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VOL. XXV.
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ncativ anu prorm uy cvcci.
lowest prices.
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, ' -l , - GRAHAM M n , THTTRQn'AV TTTT V 151' IfiQQ1
Some people
. . don't worry about the shop; just so the price is low
- L-iiiiugu, v wmjy iiama snouiant inllueuce you
. .;;..:! - buy your shoes on merit, look deener than th :
'face. You want
oi everyday service an 1 that will give you more than
tho worth of your money.
gcrWe have bought more slioes for - full than ever "
before. Heavy Shoes, Good Shoes, Shoes that will
wear. 'If yu need a heavy pair of shoesv or a. . . .'
light lair of shoea, everyday or Sunday shoes, we
can furnish you. Oxfords as low as the lowest. 1
Big Shoe Store,
. ' " , ; DAVIS dyDAViSPropWsj- -
A. L- DAVLS, Jlanagur.
Paying. Ds'jbls Prices
for evervthinir U not
pleasant, I it? But
that's what you are
doing, ff you don't buy
hr. Did
vou urniK it
loasioie to Duy a J 50.00 y
cvclafori8.Tf Cat
Prtct, 18.75. . '"8"nNi.1'9
Michin, Organt and Piano.
What da you think of a fino
wit of Clothing, made-to-your-measure,
guaranteed to fit and
exprut paid tor yoar atatioe
for j.sot Catalogue No. 57
Iiam m aamolef of clothing
T and howl many bargain In
Shoes, Hatf and Furnishings. -;
V I.lihnffranhed Catalosutt No.
4J thowl CarpeU, Rugs, For-
ilierea and Lace Carta ini, in
hand-paintad colon. :. He pay
Freight. lew carper free, and
funuih lining without charge.
- ' What do voil'
think Of
Solid Oak ;
Pry-air Fam
ily Refrieerai
tor for 3.95? ' - v
It is but one of over 8000 bar
gains contained m our Gen.
'cral Catalogue of Furniture
and Household Good, r 4
We save vou from 40 to 60
1 per cent, on everything; Why ,
!S buy at retail when you know .
;:"'0f ust .Which catalogue do
;- Price, $3.95. . : you want? Address this way,
f JULIUS HINES A SON, Baltlmor, Ud. Dopt. 009.,
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.'
. JACOB A. LONG,
tfyxii Attorney-at-I. aw,
GRAHAM, - - -
-' N. C
' Pnuitlnaa In tha Stn to nnd Tllontl OOUrtS.
' OIB00 over White, Moore & Uo.' store. Main
street, 'fnone no. a. .
lonirOBATBYNOW. W. V, BV1I0II, J.
& BYNU3I,
Attorney and Counsolor at 1jw
: QREENrtBOTtO, N. C. , "
- Practice regularly
mauce couDly.
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the awrts of Ala
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Dli. J. 1. STOCKARD
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- - Burlington, N. C. . ,
LOCATION OF ROADS.
BETTER GO ROUND A HILL
- - CLIMB OVER IT.
THAN
A Level, Wlndlnp; Road I Alwara
. Better Than a Straight,. Hilly One.
Bapeelal Care Should Be Glyea to
: Proper Dralnaore of m Blarhwar. " '
In tbe Year Book of the department
of agricnltoro Is printed an excellen
article on the construction of country
roads, written by M. a Eldridge, at
sistant in tbe office of road inquiry.
He deals with tbe present work to be
conducted : with a view to future im
provement, location of roads, grades,
drainage and other important details of
modern road building. - Mr. Eldridge
says: r . - .... .
.. Many roads . of this country were
originally laid out - without any atten
tion to general . topography, and in
most cases followed tbe settlers' path
from cabin to cabin or tbe boundary
lines of farms regardless of grades or
direction. , Most of them remain today
as they were originally located and
where untold labor and expense have
been wasted in trying to haul over
them end in endeavoring to improve
their deplorable condition.' It is a great
error to continue to follow these primi
tive paths with public highways. The
proper thing to do is to call in a good
road engineer and have the location so
changed as to throw the roads around
the ends cr along tbe sides of the steep
bills and ridges Instead of continuing
to go over them, or in raising the road
np in dry, solid ground instead of
splashing through the mud and water
of the bogs and creeks in tbe lowlands.
f a road goes over a hill wben it
might go around, the labor and expense
put upon it are absolutely wasted, and
tbe sooner its direction is changed the
better. If a rood is not rounded np and
surface drained, it should be. not only
for present nee as an earth road, but as
preliminary for macadamizing. If it
ia not underdrained in all wet spots,
this should be. the first work done.
