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TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER,
A Model Good Koad.
'An experiment in good road build
ing that will prove of practical benefit
to the State is the model dirt road
rwhich was built by the Government
experts, Messrs. Harrison and Sheets,
through the Louisiana State University
campus.
This is an object lesson in roadbuild
ing that is receiving some attention
from the parish officials. This road ii
built of no materiarexcept dirt and at
practically no cost, but it is solid and
firm, and the hard rains and the heavy
hailing to which it has been subjected
Jia not injured it in the least.
When the nrodel good road was be
gun through the University campus,
constructed of crushed brick and
grourd. gravel, it was held that this
road as an object lesson was valueless
to the parish, for it would be impos
sible for the parish or the city to
spend the sum of money that was
being invested in this piece of road,
and as the cost has "figured up to
about $2000 this criticism has been well
founded.
. The dirt road building by the Gov
ernment experts is the first practical
object lesson done in this section, and
it shows what can be done at little
cost with the native soil of the parish.
The road was built principally with
the scraper and roller. The secret in
the w-hole business seems to be in get
ting the right curve on the road and
rolling it firm. The water does not
stand on the road and heavy traffic
even after a hard rain has made no
impression on the surface. This dirt
road was completed last week, and
since that date the rain has fallen in
torrents and the traffic over the road
has been heavy, but the road has not
been effected by either and stands as
firm and as solid as the day it was com
pleted. Baton Rouge (La.) Times.
School of Road Building.
It is announced that the Iowa State
Highway Commission will conduct the
first good roads school in America at
an extra session of the State College,
at Ames. The Good Roads' Associa
tion has wisely decided to hold its an
nual meeting simultaneously with this
session so that the attending members
may have the benefits of the system
atic, practical instruction wThich will
foe given in the fundamental and essen
tial features of road building and
maintenance. An extensive exhibit of
modern road building appliances will
be shown in operation by experts in
the different lines of work, short sec
tions of road being constructed during
the demonstrations. The all important
principles of road drainage for both
surface and soil water will receive
proper attention, and full detail plans
for culverts and drainage systems will
;be available. Road surveying and pro
file map work are also included within
the scope of the lectures.
Water tlie Greatest Foe.
All practice and experience have
clearly proven that the greatest foe
to good roads is water. The drain
ing of improved roads is therefore,
one of the first principles 6f road con
struction; and its importance should
not be lost sight of. Water will- make
mud of any soil however hard, and
unless it can be led away, mud must
follow as the inevitable result. The.
fact has been stated so many times
;that it almost seems out of place to
refer to it here.
J38 Increases L,acd Values.
"With first-class roads, over which
- m . a . .
wo norses can uxaw two ions m a
two-horse wagon 365 days in the year,
irrespective of weather conditions,
the land fifteen miles from town would
be worth as much, as it is now two
1 1 1 1 LKS ilY UJ.
f Reaches Our Islands.
The good roads movement is reach
ing Cuba, Hawaii and Porto Rico.
Source of Pride and Profit.
' TA creditable public highway, owned
;and controlled by the people, could
vharni no one and would be a source
of pride and profit to everyVlass.
Away From the Bush.
' "If you want to see real country life
come with me and I'll show it to you,
and within fifteen minutes' journey,
too," remarked a friend of mine.
We crossed the river on the little
ferryboat for Upper Rensselaer. The
scenery is very fine at this time, and
we enjoyed a long walk immensely
without feeling the heat that was
blistering Albany, j On our way back
we stepped into the tavern. We had
to wait quite a while before we got
served. The reason? The' proprietor
was having his portrait painted. This
may sound extravjagant, but he was
having his picture painted, not "taken."
In the middle of ; the barroom, sur
rounded by his paraphernalia for work
ing, stood a typical traveling artist.
Seated against the wall was the pro
prietor, and , the likeness which the
artist was painting in oil on the can
yaswas a really good.one.
"The last time I witnessed such a
sight," remarked my friend, "was years
ago and away up in the heart of the
Catskills." Albany Journal.
Human Hair Industry,
In the rural districts of France the
human hair industry is very active.
The average price given for a full, long
head of hair is from two dollars to two
dollars and sixty-five cents for the best
quality and color. Only very poor girls
consent to sell their hair, and they
stipulate that it shall not be cut short
in front. The shorn portion at the
back is concealed by a draped colored
handkerchief.
