davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
RENT PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR
Should Be Very Carefully consid- cred by All Parties Interested.

Even now tenants and owners are making their rent plans for next year The terms and conditions of the con tract should be very carefully consid- cred by both parties, for wrong agreement may mean loss to both Figures gathered on 669 farms in a farm management survey in northeast Missouri by 0. R. Johnson of the Mis- souri agricultural experiment station show that the average tenant in the area surveyed made $13S greater net income than the cash tenant, and that a share of the crop paid the land owner 1.3 per cent higher interest on his investment than was received by the owner who rented for cash. The total net income of the average ten ant who rented all his land on share basis was $64S. the owner receiving Az per cent. While the cash renter made $40 and paid a rent which re- turned the owner 36 per cent The tenant who rented his crop land for a share and his grass land for cash made a net income of $507 and the owner received 5.9 per cent on his investment.
 The land owner is better able to bear all or part of the risk of flood or drought than the average tenant. and the share rent plan throws part of the risk upon tlse tenant if he is financially responsible If not, the owner may lose part or all of his rent, but he usually takes no further risks.
 Land continuously rented for cash is found 10 be more rapidly exhausted than the farm operated by the owner or rented for shares
 Cash crops must be relied upon much more exclusively by the amount and must pay fixed cash rent as SC curing money for use in paying store bills
 AS the country grows older cash rent will probably become more preva- lent and desirable We may perhaps approach the present condition of England. where the tenants are wealthy enough to stand a bad year or two without becoming bankrupt Their long leases. running for fifteen or twenty years, give them good op. portunities to balance up bad seasons with good ones. Besides this, the fact that the owner takes a large share of his income i'll the form of social prestige attached to owning land and the renting and other privileges con. neeted with It enable the tenant to get it for a cash rental amounting often only to two per cent of the own. ers investment
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
COOPERATIVE MARKET PLAN
United States Government Distribut- ing Literature on Subject of
 Farm Organizations.

The federal government is distrib- uting literature on cooperative mar keting and financing of marketing as sociations and related subjects, in which are discussed the form of or ganization, capital, management, grades and standards. dividends, pool ing of interests, utilization of by-prod- ucts and other features of co-opera- tive dealing.
 Attention is called to the fact that capable management is of the utmost importance. From a lack of knowl. edge as to the things required of an organization manager in the way of special qualifications for the position, selection of men to serve in this ca paeity. for the most part, has not been attended by sound judgment Ere quently failure has been the result
 It is to be remembered that the sue cessful distribution and marketing of perishable products in large way re- quire ability of a fine order. A com. munity adopts cooperative methods because it is beyond the capacity of the individual successfully to per form certain functions. It follows, therefore. that man is required whose experience and capacity for management are superior to the standard of the farm community.
 Too frequently the producers select one of their own number for the po- sition. Such manager is primarily a producer and not marketing agent Furthermore, his activities necessa- rily are divided between private and public interest.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16

the split-log drag. is explained in Farmers Bulletin 597, copies of which may be obtained upon application to the department
 After the road has been crowned and the crown is kept in condition by the wise use of the road drag, it should be seen to that ditches are kept free from weeds, etc, and that they are deep enough to carry off the wa ter which runs into them. In most cases wide, shallow ditch is best. Deep ditches are dangerous to traffic. At spaces of every few hundred feet along the roadway culvert of some kind should be placed to carry away the water which has gathered in the ditches.
 A road properly built generally will not have an average grade of more than per cent. By per ceht of grade' is meant the number of feet the road rises or climbs" for every 100 feet of it's length.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
SCHEME TO WORK TOGETHER
Farmers Clubs Can Be Made Starting Point for Many Cooperative
 Agricultural Enterprises.

