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Southern Agricultural Topics. Modern Methods That Are Helpful to Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stoclauan. Pccnn Culture in the South. There seems to be a growing In terest in the cultivation of pecans for profit. Many inquiries are being made for the adaptability of Mlssis slpjferPil for the successful and profitable culture of pecans. In order that interested parties may have authentic and reliable Informa tion as to the best - varieties, how they should be planted, cultivated, and cared for. here is a Quotation from Professor George L. Clothier, forester and plant breeder, agricul tural and mechanical college, Mis sissippi: The fact that ne should consider before a pecan orchard is planted that planting is a long-time invest ment, from which returns need not be expected for ten or fifteen years. That the pecan tree is not any more likely to reproduce a true variety from seed than the apple, is another fact that should not be ignored. Some people pay fabulous prices for seed of paper shell varieties to plant, hoping to grow seedlings possessing all the good qualities of the parent irees. unese people are doomed to disappointment, for there is but one way to-reproduce a variety, and that is by budding or grafting a scion of the valuable sort on a seedling stock. Paper shell pecans for seed are worth no more than the wild nuts collected in the woods. Since cultivation of the pecan first began a number of varieties having desirable qualities, such as largeness of fruit, thinness of shell, plumpness of .kernel, or flavor of meat, have lieen djfecovered and sold by nurserymen under various names. These are without exception wild seedlings, that possess such qualities, that they have been singled out for cultivation from among the millions of natural trees which grow in the woods. Traveling agents have been known to sell bitternut hickory seedlings, pulled from the Southern swamps, for grafted pecans. This fraud is not likely to be discovered until the agent got his money and gone, since the buda of the pecan and the bitter nut are very similar. -Even if the tree peddler should furnish pecan trees of the best varieties, he must make a very large profit to earn his salary and traveling expenses, and the purchaser . pays the bill every time. Before planting a pecan orchard, me grower snouia give consideration and thought to the selection of the site. The wild trees are more thrifty and attain th9 largest dimensions on rich alluvial bottom lands. The vigor of the tree in the production of woou in sucn situations is iiKeiy to ra. e tardiness in bearing. Upland ""y , be preferred to bottom land, if are the crop desired. A soil , . fMtai.jairig-" considerable lime is pre ferable and it should be only mod erately fertile and well drained. Many growers advise spacing the trees forty to fifty feet apart. The writer believes, however, that thirty feet is wide enough. When the tree begins to bear, there will be more trees to bear, consequently a larger crop. When their crowns begin to crowd, the poorest trees should be thinned out. Thinning must be com menced at the right time and con tinued until the full grown trees are at least sixty feet apart. While the young, trees are growing to bearing size, the space , between . the rows should be devoted to field crops, such at cotton or corn, in order that an income may be obtained from the land. Cow peas . should be sown among the corn, and both the corn stalks and pea vines should be turned under with the plow, in the fall. The frequent tillage of the soil neces sary to grow the field crop will be of great advantage to the trees. During the period of the cultivation, grasses should not be permitted to gain a 'of the worst enemies with which a tree has to contend. Of course, live stock must be rigidly excluded from the orchard. Cattle and trees do not thrive together, and this rule not only holds good for the orchard and shade trees, but for the forest as vfrll. Farmers should take care of their wild pecan trees and have them top grafted with fine paper shell varieties. Thi3 is the quickest mode of getting & pecan orchard. The top grafted trees, if of bearing size when grafted, wfll begin to be productive in four or five years. The nuts of the grafted varieties will bring twenty-five to thirty cents per pound, instead of five or ten cents, the price usually ob tained for the wild pecan. Try the pecan raising at first in a small way until you learn the busi ness, and then extend your orchard. II. Houseman, Mississippi. Preservation of Fence Tosts. Experimental tests made by the government with a number of infer ior woods have shown that it is prac ticable to subject them to preserra- The Womaa's Hop. JSiow, we musi auuut, Woodby Wise, "that woman is natur ally more hopeful than man" "Yes," interrupted Murryat, "there's mi wife, for instance; every time that she's bought .fish since we've been married she lias asked the dealer if they were fresh, hoping, I suppose, that some day he'il cay 'No,' " tive treatment by wMeh, they will bo