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Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-12-31
HUMAN NArU E"

Human Nature Pub. Co., Norfolk, Va d..
Prayer is effective only when il
has your assistance.
A belief in the hereafter robs
death Of some OF it's terrors; j,
does not seem so final.
A woman with young children
can never have a vacation.
A vacation taken at proper time
is never an expense but an invest
ment.
A vacation is to go away and
do as you please. There must be
no "ifs.'
A mans virtue can never be
taken from him; it is the only
thing that he gives himself.
II you follow all the wise OLD
'ss, you all Gu much f a fgu
i.fe
Men rldicule the women; wome
lbnse the men. but each one
only half a human without the
other.
A woman's reason is because.
lei pledge, perhaps; her answer
II, when. how. where; these art
the mems problems.
Because is a woma ms reason;
that is because a mai never un
understands the meaning of d
woman's because, and the woman
Knows 1t.
A woman who loves as a wo.
man is perfect woman; a man
who loves as woman, is a slave
% love. never a master.
Too many men take as their
Jude, wine TO day and soda water
to morrow. There is more sham
pain in wine than most of men are
willing to believe.
So Uncle John. you think men
re elected to be saved. "Well,"
70. auswefed neve hearo of
,u. 81 e.. -.-.. ~ g h W t
r.u.sust
'arge buigv eve hrows indicste
The ma O. strong characteI--a
strong. active, deter mined BRAIN.
Thin. weak brows @enote the de-
ic4te body--though this may be
accompanied by brilliant mind.
Small, neat ears. lying close to
the head, denote adelicate. refined
nature. Large. wide eais project
ing some way from the head, in,
dicate the pugnacious, aggressive
type
Man in way resembles an ap-
pie in that he is never a complete
man except as whole apple, that
is, with his other half the woman.
There is one trouble with some
modern Eave's. They wish to eat
all the apples.
No man should marry a woman
that be does not love, nor should
he feel he must marry a woman
because he loves her.
The average unmarried woman
poses in the attitude of expectan.
cy She can use her arts to en-.
rap man, but she must not set the
trap in his sight.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-12-31

President Crabbe, of the East.
eru Kentucky State Normal
School. at Richmond, and Presi-
dent cherry, of the Western Ken
lucky State Normal School at
Bowling Green, have announced
that they will give credits on the
various courses to those theach.
ers who have taught a moonlight
school during the past year.
This will be a glad surprise to
teachers who have labored SO
faithfully in the moonlight Schools
and will aid them in making a
term and in securing their State
certificates earlier.
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-12-31
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
The Mothers FavOrlte.

II give Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy to my children when
they have colde or coughs, writes
Ars. Verne Shaffer, Vandergrift,
Pa. 1t always helps them and is
superior to any other cough med
icine l qeve used. l advise any
one in need of such a medicine t.
give it trial" For sale ny ali
lruggis'e
Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-12-31
NENTOCK. ) H..
COMMISSIONER
Robert C. Terrell Has Success.
fully Put State Good Road
Laws Into Operation
HEAD OF STATE DEPARTMENT

Called From the Chair of Rural and
Highway Engineering of State Uni
versity by Governor McCreary-
Great Work Accomplished During
the Past Three Years in Blue Grass
State,
Frankfort.-Kentuck Road Com
missioner, Robert C. Terrell, who has
successfully put into operation the
good roads laws of Kentucky and for
the past three years has been the head
of the road department, was born near
Bedford, Trimble county, Kentucky,
N 1884. After finishing the common
school Of that county, he entered the
State University of Kentucky and
graduated from that institution in
1906, receiving the degree of bachelor
CT engineering, and was given the mas
,er's degree in civil engineering in
1908.
Immediately after receiving his de-
gree in 1906, he took charge of the
location of the Duck Fork extension
of the Louisville & Atlanta railway,
now portion of the L, & n. system.
In addition to locating the road, Mr..
Terrell mapped and opened up large
coal field for the Kentucky River Coal
& Coke Co., which was afterwards
leased by the Big Hill Coal Co, of
Pennsylvania. In June, 1907, after
completing the work with the Ken
lucky River Coal 6 Coke Co., Mr.,
Terrell was employed by the Ar
kansas, Louisiana & Gulf Railway at
Hamburg, Arkansas, as assistant en-
gineer on twenty miles of construc-
ton, where he remained until it's COM
pletion in the summer of 1908.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
SEED OATS AND SMUT
FUNGUS Disease Causes Serious
Loss to This Crop.
Trouble 10 Quite Noticeable After
Plants Begin to Head-Annoyanee
May Be Prevented by Use Of
Some Good Solution.
CBy C. B. HUTCHINSON, Missouri Elk
pertinent Station)

