Cottage Grove leader., April 12, 1910, Image 2

TOPICS OF THE TIMES
A CH O ICE SELE C TIO N OF IN T E B -
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Many a man who eats pie with a
knife wishes he had an ax.
The tall that tries to wag the dog
la bound to be cut off sooner or later.
Again let us acknowledge that the
wireless is worth much more than it
has ever cost.
Sarah Bernhardt Is going to make a
farewell tour of this country. This
is probably the beginning of a habit.
The death of King Leopold removes
from the scene of action one of the
most remarkable sets of whiskers In
the world.
A California Judge has decided that
the mule Is a deadly weapon. It will,
therefore, be against the law to carry
jo u r mules concealed.
Taking her by and large and on the
average, the girl who thinks she can
sing coon songs Is not very popular
with anybody worth while.
A Pittsburg man who stole 122,800
says he gave It to the poor. Perhaps
It was through a mere oversight that
he failed to add "chorus girls.”
New Hampshire again springs Into
fame. One of its enthusiastic citizens
Is reported to possess a desire to build
a sanitarium to be devoted to the cure
o f blues.
Another advance in the price of golf
balls is announced, but we are glad to
be able to assure the public that no
Immediate Increase In the cost of cro­
quet mallets is threatened.
William E. Gladstone used to set up
the claim that he was able to preserve
his vigor by swinging an ax. It has
been found that operating a snow-
shovel Is just as Invigorating as chop­
ping wood.
Governor Hughes says he Is going to
retire from politics and earn some
money for his family. One of the un­
satisfactory things about being the
kind of a politician that Governor
Hughes Is Is the lack of financial re­
turns.
In the year 2110, according to Thom­
as A. Edison, even the common laborer
will be able to live as well as the
man who has an Income of 1200,000
is able to live at present. When that
comes to pass what object will any­
one have In being a common laborer?
In this country in 1907 was two hun­
dred and fifteen million dollars, or j
more than two and one-half dollars
per capita. In Europe It was forty-
eight cents per capita. The difference
against this country Is due chiefly to
i the materials and methods of con-
j struetion in the United States. In
short, the explanation lies largely In !
the Englishwoman's remark We still
live In wooden houses. She might
I have added that we build them with­
out a thought that they may burn, and |
therefore In a way to qjake them the [
easiest possible prey for the flames.
Several of our skates have shown a
real Interest in the question of "uni­
versal" old-age pensions on the Eng­
lish model, and of course the special
question of retiring on allowance su­
perannuated public employes Is grow­
ing more acute, as Is evidenced by the
vigorous advocacy of civil pensions by
the Taft administration. In Massachu­
setts old-age pension bills have been
so numerous that the legislature has
found It necessary to create a commit­
tee to make a thorough Investigation
of the various retiring systems In
force In Europe and America, not only
In public services, but In the large
financial and industrial establishments
The committee has done Its work con­
scientiously and well, and its data and
conclusions should be studied by the
legislators and social reformers of the
other states. The committee rejects
the radical principle of "universal”
old age pensions paid by the public
treasury.
It believes that such a
scheme as England has adopted— and
Is about to extend under political pres­
sure and party rivalry in "promises"—
Is decidedly unfavorable to the devel­
opment of thrift. It thinks, too. that
It would be unjust to the general tax
payers and too costly to be maintained, ■
But It strongly Indorses the principle
of contributory retiring pensions for
public as well as private employes. It
points out that of late American banks,
railroads and manufacturing corpora­
tions have been spontaneously estab­
lishing old age pension systems from
motives of enlightened self-interest,
and It hopes that employers will In­
creasingly follow these examples. It
Is doubtful whether pensions to the
aged could ever be paid by state or
nation In this couptry under our con­
stitutional system. But to voluntary
schemes, contributed to by employes
and employers, and to retiring plans
for public servants, there are no le­
gal difficulties, and rapid progress In
those directions may be looked for.
