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F Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative Union of America a Matears tEpecial Nement to the Progressive Ariculatri st f Religion is our attempt to discover the meaning of life. We never think of the value of the gift If we love the giver. t A soft snap is frequently more of a a glue pot than an elevator. a A good feeder is known by the con- t dition of'tChe stock he keeps. Wastes are the parents of want, c therefore save the roughage. It begins lo look as though the u "square deal" is getting rounded off at the corners. Plain living and high thinking is all right if the plain and high are not too far apart. Faith plans for a busy day tomor row; work gets up and does the chores before breakfast. Queer but true, what you consider your neighbor's weakness he thinks is his strongest point Faith is the farmer's sheet anchor, without which he would not now be fall plowing for the next year's crop. Modesty is a virtue, but too much of it may be a vice. It is not right for one to conceal his Ilght under a busheL Clean money never harms the Inno cent nor takes advantage of the fol lies and frailties of the weak and un fortunate. The well-bred farmer Is not content with poorly bred stock, but circum stances may force him to tolerate it for a time. A fool is unable to see his own faults. A wise man, seeing his own faults, is able to keep other people from notieing them. The south has had to wait for long arrears ao prosperity, but it will take payment now at a rate such as never asurer dared to ask. Dea't worry about something that you think may happen tomorrow, be cease you may die tonight and tomor row will find you beyond the reach of worry. Southern farmers are learning how to farm; they are tilling their crops by the light of a new gospel, discard Iag the old methods and the word-of mouth tradition. HINDI COTTON A BIG BURDEN Undeeirable Type of Staple, With Short, Weak Fiber. That Injure High4rade Egyptian. That the requirements of the cot tr'goods Industry necessitates the im partatios of approximately 60,000,000 pounds of Mgyptian cotton, costing PyOs,00, is probably unknown to the majority of readers, who read of the enormous crops of cotton pro 40e00 in our southern states and learn that during the last seven months all y us have been broken and prac sally $00,000,000 worth of that sta ple has been exported. Rut it was the considerable value at this Import that induced the Unit ed States department at agriculture seral years ago to endeavor to doe velop >ptian eattoe culture in the Clted States in order to supply our om arket with a hom-grotwn prod - AwtheO experiments were made a dfewret points from Sooth Caro nas a Tnas, as well as in western MIas. New Mexico, Artsona and b thees €Ue'nla, it was only tn the Oaeasedo rar reaon that elmatic s other. asoadtitoas similar to those Sthe ?ile valley and suited to the I hple Egyptin cotton were T.. here 0,00 acres o excel ,tathand are, or soo will be, under t ba the Iiprial, Turms, Salt and CI~i raesad one-Sath this acrease pes-esee the amount of Egyptian 'aets easa0ll Imparted for the me / of New 1agad mills. P swenval eWars studes sad ae p-ran with the vrieas yptian vasetes have h e unssdertake in southra Ariamese meatheastera Ca, Ihria ad ypt sa.d seral balhe tsa e b e ea semu giving letsll*4 apoes of tee pmegr made ad su oes aeieve& Just now the department has lased aether pmphlt (ul·lsta 1i. nu rma o Phlat ladstry), reportly g the rweuln a visit to the eottou.growlng dalts a Ugypt ain June and July. 191, of the hlomist of the depart meat, in which is shown that the miture of Hladi eaotton is proving to be a serio burdea uapon the Myp ths atto industry. Htnd is the it app·lied in Egypt to a unatesi able type of oottoa with a short. weak mh, tLhat tasjres the hih grade Sgptian vareties by intestinS them with hybrld The introduction ao the Mgyptian ottona into the United State brt·gs also the problem of the Hnd1 eattea, and the practioablllty of estab"-'Ing a ommercal culture of the Egptian atte in the United States depends largely apeo the eUlm nation o( Hnladt contamnratis and other torms o diversity, so that the bwe may he prodced in