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4 r > 3 Farm Department, ? i t ?I CORDBCTED BY J M BEATY > 4 |? ? ??? $,rrrrt r r v r rv rrrr v r r v r*v rv 4 SOME DRAWBACKS. Writing under the above head ing last week I mentioned Ig norance an the first of the three principal drawbacks to the farm er. I mention another this week. 2nd. Liquor Drinking.?This is a subject in which all people everywhere are more or less in terested, but I am discussing it only as it effects the farmer in a financial way. If you should take some statistics which are in reach of all and makesomecalculations you would be surprised at the great sums paid out for strong drink. It is an enormous tax on the people. It keeps things tied | down. It prevents progress and we had just as well realize that there can never be any great prosperity for us so long as this state of affairs exists. If this money could be spent for good papers and books for the home, education for the sons and daughters, the best farm imple ments and other much needed improvements what wonderful ehanges would be wrough t among us in the next few years. rm j t l t.. lue any wnw wut?u mwri;iiaiii?, doctors, lawyers, railroad men and even preachers drank, but that day has about past. Expe rience has taught business and professional men that they can not drink and conduct their affairs so as to succeed. Em ployes have found that they can not drink and hold their jobs. You have heard it said "Take care of the cents and tlie dollars] will take care of themselves." I want to change this a little for those who drink, and say, "Take care of the nickels and dimes and the dollars will takecareof them selves." A small leak will soon empty a barrel or hogshead. So it is with the drinking man's pocket book. Weeds. It will pay at this season to watch the weeds. Many of our worst garden and farm pests have a habit of making up for lost time, which is insidious and an noying. The same sorts that will come up early in spring and spend the entire season and half the summer in maturing seed, will come up in October in the southwest and mature seed before frost. Cockle burrs, and several species of amaranthus will pro duce a crop of seed when not three inches nigh, and many other weeds do the same. These nuis ances possess wonderful vitality, as is shown by the efforts made to reproduce their kind by a hasty maturity when they have no otoer resource. The proper tiling to do is to keep an eye on them, or two eyes, and when one appears attack it, uproot it, and before throwing it away see that it has no partly matured seeds. If it has, cremation or burning up is the effectual remedy. Don't put this duty off till tomorrow, for very soon the seeds will be matured ami another crop next year will be the result.? Exchange. The above is a little out of season However, it is a point every farmer should get in m od. Troublesome kinds of weeds should not be allowed to go to seed. Around the garden, on ditch banks and on meadow land is where they grow best. Much valuable hay is lost because these weeds outgrow the grass.?En. Asleep Amid t-lames. Breaking into a blazing home some firemen lately dragged the sleeping inmates from death. Fancied security, and death near. It's that way when you neglect coughs and colds. Don't do it. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption gives perfect pro tection against all throat, chest and lung troubles. Keep it near, and avoid suffering death, and doctor's bills. A teaspoonful stops a late cough, persistent use the most stubborn. Harmless and nice tasting, it's guaranteed to satisfy by Hood Bros. Price 50c and fl.OO. Trial bottles free. I have on hand a full supply of bagging and ties. W. M. Sa.ndkiis. Planting Small Grain. The season for planting wheat, barley and rye is now upon us and it behooves every man who advocates the policy of living at home on the farm, to be active in getting his lands ready for seeding down in small grain, between the middle of October and the last week in November should cover the period of sowing winter grain in Georgia and ad jacent states. with the exception of oats, which crons should be planted between the middle of September und the first of No vember if a good crop from fall j seeding is desired. Unless the oat crop is planted i early, and the plants given an opportunity to root out and se cure a good hold in the soil, a serious cold spell in .January or February is most likely to prove either fatal or damaging. With oats it has been clearly demon strated by practical experiment on an extensive scale in all parts of the south, that if the crop is drilled instead of being sown j broadcast, there is little or no danger of the roots of the plants being killed by the severest freezes we have in February. It makes no particular differ ence whether the seed oats are distributed with a regular grain drilling machine or whether the furrows are