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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-06-22
DEMOCRATS RENOM|NATE WILSON
and MARSHALL BY RECLAMATION
Candidates Are Named by Democratic Convention Amid Scenes
of Wild Enthusasm-Threatened Opposition to Indiana
''an for Second Place on Ticket Observation-Disclosures
tons of Delegates Are Marked by Harmony
Throughout the Sessions.

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president Wilson was declared the
no,niuee M 1l:5O O'Clock Thursday
night. md five minutes later Mr. Mar
shall vps named without the formaIity
of a nominating speech. IN order that
the dreaded Friday hoOdoO might have
party.s nominees.
Following the nominations there
were some speeches Of laudarory char.
actcr This lasted until half after II
I'm the morning Then the convention
adjourned until II a. IN. Friday.
The platform committee sat up the
rest of the night to whittlc the planks
and get them ready 10 nail down.
The Democratic convention was seen
by unbiased observers as the most
nearly unanimous affair of its kind
since the big wind Of ~. or there
aboutS. President Wilson controlled
,bo uituotion Absolutely from WASH
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-06-22
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Copyright, 1916, by w. j. Bryan.)

st. Louis, Mo-The Democratic
party has spoken; 1t has picked up
the gauntlet thrown down by the two
other parties in thcis recent conycn-
lions; the issues Eoyc been Joined, aud
the country il now ready for the battle
which wiz determine whether the
hands IF President Wilson shall be
upheld or whether Republicans again
shall be- entlronrd upon the seats Of
the mighty
BY the viii of the Democratic ma
tional convention, which was marked
throughout by harmony aud loyalty TO
the president, che party goes into the
coming fight under The same Lender
ship as In 1917, and standing upon II
platform which indorscs unrcscrycdly
the policies of the present admins
tratiOn and cmbOdes declarations Of
principle around which II is believed
people Of all classes and of all parties
can rally.
Contrast In Conventions
what Il contrast between the con
ventlon here and the two conventions
at Chicago Al Chicago, plutocracy,
unrcprntant. signnizcd It's return to
supreme authority in the Republican
party Al 81. Louis Democracy MS
sembed 10 organize It's Fight 90 hold
the economic reforms secured, main.
tain neutrality and peace Ia the midst
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-06-22
Condemn All Alliances.

We condemn all alliances and com.
binatons of individuals in this coun-
try, OF whatever nationality or descent
who agree and consplre together for
the purpose OF embarrassing or weak.
ening our government or of Improperly
influencing or coercing our public rep.
resentatives in dealing or negotiating
with any foreign power. We charge
that such conspiracies among lin.
tied number exist and have been insti
gated for the purpose of advancing the
interests of foreign countries to the
prejudice and detriment Of our own
country.
We condemn any political party
which. in view OF the activity Of such
conspirntors, surrenders It's Integrity
or modihcS its policy.
And here is the suffrage plank:
We recommend the extension OF the
franchise to the women of the country
by the states upon the same terms as
men.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-06-22
Minneapolis, June 90, 1916.

JUIIV w IIIV'
Wheat - No. l hard, ia; No. l
northern, 1.09@112; No. 2 northern,
1O591.09.
Corn-No 3 yellow, 73074c.
Oats-No 3 white, 37Q38c.
Rye-93994c.
Flax 50179.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-06-22

London - Captain, the Hon. John
Waldorf Astor, now Lord Astor. is
soon to wed Lady Mercer Nairene. 1t
is announced here.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-06-22

political bosses. There is no more rea-
son to refuse to trust them now.
GIynn's Speech Historic Utterance.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
TO DETERMINE AGE OF CALF
Expert Of Colorado Agricultural COL
lege Tells Of Method by Look
Ing at lnelsors.

