THE DANBURY REPORTER.
VOLUME XXXIII.
How to Manage
Your Corn Land
A VERY SENSIBLE LETTER FROM THE PEN OF
I. Q. ROSS, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CORN
PLANTER OF STOKES COUNTY.
The first and most important
thing with corn is good seed. The
way I prepare my seed is by se
lecting the grains, best and near,
est to a perfect type—ones that
contain as nearly as possible all
the good elements that can be
gotten in corn.
After picking, then comes plant
ing. I bavo the land well ma
nured and run my rows off 3$ feet
and plant the moat perfect grains
in every third row and the ones
that are not so perfeot I plant in
the others, and work all alike, and
when it comes in tassel I cut all
the tassels out of the inferior rows
and if there are any inferior stalks
in my best rows I out the tassels
out of them. By doing this I get
the seed from the best and most
perfect type of grain.
This is my preparation for seed.
Now I have my seed and the next
thing to consider is the soils and
water. Upon examining the soil,
I find that it contains large quan
tities of plant food, but they are
all in an insoluble state, or locked
up from the plant, so it can't feed
on it. Now one very important
thing to do is to unlock this food
that the plant must have. I must
either buy fertilizers with this
food ready unlocked or I must un
lock this large stock that is al
ready in the soil. Upon examina
tion I find there are three things
tlmt will unlock .-this plant food:
that is lime, tillage, and vegetable
matter known as humus, —and of
the three, the humus is best. Now
the first thing is how to get this
humus. I can't keep the stock to
make barnyard manure to cover
all the land that I want to plant in
oom. The next best thing is to
grow it on the land. Now comes
the great test —what shall I grow?
My land is so exhausted of humus
I can't grow red clover. The next
best thing is the cowpea, whiob
will furnish a largo amount of
humus and also I
oould let the vines remain on the
land, but I wanted them for cow
feed, so I used a fertilizer heavily
impregnated with potash. Cut
the vines off for hay and prepare
the land for wheat. After the
wheat is cut, I prepare the land
and sow at the rate of 15 pounds
of Crimson clover seed to the aore
about the 20th of August. Then
I get all the manure I can and
spread on the clover, oleaning out
my stables every time they get
full, covering the ground lightly,
as I find that it is a loss to put
too thick, as it lopks itself up and
props don't get it, and it would re
quire more humus to unlook that,
Now the manure, while it is
furnishing a large quantity of
plant food, is also unlocking as
much as it furnishes; besides, it is
a groat water reservoir. Land that
has a liberal amount of manure
upon it reserves a lot more water
than land that has no manure.
After getting out all the ma
nure, the ne*t thing cornea the
following. I turn the clover un r
der when it is in full bloom and if
it is not too dry I oan re.plow the
laud io about 15 days and I keep
that up until I get the land in a
condition that I oan ran my plant
er over th» land and do good work
planting it 17 inches apart. As
soon as the oorn is up good I bp
gin plowing wjtfo a oultijatqr apd
that up as long as I think I
derive any benefit from it.
When it gets riper most people
pull fodder. I cut it and put in
shocks and let it stay until it gets
cured. I sh'uok my corn in the
field and haul the shucks to the
barn where the cows can get them.
The oorn is easily managed. Haul
ing the shucks before the corn
comes off is heavy work.
The next thing to do is to feed
my land. Some people aay their
land needs rest. My land don't
get tired, it gets hungry, and I
feed it by sowing five pecks of rye.
Next spring I turn that under to
start my year's crop again.
The most important thing for
us to consider in the making of
corn is the tiumus in the land.
There is no need for us to buy
fertilizers in such large quantities
until we have used more of the
mineral matter that we have stored
in our lands, that we bought by
the acre.—l. G. Roes, of Stokes
county, in Progressive Farmer.
Why the Sons Of Farmers Are Dis
contented.
One of the reasons why so many
farmers' sons leave the farm and
seek employment and opportu
nities in the city is the chronic
dissatisfaction displayed by not a
few farmers in every agricultural
community.
It is not an uncommon thing
for farmera to express themselves
upon the slighest pretext, as dis
satisfied with their condition in
life. They complain that their
work is too hard and the profits
too small. They wail at the cap
italists because these men have
more money, and make more
money than they do. They will
point to some lucky man who left
the farm, years ago and became a
successful business man of the
city. Yet they seldom evpr think
of the hundreds of men who for
sook the farm and went to the
oity and never achieved anything
more in the way of fame and
wealth than those who were con
tent with agricultural life and who
are far better off today.
