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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
DOCTORING A PROFITLESS FARM
By GEORGE H. DACY

funds being usedsto aid the depart
ment in its work.
Farmers Cooperate With Department.
After his farm has been inspected by
the department, in case a member of
the society follows out the suggestions
of the experts (although he is not In
any way bound to carry out these sug-
gested changesl he becomes a coop
orator. The majority of the co-opera-
tors adhere strictly to the advice of
the department.
Each year the department selects
the best cooperative farm in each
county and makes it a demonstration
farm which conducts local experiment
al work under the direction of the ex-
perts. In the case Of the demonstra-
ton farm, the department assumes the
initiative and devotes as much atten-
ton to the place as is necessary to
make it pre-eminently successful, and
spares no pains in assisting the opera
tors of these farms to bring them to
the highest possible state of fertility
and to the maximum point of profit
ableness.
On the other hand, co-operator must
take the initiative in all phases of his
work, although he receives aid and as
sistance from the department experts
when he stumbles onto a knotty prob
lem. At present there are IS co-opera-
tive and five demonstration farms in
the state, and each summer, public
meetings are held on the places of the
demonstrators, where typical and il
Illustrative results have been obtained.
Farmers from all parts of the coun-
try are invited to attend these meet
ings at which prominent agricultural
experts and authorities on farm man.
agement discuss the various lines of
farming practiced in Missouri. At
noon, basket lunch is served by the
ladies of the county in which the gath
ering is held, and In the afternoon the
men visit each individual field, study
the crop, and informally discuss the
efficiency of the methods of seed bed
preparation, planting and cultivation
which have been practiced in the de-
velopment of this crop.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
Dr.GeO.E.HernlanIl.
Now Located at l19 W. 9TH Street
Formerly at 29ll Vine Street
Cincinnati, Ohio

He has greatly enlarged his Institution
at 1l9 West Seventh St, having recently
purchased from abroad many new Elec-
trlcal Appliances that are to be used in.
the treatment of the many ailments HUI
man flesh is heir TO- We wish to say that
the Doctors new offices are places of in
tcrest he having for the past Is years de-
voted his time in Cincinnati O.. to the
successful! practice of Medical Electricity
All persons desiring to see this admirable
collection of Medical appliances are cor
daily invited to call and permit the Doc
tor to explain his successful curative treat
ment for the Heart, Lungs, Liver, Stom-
ach, Intestinal and Nervous Diseases DR..
Hermann needs no introduction in what
he has accomplished in the splendid re-
suits achieved in the treatment of the
various so-called Chronic ailments Rheu-
matism, Catarrh, and especially diseases
peculiar to women and children 119 w.
Seventh st. Lady Attendant. This an
nouncement invites you.
Othce hourS-9 a. m. to 12 m.; D. M to
p. m. Mondays. Wednesdays and Satur-
days. $50 p. m. to 5 p, m. Sundays, 10
a. m. to - m Telephone Canal 2763.
Illustrated booklet mailed on request.
Enclose stamp.
Kindly remember DR.. c. F. Hermann is
the physician who does not Operate. Elec--
tricity will cure in all durable cases.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

