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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16
CROP FOR COTTON BELT
Velvet Bean Is Most Vigorous of
All Annual Legumes.
AS Green-Manure Plant Ii Is Unex-
celled and Mature Pods Afford Ex-
celIent Pasturage = Notably
Free From Disease.

| prepared by the United States Depart
| ment OF Agricultural
Varieties of the velvet bean have
been developed by specialists in the
United States department of agricul-
which the use of this legume can be
recommended. The original velvet
| bean, which has been known in Flor
! ida for approximately 40 years. rare
| ly natures farther north than the
northern boundary of that state. Sew
eral of the new varieties. however, can
be grown over a large portion of the
cotton belt.
In those regions to which it Is adapt
ed, the velvet bean is regarded as the
most vigorous of all annual legumes.
As q green-manure crop, it Is unex-
celled and the mature pods afford pas
turage which has no equal among le-
gumes. The ground pods and seeds
can be made into feeds which are now
highly esteemed. An additional adj
vantage Is that the plant is notably
free from disease and insect enemies.
and entirely immune to the wilt that
affects cowpeas. A new circular of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture calls the attention of farmers in
the cotton belt to these facts.
The most common method of utiliZ-
ing the crop is to pasture it after 1t
has fully matured. Good velvet-bean
pasturage with corn or some similar
feed will finish animals very cheaply.
There is also large and growing mar
ket for velvet-bean meal, prepared by
grinding the entire pods and seeds.
The yield per acre of these ranges
from 20 to % bushels, being greatest
when vines are we'll supported above
ground. When good prices can be OBJ
tanned, 1t Is often profitable to harvest
the beans and to pasture the remain
der of the crop. AS a feed. expert
ments have shown that velvet beans
in the pod produce milk much more
,cheaply than cottonseed meal. AS a
feed for hogs, velvet beans result In
good gains, but when fed alone they
appear to result in dlsagreeable taste
in the fat. This difficulty, however,
can be readily overcome by combin- |
ing them with some other feed.
The work Of agricultural scientists
with the velvet bean has resulted in a
number of striking instances of the !
effect Of this crop In renovating soil. |
At the Alabama experiment station, |
for example, after velvet beans had |
been plowed under, crop of sorghum
hay was obtained nearly double that |
of n crop grown after fallow. Again. |
the blowing under of velvet beans re-
suited in yield of oats four times as
high as a crop that followed crab
grass and millet In Arkansas, oats,
after velvet beans plOwed under, yield
ed 50 bushels of grain as against SO
bushels after oat stubble. Other eS-
Inmates show that an ordinary crop
Of velvet beans adds about 80 pounds
Of nitrogen per acre 10 the soil, or
about as much as Is contained in 400
pounds Of cottOnseed meal. Even if
the beans are pastured, most of this
nitrogen is returned.
in the past 20 years the United
States department of agriculture has
introduced about twenty new varieties
If tho velvet bean into America and
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

has secured many hybrids by breeding.
Many of these new varieties lack the
Nelvety, hairy pods which are respOn-
Sible for the name velvet beam but In
growth and general appearance they
resemble the original variety
Where the growing season is short,
the Yokohama velvet bean deserves at
tention, but the value Of this variety
should be considered in comparison
with cowpeas and soy beans. For dis
tricts farther south, the Georgia velvet
bean Is probably the most desirable OF
the medium early sorts, although the
Chinese seem to produce larger yields
or pods. A map accompanying the
circular already mentioned indicates
the limits within which each of the
weil-known varieties will mature
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