Proper provision for old age Is a con­
dition of efficiency and a sign of na­
tional prudence and thrift.
F arm ers
REFORM TH E LAN D LAW S.
OW backward we are still Is shown by the
fact that no urgency of public opinion and
no pressure of common honesty has yet sue-
ceeded in making the preliminary step— a
reasonable reform of the land laws. The
agencies of justice are employed In discov­
ering and punishing land thieves whose
crimes were Invited by legislation apparently framed for
their especial profit. The repeal of the desert land act,
the timber and stone act, and the stringent enforcement
of the provisions of the homestead act are necessary to
honest dealing with the land question. Speculators and
land grabbers prevent this, while occasional Congress­
men and Senators-are smirched and disgraced by partici­
pating In land frauds. We have enlarged the unit of
public land for Alaska, In order to tempt dishonesty
there. We have made It 160 acres for land reclaimed at
great expense, although a large family could not possibly
cultivate twenty acres of this land as It should be. Per­
haps economy must be substituted for the extravagance
now too prevalent In every department of government
before we can hope to see It supreme In land reclamation
and distribution. But this plain business conception
must be restored before the country can hope either to
realize upon or retain Its most valuable resources.—
World's Work.
DON’T P U N IS H T H E F A M IL IE S .
EARLY everybody nowadays fancies he per­
ceives wherein the social organization can
be Improved. Once In a while somebody
does suggest a concrete change that looks
good. A judge In Chicago recommends
that a portion of the fines or the labor of
prisoners In bridewells, houses of correc­
tion, Jails and the like, be diverted from the coffers of
the State and paid to the destitute wife or family, whose
livelihood is suspended during the sentence of the cul­
prit.
•
A wife beater or a child beater Is properly convicted
and punished But the punishment falls also upon his
family, dependent on the wages he cannot earn while
serving his sentence. Women and children, too, are de­
terred from complaining against the bully and ruffian,
because they prefer his blows and abuse to near starva­
tion. Many an ill-used wife has begged the judge to let
her husband off because while he is In prison her babes
will suffer.
Money derived from fines or from labor of prisoners,
the State can dispense with, provided It Is used to sup­
ply families with necessities until the brute is returned
to society to make a living for his own. Money thus
A horrible calamity Is clamoring at
the door of every husband In the land.
Samuel Adjal Crowther, an African
DO YO U B E L IE V E I N SIGNS?
I f woman succeeds In securing the slave boy who became a bishop, de­
ylght to vote, she will start to bet hats lighted to tell to his children the story
on the result of the elections. Hus­ of how he put on his first shoes. In O m e n s T h n t F o r e t e l l W e a t h e r n m l
bands will have to pay for these "mer­ “ The Black Bishop" Jesse Page gives
D r e a m . T h a t S ig n t fr F ate.
ry widows" and "peach-baskets." It the story In the bishop's own words.
In all times superstitions have had
will be a blow aimed at the very vitals Four of the pupils In the missionary's a powerful hold on men and women,
of our financial system.
school had been promoted to the posi­ high and low. The great Napoleon
tion of monitors. This was at Fourah himself was a believer in omens, It is
livery year locomotives kill more Bay College, under Rev. Charles Haen- chronicled.
than five thousand persons while they sel.
As times and knowledge have prog­
are walking along the railroad tracks,
To give effect to our position, we ressed most superstitions have been
where, of course, hardly any of them were allowed to wear shoes. Strong, relegated to their proper sphere, the
have any business to be. The rail­
tout shoes, with very thick soles, Boston Herald says, yet even to-day
roads are public highways, certainly,
rere procured and given to us; they almost every living being Is prone to
but they are not to be used by foot were called "Blucher shoes.”
superstitious influence, whether seri­
passengers, any more than those other
On a Saturday afternoon we were ously or more out of habit. For in­
public highways, the country roads, called, received a pair each, and were stance, how many men choose thirteen
ore to be used by fast express trains. told to wear them every Sunday to | ss a designating number? Those who
church at St. George's Cathedral, a dis­ do believe the reverse^of the old ver­
Perhaps there will be another steam tance of about three miles.
