North Carolina Newspapers

SUPPLE2IEJiT. WESTER CACOLIXA DEJXOCEAT AND BEOAD IIUSTLEK. Thursday; yovEMBEirirTr . IIAKISG COWS PAY. F&raers Could nlake Good 3Ioney on ; Cows by Co-operation. "Co-operate and assist, not criticise " and find fault,"' so says Elbert Hub " bard.v If ve,very farmer 4 would tack this motto on his cow lot gate where he could not help but see it every time he went to milk it would mean dol : lars in his pocket every year There is a wonderful money-making opportunity in North ,. Carolina for few good dairy cows on each farm. However, the facts are that very lew farmers are making one penny out side of the milk and butter consumed oh the farm. ,'. ' " ..' "". '' .':': . Frequently small dairies have been started but failed because the expense exceeded the income. Co-operative creameries have been started by 'the farmers but in most cases have failed for the lack of an experienced head, or every one in the association wanted to direct the management and none was capable of managing. This Ib not true in all cases of co-operative dairies but in many. . 7 , These experiences have been so common that many farmers use the cow for manure value alone, when he should be getting double returns. The only way I see where the farm ers can make money out of a dairy cow is through co-operation and as sisting his neighbors. Suppose you are milking four cows and selling the butter fat. to a local creamery. The cows average, say $10 a month for butter fat, which would be $1.33 a day. You have to haul this to town every other day for the small sum, of $2.66. The expense of getting it to the creamery would prohibit the business, hence you use what milk you can at borne, throw the balance away and work one hour later each day in the cotton field. Suppose 20 farmers were to join m together and employ some person to carry their cream to town every other lay. The results would be quite dif ferent. One man could take in the cream of . 20 farmers about as easily as for one. He takes it to the cream el y, the buyer has to deal with only one man instead of 20, which means a great saving to the creamery. Nine teen men are left to work on their farms. The twentieth man comes back with $53.20 instead, of $2.66. Sup pose you pay $4 to get the cream to tho creamery, it would be only 20 cents" which would mean a clear profit of $2.46. every other day on your cream from four cows or $442.80 a year after deducting , transportation expenses. Four hundred and fortv two dollars an deighty cents would .come in mighty handy about Christ mas time. The Renter. It has been often asked how can the renter help himself 'to better condi tions? This milk co-operation gives equal 'advantage to the renter as to the land owner, for most any persoi can keep four good cows and the cost of shelter for that number is not great. If at any time they should move the cows could be taken with them. . , . The advantage from their manure will help the renter as much us the owner. Four hundred dollars addi tional income each year will start most any, renter towards a little farm of his own. Business Applied. Where the owner of a few cows falls; is that he says, "If I had a large herd of cattle I would keep records of my cows but I only have four and that will not be necessary as I caa keep up with them." - The trouble is, however, he does not. There is only one way to .do a thing' and that is the right way. There is only one right way. and that applies to four cows just'as it applies to 400 cows. Three controlling factors enter into the success of handling dairy cows: The keeping of milk records ; select ion and breeding based on the results obtained by milk records, and a clos-; study of the economy of feeding. These three f actors apply to North Carolina as well as Michigan or New York.- It takes but a minute to weigh and put down.the amount and nothing will awaken an interest in his cowa quicker than keeping up with what they are doing and the results of dif ferent feeds upon their milk.: Anoth ed thing keeping records will do-, and that is raising, feed on the farm In stead of buying it. , . Market for Cream. Many farmers would milk a few cows if they.; knew where they could V t?et a market for their cream. I am x glad t osay Charlotte will buy all tb.3 "milk she can ge.t Charlotte has m ice cream factory which is having 'a 'hard time finding milk to make cream enough to supply , ith , trade. It is ' sending automobiles all over the coun tv trying to find milk. It is aWa tr in g to work up communities to the shipping point. It is- paying as good' a price for milk and cream as can b gotten in Washington or . Baltimore. My suggestion would be for the farm ers in reach of Charlotte to organize milk association and arrange, for o ne man to collect and deliver the milk's. for. Lthe community.,8 By this means one can get a yearly contract with this firm at a fixed price, so ho ho-will know what he is. going to get the year round. ; This firm wants to begin making butter but until they'ars able to get more cream they can't make butter. North Carolina is buy ing butter every day from the Wes tern States when we