WILLIAM ZIEGLER.
Fourteen years old and worth $30,000,000.
BOY WORTH $30,000,000,
A fourteen-year-old boy struggling to
maintain his hold td the claim of the
"richest boy in the world," and three
women fighting equally hard for a por
tion of the wealth that gave him the
title, is the situation disclosed in dis
patches from Los Angeles, Cal., where
Mrs. Henry K. Shields, a sister; Mrs.
Arthur Little and Mrs. Russel Price,
nieces of the late William Ziegler, be
gan a suit to contest the will of the
multi-millionaire, who bequeathed the
bulk of his immense fortune to his
adopted son and namesake
They declare that they, closest of kin
with the exception of Mrs. Ziegler, the
widow, were completely cut off by the
baking powder magnate and patron of
Arctic expeditions, and ask that the
law give them a share of the $30,000,
000, which represents the value of the
Ziegler estate that young Willie Ziegler
inherited.
Coming so soon after the death of
Mr. Ziegler this suit renews the wide
interest in the lad who, though only
fourteen years of age, is considered the
wealthiest boy in the world, and one
with a great future before him.
For it was an unwritten legacy left
to him by his foster father that he
must find the Nortli Pole should the
Fiala expedition sent' out months be
fore Mr. Ziegler's death fail in its at
tempt. Mr. Ziegler died Jate last May after
a long illness. Before his death it was
known that he would make little Will
iam,uis adopted son, his principal heir.
The story of young Ziegler's life,
what it has been and what it holds for
the future, is an extremely interesting
one. The son of his foster father's
brother, he 'was taken into the million
aire's household at a very early age.
Childless themselves, Mr. and Mrs.
Ziegler determined to give him all the
love and attention of parents and to
this end they decided to legally adopt
him.
AUTOMATIC MATCH-BOX.
In a recentiy patented match-box de
livering one piece at a time, the match.
SHOWING THE END OF THE MATCH BEADY
FOR WITHDRAWAL ,
instead of being forced out of the box
head-first, is simply ejected a short
distance and is then in position to be
withdrawn by the hand. In the illus
tration here shown a portion of the
box has been cut away to show the
telescoping action of the two sections,
and a match is seen projecting from
the discharge opening ready to be with
drawn. To place the match in the
position here seen it is only necessary
to contract the telescoping sections in
the hand, when the ejector engages
the head of the match lying in the bot
tom of the V-shaped compartment in
side the box and exposes the end of
the stick a short distance without,
however, igniting the head. The igni
tion is accomplished by the passage of
the match head between two rough
ened surfaces located just inside the
opening. . 5
The Carthage (Mo.) Press says that
a Joplin boy asked his Sunday-school
teacher last Sunday if the James boys
wrote the Book of James.
The Horrors of War.
jQie old gentleman in the smoking
car was declaring vehemently that, in
his opinion, war was a disgrace to civ
ilization. "War," he exclaimed, "is an
abomination, a blot on the universe!"
Upon which he rose and left the car.
"The old man seems to feel pretty
strongly On the subject." said one ot
the passengers. "Has he lost some
near relative through war?"
"Yes," answered a friend, "his wife's
first husband." Harper's Weekly.
TO CATCH THE MAIL.
A hammock mail receptacle is a veri
table novelty, which also deserves at
tention because of its many merits. In
the first place, it is readily attached to
or detached from the usual letter-drop
opening, the advantages of which are
obvious. In the second place, it shows
at a glance wThether there is any mail
to be removed, and its character. In
the third place, its ample proportions
allow it to accommodate a large num
ber of magazines or similar bulky arti
cles of mail, and yet it does not or-
dinarily take up an appreciable amount
of space. The common rigid box has
to be made large enough for maximum
requirements, while, as a matter of
fact, these are only called into use
semi-occasionally. The distension is
accomplished by means of a wire
framework from which the netting de
pends. The modern particular house
wife, if appealed to, would probably
lay some stress on the fact that a
receptacle of this kind does not form a
lurking place for an accumulation of
dust Brooklyn Eagle.
Mooning.
A man by the name of Moon got
married, and that was a change in the
moon; in due time his wife presented
him with a daughter, and that was a
new moon; then he went to town and
got busy for joy, and that was a full
moon; when he started home he had
twenty-five cents in his pocket, and
that was the last quarter; his mother-in-law
met him at the door, and that
was a total eclipse he saw stars.
