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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
CAREFULLY CONSIDER
DIVERS ENTERPRISES
Hasty Conclusions Should Be
Cautiously Avoided.
No Reason for Assuming All Activ-
tiles of Farm Should Be Devoted
to One Big Money Crop
Study All Angles.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agriculture.)
In making use of the results of a
years cost accounts for the purpose
of perfecting the organization of the
farm, hasty conclusions should not be
drawn. Sometimes a positive decrease
In profits may ensue If an enterprise
be dropped, because. taken alone, it
has failed to pay. Cows, for instance,
may not be showing net profit. but
If all the cows were sold there might
be no other way of using Up the
roughage and II would become dead
loss. Labor devoted night and morn
ing TO milking and feeding cows and
charged to them would be entirely
lost if the cows were sold and moth
ing supplied to fill In the time.
The fact that the hogs or the corn
crop bring in the most net money dur
Ing the season is no reason for assum-
ing that all the activities of the farm
In the future should be devoted solely
to hogs or corn. 1t may be that the
keeping Of cows Is partly responsible
for making the hogs so profitable, or
that the growins Of wheat, clover, or
other crops in rotation with corn
makes the latter crop much more prof
table than 1t would have been If
grown alone.
Similar conditions will be met with
on all farms, and, therefore, no sud-
den changes should be made on the
basis of what single years accounts
may indicate. All angles Of the en-
terprise should be taken into consid-
Grafton.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
How to Ship Flowers.

When packing flowers for mail,
never send them i'm a cardboard box !:
always in tin or wooden. Fill box.
but be careful to avoid the slightest
pressure on the blooms. Sprinkle
flowers well with water and use only
tissue paper to line the box. A good
way to pack lOng-stemmed flowers
Is to lay them in rows at each end of
the box, their stems overlapping in
the center.
Take a stick just a trifle longer
than the inside width of the box
and spring it across the center of the
box, pressing it well down On to the
ends of the stems. This plan keeps
every bloom from moving and be-
coming bruised or broken. Roll It's
sue paper around the stick. This
prevents any damage being done to
the stalks. Never use cotton wool
except when packing very delicate
specimens.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Enterprising Farmer Discovers
How to Make Fourth Plain
Land Pay.
RAISE CHICKS and PRUNES
Chickens FertiIize Land Good Only FOR
Raising Prunes-Farmer's oiseov-
cry Leads to Rapid Growth
in the Industry.

Vancouver Plain. now a
community with the thriving village
of Orchards as the center, Is expect
ing to come into its own in few
years. The reason is system Of ag-
riculture known to Orchards residents
as the "two-story CROP" IL the or-
chards residents make their present
system work, it will be the first plan
for tilling the scanty Fourth Plain soil
that has proved a success since the
land was first cultivated by the Hud-
sons Bay company some 80 years ago.
The Hudson Bay farmers made the
land pay. Until very recently, the
only other people that profited from
Fourth Plain were the real estate men,
who frequently sold the same tract
of land two or three times year.
The soil of Fourth Plain is fine look
ing on top. In fact. what soil there is
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
GOOD HIGHWAYS ARE COMING
Federal, State and Local Authoritise
Join Hands for Great Good
Roads Campaign.

The federal government, the stats
governments, and the local authorities
have joined hands for the greatest
good-roads campaign that has ever
been undertaken anywhere In the
world.
We are told that during the next
five years there will be at the disposal
of the state highway departments Q
grand total of not less than $S.0OV'-
100000. No fewer than p great ma
tional highways are under construc'
ton or planned for early develop
ment.
The aggregate projects call for the
expenditure of S600,0O0,0OO during tns
present year.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Missouri Woman Had Never Rid
/ den on a Railroad or Visited
Large Town.
dAD SIMPLE RULES OF LIFE
Have Something to Interest You ano
4 Keep Going-Learn to Go to
sleep Easily and Don't
+ Borrow Trouble"

