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The Elbert County tribune., 1913-07-18
FEED FOR WORK
TEAM IN SUMMER
Bad Management to Stuff Horses
During Idle Season and
Starve Them Later.

One Of the worst mistakes a farmer
can make is to feed heavily during
the winter season, when work is
slack, and to feed slightly i summer
when work continues all day and
every day. Only last week, says a
writer in an exchange. I saw team
owned by young, but at the same
time rather opinionated farmer. This
team was fed during the winter sea
son all the grain and forage they
would consume.
AS the season advanced the price
of grain and hay became higher.
Money might have been little tight
perhaps. at any rate feed was sold
that should have been kept The
working season arrived. Crops must
be put in and cultivated. feed was
short, and the teams suffered.
When | saw them they were living
skeletons. and deprecated rs per
cent, SO far as cash value was con-
cerned. This seems to me to be
mighty poor management stufiing your
work horses in the idle season and
starving them at the very time that
they need the best care.
Just think moment, dear farmer.
of the plentiful food that the wom-
en-folk prepare for you three times
daily. and most especially during the
harvest season. and then imagine
how the horse must feel that pulls a
plow, binder. mower or wagon, all
day, and ON insufficient feedl
There is no economy. or even bust
ness sense in feeding sparingly dur
ing the long. hot and busy summer
season. A pair of strong. fell-fed and
wellkept horses or mules will do the
work OF any four head of half-starved
ones you can pick up.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-07-18
tsy A. S. ALExANpER., ,

10Y ~ o. Al1E<AA<~lpEf
While some farmers are beginning
to appreciate the Importance of using
sound. pure-bred stations. the equal
Importance of using sound mares Is
not yet generally understood. When a
mare by reason of unsoundness is no
longer fit for anything else. she is
often set aside for breeding purposes
and SO long as this absurd and ruin
Gus policy persists, the penalty will be
paid in the prevalence of unsound
horses on our farms. For corrobora-
ton of this. one has only to examine
the brood mares on a number of
farms. The unsound mares will be
found numerous and many of their
adult offspring are similarly affected.
The following letters from farmers
will help to demonstrate the lack of
comprehension of the principles of
horse breeding.
Il have a thirteen-year-old mare that
has knocked down hip, the heaves
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-07-18
FfAYLoADER5 IN OPERATION
SAVE TIr1E AND BACKACHE

MIXED tlmOtny and clover should be
cut Immediately after the bloom be-
gins to fall. Close watch must be
kept of the meadow at this period as
the timothy blooms and sheds it's
blossoms in a very short time. When
the bloom Is on full. the heads are
full grown and the seed firmly set. SO
that they do not shatter easily in han.
ding. Cut just at this time, the nu.
triton of the hay Is retained and it
makes fine selling product
If the grass is allowed to stand un-
till bit overripe. the seeds will shat
ter In handling. and much of its sub
stance will be lost. The stems, too,
become hard and lose much of their
succulence SO greatly relished by the
live stock because the moisture leaves
the stems very quickly after the grass
has reached maturity.
II cut after thoroughly ripe the
most desirable portion Of the hay is
lost. Many of the blades are entirely
lost in handling, and what remains
on the stems Is tasteless and unpala-
table to stock.
Whenever you observe much hay
left in the hangers be sure 1t has been
rejected by the stock because 1t is
unfit for their needs. Sometimes
stock will eat this woody, dry hay out
of necessity, but it does them no good.
On the other hand, the early mown.
mixed hay possesses all of those ele-
ments SO necessary to the building up
of animal tissue, and live stock will
eat it up clean The farmer who finds
It difficult to obtain enough waste hay
to supply bedding for his animals may
be sure that he is getting about all
the benefit there is to be had from his
hay crop.
While 1t is not wise to cut TOO
early. still 1t is better to err on the
side OF early than of late cutting. The
amount of good hay secured by early
cutting is usually greater than that
when cut after the crop has thorough
ly matured.
One thing in favor of early cutting
is the fact that the drain upon the
soil is stopped. The ripening process
of the hay crop exhausts the soil very
rapidly. and It is important that the
elements necessary to produce good
hay should be kept in the soil as long
as possible Renewing and maintain
ing soil for hay is another story.
BY moving meadows early in the
season the grass will spring up and
form early and succulent fall graz
ing at period when there is usually
shortage in pasture, and when the
live stock need it most.
OF course. 1t can be dried out and
present the appearance of pretty good
hay, but all the same 1t is safe to count
that about half of its value has been
destroyed by the rain.
The use of canvas caps is therefore
to be recommended
Copyright. 1918. Shultz Syndicate Press)
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-07-18

