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V iTA.- Title Registered In U. S. Patent Office.) Vol. XXIII. No. 39 RALEIGH, N. C, NOVEMBER S, 1908 Weekly: $1 a Year. WHAT YOU WILL FIND IN THIS WEEK'S PAPER. Best Kind of Hen-House, H. B. Gee. ....... 14 Boll Weevil to Force Diversified Agriculture . . 8 Children's Lnnch Basket, Aunt Mary , ....... 6 Cotton Crop Reports From Every State ... . . . 2 Cotton Prices and Cotton Profits ... . . ... . 8 Cream Separators Pay, H. M. Baines , ... . ... 10 Don't Fatten Hogs or Corn Alone. ... . . . ... 11 How to Press Trousers, Mrs. P. C. Reade. . . . 7 Plant Corn Thicker, "VWF. Massey. . .... . . . . 9 plant Fruit Trees at Once, W. F. Massey. . . . 15 Preparing for Winter on Stock Farm, A. L. French .......... .... ... . . .".. :. '. . . . . . . 10 Reply to Mr. Alford, W. L. Harrell .... . . . . V. 5 Rural Letter Carriers. ... .... . . . . . . . ... . . . 13 Share Rents for All Crops, Knarf Drow. . . ... 3 South Carolina Farmers Meet ....... .' . . . ... 5 Ten Cents for Cotton, S. H. Hobbs. . . . . . '. . . . 12 Value of Cottonseed, W. F. Massey. . . . . . ; 9 Veterinary Questions Answered, Dr. J. C. Rob erts 11 What Do Your Stumps Cost You? . . . 8 Work for November, W. F. Massey 9 Random Comments on This Week's Features. It seems to us : that this week's paper is abolit up to the standard. Our cotton crop reports, of course, constitute a notable feature, but there are other articles of no less practical value. The article suggesting share rents for all crops is especially timely and ought to be seriously con sidered by all landlords and tenants before mak ing 1909 contracts. There is no doubt but that bur present renting system is largely responsible both for the ione-crop system and for the waste of our lands two of the greatest evils of Southern agriculture. Our correspondent strikes the key note when he declares that "a land-owner who is to receive d share of what the land produces will always look more carefully after the working of it," and this fact alone is almost enough to dem onstrate the superiority of the share system. -If your water supply is not what it ought to be, an article on page 7 may get you to thinking of something better. The time and labor that has been needlessly spent in the Southern States on account of water supplies badly planned, or not planned at all, would dig the Panama Canal -and the burden of it in large and shameful measure has fallen on our country women. On page fl there is also some good counsel about gardening, which should be read in connection with Mr. Dur ban's article last week. Mr. French is right in urging more light in the stables, but the best thing in his letter this week is his advice about clearing up and draining the wet spots on your land this winter. In most cases these places are full of humus and richness soil wealth washed down from many other acres and it would be cheaper to spend $50 an acre getting one of these lands into shape for cultivation rath er than till a worn-out hillside for nothing. Talk this over with your boys. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF AGRICULTURE " . - ------- By Dr. Seainan A. Knapp, in marge of Co-operative Demon strut on Work, U. 8. D. partment of Agriculture. I. ''; m Prepare a deep am thoroughly pulver ized seed bed, well drained ; break in the fall to the depth of 8,1 0 or 1 2 inches, ac cording to the soil, with implements that will not bring the subsoil to the surface ; (the foregoing depths should be reached gradually.) ; ,-. ii. Use seed of the best variety, intelligently t selected and carefully stored. ill; In cultivated crops, give the rows and the plants in the rows a space suited to the plant, the soil and the climate. iv. . J Use intensive tillage during the growing period of the crops. v. Secure a high content of humus in the soil by the use of legumes, barnyard ma nure, farm refuse, and commercial fertil izers. -ii.,V.-v - ',--':- V- :. , .; VI. - " Carry out a systematic crop rotation with a winter cover crop on Southern farms. ." VII. Accomplish more work in a day by using more horse power and better Implements. i' - r i VIII.: Increase the farm stock to the extent of . - i .i. i " - utilizing all the waste products and idle lands of the farm. v IX. i -Produce all the food required for the men and animals on the farm. Keep an account of each farm product, in order to know from which the gain or loss arises. An article giving Dr. Knapp's ideas on deep plowingit greater length will be given in next week's f'rogressive Partner ) tests reported on page 11. It was proved in these tests that the cost per pound of meat from differ ent ways of feeding was as follows: Corn alone 7.63c. Two-thirds corn, one-third cottonsed meal 5.75c. Ninetenths. corn, one-tenth tankage. .... 5.18c. Half corn and half peas. ....... ... . . . . . 5.11c. The only question is, Do you want to raise meat at five cents or seven cents ? "-;..... & At the breakfast table to-day we heard of sick chickens in the poultry yard, and the only way to avoid increasing trouble as cold weather comes on now, is to house the fowls in houses warm and at the same time properly ventilated. Mr. Geer tells this week of his friend whose Black Minorcas were dying off, and how the remedy was found in a properly constructed hen-house. You may need the same advice. . & ' And lastly, about planting trees: Professor Massey 's letter on page 15 on this subject is as full of good points as a pin-cushion. Read it and then hurry up with new stock for your orchard. There is no time to be lost. , And now that hog fattening time is her, uon t overlook those notable Alabama Station it must be had? I Is there a supply of fuel on hand, or is thrt danger of bad weather catching the household without fuel andlittle chance of getting It when Coming Next Week. Deep plowing and subsoiling these questions will be handled in two articles in our next issue, one a review of a new bulletin just issued by the National Department of Agriculture, the other an interesting record of personal experience by Mr. W. C. Crook telling how he increased his crops by deep plowing. , "How I Make Pin Money on the Farm" is a let ter by a wide-awake woman reader on a subject of exceeding interest to all country women. A valuable article on "How to Plan and Plant a Yard' will also appeal to all who wish beautiful homes. - "Get Some Live Stock and So Make Profits Twelve Months in the Year" this is the title of Mr. French's next letter telling how Southern farmers may make as much money as Western farmers; and another short article jabs . "Mr. Scrub Stock Farmer" with some points and prongs of such sharpness as to insure his waking up if he reads it. Following up our review of the Alabama Sta tion bulletin on how to make cheap porkr another article next week will outline a succession of crops that will make- JHog Feed for Twelve Months." Uncle Jo will tellhow'to get the poultry houses ready for winterf'and Mr. Jeffreys will write on th poultry exhibits at the Charlotte and Salis bury Fairs. "How to Plant a Tree" is an instructive paper that will admirably supplement Professor Mas sey's orchard planting instructions this week. i 1 v ! i ; -l : V
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