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THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909.
GROWING ALFALFA
What North Carolina is Doing
With This Crop.
The growing cf alfalfa is in
creasing in North Carolina, as it
is in other portions of the South,
and it is proving a most satis
factory crop and paying well.
Mr, W. E. Benbow, of Guilford
county, whose farm is at Oak
Ridge, in the northwertern part
of the country, and between two
branches of the Winston-Salem
division of the Southern railway,
took up the growing of this crop
several years ago and has been
very successful in its handling.
In giving the details in connec
tion with the crop,« Mr. Benbow,
early in March, wrote The Field
that he considered it "a very
valuable forage crop. Three
years ago last August I seeded
three acres in alfalfa, using
twenty pounds of seed per acre.
I got a good stand and cut the
first crop the following spring
on the last day of April. I cut
five crops that year and five each
year since, making fifteen cut
tings in three years. The stand
is still good on most of this lot
and the prospect is fine for a
crop this spring. It has yielded
each year about tweaty-four
large two-horse loads of choice
hay. I think it pays me better
than anything else I ever raised.
There is no need of failure on
any well-drained land if properly
prepared and seeded. I sowed
twelve acres more last Septem
ber. Have a good stand. It is
now quite green and growing
nicely. I think fifty dollars per
acre net profit each year a very
conservative estimate of the
three acres I have cropped three
years."
This section of North Carolina
is in the Piedmont region, a fine
general farming section where
agriculture flourishes in practical
ly its branches. Tobacco is an
important crop, and all the staple
products are grown to advantage.
The average yield of wheat by
the leading farmers of Guilford
county for 1907 was given as
over 27 bushels to the acre. Good
farming properties can be pur
chased at from $lO to SSO per
acre. The growing season is
long, permitting from two to
three crops annually, and the
average mean temperature for
the year is a little under sixty
degrees. A system of fine mac
adam roads, embracing a hun
dred and sixty miles of high
wa> s, is now under construction
at a cost of $300,000. The coun
ty is traversed by the main line
of Southern Railway and several
of its branches, supplying trans
portation facilities to all sections.
Greensboro and High Point, two
of the great manufacturing cen
tres and business points of the
State, are in Guilford county,
and their rapid and substantial
growth have made it one of the
most populous and wealthiest
counties of North Carolina.
Work on the Southern.
The Southern railway is re
pairing the track between Salis
bury and Hickory. The track
was in a very poor condition the
early part of the summer but
owing to the heavy rainfall the
company decided to delay the
extensive repairs which include
a practical rebuilding of the track
until the weather changed.
The maintenance department!
put a large force of men at work
within the past two weeks and
the work is progressing rapidly.
The track will be entirely rebuilt
and an eighty pound rail laid the
entire length of the division be
►ween these two cities. New
ues are being put in as well and
a new ballast. The railway com
pany expects to make similar
improvements on different parts
of the system.
Aldrich and the Tariif.
I dreamed a dream —
Metliouglit it was a dream.
Although it may have been a scream.
Metliouglit I stood inside the gate
Of Paradise, a happy fate,
And watched St. Peter handling those
Who sought a final. sweet repose.
Among the others still outside
Was one of manner dignified,
Who when his turn had come approached
As though he had been fully coached.
"And who are you?" the saint inquired.
The applicant looked bored and tired.
"My name is Aldrich: I have been"
'Oh, yes, I know," the saint broke in;
"You are the gent who seems to think
A tariff can't be on the blink."
The statesmun stiffly bowed his head,
St. Peter softly smiled and said:
"We have a tariff up her* too
On all that we adinjt, as you
Believe in having, and we fix
A rate as in your politics,
With special interests well in sigTlt
So we may gf t our frieuds in right.
Now you, for instance —well now, say,
You're special in a different way,
And when we come to you we give
A rate that is prohibitive,
And as you can't land here, old man,
You've got to get in where you can."
Forthwith the saint the portal slammed,
And Aldrich murmured, "Well, I'm
damned!"
A deep, dark voice cried, "That's no
joke!"
So loud it was that I awoke.
—W. J. Lampton in the N. Y. World.
Catawba Crops.
The Raleigh News and Observ
er, in its summary of crop con
ditions throughout the State, has
this to say of conditions in Ca
tawba county:
"Crop conditions in Catawba
are about as follows, from best
information I can get: Wheat
and oats nearly all threshed.
