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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03

er who Is trying to make farm lire
as attractive and as profitable as pos
sible. He realizes that by construct
ing efficient buildings equipped with
all Of the latest and most advanced
labor-saving devices that he can hold
his sons on the farm and not have
them leave for the cities Just when he
is ready to retire and enjoy the fruits
OF his many years labor. Farm work
does not mean drudgery. endless
hours, although many farms have
caused this impression to get wide
circulation. Better buildings and bet
ter equipment, introduced during the
last decade, have revolutionized old
IDEAS and old methods. Today the
farmer Is able to conduct well.reg6-
lated business. II he Is alive TO the
methods and means which win make
this result possible. No two factors
are more instrumental In making the
work Of the farmer wholesome, cheer
ful and worth while than up-to-date
buildings. barns. houses. sheds and
equipment. The buildings. because
they are scientifically planned and
built. eliminate unnecessary tasks
well-housed horses win work hard
er during the day and easily earn the
money that Is invested In q barn.
Just as contented COWS win yield
more milk and thus increase the In
come Of the man who has foresight
enough 10 build a rial dairy barn.
And 50 It goes Al the way Gown the
IL.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03
Yorktown MAY
Be Made Shrine

peninsula TO Yorktown. Lafayette,
with a handful of American soldiers,
followed at distance. II was when
this situation was pointed out to
Washington that he was persuaded to
abandon his plan to attack New York
and instead to take his own forces
from West Point and Rochambeau's
division from Providence, r. l., to
stake all on battle in the south. The
arrival Of De Grasse with a French
feet in the Chesapeake, blocking the
entrance to that bay and preventing
re-enforcements reaching CORVALLIS,
made the defeat of the latter inevi-
table.
Harbor Used In World War.
1T Is not strange that CORVALLIS
considered Yorktown a good location
for military headquarters in spite of
the ease with which the peninsula
might be blocked. 1t possesses a truly
remarkable water harbor, and Corn
wallis counted on the maintenance of
communication by water with the
heavy British forces In New York.
"Yorktown's harbor was put to good
use during the World war and so for
the second time played an important
part In the country's martial history.
In the mouth of the York river oppo-
site the famous village the greater
part of the Atlantic fleet at times rode
at anchor. There, behind the defenses
at the entrance to the Chesapeake and
further protected by nets and patrols
across the mouth of the York, dread
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03
SPLENDID DESIGN
FOR HORSE BARN
Scientifically Planned and Con.
tainS Modern Equipment.
IMPORTANT ASSET FOR FARM
Gothic Roof Is of Plank Frame Con.
structien and Gives Ample Space
for Hay Mew-Has Twelve
Stalls and Two Box Stalls.
By WILLIAM A. RApFoRD.


Mr.. William A. Radford viii answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject OF building work on the farm, for
the readers OF this paper. On accouat Of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufactures, he lie, without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford. No. 1877 Prairie avenue. Chicago,
ILL.,. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply
People In the cities are inclined to
think that there is no "such animal
as horse" because of the thousands
OF automobiles and motor trucks. But
they overlook the fact that there are
still many animals in the country.
On the farms the horse is still car.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03
Scene Of CORVALLIS Surrender
to Be Preserved as One Of
Nations Historic Spots.
SECRET BASE IN WORLD WAR
Harbor Sheltered Greater Part of Al.
lantlc Fleet, the Anchorage Being
Alluded to In Official communI.
cations as "Base 2"

