North Carolina Newspapers

'GARDEN, FARM and CROPS, 53S5S FOR THE UP - RIGULTUR1 Egg Farming. A profitable branch of egg farming is the production of egga for hatch ing. The poultry raiser on, the subur ban let will find it especially &o. To be successful ia this Hiie tho eggs must produce a reasonable percent f strong, healthy clicks, and to have fertile egrrs is a problem every poultryman has to face. For years tbis has been studiad and discussed, yet there is no solution, r.or Is there much improvement in the percen tage of chicks hatched. All who keep hens have the same trouble. It is a natural condition acd as such cannot be easily overcome. Abundant exer cise and strong vigorous males are tho most potent factors for good re sults. It is alsv advantageous to have extra males kept alone and thus change tho males in the pens. Tihis gives a chance for rest and results in a large percentage cf fertile eggs. Indianapolis News To Break Srcody Hens,. Mcny hens insist upon following their instinct for sitting and the egg yield decreases accordingly. Owners of flocks cf the Mediterranean class Leghorns 'and Minorcas will not be annoyed so much by the sitting hen, but all the heavier varieties in which the. sitting instinct - has not been bred out attempt to sit after each clutch of eggs. Some of the meat breeds the Erahmas, Cochins and L.angohans insist so persistently in sitting that it 13 ofte a hard matter to break t'hem up even whea. con fined in an empty crate or box. A crate hung from the roof of a shed or from the limb of a tree in the poultry run and the broody hens con fined in it will break them up Quick er than any other method. The broody lien will r ten attempt to sit in the dark corner of a box or crate if the crate is upon something solid, but as the heu moves about in the crate hung from a wire it swings, causing the lien to think more about keeping her balance than of sitting. Water should be given the brcody hens and a . scant supply of food daring the two cr three days of their confine ment. Indianapolis News. Fattening Lambs. A floekmaster in the American Sheep Breeder .srys After many yetrs of experience I have come to the conclusion that a long light feed is much better than a short heavy one. In feeding lambs I would proceed as follows Mix the com, oats, bran and all meal in the following proportions: Five of corn, two of oats, two of bran, one of oil meal, by niea-'r-ure. Just as soon as they will eat giv.in wor.Id feed them one-half pound s day in two feeds, for one week. Then three-fourths pound a day for cne week then one 'and one-half pounds a day for bal ance of time. I would feed them in fiat-hoLfDmed troughs, ac.d would aim ) feed them at day-light in the morn- ing,and in the evening early enough so that they would finish eating Be fore dark. Do not have any grain before them for any length of time. (Make them cat up grain quickly, and if they get slow cut down feed fcr a few days. "Would feed bean pods and ensilage mornings and clover hay at night, with an occasional feed of straw as to keep pens well bedded with what was left. Be sure they have all tho pure water and salt they want at all times. j- ' -v. ' V Care cf Chicks. Watch out for the h-ead lice on little chicks. Infested chicks are stunted ty the pest and never make the 'chickens they would if their vitality not beta reduced by the attacks of the lice. Head lice are deceiving. JThey are so small andhin that they Eire cftca mistaken fcr down on the chick's head and throat, where they arc. the most numerous. An applica tion of ' equal parts cf lard and kero sene will kill the head lice. SunKght is essential to success in chicken raising. See that the poultry house 13 cuastrar-ted with a view to admitting as much air and sunshine as possible. Sudden chilling, if it fol lows overheating may result in diar rhoea, or catarrh or both. Particular ly is this true of little chicks in the ypooder or with the mother hen. Jjack of grit, sudden change of diet to an excess of animal food, green food, coarse food, or damaged grain, overfeeding, partaking of filth in tho food or water r.re all causes of ill fiess. Closely ten fined fowls are able to resist them least. Give to a mature fowl one tor-spoonful of castor oil or Epsom salts, twenty grains in a table spioonful or water. Regulate the food and other conditions. Indianapolis News. To Eradicate the Dandelion. The most cffeclJve and practicable method of clearing a dandelion inft:st ed lawn, other than by hand digging, is by the use of Iron sulphate ap plied as a spray. The writer has suc ceeded with three applications in entirely, killing nil plants of this xm mon lawn pest, without injuring