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Evening star., 1915-06-27
ROASTING RUSSIA.

From the birmingham Age Herald.
The Russians seem to think II time
to move when a new German army ap-
pears.
From the Buffalo Express
The Russians are certainly playing
in hard luck. Even the assumption of
the supreme command of the German
forces by the Kaiser in person did not
change it, and that never failed before
From the Charleston News and Courier
No general has been licked more
often than the Grand Duke Nicholas
and yet retained the confidence of his
superiors and of his soldiers. The fact
is significant
From the Topeka State Journal.
Austria Is reported to have rushed
her finest troops to the Italian front,
the very ones, no doubt. that Russia
annihilated so often at the beginning
Of the war.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Cautious,

ANY rattlesnakes around here?"
whats your business?" asked the
boy with the big straw hat.
What has that to do with it,"
We'll, the last man who looked
around here for summer board ask
ed me lot o, questions like that, an
when ] told him there wasn't any
rattlesnakes or mosquitoes or any
thing, he said he was naturalist an
he guessed the place wouldn't suit
him"
Evening star., 1915-06-27
PERSUASION VS.. SWAT,

Persuasion is the Bryan way:
All warfare he decries.
7 thought I'd try 1t on a fly.
That sought our custard pies.
..Tbat fiv.'' said, '.rll now persuade
To seek her meals elsewhere;
Her l will beg to lay no esq
rpon my evening fare"
About those custard pies she buzzed
Nor paid heed to me,
she showed no fear. nor seemed to hear
Nv reasonable plea.
To calm. judicial argument
Was she respondent? Not her!
Until in heat quit my seat
And with my swatter got her.
Persuasion is the Bryan way,
All warfare he decrfes.
Rut one good swat. upon the spot,
Beats dickertag with flies.
Detroit Free Press.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Education for
Immigrants.

From the Detroit News
One of the marvels of the war is the
Frequency with which the Russian
army announces a new forwarding ad-
dress.
From the Toronto Mail and Empire.
Russia entered the war as the ham
mer. Her role for some time to come
will be that of anvil
From the Birmingham News
The Russians found Lemberg too hot
to hold after the warm weather set in
From the Philadelphia Record.
Russians have q realizing sense now
of what is meant by blowing great
guns"
From the Waco Te11 Herald
The Russian bear is letting his an
cient enemy. the British lion, look out
for himself.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
The Old Songs.

Old songs are sweetest, though we
smile
At measures of an ancient style
And scorn the homely sentiment
With which the singer was content.
The sweetest OF the olden songs
Stirred not among the busy throngs,
But trembled in the leafy nook
Where ran the lightly murmuring
brook.
The mockingbird sings soft and
clear;
The robins note brings buoyant
cheer
They sang them centuries ago,
The sweetest songs the world may
know.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Diplomatic Philanthropy.

Il have always succeeded in hav-
ing a quiet Fourth of July" said Mr.
Growcher.
How do you manage it?"
II buy frecrackers for all the boys
in the neighborhood and present
them strictly on condition that they
go somewhere else to set them off,
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Washington has established a rep
makes the failure TO call an extra
session look like wasting an oppor-
tunity.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

The success of an airship in bonn
harding a submarine, reported from
Berlin, may deprive the torpedo of
some of its terror. Aerial warfare
has not as yet made the showing cx-
pected Its turn may be at hand.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

The privilege of trading with
America is so valuable that some of
the nations are inclined to go as
far as possible toward making it ex-
elusive.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Eobody seems to be prepared to
r. trade, Mr. Bryan's contention
tH.t peace. as an abstract proposition,
J. most admirable and greatly to be
desired.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Recreation.

A holiday is full of fun.
We play with sportive zest.
The day succeeding is the one
On which we need a rest.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

The position of the Governor Of
New York is such that even Cole
Blease, had he been similarly placed,
might have resisted the temptation
to pardon Becker.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Efforts on the part OF The United
States State Department to lessen
the burdens of prize court proceed
ings should be appreciated by over
worked officials abroad.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Efforts to introduce moving pic
lures as a means of combining pleas
ure with education should result in
the summer vacation seem
all too long.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

In addressing college men Prof.
TAFT reproves "muckerism" in way
that proves his regard for the
square deal" as fundamental prin-
c: e OF human relationship.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Otherwise Engaged.

