Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 56, Number 11, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 January 1914 — Page 7

WASHINGTON CITY

GOOD QUALITIES OF WHITE CHINA GEESE FARM CONDITIONS IN INDIANA DOES IT PAY TO ADVERTISE?

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Cy C. F. GOBBLE. Department of AnU mal Husbandry. Purdue University School of Agriculture. Purdue University Agricultural Exten Ion.

By G. I. CHRISTIE. Superintendent Agricultural Extension. Purdue University.

To Work Out Problems Confronting the Poor WSH1N;t Model House. ' the fournsjm sociological lalairatory, in which the workofl of Nei.-.hborhood IIohm lntnl to work mil the prob tens that confront Washington s poor, was opened to the public for Inspection iM .nib.r !.'. The trustoea of Neighborhood

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aa tho avraue famih arid wane of the allev Inhabitants, would be able to afford The furniture coat between $100 and $lf0. Kverythlng is cheap, but omfortable. ami each article lears a tax showing Its coat and the atore at which it v as purchased for the guldume of future buyers. once the house Ih fully famished the bovs and girls of the settlement will ake charge of the housckoepinr meh r the instruction of settlement official. Pally meals will be cooked, care being taken by the voung housewives to keep vn'M within the $9 weekl wage, and such sewing aa woeld be necessary for he fa mil) of father, mother and three children will be done The girls will attend to the cooking and sewing, and the boys of the cttlement cluba will take over the duties of the man of the house f only will the gltls of the settlement clubs have a chance to I carl housekeeping and cooking In a real house, hut tie Model limine" will be Opened to about HO gitls of (he cooking and newlng clasaen of the public schools In the district nf NcghlMrhood Mease

Georgian Defies a Sacred Southern Tradition WILLIAM V AIAMH, representing Ihn n. th district .r (leorgla and unlforml) ailed ledgi Aduinsoti I.e. aur n of his service on the city bench of i attollton hu k in the , Uhtles. Is Ilm one man In congress who defies

the sacred southern tradition thai no statesman should appear In an Ihlug bul a large black fell slouch hat ledge ' Adantson prefers a flat drab golf cap. which li' ii villi the atme nonchalance that ha wears his laic mid impressed trousers of ai i oil count v .a i design Usee hm- veins ago, the Utile Willi. mi daiu son was taken in school fm the first lime bv i rents It was a country school where Ilm birch rod had full lwa Little Wllllnm, being It n to his devices made an experiment with Ills hai d lie patted tlx op of bii head and rubbed his in. mil ai the same time, vvhlcl require! great muscular control l Im hlg hos and glrll aiound him caught sight f the phenomenal exhibition, ittd m less than ten

ininuteM imu I every pupil In that log schoolhousc svas in in- tlm damson nick with using degrees of an. l the end of ten mtnUtSI thf large and aw honed nrhoolmaslei had d palled of getting eiiP t again and stalled In to whale his mcIiooI n 1 1 ti a fine and uns h iding hit of bin h It Is hlstor thai about evei pup!' raught a taste of that hitch rod xcept he htm . ent lookltir. , illlani V.lanu.oii Loin1 Mai p m .'M'd I Ittle William had Income a t . ngresslonal lender ii" was chairman of the great Interstate ami foreign commerce commitiee, which deal wiih railroads ami truata, ami whlofa framed tbi PanaflM oanal act Tin prim lml oi the big school whhh hau gtOWS Up nil Ihn spot where (He little old log schoolhouse was In the old das Invited i a(. damson to Speak tin i e ii i i. i ninl i Id the story of his nrst ihi In school, and illunt i at ed n with a flue i tm ust ration of palling his head und rubbing his stomach The ft Nit caught ih" school again I In veia m-xt da Kverv scholar WÄG he. ltd the "jedge" hied Hie It lik II nearly bloke nti tbi i lasses fof month after And now. ledge" Adaiuson, t,e principal or (hat . lend w.aihlu i have his hinom a I i n nu a mak am-im i addftM thtfi for anv cousidei at Ion unless hv ties his hands

Traces Peculiar Dialect

Ri ri:i: ii riVM JAMMH i. liVUNKI ol iouth Parol Ina eon.es Pro i statt in which there Is a vast negro population and theli dlaltH hil biffl ,IM, of hi i ti 1 1 1 1 u l ü i Studien In some sections there sie Mords used ilMOOf

