Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 27, 1913, Page TWO, Image 2
HOLDEN PLANS T
ALFAL
VERY F
[Pian to Unite All Interests in Nation-Wide Campaign
for the Ge.ieral Growing of Alf alfa.
Extension Department to Aid Any Community Interested In Con
ducting Campaign to Encourage the Growing of Alfalfa
No More Difficult to Grow Than Clover and
c Gives Double the Yield.
jAHarfa Automobile Trabis Important Feature of th? Work-Schedules to Be
Arranged and Meetings to Be Held at Farm Hornea-Prominent Speakers
to Accompany Each Alfalfa Train-Alfalfa Organizations Will Be Formed
In Each Community to Promote the Work-Field Men Experienced In
Alfalfa Growing Will Follow Up Preliminary Work Wherever Possible
?nd Give Aid In Betting a Start-Prof. P. G. Holden, Director Extension
Department, International Harvester Company, Chicago, Will Direct the
Work.
The campaign will be conducted in co-operation with farmers* institutes,
"{tankers, business men, farmers, commercial clubs, granges, live stock and
dairy associations and other organizations in any community where the peo
ple are anxious to Improve their agricultural conditions and are willing to
give time and money to carry on the work.
County and city superintendents of schools, colleges, institute workers,
(Chautauqua lecturers, and others interested in the work will be assisted in
obtaining alfalfa charts and lantern slides. Alfalfa literature and booklets
will be given wide distribution throughout the country. Special alfalfa arti
1clee will be sent to farm journals and magazines, and plate and matrix pages
to newspapers. Alfalfa editions of newspapers will be published where cam
paigns are conducted. Dates will be arranged for "Alfalfa Day" in the
j schools.
To Begin Campaign Work In East, West and South.
"Work to be started immediately in the cotton belt states and in the
least and west Thirty to forty meetings will be held in each county, the mim
icer depending on local conditions.
To accomplish the most in agricultural development we must begin
(with the man behind the crop. Upon him depends the final working out of
'the principles of agriculture-the simple and practical things-which our
schools, colleges and experiment stations are endeavoring to bring into gen
eral use.
Professor Holden proposes to carry these principles further even than
.rthe very effective work done on the agricultural trains, by using that most
.modern vehicle-the automobile-going directly* to the people on their own
.farms where the meetings are to be held.
Alfalfa Greatest Soil-Enrlchlng Crop.
Agricultural development needs in addition to the work of our public
Institutions, the individual efforts of every merchant, banker, corporation, or
laboring man, and this plan calls for their heartiest co-operation.
This plan for increasing the yields of our crops by the more extensive
axowing of that wonderful soil improver, ALFALFA, is meeting the approval
Of all men who have any knowledge of the beneficial results of its introduc
Jtion as a general crop.
Campaigns are now being conducted in many of the central western
?tates, and Professor Holden is daily answering requests for his assistance in
organizing other localities, and invites cordial co-operation with every com
jmunity interested.
Where campaigns are contemplated it is required, first, that a request be
Jatade to the Agricultural Extension Department for assistance in carrying on
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i What the local people will provide:
(1) Expenses (meals and lodging) for the alfalfa speakers and staff
(?pon their arrival and during the campaign.
(2) From ten to twenty automobiles for each day of the campaign to
Icarry the alfalfa crew and invited guests; one auto truck to carry literature,
Jbaggage, charts, and other equipment.
(3) Arrange for meeting places and publish schedule of same.
(4) Local advertising.
(6) Photographer, if possible,
i The Agricultural Extension Department will provide:
. (1) Advance men to assist in organization work.
(2) Lectures.
(3) Literature.
(4) Special educational articles for newspapers and farm journals perti
nent to alfalfa culture, object of campaign, etc.
(5) Field men to follow up the preliminary work and aid the people in
toy community where sufficient interest is shown to warrant it
ALFAtFA FOR HOGS.
[Kansas Experiment Provea the Great
Value of Alfalfa and Corn as a
j Balanced Ration-Hog Grow
ers Note the Result of
.This Interesting Feed
ing Experiment
This experiment was conducted at
ttbe Kansas Agricultural college:
The pigs shown in the accompanying
chart were litter mates. The larger
jjig was fed on a ration of com and
?Ifalfa hay; the smaller on corn alone.
Several litters of weanling pigs were
wqually divided into two lots. The
jigs were carefully chosen as to
-weight and thriftiness, so that each lot
xepresented a fair average of the total
number ol' pigs used in the experi
ment.
The experiment was carried on for j
ta period of eight months. At the end j
>of this time the pigs fed on corn and
alfalfa hay were in excellent condi- j
very thing that the pigB did not get
when fed upon corn alone.
