, Sl.oo a Year, in Advance.
" FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH."
Single Copy 5 Cents,
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PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1905.
NO.38.
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'XJVXJXJZJXJXJXS V XI
"TOD" ELKUM'S '
AUTOMOBILE TRAP.
By Howard
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0V II It E E w- ecks before
t - Jf Thanksgiving (here was a
O I O consultation among the in
J mates of the Morrisville
"WOJf i)orlionse. It was held in
the common sitting-room, -where the
men and Avonnn were allowed to gath
er when they were not eating or sleep
ing. About all th unfortunates in the
almshouse had to lowiprjB to cat and
sleep; n few as orkedaliout the institu
tion or in the garden. The convention
opened raiher unexpectedly, when
Sarah Tooker remarked:
"What d'ye s'pose we'll have for
Thanksgivin'?"
All the others turned nml lnnkoil nf
her, for Sarah was the latest arrival,
;uul consequently new to the regula
tions governing the Morrisville poor
Louse. "Do they feed us on turkey or chick
on?" she continued. "I'm a little mite
fonder of turkty Myself, but I s'pose
iinn eat chicken on a pinch."
"Ho! hoi" laughed Itodney Eckert.
'Ho! ho!" and his two remaining teeth
rattled together like corn in a pnrch-ing-pan.
"Turkey! Chicken! Land
love ye, Sarah Tooker! If it ain't roast
beef it'll be lamb slew, and if it ain't
lamb stew it'll be roast beef, an' ye
ran take your choice. I know. I've
"been here r.iih oio fom jfen year uoaa
Most likely it'll be land) stew. 1 call
to mind how we lad'ioast beef last
year."
Eight other old men and ten other
old women nodded their heads in grave
assent. They also k;iw, from more
or less long experience, what the
Thanksgiving dinner would be. It was
only slightly different from the usual
meals of soup, bread and tea. served
regularly at the poorhouse. Only Sarah
hoped for a change. The others
"thought little about it.
"Lamb stew," said Sarah, plaintively.
f'Why, the idea! Thanksgiving, too!
Well, all I've got to say is, that it ain't
1 -what I'm used to, not by a good deal.
I don't see why we can't have a chick
en potpie," she finished, Avith a little
sigh.
"Don't let Zeke Jeded hear ye," cau
tioned Bud Tunkerr. "As long as he's
been. superintendent of this poorhouse,
lie can't abide to have any one find
fault with the eatin". Not that Ave
need to, most times; but since ye
brought up the Thanksgivin' subject,
it kinder runs in my head. Turkey!
Ah! Urn!"
"My, oh, my ! Thanksgivin', an' lamb
steAv!" repeated Sarah. "It doesn't
seem reasonable. Before I had to
come here I was used to a big turkey
for dinner a big, fat, brown turkey."
"If ye'd just leave off mentioning
such things I'd be obliged to ye," said
Tod E'.kmn, with a little quaver in his
voice, lie awoke from the doze he
bad been in. "It makes a body feel
hungry," he Avent on. "'Specially
when the feastin' time's so near. If
it's all the same, ye might mention
somethin' about bein' shipwrecked on
a desert island, with nothin' to eat but
boot-legs an' seaAveed. That'll give
us appetites for lamb steAv," be con
cluded. A silence concluded, while each one
of the twenty inmates of the poor
Jiouse was busy Avith his or her own
sad thoughts.
Sarah Tooker wagged her head. de
jectedly. It was a new experience for
iher, for she had been in good circum
stances until failing fortunes and the
death of all her relatives,, had obliged
her to seek refuge in that place dread
cd by all the aged.
' "It does seem a pity we can't cele
brate for once," mused Tod Elkuin, as
he walked out into the yard. "I would
relish a nice, brown slice of turkey,
with plenty of gravy an' lots of dress
in'. And I wouldn't mind some cran
berry sauce, too. But I s'pose th'
selectmen ain't got money to waste
on such frills."
Out on the pleasant country road a
great red automobile rushed by, rais
ing a cloud of dust. The State turn
pike passed through Morrisville.
"I'll ' bet those folks ain't worryin'
about where their turkey Is comin'
from," went on Tod. "Well, Ave can't
all be rich, and maybe it's a good
thing" .
He strolled toward the road, walk
ing slowly, for his limbs were feeble
from age. He enjoyed the crisp air
of November and the genial sun, which
tempered the rather cool afternoon.
There was the delightful smell of aut
umn, coming from the brown arth,
and the dried leaves rattled as he trod
on them.
