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THE ADVENT OF THE SILO.
A Prime Factor in the Cattle Feed
ing Industry.
During the past few years
many articles have appeared in
the live stock and agricultural
press treating with the advan
tages of the silo, and along this
particular line too much can not
be said in favor of the silb. The
most momentous question of the
day is the proper method of re
ducing the alleged high cost of
living, and irrespective ot all
legislation that is withing the
province.of the Chief Executive,
Senators and Congressmen of
this great country, the cost of
certain portions of one's living,
or certain of the necessities of
life, will never be reduced until
there are more producers. The
laws of supply and demand have
and always will contiol the price
of certain commodities, probably
not altogether as certain condi
tions arise that will naturally
cause fluctuations, but no law
making within the province of
this or any other Government
that is constitutional will reduce
the cost of a commodity, the pro
duction of which is on the wane,
promote cattle raising and cattle
feeding through the promulga
tion of certain laws we believe
would be unwise, unsatisfactory,
and we doubt if it could be
worKea out. iou can taKe a
horse to water but you cannot
force him ro drink. The promo
tion of this great and wonderful
industry is being done today, and
a very wise and efficient method,
too, through the live stock, agri
cultural and farm press evange
lists. It is their duty to point
out to the farmer and producer
of live stock the necessity of
raising and feeding more meat
producing animals, the proper
methods of breeding, rearing and
feeding, and the best and most
profitable grades or breeds to
handle. This subject is a very
broad one, and volumnes could
be written that it would be well
for every farmer and stock raiser
to read. There are many angles
of the game too numerous to
mention in their entirety, but
we especially commend to the
farmer and feeder the building
and use of the silo. A good silo
on every farm in the Central
States would mean that in five
years the supply of cattle would
be materially increased, the de
mand for feeding cattle every
year would demonstarte to the
famer the necessity of conserv
ing the calves, of keeping them
on the farm instead of rushing
them to the markets for veal be
cause of a healthy demand for
that particular class of meat. In
recent tests at various experi
ment stations it has been clearly
shown that cattle can be fatten
ed more economically upon silage
properly balanced with the nec
essary concentrates and the nec
essary amount of roughage than
by any other method. As farm
land becomes more thickly popu
lated, the large ranges of the
West entirely cut up into small
farms for agricultural pursuits,
the strength and truth of this
argument will be shown more
clearly. If you haven't a silo on
your farm write to one of the
many manufacturers who handle
them for literature and prices,
write the agricultural experiment
stations of your State for bulle
tins on the subject, and, above
all, before another summer is
here have your plans consummat
ed for the erection of a good sub
stantial silo, then after one or
two seasons' feeding you will
thank us if we happened to be the
first who "set you to thinking"
on the subject Bourbon Stock
Journal.
Fall Plowing.
Plowing early in the fall liber
ates more plant food for the
spring crop and conserves more
moisture' By loosening the sur
face soil, thus allowing the air to
penetrate, the soil particles which
contain phosphorus, potassium
and lime are caused to oxidize,
which sets free these elements
for the plant. The soil compounds
originally are very complex and
are practically of no ' benefit to
the crop until they are acted up
on by the air, the solution in the
soil and plant juices, so as to de
compose them and make them
much simpler. Fall plowing
has a tendency to let the rains
percolate into the soil better,
which tends to dissolve and break
up the compounds for the use of
the spring crop.
Bacteria, which are found in
the soil in countless numbers,
generally work better where ox
ygen from the air is readily
available, and there i n turn
break up the organic matter of
the soil into simpler compounds,
liberating nitrates of nitrogen
food for the plant. This is one
of the most essential elements
for the early growth of the
plant. It is often noticed that
spring plowing will not causa
crops to lodge so badly as fall
plowing. This is explained by
nitrogen being set free to a larg
er extent in the loose, porous,
fall-plowed than in the more
compact soil.
The moisture problem is also a
valuable one from the stand
point of productiveness of soil.
As stated above, by opening up
the soil, the fall rains percolate
much more rapidly into the soil,
while there is a mulch formed on
the surface which tends to pre
vent the water from the subsoil
going directly to the surface and
being evaporated. Early fall
plowing makes a reservoir of the
subsoil, storing the water for the
crop in the spring. Often where
the ground is a little rolling, the
water will run off before it has
time to soak in when the soil i3
compact and hard. Those who
have practiced summer fallowing
know that it increases chances
for a good yield the following
season, and this is largely due to
the liberation of plant food in
the soil and conservation of mois
ture. Fall plowing is very sim
ilar, only the soil has not quite
so long to bring about these
changes as in case of summer
fallowing. Where possible, it is
nearly always advisable to plow
as early in the fall as possible.