sion.
navigation centenary at Detroit, a few
Never having had shoes on before, | Below Is a list of the commoner su­
years hence. On August 27, 1818, the we began practicing In our dormitory
perstitions, leaving out such as are
first steamboat on the Great Lakes, that evening. None of us could move j
Walk-ln-the-Water, arrived before De­ a step after lacing up on our feet the In daily prominence. You may find
troit, having come up from
Black unwieldy articles, and consequently your "hobby” In the list:
Bock, Buffalo, where It was launched. we were objects of laughter to our | Six weeks after you hear the first
katydid look out for the frost.
It Is amusing to read that its engines pupils.
Blow out.the candle, and If the wick
were so Inadequate that It could not
An Idea struck me at once, which I continues long to smolder look for bad
make head against the current of the put Into execution.
Crawling to a
Detroit river, and had to be helped corner of the room, I first knelt down, weather. I f it goes out quickly the
up by a dozen yoke of oxen at the then holding on to the wall for sup­ weather will be fair.
When you hear the first frogs In the
end of a tow-rope.
port. I stood up. and still being sup­
spring you may know the frost Is out
ported by the wall I -stepped round
Envious American women will be the room many times, the others fol­ of the ground.
The last Friday of each month Is
interested In the wonderful "charac­ lowing my example, till we were able
ter" given to the "electric Mary Ann" to leave the wall, stand alone, or move the almanac Index for the next month.
If the weather be fair the month will
by the British electrical engineer who about without support.
Invented her. “ Mary Ann' Is a small
You ran well Imagine what a burden be likewise; if foul so will the month
electric motor which meets a wide this was to us. and after losing sight be.
variety of wants It occupies less room of the college we sat on the grass, took
I f It storms the first Sunday In the
than a typewriter and weighs only off the shoes, walked barefoot and put month It will storm every Sunday In
seventeen pounds, so that It can be them on only at the porch of the the month.
carried to any part of the house. Con­ church. We did ,the same on return­
When a person kills a snake he does
nection with an ordinary electric light ing to college. After some months' j well to consider what kind of weather
circuit furnishes the power, where­ practice we were able to move better he would like. I f he hangs the snake
upon "Mary Ann” works the washing In them, but complained how they hurt up It will rain; If he buries It the
machine or wringer, sweeps, dusts,
our feet, and would rather be without weather will be fair.
Irons, washes dishes, chops meat, them. But after some months we In- j Rub a cat's back the wrong way, and
churns, peels potatoes, stones raisins,
vested In the purchase of boots our- ; If you see the sparks it Is a sign of
kneads dough, beats eggs, or runs the
selves, and were always careful to buy j cold weather.
sewing machine. Moreover, she works
The bones of rheumatic persons ache
those that made noise and creaked as
at small expense, never asks a day
we walked, to our great delight and when a storm is brewing.
off or an evening out, and has no "fol­
the admiration of our pupils.
When you find tea grounds floating
lowers." I f she can be made to take
in your cup you know that you are
her orders from a phonograph and not
T o G ot III* M o n e y *» W o r t h .
going to have company. If the grounds
talk back, she will come near to be­
In a village near Edinburgh there are soft, it Is a woman who Is com­
ing the long-sought solution of the
lived an old baker and his son. Their ing; If hard, a man. I f the grounds
servant girl question.
trade was In a flourishing condition, are long the person coming is tall, if
but unfortunately In the midst of their short the visitor will be short.
