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Twelve Kules for Success in Set-ding Clover. First, let every man who sows clever this full, if possible, sow it to be used as a cover crop for his land's sake, after gathering his seed next spring. Yes, you can sow it for feed, of course, but let me urge the needs of the h.nd. Buy mure seed if necessary to do this. 2. Expect great things, yea ,even ?wonderful things, for your land, but don't expect it all the first year, for if you do ycu are doomed to disappoint ment. 3. Depend lurgely on thorough in oculation for success. If you differ with me on this, please forget it, for I have the abundance of proof. No body warts proof these days that Texas fever in cattle is caused by cat tle ticks. Take it from me, accept the theory of inoculation for growing clover and act on it. 4. Directions will be given on each bottle of pure culture for using it; follow th< m explicitly. 5. If you can get some son wnere crimson or red clover (not bur clover) has grown successfully, when you get ready to sow, dampen your seed with a solution of equal part* of molasses und water, then mix with the seed ubout an equal amount of the inoculated soil. It will he all right to use both this and the pure culture from the government. (>. Sow on a cloudy day or late in the afternoon; or in sowing all day, sow immediately ahead of the har rows that are covering the seed. Be cause if the hot sun shines even a little while on the seed, the work of inoculating described above Svill be more or less thrown away. 7. No seed as small as crimson clover should ever be covered deeper than half an inch; one qurrter of an inch is better. ' 8. The clover roots need compact soil to grow into as soon as seed germinates. They simply must have it or the 'tiny plants will die as soon as some hot sunny days come. Therefore don't plow land that you expect to sow to clover, unless you wish to await one or two good rains to settle it before sowing. 10. Sow clover when there is a good season in the ground. If in cot ton middles, have harrow or large scrape go ahead to prepare teed bed; then follow sowing with spring tooth harrow or scrapo, and be ture not to let i^ go too deep. 11. If on open land where you have good coating of peavines or pea stub ble, use disk or cutaway harrow, not to go too deep, sew seed and follow at once with smoothing harrow. A good roller or drag will assure you better results. 12. Keep a record of what you do and when you do it. Be as loyal to clover as you are to cotton and don't quit trying if you fail the first effort. Yours for better lands through the clover way. ? P. W. Moore, in Progres sive Farmer. Do Not Sell Breeding Animals. Do not sell your breeding animals unless you can replace thorn immedi ately with better ones. Do not let the temptation of high prices now be ing offered for live stock or undue fear of the prices asked for many popular feeds mislead you into sell ing a cow or sow that will drop the golden calf or litters. Such near-sighted profit taking or lack of courage, if widespread, would strike at the foundation of the coun try's livestock industry and cripple it for years to come. As there is a shortage of meat animals throughout the world, we can not hope to import new breeding stock to replace those we foolishly have killed off. Our own breding animals, therefore, must be regarded as the seed essential to the domestic meat supply of the nation. Feeds not available or needed for human consumption should be used as largely as possible in feeding live stock. By feeding straw or corn stov er, especially for wintering mature stockers and breeding animals, farm ers will make the best possible use of these roughage. In this way a large proportion of the straw and stover ordinarily burned or wasted can be manufactured into meat and milk. Grain sorghums, wherever they are available, should be fed to re lease corn for human uses. Grain where fed, should be used as economi cally as possible. Every animal Should be a factory for turning into food material inedi ble for human beings. ? U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture. Abruzzi Rye. Probably no new variety of South ern staple crop has ever earned so quickly a permanent popularity over other varieties as Abruzzi Italian rye. Since the introduction of this variety in the fall of 1913 Abruzzi rye has been plantd in every Southern State with such marked success that its dis tribution has been limited only by the supply of seed. Last year every bushel of seed was sold leng before the planting season was on, and hundreds of orders could not be billed. Abruzzi rye is used for three valu able purposes: First, for grain yield. 