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r 4- lit. ? .i i - f I It rap. ; THE INDUSTRIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE PARAMOUNT TO ALL OTHER CONSIDERATIONS OF STATE POLICY,, Vol. 1. WINSTON, N. C, FEBRUARY 24, 1886. No. 3. . 1 ' ' " ftartrttlturat. THE SILO. Dr. Bcnbow Tells the Small Farmer How to Save Money. In 'my artic le of last week upon ensilagu I v i.sed to toll the plan and cost of the S lo. So I wil talk talk to tho man with a one acre .ot and one cow, with the usual old log stable of -this country I said that one acre .of good land will produce enough of corn for one cow for 3G5 days that 365 cubit feet of space is ample for its storage. One cubit loot per day is a good ! forage ration for a cow, and it will weigh 40 to 50 pounds per cubit foot, so that a stall should be 10 feet long, 5 feet wide and 8 feet high, ceiled up on the four sides with inch flooring tongued and grooved, nailed to. strong uprights which are well - supported, no floor needed as ti e clean ground is just as good as .anything to put ensilage upon. Now, the cost of such plank here, is $1.75 per hundred feet, and the size of the silo here spoken of will require about 300 feet of flooring plank or $5.25. : The studs I will suppose are on hand or builder can calculate for hi nisei f, and any farmer can put it up himself or hire a car penter, who will do it all in one'day. Now the silo for one cow with ca pacity to hold the product of one acre of rich land is constructed, at a total cost of less than $10.00. This estimate is based upon the idea of owner having an old barn or stable, if the whole is to be built new the roof and weather-boarding must be added in to the account. Now, with the silo built and corn raised, when it tassels out it is in its best state for making the best ensilage. I use old broken scythe-blades about 18 inches long to cut the corn down, lay it in piles straight and convenient for the wag on to come along to haul to the silo, where it is cut up into lengths about t tree-fourths inch and allowed to fall into silo, when it is spread or leveled every .day. It need not be hastily piled, would prefer to only eut every other day ; and if other business interferes no harm is done if only two day's work a week is done in filling, or if the man wants to do all the work himself let him cut and haul a good pile of corn to silo, then cut it into the silo, then repeat until the silo has been filled, then saw one inch plank to fit over the top of the cut up corn, making as tight a covering of it as you can, first laying two plank the other way to act as batting on a door which in sures the covering plank to sink down regularly and without open spaces 'between the planks. After all your corn is in and covering planks carefully placed, haul on stone, or wood or any other weight that is most convenient, of sufficient weight, to say 100 pounds per square foot of the surface. Now, if less than $10.00 will con struct in an old stable a silo of ca pacity to feed one cow twelve months, fjr two cows twenty-five per cent, more cost will double it ; for four four cows a still less additional to t will be required. Now, in conclus ion, I have made an error in the cal culation, which any good man can correct. I have lied, or, people who want the best of feed at a minimum cost are (uot up to the times.) I have a silo in one corner of my stable 33 feet long, 22 feet wide and 15 feet deep. The studs are of 2x12 and 10 feet long, and are placed 21 feet apart, ceiled with inch flooring. The studs are twice as large as would be used for general purposes ; the ceiling cost less than $35.00, and I have over two hundred and twenty five tons of ensilage in it, without one particle of damaged corn except hoar the top where the planks did not fit well, though there is not over three inches of damage even ontop. I have no floor, nature having furn ished a good one upon which I cut whej t straw to keep the green enrn oft the ground. . , IX W. C. BENBOW. ut Exchanges. Mr. Duncan Cameron, of-Stag-ville, produced latat year 700 bushels of corn with four mules, He used the Thomas Harrow and the Deer ing Cultivator, and u did not put a oe in it. The Pittsboro Record hears con flicting statements as to S the damage done to the wheat 'arid oats by the recent cold weather. Some far mers say that their grain crops are almost ruined, while others 'nay the wheat is hurt very little and oats not as much as many suppose. A farmer says that nearly all the diseases among cattle, are caused by letting them drink stagnant water. lie says that persons should in the spring and during the . sum mer, ditch off every pond in their pasture that1 contains standing water. Besides being a benefit to the health of their cattle it Helps to prevent diseases among people. Peoples' Press. Milk Houses. livery farmer should have some kind of milk house, and as they cannot afford to build one with all the modern con veniences, every one can at least put up a rough board shed 1 over some convenient spring, or near the well, and let the ' waste water run into it. ' This kind of a building, fitted with a good trough for the milk, etc., often answers very well, and at least is much better than no milk-house at all. Era. The quarries of brown stone or brown sand-stone in Anson county, near Wadesboro, are being very ex tensivcly worked, and are to be still further, developed. The stone is now shipped to Northern cities for fronts of building, and now At lanta firms will open new quarries near Wadesboro, the purpose being ,to supply Atlanta with stone which is said to be the best sand-stone in the United States. This stone is liberally used in the construction of the Governor's Mansion here, one of the most imposing buildings ot the kind in the State, and the effect is both rich and pleasing. Raleigh News. Mr. Chas. Hinton, of Wake, is a thinking, and therefore a progress ive and successful