An Englishwoman who came to this
prosperity the old man, who had once
If you dream of falling and are
continent last fall to attend the meet­
been a great drinker, turned Insane. awakened by the fancied Jar o f land­
ing of the British Association for the
The son, who was renowned for his ing, it Is a sign that you are going to
Advancement of Science, In Winnipeg,
love of money, was forced to put him be ill. If, however, you awake while
remarked of a visit to acquaintances
In a lunatic asylum and, according to still in midair you may be assured you
In this country, "Do you know, they
the terms of the establishment, to pay will continue In good health.
live In a wooden house!”
Among
a tee for three months In advance,
To dream of a funeral Is a sign of
English, and Indeed most continental
amounting to £30. The old man was a wedding. To dream of a wedding Is
people, the remark may appear only
scarcely In a fortnight, however, when a sign of a funeral.
as the expression of a natural and le­
he died. The son, thinking to raise
I f you dream of snakes It Is a sign
gitimate surprise; but to Americans
an action against the establishment
you have an enemy.
It suggests an amusing Ignorance of
for the recovery of the. as he termed
Let a young woman pin a four-leaf
conditions In this country. It Is those
It, unused money. Inquired of an old
conditions, nevertheless, which are lawyer who was a bit of a wag whether clover over the door and the first un­
largely responsible for the stupendous he thought It w-ould be prudent to try married man who comes In the door
annual fire loss In the United States, to recover the money or not. The will be the one she’ Is to marry.
and the great cost of protection chip of the law, putting on a grave
Sleep with a piece of wedding cake
against fire, as compared with corre­ face, replied seriously, "D ’ye no think under your pillow for three nights In
sponding figures In Europe. Accord­ It wad be best to gang and put In the succession and whatever you dream
ing to statistics gathered by the cen­ rest o’ the time yersel'?"
on the third night will come to pass.
sus bureau the average annual cost
Have you white marks on your
o f lire protection to each citizen In
nails? Put your hands together and
M a r s ' C a n a ls .
one hundred and fifty-eight American
BUI— I see a wise astronomer Is | repeat this rhyme while In succession
cities la one dollar and sixty-five cents.
telling the people that he has noticed you touch finger tips, beginning with
In Berlin It Is tweny-slx cents. In Lon­
thumbs;
don ntneteen cents, St. Pttfersburg some disturbance on Mars.
A friend, a foe. a gift, a beau, a
Jill—
Perhaps
It's
one
of
those
canal
twenty-two cents, Paris twenty-one
mules kicking again.—Yonkers States­ Joitrney you go. Notice on which fin­
estate, Stockholm twenty-three cents.
ger nails the marks are and you w ill
man.
There Is no country In the world
thus gain some Inkling of your future.
where fire departments have reached
There will probably never be any
Born on Monday, fair of face.
a higher state of efficiency, or where monuments unveiled In memory of
Born on Tuesday, full of God's
the equipment la better than In the the man who Invented the alarm clock. grace.
united States. Most of the modern
Born on Wednesday, merry and glad.
flre-flghttng appliances. Indeed, are of
Men agree pretty well on one point;
Born on Thursday, sour and sad.
American Invention and manufacture; They don't like the Idea of some other
Born oa Friday, godly given.
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eolte of this tbs total firs lose man spending their life Insurance.
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expended would be a real saving to the Stats, since It
would prevent the breaking up and demoralisation of
families and would keep some from lapsing Into charges
upon the State. Also there would be less wife beating
and general brutality, or else more punishment for the
same.—Minneapolis Journal. %
AN EXAM PLE OF PROGRESS.
N 1850 Texas sold to the United States a
strip of territory approximating 100,000,-
000 acres for $10,000,000. Texas was larger
then than she Is now and was In debt. The
land was considered valuable and Texas
needed the money. At an average valuar
tlon of $10 an acre the land to-day would
be worth a billion dollars. As a matter of fact, some of
It is worth several times $10 an acre and Is all the Urns
becoming more valuable.
There was opposition to the sale at the time, but it
was Ineffective. Those who favored the sale contended
that the land was worthless and that the United States
Government was buying an elephant. The Legislature
thought It wise to sell, and the deal was put through.
