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CATTLE QUARANTINE
REGULATIONS.
Arsenical Solution as Well as Crude
Petroleum to Be Employed for Dip
ping Cattle for Destruction of thib
Tics
The Department of Agriculture wpi
oon issue new regulations governing
the movejnenjt of cattle from the area
under quarantine on account dk Tex
as or tick fever. These regulations
will become effective about April J,
and will permit the movement of cat
tie from the quarantined area pro
vided they are properly dipped underi
Government supervision; The iewl
regulations differ f mm those hitherto
in effect in that they "prcitide for tfie
employment of an arsenical dipping
SCHEDULE OF PASSENGER '
TRAIN of
Norfolk &South
ern Ry.
Harry K, WolcOtt and Hugh M. Kerr,
Receivers.
Direct through train service fce.
tween all points in Eastern North
Carolina, and via Norfolk to all east
ern cities.
Schedule in effect January 23, 1910
TRAINS LEAVE ELIZABETH CITY
55 A. Ml, Daily for Norfolk. and in
termediate stations.
a
2:20 P. M., Daily except Sunday ex
press for Norfolk.
4:25 P. M., Daily except Sunday for
Norfolk and intermediate sta
tions. 6:10 P. M., Sunday only, for Norfoik
and intermediate stations con
nects at Norfolk for the South
and "West I
10:23 A. M., Daily for Edenton and
intermediate stations.
1:45 P. M., except Sunday, express
for Hertford, Edenton, Washing
ton, Farmville, Greenville, Wil
son, Raleigh, and intermediate
stations. Also for New Bern,
Morehead City, Beaufort and in
termediate stations. Connects at
Mackeys Ferry for Belhaven
and Columbia Branches, connects
at Connects at New Bern for
Kinston, Goldsboro and inter
mediate stations, also for Orien
tal branch.
7:53 P. M., Daily for Hertford, Edenj
ton and intermediate stations.
For further particulars, consult
Norfolk and Southern Railway Fol
der or apply tQ F. L. Garrett, Ticket
Agent, Elizabeth City, N.. .
H. C. Hudgins, G P A W W Croxton
..A G P A
E. T. Lamb, G. M., Norfolk, Va.
Trains Nos, 1 and 2 effective Mon
day, January 24th 1910, will be oper
ated on the following schedule; ,,.
Daily Ex
Sunday P. M.
Daily Ex
Sunday P. M.
. .Ar 3:40
..Ar 1:39
12:1
Lv Norfolk, Va.
1:45 Lv E. City, N. C.
2:18 Lv Hertford ...
2:40 Ar Edenton Lv 1:15
'v. 00 Lv Edenton Ar 12:55
-3:30 Ar Mackey's Ferry . .Lv 12:25
Norfolk and Southern Railway, via
Norfolk, Va The r Quickest Route
to Richmond, Petbsburfi and Wash
ington.
New Schedule Fare to Richmd.
F.v Beaufort.- N. C... 7: 25;' a m $5.85
Lv Morehead City 7. 47 a m $5.75
Lv Kinston ..7:55 a m $5.45
Lv oriental 7:30 a m $5.50
Lv New bern 9:15 a m $4.85
Lv Farmville 9:06 a m $3.95
Lv Greenville 9:35 a m $3.95
Lv Washington 10.40 a m $3.95
Ar Norfolk, Va .3:40 p. m.
Via. N & W Ry. Via C 4 0 Ry
Lv Norfolk, Va., 4:50 p m; 7:40 P
m 4:00 p. m.
