Farm
Department
Do -oled la Iki Inter**!* ol Tbo*e
Eadaded ta Adricaltural Paraait*.
Coad.cted hy J. M. Beaty
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GOOD GROOMING PAYS WELL.
A good grooming is worth half a
horse’s feed. This saying though oft
en quoted is seldom taken at its real
value. Many a farmer who feeds his
work stock) with great care if often
lax about seeing that their coats,
manes and tails are properly cared
for. With most farmers the daily
grooming consists of a currying, a
brushing, or a combination of the
two. This is all right as far as it
goes, but it is not complete enough
for horses doing heavy work.
A good outline for grooming might
be devided into five operations: (1)
Currying; (2) wiping with a straw
wisp; (3) brushing; (4) rubbing with
rags; (5) care of mane, tail and feet.
The use of the curry-comb is for
the purpose of loosening up the dirt
and filth adhering to the skin. It
should toe held firmly, but we should
toe careful in currying tender skinned
animals not to scratch too hard as
a scratched skin often results in in
fection.
The straw wisp is generally used
just after going over with a curry
comb and consists in going over the
entire horse with a little handful of
clean straw wiping up the material
loosened up by the curry-comb. The
work of the wisp is factillitated by
the spreading of a thin coat of damp
sawdust over the horse before rub
bing.
A thorough brushing is,one of the
most important steps in the care of
a horse. The brush should not be
too stiff and is best with a curry
comb. The purpose of the brush is
to clean out the hair and work up
the skin into a soft and pliable con
dition. In this way the pores of the
skin are opened up and the secretion
of the oils that produce a glossy coat
is stimulated.
The rag used for the rub-down
should be of cotton cloth, and should
be clean. The rub rag simply lays
the hair and brings out the gloss. It
has best results when slightly damp
ened.
The last process, the care of the
feet, mane and tail, in probably more
often neglected than any other eteip.
Besides the usual daily brushing of
the mane and tall, we should at fre
quent Intervals wash them. Washing
with warm water and castile soap,
rinsing with cold water, and then rub
bing till almost dry gives very good
results. Washing not olny clenses
the tail thoroughly but Induces a
great growth of hair. The tare of
the hoof embraces cleaning out the
sole with a hoof hook, washing out
the sole and the outside of the hoof
jwith water and sponge and wiping
them quite dry with a rag. Many
times this process is the means of
discovering nairs picked up, or atone
bruseB and if carefully followed we
will have little trouble with hoof dis
eases. It is quite essential that the
hoof be wiped dry after each washing
for if it is left to dry alone the hoof
•oon becomes brittle and liable to
cracks. The use of hoof preparations
is seldom profitable. A very light
application of vaseline is all that is
over necessary for a healthy hoof.
When to groom the horse is a ques
tion that each man will have to ans
wer for himself. With a hard-work
ing farm horse it is always best to
oare for them twice a day. That is
a currying and brushing in the morn
ing before work; and a brushing and
cleaning out of the hoofs at night.
fWith many farmers it is hard to find
the time for such attention after
work hours. This, however, is the
time that most animals most need
care. Coming in from a hard day’s
labor, covered with dust aud sweat,
thq( evening meal and the night’s rest
are no more refreshing to the horse
than they would be to you or me un
der the same circumstances. These !
little attentions only take 20 or 30 1
minutes a day and your horse will
pay you back many times in increas
ed efiiciency, valuo and looks.—Indi
ana Farmer.
WEEDED: MORE DAIRY OOWS AND
MORE DAIRY MEN.
It is one of the great advantages
of dairy farming that it builds up the
■oil. The dairyman who knows his
business—who feeds his cows well
and saves the manure carefully—soon
comes to have a farm on which big
crops grow. His corn is tall, and
luxuriant, his cotton fields give big
yields; his pastures are green and
fresh; his whole farm has about it
an air of thrift and prosperity. Well
fed cows and fat fields go together;
and a fat pocketbook is the natural
result of such a combination.
Why is it, then, if dairying is a
profitable business, and if we have
“the best climate in the world” for
i raising stock and growing feeds, that
Southern farmers so long continue to
I neglect the cow?
I One answer is, that they are not
I continuing to do it, but are steadily
I —if s'.owly— coming to pay more at
! tention to the dairy business and to
the farm cow.
Another answer is, that they have
not yet learned what is necessary to
! make a success of the dairy business.
That is they have not learned how
to breed good cows, or how to tell
if the cows they have are good, they
have not learned how to feed and
care for even the few cows they
1 have; they have not yet appreciated
the fact that it is impossible to make
I cows pay without liberal feeding and
an abundant supply of feeds; they
have not yet learned how best to care
for milk, how to make good butter,
or how to market lieri products to
best advantages.
It is gratifying indeed to know that
the number of good cows and good
dairymen is steadily increasing. But
still more of both are needed. There
is scarcely a town of any size in the
Cotton Belt that gets the milk and
butter it uses from Southern dairy
men. Yet nearly all of them should.
The farm on which there are cows
enough to furnish milk and butter
the year round, and on which the but
ter made is of good quality, is—alas!
—still the exception rather than the
rule.
