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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-03-24
Making the Little
Farm Pay
By c. c. BOWSFIELD

Tell us how to get winter eggs and
we will rise up and call you blessed
This sentence is in a letter received
from woman poultry owner.
The failure to get eggs in winter.
when they are high priced, is a com
mon experience. and it is one of the
bad phases of the poultry business.
Experts who have brought their hens
up TO a profitable basis are getting
eggs most of the year, and what few
have done many more can do. 1t is
not a matter of luck at all. A regu-
lar system of management must be fol
lowed
Any general purpose breed or any of
the small egg producing breeds will
answer the requirements of the aver
age poultry owner. In view of the
importance Of marketing a certain pro
portion of poultry meat every season
it may be best to adopt one of the
medium sized breeds, such as Plymouth
Rock, WyandOtte OrpingtOn, or Rhode
Island Reds 1t is worth keeping in
mind that in all the great egg laying
contests in recent years these fowls
have more than held their own with
the LeghornS. Whatever stock is de
cided on. it is best TO work toward full
blOOded poultry.
Select eggs for Matching from chick
ems of high productive capacity and
hatch in March. Then select pullets
to the desired number for the follow
ing winter and give some attention all
summer to their condition. Keep only
vigorous, healthy chickens. Make them
keep up a steady growth. These will
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-03-24
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

In pruning small limbs and shrubs
make the cut just above the bud.
The best seeds cost the most, but
usually will be found the cheapest in
the end.
Asparagus can be forced i'm boxes i'm
a cellar or under the benches i'm a
greenhouse
Forcing frames are usefu and are
found TO hurry the season forward
wonderfully.
Lettuce, cabbage, beets and onions
can be sown i'm flats, boxes or pots for
early plants. About all vegetables may
be sown now by forcing under glass,
either In the dollhouse or i'm the cold
frame.
Rhubarb roots can be forced in the
cellar by planting in boxes and keep
ing dark. AS soon as the snow is of
the ground, or even before. turn bar
rel over rhubarb plants in the garden
and force the growth.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-03-24

AS ! believe the housing of poultry
fully as important as their daily feed,
/ am sending the picture of the poultry
house my husband built for me, writes
Mrs. l. NJ. Freeman in the Farm Prog
reSS.
This house was designed some years
ago by DR.. T. Il. Woods. prominent
poultryman. Since building this house,
two years ago, | have not had sick
chicken on the place. The front is
boarded up eighteen inches from the
ground and down nine inches from the
top The opening is covered with
heavy quarter inch mesh wire. over
which we put a burlap curtain In
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-03-24
GINSENG DISEASE CONTROL.
Mldew Attacks Plants Wherever They
Are Grown In This Country.

Prepared by New York station. Cornell
University
The disease known as mildew, Jap
anese mildew, or soft rot, which at
tacks ginseng plants, Is found in every
one Of the fifteen states in which gin
seng is grown, according to a bulle-
tin just published ny the plant pathol-
ogists of the New York State College
Of Agriculture.
Nearly a century ago, they state,
about 100000 pounds of ginseng were
exported from this country in year,
mainly to China. A recent investi-
cation shows that these figures have
been decreased by over 100000 pounds.
This falling off, it is said, may be at
tributed in part TO the ravages of ply
tophthora, or mildew disease of gin
seng
The college authorities suggest six
methods for controlling and preventing
the disease. One method, they state,
is TO spray the plants with fungicide
early in the spring just as they are
pushing out of the soil. They sug-
gest bordeaux mixture, 1850, to which
have been added two pounds of arse
nate of lead for every fifty gallons
of the mixture. The spraying should
be continued until all the plants have
appeared, and special care should be
taken to thoroughly reach all parts of
the new growth with the mixture.
Other supplemental methods that are
offered for controlling the disease in
clude the removal of diseased plants
or parts of plants, deep planting, rota-
ton, sterilization of soil. and drainage
to remove any accumulation of mois-
ture, since excessive moisture favors
vegetable rots.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-03-24


