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The state herald., 1914-05-29

Treat the cows ssntiy.
We must have good roads.
Horses should not stand idle.
Provide the hens with nests.
The hog-tight fence helps keep the
mortgage OF.
1t doesn't pay to feed . duck after
II Il 10 weeks old.
Be sure that the male at the head
OF the poultry nock IL pure bred
Eggs for Matching must be from
strong. healthy. well-fed chickens.
Land that dries quickly after q rain
b well adapted for raising poultry.
Good Judgment is worth more to the
dairyman than his highest priced COW.
the hogs all the time-but In separate
boxes.
A heavy crop Of clover plowed un-
der. Il one of the best restoratives Of
tho soil
Have the main part Of your gar
den % arranged that It can be cult
waited with horne.
Watch the newly broken colt. II his
head begins to droop It's q sure sign
you are overworking him.
More feed can be stored In q given
space In the form Of silage than In
the form Of fodder or hay.
In It's first few weeks OF life the
calf takes on weight very fast. and
will have a great appetite.
Nest boxes free from cracks and
crevices are best because such places
are hiding places for vermin.
When spraying do not work with
bare hands. They'll be sore II you do.
Put on pair Of rubber gloves.
Corn. wheat and oats are the best
feeds for growing turkeys and dry
grain chick feeds for the little tur-
keys.
Dairying is rapidly becoming .
science. 1t is being studied more eI.
tensively than almost any other line
of farming.
Grass Is OF little value as a feed
until a month after It starts in the
spring II must be supplemented with
grain or hay.
Chemical plant foods should be
used chiefly to establish grasses and
clovcrs that shall form the basis OF
future operations.
Provide the herd with comfortable
quarters at all times. Failure In this
will impair the usefulness OF the ami
NAL and waste the feed.
The raising OF poor horses is one
of the most Improbable OF farm oper.
ations As the raising of good ones is
one Of tho most profitable.
One of the chief objects Of 4 cover
crop In an orchard is to assist In
controlling tho moisture content OF the
soil during late summer and early
fall.
Tho hens that nre running around
the barn are living under conditions
that are moro natural. and when NJ
well fed as the others they win pro
ducc more eggs.
Good garden work cannot be easily
done unlcss good tools arc available.
Ses that all tools are IN good condi.
ton and that you have those best
adapted for your work.
An orchard with tho trees planted
20 by 10 fest. and fsw rows Of corn
planted between tho rows OF trees.
provides tho most ideal place for the
rearing OF small chicks.
Plan now for tho siio. Thcrc In no
building on tho farm that will pay
bctter returns TO tho farmer than n
good siio properly built and fllcd on
time. and In tho hight way.
When chicks arc taken from tho In.
cubator W from the Matching nest,
they should bc kept quiet most of tho
tims for tho first &s hours. Rest will
do them more good than anything
else.
Tho tmo al which cultivation In
49, nxcha ~ shstl ,nssa and ,hs -,ss~
The state herald., 1914-05-29
Stat. Ask. Bid. for 100000 Bonds.

Denvor.-Bids on the militia indebt-
edness authorized by the special Sos
sion OF the Legislature are being
sought by state Treasurer Leddy. Tho
treasurer said that he plans TO ask
first for the highest bids on nm amount
OF bonds ranging from 100000 to ti.-
100000. The work OF issuance and
sale OF the bonds is being rushed.
Work Of issuing vouchers for certifi.
Gates OF indebtedness. which will be
exchangcablc for the bonds is occupy.
ing the regular office staff OF the
Colorado National Guard. Militiamen
who have had pay due them for soy.
eral months ARE eager to get their
vouchers. which arc being completed.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

Plan now for tho silo. There In no
building on tho farm that will pay
b-tter returns to tho farmer than u
good sibo properly built and nllcd on
time. and In ths right way.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

A brush Ia n great aid In cleaning
milk vcsscir. especially strnlners. II
will got down into ail the small cnvi.
ties that cannot well be- thoroughly
cleaned with anything else.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

Tho umc At which cultivation In
the orchard shall cease and tho cover
crop~ b. sown Ia very largely mat.
ter Of Judgment II depends almost
entirely upon what soii moisture con.
ditionn nre during the latter part Of
July. and what thcy arc likely TO b
during the remainder OF tho season.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

II In n good thing To insist that tho
food We buy shall be what II ID
labeled. whether We cat II ourselves.
feed 1, to our stock. or uuc I, to for.
tiiixe our soils.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

The hen that wnndcrs through tho
orchard. follows tho plow In tho near.
by truck patch. hangs around tho
horse trough. tho pig pen md tho sta.
bios ia tho hon that has tho glow OF
health and tho bloom OF vitality about
her. There Ia rodnons In hor comb
that In lacking IN that of the closely
housed hen.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

When chicks arc taken from tho In.
cubator OF from the Matching nest,
they should bc kept quiet most of tho
tims for tho frst &s hours. Rest will
do thcm moro good than anything
else.
The state herald., 1914-05-29
coun,ereI,ers sen.e need.

