Farm Department,
Conducted bv J. M. Bkaty.
The Comparative Value ot Cow
Peas and Soy Means.
Tbe year 1902 gave the writer
a season of experiences with rich
results. He bus contended that
when better known the soy bean
would be, ae u farm and feed
crop, second only tocorn. Kvents
in 1902 bring the matter right
to the door of dairymen, feeders, [
breeders and farmers.
Ail kinds of ordinary hay and
fodders can be perfectly cured
and housed. The farm bears ev
idence that curing cowpea hay is I
a difficult problem, too often a
total failure.
In ten year's experience more
than one-third of the time we
have either lost all or a large
part of our pea hay. Our best
seasons we have lost a part of
the best of it?the leaves. If
rained on after they are cut, the
leaves, stems and vines turn
black, the leaves shatter off, we
get into the barn a lot of stringy
stuff with a hempen fiber so
tough stock cannot masticate it,
and have a big waste. The qual
ity of the feed is seriously injur
ed.
For hogging off, for pasture,or
to plow under we regard the cow
oea a wonderful cron
In this correspondence we have
given tables from the bulletins of
the Department of Agriculture,of
Washington, 1). C., showing that
as a means of taking nitrogen
from the air and fixing it in the
soil, the soy bean stands first,
clover second and cowpeas third
We have also shown from the
letter of Mr. James Dell wood, of
Virginia, that he has thrashed
"over one hundred bushels of
soy beans from one acre of rich
'James River' bottom land," No
man in Virginia has high* r
standing or character thanCapt.
Dell wood. We copied from these
bulletins that analysis show*
that one bushel of so.v beans haH
a feeding value equivalent to
more than three bushels of corn.
Then (1 don't say it, but the
I'nited States says) this one acre
of beans was worth more than
800 bushels of coru for feeding
purposes.
We have also given tables
showing that corn fodder and
soy beau hay, equal parts, make
a perfectly "balanced ration."
The difficulty of getting seed
that would grow, aud harvesting
soy beaus, have l- >pt them in the
background. \\ h our better
knowledge botn are overcome.
The soy bean is so rich in nit
rogen that if thrashed aud put
in bulk with the least moisture
in the seeds they will heat enough
to injure the germ. That part
of the crop the farmer wants for
seed he should let stand until the
leaves fall off, then cut, shock
and let stand until the seed is
dry, thrash and put in sacks (do
not bulk) aud store in a dry
place. Thus treated every seed
wiltgrow. The idea is to thor
oughly eliminate all moisture. A
common separator thrashes them
as easily as oats.
HARVESTING AND CURING THE
CROP.
Previous to 1902 we have beeu
able to cut aud bind a few bun
dles in a comparatively green
state. They cured out perfectly,
but following the cutting we had
ideal curing weather, hot with
fresh wiuds. We feared to put it
out t^ the public lest wet, muggy
weather might cause "hem to
, heat and mould, in 1902 we de
termined to test the matter, and
found a machine that could cut
and bind them in their greenest
stage. The weather was cloudy,
with showers every few days.
We selected about three acres of
very heavy beans from ?'}% to 5
feet high, in full bloom (their
greenest stage). We cut them in
the afternoon, leaving them on
the ground to wilt aud dry out
a few days before shocking.
That night a hard shower wet
the bundles thoroughly. They
were shocked the next day as we
would wheat.
A few days after they were
shocked we had a dowu-pour.
The dense and immense foliage
turned the water off like a duck's
feathers, then followed four weeks
of cloudy and showery weather
ideal to test thequeation whether
soy beans cut green and tightly
bound would cure out into per
fect auimal feed. They were six
weeks, until perfectly cured aud
dry, and when fed out not a
moulded bundle was found.
Two days before we cut the
beans we cut four acres of cow
peas. The continued wet weather
caused us to lose the pea forage
?it rotted. Hut we got a fair
crop of pea seed.
The superiority of the soy bean
trz r
over auy other crop will be em- |
pb&su.d iu our future farming
by growing ho.v beau* alone for
feed, pasture and to plow down.
?Robert C. Morris in Progressive (
Farmer.
