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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

Dairy Shorthorns.

becomes exasperated. Agricultural
science is progressive, but we have
not yet attained to such high stand
ard of perfection as to be able to Sc
cure roam female calves to order
There are certain compromising cir
cumstances, for the white COW fire.
quently grat:fies her owner by giving
birth to a roam female calf. Why,
then schould we despise her?
The most important features Of the
cow are shape, head, and udder II
she possesses well-developed frame;
II she carries good head upon her
shoulders, and good udder between
her hind legs, she will do good serv-
ice on the farm, though she may not
please the fastidious prospective buy
er in the matter OF color.
Some cows live too long before the
final drama Of their lives is enacted.
They present the appearance Of being
good animals, but they do not fulfill
the promise of their youth. They are
a source of revenue to the trader, but
they disappoint the farmers who buy
them for milbseg purposes. They
change hands frequently, and are only
saved from final disgrace because,
though they are complete failure so
far as producing milk is concerned,
they possess faculty of putting on
flesh rapidly. These cows have sim
ply missed their proper vocation in
life. A little guidance at an early
age of their career would have put
them on the right track, and they
ought to have been directed towards
the butchers block.
II the heller does not milk credit
ably the first season, don't allow her
to be served second time. Life is
too short, and agriculture too serious
a business, to waste time milking
cows which do not give sufficient
milk to pay for their own keep. If
she is good thriver why not feed
her well and get her ready for the
butcher as quickly as possible You
will be comforting a favor upon the
agricultural community generally by
so doing.
The cantankerous, ill-tempered COW,
is not usually good mixer. The
good milking COW is generally placid
and kindly in disposition, and how
she likes to be MIXED! There is no
kicking or "straddling" about. The
so-called soothing tub of provender is
forgotten, and she stands patiently
chewing her cud until the operation is
complete,
If the COW will not stand to be
MIXED unless she has a tub Of pro-
vender under her nose, 1t is because
she has been brought up in that way.
Animals and human beings are alike
in one respect at least, and a habit
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

lion persons and one-half to the re-
manning thirty-nine millions of the
population.
one-ThIrd OF Land for Pleasure.
Excluding Scotland and Ireland,
1t $9,205, 100000, this income is divided
one.half to five and one-half million
persons and one-half to the remaining
live in houses with only one bedroom.
Estimating the total national income
where the condition is worse, in Eng
land and Wales one-third of all the
land is unused for agriculture, indus
try or housing. In the striking phrase
OF the late Sir Henry Campbell-Ban-
herman, it is more of pleasure
ground for the rich than treasure
house for the nation" Four hundred
peers and peeresses, to use Mr.. l.. q.
Chiozza Moneys carefully prepared
figures, own $4,000 acres; 1900
great landowners own 100000 acres;
$500 squires own 100000; $500
greater yeomen own 4,7S0,000; 24,400
lesser yeomen own 4,140,000; 100000
small proprietors own 100000; 700,-
900 cottagers own 10000; while Of
the remaining 100000 acres half is
owned by public bodies and half lies
waste. II the ownership be averaged,
II will be found that peer holds an
average of 1925 acres; great land
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
Wheel Operates Cutter.

to the side of a wagon with what is
known as a sloping deck A vertical
shaft runs through it, and at the top
of this shaft is rotary cutter. The
gear which drives his cutter is oper.
ated by the revolving of the wagon
wheel, but as 1t is a multiple gear the
knife revolves much faster than the
wheel. A drag chain with gathering
fingers is attached to the upper part
of the frame, and this chain engages
the cobs of corn and forces them
against the cutter. AS the ears are
severed they fall in upon the sloping
side Of the wagon and are projected
into a heap in the bottom OF the We.
hicle. A whole field of corn can be
headed with this machine in q short
time.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