should be mak ing every pound of it here and can, if we will only get together on the pro position" of getting the cream to mar ket It does not require an intricate organization to . handle, cream, just a straight simple understanding that the cream is to be placed at a certain place by a certain hour each morning and that some 6ne man Is to call and deliver it and. make remittances. Charlotte Observer. i ' .' " . INFORMATION FOR FARMERS. Care of Stock, Rotation of Crops, and Other Farm Topics. - . Too many farmers know the right way, but still pursue the wrong one. They know full well that land can not be improved by planting . hoed crops all the time. They know that if they plant nearly all cotton there will be no time for sowing small grain an draising hay. and making the farm self supporting. All cotton is an ex acting crop and admits no rival. In quiries amongset formers indicate that 14-cent cotton will reduce the sowing of small grain one-haif, compared with last year. On the road from this c'ty to Cross Anchor there is very Jittle sign 'of sowing small grain. A trip to Gaffney ast week reveaed the fact that no wheat and oats had been sown except in one or two places. These statements are made to stir the farmers up to do their duty as they know it. The Milk Supply. We are accustomed to think that no milk is fit to drink except that we get from cows. A general Idea pre vails that the milk of goats is unpal atable and not suited for table use. That opinion is like many of the, er rors that we take on in early life and they soon become prejudices as we get older. The Portuguese of the Azores de pend on their goats" for their supplv of milk, butter cheese and-meat.? Tha goats of the Azores are a large breed arid equal to those of Switzerland i:; the amount of milk production. This is due to the fact that the climate of the Azores is, the finest in the world. There is an abundance of rich, sweet grass to be had the year around. Iu addition to this the goats are fed with ccrn, potatoes, yams, and other nou? ishing foods. ; The flesh-of these goats surpassses : in flavor the best spring lamb raised ' In the United States. A diet of goat's milk, white corn meal bread, butter, cheese, goat's (meat, and the. large variety of fruits and vegetables makes the natives of the Azores the hardiest " race In the world. One of the most important claims made for the goat is that it Is free from tuberculosis, and therefore there is none of the risk involved from uslns its milk that is apprehended from the cow. - Care of Horses in Winter. When one looks at the old barns and stables of the country it is evi dent that horses .have an abimdanco of air. These Is no danger of suffocat ing them even in warm weather. But many farmers - are building bette barns, and they should provide both light and air for their horses. It is cruel to shut a horse' up in a close stall in which the owner could not see to read without a lamp in the day time. It is inhuman during Jhe sum mer season s to fasten worl tenimals up at night in close stalls where they sweat more than they do when pull ing the plow by day. The natural place for the horse by day and night Is the open field. In his wild state he adjusts himself to conditions and even in cold climates passes the win ter in comfort. In these close barns horses suffer for .want of light. Placs one in such a stall and give, them an o-ening where he can thrust his heal and he will be sure to keep it out and enjoy the light and air. ; Former Secretary Wilson says for 20. years., a herd of. horses .has win tered' outdoors . on his Iowa farm. He puts the horses in at one-year old coming to twbV He built a. shed for them when he put them ' out at first, but", found they would not . go into ir no matter how. severe the weather V as ; they ."' preferred !- to go into a heavily timbered ravine ' where. ther got all the shelter, they seemed to want. A colt is never taken out until he is to be sold or broken f or work. The hair of the animals grows long and thick and protects them. ..Unless the snow is too deep, horses paw the range for .the blue-grass, of which there1 is always abundance in the pas ture. It Is well known that .horses and sheep will paw the snow to reacn grasses, while the bovine does not dj i this. . , About Cattle. Many farmers understand the value of cattle an dthat there can be no permanent improvement of our 6oil without . raising enough livestock ' to eat all the surplus forage. A-singl3 crop, year after year, will ruin any scil in the - world. In Kansas and other western states where they used to make 25 to 40 bushels of wheat to the acre they have dropped down to 10 to 20 bushels, and they will keep dropping unless they ' renovate the soil. In Washington state and north- 30 to. 40 bushels of wheat to the acres oh their fresh prairie lands, but lev tliem keep that pace up a dozen years and there will be a steady decline In the field.: . --y':'' ' Cattle and rotation of crops are needed In this section of . the state to put our old hills in good heart' Dray ton C. Rainier, three miles southeast of Gaffney, is beginning a reform. He went to