The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 18, 1904, Image 6
'
py l'ar:n liapv;?vem?nt.
There has been many pages^ written
in farm journals telling how different
crops can be grown, etc.. and but little
how to improve the appearance of the
farmer's yard ami build such conveniences
as every farmer ami his family j
^ ought to have. No yard is complete I
unless there are good brick or conI
crete walks, cistern, cellar and wood
house, (lood fencing. shrubbery and
flowers are indispensable where comfort
and happiness are desired.?E. F.
Isley, in The Epitorn 1st.
Keep the Best Stock to Creed From.
When selling stock on the farm, a
frery good price can usually be obtained
for it if willing to let the purchaser
make his own selection, and
leave the less desirable, states The
Epitomist. But this would soon lead
to the deterioration of your own stock.
Nobody can raise choice stock from
poor scrub animals. For breeding always
retain the b^st. Fatten the undesirable
and sell to the butcher for
what they will bring. You cannot afford
to breed from any except the
best.
Soft Wood For Tics.
On account of the scarcity of oak.
chestnut and ether hardwood timber
commonly used for railroad tics, railroads
have been successfully using the
softer woods, which have been treated
with chemicals such as creosote, zinc,
chloride, etc. Preservative treatment
can make a beech, rod oak or pine tie
outlast a white oak tie. The use of
screw spikes instead of nail spikes enAbies
the soft wood to resist tlie strain
and hold the rails in place. Th? use
enff ic utnlv tn imnrove the
IVA- OV1V ?? VVVt 4%r \*? - -?x ?
market for those grades of timber suitable
for the purpose.
Best Food For Fattening Lambs.
Very careful experiments at the Ontario
Agricultural College have shown
that an even mixture of peas and oats
made the most profit in feeding lambs.
Peas alone make the most gain, but at
a somewhat greater cost of feed. Corn
and peas make a slightly smaller gain
than the other feeds. But the difference
was so small that the convenience
of procuring the feed is the'largest element
in the case. As peas and cats
may be grown together very conveniently
and cheaply, this crop secures
some advantages over others which
will give it a preference in this regard.
Lesmnes on Stock Farms.
In some Delaware tests it was shown
that alfalfa, cowpeas and crimson
clover were great factors 111 .reducing
the concentrated feed bills of dairymen
aud other stockmen. It was
shown that the maximum crops of alfalfa
yielded 1230 pounds of protein
per acre or an equivalent of 1\'> tons
of cottonseed meal. The maximum
crops of cowpeas and crimson clover
contained each about 725 pounds of
protein. A crop of clover and one of
peas may be made into hay annually
frozn the same acre of land, hence
Iiwhera alfalfa fails to thrive these
crops may be used as a substitute ?
Orange Judd Farmer.
^ Care in Growing Celery.
1 Transplant the celery to the permanent
beds in May or June, placing a
large quantity of manure in the trench.
This crop is one that cannot be surfeited
by too much manure, as it is !
one of the grossest feeders known.
The plants must be frequently watered,
ooapsuds being better for such purposes
than anything else, and the bed
must be kept as clean and nice as
possible. It requires care to have ceiery
that is large, crisp and white, but
then it is a valuable crop when grown
and pays well for the attention bestowed.
If you neglected to sow the
seed you can procure the plants from
see<femen and you should not fail to
hate a supply.
I Growing Lima Beans.
No vegetable is more popular than
lima beans, and they are suitable for
all classes of persons as well as for
all manner of dishes. The difiiculty
with them is the poles, which are sometimes
expensive, but if strings are
used, as is done for climbing flowers,
the vines will grow and thrive equally
?? well. All that is necessary is to
keep them oil the ground, and it is not
jR-vr. necessary to pole them if inconvenient.
The late crop should be a large one,
!"' not only for the purpose of supplying
Ifej:; the family table, but also that they
may be dried and laid aside for winIP^
ter. If stored away they are very
i|^f serviceable at that season, as they
may then be soaked and used for the
ISf same purposes as when they are
green.
