The Flatonia Argus. (Flatonia, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 23, 1924 Page: 3 of 8
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THE ARGIT& FLATONIA. TEXAS
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These Helpful and Instructive Articles are Prepared Expressly for The Flatonia
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FARM
STOCK
DIG VALUE OF GOOD
ROADS IN ARKANSAS
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The value of good roads lias been I
dearly demonstrated to the residents
of Phillips county, Arkansas, by the
recent completion there of til miles of
concrete pavement. The county. Is
largely dependent for Its progress
upon the cottop and sweet potato
crops. There are two seasons when
cotton needs extra labor.- Formerly
It was-the practice to hire negro fam-
ilies temporarily, housing them on the
plantation. Nowadays It Is hard to
find families for this temporary work.
Lust year the cotton crop was saved
by hauling bus am) truck loads of
women and children, from Helens to
the cotton fields each morning and
taking them hack that night. Labor-
ers would work,that way who would
not live upon the plantation. With-
out the concrete roads this transporta-
tion would have beep Impossible.
In former years sweet potatoes were
taken to market as soon as they were
dog. because If they were stored to
wait for higher prices the roads would
get so rough the potatoes would he
bruised and spoiled In transport. Now-
planters have hlg storage rooms and
sell potatoes when the price Is best,
getting double what they have re
ceived during the summer months.
Traveling over the concrete pave-
ment a truck will haul 100 crates of
sweet potatoes to town, making four
trips of 2f* miles each a day. Before
the pavement was built It would have
required four mule teams to do the
same work now done h.v the one truck.
Phillips county, says Sebastian
Straub of Helena. Ark.. In describing
the benefits of the. new road system In
the Concrete Highway Magazine, lies
In the crotch formed h.v the comm-
ence of the Mississippi and White
rivers.
"The soil," he explains.- "Is an al-
luvial deposit varying front a sandy
loam to gumbo. The lower end of the
country Is subject to overflow h.v back-
water from the Mississippi. Original-
ly the land was entirely covered by a
dense growth of timber, Lumbering
first removed the valuable trees, then
some farms were cleared and planted
to cotton or corn This latter devel-
opment has occurred within the last
ten years, and there still are great
tracts of uncleared bind which, if de-
veloped. could he made Into some of
the richest cotton plantations In the
state.
"One drawback has been the dim
cutty of getting t<’ the more remote
corners of the county. The earth
roads, raised Imt tittle above the sur-
rounding low land, are often impassa-
ble to loaded vehicles for eight months
In the year. Curing that time people
go to and from town on the train or
horseback. Even in good weather six
mules were required jo pull a I wo- or
three-ton load over an mirth road to
the nearest railway siding and a
12-tnlle trip to town required the
whole dnv. On that account much of
the good farm land lay as the lumber-
man Imd left It, covered with small
trees and underbrush."
The new fit mile concrete highway
which connects Helena with the out-
lying sections Is 14 feet wide, but on
curves It Is 10 feet In width, to com
form with standards of the I tilled
States bureau of roads. The pavement
Is six Inches thick.
In the past nearly all eotfon «ns
battled to the nearest railway sitting
and shipped directly to Helena. Now-,
however, farmers can haul forty o
fifty miles to Helena load their cotton
on a boat hound for New Orleans and
save 20 per cent of the rail freight
charges, or about on a T.f-OO to
10,000-ton cargo.
Influence of Hard Roads
The Influence of paved hlghwnVs Is
reflected In better farming conditions.
Those farmers fortunate enough to he
near n newly paved rend can turn
from the staple farm products and de-
velop those types of farming which
bring belter and quicker returns On
the unimproved roads truck gardening
Is usually limited tn a radius of 2 or
2 mile* front the city market Hut
with the coming of paved roads and
the use of trucks this radius Is extend
ed to 10. 1.1 and In some rnses 20 miles
from the market Naturally the value
of the land In this radius Is consider-
ably Increased.
Last Toll Bridge
The bridge across the Mississippi
river from Fulton. III., to Clinton,
Iowa. Is the only toll bridge In the
Lincoln highway system between New
York and San Francisco. The bridge
was erected shoot forty years ago and
It cannot meet the present needs of
traffic. Efforts are being made to re-
place It with ■ new *1.000,000 bridge.
A toll of 1ft cent* a person It exacted.
