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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-03-06

AudIiIc 0Wdtus " no Win O6dlLNC idSt
year set a new worlds record for
home runs by making "a, surprising
Ping Bodies old coast mark. has re-
Gently had his right leg amputated af-
ter an accident
Jack Ielivelt, the former New York
outfelder who figured in the trade for
Roger Peckinpaugh has been sold to
Kansas City A. A by the Cleveland
Americans.
Heine Pietz, the old time National
league favorite. who played with Kan
sas City last season, has signed to UNI
pire in the Central circuit.
Umpire Billy Evans says there are
not enough good players to keep up
the standard of two major leagues:
that there is no room for a third cir
cult.
Pig Frank Metz. first baseman of
the indianapolis Athletic association
team last season. is reported 10 be
flirting with the Feds.
Tom Halpin offers no alibis for be-
ing beaten by Meredith in the quarter
mile at the Milrose games But why
offer alibis when the guy that passed
you came within oue-ffth OF a world 5
record?
Wizard Jake Moakley at Cornell is
busy grooming another championship
team. II his captain and Splinter is
able TO compete despite injuries sus-
tanned in an accident last summer
Al Wagner. a brother of the famous
Hans. has been engaged to coach the
basketball and baseball teams of Car
negie Tech.
Dob Doran of Chicago has entered
his power boat in the San Francisco
regatta
Tho Omaha Gun club coutemplates
constructing clubhouse to cost $1o.-
coo.
Wall street is determined TO conceal
the real business crisis of the country.
They do not even mention Tom Shar.
key leaving New York
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-03-06
innortan, TO Mothers
Strange Conclusion

1T is the vote that does the talk
ing"
Yes, especially the silent vote"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-03-06

Love makes the world 60 round, but
revenge tries to square it.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-03-06
SPORTING
WORLD

Charlie Swain, who with Seattle last
year set a new worlds record for
home runs by making "a, surprising
Ping Bodies old coast mark, has re-
Gently had his right leg amputated af-
ter an accident
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-03-06

Wall street is determined to conceal
the real business crisis of the country
They do not even mention Tom Shar.
key leaving New York
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-03-06

The Omaha Gun club contempiates
constructing a clubhouse to cost S1o.-
GOO.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-03-06

Jack Lelivelt. the former New York
Roger Peckinpaugh. has been sold to
Kansas City A. A by the Cleveland
Americans.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-03-06

Dob Doran of Chicago has entered
his power-boat in the San Francisco
regatta
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
RED CLOVER AND
SOIL FERTILITY
(By ]. C. McAmis, Division of Expan

(By J. c. McAmis, Division of Expan-
sion, University of Tennessee.)
There is a corafield in Sewer coun-
ty which contains surprise for most
visitors. 1t Is not the corn itself,
though it promises an excellent yield.
1t is the stand of red clover growing
in the corn-almost ideal, both in
stand and size. 1t is the only field OF
the kind in the community. Why? a
Why has not the sowing of red clo-
yer at the last cultivation become a
common practice throughout the
state? Because 1t has too often
failed Why aid this particular crop
succeed? There are several factors
involved-late cultivation, medium
thin stand of corn, a favorable season.
etc
1t was no mere coincidence that this
clover should be found only in a new
ground. 1t just happened that in the
same field there was some old land
where the clover was practically a
failure. The newer the land the bet.
ter the clover.
How can old lands be made new?
Vegetable matter, phosphate and lime.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
Two BIG APPLga
CROPS REP0RTEO