mined to start q business of his own.
1t was department store on a small
scale, and had now been going for
about fourteen months, but what with
keeping up thes interest on the loan,
and the losses attendant on inexperi-
ence in the starting of a new business,
he could only, as he expressed it, keep
his head above water. Still he had a
fine courage and could see in his
minds eye the pretty home he meant to
build for the girl he loved.
One evening he said to her: 81 can
see the little house we're going to have.
I know it's going to come; but, dearie,
sometimes 1t seems so long to wait l
wonder II we are wise In putting 1t of
till we can have the home"
Honey, don't believe /"
II know what you're going to say"
he said gently. you couldn't live with
my father and mother"
Don't misunderstood me, dear" she
answered. Il love them both, and l
think they like me, but"
II understand" he broke in, land
for nine reasons out of ten you're
right. Wen just get right down to
brass tacks and look the situation
squarely in the face. I'm the only son,
consequently in the eyes of my mother
quite too good for any woman who
ever lived. She would be likely to see
faults in an angel from heaven. In
some things both father and mother
are back in the last century when it
comes to modern methods of living
and entertaining. Mother still cher
ishes rug with frightened deer on
it, and a crayon portrait on an easel.
Life has not been to them 'On velvet
and dollar has come to look as
though it ought to be grappled with
hooks of steel. You see, I'm not put |
ting it to you in rosy colors. l want |
you to know 1t just as it is. But, oh,
my dear! the best of our lives are !
slipping by. If you could only bring
yourself to try it with them for little |
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16
Talk and Sieep,

Rabbi NJ. NJ. Feuerlicht, who, in adj
ditiOn to preaching at the Jewish tenn
pie, is interested in the work of nu-
merous charitable societies, was at
tending such meeting few days ago,
when something was said about talk
ing in ones sleep.
That reminds me of a question a
friend asked me few days ago" he
said. "He wanted to know if / talked
in my sleep. | told him / didn't know
whether 1 talked while l slept; that
my chief business is to talk while 9TH
er people sleep."-Indianapolis News.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16
COMFORTABLE PEN FOR PIGS
Dry Bedding Means Much to Ycuna
Animals-Prepare for Ample
Grazing by Planting Rape
Clemson College Bulletin.


A comfortable house with dry bed.
ding means much to the spring pigs.
In fact, all other conditions may be
perfect and yet IL this point Is neg
lected failure may result
Get the pigs on milk or milk and
shorts ration by the third week of
their existence, If possible. This may
be done by building small pen or
creep near their bedding place, and
putting small amount of milk In q
shallow vessel (something that can't
be Overturned). They will soon learn
to eat. Increase the feed as they adj
vance in age, but don't feed more than
they will clean up. Keep Tie vessel
clean by occasional scalding and SUM-
ming.
The first four months Of q pigs
life determines largely his after sue.
cess. Never let him lose his pig fat"
during this time. Prepare now for
ample grazing, by sowing rape or rape
and grain mixed. This can be grazed
by the pigs within six to eight weeks
after sown. Allow them to run on any
green crops, especially clover or vetch,
as soon as they will Craze, usually by
the time they are four to five weeks
Old
Keep n succession of field grazing
crops maturing throughout the sum.
mer and fall to supplement their daily
ration Of grain and to enable them
to produce at profit. Hogs fed on
grain alone without grazing crops. will
give little or no profit.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

board Prof Morgan R.
Cornell Of league
Miss Helen
field
The will
the
modern will
he explained.
be
specified
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

Jointly the residence with Hume and his family
children
bees youngsters inclined
with the that
move and longer
under since
ber neighb the working his farm
eocb 20 cents
bees
Ame with gallons
shift
20 onnds NJ the finest OF honey
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

midi WoS
shoud to their q skill
ooe necessary of the
tho hat
49, the mobilization
"0n VI he undermanned farms 0 Newt England
not enough
plot In the Of house e N'u'd eut'1'0 NN' ''ue
unnds @ M IS blowing its public
In some instances the
OIL I instances Rather ugly tearing
ia"n out
MS Is not time estheticsm"
the housewife
rwhcnt
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16
WAR CROP OF CORN

The country Is at war. And 1t
Is going to be farmers war
war In which corn, wheat and
meat will be the great munitions
for immense supplies Of food
will be needed for our armies
and the armies of our allies. But
our wheat crop IS short: our po-
tatOes are scarce; so Is our
meat. And the big task now be-
fore the country is to raise ire
mendouS crop of corn that will
make up for the shortage in
other food. 1t provides the big
opportunity for the American
farmer to win The war. 1t is his
patriotic duty.
Don't worry about an over
production. The department of
farm crops Of the Missouri Col
lege of Agriculture sees no dan 4
ger Of OverprOduction in this
war. Prices Of corn will be high
probably higher than they now ,
are.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

