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HE tarpon is the most
beautiful of big fish, the
most spectacular of finny
fighters, a swift swimmer
of dauntles courage, and
the one all-around game
fish at his every age. He
accepts the sportsman's
challenge by leaping into
the arena in full, flashing
armor, and so joyously meeting his
challenger In his own element as to
place tarpon fishing for ever in a class
by itself.
The photographs present this royal
fish as he appears when playing the
game with his human adversary. They
were taken during two summer
months spent on the Gulf coast of
Florida by the camera man and the
scribe two months which gave daily
proof that of sports that thrill there
are few on earth like fishing for tar
pon. We followed them with fly rods,
"With heavy tarpon rods, and with hand
lines. We were fast to S34 tarpon,
of which 63 were on an eight-ounce
fly rod. We killed none, although a
few were seized and swallowed by
big sharks while being played.
In fishing for pleasure the sports
man usually keeps within from 20 to
100 yards of the tarpon as he plavs
him. As we were fishing" for the cam
ra. a long-range contest was useless,
and we fought the fish fiercely from
the time they struck. We smashed
five heavy tarpon rods and broke
lines that would each sustain over 60
pounds. We held our canoe as near
the tarpon as possible, and as soon as
he seemed tired, pulled it beside him
and took the hook from his mouths
Sometimes we found this exciting.'
The avoirdupois of the fish caught
varied from one and a half pounds
each to more than one hundred times
that weight, while their length ranged
from eighteen inches to over six and
a half feet
From Charlotte Harbor to Cape Sa
ble we exploited the tarpon fishing
grounds; we captured them in the
Gulf of Mexico while white-capped
waves spilled water over us. and we
were towed by them through narrow,
overgrown creeks, where sometimes
our quarry escaped us by leaping into
the thick bushes over our hpads. The
tarpon can be played gently.-' from a
light-running reel for hours; or he can
be fought furiously and made to leap
wildly around, beside, over, and even
into the boat of the fisherman. Small
tarpon, weighing from two to fifteen
kuhuo, til it. iuuuu in iresa water in
creeks and pools near the heads of
rivers. Larger fish, of from 20 to 60
pounds, choose the brackish water of
streams near the Gulf; while the real
ly big fish, weighing from 80 to 200
pounds, are more frequently caught in
the big passes or near the mouths of
large rivers.
I fished from a light canoe which
my boatman paddled, while the camera-man
sat in the bow of a little
motor' boat which backed, filled .nrt
hovered on the sunward . side of us
On our first-day at Boca Grande the
mile-wide, ten-fathom , pass, home of
great sea creatures, from dolphins to
turtles, from sharks to devilflsh--we
found it windswept, but its turbulent
waters were alive with fish of many
kinds. Flocks of gulls, tern and peli
cans above, and splashlngs of Jackflsh
and tarpon below, marked the pres
ence of great schools of . minnows.
-The tide was boiling out of the pass
-when we struck a six-foot tarpon
which at once started for the Gulf,
carrying us toward the lin of foam
crested rollers outside. The motor
boat vainly struggled to hold us
against tide and tarpon.' We were
Tcahlng through the water away from
UNREHEARSED, BUT MADE HI
Climax to Dramatic Act Not What
Author 'Intended, Though It
Pleased the Audience.
v . - . : - N.
Cecil Raleigh, the writer of melo
dramas, was talking to an American
correspondent in London about stage
contretemps. r
"In one of my best plays," he said,
! introduced in Act II. a povelty in
the shape of a skating pond with real
Ice and real skaters. The act's climax
t1
the breakers, yet minute by -minute,
as in an uncanny dream, they drifted
neared. Soon the spray was flying
over the canoe while solid water spill
ed into the low-sided . motor boat,
which was quickly cut loose and soon
found smooth water. For an hour the
canoe tossed in the waves while the
tarpon was being played, but in the
rough water no photographs could be
taken.
A big tarpon that was fast to my
line in Boca Grande jumped beside me
and was bitten in two by a great
shark .which nearly swamped the
canoe with a blow of his tall and
splashed me with the blood of his
victim. Sometimes a shark swallowed
a tarpon which I was playing, and the
playing continued until the shark was
landed on the beach -for a final photo
graph of the tarpon in his enemy's
stomach.