Winchester Democrat.
gestive system of the earth
worms on one acre of ground
was found to be 239,580 pounds
in the six months' active grow
ing season that the farmers of
that country enjoy. This means
that a lot of the subsoil has been
brought to the surface and also
that the land has been .put in ex
cellent condition by the thorough
aeration of the soil made possi
ble through the runways of
worms.
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THE AjDAIR
The Laws of Friendship.
The laws of friendship are well
known. They have been codi
fie,d and acknowledged from
Socrates down.
These are some of them: (1)
To find perfect friendship two
persons should have similar tastes
(2) they should be of the same
blood or nationality, (3) they
should be of one religion, (4) they
should be of the same position in
society, of the same rank, class
or condition of fortune, (5) they
should have the same or similar
interests, (6) their natures or
dispositions should be unlike.
These laws are perfectly true,
they are drawn from human na
ture, they are consecrated by the
authorities of the sages.
There is only one difficulty
with. them every man- and wo
man on earth is an exception.
In the case of each one of us
these laws are made for all
others except ourselves.
For when the friend comes he
overflows the channels of the
expected as the Mississippi is a
spring freshet; he enters our
preconceived magazine of no
tions as a bull enters a china !
shop; he minds the fences of our
philosophy as a giant might mind
the fences of our farm.
He comes as a fever comes, as
madness or a mood. He is a
bolt from the blue. He is snow
in summer. He is a bolt from
the mystery of personalty, which
no man can fathom, and speaks
to our own inner plumble3s deep.
Woman's World.
it
"Heard Something."
During the recent primary
campaign in a western Kentucky
county, so the story goes, a can
didate for Jailer visited a certain
precinct and encountered the
leaders there, who posed as his
warm personal friends and sup
porters. "John," said the precict
"boss" to the the candidate,
' 'there is no use of you fooling
away any of your time in this
precinct for you will get every
vote in it but two, go somewhere
else and electioneer where you
can do more good." Highly
elated, the candidate left to
"beat the bushes" in other sec
tions of the county. At the late
primary the candidate was pained
and .chagrined to learn in the
precinct where he had been as
sured by the "boss" he would
get every vote but two the returns
were just the reverse, and he
only got two votes. Meeting the
precinct "boss," he angrily de
manded to know why he had
been given such a "bum steer,"
when the "boss" replied: Every
thing was all right until the
'boys' heard something," to
which the irate candidate hotly
retorted; "Yes, I guess they
heard what you did the jingle
of a couple of dollurs." Louis
ville Times.
New Horticulture idea.
Using mercu.y vapor lamps in
her greanhouse, a Scotch woman
horticulturists not only forces
seeds to sprout and plants to
grow in half the usual time, but
also produces greater depth- of
color in the vegetation.
To Know Thyself.
How can a man learn to know
himself? Never by meditating,
but by doing. Endeavor to do
thy duty, and thou wilt at once
know what in thee lies. Goethe.
COUNTY NEWS
Obituary.
On the 26th day of August,
death visited our home and took
from us our dear brother, Grover
Koberts. He was born March 4, J
1893. Though young he has de
parted from us to where he will
know no more sorrow nor suffer
ing. He will be greatly missed,
and his place can never be filled,
but God knoweth best, and we
hope some day to meet him in
the Lands of Bliss, where there
will be no more parting.
A sister,
Ivia Roberts,
Rugby, Ky.
Keltner
A large crowd attended the
quarterly meeting at this place
Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Liddie Parnell, who has
been sick for two weeks, is bet
ter now
Miss Ollie Stephens, of Mill
town, is visiting relatives at this
place.
The Sunday School at this place
is doing fine with W. P. Price as
Superintendent.
Mr. 0. B. Finn and wife, of
Campbellsville, are visiting rel
atives at this place.
Rose & Willis are selling lots
of goods regardless of the dry
weather.
The whooping cough is no re
spector of persons. It has visit
ed nearly every home in this
community.
What Worms Have Done for Egypt.
