The Atlanta News. (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1910 Page: 2 of 8
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Farmers' Educational
and Co-Operative
Union of America
Matters gf Especial Moment to
the Progressive Agriculturist
Overlook small faults in men if you
desire to get a large return.
If we cannot say a good word for
a neighbor, better say nothing at all.
No matter what you may think, it is
business to get and keep the dairy
herd free from tuberculosis.
Hundreds of acres do not bring
happiness. Sometimes it seems hap-
piness is lost while we are getting
the acres.
The Austrian minister of agricul-
ture says the world id as short of
wheat as it was a year ago. One level-
headed statesman at all events.
"How shall we warm our houses?"
asks a contemporary. Did you ever
try habitual family quarreling, neigh-
bor? That Is a sure temperature
raiser.
Maybe the toxin and root-disease
professors have the right end of the
argument, but the fence-corner ma-
nure pile looks like the dollars to the
Teed chopper.
In the old days the master who 111-
•ed or abused his slaves soon lost
Ae respect of his white neighbors.
rt ought to be so of every man who
starves or ill-treats the dumb crea-
tures committed to his charge.
If a farmer sells cotton for the
narket price and makes a clean profit
9f SO per cent.., then buys beer and
oays the saloon keeper a profit of 500
per cent., which is about the average,
*ow much beer must he buy to get
rich?
PROPER GROWTH OF COTTON
4FTER BIG COTTON GAMBLERS
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Chief Executive Aroused by Demorali-
zation of Market Orders Strict
Investigation Be Made.
A special to the New York Press
Jroni Washington says: President
Taft is after the big cotton gamblers
jrho have demoralized the textile mar-
ket and eost the mill owners and their
operatives millions of dollars in the
last two or three months, while des-
perate gambling in one of the staple
products of/ the country has been go-
tag on in the stock exchanges in New
York and other financial centers.
Heeding the earnest pleas of the mill
owners. President Taft has issued im-
perative' orders to the commissioner
of corporations to investigate every
phase of the cotton industry and the
effect of the gambling of such men as
Patten and Price, and to report to him
as soon as it can be done consistently
with thoroughness of investigation.
The work already is ander way. The
commissioner of corporations, knowing
of the intense personal interest of
President Taft in the work, has de-
tailed several of his best investigators
to drive the probe into the cotton situ-
ation as deeply as they can, and if it
exists to send to Washington evidence
upon which the government may pro-
ceed either criminally or civilly to
break up the demoralizing speculation
in relation to which there Is so much
complaint.
For months the textile men have
been organizing for the campaign
against the cotton gamblers in the ex-
changes. They delegated F. L. Bab-
cock, a prominent Boston man, to bring
the trouble to the attention of Presi-
dent Taft and to impress upon him the
importance of doing something and
doing it quickly and thoroughly. That
the case as presented by Babcock ap-
pealed strongly to him is shown by the
fact that on November 17 President
Taft wrote an autograph letter to
Babcock, in which he informed him
the investigation already was under
way through the office of the commis-
sioner of corporations. Nor was it a
mere perfunctory letter. President
Taft informed Babcock that he takes
an earnest personal interest in the In-
vestigation and its outcome.
Thus encouraged, it is thought the
textile men will place in the hands of
the investigators much evidence, doc-
umentary and otherwise, which will
assist materially In forwarding the
federal investigation. The mill own-
ers are1 in a fighting mood. They as-
sert they will not be satisfied until
they have sent a few of the prominent
cotton gamblers to jail.
Although no official information has
been given out here, it Is known that
f the investigation discloses anything
which will warrant the arrest, indict-
ment, prosecutnon and conviction of
any cotton gamblers, the government
will do what it can to punish them.
There is a feeling in the office of the
commissioner af corporations that as
this is the first big investigation set
on foot by President Taft it should be
far-reaching, thorough and effective.
The officials here know that there
pas been a leak. The original purpose
of President Taft was to have the in-
vestigation, at least in Its earlier
stages, made quietly, so the cotton
speculators would not be put on their
guard. That has been defeated, how-
ever, by a leak in the department. It
was noticed that about nine days ago
there was not such feverish specula-
tion In cotton on the New York and
other exchanges, and that since then
things have been fairly quiet in cotton
gambling circles.
