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r Our Farm Department | Devoted to the Interest of Those Who W Till the Soil i I CONDUCTED BY J. M. BEATY | The Care of Farm (Machinery. Let U8 give some of the much abused implement manufacturers credit for placing on their ma chines, in plain letters, at least one half of the recipe for imple ment longevity: "Keep nuts tight and "oil all bearings." Yet 1 fear that through very famil- J iaritv with this important ad vice we often neglect it. Fpr sure ly no one who has handled farm machinery, and observed its de cline iu bis own or bis neighbor's hands, will asK argument as to the necessity of ciling the bear ings and keeping nuts tight. There are many things to look after upon the farm, and if one is not wide awake something is apt to suffer neglect. And this, when it applies to machinery, constitutes a great farm "leak." From the vibration of many machines, and from the shrink ing of wood parts in all of them, there is a constant tendency for the nuts to work loose. If care is taken in the first place to keep things snug, so there is no "lost motion," the vibration will be much reduced, but it is some times a very good plan to put on an extra nut where there is continual trouble?the two will stand a lot of shaking. Go over all machines, some wet day, and tighten everything that ought to be tight. But if you will fail to have wet days, then do it be fore starting to work. It will surely pay, for, even if no perma nent damage is done, there is great loss of time when one must stop in the middle of the field and chase his shadow half a mile for a bolt. Another case in point: A wagon just coming out of its newness was neglected until one day a soli J hour was needed to replace lost nuts and bolts. Ten minutes would have done the work earlier. Little and often, is a good rule in oiling. I think most farmers are more careful in this direction than in watching the nuts. Wind mills, however, are liable to suf fer, simply because they are so high headed. Don't let them squeak?its hard on your pocket book and still harder on your neighbor's nerves. Plows, on being put away, should have their shares and shovels carefully smeared with axle grease or a good heavy oil. Ooal oil will not answer; though it is good to cut rust, it will not prevent it. 1'aint is a paying proposition on both wood and metal parts, for it can be had cheaply and is easily applied by anyone. Two years ago the writer purchased for five dollars a second hand breaking plow. The share was very rusty end the original paint was gone entirely. We finally persuaded it to "scour," gave it a good coat of paint, used it a year, and sold it through the same man for seven dollars. One may not always wish to sell, but I believe it pays to paint just the same. Last, but by no means least, give all machinery the kindest of care as regards shelter. It is really surprising to see tools standing outdoors, so self-evi dent are the results. If you have little room, take the larger imple ments somewhat to pieces, and, in that way quite a lot of ma chinery may be stored in a small space. Then, as you value your self respect, don't allow the chickens to roost over any tool. If no space is available, it will pay you to build a cheap shed rathtr than let things go with out shelter. Finally, treat each piece of ma chinery as a special friend, and your reward, in dollars and cents as well as in satisfaction, shall be in accord therewith.?Indiana Farmer. Sharp Pise in Hides. The year 1905 hds been char acterized by one of the strongest markets in the history of the hide trade. Prices bave steadily p'tv.T-i-i ( and at pres< nt arfwe'l rnui-. -ii:..-" 1 higher!. lev 1 that has ever been reacned in u generation. The !>? 'I market really started last v?*ar and its beginning dated from the strike in the be f packing establish ments during the summer of 1904 and the Russian-Japanese War that wan responsible forthe large exportation** of leather to Japan. The great strength of the market has not been con fined to this country alone, as vulues throughout Kurope have ruled fully us high, if not higher, than here. The cattle raising in dustry has not kept apace with the increase in population, and a falling off in the consumption of beef has caused a scarcity of hides in a year like the present, when general prosperity creates more than the usual demand for leather. Another cause for the increased demand for hides is that in recent years leather has come into great favor for uphol stering fine furniture as well as for mural decorations. Auto mobile manufacturers also use large quantities of leather, and numerous other causes tend to increase the demand for hides, while the supply does not aug ment in proportion. The year closes with all kinds of hides more closely cleaned up than has probably ever been the case before at this season. The packers have a few native steer and cow hides of December salt ing unsold, but are mostly sold ahead on branded steers and cows and native branded bulls to next February, and some sales have been made that will probably not be filled until well into next March. LEATHER. It is seldom, if ever, that the close of the calendar year shows as small stocks of all varieties of leather as are at present in the hands of producers. Hoth sole and upper leather tanners assert that they have never carried as light supplies before in the his tory of their business, and the bare floors of the warehouses in all of the principal markets cor roborate their statements. So much leather was taken out of the