THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
Thursday, December 17, l908
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mil l Cri I The celebrated
WILL OLLL Culpepper Re-
' ,; improved Big
Boll Extra Prolific Cotton seed
for $1.00 a bushel until January
the 1st. These seed are all of
the latest selection. Write for
circular.
J. E. Culpepper,
Luthersville, Ga.
finrn and Pnttnn You can easily double your
OUIIIdUUbUUUII yield in 1909 by planting
Johnson's Improved Varieties of Tested Seed. Cabbage
plants, sweet potato plants, fruit trees, etc., at
w holesale prices. ' Write for catalog to-day.
L L JQXNSON SEED AND PLANT CO., LaGnnge, Ga.
Farmers Favorite.
Two hundred bushels carefully selected Seed
Corn of the above variety. One acre produced
this vemr. 68.8 bushel. It matures earlier
than seed grown in lower altitude, and this fact
adds to the yield. Orders filled f. o. b. Horse
SJioe, N. C, at $2.00 per bushel in the ear
Address A. CANNON.
Horse Shoe, N. .
GO.l.llSSION HOUSES, Etc.
. FOUHDI
One of the best Commission Houses for you to
ship yourlFurs, Hides. Poultry, Eggs and Sweet
Potatoes to. Write them today, they are
HEWITT & COMPANY,
10 EL Camden St,
BALTIMORE, Md.
Business Colleges
THAT WANT YOUR PATRONAGE.
CAPITAL STOCK, $30,000. '"
nilQ! M CQQ When you think of going1 to school,
DUOIIlUOO . write for Catalogue and Special Of
iiTs of the Leading Business and Shorthand Schools
Address J. H KINO. President King's Business College
Raleigh, N. C. . or Char 'otte, N. C
We also teach Bookkeeping:. Shorthand, Pemnanshir
rtn., by mail. Send for Home Study Circular.
LEARN TELEGRAPHY!
Great demand for operators. Best equipped
school In Central or Southern States. New
superior methods in practical work. Expert
i nstructors. Positions for all graduates. . j
Write for catalog. '
KENTUCKY SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY,
- , Owemboro, Ky.
Positions, Wants, Etc.
WANTED To Purchase timber from 500 acres
nnn i lu up Any one laying 8ame writet
and give full particulars, to
A. M. JFELL, Greenville, Pa.
WANTED.
" Responsible man with horse and buggy in
each community, salary $5.00 to $10.00 per day.
to take orders from owners of Farms, Orchards
and Home Gardens. A splendid opportunity
for farmers' sons, also fruit tree and sewing
machine agents, to make a business connec
tion which will become more profitable each
jrear. Address P. O. Box 88. Young's Island,
Fine Extracted Honey.
Twoltons extracted honey thoroughly ripen
ed, thick and rich in every respect the equal
of any I have sold in an experience of several
years. Those who have tried it are enthusiast
icnone dissatisfled-which is enough to con
vince you that the quality is right. lOrders
for 60 lb. cans filled at 8 cents per lb, Smaller
quantities 10 cents per lb. Sample free,
Address WM. D. NULL,
PratrieviUe, Ala.
TERRACING? DITCHING? GRADING?
Best fJO.OO farm level for $8.66.
Write at once for special offer.
Frank Wright. Manufacturer, Cave Springs, Ga.
GreatBargains nFoosg&
""" . hounds. I sell cheap
er than anybody.
E. F. WILMOUTH, Shelbyville. Ky.
What It Coots to E
a. Telephone
How ta Do the Work Nine Dollars for a 'Phone and Five Dol
lars a Mile for the Line i-Can You Afford Not to Have One?
Messrs. Editors: The construction
of a telephone line is so simple that
anybody who can build a barbed-wire
fence can-, stretch up a telephone
wire and tie it to the insulators. The
poles should be placed about sixty
yards apart. This will require the
use of about thirty poles to the
mile. Number 14 wire srill an
swer the purpose, but No. 12 wire
Is larger and stronger and, will stand
a heavier sleet without breaking. It
takes about one hundred and fifty
pounds of No. 12 wire to run a mile.
