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HICKORY PRESS: SEPTEMBER 12, 1895. THE EXPERIMEXT STATION AT RALEIGH, OKTIl CAROLINA. Harvesting: ad Thrashing1 C'iv.as bf Machinery Iuarcl IVt of Mi le Trew Fo9(liufir i'nlTen fjue tkous and Kepliea. Aogant 1895. Thf EipTliiint -tatloa Bulletins. The standing" offer is made to send the bulletins of the station to all in the State who really desire to receive them. They are specially prepared to be er- iable as far as possible to the prac- d farmer. Thousands of farraew hare already taken advantage of thia offer. Unless you really want to be benefited please do not apply for them M we have none- to throw away. If jou desire to read them, write on pos tal card to Dr. II. B. Battle, Director Baleigh, N. C. 2IriraA 1 1 hit ud Thrashing- Cowptu t Machinery. The great need of southern planters la an efficient machine to gather and thresh cowpeas. This is now done by hand and at a cost too fcreat for them to'become very widely planted for both a renovating" and money crop. Corre spondents have called attention to thia matter, among- them being' Judge Wal ter Clark of the North Carolina Supreme Court Bench, and Prof. W. F. Mas&ej- of the North Carolina Experiment Station. Four parties responded, and all were invited to send a machine to be tested by the North Cnrolina Experiment Station. Only one of these, Mr. J. II. Gardner of Ualton, Ga., accepted the proposition, and his machine was tested "by l'rof. F. K. Kmery. Agriculturist of the North Carolina Experiment Station, first (in tiie farm of Mr. T. H. Parker, Goldsboro, N. C, and again on the farm of the Agricultural College at lialeigh. The machine is a. thresher' and not a harvester, arid only threshes the peas iroai tlui pods after they have been picked -by hand from thf vines. The machine is known as the '"Success Pea Thresher." At the first trial of 15 minutes :5 1 2 lbs. corresponding to 2.1 bushels per hour, were threshed and fairl3T well cleaned. This required one man to feed the" machine, while two turned the wheel. It was impossible for these two men to have continued with the same labor for more than half a day. At the second trial run for 44 minutes, the rate of 1.57 bushels per hour was secured. As compared with these results, three men were employed to whip out the peas by hand and to fan them clean also by hand. Occupied thus for 44- minutes, they secured the rate of 3.0 bushels per hour of tleaned peas. ThisJs more than double -the result from the Success Thresher in the second trial and nearly double from that in the tirst. The machine there fore cannot be recommended. What is needed is a serviceable Pea Harvester, that will gather the peas from the vines in the field, and not merely a pea thresher. There have come to light two such machines in the investigation of the North Carolina Ex periment. Station upon the subject. These however need improvement and with some ingenuity and capital might 1 be successfully placed on the market. Both of these are North Carolina inven tions. One of them (the "Eureka") pro poses to gather the crop from broad cast sowing, while the othej picks from rows. This last (the Savage Pea and Bean Harvester) was shown in a test (North Caroliua Experiment Sta tion Press Bulletin No. S3) to gather 76 per cent, of ail the peas when driven once over a row! with a second time, 8d.Sfi per cent, were gathered, which was about as efticient as hand work. A machine to gather peas from broad cast sowiuga however, is the one most needed, and if proven successful, and can be placed on the market cheaply, is bound to prove of great value both to the inventor and to farmers generally. Io-ct 1'eats of Mhd.tra. During the last few years there has arisen an ever increasing strain of com plaint against the insecta which have begun to ravage the shade-trees in southern cities and towns. The alarm ing damage arises partly from the un checked introduction and spread of foreign specie of insecta, but is chiefly owing to the mischievous English spar row, which is fast ejecting our native insectivorous birds, while itself prefer in; a different diet. Among the most destructive shade tree iusects may be enumerated the following: 1 Tkxt Caterpillar Cllsiocampa disstruu These worms form dome shaped nests in the crotches or among the branches of various trees, but more especially the oak and hickory. They also attack fruit trees. In some seasons, they de vour the foliage over large areas in swampy regions, and then migrate in such swarms as to stop passing trains. Remedies: Burn the nests out with a torch made by wrapping a ng satu rated with kerosene around the end of a suitable pole. They may also be readily poisoned by spraying infested trees with Paris green, I lb. to 15i) gal lons of water. 