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VI Farm Department i i DtnlW t* Ik* lalaraat* tl TkM< Laintd la A?ricaHaral Paraail. Coadurlrd by J. M. Beaty GIVE ATTENTION TO THE MULE. Not so many oxen or homes are nsed in plowing now as formerly. The mule Is the standby for both rich aid poor farmers and white and col ored farmers. More two horse plows bave been moving tbe past winter and this spring than ever before and Ibey mean heavier work for the mules. Consequently mules are now low in order. They are not in the best condition for the summer's vork. They should have special at tention to bring them back up to the place they held at the beginning ot the plowing. A little more feed will help to do this. A little more variety of feed may be necessary Have you bofn feeding corn and fodder on'y? Then buy a few bush els of oats and let the mule have some of them once a day. You do rot like to eat the same thing at e\ery meal yourself nor does your stock They like a change and tare better when they have It. 800 to it that your mule has plenty of good cool water and be sure you cany him to it often enough. When the days are long and hot offer him Borne water about ten o'clock in the rooming and about four o'clock Id the afternoon. Let him have a good roomy Btable well ventilated and kept clean. Sometimes mules HV.e men are not in good condition for the hardest work. If the work is very heavy and the day very hot and you see the mule is Jaded and sweating too freely, you should fa voi him by letting him rest. Iletter lose an hour or two occasionally than tc lose a mule. Kemember your mule is a dumb animal and cannot tell Sou how he feels. The mule is val uable property now, both on account of his cost and on account of what be can do. For this reason to say nothing of our duty to dumb ani mals, we should do our best for him. NOW FOR THE CULTIVATION. In tills section most of the crop* art" planted. Farmers have prepared their land better ttian heretofore. Of course some have made belter prep aration than others but the fields look alike now. Soon the crops will be growing and the grass too and then the test will come. Here and there are men who excel In their knowledge of the cultivation of crops while a few seem to know nothing at all about it. Most farmres do fair ly well but it should be the a/mbi tion of every one to do his very best. The work of cultivation should nev er drag but Bhould be pushed along Frequent and shallow cultivation is the kind for most crops. In work ing corn and cotton no high beds Bhould be made. Only such tmple ments as will give level cultivation should be UBed. I'se the weeders and cultivators early and never let the grass get a start. Plan to work the crop with as little hoe work as possible. While hoes cost but little they are expensive to use. La bor Is too scarce and high now to do hoe work when It can be avoided. The best farmers have learned to do the work mostly with Implements drawn by horseB and mules. Hand power is always alow going and that is one reason why we should avoid hoe work. In Marlboro County, 8. C.. many farmers let out their cot Un chopping by contract. Where the land Is clear of stumps they pay tarty cents per acre for the first chopping and then forty cents per acre for the other hoe work, making eighty cents per acre for the year. This is doing the work on an eco aomlcal basis. The crop should Lave all the work necessary but we should aot throw away anything In Its cul tivation. STOVE FLUES. One of the most Important things about a dwelling Is the stove flues. It is so important to have them right. The general idea is that just about anybody can build a floe when In tact it is one of the mo?i particular | Job* to be don* In erecting a bull ding. The material should all be first class and the Inside of flues should be coated with a mortar or sand and lime or sand and cement J would be better. One Important point about the lo cation of a flue very few people seem to have gotten onto is that It ihculd go through the top of the roof and not on one side of the roof. A flue going through a side of a roof Is much more likely to smoke or set fire to the building | 01 cause a leak. It takes a little , more time and more material to build i a flue right but it pays 80 many ' houses are burned on account of de fective flues. Be sure to have the ( flues built straight up through the 1 top of the roof. I Pigs and Water. In our thirty-five years of breeding 1 pure-bred swine, we have tried to I give our herd whatever we thought t was best to their rapid development, I and have studied all the various ra tions that can be made up of the 1 grains and grasses grown on the I farm, as well as those that could be 1 made from the various by-products of the mills. These we have fed In va- I rious ways, sometimes dry, general- I 1? mixed with water into a rather 1 thicklsh slop or mush. We have ; at some times been able to get sep arator milk from the creamery, but this Is generally so stale and so 1 diluted with the washings of the 1 factory that It Is so unfit for feed- I Ing a good pig that we abandoned It ' some years ago. We have many times tried to convince ourselves that with a wet feed our pigs did not nee-' especial attention given to waterings, yet we have also given 1 up thlB erroneous idea, and I pre sume that there are "others.'' ureal yvaier urinKers. Now, T want to assure my fellow breeders that pigs as well as older hogs will drink plenty of pure cold water even In winter, and