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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
RYE'S FIGHT WON,

Gov. Rye's fight for second noml-
nation has been won. Only the gross
est betrayal of trust upon the part OF
some three hundred delegates to the
State convention who are instructed
for him could defeat his denomination
and nothing Of that kind is anticipated.
Not only has the governor secured
enough votes to nominate him, but he
has also obtained the election of a
majority of the delegates to the con-
vention who will stand with him for a
platform in harmony with his admins
tration. While some of the delegates
nominally instructed for Rye are hos
tile to his platform, the great majority
come under solemn pledge that they
will stand against any backward step
upon Temperance or law enforcement.
1t has been mean fight, a difficult
one, one probably without parallel
in the history of Tennessee politics.
No open enemy has dared oppose the
governor. The enemy has been skulk-
ing sneak, snake in the grass, afraid
to come into the broad open day and
night as is customary in the politics
of this State. Recognizing the fact
that open opposition to Gov. Rye was
doomed to defeat the effort was made
to discredit his administration, repudi-
ate his policies and adopt platform
upon which, in honor, he could not
stand. 1t was an insiduous and under
hand attack and for time looked
like it would have some measure of
success. 1t started with the support
of the city machines, which in the
aggregate, control large proportion
of the vote of the State convention.
However, the democrats of the
country counties who have small sym
pathy with the corrupt city machines,
rallied with very few exceptions to
the cause of law and order and Gov.
Rye comes out unscathed and stronger,
in fact, than he would have been with
out the fight The contest has really
proven a help to the governor. The
policies for which he has so steadfast-
~ and resolutely stood, have received
an emphatic approval that otherwise
might have been given in a perfume.
tory manner.
The governor boldly accepted the
challenge Of his opponents and fought
the battle upon the lines laid down
by them. There has been no lodging
or straddling. 1t has been a straight
fight and no quarter has been given
The State convention will reaffirm the
declaration of the party two years ago
and will endorse the governors in.
depreciation of its platform His ad
ministration will be commended and
this will mark the last desperate
stand of the old discredited liquor in.
terest in the democratic party of Ten.
nessee. This interest will secretly
knife the governor at the Jlls next
November, but fortunately for the
cause of law and order and temper
ance in Tennessee the governor will
receive the votes of thousands who
did not in the contest two years ago,
support him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
ANOTHER CARLOAD
RAGS FOR MARKET
SHIPPING TO NEW YORK THIS
TIME-MkRkET MUCH LOWER
BOSTON BIDDING.

Another car load of rags will be
shipped out from Columbia this week
by Louis Barker. This car will go to
New York. The market has gone of
considerably and they are bringing
only 75c to $1.0O per hundred. Mr.
Barker stated that he was receiving
bids from Boston on the next ship.
ment.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
SCHOOL REPORT
FIRST QUARlER
NEARLY NINETY PER CENT OF
EXPENDITURES FOR TEACH
ERS' SALARIES.

OF the total expenditures for the
public schools of the county for the
past three months, according to the
report of Superintendent Graham, to
be made on Monday to the county
court, all but $1,000 went for the pay
ment of salaries to the teachers. The
total for all purposes was $17,169.59
and of this teachers received $15,505.
The expenditures for the schools for
the quarter were as follows:
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14

splendid groves of-.this county, COW
cred with blue grass sod, are It's chief
glory, Do not diminish it.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12

are not too cold, nor are the summers
too hot for the production of squads
on commercial scale 1t is only in
the melting period that the number of
eggs and young pigeons will be de-
creased.
No special pigeon house is necessary
in this state. An open-front chicken
house, 10 feet long and s feet wide,
and with height of z feet In front
and feet In back, will accommodate
80 pairs Of pigeons. The house should
face south and should have the east,
north and west sides boarded tightly,
as described In Farmers Reading
Course Bulletin 16, Clemson college.
To complete the plant, erect in front
of the house frame 16 feet long. 100
feet wide and 6 feet inches high,
using 2 by 2-inch posts and by 3-inch
boards. Cover the frame with finch
mesh wire netting. This Ely" gives
the pigeons the necessary exercise
and the small wire keeps out sparrows.
Good varieties are White King.
White Homers, White Swiss Mon
DANES, and Red. yellow, or Splashed
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
KEEP BROOD MARES WORKING
Ordinary Farm Work viii Not Hurt
Them-Turn Them Out In a Field
Every Pleasant Day.