Dcnyer-william II. Upton was son.
fenced by United States District Judge
Robert u. Lewis TO four years IN the
federal prison at Fort feavenworth
and to pay fine OF 5000. James NJ.
Baker. son.ln.law OF Baker. received n
sentence OF two years and fine Of
800. The men were found guilty OF
conspiracy 10 counterfeit United States
silver coins,
Special Auditors Find Extra Horses.
Denvcr.--The committee of three
named by Governor AmmonH TO check
up on tho horses purchased for tho
USE OF the state troops In the Trini.
dad strike yone. have reported In.
stead Of failing 20 account for the 27o
hend contracted for. aA Il was predict.
cd by Auditor kcnohnn would be- the
cnsc. the commission found three
horpea In excess OF the number for
which bills were presented. rhn ?T0
head were billed TO the state at i7i,.
900. which II mn average Of about 800
each.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

An orchard with tho trees planted
% by 10 fest. and . fcw rows Of corn
planted between tho rows OF trces.
provides tho most ideal place for the
rearing Of small chicks.
The state herald., 1914-05-29
Fifty Transfer Fansywerk Patterns

Win eompl~t. lilustrated eourps OF twenty -s.vsu
saving magazine bargains, all prepaid By mail for
The state herald., 1914-05-29

The secret Of making money from
sheep In the corn belt In breeding the
best mutton rams To range.bre ewes
and having tho lambs dropped in cold
weather.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

Good garden work cannot be easily
done unlcss good tools arc available
Ses that all tools are IN good condi.
ton and that you have those best
adapted for your work.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

The draft horse can make more
money by his great efficiency at heavy
work than tho light horse can by his
greater speed on tho road.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

The raising OF poor horses is one
Of the most Improbable of farm oper.
ations As the raising OF good ones is
one Of tho most profitable.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

Turkeys should not remain In coops.
but should have frce range and some
times will steal their nests. 80 must
be- watched during tho laying season.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

Tho hens that nrc running around
the barn are living under conditions
that are morn natural. and when n
well fed as the others they win pro
duce moro egRs.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

One of the chief objects Of = cover
crop In an orchard is to assist in
controlling tho moisture content of the
soil during late summer and early
fall.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

Nests need not necessarily be ex
pensive AFFAIRS: any old box or barre
that is strong and substantial vii
answer every purpose.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

Pregnant brood sows should never
be allowed to run In the same yards
with cattle or horss. Many good sows
have been ruined by = kick.
The state herald., 1914-05-29

Provide the herd with comfortable
quarters at all times. Failure In this
will impair the usefulness OF the ami
NAL and waste the feed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
AlPs Well with the World.

It is a source Of much pleasure to
state that the towns in this section
of Louisiana are holding their own
in business way. In the face Of
adverse conditions, we are making a
new destiny and it will be a safe
and proper one. We have depended
too much on the making and selling
Of one article against the purchase
of twenty, but this order Of things
will be reversed in the future. A
little time spent in the production
of things to eat will solve the hard
times problem and make the individ-
ua1 prosperous. It is just a ques-
ton Of getting On the job and stay
ing there, and after q time we will
not care whether there is a tariff
on sugar or not. What a source of
satisfaction this will be when we
come to know this prediction is a
certainty.-F'ranklin Watchman.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
The Worlds Corn Record.

