Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 30, 1914, Page 4

PAGE FOUR The [Evening feleqram Published every afternoon from the heutucky Byilding, Lakeland, Fla. Entered in the postoffice at Lake- land, Florida, as wail matter of the second class. M. F. HETHERINGTON, EDITOR. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. dne year 8ix montne ... Three montns Delivered anywhere within the ilmits of the City of Lakeland for 10 cents a week, From the same office is issued THE LAKELAND NEWS, A weekly newspaper giving a resume of local matters crop conditions, county aftairs, etc. Sent anywhere tor $1.00 per year. TUp in Macon, Ga., yesterday, a preacher stopped on the street to kiss a child goodby when a pistol tell from his pocket, was discharged and killed him. A news item like that needs no comment to bring out the lesson it teaches. e DA Colonel Goethals is of course the proper man for the office of governor of the Canal ose, and it is not easy te understand why anyone should kave thought that the sgreatest ad- reinistrator in the world at the sum- mit of his fame would step off his pinnacle to take the local job of bossing the New York police. It is a man-size job all right, but Goethals is too big for it. —0 We want to congratulate Bro. Hetherington| upon having moved Lis splendid paper into its handsome new home. May he live long anid continued to prosper. —Mulberry Herald. Many thanks, Bro. Bulloch, and we only wish that that moving thing had been accomplished. . But We are right now in the agony of it, ond, believe us, it is seme job. ——————— Anot%er solid argument against Distol toting comes from High Springs in this State, where a young man sudidenly possessed by suicidal mania,’ snatched a pistol from the 1pocket of a man standing by him and shot himself to death. He would probably be alive today if the other tellow hadn’t been carrying a pistol. . 0 They are making it hpt for Fei- eral Judge Speer in that investiga- lipniup in Georgia and evidently he L:as plenty of enemies and they are implacable. No proof of corrup- tion has ‘'been brought out, but Judge Speer will be so badly mussed up and spattered at the conclusion of the investigation that his Judi- cial reputation will lack the im- n:aculate quality it ought to have. . Ivery judge sho:ld be like Caesar's wife, 4 EoSn e TR Paramount Polk is what we named it months ago when something like a mania for alliteration in boosting counties seized the Florida ' press, The report of the State comptroller shows that four counties in the State maide over fifty per cent gain. in taxes paid for the year 1913 over 1912, Those counties are Duval, Hillsborough, Polk and Pinellas, and ct these Polk made the greatest ‘gain, its increase being $4,065,079 in the ossessed valuation of property. This is nearly one-fourth of the total gain ir valuation of all' the counties of the State. Paramount Polk she is in- deed, and if there's any word in the dictionary which means more than that ‘she’s that, too. ———— . Within the next month| or two there will be the usual large and im- pressive array of zentlemen in Flor- -ida “out for the nomination” in the June primary and probably some of them don't know thét under ous rrogressive laws there ts a. Umit set to their lavish expenditure of money to promote their success. The Bry- on primary law. fixes the amount af follows:» United States senator and governor, $4,000; administrative State officers, $2,500; congressmen, $2,000; railroad comnuissioners, ad- Jjutant general, auditor, assistant au- ditor and justices of the supreme court, $2,000. State attorneys; $600; circuit judges. $600; state senators and representatives, $200; district delegates to national con- ventions, $300; delegates at large to rational conventions and presiden- tial electors, $500; for county offices in counties having more than 46,000 population, $750; State and conores sional committeemen, $100, N eSO, It is worth notinz that on his Geathbed Senator Cullom had all his doubts of religion and removed and testifiel to his faith in Geod and Christ. e e Another ocean (iracedy today. Modern safetd appliances seem not to diminish the dan=ers of the deep. immortality renorted THE EVENING TELEGRAM, LAKELAND, FLA., JAN. 30, 1914, Brefogreoeds 3 The Velvet Bean This is Florida’s own. It is tie leading leguminous and forage crop at present grown In the State. Where it originated from seems to be doubtful or at least it is epen to discussion,’ as witness the numerous reports and letters written on the subject and published in a bulletin of the U. S. Agricultural Depart- Irent at Washington (No. 141, Part l (By Lee Latrobe Bateman 3), entitled “The Florida Velvet Bean