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A SUCCESSFUL FARMER.
Mr. Epbraim Pittman, who
lives one mile south of Micro, in
one of the successful farmers of
Johnston county. His father
gave him a small piece of land
where he now lives and be bought
a little more making the tract
contain sixty-nine acres. . lie
went there in the woods and
built a small log house with clay
and stick chimney, and in Feb
ruary 187b moved to it. No
train carried his goods nor was
there a wagon or cart or beast of
burden used. He carried them
himself in two trips. He procured
a goods box twenty inches long
thirteen inches deep and ten
inches across the top which took
the place of a wardrobe, a trunk,
a chest and a valise. In this
goods box he placed his clothing
and other articles of personal
property and taking it under oue
of his arms it was carried to the
little log house he had built.
There was an old bed tick at his
father's which had been laid aside
and not used for sometime. Hal!
of the feathers from a good bed
were taken and placed iu this
old tick and this piece of u bed
with oue sheet and oue quilt and
two little pillows were given to
him. He took up his bedding
and walked home with it. His
wife had one chair, one home
made bedstead, half of a feather
bed and only h few other things
to start housekeeping with.
With this small start Mr. Pitt
man set out to make a living
which he has done and has gained
considerable property and money
besides. He makes good crops
every year. The intensive system
is followed in part. As much ol
the land as possible is broken
with two horse plows. Crop rota
tion is closely followed. Peas
are planted in all corn. He has
accepted the idea of four feet
rows for cotton for farmers who
try to raise much of it per acre.
He trades his cotton seed to the
oil mills tor meal which lie mixes
with acid phosphate and kainit
to make guano. Last year with
six hundred pounds per acre of
guano and seventy.five pounds
of nitrate of soda he raised eigh
teen bales of cotton averaging
450 pounds on fifteen acres. The
Boda was used as a second appli
cation to the cotton in June.
Several acres are devoted to to
bacco every year, lie takes a
great deal of pride in raisiugcoru
and always has plenty of it on
hand. We saw his piles of old
corn and think there is now at
least twenty-five barrels of it
Six to eight head of cattle are
kept. He raises from 2250 to
3000 pounds of pork per year.
The hogs are fattened mostly on
sweet potatoes and peas. The
hillsides on the farms are ter raced.
These are the first terraces we
have seen in this part of the
county.
Mr. Pittman has raised a large
family, thirteen children haviug
been born in the home and eleven
of them are living. He says he
has never had to whip one ol
them. He has good buildings at
his home and good out houses
He now owns 205!, acres of the
beet land in the county. It hat
a clay Bubsoil and will grow au\
crop which can be grown in thii
section. He owns stock in the
Selma Tobacco Warehouse anc
in the Pine Level Oil Mill and bai
besides between three and foui
thousand dollars in money in the
bank at Pine Level. Success hai
crowned his efforts all throng!
life and he is still making mone^
by farming.
Have you paid up yet?
FARMERS CATECHISM.
We are anxious to tret the read
ers of The Hkuai,i) more interest-!
e<l in its Farm Department ami
we want them to do some writing
for it. It is our purpose to insert
a number of questions such a*
ma; occur to us or any of oik
readers and get the beet answers
we can to them. Every reader is
at liberty to ask questions or
answer them. We ask below some I
questions in regard to corn. This
is one of the most important;
subjects a farmer can consider,
and it is especially so since only j
a few people know how to raise
corn. The government report j
shows that Johnston County
farmers raise only i) 8-10 bushels
per acre on an average. Many
acres do not raise five bushels. |
Why in this small yield? There is
bad management somewhere.
We are often reminded of the
, saying of a certain farmer, "Any
negro can raise cotton but it
takes a farming man to raise
corn." Write us and answer
i these questions.
How Bhould land be prepared
, for corn?
How is the best way to select
and prepare eeed corn?
When is the best time to plant
corn on low lauds?
When should deep plowing cease
, to be done in corn?
How wide should corn rows be?
How far apart should it be in
the rows?
How much hoe work should be
done to corn?
How large should corn be when
It is laid bj?
i When should peas be planted
in corn''
In olden times farmers ran their
rows both ways and checked their
corn. Why was this done? Should
this plan be continued?
How and when should corn be
harvested?
We hope several farmers will
write on each of the above sub
jects for next week's paper.
