Modern Farm Methods
As Applied in the South.
of Interest to Planter,
f _ -
Fruit Grower and Stockman
Ilow to Raise Good Watermelon*.
Watermelons prefer sandy soil of
moderate fertility, and are not likely
to do well on clay or very heavy soil.
If raised on the same land a number
of years they will probably sufTer
from blight. Break the land broad
cast thoroughly. Prepare for plant
ing six to ten feet each way, depend
ing on the variety of melon grown
and the strength of the solL Furrow
deeply where the rows are to be. and
cross furrow if preferred. Where
each hill is to grow open a pit eight
Inches deep and twenty-four Inches
across, and apply in each pit a shovel
»f well fermented compost. From
four to six pounds will be the right,
amount.
A compost that has given good ser
vice is made of three parts by weight
of cottonseed, manure and high grade
acid phosphate each, and one part of
kainit, all thoroughly mixed and left
In a large heap six weeks to ferment.
4*here will not be time now to fer
~~ ment this mixture for the present ,
year, which would have deprived the
seed of life and made the plant food
in the compost quickly available. If
fresh manure had been applied to
each hill before February it would by
planting time, if covered with soil,
have got in good condition to feed the
ptWntrf. If manure is scarce, a good
commercial fertilizer may be mixed
with wood's mold or rich loam and
placed in every hill. If the manuring
is too heavy it will make more vine
than melons. _ ,
Put eight to ten seeds In each hill
•nd cover one Inch deep. If hard
rains and drying winds follow plant
lag lightly scratch the surface of the
hilla to break the crust. If the soil Is
kept stirred arouud the young plants
their early growth will be more rapid.
Thin to two plants, selecting the most
vigorous and stocky ones in a hill, as
aoon as the plants form the first two
leaves. Keep up shallow cultivation
and recede from the row as the plants
grow. Plant a row of peas In the
middles, so the pea vines will be
grasped by the tendrile on the melon
vin*?s In order that the latter may not
be knocked about by heavy winds.
Do not move the vines for the pur
pose of cultivation. When it is seen
that vines that keep extending their
length in the latter part of the season
will not be able to mature what fruit
♦he new growth may put out. It may
be best to pinch back the new growth
ao that the vigor of the vine mny be
, thrown back for developing what
fruit can mature —-Oba*. M. Sherfcr,
in Progressive Farmer.
Two Most Hopeful Signs.
t. We were talking to a promin
ent merchant of Falrburn, Oa. He
said: "The farmers in our section are
Improving. And six cent cotton
proved a great blessing to them In
disguise. It forced them to raise their
corn. In 1502 I sold twenty-eight
carloads oT corn, and nearly all of it
on credit. For the last four yeara 1
have not averaged a carload per
year." This Is, indeed, a hopeful sign,
and we think a like condition of iif
fairs exist all over the South. We
know it do*s In all thrifty sections.
If your section is exception to thir
rule be*in to tall into line.
i. In former years It was custom
ary to hear farmers bragging about
how few furrows they ran In making
a crop. And it was almost the cus
tom to "run off and plant" without
any breaking or thorough prepara
tion of the soli. Now we hear the
farmers tell with pride how long It
took them to prepare their land. This
week a near neighbor told us how he
had prepared his land for corn. He
said: "I spen'. a w~*k with two large
mules, breaking ' / six acres for
corn. 1 nm to try 'the Will
iamson plan.' .Will use 800 pounds
guano per acre. I am ttrai going
over so nitoch land for my corn." W#
rejoice that tne day has changed, and
that our farmers are beginning to ap
preciate the vast difference between
thorough preparation and good work
and scratching the soil.— Southern
Cultivator.
DrrM Yonr Saddle Willi Milk.
Here Is a dressing for raddles that
ic so cheap that the first impulse of
the reader will be to say it is no good,
but the cost of a thing is not always
lu accord with its nsefulness. and the
saddle dressing that will be given will
be found worth many, many time* Its
Coat. It la produced by every farmer
And Its Inexpenslveness warrants its
frequent use, for It will surprise any
body who has not seen the good ef
fects It produces when applied right.
It Ik nothing but milk, fresh milk.