manner of housing poultry. The build
ings must be dry and clean, well venti-
lated and free from drafts. Open front
houses give the best ventilation. a
floor can lie made dry without great eX-
pense. 1t is Il good plan to fill in the
foundation with small stones and
gravel to insure drainage. This can be
covered with earth or cement. Board
floors are favored by some owners.
One of the first points in cleanliness is
to have feeding room separate from
the roosting quarters. Nests are better
in the feeding room than close to the
roosts. TO have any success worth
while the premises must be kept free
from vermin This is not difficult. but
it requires persistent effort and watch
fulness. Anybody who will not give
heed to this injunction should keep out
of the poultry business.
The principles which govern feeding
are no less important than the others,
but fortunately it is not necessary to
have great proportion of the higher
priced grains. One great essential is
variety. One gets Il balanced ration
most suitable for egg production by
providing a regular supply of green
food to go with dry material through
the winter months. 1t is easy to pro-
vide sprouted oats cabbage or beets.
1t is also necessary and easy to keep
the chickens supplied with meat scrap
and ground bone. Taking one season
with another. no grains are cheaper
than corn and oats. but it is best to
have the oats clipped or ground and
the corn cracked.
Where Il certain amount of green
feed is regularly supplied it is hardly
necessary to give wet mashes. dry
mash fed in hoppers is preferable. At
the same time warm mash of mois-
tened bran and shorts is not a bad
thing on a cold day. A small supply
of skimmilk improves the poultry
house diet and is cheap. The stale
bread and crackers obtainable at res
taurants and bakeries cost little and
TO some extent take the place of
grain. Clean water and grit should be
within reach at all times. Charcoal
and oyster shell are excellent articles
for poultry. 1t is best to have a clean
scratching floor for chickens. and ev-
cry morning the fowls should he re-
CURED to scratch in litter Of straw or
cnan FOR wheat. corn, sunfiower seeds
and such things. This gives whole
some exercise. See that the laying
hens are not too fat, but they must be
kept vigorous and hearty. In supply
ing feed according to these suggestions
one cannot go far astray.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-03-24

stormy weather to keep out wind and
snow. At other times it is always
open.
A house of this style, which meas
ures II by 1G feet, will house from
thirty to thirty-five hens comfortably.
with good results. At present during
very blustery weather 20 per cent Of
my hens are laying. Their grain food
consists Of corn. wheat and buckwheat
When confined they are supplied with
green stuff to eat. such as cabbage,
beetS, etc.
| always keep plenty of scratching
material OH the floor, in which they are
fed three times day. thus keeping
them constantly at work. They also
have fresh water three times a day.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-03-24

BOYS FARM CLUBS.

+ The fact that his boy can beat :
+ him at his own game Is eating :
+ away the fathers conservatism.
+ destroying his aloofness. making
! him receptive TO progressive :
+ ideas and Is more convincing of
+ the worth of scientific agricul- .
+ ture than all the eloquent tones :
! of orators.
! The farm of the boys father is :
+ his laboratory, and there is the :
! place for the development of ag- :
+ ricultural education.
! In the process of education all :
+ teaching seems to be drifting to- :
! ward the intoxicating Of knowl- :
+ edge from books only. This is :
l. taking one thing after another .
+ from home and placing 1t into :
+ the school. The creation Of boys :
|. clubs establishes relation of ac- .
+ quaintanceship between the chill :
+ dren and the parents through .
+ mutual interest and readjusts the :
+ things which the school should :
+ teach and those which the home .
! should teach.-Charles A. Wag- :
! ner.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-03-24
Planning Work.

What gigantic plans we scheme and
how little we advance In the labor of "A
day. If there is one lesson which ex-
perience teaches surely it is this, to
make plans that are strictly limited
and to arrange our work i'm practica-
BILE way within the limits which we
must accept. Others expect so much
from us that it seems as If we had ac-
complished nothing. what! Have you
done only that?" they say, or we know
by their looks that they are thinking 1t.
-Hamerton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1916-03-24
POPULARITY.

my son was voted the most popular
man In his class. He graduates SOON"
Popular, Ell? Then you won't get
much work out Of him for the next
two years. Most of his time will be
taken up In acting as best man, coach
ing various teams and boosting glee
club tours" EIodisville courerJour-
nal
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01
FIND PREHISTORIC BONEHEAD

