Appleton City Journal - Supplement
Appleton City, Missouri
Thursday, 21 June 1894

Closing Exercises at Hazel Dell School.
The following is an account of the closing exercises of a successful school in Bates County:
Last Friday, June 15, closed a successful term of school at Hazel Dell. Miss Nora Patton, the teacher, deserves great credit for the progress and improvement made by the school during her term as instructor. Little did she think when school was called Friday morning, for the last time, that a pleasant surprise awaited her. About noon the patrons and friends of the school, in carriages, wagons, on horseback and walking, all bringing with them well-filled baskets, some bringing musical instruments, began to gather at the school house, from all directions. At first, the surprised teacher did not comprehend the situation, but ere long the truth dawned upon her and she fully realized what it all meant when the ladies began to spread the tables and load them with choice food, everything that was inviting to the hungry and to which all did justice, the whole indulging in laughter and gay conversation.
As soon as the remnants of the feast had been removed, the literary exercises of the afternoon were commenced. The wide Awake Literary Society of the school had charge of the exercises. The President being absent, Miss Nora being Vice President, called the house to order, with Miss Nellie White as secretary. The program throughout was interesting and instructive, consisting of declamations, music by the Gilbreath String Band, vocal music and instrumental music on the organ.
Another important feature of the entertainment was the quotations given by the students, each student representing a certain flower and the quotation given was concerning the flower they represented.
The program being completed, Miss Nora, in choice and suitable words, thanked the friends for their pleasurable surprise and the interest and assistance they had given her during the term of school and closing exercises. The students having entertained the visitors in a pleasant and profitable manner. Miss Nora then offered the friends an opportunity to say a few words if they desired. Several short talks were made, full of encouragement to the teacher and pupils, besides containing much good advice, worthy of consideration.
The teacher and students had previously decorated the school room very appropriately and tastefully which added much to the pleasure of the occasion.
Being dismissed, all exchanged fond farewells and departed for their respective homes, feeling that they had spent and enjoyable as well as a beneficial afternoon. May Miss Nora, in the future, meet with as much success in her school work as she has during the past term and may bright sunshine attend her through life is our earnest wish.
A Friend.

A Prehistoric Find.
About four miles Southwest of Appleton City, there exists several small mounds of earth, which according to tradition are said to be ancient Indian graves. Sharing this belief, and having a desire to contribute something to the great realm of science, Prof. Louis Theilmann and others, equipped with spades, picks, shovels and everything necessary for their work, set out on foot, notwithstanding the warm weather, on last Friday morning for the purpose of an investigation. After several hours of hard work they came upon the object of their search. Buried beneath the earth several feet they found the remains of some animal, which upon close examination proved to be the remains of a deceased member of the equine family. The boys are being given the "'horse laugh"'.

What it is.
From the Young Lutheran.
The merchant can take an article worth 75 cents and sell it for $1 - that's business.
The mechanic can take a material worth $5 and make it into a watch worth $100 - that's skill.
Vanderbilt can write a few words on a sheet of paper and make it worth 5 million - that's capital.
The ditch-digger works ten hours a day and shovels three or four tons of earth for $2 - that's labor.
A lady can purchase a very comfortable bonnet for $4.75, but she prefers one that costs $27 - that's a darned foolishness.
The poet, Tennyson, could take a worthless sheet of paper, and by writing a poem on it make it worth $65,000 - that's genius.
The United States can take an ounce and a quarter of gold and stamp upon it an "'eagle-bird"' and make it worth $20 - that's money.
The editor of this paper can write a check for 80 million dollars, but it won't be worth a dime - that's tough.

Time to Cut Hay.
The experiments that have been made in this lien seem to indicate that for some purposes early cut hay gives better results than late cut, while for other purposes the late cut is preferable.
From 1878-81 Prof. Sanborn conducted experiments at the New Hampshire agricultural college and showed that for feeding steers late cut timothy gave better returns than early cut. This proposition was doubted by many, and to test it Prof. Henry, of the Wisconsin agricultural experiment station, conducted experiments two winters with steers, feeding one lot timothy hay cut when in bloom, and the other lot hay from the same field cut fifteen days later, and he says that to his surprise in both cases the steers fed the late cut hay gave the best returns for the food.
Prof. Sanborn also fed early and late timothy hay to dairy cows, and secured the largest yield of milk from the early cut hay, so the cows gave opposite results from the steers. The Illinois experiment station has made investigation relative to the yield of hay and nutrients from early and late cutting, and the experiments show that with timothy there is a gradual increase in the yield of hay per acre from delaying the cutting, the gain between full bloom and seeds nearly ripe amounting to 700 pounds increase on 4,480 pounds of hay. There is also an increase in the amount of muscle-making and fat-making elements. With red clover there is a decrease in the amount of hay where the cutting is delayed, as shown by the experiments. There is also a decrease in the protein and carbohydrates with medium red clover by delaying the cutting.
It seems therefore that with timothy hay by delaying the cutting a larger yield of hay is obtained, and the experiments of Prof. Sanborn and Prof. Stewart show that a given weight of late cut timothy hay produces more gain with steers than early cut hay, with the Sanborn experiments for the dairy cows are in favor of early cut hay. But for clover, cutting when in full bloom gives a larger yield of food elements than delaying the cutting until the heads are two-thirds dead, or later.
One advantage, however, in cutting early is that the grass plants start into growth with more vigor than when cut later. The best time to cut clover, everything considered, is when about one-third of the heads are turning brown.