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) A V. ' 7 VOL. XI. NO. 51. NEWTON, CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C, FRIDAY , JANUARY 31, 1890. PRICE: S1.00 PER YEAR. NeWT( S RPRISE raw POTOlfl Absolutely Pure. This j'owiler never varies. A marvel of purity strength and wholesomoness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum of phosphate powders. Sold only in i. Kotal Basiso Towher Co., 106 Wall St., X. Y. -BFJADFIELD'S MENSTRUATION OPl MONTHLY SICKNESS IF TfcrVtN OURHG CHfcH&fc Of AV. GRLKT . 5 Mi5 tH SVlf T E.RING w ill BE M QtfKB jsook TO"WOMAN'uurar BRA WELD REGUUTDR CD. ATUUiTAGA. MOLD BV ALL MMCjaST. CHAS. W. RICE, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Newton, N. J. L. McCORKLE, J TIOliXEY AT LAW, NEWTON, N. C. YO'JNT HUCSE. ir. A7. YOUST, Proprietor, . NEWTON, N. C. well furnished rooms ; polite and attentive ser vants; table supplied with the best the market arl'ords. A. P. LYNCH, Attorney at Law, NEWTON, - - - N. C neons. QN IMPROVED FARMS IN suuus of $300 aud upwards, on long time aud easy terms. For par ticulars. applv to L. L.'WITHERSPOON, Attobxey-at-Law, NEWTON, - - N. C MOXEY TO LOAJV. Te -will loan money on good real estate security on better terms than ever before offered in thif State. For full information call en the under signed. A. P. Lynch & M. E. Lowrance. J. E. THORNTON, KEF.PS constantlv on hand all sires of Woo Collins. Also liurial Kobes Strangers sending for Coffins must send good se cunty Shop one mile north of Court House. JS'ewton, JV. C. J. B. LITTLE, RESIDENT DENTIST. NEWTON, N.G. OJ-OJice in Yount & Sirum'a Building. Dr P F LAUGENOUR, 111 DENTIST. A Graduate of Baltimore Denial Oollege, tcith sev eral yaers erperieuce.) Iioes everything pertaining to dentistry in the bes imanner possible, at reasoi ale prices. Aching teeth made easy, treated and filled so that thev will never ache" again. Extracjing done without pain by usiug gas. OjHrron Main street Opposite the M. O. Sherrill Building SHOE SHOP ! ! We have employed good workmen and and are running a flrst'class Sio Sla-op In the second story of our building. Boots and Shoes of any grade made to order. Shoes kept on band. Mending promptly done. YOU NT S II RUM. A WORD TO THE PUBLIC! TIIK XH WTOH UAUB9S5& SHOP. We are prepared to do all kinds of work in our line in first class style. Soberness and cleanliness Will do our utmost to make onr shop a pleasant place to our customers. Caret ul attention given to Ladies and Children at residence or shop- Earnest I. Moore, Prop. farmers' grpartwent. AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FABM AND GARDEN. GROWING BEET SEED. THE seed of no garden vegetable vj J i9 more easily grown than tbat of the best. It is sold whole sale very cheaply, but. e.ery farmer should, so far as possible, grow beet seed for bis own us. Select well shaped, not over-large specimens for feed. Those who grow beet seed largely for sale plant a late crop, which is forced to grow rapidly by high manuring and good cultivation. The idea that because a long, slow grown root wi'l ser' abundant..r, it is as good as any for seed, is a great mistake. Seed from such roots rap idly degenerates, and, in a few years, will grow plants that run to seed the first season. SLAUGHTER FOR SWINE. The usual sickening scenes of heg killing time are now witnessed chasing, catching and sticking the animals, amid deafening squealing blood pouring out, and the horrified children looking on ! Most of this can be obviated by first striking the animal a blow on the head with a light, long-handled sledge-hammer. This produces stupor, and death is painless. Another way it: to drop the open side of a long, narrow box down over the animal, and then turn box and hog upside down, when the knife can do its woik, and box be righted again, arid can bleed out standing. But whatever the way, the slaughter should be done with least possible pain to the victim and to lb9 sensibilities of humaukiud One of the most unpleasant memo ries of my life is having witnessed, when a lad, hog killing at an abattor, One man with a sh-up hook caught the animals in the flesh under th jaw ; then, raising the snout up, auother man stuck them standing Yet this does not seem so cruel as the present way, fcr it was done very quickly. New York Tribune. PROTECTING CELLARS AGAINST COLD. Much unnecessary, because misdi rected, work is done in banking up cellars and closing out of door pits for keeping tender vegetables. Air at perfect rest i& one of tue very best nonconductors, and it is none the worst if protected behind block of ice. Much of the banking loses its effectiveness as the season advances, because the materials of which it is composed bry out. by the expansion of frost, and this admits currents of outside air to the centre of the heap, or whatever is to be protected. Sometimes manure is used with the idea that it will heat, and thus furnish warmth to what it covers. Really it is not so good as earth, because coarse manure is really more porous The piopei place for porosity is inside rather than outside. A straw or cornstalk bank against a pit or oeliar