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11 ' - t " ' ; . .1 . - . . i . - I FOR THE FARMER. Treatment of Fruit Tree3 and Vines Subject to Fungous Disease 4 Such diseases as black knot, grape rot, etc., are due to; the presence of a vegetable parasite (a fungus growtnjj wnicn is the product of millions of invisible seeds, known as spores, which ripen on the trees and are blown in every direction by the winds. The difficulty of preventing the disease is the danger in using Adequate remedies, some of Vhich are injurious to the trees. The plum must battle not only with the parasitic enemy, but with the curculio as well, and these two difficulties have ren dered plum growing very un profitable in some j sections.! It is claimed that the outer texture of the bark of the German prune; Pond's seedling and Imperial gage plumbs render those varie ties somewhat exempt from; the attacks of black knot, but the well-known Damson, one of the most valuable of I plumbs,! is nearly always attacked. UNITED ACTION" NECESSARY. While the farmer and fruit s-rower sHould use all precau tion to ' prevent the spread j of black knot, vet he; can do but little alone. To make plum- growing profitable J be united.action on1 JT there must the; part of all fruit-srrowers in a neighbor hood be cut away but every portion of it should be consigned to . the flames and a careful watch kept over. the trees-in !or cter to guard against a reappear ance of the parasite, the spOres of which can only be destroyed by van entire - season's- work. Experienced fruit-growers claim that the black knot can be ef fectually destroyed in two years if the fruit-growers will unite f or that purpose. , i I TREATING THE SOIL j r ! The spores are in the soil, and can be destroyed early" in the season with the use of germi cides: The v-experiments made oii the black" rotrof grapes de rrionstrate that where measures have been taken to prevent the loss of the crop they have been effective, and the first work performed is the sprinkling; of the soil with Bordeaux mixture, which is repeated every two weeks throughout the season. Treatment of trees and vines must be made also, but the be ginning is with the soil, where the spores have spent the win ter. Nor should the precaution ' cease on the harvesting of the crop, for the use "of germicides should continue late in the sea son, while all diseased wood and fruit should be consumed.1 The liberal application of lime to the soil also largely assists in! destroying the spores, but such a remedy should not be wholly relied upon. -i . : , Farm Notes. E.-W. Reid, in the Ohio Far mer, says a pear tree wnicn blooms, but bears no fruit, j is making too much root growth, arid recommends I digging j a trench eighteen inches deep be low the circumference of the first limbs, filling it half full jof compost manure, and returning the soil on top. This will check root growth and start the tree to bearing. The Miror and Farmer savs: "Dairying metins seven days work every week, but .possibly the seventh may be done by a substitute or a drafted man." Yes, but the substitute or draft ed; man usually thinks the same way, and we found, as a rule, that Sunday was the hardest day of all in the milk business. The latter business approaches slavery very closely. ! ii - J J. ' j It was found at the Wiscon sin Station that pigs fed corn alone began at the end of thir teen weeks feeding to fail in appetite. These piers were ten weeks old when the feeding com menced. On this ration they became excessively fat, and were dwarfed in growth. On account of improper develop ment it was with difficulty that they could get to their feeding troughs. j " Jf your cows are doing well on the feed they are getting do not change it every time you read what some other dairyman as fed to his cows. The latter possibly require a change of food, but experience has shown that cows, like human beings, become occustomed , to certain foods' and do well on them. A cow that becomes dainty about her food has very likely been overfed. j i r i - The secret of success in the Poultry yard is not in hatchine' but in feeding. - How to raise tne orooas is a problem of mag . . .. 