2 Fall Web-Worm Hyphantria tex tor. , The webs of this insect become most painfully conspicuous in the late sum mer and fall months. The worms usu ally web together several leaves and eat the soft tissue, leaving the large veins and ribs. As fast as they consume the enclosed leaves they extend the web around others. Remedies: The same as for the Tent Caterpillar. This worm feeds by pref erence upon the sycamore, poplar and white maple. It is also a pest in neg lected orchards. 3. The Elm-Beetle Galcrucn Xan th&inclcena. This insect is of foreign origin, only recently introduced and still chiefly found upon the European Elm. The worms are about K inch long yellowish with two black stripes on sides. Tb worms feed in swarms "upon the of the Elm, eating the green tn.uit-r-and leaving the ribs. They are moat troublesome in July and August. Remedies: Spray with Paris green. Gather up and destroy the pupa con cealed under trash, board, etc, under and near elm trees. 4. The Tussock Caterpillar Ory gfa fhirostlgnuL This worm is easily known by the four tufts of white hairs on its back re sembling the dauber of a shoe brush. This worm feeds upon the leaves f most shade and fruit trees, usually de vouring the wnole substance beginning1 at edge of leaf. It does not spin h web, but has a habit of suddenly dropping from the tree by a cable which it spios as it falls. It is most common on the maple, elm and fruit trees. Remedy: Same as for No. 3. The above described insects are only a few of the most destructive species known to exist in this state. Lovers of beautiful trees are requested to watch for the first appearance of these pents and promptly notify the Experiment Station, sending at the same time speci mens of the insects and the folisge they damage. Special remedies will be given such as each case requires. Bul letin No. 100, our common insects cm be had gratis by apn'ing- to Director H. B. Battle. Raleigh, N C. Some species of trees are more ix empt than others from insect attack. In setting out new trees these species should be given the prefereuee. Atuont such and well adapted to our climate may be named. Red .Mulberry, Tulip tree. Sweet and Sour Gums. - Sugvir Maple and Red "' Maple. Gerald Mc Carthy, Etomologist, Experiment Sta tion. AtlvtiiM-fd Monthly Snuiniry of Meteoro logical lii4rta or Nortft t'Hlo.ina, J. Ay lS'J.V The North Carolina S:ate 'Weather Service issues the following advanced summary of the weather for July 1 SVi, as compared with the corresponding month of previous years: Teiiiemturc. The mean temperature for the month was 75.- degrees, which is 2.6 degrees below the normal. The highest monthly me tn was s(J."J at Lum berton; the lowest monthly mean, 64.0 at Linville. The highest temperature was 99 degrees at Littleton, Tarboro, Rockingham, Saon and Salem on vari ous dates: lowest temperature, 43 on the 3d and 6th at Linville. The warm est July during the past 22 ears was in 1SS7, with mean of S0.3 degrees; the coldest, in 1891. mean 74.2. Precipitation. Average for the month, 5.25 inches, which is 0 19 inch below the normal. The greatest amount was 9.03 inches at Southport; least amount, 2.32 at Asheville. The wettest duly oc curred in 1SS9. average rainfall 7.73 inches: the driest in 18S3, average, 3.12. Wind. -Prevailing direction, south west, which is the normal direction for July. Average hourly velocitj-, 7.0 miles, llighest velocitj' 45 miles an hour from the southwest on the 24th at Kitty Hawk. 3icettJiv?. Thunderstorms occur red at one or more places in the state on every da3r except. 12th, 17th, 26th, 29th and 3 1st. But few reports of hail during the month. The month was on the whole very favorable to agriculture. North Cnrollna Weathrr. Darin? 1894. The North Carolina Experiment Sta tion has issued an attractively bound work entitled "North Carolina Weather during the year 1894." It embodies the results of meteorological and other ob servations of the state weather service during that year. The volume embra ces 258 pages and includes a carefully prepared index and table of contents. It describes the work of the state weather service and through its sev eral agencies, how it benefits the peo ple of the state. The agencies are, the meteorological observing stations, the signal display stations, and crop re porting systems. The latter distrib uted weekly the weather crop bulletin for twenty-six issues, the signal sta tions display flags to note the coming of cold wave and frost warnings and changes in the weather, while the ob serving stations furnished observations for securing a correct record of our climate and weather. Another branch of the service which will prove of value is the