\ Macon, Mo.-Ninety years in the
.ack country of Missouri without ever
having ridden in railroad train or
listed a town larger than Moberly,
huntsville or Macon, was the record
sf Aunt Betty" Elliott whose death
occurred recently at the home of her
lister, Mrs. S. B. Rice, six miles
vest of jacksonville.
Il Miss Elliot was one of a very In
eresting trio, the other two being her
)rothers, Perry and Jordan Elliot.
pho died a few years ago. All their
ives they had lived upon the land
|Fhich was taken up by their father,
William Elliot, when he came from
kentucky to northern Missouri In
BIG. After the death of their parents
md the marriage of the younger chill
sren, Miss Elliot and her two broth
rs lived on the old homestead, car
Vfng on their farming operations and
|buties about the house in the same
rimitive manner as conducted by
heir parents In the pioneer days.
Had One Ride In a Motor Car.
Miss Elliot once enjoyed the expe-
fence of riding in motor car. She
bid she got as far as College Mound
Fhen something about II went dead
nd they had to hitch on a couple of
Sules to haul them back home. She
ever cared much for motor cars since
hen.
The Elliot brothers developed the
Ptate until 1t comprised about 1000
fres. and. although in the heart Of
he very richest growing section Of
fissouri, much of 1t was rough pas
IRE land. For great many years
De farm was inclosed with rail fences,
Ihich as time went by sank far into
be ground. The fencing around this
\ krm marks almost the last Of the
4 "a rail fences in northern Missouri.
4 None Of the three had found time
their busy lives to go to school, but
4 >ey knew the value of stock and
kain and were as shrewd in their
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
EVICE THAT COPIES SUNS RAYS

pears to be the most promising device
for producing ultraviolet rays" an
nounced DR.. w. w. Coblentz.
physicist and chief Of the radiometry
section Of the Bureau of Standards at
meeting of the American Electro
therapeutic association here recently.
For some years Doctor Coblentz has
been investigating these lamps to de-
termine how closely they duplicate the
beneficial rays from the sun. He has
found that sunlight and the radiations
from quartz mercury vapor burners
have about the same total intensity Of
ultraviolet radiations, but the spec
trail quality of the two sources is en-
drely different. The quartz mercury
lamp contains Is per cent more ultra
violet radiation and shorter wave
length than are found In sunlight as
transmitted by our atmosphere.
But we know that sunlight has
therapeutic powers. and hence It
would appear that these very short
wave lengths, found In the mercury
lamp. which approach the x-rays In
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Hermit Lives
Ninety Years

deals as anybody. Underneath large
part Of their land are valuable beds Of
coal.
Flight shy of doctors and medicine.
Have something to interest you and
keep going. Learn TO go to sleep east
ly, and don't borrow trouble. Get out
in the air and raise turkeys. ducks
and chickens. Eat hearty and go to
bed early"
That was the rule Of AUNT Betsy"
Scorned Luxury for Simple Life.
Fourteen years ago a correspondent
visited the Elliot trio and spent a
day with 1.-THE children of nature" who
scorned luxuries TO live the simple life
of their parents, pioneers of Missouri.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
A great deal of trouble and none
tary loss sustained by producers and
shippers in marketing hay has been
found by the bureau of markets and
crop estimates. United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, to be due to
careless weighing.
Weighing by the Bale.
In several sections of the country
it is the custom to weigh hay by the
bale at the time for baling and TO note
the weight upon a tag made of card
board or other convenient material at
bale ties. When weighing by this
method great care should be taken to
weigh the hay accurately. During the
rush of baling operations sufficient
time is frequently not allowed for the
scales to come to a balance and there
may be as much as ten pounds diff
ference between the actual and the
catch weight.
writing the correct weight upon the
tag. say the bureaus specialists. 1t
is the common practice in some sec
lions to use only numbers ending in
o or 5 in recording the weight, and
to give or take from the actual weight
a sufficient amount to make a number
with such an ending. For example,
the weight of a bale weighing 67
pounds is written as 60 pounds and
that of one weighing 6S pounds as 20
pounds. The tendency, however, is
Ito take" more frequently than ito
give" so that it Is a better practice
TO state the actual weight upon the
tag.
Another practice which Is often
charged back to the producer in low
er prices or in weight claims, disprO-
portionate t. me actual loss, is the
use at much later date of tag
weights placed upon the hay at the
time of baling. Unless hay has been
thoroughly cured and has been in
the NOW or stack for considerable
time there is likely to be loss In
weight while hay is in storage after
baling, due to additional loss Of mois-
ture. Each purchaser desires, and has
a right to obtain, the actual quantity
Of hay for which he pays. If bales
are short of the weight specified upon
the tags there are grounds for claim,
either in the form of price conces-
sion or Of a weight claim. In either
case the adjustment of the claim is
likely to be less economical to the
producer than the actual reweighing
Of the hay. The producer or shipper
should be prepared to prove that the
weight Of the hay at the time Of sale
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
APPROVES OUR ROAD SYSTEM
Imperial Commissioner Of Japane"
Government Recommends our
Type for Building.