A Good Use tor Bugs
To the su bject of insects, harm- I
ful and beneficial, more attention
is (riven here than in any other
State in the union. Here was
the first applied the discovery
that there were insects that feed
upon and destroy the various
white, black and purple scale in- 1
sects that kill the orange, olive
and other fruit producing trees.,
This discovery has resulted in
importing and breeding the va
rious lady bugs which have made
our citrus .crop safe. We have
learned the use of another kind
of useful insect. The lady bugs
swarm upon scale covered trees
and keep up a perpetual picnic,
increasing as they go, until the
orchard is cleaned entirely. Then
Mr. Crawford found that we have
a minute insect, a native of tlis
golden west, wliich, properly en
couraged, moves into the black
scale, iuhabils it as a place of
residence and proceeds to eat up
its habitation, and then moves
with its increased family into
others. This little friend of ours
does not increase fast enough to
entirely overtake the black scale,1
which outbreeds it, but it does
destroy from oue to three quart
ers of the black scale every year,
and the black ladybird of Aus
tralia does the rest.
v? e got the San Jose scale from
China. It arrived before we had
our immigration laws against
such aliens, and was unfortunate
ly named the San Jose scale, to
the injury of the good name of
that splendid fruit region in the
Sunta Clara valley. It is now
nearly exterminated here, thanks
to another internal parasite and
a ladybird bearing the royal
name of rhizobius toowoombae.
The San Jose scale was carried
east and as the use of beneficial
insects is not as well understood
there as here, it has in some sec
tions become the terror of horti
culture.
A cheap aud admirable remedy
is something that has been ea
gerly sought by fruit growers,
and as bugs seem to fill these re
quirements more nearly than
anything yet discovered, a new
commercial industry may yet be
established in this product of the
west.?San Francisco Call,
How to Manage Sheep and Lambs
Through Summer and Fall.
The sheep and lambs should
have pleuty of pasture. If they '
can have the run of a woods,
they will eujov pickingthe briers,!
weeds and sprouts, and tbeshades
of the trees will make a more
pleasant place for them, in the
neat of the day, than the fields.
If they can also have the run of
afield, they will enjoy grazingj
there in the cool of the day, and j
the grass is more nutritious than
that in the woods.
It is important that they have i
fresh, pure water. It is better if j
they can have water in a trough,
from a well or spring, than to
drink from a branch or marshy
place. Liver fluke and other
diseases are caused by drinking
or grazing on marshy ground.
Hut few shepherds have sheds
in the pasture for the sheep in
summer, out tney are a prime
necessity for your sheep if they
are to do their best. 1 prefer a
shed made in sections, so that it
may be moved from one place to
another when desired, l'ut it on
the highest and poorest knoll
in the Held. When the Held is
put in corn, the shed having
been removed to another pasture,
that knoll will bring the best
corn of any part of the Held.
Have windows in the shed, and
cover them with burlap to make
it dash and keep the Hies out.
Tack burlap at the top of the
door, letting it hang dowD loose.
Then sheep will go in and out
under the burlap, and the Hies
will not bother them when in the
shed. They will also learn to j
go to the shed to get out of the
rain. Have a salt box in the
shed, and keep it filled with four
parts salt one part sulphur and
five parts wood ashes. This is
the best medicine I have ever
used to keep them free from |
stomach worms. It will also do
| much towards driving the ticks
from their wool.
The lambs may be weaned at
4% to 5 months old. If the lambs I
are to go to market in the fall,
they should have some grain in
addition to good pasture. Keep
them growing right along until
the}' are sold.?Indiana farmer.
Cheerfulness is health; its op
posite, melancholy, is disease.?
Haliburton.
:acts Worth Knowing About the
Panama Canal
Kstimated cost of the Panama
'anal. #200,(KM),000.
Amount pan! French Company
[or the title, #40,000,000.
Amount paid Panama Govern
ment for peri>etual lease of canal
lands, #10,000,000.
Length of canal, 40 miles.
Canal width varies from 250
to 500 feet at the top, the bot
tom width beiug 150 feet.
There will be five twin locks of
concrete masonry, each lock 708
feet long and 82 feet wide, with a
lifting capacity of 30 to 32 feet. ;
Lake Bobio (artificial) covers
31 square miles.
Alhajuela Lake (artificial)
covers 5,900 acres, and will
furnish motive power for opera
ting the locks and lighting the
canal from ocean to ocean.
Distance from New York to
San Francisco by old route, 13,
714 miles; by the route through
the canal, 5,299 miles.
Distance from New York to
Manila by present route via San
Francisco and Yokohama, 19,-1
530 miles.
Distance from New York to
Manila by Panama Canal via
San Francisco and Yokohama,
11,585 miles.
Distance saved in a sailing trip
around the world by the new
route through the Panama
Canal. 2,708 miles.
The Panama Canal was prac
tically begun in 1883 by the
French Company. They had
completed about two fifths of
the length, when because of [
fraudulent management the com
pany failed, and the work ceased
in 1889.? June Woman's Home
Companion.
Cured His Mother of Rheumatism
"My mother has been a sufferer for
many years with rheumatism," says W.
