Water Valley progress., November 26, 1910, Image 6

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The Water Valiev Progress
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WATER VALLEY : : MISSISSIPPI"
FOR CLEAN FOODS.
Addressing the American Health
association In convention at Milwau
kee, Prof. James O. Jordan of IJoston,
chairman, pointed out the need of pro
tecting foods from contamination not
only by dirt, dust, insect life, dogs and
cats, but also from handling by human
being, says Hie Buffalo Express. He
must have had in mind careless
masses to whom the rules of cleanli
ness are practically unknown. The ef
fort of the day, among civilized people
is generally for clean food. Restau
rants are sometimes accused of being
less particular than they should he,
but local health officials can keep them
up to the standard or have -them dis
continued. If such power is not ac
cessible by any health officer, legisla
tion should provide for such an ar
rangement. Professor Jordan spoke
also for milk, saying: "Less money
spent on millinery and beer and more
devoted to procuring clean milk will
yield health dividends more than com
mensurate with the capital thus In
vested.” It is hardly necessary for
the individual to forego much beer or
much millinery to provide clotan milk.
The (ask is the community's. Only
one class of milk should be tolerated,
and that, clean, reasonably rich, and
delivered in cleanly vessels and ve
hicles.
A part of the tlico^- touching the
nature of matter is that the ions,
which are the constituents of atoms,
arc not only In constant motion, but
that this energy is working toward a
lower quality of matter; that is, that
gold is developing toward copper or
toward some other kind of me ted of
less value. So of silver and the dia
mond. These precious metals never
transmute upward, but always down
ward. Tho changes may not bo ob
served in centuries, but in millions of
years they will manifest themselves.
This disintegration of the atom and its
transmutation into the base metals
suggest two inferences—either the ad
vance of civilization in (he eradication
of gold and other precious metals, or
that the so-called baser metals are of
greater value ami use in the social
economy. Of course, long before the ,
.eradication of gold t!.r?agh fi:: -proc
ess, mankind will disappear from the
planet, yet tho lesson is left by this
scientific discovery that in the great
plan of nature, copper and iron are
more to bo esteemed than gold or
silver.
The day of a dczc is no more—that
delicious moment as the clay breaks,
when the sleeper wakes and rolls over
in a half dream and yields himself to
a drowsy spell that gives to joy a sort
of real existence—well, it is no more.
These days of advance have blotted it
out. Invention and rapid life arc too
many for it. When a person wakes,
lie wakes. No lotus-eating for him.
No floating away on a silvery mist out
into the land of forgetfulness. Listen
to that motor cycle running from away
down the street, sputtering, cracking
and crashing as it conics, rushing past
your window as the very devil himself
would; and then, that snorting, rip
ping and slashing clamor sweeping by
in the form of an automobile—good
by, old Soninas and Mourns, and all
ve divinities of night and sleep, fare
well, says tho Ohio State Journal.
Some day we may meet again, hut In
some other world or some other time
when the long, lingering doze at dawn
may be looked upon as one of the sa
cred rights of mankind.
Before the year's outing season is
over nearly half a million persons
will have sought recreation and health
in tho national forests. The use of
the forests for recreation is as yet
in its beginning, but is growing stead
ily and rapidly—-in some of the forests
at the rate of 100 per cent, per annum.
The day seems not far distant when
1,000,000 persons will annually visit
them. The records show that the sea
sonal use of the forests runs from two
months in a Colorado forest, such as
the Routt, to 12 months in an Alaskan,
each as the Tongass. But the us-es
differ. In Colorado the 2,000 visitors
entered the forest to fish, to camp, to
climb and to drink the medicinal wa
ters; in Alaska, the 1,000 almost sole
ly to hunt and fish. The 21.000 per
sons who went into tho Conconino for
es!, Arizona, during nine months went
to camp or to enjoy tho scenery. The
most popular cf the forests is tho
Pike, containing tho famous peak cf
.that name
POTATO SORTER VERY HANDY
Tedious Labor Involved Can Be Re
lieved by Device Shown in lllus
. tration Below.
The tedious labor involved in sort
ing many bushels of potatoes can be
relieved with the device shown in il
lustration, and the amount of work
done in half or a third of the time
possible under the hand method, says
Orange Judd Farmer. A frame Is
built to go over a large box or bin.
This is covered with 1-inch me3h
chicken wire and set so that it slants
upon I he box or bin. The potatoes
are placed upon this screen and'the
small ones pass through the meshes
Into the box or bin below.
The larger potatoes roll down to
ward the lowest end of screen. Two
men standing on each side of the de
vice can pick out all the damaged
potatoes as they roll down over same,
thus securing perfectly sorted pota
toes with but n fraction of the time,
labor and expense required to sort
them by handling each one. If the
device is placed on a bin that is sev
A Handy Potato Sorter.
eral feet from the ground an inclined
surface should be placed at the foot
of the screen, so the tubers will not
be bruised by dropping directly to
the floor or ground.
ONEWAY OF CUTTING CORN
Method Shown in Illustration Is Said
by Writer to Be Simple and
Practical.
Last winter, after the corn cutting
was done, one of your subscribers
gave his way of cutting corn. A little
later Mr. B. gave his way, stating
that Mr. A.'s way was like a Chinese
puzzle. 1 give my way. If it may help
some one, well and good; if not, there
ts nothing lost except the time it
takes to read about it, writes A. F
Thompson in Breeders' Gazette. 1
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Method of Cutting Corn.
make shocks to 12 hills square In such
a manner that I carry ten hills at a
time. At first, I tie the four hi'ls in
the center of the square for a “start
er." 1 think my method a very sim
ple onr I get the shock ready for the
binder twine tie before I leave it.