You may want TO buy calves at auc-
ton, and you may want to know about
how old they are. Here's the way G. L.
Marion of the Colorado Agricultural
college has 1t figured out:
"The calf when born has two pairs
of inclsors. the other two pairs appear
during the first month When a calf is
eighteen months old, 1t loses the mid
die pair OF milk incisors, and grows a
permanent pair. The next pair, one
on each side, rs replaced at twenty
seven months of age. the third pair at
thirty-six months, the fourth or out
side pair at fory-flye months. The
time Of appearance Of these incisors
varies within rather narrow limits. so
that We are able to tell the age OF
young cattle fairly accurately.
"The calf also has a temporary set
of molars, which are later replaced
with permanent ones. but they are
not considered in estimating the age
Of the animal"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
RYE GOOD FOR FALL PASTURE
May Be Seeded In October and Is Not
Attacked by Hessian Fly-Veteh
Adds Nitrogen.
(By C. B. HUTCHINSON, Missouri Agri-
cultural Experiment Station)

(By c. B. HUTCHINSON, Missouri Agri-
cultural Experiment Station)
After six weeks of severe drought
and intense heat, bluegrass and other
pastures are so dry that they will fur.
nish no pasturage until late In the
fall, even with the aid of the usual
late summer and early fall rains. The
man who has much live stock on hand
will find 1t necessary to provide tenn
porary fall and winter pasture. For
this purpose there Is no better crop
than rye.
Rye may be seeded any time during
September or October, and is not at.
tackled by the Hessian fly, so it will
not endanger fall wheat. 1t may be
sown Just as early as the seeded can
be put into proper condition on stub.
BILE land or after corn has been cut for
silage or fodder.
A bushel and half is enough for
early sowing, but two bushels should
be used later, or mixture Of 80 or
40 pounds of rye and 10 or 20 pounds
of vetch will give good results II
sown late in August or early in Sep
tember
Small fields of such cover crops fur
nish great deal of pasture at little
expense and leave the soil in better
condition than if they had not been
grown. The vetch is legume which
adds nitrogen and the fine roots OF
rye protect the soil against washing,
which is more serious between grow
ing seasons than most people realize.
Next spring the rye may be turned UNI
der as grain manuring crop before
complaining time.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
CARING FOR RHUBARB
Something Wrong if Satisfactory
Crop Is Not Obtained.
Apply Remedy This Year and Pre-
vent Repetition Of Same Trouble
Next season-supply Of Fer.
tllizer Is Necessary.

How did your rhubarb bed do this
season? We're the stalks short or
slim? Were the Leaves small and
ragged looking? Did 1t turn a sickly
color and the plants wlther or dwin-
die away in the middle of the sum
mer? If you did not have a satisfac-
tory crop of this widely admired pie
plant, something was wrong. A rem
edy is needed, and since it is not
expensive or difficult to procure, sup
pose we apply it now and prevent a
repetition Of the same trouble next
year.
1t requires no particular kind Of
magic to induce this plant to grow,
and the earlier 1t produces the more
valuable it Is for either market or
household use. find the greatest thing
for rhubarb is plenty of good stable
manure put on at this season of the
year, says writer in an exchange.
II is an excellent idea to cover the
earth surrounding the roots to a
depth of four inches. This not only
enriches the soil, but protects the
roots and assists in producing an early
growth.
l never pack the manure down close
to the earth, for / think this helps to
make the soil sour, and also makes it
more wet, which, of course, will cause
heavier freezing in severe weather.
A little straw with the manure will
act as mulch and produce better re-
suits. A very slight sprinkle of salt
will do the beds good, but be careful
not to overdo this.
Ii the bed is Of long standing, dig
up the roots, or at least portion of
them, and reset them in new earth
In new locality, say, about three
or four feet apart. Set in good,
strong roots, and be careful to have
the root crown well covered with soil.
Manure this new bed literally, and
1t will pay you even next season for
your trouble, but from then on, for at
least five years, with liberal manuring,
1t will yield excellently and the quail
ity will be fine.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
Self-Feeder for Stock.

give the credit, of pigs as well as peo-
pie. Various feeding tests of the state
experiment stations, notably Iowa,
have proved this to be true. Now every
body is getting patents on self-feed-
ers for live stock. The one shown
here is a recent patent of a Billings
(Mont.) man. There is a corrugated
feed roller at the proper point on the
slanted bottom Of the bin. Below this
roller is q feed trough, and on the
roller is an eccentric and feed rods
having downwardly projecting prongs
connected to the eccentric. This ar
rangement makes it possible to keep
the feeder cleaned out, so that old
feed does not stick to the sides and
in the corners to spoil and harm new
feed put into the feeder.-Farmlng
Business.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
HARVESTING A PEANUT CROP
information Supplied by Expert Of
Oklahoma College-cover Stacks
Well With Canvas.