That fact convinces officialdom here
that the cotton gamblers have their
tipsters intrenched In the offios W the
commissioner of corporations.
Intensive Method More' Profitable
Than Extensive Idea, But Re-
quires Exact Knowledge.
To begin with, I may say that in-
tensive cotton growing is more profit-
able than extensive cotton growing,
but the former cannot be done on
general information and generalities
and theories, writes R. L. Bennett, in
Dallas News. Intensive cotton grow-
ing or large regular annual profits
requires exact knowledge and experi-
ence. It also requires larger outlay
of money per acre cultivated. These
facts and cheap land, fairly produc-
tive, account for the very limited
practice of intensive cotton growing.
But they are not justifiable reasons
for the lack of more general practice
of the more profitable system.
There is some intensive cotton
growing on almost every farm, but
it is not intentional; that is, exten-
sive cotton growing invariably exhib-
its small areas of highly productive
cotton, starved for proper cultivation,
water or food. The system of laying
the rows up and down the elevations
hastens the loss of soil fertility, and
in the low places where the fertility
accumulates there is to be seen highly
productive cotton, which is produced
at the same cost as the small, unpro-
ductive cotton on the elevations. This
familiar example of intensive yield
and of soil destruction seems to have
little effect on change of methods.
Cotton growing when understood
and rightly practiced is not the hit
or miss or weather proposition that
it is popularly regarded. Obstacles
arise in any productive business, but
an observance of the principles in-
volved enables the producer to over-
come uncertainty such as weather,
insects and other obstacles, and real-
ize a regular annual profit. The
writer may say at this point that he
is writing from his own experience in
profitable cotton growing, and not
from theory or second-hand informa-
tion. Every factor, every apparently
unimportant details are made to con-
tribute to the utmost throughout the
production of this crop. The rows
are laid on a level to prevent soil
washing and loss of plant food and
loss of water. The land is broken
In sufficient time before planting for
the soil to firm and the turning is
done sufficiently deep for vegetable
matter to decay and not be in the
way of planting and cultivating. The
addition of vegetable matter is of
greatest importance in large yields
of cotton, and I am trying a new
system of adding it to the soil while
grtwing cotton thereon. In addition
to vegetable matter, acid phosphate
or nitrogen, or cotton seed meal are
necessary generally for best results,
and the application amounts to giv-
ing the crop more food than the
plants can acquire from the soil in a
short growing period.
Where large yi^ld or profit is ex-
pected it is of course essential to pre-
pare and cultivate correctly. Rough
seed beds, loose cpen seed beds, poor
stands, growth of grass and weeds
when the cotton is young, all are
harmful influences that reduce the
possible yield of the soil and increase
the cost of production. Proper pre-
paration prevents harmful effects of
too much spring rains and summer
drought Nearly level middles be-
tween rows covered with loose earth
is proper treatment in preventing
harm from drought, not clean middles
which expose the firm soil to the
drying action of winds and sun. In
other words, it is possible for a grow
er in a humid climate to almost en-
tirely control the effects of the
weather. The method of planting
which f worked out for certainty of
a stand in early planting, viz., clean,
firm seed bed and seed scarcely cov-
ered is an Instance that illustrates
how success of a crop may turn on
one thing wrongly done, and on ap-
parently unimportant details. .
Planting highly productive seed of
desirable quantities in connection
with the above essential practices in-
creases the yield and helps to make
profits, and is an essential part of
intensive cotton growing. But it is
not so essential in low yield cotton
growing. No intelligent person would
start a slow horse in a race of fast
horses and expect to win. Likewise
growing a bale to the acre is a race,
and any sensible person would not
start the race with any kind of seed,
with any kind of qualities.
To Get Ideal Mule.
In order to get an Ideal and valu-
able mule great care should be taken
in selecting a sire and dam. The jack
must be short-legged, with good quar
ters and a firm head.
The mare selected should be smooth,
with good, straight legs and a good
disposition. Percheron mares raise
the finest mules.