T0ur years ago and found q knOthOIe
to go In and out. All during the spring
and summer they made their honey in
long rows of honeycomb which reached
from one sill to the other. The first
year there were only two swarms, and
from these there came two swarms
each in the next year, making six
Swarms in all.
The third year two more swarms
from each made a grand total of 10
swarms of bees and the fourth year
fNIro Il
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

tain Of
"And
to the @ hack IN 80 kicking
up! forgot to tell that I've been
D widest
German-hats all
III l' rory had ar bet your sweet hfe
Gallagher was also MEMBER OF
animal trainer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

Jures up in the schoolboy's mind a
picture of the ashes Of the captured
city furrOwed by the plowman rather
than the pictures which Greater Boz
ton in wartime have registered ON the
plates of the camera.
The pillow is a mighty weapon OF
the nation at war, a nation to which
has been allotted the tremendous task
of feeding large part of the warning
world.
1t is not enough that the farmers
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

TO till the soil has been opened under
the auspices of the National League
for WOman's Service.
The Crawford estate, a plot of
200 acres at Two Hundred and Twen-
ty-second street, Baychester avenue
and the Boston Post road, has been
donated by George Crawford for this
purpose. Mrs. Mary E. Hamilton,
chairman Of the agricultural commit
tee Of the league, will have charge.
Mrs. August Belmont Is the treasurer
of the committee, and on the advisory
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16
Forced to Dispossess Bees From Attic Of Home

AvANNAH GAE Ward authority for story Of bees taking
~ Of J. Hume
settled"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16

corns recruiting station and following
. wb;snered interview, was taken to
the back room, there examined ana
rhen he emerged was proud member
Of the "soldiers Of the Sea-
Not long after Meickle had proud
80 +bo recruiting station another
r,.mher of the circus came swinging
- tho street, and when he spied
the blue coat of the marine on duty
he hurried upstairs to Captain Evans.
A "Jybo are you, sir?" asked the cap
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16
..ses:ss!m,g Women of New York to Till the Soil

Nv LIMO De operated as extension departments
university Barnard
demonstration farm
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16
Trainer Left Pets to Fight for Uncle Sal
Sam

At trainer Lady Auces
He visited Captain Evans the Marine
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-16
weary All Greater Boston Put Under the Pow

the oson has been history recount
in
Ihe phrase pucked the Latin
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
A LAND OF REPTILES.

Australia is supplied with 100
species of snakes, three-fourths OF
them venomous. The big pythons
and rock snakes are harmless, but as
one travels from the tropics south
ward the dangerous varieties in
crease in number, and in Tasmania
all are venomous, though only five
are really deadly, and fortunately
these are rarely seen.
The continent is also abundantly
supplied with lizards. Three hun
dred and ninety species are recorded,
and they may be seen not only in the
woods and prairies and deserts, in
the water, among rocks and trees,
but also in the less frequented city
streets.-National Geographic Maya
zine.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
CHINA is WILLING TO LEARN
Leaders in the Flowery Kingdom Look
to Uncle Sam for Pedasogic
knowledge.

China is not so slow after all,
writes Girard in the Philadelphia
Ledger. She has sent a commission
over to the Philippines to learn first
hand how Uncle Sam teaches the lit
tie brown girls and boys.
China will discover there several
things. First, a school system which
imparts vocational knowledge and so
enables the Filipino to earn a better
living.
Second, more good and free
schools per capita than can be seen
in the Asiatic or African colonial
possessions of any country.
Third, better schools in the Philip
pines after 10 years of American oc-
cupation than are found in India
after more than $50 years of English
conquest.
We did more in one decade for
Filipino education than the Span
lard had done in three centuries.
Had you gone to Manila, as | did,
few years after Dewey made his
debut there, and revisit the place
now, you would be prouder than ever
of your country.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
MANY DUMB VICTIMS OF WAR
Thousands Of Horses Killed on Each
Mile Of Battle Front--Amerlea
Has Sent 2,sf5,ooo.

