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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
BRIEF NOTES THOUGHT
OUT BY THE WAYSlDE

Euying COW that is poor from bad
feeding and neglect is one thing. Buy
ing one that is naturally of the lean
dairy type is quite another.
on days we would not like to be
out ourselves. the calves should be
shut up in snug stalls into which the
sunlight can enter.
An old stove in the woodshed will
make it a snug place in which to mend
the harness and do odd jobs Of ear
penterinE.
Fowls are said to give the greatest
profits when run in small nocks OF fifty
or not more than 100.
\ we'll -carcd- for flock Of hens will
pay n bigger dividend than anything
on the farm.
Dig over the soil in ho,bcds and pick
out the worms If necessary. throw out
all the soil and after the worms are
destroyed throw the soil back
Mulching trees brings the roots to
tho surface. Don't mulch unless you
expect TO keep it up.
The poultry manure is valuable
asset. The most satisfactory way of
storing IL is in barrels.
Exercise is alike beneficial to man,
beast and fowls. None thrive with
out It.
The lining of soils is very old and
very good agricultural practice.
In unproductivc orchards of but a
single variety. top-grafting part OF the
trees with other varieties is recon-
mended.
Rye as a forage crop has to recon-
mend il the fact that it is available
for early spring use.
No hoy who is given a share in his
product ever voluntarily left the farm.
Sunshin" is a friend to all your ami
mails. old and young.
! stone houses last much longer than
wood. require uo paint therefore are
much cheaper in III" end
( Don't try To grow house plants in a
very warm room with Il dry atmos-
phc-". |, can't bc done.
Increasing land values call for
greater returns per acre from the
land
For vineyards the soil should be po-
rous and we'll drained naturally or
ar;iiic!ally. Graveily, shaley or sandy
loans are favoritc soils for vineyards
y deficiency Of lime in the soil is
accompanied 10y It state Of acidity, or
sourn.ss fatal 10 the vigorous growth
/ of many crops.
! Keep the hens supplied with Il dust
/ bath. and little insect powder mix ed
with the dust will have it's good effect
Much Of the value of millct has
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20
AGRICULTURAL Department 7

Ala and g" ns n"np
Monday q welcomed
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20

EuyinE COW that is poor from bad
feeding and neglect is one thing. Buy
ing one that is naturally of the lean
dairy type is quite another
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20

For vineyards the soil should he po-
rous and we'll drained naturally or
ar;iiic!ally. Graveily, shaley or sandy
loans are favoritc soils for vineyards
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20

Increasing land values call for
land.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20

on days we would not like to be
out ourselves. the calves should he
shut up in snug stalls into which the
sunlight can enter.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-20

An old stove in the woodshed will
make il n snug place in which to mend
the harness and do odd jobs Of ear
pcntcrinE.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-05

ZaA5nS kAe 5vEeaZ 70 1Ae eleVsto7'

hungry from his hard days work. Not
only does the tractor pull the plows, but
behind the plows are attached the disc
and harrow and sometimes a roller. so
that the work that once took many days
Of labor, following The team with one
implement after another. Is now done
in one operation. At one time the seed
bed Is prepared and moisture stored in
the ground and protected by a dust
mulch, so that it win remain until the
seed is sown and thus insure good germi-
nation.
Then comes silo filling time. The trac,
tor IL again put 70 work, and day. by day
the s4lRge cutter HUNS and clicks, and
the partly ripened corn or sorghum IL
hoisted, load after load. into the top Of
the silo and pressed down, where IL
.ferments and changes into the rich,
juicy silsee that keeps the cattle sleek
and fat throughout the winter.
The silage' cutter is not owned on every
farm that has silo. The tractor is thus
the basis Of neiehborhood cooperation
Several farmers living in the same
vicinity buy sllase cutter together 1t
takes number Of men to operate the
cutter and fill the silo Al aIo filling
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-05