1t takes some grit to thin field of
corn. We hate to pull up nice. thrifty
stalks, and yet. when we do it, we
may be adding good many bushels
to the crop we cut next fall. Too
thick corn cannot ear as well. nor ma
ture as well quickly.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-07-18

II the boy wants to attend the ag-
ricultural college, and you can afford
1t. don't make the mistake OF keep
ing him away. The day will come
when you will be sorry.
The Elbert County tribune., 1913-07-18
Rye for the .slIo.

Rye may be cut for' the silo when it
Is In blossom and the most advanced
heads are in the dough.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
Year Just Ended to Rank High In Red
Letter Annals Of the Trade In
France and Algeria.

Paris.-The vintage of 1912 in
France and Algeria, according to re-
ports just issued, is much superior to
that Of 1911. both in quantity and quail
ity. The wine of 1911 was very in
ferior, due to the lack of warmth dur
ing the late summer and autumn. At
the beginning of the present season
wine growers predicted an excellent
crop of grapes. and their predictions
seem to have been we'll founded.
The vintage of 1912 amounted to
59,3S9.o35 hectoliters. Algeria pro-
duced 6,671,1S1 hectoliters. Adding
the stock left over from 1911 in both
France and Algeria, a total Of $780,
644 hectoliters is reached. The 1911
vintage was only $500, 730 hectoliters.
. In the SO departments of France
there are only nine in which there are
no vineyards. They are the Calvados.
Cotes du Nord. Finistere, Manche,
Nord. Orne, Pas de Calais, Seine In
ference and the Somna Several 9TH
ers. 1t is true, had but small crops
The department which leads all the
others is the Herault, In the Midi, pro.
ducing 14.O64.907 hectoliters. The
Aude. neighboring department,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
BEST PRICES FOR PRODUCTS
BY Cooperation Small Farmers Can
Sell in Large Quantities, There
by Attracting Buyers.

There are three important reasons
why the small independent farmer
cannot get the best prices for his
product In the first place, he has but
a small amount Of any one thing to
sell. and it makes very little differences
to the dealer whether he gets his
small business or not In the second
place, the dealer who buys his prod
ucts must also buy from a number OF
other small farmers, with the result
that what he gets in any community
is, as a rule, not uniform and must sell
as mixed stuff and at low price; con-
seQuently he cannot pay as much as In
many instances the product OF the In
dividual farmer is worth. The third
condition is that, as a rule, the small
farmer has his product at town or
terminal market where, IL he does not
sell, he is under considerable expense
to hold his product or to get 1t back to
the farm. BY cooperation farmers
can produce uniform products. BY CO.
operation in selling, they can offer for
sale large quantities which will at
tract buyers; and by bringing the buy
er to them. they can either sell their
product for what Is offered or hold It
on their farms until better price
can be obtained.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15

Hot air is always a blow to popu
larity.
The dollar mark is not always an
easy mark.
1t takes Miss to raise the mischief
with a fellow.
Make the losses of today the profits
of tomorrow.
Long hours do not necessarily mean
large profits from labor.
Many reformers go out to hunt wild
ducks with brass band.
No matter who carries the state, the
people will carry the burden.
The only sure way OF getting what
is coming to you is to grow it,
A mortgage on the house will not
prevent the roof from leaking.
Peanut politics naturally attracts
sackful-for-fve-cents statesmen.
This is an unlucky season for Tur'
key, both Asiatic and American.
A wise man never boasts of his wis
dom. lie wouldn't be wise If he did.
Some people try to make the most
VI lHemSelNeS, anu OtlltlS ldhC anu
fat.
Just as socn as some folks make a
raise they go out and raise the dick
ems.
Conscience has no back stairs down
which the soul may escape from It.
self
Even in the coolest weather candi-
date does not care TO be between two
fires.
A satisfied hog is a profitable one.
but satisfied man is frequently a
failure.
The milk of human kindness. with
some people, seems to be of the con-
densed variety.
Prayer in the church will never bal
ance the fact of taking drink OF
whisky in the field
II would be unkind to call actors
cattle, just because they belong to a
live stock company.
Some of US farmers seem to think
that double cropping means a row OF
corn with a row of weeds between.
The success a man wins by work
ing his friends never amounts to
much, no matter how hard he works
them.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
IMPROVEMENT OF OLD FARMS
Many Places May Be Secured and
Improved at Less Cost Than One
In New Country.