It will be recalled that milk baa fat
in it, which is here n substitute for
nil, and milk also has other things in
it that will have a good effect on
leather use* n the way that saddle
Freakishness doesn't indicate in
dividuality.
Don't be afraid to do mora than is
required of you.
Don't be afraid to begin at the bot
tom. It ia the safest way to climb.
Girl* who are worth their weight
in gold are seldom given a weigh.
The oeean ia not the only body
411ed_ with breakers. ■
leather Is. Do not be content with
merely moistening the saddle with
milk. First clean ic thoroughly with
mild soap and water tMt has been
slightly warmed. A little experiment
ing will show Just how cry the leath
er should be before the milk is ap
plied.
Milk la no exception to the rule
that leather dressing should be thor
oughly rubbed into the leather. The
auccess of the work will depend large
ly on the amount and thoroughness
of rubbing. Bridles can be greatly
improved by the same treatment.
The leather part of the saddle that
comes next to the horse may be
treated with neatsfoot oil. The sweat
'from the horse will deposit salt on
this part of the leather and be hard
on it, and that is the reason why spe
cial care should be given here. If
this lower part of the saddle is kept
clean It will be much better for the
saddle and much better for the horss.
—Progressive Farmer.
A Hire Worth as Much as a Cow.
No farm Is complete in its conve
niences and business methods with
out a few colonies of Italian bees
comfortably housed in a most conve
nient hive. Honey is one of the
farmer's most valuable assets, and in
many places a doxen colonies will
gather seVenty-flve to 100 gallons of
honey during a single season, worth
in many places seventy-five cents a
gallon. All the bee wants Is a mov
able frame hive, In which the honey
la atored in a convenient manner for
the farmer to get at any hour he
may wish to have honey and butter
for supper.
Thousands of gallons of the very
"quintessence of sweetness," as an
old bee keeper used to say, Is lost in
the country for the want cf a place
to store it. A real atrong colony of
Italian beet. Is worth as much in a
year to a family as an ordinary Jer
sey cow la worth. Bees make the
corn and cotton better by mixing the
pollen of the different flowers, there
by making the seed larger and heav
ier, insuring greater germinating
power. Farmers, if they so desired,
by providing ample uiorage spacip for
the bees could raise honey to' sop
both sidea of their bread every day In
the year and not trouble to make
syrup. Honey has valuable medi
cinal properties that no other sweet
has.—J. R- MeLendon, in Progressive
Farmer. . . ,-
Cot(6n Advice.
There has been a larger reduction
in the production of the cotton mills.
Prices have fallen. Wagea lu the
Northern mills have been reduced,
and for the time there has been a re
duced demand for the raw material.
The Southern farmers should take
these facta into consideration and cur
tall the acreage for 1908. Plant food
crops, ralae more hogs, more frulta
and vegetables for the market and
less cotton.
The acreage for 1907 was larger
than it should have been. A late cold
spring interfered with the produc
tion, and the weather conditions and
the labor conditions throughout the
jteaton united to reduce the yield per
acre.
If we have in 1908 the same acre
age as in 1907 and have a better crop
year, better weather and better labor
conditiona with a smaller demand
from the mills, It is clear that prices
would fall, and the crop would not be
remunerative.
The remedy Is to reduce your acre
age ten per cent, and raise other
crops instead.—llomc and Farm.
Fertilizing For Peanuts.
Pops in peanuts are caused by a
deficiency of potash in the soil, not a
deficiency of lime. Lime applied to
the soil releases potash and thus aids.
Use a fertilizer atrong in phosphoric
acid and potash. Many peanut grow
ers use plaster, which has the same
effect of releasing potash that may be
in the soil. But In using phosphate
liberally yon will of necessity apply
forty pounds of plaster In every 100
pounds of acid phosphate, as this ic
the result of dissolving the llmo phos
phate with sulphuric acid. The sandy
soils of the peanut section are defi
cient in potash, and a liberal applica
tion of acid phoaphate and muriate of
potash wiii Increase the crop and do
as much toward banishing pops
lime. —W. F. ilassey.
RHter Knowledge. _
It Is better lor a pupil to know tlie
composition of feed for growing stock
than to be able to name the battles of
tbe Revolution. It is better for him
to know the meaning of protein nnd
nutritive ration than to know what la
meant by tbe least couiinuu multiple.