Pregnant mares can be worked ad
vantageously right up to foaling time,
says a writer. Work should not be too
heavy, but ordinary farm work win
not hurt them. Successful colt raisers
nearly always work their mares and
seldom have trouble with either mare
or colt. /,
II you have no work, turn them out
in field every nice day. Always be
very quiet and gentle with q mare in
foal. In bad weather she is better OF
in the stable.
Fancy feeding Is not necessary.
Feeding and watering should be quite
regular. A horse fed regularly and
fully will seldom eat too much. The
best hay for brood mares is mixed
clover and timothy. Avoid all dam.
aged food. Some wheat bran and oats
may be fed, even though the cost is
high. Cut down on corn as foaling
time approaches.
After the colt is foaled the mare
should not be worked for about ten
days, and then lightly for a couple of
weeks. Care should be taken not to
overwork or overhead her, as this will
cause the milk to be bad and may
cause collie or indigestion in the colt.
1t is best to leave the colt in the barn
while its mother is at work.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12

Carneaux White pigeons are pre-
ferred, because they can be sold alive
at good prices when surplus Of stock
arises. For some time the demand for
good breeding stock win take care
Of the supply and the squads can also
be killed, chilled, packed in ice and
sold in Atlanta and other markets.
A mixed feed consisting Of equal
parts Of peas, cracked corn (free from
mold, sorghum or cane seed, and
wheat produces excellent results.
Small or broken peanuts may be sub
stituted for peas. The important thing
to remember is to make opa-tourth Of
the mixture either peas or peanuts.
These foods take the place Of cotton
seed meal in an egg mash. They sup
ply protein and without one of them
very few eggs and young pigeons will
be produced. Feed the grain in a
hopper or literally twice daily. Hop
per feeding is best.
Keep in the flying pen at all times
a supply of grit, small oyster shells,
rock salt and water. Pigeons enjoy
and require bath twice weekly. A
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12

in building materials, which has many
points to commend it to the average
farmer.
The row Of windows at the top ex-
tending the full length Of the building
is feature worthy of attention,
writes H. H. Gould In Farmer and
Breeder. There is no better disin-
fectant for hoghouse, no more eff
cient destroyer of disease germs
known, than plenty Of bright sunlight.
Plenty Of sunshine is better and
cheaper than buying medicine for the
hogs.
Fresh air is also an essential fea-
ture of any well-constructed hoghouse.
Every farmer knows how soon the air
in the ordinary pig shed becomes foul
when filed with hogs. Hence to in
sure healthy hogs some provision for
ventilation must be made. This is
provided for in the plans shown by
the four ventilators, two on each side,
In addition to the ventilation secured
from the side windows and doors.
These ventilators are especially valu-
able during the cold weather in the
winter when the doors and windows
are closed for protection from the
cold.
The outside dimensions OF this house
are 22 by 26 feet. 1t contains ten sep
arate pens each 6 feet a inches by
feet 8 inches in the clear, with an
alley feet . inches wide running the
full length of the building between
the two rows of pens. ~ Fl
There is an outside door at each end
OF the alley. Then a door opens out
ward into the alley from each pen, so
that the hogs may be separated and
shipped from, one pen to another with
convenience inside the building.
Each pen is also supplied with an
outside door 30 that separate runs or
yards may be built on the outside for
each. In decent weather this door
could be left open SO that the pigs
could have the use of the outside run
and inside shelter at will.
Such house is especially adapted
for brood sows during the narrowing
season. Each SOW and litter can be
provided with separate pen and out
side run. until the pigs are old enough
to be together In large lot. The In
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
SEED BED FOR VEGETABLES
Pile Weeds, cornstalks, Brush and
Odd Pieces on Spot and Then Set
Fire 70 Heap.