1 ' ' J a i 1 : T ' t i ' I nitude, and for this no fixed rule can be applied. Here the breed er, who has clung to one variety year after year, will be best prepared for the work, because he will best appreciate the con ditions as well as wants of the flock. We must reach below the surface and measure the controlling influences. "Experiments have been made recently in the White House lot by Gardener Brown," said Col. Ernst, Superintendent xf Public Buildings and Grounds, "with a view to ascertaining some method by which wild garlic, a pest in lawns and in parks, can be removed. Carbolic acid has been used with gratifying res ults, and it has been demonstrat ed that it will promptly and permanently destroy the roots of this bane of the gardeners. Owing to the fact that the sea son is 1 pretty well advanced, and that moving will shortly be in order, it is not likely that the acid will be used in the prin cipal parks of the capital this year, but next year he will start in early to destroy the wild gar lic! Fluid acid is poured on the bulbous-shaped roots and they immediately die under its powerful burning influence." ! '- . , 3Eaj. Finger's Letter. V There are many school histo ries now used in the State which, in my judgment, are not proper books to be used in our schools. I have examined many school histories written by Northern aJuthors since the war and before the war, and I 'have not found even one that did not do injust ice to the South, either by pos itively false statements or by omissions. For instance, the last copy of Barnes' History that T examined contained no account of the battle Of King's Mountain except a few lines in A foot note nothing at all in the text of' the bock about this very ' important battle: I do not think that you will find any histories of Northern au thorship that are at all free from such omissions and that do not" in this way fail to give credit to the South for the part she perf romed in securing our independence. Not only sO, but when they come to the late war they are particularly unjust and most of them teach that the Southern people who were in and supported the Confeder ate armies were rebels or trait ors, j It is to my mind simply remarkable that such books are tolerated in our schools by teachers, public or private, or by their patrons. Holmes and Stephens' Histories are on our State list of text-books, and it seems to me they ought to te used to the exclusion of such books as I navt alluded 'to. Teachers and school boards hare it in their power to tlo much to have history correctly written, by refusing to use books that do injustice to the South. It seems that fathers and mothers con cern themselves r but little as to the character of the histories their children nse. As a rule they are content to allow the teachers and school boards to select the books without any examination or criticism on their part. This being so, the greater is the responsibility upon teachers and boards. i: j ; The Three Gallon Btisiness Again. It is understood here that the Commissioner of Internal Reve nue i has rescinded the order, originally promulgated last July requiring the surveys of open furnace distilleries in this dis trict to be increased from two and one-half gallons, is it stood under Collector Craige, to three gallons, for every bushel of grain mashed. The order was represented as a harsh one, im possible of compliance, and Mr. Mason! suspended its enforce ment till he could , be satisfied by actual tests as to whether 80 per cent, of three gallons to the bushel could be made by these small distillers. It ap pears that he is now satisfied such; increased yield cannot be made, arid assessment against distillers will hereafter be made on the basis of SO rer cpnt: rf two and one-half gallons to the bushel. Assessments made on three gallons are 'to be stricken off without ) filling claims for abatement and new surveys are to be made oji the basis hereto- fnrfVin vncnifvhprp "- ' This will h6 welcome news to tne T small try" who work the branches hdw it is with the stearh distillers we" are Tint-in- formed; butive have tibf heard that-the' new order applies" to therii:" It'K is supposed bv; the evenueTieir thai the result bf the -bnierlP beavlarcre;?in crease irf the number of open fire distilleries in the district. StatesviUe Landmark. ' The Sub-Treasury ?lan. The bill introduced in the Senate by Mr. Vance and in the House by Mr. Pickler for the relief of the agricultural distress is worthy of some attention from the general public as being an expression of the convictions of the Farmer's Alliance, an organization that has recently attained large proportions in the West and South. The feature of the bill is '-the sub-treasury plan." This "plan," which, according to the Washington National