MARKET DEMAND IS
FOR FINISHED BEEF
(Prepared by the United State* Department
of Agriculture )
Well-fattened beef animals w eighing
from .siMl to 1,200 pounds have been In
demand on live stock markets during
recent years, rather than aulnials of
greater weight. This has been the
result of a demand h.v beef consumers
SILOS IMPORTANT
FOR FEEDING COWS
Business farmers and ' experiment
stations have found that a silo not
only Increases the yearly profits of
the farm hut eliminates many uncer-
taln'les of live stock raising; and
dairy farmers are realizing more and
for lightweight, high-grade cuts. Such ! n,or? ,h‘‘ P<«oe of the silo In the huc-
a demand, says the United States de-
partment of Agriculture, must nocele
sort I y be supplied by well-finished anl
cessfttl feeding of dairy cows.
Many products which If fed dry
have little feed value are converted
mills from 12 to 20 months old carry- splendid feed by n silo, says W.
J. Keegan, extension dairy hushandry-
mnn at Cletnson college. In discussing
the Importance of silos In dairying, j
Sixty per cent of the feeding vqtue of J
The preparation for market of year- ! " 1:00,1 corn ""P the ears nnd |
40 per cent In the stalks nnd leaves. |
When the crop Is a partial fnllnre,
Ing a large percentage of the blood of
the enrfy-maturing beef breeds usu-
ally that.' of the Hereford. Aberdeen-
Angus, or Shorthorn
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS
Th«*re in only <»n»* medicine that really
•tandK out pie eminent an a medicine for
curulile ailment* oi the kidne>H, liver and
bladder.
l>r. Kilmer* Nwanip-Koot Ntandn the
hitfhr»t. for the r«a*oli tluU it han proven
to be ju*t the remedy needed in thou*und*
U|m>ii thousand* of dori i eNMhK caae*.
h\\amp Hoot mukca friend* quickly because
it* mild and immediate effect i* noon real
i/e l in moat case*. It in a gentle, healing
vegetable compound.
Start jtreatment at once. Sold at all
dru« Mon* in bottle* of two *i/.eH. medium
ami large.
However, if you wi*h firwt to test thi*
great preparation, ►end ten cent* to Dr.
Kilmer A Co , Binghamton, X. V., for a
•ample bottle. When writing, he mire
an<l mention thi* paper. Advertinement.
Stone Bruises Have Value
Slone bruises Mil the loot at'o n sliro
cure for norvous dlsui-ilor-,' In the
opinion of u ilornimi specialist, who
sols many *>f Ills patients t<> walking
In their Imre feet over stom held*.
1 lie more tender the patients' feet the
quicker will he the cure, in Ihc opin
loti of ibis expert on. nervous dis-
orders,
He holds that ntany nervous per
sons u-re unable to take their mind- I
oil' troubles which they brood over !
constantly and has fnund-mer ii long j
terms of years that It is not possible |
for iHany patients to w-orry about j
other troubles If Vhe.V have bruised I
aMd swollen feet. . . , I
lings, or baby beeves, requires more
skill, than Is necessary for the produc-
tion of animal*, marketed at more nut- mur*1 greeter percentage of the total
nutrients Is In the roughage, and In
•ture ages, on account of their tendency
to grow rather than to fatten. To fat-
ten yearlings successfully,, they must
he placed on a fattening ration when
they are weaned and kept on full feed
until they are ready for marketing.
Every effort should he made to get the
calves through the weaning period
without loss of their milk fat. The
grain ration should lie Increased so as
to permit ns little change In their rate
of growth la fattening as possible.
Some feeders build “creeps" in the
pastures or lets so that the calves ran
get their grain without being dis-
turbed by cows. Creeps consist of
small pens with openings which per-
mit only the calves to enter. These
openings may have rollers on each
side to prevent bruising the calves.
Calves from heavy milking cows
should be weaned gradually over a
period of 10 to If, days l-'all calves
should not be weaned until after the
eows and calves are on grass. Spring
calves should either he kept on grass
after weaning In the fall, or he given
some succulent feed such as silage. It
is advisable to provide them with win-
ter pasturage such as wheat, oats, rye
or barley when soil nnd climatic con-
ditions permit.
