The Sonora Sun. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 37, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 27, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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Farming COllOli and LiU> 11.k supplies
that could ho raised on Ihe farm,
have operated very unlavoiably for
the Induatriul progress of the New
Fouth. Knowing this. the Cnlou la
paging a strenuous campaign to get
the farmer reduce the individual
fc( reage arm to raise the essentials
for family and animals on the farm,
'then this is accomplished, the path
to rightful prices is already blazed.
The colt that comes through winter
fat and round is growing and in a good
way to grow. The colt that is al-
lowed to get poor and hide bound in
winter becomes stunted, arid requires
half the following summer on good
pasture to round out and start to grow
again it has been so reduced in flesh
and weakened in vitality that it can
never regain the loss, henee grows
up to be au under-sized and weak
animal.
Applying Potash.
In the matter of supplying potash
to the soli economically, the charac-
ter of the soil must be taken into |
consideration as well as the crop to j
l<e grown, because It is a well ea'ab- ,
iit-hed fact that some soils never con-
tain enough potash to supply the
ne«l* of good crops. Othef soils are I
able to meet the demands of some \
crops, while utterly unable to supply
sufficient potash to other crops. This i
Is true, because experts tell us that 1
an average crop of cotton removes If!*
pounds of potash from an acre of soil, :
while tobacco removes 200 pounds
from the same amount of soil. If we |
had no other evidence except the bare j
assertion of the experts to support j
this theory, then we might be Justi- j
fled in doubting its authenticity. Hut j
while on most soils in the South there I
is enough potash in the soil to pro- i
dure a moderate crop not by any I
means a paying or remunerative one. '
of cotton, we know that on the ma-
jor portion of them a crop of tobacco J
would be an utter failure.
Potash for Apple Orchards.
It would certainly pay to sow po'- |
ash on our apple orchards, as It Is one !
of the most Important elements of
plan! food for the apple. Wood ashes
are excellent if you can buy them in
the unleached form. If you buy pot- 1
aih get It In the muriate form, and
apply from 200 to 200 pounds to the ■
acre, sown broadcast under the trees. I
It would he difficult to get on too much
wood ashes.
The mounding of the earth around
the base of the tree will Induce the
moths to deposit eggs higher up on
the trunk, and but few larvae will en-
ter the bark much below- the surface
of the contact of the mound with the !
free, and they may thus be readily de- i
stroyed upon the removal of the .
mound after the period of egg laying
of the moths has passed. Of much !
the same order Is the use of strips of
tarred papre. newspaper, or other form
tif sheathing, wrapped around the I
trunk. Two or three Inches of soil ]
are first removed front around the
base of the free, and a protector ap-
plied. The return of the earih will
hold the bottom of the sheathing in
place. Hitd it Is secured above with a
string or by other suitable means.
Bee* and Fruit Growing.
If you will give the bee a chance he
will literally break the boughs of your
trees with the weight of fruit The
bee is the expert assistant of the
horticulturist or the farmer, and es-
pecially the orchardlst. Tin- bee, like
other Insects, effects Incidental polli-
nation of flowers In Its search for nee
tar, but Its great value to the fruit
grower lies In this, that It goes to the
flowers specifically to gather pollen,
literally by the car load, in the hairy
baskets on its legs, hastening from
bloom to bloom, rolling and literally-
rioting In the golden dust, pregnant
with the microscopic germs of plant
life, until the go'den pellets are park-
ed away in Its hairy baskets to be
carried to thp hive for storage as an
Indispensable portion of the food for
Its young during the winter months
fo come.
It requires an expert knowledge fo
comprehend how perfectly the bee
thus perform* the office of pollination
Indeed. It Is nature’s chief agent in
this Indispensable work No seed, no
fruit. Is the universal law Here Is
the only Insert useful In all its hab-
its. having a fixed habitation, access!
ble to mand. dependent upon the po'
len of every variety of flower as an
Indispensable portion of the bloom
specifically to gather that pollen, thus
increasing the yields of our fruit
trees and other horticultural produc
lions.
