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VOLUME XII.
LENOIR, ST. C, DECEmER 7, 1909.
NO. 12.
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226 2-3 Bushels of Corn to the
Acre.
Mr. J
F. Batts. of Garmia. X.
C, tells how be made 226 2-3
bushels ol corn ou one acre ot land.
He says:
"The acre was planted aud the
com gathered and measured under
the roles of the Wake County
Corn Contest, and the fact that he
produced 226 2-3 bushels on the
acre is sworn to in the report filed
with the North Carolina depart
pent oi agriculture, which is open
to the public.
"It was sandy upland with yel
low clay subsoil and produced fire
bushels of corn eight yeart ago.
Last year he got eight bushels of
wheat. He followea the wheat
with peas last summer and cut
about 3000 pounds of peavine hay.
He says:
" 'With such a poor start so far
as the land is concerned, I h d to
cultivate and tertilize to the full
extent of my ability. Fortaoately
I hand been selecting and improv
log my seed corn for seven years;
and if my 226 2-3 bushels to the
acre proves anything, it proves the
wisdom aud value of using and
improving the seed. I had only
one year in which to prepare my
land, but I had been working on
my seed in a little plat for seven
years and I attribute from 30 to 50
per cent, of my yeild to the prolif
ic quality of the seed. Seed that
produce from two to live ears to
the stalk, and each ear well filled
out and of good size are the only
kind of which great crops can be
.expected.
"I kept a diary ot this acre, and
I submit below a condensed state
ment of it:
"Ou the 12th of March 25 two
horse waeou loads of cow manure
were spread upon the acre,
spreader being used. March 15th
the land was broken with a No. 19
Oliver chilled plow, 12 inches
deep. A oue-horse Dixie turning
plow followiug in the furrow be
bind, plowing at a depth ot six
inches, which left the land broken
to a depth of 18 inches. The
land was harrowed with a smooth
ing harrow the same day.
"April 9, 20 two-horse loads oi
manure were spread on the land.
April 10, the land was broken
crosswise to the first breaking, this
time to a depth of 20 iuches, and
was harrowed the same day. Ou
the 15th 800 pounds of acid, 16
per cent., was broadcasted and
2000 pounds of cottou seed meal
was harrowed in. On the 16th
the acre was laid off in rows 41
iuches apart with au Oliver chilled
plow, running twice to the row
throwing the dirt out as deep as
possible, then putting 600 pounds
of Home's Best 8 3-3 guano in the
rows. With a Planet, jr., culti
vator with two small wi igs made
a small ridge about five inches be
low the surface of the ground.
"The corn was planted April 17,
a planter being used, dropping the
coru about eigh inches apart, three
grains to the hill and about three
inches deep. The amount of seed
used was three gallons of Bait's
Prolific four year corn.
"On the 27th of May, mixture
consisting of 200 pounds cottou
seed meal, 200 pounds of acid, 400
pounds kanit and 200 pounds ni
trate soda was broadcast in mid
dies and harrowed in. The corn
was 41 feet high at this time.
"The corn was laid flat by heavy
winds on June 14 and 17 and had
to be straightened up again.
"The total amount of oommer
cial fertilizer used was 158.80.
"The corn was fathered in the
old way, the fodder being left on
the stalks. The cost of producing
this yield of corn from the time of
the preparation of the soil to ' the
Generil
Great
R. F. Hoke -A
Character.
Charlotte OtMerrer.
The Uplift, for December, con
tains a sketch of Major General
Robert F. Hoke, accompanied by
portrait of the general. The read
er will be at once struck with the
resem blaoce of General Hoke to
Commander-in-Chief of the Con
federate army, General Hoke's life
since the war. is a study. In the
closing days of the strife, it was
known as a historic fact that he
stood to succeed Lee in the event
of anything happening to remove
or incapacitate that chieftain. He
was almost the highest man in the
Confederacy, yet, as a soldier, he
dropped from public sight. He has
never worn a uniform or sported a
sword and it is true, a The Up
lift says, that he "has never at
tended a reunion, 8tate, general or
local," Yet he has been, and still
is, a busy man." He was the
developer of the Cranberry Moun
tain Iron Mines and the builder of
the railroad leading from that
place to Johnson City. He has
been a manufacturer of paper, cot
ton goods, iron and linseed oil, and
he conceived the Seaboard Air Line
road from Monroe to Atlanta. He
is a great man, but he obstinately
refuses to come out of his obscurity
and let the people make a noise
over him.
Partridges In Coffin
Lansing, Mich., Nov. 27. An
attempt by market hunters to ship
500 partridges in a burial casket
from upper Michigan to Milwau
kee, in violation of the State game
laws, was frustrated by a keen nos
ed hunting dog, according to a re
port reached the State game vard
en today.
Deputy Game Warden Harring
ton was at the railway station at
Flatwood, Dickson county, when a
rough box containing a cornn was
brought in for shipment. While
the intending shipper, armed with
a death certificate duly signed by
physician, was conversing with the
ticket agent, the game warden's
doe scented the birds and came to
a "point" focusing his gaze ou the
box. Finally, becoming impatient
the dog began pawing at the box.
