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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
EXTENSION WORK IN DAlRYINe
(By c. A. Keffer, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee

(By c. A. Refer. Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
Through cooperation with the Dairy
Division of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, three men have
been added to the field force of the Di-
vision of Extension, of the University
OF Tennessee. One of these special
lists, H. c. Stockwell, will have his
headquarters at Jackson, and will con-
fine his work to those parts of the
state that have been cleared of the
Texas fever tick. Mr.. j. l.. Graybill
will be employed principally in Mid
die Tennessee, and H. e. Baker in
East Tennessee. All three men will
devote their time to locating and or
ganizing creameries, establishing
cream routes for such enterprises, and
in aiding in the development OF dairy
husbandry by planning barns and silos,
testing herds and advising farmers re-
garding forage crops, rations and the
economical production of milk. Prof.
G. A. Hutton, the Division Specialist
in Dairying, has general supervision of
the work in Tennessee, and inquiries
on dairy subjects may be addressed
to him at the University of Tennessee,
Knoxville.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
CARE OF CREAM
ON THE FARM
Special Care Required in Var
iOus Ways With Coming
of Hot Weather
CLEAN CANS AND UTENSILS
Farmers Not Having Ice Can Use
Springs For Cooling Purposes
Cheap and Usually Effective.
(By H. G. Stockwell, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennesseel

(By H. G. Stockwell, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee)
At this season of the year the farm
er can not give much attention to the
production and care of the cream on
the farm. With the coming of hot
weather and the starting of unde.
sirable weeds to grow In advance OF
grass. special care should be taken OF
the cream.
Without flrst-class cream it is i'm
possible to manufacture first-class
butter.
All dairy utensils should be washed
thoroughly with some good washing
powder. This should be done by dis
solving the powder in warm water and
the scrub brush used instead of wash
rag. The latter is too commonly used.
The cans should be rinsed in clean,
warm water and sterillzed. This can
be done either with steam or boiling
water
On account of the distance many
farmers live from town, and the ex.
pense, 1t is not always practical to
have ice for the cooling Of the cream.
This state, however, has large num-
Der of springs which can be used for
this purpose. This is very cheap
and effective way of cooling cream. A
small, inexpensive milk house should
be built In convenient place close
to the house and dairy. The water
10 allowed to run through the milk
house. A cement basin is built in the
floor; the can of cream is set into this
basin, and the water allowed to cir
culate around the can. This will keep
the cream at temperature OF about
so degrees r. during the hot summer
months, which is very satisfactory.
Vegetables or any material giving off
doors should not be stored in the milk
house, as cream, cooling, readily alb
serbs odors. Cream should be churn-
ed every other day during the summer
months.
In order to prevent the milk cows
from eating wild onions and other I'M |
desirable weeds, young stock should |
be turned into the pasture and allowed |
to eat the weeds previous to turning |
the milk COWS into the pasture. In
case there are few onions left in the
pasture when the milk cows are turn.
ed into It, they should be taken off a
few hours before milking; the odors
will diffuse out through the system of
the animal, and this will lover the pos
sibilities of the milk absorbing the
doors.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
CEANCERY SALE OF land.

In obedience to decree of the
Chancery Court at johnson City, Ten
nessce, made in the case Of r. B.
Daniels and wife. VS.. G. F. MeCla!n
and wife. will, on the 10th day of
July. 1915, at 10 o'clock. a. m, in
front OF the Court House door i.t
johnson City, Tennessee, sell to the
highest and best bidder the tract OF
land in said decree described. being
located in the 9th Civil District Of
Washington County, and fronting
about three hundred ard fifty-onc
(35l- feet on Commerce street. and
containing two and One-half (24l
acres more or less. For a full de-
scription of said property, see said
decree en- record in Clerk and Mas
ter's office.
Said sale will be on a credit of six
and twelve months, and in bar of the
equity Of redemption. Notes drawing
interest from the day of sale, with
good pei sonal security will be requir-
ed Of the purchaser: and lien win
be retained on the property sold as
further security.
June II, 1915,
]. W. CASS.
Clerk and Master.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17

