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r??* r Our Farm Department j I Devoted to the Interest of Those Who m Till the Soil m I CONDUCTED BY J. M tit.A ft 1 L ?i ^5 ? ^ Words Which Mean Much. Dr. Henry Wallace In writing to The Progressive Farmer says: "In reply to your request for a frank, friendly message for your readers based on my limited observa tion of your Southern conditions, I will say that In my opinion the first and greatest need of Southern farm ing is?humus. "Humus is the life of tho soil, and watchful as we must be of Its preservation In the North and West, you have to be doubly watchful in the South where your open winters greatly facilitate the leaching out of fertility. Contrast this with condi tions in Iowa: our land is frozen two feet thick in winter, bacterial action stopped, the fertility locked up, and cover crops kept on the land to save any that would otherwise be lost. First of all get more Humus. "It seems to me therefore that with conditions as they are, the first and biggest thing for Southern far mers to do is try to get more hu mus in the land, growing more cow peas especially, with vetches and clover as cover crops in winter. The saddest thing I have seen in the [ Cotton Belt is the washing away of so much land, and this Is largely due to insufficient humus. Without It the lands cannot hold moisture nor give it out slowly. "Dairying would be a great help to you, but you need cattle of better type and blood to make it profitable. Tho best cow In my herd last year gave 11,300 pounds of milk. A rule with us is to keep one head of stock to the acre'all summer. Heavier Horses and More of Them. "You need better horses, In my judgment, and more of them. A one horse plow in Iowa is almost a cu riosity, and so is a plow horse weigh ing less than 1,200 pounds. I bought a team last spring weighing 1,600 pounds each. On heavy land we put in three horses. "Another great need of the South is to break up your ruinous tenant system. You need to pray to be saved from the farm owner who lives in town and lets tenants butcher his land. The hope of any State is in its prosperous farm-owners, each liv ing under his own vine and fig tree." Do You Get Your Share of Profits? According to the Year-Hook of the United States Department of Agricul ture, the average yield of cotton in 1907 was a little more than one-third of a bale to each of the 31,311,000 acres planted?178.3 pounds, to be exact. The total value of this crop was *613,630,436, Just about $19.60 per acre. In the same year the corn crop In the eight States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee averaged 17.72 bushels per acre, and was worth $12.13 per acre. Now it must be evident to any one who thinks for a minute that $19.60 from an acre of cotton and $12.13 from an acre of corn are not very profitable returns. By the time the farmer has paid for plowing the land, for seed and fertilizers (the heavier cost of fertilizing cotton making the profits per acre about the same), for cultivation and for gathering the crop, how much bal ance will he have left on the credit side of his account at these figures? Nor is that all. There are farmers who make much larger yields than these. Then, of course, there must be others who make less; and what can be said of the profits of the man who makes les3 than seventeen bushels of corn or 178 pounds of cot ton to the acre? Probably the less said about them the better. Now, this paper believes that farm ing is an honorable pursuit and that every man should keep busy; but It does not think for a minute that most men are farming because they have nothing else to do, or for sheer love of labor, or for their health or amusement. We believe that the farmer should have pay for his work, that in all ordinary years his accounts should show a balance on the credit side. In short, we be lieve In profitable farming, in farm ing that makes money for the farm er. We know, too, that some men are making money farming and that they are the men who make good crops, ?who get more than 18 bushels of corn and 180 pounds of cotton to the acre. Also we know that many men are farming?or trying to farm?who are not making money, and these are the men who get low yields year af ter year, who cultivate much ground for small crops, and do much labor for few dollars. The Important question Is not so much bow many acres you put out as how many dollars you get In. As a general rule, the larger the number of dollars In proportion to the numbei of acres, the larger your profit; and It Is profit that you are farming for. Remember, then, It Is the man who makes big yields who gets the prof its out of farming. The man who falls below the average cannot expect to make money by his farming. His is the hard labor that seems to avail not and the long-deferred hope that maketh the heart sick. As the year's crops are being har vested, it is a good time to bring these considerations squarely home to yourself and look at them In the light of your own crop yields. The question Is, what kind of farming are you doing, what kind of yields do you get? Are you one of the men who make money by their farming or one of those who, by reason of bad methods and poor crops, receive no adequate return for their labor?? The Progressive Farmer. Raise Hog and Hominy. If a farmer has land that is suited tc the growth of tobacco. It is a shame that he muBt not grow a big crop because the trust has the power to take it for a song. If the farmers I ;an raise twelve million bales of cot ion It Is a shame for the speculators :n depress the price when the farm ers' obligations fail due. Hut as long I I.