He reached lite road and turned
toward the village. The dust from
the automobile was fct'll flying lazily
in the euul'ght. A little way ahead
Tod saw a figure. Tt was tbat o' n
jxan, aM Le .was shaking his staC at:
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something in the distance. When Tod
came nearer he recognized Hank
Wright, the toAvn marshal.
"What's the trouble V" asked Tod.
"Somebody tryin' to run over ye?"
"It's them pesky automobile's!" said
Hank.
"What did it do? Most nip ye?" in
quired Tod.
"No. But it was goin' tAvice as fast
as the laAAr allows," replied Hank, "and
I was hollerin' to stop it. The select
men have passed a Uiaa, limitiu' the
rate to ten mile an hour, and this one
was goin' twenty if it Avas going one."
"And ye were countin' on urrestin'
'em V"
"I Avas, and fin in' 'em, too," said
Hank, firmly. "There's a penalty of
ten dollars for exceedin the speed
limit. Half of it goes to the town and
the other half is divided betAveen the
marshal making the arrest and Squire
Bascomb. There's a good tAvo dollars
and a half I could have had just as
Avell as not."
"It's somethin' like fishin'," consoled
Tod. "Better luck next time."
"I'll warrant thenext one don't get
aAvay from me!" threatened Hank. He
walked on, while Tod strolled slowly
after him.
But the sturdy lugs of the marshal
soon proved too fast for the older man,
and Tod dropped behind.
"If I see any of them autobilers goin'
too fast, shall I notify ye?" called out
Tod after the retreating marshal.
"Yes, or ye can jirrest 'em yourself,
if ye Avant to," answered Hank. "No
laAv again' it. But ye'd better be care
ful. It takes some one with a show
of authority to bring 'em to a halt."
"Well, I'll let ye knoAv if I see any
of 'em," said Tod, as he kept on Avith
halting pace.
The days came and went. Life con
tinued the same in the Morrisville
poorhouse. . There was. the same soup
and tea and bread. The little excite
ment caused by the mention of a
Thanksgiving feast had died out. A
week before the holiday Zeke Jedell,
the superintendent, called on Thomas
Jenkins, the chairman of the board of
tOAvn selectmen.
"What'll I give the inmates for
Thanksgiving?"' asked Zeke.
"What did they have last year?"
asked Mr. Jenkins.
"Boast beef and potatoes," answered
Zeke.
"Beef's high and funds are low,"
said Mr. Jenkins. "Lamb's cheaper.
Give 'em lamb stew."
"They had that year before last,"
ventured Zeke.
"Well, they'll forget it by this time,"
rejoined Mr. Jenkins.
"numph! You don't know 'em as
Avell as I do," said Zeke. But there
was no appealing from the decision of
the chairman, and the superintendent
prepared to give a big dinner of lamb
stew to his charges.
Thanksgiving was three days off.
Even Sarah Tooker, most hopeful of
all, had given up. and resigned herself
to lamb steAA-. The others, after the
brief delights of an almost wild antici
pation, had fallen back iuto their usual
apathy.
But some new spirit seemed awak
ened in Tod Elkum. He slept less than
usual, and Avhen True Kimball wanted
hiin to engage in the usual game of
checkers one afternoon Tod declined.
"What ye goin to do?" asked True.
"I got a little matter o' business to
tend to doAvn the road," answered Tod.
and he hurried aw y as fast as his
legs would carry him.
He was muttering to himself.
"If it works, there ain't any reason
Avby we sha'n't ail have turkey," he
AA'as saying, softly. "If I've only got
gumption enough to do it. And I Avill
have! I will! Just to think a lamb
stew for Thanksgiviu'! I never re
alized before Avhat it meant. It's all
along o' Sarah Tooker's suggestin' it."
Tod walked along the State road,
scanning the fence closely. The weath
er, although crisp, Avas clear, and there
was no sign of snow yet. The autumn
Avas late that year, and coaching aud
automobile parties from the cities near
Morrisville Avere frequent.
"I guess that'll do," said Tod, as he
took hold of a long, heavy rail. From
his pocket he pulled some rope, and
then he fastened one end of the rail
to a fence-post, loosely, so that it
worked as if on a huge hir.go. Then
he hoisted the rail high in the air, up
right, fastening It there by a light pole,
used as a brace.
To this brace he tied another piece
of vope, and then, holding the end of
tli cord in his hand, he took his posi
tion on the other side of the road, near
the fence.