v Afte'r twenty-nine days at Boca
Grande and Captiva passes had given
us 150 tarpon, and five days in the
Caloosahatchee river had added 35 to
that number, we sailed down the coast
to the mouth of Harney river. The
pools and creeks near Its source are
filled with tarpon weighing each from
20 ounces to 20 pounds, and In five
days I caught 25 on ah 8-ounce fly rod
Broad river lies just north of Harney,
and in it we found the. fish so large
that the fly rod was laid aside, and
we took 10 tarpon on heavy rods in
one forenoon. Then we broke both of
our rods and had to sail 50 miles to
find tough enough wood from which
to make new ones. Hues ton river In
Chatham Bend yielded 30 tarpon in
three days, after which we finished up
MEN IN COMMON CLAY
UNCLE JOE"
Great statesman and former speaker of the house of representatives,
who, after years, of service in the law- making branch of the government,
passes into private life. : . v
- ' (Copyrig-ht. 1912. by Universal Press Syndicate.) '
came with the words, spokea by my
heroine, 'Oh,, here's the professor--isn't
he wonderful! whereupon the
professor, in fur-trimmed skating coat,
proceeded to perform a marvelous
series of grapevine twists and inside
rolls and what-not. in the midst where
of the curtain felL J
. "Well, one evening I dropped in. at
Drury Lane to see j he -skating pond
climax..'. . ' . " - . - ' ' ' -
"My heroine cried with sweet vlvacv
ity: 'Oh. here's the professor isn't he
wonderful!' and all iyes centered ex
with five days in Turners and Aliens
rivers, during which we took 67 tar
pon. One of these, which I caught on
aa 8-ounce fly rod, weighed 150
pounds, and measured six and a halt
feet. It took three hours to conquer
him, during which my boatman was
worn out by the need of keeping the
canoe near the tarpon.
. Our .catch during the trip was as
follows: Fifteen days at Boca Grande
Pass, 84 tarpon; fourteen days at Cap
tiva Pass. 86 tarpon; eight days on
the Caloosahatchee river, 35 tarpon;
three days at Marco, 14 tarpon; five
days on the Harney river, 25 tarpon;
two days on the Broad river, 13 tar
pon;"three days on the Hues ton river.
30 tarpon; five days on the Turners
river, 5ft tarpon, and two days on the
Aliens river, 11 tarpon That gives
a total catch of 334 tarpon in fifty-two
days.
Between the above passes and
streams are others -in. which tarpon
abound. They can be found scattered
through the broad shallow waters and
deper channels of the whole great
Ten Thousand Islands. v
To object to taking a tarpon for
mounting, or other rational purpose,
would seem fanatical, but wantonly to
sacrifice these beautiful creatures,
after they have added so much to
your pleasure, is causeless cruelty
They can be measured without harm
ing them, and the cube of their length
in feet.' divided by two, gives their
weight in pounds as nearly as need be.
No trust controls-tarpon fishing. No
sport on earth offers greater legiti
mate excitement. And half the glory
of the game is its humanity.
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CANNON.
pectantly on the fur-coated professor,
and he, . poor fellow, shot proudly
forth, tripped over something or other.'
and with outspread arms and. legs fell
like a ton of brick. . :
The curtain descended amid roars
of laughter. Though we didn't repeat
it, I believe that this accidental cli
max was really 'more telling than our
right one." '
. Human Growth in New York.
Every six minutes a new human be
ins is born in New York.. '
FARf.l OF FORTY ACRES
Equipment, Management and In
come of Small Place.
Convenient Scheme for Dividing Land
Into Flv-Acre Tracts Ori of .
These Utilized for ' Heme- '
stoad and Garden. ""
By W. J. 8PILLMAN, Chief of United
States Bureau of Farm Management.)
Mr. H. H. Mo wry of the .office of
farm management, has been making
a. special study of the equipment, man
agement and income of a large num
ber of small fruit and truck farms,
many of them run by people who have
recently come from the city.
- This study-has given us somewhat
a new point of view. In general these
small farmers are not successful. This
fact has led us to study the question
more closely, and as a result a
scheme for the. management of a forty
acre f,arm is outlined below,' which
Beems to be practicable.
. Figure 1 shows a convenient scheme
for subdividing forty acres to lit it for
the. cropping system to be outlined
below.1 It will be observed- that the
forty acres are divided into eight five
acre tracts. One of these is set aside
for what may be called the "home
stead." ' These five acres are at the
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Forty-acre farm subdivided Into eight
flve-acre tracts. This shows a convenfent
method of subdivision which gives access
to all the fields without wasting: much
land In roads. Length of lines given in
rods.
center on one side, and it is supposed
that a public road passes this side
of the tract.
Of these' five acres half an ticre is
utilized for the house and yard . and
the barn and barn lot. This space is
ample for what we have in view. One
half acre is devoted to garden, one
and one-half acres to orchard and the
remaining two ' acres for a paddock
into which to turn the stock for exer
cise. I)y judicious management these two
acres can also be made to furnish
some pasture and some soiling crops.