Washington, March 31.-'Prehistoric
monsters overran Nebraska, Wyom-
ing and other western state, and that
RECON now contains beds of vast areas
containing the bones of the enormous
I1itanotheres. according to research
experts of the Geological survey.
The T'tanotheres belonged to a
comparatively short-lived family, Di-
lector Smith declared. 1t GEMS to
have been confined almost entirely to
North America. They were clumsy
brutes about the size of the largest
sized elephants, having on the front
Ct the skull pair OF great bony pro-
tuberances, which although hornlike
In Form probably were not sheathed in
Torn. The head was large and ian.
tastic n shape.
This creature was "a verltable
bone-head,' DR.. Smith declared. THE
thick body was surmounted by head
small. comparatively in size and most
ly bone. The brain cavity was only a
few inches in diameter and iheavily
surrounded by massive bone. Jas If to
Withstand the shocks of battlei SO far
as is known this animal was the most
formidable of any species Yin that
epoch"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

Society women who, like birds, fly
soath with the first winter chill and
north to escape the summer heat, are
soundly condemned by Miss Susanna
Cocroft, the Chicago author and
health expert. Sumner and winter
resorts weaken the American wom-
an. she declares.
"If women would take up outdoor
sports that would keep them happy
ard vigorous in the climate to which
they are born," she says, land not
run away from the least bit of dis
comfort to a warmer climate, they
not only would BE- happier them
selves, but they would create in
themselves the power to make others
happier.
ut is in overcoming discomforts
that we grow stronger. The conquest
a woman makes in drawing in a
draught of deep cool air, with the
circulation she starts by exercising
in the cold open air, is one Of the
greatest benefits of ice skating for
example. Ice skating has this adj
vantage; it brings the woman out in
to the open and, exercising, she is
bound to take more oxygen into her
system, which releases the waste out
among the tissues. Then, deeper
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01
write me your Judgment on them.

write me your judgment on them
Right in this connection | wish TO
call your attention to the general
tendency among small farmers to sell
! their I've stock too soon, and on pres
sue of necessity rather than by go ID
| market periods. Too many pigs are
sold at weaving time or when weigh
ing fifty pounds instead of being kept
to a good market weight of one hun
cred and fifty to two hundred pounds;
calves are sold at wearing time when
there IS enough waste feed on the
tlaca to keep them to Z better selling
eight; colts sold at weaving time
instead of being kept to one or two
ears on waste feed and a little grain
and Gaze. 1t is shame to have yearl-
ing heifsrs go out OF the state just
v hen we are on the eve of grea.
i've stock era.
II am greatly gratified to know of
scores Of bankers who are refusing
credit this year to farmers who VII
not agree to grow good gardens and
enough feed for their livestock, and
c. the many who are refusing credit
to supply merchants who will not re-
Guire this sale farming of their
customers. One of oar best county
agents has told me that probably one
half of the white tenants in his coun-
" did not grow any potatoes last
year. This year he has gone to mer-
chants and bankers for help and he
says that these tenants will grow
Their potatoes this year OR 90 with
out. Double the usual seed supply
has already been received in his coun-
ty.
"Will you keep up your urging or
all farmers to use the best sires Of
hogs, cattle and horses and pay
higher service fees A big stock
buyer Of Northern Arkansas told me
the other day that he would gladly
pay Sic more for calf sired by
registered beef bull than for one
sired by a scrub regardless of the
type of COW. A colt sired by reg
.stered- draft Or coach sire is easily
worth $50 more at weaving time than
enc sired by a scrub; a litter of six
pigs sired by registered Duroc or
poland China, or Berkshire male will
easily net three times as much at
eight months Of age as litter sired
by a scrub
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

The motion to recommit the South
ern war claims bill for the insertion
Of the loyalty to the Union" clause
carried by - votes. Fourteen
Southern congressman were at home
campaigning for reelection when the
vote was taken. 1t is gratifying to
hote that every Arkansas congressman
was ION the job" If the II had not
deserted their posts. the South would
stand better chance to collect %64, 00O,-
600 due its people for property pur-
chased by the Federal forces during
the civil war.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01
MAKING THE FARM1S PAY.

