WHAT DEMONSTRATION AGENTS
ARE DOING!
The following brief report frcm-the
Rowan county Agent is a fair speci
men of what most of the other agents
are doing. This report cor era about
ten months work.
In looking over the field to find out
what I have done for the farmers and
what they have done for themselves
through the suggestions given by me
to them and some of their neighbors
it is hard to accurately distinguish be
tween the two.
Since the last annual report the
following are a part of the few things
that have been done by a wide-awake
and co-operating bind of farmers.
There were conducted in this county
during last winter four dairy schools.
Into these communities hzve been in
troduced 5 full blood registered Jersey
bulls, 15 pure bred Jersey cows have
been placed with their herds and 6
silos have been built.
Your agent has an engagement with
the farmers of each of these commun
ities whereby he is to visit and test the
milk from the cows of those farmers
who will keep an account with their
cows. To date 56 farmers are using
him in this way once a month.
There have been planted the follow
ing number of demonstration acres
over and above the numbar of the last
report on the following crops:
Alfalfa 68 acres
Grass mixture for sowing. . .396 acres
Permanent pastures 98 .u;res
There is to be so weed yet something
like 350 acres in grass for mowing
purposes.
By preaching lime and through the
active co-operation of the Farmers
Union in the county there have been
ordered 108 cars of lime.
The work has assumed such large
proportions in this county that I have
been unable to see all of the farmers
that have been asking for me and have
been forced to meet the fanners
through field meetings, meetings r.t
schoolhouses and by letter. I would
estimate that I have been enabled to
reach in this way twice as many as
we have been in touch with before.
A start was made in the schools last
year in attempting to get a little more
attention given to he sudy of agri
culure in the rural schools, and work
was done in four of the county
schools. This was received so favor
ably that fourteen of the rural
schools are calling for this work this
year and a course of study is being
arranged. The County Board of Edu
cation has requested that the County
Agent select a book to be used by the
rural schools in this work, and he
now looking into several different
publications along this line.
There have been organized 19 cream
routes since the first of January,
1915, which have been gathering
cream from 216 families. These have
now been increased by six which have
sprung from them. I am sure that
nothing has been done which helped
the farmer more this year than the
establishment of cream routes.
The work in the Beys' Corn Club,
the Pig Club and the Girls' Canning
Club has been very successful, and
even though the r.gent has not been
enabled to visit these members ns
often as he wished, still they are en
thusiastic in the work, and wo Rf
have some excellent reports to make
at the end of the year.
There have been pruned end sprsyed
under the direction of the County
Agent 428 fruit trees.' There have
been 34 hogs treated-wtth hog cholera
serum and 12 given the simultaneous
treatment.
Rotations have been planned and
put into operation on 18 farms. In
oculating material has been ordered
for 238 farmers for' 45!) bushels of
legumes.
Taking it all together, the Agent in
Rowan county has not' spent a very
idle year. There are always cr.lls for
his services, and if' he" were alle to
stand up to it would put in day and
n;ght and then not be- :ible to get to
all that are calling for him, when they
want him.
In addition to the above there have
been laid off over twelve miles' of ter
rars. About six milc3 of ' them have
been built by the Demonstration
Agent.
JUDGE LONG FINDS OLD DEED
The finding of an ancient deed in
the office of the Register of Deeds of
Bunco -nbc county, as a result of a
search instituted by B. F. Long,
which conveys the top of Mt. Mitchell",
including the grave and ,the monument
Dr. Mitchell, promises i'to save the
State considerable money. The new
to Margaret E. Mitchell, daughter of
deed vests the title to the land in the
hcirs-in-law of Miss Mitchell.
For some time the State has con
sidered buying' the top of the moun
tain for a State park, and has appro
priated $6,000 for the purpose, but
people claiming to own the peak have
been asking $10,000 for five acres
surrounding the grave.
The finding of the old deed puts an
entirely new aspect on the matter and
Gov. Craijr has telAtn-anfcrvl .TndejG
Lang thanking him for his efforts.