CBy c. B. HUTCHINSON, Missouri Ex-
pertinent station.)
Loose smut of oats is a fungous d.
sease Of the oat plant which causes
serious losses TO this crop. This d.
sease Is very noticeable after the
plants begin to head, the flowers of
infected plants being almost complete.
ly replaced by mass Of fine, black,
dusty spores.
Dat smut may be prevented by soak
ing or sprinkling the seed thoroughly
with some solution which will kill the
spores without injuring the seed The
most common solution used is forma-
lin and the treatment is made as fol-
lows:
Mix one pint Of commercial forma-
lin with 40 to so gallons of water In
barrels or other convenient vessels.
immense the oats In this solution, stir
ring we'll so that all will be thoroughly
soaked. Pour of the solution, dump
the oats out and stir occasionally until
dry. Another method employed Is to,
sprinkle the oats with the solution un-
til they are well soaked, and then
heap them up in pile and cover with
blankets or sacks. Leave them in this
pile for five or six hours, or even over
night, and then spread out to dry. Stir
frequently until thoroughly dried, after
which they may be sacked and set
aside until seeding time. Formalin
may be obtained FROM any drug store.
Machines for treating oats and
wheat for smut are on the market. In
these the grain is passed through tank
containing the formalin solution and
then dumped out on the floor to dry.
Such machines are not expensive and
are very satisfactory. Formalin is
poisonous, but in this weak solution It
will not injure the hands and is per-
fectly safe to handle. Since the forma-
lin volatilizes rapidly, oats thus treat
ed that are not needed for seeding
may, after thorough drying and airing,
be safely fed to stock.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
BEST KIND OF BARLEY
Common Six-RoWed Variety Has
Been Found Preferable.
Plant Is Shallow Feeder, Its Roots
Growing Near Surface Of soIl-No
Crop Responds More Quickly
to Good TllIage.
(By R A. sToNE.)

Barley commonly is classified as
six-rowed, four-rowed and two-rowed
There are bearded, beardless and hull
less varieties under these classical
lions and there are also fall and
spring varieties as in wheat. The
term variety is used by seedsmen,
plant breeders and farmers in wider
and less rigid sense than that ap-
piled by the botanist. Races of bar
ley, the type of which has been mate
rally changed by careful selection or
cross breeding for period OF years,
IN common practice are designated as
varieties" Where a superior barley
has been developed from a single seed
and carried through course of sew
eral years breeding by selection or
hybridization and selection and a rec
ord kept OF the same, 1t is known as
pedigree barley.
Experiments with two-rowed barley
through several years breeding work,
clearly prove that the farmer, gener-
ally speaking. can not get the returns
from this crop that can be secured
with the six-rowed variety. 1t is not
as uniform in breeding as the six
rowed barley. The straw is frail and
lodges easily, thereby injuring the
quality of the grain and reducing the
yield.
Barley is a shallow feeder, It's roots
growing near the surface of the soil.
1t does not feed so extensively as oats
or wheat, therefore it requires a well
subdued, mellow, rich soil with fertil-
ity near the surface. No crop responds
more readily to good tillage and the
prudent farmer soon finds that 1t will
amply repay him to put extra cult
walton with disk and fine tooth harrow
upon the land In preparing a good
mellow seed bed. 1t is useless to try
to grow barley upon poor sandy lands
or worn out soils, neither does 1t do
well on ground that has been newly
cleared, or where the land is In poor
filth or not we'll drained.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
ERADICATING CERTAIN WEEDS
Clean Cultivation VIII XIII chIcory,
Dandellon and Plantalns-Pre-
vent Seed Production.
(By r. q. WEATHERsToNE.l

