davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
ORIGIN OF POTATO UNKNOWN
Strong Reasons, However, for Belief
That 1t is Native of Mountainous
Districts of America.

The question of where the potato is
indigenous and where introduced by
man has never been strictly answered.
1t seems sure, however that the potato
Is a native of the mountainous dis
trlctS OF tropical and subtropical Amer
lea, from Chile to Mexico, and even as
far north as the southern part of Colo
RADIO. Data concerning the known use
OF the potato for food are not very
definite. 1t probably was first taken
to Europe from Peru by Spaniards
early in the sixteenth century, and
spread from Spain to Holland. Bur-
gundy and Italy, though cultivated
only as curiosity in q few gardens
and little known or thought of. In the
Complete Gardener, published in 1719,
1t is not mentioned. As food 1t was
first used for pigs and cattle: then.
on account of it's great yield, it was
suggested that it might be useful for
the poor and prevent famine, due to
the failure of the grain crops. As early
as 1868 the Royal society of London
adopted measures to encourage its cul-
tivation in England. 1t spread quickly
In Ireland, but it was not until the mid
die of the eighteenth century. that it
acquired any real Importance on the
continent of Europe. OF its first cult
walton as crop in North America even
less is known.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
PLAN TO SET APPLE TREES NEXT SPRING

opinion of any writer as gospel, but
visit some orchardist who Is near to
your place and has similar soil condi-
lions and ask him about his expert
ence. He can give hints Of very great
value.
And do not plant any crabs. Forty
years ago it. was the fashion to plant
various kinds of crabs and before ap.
Piles were plentiful they did have some
value. But we have passed by the
crab age. There are still some house
keepers who want few crabs to jell,
pickle, etc. If your wife is one of that
class and you want to indulge her do
not plant more than one tree.
The question is often asked: How
many trees should be planted for
family orchard? That is one of those
general questions which requires va
riety of answers. Some families use
many more apples than others. 1t may
be said ten good trees, when they
come to full fruiAge, will supply an
ordinary family in all good fruit years.
Some would say that five trees were
enough and others would increase the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

There are thousands of farmers al
this time who are planning to set ap-
pie trees next spring, encouraged by
the bountiful crops or fruit of last
summer. And this is a work which
ought not to be undertaken hastily,
but to avoid costly errors there should
be some knowledge Of varieties, their
season and quality.
First of all, earnestly resolve that
you will not plant any of the early
varieties, like Duchess and Yellow
Transparent. In good fruit year you
may get all you need of these sorts
Just for picking them up of your neigh
bors. Why should you grow more of
the unstable kinds? This is said
under the suppOsition that you are
planting an orchard for home use
chiefly, says Iowa Homestead.
OF course, If you are planting
commercial orchard, or have facilities
for shipping to a big city market, that
alters the case, and you may make
good profit from the early varieties.
But as matters stand in our rural COM
munities it would be better if two
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
FACE NEW ORDER OF THINGS
Parents Do We'll to Adapt Themselves
to Modern Ways In conversing
With Their Children.

There is good deal more of life
and fire and color In the talk of the
young today than there was in the
speech of an older day. Many an adult
Is i'll at ease in group of young peo-
pie now. His talk is much duller than
that of the young people around him.
They can use figures of speech; they
can employ dynamic and striking
phrases; in brief, their speech scintil-
lates, while his moves along in a rath-
er heavy, conventional, formal way.
This is the new order of things in
American life. 1t is inevitable, con-
sidering that we are becoming con-
stantly more gregariOus. We see a
great deal more of one another than
we did of old; and so we have to talk
more freely and more unanimously
than was required when social life was
much simpler than it is now.
SO Children must be heard as well as
seen. But shall we release the brakes
altogether, and let them run without
check? People can talk so much that
they become unduly excited, unstable
and cratic. A child who rushes in to
the table from the street, and keeps
talking in a tense, excited way is over
doing the talking business. In some
way he ought to be quieted. He should
be helped to get hold of himself. He
is running with the throttle open.
This problem could be settled sot.
isfactorily, and to the advantage of
everybody concerned, if the father and
the mother could talk so as to inter-
est their children. When a parent can
tell good story or describe happen
ing of the day in a colorful manner,
he can get his children to listen, and
they will be benefited in body and
mind by so dOing.-M. V. O'Shea In
The Mothers Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
INSECT PESTS EASY
TO KILL IN WINTER
Destroy Trash and Litter Where
ever 1t Has Accumulated
Cut Out Dead Limbs.