is excel lent if covered with earth to keep a space of air that does not move next the article to be protected But if the earth shows signs of freezing dry, as it probably will, a few barrels of water thrown on it during the coldest weather will freeze into a sheet, and effectually prevent the ingress of cold air. American Cultivator. FODDER FOR FUEL. Most barn doors are large and swing on hinges. It is difficult to open them when the wind is brisk ; they are apt to fly entuely open, and the cold air rushing in makes the atmosphere inside frigid as that on the outside. This chills the animals, and, of course, they require the more fodder to generate internal heai. As well might one keep the door closed and throw out a forkful of hay to the wind. AU outside low er barndoors should be hung on rollers, and there should be small doors in convenient places, and then when a person is to pass through the door can be pushed just far enough to allow him to pass. This excludes a great amount of cold and saves feed. There are also more leaks in the sides of barns than in the roofs. Pieces of siding off, loose boards, gaping cracks and knotholes sometimes consume more feed than the animals.. Shivering beasts re quire more fodder (fuel) to keep warm ; and however well fed, if they do not shrink in flesh, they seldom gain, and cows always shrink in milk in cold weather. The proportion of increase in fod der than an animal will consume in a cold stable to keep its warmth up is not known, but can be approxi- mated by a simple process. Let the farmer select a cold, windy day and weigh the fuel he consumes in one of his stoves. On an equally boister ous day open as many superficial inches of apertures fr ui his room to the weather as there me inches of cracks and openings in his stable ; then at night weigh the fuel used that day, and strike a balance, and if it does not set him thinking of his cattle con umiug more food to keep them warm than otherwise need be done and incite him to stop up the cracks in the stable and barn, then I shall have miscalculated. Aside from a money profit from maintain ing warm and comfortable stables, it is gratifying to human people to res fleet that thej have done their duty to the dumb beasts under tlieir su- pervision New York Tribune. CLOVER-HAY FOR SWINE AND POULTRY. Clover-hay is a very valuable stock food, when properly fed, but it is objectionable for eome kinds of stock. As a food for horses, unless cut and moistened, it is not at all desirable. But it is excellent for cows, when fed in connection with other coarse food. Unless properly harvested and securely housed, clo ver-hay is likely to become musty and unfit to be used. Many farmers seem to think that well-cured clover hay is valuable only for horses, cat ¬ tle and sheep, yet it can be used to good adyantage as a food for both swine and poultry. Some of the largest breeders of swine in Penn sylvania used large quantities annus ally lor tueir porkers, and nnd ii very desirable, as it is not merely nutritive, but goes far toward keep ing the animals in a healthful condi tion during the winter mouths, wheu green fooJ cannot be obtained or supplied. The very coarsest is not used, but only the tops or fiuer ends of the bajT, which is run through a cutter, making the pieces about an inch or half an inch long. Iu feed ing, enough of this to make a "rness" is taken, corn-meal, bran, or cort, and oats ground together, is put in to enrich it, when the whole mass is well-soaked down with water, adding a little salt, and then fed. The pigs eat it with a relifh. and thrive on it. Ve never knew a lot of swine treated to a daily feed of clover-hay in this way to be troubled with sickness or disease. Some swine-feeders merely have the hay finely cut and then sup ply the pigs with it dry or merely moistened with water and made ap petizing with some salt, but, while the animals will consums a large quantity prepared in this manner, it is a rather wasteful way of feeding it. Few poultry-breeders have ever heard of clover-hay being used as a poultry-food, yet it is used success fully. For this purpose, the heads and leaves which scatter out on the barn floor in feeding the stock with the hay are carefully gathered and kept stored in barrels or boxes in the dry, for after use. For poultry, it is fed with an equal amount of ground grain, stirred well, scalded and thoroughly mixed. When cool, or just cool enough to fed, it is giv en to the fowls, and they eat it with evident relish. When green food is scarce, this method of feeding, once iu a dav or two, will be found to supply the fowls with the vegetable food so much desired in the winter, and a supply can generally be ob tained from a neighboring farmer. Those who doubt that poultry will eat the, clover hay should, during the winter, put a small supply of it in a convenient shallow box in the chicken house, and see how soon the birds will clean it up and look for more. It can be dry and just as it comes from the barn floor, and some poultry breeders feed it in this way. This can be done when yon are as sured of a plentiful supply, and can so arrange the feeding box as to prevent the fowls from scratching the hay or chaff around and wasting it. A still better method is to wet the finely cut clover with masbed ed potatoes or meal and feed warm. American Agriculturist. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Plenty of stable bedding makes manure. Keep everything ia the henhouse dry but the drinking vessels. Unless flower-pots have good drainage the plants may be ruined. Three or four varieties of grapes are better than a large number. No "tit for tat" with a kicking cow. Be gentle with the erring." Improved farmers introduce im proved stock and improved farming. Add everything to the compost heap that can be made into manure. Keep the best lambs and yearlings on the farm to increase the flock. Cull the flocks and herds, and sell or slaughter non-paying animals. Chickens are as apt to catch colds iu windy weather p.s on rainy lays. Heavy feeding of fowls justbvfore dilling is detrimental to quality. Don't fodder stock on the ground when it is easy to provide racks. Neaily all kinds of fruit p ants will be seriously injured if the water be allowed to stand around the roots during the winter. Count up the number of sick trees in your orchard, and order substi tutes, to be planted next April. Have the orchard solid with healthy, vigorous trees. Do you know that the sunny sides of the house and out buildings are the best places for grape vines. You will get grapes there when the vk-ea in the fields bear none. One advantage with currants is that if they are kept properly pruned, the old wood cut out, the weeds kept down and the soil rich by the application of fertilizers; the plants will grow and bear fruit for twenty-five years without replenish ing. To prune the grapevine, cut the oldest cane close to the ground each season, letting one new, strong, vig orous cane succeed the new one. The new canes bear tbe fruit wood, and two or three new sprouts should be allowed to each cane, cutting back to two or three buds each. The cow that attends to the busis ness of chewing cud, digesting food aud secreting iniik, regardless of usual surrounding, is the cow that will come in ahead at cattle-show trials. The nervous, excitable cow that lorgets her work under excite ment is the one that is more likely to "get left." Those who have used greed wood understand how wasteful its mois ture is of the heat obtained. Wet coal is just as objectionable, except forjthe fact that the be?it it gives in burning is so much than the waste is not noticed. The wood-shed or coal-bin should, therefore, be not only covered, but protected so that it may not be wet by snow drifted upon it. Copperas, or sulphate of iron, as it is called, is recommended as a remedy for parasites in the lungs and intestines of lambs. It is fed with fii.e salt. The copperas should be fiueiv pulverized and mixed in the propertion of one part of copper as to ten or twe-lye of salt This mixture should be kept in troughs or boxes in the pasture, where the flock can have access to it at all times. Two parts of flour of sul phur added to the mixture will im prove it, as the sulphur will have a tendency to free ihe flock from ticks. FARM MORTGAGES DEBATE IN U. S. SENATE JANUARY 2 1 ST. HE BILL reported adversely on January 1G from the Cen sus uommittee to ascertain what percentage of the people own their farms, the number of farms under mortgage and the amount thereof, was taken from the calendar in order to give Mr. Berry, who had introduced the bill, an opportunity to state the grounds of his oppossi tion to the report and why the bill should be passed. He said that trust companies aud corparations in New York and New England had representatives in all the Southern and Western States trying to loan money to farmers on farm mortgages. Mr. Hale, chairman of tbe Census Committee, said that there was no hostility on the part of the commit tee to the proposed inquiry; but in every suggestion to enlarge the scope of the census the committe was con fronted with the danger of putting in such new work as would delay the census. Besides a great and valua ble body of substantial information on the question was now being ob tained by the Superintendent of Census. He represented the impos sibility of obtaining such informa tion by a house-to -house canvass be cause it would always require tbe canvasser to see the head of the household. Mr. Reagan argued in favor of the bill, and declared his belief that in two out of every three farm mortga ges there would be foreclosures, and the owners would lose their farms. Mr. Vest spoke of the abnormal depression of tbe agricultural inter ests cf the country, evidenced by the fact that corn is bringing now to producers in Missouri and Kansas only from 13 to 15 cents a bushel, and wheat from 40 to 50 cents, while coal costs them 29 cents a bushels. He himself had very distinct and emphatic ideas as to the cause of that depression, but je first thing to be ascertained in order to provide a remedy was to ascertain the ex tent of the evil. The farming com munity had a conviction that legisla tion was largely responsible for the existing depression. He