WORK ON THE FARM
Much To Be Done During
the Winter Months.
PUSH VOUR WORK
If Farmers DJ their Duty They
Will I ind Si m.-thinji To He
l)oin£ Every Day.
The beginning of the year is
not necessarily the beginning of
farm operations for the year.
There is much that should be
done before the incoming of the
new year. However, there are
"left-overs" from last year as
well as new work for this year
th it should have immediate at
tention.
\Vith c,uito a number this is the
month \>:' making changes and
many tenants will g>> to now
farm owneis. It is always de
sirable that there shall be a per
fect undet standing between land
lord and tenant as to the year's
operations and the terms of ten
ancy. There is but one safe way
to haw this perfect understand
ing and that is by having a con
tract made and signed in dupli
cate. each party keeping a copy.
Let :his contract be full and ex
plicit in (. very detail. Then, if
there should be any disagree
ment as to particulars, the con
tract will decide who is right in
the matter.
Among the "left-overs" that
should have attention is the im
mediate repairs of buildings.
Leaks in the roofs of barns,
stables, etc., should have im
mediate attention. This is the
season for tires. The roofs
shoulJ be examined and if rotten,
put on a new roof. Old rotten
shingles catch on fire much
iiuicker than sound shingles.
The hauling out and spreading
of farm manure, preferably on
grass, clover or small grain,
shoulJ receive attention. Keep
the stalls well supplied with bed
ding and clean out often. When
you can, put the manure, on the 1
fields as soon as taken from the
3tables. If the land does not
svosh less will be lost by putting .
:he manure (n a growing crop
:han in any other way it can be 1
landled. I
Overhaul all plows and culti-1 
Running Water Under Pressure
right in your own farm, village or suburban home.
Ait independent supply of hot and cold, hard and soft
water, in the kitchen, bath and laundry, running wa
ler on the lawn, in the garden, or in the barn, for
• m ~ sprinkling the grass, flowers and garden truck; for
if' watering the stock, flushing out the barn,
Fro washing the buggies or automobiles; to be
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WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
t. f.
$36,875.10 LOST!
And Gone Forever! THIRTY=SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS! What Part Did You Lose?
The Winston market sold during month of October 1912, 0,075,971 Pounds of Tobacco for $990,793.58.
Brown's sold, - - 2023762 Pounds for $342272.64
All other houses sold 4052209 Pounds for $648520.94
6075971 $990793.58
Other Houses Averaged la.oo! Difference 91 Cents a Hundred. 
Figure for yourself and you will see that the farmers that sold at other houses lost altogeher $36875.10. A big loss for
independent people to lose. Won't you stop losing your part of this? And bring vour tobacco to BROWN'S where vou
get the top every day. Breaks are not as large now and you should by all means s'top this leak in your business Come
on to BROWN'S and we will see that every pile of your tobacco goes to the top. We sell it high every dav and do not
have a high sale occasionally.
If you want your Tobacco sold HIGH everv dav and any dav drive straight to BROWN'S
WAREHOUSE. Winston. N. C.'
First Sale Days for November Every = • Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
vators so as to have them in
good shape when the spring
rush conies 0:1. It is well to get
all the repairs now that will he
needed throughout the summer.
It will save having to go to town
for them during your busiest
work time. Overhaul the har
ness also and have everything in
readiness when needed. Push
your work instead of having
your work push you.
In good weather, when the
land is in condition, let the plows
be running, edging the land up
rather than turning it over flat.
With land edged up, the winter
rains will soak in rather than
run otf, as mignt be the case if
the land was turned over flat
and smooth. This rainwater may
be needed in making the crop
next summer. Winter - plowed
and, especially in clay lands, are
imefitted by the winter freezes,
;he freezing process pulverizing
he land as no implement pos
sibly can. Winter plowing also
has the advantage of expediting
work in the spring. Land broken
now will be ready for the early
sowing of oats on farms where
they failed to get the oats in
during the fall.
In doing winter plowing, re
gard should be given to the con
dition of the subsoil as well as to
the methods of plowing. If the
subsoil will permit, run the plow
some deeper than usual so as to
deepen the soil gradually: but in
this be careful not to turn up too
much raw soil, as too much raw
soil will be deleterious to the
crop following. Also, do not
take more land than the plow
will cut. It pays to be careful,
in winter breaking land as wed
as at other times.