In an article in an exchange
showing the good that birds and
worms do to the soil, appears the
following:
"Investigations lately com
pleted by the British Govern
ment in the Sudan, prove that
the remarkable fertility of the
valley of the White Nile is large
ly due to the work of earth
worms. Luke McLuKe Says.
Any man can follow a woman,
but mighty few can lead her.
A family tree isn't any proof
that your family has been out of
the trees any longer than the
other fellow's family.
After a man has been married
a while he realizes that a lawyer
doesn't know anything about the
art of cross-examination.
You would imagine they could
save a little money on dry goods
these days, but a two-yaru hob
ble costs just as much as a 20
yard hoop skirt used to.
No matter how brave a man
may be, he doesn't like to wake
up in the middle of the night
and imagine he sees something
in a dark corner.
Some men are upheld in their
homes, but more are held up.
If you go without a thing un
til the price is reduced you'll find
out you don't need it.
The man who isn't doing it al
ways knows how it should be
done.
Methuselah never heard of
germs and he never slept on a
porch, but somehow or other the
durned ignoramus managed to
live through it. '
What has become of the old
fashioned woman who kept it
hidden in a bottle in the bed
room closet and called it "bitters?"
Ozark.
Mr. Mont Conover, wife ano
children, Mr. Olie McKinley anr
sister visited their grand-par
ents, Mr. Green McKinley am
wife, Sunday. Uncle Green i
87 years old and his wife is 89
They are quite active. The
live near Glensfork, this COUnty
Mi'oc. p. roUUn ; . :.
Miss Cary Cabbell is visiting
at the home of her uncle, Mr.
John White.
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Master Rollin Montgomery is
spending the week with his
uncle, Mr. Kelley Bell, Mont
pelier. Mrs. Mollie Elder and two lit
tle boys, of Green view, 111., vis
ited Misses Addie and Emma
McKinley last Tuesday.
Mrs. Walker Bryant spent
last week with her brother and
family, this place.
Mrs. W. G. Roy is quite sick
I at this writing.
Miss Annie E. Montgomery is
making preparations for a visit
to Oklahoma. She will remain
several months if she likes the
country.
Mr. John Combest bought 20
acres of land from B. G. Red
mon, last Monday, giving in pay
ment a span of work mules.
Mr. Calvin Maupin sold to11
Deener Rooks one cow and
for $36.
calf!
Mrs. T. J. Bryant is suffering
worse this week.
Superstitions Concerning Salt.
According to a popular Nor
wegian belief, one will shed as
many tears as may suffice to dis
solve the quantity of salt which
one has spilled; while in some
parts of Yorkshire it is often
Said that every grain of salt
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spilled on the table represents a
tear to be shed.
SAVES WASTE OF FODDER.
This Movable Manger Can Be Made to
Pay For Itself In One Season,
riere Is a portable manger that ono
fanner has found very beneficial in '
feeding hay, fodder and other rough
age about the farm. Of course it
saves waste resulting from feeding on i
the ground. In one season this man- i
ccr will pay for itself in feed that i
MAXGEB THAT CAN BE MOVED.
From the Iowa Homestead.
saved. If it can be made of oak boards
so much the better, as it will last much
longer.
The runners are 2 by S inch stuff,
fourteen feet long, shaped at the ends
like a sled runner. Sis inches from
2ach end is a 2 by S three feet long,
set inside the runners. A third 2 by 8
Is spiked Inside the runners at center.
On top of end and center braces ara
nailed 2 by 4's flat side down.
In each corner a 2 by 4 upright 2 !
feet high is made stationary, also one
at center of each side. Three four-inch
boards are nailed to the unriirhrk
Iloles are bored In the ends of the run-1
ners and heavy wire inserted to which
singletree Is attached whenever it Is j
desired to move the rack about on thr j
farm. Iowa Homestead.
Making a Hog Climb.
Farm and Fireside gives a farmer's
account of a discovery which enables
him to load hogs easily on to a wag
on. He says:
"One of the best labor saving devices
that I have used is a bushel basket
over the head of a hog when loading.
Place the basket over the hog's head
and back him Into the chute. The hog
will continue to back and Is very
quickly and easily loaded."
ALL AROUND THE FARM.
Cover crops must be used to prevent
the loss of plant food.
Don't forget the weeds that are get
ting ready to go to seed along the road
side. It Is a mistake to keep a nondescript
bull simply because he cost a little
money.
The tool which usually follows the
plow in the course of tillage Is the
harrow.