Som<? Garden Hint?.
m ' Nitrate of soda is an excellent forSty"''-"
tilizer for cabbage, and the more the
plants are cultivated the better they
gxi .will thrive. String beans may be planted
every two weeks, as they grow rap- j
lp: Idly and are soon gone. Tomatoes are j
one of the best crops for the garden, j
?-as they give a supply^ until frost comes, j
and are?.also grown with but little i
. labor, considering tbeir enormous
yields. Turnips may be planted for an
!r- early supply, and should be followed
by a late crop. The value of a garden
MM depends on how it is managed. To
pgr.'; derive the most from it the plot should
k* be made to produce both early and late ,
Wfg: crops, and at no time should there!
be a vacant spot unless too late in the |
||S>. season to" grow another crop before
Epy frost
Hogs on Grasw.
With corn at fifty cents per bushel.1
With bogs hovering around four cents
jfcr pound, the feeder must do some
FaiTh?
close figuring to keep on tlie right side
of the ledger. If taught it hogs are
great grass eaters, and will make a
fair growth on grass if but a small
ration of grain is given. When corn
is high and the price for hogs low,
clover, cowpeas. sorghum cane, rape
and rye are indeed very great factors
in making the hog business profitable.
As the rye and clover become fibrous
a:ul unpalatable a fresh field of rape
is net only highly appreciated by tbe
porkers, but if given ~.cces to it the
hogs make such increased gains tliai
a line profit is secured above the cost
of seed and labor. Try a patch of rape
for the little pigs, at least. If you
learn itsnahits, its successful culture,
you are sure to grow more of it.
A little later the cowpea field affords
excellent food for growing swine.
As the pods ripen they are gathered
by the bogs themselves, '.'he young
pigs need extra slop if tlicy are expected
to increase rapidly in weight.
KaisiiiS Alfalfa Hny.
There seems to be little question but
what alfalfa can be grown 0:1 almost
any good soil, provided such soil is
first inoculated with the alfalfa bacteria,
but the care of this crop during
the first season has much to do with
its successful establishment. Successive
growers make it a rule to cut the
alfalfa the first season at any time
when it seems to have stopped growing:
close watch is kept of it and the
cutting is done at the limes mentioned,
so that the field is cut over several
times during the summer.
After the first season, and when the
crop is well established, the time for
cutting lor hay is when about onetenth
of the heads are in bloom; as
several cuttings can be made each
o/\?^/\r? oftnv tirct MTO h?
used in the last cutting not to cut too
close, eiso there is danger of winter
killing, it is to be hoped that it will
not be many years before alfalfa will
be found on every farm, for it is certainly
one of the most profitable crops
for farmers to raise.
About Horses.
A
lump of salt should be' kept in
each manger.
Tiie chill should be taken off the
drinking water.
Com in the ear with wheat bran is
good for variety.
Shredded or cut corn fodder is good
for a change in place of hay.
The frog should never be cut but
left a big pad to take jar and keep
the legs sound.
The sharp cold air will not hurt
them, but never leave them out in a
storm.
Never allow high, uneven- calks on
any shoe?make them aa Jow as pos
MUit ililU LIU ^ C ILlCill uid^ u
Any ragged tags may be cut off, nut
insist that tiie knife shall go no further.
Never allow the bars to be cut
or weakeend.
Do uot keep the colts tied up in stalls
day after day. A colt must have regular
exercise while growing to develop
its muscles and tendons.
Work horses cared for and fed in this
manner will far more than pay for
the grain eaten during the winter by
the extra work they will do in the
spring.
Small Yards For Poultry.
When it is not possible to supply a
range of considerable size for the
fowls and they must be practically
kept in yards, an excellent plan is to
divide the yard into two or three sections,
according to its size, and treat
them in the following manner: Flow
or spade each yard, and in or.e or two,
if divided into three spaces, plant some
early vegetables that will require some
cultivation ? radishes, for example.
-f l- i
\\ ilPil lUf crup is iutvtru uul, iuui tu?
fowls into this vnrd and plant the
others in the same way. When the
yards are divided into three, one of
them may be prepared thoroughly and
grass seeds or oats or millet sown in
it, with the vegetables In the second
yard, while the fowls occupy the third.
