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ft V>. & A ft 4 ft A Aft iAAftftftft ft A ft ft ' .* ?<. ] *! Farm Department.; b ??: COUOU TED BY J. M. BEATY b *! I TV T ? V VTTT TV r V ? ? V TV. VTTTT ?i SOV WHEAT. Much wheat has a'reudy Im sowii !>ut th" greater p#rt of the crop ill this county will he put in between now and November 15th. Cert ainly rliis mat tershould have your immediate attention. Al though not so good it will do if sown by December 1st. A fetv fiiriia rs sow in l)e<*eruberbut they can hardly expect a large yield. AVla n we insist on sowing wheat we are told by some that they do not believe the crop will pay. If you feel this way about the mat ter try a small place in wheat. Have it so that as soon as the wheat is cut you can put your hogs in the field to gather up what is left. Then sow the land iu peas manured with a little Acid and Kainit. Many good fa rmers use only Acid, but it is better if you have the Kainit. Cut the pea vines for feed for your stock. The next year plant the land in cotton and you will make five to ten dollars per acre more of cot toil than if you had [ait the land iu cotton the previous year. Counting all advantages you will find it pays you well to sow wheat. WOOD FOR THE WINTER. In the North and Went, where the winters are so cold, farmers look ahead and see to it that wood is provided for the winter. Here where we have very few heavy snows and no long spells of bad weather they let each day look out for itself. It is surpris ing how little attention is given to this matter. If you happen to be traveling and it begins to snow you do not have to go far before you have passed at least a dozen farmers who are out trying to haul up wood which they should have hauled before the bad weather set in. Thousands of farmers who pro vide everything else for their families will not provide wood for them. They live from hand to mouth so far as wood is con cerned. Cooking is often poorly done because wet or unseasoned wood has to be used. Women and chil dren frequently suffer with cold because there is no wood on the yard or none cut up. Some burn fat lightwood just because it is easier to get than other wood. Every man should, if possible, build a shelter so that when the wood is hauled and cut up it can be thrown under the shelter and kept dry. It takes but one time to jtepare the winter's wood and it should lie done while the weather is good. Then you have no fears if it looks like snow is coming. The same forethought and good judgment shown in other things if put to practice in preparing wood, you can readily see, would add much to the comfort of your home. Try it. Encouraging the Farmer. In every change from normal conditions, whether excessive heat or cold, flood or drought, we get some benefits. A manufacturer of a large ar ticle of commerce complained that certain little fellows were in juring his trade by producing in ferior goods and underselling him. He said: "They do not make any money and prevent us from mak ing money also." A farmer re plied: "Mr. C., it is just such men as vou that raise cotton at acost of 1 'J'2 cents per pound for which you only get S cents per pound that keep us farmers from making money. Last spring every fel low who could get land, fertilizer and team planted cotton. This made labor scarce and injured thousands of farmers all over the South. Many left the towns and cities to make money bv raising cotton. Some abandoned the fields early in the summer but most of them held on. hoping the rains would stop and givethecrop a ? han< <fto do something later. We all know the result. Many strong men who were earning from 7"i cents to $1 .50 per day i will not get 25 cents a day for their work. The factories ill the < towns onl cities have I wen in- I juivd, many merchants sent to : 'lie wall, the horse dealers put in i hard places, and the regular f inn < its hurt, too. flie cotton crop is very short inspire of t he increased acreage. j but the price is very low. It the , larinersalon-had planted cotton, | the price would have remained , up and fancy prices would he , paid for this year's crop. We are elan that these periodi cal farmers will he outof the way ; for awhile. Farmers can have j all the business to themselves next year. Thousands of t hese periodical farmers curse the day t hat they left good jobs to in ike money funning. Of course, such i times make the best farmers u little blue, but now is the time forYis to enlarge and put forth our best eft irts for the coming season. A few years ago Irish potatoes paid well and next year seed could scarcely besupplied,so many wanted to plant; the result was that some farmers had to send money to pay freight on po tatoes. It is said that there wet e 40 miles of cars in New York F'ity alone loaded with Southern po tatoes. The regular truckers have been making money every year since then. It is so easy to see the bright side of every occu pation, but experience aloue w ill I show the trouble and cost. Now ijs the time to buy some of l the best farms over the country. i VI .1 lit. V..1I,.,,- ..ill ?ull ii..'u. xvho could not have been induced to sell lust spring at any reason able priee. Nearly all the mil lionaires made their money buy ing stock when the price was very low and when such stock did not pav any dividends. We are greatly pleased to see so much hay. You cannot pass a field without seeing