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Title Registered in U. S. Patent Office.) Yol. XXIII. No. 22. . RALEIGH, N. C, JULY 9, 1908 Weekly : $1 a Year. KiWiiiaaaiiiK THE SORT OF WORK HORDES WESTERN FARMERS USE. lo As a part of our campaign for larger work horses on Southern farms, we are glad to present herewith a picture of an Iowa farmer's team. eady for the disc harrow." as he says. Wouldn't any farmer anywhere feel prouder and step faster to have a quartet of such splendid oking animals? ' . " WHAT YOU WILTi FIND IN THIS WEEK'S PAPER, r ' ' PagQ. Cotton Crop Condition June 25. ...... . . ... . 13 Does Red Clover Inoculate Alfalfa?.......-. 9 Fvuiucui oLttiiuus auu me Average rariu er, Prof. W. C. Welborn . . ............ . . 3 Fight Typhoid and Malaria This Summer . ... 7 Have You Tried the Weeder on Alfalfa?. .V 2 Handling Hay on a Stock Farm, A. L. French 11 How the Patrons Can Help the Rural Deliv- - ery Service, A.. B. Kiser 4 How to Save All the Manure, P. C. Henry. . 13 "ow to Raise and Keep Fall Potatoes, J, C. Murphy ... . . . . . ... . .... . . . . . . . '. Late Alfalfa Facts From Mississippi . . . . Our Ancestral Home: How We Should Think of Our Kin Across the Sea, Clarence H. Poe llt a CrOD Between Hlnver nnil Tnhnrrrk ' .-: Prepare for a Supply of Winter Vegetables.. 15 n-dise More Peas.vHay and Corn, G. C. Lewis. Praying for Tomato Rot. ................ Seed Potatoes for TTnll Plnntlrn ' ' Rummer Feeding of Little Chicks, H. B. Geer 14 Visit Breeders Before You Buy . ... . . . . . . . 2 watermelon Rind Preserves. ... ........ . . . 6 Own Work Stock. . . ...... 1 w"y Rotation of Crops is Needed . . . . . . 9 15 2 8 9 16 9 9 Why Southern Farmers Should Raise Their Own Work Stock. 1 We want our readers to think again over the interesting observations of Mr. Lutts, of Nor walk, Ohio, published two weeks ago. His entire letter contrasting farming conditions North and South is full of stimulating suggestions, but espe cially do we ask our readers to mark again his striking words about raising colts in the South: - The absence of horses and th e excessive num ber of mules in the South was another, noticeable feature to me and one which could not possibly accrue to the best interests of theufarmers of the South if -the conditions are anything like they are at the North. In making a comparison an ex aggerated statement sometimes serves to bring out a point that would otherwise be lost, and if the following is an exaggeration it makes a strong point in favor of the horse on the Southern farm: A fairly good pair of four-year-old mules is worth $500 and with good care they should be worth $500 at the end of five years. v A fairly good pair of four-year-old mares is worth $500, but at the end of five years these mares and their colts should have a cash value about as follows: One pair work mares, still worth. . . . . . $500.00 One pair four-year-old colts ... . .... . . ' 500.00 One pair three-year-old colts . ........ 300.00 One pair two-year-old colts . . . . . . . . . . 200.00 One pah one-year-old colts. ........... 100.0O Total value at end of five years. . .$1,000.00 This is not necessarily an argument for the ex clusion of mules, for mule colts may be substi tuted In the table above without material change in the figures, but it is a tremendously convincing argument in favor of raising work-stock on the farms of the South. Professor Massey states the case effectively on his page this week: - Mules are probably as good work animals as can "be had on the Southern farms, but keeping mules only means that they must be bought out . of the cotton crop, and there is no reason why the Southern farmer should not keep mares and raise his own mules. fj tj Sj
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