a stisfac tey madition of uniforalty. Brleains eperimnts have ashow that t is poasielble to ascare a much hidher degrdae at uiformty in A ee then now xiasts in meat ao the -e Saels ao Egypt. If resonable em e ne ed in maintaining the ni 3oity o thee tpe It doas not - that te AmeLnrse-grown Egyp Pa stnlan is lely to sufw ry om 'mert lsadvantam on the grounm d a' a f mrtdsrmt, even though the ptsrn hahIt of had-srtlng s ast To ekelme of the aidl cotta_ bp a det stem of et sleotes will eai wte varietIes to beaw i t al ws uarther the avelg, a se prhservadsn ao sen ·- ' S PRES. BARRETT SPEAKS PLAIN Issues Warning to Farmers and Bank ers Against Entering Wedge of Foreign Ownership. To the Officers and Members of the Farmers' Union: From the first moment that I was entrusted with the presidency of this great organization, it has always been TI by effort to avoid the note of the r alarmist or the snsationalist. But the time is come to speak plainly regarding a matter that is of the first importance not only to the farmers of the south, but as well to the business and the people of the m south generally. to It has not escaped the attention of se the more thoughtful that an English lu syndicate recently acquired a large tt acreage of fne cotton lands in one of w the central southern states. cc The tacit purpose is to produce i cotton on these lands for Englibsh I spinners, thus avoiding dependence bi upon the southern cotton- farmer. ni If this were just one instan*e, it g need not occasion concern. ti But it has come to my attention that similar negotiations are on foot oi in other portions of the cotton belt. tt What is more significant, I am w also informed that foreign spinners N generally are contemplating the ad- a visability of buying large tracts in c] the southern states, and produce h their own staple. a Of course, in each one of th-r a cases the most scientific methods t1 will be employed, as much cotton will 1i be raised to the acre as the specialist a can extort, rotation and fertilisation a will be used to rdtain the richness P of the soil, and the latest improved v farm machinery will be on the pro- a gram. We cannot censure foreign spinners p for projecting this movement It is r simply a business proposition with n them. t It should also be a business propo- t sition with the south to take cog I nlsance of a movement that may i throw the balance of power in our to- c called "monopoly" of cotton into the t hands of foreigners. t And such is the inevitable conclu- c sion of the policy under debate by English and continental spinners. a The meaning of such a development is plain. Hundreds upon thousands of sonth- I era farmers would be compelled to 1 compete upon the open market with a product raised by the buyers upon our own soil and by the most im proved methods. The demand for native-grown cot ton would dwindle as these foreign owned farms came into their full productiveness. Prices might, probably would, be 4 controlled by mill Interests as abso lutely as they used to be controlled I by cotton exchange operators before the days of the Farmers' union. The penalty would not be confined I to the farner. It would be visited in a greater or less degree upon every business in the southern states, since southern business and cotton are, as yet, it separable financial factors. The stream of gold now coming into the south each year from Europe would be lessened. Cottc . which is now one of the country's greatest reliances for preserving the International balance on the right side, would lose much of its vitality in that direction. I am speaking temperately, because this menace is yet no larger than a man's hand. We can avert it. anad we must go about the task without delay. Conditions under a general invasion of foreign land-buyers would be disas trous. The abseantee landlordism that Sis making life such a strnuggle It England, and more of a struggle in SIreland, might be reproduced on a Sproportionate Scale in this country The one way is for southern farm ers to acquire their orwn acres ad. I what is of equal importance, to use Supon them the most seleatlie of cal Stural methods. It is a ease of sibt ing the devil with fire. SWe may as well face the