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St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
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CURING HORSES BAD HABITS
In Case Of Chronic Baker Course Of
Training VIII Be Needed to
+ Overcome Fault.

Horses that have been properly
handled end trained are not balky.
neither do they have bad habits.
When horses with bad habits are en-
countered careful study of each case
should be made in order to ascertain
the cause, and, If possible, to re-
move 1t.
The most common cause Of balk-
iness among horses is punishment to
make them do something that they
cannot do or that they do not under
stand how to do. Another common
cause is the forcing Of horses to draw
heavy loads without allowing them to
stop occasionally to rest and regain
their breath. The use Of the whip or
spur in such instances should be
avoided, as the pain inflicted will be
very likely to provoke further and
more stubborn rebellion. If horse
balks the bearing Of the harness
should be examined to see If 1t 1s
hurting him. If a heavy load Is be-
ing drawn and the horse is not al
lowed to rest and regain his breath
and strength he may become sulky
and refuse to pull. Give him short
rest, and while he is resting rub his
nose, pick up front foot and tap the
hoof few times, or adjust the har-
ness, and he may forget his grievance.
Ta1e the lines and give the command
to 60 ahead, turning slightly to the
right or left to start. If the horse
does not start it is either a case OF
overload or a chronic baker. If the
load is so heavy it cannot be drawn,
unload. If the horse Is chronic
baker course Of training will be
necessary to overcome the habit.
In older horses where the habit OF
baking is fixed the horse should be
trained to obey all commands with
promptness without being hitched to
the wagon. First put on the double
trip ropes and use them until the
horse stops and stands when he hears
'whoa." Next put on the guy line,
which should be managed by ON as
sistant, while you drive and attend the
trip ropes. The guy line is rope
fastened around the horses neck and
a half hitch over the lower jaw. 1t
Is very severe and should not be used
to excess. If the horse shows any
tendency to balk, give the command
'whoa" before he stops of his own
accord. When ready to start, the as
sistant should take position In front
Of the horse and smartly jerk him for
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
WHY CULLING is PROFITABLE
Unculed Flock of ee2 Hens Laid 3,576
Eggs in Week and $500 With
70 Taken Out.

An unculled flock of 992 hens laid
3,576 eggs in the week before being
culled. Seventy-nine weak layers were
cast out The cnlled flock Of 913 came
right back the next week with rec
ord Of $500 eggs, while the 70 culls,
living under precisely similar condi-
tions, and doing their very best, were
laying only 85 eggs. The market
value of the eggs layed by the culls
was around $3.50. The cost of feed
alone for them at cent day for
each hen was 1888 for the week Fig
ures like these, say the poultry special
lists at the university farm, show the
Importance Of keeping only the best
layers. Lessons driven home in the
farm bureaus and extension divisions
campaign for frequent culling Of focks
should put thousands of dollars In the
pockets Of poultry raisers.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
POULTRY
FLOCKS
EGGS FROM BACK YARD FLOCK
Owner Should Be Satisfied With Ne.
Less Than Ten Dozen Eggs Per
Hen, Say Experts.

prepared by the bt1ited States Depart
: ment or Agriculture zz-7-7-
The average novice can reasonably
expect to get an average of at least
ten dozen eggs per hen year from his
small flock In the back yard, say poul-
try specialists of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture. ) On the basis
of two hens to each member Of the
family this will give 20 dozen eggs a
year~to each person, which amount Is
about half way between the general
average of farm and city consumption.
No backyard poultry keeper should be
satisfied with less than this. He should
try, however, to get as much more as
possible.
To provide an egg day for each
person two hens would have to lay
1873 eggs each a year. This is by no
means an impossible average for small
f1ocks. It is perhaps not too much to
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29

healthy Live Stock.
hogs, 1928 head, have been marketed
from the county through cooperative
work, with an estimated saving Of $6,-
600. In Houston county the depart
ment's representative taught 18 men
to vaccinate hogs. Six sets Of instru-
ments owned by the Dothan Rotary
club were supplied to the demonstra-
tors and a serum distributing point
was established in charge Of a reliable
veterinarian. More than 5000 head Of
hogs were treated. In many cases 1t
was found that sickness, other than
cholera, was due to some incidental
cause, such as bad peanut meal, and
balanced rations were advised. The
county agents work resulted in 81
farmers establishing pastures to keep
their hogs off the open range, the land
thus pastured being freed from many
noxious weeds by the roofing Of the
animals, and prepared for future cult
walton. Forty-four farmers in the
county were interested in stump re-
moving, and about 1000 acres Of land
was cleared in this movement. About
five tons of dynamite was bought for
the purpose largely on the cooperative
plan.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
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DUST BATHS IN HOT WEATHER
Effective Means Of Kidding Fowls
Body Of vermin and Provides
Enjoyable Exercise.

