Saturday, January 27, 1917 TN I Right Now- is the time to plant yowr Piper-1 shell Pecan Trees. Big-32-page booklet on "How to Grow, Where to grow, and the Profit in Papershell Pecan Trees" free for the asking.. Sent yoir by. return mail, ' IE. BASS & SONS PECAN COMPANY LUMBERTON, MISS. the INDIAN A SILO Kty - t&ousand we now in use on- the finest farm ta America. If you are going to buy a silo this satisfactory service ren dered everywherc-rslundd be of special interest to youv The cost of all materials is advancing, lite the price ; of wheat and corn. Why not save money By for your silo SOME VALUABLE .RESULTS " WITH PECANS North Carolina Experiment Station ... Report on a Variety Test Extend ing Over a Period of Nine Years THE -fall of 1915. eicht year from setting, a report was made on the first commercial-crop pro duceTr in orchards under experimen tal tests, irees of three varieties! produced a few nuts three years after planting; the fourth year there were nuts on several varieties ; the fifth year several trees bore a pound of nuts each, some 14 pounds, and one tree bore 2l2 pounds; the sixth year a late spring frost caught the new growth jtfst as it was putting out, and there was no crop; the seventh year there were 50 pounds o nuts gathered front 300 trees ; the eighth year the crop was 830 pounds. j 1The nuts were divided into two grades, according to size and filling quality ; a 40-cent grade included Stu art, Schley, Van Deman. and Money maker, and a 30-cent grade was made -op of smaller varieties. In spite of the: market being full of low-priced nuts, these, high-class varieties . sold very readily at 40 cents a pound. :The 1915 crop was so much larger than any preceding one that it was expected that the trees would hot bear many the fallowing year. How ever,, most of the trees set a goodly crop- of nuts in 1916. -A Number of Varieties Worthless A FTER making up the records in 1915, it was found that a number of varieties were worthless for com mercial purposes, and they were top worked, with the exception of one or two trees of each variety as a record. The: following varieties were found to be too small iri size in this section for commercial purposes ": Louisiana Del zell, Senator, Teche, Dewey, and At lanta. The Frotscker, Nelson, Mag num; and Rome, under its many syno nyms, Pride of the Coast, Twentieth Century and Columbian varieties, contracting sow. It undoubtedly will test you mora next sprint or summer. Let us send you our proposition to con- I though producing nuts of large" size, were found to be very deficient in fill ing out. Georgia Giant proved to be so susceptible to scab that it was utterly worthless. Centennial proved to be such a shy bearer that while it produced a good nut it was practically tract now for your, silo and deliver it later, We still have openings for a limit ed number oi farmer agents. -INDIANA SILO CO. 670 Tnion Building:; ANDERSON, INDIANA. 0 Exchange Building:, KANSAS CTTT, MO 70 Indiana Building:. DOES MOINES. IOWA. wu livestock Er. Bidg., ET wobth, TEX. 1 of no value as a variety. Some Results Obtained Wilowi, l pair fun vf f blankets, f lull site SIP' ""terpane retail Talue fll'p ? GETATEATHERRfll 1 40.1b. bed, 1 6-lb. pair SAV E Ji$LMJ Itedoced to KO 09 v 25-lb. bed $5.50; 30-lb. bcd6.25i38-lb bd$7.26; l? lb.bed8. 6-lb. Hlow Pit, Mew leather!, ' , V : nest ticking. Mail money S ANITA RY BIODIItQ CO.,D. SO&ClmrMtli.C, jr virile Basteria, bred under adverse conditions, that la guaranteed, ts In oculate your soy bean ctoverr, vetohv alfalfa, peas- and all legumes. 8mi tor our book. It tens how Jacob Mc Queen mads a garden, ef Ohio clay hills and" it tens you how to do it. cQueen B"erla Co,. Box 268. Baltic, Ohio. COLLEGE MEN NOTICE ! Planters' Friend One-Horse Corn Drill plants com aa perfectly as the larger, more machines. Drops seed in plain view of one Runner cots furrows at any depth desired: drops regularly to bottom of furrow. Knocker prevents choking or stick ing. Concarc or split wheel . covers the rows to any even depth. Regularly furnished with medium and large plates; a special plates and double' disc openers supplied when wanted. expensve rator. seed THOUGH the top-working o these inferior varieties reduced the fruit ing trees of 1916 by 25 per cent, the crop for the season was 695 pounds as compared with 830 pounds for the previous year. In 1916 one Stuart tree produced 20 pounds of - nuts, another of the same variety produced 18, and a Schley produced 15 pounds. The average for the whole orchard, con sisting of 160 bearing trees in 1916V was 4 pounds .and 5 ouncesr-or aiJ average of about $1.50 per tree. In 1915 the average of 207 trees was- 4 pounds per tree. It can be seen, therefore, that in spite of the large yield of the 1915. season, the average production oerstree was higher in 1916V Some of the trees produced $5 worth of nuts, and the crop of a few other trees ap proached closely to $8 in value. The Schley and the Stuart varieties were found to be the most desirable sorts for all purposes.. Both of these a m J Sk mm Our annual "Reference Special" for 1917 will be issued February 1'in, YOU Will hp euro frk tironf I j J -r --. proauccu goou-sizcu ' nuts iuai re extra copies for your classmen. wll filled with meat, and they are re- OrrW commended for planting anywhere in Wer yours .now as only. ad, the Coastal Plain section of the vance orders will be filled, state, where the soil is well drained Sincle pn: ci. i" jiL' and well tilled, so that it will produce ngle copies 5c; lots of fifty, good corn afld. cotton. It was noted k 5 lots of one hundred 2c per through the tests that the trees on copy, I wen arainea iana proaucea Detter re sults than, where they were not on Sending.- j l well drained . spots - . , Jjjcperiments on the f ledmont bub station show that no .varieties of CSSlVCFsrniCr Southern origin are suitable for the section . ix is possiDie tnat some Northern varieties may prove suit able,, but further trials are. necessary r n r1finttp Haraj-LMnrtK. Carolina Our advertiser, are n.n.V; Fxnpriment Station. " - nil ier Planter is popular in all sections where corn and cotton ate raised and where one-horse planters are preferred. Does a good job of planting in any soiL Runner opens furrow and sweeps the surface be tore seed is deposited. . tUades cover the seed evenly,, and press wheel packs the earth firmly. Agitators prevent seed banking do not break at txxuik the seed. Ask Spur Mdine dealer about these handy planters, , or write us for Illustrated literature. MOLINE PLOW COMPANY, Moiine, m. Dept& . The Moiine Line Includes Corn Planters. Cotton Planters, Cultivator, Com Binders, Grain Bind ers. Graia'Dcills, Harrows, Hay Loaders, Hay Rakes, Lime Sowers, Listers, Manure Spremkers, Mowers, Plows (chilled and steely, Reapers, Scales,, Seeders. Stalk Cutters, Tractors, Farm Trucks, Vehicles, Wagons. ; Unlock Stored Fertility fertilizsr problem bothering you ? 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