100000. Nearby is quarry from
which the landlord drew $500 for
the clay extracted.
AS in agriculture and in mining, so
in the towns for factory and business
sites the land concentration makes for
higher burdens. Some concrete in
stances, vouched for by Mr.. H. r.
Stockman, who has made study of
the question, will show the result
THE obvious creator of land wealth"
said that canny Scotchman, Andrew
Carnegie, is not the individual. but
the community" Mr.. Balfour, in an
address in the house Of commons,
said: THE value Of all land, any.
where, just as the value of a railway,
wherever it may be and by whomso-
ever it was made, by the state or by
private individuals, the value of tnis,
as well as of every other kind of prop
erty, depends upon the community"
But to whom does the unearned mere
lent go?
Unearned Fortunes for Landlords.
In fifty years the ground rent of the
town of Burton-on-Trent increased
from $4,000 to $350,000. An absentee
owner, the marquis of Anglesey, as
landlord receives this rent. His local
taxes or rates are $500.
Sheffield, one of the greatest manu-
featuring cities in England, is owned,
in greater part, by the duke of Nor
folk A dry goods merchant in that
city held lease on land at SIS a
year Seven years before the lease
would have expired the duke granted
a renewal on condition that the ten
ant surrendered the unexpired part of
the lease, paid $3.50 a year rent in
stead of $75, spent $4,000 in improving
the building ana continued to pay all
the taxes. ......
A large part Of tie ground, upon
which London's buildings stand is
owned by certain rich peers. Land is
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

owner, 6,53S; squire, 1861; a greater
yeoman, 1876; lesser yeoman, 10; a
small proprietor, IS, and cottager,
less than half an acre.
100000 Leave Farms In Decade.
What is the effect of this concen-
tration of land in the hands of the
few?
Land is the mother and labor the
father of wealth." a distinguished
economist has written. Land concen-
trated In a few hands increases the
problem of poverty, which Mr.. Horace
B. Samuel defines as the economic
discomfort occasioned to vast masses
of the population by the unequal dis
tribution Of wealth" The use of the
land Is necessary for economic produc-
ton, whether agricultural or indus
trial, and for housing, whether in city
or country. The whole trend of civil
zation just now is away from agricul-
ture and toward industrialism. In
England this tendency is most marked.
Less than nine per cent. of the popu-
lation Of England are now engaged in
agriculture, 100000 having abandoned
the farm in the last ten years, as
many leaving the farm in a single
decade as the entire number of farm
owners in the state Of Missouri. In
the United States one person in three
Is engaged in agriculture in some
form; in all Great Britain and Ireland
only one in ten is so engaged, and the
proportion is growing rapidly less
The general tendency Of the situation,
to quote the significant and measured
words of Mr.. Asquith, the British
prime minister, is "a process Of deple-
ton at one end and congestion at the
other, by which every year fresh ad-
ditions of recruits are being made TO
the ranks of the casual and uneln-
ployed."
Land HoseIns Spawns Great Evils.
Land concentration in Great Britain
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
LARGE FARMS FOR BIG MEN
Small Pieces of Land Are Below
Average Mentality and Capacity
of American Farmer.

Big men require big farms to make
money. They must have room in
which to exercise their activities of
mind
This is not saying that every man
who happens to own a large farm is
successful or that every man who
happens to own a small farm is I'M
successful because of his personal
shortcomings as a farmer.
There are many big-hearted farm
ers on the small farms of the east
who have spent most of their lifetime
in eaking out very moderate living
without being able to properly edu-
cate their children or provide against
the future day when they can no long
er work.
These men have failed because they
did not have land enough upon which
to extend their mental and physical
energy.
Many men in the west have ratified
around half their lifetime on large
areas without making money because
they we're too small for the land they
own--they are misfits.
There is a great deal of talk about
cutting up the large farms of the
west into small areas, and 1t is true
that the tendency is toward small
farms, but no man can succeed at
grain or stock farming on a limited
area, and the wheat and beef, mutton,
pork, ETC., Of this country will always
be raised on large farms.
In New England, or In any of the
eastern states, where the average of
tillable land is from 35 to 80 acres,
machinery cannot be used at profit
To equip a farm of rs to 100 acres
from $4,000 to $4,000 would be re.
quired, and not enough profit can be
made by general farming to maintain
this equipment and make a profit, be-
cause 1t cannot be used to advantage
Farm tools must be used to their
fullest capacity during the entire
cropping season to make them profit.
able. 1t does not pay the farmer to
buy mower to cut five or ten acres
of grass, nor harvester to cut the
same amount of wheat.
He must therefore hire machinery
when and how he can, and is thus
always placed at disadvantage in
the matter of time and cost.
The small farm is below the aver.
age mentality and business capacity
of the average farmer of America.
Thousands of men are struggling to
earn q livelihood on 80 acres who
would become wealthy on 500.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
U1OrLd
LAND MONOPOLY IN GREAT BRITAIN.
BY ED4LTER LDILLIRMS, IL
Dean Of The School aJouoahrz Qfthe Unheriv Of A..our