The other seven fire-acre tracts are
to be devoted to a seven-year rota-
htion. When this rotation Is In full
swing the crops on the farm for a
given year will be as follows: Field A,
potatoes; field B, three acres of cab
bage and two acres of onions; field C,
corn; field D, cowpeas; field E, corn;
field F, clover; field G, clover.
The next year each of these crops
would move to another field 'as fol
lows: The potatoes would go to field
G, which was in clover the year be
fore. The cabbage and onions next
year would go to field B. The corn on
field C would go the next year to field
B. Cowpeas in field D would go the
next year to field C The corn in field
E would go to D, while E would be
sown in clover and F remain in clover.
The next year each crop would move
to another field in the same manner,
so that each year potatoes are sown
after second year clover, cabbage and
oniens are planted after potatoes, etc
The potatoes, cabbage and onions on
this farm would form the market
crops. The two fields of corn, the
field of cowpeas and the first year's
seeding of clover would furnish twenty
acres of forage for the live stock,
while the second year clover would
furnish pasture for the live stock dur
ing the summer.
In each of the two corn fields some
winter ; grain, such as wheat or rye.
could be sown early In August at the
time when the corn is laid by, that
is, when ' . cultivation of the corn
ceases. This wheat would furnish fall
and winter, pasture for the live stock.
In the corn field which is to be fol
lowed by clover the wheat wouW be
turned under very early in the spring
in preparation for sowing, the clover.
In the corn, field which is to be fol
lowed by cowpeas the wheat could re
main until the second year clover field
is ready to turn stock on, at which
time it might be plowed up and sown
to cowpeas.- We thus have pasture
uring the whole year in sections
where the seasons permit winter pas
turing. Y
In states that are too far north for
the cowpeas, soy ,beans may be sub
stituted for them, and in regions too
far north for soy beans, oats can; be
used ! on this field, the other cropa in
the rotation remaining the same. Com
mercial fertilizers, would : be required
for the potatoes, cabbage and onions.
There is plenty ! of good, literature
published by the department of agri
culture and by a good many of the
state experiment stations relative to
the cultivation and fertilization of po
tatoes, cabbage and onions, . and , the
reader is referred to this literature for
furthtir information 'concerning . the
growing of these crops..
One fact to which I would call at
tention is that in the marketing of po
tatoeti, ' cabbage and onions it is not
necessary- for the farmer to run to
market every day for several . weeks,
as would be the case with, most other
kinda of truck crops, especially straw
berries and tomatoes.
KEEPING BROOD SOW HEALTHY
Preferable to Ktep Animal as Nor
Grata or Vegetable D(et as Poa
sibioRoota urged.
(By R, O. WKATHERSTONE.)
Grass and vegetable matter are the
most natural foods for pigs, although
they wilPeat and can digest a great
variety of things. The nearer a bow
can - be 'kept to a grass or vegetable
diet the healthier she will be, and this
system is preferable to dry, rich foods
consisting mainly of grain,, barley or
other meals.
.Bran is most useful when grass is
not available, but where it is not pos
sible to give sows a grass; run, lucerne,
tares and other green forage crops can
sometimes be substituted.
Roots except that mangels must not
be given at all freely as farrowing ap
proaches or the pigs are almost cer
tain, to be born dead, are useful and
where ' there is a large garden it wili
provide, great deal of vegetable stuff
that can be advantageously employed
for in-pig sows stuff, too, that would
be. otherwisejwasted. Large quantitiea
of dry grain, and especially corn and
barley, must be avoided as too heat
ing; and hotel waste, butcher's offal,
slaughter-house refuse indeed animal
matter in any form are also bad, and
may, it is said, be an exciting cause
of cannibalism.
When at grass or getting green
forage or garden stuff, a few old beans
or some dry corn may be given once
or twice a week.
The food for the in-plg sow for the
last week or so of her time should
be as nearly as possible that on which
she will be fed for three or four weeks
after she is farrowed. A well-known
breeder" says:
"We have ceased to give barley or
other meal to our sucking sows until
the pigs are at least a month old Our
newly farrowed sows are fed sharps,
or what is locally termed thirds, mid
dlings, etc., and a vaning amount of
bran, determined by the richness of
the sharps, the number "of the litter
and the age of the sow, also condi
tion." His recommendation for feed
ing the in-pig sow is: "Vegetable food,
with a little dry grass, beans, peas or
corn until within a week of farrow
ing." PROTECTS BUDS FROM FROST
Colorado Man Conceives Idea of Plac
ing Electric Motor In Tree to
Cause Vibration.
. A recent invention relates to a new
system of motor operated tree vfb ra
tion for saving buds and blossoms
from frost.
