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II THE CHABLOTTE NEWS, JANUARY 8, 1911 Farmers* Forum and Monthly Digest EDITED BY J. N. BIGHAM. Another Chance To Make Good By The Editor.) r as they come to us, as they surely will, ^ tliis good year of frace. And may ■ ■ ^ liesh bppin- ve go bravely and haipily to the work ' '* ■ ' ***‘'‘ re- of the year that lies before us and in the woid.s of Klizah€th Hardy; ' First. let us resolve lo be Ifiir witii ihe New Year, and take none of our ui'II tiutt iht'ie is a mark on .'f t!i'.‘ y.ar. \vliv>re the ends if 'At r Too nuiny of us t'lis (^1 tl;i' eyiMe of tim * is aitend- : atii' s.-, roinitidin,^- u;^ of the davs. all..' and iliat liio s journey "i^et iis resohe to love more abun- SUSIII[SS W A Boy’s Wintei t Even to the jaded city man. who has been long from the old home, the memory of the happ.v ^;\'inter days “back on the farm’’ has an en chantment which is never forgotten. To coast and skate and snowball the parson and the doctor, and make snow forts, and. have glorious pitch- , , , . , ed battles: to pull candy in the Among the most helpless of human j j^^chen with a crowd of “the fel lows;” to eat an enormous Chi'ist- mas dinner ot turkey and apple pie —and to roast chestnuts and pop corn before the open fire! Is there any pleasure that the artificial world beings is the young man without a business v.iiich he thoroughly under stands. The more respectable he is, old gr’-idges. our misuadersfandinj^s ;\iid the more respectable his fam- f*iid animosities into its fair new jiv. the more helpless and hopeless he becomes. If there is no one thing , has to give which can compare with . ^ I, • ■ 1 , - - which he can do well, he must eith- | these? M . a' 11 f'r 1^ ’' I depend upon his parents and I Ttie boy is always popularly sup- iit' .’iiaii ‘1 w , Ls ot >t. •.IilztMi. U s6 oriiical of Uie fiuilis aiul the' others for support, in which case j posed to have these pleasures in to liuman-, the w'inter, if he lives on the farm, provender i and often he does; but sometimes pel', our hearts ] clothing, or lie must go forth' fathers and mothers do not realize nd soula to the divine vih-.ations that! into rhe world to live more or less : how passionately the boy longs for ' '■ ."-'a:; in a aiiall attune oi:r nature.'- to ihc love, j by his wits iiin-,. limes disastfi-1 cl'arit..'. and holpiubu'ss ihi-tj Usnall-'- i ,.i ivniiio iiiu tilt: i others lor support, m wnit h M-.V- f ro “‘^’'\'’^-j’^'’-^aKnessps of others, paid to try hard-) about the onlv good he is to 1 ifv is as a consumer of pr . I’lii '.owy, -Let resolve to open inir hearts UnH rlothine- nr he must s ■nr wn.i a nu'nl ;!t> • i 11 it. iiave lieen bring us closer to all hnmanitv and them., nor hoAv much it will mean to a man of this kind has I his older years, if he can look back very little moral stamina, and he upon these happy, happy times of .vorld owes him a must collect in some way, lo look on the bris^ht ^ rule he often iands in jail. It is ' the growing boy, if he is to benefit r S'..!.: oi‘ t'.iinfis. and live up to the l)esi ^ noteworthv fact that the majority I by the beautiful relationship. To go childhood. Father and mother should be big playfeilows, as well as parents to ithin r t.ie \i-ar jwid we make the whoic world kin. i ^viii come to the conclusion that the ..1 \ Tin., (■. in.'s It., -Let us resoUe o turn our back.s on ;.^vorld owes him a living, which he n.-w « r and try. ti, . worry, aiui cultivate the spirit of j^-n,st collect in some way. and as , chceifu'ncs:-!. is r ,1 |'a;Vi^pr ! i a.i. a laiK.ri thc-e is ^ii us ever\ la; . 1 of ^ur crininals are voung men be-^ shooting with father may seem a M. ' a.- I;' '■ ... ... 1 M. Mi.'U'.^aj. •■.And. al)ouve nil. k t us resolve to , tween the ages of twenty and twen- I'ttle thing to the oldei" man, who d u ibai till ia;l, !iave ijiih in Clod and our fellov.’ men, ty-eight; and we suspect that in-| would rather stay at home and toast ii'. wr-iriiv i v i.ccept our ’ !e.s;-;nL>:'i .i''-'/'nd; vestigat'ion would show that the rea-' his feet before the fire; but to the r.i '- ‘ itr’i atif! I\ loi :;ii- be ar ouv burdons biavely. and to keep these young men are crim-; boy it is the initiation into man- • • t..T-i ti,'ien;;Th- our e> es ’onsiar.;ly lifted to the : jnals is because they have no b;:s-jhootI; it brings to him the feeling i! .triiig tv,-i;U‘i' *^roni v hif a (•(»!i'.eih our help. So i.vhich thev understand. The; that comradeship between his fath- , li ) ■♦■> ' r>-I 1 aad wM’a ihis liop.