at is almost impossible for the
mind to grasp the enormous wastage
OF horsefesh on the battle fronts Of
Europe" was the recent statement
of Thomas Stevens of Montreal, a
capitalist who has supplied the
French government with many
horses during the last two years.
at has been estimated by the
military experts" he said, "that the
wastage in the last two years-and
by wastage is meant the animals
either killed or injured, and does not
mean death from natural causes
has been between $4,000 and $4,000
month for every mile on the west
ern front. In eight hours Of the first
night Of the drive at Verdun, there
was a wastage of SOIL on the three
mile line.
"Every eight miles along the west
ern front there is a horse hospital.
Of the horses in these hospitals, APP
proximately ~ per cent are placed
there for sickness, and from GO to
70 per cent because of injuries.
"At the beginning of the war the
French had about 525, 900 horses and
the Germans approximately 100000.
The allies, of course, have purchased
many thousands Of horses from the
United States and Canada. The sup
ply used by Germany came mostly
from Austria-Hungary, Norway and
Sweden.
"Since October, 1914, there have
been shipped from America to
France and England about 2,S15,000
horses. The French government has
paid exporters for these animals
something like $3SO,OOO,OOO. Yet
the United States still has a large
supply of good horses left"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14

When II Is Saturday Night In Alaska
ItIs Tuesday Morning
In sIhns.

Three days can exist at the same
time II sounds impossible, says
Hereward Darlington, but it is new
ertheless fact that when it is very
late Sunday night at Attu island,
Alaska, it is Monday noon in Lon
don and Tuesday morning at Cape
Deshnef, Siberial II one travels
westward one loses a day in going
round the world I; if one travels east
ward one gains a day. Could one
travel at the rate of Is degrees day
one would lose exactly one hour each
day. In "a days the circuit would
be complete. Inssmuch as sun and
earth are constantly revolving and
day merging into night, Sunday
passing into Monday, etc, it is OBJ
vious that at one point on the worlds
surface an arbitrary line must be
set, to the east of which is one day,
to the west Of which is the next day.
This immediate "jump" of a day
regulates the calendar for one cir
cumnavigating the globe. This Gin
ternational date line" as it is called,
passing north and south, and divid-
ing our world into two equal parts,
is the 1S0th meridian and crosses
the Pacific ocean-where fortunate
ly there is very little land-taking a
slight bulge outward to include ST.
IBERIA, and one the other way to in
clude Attu island, which belongs to
Alaska geographically. The map
will show this. West of this line is
Monday and east of it is Sunday
Rochester Post Express.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
L. & N.
Time Card
Effective Jan. 8. 1917.


TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No. &C. & N. o. LIN. 1921 am.
No. 51-St. L. Express 5:29 p. m.
No. 95-Dlxie Flyer 9:32 a. m.
No, 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 700 a. m.
No. 53-St. L. Fast Mail 5:36 a. m.
No. 91-Local Passenger, 1857 a. m.
No. 99-Dixie Limited, 9:56 p. m.
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & st. l.. Linn. 5:29 a. m.
No. So St. Louis Express 1920 a. m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 7:05 p. m.
No. &C. Hopkinsville Ac. S:55 p. m
No. 54-St. L. Fast Mail 1914 p. m.
No. 90-Local Passenses 1872 p.i m.
No. 98-Dixie Limited, GIT a. m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and points as far south as
Erin. and for Louisville. Cincinnati
and the East.
Nos. So and So make direct con.
nection at Guthrie for Louisville,
Cincinnati AID all points north and
east thereof.
No. SO carries through sleepers to
Atlanta, Macon, Jacksonville, st.
Augustine. and Tampa, Fla. Also
Pullman sleepers to New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. SO will not carry 10.
cal passengers for points north Of
Nashville. Tenn.
w. N. CHANDLER, Ticket Agent
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14

Wifey (angrily)-You talk Of
possessing judgment. Ny judgment
is superior to yours any day.
Hubby-Oh, PROFESSIONALLY. Our
choice of life partners proves that.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
ANcIENTs FEARED THE DOG.

Every race has looked upon the
dog in a different light. To some,
as to the Maoris and certain Indian
tribes, it has appealed as an article
of diet. To others it has been a
beast of burden only a little inferior
to the horse. To many it has been a
companion and friend. Only the As
-syrians and Babylonians were afraid
of the dog. In an old Babylonian
prayer it is written:
"From the dog, the snake and the
scorpion and whatever else is bane-
full, may Merodach preserve us"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
GOT HIM.