the gras3. A portion of a lawn so badly fcrfested that hardly anything but dan delions wua visible a year ago ia now TO - DATE without a single plant, and the grass has thickened a good dead in cons Quence. A solution of copperas or iron sul phate, made by dissolving it tho rate of ano and one-quarter pounds oi tho Ut in a gallon of water, should be appliedto the lawn with a spray pump so as to wet every plant. It will not do to use a common sprinkler. The solution must be p-ut on in the form of a fine spray appfted with some force to be most effective. A common bucket spray pump, or evea a hand atomizer, for very small areas, is suitable, providing' it makes a fine, forcible spray. Eo not try to hit the dandelions only but cover every square inch of the lawo. In this way all seedling plants will bo killed. Put on a second application in two to three weeks and a third and possibly a fourth late in Summer, if sny cf the dandelions etcrt into growth. The grass will be blackened fcr a short time but soon recovers, and after a watering and mowing will appear darker green than before. Do not allowe" solution to. get on ce ment cr stone walks, as it produces a rather permanent, yellow etain. B. O. Longyear, Colorado Agricultural 'College, Fort Collins. The Wonderful Eucalyptus. In tho fast-'growfing eucalyptus, im ported from Australia, the people of California believe they have found a tree which will solve the forestry problem in that state. The secretary of the Forestry Society of California tells something cibout this remark able tree in an article in the Ameri can Forestry. There trees, we are told, "rush in and giow where other trees are help less to root; are cut down and are again reproduced frcm the hacked slumps." Mere wonderful still is the information that "the second growth furnishes a better quality of ,wcod 'than the first and through time indefinite the tree stumps will reproduce and each growth is super dor to the ones preceding." The trees "rival th3 jctirdcn weeds ' In their rapidity of growth"; they compare favorably with the hardwoods, in strength, beauty and texture; they meet the demand for every purpose for which weed is ured and "it is said that the eucalyptus never dies a nat ural death''. In the face of such statements one may scarcely doubt the secretary's assertion that the culture of the eu calyptus means mere to the State of California than its gold mines and that it "will reforest the country for the current time and for-futuiity." A wonderful tree to fr sure! After read ing tha secretary's glowing descrip tion it is decIodly disappointing to run upon a fectnote by the editor re citing that the eucalyptus 'is fasli dicr.s in regard to climatic conditions and can only be grown in certain limited areas of the Southwest and p-css'ibiy Fiorlda." Cannct Luther Bur hank or some ether tree wizard do something for the eucalyptus to make it adaptable to areas less limited? If every state in tie union had its eucalyptus then the people of the United States might bid the timber destroyers do their worst. A tree that is absolutely non!-.::lla.ble by any ordinary method is about the sort of a tree that would ancwer the cur rent demand in most American com munities. Liouisville CouiHer-Jourrnal. Farm Notes Increasing the egg production of hens is aoocm pushed by saving only the best layers for, breeders. Cleanlinieos keeps milk sweet that is, it prevents germs which sour milk from gaining access to the milk. It is the nervous, eager, hungry, jostling, rustling, scratching, singling, cackliag hen that mcst helps to fill the egg basket. As germs are carried through the air on dust particles it is not good to throw down hay from the mow dur ing or just befcie milking time. Thinking cf build'ing a silo? It is better by a great deal to save corn sraik3 fcr feed:-;; then to burn them and lore everything in smoke. Corn fcila-TO is relished by a'l kinds of live StCC'.v. Yield of milk c?.n be' reduced by feeding at irreTiilcT hears and the use of poor feed-T, but breeding is the only nie,"H3 cf :Y:c: taring the amount cf milk and perccit.'.ge cf butter fat it contain?. Everybody kr.07.-3 how discourag ing it is io"m&.ke a jig that has once been stunted grow well. It's like start log a freight train, it takes more fuel and time tian it cce3 to keep it gcing. Push from the ztZTt. The silo is the farmer's very best friend, and esp-cb..lly if he is inter ested in maximum production at mini mum cost. The great advantage of ensilt.ge is its 1 alatEVility. Stock seem never to tire of it so long a3 it Is fed fresh. A quick way to fatten eld lutna is to put them in a moderately dark room and feed them a mixture of corn meal and wheat mjid'.