The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1914 Page: 11 of 12
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THE ftULPHUft SPRINGS GAZETTE, APRIL 10, 1014.
SCOURGE OF HOG CHOLERA.
UNPRODUCTIVE BLACK
How to Roeognize tho Disease and
What to Do.
The following suggestions to farmers
are offered by the department of ag-
riculture as an aid to the early recog-
nition of hog cholera in a herd:
First.—Keep ported concerning the
condition and health of hogs on other
farms in your neighborhood. Sicff
hogs on a neighboring farm are a posi-
tive menace, for the germs of/ hog
cholera are easily carried on the feet
of men or animals.
Second.—Look over your herd regu-
larly in 6rder that any sick hogs may
be promptly discovered.
Third.—If any hogs in the herd are
found to be '‘off feed” or appear In
Unproductive black soils are
of swampy origin and must have
an adequate sy steawof* drainage
before permanent improvement
can be obtained.
Both peat and unproductive
black or peaty sand soils’ are
m^re often deficient in potash
than any other element, ana'pot-
ash can nearly always bq ap-
See T. R. Chaney for Mebane cot-
u seed, Sulphur Springs, Texas, tf
Mrs. Ardney McLarty returned to
her home in Winnsboro Tuesday af-
ter a visit with relatives in this city.
Mrs. W. W. Lomenack and daughter
left Monday for Mt. Vernon for a
vfsit with Mrs. Bob Turner, of that
place.
II plied to such soils at a deeded
• • profit.
II Some black soils are found to
•• be more or less acid. Where there
I I is strong acidity some form of
• * basic lime, such as pulverized
II limestone, should be applied!'
•; On acid soils phosphoric, add
II is almost always needed in ad-
I \ dition to limestone. Potash is
• i usually a secondary need on such
• | soils. "
•• .Nitrogen is not necessary as a
!! fertilizer on unproductive black
• • soils, except in a few cases.
:: Potash and phosphoric acid
*; will remain in tbe'soil until used
II (loose sands and gravels except-
• * ed), so there need be no fear of
11 loss in making large applications
M of mineral fertilizers.
.. A field plat test is the only sure
• * method of determining the ferti-
11 lizer treatment needed, although
" /the character of the vegetation
• • is en indication.
I '< Chemical tests are somettmee
• • an indication, but they are too
Walter Rice and family left yes-
terday for Mingo, Okla. Mr. Rice has
been engaged in the carpenter’s trade
here for the past several months.
Mrs. J. D. Lassater left Monday
for her home in Ada, Okla., after a vis-
it with her mother, Mrs. Dr. Olliver,
and relatives and friends in this
city.
A telegram from Hanford, Calif.
Tuesday stated that Mrs. E. H. Cas-
sidy (nee Gertrude Flowers) ' was
seriously ill with typhoid fever. Her
.fever was 105 at that time.
A HOG CHOLERA VICTIM.
anywise sick separate them immedi-
ately from the remainder of the herd,
and keep them and the main herd un-
der close observation daily. If thefe
is a tendency for the disease to^ spread
in the herd the trouble is probably hog
cholera. This diagnosis may be con-
firmed by killing one of the sick ani-
mals ansJ examining the organs in the
manner described in Farmers’ Bulletin
379.
Fourth.—"V^hen the first symptoms of
sickness are-observed an Immediate
change of feed sometimes corrects the
trouble. That is particularly true of
swill ted hogs.
Fifth.—If there is any tendency for
the disease to spread in the herd do
not temporize, but immediately treat
the herd with serum from the state
college or state live stock sanitary
board. Prompt administration of the
serum is essential to success.
Seventh.—Remember that hog chol-
era kills millions of hogs where other
diseases kill thousands. Dismiss from
your mind all thought of such diseases
as “lung plague," “infectious pneu-
monia." “pig typhoid,” eta, for these
are generally merely fanciful designa-
tions given to bog cholera by uninform-
ed men.
The many friends of County Super-
intendent John Hurley will be pleas-
ed to learn that he is steadily im-
proving, and his speedy recovery is
hoped for.
Friday and Saturday
Mrs. D. D. Fairchilds returned to
her home in Kerrville, Texas, Mon-
day after a visit with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Phil H. Foscue, on Col-
lege street.
ed upon to determine fertilizer
requirements.—From Bulletin of
Illinois Experiment Station.
And includes oar entire line of Beautiful Pattern Hats for ladies
and misses. Also five dozen new shapes have just arrived for
this sale. See our special line of untrimmed shapes
$1.95 $2.95 and $3.45 ’
NEW DATA ABOUT CORN.
Percy Barnett, of London, England,
but rdcen(tly from Dallas, an expert
abstracter has accepted a position
with Miller, Nunn ft Loving and has
taken up his duties.
Yield.
The superintendent of the Texas Wib-
station at Temple, after a careful
study of the relation of shape of ear
to yield of corn, concludes that slight- !
ly tapering parent ears give the high-
est yield. This is in accord with tho ;
results of experiments at the Ohio «x:
periment station, in which extremely
tapering ears gave slightly higher re-
sults than cy lindrical ears. High yields
were associated with comparatively
smooth kernels of slightly more than
pverage depth and of medium horni-
ness., The yield Increased with an in-
crease in the total weight of the ear as
determined by sjight iperease in length,
amount of grain and rather marked in-
crease in weight of cob.