"My spring trap's all complete now,"
' ..lid, with a chuckle. "I'm ready
the same when It comes aloes."
Any one who watched him might
have wondered Avhat sort of game the
old man hoped to catch. He sat for
nearly an hour, resting his Aveary back
against the lOAvest fence-rail The dried
leaves on the forest trees in the woods
to his left rustled in the cool fall wind.
In his rather thin garments .the old
man shivered.
Suddenly from down the road sound
ed a cry, like a dock of wild geese in
flight:
Honk! Honk! Honk!
"There she blows!" cried the old
man, jumping up. ."Now for my trap!
If it only works!"
Around a bend in the road came a
big red automobile. It Avas speeding
along, the gay party in it laughing and
talking.
"Fifteen mile an hour if it's a foot,"
muttered Tod. He dreAV in his breath
sharply. His hands trembled, but he
steadied them, and then he gave the
cord a sudden "yank." The long rail
fell with a clatter and bang right
across the road. The path Avas ef
fectually blocked.
The man at the steering-wheel gave
a yell. lie pulled some levers with a
suddenness that brought the big ma
chine up with a quiver of brakes.
"What do you mean?" asked the man
at the Avheel, angrily. "We might
have smashed that rail if I hadn't
stopped."
"I calculated ye'd stop," said the old
man, coolly. "That's what I put the
rail there for."
"Well, you must be crazy," said the
man, lifting up his big goggles. "What
in the world did you want us to stop
for?"
"Exceedin' the speed limit," replied
Tod, sententiously. "Goin' faster'n
ten mile an hour. I'm delegated by
th' town marshal to 'rest ye," he Avent
on, simply. "Hank Wright; mebbe ye
knoAv him."
"No, I don't," rejoined the chauffeur,
crossly,
"I'm s'prised," rejoined Tod. "Well,
it don't matter. He's delegated me to
look after such people's you, ridin'
faster'n the law allows."
"HaA-e yo-i a badge?" asked the
chauffeur, suddenly.
Tod hesitated' for an distant. He
thought of Hank Wright's big shining
nickel star, the emblem of his author
ity as toAA-n marshal, and his face fell.
"I ain't got any badge," he said at
last. "There ain't but one badge in
toAvn, and Hank Wright wears that.
He's the town marshal. But he's give
me the authority to arrest ye, and so
I'd advise ye to submit peaceably.
"Ye see," he continued, feeling that
some explanation was necessary, "I
ain't been long at this business. I live
over at the poorhouse, an' this is ray
own idea for raisin' funds for gettin'
a Thanksgivin' dinner."
"What in the world has stopping our
automobile got to do with a Thanks
giving dinner?" asked the man with
the goggles.
"Why, there's ten dollars' fine for
goin' faster'n the law allows." ex
plained Tod. "Half goes to the town,
an' the other half is divided 'tAveen
me an' Squire Bascomb. So ye'd better
come 'long peaceable and 'pear in
court, for I represent the law, that's
Avhat I do," and his wrinkled and
seamed old face, kindly as it always
was, took on a queer, stern look.
There Avas a brief Avhispering among
the occupants of the automobile.
"I might add that all Ave Avas goin'
to have for Thanksgivin dinner," said
Tod, "AAas lamb stew. I've as good as
earned two dollars and a half now, and
I'm goin' to stay here till I get enough
for a good turkey dinner. Be ye ready
to go to the justice's office?"
"Yes, we'll go along peaceably." said
the man with the goggles. "Won't you
get in and ride with us?"
"If ye'll promise not to go faster'n
the laAv allows," agreed the old man.
"We'll go sIoavI.v," said the chauffeur.
Thereupon Tod removed the fence
rail, and gingerly climbed into the au
tomobile. There Avas a little flurry of
excitement when the big, puffing ma
chine dreAV up in the village before the
office of Squire Bascomb, although the
fining of drivers of the machines was
not infrequent in the town.
"I 'rested 'em," said Tod, proudly,
to the gaping crowd of villagers. "I
'rested 'em, squire, with my patent
automobile-stopper," and he chuckled
at the remembrance.
Squire Bascomb opened court grave
ly. "Are you sure they were exceedin'
the speed limit? he asked Tod.
"Well " began the old man, slowly,
for he had not counted on having to
give evidence, technical evidence at
that.
"Oh, yes, we were going rather fast,"
admitted the driver of the machine, in
response to a nudge from one of the
women. "I think we will plead guilty,"
and he pulled out his pocket book and
laid ten dollars on the squire's desk.