Economist, is the crea tion of the Alliance, embodies principles with which the silver kings have made the country tolerably familiar. The silver men have I long ; been asking Congress to take their silver, store it, and issue therefor) cer tificates of deposit, which shall circulate as money. The cer tificates were to i be to the full value of the silver. Indeed, they were to be for 100 cents for pieces of , silver called dollars, worth intrinsically not over 73 cents. The Alliance sub-treasury plan is more modest. It proposes, in brief, that the fed era! government shall build fire proof warehouses in the various agricultural counties through out the Union in which farm products may be stored. Upon me storage of an given quan tity of produce in such ware houses full legal -tender money is to' be advanced upon it by the government to the extent of 80 per cent, bf its value. The rate of interest to be received by the government' for these advances is to be 1 per cent. The remain ing 20 per cent, of the estimated value of the farmer's crop is to be represented by a certificate showing the date of storing, cost of service, amount, value, etc.5 The advantages of such ah arrangement, from the point of view of the Alliance are numer ous and solid. It would enable the fdrmers to establish prices instead of speculators. Con sumers and manufacturers would buy certificates as they heeded commodities. The mar-( ket would acquire eauilibriurn, and the vast fluctuations in the value of farm products would cease. In any case the farmer would pay less heavily than at present for financial accommo dation. His market would be near at hand. If the valuer of produce should be an ambitious person, appointedj' from the lo cality he is to serve, it is hardly open to doubt that the govern ment quotation of wheat would be an improvement upon that of the New York ori Chicago mar ket. The question in each' case would be not what the pauper Hindoo can afford to sell for at Liverpool, but what "ought" to be the value Of the product of the free American citizen who has political duties to perform and a family to1 support in a de cent manner. If the employes Of the government at Washing ton and else where get full wages for eight hours' j; work, much more, it is held, should the far mer, the most useful element of our population, be assured a proper return for his protracted term of toil. Such are some of the considerations that may be urged in behalf of "the sub treasury plan," and they may be conceded to be fully as weighty as those;; upon which the farmer has been compelled for years by the tariff to contri bute to maintain II high profits for manufacturing caDitalists. t x Undoubtedly the capital in land is as mucn entit ed to protec tiori as capital in iron -making, weaving, spinning, etc. The farmers' best friend must enter tain some doubt, However, as to the practical efficiencv of the "plan." The valuation of crops would open the door to fraud very wide. When the crops were deposited, as proposed, and certificates issued, what if the syndicate or syndicates should buy them sill up? Would not the arrangement supply new facilities for lithe creation of dangerous monopolies on a gigantic scale? !The farmer sells his crops low now, not for love of the middleman, but for want of cash. Would he not, for like reason, bei compelled to sell his certificates tor a song and be content with 80 per cent, of the value of his crop? These are some of the practical ques tions the scheme suggests, As respects the constitutional and other principles involved, the defenders of the plan can say this much, at least that it is fully as legitimate as the pro tective " tariff 7 "subsidies, and other like iniquities' now fa vored by a great party. Bal- timore Sun. t'Eighrpagea 481 columns of lire read Ing matter for all. The Asheyiixk Democrat, only $1.50 per annum in ad ranee. A. D. NEILfiON. CHAS. NETLSON. KEELSON BROS. Family Groceries, H PINE STREET, j -.' H-" - i! Thej best of Fanlily Groceries, Canned Goods, etc., 'etc., constantly kept. Fresh Country Produce anp' Good Butter specialties. Give us a call. j I Selling strictly for cash, we can sell cheap. ! W. 0. WOLFE. I? .- ill ! ' mm AND MBLE MOMENTS, New lot of designs just received. Large lot of Tables and Slabs, very low fcr cash. You il: " - (n i will save money by calung on me before pur chasing. ! Wareroom Wolf e Building, S. E. Court oclO-ly Sauare. s Reduction for 1890. ; i - i! ! Carolina Banner, A DOLLAR WEEKLY! Published every Friday at Tarboro, N" C. One year in advance $1.00, on time $1.25 Six mos. ' " H -50, " .65 Good paper, large circulation, splendid advertising medium. Try it once and you will not be without it. Sample copy free. HENRY T. KING, Editor. !' 