The Jacksboro Gazette (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1931 Page: 3 of 8
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THE JACKSBORO GAZETTE
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Care of Young Turkeys
Is of Much Importance
When the poults are very young the
'hen should he placed In an enclosure
made over four boards a foot wide and
twelve or fourteen feet long set on
edge and well nailed together to pre-
vent falling. In a week the little turks
will learn the call of the hen and not
be so likely to follow moving objects
and thereby become chilled. When the
hen Is first turned out, cure must be
exercised not to let her go to a branch
or get In swampy lanu. Until poults
are six or eight days old. they seem
to relish and to grow on rolled oats
and chopped grass or soy bean leaves.
They should have all the clean sour
milk they will drink. After ten days
they may he gradually given cottage
cheese, dry bread crumbs and wheat
bran. A change of feed for turkeys
should always he made by mixing with
a former food or they may refuse to
eat enough to keep up the growth nt
body so Important to combat disease.
If turks are to be allowed to range,
at an early age, they may be turned
Into a pasture field where the grass Is
short and It is dry. They soon follow
the mother hen and in a few days they
will come up for food at any regular
time. They always come In before
night If they find food waiting.
Women Run Village
The English village of Benfleet, in
EsSex. is operated almost entirely by
women. It has a woman taxicab
driver, a woman news agent, barber
and men's outfitter, and women pre-
side over many of the other stores.
The single exception to this array of
feminine talent and industry Is the
job of a blacksmith, which is still
held by a man.
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Pork produced by feeding chopped
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a good marketable weight fully 17
days before the other pigs and was
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each 1(10 pounds according to a recent
report by the South Dakota experi-
ment station. Twenty-five pounds of
chopped alfalfa hay xvns used in a
mixture with 50 pounds of tankage
and 25 pounds of linseed ollmeal ns
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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
r SHOUT time ago a Mont-
^1 real newspaper printed an
Ar ,| article under the title of
y | “Our Canadian Folk-Dances”
in which Kathleen Uedman
Strange, the author, said:
“If you ever have watched
a group of country people
engaged in a ’square’ dance,
you will readily understand why I re-
gret the passing of these old-time fa-
vorites from the floors of our present-
day country dance halls.
“As recently as ten years ago these
square or group dances were an in-
tegral part of our western country
life. Today the modern tendency for
Juzz is crowding out the old-time
fiddler and the old-time dances. The
old-time fiddler cannot play the new
dance music, though he can play the
old Irresistibly. The consequence is
that not only the fiddlers, the ‘callers,’
and the old rhymes themselves, but
also the people who know how to
dance the figures are disappearing.”
If this Canadian woman had crossed
the boundary line into this country
and visited various places in a number
of different states she might have dis-
covered that mourning over the “pass-
ing of the old-time fiddler” is still a
bit premature. If, for instance, she
had gone Into the Catskills in New
York she mijht have made an interest-
ing discovery, ns witness the following
front the New York Sun :
Having explored the Catskills,
Mary Elizabeth Osborn lias record-
ed In American Speech some of the
results of iter observations on the
square dance.
The neighbors gather in the “front
parlor,” the barn or, corrupting
touch for tlie true antiquarian, in
the garage. The fiddler calls the
figures; he is dictator of the dance;'
he “has been known to stop fiddling
and scold the dancers if the figure
is not being performed quite swift-
ly enough or evenly enough to meet
his approval.”
Whatever the dance may be, says
this historian, there are introduc-
tory and closing steps that are al-
ways the same. The opening figure
is ordered thus:
“Head couples,
Right and left.
Half promenade;
Ladies change,
Balance four,
Ailemand left,
All promenade.”
The closing figure is directed in
this fashion by the master o? festivi-
ties;
“Ladies to the right and swing.
Balance to the next;
Gents to the right and swing.
Balance to the next;
Ailemand left.
All promenade.”
In “Captain Jinks,” a favorite
dance, the figures are performed
with enthusiasm to these quatrains,
the “flying lady” is frequently lifted
bodily from the floor and swung in
the air with right good will;
“First lady swing with Captain
Jinks;
Now with the one that never drinks;
Now with the one that carries the
chinks,
And now with the dude of the
' ballroom. <
First gentleman dance with lagy so
fair;
Now with the one’with cuHATti her
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Now with the one that flies In the
air,
And now with belle of the ball-
room.”
