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The Cotton Situation. that every other State has.
An exaggerated crop estimate j From all we can learn of the
seems to have taken possession of crop we are going on record with
the speculating public and^ prices the following estimate, by States
ior cotton have sunk below value.! North Carolina, 700,000; South
Cotton is worth on a basis of sil-| Carolina, 1,200,000; Georgia,
vci bullion 10 1-2 cents to-day.' The’300,000; Alabama, 1,200,000; Mis
mills have sold goods for export in-1 sissippi, 1,200,000; Florida 65,000
to the silver countries, within the Louisiana, 400,000; Arkansas, 900
lusi few weeks, on account of col-j 000; Tennessee, 450,000; Missouri
ton being on a* parity with silver and Kentucky, 50,000; Texas, 3-
bullion, something that has not'700,000; Oklahoma, 1,000,000
been possible since 1907. Since j Virginia and California, 20,000
907 silver bullion was worth in total, 13,185,000; minus cotton
this country 72 cents an ounce,
cotton was worth 14 1-2 cents per
pound and the mills had more or
ders than their spindles could sup-
piy-
To-day silver bullion is worth
52 1-2 cents an ounce. Divide
52 1-2 cents an ounce by 5 pounds
of cotton and you have 10 1-2 cents'the farmers
per pound for cotton. The mills prices,
can pay this price and make normal
profits.
If the farmer will refuse to sac
rifice his cotton at present prices,
he can easily get 10 1-2 on the in-
ginned during July and August
ai.d reported in last year’s crop
771,000; total, 12,414,000; plus an
expected average ginning for Ju
ly and August, which will be re
ported in the crop of 1911-12, 400,
000; total, 12,814,000.
We think it worse than folly for
to sell at present
JASPER MILLER & SON CO.,
Per J. M., President
autumn.
'I'he care of Irish potatoes by
those who want to grow them anc
trinsic worth of his cotton to the’save them for seed at home is not
inanufacturer.' of the same kind as that usually
This year the July crop was given to the commercial article
about all that was made. Conse-^The Irish potato, for seed, should
quently it has all opened and much not be allowed to fully ripen. They
more than usual has been brought grow much more vigorously if dug
in sight. ’ before ripening than if the plants
As long as the farmers continue stand until the time of decay in
to rush the staple on the market,
causing the receipts to run far
ahead of previous years, the
world’.? opinion will be crystallized
into a crop of unheard of magni
tude.
If we were to form an opinion
based on the crop in this section we
would not think a crop of 10,000,-
000 bales possible.
Just because Georgia has a good
crop, it does not necessarily follow
Use of Fertilizers.
Nitrogen (or “ammonia”) en
courages strong leaf, vine and bush
growth.
Potash makes firm tuber, bulb
and fiber.
Phosphoric acid makes blooms
“set,” and seed and seed pods form
abundantly.
If the wild growth on your farm
:k m-
We Save You One-Third on
Home and Farm Supplies
ROOFINB
Rubber Roofing.
Amatile, Tarrra
Felt, Metal Roof
ing. C^lity high-
nt, pricea lowat.
Large tock, quick
(hipmentf from
Richmond. Rub
ber Roofing, I -ply
$1.05. 2.ply
$1.21, 3-ply
$1.42 Square.
G^v. V. Crimp
$2.95. Free
t a m p 1 e 1. Our
Spotlcn Farmer*
Union Catalojpic
quote* low price*
on all kind*.
The State Business Agenu
of the Farmers Union in
North Carolina and Vir
ginia have made contracts
with us to furnish our goods
to members of the Farmers
Union at Wholesale Prices.
We want every member of
the Farmers Union in Vir
ginia and North Carolina to
write for our Special Far
mers Union Catalog which
we will send to them Free.
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Hog Fence, Field Fence, Poultry
Fence, Barb Wire. All kind* and
height*. Hog Fence 17 cents rod.
Barb Wire $1.69 q»ool. Shipped
quick from Richmond, little freight,
Kttlc deUy. AD kind* quoted in
Spode** Farmer* Union Catalog.
Goods Contracted to Be Fursiished By Tke Spotleaa Co.