-* the trust has everything to do I iviih fixing the price of tobacco, and (peculators much to do with fixing I he price of cotton, the farmers must I lo the thing that conditions make I accessary, in order to preserve their I ndependence. 1 The Wilson Times, which is uiak ng a patriotic fight against the ex- < ictions of the tobacco trust, is try ng to induce the farmers of the to- ' lacco belt to organize. One farmer, 1 who approved the organization, said ? t would be easy to organize the far- < ners who are out of debt, but ask- * ?d "How about the farmer who is I 'ompelled to sell his tobacco and ?otton to pay his debts due the mer- I ?hantB?" Answering this the Times t ery sensibly says: < "'The bulk of the accounts on my * looks,' remarked a leading timemer- t ?hant, while discussing the matter oday, 'are for corn, flour and meal 8 hat should be raised on the farm, I ind If these things were raised here ' hey would not owe us so much. We I an raise everything In this country <! o feed man and beast and there Is t 10 reason why our farmers should lot do this and get In a position vhere they are not compelled to ' >ush their money crops on the mar let which, of course, helps to push lown the price." "Suppose every farmer in the ?right tobacco belt should decide to ut his tobacco crop one-half, and >lant the other half of the acreage n corn, putting the value of the fer Ulzer he did under half the tobacco he year before under the corn? He vouid make enough corn to feed his earn for twelve months and have tome left to help fatteu his pork. "Then If he would go a step fur her and keep more stock, raising lis home made fertilizer, that store lud fertilizer account would be very imall; so small that his cotton mon ?y would pay for It and he could lold Ills tobacco crop and snap his inger at the trust, and say. 'You an get this tobacco at an average ] it 20c per pound and no less.' "The handling of the cotton situ- | ition would be done In the same vay, eventually, though It would re lulre a great deal of time to effect t, since the territory is so much arger." The present duty of the farmer is o plant for a big crop of hog and lominy. The farmer with a full ;rlb and a full smoke house can be robbed by the trust, to be sure, but le cannot be ruined. Besides, If tie j tias plenty to eat, he need owe so Ut ile that he will not have to sacrifice what he has made to pay store ac counts.?News and Observer. CASTOR IA For Infant* and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Care of the Dairy Cow. In order to be an economical milk producer a cow muni be of a dis tinct dairy type. She must be built for economical milk production. Itut thin is only one of the several Im portant matters to be considered in economical milk production. A wood cow poorly cared for will prove Just as big a disappointment to her own er as a poor one. The cow should be handled so that absolute comfort is provided for. If she Is comfortableshe will be con tented and she will do the very beat of which she Is capable. There are many things to take Into considera tion in providing for her comfort, and it is not necessary to be an ex pert dairyman in order to do so either. The same care that will pro vide for the comfort of the other farm animals will suffice. The cow can be made just as com fortable In a straw shed with a dirt floor as In a brick barn with a ce ment floor?in fact the chance* are she will enjoy the dirt floor better. If the floor is kept dry, and the barn is well ventilated she will be comfortable, providing of course the barn is reasonably warm. However, ventilation doesn't mean draughts of cold air. The drainage should be good, thus Insuring dry stalls and the carrying away of foul odors at all tlmea. The stalls and fastenings should be so arranged as to permit freedom of movement of the cow and to pro vide for her cleanliness. Arrange ments for feeding and milking should be so planned as to be accomplished with as little disturbance as possi ble. The yards should be protected from chilly winds, and the yard for the cows should be a separate one. It Is also essential that the yard be properly drained. The cow should not only be as sured comfort by the proper arrange ment-of barns, stalls, yards, etc., but she should receive treatment from her owner that will still further pro vide for her comfort and content ment. She should t*e given plenty of sood, wholesome food. An abundant supply of pure water should always be at hand. The hole In the ice In he winter time and the mud puddle ,n the summer time have contributed o the failure of many dairymen. Plenty of salt should always be pro dded. The dairy cow must have kind .reatment at the hands of her owner. The dairyman who has learned to :reat his cows so that they like to lee him has learned one of the great H'crets of successful dairying. Kach sow should have a name which should always be spoken when she is approached. Regularity In feeding and milking s highly Important. She will learn .0 look for her feed and water and o be milked at just such a time >ach day and any deviation will con rlbute to her discontent. Careful experiments have demon itrated that a very common cow will iroduce quite satisfactory results vhen properly fed and cared