Corn 60 Cents.
In view of the possible falling
off in t he corn crop yield of some i
300,000,000 bushels, as coin- !
pared with last year's crop, corn
touched 00 cents in Chicago lastj
week. I know it is too early to
make safe estimates on the grow
ing crop, as ail now depends on
possible frosts before maturity.
If seyere frost does not come be
fore the middle of October, as is
frequently the case, corn promises
to mature and will be a fair crop.
Last year's yieiJ was unusually
large, and lienor the possible fall
ing off this year, as compared
with thut.
The short grain crops of the
surplus nations of Europe is an
other thing that has iultuenced j
the rise in corn here. A few years
ago we exported less than 50,-1
000,000 bushels, but this has i
; yearly increased, and before the |
new crop is inutured it promises:
. to be 100,000,000 bushels this j
, year. It looks very much as if
we shall never again see 25 and |
30 cent corn, as a few years ago.!
' Both the export demand and the
; new uses of corn have constantly
i tended to stronger demands and
prices. All this is very suggestive
. of the importance of the work
now going on to increase the!
yield of this gr^at cereal in all the
. corn-growing states.?Indiana
j Farmer.
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Hood Brothers.
Commissioner Hudson Says Cotton Has '
Lost 30 to 40 Per Cent.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Hudson, of Georgia, has the fol (
lowing to sav in regard to tin j
much advertised "bumper" cot
ton crop of Georgia.
"instead of the prospects of a
two million halo cotton crop in
Georgia, not more than a million
and a half bales w ill be gathered
"The great slump in the out
look for a big crop is due to the
lack of moisture duriug a large
part of August?the month in
which rain is absolutely neces
sary to manure the crop.
"The cotton crop was a full
month late this year, owing to
the backward spriug," said Mr
Hudson. Though late when the
crop got a good start it grew
vigorously and fruited well.
When the drouth came on, it
found the plant at its tenderest
stage. The stalks were well
fruited, and the prospects wpre
better in Georg-a than any other
cotton growing state.
"Hut now you can travel al
most anywhere in Georgia and
tig'cotton fields look likefirehad
nwept them. The plant about
half way down from the top is
scorched, and bolls and squares
and blooms have fallen off. The
bolls below are opeuiDg prema
turely. You cannot appreciate
conditions unless you travel over
the state a bit. And there is no
way to remedy this state of af
fairs. Kain won't help now, be
cause the plant has shed its fruit,
and won't grow new fruit this
late."?The Cotton .Journal.
Manufactured Exports.
More than three-quartern of a
billion dollars' worth of manu
factureH passed out of the ports
of the United States in the tiscal
year just ended. To foreign
countries alone the total was 740
million dollars, while to the non
contiguous territories of the Uni
ted States the value of manufac
turers sent was 10 millions, thus
bringing the grand total to con
siderably more than three quart
ers of a billion a dozen years ago.
Iron aud steel manufactures
form by far the largest single
item in the year's exporations of
manufactures, the total value of
this single group being, as above
indicated, 181 millions against
161 millions last year.
Copper forms the next largest
item, amounting to 89 million
dollars, of which a large propor
tion went in the partially manu
factured form of pigs, bars, and
ingots, aud of this 89 million
dollars' worth of copper export
ed, probably 85 millions went to
Europe.
Manufactures of wood exported
amounted to 80 million dollars,
and of this about 05 millions
went in partially manufactured
form, chietly lumber.?Indiana
Farmer.
Women have decided that in
case they cannot vote, they will
cut out the "t.tork" proposition.
Perfectly proper to take Hol
hster's Rocky Mountain Tea.
35 cents, Tea or Tablets.?Hood
Bros.
Enormous Wealth,
Tbe Comptroller of theUu rrencv
a few days ago pointed totkefaet
that everything was teudiug to
the continuance of prosperous
conditions in the United states,
and among other thiugs said:
?'The element iu tbe situation
due to the season of the year,
is the fact that we have raised
between $">,000,000,000 and $<>,
000,000,000 worth of grain, cot
ton, cattle, hogs and other farm
produce, iu addition to the coal,
iron, steel, copper and other
wealth that is being produced.