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fore the ap w..: cut ih.wti . : e. ol I'he culprit looked wildly around for a moment, and then remark I Ttasar, I want ter tell ve" all that the.-.e here doings will sholy be a lcs son to im Letter With Picture Address Reaches President OF all He thousands of leiter that arrive in the White House mail hags, the ajoat unusual arrived Mifi ral das ago from WU hlta. Kan It has no written address Th' -ender. howevr. ketche on the face of the envelope a

good likeness of 'resident WUaOIl, togetht: with i. taui iymbois Indicating its destination. Tin I rks ol the railwav mail service had no üftcult) In leciding where it waa to go, and . .... . t a the W'.i.shinaton nostofTh e When it

nt ii i iv v - - - w reached here it was rent Ifl Ulf White House Thi preMib nt smiled when he aw it. but made no comment Who sent the letter Is a mystery. There wa nothing inside, although the en- . lope wa.s marked j I rsonal Several years A. ,vh"i 'I heodre Itoosevtdt was president, a similar letter was received at the White House It had no written add s.-. hut merely

m pair Ol IniK ' "S lanor uim fi vji nuui inent teth. which had been made popular by the cartoonists. Its detinatioi. was plain and t arr'ved at the White H mv,. without delay.

Toe directions in the letter to PreaMOBt ing" was translate!, Woodrow W iiaon. America."

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spertion should follow a public reception in Neigh hot hood House on that date Model Houae" la a two-atory, four room building, typical of the "alley houses" of the capital. In whirh many of the city's Ichh prosperous an f i d to live. In this house the settlement worker in to arry on n aeries of experiment to determine the cheapest and best .way for the poor man and his family to live The carpenters worked hard to bring the house up to the standard of sanitation, that the workers feel nhould be demanded ol ever) landlord Then, it was to be furnished on a scale that it was figured the man who supports a family of wife and three children on $'J per week, which taken

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ihem thai ara almoal unknown to ih Chilis and It would be Impossible for a noiheiu visitor to comprehend a word of their speech. IraeiiiK hack tlm mauiteiue of similar words among (he Jamaica negroes, he has arrived at the conclusion that many of them did not come dl rottl.v lore from Anna, hut that their ancestors were first Imported to Jamaica ami their descend tints brought over to the coast of Carolina. He tells of some odd words ol their manufactur lug In a case In court the defendant, tried for usrault. was a huskv man whose jargon waa most i! tllcult to muh inland He had tried to brain a lompatiion with an ax When asked about the matter he squared himself off and replied Well, ledge, I seen him ..tming 'round the cor ..; so Hin poloua, and as soon as he got atacopu i

nother culprit negro boy, condemned sheriff if he wished to sav anvthlng be (THIS etUST OF A LfTTFcX rrvoAi one of imem cavb Men 1 Wilson read, when the pic uro writ ' are of L nele Sam, I'nittd States of

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White Chinese Geese.

Many people believe that white t 'hlna geese am fOt&i to have a boom like the rekln ducks had some 20 years ago. Their feihhers are very abundant. nf ns au'a df)l n lev tare . unovv s bite, with flexible (iitlls. r.opln Who pick tllt live tfeeMO rvLATEST CHECK ROW PLANTER Provision Made for laey Method of Tripping Seed Valves Operated by Movement of Machine. The : i. den Hb mei I an, In deacrlh Inn a check row planter Invented b It I 'oi em. ui of Shei htitn in nays: Mi I i a i man's Invention is iB Im prov . meal Ii. che it mw plant! and Check Row Planter. baa Tor it oh), ci i he pmv In Ion of slut pie. eaallv operated means tor trip ping the Metal Valves to cause the plantet to diop a chltl'ge ol need Ut regular predetermined interval with out (lie Umo of kindled wile, the nald meant. b Inc. opei aled b I he line, e iiteiit of the machine through the Bald WHY WE GROW SWEET CLOVER Produces More Hay Than Other Crops and Adds Nitrogen to Holl Also Drouth Resist. 1. It will produce inn given noil than red clov. mammoth (lover 2. It will grow on ma poor to raise alla'.la or re. cessfully. It It Is the only clov er rlover lli.it will stand p hay on a al live Ol soils too lover suept White urthti with can lo and leu set. I It vv HI add more u;cu to the soil than anv othr ba.ume r. It will thrive with less lime, says the Oklahoma Farmer. In the Soil than most other brumes although It will not grow when the soil Is too acid 6. It will not bloat stock whether fed wet or dry. 7. It has no plant disease; and it will thrive ami combat weeds or grasses ut the same time. I in pastures taring drouth. sweet (lover will Kiep Kreen and grow, when other clovers ami grasse have practically dried up. I, Crops following a two-year rotation, with we, r clover will gain in yield from 2ä to r0 per cent. D.'irying Is Different. Dairying Is different from what it used to be 20 years ago. Today we seil the butter fat and keep tho skim milk on the farm and we get a milk clmck which is real cash every week or every month In the earlier d I we used to skim the milk, churn the butter, take it to town and bring home anything the merchant would let us have in exchange. Expensive Habit. It is expensive to let a cow fall in her milk because of the lack of proper

