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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26

the fact that in some respects the ac- cepted method used in this country is not as economical as that employed abroad.
 The standard method of meat cutting used in America has been developed by the great packers. And, while there may be minor differences between the respec- tive styles of various packers, they are the same in the main.
 BEEF CUTS.
 The effect of our national habits on the cutting of meats has been very marked. As people We are inclined to demand six gdrumsticks on every fowl so to speak. Everyone wants rib or loin cuts, and in consequence, although these center cuts represent only about one-fourth of the weight of the aver age animal, they provide for at least one-half of the retail cost. The result of this is the relative difficulty of sell ing the less popular cuts, many Of which contain even greater nutriment than the more expensive ones.
 As a matter of fact, the packers nave
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
CLAD IN B. V. DIS
 RUNNERS R ACE IN A SNOWSTORM

Sewanee. Tenn. April 25.-With the thermometer standing at 40 degrees and flurries of snow falling, Sewanee de feated Georgia Tech in q dual track meet here this afternoon. Sewanee took both places in the quarter-mile run, first place in the 229-yard dash. putting the shot, high and low hurdles and broad jump. Tech won both places in the mile run, first place in the hundred yard dash. the half-mile dash, the discus and pole vault. The high jump was a tie. Se- vance took four second places and Tech five.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Canada Race Tracks
 Will Continue Idle

Ottawa, Ont, April 25.-In the House of Commons this afternoon, Sir Thomas White, acting prime minister, announced that it was not the intention of the gov ernment to repeal the order in council Nhich prohibits race track betting for the period of the war and six months thereafter"
 The acting premier made the announce
 ment in reply to a question put by MT. Fripp, member for Ottawa, The effect of the decision is that the race tracks of Canada will ont open for the spring meet ingfis, as many expected. There had been no regular meets in Canada since the spring of 19ll The or der in council prohibiting the betting and bookmaking was passed June ', 1917.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
COLLEGE BASEBALL

At Washington: Georgetown 5; Ford ham ?.
 At Macon: Mercer 10: Auburn ?.
 At Lynchburg: Washington and Lee 6; :. University of North Carolina 5
 At Clemson college; Clemson 1; Uni versity of South Carolina J
 New Brunswick, N. J., April 25.-Syra- cuse, P; Rutgers, O.
 At Greenville: Georgia Tech. 1S; Fur man university. 6.
 At Raleigh: Davidson. l; North Caro- lima State, O. fourteen innings.
 At Charlottesville, Va: University of Georgia, 10; University of Virginia, A. At Blacllsburg, Va: Maryland State, G. Virginia Polytech institute, ?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Fatty" Arbuckle Now
 a Baseball Magnate

Los Angeles. Calif.. April 25.-Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle, motion picture actor. has purchased a controlling interest in the Vernon club of the Pacific coast base ball league, according to announcement todav by Thomas J. Darmodity, former owner who still retains small interest in the orga nization.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Stinson to Manage
 the Columbia Club

Columbia, $ C.. April 25.-Georse Stin- son will manage the Columbia club in the South Atlantic association this sea son and play in an outfield position, It was announced today. Stinson has man. aged the Richmond and the Norfolk clubs in the Virginia league. and also two clubs in the former South Atlantic league
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Vernon Wins Two
 From Fayette Nine

Fayette, April 25.- 25.--(Speciai)-V defeated the locals in double-header here today by the scores Of 10 to and 10 to O. H. w. Morton, the old come
 back and Theo Box pitched wonderful
 ball and Fayette didn't have a chance to win.
 The main features of the game were
 the batting of Pennington and Allen and a stab of Jefferies' liner by II. Morton. Vernon hit the ball to all corners of
 the lot. while Morton and Box held the locals helpless.
 Allen got four three-base hits and
 Pennington got home run and two
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice to Contractors

Bids will be received on June 1st, 1919, at the office of Tanker & Cairns, arch- tects, Memphis, Tenn, for erection of bank buildings for Bank of Charleston, Miss, and Bank of Moorhead, Miss.
 Plans and specifications can be secured from architects on deposit of 5000 to in- sure return of same.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Brennan to Referee
 Lightweight Bout

Newark, N. J., April 25.-The New Jer sey State Boxing commission today ap rojnted James Brennan, of Newark, as referee of the boxing contest between Willie Ritchie, of San Francisco, and Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, at the Newark Sporting club here April oS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Cumberland After
 Championship Bout
Rx Aasociated Pres,

Baltimore Mir, April 25.-A delegation of citizens from Cumberland headed by Mayor Thomas w. Koon called upon Gov ernor Harrington here today and urged him not to interfere should Cumberland be chosen as the place for holding the Willard Dempsey heavyweight cham pionship bout The governor said he would give his decision by next Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
Notice to Coal Dealer.

