davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
Feeding Down Cornstalks
Ry A. l.. HACKER

This problem of turning live stock
in the corn field after husking is
an old one. and has been discussed for
many years. We find advocates on both
sides, but why not consider the sub
iect at this season, for certainly there
is good reason to do so. Already the
corn stalk disease has claimed its
large number of victims. Only last
week / received a letter from a man
who had lost rs head on a small patch
of corn. AS he put it, this would have
purchased and built five si1os. or four
silos and plenty of good equipment IN
the way of machinery Thousands or
men all through this country are IN
the same position. They have lost the
cattle. but lack the silos.
II is not waste to leave some OF
these stalks in the field. for truly
there is very little nutriment in the
dry hard stalks. Nine men out of 10
who turn in the stalk field, leave the
cattle there too long. After the few
stray ears and nubbins have been
cleaned there is little left but indi-
sestible fodder, which the animals Will
eat if forced to- but which does them
little or no good and often is a great
detriment.
With dairy cows we emphatically
challenge anyone to show a benefit
from this method of feeding. The ex-
posture to the cold winds, the scratch
ing of the udder and teats by the
stalks and blades. the lack of nutrl~
ment in the forage and the consequent
tramping over a large section tend to
shrink a COW and put her in a poor
condition for profitable winter milk
err.
If you must feed down the stalks
do 1t with dry cows, young animals,
bulls or stock cattle, and even in this
case do not compel them to stay on
these fields too long or make it their
only ration.
Many feeders of fattening cattle
make grave mistake by forcing
their animals to eat this food, which
is an unbalanced ration to begin with
and which is not sufficiently supplied
with nutrients to warrant gains, This
causes shrinkage in the fall and
before the animals are taken off the
stalks the damage is done They must
then feed a month or more to gain
back what they have lost and they
would have done better had they left
the stalks to catch the winter SHOWS.
Tests and experiments have clear
1y shown that this method of feeding
is unwise and Improbable. Why not
use the modern way of making the
corn into silage or storing it in shocks
and If you must feed down some stalks
use animals which will not be DANA ged
by shrink.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
Rabbit Sausage

Rabbit sausage makes a cheap mea.
now when ra'sNits are plentiful. Dress
the rabbits and wash them thorough
~. then cut all the meat possible from
the bones and run it through food
chopper. Take pork fat. little suet
may be used, TO make what You think
will be enough fat for the rabbit meat
and grind it. Mix we'll with the ran
blu, adding salt pepper and sage TO
suit taste. Pack in the usual way and
fry. ] have made meat loaf out OF
this by the recipe for hamburger
leaf and found it exceptionally good.
take the bones and boil off what
meat is left on them and make mince
meat.-Mrs. H. s. Hammond.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
BEES CAN HELP WIN THE WAR

the only insect known that can be de-
pended upon to pollinate flowers and
plants, and why? 1t so happens that
at the time of year when polination
is most necessary that inside of the
beehive a large amount of pollen and
honey is also needed by the bees and
in the early morn before sunrise it
is known in every beehive that there
Is honey and pollen to be had and
before you have your breakfast mill
lions of messengers are visiting your
gardens and orchards. pollnating your
blossoms, and for their pay for doing
all this difficult work only taking
home with them the surplus pollen
and hector which would otherwise be
wasted in few hours if it was left.
The reason why these bees are so val
liable to the farmer and horticulturist is
that they go in swarms of $4,000 each
and make their home in a small hive
which may be picked up by their keeper
and carried to where they are most
needed and set down. AS soon as the
sun is up in the morning they are ready
to mark new location and to do a full
days work in their new home.
BEES ARE PROFITABLE
But how does all of this help to win
the war? BY securing full crop OF
apples each year on every tree. a full
crop of clover and alfalfa seed, by being
the means of producing fine crow of
strawberries, raspberries and squashes.
and is this all? BY no manner of means
In the city of Vermillon this year
! TOOK from each hive, covering a floor
| space of 16x20 inches, 800 pounds of the
most beautiful honey which | sold for
| 10 cents per pound net, besides the cost
| of the container.
| What is this 300 pounds of honey worth
| as food? The analysis of honey is as
follows: Water, 1872 per cent; protein. "A
| per cent carbohydrates, S1.2 per cent;
| ash, OF per cent. Think of it-only one
| ffth OF ! per cent of waste and ST. rer
cent of carbohydrates which is trans
formed into fat, sugar. starch etc.
| three hundred pounds of this condensed
| food will take the place of butter or
sugar to large extent. and is much bet
ter than either for children
Someone viii want to know how many
colonies of bees one man can attend 20.
| = very ORDINARY man can easily attend
| TO 100 colonies, spring count, and if they
produce 500 pounds each and it sold 10y
10 cents per pound the value of ths
money alone would be $500.
/ SOUTH CAN HELP
How can we produce three times as
| much as we did last year? In our south
| ern states the bee season opens Feb
| airy !. and thousands of colonies are cast
ing swarms down there while it is stu
| winter here in the north These breeders
! can ship us bees by the pound by express
IN early spring so that we can get tne,a
| lor small sum of money and have them
here and in our hives in time for ouf
| frult bloom and in time to put in a fun
season in the north and by this novel
way of shipping bees and with our mod.
ern methods of handling them we can
triple the honey crop for 1915 and thereby
: help to win the war
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14

