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J ^ V Farm Department D?voted to tko laterost* of Tkoaa Lo|a*?d ia Agricultural Pursuit* Coadactrd by J. M. Boaty I i\ HOME MIXED GUANO. Some farmers have traded their cotton seed (or meal and are expect- > lng to mix their guano at home. Oth ers will let their seed go for meal. The oil mills have been exchanging meal for seed on a basis of a pound of meal for a pound of seed. This Is a good 'rade for the farmers and not one of them should bury his seed for manure w hen he can make this exchange. However, much may be said in favor of cotton seed for manure. We have long since learned that it pays best to sell them or exchange them for meal. If yqu have the cotton seed meal, It would pcy well to mix your guano, espec ial'y If you have the help to do this work. Rainy days and bad weather, '?an be used for it as the mixing is . usually done under shelter. A good, smooth floor Is the b?st place for this work. Wide hoes and flat shov els are the tools to use. ilelow we give an old standard formula for mixing: Sixteen per cent Acid phos phate 100(1 pounds. Cotton seed meal 600 pounds. Kainlt 400 pounds. Total 2000 pounds. If you want to add a little more ammonia and potash, one hun dred pounds of Kainit can be left out and sixty pounds of muriate of potash can be used instead. GIVE ATTENTION TO TERRACES. Since we have so many hills in thh< section, one of the greatest problems before farmers, is the matter of protecting the land from washing. The old plan of clearing the hilly land and running the rows up and down the hills and letting the land wash until It was not worth cultivating and had to be turned out to let grow up in woods again, will not do now. The price of land Is too high and labor to do clearing is too scarce to follow such a policy longer. We must cultivate the hill sides as well as the level land, and In order to build them up and make good crops, they must be kept from washing. This can be done, and if being done by many farmers. it should be done by every farmer. If your land Is not terraced, you ought to get some careful man. who un derstands what he is doing to lay them off for you. They should be plowed up right away, and again In March, and once more about planting time. Itemember unless they ar< made high enough to turn the wa ter they are worse than nothing. If your land Ib already terraced, now is a good time to plow such as are not high enough, and to build up the weak places in all the terraces you have. Hy plowing terraces In winter, the rains pack and harden them before the heavy rains of sum mer comes. Farmers who wait un til late in spring to build new ter races or repair old ones, often find them too loose, and too low to with stand the heavy rains. By having the land properly ter raced and running the rows in a way to prevent washing, the land can be protected. Do you want to keep your land? If so, terrace It. A leading farmer said to us last year, that no deed which could be writ ten, would hold his land for him, I without good terraces. Mr. Henry Austin, who was one of the best farmers of our county, said that one of the problems of his life, had been to prevent his farm from go ing Into Swift Creek, a stream which ran by his farm. Correct rows and good terraces will protect hilly land Nothing else will. Deep plowing and plenty of vegetable matter in the ?oil, will help some, but are not suf ficient. When to Prune. An lowa correspondent writes: "I read in a recent issue of the paper an article entitled 'Pruning Old Apple Trees.' Prom the best author ity I can find, March is the time to prune for wood growth, and June for frnlt growth. I should be afraid to prune much in April because of the aap flow. I usually prune In March, and follow with the paint brush, as 1 hare more time then than in June. Now If I am wrongly Informed, I ?hall be glad to find It out. I am .-doing some pruning now, as I have aome corn to pick later. Is there j any sirlous objection to thia?" March la the beet time for the av ?erage Iowa farmer to prune. This isn't true In all cases nor with all trees. During March, Just as the buds are starting to burst, most of the farmers have more time for prun ing than at any other time In the spring. Pruning during the late win ter, In January and February, la not as good as March Work may be leas pressing In February, but it , la not as safe to prune at this time as in March. Many times during February there are cold spells and drying winds. Thia causes wounds made by the pruning knife to dry out and a consequent dying back of the wood. Next summer the wound is likely to heal slowly. April and ; May are not as good as March on account of excessive bleeding of wounds; and most farmers have but little time for pruning at this time. 1 looking at it from every standpoint,1 March is the best time to prune in J Iowa. An old horticultural saying Is, "We prune while the tree Is dor mant to increase growth, while we prune when the trees are in foliage ! to reduce growth." By pruning in' March we shape up the tree, but stimulate further growth; large | amounts of reserve food are In the