The man who Is trying to success-
fully manage an orchard without the
use of bees Is losing a large portion
of profit which would be made avail
able by the use of the winged pollen
disseminators Oklahoma Farmer.
Selecting a Horae,
A government horse buyer gives
some new pointers on picking out a
good roadster. He says a horne that
moves steadily and takes good, long
tarldes la a good horse Never buy a
horse that takes short, nervous steps
or which has a mincing gait. Much a
horse cannot stand hard work on the
road and Is always hard on his rider
or driver. Cavalry horses in the cra< k
regiments are. as a tale, particularly
galled at to walking.
t
Alfalfa Cultcure.
Alfalfa la truly a wonderful plan*
There ia no other single plant used
for hay or forage that -furnishes the
quantity of digestible nutrients In
palatable a form as alfalfa it Is a
ba anted ration In Itself and a great
many classes of live stock will thrive
on It without the ddltiou of any other
feed Well-cured alfalfa is so we.]
liked by live stock that they leave
not a morse) of it remaining in their
I mangers after feeding. There is a*
e ass of live stork that will not eat
; alfalfa, Even twine and chit kens rel-
j ish it.
This plant has been tried In many
' parts of the South and has been found
to do well where the proper care and
| attention have been given It. It is
tender and slow about getting Started,
but on re started it requires but little
■ attention for a period of tight or ten
; years.
There are at least three essential
conditions necessary to cause alfalfa
| to do well. In the first place, a well-
j drained soil is neeessary. Alfalfa will
not grow on soil which is wet or ltits’
lias a layer of water within a few feet
of the surface In the second place
alfalfa requires lime, and so if Hie soi
is not rich in lime it should be sowx
upon the land that is to be planted in
alfalfa.
Air-slaked lime Is best and should
be sown al the rat of one ton per acre.
Thp third essential is to prepare a
good seed bed and keep the land free
from weeds. When the alfalfa plant
Is young it is very tender and easily
killed out by other plants, but after
It regain* a firm foothold upon the
soil it will hold its own very well
Therefore, it is essential to plant alfal-
fa in thi* climate about August or Sep-
tember, after ail weeds have been kill-
ed out. After this time of year the
weeds are not liable to be so trouble
some as earlier in the season. Alfalfa
Is sown at the rate of about 20 pounds
to thp acre. It belongs to the seme
class of plants as the cow-pea; that is.
it Is a legume and gathers nittogen
from the air.
Alfalfa will do better on soil that
has been innoculated with bacteria
from the soil of an alfalfa field. This
is done by strewing soil from an old
alfalfa field over the ground that has
been prepared for alfalfa The soil
should be scattered late in the day
and then harrowed in at once before
the sun has a chance to destroy the
bacteria Alfalfa that appears yellow
and makes but little growth needs in
not-illation. When it is impossible to
get soil from an old alfalfa field, soil
from a patch of sweet clover will do
about as well since the roots of both
the alfalfa and sweet clover grow the
same kind of bacteria. Some soils are
deficient in phospherus, in which case
a liberal application of acid phosphate
will usually insure a good crop, pro-
vided the soil has been well prepared,
limed, drained and innoculated.
When we stop to consider that alfal-
*a is relished by ail classes of live
slock; that it will make more milk
and beef than any other kind of hay;
that It requires replanting only once
in about eight or ten years, and that
it will produce four or five tons of hay
per acre, we can realize at once the
value of this plant —P. N. S.
Quality of the Dairy Cow.
The most interesting study that a
farmer can devote his time it is that
of animals on the farm. There can
be no doubt that one serious drawback
to the dairy interest* is the lack of
knowledge of cow nature—their needs,
requirements and methods of care to
produce best results, and there can
be no great degree of success in dai-
rying where a lack of this know edge
is found. A writer in an exchange
says:
"Our cows as a rule are not as poor
as our dairymen Hundreds of cow*
are not giving their owner good re-
turns because the owners are at fault.
