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Modern Farm
As Applied in the South.
riTotcs of Intel est to Planter,
Fruit Grower and Stockman
How to Diversify.
The value to the farmers of the
Gulf States, of the cronB which are
profitable other than cotton, to-wit,
vane and corn, b.13 not attracted cs
much attention as In all probability
It would have done if the one-crop
question had not gained such ground
with the agricultural classes in gen
oral.
No community, State or country
can long remain prosperous that de'
pends almost solely. It not entirely
upon one crop for Its money support
The chief crop of the South and upon
which nearly the whole business of
the country, banking included. Is
based on Is not sufficient, no matter
how many bales of the fleecy staple
we stack up year after year, nor the
price It fetches when marketed, to
feed, clothe and do the general busi
ness of the land, that Is, If progress
is expected to follow. For this rea
son. If no other.i I contend that the
time has come that business demands
that the farmers be encouraged to
plant and grow at home more meats,
milk and butter, vegetables of most
sorts, fruits, poultry and eggs. Thus
to become as near as possible self
sustnlnlng and more Independent than
the great majority find themselves
to-day.
The farmer, or a farm district, can
to-day purchase a canning factory
outfit from (5 up to $500, or more
for that matter, set tie factory up on
the farm and do his or his neighbors'
pear3, peaches, tomatoes, beans, peas,
corn in a word all vegetables grown !
for canning purposes, at a cost much
less than the same goods can be pur
chased from the store.
Again, permit me to ask why pur
chase canned sauerkraut or pickles
of any sort when the same B3 goad,
If not better, can with care be made
on the farm and pit up in the home
cannery?
When we look at the matter, al
most everything we eat comes to us
from the North and West potatoes,
cabbage, beans, peas, corn (canned
and not canned), meats, fruits, butter
and cheese. In fact, nearly every
thing, 'Including glucose syrup, and
that, too, In our sunny land, where
the Juicy sugar cane grows; why not
make our own pure syrup, If nothing
else to help the home cause to that
extent, if no more?
I would suggest planting as a
starter, one-fourth an acre of Mayo
beans, known as South Carolina
beans. Of course, no one here is ex
pected to compete with the Sunset
State bean raising, where from 100
to 200 acre fields are planted solid
to beans and raised under irrigation.
Yet, these, the Mayo bean, will
thrive and do well in our soil and cli
mate, and they are worth retail on the
market eight and ten cents per
pound. The bean straw makes a fair
article of hay and goes into beef, milk
and butter for the home and the
. market.
The peanut is profitable to grow,
from the fact that the Pluder usually
sells well and the vines when properly
gathered and cured make an Al qual
ity of hay.
The home cannery has been tried
successfully In the Sugartown district
in Calcasieu parish, where there are
dozens of small canneries ranging In
cost from $10 to $500. The Sugar
town home canneries have been suc
cessful and they are on the increase.
They can both fruits and vegetables
snd nearly every Sugartown tarnier
has one.
? In the rice belt, where enormous
Quantities of canned goods are con
sumed, the home cannery could be
used to advantage. The owner of a
home cannery would never be at a
loss to find a market for his surplus.
Eiinkle Correspondent, Eaton
Rouge State-Times.
rinnt to I'tllize the Idle Lands.
Idle lands, like idle people, are
seldom benefited by their Idleness.
At least, it is certain that land may
be Improved faster by growing some
useful crop every year than by lying
Idle, part, or all, of the time. More
over, we have thousands of acres that,
hecause of insufficient drainage or
lack of fertility, are not yielding
profitable crops, and thousands of
other acres yielding absolutly noth
ing. These lands represent an in
vestment and must pay t&exs, there
fore by yielding nothing, they con
sume some of the profits of the culti
vated land.
This land should bring its owner
some aevehue. That which will yield
a fair profit In the growth of timber
should be given sufficient attention
and protection from fires to enable us
to profit on our investment. There
ar? thousands dl acres of fertile land
1hat have .been turned out aft d al
lowed to grow up to brush and weeds
that with a little attention could be
made to produce good profits in tu
Method
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growth of grasses for pasture or hay.
These lands are along creeks and
rivers and have not paid In cultivated
crops because of overflows or lack
of drainage. They would, however,
produce good grass and save us from
buying forage or from sending to the
North for hay. Let us plan to utilize
them. We need the forage or graz
ing which they will produce.
Again, there are large areas of up
lands that have been turned out be
cause of soil depletion. These lands
would yield a handsome profit on
their value and the expense of ryitting
them in condition for grazing cattle
and other live stock. - Not only Is this
so, bt In ,fl few years If the brush
and briers are kept down they will
be in condition to again yield profita
ble cultivated crois.