(By Chas. A. Keffer, Division of Ex-
tension, University of Tennessee)
Last August saw wonderful crop
of apples in a Gibson county orchard,
near Dyer, Tenn. 1t was a little or
chard, of less than two acres. Only
about half the trees fruited that year.
but what load of fruit on those forty
sixteen-year-old Winesap apple trees!
The old fashioned Winesap is one
of the best varieties for Tennessee;
it succeeds from the high places in
the Smoky mountains all the way
across the state. | never saw such a
crop on such young trees anywhere
as these trees bore this year. Mr.. II.
l.. Overall, the owner, estimated the
crop at | 500 bushelS-On forty six
teen-year-old trees!-and | am quite
sure at the time of our visit they gave
promise of at least 1,000 bushels of
first class fruit Cow peas grew al
most waist high in the orchard, and
there was manure spread on the
OuHu' nc tlcCS udu udl ~ IItH w
liage. They had been sprayed three
times. The fruit was remarkably
clean and free from worms. Mr. Over
all told me during the last three years
he has made more money on his two
acres of orchard than on all the rest
of the farm of one hundred acres.
The first week in October | was in
an orchard of ten or twenty acres near
McEwen in Humphrey county. Talk
about the land of big red apples! ]
have never seen such a show; the
trees were breaking under their bgi-
liantly colored load. There must be
some special color constituent in the
sorts of the Highland Rim, and here
is. an orchard producing a perfect
crop of Delicious Champion, Black
Ben, Canfeld, Stayman, Grimes and
Winesap; an orchard of 1900 trees,
fourteen years old. The owner, Mr. W.
l.. Sopher, estimates his crop at G,000
bushels. | have never seen better
colored fruit, and its freedom from
worms and diseases shows the effect
Of spraying and good care.
Everywhere men are saying that We
can not produce good apples in Ten.
nessee; they should visit the Overall
and Sopher orchards.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
FALL RALLIES
AND EXHIBITS
Business Men Interested In the Girls
Canning Club Work-Good
Record Made.

by Margaret A. Ambrose, Division of
Extension, University of Tennessee.)
II the Girls Canning Club work fails
TO arouse the interest of the business
men up to the time of the fall rallies
and exhibits, they seldom fail at that
time. Beautifully packed glass jars OF
practically every product of the coun-
ty, and tomatoes, peaches, beans and
other products, canned in tin, always
prove eye openers to the business peo-
pie who think.
In Tennessee this year, as in former
ones, these business men have indi-
Gated In substantial way their inter-
est in this side of the girls work. They
have been liberal with their prizes.
One merchant at the county seat in
one of the organized counties told the
writer that giving prizes to the girls
was the cheapest kind of advertising
that he could do. The large amount of
trading done in his store the day of
the rally had paid him many times
over.
In Sewer county, the Bank of SEWER
vile had offered prizes for the best
stories of How Made NY Crop" and
How My Crop Was Marketed" and is
going to reproduce 1,4G9 copies and cir
culate them. This bank also gave
prize of $5 to the two leading girls,
and paid 81 piece for the six best
jars of canned. goods, which will be
kept ON exhibit in the bank window.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
SHORT COURSE
IN AGRICULTURE
Seventeenth Annual Course
Will be Held on Farm of
University of Tenn.
SOILS, FERTILIZERS AND CROPS
All or Part of the Work May Be Taken
BY the Student-course Is Free, and
Open to Men and Women, Old and
Young-instruction Given BY Lee
tures, Demonstrations and Practice.

The seventeenth annual short
course in agriculture will be held on
the farm of the University of Tennes-
see, Knoxville, from January to Feb
ruary 26. The first month will be de-
voted to soils, fertilizers and crops,
and live stock; the second month will
be devoted to dalrying and fruit and
truck growing. All or any part of
this work may be taken by the stu
dent. The course is free, and is open
to men and women, old and young.
There is an excellent corps of teach
ers In the College of Agriculture. The
instruction is given by lectures, de-
monstrations and practice. The ex-
perimental plots and the different
classes of live stock on the University
Farm are used to illustrate the points
brought out in the lectures. During
the last week in January, the Annual
Midwinter Fat Stock Show is held at
the University Farm, and the animals
shown are available for use in stock
judging classes.
This is a comparatively dull season
ON the farm, and the time devoted to
the course could not be more profit
ably spent; for the short course means
to the farmer that besides learning les
sons of economy he will ascertain how
he may increase his profits through
improved methods of agriculture.
Every side of farm life is touched upon
I'm the short course.
The railroads will give reduced
rates to the short course. Board and
lodging In private houses costs about
$500 or $3.50 week. The University
makes no charge whatever for the in
struction given, so that the necessary
outlay is exceedingly small for the
benefit to be derived from the short
course
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
KEEP RECORDS
OF PRODUCTION
Test Your Cows--Sell Improbable
ones-Not Worth Keeping.

