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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19
WANTS U. S. TO REFORM SON
Father Tries TO Force Boy Into Ma
rlne Corps But Recruiting Officer
Declines to Aid Plan.

Milwaukee. Wis.-Is there a law in
this land of the free that will permit
worn-out father to force his minor
son into the United States Marine
corps against that sons will2
Otis Tinsdale of Packwaukee says
there is, and Sergeant Ansell M.
Stowe, in charge Of the local United
States Marine recruiting station,
is equally positive that there is moth
ing on the statute books covering a
case of that sort.
Tinsdale literally dragged his nine.
teen-year-old son to the Milwaukee
recruiting station and demanded that
the boy be enlisted But the younger
Tinsdale tearfully protested at what
he seemed to think was highland.
ed outrage and in Sergeant Stowe he
found sympathetic friend.
4 can't enlist the boy unless he is
willing to join.H Stowe told the father.
What's the boy got to do with ii
I'm his father and IL | say
he's got to enlist you've got to take
him and that's all there is to it. He's
q worthless hound on the farm and
want you to take him and make a man
OF him, the elder Tinsdale hotiy re-
piled.
But Sergeant Stowe refused to en-
list the hoy, and Otis Tinsdale left
the recruiting Office, vowing to return
when ne had consulted his attorney
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19


Life,size marble portrait of Alfred
G. Vanderbilt, son of Alfred G. Van
derbilt, the sportsman-millionaire who
was lost on the Lusitania. which was
destroyed when the studio OF g. s.
Pietro, a New York sculptor, was gut
ted by fire.
This beautiful sculpture was execut.
ed by Mr.. Pietro, who is we'll known in
art circles and who exhibited at the
San Francisco exhibition. The bust
was made during the summer of 1915
and had been delivered to Mrs. Van
derbilt and brought back to be photo.
graphed. Fire broke out in the studio
during the night and many beautiful
and valuable works of art we're de-
stroyed Among them were beauti,
full bronze head of the late ]. P. Nor
gan, bust Of Mrs. Finley Shepard,
and many original designs that had
been submitted for exhibition in a
contest for prizes, the exhibition to
take place at the studio of Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney, the well-known SO
ciety sculptor,
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19
WILD SWANS INVADE shift
Shippers Bring Some of the BIo Bird
Home to Philadelphia
as Proof.

Philadelphia = Hundreds of wild
swans which had apparently lost theil
way In the fog dashed against the
steamer Ericsson whiA the vessel wal
in the mouth of Chesapeake bay. The
huge birds shattered so many panes OF
glass and caused so much disturbance
tnat many passengers sprang from
their berths and rushed on deck
thinking some mishap had befallen the
boat.
Several OF the birds we're captured
and brought to this city. F. S. Groves,
president OF the company, declared
them the finest specimens he had ever
seen. The prisoners which are pure
white in color, were among a number
which few in the forward gangway,
which was open, and failed to find
their way out the other side of the
boat. Some OF the birds became con
fused among the cargo and were cas-
lily captured.
Captain McNamee, commander OF
the Ericsson, said that the odd attack
occurred about 2:30 a. m. He ven.
tured the opinion that the birds we're
attracted by the electric lights Of ne
vessel. The game laws of Maryland
and Virginia, he explained, have re.
suited in a wonderful increase in bire
life.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19
DYE BRINGS s12 A POUND
How Broom Factory Makes Grea.
Profits on a Hoeshead Pur-
Chased Years Ago.

Marysville, Kan.-H. H. Todt, a
stakeholder in a broom factory located
near Marysville, tells story of forced
prosperity which fell upon bis com
pany as result of the European war.
The factory uses green dye to
color the broomstraw In its products
and had been buying the dye at a
price OF one dollar a pound. It uses
on an average of eight or ten pounds a
year. In 1911 1t received letter from
a firm in the East who claimed to be
overstocked on the dye and offered 1t
at price Of forty cents pound II II
would buy barrel. A barrel looked
like enough to last a lifetime, but the
price was SO tempting the factory
placed an order for barrel. When
the barrel arrived 1t had grown to q
hogshead and contained 500 pounds.
Considerable correspondence resulted,
but the broom factory finally accepted
the 500 pounds of dye and settled the
deal.
Recently at a meeting OF the broom
manufacturers in Chicago, the repre-
sentative of this factory learned that
green dyes were almost priceless. Up
on his return he advertised its surplus
stock at $12 per pound in single pound
lots or $40 per pound in lots OF ten
pounds or more He has sold a large
quantity of the dye and says he will
have no trouble in selling the remain
der of the surplus stock at s12 per
pound.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19
EARLY MATCHED PULLETSLAY
IN FALL AND EARLY WINTER
tBy Richard N. Crane, Division OF Ex-
tension, University of Tennessee.)