"Don' do it again," crutioncd the
magistrate, severely, as he took the
money and handed Tod his sba e. The
old man's ringers trembled so that he
almost dropped the money.
"Where are you going norr?" asked
one of the ladies in the automobile
party.
"I'm goin back for more game" re
plied Ted. "I've ?ot to have 'bout
fiA-e doll irs more before I'd have
enough 10 buy turkey for all of us up
to the' pr rrh.'use."
"(Jet in and Ave'll take you foack,"
said the chauffeur, softly, and he
seemed to have suddenly taken cold.
Once more Tod rode In the big red
machine. This time it wenr straight
up to the door of the almshouse, and
when the mau at the steering-wheel
helped the old man down he pressed
something that was crisp and crinkly
into Tod's hand.
"It's for Thangsgiving." he said, as
Tod gazed at the generous bill; and the
man in goggles. wrapped his coat about
him, for it Avas quite chilly.
Such a dinner as they had at the
Morrisville poorhouse three days later!
Never, such plump, brown turkeys,
never such rich gravy and dressing,
such delicious cranberry sauce, such
crisp Avhite celery! Never such mince
pies! Mrs. Zeke Jedell fairly outdid
herself on the meal. Aud such appe
tites as everybody had!
"It's almost as good as bavin' a big
red automobile," said Tod. "I 'was
afraid I wouldn't hev the spunk to
stop 'em, but I did."
".My, but that's certainly a fine tur
key!" spoke Sarah Tooker, with a sigh
that expressed the deepest content
ment. And all the others agreed Avitk
her. Youth's Companion.
Soda, in a 2-per-cent. solution, is
recommended by Professor Esmarch,
of Gottingen, as the best means of dis
infecting eating utensils.
Flue dust mixed thoroughly with a
small portion of clay has been used
successfully as fuel at the Johnstown
plant of the Cambria Steel Company
The first telegraphic longitude sta
tion in Labrador has been established
at Chateau Bay by Pr. Otfo Klotz,
Dominion astronomer, in conjunction
with Sir William MacGrcgcr, Governor
of Newfoundland.
It has been suggested, that the excel
lent showing' made by steel cars in
collision is due to the fact that the
wooden cars i:i the train with them
acted as' cushions and lessened the
force of shock.
At an inquest in London, a. medical
expert testified: "The man had a weak
digestion, and if mushrooms are not
quite fresh when -eaten they are apt
to hae serious effects in the cases of
persons Avith Aveak digestions." "
Walter Rothschild, M. P.. who re
cently spent three weeks at Cauterets,
in France, near the Pyrenees, brought
home to England AA-ith him nearly 4000
specimens of butterflies to add to the
million ho already has.
From a small beginning two years
ago an arsenic mine near Elbe, Pierce
County, Washington, has been devel
oped until it is now producing twenty
live tons each tAventy-four hours. It
is the only mine in the country in
AA-hich the arsenic is taken direct from
the ore.
A storing of sun heat in some of the
small salt lakes of Hungary was ob
served as far b.rek as in 10(11 by
Kalecsinsky, avIio recorded the results
of his. investigations in a paper before
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,
lie showed the warm layer of the
Szovnta salt lakes, which lies at a cer
tain depth below flie surface between
two colder layers and Avhich is sev
eral meters in depth, to have neces
sarily derived its heat from the sun..
! aa Acrnhfttft.
When wax is needed a certain num
ber of self-elected citizens gorge with
honey and hang up in chains or cur
tains, each bee clinging by her front
feet to the hind feet of the one above
her, like Japanese acrobats, and there
they remain, sometimes for two days,
until the wax scales appear pushed out
from every pocket. It is not hard to
understand that, since much honey is
needed for the manufacture of wax, a
bee after filling with the raw material
would produce much more wax by
keeping quiet than by using any of the
gorged honey for energy in moving
about and working. But the necessity
of "holding hands' while this Avork
goes on must ever remain to us another
occult evidence of the close relations in
the bee commune. Country Life in
America.
He Lasted Well.
They were in the family portrait sec
tion of the gallery, and it seemed to
Miss Golightly that her English visitor
Avas deeply impressed.
"Yes, these are all my ancestors,"
she said, proudly. "Now, this is my
great-great-grandfather, when he Avas
a young man? of course. Isn't he hand
some? My grandfather ised to tell
my mother that his grandfather that's
this one AA'as a splendid-looking man
as long as he liA-ed, and as popniar
with women as with men because he
Avas such a hero.