-'aigs mixed thin ly. Give plenty of pure water and all the feed they will eat and in two weeks they will -be rc-:dy to tip the beao at top weight. KING COTTON RAMPANT Speculators Cannct Till July Con tractsJumps 73 Points. New York, Special. At the open ing of the cotton market Thursday Frank P. Hay no, one of the New Or leans bull leaders bid 15.150 for 50, 000 bales of July and then 15.35 for 25,000 tales. This started a rush of covering by belated shorts and inside of the first half hour July cotton had sold at 16.10, or 73 points above the closing figures of last night. The shorts found very little cotton for sale and are estimated to have secur ed less than 1,000 bales on the ad vance. Before the close October cotton sold at 13.(34 or 33 points above the previous day and at the highest level reached simc early in the year. The general market closed firm at a net advance of from 23 to 53 points. Every facility of tho New ork cotton exchange is now being strained to the uttermost in the effort to pre pare cotton fcr delivery on contracts between now and tue eiiu ui month. The largest amount of cotton on .record for any one day was in spected Wednesday a total of lo,o3A bales were passed by the bureau. Christian Scientists in Trouble. Birmingham. Ala., Special. The coroner and city health officials, have ordered a thorough investigation of the death of 0-year-old Roger liowen a sen of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Howell.. 839 Herring avenue. The boy at the time of bis death and for some time previously had been, in the care of Mrs. R. H. Kerr. Mrs. E. H. Foster and Miss Unlet Thompson, Christian Science practitioners. They claimed" Tuesday that death was the result of a vaccination performed several svooks ago. Dr. R. B. Harkness, city health of ficer states, however, that he can sec nothing that could have brought on death other than lack of nourishment and medical attention. DisFe-nssry's Attractive Feature. Charleston, S. C, Special The statement of the dispensaries of Charleston county for the second quarter ending1 June 30 show net pro fits of $-17,010.94 which is about $13, 000 in excess of the ccrrespondinj quarter of la?t vear, making the pro fits of the last 'half year about $95, 000, or an annual business, if the business holds up during the next two quarters, of $180,000 or a net in crease of $40,000 over the business of last year. 4 The statement is particularly inter esting for the showing of the. revenue that is possible in the dispensary sys tem for Charleston comity, if the law is stiietlv enforced and the patronage- is given to the legally establish ed institutions for the sale of liquor. Since the . Charleston county dispen sary .system .-v.is established, the an nual business lias shown an increase yearly of from $10,000 to $15,000. Policeman's Narrow Escape. Augusta, Gn., Special. Poliea Of ficer William Caudle was shot and at first it was thoughti that he was fatally injured, and John Crubbs of Barnwell. S. C, said to be of a prom inent family, wad shct through the brain and killed in a struggle on a bridge near North Augusta, Thursday afternoon. The shooting attracted a great crowd and for a time it was thought that there would be trouble but the arrival of a police platoon brought quiet. The wounded officer was hurried to the hospital where it was found that the bullet had hit his shield directly over his heart and glanced off, the man not. being injured with the ex ception of the bruise from the im pact of the bullet. Form National Currency Association. Washington, Special. First Wash ington and frhen Atlanta and New York,-with a number cf other cities close in their wake, is the way the program now appears for the crea tion of National Currency Associa tions to provide additional currency, to be issued by the banks whenever it is deemed best in financial crisis. Ku3w His Death Was Near. New York, Special. Convinced that he was about to be fatally at tacked with hydrophobia as the re sult of the bite of a pet cat, James E. Hardy, 57 years old, of Bayonne, N. J., a Standard Oil employe, de liberately went about making arrange ments for putting his affairs in order and arranging for his funeral. Early Thursday the hydrophobia developed itself as he belisved it would. Hardy was hurried from his house ot the hospital but nothing could be done for him there and af ter an hour of auouv he died. Too Bad, Children. Nashville, Tenn., Special. Twenty eisht hundred ice cream cones were seized and. destroyed by Deputy United States Marshal Shirley. The cones were shipped by a Birmingham. Ala., concern to a local firm and were seized on the Ground that thev