When the grass or small grain gets
two or three inches high, turn the
fowls in this yard and sow the soil in
the yard they occupied, in a like manner.
By the time they have cleaned
out the grass lot, the one in which
the vegetables are grown will be ready
for them to scratch over. It is surprising
how well the fowls will do
under this plan, even though each yard
is very small.
Cabbage as a Sheep Food.
The utility of the cabbage as a sheep
food is not a matter of question, as
breeders in all parts of the country
have proved to-their satisfaction. Perhaps
the Canadian breeders have
shown a greater readiness to appreciate
the advantages of cabbage as a
sheep food than the average American,
though in this country also a large
quantity of cabbage is raised yeariy
for the purpose mentioned. Not only
can the cabbage be grown in all sections
of the country, but it is a food
that is greatly relished by the sheep,
v~~ i.o.'iio/?ic iv.-ftfppflhlo rn
UVitlg 111 tri l.UU i iJ'.V.V ... u.v
rape; take, for instance, the late fall,
when the prevalence of frost makes it
unwise to introduce rape in ihe sheep
diet. Then, if the lloekinnster has
been sufficiently fores!edited to grow
and store away a good quantity of oak
bage, let him feed them to the sheep
and we have no doubt that he will be
quick to realize the advantage of s:
doiug. Under favorable condition." ar
I acre will produce many tons of cab
j bage. though it must be admitted it
I is not always an easy matter in a dry
j season *o get the young plants wol
j started in growth.?Shepherds' Du?
i letiu.
s * J . j
/
! IN THE PU
j A A
! - ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
i
I
ARTHUR J.
j Premier of Great Britain, whose i
Chamberlain's retirement and voeil
' iff scheme have led to ruinons dis
scholar of note, but has never been i
FOR AN IDEAL CITY
i The Hexagonal Plan Sag^estsi as TliaT
Best Suited For All Purposes.
! More attention is being given to-day
j to the systematic planning of cities,
with a view of affording the most conj
venient means of getting from one
j point to another, and at the same time
j of gratifying a. growing demaud for
j artistic effect. In an article in the
Craftsman, Charles R. Lamb gives the
subject a thorough discussion, and
after reviewing a number of plans of
I arriving at these ends, comes to the
following conclusion: Municipal art
-must have for its foundation practi^eabilitjf
Its very essenceHS depeadent
~ upon.: the\ harmonious relations^ between
this'and beauty, and.'therefore,
j a city planned to be developed in arf
fistic and -esthetic directions must be
based upon the most practical plan.
And what is such a plan? To the
writer's mind, all forms of rectilinear
plans must be discarded. The cutting
of these with diagonals is, after all.
but a makeshift. If not an oblong or
a square, what form would be the
basic one upon which to found the
J city? After }he fullest consideration
j of all the possibilities that geometric
l . 4-1,? tQV ic fAmntwt to
i Jiguifo o1' ,"v-~ ""i" ???t
I suggest the scheme shown in the ac!
company ing diagram, the hexagon,
J This permits the development of the
city to the utmost that might be possii
ble within many decades, because with
j the hexagon, the great advantage of
the diagonal is secured, and. at the
same time, intervening spaces which
can be secured for playgrounds and
j park areas, between the large central
] areas, which, in turn, can be used
j for groups of civic buildings in certain
j parts of the city, and, again, in other
I parts of the city scats of learning.
[ recreation, business in all its forms,
banking, publishing, the newspaper inj
dnstries. and the thousand and one
j trades, which, in their turn, seem to
jSBSBWk.
:\v/?qv/?to QV
^morns'
WB2B&
?? 7?e""?
THE HEXAGONAL PLAN OF A MUNICIPAL
EXTENSION.
be desirous ol grouping themselves
around a common centre.
The mere this plan is studied, the
more it will be found to approach the
idea of practicability, primarily in re-1
gard to shorter distances that a person
would have to walk'or drive from any
one point to another. The sub-division
of the interests into groups by a division
of the park area, is to be distinctly
jfc oonitopv rtrtlnf r\f
I COlIllLJtllUrU llVJIJI no Oiiuiiut.i
. view, as these interruptions of natural
. ! loilage give the greatest advantage
| j to the inhabitants of each quarter.