Otherwise Engaged.
as Bliggins hsherman?"
No"
But he tells some remarkable sto-
ries."
That's the reason he isn't fish
erman. He'd rather think up stories
than FISH"
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Important.

whats a good book to study in
order to learn the right way to play
poker?"
We'll, if l were you. I'd start with
the police regulations"
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Chicago expects to have both the
republican ard the democratic con-
ventions next year. Exciting events
cannot come too fast for Chicago.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Artistic impulse has been SC seri-
ously checked in Europe that about
all that managers can find to import
may be few Swiss yodlers.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

n~In order to avoid DELAYS on account OF
fsrsonsI absence letters to THE STAR snoula
poi h. addressed to any individual connected
WITH the nfice but simply to THE SrAR. or TO
,bs EDITORIAL or Business Department. according
,, .enc
Evening star., 1915-06-27

The fact that there can be any
thing new brought out in the Thaw
case is one of the greatest surprises
it can offer.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Sing Sing is reported to be over
crowded. There is such a thing as
a place too attractive.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

,ussian tacticians insist cn point
70 70 out an important distinction be-
~ cen a re'rea: and stampede.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Mexico is suffering from too much
food for thought and not enough
plain victuals.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

atriotisn now calls on the Eng
Is workIugmen to recognize the i'm
=. taroc and dignity OF labor.
Evening star., 1915-06-27

m. evening star with the sunday mornins
clifton "a delivered by carriers within the Guy
rt IS cents per month; daily only: - nrders
r,sy be sent by mail or telephone Main E44U.
Collection is made By carrier at the ead OF each
month.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Til. Evening Star Newspaper Company.

BUSINESS once, ilth Ct. and Pennsy1vania Avenue
New York ONCE: Tribune Building.
Chicago once: First National Bank BuildinR.
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Daily Sunday included. one month. 90 eens-
Daily Sunday excepted. one month. ~ cents
Saturday Star. 81 year: Sunday star SZ ~ Sear-
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Entered as second class mail matter at the post
once at Washington. ID. @.
Evening star., 1915-06-27
Chestnut Blight
War Has Failed

the chestnut bark
blight disease, the officers of forest
pathology of the Department of Agri-
culture. with the beginning of the new
fiscal year, July J. will give up as hope
less the attempt to rid the country of
this most virulent of all known plant
diseases. This action is a formal ac-
Acknowledgement of what forest patholo-
gists have realized for some time: that
the ultimate disappearance of the ma
tive chestnut as a victim of the blight
is certain.
chestnut trees in portions of the United
States east of the Appalachian mountains
and Is extending westward beyond the
mountains The affected region has
been quarantined against the shipment
of chestnut nursery stock and chestnut
lumber retaining the bark into un-
affected areas, and it has been decided
to continue this quarantine with the
recognition that though the advance of
the disease cannot be stopped, the more
remote uninfected regions can still be
protected for perhaps many years. In
the parts of the country still free from
the disease there are numerous chest
nut orchards whose economic impor-
tance is increasing steadily with the
destruction of chestnut trees in the
east. 1t is probable, the government
experts believe, that the place of the
native chestnut in the disease ridden
areas will be taken largely by species
of Japanese chestnut that is immune to
the rnalady. Specimens Of this immune
chestnut have been brought across the
Pacific, and are being propagated with
u view to future distribution
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Tho future OF CAnada.- says ehl
journal. rs not tho less obscure An
Evening star., 1915-06-27

playing hockey" Is a practice which
educators deplore In its effects on all
children, but in the
Education for cases of Immigrant
children, 1t is COM
Immigrants. ing to be understood.
failure to attend school may make the
greatest difference in the lives of in
dividua1s and even constitute no small
menace TO the nation. Recognizing
this. the federal government is begin
ming to take a hand at helping to in
Evening star., 1915-06-27

We must hereafter live with the peo-
pie Of the south as equals under the gov
Evening star., 1915-06-27
CANADA A KINGDOM ---AFTER:W

A dispatch from Ottawa announces
that Canada will soon have 10000
Evening star., 1915-06-27

After having fought for years a good
fight against tremendous odds in It's
Evening star., 1915-06-27

The constitution of Canada did not
impose Intervention. but Canada In
Evening star., 1915-06-27

For fact. the pessimism Of the Lon
don Journal Is entirely misplaced There
Evening star., 1915-06-27

From Montana to Texas there Is I
he little Joy after July l among tn
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Because OF the growing demand from
engineers. designers and manufactur-
Evening star., 1915-06-27

But among the races which inhabit
the Dominion two dominate; on the
Evening star., 1915-06-27

Under the Presidents proclamation
applications for pardon were being
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
WIDE TIRES ASSIST HAULING
Do Not Cut Deeply and Make Better
Tracks on Roads Which Are Trav-
eled While Soil Is Soft.