The Jefferson DAVIS SoIdlers home. sit- ,nted on the L. <. N. R. R. at Beauvoir, Miss. desires to secure sealed bids on 1o (fifteen) carloads of fancy lump coal. same to be delivered r. o. B. Beauvoir, Miss, as follows: 10 cars during the sum- mer months, cars in December and cars lin January, 1920 All invoices to be paic in 20 days after coal is received. This is a state institution. Please mail your bids to the undersigned on orr before May l.. ' 1919. F. TARTT
 i Superintendent the Jefferson Davis Sol
 d:ers Home, P. O., R.,oyi, Miss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
For the Good of
 The Community

KNOW myself is an old maxim handed
 down through successive genera tions from ancient times.
 Know thy neighbor might be substitu- ted as business maxim with profit to the individual and the community.
 Knowing your neighbor and your neigh Dor knowing you would lead to trade rela- tions It works with individuals as per- haps every business man can attest.
 It would work with communities with the same satisfactory results.
 It thas been said that Birmingham in past years has not cultivated the friendship of her neighbors; that she has been too busy making iron and steel and mining coal, and building buildings to spend much time on getting acquainted with other peoples.
 The time is come when other peoples can contribute to the ever growing greatness of the south's industrial center. They need the things we make; they need the wares our merchants carry; we need the things they make in their factories and grow in their fields
 It has been suggested that Birmingham business men visit the neighboring cities; go in body to call on them; mingle with , them; learn their likes and dislikes: their products and their needs Through the commercial bodies such { trips could be arranged. Special trains could be chartered and 200 or 300 Birming- ham business men going as "boosters" for Birmingham would create better feeling among the citizens of Birmingham and the citizens of the communities visited.
 We would come to know them and they to know us Trade relations would natu- rally follow
 Such trips could be made to GadSden, to Huntsville, to AlbanyDecatur, to the Muscle Shoals district, to Anniston and to a number of other cities and towns in Ala bama and in other states as well.
 A city, like an individual must adver- tise if it would grow and prosper. It must let the world know what it is and what 1t has that peoplein other communities want.
 Booster trips afford convincing proof of the progressiveness, the loyalty and the civic pride of a city's people,
 / Birmingham has two organizations whose purposes are stated to be to promote ! the interests of the city, to help build it into a greater and better city.
 When the Victory Loan is ended the Cb,n,hor of Co,,oroorco and tha Civic accn-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26

OldtS ....... o% Summary: Struck out, by Harrison 9. by Rosenfeld 6. Base on balls. off Harrison 2. Two base hits, Rosenfeid.
 Left on bases, Bessemer, 4, Ensley G.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-26
AVOIDING WASTE
 IN CUTTING MEAT
Jean Prescott Adams, Dept. of Food Economies, Armour X Co.
 USE CHEAPER CUTS.

The great war, with it's attendant economies and conservation. emphasized as never before in this country the rela- tive economy or waste of certain meth ods of cutting meats Indeed, contact with our French allies brought to light
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03

