Farm
Department
De leted to Ibt Ia«ere*»» of Tbo*«
tallied in AtricnHnrnl Pnrnmln.
Conducted by J. M. Booty
EARLY PLANTING.
While it would be easy to plant
corn and cotton too early wo are
of the opinion that many make the
mistake of planting too late. Early
planted corn usually gets out of the
way of the late summer and early
fall droughts. These droughts do not
always come but they frequently do.
Corn is a hardy plant and is seldom
killed by cool weather in spring.
Cotton grows for a long season and
needs about all the time we can give
it to make its growth. Besides it
too is often injured by August and
September droughts. But a very im
portant reason for planting early is
to get corn and cotton up so they
can go to growng. Every year we
fear a spring drought such as we
have had this year. Since we can
remember we have experienced sever
al spring droughts to set in anywhere
from April 20th to May 1st and last
from four to six weeks. Unless the
crops are planted early so they can
come up before these droughts set in
they are given a late start. Most
farmers of this section did not plant
as early this spring as they could
have done and now they regret it.
Where planting was done early a
fairly good stand was secured and
the crops are growing. Take the
years as they come and early planting
is the best. The fact that late plant
ing does all right some years should
not cause us to put off planting when
we get ready. Remember that early
planting usually gets the crops up
and gets them out of the way of the
late droughts and gives them plenty
of time to grow and mature.
part of a good lease.
The following addition to the ordi
nary farm lease will, If carried out
according to its terms, maintain the
fertility of the farm and prove a prof
itable arrangement for both landlord
and tenant. It is an agreement be
tween two readers of Wallaces Farm
er:
It is agreed by and between the
said F. Fait on Ben and the said Mar
tin Benson that the said Martin Ben
son shall pay as rent for all pasture,
hay and waste land, which it is a
greed, amounts to seventy-eight acres
the sum of $5.00 per acre, payable
October 1. 1911, and evidenced by
one promissory note; it is further a
greed that as rent, the said Martin
Benson shall husk and deliver on the
said premises to the said F. Falton
son one-half of all corn produced on
the said premises, it being further
agreed that the said Martin Benson
shall purchase the one-half of the
said corn of the said F. Fallon son to
be fed on the said premises and that
the said Martin Benson shall pay
therefor the average price per bushel
for like corn during the month of
February, 1912, on the market in the
town of Irwin, Iowa, or in the neigh
borhood of the premises herein leased
at the option of the lessor: it is fur
ther agreed that as rent the said
Martin Benson shall deliver to the
said F. Faltonson, two-fifths of all
wheat, barley, oats or other small
grain grown on the said premises, the
said wheat and barley to be deliver
ed by the said Martin Benson in
Iowa, during the month of February,
1912, it being further agreed that the
said Martin Benson may at his option,
purchase and feed the said oats be
longing to the said F. Faltonson,
paying therefor the average price of
oats during the month of February,
i^ the town of Irwin, Iowa, or in the
,,eigJr>«r]10od of the premises ieased
at the option of the lessor, but that
it he should not want the said oats,
then and in that event, he shall, dur
ing the month of February, 1912, de
liver the same in the town of.
It is further agreed by and between
the parties to this lease, that the said
Martin Benson shall keep on the said
premises at all times, not fewer than
forty head of cattle.
It is further agreed by and between
the said parties to this lease that the
said Martin Benson shall not plant
on the said premises to exceed fifty
's fire acres of corn.
The said Martin Benson agrees tc
mow the tveeds about the fences and
ditches on the said farm and along
the roadside adjoining the farm
twice during the year, once In June
and once in August.
The said Martin Benson agrees tc
plow all corn, except that planted on
sod four times.
Martin Benson agrees that he wil
keep all fences and buildings in at
good repair aP at the beginning oi
his term of lease, natural wear anc
tear excepted, and h© also agree:
that he will make repairs on the saic
fences and buildings as required bj
the lessor without charge, the lessoi
agreeing to furnish the necessary ma
terials. i
The said Martin Benson also agrees
to hoe or pull all morning glories,
sour dock or cockleburs growing or
appearing on the said premises.
The said Martin Benson agrees to
haul out all manure as fast as made
by the stock on the said premises,
except during winter when the same
Is frozen,
Further agreed by and between the
parties to this lease, that the said
Martin Benson shall sow in all small
grain sown by him on the said prem
ises, clover seed, for which the said
F. Faltonson shall pay one-half the
cost, and Martin Benson one-half.
It is further agreed by and between
the parties to this lease that all hay
and Btraw produced on the said prem
ises shall be fed or used thereon and
no part of the same sold or hauled
off the said premises.
EXTENSION OF LEASE.