country last year by the Russian-Japanese \Varthat this year's unusually prosperous do mestic business has taxed the full capacity of the tanneries to meet the demand. Prices ad vanced steadily and continuous ly throughout 1905, and in De cember reached extremely high rates. There has been a very prosper ous year in other kindsof leather than those used in making boots and shoes. Harne?s and belting leather have sold freely at stead ily advancing rates, and the same has also been true of leath er for bags, trunks, straps, car riages, automobiles, etc. In sole leather the light weights have been so much in request that prices on these have ranged from two to three cents per pound higher than heavy weights. Many buyers have been willing to pay as much, if not more, for second selection of light weights than for firsts of heavy substance.? Dun's Review. Cotton Farmers Are Awake. The farmers are camping on the trail of one Mr. Theodore Price and his cotton estimates. They are making him step lively, and when he makes a broad, bold statement there is some good tiller of the soil ready to call him to book. The day was when the farmer, who produces the cotton, did not know much about the king crop except how to plant it, chop it, plow it, lay it by, harvest and gin it, but that time has passed. The far mer is following his cotton to the factory. He is watching it with a vigilant eye. If the bulls and bears do little tricks he knows all about it. The farmer is reading, studying, and think ing. He is going to get as much for his cotton as be can. It be gins to look like the manufac turer and grower would get to gether some time, and cut out the speculator altogether.?Char lotte Observer. Three little babes were nestl ed in bed, "I'll name William, Willie and Mill,' mother said; Wide was her smile, for trip lets they be, She lays her good luck to Rocky Mountain Tea.? (Great baby medicine.) Solma Drug Co., A. H. Boyett, Drug gist. The Importance of Sheltering Live Stock. It in more humane to have the live Htock sheltered during; the winter weather. The farmer can enjoy the comforts of the fireside better if the stock is protected irons the storm. That farmers realize this is shown in the improved conditiou of farm buildings. Many of the buildings now have tongued and grooved weather boarding, or, when this has not been used, the cracks are battened. Sometimes the stable is lined and packed with straw or some material that will protect the animals from cold winds. It is also a matter of economy to make the live stock comfort able?as less feed is required. When the feed is used to keep up animal heat there cannot be much gain or au improved con dition. A milch cow that stands and shiveis from cold can not give as much milk from thesame amount of feed as the cow that is warm and comfortable. Stock that is being prepaid for mar ket will command a flatter price if protected from the weather, as the hair will have nnXe gloss and pieseut a better appearance The farmer that expects V) sell fat stock in the spring for top prices is caneful to keep them protected from the rain and snow?as animals thus protected will give better returns for the feed consumed. On many farms the winter sea eon is one of comparative rest for the work horses and they should be keptcomfortable. This is necessary that they may be in good condition for next year's work. This is especially true of the brood mare that is with foal, as the value of the colt may be affected by herd condition at this time. The same may be said of other animals on the farm. Where early lambs are raised for market the ewes re quire particular attention?per haps more than any otherstock. In fact the profit and loss is largely controlled by the care given at this time. The brood sow should be well protected from stormy weather. Her quar ters should open to the south, giving her an opportunity to get sunshine. With poor surround ings she is apt to be restless and disagreeable, but with proper shelter, feed and care she will be contented and happy The poultry should have prop er shelter in winter, as it not on ly has an influence on the winter supply of eggs, but frozen combs aud feet do not furnish the bist conditions for profitable work ing during the spring and sum mer. In addition to the above, the making and saving of stable ma nure is an important item con nected with the sheltering of live stock in the winter season. When stock is fed in the open Held but little return comes from the ma nure, but when fed in the stable and properly bedded it becomes valuable. If plenty of bedding is used to keep the animals cleau and absorb the liquid manure, more value is obtained from feed. It not only sustains and im proves the animal, but it furn ishes food for future crops. The manure applied togrowinggrain will improve its conditiou and also make a stand of clover more certain, and a good stand of clo ver promises more feed for the future. Where it is not desired on the small grain it can be ap plied to land intended for corn, and thus add to next year's feed supply and aid in maintaining the fertility of the farm.?I udiana Farmer. Indigestion is easily overcome by the use of Jtodol Dyspepsia Cure, because this remedy digests what you eat and gives the stomach a rest?allows it to recuperate and grow strong again. Kodol relieves Indigestion, Itelching of Gas, Sour Stomach, Heart-Burn, etc., and enables the digestive organs to transform all foods iDto the kind of rich red blood that makes health and strength. Sold by J. R Ledbetter, Hood Bros., Benson Drug Co. A Budding 6enlus. "Tell ye what," proudly boast ed a prominent citizen of the Arkansas neighborhood of 'Pos sum Trot. "That fou'teen-year old gal o' mine is sbo' a wonder! Why, she kin write a letter that will go plum to Kansas City or Chicago, just the same as over to Torpidville or Pogwash! What d'ye think o' that?"