Don't forget about the dust baths
In hot weather. At this season, all
that is necessary is to keep few lit
tie spots spadef up quite fine around
In shady corners of the yards. Keep
them free from stones and clods and
lightly sprinkle them with water
every noon. Then the fowls can get
their bodies down on the cool, moist
earth and counteract the effects Of the
hot afternoons sun. Besides this, the
dust bath Is an effective means of rid
ding the fowls body Of vermIn and
also provides the fowls with enjoyable
exercise.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
SEGREGATE ALL new ANIMALS
Wise Plan to Place Recent Purchases
In Quarantine for at Least
Twenty-one Days.

The proper and only safe thing to
do with the recently purchased animal
IS to place it In quarantine upon its
arrival. Better keep 1t there not less
than q days at least. This enables
you to keep a careful watch over the
animal at all times, and to determine
that the animal is healthy, and in case
there should be any disease, it would
not be carried to those animals al
ready on the farm.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
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HOG-CHOLERA LOSS REDUCED
Estimated Saving Of 5000 to Farm
ers Of Alabama County Brought
About by County Agent

Losses by hog cholera have been ma
terially reduced In Bullock county, Ala
bama, as a result Of the work Of the
county agent in training farmers In
various centers throughout the county
to use the serum and apparatus devel-
oped by the United States Department
of Agriculture. Forty-nfne cars Of
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
GEESE ARE QUITE PECULIAR
Different From Other Fowls as They
Must Be Mated Previous to
Breeding Season.

Geese are peculiar animals. They
ought to be mated several months
prior to the breeding season to obtain
the best results; therefore breeding
stock should be bought in the fall, and
all changes in matings made then.
Matings are not changed from year
to year unless results are unsatisfac-
tory. And this is the peculiar feature
Of it. If the matings are changed, 1t
is necessary, usually, to keep the previ-
ously mated geese so~far apart they
cannot hear each other
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
STORED POTATOES NEED AIR
Where Piled to Depth of 10 or is
Feet Tubers Sure to Go Through
Sweating Process.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
It is bad practice to store potatoes
in large bins or piles, the United
States Department Of Agriculture adj
vises. Not infrequently potatoes are
piled to adepth of 10 to Is feet, the
pile being correspondence large in
the other two dimensions. When
stored in this manner they are al
most certain to go through a>rather
violent. sweating or curing process,
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
FAT HORSES ARE PREFERRED
Farmer Makes Mistake in Dispos1nq
ct Animals When They Are
Somewhat Run Down.

It is better for the farmer who has
horses to sell not to dispose of them
when they are somewhat run down,
following a hard summers work, but
to fatten them up. A fat horse always
brings much better price even
though he be an inferior horse.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29

We are headquarters for The best
Of everything in Vegetable Seeds.
Now is the time to start your Fall
Ga. den and plant. Dwarf Peas, Car
rots, Cabbage, Bents, Mustard, Let
tuce, Turnips, Radish, Parsley, Shall
lots, Onion Sets, Reuters Red Creole
OMEN Seed. Send us list of your
requirements ard we guarantee sat
:isfactiop. Marsoaln's Store, Gov
ington, La. s17-nov15
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
BROOD s0Ws DURING WINTER
Should Be Maintained as cheapIy as
Possible and Yet Farrow
Healthy litters.

