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W MAKING SUGGESTIONS Mr. French Gives Some Pointers That Will Help Us to Get the 'Hay in at Less Cost and in Better Condition. The hay crop of our territory is, year by year, assuming a stronger place in the minds of the people, and this, in my judg ment, is well. But this crop on very many farms, both North and South, is costing altogether too much to harvest, cases being known where a cost of $5.00 per ton was required to place the hay in the barn or stack. And on the other hand, many more will testify to having harvested this crop, in a large way, at as low as 80 cents per ton. Anyone will admit that if hay can be harvested under right conditions at 80 cents per ton, •$5.00 per ton means too heavy a tax to pay for obsolete methods or inferior judgment in handling the crop and, too, this amount per ton is more than hay is worth in some sections of the United States, and in many sections a $5.00 harvesting charge would •eat up half the selling value of the crop. And even in the sections of our own territory where hay sells regularly at S2O per ton, one fourth of its value seems too much to give up for the harvest ing costs. The main difference in harvesting costs, I have found | by quite careful observation to be based on judgment and ma chinery. When a boy I heard a big Valuable Walnut Cove Real Estate TOR SALE; Having decided to return to my farm I will sell at a bargain all of my property in Walnut Cove as follows: The Ford automobile garage, one Case automobile, the V. W. Ham barber shop, two vacant business lots adjoin ing Dodson hotel, my store house and lot occupied by 0. Higgins, a vacant lot adjoining the storehouse, one lot corner Main and Eighth streets, new dwelling 13 rooms not quite completed, electric light plant furnishing power for town. All this property is located on Main street in the most desirable section of town. At the prices lam quoting it is the best and safest investment available m Stokes county. Look over the prop erty at once, as I mean to sell at a sacrifice price. ' If interested see or write CARLOS DAVIS, At the Bank of Stokes County, Walnut Cove, N. C. as I have placed all my Walnut Cove business in his hands. Please see him and pay any accounts due me. He is authonzed to accept and receipt for the same in my absence. J. WESLEY MOREFIELD, Walnut Cove, N. C. practical farmer say that hay couldn't be cured until it was down, meaning that in order to cure crops of hay economically enough it must be cut at a time to keep men and teams busy while good weather lasted. And this is where the good -judgment comes in. The boss must know what his crowd can handle, when directed to the best advantage by a man who knows, when using the most economical tools possible under his conditions, when these tools are in the best working condition. Then, too, the weather reports should be studied constantly, and if pos sible have the bulk of the cut ting done when the weather i 9 clearing after each storm, so that the entire period between storms miy be utilized in curing and hauling, I know of no piece of work on the farm in which judgment counts for more than in haying and, too, it i 3 the sort of judg ment that must be acquired by constant study, for it is not the kind that may be learned from books. Take it from ml, though, that it is the kind one must have if he would harvest large crops of hay at the minimum of cost in labor. Where a large acreage is to be handled the cutting may well start, in my opinion, by the time the bulk of the plants are in full bloom. The hay will not be quite as heavy as that cut just after the blooms have fallen or even a few days after that time, but if well cured will be of superb quality and the chances are that, even with the early start, much of the crop, will stand too long THE DANBURY REPORTER and the hay become less palatable and nutritious because of grow ing woody. Let every machine that has to be put in commission during hay ing b3 thoroughly overhauled and extra blades, guard plates, rivets, etc., be on hand in abundance. And dont try to scrimp on forks. I have seen a man lose one-third of the day during the height of the season, going to town for a fork to replace a broken one, when the fork could have been purchased at the same price two weeks before and had been wait ing in the shop.