+. Under the caption 1.-THE Worlds
Corn Record the editor of Farm and
Fireside writes as follows in the
current issue Of his paper:
In 1889 q. J. Drake, of North Car
Gina, made the record crop of corn
e, an acre. The yield was 255
sJ>-.g s. This is the way he did it.
He eoFead on the acre thousand
bush; Say fifty tons-of stable ma
nure. an5e also worked into the soiI.
500 i sshels of whole cotton seed
o.antatousand pounds of home-mixe2
commercial fertilizer-formula not
given-and four hundred pounds of
nitrate of soda. This fertilizer, with
the labor of applying it, is estimat-
ed to have cost at least three hun
dred dollars-so the crop did not pay.
In 1910 d North Carolina 10y grew
22S 3-4 bushels of corn on an aree.
dis fertilizing operations cost him
at leas5 two hundred dollars. Com
pare these yields with that of a
rage county, Iowa, boy, who de.
scribes in Farm and Fireside the
methods he used in growing about
nlnety-three bushels to the acre. He
used no fertilizers at all, planting
on alfalfa sod, and carefully cuItiva,
ting. The North Carolina experi.
ence is the n4ore astonishing. the
Iowa accomplishment more profit
able"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
A Progressive Priest.

We take pleasure in reproducing
the following item from the New
Orleans Picayune OF the 9Th inst:
Rev. Father j. J. Rousseau, pastor
of st. Jules church, at Belle Alli-
ance, near Donaldsonville, after a
brief visit in the city, will leave
this morning for his home parish,
Father Rousseau is one off the best
known priests in the diocsSe, having
spent many years in the city, ad-
ministering the affairs of the vari-
GUS churches. He was formerly as
sistant to the late Bishop Rouxel and
was also connected with ST. Mi
chaels church. He was administra-
tor at Thibodaux fer several months,
and was then appointed pastor at
Belle Alliance, where he succeeded
in building a modern church in that
parish, He is now actively engag-
ed in forming plans fer the building
Of a school, but this will not be &C
complished until the debt caused by
the erection Of the new church will
nave been wiped out. While in the
city Father Rousseau was the guest
of Father Ryan, of st. MichaePs
church"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
|. s. i. NOTES AND NEWS.
Weekly Letter from School of Jour-
nalism at State University-En1-
bryonic Reporters Write interest
ingIy OF Student Activities.

Declaring that the solution of the
transportation problem lies not il
government ownership of railroads
but rather in more powerful nation
al and state commissions, Iyypresst
Lee, executive assistant of the Flds
sylvania Railway system, maeen |
strong address to the students of tie
University Friday of last week on
Government Ownership Mr.. Lee
stated there is an increasing ten
dency on the part of legislatures to
pass restrictive and destructive reg
ulations which are met by the trans
portation companies With consider
able difficulty, and that if the rail
roads are to continue in an efficient
way such legislation should be aban-
doned.
Regarding the proposed govern
ment ownership, he spoke at some
length on the financial difficulties
which would arise under such a con-
dition, and pointed out how this
plan had resulted in loss to the
countries where it has been at
tempted. He stated that govern
ment ownership had proven unsatis-
factory TO the laborer, to the shipper
and to the taxpayer.
The following schedule has been
announced for the 1914 football team:
Sept. 26, Lafayette at Baton Rouge;
Oct. 3, Ruston at Baton Rouge; Oct.
10, Mississippi College at Baton
Rouge; Oct. II, Mississippi Univer-
sity at Baton Rouge; Oct. "a, Tex
as A. & NJ. at Dallas; Nov. z, Uni
versity of Arkansas at Shreveport;
Nov. IA, Haskell Indians at New Or
leans; Nov. 26, Tulane at New Or
leans.
E. T. Mcdonald, a former star at
Colgate University, and for the past
three years coach at Jefferson Col
lege, has been elected to coach the
1914 football team. He succeeds J.K
Dwyer. Mcdonald is by no means a
stranger to the Tiger fans, as he
has been spectator at all the big
games on the local gridiron and has
{ cted as an official in many of the
madie a wonderful
record with the lghtS Jefferson
team, ana MS selecJ1on is pOpu-
lar one with the students and foot
ball enthusiasts connected with
the University.
The faculty committee in charge of
the high school rally held annually on
the University campus are making
for The program this
year. The rally will be held May
/ and 2. and will include literary
and athletic events. Information re-
Iating to the rally may be obtained
from Prof q: H. stumberg, 623 La
fayette street, Baton Rouge, La.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
The Mystery of PeIIaara.

