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When To Apply Nitrate Of Soda To
Corn and Other Crops.
The best time to apply nitrate
of soda to either cotton or corn
varies slightly according to the
soil and according to the recent
and subsequent rainfall. The
impossibility of knowing the
rainfall for the few weeks
after applying this fertilizer
largely explains why experi
ments on this point have no
given exactly uniform results.
We can only do that which on
the average gives best results,
or pursue that course which
involves the least risk of fail
ure.
Nitrate of soda is the most
quickly available fertilizer and
the one most readily removed
from the soil by leaching. This
property implies that nitrate of
soda should, as a rule, be placed
in the soil only after the roots ;
of plants have so occupied the !
soil as to be able to take up the
!
soluble nitrogen, which is j
contained in the soil moisture,
very soon after nitrate of
soda in applied to a moist soil.
Hence it seldom advisable to use j
any of the nitrate of soda before ,
planting.
On the other hand, if the farmer
waits as late as possible for the
plant to have developed its entire
extent of roots before applying
nitrate of soda there is a three->
fold loss namely:
(.1) The more limited root sys
tem formed in the absence of ab
undant nitrogen:
(2) The probability that the
plant will soon become too mature
and inactive to appropriate the
maximum porportion of the
plant food supplied by late fer
tilization: and
(3) The danger that in the short j
growing period remaining after'
a late application there may be
no time when the moisture in the
soil will be sufficient to convey j
ail of the applied nitrogen to the
roots of the plant.
From observation and experi-1
mer.ts, as well as from the con
sideration just mentioned, the!
writer prefers to apply nitrate!
of soda at the following stages in !
the life of the crop:
(1) To corn, when the plants]
are between 2 and 4 feet high.
In case more than 1 application
is to be made, a procedure that
slightly reduces the risk of
serious leaching through the
occurrence of heavy rains soon
after the nitrate is applied,—the
last application may be made
somewhat later than where all
the nitrate is applied at once.
The roots of corn plants barely
18 inches high are doubtless
ample to utilize the nitrate with
out waste, but such early use of
nitrate increases the vigor of
crabgrass and weeds and thus
increases the cost of cultiva
tion. ,
In the case of a very late
application of nitrate of soda to
cotton, there is an additional
danger, not mentioned before,
that the late growth of leaves
and stalks may be so stimulated
as to tax the plants to produce
great number of late bolls to
be ruined by frost Such late
applications greatly tend to re
tain the leaves, but the improve
ment may be more in appearance
of the plant than in yield of mat*
ured lint— Prof. J. F. DUGGER,
in Progrsaive Farmer.
Mr. J. A. Hicks, of Meadowa
Route 1, was a visitor at the
Bepoater office today.
Harvesting the Oats.
For the benefit of our farmer
readers—we and we have many of
' them—reproduce from the Pro
gressive Farmer the following
from a Louisana planter on har
vesting oats:
(I) Cut oats with a binder. A
I mower is liable to waste 25 to 50
per cent. One binder will har
vest about 80 acres—B acres a
day.
(21 Have your binder previous
ly all ready and tested on grass
and bearings limbered up and
crew drilled, especially regarding
threshing and trying. Have an
extra binder tongue and several
extra wings and arms for the
reel all ready beforehand for re
pairing breakages. Better work
four horses to your binder, with
one man to operate and another
I to drive. Harvest early: our own
' crop ripens about May 20.
' (3) Begin cutting as soon as
about 75 per cent of your field
; has turned yellow—just as soon
as all the grain has passed the
milk stage. The dough stage is
all right.
(4) Do not cut grain while wet
, from either rain or dew.
(5) Rush cutting all possible.
(6) Cut low to get long straw.
Southern soil is damp.
(7) Shock with only four
bundles per shock and reset fallen
, shocks every day.
(8) If you have to buy a
I I
thresher, get enough capacity, i
Small threshers prove very ex-'
pensive.
19) Thresh as soon as possible,
but do not thresh grain wet from
either rain or dew. Thresh from
field. Do not stack. New oats
are liable to sweat.
! (10) Examine strawstack con
. stantly during threshing to as
sure no grain being left on straw.