Nothing indeed will pay better for pres
ent use than putting in tile or stone
drains,' ; .. ' . .-V .---' 't
In. laying out a road atralgbtness
should always be sacrificed to obtain a
comparatively level surface. . Although
this ia one of the most Important prin
ciples connected with road building, it
la one of the most frequently violated.
There is no objection to an absolutely
straight road, but graceful and natural
curves conforming to the lay. of the
land add beauty to the landscape, be-
nirlwi enhancina the value of property.
. ' Good roads should wind around hilla
instead of running over them, and in
many cases this would , not increase
their length; as it is no farther around
some bills than over them. Moreover,
as a general role, tbe borieontal length
of a road may be advantageously in
creased to avoid an ascent by at least
30 times the perpendicular beigbt thnl
saved. For Instance, to escape a hill 100
feet bigb it would be better for tbe
toad to make such a circuit as wonld
increase Ita length 8,000 feet. The
reasons for this are manifold, tbe prin
cipal one being that a borse can pull
only four-fifths as much on a grade of
I feel in 100. and gradually less as the
trade increasea. ontil with .grade of
10 feet in 100 be can draw but ne
fourtb as moch as be can on a level
"be greatest load that can be hauled
ever read ia tbe load which can be
hauled up tbe steepest bill on that
toad. Tbe cost of haulage is therefore
necessarily increased in praiw'""
tbe grade, as it cost times as much
to haul over a road baring a per cent
grade and three times as much over om
having a 10 per cent graded on a level
roed. As a perfectly level 1 tcd j
dombe bad.it k well to know ( tb.
. .l1.hU trrad If tbe bill D
oWgreat length. It to beat to have
b-s to cTpsbU of verting hi. full
.trengtb. and tjmaka ttotdopa
e,tle toward tbe summit to corn
with tbe continually decreeing
All things oaug r"
borUooUl grade of a rosd?00"
ter than I reel w tw.
Water being tbe greatest eDeny of
tba road, H saooU fcrw frserr offths
rfaee This to aocamplbibed DJ pre-
raring tba bed so there may be s tall
fVora tb. orater to U aiie oi lbes.
esceeding I tocbea, cat a road M
wFor'a road 18 to to tort
wTd, Ito 4 iocbea to
nldUcnrocted oo eitbar side of
to carry sway -'X
InirVlVaU water from tba road and
;S!S Tbe dltcbe. oW bar..
OTntinooaa rau iDruu--- .
togth. sod tbeir s
.M , be anwont Of Wstef t" '
opoa ID s rc-ter abooW be
peeled to carry. "ttVL Qoh
rHowed to now ;;Vn-
-rt- (ii, drain, or f h)f
'kad a hollow log sbd bafo-
vUed for that porpca
weTTatk tb7batroc.ra frora
.Itowed to atMca . N
tt
, ooaerurains i;t eiiBil; and cbeiijily
tnndo, nnd- wben properly constructed
witn jbe best tools nut tiiaterials avail
able will last (or ages v They should be
Doom , ronr feet deep -and carefully
graded at tbe bottom so as to have a
fall tbronghnat tbelr entire length of
at least sis incoes for each 100 feet
Tile drains ihonld be nsed if Dossible.
bnt if they cannot be seenred large, flat
stones can be carefully placed so as to
form an open channel at the bottom.
6Hm fagots of wood or brush bound to
gether in bundles and laid lengthwise
at the bottom will aotwer fairly Well
Tbe ditch should then be filled with
field stones or graveL - The drains
should be protected by straw, sod or
brash to prevent the soil washina in and
clogging them -
surface'oK roads.
)FR0
Ston
Daly the Hardest Stone, thoald
Da
- ::.;;. Vsed For Top Layer.
The advantages to be derived from
good stcne roads are so manifold that
all other materials should be discarded
wnere tougn road stone is available for
their - construction and maintenance.
