' Our Farm Department
Devoted to the Interest of Those Who
Til) the Soil
CONDUCTED BY J. M. BEATY
Improved Machinery.
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The furmer i? inclined to hang
on to bin old tools as long as
thev will do fairly decent work
and without much reference to
the cost of the work done, thus
violating one of the first rules of
success. The men who are run
ning our successful manufactur
ing establishments are alwayson
the lookout for improved ma
chinery. Whenever they can
find a machine which will turn
out a unit of the thing manufac
tured at less cost than can be
done with the old machines, they
immediately get rid of the old
and buy the new. What they
are aiming at is economy of pro
duction and they will invest in j
whatever will economize in that j
line.
If the farmer is to succeed, he j
must pursue exactly the same
policy. He is competing with
the world and hence must pro
duce a bushel of grain, a pound !
of live weight, or a ton of hay
at the minimum of coBt. Two of
the main elements in the of pro-1
duction are laborand machinery.
The farmer must choose between
investing money in labor-saving
machinery. The farmer must
choose between investing money
in labor-saving machinery or in
labor. Money paid out for labor
is gone at once and never comes
back to him again. The money
paid out for an improved ma-1
chine goes gradually while the
machine lasts or its useiuiness
lasts, A boy who can handle
-four horses with a gang plow can
do as much work as two men
with four horses with the ordi
nary plow. The purchase of a
gang plow, therefore, saves the
cost of one man and his board
How long will it take a gang
plow to pay for itself under this
showing? The same rule applies
in every other kind of machinery?
We are not advocating or cham
pioning gang plows or any oth
er tool The point we insist on
is that where a man can reduce i
the cost of a bushel of wheat or
corn, or a ton of hav, by invest
fng in improved machinery, he
should do it at once. He should,
however, be sure of it before he
makes the change. Do uot buy
any new machine until you have
tested it so thoroughly that you
know just what you are doing.
No man can afford to take any
risks on this line.
Improved machinery nece3sar
ly requires improved labor, a
man of higher ability, and thin
man will demand a higher price.
There is the same difference be
tween men that there is in ma
chines. Our readers will all bear
us out that in their past ex
Eerience one hired hand has often
een worth two others and at
probably a difference of only
$5.00 per mouth in wages
We are quite sure that we
can pick out hired hands on
the farms of Iowa of whom their
employers will sav that they
made them a large profit, and
for every one we can pick out
three or four, of whom their em
ployers will testify that they
have employed thein at a loss.
If improved machinery leads to
the sifting out of hired men and
relegating the poorest of them to '
some other business, it will in itself '
be a blessing of no mean propor
tions. There is a sentiment
abroad that anybody can work
on the farm or is fit to be a hired
hand on the modern farm. They !
imagine there is no skill about it, '
that it is simply hard knocks (
and the exercises of muscle. This (
is a very great mistake. The '
model farmer, whether he farms '
himself or is employed by others, 1
is a skilled luborer, and the em- 1
ployment of unskilled labor to 1
do the work of a skilled laborer 1
necessarily means loss to the r
employer. *
Hear in mind that first-class f
machinery requires a ffrst-class *
man to run it and that a first- r
class man earns first-class pay e
and should have it.?Wallace's 1
Farmer.
If your digestion is bad the vital I
organ of your body are not fed nnd .
nourished as they should be. They grow J
weak and invite disease. Kodol Itys I
pepsin Cure digests what you eat, cures p
indigestion and all stomach troubles.
You forget you have a stomach from
the day you begin taking It. Bold by I
Hood Bros., Benson Drug Co., J. K. |V
l>edl?etter. 1 h
Surface Cultivation of Corn
Deep stirring of cornfield soils
is never necessary. It is a posi
tive injury to the plants after
they have attained a height of
eight or ten inches. At this stage
of growth their root system be
comes very complex and exten
sive, the moist soil to a depth of
several inches containing a net
work of foraging rootlets which
feed the plants. In dry seasons
these rootlets are further from
the surface than when the soil is
abundantly supplied with moist
ure, but they are not in any
event below the range of the cul
tivator shovels too commonly
used.
Surface cultivation serves all
the rational aims of tillage. It
stirs the soil sufficiently to form
a dust mulch, which aids in hug
baud ing moisture, and destroys
weeds. Moreover, the weeder or
surface cultivator does this work
without pruning the plant roots.
Deep cultivation facilitates the
escape of moisture, injuries the
roots and ridges the field. From
every standpoint deep culture
is fundamentally wrong and shal
low or surface tillage scientifically
correct. Such is the verdict of
all recorded experimental work
in which the two systems have
been fairly tested.
Cultivation has more than the
one object of eradicating weeds,
which is 110 more important in
growing corn than the aeration
of the soil and conservation of
moisture. Larger yields would
be the result if corn-growers ap
preciated fully the threefold pur
pose of cultivation. If the main
tenance of a surface dust mulch
in their fields received as much
attention as the extermination
of weeds more profitable crops
would be gathered. If the old
fashioned deep-running cultiva
tor were abandoned and the sur
face-working implement adopt
ed the wholesale destruction of
corn plant roots would be avoid
ed and an augmented yield would
logically follow.
i c ih a citnmon belief among
growers of corn that in order to
be effective the implement used
in cultivating the crop must
bring moist earth to the surface.