-.'the '.^ood v. ishes which v,e ext-'ud to nil ; R t’i aiination to oilier.' roturned lo uf> iu f\ill ineas- ’ .^ ' V ach i.pportuui.y ; \u- i rossed dowa a;.J running over." 1-' if> tli'> \v 1.0 uiepared fo; ali vhar the Xow Jev.s required every man to; er and himself will be a matter Ui,s (Mevnai la Yt ar h:.P ;n store i;o.- U3, and so shall: jj trade, whether he was ever ! v.-hich the coming years wdll give iikelv to use it or not. Paul was him in increasing measure: he’s not ollege-bred, and yet he had learn-j so apt to marry v.ithout consulting ed in his youth the trade of tent- his father if they have become one mnl;er: so that v.'hereever he went in sport as well as in work, in a country where tents were need-j An dif mother v.'ill give a party 0(1. hec ouid be 01 some service to, now and then for Tom as well as humanity. ' for Bess, she will be rewarded far The farmer v.ho allows his boy i beyond her dreams, Tom, to be sure, to reach twent\ -one without being ■ will not cara to wear his best Hew to Build Up Soill will never be satisfied with a vege tarian diet. Methods in farming which will work out economically in producing a proper balance in the world’s food supply and at the A same time prove sufficient in meet-' * ing growing needs will mean much to producers. An intelligent corubiua- tion of live stock and grain in which botli manure and .fertilizers are judi ciously turned back to the soil, can not help but bring large farm’ prof its. T The old fashioned religion made no provisions for work on Sunday. The nev/ version w'orker suggests spending Saturday afternoons pushing the ox into the ditch for an excuse to spned Sunday getting him out. ANGLO AMERICAN ARBITFiATION TREATY. London, Jan. 7.—The project of reviving the negotiations for a gen eral Anglo-American arbitratiOH treatj' upon thes ubject of which President Taft is sounding the senate committee on foreign relations, at tracts comparatively little interest here. Few of the newspapers ex press an opinion on the matter. Undoubtedly the British govern ment v.’ould meet the United States half Vv'ay. The Liberal party is par ticularly favorable to .such an ar rangement. The general feeling, however, is that the senate may block* thep Ian and the English statesmen are not anxious for a re petition of the experience which was had with the Hay-Pauncefote treal^". Sensation Sprung. Shreveport, La., Jan. 7.—A sensa tion was developed yesterday in the involuntary bankruptcy proceedings here against tlie Silbernagle Company, limited, wholesale brocers, by the tes timony of M. Silbernagle. president of the company. Following the testimony of public accountants that an examina tion of the company’s affairs showed a deficit of $157,362.89. President Silb ernagle admitted that he had signed Since cotton r^.illing and kindred in dustries are failing to reap the once large di\idends, the minds of the mon ied men are turned toward land owner ship as the safest and most prafltable investment. Land is advancing rapidly in price. At places it has already gone beyond the reach of the man of limit ed means. But there are places in our own state and in Virginia, where the land is yet comparatively cheap, where school and church advantages are as convenient as here, where land is as fertile, where climato is equitable, and where the health of pecple are as good as here. Land can be bought at an average of $10 per acre. Can be bought for very little casli down. Time will be ailov.ed for deferred payments to suit the purchaser. Now, during the winter montha, while you are not busily on.2,aged is the time to look out a home for yourself and family. No farmer should be satisfied to be a tenant for life. Everyone should strive to own his own farm. Should be “monarch of all he surveys.” Did you ever consider how much your rents would pay annually toward purchasing a farm? If you were to buy a farm and re- (Written for the Forum.) -serv'e the 1-8 or 1-4 (or whatevei you pay) just as if you were on r land, 1 assure you it will more pay the interest on your