braces should be placed crosswise of
the box to strengthen it. Then fill the
shallow box completely with paper or
is carefully soldered on, care being
taken to make the seams absolutely
tight Solder round, galvanized iron
pipe four and a half inches long and
ono and half inches in diameter In
the hole in the center of the cover.
Solder flanges beneath the cover SO
that they will meet the edge of the
roasting pan, thus making tight
cover. On the top of the insulated
cover solder strong folded galvanized
iron strips three eighths of an inch
high to form a square is inches by
Is inches, for holding the upper gall
vanized iron box. On top of the cover
solder also four strips of stiff, gal
vanized iron eight inches long and
three eighths of an inch wide. These
strips should extend three-eighths of
an inch above the cover and run from
distance of one inch from the cor
ners to one inch from the steam out
let in the center.
The galvanized iron box has no bot
tom but fits in the square formed by
the four strips on the cover. The box
is II inches high. Inside it, three
fourths of an inch from the top and
one-half inch from one side, stiff
wire should be riveted and soldered.
II is sometimes desirable to reinforce
the box at each corner with angle
iron six inches long and one-half inch
wide, riveted halfway up the side. The
top of the box should be made large
enough to extend over the sides and
fit closely.
In the department of agriculture s
tests of the outfit described a two
burner wickless Kerosene stove was
/ used with excellent results. The ster-
ilizer, however, may be placed on the
kitchen stove or over any other source
of heat, such as. a gas. gasoline, or
laundry stove which burns either wood
or coal Good results also are obtained
at very little cost by building under
the sterilizer a small brick furnace IL
inches high. t is necessary to have
sufficient heat to furnish steam at
the end of the outlet pipe of at least
20o degrees r., and 20 to PHI degrees
F. should be obtained if possible. The
advantage of using a kerosene stove
lilies in the fact that a uniform supply
of heat is nrovidad
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14