Ar Richmond, Va., 6:50 p m; 10:55 P
m; 6:35 p. m. '
Lv Richmond, Va. Via R. E. & P. R
R. 8:20 p. m.
Ar Washington, D. C, 11:50 p. m
Same time by using the Norfolk &
Southern Railway, North, South,
East and West.
fluid as well as for crude peroleum
which, haa heretofore been used ftjr
tne uestruction or the tics thati
transmit the disease. Experiments
by the Bureau of Animal Industry
in dipping cattle in an arsenical sol
ntion indicate that this method of
treatment is sufficiently effeotive toi
b6 permitted for cattle Intended forr
interstate Movement for purposes
other than ffnm$4iate slaughter,:
The vats in which such dipping is
fuxier supervision shall bfe ap
fafd by the Department;.' ..fey
shall have, at their maximum work
ing capacity, a length of not less than
ifi ff el 9 theSl iP j liae, a , wiJtt , pf
34 th 40 inches, and a mfnimum
depth of Snt; of 5 1 feet the sides
shall be perpendicular instead of
sloping, the, only slop 1 1, fcelpw
the dip line being that at the end
from which the cattle leave the vat.
The slide board shall be 5 to 5 1-2
ldng wlth a slop of not less than
45 degrees. Vats that are already in
stalled, which have a length of not
less than J?6 feet at the dip line,
otherwisee conforming to the above
requirements, except that they' may
have sloping sides, may be approved,
provided, of course, that they were
well constructed, water-tight, and
in general good condition. The vats
shall be covered when not in use;
shall be . so constructed that water
from rains and overflows can not run
into them, and that the drainage in
to the vats from the drainage pens
shall be cut off when they, are not
in use.
in orderthat the dipping of cattle
may be facilitated, the Department
of Agriculture desires to stecure im
mediately the names of manufactur
ers who can furnish to cattle owners
or other interested a standard
grade of white " arsenic which must
be finely powdered and guaranteed to
be at least 99 per cent. pure. The
Department wishes the manufacturer
to place upon packages intended for
use in dipping a statement guarantee
ing that the arsenic conforms to the
standard of purity indicated. Com
munications on this subject should
be addressed to the Chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.
C. Copies of the new quarantine reg
ulations when issued may be obtained
on application to the Bureau.
The territory under quarantine for
Texas fever embraces the whole
States of Louisiana, Alabama, and
Florida and parts of California, Tex
as, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas,
Tennessee. Mississippi, Georgia, S.
Carolina, N. Carolina and Virginia.
The area under quarantine has
been reduced by more than 80,000
square miles within the last three
years as a result of the campaign
being waged by the Federal and thej
State authorities for the extermina
tion of the ticks, and as this pro
gresses the quarantine will be remov
ed from additional territory.
March l'0th, 1910.
To the Editor:
The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture has just published a circular by
Dr. S. A. Knapp, entitled "Cotton,
the Greatest of Cash Crops." This
publication should be read by every
farmer who cultivates cotton. I
should be very glad to have a copy
mailed to any farmer who will make
application. Write name and address
plainly, J;
Respectfully,
JNO. H. SMALL.
WORK FOR THE MONTH
The month of February has been
over & large part of Jhis and the
adjoiaia . Soatbf?i eiaf ' ad
seasonable. There has neen some
snow and frost, but not sufficient to
cause more than; a temporary hind
rance In outdoor work, except in the
mountain sections in tl.r? West and
:.!thw?st, where su v has covered
the -round for days Together and
the frost has beeu severe. Tn the
middle and eastern ec'i.ons r?nn has
fallen sufficient to mak.? low lying
and i-oorly drained ai H toe. wet for
plowing most of the frme. though n
well drained upland there ,have been
many days when such work could
he done, and we are glad to know
that these days have been availed of,
and that much more land is now
plowed than is often the case at
this time of the year. Our' farmers
are each year learning to appreciate
more the advantage of ntHizihg the
f inter months for breaking their
lands. Experience has convinced them
ary
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that what we have so long urged is
true, and that although the frost In
the South is not so great an improver
of the condition of the soil as ft is
further north, yet that it is wise to
have the land in such a condition
as to receive the full benefit of what
We have so long urged is true, and
that although the frost in the South
is hot so great an improver of the
condition of the soil as it is further
north, yet that it is wise to have the
land in such a condition as to, re
ceive the full benefit of what frost
we do get. They are each year
appreciating more fully the fact that
even' a light frost can do much more
in fitting the soil for planting than
much working later with harrows
and cultivattors, and that this is the
cheaper way of securing this end.