Hou*e Paint
Pumpa
Cooking Uteniil*
Wire Fencing
^ Compo«itioa Roofing
Bam Paint
Buggie*
Sewing Machine*
Barb Wira
DiK Hanow*
Cook Stovea
Wagon*
Wa*hing Machine*
Metal Roofing
Peg Tooth Hanow*
Steel Ranse*
Harnei*
Bicycle*
Watchea
Spring Tooth Har
Heating Stovea
Saddle*
Furniture
Cultivator*
row*
Dixie and Olive* Pattern Plow*
Look over the list of goods mentioned above, see if you don’t need some of them. If you
don t need them now—write for our Spotless Fermera Union Cetsdog anyway, it will
help you keep posted on prices.
The SPOTLESS CO.
••THE SOUTH*$ MAIL
30 SHOCKOE SQUARE
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
ORDER HOUSE’’
is profuse and your tomatoes and
melon vines run to leaf, your soil
is rich in nitrogen.
If trees do not thrive, onions
seem soggy and tomato vines
sturdiness of stalk, the soil needs
potash.
If your tomatoes, melons and
grain fail to “set” plenty of seed
and fruit, phosphoric acid as called
for.
If you expect to take from your
land a crop rich in leaf, as lettuce,
increase the proportion of nitrogen
in your fertilizer.
If potatoes or onions are desired,
provide plenty of potash.
If abundant corn, wheat, melons,
peaches, strawberries or tomatoes
are wanted, see to the phosphoric
acid.—Home and Farm.
Cotton Culture in Africa.
Discussing the scientific methods
of the African farmer, a corres
pondent of the London Times,
writing from Northern Nigeria,
says of cotton culture: “It is a
revelation to see the cotton fields,
the plants in raised rows three feet
apart, the land having in many
cases been precedenlly enriched by
a catch crop of beans, whose with
ering stems (where not removed
for fodder, or hoed in as manure)
are observable between the healthy
shrubs, often four and five feet in
height, thickly covered with yellow
flowers or snowy balls of whiter
bursting from the split pod. The
fields themselves are protected
from incursions of sheep and goats
by tall neat fencing of guinea corn
stalks, or reeds, kept in place by
native rope of uncommon strength.
Men.
Not gold, but only men, can make
A people great and strong;
Men who, for tnith and honor’s
sake.
Stand fast and suffer long;
Brave men who work while others
sleep.
Who dare while others ,fly—
They build a nation’s pillars deep..
And lift them to the sky.
—Ralph Waldo Emersoi^-
The basis of happiness is the love
of something outside of self.—Jor
dan.
All who would win joy must
share it; happiness was born a twin-
—B}Ton.
WANTED—Mountain dried ft^^^
and Irish potatoes. Union SuP'
ply Co., Marshville, N. C.
RICE RICE RIGE
AT THE RIGHT PRICE
There is no better food than Ri^®
and the American people ate
beginning to find that out.
Our orders come from every state
in the Union. We sell direct
to the consumer.
Type Ear for Seed Com.
In the choice of corn for seed,
selects the ears that he believes
will give him the largest yield of
good corn the following year. It
is a good plan to choose an ear of
corn that is as near the type, want
ed as possible; then keep this ear
from year to year, or until you get
better one. At any rate, have a
.cample ear that you can look at
occasionally to help you in follov'-
ing one type. Keep this type ear.
'.andy when selecting corn in the
‘all; and in the spring, when the
inal selection is rhade, it is well to
compare all ears carefully with the
type-ear.—C. P. Bull, Minnesota
College.
There was a poor man in Mary-
and and he made himself a rich
one by buying exhausted tobacco
and and fertilizing it with plaster.
The land that was worn out by
ong cultivation of tobacco is thus
made into good wheat land.
DESIRABLE, large and small
farms for sale. Write for list,
ohn J. George, Bessemer City, N.
Prices, freifkt prepsid to yoar station
100 pounds Long Grain
Honduras Rice, $6.75
100 pounds Round Grain
Japan Rice, $5.06
100 pounds Good Table
Broken Rice, $4.25
You are now paying 5 cents
Rice uo better than the
$4.25 grade.
Send Tonr Orders to tke
Gulf Coast Farmers Rice Co*
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
E. A. CALVIN, Mgr.
Home Protection For Farmers^
This is what is offered by
the Farmers IVIutual
Fire Insurance
•
Association
Ot North Carolina
Insures property at about
half usual rate, against fire
WIND or LIGHTNING. No
other company offers such
low rates with such safe pro
tection. If your County is
not organized, send applica
tion for insurance to Central
Branch, Raleigh, N. C.
The Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Association
B»i 2S4 Rakiik, North G«rolii>»
'Arrau Wanted in e*«ry Farmers
Union in North Carolina.