(By Richard N. Crane, Division of Ex-
tension, University of Tennessee.)
February, MafciINand April are the
natural months e. Incubation in Ten
nessee, and 1t is fact that chickens
Matched later than April do not have
sufficient growth by the time of our
intense hot summer weather, with the
result that they become stunted, ma
ture late, and seldom, If ever, become
early winter layers. This fact ought
to be borne in mind by every one Of
US who are residents of Tennessee and
keep poultry on either a small or
large scale as think there exists no
man or woman who would feed flock
of hens merely to have something to
dish feed out to, II they did not be-
lieve that said flock would produce
profit on the feed consumed. Many of
us would either change our methods
or discontinue keeping poultry, IL we
would keep tabulated records of one
years work. Many OF us feed our
nocks heavily during the late fall and
winter months trying to develop the
pullets to sufficient majority to begin
laying, when. had we Matched them
out sufficiently early In the spring (not
later than April 15), this feed that we
gave them during the late fall and
early winter months, without results,
would have been producing eggs at
twenty-five to thirty-hve cents per
dozen. As It is. when these late-hatch-
ed pullets begin laying everybody
else's pullets and old hens have start
cd laying In such volumes that our
high-priced markets are badly broken,
and that 1t takes two dozen eggs to
bring the price that one dozen would
bring around Christmas time.
In setting hens early in the season,
II 10 well to locate the nests in the
COW barn. or, at all events, in some
building In which the eggs will stand
poor chance of becoming chilled The
hens should not be given more than
eleven to thirteen eggs. as, during the
early season, in giving larger quaint.
ties OF eggs than this, we find remark.
ably poor matches, owing TO the eggs
becoming chilled. Frequently, the
trouble Is credited up to poor fertility
when in reality one has remarkably
good eggs. from fertility standpoint.
The hens should be busted we'll with
some good insect powder before set.
ting, and couple OF times during the
period Of incubation. This will pre-.
vent lice, not only on the hens, but
on the newly-hatched chicks.
Whether we set our eggs under hens
or incubators, It is advisable that they
be picked up four or Ave times a day
during the early weeks of spring. and
kept In room in which the tempera.
ture does not fall below fifty. These
eggs should be turned every day
changing their position so that they
will not become settled Only uniform
eggs with smooth shells should be
used for setting purposes.
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PUBLICATION NOTICE.

In Re Second Forked Deer River
Drainage District-ln the County
Court of Crockett county.
Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons, firms and corporations, concern
ed as owners, lien holders, encumbran-
Gees, encumbrancers, mortgages, oc-
cupants, or in any way interested,
whether residents of the State of Ten
nessee, or non-residents of the State
of Tennessee, of the hearing on the
LIST Day of June, 1916,
at 8 o'clock a. m, before the county
court of Crockett county, Tennessee,
at the office of the chairman, it the
court house in Alamo, of the petition
now on file in said county and court,
seeking the organization and estab-
lishment Of said Second South Forked
Deer River Drainage district, as set
out and prayed for in said petition, to
which reference is hereby made for
further information as to the purpose
of said proceedings.
The engineer appointed to make the
preliminary survey has filed his report
and returns, plat, blue print and pro-
file, and said matter will come before
the court for hearing upon the petit
ton now on file, the returns of the en-
gineer and the whole record, as here
inbefore stated, for the purpose of de-
termining whether said drainage or
Improvement district shall be estab-
lished, and taking all necessary steps
and passing proper orders to estab-
lish same.
For further and fuller information
as to the purpose Of said proceedings,
reference is hereby made to the petit
ton now on file, the report, blue
print, profile and returns Of the engin-
eer appointed by the court to make
the preliminary survey, all of which is
Of record and on file in the county
court of Crockett county, Tennessee.
The lands embraced within said
propos ed drainge district, being the
lands>on both sides of the South Fork
Of Forked Deer River, beginning at
the Gates levee, and extending to a
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19
ACID PHOSPHATE AND CLOVER
(By J. G. McAmis. Division OF Exten.
sion, University of Tennessee