The Deputy's suspicious were a
roused and an investigation follow
ed. Opening the casket he was
surprised to fiud, instead of the ex
petted dead body of a human be
ing, 500 plump partridges.
Killed by a Log.
Rowley Pless, jr., a young man
about 22 years of age, and un
married, employed at a logging
camp about six miles from Canton
met death December 3rd, by being
crushed by a rolling log. It seems
that1 about 8 o'clock Friday morn
ing young Pless was up on the
mountain side with some other
men, who were "snaking" logs
with oxen, and in some way one of
the logs, getting loose, rolled down
the mountain side, knocked Pless
down and rolled over him before
he could move out of his tracks.
His body was badly crushed.
Death of Mr. Crum.
Charlotte Obrver.
Mr. J. W. Crum, a well known
citizen of this city where he has
lived for about eleven years, died
yesterday afternoon at 3:15 at the
Presbyterian hospital. Mr. Crum
was stricken with paralysis Wed
nesday and was taken from his
room in the Harty building on
North Try on street where he had
lived nearly ten years tothe'hospi-
tal for treatment. His condition
did not improve and yesterday Mr.
C. H. Wilmoth, his long time
friend, wired Mr. Crum's sister,
only living relative. Her name,
written out by the deceased yester
day when his condition was re
alized, is Mrs. James Harsha,'Cir
cleville, O. 8he replied, wheu in
formed that he was very low, to
inform her of his exact condition
and ascertain his wishes in regard
to removal if that were-possible. A
reply to the second telegram an
nouncing his death had not been
received up to midnight last night,
so the disposition of the body is as
yet undetermined. The remains
are at the undertaking parlors of
J. M. Harry & Co.
Mr. Crum was about 70 years
old. He was a piano tuner aud
came here from Hickory at Mr.
Wil moth's solicitation to look after
the tuning of the instruments s dd
by his firm, though he. was never
in its employ, working always for
himself. He was, it is thought, a
native of Ohio or of that section.
He was liked and respected by all
who knew him. t
Af ainst Deaf and Dumb Insiitute.
Special to The Chronicle.
Lincolnton, Dec. 2. Attorneys
C. E. Childs, of Lincolnton, and
Agustus Self, of Hiekory, went to
Morganton yesterday to bring suit
against the Deaf and Dumb School
for the alleged cruel treatment of
Ola Self, the little daughter of Mr
H. A Self, of this place. Miss
Lethae Self an older sister of little
Ola, went up to spend Thanksgiv
ing Day with the child and found
her very nervous and dissatisfied,
when she came home and told her
parents that there was something
wrong with Ola. Her mother went
at once to see what the trouble
was, and upou examining the child
found marks on her body caused
by a severe whipping given by the
principal, whom, it is said, used a
leather strap
Man and Team Blown to Atoms
Camerou, W. Va., Dec. 1. To-
nj Shuster, an oil shooter, was
blown to atoms wheu the nitroglye
eriue magazine of the Marietta Tor
pedo Co. was blown up. Shuster's
team and were blown to bits, a shoe
of one of the hoases falling in the
center of town, half a mile away
Practically every window in Cam
eron was demolished and the shock
of the wreck was perceptible 25
miles away. Bits of flesh from the
victim and horses and splinters
from tne wagon were touna over
the area of half a mile.
housing of the crop was 1139.02,
as follows:
"Cotton seed meal, f 14; kanit,
f 10; acid, (12; nitrate soda, 15.75;
guano, (7.05; cow manure, 45 loads,
(56.25; labor and team, (23.97;
total cost of crop, (189.02."
Mr. Batts adds that he will be
glad to answer any inquiries.
What has been done can be done
again, we may not be able to make
226 2-3 bushels on one acre, but
we can more than double what we
have been making if we only try.
-"Hews. ''
Comin; South.
The land and industrial depart
ment of the Southern Railway have
announced the sale of a large tract
of land and arrangements tor ad
ditional acreage in Mobile county,
Ala., eighteen miles noith of Mo
bile, to Pittsburg parties, the re
preventatives of a large party
which will go south from that
place. The first party represented
Six families, and about fifty more
families have asked that land
be reserved for them. They will
engage in trucking, fruit growing
and general farming, paying parti
cular attention to extensive culti
tion of the soils.
How to Cut and Feed Corn Fod
der. Editor Roriys aod Farm.
One of your correspondents last
winter wanted some information a
bout feeding cut or shredded fodder
Nine years ago I bought me a
two-knife, hand-power cuttiuglwx;
this will cut in lengths from one
' alt to three infihes. I usually keep
one knife off and cut in lengths of
one and one half to two inches, a
fiud this the best length. Now
this is far superior to shredded tod
der, a great deal cheaper than hay
or oats, and just as good, if not bet
ter. I cut just as I feed it, and com
mence in the fall just as soon at the
fodder will permit. I commenc
ed in August this year from a patch
that I had drilled in my garden for
jost this purpose. I drilled it in
rows thick and cultivated two or
three times, and it only had a few
small nubbins ou it, but it was sur
prising the amount of fodder it
made; the stalks were very small,
with a large amount of blades, and
it does not require so much power
to cut the small stalks.