The following information on har'
vesting peanuts was supplied by
Prof. M, A. Beeson of the department
Of agronomy of Oklahoma Agricultural
and Mechanical college at saltwater !:
"If there is only a small quantity to
be harvested, they may be pulled up
by hand, but If there Is large
amount, and you haven't a regular pea
harvester, they may be harvested by
removing the moldboard from an ordi.
nary turn pillow and running the share
under the row on each side at a suffi-
clent depth not to sever the pods
from the branches. The side that the
moldboard is taken from is run next
to the plant. If 1t is a large pillow,
once running In the row might do.
The plants are then gathered by hand
and may be thrown in piles in every
third row. Where there Is danger of
much rain. they may be stacked on
the same day that they are dug. using
the stack-pole method. The pole used
should be from six to seven feet long
and put securely in the ground in
rows through the field. Cleats should
be nailed on the pole a few inches
above the ground TO keep the peanuts
off the ground They are stacked
around this pole with the tops turned
outward aud the nuts inward to pro-
tect them from the rain and sunshine.
birds and animals. The stacks should
not be more than three c. four feet
in diameter, as they dry out and cure
much better this way.
in most Of Oklahoma 1t is not nee
essary to go to this trouble. but they
mey be left in the field for four or FIVE
days TO field-cure and then stacked In
ricks the same as alfalfn. But as pea
nuts make very coarse stack. II is
necessary to cover the stack well with
boards or canvas cover"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
CLEANLINESS IS BIG FACTOR
Arrange Plenty OF Clean Nests for
Layers-keep MISUNDERSTANDING
Eggs for Home Use.

An important factor in poultry sue
cess is cleanliness. Arrange plenty OF
clean nests for the layers. Thin-shelled
and dirty eggs should be kept for the
home table and the clean, uniform
eggs-and they nearly all should be
this If proper care is taken--shOuld be
got on to some other table just as
soon as possible. II you once secure a
string of customers who know the vast
difference between a good egg and a
one-month-old, you can keep these Gus
toners just as long as you keep your
product up to the standard. But no
matter how good nor how fresh the
eggs, these customers will fail you IL
you offer them dirty eggs.
1t is well to know the age Of the
eggs sold, but unless you can put them
In the hands of the user the day after
they are laid, do not put the date on
the egg, as most users had rather Ego
II blind than use one that by the date
on the shell is even two weeks old.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
MULcHlNG IS GOOD PRACTICE
Keeps Down Weeds and Conserves
Moisture-Plan ls Most Excellent
in Dry Country.

Mulching grapes is good way Of
keeping down weeds and holding the
moisture in the soil, but once begun 1t
should be continued. Unless one uses
the very coarsest lowland hay there is
no mulching that will last for two
years, and so 1t is a good plan TO re-
new the supply every year. The rea-
son mulching must be kept on after
once starting with ii is because 1t
brings the roots to the surface, and
after that is done they must be kept
covered. But where grapes are raised
in a dry country and the patch is small
the mulch plan is about the best way
Of raising them.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
PROFIT IN WINDFALLS
Money Made by Turning Apples
Into Sweet Cider.
Large Amount Sold to Tourists
Ground in Orchard Kept Clean and
No Waste-Frult Hand-Picked
and Graded Into Sizes.

