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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-07-01
Young Calves do Best in The Barn

Young Calves do Best in The Barn
Large numbers of calves are now
on hand from the million and third
dairy COWS in Minnesota. The own
ers are engaged in raising the heif-
er calves at least and are doing so
by hand, depending mostly upon
skim milk. In this connection one
question is often asked-should or
are they better in the barn?
The dairy division of the univer-
sity has tried both plans and finds
the best results come in keeping the
young calf in clean place in the
barn until about three months old.
For the first two or three months
the young calf does not eat grass
enough calf does nkw s. If
enough to amount to much and does
better if given a little bright hay in
stead; furthermore, the young calf
suffers from heat and flies and does
not seem to be able to look Oh. for
itself. During this period, the calf is
best kept in the barn or at most al
lowed to run in a dry lot nec the
barn part of the day.
For skim milk calves three to six
months old a small pasture near the
barn where they can be easily fed
and looked after is ideal. Shade and
plenty of water should be supplied
A row of small stanchions suitably
located are almost indispensable if
many calves are to be fed together
C. H. Eckles, chief of the division OF
dairy husbandry, University Farm.
ouackgrass Can Be Driven Out
Quackgrass can be eradicated, but it
is a real job for a herman who has
sublime faith, high courage and dog
ged tenacity in about equal proper
lions. Tenacity and persistency are
characteristics of the plant; no
weakling is likely to subdue it.
Small spots of quackgrass can be
eradicated, says A. c. Army in
charge of farm crops at University
Farm, by covering the closely clipp-
ed grass with tar paper weighed
down with stones or soil. Or the
spots may be thoroughly cultivated
or hoed and then planted to corn or
late cabbage.
When entire fields are infested,
methods to be followed depend
somewhat on the season and the kind
of soil. Experiments, says Mr.. Army
have shown that quackgrass can be
seradicated even in large fields with
out the loss of single crop. A foud
year crop rotation-small grain, clo-
yer, corn and corn-gives opportun-
ity to eliminate the pest-in following
this method the ground, after the
clover crop has been taken off, can
be cultivated from July Is to No
vember 1. Through cultivation OF
the two corn crops following usually
cmpletes the work. Mr.. Army finds
that even the most thoroughly in
tested fields cannot stand many
rounds of this sort of treatment.
A three year crop rotation-smali
grain, clover and cocn-and two
year crop rotation-coTn and rye or
early potatoes and rye-a]sO afford
an excellent opportunity for getting
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-07-01
Wofd Of Advice.

"Mr. Jobbles." said the head Of the
firm, II notice there's a considerable
item for meals In your expense &C
count"
Err was entertaining customers
and prospective buyers, SIR"
"All right. I'm not complaining. but
I hope you will bear In mind that we
are selling tractors and no lady Of
the chorus ever buys a tractor."-
Birmingham Age-Herah.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-07-01
River Changes Its Course.

There is only one season Of the
year when one can visit Angkor Tin
the interior Of Cambodia. French Indo-
China), owing to curious phenome-
non known nowhere else in the world
the fact that the river Ton4e-Sap
flows inland part Of the year and then
turns and flows outward, in the oppo-
site direction, for the remainder Of
the year. At such times as 1t flows in
land. during and following the rainy
season. there is water enough to float
steamboats,. When It flows outward
It completely drains a large Lake that
forms part Of the river bed and leaves
the lake dry except for small trtclzle
down the center.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-07-01

Select your tires. ac-
cordir7e to the roads
they have to travel:
In sandy or h;lly coun-
try, wherever the going is
apt to De heavy - The
u. S. Nobby.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-07-01