After declaring that what Texas does be free of the cattle fever tick, Dr. R. A. Ramsay, chief of the tick eradica- tion division of the bureau of animal industry, United States department of ag- riculture, told the Texas Cattle Raisers' association in convention at Dallas, March IS, that the farmers and small cat tie owners of Texas should not be blamed for the comparatively slow progress of tick eradication in that state.
 T am convinced,'' said Dr. Ramsay, that the real opposition to tick eradica- tion-the opposition that is delaying the day when Texas will be tick free-comes from few men who make it a profitable business to deal here and at >the stock yards in what are classed by the trade as southern or ticky cattle and from a few large owners of cattle.'' ..+
 EYES OF COUNTRY ON TEXAS
 Texas has done a pretty fair job al- ready in cleaning out the tick, said pr. Ramsay, having driven the cattle para site from 36 per cent of the State-more than the total area of any other tick infested state-but still has nearly three times as much infested and qua1antinet! territory as any othe<> state and nearly as much infested territory as in all the other states put together. That is why, he said, 'the eyes of the whole United States, so far as tick eradication Is con- cerned, are on Texas
 Dr. Ramsay, also told the cattlemen that Texas, in state and county funds. is spending only g for every dollar ex- pended by the federal government for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03

The United States department of ag- riculture has been engaged for sev- i eral years in making investigations look | ing to the ultimate establishment and promulgation of standard lengths of sta 1 pie of cotton. Cotton specialists were sent to the eastern and New England states and in the cotton belt of the south tor the purpose of interview ing cotton mill owners, merchants, buyers and ship pers in order to ascertain whether they favored such standards. Of those con- suited, 24 out of D mill operators. l03 out of 197 shippers, and r and of 32 brokers, or about 70 per cent of all, were favor able Each person interviewed was re- quested to furnish the department of az riculture with physical types represent ing the ideas of the respective lengths ot staple. There were 40S samples submit ted which were eXamiend by committee of nine cotton experts. These types were in most instances the actual types used in the transactions of the persons by whom they were furnished and in cluded all the lengths in sixteenths ot an inch from 13-16 up to and including 11-16 as well as iu thirty-seconds OF an inch from ] up to and including l1.
 inches. The committee approved over ~ per cent of the types submitted.
 The conclusion was reached that length would be the length of flores, by actual measurement according to the standard rule under q relative humidity of the at- mosphere of 6o per cent and temperature of 70 degrees Fahrenheit, without reSarc to the quality or value of the staple It was also determined that length Of staple less than three-fourths of an inch should be designated, as "Beiow H'
 from three fourths to one inch should De designated in steps of siXteenths or an inch and from one inch upward shoulc
 be designated in steps of ,thirty-sec- onds of an inch. When cotton more than
 three -fourths of an inch in length oi staple is not actually one of the measure ments specified, it is designated by the
 specified length which comes nearest under its actual measurement
 Secretary David F. Houston of. the uni-
 ted States department of agriculture has established and given notice ~ tn9 following standards for length Of staple of cotton, effective october 25, 1918:
 For the purpose of these standards:
 Section l. The length of staple of any
 cotton shall be the normal length by mea surement without regard to quality or
 value of a typical portion of it's fibres
 under a relative humidity of the atmos phere of 65 per centum and temperature
 of 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
 Sec. 2. Then length of staple of any cotton shall be designated by that one of the following terms which expresses its measurement in inches or fractions Of an inch in accordance with section l of this order:
 Below %, % 1916. 7s; l5-1e. l; 1-32, 1 1-lss1 l S-32, 1h; 5-S2. 3-16; 77s2 1A;
 1 9-a2, 5-16; 1 11-32, 1ss; l 13-32. 1 7-1e; l l5-s2, 11k: 17-s2. l s-1s; I 1s-s2. 1ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03
Grow Your Own Feed

"Grow your own feed" is the slogan adopted by the Washington county Wis, agricultural agent for a cam paign to increase the production of feed and forage crops, particularly al- falfa. The plan is to boost alfalfa for hay, and corn and soy beans for sill age.
 As a result of the campaign, farm CTS in the county have already placed orders for 12,000 pounds of common ai- falfa seed, 2OO0 pounds of hardy Grimm alfalfa and 5000 pounds of tall-growinS soy beans. In spite of the fact that the rolling limestone lands of Washington county are especially adapted to the growing of alfalfa, last year there were Il 900 acres of timothy and clover, 3500 acres of pure clover, 14,000 acres of straight timothy and only 1900 acres of alfalfa The acreage this year prob- ably will include at least 100 acres more of alfalfa and 1500 acres of corr and soy beans for silage. s "Timothy and clover or timothy and alfalfa are all right" says one of the leaders of the campaign, "and clover and alfalfa are more than all right, but straight timothy doesn't work hard enough for the farmer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03
NONTWINING ADVANTAGE
Mississippi Girls Work

