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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06

horses, or in some cases by traction
engine, and Is operated by three men,
including the driver. Such plows aver
age about $50 pounds in weight and
sell ut an average price of from ST.
to S18, but heavier plows Of this type
range in cost up to about $50. With
average soil conditions they may be
made to turn furrow about or 3
inches deep and from s to 10 inches
wide. The hurdpun plows vary con-
siderably in weight and selling price
but cost more than the turn pIows.
One reason for the higher cost Is that
the points must be made of very high
grade of steel in order to be durable.
Drag scrapers are made in 1-hOrse,
Il hOrse and 2-horse sizes, which
have respective rated capacities of 3,
and 7 cubic feet. Drag scrapers
have an average weight, when empty,
of from rs to 100 pounds, and an nc
tual capacity of about three-fourths
the rated capacity. The price, f. o. b.
factory. averages from 81 to Sc per
scraper.
In operating drag scrapers the driy-
ers also may load and empty the
scraper, but frequently it is econom-
ical to provide additional laborers for
this purpose. With haul length Of
100 feet and the teams moving stead
lily, one laborer should be able to load
or empty and spread the material for
about three scrapers. For scraper
work to be effective the material to
be excavated must be thoroughly loos-
ened by the plows and should be free
from large roots or stones. Where
such distractions occur time is saved
by having them removed by hand dur.
ing the process Of blowing.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
HaIf-and. Half Music.

A jobbing carpenter came into the
Wheatsheaf tavern and ordered half
pint only, instead of his usual amount
of refreshment. The proprietor ex-
pressed amazement.
"'Tis like this" explained the car
penter: "I've allus been quite willin'
to reduce my expenses once / saw the
quality give . lead. And, just now,
coming from a job of work up at the
hall, / noticed that Sir Emery has
made start in what Is called econ
omy. His two daughters was playing
music in the drawing room, and they
was both of 'em playin'-mark you
this-both of 'em playin' on one and
the self-same piano. Post.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
MEAT FOR FOREIGN PEOPLES
Every Farmer Must Put Forth Efforts
to Produce More hogs-No
Chance Of Excess.

If we expect TO continue to provide
meat to foreign peoples as we'll as our
own people, every farmer must put
forth the best effort to produce more
hogs. Hogs can be kept protitably upon
many farms where they are not found
today. Farmers who already raise
hogs can produce many more, as
there is not much chance of producing
meat this year in excess of the require
ments.
More dairy farmers should raise hogs
for they fit In especially well upon
dairy farms where skim milk, butter
milk, or whey Is fed upon the farm. A
man who has skim milk Is in better
position to raise pigs than man who
has none.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
The Australian Aborlaines.

AS hunter the native Australian
Is marvelously adjusted to his environ
ments. His success lies in an init:
mate knowledge of the habits of ami
mails on land, in the ground, in trees
and under water and his wonderfully
developed powers of observation. He
decoys pelicans by initiating their
cries, catches ducks by diving below
them, locates an opossum in tree by
marks on the bark or by the flight of
mosquitoes, finds snakes by observing
the action of birds. and follows a bee
to Its store for honey. Any animal
which leaves q track, however dim, In
sand, on rock or in grass, falls an easy
prey to the black fellow. Children are
taught to track lizards and snakes
over bare rocks and to find their abb
sent mother by following tracks too
indistinct to serve as guide for o
European.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
ROADS WORK
Necessary Tools and Machinery
Needed for Building.
use OF ELEvAT|NG GRADERS
Machine May Be Operated Success
fully With 25.Horsepower Tractor
or Twelve Well-Trained Horses
--Scrapers and Wagons.

prepared Specially by the United States
Department of Agriculture.)
The use Of elevating graders Is
sometimes desirable in the construc-
ton of earth roads. The essential fea-
lures Of this machine are a pillow with
a heavy moldboard, an elevating belt
a suitable frame for supporting the
pillow and belt, and driving and adjust
Ing mechanisms for operating the belt
and controlling the work. The pillow
loosens the material and throws it
onto the belt, which conveys and de-
posits 1t either in the roadbed or
wagons.
Elevating graders are adapted es-
pecially to building up entertainments
with material excavated from shallow
borrow bitches along each side Of the
road. They also may be used to i'd
vantage in excavatlng long, shallow,
through cuts and loading the material
thus excavated into wagons for use
In building up entertainments at other
points. The latter use, however, is
restricted to situations where there is
sufficient space to operate the grader
and at the same time afford passage
way for the teams and wagons to fol-
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06