truth now I as later. And the tnrth is that cot ton-growrag in the soath will nt reach a genpaie bsianea bausis atil everry faer akes every aere re taurn its maximum, until be reduces the cost of productica to a minimum sad raiaes his owna food prduets. YToua may askh bo this is to be doe when hundreds of thousands at farm Srs do not own their own faras. or Sare under obligatlons to ladlords SWe an, first, help ourselves We can do that by ascrbat . pchiy. a land stapia, unti all Iof us get ouat i of debt and acecuulate enauhr to a make rst payments upon farma I We an, next, reinfolre this poli'y , by utlilaing cieattIfo methode, and l all the help we ca gt trom the Sarmers' uanion letarers ad governa Imeat agents and state and federal Sagricultural departments ad experi 5ment stations. Hand in hand with this -should go scientifc markeott sad Sdistribution under cooperatiro a splces. SIn this battle with - probale that is going to grow i a geeometrleal d ratio, the aid of the southern bsnless Sman is neeoded SThe bearker, the merchant and the capitalist wil find It to his ultimate a interest to cooperate to the ead of e enabIng the farmer to own his ow dacres, and further, to take selatifie agricultuze to him in the most prac etical form. He should tloelse e courage the Efarmer to coperate with his fellows. SIn this matter, as in every otbher -that goes to bedrock, we are a In ethe same beat. SProvidence has iven us what - amouants to a worMd memopely, ar co t trol of eatton prodtie. STo bold the control we must meet - werld-wide conditios n the proper I way. I It is equally to the lterst ad the t rebest and the poorest ma . to the south to see that the farmer owna his Sacres sad that he uses upon tem the SI most modern ad iatsesive metbods a We balltake tbtra sieeup at tr h w nest astlonal eouvmts .. is the i mesadme every class of buIaeis mer . ti the ath Skhold be aalulag the seetutiss ad its agave megsaIg LOOK AT SHILLINIS Why England's Big Race Track Proved a Failure. Those in Control of Brooklands, Auto mobile Course, Have Experimented for Years In Attempt to Make Sports Pay. Iondon.-The problem of how to make Brooklands, England's big au tomobile track, pay, or at least prove self-supporting, at last seems near so lution. For four years, ever since this, the largest racing track in the world, was opened to the public, those in control of it have been experimenting and out of bitter experience and the loss of much money they have slowly but surely learned that its appeal is not to the man in the street, however good a sportsman he may be, but to the rich and well-to-do. When the track was first opened only automobile races were held on the great oval. Later on motorcycling was introduced and finally aviation. Now all three are combined at every meet. But attempts to get a popular class crowd to witness the events have been abandoned and the 2,000 or more men and women who gather to see the races are recruited almost en tirely from the upper crust of Eng lish society-owners of motor cars and flying machines of their own. As a matter of fact many of the races put on are arranged for amateur dri vers and airmen piloting their own machines. Motorcycling has become a popular pastime in England and interest in racing is intense. If Brooklands were more accessible to London it is safe to say that the motorcycle races there would attract large crowds. But it is a 60-cent train ride from Water loo station, there is another charge of 80 cents to enter the grounds and by the time a man has paid for his tea, a programme and a few other in cidental expenses he has put the equivalent of a $2 bill out of commis sion. The London sport can get so much for $2, or eight shillings, it is not strange that he does not rush to Brooklands on meet days no matter how keen he may be on motorcycling. These facts have their influence, of course, on the incentives that are of fered to the riders who compete in the motorcycle races. In the United States the men race for substantial purses and hold out for them if they are not forthcoming. In England they are willing to race for a sllver mug of little or no value or almost for a sheet of paper stating that they won such and such