In forming . bed for tomato, cab
bage or other plants that viii be trans
planted. a fine plan is to choose a shell.
tered, south-side spot; pile weeds,
cornstalks. brush and odd chunks of
wood on 1t, and set ERE to the heap.
When the fire dies down. take the
spade and turn up the ground where
the fire was built. This thoroughly
mixes the ashes from the fire with the
soil. fertilizing 1t, while the heat of the
FIRE destroys many insects, worms.
etc. together with their eggs, in that
particular spot
As soon as the ground is cooled on
sufficiently, sprinkle the seeds lightly
over the surface Of the bed. draw the
rake over the dirt q few times. and
carefully spread some fine brush
across it, TO prevent the birds and
chickens from damaging the bed, On
nights when the temperature seems
to foretell 3 frost. toss some straw CT
hay over the bed. or spread an old
blanket or carpet over IT.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12

BEKRM5N0TES

Have the seeds been tested? II
pays.
Burning vegetation, where possible
will destroy many insects.
A violated seed bed means that
the crop is half cultivated.
Nothing viii fatten q COW or steer
more quickly than alfalfa hay and
corn.
Alfalfa makes dairying profitable. II
is useless to SOW alfalfa on undrained
soils.
To get good garden crop we must
have good seed. good coil and good
cultivation.
Alfalfa hay and silage 10 the best
kind Of rough feed for fattening all
classes of cattle.
Sow all waste land in pasture
grasses Of some kind. 1t win pay far
better than remaining idle torso many
years.
Barley is a better nurse crop for
clover than oats-it does not shade
the ground so heavily and comes of
earlier
Roll the winter wheat to compact
the soil around the roots, fill up the
earth-cracks and make dust mulch.
1t pays.
Every up-to-date farm should have
9 small flock of sheep to furnish an
economical and healthful meat supply
for the table.
The average farm garden may be
made to pay handsome profit II the
owner understands how to get the
money from IT.
Take an inventory OF the farm. Keep
. cash book and , ledger. Don't un-
dertake elaborate cost systems except
as an experiment.
n starting the new tractor make
sure that all oil holes. wells, pumps,
grease cups, etc. are cleaned and filed
with the right lubricant.
A farm garden Is q necessity. II
affords a wholesome supply Of food.
besides being a healthful occupation
and fascinating as well.
Every farm home should be a home
where the neighbors like to congregate
for a good time, and where they win
feel assured Of Q warm welcome.
Tillage aids IN the growth Of the
nitrifying bacteria and these are what
make the plant foods into such forms
as TO be available 10 the growing crOps
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
LOCATE BUILDINGS ON FARM
Often Pays to Move Some Of Houses
In Order to Secure a More Con-
venlent Arrangement.

The location Of the buildings on -.
farm has a great deal to do with the
time II takes to do the work. II win
often pay to move some OF the build
ings In order to secure q more con-
venient arrangement. w. G. Palmer
OF the North Dakota experiment sta
ton tells how this was done on one
farm with the following results: I'm
der the old plan 1t required walking
So miles year just carrying in water.
Under the new plan the water was
piped into the house-no walking re-
Quired. Bringing In the wood under
the old plan required walking 20 miles.
Under the new arrangement this Was.
reduced to So miles. The trips made,
to the machine shed during the year
amounted to 81 Is miles; by the new
arrangement It was reduced to ia
miles. BY the new arrangement the
years trips in feeding the hogs was
reduced 1921 miles and in caring for
the chickens three miles were saved.
The total saving for the year through,
rearranging the farmstead was 217 1-s,
miles.
It was found that the time used In
walking these PIT 1-3 miles was worth
$S6.74. It must be remembered that
1t was not only case Of walking three
miles, but 1t was usually with some.
thing to carry.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
PROFIT ON GROWING COTTON
Hold Acreage Down and Plant Re
duced Space In Food crops-pont
Forget Spanish Peanuts.

Spot cotton has taken another jump
OF dollar bale IN the Houston mar
ket, bringing the price up to Il centa.
Present prices should not be an incen.
tive 10 the planting OF an increased
acreage the coming season. These
prices are the result OF q short yield
on a reduced acreage. II you want to
make a profit on growing cotton. hold
the acreage down and plant the reduc.
ton In food crops that have a CONNER.
cial value for the surplus above the
needs Of home consumption, not for.
getting that the Spanish peanut is a
crop that holds out the most promise
of assured profts.-Houston Post.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
HANDY LATCH FOR cow GATE.
VIII Not Open Of Itself, But II Car
Easily Be Operated by Foot
From Either Side.