A dash of thoroughbred makes a
snappy, fleet mule. Any old, crooked
blemished mare will not do to raise
mules unless you want to breed dis-
appointment and waste your time and
money.
The mule possesses a keener in-
stinct than the horse does, and for
that reason he is easily trained, but
the training should begin early.
Begin to handle him from the first
week ofjhis life.
Put a little halter on him and
catch him and hold him and pet him
every day and he will never forget it.
Length and Bone.
Length and bone with good scale
should be maintained in our swine if
we are to produce the greatest
amount of weight from a given
amount of feed from an economical
ooint of view.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WHITE MOST LIKED
THE POPULAR COLOR FOR THE
LIVING ROOMS.
No Other Shade as Effective In Im-
parting That Dainty Look So De-
sirable—Patches of Vivid
s Color Also Used. ^
White rooms grow more and mow
in public favor. In referring to
them it must be remembered that the
white room is not actually new; it is
a revival of a distant period. White
prevails in most of the fine old houses
in London, and one need but recall
some of the gems from the date of the
brothers Adam to wonder why the
restful, serene, and dignified white
room was ever abandoned in favor of
a mass of scrolls and indefinite indi-
cations of flowers, plants, animals
and other horrors. Walls of faint he-
liotrope, a carpet of deep purple, and
a couch and chairs covered in Parma
linen, constitute a peaceful room that
supplies a good background.
More and more do we make our
rooms a background for fine pictures,
rare tapestries, pieces of silver, cop-
per, brass, or china, and for the wom-
en who inhabit them. Innate in every
one of us there is a love of color, and
a few educated decorators urge its
free use. They argue that a dash of
scarlet, glowing rose du Barri, radiant
blue, and so on have a good effect on
our spirits. Panels of linen are some-
times introduced, fixed on with bands
of metal galon. In such cases cur-
tains of the same material in a con-
trast, would be similiarly outlined
with metal, which leads to weight
them.
Not only In our houses is this key-
note of simplicity demanded. Pash-
ion designers are dependent on line,
and the same inclination prevails to
make a quiet and unobtrusive back-
ground serve to throw out some mass-
ing of bold color. Taste expresses it-
self in the fabrics themselves, in the
introduction of fine material. Ex-
quisite designing characterizes even
USEFUL OUTSIDE WINDOW BOX
Designed for Storage of Small Perish-
able Articles that Need to
Be Kept Cool.
The dweller in a small apartment
who has no cool cellar in which to
store perishable articles may find an
outside window box useful in winter.
A. carpenter may be hired to con-
struct a box that will exactly fit out-
side a kitchen window, if possible on
the north side. Such a device has
been described in a number of books
and bulletins. It should come half
way up the lower sash and contain
two deep shelves and when the sash
is raised the contents of these shelves
/ •—~———
are easily accessible. In freezing
weather the sash may be left up and
thus the box becomes a part of the
wprmed room. A sash curtain will
conceal it from the room. Such a win-
dow box is often fully as great a con-
venience in the farm or village home
as in the city fiat. The illustration
shows a way in which it may be con-
structed.
A more inexpensive way is to hang
i neat wooden box, well cleaned, on
strong nails or spikes outside the win-
dow. A heavier box may be support-
ed on brackets. The box should have
a tight fitting, hinged lid and be lined
with asbestos paper to equalize ex-
tremes of temperature, while a lining
of oilcloth will admit of easy cleaning.
A shoe box would be good for this
purpose. It might be painted the
*.olor of the house.
A Child's Coat.
A smart little coat for a child from
four to six years of age seen recently
was of smooth-faced cloth in a delight-
ful shade of gray-blue on a smoke
tone. The material hung full and
loose from the shoulders and the coat
displayed long, broad revers braided
with soutache matching the color of
the cloth. These revers ended in a
sharp point below the waist line and
closed with one handsome button.
At. this point three rows of shirring
ran around the coat, not meeting In
front, but left plain to suggest a
panel. The shirring created a full
short skirt similar to thw French
dress. Full sleeves ended in braided
cuffs.
the braids, tassels, and other little
fastenings, that serve to enhance the
good effect of our garments.