Winston-Salem a , few days ago and bought some Holstein. cattle, enouglTto give him a start in the bus iness. He has the land on small branches, and hillsides admirably suit ed for Bermuda grass. By degrees he can increase his pasturage and winter feed until he can. support a herd of 50 cattle. The Journal will have occa sional columns on " the varieties and value of cattle. Very soon we shall tel something about the. Holstein which breed is not sought after much in this section of the state. Spartan burg Journal. DURHAM FARMERS PROGRESSIVE Hare More Than Tripled Sales of Their Money Crops. That Durham county farmers aie gcing In for bigger things in the. way of aricultural. production is indicate 1 from the reports of the amount of gross, oats, rye and clover seed that have been sold during the past two months. In this the local dealers have disposed of between seven and e:ght thousand bushels of these seed. This is three times as much as has even been sold, in a whole season in previous years, and the merchants and seed dealers are expecting to sell a great deal more before the planting season is over. These figures are furnished by the merchants through through the county, farm demonstra tor. . ' -.' " '.;.'". About three thousand bushels of the total amount were clover and grass seed. . The remainder was made up : of the larger feed stuffs. The unusu-t r. ally purchases not only indicates that Durham county farmers are going In1 for bigger crops next year, but it 'is ;a!so a healthy indication of the trend towards a diversification of crop3, which has been so strenuously advo cated by the farm journals and de partment of agriculture. Cotton and tobacco has been the great crop in Durham during all the years mast. These have been the money crops. This year the farmers planted a great deal of feed crops, an dthe local market'has perhaps sold more feed this year . than in many years past. Pea-vine hay is also be ing grown, and much has been sold jn Durham. A few of the , farmers are experimenting with alfalfa with very interesting and profitable results. The -Durham -farmers have also planted an unusually large crop of wheat this year. Many, of them hav. been hindered in this work because Of the fact that they have engaged tobac co while the prices .were high, but a3 a rule the wheat crop surounding Durham is heavy . i " ' '"'.'" "SO FUXDS FOR WIDOWS' HOME. The council of State having referred, t j Attorney General Bickett the ques tion of the power of the council to au thorize the borrowing of the $10,000 appropriation by the legislature at the regular session, for the North Carolina home for wives' and widows of Con federate veterans, the attorney general holds that there is no authority for such action. This leaves the home building commission with -nothing, to do but wait until the legislature meets again to take further, action and de finitely: provide for the $10,000, which vas left out of the bond issue after the jact making r the ; appropriation" was made. The commission :;has already selected ' the site at Faye'tteville . and has received plans from competing architects for a building that was to cost .$11,256 and take care of 20 women. It is alleged that there are three thou sand women' in the state that deserve to be taken care of ifNthe state under takes such a thing-. For this' reason numbers of . state officers and others are really well pleased that the act of the legislature to provide the home has fr Hen through on account of Impossi bility of :gettinr,the state appropria tion. " :.:.'.' ; ' . WESTERN CAROLINA OFFICERS ARE ASKLD TO RESIGN. Oilicers Don't Like Tenor of Letter From McReynolds Fight Goes . to White House. In a formal letter Attorney General McReyonlds has requested the resig nation of District Attorney Holton and Marshal Logan, of the western, dis trict, and District Attorney Seawel and Marshal Dockery of the eastern dis trict This ' is in line . with; the de mands made upon the ''. attorney gen-'" eral by the North Carolina senators. The' letter of. the 'attorney general has of course been treated as official business and therefore confidential, buttbose who have been permitted to see the official note are amazed at its tenor. In fact. It is declared by friends that the Republican officials could not well resign under the ver biage of the McReynolds letter without appearing to Impeach the, character of their own services to the government. The letter is said to set forth that the department wishes to effect certain changes to alter "condi tions" In the' districts and - to'- that fend desire, the resignation of ' those now holding the offices. " . : - None of the officials concerned w:ll resign. OnHhe contrary, they wi!l carry the fight to the White House should. that drastic step become neces sary and the President may be asked to tell the country what he meant when he declared that Republicans should not be removed for purely, po litical reasons. The attorney ' general does not inti mate what changes he desires made in the service, nor does he charge that any part of the service has been un satisfactory. Nevertheless the de partment asks that the .resignations Le so worded as to indicate that the pres ent officeholders are effacing them selves to the end that the suppositious j changes can be made. As before '. fore stated, none of those concerned J have the slightest idea of resigning, i unless their mountain friends are greatly in error. N - Money Tigrht in Mexico. Mexico City, jOct. 31. The govern ment "encountered some difficulty in meeting its payrolls for the ten days ending today. In' some of the depart ments only partial payment was made with the promise . that the balance would be forthcoming tomorrow. Later, however, the government se cured funds and tonight began giving the men in all departments their money. 