lively large volume of material be
moved from excavation to embank'
ment within a distance of only few
hundred feet. Figure 1 shows a typi-
cal cross section for an earth road,
where the grading machine hardly
could be used advantageously except
for finishing the road surface. To &C.
complish work of this kind econom-
ically, the devices for loosening, load
ing and hauling the material must all
be adapted to turning around quickly
In small space and, not infrequently,
must be such as to be handled readily
over very rough ground. Such imple-
ments as wagons, wheeled scrnpers,
drag scrapers and plows therefore
should form part Of the equipment
on practically all road-gradlng prof.
ects.
The choice of proper implements to
employ in moving material from ex-
cavation to embankment depends, first,
on the nature and quantity of the
material to be moved, and second, on
the length of haul. In general, where
the material consists Of earth II is
loosened with plows and the econom-
ical method Of hauling is fixed by the
haul length about as follows:
For lengths of haul not exceeding
$50 feet, drag scrapers; for lengths of
haul between $50 feet and COO feet,
wheeled scrapers; for lengths of haul
above GOO feet, wagons. Where the
material consists of solid rock 1t must
be loosened by, drilling and blasting
and practically always Is hauled in
wagons or carts, regardless of the haul
length.
Types of Piows Used.
Two types of plows commonly are
used in road grading. One is the type
generally used for loosening ordinary
soils, while the other is used for break
ing up hardpan, lode road surfaces and
other earth unusually difficult to
loosen. Either type Is drawn by four
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
Seventeen, but Looked Elahty.

In 1909 young girl, Louise Gas.
quet by name, living In Paris, is said
to have met with O.. peculiar death,
though barely seventeen years of age.
In appearance she was an old woman
Of eighty, her skin wrinkled, her eyes
dull, her hair gray and scant.
Every effort known to science was
tried to bring back her lost youth, but
her cheeks grew more shriveled and
her eyes more sunken every day. until,
a month after her admission to hospi-
tai, she sank into u deep sleep and
died without sigh. A post mortem
was held in the presence Of many Eng
lish and French doctors, and revealed
the fact that the entire organization
Of the body had been attacked by
senile decay, and, though the girl was
but a child in years. she had undoubt'
eddy died of old age.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
CORN LOSES QUALITY QUICK
Sweet Variety Should Be In Hands Of
Consumer In Very Few Hours
After Harvesting.

In order to obtain the very highest
quality of sweet corn it is necessary
that the corn he delivered into the
hands of the consumer In very few
hours after harvesting. Sweet corn
will lose so per cent of It's sweetness
In IL hours. Corn pulled in the eve
ming, as is the case with most of the
marketed products, and placed on sale
the next day cannot compare in quul-
lty with similar corn harvested In the
morning and sold to the consumer be-
fore noon. Corn which must by forced
circumstances, be harvested In the eve
ming should be handled In such u way
as to avoid large piles.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
We're Growing Sea IslatldLk =
Cotton America NOWADAYS

ed and turned frequently, and usually
dries in one day. After summing the
seed cotton Is assorted by won,cu. who
remove any yellow locks, bits of
leaves, etc. If very dirty it is whipped
over n coarse wire screen stretched
across a small box to take out the
sand. Very fine cotton is again sorted
or overhauled by another set Of la
borers. The cotton Is then bulked and
allowed to remain from four to six
weeks before ginning. During the
ginning, one or two hands inspect the
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06

low under the end of the belt to re-
ceive the successive loads us the
grader Is drawn forward.
Operating EIevating Grader.
1t is customary to employ a trac-
ton engine for operating the elevating
grader, though teams are used some
times. Ordinarily, the machine may
be operated successfully either with
25-horse power tractor or with IL
well-trained horses.
The rate at which earth can be ex-
cavated with an elevating grader Is
relatively very high when conditions
are favorable and the grader can be
kept moving. But there are a number
of rather complicated parts about such
machine which sometimes get out
Of order, and the work also Is usually
hampered by many unforeseen contln-
gencies, such as begging" of the
wheels, choking Of the pillow or the
elevator belt, occurrence of buried
stumps or stones in the excavation,
etc. For these reasons the actual ca
pacity of elevating graders, considered
over a long period, seldom Is more
than about one-thlrd or one-half the
rated capacity, and where the material
Is loaded into wagons as 1t is excavat-
ed the actual capacity Of the machine
may be reduced still further. Elevat-
ing graders of the size used ordinarily
In road work have rated capacity Of
about 100 cubic yards per hour.
Use of Scrapers, Wagons, Etc.
To grade road Of any considerable
length, no matter where 1t is located,
usually will require considerable
amount of work with devices other
than the grading machine and elevat-
ing grader. The latter machine, as
previously explained, may be very eco
nOmical for special conditions to
which they are adapted. But these
special conditions seldom prevail for
more than comparatively short
stretches of road without sections in
tervening which require that a rela-
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06

