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The Old North State.
I began my six weeks' tour of
the cotton states and territories
on March 1st, beginning thecam
paign in North Carolina. 1 spyke
to large and enthusiastic au
diences at Tarboro March 1st,
Uoldsboro on the 2nd aud Ral
eigh on the ilrd. It was to me a
great pleasure to meet so mail)
of the loyal and patriotic farm
ers and business men of the Old
North State. North Carolina
has done her part well in the ad
vocacy of the leadinp principles
of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion. Last year the farmers of
that state reduced their cotton
acreape equal to any other state
in the south, except Arkanasas,
which was the banner state.
They held their cotton last year
and are firmly holding this year,
and are satisfied they will pet
fifteen cents if farmers who have
cotton in other states will stand
by them. Cotton manufacturers
openiv admit that they can buy
no cotton in North Carolina and
say further that they favor high
er prices and hope farmers will
stand firm aud force a stronger
market.
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i ue worK 01 organization is
proceeding rapidly iu North
Carolina since the election of Mr.
C. C. Moore, from Mecklenburg
County, as the state president of
theSouthern Cotton Association.
Mr. Moore is an active, compe
tent and enthusiastic otficial,
and is going from county to
county rallying the people, get
ting out organizers to enroll
members iu all the beats and
townships, and sending out lit
erature to all sections. He is ably
assisted by Secretary T. B. Par
ker, from the otficial headquar
ters at Raleigh. The press of the
entire state is thoroughly loyal
to the association and is assist
ing the work in every possible
way. Thousands of pledge blanks
on holding down the cotton acre
age and increasing the food sup
ply crops are being distributed in
every county and the farmers
are being appealed to in the
strougest personal way to live
up to the requirements of the
hour.
Two leading propositions now
face the cotton growers of all
the states: First, to hold their
unsold cotton for fifteen cents;
second, to decrease the cottou
acreage fully ten per cent, this
year and to increase their food
supply crops the same amount,
tin these two propositions being
properly solved hang all the law
and the prophets. If the farmers
solve the question of acreage in
telligently this year as they did
one year ago, all will be well and
good prices for the next cropcun
be maintained. If they increase
the cotton acreage, make heavy
debts and normal seasousfollow,
lookout for tremendous depres
sion next fall and low prices Act
now before it in too late.
I leave for South Carolina from
here, and will speak next Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday at
Cuester, Lancaster and Florence.
Then I go from there to Florida
and on iuto Alabama and west
ward. Let us stand firmly to
gether and reap the rich rewards
that will flow in the wake of an
intelligent solution of the prob
lems which lie ahead. 1 believe
the farmers will live up to the
full standard of duty and hold
down the acreage all along the
Lne.? Harvie Jordan.
Texas Fever.
The Department of Agriculture
tinds that a very effective meth
od of combating Texas fever in
cattle is to keep out of the pas
tures where infected animals
have been, until the tick which
causes the fever, starves to death
in the pasture. The tick can not
feed on vegetation but is depend
ent on animal life for its sus
tenance. The tick infests the
grass and weeds of the pastures
and all that is necessary is to
keep one pasture on a farm free
from all cattle long enough for
all ticks in it to starve to death.
?Northwestern Agriculturist.
TO CORE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BKO.VlOQuin
ine Tablets. Druggists refund
money if it fails to cure. E. W.
GROVE'S signature on every
box. 25c.
Matching up Horses.
Few farmers realize the advan
tage derived by having the farm
teams well matched for work at
least. It is always desirable to
have them colored and marked
alike, but this is not as necessary
us having them matched as I re
gards size anil disposition. A
large and small horse do not
work well together, neither do a
fast and a slow one. Ill mated
teams do not work as easily
together for either team or a
driver, neither do they do as
good work.
In nearly all our farm work it
is desii able for a team to work
straight ahead. This is particu
larly true in drilling grain, plant
ing corn or potatoes, or cultivat
ing. Even on a mower or har
vester one can do much more
satisfactory work when the
horses work well together. An
other point that should not, be
overlooked in mating horses is
to get those that have like
mouths. A tender and a tough
bitted horse does not make a
mated team either, any more
than a small and a large one.
