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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
WAR HORSES NOT FOR FARMS
Good Draft Animals Are Best for 40.
rlculturaI Work. Says an Elk.
pert Of Kansas College.

The buying of a large number of
Kansas horses by the warning ma.
tons of Europe will not cause a
shortage of farm power, believes DR..
c. w. McCampbell, assistant profess
sor of animal husbandry In the col
lege. The war horse and the efficient
farm horse, declares Doctor McCamp,
bell, are two distinct types.
The war horse, weighing from L.
900 to 1900 pounds. has been re-
sponsible for much Of the ineficiency
of farm power. The fewer war horses
left upon the farms, the better OF the
farmer will be- 1t is the type Of horse
adapted to war that has always caused
the low prices in the horse market,
because the demand for this type of
horse in the commercial world is prac.
tically gone. The sound, heavy, &C.
tive, draft horse has always brought
the higher price.
II the people who think that there
Val 70 q iIo6C VI huIoSo u UpeT*
ate the farms the coming year will
notice the type of horse that is being
exported, says Doctor McCampbeIl
they will find that 1t is not the farm
horses that the European countries
are buying but the medium-sized war
horses. An increased demand for the
heavy draft horse will result when
the small horses have disappeared.
Now is good time, believes Doc
tor McCampbell, to get rid of the
small horses and raise draft horses,
as there will always be strong mar
ket for the draft horse while the
market for the small horse is becom
ing smaller each year.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
Wool Tyer Spread Out.

Eichmeyer in Missouri Valley Farm.
er. Using saw, make cut at the
center of the outer edge of each leaf.
Fasten four half hooks on two leaves
opposite each other. Put four eyes
on the remaining two leaves, and the
tie is complete. To operate 1t lay it
fiat on table, and lay down two
lengths of Irvine, crossing them in
the center and drawing them down in
the saw cuts made on the edges to
hold them in place, allowing enough
end to tie. Lay on the fleece, pelt
side down, gather all scraps and roll
the wool to center from all sides, then
bring up the sides of box and hook
them together. Tie your twine cross.
ways, and you will have compact
bundle.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
DISEASE OF POTATOES
Growers Should Be Constantly
on Watch for Powdery SCab.
In Addition to Being Carried by Seed
Tubers Trouble May Persist In In
fected Soil for Some Time
Distinction Is Urged.

Although the attention of scientific
men was first called to powdery scab
In lS41, the disease had already been
known to German farmers for several
years. The first report Of the disease
in the United States was made In 1918,
potatoes from widely separated sec
tons of the country being found to be
affected.
Investigation shows that, as yet, the
disease has not made great Roadway
In this country and potato growers
everywhere should be continually on
the watch for 1t, so the disease may
be quickly stamped out. Severe at
lacks occur when potatoes are planted.
year after year on infected land.
1t is claimed that healthy potatoes
which have been in contact with dis
eased ones may carry powdery scab,
This naturally leads to the supposition
that 1t may be spread by means of
sacks or other containers or by means
OF tools, such as planters, etc. An
other possibility is that plows. har'
rows or other tools used for working
infected land may carry with them the
germs of the disease to contaminate
portions of the farm now free from
powdery scab. Perhaps the most i'm
portant fact from the economic stand
point is that the disease, in addition
to being carried by the seed tubers,
may persist in infected soil for some
time, thus making it worthless for
potato culture. One writer claims that
manure Of pig fed with potatoes af-
fected with powdery scab carried the
germs of the disease. Other writer's
have pointed out the fact that contain.
mated manure may be a means OF
spreading the infection.
No potatoes should be planted with
out first disinfecting them with formal
dehyde or corrosive sublimate, for If
by chance the healthy seed has be-
come contaminated this would tend
to eliminate danger from this source
By careful selection of only sound.
thoroughly healthy seed tubers, and
then disinfecting It is possible to en-
tirely eliminate blackleg, prevent the
spread of ordinary scab, and also to
overcome some of the losses from
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
Use the cuItIvator.

