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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
In order to make the small farm
profitable, it is, in most cases, neces-
sary for the farmer to devote himself
to some intensive type of agriculture
such as truck farming. poultry, fruit
growing, intensive dairying, etc. Be-
fore any of these can be successful,
the market demand and transportation
facilities must be adequate. When
perishable products are grown far
from their markets not only are the
freight and commission charges apt to
be prohibitive, but In the period be-
tween the shipping of the commodity
and its sale on the market, prices
which were attractive at time OF ship
ment may have dropped with results
disastrous to the grower.
Intensive crops such as garden
truck, fruit, etc., have much wider
range and more rapid fuctuation OF
prices than staples like wheat or corn.
A comparatively small acreage is suf-
fcient to supply the demand for the
Intensive crops. 1t is very easy there
fore TO increase this acreage to a
point where the market is flooded and
prices drop Immediately. Taking the
country as whole, vegetables, includ-
ing potatoes, occupy only two and one
half per cent of the crop area, and this
acreage, under present conditions, fur
nishes about all that the market can
absorb at price that will be profit
able to the grower.
If the farmer is ill-advised enough to
undertake the production of garden
truck at a time when the supply is
greater than the available markets re-
quire, it is comparatively easy mat
ter for him to correct his mistake. In
the case of fruit, however, it takes
longer to produce crop, and SINH
lar mistake is therefore likely to be
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
Ayiators, Safety Parachutes.


The energies of practically all the
inventors of parachutes for airmen
have been directed towards the devel-
opment of device for the airman
alone, the aeroplane itself being al
lowed to drop to earth unhindered.
Parachutes for the whole aeroplane
have just been designed by French
inventor. Two folded parachutes, con-
tanned in cone-shaped receptacles, are
attached to the wings as near the ends
as possible. BY means of a simple
mechanism, operated by the movement
of a small hand lever, these para
chutes are pushed out of the contain
ers, after which they are claimed to
open freely. no matter in what man
ner the aeroplane may be falling. All
the air1nan has TO do is to hang on to
1he aeroplana.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

more serious. The acreage devoted to
fruit Is even smaller-one and three
fourths per cent of the country's crop
area-than that devoted to vegetables.
Until there is increased consumption
either in this or other countries &C
cessible to our growers overproductiOn
can easily occur.
Soruhums for Southern Live Stock.
Every southern farmer who is pro-
ducing beef or milk should grow the
sweet sorghums. These are not rec
commended as money crops, but as a
fodder they are practically equal in
value to corn while as rule better
yields can be obtained. They should
be consumed for the most part on the
farm where they are grown or at least
at points within hauling distance.
The sorghums are particularly use
full as silage, which is essential to the
live stock owner and particularly to
the dairy farmer. The various south
ern states report yields of from 16 to
20 tons of sorghum silage per acre,
which is an average of from to
tons more than the yields of corn,
while the relative value pound for
pound of the two feeds has been found
to be much the same by experiments
conducted at the Kansas agricultural
experiment station In fact for beef
cattle these tests showed that sweet
sorghum silage was, If anything, SUI
iperior to corn silage. The sorghums
intended for silage, however, should
mot be harvested before they are fully
,matured If cut when the seed Is hard
there will be no trouble from spelling
cor from excessive acidity. From 70 to
80 pounds per day is considered full
feed, but this should always be sup
ulemented with IL to is pounds OF dry
Toughage and some concentrate like
corn or cottonseed meal. Cottonseed
meal combines particularly well with
sorghum silage, and since this meal
IS always abundant in the South, this
is another reason for growing the sor-
Ghum.
Eor forage in the South the sweet
aOrghums will be found better than
the grain sorghums, such as milo,
ka6ir and lfeterita, which suffer from
the attacks of the sorghum nudge. OF
the various varieties the sumac,
Orange, Amber. Gooseneck and Honey
are probably TO be preferred. The Am
her and Orange are the earlier kinds
and two cuttings can often be obtained
from them. AN of these varieties re-
spCnd exceIlentIy to good soil, but they
succeed on many different types; q
rich, loose. well-drained clay loan soil
is the best. A water-logged clay or
extremely sandy sell will not afford
profitable returns. Fertilizers strong
in nitrate applied to poor soils will
produce good results AID the free use
of barnyard manure is always adyis-
able.
Sorghums may be planted as soon
as the ground becomes warm in the
spring, usually from one to two weeks
later than Indian corn. When the sea
son N favorable, the planting may be
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
Russia Becomes Temperate.

