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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-02-04
Farm Notes by Farmer" Rusk.
Sowing Clover.


What of this proposition of sowing
clover anyway? Is it the part of
wisdom to keep on sowing clover as
we have in the past in the face of
the results of the past? Aside from
the drouths what have been the prin-
ciple reasons why clover has not been
more of success? Without any
doubt, the two big reasons aside from
drought are that our soil is too sour,
and lacking in organic matters for
really profitable clover growing.
There are of course exceptions
where success has been achieved in
growing clover on such soil, but
speaking generally, these are hard
facts and we had as well face the
music, and we had the truth
This, to me, does not mean that we
should quit trying to grow clover.
1t does mean that we should get busy
to correct these faults. Perhaps it
also means that we should depend on
soy beans and cowpeas, which are
more nearly acid resistant and which
grow better than clover on soil low
in organic matter.
In correcting the acidity of the soil
of this county about 3 tons of lime
stone per acre should be used unless
it is known that much less than this
amount is required. There is a lit
tie soil in the county which needs no
lime, but practically all the samples
which I have taken show a require
ment of from 1000 to 5000 pounds
of lime stone. Most of these sam
pies showed requirement of be-
tween 5000 and 5000 pounds of lime
stone. This work will in most cases
have to be done a little at a time, on
account of the expense. Hauling
limestone is a good winter job, when
the roads are good.
The process of building up the or
ganic content of the soil is also a
slow process. In some cases, it will
be economicalal to buy manure and
build up the organic matter content
of a soil in hurry, but this is not
generally true. Perhaps the best
method for the greatest number of
cases is to make good use of all the
manure produced on the farm, and
in addition, pasture off as much of
the crops as possible. Then plow un-
der all the stubble, straw and stalks,
and such crops as rye, and in some
cases, cowpeas and soy beans.
All the clovers and alfalfa require
a sweet soil for best results. This
is because of the fact that the bac-
terra which live on the roots of these
legume plants do not thrive in an
acid soil. Alsike clover comes the
nearest being an acid resistant clover
and it is the best clover for wet soil.
None of them stand severe drought,
especially in the early stages of
growth.
| Whan To Coxy CIoyar
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-02-04
.S13O,67O.40

Loss for January ..... $780, ,67O.40
Shipments from Dec. 1,
1914, to Jan. 81, 1915. 1923, ,47751
Shipments from Dec. 1,
1918, to Jan. 81, 1914. 813,436.93
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-02-04

A new line of Ladies' Waists just
arrived.
d2 wi Enterprise Store.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-02-04

FRIEDMAN-SHELBY SHIPMENTS
Shipments for Jan. 1915. .$256, ,7S7.53
Shipments for Jan. 1914. 3S7,457.9S
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-02-04

Loss for two months. $ 28s, ,784.7,
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-02-04

All Purina Feeds Are Guaranteed
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-02-04
When To Sow Clover.

some nave already SOWeu some OF
their clover-sowed it in the month
of December. Some prefer sowing
about the twentieth of February, and
others will wait till they can either
harrow the seed in or drill it. Much
depends on the season as to which is
the best method, but the safest
method to bank on is the method
which includes the preparation of 8
good seed bed, and which insures that
the seed will be covered. If early
seeding is to be practiced the chances
are that it is best to sow as soor
after February first as the conditions
will justify. Perhaps even earlier
seeding han this will prove better
The point in favor of the extreme
early sowing over sowing the lattel
part of February is that the seed il
more likely to get worked into th'
soil deeper and therefore not be 81
apt to sprout the first warm spell
and then get caught by a subsequen
cold spell and get killed.
Pure Seed.
There are weeds enough on ever.
farm, without sowing any more. Th
remedy for much Of our trouble will
weeds, in our meadows especially, !
to be more careful in buying seed
Either have the seed examined befor
you buy, or buy it subject to tes
with the understanding that if it i
not good it is not your seed.
AS to whether or not seed is goo,
may be determined by submitting
sample (about 2 tablespoonfuls) +
this Office, or by sending it to tn
! Seed Testing Laboratory, Columbia
| Missouri. In either case, the infor
nation is free. Get the habit of de
manding good, pure seed of all kinds
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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-02-04
We Are Headquarters
For Chicken Feed Of
All Kinds.
Chicken Chowder and Puri-
ma Hen Feed we guarantee
to make hens lay.