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port tho yearly yield of one pound and over. The originated in China, where for centuries they have peon bred to lay. Thc begin to lav at pIx month, old They are good breeders at one year old, as they mature ho early J. T. 0,

I RAISE WHEAT ON CORN LAND I Investlgstlon Shows Thst Crop Was Much Larger Than on Any Other Soil In Northwest. e A iio-iil.u r.o I i .iin.t to the atlentlon of Uii mei a or ihe north i en Iral states dm iiik harvest lltue W hen i vv heal hail been now n on coi n land l he ci up vv aa much lai .ei t hau on am olhia noil Invi tlc.atlon has Shown Miiit lo be the cane on no main I. ii ma thai I' P. in v . d lo be the universal rule. It Is. perhaps, fair to assume that In any scheme of crop rotation the mi. iiir. nl fanner looks to the ad vantage of ihorouKh cultivation he fore 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 m clue ("oi'alnh he mas with proprhiv be so advised. Hut Ihe next wine step would be to let vv heat follow col ii Win n land plalnlv shows the need of a rest a couple of crops of colver, millet or Canada peas serve (he pur pone The rainier who Is flttliiK cattle or Iiokii for market needs corn and other fodder and he will hud profit In this sort uf diversification, perhaps i n I ml vv hat he can aaln from i ulsluc. w hi .'i 'The w boh ill mm. ml Is In lavor of au Intelligent dlv ct nil .if i i o pa aa u ell m a I lion iKh ultl vallon of the --Mil WATERING CAN FOR POULTRY Useful Drinking Fountain for Chicks May Be Made Out of an Ordinary Baking Powder Can. n M .i i v bat. inf powder ran may be couv i hai into a useful driiikiiiK fountain lor tin chicks by a stlfht IB denial Ioii, aa show n In I he skeh h When Ihe ihn baa I. . n pressial In about two inches, water may be poured Into the au and He lop III led I iK.hl Iv on The can hl lild it In WATCSMNO CAM vi rted and placed outside of the coop, where only the chicks can reach it, as the hen is liable to turn It over unless it Is larger than the ordinary can. It could probably be placed tear . uough lo ihe hen so that hho could Just reach ii to drink out of It. Apples Nipped by Frost. Aid Id nipiM'd on the trees by early frosts may be saved by spraying with cold water to draw out the frost. This is the conclusion of 1 r. S. J. Hunter, professor of entomology of the Tnivt rity o!' Kam-as and state entomologist for that Mate, who conducted several experiments this fall in the experimental orchards of the university. If the water is applied before the apples befta to thaw, he says, tho bloom of ÜM up;de is brought back and it is left in perfect condition. Feed for Colts. After the colt his been weaned he should be supplied with all the good clover hi-v he will eat, being allowed to feed Oil the ground. A liberal supply of chopped oats should form a part of the ration, and it may be made more palatable and digestible by pouring boiling water over tnem and allowing them to stand in a closed vessel a few i hours before feeding.

A study of farm conditions in Indiana shows in a conclusive way that the possibilities of farming have but in a small measure been realized. Few farms have reached their maximum in production and few fame : i!are to feel that they have solved the many complex problems which pr sent themselves in connection with the many operations. The interest in agriculture is widespread. Not onlv are the farmers giving more attention to Improved meth

