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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13

checked when very warm weather oc4
ours. In summer the plant becomes
much less palatable.
Practically only one variety-the.
dwarf Essex-is grown in the United
States.
Rape is a succalent, nutritious plant
-closely related to kale, collards and
cabbage, and requires essentially the
same conditions of culture as these
crops. The plants grow to a height
Of " to four feet, depending on con-
ditions of soil and climate.
Rape succeeds best in rich loamI
soils, but profitable crops are grown
on sandy and on clayey soils. AM
abundant moisture supply is necessary
to produce large yields. Good prepara1
ton of the seed bed is advisable. Barns
yard manure is the best fertilizer. IN
the absence of this, 400 to 600 pounds
per acre of complete commercial
fertilizer may be used.
When rape is planted in wide rows
it should be given three or four cul1
tivations during its early growth
After cutting the first crop a second
growth is often obtained, especially
if the stubble is cultivated.
Method of Seeding. i
Rape may be sown in cultivated
rows, in narrow drill rows, or broad
casted. If planted in rows these should
ordinarily be "a to 80 inches apart.
In rows % inches wide, which is the
best width, two pounds of seed per
acre are sufficient.
If drilled with grain drill four
pounds of seed per acre are required.
When broadcasted five or six pounds
per acre should be used.
Rape may be successfully grown
with certain other crops. Thus it may
be sown in early spring in oats, wheat,
or rye, and usually good stand is
secured after the grain crop is cut,
1t may also be sown mixed with clo-
yer, to be used as pasture, or between
the rows in some winter-killed crop
for late fall pasture.
The best depth to sow the seed is
about one-half inch.
Yield.
Rape varies greatly in yield ac4
cording to the soil. Yields of 80 tons
per acre, green weight, are not rare.
Ten to fifteen tons is a good yield,
and smaller returns are profitable.
Under favorable conditions rape is
ready tkpasture In about eight weeks
after seeding. An acre or good rape
will easily supply pasture for 20 hogs
for two months,
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13
CHICKENS AND THE GARDEN
Learn How to Get Best Results From
Different Ways of Feeding,
Housing and Breeding.

A student at one of the agricultural
normal school short courses in agri-
culture gave the following answer to
the question, What objects are to be
obtained in the study Of poultry and
garden?"
The objects to be obtained in the
study of chickens and garden are to
learn how to get the best results from
the different ways of feeding, housing
and breeding; which are the best
breeds and how to keep them pure
and get the most profit from them at
the least expense.
In gardening, how to get the most
profit from soil without robbing it Of
it's fertility.
Chickens and gardening may be
studied together to mutual advantage
by having two lots, one for the chick
ems and the other for the garden. The
garden will furnish food for the
chickens and the family also and the
manure of the hens will keep the soil
fertile and productive. The chicken
yard and garden can be alternated
each year to get better results.
The greens for the chickens may be
grown in the end of the plot which is
not occupied by the chicken coop. The
chickens are to be shut up all the time
except, perhaps, about an hour each
evening.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13

Although SO great a variety OF
shapes has been designed for children,
those that suggest the bonnet have
outdistanced all others In point OF
popularity. But little variations In
shape, and clever new ideas in trim
ming, save these pretty and childish
bits of headwear from becoming mo-
notonous.
Two of the best ideas In trimming
are shown In the picture given here.
In the bonnet at the left, the crown
Is sloping, higher at the front, and
the brim curves up both at the back
and front, suggesting the poke bonnet
OF blessed memory. It is trimmed
with white ribbon having a picot edge
In color and buds made of satin, with
long stems trimmed in wreath eff
feet about the hat. A bow Of the rib
bon is posed at the front and tucked
fat to the crown.
The shape at the right is fanil-
FAR mushroom" model of hemp braid
pressed with ridges over the crown,
extending from front to back and
from side to side. These are placed
In the shape by way of variety and
add nothing to its attraction.
Daisies, June roses and forget-me-
nots form wreath for trimming, and
behind each daisy length OF ribbon
in brown or some other dark color Ia
folded and sewed to the hat, resting
both on the crown and brim.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13