How can a farmer boy listen to
these complaints and comparisons
without having lasting impres
sions made upon his young mind,
which later prejudice him against
the farm life ? Some pessimism
displayed by the father is bound
to create in the boy a decided dis
taste for the farm and everything
oonnected with it.
In these days farmers cannot
afford to allow this disposition to
get the upper hand. Times for
the farmer have changed for the
better and the time will doubtless
never come when his business will
be seriously molested, even in the
worst qf panics. People must live,
and in order to live they must
have food and clothing, and the
farmer must supply these essen
tials.
This is the period of education
towards the farm. Eevry pro
fession and business is planning
to aid the farmer and contribute
to hiß suooess. The boy on the
farm wants a chance. More bright
boys are needed on the farm to
takp the plaoe of their fathers.
Optimism, on the farmer's part,
will brighten the boy's life and
this will go a long way towards
keeping him on the farm.
Land For Sale In Southeast Mis
souri.
8000 acres timbered land at frotq
f2.QQ to IIQ.QQ per acre 3,000
aores of farm land at from 95.00 to
920.00 per acre. Good climate,
good railroad facilities ; from 8 to
10 months publioaohool each year.
If you want to buy, address
H. F. HUTCH ENS,
Ellsinore, Mo.
1 Mch 7—3 mo
DANBURY, N. C., MARCH 7, 1907.
WAY DOWN SOUTH IN DIXIE.
Walter Smith, a Former Stokes Boy.
Writes Interestingly—lndiana the
Best State and Mississippi the
Worst.
Holly, Miss., Feb. 22.
Mr. Editor ;
As lam a former resident of
Stokes county, I would like to oc
cupy a small place in your paper.
I am a rubscriber to the Reporter,
and often see letters from people
who have left Stokes county and
gone to all parts of the United
States. I left old Stokes about
sij years ago and have been in 24
states. And to my judgment, In
diana is the best state I was ever
in and Mississippi is the worst.
Indiana is a great farming coun
try, the land will produce from 20
to 80 bushels of wheat to the acre,
and from 40 to 100 bushels of corn
to the acre. Wheat is threshed en a
very different plan to the way it is
threshed in North Carolina. First,
it is cut with a reaper and binding
machine, and then shocked and
stands till dry and hauled to the
machine and thrown off of the
wagon into the machine with a
pitch fork. It has self-feeders
that put the hands and feed the
wheat into the machine. lustead
of taking a half bushel and a lead
pencil and tally stick to measure,
they have a weigher that weighs
and tallies every bushel that goes
through the maohlne and runs it
into the wagon bed. The corn is
shucked on the stalk, while some
is cut and shooked and when dry
it is ruu through a machine and
shucked and the corn put in the
wagon bed.
In Mississippi I find a great
difference in farming. In the val
ley it is thickly settled with ne
groes. They raise lots of cotton
and cultivate the land about the
same as they do in North Carolina.
There are a Jot of saw mills aud
they employ a good many negroes.
There is a lot of timber, but it
will not last long, as I can hear 8
or ten saw mill whistles every
morning. A saw mill is not con
sidered much if it don't saw 20,000
feet of lumber in a day. The
country is very warm in winter.
We have not had any snow this
winter and not cold enough to
snow. The people have chills and
malarial fever and in other words
it is very unhealthy and disagree
able. In summer the mosquitos
will eat a fellow and in the winter
the water and mud is bad,
In December we had a rain that
continued for four days and nights
and I never saw any land for five
days which was not covered in
water.
There is lots of game in this
country—squirrels, foxes, coons,
deer, bear, wolves, panthers and
wild cats, and rattlesnakes to an
everlasting finish,
WALTER SMITH.
GERMANTON ROUTE 1.
Germanton Route 1, Feb. 29.
Farmers of this section are about
through burning plantbeds and
are gone to fishing. Some boys
the other day caught six fish, and
I tell you they were large, opes.
The largest one was one aud a half
inches long and the other was so
large that they oould not ' toat"
them,
Mr. Jeff Boles went to see his
best girl Sunday. The old lady
ask him if they raised a lot of
poultry. He says that they sowed
a right smart of seed, but the
phicfcens |oratohed them all up.
There will be prayer meeting at
Friendship Saturday uight. Ev
erybody invited to come out and
be with us.
We are sorry uo note the sad
death of aunt Nancy Lawson, who
died Sunday uight, but we are
glad she died for Christ.
PLOUGH BOY.