Save 90 per cent of your
chicks by feeding Pratt's
Baby Food, Purina Chick
Feed and Steel Cut Oats.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1915-02-04

We also have for both young
and old Chickens - Ground
Bone, Beef Scraps, Charcoal
Grit of all kinds.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-20
CAN SCOTT PITCH HIMSELF OUT
OF THIS?

James Scott, pitcher on the White
Sox baseball team, was made defen-
dant in breach of promise action yes
terday filed by Mabel Bailey, pretty
manicure. More serious proceedings
were limited at when George c. Guth-
RE, attorney for the girl, was said
to have consulted federal officials d.
concerning the possibility of white
slave action.
If one story, that Scott took Misso
Bailey on a trip to San Francisco
while travelling with the AI-Staf
team which went around the worldly
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-20

lowered bombs on. railway station
IT German fortified city of Colmar,
n AIsace. Four French birdmen
,Ombarded railway junction at Chal-
Grange yesterday.
Eight shells, carrying $50 pounds
VI high explosives were drOppen on
aiIway buildings at COlmar. Three
DOmbs of 80 pounds each were sent
Tashing through the roof of main
tation, where large quantities of
German supplies are known to have
zen stored and war Office is con-
Rdent much damage was done.
London.-Three big German taubes.
we're destroyed in a battle royal in
ir with twelve fast British aero
aanes off mouth of the Thames, ac-
eording to stories circulated here.
German birdmen are reported to have
crossed the North sea, intending to
laid English coast.
Rome.-Austrian troops defeated
With heavy losses in furious all-day
batfle on east bank of the IsOngO,
near Sagrade.
Vienna, Via Berlin Wireless--Rus-
ian grand duke has hurled all avail
ble reinforcement into gap between
Bug and Vistula but has been I'M
ble to check Gen. Mackensen's rush
Dward LHbIin-C holm railway. SlaV
Detreat began late Sunday night and
continued throughout Monday.
PetrogTad- - War office admitted
russians have been driven from pO-
ftiOns and forced to retire at half
tozen points under heavy pressure
rom the kaiseF's armies marching on
Warsaw. In extreme north Germans
advancing toward great naval base of
Riga, have occupied TokUm. North
# Warsaw Won Hindenburg's center
las captured village Of Porely.
BerIin.-SWeeping down on War
saw from north, German army IN
der Gen. GaIlWitZ has forced Russians
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-07-20

tons less than 40 miles from Polish
capital.
Declared that the great 1,OOO-mile
to squeeze Russians out of Warsaw
is moving forward at amazing speed.
From Riga region to BUkOwina Slavs
are everywhere in retreat, abandon
ing guns and ammunition.
In the fighting south of Przasnysz
alone, Won Hindenburg's forces have
captured 1o1 Russian officers and
28,760 men Between the Bug and
the Vistula Mackensen has made 49,
25O prisoners in past 48 hours of
fighting. Prisoners taken at other
sectors Of long battle front raise to-
tai number Of captiYes to more than
$4,000.
In Riga region IN extreme north
Gen. Won BuIow's forces have Occu-
pied TUkum and are continuing their
advance against Riga, now less than
40 miles away. Won BUlOw's cavalry
is OVerrunning WindaU river region,
driving Russians back in panicky re-
treat.
One wing of Gen. Won Bulow's
army has captured Baltic seaport of
Windau, commanding railway leading
to Riga. Northwest of Warsaw Rus
slams are falling back on great for
tress of NovO Georgiewsk, 20 miles
from capital and forming one of the
main outer defenses Of warsaw.
-O-O
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
Not So Expensive as Peculiarly Imag-
ined if Native Rock Is Used and
Durability Considered