PREPAREDNESS.
Hudson Maxim's book "Defeneelecs
America has been made the basis
of a remarkable "preparedness" cam
paign to be waged partially through
the motion picture theaters. Facta set
forth in the book have been used by
Commodore J. Stuart Blackton as the
basis for a wonderful fer.ture film call
ed "The Battle Cry of Peace," in which
nineteen film stars, headed by Charles
Richman, 25,000 National guardsmen;
800 members of the G. A. R.; 5,000
horses; 8,000 supernumaries, Admiral
George Dewey, Major-General Wood,
Dr. Lyman Abbott and the inventor
author Hudson Maxim take part. Run
ning simultaneously at the Vitagraph
theater, Boston and the Olympic thea
ter, Chicago, to packed houses twice a
day, the film has caused a sensation
not yet epualled in the "movies" and
on a par to that which would be caua
ed by the bombardment of Neew York,
wheih the film vividly portrays. The
author of the film takes issue with the
"peace at any price" advocates, head
ed by William Jennings Bryan. It is
a frank plea for peace through pre
paredness. The horrois of war are
brought before the vision in the pic
tures which show a foreign foe on
American soil, the explosion of bombs
in Times Square, New York, and the
destruction of fortifications and coast
defences by means of submarines, Zep
pelins, aeroplanes and 'seaplraies.
Prominent persons all over the coun
try have endorsed the movement and
newspapers are assisting with reams
of publicity as a means to obtain ac
tion at the next session of Congress.
EUROPE WANTS TO KNOW
ABOUT MEXICAN CLAIMS
European governments are inquir
ing of the United States what assur
ances the newly recognized Mexican
government has given with respect
to foreign claims. It is generally un
derstood that the European powers
will follow the lead of the American
republics in recognizing Carranza,
but before taking the step they want
to know more specifically what set
tlement is to be made ef the huge
claims growing out of the revolution.
General Carranza has decided to
appoint several mixed commissions
to be composed of representatives of
the interested nations in order that
an equitable settlement may be
reached. The question of claims is
related so closely to the financial re
habilitation of Mexico that it is un
likely that the United States govern
ment will press its olaims until Mex
ican credits has been firmly re-established
and arrangements made, for
payment of the southern republic's
national obligations.
As yet no move has been made by
the Carranza government to obtain a
loan, but it is considered certain that
in view of the condition of European
markets, funds with which to finance
the new government will be sought
in the United States. The sum need
ed has been variously estimated from
$100,000,000 to $300,000,000.
DR.
ROBERT J. BURDETTE'S
FAITH
(From a personal letter to a friend
in New York.)
Ever since June, 1912, when I made
my last public appearance, we have
been living in our summer home
down here by the sea. Eventide ?.I.s.
Burdctte named it, because it faces
the sunset. It is very pleasant, this
"afternoon land," in spite of sickneKS.
I watch the sunset as I look out over
the rim of the blue Pacific, and there
is no mystery beyond the horizon line,
because. I know what there as over
there. I have been there. I have
journeyed in those lands. Over there
where the sun is just sinking is Japan
That star is rising in China. In that
direction lie the Philippines. I know
all jthat. . .
Well, there is another . land that I
look toward as I watch the sunset. I
have never seen it. I have never seer
any one who has been there; but it
has a more abiding reality than any
of these lands which I do know. This
land beyond the sunset thi3 land of
immortality, .this fair and blessed
country of the soul why, this heaven
of ours is -ithe ' one . thing wlii
know iWtth; absolute, unshaken un
changeable certainty. This I Know
with a knowledge that 3 nover shad
owed. by a passing' cloud of doubt.
may not always be certain about Ibis
world; my geographical locations may
soriletimes become confused. But that
other world that I know. And as the
afternoon sun sinks lower faith shines
more', clearly, and hope, lifting her
voice in a higher key, singa the songs
of fruition.
My' work is about ended, I thirk.