(By ]. G. McAmis, Division OF Exten
sion, University of Tennessee.
The price of acid phosphate scars
It is retailing now around $4,000 pei
ton. rs the price prohibltive?" Is the
universal question. Certain it is that
existing conditions must be reckoned
with. Soil composition of available
phosphorus. lime, vegetable matter
drainage, etc., all have their influence
and must be taken into account in this
important question.
That acid phosphate has been high.
ly profitable when 1t was selling for
$1,000 per ton has been proven by ex.
Fermentation and, what is perhaps
more conclusive, by its extensive use
in field practice II has returned a
profit upon corn, wheat. cotton, oats,
etc. Increased yields followed Its use
under these plants simply because 1t
supplied the element phosphorus In
which most soils are deficient.
There is another factor OF profit In
the rational use OF phosphate. On
most soils In Tennessee the present
limiting factor is nitrogen. There Is
an additional factor OF profit in the RI.
tional use of phosphate. The nitrogen
problem is intimately associated with
the phosphate problem. The limiting
factor in the yield of "non.legumes" Is
nitrogen The limiting factor of pro-
duction OF legumes is phosphorus. The
non-legumes must take their nitrogen
entirely out of the soil. The legumes
have the free nitrogen of the air, at
their command. The supply Is unlim-
tied. But they must take their phos-
phorus from the soil. The supply Is
deficient.
Phosphate has nitrogen value. II
is more valuable when applied to clio.
yer and peas than when applied to
corn and wheat, IL the clover and peas
are turned under or fed and the ma
nure returned to feed the corn and
wheat. The nitrogen value OF phos-
phate is guaged by the increase in
yield of the legume. Along with the
increase of the clover yield is pro-
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19
MUCH INTEREST
IN LIVE stock
Splendid Spirit Shown By the
Farmers Of Sale Creek to
Improve Conditions
BEEF CATTLE AND WORK STOCK
To be Given immediate Attention
Organization Is Formed in Hamilton
County and Plan Of Procedure is
Discussed at Short Course.
(By G. D. Lowe. Division of Extension,
University OF Tennessee.)

(By G. d. Lowe, Division OF Extension,
University OF Tennessee.)
The spirited and definite action of
the Sale Creek Community in Hamil-
ton county, Tennessee. in their en-
deavof to better their live stock con-
ditions, is eommendable in the ex-
treme.
During the recent weeks course in
agriculture, held there with the help
of Representatives of the Division Of
Extension of the University of Ten
nessee, plans were outlined whereby
they could best arrange for grading up
their native stock. That needing i'm
mediate attention was their beef cat
tie and their work stock.
AS a sequel to this agitation, local
parties, assisted by their County Agent,
organized live stock association and
began to follow out some of the plans
suggested in the Short Course, for the
introduction of better sires.
Eventually committee was select
ed consisting OF two farmers and the
County Agent, who were authorized to
fully represent the community, and
plans were made to visit Middle Ten
nessee in company with a live stock
specialist from the Division OF Exten.
sion, with view TO locating and pur-
chasing some beef bulls and mule
jack.
Upon this trip five head of regis
tered Shorthorn bulls were purchased,
one registered Shorthorn heifer and
an excellent type OF a jack. These
purchases put this community in
good position to make rapid, live stock
improvement and the financial outlay
was the least possible.
Application has also been made by
this community for one of the regis.
tered Percheron Stations from the
University of Tennessee foundation
stud as soon as they are available.
Other communities will do well to
follow in the footsteps of this one.
Full information thereon will be given
those who requestait.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19
NONRESIDENT NOTICE