Washlngton.-The historic battle
field Of Yorktown, Va, where the Brit
ish general, CORVALLIS, surrendered
and where for all practical purposes
the American Revolution was brought
to a victorious conclusion, may soon
be made into a shrine to share popu-
larity with Bunker Hill, Valley Forge
and Mt. Vernon.
The little village and Its surround
ings form the subject of the following
bulletin issued from the Washington
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic society:
Though Yorktown was not a thriv-
ing community nor place noted for
its accessibility during Revolutionary
days, 1t was relatively much more Inn
portant and much less remote from
the daily life of the country than 1t
has been at any time since. Most 9TH
er American towns were small In those
days, ports were few, and railroads
were unthought of. AS cities have
sprung up where there were only ham,
let's or patches of wilderness before,
and as railroads have brought even
the two oceans relatively closer to-
gether, Yorktown, at a point where
little commerce has been developed,
and without rail connections, has be-
come In effect more and more remote,
and its character as sleepy village
has become mere and more empha-
sized.
Site Of Surrender a Tiny Village.
"The Yorktown of today is COM
munity of less than $50 inhabitants
with a few fine old colonial homes
and number of less pretentious
dwellings. The nearest railroad lies
eight miles TO the south. In the town
Is monument erected in 1881 On the
one hundredth anniversary Of the sur
render OF the British. AS reminder
Of the early Importance of Yorktown
there still exists the first customs
house In the United States. Near the
village are remains of the forts and
redoubts whose capture by the Revo-
lutionary soldiers and their French
allies marked the real birth of the
United States. The scene of Corn
wallis urrender-which was by proxy
through his General 0'Hara-is be-
lieved to be in the open country just
south Of the village.
yorktown Is on narrow peninsula
lying between the wide estuaries Of
the James and York rivers, and is
where the latter meets Chesapeake
bay. CORVALLIS. after scourging vir-
ginia, burning homes killing and driv-
Ing OF ctock. and capturing large
numbers Of slaves, retired down the
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03
Revelations in Raid on Society
Astound Tokyo.
Tsmnle Of the Secret Organization Hid
the Eodies of Foes OF World
Dominion Movement.

Tokyo.-ReveIatiOns Of the work
carried on by the "0metokyo' cult,
which began when the police raided
the headquarters Of the organization
at Ayabe. near here. continue to as
found the people Of the empire. News
papers accuse leaders Of the cult OF
aspiring to set up an "0motokyo"
DYNASTY. 70 which oil japanese would
fiock with the hope Of attaining
world dominion.
In the secret passage leading from
the temple Of the organization at
Ayabe to the residence Of Wanisaburo
Deeuchi. leader Of the society. the po-
Hce declare they discovered portrait
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03

ton Of pebbles representing the dlvin-
ity Of the organization, band Of tho
faithful cllnched their fists In fury,
declaring the act of the officers to DO
sacrilegious Leaders made addresses.
urging forbearance and long suffering
In the presence of the dissertation OF
their deity by the heather"
An Osaka newspaper owned By
Deguchl has issued an extra edition
denying reports that bombs were dis
covered IN the temple and explaining
that swords found there had BEEN
given to the temple. The newspaper
declares that followers OF ''Omotokyo~
have committed no crime.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03
Bride Faces stern Reality

Charleston. W. va.-Robert II.
Price didn't think he would have 20
ask his bride to ride home In a STRESS
car, but after Rev. Guy cefTzsn
had performed the ceremony ut TIA
Humphrey Memorial church, the we<-
ding party which bad accompanied
Price and Miss Daisy Lee Webb. fs<zni
that someone had stolen the big tuuF-
ing car which was to carry them 70
the brides home for q reception.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03

naughts and lesser vessels were safe
from molestation by enemy subma-
rines. Thousands of men we've In
tensively trained for naval duty at
this anchorage while the whereabouts
of the feet was kept a profound Sc
cret The Yorktown anchorage was
alluded to In official communication
throughout the war only as Base g."
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03

When Jesus stepped onto the stage
Of this worlds history BE soon be-
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03

TEXT-And blessed Is he. whosoever
shall not be offended in me.-Matt. liza
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-06-03

came a startling,
s e n s stio q q !,
crow d. compel
ling attraction.
Everywhere BE
went the multi
tn de thronged
about Him to see
His miracles and
hear His teach
ing. Picture such
a scene as Is sug-
gested In Matt.
4:23-&. Consider
the superlatIves
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04

