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MONEY RAISING BAY
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DR. RAMSEURS EXPERIENCE
There ia No Section of the South
Wfeara Hay Cannot Be Grown
Profitably By Even One-Horse
Farmers.
Tbere ie no sort of farming tbht
oan be as well done by tbe one
horse farmer as by tbe mnn who
is better supplied witb firm work
stuck; hut that the one-borse
farmer can make good money bay
farniiug in all ptrts of tbe South,
where tbe local demand is not
supplied by the local crop, is
shown by the following experience
of Dr. D. S. Ramsenr, Cherokee
County. S. C., as related in Farm
ers' Bulletin 312 of tbe Unitad
States Department of Agriculture.
EQUIPMENT OF FARM.
1 One-hone Ueorgla plow , *•'
'' stock. with attachments #.*>.oo
1 One-home smoothing harrow.lo.oo
1 One-horse weeder 7.00
1 One-horse curved-tooth slle
4frlng and smoothing harrow. 10.00
1 Two-horse mower Jj 35.00
1 One-horse hiiy rnke 15.00
1 One-horse wagon 30.00
1 One-horse liny press SM).OO
1 One-horse wooden roller 7.50
Total
EXPENSES.
1 Man 12 months at sls ♦InO.OO
1 Horse, use of and feed 100.00
Interest on 25 acres of land
valued at ♦ 100 per acre at
■S jH'r cent
Interest and depreciation on
machinery, at 20 per cent 41.00
Total #521. SHI
RECEIPTS.
7 Acres crimson clover hay.
:i,500 pounds per acre, at
#1.25 p> r hundred weight ♦MH.2S
1> Acres oat hay, 3,000
pounds per acre, at ♦1.25
per hundred weight 075.00
22 A. n hay, .'t.ooo
p..uuds per acre, at ♦1.25 •
|K'r hundred weight 025.00
3 Acres corn, 00.00 bushels
per acre, at 75 cents a
bushel 150.00
3 Acres corn stover, 2 tons
per acre. at ♦ls iter ton 00.00
Total receipts ♦2.040.25
Total expenses 521.00
Net profit ♦1.524.35
Now, it may appear to some
that the prices obtained for the
hay were too high as a basis for
comparison with what others can
do. There are few sections in the
South, however, where good hays
of the sort made on this farm can
not be sold for above S2O a ton,
but suppose we figure on n more
conservative basis. Before doing
so, however, let it be clearly un
derstood that the figures above
given do not represent paper farm
ing, but they are actually the
results obtained.
Let us give the following yields
and prices which sre so low no
one need fall below them:
RECEIPTS.
7 Acres crimson clover, 1 ton
jH'r acre, at sls per ton ♦ 105.00
IK Acres oat hay, 1 ton per
acre, at ♦ls 270.00
22 Acres peavine hay. 1 ton
per acre. ♦ls 330.00
3 Acres corn, 30 bushels per
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acre, at 50 cents 45.00
3 Acres corn, 1 ton per acre,
at ♦•"> 15.00
Total ♦705.00
EXPENSES.
1 Man 12 months at sls SIBO.OO
1 Horse, use of and feed 10000
Interest and depreciation on
machinery at 20 per cent, 11.90
Total $321.90
i To'ni receipts $7(>5.00
Total expenses 321.90
Net profit $443 10
That these figures are conserva
tive is proved by the fact that Dr.
Ramseur did very much better,
but even here wo have a business
which nfter paying all expenses
iucluding depreciation of machin
ery yields a revenue of $443.10 on
tbe following investment:
25 Acres of land valued at
SSO per acre $1,250.00
! Farm equipment 209.50
Total $1,459.50
The net profit on this reduced
basis of production atid*"eales,
♦443.10, is equal to a little over
30 per cent on tbe total invest
ment of $1,459.50.
In this calculation the yield of
bay per acre has been reduoed J to
such a low basis that it is only
fair to reduce the estimated value
of tbe land to SSO an acre; for
thousands of acres are to
all over the South that will pro
duce a ton of these bays per acre
that may be bought for much less
tbau SSO an acre.
Here is one case, at least, where
bay has been a profitable money
crop.
The Death of Mr. William R. Eaton.
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William R. Eaton was# bom
August the 3rd, 1841, died March
23rd. 1909, aged 57 years, two
months and 20 days. He leaves,
a wife, a number of children and|
grand children to mourn their
loss. He was in feeble health for
quite awhile, which he bore with
patience and resignation to tbe
Master's will. He was a member
of Mt. Olive Baptist church for
about twenty years. He was
regular and attentive to his
church meetinga as long as he
was able to travel. It was inter
esting to see him so attentive to
his religious duties, when so
feeble, that many of us would
have felt that we could not go.
His course justified the old adsge,
"where there is a will, tbere is a
way." When we do not want to
do Anything, it is quite easy to
get up an excuse. It is better to
wear out in the Lord's service
than to rust out. Many who en
joy health and are blessed with
means might learn a practical and
important lesson from the humble
and afflicted of our race. Brother
Eaton was laid to rest in the Mt.