If the farms OF Arkansas are ever
to, nav the profits they should, the
bankers and merchants must do their
full partNin placing them on a bet
ter basis director j. II. Miller of
the cooperative extension work of the
United States department of agricul-
ture and the University of Arkansas.
realizes this fact, and is endeavor ng
with conside. able success to enlist the
aid of the banker and merchant IN in
oreasing the value of the output of
the farms and adding to the prosper
ity of the entire state.
Dean Miller has already proved his
his ability. and is regarded by
hundi eds of men, among them j. b..
Eoyce, president of the Cotton Belt
Savings & Trust company, as "about
the best man we have ever had in his
line OF work" Mr.. Boyce also cX-
presses the hope that Dean Miller's
coed advice will be freely taken by
our people,"
The advice alluded to is contained
II letter DR.. Miller recently ad-
dressed to the bankers and merchants
of Arkansas, in which he says:
''You have been more than kind in
yourSreception of my letters about dis.
t:nct farming problems and now am
soing to venture on two other sus-
sesticns or inquiries that seem to me-
!. TO be OF very great imro. lance
First: would it not be better for
the stecdincss of marketing and the
greater ease of mind OF the farmers if
all seasonal notes and mortgages
could be made to fall due about the
middle or last of December instead OF
in October, even with a clause in the
Gotten counties, that the notes would
1all due on date OF sale Of cotton if
sold before the date named on note, or
to have it in the note that in case
cotton was not sold by the October
cate the note would lie automat cal
y extended to the December date.
may say that have heard many
bankers say they would favor this
and some have told me thew in
to follow it whether others
Ut Would it not be we'll to
general as is the pres
date?
Bankers in the South are
never before that the
aess and urban public
interested 1 helping the
good price for his pro-
OF production. including
or, and interest on his In
Then why should there not
fal movement looking to
arketing, and that means
housing and
- I'D it
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

Carranza may be just fled, in view
OF the attitude of the Mex cans, in de-
Ginning to display TOO much graiifica-
ton over the United States under
taking a job ne could not accomplish,
hut it appears he is going too far
when he demands thai the United
states ship army suppl es as con-
mercial freight to consignees of MS
own selection. forcing this govern
ment to pay huge profits to the
sreaser grafters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

A mover plea for divorce has been
advanced by Los Angeles man, who
says his wife think he is so handsome
that she desire to keep him in the
mousse ana exhibit him as a modern
Apollo. refusing to allow him TO 90
Out and work. This i%rther corrob-
CRATES the testimony to the effect that
love is blind.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

breathing helps her to throw this
waste from the system.
"The masses of women take too
little real, wholesome enjoyment. A
few of our women play golf and the
better circulation and their better
viewpoint of life is shown in ROSY
cheeks and vibrant nerves. They are
alert and ready to do, but / am
speaking of the middle-class. They,
somehow, seem to feel that they are
wasting time in taking exercise.
Tley will sit and sew by the hour on
fancy work and consider themselves
virtuous while they are straining
their eyes, straining their nerves, sit
ting in the house, missing the sun
shine. missing the fresh air, ard
missing the mental poise which comes
from getting away from ones work
and viewing it from the outside"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

pLLS PEANUT A MILE

o' Paia ON, N: j. March 21.-Larry
obIie. orderly at the General hos
pltai' VI pay bet he lost on Frank
Moran,y rolling peanut with a
1oo.hpa from the hospital to the
Onltedtates hotel. The distance is
one III. O'Brlen is slated to do tn +,
Iollmgome time next week and
the 10y folks are figuring on TAX
Ing doff to watch him IN do II
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01
BEST FOR LIVER.
BOWELS, STOMACH,
HEADACHE, COLDS
They Liyen the Liver and Bowels and
St'aigllten You Right Up.
Don't Be Bilious, Constipated, Sick,
With Breath Bad and Stomach
Sour.