All poultry club members, especially girl members, should receive encourage nent and inspiration from the record made by Leila Sorrels, Panola county (Miss) poultry club girl Her experi- ence demonstrates the wide possibilities for poultry, club girls paying their way through school. making worthwhile trips, purchasing their clothes. and having spending money for other purposes. With an original investment of $17.O for a pen of Barred Plymouth Rocks, this girl in one season--her first year in poultry club work-made a net profit of S37O50. N'- B I,i
 According to her own story she bought her original stock just a few days be- fore Christmas in 1917, giving the local bank note for st750 Her birds be- gan to lay month later From January 9 to October r the original pen of pull lets laid $50 eggs.~ .r
 The first nine eggs she received from the flock were used as a sitting, from which were matched and raised seven chicks From these she selected her chickens which later took prizes at the tri-state and county fairs. From her first 100 eggs set she matched g chickens. From the next 125 eggs set no chickens were matched. During the season she raised 170 chickens.
 According to Leila, these results were rot obtained without WOTk ana Soiiie Hdru luck For example, a mink-probably celebrating Independence Day-visited ,he flock on the night of July and killed F of the biggest chickens. Hawks in the neiehborhood seemed to have fondness for her chicks, and carried of their share.
 Last September Leila sent two pens or her chickens to the tri-state fair, where they won first and second prizes. The following month she exhibited them at the local county fair, and won first prize, which consisted of $20 and which was in vested in War Savings Stamps. She now has flock of 50 selected bullets and eight cockerels, in addition, to her orig inal pen. ssrr.a.
 In spite of the ldsses from the mink and all charges, this club member made good profit All the grain fed came from her fathers farm, but was charged at market prices, the total cost of the feed amounting to $40. The cost of the orig inal chickens, interest and express, brought the expenses of the season to S59.5e From the sale of sittings of eggs, chickens sold, prizes and value of stock on hand, a total of S43o is credited to her work. When expenses are deducted, there is total net profit for one year of poultry club work-and that her first year--of s37oF"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03
DON'T FORGET TO SAVE THAT 100 HENS THIS YEAR
Good and Bad Points

Several hundred tractor owners in the Dakotas were asked these questions:
 What do you find to be the principal advantages of the tractor for farm work?f 't s-4 e efsF
 What are it's principal disadvan- tages?"
 The replies received have been sum marized in the farmers bulletin 1885, just published by the department of agricul- ture. ."'
 Saving in time, making it possible to cover the desired acreage within the proper season, is put first among the sd- vantages by large percentage of the farmers. Other advantages mentioned are:
 Ability to do thorough work, especially In hot weather, when horses are at disadvantage.
 Saving in man labor, doing away with more or less hired labor and enabling one man to farm a larger acreage than he can with horses. ..
 Economy.
 This last advantage is mentioned by larger percentage of Dakota farmers than of farmers in other states where similar investigations of the tractor havo been made. This Is doubtless because the cropping system followed in the Dakotas , Tn Eucn that the lTdClOI call us uoCu tO advantage for more of the farm wort than in most other parts of the country. The principal disadvantages of the .trac- tor, according to the reports made by these farmers, is its injurious effect on moist soil. This difficulty is a serious one in districts where the soil is heavy ana where it is necessary to do a considerable amount of work in early spring. Difficulty of operation see<1s to rank next as a disadvantage. large per centage of farmers emphasize it. Other disadvantages mentioned are expense ot operation, undue increase in investment. and delays on account of engine trouble.
 Tn comparing the reports upon which this bulletin is based, with those obtained from tractor owners in various parts or the corn belt several years ago, it ap- pears that less stress is laid upon tho disadvantages of the tractor in the re- cent reports than in the older ones
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03
BETTER BLOOD BRINGS RESULTS

