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THE CAROLINA UNION FARMER
[Thursday, June 20, 1912.
nnnn TOR FOR THE OLD MAN I wise men have not yet definitely as- amplitude of shirt bosom does not
™b ?OTWG BOY certained, differ materially from the make a man a gent e man Inhented
If any of our readers are becom- circumstances and condi- panies it does not make any man a
ing tired of farm life and think of Nature seems to be at work gentle man. Some of the finest gen-
moving to town, we would like to developing something new and 1 tlemen we have ever seen have been
suggest an easy job, but one that will —gome people call it “short,”
result in increasing the yield per acre gg^^g g^^jj “evolution”; we believe
and at the same time revive waning g^^^^g “transmutation,” or
interest in farm life. j gome such word. It is wise for the
farmer to take advantage of all these
efforts of nature. If it does nothing
else, it will quicken the powers of
observation. He must remember that
farmers. They did not wear plug hats
or spike-tail coats, but they dealt
fairly and courteously with their
neighbors and their hired hands, and
dealt with the unfortunate as if iffl'
bued with that very spirit of gentle
ness that David said made him great.
—Wallaces’ Farmer.
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If any of this class of men are
growing winter wheat, we suggest
that they take a leisurely walk
through the wheat field, carefully ex-
oiiimrtwTi rni w
perience and judgment in making the
selections—having the years before
him, can carry on the experiment
and reap the ful Ireward. In either
case, it will teach him to see things
and exercise judgment, which, after
all, is the main object in education
whether in man or woman, boy or
girl,—Wallaces’ Farmer.
amining the heads and the stalks as timothy is said to have all come
well, and select enough of what they I g single stalk, which some Yan-
deem to be the best heads to plant, 1 found growing in his field. His
say, a quarter of an acre. While this I ^^g Herd. When it
is an easy job, it is one that will fur-1 j^^gg^^g cultivated, some called it
nish pleasant and profitable exercise I rpjg^gpj^y-g grass, and some Herd’s
for the mind. For in selecting these I gj.ggg. the fellows who called this
heads, he should avoid parts of the j ^y j^.g ^ame calling it Tim-
field where, by reason of the thin I gpj^y’g grass, and those who spoke of
stand, the heads grow abnormally I ^^g Herd calling it Herd’s
long. He should rather go to the g^ass.
parts of the field that have a good, | ■^hile this is a fine job for the
normal stand, and then select what I ^^gj^ who is past heavy work and still
he judges to be the best heads. If I ^ants to keep up an active interest
he can find those that run three in I farming, it is also a very good job
the mesh, so much the better. Be-J bright boy, with this advan-
fore cutting off the head, he should | ^ggg^ that the boy, while lacking ex
examine the stalk and the stools from
the same stalk, noting its freedom
from smut, its stiffness and general
appearance of vigor and hardiness.
Under favorable conditions, rust will
attack almost any plant, but the
point is to determine the rust resist
ance under the same conditions,
which will be found very consider
able unless the field is so badly rust
ed that it is not fit to furnish seed
It goes without saying that smut
should be avoided, and also plants
growing near smutty heads. In fact,
we would not care to select seed from
any field badly smutted.
Now, when the farmer has done
this and become interested in it, he
can follow one of two courses: He
can simply plant this seed that he
has gathered in one corner of the
field, or at some point where it can
be easily identified and compared
with seed taken from the bin. This
is an easy job. Or he can go farther
and adopt the methods that are used
by the plant breeders. Instead of
getting a peck of seed, he can get say
two or three hundred heads, tie them
to gether, and hang them in some
place where the mice can not get at
them. He can then amuse himself
by shelling each head separately into
a different envelope, and plant it in
the garden, one head to a row, two
inches apart. He need not have the
bed more than four to six feet wide.
This will seem to many men a rath
er ridiculous job, savoring too much
of planting garden truck; but, none
the less, it will pay.
