has for
this purpose spring tooth harrow
points, but often uses instead the dou-
BILE cutting disk. He says, when /
get through cultivating my alfalfa it
looks almost like a corn field prepared
for planting"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
TURKEY FOR ten.
ktn.HANKsGIv1NG amt different

JOHANNESBURG amt different
from any other day." snapped
Inefficient, making the most of
the creak in her rocker. Whats the
use of having turkey when you've
got only reed-bird appetite!"
1T amt just the turkey ITSELF" re-
piled Mrs. Della Wyatt, with know
ing shake of her head, though it's sur
prising how plumb crazy the kiddies
Mr.. Burbank could only produce cent?
pede gobblers! But it's what the tur-
key stands for, Mellicent"
There was moments silence, then
the creak reasserted itself. Maybe
there is-when you've got sons and
daughters and grandchildren to sit
round the table and look for it,
snapped Millicent; but I'd like to
know what's backing up a Thanksgiv-
ing turkey when you amt got any
folks to reunite for a family dinner?'
Mrs. Wyatt put her knitting into her
work bag, with a sigh. eve got to
stop in at Johnson's to buy some chest
nuts for the stufing." she explained,
IA apology for her glance at the clock
and abrupt leaVe-taking. what did
do with my hat? Oh, here it is on the
chair. Mellicent, do you remember
Angelina Snow?"
Inefficient nodded, her mouth brist-
ling with five hat pins, as she stood
with Mrs. Wyatt's jacket held out in
both hands toward the open fire.
you made me think of something
she told me once-my left sleeves
caught there, Mellicent Angelina had
the blues terrible bad one morning.
continued Mrs. Wyatt, sticking in the
hatpins one by one as she talked, but
stead of sitting down and making COM
pany of them she trotted them right
out for walk. And what do>you sup
pose she did then? She went I'D and
down Spring street, looking and look
ing, and every time she passed wom-
an uglier than herself she counted
her off on finger. When her fingers
gave out she went home-cured An
gelina wouldn't have taken blue rib
bon at beauty show, either"
Meilicent Jancey's practical, active
nature had no time for sentimentaliz-
Ing, but the morning after Mrs. Wyatt's
visit new, strange thoughts with
twinkling eyes and wistful smiles
kept peeping out at her from behind
the routine of-daily duties, and at noon
she suddenly dropped broom and dust
er, dressed with trembling fingers, sur
prised Teddie Roosevelt Tortoiseshell
with bear hug, and dalted from the
house bearing the exalted expressions
of an archangel, and wearing two
gloves for the same hand.
In the gathering twilight of that
Thanksgiving eve Miss Mellicent's
doorben tinkled excitedly, and the next
moment Mrs. Wyatt flashed into the
sitting-room.
i wanted you from first, Mellicent, .
she painted, without preface. but it
made thirteen at table, and it never oc-
Cured to me until an hour ago that /
could count Jessie's twins as one just
as well as not. You'll come, of course ~
I'm sorry. Della, but I've previous
engagement-with Thanksgiving tur-
kay of my own"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
Always Cause for Gratitude.

If you seek, you will find cause for
gratitude. If you find your heart cal,
lous, stony and rebellious, bewarei 1t
is pitiable stage at which to arrive
1t practically marks the end of your
journey along the road to tomorrow.
Remember that to give thanks is a
good thing. Never fail to appreciate
the natural beauties and joys around
you, and from the grateful attitude OF
mind and soul you will receive reflect.
ed benefits. Open your heart to the
good that lies around you; make it
your own, as it has been intended that
you should. And be thankful
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
Individual Spirit.

Although national observance, the
spirit of Thanksgiving must ever be
individual. Otherwise 1t must be mere
form and ceremony, lacking that heart
felt gratitude, that spontaneous i'm
pulse which springs unbidden from
the grateful heart.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
Some Features Remain.

Thanksgiving, 1921! How was 1t
celebrated? The roll of drum an
nourfced the hour for prayer. After the
religious service came feasting and
outdoor athletic sports.
Thanksgiving day. 1913! How viii
it be celebrated? With religious serv-
ices. feasting and outdoor athletic
sports.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
Cruel Comment.

Women, you know. claim to belong
to the golden age"
well. some of them look as If
they did belong to the '49-ers''
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18

1ffith proper thanks break the crust
That Fortune lays beside my plate;
| shun the oysters, for must
Not carelessly be tempting Fate.
The giblets all aside | thrust,
To me they are Of no avail;
] prove my strength while gazing at
The rich and juicy mince pie that
I.nust not eat, but may inhale.
s. e. Kise,
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
INTERNATIONAL
SUNMSQIOOL
LESSON

(By z. o. SELLERS. Director Of ETenins
Department, The Moody Bible Institute
Chicago.)
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-11-18
Vegetarian 5
Thanksgiving
-.