WESTFIELD ROUTE 1.
Farmers Busy Burning Plant Land
And Fixing For Large Crop Of To
bacco—A Lot Of Grippe Other
Items.
Westfield Route 1, March I.
Farmers in this section are very
busy burning plant land and fix
ing for a large crop of tobaoco.
There is a lot of grippe in this
neighborhood.
Mr. E. M. Anderson left this
morning for McLurran, Sorry
county, to teach a writing school.
We wish Mr. Anderson much suc
cess. He is a nice young man and
a fine penman.
Will close, wishing the Re
-porter and its readers much joy.
MILBURN SECURES CONTRACT.
Rockingham County To Have A Fine,
Modern Court House At Wentworth.
Spray, Feb. 26. —Now that the
court house matter has been set
tled to the satisfaction of all, save
a few ominous prophets and a few
fire-eaters, who are unburdening
themselves of long pent-up hatreds
and personal grudges and are en
deavoring to sow the seed of fu
ture political discord and disaster,
the county commissioners have
accepted the plans of Architect E.
P. Milburn, of Washington D. C.
It is reported from Wentworth
■ that approximately 130,000 will be
invested in the new court house
and that the building will be mod
eled after the capital building of
Iredell county. Fire-proof vaults
and water-works will be installed
and all other conveniences in con
nection with a modern court house.
It is apparent now that the noise
of the battle has waned to a feeble
murmur, that the people of Rock
ingham county feel grateful to
wards their Representatives and
| friends in the Legislature, espso
; ially Messrs. Preston, London,
Manning and Wood, who stood
with the majority of the qualified
voters of the county and its board
of commissioners.
News Of Patrick.
From the Stuart Enterprise.
Clerk Jno. 8. Taylor has pur
chased the S. C. Mcintosh res
idence on Church street. The
purchase price being $1,750.00.
Mr. Talmage Handy, of Shuff,
came to Mother's Home Tuesday
for treatment, He has just return
ed from West Virginia where he
was hurt in a railroad aocideut.
An Independent Order of Odd
Fellows was installed at Shuff last
Saturday night with 24 members
by some gentlemen of the Martins
ville order. a number of
applicants have sent in their names
and we predict a flourishing lodge
at Shuff,
We understand that Mr. Eugene
Lewis, the present cashier of the
Bask of Stuart, Ino., informed the
Board of Directors that he could
not officiate on account of other
business longer than the end of
Bank year, which expires March
19th. Mr. E. A. Blackard, who
has been the assistant cashier (or
some time, was elected as bis sue.
cessqr, Mr. Lewis goes to St.
Louis to take charge of a business
he has in that city.
Quite a sensation was sprung in
the oourt room Tuesday when it
became known that all of the seven
applicants, namely : F. DeHart,
J. H. DeHart, G. W. Garst, saoh
Murphy, J. T- Williams, Green A.
DeHart and Pinkney Ayers, ap
plicants to make whiskey in this
oounty, would be hotly contested.
It is not clear at this time just
who is behind the temperance
move, but it seems they have prom
inent oounsel employed to fight
every application to come before
his Honor. So far no license has
been granted, and what the out
come will be, we oannot say at this
writing, but the liquor men seepj\
somewhat disoourage\ qt the out
look.
King's Bill Killed
By Legislative Committee
MEASURE PROVIDED FOR NEW OFFICERS FOR
STOKES COUNTY—NEWS AND OBSERVER'S
REPORT OF THE MATTER.
The bill framed by Mr. W. W.
King and introduced in the legis
lature by Senator Buxton by re
quest, had a hearing before the
committee Wednesday, and was
reported unfavorably.
The following report of the
matter is copied from the Raleigh
News and Observer.
Before the seoret surgery of the
trust bill took place, there was an
open session with two bills intro
duced by Senator Buxton, by re
quest, relative to Stokes oounty.
The bills contemplated the ap
pointment of four Demoorata and
one Republican as a jury commis
sion and the election of tax listers,
collectors and assessors by the
board of justices of the peace of
said county.
In support of the bill appeared
Mr. W. W. King and the things
that he said of Stokea were awful.
There was a Republican ring, said
Mr. King, which packed the
juries, parceled the offices, and
exploited the government gen
erally. Mr. King was with diffi
culty held to the fifteen minutes
assigned him and before he had
gotten through he had aocused the
Sheriff and hiß brother, Messrs.