time the men who own the cutter work
together, going from farm to farm and
exchanging labor until all the silos are
filled The tractor is attached TO the
cutter and the work If done quickly, and
when the silos are filled the tractor hauls
the cutter TO its place of storage. where
It is left until the next season.
Then comes threshlng time. For years
the threshing crew. with its steam engine
and big threshing machine, has travelled
about over the wheat belt, spending from
day to week or more on each farm
threshing out the grain. The tractor Is
changing all this. Instead Of hiring the
travelling crew. the farmer puts his own
tractor to use. The threshing machine
is now, in many cases, owned by a group
of farmers, who work together as at silo
filling time. threshing first one mans
grain and then another's. until threshing
time is over and the grsnaries are filled.
The man with the tractor still needs
many wagons to hold his grain. but he
does not need the men and teams that
used TO be necessary to haul II to the ele-
vator. Neither does he need to consume
many days making weary trips over the
road with one load after another. He
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-05

man comes in and furnishes us the iron
horse to fill this need Y
The tractor travels slowly up and down
the fields, pulling from one or two to
twenty or more plows, according TO the
size of the field and the power of the
machine in use. It never tires. II never
takes fright at wind-blown paper and
runs away. In winter and idle seasons
1t consumes no feed and requires no
care. 1t is steady. reliable and powerful.
At first the tractor was used only for
blowing, but time and, recent improve
ments have shown us that the tractor
may be made an sll-around handy MA
chine on the farm. 1t comes In sizes
to fit the farm, and the price depends
largely on the amount OF power that
can be generated and the size and
adaptability OF the machine.
The farmer starts his crop year in July
or August. when he plows the stubbie
fields in preparation for the fall-sown
grain. Here the tractor does its first
work, travelling hour after hour and day
after day up and down the fields. under
the broiling summer sun, never firing
requiring no feed and water at night
when the farmer comes in tired and
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-05

loads his wagons. bitches them oil behind
the tractor and sots ont with long train
OF loaded wagons behind him. and one
trip may be sufficient for the whole big
crop.
City horses are fed baled hay, which ls
compressed into small compass and ls
easily handled, Passins this hay into
bales takes power. and Is another field
in which the tractor finds a use, On
many farm and ranch the hay. whether
wild hay. timothy, alfalfa or clover. Is
cut and cured and raked into windrows.
Then the tractor and hay press are taken
out into the field and the hay IL gathered
up from the windrows and pressed into
these wtre-bound. sweet-smelling bales,
and hauled TO the city markets, where
II finds q ready sale.
The tractor and baler are In many
cases also used to preserve the straw
that is left In great heaps in the field
after the threshing is done. Once the
grain-belt farmers left this straw to rot
in the stack. where It occupied and rem
dered useless land that was growing
more valuable year by year. or he burned
It, and after harvest time the country
was bright with fires that wore burning
up the farmers dollars. Now he spreads
some Of this straw on hts fields for he
has found that properly used II makes a
valuable fertilizer, and some no bales for
winter bedding for his cattle and horses
Later in the fall comes corn husItinK
time. Then planting time for all the fall
sown grain. Now. the tractor is again
taken into tho fields to prepare the seed
bed and TO SOW the seed. .. 80.
Even in the winter time the tractor
need not be altogether idle There Is grain
to grind. Some grind alfalfa into meal
for cattle Sometimes the tractor is put
to work pumping .water--tanks full of
water for the house OF for the stock. The
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-05

Tho decrease IN tine size OF the ma
chine, the Improvement la the engine,
making II less complicated and more cas-
lily handled, the accompanying lowering
OF the price as tractors are made in in
creablnEly larger numbers and the pos
ability of adapting IL 10 various kinds OF
work. have all been factors In placing
upon the markets OF this country a large
number OF different machines which are
practical and not unduly expensive on
tho ordinary farm.
To utilize the tractor to the best ad-
vantage the farmer has had TO make a
few changes in his methods, There are
certain things which the horse or mule
viii not and cannot do. There are also
certain things which the tractor will not
and cannot do. You can't beat a tractor
with a whip and force Il to do what II
has not been made to do. You have TO
arrange your work in accordance with
the ability and whima OF the tractor
The most important change in farming
operations due TO the characteristics OF
the tractor Is probably in the matter OF
the shape Of the fields. II takes trac-
tor much longer time to make turns
than II does TO cover the same distance
In q straight line. and the tractor cannot
make as short turns as n team can. On
this account. the farmer who wants 70
use a tractor on his farm must make
his fields long and narrow In shape. The
square or nearly square field Is not
practical with the tractor. as II requires
too mitch turning. The long. narrow
field, with a maximum length OF furrow
and a minimum amount of turning il tn.
IDEAL for the traotorIEed farm. Many
farmers grow a narrow bano OF hay
crop around the ends OF their plowed
fields, and these afford convenient
place for turning the tractor without
much loss of time. and at the same time
utilize the land 80 that mono OF It is
wasted.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-05