I'm thankful for the celery,
- The canned pears aad the onion stew.
I'm thankful for the beans; to me
The turnips look inviting. too;
The sweet potatoes give me glee.
The parsnips gladly assai.
But best of all things is the rich
Aroma Of the turkey which
am permitted to inhale.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-28
A BRUTAL. FATHER.

Augusta, aG.. June 24.-,J. ]. John
son ~ butcher at Twelfth and dan
tignac streets. was arrested last night
on the charge of inhuman treatment
age. and was arraigned i'm recorders
court this morning. On motion of the
defendants attorney. who has just
been employed in the case, the case
was contin6ed until Friday morning.
Call officer Moore of the police de-
partment states that when he arriv-
ed at the Johnson meat shop after a
neighbor had telephoned for an Off
Ger. the girl is said To have been hang
ing from a meat hook suspended on
the wall by a chain. which had been
wrapped twice around her neck and
locked. Moore says that her arms
and portions Of her body and head
showed evidences of severe beating
and blod was running freely from
wounds caused by the butting of a
first drawing his revolver. rs John
son had a butcher knife i'm his hand.
He has been refused bond by the au-
thorities and Chief Of Police Elliott
says that he will resist habeas corpus
proceedings II they are brought. The
chain cut a cash in the girls neck and
she was exhausted. Johnson said that
he whipped his daughter because ne
could not control her.
Johnson is charged with disordcrly
conduct, cruelty to a child and assault
with intent to murder.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-28
NEWS FROM EGYPT.
Crops Show Marked Improvement i'm
Last Two Wccks-FCrsOnai Men
ton.

Egypt. June 25-After fine rain
Monday evening the crops are doing
we'll Most of the farmers are through
plowing corn. The cotton crop has
come out wonderfully since the cold
weather we had about two weeks ago.
DR. &. :. Britton, who has been i'll
for SO long, seems to continue in about
the same condition.
Measles have been going the rounds
through this section for several
months, out everybody seems To- 10
getting over them.
Miss Lillian Bagot. Of Tampa, Fla,
is spending some time with her co,.,-
in, Miss Lota Mcleod of this place.
Miss Sadie White has returned
home after spending several weeks
with relatives in sumter and paNNillc
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-28
n Smooth Swlndlc.

Not long ago an IAN American"
called upon a West End jcwelcr in
London and bought a splendid pearl,
for which he paid S5,O0O---in real
came. "My wife is in ecstasics over
that pearl ne told the jcwcler. she
wants another just like it," How
much does she want it," inquired the
jcweler Pearls of that grade are
very rare. hard To find and. for pur-
poses of matching. blooming cXpcn-
sivc." They talked price, and the
American" went away, after agreeing
To pay 20 much as $3.50 If "a prfcct
match for the pearl could he obtain
ed.
one day i'm driftcd a stranger with
a pearl, which so far as the jewelers.
memory served him, was an exact du-
plicate Of pearl number one The
stranger didn't much want to sell it.
but when AN offer of $4,000 was made
he couldn't resist. SO the jcwclcr
hardcd over the cash and tucked
away the now pearl in the safe. with
"a promised profit of $2.5OO clinging
To it. But where was "thc Amcri-
CAM NOt at the address he gave;
not even anywhere i'm London, ap-
parently. Then the truth began To
dawn upon the jcwclcr. He had
bought back the original pearl. ana
gave the American" "a profit of SO
600 on the transactions The game is
old. invented long before America
Was discovered Ncw York Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-28
ORDERING LAW BREAKING.

The order OF Gov. Biease to Super
Visors OF Registration To refuse reg
istration To no white man, upon pain
OF instant dismissal. Is neither more
nor less than direct command to
violate the law. The registration law
provides that certificates shall be is
sued only to men who possess GER
tain specifically enumerated qualifca-
tions and for the Supervisors to reg
lister any man who Is not thus quail
Ned would be a violation of the law
Gov Blease may deem II expedient
and essential to the attainment of his
political ambition to violate the reg
istration law. but nc seems to have
lost sight OF the consequences that
must inevitably follow this brazen
disregard OF the letter OF the law.
For a professed negro hater, and
pandere to the negro haters. II is al
most inexplicable that he should thus
play into the hands of the negroes
and negro lovers who have been de-
manding manhood suffrage. irrespec-
tive OF qualification for the intelligent
exercise OF the privilege. For years the
negroes have been trying to find
grounds for attacking the suffrage
laws In the United states courts. but
have never been able to make out u
case that would stand the test of
rig'd scrutiny. But now comes
Biease with his order To violate the
Jew I'm behalf OF all white men and
furnishes exactly the sort OF case
thst the negroes have so long desired.
II the supervisors obey Blease's or
der, II they register every white man
who applies for a certificate. regard
less OF his qualifications. and enforce
thc restrictive provisions against the
negroes only, the negroes will have
a case against the REGISTRATION law
OF this state that neither a biased
court nor partisan election commit
tee OF the Senate or House of the
United states colud disregard. If
II Is Blease's purpose and desire TO
throw down the bars and pave the
way for every negro man 10 vote In
South Carolina he has hit upon the
surest and quickest possible method
OF attaining that end. III he destroys
the registration law by brazenly or
dering Its violation. the consequences
should fall upon his head; but un-
fortunately II will be the whole State
and not the man who causes the trou-
BILE who will suffer.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-28
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CLARENDON CONVICT SHOT.