Tonight sure! Take Cascarets and
enjoy the incest gentlest liver and
bowel cleansing you ever experienced.
Wake up with your head clear, stom-
ach sweet, breath right and feeling
fine. Get rid of sick headache. bilious
ness, constipation, furred tongue, sour
stomach, bad colds. Clear your skin,
brighten your eyes, quicken your step
and feel like doing a full days work.
Cascarets are better than salts, pills
or, calomel- because they don't shock
the liver or grippe the bowels or cause
inconvenielice. all the next day.
Mothers should give cross. sick.
bilious. feverish children whole Cas-
caret anytime asathey can not injure
the 80 feetsof tender bowels.
Charles i had i'm his retipuo i,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

Not only the shop keepers should be
forced to keep clean and sanitary
premises but the hucksters, whose
wagons line the crossing at Fourth
avenue and Main street. and other
FONTS should be forced to sell clean
frult--if permitted to sell from wag-
ons. at all.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

Pine Bluff is to have "Clean UP
Week. If we had more clean up days,
thcre'd be less necessity for clean up
weeks, The town needs the cleaning;
reeds 10 be kept clean.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01
WORTH SIC TO TEACH pARRoT

New York. March 31-Mrs Narga-
ret Eleopeoulous of Queens BPrough
sued Mrs. May Mccain for services II
teaching a. parrot the German tongue.
Justice Cragen has just AWARDED the
llaintiff $40 as just recompensa>
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

The P ne Bluff women have started
another socd move: for = cleaner city
and more sanitary shops. Here's
hoping.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01
~ L. 5. LUMBERMEN.

Washfon. March s1.-Amer1ca,,
capltahs who control the savWard
MI conly, a s5,o00000 corporation
OF VlctoiB, c.. are to. rece We finan
'o.al asshce from the provincial
soVerhm TO the extent Of $4,000
'eoo, wlLflch 10 construct ships to
carry Mlr exports, accordings 10
lh1ofmfHHorwa"ded to the state de-
rartmenqVi>e Consul Newcomh at
Nictoria.A : 80.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

me cOAas enta is named after a
pae',e VIII as fought i'll the year of
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

Theres more cause for encourage
'Aent than acknowledgment in the re-
# the 'mocratic primary. The
Il contests denote
beginning to use
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01
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Judging from the speed displayed
by Herbert Wilson in the railroad
commissioner race, there need be
no surprise # the next election brings
ont large field of starters unfortun.
ately posse ssing similar handicap.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

The Graphic gladly publishes fret
of charge notices for churches, soci-
cites, fraternai organizations and
clubs when the events are not intend
ed as money-makers. II there is at
tempt at protit-taking, notices of the
events are advertisements, and will be
charged for accordingly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

Charles i. had in his retinue I
dwarf only Is inches tail.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-01

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'aten to use
op-keepers
lnsanitary
d. they'll
The Tupelo journal., 1916-02-11
Saltillo

Mrs. Leonard Wesson spent
Saturday and Sunday with rela-
tives at Tupelo.
Miss Ruby Wren spent Sunday
with her sister, Mrs. Thomas. at
StarkviIle.
Nick Owings and family made
a trip to Verona Sunday after
noon in their car.
Miss Lillian Morgan spent Sun
day afternoon with relatives in
Tupelo.
Mrs. Barlow Burrow spent
Thursday in Tupelo.
B. Harris, of Tupelo, was a
visitor to our town Sunday.
Woo1son Jones went to West
Point Tuesday and brought back
a new Chevrolet car.
Sam Morgan, of Texas. is Wis
The Tupelo journal., 1916-02-11
iting his father and family this

iting his father and family this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Milan spent
Sunday with relatives in the
country.
Mrs. John Epting spent the
past week with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Sam Smith, in the
country.
Mrs. Matte Morgan was the
guest of relatives at Planters
ersville a few DAYS last week.
Charlie Kellum and children,
of near Guntown, are visiting
relatives here this week.
MIR. Linley, of Baldwin, spent
a few days with Kinnie Bynum
recently.
The Tupelo journal., 1916-02-11

for each meeting and all are
urged to come and take part in
every service.
Mrs. N. l.. Nash and son, of
Belden, attended church services
here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. T. Yates and
Mrs. A. D. Tucker were visitors
to Tupelo Monday afternoon.