He is likely to find, as corn breed
ers have found, that there is quite a
difference between the yielding qual
ities of heads that look very much
alike. The grains from one head wili
germinate quicker, or perhaps stand
the winter better, or stool out bet
•ter, than the grains from a different
head. He can count the heads in the
fall to determine germination, and in
the spring after the winter is over,
to determine resistance to the winter
frost. He can amuse himself by
watching their growth during the
summer, and from the best of these
rows select his seed for the next
years’ experiment. In this way it is
quite possible—we say this because
it has been done—to develop a va
riety of wheat of the same variety
than will yield one, two, three bush
els per acre more than the same
variety of wheat sown under the
same circumstances, but sown from
the bin.
While he is making these selec
tions in the field, we drop a reminder
that some of the best varieties of
wheat have been developed'from
sports, that is, from a single stalk or
stool, which for some reason that our
THE GENTLEMAN FARMER.
Have you ever thought about the
senses in which we use the word
“gentleman”? In the days of an
cient Rome it meant a member of a
gens, that is, a tribe or clan. We
use it in a somewhat similar sense
when we say ladies gentlemen,” when
we wish to distinguish the sexes. The
English people use it to describe a
class of people beneath the nobility
and above the farmers—men who
have no title, but who, on account of
something their daddies did are en
titled to, or at least, are possessed of
a coat-of-arms; or, to put it another
way: men of independent means who
do not need to engage in any busi
ness for a living, who have descend
ed from peopie of a like class.
We speak of “gentleman farm
ers” with something of a sneer, and
by it we mean wealthy men in the
cities who can afford to have a farm,
but who do not depend on what they
make of it in order to support either
the farm or themselves.
Now, the real meaning of the
word “gentleman” is that which ap
pears on the surface—a gentle man.
It does not apply to the size of the
pocket-book nor to parentage. It de
scribes a quality of the heart and
mind rather than birth or pocket-
book. David said that the gentle
ness of the Lord “hath made me
great”; and there is no quality of
mind more strongly insisted on in
the Bibie than that of gentleness.
Now, why should not the farmer
be a gentle man? As a matter of
fact, he must be so, if he is a suc
cessful farmer. Gentleness is op
posed to coarseness, rudeness, rough
ness. A cow will not give down her
milk except to a gentle man or gentle
woman. The horses will not do their
full work except when driven by a
gentle man. Cattle thrive better if
the gentleness of the feeder has driv
en away the instinct of fear and
taught them to look upon him as a
benefactor. It is a’'very great mis
take to suppose that a farmer, and
particularly a stock'farmer, is not a
gentleman. He must be, if he is to
succeed in his business.
The gentleman farmer^ using the
word in the usual sense, is not al
ways a gentle man. Attending a
banquet in a spike-tail coat and great
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Study Your Wheat Before You Harvest It
If the yield and quality are bad you must do better. If they are
good it will pay you to make them better. A better fertilizer will
do it. The usual wheat fertilizers do not contain enough
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UNION TRADE SYSTEM
As the Spring season of Fertilizer is now over, I take this
opportunity to thank our brethren for the hearty support and
patronage they have given to this office during the spring
season. While our sales have not been as large as was anti
cipated, we have had a fairly good trade, nothwithstanding the
confusion occasioned by cut prices. We have a host of true
loyal members who always give their patronage to this office
or to Companies’ with whom I have secured contract, while
there are others, who prefer to trade independently of our Co-
Operative Trade System. While the^ latter class is deriving
benefits through their purchases by being members of the
Union, it is the faithful loyal members who are ever ready to
shoulder this task and stand by the principles and plans of our
organization. The continued success of the Farmers’ Union
depends upon the latter class. Again I want to thank each one
of you who has contributed patronage to this office for either
Fertilizer or Merchandise. Will try and get Fertilizer commis
sions to you within next thirty days.
Let me know when I can serve you.
Yours fraternally.
Sanford, N. C.
June 16, 1912.
J. R. RIVES,
State Business Agent.
Owners of Mares, Attention!
The Farmers’ Jack Company of Raleitf*’’
offer the services of their magnif'cci’
Kentucky Spanish Jack, Mr. MlTCHEL^^
Few Jacks possessins the Size “
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seen in the South.
This is an opportunity which all
ers of mares should consider and ® ^
advantasre of the chance of raising h*
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Mt. Mitchell is a large, handsoni®
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