For ordinary country
roads - The u. S. Chain
or Usco.
For front wheels - The
u. S. Plain.
For best results-every-
Uhere-U. S. Royal Cords.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-01

comparably witching Moonlight So
nata-
The theme changed, and the girls
face lifted as he had seen II that first
moment at the pool.
90. for the wings, for the wings OF
a dovei
Far away, far away would rove"
The red lips caressed each word be-
fore they let it fall. She seemed un-
conscious OF the cello; her fingers in
stinctively knew where the magic lay.
The cabin walls dimmed away and
the Pearihunter was back at the pool
wonderful feet dabbling the water:
the upturned face; the thrush song;
wild roses slipping from a round arm
and dringling down upon the rock.
and remain there forever at rest"
The song ended: the last soft har-
mony Of the cello slipped away into
the elusive distance; farther fainter.
lost at last among the trees.
The old mans head dropped for
ward, his eyes were closed, his face
muffled in his rumpled beard upon his
breast. Leaning the cello against the
chair. the girl picked up a limp arm.
laid it about her neck, and led him
away, like a drowsy child, through
the curtained entrance OF the west
room.
Continued tomorrow
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-01

an illustration of good work that they
can and will do in matters of public
welfare. in civic duties. that call for
and receive their assistance. They
have started in, as private citizens
again, to prove the stuff that they are
made of-pure grit. They are quail
fled to meet every occasion that con-
fronts them as members of their or
ganization and as citizens of the re-
public.
If there was ever a time when men
of real grit were needed in public as
well as private life, it is right now.
The men of the American Legion are
proving themselves worthy. members
Of their organization .as they are citi-
zens.-JacksonviIIe Times Union.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-01
co-oPERATIvE FARMING.

L. w. Hardy, president of the Es-
Gambia County Fair Association, de-
clares that crops in this county are
excellent and that prospects are good
for an exhibit at the state fair that
viii eclipse any other agricultural xe-
hibit made by this county at the state
fair. According to this, Escambia gives
every promise of carrying off first
honors again at the fair next fall, as
reports from other prats of the state
are as encouraging as usual, owing to
the heavy rainfall which has damaged
many of the crops.
In West Florida the corn, potato,
sugar cane, peanut, melon and other
crops have been of high quality, and
there can be little debut but that,
even If we fail to carry off first coun-
ty honors, we shall win many pre-
miums at the state fair.
Much of the best produce of the
farms Of the county has been shipped
this summer, but it is believed that
enough good specimens have been re-
tanned to make splendid showing.
The county fair deserves every
support from the citizens of Pensa-
cola, as well as the farmers. There
can be no doubt but that the annual
IalE mas uOne InuCn " St1llIuldtc III
terest in farming in Escambia. That
is what fairs are for. The premiums
are but the symbols which stand for
progress along agricultural lines; the
real award comes in increased pro-
duction and better quality of farm
produce.
Besides this, the fair generates an
increased interest among the farmers
fnt xryT.f fst1 10 pxYid
in the more scientific methods used
on the farm and the better business
ideas which are being demonstrated.
The fair is nothing more nor less
than a cooperative display. And this
idea of cooperative effort is being
crystalized in the cooperative farm
ing association which have made ship
ments to northern markets this sea-
son.
The association at Fig City has
shipped three carloads of Irish pota-
toes, three carloads of melons, and
in few days will have shipped three
carloads of sweet potatoes. All of
these of fine quality.
The farmers in that section are now
getting ready to plant fall cabbage for
northern market, and expect to send
out loads of this. as we as well as
mixed vegetables.
Only through cooperation may the
farmers of this section hope to sue
coed. And it must be remembered
that this cooperation must not all be
on the side of the farmer. The BUSH
ness men, too, must cooperate, and if
they would find agricultural methods
in this county advancing to any ap-
probable degree.
1t will do no good to have a fine
back country. unless there is social and
business association between the
country and the city. Unless the
farmer knows that he is going to get
a square deal in Pensacola. he is go
ing elsewhere TO look for it. The city
and the farm are too dependent, the
one upon the other, for there to be
any success, unless the two work to-
gether for mutual advantage.
Let US get together and, working CO.
operatively, make Escambia county
not only one of the best farming sec
tions in the south, but Pensacola the
gateway to that section.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-01
MAYBE IT'LL ALL CONE RIGHT.