I feed in a large lxx (almost as
large as an organ box ), and let two
horses eat out of one box. The re
fuse makes the finest beddiug in
the world, it absorbs all the moist
ure, and being cut short, makes the
manure easy to handle, besides be
ing more valuable than straw,
leaves or sawdust iu the manure.
With all the good fodder they will
eat and five ears of corn three times
a day, I never fail to fatten a horse
while keeping him at work. I us
ually feed fodder until January and
hay thereafter.
I find it does not pay to cut it
for cows, as they will do better yn
the whole stalk if you will arrange
it so they will not tramp it under
their feet and get it soiled. By
carefully saving the manure you
practically return to yonr land the
entire crop. This, then, with
three years rotation corn, wheat
and clover will surely not cause
your land to deteriorate.
W. B. Vandiver.
Harrodsburg, Ky., Route 3.
Watauga Democrat Items.
Jack Mcliuire, who was shot in
the face by Dan Yates some two
weeks ago, died at his home near
Matney, this county, on last Thurs
day evening. Yates is still at
large .
Our venerable friend, G. H
Harstin, is moving from the toll
gate on the B. & B. turnpike to
his farm near Patterson, in Cald
well county. Sorry to see the old
gentleman leave but hope bis
health may improve in his new
home.
Married at the residence of Mr
S. L. Holsclaw on Nov. 24: Mr
Lee Hayes to Miss Mae Holsclaw.
The great grand uncle and aunt of
the bride, Mr. and Mrs. Riley
Hodge, were present.
The Morganton News-Herald
says: Gordon Bailey, a son of
County Treasurer Wm. Bailey, was
arrested Nov. 23rd on the charge of
an assault on a daughter of the
late Moulton Shuping in the woods
near Salem church, on Sunday, the
21st while the young girl was re
turning home from Sunday school.
Bailey was arraigned for trial on
Wednesday, the 24th, when be
waived examination and was bound
to court in the sum of (1,000 for
an assault ou Miss Shaping and
and $400 for resisting an officer.
Failing to give bond, he was re
manded to jail, and later was re
moved to the Marion jail, for safe
keeping, the jail here not being
considered Bafe.
Wash Day
Necessities
What new things do you need to make the coming wash
day easier t
Perhaps you are still wearing yourself out w ith an old
fashioned witshlKwrd. If that's the case it crfainly is time
that n called at the store and thoroughly iuspected our
MATt'ULKSS 'A' a.hin Machine. It's a marvelous labor
saving device an easy running rapid washer saves time
and your strength and does the washing better. 1
We have all other wash day requisites tubs wringers
lines clothes pins etc.
Let us supply your needs won't you!
Matchless Rotary (7 0
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What's in a Name?
Zeke was driving a passenger to the hotel from the rail
way station in a small Southern town when his horse went
lame for a few steps and finally stopped in the middle of the
road. Zeke rubbed the lame leg for a minute or so and got 'J
back into the vehicle.
"Git up, dah, Autermobile; git up," he commanded, en
forcing the older with the stuU of a last years whip.
"That's an odd name for a home," ventured the passen
ger. "Why do yo you call him' thatt Is he horseless.
"No, suh, not ezackjy, sun yit," chuckled the darkey,
"but he's got sumpin de matter wid him 'mos all de time,
suh, en he needs so much fixin' to make him go."
Probably a bottle of Hanson's Medicine would relieve
the situation as Self says. Price 50 cents the bottle.
"WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!"
And All the Other Necessaries.
An evangelist was exhorting his
hearers to flee from the wrath to
come. "I warn you," he thunder
ed, "that there will be weeping,
and wailing; and gnashing of
teeth!"
At this moment an old woman
in the gallery stood up. "Sir,"
she shouted. "I have no teeth."
"Madam," returned the evange
list, severely, "teeth will be provided."
Pellagra
Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 3
There have been fifty five deaths
from pellagra in Alabama, for the
first nine months of this year, ac
cording to the state health author
ities. Thirty-eight cases are now
under observation. Twenty pel
lagra victims still living were habit
ual users of corn meal.
Young People's Farm Life Club.
Supt. J. Y. Joyner writes that
Prof. Schaub, the United States
Department of Agriculture, has
been employed, without expense
to the State, to give his entire
time in aiding us to make the
schools more effective, as a means
for the preparation of our people
for a more profitable, more com
fortable and more attractive life on
the farm. Making farm life more
profitable and more attractive is
the problem that is of the greatest
importance to 82 of the people
of the State. A copy of "Prelemi
nary Announcement ofcthe Organ
ization of Young People's Farm
Life Club in North Carolina" is
being seut to every teacher in the
county. Every citizen should aid
by kind words in organizing the
county into "Boy's Farm Clubs and
Girl's Home Life Clubs.
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