The territory sold now covers the eastern half of New
Mexico, a corner of Oklahoma and Kansas and a strip
of Colorado.
If Texas had retained that land she woo'd to-day be
about one-third larger and a billion dolmrs wealthier
than at present. The outcome is a striking Illustration
of the growth and progress of this country.— Louisville
Courier-Journal.
-S A V IN G S T A T IO N S FO R M IN E R S .
ONGRESS Is earnestly taking up the ques­
tion of making the life of a miner more
secure. The Federal Government has al­
ready taken some steps In this direction,
looking to the establishment of stations
from which experts may go out to mines
where there has been a disaster. One
Senator— name, Bailey, of Texas— has raised the ques­
tion of State rights. To the credit of all the other Sen­
ators, the question Is not raised. This Government pro­
vides life-saving stations along the coast, both on salt
water and on the Great Lakes, and places there trained
men, ready on a moment's notice to rush to the rescue
of sailors and others imperiled by the waters. Why
not also have these life-saving stations distributed prop­
erly over the country, where they can go quickly to
save the lives of men In danger in mines? The work
is a good one and the country will be gratified If steps
are taken by our Congress to further promote this
work.— Danville Commercial News.
Born on Saturday, work for a living.
Born on Sunday, never shall want.
So there’s the week and the end
on't.
To cut the finger nails on Sunday
morning Is a sign you will do some­
thing you are ashamed of before the
week Is out.
Pass me salt, pass me sorrow.
It used to be a pretty sure sign that
a man was conceited if he went about
with his hat brim turned up hi front.
If the bottom of your foot Itches you
may know that you are to step on
strange lands.
Put the wrong foot out of bed first
when you get up in the morning and
you will be cross all day. Always get
up with right foot foremost.
Don’t make a friend a gift of a knife,
for, according to every authority
versed in sign lore, If you do, it will
cut your friendship.
When you have the rheumatism
carry a potato In your pocket. The po­
tato will become hard after a time and
believers In its virtue affirm that this
is because of the rheumatism it ha3
absorbed.
To find a horseshoe In the road is
a sign of good luck.
Early to bed and early to rise makes
a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
When you see a shooting star, if you
can say “ Money before the week's out"
three times before It is lost sight of
you will have some money before the
week is out.
It is a sign you are going to be rich
if you tumble upstairs.
Sneeze twice when you first get up
and you will hear of a death before the
night.
In all lands ravens and crows have
been considered birds of 111 omen.
The natives of India believe that
elephants have a religion and form of
worship.
A great many country people believe
that the screeching of an owl Indi­
cates Impending calamity.
In Dalmatia It Is an exceedingly
auspicious omen for a cat to sneeze
when a bride enters the bouse.
In Wales it is believed that If any
one kills a wren he will fall down and
break a bone before the end of the
year.
’ In almost every country the howling
of a dog Is regarded as a had omen,
generally predicting death to some per­
son of the household.
In France It Is believed that the set­
tling of a white pigeon upon a chimney
Is a sign of speedy death for some one
In the house.
There Is a superstition among the
negroes of the south that to meet a
frog Is a lucky Incident, Indicating
that the one thus favored Is about to
receive money from some unexpected
quarter.
It Is a favorite superstition In En;-
land that the bacon of swine killed In
the waning of the moon will waste
away In the process of curing or cook­
ing much more than bacon of hogs
killed while the moon Is growing.
SAFES IN
V a lu a b le «
fo r
BIO HOTELS.
K ep t In T h e m b y
\ ears a t m T i m a .
G n e ita
A woman walked up to the counter
of a fashionable hotel and asked for a
package of valuables which was In the
safe.
“ I f I had not wanted one particular
thing I suppose I should have left the
package where It was for another
three years. " she said to the clerk.
"Yes," said the clerk la aoswer to a
a n il
llla t i
P ric e ».