Farmers who watched their crops
parch and shrivel during last years
long drought, while neighbors who cul.
tivated persistently made good yields,
will no doubt be more inclined this
year to the use Of the cultivator, one
of the most valuable of agricultural
implements. Make up your mind now
that you are going to keep your land
constantly stirred up" and not allow
your plants to be handicapped by IN
satisfied thirst.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
SEVERAL USES FOR SPRAYER
Among Other Things II May Be uscN
for Spraying Hen House With
insecticides or Whltewash.

Sometimes the investment In GER
tain article for use on the farm may
not seem worth while because the serv.
ice it can perform is limited to a
brief period during the year. By the
exercise of little ingenuity, however,
an outfit supposed to serve a given
purpose can be turned to account in
other ways.
Take a sprayer, for instance; it can
be used In many ways besides the
one for which 1t was made. Did
you ever try spraying the chicken
house with insecticides, or white
wash properly strained and thinned?
have found another use for the
sprayer that has added much to the
practical value Of the outfit, says a
writer in Successful Farming. Wall
paper needs to be replaced from time
to time and 1t is unsanitary to place
a new paper on an old one. A spray
er is fine as helper in removing
the old paper. Fill the tank half full
Of hot water, then create enough air
pressure to produce fine misty
spray. Apply this to the paper in two
applications, the first one just enough
to dampen the paper. If the water is
applied freely at first it will run down
too quickly from the surface of the
dry paper But IL it is first damp
ened the second application will be
quickly absorbed. The paper will then
peal of easily and the saving in time
and money ought to pay for an auto
spray and a good nozzle.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07

moved from the potato house. the in
,erior walls and floors should be thor.
oughly sprayed with solution of cop
per sulphate. FIVE pounds to fifty gal.
Ions of water.
The amounts OF disinfectants to use
and the length of time for treating
seed potatoes are as follows:
~ Formaldehyde. 40 per cent, one
pint; water, 80 gallons; soak tubers
in this solution for two hours.
(2) Corrosive sublimate, four ounces;
water, 30 gallons; soak tubers one and
one-half hours in this solution
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
MANAGEMENT OF BROOD sow
Keep Animal Growing Thriftlly, but
DO Not Fatten-0ther Cardinal
Points to Observe.

The essentials of brood SOW man.
agement may be briefly summarized:
/. Provide suitable food. but do not
overfeed.
Q. Emphasize the protein and ash
constituents of the ration.
3. Keep the SOW growing thriftily,
but do not fatten.
4. Devise schemes to induce exer.
else.
5. Provide warm. dry, well bedded.
well ventilated and sunlit quarters.
6. Avoid constipation by natural
feeding methods. but resort to emer'
gency remedies IL necessary.
Z. XIII on lice with crude oil. and
drive out worms with santonin and
calomel.
s. Practice gentleness at all times,
Hog men cannot afford ~ neglect
any of these cardinal points when the
cost of production is so high.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07

sitions shown, so that a new surface
is presented to the file. The arrows
show the directions In which to file.
A tin disk, with thick piece Of
leather as face, makes a good guard
for the hand. The leather win not
spoil the edge Of the SICKLE should the
file slip, and the tin prevents the
sickle from cutting the hand, II filing
is done with more vigor than care. A
wise is not essential, as the board
holding the sickle can be nailed to any
convenient wood surface.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
PLAN TO SHARPEN A SICKLE
Good Cutting Edge Can Be Secured by
Use Of Ordinary FlIe-vlse Is
Not Essential.

Where a grindstone is not conven.
lent, a good cutting edge can be put
on the ordinary sickle with the aid Of
a file, writes James NJ Kane Of
Doylestown, Pa, in Popular Me-
chanics. The sickle is clamted Sc
curely to a piece of board-old wiring
er clamps will answer the purpose
and shifted around in the various po-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
DRESSING Fowls.

Some markets prefer the head of
The fowl taken of at the throat. Strip
the blood out of the neck. peel back
the skin little. remove portion of
the neck bone. and then. Just before
packing. except in warm weather,
draw the skin over the end and tie and
trim neatly.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
DEVICE FOR TYING UP WOOL
Five Pieces Of one-Ineh Boards, Hinged
Together, Will Be Found
Quite Serviceable.