ing country. There, in the earlier
days. the baron who could afford 10
build at all needed protection and
built in stone. and hence out Of neces-
s!ty sprang that type Of feudal man
sion so pleasing in the open country.
The type has COM 10 us through gen.
erations whose connection with tho
outer world has become more open,
and consequently the houses have lost,
step by step, their formidable char
acteristics until now the motives are
those Of structure only and have
assumed an aspect that speaks Of
land Of peace.
The feeling for this Tudor type has
become strong in this country Of late
years and there has been an outburst
Of home building in this direction with
increased elaboration; pleasing indeed
and yet with a suggestion Of disre-
gard for the charm of the strength
Of stone and its vigorous effect when
handled simply. II might be said IN
connection with this type that many
are the poss! 10 lities Of landscape treat
ment and of the softening effects Of
shrubs and vines, and that our verdant
suburbs make stone a most desirable
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material. II should be used with free
dom In regions OF hill and dale and in
modest houses as Will as those Of a
more costly nature.
II may seem that stone is a ma
terial the use OF which is almost pro-
hibitive owing TO its higher cost as
compared with brick. but stone walls
are not as costly as some people think.
True. there arr many communities
where stone is not available except
AT oNorb!tant prices, and here one
would hardly expect to find many such
houses; hut in the districts that
abound in stone. where Il may al
most 10 had for the ask ng and where
the topography Of the land seems to
call for II, we find stone houses miss
ing 10 a marked degree.
II IS not necessary to have a quarry
near by. for often building stones
may he gathered in quantities from
the fields of the neighborhood. and
il is with these that the most effec-
tive houses are built. Invariably the
richest colors are found in boulders
which when split and placed in the
wall with their new faces outward
offer surfaces OF the most delicate
coloring.
These might further be cut to
rough rectangular pieces, or left in
their free contour. as the architecture
Of the building would require. The
last mentioned method suggests the
free treatment as applied TO our re-
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has been for centuries. a motive Of
sentiment and tradition. Against il
may be grown clinging vines Of many
varieties and fruit Will thrive with IL
as a shelter This barrier. necessar-
lily constructed OF masonry for pro-
lection against the winter winds. is
most effective when built Of stone,
as the opportunity for random
courses in the joints and the freedom
Of changing texture supplies a fit
ting background for the flowers.
In regard 10 the application OF ma
sonry 10 recent styles Of cottages in
Spred from the roads OF England.
II IS a pleasure TO find how charmingiy
they rest in the foliage Of our own
country. their borrowed motives being
modified To III our needs and pleasures
20 such an extent that the result is
surprisingly American. Here. as
there, the coseyneSs Of the setting IS
most apparent whore trees and plants
are introduced 10 relieve the solid APP
pearance OF the stones, all being in
perfect tune with a given locality.
To furnish convincing proof Of how
thoroughly the English have solved
this problem Of the introduction Of
masonry into Their outlying cottages,
We have only to look at those fasci-
mating settlements where homes,
treated simply and with the idea Of
cost strongly in mind, are found so
profuseN; where frucality has been
the most important point al issue. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
THE INVASION OF AMERICA

phone bell rang in the City Hall and
n voice asked for the Mayor.
The voice was that OF the hostile
commander, speaking from Brookline.
Your defences are in our hands
he said. "Our guns command every
part of your city. ! have the honor to
demand unconditional and peaceahle
surrender al once, with all property Of
every kind. regret 10 say that | can
give you no time for discussion. ]
must request you 10 give me your
answer now"
The Mayor with the instrument at
his ear looked around at the members
OF the committee. "lt is the army
commander" he said He demands
unconditional surrender
There is only one answer 10 make"
said one of the committee.
The Mayor turned 10 the telephone.
we surrender" he said
VERY well" was the response. "A
body of troops under a general officer
Will enter the city at once, They VIII
have orders 70 punish any disturbance
severely. | shall have the honor Of
calling on you shortly after my men
have occupied the town"
\ little later the citizens committee
saw cavalry with machine guns app
proach the City Hall. Similar bodies
were taking position in all the squares
and parks and posting their little guns
where they could sweep the intersect-
ing streets. Up and down Washington
avenue and up and down all the side
streets were sen,inelS and guard
parties, \ wagon train was encamped
on the Common,
And little later still, preceded by
light cavalry. three automobiles rolled
through the streets 10 the City Hall.
In each sat four men dressed in cam
paign uniforms They We're leaning
back smoking and looking with inter-
est AT the buildings, They seemed not
To see the silent crowds that lined the
sidewalks.
These scdate. cheerful, interested
gentlemen were the commander and
his staff arriving Ia take formal pos
session of the city. With machine
guns and rifles threatening all around
them. the silent people Of Boston saw
their conqucrors enter the city Han
and knew that their sovereignty had
passed into allen hands,
tCopyriDht 1915, bp J, W, Mn1cr'
An Ri0hts R'scrrtdD
Next sundays instalment Of 1.-THE In
yasIon Of America" win tell OF the de.
fence of Connecticut and the movement
toward New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
by HENRY ". ROWE.