(II) Use light wind on fan:
take out a plenty of chaff with |
grain. It reduces waste, the oats!
cure better stuff and the light
make fine feed. Defer refanning
| the oats until needed.
(12) Do not store over three
feet deep. Be sure to thoroughly i
examine grain daily and turn'
with shovel if any indication of
heating. Watch closely for at
least three weeks.
These suggestions are so time
ly and wise that they are worthy
of being passed along. They are
the condensed experience of long
years of intelligent management
of one of the most important
crops grown in the south.
Nervous
Prostration
For Three Years
"Dr. Miles' Restorative Nerv
ine cured me of a period of
nervous prostration of over three
years duration, and the Anti-
Pain Pills are as necessary to
us as the roof of our house.
They have been household rem
edies with us for many years."
WM. T. LOUGHRAN,
1214 Catherine St.,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Much sickness is due to nerv
ous troubles. Headache, diz
ziness, epilepsy and insanity are
nervous troubles. Then there
is a large class of disorders
which arise from a weakness of
the nerves of an organ or part,
as weak lungs, heart, stomach,
kidney, bladder, eyes, etc.
Dyspepsia and indigestion are
usually the result of nervous
disorders.
Riitofrtwa Nervino
soothes the irritated nerves, and
assists the nerve cells to gener
ate nerve force.
On MM HtrvN la mM by all
flats. If Um DfM MM* tall* tohmMt,
ywf will Pftwfw ywf Bmiy,
MILKS MBDICAL CO., WMttlt, In*
HAsmsußsmm
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Sarin*
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
Tho only baking powder
made from Royal Grape
Oream of Tartar
NO ALUM.NO LIME PHOSPHATE
I
BEWARE OF THE DANGEROUS
FLY
Shut Him Out and Exterminate Him
If Possible.
In recent years the danger of
the common house fly as a
disease breeder beginning to be
understood, but the people
' generally have hardly begun to
j realize the danger from this pest.
The following "Fly Catechism,"
was handed us by a local
druggist:
1. Where is the fly born ?In ma
nure and filth.
2. Where does the fly live? In
j every kind of filth.
3. Is anything to filthy for the
: fly too eat? No.
4. (a) Where dees he go when
he leaves the vault and the man
ure pile and the spittoon? Into
the kitchen and dining room. (b>
What does he do there? He
1 ii » i I
i walks on the bread, fruit and
j vegetables: he wipes his feet on 1
the butter and bathes in the but
| termilk.
i 5. Does the fly visit the sick i
| patient with consumption, tvphod
fever or cholera infantum? He
does—and may call on you
next.
0. Is» the fly dangerous ? He's
i *
man's worst pest, and mere dan
-1 gerous than w i!d bti.; is and rat
tlesnakes.
7. What disease does he carry ?
He carries tyhoid fever, tubercul
osis and summer complaint. How?
On his wings and hairy ieet.
What is his correct name? 1
typhoid fly.
8. Did he ever kill any one? He
killed more American soldiers in
the Spanish-American war than ;
the bullets of the Spaniards.
9. Where are the greatest ;
number of cases of typhoid fever,!
consumption and summer com-'
plains? Where there are the most:
flies.
10. Where are the most flies? :
Where there's the most filth.
11. Why should we kill the fly? !
Because he may kill us.
12. How should we kill the fly? j
(a) Destroy all the filth about
the house and yard; (b) pour
lime into vault and manure pile;
(c) kill the fly with a wire screen,
paddle or sticky paper of kero
sene.
13 Kill the fly in any way, but
kill the fly.
14 If there is filth anywhere
that you cannot remove, call the
officer of the board of health and
ask for relief before you are
stricken with disease and perhaps
death.
Sick headache results from' a
disordered condiiion of the
stomach, and can be cured by
the use of Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. Try it For sale
by all dealers.
THE DAN BURY REPORTER
Obituary.
] Mrs. Mary A. Martin passed
away Sunday morning, May 14th,
at 1 o'clock at her home at Ayers-
I ville, aged 77 years, 6 months
and 3 days. The funeral services
; were conducted by Rev. J. A.
' Joyce and T. J. Glenn. Rev. J.