?Puck. A reasonable amount of food thorough ly digested and properly assimilated will ad ways increase the strength. If your stomach is a "little off" Kodol Dyspep sia Cure will digest what you eat and enable the digestive organs to assimi late and transform all foods into tissue building blood. Kodol relieves Sour Stomach. Belcbing, Heart-Burn anil all forms of Indigestion. Palatable and strengthening. Hold by J. K. Is'dhetter, Hood Bros., Benson Drug Co. To Utilize Cotton Stalks. The time will come when the cotton seed and the cotton plapt will be as valuable as the lint cotton, which ban come to bet ter days. It is only a few years ago since the cotton seed were j thrown away, pitched most any where in an out-of-tbe-way place so us to get rid of them. That has all cnahged now and the re turns from the cotton seed add largely to the farmers' revenue ft is said that most of the olive 1 oil, which we are told is import -1 ed, is made of cotton seed. And now the Manufacturers' Record says it is claimed that a process I has been found whereby the cot ton stalks which have heretofore gone to waste can be made into a fibre which may be used forj the manufacture of the coarser! grades of paper. The grade is that which is used in manufac turing sacks and bags for flour, cotton-seed meal and other j produrts that are packed in this I manner. VV. H.. Croll. a paper manufacturer located at Pin Mountain, Ga., writes the Manu facturers' Record regarding the [ process and states that he will endeavor to organize a company with sufficient capital to build ! about one hundred mills in the j South of twenty-five tonscapaci t.y, each to manufacture the new ' paper and thus furnish a market j for what has heretofore been a ! waste product ?News and Ob j server. It invigorates, strengthens and builds up. It keeps you in condition physically, mentally and morally. That's what Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 35 cents, Tea or Tab lets. A. H. Boyett, Druggist, Selma Drug Co. MRS. PEPPER'S FEATS. Apf ritual int l<> Medium Whose Seances Have Kxcited Debate. Mrs. May S. Pepper, the spiritualis tic medium whose seances have re cently excited much discussion, has been since January, 1904, the reader of the organization known as the First Spiritualistic Church of Brooklyn Bor ough, New York city. She has mysti fied large audiences by the strange things she has done when in supposed communion with departed spirits. A few months ago she collapsed on the platform owing, as she claimed, to be ing almost asphyxiated with gas while in communion with the spirit of a per son who had committed suicide by in haling gas. An alleged expose of Mrs. Pepper's methods has recently been made by Harvey and Noreua Teeter, vyho are known in connection with their lecture work. They charge her with resorting to sleight of hand tricks in the reading of sealed letters by con cealing them in a flexible Bible, tak ing them in a back room, opening and reading them and then replacing them on the stand upon the platform. They also declare that it is just as easy for Mrs. Pepper to commune with the I 1 MBS. MAY 8. PEPPEB. spirits of Imaginary persons as with those who actually had existence and died. Mrs. Pepper was formerly a servant girl on a farm near Providence, R. I. Her name was Mary Ann Scannell, and she married George \V. Pepper in 1889, but afterward obtained a divorce from him. One of the converts to her organization Is a New York publisher. He bought two safes some time ago from a man who died shortly after the purchase was consummated. The combinations were lu cipher, and when the publisher discovered that he could not open the safes he consulted Mrs. Pepper. She communicated, as claim ed, with the spirit of their former own er and learned from him how to open them. The publisher followed the in structions received from Mrs. Pepper and was successful. 11.399 Vessels Arrived at New York. New York, Jan. 2.?During the year 1905 the total number of vessels that arrived In the port of New York, ac cording to the books of the govern ment at the barge office, was 11,399, | of which C0C4 were steamers and 5335 were sailing vessels. The arrivals at. New York for the past year show an Increase of 120 res pis over the year 1904. There was an Increase of 175 In the number of steamers which entered the port, but the arrivals of sailing vessels decreased by 55 as compared with the arrtvala In 1904. | BARE FULLY conducted experiments, ranging over many years, have proved con clusively that the liberal use of Potash is essential to the pro duction of big yields of full eared corn. Let us send you our practical books telling of these and many other careful crop-feeding tests; they are free to farmers without any cost or obligation. Send name and address. AddfVM. GERMAN KALI WORKS. New Yorlc-9J Nassau Street. or Atlanta, tla.?22K So. Broad Street. | MULES! MULES!! ]! X We have a car load of nice well j ( ? broke Mules which we are offering A ( ' at prices which will make them qo. V J . Call and see them X h Godwin, Futrell & Co., * j | SELMA, North Carolina X *>oo<>oo<>eo<>so<B>o<>oooe0ooeo<x s s * Blacksmith amd GeneraJ * * Repair Work *3 ? (x 1 3 2 We will shoe your horse on short notice. 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