These things may seem trivial,
hnt when one comes to work a
team three hundred days in a
year it makes a considerable dif
ference whether they drive to
gether and are easily handled or
the reverse. Usually one can
mate up a team if he keeps on
the loouout, with very little ex
tra expense. It is well worth the
cost. When one gets a pair of
horses that are well mated and
have the size and quality that
are desirable in a team he can
not afford to part with them,
even if he is offered twenty-five
dollars more than he thinks they
are worth. As a rule, it will pay
best to keep them and wear them
out. Few farmers make any
thing by continually changing
horses, (let what your work de
mands, being very sure to get
them heavy enough to do their
work easily, without having to
use up their nerve, and then hold
on to them. When one stops to
consider the days of hard work a
well mated young team will per
form before they are worn out,
j the purchase price does not cut
much of a figure.
One point more. The really
desirable hired roan will always
take much better care of a team
that he takes a pride in, than an
awkward mismated one, aud this
also means dollars to the owner.
? Northwestern Agriculturist.
Dehorning Cattle.
Dehorning has passed the ex
perimental stage and has now be
come a necessity. Practically,
no one now denies the benefits
derived from having a herd de
iiMtTinl i tf t tin
I |ii ??ru wi tuc viau^ciuup ?rapuiiP
of defense. The question now
arises as when and how can it
j best be done. 1 have found the
fall, or preferably, the early
I spring, the beet seasons of the
j year for doing the work. 1 pre
fer to dehorn around the middle
of March. The idea is to get the
wounds thoroughly healed be
j fore the tiies come. There will be
some days through March and
| April when it will be necessary to
keep the animals in out of the
cold winds aud ruins.
Animals dehorned in early
spring aud cared for. usually
shrink but little and very soon
j heal over. It is not necessary
to put anything on the wounds.
In case of excessive bleeding, a
strong string can be tied tightly
around the ton of the head just
below where the horns were tak
en off, which will check the flow
I of blood. In young animals I
prefer the clippers, which do the
work with less pain and much
quicker than the saw.
Care should be taken to get
low enough to take a little circle
of hair below the horns aud then
it will hair over, leaving a per
fectly smooth surface; otherwise
there will remain a stub of a
horn. In quite young animals
care should also be taken not to
get so low as to injure the skull.
If aged cows are to be dehorned
I should use a sharp saw. I pre
fer doing tnis work when the
animal is about a year old.?
Forest Henry.
Do what God calls you to do
and you are a success.?Talmage
MILLION STOCK; SIOO CASH
Postal Authorities Proceed Agalnsl
a Cash Buyers' Association.
Chicago, February 20.?Judgt
Itethea, of the United States
Court, today appointed Kdwic
C. Day receiver for the Cash
buy ere' Union First National
Co-operative Society. Thecharge
i9 made in connection with the
receivership proceeding that
stock in the concern aggregating
$1,000,000 has been soid to
farmers throughout the country,
and that there is a cash balance
of $100 on hand.
Complaint was made some
time ago to postal authorities
by persons who had been solicit
ed through the mails to buy
stock in the company. Post
office Inspectors ketcnam and
Kimball commeuced an investi
gation, in which it was learned,
they declare, that there was no
1 credit on hand nor any coming
I in. and that the company owes
$250,000 on merchandise ac
counts. Instead of taking the
usual course, the inspectors
secured information upon which
the company could be thrown
iinto bankruptcy, and the r>
I ceivership proceedings were com
j menced with the knowledge acd
approval of the Post-office De
j partuient. Julius Kaha is presi
'lent and geral manager ol the
company.?Washington I'ost.