Concord Times.
IMPROVED DUST-PAN.
The following is an improvement on
the dust-pan which has been in general
use for a great many years. This heel
DUST-PAN WITH A HEEL.
answers a dual purpose, that, in the
first place, of elevating the rear part of
the utensil so as to facilitate the opera
tion of sweeping the accumulations of
the floor into it and also forming a
convenient receptacle for the said
sweepings, preventing them from being
spilled or otherwise scattered after
they have been once gathered. On one
side of the heel there is a door through
which the sweepings may be readily
emptied.
An American heiress has married
Prince Henry Goland de Beam at Cha
lais de Paris.
Korea's Future.
The constant growth of the trade of
I Korea is somewhat remarkable in view
of the unfavorable condition of the
country and it is explained only by
a consideration of the comparatively
large and but partially developed re
sources of the country. It is safe to
assume that at the conclusion of the
present hostilities greater development,
awaits her, and further expansion of
her foreign trade. Journal of the So
ciety of Arts. "
ine Young Man's Plaint.
The hope of hoarding money
Is but an idle dream;
It used to go for oysters
And now it goes for cream.
The Place For Him.
'Notwithstanding what you say
about Kraftie," said Goodart, "he
seems to be a loyal fellow. He appears
to keep in with his friends."
"He should be kept in with them,"
replied Crabbe. "Most of his friends
are in jail." Philadelphia Ledger.
Generous.
Jack "Uncle John, do you believe
in dreams?"
Uncle John-" Why?"
"I dreamed last night that you lent
me a hundred."
"Keep it, my boy, keep it." Trans
lated for Tales From Meggendorfer
Blaetter. "
A Morning: Dream.
Mrs. Skynflynt "What are you
chuckling about, Jonas?"
Mr. Skynflynt "I dreamed I waa
going to give a Pullman porter a quar
ter." Mrs. Skynflynt "Shouldn't think that
would make you grin."
Mr.. Skynflynt "Well, I woke up just
as he was reaching for it." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Good Old Days!
The Maid"TJnhand me, sirrah L If
you attempt to kiss me, I shall scream
for help."
The Man "Trouble not, sweet one
I need no help." Ally Sloper.
Manipulated the Scales.
41 What did Van Osier safy the fish
weighed?"
"Thirty-two pounds and four ounces.
He says he weighed it himself."
"Let's see what's Van Osier's busi
ness?" "He's a retail coal dealer."
"Huh!" Cleveland .Plain Dealer.
A Quick Choice.
"Why should we give so much at
tention to military science and naval
equipment?" said the benevolent man.
Wa? is, at best, a terrible thing."
"Yes," answered the- practical citi
zen, "but when it comes to a question
of conquering or being conquered, it
doesn't take me a minute to make my
choice of two evils." Washington Star.
The Psychological Momept,
"Yes," said the married man, medita
tively, "when you see a woman hang
ing out a line of clothes, and the line
slips and lets the blessed lot down
in. the mud, that, my boy, is the
psychological moment in which to
leave that woman alone." Chicago
Journal.
Snappy Talk.
Miss Anteek (in open trolley car)
"Are you going to stop smoking? Yon
must see how it annoys me."
Mr. Weed "But, madam, these seats
are reserved for smokers."
Miss Anteek (scornfully) "You're a
gentleman, I must say!"
Mr. Weed "And you, madam, are
not, I regret to say." Philadelphia
Press.
Hi. .
Cruel Man.
Husband "What! Do you mean i
say you haven't decided, yet what to
do in that matter?"
Wife "Just leave me alone for a few
minutes. I want to make up my
mind."
Husband "Hum! I'm afraid you'll
have to use a microscope." Philadel
phia Ledger.
Butcher is Humorous.
"Look here, butcher, this meat is
half bone."
"You are mistaken, sir. That is good
meat."
"Botheration! Do you suppose I
don't know bone "when I see it? I say
this is bone!"
"Yes, certainly that's bone. The bone
is bone but the meat isn't. You said
the meat was half bone." Chicago
Journal.
Apprehensive.
The Czar was approached by
the
Yankee novelty concern.
'-'If we can't sell you a ioving cup,"
said the agent, "let us sell you a rattle
for the baby?"
But the Czar frowned.
"Don't talk to me about rattles!" he
stormed. "I'm rattled enough without
the baby being rattled." Detroit Tribune.