for, ?rovldlng of course that she has the lalry type.?Northwestern Agricul urlst. BLOOD We live by our blood, and on it. We thrive or starve, as our blood is rich or poor. There is nothing else to live on or by. When strength is full and spirits high we are being re freshed?bone, muscle and brain, in body and mind?with continual flow of rich blood. This is health. When weak, in low spirits, no cheer, no spring, when rest is not rest and sleep is not sleep, we are starved; our blood is poor; there is little nutriment in it. Back of the blood is food, to keep the blood rich. When . it fails, take SCOTT'S EMULSION ' It sets the whole body going ^ again?man, woman and child. Send this advertisement together with name of paper in which it appears, your address and four cents to cover postage, and we will send you a "Complete Handy Atlas of the World." SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Peart St. New York FOR THE PIANO OR ORGAN With the Sweet Tone See C. B. PAYLOR And get the KIMBALL Smithfield, N. C. NOTICE TO MAGISTRATES. The Magistrates will please send In their reports and papers for court W. S. Stevens, Clerk. J Confide In Your Boyi. A boy Is entitled to bin father's1 confidence; It U his right to know hi: father's nature and experience; only] thus can he be fully heir to all that ' parenthood can and should bestow. ! It is for the child's good that we be a parent to him, first and last, not I as ma^i-r, nor yet a hero. As to reverence, I doubt whether a child revereuces his parents after he is ten years old. He sees their faults, | and secretly judges them?often un-! Justly. Our neighbor Grayson has al-: ways exacted a sort of homage from his family. He is out for re-election and yesterday he made a speech be fore the Sunday school, which some body was extolling, when his son Har ry said with a sneering laugh; "Oh. the old man knows how to pull the wool over their eye?!" I'd rather have my children know me as I am than think of me as a hypocrit. Chil dren know you, too, pretty well. They have keen insight these days; they are far quicker at mind read ing than the children were genera tions back. They know more about you than you dream they know; but not being wise enough to give the proper weight to causes and motives, they are apt to misjudge you. So it is best to be open with them. Frank ness on your part will lead to confi dence on theirs.?Mary E. Bryan, in Uncle Remus's?The Home Magazine for November. A Dangerous Operation. Is the removal of the appendix by a surgeon. No one who takes Dr. King's New Life Pills is ever sub ject to this frightful ordeal. They work so quietly you don't feel them. They cure constipation, biliousness headache and malaria. 25c at Hood Bros, drug store. A Magazine Offer. We have made arrangements with some leading magazines whereby we can make "The He view of Reviews," ($3.00) "The Woman's Home Com panion," ($1.25) and "McClure's Mag azine" ($1.50), together with The Herald, all four one year for $3.65. The price of the four taken separate ly is $6.75. Call on or address The Herald, Smithfield, N. C. A Good Ending. Old people are especially prone to stomach, liver and bowel ailments. Old age can be made the pleasantest time of 1 If-? if these diseases can be avoided. 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Worms,Convutsions,FeverisJi- 11 IT r<tu ll IIQ ^ o?ss and Loss of Slee?*. 1 \jt lUl U V Ul Tac Simile Signature of B _ . , I Thirty Years ^"CflSIORIft IB nKiT. f?v <-w%YS*it%var, (I1&? n^anv^rni^Ai^fnv^rm^Av^nKTf nv^r | If You Are Puzzled | g What to give for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS || don't overlook the posibilities of A HIGH ? 8 CLASS PHOTOGRAPH, the kind mode by || | CLEMENT & SANDERS, m Attend to it Now Goldsboro, N. C. S? Two : Big I Stores We have opened a full line of Furniture of all kinds, next door to our large Hardware store, and have new Furniture at lowest prices. Buck Stoves and House Furnishing Goods sold from this store. This store is in charge of Mr. Crosby Smith who will be pleased to have his friends and the public generally to call and see him. Don't forget that we have a full stock of Hardware at same stand. The prices are right. Hall Hardware Company, Benson, N. C. mmmmmzwmmw+mmmmmmmm'ffi g Mr. Britt Moore Got the Fine jg| | Automobile - Free! | ^ Mr. E S. Lancaster got two watches. Mr. D. H. gg ^ Price got one watch. Mr. Kinch Fowler got one IS watch, Mr Ben Spence got one watch, and none si of these cost them one cent Ask them. You ?? jK can get one of the 300 hats we are giving away I FREE DURING DECEMBER I & Read :: :: This S| With every boys' suit #1.50 to $2 00 will give a 50c hat an With every boys' suit ?-' 25 to ?3.00 will give a $1 00 hat ?| & With every boys' suit ?3 50 to lf5 00 will give a ?1.25 hat ^ Sg With every man's suit 50 to $5 00 will give a ?1.00 hat || With every man's suit ??> 00 to ?7.50 will give a ?1 25 hat ^8 B With every man's suit ?*?* 00 to ?9 50 will give a f 1.50 hat ? SB With every man's suit ?10 to ?12-50 will give a ?2.00 hat ftg pj With every man's suit ?13 50 to ?15 will give a ?2.50 hat feg ^ With every man's suit ?1" 50 to |18 will give a ?3.00 hat p jgg We want tomake this a BANNER SEASON S SB and make this liberal offer to bring it about ?g| Come early before the best hats are 36 given away Kg This applies only to suits in stock I Gulley (?L Gulley, ciayton, n.c. 1
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