(By r. g. WEATHERSTONE)
Chicory, dandelion, and the plan
tains, when growing in farm lands,
can be easily eradicated by clean cul-
tivation. The first two possess tap
roots and the plantains have shallow
crowns with fibrous roots, so that
none of the weeds spread rapidly
from their underground parts. In q
good farming region. especially where
short rotation is followed, these
weeds are not much in evidence, ex-
cepting where buckthorn plantain is
seeded with clover seed. Care should
be taken that only clover seed free
from the buckthorn Is sown. especially
where a crop of clover seed Is to be
harvested.
The handling of weeds along road
sides and fence rows Is a problem in
itself. All the aforementioned weeds
are inclined to grow in such situa-
tons and their complete eradication
there is rather difficult. Usually II
does not pay to attempt complete
eradication in such situations, since
they do not spread to the adjoining
farm land II II is well farmed. About
all that needs to be attempted in such
places is to prevent seed production.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
ANOTHER LARGE WHEAT CROP
Grain Should Be Stacked to Prevent
Spelling During Wet Weather and
to Save the Straw.

Unless some unforeseen calamity
should occur, the wheat crop this year
will exceed the phenomenal crop Of
last year, and will probably be more
than 700,00O.000 bushels of winter
wheat alone. This means that the
threshing outfits, railroads, elevators,
ETC., will be crowded to the utmost and
a great part Of the grain viii stand In
the fields for weeks. Therefore It
should be stacked.
Stacking will save grain and straw
which might otherwise be spoiled In
wet weather.
Stacking viii put grain through 4
complete sweat which will improve
quality.
Threshing from the stack requires
less help than shock threshing, which
win eQuallze the cost Of stacking.
Stacking furnishes good storage,
with absolutely no cost. which would
prevent Cutting the market at any
one time.
The grain must be removed for early
working OF the soil. Stacking makes 1t
possible to pillow following harvesting.
Early blowing is one Of the greatest
factors In increasing the yield. Disk
ing the land early is the next Css.
thing.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
RACK BETTER THAN TRELLlS
colIapsible Device for Tomato Plants,
Bushes and vlnes-Frult Support
ed on All Sides.

A collapslble rack for tomato plants,
bushes and vines can be made of plas.
tering lath chestnut lath preferred).
Fig. 1 shows complete rack put to-
gether and ready for use. Fig. 2
shows a collapsed half rack ready to
store away.
To make the racks, cut cross-bars
16 inches long Of lath, and nall them
to the uprights with three-penny
nails, using only one nail at each joint
so that the rack will fold. The sec
lions are fastened together, says Farm
and Fireside, with wire rods IA inches
long, the ends of which are bent to fit
into screw-eyes in the rack.
Cultivate the plants thoroughly until
III or Q feet high before placing racks
about them. When they are feet
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
HOW TO PREVENT THE RUNTS
Test Their Eating Capacity Separate
iy and Then Feed Each Bunch
Of Pigs by Themselves.

Some pigs are born runts; some are
not born runts, but for no apparent
reason grow up that way and are out
stripped by the rest of the litter. A
correspondent to an Eastern farm
paper states that this is due TO the
fact that some pigs are much faster
eaters than others. Some pigs eat
and drink very slowly. The slow
eaters are invariably the runts II all
are fed together.
When there Is q marked difference
In the growth Of a bunch Of pigs the
thing to do is to test their eating ca
pacity separately and then feed each
kind By themselves. II this rule we're
followed not only with hogs, but with
other live stock, there would be few
er poorly developed animals.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

Immediately available form. Nitrate
of soda gives splendid results With
these crops.
For lettuce nothing is better than
a soil that has been under heavy ma
nuring for several years. CONNER
cial fertilizers are not widely used by
market gardeners for 1t. Muck land
growers have used heavy applications
of complete fertilizers, but the present
tendency is toward lighter feeding, es.
peclally when 1t follows heavily-fed
paintings of celery or onions.
Celery on muck land ordinarily re-
ceives one ton an acre of a complete
fertilizer analysing about 1910. Some
growers use 5-7-12 formula and appli.
cations may run as high as two tons
an acre when extremely close plant
ing is practiced. Stable manure is un.
excelled for home market gardens.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
CHALcIs FLY HURTS ALFALFA
Insect Ruins Seeds Which II Enters
Dean Of Kansas College Tells OF
Preventive Measures.