Fifteen persons suffering from that
mysterious disease, peilagra, We're
taken from South Carolina to New
York in 1912 and carefully observed
at the POSTGRADUATE Hospital by
expert bacteriologists,. chemists and
pathologists. All Were cured without
any specific medication during the
disease. At the "pellagra meeting"
at Spartansburg, S. c., a summary
of the first progress report of the
ThompsonM McFadden Pellagra Com
mission, by Capt. J. F. Siler, medi-
cal corps, U. S. A; Passed Assist
ant Surgeon P. E. Garrison, U. S.
n, and DR.. w. J. MacNeal, profess
sor Of bacteriology and pathology
and assistant director of laboratories,
New York POSTGRADUATE Medical
School, was read. The closing words
Of this report state:
L. The supposition that the inges-
ton of good Or spoiled maize is the
essential cause of pellagra is not sup
ported by our study.
2. Pellagra is in all probability
specific infectious disease communi-
cdDIe from person 10 person by means
at present unknown.
). We have discovered no evidence
discriminating flies Of the genus ST.
mulium in the causation Of pellagra,
except their universal distribution
throughout the area studied. If it is
distributed by blood-sucking insect,
Stomoxys calcitrans would appear to
be the most probable carrier.
4. We are inclined to regard in
innate association in the household
and the contamination Of food with
The excretions of pellagrins as pos
slble modes of distribution Of the dis
ease.
5. No specific cause Of pelIagra
1as been recognized.-Sh Shreveport |
Times.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
Appropriation for Coastal Canal.

Authorization of the proposed inter
coastal waterway from st. Georges s
Sound, Fla, to the Rio Grande, in
Texas, is carried in the rivers and
harbors appropriation bill which
was reported TO the national house
of representatives Wednesday,. The
total cost Of the canal is estimated
at s3,632,910, of which $4,000 is
made available for beginning the
work Immediately.
Louisiana fares well in the new
rivers and harbors bill. She is to
receive appropriations of 1884,, GOO
for new projects, besides large
sum for continuing projects already
under way. The largest of these is
the Bayou Teche project, on which
1915, 900 is to be spent, with $780,
900 available for the coming year.
On Lake Pontchartrain $4,000 is
to be spent, and VermiIion river WIFI
get S37.500.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
ANOTHER FLOOD PREDICTED.
Statistics Indicate Repetition of
the Disastrous Freshets of 1918
Red Gross Warned to be Ready
for Work.

Statistics to show that there may
be a repetition of the 1913 floods III
the Ohio valley have been completed
by the National Drainage Congress-
Seventy cities on the Ohio and Mis-
sissippi rivers at present show a de-
ficiency Of l.5 inches in average pre-
cipitation. At Louisville the January
deficit was 2.O6 inches. A similar
deficit, the congress declared, is
recorded at the other upper river
points.
An abnormal rainfall, equal to that
Of 1913, is to be expected in order
to bring the precipitation up to
normal, according to the records of
the Drainage Congress-
The flood season of 1914 now is
at hand, with no actual steps by the
federal government that would pre-
vent such disasters as those through
Ohio and Indiana in 1913" said Ed
mund T. Perkins, president of the
congress. There is Il scientific rea-
son to expect a flood this year that
may be as disastrous as that of
1872
MI. Perkins has warned the Red
Cross Society to be prepared to
cope again in few weeks with
flood havoc such as that of ) last
year, which cost the American people
nearly q thousand lives and prop
erty to the value of $500. 900 ,OOO."
The misery of Mexico and foreign
countries, he said, has oVershadow-
ed the threatened calamity in the
United States; congress has failed to
act, and such subjects as reclamation
Of western arid lands have been al
lowed to eclipse the pressing demand
for food preventive measures.
The people of the United States"
Mr.. Perkins added, "have been call
ed keen in a business sense. but
the woes of Mexico and other ma
tons seem to have precedence
over the woes of the American peo-
pie simply because the systematic and
continued presentation of the needs
OF flood protection is not carried on,
and because this stupendous sub
lect is treated With Indifference by
communities; railroads, wholesalers,
and individuals, who
have surplus millions for philan-
Ihropy. We regret most keenly to
flnd the flood season at hand again |
and the public and the press still
and apsthetic merely
because the few Thousand dollars
needed to present the matter have
not been provided
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
Live Stock in Louisiana.