(By c. A. Hutton, Division of Exten'
sion, University of Tennessee)
In almost every herd of cows there
are some that are not worth keeping
Investigations made by the Dairy Di.
vision, U. S. Department of Agricul.
ture, show that about one-third OF all
the milch cows in the United States
are not worth keeping, about one-third
pay expenses, leaving only one-third OF
them that are kept at profit. In Ten
nessee herd records were kept on
twelve dairy herds, and it was found
that three-fourths of the cows failed to
come up to the standard of 250 pounds
of butter fat per year:
In one herd tested by the writer
were two cows the same age. They
were fresh the same month, received
the same amounts of feed, and stood
side by side in the barn. One COW
made nine pounds of butter in a month
and the other made 40 pounds. One
lost her owner money, while the other
made nice profit.
Few men who keep cows realize the
difference in the individuality of their
cows. Because a man is keeping a
large herd and getting a large milk
check at the end of the month is no
reason for thinking he is making
money. The profit from a few good
cows may be covered by the loss from
the poor ones, and there the dairyman
fails to realize how easily and to what
extent the net profit from the herd
could be increased simply by dispos iag
of few cows.
This is brought out by means of herd
records. 1t is simply to tack milk
record sheet on the wall of the barn,
hang pair of scales on a nail, and
weigh and record the weight of each
cows milk. Sufficiently accurate re-
suits can be obtained for practical pur-
poses by weighing the milk for three
days each month and calculating the
yield for the month from these figures.
Once each month samples of milk
should be tested for butter fat and a
simple feed record should be kept.
This is the only way to really build
up herd of high producing cows. 1t
costs almost nothing. 1t is simply
business principle applied to the dairy
All necessary milk record sheets, herd
record books, and full information will
be given upon application to the Di.
vision of Extension, University of Ten.
nessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
AF TER FOUR YEARS
Johnson City Testimony Remains
Uhshaken.

Time is the best test of truth.
Here is Johnson City story that
has stood the test of time. It lis a
story with point which will come
straight home to many. of us.
Mrs. NJ. C. Mumpower, 314 w. Pop
lar St., johnson City, says: Il often
had dizzy and nervous spells and my
kidneys were out of order, causing
my back to ache. Mornings, | felt all
tired cut. l used different medi-
cines, but nothing benefited me until
| procured Doan's Kidney Pills from
the Whitehouse Drug Co. They
made me strong and WE'LL (State-
ment given December 13, 1900
On March 10, 1915, Mrs. Mumpower
said: Il still have great praise for
Doan's Kidney Pills. The benefit they
gave me has lasted"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Mumpower had. Foster -Milburn
CO., Props, Buffalo. N, Y.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
A STORY OF TWO
FARMER NEIGHBORS
(By C. D. Lowe, Division of Extension,
University Of Tennessee)

