La Grange Journal. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1914 Page: 6 of 8
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MAKING MONEY IN RAISING OF POULTRY
O AN FRANCISCO, CAL.—Dawn was breaking and the streets were very
iJ still as Policeman McCarte proceeded along his beat on Qolden Oats
avenue, near Fillmore street At midnight, five hours before, when Policeman
McCarte, having Just reported for duty stood In
line with his fellow patrolmen In the assembly
room of the Bush street police station, the lieu-
tenant Instructed the watch to be particularly on
the look out for milk and paper thieves.
Policeman McCarte suddenly remembered the
warning of his superior officer as he was gaslng
at the reddening sky over Oakland and he heard
a hearty peal of laughter Issuing from some point
halfway down the block.
Hearty laughter at dawn when the laughter Is
not of a maudlin character 1b an extraordinary
phenomenon. This laughter had the tone of
sobriety, of appreciation and seemed to proceed
from a mirth that bubbled up like a mountain
spring in the winter season.
McCarte pulled himself together quickly and
hastened down the block on tiptoe to investigate. \
In the middle of the square he found a remarkably dirty, bewhiskered
tatterdemalion seated coolly on the front steps of a residence reading the
morning paper which he had picked up from the doorstep and chuckling con-
tinually as he read. The vagrant made quite a picture. In his right hand he
held a bottle of milk which he had half emptied and which from time to time
he would place to his Up# and take a luxurious sip of the beverage.
Ho, ho!" laughed the vagrant arriving at another funny point In the
article, then gazing upward, magnetized no doubt by McCarte’s scrutiny and
seeing no mirth In the eyes of McCarte’s, “Come wit you?" said he as if
McCarte had spoken when as a matter of fact the latter had so far uttered
not a word, “Wy sure. ( Wait’ll I finish dls here milk. De loidy wotent use
wot's In de bottle now, anyway. Say, afore we go chust pipe dls here article,
will yer?"
Five hours later the newspaper was Exhibit No. 1 In the case before Police
Judge Sullivan, wherein the vagrant was charged with petty larceny.
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LONG SEASON'S GROWTH FOR STRAWBERRY
THE LA GRANGE JOURNAL, LA GRANGE. TEXAS
Late Fall Strawberries, Picked Late In November.
(By H. H. SHEPHARD.)
One of our neighbors who Is an old-
time and very successful strawberry
grower advocates a very long season
of growth the first year for the new
plants. He seta out his strawberry
plants as soon In March, or thereafter,
as the ground will do to work.
This man has made his living, and
almost a fortune, by growing straw-
berries and other small fruits. His
berries run on the average from $400
to $500 an acre, the entire season’s
product being sold at the local town,
about one mile from his farm. His
berries are always in demand at the
highest prices, because he always
grows good ones.
The secret of hiB success with straw-
berries Is In plowing the ground deep
and early, with liberal fertilization in
the form of stable manure. The ma-
nure not only furnishes plant foods,
but also adds to the moisture receiv-
ing and holding power of the soil,
which is very Important during the
fruiting season, when general condi-
tions are dry.
The land for the strawberries Is
manured and plowed late In the fall or
early winter. This brings up the deep
•oil minerals to be exposed to the
elements during the winter for disin-
tegration. During the winter the
plowed ground Is given a good dress-
ing of stable manure, and this Is fol-
lowed In the spring with a light dress-
ing of lime or wood ashes. Wood
ashes should be applied just before
setting out of the young plants In
spring, as they have a tendency to lib-
SAYING THAT IS
WORTH REPEATING
Intelligent Care of Land, Crops
and Animals Is Secret of
Success in Farming.
(By H. H. SHEPHARD.)
This may have been said before, but
It is worth repeating: You cannot get
something for nothing, even at farm-
ing, although they say that cropsigrow
while the farmer sleeps. So <$) the
weed«, and the animals grow hungry
between night and morning. Intelli-
gent care of land, crops and animals
Is the secret of success In farming.
And If anything else should be added,
It Is that the farmer must be intensely
in love with his work. He must see
good things In the farming Hue In all
of his visions. .