The price of wire fluctuates; but
three cents a pound has been about
the average price for the past several
years. ;v . :V;j'
Cost of a Mile of Telephone Line.
The cost of erecting a mile of tele
phone wire is estimated as follows:
150 lbs. No. 12 wire. ... .$4.50
30 glass insulators .... .75
30 pins' or brackets. ... .40
Total . ... $5.65
If No. 14 wire. is used the cost of
wire will be reduced a little from the
above figures. If porcelain insula
tors are used the expense in that
item can be reduced 45 cents, and
also 40 cents for pins or brackets, as
porcelain insulators are put on with
wire nails. It is possible to erect a
mile of . wire at a minimum cost of
about $4.50 per mile, by using the
cheaper material. Of course, . this
does not take into account he poles.
These should be put up by farmers
when weather is not favorable for
farm work. Nothing is added for
stretching up the wire, as that too,
can be done without any outlay of
cash.
The Kind of Poles' to Use.
Oak p6les will last' three or four
years. It is better to use cedar if It
can be found in the community. It
will be better to get durable poles
even if it adds something to the cost;
for .they are cheaper in the long run.
Put them three or four feet in the
ground.
How to Stretch the Wire.
In putting up the wire, a wire
stretcher or a vise can be used to
hold it when tightening. A vise is
also used to hold the wire when
Twisting it together tightly at joints.
A reel should be used to hold' the roll
of wire on when running it off the
coil, otherwise it will tangle and
cause delay. With a properly con
structed reel three hands can put iip
six or seven miles of telephone wire
in a day.
What a 'Phone Will Cost.
Dry battery serial telephones can
be bought at about nine dollars each.
Bridging 'phones cost about ten or
eleven dollars. Where there are only
one or two 'phones on a line the
serial 'phone will give very good ser
vice. If several 'phones are to be
operated on the same line the bridg
ing 'phones should be used.
It will be observed from the fore
going explanation as . to the cost of
installing 'phones and lines that the
expense would not be much if a
farmer living six or eight miles from
a switchboard should decide to erect
a line himself; but by the co-operation
of his neighbors along the line
in its erection the expense can be re
duced to nominal figures figures so
small compared with the conveni
ence and benefit, that one is apt to
wonder why his indifference kept
him from getting the benefit of this
modern means of ..transmitting intel
ligence. ; i' .
You Are the Man to Establish a Line.
?. In this matter of installing tele
phones in the rural districts there
must be leaders, as in everything else
that lifts us into better conditions.
The man who introduces it into a
neighborhood is a benefactor. He
may have to erect his line' without
the co-operation of his neighbors, but
it will not be long until they will be
wanting to pay him for the privilege
of hitching on to his wire or for the
use of his poles.
The proper way to go about erect
ing telephone lines - and installing
telephone service in a rural commun
ity is fer some individual to take the
lead and go about the work in a
business way. Don't wait for your
neighbors to agree with you. They
will catch the telephone fever all
right after the germs get scattered.
An "Economy" You Can't Afford.
No up-to-date, progressive farmer,
who wants to get the best he can out
of life, and produce environments
that will render farm life less Iso
lated and more attractive, can afford
to practice the kind of economy (?)
that lets nine dollars for a 'phone
and five dollars a mile for a line
stand between him and rural tele
phone service. J. Z. GREEN.
Union Co., N. C.
THE SHORT COURSES AT THE
A. & M. COLLEGE.
See on another page the announce
ment of the short courses in agricul
ture at the A. & M. College from
Jan. 5 to February 23, 1909. Tbere
is a one week's course in cotton cul
ture from January 5th to January
12 th, and a seven weeks' general
course from January 12 th to Feb
ruary 23rd.
These short courses have done much
to advance the cause of better farm
ing. They are especially suited to,
the practical farmer who goes to the
college knowing much of farming
already, for he learns the "why" as
well as the "how," learns the natu
ral laws that govern his work, and
comes to understand as he never did
before the fundamental principles ot
farming. Of equal benefit Is the in
spiration he receives, the incentive
to better work better because more
intelligently directed.