ingenious farmer can find hundred
ways TO use his engine
And when spring comes again the fields
are plowed and disced and narrowed for
tho spring soWn crops. Then the corn
fields are ready to be prepared for seed
and seeded.
After the spring rains the farmer OF
the present day goes out and drags the
roads. He " coming more and moro TO
a realization OF the Importance of good
roads In his vicinity. He wants good
roads between his place and town be-
cause he drives over them so often In his
motor car. and he needs good roads be-
cause they save him time In hauling his
produce to market. SO he goes out when
ever he has spare time and the condl-
tions are right and drags, the roads. IFS
tractor docs the Job quickly and well
II also helps him when he wants to
grade. road grader Is no trouble at all
for the ordinary tractor to handle.
Then comes harvest time, and once
more the tractor travels the length OF the
fields and baok and forth again, this
time pulling the binder. and sometimes
several binders are used at once.
So the tractor Ia an important part OF
tho machinery equipment OF the farm.
II has displaced many horses and mules
and llghtened the labor OF many a man
already. and tractor farming is Just at
it's beginning. A few years ago the trac-
tor was q clumsy thing. II was adapted
only to use on the big farms and ranches,
where blowing was problem that ma
ohinery alone could solve. II was expen-
sive and complicated. and It's use neces-
STATED the constant presence OF highly
paid and we'll trained machinist The
ordinary farmer, With his 100 or $40 acres,
could not afford TO own such a big and
expensive machine for use during the
blowing season. but idle during all the
rest OF the year.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-05

walking pillow. Then came the riding
plow, breaking a single furrow at time;
then the gang pillow, with a whole herd
of horses or mules for power. and each
change lightened the labor of the man
behind the pillow and made It possible for
him to turn more acres in a given length
of time. Now the tractor is superseding
all these and changing the character Of
agriculture.
Years and decades of heavy corn and
wheat crops are beginning TO tell on the
fertility of our soil. For years we titled
only the surface, leaving the rich soil
below unused. Now we are blowing
deeper to secure the fertility that lies be-
meath the surface soil. To do this we
must have power to pull the plows
Horses and mules will furnish power lit
we have enough of them. but il is ex-
pensive to keep and feed a large number
of animals that are in use only in the
! blowing season. Here the ingenuity of
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-05

He tractor has added a new
chapter to the romance of the
middle-west corn-belt farm.
The pioneer broke the rich,
virgin soil of the prairie with
horses or oxen and an old
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11

on the market, it all comes from
Maine, Indiana, New York and Illi-
nois. Tennessee controls the market
on string beans and lye hominy.
Canned apples come from North Car
DINA; canned pumpkins from Tennes-
see. Pickles put in brine in Michigan
and beans grown in California are
shipped here to be canned.
early vegetables are grown most
ly in Florida. Those grown in Geor-
gia come from around Egypt,
Bloomingdale, Guyton, Savannah,
Jesup and Triton. These include let
tuce, onions, green beans and butter
beans"
Commissioner Price says he be-
1ieves these facts should be promi-
nently placed not only before the
farmers, but before the consumers
of the state, as their interests in the
prosperity of the state is identical.
1T is the needed cooperation be-
tween purchaser and consumer which
will tend to more extensive growing
of food crops and their consumption
at home that the market division of
the department is trying to bring
about" Commissioner Price said.
eff we can induce Georgia farmers
to grow food products of high class
and quality and put them up in at
tractive, merchantable packages we
are confident there will be no diff
Guilty in finding a home market for
them. That is the end we are all
working to-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
MANY DISPUTES
ARE EXPECTED
Over New Cotton Futures Law. Bro
kers Will Appeal to Washington
Every Bale Delivered.