During the winter the brood scNs
should be maintained as cheaply as
possible, but AT the same time tle,
must be prol e;.ly fed in order to Ia
row a large hsir,'.es OF healthy, wt!1
grown pigs III the spring.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29

- SOIfflOH "Oii9'Ct DdSN Idto z iO~r.
say that in case, where the person at
tending the flock is in position to
look after the wants Of the birds three
or more times a day an average OF
better than thirteen dozen eggs per
hen can be secured if the hens are ma
ture and in good condition at the start,
and have the vitality to carry them
through year of heavy laying.
For the farm the average of 100 eggs
per hen is advised as the lowest that
should be accepted as satisfactory,
while for the back yard 12O is insisted
upon as the lowest average, although
In. general the conditions in back yards
are less favorable to poultry keeping
than on farms.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
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Keep lime always in reach, plenty OF
gravel or grit and a good dry dust
bath for the fowls.
Give the growing stock all they want
to eat They won't pay unless they
grow, and they can't grow unless well
fed.
Separate the males and females
Both Will stand the hot summer wealth
er better if separated, and the eggs
will also keep better.
Hens need fresh water as much as
do horses. During these hot summer
days they will suffer greatly unless
they have constant access to it.
The farmer who fails to save some
of his choicest sccond:growth clover
for the hens during ,ltee7Winter VIII
miss one .of ffae Lest -uroti;,e.il:
fec. r. ,sp ls:iyp
Keep the poultry, as well as all othe,
living things on the farm, on good
terms with you by keeping on good
terms with them.
There Is mighty little money in
fowls that are always kept hungry
but there is also difference betweef-
well-fed and oyerfed hens.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29

during the course of which the tubers
in the central portion of the pile are
frequently subjected to dangerously
high temperature. This is especially
true if the. tubers are slightly i'm
mature, or were not dry and free
from moist soil when gathered, or If
stored when the outside temperature
Is high, making it difficult to lower
the inside temperature. of the house.
Overheating from all Of. the causes
mentioned may be avoided by making
some provision for aerating the pile.
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
SUPPLY PIGS PLENTY WATER
Young Porkers Drink Often and In
Small Quantities-Non-Fre
Is Very Useful.

A pig likes to drink water often and
In small quantities. 1t drinks water
the same as it eats feed-a little at
) time and often. That is why a nom
freezing waterer and self-feeder for
grain are SO very valuable in the hog
Int
St. Tammany farmer., 1921-10-29
sILAGE FOR PRODUCING BEEF
Missouri College OF Agriculture Out
/ lines Satisfactory Plan With
Young Steers.

Highly satisfactory beef can be
made from two-year-old steers by
feeding corn as silage, together with
1inseed meal and clover or alfalfa hay,
instead of full feeding shelled or ear
corn, according to the Missouri Col
lege Of Agriculture.
One acre, yielding 40 bushels Of
corn, or eight tons of silage, if fed as
silage, together with 1873 pounds Of
linseed oil meal and 1910 pounds Of
alfalfa hay would produce 1868
pounds of beef and 11.3 pounds Of
pork. If, however, the corn be fed as
shelled corn (full feed) and silage, to-
gether with 30S2 pounds of linseed
meal and 1862 pounds of alfalfa hay,
1t would produce 2o1.6 pounds of beef
and $50 pounds Of pork.
lost or STRAYED-A red bone
hound, near Covington, La. Dog is
reddish brown, has four white feet
and white under neck and stomach !;
weighs about 65 pounds; answers to
name of Rush" A reward of five
(s5.O0) dollars will be paid for his
return or definite information lead
ing to his recovery, by Harvey q.
Ellis. Covington, La. oc22
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26
NO DULL SEASON

The St. Petersburg Times calls attention to the
fact that there has been no dull season there this
summer. Business has gone right on as usual;
houses have remained filled, trade has kept up to
its mid-winter standard Certainly the advertising
columns of the St. Petersburg papers show no evil
dence of dullness.
The same is true of other places. So far as
the smaller interior cities, like Barlow, Mulberry
ETC, you could hardly tell the difference with
microscope. They are going right along building
built and strangers are finding it as hard to rent
homes as ever.
In Lakeland there has been no decline TO speak
Of. While the tourists of the midwinter are missed
by them. There are no empty houses, and while
there have been scores of houses built here in the
last year. they are all filed and the camor is just
as strong for more as it was year ago. A CEN
sus of Lakeland would show large increase in
population within twelve months
1t IS decidedly encouraging to note the dsap-
pearance of the dull season. Florida will never
be what she should and could be until winter
rates we'll the necessity for them, disappear
and the tourist crop is regarded as only profitable
incident along with the general business of the
people. That time is rapidly approaching. The
best way TO hasten its approach is to build houses,
clear up FARMS establish new industries. or make
some other contribution to the wealth of the state
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26

