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The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-06
LICE ON STOCK.

Lice iniure calves, hogs, hor- ses and cattle. One or two ap- plicati0nS of Ross Dead Quick" Spray will positively rid stock of lice. 1t kills the nits and eggs of lice and insects. Once tried, you will never be without it.
 Sold in Prescott by Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-06
APPOINTED
 TO ARRANGE PROGRAM

Little Rock, March GA committee of Messrs. Josephs chair man, Condray, Griffin, RoreX Rogers of Desha, Bishop and Alexander, has been appointed by the Speaker to ar range a program for the closing ex- ercises of the House of Representa- tives next Thursday forenoon.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-06
APPROPRIATIONS EXCEED
 1913 BY OVER S2OO, ,0OO

Little Rock, March 6.-With four full working days of the session left the General Assembly has not serious y considered any measure which will increase the revenue of the State, while It has increased appropriations all along the line over those of two years ago. The general appropriation OH exceeds that of 1913 by over $200,- Ooo' Pressure will now be brought on Goy' Hays to have him veto a DOT uon Of them, as well as to have him sign them.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-06

Get The Country Gentleman from Jack Johnson. IT,, Thursday. It is one of the best publications printed cents per copy. Advt.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-06

D. L. billiard is selling feed cheap for Farmers Union Warehouse.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-06

The price of The Nevada News is only one dollar per year.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
USING SORGHUM FOR SILAeE
Crop Should Be Cut When Seeds Are
In Hard Dough staae-cowpeas
Also Meet With Favor.

(By JOHN NJ. SCOTT, Vice E.rector Of
University Of Florida Experiment sta
toni
Sorghums for silage should be cut
when the seeds are in the hard dough
stage or even when they are mature.
There has been some objection TO the
sorghums because they are supposed
to make sour silage. II Is likely that
this trouble will not be encountered II
they are allowed to mature sufficiently.
siIage made from cowpeas and
.sorghums is exceptionally good. The
protein OF cowpeas viii counteract the
excess carbohydrates in the sorghum
and thus narrow the ration. Cut tho
cowpeas when the pods have formed
and before they have filled. Make tho
ratio half and half or two or three OF
sorghum to one OF cowpeas. Beggar.
weed win also make an excellent mix.
ture with sorghum.
Japanese cane makes good silage.
but II is better when mixed Nth some
material TO give II bulk and 10 coun.
teract the excess OF carbohydrates. u
is usually cut some time In November
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
SUPPLY CALVES WITH GRAIN
Young Animals May Be Started on
Mixture Of Two Parts shelled
Corn and One Part Oats.

by II. o. ALLISON, University OF Mis-.
souri,. College OF Agriculture.)
A creep should be provided In the
pasture so that calves may have 40
cess 10 grain without being disturbed
by cows, as II 10 very important 10
start beef calves on grain before they
are weaned. They may be kept in q
separate lot into which the cows are
turned twice day, II this method IL
preferred. In this case there win. of
course. be no need for creeps or any.
thing else to keep cows from the grain
which may be fed at such times that
the cows win not disturb the calves.
The calves may be started on q mix
ture OF two parts of shelled corn to
one part OF oats by weight. The oats
may be gradually reduced until none
is being fed at the end OF eight weeks.
but while this is being done q littlo
old process linseed oil meal or cotton.
seed meal should be added and the
quantity gradually increased until II
makes up about a seventh OF the
weight OF the ration. On full feed
calves should eat about two pounds OF
grain for every hundred pounds live
weight in addition to good roughage.
Well-bred calves handled in this way
should be In prime condition at the
end of about ten or twelve months.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
MONEY IN SORTING POTATOES


There lie money to be made by the
sorting Of potatoes. Consumers. large
and small. do not like mixed lots. They
want them uniform In size and quality.
Consequently potatoes are usually
sorted before being put on the market
and the price which is paid the potato
grower Is the price OF sorted potatoes.
less the cost Of sorting. Therefore. the
potato grower who ships unsorted po-
tAtoes really has to pay the charge OF
sorting.
The shipper Of unsorted potatoes.
also, has to pay another charge. and
that is the freight on the culls which
are later taken out Of his shipment.
The shipper OF unsorted potatoes,
therefore, Is simply wasting money.
It pays to sort because II gives one
the top market prices aud because It
saves freight on cuIls, and, II might
be added, because the culls could be
kept on the farm and made use OF In
rstions for live stock
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
MAKING MONEY WITH BUTTER
Some Important Points Which Are
Often Nesieeted-lt Takes Time
to Work churn Properly.