Yes, wee need more cows, more
pastures, more silos, more feed crops,
more home-produced milk and butter;
but first we need more farmers and
farm boys who know how to Judge a
cow, how to feed her, how to test
her milk and keep records, how to
make butter, how to grow pastures
and build silos, and how to build up
a market for good dairy products and
secure for themselves the profits now
going to dairymen in other States
and to the middlemen between those
dairy-men and our Southern consum
ers. There is an opportunity here
which thousands of our energetic, am
bitious farm boys and young men
could embrace to their own great
profit and to that of the whole South.
—Progressive Farmer.
LANDLORD AND TENANT IN
ENGLAND.
In a recent Issue we discussed in j
a general way the method by which
England maintains the fertility of her
soils; mainly by securing to the ten
ant the value of unused fertilizers
and other improvements, and provid
ing that the tenant must return to
the land the manorial value of what
ever crops he removes from the farm.
At a farmers' club in London the
other day, a gentleman described the
working out of this plan in a part of
the Shakespeare country, covering
about ten thousand acres, in which
the succeeding tenants settle this mat
ter without any reference to the law.
This district is particularly adapted
to vegetable gardening, growing fruits
both large and small, asparagus,
strawberries, etc.
The rents payable to the landlord
are fixed, and tenants have free sale.
Here is an instance given; A laborer
rented three acres of laud at $7:50
an acre, planted it to asparagus, held
it three years, and during that time
spent $150 for fertilizers. His health
failed. He valued his tenant right
at $525, cash down. He found a ten
ant who was willing to pay the money
and enter at once. The landlord ac
cepted this new tenant.
The Scottish Farmer, in mention
ing it, says; “The service of the pro
fessional valuer is seldom required;
and in this district the system works
admirably in practice. The great ad
OBADIAH GARDNER.
Ex-Senator From Maine to Be
Collector of Port at Portland.
vantage in the system is that the ten
ant has every inducement to keep
the land in a high state of cultivation
and he can realize at any season of
the year. The moral of the whole j
thing is that small holdings is an
ideal arrangement when soil, climate
and situation are favorable for mark
fct gardening purposes.”
It must be remembered, however,
that the time of speculation in land
has passed in England. Land is own
ed in large or small tracts by men
who are satisfied with a small in
come on their investment, running
from two to four per cent. They can
afford to be satisfied with that, when
they know for a certainty that there
is every inducement for the tenants
to increase the fertility of the land.
The removing tenant simply sells his
lown improvements, and all the land
lord has to do is to approve or disap
| prove of the man to whom he wishes
to sell them.
If this had been in our country,
the tenant would not have put on
any fertilizers, knowing that the
landlord could confiscate them, if for
any reason he thought best to move.
Neither would he have put the land
out to asparagus, lest he should re
ceive no benefit from the crop. Under
their system, he can go on improving
as he sees fit, provided only he does
it intelligently. And he will do so,
for he knows that he can sell the im
provements to the incoming tenant
for what they are worth.—Wallace’s
Farmer.
JAMES C. DAHLMAN.
The Cowboy Mayor of Omaha,
Whose City Was Hit by Cyclone.
SYMPTOMS OF CONSUMPTION
Yield to Vinol.
The medical profession do not be
lieve that consumption is inherited,
but a person may inherit a weakness !
or tendency to that disease.
A prominent citizen of Evansville,
Ind., writes: ‘I was ill for five
months with pulmonary trouble, and
had the best of doctors; I had hemorr
hages and was in a very bad way.
Through the advice of a friend I tried
Vinol, and I feel that it saved my
life. It is all you recommend it to
be. 1 believe it is the greatest medi
cine on earth. I have advised others
to try Vinol, and they have had the
same results.” (Name furnished on
request.)
Vinol soothes and heals the inflamed
surfaces and allays the cough. Vinol
creates an appetite, strengthens the
digestive organs and gives the patient
strength to throw oft incipient pulmo
nary diseases.
Try a bottle of Vinol with the un
derstanding that your money will be
returned if it does not help you.
Hood Bros., Smithfield, N. C.
WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME.
If you purchase the NEW HOME you will
have a lHe asset at the price you pay, and will
not have an endless chain of repairs.
MEW
Quality
Considered j
it is the
Cheapest
in the end
to buy.
If you want a sewing machine, writ® ®J*
JOi \etest catalogue before you purchase.
Ilia New Home Sewimr Machine Co.. Qranje. Mesa
For Sale by
J* ^ BKA.TY, Smltbtield, N. C. ^
A QUICK MOVE
on your part will enable you to get some
Special Bargains in Buggies.
In order to move them quickly we are mak
ing special prices on our line of Buggies,—
Top Buggies, Surreys, and Open Buggies.
We carry the Oxford, Durham and Wrenn
Buggies. Also a Special Line of Harness
at Special Prices.
FURNITURE
For the next few weeks we are making
Special Prices on our handsome and well
assorted line of Furniture.
We Are Headquarters
for Flour, Meat, Meal, and all kinds of
Groceries.
Remember the special prices and trade
with us.
Cotter-Underwood Co.
Smithfield, N. C.
AWNINGS AND TENTS!