(By F. A. WRIT. Kansas Experiment Sta
Wide-tired wagons pull more easily
than narrow tired ones 80 per cent OF
the times when they are used. Pro.
fessor Writ has just completed ex
periments with wide and with narrow.
tired wagons.
Narrow tires pull harder than wide
tires because the narrow tire cuts
deeper into the top soil. The wide
tire does not cut so deep and makes a
better track on roads which are
travelled while the ground is soft. The
wide tire packs the surface into firm
roadbed.
The tests show that In corn fields,
plowed fields, field lanes and on pas
ture and alfalfa land, the draft on the
wide tire is considerably less no mat
ter what the condition of the soil.
In places where the mud is deep and
rolls up on the wheels, in ruts made
by narrow wheels, or in a surface Of
mud with a hard ground beneath, the
narrow tire will pull more easily. The
narrow wheel fits the nut, on the hard
bottom Of which 1t runs. and 1t col
lects less mud than the wide tire.
Were only wide tires used, however,
this condition hardly could occur.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27

3.07 pounds. The amount of pork
that could be accredited to the alfalfa
forage was 596.S pounds per acre.
With pork at 6 cents the return per
acre was 1851: with pork at Z cents.
Sales; and with pork at 8 cents,
$47.64.
With these and similar experiments.
as well as the practical experience OF
many progressive farmers before us,
we necessarily concluded that the old.
fashioned plan of dry-lot-corn-and.
water hog feeding must soon give
place to better methods.
An acre Of vigorous alfalfa will
support 10 to rs head of pigs. On an
average. pigs weighing 80 to go pounds
in spring will make gain of about
100 pounds each during the season,
and while they may be grown and fat
tened on alfalfa alone, 1t is best to
combine the alfalfa with some kind Of
grain ration. The general health of
pigs grown In this way is better than
that of those maintained on other
feeds. and they are as prolific. This
spells more alfalfa, more pigs and
greater profits in the future for the
farmer.
One acre OF alfalfa will furnish moro
forage for hogs than two acres of
clover, as 1t grows faster and keeps
on growing as fast as the hogs eat it
down.
When farmers recognize the possi-
bility of exclusive pork production as
specialized branch of animal industry.
and evolve systems of farm manage
ment adapted to the business. 1t will
become attractive as business propo-
sition, and herds of well-bred hogs
will become common in many locali.
ties where few good hogs are now
seen.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
NOTES OF THE SHEEP FLOCK
Animals FIT Nicely Into Modern
Farmlna-Early Maturity ls I'm
portant Point TO Consider.

AS the country ages and the fertil.
ity OF its fields becomes exhausted it,
appreciation Of the sheep will in.
crease.
Early maturity is an important quail.
ity to consider in selecting sheep.
Whether you are keeping sheep for
pleasure or profit. your desires will
be fully met II your flock is of supe-
rior quality.
A strong sheep does not absolutely
need to be large one, in fact a ma
tority Of the strongest sheep are me-
dunn sized.
Sheep do not interfere with, but
Dit nicely into modern farming.
Sell the aged ewes to a butcher be-
fore the pastures dry up.
Sell the fat lambs as soon as they
are fit, and give those left a better
chance.
One or two gentle ewes should be
left with the lambs to keep them gen.
tie.
Sheep that are In any way diseased
should never be retained for breeding
stock. no matter how good fleece OF
lamb they may produce.
Good lambs are money-makers.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
WHEN TO WEAN LITTLE PIGS
Many Of Best Hog Men Take All
Young Animals Away at Same
TIme-Good Plan Outlined.