roots and trunk; when we cut out large numbers of branches in March, this reserve food stimulates the smaller amount of wood left to further growth. When we prune In June, we get Just the opposite; a large amount of the food material Ir now at the ends of the branches and the leaves are using It; by cutting j off branches with the leaves on them at this time we cut down the food supply of the tree, and by cutting off leaven we take away one of the tree's sources of food. The result of June pruning Is to reduce wood growth, and the tree's energies are sent more toward fruit making. Pruning in March and pruning In June are done for altogether differ ent purposes. One does not answer for the other. For doing such work as shaping up a tree, cutting out branches which rub, etc., March or April Is the best time. Cutting down wood growth, so as to direct more of a tree's energies Into fruit making, should be done in June, on account of the harm done to the tree in re ducing leaf surface, leaves obscure the form of a tree so much that it 1; quite difficult to prune a tree for form in June. In general, March is the best time to prune. Hut if wo had a tree which was producing large amounts of wood at the expense of fruit, we would use the knife in June. It Is largely a matter of studying the characters of different trees. All need more or less pruning in March, and some should have a little more in June.? Wallace's Farmer. Pruning should be done about a month earlier in the South.?Kditoi'S Herald. You are probably aware that pneu monia always results from a cold, but you never heard of a cold re sulting In pneumonia when Chamber lain's Cough Remedy was used. Why take the risk when this reme dy may 1h> had for a trifle? For sale by all dealers. Folly of Burning Stalks. If a man burns stalks on my farm It will cost htm $:t per acre addition al rent. One place we drove through yesterday they were burning corn stalks and putting on fertilizer (much like the material they were burning) right between windrows. There must be this that we call hu mus in the stalks and it Is only made from vegetable matter. The man who burns his stalks is destroying a great deal more than he Is likely to put back in ten years. From $2 to $.'! Is the value of corn stalks per acre, besides adding humus to the soil. We hear people say, we must burn the corn stalks to kill hte insects. Your entomologist here will tell you that there isn't a single insect but what has eggs down in the ground so far they won't be harmed by the fire. I would have even the children taught these things, not because it Is scientific, but because it is a part of their life.?Joseph Coster, of Illinois. Preventing Injury to Young Trees By Rabbits. Considerable loss occurs each year by the rabbits girdling the trees. Painting the trunk of the trees with either of the washes mentioned In the following formulas will prevent the Injury If properly done and in time. Formula No. 1. Slack in water ov er night the quantity of unslaked lime needed for the work. In the morning add enough water to make a good thick wash. Stir the mix ture well, add to each 2V4 gallons of the wash, add two tablespoonfuls of Paris green. Take care to mix well In the wash. Apply to the trunk of the tree with an ordinary paint brush; keep the wash stirred up so the ingredients will not settle to the bottom of the pall.?Indiana Far mer. Sedentary habits, lack of outdoor exercise. Insufficient mastication of food, constipation, a torpid liver, worry and anxiety, are the most common cause* of stomach troubles. Correct your habits and take Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets and you will soon b? well again. For sale by all dealers. Agricultural Education. In a decoration day addreas by Secretary Wilson, he took for his 1 theme, "Three Things In the Last > Century.'' concerning which he said: It has been said that the United ' States did three unique things In > the last century. It built at Wash- 1 lngton the capltol, the Washington ' monument and the congressional 11* 1 brary, each the finest of Its kind in ' the world. A much grander work 1 was the laying of the foundation of ? agricultural education and research to 1 prepare the farmer for bis life work, 1 establish agricultural literatures and lift the tiller of the soil to a high er level of efficiency as a producer and a cltlxen. No country on earth : has such a comprehensive system to bring about these results. The total I number of land grant colleges la six ty-five, and sixty-three of these give courses In agriculture, which are at tended by 10,000 students. These j colleges are also largely engaged in giving Instruction in agriculture to adult farmers In the farmers' Insti tutions, which are annually attended by over one million farmers. These Institutions have permanent funds and equipment amounting to $84,000, 000, and an annual revenue of $14, 000,000, to which the federal gov [ urnment contributes $3.000,t)00 and the state governments $7,500,000. The work is telling in many ways. Young people go to these institutions who would not go to any other. There is a great demand at home and abroad