But it is greater economy to use earth
or gravel than to go to the expense of
macadamizing roads with too soft, too
brittle or rotten material. Many use
this because it is easily rirermred A
road should never be surfaced' 'with
anything short of trap rock cr serpen,
tine. Inferior material may often be
nsed with impunity for the first layer,'
or foundation, bnt even this should bo
selec ted wi tb grea t care, - ; w ; : - " t-
. The i evils resulting ; from improper
construction of stone roads are even
greater thnn those from the use of im
proper material, i, Macadam .never in
tended that a heterogeneous conglomera
tion of stone and mud should be called
a macadam road. Neither did he In
to roads constructed cf large and small
stones mixed together and spread upon
the surface. The surface of a rond built
in this manner is constantly disturbed
by tbe larger stones, which work to the
surface and which are knocked hither
and thither by the wheels of .vehicles
and the feet of animuls. Such methods
of construction cannot be too severely
condemned. .
Too first course of foundation of the
macadam road con be made of tbe
coarsest stones from tbe crusher, pro
vided that they are of uniform size and
that each stone shall weigh not over
six ounces end will pass through a ZlA
inch ring. Where the road is to be
eight inches thick -this foundation
should be four inches after rolling. c If
tbe road is- to be of greater thickness
than eight inches, tbe . foundation
should be composed- of : two courses
separately rolled. .-.
. After having thoroughly rolled tbia
foundation apply enough ground stone
or coarse sand to fill tbe interstices.
This should be wetted and thoroughly
rolled until a bard and uniform surface
is obtained. . v .
.-. Duon this foundation the surface
material should be placed, wetted and
thoroughly rolled. T he stones of which
this surface material . is composed
should be if possible crushed to a size
of one inch in diameter; but if that ia
not possible tbey should never , be lar
ger in . diameter : than IM inches.
Ground stone screenings ebsuld then be
spread upon the snrface, wetted and
rolled as before, until a bard smooth
surface is the result. '
STATE AID FOR ROADS.
What the Ss-stem Has Dona For tha
Farmers of Sew Jersey.
Road building by state aid ia standi
ly increasing in New Jersey, says En
eineerina News. The principal con
stroctionhas been in the. direction of
roads four, six and eight inches deep.
as experience haa shown that properly
drained earth is a sufficiently good
foundation for any road saperstoctnre.
and all that ia wanted is enough
"metal" on tbe surface to stand np
under the wear until tbe roads have to
be resurfaced. , This happens wben tbe
reads are subjected to two or three
inches of wear. To cheaply maintain
tbe surface an application of coarse
sand or gravel and loam containing
oxide of -iron will keep tbe surface in
good condition and make a soft cushion
for tbe feet of borsea.
Tbe authorities of New Jersey have
decided on roads 10, 12 and 14 feet
wide in tbe coon try and 1 feet wide
1
TKAVXCX D AD. MW itTBSST.
(From t. a, W. Bulletin.
ia the towns as the limiu for state aid.
If the citisens wish wider road, tbey
mast do tbe remaining work at their
own cost The roads are bow coating
from 80 to 70 cento per srjnare yard,
depending on tha locality, availability
ofstooe,etc.
Befora tbe advent of atone roads tba
leading highways, not graveled, wera
almost bed of sand, and teams carried
40 or tq baskets of proooca to i m atari
difficulty rarmsrs
,rpe4 maUly by railways
aJJl u being tb cheaper toetbod.
Tb Urmn eart to market
..j jading by boat aod retura
,1, (roa tbres to lira too of mannra.
ttteetm l-vlnf Wba-
carting aa areraga load of ISO basket
tbmtJ1aetmr by tba oaa of his owa
.boat 10 prr day. Hsitoos-v-
i, of 10 per cent, or about
bak prMtaf bto
ewa p
Wbm tba eotmtry was poor and
sparsely secied and tbera was litt
trrrei, it waa perbaia woenmry U
btnatar to prlvata ezUrprit a fonrtiao
ef tba stata aod aiiow ttuis to w trw tea
I bx tetnrn for tha txaroctiao of I' V
srava. TUM dy to Vrt aiaca part, li
stata sbocli teia it crwa of tmroae oa
Joes sad erjni il ) t-nma, bet i abocli
r mem
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'"A Steamship's China and Silver.