The fact that pictures from the
studies of artists do not sell so read-
ily as they used to do is often de-
plored. It might be suggested that
while the few can hope to possess
masterpieces, the more widely dif-
fused tendency to select for personal
use and for household purposes the
work of educated and skilled crafts-
men opens up a wide field for peopla
of artistic taste.
BLOUSE OF PONGEE.
This model is made of pongee; It Is
tucked all over in fine tucks and
trimmed with fagoted bands of the
material and straps of soutache and
tiny buttons.
The long sleeves are tucked cross-
wise on the outside only and are
trimmed at the bottom to correspond
with the rest of the waist. The tucked
guimpe is of linon or muslin, the col-
lar trimmed with the soutache and
buttons.
SUITS NEEDS OF THE BABY
Nursery Tray That Will Please Young,
ster and Save Many a
Tablecloth.
When baby firs*, joins the family
party at the nursery table he is usu-
ally no great stickler for good man-
ners. His pride as sole possessor of a
spoon for the first time in his llfa
causes him to brandish it far and wide,
regardless of the fact that.lt may not
be empty. He also has a way of ham-
mering on the table with It His con-
trol of his cup and saucer, moreover,
is purely elementary, and over both
go, time after time, to nurse's dire dis-
tress and the general detriment of the
clean damask cloth. Everyone con-
cerned will welcome, under these cir-
cumstances, a special tray which,
clipped upon the table in front of
baby, will minimize the sad results of
energy and lack of control over his
cup and spoon. The tray has actually
a ridge and a trough at the edge, 1s
prettily colored and is also pictorially
patterned in a way that will gratify
baby's sense of the artistic, If not
mother's.
A Popular Jabot.
Probably the most popular jabot ot
the moment Is the "one-sided," as it
is called. It fills the open space above
the spot where the average coat is
closed, yet is not fussy.
A new idea in one-sided effects is a
cascade of net edged with narrow
Cluny lace, while a strip of Cluny In-
sertion is placed under one edge of
the cascade and caught to It.
Another novelty is a jabot in cas-
cade effect as far as the bust line.
From there It extends to a double
frill at the belt. At the top it Is
finished with a net bow.
Yet another is a net frill edged with
lace and sewed to a strip of Insertion.
New Use for Jersey.
The long silk Jersey originally
brought out as a foundation for a
dress is finding great favor as a -waist
for wear under long tailored street
coats. The close fit of the Jersey pre-
serves the set of the coat and the
woven silk is warmer, as well as less
bulky, then the waist of cotton or
French flannel.
Then a coat slips off and on so eas-
ily over a Jersey, which is a great
convenience when shopping, etc.,
while the high neck does away with
the necessity for a collar, and, of
course, a belt is also dispensed with.
Tommy—Say, auntie, what did Uncle
John marry you for?
Aunt.—Why, for love, of course.
Tommy (meditatively)—H'm! Love
will make a man do almost anything,
won't it, auntie?
A BURNING ERUPTION FROM
HEAD TO FEET
"Four vears ago I suffered severely
with a xirrible eczema, being a mass
of sores from head to feet and for six
weeks confined to my bed. During
that time I suffered continual tor-
ture from itching and burning. After
being given up by my doctor I was ad-
vised to try Cuticura Remedies. After
the first bath with Cuticura Soap and
application of Cuticura Ointment I en-
joyed the first good sleep during my
entire illness. I also used Cuticura
Resolvent and the treatment was con-
tinued for about three weeks. At the
end of that time I was able to be
about the house, entirely cured, and
have felt no ill effects since. I would
advise any person suffering from any
form of skin trouble to try the Cuti-
cura Remedies as I know what they
did for me. Mrs. Edward Nenning,
1112 Salina St., Watertown, N. * Y.,
Apr. 11, 1909."
Asking Too Much.