Hog-killing time is at hand and
should have attention. Hogs fed
on a dollar-a-bushel corn make
expensive pork. It is much
cheaper to keep hogs warm with \
straw in winter than to feed;
them corn for this purpose. ,
Hogs well bedded with dry straw |
THE DA>DCJKY k'EI»Ok l Ev
| will not consume as much corn
,to put on a given amount of
j weight as will hogs that are not
, properly bedded and exposed to
the chilling rains of winter. It
pays to look well after the eom
; forts of all hogs. Kill early. Do
j not undertake to feed long so as
to have the largest hog in the
neighborhood. You may be able
to have the largest, but you will
also have the most costly per
pound. In scalding use a ther
mometer to test the water.
Never have it too hot. About
165 degrees for year-old shoats;
hotter for old hogs and cooler for
pigs. To have the hair set on a
big hog tries a man's patience:
This can be avoided by using the
thermometer. Stick the bulb ia
the water. The heat will not!
break it. Let it stay two or;
three minuter so as to get the 1
exact temperature. When you'
| find just the right temperature'
i for your hogs» keep the water at!
that heat.
But few regular farm crops.'
, can be put in during January, j
except in the trucking districts^'
Oats can be sowed this*
month. In the South the oat!
crop is of far more value than I
manv of us imagine. Several j
good farmers tell me they can!
grow as many pounds of oatsj
on an acre of land as they can'
corn. If this is true, it is at
very much cheaper crop to grow;
than corn. It is a winter crop (
that does not require cultivation, j
while corn is a summer crop and ;
requires- good cultivation, to'
make a good crop. Butj
do not imagine that the oat |
crop does not require good land i
and good preparation of the j
land to give good results. Also;
use the best seed obtainable and ;
not less than two and a half
bushels per acre. On many
farms as many as 3 3-12 bushels
are put in. But this heavy seed
ing requires good land or a
heavy application of fertilizers
or stable manure.
A farm home without a sup-1
ply of fruits and vegetab.e is al
most no home at all, simply a ;
place to stay. If there is noj
orchard on the place, see to it i
thai one is started Get a catalog j
from some reliable nurseryman !
anil get him to advise you, un
lets you know just what trees
you want, what trees will be
best suited to your locality. Select
a few one or two-year-old trees
so as to have fruit in succession.
A dozen or more apples trees,
the same quality of peach trees,
a few plum trees, a few pecans,
some walnuts, a few cherry trees,
selected so as togive a continuous
supply of fruit from the earliest
,o the latest vvill be a valuable
acquisition to any farm. Plant
i the trees out at once and pro
f perly care for them Add a few
t grape vines Scuppernongs
i where they do well, and a few
t bunch grapes. Also put out 200
- or 300 strawberry plants, com-
> 1 prising early, medium and late
> varieties. All these help to
> : add to the enjoyment of country
s life. Full directions for planting
I; and caring for the aboye can be
•'found in the catalogs, or the
• bulletins sent out by the Depart-!
; ment of Agriculture.
If it has not already been at
; tended to, put out 200 or 300
Early Jersey or Charleston Wake
■ field cabbage plants. They will
stand the winters, where the
thermometer doe& mot run below
■ eight degrees above zero, and if
I well set, may live through zero
l weather. Set fihem in well
[prepared, fertile land, in rows
, three feet apart and 15 inches
[apart in the rows. Set them
[ deep so as to entirely cover the
| stem, leaving only the leaves
above ground. It is the freezing
iof the stems- that winter-kills!
' them.
i
In some seations, farmens'in
stitutes will be held •lurinß this
j month. The institutes should be j
(more largely attended l*y our!
j farmers than they have been in |
I the past. Our Northern and
Western farmers attead the
farmers' institutes and take far
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40 Years in Business.
The same people in a New and more
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largest line of drugs and
medicine in the city.
Come to see us when
you come to
Winston.
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WINSTON-SALEM. N. C.
oct!6tf
THE FOLLIN COMP'Y
INSURANCE |
WINSTON-SALEM, - - N. C.
, more interest in them than we
do. The State Department of
I Agriculture, or the colleges send
, ing out these institute parties go
;to great expense in sending out
lecturers to these meetings.
They have messages of helpful
rvess for the farmers and those
who do not attend are losing
thereby. —T. B. Parker, of the
State Dept. of Agriculture, in
Progressive Farmer.
Mr. 'I A. Mabe, of Danbur.v
Route 1, was in town on busi
ness Monday.
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