Petree, both of whom were pres
ent, of practically every politioal
crime on the calendar. Mr. King
spoke of the campaign which had
been waged in his county, of the
apparent imposaibility of any
thing exoept Republican suooesa
and he pleaded for relief. He ac
oused Sheriff Petree, among other
things, of having been in the
fusion Legislature, and mentioned
in connection therewith Dan
Russell, Kirby Smith and other
oruel extravaganzas of the past.
Things in Stokes, he said, were
terrible. Scaroely any officehold
ers were intelligent except the one
or two in the ring who were too
wise for any use.
Sheriff Petree and hia brother
both spoke to the oommittee and
they said that, though Repub
licans, they were fair. As to his
fusion experience, Sheriff Petree
deolared that he had never voted
for a single bill taking away the
right of county government and
had, in fact, "busted up" a caucus
by refusing to abide by the reanlt
in this particular. He showed that
the finances of Stokes were in
good condition ; that he oolleoted
taxes promptly and olosely, and,
according to statements whioh he
exhibited, the Demoorats have a
fair jury representation. Accord
ing to Messrs. Petree, Mr. King
was laboring under the oonviotion
of having been beaten politically ;
they admitted with pride that they
had done it but could not see that
their aotion justified reprisal.
Some time during the executive
session, the oommittee decided to
report the two bills unfavorably
as 'in favor of the Repbblioan
brethren.
During course of the Stokes de
bate the personalities indulged in
between Messrs. King and Petree
caused some apprehension among
the oommittee and spectators who
had been seeing and hearing wars
and the rumor of wars. The gen
tlemen seemed to understand one
another, however, and, though
caustic in speeoh, were friendly in
manner.
As Mr. King explained at the
end of a particularly bitter period)
"I may express myself force
fully, but J am not mad f"
One wondered what would hare
happened had Mr. King beooiue
riled.
Briefs Adrift.
Most of the publio schools hare
expired.
Mr. Gaston M. Allen, of Ger
manton Route 1, Mas a visitor at
the Reporter office Friday.
Mr. G. Wilkes Priddy, of Dane
bury Route 1, was here on bus- •
iness Saturday.
Mr. J. H. Hall, a prosperous
farmer ef Campbell Route 2, was
here a short while last week.
Mr. L. D. Hole, of Campbell
Reute 2, was among Danbury's
visitors Monda>.
Sheriff R. J, Petree started out
on his fourth tax-collecting tour
Friday. He is at Dillard to-day.
Mr. H. A. Blair returned from
King Route 1 Monday, the sohool
he has been teaching having ex
pired.
Mr. Jno. W. Baker, of Meadows
Route 1, was here Saturday and
oalled at the Reporter office.
Miss Mary Lewellyn, of Mad
ison, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Jno. Neal, at Meadows.
Miss Mary Martin, who has
been teaohing at King, is expected
home this week, her school having
expired.
Messrs. L. S. and V. T. Grabs,
of King, were here on busines a
short while Friday.
The next annual State Teach,
ers' Assembly will be held in
Durham. The date has not been
given out yet.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs.
Dellie Taylor, of Stoneville, died
Sunday and was buried at North
View ohurch Monday evening.
Mrs. Gus Clark, of Campbell,
was thrown from a mnle whioh
she was riding last Wednesday
and had her leg broken just below
the knee.
The Walnut Cove Hotel opened
Friday with Mr. S. C. Rierson as
manager. The building has re
cently had new furniture put in
and has been repainted on the in
side.
We are glad to learn that Dr. J.
B. Smith, of Pilot Mountain, who
was so badly injured some weeks
ago dy being kioked by his horse,
will soon be able to resume his
professional duties.
Mr. E. C. Sheppard, of Dellar,
was here Monday. Mr. Sheppard
has been right suooessful in get
ting the stock subscribed to the
telephone line from Danbury to
Stuart, Va. Nearly all of the stock
has been taken.
Miller, Wolf & Co.'s store at
Rural Hall was broken into and
robbed Tuesday night. The money
drawer was broken open by the
thief, but some small change and
stamps were not taken. Entrance
to the store was affected through
a window. There is no due to
the gnitty party or parties.
Winston-Salem people will be
interested to learn that Piedmont
Springs Hotel will be run next
season by Mr. J. Spot Taylor, of
Danbury. Piedmont Springs is •
delightful resort, and has always
been popular with Winston-Sa
lem people, and now tkat Mr.
Taylor will assume the manage
ment of the hotel, there is little
doubt that the people who fre
quented the delightful resort in
former yean will enjoy its pleas
ure this summer.—Winston Jour
nal.
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