A street suit, cut on conservative
lines, which manages to be up to the
minute in it's style, deserves more
than a passing glance. The attrac-
tive suit shown here accomplishes
these things and compels attention be-
cause of its excellence. There is ev-
cry reason for buying good material
In suits that must stand much wear,
and every reason to expect them to
outlast single season and come in
handy for "knockabout" wear Sec
ond season.
In the suit pictured, made of serge,
the skirt is moderately wide with the
fullness laid in broad plaits at each
side. 1t is a little longer than ankle
length and finished with a three-inch
hem. 1t is cut with high waist line,
to be worn without belt, and is fitted
about the hips.
The jacket is cut with straight lines
like a box coat and is confined in
high waist line by narrow belt of
the material. The front shows small
cutaway with little "V"-shaped vest
set in, having it's point at the bust
line. There are no revers, but the
neck is finished with collar of silk,
wired to roll gracefully.
The belt fastens with plain metal
sssuckIe and Is cut at the front TO sinl-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13
LOVES THE ORCHARD.
Kingbird's Hostility to Hawks
and Crows Is ProverbiaI.
Ii is True FIycatcher and Takes on
Wing Large Part OF Its Feed
Picks Up Many insects From
Trees and Weeds.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The well-known eastern kingbird is
though groves and the edge of forests
were probably it's original habitat 1t
breeds in the states east of the Rocky
mountains, and less commonly In the
Great Basin and on the Pacific coast.
It's hostility to hawks and crows is
proverbial. and for this reason fam
lily of kingbirds Is q desirable adjunct
to poultry yard. On one occasion in
the knowledge of the writer a hawk
which attacked brood of young tur-
keys was pounced upon and so Sc
verely buffeted by pair Of kingbirds
whose nest was near by that the would
be robber was glad to escape without
his prey. Songbirds that nest near the
kingbird are similarly protected.
The kingbird is largely insectivo-
rous. 1t Is a true flycatcher and
takes on the wing large part of its
food. 1t does not, however, confine
itself to this method of hunting, but
picks up some insects from trees and
weeds, and even descends to the
ground in search of myriapods or
thousand-legs. The chief complaint
against the species by both profess
sional beekeepers and others has
been that it preys largely upon honey
bees. One bee raiser in Iowa, sus-
pecting the kingbirds of feeding upon
his bees, shot a number near his
hives; but when the stomachs of the
birds were examined by an expert en-
tomologist, not trace of honeybees
could be found.
An examination of 665 stomachs
collected in various parts of the coun-
try was made by the biological survey,
but only % were found to contain re-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13

AS usual In the spring of the year,
the fruit of the vine appeals to fash
ion. Grapes are immensely chic, not
only on spring millinery, but in the
form of corsage ornaments on eve
ming gowns. A lovely little dance
frock OF Write tulle over silver green
pussy willow silk has punches of pale,
translucent grapes on the shoulders
and at the girdle. Very smart, on the
other hand. Is spring turban OF black
milan trimmed with black and green
grapes and black velvet leaves. With
this hat is worn an entirely new veil
Of sheer black mesh appliqued with
green and bronze velvet leaves. The
pattern Is so delicately applied. and
so soft In color that the effact IL very
beautiful.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13
FEED GRAIN TO THE CALVES
Suitable Mixture Can Be Made Of Two
Parts OF Cracked Corn and One
Part Of Wheat Bran.

A little grain should be fed as soon
as skim milk feeding begins. in order
to replace the butterfat removed In
the cream.
Two parts. by weight. Of cracked
corn and one OF wheat bran make .
good grain mixture. which every
farmer can readily secure, and re-
Quires no especial preparation.
The calf should be taught to eat this
grain by sprinkling little of 1t in the
feed box right after feeding the milk.
No more grain should be fed than
the calf will clean up readily.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13

These shapes come in all colors anu
are held to the head with elastic cord
which is concealed by the hair.
Many of the prettiest hats for mid
summer wear have been made of
point d'esprit or plain net shirred
over wire frames. Others are of net
draped over Hght-colored silk, and fine
swiss embroidery Is used in the same
way. F'rills of lace or net made OF
finer side plaitings form the brims and
fall prettily about the face.
JULIA 6oTToMLEY.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13
WHEN TO CUT SUDAN GRASS
Should Be Harvested for Hay Soon
as Plants Are Fully Headed
Big Demand for Seed.

Sudan grass should be cut for hay
as soon as the plants are fully headed.
Immediate cutting is recommended by
the Texas experiment station, as this
will insure more cuttings a season.
Under fair weather conditions it can
be treated just like prairie hay or
timothy-cut in the morning and
hauled into the barn or stacked that
afternoon. The speed with which the
hay dries out depends entirely upon
the weather and the thickness Of the
stalks at time of cutting.
Sudan grass in properly drilled
row should not make stalk thicker
than lead pencil, and it is preferable
if it be seeded thicker to make an even
thinner stalk The thinner the stalk,
the more readily it cures and the more
tender and palatable the hay. The
writer saw Sudan grass broadcasted
at the rate of 20 pounds an acre, yield
ing almost two tons of finest quality
hay at each cutting. AS quickly as a
crop was cut the roots would send up
new, vigorous growth, which could be
cut for hay or be pastured.
If the crop is cut for seed, it is best
to let the pods mature well, the first
crop being the best. The grass may
be harvested with a wheat binder or
with mower. The seed does not
shatter badly when raked with horse
rake. IL planted in cultivated rows it
can be cut with corn harvester How
ever, it is best to harvest the crop for
seed In bundles, SO it can be more
easily threshed. At present, with a
large demand for Sudan grass
throughout the country. the price OF
seed is quoted at an average of one
dollar pound With an increased
acreage of the crop next year large
decline in price of seed Is looked for.
About ten bushels of seed an acre IL
an average yield. The seed weighs
80 pounds to bushel
The yield of hay varies chiefly with
the extent of rainfall or available
moisture in the ground AT the Texas
experiment station the-writer learned
that four crops were harvested year
with an average Of ton or more q
cutting. After the first cutting, about
thirty days elapsed before the second
crop was ready to harvest.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13
Useful Hint.