Prof. T. Takakuwa of Kiriu uniVer'
sity, in Tokyo, and imperial commis-
siOner of the japanese government.
sent abroad to investigate types VI
highways in Europe and the Unitea
States, approves of the type OF roao'
way used in this country for the iin'
provement and road building prograin
In Japan.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
TWo-StOry Crop
Proves Success

is good soil, but 1t exists only In very
small quantities. An inch or so be-
meath the surface gravel is found.
Eastern people, lured into buying a
small farm, soon found that 1t could
not be made to produce. Even prunes
failed, this being about the worst
thing that can be said for southern
Washington land. The prune crops
were usually small, although occasion
ally big crops are harvested.
Soil Looks Fine.
r. ]. Kenny, well-knOwn chicken
man. discovered the "two-story crop"
In searching for farm for a chicken
ranch, he found place at Orchards
that was well drained and otherwise
suited. On the farm when he bought
was a prune orchard. Mr.. Kenny cul-
tivated the orchard and raised the
chickens in addition. He soon found
that the chickens fortified the prune
orchard, the light soil being well
adapted to the purpose. AS a general
rule animal fertilizer cannot be used
for prune orchards except ON light
well drained soil.
Mr.. Kenny specialized on quality
stock. and his birds and eggs command
far better than the market price.
Others of his neighbors tried out the
experiment and it was soon found
that practically every Orchards farm
Is as well adapted to the two-story
crop as the Kenny place. Ten years
ago but one commercial chicken raiser
was located at Orchards. Now the
number in the district Is probably
close to 500. and every flock is being
increased.
Chickens Fertilize Land.
A thousand chickens In the hands
of an experienced chicken man will
produce a comfortable living at Or
chards. The chickens occupy the
ground floor" on the farm and fer
tilize the prune trees, occupying the
second story. While the prune trees
are not remarkably productive as
prune trees go. nevertheless they rep
resent practically all profit.
AS over 80 chicken ranches have
been established In the last six months,
II is conservatively estimated that at
the present rate of increase two more
years will make Orchards the great
est chicken country In the United
States, not excluding Petaluma, Cal.
Practically every chicken raiser, in ad-
dition to his flock Of birds. has an Or
chard. and the receipts from both fruit
and chickens make farming a sue
cess
Orchards is six miles from Van
couver. Wash, and but ten miles from
Portland, Ore, and as a street car line
runs through the new chicken country.
the growers have little to fear about
finding q market.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
: Shifting Responsibilities.

There are great many mosquitoes
around here" remarked the summer
boasder.
YES" replied Farmer Corntossel;
I'VE have to put up with 'em without
complainin'. They mostly come around
at this time of year. Summer board
ers seem to bring EN-"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Boy Held Child Above
Flood for Five Hours

Perhaps the outstanding her
oism OF the flood in San An
tonic. Tex, was that of a
tweive-year-old Mexican boy,
who chung to a tree for five
hours. holding on his shoulders
above the water a child five
years old. The boy rescuer was
battered black and blue by float
Ing wreckage and was taken to
hospital unconscious. The
child was unframed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Fatlve Properties Are 0upIi-
Gated by Artificial Means.
Dnee Develops Sources Of Violet
had Ultraviolet Rays for Treat.
ment Of Bodily Ills.

yashington.-The sun, in addition
beating and lighting this planet,
1ls down its so-called aetinic rays,
- Of the violet and ultraviolet,
~ have beneficial effects In the
lfment Of some of our bodily Ills.
the sunshine cannot be obtained
= and wherever 1t Is needed. For
reason scientists and physicians
been developing artificial sources
yiolet and ultraviolet rays which
Ake the sun In therapeutic action
Which thus bring to suffering hu-
~ one nloDe simple means to aid
1|eviating some Of Its ills.
e The present moment, the mer.
orc In Z quartz inclosure ap-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Warm Day in Court.