Estimates of the number and va
Of the live stock in Louisiana
Jan. /, 1914, made by the Bureaufle.
Statistics in cooperation with the
Weather Bureau, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, give the
following figures:
Horses, 191, 900; average price,
$85; value, 1926, 900.
Mules, $4,000; average price, s128;
value, $16,896, 900.
Mich cows, 263, 900; average price,
$34; value, s8,942, 900.
Other cattle, 448,00O: average price
SIS; value, s6,854, 900.
Sheep, 10000; average price,
$3.50; value, $396,00
Swine, 1,398,00o; average price, So;
value, s11,184,000
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
POsTOFF|CE EXAMINATION.
list Of EliaTbies for Position Of
Postmaster at All Fourth-Class
Offices to be Compiled-Exami-
nation Here March IL.

| Offices to be CompiIed-Exami-
nation Here March IL.
zesfhe United States Civil Service
Il ICommlssion announces that an ex-
Secutive order issued by the president
.eauires competitive examinations
u <e position of postmaster at
ali Iourth-class postotfices where the
annual compensation is $3.50 or
more, and where the incumbent was
not appointed in accordance with civil
/ service regulations. Examinations
under this order will be held at DON
st-daoAsjtle Saturday, March "A, as
/ = Result q "n4uA Tie position OF
| postmaster at the toltowIAg offices
in this parish will be filled: Bar
tonY Belle Helene, Burnside, Dutch
town. Geismar, Gonzales, Hohen
solms, Hope Villa, MeElroy, Prairie
Villes Smoke Bend and Sorrento.
Applicants for postmaster of the
following offices in It. James and
Assumption parishes will also doubt
less come to DonaldsonYille to take
the examination:
Assumption Aibemarle, Ayoca.
Belle Rose. BERTHE, Grand Bayou,
Klotzville, Labadieville, Paincourt-
vile, Plattenville and Tallieu.
st. James-Burton, Central, Co
lomb, Convent, Gramercy. Hester,
Laplace, Lauderdale, ST. Amelia, st.
James, st. Patrick, T1mberton, Union
and Welcome.
Examinations will be held at vart-
GUS places in the state besides Dom
aldsonville, on different dates dur
ing the first twenty-five days OF
March, and applicants may be ex-
amined at any Of these points with
out regard to the location OF the
postofflce at which appointment Is
desired. An applicant for appoint
ment at any postoffice must reside
within the territory supplied by such
office.
The application form may be se-
cured from the postmaster at any OF
the offices for which the examina-
tlons are held, from the United
States Civil Service Commission at
Washington, D. c., or from the post
master at any place at which the
examination is So be conducted. 1t
should be prollarly executed, iadi-
canng therein the point at which
the applicant desires to be exam
med. and Immediately forwarded to
the Civil Service Commission. Per-
sons who, for any reason, are TN
able to forward their applications to
the commission in time to receive
written authority to enter the ex-
animation, will be examined, subject
TO the subsequent approval Of their
applications, if they appear for ex-
animation at a place and on date
scheduled. For location OF the exam
nation room, apply at the postofflee
at the place where the examination
is held.
Fourth-elass postmasters were
brought into the civil service by
President Taft a little more than a
year ago, but without examination.
The present administration intends
that all postmasters of this grade,
and those who wish to be appoint
ed to these positions. shall be exam
lned to ascertain their qualifications.
ikesa436 postmasterg of
the fourth clas9 in Louisiana are
affected by the order.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1914-02-14
THE LOCKS MUST
BE BUILT
EXTRACTS FROM ACT " P?AssED BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY e LOUISIANA IN
1900, AND ACT NO. 81 PISSED in 1902:
(sec. 1of aaf Neo. 81


Whereas the necestry OFF closing Bayou La
fourche by locks is recognized by the engineers
both of the state and of the national government
and has had the sanction and appreciation Of
congress, which has made appropriations for sur
yeys looking to that end.
Be it enacted by the general assembly of the
state of Louisiana, that the boards of commission
Levee Districts are hereby authorized to place
locks at the head of Bayou Lafourche; and for
said purpose authorized to appropriate lands
enter into contracts, and exercise all other DOW
ers proper, useful, expedient for carrying out
the purposes of this act.
(Secs l and of Act No. 84.)
Be it enacted by the general assembly of the
state Of louisiana that the boards of commission
ers of the Atchafalaya Basin Levee District and
the Lafourche Levee District are hereby au-
thorzed to place temporary dam at the head
of Bayou Lafourche, pending the construction of
locks as is provided for in Act No 9 of the gen
eral assembly of the state of Louisiana for the
year 1900 and an act Of the fify-seventh congress
of the United States; provided, that the dam
shall not be placed or begun before January L.
1903.
Be it further enacted, ETC., that before the be-
ginning of the construction of said DAM said
levee boards shall enter into an agreement with
good and sufficient security, for the removal of
said temporary dam at before the expiration of
the period set by said act Of congress.