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(19) 257 - I 1 rnr Country Homes smallest cottages. - - - Thev orovide good, steady, even ua fa every room; great convenience nd keened housework. The gas has twelve and one-half times . the illuminating value of eagas aad Sis less than coal gas or eleftncitT. , ir:iv nlanta fiCCUOV little """-- ' ' space; very simple in conAruC tion; easy to operate; require little attention; satisfactory "SeT vice guaranteed. - r" , Write for illustrated booklet Mdm Uehtintvf Country ALEXANDER MILBURN CO. 1420-26 W. BiltinoreSL,BAir:C, E3. i s Z&WJ2 bctef bleb. bottom line wire It standard twisted barb wire woren la irie hotrs will not root wider. Whet t inOux nut it bottom ub and down' wirer spaced 6 inches apifC-locked with a never-slip tie. Made of open hearth steel sprinr wire rarvanlzed. Two lines toil) wire ofer woren fence makes a dandy fewe lot Bogs, Cattle, Hcrses, Sr.::?, Its, Two trades, medium and heavy. Price. 16cindl3c per rod for 26 and 32 inch Medium Hn Fence, and 19Xcand21&cpcr rod for the heavy.. ; . - -,f r A fences 40 x W rod hoi latencies SZO bU hi 10 M 26 lncn Mfl r i, .v. - weight fence. Write for enrf large FREE CATALOG describint and Ulta balnf all kinds of FENCE and farm tup plies, Send for your FREB copy today. THE SPOTLESS COHP.Jf 278 Shocks Lane. ' 5 Richmond, Virginia " ,.7iO - ile (Made Gey) farm Urain ii Sewer and Well PipsH CULVERTS for Road Wcrk: 70 North Carolint COuntits use; Pomona Terra-Cotta Ctilycrtx. :r- Write for prices and our fre pamphlet ' on Tile Drainage. . Tells How and Why, JonaJerraoitaCb., Pomona, N. C FARM DRAIN tlLE Sow dMe pJacJ Mke 4t yeM the best Value I&creiiPit m ft ... Nf . T" AU(t DaVe new intra.. I- - .ti lt hno r!,f drain tile. ..rr".ucr nvesrea in sjjvtTiiBflf nas eiven me better rettimi thnri. i; iT.r " naa coat m Irora W pcpacre. and hasmada entydoUar land worth slrty." '. yry ic5a ui??-001- So' direct.- Prices livered i,H,n.rit0 for literature) tzd de- Lvered prices; Clut Sewer Pipl& Fire -CrfckCtC: Chttanoo!:.M,,f',,WM'-W See if ybu have any-let tBecHld tea hunt for "; Scxsp trca. Metal. Huttcr, ua0s, Danolna, Curing : nonPVUpi)5tthermii0-iiiU tra ddayahSi"9' Check J A lire i Dlncnt " received . ft Kcftrtncw , a w . v' --.J. v. FricI , . OF : - Engines , THrcchcra SawMffls DeMribina" oaf entire line sent free upon re ; tnest. .Write for a copy today. - - TIISESIENG SAW MILLING V:f. SXOFILL! - 4 corji shilling box m P ECENTLY " the best" crowd that - hns a:;ei5Isd I:i Siintcr County since the; first cottoa coafefence last " ' - fall cet.-irt - the I . . courthouse to lis .ctiss ecoaoniy and , fertilizers. --The first speaker. ' was ' the- : President of the South Caro ilina -Farmers Un ion, on some pha" ses -"-.of - economy. He "did not touch - ?A23 i - : tjponp e r s o n a 1 economy at all stating hat he -regarded that as a matter that needed Tery little" discussion." His remarks were confined to the problems of eco nomical home' and farm. management, which he -divided into four parts The garden,-, the poultry, yard, the barn lyardTand the farm, toolv These fenir general divisions, .with-some subdi visions teing all that could be covert ed in a popular speech ' 'i . The suggestions-about uniformity of - farm tools ; and implements not only for one farm but for a neighbor hood and even a county-and right pitching of cTopsrseem to have been he most striking things , said" on economy, maging by comments - of the newspaper reporters The discus sions on fertilizers revolved around more - nome-maae manures, ana : a diversity of crops y leading to -stock raising. - Most people