Give every cow in the herd a good
chance to prove her worth as a milk
producer and if she I* not giving prop
er returns for her feed do not feed
her for milk The farmer will begin
right by selecting his very best cows
and then introducing into his herd
dairy bulls of his favorite breed and
will thus obtain a bull adapted to his
purpose. With butter fat averag-
ing over 20 cents per pound the year
around a row producing 200 to 2*0
povinds per year, which is nof an un-
usual farmer's cow average, he call
very well afford to lei the beef take
< are of Itself and his well raised calves
fed on the skim milk and the grains
grown on the farm will sell at a price
that will fully Justify any reasonable
additional expense Involved through
the purchase (if a well-bred sire of
some of the typical dairy breeds and
the slight additional expense of good
cure and a liberal feeding of a ration
suitable for rapid growth ”
Hi connection with this we advice
the growing of all cows on the farm
that may be needed for future use I
Is a mistake to bc'leve that cows isn
be purchased to better advantage than
they i an be raised. The man who pur
chases must always take such anl
mala as someone else wants to dis-
pose of. but the man who breeds and
develops hi* own may be reasonable
sure of a more profitable class of cows
The only danger to the horse breed
ing industry is their scarcity, says
l*rof W. I. Carlyle. Whenever the
time comes that the price of a good
horse is as good or nearly as groat as
a motor van or automobile, then the
l>eople wl I buy the cheaper article
Hut that linn- is distant If the horse
bleeders keep busy. Plenty of wej
bred stallions and good brood mares
are a valuable asset of any commu-
nity There is big money to ba made
in breeding draft horsas tor many
years to come.
ROOSEVELT OFF
FOR GREAT HUNT
EX-PRESIDENT SAILS AWAY TO
DARK CONTINENT.
TO BE IN AFRICA A YEAR
Then He Will Travel and Speak in
Europe—Three Skilled Naturalist*
and Hi* Son Kermit Accom-
pany Him.
New York.—Theodore Roosevelt, ex
president of the Cnited States, sailed
out of New York harbor Tuesday on
the steamer Hamburg of the Hamburg
American line on the way to hia much
heralded hunting trip in British East
Africa.
On the dock was a large assemblage
of Mr. Roosevelt's friends, who had
gathered to bid him Godspeed, and
who cheered him as he stood at the
rail of the steamer waving his hand
and smiling with delight Beside him
stood the three men selected from
hundreds of applicant* to accompan>
him ami assist him in collecting the
specimens of African fauna which he
hopes to send back lor the enrichment
of the Smithsonian institution. These
fortunate individuals were Maj. Ed
gar A Mearns. .1. l-oring Alden and
Edmund Heller. They comprise the
Smithsonian’s expedition The fiftn
member of the little party, and not to
be considered of least importance. was
livlng ally to the type of the extinct
Tlchorine or woolly rhinoceros which
lived In England at the close of the
Glacial period.
Journey Across Uganda.
Leaving Nairobi in October, the
party will proceed by the I'ganda
railway to Port Florence, on the
shores of Lake Victoria Nyanza, where
a short stop will be made; then a
steamer will be taken to Entebbe. 15<i
miles away There a caravan will be
formed and the Journey across
1 Vanda to the Nile w ill be begun. It
is expected that the White Nile will
1 be reached about the first of the year
1810. Lake Albert Nyanza will be
touched at Klbira.
In a general way the course of the
Nile will be followed to Gondokoru
ami thence to Khartoum. At this city
Mr. Roosevelt and Kermit will be
joined by Mrs. Roosevelt and they will
continue down the Nile slowly to
Cairo, visiting many points of interest
on the way.
To Speak in European Capitals.
Plans for the remainder of the ex
president s two years' tour have not
been decided ui>on definitely, but the
time will be spent in Europe, ami sev-
eral matters of importance have been
announced. He will visit Berlin at the
Invitation of Emperor William and
while there will deliver an address
upon the one hundredth anniversary
| of the founding of the I’nlversity of
Berlin.