H. Howar , of Husband, Pa. "At times
she was unable to move at ail, while at
all times walking was painful. I present
ed hei with a bottle of Chamberlain's
Pain Halm and after a few applications
she decided it was the most wonderful
pain reliever she had ever tried, in fact,
he is never without it now and it at all
ti nes able to walk. An occasional ap
plication of Pain Balm keeps aw y the
pain that she was formerly troubled
with." For sale by llood Bros, Selma
Drug Co., and Benson Drug Co.
Why He Was Listened To.
It its said that Dr. .Joseph Par
ker was once asked how he man
aged to draw thousands to his i
City Temple simply to hear hint
preach. His reply is character-1
istic:
"'You would understand if you
read my library."
"Is it a good one?"
?'(), it's good, bad, indifferent, i
grand, and squalid," answered j
the mighty talker. "It's every-;
thing. It's in underground trains j
tind on 'busses, in aerated tea
shops, smart restaurants, at
churches, stations, parties, re
ceptions, meetings, jubilees, and
sick beds; you find it in prisons
and boudoirs. The fact is, you
can never get away from it. We
call it 'human nature,' for want
of a better name, I study it?
that's why I call it my library.
Most men don't, you see. But
that's why I am listened to."?
The Classmate.
Summer Colds.
Summer colds, usually hang on stub
bornly and are hard to cure. Rvdale's
Elixir speedily cures summer colds and
lingering coughs. Tuis modern scien
tific remedy is a prescription, especially
adapted to the successful treatment of all
chronic, throat or lung diseases. If you
ate attlicted with a summer cold or ling
ering cough. get a trial bottleof Rydale's
Elixir. You'll be surprised at the re
sult. Trial size, :25c. family size 50c.
Hood Bros.. J. R. Ledbetter.
The Meaning of "Imbibes."
Teacher?"Have you looked
up the meaning of the word
'imbibes,' Fanny?"
Fanny?"Yes, ma'am."
Teacher?" Well, what does it
mean?"
Fanny?"To take in."
Teacher?"Yes. Now give a
sentence using the word."
Fanny?"My aunt imbibes
boarders."?June Woman's
Home Companion.
Ladles and Children
who can not stand the shocking strain
of laxative sprups and cathnrllc pills
are especially fond of Little Early Risers.
All persons who find it necessary to take
n liver medicine should try these easy
pills, and compare tho agreeably pleas
ant and strengthening effect with the
nauseating and weakening conditions
following the ubc of other remedies.
Little Early Risers cure biliousness, con
stipation. sick headache. Jaundice, ma
laria and liver troubles, sold by Ilood
Bros., J. W. Benson, and .J. R. Led
better.
Count l)e Staylute?"When I
was a youngster L used to ring
doorbells and then run away."
Misa lie Hint?"And now you
ring them and stay."?Buffalo
News.
BAD BLOOD
Reveals itself ill many ways. Some
times the impurities in the blood mark
and mar the akin with blotches, pimples,
bods or other eruptions. Sometimes the
re.Miu 01 oau nioou is
rheumatism or a debili
tated condition which is
popularly <1 escribed as
k "feeling played
I out. Unruly able
to drag myself
Hpjj around."
The impurities
4 and poisons which
1 corrupt the blood, clog
J the liver and cloud the
I skin are removed by the
m use of Doctor Pierce's
? Golden Medical Discov
I ery. It does more than
[ eliminate the poisons ; it
J increases the activity
^ of the blood-making
* glands so that there is
an inr?r**aw*>#l Qiirmlv rtf
pure, body-building blood. It brightens
the eyes, cleanses the skin, and gives
new, physical energy.
Accept no substitute for Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery.
"I thank God for the good your medicines
have done me," write* Mr James M Sizemore,
of Mitchell, Lawrence Co., Ind .. Bo* 501. "I
was not well for two years. My throat was
always sore, head ached, and back ached nearly
all the time. My weight was 155 pounds. I
was taken sick with typhoid lever, and when
the fever left me I hat! such * pain in ray left
aide I could not breathe without pain. I
thought I must die. My wife went to the
drug store and procured a bottle of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and a vial of his
' Pleasant Pellets ' I discontinued the use of
my doctor's medicine and began with the
'Golden Medical Discovery' and ' Pellets.' I at
once began to feel better : the pain soon left my
side and I could breathe with eaae In a week
or so I felt so good I could not stay in the room.
I began to walk about the streets; I felt better
each morning After a month's use of the medi
cine I was well. That was over a year ago.
Now I weigh 184 pounds and feel better than
ever in mv life."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation.
?CALIFORNIA ?