—a K. -Qftvls.
Hera and There.
Trust no man's memory—nor your
own. .
You can nag a man into purgatory
easier than you cab pray him into
heaven.
If a man is rfght he can't be too
radical, and if he's wrong he can't
be too conservative.
If you expect to have to borrow
money, better borrow it before you
need iil it is earner to do ao. :
AT THE HEAD OF THE PROCESSION
—Cartoon by W. A. Rogers, in the New York Herald.
PASTOR FINDS A MORAL IN
WRECK OF HIS OWN HAPPINESS
Rj'o'ojj of Brid] bj Drowning Accident, ths.Rev. Mr. Yroorain Says It Was In
t9adsd For His R9gsaeratloa-Sermon Takoj Placj of Wedding Iniltatlons-
On Daj Set For Marriage Clergyman Tells o! His Bitter Strogglo With Despair.
Wlnthrop, Mass. Miss Alio* C.
Loud, of Roxbury, who was drowned
here three weeks ago. was to have
been married to the Rev.Hlrara Vroo
liian. of Providence. Instead of the
wedding Invitations that would ,have
been aent Mr. Vrooman has gathered
about htm his philosophy and Issued
something like a sermon, hla be
reavement serving as the text.
The essence of his reflections on
the tragic event is that the young
woman perished, by divine will, in
order that he mlghj bo purified by
Are and proceed further upon the
road to regeneration by being given
a perception of his own worldllness.
The statement, or sermon, reads:
"To-day was to have been th» day
of marriage to Alice C. Loud,
whose sudden death by drowning oc
curred three weeks ago to-day. It is
true that from all earthly points of
view this providential occurrence is
al'together inexplicable, but when
spiritually considered there Is suffi
cient explanation to dispel every
doubt of Its beneficence.
"Both practically and ideally Miss
Loud seemed to be bringing to me
the largest measure of personal satis
faction that this world has In store
for any man. She was bringing not
only the most devoted and purest
femiline affection that wag ever re*
vealed to me in a woman, but also
that complex of countless physical,
mental and spiritual values which
promised to multiply my usefulness.
"At flrat ( upon learning wUat bad
happened, all my ardent love for
her, which had already given me the
rarest happiness that t had ever ex
perienced. turned, as It were, against
me to torture me with vague anxieties
for her and Indescribable pity. Fol
lowing this, and second only to It by
INDUSTRIAL WORK UNSEXIXcf WOMEN.
Future of Race Depend* Upon Checking Evil, Bays Medical lo
, clety Speaker,
Chicago.—The subject of women
In the workaday world waa the chief
theme before the meeting here of tho
American Academy of Medicine. Sev
eral men physicians read papers de
ploring the fact that too many wom
en unsexed themselves by forsaking
home life for industrial work, and as
serting that the future of the race d>
pended upon the checking of "this
wldespreading evil."
Dr. Helen C. Putnam, of Provi
dence, startled the audience by, de
claring she was in favor of woman
suffrage. "Every woman," she sail
"has the right to develop her best
faculties, to become educated, and to
enter a bifslness Held, where she
meets many men, so she can select
the father for her children. I favor
establishing a study of 'home-mak
ing' in the public achooia of our coun
try."
Dr. Emma Culbertson, of Boston,
said: "Co-operation of the two sexes
alone ia needed to settle tho question
of the place of women in business
life." - V.
Conditions had changed during the
last hundred years. Dr. Edward JacK
aon, of Denver, asserted, and women
should be allowed to change th ir
habits and occupations.
Better Servant* Than Sliop Girl*.
Dr. OttoSjuettner, of Cincinna'i.
said: "The lack of housewives and
domestic servants is disrupting so
ciety and home life. I have no sym
pathy with women who work Iri
stores or other industrial Institutions
for starvation wages, when there are
thousands of homes in which they
can get respectable employment tet
ter fitting themselves for married life.
Women competing with men sinpiy
lower the wage scale, cauie a lack of
support by men and a tendency to
ward singleness."