One of the most common sights in
the country during the summer
months, is the large quantity Of wind
fall apples lying under the trees on
many prosperous looking farms. Hay
ing purchased a place with a large
orchard, was determined to eliminate
this waste, If possible, says a writer
in an exchange. When the first apples
began to fall, the trees were gently
shaken, the apples washed, and run
through small mill.
Two signs, tackled at either boun-
Diary line of the place facing the road,
advertised in large letters, good cider.
1t was amazing the number Of gallons
we sold to passing tourists who
stopped to get glass, and generally
wound up by taking gallon with
them.
In this manner the ground was
kept clean of apples and there was
no waste. About two weeks later we
began to hand-pick, grading the fruit
into two sizes. All fruit available
was removed. Owing to the enormous
crop, the price of apples was very
low. The neighbors were selling fruit
for % cents a bushel, and glad to get
it, while our apples brought 65 cents
at the grocery store.
Many more bushels were sold in
the same manner as the cider, the
signs this time announcing both the
sale Of cooking and eating apples.
AS the orchard was an old one
when purchased, some of the trees
were very large and the apples diff
cult to reach, These were the last
to be disposed OF, being shaken off
and converted into cider which was
sold at the fancy price Of so cents a
gallon. An advertisement placed in
the daily paper, suggesting the use of
the cider for Halloween parties,
brought splendid results, and a hand
some profit was realized.
The above mahod ought to prove
profitable to anyone living ON a main
road. Every apple ought to make a
showing on the cash exchequer.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29

common paint to save evaporation
from the wound. This is particularly
desirable during the present year, on
account of the exceedingly moist cool
spring the trees made rank growth
and a very large leaf surface. This
most abundant growth occurred dur
ing the month of May. Now that
drought has occurred suddenly the
trees have a larger leaf surface than
can adequately be supplied with wa
ter. Reducing this evapOrating sur
face, pruning out surplus growth,
leaves just that much larger water
supply for the fruit, leaves and limbs
which remain.
Investigations during recent years
at the experiment station show that
this point is of special Importance. 1t
has been found that in dry time the
fruit is the first part Of the tree to
suffer from lack of water. This is
because when water supply is inade-
quate the leaves have the power Of
drawing water out of the adjacent
fruits. The sap in the leaves is more
concentrated than that in green fruit,
so the sap Of the leaves draws water
from the apples. This point can be
tested by cutting off two branches
from an apple tree, each containing a
similar number of fruit and leaves.
Hang them up in dry place, pick all
the apples off one of the limbs. The
leaves on the branch having no apples
to supply water will turn brown, dry
and brittle within "a hours. The
leaves on the branch containing apples
will keep green for days until the wa
ter is drawn from the apples and the
latter are dried and shriveled. In a
similar way cucumber or melon vines,
containing large watery fruits. have
their leaves remain green until the Gu
cumber or melon is entirely shriveled,
while similar vine containing no
fruit will have the leaves begin &c
wilt as soon as the vine is cut OFF.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29

(By ]. c. WRITTEN, Missouri Agricul-
tural Experiment Station)
The department OF horticulture of
the University of Missouri finds in in
vestlgation work carried on during re-
cent drought years that proper or
chard management can largely Offset
the effects Of drought in our apple
orchards. Everybody recognizes in a
general way that a well managed or
chard will stand drought better than
n neglected one. The reasons why
this is true are not fully understood
by most orchardists. If they were
fully understood and appreciated, a
larger number of orchardlsts would
make a greater effort to bring their
apples to full size and maturity.
Dead and dying limbs should be
pruned out close to the tree and the
wounds painted. Many people sup
pose that once a limb on a tree Is dead
that it dries out and does no essential
harm. As a matter of fact, a dead
or dying limb evaporates large guam
titles of moisture from the tree. Cut
ting off dead limb and painting the
wound saves large quantity of mois-
ture for the remaining living limbs,
leaves and fruit.
Canker wounds or sun-scald areas
where the growing limb beneath the
bark has died out to be scraped clean
up to layer of healthy growing It's
sue and the wound painted. Cleaning
and painting these wounds will de-
strOy many insects which are shell
tered behind the shelly bark of the
wound, which feed on the growing lay
er and prevent it from healing over
the wound, and the painting will save
loss of water from the dead and
spongy wood,
Water sprouts and surplus limbs
not needed by the tree ought to be
pruned out now. All wounds more
than one-half inch in diameter made
in pruning should be painted with
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
ALFALFA GOOD FORAGE CROP
Especially Adapted for Sand-HiIIs
Country, Because II Prevents
Danger Of Soil Blowing.