wanted to make it mandatory on the Superin tendent of Census to obtain this in formation, becanse the conduct of the superintendent in this and other matters had not tended to obtain his (Mr. Vest's") confidence. He was au thorized to make the statement tnat the superintendent had written a let ter to his colleague (Mr. Cockrell) that the census supervisors would belong to the Republican, party; that preference would be given them in every instance. It went without saying that the enumerators who were to be appointed by the super visors would be in political sympathy with the men who appointed them. Under that state of the case, who could blame him if he asked that Congress should make mandatory on the Superintendent the duty to give the information which the bill re quired ? It was the duty of Con gress to ascertain the amount of the evil, in order to find the remedy; and he was not willing to trust to the discretion or the judgment of the Superintendent of Census a duty which ought to be accurately and honestly performed The following day the Senate re sumed the consideration of the bill to require the Superintendent of the Census to ascertain what percentage of the people own their farms, the number of farms under mortgage, and the amount thereof. Mr. Teller, while desiring to have the information proposed, expressed his belief that it would not be of sufficient value to justify the expense and delay. Responding to Mr Vest's remark of yesterday, Mr. Tel ler remarked that agricultural de pression was not peculiar to the united States. It prevailed in all the countries of the world except France. A recent parliamentary in quiry has shown that the British farmers had within twelve years sunk more than half their capital. That condition of British fanner could uot be attributed to a protec tive tariff The trouble was neither free trade nor pre tection. Since the United States resumed specie pay ment in 1879 there had been a con tinnous dron in the prices of farm produce. The wheat crop of this year, with only a difference of 8,000, 000, bushels in quantity, was $180, 000,000 in valufe less than the wheat crop of 1880. The corn crop of this year was 500,000,000 bushels more than that of 1882; but it brought the farmers $78,000,000 less. -And so it was with all other farm produce. It was that which was making discon tent and trouble. He moved that the bill be recommitted, and he hoped that the committee would evolve something that would bring the desired information. Mr. Berry opposed the recommit tal of the bill, which, he said, would be a practical killing of the proposi tion. If it were to pass at all it should pass now, when the Census Superintendent was making his ar rangements. Mr. George said that the subject was an interesting one to him as well as to the Senate and to a large por tion of the people. It seemed con ceded on all sides that the agricul tural interests of the country .were not in a prosperous condition. Not long ago a majority of tbe male adults of the country were owners of their land and homes, and now, per haps, the majority was the other way. He would like to have the informa tion suggested. He should like to know whether the financial policy of the Government and its land policy for the last quarter of a century had brought the great change in condi tion of the people. He believed that when the day should have arrived (if it ever did arrive) when a majority of the male adults of the United States, invested with the right of suffrage, were without land and without the possibility of acquiring land, a crisis would be reached in the institutions and government of the country. If it were true (as he had no doubt it was) that the farm ers were suffering greatly from de pression in prices of crops, it was also true that that unfortunate class should not be made to bear any ad ditional burdens in order to contrib ute to the prosperity of others. Mr. Morriil said that one reason why there was a great depression in agricultural interests wa3 that the number of acres devoted to food products had outrun the consump tion. The farmers of the East had undoubtedly suffered somewhat from the cheapness of transportation, which made all the Western States competitors. The information sought to be obtainned would be valuable, but the attempt to make it a requirment of the census about to be taken would cause a great increase of expenses and of delay. He did not suppose that it could be obtain ed at less cost than would be requir- i for the census according to the present law, and it would defeat any early completion of the census. The discussion was kept up for nearly two hours, going largely over the questions of the tariff, of silver, of overproduction, and of steamship subsidies. Finally Mr. Hale, Chair man of the Census Committee, ex- 7 pressed his willingness . to have the bill recommitted, as suggested by Mr. Teller, and his belief that that would be the best disposition of it. The committee would, then under take to perfect the bill, and would eport it back at an early day. The vote on the question of re committal was taken by yeas and nays, and resulted in yeas, 22; nays, 14. As there was no quorum vot ing, there wa3 a call of the Senate, which showed that there w ere fifty- three Senators present, some of them paired, however. A second vote re sulted: Yeas, 26; nays, 20; and the bill was recommitted to the Census Committee. THE PRIZE ACRE. News and Courior. ARLBORO county is in the midst of the pine belt, and the prize crop was grown on "sandy land" valued at only $8 an acre. The plantation on which the crop was grown was christened "Starvation Empire" before the war, and two years ago the prize acre itself producedjonly five bushels of corn, or about one fiftieth of its yield this year. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of better corn land in Marlboro county and other parts of the State, and what Mr. Drake accomplished on his farm couleJ be accomplished doubtless by similar methods of cultivation on any other farm in South Carolina. The whole secret of Mr. Drake's success, as has been explained in his report to the American Agriculturist, consisted in the unstinted applica tion of fertilizers to the experimental tract. The fertilization began in February, 1889, and was repeated several times while the crop was growing. The total material used was 1,000 bushels of stable manure 600 bushels of cotton seed, 866 pounds each of German kainit and cotton seed meal, 200 pounds acid phosphate, 1,066 pounds manipulat ed guano, 200 pounda animal bone, 4C0 pounds nitrate of soda the val ue of the stable manure being $50, and the cost of the other fertilizers $170 or $220 for all. The seed planted was Drake's im proved corn, a variety of gourd seed raised by Mr. Drake. One bushel was used. The planting was done March 2d, and on June 23th posts and stakes had to be put up along the rows to keep the corn from fall ing. The rows were alternately about three and six feet apart. The plants were five or six inches apart, one stalk in a place. The 2rop was harvested November 25th. The to tal cost was $261.42 The product iJc4 bushels, 49 pounds, at 7d cents a bushels, was worth $191.16. The fodder, li tons, wa3 worth $15. To tal $206.16. As the purpose of the experiment was simply to force the largest pos sible production in cne year, no ac count need be taken of the fact that the crop did not pay for the cost of producing it, by about $73. It is estimated, indeed, that the prize acre "is good for a hundred dollar crop for several years to come,' so that the apparent loss will probably be more than covered by the value of the next crop alone, and the thous and dollar reward is clear profit in aoy event; but all these results are of secondary consideration. The main point of interest to South Carolina farmers is the practical and convinc ing evidence that has been furnished to them as to the possibilities of in tensive farming, even on "worn out lands," and the production of a crop whiah very many of them have hith erto regarded as essentially unprofi table. It is not necessary to the practical application of this lesson tnat so large amounts of fertilizers shall be used as were used by Mr. Drake, or that corn should be substituted for all other crops. It has been proved, however, beyond all question, that more corn to the acre can grow in South Carolina than can be grown anywhere else in America, and with this basis to start from it ought to be practicable for intelligent farmers in South Carolina to devise a sys tern of intensive cultivation that wil make this crop profitable to them under existing conditions. The average yeld of corn to the acre in Indiana last year, we believe, was about fifteen hushels, and in Con necticut was twenty-five bushels. I: the crop pays the careful and calcu lating farmers in those States, i should pay for itself in South Caro lina, even if no more than twenty- five bushels per acre could be grown, as a rule. WHAT IS THE MOST ECONOM ICAL BREED? New England Farmer. MODEL milk test was held by Prof. J. W. Robinsoa at 2) the Provincial fair in Ontario with a view of ascertaining costs of production as well as amount. The every day farmer cares more to know what kind of cow will produce one pound of butter the cheapest than to know which will produce the most. Three cows each of Ayrshires and Jerseys were entered. The Ayr shires with $1.48 worth of food gave 245 pounds of milk which produced 7.13 pounds of pure fat. The Jer seys gave 175 pounds of milk which yielded 8.0? pounds of fat or $1.20 worth of food. With making due allowance for the length of time after calving, the Ayrshires showed a profit of 13 per cent, on the value of the feed consumed and the Jer seys 47 per cent. The only thing that prevents this test from being absolutely conclusive is the short ness of the test. Most of the milk and butter was the result of feed consumed days and may be weeks before thi fair. Such a test marked an adyanced step, but it should ex- end over a longer period of time. HOW I MILKED THE COW. Concord Standard. CpjS' BE following is the experience (Jp of a yound man ; it is said by reliable parties to be true. It was a cold, bad morning and the gaound was wet from the rain that had fallen the