ods in th cultivation of crops, production of live stock, marketing of the products, etc., but commercial clubs, chambers of commerce, rail roads, tin press and other organized bodies and iuMitutions are showing a most diner and active interest ia farming conditions. While there are various reasons fothe interest taken by commercial and ity people lu agriculture, the main one I the realization of ihe need and value of a greater production of farm products. Evidence on even hand points to th fact that production of foodstuffs In tin1 l ulled States ha not kept pace with the increase in population. The result Is that the de maud almost equals the supply, wll'i the farther result that prices have been materially Increased until tieworking man begins to wonder wheth er he is to be able to get his meals ut a price ho can afford to pay. The hope for betterment of this eon till hm Ih a in pari in an Inct a ed pro duction An average of u bushels of corn per acre In Indiana Is not satis factory when It has been 1 early dem unstinted that the majority of Indiana land Is capable or producing 60 to v ' bushels. I hiring the past feu nun manv acres have ptodueod more than 100 bushels with no more eate and attention than could be afforded i ev i a i or t he nth e ci op. Is It more than reasonable ( expert some Increasa In Ihe corn crop ol Indiana In the vei neai flit IM i Similar i oil dittOh" are round with wheal oats and ol her cropM 'I he applh-at Ion or bei I . i met hods In cull I alien, re, t m.-a Hon, ole , will give results The crops are needed and farmers are bound to make i . i effoi I lo meet I he h Biand Not ohlj Will II bi possible to in creane production on Ihe laud now un tier culllvalloti hul large atean of K.ood laud In the state await Improvement and are capable of producing large crops which will materially Increase the total output of (he state. The area or agi h ull ural laud in Indiana ex ceeds ,000,000 acres The total are,, cropped each year lo the slate with coin, oats, wheat, rye, clover, timothy, alfalfa, potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, orchards, small fruits, beets, onions, cabbage ami other crops Is leas than I oouooo acres hralnage, (dealing, fert Illait Ion, etc. will bring a large share ol the leinaln Ing I o.ooo.oou . acres Into a productive state 'i bis requires an Investment on the pari or the. ov tiers and innre farm labor Then fore, there must come with Improved methods In production higher prices which will waitani hu thei investment together with mors ami a battel - IlISS of rami label 'I ha i.n met "ii i he laud Is unable to do all the work on the rami ami at the same lime rive ihe necessary attention to (In business side or farming whhh demands mm c and mm e on hh t atlmi will, I he de eloptneill or a K f I ' allure I . I maniil.n UTtlf tOdft) 'tM d0lH all or the work in their plants The details uro left to superintendent and foremen, skilled men, capable or (111 vcling (he rU i e m i n it v. hi a cougdlsh Ihe piece or work To be Mlfe, these III 1 1 are receiving good wages, bul caniud larmei , cu,. . ,,,n,! compensation ir a high class of labor Im secured, and returns shown lu both Imteastal production and thi QUallt) oi the product" Indiana farms uiiihI have mote and heller labor If the de mo tide tor higher production are to hmet In a substantial way Metier la bor w.ll mean higher wage, hill Ihesa t an be met will out Increasing th price of foodsturTt t the consumers M I t an e v Id- ui fact t hat farmer are entitled to hu. her prices ami that Ihe,.. prlcea should be secured with out burdening the consumer. Uist year the price paid in the t'nltod Stat fOl t.tnu pioduciM was fti.uu 000. 0no The consumer paid for thes same products i:i,ooü,000t0M It 1 1 $7,000,000.01)0 ai deliver the product from the farm to the consumer. Ih there not an opportunity to bring the producer and the musytucr closer u1, eth. r. with beliebt to both ' Indiana lan.i.i prmlucu large uip plies of fotaj.-tuffa which are never marketed. Neglect, lack of ready sale improper (actlttlOf for handling and marketing th e and other auses have been factors in thousands et ' bushels of apples and other fruits, to j maioeB. and other products being fed to hogs or allow, d to rot. Of course, the farmer's income la teriallv lessened by thi :-.e :.. while the people in town are forced to pay exorbitant price for imported products. This condition can be changed Jhrough co-operative market ing. and steps should be taken to organize farmers so that a better quality of product can be placed upon tlm market at a frotto? not Income.