A device for tying up the fIeeces
after sheep shearing may be made by
taking five pieces Of one-inch boards
IL or IA inches square and Ringing
them together so when folded up they
will make square box. writes F. W.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
Swine Lose Xiuor.

Breeding swine that are kept con-
hned in small houses and eurtailed as
to daily exercise will inevitably decline
in that superb vigor which makes
them better able to resist disease and
transmit constitutional strength to
their progeny.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
Young Hogs Cause Trouble.

The farmer who never shuts his
gates and leaves his fences without
repair win have all manner Of trouble
with the young hogs about the place.
When a pig has learned &c be a rogue
n Is hard to break him Of the habit.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
Make : Path for Cows

II the cows must be let out to drink,
make a path for them through the
snow. 1t viii be money In your pocket
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
Kerosene Coo for Roun.

Ahen does not prefer drinking water
that has film of kerosene over the
surface, but 1t is good for her In
sides II there is any roup in the foek
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07

WaIlowing through snow helly-deep
is not the best way to get the cows to
water. Chills them and stops the milk
making business too long.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
plsears Old Hens

Don't winter old hens II food is
scarce. early Matched pulltts viii give
.nree times the profit that three-year.
I'd hens give,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
Importance Of Good Seed

Good seed is an importan; matter
with the gardener as well as the
farmer.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07

Illustration at Top Shows Powdery
scab, the Usual Appearance When
Taken From Bins In Winter-Lower
Left Hand, Powdery Scab, Warty
stage-Lower Right Hand, Powdery
Scab, Canker Stage.
seed decay and so-called imperfect
termination.
After the sound, healthy tubers
have been disinfected great care should
be taken not to contaminate them by
allowing them to come in contact with
sacks. barrels or planters. etc, which
may carry the germs of the disease.
Special attention should also be given
to storage houses After all dirt. po-
tato culls and rubbish have been re-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
Prevent Contagious Diseases.

Keep your runs clean and disinfect
them. as this win keep down any con.
tagious diseases that may appear ir
your flock later on in the season.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-05-07
Best hy siftino.

We get the best by Sitting. Put
your aws through the process.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-04

of wreckage. The close fight during
the last half century between guns
and armor has been decided, probably
conclusively, by the recent results in
favor of the gun.
"This Is not the proper time to fur
that this result is due to the 42-centi-
meter mortar whose bore is twice as
large as that of the largest caliber
gun of the land artillery. This step
is most interesting and shows great
courage. In the line of naval artillery
the Krupp firm first constructed "a
centimeter guns, then 90, 30.5, 1886.
1871, and finally 40.46 centimeter guns,
that is six different groups, and has
not even reached the 42-centimeter
caliber. The gifted engineers of the
Krupp works, who worked out the
plans of the world wonder and then
actually constructed it, are entitled to
the thanks of the fatherland.
Without these guns, streams of
blood would have had to fiow-as in
the case of Port Arthur-before the
doors of the two forts would have
been opened. What valuable time
the most essential thing in such an en-
ergetically conducted war-has been
saved and how many other fortresses
will have to surrender after the first
greeting from this giant gum"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-04

have purloined it. He couldn't tell
for the life of him how he had lost It,
The girl found cloves and cardamon
seeds scattered about the top of his
dresser. He accounted for these by
remarking that the street gamins hac
made him the victim of their putty
blowers. His clothes were muddy
his hat denied. His sisters believed
in him implicitly when he told, reluc-
family, that he had slipped in at
tempting to escort an organ-grinder
from one pavement to the other. AS
for the coupons of the French ball
found in his pocket as he drew out
his handkerchief, he was puzzled to
know how they got there unless 1t
was the jolly chap who sat next to
him In the crowded street car must
have tucked them in his yawning
pocket to get rid of them.
Such brother can go a long ways
before he is found out. 1t is usually
some cast-off sweetheart who opens
the family's eyes, just to get even
with him; pulls the little tin god down
from his pedestal to get even with
him, as it were. Many a fellow has
rooted out his bad habits just tc be-
come the honorable brother HIS dear
sisters thought him.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-04
Served His Country Well.