The prohibition of selling brandy
in the government MONOPOLY shops
was introduced throughout the Rus
sian empire from the beginning OF
the war, on the day of mobilization,
and has now been in force for more
than eight months. One of the Rus
sian papers has made inquiries con-
corning the results of this measure,
and has published some Of the stats
teal data that were collected. The fol-
lowing list shows the consump-
ton of vodka in the city of Moscow
in 1914 compared with the preceding
year: July, 612,sS6 gallons in 1913
and 359,124 gallons in 1914; August,
667,926 gallons in 1918 and 23,373 gal
Ions in 1914; October, 707,6S8 gallons
in 1913 and 2,913 gallons,in 1914. Dur
ing the first three months vodka could
be obtained at the first-class restau-
rants for consumption in the same,
the selling Of vodka in bottles being
prohibited under a heavy fine.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
Too Sour.

Professor Copeland Of Harvard, as
the story gees, reproved his students
for coming late to class.
This Is class in English compost
tion," he remarked with sarcasm, mot
an afternoon tea
At the next meeting one girl was
twenty minutes late. Professor Cope
land waited until she had taken her
seat Then he remarked bitingly:
"How will you have your tea, Miss
Brown?"
without the lemon, please" Miss
Brown answered quite gently.-Chris-
tian Register.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
STOP CALOME[! TAKE
DODSON'S LIVER TONE
New Discovery Takes Place Of Dangerous caoe- Puts Your
Liver To Work Without Making You Sick-Ea Anything
Il Can Not SaINaie Don't Lose Days Work!

I discovered q vegetable compound that does the
work Of dangerous sckening calomel and want
reader this paper to try bottle and II doesn't
straghten you up better and quicker than savating
caonael Just 10 back the store and get money
guarantee that spoonful Of Dodsons Liver Tone
will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your
thirty feet of bowels bile and constipation
poison which is cogging your system and making you
feel miserable.
guarantee that one spoonful OF this harmless liquid
liver medicine will relieve the headache, biliousness
coated tongue ague malaria, sour stomach or any
other distress caused by torpid liver as quickly as
dose vile, nauseating caomel, besides 1t will not
make you sick or keep you from days work. want
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
DOES YOUR SKIN
ITCH AND BURN2

If your skin itches and burns with
eczema or any such tormenting, un-
slightly skin disease, simply wash the
sore places with resinol soap and hot
water, dry, and apply little resinol
ointment. The itching stops INSTANT
LY. you no longer have to dig and
scratch, sleep becomes possible, and
healing begins at once. That Is be-
cause the soothing. antiseptic resinol
medication strikes right into the sur
face, arrests the action Of the disease,
and almost always restores the tor
tured, infiamed skin to perfect health
quickly, easily and at little cost.
Prescribed by doctors for twenty
years, and sold by all druggists.-Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
INCREASING SOIL FERTILITY
Farmer Can Secure More Cotton by
Planting on Area Where LegunL
nous Crops Have Grown.

Inasmuch as green crops suitable
for hog cholera cam be maintained IN
the South practically every month In
the year, IT is possible for the south
ern farmer to make more money than
the northern farmer upon hOg-pro-
ducing operations, and the profits
made are I'm proportion to the amount
Of green food used. But I'm addition
to making ready money on the hogs
themselves the farmer who grows le-
guminous crops and grazes them on
with hogs has fertilizer factory ON
his own farm. I'm test at the Ar
kansas station, hogs grazed upon areas
of peanuts, chufas and soy beans. The
following two years the land was
planted in cotton, and data were col
lected to determine what effect this
grazing might have upon the cotton
yield.
The effect was remarkable; for in
stance, in the case of soy beans and
peanuts the increased yield OF cotton
was 44.6 and GIL per cent, respective
ly. The effects of growing these crops
and grazing them Off does not stop
with the cotton grown the year i'm
mediately following the grazing. The
data show that the increase over the
corn lot was still considerable in the
second year. It is therefore apparent
that the farmer can get more cotton
when It 10 planted on an area where
hogs have grazed or where peanuts,
soy beans, or other legumes have beer
grown.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