his district; yet he, on the quiet, ap-
pealed to the department for aid.
A representative visited the farm
and found it apparently in good condi-
ton, supplied with good buildings, and
annually yielding bumper crops Of
grain and roughage, 80 bushels Of
wheat, 60 bushels of corn and two tons
of hay to the acre.
1t was different story, however,
when the expert examined the live
stock. The dairy cows were scrubs of
the worst variety, with staring coats
and every rib showing, and with I'D
ders not larger than mans two fists.
The swine and horses we're also in
ferior specimens of twentieth century
live stock, while the supply of farm
machinery was in no sense modern and
efficient. Here was case of a coun-
gies toward the production of profit
able crops, only to feed them to un-
profitable live stock.
From IL COWS he obtained only
enough milk to supply the need of his
family of six persons. The department
showed him where the leak was. and
explained to him how he could har-
monize all his operations End render
his farm more fertile and profitable by
maintaining better live stock. He ac-
ceded to their advice and today is
gaining a profitable livelihood and
yearly fattening his bank account un.
der a-standardized system Of manage
ment.
Farmers Take Kindly to the Plan.
The popularity of this movement to
rejuvenate sick farms increased to
such an extent that year ago the de-
partment organized the Missouri Firm
Management association, the pioneer
society of its character in America, the
members being recruited from among
the ranks Of the owners of Improbable
farms who desired to nurse all the op.
erations on their acreages back to a
wage-earning condition.
The object of this association was
to organize and combine the farmers
of Missouri who were interested in
practical system of farm management
1t aided the department in SO much as
the countrymen who needed and want
ed help were centralized in the organi-
zation, while 1t aided the farmers in so
far as the department experts prom.
ised to visit and replan each place in
turn. Two hundred earnestly interested
farmers Joined the society The first
year, while at present the. enrolment
is double that number. Each country
man pays $1.25 membership fee-the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

An experiment in growing COW peas
with corn on one of the demonstra-
tion farms. The peas will fatten
from six to 10 western lambs at a
profit of $40 per acre
The department was organized in
1905 under the direction of Prof. w. j.
Spillman of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, and F. B. Mum
ford, dean of the Missouri Agricultural
college. For four years it's work was
confined to an accurate study of local
farm conditions-a resume of the
knotty problems of the Missouri farm
er and how he could be beat aided In
solving them.
Then when the force was thoroughly
conversant with the "star boarder"
farms of the state and had planned an
efficient campaign whose object was to
eradicate the evil features Of the un-
profitable farm, they offered to help
the general farmer re-map his system
of management, his crop rotations, his
methods of marketing his produce, and
to adapt his line Of farming to the
region in which he resided.
Confidence in Organization Grows.
1t was a case of first come, first
served" and after these business man
agement doctors had cured a few Sc
we're cases of ''loafer" farms and made
them profitable and more productive,
applications requesting aid came in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
EACH IN A DEPENDENT MOOD
Much Truth in Seasons Greetings Ex-
changed Between Mr.. 5jinks and
His Employer.

Our friend. Mr. Bjinks, works as an
underling in real estate Office. His
returns haven't been very promising
of late, but then neither have the re-
turns of anybody else in the office.
And the boss has been worried.
Wednesday morning Bjinks met his
boss as he was starting out to work.
Il wish you a merry Christmas"
said Bjinks.
That depends on you. sir" answer
ed the boss. without smiling.
Next morning Bjinks met his boss
again, but the latter was in a better
mood.
Il wish you happy New Year,"
said the boss.
That depends on you, sir!" faltered
Bjinks, respectfully.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
The Twentieth New York.

Silas Brink, 1904 Farragut road
Brooklyn, N. Y, writes the National
Tribune that the old Twentieth New
York at Gettysburg was in the First
brigade, Third division, First corps
and commanded in the first day s
fight by Col. Theodore b.. Gates. They
were in action on what is now known
as Reynolds avenue until 4 p. m. On
July 2 they were on Cemetery hill,
and on July facing Pickett's
charge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

These meetings have been fittingly
termed Show Me Institutes on Legs"
and are really regular motion picture
shows minus the nickel.
Woman's Work Included in doctor
ing"
While the men are busy with their
field study, their wives under the di-
rection of an expert in home eco
nomics occupy themselves with the
problems of the farmhouse. Efficient
methods of replanning the home, home
decoration, modern methods of cook
cry, the elimination of wastes and the
utilization of byproducts, handy aids in
the kitchen, and the Identification of
the farm yard are explained and dis
cussed in detail
The woman expert in charge of this
work occupies herself throughout the
year in visiting and Femapping the
systems of home-management prac-
ticed by the housewives who request
her aid. She is sort of a travelling
home economics department which
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
Indian Leoend of Interest.