and Its History.” Anyway, it was introduced in:o Florida from somewhere “way down south,” for to Floria must unhesitat- ingly be given the credit to being its original home in the United States. It apparently, from hearsay, was known in Florida as far back as the eerly 70°s but it is only within the last'15 or 20 years its value and im- rortance both as a leguminous and forage crop has been'seriously con- sidered and recognized. It was orig- inally thought to be one of the Dol- ichos family, a name given to some fcrty or fifty species of tropical twining beans, but careful research and. study have finally classified it as one of the Mucuna genus, origi- nating from Brazil, and Mucuna Utilis is the given botanical name of Velvet Bean. Much literature has been written on the Velvet Bean. In addition to the bulletin above cited the U. S. Denartment of Agriculture issued another (No. 14, 1889), by the pen of Prof. Jared G. Smith; the Ala- bama Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion published a bulletin (No. 104! in the same year, and the Florida ‘Agrlcultural Experiment Station in | Bulletin No. 60, 1902, gives a full description of the bean, while Prof. H. H. Hume, president of the Flor- ida Hortlcultural Association, gives a concise but graphic account of it in Balley’'s Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, edition of 1907. In the early days of the culture of the Velvet Bean, it was principal- ly used as a covering for trellises and screens, or as a porch climber, its quick, rank growth making it ad- mirably adapted for that purpose. It was then utilized as a gover crop for citrus groves, but this very growth with its tenacious climbing habit, proved it to be more of an encumberance and nuisance than a benefit. Trees became completely |enveloped in it, impeding not only their growth, but seriously interfer- Ing with the proper development of the fruit. In the open, however, it i3 of exceeding great value. Not cnly as a cover crop and soil cleaner| (it will eradicate all weeds), but as a soll removator and sweetener. The nitrogen and humus supplied by this plant are of great value and the mechinical condition of the soil is vastly improved. | Its utility as such has been clearly demonstrated by. many tests. in| Alabama it was found “that a crop of sor;hum was nearly doubled as the result of plowing under a crop of velvet beans.” In Florida “the average of an eat crop produced aft- er velvet bean stubble, and one aft- er the entire crop plowed ' under, was four times as great as the aver- age of crops following crabgrass and millet stubble.” The velvet bean is specially suited to Florida. It furnishes a better and cheaper source of protein than any 3 other wi nter forage crop. As.cattle eat only about 50 per cent of the leavés“and vines a large amount of humus is added to the soil for the succeeding crop. It has been esti- mated than an animal will fatten on 11-2 acres. As an example of the richness of the velvet bean in protein and.of its utility as a stock feed, good velvet-bean hay contaius ebout 8 per cent of protein. Meal, may be made from the beans and pods ground together, “furnishing a content of 17 per cent of protein and 4 1-2 to 6 per cent of fat, while meal made from the beans alone con- tains 22.6 per cent of .protein and 6.6 per cent fat.” This meal, how- ever, must be classed with concen- €r more bulky substances, having a wider nutritive ratio. | Caution also must be observed in feeding with velvet-bean hay. The bean is a highly nitrogenous feed and must never be fed atone. If fed onclusi\'oly to horses the hay is like Ily to cause kidney trouble, but this ' danger may be overcome by mixina it with an equal amount of crah lgrass hay. The fat of hogs fed too exclusively on velvet beans will I dark in color and offensive both in taste and smell. | Anyway, from the nature of its growth the velvet bean cannot easy's be converted into hay. ‘t the « of the growing season it is 2 12 Forage Crops in Florida v e T R TR A T ¢ ’fxclusiv"e Shirt § Patterns for mass of vines. If hay is desired, fastidious Men the best time to cut is just when the pods are well formed, but have rot commenced to swell but it is preferable to turn in cattle and hogs, letting them eat the vines, not allowing them to, bloat themselves, but moving them on and balancing the ration with some other feed. > With this precaution the bean is one M of the finest stock feeds in existence. etrlc Before turning under with the L) plow it is best to allow the stalks ShlrtS and stubble to partially dry out. In this climate it is detrimental to the The design, full cut and many oth- soil to turn under an absolutely Bty Ereen erop, er