BY Frank L. Stanton.
He said, when the world was a-run-
min wrong
An the darkness drowned the light
I'm a-goin' Tor TO, listen TO the morn
in song
Maybe itll all come right
Yet l can't help thinkin': It's been
go.n' wrong
For mighty long. boys. mighty long,
An we're not much nearer to the
mornin' song,
But maybe it'll all come right"
An this is the message to the folks
that sigh
When they amt no hope IN sight:
There's a rainbow runnin' round the
clearin' sky
Maybe 5t1l all come right
o the mornin's commit you think
that way.
An there amt a winter but1I .mI If
May;
Farewell 10 Trouble--for it's Joys owl
day
Maybe tin an come right"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-01
The Blue
Moon
A Tale of the Flatwo0ds
BY
DAVID ANDERSON
Copyright, 1919.
The Bobbs- Merrill Company
rights, 1920, Mcclure
Syndicate and Pensacola
Journal.
CHAPTER XII.
The Mild Man


The Pearlhunter fingered the bit of
palm with such quick eagerness that
her eyes sought his face curiously.
The red mask! The slit of the knife
near an eye-hole-no man in the
Flatwoods better able to read the
story it told; none better able to piece
together the fragments of that seven
year-old tragedy.
Up through the eyehoIes there SEEM
ed to glow a pair of eyes-blue, like
blue ice; that glow black when reused.
He knew what they looked like when
the blue turned to black
Another impression flashed upon
him, and the eyes were gone. In ex-
aiming the mask his finger had come
in contact with the girls hand-the
soft cushions of her palm. 1t glowed
over him like bath of warm sun
shine.
The Pearlhunter was finding hinr-
self. 1t was like discovering a new
world. The wonder of it-that he was
there-the thousand other places he
might have been. but wasn't
Suddenly, without warning, a deep
groan set the silence ashiver. The
girl crammed the packet back behind
the books; the Pearlhunter whir1ed
The Wild Man had risen from his
chair and stood peering toward him
with wide, weird eyes. With a step
that was ghostly noiseless he crossed
the floor. Quite close he came his
dulled senses seeming to need the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-01

likely to prevail in this part OF the
state. This feature and les peculiar
habit Of neither blooming or bearing
seed under field culture causes the
vines to remain green and eC9wir
during the entire time, from sprinc 20
fall The hay can be cut a. any time
that is convenient. The hay cures very
quickly retaining its leaves AMI bright
green color instead OF shsil.iS rs cow
peas and velvet beans do. In fair
weather it requires only one day be-
fore IT is ready to put in the barn.
The Kudzu subject will be continued
both as to planting and cultivating. ]
want to impress every farmer and
stoekman of the importance Of KuslZu.
All other leglImes must be repiantsd
and cultivated, Kudzu never after the
first planting. II is a seIf-fertiiiZer
and no replanting or cultivating Of any
kind after the first year.
Many compliments have been written
about Escambfa county fertile soil. The
writer. in 1887, the first interstate fair
held in New Orleans, / hold certifi-
Gates for the best corn, tomatoes. cab
bage, cauliflower, potatoes. sweet and
Irish. carrots, beets and celery, and
tobacco raised on Bayou Chico. Eseam-
bia county, Florida, and what has been
done can be done and is being done
every day. Let the people Of the other
states know what we have. Write
about. talk about and sing about it.
hstead Of Maryland, My Maryland"
lei US sing Florida. My Florida A
climate unsurpassed for health and Tire
most beautiful floral. natural floral dis
plays in any state 1ut if we don't
let the people Of states know
if it will never be Al.D,.-. . is no
other county in the state tina. as been
blessed like Escambia county. Unsur-
passed for seaport facilities and the
climate and soil production stands 100
per cent over any other county in the
state.
]. A. P0TTERS.
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This goes to show that not only
was Pensacola lower than Tampa or
Miami, both of which claim to be "the
coolest cities in the state" but that
the temperature in Mobile and Bir-
mingham was much higher than in
Pensacola. When you add to this, the
fact that no other city can boast such
breezes as we have here, and you have
to acknowledge that we beat you to
it."
A report made by the weather bu-
reau some time ago showed that Pen
sacola has a normal temperature of
67.9 degrees. July is the warmest
month, with normal temperature of
S1.4 degrees, January is the coolest
month, with normal of 52.3 degrees.
The highest average temperatures
reached in July for 50 years as given
by the weather bureau is IS degrees.
In thirty-two years, according to a
record made by the weather bureau,
the average number of times the tenn
perature went as high as 80 degrees
was five
Temperatures as low as 81 and 81
degrees in July after nigntfall have
frequently been recorded, and the
highest temperature at night registers
rs. The records give an entire sea-
son when the day temperatures did
not reach 90 degrees, from June IA to
August 5. included.
When it is taken into consideration
that Pensacola not only has normally
a low temperature, that the gulf
breezes are never stilled, and that the
people here practically live out of
doors in the summer months. spend
ing much time in the healthful exer-
cises of swimming, golfing. tennis and
motoring, Pensacola may indeed lay
claim to being, what it has frequently
been called, a great all the-year- play
ground for the people.
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.REcEvEp: Ole Wiz