when the subject of economy is mentioned immediately think of personal expenses, i am of the -opinion that our personal ' ex travagancV is' a -bagatelle compared with the losses from failure to plan f the . historv: of the siatehav'e .'So uut woi k , i ljjiii. - vi nc xmpOTiancc or,; many farmers assembled on' tne same the garden, the poultry yard; the pig day to discuss Agriculture as gather gery and.:the dairy; wei cmphasfeedTed - Sa as sources of support . for the family, county courthouses of South Xaro and ol income;froniUhe;sale :0f the lina under: the oroctamatioaVof hU surplus of these, products. And noC Excellency, Gov. Manning. Him family can be; economically fed: or; self k farmer; who ' wruncr: success ied on themost nutritious diet; that :fr6m- a poor v soil $ by ' economy- and depends;for-a large-part of the year!- thrift in the7 davs from 1880 to 1900 on tin cans and paper bags for its" when: the South was many times 3x iicr ii lovinr7 nplIE FRICK-STEAM TRACTOR a farm tool of universi - usefulness. It gives steady power that is adequate for all occasions; It dsrelobs more than its rated horse-power. - You will not find that the Fnck. "lacks the power to run that new machine." The Frick is a center crank. Independent mounted engine with all gearing cn HAYPACKCiG PLOWING ; HAULLNa puux;asTur.ips T tOVINC BUILDINGS H STEAM for COOKING FEED BUTCHERING 1 HEATING - - r Thiitncwf wUlproveta bia mooey-niikef on jrour farm. Write today for price sutdfofl THE FIUCK COMPANY :SA11SLURYN.C. racisry and t2in C.T.ce, Vyaesboro, rw s ! 1111 " J . y;.SJjy. y .-630 .d3y . : Dy'KiPJT nre(fnactorirlce, freight paid iSi 255?S!Sr' f?EC!AL i'i Don't buy rod of fence t you know Brown' - hit quality and snonty-utlng mm i. BARGAIfi PSXICES-ll cants ner Rod ua ttylea for W. alieep, boma, cattle, poultry, rabbjta, etc fEXCES SSI BTt Che nwdtorae oorftbie. . tabi, iartatn prtta ni&mpet tf Bmm f nce. ;iSSC3. DUT fwnif, CliT ) : food supply. A resume of the reasons for grow ing the same type of poultry; hogs, cattle.ahd field crops in a given corn- poorer than it is today, Gov. Man ning knows from experience- what we can do'if we go, at it "right. ' It was a happy thought of his that call ed the farmers and their wives to munity. was a feature of this meeting meet-in consultation on this Subject. to "which was added the economy of owning and using the same kinds of farm . tools.-' - ;. 5. v-,r One reason why sor many improved implements are rotting' and rusting. E.W.D. A Warchonsc Open a Half Day Esdi Wcet Helps Jhis Iced .. ;: out in the weather on so many farms PHE Swannanoa Farmers Union or is that the repair partsare so" ex- l-ganized something .over two years pensive fand:hard;to get. vVVe could .' ago with-seven or eight members. Af save a- larger sunt : than : 6uritate,i. tcrjwe. organized we made a.few small county and school taxes each.year if orders for groceries -and fertilizers ve had uniformity of farm imple-- but found the distributing rather ments -by .neighborhoods and coun- bothers one. .: We decided to try a tics. I v( ? ' J: : : ' , small' stock: company as we could get. -v '''- '"'?-.: " ;i the. use of a. room for the first year Over, cropping is another fearful free and order in. a small lot of gro- sburce'of loss; or, one-sided farming certes, such as we mostly usea, ana )sTirt . T Fihlsked Icrr.tu fclwsrs Cell j 1 1 up get ' Vthat sure money yourselves. Use the; Hustler Plsncr "JUatc!::r I .. . .. . j tat fieortnff. eilltif . Weather - '-aaakes xaoney quickly. Writ today tor akenlaf tad pslCM. . v .'