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Page Eight THE CABOLINA UNION FABMEE Local Notes. OAIt GROVE UNION, NO. 1397 As we keep reading of what other Unions in various parts of the county are doing, and as we haven’t written anything to our paper, we will en deavor to make a short note of what we have been doing and are doing. We have been organized two or more years and have never yet made a rec ord to the public of what we have and are. We organized with just enough members to secure a charter, but it was not long before we had thirty and over, and we still hold that num ber and are still on the upward growth in gaining members and busi ness. We also have a dozen or more lady members. The men in the Union believe in letting the women have a share in their business transactions and not keeping everything behind their backs. Brother farmer, get your wife to join the Union and make your busi ness more business-like. We find that we can save money in many cases by having our Agent order goods direct from manufacturers, in stead of having them to pass through the hands of two or three middle men. We are getting all of our fer tilizer this way, no one having any thing to say in buying it, except the Agent. No one knows what it costs until we have the fertilizers, and just here we may say a word for our Agent, which is such a big help to any Local when properly conducted Ours IS a man whom we are not afraid to trust prices to his keeping; so we can go ahead without fear. We believe in the building of the ware house, which is coming in this coun ty. Our Local subscribed liberally according to ability. We understand the charter has already been applied for. Yours truly, C. ADOLPHUS MILLER. January 21, 1913. In conclusion, the real progressive spirit in farming has come to my community by and through my Lo cal. This progressive spirit will con tinue with more rapidity when they all read the Carolina Union Parmer more. Fraternally, J. D. MORRIS. Fallston, N. C., Jan. 19, 1913. GROWING CORN. “WHAT MY LOCAL HAS DONE.” It is hard to ascertain the good my or any other Local has done for the community. Because the Local that brings results does not move in a bus iness direction by starts and fits—it is not spasmodic: but my Local, the Fallston Local, No. 1618, has made a record along business lines that the most scrutinizing, non-union critic does not deny. It has so emphasized Itself in this way that neighbor does not doubt neighbor any more as in days gone by, but join hands for the common good and co-operate as one man in buying and selling! It has brought about material results in such away by co-operating together that the farmer on his way to a Local meeting can hold his head up and feel that he has business to see after as much so as the merchant when he is on his way to the Northern markets to buy goods. And it is so, and the non-union critic does not deny it. Those who are not members of the Union freely acknowledge that they are being benefited in many ways by our Local. We have proven to the community that farmers can stand to gether, can keep a secret, and cap do some business among themselves; and not only that, but it has gained prestage as almost every land owner in the community is now a member. It has helped the farmers in my community to love and respect each other as never before. It has helped them to mutually agree along busi ness lines. It has helped them to co operate, and by so doing, their inter est has been promoted. It has stimu lated an ambition and a determina tion to educate their sons and daugh ters. By a systematic discussion on time ly subjects we are learning how to conserve labor in a degree and how to produce at a minimum cost. Some Points on Growing This Crop in Spite of the Drouth. In our first installment of this arti cle some question was raised with reference to the third factor in grow ing corn during a dry season—that is “deep planting.’’ Some wanted to know how to plant deep and cover shallow; others asked what disposi tion should be made of the two-row corn planters on some farms where deep planting was advised. The first question is easily answer ed: Plow the land deep and plant the corn in a furrow and cover shal low, allowing some two or more in ches of loose soil to remain between the corn grain and the hard unbrok en subsoil. The planting may be done with the ordinary one-row corn plant er or by hand, after this furrow has been made. The second question is not so read ily answered, since farms on which the two-row corn planters are used are generally large and a large acre age must be planted in a short time. Here, evidently, the operations of first