1 Under average conditions it will make two or three times the yield of m^pt native varieties. Second, for grazing purposes. It yield*, on good soil, from three to four tons of succulent green forrge per acre for winter graz ing. Third, as a cover crop. Planted in cotton middles after the first pick ing, it makes n heavy winter growth in time for spring plowing, prevent ing the si il from washing and leach ing through the winter. Abruzzi or Itanian rye was discov ered by agents of the United States Department of Agriculture, while on an exploration trip through Italy in search of valuable plants for use in this country, and was introduced for the first time in the United States about January, 1 1>CK>. It came from Naples and brought with it this re cord : "Abruzzes, a superior rye grown in the Abruzzi Province, a mountain ous district east of Rome. This strain is one of the best known in Italy, having made an average yield of 28.2 bushels per acre for a period of ten years." ? Progressive Farmer. America: My Motherland. (Tune: Maryland, My Maryland.) America, my motherland. My thoughts of thee go hand in hand With every thought of noble deed: Within thy borderland so free Our glorious land of liberty. To free the seas we take our stand My Motherland! My Motherland! On this our land and on the sea, Thy flag shall stand for* liberty. Thy peaceful commerce on the wave. From ruthless "Hun" we fight to save, Thy starry flag on sea unfurled Shall thus proclaim to all the world For liberty on sea and land, We fight for thee, my motherland. ? W. H. C., in Columbia State. Read Bible, Wilson Bogs Army and Navy. Bibles for American soldiers and sf.ilors, to be given by the Scripture Gift Mission of Philadelphia, will carry this foreword by President Wil son: "The Bible is the word of life. I beg that you will read it and find this out for yourselves ? read, not little snatches here and there, but long passages that will really bo the road to the heart of it. "You will find it full of real men ..nd women, not only, but also of things you have wondered about and been troubled about all your life, as men have been always and the more you read the more it will become plain to you what things are worth while and what are not, right deal ings, sneaking the truth, readiness to give everything for what the., think their duty and, most of all, the wish that they may have the real approval of the Christ, who gave everything for them; and the things that are guaranteed to make^ men unhappy ? selfishness, cowardice, greed and ev erything that is low and mean. "When you have read the Bible you will know that it is the Word of Cod, because you will have found it the key to ycur own heart, your own hap piness and your own duty." Surely a Deadhead. As the baseball crowd was pushing and struggling to get out at the game's end, a small boy bored his way to the fence and began to climb over it. "Hey there, kid," yelled a police man; "none o' that. Go out the way you came in." By this time the youngster had reached the top of the fence. "Aw, ain't I doin' it?" he said as he van ished on the other side. ? Boston Transcript. Raise More Cattle. Although the past year or two has seen a slight increase in the number of cattle, we have within a decade been transformed from r. beef-export ing to a beef-importing nation. Ten years ago we were exporting $150,000,000 worth of beef annually. Today we are importing beef. With in six years ? 1907 to 1913 ? our beef cattle decreased from 50,000,000 to 30,000,000, a condition that was re flected in the increased price of meat. Livestock puts fertility into the soil as well as money in the bank, and those communities which rest upon a livestock basis, are on a sound foun dation and for the most part pros perous. The livestock grower is not a mere soil tiller bartering a raw material, but a manufacturer selling a finished product. ? Southern Planter. Character. After all, there is nothing like character. The man who loses all else in this world can still have character if he wants to have it. The fellow who goes through handing out his hot air, who undertakes to walk the crooked path, finally is called and finds himself a wreck, without friends, without anything. The other man who fails, who tries to be honest and is honest, can meet all kinds of reverses, go dead broke, lose his best friends by death,, but if he has character the community in which he lives will give him a helping hand; new friends will come to his assistance and he can be prosperous. Character is worth more than any other one thing. And how many young men realize this and build character as they go along? ? Col. A1 Fairbrother. WANTED? 