(By J. G. McAmis, Division of Exten
sion, University of Tennessee

(By ]. G. McAmis, Division Of Exten
sion, University of Tennessee.)
1t takes a better farmer to make a
success of soy beans than COW peas
1t requires more intensive preparation
Of the seed bed in order to destroy
weeds and to secure uniform stand
Of beans. That greater care must be
taken to secure stand is shown by
the greater frequency of failure with
beans than peas.
That farmer who plants soy beans
more than one-half inch deep is court
ing partial or total failure. Suppose
1t rains Immediately afterwards, a
crust forms. the beans terminate and
are unable to push through, they
break their necks."
Planting must be shallow so that
even IL it rains Immediately afterward
the plants will get through .efore the
crust gets too hard. Shallow planting
can on'y be accomplished on level,
firm seed bed, otherwise some will be
deep and some shallow.
Another point of scarcely less i'm.
portance, Is that they be planted IN
rows and cultivated. The soy bean is
erect in habit and does not form the
shade which enables 1t to compete
with weeds as does the cow pea.
Therefore, cultivation is important.
II you are good farmer, grow soy
beans. The more the better. If you
are a poor FARMER and know little of
intensive tiiiage, cultivation, and seed
Ing. grow peas. You will make bet
ter success
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
SOY BEANS AND CORN.

| (By J. G. McAmis, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
There is growing practice in Ten.
nessee of planting soy beans with corn
In the same row. 1t has number of
points to recommend it. 1t increases
the legumes on the farm without APP
parently decreasing the corn yield
very much, except in dry seasons. 1t
furnishes the best Of green forage for
hogs in cases where the corn Is hog
ged off, or If the corn Is gathered by
hand, the beans may then be harvest
ed by hogs after they have shattered
to the ground and softened They are
sometimes gathered by hand Tor seed
purposes.
Beans are better for this purpose on
rich land than peas, because they do
not cause the corn to lodge. They
may be planted earlier, at the same
time the corn is planted, which would
not always be possible with peas. On
the other hand, they may be planted
later and yet produce a higher yield
of seed than peas.
To get mixture of corn and beans
1t is best to plant the corn first and
then follow Immediately with the
beans in the same row, being careful
not to plant the beans too deep. 1t
has not been found satisfactory to mix
the corn and beans in the same box,
because they are not properly dis
tributed and because beans should not
be planted as deeply as corn. There
are number of planters on the mar
ket which are designed especially for
this purpose and which will do satis-
factory work
The rate of planning should be about
one peck OF beans per acre with the
usual rate of corn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
TREACHERY UNSPEAKABLE

The Presidents note. along with it,
probable reach and fate. takes for thu
moment second place by the side o.
the bla.hering of the whilom Secre'
tary OF State.
Mr.. Wilson merely reiterates the
case of the United States against
Germany, supplying certain required
particulars, and repeating the former
plea, rather than demand, in behalf Of
established usage laid in humanity
and law. Observing that it contains
nothing which should jostle imperial
sensibilities, or ruffle an unreasonable
temper, we may rest upon it with ap-
proval and wait with patience the re-
Spouse from Berlin. The actions and
utteraDces Of Mr.. Bryan may not be
so dish issed
Men have been shot and beheaded,
even hanged. drawn and quarterer,
for treason less heinous. The recent
Secretary of State commits not mere
ly treason to the country at a criti-
cal moment. but treachery to his
party and its official head. Whatev-
err his motive, whether political OF
mercenary, 1t leaves him altogether
indefensible and ignoble.
Yet is II wholly characteristic. I'm
feeling and disloyal by naure. inor'
dlnately selfish, avaricious. egotisti.
cal, without any sense of the true re.
lations Of life and duty, or decent re.
gard for the fitness of things, this
commonplace person by force partly
of assertion and partly of circum-
stance gained the front of the stage
and his. contrived to retain his place
there against delinquencies the like Of
which have submerged many better
man.
There was for example Benedict
Arnoli, and, not infrequently, though
without sufficient warrant. we fine
Aaron Burr put in the same cate
CORY. We recall that Mr.. Clay was
sometimes taken to task for his card
playing and Mr.. Webster for hi
drinking, albeit neither was lacking
in personal or official decorum. M
Bryan neither tipples nor CANDLES
but he possesses genius for misbe
havior and the unbecoming.
Going no further back than thu
Bennett will case. when he entered
into .i'gation with a widow for
share in an estate upon which he hat
no claim, and was duly, properly and
lawfully thrown out OF court, an6
coming down to the last National De
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
SPRAY THE TREES
TO PREVENT LOSS