Last Finishing Touches
Help to Show Animals
There are a good many little last-
minute finishing touches that w-lll help
make an animal show, to best advan-
tage, advises .Tulin \V. Bartlett, dairy
husbandman at the New Jersey State
College of Agriculture, New Bruns-
wick.
From now tintII show time every
available minute must be used to train
the show entile tn lead and pose This
meaps considerable work and Is an
every-da.v task. The leadsman should
walk . backward slowly and teach the
animal to follow gracefully. This
means that the animal s head Is held
high and that when led Into line to he
Judged she stands with her feet
squarely under her body. Attention
must lie paid to the condition of the
feet of each animal, If they are Ir-
regular they may be pared down with
h eh Iso) or knife,
It is not too early to start polishing
horns This can he done hv scraping
with a piece of glass or raspingwith
a rounded (ile. The next stop Is to
apply emery cloth vigorously until all
rough place* are removed. Following
this a paste of sweet oil and pnnitee
stone should he rubbed on the horns
until they feel hot. They are then
ready for the (Inal polishing with a
strip of cloth applied as though shin-
ing shoes. Clipping brings best re-
sults when done Just before the show.
If the skin and hair seem dirty, the
body of the animal should he washed
with Soap and water and rubbed dry.
Blankets are to he used at all times
during the last days previous to show-
ing. Plenty of grooming helps to
make the hide pliable nnd gives the
hair more bloom. Feed the show ani-
mal hav rather than grass during tbs
last two weeks, as grass-fed animals
are apt to lose flesh at show time
when tiny only Is available.
the event of protracted drought, the
roughage often contains practically
all of the food elements. Putting the
corn In the Crib, therefore, does not
mean that the crop Is all harvested.
Can the farmer afford to waste 40
cents out of every dollar when by put-
ting his corn crop In the silo, he can
get Its full value. 100 per cent? No
Silage has no equal ns a succulent
and economical feed for dairy cattle.
It keeps up the flow of tnllk when
pastures are short, and during the
winter months It keeps up ntjlk pro-
duction at less cost than dry forage
alone.
The Ohio experiment station has
shown that a silage ration produces
hntterfnt for 41 per cent less cost
than does a grain ration. Besides, a
silo Is a very economical storage
place, ns ton tons of sllngo enn he
stored In the same space ns one ton
of hny.
The filling of the silo enn be done
In wet ns well ns In dry wonthor. while
other crops would he entirely lost If
harvested under these conditions. If
enough silage Is produced all the year
round, the pasture acreage enn tie re-
duced and thus n larger acreage may
he used for cultivation,
Another great advantage of the silo
Is that the land upon which silage Is
grown Is cleared early In the season
and ready for; fall nnd winter crops,
either rye or pats for winter pasture
or oats nnd vetch for buy. Further-
more, the use of silage during the
summer Is pnrtleiilnrly applicable on
high-priced land. In pasture, it re-
quires one to three or more acres a
season Tor oneh cow. while one nere
of icpm In the silo will supply siiocti-
lent roughage for several cows for u
like period.
It will not pny to build n silo for
less than ten head of dairy cows, lint
the funner with at least the minimum
number should at once plan to build a
silo. The dairy fanner who In the
full has a silo or two full of good corn
or sorghum silage, need not worry
about w hat his cows are going to eat.
tlolnNHCH itreil fakes.
S cup blitter
H cup of bolting water,
'*1 gUp lltolUHHf M
1 level teaspoon sorts
la level teaspoon Calupiet Baking
1-owder
1 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon cinnamon
W teaspoon, salt
Flour for drop batter
Melt the butter In the .hotline Water
nnd add the molasee* then other In-
gredients sifted together. Drop from
\ spoon onto a greased baking tin,
having the cakes som* distance anart.
Bake In a hot oven. 350 degrees F
Rain Good for New Suits
('loth from which suits for then and
women tire made, is Invariably kept in
a moist condition when being made up
nt the mills in order to give strength
to the Woof and to prevent hroakiige
when It Is being woven. A dry nt-
biosphere would mean many "faults"
In the piece. For this reason cloth
makers are warning the public that
rain occasionally will not hurt a new
outfit, hut on the other hand will do
some suits a lot of good. One tailor
suggests ten 'minutes in a misting ruin
ns the best "drink" for a suit, espe-
cially in the early days of its life.