When the Creek or Muskogee In.
dians adopted into their tribe the rem
nants of other tribes which were
nearly extinct many superstitions
were found among them, One of these
tribes was the Tuckabatches. The
legends Of the Creeks state that the
Tuckabatches brought with them sew
en- plates, the origin and object of
which have puzzled scientific men
for centuries. The Tuckabatches
claim that these plates were given
them by their ancestors. They were
not to be handled by all persons, only
by particular men. and those chosen
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

/ state farmers how to maintain a prac.
tical and business-like system OF rec.
ords and accounts.
One Missouri farmer last winter lost
$500 on work stock alone, due to the
fact that he had more animals than he
could keep busy. It is really a ques-
ton OF each farmer studying out how
many head of animals he can profit
ably maintain, and then not exceeding
this number. The same thing is true
of the scrub cows which eat up the
profits of the other farm departments.
The work of the Missouri farm man.
agement department is statewide in
scope and is efficient in solving the
problems of the flve-acre farm, the
500-acre farm, or the farm whose own
er merely desires to keep the wolf
from the door, or to save his place
from being burdened with mortgage.
In word, the department is devot-
ing just as much attention and study
to replanting an Improbable ten-acre
truck or fruit farm as 1t is to remodel
ing du o,UUU-dCT6 SlOCk ldTm.
The Concrete Examples.
Among the practical results which
the department has obtained, in its
first aid work to the farmers is the
case of a 140-acre farm which, the
first year 1t was worked, yielded ten
bushels of corn, Is bushels of potatoes,
and one-fourth of ton Of hay to the
aVe.
The managerial experts recommend
ed the use of better seed, the fall dis
tribution of Is tons of manure to the
acre, and modern methods of culture;
this farmer followed these directions
and the second year afterwards he
harvested 40 bushels of corn, one and
three-quarter tons of hay, and 100 bush
els of potatoes to the acre on the fields
on which these crops were grown.
He was man of very limited capital
and the season he requested depart
mental assistance his assets amounted
to $4,000, while his liabilities totaled
$1,800. At the end Of the second year
following, he was out Of all danger Of
debt and had tiny sum stored away
in the bank.
Another notable illustration of man
agerial efficiency resulted where hog
raiser on a rough, 100-acre farm shift
ed his troubles to the shoulders of the
expert managers who set him right on
his feeding system and got him to
study market conditions and require
ments SO that he last year realized ST.
200 from the sale of his swine, where
as previously his high mark for hogs
for a single year was $500.
Although ordinary work stock are
not supposed to yield much of an an
nual profit another farmer cleared $500
sequent to consulting with the depart
mental experts who advised him to
decrease the number of work animals
which he kept and to work the horses
and mules more during the winter.
A city man, inexperienced in farm
ing, struggled along for five years just
about making ends meet and then he
employed the assistance of the farm
experts who diagnosed his troubles as
poor rotation, the use of scrub seed,
and the under-feedlng of his market
animals.
He followed their directions, improv-
ing his methods, and now is gaining
profitable return from his made-to-or-
der farm.
The farm has materially gained in
fertility, it has increased in annual
crop production, and this year it paid
off its back Indebtedness and begins
new season with clean slate.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

Furthermore, if he made geU sn
his assertion he would win your I tE-
lasting gratitude and PERHAPS you
would recompense him with aSiittle
cash bonus. Now this is just theNpH
portunity that the farm management
department Of the Missouri Agricul-
tural college is offering to the farm
ers of the "show me" state.
The department says: ASK for our
aid and we will show you how to tonic
your sickly bank accounts and how to
increase the profits of every branch of
your farm" Even the most skeptical
who, to begin with, made fun of the
proposition have been silenced because
the Missouri farm management depart
ment has made good on all its asser-
tions.
Today some 500 local farmers are
annually recording greater profits on
the credit side of their ledgers as a
result of following the advice and
plans mapped out for them by the de-
partment.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

work he will turn back, for such an
encounter is held to forebode evil. not
only to the man himself, but all his
associates. At oswestry some years
ago woman was employed as mes
senger by one of the collieries, and in
the course of her duties met many of
the colliers on their way to work
The men Immediately told the man
ager that they could not run the risk
Of Ill luck entailed In meeting wo-
man on the way to the pit, and threat
ened to strike II she were not dis
missed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
Nothing to Worry About.