T TIE who is moved by the sight
~ OF venerable stone houses
i L whose weathered walls sug-
gest the living presence OF
ong dead forefathers is apt to be at
,racted also by their wonderful state
Of pr servation. and II he is a builder
Or one about to build he might be
led to reflect that permanency in con-
struc,on is indeed a thing to hold
n reverence. Lasting material and
particularly lasting walls We know
from history are records Of the lives
Of those who came centuries before
US, and so for history's sake those OF
us who care to hand down a sugges-
ton Of our domestic habits are in
clined toward the use OF stone as a
building material.
Trad tionally, in the consideration
Of stone houses, we naturally look TO
England; for there we find a pleas
ing use Of stone in the Tudor period
Il j. used in a rugged way, so strong
in It's masses that IL easily holds its
own with the widest expanse Of roll
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-09
THE OLD FISHERMAN TALKS

1T didn't really seem necessary,
with such sport so close at hand. to
go anywhere else in boat, but we all
enjoyed going, for IL was a bunch OF
jolly good fellows, as fishermen
generally are, and the days SAL was a
part Of the FUN.
"A good many in the bunch We're
men who We're all known in the COM
mun!ty at that time and some who
were better known afterward. Paddy
Diver, the old politician, was one of
them He was a particularly skiful
man with a rod and reel, but he came
home very sore from one trip after
he had fished all day long with four
others and hadn't caught a fish, while
the others all caught fine strings. 1t
was 'fisherman's luck
Then there was Nick Collins, who
was a good friend of DIVERS per-
sonally, but political foe who stood
in DIVERS way more than once when
Diver aspired TO office. And there
was Billy kraemer, the only Rcpub-
lean member in the club, which We
called the Lawrence Fishing Club. He
was a Government weIgher and
jolly good fellow
Another member. not so we'll
known to the public then, became
famous all over the world later on in
connection with the Barnum circus
That was Tody Hamilton. who was al
ways an enthusiastic fisherman till he
settled down in Baltimore To live as
quietly as Tody was enabled to i've.
Then there was Col. Coogan and
there was Nike Murphy, who kept a
saloon at Hamilton avenue in Brook
Ign for hundred years or so. Maybe
he's still keeping H. but Roycc's saloon
disappeared years ago and the bunch
scattered, the locality not being par
ticularly attractive 10 fishermen now
adays.
There were others, of course but
Ia have to stop to think of their
names. Don't ask me how many
years ago II all was. ! could tell YOU,
but ] am not as young as I was then.
Them was the days. And them
was the nights too. We used to troll
for striped bass in He'll Gate in the
night time and catch good and plenty
OF them"
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Continued from sirth Page.

the civil authorities be left in con-
municipality"
absolutely refused" the hostile
commander replied promptly. IN
conditional surrender or bomhardment
begins at time stated. II any attempt
Is made to dismantle works lombard
ment will begin at once
This was at noon. The hour hand
of the Old South Meeting House clock
had not quite touched when artillery
was passing through Waltham and
Newton Centre. and along all the roads
crossing the Charles and Neponset
rivers.
There were cavalry and cycle and
motor troops on these roads and trains
fun Of infantry. But always and
everywhere was artillery. The sleek
guns. pounding along New England 5
highways, spoke So wickedly of de-
structlveness that they We're more ter
rifylng to the population than long
columns of heavily armed men.
At Jamaica Plain big howitzers were
detrained and taken to the ridge run
ming west by north from the line Of
the New York and New England rail-
road. More guns We're unloaded in
Brookline and posted on the crests
from whose tops, 200 feet high they
had all Brookline, all Boston to the
bay and. Cambridge and Somervllle
under their long range fires
At quarter past the hostile General
sent message to the American COM
mander at Fort Warren apprising him
of the disposition of the guns.
in one-quarter Of an hour" said he,
the bombardment will begin. We
shall fire at Brookline first
The commander walked TO the shat
tered flagstaff of the fort, on whose
splintered top the American flag was
waving in the wind from the Atlantic.
He barred his head and with his own
hand hauled down the colors that he
had defended so well.
Five minutes later the colors on all
the defences dropped.
Until then no soldiers had appeared
in the city of Boston itself. The armed
ring had contented itself with enclr-
cling all the suburbs, Now the tc!c-
l6, Long range Investment Nth mod
eru artillery series the dohbi' purpose
Of Ommdndin0 the ultimate target ana
commanding all the territory IN b'frcen,
thus 0iring the drtillcriSt possession Of
many miles OF area.
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Vogue of the Tudor Cottage in America
Has Led to Pleasing Diversity
in Treatment

