Growing Alfalfa Lessons From a Kentucky Farm
Ben Johnson of Bardstown Kentucky shares a long personal experiment in growing alfalfa. He describes sowing timing several seasons ago at Taos New Mexico and adapting by rebroadcasting seed, mowing timing to avoid weeds, and windrow management. He notes cutting four times yearly, preferring May and September cuts, and that his alfalfa field nets about fifty dollars per acre annually. He also mentions wooly hay spoilage from rain in windrows and winter use of baled alfalfa leaves for feed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Peers Mountain
Taos
Embuda
Ben Johnson
Marion County News Briefs From Haysville and Court Actions
The week reports the death of five year old Marion County resident in Haysville from stomach trouble and her funeral held there. Court action notes John Brown sues L and N railway for 5000 dollars after a crossing accident on the Danville pike that killed a horse and damaged a buggy. W T Underwood’s wife injures her thumb washing clothes and remains in precarious condition in Campbellsville. A disturbance involving Billy the colored man at a hotel leads to a police shooting incident. he is jailed after being wounded and is under medical care as the court examines his case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
L, & N. Rairoad Co
Danville Pike
Billy
W. N. Brinton
Liee Brown
Mr. Brown
Ho Wan
Prof Noe Complimented At Kentucky Summer School
The State College summer school for teachers at Lexington drew 145 students this season. Resolutions praised the faculty, with Prof Cotton Noe of Springfield singled out as a leading Kentucky educator. Uncalled letters for week ending August 7 1907 include Ernest Bigby Mrs Chitty Westerham Miss Cook and others. postmaster W A Warens asks to say advertised when calling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Lexington
Cotton Noe
Springfield
Kentucky
Ernest Bigby
Chitty Westerham
Cook
Mattie
Elliott
Claude Elliott
Bessie
Hamilton
T. M. Lanham
Iona Johns
Wallace Jones
E. H. McMurry
Willie McElroy
T. B. Taylor
Theo
Thompson
H. W. Smith
J. D. Quarles
W. A. Warens
Local Social Roundup and Farm Notes
Mr Solomon Kays with family spent Sunday with Roy Cheser and family. Miss Ethel Gray returned home after visiting Miss Grace Sutherland. Cheser calf loss reported. Gray family visits D B Sutherland. Tobacco delivered to Washington County Warehouse. Mrs J R Gray visited Pearlie Smothers. Attendees at Valley Hill service. Delta Virgin stayed with J H Gray. Mrs W Sutherland of Canton Illinois visited relatives, Mrs Sutherland visiting first time since leaving Kentucky eighteen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Kays
Clifton Kidwell
Roy Cheser
Ethel Gray
Grace Sutherland
PF. Cheser
J. HL Gray
Ethel
Mira
W. M. Sutherland
Orene Sutherland
Carri Anna Low
Edith Hobbs
Mesgra
Ed Gray
Martin Sutherland
D. B. Sutherland
Y. Goodlet
Washington County Tobacco Warehouse Co
J. R. Gray
Pearlie Smothers
Servic
Valley Hill
Mis
Delta Virgin
J. H. Gray
Wm. Sutherland
Canton
Ill
Mrs
McChord lauded as public servant and railroad reformer
Local roundup praises Hon. C. C. McChord as railroad commissioner, senator, and author of the McChord Railroad Bill for cutting freight rates and prevailing in state and federal courts. Mentions his roles with the National Association of Railroad Commissioners and Interstate Commerce Commission, plus a Democratic nomination. Also notes Washington County Teacher Institute in session under Prof. White and an upcoming Court Union meeting at the Court House next Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. McChord
Kentucky
McChord
Supreme Court of the United States
National Association of Railroad Commissioners
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington County
White
Lexington
Bush
Sim
Court Union
Court House
Lawn Fete and Ice Cream Supper at School Grounds
Miss Emma Nunan invites the community to a lawn fete and ice cream supper on Tuesday August 20 from 4 to 10 pm to raise funds for an outstanding piano balance and a High School library. The event includes a musical program, decorations in school colors, and refreshments promised by local patrons. Proceeds aim to support school improvements amid strong community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Nunan
Sed Young
Miss Nunan
Misses Simms Entertain in Honor of Montgomerys
Misses Sarah and Anna J Simms entertained Monday evening for Misses Margaret and Aquine Montgomery of Louisville. A pleasant gathering lit by Japanese lanterns featured music and a decorated dining room with refreshments. Attendees included numerous young ladies and young men named in attendance and assistance by Louise Rogers Ernestine Knott Nellie Simms Haydon Joe Waterman Rogers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Anna J. Simms
Margaret and
Aquine Montgomery
Louisville
Ellen Gregory
Fannie Smith
Budie Shader
Mary Haydon
Edna McLaughlin
Mae Mel ‘Y
Mane Barber
Flaget Simms
Annie Edelen
Mamie Allen
Nannie Tonge
Laura Baker
Ethel Searcy
Lily Simms
Margarite Moore
Louise Wathen
Louise Medley
Isabel Medley
Alice McElroy
Catherine Russell
Nellie Greene
Mamie Knott
Pearl
Edelen
Margaret Montgomery
Agnes Montgomery
Nannie Simms
Mabel Price
Myrtle Price
Bessie Campbell
Ida McClure
Sadie Mayes
Elise Durrett
Frances Martin
Eunice O’nan
Mary B. Gibbs
Lily VanArsdale
Margaret Spalding
Man Tie McGill
Jennie McCabe
Laurie Haydon
Stella Simms
Mary Spalding
Mamie Donelly
John Palin
Rael Foster
George Robertson
Harry Shultz
Scott McGabe
Louis Kelly
Will F. Simms
Richard Kelly
Edwin Smith
George Niekirk
Stanley Dawson
George Edelen
Wit Robertson
Walter Hume
John Spaloing
Richard Wathen
Casper Kuhn
Mike Simms
John S. McElroy
Hood Cunningham
Ben F. Simms, Jr
Kim Shultz
R. H. Edelen
Morrie Durrete
Will Greene
Frank Peters
William Spalding
Edwin Casey
John Roberts
Robert Mayes
Alex. Barber
Lew Simms
Bob Marks
Hugh Lee Smith
Chris Hertlein
Joe Palin
Parker Medley
Richard Spalding
Joseph Edelen
John Wycoff
Wathen Simms
Shaker Robertson
Will Waters
Will Reed
Will O'Nan
Frank Willett
Lester Giipe
Lyman Barber
Nesle Baolitt
Arthur McGill
John Kelley
Gwin Marks
el Wycoff
Louise Rogers
Ernestine Knott
Don
Nellie Simms
Haydon
Joe Waterman Rogers
Marriage at Stanford Unites Carpenter and Price
Mr Marion Carpenter and Miss Amanda Price were married at Stanford last Monday. Carpenter is brother of Gilbert Carpenter of this place and formerly worked with him in the local meat business. He is a rising business man and his Springfield friends offer congratulations. The bride hails from Danville and is well regarded there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Carpenter
Amanda Price
Stanford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Opera House
Panama Canal
Red Cross Drug Store
Farmers Home Journal
Bardstown, Ky
Marion County
Falcon
Robert McCarty
Haysville
Prof. Noe
Hardesty
Teachers’ Institute
St. Catherines
Florence Cecelia Hamilton
Toas
Florence Cecelia
Mattie Walker
Moto Hyatt
Martie Rowertson
Jupe Wiggginton
B.D. Lake
Simms
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