Esthetic-ally, the grouping of the pub.
lie, serai-public, and private buildings
- around common centres largely -in
creases the architectural and artistic
possibilities over the accidental opportunities
offered by the ordinary plan
of the city; while the angles caused
1 by the hexagon permit interesting
* variety in the treatment of the street
. facades over that developed by a
, straiglit and continuously curved
street. Of course, such a plan is*
assumed nrimarilv for a level eountry.
.. , '*' ' ' ] ; < r - - .
BLIC EYE. I'
1
BALFOUR,
i
lnexplaiued conduct at the time of Mr. ,
iation in regard to the preferential tar- <
tensions within the party. He is a j
)opular as a leader. (
? &
and must be modified when the con- ?
formation .would indicate distinct J
changes in.'Ievels. This is indicated 1
here, because the method of procedure ]
with most city officials is to force any
scheme to comply with differences in <
the elevation.?Philadelphia Record. i
C/KJQHT IN OMR WdTER-f.
The vast amount of nutritious, wholesome
and delicious foodstuff resulting
from the fisheries of the United States
is not generally realized. Seme con- i
ception of it may be had from an examination
of the diagram here shown .
from an article in the National Geo- ]
graphic Magazine bj Dr. Barton Warceo
Everman, ^f the Bureau of Fisheries.
f f i. $ *' .
The total catch of food-fishes in the
United States and Alaska, as shown
by the last census, was 1.733,314.324 :
pounds, valued at $45,531J G5. The
number of men employed was 214.05G
and'the capital invested was $72,2G1,\
\1'ELd"oP 24 oFTrie'pRIKClPAl.
T!SHeriE5 ijJ IOM1040H5 of podtfDS1
a as * '
SALMON HMMMMMMMM
OYSTERS HMnBHi
cod mmmmmm
HERDING Ml
LAKE HEARING MB
ALEWIVES wmm
, SHAD Mi
hake mm
SOUETEAGUE M
clams mm
CRABS
BLUEFISH m
HALIBUT
CARP
LOBSTERS '
CATFISH
SUCKERS ?
MACKEREL 1
SHRIMP I
FLOUNDERS I .
LAKE TROUT '
WHITEFISH I
STURGEON I i
HAD POCK I .
THE FISH CATCH CF THIS COUNTRY.
G4G. The salmon pack of Puget Sound
alone in 1901 exceeded $4,500,000, an
amount more than four times as great
as the entire silver output of the whole
region drained. by the Columbia River.
The salmon output of Alaska for T!)03
is valued at,$10,000,000, which exceeds
by more than $2,500,000 the amount
I which Alaska cost us, and if we add
to the salmon the value of the cod.
halibut and other fisheries of Alaska,
the total greatly exceeds all the other j
resources of Alaska combined.
KZJTJ ON HIS TAIL,
An interesting photograph of the
Tasmania wolf, taken by Mr. E. T.
Keller, is reproduced herewith from a
foreign natural history journal. It illustrates
the observation made by Mr. j
Keller that in the resting position the j
TASMANIA* WOLF AT BEST.
stiff tail is used to support the animal.
Mr. Keller says: "I have not seen this
interesting fact recorded elsewhere. It
is. however, possible that it is well
known among students of the habits i
of this animal."
The Hemp Field*.
Not more than three hundred and J
fifty square miles of territory are un- j
der cultivation in henequin or sisal i
hemp, yet on this small area is produced
the fibre that literally binds the
' wheat harvests of the world. It is
j *sed alike in Minnesota and Argen-1
1 tina, in Siberia and Egypt I
FESLA'S TOWER FOR
WORLD TELEGRAPHY
> (
The marvelous construction shown in f
he accompanying cut is part of a \
jreat scheme by which the electrician, t
sicola Tesla. says he will have in |
iperation before a great while and /
vhich he calls "world, telegraphy/' j
'ro:n this tower, which be has been '
mililina: at Wardenclyffe* on Long Isl
mil, for some time, and which he has
recently completed, he hopes to send
md receive mosages from all over the -(
vorld irrespective of distance or. in- J
ervening obstacles. The construction j
>f the upper part of this tower is said
o be so delicate that it will detect (
the slightest impulses that come to it t
iff Hi
j0M% "i}:\
through the air. He says that he will * <
be able to deliver the electrical current
iny where and in any amount by the
tse of certain artifices which he has ]
liscovered and which he wili make
known in due course.