/ have invented a handy latch for
the COW lot gate. 1t will not open OF
itself, but It can easily be opened by
the foot, writes Roy Kinnebrew In
Farmers Mail and Breeze. The latch
CD is held in place by the weight (A)-
The footpiece (B) is bolted through
the center to one Of the Stats In the
gate, and at one end to the upright
piece (C). The piece tC) is also bolt
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
DOUTTMN )TF(1
II sSsSSSSS slaejUI

Sitting hens should be moved NJ
night.
II you set hens be sure to give them
clean nests and keep them clean.
If several hens are set in one ROOM
1t is desirable to confine them in good
nests.
Have everything that goes to mar
ket fresh, Of good quality and strictly
clean.
No incubator can bring on good
matches unless 1t 10 surrounded b..
pure afr.
Ducks are much easier to raise than.
chickens. and reach the rooster stags
much quicker.
Hens with little chicks should have
large indoor run when the weathss
is cold or stormy.
A lump OF sugar saturated with coal
oil will cure in two doses hens that
have eaten maggots.
Sanitary conditions are absolutely
necessary to retain the health and
vigor of the little ones.
Eggs saved for Matching purposes
should not be subjected to either o.
high or low temperature
Healthy, strong and vigorous breed.
ing stock 10 necessary for quick grow
ing, profitable market birds.
Alfalfa or clover hay, soaked IN.
warm water makes q good substitute
for green feed for the poultry.
For scaiy leg In fowls apply q mix.
ture Of sulphur, lard and coal oil thres
times q week and IT win cure them.
Why offer for sale small, dirty,
checked or stained eggsl These may
be consumed at home at full market
value.
You can improve your flock and
breed better chicks II you win only uss-
your best judgment. Remember, quail
ity instead Of quantity.
Clean out the henhouses and liisin--
feet with lime Build new nests, n you
cannot be sure that the old ones are
made perfectly sanitary.
Eggs for Matching should not weigh
less than two nor more than two ana
ounces. They should not be-
washed as this lowers their vitality.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
Floor Plan.

dividual pens are also useful for wean-
ing purposes. The pigs can be shut
In this pen and given special care
during the weaving period.
Altogether this house has many adj
vantages which recommend it to the
average farmer. If the house is too
large or too small for the purpose OF
any individual reader he could follow
the same plan of construction and fit
the sire to his individual needs. The
plans could also be made to include a
feed bin and a place for storing bed
ding IL these are desired.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12

holds all slack without the use of
pawls or ratchets.
These advantages are obtained by
the use Of the powerful device, the
worm.
The handle turns the worm, which
intermeshes with worm wheel and
winds up the pull chain on a drum
Wisconsin Agriculturist.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
TIMELY WORK AROUND FARM
Corn or Cotton Stalks Add Fertility to
soll-Preparatlon Is Half of Gull
tlvatlon.

Don't burn corn or cotton stalks.
They furnish the land with soil fer.
tility as well as soil ability and les.
sen danger from drought.
Don't pillow land the least bit too
wet. 1t makes sundried bricks, kills
soil bacteria and lessons production
sometimes for years. Don't do II.
Remember that preparation Is half
Of cultivation. and far easier. cheaper
and better before than after planting.
Hurry is often like worry. Il doesn't
pay.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12


any other part OF the United States.
There is no doubt, however, that the
crop can be fully as well utilized this
way in other western states in local
tiles which are near large sheep
ranges. When intended for pasture,
the feld pea is sown alone or with but
little grain, as 1t is not necessary in
such cases that 1t be supported by
some more erect-growing crop. AMI
mails pasturing on field peas should be
confined 70 one portion OF the field by
means of movable fences, or else a
herder should be employed for this
purpose. II sheep or hogs are allowed
to roam about over the entire field,
they waste q great deal Of the crop by
wandering around aimlessly as soos as
their hunger has been satisfied. The
animals should not be turned into the
field until the seed becomes bard.
Lambs VIII fatten on held-pea pasture
In from 20 to 80 days, and a good
crop win usually fatten from 10 to Is
lambs per acre, each animal gaining
about eight pounds month.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
PURCHASING SOY BEAN SEED
Majority Of Concerns Secure Supplies
In Winter and sprIns-Averaee
Price Is sf.7f.