"Why, the judge is asleep"
"Would we be in contempt Of court
IL we walked him up"
"Wait a moment and 1t it won't be
necessary. A fly is buzzing around his
bald ead"-Birmingham Age Herald.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Bicarbonate of Soda Useful

BicarbOnate Of soda is of great value
when placed in the mash or drinking
water. 1t will cleanse the digestive
tract Of any sour or decayed SUBJ
stances. and keep it In q healthy
sweetened condition.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Give Fowls Dry Mash. -
Keep the dry mash before inc W.
constantly.
Give Crops Plant Food.

We must feed our crops all tney '.
of each of the plant food elements 90
cept what experiment has snow ar
may safely depend on the SOIL ap'
to furnish.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Recipes.

A box Of correspondence cards
makes an excellent recipe file. A hole
In the top OF each card makes 1t pos
stole to hang the recipe on nail right
over the kitchen table while cooking
or baking II being done.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Objection to Sweet Glover.

One great objection to sweet clover
as hay crop is that 1t must be cut
just before the blossoms come out,
and at this time it contains a very
high percentage of water and is hard
to cure.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
No Place for Treas

The chicken yard is generally bare
Of grass. the soil is beaten down,
caked and solid and is not a very
satisfactory place for the average fruit
tree
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

shortness. are not absolutely essen
tial In producing the curative effects"
Doctor Coblentz pointed out. Other
investigators have found that shorter
waves are responsible for skin irrita-
ton and burning.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
labor-Saylnc Device.

Maybe you haven't thought Of a
contrasting association as labor-sav-
ing device but it is. 1t frequently
shows how to make ten cows do the
Uork Of fifteen.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Work in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has 231 highway CO"
struction jobs under way. THESE -,
volve total of 4,946012 feet or so4'''
miles. at a cost of $51, 73l, 523.54.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Make Cheapest Ration.

Silage and alfalfa hay MAKE s,n.
cheapest ration obtainable for ie
a dairy COW. One giving less 'na Ia.
gallon and a half of milk daily n
nothing else.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15
Trees AIono Highways

California, Oregon and Washins.o.
are establishing laws for preser'ins
trees along the highways as sce'''
asset.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-10-15

Dairy products of California In 1020
were valued 1t so, 1620 900
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-04-08
GERMANY GETS
OWN MEDICINE

Early in the week II looked as
though the government forces in Ger
many had succeeded in quelling the
great communist revolt. which was
centered in Prusslan Saxony. The
"green" troops, armed with machine
guns. captured the big Leuna nitro
gen plant in Halle, together with
many prisoners and vast stores OF
arms and ammunition, and in other
places they scored important sue
resses. Then the revolt famed out
afresh, not only in Saxony, but also
In parts of the regions occupied by the
allied troops. The American and Bel
gan occupational forces were espe-
ciallv involved but both quickly
gained control Of the situation. In
Westphalia and in Weissenfels, Sax
ony. there was severe fighting and the
communists suffered considerable
losses. The attempt of the Reds 70
hrlng IN general strike apparently
was a failure, however.
The entire situation In GeEnany Is
rather ,clouded and reports emananne
from German sources are not reliable
There is little doubt that Berlin has
been exaggerating the danger Of gen
eraI revolt and the seriousness OF me
.'battles" with the Reds in order &c
accentuate its need of retaining the
civil military forces whose diSband-
ment IS demanded by the allies
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-04-08
RAILROADS NEED
HELP