Knight Templars-Odd Fellows
Last Opportunity of the Year.
beginning August 15tli, and continu
ing daily to September 9th, round trip
tickets will be Hold account of the above
Conventions from all points in the South
east to either Los Angeles or San Fran
cisco at extremely low rates. with final
return limit October 2Urd.
Tickets will permit of ten days stop
over at St. Louis and allow holder
privelege of going one route and return
ing another
Without Additional Cost,
Except that tickets returning via Port
land an additional charge of #11.00
will he made.
The Frisco-Hock Island Systems offer
excellent r >utes in either direction.
Write for rates, descriptive iterature
and full information, and let us plan
your trip. i
S. L. PARROTT.
District Passenger Agent,
Atlanta, Ga.
MILLINERY!
I wish to call attention to my
NEW STOCK
? or ?
Millinery and Fancy Goods.
My Stock will please you,
and I ask you to call
and examine it.
I HAVE WITH ME
Mrs. Moore, of Baltimore,
An Experienced Milliner.
NEXT DOOR TO BANK.
MRS. A. JONES,
(Successor to etiiekidor & Now ell.)
Stlma, I\. C.
Hot Springszzz
^EE Arkansas.
ONE FARE PLUS $2.00
FOR THE ROUND TRIP.
Tickets on sale every Wednes
day and Saturday?Return
limit sixty days
The Frisco System in connec
tion with the Rock Island
System from Memphis ofters
the best route.
Write for literature and full
particulars
S. L. PARROTT,
District Passenger Agent,
Atlanta. Ga.
GRILLS.
If you need a nice prill for your
church or residence let me know
it. At my shop we are prepared
to do all such work.
J. T. Holt,
Wilson's Mills, N. C.
E0LEY5 HONEY^TAR
?tops th? cough and Heals lungs
Spring of 1904 !
My New Spring Stock is now Complete ic each Department.
1 have put in a Full Line of nice
Dress Goods,
.
In Dainty Organdies, Swisses, Dimities, Batistes, Piques. Pet.
cales, Ginghams, Chambray. Prints, Dress Linen, Lawns, in
plain and fancy colors; a nice line of White Goods for Shirt
' Waists, all styles;
Laces, Embroideries, Ribbons, Silks;
Ready-Made Skirts and Waists.
FULL LINE OF ==^=
Shoes and Slippers,
of all Styles and Prices.
I HAVE A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF
Millinery Goods,
HATS of all the Newest Shapes, Styles and Colors, and will
give you Bottom Prices, if you will call to see me before you
buy. My goods were bought before the advance prices, and I
j can save you money on your purchases.
W. G. YELVINGTON.
THE J MO. A. /V\cK.AY MFG. CO/Vlt'A MY
DUNN, N. C..
FOUNDERS. MACHINISTS AND
GENERAL METAL WORKERS
AND DEALERS IN
Mill Supplies and Migh-Grade
Machinery.
AGENTS FOK ??
Earquahar Machinery, Atkin's Saws,
Serjjeant & Lane Saw Mills, Etc.
E. L. HALL. J. L. HALL.
HARDWARE.
We have just received
S.OOO Lbs.
Of the Genuine White's Plows and Castings.
CONSISTING OF
Dixie, Clipper, No. 2, Stonewall and Carolina Plows,
and a large lot of Casting. II Now is the time to buy a good
One or Two Horse Steel Beam Plow. We Keep the "Imperial,"
As gooil as the best. H Also, we are Agents for the
Cole Combination Cotton and Corn Planter and Guano Distributor.
Coine and see them. We have them in stock. J
Yours to serve,
E. L. Hall Sc Bro.
Benson, \. C.
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LAND IS WEALTH
More than that?land lathe source of all wealth. The ratio
of population to acreage is the sliding scale upon which oppor
tunity is gunged, success determined. Cut the number of
land-holders in any State In the Union in two, and what
is the result? It's simple arithmetic?opportunities doubled in
thut State What if three-fourths of the population lie
eliminated? Opportunities quadrupled; and soon. That's the
condition in the great Southwest, Arkansas. Indian Territory
and Oklahoma. This vast territory is supporting less than one
fourth of the population of Its capacity. Fertile ? a land
where wheat and cotton thrive side by side ? where two yearly
vegetable crops are demonstrated possibilities ? the grentest
fruit section in the country; but that's only half the story.
The low ratio of population to acreage makes land cheap
? that's the uriin point. There's room for success in the
great Southwest. Illustrated literature sent on request.
ONE FARE
Plus Two Dollars
For the Hound Trip
First and Third
Tuesdays of ?n< h
Month
?i???_
GEO. tt. LEE, G. P. A.
Little Rock, Ark.
W.T. SAUNDERS, D.P.A.
Richmnnh.Va.