r. II. Pat, JF., IN the WOrld's
Work for August:
It was the privilege OF a factor Of
the Hudson's Bay Co. who did not care
for the facilities al hand, to order for
himself a wife through the company
which provided all Of LIES necessities
to those OF it's agents who made prop
er application. One such transaction
IS noted in an old recefpt-book Of the
company az follows: Received. one
wife IN fair condition; hope she win
prove good, though she is certainly a
rum one to look at"
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v I E w S O F
] 0 u RN A
r E A D E r S
The Journal is glad to print
short communications from read
ers on any topic of interest.
Letters should be typewriter IL
possible. and double spaced.
Kudza Hay.

Dear journal:
Did you ever think that Florida is
the greatest state in the union for stock
raising? In the southern counties Of
the state there is an abundance OF ever
green growing and natural grasses.
Stock needs no shelter from the weather
and the woods are full of pure, clean
water from the springs, branches and
creeks. 1t would pay any man who
contemplates raising stock to look
around and see what great changes
there are in the respective counties.
beth in west and south Florida for
stGrk raising.
We have the finest soil and al, kinds
tf clay sandy loan, muck lands. lands
with Cay and sub-soil and sandy Joan
OF. top, and other all clay. There is
nothing that cannot be grown to per-
lection in Escamb(J county. We can
raise two crops of Irish and sweet pc
tatoes: also corn, as far as forage crops,
such as alfalfa melilotus, lepedeZa,
Johnson grass, vetch common or Ore
gon, vetch Rhodes, grass and the king
of all hays is the Kudzu.
KudZu hay ranks above the other
alfalfa and lespedeza). as regards pro-
tern and the constituents. Statements
from Mr.. E. B. Epps, superintendent Of
public instruction of Leon county, Flor
ida:
Having purchased three thousand
Kudzu plants in March. 1909, desire
to write that ! consider them to he
the best investment l have ever made.
After testing them carefully, find
them to be satisfactory in every re-
spect. | have made a careful study
of leguminous plants for hay and
foraged purposes for many years past
and searched in vain during that time
for a perennial leguIne that would
answer for the cotton states, the same
purpose served by alfalfa in the north
ern and western states of the union.
In the Kudzu vine / have at last found
the missing link in our system of agri-
culture and it is not only the equal OF
alfalfa, but in most respects superior
to it. It never upsets the digestion OF
horses or animals as alfalfa does, but
agrees with horses better than any
other hay have ever used. The smell
and flavor being so good they are very
fond Of it and prefer it to any other
hay.
II find that it will grow on land too
poor and rough for any other good hay
plant and does not require any cultiva-
ton after the first season. 1t is also
a good land improver, as the tubercules
on its roots fix atmospheric nitrogen
into the soil and the vines that run
along the surface of the ground throw
out roots at the joints which become
new plants and bind the soil firmly
together, thereby preventing any wash
ing from heavy rains. This additional
nitrogen to the soil, and the protection
from the baking heat of the sun af-
forded by the dense growth of the
vines, cause rapid improvements in the
quality of the land planted in kudzu.
It improves the soil, requiring no fer
tilizer after the first planting"
The Florida agricultural department
has made the following analyization of
the three principal hays, alfalfa, .Kudzu.
and lespedeZa:
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-01
RISING PRICES.