Dr. George Hoxie, of Kanim City,
declared It to be a deplorable fact
that te&cfcers in public schools re
ceived less wages than hoticarrlerK
At the first general meeting of 'he
American Medical Association for
scientific discussion here the chief
feature of the program waa an fl
Wright Brothers Hire Several
ArropUne* Ready IW Service.
Washington, D. C.—That the
Wright brother! have several ma
chines practically ready for service,
and that they only await the clearing
up of a little obscurity In their Gov
ernment contract before beginning
public exhibitions is good news.
Enough Is known about the work of
the Dayton Inventors to justify the
belief that they have accomplished
more with their aeroplane than their
rival*, and that pedple are eager to
learn more about them.
way of ray suffering,
was the despair of personal disap
pointment. Apparently, I had been
deprived of that one satisfaction
without which nothing elsei besides
could be satisfying.
" \ belief that has not been weak
ened by doubts In the fact of the di
vine providence, and which has been
Inclusive of the unquestioning con
viction that what the Lord had done
was for the best and permanent in
terest of every one of us concerned,
has given a certain Interior peace
and sense ot security, even while the
external or natural affections were
bolus tortured and tempest torn.
Indeed, the suffering has been
tempered and greatly modified by
these counteracting influences from
within. It has seemed to me at
times, and I have permitted myself
to believe, that I was sensible of a
work being wrought by the Lord in
my ruling love, causing it to become
a little more unselfish than it had
formerly been. Indeed, It'is the res
urrection of less selfish loves from
more selfish loves In such times as
this that verifies the revelations In
the word of God of Immortality, and
confirms the cerhfi;">ty of the resur
rection of the beautliol unselfish girl
whom I loved and still continue to
love. ;
■ I am thankful beyond measure
that I have experienced not tha slight
est feeling of rebellion against the
unalterable fact. My suffering has
battles revelation to me ot the great
distance that I have yet to go In the
regeneration. I have felt uncon
cerned whether I live or die. I f 'el
sure that I am suffering less and re
ceiving greater spiritual blessing
from It than many persons who have
sustained similar loss." ,
- i-'j"'
dress by Dr. Herbert Burrcil, of Bos
ton, president-elect, on "A New Duty
of the Medical Edu
cation of the Public in Scientific Med
icine." He said In part:
"At present I believe that physi
cians are too conventional in their
methods of treating disease. They
have not paid sufficient attention to
the alleviation of the suffering that
accompanies some of the Incurable
maladies."
Doctor's Trl'jufe to the Press.
Dr. Burrell advocated educating
the public In sanitation, and urged
extensive publicity for all questions
of hygiene. He said:
"The medical profession and many
of the public are afraid of the press.
I never had occasion to appeal to the
press for assistance and co-operation
in any public measure without re
ceiving hearty, but at times, to my
mind, Indiscreet, assistance. News
papers will publish what they think
,the public wants to know, but not
what we think the public ought to
know. They assume, quite properly,
the right of decision. The greatest
power that we can have to diffuse In
formation is the public press. Let us
i be frank with It and 1 believe tbat it
will almost invariably bo honest with
us."
Charles Harrington. M. D., of Bos
ton, took for his subject, "Slues'
Rights and the National Health." and
suggested that the movement for na
tional control of the public health
should be focusHed rtther into a de
partment "represented in the Cab
inet or of a division of an etistlng
department with a commissioner for
a c'aief,"
By unon'mous vote the House of
Delegates of the association approved
a recommendation to the Board of
Trustees to create a commission, the
sole duty of which shall be to wat*h
and oppose the enactment of laws In
tended to abolish vivisection. Dr.
W. B. Cannon in an aidress advo
cated a campaign of education
against oriponan's of the practice,
sr.iijm he accused of uatrjthfulneas
and Unoranee.
Mascot Bears March With
Oar Jackfes at Seattle.
Seattle, Wash.—The Atlantic bat
tleship fleet landed an armed force of
3000 men, who paraded through the
city accompanied by a land force.
In the middle of the procession
were twelve bear cubs, brought from
Aberdeen to be presented as mascots
to the battleships. Each bear waii led
by a prominent citizen of Aberdeen.
Before the reviewing stand was
reached the little fellows tired, and.
their conductors took them la their
arms and carried them past.
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