laid off close together and the seed put in with a guano distributor. As a matter of economy and desirability the im proved implement is best, but in .1 i m ?m i.t .Lllii. i. . me aosence hi uuauciui uuiia.y 10 purchase adrilling machine, some effort ought to be made to plant the crop in cl >se shallow furrows. Whenever any improved system has bee i clearly demonstrated to our satisfaction as being better than old ones the progressive men of the country should at once adopt it. PREPARING LAM) FOR WHEAT. Land for wheat should be of fair natural fertility, and then manured according to the ability of the planter. Wheat requires, to make good growth ami devel opment, all the elements of uj complete fertilizer, particularly] that of nitrogen, it is a nitro genous feeder, and analysis shows that a considerable quan tity of that element must go into the grain to perfect it. The natu ral plant foods in anysoilcannot De rendered available to the de mands of p ant life, unless the soil has been thoroughly broken up and pulverized. The nearer we put soil in the condition of an ash bank, the nearer we come toward making that soil open up its storesof plant food. Hence it must he insisted that the first requisite of the successful grain grower is to get his lands in as near perfect tilth as possible. Aside from rendering these natu ral plant foods available by thor ough preparation of lands, it is a fact known to all farmers that the young arid tender roots of small grain will more successfully { oranch out in search for what it] needs, than where the soil is full of clods and hardness. 1 have shown in a previous article that in South Dakota where the finest crops of wheat in the union are annually raised, the soil freezes to a depth of four feet in winter, and while thawiiur out in the spring during planting time and j later, it becomes fully pulverized to the depth. What nature does for the north west we are forced to do, or should do as nearly as possible with the plow and har row. break the laud as deeply as possible and then harrow until the soil is in proper condition. Labor is becoming a serious problem on many tarms in the south, and whenever it is not possible to prepare as large an area as d? sired, cut the acreage down and do well, that which is done at all. better results will be obtained and a bigger and more satisfactory profit on the undertaking will be r ali/.-d ir harvest time. Now this tpies ion of preparing the land, >uth i >r the tieid crop and patches is n most important one and should receive the attention it merits. The average yield of wheat per acre in Georgia is enti-ely too low, compared with the possi bilities of the soil and wh.it has been and is being produced here every year bv men who lake a deep interest in that crop. I he average should be easily raised from 12 to 15 bushels p<-r a ere to 25 arid 30 bushels per acre. KKItTILIZINO AND PLASTIXU. In all of rny experience in gr w ing wheat on the red lands of middle Georgia, covering a period of the past 20 years, I am free to confess that no fertilizer has ever given me the results obtained from the liberal application of green cotton setnl and I do not think any fertilizer formula for the wheat crop has ever been made up out of any other mate rial wnich is superior. Hut the farmers all over the country have gotten into the habit ot either selling their see<l straight out to the oil mills or else exchanging the seed for meal. As the meal its not in itnelf a complete ferti izer, it its necessary to add the other two elements of potash and ohos phoric acid to make it so. Where a commercial fertilizer is used, either bought from the manufac turer complete or the ingredients mixed at home, the following formula has been tried sufficiently to recommend its use generally on all wheat lauds in this and ad joining states: Acid Phosphate (14 per cent)....280 pounds Cot to Muriate of Potaah 50 pounds Apply this mixture to each acre or reduce in proportionate parts. If kainit is used in place of muri ate, take 200 pounds. In March apply o0 pounds of nitrate of soda broadcast per acre on the wheat as a top dressing. The nitrate of soda imparts new life and vigor to the plants, and pushes the crop rapidly for ward in its growth toward ma turity. In planting wheat, either in drills or broadcast, the grain should be lightly covered. It is bad policy to sow wheat broad cast on unbroken land and then plow it in with a turn plow, try ing to do two things at once, breaking and covering. Prepare the land first and ilien plant with a drilling machine, or if sown broodcast, cover with a harrow, l ? pp ? * i dressing on wirn a coiiiinon smoother or roller. A field of wheat, where the land has been properly prepared and fertilized, with the grain nicely planted, will always present an attractive ap pearance from time of planting to harvest. There is no better variety of wheat, for the south, and