From Germany he will go to France
1 and deliver an address at the Sor-
1 bonne, ft has not been learned how
] long Mr Roosevelt Intends to stay in
Berlin and Paris. After his visif in
France. Mr. Roosevelt will go to Eng
! land, where a reception of great
warmth undoubtedly will be accorded
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ROUTE OF THE ROOSEVELT PARTY IN AFRICA.
the president's second son. Kirmlt,
who will be the official photographer
of thp expedition and. next to his
father, the chief hunter
To Vombata Via Naples.
Mr. Roosevelt will go via Gibraltar
to Naples, where he will board a
steamer of the German East African
line for Kilindlni harbor, the port of
Mombasa At the latter place the
party will be joined by R J Cun
ninghame. an Englishman of long ex
perlence in Africa, who has been en
caged as general manager and guide
The party will spend a short time in
Mombasa and then proceed by train
on the I'ganda railway to Nairobi,
headquarters of the administration of
British East Africa Protectorate, a city
of 1 H inhabitants, of whom 579 are
Europeans.
On MacMillan’s Ranch.
William Northrup MacMillan, for-
formerly of St l-ouis, owns a large
estate near Nairobi and his big. lux-
urious farmhouse will be headquarters
for about six months while the hunt-
ers and scientists make trip* of vary-
ing length in all directions. It is in
this section that Mr Roosevelt hopes
to obtain most of his s|>ecimens. for
it abounds with animals of all kinds.
The smaller mammals will be trapped
The supplies of the party are packed
In tin-lined boxes These Ivoxes when
they have been emptied will be used
as packing cases for the various speci-
mens Many valuable natural history
specimens have been s|ioilei| bv ant*
and other insects it has been found
from >-\|(erlence on other expeditions,
and it is to guard against this that
the tin-lined fioxes are being taken
along
Caring for Specimens.
When the specimens have (teen pre-
pared thev will be carefully packed In
the boxes and shipped to Nairobi,
where they will tie forwarded to the
1’nltcd States One of the taxbler
mists will alwa'* be with Mr Roose-
velt. and a* soon as any Idg game |*
shot by him it will be skinned and
prepared on the *pot.
Mr Roosevelt will he greatly dis-
appointed If he tails, to kill several
specimens of the white rhinoceros
This animal is the same as the square-
moutht d-rhlnotervis and is the nearest
to him He has accepted an invitation
to deliver the Ron.me* lecture at Ox-
ford 1,‘i'erslty and in all probability
the honorary degree of D C. L., which
Oxford has bestowed on Emperor Will-
iam. will be conferred on Mr. Roose-
velt.
The versatility of Mr Roosevelt will
be shown by the fact that he will
s|>eak German in his address before
the studei.*s of the (’Diversity of Her
tin. French in his lecture at the Sor
bonne, and English in delivering the
Romanes lecture at Oxford.
Pays His Own Expenses.
Mr Roosevelt will defray the ex
penses of himself and his son on the
African trip, but those of the scien
tista and the cost of preparing the
specimens and shipping them to Amer-
ica will be paid out of a fund secured
for the purpose by the Smithsonian
institution.
One of the objects of Mr Roosevelt
in taking this trip is for the purpose
of collecting material for writing sev-
eral books regarding his experiences
During last summer he contracted with
t’barles Scribner s Sons, of New- York,
giving that firm all the rights for the
serial anil book-form publication of
whatever he might write on bis visit
to Africa. It is said that the contract
price agreed upon is II per word,
but this never has been verified
No Slaughter of Animals
Even If the British colonial govern
ment should offer to throw open to Mr.
Roosevelt and hi* companions the Af
rican game preserves under it* con
trol. the ex-president will refuse to
take advantage of this opportunity.
Like other true s|i©rt*men he believes
that the utmost protection should be
given lo wild animals on reservations
and that permission to kill them
should not lie given or accepted under
any circumstances unless possibly,
when predatory animals are becoming
too numerous
Moreover, the killing of animal* for
Kisirt is not the main object of his trip.