The best f it I have done poorly, any
of it I might havs dcmi bet!.". But
I have done it. And in a fairer !and,
with finer material and a better work
ing light, I will do better work.
Good-bye, God bless you and keep
you day by day. Selected.
You will find the shirt you want at
Wood caon Ciouung ture.
LESSONS FOR USI IN THE
MOONLIGHT
SCHOOLS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
LESSON NO. SEVEN.
READING AND WRITING.
our
home
is
mother
keeps
fruit
flowers
neat
clean
Our home is on the farm.
It is a good home.
We like our home.
We have fruit flowers.
Mother keeps . home neat and
clean.
Mother keept our koutt neat and
clean.
SOUNDS, EAR TRAINING.
pod bob rob fog jobs v
rod aob fob jog on
sod cob dog pods fogs
nod mob log sobs rods
Ood Job bog mob nods
ARITHMETIC.
(1) Short and rapid reviews of
writing and reading numbers from
1,000 to 10.000; from 10,000 to 100,000;
from 100,000 to 1.000.000.
(2) Short and rapid drill In adding
short columns of figures of units and
tone; units, tons and hundreds; unite,
tens, hundreds and thousands.
(3) Short and rapid review of
ubtrateing untis and tens; unite, tons
and hundreds; unite, tent, hundreds
and thousands without using "bor
rowing." (4) Short and rapid drill la sab-
subtracting unlto and tens; units tone
and hundreds; units, tone, hundreJe
and thousand using the borrowing
process.
New Work.
Multiplication.
(1) Oral work. If .one. Soo-peand
bale of cotton brings $60, how much
money will 5 such bales bring? If
you buy 5 acres of land at 100 aa
aere, how much mosey will the S
acres coot? etc.
Multiplying Quantities bt On
Figure.
(1) Written work. If a fanner pays
$144 apiece tor a pair of male, how
much money does he pay for both
nulea?
(3 Short and rapid drill on multi
plying quantities by one figure. Mat-
tiply:
124 134 143 111 122 123
X2 X2 X2 X3 XS XS
121 122 111 125 13S
X4 X4 XB X2 XI
146 136 148 125 127 US lit
XS X2 X2 X3 X3 X4 X
(4) Assign for the following night
the first ten lines of the multiplication
table.'
THE TWO DOGS.
(From Wehfter'M Elementary Rnalllnv
Book, cooyriiht 1880 and 1S08 hv a. and
C. Merriam. Ileprinted by arrangement
with the American Book Comoanr. nub-
Jlahers.)
A good-natured Spaniel overtook a
surly Mastiff, as he was traveling up
on the highroad. Tray, although an
entire stranger to Tiger, very civilly
accosted him; and If H would be no in
terruption, he said, he should be glad
to- bear him company on his way.
Tiger, who happened not to be alto
gether in so growling a mood as
usual, accepted the proposal; and they
very amicably pursued theii1 Journey
together. In the midst of their conver
sation, they arrived at the next vil
lage, where Tiger began to display
his malignant disposition, by an un
provoked attack upon every dog he
met. ' The villagers Immediately sal
lfed forth with great indignation to
rescue their respective favorite; and
falling upon our two friends, without
distinction or mercy, poor Tray was
most cruelly treated, for no other rea
son than tils being found in bad com
pany.
AGRICULTURE LEADS IN NORTH
CAROLINA.
Our sources of wealth In North Car
olina, named in the order of their im
portance, are:
1. Fish and oysters 1908
and 1911 $1,800,000
2. Mines and quarries, 1914 3,800,000
3. Values added by manu
factures, 1909 94,000,000
4. Agriculture, crops and
animal poducts, 1909. .175,000,000
S. Agriculture, crops alone,
1915 218,000,000
The farmers In North Carolina out
number the workers in all other occu
pations in the ratio of 5 to 3; and the
wealth they create year by year Is
more than double that of all other In
duBtrial enterprises combined.