night before. I thought I Id help mother all I could and volunteered to milk the cow. I will never forget it, for it was the first cow I ever tried to milk, and it made impressions on me that I will carry to my dying day. I soon gathered up a basket of feed, a bucket, and milking cup, aud proceeded to the cow pen. After putting the feed in the trough, went around on the "right side," and pushing with my left hand, said "back Moll." She "backed" and I jgan milking. I flattered myself that I knew all about it. The onlv thing I did not like was the cow's switching, which seemed to strike me fairly in the fae every time. All at once I fell upon the plan to stop it. I would tie her tail to my foot just above the ankle. I sat down my cup and tied it hard and fast. I thought it was the grandest thing to hold mv foot off her tail's length and see her try to switch. The calf was standing just over on the other side of the fence look ing on with a waistful eye. The reader must draw upon his imagina tion, for no man, who acted a part as I did, will ever be able to describe the drama that followed. The nag came trotting along and ran after the calf just for the exercise of the thing. As they turned the corner of the lot the calf gave a long, fare well bawl, and the old cow answered in one which seemed to say "Hold the Fort for I am Coming." Down the lot she pent ! I caught hold of her tail to keep all parts level, but she soon broke my grip by several well directed kicks that she let fly as she was flying. My hands loose, I soon changed my mode of traveling sometimes up, sometimes down. She forgot about the calf, and was trying to escape from her tail at tachment, which increased her speed so much that as she went around the barn I could look back and see her head constantly coming behind me. I do not know how many times I sailed arouad in thi3 manner, but as she turned the corner the last time, the knot came untied, and I turned about twenty sunmersaults, landing in the fence corner among some old harrows and plow stocks, where I was picked up by kind friends later in the day. They found my clothes in strings and tatters, and removed me to mj own room where blisters and poultices the order of the day for some after. were time ELECTRIC BITTERS. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric Bitters sjng the song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranted to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and pre vent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of Headache, constipation and Indigestion try Electric Bitters Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or money refunded Price 50 cts; and $1.00 per bottle at T. R. Abemethy & Co's drug store. MAKING AN ORCHARD. Western Rural. O NOT select too many varie ties. For the West norm nf us need to be told that the varieties that do even fairly well are not great- If there is a variety that for several years has done well in your 'immediate vicinity take it. Perhaps it may be somewhat inferior. But take it The Ben Davis is not the best of apples, but many an ap ple grower sticks to it because it of ten does better than a better variety. Winterapples are preferable to fall or summer. Inat is to say, it is bet ter to have more of them than fall or summer varieties. Early apples, however, are profitabie to grow. Any thing that is early on the farm usu ally brings a good price. But the main dependence in apple growing are the winter varieties. BIG HOGS. R. JACOB DOVE killed a fine hog yesterday. It weighed 540 pounds, and it took a whole mule to drag him after he was killed. Concord Standard. Mr. Jno. F. Fink, of No. 5, has always had good lack with raising hogs. Sometime since he killed four hogs, each just 10 months and twelve days old, that weighed 317, 317, 25S and 249, or 1,141 pounds of was re alized from 4 ten months old hogs. Concord Standard. Mr. B. H. Thompson, of Aurora, and by the way one of the most prosperous and best farmers in the State, killed a pig last week that weighed after it was dressed 853 pounds and was not real fat at that; if it had of been, would have weigh ed 1,000 pounds. Washington Pro gress. Anson's big hog was killed last Thursday, and the other counties in the State can take a bask seat. The hog belonged to Mr. Jas. R. Moore, of the Madra neighborhood, and weighed 812 pounds gross, and 740 pounds net. It was only two years o.d, and those who saw it say it was as big as horse. Wadesboro Mes senger. Mr. Henry Flowers, a farmer near Kenly, killed one day last week a Poland China hog, which weighed 622 pounds and only two years and one month old; a black Essex seven teen months old weighing 408 pounds. Wilson Advance. Mr. Jule Moody, who lives near Turpin's Chapel, brought one of the finest hogs to Waynesville last week that we have ever seen. He had it killed acd, not fiudiug a pair of scales large enough to way it on, brought it to town where it was weighed on two pairs of scales. The weight was 525 pounds net. Per haps this is the largest hog that will be killed in Haywood this year. Waynesboro Courier. 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