- EA Island cotton differs from
M the ordinary upland cotton in
~ many respects. The plant is
taller, the leaves smoother and
more deeply lobed, the flowers bright
er yellow, the bolls smaller. longer. and
more pointed, the seed nearly bare
OF fuzz, and the staple longer and
inner. 1t is more closely related to
Egyptian cotton, which it resembles In
appearance.
Inc original home of the plant Is
thought to have been the West Indies.
When first introduced into the main
land OF America, 1t Is reported to have
peen considerably different from the
present form. Through several gen.
erations the planters have selected
seed from the earliest, most compact,
and most productive plants with the
longest and finest staple, until the char
acter of the plant has been radically
changed and greatly improved.
A well-regulated water supply is the
most important factor influencing sen
island cotton. Thorough drainage is
essential. On this account more and
better cotton Is grown on the slightly
elevated margins of the Sen Islands
than In the lower central portions.
Tile drains make possible the cultlva-
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
A Bale of Sea Island Cotton In the In.
terror Cotton Region Ready for Ship.
ment.

nnent.
ed with strains classed on the Sea
Islands as medium fine, such as Hin
son and Seabrook.
In the cotton market the term
STAPLE" refers to the length and fine
ness of the fiber, and these points are
Influenced most by seed selection.
The term grade" on the other hand.
indicates the appearance of the cotton
as regards cleanliness and color, quail
tiles influenced mainly by the manner
In which the cotton has been handled.
The price Is considerably influenced by
the grade.
The best practice In handling the
crop may be briefly stated by describ-
Ing the method followed on the Sea
Islands, which should be adopted In
the interior In so far as the labor con-
ditions will permit.
Picking Is done whenever enough
cotton is open, about every ten days.
The cotton is gathered as free from
trash as possible and carried to the
storehopse, where the next morning
each picker sorts his own picking,
throwing out diseased or yellow locks
and pieces of bolls, leaves, and other
trash. The cotton is then spread on
arbors to dry In the sun. It Is watch
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06


500 Bales.
ton Of land otherwise too wet. In the
interior, cotton Is grown only where
there Is suitable drainage. On the
other hand, n liberal and regular sup
ply of water is needed, and wherever
cotton Is planted on the dry hills In
the upper edge of the Sea Island cot
ton belt inferior results are secured,
the staple becoming shorter and
hnrsher. The lower lying lands are
better, provided they have adequate
drainage.
Soils very rich In humus appear to
be unsuited to Sen Island cotton, pro-
ducing too rank growth; but de-
ficiency of humus Is also serious OBJ
lection, as such land produces n small
plant with tendency to the shedding
of bolls and to rust.
Atmospheric humidity appears to
be prominent factor influencing the
quality of the staple. On the Sea Is
lands, fields having an ocean exposure
are said to produce finer and CLOS
sier staple ON account of the moisture
laden ocean breeZes, and in the inte-
rior one advantage of the lower lands
Is doubtless their moist air, which Is
conserved by protecting forests and
nearby swamps. In the absence of
sufficient moisture In the mir the staple
becomes harsh and shorter. This Is
further shown by the fact that wet
season is more favorable to Sea Island
than to Upland cotton. while the
Upland varieties do better in dry
season. The relative production Of
Upland and Sea Island cotton In the
northern counties fluctuates with the
season and the changes In acreage due
to varying market conditions.
The mixing of seed and the n.y.
bridlzing which result from planting
cotton of both types in the same COM
munity are n serious handicap to the
growers of Sea Island cotton. In this
respect portions of Florida where only
Sea Island cotton Is grown possess a
marked advantage and the introduc-
ton of Upland varieties should be dis
couraged.
In addition to the effect of the high
prices In stimulating the Industry and
of low prices in depressing It, factor
which must be considered in connec-
ton with the production Of cotton in
either old or new sections is the sup
ply of available labor. Until present
methods are revolutionized a relative
ly large amount of fairly cheap labor
is required, and 1t is great advantage
II the laborers have had long expert
ence with the crop. Throughout the
Sea Island cotton belt there is now a
growing scarcity of labor, which is
likely to restrict the acreage planted.
The farmers must meet the new con-
ditlons by the adoption of labor-saving
machinery In planting and in cultlva-
tlon, but there will continue to be DIFF
nculty In getting the cotton picked.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06