Everybody can make butter that
brings money, but everybody does not,
simply because all do not live up to
few plain yet very important points.
Here are some Of them:
Getting the cream is fun compared
to ripening 1t right. To ripen prop
erly, cream ought to be cooled after II
comes from the milk TIL about the
time 1t Is to be chnfned. and then
ripened fast Bring 1t to SIS degrees,
keep 1t there till 1t has a sharp acid
flavor, then hustle It into the churn.
Often you think the quicker you can
do the churning the better 1t is. You
do not like to churn. anyhow. But
there is such thing as being in toe
big hurry. It takes time to churh
right. So just mosey along; keep the
churn jogging, but give the cream q
chance to tumble from end to end
with every revolution. It is the con
cussion that knocks the butter out Of
lH0 CACduA.
To do the best work with the churn
do not have too much cream in at q
time. A churn that is too full does
not get all the butter out of the cream
SO you lose, and lose heavily. Nc
churn ought to be more than hall
full-less would be better.
And then keep your hands of but
ter you hope will bring the gold
Handle 1t with the ladle.
Wash good and clean-then your
butter will keep longer.
Pack in jars that are spick and
span, and there is no reason why you
should not bring home good bit Of
money every time you take butter tc
town.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26

markets as unfinished, and finishing
them for the market, seems to be the
most desirable branch of the business
for the eastern farmers. AS the sheep
business expands in the ranch country,
30 must the feeding business expand
among farmers in the states farther
east.
This business has survived through
It's profits from the beginning, and 10
increasing every year.
The most successful feeders make
q practice of buying good lambs early
in the fall, in order that they may
utilize their homegrown forage also
so that they may get the lambs start
ed to, gain before the period OF full
feeding begins.
When good feeders are purchased
early, it is possible to secure gain
of from eight to twelve pounds per
head during the fall, at a very low
cost, and this is not the only point to
be considered; they are In much better
condition to put on full rations, and
will make more rapid gains than
those purchased late In the fall and
put on full feed at once.
During the full-feeding period they
will thrive better IL kept In lunches
OF 40 or so; and In order to do this
the shed should be subdivided, with
their food racks instead Of board par
titions. thus making saving Of room
and also of expense. and for practical
utility 1t Is better than board parti-
tons.
The yards and sleeping quarters
must be kept dry and clean, as impure
air and dampness are two things that
q sheep cannot stand and make good
gains. The feeding troughs for grain
should be fastened to the feed racks.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
FEED OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Ration Given Breeders Has Much TO
Do With Future Strength and
vlror Of Resulting Chicks.

The ration fed the breeders is Of
very great importance, as 1t has a
great deal to do with the future
strength OF the pen.
The breeders should preferably be
isolated from the rest of the flock by
placing them In a yard and clean pen
to themselves. When this 10 done you
should feed them everything they get
to eat. Some may think this is dis
advantage, but you can then know to
a certainty Just what the fowls are
getting to eat and this is a very impor-
tant item during the breeding season.
Feed plenty Of good, wholesome
food.
Give them as great a variety of food,
grains and vegetables as 1t is possible
for you to provide. This is one Of the
secrets of strong chicks. A variety OF
food forms q balanced ration and such
a ration means strong germs.
Plenty of green food is essential, as
well as SUFFICIENT meat food. for they
supply elements of food that cannot
be found in any other ration and
which are necessary to the proper
structure of the egg. But care should
be taken not to overfsed on these ele-
ments as such an occurrence will do
more damage than one might suppose.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
METHODS OF WISE DalRynAN
Two Per Cent Solution Of creolln 10
Good, Cheap Dlsinfeetant--Avold
Common Ailments.