In experiments at the-Ohio and Ne- ,
braska experiment stations it tRHram
found that the highest yields were ob-
tained with medium to medium tong
ears. Poorly filled butts and tips wjmM
more frequently associated with well
filled butts than with well filled fftw.
The old score card placed much em-
phasis on good filling of butts and tips,
but for several years past investiga-
tors have been getting away
this idea. It has been found that
these characters when highly develop-
ed are usually so developed at the ex-
pense of more valuable characters,
such gs yield, constitution, etc. There ,
appeared to be no relation between
yield and shelling percentage and clr*
cumference and width or thickness of
kernel.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wester return-
ed Tuesday from Muskogee, Okla.,
where Mrs. Wester has been visiting
for some time and Mr. Wester went
up and accompanied her home.
These are the Latest Novelties In Spring Millinery
W. S. Mitchell returned Tuesday
from Greenville with his daughter,
Mias Vollie, who has been there for
some time in the sanitarium. She is
getting along very nicely.
$4.95
$5.50
.$9.90
ALFALFA SEEDING.
J. J. Swinney of Savoy was in the
city Tuesday looking for a location
Mr. Swinney is the father of Tom
Swinney, formerlv of this place, but
Drsrrer, Sgfrf-r and Stitts
Our entire line of Readyto-Wear will be marked at special prices
for this Easter Sale. Now don’t let Easter Sunday catch you
without appropriate toggery. We have it for you at a special
bargain Friday and Saturday.
Experiments to Determine the Proper
Amount of Thickness.
It is often recommended that alfalfa
be seeded with twenty pounds to the
acre in order to insure a good stand of
plants, yet experience of many farm-
ers shows that splendid results have
been secured from only ten to twelve
pounds of good seed. A great deal de
pends on how much of the seed germi-
nates in either case, and the question
is how much seed would give the best
yields of hay if different rates of seed
ing were tested under uniform condi
tions. Ten rates of seeding were made
at Rocky Ford. Colo., on the expert
ruent station furui.
The lowest seeding was two pounds
per acre, with an
now in the drug business in TerreOi
Gates Corgan was called to Hugo,
Okla. Sunday afternoon by the death
Of his father. Mr. Corgan left.Hugo
at two o’clock Saturday morning to
come here and his fathep. was appar-
ently very much improved. He died
at about eight o’clock.
communitay was in the city Monday
He told a Gazette man that four
young farmers killed 750 rats, 250 rab-
bits and 7 ’opossums in two days last
week. He said farmers are growing
anxious to get a move on their farms
and if no more rain came they would
be able to begin preparing their bot-
tom land next week.
increase ' of two
pounds per acre up to twenty pounds
The seed was sown under ideal condi-
tions on a very uniform field. The
test was made In duplicate, one series
with common alfalfa and another with
Baltic alfalfa
Grape Arbor or Vina Trellih.
Following is an ideal and up to date
method of constructing a grape arbor
or vine trellis:
The four posts are of i by 4 mate-
rial and are seven feet tali. Plate*
Records have been
completed on four cuttings of hay dur-
ing\ 1913. There is very little differ-
ence in the tons of hay per acre, and
the records should be continued for
several years before the results will
indicate what rate is best.
The thin rates of seeding made coars-
er, more stemmy hay, while the very
thick £ endings gave very fine leafy
hay. almost too fine to get the maxi-
The thin stands were
Misses Gladys and Mary Chaney
have returned to their home at Dike
after a pleasant visit to Mfs. T. R.
Chaney in this city.
COUNTY COURT.
Judge Junell worked the docket
fast in hlf court Monday and di$-
patch business promptly. He dis-
missed the jury that evening till next
Monday morning after disposing of
39 cases. Below we give a list of the
most important cases that came be-
fore his court:
Albert Murphy, carrying pistol,
plea of guilty; guilty; fined $100.
Top Wright, adultery, plea of guil-
ty; fined $100.
Orange Wynn, aggravated assault,
plea of guilty; fined $25,
Eugene Wagner, aggravated as-
sault, plea of guilty; fined $25.
William Thomas, aggravated as-
sault, plea of guilty; fined $25.
Jack Stokes, aggravated assault,
plea of guilty; fined $25.
Sheriff Ray carried Charlie Davis,
Lula Hopwood, Will DaWson, Wm.
Thomas and Jack Stokes to the
County Farm
PAYED WITH GCLD,
There’s Money In the Street 8erapinge
of an African Town.*
Travelers declare, says Harper’s
Weekly, that at Axirn. on the Gold
Coast of Africa, gold may actually be
picked up in the streets. When one
visitor, an Englishman, took the state-
ment as a mere figure of speech bis
host Immediately bade a woman‘serv-
ant go out into the main street, gather
a. bucketful of road scrapings and
work it for gold dust
In ten minutes the servant returned
with two galvanized iron buckets, one
filled with road scrapings and the oth-
er with water. She also brought three
or four wooden platters, varying in
size from a large plate to a saucer.