Georgia especially, than the little Geor gia purple stem. The heads are small, compact, always well filled under good culture and the yield in every instance superior to other varieties shipped in here from adistance. Plant one bushel per acre, though some of our best wheat producers advocate one and a quarter bushels. Never plant wheat without soaking itaj few hours in a solution of blue I stone. One pound of blue stone melted in boiling water and mixed with enough water to emerse five bushels of grain is about the. right proportion. There will be | no smut in the field the following j spring if this rule is adopted, as j the blue stone will kill out the smut germ before the grain isj planted. SMALL, PATCHK8. No farmer should neglect hav-i ing an acre or two planted either in wheat, barley or rye, as a green patch for grazing or cutting dur- j ing winter for stock and cattle, j No home m the country looks j complete without these green j patches surrounding it, and no! tinner is doing his duty by his stock unless lie takes the time! and pains to have this green feed I in ubundunce for them during I the long months of winter when | every t iling in the pasture has be a killed by freezes. There is no more beautiful sight in winter | than fields of green grain. Aside from their beauty, they help in the commendable desire to make the farm self-sustaining. Hit ring the pant few years the | farmers of (ieorgiahaveexhihited a disposit ion a long this line which ! if persisted in will solve many perpl 'Xing problems and free them from dependence so much j on the grain iields of the west. I toi ler mills are being built in j ninny sections of the state, and in such localities 1 have noticed | that farmers tire independent ot j western flour, and that the mer-1 chants hand I * i he product of our | milis in all towns where they are ioc ' e l. These tire hopeful signs, a nl point unerringly to the not . i . v when our people will oi'," no i ? live at home ana enjoy | the ei Tom of old time pros-1 n rity -ilarvie Jordan, in At iantn Journal. t 1fsbf'i ch?rn,in* '-8 the ' ij mellow glow that H 1 i Li CORDOVA m fax Candles W -? i Hr? j.?red it: man# tints ? ?* i to I'umnmt* with s%r ? ru lKs in din in g * \ lu'im, drawing room, ,? Kmhfrz ? iwd room or hall. Sold / MKf Aiad? l 1 4 ^ Look! Dixii' l'l.ows 88c Each ^VA/e- Sell Hardware and Furniture Regardless of CosG Our Furniture it made in Dunn anil we cau tave you the freight. We carry th largest line of Rubber. Gandy and Leather Belting. Engine and Mill Supplies 1. this part of North Carolina, anil can till your orders promptly Write us for price* Dunn Hardware and Furniture company, DUNN. N G. SCHOOL BOOKS. We have now on hand a a full supply of the new public school books adopted by the Board of Education to be used in the public schools of North Carolina and will exchange lor all old books of like grade at the exchange price. We also have a stock of Dry Goods, Shoes, Notions, ?V HATS, ETC., X Which we will be glad to show to the trade. See our StODG Crusher Tie purchasing your Fall Shoes. Come to see us before buying your fall goods. You s truly, TURLEY & STALLINGS, CLAYTON, N. C. OT?2m DON'T FORGET The Big Racket Store When you Come to Town. Mere you can find almost any little thing you want. I am selling out my sum you slime bargains.^My^Une Fall <111(1 Wijltei' GOCClS "f SiTa ^ 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 50 cents per pair. Suspenders 5 to 50 cents. Laces and Embroideries, Combs ai d Brushes. HEAVY L.INE OF DRY GOODS, LADIES AND GENTS- UNDERWEAR CHEAP. BIG LOP CROCKERY AND TINWARE. Nice Jewelry, Nice 1< t French Candy just received. Call to see iny stock. I can save vou m ney W. H. PEACOCK, SMITHFIELD, N. C. COTTON IS HIGHER BUT PRICES ARE AWAY DOWN AT Hall's Hardware House. See them opening their new line of Hard/ ware, Stoves, Ranges, North Carolina Made Harness, Rubber and Gandy Belting. Pure Buck Lead, Paints, OJs, Varnishes, Etc. Thanking you for your custom, E. L. HALL, MM li 11 l II ? 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A lot of Dry Goods just rec ived. Shoes a spe cialty. I keep also Notions, Hats, Groceries, Glassware, tinware, Can/ dies, Medicines, Toys and General Merchandise. I can sell you goodi cheap as auybody and cheap as they can be sold. ALEX. WIGGS, PINE LEVEL, N. C. OS-im BUY THE CELEBRATED AUBURN WAGON. The Auburn Wagon Co. have consigned to nie one car load one and two horse wagons which I will sell cheap for cash or on time. Come to see me before buying Respectfully, W. L. FULLER, 5MITHFIELD, N. C. At a New Stand I SHALL OCCUPY the corner store in front of the depot in order to have room for my fall stock. Dry Goods, Notions, Groceries, FRUITS, CONFECTIONERIES and Vegetables can be bought of me as cheap as the cheapest I ask your patronage. W. H. WESTBR0OX, PINE LEVEL, N. C. 0?-am
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