100000 farm tractors will be manu-
featured this year, according to a we'll
known authority in the power farming
world. This may be rather an Opt
mistic estimate, but it is reasonable to
believe that twice as many tractors
will be running at the end of 1921 as
there were at the beginning of the
year.
At the end of 1920 there were about
325,000 tractors being used, compared
with $4,000 in 1919, 100000 in 1918
and 34,370 in 1917.
In the United States there are near
ly 6,450,000 farms divided roughly for
tractor needs as follows:
500 acres and over, 100000 farms
for tractors of so horse power and
larger.
ITS to 400 acres, 100000 farms for
tractors of 25 to SO horse power.
so to ia acres, 100000 farms for
tractors of 10 to 25 horse power.
All small and garden farms, 2,000,-
600 farms for 10 horse power and less.
Present indications are that Argen-
tina will need 100000 tractors within
the next two years; and that, if for
eign exchanges return to normal with
in the next year, about 10000 trac-
tors will be sold to Continental Eu-
rope. According to present inquiries
Russia and Germany would like to
place orders for about 10000 tractors.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04
Fig Farming With Tractors

Like figs? There is many fig
farm in Southern California. For in
stance, near Fresno there is one area
of 10000 acres which is being de-
veloped for growing figs. Both hors-
es and tractors have been used in the
development of this project, with the
decision in favor of the latter.
The machines are used all over the
tract and are subjected to very diff
cult usage due to the heat and the
pulverized condition of the soil. At
present 10 tractors are employed for
all kinds of work and the efficiency
with which they accomplish their jobs
is surprising.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04
WOmen's Influence Upon Farm
Purchases

"The hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world, and it looks as if it
is going to do its part in cranking the
tractor and steering it across the
fields.
The manager of the farm power
machinery department Of a Michigan
implement house says that many wo-
men buy tractors themselves, or come
with their husbands to help them
make the selection.
No longer do women w'ch to see
their husbands and sons toll long
hours with back breaking effort. They
want the company of their men folk
for the evening, and because it is be-
coming increasingly difficult to pro-
duce crops economically without pow
err farming machinery, the women are
influencing the men to buy up-to-date
equipment to bet more out of farm
life.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04

relating to the prevention of soil
washing. Effective demonstrations in
terracing to prevent soil washing have
been carried on in several states, not
ably Missouri, Nebraska and Ohio.
Tractors are used to pull scrapers and
other types of machines which turn
hillsides into series of steppes in
which the grade is just sufficient to
permit of an easy run off of surface
water without destructive effects.
In all cases the sooner the work is
begun the better, as the work is large
ly preventive, though of course the
topography of the land is so changed
that it can be worked more easily.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04

In order to illustrate to farmers
the advantages of using tractors and
tractor drawn machinery in the cul-
tivation of the soil, Albert Bothman
of Edwardsville, H., today began the
demonstration Of this type of farm
implement on a 60-acre tract near Ed.
wardsville.
Daily demonstrations of the man
ner in which the machinery prepares
the soil will be given. A field planted
with winter wheat was plowed, disked
and drilled by tractor. There will be
a demonstration next spring of the
cutting and binding of this wheat
crop by machinery drawn by tractors,
st. Louis Times.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04
Business Methods Make Farming
Pleasant and Profitable.

When the same principles that a
business man or manufacturer applies
to his business are applied to farming,
then farming becomes pleasant and
profitable, according to r. H. Liven-
good, writing in the Greenville Is.
c. News.
"Methods of farming have changed
just as in everything else" says Mr..
Livengood, "and to be really modern
one has to keep up with the march of
progress. The tractor has done a
great deal to put farming on a more
profitable basis. On my farm of 100
acres use my tractor in preparing all
of my land for planting. ! can do the
work Of three or four men with teams
in a days blowing at a cost of SO or
$4, saving the feeding of six or eight
horses and paying the wages of three
or four men. In addition to that, at
the end of the day ! am not as tired
as if had followed contrary team
and guided pillow over rough land
and my land is plowed in better shape
than could be done with horses.
"Then, again, in the very hottest
time Of the year when we are prepar-
ing our land for peas we find that we
can use our tractor where otherwise
we would let our blowing go and pos
sibly would neglect our blowing when
it ought to be done. OF course, we
find other work for the tractor; in
fact there is hardly anything that you
cannot do with it that horses are used
for and a great deal more that horse
could not do.
ITO sum 1t up, think that tractor
is paying investment for any farm
err. | think it will be only very few
years until we find tractor of some
kind on practically every farm in the
country, and when that day arrives we
will find the country more thoroughly
developed, better and larger crops be-
ing raised and farmers with contented
families enjoying better prosperity
than ever before"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04
Save BY Sheltering Machines