roes for whom circumstances have
been too strong.
1t has been previously settled where
they should go, and thither they march
by themselves, their officers wearing
their swords by their sides. just as If
they were victors, instead of con-
quered men. They merely evacuate
their positions, and to all purposes are
free men. not prisoners.
This Is marching out with the hon
ors Of war;"
The custom is an old one, and OF late
years seldom practiced: 1t was left to
the Russians to revive it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

bottle Of this wonderful liver medicine in
home In the South.
Calomel 10 poison-its mercury-it attacks the
bones often causing rheumatism. Caomel s dangerous
It sickens-while my Dodson's Liver Tone Is safe.
pleasant and harmless Eat anything afterwards, be-
1t not salivate Give 1t to the children be-
1t doesn't upset the stomach shock the liver.
Take spoonful tonight and wake up feeling fine and
ready for full days work.
Get bottle! Try It! II 1t doesn't do exactly what
say tell your dealer to hand your money back.
Every druggist and store keeper in the South knows
me and knows Of my wonderful discovery OF medicine
that takes the place OF dangerous calomel
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

that liz, after the seed has become
hard Before this time, especially aft
er period of drought, poison some
times forms which In fatal TO stock.
Where there are two growths the Sec
ond Is considered more dangerous
than the first, and any stock allowed
to pasture on 1t should be carefully
watched.
In feeding the hay. from 18 to rs
pounds a day win be found sufficient
for milk COWS and work horses, IL it is
accompanied by the ordinary amount
OF grain. Beef cattle, however, should
be fed all that they will eat clean.
Stock cattle and horses can be carried
through the winter ON liberal guam
tfty of sorghum without any grain.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
Earmarks.

EdFfnaFkSs
Alexander Powell, war correspOn-
dent and lecturer, said at tea in
New York:
1.-THE English volunteer troops are
splendid. You can tell by certain ear
marks where they come from. You
can tell the miners of the Midlands,
the mill hands of Manchester, the
bookkeepers of London. the"
How do you tell them?" a young
lady asked.
WELL" said Mr.. Powell, its easy
enough to tell, for example, the book
keepers. Every time the bookkeepers
are commanded to stand at ease they
try to put their rifles behind their
ears"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
Steep the sassafras.

A. st. Louis clergyman gloomily In
forms US:
1.-The images OF the poet and the
painter have ceased to charm us. We
want the realities. Hence the passing
of poetry
Sassafras tea in liberal doses, about
this time Of year, was formerly be
lieved to be a sound remedy for the
physical conditions which generate
that state of mind.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

Sucn pains In III y
sides s, and terrible
backache so that I
could hardly stand.
I took six bottles OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e G e bic Com
pound, and now / can
do an y amount OF
work, sleep good, eat
good, and don't have
a bit of trouble. . /
recommend lydia 10.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
A cinch.

my big brother is printer" said
the boy who worked in downtown
Office.
That's nuthin' to brag about" re-
torted his bosom friend.
Maybe 1t amt, but it's mighty
handy just the same. When want
to go to ball game, get him to put
a death notice in the paper, SO the
boss has got to believe I'm goin' to
o. funeral
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
cottonseed Meal a. Protein.