prepared by the Dairy Division Of clem-
son CollegeD
Don't run your dairy by guesswork
Test every COW you have.
On account Of the succulence and
palatabilIty OF silage. little more can
be fed than will take the place OF hay.
A two per cent solution o. creolln Is
a good. cheap disinfectant to use in
dairy work. II should always be used
after milking. however. and not DO.
fore.
When d bull is Stalled he should
have q plentiful supply Of heterogeneous
roughage. such as good. clean clover
or peavine hay.
The common ailments OF cattle can
for the most part be prevented By
good feeding. housing and treatment,
and reasonable precaution against con
tagious diseaie.
Sore or chapped teats are duo tc
exposure or cold. wet weather ard
rough handling. Treat with lard or
vaseline.
DO not lss COWS drink from .stagnant
streams. Even BY wading in such
streams they can become infected with
sar.ous harmful bacteria.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
BEST GRASSES FOR PASTURE
Bermuda May Be Combined With
White Glover and Lespedeza-Red
Top Does Fairly Well.

(By w. r. DODsON, Louisiana Expert
ment Statlon.l
The best permanent grazing grass
that we can get Is Bermuda. Der
muda may be combined with white
clover and lespedeza, so as to make Of
near a permanent pasture as you viii
be able to secure. There is no grass
that you can plant that will perpetu
ate itself on the soil without atten
ton under severe grazing, and at the
same time be readily destroyed when
you want to cultivate the land.
think you can handle Bermuda grass
with moderate satisfaction. in spite
of the bad reputation that Il has for
the cotton fields and other fields
where clean cultivation is desired.
Red top does fairly well II planted
in the fall, and will thrive best In soils
that are decidedly wet, but It win give
you neither the grazing nor the hay
that Bermuda grass viii.
Orchard grass is only moderately
satisfactory. IL planted in the fall II
makes very good winter and spring
growth. but languishes in the sum
mer, and much of It dies out during
August. think II is nothing like az
desirable as Bermuda grass.
There are some cultivated grasses
that do well during the period Of
growth, but they mature the seed and
die out in the early summer: these
include fescue grass. Italian rye
grass and others Of this class. They
could be planted In the fall and would
furnish grazing during the winter. and
II not pastured too closely win re
seed the land In May. Then you will
have to have some other grass to pro
vide summer growth.
Carpet grass Is one OF the native
grasses that makes good pasture. but
II doesn't combine well with anything
else: II soon crowds out anything else
that is put with Il. II is fairly easy to
get rid of under cultivation. Practi'
cally all OF the other cultivated
grasses become short-period crops
here.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
SEGREGATE ALL AILING HOGS
Several Diseases Frequently Mistaken
for cholera--keep isolated Until
Trouble ls Defined.

Just as soon as 1t is noticed that
hog IL sick. II should be separated
from the herd and kept isolated un.
til the exact nature OF the trouble
can be determined.
Diseases which are most frequently
mistaken for hog cholera are intes-
tinal worms, various digestive dis
turbances. lung worms, Inflammation
OF the bowels and necrobacillosis. The
last named disease is caused by the
same germ that Is responsible for
sore mouth and buli-nose Of pigs.
Most OF the confusion Of the two dis
eases arises from the fact that In
some cases pigs affected with NEGRO
bacillosis win show the speckled APP
pearance Of the kidneys. which has
been looked upon as so Characteristic
Of hog cholera.
Hog cholera serum is of no value
IN combating any disease except hog
cholera.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
PROFITABLE USE OF MANURE
Result Of Test Carried on at Missouri
Experiment Station Covering
Period Of rs Years.

CBy c. A. LIE CLAIR. University of Mis-.
souri,. College Of Agricultnre)
A larger net return per ton Of ma.
nure was secured from applications to
timothy meadow land than to corn.
oats or wheat in rotation in 25.year
test at the Missouri Experiment sta.
tion. In experiments conducted on
fields In nearly every section of the
state the use Of from six to eight tons
Of barnyard manure per acre once dur.
ing each four-year rotation gave an
nual returns OF from $3.50 to $40
each year for each ton applied.
Even heavier applications than the
supply on the average farm would per.
NIT have proved financially profitable.
From q field which received seven
tons per acre each year, 3.4 tons Of
timothy hay were cut July 1, 1915, and
second crop of 2.8 tons on Septem.
Der is Of the same year or total OF
6.2 tons per acre as compared with
1.S tons on an adjoining field similarly
cropped but unfertilized. On both
fields the cropping had continued a
quarter of q century without change
of conditions.
The abundant rainfall this year
made possible yields that would not
be obtained during years when lack
Of moisture limited the use the land
could make of such abundant plant
food, but these tests show that even
in ordinary years the manure can wall
be applied to the timothy meadow as
well as to the corn as has generally
been believed.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
WINTER COMFORT FOR soWs
Cot. Well Supplied With Straw. VIII
Contribute to Her WelI-Reins-
Make Her Exercise.

