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SOUTHWJDE BAPTIST
Plowing' Land, Prunning' and
Spraying Orchards.
All land to be cultivated next
year should either be plowed in
the fall or eaily winter and as
deep as possible. Pall and winter
plowing is always profitable on
heavy or clay land.
Large quantities of plant food
especially potash and phosphoric
acid are stored in clay subsoil. If
this subsoil is turned up and sub
jected to free7.ing and thawing
through the winter the plant
food is liberated and becomes
available for use by the plan’s.
Also, many diseases and insects
harbor or live over in the filth
that is usually on land which has
not been plowed. When the land
is plowed, many of the diseases
and insects are dostroj’ed by ex
posing them to freezing and thaw
ing.
Then in the spring, fall plowed
the trees and look for borers. A
fly lays the egg on the trnnk of
the trees in the late summer, the
eggs hatch and the little worms
begin to bore into the tree. If
let alone the borers will soon kill
the trees. Take a soft wire and
run in the burrow and kill the
worm without cutting, when
possible.
I will be glad to assist any one
who is interested in orchard work.
If you have an orchard to prune
and spray, let me know and we
will get the neighbors together
and give some demonstrations
and watch the results.
W. R. HOOTS.
County Agent.
Bread lyiaking Contest.
This is going to be a great
“Biscuit week" for Madison
County. There are over two
hundred girls enrolled in the con
land'will be mellow and easily f test from different schools in the
prepared for planting and will hold county. The four girls winning
moisture better than land plowed
immediately before planting.
S pring is usually the rush season
for tlie* farmer and he^seldom has
the lime to properly prepare his
laiid for planting. Very little
leaching out of plant food will
occur on land that is clay or has
a clay subspil.
Why not prepare a few acres
of land well for corn and not
plant so much? Make more corn
on less acres of land and then
plant or sow a few acres of soy
beans. Soy Ijeans will make more
feed to the acre than corn and
then leave the land in better con
dition than before the crop was
planted. An ayerago yield'of
'corn will take out of the soil
about $15 worth of plant food and
and put nothing back. Also it
wifi pay well to lime all land in
this county and especially tor soy
beans and clover.
Pruning and Spraying Orchards.
Now is the time to begin orchard
work. Prunning and spraying
can be done an.v time between
now and late spring, but fall is
the most leisure time and
the most busy time with the farm
ers. If you have good varieties
of fruits it will pay, you well to
prune and spray. We can sell
all good fruit of standard variety
but pruning and spraying Johnson
Winter, Wolf River, Ben Davis
and ^iniiliar varieties is a waste
of time. Better top work with
Stayman Winesap or Stark De-
Jiciops if the trees are young, if
old, better cut them out and plant
young trees.
Dig the dirt from tke trunk of
in the school contest will repre
sent their schools in the county
contest on next Saturday' Decem
ber 3. A good program has been
arranged and every one is invited.
Come and lets see who will win
the first prize, which is ten dollars
The program will begin at 11
o’clock &. m., Satuiday at the
court house.
Agricultural Meetings in
County December 7th
and 8th.
Mr. H. B. Mask, Assistant
Stale Agricultural Agent will be
in the county the 7th and 8lh of
December and will hold some
meetings and discuss Agricultural
Club Work.
Wednesday night December 7,
there will be a meeting at the
Madison Seminary School.
Thursday at 6 a. m., there will
be a meeting at the Walnut School.
Thursday at 2 p. m., there will
be a meeting at the Bull Creek
School. The Home Demonstration
spring j Agent and County Agent will be
present and will organize some
agricultural clubs for the boys’
and admit new members to the
girls clubs that are already form
ed.
Parents and any one interested
are cordially invited to attend
these meetings.
Read “Queen Of Hearts-Mcther"
by Amos Clary. jok on sale by
author. Post P U.40 Marahall
N. C. Box
Washington From The Side
Lines. *
Washington, Nov 26.—(Capital
News Service.)—In the midst of
the dignified and as a rule high-
hatted group of members of the
senate and house who marched in
the procession which accompanied
the body of America’s unknown
dead to Arlington for final inter
ment was one outstanding figure
because of the desparit.y of cos
tume. It was that of a woman,
attired in the costume of the Red
Cross, The wearer Was Miss
Alice Robertson, Congresswoman
from Oklahoma.
Of all the impressive looking
notables in attendance upon the
disarmament conference Admiral
Lord Beatty of England, who
married an American, woman a
daughter of Marshall Field, is
being generah.v voted by the
ladies to be the best lookiug.
Admiral Beatt.y has a habit of
wearing his service cap at a rakish
angle, which gives him always a
jaunty appearance.
Visitors to the Capital are al
ways anxious for a sight of Sena
tor Crow, the new member from
Pennsylvania and successor to
Senator Kuox.
Specials For
One Week.
gDec. 3rd to 10th
To
SATURDAY
$12 a. $13 Dresses ^oin^ fast^at
$3.00. ^
$2.00 & $1.30 mens hats at
$1.08.
lOc outing at 7 1-2 c.
White window curtain ^oods at 3c
yard.
Ritchie all wool lo^^in^ shirts at
$2.98.
Mens jeans pants cotton at $1.78
20 pairs mens bro^an shoes at
$1.00 pair size 8 9.
Extra Special - - 600 Father George
Domestic at 10c yard. LIMIT 20 yards
to customer.
Trade $10.00 and then get a good 4
string broom for 1 cent These ^prices
good for one week. SATURDAY to Sat
urday.
MORRIS & BRYSON
IfMarshall, N. C.