"John," said his wife, 81 have a
conundrum for you. Why am 1 like
a populaNstory"
Because everybody admires you"
"That isn't the answer"
"What is it, then?"
"Because-and she glanced at her
calico dress-I'm never out of
print"
Then, in spite of war prices, he
could do nothing else but stump up
for a new costume.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
EXPLAINED AT LAST.

She-See all those baldheads down
in the front row.
He-Yes; there's always danger
of panic in a theater, so they put
the cool-headed men in the front
seats.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
ESPECIALLY.

'1s the running cost of automo-
biles high?"
"Yes, especially when they're run
ming down people"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
OF COURSE NOT.

81 see here note to the effect that
the Firms are a nautical race"
"Well, there's nothing fshy about
that, is there?"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
WHERE HE LIVED.

Guy-Do you know Lincoln's
Gettysburg address?
Jane-I thought he lived at the
White House.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
HIS SPECIALLY.

"Has your son any particular ath-
letic facility at college?'
"0h, yes. He is running through
my money"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
EASY MONEY.

"The famous prima donna bought
herself a beautiful home"
"And to think she got it for a
Dngp
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
HARD LUCK.

jack hear, old man, that you
are matrimonially inclined.
Tom (sadly)-Alas, no; declined.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-04-14
PARApoxIcAL.

"Works of real genius are rare"
IL call them well done"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07
SCHOOL

The biggest event of the school year
occurred on Thursday, when fifteen
cars filled with school children and
parents motored to the west side of
Beautiful Lake Metigoshe for the an
nual school picnic. The morning be-
ing pleasant the ride was thoroughly
enjoyed by all the children.
The party arrived at moo and al
most Immediately partook of the
sumptuous luncheon which had been
prepared by the mothers Of the child
rem. After lunch the afternoon was
spent in boat riding, ball playing and
various games.
Just before departing the cars
were lined up and pictures taken, af-
ter which the school children sang a
few patriotic songs finishing with
"America."
The days fun closed with a most
enjoyable ride home, passing v. B.
Mobiles beautiful farm home, the
State School Of Forestry and thru the
residence section Of the city Of Bot
tineau. The faculty and patrons Of
the school wish to thank all those who
so kindly assisted in transporting the
children to the picnic grounds.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-06-07

Remember the dates of the Sour
is Chautauqua-June Is to 20 in
elusive. ct.
Olga and Gusta Glomseth are spend
ing the week with her sister, Mrs.
G. M. Myhr.
Rev. Redal left on Wednesday morn
ing for the Twin Cities to attend the
church conference.
Ben C. Wall left Monday for Mo-
hall, where he will spend a few days
in the interest of the Carbury Motor
Co.
The Y. P. S. met Sunday evening
in the school. Mrs. Bakkom and Mrs.
S. F. Guttu were h~ostesses for the
evening.
The annual school election was
held in the Carbuary School on Tues
day. C. Noun and Ole Crogen we're
again elected for a term of three
years.
The infant daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. Redal was christened Alta Gud-
run at the Sunday morning services.
The sponsors were Mrs. and Mr.. O..
O. Wareberg, Amanda S~yvertson, J.
L. Gorder and Knute Olson.
Miss Alma Berge sustained slight
injuries when the back wheel of a a
passed over her chest as numerous
cars were entering the school yard at
Mr.. Hoibrenden's funeral on Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Gorder of Landa
and Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Dravland left
for Starbuck, Mimi, Tuesday morn
ing, where they will visit for a couple
of weeks. Mr.. Dravland will attend
the church conference in st. Paul, be-
ing a delegate from this congregation.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. o. Wareberg and
family, accompanied by J. L. Gorder,
left Sunday afternoon by auto for
Pine Creek, Mimi, to visit Mrs. Ware
berg's parents. Mr.. Gorder accompan-
led them as far as Grand Forks,
where he took the train for Starbuck
and later he will go On to st. Paul,
where he will attend the First Annual
convention of the Norwegian Luther
an churches. Mr.. Wareberg will also
attend the convention before returning
home.