place^ vided, however, you do not bu^ much at first. I would advise not ing more than $100 worth of lai first, that is. If you did not hav cash to pay down. But would a going in debt $1,000 for a home r ihan living on rented land. If you practice economy, enjoy comforts of life with your famhy abstain from luxuries, you will that you will very soon be able tc under your own “vine and lig tree Don’t v.ait until you have caal hand to pay all down. Many waited to be able to do this and, died without ever owning a hom their family. Buy on credit. XI are careful In making your selc of a farm, you can sell at any tim v.hat you paid. If misfortune,, health, or any adver&ity should , take you, you are still safe if yoi debtedness is backed by real e. carefuylly selected. I desire to see every farmer ow? own farm. This will bring the grei degree of social, intellectual and al advancement in our civilizatio: anvthing else which I can concel". R. B. SUL.L.IVA Ij ❖ ❖ tintensive Faming\ WU'.> nr\li’.l. i.'cr.s 1 ir ha-; ’)een v.ea’iiered by deep break- Jiilidi hig for two or three ycais. started toward learning a business ? clothes, and it’s likely that he win j stating that dividends were be- makes the mistake of his life. He! be indifferent tp the presence ofi^^S paid and profits realized oy the ha.s oue of the bset lines of bus-j girls; but he v.’ouid like to go out coinrany. He said ne had signed these CI'Q f fc: ■xinl'nrmf i n ijf i cro r» o* iness in the world: bur if the boy j 111 the barn and have two or three is too smart to farm (that is, thinks | of mother’s big apple pies, and a jar ... -n .Mvvin -....! Tho f nn,o^ who wniis til’ s.v,iu£r to ‘IP is*, and wraits to follow some j of doughnuts to eat while he pla3'S .t - t,io\\ lamt I * ^ J _i_:. other line, then, unless he sets to I all the games dear to boyhood on .’uw til-’11 iirofitably.; do his deep breaking often fails in - ’ •* 1 • rint-ir flnov i ecip.i attentiiin to ihelone or more respects. When the to!> learns it, he is in j . i L'-i . of ';ei t ay; a fU'op I soil has dried out sufTiciently to be serious danger. vx. ' 'h i.u grow siu h crc ps. Thi?; . ;.v 'ra.. ir. reg.ira to corn- and i.-^ VitUiable for all »T.">ps. . f.uiiu i’s. taken as a whole. M \ r*> illy succecdod iu corn- Th's is largely due to • -' it til. ;.- have nov.-r pro )e;ly . r h.*ir soil b\- idouyhin.cr. .\ii . .'i Ilf ! oi n wiiich havo l)een re- l..i\e ill -n grown on deeply- ■ J J. uds. ■ lime of doing the deep break- : N- manner of breaking and the i' -m of rhe soil and subsoil,, 'Vd all iie c«>nsld'red in doing such Other thint^s being equal, dur- I'all ond cnviy wi'iter is the best »• for deep plowing. This is true use we get the l.eneticial effects 10 atinoai hero and of tlie freo7.es • veral W';ek« ’ler'ore sjiring plant- ■ >nio; i>n. Thi- "weathering'’ of soil is very valuable. In some I. ns of Xurth Carolina there has t neen suJicIent rainfall to pre- dee;' plowing now. Of course . nd jU'Igment should be used to tain that neither the top soil nor Kut'S.'il are too wet. The land 1.’ be thrown up in ridges. (U’ ‘ '1 up,” raiher than left fiat. The 11 should not be put on top until iu the best conditron for plowing, the' ^1"*® young man who goes out iato subsoil is stili too w-t to be plowed the world without a business of some without couoiderable injury. By tlie sorr must either steal in one wa,. or time the subsoil is dry enough to be ^.nother, or else he must set to woi.s i)lowed, the top soil Is usua'iy dry j to learn. The probability is that ^iie enough to bread in clods. It is al-j’^'iH l^^t low’er and lower in the most impossible to make a good seedi^-ale until ho finds some occupa- bed on cloddv lands without much'turn whce ^.11 that is requ'v d ol lolling and pulverizing. Often the him is ’.'rute strength. And thi? is clods^-eniain in tlie field till the crops , the r ace for him to get, if he is ■\\ ith spring breaking, ever to t;e a man; for there is iiotl.- There is no reason why the sports which can be so easily procured !n the w'inter days, should not be em ployed by the older members of the family; mother and father will be all the happier and all the younger for enjoying a good laugh with the boys and girls. Blessings never seem so bright as wiien we look back on them; one needs to hear the old man talking of his happy winter days on the farm are laid by. ... 