rendered durable and as lasting as the soundest oak iii many cases. This is of the highest importance in connection with the use of fence posts, telegraph and telephone poles, crossties and constructive timbers of many kinds. It is of special impor tance to farmers in many parts' of the country, for with them the fence post problem is serious. Almost every farmer in the South I and East knows that the supply . of locust, white oak, cedar and other durable woods has become so re stricted In the last few years, that their cost has become almost prohi bitive. In the Middle West the sup ply of good post material always was limited, while in many places in the Par West it is becoming more and more expensive to build fences be cause good timber for posts is be coming very scarce. The fence post problem, therefore, appeals to the farmers. of the whole country, and they will be benefited by any pro cess by which a poor post may be made to give double or treble ser vice. The preservative treatment can be employed more successfully with cer tain kinds of wood than-vith others, but It fortunately so happens "that the open-grained, quick-growing, quick decaying timbers are the easiest of all woods to treat. Among these are old field or loblolly pine of the South, lodgepole and western yellow pine, cottonwood, willow, buckeye, beech, sycamore and others in the West and Middle West. Woods which decay most rapidly In their natural state, with few ex ceptions, are best adapted for preser vative treatment. This is important because it renders cheap and abun dant timbers" available and makes usa of what would otherwise be wasted The process of treating farm tim ber is simple, and the cost is low. The apparatus may be set up ani operated by a farmer on his own premises, or two or more farmers or timber users may join and lessen the expense for each. The only' appara tus required is an open iron tank, large enough to receive fence posts in an upright position. Shingles, stakes and other small timbers may be treated in the same tank. The cost of the treatment, after the apparatus is ready, depends upon the size of the timbers and whether the entire posts or only the butts are treated, and the thoroughness of the treatment. When freight rates permit the shipping of the preserva tive at a moderate expense, the total cost of a treated post of old field pine, lodgepole pine, cottonwood or similar timber, ought not to exceed that of a high grade post in its natu ral state, and is often less. The government considers the in vestigations in the preservative treat ment of timber of such importance that the business of one branch of a bureau in the Department of Agri culture the "Office of Wood Preser vation" in the Forest Servica is given over entirely, to the vorlc of experiment in co-operation with rail road companies, mining corporations and individuals in prolonging the life of railroad ties, mine props, bridge timbers, fence posts r.nd trans mission poles. Advice and practical assistance are furnished all who re quest it of the Forester. The length ening of life of timber means the saving of thousands of dollars annu ally through doing away with the heavy expense of labor and cost of material for renewals Right Kind of Farming. Mr. J. C. Ilinton, one of the lead ing fruit and truck men of Texas, says : "I have a 114-acre farm, two miles north of Tyfer. . Twenty-two acres are in the woods, ninety-two acres in cultivation; twenty acres are planted in corn and twenty-three a,cres in cot ton, leaving forty-nine acres on which are planted the following fruits, veg etables, berries, melons, etc.: Peaches, plums, pears, apples, figs, grapes, Japanese persimmons, pecans and chestnuts; celery, spinach, rhubarb, cauliflower, cabbage. Irian potatoes, sweet potatoss, onions, beans, French peas, cucumbers, egg plant, turnips, lettuce, pepper, mustard, squash, to matoes, beets, collarda, kale, leeks, radishes, horseradish, sage, okra and pumpkins; strawberries, blackber ries and gooseberries, watermelons and cantaloupes; ribbon cane, pea nuts and cornfield peas. "I have matured on two acres in thirteen months, in the order give, the following crops: Turnips, cab bage, beans and celery. The crops, however, can be grown on the same land in rotation in any order in one year, or the same piece of land can be made to produce four crops i one year of either of these vegeta bles.'" A Spanish bull fighter sometime gpts ?2000 for a sirila performance Afraid of the BowWovt. "Say," growled the first hobo, "why didn't yer go up ter dat big house, like I told yer to, an' git a handout " "I started ter," replied his par "but a miaistex-lookin' guy gimnf a tip not ter. He sez: 'Turn froi yer present path, foolish men; ' join' ter de degs.' " SINKS AND DRAINS A FREQUENT-CAUSE OF TYPHOID Purify These and You Will Bo Safe From Contagion Disinfecting the Only Preventative Borav, a Simple, Safe and Sure Method. . Kow to keep our homes clean, sweet and free from germ Influences Is a question. While there 13 no occasion for alarm, it Is always well to be fore armed on the theory that "An Ounce