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(Henderson 'County Farmers are urged toontribnte to the columns of this page which are deYoted to the
nplmilding of the county's agrlpnltnral interests. All letters must be signed, ' but the signature of the authors can L
be withheld from publication If requcs ted. It Is hoped that members of the Woman's betterment Associations and
Girls Canning Clnbs Trill take advantage of this page in contributing arti cles, relating to the activities of their
reSpeCtiTe associations throughout the-county. ' r. N : - .
(THIS PAGE IS USDEB TH2 DIRECTION, OF THE BOARD OF AGR1C ULTURE OF HENDERSON COUKTY.)
avIUT AN ELECTRIC MACHINE
HOES TO LIGHTEN HOUSEWORK.
Mrs. John W. Robinson, of Hickory,
C. writing to the Progressive Far
mer says: .
-I want to tell , you about ,our ma.
chine for making the -woman's work
lichter and home ilfe more pleasant.
It is a little gasoline engine that gen
erates electricity and. stores it in. a
battery. This engine can be "started
by a child eight years old and stops
itself when the storage battery is full
of 'juice.' We only put in gasoline oc.
oasionally and run the engine about
tv;o or three times a week.
'From this battery we get our elec
tricity tor lighting the house and barn,
also several lights in the yard.. We
also run with this electricity a small
compressed air pump that furnishes
vs abundance of water all the time.
When the pressure gets low the pump
starts itself; when air enough is in,
the pump stops itself. It pumps wa
ter and air.
"We use the 'juice, only for pump
ing and lights, but you can use it for,
many things, running separator, churn,
machine, milking " machine," washer,
ion. etc. A little motor is required for
these additional things. We hope to
get more of these later. - ...
"The expense of gasoline is hardly
eight cents a day for lights and water.
This makes it about 30 a year. . Isn't
that cheap for all the. light and water
you want right at hand? How we do
njoy it! The first cost Is about $500.
So many of us could have it, that do
not. This machinery is all in one lit
tle closed room and there is no dan
ger of freezing, for the pipes are all
under ground." 1
TREE PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS.
; On the arrival of trees, immediately
open bundles and bury trees in a
slanting position, covering carefully
the full length of all roots and at least
one-half the trunk, Keep damp, but
not wet, thus preserving until, ready, to
be planted. .
r Preparatory to planting, carefully
examine all trees for insects and dis
eases, and cut all broken., or bruised
roots immediately ' above the wound,
making a smooth slanting cut Plunge
trees,f in a barrel of water, covering
roots immediatelv with srn n the.
trees are distributed for transplanting.
The following planting distances are
recommended: apples, pears 30x30
feet; peaches 18x18 feet; plums and
cherries 20 x20 feet; and pecans,
60x60 feet.
Successful tree planting requires
the preparation of a hole amply large
for the spread of the roots and of such
depth as toallow the tree u stanj
two or three inches deeper than it for
merly stood in the nursery. Well
rotted stable manure, or a mixture of
not exceeding one pound . of equal
parts of a mixture of co'tton-seed meal
and acid phosphate, may be thorough
ly mixed with the top soil and applied
thus preventing direct contact of root3
and fertilizer. No fertilizer, .or ma
nure should be put at the bottom of
the hole. Wovk and firmly press . the
dirt among the roots, and pack the
dirt firmly as it is thrown in. and after
the hole has been filled.
It i3 very essential that all trees be
pruned immediately after setting,
otherwise .they will dry out badly.
Clemosn College Bulletin.
SOME THINGS YOU OUGHT TO
KNOW ABOUT BEES AND HONEY
Interesting Letter Explaining an In."
dustry Which Should Thrive In
Henderson County.
o Hendersonville, N."C Feb. 1, 1917..