a race on such and such a day at Brooklands. That, of course, has been the trouble in trying to match De Rosier against Collier, the English champion rider. Quite naturally De Rosier wants to race for a fair sized purse, not being in bust ness to collect muss or diplomas of merit, and efforts are being made to ret one of the clubs in England to put up a bag atof sovereigns for a match between the Englishman and the American. Of the three sports now In full awing at Brooklands aviation undoubt edly draws the largest crowd. It still possesses the elements of novelty and danger which have to a large extent disappeared from automobile racing and motorcycling. The flying contests I held at the big track are not what one Swould call exciting. The tights made at each meeting are added to the dis tance covered by the same aviators at previous meets and the one who com piles the greatest total before the Scloue of the season is to get the prl-e. Thus, unless one is keen enough to fol)low the progress of the several air men from meet to meet the tyin re WOMAN NEARER SAVAGE TYPE Professoer Sargent Says She is of Lew er Order Than Man--as Net Developed s Rapidly. Boston.-That woman is a lower or der of being than man sad that she has not developed so rapidly from the barbaric state as man is the latest as sertlom by Prof. Ddley A. Sargent. bead of the department of physical culture at Harvard. and well known as a writer upon subjects pertaining to woman's development. Are women eaestitutionally tougher than men? This is the question upon which Doctor Sargest was asked to pass judgment. It was also a question which was brought up by Prof. John M. Tyler of Amherst at the meettaing of the American Physical Education asociate. "It is a question which is discult to answer," declared Doctor Sargent "perhaps beaunse the word 'toughb I one capable of so many Interpretsa dons. Taken in the sense of meaning more enduring. I should be Inclined to believe that women were In that re gard superior to men. "It stands to reason that since they are constructed on a plan better suited to cope with physeial forces of a certan kind, they should be able to withstand conditions which man, who is built with an entirely dissimilar ob ject In view, Is unable to contena wftk "Briely, we may say that woman is nearer the savage state. Her devel opmeat is more pritmtive than men's, Just as the Indian tis more primitive than a white man. "Woman being bologically more of a barbarian than a man. she has greater proportion of physical dur Fish ens Car of Hay. Fort PlahI, N. T.-An esight-pond flab set ire last nght to a hay ear an a siding here, basing the ear to be trucks and with It mlzty4re tons f hIay. The hsh was a sueker. Bofs. r~'glg at nJght, bad built a befire a the Mohawk river bank, a lew feet ne the bay oar. When the amb wae reed It tel ameng the butaai g ads 4 thursbed abut wllbt. -- .e usrip. in every ,dreetlrta S " which newfed ti the hba and -diet the Mhat SKYSCRAPER TO HAVE AEROLANE- WHAIRF N9W YORK.-The Woolworth btilding at Park place, Broadway, now in proess of erection, will be famous not only by reason of its being the r tallest buidln In the world but also from the fact that it is to have a wharf or landing place on its roof for aeroplanes or dirlgibles, at a height of 375 feet above the street. Above the root will rise the tower to the giddy elevation of 750 feet, on the apex of which is to be a huge electric light that, in addition to all else, will act as a landing signal for belated alr4traveler. Mr. Woolworth. the owner of the bul'ding. is having the wharf constructed on the score of his belief in the future opularity of aviation not oIly for pleasure, but for oommercial purpo sea, also. solves itself into nothing more than an exhibition of a eplanlg. Never theles, it attracts a goodly crowd at spectators. Interest has been added to-the fly ing by the-fact that a growing nsu ber of spectators have been up In the air themselvtes. When races are not being held at Brooklands there is a corps of rotesial aviators con stantly on the grounds for the pur pose of taking passengers on more or less lengthy Ights. Bapking eces have been openaed n London as well as on the grounds