I'oultry Notes mid Comments.
A "sitting room" for hens Is quite
necessary. An open front to the
south, screened by one-inch poultry
wire, is best. If hens are peaceable
nest boxes may be placed around on
the ground, and when a hen becomes
broody remove her at r'usk to a nest;
gently place her on It with a nest egg
under her, and ft she seems a little
restless spread burlap over her till
next evening. If she Is contented sec
ond morning place eggs under her.
"The pullet is mother of the hen,"
so it is well to select the chicks which
show sex earliest, and mark them for
breeders, then watch which of these
pullets begin to lay first, and which
of tne male8 begln to develop spurs
first. Note the best layers, as pul
lets, and the proudest, most active
cockerels, and you have selected the
best for your breeders for the next
season. Band them as selected. Se
lection must also be made with re
gard to standard requirements, if
breeding exhibition fowls.
To insure large quantities of eggs
in fall and early winter raise a large
crop of pullets. It is only the early
hatched chicks it pays to market as
fryers, hence get a breed of good
winter layers. Pullets hatched rea
sonably early begin to lay long be
fore tht moulted hen, and keep it up
all winter. For this reason we pre
fer our winter layers to be pullets
and our breeders yearling hens, and
breeders which become broody most
often are 6aved for the next year's
sitters. Pullets to be used for breed
ers 6hould have laid out one litter of
eggs before being mated Mrs, J. C.
Deaton, Id the Progressive Farmer.
Southern Soils Examined,
Dr. A. J. Bonsteel, of the Bureau
of Soils, Department of Agriculture,
has Just returned to Washington from
an extended tour of the South, which
was for the purpose of investigating
the adaptability of different types of
soils for certain kinds of crops, espe
cially winter and early spring vegeta
bles. Dr. Bonsteel 13 enthusiastic
over the results of his trip and Is pre
paring a special report.
Dr. Bonsteel visited Georgia, Mis
sissippi and Alabama, and says ho is
more enthusiastic than ever over the
possibilities for developing the un
used agricultural lands of the South,
not merely for the production of
staple crops with good average re
turns per acre, but also with regard
to the development of special Indus
tries where from the production of
fruits, nuts, garden vegetables and
tobacco the soils may be made to ag
gregate from $300 to $2000 per acre
under extensive forms -of cultivation.
"In Alabama," said Dr. Bonsteel,
"four soil survey parties are at pres
ent engaged and surveys are in pro
gress in Tallapoosa, Coffee, Baldwin
and Hale Counties. The work In at
least three of these counties will be
completed In July or early in August,
and additional work will then be
taken up in the north-central portion
of the State. The soil surveys thus
far completed In the State of Alabama
have shown a wonderful diversity In
the soils and the surveys are laying
the foundation for an agricultural
development ' in the State which In
due" time will be no less marked than
the Industrial development of the coal
and Iron fields in North-Central Ala
bama." Farmers' Home Journal.
Ashamed of Gullies.
In going about among the farmers
It is gratifying to find an increasing
number who are ashamed of gullies
a gully always being a public notice
that a poor farmer has been handling
the land. On many farms we find the
rocks tbrbwn.lnto little dams in the
washes, and this will do much to stop
the land-waste; and ax tenant on the
writer's home farm has won our ap
proval by piling the corn Btalks wher
ever a wash has started. This Is a
vastly better plan of handling stalks
than burning tbem and wasting their
fertility, frofessor Massey.
Pll.rji.1t3 THAT ARE POPULAR.
Revival of Old fashion Right Place
for Scont Pcheti.
In the mllst of uo many present
ctay fashions copied from those of a
uii'Jied years m:o It is scarcely sur
pi lying that the habit of using scent
In prolusion should be numbered.
IIo.v they saturated themselves
with sweet waters in thosa old, old
nayd.' Wc rctd of a very orgy of per
fume in the time of Catherine ce
. 1 c ci ! and learn that the men then
H-cit ..j prone to its use in profusion
as were the women.
Vi.i: r,:;at king perfumed himself
with amber from l ad to foot, and ev
ery article of attire was scented.
The great Napoleon used floods of
cau lie cologne every morning, and
the Empress Josephine filled her
ilrosing room with musk lu all sorts
of fOIlilS.
Tcday it is the scene fountain and
the vaporizer that are In great re
quest. With the vaporizer the lady's
maid scents her mlstreBs before she
leaves her home in the morning and
alter she has take the perfumed
bath.
The excessive use of sachets at
tached to the costume Is becoming
les3 modish than It was; there must
only be un atmosphere, a mere sug
gestion cf scent, instead cf a definite
arctna about the clothes. In order to
perfume them the wardrobe has its
long flat sachet of scented powder to
fit each shelf.