numbering industries restricts the less
profitable cotton crop, and there Is a
steady exodus Of laborers to engage in
railroad building, ETC., making the la
Dor problem still more serious.
The cost Of cotton production is
greatly increased by the prevailing
credit system, owing to the high cost
OF supplies and the reduction of the
farmers ambition and efficiency. The
change from credit to cash system
now going on Is n great gain for good
farming and should be encouraged.
The common practice of renting land
for share Of the crop greatly
hinders the adoption of improved
methods. 1t means instead of the con-
tinuous planting Of cotton without at
tentlon to seed selection or soil i'm
provement. When the owner cannot
operate his farm himself, he should
retain strict oversight over the work
done by his tenant and provide,
through written contract, for q spe-
Gifted system Of rotation and seed Sc
lection.
If the period Of renting were three or
five years instead Of one there would
be more incentive for the tenant to
build up the soil. The owner who
keeps his land in a high state of cul-
tivatlon has no difficulty in securing
the best class of tenants.
There Is tendency among cotton
buyers to pay an average price for all
grades of Sea Island cotton, especially
in the smaller markets. This means
that good cotton brings less than its
value, and inferior or dirty cotton too
much. This practice Is an injustice to
the farmer who produces superior
article, and II tends to discourage him
from selecting for quality. Unless
buyers are willing to pay full value for
the best cotton, farmers cannot be
expected to improve their seed in any
respect except to secure larger yields
per acre.
1t is an advantage to the farmer
who has superior grade Of cotton to
secure competitive offers from large
buyers before selling. In this dlrec-
ton much good can be done by farm
ers' organizations.
In Georgia and Florida the breeder
should work for a staple not less than
one and five-efghths inches or more
than one and three-fourths inches in
length. In South Carolina each plant
err is guided by his own preferences,
some planters choosing the medium
kinds on account of their greater pro-
ductiveness and others finding 1t profit
able to grow the extra fine and long
varieties. Experience has shown,
however, that these fine strains, hav-
ing staple two inches to two and one
half inches long and selling from the
Sen Islands at 40 to 60 cents per pound,
are not profitable in the interior. AS
compared with the medium sorts, they
are less productive and more subject
to disease, while the bolls are smaller
and the cotton harder to pick. The
fine staple requires more care In
handling than the interior farmers are
accustomed to give, and the interior
markets will not pay as high prices as
Charleston. In the past the best re.
suits In the interior have been obtain
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06

cotton as it passes to the gins, to re-
move impurities, and one of two 9TH
ers mote" the lint as it passes from
the gin to the press, by picking
out yellow tufts, etc. BY oil these
means high grade is maintained for
Sea Island cotton, which is reflected in
price per pound several cents higher
than that paid for inferior cotton.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
AvoIdlnn Waste.

isn't there a good deal of waste in
the bone of sirloin steak?"
mot for me-" replied the merchant.
II am careful to Sell the bone for as
much as the meat"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
NeqIect of Water Vessels.

1t is Il trifllng thing to neglect wash
Ing out the drinking vessels, but trou-
BILE turks there II II isn't regularly at
tended to"
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
Alfalfa or Rye.

Have an alfalfa or rye lot, or rather
lots, for your hogs and growing pigs,
and learn that to get results from
these pastures 1t pays to feed some
grain, If only little every day,
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
Keep Vermin Away.