“First wo give right hands across,
Back with the left;
Fall back between side couples.
And forward six,
Richmond, Va.—For the first time In
Virginia’s history the old lyrics of a
forgotten day that came to America
with the first colonists, are to be
heard again, when the pictur-
esque valleys and hollows of the Blue
Ridge mountains surrender their moun-
tain bards, April 14 to 17, of this year
for the first Virginia music festival, to
be held at Charlottesville. Above is
shown a group of the old fiddlers get-
ting In a bit of practice for the com-
ing festival.
And back with the left;
Join your partner.
And balance four in a line;
Swing to places
And promenade all.”
This is an aspect of life in the
Catskills the summer boarder does
not know. Our author says that In
the villages the square dances are
falling off somewhat in popularity,
but on the farms they are as greatly
enjoyed as they were a generation
ago. Jazz leaves the guests apa-
thetic.
It was only a year or so ago that the
Kansas City Star chronicled the fact
that “ten old-time fiddlers, five from
north Missouri and an equal number
from the southern section of the
stnte, will saw it out December 30 at
Jefferson City for the state champion-
ship. The winner will receive a large
loving cup. The contest is expected
ta take all night.” And the Kolia
(Mo.) Herald reported that “the
Oznrks have radio and free rural mail
delivery; they have automobiles and
roads but refuse to abandon the old
square dance where the fiddler plays
the ‘Arkansas Traveller’ and ‘Turkey
in the Straw’ Rnd at the same time
calls tlie dance figures in verse.
A year cr so ago a South Dakota
editor, commenting upon the revival
of the old-time dances in that state,
was moved to the following reminis-
cence of an earlier day:
In the spring of 1879, I witnessed
my first frontier dance. A new store
building was to be dedicated with a
dance. There was room for three
“sets” of four couples each to dance
at once and the musician and caller
was Dnme Evans. Just what Dume
was a contraction of I never knew.
His music didn't appeal even to my
unpracticed ear, but his unique and
poetic improvlsion as he "called” to
his own fiddling Impressed me more
thnn the movement of the dancers.
When the sets were full, Dume’s fid-
dle and also his voice came into ac-
tion. He always sartg in a droning
monotone, keeping time also with his
foot. The opening was always the
same, “S'lute yer partners.
“Jine hands and circle to th’ left.
“Right hand to yer partner an’
grab right and left.”
By this time his eyes were closed
and his voice had risen to a sort of
rythmatlc wall:
“First couple lead to the cotiia*
on the right.
“Lady in the center an’ three
hands 'round; mind yer feet fellers,
don’t tromp on her gown.
“First lrtdy swing nut and second
lady in; three Jine hands and circle
a?'n. ......
“On to the next couple, hoe it
down'; three' jine hands and caper
’rounds
"Third i?d.Y tp the>( center; give
yonr honey a whirl, lead to the next
with your best girl. *'*“
“Grab yonr hnnies, don’t let 'em
fall, shake your hoofs and balance
all.
' jr“Ringtail coons fn The trees at
Bias ; griij VtjSr partners and Iran
away.”
Or there might be a variation
after the grand circle-to-the-ieft,
like this-
“Buffalo gals are a cornin’ out to-
night; first couple lead to the couple
on the right; jaybird scoldin’ up In a
tree; gents stand around and ladies
do-se; if you catch a yeller jacket
let ’er go; ladies stand back and
gents do-se-do. On to the next and
do it some more; make them cow
hides hit the floor.
“Back to your places that-away;
grab them heifers and all chaw hay.”
Or it might be in a sort of remi-
niscent and sentimental vein that he
would call:
“First gent lend to lady on yer
right and watch yer step now, mind
yer; back to yer place and swing
thet gal, the gal yer left behind
yer.”
Dume’s physical endurance appar-
ently was as inexhaustible as his
power of improvision. Hour after
hour the old fiddle would screech,
and hour after hour the voice of tlie
fiddler would drone on while his foot
kept time without Intermission. Of
course there were occasional periods
of irrigation, though Dume never
seemed to be effected by his potions,
and when at last the dance broke
np it was near the hour of blushing
morn.