500 DOZEN FRESH eggs. Highest market paid for country produce. Smithfield Hotel, Smithfield, N. C. l ire-Fighting Dog. One can never tell the tendencies that arc going to develop in the small boy and the dog. Take the small boy ? but that's another story; this is to do with the dog. Insurance Oommissicner Young tells the following story of the dog: "It is very interesting to note how the soldiers ih the trenches in Franct are relying upon and helped by their dogs. They are said to be invaluable in notifying them of any approach of the enemy. I am espe cially gratified to note how the in telligence of a dog has caused him to take up fire prevention. The pro prietor of a hotel in eastern Caroli na owns a terrier that is terribly in earnest in fire prevention. If any per son drops a match the dog will im mediately jump upon it, bites and shakes it until it is entirely out. He is .frequently burned, but it appears to mako no difference. He goes at the next one just the same." NEW TESTAMENTS ANI) BIBLES for sal^ at The Herald Office. Why allow ECZEMA TO torture you? Have you lost faith in medicine? Make one more effort; Take our word for it and get a jar of Dr. MUNS' PILE and ECZEMA OINTMENT; it will relieve you in a very short time. For sale by your dealer. ? ? * BUSINESS LOCALS ? ? SALESMAN WANTED ? LUBKI cating oil, grease, specialties, paint. Part or whole time. Com mission basis until ability is es tablished. Man with rig preferred. Riverside Refining Company, Cleveland, Ohio. FERTILIZER FOR FALL CHOI'S Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. SAW MILL STRIPS FOR SALE? We can furnish you slats at $1.25 per load on short notice. Phone 126-L, or see E. G. Smith, Smilhfield, N. C. TYPEWRITER RIBBONS? ROYAL, Underwood, Oliver, Remington and L. C. Smith ? for sale at The Her ald Office. ? THE SMITHFIELD BUILDING & Loan Association has helped a number of people to build homes. It will help others, and maybe you. New series of shares now open. See Mr. J. J. Broadhurst. FEW MULES FOR SALE AT A bargain. Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. FOR RENT? NICE HOME NEAR business part of town. Modern con venience. Box 201, Srnithfield, N. C. SOLDIERS NEW TESTAMENTS? Khaki-bound New Testaments for sale at The Herald Office. LOOK ON YOUR LABEL, AND IF your subscription is in arrears re member the printer. He has to pay weekly for the cost of getting out the paper. Paying up when your time is out helps us. FOR SALE? 300,000 FEET LONG and short leaf pine timber fo^\ sale, 2 V2 miles of side-track. $5.00 per M. A. C. Johnson, Benson, N. C., R. 1. AGENTS FOR THE INTERNA tional Trucks. See sample at store. Roberts Atkinson C., Selma, N. C., TAKEN UP LAST TUESDAY, August 21st, 5 hogs. Owner can get them by paying damage and advertisement. J. E. Woodall, SmiAf.eld, N. C., Route No. 2. REPAIRS FOR McCORMICK AND Walter A. Wood Mowers at Roberts Atkinson Co., Selma, N. C. LOST AT REHOBOTH CHURCH OR somewhere between thqre and James C. Langdon'sf ? One ladies' short coat, Copenhagen blue wool poplin with belt, lined with flower ed poplin. Any one finding same please return to or notify James C. Langdon or Walter Godwin, Benson, N. C. YOU CAN HELP ME You can help me sell New Home Sewing Machines by let ting me know who wants them. If you know of a family need ing a machine and expecting to buy it you will do me a real kind ness if you will let me know it. Just write me a postal card tell ing me who and where the fam ily is. You will do me and the family both good if you will get us together on the sale of a New Home Machine. J. M. BEATY Smithfield, N. C. Hauling Wanted We have a lot qf dry lumber we want hauled to Smithfield , lumber is about two miles from Mr. Burt Bar bour s store . Good price. Come to see us. RAND & LAWRENCE SMITHFIELD. N. C.
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