Alphabetically, the man who can
make good in one place can make
good in another. II he works intelli.
gently within his own fences and tries
to improve his own farm he is on
safer ground than the man who is
chasing rainbows in a new country.
Many an old farm can be bought
for from $25 to $50 an acre and i'm
proved and beautified in less time and
at less expense that would be required
in established a home in a new coun.
try.
However. difficult 1t may seem for
q man to take hold Of a farm In one
of the older agricultural sections at
the present time, yet the fact remains
that many of these sections are still
rich In opportunities for him to Sc
cure a good farm that will some day
prove. competency.
Good land, situated near a good
market and desirable shipping facili-
ties is certain to increase In value as
soon as men who are farming high
priced land In other parts Of the coun.
try become familiar with the opportu.
mites and advantages offered by these
sections.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
STORE PLAN DRAWS THREAT
Housewives Arranging to Start a Pro-
duce Establishment in Order to
Force a Lowering of Prices.

Kansas City, Mo. - Anonymous
threats directed at the proprietors of
music store where the Housewives
league of Kansas City has maintained
headquarters have caused worry to
the officers of the league that resulted
in a decision to suspend operations
until a new location Is secured. The
Housewives league is trying to raise
a fund of $4,000. with which to open
a cooperative produce store.
That so pronounced an attack on the
league would be made was not antici-
pated by the directors.
I'VE expected some criticism" said
Mrs. Willard @. Church, president Of
the league, but we did not think 1t
would take so determined a form.
I'VE have repeatedly said that the
league was not organized to attack
the grocers or any set of merchants.
We wish to be fair and Just, and our
only reason in establishing a store Is
to show that the present method Of
handling produce is unnecessarily ex-
pensive and cumbersome.
Our plans will go right ahead as
soon as we get a new location"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
HELP TO SELL FARM CRopc
Unnecessary Middlemans Profit. w,,
Be Saved by Establishment Of
Cooperative Bureau.

a berry grower in Cherokee coun,v
Kansas. sold his berry crop last snr;n.
ior ninety cents crate. In one era,s
he placed this note: "Will the buvo.
or this crate OF berries inform the nm.
dersigned who grew them, how mucb
he paid for them?" In due time an
ply came from an ultimate consun.
er In Detroit. Mich. saying he paid
$40 for the crate. Middlemen em
! Si.5O for finding a buyer for these Der.
ries, while the farmer, who did an
the work of growing them, received
/ only ninety cents.
The Kansas agricultural college. BY
J the establishment OF a COOPERATIVE
/ buying and selling bureau for all Kan
sas farm products, will undertake IN
save the unnecessary middlemen's
profits TO farmers in that state. This
announcement. made by President
/ Waters before 1000 farmers in the
cooperative meeting" held in con.
nection with the state farmers instl
| tute. was greeted with cheers Bv
resolutions, unanimously passed, the
meeting, after considering many plans
with a determination to do some
| thing" had just asked the college to
establish such a bureau. The subse-
quent announcement by President Wa.
tiers, promptly granting the resquest,
came as a surprise.
A cooperative bureau at the agrl.
cultural college will be the first Of
that kind in the United States. When
developed to it's highest efficiency,
which may take several years. it will
mean a saving of millions of dollars
to Kansas farmers, annually. 1t viii
shorten the distance between the pro-
Queer and the consumer. thus pro-
| noting direct selling For instance,
farmer with a carload of potatoes
to sell need not dispose of them to the
local commission man. Instead, he
would list his carload with co-opera-
tive bureau. This bureau. in touch
with markets all over the United
States, would Immediately place him
in communication with a market for
HIS pOJdlOeS. w HtItupOu the ldTultT
would ship his product direct to the
buyer.
The decision to inaugurate the CO.
operative bureau was not made with
! out due elaboration by the officers
of the college 1t was an urgent de-
mand from farmers all over the state
that brought it about. That such
bureau would be successful was appa-
rent after the organization of clear
ing house for apple growers and ap
pie buyers a year ago. The college
had helped farmers to find good seed
and good breeding stock, but the
clearing house was the first assist
ance offered in marketing produce.
Upon the announcement. last fall. that
the college was again prepared to
open a clearing house for apples, 1i0
letters from buyers and sellers were
received at the college in one day.
Between 300 and 400 cars of apples
were sold through this department OF
the extension division last fall. Since
then plans for the bureau have been
under way.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
TO STOP SLAUGHTER
Audubon Societies Want Tariff
Wall to Bar Out Aigrettes.
National Association Demands Action
on Part of Ways and Means Com.
mittee-~Seek to End Destruc-
ton of Beautiful Herons.