stacks of it. This alone will compensate many farmers for their loss. Not only will benefits be derived from this hay crop, but they will realize that hay is one of the best crops that the Southern farmer can raise to make money on. Let us say again, put in a large. crop of oats. The higher the j price of seed, the more important it is that the crop should be en larged.?Harry Farmer in Pio gressive Farmer. Farming: in Connecticut. Connecticut has 22,084 farms, and the same number of farmers.! The census does not tell us how many farmers' boys there are on these farms, but there ought to be three on each farm which would make the total number nearly 70,000, and yet we are told that Connecticut cannot sustain and I does not need an agricultural col-| lege. On these Connecticut farms there are 010 men employed as managers. Would not every one of these managers be better fitted for his work if he had had a course j of training at a good agricultural j school? Will not the boys who take such a course be better fitted to become farm managers than j those who do not? Of the nearly 23,000 farms in Connecticut 7,700 are devoted j chiefly to diarv produce, 6,070 to live stock, 1,810 to tobacco rais ing, 1,554 to vegetables, 803 fo hay and grain, and 444 to fruit. Of what other kind of education is there so much neeu in this J state as the education that will fit young men and women to operate successfully these thous ands of farms, and the other thousands of farms that will be cultivated as the population and the consequent demand fcr what the farm can produce shall in-1 crease? Connecticut larnis prouuceu in the year 1 899 71.969,862gallons of milk, and 4.591,789 pc undsof hutter, which with the cream and cheese was worth the great sum of #7,090,188. In thesame year the 1,100,000 low1 s in Connecti cut produced 7,959,430 dozens of eggs, valued at $1,523,319. j The sales of poultry amounted to $984,207. It is not necessary to go to college to find out how to keep hens, ducks and geese, but we remember to have heard something recently about a grad ] uate of Vale university having I given up another profession for which he had fitted himself in order to devote himself to the ! raising of ducks somewhere down j on the shores of the Sound. This I would seem to indicate that a I college education is, at least, no disqualification for the poultry business. The census tells us that al though the number of hens in this state was actually smaller in j 1899 than in 1889, vet there wits an increase of over 41 jier cent in the totul number of eggs pro duced. This would indicate either ' I hat the hens a if bet tet* etl ilea ted ihun forim fly.?> >? el we that their lAiierw 8re. ? hie of the things night a* Storrs iw hotv to make ie11w lav, and obviou?lv this iw j. me of the thiturs worth kno vintr, ?veil if vol] g i III ,.,,|1 ir,. 1,1 ir, | ' he knowledge. ( The iiniiilier of cows in t hestute is just about theaatneaw 10 years 1 mo, bti' tJ,H total production of lliilk has ilierensed oil .'t tier relit. Hid the average per c <w li is in-' ?reHsed K pel- rent. He e we - have a remarkable proof of more j intelligent*" in the rare <t rows and givat progress in the dairy industry. 1L pays to.put brains into farming, and it pays an Vmeriraii state to maintain a brood, up-to date agricultural col lege. The iiusiness of farming in Connecticut is increasing tind im proving iit a reiuarkatde rate Who talks about abolishing tie Agricultural college at Storrs?? Itiirtl'ord Times. Advice as to the Cotton Crop. We have just received the fol lowing suggestions front l'r if. W. F. Miissey. They were evi dently written some weeks ago, being now a little unseasonable, but may b 'considered with profit in the growing of future crops. lie says: " While we have time and again argued that, the cot ton farmer, by the use of a short rota t ion.in which the peas are brought in frequently on the land, can avoid the purchase of nitrogenous . fertilizers, and in tact, can finally bring his land into such a condi- i tion that he will need 110 fertilizers | except a liberal application of ' phospluv ic acid and potash on the pea crop preceding the cotton planting, still the cultivation of the soil is a matter so dependent upon seasonal conditions and rainfall, or its absence, that no iron clad rule can alwa.vs be fol ed, and there are times when the success ot the crop depends upon a quick taking of ineasuresforits safety. Then, if after the heavy \ rains, we find that the cotton has put on a yellowish tint, we may be sure that tome immediately available nitrogen is needed, and the watchful farmer will not hesi tate to apply it. On one occa sion, at least, we have seen the entire difference between a top crop and 110 t(^> crop made by a top dressing as late as August, when here and there a boll was opening. The portion of the field J top dressed made a fine top crop, while the remainder did not.? Progressive Farmer. Sorghum Seed. When the sorghum is ripe and still standing in the field, I go out among it and when I find a nice, strong stalk I cut the head off it, leaving about a foot of the ' stalk with the head. When I have cut all I want I tie the heads in bunches of about a dozen each, and hang them up to dry. < When well dried I put them in a secure place where I leave them : till planting time the following spring. 