Alfalfa can be grown in most Sec
tons of the sGnd-hills country. Nebras-
ka, according to work done at the VAL
entine substation. and it is recommend
ed that where possible II should be
made TO take the place Of intertilled
forage crops, because II would do away
with the danger OF soil blowing. II is
also Of more value than any other for.
age crop that can De grown.
Experiments have shown that for
that section OF country alfalfa exceeds
all elovers. including sweet clover. in
It's adaptabillty TO the conditions
found there, and that it is more valu-
able than any Of hem and ccSts less
to seed.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
TICK ERADICATION LAW
Second Step in Work Of Kidding
South of Pest.
Louisiana Following Example Set by
Mississippi In Taking Steps for
Protection Of Live Stock
Activities Begun.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
The second step in the work of rid
ding the South of cattle ticks under
state supervision recently has been
taken by the passage of statewide
tick eradication law by the Louisiana
legislature. A similar law was recent
~ passed by Mississippi. The law will
20 into effect April /, 1918, after which
date the state livestock sanitary board
will have charge of tick eradication
activities and win be empowered to
compel such parishes as 1t shall desig-
nate to make adequate provisions for
the construction of dipping watts and
the dipping of cattle, and to continue
the treatment until ticks shall be en-
tirely eliminated.
While the law will not be enforced
until April 1, 1918, the federal authori-
ties urge the wisdom of making prori-
sion now In the different parishes for
the construction of watts and for the
necessary chemicals for the baths.
AS an indication that the people Of
Louisiana are not inclined to wait
until 1918 before taking up tick eradi-
cation, federal agents state that &C
tive work is now being conducted In
nine parishes, with the result that dur
ing the month Of June. parish, state,
and federal employees supervised 24S.-
90S clippings of cattle to rid them Of
ticks. The federal authorities believe
that a large number OF square miles
win be added to the tick-free area In
Louisiana by the end of this year.
AS an additional safeguard against
the spread Of the tick, the state legis-
lature has also passed law prohibit
ing the movement OF cattle from any
auarantined area into the tick-free sec
ton OF Louisiana or into any part Of
the state where systematic tick eradi-
cation work is being conducted, unless
the animals have been dipped twice
I'm the standard solution from D to l.
DAYS apart. This dipping must be done
under thu supervision of a federal or
state inspector. who will furnish n GER
titicate Of dipping. The cattle must
not be exposed to tick infes;ation
after the second dipping. Where cat
tie are intended for immediate slaugh-
ter. these restrictions do not apply, but
the slaughtering centers must be pro
vided with facilities for handling cattle
satisfactory to the state board.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
SELF-FEEDER FOR DRY MASH
inexpensive Device Shown In lllustra.
ton Was Made Especially for
Preventing Waste.

After trying for a long time to find
an inexpensive self-feeder that would
prevent waste, hit upon the device
shown in the accompanying cut, writes
C. A. Burton in Farm and Home. In
the center of platform about two feet
square, made of matched boards,
placed an earthenware crock. The
grain mixture was covered with an or
binary follower made of chicken wire,
which helps in measure to prevent
the hens from billing out the food. In
spite of this they will pick out lot
of it, which is wasted with many feed
ers.
The platform is raised about two feet
from the floor, which is enough to pre-
vent scratching litter on to it, The
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
WAY TO HANDLE FENCE WIRE
Illustration Shows Excellent Plan and
Outline Of Device Any Handy
Man Can Make.

The illustration shows a good way
to roll or string wire, writes Anton
Schwetz of CABOT, Wis, in Missouri
Valley Farmer. The long boards In
each side of frame are of by 4, 8
feet long. The crosspieces are l by
6, as long as the wagon box is wide.
Pieces of 1 by 6 are set upright in
the center of each side braced with
lengths of 2 by 4. The top of each
upright is rounded ont and an old
shaft laid in, with crank attached ut
one end. This wire roller can be put
on a wagon. Take the wagon to one
end of the wire fence, attach one end
of wire at A, then turn the crank. This
win pull a wire so rods long without
moving the wagon. The reel win hold
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-09-29
AUTUMN RAINS INJURE BETS
Sugar Content Of Plant Is Rapidly De-
stroyed-They Become Woody
and Tasteless.

Sugar beets seldom do well in 10
calities where there is much autumn
rain. When growth is stopped by dry
weather In the summer and new
growth started by late rains the sugar
content OF the beets is rapidly de-
stroyed.
The same thing holds good with
garden beets; let a second growth start
and the beets become woody and taste
less.