Don’t simply show your wlfo and
children money lu your pocketbook aft-
er making a good sale. That is mean
and wicked. They helped to make
that money as well as you. Give them
a part of It now to spehd In their own
way while you can Beo them enjoy It.
and perhaps share In their joy. If you
save It for the children to spend after
you are dead—you know the rest, but
.you won’t know it then.
Cement Is cheap this year, but with
It and sand and gravel you can make
some of the most valuable things on
the farm. A good rule to make on the
farm Is that of building something of
concrete every fall and spring. By
and by, with little money and labor,
your farm will become substantially
Improved, and these Improvements will
outlast you and your grandchildren. It
is not economy to construct with any
material that Is not efficient and per-
manent.
There is one reason at least why
every farmer should own a gasoline en-
gine, and that Is that the boys like to
■ee it work and they learn many good
things from It. The farm boy as a rule
takes naturally to machinery, especial-
ly anything that moves and has the
"get up and go" about It. And the
small gasoline engine has them all
beaten In this line a full country
block. They teach farm mechanics In
tb« schools, but why not make It pos-
sible for the boys to learn some me-
chanics first hand before leaving the
farm?
About the funniest thing we have
•een lately was a city woman wearing
a bobble skirt trying to get In and out
of our farm wagon. The assistance of
two able-bodied men and one woman
was required In tho operation.
City-bred men are moving onto the
farm In real good faith and bouyant
hopes. Some of them will have as
much to learn as the old-time farmers
who went to the city a few years ago
«u>d put nlckles Into the elots of cabte
car tracks. It Is about an even tie be-
tween the city man and the farmer
when it comes to an examination on
general facts In speclsl lines. Neither
•cores the one hundred polnte mark.
A very saving and economical man
erate and waste valuable elements lu
the stable manure.
As early in the spring as the ground
Is dry enough to work the land Is
again plowed, dlB^pd and dragged
down smooth and fine. Two plowing!
of the ground, one In late fall and the
other In the spring, pay large divi-
dends on the time used, and the man
who expects a very large crop of fine
berries must work his ground over
several times. Three or four deep
plowings of the soil for trawberrles
would be better.
In central and southern latitudes
strawberry plants can be set out from
March on through the spring and early
summer. The earlier they are planted
the more sure are they to live, as at
that time the ground Is well supplied
with moisture, the days are cool and
new roots soon begin to grow and take
hold of the new soil. With later plant-
ing there Is too much danger of the
plants suffering for moisture, with
consequent stunting of growth.
But the chief reason for fall plow
lng of the ground and early setting is
that the plants will have full benefit
of all growing weather from early In
the spring till late in the fall. This
not only Insures a deep and strong
root system for the plants, but perfect
branching with solid matter hills or
rows is effected, and a large number
of strong buds are formed for the first
crop the following season. The long
season of growth makes large and
strong plants, capable of developing
a very heavy crop of the most perfect
fruit.
In Missouri Is past the marriageable
age, and Is what they term a bachelor.
Having no wife and children he kills
the time, so to speak, of evenings vis-
iting neighbor farmers. Being too
close In iponey matters to carry a
lantern arid burn up precious oil, he
takes with him his white dog on these
nocturnal trips. A halter strap is fas-
tened to the dog’s neck, the owner
holding the loose end. The dog fol-
lows the beaten paths between the
bachelor’s farmhouse and the houses
of the neighboring fanners, leading his
master Bafely home on the darkest
night. The oil companies of America
should have this stingy farmer arrest-
ed, and compel him* to purchase and
use a good lantern and refined oil. He
should be taught that the “other fel-
low” must live as well as he.
Speaking of malting a living, the
man who cannot make and save money
at farming, gardening, dairying or any
of the side lines to general farming is
a fit subject for pity, as he could not
make a living at anything. Foodstuffs
of all kinds have become as market-
able as flour, and at remunerative
prices.
ADAPTABILITY OF
SOY BEAN CROP
Irregularities of Season Will
Often Cause Aftergrowth—
Easily Harvested.