In a canvass which the division OF
markets has made Of the seed houses
Of the United States. It was found that
q concerns reported buying their soy
beans in the winter. rs IN the spring
six In the fall and two specified sum
mer. Nineteen firms reported buying
in carload lots.
The price paid for soy beans last
October. as reported by IS seed houses
IN different parts OF the United States,
ranges from sl.1o to s.. the average
being s1.71 per hushel.-North Caro-
lima Bulletin.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
CROP IS CLOSELY ESTIMATED
Census Bureau Missed Actual output
% Cotton IN 1915 by About
1900 Bales.

The census bureau in Cts final gin
ming report Of the season announced
that the 1915 cotton crop Of the United
States aggregated l1.1sSls2 eQuiva-
lent to 500-pound bales, exclusive OF
iinters and counting round bales es
half bales, as compared with 1913. $50
equivalent to 500-pound bales produced
in 1914. In December the bureau es-
timated the crop at 1l.ls1,00O equIva.
lent 500-pound bales. This was q
pretty close estimate. missing the act
uai figures by only about $4,000 bales.
The 1915 TEXAS crop Il placed ct Ss44..
go bales a. compared with i.ss0.2lo
a 1914
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
FAMILY SWEET CORN SUPPLY
Not Many Foods Grown on Farm Are
Better Than Roasting Ears--Plant
Crop Literally.

Every grower of corn, cotton and
hay crops should have considerable
sweet corn patch to supply the home
with roasting ears. Not many foods
grown on the farm are better than
roasting ears and every farm family
should be abundantly supplied.
An early sweet corn patch and q late
sweet corn patch should be planted.
leaving time for roasting ears from
the field cora. Often green corn may
be sold for roasting ears. Why not
plant literally Of sweet corn?
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12

more than three stalks and very often
only one or two. The heritage is pale
green with whitish bloom on the
surface. Each leaf bears usually two
or three pairs Of leaflets and is ter
minated by slender, branched ten
drill. The hanging pods are about three
inches long, each containing five to
nine nearly round seeds.
The garden pea is cultivated pri-
niarily as a green vegetable, or as a
grain crop for human food; the field
pea is grown for hay or for grain to
feed to animals. r
A cool growing season is essential
for the field pea. High temperatures
are much more injurious than frosts,
which are disastrous to the crop only
when they occur Just at the period
when the pods are setting. These eli
matte requirements of the field pea
limit its successful production as a
summer crop to the northern states
and Canada and to high attitudes in
the mountains of our western states.
II may, however, be grown with profit
as Q winter crop in the southern states,
Its moisture requirements are less Inn
portant than those Of temperature, but
other things being equal, 1t does best
where the rainfall is fairly abundant.
A 15-inch rainfall in western Canada
is sufficient to produce good crop,
while 20 inches Of rain in Kansas, Ne
braska or Colorado is inadequate.
1t is a common practice in some
localities to harvest the crop by pas
turing with hogs or sheep. This is
done more largely In Colorado than in
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
CLEAN UP ALL IDLE CORNERS
Practice VIII Make Work CT cultIva-
ton Easier All summer-lmprove
Waste Places.

When blowing this spring. don't go
around the quilted spots or the bushy
corners or the stumps. Take the time
to clean them as you 60.
II viii make the work Of cultivation
easier al summer and give you q
chance to put the idle land TO work
or to begin the Improvement Of the
waste places. Nothing spells the looks
q > farm more than patehy, ragged
helds.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
Swat the Cattle Tick.
/. 1t kills your cattle.
2. It reduces the price.

/. 1t kills your cattle.
2. II reduces the price.
3. 1t prevents shipping to the
best markets.
a. 1t prevents bringing In
breeding stock. A
8. II ruins the cattle business.
9. II robs you Of your cattle
food.
7. II costs too much.
The dipping vat win do the
work. Swat him now-dont
wait. The boil weevil is com
ing this way and viii refuse to
cooperate in the cattle business
until the tick leaves.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-05-12
GOOD HOUSE FOR HOGS
Profits Obtained Depend Il
Large Measure Upon Care.
Up-to-Date and Sanitary Building Is
EssentIal-Plan Given for Struc-
ture Adapted for the
Brood sows.

The profits from the hog crop form
q very important item Of the total
profits from many farms. These
profits depend in large measure upon
the care Of the hogs. And good care
Of the hogs calls for an up-to-date and
sanitary hoghouse.
Below are shown the plans for g
hoghouse taken from q plan book OF
a well-known mail-order house dealing