WASHINGTON.-The New York
Cotton Exchange has advised the de-
partment of agriculture that it ex-
poets very large number of disputes
over classification of cotton to be re-
ferred to the department under the
new cotton futures law. This, coup
led with word from individual cotton
brokerage firms, including one that
gave notice it would appeal to Wash
ington every bale of cotton delivered
on its contracts on the 1ioOr of the
exchange before settlement would
mean a possible near-swamping OF
the physical resources of the govern
ment in handling these matters.
Department officials today pointed
out that many thousands OF bales
were involved in contracts that
might be held up by reference to
washington on every shade of dis
pute.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
ATIIANTA'S PARK BOARD
is OVER IT'S PRUDISHNESS
Sleeveless Bathing Suits Allowed in
the Piedmont Lake.


ATLANTA. -Atlanta has gotten
over her prudishness with regard to
bathing suits, and this year the only
rule that will be laid down by the
park board, it is now understood, will
be that all bathing suits must be
within the bounds of decency."
The past two years Atlantans who
enjoyed taking Advantage OF the OPP
portunity to swim in the lake at Pied
mont park have been hampered by a
regulation requiring that they should
wear bathing suits with sleeves COM
ing below the elbows and with high
necks. The park board was criticised
and even roasted to turn. A well
known Atlanta lawyer, who decided
to make a test case of it, went in the
lake with a sleeveless suit and was
arrested. He put up a good defense
and the recorder dismissed the case
against him.
This, however, did not encourage
others to try the same stunt. They
did not care to be hauled down to
police court, even though it were a
foregOne conclusion that they would
be dismissed. Despite the test case,
therefore, no more sleeveless bathing
suits appeared at Piedmont Park last
1t will make no difference now how
short the sleeves are, or if there are
no sleeves at all, so that the rest of
the garment comes within the limit.
1t will be great relief to Atlanta
swimmers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
WOMAN SLAYER IS FREE
MRS LILY MCDONALD HAS BEEN
GIVEN HER LIBERTY.
Given Preliminary Hearing at Nor
gan Wednesday Before Justices
Stricken. Mills and Ragan.


Mrs. Lily Mcdonald, who shot and
killed Miss Mamie Reed, just over
the Terrell line in Calhoun county,
late Monday afternoon, an account of
which was published in last weeks
News, was given a commitment trial
at Morgan Wednesday afternoon and
released, after a hearing which lasted
from 1 o'clock until 5.
Mrs. Mcdonald and her husband,
John Mcdonald, were arraigned to-
gether for a commitment hearing be-
fore Justices of the Peace J. R.
Stricken, ]. R. Mills and J .IcK. Ra-
gan. A number of witnesses were eX-
amined, but the evidence all tended
to show that Miss Reed was the ag"
gressor in Mondays difficulty, and
that Mrs. Mcdonald shot her in self
defense. After Mrs. Mcdonald and
her husband were RELEASED the war
rant against B. F. McAllister, who
was also held in connection with the
killing, was dismissed.
The defendants in the case were
arrested Tuesday morning, officers
taking them into custody at daylight
on warrants issued the night before
at the instance of relatives and
friends of the dead woman.
1t is said that there were only three
witnesses to the killing, Mr.. McAllis-
ter and two negroes, and their testi'
mony showed that the woman Grabb-
ed the gun which was in the buggy
10y McAllisiter, and that M1AllisteI
did not hand the gun to her and tel
her to shoot the Reed woman.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
HOW EUROPE MAKES
HER SOIL FERTILE
By Systematic Effort Her Soils HGVe
Improved With Cultivation