Helen O. Caudee gives an Interest
ing view , of "Housekeeping on , nn
Ocean Steamship" In Ladles' Home
Journal, thus describing the vessel's
china . nnd silver: "There are 1,000.
spoons for soup, the namo number for
tea- and half that number for coffee
and dessert. The heaviest fork drawer
contains 1.000 dinner forks, and next
to that is the same number of break
fast forks.- Tor raw oysters there are
300 forks provided and for fish about
the sumo number. Knives follow close
ly the same figures, 1,000 each of din
ner and breakfast sIkch. GOO for des
sert and CO for fruit ; ' w
"The pantry is lined with shelves
which are fitted with racks lu which
stand high plies of china, secure from
tbe motion of the stormiest sea.-. -The
plate warmer holds many of them, but
there are enough left to stock a china
shop. There are 1,200 cups and saucers
for coffee, tea and bouillon. There are
over 400 water tumblers and other
glasses In smaller proportion.- The
plates of the popular size number
2,200, and the soup plates are only
450." , -
A notel Ia a Graveyard. ""
One of the .largest hotels In Central
America, and by far tbe largest In Bo
lted, Honduras, Is surrounded by tomb
stones. It wascrected about 80 years
ago Id order to meet a want which had
long been felt by tourists,
As this old and abandoned cemetery
was located In the center of the town
and afforded an excellent site for a ho
tel the necessary permission was ob
tained from the proper authorities, and
In Jess than a year a large and band-
some bote) of wooden material occu
pied the greater part of the ground
which had for very many years been
used as a place of Interment
In digging the foundation hundreds
of skulls and bones were discovered, all
of which were carefully collected and
interred In the new cemetery. Numer
ous tombstones surround tbe hotel,
which It has not been thought neces
sary to disturb. In the hotel Is a room
In which divine service Is conducted
by a local preacher every Sunday.
Kansas City Star.. $
. : An Easy Itemed y. :?
In speaking of tbe peculiarities of
tbe colt Limerick, Ben bouncy told
me that he cured him of the annoying
habit of throwing bis nose out and
shaking his head by simply trimming
all the long hairs oat of bis nostrils,
says a writer. In The Horse Review.
The wind blew the hairs back. In bis
nose and - tickled bltn so .that be
couldn't keep bis bead still. Kenney
said that be believed long hairs In the
nose were Just what caused so many
-horses to shake their beads whoa trot
ting against the wind. It Is a new one
on me, but It looks sensible and is
worth remembering. Trotter and Pac
er. : Rot Absolate Confluence.
Aunt Jane 1 suppose in the confi
dence that love begets yoa have told
Henry nU about yourself. There may
come a time wben you win do sorry
you bare been so frank about yourself.
Ethelrosa But rou see 1 bare al
ways taken care to tell blra what
wasn't so. Boston Transcript .
Food Valne of Hen's Ear. '
' A subject for continual discussion be
tween poultrymen, and especially writ
ers on poultry, is the difference, sup
posed or real, between white and brown
eggs. On this question a bulletin of the
government's agricultural bureau says,
and this ougbt to settle it: .
"It has been said by some that tbe
brown eggs are richer than the white
ones, This statement Is not borne out
by a chemical analysis, and tbe physical
examination proves that tbe main
points of superiority, though extremely
slight, are possessed by the white eggs.
Tbe minute differences that are found
between the two gToups are exceeded
by variation between 'the varieties
within tbe same group, We can there
fore state as a conclusion, both from a
chemical and a physical point of view.
that there are practically no differ
ences, so far as tbe food value is con
cerned, between the white shelled ' -brown
shelled eggs. " - ;
Lei There Da Meat,
r.io:k in the Doultrv bouse Is an ab-
antnta nAcesaitv. and tho Inmates most
bsve it to be in a nealtny ana cneerrai
condition. Fowls will not thrive in
dark and cheerless place any mors tbas
slants wUL-r-Mjio Farmer.