Editor Hustler:
I read, with interest, a short article
which appeared on your agricultural
page a few weeks ago. This" article
was taken, if I am not mistaken, from
the Progressive Farmer and was in
the form of advice to bee-keepers or
those who intend engaging in apicul
j tural pursuits. .The advice offered In
. that article is good, but .1 believe the
! most of us in this section .who keep
,bees, or who contemplate keepinj
TEN RULES FOR PLOWING.
them.-know so little about he indus
try that a, few additional remarks in
connection' with that article would not
be amiss. I am prompted thereby, at
any rater to offer the following for
those who are interestd in the mat
ter. It might be well to say here, a
few words about honey and wax, since
it is desirable to have some knowledge
as to the fruits of our labour, or what
we may reasonably expect to be the
fruits of our labor, before we decide
to embark on any line of endeavor
and I take it. that those who might be
familiar , with-this end of apiculture
will not be offended at the insertion of
a few lines in this connection. Honey,
then, is the nector of flowers gather
BULLETINS YOU MAY WANT.
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Do you own a canary ? Then write
fon Farmer's Bulletin No. 770 oh "Ca
naries, Their Care and'Management"
Department of Agriculture, Washing
ton D. C.
Would you like more time for your
housework? Then write to the above
address for Farmers' Bulletin No. .771,
"Home-maae Fireless Cookers " and
Their Use,". prepared by the Office of
Home Economics. . : ...
If you want to know the truth about
bottles of medicine you buy in the hope
that they will cure all ills, write to
The State Board of Health, Raleigh,
N. d. and ask them for their January
1917 Health Bulletin. The Depart
ment will fill all applications for the
Bulletin in its own state and a' limit
ed number in other states; therefore
write at once.
West. Virginia gets out a splendid
bulletin, "Food for the Family," by
Nell Baraett, of-the College of Agrl
culture, Morgantown. West Virginia.
Do you hope tQ have running water
in your house some day,? Then ask
the United States Department of Agri
culture for bulletin No. 57 on "Water
Supply, Plumbing and Sewerage Dis
posal for Country Homes." Any wo
man .can understand - the principles
whether she knows much about ma:
chinery in general or not. "
If you want to sell your butter and
cream and still have fat for cake& and
other things, write to the United States
Department of Agriculture for Farm
ers' Bulletin No. 469, "Fats and Their
"Economical Use in the Home."
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The U. S. Department of Agriculture
recently put on a great display of mod
ern poultry methods at the Madison
Square Garden (New ' York) poultry
and pigeon show. Also, it distributed
several thousand bulletins on modern
'methods of housing birds for laying,
breeding, and meat producing. .
During the middle of January th
Department also made an exhibit at '
the Washington, D. C.show. It was
one of the best patronized of all ex
hibits in the show-room.
Out in its- experiment station at
ed and deposited in the comb by the ' Beltsville the Department has proved
bees. No other'article gathered and " f "'T
stored in the comb by the bees is ! i.ent; doz.en iSroduce es?l' X0'
honey; is not so regarded nor is its h,as determined the costs of reeding
sale permitted as such by the govern. tetfng hens raising broilers frying
ment! What is known as honey dew 1 chickens, afld full grown birds, under
fa orntinn f Q or-tair, nnM wiiioii .J'oper Improved methods.
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Come in and get a "Christmas Banking Club" Book FREE and
join the club. -By depositing 10 cents and increasing your weekly
deposits each week, you will have $127.50 in 50 weeks. -
Help your CHILDREN to join. It will teach them to 'SAVE and
PROSPER. - . , v .
In 50 weeks: . rg2gS2f 3V :
. 1-cent ;lub pays $ 12.75 ;
' 2-centvClub pays $ 25.50 . . . . .
. ' 5-cent club pays . $ 63.75
10-cent club pays $127.50 . ' ' ' ' ,
' You can put in $1.00 or $2.00 or $5.00 each week and In SOweeks
have $50 or $100 or $250.
You can start TODAY ST ART !
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1. Plow, If possible, when the soil
will drop from the moldboard in a mel
low, friable condition. .
2. It is better to polw when too dry
than w hen too wet, and don't delay the
work too near seeding time.