From the time corn tassels out until
it becomes ripe it Increases Its dry
matter fivefold.
wn phii ippimf pni ip.y ypt
President Wilson W i ".'ait on Harri
son's Investigct o.is There.
"Washington. Pro. .ent Wilson has
fixed upon no hard and fast policy to
ward Philippine independence. The
president does not consider himself
bound in any way to approve the meas
ure fixing 1921 as the date for Philip
pine independence, which was reported
out by the Democratic majority of the
house committee on insular affairs at
I ill 6 lust session of congress
' it is the president's "conviction that
' tfle dle at which the Filipinos will
( become capable of esercisinsPtQe ptnv
crs of full self government is problem
atical and that considerable time will
nave to eiapse ana comprenensive in
vestigations be made before this ad
ministration can be justified in adopt
ing a formal attitude toward the inde
pendence of the islands.
President Wilson has chosen Francis
Burton Harrison to be governor gen
eral of the islands largely with the
view to securing a competent investi
gation of conditions there.
ARMY RECRUITS ARE FEW.
Reserve Law Causes Enlistments
to
Drop Off 400 a Month.
"Washington. Enlistments in the
army are falling off about 400 men a
month, and army officials believe it to
be due largely to the army reserve,
created by act of congress. However,
only eight men formerly in the army
have joined the reserves, which were
organized last November, although this
record does not include those men en
listed since November and who must
serve three years in the reserve follow
ing their four year enlistment
The average number of enlistments
in the army since Nov. 1 last has been
about 2,000 a month, whereas it should
have been about 2,400. Officers con
tend desirable men hesitate to bind
themselves for seven years. It wjm
pointed out also that "reservists'
"Wftnlrl rppplvf n hnrnitr nf nnxr tTi n
month in case of war, whereas a man
ranging down from $S.
SMALLEST PAINTING
ON GRAIN OF CORN
Artist Recovers Remarkable
Landscape,
Camden, X. J. Samuel T. Schultz of
this place, whose scenic and mural
painting studio is at Wilmington, Del
has, despite a lifetime spent in naint-
ins suljects in heroic size, the unique
distinction of having made the small-
est landscape painting in the world,
Jt was executed on a grain of corn,
and the painter has only now recover-
i ed it after having lost possession of
the picture for more than forty years,
In which it has traveled from art cen
ter to art center through Europe, at
tracting wide attention as the tiniest
painting on earth.
Charles A. Wise, dead many years
ago, but who had a wide reputation as
a painter in his day. declared the grain,
of corn landscape to be a masterpiece
of miniature painting. Having lost
track of the picture, which he made
In 1SG9, when he was only nineteen
years old, Schultz decided recently to
try to recover it.
lie advertised in several foreign
newspapers, with the result that the
wee landscape came to him in its origi
nal frame a few days ago. the paintiasr
in color and line being as sharp and
clear as on the day of its execution.
The particular grain of corn used
came from an ear that Schultz as a lad
plucked on the estate of James Bu
chanan, fifteenth president of the Unit
ed States, at WheatWud. Pa. He had
gone there to attend the ex-president's
; funeral and plucked the ear of corn an
a souvenir.
CORN CROP VERY SHORT.
Government Reports Estimate Damage
at 300,000,000 Bushels.
Washington. As a consequence of
the drought through the western states
the promise of the country's corn crop
was cut down ROO.OOO.OOO hn;hpl
This is shown in the government's
monthly crop report
it now appears that the country will
harvest 2,072,000.000 bushels of corn
in 1913. compared with 2,971,000,000
bushels promised prior to the drought.
Last year the American corn crop was
3,124,000,000 bushels. The wheat crop
is likely, however, to make a high rec
ord. A harvest of 744,000.000 bushels
of this grain is promised for 1913.
Last year the wheat output was 730,
000,000 bushels.
HEART ON RIGHT SIDE.
Accident to Brockton (Mass.)
Pushed Organ Out of Place.
Boy
Brockton, Mass. Keen scientific in
terest is displayed by lirockton sur
geons n the case of Henry Dicker
man, a fifteen-year-old boy, whose?
heart was forced by accident from Its'
normal place to his right side. The
boy was practically the sole support of
his family.
Several weeks ago Dickerman. who
was employed at a factor', was run
over by an ice wagon. His ribs were
crushed.
The surgeons say that It is probable
that the heart will remain on the right
3lde. but that the boy will regaiu hi
tall strength In time.
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