The farmer la not guilty. He la a
very small factor In the high prices
now being paid for products. A study
of prices paid In ChUago for beeves,
sheep and bogs and for produce will
show that the farmer Is not getting
more
than his share.
Recently
the writer purchased a hind quar­
ter of beef, dressed and delivered on
his farm, for 9 cents a pound. This
same piece of meat would retail In
Chicago for twice that amount. Any
one can buy dressed meat from the
farmers for that price— 7 cents a
pound for fore quarter and 9 cents
for hind quarter.
Our hogs sell for nearly 8 cents a
pound on the hoof and can be pur­
chased from farmers, killed and
dressed, at 12 cents. There Is no
waste In either dressed pork or beef
purchased from farmers— the same
kind as that you get from your local
butcher. The farmer Is paying high
prices for everything he uses and his
land must earn an Income on an In­
vestment of from $100 to $200 an acre.
His farm machinery and horses have
doubled in price.
Don't blame the farmer; he Is work­
ing hard for very ordinary wages. I
am farming 160 acres. I will be high­
ly pleased If I get $20 an acre for
my. crop, or $3,200 for the year. The
landlord gets one-half the crop for
rent, leaving me $1,600 for a year’s
work for myself, wife and son. and
$2,500 worth of horses and machinery.
To earn this $1,600 we work from 4
a. m. until 8 p. m., eight months of
the year, and during the other four
months put In more than eight hours
a day at hard manual labor. It Is not
all milk and honey on the farm, and
the writer believes that the farmer, as
a consumer as well as a producer, Is
buying too many automobiles for mid­
dlemen. paying dividends on too much
watered stock and being the "fall guy”
as well as the cliff dwellers of the city.
— A Farmer.
B race
fo r
Fence
D iffe re n t
M e lb o d a .
It Is generally conceded by the best
stockmen and farmers, as well as by
authorities of some of tbe experiment
stations, that meat animals of the fu­
ture will have to be fed and finished
In a different manner from what they
have been. Leas corn and more nitrog­
enous feeds In the form of clover, cow-
peas and alfalfa, supplemented with
better pastures, must be used In order
to make tbe production profitable and
at tbe same time make more and bet­
ter manure for maintaining the fer­
tility of tbe land.
Corn fodder and stover have In the
past been used to a considerable ex­
tent In steer feeding, thus utilizing
nearly all the corn plant. Feeding
silage to beef steera Is gradually gain­
ing In favor, and by tbe use of silos
and silage In beef production all of
the corn plant can be uaed to good
advantage.
The legumes. Including clover and
alfalfa of the north and cow peas of
the south, have been found very profit­
able and economical In feeding both
steers and hogs. Careful experiments
have shown that a steer will make
more economical gains on about half
the corn usually fed with about an
equal weight of alfalfa hay than on
a diet of corn, with the dressed meat
of a higher grade.
Alfalfa on the
farm before It Is baled and marketed
Is worth only about half as much as
corn, pound for pound, hence the gain
to tbe grower In using the bay as a
part of the finishing ration.
Growing and finishing hogs has al­
ready been radically
changed over
wide sections. More of forage crops
such as alfalfa and cowpeaa are being
used, with less corn.
T o C le a n
th e
W e ll.
It Is well to make one of these de­
vices against time of need. The dry
season Is the hest and only time to fix
P o st.
In about four cases out of every ten
sagging of wire fences Is due to poor.
Improper bracing. It Is not enough to
staple the separate strands secured to
each post— that Is splendid as far as
It goes.
To have a well-stretched
fence and keep It taut, It Is absolutely
necessary tbgt a good brace or anchor
post be used and that the fence be
stretched from these anchors. A good
brace Is Illustrated. The construction
Is very simple and the cost Is as mod
erate as any.
The end post should be of good
size and perfectly sound. The brace
post need not be large, but must be
In good condition If It Is to wear.