Mr. Roosevelt hopes to send bach to
the Smithsonian Institution two adult
sjieclmens, one of each sex. and a
specimen of their voting of animals
he meets with on the Dark Continent
|o-vend this the killing will be ||m
ited to the demands of the commie
sary.
RISKS RIS LIFE 10
WHAT WIFE SAYS “GOES.”
brave underground exploit
OF TOM FRANCIS, A MISSOURI
SHAFT BOSS.
BRICKS UP HOLE IN WALL
Labor* for Twenty-Four Hour* In
Dirty, Ruthing Water* Without
Food or Sleep, But Accom-
plishes Object.
Macon, Mo.—Speaking of heroes,
thero is a Welshman here who might
have been in the class of Binna had
the scene of his exploit been nearer
the footlights.
Not long ago Tom Francis, short,
stout and active, was superintendent
of Mine No. 1 of the Loomis A Snlvely
company, One day the men below
were engaged In making a new fur-
nace so as to afford better ventilation
In the far end of the mine. Near
where the men were at work was an
old mine, long since abandoned and
full of water. An unfortunate blast
made an entrance Into the mighty un-
derground reservoir and the black wa-
ter came pouring into the new works.
The miners scurried out o( the dan-
gerous place and told Tom Francis
what had happened below. In the old
country Francis had met similar emer-
gencies and he knew wbat t j do. Like
the captain of a battery striving to
save his pieces from an onrushing en-
emy, the boss picked out the men he
wanted—Tim and Davy and Barney
and Dan and others. Then he went lo
the door of the engine room and told
the man In charge to get busy with
the pumps. The little party went
down in the cage, where a mule train
waited. There was a John Gilpin ride
to the cross entry, where the miners
got out and scrambled along the black
lane through mud and water above
their ankles. The boss led the way,
followed by the men carrying sack! of
brick. Standing knee-deep in water
he placed the foundation brick in the
cavity through which the black tide
The Miner* Went on with Their La-
bor, Waist Deep in Water.
was sweeping. The brick had to be
laid carefully, lengthwise in double
and triple rows.
Working under forced draught, the
engines on top did the best they could,
but the water rose steadily. Some-
time* the torrent pushed the brick
aside and flowed with -enewed energy.
A string of men passed the brick to
the subterranean builder. When the
water had risen above Francis’ waist
one of the owners of the mine. Mr.
lyoomls. sent down a peremptory order
for the boss and his men to withdraw
and let the mine go to smash.
But Francis kept on with bis brick
barricade.. The water rushed fiercely
against him and once or twice he was
swept off his feet. The black fluid
dashed into his nose, ears and eyes.
When his pit light went out a miner
standing on higher ground waded in
and handed him a new light.
The little boss went on with his Job
of bricklaying, playing his life against
the dark sulphur water, r.nd his wall
grew higher. There was nothing
spectacular about it—nothing you
could photograph. It was just a dirty
disagreeable Job In a darkness so thick
that you could carve chunks of It with
a butcher knife. Finally he had a wall
that would stand. He had been at
work 24 hours without eating cr clos
Ing his eyes. The mine and Its vast
works below bad been saved.
Francis staggered through the water
to the higher ground, where he fell tln-
crnsciou* Into the arms of the waiting
men. He was laid up tor several days
The owners of the mine thanked Mr
Francis and gave him a gold watch
There was not much talk of the affair
A paper at the county seat said that
Min* No. 1 was threatened with lnun
datlon the other day by a break Into
some abandoned work*, but *he super-
intendent and a force of men rejair> 1
the accident before serious damage
was done."
Dut It Sometimes Is Bad for tha
Painting.
When a property-owner knows noth-
ing about paint It Is bad for the
property owner, and bad for the paint-
er. It would not be so if the property-
owner would always hire a skilled
painter, and then really leave every,
thing to him. But the house-owner so
ofn n fools himself on one or the other
of these things.
The skilled painter In every commit,
nity has Home of the most incompetent
competitors that ever vexed a consci-
entious workman or contractor, and
the incompetents get Jobs generally by
working cheap. In the next place,
when the skilled painter is hired, they
do not leave everything to him, as so
many property-owners boast they do.