contained boric acid, which is held injurious to health and renders the pioduct subject to condemnation and seizure under the pure food and drug laws. FROM COUNTY TO COUNTY Norti Carolina News Prepared and Published. For the Quick Perusal of Our Patrons. "Lest You Forget" Tne "Crater." July 30 was the forty-sixth an niversary of the memorable "crater" at Petersburg, Va., which was sprung July 30rl834. Capt. J. P. Sossamon of Cornelius says that it is an eveut that sIiohIJ be remembered. Grant was laying siege to Petersburg which General Leo was defending. Cold Harbor bad iust been fontrht whore Grant Iliad lost G,000 men in ten minutes. Finding that he could not take Petersburg by assault, Grant ordered that a mine be dug underneath the fortifications. On the morning of July 30 this mine was sprung. The 17th South Carolina was just over the crater and only one- company was left. The 49th North Carolina was to the left and the 56th North Carolina next. Cap tain Scssamon was a corporal in Alexander's Company K and well re members this event. He sa3's that it is something that lie will never for get. Meeting State Farmers' Union. The North Carolina Division of the National Farmers' Union in execu tive session at Raleigh elected . as delegates to the national convention at Charlotte, September 6, the fol lowing: President D. II. Hill of the A. and M. College, Raleigh; W. B. Gibson, Iredell county; R. L. Little, Pitt county; J. T. Smith, Surry coun ty. The State is entitled to only the four delegates. The union discussed the question of establishing tobacco dry-houses for the purpose of competing with the American Tobacco Company in handl ing leaf tobacco for the production for the growers. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State Superintendent of Public In struction, in an address, declared in favor of establishing agricultural farm life schools, at least one in each county. He outlined the plan of having .the Legislature appropriate $50,000 or $100,000 and then appor tioning this in lots of $2,500 to coun ties in which the county authorities and the people will provide suitable farm an school buildings, including dormitories, and raise at least an ad ditional $2,500 toward maintenance. Annual Meeting Superintendents. The State Superintendents of Pub lie Instruction has decided the time and the place of the next annual meeting of the State Association of County Superintendents. The meet ing .will be held art the State Uni versity, Chapel Hill, on August 30th, 31, September 1st and 2d. Watch Hickory. Hickory will' make an effort to se cure the shops of the C. & N. W. Rail road, which were burned down' at Chester, S. C; State Expert Accountant. J. Leslie Abbott, of Greensboro, the expert accountant appointed some time ago by Governor Kitcbin, with the approval of "the Council of State, to examine the accounts of one and another of the State instiutions and "departments Avhen thought ex pedient, is at work, it being under stood that he is investigating ,iust now the affairs of the North Carolina tuberculosis sanatorium. The affair of this institution have been con siderably in the public eye lately through criticisms of Dr. Brooks as superintendent and attacks on the general business and administrative, management. B. S. Skinner, for many years superintendent of the A. and M. College farm and steward for the college, who resigned a short time ago to take charge of the busi ness end of the tuberculosis sana torium, is now in charge there. Everybody Works at Nashville. The Nashville Canning Factory ia in operation. Only tomatoes are being canned at this time. Later potato, cabbage, corn, etc., will be canned. Major John McFadden, of Hlinois, an expert canning man, is in charge. The work is being done by the young people of the town. Severe Pellagra Case Cured. Mrs. C. F. Stevenson has been dis charged from the Watts Hospital, Durham, in an apparently complete state of health, a recovery, to all appearances, from pellagra in a very violent form. . Durham Lawyer in Distress. Attorney Benjamin Lovenstein at Durham was placed under bond of $750 on a' charge of embezzlement and immediately made defendant in another case of giving worthless checks. The second suit of $7.26 went against him and he was fined $10 and costs. He aippealed. Drainage in Hyde County. Mr. J. O. Wright is taking part in the organizing of the drain age district in Hyde county, in which the State is interested in the Matta muskeet drainage district. In this part of the lands of Mr. M. Kake ley, of Edcnton, have been included and he has aDoealed to the Sunreme Court in the matter, the special term ! of the court bejan cn July 2d. Mr. J. O. Wright, the