When the boots and shoes are put
away little sachets are introduced
into them; the lace and ribbon drawer
has Its sachet also, and the only ones
that need be worn by day are sewn
into the corset and Into the dainty
cap of muslin and lace in which tb3
belle takes her early cup of tea or
her basin of bread and milk the last
thing at night.
When the hair Is washed it Is
pleasant to use a scent that shall
help to perfume the tresses, a per
missible way of perfuming the person
allowed under the regime of modem
taste. "
The hairdressers of Paris are now
using eucalytpus leaves steeped In
boiling water for the shampoo used
lor their customers' hair, and find
that It makes the hair glossy as well
as fragrant.
Every day seems to Introduce new
and coquettish developments of the
scene craze. A famous perfumer of
lingerie tempts ber customers with
handkerchiefs, motor veils, shoulder
scarfs and lingerie threaded with rib
bons the color of the scent that is
her customers' choice.
Supposing the favorite violet per
fume be associated with the ele
gante, her lingerie is threaded with
violet ribbons, and she wears violet
handkerchiefs, violet motor scarfs
and other violet fal-lals.
tr rose is preferred, it Is a rose
powder that Is suplied, and to carry
the idea to its utmost limit all the
decorations of the belle's dressing
room will be in shades of pink, while
the pretty little lace boxes, gem cab
inets and all her toilet table fittings
repeat her choice in brocade, crystal
and china.
Her writing table is of course sup
plied with perfumed leather, and she
scents her stationery in order that It
may be impressed with her personal
ity as made manifest by her use of
one particular perfume. It is a charm-
lng idea in daintiness. London Daily
Mall.
Boy's Fight With an Owl.
i-ee Hartley, 16 years old, and a
hooded owl that was the largest ever
seen In this county fought a' battle
to the death this afternoon and the
boy won.
Armed with a .22 calibre rifle, Bart
ley and several companions return
lng from school sighted the huge owl
In a tree near his home. Taking aim,
he fired and down came the owl. The
lad picked up the supposedly dead
bird, which with a lightning movement
sank its claws deep into .Bartley's
shoulders. Covered with blood spurt
ingfl in streams, the youth managed
to clutch the bird by the neck and at
tempted to strangle It, but the owl,
releasing Its razor edged claws,
slashed Its combatant with terrible
effect. Finally the lad, weakened with
from loss of blood, hurled himself
postrate, crushing the bird Into the
earth.
As the victor staggered away sev
eral pedestrians reached the scent
and he fainted In their arms. An ex
amlnatlon showed that twenty-twc
cuts, ranging from half an inch tc
two inches in length were Inflicted
on the youth's body. Menominee cor
respondence Detrlot News.
Another Paean.
"My!" exelUmed the sparrow, , "
never was so glad to Bee warm weath
er before as I was this year. So few
people in my neighborhood sowed grasi
seed Inst winter that 1 almost starved
to death." Kansas City Times.
' The Vnlted Statesih 1907 produced
139,810 short tons of talc and . soap
Stone,, worth $1,531,047, an increase
over the preceding y-ar of 3,9 per
cent In quantity and, 7 percent lu vat
ue.
TABLE D'HOTE ECONOMY.
Chlcaaoan Escapes Part of the TX
en Thoae Who Care Not for. Wine.
The man frcm ChlcrRo. convoying
a party of five women relatives about
New York, dropped into a restauran:
for dinner. They wmted the tablu
d'hote dinner, which was advertised
at $1 with wine and $125 without
wine.
This variation In price didn't
dense the man from Chicago, flu
himself was on 'the water wagoa ani
he knew that none of the wemea foilt
wanted wine. Naturally he objeetjl
to paying any $1.59 extra for a nega
tive quantity.
iueu m yina vnii.e 10 mm m bji'j
cheapest Dottle of wine on it a c'ar
et at $1. The waltor brought thu
wine, opened it and was told he
needn't serve It.
The Chicago man gavel CO cents on
the dinner and the waiter was In h
bottle of wine. There was some talk
of taking the wine away with thorn
'but toe waiter's longing look at U
prevailed. New York Sun.
A Pension Horse.
A faithful Government servant has
been recognized and rewarded by
Orrxsby McHarg, Assistant S?rre!ary
of Commerce and Labor. This ser
vant Is an old horse named Calc1),
which for twenty-four years has do
voted his energies to pulling a wag-.)n
belonging to ithe United Seates fish
commission at Green Bav, Mt. Ia?t
week, after a serious' afack of boll3,
he showed his Inability to serve the
uovernment any fitrtber by lying In
hla'stall and refusing to te harness
ed. The officers at Green Eav, knowing
thait the animal's davs of usefulness
were ove, reported the fact 13 the
Department of Commerce pnd Labor
and asked for a new horse, also ex
pressing the Intention of kl'.lln?