"Why, Willie," said the teacher, "I
am pained to hear you speak so slight-
ingly of your parents. I am afraid you
have not been properly instructed con-
cerning the respect you should pay to
your elders. That is one of the sad
things about our scheme of civiliza-
tion. We do not insist strongly enough
in having the children accord to their
parents that deference and respect
which is so common and so beautiful
<n most of the European and oriental
countries. In China and Japan, for in-
stance, the children always look up to
their parents as to superior beings. I
am ashamed of you, Willie. You should
have the deepest veneration for your
father and mother."
"Well," Willie sniffled, "how's a fel-
low goin* to have veneration when his
ma puts on a bale of hair every morn-
ln' that she bought at a store and his
pa wears a yellow plush hat?"
Her Bright New Cook.
Mrs. Blank prided herself on her
ability to train her servants, and she
had just been bragging about the
treasure she had in her new colored
cook when the following dialogue oc-
curred :
"Now, Amaranth, I'll come out and
fry the chicken, but I want you to
have it all ready for me. Dress 'it
carefully and be sure to singe off
every hair."
."Yas'm."
"Then cut it up just as I showed
you the other day. Do you remem-
ber?"
"Yas'm."
"Wash and drain it well. You un-
derstand?"
"Yas'm." Then, as an afterthought,
"Shall I kill it?"—The Circle.
The Selfish Hunter.
James R. Keene. apropos of the
jumping contests at the New York
horse show, talked about fox hunting.
"Hunting," he said, "develops a
race of very savage, selfish men.
There was, fof instance, Jones.
"Jones, on a bitter cold day, was
riding bard at a brook, when he per-
ceived tbe head of his dearest friend
sticking dismally out of the icy water.
Did Jones go to his friend's assist-
ance? Not a bit of it.
'"Duck, you fool!' he shouted, and
jumped over him."—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
For Hot Dishes.
Very attractive plaques for the table
are of crystal and silver, with a lace
or embroidered doily between the two
parts of the glass.
They are round or oval, and are In
a wide variety of sizes and designs.
The two sections of glass are held in
the filigree silver frame, which screws
together, and the doilies are placed
between the glass plaques. They are
saved from wear and from becoming
soiled, but still feature as a dainty
addition to the table.
These are used for centerpieces, for
finger-bowl stands and for hot dishes.
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick to See that Coffee was
Doing the Mischief.
A lady tells of a bad case of coffee
poisoning and tells it in a way so sim-
ple and straightforward that literary
skill could not improve it,
"I had neuralgic headaches for 12
years," she says, "and suffered untold
agony. When I first began to have
tnem I weighed 140 pounds, but ihey
brought me down to 110. I went
|o many doctors and they gave me
only temporary relief. So I suffered
on, till one day a woman doctor told
me to use Postum. She said I looked
like I was coffee poisoned.
"So I began to drink Postum and I
gained 15 pounds in the first few
weeks and continued to gain, but not
so fast as at first. My headaches be-
gan to leave me after I had used
Postum about two weeks — long
enough to get the coffee poison out of
my system.
"Since I began to use Postum I can'
gladly say that I never know what a
neuralgic headache is like any more,
and it was nothing but Postum that
made me well. Before I used Postum
I never went out alone; I would get
bewildered and would not know which
way to turn. Now I go alone and my
head is as clear as a bell. My brain
and nerves are stronger than they
have been for years."
Ri;ad the little book, "The Road to
Wei]vllle,"in pkgs. "There's a Reason."
Evrr rend the above letter? A new
one from time to time. They
are gfSBlue. 'roe. and full ot bum a a
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Another Day's Delay and the Result
Would Have Been Unfortunate
—For the Physician.
A lady was very solicitous about her
health. Every trifle made her unei^y,
and the doctor was called imme-
diately.
The doctor was a skillful man, and
consequently had a large practice. It
was very disagreeable to him to be so
often called away from his other cases
for nothing, and he resolved to take an
opportunity of letting the lady see
this. One day the lady observed a red
spot on her hand, and at once sent
for the doctor. He came, looked at
her hand, and said:
"You did well to send for me early."
The lady looked alarmed and asked:
"Is it dangerous, then?"
"Certainly not," replied the doctor.
"To-morrow the spot would have dis-
appeared, and I should have lost my
fee for this visit."
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