1 , . , too verv little weathering can take, ing that will stisTen tip a llrap back-'to ivnov.' how truly brignt uhese home- itlace before planting. i bon- so surely as dcing davs v;o.k | ly pleasures shine in the dullness Without a dee)) ‘'oi! the farmer can' or week’s work, anything that wil;of after life. statements without investigating state ments furnished him by his bookkeep ers. The company is Indebted to several New York and Chicago banks. The as sets are given as $15G,652.96 and the liabilities $214,015.85. COLYER ON RACING Continued from page ten. every one of his pearl white t No, he was not plantin potat the tomat. No, he could buy > Drit here were caulifiower and J sels sprouts and artichoke, and, French endive and the Ge rman cabbage. Tony swept his arm o a big fine gesture over the or* rov.'s of little, light green shoe Well, Tony owns a large farrf this time, for he made every si inch of that ground yield up si thing. He took in more money hia “truck” than the farmer grew great crops of one thing, - recently he has built for himsv not to mention Josefa, Marietta, vanna, Ettone a really sple house, with all the modern : s. a Clean Dnsni-eyeUi ^ substantial, ■ •*«“*• ‘"I LlW design. i My friend, the American fao ' I] of not obviate the detriu:rntal effects of get him into the closvsst kind the two extremes, wet weather and contact ','ith liui.oa'i realities;, dry weather. In wet v.'eather his Mcrt men wno nave had an/ vcty ^ crops are drowned. In dry weather: close f ontact 'Vith actual lice have [ they fail for lack cf moistui'e. The, mei, often wit'i ihc're dereli'^is, who j the run of the barn; give him a thoughtful, successful fanner, there-; have attained tiieir nia.;ority t nd sled; and don’t refuse him the fore, is watching cond^ions and is more without i'aving acquired nnv time to use it. Let your boy play, father and mother; it’s the surest *)utlet for much that will smoulder and become evil if it is repressed. Let him have deei'oning his soil as fi’st as they will permit. Two exceotions to deep plow ing should be noted. A deep, porous, sandv soil, without a clay subsoil. 7S trade business by v.hicli thvV not benefTtted by deep breaking un-: families; t(?inc have high c.cincc- Icss a crop of xiumus is turned under.! tions; and yet there is nothing th'?y -\ low. wet soil, needing drainage is j can do. They say an effect; f -r> not benefitted unless the water is gat-1 ],,)| ; ro beg. I am as.i r.ne I.'* ten out. But witli humus and with; They insist on doing w'ovk that 1; proper drainage, deep breaking is resi^ectaijle, but t:iey haver, ot learu- gocd for both. C. R. AY’TCH. j g,} (q qq any rf-spectable wwk. T.\f'ir mode of life, their trainin.r, Ins given them j.irge w’ants, ^nd i:-'cy iiive no means of gratifying thoi.i ^ ill they have no inoial backboi’o ir.ey compensate he world for the'r; livinc. Some of them are coib’Se A ^ 1 n/r ^ I Animal Manuie f ! iec'; some have been raisod in lire Deep Plowing Important ♦ ♦ We would not be understood as ad vocating the use of commercial fer tilizers to the exclusion of the home made manure product. This is far from out intention. No farmer can afford to ignore the fertilizing value existing in his annual manure crop. It is an asset on every farm where live stock is kept which merits the best and closest attention. Aside is the season of tha year when rs nt L; A er'" apt to have attacks "horsi-swapplng fever.” Colds Ai Grl:.;)0 are frequently preval- n tho winter months but witii •'uri. n; ih.e balmy breezes and w-!iih !• of spring lliey arc n. ai.d tl: dr effects soon pass >.-T b > wi ll this annual epidemic lioi.♦:-w'.vapplng fever." While ' e outbreak of the disease . r. wirli the planting of the ■ffec'ta of it will be felt ttv-. .1: 'U I .r . h- : ar and, in some ca- . .♦■rai years. This Is espe- ■ in the fall of the y'ar, vcr\‘ distressing and troublc- h uelae are often manifested, ii has cost the southrrn . rs li.li iuns of dollars annually. . > ■ twn on the small two i :*'i , !.d nt one fell blow ■ ; ; v. av 1 i'-; p.Tir of good old faith- • ■ !• p nt d all the surplus of from ‘ .*ui croi..