To keep lice away from the sitting
hens, dust the nest and the hen with
sulphur. 1t will not hurt the eggs In
the least, but no lice will stay near.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
TYPICAL CROSS SECTION FOR EARTH ROAD

w width Of road between bitches not less 20 feet
o. from feet depending rainfall Grade
Herorn varies from INCH The foot for level grade
fol
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06
6WA.Or3o,

EA Island cotton differs from
. the ordinary upland cotton in
many respects. The plant is
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1917-09-06

low under the end of the belt to re-
ceive the successive loads us the
grader Is drawn forward,
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-12
TOMARON MONCiOFA.....
Viene de Ia Ia. Pag)

que no ha sido possible confirmar.
relatives a que Allende. poblacion
situada 2 unas veintiocho millas al
Sur de esta ciudad, ha sido teatro
de combates entire fuerzas del gobier-
no Y tropas rebeldes que Sc supone
sean felicistas, pero que muy bien
pueden ser gutierristas tambien, 81.
como Sc dice, este movimiento ha sido
preparado 0 toda calma Y cuenta
con bastantes elemntos para abar-
car TN gran radio de accion.
Les ultimos informes recibidos,
vienen q confirmar el hecho de que
Monclova ha sido substraida al po-
der del gobierno Y Sc encuentra en-
manoS de los rebeldes, pero dicen que
los que Sc ~apoderaron de esa plaza
son fuerzas de las que Villa ha en-
viado al Estado de Coahuila a mi
ciar en- e. la intensa campana cue
viene preparando contra el gobierno
de Carranza.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-12
EN- MONTERREY
(Viene de Ia Ia. Pag(

tranos comiSionados !levaban algin
docunento del Quartet General en- q
que Sc hiciese tai solicitud, a 10 cual
ellos ~contestaron que no Sc necesita-
ba.
Sc les dijo que esperaran IN POGO,
pues iban a ser s~tendidoS, Y mientras
tanto. 81 Presidente Municipal Sc CO.
munico por te'efono o el goberna
dor INFERNO del EStado. quien q su
vez do cuenta de 10 acortecido, al
general carrarcista Felix Lozano.
Dicho iefe orden6 inmediatamen:c
q IN captain de Anda. a cuya mando
esra la reducida guarnicion de Ia Villa
dc Guadalupe, que procediese a Ia q,
prehension de los individuoS, que los
llevase fuera de Ia poblaci6n Y los
pasase por las armas
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-12-12

las manos De los invaSores? y a estos
iniecit!es s2frinientoz Sc han venido
= acrcgar ;anumerables miserias en-
tre las clalcs Sc cuenta 81 tito eXantc.
m&;ico Que ha hccho Jay. muy nu-
necrosis victimas.
La expression de s~alvaje crueldad
que Sc reflejaba en- Ia cara de este
homore admirable, ~desapareci6 '
una l5grima rod6 por sus tostadaS
mejillas.
Sin embargo, la fe de mi "ais no
Sc ha rcsentido de este; ella ha per
manccido entera Y profundamentc u
nida a la causa comun. Nuestro e.
jGrcito. detail manera probado, espe-
70. con una noble ansiedad, ell mo-
mento de tomar su revancha y Ia to-
mo de Ia manera brillante que usreues
saben. Fl arrojo del soldado vumano
ha sido la admiration del mundo. En-
las batallas de M~evacesti, Sc VIC a
los homhrcs arrancar sus mascaras Y
sus tdnicas Y aligerados de esta suer-
te. lanZarse con I'm furor sublime So
bre cl enemigo. Sc han encontrado
c~adaveres de soldados a que
meridian los alambres erizados de
puas cuando los sor2rcndi6 el ulti-
no espasmo. Y crardo, a aus &c
los acontecimientos interiors; de Ru-
zia. lego dc E~atrograGo Ia orden de
~suspender Ia ofensiva rumana, los O.
fic;aies Y los soldados lIoraron de re-
bia.
Mas tarde. Mackensen t0m0 Ia O.
| fensiya. SAtrataba de conquistar
; tambien Ia Moldavia con motive del
primer a~niversario de Ia entrada de
/ Rugnania a IA guerra. Y una vez en-
possession de TODD el territorio rumano,
, los alemanes Sc proponian proclamar
en- e I'm nuevo regimen. No habian
tenido en- cuenta ia valentia del SOL
! d2do rumano. De heche, la Rurani2
es Ia que ha salvado ell frente orien-
tai. Por 10 demas, Ia ofensiva de
Mackensen ha sido rota; el e~jercito
rumano, con nQestro c~abal!eresco Rey