The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 13, 1912, Image 2
r BALE THE HAY
By 0. H. Alford. I H C 8ervlce Bureau,
Atlanta, Qa.
.> Paled hay la much more valuable as
* feed thai) loofo Way. even when the
loot is hay is well housed
I/OOBH hay carries a great quantity
of duat aud often glvea the farju ani
mals a Muvere cough while haled hay
does not
Haled hay takes up about one-fifth as
isuch room as loose hay and for this
reason the entire crop of baled hay
can usually be stored under cover
while loose hay must be eX|>o*ed to
the weather In stocks and ricks.
Haling breaks up coarse hay so thut
the stock will rnt It more readily and
there is no waste in feeding baled
hay.
Haled, hay is always ready for th<<
market. It Is convenient sud satis
factory to handle in every way. It
run b* haulsd by team or nlii i>i >? <1 by
railroad.
Much of the tops and sides of stocka
Is spoiled by'the weather.
I cmihh h ; y becomss dusty and
musty, f)allng hay keep/ out (ha duSt
a n<i pit Verves the hay.
Haled hay retain^ >much of tho
sweet hay odor that stock relish.
There'a n freshness and appetizing
quality und food value in baled hay
that Is nover to be found In loose
hay.
We should Jiale our hay whether wo
feed It on opr own farins or sell It. Of j
course, the market den, and 1h for baled
hay Miid for b;il<*<! ha% only nnd for
this reason balliiK is the only way to
bo sure of having a market for
It <
i The growing of hay nnd especially
leguminous hny as cowpea, sov Lean,
peanut and lospede/.a will rapidly In
crease the fertility of our soils, make
the ralslnr or good live stock, profit
able and add very much to the Income
on the farms. .
We can buy a ono-horso pull-power
hay press or we can buy a motor hay
press. For the small farmer who
bales hln own hay. the one-liQrae pull
power hay press will prove very satis
factory and economical. With it ho
can bale hit* hay at the time moBt Con
venient and with a small umount of
help. For the fanner who grows large
quantities of hay or for the farmer
who bales hay for his neighbors tho
two-horse pull-power or the motor hay.
press Is necessary. ,
Of course, no man can tell the exact
capacity of any hay press as this de
pends to a considerable extent upon
the kind and quality of hay being
baled, the skill of the operators, nnd
tho speed of the team. However un
der ordinary conditions a 14x18 two
horse pull -power hay press will bale
about 8 tons per day, a 14x18 pres5*
operated with a 3-horse power engine
will bnle about 12 tons per day, a
10x18 press with a 4.horse nower en
gine about, 14 tons per dayt and a
17x22 press with 0-hrjrse power en
gine 10 tons per day.
We (should ? purchase a hay press
that has been detdgned for conven
ience. There should be n considerable
o
TJ
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distance between the sweep and the
feeding table. Iloth of these iwints
should be located at the extreme end
of the press so that the baling chain
ber may be set. well into the intxytor
of the shed or barn and ample room'
be had for the revolution of the sweep
to bo made outside the shed or barn.
Another advantage of the arrangement
of such a press is that the bale cham
ber may be set between two stacks
arid fed from both stacks without re
setting the press. The close arrnnge
ment of feeding table and sweep wIM
not allow sufficient space for the
sweep to describe the circle necessary
to operate the press.
, The reach bed should be very nar
row and should not be more than four
or five Inches high to enable the
horses to walk over it without the
least trouble. When operating presses
that have a high step-over, the horses
will generally slow down, hesitate,
and ofter stumble nt this point vvViich
?9 annovlng to the man, wearing on
the horses, and shtcUi ns th?- speed 01 >
the press.
The power construction of the press!
should be such that \vli??n the horses!
roach the stopover. they are pullinuj
practically no load. One stroke should)
be completed before they roach tkt '
step-over and the load of the t j
stroke should not begin until the low j
narrow stepover has-been passed.
The bale chamber should be very!
low ?o that It !s an easy matter to j
reach across and tie the halo. This j
saves much time and trouble as. in ty
33 y.
fug thft bafs. It Is necessary to go
around the bale chamber to the op
posite side. The press should be con
ducted principally of steel and high
grade iron and ehould be strong and
durable.