—A. L. FRENCH, in The Progressive Farmer, Have a Farm Clean-up Day. All over the South during the month of May many cities and towns are having clean-up days, when al! litter and trash are dis posed of and the premises, front and back, are made presentable. The idea is a good one, and we see no reason why its application should be confined to the towns. We've seen several farms that wouldn't suffer at all from being "tidied" up a little. As a matter of fact, we can see no reason why man should persist in making ugly what (Jod has made beautiful. Trees and green grass are lovely; add to them a sprawling woodpile, a broken-down wagon, a harrow that ought to be in an implement shed, a few rails, some tin cans, plus a collection of miscellaneous odds and ends, and the front lawn ceases to be sightly, and be comes merely "a sight." These things are easily remed ied, and there is no better time than right now to tackle the job. We insist that the view from the front, at least, to the road way, is for mother and the girls. —theirs to make pretty, rather than to be the farm dumping ground for everything that is useless and unsightly. Put the woodpile in ..the rear, near the kitchen, where it belongs; fix that broken-down wagon or sell it for'junk; clean up the and burn what can't be put to some better use. (jet it away from the front, at any rate, and then plant grass and flowers. The change wrought will be wonderful, and will afford new pride in an old farm. Moreover, let's not forget the splendid object le9son that neat ness affords for the farm boy and girl. Our observation has been that slovenliness in one thing usually means sloveliness in another. The man whose lawn is littered with all sorts of junk usually has a poorly kept farm, and his mental processes and ideas are often little less scatter ed and disjointed. Neatness and a place for everything are ex amples that every child should have before it, and a well kept farm is one of the best ways of furnishing such examples.—The Progressive Farmer. "Chamberlain's Tablets Have Done Wonders for Me." I have been a sufferer from' stomach trouble for a number j of years, and although I have used a great number of remedies ! recommended for this complaint,! Chamberlain's Tablets is the first medicine that has given me positive Bnd lasting relief.", writes Mrs. Anna Kadin, Spencer-: port, N. Y. "Chamberlain's Tablets have done wonders for me rnd I valui them very ! highly." Obtainable everywhere. Another Iwi-Sdtd BifMlj. We have in North Carolina 22,- 000,000 idle acres that need to be developed by home-owning farm ers. On the other hand, in 1910 our tenants and renters with their families in the town and country regions made a landless, home less population of 1,158,000 souls. How can we get these people set tled down upon land of their own? How can these idle acres get into cultivation by home owning farmers? How can landlords and landless people come into agreement? These people need the land and this land needs the people. W hat are the difficu'ties in the way of bringing together the two ends of this problem? As a matter of fact, are land lords holding land out of use for speculation rise 3in value? Are they agreedily aware of the fact that farm land in North Carolina increased in value $201,000,000 during the last census period? Or that the increase in land values in the South Atlantic states last year was 19 per cent? Do they hold desirable farm land at prices beyond the reach of in dustrious. thrifty tenants? In many instances, Yes. In many other instances, No. For instance, we found a land lord in Richmond county the other day who really wants to sell off 5000 acres of good farm lind at a reasonable price, on comfortable terms of payment. He is not bothering himself to sell it, and nobody is bothering him to buy it. Such is the situa tion in a county in which two fifths of the white farmers are tenants!— University News Let ter. Rheumatism. If you are troubled with chronic or muscular rheumatism give Chamberlain's Liniment a trial. The relief from pain which it affcrds is alone worth many times its cost. Obtainable everywhere. lei lis Have Pretty and Nice Farm Homes You could not do a better thing to improve general conditions than to stimulate our people to beautif>ing their premises. This is far more wide-reaching than appears on the surface. It will enhance the value of property in our communities, bring in set tlers, help our graded schools, help us all to keep things ship shape and thus save years of time in hunting things which are out of place and finding our tools broken anJ dull at the time we need to use them. It increases the self-respect of people to live in a pretty home. It helps keep the young people on the farms.—MßS. L. L. HOBBS, in Progressive Farmer. A Symbol of Health. The Pythagorians of Ancient Greece ate simple food, practiced temperance and purity. As a badge they used the five pointed star which they regarded as a symbol of health. A red point ed star appears on each package of Chamberlain's Tablets, and still fulfills its ancient mission as a health sign. If you are troubled with indigestion, biliousness or constipation, get a package of these tablets from your druggist. You will be surprised at the quick relief which they afford. Ob tainable everywhere. CALOMEL DYNAMITES YOUR UVER! MAKES YOU SICK AND SALIVATES "Dodsoi's Liver Tone" Starts Your Liver Better Thai Calomel and Yon Don't Lose a Day's Wort Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel fine and cheerful; make your work a pleasure; bo vigorous and full of ambi tion. But take no naaty, dangerous calomel because it makes you sick and you may lose a day's work. 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