Similarly a writer in the Louisville
(Ivy.) Courier-Journal told of old-time
dances and old-time fiddlers in that
state as follows:
Some of the old-time Kentucky fid-
dlers had more of a variety of tune-
ful breakdown melodies in their rep-
ertoire thnn others, but there was
one accomplishment in which fewpr
excelled. That was the calling of the
dance figures, which some of them
could do in an original and novel
way.
The figures of the old-time square
'dances were called off in tlie quaint
vernacular couched In loose rhyme,
and the variations that took a wide
range occasioned much merriment.
Following is a sample of one of the
characteristics dance calls of the
period:
“S’lute yer pardner and let her go;
Balance all and do-se-do.
Swing yer gal and run away;
Right and left and gents sashay.
Gents to right and swing or cheat;
On to next gal and repeat.
Balance next and don’t be shy;
Swing yer pard and swing her high.
Bunch the gals and circle round;
Whack yer feet until they bound.
Form a basket and break away;
Swing around and all get gay.
All gents left and balance all;
Lift you hoofs and let ’em fall.
Swing yer opposite, swing again;
Ketch the sagehens If you kin.
Back to pardner. do-se-do;
All jine hands and off you go.
Gents salute yer little sweets;
Hitch and promenade to seats.”
The time-honored square dance, or
quadrille. Included other figures, one
of them being called “blrd-ln-the-
cage.” Others were made up and
interpolated, such as “Swing Ter
Long Cornstalk,” which had Its
origin In Arkansas. Usually the
dance “caller" of other days had a
foghorn voice and he contributed
much to the “shindigs" of the period
that often lasted until daylight be-
fore the final strains of “Home,
Sweet Home” broke np the party.
All -of which offers father .conclu-
sive evidence that’it’s not jtft ttme to
write “finis” .to Uie old.-tiiqe fiddler
and his dtnee tuliefe.V. He-will bold
svra.v at the Virginia music festival
jat Charlottesville this month, accofd-
liig to the Information accompany the
picture shown above, and judging by
reports of fiddlers’ contests ip other
pkrts rtf the’ coarftty 'Whi*h','hava ap-
peared In the newspapers recently. It
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Coming Into Use
Many Less Common Ele-
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Although fertilizers have generally
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trogen, phosphorus, and potash, the
United States Department of Agri-
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less common elements heretofore con-
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soil in sufficient quantities may de-
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Deficient in Elements.
Fn I a rye areas In the United States
some of the soils are deficient in man-
ganese, .sulphur, iron magnesium, and
chlorine. Experiments in the green-
houses have shown beneficial plant-
growth responses to applications of
copper, boron, iodine, zinc, arsenic,
barium, nickel, and other less common
elements.
The everglades and east const re-
gions of Florida, where trucking is
the chief form of agriculture, have
been found deficient in manganese
and have been made highly productive
hy application of about 50 pounds of
manganese sulphate tin acre. Within
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credited in some cases, with improv-
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450 crates an acre, tlie yield of henns
hy 8% tons an acre, the yield of cab-
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the yield of potatoes hy 180 bushels an
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the size of carrots and beets and
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Chlorine Helps.
On tight study soils in some trhao-
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A large proportion of the light sandy
tobacco soils are deficient in magnesi-
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In the fertilizer if a normal crop is tv
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World Threatend With
Shortage of Monkeys
It is some time since Dr. Serge
Vorono startled the world hy his an-
nouncement that he could make the
old young again hy his process of
grafting monkey glands.
It is in the regions of Africa lying
near tlie equator that monkeys of
the right sort are chiefly found. But
during the last few years hunters
have killed and captured such quan-
tities of them that they are now be-
coming more and more difficult to
obtain. Many adventurers who go
out in the hope of making a fortune
by supplying monkeys make use of
wrong methods, with tlie result that
thousands are destroyed senselessly
and uselessly.
It is hoped I hat in the near future
regulations will he made which will
save the monkeys from extinction.
Meantime, large tracts of forest are
being fenced off as monkey pre-
serves, and all limiting is forbidden
within their boundaries.—London
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