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j.v 'vv' MM Ff.CrJ F.S DAQYI.COD TO rJAHKET Some Suggestions on Making by a Farmer Who Is Doing It By 01 O. Bowsfleld, Bllnota. Every farmer, who raises as many aa 100 hogs In a year,, ought to divide them Into aprln and fall herd. - By thla meant he will be able to distribute the labor to cult his convenience, econ omise In room, tell when the market suits him, and furnish hia customers en ahort notice, any kind of pork desired, from suckllng-roaat to prime baCOBL v-w.. 4.: V- '.t'. -i't..wt'.'vv..;' The thoroughly practical man can tarn hoc into money very rapidly, bu: the business needs to be on a scale extensive enough to enable him to properly divide his fields and build ings, and to make thorough exper iments, with different types, and differ ent kind! of food. '.' .! ..,: '. I have observed two or three bad : failures recently, which were caused primarily,' by the old and erroneous Idea that hogs do not require much ground room or forage, In raising pork for the market, the farmer ought to keep in mind these vital points: . Cost of feeding, danger of disease or sickness, and -range of . market prices, .. . Starting the season with 80 to 100 pigs lust weaned, the- owner should provide pasturage of some kind. I would give this lot of young animals one mess per day, of bran and shorts moistened with slops, skimmed milk or whey. This Is ample In a. grass-lot of five or ten acres, , Clover Is excellent fer forage,, but artichoke and - rape are better. , A Berkshire) Gfltsu lira corn soaked la water la good when the pigs begin to show growth. What they need above all else, how ever, la the range, with Just about such a line of food aa would be re quired to give young cattle a steady and rapid growth. Field-peas ought to be available toward the end of summer. The hogs can be allowed to do the harvesting themselves. Thla will give firmness and Sweet ness to the fleshy and could be used right through the fall, instead of corn. My preference would be, to give the final month to a dressing . up with corn. This crop being ready In Oct ober;, the fattening process can fee rushed through the month of Nov ember, r until condition are right lor marketing. The oleareat profit la made In ten months, at which age, the hogs ought to average ISO pounds. Animals that get good pasturage, and about such a diet aa Z have described, are pretty sure to escape disease. It la essential to have plenty ot pur water in the nog lot. The farm should Include three or four small fields, securely fenced, so that one kind of forage could be rested, while the other waa used. Then again. If the owner detect fever or other sickness In the herd, It Is easy to segregate those animals which are affected. , . Prompt, action, along, this line, may prevent heavy loss. Pin nine la another essential, and as ?t ...i: Mi And Sites for Summer Homes, Poultry and Truck C!.OrQ7o Jill Jo This property eUct:ric- line. Several fine springs. , . i. . Ve have sub-divided into various size lots. So you can buy ns small or as ns you want. , Remember Morris is bound to grow. Live in the country and j-thave a great many of the cityad vantages. . , - You can have electric enrs, electrio light, telephone and water at Morris, the i,.. Money in the - Hog Business, it Is neither difficult or expensive, it ought to be attended to, twice each summer, with thla kind of hog farm. Ing, cholera will not be known, and the atock will get a steady growth, from beginning to end, If the weather be severe. When It comes to the last month of feeding, the hogs should be kept In clean. roomy pens, bnt even to the last day, they should have some succulent forage-plant to eat Clover or alfalfa Is suitable for this, and carrots are ex. cellent. In connection with the corn. or peas. .. v. It Is for the good of the animal, and of course for the owner's pocket, that a program of thla kind be marked out Feeding BO-cent corn, for six or eight months, will not do. Farmers must learn that forage Is natural to the hog, and that It will give the growth at a small cost Allowing full rental value for the land, the cost of all food supplies, and the wage value of the time taken up In the care of the stock, from the date of birth, to the marketing 100 hogs 10 months old averaging ISO pounds, can be turned off, at a cost not ex ceeding 1700. K 1 It may be done for a little less, but if it Is to be a business proposition, let it be figured aa a business man would count the expense. With care ful experimenting and observation, for several years, I get no figures very far from 17 for a marketable hog weighing ISO pounds. Such an animal la worth, in the market to-day, about $30. The farm er spends 1700 and pockets $1,000. which la a pretty fair profit consider ing that there la no great Investment Aside from the care of thla number of hogs, there la time for much work. In connection with the dairy, the crops, or the general interest of the modern farm. In comparison with other lines of endeavor. It la clear to me that nothing else will yield so large a profit on