The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, June 16, 1910, Page 2

The Sowing of Cowpeas in the Corn. The use of cowpeas as a crop to be sown in the corn is destined to be- come more and moré common in Mis- souri. Corn alone is very wearing on the land as everyone knows, and with the increasing value of farm lands a way must be found to keep up the fertility at the same time that . the farmer is making a money return per acre. Crop rotation is naturally a first essential in this building up and maintaining of the fertility, but to improve the land most rapidly use must be made of extra legume crops thrown in between the regular crops to add nitrogen and humus. Cow- peas can be used in this way the most readily of any crop grown in Missouri and with very great profit. A knowledge of handling cowpeas in the corn is necessary to sue Many men have attempted this prae- tice and have failed because of im- proper methods of handling. The common practice is to sow them broadcast in the corn at thé last cul- tivation at the rate of two to three pecks per acre, and while this is sat- isfactory on central and northern Mis- souri lands. This practice is particu- larly adapted to the lowlands of south- Missouri lands. On the up- lands, however, one frequently fails to get a stand when putting them in this way. A better practice is to use a one-horse drill, putting them in at the time of the last plowing. On some lands this drilling will give suf- ficient cultivation to take the place of the last plowing of the corn, In any case the corn should be laid by a little} earlier than usual to be sure of get- ting a good stand. The variety to use in this case is the New Era asa first choice and Whippoorwills asa second choice, Cowpeas may be sot the row with the corn quite satisfactorily and this is becoming quite common. They are either mix- ed in the planter box, using about 1 1-2 times as many peas as corn, or they may be put in with a special cowpea attachment to the corn. plant- er. The latter method is much to be preferred as it will give a mere even stand of both corn and peas. One difficulty in handling peas in this way is due to the fact that the cowpeas are badly stunted should a cold spell of weather come after they are up. | As a matter of fact it is usually better fo postpone corn planting until the Jast half of May in central Missouri when cowpeas are to be put in the east ‘ow. The best variety for this pur-! ae ee: be Hata eet } ty, the first they have purchased for, pose depends upon the use that is to, be made of them. If they are to be! pastured with hogs, the Whippoor- wills or the Black should be used. If they are to be cut up with acorn binder, use a climbing variety like the Clay which will climb the stalks. M. F. MILLER, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, Colum- bia, Mo. To Democrats. It is generally believed that the next House of Representatives at Washington will be Democratic if pee is united and harmonious effort n the part-of Democrats everywhere. The National Democratic Congres- sional Committee is charged with much responsibility in furnishing a campaign book and other literature, directing speakers and doing the gen- | eral work of organization. -We need your active support especially in a Market Letter. Kansas City Stock Yards, June 13, 1910—Rather light receipts of cattle for the past month or more have pre- vented packers from storing up much dressed meat in coolers, and when the demand from consumers began to increase two weeks ago, the re- serve supply was soon exhausted, and killers have been forced to ex- hibit anxiety for supplies recently. Receipts from Native and Western territory continue moderate, and the flux of cattle from quarintine terri- tory now coming to market is not large enough, previous to today, to relieve the strain. The market has, therefore, made fairly good gains each of the past two weeks, the ad- vance last week 25 cents on best fed steers, and 25 to 50 cents on butcher grades. Stockers and feeders re- mained about steady, as present “prices are one dollar higher than a year ago, and buyers hold some skepticism about cattle paying out at prevailing prices. The supply today was above expectations, 19,000 head here, half of which are in the quaran- tine division. Best steers ar to a shade lower, account of top sales today at $8.45, $8. $8.20. Medium cattle are off 10 to 25 cents today, bulk of steers at $6.40 to $7.50, plain light steers downwards to $5.50, cows at $3.50 to $6.50, heif- ers S$.00 to $7.60, $5.90, calves $4.50 to $8.25, stockers $4.00 to $5.80, feeders $5.00 to $6.25, Fed Colorado steers $6.25 to $8.00. After considerable fluctuating hogs closed last week in the same noteh as close of previous week, Heavy Weights lost Some prestige during the week, and lights seem to be slated to take the lead in the near future. The run is 9,000 here today, liberal else- where, and packers seized the chance to enforce a decline, ranging from 10 to li cents, top hogs at $9.32 1-2 which is only 12 1-2 cents under Chi- cago top today, bulk of sales here $9.20 to $9.30, Shipping demand is good, as many small plants, hereto- fore closed for a season, are opening up, having decided that no money can be made by not running. Com- petition is therefore better, and pack- ers who talked of putting up their droves shortly at nine dollars have revised their ideas during the last week. Sheep and lambs made big gains last week, and closed strong, sheep and goats adding 75 cents to $1,00 to their value, and lambs gaining 50 to 79 cents, Run is 8,000 today, lower, although several weeks. market a shade spring lambs reached $9.60 today, a | new high figure recently for them. Shorn lambs are worth $8.00 to $8.50, yearlings up to $7.75, wethers $5.50 $6.40, ewes $5.00 to $5.75, Texas muttons today at $5.00 to $5.75, goats to killers today at $4.40, brushers worth around $3.50. J. A RICKART, L. S Correspondent. Kept The King At Home. “Forthe past year we have kept the King of all laxatives—Dr. King’s New Life Pills—in our home and they have proved a blessing to all our family,”’ writes Paul Mathulka, of Buffalo, N. Y. Easy, but sure remedy for all Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles. Only 25c. at F. T. Clay’s. Open Letters on the Proposed New High School. To the Butler Commercial Club, City. | Gentlemen—I have given the prop- bulls $3.75) to! ' United States. Packers bought goats free-| financial way. Please send to the‘ osition for a new High School build- National Democratic Congressional | ing considerable consideration and Committee, Washington, D. C., a think now that if the proposition check at once as we are greatly in carries, when my term of office ex- need of funds to push our work, and pires, that I will remain in Butler and must depend upon Democrats to fur- | educate my children. nish them. Our committee is sus-| - I. M. SMITH, tained by voluntary contributions. | Recorder of Deeds. We are reliably informed that the Republican Committee is already gen- | To the Butler Commercial Club, City. erously supplied with money. Will Gentlemen—The farmers of our you not aid us at once? neighborhood are watching the ef- JAMES T. LOYD, _| forts of the citizens of Butler to pro- Chairman. | cure a High School with much inter- JOSEPH E. RANSDELL, est. Many of us would be able to Chairman Finance Committee. {send our children to Butler High NPE ERO Se School and educate them when we Mule-Footed Hogs. would be unable to bear the expense A Missouri subscriber writes: of sending them away. We are also “Can you give me any information | very much interested in your adding concerning the mule-footed hog, |an agricultural department to your especially as to their practical value|school. Trusting your citizens will on the farm?” also consider the children living out- The mule-footed hog seems to dif- side your district, who want a high fer from other breeds mainly in the | school education when they vote on fact that it has a solid hoof instead of | the proposition. a cleft hoof. There are a number of - M.M. Carroll, herds in the south and southwest, | - R. EF. D. No, 7. and itis said that there The Cow’s Lost Cud. A man has a cow, says Farmer and Stockman, that he thinks has lost her cud and asks advice. He says: **My cow has eaten moss and slough grass all the spring until she has pull- ed out all her upper front teeth and “now she gives buttermilk with a green scum on it. Is it the moss that colors the buttermilk?” He also wants to know if it is true that a cow has four stomachs and sometimes loses her cud in one of them? Alas; it is too true. When a cow loses her cud it generally lodges in the first, second or third stomach, where she can regain it by humping up her back and saying ‘‘gawhoomp’’ once or twice, but if it passes into the fourth one it is a goner unless you send a diver after it mighty quick. The real trouble is, your cow has atmosphere in the omasum and it causes the cud to evaporate. The stomach of a cow is corrugat- ed like a washboard with warts on it, and is built more for keeping things down than for lifting them up. Give her some more moss, and lighten it up for a balanced ration with a ton of bran and a load of tame hay. When the bran begins to chase the hay around inside of her it will doubtless find and restore her cud if her insides are not warped too much. Selecting Alfalfa Seed. The farmer who has brought him- | self to the point of introducing alfalfa | upon his land should be extremely careful in the selection of seed. the first place it is important that he| | In| mation, and with the habits and habi-| tat, as it were, of what he is seeking | to raise. Next he should not sow seed raised under irrigation if he is in a non-irrigating region. A Michigan } farmer, for example, should sow | seed grown as near to his latitude as possible, say, from Wisconsin, Min- nesota or the Dakotas, or not south of Nebraska or Kansas, It is ques- tionable at present whether it is wise or profitable to attempt raising alfalfa seed in the more humid districts of the eastern and southern parts of the It may be economy to leave the raising of seed to those regions with the least summer rain- fall, keeping always in mind the se- curing of seed grown under condi- tions nearly like those to which the seed is to be introduced,—From burn’s ‘The Book of Alfalfa.” May Seek to Oust Packers. Jefferson City, Mo., June 13.