(By c. A. Keffer, Division of Exten.
sion, University of Tennessee.)
Begin to spray the fruit trees with
in ten days after the fall of the
bloom. In the winter and before
the buds burst in spring is the
time TO spray for scale insects; such
as the oyster shell and the San Jose
scale. April is the time to make the
first spraying for cooling moth and
curculio, for fruit scab, blotch, and
rot. Cooling moth is the worm that
gets into apples; curculio is the peach
and plum worm. These insects can
best be controlled by spraying thor
oughly with arsenate of lead, using
two to three pounds to the barrel, and
applying with strong force, SO that
the spray will be forced into the
blossom end of the little apple, and
among the hairs of the peach.
The rots, scabs, and other fungus
diseases Of orchard fruit can be kept
in check by spraying with self-boiled
lime-sulphur solution. For small
orchards ii is cheapest and most con-
yenient to buy the prepared lime-sul-
phur solution, which is sold by drug
and hardware stores. 1t should be d.
luted, one and one-half gallons to so
gallons of water for apples and plums
one gallon to 60 gallons for peaches.
The arsenate of lead can be added to
the solution, thus making a combined
remedy for insects and diseases. Spray
thoroughly, covering the entire tree
until it drips slightly. There is bound
to be some waste. but little practice
makes one skillful in handling a spray
ing outfit. Spray at intervals of a
month, making the last application
about month before the fruit is
ready to pick Use arsenate of lead
only in the first spray after the bloom
falls.
In spraying with lime-sulphur solu. |
ton, care should be taken to protect |
hands, face, and neck from the spray |
by the use of vasoline Goggles should |
be worn to protect the eyes. Gloves |
can be water PROCEED by dipping them
In boiled linseed oil, or rubber gloves
can be worn. The lime-sulphur solu-
ton is very caustic, and the sores
caused by it are painful and difficult
10 heal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
MOST REMARKABLE
COMBINATION.
GRFAT RESULTS
FROM ITS USF

A most efficient combination oi
vegetable remedies, each Of well
known value and each having a dis.
tinct purpose to perform in this con-
binatioH makes CINwAH the great.
est remedy ever offered to the public
for the treatment of troubles of the
Stoma, h. Liver. Kidneys ad Bowels.
These roots, juices, gums, banks,
leaves md herbs are gathered from
the fo,,' corners of the world and are
brought together in onr laboratory
careful V selected and combined and
compounded in the right proportions
to get the desired results.
If your system is in a run down
your appetite is gone and
what you do eat is not properly di-
gested and assimilated you need Gin !.
wah, I will ltone up the system, in
crease The appetite and assist the di :.
gestion. 1t will stimulate the action
Of rhe Liver and Kidneys and cause
them to throw off the waste and pois-
Don Is natter that has been accumu-
lating dnbringing on such troubles
as Rheumatism, Eczema, and other
like diseases.
ClN,yAH BRINGS HATH.
For sale in Johnson City at the two
stores operated by the GREGORY
DRUG COMPANY.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17

over the first hundred dollars is an
asses 'mtnt to stand as an Insurance
premium to protect the company
against subsequent claims. without
question this new rule will work out
satisfactorily as soon as the travelling
public become accustomed to it. The
incidental delays in declaring and
signing and paying excess fees are
to be reckoned as a part of the time
of getting to the train.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
HoErNe MOST IMPORTANT.
(By C. A, Keffer, Division Of Exten
sion ITnivorsity - rranoas,.,N

(By c. A, Keffer, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
No tillage operation of the garden
is more important than hoeing, AID
none is SO badly done. Pillow under
and disc in abundant manure; make
thorough preparation with pillow and
disc. with spike-tooth harrow and
planker, or in small gardens with
spading fork and rake; use the best of
seed and plant at the right time, at the
right depth, and cultivate regularly
and we'll All these preparations will
not take the place of good hoeing.
Keep the hoe sharp, Begin using it
as soon as the little plants show above
the ground. Hoe very close to the
plants, cutting the soil an inch deep
or so with slanting cuts very close to-
gether Then smooth the surface with
the back of the hoe, making 1t dust
fac. Do not hoe after a rain until
the soil will crumble, but do not wait
until it is dry. Hoe often. Hoelng
let's air into the soil, and air is as
necessary as moisture for vigorous
root growth. Fine hoeing makes of
the surface a mulch that checks the
escape of moisture while admitting the |
air Do not hoe deep-two inches is
the greatest depth admissible, and one
inch, or less, is usually best Do not
cut the soil in big chunks, which will !
dry into hard Jumps; such work is
an utter loss of effort Do not wait
until after the weeds are few inches
high before beginning to hoe the gar
den--hoe early ard often.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17