For the past seven or eight years
Kansas growers of alfalfa or clover
seed have suffered considerable losses
from the damage of the clover chal-
els fly" says George A. Dean, pro-
lessor Of entomology in the Kansas
state agricultural college. AT the
present time there seems to be no
specific remedy or cure, but the ex-
termination of this pest would be
aided If few simple directions were
consistently followed"
The clover chalcis fly. or as 1t is
better known, the alfalfa chalcis, is
small, four-winged insect about one
tenth of an inch. long. The adult
flies deposit their eggs In the soft,
partly grown seeds. Here the eggs
develop and the larvae feed upon the
inner portion of the seeds. At the
time when the seeds become ripe,
most of the larvae are emerging as
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
FERTILIZER NEEDS OF CROPS
Celery on Muck Lands Ordinarily Re.
eeives One Ton an Aere-StabIe
Manure Is unexeelled.

Dr. L. L. Van Slyke. of the Geneva
station, recommends for early pota-
toes on good soils 500 to 1000 pounds
an acre Of a 1910 combination, and
for the late crop about the same
amount, but with a larger proper
ton of acid phosphate. Truckers
sometimes apply as much as a ton
an acre where large and early yields
are required.
Cabbage, caulifiower and related
crops are commonly treated with
the so-called basic fertilizer, 1910.
For early crops nitrogen and phos-
phorus should be readily avail.
able, and 1900 to 1900 pounds an
acre is not too much unless manure
has been used very freely. Many
growers apply ton an acre. The late
crop may well receive 600 to 1000
pounds of the same formula, but with
smaller proportion of nutrients in
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

adults. Some of the larvae pass win.
ter within the seed pod and emerge
the following spring.
Much can be accomplished against
this pest If some Of the following
methods of prevention are carried
out: Burn the fence rows In early
spring or fall Cultivate the alfalfa
fields in the winter so as to destroy
all alternating larvae. Destroy
screenings from threshed seed. Plant
well cleaned seed that has been fumi.
gated by carbon bisulphide. Cut the
alfalfa and clover along the banks
and fences, because the earliest seed
pods are found to develop on isolated
and vigorous plants and the first gen.
Grafton of flies often natures before
the main crop is ripe.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

By June 9Th, twenty more were up
from the one-inch depth, and nineteen
from the twoinch planting.
At the end of FIVE years the remain
ing seed were dug up. OF the three
inch planting, one-fourth grew; one
sixth of the five-inch seed; one-fourth
of the seyen-inch, and nearly one-half
of the ten-inch seed terminated.
From this II Is plain that the best
way to get rid of mustard seed is
to get them within an inch or two
of the surface. SO that they win germ
mate. and then kill the plants while
small.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
DON'T TOLERATE RED MITES
Dark, Dirty and Damp Houses Are
Especially Adapted fer the Breed
Ing Of These Inseets.
By R. 9. wEATHERsToNE)

By r. @. wEATHERsToNE)
l have known cases where sitting
hens died while sitting upon the nest,
traceable to no other cause than red
mites. assisted in their propagation by
flth. which had been allowed TO &C
cumulatt in the nesting boxes and the
floor Of the henhouses. Dark. dirty
and damp houses are especially adapt
ed for the breeding Of these insects
and offer favorable conditions for
their rapid multiplication.
BY paying = visit to the henhouse
at night and being equipped with q
good Eight, these pests may be de-
tected. II any are found, get busy.
clean out every part Of the house,
overhaul the nesting boxes, burn up
the nesting material. take down the
roosts and paint them with lice paint
or. wash them OF with ] strong solus
don Of Gissnfectant
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
coIlapslble Rack.

high and have four or five good fruit
clusters, pinch or cut of superfiuous
foliage and fresh growing sprouts.
When fruit-clusters get heavy see that
they are supported by the cross bars
Of the rack. This is the advantage Of
the rack; the fruit has support on all
sides and does not break loose from
the plant stem. as It often does when
tied to stakes. When the season Is
over the racks can be stored in a
small space ready for another season.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
TO ERADICATE WILD MUSTARD
Seed VIII Retain terminating Power
After Being Buried In Soil for
Period of Five Years.