1 . Rumors ot the inability of the ad ministration to meet its financial en agements spread over the city togeth-r er with another persistently circulated rumor that President Huerta purposed to levy a tax of fifteen per cent on all bank deposits. ' The latter report spread to such an extent that many persons withdrew the! rfunds from various banks. Ap parently there was no basis for the re- J port. " - We pay your Railroad Fare under certain regulations We were sapleased with last week's special sale of popular priced suits, that this week we offer substan tial reductions on those of a better grade. These special prices are bona fide, every suit having been sell .ing at the first price named, all' season. They are beautiful suits, typifying the lasest' achievements of the world's best suit makers. N " - " $65.00 tailored suits, a re priced this week at. . . . . .... ..... . . V. . . : .. ... 1 . . . . . . . .$470 $50 and $57.50 tailored suit's, several unusul styles, for. .... .... .... ..v .$37.50 $40 and $45 tailored suits, closing them "out at ............ ...$29.50 $35.00 tailored suits are to be sold at the low price of .... ..$25.SV Extra Values From the Ready-to-W ear Department This Department is one of the most enterprising in the stork Although things are moving rapidly we appreciate , the fact that Vinter is coming, and then we'll be s? IHng other things, like Furs, etc. The following specials on', Sport'Coats and Dresses hold good al 1 week. 517.50 and $20 Dresses in c repe meteor, crepe de chine and chameuse, are priced at $14.75 $35.00 crepe meteor and cr epe de chine dresses, in black and all c oiors are priced at T. $2W0 $20.00 Sport-Coats, new shades, bottle, green, Copenhagen, , maho gany, are priced at $15.. : $15.00 Sport Coats, all leading shades, are priced at '. ,'...$10.75 ' ' ' ' ' , ' .''.'.-- Get Shoes to Match Your Suit Not only have we been reordering on shoes that were sold, but n ew styles also been received. These are mostly of the better grade, including a dandy English Walk ing Shoe at $5 pair. All'Millinery at One-Fifth.Off Embracing. as it does the P lumes, Paradise and.Herron -Aigrettes - now in stock, the sale at one fifth oft - - , . i A v - v - ' ' - ' ' ''-'.'- ' !'.. j - . ' - e . . is bound to be popular. Up t o $10 hats, special lot, at $5.00. ' ' CIRCUIT COURT DECISIONS. -The Halted" Stat 3 Circuit Court of f m Appe. s, with - .uit Judges Pritch- arcf " VsT'n and -floods in attendance, con! lL- r!,td November term last week in Richmond, . and handed do wq tne following decisions of interest in North -Carolina , . , No." 1159. D.- L. Buchanan,' admin istrator of Richard Buchanan, deceas ed; plain tifiMn error, vs. W..M. Ritter Lumber Co.; and .Joe Effler, defend ants in error; " error to the district court at -Asheville, North Carolina. Opinion by "Judge Connor reversed. No. 1171. S. G. Bernard trustee in bankruptcy"; of the American1. Foundry and Supply company, a corporation, bankrupt appellant; vs H. G. Lea, ap appellee; appeal : : from the district court at Asheville, N . ' C, in bankrupt cy. Opinion by Judge Connor, reversed. GREAT REDUCTION ON ALL TRIMMED A LINE OF SWEATERS SELLING OUTAT HALF PRICE M .e: WOODALL North 1 Main H Street SPECIAL SALE READY For the next ten days we will offer a Liberal Discount on all ready-to-wear hats for ladies, misses and children. .... , .. , -. Take advantage of our speciai off erings and save money on your Fall and Winter Hats. . , . 52 GLENN'S BUSY STORE ; Successo "rtd Mrs. A. E. Posey. L f ivLrllllilj Some Strong Specials on Be Coat Suits HUSBANDS JUSTIFIED. : "Some of the homes I have seen al most justify the husband in running away from them,", declared rine L. Van Wyck, of Mil dent of the state conferen- o charU ties and corrections in concluding hp annual report before the state conven tion. "The wife who does not knoj her job," she says, "must takP ' share of - the blame for the many cases oi wire desertion." , To each woman her work she advo cated compulsory domestic courses ia the public schools. Mrs. Van Vyc"s also argued strongly for a federal fu gitive husband law. She would have the national ' government pursue the runaway husband, send him to the fed eral penitentiary. As an accompanying remedy she u:ged legislation wiping out if possible the practice of tramps riding on train, saying that in practically every tramp vras'to be found a runaway husband. ALL OF MADE HATS y ASHEVILLE, N. C.