Soy beans are very similar to cow-
peas with respect to season of growth
and cultural requirements. Since the
two crops occupy the same place In
crop rotation, It Is well to contrast
their adaptability, says a bulletin of
the Delaware station.
Soy beans mature uniformly, the
pods ripening practically at the
same time; cowpeas often bear
ripe pods and blossoms on the same
plant. Irregularities of season will
frequently cause an aftergrowth of
the plant, a condition which does not
obtain with soy beans. This differ-’
ence in maturing habit Is distinctly
In favor of the soy beans, Inasmuch
as the latter may be more easily har-
vested for seed or bay than the cow-
peas.
Most varieties of soy beans grow
erect or nearly so; cowpeas are vtney
and bear the pods so near the ground
that It Is less likely to injure soy
beans—both In the spring and the fall
when nearly mature—than cowpeas,
which are killed by light forsts.
Soy beans are Injured less by Insect
enemies and plant disease than cow-
peas. If cut at ths proper stage of
maturity, soy beans make a richer
hay than the cowpeas.
Feeding Fodder.
While fodder, when given out of
doors should be fed In feed racks not
on the ground it Is Imperative for the
ground surrounding the racks to slope
away In all directions and often it
would be better still If tile drained.
Winter Poultry Peed.
Save all the turnips, rutabagas,
pumpkins, etc., that can be conveni-
ently stored for winter poultry food.
They may be fed either cooked of
raw. Cooked vegetables, of course,
should be mashed and thickened with
ground grain. Always remove the
Bpr-* f-~m pumpkins.
Gift From Budapest Puzzles St. Louis Officials
Q T. LOUIS, MO.—Some kind friend has sent the secretary of the city coun-
iJ cil copies of tlio Budapest Szekes fovaros-Kozlgazgatasi Evkoyve and the
Adatok Ajarwanyos Belegsegek Es Az Ovintezkedeseki Kerdeshez-Kulonos
Tekenteitel A voshenyre. Secretary David W.
Voyles Is vehemently demanding explanations
from somebody. The package looked innocent
enough and purported to come from Washington,
D. C. The only thing Voyles is right certain about
Is that the things are books. They open and shut,
have covers, and the pages are numbered. Oth-
erwise—
Anyway, the council members refuse to become
Interested In them. No one has discovered a
single line that looks as If It might refer to the
free bridge or the billboard ordinance. So far as
can be told, there is no reference to the high
price of butter and eggs.
Every man who has tried to pronounce a word
in the volumes has sprained his tongue. Opinions
are divided as to Just what the language Is in
which they are written. Magyar, Sanscrit, Turkish and plain Bohemian are
some of the suggestions, with all Indications favoring the latter guess. What-
ever the books may contain they were written by a Dr. Thlrrlng Gusztav of
Budapest, who did not Bpare words.
Here Is a sample passage:
Az ekkent megallapltott koltsegvetest, valamtnt a kozsegi adopotlek kulc-
Ranak folemeleset a belugyminiazter ur 1908. evl aprilis 30-an kelt 54.467 III.
bz. a. kelt leirataval hagyta jova, amelyben azonban kiemeli annak szuk-
segessetget, hogy a’z eddigele a kolsconpenzekbol fodozott, voltakepen azonban
a rendes evl kezeles terhet kepezett osszegek reszletekben visszaterlttes-
senk, valamint hogy az lor nem latott rendklvull kladasok fejezete meg-
ilelobben javadalmaztassek.
Voyles is considering giving the books to the janitor.
This City Cow Qualifies as a First-Class Militant
P ITTSBURGH, PA.—Special Policeman James Boyd of East Pittsburgh
I doesn’t want a job as a cowboy. There’s nothing to it! He couldn’t
qualify. Ho tried the other day and failed.
Came to the ears of the East Pittsburgh police
the story that a stray cow was in the Brlnton
district and that foreigners were putting a crimp
In the dairyman’s receipts by milking bossy by
turns. Boyd was sent to Investigate.
He found the cow—easily. But taking her
back one mile to the police station—well, that’s
anbther story. Here ’tis:
Boyd hobbled Bossy so that she could not run
away—he though. He then tied a rope to her
horns and the other end about his waist. They
started well, but in crossing the Pennsylvania
railroad at Braddock avenne the cow fell in the
middle of the track. Boyd heard a passenger
train approaching and the cow lay on th4 track.