To do this when the soil is mark
edly deficient in water, as it of
ten is about the middle of July
and during the month of August,
requires excessively deep plow
ing. Determined to leave a
black streak of moist dirt behind
him as he cultivates from one
side of the cornfield to the other
the plowman sets his shovels so
that they will stay out of sight,
increasing his own work in handle
or foot pressure, adding to the
draft of the machine and, what
is of far more consequence, tear
ing out a part of the root sys
tem of the corn plants.
When corn is laid by it is the
rule in some parts of the country
to throw dirt from the spaces be
tween the rows toward and
against thestalks, forming ridges
which leave the eld in very bad
condition for subsequent use.
Surface culture is best for coru
from start to finish, but isespeei
ally appropriate as a finish. As
it is easier on man and beast and
enables the corn-grower to pro
duce more bushels per acre than
he could obtain from deep culti- i
vation the system should be uni
versally adopted.
Whether the season be wet or '
iry the mau who surface-works ,
his corn fields will grow more 1
;orn, other conditions being 1
?qual, than the farmer who culti- j
mtes his crop to a depth of
rom six to ten inchis Deep cul
ture has long been practiced for
io better reason than it covers
ipor smothers weeds which it
foes not uproot. Hut it does
iot occur to its advocates that j
vhile deep-running shovels kill \
ind bury weeds they also injure <
he corn plants by cropping their 1
oots. Weed destruction may be 1
ffected much more thoroughly j
>y the use of cultivators which t
have the entire surface between <
he rows of corn, severing weeds I
ust btlow their crowns or up
ootiug them entirely. \ fair '
rial of shallow cultivation will [
?ear out all the statements made $
n its favor.?Breeders (iazette. ?i
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Caution is the opening of the
yes, suspicion the closing of the E
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Fruit Growing on the Farm
The greater value of the fruii
growing to the farmer it* not
primarily in ire commercial as
pect, or how much money it will
bring in, although the receipt*
from the gale of the surplus arc
not to be despised, it is rather
the ' health of good living" that
cornea from an abundant supply
of all kinds of fruit that mav be
readilv grown in the locality, so
that all the year round the fami
ly may have all they can con
sume. There are fruit specialists,
of course, just as there art
specialists in other lines of farm
industry, who make a handsome
income out of the orchard and
small fruit plantings. They like,
the work and therefore learn it
easily and keep on learning until j
they are gray, aud their know-1
ledge becomes more valuable
every year by accretion. Any
young farmer who begins on a
scale adapted to his home needs
may grow into a specialist of this
kind, but thousands never do.
This is no reason why the thous
ands should not have all the
fruit their families can use. Be
ginning with the most useful
kinds and those most easily
grown, the farmer can gradually
surround himself with a good
home orchard and small fruits
of all kinds, thut improve his
living and reduce its cost, thus
adding to his comfort and inde
pendence. We do not find ii
necessary to do much in the way
of urging horticulture. Those
who are already fitted for it
know enough about it to deter
mine for themselves whether or
not they shall engage in it, while
those who are not sufficiently in
formed must work their way to
it, if at all, by beginning at the
bottom of the ladder; and there
is no better way to do this than
by beginning with a few good
trees in a home orchard, and1
small areas of small fruit for
home use. We do urge this upon |
every farmer. If no cash income
ever comes from it, it is still
worth all toe expense in time and
money that it cost.?Selected.
Tiredout, worn out woman
cannot sleep, eat or work; seems
as if she would fly to pieces.
Holiister's Ilocky Mountain Tea
makes strong nerves and rich
blogd. !iu cents, Tea or Tablets.
A. H. Hoyett, Selma Drug Go.
A Card of Thanks.
We hereby return to the good j
people of Johnston, Wilson and
Wayne counties our most heart
felt thanks for their kiuduess in
helping us to regain a foot hold
after having lost nearly all we
had of earthly effects by being I
burned out of house and contents!
on the 2nd of last March. 'The
people have been very kind in
deed to us. Our hearts go out
in grateful thanks to the many
who gave May God add his
choice blessings to these faithful
doers and may they oe amply
repaid
Most humbly and truly,
MK ANP MKS. W. H. Ethkidge.
Princeton, N. C.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
TABLETS. All druggists refund the
money if it fails to cure.
E. W. Grove's signature is on eacn
box. 25c.
Many men are blaming their
luck who ought to lay it on their
lying lives.
Sued By His Doctor.
"A doctor here has sued me for (12.50
which 1 claimed was excessive for a case
of cholera morbus," says it. Whiee, of
Doachella. Cal. "At the trial he praised ,
his tnedh al skill ami medicine. I asked
him if it was not Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy he used
as I had good reason to believe it was,
and he would not say under oath that
it was not." No doctor could use a bet
ter remedy than this ins case of eholera
morbus, it never fails. Sold by A. II.