(By T. ]. TALBERT. Missouri Agricul-
tural Experiment Station.)
Take advantage Of the bugs in their
winter quarters, the remnants of old
plants, the trash and litter about the
garden and orchard. Burn out the
fence rows, destroy the trash and litter
wherever it has accumulated by burn
ing it or blowing it under. Cut out
the dead trees and limbs i'm the orchard
and make them into firewood.
This cleaning up about the orchard
and garden will destroy a dozen or
more of our most destructive pests.
For example, the plum curculiO is now
wintering as full-grOwn beetle in the
trash and litter along the fence rows or
about the trees; the cOdling moth will
be found in the worm stage within a
silken cocoon tucked away under the
shelly bark of dead trees and dead
limbs; and the fruit tree bark beetles
or shot hole bOrers will also be found
wintering mostly as adult beetles in
dead or dying trees.
the garden and about the borders will
De found the adult asparagus beetle,
bean-leaf beetle, harlequin cabbage bug,
flea beetles, the striped cucumber bee
tie and the chrysalis of the cabbage
worm. If you want to kill these pests,
pile and burn dead tomato and pea
vines and other remains of vegetation
in the garden and along the border.
Deep fall or early winter blowing
will also destroy many insects. This
is especially true of the cutwOrms, pO-
tatO beetles. white grubs and wire
worms which are now alternating in
the soil. Late fall or early winter
blowing will turn these insects up near
the surface and expose them to an at
tack of birds, poultry and other AMI
mails. At this season of the year the
insects are in dormant or semidOr-
mant condition, and when brought up
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
SWINE IN ORCHARDS
CAUSE MUCH INJURY
Never Safe to Permit Hogs or
Cattle Among Fruit Trees Un-
less Grass Is Plentiful.

The question is often asked, as 1t
safe to let hogs run in an Orchard"
1t will be safe if you will watch two
or three important points. One Is to
be sure and see that the hogs do not
get to rubbing the trees hard, as In
the process of scratching themselves.
Sometimes when hogs have lice they
will rub against the trees and thus
cause considerable damage or injury
to the tree. This damage may finally
end in collar blight of the apple, and
by this means the hogs also aid In
spreading the collar blight or rot which
is far the most serious disease of the
apple tree.
Another point to watch is that hogs
do not root out the roots of the young
trees. If there are white grubs in the
ground close to the roots the hogs pay
ing out the roots they would Of course
do considerable damage.
The last point Is the possible dam
age to the lower branches or low-hang-
ing fruit, but If such injury Is observed
at the beginning it is easy to prevent
it from going further by removing the
hogs from the orchard.
In general, it may be said that 1t Is
never safe to let hogs or cattle run in
any kind Of orchard young or old, un-
less there is plenty Of pasture or food
therein. When the food supply runs
low, look out.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
An instantaneous!

Willie was at last the proud owner
of a small camera. The happy little
boy listened to his fathers instruc-
lions on the way to work it, and then
prepared to take his little sisters
photograph.
Now for beginner this is not a
very easy thing, and Willie, engrossed
In the difficult task, spent good half
hour running from the camera to the
subject, and from the subject to the
camera, arranging one thing, fixing an
other, and taking the greatest pOssi-
BILE care that everything should be in
order.
What in the world are you doingY'
asked his uncle, who arrived at that
moment.
And Willie, in a most serious tone.
replied: IAN instantaneous, don't
you seer"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