He was still tied to the cow. By an almost super-
human effort Boyd dragged the animal from the
track Just as the flyer whizzed by. Once across the track, the cow was re-
lieved of her hobble.
All went well until the Pennsylvania railroad arch bridge was reached.
Here the cow refused to move from a spot under the bridge and directly In
the middle of the single car track. Traffic was tied for half an hour.
It was after noon when Boyd and his “prisoner” arrived at the police sta-
tion. The cow is under the special care of Burgess Shields until such time as
the owner of the animal appears.
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Indiana Girl Awakes to Find Her Tresses Gone
I NDIANAPOLIS, IND.—When she was called the other morning, Thelma
1 Long, ten-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Long, 822 East Georgia
street, walked Into her mother’s bedroom, sleepily rubber her eyes.
Her mother held up her hands in horror and
demanded:
“Why, Thelma, what have you done with your
hair?"
The girl hastily put her hands to her head and
found Instead of the long flowing locks, the pride
of the entire household, only short, stubby bris-
tles. She ran to a mirror and burst into tears.
Mrs. Long, believing the disappearance of the
hair was due to a childish prank, cajoled and
threatened, but Thelma declared that she did not
know what had become ot the pretty golden-
brown tresses, which were 16 Inches long and
which she bad worn when she retired.
A hasty Investigation was made and a door
leading to the girl’s bedroom was found open.
"BurglarsI” exclaimed ^Irs. Long.
But nothing except the child’s hair was missing from the home.
Mr. Long called police headquarters, and Detectives Simon and Dugan
were sent to Investigate. They admitted later that the case had them
“stumped." The detectives have something of a reputation as "confessors,"
but they could not get Miss Long to admit that she knew what had become
of her treasured locks.
“I loved them too much.” she declared when It was suggested that she
had cut them off herself.
To add to the mystery, members of the family declare that a dog which
Is kept In the house st night had been quiet, and that he surely would have
caused a disturbance If thieves had entered.
POTATOES MAKE
POOR SWINE FEED
On Account of Large Water Con-
tent, Tubers Are Not Con-
sidered Satisfactory.
On account of the heavy potato crop
and the low market price, many peo-
ple are asking about the value of
spuds for stock feed. The animal
husbandry division of the state col-
lege at Pullman has several Inquiries
of this sort.
On account of their largo water con-
tent, potatoes alone are Dot suitable
for feeding swine. Experimental re-
sults at many stations have shown
that one pound of grain is equal to
about four pounds of cooked potatoes
or four and one-half pounds of pota-
toes raw. On this basis anyone can
figure out the probable return of po-
tatoes when fed to hogs. They must
be fed with grain to return satisfac-
tory results. Probably not more than
four pounds of potatoes should be used
for each pound of grain where rapid
gains are desired.
As Ig well known, potatoes should
be cooked, using as little water as pos-
sible, mashing them and mixing lo
the grain while the potatoes are hot
A little salt should be added and the
mixture fed to the hogs while still
warm. If the grain 11 corn or bar-
ley. the addition of some tankage
should Increase the gains and decrease
slightly their cost.—Bulletin, Wash-
ington State Agricultural College.
ONE OF SOURCES
OF SERIOUS LOSS
Constant Growth of Same Crop
on Same Land Always Re-
sults Disastrously.
(By A. F. WOODS, Dean of the Minne-
sota Department of Agriculture.)
The accumulation of noxious weeds,
diseases and Insects on the farm Is
one of the most serious sources of
loss. This results as a rule from the
constant grot , or too long contin-
ued culture of the same crop or clast
of crops on the same land bed. Wilt
In various crops, bacterial diseases,
grain rust and weeds and Insects too
numerous to mention, all accumulate
In the Boll under'the one-crop sys-
tem.