chief drain age engineer for Florida in charge of the Everglades. NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS Life in the Land of the Long Leaf Pine Newbern's Groat Bi-Centennial. On Tuesday the bi-centennial took a half hour in-passing a given point, and was led by the Second Regiment North Carolina National Guard, under command of Col. II. C. Bragaw, of Washington. , - In rapid procession there passed floats typical of the various industries of Nenvbern, all symbolical with men aad young women as figures. Many prizes were won. The floral and industrial parade and Carnival pageant in the morning il lustrated the industrial life of modern times. The illuminated parade or his torical pageant at night illustrated great events in the history of North Carolina. Both were great successes and were witnessed and cheered by thousands. Wednesday a feature of distinctive importance was the organization of the North Carolina branch . of the National German-American Alliance. The meeting was called to order by J. D. Crappelman, of Charleston, Southern vice president of the asso ciation, and a tmporary organization was effected by the election of the following officers : President, M. G. Tiencken, Wilmington; vice president, W. F. Aberly, Newbern, and secre tary, J. G. L. " Gieschen, Wilmington. They met Friday night at Wrights ville Beach and effected a permanent organization. 'The annual parade of the 'firemen was a riot of color and contrast and altogether a brilliant spectacle. Over a thousand spectators gather ed in Craven county' handsome court house to watch the dancers in the grand colonial ball which xdosed the day's events. Thursday the racing events of the firemen were arried out. Asheville Hose Company No. 3 won the first prize in 301-5 seconds, and Ashecille Hose Company No. 1 the second in 30 4-5 seconds. Capitol Hose Com pany of Raleigh and Cue Kinston company tied for tliird place, and the third and fourth prizes iwere divided between them. Rescue Hose Company of Raleigh won fifth prize. In toe hand reel contests (.here were four entries, the course being 150 yards, with 98' feet of hose for. water. In these- Salisbury was first in 231-2 seconds; Spencer and Sal em next, in -25 seconds; Chapel Hill, in 20 1-5 seconds. Spencer and Sal em ran off the tie and Salem won in 25 3-5 seconds. Spcneer blow ing 01T at the hydrant, though it showed water. This gave Salem the second and Spencer the third prize. The same teams took part in the grab reel contests. In this Salem was first in 171-2 seconds and Salisbury second in 17 2-5 seconds. Spencer with Barger as buttman again blew off at the hydrant and Chapel Hill had the same hard luck. Newbern's bi-centennial celebra tion passes into history to linger in the memory of those who saw and participated in it. Planned first as a local cclebraition, before fruition it had assumed the proportions of a na tional event, and the good people of Newbern who had part in its concep tion deserve all the glory for the suc cess that exceeded even 'their expec tations. No North Carolina city ever attempted an effort so ambitious and none could have more nearly attained perfection of plan and purpose. The program of the firemen was concluded Friday night with a gTand ball. ' A The firemen will held their next an nual meeting May 20, 1911, in Char lotte.. Take Vets to the Beach. Secretary Hall, of 4'ie Norfolk Board of Trade, has taken up with Major James W. Hamilton, repre senting Major-General Julian S. Carr, of North Carolina, the matter of in vrtina: the Confederate .Veterans' As sociation of the Old North State to hold their annual reunion in Norfolk this year. , Growth of Banking Interests. Some interesting figures, compiled by the Corporation Commission, pre sent a very creditable showing of pregress in the State banking in terests of this State. An especially notable feature is that the total de posits in the 335 banks under the supervision of the commission at the close of business June 30, was $44, 107,329, against $42,4S3,573 at tho time of the report March 29. This is a gain of $1,025,756 in deposits with in the three months'. These reports, of course, do not include national banks in the State. The total re sources of the Stale banks are $57, 851,130, an increase of $712,347. Democrats of Fifth Nominate Stead After an all night session of the fifth district democratic convention held in Greensboro, Major Charles, M. Steadman was nominated at eleven o'clock next day as the democratic candidate for congress. The nomina tion came on .the 438th ballet on which ballot Maj. Steadman secured 227 votes. The number necessary to secure the nomination wa3 204. An electric