The brood sow should have COM
Portable shelter for winter, says Bull
letin No. Z, extension division, Univer-
sity farm, st. Paul. Good shelter,
preferably In cot well supplied with
straw. win contribute to her we'll
being. and in that lies strength for her
offspring.
The shelter should be placed a con-
siderable distance from her feeding
place, in order that she may be COM
PEELED to take exercise. Her feed
should consist OF bulky foods such as
milk. roots and clover hay. and enough
grain to keep her in good condition
without causing her to put on fat.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
SAFETY FIRST WITH BULLS
DehornInu Does Not Take All Mean.
ness out Of Animal, but Il Limits
His Powers Of Wiekedness.

Take OF his hornsI That IL the first
plank in the safety-hrst platform as
applied to bulls. DehorninE does not
take all the meanness out OF one OF
the critters. but 1t certainly limits his
powers OF wickedness and his ability
to do great bodily harm to other
cattle or TO his owner. With dehorn.
ing as easily done as II is today there
is not a shadow Of an excuse for per.
hitting the bull to so on carrying his
natural weapons Of offense and de-
Tense.
The second plank In the platform is
to keep the bull Gagged up where his
powers of mischief making will be dis
tinctly limited. Permitting him to run
In the open pasture is to court trouble.
A big percentage Of the attacks made
upon human beings by bulls occur out
in the open lot or in a big pasture,
where, when the victim is once down,
he has little chance to escape, unless
he is fortunate enough to be In imme-
date reach Of help. Leaving an ami
NAL with such capabilities for trouble
out in the open in this way should
come under the head Of criminal care
lessness.
A good many OF these animals are
made more naturally vicious by the
teasing and annoyance they are sub
jected to at the hands of mischievous
boys and unthinking farm hands.
There is no surer way to spoil an ami
malls temper and to make Of him a
regular terror than to start the prac-
tice of wrestling with him and teas
ing him when a calf. Many young
bulls bred on the farm are spoiled In
Just this way.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26

on every side; otherwise they might
break in manner somewhat similar
to that in which the wooden post
bends when the reinforcement is not
on the proper side of the post. In the
effort to be safe II is a common fault
to insert more reinforcement than ls
absolutely necessary. This adds need
lessly to the cost of the post, for con-
crete posts become stronger as they
grow older
Metallic reinforcing materials are
divided into two classes, smooth and
corrugated. The general result of the
many tests carried on In testing
laboratories seem to indicate that In
strength of bond, II the concrete Is
sufficiently rich and well mixed.
smooth surfaces give satisfactory re-
suits. Two kinds of reinforcement
are much used-bars and wire.
Round bars three-sixteenths or one
fourth Of an inch in diameter. are the
size and kind most used in posts.
The development of the wire fence
has produced material we'll suited
for reinforcing purposes. Single No.
8 or two No. ~ wires twisted are
sufficiently strong for reinforcement
Of ordinary line posts. Straight wire
can be obtained from dealers In the
same manner as baling wire-either
single or twisted into two or three
ply cables and Of the length desired,
The plain, ungalvanized wire is the
proper kind: galvaniEing adds nothing
to the strength and the metal will not
rust when incased in the concrete.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
PLACE FOR Noxious PLANTS
Sweet Glover, Once pesplsed Weed,
Now Valuable Forage crop-Thls-
tie Makes Good slIane.