Olive Cemetery, to await the
resurrection morn, the writer con
ducting the funeral service. May
the great Shepherd lead all the
surviving family in the green
pastures of his love and mercy.
P.OLIVER.
THE DANBURY REPORTER.
FJ^MERS'ONLY HOPE
MUST RELY ON HIMSELF
Webster's Weekly Counsels the
Raising of Home Supplies, Cur
tailment of Tobacco, and the Es
tablishing of Prizeries For Hold
ing the Crop.
The following is from Webster's
Weekly:
The Daubury Reputer. which
has fought tlw Tobacco Trust
with a zeal worthy of all com
mendation, has sane ideas as to
the proper course for the tobacco
growers to adopt at this juncture.
It says :
"Now in the start of the crop
season, The Reporter would offer
its humble counsel to its thou
sands of farmer friends to think
slowly and carefully before they
put all of their eggs in one basket.
The indications are not numerous
that tobacco will sell high next
fall. You may depend always
upon the fact that, Trust or no
Trust, the supply controls the
price. Whether tobacco be high
or low, you must have supplies for
your family, your horses and your
cattle, and the cheapest way for
you to have them is to produce
them at home. After having laid
your campaign for plenty of bread
and meat, then you will be safe
in putting in all the land you can
take care of in tobacco. Any
other policy than this is fraught
with grave risks to your future
prosperity. So speaks common
sense, and such is the voice of ex
perience."
It is shameful the way the To
bacco Trust has been allowed to
rob the tobacco growers, and if we
thought any State legislation
could put a stop to it we would
most assuredly favor the experi
ment. But the evil has grown
beyond the power of any single
State to cope with it. The Week
ly of date Dec. 22, 1904, had an
editorial entitled, "Self-Help the
Reliance of the Farmers," from
which we beg to quote a few ex
pressions :
"The American Tobacco Co
has had the farmers it its mercy
ever since it was organized. The
only respite they have had from
its oppression was for the short
time that the Imperial Tobacco
Co. was on the market as a com
petitor. As soon as the war be
tween these giant corporations
ceased the farmers found them
selves again at the mercy of their
old enemy, who proceeded to tax
them with the cost of the struggle.
Prices are put up or down at the
sweet will of the Trust, as may
best subserve its selfish ends.
We have seen prices put up at
plantbed time to induce the farm
ers to put in a full crop and the
next fall the bottom would drop
out of the market and the Trust
organs would attribute the resuit
to overproduction. The mass of
the farmers, either on account of
poverty or poor judgment have
swallowed the bait every time.
The assertions contained in the
above quotations hive been estab
lished by sworn t-stiinony in the
suit of the government against
the American Tobacco Co. The
admission WAS wrung from repre
sentatives of the Trust that prices
are fixed in the offices of the
Trust in New York by a buying
committee, which moves prices
up or down, as may subserve the
Trust's interest. But what is the
remedy ? We gave our views
more than four years ago, and it
may not be amiss to reproduce
what we said then :
"The only help we see for farm
ers is self-help. They must use
the remedy within their reaob.
They must organize and act in
concert. They must ascertain
their resources, compare notes,
adopt an intelligent plan of action,
and move towards the accomplish
ment of their object wilh the pre
cision of a military body.
"We were talking with a lead
ing citizen of Caswell not long
ago in regard to the Interstate
Tobacco Growers' Prutei tire As
sociation and knowing him to be
a umu of good judgment, naked I
his views of the prospecta of the
organization. He expressed him
self as being much enconraged.
He said if 75 per cent, of the to
bacco growers would act together
they would carry their point."
Takiug note of a meeting of the
executive committe at Sooth
Boston, at whioh definite steps
were taken looking toward curtail
ment of the crop and the raising
of home supplies, we continued :
"We congratulate the Associ
ation upon so much of its policy
as lias been definitely decided
upon, to-wit :
1. Raise home supplies.
2. Curtail the tobacco crop.
3. Provide the money neces
sary to hold the crop fur satis
factory prices.
"This is practical and can be
accomplished. The execution of
the first will simplify the second,
which in turn will render easy the
third. The three divisions of the
scheme must stand or fall to
gether.
"The farmers can help them
selves in the manner iudicated in
the foregoing suggestions. It is
the only relief in sight. Will
they resolve to help themselves
or will they submit to trust rob
bery indefinitely ?"
The editorial of Dec. 22, 1 ( .H)4,
was written two years before our
court house was burned, probably
the rat that gnawed the match
that caused the fire had not then
been born, and Sub-section "A "
had not beeu heard of. Kitchin
had not launched his boom for
Governor, nor had Brooks gotten
into the shuttle for Congress. So
we submit that The Weekly's
conviction that self-help is the
only help in sight for the farmer
is no recent conclusion.
We stick to our platform :
1. Raise home supplies.
2. Cuitail the tobacco crop.
3. Provide the money ueces
sary to hold the crop for satis
factory prices. Establish prize
ries in Reidsville, Madison and
other tobacco towus for putting
the tobacco in condition that it
will keep, and become as staple as
cotton.