Nitrogen Fertilizer.
Maryland station experiments with
nitrogenous -fertilizers are published
in a bulletin that discusses the early
use of nitrogenous fertilizers, the im
portance of nitrogen as a plant food,
loss of nitrogen from the soil, general
conditions indicating the need of nitro
gen, quantity of nitrogen annually re-
moved from Maryland farms, the ori
gin and supply of nitrogen in soils, ni
trification, sources of nitrogen, the use
of the free nitrogen of the atmosphere
by plants, and artificial inoculation.
The object was to compare different
times of applying nitrate of soda, just
before planting with or without lime,
at period of most active growth, and
one-half before planting and one-half
at a time of most active growth, to
test the comparative effects of nitrate
of soda and sulphate of ammonia and
of lime applied with mineral sources
of nitrogen, to compare nitrate of soda
combined with sulphate of potash with
nitrate of potash, to compare different
sources of organic nitrogen, including
dried blood, raw and dissolved hair
waste, bone tankage, dried fish, cotton
seed meal and stable manure, and to
test the effect of treatins hair and
leather waste with acid.
The materials were applied in
amounts supplying thirty-tw'o pounds
of nitrogen per acre. The crops for
which data are given are corn, wheat
and hay.
The results in general favor the ap
plication of nitrate of soda before
planting rather than after the crop is
partially grown, and indicate that a
topdressing of this substance pays well
as a rule on wheat which for any
cause, either poor land or from elate
seeding, is backward in the spring, al
though its use is of doubtful benefit on
land which is well supplied with plant
food.
Nitrate of soda gave uniformlj and
decidedly better results than sulphate
of . ammonia, both with and" without
lime.
Nitrate of potash gave better results
than nitrate of soda combined with a
potash salt (sulphate), but the advan
tage was not great enough to warrant
the difference in cost which usually
prevails.
, The organic sources of nitrogen were
not as active as nitrate of soda. Of
the three principal forms tested blood
stood first as regards effectiveness,
leather second and hair last.
About Autuirin Chickens.
Raisins fall chickens, to some extent,
is a pretty general custom, and a good
one, too, we think. But, our observa
tion is, that as a rule they are started
too late in the season the setting of
hens, we mean. For, like spring
hatches, the earlier ones are the best.
Most people wait until September to
set fall eggs, when the best time is six
weeks earlier. In fact, the chicks that
come out between the twenty-fifth of
Julv and the first of September make
the best progress, the most rapid and
the largest growth. Last year we set
eggs from the first of July until the
first of October with a view of raising
late chickens; and the truth is, that,
white the Julv and early August
hatched chickens size up in weight,
etc., almost with the spring hatched,
and are still developing, those that
were-hatched in September'; and Octo
ber are noticeably smaller the eggs
from the pullets being decidely under
sized. Plumage plays an important
part in the matter of growth, -with the
late-hatched chicken, and the chick
that comes out early enough to get a
fairly good coating of feathers while
the weather is still mild, will continue
an uninterrupted growth during the
winter; while those that are hatched
so late as to be still unfeathsred when
the chilly blasts begin to blow will still
be undeveloped when the spring shall
have come again, for it is certainly
up-hill business for an illy-feathered
chicken to make rapid growth in cold
weather.
In view of these facts, we advocate
early autumn and fall hatching, for one
early August brood is really worth
two hatched as late as October. An
other thought, the person who aspires
to raise chickens for market now,
should hatch them off as soori as pos
sible. It is possible to begin now and
raise a number of late chickens up to
the frying size, and market them long
before the season is entirely gone.
Hajtched by the middle of August or
first of September, they would have
eight to ten weeks in which to grow
while it should be mild and pleasant.
Indeed, 7as we view it, based upon past
experience, now is an auspicious time
in which to hatch and. develop early
autumn chickens, either for market,
or for utility , at home. H. B. Geer, in
Southern Cultivator.
YFhole Milk Calves Profitless
Of course when there is no sale for
cream or butter it is no expense to
raise calves on a whole milk diet. But
on the other hand, there are many
others doing very much the same thing
Pointed Paragraphs.
Sacrifice always looks most attrac
tive when it is too late to give it.
Better is it to be able to make
friends than to build up finances.
The greatest place of honor is the
one that duty gives.
Repentance does not unto the pow
er of evil j example.