Storing Potatoes.
If there is danger of frost entering
tho cellar put the barrels containing
the potatoes in the room over the
kitchen where the heated air from tho
range can be used to keep the air at
a moderate temperature they will
keep dry and retain their flavor.
Tanning Skins.
To tan any kind of skins, first
scrape all the grease and flesh off.
sprinkle the flesh side with equal
parts of pulverized alum and Silt or
wash it well with a strong solution
of the same. Then fold the flesh side
together and roll it compactly, in
which state it should remain ten or
twelve days. Then it is opened and
sprinkled with bran or sawdust to
absorb the moisture and rolled up
again. After twenty-four hours tho
process is completed by thorough
rubbing and manipulation on which
the pliability depends.
Paint Is Essential.
Everything lasts longer if painted,
even shingle roofs. Sometimes creo
sote stains are preferred here, and
the:-"' also are preservative if renewed
from time to time. Shingles really
ought to be painted on both sides, as
the moisture that gets between them
is the chief cause of decay. V.'hen
laying a new shingle roof, therefore,
it pays to dip the entire shingio in a
thin paint, or at least the end that
overlaps.
S TO CELLAR
ker Indoors Soms
—One Meth
rated.
The bee shouli be taken into the
cellar some time November. The
covers of the hive will be all sealed
down tight and itL^ill not be neces
sary to disturb tlP?iB, but the hives
should all be loosened from the hot
tom boards, so that there will be nc
jar when they are picked up.
Great care shouli be taken not tc
ft ' tit
Housing the Bees.
mouse the bees or they are likely to
fill themselves with honey and it will
he probably five or six months be
tore they have a cleansing flight.
The picture shows how hives can
best be transferred to the cellar. Lay
on the cellar floor two joists and place
the hives on them six or eight inches
apart. The next tier is placed on tor
of the first, eaoh hive resting on twc
under. This will give ample ventila
tion.
Alfalfa Culture.
Professor Coburn says the theory
that a nurse crop will prevent the
weeds choking the alfalfa is apparent
ly. as a rule, not well founded. In his
hook he says that alfalfa should not
he sown on foul land, and also prop
er disking and harrowing at near in
tervals for four to six weeks before
sowing will disturb or kill far more
weeds than can any nurse crop. Be
sides, the oats or barley sown as a
nurse will, when cut, leave weeds in
good growth, or dormant and ready to
spring up as fast or faster than the
alfalfa. No nurse crop is ever used
with fall sowing. When ground has
been thoroughly prepared for the pre
ceding crop, and then properly cared
for and made ready for alfalfa by the
preliminary weed destruction, It will
bo found advisable to sow alfalfa
alone, even in the spring.
Trap for Bee Hive.
Some beekeepers use a trap at the
entrance of the hive. This trap al
lows the workers to pass, but catches
and holds the queen when the bees
swarm. A new him Is, placed upon
the old stand when a swarm comes
out, and the old one moved to a new
place. The bees, not finding the
queen with them, return to their old
location anrl enter the new hive, sup
posing it their own home, and, as
they are going in. the queen is re
housed and goes in with them; thus
they are really led 10 hive themselves.
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Steel potatoes, like table stock,
should bo stored, ns cold as possible
without frost.
Light Injures the flavor of table po
: tatoes, which should be kept iu the
! absolute dark.
Gather pumpkins and squash before
a hard frost, and store away in a dry
place tnot in a damp cellar).
It is not necessary to clean garden
seed so thoroughly as the seed pur
chased If it Is to be sown by hand.
The potatoes should be dry and free
of earth. The potato ground should
ho drilled to wheat and seeded tc
grass. If the potatoes have been well
fertilized and good culture given, nc
fertilizer will he needed for tht
grain.
By combining fruit-growing wit)
market-gardening for a few years one
can get staited in the business on e
very small capital.
The first step toward better seec
corn for next year must be taken ir
the fall by selecting the seed ears
I from the stalks in the field.
A large service rendered by birds
is tut: destruction of various roden
i a^sts, such as gophers, mice and rah
; bits, whim, work such havoc to tree:
I and crops when they become numev
ous.
Certain birds serve as scavengers
consuming decaying animal matte:
that otherwise might become a sourc<
of pollution of our air, streams am
water supplies, thus endangerini
health.
Large sweet potato growers havi
especially constructed Louses sup
plied with furnace heat to store thi
crop. The latter part of winter i:
the best time to market- the crop, a:
prices are then up.
""The potatoes should be plowed ou
as soon as the tops an; yellow. I
left in the ground too late in the fal
the potatoes will make a seeom
growth, which will injure their foo:
i end market value.
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November 9th to 16th, 1910
Forty acres of Buildings and Grounds.
Half-Mile Oval Race Track,
“The Great Day and Night Show”
I LIONEL LEGARE ON THE HIGH SPIRAL TOWER
THE LADY BALLOONIST-ASCENSION EVERY DAY
Cl KENNEDYS GREAT WILD WEST SHOW
^ \ ATHLETIC MET AND FIVE-MILE MARATHON RAGE
E) TUUNE-AUGURN FOOTBALL GAME NOVEMBER 12
\ GREAT DISPLAY OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND LIVE
E STOCK RESOURCES OF THIS SECTION
HORSES, HOGS, SHEEP, POULTRY AND DOGS
GRAND DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS ON JUBILEE NIGHT
\ HORSE RACES EVERY AFTERNOON
And Don’t Forget “The Gladway”
A Quarter of a Mile of Fun.
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C. J. BARROW, Secretary
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