^;. • lisonse is especially liable to *i'o farmer v.ho ha;^ just re- ea i'Ut of del)t and has a ■ - .i^ri lu-. ca-h that he can call his Hf* 'int.''ps It in his ])Ocket b.v r.nd counts it occasionally at » He feels like a colt turned out . .itiirf in the spring after being ■’p in H close stall all winter. He ; 1 of lit'-- and hope. The sense of i;;^;a and inilependence Is delight- .1 r.isimating, inspiring. In the ex- ■ r: !,f (. of his spirit he plays the ■ * aud crit-'ples himself or runs In- • !)o wire fenc^e. Ho will be remind- '1 ttf ilia cut*! and scars while doctor- Lhe dore shoulders of the soft ■ :'.g m.ules that he swapped for. ’»re the hard ground Is all broken, ■■h he and his mules, now badly bj'^tu'o ( ^c■^^s. The (uily sat-j Avay is that of the p. cdigal When they get down to husks, th^.-^ 's then 1- fs^^tiiity of deve'o,)irg some soit of n: nhood. . ..., If the fainier w'ishes his clii'divn jaded, will be lacking in the spiiit- . . . let liim fi'’®*' r.'' i j ^ n ■ i • .1 1- . — • M'onderfully in keeping up the sup- which they felt t\\o months eai lei • s j them t.i v^ erk. Le . pjy of humus and in making the me- thev left the stable of the dealer, 'ihe tna: Scc«3nd, let him train chanica! condition of the soil v/hat it muies vlll •Tome l>tick” all rl.isht by. in the idea that the world dMS ■ „ . , - I not owe them anytning except pay- and oy, if they are 9’ ment for the services that they can and so wid the farnier but he will wish higher the service they many tmies before he gets oack tlm. render, the greater the pay- he had Avorked oiu Beck ana old Tom entitled, advo-!set it or not. They but, sa>s the fu.rmer, pg,n at least be honest. Even the dis- U^wltZuf roof “stock" Tir 1: 1-ne.t n,en in the world place a high ■aue; but are you sure that^ old Be-^, does not like tarmms. and old Tom can not p . 1. . I v./% fotvi/ar* /inoa bis duty and a couple of those Pensacola fiascos, for. from this distanse they did not appear to be strictly “legitim.ate,” but tiie fact remains, nevertheless, that the presence of such races has the ef fect of increasing the crowd and lend ing social distinction ot the proceed- inr^. Recent announcements by the Jack sonville management convey the intel ligence that it is the' intention of “Curley” Brown and his associates to stage a renewal of the old cup race which featured the sport at Moncrief park last winter. On the former oc casion nearly all of the famous gentle men rider.s in the country had mounts in the race and they attracted to the local course a crowd equally as Isi'ge as that >.vhich witnessed the run ning of the Derby. It is vain to think, however, that such a high-class- gath ering of amateur riding talen would particiuate in this year’s renewal, owing to Eeveral good and suflTi- cient reasons. In the first place there was a pretty openly expressed opinion among the amateurs them- sclve&—especially those that hailed from the far Nort-i—tnat the gentle men s cup raceii decided at Moncrief park last winter were not strictly “up and up.” In other v.'ords, a lot of par- It takes the Italians and the Greeks to show us how wasteful we are about land. A friend of mine down in New Jersey had a farm of about fifty acres: he raised the gen eral run of crops on it, and constant ly said that he had not enough land to make money; hardly enough, in fact, to warrant his calling it a farm, and he was always talking about going "West and getting a •‘real farm,” as he said. One spring, a clean, bright-eyed Italian came rent a little corner of the front meadow which had never been used., --- ^ Mv friend smiled at the idea of i has been looking on at all thii taking money for such a useless | the most utter astonishment. . patch of ground, but was finally pre-»of late he has beg^ to wo^* ■ vailed upon to take a very small what the trouble is with his own. || sum for it. The Italian promptly pro- cess, and now he has made tip! -f mind that what he needs to I#.; j ceeded to build himself a little hut on the highest point, to which fiock- ed endless quantities of cousins and sons and brothers. We looked on in amusement and some anxiety, to see how so many mouths could be fed from so scanty a prt.)vision. ’’i lie whole troupe could aiways be seen, early and late, bonding over the tough earth, which had seldom a plow; and in time it was cleared, broken and sown. “'What you plantin’?” the