Alfred Sully, soldier, was a distin-
guished son of distinguished sire,
born at Philadelphia, January 2, 1921.
His father was Thomas Sully, the ia
nous portrait painter, a pupil of Benja-
min West, painter of many of the
great men of his day and ranking sec
ond only to Gilbert Stuart. The son,
however, had ambition for the life
military, was graduated from West
Point in 1871 and was Immediately ap-
pointed a second lieutenant in the
Second infantry. He campaigned
against the Seminoles in Florida, was
In the Mexican war, and for conspicu-
Gus services at the siege of Vera Cruz
was promoted to first lieutenant and
captain. At the outbreak of the Civil
war he was appointed colonel of the
First Minnesota volunteers, was lit
tie later given command of brigade
distinguished himself at Fair Oaks and
Malvern Hill, was promoted to briga
der general of volunteers and led his
command with conspicuous gallantry
at South Charlottesville. After the
war he was engaged in Indian cam
paigns in which there was savage
fighting. He was brevetted brigadier
general in the regular army and
major general of volunteers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-04
SEEMED A PROPER QUESTION
Surely Little Question as to the Social
Status of Mr.. Samuel
Brown.

Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas
is an ardent advocate of river i'm
provements. AprOpos of the river
steamers, before the advent of the
railroads, he tells the following anec-
dote:
In "befo' de war" times it was Gus
tomary, among the dusky bellies, to
regard the stoker on steamer as one
of high social status At negro ball
one night, on the Mississippi river
bank, certain Sam Brown was in
troduced to a dusky belle. Facing her
former partner, she turned up her
nose and remarked:
What fur does yer introduce me
ter such low-down trash as Sam
Brown"
Sam Brown low-down trash!" ex-
claimed the man, rolling the whites of
his eyes in surprise. Why, 'ooman, yer
don't know what yer is talking about!
Why, Sam Brown is the biggest man
in Mississippi-he fires de middle fur
mace on de River Queen all by his
self"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-04
TELLS OF ANCIENT AMERICA
DR.. Herbert Spinden, Back From W.
catan, Describes Ruins of
Great Cities.

From Yucatan and the jungles of
Central America DR.. Herbert ]. Spin
den of the Museum of Natural His
tory, has returned with archaeological
and chronological collections and
drawings and studies of the art of the
Maya country of great value to the
museum.
teen hundred miles through the jun
giles and spent six months exploring.
At Belize Doctor Spinden was
joined by S. G. Morley of the Carne-
gle institution, Washington, and the
two travelled to Flores, on a pictur
esque island in Lake Peten, where
Decor Spinden made his headquar-
tiers for an expedition to the ancient
cities Of the Maya Indians. The por-
ulation today is 5000, but about A. D.
600 the region had about 100000 peo-
pie The country is now virgin forest
AN interesting question has been
raised, says Doctor Spinden, las to
whether the decrease of population
has been caused by climatic changes.
There are seven cities of the first
class in this region, the greatest and
most famous being Tikal. 1t is in the
heart of the jungle. and the ruins ex-
tend over square league. Among the
features are enormous terraces and
pyramids. The cities were laid with
plazas and viaducts. On the sculp-
tured monuments are deliberately cos,
TUNED warriors, while other bear
dates of interest TO the student of
Maya history.
THE great temples have enormous
roof structures, and the broad lintels
are made from slabs of very hard
and permanent wood called chicoza
pote. These lintels are carved with
priests and affairs and sacrifices, and
although placed in position about
A. D. 500, many are still in gerfeci
preservation"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-04
BIG EATERS HAVE BAD
KIDNEYS AND BACKACHE
Take a Glass of Salts at Once If Your
Back Is Hurting or Kidneys and
Bladder Trouble You.