Steam is the arch enemy of harmful
bacteria that Turk in milk utensils.
But steam isn't the common method
of sterilizing used in small dairies
because it is not always available. In
fact lacking it, dairy utensils on small
farms are not often sterilized salts
factorily, and as result diseases hide
in milk and may be carried to many
families. Washing milk cans and uten-
sis, at least by the processes ordi-
narily used, does not insure freedom
from infection and contamination.
For $40 or SIS simple steam ster-
ilizer, which will serve a small dairy,
can be made in short time. At that
price-which includes small kerosene
stove-this sterilizer should be prac-
tical in any dairy from which cream
or milk is sold And the additional
keeping quality which the sterilization
of utensils will give milk and cream
probably will pay for the cost of the
sterilizer in one season. For when
utensils are treated with steam all
bacteria or diseased germs which may
be in them are destroyed, and there
fore milk and cream when placed in
these utensils will keep sweet much
longer.
This is the way to make a small
sterilizer Specialists of the United
States department of agriculture, VINO
describe the process, say this ster-
ilizer will be of greatest use to those
who have one, two or three 10-gallon
or smaller cans with a similar number
of pals and a strainer cloth. 1t can
be used, however, with a large number
of cans. 1t is made of roasting pan,
cover. a galvanized iron box and a
removable top to the box. The roast
ing pan is of standard size, 20 inches
long, IA inches wide-top measure
n.ont--and g inches deep. The cover
to this is close fitting and insulated.
Upon this is placed the galvanized
iron box with its removable top The
insulated cover is made as follows:
Take a sheet of heavy galvanized
iron and cut it large enough to al
low it to project three quarters of an
inch over the edge of the pan. Bend
the edges of the sheet so as to form
shallow box with sides three
eighths of an inch high. Then cut
out a cover for the shallow box. Cut a
hole one and an half inches in diam
eter In the center. through the top
and the bottom of the small box. Iron
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
Cordwood Used on Farms

Approximately S3.000,000 cords or
fiiewood were used on the farms or the
United States, according to estimates
made by crop reporters of the bureau
of crop estimates in December, 1917.
Similar estimates made in December.
1916, indicated about S2,000,000 cords
used The average cords per farm was
1876 in 1917 and 1875 in 1916. The price
of wood advanced rs per cent dur
ing the year, from an average of $2.io
per cord in December, 1916. to $3.42 in
December 1a17 On the basis of prices
reported last December. the value OF
fircwood used on farms Of the United
States is about $3.50. 100000, or $42.13
per farm. In these estimates a cord is
reckoned as 12S cubic feet.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14

berry crop is borne. For the period i'm
mediately after this early summer crop
the amount of fruit secured is small. In
August, September and October it be-
comes larger and under favorable con-
ditons the late summer or autumn crop
from certain varieties may equal or ex-
coed the early summer crop. Thus in
stead of a constant supply throughout
the season there is a distinct early sum
fner crop, then a period of comparative
rest when little fruit is produced. fol-
lowed by a long period when a fairly
uniform amount of fruit is borne.
Weather conditions play an impor-
tant part in the amount of fruit pro-
ducer during the summer and autumn.
Only when the moisture supply and
other climatic conditions are faboraole
can the yield be constant. For this
reason the results obtained from the eli-
erbearing varieties have varied greatly
In the different sections of the country
and in different years. If a long drought
occurs while the plants are fruiting,
the berries become small and the plants
finally cease to bear. Therefore they
are not we'll adapted to sections having
long droughts except when irrigation can
be supplied
Thirteen varieties of .everbearng
strawberries are in the trade at pres
ent. They are: Advance, Americus, Au-
tumn, Forward, Francis Iowa. Onward.
Pan American, Peerless, Productive,
Progressive Standpat, and Superb. In
addition, variety known as the Mime
sofa No. 1917, distributed by the Mime
sofa State Horticultural Experiment sta
ton, has been introduced. Only two OF
the varieties introduced, the Progressive
and the Superb, have been widely grown
as yet The Americas is grown to a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14

peah nations will necessarily continue
70 look to us for dairy products unit!
they can rebuild their depleted herds
furthermore, much of the dairy breed
ing stock to replenish the depleted
nerds Of Europe must come from
america So during the war and aft
er the war the demand upon the dairy
cattle production of the United States
VIII be increasingly heavy Conse-
qIently dairy cattle should be con
served now. stocks maintained. at
ieast and II possible increased. and
all dairy by-products-of which skim
milk is the most mportant-utilized
to the utmost.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
Now for the Garden