It is hereby agreed by and between
F. Faltonson, Lessor, and Martin
Benson, lessor, as follows, towit-:
It is agreed that the lease for the
year beginning March 1, 1911, and
ending March 1, 1912, heretofore en
tered into by the said parties is here
by extended for one year beginning
March 1, 1912, and ending March 1,
1913, and that the provisions of the
said lease are hereby extended for the
said additional term and covering the
said land therein described. It is fur
ther agreed that the said lessee shall
not permit any other family than his
own to be taken upon the Baid prem
ises or into the house thereon, but
it is agreed that he may hire such
help as he needs to work the said
farm properly, not including, however,
the bringing upon the said premises
or Into the said house of another
family. It is further agreed that the
said lessee agrees to hoe or pull or
otherwise destroy all milkweed grow
ing or appearing on the said prem
ises.
It is also agreed that in case the
land described in said foregoing lease
is sold or rented to another tenant or
purchaser for the year 1913-1914 said
tenant or buyor or lessor shall liavo
the right to go on said land, make
repairs, to do fall plowing or sow
grain or grass seed in the fall of
1912.
I it is further agreed that this ex
tension of lease shall be attached to
the lease for the year 1911-1912 con
sisting of three sheets a part thereof.
Dated at Harlan, Iowa, on this 3
day of October, 1911.—Wallaces Farm*
er.
BILLION BACTERIA A WEEK.
Ah soon ns the roots of a legumin
ous crop begin to grow, if the soil is
sweet—that is, does not lack lime—
tiny bacteria, so small that it takes
a powerful glass to see them, attach
themselves to the roots of the pea or
other leguminous crop and start to
housekeeping, building a little nodule
as it Is called. It takes only about
twenty minutes to complete the
growth of one of these entitles, but
1 they do not die. They simply divide
themselves into two, each starting a
new nodule or adding to the one al
ready begun, and dvitdtng again in
twenty minutes and so on, and infini
tum, multiplying at such a wonderful
rate that it has been estimated that
if there was one in good condition
here a week ago, there are a billion
now. These little houses, or nodules,
grow into great hives until soon they
are as large as walnuts on the roots
of the plants. Their functions are
peculiar and wonderfully Interesting
as well as profitable.
The air, as you know, is four-fiftlis
nitrogen. Nitrogen is the most ex
pensive fertilizer that you buy and it
1 is positively essential to plant life.
| Now, these little entities suck air in
to the earth and aerate the soil. It
is just as necessary for a plant to
have air as it is for animals to breathe
it. They therefore do the splendid
service of bringing the air into the
soil, and In bringing it In they digest
the nitrogen that is In the air and con
vert It into mineral nitrates that are
soluble in water and immediately avail
able for plant food. It is estimated j
that under favorable conditions where
an acre of land is well Inoculated the '
bacteria will bring $20 worth of nitro
gen to the acre within the year; that
is, it would cost$20 and more to buy
iand put upon theland the nitrogen
Ulmt these little enities have drawn
from the atmosphere into the soil.—
Col. Henry Exall of the Texas Indus
trial Congress.
ONE COST OF LIVING.
The Department of Agriculture re
ports that the loss of farm animals
last year from disease and exposure
comprised over six and a half million
swine, nearly two million cattle, over
two and a half million sheeep, and
more than half a million horses and
mules—the total value exceeding two
hundred million dollars. Of food ani
mals alone eleven millions perish
i yearly, valued at a hundred and forty
1 million dollars. The greatest mor
r tality is among swine. Something like
nine-tenthB of that is due to cholera;
• and cholera, though not absolutely
I preventable at present, can be vety
greatly reduced,
Formerly we had meat to spare.
Only six years ago we exported half a
million cattle and over four hundred
million pounds of beef. Now exports
have almost ceased. We should be
importing meat before long—but high
prices will probably increase produc
tion. We still have only twenty-three
cattle to the square mile, while Be -
gium has a hundred and sixty-four -
Denmark a hundred and forty-fou
but on any intensive scheme of pro
duction beef is bound to he deer.
Saving even a part of the yearly pre
ventable waste of food animals would
help a bit in the cost-of-living prob
lem, for the consumer finally pays for
the animals that perish from exposure
as well as for those sent to the
slaughter house. Cost of living in
the United States has risen by half
in fifteen years. We have not the
least doubt that if preventable waste
were prevented it would cost no more
to live now than it did in 1897.—Sat
urday ESvening Post.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Administrator on the estate of E.
I. Pierce deceased, hereby notifies
all persons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me
duly verified on or before the 9 day
of May 1914 or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery, and
all persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate payment.
This 3 day of May 1913.
W. L. PIERCE,
T. R. KIRBY,
Administrators.
NOTICE.
The undeersigned having qualified
as Executor on the estate of Jesse
S. Starling deceased, hereby notifies
all persons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me
duly verified on or before the 18th
day of April 1914 or this notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery;
and all persons indebted to said
estate will make immediate payment.
This 14 day of April 1913.
WILLIAM CREECH, Exe-utor.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as executor on the estate of Carolina
Henry deceased, hereby notifies all
Dersons having claims against said
estate to present the same to me dui
verified on or before the 18th day of
April 1914 or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery; and
all persons indebted to said estate
will make immediate payment.