so email a tract of land, and with so little labor and risk. Four times aa much land would be re quired to earn thla amount with a dairy, or with grain crops. At thla point many persona will be gin to ask questions concerning the kind of hog to handle for money-making. I am free from prejudice. In this particular. For th hog that la to go to market at th age of ten or twelve months, and which requires quick fattening In the fall, I have found the Poland China and Berkshire strains to give satisfactory reeulta. , ,. There' la another1 proposition, how ever, which every Intelligent stock grower will study. It la desirable to so divide pork production, that a considerable num ber ot hog will be especially fit for bacon, and a rangier elass of animate la needed , for this purpose. Hogs may be produced to run to) an age of eighteen months, and weigh 400 to (00 pounds. These should be kept In such order that they can be sold off, at any time, between fifteen and eighteen months, according to the trend of the market They an supposed to be from fall Utters, so that they must be housed Ui two winters, and have outside range for th on summer. They are to be fed for growth, and not for fat until tear are onward of a year ML At MpElRIS, mil t n i..-. Kx sv is known as the Reynold Thwe, t' EZIel o i Feed A Cssiy C:i EsUcr Low-Ceii&d CrcLird Trees Th claim ef millet as an import ant soiling food rest upon the fact that it la a good milk producing food, that it yelda well en good land, that It may be grown aa a catch crop and In hot weather .in. some Instance after another crop ha been harvested. It weak point as a soiling crop la th ahort season during which it can be fed., ::,;,, The great points to be kept in view In preparing the land for millet are to have it finely pulverised and molat and aa clean aa possible., The. question of moisture la all important ' If th land can be ' plowed some time before sowing the seed and rolled and harrowed a few times In altera tion In the interval, the process will be found helpful not only in retain ing ground moisture a short distance below the surface, but also in accum ulating the same even in dry weather. Usually depositing the seed With th grain drill la more satisfactory than sowing broadcast and In some Instance following at one with the roller will make the difference In a dry season between success and fail ure m th crop. . - ' " ' ; Sow from three to four pecks per acre for soiling and of various varie ties, aa Hungarian, Oennan and broom eorn. ' ' '-" ..''. '.'V . If Urge varieties like th Japanese kinds are used, they are usually sown In row and cultivated. From II. to 10 tons of green millet per acre ahould be obtained from good and well-man aged land, i LOW-HEADED TREES WOULD MAKE "APPLE EASIER ts. . '-rfc! Ta 'K Pa'.. II Ml I i V al 1 .Hf .i I M 41 wmm V - H bJT mimwCUiLl , K. n , i f v a.Bk V-e1 T Weaver ville Electric is about 4 miles from AKhevillo, rij Thla illustration ' explains th con struction of a convenient bag-holder. Th weight hung' aa shown, rests against th back of th upright post and hold th bag at th . desired height BUMMER IX THE DAIRY At no time of th year I dairying more unpleasant work than during the time when pastures are short and the fties are troublesome. Now is the time when it pay to have supplemental forage crops and to darken the stables and keep the cows Inside during the hottest part ot the day. Th cold weather during the winter la less difficult to contend with than the hot sun and files during th summer. "'1 k. MM ea r ft 4 .:. .'i rn .rru F 9 felt M. C., the QF I.Ml , ! :.oo v CT7lG sr. i . it on , large a trart new town. Commercial orchard of apple and pear are nowaday beaded muon lower then formerly, 1 feet bring a very common height for starting th head ef theee trees, while with the peach and plum the head la started even lower, II or 10 inobea being a common height. :y:; f 1 1 The reason for thla la that in ear- tain localities where windstorms are frequent th low-headed tree are lea likely to be broken, lose a smal ler proportion of their fruit and ar less subject to injury from sun scald, as the low head of th tree serve to a certain extent as a shad for the body. Th cost of harvesting th fruit from low-headed trees la muoh less than that of gathering from tall trees. With th low-headed tree a consid erable potion of -the crop can be gathered by the picker standing upon th ground, while with high-beaded tree th : major part of th work must be done from ladder, which greatly extends the time required to d th ploklng end consequently, In cwae Its cost " Pruning, ' spraying, trimlng as well as. harvesting will, be found to be more convenient en tow than high-headed tree. 1 If your young chicks do not show the quality you expected maae up your mind to spend from 1 to- $ on new cockerel next winter. If th young ducks ar not provid ed with shelter and taught how to use it they may be drowned in the heavy showers. i... ft . . t . I? ,,.' . III. .Mdr"M rim 'i ii.t .i m w a New Farms. MORRIS, the Nev Tovn on Car Line This is the lt proposition for homes near Asheville yet.. Morris is bound to attract attention. ' ' . Beautiful knolls and woodland Bites. Take Weaverville car and we these nites aud you'll be sure to go back salesday. Get off at "MORRIS," the new town. TXIIZZIZZZ THII DAY. good iiucio. your RAIL?. o ad II0RRI3. Ilorris U lea than C3 nisstcs rida from Ash.2vil!3. cr.3';;i::a ti:s Cultivation" la Not Difficult, and Profits Are Fairly Good- at Present Prices. By Doctor C, A. Th orris plant la a beautiful Irla. There are of thla specie of plant eight hundred varieties. Some of them bloom under the anow. some grow in water..'