This is not a situation to get
frightened about, or to make it
necessary to call on every one
suddenly to pay their debts, but
it should rather encourage the
banks to take care of their custo
mers and make loans conserva
tively, wherever there is proper
basis or credit. We should take
courage from the fact that al
though this situation doubtless
is as claimed, world-wide and
international, we have in this
country enormous elements for
recuperation in this vast produc
tion of wealth. It never was so
great as at the present time, or
more available for our progress
and development. Prosperity is
proverbially hard to stand, but
there is no sense in letting such
evidences scare us to death."?
Indiana Farmer.
Young married people and old
ones too,
That have no children to laugh
and coo,
Find their troubles will "little
ones" be,
If they take Rocky Mountain
Tea.?Hood Bros.
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Don't Gin Green Cotton.
The penny wine and the pound !
foolish policy ot picking cottou I
ou uu.J briUiiing it right oil to j
the gin m entirely too extravu '
gaiau uielhoU ot handling the j
cotton crop that nas cost you bo ,
inucf^ to make. It id the custom j
j of dome larmers to take the wag
oh on i tie field ttU.l loaJ it a? the
pickers empty their baskets and
haul it off to the gin from the
Held. This in done of course to
save the time and labor in emp
tying and reloading; but does it
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lu the latter part of the season
it may be all right, but not so in
the early part ot the picking.
There is a mistaken idea with
some farmer* that it pays to rush
it off to market "before it dries
out." This is a manifest waste
when you thiuk an iut it a little.
Now, by careful observation uud
experimentation it is touud mat
it takes the I nt from ti<) to DO
days to fully develop. There is
no loss iu Weight, out an actual
[giiiu 111 hut, which also improves
I in color, being more oily, creamy
j and f?iikun m texture and com
mauds a better price, seed kept
| iu this way will not he>jt and are
worth BO per cent, more than
heated seed.
True, the seed may lose some
in weight, but the man who buys
green seed knows this, so that
the difference iu price more than
compensates for the difference
between green and dry seed. It
is verily a wasteful, peuny wise
and pouud foolish policy ?J. NT.
Bigham in Charlotte News.
LAND FOR SALE.
About thirty-five acres ot
land in woods well timbered for
sale. The land is four miles
north of Selma and is a part of
the John Broad well tract. It ad
joins the lands of Wiley Batten.
J. H. Broadwell and othe-s.
Terms cash. Unless sold pri
vately it will be sold at auction
at the Court House door in
Srmthfield Monday, Nov. 4th.
This August 28tli, 1907.
K. Broadwell.
FARMS FOR SALE.
I offer for sale twenty farms
in Selma and Wilders township.
They are different sizes and most
of them have new buildings on
them. Terms one-tenth cash
and balance on easy payments.
September 1st, 1907.
N. E. Ward, Selma, N. C.
VALUABLE FARM For RENT
I now offer my improved farm
for standing rent for term of
years; also my new saw mill,
cotton gin and store. Not a
finer farm anywhere and a fine
place for business. All to be
rented to the highest bidder. I
will sell my stock of goods on
easy terms. Renter to furnish
team and all tools. September
I 4th, 1907. Respectfully,
R I. Lassiter,
R. F. D. No. 4, Four Oaks, N C.
YEARLING STRAYED.
Two-year old heifer, well
grown for age, dark brindled, un
| marked, strayed away from my
j place about first of April. Suita-!
I ble reward for her return.
Ira Woodall.
Ben-on. R. F. D. No. 1.
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S4 I am here to keep for sal a first-cla^s stock of Furui- jjg
B ture to fill the needs of any home I have Baby Carria- fll
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BENSON GRADED SCHOOL
Fa.ll Session Began Sept. 2, 1907
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Full Corps of Teachers for each Department. Instruction given in
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CHARGES
SI.25 to $5.00. 9 Music S2.50
Board Reasonable. Discipline Firm
For further information, address,
L. T. ROYALL, Principal ? Or E. L. HALL. Trustee
Benson, N. C.
IrTURNIR - SEE D 1
Just received one hundred pounds of Buist's
best Turnip Seed. Several different varieties
Isold by Weight.
J. W . BENSON I
Druggist : arid : Seedsman
BENSON, N. C.
Cotton - Sales - Books!
We have a good supply of Cotton Sales Books. Very
convenient for Cotton buyers to keep complete records
of sales. BE AT V <& LASS ITER,
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