Should the pigs be weaned at six to
eight weeks Of age, or should they be
allowed to run vita the sows until
the sows wean them?
Sows which raise two filters a year
had best wean their spring litter at
six to eight weeks of age. Some farm
ers who keep sows only for one litter
are in favor of early weaving so that
the sows may be dried OF rapidly and
fattened.
II the pigs are to be weaned early,
they must be taught to eat grain long
before they are weaned. Two or three
weeks old pigs will learn to nibble
little. A good grain mixture is 60
parts Of corn, 20 parts OF middlings,
10 parts Of tankage or wheat meal,
parts Of oats and 5 parts Of oil
meal. If SKINNED milk may be had
1t should certainly be fed, especially
just after weaving time.
Many Of our best hog men now wean
their pigs early and wean them all at
the same time. The day before wean-
ing they put the sows and pigs to-
gether in pen by themselves and give
the sows little or no food that day.
The pigs are allowed to drain the
sows' udders and the next day the
pigs are put in a good pasture by
themselves and given a nutritious ra.
ton, skim milk being fed if it is
available. The sows are put on short
pasture and for the first day or two
are given plenty to drink but little to
eat. In a short time they are dried
up completely and they may be given
a good ration to get them in condition
for breeding or for market,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
HOUSE FOR LAYING PULLETs
Old Hens Keep Young Ones In Con-
slant State Of Fear, Which VIII
Retard Egg Production.

The pullets that have begun to lay
or give promise OF early laying should
be housed away from the old stock.
Pullets require more food than cid
hens. and II the hens and pullets are
kept In the same house and fed to-
gether. either the old hens win eat
too much and thus get too fat to lay.
or the pullets viii get insufficient food
to keep up egg production and main
tain bodily growth at the same time.
II housed together, the old hens will
fight the pullets and keep them in a
constant state of fear which will
diminish or retard egg production.
II the farmer has but one poultry
house. the young stock can be sepa-
rated from the old by merely running
q wire partition through the middle
Of the house.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
RAISE MORE HOGS IN SOUTH
Net Increase In Swine During Last
Four Years Was 1884,, o0o-North
Carolina Heads List.
By PROF. 4. c. BRANsoN)

The cotton belt states report a con-
siderable increase in number of hogs
these last four years. except Missouri
and Oklahoma, which suffered losses
OF 5 and 20 per cent. respectively;
and Arkansas, Louisiana and Tennes.
see. which gained only 3. 6 and 8 per
cent in the order named.
South Carolina, Alabama and Texas
gained 80 per cent each, while North
Carolina heads the list with a "a per
cent increase.
All told. our net increase In hogs
in the South during the last four
years was 1.S34.00O. The South can
raise pork when necessity pinches.
Nevertheless on the first OF Janu.
airy. 1915, we had S5S.OOO fewer hogs
In North Carolina than In 1860. Our
population increased two and a third
times over during these IS years: but
our supply of homeraised pork has
suffered decrease.
Our forefathers believed In full
smokehouses. and they were wiser
than we IN this matter. There Is not
likely ever again to be q time when
we can buy meat OF any kind more
cheaply than we can raise It at home
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
ERADICATION OF FARM PEST
Turning Up soil In Fall Tends to De
stroy Some Of WIreworm Larvae
by Exposure TO Sun.

Fall blowing win prove beneficial in
the eradication of wireworms, as turn
ing up the soil late in the fall viii
tend to destroy some Of the larvae
by thus exposing them to the ele-
ments. It will take two or three years,
however, to thoroughly eliminate
them from the soil. as the insect
spends this length Of time In the lar.
val stage.
When the wtreworms are very bad.
II is sometimes necessary to devote
the ground TO some crop which is dis
tasteful TO them, rs buckwheat or
rape, to be used as hog or sheep pas
ture. as these crops are not injured
as badly as some others.
When the wireworms are once eradi-
Gated. which will be the case after
the land has been devoted to cult
waited crops for two or three seasons,
the pest can be kept in check by de.
voting the land to q short crop rota-
ton.
Wireworms are always more trou-
blesome on an old sod which has been
moved or pastured for q number Of
years.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
CUTTING ALFALFA FOR SEED
Crop Should Be Cut When Seeds Are
Hard, but Not Sufficiently Ripe
TO She'll.