Other posts may be easily reset with­
out Interfering greatly with the fence,
but this Is not the case with either
of the bracers. The 4x4 running from
the top of one post to the base of the
other should be well selected, as con­
siderable stress Is placed upon It. It
Is best to mortise the ends of the cross
bar or brace Into the posts, as blocks
nailed on give way In time. A fairly
SIEVE TO C L E A If T H E
W ELL.
question after the woman left, “ that
and clean the farm well, writes J. L.
packet had really been In our safe for
Rlsley. Any floating matter may be
three years. Why, we have all sorts
removed by using an ordinary hand
of valuable papers, jewelry and even
sieve. After marking off the rim Into
money that are Intrusted to our keep­
three parts attach a wire to aqy of
ing for years at a time. People seem
these parts or points, and for a handle
to prefer a hotel safe to a safety de­
use an attached rope. Fasten the end
posit vault. One reason perhaps is
of the rope to the third point In the
that It costs nothing. Another Is that
rim and a weight to the sieve, so It
the standard of hotel clerks has im­
will sink after lowering.
In uslug
proved.
sink the sieve edgewise In the water,
“ It is astonishing the amount of jew­
pull the rope with a single attachment,
elry that people keep in hotel safes.
lifting out of well all the floating
Of course the owners have originally
sticks and other debris from the sur­
stopped In the hotel, but they go
face of the water.
away, leaving their valuables, and I
have known such persons to be gone
K e e p in g A cco n n ta.
as much as two years and never make
It has only been in recent years that
an inquiry abotit their property in that
farmers have been awakening to the
time.
fact that by taking an Inventory once
“ To show you how much confidence
a ydar and by keeping an accurate
people have in hotels and their em
book account that many valuable les­
ployes I might mention that the other
sons could be learned and that by so
day a man came In here and put four
doing they could place their farms on
$1,000 bills in an envelope, wrote his
a more profitable basis. With business
name on the latter and asked me to
men, competition Is so keen and profits
put It in the safe. Not long ago an­
necessarily so small that without keep­
other man actually did the same thing
ing an accurate book account they
with seven $10,000 bills.”
The clerks of several other hotels
would soon be forced out of business,
FT.VCE
POST
BRACE.
talked In a similar strain without any
but with farmers more slack methods
outside suggestion.
do not necessarily result In bank­
soft
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binding
" I 'll bet I have handled more than a
ruptcy, due, no doubt, to the fact that
million dollars' worth of Jewelry to­ strand than one more liable to break the farmer gets most of his living from
day.” said one. “ Look here." and he with winding.
the farm without any cash outlay,
opened the safe and piled six or eight
whereas the merchant must pay cash
big Jewelry cases on the counter, but
T n n g a te n L a m p « fo r F arm a.
for'everythlng he eats and wears. Not­
hurriedly put them back. "In one of
The Introduction of tungsten lamps withstanding this fact, however, the
those I know there is over $200,000 Is doing much to advance the use of farmer who keeps a book account will
worth, and what I showed you was electricity, on farms. It Is possible for find It just as profitable. If not more
only a few of what the safe contains.” the farmer with a small plant driven
so, as the merchant.
— New York Sun.
either by a gasoline engine or by
F a t t e n in g F o w l».
damming a small stream, to obtain
“ A D A M ’ B E D E 'S N E W ID E A .
A fowl should always be fattened as
sufficient current to light his house
and barn with this economical type of quickly as possible. Ten days Is long
S o c ie t y f o r t h e S n i»| ir e »»lo n o f C r n e l-
Incandescent lamp. The use of elec­ enough, but It should be confined
t y to S o il la N e e d e d .
A Society for the Suppression of tricity on the farm, by the way, Is either in a coop or a number In a
Cruelty to Soil Is advocated by J. growing, and, as pointed out by the small yard. They must have a con­
Adam Bede, former congressman from Electrical World, farmers will in time tinual supply of fresh water, and
Minnesota and humorist of national come to consider electricity a neces­ should be fed four times a day, tha
reputation, the St. Paul Dispatch says. sity. Then It will be found profitable first meal being given early and the
Not only does he believe in such a to establish central generating stations last one late. A recommended mix­
society, but he says he expects to live for farming districts to take the place ture is three parts corn meal, one part
long enough to see one organized un­ of the small Individual plants now be­ ground oats, one part bran, one part
der government supervision.
crude tallow, the entire lot scalded
ing Installed.