The high cost of living is affecting ev-
cry farmer nowadays. The farmers have
been so busily engaged, devoting their eff
forts and energy into other lines, until
most of them have forgotten about the
family orchard the family garden
This is the opportune time to retrieve
some of the lost treasures in this direc-
ton.
Get busy right now and fix up the gar
den. 1t will contribute more to decrease
the cost of living than any other fac
tor, and at little expense. Replenish the
fruit trees around the house, especially
the peaces and apples. Set out young
trees. give them attention and watch the
results
The world is increasing its demand on
those engaged in commercial pursuits,
the farmer must do his part by growing
home supplies for home use Fruits and
vegetables are a necessity, and we can
not depend on somebody else to grow
them The back yard in the city, the cor
ners and out of-theway patches in the
country, all ought to be devoted to aug
menting the supply Of food for home use
Unless strenuous efforts are made in
this direction the country is not going
to measure up to the requirements of the
times or the need of the nation. There is
an individual responsibility which no one
can shirk, and the man who fails to do
his utmost in this respect is just as
much a Stacker as the one who evades
the call of duty in joining the colors
or who balks at the critical moment In
the battle for freedom and liberty. There
is no wav to get around the truthful
ness of this statement, and sooner or
later social and business ostracism is go
ing to be melted out to the men VINO
fail to do their duty in this respect. And,
just as history has recorded these things
in the past, so will the future write a
record of ignominuous shortcomings
against the derelict VINO neglects to do
for himself his family, his community
and his nation, everything that was in
his power in the times of stress when
the country, more than ever needs men
LINEN who dare and do.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
Champion Food Crop

Corn, on given area. will produce
more human food than any other crop
commonly grown on American farms.
This crop heads the list in units of en-
ergy produced per acre and is ahead of
all other crops except navy beans and
soy beans in tissue building material In
the latter element, soy beans far out
class all other crops. showing twice as
much protein per acre as navy beans,
which rank second in this regard.
The dairy COW is the most efficient of
farm animals in the production of human
food milk, and the hog is the most
efficient in the conversion of grain into
meat, producing five times as much per
acre of crops as does any other animal.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14

Strawberries from your garden
throughout summer and autumn are now
a possibility as the result of the perfec-
ton of 'everbearing' varieties of this
delicious berry. Everbearing strawber-
ries are not brand new discovery but
heretofore they have been grown chief
ly by amateurs and commercial growers
who have tested them in comparison
with ordinary sorts. In a recent publ
cation of the United States department
of agriculture announcement is made
that a sufficient number of trials OF
these varieties now have been completed
to indicate their real value for home
use and for market in certain sections
OF tine country.
The regions where it is known that
everbearing varieties can be grown ex-
tend as far south as the northern parts
of Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas and
Kansas. South of these limits, there
are probably points where they may
be grown with some degree of success.
but they are not definitely known to
succeed there.
The two leading varieties of this type
of strawberry, the Progressive and The
Supurb, are notable not only because
they produce fruit from the time of The
usual crop until late summer or autumn,
but also because they are exceptionally
resistant to leaf-spot diseases. They
are also very hardy. The Progressive
have been found to withstand the win
ters of the middle west better than
any ether variety except the Dunlap,
one of its parents. The Superb also is
harder than most varieties of straw
berries Another remarkable character
istic of these varieties is that if their
blooms are killed by frost they soon
flower again. Therefore in many sec
tons subject to late spring frosts, which
often destroy the crop, these varieties
are particularly valuable.
IL plants of the everbearng type are
set early in the spring, small crop
can be had the first season. Plants
which have been set for a year give
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
Strains Food Through Whiskers

From the Popular Science Monthly.
All whales develop rudimentary teeth
before birth. If the teeth continue to
grow, the whale is put in the toothed
class; if the teeth are displaced b. a
large number of flattened plates of bone
or baleen, fringed at the edges. the whale
is put in the whalebone class. Balesn
forms sieve through which the whale
strains all food collected from the water.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14

From the London Opinion.
Jock-Och 20 francs is tae much-its
Tor present, We ken. I'll give We is
francs for it.
Proprietaire-zen it will be mo what
gif re present.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
Determined to Be Suspicious

From the Washington Star.
Have you anything on which to base
your suspicion that he is a spy? He
speaks perfect English
That's just it. Very few people speak
perfect English except foreigners who
have studied it for a purpose
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
MISCELLANEOUS

ON FALSE TEETH wANTED-Don't
set: also cash for old gold, silver a.xd
broken jewelry; check sent by ret4rn
mall. goods held 10 days for sender's
approval OF our offer Mazer's Tooth
Speciality. FOOT g. 9Th ST., Philadelphia,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
WANTED-AGENTs