for young people educated j along these lines. The brightest farm boys and girls are being educated ; for the farm. It is the most delight- | ful and comprehensive study of ma- | terlal' things to which the mind can be applied. Including the population of our inland possessions, half of the people v.noer our flag are producers of the soil. This half owe It to the | other half to prepare themselves for discharging the duty of citizen ship with the highest intelligence. They are financially able to educate, as 72 per cent of our exports?or nine hundred million dollars?Is the price of farm products sold abroad an nually, after supplying the home re quirements. They have leisure and more facilities for reading and re flection than the other half of the people. Rural free delivery of mail!, the telephone, the dally and farm papers, magazines and other sources of information combine to form powerful ndjuncts in the edu cation of the farmer and his family. They are not organized as a class, and are not likely to be, but they are the nation's jury when questions of public policy are to be settled. Our agricultural colleges have I broadened the minds and strengthen ed the arms of our farmers and In creased their efficiency. They ha\ helped them Into a class by them selves among farmers and dignified their calling. l>o not understand me tlial I would I limit the education of rural fami | lies to material affairs?to the get I | ting of "bread and butter." as some I .thoughtless men in prominent pla.es term agricultural education. Man's j I responsibility to God and to his fellowmen is now being impressed < upon young and old. In country, vil 'I lage and town, by the grandest or ] I ganlzation of churches and Sabbath schools known to any people, where | man's nobler nature Is being stim j ulated and developed with infinite jl pains, and at such expense as we 'I are never to see devoted to ma terial things. Highly enlightened society, a? we have It, requires lib eral Incomes. Good farming Is the I bas's of bank accounts In our coun- I try. Fill the pupil's stom ach before you teach altruism, and see that the teacher has had beef ' steak for breakfast. One of the most praiseworthy lines of work be ing done at our agricultural col leges is the training of young wom en In what pertains to themselves and others. Including domestic econ omy, sanitation, nutrition, ventilation and correct living, resulting in the American girl, unique, unequaled. perfect.?Southwestern Farmer. CASTOR IA For Inlanta and Children. Till Rind You Hate Always Bought ?j- FOUR OAKS LUMBER 4* 4- COMPANY. 4* ; ??? Contractor* and Builder* I + Do you want a house ??? built, or do you use bull ! ?!* ding material? If so give ?$* u* your work. We rcanu ! 4* facture and sell Rough and ?$* J Dressed lumber, Shlnglea, ?f* J Brackets, Porch Trimmings ?;? i 4* and turned work. Heavy 4* i 4* Turning a Specialty. Come 1 4* and see our Material. 4* ?f* Four Oak* Lumber Co. + + + + + The F re? Seed Farce. The continued practice of sending jut "Government" seed to farmers inder the franking privilege costs -he tax payers of this country some think like a half million dollars an nually. No intelligent, up-to-date business farmer can afford to risk his chances with "Congressional" free teed and that kind of farmer gener ally uses them for chicken feed or lumps them Into a waste pile. If your Congressman sends you a bunch at free seeds, wouldn't It be a good Idea to return them to him? It would cost only a one-cent stamp, rhen suppose you write him a polite high-toned letter, telling him that you either Belect your own seed or ' buy from some responsible seed growers, and Incidentally refer to I I the fact that farmers of this coun- j ' try have for years been asking for a parcels post system, and suggest that If he wants to do something of > real value to the folks living in the i rural districts, give us the parcels post?not free garden seeds. It might make a lasting Impression upon your Congressman and eventually result ? in stopping the free seed humbug as a method of cheap campaigning at the expense of the tax-payers.?N. C. , Union Farmer. SEED CORN FOR SALE. I have a lot of seed corn for sale, j I made of this corn 101',4 bushels last year on one acre. It is a first \ class prolific corn. Price $1.00 per j i peck or $3.00 per bushel. PAUL HORRELL. Selma, N. C., R. F. D. No. 3. My little lady had a severe cold one day and, holding a rose up to my nose, asked, "Does it smell sweet, mother?" "Yes, dear," I I replied, "can't you smell it?" "No, mother," she answered, "my nose is deaf." Free Remedy Helps Children Many a mother has learned of a way of avoiding sickness in her family, es- J pecially among the children, by the use of a free sample bottle of the fa- j mous laxative, Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This offer of the doctor's to i send a free sample bottle has been re- ' sponded to by thousands of women in all parts of America. This Dr. Caldwell's Syrup repsin is a truly wonderful laxative and especially adapted to the needs of babies and | children because it is pleasant to taste and no child will