has promoted agricultural depression,
low wages, unemployment and discon-
tent. ut is notorious" said city of
London barrister, that large areas Of
land which might be with advantage
farmed by desirable tenants willing to
pay fair market. rent are kept back
by owners, who either sit on the prop
erty in the hope of being eventually
able to hatch higher price, or pre-
serve it for the purpose of game or
ornament for reasons of social pres
tige or sheer sporting instinct. The
extent of this retention of land is con-
clusively evidenced by the numerous
applications that flow in for every
farm that is thrown upon the market
and by the frequent abortive endeav-
ors by actual or would-be small farm
ers to obtain at current market rate
new or additional land for agricultur-
al purposes" The evils Of this state
of affairs are manifest. Not only are
many persons thus deprived Of the
employment which otherwise they
would be enjoying, but this swelling of
the ranks of the unemployed, some of
whom remain in the country and some
go to the cities, tends to diminish
wages, and, so far as farm products
are concerned, to increase prices.
Poverty, taxation, agriculture, unem-
ployment, housing, the whole economy
Of the social system, are affected by
The land problem.
Very "soft" for Noble Duke.
The unnecessary burden which falls
upon industry by landlordism in the
form of mining royalties Is another
evil result. Mr.. Lloyd-George, the Lib
eral chancellor, estimated it at $40,-
100000 a year. The average amount
of royalty on iron ore is 60 cents q
ton on every ton brought to the surf
ace and IS cents ON coal This is paid
to landlords for mining royalties in
addition to ordinary leases or dead
rents" in British phrase. OF the coal
mines visited one example will suf-
fee. A. coal mine operating company
| fourteen years ago sank the mine at
an expense of s2,500,0O0, and, although
as yet no coal has been taken out, the
company has paid in mining royalties
to the duke OF Newcastle more than
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

when directed at he golden-ongued Hefin,
Mr. Falcone
than the gentleman members of the
house, Ia he in mlnutes"
And Mr. a word reply.
that Mr. Faconer is inclined to be
anything the He has
Until the tails of his
tails nonensve can wen
be but when he get he is bearcat
Falconer white
Ontario reared in the
which noted for their intense religious fervo
the No
Republicans
he Republican
carry that he progressive
A
they
in the 1t referst o and his well.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
MAKEUP OF The cow
No Animal Can Look Good If Not
Kept Clean.
Most important Features Are Shape,
Head and udder--lf Heifers Does
Not MIX creditabIy FIRST Sea-
son Cast Her Aside.

The color of the COW Is chiefly
matter of taste. Almost every color
has its devotees, but roam" appears
to be the most fashionable. The pro-
motors of the various breeds lay down
rules regarding the color Of their
favorites, but lin actual practice no
really good SOW Is ever bad color.
For my own part like white COW
with a black nose as well as any, but
she must be a white one. A dirty
white, which is neither white nor yell
low, my soul hateth." This reminds
us that no COW can look her best If
she is not kept clean. not even a
black one. Give the cattle plenty Of
clean dry bedding to lay upon during
the winter months, and other things
being equal, they will be a credit to
their owner.
AS I have already pointed out, fash
ion in color appears to have changed
considerably. and thus 1t comes to
pass that when the roam cow gives
birth to white bull calf, her owner
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
Average Farm Income.