Agricultural economists and others
have for years constantly hammered
away at the idea that farmers should
provide shelter for their machinery
but yet even a short trip through al
most any agricultural community will
show number of cases where such
advice is absolutely unheeded.
Prof. J. B. Kelley, head of the farm
engineering section of the Kentucky
college of agriculture, estimates that
"open-air housing" of machinery costs
Kentucky farmers approximately 49,
100000 a year. Many farm imple-
ments are left in fence corners under
trees or in fields where they were last
used, with the result that rust and
bad weather contribute toward heavy
damage.
To prevent this loss, all machinery
should be stored in a suitable house
just as soon as the seasons work is
done, care being taken in putting the
implement away that all parts are
thoroughly cleaned and any parts that
are apt to rust creased.
Many farmers will find it helpful to
make list of the missing or broken
parts while storing machinery so
that these can be ordered during slack
seasons.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04

Touching the High Spots in Farming
Operating farm a couple of miles
up in the air may sound like a pretty
steed proposition, but that is just
what many Colorado farmers are do
ing, Some very fertile lands are To-
cateed at attitudes of 5000 or 5000
feet and can be made to produce i'm
mense yields of crops that can ma
tured during short season.
At these high attitudes considera-
BILE hay is grown, also oats and bar
ley; the cool climate also is admira-
bic for the production of high grade
cabbage, lettuce, cauliflower, root
crops such as radishes and turnips,
and magnificent peas. The hardest
problem these farmers have had to
solve has been the preparation of the
ground for seeding for naturally the
seeding had to be done at the earliest
possible moment and no time could be
wasted. The solution of the problem
was found in the use of the small
tractor which has been found to OPP
crate very satisfactorily even at these
great elevations. The increase in the
acreage being put under cultivation
makes it necessary to break much raw
land covered with sagebrush, buck
brush and other growths with tough
roots which an ordinary team would
be unable to break with a rlow. How
ever, the tractor went to it readily
1t is a peculiar thing that there are
absolutely no plant diseases and no
insects to interfere with the crops.
The soil is deep, with almost mex
haustible fertility. The almost daily
showers provide plenty of moisture
and the hot sun during the day pro-
notes rapid growth. These high al
titude farms which can now be operat-
ed so handily with mechanical power
will in time be the garden spot of the
world.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04
Tractor Axioms

Freezing weather is on the way.
Frozen water won't cool your engine.
A well built and well cared-for man
or tractor is not hurt by hard work.
Knocking never did anybody any
good, especially when the knock is in
the engine.
Oil in the crank case is not enough,
1t must be clean oil and of the right
grade.
If you own Ford and a lighting
plant, don't imagine yourself an cleo
trical engineer and try to rebuild the
magnetic on your tractor
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04

Inc tractor on the farm arose
Before the dawn at four;
1t drove up cows and washed the
clothes,
And finished every chore.
Then forth it went into the field,
Just at the break of day;
1t reaped and threShed the golden
yield,
And hauled it all away.
1t plowed the field that afternoon,
And when the job was through,
1t hummed a pleasant little tune,
And churned the butter, too.
And pumped the water for the stock,
And ground a crib of corn,
And hauled the baby round the block,
To still it's cries forlorn.
Thus ran the busy hours away,
By many a labor blest;
And yet, when fell the twilight gray
The Tractor had no rest.
For, while the farmer, peaceful eyed,
for tractors, it being 1920 per acre
Read by the Tungsten's glow,
The patient Tractor stood outside,
And ran the dynamo.
George Fitch.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04
The Reason for Power Farming
Popularity.