They interfere most iguorantly and
most fatally. They insist sometimes
on using paint materials without in-
vestigating whether they are good or
not. Or perhaps they insist on the
painter's hurrying the work.
’Tin not going to have that painter's
mess around my house a month," the
wife says, and what wife says goes—
at the cost of a lot of wasted painting
money.
If the painter stays away a few
days to allow the paint to thoroughly
dry the owner says: "That painter's
neglecting this work—guess he's side-
tracking me for Jones’ work. I won't
stand it."
What chance docs a painterhavetodo
good work for a man who is continually
nagging at him and otherwlee handi-
capping him (without meaning it, of
course)? A poor Job is the inevitable
result of such interference.
Poor painting costs the houseowner
money—don't forget that. It might
pay you to get the practical paint
book, palming specifications and In-
strument for detecting paint adul-
terants. which National Load Co. are
offering under the title of House
Owner's Painting Outfit No. 49. Ad-
dress National Lead Co.. 1902 Trinity
Bldg., New York City. This company
do not make paint (they leave that to
the painter to do) but they make
pure white lead (’’Dutch Boy Painter"
trademark kind), and they can tell
you how to save money by securing
durable painting.
Worse and Worse.
"I tell you. mamma,” cried Freddie.
"I don't like that doctor s medicine."
"But this is liniment, uiy dear,"
coaxed his mother.
"Well." replied Freddie, very doubt-
fully. "isn't that rubbing it in?"—Har-
pers Weekly.
The Humar Eye.
A marvelously constructed instru-
nw-nt. delicate in the extreme, re-
sponding to the slightest influence.
What a crime against nature to drug
the eye Everyday eye troubles are
speedily cured by applying externally
Dt Mitchell s pure, harmless soothing
Eye Saive. 29 cents Ask the druggist.
Second Thought.
■ "It cannot be." sighed the maid. “I
respect you highly, Mr. Hunter, but
we are incompatible "
"Well. I suppose It cannot be
helped," the young man replied, pock-
eting his chagrin and looking about
for his hat. "But it defeats all my
cherished hopes. I had planned a
house, in which I fondly imagined we
might he happy. It whs to have had
a pantry twice as large as the ordi-
nary size, with a roomy closet In which
to stow away the new cooking uten-
sils. and things that a woman natur-
ally buys when a peddler comes
around.”
“Stay. George," she said falteringly,
"perhaps I hnve been loo busty. Give
me a day or two to think it over.
It is not impossible that—that—"
ATTENUATED
He—See. Samantha, that shows how
terribly thin some folks are.
DIDN’T REALIZE
How Injurious Coffee Really Was.
Sad Case.
"1 never was so shocked In my iifr •
said Mr*. Lapsling. "Puarley Winter
green is trying to get a divorce f-fltn
her husband. She says she has found
out that they made a mistake whw-i
they married; be isn't her rial infitt
Itive."
Many person* go on drinking cc
year after year without realizing
it i* the cause of many obscure
persistent ailments.
The drug—caffeine—In coffee
tea. i* very like uric acid and i* o
the cause of rheumatic snacks wl
when coffee is used habitually, bee
chronic.
A Washington lady said, recen
I am sixty-five and have bad a f
deal of experience with coffee. I
aider It very Injurious and the ct
of many disease*. I ant sure it ca'
decay of teeth ip children.
" hen I drank coffee I had
spells and still did not realize
coffee could be so harmful, till al
a year ago 1 had rheumatism In
anus and finger*, got so nervou
could not Sleep, and was all run d<
At last, after finding that medic
did me no good, 1 decided to quit
fee entirely and try Postum. A
■.nng It *ix months I fully recovi
toy health beyond all expectations.
’■ 'ep sound and my rheumatism I:
gone "There’s a Reason."
Name given hv Postum Co., Hi
< reek Mich. Read the famous 1
book. "The Road to Wellvtile." In p
*',,r cesd <•»» wboxe teller' X
we appears from time in time.
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