flood warning system, by which people living on the low grounds of certain rivers are warned of the ap proach oi floods. The number of places supplied by .weather forecasts is near ly 500. The crop correspondents re porting for the weekly weather crop bulletin numbered 350 from all of the 96 counties. The meteorological ob serving stations numbered 73 from all parts of state. The volume will be sent free to those who apply, provided they really desire to preserve such records and to learn of the operations of this division of the North Carolina Experiment Station. iMdtnf ( alfM. Two calves from grade Jersey heif ers were left on their dams until six and three days old respectively. The first day from dams, the calves were fed freshly drawn mother's milk with nothing in it. The second day . moth er's milk and & separated milk was fed, This proportion of mixing1 was continued five days. Ih. uone pound of fresh milk to four pounds of separa ted milk was fed five days. The third period of five days the calves drak six pounds each of separated milk twice daily with one ounce of ground oats stirred into each mess. During the fourth period of five days seven pounds of separated "milk with one ounce each of ground oats and wheat were consumed at each of two feeds by each calf. For the fifth pe riod of five days eight pounds of sepa rated milk with one ounce each of ground oats and wheat aa before, con atituted the feed per morning or even ing for each calf. From the beginning of thia feeding about a spoonful of lime water has been added to each feed. There wa no scouring' and both calves hav grown well. This is shown in the gains of over one pound for one ealf, and 1J4 oounds for the other calf per day. P. E. Emery. Agriculturist N. C Ex Aeld PbosphU of Different Urdi. If you will kindly answer the following ques tions you will (rrtatly oblige a number of farm er in this section : Take two sumpf s of acid phosphate : One inalyzes 12 percent, the other 14 percent. Commercially one 1 worth tl-00 more than the other. Kay that the dealer makes 81.00 differ ence In price; which ts the cheaper acid to the farmer? Some claim that there is an axcess of acid In mi'st mixtures ond that 13 per cent acid when bougnt to compound with other Ingre dients is no better than 10 per cent acid. Is this not erroneous ? Take a sample of fertilizer analyrln? a larre percentage of moisture. Does this indicate only t'as mechanical conditions? Suppose af ter a time the fertilizers dry out is there any loss in weight ! T. T. C. Laurinburg , N. C (Answered by H. B. Battle. Director, North Carolina Experiment Station.) On the aupposition that the It per cent acid phosphate is sold for 812.00 and the 13 per cent is sold for 513.00. there is no difference in the value of the purchase, considering the amounts paid. The matter of greater weight of bulky materials in the 12 per cent ar ticle as compared with the 13 per cent article makes the latter somewhat bet ter material to p-.jrchnse. but if the above prices are paid for materials de livered at the depot and only wagon hauling is to be considered, this dili'er once is but slight. Of course the 10 pe: cent article is better than any article of lower grade. The terms in percent age are confusing to most people, but if the meaning is kepr well before one, it is not apt to be misunderstood. Thir teen per c.-nt means 13 pounds of avail able phosphoric acid in every 100 pouuds of the goods; 10 per cent arti cle c mtains '0 pounds to every 100, and consequently is 3 pounds less than the 13 per cent article. A sample of . fertilizer containing a large percentage of moisture in drying will not lose any of the other materi als. The weight of the whole in bulk is less by the amount of drying but the original ingredient-; present in the 200 pound as first weighed will still be there, although there may not be but 1S5 pounds of the goods. But the anal ysis of the Fertilizer Control is gener ally made from samples taken after drying has taken place, and the de creased weight shows really a loss to the purchaser. Urai.de forlllay and ompratiTO Values of May. I have tried a number of Vinds ofirrasses and red and whiteclover but they ail the out in a short time extent Her ts irruss that seems specially adarpte! to this soil and spreads even where not sown. The land is swamp, the soil 12 to 30 inches deep and has a subsoil of clay. There is no marl within at least ten feet of the surface. Do you know of any other trrass that will trrow with the T.ed Top. and if so what? I have tried liming for the clover, but it did no good. Is there anything else? Whatisthe comparative value of the several grasses and clovers using timothy (hay) at fl.00 per 10U pounds as a basis? Also