lighting plant In Ne braska is manufacturing Ice'yas a by product. The exhaust BtearA of the plant, which would "otherwise, go to waste, is utilized in the ammonia ab sorption process of ice manufacture' and also for distilling water from which the ie is made. This-venture, we are informed, has proved a very; profitable one for the lighting com pany, and might be copied to advan tage by other plants similarly situ ated. A new system of treating1 eggs so as to prevent them from growing; stale when in cold storage,- has been discovered in Rochester, N. Y. This consists in subjecting the eggs to an . electrical current. The theory is that eggs when placed in storage are alive and are gradually frozen-to death, whereas if the life i3 destroyed by an electrical current before they are placed in stoarge they do not taste ! stale, even when kept on ice for a long period of time. In Rochester, N. Y., a good system of electric light and telephone wiring. is in use, whereby unsightly polo lines on the streets are done away with. The system is applicable chief ly to the residential districts. The lines are placed in underground con duits in the streets," but Instead of v making connections with the houses directly from the underground con duits, a pole is erected in the back yards of each block and this pole line Is connected to the conduits by an underground branch at each side street. This obviates the necessity of having a manhole in front of each house. Recent tests at Sandy Hook of the resisting power of reinforced concrete as a defense against high-powered projectiles confirm the calculations of the penetrating power of the twelve-Inch gun. It is stated that a . concrete wall twenty feet thick, heav ily reinforced with steel beams was pierced by a twelve-inch projectile fired at high velocity. The blow'de livered. was sufficient to penetrate twenty-two inches of armor plate, and the reinforced concrete withstood the attack so well. that it will prob ably be used in the. .construction of the new coast defense fortifications in the Philippines. "A monograph bearing the title "Quality of Surface Waters in the United States" has been issued by the United States Geological Survey. The volume, which is the work of R, B. Dole, contains the results of over' 500 mineral analyses of water from the principal rivers of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Daily samples of water from nearly 200 stations were collected for a year, united in lots of ten consecutive sam ples from the same stream and sta tion, and the composition subjected to analysis. ' The analyses, giving, as they do, the average composition from day to day, and information regard ing change of water level wherever available, form the most complete col lection of data regarding the quality of American rivers that has ever been published. They are on this account particularly valuable to managers of industrial and water works. Scien tific American. Lazy Elevator Accidents. Lazy accidents, Tip calls . most of those that happen in elevators. Too lazy .to shut the door quickly enough or to shut it entirely, when this is not done automatically by the machinery itself. Too lazy, when it is a case of a sliding gate, to slide it. Too lazy to bring the car floor to an exact level with the hall floor before the door or , gate Is ' opened. Tip suspects he . might be guilty of the same, offenses himself if he were running an eleva tor all day long; but that doesn't al ter the truth which he has observed over and over again about elevator carelessnsss.--Tip, in the New York Press. More AVeddings in Prance. It is an interesting and no'teworthy fact that since the promulgation of the law of June, 1907, the effect of which is to simplify the formalities which are the necessary preliminaries to marriage in this country, there have been more weddings in France than at any period since the begin ning of the last century with the ex ception of the years 1813 and 1872, in the former of which men con tracted unions to escape being sent off to fight, while in the latter many weddings took place which had been . delayed by the war with Germany. London Daily News. From the Seat of the' Scornful. Jack and Joey at the menagerie watched the lion eat sugar from the trainer's hand with equal interest but differing inference. "Oh!" gasped Joey, round-eyed. "Pooh!" said Jack. "I could do. that." "What! You?" ' "Of course! Quite as well as thai old lion." Youth's Companion. Couldn't Tell. "Has your pocket ever been picked?" "Really, I don't know. It never was before I got married. If it .has been since I, of course, would have no way of finding out about it." Chi cago Recerd-IIciaid. X