Kuy woman lost their fitUA (orm aU I
Bjaty become mother. This at due to arf-1
act Tba figure caa be preserved beyond
. questioa if tb c
. pedant aaothcr will
coosUsUyua
9
dtaraag tb whel
period of p7fTsaocy,
Tbt earlier b sstsj
rvnes, DS mots say.
lertly will tb ihafv
bs stfcativaet,
pofbtr TrVa4
sot eolysotiea sad
relaxes fb aatadct
aWiog fib great atraaa beiore airth, but keVp
dm skia to coettrsct naimSy aiicrward, h
keep ssMightry wrinkles sway, and flat
ajencie saBderQcaih srtais tncaT pliabusty.
KlXbtfM Trkai is that famosa exacts
aisacof wbkb basaivei snanifnf sickness;
ad nsnuiusj Aarinf pfffaasvry shorten
Uhor aaa maJLei k aeiHy patoless ) txaika
Bat aaiicoi a constitutiocial strrrfth, so thai
she euatigta from tb ordeal wshosst daogec,
Tb fell csvc, too, shows tb effect el
CifUri TrWll ty Its ictnes anirtfoe.
Sea s arwf sasns tar il s Wttls.
Seed for atr (oely B'aetrsued hoeai as
eedasst sscMbers.
The BRADriELD rcolxatoh ca
ATtAJHTA. OA.
DcWitt'a Little Early Risers,
Tke liiaa BiU- rule.
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'Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
IIOVAt SAnwo aaffW OO., WtW vOfrw.
A POTATO REPORT.
Tlelda of Noteworthy Varieties, In
' cladlDB How Introductions. ,
For tbe past tbree years the New
Hampshire station has been pursuing
work in the interest of potato growers,
and- it now issues a report covering the
results of experiments with 104 van
. : BSD AMBniCAH WONDRlt.
otles, including the new introductions.
The claim that tbe Sir Walter Raleigh
closely resembles Rural New Yorker, of
which it is s seedling, but is mors unl
form and yields practically, no small
tubers, also that it is of better quality
and a few days later, was borne out by
Its behavior aftbe station during two
seasons. t v' -,:;.
- Red American Wonder' (numbered
09), also called American Wonder,
commonly grown and very popular po
tato in tbe northern part of tbe stats,
is pronounced a tine variety. This was
one of tbe heaviest y (elders of 1808. It
is a main crop variety of good size snd
fine appearance ; vines dark green, very
regular and erect, making a very uni
form row, almost square lop through'
out, strong and vigorous. Tbe crop was
practically all salable. Yield, BOB tush-
els per acre. . V ,A
White Beauty (101) is described as a
medium late variety of introduction. It
belongs to the Burbank and White Star
class. Tbe vinos were very strong snd
heavy, dark green, standing 2i feet
high and 8 feet broad. Tbe yield was at
tbe rate of 897 bushels per acre snd
only about 8 per cent were small.
, Fillbasket, a white skinned main crop
variety, oblong, somewhat flattened and
usually smooth, proved a beavy ylelder
at tbe station, producing at the rate of
840 bushels per acre, a very small per
cent of which were email. Tbe vines
were strong, erect and vigorous.
1 Seventeen varieties giving tbe largest
average yield in order of productiveness
were:
. Yield per Boahel
sera, salable.
Reeve' Boas )
White Beauty (1 year)..,.,.. SVT
Vaughn n Wt
Rod Ainrn Wondor (1st year) tnS
SwiM
171
10
ese
sie
v
ta
M
si
801
SM
KS
7n
Late Ptuilao SSI
Blr William S41
Seneca Beauty,,......,...,..., M
Harvert Qooon..,.'... Kit
Hlr Walter Raleigh.... M
rillbaaket
WoodboU's Beedllnf... ........ SI 7
Dawdrop Bom BIS
Brock's Chanee (1st year).,.., Su4
Prolifia Boa (1st year).,,..,., M
Orphan , , BUS
Whits Boas.. Sua ... t M
Wllaoa 'spiral Choice. Su9 PX)
Commenting upon these, Lata Puri
tan and Fillbasket are mentioned as
good croppers; Sir William went clay
loam: Beneca Beauty is a fine pink
variety Harvest Queen, desirable; Sir
Walter Raleigh, very choice; Wood
bull's Seedling, White Rota and Wil
son's First Choice, fair croppers; Dew.
drop Rote, a flna Rose type; Brack's
Chance, largo red; FrcIiDc Rose, me
dian oval; Orphan, a king potato, flna.
