Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, October 09, 1913, Image 5
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I alfalfaI
Alfalfa is rich in
feeding value.
TO PROMOTE ALFALFA.
Burlington to Run Combination
Trains Through Southern Iowa and
Northern Missouri? 00 Alfalfa
Lectures to Be Given In Two
Weeks' Campaign?700 Automobiles
to Be Used In the Work.
The Chicago, Burlington and Qulncy
railroad will run J?n nlfnlfn enmKIn ?
tlon railway and automobile train for
a two weeka' campaign, making about
60 8topB iu southern Iowa and northern
Missouri,.beginning July 28. 1913,
from Des Moines.
The plan, afi workod out by the Burlington
in co-operation with the Agricultural
Extension Department of the
International' Harvester Company of
Now Jersey and the agricultural colleges,
Is far in advance of any agricultural
extension work ever carried
on.
Will Stop at Sixty Points.
Local committees at each of the 60
points on the railroad will arrange for
five to ten automobiles to carry tho
speakers in all directions into the coui)- '
try to farm homes, school houses and
inland towns within a radius of from
four to ten miles, where alfalfa lectures
will bo given.
During the campaign over 600 alfalfa
lectures will be delivered by
the party to as many audiences, and
from 500 to 700 automobiles will be
brought into tho service of this great
educational movement.
These campaigns are conducted on
a strictly co-operative basis.
The people will provide:
1st. A guarantee of at least Ave to
ten automobiles at each railroad stop
to carry tho speakers to the polntB
in the country where meetings are to |
be held.
2nd. Halls suitablo for the central
meeting in towns where train stops.
3rd. Any community desiring a
campaign must send in a request to
uie railroad, agricultural college cooperating.
or to the Agricultural Extension
Department, signed by a representative
number of farmers and
business men.
The railroad will provide:
Sleeping cars and dining service for
the alfalfa campaign party, and baggage
and exhibit cars, literature, etc.
The Agricultural Extension Dept.
will provide:
1st. Speakers.
2nd. Assistance in organizing and
advertising campaign.
3rd. Educational charts and other
equipment for lecture purposes, bulletins.
literature, etc.
4th. Follow-up men, when possible,
to assist the farmers In getting a start
with alfalfa.
Hearty cooperation on tho part of
the people Is absolutely necessary to
make these campaigns successful.
8AVE THE ALFALFA LEAVES.
Sixty Per Cent, of the Feeding Value
of Alfalfa In the Leaves?Hay
Should be Cut at Right Time
and Cured so as to Preserve
the Leaves.
Of tho entire alfalfa plant, according
to Kansas bulletin 165, tho stalk
comprises 60 per cent, and the leaf
40 per cent., whereas the quantity of
tho protein in tho stalk is only 40 per
cent., while the protein in tho leaf is
60 per cent. Moreover only 20 per
cent, of tho fat is to be found in the
stalk, while 80 per cent, is in the leaf. 1
It is, therefore, very important that
alfalfa be harvested at the proper
time, and carefully hnndlcd so that
all the leaves will be saved.
When possible to do so it is best to
cut alfalfa late in the afternoon or
evening. Dew or rain on the freshly
cut alfalfa will not injure it. Where a
tedder is used, it should be started in
the morning as soon as most of the
dew is off and before there is any danger
of knocking off the leaves. It is
often advisable to go over it more
than once.
Alfalfa hay is harvested and cured
in much the same way as clover, ex- 1
Save the Alfalfa Leaves
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Proportion
Stalk | 60
l.eaf \ 40
Protein
Stalk | 40
Leaf | 60
Fat
Stalk 1 ^ 20
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cept Mi<it il should be rut as Boon as
the young sprouts or shoots start to
grow at the base of the plant.
When alfalfa is left too long \. .thout
cutting, the loaves fall off and the
stems become woody, and the yield of
the next crop Is greatly reduced.
MONEY IN ALFALFm.
J. Otis Humphrey, judge U. S. District
court, Hpringfleld, Illinois: "You
can grow alfalfa..anywhere In the corn
belt and the crop is worth $60 an
acre."