"Brave? I guess he was! Why. be
never fought in a battle that he didn't
lose an arm or a leg or something from
being right in front of everybody! lie
Avas in twenty-three engagements!"
YoutU'i Companion,
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SOUTHERN
'1 3
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER. STOCKMAN AND TRUCK CROWE?..
An Experiment With Geraniums. '
I do not know of any plant which is
mentioned In a florist's catalogue which
so bravely endeavors to do its best
under trying conditions as the geran
ium, writes A. Eva. No matter if the
rain falls or there is an excess of damp
weather for weeks, it continues to
send forth its cheering brightness; and
when hot wind and sun of drouth wilt
or destroy some other plants, it yet
more proudly lifts Its glories in de
fiance. The most lovely geranium of the
single floAvered class I have ever owned
or seen is the "Julia Marlowe."
It is said (and easily believed) to be
one of the most exceptionally valuable
novelties which spring up in plant life.
The flowers are as perfectly formed
and rounded as though made of wax.
In color it is a dazzling scarlet; the
petals are broad and overlapping and
form a flower which is fully tAvo to two
and one-half inches in diameter.. The
trusses are extremely large, and the
plant attracts much attention.
Another geranium which I 'believe is
without exception the most intense
scarlet bedder known is "Le Soleil."
This is one of the double type and
is extremely effective when planted
in masses. The flowers are very large
and held up by strong, straight stems,
and resist both storm and heat.
No matter what the variety of geran
ium, I have learned that we must ex
pect effects in accordance with the
plant food which it receives.
Last year when transplanting them
to the open ground, we made the soil
rich with well rotted manure from the
cow stables. The plants made an ex
ceedingly rapid growth, with leaves
which were remarkable as to size and
deep coloring, but throughout the sum
mer the flowers were so sparse that
rmr riisiinnomtment was creat. For
some reason florists seldom, or never,
refer to the proper balancing of plant
foods when preparing soil for flowers,
but I believe it fully as necessary to
success in this work as in the growing
of fruits and grains.
The fruit groAver and the farmer
knows that nitrogen in too great
amount will cause too rank a growth
of leaf and stalk at the expense of
fruit or grain, but if the nitrogen Is
properly balanced with the two other
important elements of all plant life,
viz., potash and phosphoric acid, both
fruit and grain will be perfectly devel
oped. -.'"
It Avas plainly evident that my geran-'
iunis were given an excess of nitrogen
by fertilizing with the barn manure
alone, which is quite often very de
ficient in either potash or phosphoric
acids, scientists tell us, and so I de
cided this past spring to experiment.
Before transplanting the geraniums,
we thoroughly mixed with the soil of
the bed, which was eight by tAvo feet,
a round quart of high grade fertilizer,
snob ns we use for carden truck. This
contains in 100 pounds of material,
four pounds of nitrogen, seven pounds
of available phosphoric acid and ten
pounds of actual potash in the sulphate
form.
The result has been most satisfac
tory. The geranium leaves have not
been abnormally large, as wore those
of last year, nor too greatly abundant,
but the flower stems seem almost
countless and the trusses are enormous
and of great brilliancy of color.
Plants of the same variety were
again given the treatment of last year
and proved as unsatisfactory. I think
all flower growers will meet with bet
ter success in regard to profusion of
flowers and intensity of color if they
will mix' some potash salt with the
stable manure and soil, and I know
the flowers are far more lasting than
those groAvn with manure, withoutjthis
addition.
Lnrarne on Sfd.T Soil.
J. T. Pearson Could sandy pine land
with yellow sand subsoil be made rich
enough to grow lucerne? What time
should it be poavii for winter pasture?
Would it injure cotton to run one or
two furroAvs to the toav at this time
of year and sow rye for winter pas
ture? .Answer A sandy 'oam, made very
rich, is th very place for lucerne (al
falfa, s'h a location and condition
as would produce a fine yield of sugar
cane or forty to fifty bushels of corn,
wo!,M nrorbiee a satisfactory growth
of el i i-r. The proper time to sow the
, .; j in September or October, after
tho:-.:v?dr ru-fparing and fertilizing (or
muntirii'g! the land, provided you can
hnvi a good season in the ground
"?ioi.-rt to bring tin the seed prompt
ly. !' f : - . -.1 lie in the ground until
U c w.;! r ins set in and then come
!, . !,.""es are that the young
i:n ' ;; ;. kilied by the first heavy
you to sow in rowy i
ft-.
nart. just as you wo'ihl
inr-j'rs, so that th" land
-.' Itli cultivator or scrape J
t so well adapted to grar ;
tiuly should not be pas-
ai.vi
FA RM 10 TES.
t
tured before It Is in its third year, ami
then not heavily. It is particularly
etied for green soiling and for hay.1
You may also sow the seeds 'in Mard
or April. " - fr
It would not injure cotton is the least
to sow in rye and cover in with two
or three shallow furrows in'one trip
with a cultivator. Professor Soule. .