and a uariskhing business is doneo aace. She can undergo many strains that a man ean mot. "Wome accumulate energy while men ezpend It. Women have bees develop~ng their muselet while sea have bee developing their bras." TO BATHE AT TOWN'S COST equest of Inmte of Cenmeetieut Peorhees tir Olelale and Re quest ie Granted. Hartford. Coam-Th cleua years are to follow the foul years In Man cheater for Walter Jackson. the vener able aegro, who. In addition to baing prominent as the amly Inmate of Man cheater town bose, Is now nmted state-wide as the only perses In the commonwealth who has escaped a voluntary or enforoad bath la the last six years. Hes to enjoy a lon de terred swim. Daraing his stay at the poorhouse Jackson never has dabbled in any w~ ter more than could be hel In a small basin. but the.. past week the selectmen received a respectful peti tion from him requesting that facill ties be afforded for at least one more bath before be died. Much excitement was earned by the receipt of this eztrsordiary petitle. and, after longs wrangling, arrange ments were agreed to by the solems. Peaslibility of the PFtre. The natlon l glad osagrees is go lig to Investigate -the steel trust and the woolen monopoly. If oen grs keeps trying and trying it may ultimately get a committee that will really Invetigate the ubjeet as signed to it. STUDENTS EARN $85 A MONTH Now York Umivoafty Mom MA. D& vots ElgMmt. Hors lush Week to DlE. M clano.. Now Irk.-4adomb ot the New Tort Uaidl , ft inua[ Q/ Aeosss a.t .djRs -.e . ad iuAmg they. Stol * affai ou~Iuº t NIS.i a ý h. TIES UP ESTATE 00 YEARS Farmers Will lGves Family Odly Life Interet--CMhlrem AM Afn Comparativel YVea*. Trenton, N. J.-Deesaa of tbd or. visoasm to the will e oth lat Hee.l r Iked It is kely that $17.00. the pr oeods of the receat sale a~ the eked farms at H~keweil mad Penalagtesm will be tied up I the soa s at cd a oery for at least sty years Alit. Interest the farm was left to Mrs Shed mad the ehildne,. aad upea their deths were to go to the rsetd children. The sale the lead was madeo a. der a statate whih permits the eart of chancery, whore eal estate is left by will and where it is eNdered wtse to as to des t esavert the 0P11 erty late eshm a lavet the eade for the beseUt ao the lepatses. Umder this law the prsow s at the sale have bens Ivested sad the later, est will be paid ever to the wlew sad ehsldrs. As the eakd cMreas are comparativel y mss It is ib that It will be slaty years or mroe busee the messy passes over to the gr am4dchalMrsan and ut at the estmuel of the enrt. WOULD PUT HO0OS ON FARMS Qoverer ph at New York gguelst New uI e fer Abenisne Lans b tate--Pime for Tramps. Albay. N. Y.-The mseat mabaadw ed fhtr waed4 by New York state as farm oleomes for tramps sadt vapmats will be argew by Osver r Dlx. Many samsed farms have ese late the pa seeslea of the state through oampal meat at mortages give, to mew. state laasr at the time of the Cvil war, and a bill providng for their we as tfam coloates for tramps will be latroduced Ih the legislature. At pres eat the state is paeyl thoaemads o dolars a yeer fr the taiteasase at trampes It peatetiarles. Finde agita SI treward. New York-A oertled eesck for $5a. blew ander Ike a t e pede ttam ns lower readway far mboady knew bow lea while nat a satl took the trouble to pkl ft up. James MeCarthy. aisten yees eld, a see. sagner boy. seomid Is valtue s twre it i at ahr e.e. He pt u far his haonesty. 1.15. ol- ts f Mtinm a the aheed and the told iWedap wt th stiest bl4IS .In to $USIASL WMie -rs te &Mint the now deste do ted, p wvl a Eke hears a Veuk is .hwt stine sad a Eke a el Ubedm to psis thu ftr tusilmfsrb Bo -oad bIIII" -Mtla --I 1YJ clr - w_ _ - ---Y .w awIo . vi it . tl t. Consult with your help Nearly every one can grow phlol Good, clean runs are a delight to a the hens. A good cow is seldom sold, except l at a high price. a Are you troubled with crows about your chicken yards? a Feed very Ittie soft feed and you will raise more chicks. Clover can be gtswn more cheaply a than timothy or fodder eoen. Bran and meat meal help to supply I the young sows with muscle and bone. b By putting a little Ine bay n the li's mouth daily she will soon learn a to