when fed on a feed mixed with either water or milk. During the present winter we have fed wet feed in the morning about eight o'clock warmed by a steamer, and at one-thirty o'clock In the afternoon we have driven our feed wagon over the entire line of pens and find that our forty brood sows with about sixty pigs and hogs of various ages have been drink ing almost two barrels of pure fresh cold water from the well, and have seemed to enjoy It as much as they did their warm feed in the morning. At night we gave them a feed of ear corn. There Is nothing that will quench thirst but water. I myself love to drink a glass of sweet milk at din ner, but 1 often find myself taking a drink of water almost immediately after it. The same is true of ani mals. The hogs may have just been fed even with warm wet mixture and yet they will turn to the other trough and take a few swallows of cold water. If this Is not evi dence enough that hogs need water even in winter, then 1 am mistaken. The question is?how to furnish fresh water at all timeB. The Pig Half Water. It is said in Dieterich's book on swine, that about one-half of a pig's weight Is composed of water. A growing pig contains moro in propor tion, however, than does a mature fat hog in proportion to weight. To grow young pigs and get best results they must have sufficient wa ter at all times, or at frequent in tervals during the day. If possible it would be far better to have good pure fresh water wherq the pigs can go at will and drink as often as they wish. Vigs. like sheep, do not drink much at a time, but If water is where they can go at will they will be found drinking a little quite of ten.?Indiana Pannier. J. M. Howell, a popular drugglBt of Greensburg, Kjr., says. "Wo use Chamberlain'* Cough Remedy In our own household and know it Is ex cellent." For sale by All Dealers. More Intelligence Needed In Hay Making. "We don't know how to make grasses and we don't know how to make hay," Is the startling, yet ab solutely true statement of Dr. S. A. Knapp of the Bureau of Plant Industry, In a recent address "Hay Is baked to death. Animals eat grass because It tastes good Your hays your pea vines. your alfalfa, and even your wild grass, if cut at the proper time and cured so as 1 not to bo sun baked, which takes away the flavor, will give a great pro duct an<1 you will hare to feed very little grain. A mule Isn't apt to overeat with grain. We must use more Intelligence In feeding a horse. Keeping stock in tbe future must be more of a problem of pasture and hay than of grain. Grain is too S' -ong as a main food and too ex pei>atve. It fevera the ayatem, and therefore we must have grmaaea and luscious pastures? well drained, not old aour Kraaa. but an abundant pas turage, aweet and nutritive, ao that It ia a pie counter to the animal. "It hag been the experience of England, Holland and Denmark that aa land advanced in value and life became more atretmous they turned toward grass and it Beerna that the same will follow eventually in our caae. In other worda, they made up their mlnda that they could get more out of land from graaa and live ?tock than they could by cultivating It. They only use the cultivated crop aa a uieana of rotation, but the main crop la the graaa crop. What ?re they doing with their grass? In ' Holland and Denmark It is the dairy I problem, and they have been able to j levelop a cow that la almost a per- j feet machine for manufacturing these 'ine hays and fine pasture grasses 1 nto high-priced butter and cheese, rake their regiatered stock and thoae inimals will average to produce for the farmer, 1,000 per cent net prof it more than the ordinary cow here; ! that is tenfold. Profit lies In the l>est. This Is true In every way; 1 whether In the case of a horse, or i cow, or a citizen, the profit is in the best. We must do more Intelli gent farming." What Doctor Knapp says with re- 1 Kurd to raising hay and feeding it ' to the horse or cow is the same old ! Btory over again that has been preached by the officials of the De- j partment of Agriculture with respect j to grain. If we are to continue as i the granery of the world, let us keep our corn, wheat, oats at home and feed It on the farm and then Bhip our beef, our veal, our pork away. The fertility of the soil will be retained on the farm and the profit will be vaBtly greater.?Indiana Farmer. The U?e of the Harrow In Preparing The Soil For Planting. We have never Been land half bo well prepared as It is this spring. While it is true that the unusually seasonable weather for work has had much to do with this Btate of things, the fact that so many farmers are getting good tools is equally as po tent a factor in this good prepara tion. Never was the value of the harrow so apparent. It is now get ting to be the rule, and not the ex ception, that a farmer does not con sider his land prepared for planting until it has been thoroughly har rowed. And oh! the difference. As far as the eye can see, the smooth ness and fineness of soil of the har rowed land stands out in bold con trast with the rough and cloddy sur face of the soil that has simply been plowed. Well, the farmers are go ing to make a crop this year. Now if they will only plant the variety they should, wo will be all right this fall, and the South will be in better shape than ever. We are going to make the cotton, and this will be all well if we grow other things in proportion. The use of tools, harrows and all, the spirit of good farming, the greater use of