Have you heard about the awful
thing Mr.. Jobson did this morning
Several of the neighbors saw him
dragging his wife around in the back
yard by her hair. Don't you think the
authorities ought to do something
about it?" why should the authorities
interfere? Haven't you heard that
Jobson and his wife are working for a
moving picture film concern
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
Fairy Tales Continued.

Red Ridinghood grew up and mar.
ried rich man. The otaer day she
came back from Europe, IAstead of a
red ridinghood she wore an immense
imported hat and her aigrettes were
seized by the custom officers. was
not that exciting?
Cinderella's after life was humdrum.
Her married life was more or less
happy and she had many children.
She uses the glass slipper now ia
spank them with; Louisville Courier,
Journal, Az
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

floors. carpets, walls and hangings-
anywhere, in fact, where dust or dirt
can lodge and germs can and do lodge.
The more spotlessly clean and flood
ed with sunlight any house and its oc-
cupants can be kept, the more nearly
germ free will they be.-Dr. Woods
Hutchinson in Common Diseases.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
Getting Her Moneys Worth.

Mrs. Kimp-Don't you find DR.,
Soakum's charges rather steep?
Mrs. Simp-Yes, do. But then he
always gives such dignified and i'm
pressive names to the most ordinary
ailments that it is really pleasure to
be i'll and go to him for treatment
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
Fresh Air and catarrh.

Against this cause Of catarrh (warm
houses and foul air) there is only one
protection. and that is the gods of the
field and the woods, the west wind and
the sunshine. Spend as much of your
time as possible out of DOORS and
that ought to be always two-thirds Of
it in childhood resofctely bring
the outdoors indoors at every hour of
your working and sleeping day.
At the same time insist upon the
most Rigorous and scrupulous cleanli-
ness Of clothing. hands and person: of
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
He Was Supplied.

I'm introducing brand-new In
vention--a combined talking-machine,
carpet-sweeper, and letter opener"
said the agent, stepping briskly into
an office. Got one already an
swered the proprietor. I'm married."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

works according to the theory that if
you cannot bring the farmers wife to
the college then take the college and
science to the kitchen of the house
wife,
She plans out the management OF
each home as practically and systemat-
ically as the home pocketbook will per-
NIT
The Missouri farm management de-
partment also maintains farm ac-
counting branch which teaches the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
A Tip.

"Lighthaired people, it is said, as q
rule live longer than those having
dark hair. Dublin Evening Mail
Remember this when choosing a
father-in-law, or dyeins your hair" =
London Opinion.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

F you were a countryman
whose farm was not pay
ing very we'll and an ag-
ricultural expert came
along and said: Let me
show you how you can
double and triple your
present income;" if the
man looked sane and in
telligent, you would Doubt
loco ilIrnn of tho of,xAdo
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
PuttInu IL Mildly,

Tom-Did you say your friend is
slender?
Tab-Well, she returned a sill
houette gown because she couldn't
make a shadow in it.-Judge.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

like hot cakes from countrymen in all
portions of the state.
AS an illustration Of what these ex-
pert farm managers could accomplish
in rehabilitating a good farm which
was run down, due to mismanagement,
take the case of "Jim" Brown, who was
considered one of the best farmers in
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
Solid Appreciation.

Did the count promise to love Miss
Millions forever?
NO; for her money. Cornell
Widow.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
She Did.

Bill--Who was it said that all men
are liars?
Jill-Mrs. Pankhurst, guess.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
So kind!

''Is she good to the children"
Very; she let's them do everything
their father doesn't want them to do"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
Peculiar welsh super.tItIon.