3. Plow as long before planting as
possible, so the soil will have ample
time to settle into good-bod condition
and store up moisture for the. coming
crop. '
4. Deep plowing enlarges the mois
ture reservoir -and gives more rqpt
room. - ;
5. Late fall and winter plowing de
stroys weeds and many insects. 1
6. When a-green crop or. "heavy
coat of manure is to be turned under,
ploy early so the organic matter wjll
have time to decay and the soil to be
come settled before seeding, i
7. Have the seed bed loose and
well pulverized on top. but firm and
well packed underneath.
8. Good plowing breaks utj ana
mellows the soil. Well pulverized soil
will grow larger crops than a lumpy
one containing the same proportion ofj
plant food, for the reason that it holds
more moisture and it is the moisture
which carries the ulant food to the
growing crop. It gives the plant roots
a larger feeding area and has a more
constant temperature.
9. In finishing a. land, unless the
purpose is to leave adeep dead-furrow
or drainage turn "a shallow furrow
back into the dead-furrow. The bare
snbsoil will produce Httle or no'crop. '
10. Poorly drained fields, or' those
in regions of great rainfall, may' be
plowed in narrow lands, making high
back-furrow ridges and deep dead-fur.
roves. ' If necessary, such lands may
be plowed this way two or three years
in succession. This elevates a large
portion of the surface and gives better
drainage over the whole area. A. .M.
Ten-Eyck.
(a secretion of a certain aphis) which
is gathered and stored in considerable
quantity in' some seasons is not honey
and Its sale as such is not permitted
when known. Sugar syrup fed to bees
and in every respect looking like hon
ey when healed or capped over, is not
honey at all and Is not permitted to bo
sold as such. The government has
fixed a standard "for honey and any
thing not conforming to that standard
can not be sold as honey,' and indeed,
it would not be. honey. This will be
clear to any one who will follow me
for a few minutes. Now, nector, wnen
freshly gathered is very thin and wa
tery and in that stage of course is not
honey. . But It is evaporated, and pre
digested to a certain extent, by the
bees and is' sealed or capped over by
the bees when it has reached a certain
stage of evaporation. Thickness, col
or and flavor of honey varies consider
ably. The varieties in this respect arc
as many as there are flowers from
which the nector is gathered. This Is
one of the causes why so many people
think honey is adulterated. When it
does not taste like that which they
purchase direct from the farmer at
home, it is . frequently termed Vstore"
honey or "adulterated" honey. As a
matter of fact there is practically no
adulteration of honey at this time. It
SPEED UP YOUR -GARDEN
ttSASS WITH HOTBED.
By constructing hotbeds before
March it is possibel to grow vegeta
bles which are susceptible to frost
damage, such as tomatoes and icab
bage, at least two weeks earlier than
if they are not planted until danger of
frost Is past.
The common dimensions of the hot
bed for the home garden are five and
a half by twelve feet. A pit of the
desired size is dug In the ground, to a
depth of two feet. Thi3 is boxed in
with ordinary pine planking, which
extends six Inches above' the top of
the ground on one side, and twelve
inches higher on the other. The .Dit
is then filled to a depth of eighteen
inches with horse or mule manure, to
furnish heat. The manure may d
moistened and left standing In. a pile
In the open until it begins to ferment,
when it is ready to be placed in the
(hotbed. ? On top of this about six
inches of good garden soil is placed.
The bed is covered by inexpensive
window sashes.
. "SvTien the hot bed is complete let It
stand covered closely, for a few days,
until. tho temnerature is constant at
about 80 degrees. Fahrenheit. The J Is alos a fact that there is no arunciai
seed may then "be planted. As the honey comb in which honey is sold,
rays grow warmer in the early spring There is an artificial "starter" used,
the sashes may bo gradually raised, j which I will mention later. Honey is
This is to accustom the plants to the an old article of food. It was the
outside , air so that they mav be': Principal sweet for three thousand
planted early without danger of being j years befare the first sugar refinery
killed. Mississippi. Extension Service was ever thought of, but its use has
not kept pace with that of sugar, and
HURRAH FOR THIS CALF CLUB. ' this is due, I believe largely through
ignorance of the difference between
Tell your banker about the calf club the two products, and the difference
nrinrtori bv the First National Bank In the cost of proaucuon. noney roiua
It has experimented with houses
Until it, has found what it believes to
be the best for breeders and layers.