.'',,':.? -' - r CALEU iriON VORKG f , WlnstoarSalem, N C, and Colombia, S 0. - - - - Address nearest point . . : " Fern. P!try,'Liw Foce, u . w ifTiM. n.iA fruL. . a k. 4nnv hoi v.vn( wrai an" elate IVtCTO&T jwlces. Bert ejieltty Opea Heertli Steal ' iueeble OelvMilced). lfoney Kk if sot aetleaed. Oar cet- . eiefveef fence eente will htp y te eay rliht. It't FRSK. TICElirEriCECO (B Hi Clsitnillg, Teca. year aga if times' are dull. and. .bust-) ness generally poor. We now pay a'; riian that lives near the house 5 per, cent on his sales to go in at any time he is called on through the day and that requires two or three times the ;open:for the benefit of our members;: get goods for .any one who .wants;, normal supply of labor at: certain on Saturday evenings. We only had them, members or outsiders. We get , periods :and then nothing to do at $140 in cash to start with. ' We only -TOtc a little of the outside cash trade others. One-sided farming is respon-" bought and sold for cash. This seem- also. The stock has made about a 40: sible for bfllibnr of dollars loss in theed to suit, the convenience of our P" cent profit since -.we started tht cotton ; crop each year from low grade cotton that is low because of too much cotton to pick for the. labor available.' ; ' ' . ' Drs. Dwight and-fiaker made most groceries mmbm and a few outsiders. We warenousc ousmess eignxcen momns . only charged about 10 per cent profit ago. How is this for cooperation? Is to our members to pay. expenses: : it helping w Brother Farmers "or isfc in tr, finri out how it chanty? If we help a man to save much cheaper they, could get their Va, dollar, is itaot as good as to give groceries in the Union than out of it, : Ilx2? ione? " ' ". ' ' ; x- ' lncgrcaiesi secret in .oar success A tn-o. en'tli mpmhershio becan - to CTO W . ihg manure Mr, G L. Cutlin on lack' till now 'we have about 42. members ;.: W the little expensewe have, had in of thrift f .iie Bcall on diversified paid up and about $700 cash capital, rent and handfing our business. yte ..u .tfn 0ri Jav banrlta nbotit Srl.000 dollars The one-half day per week has. only I. II ill ill " I 1111 W IJUUl aUk LLUll XUWa Uliu av " -r-y a e Mr.--W.--E. Kolb on practical farm worth of .groceries, . about one-half cecn TOsung usaooui cenxs per management; and Mr..Duntar on the that is consumed in the settlement; .one-halfway, and our roory lit state warehouse system' of handling : also , about .480 sacks of fertilizers t!. . ; . U i'AiiW, , cotton. - .r . : costing about $700. . V . . .Swannanoa. N.G, V; - - The closest attention of .the many. We have saved for the community ' ' ' farmers who sat through more than within two miles of this place nearly Editorial;. Coomentr-These mem two hours of plain talks on these im- $1,000, and nearly all the fanners have bers have' indeed '.avoided the xnis portant farm topics was a good sign joined the Union. On the 430 sacks of takes whhh, hundreds of similar or for the future of fanning in this fertilizers wc saved about 55 cents ganizations have made. If they had ; county. ; ' V - ' each, $272 ; 560 sacks cottonseed meal, .rented a building at considerable ex- , s. V . !' , , V 25 cents per sack, $140; 15 per cent on pense and hired a man for hiswhole From aH over the state'Xvelrcad of $4,000 worth of groceries, , time, they would probably have gone very timely '.discussion of economy Our business ris growing all the bankrupt. But by the haU-day-a-. and fertilizers. Probably never before time, it is twice as large as it was. one week plan they arc prospering.-
The Progressive Farmer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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