The two horse pttUpowar press and
(ho motor baling preai ( should havf gl
selff??d attachment as It Increases
the capacity of the prejs and at this
Saine time reduces the work of feed
iug tb? pl'CKit, I
The hay press is a money maker
and a money saver and aliould be i
died on evsry ftUm*
SORGHUM AND JOHNSON GRASS!
* ? , j
, Mi li 11. IItiiii<iht4<y, Arlington, |
! Ail zona, wrlle#: "What property *>"? ? j
; sorghum ? i ' fi om 'in- innuo
J other grains need? I notice UmI
| wheat and hurley grown t It iu spim.-.
I on a plot of ground that bad sorghum !
I on It lawt summer waa very poor, i
J while on an adjoining plot of exactlv J
I the SSQte Mlrf 0t noil the crop . ;i
very good, making nearly twice an i
much grain to the acre. Cuii yo ? j
advise irnj what Lh the beat method of
klliug Johnson grass?" "c ?
We hyvo been unable to find a p.
analysis of sorghum which shows tin
* 1 1 i <> i ? 1 1 1 or the different plant f< o i
elements that this crop takes from the
?Oil, Sorghum fodder Is rather low jfii
protein and high in crude fiber as com*
pared with corn fodder. This won d
lead in, to believe that sorghum Is not
as hofivy a nitrogen feedor as the com
mon corn. The amount of sugar
which sorghum contains varies i'mm
two to twenty per cent of the Juice, or
from one and one-Waif to twelve pc*
cent of the cane. We note what you
say regarding the growth oj oat#s and
wheat on a plot that produced so?
ghum last year. The decrease In yield
may not have been due to any particu
lar drain on the plant food elements
caused liy the sorgtoum, but might
have been the result of a lack of
moisture. Sorghum is a heavy feed
lng plant and requires consldevubla
moisture, hence it may have taken so
much moisture from the soil that
there was not a sufficient amount as
compared with other fields to produce
a good crop of wheat or oats.
We do not believo that you wlil
have any trouble In cutting your corn
with the ordinary corn binder, even
though there are pea vines in tho
Corn. Tho corn hinder may be used
very satisfactorily for cutting sor
ghum, also milo maize. Where these
crops grow unusually high and heavy
Borne of the machines may not handle
them as easily as they do corn because
they are built for corn and not for
heavy sorghum erops. The height o!
grain that ran be cut with the ordi
nary grain binder varies some w'th
the binder. This machine will handle
grain considerably ./higher than the
ordinary run of grains.
The most successful method of kill
ing Johnson grass is to plow early In
the fait and to harrow the land thor
oughly, using a spring tooth harrow It
possible, or a peg tooth If. tho sp-irg
tooth Is not available. This will torn
out a large numbor of the root stales
which should be removed from I he
field. A heavy seeding of sma'l
grain or millet should now be
sown which will keep down the John
son grasA during the late fall and early
spring, This crop should be cut for
hay, and the land should next be plovve '
and harrowed as before. It is well to
keep this land under thorough culti
vation during the summer -month",
not permitting any of the Johnson
grwB to grow to any extetCP. By f ill
tho field will be fro& from the Johnson
grass. The ^uatn objection to this i?
the loss of one year's crop, but It has'
been found to be the most satisfac
tory way of killing out thte grass.
Close pasturing and considerable
tramping is very Injurious to Johnson
grass, and will practically kill It on*
In time. A thorough drainage of the
, land, combined with the above, will
be of material assistance in eradicat
ing Johnson gra*s.
SALT AS A FERTILIZER |
R. H. Munday, London. Ontario,
writes as follows: Can you please
tell me If dirty salt from a tannery
spread thinly on clay loam would be
of any benefit as a fertilizer? What
Is a good fertilizer for onions?*'
You will find that salt Is not much
Rood as a fertilizer. *\Vo have known
ef experiments ? in fact. It has beer
experimented with considerably ? ir
which it did not affect the yield to
any material extent. It may have o
little effect on the physical condition
of the soil under some conditions, but
generally speaking, whatever this!
effect may be,, it is not worth the|
trouble of applying the 'salt.
j Tho four principal" plant"" rooTTj
I elemonts are nitrogen. phosphor
i us. potassium and calcium. The j
first three named are tho most Im
portant. Salt does not supply any ol
these plant food elements. Salt h
-made up of hydrogen and chlorine.