—It is probable that Attorney General Ma- jor will file ouster proceedings against a number of the big packing companies, in which, under two counts, they will be charged with common-law conspiracy and viola- tions of the statutes prohibiting trusts and combinations in restraint of trade. The original proceedings which he filed, the same being in the nature of ‘information, named nine of the pack- ing companies. The evidence he secured during the taking of testi- mony in this investigation convinced |him that the National Packing Com- |pany of Chicago owned the St. Louis | Dressed Beef and Provision Company ‘and that the former should be includ- \ed when the suit was filed asking | ouster and punishment for violations should sow seed produced in =| ihe same latitude as his farm and} from a region of about the same rain- fall, thus keeping in a line of accli-| | of the anti-trust laws. Two of the campanies named in the original proceedings, the Cudahy Company and Schwarzchild & Sultz- berger, may be omitted from the ouster proceedings. Pipes and Germs. Sticklers for hygiene will be pleas- ed to hear of the latest dictum of medical associations in eastern cities smoker's pipe. The ‘‘bit’”’ of a pipe is every bit as much of a germ mag- net as a moistened cigar end or a cigarette. Doctors have warned smokers for years against using’ public cigar clip- pers and against laying down a part- ly smoked cigar or cigarette on the edge of a desk, table or window sill. | Recently the ban has also been placed on pipes. “Don’t lay a pipe down, either, say the medical highbrows, ‘‘particularly if it hasa curved stem. A pipe will not stay ‘put,’ but will roll a little to readjust itself unless it is laid down with the greatest ‘care. The saliva- moistened bit could pick up a few as to the germ susceptibility of a}! CHOICE OF TIRES— 36 x 2 Solid Cushion or | 34 x 3% Q. D. Pneumatic. 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Y., were married quoted as follows: ten years ago their friends showered | “Mr. Lipscomb also told of a scheme | them with rice. he has hit upon to beat the ravages of | One kernel lodged in the bride’s | the overflowing Osage as applies to ear. For ten years it defied the ef- the bottom grass, and others would forts of physicians and surgeons to! do well to follow the example. As/dislodge it. Three fruitless opera- | early in the spring as possible, or | tions were performed, and a short} when the grass gets a few inches| time ago she ent the Post Gradu- high, he turns every head of stock he|ate Hospital here for treatment. can get on to it and keeps it there, | Brain fever developed and she died By doing this up to the first of June, | Thursday. which is about the time annually the rivers get in their work, the grass is A Regular Tom Boy kept nipped quite close to the ground, | | was Susie—climbing trees and fences, then when the water spreads outover | jumping ditches, whittling, always all creation” it can do no harm on | getting scratches, cuts, sprains, bruis- that score. When the water peeeden | panes, ig or — . nd the stock is kept off and the grass in | laws! her mother just applied Buck- a few Wrecks ad grown.as high . a\len’s Arnica Salve and cured her man’s waist, then Mr. Lipscomb gets ait. Unee Teen Oe ai Rice Thrown at Wedding Fatal. | Vandal Invades Review Office. into it with men and teams and secures a full crop of bright, sweet hay, clear of trash and mud. This scheme is not patented—anyone can try it, and succeed, too, if he keeps his eyes open. Corns or Piles, Try it. 25¢c at F. T. Clay’s. A Woman’s Great Idea is how to make herself attractive. But, without health, it is hard for her tobe lovely in face, form or temper. A weak, sickly woman will be® ner- vous and irritable. Constipation and Kidney poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and.a ay i ed complexion. But Electric ! always prove a godsend to women Some ignorant vandal invaded this office last night, presumably during the fire scare at the building just east of it, and besides disfiguring some material, carried off an unknown quantity of type, leads, slugs, some printéd. stationery, a pair of gold- rimmed nose glasses and various minor matters which could not possi- bly benefit him, but may prove a val- uable loss to the printers, says the Rich Hill Beview. The sup- position is that some mischievous boy did it, as it is impossible to believe j that a grown-up man in his sober / senses could be guilty of such a § foolish act. The eye glasses belong ed to one of our yqung lady compos- itors and cost her $6; the printed stationery entailed a loss of only a few dollars qn this office, but the loss ~ of material can not be estimated— some of if’ being entirely new, not et put in the cases, and if it shortens fonts, may put us to considerable ex- pense to replace it. 4 , |