est. d SParsley is next to lettuce l winter marketing-both prodtabl--whoa well a grown. One or the most important preblms of the farmer is to eed his asimasI a economleally. I Borrowaing tools, and sending them home dull or rusty, doesn't make the other fellow grin. - a Young as well as old orchards should U be plowed in the fall, and tberougbly harrowed In the spring. Celery seed should be sown to a shallow drill ad covered with aust a light sprtinkling of e earth. Don't cultivate the potatoes when a out in bloom, or comina out, unless you want a lot of stunted little tubersn. If there are signs of worm t yeaour hogs, feed concentrated lye, eou a lf teaspootful to each aalmal weoll mie I in slop or soft feed. If sweet butter is to be made whisk will command the highest market I prite. clealianes post begin i the stable where the milking i dens. t Go -ver the young apple trees and cut O every water sprout with a I sharp knlfe eloes to the truak. 7s I It early anad they will heal t se . The proper time to set oat hrut and trees is the latte part Il ot u wt the laSer 1 it March or kat part of April, io the I It is estimated that OCseraed rsm we last year reosld IMMaW m-. r I ther suar bet m rep, a ese o f 4 eoAW*a ov s the predaat of the I previous yre. lan th. omel o maeyr mnr feeders dblee s sm t gditka I eannet be had without B e adt rees olnr ies i mugr suesul,el fee during. winter. w , StriA a stea t wre eeSna a the eow lrw andh g e p t tr a les I while amlkis geo foed em nem I I n settns e frut ouer lw ele lthe pread e 4* epl ule eth r l brrowed e the wi.s hers. plow. an the plow tie in A ewe wito o u ml m i a peer mother. hed V 3II ir i aget mill low ane *3 bse l i net lsil . s . grai fod to stout psts t two t_-- ... apart ma . le ha ve ae bes art tbettin and at p ts eI oiptl d wiet . Kn hteas weD gie the srees st ne dont they wN hae to be get eOt dlstenes for apple tress, eubeg V Sfeet wolad net d r wb. Ivery farmer nmews that .el, e clever end grass toperagu with a f thlek coat of hoedwIwdsos aeweI have stout straw. lag- ha oft planus more luzarasat, sai the mm stalks i ar-s an u en ir. S liWheadl n ag elgWsh miemg shouLd b e - am e en odv ls lthe ber as eir ase a o oder that ieeee i hlet ur ' **s mar have arow a s4rwarS hs fore th Wreve EddE w imr, h is the emum or meng mer wai as e die .s their e bAib* le r) c thorn. *d ** prohear s esitr men ne o . e three, arm. Ined ts Plant tomao esh, wayr. Don't forget to The Homer p-ges i. for squab raistng Sometimes ltter a1 a it Is worse than of.t Leave it to the eli p the best nest to lay Ia. To improve live stac telllgeace and thought Among all dwal*f Japanese maples sig If possible grow sod; this saves beylg Oats Is the standrd healthy developmeat o In the fattening pe all they will readily dead Many farmers use a eat breed of that of th i duos a cross. Sound healthy cow. had by good stablngl and Mod water. When th chth bses. IC at wI, leey d hoer is a good thias, After the calf hes a little ae ray should a the pea for the caf to Almost all Sewer s more quickly It ss water for a few hours Do sot plant trees wig spr-se ota r at within tour or Av Irsie stock. Doa't aforn to sIve plenty of drtinking wa one week old they wd .n, too. Horses that are fast at night. Th havias them stand ae wet Boat. A once lively ath#t and possibilities e l which would produce 3 has decayed. At the end of Sve to move the sel to a stall and give a 41ag wheat or eat straw. The feeding and young calves shoue le of a eampetent hand the boys or areless, Many a mana has the seet f ese load i msr scattered abet It gives new life d The aly way to sps poeray is to ated se a- " "lave a" anagmensat o the Motresse e se mheet thr seestding, Wlem ms up ors -s' e ATr gm wee otdi asush s h less e.trin oewn s tes .e agan a r as ead me e w - ae uP fui a gmea** - ,se, sert egh , s a I The her nun tee aine. A 'seue piss hr a heM A Virginal - beskueat shr Mi hattel e as arm er pSa the met ate I cia s as tw aser a that ci grewing a the yield t ary "itbe hesr I mrl let dampe ,lseek her -eenk Ir ass end chep lhe market rage mlet a a dem W b thea a hod et er I pnteh t ti asto U staock, ad a team, Wig I In Austds s rja saet armie sl - -- rI eanpea Ila