Nearly everyone has been talking
about the wealth of the farmers and
wondering at the rapidly with which
they buy motor cars, build fine homes
and improve their lands, says the Ne
braska Farm Journal But after all we
cannot be so very proud of the aver.
age farm income. Uncle Sam discov-
cred recently that the average farm
income was only S640 year. That
does not mean clear profits, but the
whole income. Can you figure where
the big profit would come in?
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

The line of dope" was guaranteed to fit anything
from Chinese wedding to Masonic funeral
Some Of the congressman awaited themselves
of this chance to drink Of the waters of learning
without the trouble of even getting dpper, and
the bureau fourshing, turning out productions of
all kinds and sorts at will.
The same bureau employee would write a VIC
lent attack on the tariff BILL and then, in a few
hours. he would train his guns on his late friends
Like tho Hessians, the writer worked for pay, not
glory.
But one day he met his Waterloo 1t seemed
that two members of congress had ordered
speeches on exactly the sape subject, unknown,
of course. to each other. These speeches were
not delivered In the house, but we're given in full
under the privilege of leave to print. Each was
facts
But added the speaker, the only trouble WI
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

house the other day all spraddled out, mao ana
fighting even though this is his first term
Mr. Hefin of Alabama, the wit and story teller
of the house had said some unknd things about
the suffragists, as is his wont. He had suggested
that all males who believed in woman Suffrage
ought to be attired in skirts.
Now, Mr. Falconer, Progressive with large +,
is a representative at large from a state whlcn
contains many woman voters
81 want to observe" said he, severely, in reply
to Mr. Hefin, that the mental operation OF the
average woman in the state Of Washington, as
compared to the ossifed brain operation of the
gentleman from Alabama, would make him look
like NANCY kitten in tiger fight" which, for a
new member is some fight of oratory, especially
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
Body Lice on Poultry.

For body lice on poultry procure
25-cent box of blue ointment at the
drug store and rub pieco the size
of a pea on the skin, among the
fluffy feathers below the tail. It
should be well rubbed in. This will
not only kill the lice present but win
destroy all the nits.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

London, Eng
land.-More than
one-half the land
Of England and
Wales is owned
by 4,300 persons.
Nearly 10000, 900
Or two-thirds of
the entire popu-
lation--are land
less. Eight per
cent. Of the pop
ulation of Great
Britain live in
houses with only
one bedroom. Els
timating the to-
tai national in
come at $9,205.-
100000, this in
come is divided
one-half to five
and one-half mil
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

once commenced is difficult to break
off. Some farmers make 1t their Gus
tom to give to each COW her ration of
provender before sitting down to milk
her. This appears to me to cause
needless labor. Unless there is some
other person present to do 1t, the
mixer must make a journey round
into the fodder gang every time he
milks a COW. Thus, II there are twen-
ty COWS to milk twenty journeys are
made, which must involve consider
able waste OF time. The whole BUSH
ness can be done more expeditiously
by feeding the cows altogether before
commencing milking operations, and
II the iaborious habits referred to is
never started, the cows will never
miss that to which they have never
been accustomed.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

. I TeCaII, SAID ne, the story OF q certain west.
ern senator serving some time back. He was de-
nounced as violent radical, and his speeches
finally became SO vitriolic that the Republican
leaders took steps to head him off Consequently,
whenever he arose and asked that a speech be
inserted in the Record there was objection
One day the senator arose impressively and
began to real some documents which appealed to
the Republicans as being entirely too radical OF
course, they couldn't stop him while he was read
ing. But at the end of Is minutes he paused and
asked leave to insert the remainder of the docu-
ment in the Congressional Record.
Instantly about the whole Republican side
which had been itching in Its seats arose as one
md oh nAoA
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
CORN CUTTER IS AUTOMATIC
Whole Field Can Be Headed With Ma.
chino Invented by Oklahoma Man
In Short Space OF Time.

An ingenious machine liz the header
for Kaffir corn inYented by an Okla.
homa man. The machine 10 attached
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
Feed Well During Moult.