Joseph Wing of Ohio: "Alfalfa will
pny any farmer 6 por cent, on $600
an acre land."
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WAIL
Bray of .the Chinese Donkey Put on
Record a* Unlike Anything Else
on the Earth.
In all the cast today the donkey is
a favorite means of transportation,
both for travelers and merchandise.
It was so in the days of the patriarchs
Isr.ac and Jacob, says the
Louisville Courier Journal, and so
it will probably remain for ages to
come.
But nothing in China is just like
the same thing anywhere else in the
world, and the donkey is no exception.
I)r. Chester of Nashville, who
while evangelizing in Arkansas in
his younger days, bad become familiar
with the easy amble of the longeared
American species, was induced
to make trial of the Chinese type
during a visit to China a few years
ago. His experience was disappointing.
The gait was a rough, insutTerablo
jog, and the characteristic bray
was a painful phenomenon in the
realm of sound. Dr. Chester reports
his impressions as follows:
"The power of heredity, working
through millenniums of isolation,
with no modification from foreign
admixture, lias developed in the bray
of the Chinese donkey a quality of
its own. There are no words in English
to describe the heart-rending pathos
of it. It was as if an appeal
to heaven against the cruelty and oppression
of ages were at last finding
utterance in one long, loud, undulating
wail. And when our party of
three met another party of six, and
all nine of the donkeys began at one
time to exchange the compliments of
the day, then pathos gave place to
terror, and you could only ait appalled
and trembling as the mighty
reverberation rolled away on its journey
around the world."?Youth's
Companion.
NO CRITERION
Doctor?TIow is your appetite?
Patient?Wretched ; the best meal
my wife cooks doesn't tempt, me.
Doctor?ITm?er?er?do you ever
try a meal in a restaurant ?
MODERN CHILD.
"We had visitors in school today!"
announced small Velma at the dinner
table. "Teacher's brother and
her fiance."
"Fiance?" repeated father. "Are
you sure it wasn't her beau?" he facetiously
asked.
"Oh, no," stated Velma, "it was
her fiance."
"What's the difference between a
beau and a fiance?" queried father.
"Lots," quoth Velma. "A beau is
only a fiance in the pin-feather
stape."
"My pracious!" exclaimed mother.
"Where did the child learn that?"
Velma had a tremendous respect
for matrimony, by the way. Whi n
she was six she had already determined
her career?
"When I'm prown I'm poinp to lie
a musician, an artist and a mother."
?Unidentified.
NOT KNOCKING ANYBODY.
Edith?I will wait for the ideal
man before I marry.
Vtl.I.l It..? I
imii nir wnur* lO
marry an idei' woman??Boston
Evening Transcript.
NATURALLY.
"A good basement helps to dispose
of a house."
"Yes, it does tend to put it in the
class of best cellars."
PARADOXICAL.
"This epistolary was is consuming
reams of stuff."
"And yet it is but a scrap of paper."
8rSE TAMED THEM.
"What made Juggaby marry tho
snake charmer?"
"His jaga."
GIANT SKYSCRAPER
OFFICE BUILD"
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New Building Erected o
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Centuries?The Unioi
535 Feet in Height,
Industrial District?I
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Cincinnati, Ohio, (Special) ?^hc
Bite of the city of Cincinnati was oris
inally covered with an extensive svs!
teni of circumvallations and mounds.
Almost the entire area now occupied
j by the city was utilized hy the mysterious
builders, in the construction of em'
bank in eats and tumuli, built upon the
most accurate geometrical principles,
and evincing keen military foresight.
Nearly every one of the leading
classes of mound builders was represented.
The chief work was probably
a sacred enclosure, known originally
as the UriglUon Hill Tdou.ul, upon
| which has now been erected flic mag|
niflccnt new building of the Union
j Central Life Insurance Co., which has
become the center of the new Cincinnati
about which ong now hears so
I much.
Cincinnati, the city which for many
years has proudly claimed the title of
the "Queen City of the West," is now
; celebrating the completion of this new
i building, rising teet from the base
inent to the top of the lantern, or !'.