1 1! . ' 1 ' I i h AS.HEYIJjLE CARRIAGE MACHINE SHOP, J. H. WOODY, Proprietor. - M . 21-25 WILLOW ST., ASHE VILIiE . ' Machine shops complete. Can repair ! or duplicate any parts of Machinery. Carriages, Buggies, Road and Farm Wagons made or re paired. All work guaranteed. Horse-shoeing by expert workmen. No quack 'business done. Give me a call. j ; " nov7-ly John G. Lindsey & Sons, 65 North-Main Street, Asheville, N. C. are' offering "remains of Summer - Good at a great reduction, and are receiving from day to day new and seasonable stock to meet the fall and winter trade. i Iu addition to staple goods, v uich all must have, we are putting in a fresh lot of fashiona ble Dry Goods, a full line of Boots and Shoes, for men, women and children. Our stock is all fresh and of the newest for fall and winter trade. i j ; We manufacture tin-ware, do all kinds of job work, and sheet-iron Jwork. Roofing and guttering a specialty . ' i We propose making prices as low as any legitimate man can l do. Thankinjr the miblic for past patronage, and soliciting a continuane or tne same, we are Very Respectfully, JOHN Gi LINDSEY & SONS. octlO-tf ASHEVILLE Si ... ) III . r. t u v.. FOUNDRY -AND MACHINE SHOP. NO. 8 BUTTRICK STREET. MANUFACTURES AND REPAIRS Saw, Grist and Cahe Mills. Engines, Shaft ings, Pulleys and all kinds of Machinery for the Farm or Factory. Farmers and Machinists would do well to call on or addrss me before buying elsewhere. Jn connection with ! the b oundry I have htted up a most exellent Grist Mill with a capacity! of 150 bushels per day. Bolted and unbolted meal kept on hand and tor sale. J.B.C0LE, Prop. HOliD ON! Here I Am Again. With the best stock of Drv Goods Notions, Dress Ooods, Ginghams, Do mestics, Jeans, Flannels. Blankets, Shoes rioots. Hats, raaD' of them bought for Less Than Cost' Of Making. Affent for some of the larorpst fartnrips m the South, and can sell home-made jeans, all wool hlled, for less than i you can s:et them at aiiv store in the State. Graham's home-made shoes, all styles, as low as; can be bought m the State jiivery pair sruaranteed. i i A great many goods were bought at auction, late in season, and hence can be sold lower than ahv other house in the the State can offer them. Call and see. I Prices made in store. I ASHEVILLE iDRY GOOD CO., j J. O. HOWELL, Manager. No. 17 North Main Street I Fining J "IS THE BEST IHIH HEHH- THE 0ELD.f 1. r il i I. Ml Enrj ICaer of Metallurgist, aaAErtsrj Isreftor Voatin ererj iMa'g of Interest and ralne & inin fcfj tmi nutauurgy.- Tb falleat tnioinfr aews. rih beat ooalroUl, aad mining . stock market . WlbctMT7 iaij43exifla! THE SCIKHTmO PUBLISHDrO GO, 27 Park P1m New Trk. . r THE ASHEVILLE DEMOCRAT A Large 8-page i ': ROBT. M. FURMAN ASHEVILLE, N. C. THE PAPER It will be a large, 8-page, weekly paper, devoted to the Social, Industrial and Political interests of Western North Carolina. . It will be the earnest endeavor of the editorsito make THE DEMOCRAT useful tothe great and " - 1 - ' 1 . I i'- ' . ' i ' -1 varied interests of this rapidly growing city and section. No efforts will - - ! ' t j '- ' ' ' be spared to make it entirely acceptable because of tts usefulness. DEMOCRATIC IN POLITICS It will be Democratic in politics name and the life-time reed of its THE INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS OF THIS SECTION, j ' - , j . Agricultural, Mechanical and Mining, will receeive special attention. The resources of every coum y, the various enterprises of all the people, will have constant consideration. The department for the Home Circle will be complete. 1 As THE DEMOCRAT is already assured a large circulationin the city of Asheyill and all. the Western Counties, it will be an excellent medium i I - ! for advertisers. Rates will be reasonable. t . - L- Send in your names with the Oash THE ASHEVILLE DEMOCRAT, FURMAN & Asheville, N. C We will thank any one for any name or names of friends residing in he States or Territories that we may Weekly Paper, BY AND DAVID M. VANCE FQR THE PEOPLE. emphatically and reliabb so as its J editors imDlv. at once. Address, VANCE, Editors, send specimen copies of THE DEKOCB' i i.'. '--:t v
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