The new system aims to create in
fruit trees a movement of the sap to
the buds and blossoms that tends to
vitalize them enough to resist the at
tacking blight of frost. This move
ment of the sap might be called a
capillary action, and can be likened
to the gentle exercising action of an
electric vibrator instrument on the
Tree Vibratory in Place.
human system, which stimulates the
flowing, action -of the blood through
the veins, especially at the pont where
the vibrator is applied.
The system of. imparting this vibra
tory action to buds and blossoms has
'been worked out and patented by
Herman h. Darling of Delta, Colo. It
comprises the installation in the tree
of a small electric .motor 'having a
trembling rotary ' motion, and con
nected by transmitting wires to . an
electric current. . .
During the months of April and May
when, the orchard-Is subjected to sud
den freezes, by means of this 'system,
a vibratory trembling motion is imparted-to
all limbs of the tree, trans
mitted to' twigs and bulbs and ; this
motion starts the sap to circulating,
invigorates the buds and strengthens
them against the killing effects of the
frost. x ' ; i
Unfavorable Soils. '
Clay soils are unfavorable to vege
tation because the soil is too close and
adhesive to allow the free passage of
air or water to the roots of the plants.
It also obstructs the expansion of the
fibers "of the "roots.; Sandy soils are
unfavoravle- because they consist of
particles, that have too little adhesion
to each other. . They do not retain
sufficient moisture for. the 'nourish
ment of the plants. They allow too
much solar heat to pass to the roots.
Chalk soils are unfavorable because
they do not absorb the solar beat, and
are, therefore, cold to the roots of the
plants. . . ;
Draft Horses Scarce:. .
A. B. Alford, a transfer man . of
Philadelphia, states that while ' sta
tistics show a , larger . number of
horses In the United States than ever
before, it is harder to get hold of a
good draft animal at a fair price than
It waa fifteen years ago when he could
buy all he wanted for from $100 to
$125 and today he cannot ge t horses
of the same kind for $200 or $250.
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Hopes Meired
lie worried through the busy days
Hecause his plans so oftn fall.-d;
He sought success in many waya.
Obstructions dally he assailed;
Ho longed for honor and for fame-.
He strove to win a lofty plaie;
His hair grew Kray and wrlnkW on:-.
To write the story on his face.
He worked with all the mipht he had.
To prove his worth and win regard;
His shoulders drooped, his look rtow sad.
The path he chose was steep anJ hard;
Deprived of sympathy and aid
He struggled on, oVfyinK Kate;
With talents that were small he mail?
A splendid struggle to be preat.
His wife from day to dny romplalned;
Her once fair face was ovt-r sad;
Twas not that he so seldom g-a'r.nd
The ends that might have made him
glad;
Her tones were tinged with deep regret.
And sorrow came with her to dwell.
Because It was so hard to get
Dressmakers who could t her well.
What He Wanted.
"I have," said the gentleman with
the frayed overcoat and unmanicureu
nails, "just succeeded in figurine out
the exact moment at which life will
cease to exist on this planet, and if
you will permit me I will be glad to
read to you an article with a view
to publication in your valuable jour
nal which I have written on the sub
ject." "My dear sir," replied the subeditor,
"if you can figure out the exact mo
ment at which life will cease to ex
ist in the ticks of our boarding houBf
beds I will be more than glad to
consider any article you may prepare
on the subject"
Stifl Young, Apparently.
"Simeon," his wife protested,
-please do be careful. Remember that
you are not as young as you used to
be."
"Pshaw!" he replied; "I'm not get
ting old. . I have never been referred
to as the Nestor or the dean of any
thing.". ' Unfitnes of Things.
"Burlison is having his new house
finished up with a lot of quaint-looking
contrivances. He has bought a
big, old-fashioned brass knocker to be
fastened on the front door."
"I thought he claimed to be a cha '
ter member of the anti-knocklng ec
Iciety.?
Gratification.
"Why do you belong to the
ciuDT i nave Eever seen you p
ing."
I-
i get so mucn satisfaction out o
sitting around and watching the met
Keeping me greens m order, l onctr
had to work for a living myself."
Pointer Wanted. (
"Officer, arrest that man! He Jus
walked up to me and whispered tha
I was the most beautiful woman h.
aval a a m '
"Very well, ma'am. What shall
charge him with Insanity?"
' Her One Advantage.
The heiress who marries a titled for
eigner has one advantage. She needn't
be afraid that he will ever complain
that her cooking Isn't as good as his.
mother's used to " be.
Description In Brief.
"WTiat kind of a fellow is Binksley.
anyhow?"
"Well. I think I can best describe'
him by saying that he keeps Lent in'
his wife's name."
mien o wuiv. f
There would be fewer divorces Ify
women would ouit talking when It h
had been conceded that they hate
won the debate.
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