University Of Tennessee)
This is a tale of two Tennessee
farmers. They are neighbCrs. We
shall call one of them Mr.. Lee and the
other Mr.. Jackson, because these are
not their names.
They each possess rather large
areas of grazing land, which for many
years they have devoted to the pro-
duction of beef cattle, selling their
stock in the fall as feeders"
About five years ago Mr.. Lee pur-
chased a registered beef bull of good
type. Since that time he has used this
bull and another equally as good on
his herd of grade females.
During the same time Mr.. Jackson
has continued to use grade bulls of
varying individuality on his females.
An observation and study of their
product for the past two years at mar
letting time revealed the following:
Mr.. Lee had each year a carload of
two-year-old feeder steers, that weigh
ed from 800 to 900 pounds, for which
an out of the state buyer was glad to
pay him 7la cents per pound.
Mr. Jackson has also had a carload
for sale each of these years, but they
were three-year-olds and weighed no
more than Mr.. Lees two-year-olds.
For these medium grade and scrub
steers Mr.. Jackson had difficulty in
obtaining anntS nor nnund for the
past two years.
What does this mean? Mr.. Lee was
able to make his steers weigh as much
at two years of age as Mr.. Jackson at
three years old, thus saving a full
years keep. They were also of suffi-
ciently better quality and type to out
sell his neighbors production by 1h
cents per pound.
Moral; Buy better bull.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
THIRD MIDWINTER
FAT STOCK SHOW
VIII Be Held at the University Of Ten.
nessee January oath to 29th.

Plans have been made for the hold
ing of the Third Midwinter Fat Stock
Show at the University Farm, Knox
vile, during the week of January
1929. This show has now passed be-
yond the experimental stage. Last
years show exceeded the expectations
of those who had 1t In charge.
The object of the show is to encour-
ege farmers of Tennessee to show
such fat animals as they may be in
tending to finish and sell ON the win
ter market, or at least to show the
best animals they are fattening dur
Ing the winter. 1t is show that the
average man can compete in. Regis
tered animals are not needed Any
animal that shows one or more cross
es of any pure breed may compete for
premiums. The primary object of the
show Is to create an interest in grade
cattle. sheep and hogs among farmers
Of this state.
The show is q splendid school for
the young feeder who wishes to learn
the best types and the best methods of
finishing cattle for the market and for
show purposes. Practice in fitting
animals is excellent training for the
boys of the farm; and it leads them
toward the farm instead of away from
It, and educates them in the right
kind of farming.
The judges will be disinterested
men who are thoroughly competent to
pass on the animals.
Begin now to ft your animals for
the show, and write to the Animal
Husbandry Department. University OF
Tennessee, Knoxville. at an early date
and let them know what animals YOU
wish to enter
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
LEGAL NOTICE.

w. w. Worley and wife VS.. Jas. s.
Byrd, ct al.
In the Chancery Court at Johnson
City, Tennessee:
In this cause it appearing from
the petition of Ben H. Taylor, next
friend of Jas. H. and Helen C. Wor-
ley, which is sworn to, that Herman,
Ruth and VIM. Berkholtz are non
residents of the State, it is ordered
that publication be made for four
consecutive weeks in The Comet, re-
quiring the said defendants to APP
pear before the Clerk and Master of
said Court, on or before the first
Monday in December next. and make
defense to said petition filed in this
cause against them, otherwise said
petition will be taken for confessed,
and the cause proceeded with ex
parte, as to them.
This November IL, 1915.
]. w. CASS,
Clerk and Master.
BENJAMIN HARRISON TAYLOR,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
NOTES FROM THE COUNTY
DEMONSTRATION AGENTS
Corn Club Boy Won First Prize for
Best Ten Ears Over Competitors.