commer cial fertilizers, all should make our farmers grow a greater variety of crops. We rejoice in the good prep aration, now for better farming as to crops and better management gener ally.?The Southern Cultivator. Lack of Thrift. Americans are far less thrifty than Europeans. The French are the best savers in tho world, and a study of their sav ings makes Americans appear veri table spendthrifts. lYanee has less than one-half as treat population as the I'nlied States, yet In 1909 there were 12,828,847 de positors in French savings banks, as against 9,473,497 In American banks. The average French deposit was $76, while the average American de posit was $41.75. And this disparity la even greater when It Is consider ed that French laws do not permit savings account* to exceed $300, but require all sums over that amount to be Invested otherwise. Americans can learn much of econ omy from the frugal Frenchmen, and the Increased cost of living will doubtless bring many persons to a realization of the necessity for great er care In saving and investing mon ey.?Nashville Tennesseean Do Ghosts Haunt Swamps? No, never. Its foolish to fear a fancied evil, when there are real and deadly perils to guard against In swamps and marshes, bayous, and lowlands. These are the malaria germs that cause ague, chills and fever, weakness, aches In the bones and muscles and may Induce deadly typhoid. But Electric Bitters de stroys and casts out these vicious germs from the blood. "Three bot tles drove all the malaria from my system," wrote Wm. Fret well, of Uicama, N. C., "and I've had fine health ever since." Use this safe, sure remedy only 50c at Hood Bros lt M| , (, ||, ftAS IN TNI STOMACH comes from food which h?? fer mented. Oct rid of this badly digested matter as quickly aa possible if you would avoid a bilious attack. SIMMONS RED Z LIVER REGULATOR (THK rOWDKB FORM) Is a cleansing and strengthening medicine. It is a liver tonic first of all?and the liver is always affected when the stomach goes wrong. | It puts life in a torpid liver, helps digestion, sweetens the breath, clears the complexion of sallowness, relaxes the bowls and puts the body in i fine, vigorous condition. ?Ok* Br OCALCNt. M>CI. U?U MCRAM. Ask for thr ?rnoin? with th? U*>4 7. on th? US?1. It yoa rtnool |*l It. raall to (I. will tend It hr moil. po?lMid. tnmmoaa Liver ka?ul?ior Is pjt up ?l*o lu liquid form lor tbooo who profor it. ; jj trum ?it* per boltlo. Look for Iho Hod I Uo?l ^ J. H. ZEILIN A CO.. PWQPt., ST. LOUlt, Mo. ^ I THE^?5 I IMPOSSIBILITY! I OF FIRE 1 /^^j^^^oftbe fire* start on the roof, but New Century jTe^^/ Metal shingles are absolutely fire-proof and will pro-^ BEty' tect your builu'rg from flying sparks and cinders will ^i|P|n4 Ly also reduce cost of your lire-insurance?a fact well worth con SF Our Shingle Book No. 25 is handsomely illustrated and tells ?I all 4. it these shingles. Write for a copy now?we mail it free. Fj W * Clfrfff Crates will give more heat for less money than H U *nv other jirate on the market. Ask your dealer to show you ? Cahiil tirate* and be sure you buy no other. 0 (a Sanitary CelHngs. Southern Ornamental Metal Ceilings are lflL Fire-proof, Wat, Mouse and Vermin -proof. Write for prices and MM ^WA information. Made in the beautiful Lor.is XIV and Colonial Qk d^si* 'S?will add a hundred per cent to tha beauty of the room. M ini.'faciur* all kinds of Sheet Metal Building jMMfm COTTER HARDWARE CO., Agents for Shingles. [see royalf I AT BENSON S s =^==^?=? \ For Cultivators of all kinds, ! i : Cotton Plows, Weeders and 1 General Hardware. Prices RIGHT and Fair Dealings i 1 Always. 5 I I ROYAL'S HD'W. STORE 1 SI 2 $ Wade H. Royal, Proprietor. Benson, N. C. 2 I jfl _ 8 jpi " immmr -n ?ir=f The Necessities of Life ARE THE THINGS THAT COUNT. Man can get along without fine clothes, fine -J houses and automobiles, but he cannot get L. along without eating. If you want the best things to eat at prices you can afford to pay, See S. C. TURNAGE, Smithfield, N. C. -1 He will also buy Your Country Produce at Highest Market Prices. r *=11 =ii imnr=ii ?iidl ?!? ?!? ?!* v -I- ?!* -!? \* ?!? ?!* *!- *!? ?!? *!* v *!* *1* *!* ??? ?;< -j iW ARNINGi *'* 4* * Don't worry over having to * * /nix jour Fertilizer at home. J ? We /iai;e if mixed for you in + a f/ig/i Grade without a fil + ler. We believe it the best J * fertilizer on the market for + the price. We also carry a J complete line of High Grade J * Standard Fertilizers. We J just unloaded a car of Agri ? cultural Rock Lime. Don't * * neglect to put lime on your + Bottom Lands. * ANDISEE US FOR PRICES. t T ?^ T J ROBERTS, GORBETT AND WOODARD, % + SELMA, N. C. + + + + + + + + ?}? + + + + + + + + + ?!?+ + + ?!? ++ + +j ; EDWARD W. POU. L. H. AI.LRED, Smithfleld. N. C. Selrna, N. O, VoU & ALLRED ATTORNEYS AT LAW Smithfleld, N. C. PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS. Frederick H. Brooks LAWYER FORMERLY OF POU & BROOK Offices over Mr. N. B. GRANTHAM'S CLOTHING STORE General Office Practice. Claims col lected; estates settled; money to loan Court practice limited to important matters owing to duties as Recorder. Claude W. Smith Jas. D. Parker SMITH & PARKER ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW Smithfleld, N. C. Located in the old Pou-Massey of* fice, which has heretofore been used by J. D. Parker. All business entrusted to our earn will receive prompt attention. We practice in all courts both State and Federal. W. 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