During the ten-year period from
1899 to 1909, the production of crop
wealth increased 174,00,000; but the
increase was more than $76,000 In the
next six years.
But best of all, too increase during
this !at period 4s In. food and feed
crops. We have less cotton this year
but more bread and bhL
LES30N NO. EIGHT.
READING AND WRITING.
school
must
bavo
teacher
help
houso
We want a good school.
We must have a good teacher.
A good school will help me and my
brother.
We like our school.
We like our teacher.
We keep our school house seat and
clean.
We keep our tehool house neat and
clean.
SOUNDS, EAR TRAINING.
(Review.)
ham high mad ray gag
rod new hat rat rob
rat bat map tax bad
sot log Nan wax w
man nod can tan pavts
SOUNDS, EAR TRAINING.
nut tug hug gum gun
hut hub Jug bum run
cut bug . tug sum bun
but pug dug rum fun
rut nuts rug sun a una
ARITHMETIC.
(1) Short and rapid drill la adding
short columns of figure In unite, tone,
hundreds and thousands.
12) Short and rapid drill In sub
tracting units, tons, hundreds and
thousands.
(3) Short and rapid oral drill on
the first ten lines of the multiplication
table.
(4) Short and rapid drill In multi
plying quantities by any figure from
1 to 9.
New Work.
Weitten Work Multiplying y 10.
(1) If a barrel of flour coots 7,
what will 10 barrels cost?
(2) Short and rapid drill on mul
tiplying quantities by 10. Multiply:
7X10. 8X10. 9X10, 17X1, 18X10.
19X10. 117X10. 114X10, 119X10,
127X10, 128X1, 138X10.
(3 State the rale . for multiplying
quantities by 10.
Multiplying Quantities by 100.
(1) What will a farm of 178 acres
coat at $100 an acre?
(3) Short and rapid drill on multi
plying quantities by 100. Multiply:
173X100. 181X100, 1 MX 100, 171 X
100, mxdOO, 876X100, I7SX1W, etc.
(3) Stat the mle for multiplying
quantities by 100.
Multiplying Quantities by 1,000.
(1) Short and rapid drill la maltt-
plylng quantities by 1,000. Multiply:
2785X1000, 3895X1009, I8MX1000.
987SX10O0.
(2) State the rul for multiplying
quantities by 1.000.
Multiplying Quantities by Units
and Tens.
(1) If a farmer buys a farm of W
acres at $33 an acre, how much does
the farm cost him?
(2) Short and rapid drill in multi
plying Quantities by units and tens.
Multiply: 25X12. 26X22. 36X33,
46X44. 68X55, 66x66, 79x59. 89X89,
99X99.
Multiplying Quantities by Three
or More Figures.
LESSON NUMBER NINE.
READING AND WRITING.
roads cost less
community bad than
church
We want good roads.
Good roads will help our community.
We want a good road to school.
We want a good road to. church.
We want a good road to town.
Our community must have good roads
and a good school.
Good roads cost our community less
than bad roads.
Good road eott lest than bad roods.
SOUND8, EAR TRAINING.
let " wet Ned web lit
mot net bed hit sit
get pet fed fit wit
bet yet led pit beds
set yes wed bit hit
,- ARITHMETIC.
1. Review multiplying quantities
by o"9 fgure.
a. Jtr -! a simple problem; solve it.
b. ; te the inverse division-
solve it.
c. Drill on combination multiplica
tion-division idea.
2. Short Division. Dividing quan
tities by one figure, with all even num
bers and no remainders.
Problem.
a. A farmer sold 2 young horses for
$424. What was the value of each?
b. Four corn club boys .raised on
their 4 acres 488 bushols of corn.
What was their avurage yield?
c. In a certain community 6 farm
women sold in a slDgle season $684
worth of poultry and eggs. What was
the average amount sold by each?
d. To build 8 miles of good sand-clay
road costs about $6,848, what does It
cost to build 1 mile?
e. Drill:
8 -t- 2 ? ef 8 ?