I feet above the sidewalk of the street
upon which it fronts. It is the most
conspicuous landmark for miles
around and is the first object seen by
| the traveler entering the city.
From whatever direction he comes he
sees this white palace towering hnnI
dreds of foot above the other surrounding
buildings, like an everlasting monu;
ment to the progressiveness of a gtvat
i city. It is .14 stories in height, or. in
eluding four stories below the side
: walk, .'is stories in all. To give an
j idea of the immensity of this building.
cum ;i;i re wun it owier skyscrapers
which are considered the largest in
the world:
L.. O Smith Itiilp.. Scuttle. .IBS fret IiikIi
Tiir t'ninn Central ltlilg ,
Cincinnati 4*?B fct-t hicti
Hankers* Trust IthtK .
New York BIO feet hlah
Sinner New York ....till! feet tunli
Metro|inlitan Tower,
New York 700 feet hlph
Woolworth ltliln , New York "Bo feet hiph
As a work of art the I'nhm Central
rtnildiuK rivals the Kuropean cathedrals.
Its beauty of lino ami symmetry
of proportions combine with its brilliant
coloring to produce a building
which is a pleasure to the eye and
one which commands universal admiration
and approval. Credit tor this is
| duo to the President of the Company,
Jesse It. Clark, and to the Associated
Architects, Mr. Cass CiHcrt. of
New York ami Messrs. (Surlier and
Woodward, of Cincinnati.
This building is a fitting successor
to the other famous buildings which
formerly, occupied the same site,
namely, the old post office of Corinthian
architecture and the old Chamber of
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stylo. The I nion Central Ihiiidinp is
a reproduction of the 11 a I i;i u Itenais
sanoe ami yet it is woll adapted to the
needs of a modern ofliee building.
The exterior of the building, lip to
the top of lite fourth story, is of white
Vermont marble with heavy rustications.
Above this, the surfaee is of
i terra rotta, the basic color being a dull
cream, varying in tone.
Above the columns in the tower hepins
the siopitip roof covered with
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panels of gold, which shine gloriously
in the sun and can he seen for miles.
The golden panels mark an ^entirely
new use of terra cotta. It is a well'
known fact that in a certain slant-light
gold loses its luster. In the I'nion
Central Building this difllculty is overcome
by an undulating surface; the
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comes, will always shine brilliantly
Terra cotta is absolutely fireproof
and is perman -ntly durable. With the
exception of -aid burnt brick, terra
cotta is less a Vctcd b> tire than any
other material Another property of
glazed terra < <tfa is that the hard
surface is impi rvious. \ 11 that a
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water.
The framework of the building consi
ts of structural steel columns,
girders and Imams. Special precautions
were taken to make it stable,
and the steel was desk* tied to resist
the strongest wind pressure The
P allidal ions consist of a steel grillage
i and cantilevers, thoroughly imbedded
in concrete, and resting upon a stratum
of hard compact gravel. Thorough
' test was made < f the soil to insure a
stable foundation.
The hii'mling contains twdlve eleetrie
tr.> !>ui elevator-; which travel 000
feet a m.'.ute, and are in batteries of
six, latin; each other, a very convenient
an alignment. They contain
every mode: n. atltoiiuitie safety device
ami each elevator is connected by tele
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the elevator starter.
Otto of the most Interesting points In
connection with the building Is ths
flrcprooflng precautions. Not only la iijfiL
the frame of the building steel and the ^
exterior surface stone and terra cotta,
but the floors are cement, all the doors
are metal, the window casings and
frames metal, the trim metal?In fact
there is no exposed wood la the
building. The doors are of hollow
steel, beautifully finished in exact lmV
tation of mahogany, in n wear-resist,
ing enamel that Is baked on at a high
temperature. The windows are coppar
covered, over a wood core, the latest
type of fireproof construction. Tha
trim, that is the base rail, chair and
picture moldings, is of hollow steel and
it is interesting to note tbat more than
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been used in the building.