And all of the Information It has col
lected is at the service of the general
public, if people will only ask for it.
Particularly valuable are Farmers
Bulletins 287, 528. 562, 530, 585. 624,
"682, and 697. All may be had free
simply by writing for them.
Cleveland. O., in May had 1000,000
street car riders daily.
Chicago university will add military
science to its curriculum.
New York city has 10,357 saloons, or
one to each 515 of population. . .
COW TONIC.
Try a package of Pratt's Cow Tonic
if your cow Is a little off and fail? to
give enough milk. A 4fine builder and
tonic, 50c and $1.00. Hunter's Phar
'macy.'"1 2-1-Stc
Mil A li
END STOMACH TROUBLE,
- GASES OR DYSPEPSIA
"Pape's Diapepsln" makes Sick, Sour,
Gassy Stomachs surely feel fine':
in five minutes. : -
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It Penetrates. Acts Quickly. Clyes De
sired Relief Without Dosing the "
SSsnrach vdth ttedldne.'
At Drcr-Ists; 25c, 50c $100
If what you just ate Is souring on
your stomach or lies like a lump ot
lead, refusing to digest, or you belch
gas and eructate - sour, ; undigested
food, or have a feeling of dizziness,
heartburn, - fullness, nausea, bad taste J
In mouth add stomach-headache, you
can get blessed relief in. five minutes.
Put an end to stomach troiible forever
by getting, a -large -fifty-cent case of
Pape's Diapepsin from an j drug store.
You realize in five minutes, how ueed-
loes ' f l tr enfftrr. fmm InrilerPRt.fnT).
dyspepsia or any . stomach disorder.
Tt's the quickest, surest stomach doc)
HEXS BETURN GOOD PROFITS.
A good hen can be' raised for about
$1, she can be kept for one year after
beginning to lay for about $1.25, her
eggs for a year estimating 12 dozen
at 25 cents a dozen, will be worth $3.
and the hen will be worth' 50 cents
when through laying at the end of hor
pullet year.
This is 'a return of $1.25 on an ln
vestmetn of $2.25. which is an increase
of about 55 per cent, not counting la
bor or deprciation of plant.,.
If we count 25 cents as the cost of
caring for a hen one year, and ten per
cent for depreciation of the plant.
there still .remains over 30 percent I
net profit on the investment.
These facte were brought cut rn a
Missouri experiment where White
leghorn pullets were kept for. .lvyear?a.
laying, all the feed that was fed to the
heng being weighed and the eggs bein
cold at market prices. ." The 55 hens
produced 12 dozen each, 'which were
sold for $157.17. The cost of keeping
the 55 hens one year was asotu $66.27,
reckoning feed prices at about average
market rate in 1915. The hens were
fed a well-balanced raiton and hadtho
run of a yard 100 feet square. "The
price of eggs for the year averaged
approximately 25 cents a dozen.
From the foregoing figures it will be
seen that where one has good hens to
start with and handles them properly,
a net profit of considerably over $1 a
year can be counted on from a. flock of
that size. .