One mistake in hen culture is not
to feed the hen we'll when she is
dry" A moulting hen does hard
work.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
rms pOcurtehJ 10 WHICH
THEY OBJECT IS FRot1 THE
PEN OF - ABRAHAM

WELL President objection
Republican side and will withdraw of
inserted But would
ument which they seriously object immortal
Republcan-Abraham Lncon"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
This Writer Worked for Pay and Not for GLORY

the Speaker Clark telling
a eousbod 40
literary
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
He Broke Into Print With Resembling Crash

impressions which the ayman have the house
occasional vy that reaches
Joking mild dstMrbances Representa-
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
This Was, Indeed, an Embarrassing Situation

FTER tariff debate the recently the
which the control
embarrass itself Senator Norris Of Nebraska
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01
He Was All Spradded Out, Mad and Fighting

Facone-hats what they call him out IN
his honesttogoodness name as given IN
Falconeaned into debate e
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01


tive Roberts OF Nevada among those blessed with
the divine sense of humor told this one not long
ago to show how mirth can survive even the Con-
gressional Record.
There was member in congress who had a
great weakness for introducing startling resolu-
tons He gloried in the fact that every time he
broke into print he broke in with resounding
crash.
One day he introduced a violent resolution
doing away with something other. After it had
gone TO the table Of the veterans of his party
slid over to his chair.
"T wouldn't introduce that and fight for its
passage he confided.
why not? demanded the irate member, brs-
fling instantly
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-01-01

Because, replied
o and
veteran, il establishment the
az know what do dare m
until
Sharp County record., 1914-07-10
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT

believe | would have died II hadn't
taken Il.
After | began taking cardui, was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re-
lieved me entirely.
| iatiened up, and grew so much
stronger In three months, | felt like an
other person altogether
Cardul Is purely vegetable and genlle-
acting, lis ingredients have a mild, tonic
effect, on The womanly constitution,
Cafdui makes for increased strength,
improves The appetite, tones up the ner-
vous system, and helps 10 make pale,
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Cardui has helped more than a million
weak women, during the past 30 years,
II will surely do Tor you, what Il has
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Sharp County record., 1914-07-10
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

Argentina Is devotIng 100000 acres
to the production Of oats this year.
One American telephone company
has 14,610,000 miles Of wire In use.
In the polar regions there Is one In.
habltant to every ten square miles,
Greece has practically a world mo-
nopoly In the cultivation OF currants
Two.thIrds OF the adult males In
New Jersey earn less than 5000 year
midas cotton crop Is estimated at
4,397OO bales Of 400 pounds, the yield
OF 2l,9ll,0OO acres,
Recent corrections in maps OF
Greenland have added about 100000
square miles to its area,
Mandayam YprallvadIbhayankaram
Tirusnab Acharya applied for naturali-
zatIon papers In New York,
Paul Hixon, a 81, Louis railroad
clerk, forgot an appointment at which
he was to claim legacy OF s62,bOo.
Sharp County record., 1914-07-10
And For Three Summsrs Mrs. Vim
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any Of Her Housswork.

Pleasant Hill, N, CT suffered for
three summers" writes Mrs. Waiter
Vincent, Of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst,
had dreadful nervous headaches and
prosifaiIon, and was scarcely able n
walk about. Could moi do any Of my
housework.
also had dreadiul pains In my back
and sides and whsn ono Of those weak
sinking spells would come on me,
would have 10 give up and lie down
until II wore oil.
was certainly In q dreadful state 0
heslit. when | finally decided 10 tf,
Cardui. the woman's tonic, and firm,
Sharp County record., 1914-07-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Too often the soul kiss breeds the
germs Of alimony.
The political band wagon has need
OF an emergency brake.
A young man courts danger when
the girls father objects
True love never dies, but It fire.
quently gets stranded long way from
home
A man seldom discovers the dan
gerous mlcrobe in kisses until about
q year after marriage.
People who think they are good
looking have a warm place in the
hearts of photographers.
There is always plenty Of room at
the top because many who get there
become dizzy and fall off.
II woman keeps her face closed
when she has nothing to say it's
safe bet she has reached the age of
discretion.
It's the easiest thing In the world
for mans wife to convince him that
he ought not to work SO hard during
hot weather-Chicago News.