Women. like rabbits, are of Ill
omen to the miner. In many places,
particularly in Wales, If pitman
meets or sees : woman on his way to
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

A simple protection against dangerous
throat affections are Deans MenthoIated
Cough Drops; Sc at Drug Stores
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

Don't buy water for bluing. Liquid blue II
almost all water. Buy Red Cross Ball Blue,
the blue that's all blue. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills are sold
with and without soluble sugar coating
They regulate the bowels. invigorate the
liver and purify the blood Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

Use Roman Eye Balsam for scalding sen.
cation in eyes and inflammation OF eyes or
eyelids. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain
the kettle. Adv.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22

Pennsylvania has 10000 feeble-mind-
ed women.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1914-01-22
LOOKING Forward.

Griggs-If you continue in the way
you are managing your business it
will be a long time before you are
able to draw a comfortable income
from it.
Twiggs-Yes, l know; but by that
time the income tax probably will be
abolished.-Springfield Union.
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-01-23

into jail, where he is in a critical con
dition.
The homes of three striking miners
at Valdez were robbed at the point OF
guns.
Gus Martinez was taken from a sick
bed and arrested. He was placed in a
military tent hospital at Walsenburg
where his condition became worse and
he was thrown into Jail. There be-
cause he would not comply with the
requests of the militiamen to "scab"
in the mines, he was placed in a damp
cellar where he contracted pneumonia
and rheumatism and died.
To show their authority, the militia
arrested Mrs. L. R. Burns, a grey
haired old woman, for singing a strike
song after 6 o'clock in the evening,
and sentenced her to sixty days in
Jail
The militia have arrested scores of
miners as military" prison
ers, held them incommunicado and
kept them awake five and six nights
by jabbing them in the feet with bay
onets and throwing cold water on
hem. They tried to drive these pris-
oners to insanity and false confessions.
Many of them were promised freedom
# they would "scab" in the mines.
Anarchist Ammons has been pro-
Tided with affidavits of these even
more terrible outrages of the militia.
lie promised to act if this proof were
furnished. He could not keep this
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-01-23
DAILY PRESS SCORES
GOV. AETNNONS OF COLORADO
DARKEST RUSSIA NEVER SAW RIGHTS OF THE WORKING
PEOPLE TRAMPLED IN THE DUST AS IN COLORADO
"AMM0NS, ANARCHIST SAYS DENVER DAILY

Denver, Colo, Jan. 22.-(Special to
the Labor Journal -Governor Am
mons advocacy of anarchy in Routt
county and the deportation from Trim
idad of Mother" Jones, S2-year-oId
angel of the coal camps, has further
proved the necessity of a full congress
sional investigation into the Colorado
coal strike.
Darkest Russia with all her despot-
ism never saw the rights of the labor
ing people tramped in the dust with
such utter disregard as in Colorado
since the strike of the coal miners
began September %.
Governor Ammons, a recognized
mental weakling wholly incompetent
OF fill the executive chair, has proved
a willing tool for the coal operators.
He has enforced every law against
the miners and conscienttuosly allowed
the operators to mock law and order. |
General Chase, intoxicated with his
over-estimated idea of military author
ity and drunk with the flattery of his
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1914-01-23

T bosses, the coal operators, has prac
tised tyrannies on the striking miners
which are beyond the conception of a
law-abiding citizen
The mask that the military were
sent ITO Southern Colorado to preserve
the peace has long since been proven
a mOckery. They were sent there to
intimidate to imprison to abuse strik-
ers, to shoot them if necessary to
serve the purpose of the coal opera
tors.
They have served their purpose well.
They have committed outrages I'M
heard of in civilized countries.
These militiamen, many of them re-
cruited among the barrel house buns
Of Denver and other large cities, COM
mitted the fiendsh outrage of making
Andrew COknar, a humble Crotian, dig
his own grave.
Jim the Greek" shot in the leg and
helpless, was chained to the bed in a
Denver hospital then forced to ride
eight hours to Trinidad and thrown