laying off the rows and then planting the corn will consume much valuable time—more, perhaps, than most farmers can spare at this time of the year; but we must always bear in mind two things, namely, that the midsummer drouth is coming, espe cially in the Piedmont section, and that we have started out to grow corn, even though we do have to spend a little extra time in the prepa ration of the land and the planting of the crop. To those who have been accustom ed to the use of the two-row or check row corn planter, we would recom mend the use of the lister, wide deep ufrrow, which drops the corn, and covers it all in one operation; an im plement that has for years past been constantly and generally used in the more aired portions of the West. Land on which the lister is used should be deeply broken and thor oughly prepared before planting just as though the two-row surface plant er were to be used. It requires a little more time to plant the crop in this way, but the greater security against the ravages of the midsummer drouth will generally more than off set the small extra cost in planting, especially on the farms of Piedmont North Carolina. The manufacturers who put out the lister also make a special culti vator with which to work the corn planted thus deeply below, the sur face. Parlin & Orenndorff Machin ery Company, St. Louis, Missouri, of fer a lister, together with special cultivators. Your hardware dealer can cite you to other companies also that make as good, and maybe an even better implement, than the above-named company, which is re fen ed to here because we happened to have one of their catalogues on our desk. Now is the time to prepare for the midsummer drouth of 1913. Plow the land deep this winter and let it freeze and thaw and absorb large quantities of moisture. You will need every drop of it next summer Remember, it takes about 375 pounds of water to make one pound of every matter in a corn crop. Therefore, in order to grow forty bushels of corn on an acre of ground you must put at least 790 tons of water into your soil and subsoil this winter and next spring. J. L. BURGESS, Cabbage and Strawberry Plants and Long Staple Cotton Seed AT UNION PRICES Brother Union Farmers: I have for sale, at prices to suit the times, Charleston Wakefield Cab bage Plants, 1,000 for ll.OO; 75 cents per M. in lots of 5,000 or over. Klondyke Strawberry Plants until Feb. 1st, at $1.50 per M.; in lots of 5 ,000 or over, $1 per M. Hazel Long Staple Cotton Seed, $1 per bushel; 5 bushel lots or over, 75 cents per bushel. These seeds have been selling at 17 and 19 cents a pound. ELROY BAILEY, Chadbourn, N. C. Member of Washington Local. F—Z Jouannet’s Frost Proof Cabbage Plants Are known as the best to be had anywhere by thousands of experienced buyers, and are offered to you at prices LOWER than you pay for common, inferior plants. WILL HAVE ALL VARIETIES. Plants tied in bunches of 25. PRICES: 75 cents for 500 lots; $1.00 per 1000; 5000 and over 85 cents per 1000. JOUANNETS EARLY GIANT ARGENTEUIL ASPARAGUS ROOTS, one year and two year old, $4 per 1000, $1 per 100. COUNT AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED Low rates by Southern Express Co. Cash with order, please. For a profitable crop send your orders early to lArge or CharlestonlTsbeneld Catibsge ALFRED JOUANNET, Box 215, mt. pleasant, s. c. Bankers* Directory, The First National Bank STATESVILLE, N. C. Capital - - T $100,000.00 Surplus and Profits - - - - 33,000 00 Resources 750,000.00 Farmers are specially invited to open an account with us. JOS. C. IRVIN, President. E. S. PEGRAM, Cashier. The Glizens NaHonal Bank GASTONIA, N. C. Capital & Surplus, $ 92,249.26 Deposits, - - - 392,300.45 Resources, - - 603,927.71 5 "I, Paid on Time Certificates of Deposit The Union National Bank Ctiarlotte, IV. C. CAPITAL .... $100,000 T. W. WADE, - President F. B. McDowell, .... Vice-President H. M. VICTOR, Cashier We cordially invite business and offer every cour tesy and accommodation consistent with safe banking. We particularly invite the accounts of Farmers. H. M. VICTOR, Cashier $ Every Idle Dollar $ of your money should be put to hard work. When your money is invested it works for you day and night— interest accumulates with astonishing rapidity. Also the knowledge that your money is safe from thieves or fire helps you sleep nights. Why not start a Savings Account here and let your money earn future money ? We pay 4 per cent on Certificates of Deposits and all Saving Funds. SoutLiern Loon and Savings Bank CHARLOTTE N. C. JNO. M. SCOTT, Pres. W. S. ALEXANDER,* V Pr^ W. L. JENKINS, CasUer. /i
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