Few agricultural schools have a
stronger faculty than has the A. & M.
College of North Carolina, and there
should be several hundred farmers
to take these courses this winter.
The 1908 Cotton Crop.
The total production of cotton In
the United States for the year 1908
1909 will amount, according to the
Department of Agriculture, to 6,182,
970,000 pounds, not including lint
ers, which is equivalent to 12,920,
000 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight. Estimate of production by
bales gives:
Virginia, 131,000; North Carolina,
619,000; South Carolina, 1,118,000;
Georgia, 1 , 8 4 4 , 0 0 0 ; Florida, 8 1 , 0 0 0 ;
Alabama, 1,273,000; Mississippi, 1,
560,000; Louisiana, 472,000; Texas,
3,917,000; Arkansas, 1,009,000; Ten
nessee, 340,000; Missouri, 544,000;
Oklahoma, 640,000. :
Over every acre you own there are
thousands of pounds of pure nitro
gen waitin for you to take it and
make a profit on the taking. W. F.
Massey.
FARMERS' -EXCHAg
We will insert ads. for our ProtmBiw
Farmer readers in this department?!6
this style type at the rate VSS? a fJSt
for one week; two weeks. 8 cent! fi J?
three weeks. 9 cents; one month. ifc. T2i
months, SO cents; six months. 56 cents
year. $1. Each word number or in?t& ffie
cludln name and address) eounted as a
parate word. Send cash with order if ?
rate seems hish. remember it would cost fcS
for postare alone to send your ad. by itEl
to each home to which we carry it &t tHl
Eight-horse crop for rent. Fine farm t v
Dixon. Wlnterville, N, C. , - m J-Mc'
Pure SYC. White Leghorns 1 cock 9 Ptfkf.
$7.00. E. Cyphers. Jeff ress. Va. Piets.
Mammoth Yellow So j a Beans, sample and
price on request. E. P. Carter. Fairfield, Tc
pine Incubator cheap, or will exchange tnr
pigs or poultry. Q.E. Williams. San9 loUci'
. Will exchange Barred and White Rock oui
lets for cockerels? Mary Hoflsden, Chuck
tuck, Va. tt"
Trucker's Favorite Early Corn-250 bushels
for sale at $1.60 per bushel. W. H. Wilson, St.
B rides t "V&
For pure bredregistered and grade Anmis
Cattle, Angora Goats, and rare Berkshire hrtrs
address A. M. Worden, Tullahoma. Tenn
Farmers, let us print your stationery and do
your job work. Good work and . right prices
(We print The Progressive Farmer), addres
Mutual Publishing Co.. Raleigh. N. C.
Mammoth Yellow Soy Beans, sample and price
on request. Also Hickory King seed corn for
upland farms. W. J. Gilbreth, Lawrencebure
Tenn. '
Purebred White Wyandotte and Single Comb
Brown Leghorn cockerels, $1.50; pullets. $1.25
Improved egg strain. Mrs. F. N. Shearon. Wake
Forest, N. C.
Large Improved Yorkshires, service boars,
sows in farrow, and pigs ; thoroughbred Ango
ras; finest strains prixe winning Mammoth
Bronze turkeys; cheap. White Wyandotte
chickens. One each Avery and Rock Island
disc plows, Telegraph feed cutter, McCormick
binder; all good as new for service. Satisfac
tion guaranteed. J. E. Coulter, Connelly's
Springs., N. C.
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Going into every particular de
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not excelled in any one feature by
all the other makes in the United
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as assembled, represents every
perfection known and attainable.
Ask your dealer for our catalog,
or if he is out of them, write us
immediately for one. Study it
carefully and order therefrom.
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ATLANTA, GA,
Gibbcs Wo. 1 Saw Mill.
Guaranteed superior to any portable
mill. Rapid. Feed and Gig-back.
Accurate setworks.
All steel dogs.
Write for catalogue.
GIBBES MACHINERY COMPANY,
Sellers of "Gibbcs Guaranteed Machinery-" AH Kind
BOX 1280. COLUMBIA, S. C.