One of the striking things about the development of manufacturing. mer- chandisng and commerce is the large scale on which they are carried on. says Indiana Farmer This means that l a great many people work together It will be found that the work is di. yideG up in such a way that certain groups of people work at one thing and so develop special skill and speed in doing this particular work. Other groups do other lines of work. This means that everyone employed in the industry develops special skill for do ing his or her particular line of work, and each line of work is under the di- reetion of an expert. This results in making the factory. railroad or what ever it is more efficient.
 In farming it is not so easy to bring this about, as each one must necessar- i fly do practically all the different kinds of work that need to be done on farm. However, one farmer will de- velop particular skill in feeding hogs. | another has great success in raising | horses. Another had a special knack for making roads still another farmer can make trees and fruit to do excep- tionally well. Such farmers are ex- perts in these lines of work. They ought to be made the experts for the | community so that their skill can be brought on to all the farms in the | community. If this could be carried out the production of the farms in any community would be greatly in- creased.
 One way of bringing this about is the farmers club. The farmer who has had success in growing hogs can tell his neighbors how he did it. As his farm is located right in the locality, anyone who is interested can visit the farm and get more information in this way. The different lines can be gone over in the same way. This would re- suit in bringing the best methods worked out on each individual farm on to many of the other farms in the locality
 This would not only spread the skill of the individual farmer on to many farms, but it would be a great stimu- Jus to the most successful farmers They would have the eyes of their neighbor watching their methods. They would want to do even better, which would lead them to study their particular line more than ever
 great deal could be done to en- courage the breeding of purebred stock, and to confine it to one breed It is misfortune for a community to have several breeds of cattle It is best to have just one. Then the com- munity will develop that breed better and that much more quickly become noted for that one breed.
 The subject of marketing and buy ing can be taken up in the club. If the club members will buy together they can often secure better prices from the grocer. the hardware dealer and the machine dealer. etc
 The farmers clubs can be made the starting point for these cooperative enterprises It can be used to secure the farmers the benefits that big busi- ness secures from doing things on big scale. Many have the idea that nothing can be done unless there is a big organization. This is a mistake. The successful cooperative enter prises have come from small begin nings.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
"H-u-p, they chorused

What the diekens!" Merger grandp in a ner of the room mneara a lndow
 MT Mergenthaer said the kindly concert She must have t and awfuy gat here'
 Now Mir Mergenthaer wish
 
 Not going a NIT Mergenhaer The and sleep He told 0 the
 Not going to Of bed said Mergenhaler "Oh vel, chorusei the e 10 s the be elosedh his eyes The bed o saido one of the
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16

crop. In the case of those fields which are cut for hay, after the crop has been put up with a hay loader. dry COWS and young stock are utilized to clean up the waste hay before the field is wa. tered
 The obvious advantage of this sys. tenn is that the milch COWS are con. stantly supplied with the best feed on the farm. Maximum returns from them are thus secured while the see. ond-class feed is quite good enough to keep the dry cows and the young stock in condition. Under this sys. tenn the equivalent of 16S full-grown cattle were kept on the farm for l2 months and 360 tons of surplus feed produced in addition. The stand Of alfalfa has been maintained in excel lent condition for ten years now.
 In describing this farm the circular already mentioned is careful to point out that the returns have been far above the average because both in soil and management the farm is exeep. tional. There is, however. no appar. ent reason why the system should not be applicable to farms on which these advantages are less marked
 Another farm near Yuma maintained on 40 acres the equivalent of Al full grown animals for 12 months and pro. duced in addition surplus alfalfa hay and seed to the value of $1,S60 This farm was divided into five fields two of IS acres each. two of 40 acres each, and one of "A acres. Under the rota. tion system one field was pastured five times and cut for hay once, one field was pastured six times and cut for hay once, two fields were pastured off four times and cut for hay twice. and the fifth field was pastured twice, cut for hay once, and cut for seed once The circular already mentioned gives In de. tail the pasture and crop record of this farm. Not only does this system result in maintaining the stand of al. falfa and eliminating obnoxious weeds, but losses from bloat are reported as being greatly reduced. During twelve months only three head were lost in this way.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
BOIL WEEVlL DAMAGE LARGE
Estimated Loss to 1913 Cotton Crop Placed at $3o,ooo,o ,ooo-Much New
 Territory Infested.

The boil weeyiI did about s30.00o- 900 worth of damage to the cotton crop in 1913, as estimated in the new report of the entomologist of the Unit ed States department of agriculture.
 Nearly 1S,000 square miles of new territory became infested during the year. Every effort is being made to control these depredations, particular. ly by the use of powdered ortho-arsen. ate of lead and hand picking of cotton squares and l~lls
 Arsenate of lead was tried with vary ing results, and the question of it's sue cess under practical plantation condi. tions today remains undecided.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agricuture)
 A system of rotation pasturing is being adopted in Arizona which, in the opinion of specialists in the Unit ed States department of agriculture, offers possibilities to alfalfa raisers in the Southwest. Farmers who pas ture alfalfa, frequently have difficulty fn maintaining the stand. This prob lem is especially acute in the irriga- tion sections of the Southwest where the season is long and live stock kept on the fields practically the entire year.
 Continuous close pasturing starves the roots of the plants and the tramp ing of the wet soil does further dam age. In consequence the stand thins out rapidly. weeds gain a footing, and the productivity of the fields is much decreased
 The Arizona system overcomes these difficulties by keeping the live stock off the fields until the alfalfa is suffi- ciently mature to make hay. The ami mals are then turned into the fields in large enough numbers to harvest the crop quickly.
 This system has been partially devel- oped on many farms in the state but has been perfected on two farms to an extent which deserves particular attention. The system practiced is fully outlined in Circular 54 of the of flee of the secretary.
 One of these farms, situated near Phoenix, Ariz., comprises 160 acres of alfalfa of the best type found in the state. It is divided into eight fields of 20 acres each. all in alfalfa These fields are pastured at different times during the year but occasionally the crop is cut for hay instead of being pastured off When ready for pasture dairy COWS giving milk are first turned into the field. After they have secured the (9t of the feed they are turned into a new field and followed by dry COWS and young stock. These clean up the field and are in turn trans ferred to another, the first field being watered and left to mature another
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16