New York.-Backed by farmers
every section Of the country. officers
OF the National Association of Audi
boa Societies have demanded of the
ways and means committee of con
gress an opportunity to urge a prohib
tive tariff on aigrette feathers at the
hearing on schedule n, which will be
held before the esd of this month.
Opposing the moneyed interests OF
the millinery wholesalers, whose in
roads on the valuable bird life of New
York, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey
Oregon and California have already
forced these states to pass laws ma
king contraband the sales of these
plpmes, the national Audubon delega
ton will ask that they be excluded
from the whole country in the interest
OF everyone dependent upon its agri.
cultural prosperity.
The Federation of Women's Clubs
and organizations of grangers in al
most every state. as well as the Camp
IRE club, the New York Geological so.
ciety, the Long Island Sportsmen's as
ISOLATION, the American Game Protec-
tive association and other bodies OF
sportsmen, have pledged their support
to this movement.
Data, compiled from scientific obser-
walton OF a flock of the few herons
that still survive the wholesale butch
cry of professional plume hunters in an
Audubon breeding rookery in Florida
are being prepared to demonstrate to
congress that these rare birds are a
considerable factor in the destruction
OF field mice. gophers, grasshoppers
and other agricultural pests.
While In some instances they have
been found to devour an occasional
trout. their regular diet is proved to
consist principally of minnows. suck
ers and other useless fish, as we'll as
water snakes, that are known to de
stroy great quantities of trout eggs
and valuable young fish. Other proof
Of the natural need of farmers and
fishermen for the beautiful birds that
the milliners have almost driven to
extinction will be presented by repre-
sentatives of these interests.
Following the recent introduction
by Senator Root Of resolution en-
towering the president of the United
States to call an international con-
gress on bird protection, representa-
tives Of the world powers actively en-
gagged in saving the rare species that
is being massacred for their aigrette
plumes are now expressing to the Au-
dubon organization their support OF
this movement
While the whole globe is at present
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
GOOD SPIRIT TO ENCOURAGE
Charity Begins at Home and Like
wise improvement May Well Have
Same Starting Point.

In many of the best rural towns
there 10 always a spirit Of co-opera-
ton. This may be directed along any
one of many lines. So long as the
tendency is to improve conditions of
either the individual or group of in
dividuals the idea should be encour-
aged. But there Is one phase Of CO
operation that deserves special con-
sideration just at this time. 1t has to
do with the community Improvement
In many of the town and township
halls, school houses and rural
churches, there will be meetings of
literary nature during the coming
weeks. Subjects that are of civic
significance will be discussed Why
not bring the attention of the audi
ence nearer home in meetings of this
kind? 1t is not necessary to ignore
entirely topics of national importance;
these must be met, but they can best
be handled by first meeting the prob
lem of the immediate community.
There are in every section topics
that may be discussed to the advan-
tage of all If the different commu-
mites in the township or county were
to co-operate-for instance. along the
line of road improvement-the result
would be wonderfully encouraging
Possibly the topic of rural schools
and their adaptation to the best needs
of the community is something that
deserves consideration. You your
selves are to be the judges of what
is of most Importance. but remember
this, that charity begins at. home and
likewise improvement may we'll have
the same starting point
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
UNCLE SAM OPPOSES TIPS
VIII Not Pay Bill Of $8o.4s Spent BY
Officer on Visit to
Germany.