A.Joyce's text was Phil. 1:21.
I "For me to live is Christ, to die
is gain." The services were sad
and solemn. All seemed to real
ize that a dear friend was gone.
Services began by the singing of
"Jesus Lover of my Soul." The
! closing hymn was "Mother and
Home," after which she was laid
to rest at the family burying
ground near her home. She was
a kind and loving mother, a good
neighbor and faithful in all her
work, never tiring of doing what
| she could for the community. No
one but those who have experi
enced the loss of a mother knows
the sadness. She made a pro
fession of religion several years
ago, joined the Ayersville Bap
tist church, August 10,1902. She
was a faithful member until
death. She had been suffering
heart trouble for several months.
She leaves three children, Mrs.
Mary E. Barker, of Archdale, N.
C., Mrs. R. L. Pratt, Ayersville,
and Miss Alice Martin, of Ayers
ville, and several grandchildren
and three great grandchildren
to mourn their loss.
Mrs. Mary A. Martin was mar
ried to Mr. A. S. Martin, Dec.
18th, 1855. Mr. A. S. Martin
was killed by a falling tree in j
South Carolina on Sept. 8, 1867. '
Mrs. Martin had remained a!
widow until death. The entire'
family have our sympathy. Our;
loss is her eternal gain.
A loved one from us is gone,
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our home
Which can never be filled.
A FRIEND.
How
About
That
Spring:
Suit ?
We have the BIGGEST
LINE and MOST REA
SONABLE PRICES we
have ever shown. We
have a very large line of
FURNISHINGS for Men
and Boys, such as
Clothing, Pants,
Shoes, Oxfords,
Straw and Felt
Hats, Dress Shirts,
Neckwear, Under
wear, Hosiery,
Trunks, Suit Cases,
Jewelry, etc.
We have a lot of Clothing and
Shoes to close out at greatly
reduced prices. These are
lots that have been sold out
except one or two of a kind
and in order to close these
lots out will sell them for less
than cost Come in and ex
amine our goods and prices.
We will make it to your inter
est to trade with us.
LEWIS &
SIMMONS
Pilot Mt., N. C
•tf
Danburv and Tuttle baseball !
teams will play a game here;
Saturday afternoon. These
teams have recently played
two games, winning one each,
and this game will decide the:
| "rub."
!I am better prepared to meet the
trade for machinery than
ever before.
I can furnish the best engines ever introduced in this
county for threshing. A double cylinder Gasolene Engine
that is no trouble to operate and light to carry from place
to place. 1 can also furnish you every style in Steam
Engines, also the best makes of Threshers, both Frick and
Huber. We have a small separator of either style of the
above named separators running in weight from 2500 to
3000 pounds. Terms to suit purchaser. Catalogue for the
asking.
I>fea*e drop me a postal and let me know what you need.
I wU irUe you thi best deal you ever bought in machinery.
T. J. THORE
WESTFIELD, - - N. CAROLINA.
SSB> j
SWith Deming Spray" Pumps. You can have
a good crop of pears, plums, cherries, apples,
etc., if you keep your trees in good condition ,
DEMING SPRAYERS j
c/lre inexpensive and are suitable for white- ,
washing poultry" houses, cellars, etc., as well
as spraying flowers, trees and shrubbery*.
Get complete Catalogue and Spraying formulas from
L. M. McKINZIE,
GERMANTON, N. C.
•■; t '•••(. a %3ffl?Brraa
■ 5 Easily laid can be laid right over wood (Kinglet if necessary
Fircp roof - Stormproof Last as long M the building and never
| need repairs. For further detailed information apply to
R. H. R. BLAIR, DANBURY, N. C.
Fine Black Percheron
STALLION
Will serve through the Season at
the following times and places
At Danbury on Every First Monday
At Madison on Every Second and
Fourth Tuesday.
The remainder of the season at
Walnut Cove.
Everybody Interested* call.
A. W. DAVIS,
SECRETARY, WALNUT COVE, N. C.
Iredell county carried by an
overwhelming majority the
proposition to issue $400,000 in
bonds to build good roads. That
is the way to do things, and
Iredell will not be long coming
up to the front of the procession.