stared  0 call n Kramer Here's somebody Detective  
  a
 
    0
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
yNNFig yNNFigg}]nNa1t&n 15qdlad9Zhg1ag1t 9!
SUPERIOR RURAL ROAD WORK
suonestions to Communities for the Construction and Maintenance of
 Country Highways.

That full value may be received for the money appropriated for road pur- poses and that the best results ob- tainable may be secured it is essential that the right man shall be placed in charge of road work. He should be selected not only because he actually knows more about good roads than any other person in the community. but also because he can get the best results from the money furnished. It is not sufficient, however, to let the matter rest with the appointment of a road oyerseer. He should receive the Whole-hearted support of the com muuity in the work. It should be seen to that under the conditions and with the money furnished the community is getting what it has a right to ex- pect in the way of road improvement It is well to remember that if for any reason an incompetent man is placed in charge of the work the responsi- bility for failure rests upon the com munity. There should. be no other consideration, therefore, in selecting road overseer than that of securing man with the ability to perform the duties required It should be realized that good roads have much to do with the prosperity of a community and that united action in the right direc- tion is the surest and quickest way to secure them.
 Where the road overseer has had but little experience in road work, or where some new and difficult problem is presented to the experienced man, the office of public roads and rural engineering of the |. 5. department of agriculture when requested, will of fer advice and suggestions for carry ing on the work and how best to over come the difficulties.
 To secure a satisfying road of any type, it is absolutely necessary to re- member: First, drainage; second, drainage; and third, drainage. The earth road, properly cared for. will answer satisfactorily for the traffic of many rural sections that cannot af- ford the better types of roads; but the earth road must be well drained. After this fact is well understood. two other requirements may be taken up-the location of the road and the reduction of grades to general aver age of 5 per cent
 With the exception of sandy roads. which are easiest for travelling when damp, all roads must have proper side ditehes to carry away the surface wa ter In order to lead this surface wa ter to the ditch, the road surface must have crown, or rounded roof, high the side ditches. A very easy and sat- isfaetory way to keep earth, clay. and gravel roads crowned, by the use of
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
usinn the Schoolhouse

The idea of the schoolhouse as a community meeting place and social center has taken Wisconsin by storm. During the last school year, 509 school houses were used as such, as com pared with S6 so reported in 1911. and 9.031 meetings held as compared to 1,265 four years ago. In 1911. not a schoolhouse in the state report ed gymnasium equipment, while now t30 schools are thus equipped, and 479 schools have libraries, where only 55 had them four years ago.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Farmers Educational Tn and Co-0perative III Union of America
l II Matters q Especial Moment to 9 the Progressive Agriculturist
Love is greater than happiness.

Love is greater than happiness
 Push thy harvest lest it push thee.
 The boarder COW often looks as good as deacon.
 The confidence of dog once lost is hard to regain.
 Folks still fail to remember that gasoline is explosive.
 Most of the good listeners among the men-folk farmers are married
 Don't send the children to Sunday school; go yourself and take them.
 There are occasions when it is up to the man to apologize to the dog.
 Kissing is not the only way to catch disease, but it is the most satisfactory.
 Don't think you are the only one who has trouble. It comes to all. sooner or later.
 Character. friends and money are all worth while. and the least ill value of these is money.
 There are many unhappy retired farmers living in town. They have hard work doing nothing.
 The fellow who is rich enough to afford real genuine vacation is sell dom weary enough to need one.
 The highest duty Of state and fed eral governments is to place agricul- tural education within the reach of all
 If you have to start a funny story by saying you don't tell it the way it should be told. for heavens sake don't tell it.
 Have plain understanding with the day help as to wages, board. rainy weather time. It may save trouble when you can't afford it.
 The farm with well-painted build ings may not pay any better but it's deal more encouraging to the young folks and a better advertise ment of ones way of living.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Enr Wire Cuts

For barb-wire cuts, use an ointment composed of: Pure carbolie acid, one part: iodine, one part; glycerine, 50 parts and alcohol sufficient to make 100 parts. Paint this on to the raw surface and keep it good and clean W. P. Chuler, Assistant Veterinarian, Saltwater. Okla.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16

that slumbering hour which is sweet est of all when there came a hard and threatening knock on his door Out side he heard what sounded like mob of soldiers.
 Of course he will get up.' said one.
 Get ap, l should think so, de- clared another.
 MT Mergenthaler thought he was having a nightmare when four men of great muscle and brawn threw open the door
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
What Is Cooper ation?