Tho Monthly Labor Review for
June, issued by the Department of
Labor. shows that the retail prices of
% articles of food forming the main
diet of a family made an average in
crease of 16 per cent between April
Is, 1919. and April Is. 1920. On April
Is these % articles showed an ave.
age increase in price to consumers of
115 per cent, compared with the prices
April Is. 1918.
The greatest increase in the cost Of
food listed between April Is, 1913 and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-01

1t will be seen from the flgures,
which are official, that the kudzu hay
ranks above the other two as regards
the strongest element in muscle build
ing of cattle, protein, sugar stareh,
fiber. The. commission Of Florida mas
valued the Kudzu hay at $50 per ton.
1t is the greatest feed because it makes
the heaviest yield of any of the othef
legumes. because it contains maximum
amount of protein as high as 1889 per
cent. 1t holds its foliage the best OF
any of the legumes and cures the
quickest of any known hay, because
it does not have to be cut at any GER
tain period, but may await the convent
ence of the farmer, or for favorable
weather. 1t can be harvested when
weather conditions are unfavorable for
other hays and will yield a fine quality
OF hay often when continued showers
and dampness would mean ruin to any
other legume. It is a perennial, and
does not have to be planted and cul-
tiyated every year as is the case win
others. 1t docs not have to be plowed
or fortified and will succeed on lands
too poor and rocky and rough TO weld
other profitable crops. 1t is not IN
furious to horses and other stock as
is the case with alfalfa and other le-
gumes. and stock does not have to be
forced or taught to eat it. All stock
eats Kudzu greedily and cleans UP the
last vestige. 1t does not deplete the
soil but builds it UP. 1t absorbs the
nitrogen from the air through its leaves
and fixes it in the soil by means Of
the bacteria in the, tubereles on the
roots and takes up the sulfurie acid
and potash from the soil by reason OF
its long roots. The roots of the Kulzu
penetrate so deeply as to make it proof
against any dry weather that Is ever
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1920, was in potatoes, which made a
gain OF sol per cent in retail price.
(, Granulated sugar, with an increase in
! the retail price during this period of
274 per cent, is second on the list,
followed by flour, which increased in
price las per cent, corn meal 124 per
cent, rice 116 per cent, and the re-
manning II out of the % articles listed
all showed an increase less than the
! general average increase Of rs per
! cent.
There was a slight decline in whole
sale prices in June, of which food and
clothing furnished the most notable
examples. In the food group the de-
crease was "a per cent, while the
group of cloths and clothing showed
nearly 31z per cent decrease. Smaller
decreases were recorded for farm
products, metals and lumber and
building materials. Fuel and lighting
materials continued upward, with an
average increase of 4.68 per cent. The
group of furnishing goods
showed the largest increase of all,
with an advance of So per cent over
the May price level. Chemicals and
drugs also increased appreciably in
price as did the group of misceIlane-
Gus commodities including such i'm
portant articles as cottonseed meal, lu-
bricating oil. phosphate rock and wood
pulp.
Below are shown the index num-
bers of wholesale prices in the United
States, by groups of commodities, as
computed by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics for the months named. The
base used in computing these index
numbers is the average for the calen-
dar year of 1913.
Index Numbers of Wholesale Prices by
Groups of Commodities (1913
En,,.le 5onA
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-01
SUCCESS IDEALS.

A man may have mastered his pusi-
ness and yet be it's slave.
Think we'll over your important
steps in life; and, having made up
your minds never look behind
Thomas Hughes.
When a man has not good reason
for doing thing, he has one good
reason for letting it alone--Walter
Scott.
TO be always thinking about your
manners is not the way to make them
good; the very perfection of man
ner is not to think about yourself
Whately
The heaviest words in our language
are those two briefest ones. yes and
no. One stands for the surrender of
the will, the other for denial; one for
qualification, the other for character.
Theodore T.. Munger.
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TROUBLE IN eILLvILLE.

Swaped the piano for the automo1
bile, and now the auto makes mort
noise than the piano.
Buried three barrels OF old rye be-
fore dry time come. an a landslide
took the three Of EN- over to the DEF
cons farm.
In order to do something TO ease our
conscience, we started TO paint the
church building with some red paint
we had on hand. but the parson said
It would never do 20 make il the color
OF the place we were bound for.