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The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

Science is transitory belief based
on circumstantial evidence.
Wonder II the solution OF the tire
problem isn't really in good roads?
Consistency is q jewel that often
times renders its wearer ridiculous.
Defective hearing is frequently a
case OF neglected tonsils or adenoids.
Many a man now wishes he had that
silo he neglected to build last summer.
Occasionally man gets the best
OF it when he is looking for the worst.
When a man Is unreasonable the
whole world seems to be the same
way.
The pipe Is as handy to the
farmer as pipe dream Is to the poll
tician.
A horse takes nosebag because
he knows there is nothing better com.
ing up.
Work plus work equals more work;
work plus brains equals success.
Which is yours?
Folks work harder for the tinsel Of
commendation than they do for the
real gold OF attainment.
Many man gets a reputation for
wisdom by surrounding himself with
silence at the right time.
Give a man all the praise you think
him entitled to. and even then he may
go on by himself and chuckle.
Lots OF men remind you OF an old
horse that never tries to get up any
speed until II knows that it is on its
way to eat"
The man whose neighbors never
did nothin fer him!" is still with us.
but his numbers and influence are
growing less.
What have you done to build up
your community life? Answer that
before you talk cooperation OF few
against the many.
Some mems idea OF cooperation is
to have the government hire a man
to do all the work. while the cooper.
ator basks In the sun.
Cooperative farming in the United
States this year netted more than ST..
400 100000. Farming seems to pay
almost any way you do II.
There is SO much good in the worst
OF us, so much bad in the best of US,
that a cooperation by some OF US
should be big enough for the rest
OF US
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
IN FORMING A COOPERATION
Include All Of Products Of Neiohbor.
hood and Admit All Interested
Persons to Membership.

In building cooperation in any
community 1t may be necessary to
take the most important product as
a cornerstone, but why not eventually
include all of the products of that
neighborhood, and admit to member
ship any man having an interest In
those products? The strongest men
in any neighborhood can organize a
creamery or a grain elevator. Why
not include both where both are
needed? If you include any man in
the neighborhood who is willing to
live up to the rules. you are no better
than the system which you are tryinS
10 supplant.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

ter. 1t is very essential to provide for
giving the hogs all the exercise posi-.
Bile, as no animals are at their best
when they are getting no exercise.
Sunshine is provided In all parts of
the house by the windows on the roof.
This side OF the roof is faced toward
the south, and the sunshine Is admit.
ted to both the front and the back OF
the pens by the two rows of windows.
The windows along the side also help
In bringing plenty of sunshine into
the house.
All the windows are made In the
same way. They have a galvanized
iron frame and the sash is also made
OF the same material This makes a
strong. substantial window that can
Withstand the rayages of the elements.
This Is especially necessary in the
windows placed on the roof. A wood.
en- window in this place would be
likely TO retain the water after q
rain so that II would swell and warp
out OF place. ID
The foundation and the floor Of the
building is made Of concrete 30 that
II can be readily cleaned. In each Of
the pens is placed movable door that
u made OF plaDks. A concrete door
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
MUST WORK FOR EACH OTHER
City Merchant and Farmer Should
Never Lose Sight OF Their Mu.
tuaI interests and Rights.

The merchant needs the farmer. No
merchant will refuse to go far to en-
list the interest OF the man from the
farm in his own town. On the other
hand the farmer needs the home town.
Without the nearby town farm values
would be much lower and in every
way life on the farm less attractive
Without the market at hand the price
OF produce would be cut in two and
the profits of farming greatly lessened
City man and farmer should never
lose sight OF their mutual interests
and rights. Neither could prosper
without the other and both must make
concessions to the wishes OF the other
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
COTTON GINS ARE A SUCCESS
Farmers Will Do Well to Seriously
Consider Question Of Owning
and Operating Mills.

II the dairy farmers and grain farm.
ers OF the West own and run their
elevators and creameries on the co.
operative, patronage-dividend plan.
why shouldn't the cotton farmers of
the South own and run their cotton
gins and cottonseed oil mills on the
same plan-that Is to say (1) pay
legal interest on capital stock and t2)
divide all other profits on the basis OF
patronage -nonmembers getting pat
ronage dividends at one-half the rates
allowed members.
We don't mean by this that farmers
ought to begin a boycott of any exist.
Ing gins or cottonseed oil mills. or
that cooperative gins and mills should
be started in opposition to honestly
conducted plants Of this kind now run.
ming on the old capitalstic basis. But
wherever section needs a new cot
ton gin or new cottonseed oil mill.
or wherever there Is a good chance
to buy out gin or mill on a profitable
basis. the farmers will do well to in
quire II group of them cannot get
together and take another step toward
fastening the time when the farmer
will own all the businesses engaged In
marketing or finishing farm products.
Out in Haskell. Knox and Fisher
counties. Texas. the farmers are al.
ready getting this idea and operating
number Of successful cotton gins
Writing In the Farmers Fireside Bul.
letin. Manager J N. Hudson of the
O'Brien gin says: From the 1914
crop those eleven gins have ginned
$4,000 bales OF cotton, shipped 675
cars. or l6,S75 tons of cottonseed, and
their total business will reach $500.
900, with saving OF 100000 to the
people. And when say the people, |
mean the men that planted and plowed
the crop, and the little boys and girls
who chopped the cotton and pulled
the sacks up and down the long rows
and harvested the crops. The Pro-
gressive Farmer.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
HOW FLORAL NOVELTIES ARE
DEVELOPED
BY E. VAN RENTHUYsEN.

Anyone can cultivate flowers who
has the necessary earth and seed. At
least, anyone can cultivate flowers Of
existing species. but the fad OF the
hour, the work Of creating types, is
very fascinating. and opens a new
world to one who has been taught
how nature works to make all things
different. We who work with her find
much delight In the new thoughts as
well as the new creation.
The value Of novelty depends upon
its popularity or use. 1t is a great
delight to the grower to discover a
blossom which shows a decided ten.
dency to break away from established
rules; to show the characteristics OF
new type. At once we feel a desire
to help this development by selection
or crossing. This consumes time. By
selection the new flower must be al.
lowed to develop and seed. and the
other plants destroyed. The seeds.
when planted, must be again selected
and the rogues destroyed.
The rogues in the flower world are
the plants that do not come true, and
they must be destroyed. After the
selection has been made sufficiently,
the type is fixed and the flower estab-
lished.
When crossing IL done to develop
novelties, two plants are selected for
the parents Of the new flower; two
plants possessing qualities which,
when blended. may produce desired
results. These flowers are crossed
and the seeds planted. The plant chill
dren are carefully watched until they
develop and bloom; then selection is
made Of the best for further develop
ment. 1t may be something very
beautiful will develop from the first
cross; perhaps they are commonplace
results only.
The secret In developing novelties
lies in being quick to see possibilities
and then to develop the tendencies dis.
played by the flower.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

10 too cold for hogs to sleep on II
The planks can be readily taken out
Of the way when the floor is to be
cleaned. The plank floor is held up
from the concrete BY another plank
along the ends.
The walls Of the building are made
double so that there will be no dim.
Guilty in keeping the house warm.
There should be plenty of hogs in the
hoghouse In cold weather 80 that they
can Keep warm. as the heating is ia.
ken care Of by their body heat. The
pens are feet by feet, which is
large enough to take care of a SOW
and her litter. This size pen is also
large enough SO that four or five
shoats can be kept in them for fatten.
ing during the winter. These shoats
should be nearly the same size or
they may pile up and smother the
smaller ones. II more than four or
five are placed in a pen, the same
thing may happen, even II the shoats
are almost OF the same size
The feeding and litter alley runs
through the center of the House
lengthwise between the two rows of
pens. Very often litter carrier is
Installed. though 1t is not as necessary
as in dairy barn. Along each row OF
pens is a gutter, and the concrete
floors OF the pens are sloped slightly
SO that they can be easily washed out
1t is not absolutely necessary to have
the floors on slant, as the pens are
swept out very often. anyway.
The partitions between the pens is
almost always made OF tight boards
SO that each pen will be easier to
Keep warm. II hog wire is used 1t
is necessary to have the house full
In order to keep 1t warm.
Drafts must be prevented in hog,
houses, as they are very dangerous
to hogs Of all kinds. II is also es
sential that ventilation be provided.
One OF the side windows can be left
slightly open at the top and the foul
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

The lines were the greatest defenses
OF the kind conceived until that time,
one, 20 miles long. stretching from AL.
handa on the Tagus to the sea. a sec.
ond running almost parallel with the
FIRST but ten miles in the rear, and a
third. much shorter, extending from
Passo d'Areo to the coast. The whole
system fortified over five hundred
square miles of territory and present
cd barrier against which Massena's
forces battered in vain. In March.
1911, his sadly depleted armies had to
retreat and Wellington issued from
MS defenses to begin a new campaign
that drove the enemy from the Span.
ish peninsula.-London Chronicle.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
WITH YOUR HOUSE PLANTS

II possible arrange some kind of
curtain, to cut of the window gar.
den from the rest Of the room, when
sweeping or busting, or when airing
the room during severe weather. Dust
is very bad for the growing plants.
and the cold air chills them, often be-
ing fatal to the life Of a plant.
Keep water on the heating stove
at all times, to supply the moisture.
Once a week or oftener, when the
weather is very cold, and the air Of
room Is, Of necessity, dry and hot,
put a horseshoe, or other piece of
iron in the fire, and get it red hot.
Then drop it in pail OF water, set
underneath the window garden.
Do not be discouraged If your young
plants seem to be stunted, and are
slow OF growth. and neglect them.
All at once they will change their
ways, and surprise you with their
growth and beauty.
Until one has seen a really well
grown, so-called papyrus. or umbrella
plant, one cannot realize its decorat.
ing possibilities. Like the Gala, It
likes plenty of water to stand in.
The mealy bug. which resembles
flour lodged in the axils of the leaves,
can be dislodged with a strong spray
OF water. Tobacco tea, a weak solu-
tion OF coal oil emulsion, whale oil,
soapsuds, and equal parts of snuff and
sulphur, applied with powder gun,
will clean the plants of this pest.
There are two methods by which
you may decide II plant needs wa
ter by sound and by touch. When
you tap the pot, and hear a hollow
sound. and when you touch the sur
face of the soil. and find it dusty, you
may know your plants need watering.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

develop plenty Of vitality on a fairly
small amount Of feed so that they can
have strong. healthy litters of pigs.
Outside pens are not shown in the
design but they may be provided In
any way that will be suitable for the
owner. Very often they are made as
rather long pens extending out from
the individual pens in the house. The
floor OF these pens is often made of
concrete SO that 1t can easily be kept
clean. The concrete for these pens
does not have to be Of very good ma.
terial and is often made of lean mix.
ture with the aggregate of bank.run
gravel. II Is 80 easily repaired that
1t is more economical to make the
floor In this way than to make It of
high-grade concrete. The pens pro-
vide a yard where the pigs can get ex.
ercise during the warmer days in win.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

the garden and planted in a shallow
box, placed in the greenhouse, will
give supply Of green mint all winter.
Mulching consists of spreading ma
nure or litter on the ground under
plants and over roots. Mulching does
not mean to spade the manure or litter
in, nor to put 1t under the ground.
Manure should be supplied occa-
sionally as a surface dressing under
evergreen and deciduous trees and
shrubs. Apply several inches in tho
autumn and work II into the soil in the
spring.
When the soil becomes hard in the
pots in the greenhouse remove 1t and
replace with fresh earth.
Give chrysanthemums under glass
as much fresh air as possible.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
IS TENANT MORE EFFIcIENT7
One May Decide for Himself BY Pc.
rusins Figures Gathered by Mis-.
souri, Agricultural College.

We often accuse the tenant Of being
soil miner. lacking in public spirit
and deficient in many ways, but there
Is another side to the picture, accord
ing to o. R. Johnson Of the University
OF Missouri college OF agriculture.
Whatever shortcomings may generally
be correctly charged to the tenant are
the fault Of the system and not of the
individual. In some ways. the tenant
seems to be more efficient than the
owner who farms beside him. II we
can take northwestern Missouri
county as a typical example. In the
part of that county which was most
completely studied by Mr.. Johnson.
the tenant farms 1927 acres Of land
for every workman he employs, in
cluding himself, as compared with
only about 934 acres farmed by the
owners and part owners In the same
region. The tenant farms 20 acres
for every horse that he keeps, while
the owner farms only about twenty
five and half acres per horse. These
facts may be interpreted in various
ways. The land owner Is often an
older man. or he Is In easier circum.
stances, financially. and does less
work himself, and consequently the
average number OF acres per workman
may be expected to be lower. He is
more likely to raise colts as we'll as
simply to work the horses; so he finds
II better to keep more horses to work
the same number OF acres OF land.
The tenant farms 73 acres with 800
worth OF equipment, and the owner
farms only about fifty-five acres. show
ing greater apparent difference in
efficiency here than elsewhere, but
there are probably more reasons to
doubt whether these figures correctly
show the real difference In efficiency.
While the tenant farms more than
one and third times as much land
with 500 worth of equipment, 1t is
probable that he does this because he
borrows part OF the equipment OF
neighboring land-owning farmer.
The figures on work obtained from the
horses and men employed are not
open to this criticism as such help Dor.
rowed is usually repaid. Wherever
there is an exchange of tools which
enables each to use the others prop.
erty and avoid buying for himself
cooperation, has resulted in more ef-
i1cient use OF the funds of both, but
MIR. Johnson feels sure, from his OBJ
servations during the survey. that the
tenant In the region studied was very
badly under-equipped and would not
have got greater results with a low
er expenditure for machinery II he
had not obtained an advantage by bor-
rowing.
The crops grown must also be con-
sidered in connection with these fig
ures on the number OF acres farmed,
per horse, and per man used. The
average tenant had about one-third
OF the farm in corn as compared with
one-fifth Of the owners, and one-sev-
enth In wheat as compared with one
twelfth of the owners, and the own
er had almost half OF his farm in grass
as compared with only one-fourth of
the tenants farm.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
horwegians In Civil War.

or the immigrants in America at the
time OF the Civil war none were more
loyal than the Norwegians. wjscon.
sin furnished the Fifteenth, or Nor.
wegian, regiment, which fought ,,nder
, peculiar flag. On one side was the
stars and Stripes and on the other the
emblem of Norway. Through special
permission. the regiment carried this
color through the war.-Kansas city
Star.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27

air will be drawn of by the ventilator
on the roof.
AS the most likely place to develop
drafts Is along the stills. they are made
very carefully. They are imbedded in
fresh cement mortar and the mortar
Is troweled against them on both the
inside and the outside. The concrete
foundation walls are carried up is
inches above grade so that no drafts
Will be caused along the ground.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
WelIinqton's SaIonikl.

The allies decision to hold Saloniki
has prompted memories Of the famous
lines Of Torres vedras," which Wei
lington, when compelled to retreat be.
fore the overwhelming forces of Mas.
sena, threw up in the autumn of 1910
to protect Lisbon and secure hold on
Portuguese soil for future operations,
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
Elan for Next Year.

The time to begin for next years
plans Is nows The sooner plans are
made the easier 1t will be to work
them. No successful business man
waits till the business season to make
plans. Plans are made some time be-
fore the business season arrives. In
fast. difficulties are anticipated II DOS
sible SO they will not interfere with
plans
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
GARDEN NOTES

Sun and wind are apt to damage
some evergreen trees during winter.
These can be protected by building
triangular frame over them. made OF
light wood, boarded up on two sides.
Fill vacant window boxes with bulbs,
ferns or small evergreens.
A few roots Of rpint taken up from
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-01-27
Designed Mainly for Proper Care
Of Animals During Cold
Weather.
IDEAL FOR BREEDING STOCK
Building Such as This Means In.
creased Balance on the Right Side
Of the Ledger at the End Of
the Year-lts construc-
tion Explained.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRp.

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building work on the farm. for
the readers OF this paper. On account OF
his wide experience as Editor. Author and
Manufacturer. he Is. without doubt the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries TO William A, Rad
ford. No. lsE Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill.,. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
The hoghouse shown here is de-
signed to take care OF quite a num-
Der OF hogs through the cold months
It provides place where the hogs
can be fattened for the market and
also where the breeding stock can be
kept, In the fall many OF the hogs
that we're intended for the market are
not fat enough 50 that a good profit
can be realized, and II building such
as this Is available they can be held
over till spring. The breeding stock
require warm quarters where they can
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-01
KILLED BY AN AUTO
IN BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
Henry R. May, So, Was Native of
Wilmington, Where His Father
Now Lives

Henry r. May, SO, native of Will
mington and resident there manv
years, was killed in Bridgeport, Conn,
Tuesday night, when he was run down
at the intersection of streets by a ear
operated by w. l.. Egan, 81, an auto
mobile salesman. who was giving a
demonstration with two passengers in
the car. May was placed in the automo-
bile, which started for a hospital. but
the young man was dead before reach
ing the institution. MAY was within
100 feet of his boarding place when the
accident took place. Egan was arrested
on a charge of manslaughter and
placed under bonds of $4,000, which
was furnished by his employer.
May IS body was brought to Spring
field, Mass, where the funeral was held
this afternoon at Graham s chapel The
burial was in Oak Grove cemetery.
Nav leaves his wife, who was Cath
crime Smell of Springfield, an infant
daughter, Virginia Norma. and his IA
ther, Daniel May, of Wilmington. At
the time of her husband s death Mrs.
Nav was visiting in the summer home
of her mother in Stafford, Conn.
Mr.. May worked Is years in the
United States armorv in Springfield.
Last June he received an advantageous
offer from the Remington Arms com.
panv and went to their Bridgeport fac.
tory to work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-01
ASK FREEDOM FOR
MILDRED BREWSTER
Woman Who Killed Anna
Wheeler 10 Years Ago to
Be Given Hearing
NOW AN INNATE OF
THE STATE HOSPITAL
Case Attracted Great Attention in
Montpelier Miss Brewster Was
Free Short Time and Then Went Back
TO Hospital.

MoNTPEL1ER, Sept, IA movement
has been inaugurated to release Mildred
Brewster-the Montpelier woman who
shot and killed Anna Wheeler in this city
nearly ~ years ago-from the state hos
pltal tor the insane at Waterbury where
she has been practically all the time since
she was convicted of the murder. A petit
tion was filed yesterday with the county
clerk by the supervisors of the insane ask
ing that hearing be held before Judge
Fish sometime during the September term
of county court on the question of the wo-
mans sanity William A Lord will rep
resent the supervisors. who, it is reported,
are opposed by DIR. Grout, superintendent
of the Waterbury asylum.
Mildred Brewster shot and killed Anna
Wheeler on Seminary hill in 1897, presum-
ably while in a jealous rage, both girls
having received attention from the same
man. The case aroused great interest, not
only in the city but in the state at the
time, and about 10 years ago hearing was
held to consider the Brewster woman $
sanity and resulted in her being ordered
released by Judge Hall She was later or
dered returned to the institution by Judge
Taylor after having enjoyed a brief pc.
Rod of freedom.