By NJ. A. BEEsoN. Oklahoma Expert
ment Station.)
The yield per acre for alfalfa seed
varies according to soil and climatic
conditions. Alfalfa makes from two
to fifteen bushels per acre. The nor
NAL yield in seed regions is from four
to eight bushels. OF course. good, fer
tile land will make more than poor
land.
\ Where the season Ia long enough
for the third crop to make, It Is advis-
able to use the third crop for seed.
This enables you to get two good
crops Of hay, and then, as q rule, there
are fewer weeds in the third crop.
Alfalfa should be cut when the
greater portion of the seeds are hard.
but not sufficiently ripe to she'll. At
this stage the majority Of the seed
pods are turning brown. and the seed
are sufficiently developed. Frequent
ly the cutting can be made into wind
rows after two hours II the weather
IL dry. and in two or three hours more
It can be made into cocks. 1t should
then stand from "a to As hours. owing
to the weather. and then should be
stacked into ricks, provided 1t Is well
cured. II It IL not well cured II may
heat enough to lnjure the seed. II al
lowed to remain In the .ricks for about
30 days. until thoroughly dried out.
II threshes much easier. In western
Kansas many seedmen cut their seed
crop of alfalfa with a self-binder and
put It into shocks the same day and
thresh them out in ten days after cut
ting. Remember when the hay is
stacked it should be sufficiently dry
so that the seed win not be injured
by heating.
When cutting alfalfa for hay. 1t is
best to cut when the new growth be-
gins to come'out from the crown. As
q rule the new growth begins to come
on when about onetenth Of the crop is
In bloom.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
WHERE SEED CORN IS STORED
Interesting Test Made by Nebraska Elk.
pertinent Staslon--cood Room Is
Quite Essential.

II makes good deal Of differences
where seed corn Is stored. Some time
ago the Nebraska experiment STATEN
divided a lot OF seed corn into two
parts. One part was placed in a seed
room and the other in an ordinary
corn crib.
The next spring when the seed was
planted 30 per cent Of the first lot and
only 10 per cent OF the crib-cured lot
produced plants.
In Iowa II was found that corn
stored In seed room showed germi-
nation Of IS per cent; that stored in
q tool shed s1.T per cent, while that
left on the stalks showed a sermina'
ton OF but IS per cent
Hartley. the government corn ex.
pert. IN . similar test. found that his
carefully cured seed corn yielded II
per cent more corn on poor soil and
1t Der cent more on fertile soil
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
ImnroXeI

Just now the agricultural press and
country publications too for that mat
ter. are calling everybody's attention
to the Importance Of pure and i'm
proved seeds. Poultry raisers, why
not take the hint and pay special at
tention to improving your flock of
fowls. This is equally as important
as seed grain, IL not more so, for there
is a mighty difference between the
dunghill kind kept by too many and
the grsded-up kind kept BY too few
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27
CRUDE OIL GOOD FOR SWINE
Seurvy, Contracted by Animals Run.
ming In Pastures Wet With Dew or
Rain, Can Be Cured.

Quite often when pigs are running
In tall pasture which is frequently wet
with dew or rain, an irritating effect
is produced on the skin and a sore
condition commonly known as scurvy
is the result. This is particularly true
when hogs are pastured in rape which
is more likely to have this effect than
other forage crops in which the pigs
may be pastured.
The remedy Is to apply crude oil or
some similar substance which will
heal up the sores and protect the skin
from further irritation. Where this is
not done a stoppage OF growth and
sometimes the loss of the pig is the
result. Often this will be neglected
unless some special provision is made
which will permit the hog to treat 1t.
self. Sometimes burlap sacks are
wrapped around a post in the pasture
and kept saturated with oil. Better
and more economical are some OF the
modern automatic devices which will.
apply oil in suitable quantities when
ever the hog rubs as he will do against
any object when his skin is irritated
from any cause.
This will be just as effective In sub
DUNG lice which often prey upon hogs
where attention is not given to their
eradication. Il is attention to little
details OF this kind which makes for
efficiency in farm management and
satisfactory profit from every depart
ment OF the farm production.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-08-27

Considering the present trend OF
grain prices. many farmers have been
in doubt as to the advisability of put
ting their corn on the market In the
form Of pork, and to such as are en-.
deavoring to solve the problem, the
experiments conducted at the Missouri
agricultural experiment station will be
very interesting. These experiments
were in producing pork with alfalfa
forage supplemented with cornmeal.
Ten pigs were used to one acre OF
alfalfa. The pigs we're farrowed in
early winter and we're in thin to me.
dunn condition of flesh at the begin