While Mr. Tesla has been responsible ;
for a great many electrical inventions. . j
some of which were of a revolntionlz- i
ing nature, he has made a great many
promises which be has failed to re- <
deem up to the present time and for
this reason some of.his electrical as- .
soclates have referred to hitn -.as a
"very promising yonng man."' It has
been said that in his-, present work <
lie is receiving support from some very ,
wealthy ana lnnuenum persuus. u ? : ,
said that through his connections with
George Westinghonse he has J. Pierpont
Morgan among his supporters.
THE OCEdN'5 FLOOR.
While carrying on her work for the
Bureau of Fisheries, says the National
Geographic Magazine, the Albatross
has made more than 10,000 soundings,
and more than 400 dredgings, and has
brought up from the bottom of the sea
' a tfy.i - ,310/4. 1 1
SSooiA
;
hundreds of tons of fishes and other
animals and mud.
The greatest depth from which the
Albatross has secured any life was
4173 fathoms. This was iu the South
Pacific between Tonga and Ellice Islands.
The dredge brought up silisious 1
sponges, radiolarians and brown volcanic
mud. The greatest depth from
which she has brought up fishes is 2949
fathoms, or about one and a third
rr.;in? This was in the edge of the
Gulf Stream off the coast of Virginia. <
The deepest "sounding ever made by
the Albatross was at Station 4010, near
Guam, where the enormous depth of
4813 fathoms, or nearly five and a half
miles, was.found.
The depest sounding even made by
any vessel was by the U. S. Nero while
on the Honolulu Manila cable survey,
with apparatus borrowed from the Albatross.
When near Guam the Nero
got 52G9 fathoms, of 31,014 feet, only ,
sixty-six feet less than six miles. If <
Mount Everest, the highest mountain
on earth, were set down in this hole,
it would have above its summit a
depth of 2G12 feet, or nearly half a
mile of water.
The Life of the Cell.
It is no extravagance and no mere
figure of speech to say that cells move
alx)ut with apparent purpose, that
they feel, that rhey suffer and enjoy,
that they absorb and assimilate food,
that they live, love, marry, propagate
and die. And we can say with as
much truth that they think. The cell,
therefore, does all that man does, has
all that man has, and possesses, within
its tiny compass, heart, vein, muscle,
nerve, artery, skin, bone, cartilage
and what-not of the future or- '
ganistn of the composition of which it
forms one of the ultimate constituent
parts.?National Magazine.
A Remarkable Snake Story.
Recently Dr. Macdonald, of Mombasa,
East Africa, encountered a
puff adder, "which is one of the most
deadly snakes. He discharged his
rifle at it and killed it. He took the
body to the hospital verandah, and,
finding it to be a male, returned to the
spot to search for the female, but 1
without success. A few nights later,
however, while sitting on his verandah,
the doctor espied the snake he
had been seeking, and fired at her.
Afterward no fewerNthan ninety-one
young adders were found scattered on i
the ground, and had all been killed by <
the shot fired at,the mother.
A thousand million miles are covered
by.the various trains of this country
in the course of a year.
' ,;e: 'T ;.i
- ' 4>
City Friend?.
?- ? >tr>vd thrtc? infppA5fpd In '
\ji I uvwv ?.
j{ . V road improvement, the
o El q farmers of course stand v
^ "" ^ first. The, character and
^(0)f condition of the roads are
>f vita! interest to them every day in
ho year. The farmers, until recently, ,
lave been compelled to struggle "With '%*"
he road problem without muchrhelpr
)r encouragement from;: any other
:1a ss?' >5>w, however, some strong eWnonts
of the city population are ra'lyng
to their support. Among these <
nay rbe named the manufacturers of
*oad building machinery; the makers
md users of bicycles and automobiles,
md the moneyed men of ihe cities who
liave money invested in the country.