the bottom OF the lateral to the bot
tom OF the main so the water In the
main Will not check the flow in the
lateral.
o. AS few outlets of the main tile
as may be should be constructed and
these should be properly protected.
Z. Silt wells or catch basins wherein
to catch sediment should be construct
ed where the soil is of silly charac-
ter or wherever the grade alters.
.. A surface inlet should be provid-
ed wherever the tile comes to a large
surface depression or a pond usually
forms after rains.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

thirds Of our early apple trees were
cut out for firewOod.
The Wealthy is standard apple for
early fall, but unless you have facili-
ties for cold storage do not plant it
largely south Of the latitude Of south
ern Wisconsin, central Iowa and CEN
trail Nebraska. North of that 1t has
some keeping quality and the farther
north 1T can be grown the better 1t
keeps. Even in central Iowa If picked
In early maturity-just as the seeds
turn brown-it will keep until mid
winter. -,..s
Plant Ben Davis, N. w. GreenineS
Salome. Minkler or Black Annette and
you will have fruit which will keeI,
until you have time to sell it. But
take another hint-dO not take the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

Of the land. 1t is not uncommon for
lands too wet for cultivation to pro-
duce, when drained, 60 to 20 bushels
OF corn or oats or from one to one
and half bales of cotton to the acre.
On much Of the drained land the in
crease of yield is from % to 100 per
cent, and by the increased yield and
decreased cost Of cultivation the value
of the land Is often doubled.
Drainage improves the physical con-
dition of the soil by making 1t more
porous and friable Thus stiff soils
are made more easy to work. The
roots of plants are given a greater
feeding depth by the lowering of the
water level and hence the ability of
crops to utilize moisture is increased.
Well-drained soils also absorb more
rainfall than undrained soils, thus de-
creasing erosion and damage by floods
The following, however, should be
borne in mind in connection with
drainage operations:
1. The grade Of the ditch should be
uniform and free from says.
2. The tile should be placed firmly
In the ditch with the ends as close
together as possible, the top of the
joints particularly so.
3. All joints larger than one-eighth
of an inch should be covered with
pieces of broken tile.
4. Either top soil. sod, straw, grass
or fine brush should be placed next to
the tile in soils where there is
danger in sitting.
3. A drop should be provided from
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

even before It Is planted. This bed
ding" as 1t Is sometimes called, can
be done with the mule much better
than with mechanical power. The rea.
son for all this is long story and
we shall not go into 1t here.
In rice farming the tractor can be
used for at least three general opera
lions: blowing. narrowing or disking,
and, in some cases. hauling binders
for cutting. 1t is more adaptable to
rice farming than to either of the
others.
+ 2. On 200-acre sugar farm, ordinar-
lily 20 mules would be used; on a cot
ton farm of the same size ten mules !;
and on a rice farm of this size about
eight mules.
The writer doubts very seriously If
tractor would replace even a single
mule on the cotton and cane planta-
tons, but on the rice farm of 20 acres
possibly four mules could be replaced
some seasons. Even in this case, how
ever, it would not be at all safe to de-
Pchu uPoh IhC use VI thc ldCtoT lOr
the cutting of the rice, because 1t is
by no means always possible to run a
tractor over the land when rice is har-
vested. 1t is sometimes impossible to
use a binder, and the planter has to
resort to the old hand sickle.
8. For cotton and cane work two of
the prime prerequisites are short
turning radius and general ease of
handling. Otherwise. the type makes
no particular difference unless it is de-
sired to use the tractor for cultivating
the growing crop. For rice work the
endless apron or caterpillar type might
be used some seasons where the round
wheel type could not be used.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
FLOWING, DIsklNe ANo HARRo wlNo WITH TRACTOR.