Some points heretofore advsnced in
potato culture, which the experiments
reported by Professor Kane seem to con
firm, ate:
Tbe yield from planting tbe seed or
bod end is generally greater than from
WHITS BIACTT.
tb stem or butt end of tba tabar. Tba
ayes os tb teed end are tbe first to ger
minate, sod baacs ara especially im
portant when an early crop to desired.
Exposing n Da-proofed tabers ia a
warm place before planting bar! en
growth, trot if continued antll sproata
form (which sra rabbed off), tb yield
may be eonaldersbly redoced.
It to better to ptoca la a bill om tore
piece tba several very small ones cf
lb same SKfrrrtraie weignt
Tb net yield of salable potatoes In
creases with every increase In tb sis
of seed pirc from one ry to tb balf
potato. Tb balf potato affords a larger
act salable crop than tba whole potato
on accoaot of tbe exceaaiv moon! of
seed required ia planting estir tabers.
Tb next srasioa of tb farmers' na
tional congress will nwt at Boston Oct
8. 4. 8 snd 8. W. D. Board of Fort At
kinson. Wis,, to president od John M
fcubl, of Chicago secrrtsry. Each sri
CBltoral collrg nd rperinjenl station
i entitled to a delegate, a to also each
MticDsJ snd sUts sgricoltoral society.
4 ?GVJD2Q
: REARING TURKEYS. -1
ftj BawUsh Aathorlty Says tha Amer
;, lean Idea Rlsrht to Start With..
' Turkeys are generally considered to
bo the most delicate of poultry and
very difficult to rear, says an English
exchange, but Mr. W. B. Tegetmeler,
who is a very great authority in such
matters, maintains that tbe treatment
of turkeys is generally misunderstood
and that the cause of delicacy and
mortality among them is generally
that they are. reared on the tainted
ground of farmyards or In their Imme
diate vicinity. In America, where tur
keys are allowed to roam as they will
and roost In trees, tbe bens make their
own nests and generally, unless tbe
season be exceptionally unfavorable,
bring every chick to maturity. "
Of course tbe chicks are sometimes
ottackod by rats and other vermin, but
the number of birds killed In this man
ner Is comparatively insignificant
Tbe plan of rearing turkeys absolute
ly unprotected has been followed by
Sir Walter Ollby at Elsenbam, Essex,
for some years . past and with tbe
greatest success. -The birds excel both
In plumpness and in flavor, and the
hugo amount of meat on them Is prob
ably due to tho fact that tbey uso their
wings In flying, and theroTore tne mus-
cles of the breast which: work the
wings, are properly developed. At
Elsenbam tbe turkeys are fed with tbe
pheasants and every morning come np
to tbe ball to receive the bouso scraps,
with tbe result that they are finer, bet
ter birds than these fattened in captiv
ity. i.;t:--.:u, .... . , -,
Mr. Tegetmeler advised all wbo can
do so to allow tuolr turkeys to 11 vo an
entirely natural life in tbe open, not
shut In farmyards or oven In a field
near the house. Reared In tbe same
way as pheasants, tbey And the great-
er part of tbelr food for themselves,
and under natural conditions tbey
thrive far better than It Is possible fot
thorn to do on ground which bos be
come tainted, as a farmyard must be,
even though an immensity of care and
trouble be expended upon them.
WHEN CHICKENS THRIVE.
Soma Kind af Meat as Well as Grain
. Mast Ba Fed. ..
Experiments by tbe New fork agri
cultural. experiment station show that
chickens do not thrive so well on grain
feeding alone as on some form of ani
mal food. Tbe same Is true of ducks.
The addition pf animal nitrogen to tho
rations makes np for tbe grasshoppers
and earth worms of natural poultry
life. The tests demonstrated that poul
try fed on animal and vegetable food
gained weight and matured more rap-.
Idly than others and at a smaller coot
of food. In one experiment It took tbe
meat meal ration chicks 47 days to
gain their first pound and 85 days to
gain tbe second. The grain fed birds
noedod 01 days for tbelr drat pound
and 88 days more for tbelr second.