These pests pften multiply to such
an extent that ultimately It becomes
Impossible to secure profitable re-
turns from the land thus infested. Re-
sistant varieties must then be se-
cured or crops cultivated on land not
subject to these pests. All these
troubles can be avoided and the fer-
tility of the soli Improved by intelli-
gent systems of rotation.
The most profitable systems for any
locality or type of fanning, as far as
they have been developed, can usual-
ly be obtained from your state ex-
periment station.
Bran aa a Poultry Faed.
The value of wheat bran as a poul-
try food Is better understood than for-
merly. It Is good for growing chicks
and laying hens. It contains 20 per
cent, more protein than whole wheat,
which makes It of great value, both
for building strong frames and In
furnishing material for producing
pggs. The lime It contains is good
for bone making and for .shells for
«ggs. It Is cheap and should be kept
before the fowls and always used la
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The owner of a flock Is the first es-
sential, no matter how favorable the
conditions or how good the markets,
the person must at heart be a poultry-
man or the profits will not be what
they should. Many get good results
with other stock raising on the farm,
but fall with chickens, because they
are not '‘made right.”
It Is necessary to have the right
kind of chjckens. Many expert poul
try raisers could not make expenses
from half and could not make profits
from only about one-fourth of the
hens in the country. Good hens must
have egg producing feed and care.
A hen cannot do her dutty on
scanty rations. The poultryman must
be a business man and market his
products where he can obtain the
highest price. To make money with
poultry we mtfst think. So many poul-
try raisers are keeping hens Instead
of the hens keeping them. Why? Be- f
cause they do not think.
In summer we must plan for heavy
egg production In winter, when the
prices are the highest. To make
money In poultry we must be good
A Prize Houdan.
feeders. We must give ample food and
of the kind that will produce eggs.
Many poultrymen lose all of the
profits by keeping 20 hens on the feed
that would keep 100 hens profitably.
The most money Is made where we al-
most watch and feed individually.
Fowls like a variety of food; they
often tire of one kind. We should
know the hens—their likes and dis-
likes.
The health of the flock must be con-
sidered. Everyone who makes money
with chickens loves them. How oftei
young veople* on the farm sigh foi
some means of earning money. II
seems to me that there are great pos
slbllitles for poultry raising on tb«
farm.
There is scarcely a farm but what
has some kind of poultry; some mak«
quite a paying adjunct to the family In
come. Anyone could spend a summei
quite profitably raising poultry. Man)
have fine success with late hatched
chickens. The profits from the poultry
business are based upon care, th«
knowledge and the Intelligence of the
operator. *
There Is money made In keeping
poultry and living witnesses to thli
assertion can be obtained out of every
section of our country. The poultry
business is not to be despised.
It Is aa dignified as any other occu-
pation and needs clear-headed busi-
ness people to make a success of it.
Hens of certain varieties are natur-
ally more productive than others ol
some varieties, even the best of them
will fall short of doing their best work
unless they are properly fed and
cared for.
Many a flock of fowls fail to pay a
profit simply because they are not sup-
plied with food_ that would enable
them to do so, and without which it
is an impossibility.
Much has been written about the
productiveness of the hen. Are we
getting the best results possible? How
can we know we are getting the best
results? Somd may be getting good
results, above the average, from their
flocks, and may be satisfied, but have
you reached the point where there la
nothing tp attain?
The wild fowl of the Jungle Just laid
enough eggs from, which to hatch out
a brood of chickens once or twice a
year. Man saw the possibilities of this
feathered creature years ago and ap-
propriated her to his own use.
By scientific care and mating we
have Increased the egg-laying possibil-
ities and every year she has become
more productive, and we have hens
now that lay 200 to 250 eggs per year.
Has the limit been reached?
Fifty years ago If we talked about
the hen laying 200 eggs per year we
would have been laughed at. Why
should it not be possible to go on per-,
fectlng the hen until she produces 300
eggs per year?
Every hen won’t do this; but a flock
of the 200-egg hen looks good and any-
one that has such a flock can count
on a handsome profit at the end of the
year. They ought to pay the owner a
profit of two or three dollars per year,
according to how the product Is han-
dled. Careful selection and mating
will produce such a flock. No one can
say that the best results have been
obtained in poultrydom.
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