22 -f- 2 ? V4 of 22 ?
24 4 ? K of 24 T
2! -- 2 - ? of 28 t
448 I ? H of 468 ?
484 -t- 4 ? K of ffi4 ?
UCH CALOMEL MAKES
YOU DEATHLY SICK
Stop Using Dangerous Drug Before
It Salivates loul. it's Horrible,
You're bilious, sluggish, constipated
and believe you need vile, dangerous
calomel to start your liver and clean
your bowels.
Heres my guarantee. Ask your
druggist for a 60-cent bottle of Dod-
son 8 Liver Tone and take a spoonful
tonight. If it doesn't start your liver
and straighten you right up better
than calomel and without griping or
making you sick I want you to go back
to the store and get your money.
Take calomel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak and sick and nau
seated. Don't lose a day's work.
Take a spoonful of harmless vegeta
ble Dodson'g Liver Tone tonight and
wake up feeling great. It s perfectly
harmless, so give it to your children
any time. It can't salivate, so lei
them eat anything afterwards.
HEALING WOUNDS BY EXPOS
URE TO SUNLIGHT
Dr. Robert Sorrel! iz using in the
hospitals of Monte Carlo and Nice a
sun cure ior iniectea wounas, ana he
rites that it is most efficacious. Ac
cording to the Lancet's Paris corre
spondent, he abjures iodine, alcohol,
sublimate, iormol or corbohc acid, but
uses sterilized gloves and sterilized
gauze.
Most of the patients who arrive at
his hospitals have infected wounds.
The dressings are removed and the
ound cleaned up generally without
washing. It is then exposed to the
rays of the sun for five minutes the
first time, then at lengthening inter
vals until an hour and a half is reach
ed. The patient is kept in the open
air, the wound being covered only
ith light gauze to protect it from
flies and dust.
Dr. Sorrel rarely uses drains, excent
in deep seated wounds, but relies on
the serous oozing (which is abund
antly caused by solar therapy) to ex
pel ragged and necrosed tissue froin
the interior.
STOMACH ACTS FINE!
NO INDIGESTION, GAS,
HEARTBURN, ACIDITY
Pape's Diapepsin" Fixes Sick, Sonr
Upset Stomachs in Fire Minutes.
You don't want a slow Mmuh
VOUr Stomach in hrlr on ,iM4I.i
one or a harmful one your s torn ash
is too valuable; you mustn't injure it
witn arasiie a rugs.
Pane's nianenuin in nntaA ;k.
speed in giving relief; its harm'ess
ness; its certain, unfailing action in
reguiaiing sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
Its millions of phtpb in inHlmetinai
dyspepsia, gastritis arid other stomach
trouble has made it famous the world
over.
your home keep it handy get a
targe niiy-cem case irom any drug
store and then if anyone should eat
Somp thine which dnosn't mnio tiMfh
them, if what they eat lays like lead,
leiments ana sours and forms gas;
causes henrlnchp. iliiiinoni onI noncao.
eructations of acid and undigested
iooa remember as soon as Pape's
Diapepsin comes in contact with the
stomach all such distress vanishes.
Its promptness, certainty and ease in
overcoming the worst stomach disor
ders is a revelation to those who try
it.
FEEDING BEEF CATTLE
.Cattle raising should appeal to
farmers who have plenty of feed.
Feeding cattle saves the fertility,
provided the manure and bedding are
saved and applied to the soil. Even
where no more than the value of the
feeds is received, there is a profit left
in the manure if judiciously used.
For protein cotton seed meal will be
cheap and reliable feed. Also silage
with grain, hay and cotton s'-ed meal
will be an excellent combination, Fall
grazing crops reduce the pries' of
feeding considerably.
WE ARE ABLE
And willing to do everything
for our customers that a good
bank ought to do. Why don't
you open an account with us? With a record
of seven years of successful business and re
sources of more than two hundred thousand
dollars, we solicit y our business. Call to see
us. '
BANK OF RAMSEUR
INVESTMENT MONEY
Public money spent upon public
education is a public investment in
public progress and prosperity.