Manning, June 25.-Bright Mack,
VINO was convicted Of murder and rec
commended TO mercy at the last term
or Clarendon county court and who
was sentenced to hard labor for life.
was shot and probably fatally wound -
ed by one of the guards of the coun-
" chaingang this morning. The shoot
ing occurred in the Midway section,
about II miles east Of Manning. II
Is reported that the negro, while
shack'ed, started to walk off, and fail
ing to stop when ordered to halt, he
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-06-28

State of South Carolina, County of
Sumter-Court of Generals Sessions
In Re Report of Grand Jury-Order
The Grand Jury having filed their
report for this term of the court of
General Sessions:
1t is ordered:
That copies OF said report he served
upon the members of the Sumter
County Delegation and upon the
County Supervisor.
1t is further ordered:
That the County Supervisor do
show cause before this court upon
the first day of next ensuing term, why
the previous recommendations of the
Grand Jury have not been carried out
in so far as they relate to the duties
of the COutny Board.
Let a copy of this order be also
served upon the Supervisor.
GEO. w. GAGE,
Presiding Judge.
Sumter S. c.. June 25th, 1913.
H. l.. SCARBOROUGH,
c. c. G. & G. Il.
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us, as well as being a source 'bf
useless expenditure of money. We
do not desire to censure all of the
magistrates for some do their duty
well. But we hope that those who
have been negligent in this matter
will take due notice, and govern them
selves accordingly.
Your grand jury has heretofore
ations in reference to The county
Jail, none of which, we are informed
have been carried Out-for what rea-
son we are not informed. Your grand
jury considers ii to be their duty to
again call the courts attention to the
condition of said Jail. \ committee of
our body visited this institution and
found that the same was as well kept
as possible in view of the equipment
at hand. There is no provision for
the prisoners to bathe, except in an
ordinary wash tub, we recommend
that facilities be furnished the Jail for
bathing purposes, if it becomes nee
bath in the yard. The screens in the
windows and doors of the building
are broken out, thereby allowing the
free distribution of flies from this
place We recommend that new
screens be placed in at once; also re-
pairs to a steel plate in the floor, and
replacing brick in rear.
1t should be unnecessary for your
grand jury to call the county boards
attention to these, what we think, are
necessary repairs; for a visit to this
institution by them will, at glance,
show the necessity for these repairs.
And we recommend that the county
board spend so much of the county
fund for ordinary purposes, as is nee
essary to put the present institution iE
good repair.
Our grand jury at previous
term recommended the sale of
the old Jail, and that new
one be built or additions built
to present building. We are in
formed that the county board in
their endeavor to carry out this re-
commendation secured plans and spe-
cifcations for the re-modeling of the
old Jail, converting the residence pOr-
ton thereof into cells, and the build
ing Of a cottage adjoining the Jail for
the home of the jailor.
After securing the plans and spe
cifications, they asked the county le
gislative delegation to meet with them
and to devise ways and means by
which our recommendation could be
carried out. The cost Of these repairs
according to plans and specifications
was approximately twelve thousand
dollars-And the board of county com
missioners requested the legislative de-
legation to have a law passed provid-
ing for this expenditure.
This the legislature failed to do,
and the county board is without au-
thOrity to make these expensive chang
es in the Jail. The supervisor assures us
that all the repairs that can be made
In the present condition of the Jail
will be made as soon as possible, but
that the same cannot be made up to
the standard as recommended by the
grand jury. until they are authorized
so to do by legislative enactment.
Thanking your honoroand the Off
GERS Of the Court for cOurtesieS eX
tended,
Respectfully submitted.
b. +. ESTRIDGE,
Foreman.
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was. fRbtlht the beehI This u ,ths,
man who cut his wife's throat several
months ago while she was in bed and
reported to the neighbors that she had
killed herself, but later confessed that
he had done the deed himself. On the
trial it appeared that he was rather
weak minded and hence the jury in
finding a verdict of guilty brought in
a recommendation of mercy.