But the know-how is just as Im
portant in handling hens for profitable
returns as is the rs.se " with with anv
other kind of complicated, business
Saencer Babceck in Farm -Life.
of Brighton, III. Briefly, here is 'what never ue piuuuu m utu
happened. Last March the bank ; titles- as sugar, and the price will ai
bought 84 heifers from Wisconsin, jit 'ays remain somewhat higher As
an average price of $43 a head: These j compared with sugar, however. -honey
I lis rprtainlv the more wholesome. If I
caives, ranging m age ' ... . fT,
teen months, were sold to the school Urn correct, all sweets taken into the
-qJT t,i pritn fnr 'nr-timl bodv which are not already glucose
cost, with the understanding that with-,! have to be converted into such .before
. - v. tthpv ar& assimulated. and through this
m less man u yeai iuc amuiaiB oiiuuiv
F,arlina and Bonny. Besi tomatoes
make a fine combination for the early
crop. They are highly, prolific.
be sold and the children should have
the profits, less six per cent for the
bank. It was decided to have an auc
tion sale, and' thi3 sale was held on
the 3th of December. The' eighty-four
heifers brought on the auction block
an average of $92.30 a head, or a total
of $7;,749. The notes given by the chll
dhen amounted to $3,612. leaving a
profit of $4,137. We think lhat Is
pretty good. We think Tom Cham
berlain, cashier of the bank of Brigh
ton and W. Scott Matthews, Illinois
Dairy and Food Commissioner,, both
deserve praise. By backing this club,
they have gone far toward stocking
it,.).: MA crfchnrhnfwi with- good rcattle,
and they have set an example to others. 1
a ramprs actlne co-opera-4
tlvely. could do this Just as wellas a
bank and they could do it with hogs,
or horse's, or sheep. Just as well as
Ttith c4ttle;ann Life.
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Cabbages, which a "year ago were
oi?t $6 a ton are this year quoted
irrlut r9stktes at $80. With this
rnnoSncemSt"- comes the stement
that the. stock "of .cabbages larger
now than a year ago, but that they are
all in the hands of speculators., who
Ire hofdfng them for still higher
Sices It is, . It seems, now time for
those who have learned to do without
p ezs and butter io ua'10
SSements with regard to cabbage,
however, cannot hold a cabbage for
A speculator, however, cannot hold, a
cabbage forever. Boston Monitor.
An American egg-presrylng jslant
has recently been completed m Ste
hal It handles '300,000 eggs a day.
They are either frozen or dried and
shipped to' the United States. .,.. ,
they are assimulated, and through
process it very frequently nappens
that certain individuals - taking more
sugar than the system can so convert
fprce an excess of work on the Kid
neys, which frequently result3 in
Brightsi disease and other kidney
trouble, etc. But it so happens that
honey, since-it is principally glucose
(Devulose and Dextrose) and having
been in a measure pre-dlgested by the
bee does not . equire tlis inversion
but' is taken directly into the system
to the amount of. approximately one
hundred an ninety-nine two vhrfn
dreths. Pure sugar is pure glucose.
It all must be inverted. Honey be
sides its sugars contents contains al
bumen. It also contains phosphorus
iron,, calcium, magnesium, chlorine,
sodium, potassium, sulphur and mam
eanese. We are told that all these ele
ments are necessary- td the human
body; so) th'atby r their .presence in
honey we may, assume that they help
to make this article a very wholesome
food The value of? the annual pro
duction of honey in the United States
is over twenty million - dollars, and
this value is decidedly on the increase
from year to year. -This does not take
Into consideration the millions of dol
lars worth imported from Cuba, and
South America and Europe. , The
greatest amount of honey Is used in
the confections. It would be hard to
nv Tinw manv car loads are used an
nually In the making .of high grade
candy alone. The National Biscuit
company a few, days ago placed an or
der for seventy car loads at one time
to be used in the manufacture of
their goods. There are hundreds of
car loads used annually in the big
bakeries alone: All confections : keen,
better when honey is used in itheir
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This question is being asked all over
the United States and more especially
since the break with Germany.
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Have you enough money to tide over in case of
a; short ' stringent periodv? If not this is an ideal
time to begin saving and our bank is the ? ideal
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place to save it.
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You owe it to your children to get
a Pin-Moriey Xrhas ySrmg Glub
cents will catch up wii3i thef rest who began in
club last month- Gall iri Tolay aiuimsgin;
them to begin
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R; C. Clarke. Pres. r " v Vice-Pres.
V J. Mack Rhodes, Cashier
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C '
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