The best fertilizer for onions de
pends upon tho conditions of the soil
and as we are not familiar with youi
soil, we cannot give you this defi
nitely. Generally speaking, onions, re
quire very fertile lnnd in order to rWe
best returns. This crop seems? "te
demand an unusual amount of avail )
able potassium, and for this reason it j
is sometime advisable to apply -.ri
potassium fertilizer. Sulphate of pot
ash bus been found to glvr better
returns than potash in other forms. I
Stable manure is very goo?t for onie:*s
but should be applied In the fall ? :-r .
objection to using stable mnnure ' i? !
that it carries, a great many word!
seeds, and thus may increase the Hbor :
of caring for tho ontons. The {.res* ;
ence of lime is also very conducive to
growing gofVl onion crops.
KNOW WHAT YOUR IDEAL IS
/ ?' .
flrat 6Up to Reel Succsss, Though
Fe w *?m to ItOAltM It* lm
portsnc*. (
; Several years ago whan I filled a po
sition which brought me many v 1*1 torn
each day, and many more letter* In
the same time, I was overburdened
with requests fpr advice from person?
why wished "to succeed}" "to accom
plish;" "to attuln." Hut, as strange
as the statement may seem to you*
I can truthfully say that not one per
cent? not one In ? hundred of these
earnest 'seekers was able to state ei
actly what he or she really want< d
They were dissatisfied and discon
tented, aud felt the vague urge of un
rest pushing them forward to further
endeavor and attainment ? but It stop
ped right there. , Ninety-nine out of
every hundred did not know what they
wanted. They asked not only for ad
vice regarding the moans of fuftcom
pllshment and attainment, but also for
Information as to what they should
really desire.
"Billy," you exclaim. Not a bit of
It. I venture to say to you ? y?'?.
you who are now reading these lines,
pre not much better off regarding
clear cui ideas tuwl Ideals, ^ou vumi.
and want and want, of course ? but
Just what do you want? Have you a
clearly defined Idea, and a clear-cut
Ideal of the object of your d<
Honor bright now, have you? ? William
Walker Atkinson,, in the Nautilus.
GOOD WORD FOR THE WASP
In Industry He Is on ? Par With the
Bee, Though Not of 8o Much
Value to World.
Wasps appear to be well?nlgh as In
dustrious as ants or. bees. One eu-,
thorlty has declared that the cardinal
doctrine of wasps Is: "If any wasp will
not work, neither shall he teat." Divi
sion of labor Is clearly h<W In the
wasp's nest. Some of the workers seem
to be Specially employed as foragers
and soldiers, others appear to be told
off as nurses and guardians, while yet
others are engaged aB papermakers
and masons. Wasps are at all times
particularly fond of honey. Toward
the end of summer, as all beekeepers
know, they will force their way into
beehives and carry off by force as
much as they can gorge of their wing
ed neighbors' honey. The drones of
the wasp world, Instead of being idle
and luxurious, are sober, Industrious
and well-behaved members of the com
munity. . They clean the streets of
their town with exemplary diligence,
acting as public scavengers and sani
tary officers. And they have their re
ward, for, unlike the bee drones, they
live their allotted life In peace and
quietness until winter Involves them
and their maiden sisters in one com
mon cataclysm of death and destruc
tion. ? Harper's Weekly.
Pianola Within Rat.
The wonders of science will nevei
cease. Paris haB received a delicate
jolt by the exhibition of a rat which
carries arotand a pianola in its inter
nal organism. A touch of its tail pro
duces airs from the operas. M.
IJertrand Lebaudy, the French zoo
logical expert and savant, discovered
that the ribs of the rat give out
rhythmic tones when properly tickled.
Making experiments, ho found that
these tones could be regulated by
nerve pressure from an r.iectrio bat
tery. The nerves of a rat lead to its
sensitive tail, which does many duties
besides acting as whisk broom in rat
land. Ho tamed a 'lino specimen of
the regular Parisian rodent, got it so
that it? would answer to his least com
mand, fed it on a special diet and
then charged its nerves from an elec
tric battery. The rat became exceed
ingly sensitive and the notes from its
body when tweaked by the tail quite
audible. This story did not originate
In Winsted, Conn., but came from a
Paris correspondent.
Marshmallows.