These people are entering into the
work for road improvement with even
more enthusiasm and zeal than the ^
farniprs. . ^
Just now the farmers who want
better roads are brought face to face
with, h most important question. Will
he arccept the assistance of these city i
allies? Will he. welcome the aid of |
the machinery man, the capitalist,
bicyclist and the automobilist?....Or.?
will lie treat them as schemers who 3re
trying, to meddle with his af- *
fairs?
The answer these questions ought
to depend on what these city'friends
of good roads are proposing to. do. If
they propose tor-have the country roads .
improved in otdei; to increase their t*
business, and enhance their pleasures,
wholly at the expense of the farmer,
then he should spurn the proffered
alliance. If, on the contrary, they are v
proposing, through State and National *
taxation, to lift a large part of the
burden off the farmer and place ^it
an the taxpayers of the cities, he ought
to bid them welcome, *and extend the
glad hand.
This is a live question for the fanner
to consider and answer. Already the
opponents of State and National aid
are at work trying to sow seeds of ' 1
suspicion in the minds of the farmers,
and tliey will do their best to prevent
any co-operation between the country
and city friends of good roads.
As a matte rof fact, State and National
aid offer the only hope of general
road improvement, and such aid
can never be secured if the city people >
array themselves against it. Unless
the farmers are wholly blind to their
own interests, they will welcome aid t'rom
any and every source, and will
make every effort to secure the powerful
aid of the State and Federal
Governments.
I' ^ ; -j&
. Depends on the Farmer*.
The candid and unprejudiced opinion of
a'public man <m'arquestton concerning
which he is welt qualified to speak
is nearly always of interest Sucli
an opinion concerning the prospect "for
National Highway legislation was recently
-ecured from a gentleman wlio
is a close observer of men and events,
and who has speut many years at the
National Capital. He said: ? fc
I have watched the # growth of the
sc-ealled ''good roads movement" with,
mr.eli interest, and especially since
Colonel Brownlow introduced into Con- *
gross his hill providing that the Government
should-pay half the expense
of improving the roads. As regards
the prospect of such a measure ever' ,
becoming a law, I will say that it all
depends on the farmers. If the agricultural
classes go to work in earnest
for Government: aid, they will get it;
if I hey "Co not. "Congress will never enact
such a law. In Government affairs.
as in most other affairs, I have
noticed that rise people who go after
things are the people who get them.
The farmers as a class receive comparatively
little serious consideration
from Congress simply because they
don't demai^l it. Every .Congress now
appropriates more than a bilHoii dollars,
but how-much of this is spent in >
the rural districts? Almost nothing. <
Millions are spent for public building9
in cities; millions for improvement of
rivers and harbors; millions for the
army and navy; millions for the Gov- . '
eminent at Washington, etc. Occasionally
a few thousand dollars go" for
something that directly benefits the
farmers, but that is all. Of course
there isn't as much chance to give the
farmers direct benefits from the spending
nf nnhlif mnnw. Rut national aid
to road improvement furnishes an
ideal opportunity. It would even up
things to some extent. It would certainly
be a big thing for the rural dis- %
tricts. The money spent would of
course make good times; but the main
benefit would come from the improvement
of the roads. It would increase
the value of farm lands; it would enable
the farmers to market their crops
to better advantage; it would make
farm life better worth living. In fact
it would be. a great permanent benefit.
If any other class of our population
had such an opportunity to enjoy the
fostering care and aid of the Government,
how they would work for it.
They would give their Senators and
Representatives no rest. But the far
mers as a class move more deliberately.
Tbcy take time to look into the
whys and wherefores, and to consider
all objections. So far as I am able
to learn, the farmers are taking up this
question seriously and in time will
make their influence most^powerfully
felt. I think Congress wil be ready
to enact a national law whenever there
is,a general demand for it'from the
farmers of all sections.