pive value of corn fodder and cultivated soiling corn drilled thickly and allowed to ripen. When will be the best time to sow This prass seed after my corn comes off. which will be in December! W. R. M.. Yeatsville. N. C. Answered by F. E. Emery. Agriculturist. North Carolina Experiment Station.) If the land is not too wet Timo thy should do well with the Red Top. Bromus inertnt may do well for you. Orchard grass is also one of our most vigorous species and may do well if the land is not too wet. Would recommend either Orchard grass or Brumu inennis (Ownless Beame Grass) or this mixture 1 bushel Red Top Agrofttls vulgair, I bushel Foul Meadow Grass, Poa serotlna 5 or 6 pounds Timothy seed and 4 to 0 pounds Perennial Red Clover. Prepare the ground as soon as possi ble after the corn can be moved off. Sow the seed and top dress with stable manure and 0Q or 300 pounds per acre of a good potassic manure or 500 to 1,000 pounds of wood ashes. This should secure a stand of grass if land does not overflow or is not too wet for the grasses named. Sow without oats. Grass does best without a nurse crop. From "Stewarts' Feeding Animals" a portion of a table is here adapted to show the relative values aa requested It shows that feeders of stock can do better than use all Timothy hay, and especially that some little valued for age plants are worth much more com paratively than Timothy. Same Stewarts Ratio value per Timothy lbOlo. ft 00 per I u lbs. Timothy hay t.2 Red Top Hay 2 tl-00 Timothy & Red Top.. .CO v" nearly Orchard grass hay 63 1.02 Johnson erass hay... .Tl 1.14 Crab rrass hay 70 1.13 nearly Oat hay (cut in milk) JC l-io Mixed hay. M Maize stover. 43 Maize fodder -M .xs Oat straw .47 .7? nearly "Wheat straw 41 .6 Cow-peavine ..... J 19 Clover hay .77 1.24 Hay containing much clover .71 1. 1 3 nearly The actual value consists more in what can be produced per acre than on the above comparisons of 100 pounds of each article. Maize fodder, and stover, cowpeavines, and Johnsons grass yield from two to four times as much as timothv hay averages. 4.t-ftnns sad RepHM The Station will be glad to extend ttr usefulness bv answering as far as po lible questions on agricultural topics ent by any one in North Carolina who may desire to ask for information. Ad dress all questions to the North Caro lina Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh, N. C. Replies will be written as early as possible by the member of the Station staff most competent to 00 o. and when, of general interest, they will also appear in these columns. The Btation desires in this way to enlaiir Its sphere of usefulness and render im mediate assistance t .practical farmers. Th Letr Local t Injuring Crop. I enclose some of the different sized prax hoppers I am troubled with. I think the have changed somewhat in color, petting darker at they pet larger. They have become so nam' out that they ara devouring truck of all kinds, but seem especially fond of melon vines. They also attack corn. Mas. S. M. B.. WUdwood, N. C Answered by Gerald McCarthy, Etomelo gist. . C. Experiment Station. The insects are the lesser Locust. Caloptenus atlantU. This is an indigen ous species which ranges .all through the Atlantic States from Maine to Mex ico. It is not generally very trouble some. Where it attacks truok the Ar senite powder made according to for mula No. 7. Bulletin 84 of this Station, will destroy it. Where it is abundant enough to damage field crops the only practicable remedy is the "hopper dozer" which must, however, be used by the combined farmers of a ne'ghbof hood. It will not pjv a single farmer n attempt tt. in- lnec win noi nor- - i'l : hi..-: HERE IS A TIP And It Comes Straight From Mrs. Carlisle, They Say. A special from Clarkesville, Tenn., dated Sept. 3, to the Louisville Times, says: "In a letter to a Southern Ken tucky friend, Mrs. Carlisle is reported to have said that the Administration will support Hardin for Governor, be cause Carlisle will be a presidential candidate and can not alTord to have his State go Republican. M Two I.lve Saved. Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City, 111. was told by her doctors she had Consumption and that there was no hope for her, but two bottles Dr. Kind's Tew Discovery completely cured her and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thomas Egers, Y.V.) Florida St. San Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold, approaching Consump tion, tried without result everything else then bought one bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is naturally thaukful. It is such results, of which these are samples, that prove the won derful eflcacy .of this medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottles at (). M. Koyster's Drug Stort and G. A. Norman's Drug Store. Large size 50c. and $1.00. o Again the Funny Tombstone. They have queer stonecutters down in Maine. Deacon Hackett lost his second wife lately, a scrawny and shrewish woman, whose loss was not an unmixed sorrow. Still the deacon decided to give her a monument. Be ing rather "near," he haggled with the village stonecutter as to the size of the slab, and finally chose a very nar row one at a bargain. The inscription was to be as follows: KARA If HACKETT. "Lord, She Wax Thine r But the stone was so narrow that there was no room for the last letter, so the stonecutter left it out, with this result: SARAH HACKETT. "Jsjrd, She Was Thin r Every where We Go We find some one who has been cured by Hood's Sarsanarilla. and reonl nn all hands are praising this great medi- cine ior wnat it lias done ror them and their friends. Taken in time Hood's Sarsaparilla prevents serious illness by keeping the blood pure and all the or gans in a healthy condition. It is tb great blood purifier. Hood's Pills become the favnri thartic with every one who tries them. 2oc. per box. Contempt Sure. A juror having appealed to a judge to be excused from serving on account of deafness, the judge said: "Could you hear my charge to the jury, sir?" "Yes, I heard your Honor's charge," said the juror, "but I couldn't make any sense out of it." He was excused. London Tit-Bits. to M YOUNG UE OFFER A REMEDY WHICH IHSURES SAFETY TO LIFE OF UOTIIER AHD CHILD. 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To help the Library, I prorio .4 follows: Whenever a tfentleuian U longing to the Library Asiatu. has his hair cut at my place and tia twenty-five cents, I will jrive hiia iicKer snowing mat 1 win pav the A sociation live cents, which heYai LhV to the Treasurer. At the end j.1. inontti the 1 reasurer can ' t the t Vk ets cashed by me. This oiler to .,; for tliree montns. H-tf H. C. Dkxxy. IWWr LIDDELL COMPANY, Charlotte, N. C. "We started by building c :t s presses that lead to the pulley . mi shafting to drivethem. Then we-u to making saw mills in the wir.: months. This demanded hcm. We made them, and other deiuai..! were created. Almost anything yea want in the machinery line can " I gotten from us. We have now !ar.--shops far the largest in the Mate, and among the largest in S.uti Write us for catalogue and price. Liddkll Company, Charlotte, 'C. Oyer 5,000 Cotton Pres. We have sold more cotton ire- than .any manufacturer in the I nit States. We make presses for hay. f ir yarn and warp, and for cloth made :t cotton mills. Cotton presses wi:h capacities from 10 to ") bales jer !aj. We furnish gins .and modern gin lu-i; equipments, engines, boilers. sawnji! pulleys and shafting and mill gearir.;. Send for catalogue and prices to Lii deli Company, Charlotte, '. C. The Eagle Cotton (jin. And elevator system of handl.T seed cotton. We represent them :c North Carolina, furnish f rom our factory the engine, boiler. pre. '- leys and shafting. Write us for cata logue and prices. Liddkll Company, Charlotte, . Boilers. We furnish bojlers of all ki;k C horse power to 150 horse power. A. so engines, saw mills, cotton irev. yarn and warp, cloth ami hay prevj pulleys and shafting, mi II. glaring. do repair work. Write for cataiur-' and prices to Liddell Company, lU' lotte, C. Engines. We have been building engirt J nearly 20 years. Our business -grown, from a small beginning an'! carried us into many branches of chinery. We do work for ami fu!Y: supplies for nearly every industry exists in the State ginneries, sa grist , in ills, oil mills, cotton Write for catalogue and price-. Liddkll Company, Charlotte, .w- Modern Gin Houses. Facilities for handling and gicag cotton at the Ieat cost, and vitn best results, (iin houses that can insured because the lire risk i red uced. Revol vi n g box J rerse. f presses, screw presses and hand - es. A full equipment for ginne r eluding engine and boiler, pul.ej , shafting, gins, elevator-. everything required inclndiug r We also build saw mills an! far complete equipment. I'u 'tT-.V shafting and mill gearing done. Write for cataloztie-to w" Company, Charlotte,-N. H. C. DENNY City Barber Shor mortd to Main Mr-t 1 " . CAK0LJi HICKORY", The best work and low e-t rrct Most handsome cowpar?!- superb equipments. Give hu Milk. Butter. EscZ llk. Butter. cscx- t, fish, water. juently loadrti f Fresh meat tables, a well of disease. If the sto::;a taiued in a healthy ufVii germs are" digetei and 3r from the svsteiu without J.O anv bad effect. Avers- r gives tone and strength i ljo &s tive organs, enables them to dutv. and imparts the vigr to tbe entire sybtem. LTU
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