J. L. Edwards, Administrator of Ike
Taylor, deceased, VS.. Money Hud-
dleston-In the Circuit Court Of
Haywood county, Tennessee.
In this cause it appearing that the
defendant, Money Huddleston, is just
ly indebted to the plaintiff, J. L. Ed
wards, administrator of Ike Taylor,
deceased, in an action of damages,
the true amount of which has not vet
been ascertained, and that the said
Money Huddleston is a nonresident of
the state Of Tennessee, and it further
appearing that an attachment has
been issued and levied on the proper
ty of the said Money Huddleston. il
is therefore ordered that publication
be made for four consecutive weeks in
the Brownsville States-Graphic. a
newspaper published in Brownsville,
Tennessee, requiring the said defend
ant to appear before the Circuit Court
at Brownsville, Tennessee on the
Fourth Monday in September, 1916
and make defense to the said suit, or
the same viii be proceeded with ex-
parte. This the 9TH day Of May, 1916.
20 B. L. CAPELL, Circuit CT. Ok.
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point about 1-2 miles below the j. c.
R. R., but as shown and indicated on
the blue print on file and which is here
by referred to for further information.
1t is futher ordered that this notice
be printed and published jointly for
four consecutive weeks in the follow
ing weekly newspapers: Crockett
County Sentinel of Crockett county.
the States Graphic of Haywood eoun-
ty; the Halls Graphic of Lauderdale
county and the State Gazette of Dyer
county, Tennessee, all of which are
weekly newspapers, published in the
aforementioned counties.
1t is all so ordered by the court, this
April II, 1916.
r. L. C0NYERS.
County Court Clerk of Crock
EFT County.
W. G. Patton and Jerman & Jerman,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
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portionate yield Of nitrogen, about 40
pounds for every ton. II the phos-
phate Is responsible FOR 3 greater ton
mage Of clover Il must be credited with
the additional nitrogen it contains. val
ued II market prices.
For the present Improvement OF
poor soils nitrogen is the most impor-
tant Of the plant food elements be-
cause it is most expensive. 1t Is more
costly than phosphorus even at the
present high prices.
Acid phosphate. when used alone.
helps eern to take more nitrogen out
OF the soil because OF the increase in
yield. Acid phosphate applied to clo-
yer helps this crop to add more nitro
gen to the soil.
The value OF phosphate depends
upon the use OF it, This relation to
nitrogen should not be lost sight OF.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19

surplus hens Is during the three
weeks preceding Easter. This is es-
peeially true Of heavy fowls. These
fowls should be as fat as it is posi-
Bile to make them, and should be mar
keted alive. Amy hens that you have
on hand. unless it is advisable to re-
tain them because OF their breeding,
that have entered their third year.
should be disposed of during this time.
Usually following Easter. the fowl
market gradually weakens until it gets
TO a summer base, being several cents
pound lower than three weeks to
month preceding the Easter holiday.
1t viii usually be found more profita-
bic for the farmer TO sell his hens to
the local buyer than to ship them, pro-
vided the buyer has competition, or is
willing to pay what the market justi-
fies, leaving him a legitimate profit.
If this case does not exist, our advice
to the farmer would be if he has as
many as two or three dozen fowls to
market. to get in touch with the COM
mission merchants on the various
large markets, and request them to
make him price F. o. B. his shipping
point; he must advise them exactly
what he has, stating average weiglN
and breed, and when he comes to ship
to live up to the same.
Any who require further informal
ton relative to poultry marketing
would do well to correspond with our
Market Specialist, Mr. VIM. A. Schoen-
field, Division Of Extension, University
Of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Just before Easter, uniform broiler
chickens weighing nine to twelve
pounds to the dozen sell at high
prices; in fact, for more money than
the same chiekens weighing twenty
four to thirty pounds to the dozen will
bring eight weeks later. Only the
young cockerels should be sold as
broilers and the early Matched pullets
kept for early winter layers.
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you CAN HAVE FRESH
MEAT EVERY DAY
II You and Your Neighbor Get To
gether and Form a Meat Club.