of Prevention Is Better Than a Pound of Cure," and no ounce of prevention has yet been discovered that is more simple, more direct and more effec tive, yet harmless to the human sys tem, than 3orax. . Borax has been known and used for generations as a purifier and preven tive against epidemic influences orig inating from uncleanly conditions re sulting from unsanitary sinks and drains, and when used as a hot solu tion in the proportion of two table spoonfuls to a gallon of hot water flushed through the offending loca tions, removes every trace of disease germs and readers the pipes clean and wholesome. Eorax in addition to Its hyglenia qualities, is a household necessity and can be used for numberless do mestic purposes. It softens the water, makes linen dazzling white, will cleanse every article in the kitchen or dining room and make it bright, will prevent moths, soften and whiten the skin, remove dandruff aud cleanse the scalp, and for cleansing and ster ilizing baby's milk bottle and nipple has no equal. - Borax, unlike every other cleanser and disinfectant, Is absolutely harm less to the system, and is safe, simple, economical,, and can be purchased at :.ny drusgist or grocery. A dainty book In colors, called the "Jingle Book," will be sent free to any Mother sending nams and address of her baby and top3 from two one-pound carto:ia of "20-Mule Team" Borax, with 5c. in stamps." Address Pacific Coast Borax Co., New York. FARM NOTES. The overgrown horse is seldom a durable one. Eggs intended for hatching should "not bo kept over four weeks. They must be turned every day or two. It will require seven pound of skim milk to equal one pound cf lean beef for flesh-forming qualities. One dollar per head is the average cost of keeping a fowl a year, and the same amount is a fair estimate of the profits. Hens wi'l enjoy a change of diet and will do better in consequence. To keep on kicking and grumbling is easy enough. There will always be something not quite right. But what's the use of spoiling what is good by spreading the bad over it. The hen, that lays three' , eggs a week will pay double the profit . of one that produces but two eggs. A dairy cow is a machine that turns feed Into milk and cream. Give your birds plenty of green food in almost any form. They like It and will tell you so by the egg basket and flavor of e?gs, also. Most of us are very particular about the source of our well and spring water for our own drinking. How about that consumed by the live stock? The community without a rural tele phone service is decidedly behind the times. No investment pays better. Grain the ewes twice a day; give hay in the morning, shredded fodder at noon, and feed-rack at night. FOUND A WAY To Be Clear of the Coffee Troubles. "Husband and myself both had the coffee habit and finally hi3 stomach and kidneys got in such a bad condi tion that he. was compelled to give up a good position that he had held for years. He was too sick to work. His skin wa3 j'ellow, and I hardly think there was an organ in his body that was not affected. "I told him I felt sure his sicknes3 was due to C3''ee, and after some dis cussion he de eded to give it up. "It wa3 a struggle, because of the powerful habit.. One day we heard about Postum and concluded to try it, and then it was easy to leave off cof fee. "His fearful headaches grew less frequent, his complexion besan to clear, kidney grew better until at last he was a rew mau altogether, as a result of leay'ris off coffee and tak ing up l'c.laili. Then I began to drink it, too. "Although I was never as bad off as my husband, I was always very nervous and. never at any time very strong, only weighing 35 lbs. before I began to uso Postum. Now I weigh 115 lb3. and can do as much work a3 any one my size, I think. "Many do not us9 Postum because they have not taken the trouble to maka it right. I have succassfully fcoled a great many persons who have drank it "at my table. They would remark, 'You must buy a high grade of coffee.' One young man who clerked in a grocery store was very enthusiastic about my 'coffee.' When I told him what it was he said, 'Why, I've sold Postum for four years but I had no idea it wm like this. Think I'll drink Postum hereafter.' " Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.MIch. Read "The Road to Well Tllle," in pkga. "Th?ra'a a Rsasou.- Pe-ro-na Almanac in8,000,000 Homes The Peruna Lucky Day Almanac has become a fixture in over eight million homes. It can be obtained from all drug gists free. Be Bure to inquire early. The 1908 Almanac is already published, and the supply will soon be exhausted. Do not put it off. Speak for one to-day. Signs of A Break. "George must love you." "Why?" "Keeps coming to see you with Christmas looming up." "Yes, but he's getting very qura-relsome." Beware of Ointments For Catarrh That Contain Mercury, us mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole sys tem when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable phy sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon thr blood and mucous surface of thesystem. In uuyingHall's Catarrh Cure ho.onrp vmi fpt the crenuine. It is taken in-. ternally and made in Toledo. Ohio, by X J. Uheney & Ko. .testimonials iree. Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's J a mil y rills for coustiputioa. No Matter. "They claim that Shakespeare didn't 'write the plays." II 'm," said the press humorist. "After I'm gone I s'pose they'll say I didn't originate these jokes. Well, if they want to, let 'em. Why Sloan's Liniment and Veterin ary Remedies Arc the Best to Use. Let me tell you why Sloan's Lini ment and Veterinary Remedies are the safest and most practical on the market today. In the first place, Dr. Earl S. Sloan is the son of a veterin ary surgeon, and from his earliest in fancy he was associated with horses. He bought and sold horses while yet very young. He practised as a veterinary for twenty years, and has battled successfully with every dis ease to which that animal is subject. All his remedies are the result of experiments made to save life or re lievo suffering while he was practis ing his profession,.- Any reader, by writing to Dr. Earl S. Sloan, 615 Albany street, Boston, Mass., will receive "Sloan's Treatise on the Horse," free. Tills book tells how to treat horses, cattle, hog3 and poultry. Gambling has been prohibited in Texas. But tbi3, it must be remem bered, warns the Pittsburg Dispatch, is vastly different from preventing it. VIRGINIA MERCIIi&'T RID OF -A VERY BIG ORAVIiL STONE. Another Kemavkable Cure of Serious Kidney Trouble.' C. L. Wood, a prominent merchant of Fentress, Norfolk Co., Va., was suffering some months ago with fre quent attacks of hard as:: K -i k-fjj pain m tne Dacs, Kia-Vh-'W neys and bladder &Z&?-a . .... tern. ana me Kianey se cretions were Irregu larly scant', or pro fuse. Medical treat ment failed to cure him. "At last," says Mr. Wood, "I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and before one box was gone, I went through four day3 of intense pain, finally passing a stone, one-half by five-sixteenths of an inch in diameter. I haven't had a sign of kidney trou ble since." Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Disconsolate. "Why so dejected, Baron?" "Hard luck. Wife ran away with chauffeur I'll never get such a good man again." fliilfi And We Will Send Free, to Prove That it is the Most Effective Externa! Cure for Rheumatic Pains end Aches, a Large renTTB r fir mi lu Confident that it will do for you what it has done for others, and that to use it 13 to praiso it, as does the writer of the following grateful letter: "With muscular rheumatism I suf fered to the extent that even to control the pen held in my right hand was impossible at times. On one such day I first used Minard's Liniment. No indorsement could come from a worse sufferer or more grateful heart than mine. G. W. D'Vys, Cambridge, Mass." Send a postal to Minard'e Liniment Co., So. Framingham, Mass. TT?ATAT5UV Flf if Write SOUTHERN UUSIXESS OOLJiSOa AND TELK6KAPU Pertinent Paragraphs. . Co-operation is the name of ono of the high roads to success. Many a business has gone to the Avail, for no other reason than that all the parties concerned did not work together for a common end. Co-operation means success. The lack of it but medio cre work, and possibly failure. There are two trite old sayings which ex emplify the difference between the two ways: "In union there is strength," that's co-operation and success; "A house divided against itself must fall," that's lack of co operation and failure. If - you are going to succeed, you must economize. Economy does not mean miserliness, nor does it mean an unwise desire to save. False eco nomy is worse than none at all. A great many merchants have failed simply because they have refused to spend a dollar where good business management demanded that it be spent. " Living is Ligb, but we have to have it. DOCTOR SAID "USE CUTICURA" For Bad Case of Eczema on Child Disease Had Reached a Fearful State Order Resulted in Cure. "When I was small I was troubled with eczema for about three months. It was all over my face and covered nearly all of my head. It reached such a state that it was just a large scab all over, and the pain and itching were terrible. I doctored with an able physician for some time and was then advised by him to use' the Cuticura Rem edies, which I did and I was entirely cured. I have not been bothered with it since. I used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment, but do not know exactly how much was used to complete the cure. Miss Anabel Wilson, North Branch, Mich., Oct. 20, '07. H Conscience is a God to all men. Greek. Piles Cured in O to 14 Days. Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any caseof Itching. Bitml.Bleodingor Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. 50c. A sound mind in a sound body Latin. a rsyfr removes tha cause, K D Vyf EiSSi eootbes tlio nerves and Sjr H teat? rclicve8 th8 ache8 a!ld ..cqlbs and ep,!??ES'.'ii liMiiacIii'S und Keorslgia also. No bad effects. lUc, 2Su and 00c buttles. (LiqtiD.) '1MFK1NS' PROLIFIC COTTON. 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