II some mill feed mush be pur-
chased as q source Of protein, cotton
seed meal IL at present the cheapest
source. A still better solution OF the
protein question is to grow 1t in al
faifa or clover hay.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
Cures ivy Poisoning,

For Ivy poisoning apply Hanford's
Balsam. It is antiseptic and may be
used to kill the poison. Prompt relief
should follow the first application
Adv
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

The trouble Is not so much that peo-
pie cheer nonsense as that they vote
for it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

"A newspapers income springs from
three sources. Advertising, subscrip-
lions and the owners Of lost dogs.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

Ducks are very easily raised and
good layers or good market fowls,
viii thrive In any climate, with 2 dry
shed for shelter.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Water
Eyes and Graduated Kyeidsi No smarnng-
inst Eve comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
81 mail Free. Murine Rye Remedy Co., Chicago
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

What the average man really should
have is not his rights, but his deserts
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
Ashamed Of Them.

II see the Sayre baby cried with
Loud protest when It was made a
Christian
well, when you see the way Chris
fians are acting just now in the world,
can you blame the baby?"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

Conversation attains its most asinine
form In the grandstand at the ball
M rk
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

For gals use Hanford's Balsam
ADV.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

Wounds on man or beast should b.
healed by Hanford's Balsam. Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
WOMAN COULD
HARDLY STAND.
Because of Terrible Back.
ache. Relieved by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound.

Philadelphia, Pa. -"I suffered frorl
displacement and inflammation, and had
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10
Another woman's Case.

Providence, R. I.-"I cannot speak
too highly of your Vegetable Compound
as it has done wonders for me and !
would not be without it. had dis
placement, bearing down, and backache,I
until could hardly stand and was thor
oughly run down when I took Lydia y.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It
helped me and am In the best of health
at present. work in factory all day
long besides doing my Homework 30 you
can see what it has done for me. give
you permission to publish my name and !
speak Of your Vegetable Compound to
many of my friends. Mrs. ABEL Law.
SON. 126 Lippitt St., Providence, RI.
Danger Signals to Women
are what one physician called backaches
headache, nervousness, and the blues.
In many cases they are symptoms OK
some female arrangement or an intiam-
matory, Lucrative condition, which may
be overcome by taking Lydia E. Pink
ham'sV egetable Compound. Thousands
of American women willingly testify to
It's virtue.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

Sold upon merit-Hanford's Balsam.
ADV.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

For spraina make thorough appli-
cation OF Hanford's Balsam. well rub
bed In. Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-10

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
every suffering woman. Mrs. HARRY
FISHER, 1926 Dounton St., Nicetown, Pa.
The Washington times., 1915-02-03
AkALOSTAN LADS TO
ROW ACADEMY CREWS
Middies Will Take to Water
Soon as Possible to Pre-
pare for Coming Season.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Feb 3.-The Naval
Academy oarsmen are looking forward
to the best schedule Of races this
spring, which has been offered for
many years All OF the local races
will take place on three consecutive
Saturdays, but at least three crews of
midshipmen. first and second eights.
and a fourth class eight. will go to
Philadelphia in May to take part In
the Schulykill regatta. Coach Richard
Glendon, who has handled aquatics at
the Naval Academy for more than a
dozen years. has reached Annapolis and
now has his charges at work In the
gymnasium They will get on the wat
er as soon as the weather permits:
On Saturday. April II. the midship-
men will row against first. second and
freshmen crews Of Princeton. The
Navy sent crew to Princeton last
year, but this will be the first time the
New Jersey varsity has sent oarsmen
to compete here.
On April "a. Harvard will have Its
first crew at Annapolis. while the
Analostan Club of washington and Bal
tnnore City College will have eights to
oppose the Navy second crew and
fourth class eight
The season Of local races will close on
the following Saturday. May !. with the
crews from the University Of Pennsyl-
yania contesting against corresponding
crews Of the Naval Academy.
The Washington times., 1915-02-03
By CARDNIR MACK.