Sale of Real Estate.
By virtue of an order of the Xu
l>erlor Court, in a special proceeding
entitled, G. W. Barker, adiuinis
trator of James H. Barker, deceased,
against J. W. Barker and others, I
will sell on the premises on the 2Nth
day of April. 190H, at 1 o'clock, P. M.,
the real estate of Junies H. Barker,
deceased, known and desert lied an
follows :
Lot No. 1. Adjoining the lands of
F. J. Smith, H. H. Morris, Calvin J.
Matthew* and others, beginning at
sourwood corner of Lot No. 2. East
1(50 poles to a stake and pointers old
line. Thence South on old line sev
enty-seven and one-third poles to a
pine F. J. Smith's line. Thence West
with said Smith line one hundred
and tlghteen poles to pointers near
a small branch north ou I'olndexter
line six poles to the beginning, con
taining thirty-eight acres more or
lees.
Lot No. 2. Adjoining the binds of
John L. I'olndexter. F. J.Smith and
others, beginning at a white oak In
I'olndexter line Smith corner. Thence
South fifteen degrees North with
Smith line forty-six poles to a black
gum Smith corner. Thence West
with Smith line twenty poles to a
stone formerly a willow near the
creek Smith corner. Thence South
two poles to a stone Smith corner.
Thence West twenty poles to poin
ters a new corner two and one-half
poles West of Smith pine corner.
Thence North two degrees west
forty-six poles to a stake and point
ers In Polndexter line. Thence East
crossing the creek fifty-five and one
half poles to the l>eglnuing, contain
ing twelve and one-half acres more
or less.
Lot No. 3. Adjoining the lands of
James Bondurant, H. J. Martin and
others. Beginning at a white oak
In H. J. Martin line James F. Bon
durant corner. Thence North de
gress East ou James F. Boudurant
line four chains to pointers formerly
a pine. Thence North X(l% degress
East on Barker's line five chains to
pointers. Thence North one-half
chain to Polndexter. Thence North
degrees East on Barker line five
chains to a blnckgum in Martin's
line. Thence South three degrees W.
ou Martin line five and peventy-two
one hundredth chains to a hickory
In James F. Bondurant line. Thence
W. SIX degrees ten and seventeen one
hundredthchalnstowhlte oak the be
ginning, containing four and nine
tenths acres more or less.
Lot No. 4. Adjoining the lands of
I). A. Polndexter and others. Begin
ning on the South-west corner of
snld tract running North on said
line M 5 yards to and Including spring.
Theuce East sufficiently fur, for a
South line to cut off one acre, lie
the same more or less.
Terms of gale, cash oti confirma
tion of sale.
This 27 day of March, 100 ft.
(}. W. BANKER. C»ra.
Benbow, Hall * Hall, Att.ru.
HARKRADER NOT GUILTY.
Deputy Marshal Charged With the
Murder of a Surry County Moon
shiner Given His Freedom After
a Brief Trial.
Greensboro, April 12.—A jury
in the United States Court late
this evening returned a verdict of
not guilty in a case chargiucS. K.
Harkrader, a deputy United
States marshal, with the murder
of William H. Swift, in Surry
county, last July. Harkiader
was indicted by the grand jury of
Surry county and later the case
was removed to the Federal Court.
A. L. Brooks was designated to
represent the State in the prose
cution. District Attorney Hul
ton defended Harkrader.
It was in evidence flint, Hark
rader being informed that Swift,
who was wanted for illicit distill
ing, could not be taken in day
time, went to his house after mid
night, accompanied by Deputy
Sheriff Beam. When lie entered
the house Harkrader was assaulted
by Swift, who struck the officer
with a chair. When he was in
the act of striking a second time,
Harkrader shot him, the bullet
passing through the victim and
striking Mrs. Swift. The jury
deliberated 19 minutes.
Marriage of Mr. G. T. Richardson
and Miss Carrie Duggins —Other
Walnut Cove Items.
Walnut Cove. April I>s
Dear Reporter:
Please sllow me spsce in \onr
valuable column, fur a few words.
The farmers are very much he
hind with their work in this
vicinity.
Wheat is looking very well.
Mr. G. D. Richardson and Miss
Carrie Duggins were married last
Sunday at the home of the bride's
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hensdel
spent Easter with Mr. Hensdel's
father.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Carroll, of
Rural Hall, spent Easter at Mr.
Isaac Ziglar's.
Rev. C. H. Clyde will fill his
regular at Stokes
burg next Sunday, nope to see
a good crowd out.
BLUE EYES.
E. W. O'HANLON v
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
THE STATE'S LEADING DRUfifilST.
The Largest Prescription Business in No.
Carolina and the Best Equipped for
Furnishinf the PUREST of DRUGS
at the LOWEST PRICES.
Fancy Toilet Articles, Etc.
Tobaccos, Cigars, Extracts, Paints,
Oils, Varnishes.
A cordial invitation extended to the people of Stokes to
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