Discussion of one of the administra-
TONS most serious problems-that of
the railways-was taken up in earnest
last week, and though to the lay mind
it seems almost insolvable, the ex
perts in such matters believe ii will
be solved by the interstate commerce.
commission and the railroad labor
board working in closer conjunction
than had been contemplated when thel
latter was created. Senator Cummins
and Representative Mondell assert the
machinery under the transportation
act is adequate in the situation and
that no further legislation will be
needed. 1t is the position of the Pres
ideHt and his advisers that the gov
eminent should do all it can to facil-I
itate the return of the railroads tol
former conditions, and it is admitted
that both high freight rates and high
wages must be reduced. Present
rates are undoubtedly retarding great
~ the movement of commodities, es-
pecially farm products. and the roads
suffer In revenue accordingly. OF
course the railway unions are oppos
ing any reduction in wages, asserting
this would be unnecessary were it mol
for willful extravaganza on the part
of the railroad arrangements. The
senate committee on interstate com
merce plans an Investigation that shall
establish the truth or fslsity OF the
CHARGES made by organized labor.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-04-08
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Former Emperor Charles Makes
an Attempt to Regain the
Throne of Hungary.
LITTLE ENTENTE" SAYS NO
Communist Revolt in Germany Not
Yet Subdued-Defeat of Greeks
by kemalists Representatives,
ident Harding Moves for
Solution of. Railway
Problem
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

"Tired Of exile and deprivation"
Charles, former emperor of Austria
Hungary, made a dramatic attempt
last week to regain the throne of
Hungary. Influenced by reports that
the Hungarians were eager for his re-
turn, he slipped across the border
from Switzerland, disguised as Ty-
rolean tourist and accompanied by
four friends, and for a day was con-
cealed by Bishop Mikes at Steinamap-
ger. There Premier Teleky was sum-
moned and tried in vain to persuade
the former monarch that his hopes
were not to be realized. Charles per-
sisted in his adventure, so Teleky ac-
companied him TO Budapest, where Ad-
miral Horthy, the regent. had an In
terview with him. Charles decorated
the admiral and tried TO cajole him
into turning over the government to
him, but Horthy declared he would
offer armed resistance TO any attempt
to overturn the present regime, and,
with tears in his eyes, the ex-ruler left
the palace, saying: Farewell for
ever"
Returning to Steinamanger, Charles
was placed under strict military super
vision and Bishop Mikes was arrest
ed, charged with being the head Of the
movement to restore Charles to the
throne The Spanish minister at Wen
ma stated that Charles was under
Spanish protection and asked the gov
eminent for pass to enable the ex-
ruler to cross Austrian territory.
Three days later it was reported In
Paris and Vienna that Charles had
proclaimed military dictatorship at
Steinamanger with himself as its
chief and that General Lehar was
ready to support him with 10000
troops.
This development brought about
prompt action by the little entente"
Czecho-SIovakia Jugo-Slavia and Rou-
mania, whose troops were placed in
strategic positions on the Hungarian
frontiers. President Masaryk sent an
ultimatum to the Hungarian govern
ment, saying that the restoration of
the Habsburgs would be regarded as
casus belIi by CHecho-Slovakia.
The Hungarian charge d'affaires In
Vienna notified the Austrian govern
ment that Charles would return to
Switzerland. At this writing it ap-
pears that the attempted coup is dud.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-04-08
GERMANS STILL
DODGING

For the second tiUe the German gov
eminent has filed with the~L League of
Nations forma! protest against the
occupation of additional territory by
the allies; and the officials of the al
lied nations are proceeding with their
plans to exact further penalties If
Germany persists in its refusal TO pay
12,000,00O,000 gold marks by the first
of May. There is no evidence that the
Germans will pay, and some of the
-allies, especially the French, are con
WINGED their former foes are actually
preparing for a new war. Marshal
Fayolle is quoted as saying the Ger
mans are making cannon and machine
guns, and especially are forwarding a
huge aviation program, and that in the
next conflict London and Paris will
be deluged with bombs from supposed
ly "commercial' airplanes. He is
convinced that unless the abieS take
! firm action at once, - Germany vii
never carry out the Versailles treaty