The hog crop of Shelby county this
year is the heaviest ever known.
In spite of the high price of cotton
this fall much greater acreage of
winter grains and clovers is being
planted than in any previous year in
the cotton counties of West Tennes-
see.
A corn club boy won first prize for
3est ten ears over all competitors at
the Hardeman county fair.
J. P. Matthews, Oakland, Tenn, has
a fine stand of red clover sown in cot
ton at the last cultivation of the
crop.
Over 400 exhibits were displayed at
the annual farmers meeting in Law
renceburg, October 80, including
twelve registered beef animals and
display of potatoes equal to that at
The State Fair.
Atlas Keathley, Lake county farm
er, picked 1900 pounds of cottoM in
the first picking from a field of eight
and one-fourth acres.
Over two thousand people were
present at school and farm rally in
Sparta, October 22d. The school ex-
hibits attracted wide attention and
the boys corn club exhibit was of un-
usual merit.
At the Houston county fair the fine
display of apples was an outstanding
feature. Tennessee Ridge, in Houston
county, is justly famed for its Or
chards.
Three thousand people attended the
first agricultural day ever held in Put.
nam county, October 23d. The exhib-
its were numerous and varied.
At the Weakley County Fair sixty
club boys exhibited corn and the show
was the best ever made in the county.
A. l.. Campbell, Martel, has just
built a Tennessee Wood Hoop silo,
9x23 feet, at cost complete of $29.33.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
THE FALL GARDEt!
(By Chas. A. Keffer, Division OF Ex-
tension, University of Tennessee)

(By Chas A Keffer, Division OF Elk.
tension, University of Tennessee.)
On November 3, 1915, | had for din
ner snap be.1s, !ou4g beets, egg
plant and salad of tomato, green
pepper and endiye, all gathered from
the garden that morning.
1t is the latest date ON which | ever
had such tender things as beans and
egg plant from the garden, thanks to
late season, But there would have
been no beans in the garden in No
vember, nor any young beets nor er
dive, If the seed of things had not
been planted in August
Every Tennessee farm garden has
turnips sown in August; why not snap
beans, radish, beet, carrot, lettuce?
They taste as good in September and
October as they do in May and June.
1t is true one can get a better stand
in the spring, and there is usually bet
ter growing weather in the spring
than in the fall, but even at that one
may take a chance.
A garden that is manured heavily
every year and thoroughly cultivated
throughout the summer, can usually
be depended on for a good crop of
August-sown vegetables, especially If
it is located anywhere in the south
half of Tennessee.
Plow the garden in November.
Piow under a heavy coat of manure.
Use manure on the garden like the
cook uses sugar in making rhubarb
pie extravaganza is what makes it
good. November is a good time to
plant onion bulbs for a supply of green
onions in the spring and kale sown
in November should give good greens
in March or early April. In open win
ters, November-sown spinach will be
ready for use in late March.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02
GET RID OF THOSE POISONS IN
YOUR SYSTEM!

You will find DR.. Kings New Life
Pills most satisfactory laxative in
releasing the poisons from your sys-
tenn. Accumulated waste and poi
sons cause manifold ailments unless
released. Dizziness, spots before the
eyes, blackness and a miserable feel
ing generally are indications that you
need DIR. Kings New Life pills. Take
dose tonight and you will expert
ence grateful relief by morning. 25c.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-12-02

2. Logs down to feet in length are
standard, and nothing under IL inches
is wanted, although some smaller is
accepted.
8. Buyers Of gun stock material pay
more money for the smaller sizes and
also No. grade of logs, while furni-
ture dealers give relatively more for
the large sound clear logs, say from
is inches and up, measured at the
small end, @
4. Wide sap and crooks do not count
as defects for gun stock; also, a mod
crate number of knots are allowed.
6. In selling walnut on the stump be
sure first to obtain a. good estimate
OF the contents and stumpage value:
to ascertain the latter, deduct the cost
Of cutting and hauling from the full
value f. o. b. cars at the nearest rail
road.
6. 1t is usually more profitable to
be your own lumberman and sell your
walnut in the log delivered at the rail
road.
Z. While location has much TO do
with prices, the present value of wal
nut logs, t. o. b. cars at loading points
in Tennessee, averages in round fig
ures from $40 for 12-inch logs to 500
for 24-inch logs, rising at the rate of
IS per each additional inch in diam
eter; clear, sound logs 80 to 36 inches
are worth as much as $3.50 to $140 per
thousand board feet; logs of all sizes,
with notable defect, such as many
knots, decay, or bad check, are lower
ln value, although less SO than with
the lower priced kinds of wood.