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the rtifh, fnhi vl a Boston
moo, out-„raring three
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And one alter another there
three leather ruler ssrrtre out
on the left loot. Leulher
couldn't stand the strain.
USKIDE-
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^ Tramping, scuffing, grinding all day long —
ordinary soles won’t stand it.
But USKIDE will. USKIDE—the wonder sole for
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shoes in shape and protects the uppers.
USKIDE Soles are always comfortable — and abso-
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—a great health sole. USKIDE protects against slip-
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Thousands of hard workers and hard walkers
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with this marvelous soling material.
Tell your repairman you want your shoes soled
with USKIDE. Look for the name on the sole—it’s
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Buy new shoes soled with USKIDE. You’ll get
more wear for your money.
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GULF COAST LINES
Ewes Often Overlooked
Every ewe that does not raise a
good lamb ami fleece should he culled.
Usually from one-third to two thirds
of the income from the flock Is from
wool, so that the fleeces of breeding
ewes nrp Important, Ewes that are (
weak In the hack, shallow bodied, nar- ;
row chested, high In Ihe flunk, light
In the hind quarters, leggy und poor
milkers, should be weeded out.
Average Production of
Holstein-Friesian Cows
A total of 211.030 pure bred Holstein-
Friesian cows now have equip left'd
yearly production records In the ad-
vanced registry of the HolsHdtl-Fries
Ian Association of America with an
average of 15,003.2 pounds milk and
52S.40 pounds hutterfnt. equivalent to
000(5 pounds butter, according to the
report of the superintendent of ml- j
vnnceil registry for the last fiscal year
recently closed.
The average yearly production for i
7,100 full-age cows Is 17.54S.2 pounds |
milk and 742.0 pound* butter; for 1.- j
445 senior four-year-olds, 10,540.7
pounds milk nnd 007.3 pounds butter; j
for 1,005 Junior four-year-olds. 10,011 1
pounds tnllk and 07S.4 pounds butter; !
for 1,773 senior three-year-olds, 15,- (
444.3 pounds ttdlk and 051.7 pounds |
butter; for 1,003 Junior three-year- |
olds. 14.531 pounds tnllk nnd 014.5 j
pounds butter; for 2.312 senior two-]
year-olds. 13.071.7 pounds milk nnd j
501.7 pounds butter, nnd for 3.70.3 Ju-
nior two-yenr-olds, 13.000 pounds milk
and 555 pounds butter.
Of these 20.030 cows 84 hold year- |
lv records of over 1,000 pounds htitter-
fnt, or 1.250 pounds butter, and 50
have in 305 consecutive days pro-
duced over 30.000 pounds tnllk.
Why buy manv bottl«*n of o»b*r vrml-
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NERVOUS & HALF-SICK WOMEN Going to Houston?
Relieved by taking Lydia E.Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
These Three Letters Prove It
Feeding Dairy Cow
It Is easy to let the row slip dow-n
In her milk production, hut very hard
to bring her bnok. The -ow that
milked well during the early part of
the summer, when the pastures were
good. If allowed to go down when the
pastures are poor and the files n tor-
ment. will never come hack nnd milk
In the fall and winter as she should.
Minerals for Swine
The following formula bus given sat-
isfaction. as a mineral mixture for
■win*: Charcoal, iwo bushels; writ, .... , . ,, .
on* peck; wood ashes, one peck; cop- A little feed will not only hold her
peraa, two quart!; air slaked lime, one | from going down, hut make It possible
gallon; powdered sulphur, one quart. | to keep her up to a good level for
Kwp this mixture before the hogs months to come.
I at *11 times.
Lowell, Mass.—*‘I am sending you
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your medicine has done for me. I
want you to let every one know that
it has nelped me in nervous troubles.
I have four children and you know
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They would come in from school and
they would start telling me about
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I could not even walk on the street
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saw in the paper about Lydia E.
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want to now and it does not bother
me. I am still taking the Vegetable
Compound.”—Mr*. Joseph I.euere,
84 South Street, Lowell, Mass.
Felt like A New Woman
Springfield, Missouri.—‘‘For four
or five months 1 was run-down, ner-
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feel like doing a thine. Sometime*
my lees ached and felt like they
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Hagerstown,Md. — ‘‘I was very bad
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E. Pinkham’s Vegetable CompoundT"
98 per cent of these repliea an
“Yea.”
That means that 96 out of every
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