Such organization will bring about terestlng little creatures and money-co-operation which will develop makers for their owners. Moreover, strength and leadership in the agri- this little pride of the poultry departcultura! communities Conditions are ment has produced eight sons and such that the problems of the farm eight daughters, who are expected to and cou!itry life must be worked out be the progenitors of a race of heavy tbrct ettva working bodies. lay cr

How many farmers advertise 1 don't hi lleve there Is a business man or a ! ure bred live stock breeder, or a seed corn grower, who does not be lu ve in advertising Kaeh f !

i vertises more or less generally, on a scale, and In such a manner, aa tho size of his busineas or operations ill warrant On the other hand indiscriminate :j. vertising does not pay Millions of dollars are spent every year for use 1 ss advertising. To bring result, you must attract tile man who wants to buy what you have to sell If you have half a dozen Iterkshlre gilts for : sale, vou will not advertise in a Horti cultural paper. Neither would you use one half a column of t.paca in the ' re-i. r Calotte. A small ad in your county or farm paper would prohablv bring results. This is not the kind, of advert .sing, however, 1 have in mind for the general farmer His goods he can sell on the local market What he wants Is rating, reputation ami credit. and these things ar given him according to hin thrift and charac ter A mans thrift Is judg'-d b his batik acount. his holding . etc . but a man s character Is judged by a multitude of things; viz. by the way he treats his horses, bv the vva he houses and cares tor his machinery, by the way he keeps up his fen. ' and trims his hedges, by the clcanneta of his pastures, b Urn neatness of his barnyard and lawn. b the paint on his house and out build lugs This, to ute, Is the greatest op poitunltv for prolltaMe advert sing. If you were a banker, which man WOUld vou extend credit to, um that aj ways patches and m cr build ' one who driven half fed. never groom ed horses, one who gtow t common t. mgiel, all colored hogs, oie who uses all out doors hu a mm hlne shed, MM who never paints a building or drags a toad oi pulls a weed, or would oil pt i Ter v out mettev t.. he In the hamlN or a fanner who seeps up tu. fertllltv r his soil, rotates his erp. spiavs and prunes his on-hard, uses mil) pin . hi d Is mi l n .net In general, shows himself by his inetotis to be a progressive ami an Industrious far titer' Anv one , un answer this ues Hon ami yet how may of ou fat uiers realize ihe Importance or these things as Ihev apply to von' I can heat von say, ' I haven t lime to keep e.r thing cleaned up sll tin time" bait I MMN and you know inn who ltav less in n invested lu their business than vou have in yours, who spend mote each veai foi advertising than It would take to hire a man to do until wy . he I Know snotlei man who has a fane) c of work harness and a new wagon that be mo s solely for sell Ing horses He says be has paid for the harness lu Ihe sale of one team, simply because llev wete mole at I rue the. veil groomed ami in K"od clothes I know another man who makes u 1 1 v Inc. having rundown places, cleaning them up and selling them ngaln If mit man can Increase the value of a horse by showing hint In good sur Haimlings and NMtlMf I'tln ' II veil hood by cleaning up farms, does It seem unteasouable that vou could In crease vuui innings and capital by using tho same methods? Try this ho in or advei Using ir It does not pay In dollars ami cents II will at hunt give vou and vom family gteaier sat Isfaeii. -n when va compute out oti home vvtlh those of oui neighbors. Products Rsmsrksbls Han. I a t due uulverslt) s poultry departineni has piodm d an cut i aoi dlnai v hen, ami poultry faocn-in and tlmse cabulatliig entering the business of latsltiK poult r might w.le.a. some lime to a consideration of Ihe record i stabllshed bv her Miss I'urdue lor so Ihe In ii has been named, is a While la kIioiii. and dating the bud two ars has produced IM eggn. weighing 41 h pounds. A register I kepi of her performance ami the i ih are bv v mul any question Miss I'unlue weighs only tnree and oii' half pounds, hat In the time men Honed above she produced UK times lor weight She was a gourmand and c 'iii-uined ever ! :.' pounds of feed, a bat which will surprise a great man) people Krom every pound of feed. Miss Purdue produced thraa and one half eggs. She manufactured one pound of eggs from every ' J pounds of reed. The efllcliticy of the engine In tin body of this small bird is Imb ed wonderful She is consider ed one ot the mos: efficient producers c f a Mulshed product from raw material that ever existed Agriculturists acknowledge that a steer produces a pound of beef from 12 pounds of feed, i and that a hog requires rour pounds hcioro it tan make u pound or pora. 1! , i.m $ ! ; to feed (he little lad for two years, but the value ot her eggs at market price in Iji Fayette, Ind., was fio ip Kv r dozen ?old for 17.1 cents, but they cost only & 2 cents to manufacture If It were posslbh to find many such h. us as I'urdue found in this bird, it would be easy to gel rich from poultry. Miss I'urdue made a profit of $9 over the cost of feed in two years. Her own value at the start was not over a dollar. Hens are certainly in-