1 then take the heads in my hand one at a time and strike them on the inside of a barrel until the seed is all shelled off. In this way T have seed that is sure to grow ? W. 0. Denny, l'iasa, 111. STOPS PAIN Athens, Tenn., Jan. 27, 1901. Ever since the first appearance of my j menses they were very irregular an(l I I suffered with great pain in my hips, back, stomach sad legs, with terrible bearing down pains in the abdomen. During the past month I have been taking Wine of Cardui and Thedford's Black-Drau ht, and I passed the month ly period without pain for the first time in years. Nannie Davis. What is life worth to a woman suffer ing like Nannie Davis suffered? Yet there are women in thousands of homes * to-day who are bearing those terrible B menstrual pains in sihnce. II you are ? one of these we want to say that this I same WtfJE"CAf!DU!|: will bring you permanent relief. Con- I sole yourself with the knowledge that |! 1,000.000 women have been comp'Mely l cured by Wine ol Cardui. These worn- | 1 en suflered from leucorrhoea, irregular p menses, headache, backache, and L bearing down pains. Wine of Cardui will stop all these aches and pains ] lor you. Purchase a $1.00 bottle of Wine of Cardui lo-day and take It in the privacy of your home. ? 1 Of advice and literature, addrvw. giving sytnp ? torn a, "The I^utiea' A??vlm?rjr l>epartin<nt," ? The rhntlancogA Medietas C?>?% Chafanooga, M Term. Look! imxn: im.ows5 8c Each . r?~. - ~ ??LVt* Hardware and Furniture Regardless of Co- , Our Furniture is made iu Dunn and we cuii ?ave you the fii i^ht. We carry tl> irires' line of Rubber, Gandy and Le ither Belling, Engine and Mill Supplies i lis put of North Carolina, and can flil your orders promptly Writ.- us for price Dunn Hardwire and furniiurc company, DUN IN. N. C. ?SM SX*Sa&?& ^ | WW GOODS | in Jus: received at our stor?' a la?ge stock of new poods yj Jp for the fall and winter trade. Big stock of \}Q f' Dry Goods, Dress Goods and Trimmings, H NOTIONS AND HATS. & H Shoes to lit and suit everybody. Dress Shoes a jj Q specialty. y# I doming lor Men, Boys and Children B It will please you in quality and price. |2 jgj The ladies are invited to examine our new millinery. ? mil ALLEN it BU0LI1ER, % * ? BENSON, N, C, B J A28?3m S **1^* ******** * Silverware. / I wish to call your attention to the fact that 1 have just added to my stock a complete line of tilverv* are. It is ROGERS BROTHERS' 1847 GOODS and consists of Knives, Forks, Table and Tea Spoons,VV.V.V Soup Ladles, Sugar Shells, Etc. [ Carry a Full Line of Spectacles and other Optical Goods. A large stock of Watches, Clocks and jewelry always on hand. Repairing a specialty. 2all and see me in my new place in the Professioal Building, T. C. JORDAN, 317?tf Smithfield, N. C. miLLIINER V And Other Goods. Just r- ceived my new stock of Fall and Winter Millinery. HATS IN DIFFERENT STYLES, Shapes and colors trimmed to order. A full line of Silks, Satins, Ribbons, Fancy Hat Pins and other hat trimmings as cheap as can be sold. Miss Willie Creech has charge of Millinery Department. I Keep also a lull stock olDry Goods, Notions, Hals, SHOES, GROCERIES AND GENERAL MERCHANDISE. A. CREECH, )15?2m Four Oaks, N. C. DON'T FORGET The Big Racket Store When you Come to Town. Here you can find almost any little thing you want. I am selling out my sum mit some bargains. rM}miine Fall and Winter Goods of Shoes going at near cost. NEW GOODS COMING IN DAILY. LOOK AT THESE PRICES. Soap at 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 cents cake. Needles, 1 to 5 cents paper. Hose 4 to 15 cents per pair. Gloves 15 to 60 cents per pair. Suspenders 6 to 60 cents. Laces and Embroideries, Combs and Brushes. HEAVY LINE OF DRY GOODS, LADIES AND GENTS' UNDERWEAR CHEAP. BIG LOT CROCKERY AND TINWARE. Nice Jewelry. Nice le t French Candy just received. Call to sec my stock. I can save you mcney W. H. REACOGK, SMITHFIELD, N. C. MOVED To Brick Store, We have moved across the railroad to the new brick build ing near the Selina Manufac turing Co. \Ve r hall keep a complete line of GROCERIES, FRUITS, CONFECTiOfiEHIES AND VEGETABLES Canned Goods for sale Coun try Produce a specialty. Come and see us at our new stand. J. M. VINSON & CO., Sulma, N. C. July 1-tf. CLOTHING /\IND A OTHER GOODS, IF YOU WANT CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, SEWING MACHINES, COLLARS, TIES and other Gent's Fur' nishing Goods CALL TO SEE ME. I make Clothing my spe cialty and keep men's, youth's and hoys' suits in good grades as well as cheap grades. K. KORNECAY, 08-2m Pine Level, N. C. FALL and Winter Good s A lot of Dry Goods just rec ived. Shoes a spc cialty, I keep also Notions, Hats, Groceries, Glassware, tinware, Can dies, Medicines, Toys and General Merchandise. I can sell you good* cheap as anybody and cheap as they can be sold. ALEX. WIGGS, PINE LEVEL, N. C. Oft-2m BUY THE CELEBRATED AUBURN WAGON. ] The Auburn Wagon Co. have consigned to me one car load one and two horse wagon# which I will sell cheap for cash or on time. Come to see me before buying Respectfully, W. L. FULLER, SMITHFIELD, N. C. At a New Stand I SHALL OCCUPY the corner store in front of the depot in order to have room fur my fall stock. Dry GoGds, Notions, Groceries FRUITS, CONFECTIONERIES and Vegetables can he bought of me as cheap as the cheapest. I ask your patronage. W. a. WESTBRGOX, PINE LEVEL. N. C. Otf Cm
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