farmer. lie is the kind of young man of which our men of mark are made. His first experience in cultivating tobacco was during last season. He realized $220 from the yield of one acre cultivated and cured it without the aid of any expert. His success with corn on upland was equally gratify ing. He broke it deep and thor oughly in winter. When ready to plant he ran a deep furrow, dropped the corn and covered it with a Thom as Harrow, leaving the ground smooth. After the corn was well up he ran the harrow over it twice the last time when it was eight to ten inches high. Then with a two horse plow he ran close to the plants, breaking the ground twelve to four teen inches deep. The other work ing was thorough and as nearly level as practicable. He used no manure. Work on the large furniture factory to be erected near the depot was formally begun on Saturday. This is destined to be one of the most important enterprises which has ever engaged the attention of capitalists in Western North Caro lina. It is the utilization of our own material on our own soil and by our own labor. Now let some one else follow; with wagon and carriage works on corresponding scale. The new hotel on Battery Porter is going up apace. It is an object of great attraction, especially on Sunday afternoon, where crowds of visitors of all classes and conditions throng to it. It is now recognized how apt is its location for a great summer hotel ; and it will be built with such regards to comfort as to make it equally eligible as a winter je iort. The magnificent views from it will be there always, beautiful in their summer features, more striking perhaps in their winter character istics. Asheville Citizen. What can be done to improve our farming interests, is a question which immediately concerns all classes inasmuch as the property of 4 the country as a whole is dependent upon the success ot the farmers. A succcession of good crops brings general prosperity, while a succes sion of failures in crops produces depression and general stagnation in business affairs. This being the case how important it is1 to foster this gieat industry in every pos sible way. Much might be done by wise legislation to relieve the bur dens of the fanning class, but now-a-days legislation seems to be rather in the interest of money kings and monopolies. Instead of waiting, Micawber like,' for something to turn up, cannot the farmers go to work and turn ; something? How many communities in Moore county can boast of a Farmers'. Club, hav ing stated meetings for the discus sion of methods in preparation of soil, application of fertilizers, modes of culture, &c?. How many of our farmers are regular subscribers to a first-class agricultural journal ? A little money judiciously applied : in such literature would repay the farmers a hundred fold. ' What are the farmers of Moore, county doing to foster a bond of union and sym pathy between the members of their craft ? . If you cannot have a coun ty organization (if not, why not ?) you can form clubs by townships or neighborhoods ! and have stated meetings for the interchange, of your views and experiences; tell of your successes and failures, and thus create, a mutual bond of sympathy. The friction of mind will have a sharpening effect, and you will soon find you energies aroused and your spirit quickened to higher and nobler aspirations. Moore Gazette. A Safe Bulk. Never suspect a friend of doing you a wrong until the truth of it is as plain and as clear as the sun at noon on a cloud less day,' and then, yes even then, do not accuse or censure until you have heard from his own lips his version and explanation of the sup posed wrong. If you were ever a friend to him he is certainly enti tled to that much forbearai c ) and consideration. If this rule were practiced, many a misunderstand ing would be averted, and many a heart-ache spared. Wilson Mirror. jlcictuc and atUtstrij. It is estimated that nearly $100, 000,000 are invested in the newspa pers of this country. It is said that the fat from wild ducks not only makes leather plia ble but thoroughly waterproof. About $30,000 has been raised for the widow of the late Gen. Han cock. Twenty names have given $1,000 each. GOO tons of licorice has been received at Baltimore. It was brought over from Turkey in two Italian barks. Within the past few weeks over fifty vessels have arrived at New York loaded with Nova Scotia potatoes. Paper rails now being made at St. Petersburg have proved to be ex tremely durable, while they cost one-third less than those made of steel. The largest tree in Georgia almost rivals the giants of California forests. It is twenty feet in circumference at the ground, and its girth a short distance "above, is four feet greater. The great tree is 155 feet in height. The English language is spoken by 100,000,000 people, the French by 45,000,000 and the German by 60.000,000. i In spite of four famines in India in the last twenty .six years, which killed off millions of .the population, the number of inhabitants steadily increased as a whole. , Mainsprings s of watches break most frequently in the Fall of the year, and watch-makers are said to put in more hew, springs in two Fall months than - in all the rest of the year. . "' " . : ; ; . ; . A glass bedstead shas been made at a Birmingham (England) factory for a Calcutta millionaire. It is of solid glass, 'the; legs rails, etc., being richly c u . i The King' of 'Burmah also has one. ; A record of the mills erected last year in the South gives 150 as the number, Kentucky leading with 31 and Tennessee coming next with 24. These are followed by Virginia 24, Texas, 18, Georgia 17, and North Carolina 10. The Kentucky Legislature ha passed a bill prohibiting the salelol pistols and bowie knives. Let thu be followed by like legislation fron ,the other States and we shall .hart less murders. ; , Mr, Hazen, of Whitefield, Nj II., produced 1350 tons of corn: foddei