With tbe ducks tbe results of the
tests with tbe contrasted rations were
equally convincing. Both lots In this
Instance were fed wltb green alfalfa
In addition to other foods and had
plentiful supplies of sand and coarse
grit Tbe animal meal birds soon be
gan to develop rapidly and evenly, but
the grain fed ducklings became thin
and uneven In size. Tbe Utter would
neglect the troughs of apparently
wholesome food to cbaso a stray grass
hopper or fly, while tho . meat fed
ducks lay laxlly and philosophically In
tb sun and paid no attention to bee or
beetle. JTtio meat fed ducks all lived
and turned, but ono-tblrd of tbe others
departed this life, before tbe fifteenth
week of tbe contrasted feeding. Tb
survivors tbeu were fed on tbe meat
rations and made rapid gains, but tbey
never overcame tbe disadvantage of
tbelr bad start St Louts roat-Dl-
patcu.
f apart EaB.
Egg raising is carried on now not only
tar more oxtenslvely, but far more sys
tematically than ever before. Tbe
breeds of chickens everywhere have
been Improved, though mere la some
parts of tbe country than in others.
and tbe Improvement everywhere con
tinues. Tbera are many great chicken
farms and many chicken raisers that
confine themselves to apodal breeds.
Tbe common stock also baa been Im
proved everywhere more or less.
Without regard to tbelr actual price
t tbe moment, cominrdnl eggs may
vary In value as much aa g cents a
dose a. Handsome, large, sckcted. blgb
grade egx may be worttt S cents a
dosen mere than ordinary eggs. These
superior eggs susy be the production of
special breeds of stock, bnt tbe eggs of
eomparativeJy ordinary stock packed
wltb care Kigbt bring balf cent or a
eest more a dosen than tbe saru eggs
packed a tbey tun. More and more
egg raisers firs attention to socb do
tail nowadays, calling eat egg that
dirty er discolored and packing
tbaro by Utctiiselre to at-ll. though
tbey may be as big and heavy and
good as tbe others, at ton than regular
ptie. but more then making this good
by tb added price obtained for tbe
other, doe tn great measure to tbeir
Sigbtllneas of appearance. Mors bsod
pome eggs may be seen for aale tn re
tail stores new than rer before. New
Tort San.
FwaHfT atatsJaw Tawaht la Caltea.
At tb Itbode Island CoOeg of Agrt-
enltore and alec ban k-aj Art at Kings
ton a special course In poultry culture
began en Jan. 9 aod continued for four
week.
Nearly 40 application for enrollment
for tb coarse were pecdred, bat ow
ing to limited accommodations, the
ciaa bad to be kept, down to a boot 20
In number. Several wbo could not take
thl course enrolled tbelr names for
tbe next oo m 1000.
It la a curioos fart that ereo poultry
raising ba been tboajLt worthy of a
special course In an a rricui i itrml coU
legsv Scientific AaH-rk-aa.
Greensboro Tobacco llcirl:
. ROR HIGH PRICES.
Sold over 6,000,000 pounds last year for an average of 7.57 per ICO
pounds. t
This is tho h iehest average mado hv
Carolina. ' "
Over $1,260.00 paid out daily
year. -
; It is tho best market in the State for the farmer.
Our Warehouses are large, commodious and un-trwliif p whoaa nronri.
otors stand without a peer as slesmen of the weed.
v Every large firm in the United States and a nrjmhflr of fnrftirm firms nrn
represented by our buyers.
Tobacco centre, nianufactiirino-
educational centre.
Our own manufacturers have a
trade daily and must have tobacco.
We have the strongest corps of buyers in the world for the warchouso
capacity.
We want more tobacco and must have it if high averages will bring it.
Try us with your next load and be convinced of our merit.
Greensboro Tobacco Association.
1 wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance county
to the fact that the Burlington' Insurance Agency, established in
1893 by the late firm of Tate Sc Albright, is still in the ring.