Formerly it was rare to see the land
plowed in the winter, and farmers
insisted that the best way was to
plow and plant at once, and to rely
upon the working of the crop after
it was planted to make the plant
food available They now are realiz
ing that the proper time to cultivate
the corn, cotton and tobacco crops
is to cultivate them before they are
planted; that is to say, to so work
the land before the crop is planted
as to reduce it to the finest tilth and
to let into it all the air, sun and
moisture possible, before a seed it
put into the ground. Old Jethro Tull's
contention that "tillage is manure"'
is now realized as being largely
true, and the proper time to give
this tillage s in the months preced
ing the best time for planting. Even
the most rtin down land has In it
large supplies of mineral plant food
which if made available to any con-
siderable extent will greatly help the
yield of the crop, and the way to
make this available is to plow and
break the land finely, and admit air
and moisture into it, and to get mixed
into it, and to get mixed into the
soil the manure which is to help out
this natural supply of plant food.
The cold, unbroken soil and subsoil
is in an inert and dead condition,
and must have life infused into it
before t can give life lo the crop.
This life can not exist in the soil in
the absence of air and. moisture and
sunlight Ths microbic life in the soil
is of more help in the production of
crops than even manure and fertil
ized, as without it even these can
not exert their due . in fiuence, and
are largely wasted. They make avail
able to the tiny rootlets of the plant
the mineral plant food in the soil,
and that supplied by the manure and
eMpiaif Jfc the "asiei- as the
asc'itfrhfeltdr th stctoacfi "maTte
available for the support ofTiuman
life the food which Is eaten. It
should always be borne in mind
employed
that the rootlets of the crop are the
tiny hairlike roots on the side 6f the
main roots, and that through these
all the support of the plants is drawn
in liquid form. The finer the partic
les of the soil the more feeding sur
face can these rootlets find, and the
better the condition in which they
will find the food for absorption.
Each tiny particle of soil is encom
passed with a film of moisture, and
with this and the root acids of the
plant the mineral food is digested
and made available. Bearing all this
in mind, it will be seen . how import
ant it s that not a day should be
wasted when the soil is in a fit con
dition to plow and breafe. Keep the
teams at work either plowing or har
rowing or working with the disc or
cultivator. Lime and the mineral fer
tilizers like acid phosphate, raw
phosphate rock and potash ought to
be got onto the land and be worked
in during this preparation of - the soil
These all take time to act on the
soil and to become available for the
support of plant life. There need be
no fear that they will eech out of the
soil, Farmyard manure also be got
onto the land as it is made. There
nono of its plant food will be lost,
as is almost certain to be the case
when it is kept in the yard or pit
The soil will absorb all washings
from it, and' hold this ready for the
support of the crop. Whilst it is
better to get the manure out of the
yard even on to sod land unplowed,
than to leave in the yard, yet cur
experience has been that we almost
always got better results when the
manure was applied to the land after
it had been plowed. Spread it at once
and then work it into the soil with
the disc or cultivator. It is thus put
where the young rootlets of the crop
can get to it at once, and it sets
up active microbic life in the soil
as soon as ever the soil becomes
wann enough and this makes the nat
ural plant food in the soil available.
Where manure- is applied on a sod,
and then turned down it is largely
put into the bottom of the furrow,
and required some time before the
roots of the plant can reach it, and
never be so effectually mixed with
the soil as when applied after plow
ing. In connection with this work of
ploying and working the land, we
would urge upon farmers the import
ance of using larger and heavier im
plements and stronger teams to
handle them. Southern farmers have
used and are still usi?jg too much
man power and too little horse and
mule power. .-Southern Planter.
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It will pay you to write for charges, quo
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solicit your shipment for which we will give
carefull ana personal attention. Write
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