refuse it. Then, it is mild and never gripes. It is all that i a child's n rnedy should be, though it is 1 a good laxative for the whole family because it is effective at all ages. It . Is simply not dynamic like salts, pills | and powerful cathartic*, which should not be given to children anyway. Nine times out of ten when a child I complains and you don't Know exactly ' what Is the matter with it, it needs a laxative?its bowles are constipated. Syrup Pepsin will correct the trouble, tone up the child ar.d soon it will be ' well again?over night wonderful re sults have been secured with Syrup Pepsin. | You can buy it of any druggist at fifty cents or a dollar a bottle, tlie lat ter being the family size, but you are , invited to make a test of it first at the I doctor s expense. Send him your ad dress today and he will send you a free sample bottle direct to your home, i Then when satisfied buy it of your fav- I orite druggist. Dr. Caldwell does not feel that the purchase of his remedy ends his obli- ! gation. He has specialized in stomach, liver and bowel diseases for over forty years and will be pleased to give the reader any advice on the subject free | of charge. All are welcome to write him. Whether for the medical advice or the free sample address him Dr. , W. B. Caldwell, 402 Caldwell building, Monticello, 111. 1 A BAD LIVER robs you of energy, strength and ambition. To rid yourself of the burden, take SIMMONS RED Z LIVER REGULATOR (THK POWDEK FORM) It is a fine strengthening medicine for a torpid liver. The weakened organ responds promptly to its powerful reviving influence. It corrects the stomach and digestion. Purifies and regulates the bowels. Drives out that languid half-sick feeling, makes you feel bright, vigorous and cheerful. Try it. ??I* a* OI.IMI Met. UMI at.M. Ail for tb? fenulne with (he Red Z or the label If foa riooot get It ronlt to we wilt ?rod by m?i 1 poatptid Nictnotii Llwr Kef jl.tor la pot op olao la hq?U torn for thoM who urtlsr Ik. Fries. ?i.uu j?r boula. Lwoh for th? Med Z 1*6.1. j. h. zeilin 4 co.. props.. St. Louts. Mo. EAST CAROLINA TEACHERS TRAINING SCHOOL GREENVILLE, N. C. Spring and Summer Courses for Teachers for 1911. Spring Term, March 14th to May 20th- ten weeks. Summer Term, June 6th to July 29th?eight weeks, The aim of this course is tu better equip the teacher for his work. TEXT BOOKS: Those used in the public schools of the State. For luriber information address, ROBT. H. WRIGHT, President, Greenville, N. C. PIROST PROOF CABiAGTPLAi^^ v, guaranteed to satisfy customers \ I ^ ^ FROM THE ORIGINAL CABBAGE PLANT GROWERS. | \ \ - - > // I\KaRIY JKBSKY WAKCriUO. CIUW-ESTOK L* ROE TYPE. SUCCCSSIOH." AtUl'STA TKUC'llK, 8HOKT 8TKHMED // IV TW?E*rliM? WAKEFIELD. Tb. EarUwi A liltlc l?i*r FLAT DUTCH if C*bo?(? UrooB. r1? M UrliMl ftet H??4 Variety. Uian Hu<n*XK>n. LtrfMl ??d L*l??l Ckbba??. J i THAPE MARK COPYRIGHTED Established 1868. Paid in Capital Stock $30,000.00 4r^z\ We grew the first FROST PHOOf PLANT S In 1M*. Now hare over twenty thousand satisfied Customer*. We hare frown and sold more cabbage plant* than all other peraona in the Southern ?tale* combined. WHY? Because our plants must please or we send your money back. Order now; it is time to set these plants In your section to get extra early cabbage, and they are the ouoe that sell for the most money. We sow three tons of Cabbage Seed per season S nAwberry*0 ' Planted I J Fruit trees and ornamentals. Write for frt-ecatalog of fyost-proof plants of the best varieties, containing valuable Information about fruit and vegetable growing. Prlcee on Cabbage Plants:? in lots of 500 at $1.00; 1000 to 5000 $1 V) per thousand; 6.000 to 8.000 $1.26 per thousand; 10.000 and over LiO per thousand, f. o. b. Yonges la laud. Our apaelal expraaa rat e on plants la very lew. Win. C. Geraty Co., Box 155 Yonges Island, S. C. ^hardware! $ We have a large stock of Hard- & % ware any of which you can buy $ !jv at reasonable price. *4 ^ Plows, Castings, Collars, Bridles, I lame- # ja strings, Backhands, Guano Distributers, Cot- 4 |5 Ion Planters, and Lynchburg Steel Beam $ g Plows. A big stock of Axes. Poultry Netting, vj Galvanized and Rubber Roofing, Stoves and 3* & Ranges, Lead, Oil, Ready-mixed Paints, Ta- v* ? ble and Pocket Cutlery, Guns, Pistols, Car- # m tridges, Shells, Mechanic's Tools, Belting jS % and Lace Leather and Pipe Fittings. (S y. # We want your patronage ff I CLAYTON HDWE. CO. % ^ CLAYTON, N. C. 20 TRADE MARK REGISTERED. (t The Origin of Roystcr Fertilizers. Mr. Royster believed that success awaited the 9 Manufacturer of Fertilizers who would place quality above other considerations. This was Mr. Royster's idea Twenty-seven years ago and this is his idea to-day; the result has been that it requires Bight Factories to supply the demand for Royster Fertilizers. F. S. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY. FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES. NORFOLK. VA. TARBORO. N. O. COLUMBIA. S. C. SPARTANBURS. ?. C. MACON, SA. COLUMBUS. 9A. BONTfiOMIRY, ALA. BALTIMORE. MO. ), f MHHwmm?itmm wmm?mmMmm??m????
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