In a mountain camp thiB summer
the cream rap short. The campers
simply couldn't get it. They didn't
even have the canned variety. A
box of marshmallowB was on the
table when the campers sat down to
lunch and one of the women looking
into her cup of chocolate minus
cream, began to eat a mallow. It
didn't exactly go to the spot. Neither
did the watery chocolate. In disgust
she put the two together. The mftTsh
mallow went floating in the cup of
chocolate, when, presto! there was
something white, and foaming! There
was cream! Necessity and accident
are indeed the mother and the father
of invention. Those people learned
before their lunch was over that
marshmallows take the place of
cream. Thoy do! They do indeed!
8tranded. ? ?
A negro, with an old gray mule
hitched to a ramshackle wagon, stood
on the incline of Capitol hill, in Wash
ington, during one of the worst ftleet
storms in January.
The old man huddled in his rabbits
skin cap, shivering; the mule waa
trembling with the cold. According
to Everybody's Magazine, two con
gressmen, waiting for a belated car,
wore attracted by tho strange outfit
and wondefed, as timo went on and
tho negro made no effort to depart,
what ailed, the old fellow.
One of the congressmen walked
over and said, "Why don't you move
on, uncle?"
The old negro pointed a trembling
finger at his "team" and replied,
" 'Cause dis yore mule won't go 'lea'
I whistle at him, and it's so cold 1
cyarn't \vhlstle!"
CENTENARY OF THE TROUSER
It Wu Napoleon's Victorious Legions
Who Brought That Garment
Into Fashion. ?
As nearly as can bs ascertained It
Is a hundred years since Napoleon
Bonaparte's soldier* Introduced the
old-new style of leg wear which speed*
Uy secured recognition as the distinc
tively masculine garment pf civilians
throughout two continents.
In 1814 ? the year before Waterloo j
?it was related as a current new? !
Item of some Importance that the J
great duke of Wellington had been re
fused admittance to Almack's in I^on- ]
don, because he presented himself ,
wearing trousers instead of the con- j
vcntlonul breeches which the dress {
regulations then in vogue demanded, j
Ah a matter of historical fact trous
ers have been worn by various races i
and by both eexos in all the ages of
which uny authentic records exist.
Generally speaking, trousers were re
garded In ancieut times as symbolical
of inferiority or elfeminacy. In the
triumphal processions of the Caesars,
for example, prisoners of war wore
them as a sign of defeat, while the
sturdy legs of v Roman's victorious le
gions were bare below the bottom of
the skirted or kilted coat of mall.'
For the last huudred Years or there
about trousers have been widely rec
ognized as the garments of autljprlty,
the outward and visible sign of the
stronger sex, s..ys the American Tail
or and Cutter. Hut that position has
not been won or maintained without a
struggle. Many attempts have been
mado to trample dowr> the tyranny of
trousers, as their rule has been called; ?
many times has their superiority been
challenged. Hut so far their position
remains secure.
BEER BARRELS IN WARFARE
Used In English Army Maneuvers for
the Construction of a
Foot Bridge.
4 The way they have in the army" of ;
'getting across country, despite fire,
hall, snow and vapor, was Illustrated
by a fine piece of handy-man work
during field training at Aldershot, Bng
land, recently. I
The Third Infantry brigade found It
self obliged to retire. The enemy
were too strong In front. Unfortu
nately, however, the Basingstoke canal
stretched behind them.
This was the chance the Second
Essex had been looking for. They
commandeered hay from a neighbor
ing stack, lashed it lntp five-foot
square bales, wrapped these in tar
paulin wagon covers, and moored the
completed articles like rafts in the wa
ter. Planks stretched from one to the
other enabled the whole battalion to
cross over in single file.
Meanwhile the Second Middlesex,
not to be beaten, borrowed half a doz
en. empty beer barrels from an Inn an*
made a light foot bridge.
The Somerset Light Jnfantry find
ing plenty of cut timber in Pyestock
wood, made a fairly substantial tres
tle bridge in less than two hours,
across which all the vehicles of the
brigade vere passed, the battalion fol
lowing in fours.
The Second Border regiment also
constructed a light barrel bridge, and
the whole brigade crossed the canal, i
thanks to their handy men, without
mishap, the rear guard destroying the 1
bridges.
Maine's Greatest Crop.