This 17 day of April, 1913,
JOHN W. FUTRELL, Executor
HORSE STRAYED.
On April 21st ther came to my
residence a sorrel mare h years old,
weighing about 900 pounds with
blaze face, sear on right hip and
over right eye, back sore and thin in
flesh. Owner can get her by paying
for expense of feed and advertising.
R. F. MURPHREY,
Malaria or Chills & Fever
Prescription No. 6!'S is prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILI S &. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It nets on the liver better than
Calomel and doe3 net e cr sicken. 25c
FRAIL, SICKLY CHILD
Restored to Health by Vinol—
Letter to Mothers.
Anxious mothers often wpnder why
their children are so pale, thin and
nervous and have so little appetite.
For the benefit of such mothers in
this vicinity we publish the following
letter.
J. Edmund Miller, New Haven,
Conn., says: "My little daughter, ever
since her biHh, had been frail and
sickly, and was a constant source of
worriment. Several months ago we
commenced to give her Vinol. I im
mediately noted an improvement in
her health and appearance. I gave
her three bottles of Vinol, and from
the good it has done her I can truly
say it will do all you claim.”
This child’s recovery was due to
the combined action of the medicinal
elements extracted from cods’ livers,
—combined with the blood-making
and strength-creating properties of
tonic iron, which are contained in
Vinol.
Vinol will build up and strengthen
delicate children, old people and the
weak, run-down and debilitated. We
return the money in every case where
it fails.
Hood Bros., Smithfield, N. C.
NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as Administrator on the estate of
W. E. Strickland deceased, hereby
notifies all persons having claims
against said estate to present the
same to me duly verified on or be
fore the 25 day ofApril 1914 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery; and all persons indebted to
said estate will make immediate pay
ment.
This 21 day of April 1913.
E. F. STRICKLAND, Administrator.
WOOD WANTED.
We want to buy one thousand or
more cords of round pine wood not
split delivered at Smithfield at the
lumber mill. Good price for delivery
now or later. Write us, phone us
or call ta see us.
RAND & LAWRENCE, Smithfield,
N. C.
SALE OF TOWN PROPERTY FOR
TAXES.
I, J. H. Parker, Tax collector for
the town of Selma , N C., will on
Saturday, May 24, 1913, at the court
house door in the town of Smith
field, N. C„ at 12 o'clock M, offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash
the following named real estate to
satisfy the town taxes for the year
1912.
Lula May Barrow’ one lot 5.70
T. G. Seay, three lots 2.70
Mrs. Minnie Griffin one lot 2.40
W. G. l est, one lot 2.45
D. C Bell, one lot 5.45
Sophia Green, one lot 1.20
Gilbert Gillmore, one lot 5.70
Sampson Hinton, one lot 5.45
io. u ..older, one lot 4.95
C. C. Hathaway one lot 5.45
Robert Hinton, one lot 5.95
Wayland Jones, one lot 6.20
W. S. King, three lots 17.70
T. A. LaSaine, one lot 7.95
Tempie Lassiter, one lot 3.45
John Lane, one lot 6.45
Frank Pettiway, one lot 4.20
Caroline Richardson, one lot 1.83
John D. Turner, one lot 6.60
Daniel Watson, dec'd 2 lots 5.70
This April 24, 1913
J. H. PARKER,
Town Tax Collector, Selma, N. C.
A QUICK MOVE
on your part will enable you to get some
Special Bargains in Buggies.
In order to move them quickly we are mak
ing special prices on our line of Buggies,—
Top Buggies, Surreys, and Open Buggies.
We carry the Oxford, Durham and Wrenn
Buggies. Also a Special Line of Harness
at Special Prices.
FURNITURE
For the next few weeks we are making
Special Prices on our handsome and well
assorted line of Furniture.
We Are Headquarters
for Flour, Meat, Meal, and all kinds of
Groceries.
Remember the special prices and trade
with us.
Cotter-Underwood Co.
Smithfield, N. C.
Paint Your Own
Carriage
You can do it yourself and at little expense. It’s easy
to give it a beautiful, hard, brilliant, varnish-gloss
hnish in black or rich appropriate colors.
ACME QUALITY
CARRIAGE PAINT (Neal’s)
is made especially to give to buggies, carriages and
vehicles of all kinds, a tough, durable, glossy finish that
will look well and wear well. An ideal finish for settees,
flower stands, porch furniture, garden
tools and all surfaces that must with
stand exposure and hard usage. Ready
to brush on and the label tells how.
Cotter Hardware Co.
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How Are You Going To CookAi
This Summer?
If you want cool, quick
service use a
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Always ready for use.
No coal, smoke or ashes.
Food cooked better, every
body happier.
Made with 1, 2, 3 and 4
burners.
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY
Wuliagton, D. C. (New Jcntj) CiirioBe, N. C.
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