“ Stuff! This thing of Increased
and fed for the first three meals, wlfh
L i v e S l o c k l l u l l i l . I 'D I.a n il.
cost of living.” Mr. Bede said yester­
all the corn and wheat that can be
day. “ It doesn't cost more unless you
It Is very well knewn that In the eaten up clean at night. Weigh the
make it. I f we’d live like our grand­ old agricultural districts of Europe articles given.
mothers did It wouldn't cost any more. where land has been under cultivation
The trouble is, we're living too fast for 2,000 years there Is an Increasing
M ilk
P ro d u c tio n .
and too luxuriously.
I worked my tendency to expand live stock Indus­
Where help can be obtained to opes
way through school. I'm paying the try. It Is now recognized that animal ate the dairy, milk production Is one
way of my children. Grandma did husbandry Is a wonderful help In not of the best paying branches of animal
her own housework. We're hiring only maintaining the fertility of the husbandry. The farmers operating
ours done. It's just that kind of soil, but also live stock Industry their holdings with milch cows ars
thing which causes us to spend money. builds up the land. Germany now has enabled to market all the roughage
And luxuries! Why. the farmers are
10.967.000 milk cows, an Increase of and grain produced on the farm la
getting so wealthy they want to ride
500.000 In the past seven years. The milk, butter, cream or cheese. The
in automobiles. Cows upstate are
dairy Industry Is especially adapted to
getting so they won’t give down their total number of cattle In the empire
milk unless you turn on the electric agregates 20,631,000, a gain of nearly build up and Increase the fertility of
Pigs total 22,- the farm. It Is popular among farm­
lights and have a Caruso to sing. I t ’s 5.000. 000 since 1883.
the rust, not the trusts, which Is hurt­ 147.000. as against 9,206.000 In 1883. ers because the farmer realizes a
ing us. Traveling down through The only class of live stock which monthly Income on his Investments.
Kansas a short time ago, I saw all shows a decrease Is sheep, which de­ As a rule, dairymen are thrifty and
agriculturists. — Drovers'
kinds of farm machinery, wagons, clined 2,000,000 In the past seven prosperous
Journal.
buggies and Implements standing out years.
In the weather—rusting. We're too
C are o f T u rk e y *«
lazy to take care of the things we
Care o f T n r k e r s .
In mating turkeys, one gobbler to
have. We're not making the ground
Freedom Is one of the requisites for ten hens Is sufficient Turkey eggs,
produce as it should. We’re neglect- j the best results In fattening turkeys. while being saved for Incubation,
lng It. We have not learned to rotate j Ordinarily a turkey In confinement should be kept at an even temperature
the crops. We plant wheat and more ! will fret and pine so that the full fat­ of 60 or 60 degrees, i f temperature
wheat until we have 'wheated' the tening benefit of the food Is offset. la not extreme either way It Is not
grqund to death. That's why I want ! However, young turkeys should not be
of so great Importance as the frequent
to see a Society for the Prevention of j allowed to roam In the fields of pas­
turning of tha eggs. Turn them at
Cruelty to Soil.”
tures where they will get w et The least once a day. and twice a day Is
The first thing a man's second wife \ roosts should be In a well ventilated better. Keep them covered from the
does after she takes possession of his house, as the heavy plumage will be­ light end dust I f good cars Is taken
home Is to change all the pictures: No come moist from perspiration and of ths eggs they will keep tor threw
woman will stand for the way another drafts mar cause sickness and even weeks Or mors and hatch well.— Field
death.
and F an »
woman hangs picturea