By Systematic Effort Her Soils HGve
Improved With Cultivation
Take Italy, for example. Her soils
were celebrated for their fertility
more than two thousand years ago.
Cato, Vergil, and Horace priced agri-
culture above all other arts; and
Pliny put together series of max
inns that show a truer insight into
the essentials of agricultural practice
than the teaching of many of our
present-day experts.
The soils of Italy were under in
tensive cultivation before the birth
of Christ; but after all these years of
constant cropping they remain among
the most productive of the world. IA
1908 Italy's harvest of cereals alone
was five times that of New York,
though her area is hut twice as great.
Counting her Systematically cropped
forests eighty-four per cent of her
territory is worked by men and NO
men who understand the use of their
land as thoroughly as mechanic IN
derstands his tools
In France, too. the soils have i'm
proved with cultivation. Back in the
days of Napoleon her average per
acre yield of wheat was 1905 bush
els; it was more than 20 III 1906. In
the same period her per acre produc-
ton of barley rose from 1919 to "a,
of rye from 1915 to 1853, of oats from
II to 80 And it is interesting to
note that the great increase in the
yield of cereal crops in France oc-
Cured before 1860-before the vast
potash deposits of Germany or the
phosphates of South Carolina and
Florida had entered into commerce.
Go from France and Italy to Bel
GUM and Holland and Germany to
Austria and Hungary and down to
the Black sea and still the story of
the crop records is always the same;
the longer the history of cropping the
higher the yield of the harvests.-
Harper's Magazine.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
OVER 200 PRISONERS
WANT TO BE PAROLED
Federal Parole Board Had Many APP
plicatiOns to Consider When 1t
Met in Atlanta Monday.


Met in Atlanta Monday.
ATLANTA.-M than 200 of the
prisoners in the Atlanta federal pris-
on will endeavor to secure their lib
erty through applications to the fed
eral parole board which met at the
prison Monday. That number of ap-
plications has already been filed and
others are expected.
There are now more than 1000
prisoners confined in this institution.
It's capacity was formerly about 500,
but arrangements have been made to
take care of more and when the new
building is finally completed the. in
stitution's capacity will be increased
to about 1000.
Inmates of the federal prison, &C
cording to statements in the prison
paper, Good Words, are already TAX
ing to the new warden, Fred Zerbst,
who succeeded William H. Meyer.
Mr.. Zerbst has restored to many pris-
oners much of the good time" which
they had lost, which, it is said, will
result in the earlier completion of
their sentences. He has also an
nounced it as his purpose to increase
the equipment and efficiency of the
shops and employ them more largely
as trade schools for the instruction of
the men. Mr.. Zerbst is a believer in
compensation for the labor of the
prisoners, the money to be paid to
those who might be dependent upon
them.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
AFTER SEVEN YEARS
TRIED FOR MURDER
Cliff Sims Will Hang in Lee County
For Killing Woman. Was
Arrested in Tennessee.

LEESBURG, Ga.-CHf Sims, a
negro who shot and killed a negro
woman, Catherine Boston, on D. c.
Jones' place seven years ago, was
tried and found guilty of first de-
gree murder here yesterday.
Sims made good his escape at the
time of the crime, going to Nashville,
Tenn.
He killed a negro there, but was
acquitted. Sims was arrested in
Nashville last December, and Lee
county officer, armed with requisi-
ton papers, went to Tennessee and
brought him back to Lee county.
There are four other negroes to be
tried for murder at this term of
court.
The date for Sims execution has
not yet been fixed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
OH. DEAR! NO FACE TINT FOR
WOMEN PAST FORTY-FIVE

COLUMBUS, Ohio.-All women
over the age of As years would be
prohibited from using face powder,
hair dyes, false hair and bleaches by
an amendment offered to the Dam
ford anti-cigarette bill in the house
by Representative Wydeman.
Representative Agler protested
against the amendment, saying no
woman ever reached the age of As.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
FREE MONEY ORDERS FOR
THE PRISONERS OF WAR

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Postmas-
tiers were directed today to issue
without the usual fee money orders
payable to war prisoners in any COIN
try in the European conflict. That
is in accordance with The Hague
convention designed to ameliorate
the condition of prisoners of war.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build UD The system

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Ouinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. so cents
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-05-11
piles Cured In s to "a DAYS

Your druggist viii refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6to IA days.
The first application gives Ease and Rest. Soc