Mustard seed can be. buried in the
soil for FIVE years and still retain
good deal of Its terminating power.
This was the result of an experiment
at the North Dakota experiment sta
ton. Equal qualities of mustard seed
were sown at depths of one, two, three,
five, seven and ten inches, October
18th. The following May 9th, $50 of
the one-inch seed were up, 635 of the
two-inch, and 200 Of the three-inch.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
cuitIvator Attachment.

normally pressing the blades together
to permit them to move together while
thinning the row, and wherein mechan-
ism Is provided. under the control Of
the operator. for moving the blades
apart to permit certain Of the plants
to remain in the row. the blades press
ing on opposite sides OF the row when
separated.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
DEVICE FOR THINNING ROWS
Adapted for Attachment to Any Cub
tlvator, Either Walking or Rldng
Operator Works Blades.

In Illustrating and describing cul
tiyator attachment invented by w. r.
Sturgiss of Conway. Ark. Scientific
American says:
This invention Is adapted for attach
ment to any cultivator. either walking
or riding. and wherein thinning
mechanism is provided consisting Of
two blades. and wherein the blades
are so mounted that they may move
toward and from each other, and
wherein mechanism is provided for
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
MAKING SEED ROWS UNIFORM
Garden Rake With Attachment 40
Shown In illustration Herewith
VIII Prove Satisfactory.

A good way to make drills or seed
rows Of uniform width and depth is to
have an attachment for the garden
rake as shown in the sketch. writes
Bert W. Verne Of San Diego. Cal. n
Popular Mechanics. The device con-
sits Of a piece OF tin or sheet metal
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02
Prevent Erosion.

Every farmer and fruit grower
should be on the lookout to prevent
erosion. Some parts of the country
have been entirely ruined by the
action Of water washing away the
soil
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

haveing vshaped projections on one
edge the width OF the rows. The
other edge Of the metal Is inserted
between the teeth on the rake. Thus
II can be easily drawn over the gar
den bed TO mark the rows. After
the seed has been planted reverse tia
TN and use IL a. ; hoe Tor hlling tns
row.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

Conditioner for Stock.
-Alfzlfa keeps stock IN good .condi-
ton.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

Yearly promotions for more than
1900 postal employees in different
parts of the country win be author.
lied by the postoffice department
July !.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

The American steamer Neches was
seized in the North sea and Csdered
to proceed forthwith to London. She
carried q general cargo.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

The steamer Noordam, from Rotter'
dam with 2s4 passengers, was detain-
ed three days at Deal by British war
ships.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

Several Italian cruisers have left
their base at Aaranto for Tenedos
island to join the allies attacking the
Dardapelles.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

Maj. Lumsden Of the Royal army
flying corps was killed while flying
over the Brooklands aviation course.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

! Ambassador Marye, ST. Petersburg.
notified the state department Of the
arrest at Kholm, Russia, OF John
Reed and Boardman Robinson. Amer
leans.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

The German Zeppelin raid on the
British northeast coast on the night Of
June is, destroyed the navy yard ar
senzl at South Shields and caused
enormous losses by fire.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

Herr Muller. convicted German spy.
must die at London. His appeal was
dismissed.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

President Menocal OF Cuba psrdoned
40 conYicts. Seven Of those pardoned
had been convicted Of murder and all
the others Of grave offenses.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

Mrs. H. NJ. Dansle. 20 years old,
died In Colorado Springs, Colo, after
@ Caesarian operation. Twins we're
born and both are likely to live.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

o. w. Franklin, IS years old. Of Bur
lington, Ia, and Mrs. Eva Landau. Is,
of Chicago, were killed when the auto
mobile in which they were riding
struck a peddler's wagon.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

Customs officials declared that the
revenues from customs for the fiscal
year which ends June 80 amount to
more than 100000. 900 and that there
is prospect that the total will be close
to $40, 100000.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-07-02

The United States is not consider
ing the placing OF an embargo at pres
ont on shipments to any belligerent
country. This was an official state
ment.