Don’t you need an awning to keep
the front of your store cool ?
I have samples and prices to please.
FLOYD C. PRICE
Pine Level, N. C, ♦
Instead of Wood Shingles orSlate
CORTRIGET
Metal Shingles
■ ■ ■■■■—■ ———— 0“—
'jnl The roofing that lasts as long as
*a// the building and never needs
repairs.
They won’t bum, crack, curl or rot
like wood shingles, nor have they the
great weight or brittleness of stone slate;
I besides they are inexpensive and look better than either.
For Sale by
S. B. JOHNSON. SMITHIFIELD, N. C.
I
Wind Mill With Steel Tower and
Tank For Sale
I have at my old home, in the town of Smithfield, one 8
foot wind mill, with a 30 foot steel tower; also a 20 foot
tower and 2000 gallon tank. I wish to sell these for the
reason that the town will supply water.
W. M. SANDERS, Smithfield, N. C.
Children
Should Have Good Light for Studying
A poor l;<rht strains the eyes, and the injurious effects may
last for life. An oil lamp is best. The light from the Rayo
Lamp is soft and mellow. You can read or work under it
for hours without hurting your eyes.
The RAYO is contracted scientifically. It is the
best lamp made—yet inexpensive and economical*
The * — — Lamn mad* of 80lid brass — nickel plated.
r> Lighted without removing chimney or
■hade. Easy to clean and rewick. Made in various
style* and for all purpose*.
Dtaltrt E—rywhtr*
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(lacetporated m New Jrnmy) __
Dest iam|
Kayo
Newark. N. J.
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION.
State of North Carolina Depart
ment of State,
j To all to whom these presents may
come—Greeting:
I Whereas, It appears to my satis
faction, by duly authenticated re
cord of the proceedings for the vol
untary dissolution thereof by the
unanimous consent of all the stock
holders, deposited in my office, that
the Wood Grocery Company, a cor
i poration of this State, whose princi
pal office is situated at No.— Ander
son street, in the town of Selma,
‘County of Johnston, State of North
■ Carolina (I. T. Wood being the agent
'therein and in charge thereof, upon
i whom process may be served,) has
complied with the requirements of
Chapter 21, Revisal of 1905, entitled
“Corporation,” preliminary to the is
suing of this Certificate of Dissolu
tion:
Now, Therefore, I, J. Bryan Grimes.
Secretary of the State of North Caro
lina, do hereby certify that the said
corporation did, on the 8 day of April
1913, file in my office a duly ex
ecuted and attested consent in writ
ing to the dissolution of said cor
poration, executed by all the stock
holders thereof, which said consent
and the record of the proceedings
aforesaid are now on file in my of
fice as provided by law.
| In testimony whereof, I have here
to set my hand and affixed my offi
cial seal, at Raleigh, this 8 day of
April, A. D. 1913.
I J. BRYAN GRIMES, Sec. of State.
NOTICE.
i North Carolina, Johnston County,
In the Superior Court.
Annie Holland
vs
Charles Holland.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action has been
commenced, entitled as above in the
Superior Court of Johnston County,
to declare the marriage between the
plaintiff and defendant void; and
that said defendant will further take
notice that he is required to appear
at the term of Superior court of said
county to be held on the 2nd Mon
day in May, at the court house of
said county in Smithfie.d, N. C., and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or tne plaintiff will ap
ply to the court for the relief de
manded in the summons.
This the 1 day of April, 1913.
j W. S. STEVENS,
Clerk of Superior Court.
R. L. Ray, Attorney.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as adminisiia or on the estate of
Jno. D. it;-, hardson deceased, hereby
notifies all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to me duly verified on or be
fore the 4th day of April 1914 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery; and all persons in
debted to said estate will make im
mediate payment.
This 29 day of March, 1913.
VV. B. RICHARDSON. Admr.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as executor on the estate of Carolina
Henry deceased, hereby notifies all
Dersons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me duly
verified on or before the l&th day of
April 1914 or this notico will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery; and
all persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate payment.
This 17 day of April, 1913.
JOHN W. FUTREUL, Executor.
NOTICE TO RICH JERNIGAN TO
TAKE DEPOSITION.
North Carolina, Johnston County.
In the Superior Court to May term.
ANNIE JERNIGAN,
V8.
RICH JERNIGAN.
To Rich Jernigan: You will here
by take notice that on Thursday, the
1st day of May^ 1913, at 3 o’clock
P. M., before C. B. Upton, Commis
sioner, at No. 547 Corondeliet St.,
in the City of New Orleans, State of
Louisiana, the plaintiff will take the
deposition of Rev. Geo. H. Cornelson,
Jr. and others, to be used in evidence
in the above-enititled action at the
trial of the same, and that said ac
tion is instituted for an absolute di
vorce.
This 17th day of April, 1913.
ANNIE! JERNIGAN, Plaintiff,
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as administrator on the estate of
E. A. Johnson, deceased hereby no
tifies all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to me duly verified on or be
fore the 5 day of April 1914, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery; and all persons indebted
to said estate will make immediate
payment.
This 29 day of March, 1913.
JOHN E. JOHNSON, Administrator