For two decades tractors have been
gaining popularity on other points
than their ability to break and cult.
vate land in summer, according to C
A. LeClair, writing in the American
Thresherman.
Farmers of the great grain belt are
looking at power farming from a new
angle. The question of whether the
tractor is good thing to have or not,
is no longer the point. Power farm
ing is an established practical fact.
Farmers now seldom ask this: "Shall
| get a tractor?" but rather, "What
kind shall | get?" They had their
tractor preference just as they had
their likes and dislikes about live
stock, and the farmer was about right
who said at makes little difference
what the name of the tractor is, the
amount Of service depends entirely
upon the man who drives it." An ex-
tensive dealer in implements indicat-
ed that he had the right idea when he
said that he no longer talked tractors
vs. horses. Tractor craftsmanship now
means an ability to visualize the adj
vantage of particular machine with
distinctive purpose.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04
Great Growth in, Store for Tractor
Industry.

Great Growth in Store for Tractor
Industry.
From Rock County, Wis, comes a
report that the use of tractors in this
county is steadily increasing and far
mers more and more are becoming
converts to power farming. Once the
farmer gets back in his proper place
as a buying factor and his products
sell for what they should, tire increase
in power farming here will be even
more apparent.
A survey which applies to Rock
county shows that the cost of draw
bar work is higher for horses than
for blowing with the tractor and $3.50
for blowing with horses. The cost of
disking with tractors is reported to
be 81 cents per acre, with horses Cd
cents; for cutting grain with tractors
81 cents, with horses SO cents.
1t is interesting to note that where
as before the purchase of tractors
there has been an average of one
horse for each 276 acres, after the.
purchase of motor power machines
there is but one horse for 379 acres.
There are many farms in Rock county
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-11-04

wheree a tractor successfully ope-
rates with one team of horses for odd
jobs. 1t all depends upon the ability
of the owner to get the work out Of
the tractor.
The evening world., 1921-03-24
.'lTURN-OUT-MATT."
OLD STYLE JUDGE,
IS RETIRED AT Il
Picturesque Character of Old
New York Days Has
i Earned His Rest.

Inc Board Of Estimate has, on his
pwn application and at an annual
pension Of 31,51241, retired Matthew
p Breen, the first City Magistrate to
lake advantage Of the Now York CITY
Employees Retirement System:
Judge Breen's incumbency of pub
tic Office goes back TO 1882, when he
was elected 10 the Assembly from
what was then the sd and oath
Wards (nOw the BRONX. His retire
ment on April next will close the
public career of picturesque char.
hcter In the public life of this city.
for Matt" Breen, as he was better
known, is one Of the passing type Of
Old style Judicial officers-a humane
Judge who tempered justice with
mercy.
Judge Breen is seventy seven years
Of age, and he has been feeble for
The past two years or more, being
unable 10 preside over has court. He
was appointed a Magistrate Jan |,
1903, at the behest Of Henry ID. Pur-
roy, whose close friend he was for
many years and he has served con
linuously in the inferior courts since
That time, except when incapacitated
by feCbleness.
while in the Assembly he had much
10 do with the establishment of the
present public park system Of the
Bronx. Later he was counsel for the
Fire Department, then Clerk of the
10th District Municipal Court, then
Assistant Corporation Counsel. Later
he was in the Registers office, until
appointed to the magistracy. For
many years Judge Breen was identi-
fed with the liquor interests as legal
adviser.
Veteran lawyers, especially those
who have practised in the police
courts, sadly commented on the pass
ing OF the Matt" Breen type of
Magistrate.
Among the policemen and the de-
tectives he won the "soubriquet" of
Turn Out Matt" for Judge Breen
always gave the benefit of any doubt
10 the defendant, so much so that
hundreds of cases in his years on the
bench were adjourned and adjourned
hgain, IL needs be, to have a day in
rourt" with Judge Breen on the
bench.
Like the late Dan" Finn and the
late Kieran O'ConnOr, Judge Breen