The weeds Of yesterday may be
come the cultivated crops of tomor'
row. Not many decades ago. al
least in the memory OF some persons
now living, the tomato was a weed
OF little value. and generally believed
to be poisonous. Not more than five
years ago. sweet clover which grows
30 profusely along the roadside In
many states was . despised weed.
Now It Is q valuable forage crop and
con improver. the demand for the
seed being greater than the supply.
Western farmers are finding that
even the much detested Russian this.
de makes good silage for stock feed
fng. Every plant that grows has 3
useful place in the economy Of nature.
That some plants are weeds Is be-
cause we have not yet learned how
70 utilize them TO our advantage.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
ALFALFA AN ACCIDENT
How Crop Was Established on
Hooking County (0hio) Farm.
Farmer Purchased Seed for Mammoth
Clover. Which 10 sown In Wheat
Novel Implement for Work
Ing Between Rows Of Corn.
(py w. A. LLoYDl


On q certain farm IA Hooking coun-
~, Ohio, alfalfa was introduced by
accident about twenty years ago.
Seed was purchased for mammoth
clover. which was sown on wheat in
April. About one-half of the seed
proved to be alfalfa, which came up
nicely in the wheat and was thought
at the time to be sweet clover. The
plants came on well after the wheat
was harvested, and upon investigation
were found to be alfalfa. This led to
the establishment Of the five to six
year rotation; corn, wheat, followed
by alfalfa for three or four years. Dur
ing all of these years this method
Of seeding has been uniformly sue
cessful.
Last year O small field was seeded
to alfalfa in standing corn with good
results, and this year about 20 acres
have been seeded in the same way.
The seed is sown after the last cultiva-
tion, and covered with a small plank
drag. This is rather novel, home.
made implement, 81 inches wide and
20 inches long, that works between the
rows of corn. This dragging covers
the alfalfa nicely and leaves the
ground in a fine, level condition.
Should this method prove uniformly
successful 1t will take the place of
the present practice of seeding in the
wheat. Both of the above methods
are being successfully followed by
alfalfa growers in Ohio.
The method of harvesting the alfalfa
is also somewhat different from that
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26

Concrete and steel render valuable
assistance to each other in the sup.
port of heavy burdens. On a solid
foundation, loaded from above and
thus under direct pressure, concrete
column will Withstand the strain OF
an enormous load. A much smaller
load so placed as to cause stretching
or bending toward one side OF the
same column may cause II to snap
of, for concrete is strong, but brittle.
On the other hand, steel is tough and
elastic. In the form OF rods or wire.
steel withstands massive loads that
tend to stretch It. and thus displays
kind of strength directly opposite
to that OF the plain concrete column.
In modern construction these two
valuable properties of concrete and
steel are utilized by combining them
in what is called reinforced concrete.
With steel properly buried in the
concrete, the column withstands not
only the load which might otherwise
snap It, but one many times larger
and even though II is applied at any
place along its length.
Reinforcement, then, is steel in the
form Of bars. rods or wires, buried
in concrete to take up and withstand
ths strains which tend to stretch or to
bend the concrete. A concrete fence
post is merely small concrete col.
umn. Reinforced, 1t easily stands the
strain from usage in fence line.
Since the load which causes bending
or stretching may come from any di.
rection, concrete posts are reinforced
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26

Now is the tir@t for completing
preparations in the poultry yard for
the coming winter season. II sounds
Ike unnecessary repetition. bat. are
the poultry houses all in shape for
winter. roofs made leak-proof. side and
rear walls tight. to prevent drafts.
floors we'll covered with dry earth. and
roosts and nests in good shapef
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
Control hou chnIara.

Or. R. A. Craig. professor OF veter.
hary science in Purdue university. and
Q noted authority on hog cholera, said /:
1T Is useless to hope to control hog
cholera BY the use OF serum alone.
Only through the rigid enforcement Of
sanitary measures coupled with the
right use Of vaccination, can we hope
to control hog cholera"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-26
KEEP ACCOUNT OF CHICKENS
Farmers, as q Rule, Have No Idea
How Their Poultry Psys-keep
Track Of Eggs and Fowls.

The majority Of farmers have little
idea how their poultry pays. Little
or no account is kept and II kept It
is in hit-and-miss manner. more
often missed than counted. Try keep
ing an account not only of every egg
and chicken sold. but every egg and
chicken used in your own kitchen.
II you had to pay for the eggs and
the chickens consumed you would
soon wonder at the expense and order
curtaiIing Of an egg and chicken
diet Keep q yearly account. and
well, 1t win not seem that you are
wasting feed at all on those chickens