Boyett, Smithfteld, Selma Drug Co. .1
W. Benson.
Indigestion Causes
Catarrh of the
Stomach.
For many years It has been supposed that
Catarrh of the Stomach caused Indigestion
ind dyspepsia, but the truth Is exactly the
ppposite. Indigestloa causes catarrh. Re
peated attacks of Indigestion Inflames the
nucous membranes lining the stomach and
ixposesthe nerves of the stomach, thus caus
ng the glands to secrete mucin Instead of
he juices of natural digestion. This is
tailed Catarrh of the Stomach.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
elleves all Inflammation of the mucous
nembranes lining the stomach, protects the
terves, and cures bad breath, sour risings,
i sense of fullness after eating, Indigestion,
lyspepsla and all stomach troubles.
Codol Digests What You Eat
Make the Stomach Sweet. ~
lottlea only. Regular aire, $ 1 00, holding 2V4 t'.mea I
the trial aire, which sells for 50 cents, C
Prepared by E. C. DeWITT & CO., Chicago, III. t
ON THE FARM.
There's many a successful business
man who sits in his city office anil lets
his mind slip hack to his boyhood days
on the farm. How good it felt to live !
What an appetite he had! How good
evervthing tasted ! How sound his deep
was ! How eagerly he rose with the sun
and raced with him through the long
day. And now he's a successful man.
But he can't sleep. He doesn't enjoy
his food. His stomach is weak, his
nerves are shaken, and lie no more rises
with the sun to race eagerly against him.
His vitality is low and now and again
his heart seems to plunge in his breast
as if it would break loose. That's the
price he has paid for success.
The mischief of the whole business is
that he buys "tablets" of one sort or
another to "aid" his digestion, and in
dulges in bromides and other nerve
stimulants, just to hold himself together,
and wonders why he seems to be getting
worse.
The whole trouble with such a man
generally lies in what is called a " weak "
stomach. The food he eats does not
nourish him liecause it is only partially
digested and assimilated. No man can
be stronger than his stomach, because it
is in the stomach and allied organs of
digestion and nutrition that strength is
made from the food w hich is eaten.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
ery cures diseases of the stomach and
other organs of digestion and nutrition.
It restores the strength of tile body in
the only way strength can be restored,
by food which is perfectly digested and
assimilated, when the diseased stomach
(with its allied organs) is cured of dis
ease. It is a blood-making, body-build
ing medicine, inasmuch as blood is made
froifi food and the body is built up by
blood. It is not a stimulant, containing
neither alcohol or any other narcotic.
NO OTHER DOCTOR FOR ME.
"Last spring, early, I wrote yon my feelings
and condition," says Mr. A. J. Vanderwater, 873
West Division Street, Chicago, 111., "and you
advised me to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery (a few bottles), and then write you
how I felt. I am happy to say I am getting to
feel fine. In all I have "taken six bottles of the
* Discovery' and four or five vials of the little
'Pellets.' They have done me worlds of good.
All my friends say: ' Vanderwater, how well
you are looking. What in the world have you
been doing ?' I tell them I have been doctoring
with Dr. R. V. Pierce, of BufTalo, N. V. ' Why,'
they say, 'you haven't been there?' No, I
say, but I took his ' Golden Medical Discovery'
and his little ' Pellets.' These medicines have
wrought the great change in me. From a slow
mope of a man that could hardly crawl, tired
ana sick all the time, and could do no work:
to a man who can work, sleep, eat, aud feel
fine, and that tired feeling is all going away.
I am very thankful that I wrote to Dr. Pierce.
His ' Golden Medical Discovery' and his little
liver 'Pellets' have almost made a new man
of me. I feel young as I did at thirty years.
No other doctor for me, only Dr. Pierce."
HAD GIVEN UP HOPE.
"I will express my thanks to you for the
kindly advice you have given me in regard to
my case," writes Miss Carrie J. Wharton, of
Dunavant, Spottsvlvania Co.. Virginia. " When
I wrote to you last spring I was in a terrible
state of health. Had given up all hope of ever
being better. I spit up my food all the time
and it seemed sour as vinegar. I would have a
bad sick headache every other week ; in fact,
my head never felt clear, and I was perfectly
broken down under the strain of losing my food
constantly. I had read a great deal in your
books of what your medicine had done for
others, so I wrote you and got your advice.
Bought two bottles of ' Golden Medical Discov
ery ' and the first dose I fook I felt better.
Wh en I had finished taking the two bottles the
?pitting up had entirelv stopped and my head
was much better. I believe your medicines are
iust what you have said of them.
" I carefully read the books you sent me and
?hall always speak a good word for the ' Golden
Medical Discovery ' whenever I have a chance.
"You can publish this if you think it worth
while. It might induce some one else to try
your medicine who was suffering as I did. It
was by the testimonials of others that I was
induced to try it. I shall always rely upon your
advice and feel safe to do as you tell me."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con
stipation, its causes and consequences.
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