farmer querried, casually lea-ning on the rail fence, already a little iininessed b.v the jjatience which would not give up. “Potato? Bean?” Tony shook his head and showed is “intensiA'e farming” as th^ cultural state institute calls means that he noeda to learn to' every possible inch of the gro The waste land on which the Ita has made a tid.v little fortune- there year after year and genera after generation, untouched by much as a hoe, yet it has prc .h.'it it was a sinful waste of i mpterin’ to let it so lie. lijtensive farming teaches small crops can be grov.n close getber; that i^ is po.ssible to p ver.v early in tbe spring and tha land, of an; I.ind v/hatsoever, i to go to v»aste.—Armour’s AliF^ Just as deo„ as the ,m r >'4='eats him S a father should treat strung four-year-olds? llio ^ least has the foundation thaps to success; Industry, econ- fo?e tTev ream are. We trade them • omy and the good constitution with off tor k song when they wotild_do what education the rural school af- two or vcara .rnnd work The! fords. Then he should determine trader^ trims them up neatly.' feeds j ^’hat business would like to fol- them w’ell for a few days and sells | low. and during all the earl.> jears them for 50 per cent more than J’oii i ^ hi — —- get for them in the trade. They do do. ’ If this policy is lollowe^^ he exclusive use of the commer- from its worth in supplying the Boil'tlality was shown local talent. with valuable plant foods, it , helps' too, thei’e wer whispers of “shootins among the rank and tile of turf pat- edions that, though probably unfound ed, roused the ire of the simon-pure riders. Therefore it i& hardly proba ble that the Northern society element will be prominently represented tiiis year in Jacksonville’s amateur affairs. So much for Moncrief park and its sould be. Every soil needs ani mal mauure, and every farmer should depend upon barn-yard manure to aid him in maintaining that proper plant food balance and physical es sentials so necessary to profitable j forthcoming gentlemen’s races. Witl crop production. In fact, this farm- unconfined joy, hov/ever, the gentle- made fertilizer should be considered men riders throughout the country the basis of the farmer’s fertilizer ■ have heard of the intention of Manager supply and be treated accordingly. In addition to its use, and as sup- pleniental to it, the use of commer cial fertilizer can be made to pay a profit. This will furnish the im mediate available food for growing plants and crops and at a cost which usually can be afforded. The idea that has gained preva lence in some sections that com mercial fertilizers will ruin land is erroneous. To be sure the continued good work for two or three years on some other farm will not be a waif or a derelict, a cumberer of the ground, or a para- fhe"averag^‘service life of the mule «ile on society About the most help- on the farm is probably not over ten: less man m the world is the man \ears If this bo true you are losing iwhoh as no business or calling, no sav one-fifth of the service life of the | work that He^can do atjeast reason- niule by trading him before the end SELF RELIANCE ♦ O ♦ There la a tlmo In every man’s ♦ ♦ • ducation when he arrives at ♦ ♦ !.'♦* conviction that envy Is ig- ♦ ♦ n uance: that Imitation as sui- ^ ♦ f"d' ; that he must take him- ♦ ^ F -If for better, for worse, as his ♦ ♦ toi tion; that though the wide ♦ ♦ sx. rld Is full of good, no kernel ♦ ♦ of nourishina; corn can come to ♦ him but through his toil bestow- ♦ e;i on that i)lot which is given ♦ ^ *.o bim to till. ♦ ♦ —EMERSON ♦ of the period of efficient service. At present prices of stocl the farmer is tjaying In addition to the cost of the feed, about thirty dollars per head each year for his work stock. This is an item of expense that can not be eliminated in our farm accounts but we can lessen it by good manage ment. This can be done by working the old teams as long as they render eflScient service. Begin to plan now for replacing them at the end of the service period. The cheapest way to do this is to raise one or two mule colts every year. You can put them to light work when they are two years old and break them in with the old Hllll6Se * The writing of this article has been suggested to me by the fact that in a small town near here, three car loads of mules were sold before the first of December; and one dealer said that he cleared a thousand dollars on one car load that he sold in one week. I also know a young farmer who tra ded off three good serviceable mules, two of them young ones that he had worked only one year, for a pair that probably cost him seven hundred dollars. Their service value is prob ably but little more than that of the pair of young mules that he traded pair J 6 ^ ^ ALEXANDER. ably well.