The demand for improved stock offers
 a matchless opportunity to place poultry
 raising on q higher plane than it has be-
 fore occupied. Among those who have
 become interested in keeping poultry,
 there are sure to be many who will grad
 uate from the stage of interest In com
 mon chickens to a liking for fowls of
 only the best quality. Such operators can easily be converted to the use of stand
 ard-bred poultry, and where their orig
 nal breeding stock is of d type which
 will prove satisfactory these converts will be changed into permanent boosters
 for better blood. The CruX of the situa- tion rests really with the breeder who supplies foundation stock to beginners to the industry If the beginner in breed- ing standardized poultry is able to pur- chase stock which gives satisfaction, he
 is likely to be ever after an ardent ad-
 vocate of standard bred hens. If, on the other hand, stock is furnished him which
 Is unsatisfactory, he is likely to join the ranks of those who feel that there is nothing in Standard-br poultry, and that if is better to keep mongrel or un- ilr proved stock. On this account, breed CTS should aim to disseminate foundati ton fowls which will meet the needs and reasonable expectations of the purchas- [ CTS and which will be representative of fair value for the money received. ln- ferior stock should never be used to Gill orders. even when the supplies Of desra ble birds are exhausted. Nothing
 could be more disastrous to standardized
 interests than a plan which would pro-
 mote the distribution of loW-grade fowls
 under the guarantee of good stock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03
Barefoot Boys From
 Barbour County

The barefoot boys from Barbour county made record last year for themselves with their sisters, sweet hearts and parents. Under the 1eader- ship of the county demonstration agent, the home demonstration agent and the county superintendent of edu- cation, they entered seriously but en- thusastically into the organization of junior agricultural community clubs. and finished with the largest county enrolment in the state.
 Last year at Louisville there were gathered for the short course in agri- culture provided by the Alabama eX- tension service, SS boys and girls, rep resenting over 20 different commun1- ties from all over Barbour county. These young people as nucleus were trained to become leaders in their re- spective communities in club work and went back home to organize clubs for practical farming.
 Clubs were started all over the county Some turned their talents to corn, some to peanuts and some to pigs, but all worked steadily, the most sue cessful one perhaps being the Old Bethel Community club The results were worth while The boys corn club averaged 32 bushels to the acre, as against their daddie's F bushels to the acre. Their profit per acre was $32.12. In peanuts they averaged 45 bushels, which more than doubled the average of the county. Their profit per acre of peanuts was $5763. The pig clubs did equally well.
 Final reports show Barbour led all the other counties of the state in club membership. There were more than 1000 members enrolled altogether, over 50 per cent of the total available per- sonnel of the county. This year they are going to do even better. R. M, Martin of Clayton is county agent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03
In Case Hogs Get Sick

The United States bureau of anim. industry and the state extension ser ice have the following veterinarians in hog cholera control work in Alaban anfa:
 Dr. Howard c. Wilson, inspector in charge, Troy; Dr. P W. Prosser. Deca- tur; Dr. George E. Loker, Andalusia; Dr. J. w. Venab1e, Dothan.
 These men believe they can render the greatest service by paying par ticular attention to inspection work. telling the farmer what the disease is when the first hog in the herd gets sick, and if contagious disease, stamp it out by treating the infected and dan gerously exposed herds rather than by treating large numbers of hogs not so exposed.
 If you have sick hog you can have expert assistance free by getting in touch with one of these men who hap pens to live nearest you. Report the symptoms and the temperature of the sick hog and they will know at once if you need their assistance.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-03
LENGTH OF STAPLE COTTON

21-32, 11-1G; 1 2S- 23-32, 1&; and upwards in like manner in graduations of thirty seconds disregarding any fraction less than a thirty second.
 Sec. 3, The lenghts of the staple des' ignated as si, 7s, l, IS. 1A 1as, 1la, 15s and 1$i inches respectively, are each represented by q sample in the custody O. the United States department of agricul- ture in a container marked Original Official Cotton Standards of the United States Length of Staple followed by the appropriate designations of such length of staple.
 Sec. 1. Cotton which is more than three fourths of an inch in length of staple but is not exactly one of the measure ments specified in section of this or der shall be designated by that one or such measurements which comes nearest under it's true measurement.
 Sec ,. Whenever the length of staple of cotton taken from one part Of a bale is different from that taken from another part of the same bale, the length of the staple of the cotton in such bale shall be that of the part which Is tho shorter -.t