.... ' "
Establishing a Oras Sod.
J. Li. M. writes: How Is the'hest
way to get a good blue gra53..;sod5
What soils are most suitable for bin
grass? What is the correct way to get
the number of bushels of lime pec
acre?
It will take both time and patience,
and good farming to secure a good blue
grass sod, some of the best sods I have
ever seen being from tw:enty-five to?
100 years old. Blue grass comes slowly;
and does not become well established
for several years, but of course it will
yield some grazing and continue to Im
prove in quality if handled judiciously!
Many persons make the mistake 6t
not sowing blue grass at all, but rathe?
wait for it to come naturally. - This
takes too much time, for one thing, and
unless the conditions are very favora
ble the waiting may 'be in' vain. Oa
the other hand, many who sow blue
grass attempt to graze it at the end
of the first or second season and over
stock the ground, with the result that
the crowns of the grass are eaten down
too closely and much of It dies, or at
least it does not grow and spread as
rapidly as it should and' weeds come
in and choke out what the cattle dqi
not destroy.
Land Intended for blue grass should
be very carefully prepared and well
enriched with farmyard manure, or it
that is not available, a leguminous
crop may be plowed under to advan
tage and supplemented with liberal ap
plications of high-grade acid phosphate
and- potash, say at the rate of 20$
pounds of the former and fifty pound.s
of the latter per acre. Be sure that
the land is free from weeds. This majr
be accomplished by putting it in, :a
hoed crop a year before seeding to
grass and is probably a better and
more satisfactory method than summei
fallowing. Strong limestone soils are
best suited to blue grass. It does not
giA-e good results as a rule on thin
light, leachy soils or very tenaciou
clays unless they . are well under
drained. Blue grass loves lime, and
Avhere the underlying rocks are well
supplied with ' this element, it gener
ally provides satisfactory grazing when
once well established. Dry, thin lands
are not well adapted to this grass. This
does not mean that it must of necesJ
sity be sown on Ioav land, for blua
grass in sections to w-hich it is adapted
does well on hilly, rolling land suf
ficiently porous to retain a good part of
the water that falls "on it as rain. It
also gives its best results in semi-shaded
pastures, as it does not .like, too
strong open sunlight.
There are many ways of applying
lime and it is hard to say which is the
best. That depends a good deal oa
local conditions and on the lime used;
There are many forms of lime sold
on the markets Avhich can be distribut
ed in the grain drill to advantage. AI
special drill is also made for the ap
plication of lime. It Is not an expen
siAe implement and provides one of
the easiest and most satisfactory ways
of distributing a substance which is
very mean to handle. Lime can be ap
plied by buying it in the unslacked
condition and distributing it at satis
factory distances over the field, depending-
on the amount to be applied
per acre, scattering over the ground
uniformly after it is slaked and incor
porating in the soil with a harrow.
The distance apart to place the piles
of lime? on an acre of laud depends oa
the rate of application. For instance.
if you put the lime approximately
twenty-tAvo feet apart in each direc
tion and put half a bushel in each
pile, you would be applying between
fifty and sixty bushels per acre. I
you put twenty-five bushels per acre.
the distance of the piles would hi
twice as great, but twenty-five bus ols
is a light application. The ordinary
grain drill Avill not apply lime In suffi
cient "rjuantities for heaA'y applications
unless it is especially constructed with
that end In view. For ordinary farm
practice lime can be distributed from
the wagons in piles as sugested. Lime
should be applied about tAvo weeks
before seeding, so that it will haA-e no
injurious effect on germination, and as
a rule, it should be applied separately
from any commercial fertilizer which
may be used. Andrew M. Soule, in
Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
Ex-Sccretary of the Navy John P.
Long prefer?, to "make a .speech rather
'ih.T.l to li.-tf'.n ii rmp.
He declares
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"oh'icrveu," w applied to shar;-
skin t cv.iv.- eilrirtriy from the
'.'er"r.n Avcrd "aghri," which, means
the bade of a. beast ' Vf burden.