The acreage of both is a little
above last year. Wheat estimat
ed from 75 per cent to 95 per
cent of general average; about
80 per cent will possibly be the
general average. Oats are re
ported to be almost an average
crop. Corn on low lands is a to
tal failure, as rains have been
frequent since May 19th. Up
land corn has a good stalk but
not earing so well. Estimates
vary from half crop to three
fourths. Will not average over
65 per cent, according to reports
sent in.
Cotton is growing: fine now,
but is very late. All reports say
off 20 per cent to 30 per cent
over last year. Some places it is
as low as half crop. Can't make
over 65 per cent to 70 Der cent un
der most favorable conditions.
More clover than usual has
been sown, and a fine yield for
spring crop.
Pea-vine hay is very promis
ing as it has been seasonable.
Fine prospects for sweet pota
toes; considering acreage, if
season continues, the yield will
be above average. No tobacco
raised in the county.
The Mint Julep at Oxford.
It is an interesting discovery
that the mint julep, supposedly
restricted to this country, is a
bibulous refreshment that is one
of the traditions at New College,
Oxford. Nearly a century ago a
student from one of the South
ern States introduced at a party
a liquid refreshment containing
the aromatic gt'een leaves. The
mint julep leapsd at once into
popularity among the undergrad
uates The young American died
before receiving his degree. , In
course of time the head master
received a letter from the young
American's solicitor stating that
his client in his will had be
queathed to New College a set of
beautiful silver loving cups, to
gether with a fund, providing
that on June 1 of each year,mint
jaleps should be served at a din
ner for all the dons and students.
The bequest was accepted and
the health of the donor is sol
emnly pledged in the fragrant
American beverage at each anni
versary.
WHAT IS WANTED.
The Needs of a County to
Make it More Prosperous.
The Lenoir News recently had
this sensible preachment about
Caldwell county, every word of
which applies with equal force
to Catawba:
Caldwell county has good cli
mate, good water, good lands,
fine scenery, and churches, good
schools, some good roads, many
good farmers, many profitable
manufactories, many industrcuF,
law-abiding and peace-loving
people,
Caldwell county wants better
schools, better roads, better
farmers and more of them, more
manufactories, more industrious
and law-abiding people.
Caldwell county needs to raise
more wheat, more corn, more
hay, more hogs,more cattle, more
sheep, more horses, more poul
try more bees, and to manufac
ture more of her lumber into the
finished products and not ship it
away in the rough.
Caldwell county needs to pro
tect her forests, kill more weeds
and less trees, kill more dogs and
buy less meat, kill more moths
and bugs (by spraying) and buy
less fruit, canned and otherwise.
Caldwell needs more people to
patronize home merchants, and
stop sending money away to the
big cities; more people to im
prove and beautify their homes
and make them attractive. More
people who see and appreciate
her many advantages, and peo
ple who will praise them and
talk them up, instead of people
who are grumblers and complain
ers, and who are always talking
about a better place somewhere
else.
If your county and town is not
what you want it to be, set
about to make it right by doing
your part well. Make your home
brighter, your life purer, your
work better. Make your farm,
your shop, your store, your fac
tory, or whatever position you
labor in, the best you possibly
can, use every effort to make
your county and town what you
think it should be, and then if
you fail, you may have some lit
tle excuse to complain, but not
until then. No man has a right
to comphain because certain
things do not suit him when he
has done nothing to make them
suit him. The croaker and corn
plainer is not a very desirable
citizen in any community. He
makes his own life and that of
his fellows unpleasant and does
little to make the world better
as he goes through it. Let every
citizen of this grand old county
take a look at himself and see if
he is doing his duty in its up
building and improvement and if
he is not, let him "get busy" in
his own little sphere of work and
do what he can to better condi
tions and in a short time the re
sults will be surprising.
"Cures" For Consumption.
With the present rapid growth
of the anti-tuberculosis move
ment the number of so-called
"cures" for consumption is be
ing increased almost daily. Hun
dreds of quack "doctors,"-"pro
fessors," and *'institutes" are
advertising that they can cure
consumption for small amounts,
with the result that thousands of
dupes are yearly cheated out of
their lives as well as their money.
Besides these, "cures" and med
icines of all sorts, numbering
now several hundred, are sold
for the deception of the public.
The National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tu
berculosis brands all these insti
tutes, doctors, professors, and
cures as frauds and deceptions.
The only cure for consumption is
fresh air, rest, and wholesome
food.
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