side of Mason & Dixons line fence. she shed salt
tears over Uncle Toms Cabin.
OF course she and the old man could have read
the classics" then just coming into vogue, if they
had wanted to, but they didn't. Nobody did.
Years after Thoreau had published his first edition
of Walden he jokingy remarked that he
had the biggest library in Concord. seven hundred
volumes of which he had written himself. that be-
ing the number of the first thousand remaining I'M
disposed of. And after Hawthorn had won fame
abroad, good New EngIanders had to write to
the local papers to know who that fellow was
Oh. yes; the old folks had their inning in the
matter of good, lively, tear-pumping, blood-curd-
ling Iterature and. though they had no movies to
visualize the dramatic incidents. they had an
imagination which made pictorial aid unnecessary.
Intellectual life, back in the sixties, seventies and
eighties was not one grand sweet Emersonian
rhapsody, by long shot
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26
SPAIN URGED TO =
ADOPT U. S. PLAN
WITH FINANCES

Madrid, July 26.--Osfcial messages
filtering through from Morocco and
carly this morning assume a less
alarming tone in telling OF the recent
fighting between Spanish troops and
Moorish tribesmen.
Spanish reinforcements under Gen.
Berrero have left Melilla for Sardis
where a decisive battle is declared to
be progressing favorably for the
Spaniards. In addition to these rein
forcements warships have been de-
spatched from Spain.
Gen. Berenguer, the high commits
sioner in Morocco, issued statement
that the troops near the coast are re-
ceiving support from several war
ships. He declared that declarations
of loyalty to Spain are being received
from many quarters and that the sit
uation is improving rapidly.
The last official communication
from the Spanish war office said that
$4,000 Spanish troops now arc in the
Melilla zone.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26
MY CREED
haps peri

To live as gently as L can,
To be, no matter where, a man;
To take what comes of good or i'll
And cling to faith and honor still;
To do my best and let that stand
The record of my brain and hand;
And then, should failure come to me,
Still work and hope for victory.
To have no secret place wherein
l stoop unseen to shame or in;
10 be the same when I'm alone
AS when my every deed is known;
To live undaunted, unafraid,
OF any step that have made,
To be without pretense or sham
Exactly what men think | am.
To leave some simple mark behind
To keep my having lived in mind;
If enmity to aught | show,
To be an honest, generous foe.
To play my little part, nor whine
That greater honors are not mine
This, l believe, is all | need
For my philosophy and creed.
Selected.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26
"STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"
(From Palatka News.)


Oh, say, can you sing, from start to the end
What proudly you stand for when the Or
chestra playes it?
When the whole congregation, in voices that
blend,
Strike up the grand tune and then torture and
say it?
How valiant they shout when they're starting
out,
But "the dawn's early light" finds them found.
ering about
IT'S the "Star-Spangled Banner" they're trying to
sing,
But they don't know the words OF the precious
brave thing
Hark-"the twilights last cleaning" has some
of them stopped,
But the valiant survivors press forward Sc
renely
To the "ramparts watched" when some others
dropped
And the loss of the leaders is manifest keenly.
Then THE rockets red glare" gives the bravest
a scare
And there's few left to face the bombs bursting
in air"
TITS thin line of heroes that manage to save
The last of the verse and the home of the
brave"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26

booze. and seeking landing places. Smuggling in
Short is growing at rate never witnessed before
in the whole history of the world. There are not
less than ten thousand miles of seacoast mpingns
on the thirsty shores of America, all of which must
be guarded by argus eyed officers to keep the
thirsty from the quencher of thirst.
According to labor statistics there are. today,
only about five million men out of jobs. The con-
nection is obvious Five million men, properly
divided into divisions of active officers, tasters,
smcllcrs, experts and spies. with million OF so to
watch the rest and keep them straight. is none too
big force for the task before US. The problem
of unemployment seems to be efectualy and per-
haps permanently solved.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26
INTERESTED AND CONCERNED