ensilage last year at a cost of $399, which he considered equivalent to 150 tons of good hay. ;His 100 cow. gained from fifty to eighty pound of milk a day, on commencing to feed ensilage. A mass , of corn cobs completely and perfectly petrified has been found near Forsyth, Ga. The forma tion of the cobs and grains of corii adhering thereto were perfectly pre served in a petrified state. The outer surface was partially covered witl quartz firmly imbedded in the mass. The petrified matter is quite dense and more weighty' than ordinary stone. At the recent New York, do. show there was a magnificent St Bernard said to he valued at $10, 000. He was under three years o age, but weighed nearly two hun dred pounds and had won 100 prizes. Somebody has taken the pain? to figure out that the United State: produces enough lumber-each yeai to load l,428,5i81 railroad cars, each carrying 7,000 feet. It is. also said that this would make a train 8,500 long, or about one-third around the world! . ; ' Advices from Kansas state that within a radius of 100 miles of Dodge City 100,000 head of cat tle have .frozen to death, and that 100 human beings are known to have perished, and more than 100 have been missing since the begin ninir of the recent storm. , By the provisions of the Blair education bill, there would be dis tributed from the National Treasury for the first year, $7,000,000; second year, $10,000,000; third year, $15, 000,000; fjurth -year, $13,000,000; fifth year, $11,000,000; sixth year, $9,000,000 ; seventh year, $7,000,000 : and for the eighth year, $5,000,000. Brigham Young used to swin dle the United States Government by pre-empting land with a fou? roomed houso, built on runners. When this was hauled to the centre of a section of land, each. one of the four quarters would have a room on its quarter. Four would Bleep there one night, occupying a separate room. Soon afterwards the men appeared at the Land Office, proved their pre-emption, paid over $1.25 per acre, and then they would deed the land to Brigham Young. A man may be a very good man, and a very well meaning oue, and yet think quite differently from what we do. The longer we live, the more firmly are we convinced that it is only the fool who is opinionated. The wise man wants alL the light he can get, and is never ashamed to admit that he has found out that his opinion, was incorrect. Deliver us from the man who was never known to change his views. ;. Such men make stubborn jurymen, dis agreeable companions, u'gly men to deal with, and must be of that clas whom an inspired writer seems to except from the possibility, of get- jj ting aiong , amicaDiy . witn. wnen ne says, " If it be possible, live peaceably with all men." Farmers' Friend. Let us . figure a little. Take an ordinary cow that will give two and one-half gallons of milk; per. day, the average price of which will be twelve cents per gallon, and you have thirty t-ents per day or $9 per month.4 Take oft $1.50 per month for pasturage, which is a very high price for the pasture, and you have a net profit of $7.50 per month, or $22.50 for three months, which is better than' giving the calf the milk for four months and then soiling it for $10. Fanners Friend. . ' . . If speeehmaking did any good, we ought ' to be the happiest and most prosperous people . that ever lived. For meaningless platitudes and high-sounding rodomontade, we are willing to put our National Con-J ress against anything -on earth. But for good, solid, earnest work well, no matter, the average' Rep resentative never goes to Washing ton for any such purpose. Farmers. Frtend. A spiiterkirsEilwhy an esti mate by jnoans of actually weighing .t and then confining in a cage, ate four times its weight for breakfast, learly nine time its weight for din ner, thirteen times its weight for upper, finishing up with an ounce, ind at 8 p. m., when Ire was released, ran off in search of food. At this rate a man weighing 160 pounds would require the whole of a fat steer for breakfast, the dose repeated .vith the addition of a half-dozen vvell-fattened sheep for dinner, and two bullocks, eight sheep and four hogs for supper, and then, as a lunch efore going to his club banquet, he would indulge in about four barrels f fresh fish. Telegraphing to. and from a Moving Train. The enchanted aand of Thomas A. Edison yester lay gave to the world, round and perfect, another of his wonderful jlectric inventions, and from this time forward telegraphing to and from moving trains will be one of the regular conveniences of the pub lic. The Edison system was ap plied to a train on the Staten Island Railroad, and for an hour, message ifter message leaped through the air frtm the roof of a car moving at the rate of twenty -five miles an hour to the regular telegraph Tuires over a hundred feet away. The answers leaped from the wires down to the roof and were ticked out on ah instrument in the presence of a distinguished company of rail road men and: electricians. Mes sages were sent home, stock quo tations were received and orders to arrest imaginary fleeting criminals. In short the exhibition was a big success. , This is one of the curious things floating about: Take a piece of paper, and upon it put in figures your age in years, dropping months weeks and days. Multiply it by two ; then add to the result obtained the figures 3768 ; add two, and then, divide by two. Subtract from' the result obtained the number of your years on earth, and see if you do not obtain figures that you are not likely to forget. : . V,' Mr. Earnest Walker, in Gard ner's Monthly, says that tobacco stalks and stems, uned as fertilizers for fruit trees and potatoes, will destroy the borer, and that they possess great value as a mulch as well as a fertilizer. They are said to increase the yield of potatoes largely and to v produce a .better quality than stable'manure. J '4 '
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