—Wallace Farmer. The general opinion of the geolo gists and those w'ho think is that when the Rocky Mountains were built it must have made the dishes rattle in China. If everybody minded their own bus iness as well as they think they could mind others,’ there would be fewer heartaches. A CALL TO HAULT. I believe it is high time that those who have the soil of the great South iri trust should drop the system of land robbing that has been almost universally practiced for many years and make the effort of their lives to start the correction of the wrong that their lack of thought has caused them to work upon the heritage that has descended to them from the Creator through their ancestors. —A. L. FRENCH. cial product will in time present difficulty in the way of a deficiency of vegetable matter in the soil. Prop er quantities of vegetable matter must be returned to the soil from w'nich there is a constant drain in crop harvests. Commercial fertilizers do not supply this vegetable matter. Tliey are not supposed to. It must be secured either from the use of animal manure or the residue of crops. Either source has been proyen satisfactory and adequate. There are systems of exclusive grain farming in which commercial fertilizers and crop residues are all that go back to the land, which not only maintain but actually increase soil fertility. With this system thoroughly car ried out, crop yields prove Its effi ciency. Then there Is the live stock sys tem in which the manure plays the large part. This system, or at least a combination of the two systems, in which both the animal and the commercial products may be used together, Is most td be desired. Crop growing and live stock production should go hand in hand on the american farm. Exclusive grain farming fails to merit encourage ment from an economic standpoint if for no other reason. Live stock on the farm contributes those es sentials which make for more intel ligent and permanent farming. Com ing generations will need an in- Jt doesn’t take a detective to creased supply of meats as well as j shadow the man who stands in his bread stuffs. A progressive people own light. Wind, of-the Juarez track in respect to tlie staging of a big amateur cup race. Heretofore the fear that suf- fi’cent riding material could not be secured had prevented the manage ment of the Mexican course from fea turing its winter meeting witii at leas-t one amateur race.. With the cream ot tiie riding and equine material now v^'intering at Juarez, Iiov.^ever, condi tions have experienced a remarkable change over that which prevailed last winter. A full do.zen of the best ama teur riders in America, coupled with a i’air representation of Mexican society have announced their intention ot participating in the forthcoming cup race at Juarez. No doubt there will be “class” to that event, and it will likely attract a record-breaking crowd repre sentative of the highest social circles.; Amateur contests of anj" charactcr whatsoever are worthy of encoui^age- ment, and, in connection w^ith the turf, they generally prove attractive headliners, inasmuch as they bring to a race track a host of people who oth erwise would never come. That s be cause of the supposed social ‘ casie which surrounds such events. The racing association which honestly makes use of the amateurs in the legitimate sense only, is worthy of commendation, but race track opera tors who attempt to “use” the non professional riders, or allow unscrupu lous “race-fixers” an opportunity to taint amateurism with dirty gamb ling tricks, should be held in contempt by all who have the best interests of the turf at heart. yffinplTi £91 Wesson Snowdrtlt Oil Won a universal succe v.hichhasinEp.vcd numerous '.vould be Eubstiiutes. 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