Lakeland Telegram has given so many good
reasons why every coast town should devise
means of shipping by water in order to bring
the railroads to realization that the people
not going to pay excessive freight rates,
it is pity that Lakeland is an inland town
and cannot follow this good advice.-Sara-
sofa Times.
Nothing 10 very over in Lakcland's distance
from the coast. 1t is almost as close as Los An
geles, which never tires about Boosting about its
imaginary harbor. Its people can reach salt water
in less, time than half the people living in New
York City. The thirty miles separating it from
Tampa Bay are really nothing in this day of quick
transportation. 1t is therefore plain that if the
coast towns follow LakeIands advice and get
into the shipping game, Lakeland stands to benefit
about as much as any of them.
And that is a point which will stand all the
emphasis desired. The notion that as inland towns
such places as Lakeland, Barlow. Winter Haven
Lake Wales. Mulberry. Plant City. Fort Meade
and even Haines City and Kissimmee. are so far
from the coast as not TO be Interested vitality in the
development of gulf traffic is wholly erroneous. On
the contrary Sc greatly are they interested, and
so closely are they situated that if the coast towns
should fall down on their duty 10 take the lead in
providing feet, these cities would be amply JUS
tilted in forming syndicate to purchase and ope-
rate ships fol- their own benefit
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26
Fill ES

sat today with my Aunt Lillian and counted
passing fies counted up to fourteen million,
then quit the job. with signs. l hoped to find
decreasing numbers, I'd swatted flies so much;
I'd often missed my meals and SAUNDERS, to put
the flies in dutch. For years I'd read the health
board papers, denouncing flies as crimes and
you beheld my swatting capers, and praised my
zeal betmes | thought the health board sports
were posted held their counsel grand; and up
and down the house l coasted, my swatstick in
my hand And | toiled l called on others to
help the grand crusade; l called on babes and
dotDg mothers to kill flies with spade. called
on ancient aunts and uncles, and said to them,
Oh, chez! Forget your spavins and carbuncles,
and kill some flies with mel" l called upon my
idle neighbors, who sat beneath their vines, to
join me in my useful labors, else take in their
signs bored all people with my clamor, 1
bored them with my cries, to take shotgun or
hammer and kill lot of flies. sat today, with
my Aunt Lillian, to count the buzzing bands;
we counted up to fourteen million, and then threw
up our hands My swatter on the wall is pasted
above the kitchen door; | feel that all my toll
wasted, and shall swat no more.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26
ONE PROBLEM SOLVED

Advocates Of the eighteenth amendment prom
ised the country that unemployment would cease
to bother the country if that amendment became
effective. Many were skeptcal as to the fulfill
ment of this promise, not seeing just how it was to
be kept; but events show that it is in the way of
fulhllment.
News reports this week indicate that there are
scores Of vessels ranging the coast loaded witt
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26

The so-called experts tell us that
business has turned the corner. If
it has we've got suspicion that, it
did so on two wheels and is still skid
ding a bit. Roanoke Times.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26

Mr.. Harvey's Pilgrim speech shows
that he is entitled to rank not only
as plenipotentiary extraordinary,
but also as an extraordinary plenipo-
tentiary.-Nashville Southern Lum-
herman.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26

General Wood advises teaching the
Filipinos obedience to law and order.
Will they take postgraduate courses
in Georgia, Oklahoma or West Vir-.
ginia ?-Greenville Is. Co Piedmont.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26

France can not control both brit
and Germany .-Greenville IS. c..
Piedmont.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26

The goose-step got the world in bad
and the side-step is keeping it there
Columbia Is. CD Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26

Dance at Hotel Thelma Tonight.
Collins Jazz Band. u
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26
DOG HILL PARAGRAFS
By George Bingham.

By George Bingham.
Sid Hooks put some red paint on
the thermometer at the postoffice to-
day and made it read 120 in the shade,
and all those who were sitting nearby
like to of smothered before they found
out was joke.
Slim Pickens got into controversy
ct Bounding Billows yesterday. Sam
Sims heard about it and said he knew
Slim would keep on fooling around
until he got into something.
Some people are heard to say that
they are willing to give somebody the
benefit of a doubt. but Poke Eazley
says he never could see where there
was much benefit to be derived from
a doubt
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-07-26

What the classes need is less CON
seriousness and more conscientious.
ness Norfolk Virginian-P Pilot.