When a tie or ribbon becomes
wrinkled or creased it may in a min
ute be made as smooth and as fresh
as new by slightly dampening the
wrinkled spot and then wrapping the
tie or ribbon around a clean. lighted
electric bulb.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13
cULTIvAT0R OF NEW DESIGN
Device, Recently Perfected, Has Given
Satisfactory Performance-Mo-
tor Is Set High.

A new. type of gasolinedriven cul-
tivator, recently perfected, has given
satisfactory performance under test.
The motor is set high above the front
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13

Liking for Hogs.
The man who acres for hogs should
have liking for them
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-13

mains of honeybees. In these % stom-
aehs there were in all 81 honey bees,
of which 81 were drolles, s were Ger.
tainly workers, and the remaining two
were too badly broken to be fw
As41~4sGa<a
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-30

grapefruit producers were hurt not
only by foreign competition under the
Underwood tariff law, but by the di-
minished buying capacity of the
American people who found their in
comes under democratic administra-
ton not commensurate with a grape
fruit appetite.
laundering is another extensive in
dustry in several suothern states. The
market for southern lumber was less
ened both by importations from Can
ada under free trade and by the dull
times that followed the enactment Of
the Underwood law Even the Euro
pean war has not materially helped
the lumber market. North Carolina
and Mississippi among other states,
were especially affected by the injury
to this industry.
Moreover, several southern states
have developed considerably in diver
sified manufacturing particularly in
cotton goods, furniture, boxes and
other wood products, iron and steel.
With this development has come a
steady change in attitude on the sub
ject of protective tariff The change
would have been more rapid but for
the color question, which has bound
the southern people to the democratic
party and prejudiced them against any
policy advocated by republicans. But
the south having been aroused by the
Injury to its industries, and, having
elected republican congressman in
North Carolina and Virginia and a
progressive in Louisiana, old preju-
dices will disappear and give place to
a frank expression of public opinion
on such an important economic issue
las protection to American industry.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-30
The Young Graduate

This is the season of the young
hopeful who believes he has learned
hOwto shoot Armed with his sheep
skin, he starts forth To conquer. He
never thinks, as a rule, that a sheep
skin is too pliable lever with which
to turn the world from its course.
However, that is we'll, for the superb
confidence Of Youth is necessary at
the start, for the opposition with which
the young man will meet later in life
will gradually break down his over
confidenc. until the normal amount is
left with which to fight his battle for
success. The japanese have some good
advice for the young graduate. They
say: Keep your mouth closed; he who
always has his mouth open shows
that his mind is blank Think of that
at which you are looking; one whose
Ieye is always wandering tells that his
mind is wandering also. When paying
your respects, look at the person whom
you are saluting. A boy should act
like boy; avoid becoming effeminate.
When it is hot, think it is cold; when
it is cold, think it is hot. 1t is a
shame to wear clothes without mend
ing them, but to wear the torn part
patched is nothing to be ashamed Of.
Know what shame is; he who does
not know what shame is is inferior
TO dumb animals. When il good
health, train yoarself to endure ply
sical labor; when you are ill, how
ever, obey your physicians instruc-
tions. Become a man useful to your
country; whoever cannot be SO is bet
ter dead. To these admonitions of
the japanese we add: Do not be
ASHAMED Of your father and mother,
even if they are uneducated; remem-
Der you helped to put the calousness
on your fathers hands and to bend
your mothers back.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-30
DREADFUL CHARGES
Woman Says Hubby is Drunkard, But
Worse Yet-A Bull Moose

Just what a wife can't think Of
when it comes to bringing charges
against her husband in the various
methods of displaying domestic strife,
has not yet been discovered. Altho
Colorado is considered premier
state in the extension Of women's
rights, it has not yet reached such a
stage of perfection that it constitutes
a legal charge for man TO be Bull
Moose against his wife's wishes" But
in Missouri, while it probably is not a
crime over there either, still it ought
to be, according to the following ad-
vertisement run by a Missouri woman
in a backwods newspaper, and copied
on the humorous page in recent is
sue of a legal report which reaches
most lawyers.
my husband, William Stikes, left
my bed and board just before election
day without just causes or provoca-
ton. All women are warned against
boarding or trusting him on my ac-
count as | will not be responsible for
the results, as he is loafer, drunk
ard, a thief, liar and a Bull Moose. '
Evidently this is not want ad," is
the comment attached.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-30
The Scrap Heap