To Prof. E. B. Doran, assistant pro.
fessor Of Agronomy, Louisiana State
university, whose work familiarizes
him with tractor operation, the follow.
ing questions have been put as to his
ideas regarding the utilization Of trac-
tors on the farms and plantations of
this section:
1. Under what conditions is the trac-
tor likely to be profitable investment
for (a) the rice farmer, (b) the cotton
farmer, (c) the sugar planter? For ex-
ample, what Is the minimum size farm
in each case on which the tractor is
likely to be profitable investment?
What are the. advantages and disad-
vantages of the tractor In each of
these types of farming?
2. How many mules are used on say
a 3OO-acre farm in fthe sugar. the rice
and the cotton belts respectively.
What proportion of these are likely to
be displaced when the light tractor is
usedf
3. Whatstype Of tractor is likely to
be most useful for each of these types
of farming?
In answer to the above queries, and
taking up the question in order named,
Professor Doran writes as follows:
1. Since SO much depends upon the
operator, the layout of the fields. and
the rotation Of crops, it is difficult to
make even q guess as to the minimum
farm on which tractor could be used,
but 1t certainly is not safe to put 1t
below 200 acres in any one of the three
instances.
In cane and cotton farming in the
uniformly as in the north central
StateS hut IL is thrown ND into rows
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

The worlds normal yield Of the si1
great cereals ranges from 10000, OOO,.
600 to 100000 900 bushels.
With care there Is timber enough
In the United States to last 444 years
according to government expert.
Great possibilities for trade are Of
fered by the Caucasus. Most Of the
merchants. however. are men Of small
capital.
Six absolute monarchies still exist II
the world. They are Siam, Oman, Mo
rocco, Abyssinia. Afghanistan and No
naco.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
DRAINING WEI LANDS
Operation Improves Physical
Condition of the Soil.
Makes Ground More Porous and Fri
able and Therefore Easier to
Work-Roots Of Plants Given
Greater Feeding Depth.

Lands that are too wet for the most
profitable production Of crops, such as
wet level land, low spots and the dry
subsoils Of fiat areas on the SUBMITS
Of knobs, river and creek bottoms,
and peat boys, should be drained.
Even uplands may often be drained
with profit, especially hillsides subject
to erosion or inclined to be "spouty."
Indeed, drainage is profitable wher-
ever 1t is necessary to the fullest use
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
CONVERSATIONS

British women are taking up the
culture Of herbs.
India has become one Of the worlds
greatest consumers Of aluminium.
The japanese make an imitation Of
silk from the hemp Of New Zealand.
Australia, It Is estimated, contains
two-elevenths Of the worlds total Of
sheep.
Colorado uses more than two mill
lion electric horse power every day to
run its industries.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
YEARLY PROFIT ON POULTRY
Increased Returns May Be Obtained by
Raising Necessary Feed for
Chickens on Farm.

1t Is usually conceded by poultry
men that dollar year can be made
off each hen even when all the feed
has to be purchased, and since each
bird will consume over a dollars worth
of grain during the season. the profit
per head when this is raised on the
farm will easily amount to two dollars
or more per annum.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

rear the surface of the ground they arr
unable to go deeper in the soil or To
construct new cases or cocoons and
they are killed by being subjected to
excessive weather conditions and to the
alternate freezing and thawing.
Fall blowing and cultivation will
also enable you to have vegetables a
week or ten days earlier next spring,
because you will be able to plant
earlier on fall-plowed ground.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

number to twenty. Get good, thrifty
two-year-old trees and set them 25
feet apart. The ground may be plant
ed with corn or potatoes or some
other hoed crop for the first FIVE
years.
If you are planting simply for home
use, not intending to market, one tree
Of the Wealthy is enough. II the JON
athan and Delicious succeed in your
neighbOrhOOd by all means include
them In your list. Black Annette and
Salome are good keepers and are
hardy in tree IL the north middle s.
Rms, as-vetween you an6derful-
nee "No-oii1enofy ~ ~
.ater the children said amar.2st ~
res Truly. you will De sure A
fruit, if anybody has fruit. ,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
Plain Truth

"YOu claim this play spent six
months in New York." said the mana.
ger Of the Plunkville op'ry house. 1T
was punk. Couldn't spend three days
here"
1T spent six months in New York
all fayetteville 1t was being written
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
SULPHUR ON GRANARY FLOOR
Statement Made That n SprinI<Ied on
Floor II Will Drive Away
Rodents-Worth Tryino.