6ELL FRUIT TREEs-Pecan trees
ornamental trees; good profit; ligh,
work Write today. Smith Bros.
Dept 60. Concord. Ga. II
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14
one CENT A WORD
FOR SALE

RATES-One cent = word 7ays ad.
taken for less than 2bc for first inseF-
tion. Cash must accompany order.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14

IMPROVED black lime land farm, 400
acres. lease or rent. suitable live stock.
alfalfa, grain; $50 acres hog fencing, re-
mainder wires; good house. barn. out
houses, orchard, garden, fine water :
miles Southern railroad; fine neighbour
hood, on Demopolis- Eutaw highway
Brentwood Plantation. Watsonia. Greene
< County, Alabama
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-14

Is PACKETS garden seed, Il peach or
apple trees or 200 strawberry plants
sent free, postpaid. with Ballew's
Farmer three years. ST. You'll like Bal
LEWIS Farmer. Clean. bright, pungent
Hugh Ballew, Editor. Albany, Ala.
FOR SALE-s2; full information Of
Agearcys plan Of marking and shipping
hogs and cattle; every farmer should
know how. J. T. Searcy, Columbus,
q Miss.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-05-25
SAYS WILSON
CONDONED ANTI-ALLY
ATTITUDE OF PAPERS
10y N,e0cWIcd Press J

Washington, May "a reply by Theodore Roosevelt to Post
master General Burleson today in their controversy over alleged dis.
elimination by the postofiCe department in treatment of publications,
presented to the senate today by Senator Poindexter of Washington,
charged that the administration had played fer and against different
newspapers and magazines and that President Wilson was directly
responsible.
The administration, M, Roosevelt declared, has condoned the
anti ally attitude Of certain publications-among them the Hearst
newspapers, while embarrassing those that have made honest crit
iosm of the conduct of the wal.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-05-25
BAIRD AND THEW
CASES DISMISSED
IN FEDERAL COURT
Judge Colin NeDlett Takes Action
al Request Of Government
Draft Evasion Conspiracy Was
Charged,

TrtafAt c8Hn, BroNrfrce 20 tTr HrqAtp
y Santa &c. = NJ. MAY 20 .
6 Judge Colin NtHiott sitting iu .
q tho federal district court here .
. THE afternoon dismissed she .
y DlsDs against state Senator =
y James A. Ba.rl and his son =
. Walter " Baird charged with .
= rouspiriue 10 oyadc the draft .
. laws
9 Thc aas. against Eli NrNcN .
IUd " H. MgNow. charging y
. similar uffcusc. was also dis .
= missed .
= the Baird case Was not arr .
. guca. lu the McNcw olso. q .
= .,s JON w1E hold last uirhi uutit .
q 'U u.ui,ok
. Th, action uf the was .
. fakon ~ tine instance ut the .
a governments
EI N,>r, l WaIfrr b.irI y
viii r,ruru to O'rru county. .
. where they wlI go Into the ucNt .
= draft Q
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-05-25
SUDDENLY ARE
CALLED BACK TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES
Carranza Minister Gives Out Enigmatic Explana-
ton of the Trouble; Sinister Intrigue Suspected
Mexico Processes Friendship for Island Re-
public, but

Washington, May 25.-Mexico's sudden and
unexpected suspension of diplomatic relations with
Cuba is looked upon here as ali indirect move
against the United States which possibly may fore
shadow a breaking of diplomatic relations with this
country.
The underlying cause for Mexico action, it is
understood here, was a recent incident in which
Senior Fabela, her minister to Argentina, while on
his way to Buenos Ayres, was held up in Havana
while his baggage was searched by an official, sup
posedly a Cuban customs Inspector, who, it is re
ported, found among the ministers effects certain
papers.
From other sources, it is understood that at the
time Minister Fabela was on his way to Buenos
Ayres, certain exchanges, possibly of a preliminary
nature, were under wav between Mexico and Ar
gentina, and probably involving another Latin
American government.