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;';A, THE NEW RURAL CREDITS LAW EXPLAINED Page 5 4 - .. .. - sgs? A Farm and Home Weekty for VV "lferG varolinasf Virginia; Georgia; aiKorida. cw------ FOUNDED 1886, AT RALEIGH, - .. . ..... .. . .. . .... . . ... ............ .... . V " . ... Vol. . XXXI. No. 29. SATURDAY, JULY 151916. SI a Year ; 5c. a Copy Plant MagnoliaIr , Mimosa, Live Oak and Pecan WE WERE saying recently mat aoutnern people on tneir iarms, on their church and school grounds, in town homes, and along Cliy Slice is, auuuiu uianc 11 a pumi iu piaiu uuuuhzj w uco and shrubs. ' Pecan trees might well be made the dominant feature, therefore, where shade trees are required. Then let us make provision for the crape myrtle, with the quiet, dreamy, long-lived beauty it offers so freely in our Southern summers, and also include specimens of the "K5? k1 ? 10 j 4yw v juOw-a ': r r m I WO Si .. Sr I'. .V.f, - - A LITTLE PICNIC IN THE COOL WOODS This should be done in the first place, because only in this .wayjcan the South utilize and proclaim its own distinctive, Heaven-given re sources of beauty in this particular. If we continue to plant the trees ana shrubs that the, North can grow as well or better than we canmanles noo- lars, elms, etc, -then travelers will find -nothing distinctive or especially easing about the appearance of our homes and grounds. . In the second place, we think that our Southern trees and shrubs, natives of a tmore genial and favorable clime, are really more beautiful than those origin ating in the colder North: Here are five trees we think should always be kept in trnnd in planting any grounds ' Crape Myrtle.- 2. Pecan. Magnolia. 4. Mimosa.' 5. Live Oak. fne pecan and live oak make superb snade trees, the pecan having the advan- ge of furnishing an abundant food crop' as won 00 ri, .... ... . WCU5U 5Iiaue at once a beautiful and an exceedingly useful tree. 4 DON'T FAIL TO READ- Make the Farm Family a Partnership . . . How to Borrow Money Through a Federal Farm Loan Association- . . . Cover Crops: Their Usefulness in Southern Ag riculture . . J . "Hardening Soy Bean and Peanut-fed Hogs . Come to Raleigh Next Month . . Organize a Local Farm Loan Aociation ; Second Applications of Fertilizers What, When, How . . . ... ... . Strengthen Country Churches, Pay Better Salaries and Get Resident Pastors . . Learning to Make Beds . . . . . . . She Went on a Visit to Mother Nature . Fodder Pulling Cuts Corn Yield 15 Per Cent 16 Southern Trees for Planting . . . . . .16 Get Ready Now to Pool Cotton Seed . . .19 fragrant mimosa and magnolia. The magnolia itself is a good shade tree when trimmed rather high, while its blossoms alone would justify planting it in any Southern yard, . Stui interested as we are m making the South "A Land of Plenty, a Land of Beauty, and a Land of Rural Comrade shipj' the second feature as well as the other two, ,we make this appeal again in behalf of our own distinctive and beauti ful Southern trees and shrubsnotably the crape myrtle, the magnolia, the mimo sa,; the pecan and the live oak. Look around among your neighborsrand also look around you when you go to town next, and develop an appreciation for these trees. They are now in the full glory of leaf and blossom and a normal person can hardly fail to notice and admire them any howr Then figure out with your wife and children just where these trees could be placed to good advantage in your own yard and grounds, adding to the charm and beauty of your home through indefi nite summers to come, and thenjcsolve to plant them without fail this fall." . 6 10 11 12 12 13 14 15 , i I . I ' ' 1 1 v 1 ; f I I IS K VA i ' , : ; ; UMr. i' 1 1 a m k Hi nut 4i I '. '51 , 1 mm : l ill I t m 1 1 -1 i 3..'! I' !!!' M . I 1:5 ; I ; li ; n 1 ! ! i ' I : u 1 mm i'ii t'l 9 ; l 1 ! Mr r i ! 1 1 i ' 1 t , t 1
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