You cannot increase short wreight
with heavy words.
as is described in the following from
the Family:
An object lesson in daily manage
ment was furnished me recently, which
helps to. prove a common error among
a certain class of farmers. This farm
er sold to the butcher two very young
calves that had been with, their dams
getting all the milk for seven months.
They we'ighed a little over 1000 pounds
and sold for $31. The farmer was
pleased with the transaction, and re
marked that " he was making some
money. Upon investigation I learned
some facts which will illustrate what
I have in mind. The cows were good
grade Shorthorns, above the average
as milkers.
They were fed on fine blue grass pas
ture, and. I estimated that while these
calves were following then! they gave
at least fifteen pounds of milk each
per day for the seven months' period.
Thus the two calves consumed at least
6300 pounds of milk, which at a very
moderate estimate would have been
worth $30 to $34 if sold at the shipping
station in the form of cream. It is not
surprising that the calves were very
fat, fed on such expensive feed. At a
moderate estimate and with good care
the farmer should have sold at least
$25 worth of milk and cream from each
cowand raised a calf worth $10 on the
skim milk, or as much profit from one
cow as he received from the two.
This is but a concrete example of
what is taking place on hundreds of
farms where the old idea is still held
that it pays to raise calves by gving
them the entire milk of the cow. One
of the greatest profits to be made from
the combined dairying and veal raising
is because of the fact that skim milk
will produce calves of almost as high
quality as will whole milk and at a
greatly reduced cost.
Preparing Land For Corn.
L. G. B., Catawba, writes: Where
I turn under rye and crimson clover
fnr n norn cron and then use forty to
fifty bushels of rock lime td the acre
would 300 pounds of sixteen,, per cent,
acid phosphate do. Expect to work
the same land in corn again next year.
Answer: You are certainly preparing
your land well for corn by plowing un
der rye and crimson clover. Crimson
Clover is to be preferred because it is
a leguminous crop and will thus add
largely to the available supply of nitro
gen in the soil.
By rock lime you possibly mean, the
ground rock before it has been burned.
Caustic lime is much more effective
and is to be preferred on that account,
fand I do not presume there is very
much difference in the cost of the two.
Fifty bushels of rock lime is not a
heavy application, however, as it be
comes very slowly available in this
form. Twenty-five bushels of burned
lime will be a good application and it
should not be made more than once in
three to five years. Three hundred
pounds of sixteen per cent, acid phos
phate is a liberal amount to use of one
of the very necessary elements needed
in a corn crop, for you recognize that
phosphorous has largely to do with the
formation of grain, and as a rule there
is not very abundant supply of it avail
able in our 'soils. You might add fifty
pounds' of muriate potash to your mix
ture with advantage for corn.
While land treated as you propose
will grow good crops of corn for sev
eral years it is not advisable to bring
corn on your land year after year un
less it is absolutely necessary. Put
it down in clover and grass for a year
or two and then grow some other cer
eal, such as wheat, oats or barley, and
give it a rest from corn, and the land
will continue tr im
larger crops from year to year.
Knoxville- Journal.
Feeding Grain to Horses.
Many horses have a bad habit when
fed oats, shelled corn, or dry ground
feed, of filling the mouth with the food
and then turning the head away so
that much of it drops out upon the
ground and is wasted. On a large
farm where all the grain is home
grown, and there are chickens running
at will through the stable, the real
waste is not great. But in the case of
those who have to buy all their feed
and whose chickens can not pick up
thp flrnnnprl ?rflin tliA lnss is n sprious
matter.
We know a case where the loss has
been prevented by putting the feed
into a nose-bag and slipping the cord
over the head back of the ears. The'
bag used in this case is a regular feed
bag such, as is used by draymen and
teamsters in cities to feed without un
hitching. They are made of heavy can
vas with a wooden bottom, there are
holes in front for ventilation wThile the
horse is eating. They can be bought
at any harness store for about seventy
five cents. It is a little more trouble
to feed in a bag than just putting the
grain into a box, but the saving is am
ple pay for all the trouble. Florida
Agriculturist.
Shot Husband For Burglar.
Royston, Ga., Special. Ex-Senator
and County School Commissioner W.
H. Cobb, of this place, was fatally shot
by his wife for a burglar. He was
unconscious until his death at 1:30
o'clock in the morning. Mr. Cobb was
shot twice, one shot taking effect in
the head, ahe other" taking effect in
tka abdomen.