An exchange is authority for the
statement that If sulphur is sprinkled
on the barn or granary floor and grain
placed thereon, rats and mice will not
bother.
Sulphur is cheap and not harmful to
stock and the experiment is worth try.
ing.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
Color Of Eggs.

The first eggs of the brown egg lay
ers are generally of good color, but
as the hen increases her laying she
decreases the amount of color, owing
to the gradual loss of the pigment
which colors the eggs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
1Wo-PIow Trae<or

The average size of the farm on
which the two-plow tractor is used Is
30 acres. The average size of the
farms that make room for the five
blow tractor Is 40 acres.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

however number of short
made the sentences logically
HE and looked
HE lit his
with hand the her he spoke"
ION his helmet the
Two adversar placed at equal distance
Freshmen allowed
have had children in
way" -
finished
<seakfast"
Doctor Ktson Of
correctly 1t intended
each student that the
md the slow not be overburdened.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
Limited to One,

Friend-WOman. as someone has
said, is creature of moods.
Henry Peck-My wife amt. She's
always in the imperative.-Boston
Transcript.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
"QrY Earmina.m

Dry farming Is the science of agri-
culture as applied to farm operations
in regions of limited or uncertain rain
fall.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

A lobster craWIed out OF the basket
and the cat Jumped for it.
The lobster became indignant when
a paw struck his shell. The big claw
was landed on the cats tail. Emitting
ear-splitting walls, the cat raced up
stairs and into the dining room.
Miss Eva Solder had brought her
Boston terrier, Gus, into the restau.
rant with her. He was tied to her.
chair. When the terrier saw the cat
and the lobster he got busy. So did
the lobster. The dog made for the cat.
HOWling. the dog made q iumn and
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
The Reason.

Boarder-Why don't you husband
that corn you're scattering so?
Farmer-Can't husband 1t. It's all
hen-pecked.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15


pulled the chair from under Miss
William Mullen the head waiter
Cat dog and lobster tangled
The restaurant Every
alike.
called
physician Seidler
went ownst
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15


the
Office boys Tuesday to nine
the
given consists lectures q
what an ONCE boy needs to become efficient
sit back -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

cat.
With 5000 office-boy jobs going
begging, you might think that the boys
that are now holding down jobs would
feel pretty secure-but that's Just
where you are mistaken. They have
read the signs Of the times, and know
that whenever there is a shortage in
anything nowadays people promptly
devise ways and means to 60 without
that thing or get a substitute.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
Arrange Crop Rotation.

In farming lands that are inclined to
wash, the crop rotation should be SO
arranged as to keep the land in some
growing crop practically the year
round.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
Testing the Brightness Of Chicago Freshmen

(~IICAGOFreshmen
~
tanned they
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

Medicine Chest 10 Useful.
Every stockman should have a well.
equipped. but not necessarily expen
sive, medicine chest.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

Profitable USs Of Crops.
Swine-growing means profitable use
Of farm crops and maintenance Of fer
tiliu.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
iIadephia Lobster Puts on His Own Cabaret

pet cat in the kitchen mfeld
O'Clock the
placed the basket Holsters
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

The old proverb There is nothing
new under the sum-" has no reference
to farming.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
Tomato and Bean Seed.

Practice seed selection for tomatoes
and beans as you do for corn.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
Next Years Garden.

Now Is good time to make up the
list of vegetables and the quantity of
each wanted for next years garden.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

entire college course. Stopwatch In
hand, DIR. Henry B. Kitson stands
over each student and reads passage
from a book. The student must re-
peat 1t. Then the student must read
a passage from book and repeat it
without looking at the book again. A
number of letters with different adj
dresses are given him and he must ar
range them alphabetically. The time
required for these and other tests fix
his mental powers.
Here is the crowning test of all.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
Gotham Office Boy Falls Victim to Efficiency

New YORK-The only in
efficiency who with the reforming
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15
Broken Gate L. lnxitin

A broken gate invites the stock to
enter the field.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-12-15

Farm Cleanliness Program.
Don't let up on your farm cleanli-
meas program.