That much-used word is de fined in an editorial in Financial America as "a concert of effort for mutually beneficial results; it is not a one-sided effort. either i'll the expenditure of energy or the enjoyment Of what is achieved"
 Cooperation is not an act of charity and the American farmer is not asking charity" the editorial continues. He asks that the business world realize he is part of it and that they all work together for the common advantage.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Temperature of Cream

One of the main causes for having to churn from one to five hours is either too warm or too cool tempera. ture. In temperature from 55 to SC degrees, butter should be produced in from 30 to 45 minutes. providing the other conditions are right.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Ahitewash Poultry suiIdlnns

Where not already done, ali the poultry buildings should have good coat of whitewash with carbonc acid or kerosene oil added. Make sure all cracks and holes in the woodwork are well filled with it.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16

IaDIt. Anu tHeh bHe WuuIu Dt dUIt tU run over into the next year S35 days before starting all over again. She has TOO of them
 It was three years ago that Miss Josephine's collection was casually started through the receipt of few pitchers as a gift from all aunt.
 The growth of the collection was more or less incidental to other inter- ests until Miss Josephine heard of an organization Of persons who collect nit tchnro will 21 rnnrn hers and with
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Crown Roads Before Draaainq.

Before dragging a road it ought to be crowned properly and the drainage attended to-in other words, put into good condition and then the work of taking care of it will give the best re. suits.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16

that Wild ducks that are so blind they eat sawdust are not any more pala- table than fried doorknobs.
 It's a story that is hard to tell. having so many angles and containing so much mystery. But this is it:
 Two fine canvasback ducks were left at the city jail with note stating they were for Sergent Maley.
 Maley has lots of friends and he was much pleased He telephoned to his mother, telling her to cancel the meat order for the day. as friend had
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Every Farmer Concerned.

The improvements of good roads and ditches is a matter which con- cerns every farmer who desires to in- crease the value of his land or the farm property of the community in which he resides as a whole
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Remove Trash and Rubb;s,

Remove all trash and rubbish from the garden. If convenient, it is well to blow or spade the land that will be used for garden next year. This will help to get rid of many insects and weeds,
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Keep Bacteria Out of Milk.

Washing the udder and Hanks be- fore milking is the simplest. least ex- pensive and most effective method of keeping bacteria out of milk.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
UnprofitabIe Farm Practice.

The man who burns his straw and leaves the manure lie under the caves of the barn to leach away will prob ably never get rich at farming.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Complaints About Thumns.

There will be thousands of com. plaints about thumps in the pigs next spring-corn crop big, prices low and farmers will shovel grain into their hogs, regardless.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16

dust ana the germs get Tn the way. Oyeralls are the ideal of comfort in housekeeping. And, if they are soiled, what matter? They are easy to wash or replaced at small cost.
 Many women are taking to the in noyation. which made it's first appear ance in Chicago Young women par ticularly are no longer willing to risk their gowns and their lives by waEhing windows and hanging pie lures in unwieldy skirts. And Sayan- nah women have not outgrown the
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
preventive Measures Innorta,,

Preventive measures are more i'm. portant in saving vegetables from the attacks of insects and diseases than remedial measures such as spraying
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Liberal Dairy System.

A liberal system of management of a good dairy herd is necessary to achieve satisfactory milk production
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Sawdust Joke on Two Sacramento Police Officers

SACRAMENTO cADueks O Police hunting fame and Detective Fred Kpp alias "F
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
suray for San Jose Scale.

Any San Jose scale in your orchard ? If so. spray the trees with lime-sul. phur mixture after the leaves fall.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Infertlle Goose Enns-

Eggs of young geese often prove infertile, hence it is usually best to keep the old geese for breeding.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Bone for Growina Chickens.

Keep plenty of broken or crushed bone before the growing chickens. It will help to develop strong, healthy towlS.
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
New York Piano Movers Moved Him, Bed and All

NEW YoRKTheres telling what happen lN
 peculiar
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Housewives of Savannah Now Work in Oyeras

CAvANNAHAl shops
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Kansas City Girl Has Collected 700 Pitchers

ANsas CITY,. Miss Josephine Ellis thirteen old wanted different pitcher year he could have without dining
The Monticellonian., 1915-12-16
Don't Sell Good Cows

A good COW is not so common thai one can afford to sell her at ordinar, figures