moeratic Convention, when. to wake
a deadlock and secure h.a own MONT
nation. he betrayed both sis friend
and his instructions, we find nothing
in the career of Mr.. Bryan to respect
or admire.
He is one Of the very few of our
public men who have grown rich as
an unsuccessful candidate for office.
He has capitalized defeat and made
an asset of pretension. Even as Mr..
Roosevelt has taken righteousness"
for his trademark, and worked it
for more than its value, has Mr.. Bry-
an exploited his ideals in quest of
sure and big gate-money. Primarily
this latter is the key to his present
proceeding. 1t is transparency a
trick of the Snowman. Nor shall we
have ne of it until we full measure
of sensational advertising has been
achieved and all possible dates, at in
crease figures, are filled even to the
last syllable of the Chautauqua cir
cults.
1t is !.rohlematical whether Mr..
Bryan can think that after this he
may have any political future. That
he might take the field next year
against Mr.. Wilson is consonant
enough alike with his ill-judging and
colossal vanity. But, outside the
narrow range Of his self-conceit,t he
idea . preposterous.
The destiny of the Democratic par
ty for good or i'll, is inextricably
bound up in the Wilson Administra-
ton. The party could not escape it
if it would. But it will not seek to
escape it. 1t must and it will stand
by it.
On the issue raised by Mr.. Bryan,
however, there. cannot be two intelli-
gent opinions. The country is over
whelmirgly with the President and |
against his recent Secretary of State.
II all the cranks who roam at large
could be gathered and united into
one body they would not constitute
anywhere approaching a majority of
the people. They cannot be thus cor
rallied. The Kaiser-Amerieans and
the Prohibitionists would find it hard
to flock together, whilst the Peace
at-any price people and the Woman
Suffrage people are already hair
splitting betwixt tweedle-dum and
tweedle-dee. Hence we may hold po-
litical speculation, like Wall Street
pointers and tips" on horse rae
ing. az augmenting their absurdity
the surer they are.
Mr.. Bryan sees the main chance
quite as clearly as Mr.. Pecksniff was
wont to see it:
His name is Grumpy,
And he wants money"
That is the sum of IL. With the
mind of Barnum and the soul of a
Titmouse he waited for the
1pport,me moment, and when it ar
lived, he struck, wantonly and shame
essly. Already, the, summer shows
pant fer him. The circus tents flap
or him. His treason to his country
md his chief will be worth quite an
hundred thousand dollars cash in
land. We shall see whether he will
brow any of this money away on a
DOL campaign for the Presidency
lext year.-Louisville Courier-Jour-
lal.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
OUR coon FORTUNE.