(By VIM. A. Schoenfeld, Specialist In
Marketing and Rural Organization,
Division Of Extension, University OF
Tennessee.)
To those farmers who live at dis
lance from the market the securing of
fresh meat daily is quite a problem.
Many are content to depend upon
sailed or smoked meat. However, the
thoughtful farmers wife knows full
well that the continued use of meat
sailed or smoked leads to loss OF ap-
petite. She can remedy this lack Of
fresh meat by urging her husband to
Aoin a fresh meat club, or, IL one does
not exist nearby, to get him to organ
lie one In the neighborhood.
The operation ofsthe club is extreme.
ly simple and democratic--no officers,
constitution, bylaws, nor dues Each
member OF the club verbally agrees to
furnish the club with a beef OF GER
tain age and approximate weight when
his turn comes, to pay for the butcher
ing Of the animal, and to deliver por-
tions Of 1t to other members Of the
club. One Of the members of the club
is chosen to do the Strengthening. Some
member volunteers to furnish the first
animal to be slaughtered. On the Fri.
day following the butcher goes TO this
members farm, slaughters the animal
and divides 1t into as many parts as
there are members. Each part Is
weighed and the weight is written on
a tag which has been attached to the
meat. This tag contains the name of
the member who Is to receive the
meat, He makes record OF the name
on the tag. the weight, and the portion
of the animal from which the meat
came, In book. The butcher is usually
paid about a dollar and a half for
slaughtering and keeping the record
Of each animal The hide is kept BY
The farmer.
On Saturday. the portions of meat
are then delivered by the farmer who
furnished the animal to each member
IS indicated on the attached tag. This
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-19

gives the farmezs plfe chance "a
have . fresh piece OF meat for the
Sundays roast beef.
On the following Friday the butcher
visits the next member who Is to fur
nish a beef 10 the club. The butcher
again marks the weight Of each piece
On the attached tag. with this diner.
ence. however. each member gets a
portion from another part of the ami
nal than he got the previous week. In
this way each member win get cuts
from the various parts OF the carcass
by the time the butcher has made the
rounds OF all the members.
After each member has furnished an
animal, the butcher aseertains the
total number of pounds of meat each
member has received from the club.
The difference In weight between what
he has received aud what he has FUR
nished IS then computed. If he has
furnished more than he has received,
he-is paid eight or ten cents a pound
for the surplus. On the other hand,
IT he has furnished less than he has
received. he is charged a similar
amount for the deficit.
Where the family Of member Is
small, arrangements are usually made
with the butcher so that only one-haif
of a portion of meat is assigned weekly
to it. In meat clubs, where grown
beef is furnished. the number of mem
bers is about twenty or more. Where
the members furnish calves or sheep,
then a smaller number usually COM
pose the club.
The great problem in the south is TO
store the most satisfactorily for a
week, |. e., keep It cool enough so as
to prevent spelling. This difficulty Is
eliminated by the formation of Ice
clubs. which will be described in a
later article.
The advantages Of fresh meat club
are:
l. There are no dues. nor officers.
2. 1t provides fresh meat for the
whole week, and for every week in the
year.
8. Each member receives cuts from
all the portions of the animal.
4. Each member receives lust as
much meat as he furnishes, or is com
pensated for the difference in cash; on
the other hand, he pays for all meat in
excess of what he furnishes.
5. If, for example, there are twenty
meUbers, then the single member fur.
nishes one animal in twenty weeks
and also makes deliveries to the other
members once in the same period OF
time.
s. The cost per pound of meat con-
sumed is only a small fraction of a
cent higher than price per pound OF
live animal. This is quite contrast
in price to meat bought at retail on
the market.
7. A neighborly feeling develops
which is primarily essential to the
progress of higher forms of organized
rural efforts.
The Division OF Extension of the
University of Tennessee stands ready
to be of service to any community
which wishes to organize such a meat
club, and invites correspondence on
the subject.
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The Corn Club boys of Tennessee
are teaching their fathers how to grow
big crops. Mr.. w, s. Young, OF Giles
county, has asked County Agent Love
for twenty-acre corn demonstration
this year. and has already plowed the
field. which was put in red clover last
year, according to the Boys Corn
Club rules. Last year Mr.. Youngs
son made so bushels of corn on his
club acre. in spite of heavy damage by
wind storm and that was so much
better than any crop his father had
grown on the land that the father pro-
poses to follow the methods used by
The boy