There is lid insurance agency Iri NorthTJarolina with better
' facilities for placing large lines of insurance, that can give low
er rate3 or better indemnity. Only first-class companies, in every
branch oi the business, find a lodgement in my office. With
a practical experience of more than ten years, I feel warranted
in soliciting a share of the local patronage. I guarantee full
satisfaction in every instance. ' Correspondence solicited upon
all matters pertaining to insurance. '
I am making a specialty of Life Insurance and will make
it to the interest of all who desire protection for their families
or their estates, or who wish to make absolutely safe and profit
able investment, to confer with me before giving their applica
tions to other agents.
Very respectfully,
: ; JAMES P. ALBKIGI1T,
BURLINGTON, N. C. .
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HAULING CROP3.
What It Costs to Transport Praises
Ores Coamry Roads.
An inquiry of this kind wss mads in
November. 1809. by the United States
department of agriculture through Its
office of road Inquiry Ten tbonssnd
circulars were sent ont to farmers In
all parts of tbs United States asking
for information In these rations par
ticular Replies were received from
over 1,300 counties distributed through
out tbe United States, and tb results
were carefully compiled Tbe weight of
loads baoled varied between an aver
ags of 2,400 pounds in th prairie
stales and sn sversg of 1.897 pound
in tbs cotton states, tb average weight
of farm loads for tbe whole country be
ing 2,002 pounds, or practically a ton.
The average haul was found to be
12 1-10 miles, varying between 8 8-10
miles in tbe eastern states and 28 8-10
miles In tbe Pacific and monntaln
states, Tb average cost of marketing
a ton of crops in the United Ststea ws
found to be 13.02. It was as bigb as
34.13 in tb Pacific cosat and monn
taln ststes, doe to long bsuls, and as
low as 1.87 in tbe northern and east
ern states, which sre mora densely set
tled snd what railroad srs nnmerotts
snd haul are ibortcr. Th average cost
of bsnling ton a distance of one mile
wss 28 cents, it being 32 cents In the
prairie and Pacific coast and monntaln
state and rising as high as 83 cents
ia tbe eastern states. . '-
Atsaaspharle Ilanaldlty. -
The wet bulb thermometer for deter
Mining moisture In tbe air Is made and
used as follows: rrovlde two ther
mometers sod tie a bit of tbe thinnest
muslin neatly around the bulb of one
of tbea and keep It soaked wltb wa
ter. Uft this thermometer oat of the
aster and whirl It briskly through tbe
Sir for two minutes If the atr la very
dry and for throe or four minute If
the air Is very moist Head It quickly.
and It gives tbe temperature of a tbin
layer of water evaporated under tbe
mflueoc of tbe wind produced by tbe
whirling. Tbe dew point of the air In
Which tbe thermometer la whirled Is
about as far below tbe wet bulb as
this to below tbe It-tii pern fur of tbe
dry bulb similarly whirled and read
rapidly. Tbe two thermometer may
be bong ski by side on a abort piece
of string for eoovenlenca, and tbia Is
then called tbe "sling psychroroeter."
Waatbec Review.
Self Csnitrol.
Tner to no surer safeguard against
all degrees of mental soundness than
a habit ef self control. As men of quick
Mood may fall dead la moments of
high excitement, so may leaser dis
turbance, oft repeated, nnsettl tbe
rational faculties. Machinery that I
loosely set tend to Jar Itself to piece,
sad tbe l tattoos of unfroverned emo
tion may gradually produce an "unsta
ble equlllbriam" of the nervous system
and predlopose the brightest roan or
woman to be entirely upset cy a sud
den (rials of passion, alarm, loe or ec
stasy. For Joy; Ilk grief. an?r, fear
or appetite, requires the gentle re
straint cf reason. Tbe S'jlums are
full of admonitory cit-. Wanted for
each IndlvMnal a yl Internal govern
ment well admlnisterd. Youth's Cvuv
panlon. .
One f 'inute Ccu;h Cur. i rc.
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to farmers for tobacco durinetlio rapt
mntrn. fro da iwnlrn railrnarl onf ra
lanra cansci'tv nn1 nm inrMaino- tTn.!r
Wheeler & Wilson
Sewing Mactins
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Purchasers sayi
V It rung as light as a feather."
'Great improvement over anything
so far.
" It turns drudgery into a pastime."
" The magic Silent Sewer."
All sizes and styles of sewing ma
chines for Cloth and Leather.
Sty The best machine on earth -
iee it before yon buy.
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