Scrap heaps and dumps have become
sources Of wealth in recent years The
chemical and dye industries of Ger
many have been founded on the utili-
zation Of what was once thrown away
A shrewd American bought bog into
which thousands of tons Of tar had
been dumped and made a small for
tune by recovering it. A miner in
Butte became rich by extracting sui
phate Of copper dissolved in water
pumped from the mines By-products
pay the dividends that oil companies
disburse.
In 1913 metals valued at G72, ,7S6. .O72
were recovered from scrap heaps in
this country, not including gold, sill
yer, platinum, iron and steel to which
attention has always been given. OF
all the copper that figures in the metal
trade Of the country more than % per
cent was recovered from scrap, of zinc
20 per cent, Of lead II per cent, and
.of tin, 70 per cent. The recovery of
tin from scrap is comparatively new
industry, the annual output of which
exceeds SS,OOO,OOO, most of which
would have been wasted a few years
ago.
We hear a lot against shoddy but it
Is a commercial product of great value
and usefulness. English mills consume
three times as much shoddy as is used
in American mills. The foreign de-
mand for shoddy is SO great that the
available supply in the United States
consumed yearly in our mills fell from
6s,663,OO0 pounds in 1899 to 53,621.-
600 pounds in 1909 while the domestic
consumption Of pure wool rose from
$50, 10000 pounds to 474, ISL 900 in
the same time. We could use more
shoddy in an honest way but it can
not be obtained. Americans DESTROY
or throw away rags and worn-out gar
ments enough to almost double the
supply. Manufacturers have learned
to utilize waste but the masses of the
American people have not.-New York
Commercial.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-30
A Land of Ease

A good many years ago a trans
planted Southerner ran for office in
one of the Western States.
1t was an off-year for the demo-
Gratis. The republicans swept the
platter clean and the Southerner was
beaten along with the rest of the
ticket In his disappointment he
spoke harshly of the state of his
adoption.
'Tve about decided" he said gloom
lily, "to move back to Tennessee, which
after all, is really the only fittin' place
for gentleman to live. My friends,
in that fair land a gentleman doesn't
have to put his hand to debasin' toll.
The niggers make his crop for him.
and the sheriff sells itl"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-30

Now tradition says that Romulus
and Remus, while founding Rome,
subsisted on the milk of a goat, and
the picture shows them, one on one
side and one on the other, sucking the
goat, and when asked if he did like
wise he replied.-La Junta Tribune
Brother Mason must get his history
from looking at the pictures, but it is
certainly some slam on the artist
when an experienced agricultural edi-
tor like Mason can't tell a wolf from
a goat. Rome founded on goats
milkl If that wouldn't jar old Rom
and Rem clean over in their graves,
even an earthquake couldn't.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-30

The new management of the Lamar
Base Ball Association made its first
appearance at Association Park last
Sunday, and the reorganized team
while not completed yet showed flashes
of the steam needed to win games.
There are still several weak spots but
the financial backing to insure team
was only in evidence five days before
the game and everything could not be
done in that time. Two new men were
secured, Kramer and Evans of Las
Animas, and both look good. The game
itself was not much to brag about and
proved little with the exception Of the
heavy hitting developed which shows
that the team has good offensive pow
er and when properly drilled in de-
fensive work together, will be factor
in the pennant race. 1t also developed
that our all around fielder and heavy
hitter, Bud Littler, can take his turn
in the pitchers box.
One effect Of the improved financial
condition was the spic and span ap-
pearance of the park. The grounds
were rolled down in good shape and
the unsightly weeds cut and it looked
like a real league ball park.
The Fort Lyon team is going at
fast clip now, and they have speedy
bunch of players. The second base
and shortstop positions are covered the
best in the league and the Importance
Of these places is best shown by the
fact that Lamar's weakness at those
places has let in enough runs to lose
most Of the eight games charged
against the team. Fort Lyon outplay-
ed the Lamar boys and deserved to
win, but the story will be different up
at the Fort next Sunday.
Rocky Ford delivered an awful
drubbing to the phenom the La Junta
fans brought down from Denver fol-
their game. and easily held the lead
McGraw, Rocky Ford's pitcher, got
two home runs and q three bagger in
three times he faced the phenom. The
box scores Of the two games was as
follows:
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-30

to declare the statute imperative.
The development of this division
between the executive and Legislative
branches of the democratic admins
tration merely repeats history. The
party is running true to form, and
reminds one of the division in the
democratic party during the admins
tration of Grover Cleveland, when he
refused to sign the tariff bill which
the democratic congress had enacted
after months of labor.