Caleb. This report fell
under the
eyes of Secretary McHarg, and he
immediately Issued an order
that the faithful animal be plac
ed In the pasture until he had :
natural death. This Is one cf the few
cases on record in wblch a horse had
been placed on the Government'
pension rolls. Chicago Tribune.
Pastor Acts as Minstrel,
The Rev. Louis J. Richards, pa3tor
of the Church ofthe Messiah, Univer
sal! st, appeared at Fort Plain, N. Y.,
as Interlocutor in a local talent mln- j
strel show. The performance wa9 fc: j
the benefit of his church and was at
tended by a large audience As n j
middle mutt Pastor Richards was a
brilliant uccess. To add to the od
dity of the occasion and Indicating
the breaking down of bigotry bar-,
riers John J. Galvln, editor of a lo
cal newspaper and one of the fore
most Catholics In this region, was
one of the end men.
Mr. Richard Is a young and pro
gressive pastor of liberal Ideas and
plans whioh he fearlessly executes.
He Is a Texan, and when a theologi
cal student won highest honors for
oratorr In that State. His appear
ance In a minstrel show caused much
shaking of heads and quivering of
chins among the staid and conserva
tive Mohawk Dutch of the valley.
Germany has spent $150,000,000 In
the last twenty years in the develop
ment and Improvement of inland wa
terways. As a result the empire has
now 8,278 miles of navigable streams
and canals.
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YHE PENGUIN'S WINGS
After New Feather, start oinA
Retained as Protection ABln t
Ornitbologloai puzzle, are . 1
gukis. with their curiously
wings and odd unbirdllks ,
carriage. The peculiarities JTf
wings suggest that the penguin,
descendants of birds which used ty 7
wings rather than legs n y, U"L'
suit of prey under water, un ..p.?
struggle Intensified between th. .
petlng Individuals the m:9t
this sort of swimming would IM
Ptost food and ouBt their ls, w ' '
lul rivals, The winners gained if
vnntare over Ahplr tioinst.... . c'
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vernal.
of necessity became less suited
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In all other Mr,! h .
fcu ieatn-.
though shed annually are more "
ess gradually displaced; but in tbs
penguins the new feathers all th
into being at the same time m
thrust out the old feathers upon their
tips, so that these come away i,
great flakes. Whereas la all birds
Bave penguins the new feathers m
they thrust 'their way "through tt,
skin end In pencil-like points, formed
by Investing sheaths, In the penmim
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lnese neains are open at the tin
and atta-ched by 'their rims to t
roots of the old feathers, and bencn
these are held to their successors an.
11 these lave fcttflfhed a sufficient
length to insure protection against
cold.
This curious device for retalnlnj
the warmth afforded by the old feath
ers until the new generation can tl!l
their places Is apparently due to tlij
fact that penguins are naives of tho
antarctic regions, at hough some now
Inhabit the tropical sea. "CMcap
Trlbuna.
Future of Aviation.
Very different aro tha views helj
! Iby prominent aviators as to what to
sltlon the science of mechanical fllgvt.
will have attained five years hence.
In the opinion of Captain Ferber,
who Is one of the keenest ploneerj
of aviation la France, the aeroplane
will at that time be able to carrr
four or five people with wee, and
there will be a regular service of ma
chines between Dover and Calais, ai
well ae between . other porta where
the distance is not of great length.
Closed accommodation will be pro-
! vlded on board these machines, which
are to be of such, a size that their
use will 'he debarred where iit
space is limited. Other opinions are
much less hopeful as regards the com
mercial aide of the aeroplane's pc
slbllltles, tmd, according to Mr. Mau
rice Farm an, the flying machine will
for a long time to ocme be reserved
for the use of the Intrepid sports
men. The Corote de Castlllon 46
Salnt-Vlotor likewise thinks that the
carrying capacity of the aeroplane will
always be Mm I ted, but its peed will
increase. New York American.
A String- to It.
"I was walking along State street.
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Chicago (the windy city), when a sud
den gust relieved me of my straw
j hat. I turned, gave chase, and after
a lengthy run at full speed pounced
upon It At the same moment a
stranger (also perspiring and almoit
breathless) took it from me and
thknked m-e kindly. 'But lt'a my hat,'
said I. 'No,' said he, 'yours i hans
lng down your back on a string.' "-
i-ondon Globe.
Old Follls
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The crisp, deliciou.
golden-brown food,
made of Indian Corn
A tempting, teasing
taste distinctly differ
ent all. it't own,
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