battles. OF course. 1t is almost i'm
possible to secure a view Of a battle
that will be in any sense compre-
hensive to the layman.. But almost
any view Of the field during I'M en-
gagement is very valuable and in
structive to the military expert.
While no facts regarding It have
been permitted to leak out, 1t Is I'M
derstood that at least one Of tho
armies in the field has perfected an
automatic motion picture camera
which Is attached 10. the car OF the
aeroplane that are used for scouting.
This camera starts to make pictures
as soon as the aeroplane has reached
a certain height and continues re-
cording what is going on in the
country beneath the airman as he
flies.
with pictures made in this way the
general stan can obtain a fair idea
of the situation OF the country and
the forces. In his recent article on
the subject Of his trip in an obser-
walton balloon Irwin S. Cobb de-
scribed what a great panorama Of
the battlefield was opened out before
him at an elevation of less than 2.oOO
feet. He had complete view of the
battle front for miles. The camera
in the aeroplane would get the same
view Mr.. Cobb enjoyed. but 1t would
also be able to indelibly record 1t. In
this way the military authorities
are able to sec every detail of the
battlefield and study its lessons In
their stan conferences. so that the
mistakes that might be made one
day can be rectitied by movements
Of troops the next day. q. NJ.
The Washington times., 1915-02-03
FOOD PRICES SOAR. Il
IN GREAT BRITAIN

H LONDON. Feb. IA committee Of tho
ifesto given out concerning the high
prices Of food. charges the government
with failure to anticipate and organize
against certain consequences CT the war,
and urges quick and drastic remedial
action to avert a situation (which is
becoming desperate"
The committee suggests a better dis.
tribution Of incoming ships at ports
other than Londcn and Liverpool. Con-
tinuing 1t said:
Now that trouble has developed the
government must move not tentatively,
as II the next century Wild do, bit
Immediately. The procedure of prize
| courts must be expedited and all cap
| tured ships must be valued. manned
| ard utilized by the state for the purpose
Of transporting supplies purchased d.
| plies must be placed on the market at
prices to cover only the costs and dis
| trbutivc charges"
! The federation in a document recon.
mends chiefly that the British govern
| me mt take over all wheat supplies, as
| has been done by Germany.
| THE British farmer" the document
reads. would suffer no real hardship
or logs If the government Communicated
the whole home grown and unmarketed
wheat at AZ shillings ($1050) a quarter.
! and immediate action on these lines
would tend to moderate prices"
The Washington times., 1915-02-03
JOHN 0'RE|LLY TO
JUDGE At FINISH
George Washington Officials
Select Noted Expert in
Charge at the Hilltop.

Two additional OFFICIALS Of the seventh
annual indoor track meet of the George
Washington University. to be held
February l3. at Convention Hall. were
announced today by Prof. Leslie e.
McNemar. faculty director Of athletics
for the Hatchetitcs!
John d. O'Rcilly, physical director ut
Georgetown. has been appointed Judge
Of the finish. and Joseph O'Toole, Of
Delaware, has been named as clerk Of
the course. Mr.. O'Reilly "a well known
in sport circles not only in Warrington.
but throughout the East. and recently
he was one of the prominent officials Of
Boston Athletic Associations indoor
meet. one Of the biggest affairs Of its
kind in the country. Mr.. O'Retlly makes
the second Georgetown official to be
appointed to q position at the Hatch
elite meet. as Charles II. Cox, manager
Of athletics for the Hilltorpers. yester-
Judges. Mr.. O'Toole Is we'll known in
sporting circles of the East, and has
presided In Official capacity ut many
important track affairs.
Georgetown and George Washington
yesterday settled all past differences.
agreed to bury all bygone aniinosty.
and arranged for the re-establishmcnt
OF athletic relations between the two
institution. This restoration Of good
feeling between the universities formally
and amicably was accomplished at q
conference between Prof McNemar and
Mr. Cox.
Mr.. Cox announced that Georsetown
probably would enter a one-nile relay
event In the meet II this Is done. ef-
forts will be made to arrage relay
event between the Hilltoppers and Le-
high which is almost certain to take
part in the meet.
| The Hatchetite track team has started
! final training for the meet The candi-
dates are meeting every night now. and
are working under the direction OF
Coach Bob Fleming and Capt. Louis
Connor. Assistance also Is being lent to
the training by Prof. McNemar and
Howard w. Hodgkins. graduate adviser
| en- track activities. Until recently some
of the men had been training individu-
ally. but from now until the meet they
will work together. 80 as to get the
benefits Of cooperation.