Corn is deficient in protein and has
an abundance of starch and sugar.
Neither alfalfa nor corn when fed
alone will give the beBt results, but a
combination of the two make a per
fectly balanced ration,
A balanced ration is a combination
of feeds containing elements necessary
for the proper physical development of,
the animal. Protein, the most essen
tial element in animal feed, builds the
frame of the body while corn is essen
tially valuable for the production of
fat.
The bones of the "corn-alfalfa" lot of
pigs were double the size of the lot
fed on corn alone and stood a breaking
strain of 1,370 pounds as against 520
pounds for the lot fed on a single ra
tion of corn.
ALFALFA BALANCES
THE CORN RATION
SAME LITTER
CORN
ALONE
RM KANS. EXP. STA.
HAY CAPS FOR ALFALFA.
'lion for market and averaged 250
pounds, dressed, while the pigs fed
on corn alone were thin and scrawny
and averaged but 60 pounds each. In
tho latter case, one pig died of what
the veterinarian declared to be starva
tion, notwithstanding the fact that
this lot of pigs had all the corn they
could eat.
Must Have Protein.
The scrawny 60-pound pigs lacked
iprotein, tnat element required in
growing animals, to develop bone
and muscle, blood, nerve and V.:,
S38-that which builds the frame-th-:
Alfalfa should be raked and either
put in the barn or if it is not sufficient
ly dry, put Into hay cocks. It is a mat
ter of economy to have two or three
hundred hay caps (made of six-cent
cloth one yard square) to use in case
of bad weather. You may think this
is considerable bother, but poor al
falfa is poor stuff, and when we re
; member that good alfalfa brings us in
actual results nearly as great returns
as wheat bran, we can better realize
the importance of taking care of it
If any of us had 50^ "hay cocks of
bran" in the field, we wouid take care:
of them, but with alfalfa we think of
J it as "just hay."
I These cloths may have wooden pegs:
; or some sort of weights attached to
i each corner to hold them in place; the
! pegs can be pushed into the hay to
j hold the corners fast. Hay caps will
soon pay for themselves in finen
quality of hay guaranteed by their'
ase.
(Conducted by the National Wonui'a
Christian Temperance Union.)
LIMIT OF PERSONAL LIBERTY
Person Is Free Moral Agent Where
Exercise of Privilege.Does Not
Conflict With Laws.
(By C. N. HASKELL. Former Governor
of Oklahoma.)
The llquorites, in pleading for a
right to carry on the bquor business,
pay that "the person ls a free moral
agent," and such privilege ls guaran
teed by the constitution of our land.
Yes, I grant it, when the exercise of
that privilege ls not in conflict with
the public welfare.
Two adult citizens possessed of
money are not permitted to take a
deck of cards, engage in a gambling
game with their own money, their own
cards and their own time. Why? Be
cause the law has decreed that lt 1B
destructive to the moral tone of the
community.
Two young men engage in a prize
fight. It is their own fists they are
using: they are both of age, but the
law has decided that the welfare of
the community cries out against brutal
sport
We have gone farther, and have
said that open selling of poisonous
drugs shall be prohibited by law. We
say that a citizen may not purchase
j a bottle of carbolic acid and drink it;
we deny him that privilege. Why?
If he is bound to kill himself he might
as well do it in five minutes with
; carbolic acid as in five yearB with
whisky. In fact, I favor the carbolic
acid route.
We have laws that say that certain
kinfolk shall not marry. Think of in
vading this privilege of the citizen!
For the welfare of the public the
law has gone farther. It has entered
your home. It has taken the control
of the minor child away from its
father, and has said, "You must edu
cate him." It prescribes compulsory
education of the children that belong
; to the father, are under his roof for
support, and under his control in their
infancy.
In nearly every state in the United
States the law takes from the father
and the mother the right to control
the labor of children and provides a
code of laws which shall reflate child
! labor.
Do you people who ar ?mdflK>ubt as
to whether prohibition .Y WMterfer
ence with private rights realize ho*
extensively you have already invaded
tie private rights in'the ^inter^fof
the public welfare? And yet, *??Te is
one great evil-the liquor traffic
which remains. In localities it ie in
subjection. But that is not enough;
it must be conquered.