fects and offer opportunities, TO those
inclined toward growing things, II
studd Ing a sloping bank with rocks
Of varied shapes and co.ors. about
which might grow flowers If exquisite
del!cacy, massed in the crevasses, with
prmroses in the background.
The old stone well Is but another
touch 10 be added where the tone OF
the surroundings calls for its use. Tt 8,
overErown with moss. with a well
sweep standing over il. would produce
an effect thoroughly in keeping with
the interesting history Of our country
homes.
And thus We see that stone could be
used To greater advantage in many 81
our suburbs where rs opportunities
are neglected; where its harmonious
soliiity might blend pleasantly with
the landscape. There need be no fear
OF inconsistency with the surround
ing country where local stone is used
10y skilled hands. for II = an element
Of the place.
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results are such as fully to reward
the architects and artisans for their
labors.
Work and study have been the
means that have brought this thrifty
handling Of masonry construction into
play. To use the materials closest az
hand has been the aim, and where
stone was available the most has been
made OF II. We could learn much in
the way Of stone building from our
ne ghhors across the water. Already
steps have been taken toward this end.
but the protesting cry of many per-
sons, who without stopping TO con-
slider whether supply OF stone is
close at hand, and without n pains
taking study as TO whether il can be
laid economically, declare that stone is
too expensive, has given the movement
an undeserving setback
To return again 10 the lawns. step
ping stones are always quaint and
furthermore the use Of houlders III
the rough will lead 10 picturesque e.
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instant Of this ceremony Of adoption.
The relationship has continue every
day since, and the dog seems to have
sacrificed all other interests in life TO
the care of his charges.
HIS young master, Gustin NJ. Nelson
Of Emerson Hill, Curtis High
School hoy, even assev5rates that
John scratches for the chicks. This
probably may be explained by the
natural imitatveness of the dog. who.
after watching the chicks scratch, has
dug up considerable portion of the
lawn. Whatever Johns motives may
be the chicks like II and seem to have
no fear of the flying paws in their
eagerness to capture the worms ex-
posed.
Johns linguistic ability. by the way,
consists of the words mamma and
hello" both Of which he says quite
plainly.
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.T NEVER go down Whitehall
street." said the old fisherman.
without thinking Of the time
when a lot Of US used TO make our
headquarters at Boyce's saloon at No.
&c a good many years ago. We all
key, our baskets there, each with his
fishing tackle in it and each labelled
with the owners name. They were
private mugs in a barber shop, and
you may be sure that Boyce took eX-
co.,nt care Of them. He was an eX-
per, fisherman himself and did not
need 10 be instructed as to the value
o: good tackle.
We used TO meet there every sun
day morning and plan the sport for
'Hr day If We had not agreed before
hand where we should go. Sometimes
Hed take a tug and go to Jamaica
Bay ~ to Pleasant Plains on Staten
Island or to some other Of the places
wa.Ie there was excellent fishing to
Do lad in those days. Sometimes it
void be a slilboat and sometimes
a, all go in rowboats, although we
DID not really have TO 20 out in a boat
al for the fishing was good enough
DO upt the most enthusiastic sports
man right off the docks at the lower
en- Il the city and off the Battery
va.
We d get plenty OF kingfish, weak
hS nd striped bass right off the Bat
'''| strange as il may seem now. |
.a'' seen striped bass weighing
.. zen and ha,f pounds caught right
vi yer !, North River, and there was
'." rght under the hosting APP
iA'.'ds N the Hamilton avenue ferry
"' -" where We We're always sure OF
- ~ fine lot Of good game fish
" ever We went there. We would
A'.' 10 get permission from the ferry
.n'endent, though, before the
'''.' employees would let US fish
''.- but he was good natured about
' c.dom made any objections.