. The flowers of some or tnem yieia an indelible liquid dye. Borne of them have an exquisite perfume when in bloom. One of them Is th orris plant It leave are long, thin, tough, wide in the middle, and of a pale- green color. It . produces, on each stem, several sweet and fragrant large white or blue flowers in th early spring. ,- The root after being dried, posses ses a delicate perfume, which has the peculiar character of permanency, the strength of th perfume increasing with ar. For these th plant Is grown. , Orris la th commeU! nam for th dried root Perfumer and manufacturer of perfumed specialties use It powdered and granulated a the has ot their product.. ' ' It enters Into every face powder, sachet-powder, tooth-powder, violet- powder, and every, other perfumed powder. . It Imparts to th perfume of these powders the quality of perman ence. ..... ., . & .. Th seat of th foreign orris In dustry la around Florence and Verona, In Italy, from whenoe moat of th orris comes. , v like all th varieties of th Iris Family, th roots grow near th surf ace ot the soil, ar tough and tenacloua, so that th plant la extremely hardy and easy of propagation. ' Th plant will stand th roughest kind el treat ment and atlll urvtv. "... . ' .... While malstur I good for ft water standing about th root cause them to become soft and ret " Manure, oc any molat substance, produce a similar effect, and for thla reason all manuring must be la th soil and be fore the planting.' When there la a drought, however. th plant doe not die. Th root n dormant during th dry spell, and when rain cornea new shoot spring up, and In a hrt time th plant, la fully revived f ,.. Weed that completely envelop es tablished planta do bat llttl Injury, because th plant 1 a 1st fall and early spring grower It grow after th weeds in th fan hare died, and Is at It again In th snring before th weeds appear, in a comparatively mild climate th top remain green, throughout th nur winter ,. - i , - , f J. " It make two dhrtlnot growths each year,' Beading up new shoots In both fall and spring. Th root formation ta regular and circular, new shoot and root growing from tn enter run a th plant inoreaasf In sis, ' and each aeason's growth remains attached BTJGGE8TIOXS FOR TUB ' IWCTE . BREEDER. . -y--..'. - Th breed ot whit hog to rapidly disappearing from this country more th pity. - :!- re rang for hog doe not mean that they ahould be allowed t run ever our neighbor" farm. With good fence wire as cheap as it 'i today It I an easy matur to dlyld up th hog pasture into con venient lota. Tw pasture ar UUf than. C 3 11 own 1 .v ' I1" 'I k -ji. k. ... . J ,'.. ennis flut Gitched, Virginia to th growth of th previous season. At the end of a year the small feed er attaching to th under aid of th roots partially die, and this portion, after sending forth the flower atom. becomes suitable for drying. It not harvested it I not lost as it remains attaohed to th other part of th plant by a small connecting root Among the many good points may be mentioned th followlngr . It will thriv In th open neia wun out any protection In winter. Th plant la not injured by bugs or moles; it ha no fungoua enemies. It will succeed en land too poor to produce th standard crop with auo oaaa. -.' 'V'.. '- Woman ar fond , of It and th beauty ot th plant especially when A . " ' ' u Orrl PlaaA,'. " r"! In bloom; gives It an attraction fof ' persona of taat and. refinement Th . orria-plant poaeeeaee thre sources of lnoom for th grower, An aor I capable of producing 4,001 pound of dried root M00 dose flower and 10,000. small root, foff planting after those for drying bar been gathered. Th value of the) product may xoee4 tl.000 per year. Th planta ar oertatnly hardy in our middle latitude There they grow, on varloua type f oll," eapedaliy welt per hap en gravelly loam. Thy multlpiy rapidly an ar propagated u from th and of rhisomea, the ee ealled bulbs, which are cut off at th Urn th root I dug for market Th root not required for planting la peel ed, carefully dried, and powdered. because whil th hoga ar feeding In one field th other will be recover ing and later furnish much more at tractive feed than a It both pastured ar used aa on. , Th vlcioua hog that to forever breaking out and causing trouble for one's neighbor oannot b klU to quickly,. .., V It la a good plan to provid aunv mar shelter for th hog on a high spot whr th wind will hav a ts4 swepv . ;. tars TO If
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