New York.-Capt. Matthew e Han
ma. U. s. A.. who recently resigned
from the army to enter business in
this city, has discovered that the gov.
eminent does not believe in tips. Cap
tain Hanna, as a member of the gen.
eral stan, witnessed the German army
maneuvers as guest of the emperor in
1911, and on his visit spent $S0.45 in
tips to walters and hotel servants.
It was said that the total bill OF
1919 which he turned in was only half
of what 1t cost him to maintain his
part Of the dignity of the United
States representative during his visit,
and in this he had included the tip-
ping item.
After considerable correspondence
the treasury department has finally
ruled that Captain Hanna must stand
the tipping expense himself.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
Graveyard of Twentieth Legion
Exhumed at Chester; Eng.
Bronze Coins Of the Emperors An
tonius, Pius and Commodus
Are Found With the
Remains.

London.-The extension of the in
Urinary at Chester has led to the dis
covery of the graveyard used by the
twentieth legion of the Romans during
their occupation of that city.
The Chester infirmary occupies q
site which is locally referred to as
the plague field" The site seeps to
have acquired it's unsavory name from
the fact that casual discoveries of hui
man remains had led to the suppose
ton that they were the victims OF
the great plague.
The recent unearthing of remains In
larger numbers on the site of the ex-
tension of the infirmary led to an in
vestigation by Prof Robert Newstead.
who now reports that the evidence
proves conclusively that the infirmary
field was not used as burying ground
during the outbreak of the plague, and
that all the burials which have been
SO far unearthed belong to the Ro-
man period.
Four distinct types Of graves have
been uncovered. One is tomb formed
OF local sandstone, evidently repre-
senting a burial of some importance.
as the walls of the tomb are covered
In plaster, and the dome of the struc-
ture originally stood out in marked
contrast to the surrounding surface OF
the land, forming a distinct tumulus.
Some Of the graves were formed by
placing Roman roofing tiles bearing
the stamp Of the twentieth legion upon
the floor and also at the sides, the
legionary stamps always facing in
ward.
Another type of burial was formed
by placing rough hewn sandstone 90
that a V-shaped trough was formed
for the reception of the body.
fourth type of grave consists of a sim
pie trench. dug in the solid clay at q
depth Of not more than two feet from
the original land surface.
The Roman origin of the graves is
borne out by the fact that bronze
coins Of the Emperors Antonius, Plus
and Commodus have been found in
them. Such coins were placed usual
ly in the mouth Of the deceased, and
are generally referred to as "Charon's
passage fare" to expedite the passage
of the soul across the Styx, as it was
believed that the person who had no,
received the usual rites Of burial and
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15

secured for these trophies. taken from
butchered mother birds for market
here. a tariff ban would do much to-
ward saving the beautiful heron from
worldwide destruction, 1t is asserted
With the people of the United
States OF almost every class united to
bar from our country the aigrettes OF
the unfortunate heron, we expect to
meet the big millinery interests In
sole opposition before the congress
sional committee" said T. Gilbert
Pearson. secretary OF the National As
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15
"THIEF," IN HOUSE, SHORES
Who Goes to Sleep In Wrong
Domiclle.

st. Paul, Misunderstanding a re-
volver from beneath his pillow, DR.. E.
Ernst Munns crept stealthily down
the stairs at his home determined to
battle in the darkness with a burglar.
A short silence was followed by a
heavy thud.
I've got him. dear, Call the po-
lice!" shouted Munns to his wife.
The police found Munns holding
his victim with q half-nelson.
The burglar" snored aloud and
when awakened and arrested on a
charge Of intoxication, he explained
that he had wandered into the wrong
house.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-02-15

WHY'S. who will lend 1t for six months
to the Toledo Museum of Art.
The picture was obtained by the
Chicago dealer from the private gal.
lery OF Maurice Kahn In Paris. where
1t hung for many years. There were
four Rembrandts in the Kahn collec.
ton. and upon the death of their own.
er two years ago collectors from all
over the world visited Paris to bid
for the famous paintings. America
was successful in obtaining three.
The Praying Pilgrim" was painted
In 1861 and b two and q half fse(