The American men and women must
guard constantly against Kidney trou-
BILE. because we eat too much and al
our food is rich Our blood is filled
with uric acid which the kidneys
strive to filter out, they weaken from
overwork, become sluggish; the elimi-
native tissues clog and the result is
kidney trouble, bladder weakness and
a general decline in health.
When your kidneys feel like humps
of lead: your back hurts or the urine
is cloudy, full of sediment or you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night; if you suffer
with sick headache or dizzy, nervous
spells, acid stomach, or you have rheu-
matism when the weather is bad, get
from your pharmacist about four
ounces of Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your kid
neys will then act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid OF grapes
and lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations to
flush and stimulate clogged kidneys;
to neutralize the acids in the urine so
1t no longer is source of irritation,
thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure, makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater beverage, and belongs in
every home, because nobody can. make
q mistake by having a good kidney
flushing any time.-Adv
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-04
WORLD WONDER GUN
General Won Rohne Writes of A.
Centimeter HoWitzer.
Remarkable Weapon Is Big Surprise
of the War-DeadIy Effects of
krupp Firms Latest Crea-
ton Described.

Washington.-In the Field Artillery
the field artillery arm of the United
States army, appears under the cap
tion Concerning the Fall OF the Bel
gian Forts" the first authentic refer
elce to the great German 42-centi-
nleter guns, which, as the Field Artil-
lery Journal points out, constitute
the great ordnance surprise of the
present war"
The article is of unusual interest to
ordnance officers and experts through
out the world because of the high
standing of it's author, who is Lieuten-
ant General Won Rohne, for years adj
mittedly one of Germany's greatest
ordnance authorities.
During the Franco-Prussian war,
1901" General Won Rohne says, "the
German foot artillery was in action
against 16 French forts. Among these
were only three which, according to
the standards of that time, could be
designated as modern forts. These
were Metz, which held out ten weeks;
Paris offering resistance for four
months and surrendering through
starving out, and Belfort, which with
stood for three months and fell only
after a regular siege. All other forts,
even Strassburg, were not up to date;
they lacked the protective outer belt
of fortresses, so that the main attack
could Immediately be directed against
the city walls. Nevertheless, Strass-
burg fell only seven weeks after the
first appearance of the German
troops.
"How entirely different is the aspect
furnished by the assault upon the Bel.
gian forts! On the sixth day after the
beginning of the mobilization the Ger
man flag was unfurled over five of the
Liege forts and few days later the
entire fortified town was in possession
of our. troops. Namur fell as quickly,
if not more so, although the enemy
had the opportunity of improving the
protection of this fortress over that of
Liege.
Both these fortresses were con-
structed by the foremost strategical
architect of the world, General Brial-
mont, upon entirely modern principles,
and surrounded by a belt of forts
which almost precluded Smelling of
the city unless the forts were taken
| first. All of the forts were protected
by armor and equipped with modern
heavy guns, in spite of which they
succumbed after such a short period
of Smelling that even the artillerymen,
| who are generally believed to over
estimate the efficiency of their guns,
were completely astonished.
From the experience of recent wars,
| particularly the siege Of Port Arthur,
the principle was evolved that mod
ern fortress could be taken only by in
fantry assault, approaching under COW
er and having its way cleared by artil-
lery.
Before Liege a different method
was employed for the first time. In
stead of using large number of small
projectiles, one very powerful projec-
tile was thrown into the fort, which
produced such an immense effect that
one hit was sufficient to destroy all
the guns of the fort at once, and thus
break down its resistance. This is
clearly shown by the published photo
graphs Of the fort turned into pile
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-02-04
"CASCARETS' FOR
LIVER, BOWELS
For sick headache, bad breath.
Sour Stomach and
constipation.
Get a 10.cent box now.

No odds how bad your liver, stomach,
or bowels; how much yotr head
aches, how miserable and uncomfort".
able you are from constipation. indiges-
ton, biliousness and sluggish bowels
you always get the desired results
with Cascarets.
Don't let your stomach, liver and
bowels make you miserable. Take
Cascarets tonight; put an end to tho
headache, biliousness, dizziness, nerv-
BUSINESS, sick, sour, gassy stomach,
backache and all other DISTRESS
cleanse your inside organs OF all the
bile, gases and constipated matter
which is producing the misery.
A 10-cent box means health. happf'
ness and a clear head for months
No more days of gloom and distress
if you will take Cascaret now and
then, All stores sell Cascarets. Don'A
forget the children--their little In
sides need a cleansing, too. Adv.