MAMMOTH TRUST IN WHISKY
Principle Upon Which Saloon ls Built
ls to Secure New Recruits
Levies Immense Toll. ,
The most dangerous principle upon
which the saloon is built is this. It
is not fashioned to supply the de
mands of men whose passion *for
liquor has been developed, but, with
the cunning which only the lust for
money can inspire, it is fashioned to
teach a new generation to drink. The
saloon system ?6 the recruiting sta
tion of the whisky trust and brewery
combine. Under the law of life, the
men already enlisted in the army of
drink will be dead within the limit of
twenty years. The slogan of the sa
loon ?B, "New recruits! New re
cruits!" As a hundred thousand men
drop out of the ranks, a hundred
thousand new recruits are made.
Never a maimed and bruised and dy
ing man falls out of the ranks, that
the saloon is not ready with a new
recruit, and from this vast ever-in
creasing army, the masters of the
liquor interests are yearly drawing a
thousand million dollars in toll.-Hon.
Seaborn Wright of Georgia.
Liquor Deteriorates.
I have no sympathy with the state
ment, so often made, that the manu
facture and sale of liquor has con
tributed to the industrial development
of the nation. On the contrary, I be
lieve that liquor has contributed
more to the moral, intellectual and
material deterioration of the people
and has brought more misery to de
fenseless women and children than
has any other agency in the history
of mankind.-John Mitchell.
Work of Alcohol.
Alcohol antagonizes every manifes
tation of life, stamps every issue with
the seal of disease, depraves the mor
als and destroys the soul. Instead of
the "Elixir of Life." the "Fountain of
Immortal Youth," lt is the essence of
depravity, the gr^ve of hope, the ad
vance of death.-T. Alexander Mac
Nicholl, M. D.
Maine In the Lead.
What state has the fewest crimi
nals? Maine.
What state has the longest school
term and most high school graduates?
Maine.
What state has the fewest renters
and the most owners of their homes?
Maine.
What state has the most per capita
in savings bank? Maine.
What state has the fewest women
working for a living? Maine.
What state has the fewest children
In factory labor? Maine
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Investigations Among Soldiers Show
That Liquor Lessens Enduring
Qualities While Marching.
(By COL. L. MERVIN MAUS. Medical
Corps. United States Army.)
During the Swedish alcoholic In
vestigations among soldiers a numbei
of picked non-commissioned officers
and men were selected for rifle prac
tice. The tests covered a number ol
days, part of which time the men
were tried out with small quantities
of alcohol, about 1% ounces ol
brandy. The results were invariably
the same. When alcohol was taken
during quick fire, the hits were 30
per cent less, although the men
imagined they were firing quicker.
When slow aiming was allowed the
difference was 50 per cent in favor ol
abstaining days. During the march
ing tests some of the men were al
lowed alcohol, while others were de
prived of its use. The drinking men
were found far inferior in marching
and enduring qualities, besides all of
the sunstrokes and heat exhaustions
occurred among the drinking class.
As a result of these experiments the
Austrian soldier ls not allowed to
carry brandy on his person, as was
previously the case.
Our Greatest Foe.
Dr. Howard A. Kelley of Johns Hop
kins hospital, Baltimore, characterizes
the liquor traffic as follows:
"Had alcohol never been discovered,
and were it then in my power to por
tray the effects of such a discovery,
all men, without exception, would de
clare it impossible to conceive of any
more diabolical plan for the depreda
tion and destruction of the human
race. Our greatest foeB are the man
ufacturers and the distributors of
alcohol. The story of injuries done
by drink is so written in the sad life
history of many of our greatest men;
ls so evident throughout our land in
squalor, poverty, misery and crime,
and replete in prisons, workhouses
and asylums, as well as in domestic
infelicity, that it ?B inconceivable that
any intelligent, rational man can deny
the necessity for strong, united action
to rid the land of both manufacturer
an distributor."
Abstinence ls Essential.
James Thorpe, the champion of the
Olympic games, is an Indian, and
discussing the welfare of the Indian
race, he said:
"Total abstinence is essential to my
people. The average Indian cannot
drink temperately. His idea of tem
perance is like that of the country
gentleman who said:
"I drink brandy only on two occa
sions-when I have roast chicken for
dinner and when I haven't."-Detroit
Free Press.
Lumber For Sale.
My saw mill is located five
miles north ol Edgcfield in a
fine body of native forest
pine. Bills for sawing so
licited. Will deliver lumber
in Edgefield. Price reason
able.
R. T.Hill.
Agent For
McCormick Mowers.
I have accepted the ageucy for the McCor
mick mowers, rakes, binders, hay presses, gas
oline engines, pumps, and will be pleased to
sell all farmers these implements and machines.
Terms reasonable.
Call to see me.
W. E. Prescott,
Modoc, S; C., R. F. D. *
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springs, mattresses, etc. Be sure to see us
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