Removing several handfuls of the
road scrapings and placing them in the
large platter, the woman picked out
and threw aside the large stones, peb-
bles and bits of stick and then mois-
tened the remainder with water from
the other bucket This enabled her to
remove smaller refuse.
The residuum she put into the next
smaller platter, and she repeated the
process until there was a quantity of
sand and gravel ready for treatment
This she sprinkled freely with water
and by a deft circular movement of
the platter brought the small gravel to
the outside, where it could be thrust
over the edge. When she bad repeated
this operation three or four times she
treated the material, which now looked
more like mud than anything else, in
a still smaller platter.
At last in.the smallest platter of all.
she bad the bucketful of sweepings re-
duced to a handful or two of black
sand. This she carefully washed and
sifted. At last with a dexterous twist
she brought the sand into a crescent
the outer edge of which showed a thin
rim of yellow. It was unmistakably
gold dust The whole operation had
Postmaster W. F. Kelley of Crow-
der, Oklahoma, shot and killed City
Marshal, J. M. Bates on Tuesday
morning in the lobby of a local bank.
pdrd and wife left
air home in Terrell
the family of W. F.
mum yield,
more weedy the first and second sea-
sons. while the thick seedings were al-
most free frqm weeds the second year.
Plots seeded with eight to ten pounds
of seed per acre were the best ail
If condi tions are
W. 8. Wagner was in the city
Tuesday. He said he hqd planted
corn tynt would have to plant over.
The health in his ’section was fairly
good.
points consldereft-
good for germination, ten to twelve
pounds of good alfalfa seed should give
satisfactory results, and if conditions
are not good twenty or even thirty
pounds will not insure a stand.
and braces of the same material are
joined together, as illustrated. The
plates are of sufficient length to accom-
modate the width of woven wire fenc-
ing desired for the top. The fence to ~
drawn and kept taut by means of the
four anchor wires and turnbuckles.
Th4 wire must be securely anchored in
the ground by means of a stone under- ,
ground or else set in the cement and
should be of woven wire cable to with-
stand the strain. The bars mad stays of
the fencing used should be of equal dis-
tance apart and of sufficient strength.
Poultr/ netting will not do.' i |
Up to fifty feet in length 4 by 4 ma-
terial is heavy enough for tlte support*,
and over fifty feet 6 hy 6 should be
used. If Intended to be used as s vine *
trellis s low fence can also be fastened
ASHES GOOD FERTILIZER
As the time approaches to clean up
asb pits and bins and to distribute ash
piles, it is well to be reminded of the
value of this product.
Coal ashes may be put upon the land
if the coadfeest portions are raked or
sifted out. and these clinkers will
serve as drainage or foundations for
walks about tbe barnyard and poultry
yard.
Fine coal ashes may be worked into
a clay soil with very good effect of
rendering W/ more porous as well as
supplying some of tbe chemicals nec-
essary to the growth of plants.
For fertilizing the lawn nothing is
better than fine wood ashes, and If
distributed during tbe winter and early
spring the result will be a heavy growth
of grass.
All small fruits and orchard trees are
benefited by a treatment of ashes, and
borers that work around the base of
the trunks of trees are almost entirely
prevented from entering the hark.
A moderate amount of ushes and soot
worked into the soil around roses
greatly Increasesrichness and bstt-s
liance of coloring In the blossoms and
makes fine foliage. Care must be taken
not to' loosen the roots, as roses like
deb. firm soil-
Tuesday. All w^re ne-
groes, except Will Dawson, and were
convicted in County Court Monday.
Be sure to read the ad of Busch ft
Gerts Piano Co., Dallas, Texas, in this
issue.
A NEW
1914 5-PASSENGER FORb
IS THE FIRST PRIZE
IN OUR BIG
Subscription Contest
See The Car at O. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Sewell are
tho proud parents of a fine boy, born
Wednesday.
Why be constipated when you c~n
ly LIV-VER-LAX from W. C. Stir-
zg ft Son. ; dMl
vertically tfpon each side, thi
pletely shading the walk.
Miss Annie Lou Flowers left Tues-
day for her home in Winnsboro
after a visit with relatives in this city.
Clover 8eed Reeleaned.
Barron county. Wis., produces a
large quantity of clover seed which in
the past has been dumped upon the
market as it comes from the holler.
As a result a-very low price has been
realised. A county agent has organ-
ized a co-operative coiaa^ tp reejean
Clyde Wood who was badly cut In a
fight at Tira Sunday evening, is re-
ported to be improving rapidly.
Luther Barrett left Monday for
Commerce where he has accepted a
position in the alteration department
of a tailoring houses there.
the seed and put It oo the
car lots. This count* has ;
teed a live stock exchange
Warranty Deeds, Mortgages, Ven-
dor’s Lien notes, promissory notes—
all kinds of legal blanks at the Ga-
zette office.
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Fanning, R. W. The Sulphur Springs Gazette. (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1914, newspaper, April 10, 1914; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth815895/m1/11/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.