We were notified Thursday morn
ing that we had been appointed treas
urer of the Mountain Branch, Nation
al Soldiers Home and asked If we
woulr accept. Yes, we acceped. The
appointment is effective July 1st, al
which time the present deservediy
popular and efficient treasurer, Mai
o. X. Marshall assumes his new du-
ties as assistant inspector general
the position made vacant by the pro
motion of Col. C. w. Wadsworth to
General Treasurer. vice. MAJ Moses
Harris, resigned.
The Headquarters of the Board OF
Managers is to be moved FROM New
York 10 Kansas City and Major Mar
shall will be located there.
Col. Wadsworth, who is advanced
to general treasurer. is a native of
East Tennessee and began his ca
reer with Soldiers Home, at the
Mountain Branch, as adjutant, when
it was first established here. He
qualification was early apparent ami
his advancement has been rapid I'M
til he has reached the top. Major
Narshall is also en- East TennesSean
and is cling promoted because of his
peculiar merit and fitness for the
work.
Our appointment came about by
virtue Of these promotions and upon
the recommendation of Congressman
X. D. Mcclellan, a member of the COM
mittee IN Military Affairs in the
House, and Senators Shields and
Lea.
We are very grateful to all con-
cerned and would be les sthan human
if we did not appreciate the univer-
sal ard sincere congratulations we
have received. That Johnson City is
so thoroughly pleased regardless Of
politics, gives us more genuine sat
isfactiol than the appointment itself,
but the emoluments will be more
useful. While we are denoted in
title ee are promoted in salary and
honors are easy-ther's nothing in a
title anyway, without salary.
Time brings many changes. Away
back in 1901, on June Fl, when Brown
lows bill to establish the Home here
was passed The Comet was then as
happy as we believed 1t ever could be.
AT that time we rejoiced with Johnson
City, and thank God johnson City re-
joices with us today. This fills our
cup Of happiness to Overlooking and
q grateful heart is working overtime to
express our deep appreciation of this
generous impulse.
We Will move from Bniltless to the
Home and If the quarters assigned to
lhe treasurer will mot hold our fam
ily, the 18th childr now being years
DID,. we will luse one of the barracks
for a sleeping porch.
The Comet will be placed in compe-
tent hands and improved. Jobs may
come and jobs may go, but the Comet
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
POOR LAND AND HIGH TlLLAoE.
(By J. c. McAmis, Division of Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee.)


A county demonstration agent said
recently. Il have found that the poorer
the land on which am growing the
Demonstration crop. the more careful
ly l must pillow and cultivate, and it is
of more Importance that work with
a careful man, IL succeed"
He was talking Of fall sown red
clover in particular, but the same
truth applies to corn, soy beans, to-
bacco. etc, almost as well. On poor
land II good crop Is produced, a lack
of fertility must be overcome to the
largest extent by the right kind OF
tIllage. at the right time. And this
can be done to some degree, but let no
one mistake ttis truth for one Of
equal Importance. namely: That high
tillage is especially desirable on poor
soils, but 1t should be used occasion
ally to increase the production Of
crops which 90 to the land, as we'll 40
those to the farmer.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
TransportatIon the Main Thing.

The power which has controlled the
world for all time has been superiority
II transportation. Civilization, com
merce and empire have always fol-
lowed. The present generation looks
upon the railroad as one of the conn
monest of conyenlences, and has no
conception how near we are to its b0-
ginning. Chauncey ". pepew.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
Pioneer In Good Move.

In the middle of the sixteenth cen-
fury professor of theology in Strass-
burg insisted upon having individual
communion cups, and during the
plague in 1854 his demand was en-.
forced.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-06-17
DIR. W. ]. MILLER
APPOINTED BY GOV. RYE
]. W. CASS,
Clerk and Master.

Gov. Rye has appointed DR.. W. ].
Miller, of this city, a member of the
State board of Health. The appoint
ment came unsolicited and reflects
great credit upon the governor. No
better appointment could be made.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-06-05
GRAIN PRICES LOWER.
SENTIMENT BEARISp
Foreign Buying Below Expect,
tons = Argentine Export
Trade on a Large Scale.

CHICAGO, June 5-wheat or...
lover today, with foreign countriea 49,.
Ing a waiting attitude. The mart.,
the present stage is passing throne.
period of readjustment TO new r..
basis. July wheat started with a Io., I,
"a at s1.16h, and suffered a further a..
to s115%. September wheat decllnsa
fraction to Sl.12h, and went as low !.
n.1%
Further declines occurred in tho i.
few minutes Of trading, July fnlsbins 7
$i,1lh, Off 2 cents, and September sIlnl
down ia cents.
The movement Of wheat in ArgentIn. I,
progressing rapidly The demand n, 4,
port fade continues on a broad scala !,
slightly reduced bids.
Erprt sales OF grain at the seabos,,
were 100000 bushels wheat. this beins
low fsure In view of the EXTREMELY a.
foreign demand.
Sentiment Of the grain trade has seIdo.
been more Dearish on wheat, corn ~
oats than at present.
Foreign buying Of the new wheat 4,
below expectations, although lOns,
bushels were bought at the seahos,a
The disposition Of the trsas
is to sell on all rallies.
Clearances of grain for the week sra.
ing today are as follows: Wheat Aaaoa
bushels; corn, $4,000 bushels; oats s7on
bushels. and flour, 1900 barrels.
Leading futures ranged as follows: