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The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
Beginning Insurance Early.

Consul Kelley reports from Rome
that in many of the elementary schools
of Rome and of some other cities in
Italy a system of mutual benefit insur-
ance has been established among the
pupils. The pupils pay small weekly
contributions to the general fund and
in return receive certain payments in
cas- of sickness. accident or death,
and at the same time lay the founda-
ton for old-age benefits.
While the plan is still in its infancy,
SO far as Rome is concerned. it has
been adopted in many of the public
schools Of the city. and this system
Of insurance appears to be growing
rapidly. Pupils are encouraged to con-
tinue the insurance until they may
Join an adult society.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
BALANCED RATION FOR EGGS
Wheat, Oats and Corn Make Goot
Scratching Feed In litter-Don't
Overlook Green Feed.

Overfat hens cannot lay fertile eggs
II they lay eggs at all. Corn is used
as the principal feed by many farmers
They do not stop to think that corr
is twelve parts fat-producing and one
part bone and muscle-producing
Wheat is a more balanced ration, be
ing a little over nine parts fat.produc
ing and n part bone and muscle
producers. With this information we
can see that one-third wheat, one-third
oats and one-third corn in the cold,
est winter weather makes a grand
scratching feed Ito throw among deer
liter.
AS weather warns up reduce the
corn and with bran as the basis of a
mash fed each day you will have your
rations well balanced, with the excep.
ton of the meat and green foods,
which must be looked after by each in.
dividual. Ten per cent of your mashes
should consist Of animal food of some
nature. You cannot feed too much
green succulent feed.
If no beef scraps are on hand, oil.
meal mixed with your mash each day
will help to take the place Of meats.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

The lower estimate is about the av-
erage for most sections of the South,
while the higher figures cover the ex.
treme cost Of production. The average
cost in Florida is between these two.
but nearer the higher estimate. It
should be borne in mind that in these
estimates the interest on the invest.
ment and all labor costs are included.
Where the grower does not fertilize or
lower than in the estimates. 1t IL the
farmer who secures more than the av-
erage yield who makes q success in
growing strawberries. while those who
produce less than the average for the
region are losing money, II interest on
the investment and the labor of the
growers are considered. With a yield
OF 5000 quarts to the acre, which is
the average of many growers, there Is
a good profit in growing Strawberries.
Yields Of 1000 and 5000 quarts to the
acre are not uncommon.
When the plantation is kept for
more than n year the cost of produc-
ton is lowered, because there is no
outlay for plants, preparation Of the
soil or planting, as in the first year..
The cost Of fertilizing and cultivating
an old plantation should be as much as
for a new one. The average upkeep
for the second year should not exceed
$40 or $50 per acre.
The cultural methods employed in
growing strawberries in the South. to-
gether with selection of the soil, pack.
ing the fruit, ETC., is treated. as we'll
as cost of growing and by-products as
printed above, are given in the new
farmers bulletin No. 664, strawberry
Growing in the South" This bulletin
may be had free by application to the
department Of agriculture.
A large part Of the strawberry crop
grown in Florida is shipped to north
ern markets in refrigerator boxes.
These boxes, or pony refrigerators,
hold GA or so quarts of berries. After
the boxes of berries are placed in the
refrigerator a metal tray is put in
place above the berries and filled with
ice. The main advantage in using
these refrigerator boxes is in long-dis.
lance express shipments where re-
frigeration is necessary.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

1t is not the easiest thing in the
world to so feed young chickens as to
bring them to an early and perfect
maturity and then to continue feeding
them to produce eggs and meat in the
greatest quantities. Too many people
let the chickens feed themselves. 9th
ers seem to think that a few handfuls
OF corn thrown out night and morning
is sufficient. Unless confined in pens
where they cannot get at their natural
food chickens will manage to survive
on Indifferent feeding for a long time,
but if they are to be brought to a full
state Of perfection and if they are to
be made TO produce all the eggs posi-
BILE and tip the beam at market time
at the highest notch, a careful study
OF feeding is necessary.
The natural food of fowls Is meat.
seeds and grain. The meat they find
in bugs and worms and the dry feed
tn the seeds Of grass and grain of the
range. il allowed free range and Civ
en- access 20 this in sufficient Quanti-
ties fowls viii balance their own ra-
tio"- and perhaps get as good results
as j. led by hand. If they are con
fined the lack of meat must be sup
piled; but 1t must be understood that
animal matter in the shape of meat
neai. meat scraps or cut bone is dan
gerous unless it is fed in conjunction
with other food.
1t is extremely dangerous to give
fowls too much of any concentrated
TODD as it only renders them
and unsatisfed, and in the end results
in disease and death. Food must be
nutritious and to balance the bulk, dry
matter and animal matter must be of
proper proportion to form just the
right combination to produce health
and the best conditions for laying and
producing meat.
As to the quantity to be fed there
can be no fixed rule. The safe way
is to feed liberally-all that the flock
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
Catches Wary Fox by Tail.

Roswell Wheeler, fifteen years old,
of Richmond, caught by the tail a fox
that for five years had eluded traps
and bullets.
This old-timer had raided hen roosts
summer and winter, and several farm
ers had offered rewards for his cap
ture.
Awakened by the Growing Of his
ROSTERS early in the morning, young
Wheeler arose before sunrise. and
with his dog Scotty discovered Rey-
nard leaving the hennery. Wheeler
also is a strategist, sc Scotty was sent
to pursue the fox while he hid behind
a huge pine tree ear by. As he ex.
pected, Reynard followed a furrow
leading to the pine, and when the fox
unexpectedly ran by Wheeler
grabbed him by the tail and held on.
A swing against the tree finished him.
The fox is believed to have been ten
years old.-Lenox (Mass.) Dispatch tc
New York Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Each year thousands Of bushels of
strawberries go to waste in the larger
producing centers Of the United States
because of low prices or some adverse
condition. In many regions Of the
South 20 to rs per cent of the crop is
never gathered. because the prices to-
ward the end Of the season are too low
to justify picking the fruit. This is a
great loss that should be avoided.
With the increasing demand for straw
berry products, such as crushed fruit,
~jellies, preserves and marmalades, this
loss a. be greatly reduced.
Within the last few years some of
the manufacturers Of food products
have been putting up fresh strawber-
ries in large quantities for use at soda
fountains and in the manufacture of
ice cream This industry a be de-
veloped into n Of great Importance
to the producer, manufacturer and con-
sumner Several large manufacturers
buy surplus strawberries and put them
up in the field, while others ship the
fruit to their home factory. One Of
the best methods of handling the fruit
is as follows: Wash the berries thor
oughly in cold water, put them into
tight barrels with sugar in about equal
weights, load in refrigerator cars, and
ship to a cold-storage plant where they
can be held until needed. Sometimes
the berries are crushed before being
put into the barrels. but in most cases
they are packed as nearly whole as
possible. When ready for use they are
taken from storage and manufactured
into the various products. If the fruit
is in good condition at the time 1. Is
placed in cold storage it can be kept
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
DANGEROUS FOOD FOR CHICKS
Practice Of Feeding Salt to Cause
Early Mott Should Be Avoided
Unless Well Understood.

Doubtless thousands Of persons who
keep a few fowls and depend upon
the scraps from the kitchen consti-
tuting the greater portion of the food
required to sustain them, are unaware
of the danger there is in feeding salt
food to poultry.
a very little salt is known to be
healthful for fowls, but if they re-
ceive more than a very small portion,
such as might be found in oversalted
victuals, or in scraps into which some
accidentally spilled salt had been
thrown, it will cause the hens to die,
or if not sufficient to cause death, they
will be apt to mott and lose their
feathers out of season.
Some poultrykeepers who under
stand just the quantity a hen can
stand without damage, will feed a lit
tie salt early in autumn to cause the
hens TO molt early, so as to insure eggs
during the early winter months when
eggs are scarce. This practice is dan
gerous unless thoroughly understood.
Little chicks should have no salt at
all until more than half grown. In
stances are known where chicks were
kept in a barrel laid on its side, with
the hen inside, and the chicks all died
within a few hours. Investigation re-
vealed the TACT that the barrel used
for a coop had been a salt barrel we'll
cleaned, and yet there was enough
salt left to kill the entire brood.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
TWO GOOD CROPS NEGLECTED.
Southern Farmer 10 Urged to Raise
Moro Pumpklns and cushaws-
Feed Surplus to Stock.

More pumpkins and cushaws should
be raised. Many do not recognize the
value Of these crops. Pumpkins when
properly cooked and served are most
excellent foods. They may be used
for pies OF cooked and served as
fruits. They are appetizing.
Cushaws are quite similar to sweet
potatoes in taste and food value. Tho
yield of cushaws is generally large.
Both pumpkins and cushaws may be
kept through the winter and the sur
plus. II any, may be fed to stock. Try
these food crops this year.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound My
mother bought it and the next month I
was so well that I worked all the month
without staying at home . day. I am
In good health now and have told lots Of
girls about it"-Miss CLARIcE NORM.
q Russell Street, Taunton, Mass
Thousands Of girls suffer in silence
every month rather than consult q ply.
sician. If girls who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache.
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells OF Indigestion would take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. . safe and pure remedy made
from roots and herbs, much suffering
might be avoided.
Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass. (confidentialD for free
advice which will prove helpful
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

Chicken Feed Trough Accessible From
Both Sides With Cover On.

lent ration. Other grains at times
may take the place of wheat or corn,
although nothing will quite equal
them.
OF course in addition to grain and
meat fowls must have plenty of grit.
graduated bone or wood charcoal at
all times. Green food in the shape Of
chopped alfalfa leaves or clover is es-
s~ential. particularly in the winter
when the birds do not have access to
the range. This should be kept before
the chickens at all times or it may be
fed in the grain mixture.
Grit is absolutely necessary because
chickens cannot digest the food in
their crops without it. For this pur.
pose ground oyster shells, coarse sand
or ground rock may be used. When
at large chickens supply their own
grit and it is not necessary to keep it
before them except when they are con,
fined.
The difficulty of keeping the feed
clean and dry during continued ex.
posture is nearly overcome by using
troughs with Slated sides and broad,
detachable roofs. Build the troughs
from six to ten feet long, with the
sides five inches high. The lath Stats
are two inches apart, and the troughs
are sixteen inches high from floor to
roof. The roofs project about two
inches at the sides and effectually
keep out the rain except when high
winds prevail. The roof is very easily
removed by lifting one end and slid.
ing it l%engthwise. The trough can then
be filled and the roof drawn back
without lifting it. This arrangement
saves the feed, keeping it in good con.
dition and avoiding waste. The trough
should be placed in a sheltered place
out Of reach of the wind.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

ton is one of great importance and
many people who have raised poultry
for years without keeping account OF
expenses, and then turned to a sem
sible system of accounts, have been
surprised to learn that it cost them
more to keep their focks than they
received from them. However, people
are learning how to manage poultry
and even with grain at the high prices
that have prevailed the last five years
have been able to make a compare
lively good profit in poultry.
For growing chickens a mixture
composed Of three pounds of wheat,
three pounds Of cornmeal, meat con-
tanning so per cent of digestible pro-
tein mixed with two pounds of finely
cut clover or alfalfa makes an excel.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
MENACE OF THE UNFIT
DIRE EVIL OF WAR POINTED OUT
BY SCIENTIST.
Best Blood Of the Countries Involved
Is Poured Out on the Battle Fields
and Future Generations Will
Be the Sufferers.

The racial damage which has been
done to the people Of Europe by the
killing and manning of the higher type
of manhood was discussed recently
by Maj. Leonard Darwin. a OF
Charles Darwin, the naturalist, at q
meeting Of the Royal Statistical So
ciety in London, observes the New
York Sun.
In the course of his paper on The
Statistical Inquiries Needed After the
War in Connection With Eugenics,"
Major Darwin stated that the British
casualties might be about 81 per cent
Of all the fighting men available.
Major Darwin stated that unques-
tionably the wal was killing of the
better types of men. He pointed out
that the active causes OF the racial
damage would not cease with the war,
because the birth rates of the higher
types would continue to be adversely
affected. Only those born in the last
eighteen years would be entirely I'M
damaged by the war, he said, and 1t
would be increasingly necessary dur
ing the next twenty years to empha-
size the fact that in cases where both
parents are fairly healthy it is unpa-
triotic and immoral to limit the size
of the family, except in view of bring
ing the children up in comfort.
He stated that the racial damage
would be at its worst when peace was
declared. The checking Of the multi
~plication of the unfit would never be
more needed than then, he added.
Prof. Arthur Keith, conservator OF
the museum and H%unterian professor
of the Royal College Of Surgeons,
when interviewed on the subject at
the Royal College of Surgeons by a
representative of the Pail Mall Ga
zette, said he was not aware OF the
existence of any statistics which went
to show that the stature of the French
nation diminished after the Napoleon
ic wars.
1.-THE question is: Are We losing
our best men? There is no doubt we
are losing our bravest men. The men
of the highest physical courage, Of the
highest patriotism, have volunteered,
but have these men left children be-
hind? If they have, and, Of course,
we know they have, then the nation
cannot be affected as a whole.
1T should be remembered that our
males up to the age of eighteen re-
main untouched and that part of the
population cannot be injured. . . E.
There Is another point to consider.
The men who are most eminently ht'
ted for our modern civilization-for
our industrial civilization-are not tn Q
bravest men of the nation at all. The
extremely brave man is Of no use in in.
dust4al life. 1t is nonsense to talk
about war being the cause of the catas-
trophe of eliminating the best men.
warfare goes on in the industrial
world, but the warfare of the indus
trial world is waged by competition,
not bravery. In the one case it Is
physical courage, bravery, that counts;
in the other versatility and brains"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
Pony Refrigerator Used for Sending
Strawberries to the North.

for a long time without to any great
extent losing its fresh color and flavor.
The keeping of strawberries under
refrigeration is a comparatively new
undertaking, but results that have
been secured indicate that in time this
can be made an important industry. It
Is possible to keep the fruit in such q
way that it's quality is practically un-
impaired. In a single storage house
that has come under the observation
of the writer 5000 barrels of crushed
sugared Strawberries were held at a
temperature between 30 and 40 de-
grees. Proper storage is an important
matter, for 1t will enable the grower to
dispose of his surplus crop and at the
same time will provide the consumer
with a wholesome strawberry product
throughout the year. When growers
are banded together into a large asso-
citation it often should be possible for
them to manufacture strawberry by
products at the producing center un-
der the management of the organiza.
ton.
Cost Of Growing Strawberries.
The cost Of growing strawberries
varies between wide limits, depending
upon the locality and the methods Of
culture. In most sections of the South
the average cost Of production is SIS
to $50 per acre. but in some cases the
cost is very much higher, especially In
Florida.
Below Is an estimate of the cost Der
acre of growing strawberries in the
South:
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
Chicken Feed Trough With Cover Re-
moved.

will Eat up clean. 1t is never safe to
cut down the rations Of growing birds
until some feed is left over every day.
OF course too much feed of the fat
tening quality is not good for laying
hens because they do not lay best
when overfed. but this does not mean
that they should be starved. A we'll
balanced ration consisting in the main
of corn, wheat and animal matter will
keep a hen in fine laying condition.
We do not believe that a very lean hen
is the best layer.
To persons who are obliged to buy
all the feed for their flocks the ques-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
WILT INJURIES COTTON PLANT
Oiscoloration Inside the Stem Is
Characteristic Of Disease
Fungus Given as Cause.

(By c. A. M'LENDON. South Carroll,
Experiment Station.)
Wilt attacks the cotton plant at any
time between June Is and September
1, causing it to be stunted or to wilt
and die. Plants affected with the dis
ease are slways discolored inside the
stem, which when split shows brown
ish or black streaks beneath the bark
and in the tissues. L.scoloration in.
side the stem is very characteristic
Of the disease.
Wilt is caused BY Q fungus which
enters the roots Of the plant from the
soil. This fungus is primarily a soil
organism and will remain alive in soil
almost indefinitely. The disease is
spread through movement of soil in
which 1t occurs. Because Of the ma
ture Of the germ, rotation cannot be
relied upon to control wilt and fungi.
cides are useless because they cannot
be applied to the diseased portion of
the plant.
The only control measure that has
succeeded is the use of varieties which
have been bred for wilt-resistance.
Two such varieties. the Dixie and the
Dillon, have been developed and
through the use of them many farms
on which wilt had made 1t impussi-
BILE to grow cotton successfully have
been restored to their normal pro-
d~uctiveness.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
FEEDING THE SITTING HEN
Besides Grain, Water, Grit, Etc, Fowl
Must Be Kept Entirely Free
From All vermin.

Grain and water should be placed
close to the nests of sitting hens, with
grit, charcoal and green feed, so that
they can be induced to feed regularly.
And exercise the greatest care in
keeping down lice.
Use insecticides literally and regu.
larly. Lousy hcps will mean lousy and
dead chicks.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
Reason for Few Eous.

One reason why eggs are not laid in
the winter months, even where there
are pullets. is that the summer sup
ply of worms, bugs and insects Is cut
off, and no meat substitute is given
to take their place. The hen Is an
omnivorous feeder, requiring both
meat and vegetables.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
Solved.

Nov, Johnny" said the teacher.
suppose you wanted to build a thou.
s%and-dollar house and had only seven
hundred dollars. what would you do?"
II s'pose I'd have to marry a girl
worth three hundred dollars" an.
swered the young financier.-Kansas
City Star.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

TO stay at home
from work and suf-
fer a long time.
One day q m
came to our house
asked m ,
mother why I was
suffering. Mother
told her that I suf-
fered every month
and she said, why
don't you buy .
hottla 0f lydia T.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
Locks.

Love laughs at locksmiths." quoted
the Parlor Philosopher.
Then Of course it's no wonder wed.
lock sometimes his mirth," sug.
gested the Mere Man,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

Faith will move mountains today Il
backed up by hard work.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

Every man thinks he could invent
a lot Of things that would startle the
world if he didn't have to waste hb
time in trying to earn a living.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
GIRL COULD
NOT WORK
How She Was Relieved from
Pain by Lydia E. inkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Taunton. Mass.-"I had pains in both
sides and when my periods came I had
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

To keep clean and healthy take Dr..
liver. bowels and stomach.-Adv.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14
DISPOSITION Of Cow.

The best GOV is always the most
nervous and the most sensitive.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

Women with the most cheek do the
least blushing.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

A HINT TO WISE WOMEN.
Don't suffer torture when all female
troubles will vanish in thin air after usina
"Femenina." Price soc and Sr.oo.-Adv.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-04-14

CBy c. A. M'LENDON. South Carroll,
Experiment Station.)