To spend meagerly upon education
is to spend wastefully.
Solomon had the idea. Said he,
There is that scattereth and yet hath
increase; there is that withholdeth
more than' is meet, but it tendeth to
poverty. Chapel Hill Newt Letter.
SOME TRIED RECEIPT"
Great Grape 'M.r-.i.j.
To one pound of water add
pounds of washed grapes aijdsim
until thev are rVA .81mB
M ft BOH THiI
Squeeze through a jcllv ha .j J?1
for every quart of grape faS
oranges (chopped fine and seel
moved) one pound of chopped mi.
and three pounds of sugar Si
gently for one hour or until the
malade is formed. Try as v, Jjf"
for Jelly. Seal in glaTse " "
Jelly Toast.
The foregoing marmalrVo
ly nice when spread on
of buttered toast and sprinkled : 2'
chopped walnut or pecan meats. Sen
ed very hot on warm plates, it mat,
an excellent, easily-prepared dishtl
.euk iier ana is also dtK.
cious with afternoon tea. -
Grape Acid.
To 12 pounds grapes uw k
Tartanic Acid; put in jar and
quarts water. Let stand 48 hJ
" . i eacn piatf
Juice add.1 pounds arrcnnlnfi
ar, stir until dissolved. Let standi
few days, bottle and cork, if I
shows signs of fennenting leave eoA
out of bottle. Entire process cold.
urape reserves.
To every pound of fruit i,-
pound of sugar. Cook fruit
pulp and seed riao to the top.
move irem nre, press grapes thro
a colander, and thus remove seeds,
Return to stove and cook nUn
thick. 15 minutes before done, add
kernels of 7 English walnuts, broka
into small pieces. Allow 2 pounds of
Kerneia 10 i gallons of preserve.
ITEMS FROM CARAWAY ROUTE:
Frank Yates moved to Den.
week.
James R. Ra&ran has fnnvArf f a Li.
farm that he bought from J r
Yates.
Marvin Garner was a visitor at
homo of Thomas Hall near Thomu
ville last Tuesday.
Conrad Garner went to High Point
last .Thursday.
Ernest Pierce has moved to Hi
Point ' -
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Carrie Gar
ner, a son.
J. CHagait mada a busmen tri.
to Asheboro hast Monday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Grady Hunt,,
a daughter.
J. Marvin Yates went to Ashohnm
last Saturday.
James Ridge is preparing to move to
High Point soon.
The store of J. C. Rasran was broken:
into last Thursday night, and the bur
glars took 12 pairs of shoes airf
some overalls.
Turner Ridtre. of Carawav Hiatt.
2 and Miss Mary Briles, of Fulkn.
were married last week.
Rufus Hill and Fred Brown. f near
Bombay, visited at Harris Hill's last
Ihursday.
SAFE FARMING.
The United States department of
agriculture has sent out a circular to
bankers, business men, and farmers
in the cotton states outlining a pro
gram of safe farming. Attention i
called to the fact that the history of
agriculture in the South has been one
of lean years and fat years causinj
a fluctuation in prices' and at time
much distress to the farmer. Iti
pointed out that with the rise in tie
price of cotton there will be a tenden
cy for fanners, to return to the old
system of gambling on cotton. The
circular points out that to steady the
whole system the farmer must rai'
his own living and not depend too
much on one crop.
MONEY TO LOAN $500 and20O
to loan on good real estate security
J. A. SPENCE.
Every Home Needs Faithful CoU
and Cold Remedy.
When seasons change and cods,
pear when you first detect '
after sitting next to one who wj
sneezed, then it is that a ttWJJ
tested remedy should l f"
used. "I never wrote a testimony
before, but I know Pi
myself and family. D'-edf
Discovery, la ths best fti
we ever twed and we havs trw "
all." 50c and UD9,