The total sale of the Aroostook po
tato-crop of 1911 is estimated at be
tween 14,000,000 and 15,000,000 bush
els, leaving betwen 2,000,000 ? and 3,
000,000 bushels that were sent to the
starch factories, used for seed and j
food purposes here in the country !
or lost. ^It is figured that for crops j
sold the average price was over $2 a
barrel. j
This (neans that Aroostook received
for the crop of potatoes which it
raised in 1911 between $1,650,000
and $1,800,000. The exceptionally
good year has encouraged the farm
ers, and their plans show that there
will be no shrinkage of the acreage
this season. It will not be increased,
however, to any appreciable extent
Most of the Aroostook farmers be
lieve that the time has come to stop 1
Increasing the acreage and to devote j
themselves to the problem of secur
ing further Increase of the yield an !
acre.
New Coal-Carrying Vessel.
An Improved typo of coal carrying j
vessel has just been launched at
Blyth, Newcastle, England, which, In
opinion of experts,, will begin a new 1
era in the building of cargo ships. The !
vessel is constructed on what is {
knoWn as the "arch" principle, which, '
It is claimed, offers important advant- i
ages over boats of the ordinary type,
with a dead weight of 3>100 tons and j
a draft of 18 feet 4 Inches. It is as- J
sorted to be tho fastest collier built ;
and it will be used for coaling pur- ;
poses in connection with the British j
fleet. Smaller capital outhiy, cheaper ,
maintenance, and increased rate of !
speed are among the favorable fea- 1
tures claimed for the vessel.
Artistic Birds' Nests.
For true art, one must look f<Jr the .
vireos' nests. They are of tho most j
exquisite workmanship and really
lovely to behold. ' They are woven |
so carefully and compactly that the ;
tempests seldom dislodge them. Th$ 1
little masses of lichens, plant down ,
and vine tendrils, looking for all the J
.world like baskets hung from the
crotches of trees, and nearly always
well concealed by loaves, are prob
ably as safe depositories for: eggs M
can be found in the bird world. :
Fted ? Give roo a kiss.
Niua ? And what reason have you
tor wiahing to klsa me? ?
Fred (eaibai ranped) ? 1 had a rea
son, but I ?ii hnvo lost it.
Nina ? Then you'd better go. I
couldn't think of Matting a man who
bad lost ni a ".reason.
The Cause.
"ller husband came home the other
day and found Jennie in an awful fit."
"Good gracious! What caused it?
Acute indigestion f"
"No; her dressmaker. ^
Speed.
"Huh (he baroness already another
huabund?"
"Oh, no. Bho's already without one
again." ? Fllegcnde Ulatter.
Quite Common.
Patience ? Is she doing anything to
try and reduce her weight?
Putrlce? Ob, yeB, she's lying about
It
The Best Way.
The world owes him a living
But he doeH not expect
Too easy pay; so day by day
He luiHtles to' collect,
The Reason.
"I expect to die in harness."
' "Then I tako it for granted you
have a stable position."'
Evelyn? I'm awfully sfrald of i
nlng.
Myrtle- I don't seo why yott|
be. *
Kvelyn?Why iloil
Myrtle ? lJecauso thore has |
fiomotbinK attractive ?jvou for
nlng. f*
Vsry Important.
Bomo people think thftrnuolvef a w :
Wo nee foikn every day
Who think the town would *0 ?
If lin y should inovo away.
Getting It Exaotly Right,
Clerk ? Your ad reads: "Pl&i#
wanted." They rather light bh
that, sir.
Hubbubs ? How shall 1 put it, t
Clerk? I should Bay : "Woman 1
ed tQ do Plain coqklng."
Hubbubs ? Change It, will you*
you mentioned it, And, by the
instead of "woman" you'd better i
it "lady."
No Resort Complete Without I
t "Who la the beautiful yo?mj
over there by the botel plazrar
"That's Jimmie Sweet. Htfit
fesslonal proposer."
"What's that? A professional
pos^r?"
"Yes. He helps the summer |
make their engagement records.*
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The Love Letters of a
Confederate General
WF> l>cjin in the November isauc*tt series
of real lovcylettera written over fifty
..years ? ago -by -ono - of our national *
heroes to. his sweetheart during the period of
VSi'to '6 5. This great general will go down to
posterity as having accomplished one of the
most brilliant fdat? of arms in the history of
t lie world. He was as great a lover as he was
a general, therefore these, letters combine au
thentic history and exquisite romance. -They
omul a human note that no other worlt
literature has done in a decade; it is war, it is romancc, i , an
literature. You simnly can't afford to miss this wonderful _?ta:njng a
story of . the Civil, War now published for .the first time an . ^ jgjj
the freshness of a contemporary happening." These letters \vi gr- ^
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