[We publish the above because
it tells of the ending of one of the
big fraudulent companies which
seuds out advertisements to de
ceive the farmers. We have
known all along that this com
pany was a fraud. The "Cash
buyers Union" as it was first
called made a great impression
by its advertisements on the
minds of some farmers. This
company has sold us many cheap
worthless sewing machines as
any concern in the country. We
knew them at first as well as we
know them now. it is surpris
ing that farmers will notice the
advertisement of such companies.
Many farmers not only traded
with this company but sent their
hard earned dollars and took
stock in the company. "The
American people like to be hum
bugged."? Eiiitou.]
Something necessary, efficient,
harmless and easy for child or
adult to take is Vick's Little
Liver Pills, L'5c. Will cure con
j stipation. biliousness and tone
j up Liver and Kidneys. At Hood
Bros.
Forestry For Farmers.
With whiteoak trees in Iudiana
bringing prices ranging from
$30 to $100 apiece; with a black
| walnut log selling for $50, and a
! white oak stump readily dispos
i ed of for $20, it is time that
farmers and timber-land owners
appreciate and realize the full
value of their trees, and devise
! some means whereby they may
perpetuate the forests and en
hance their value.
mat sometning more radical
must be done to preserve our
uative forests and prevent their
total disappearance is obvious.
We have a state bureau of for
estry, with an enthusiastic chief,
who is doing a great deal to in
terest the farmers in the better
care of the trees and woodlands
our state. As yet the bureau is
somewhat uew and its purposes
are little understood. It is the
object of this bureau to lead the
land owners to see the import
ance of forestry, both in the way
of future development and pres
ent conservation. When once the
iuterest of our farmers is arous
ed, and they begin to take bold
of this commendable work, the
danger of forest extinction with
in the limits of our common
wealth will passed. It will be of
? special interest to the farmer to
get in touch with our State Bu
reau of Forestry and in com
munication with the U.S. Bureau
of Forestry, recently put under
the direction of the Department
! of Agriculture. Many hints and
suggestions in the way of practi
cal work in forest preservation
and care are contained in the lit
' erature issued by both State and
1 National Bureau. The bulletins
and reports can all be had for
the asking. This is a good time
' of the year in which to begin ac
' tive work in this direction.?In
1 diana Farmer.
I Mothers everywhere praise One Min
, ute Cough Cure for the sufferings it hat
t relieved and the lives of their little onet
it has saved- A certain cure for coughs
' croup and whooping cough. Makes
breathing easy, cuts out phlegm, and
draws out the inflammation. It should
lie kept on hand for Immediate use
' Sold by Hood Bros., Benson Drug Co.
. J. R. Led better.
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For Twenty-one Years
Bonanza,
Orinoco
^Farmer's
TRADE MARK
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REGISTERED
F. S. ROYSTER
GUANO CO.,
Norfolk, Va.
have been the standard Cotton and
Tobacco guanos in the South?
because great care is used in the
selection of materials.
Ask your dealer for Roystcr's
goods and don't take substitutes
said to be just as good. See that
the trade-mark is on every bag.
I The Wings of the hlorning f
BY LOUIS TRACY ;'
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This is a charming love romance full of ;.
exciting adventures admirably related.
We have secured the serial rights for ?
our columns and will begin its publica- 1.
tion in an early issue.
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From the moment that the man and the girl, who are the , '
?urvivors of the good ship Sirdar, are described on the beach
of their island until the last page, Mr. Tracy keeps you in- J ?
terested. The people in this story are real and no puppets.
Altogether the novel is an achievement.?New York Even
ing Sun. < ^
"The Wings of the Morning" is one of those books that f
you just have to read to see how it all comes out.?San <
Francisco Argonaut. ,
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We keep on hand a larpe lot of
: well broke Mules and Horses
which we will sell for cash or on
time. Come and see our stock
j before you b y.
B. M. Robertson
<Ss Company,
Clayton, N. C.
Treasurer's Card.
ALEX.WI66S.
1 Treasures of Johnston County,
< WILL BE IN SMITHFIELI) EVERY
Monday and Saturday and Court Weeks
Office In back room of the Bank of Smith
' Seld. In his absence county order* will
raid at the Bank
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