individual characteristics of these The best time to plant is just be-|sh'rts will appeal to the man with fore the rains commence—late May|q keen eye. or early June. As the crop is very tender and easily frosted, it may be Cime in today an ) that in the northern sections of the ¥ and look 'em over. State, seed might not be produced, : and it is best therefore to depend on PflCGd at the lower south for a seed supply. To sccure a good crop of seed (if grown .50 and secured if the vines are given some- $ .00 thing to run on. Prof. Hume, in § writing on this point, says: “An ex-| We deliver goods to any part of as a support.” Wllllamson- MGOPC CO. Plant the crop in rows four feet “FASHION SHCP IOR MEX" apart and allow the plants to stand | PHONE 298 DRANE BLDG, [d (3 H g & Li We have just re- ceived a LARGE Shipment of ° Here is a fine old brand that never varies in quality. During all the years of its great success it hasgnever once lowered its original ® high standard. Always made of choice leaf, selected for its unusual mildness, and ripe, mellow richness. Piedmont is a cigarette imitators have never been able to equal. Whole coupon in each package. LogsttaMpulitonet 1O for 5¢ Our Stock is Cdmplete once more after the holiday rush. W invite you to call and inspect the most complete line of Watches Clocks, Jewelry, Cut Glass and Sterling Silves in Lakeland. Re member “A Pleasure to Show Goods.” he commenced in the extreme south not later than the middle of April, and larger quantities of seed will be and cut the corn just below the bot- toxa ear as soon as it is matured, leaving the lower part of the stalks ‘*A p'easure to sh- w Gooes" COLE & HULL Jewelers ard Optometrists : oo i@y Pl drdrc Ddeciboioran + for seed exclusively) planting shon:d cellent method is to plant with corn the city. from one to two feet apart in tha row, If planted in “hills” one peck! s ) of seed to the acre is sufficient, but it in a continuous drill, then one and a half pecks would be required. Mm"mNM- clASSIHEn M]S Sound seed must be used; throw out all small, shriveled or faulty beans. e After the beans are up two or|FOR SALE—Nice large seedling or- three cultivations to conserve meis-| r8nge trees about three years old; ture and keep down weeds until the Cllefiv- Inquire 105° South Vir- vines start to run is all that is nec-| 8inia. 1987 essary. Once started the vines grow FOR SALE—Eight shares stock of| rapidly and soon smother out all the! Security Abstract and Title Com- weeds and other vegetation that may, pany of Bartow, Fla. W. attempt to grow. Johnson, owner. The velvet bean is peculiarly im- BUNGALOW FOR RENT mune from disease, and has but ene; A!l modern eimprovements, $25 insect enemy that would causa se- per month. 511 E. Orange. 1985 rious injury. This fs the caterpillar |4 UNFURNISHED rooms and bath; Fiske 1848 of the moth Anticarsia Gemmatilis. The crop is not usually attacked un-| tii the commencement of bloom, when the larvae first. eat small holes in the leaves. If not'checked at this shades, screens, electric lights and phone. 317 S. Virginia. 1985 $1,000 TO LOAN first mortgage on | city property preferred. Apply ‘to- | trated foods and should not be fed '’ to stock without the addition of oth- . day to Waring & Edwards. 1986 | FOR SALE—At a sacrifice for cash, | one lot, in ‘good” location; would | consider negotiable paper. Am! stage everything will be devoured except the bare stems. The remedy is a prompt application of arsenate of lead (paste) mixed in the proper- tion of one a)nd a half nounds to LvinE G c"!‘ StoniRoshe q“ld“; fitty eallons of water and sprayea| ©: O Box 222. 1979 both on the upper and under sides|TWO LOTS in South Lakeland addi- of the foliage. There is no danger| tlon can be bought cheap and on’ to stock pasturing the crop after| easy terms direct from owner. this treatment, for the rains will| Safe, care Telegram. X980t have soon washed it off the foliage, | BARGAIN—One lot, dirt cheap, easy but in the meantime the caterpillars{ ®erms. Rush, care Telegram. will have been exterminated. 1981' | TS NATIONAL BANA 4 “Safety First” __ All other considera- tions are secondary with this Bank. 1fyou want absolute- safety for your money go rthere » 2 2 Ty It's of vital importance that you start the ‘bank account NOW—now when you are vigorous and able. Ther: comes a time in everyone's Lfe when an ample CASH RESERVE 1= ne’s best friend—why not begin -buling that reserve now? In time to vuste, the earnings of that reserve may « snfficient to keep you in com- " fort. " . peo vt interest paid.. TH P ALDEALOSON T———mmm——— 1 have the kick in the latest big musical coue y im on Thursday might, Feb. 5. rtation, i 2kelang And? j