Additional precautions against fire
have been taken, notwithstanding' the
fact 0\at tl,e building is built of flr?proof
Material8. There are two stair
ways from the roof to the Street level,
entirely separated from- the corridors" *
and offices, in different sections of the
buildjng, accessible to all, self-oon- -:
tained iu au.oke-proof and fireproof
walls with meta' doors.
The elevator shafts are self contained,
in fireproof partitions, with
wire glass doors. All of the windows
of the building which are closely exposed
toward adjoining buildings are
filled with wire glass which is fire
;a wcf.
The Union Central Building is not
only fireproof in construction, but in
the company's offices it is equipped
throughout with steel cabinets, filing
cases and document files, which proeludes
tiie danger of interior fire. In
tliis respect it is one of the most
mndernly equipped insurance office
buildings in the United States. The
sub-basement is furnished with over
1 fi.O'Ml steel document files, for the safe
stoiage of the valuable insurance
records.
Approaching the main entrance,
which is on a level with Fourth street,
wo pass through the bronze doors and
enter the main corridor. This spacious
hall traverses the entire length of
the building. On entering this magnificent
corridor, one is enchanted with
the grandeur of the decorated golden
ceiling, hand-curved imported Spanish
marble columns and wainscoting, and
t he bronze frames and doors of the
elevators. Just beyond the elevators
is tiie stairway which leads to the
Chamber of Commerce. This stairway
is band-carved imported Spanish marble.
highly decorated, and is conceded
to be the finest stairway in America.
Ascending this magnificent stairway,
we approach the Chamber of Commerce
and Merchants' Exchange on
t he second floor. The south end of
tliis is used as an immense trading
ball extending to tl e ceiling of the
third door, 'this assembly hall is 50x
100 feet, with highly decorated ceiling
and imported Spanish marble
wainscoting. The rostrum, which it
in the western side of the hall, is also
highly d< cora'ed Spanish murble and
a tiling of beauty.
A room has been set aside for the
Weather Hurenu, in which is placed a
sub-station for the special use of the
Chamber of Commerce and the occupants
of this building. The sub-station
is an innovation and is equipped with
the latest and most up-to-date instruments,
giving momentary reports of
tlie weather from the roof of the building
to the Chamber tioor.
On the third floor will be a balcony
from which visitors may view the
Chamber while In session The remainder
of the space on the Becond
and third floors Is used for Produce
Kxchango, directors* rooms, library,
unices and committee rooms.
The executive staff of the Union
Central Life Insurance Company, with
the clerical forces of the various de!
part menu occupy the eleventh to elghti
.nth floors, inclusive, as well as use
the safety vaults in the sub-basement.
The President's offices, Hoard of Directors'
and Executive Committee
rooms are upon the fifteenth floor. In
1 connection with the Medical Department
of the company is an emergency
hospital for the comfort and convenience
of all the tenants of the building.
The building is equipped with a refrigerating
plant for the cooling of
water for drinking purposes, with Ice
water distributed through sanitary
drinking fountains to different floors
from the basement to the twenty-ninth
floor. The plumbing is somewhat
unique, as the water is delivered into
tanks in the hnscment and pumped to
ii mrge uiKiriiiuiiiiK uiiiK on me lop
floor, near (he tower.
The building is equipped with an
elaborate vacuum cleaning system and
a ventilating syBtem which furnishes
pure and tempered air to the Chamber
of Commerce rooms, boiler and engine
rooms, sub-basement, vaults, etc.
There are 12,000 electric lights in the
building. In the sub-basement- there
lire fcur 250 horse power tube boilers,
two .".00 horse-power compound enKim
s, one 250-horse-power engine, two
"00 and one 150 k. w. generators.
This comprises tile power plant of this
immense building.
In the construction of the building,
over H/,14 tons of structural iron were
used The building has 227,970 square
feet of rental space, and there are exactly
5,175,000 cubic feet within the
building. All of the constructing work
was done by union men. ?
The 1'nion Central Life Insurance
Company, the owner of the building, .
was established in Cincinnati forty-six
years ago.
Bailes & Link,
District Agents,
Fort Mill, - - - - S. C.
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