' Thursday, September 29, 1904.
THE RALEIGH ENTERPRISE.
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.
Foundation of Diversified Farming.
A one-crop system of farming can
not be a success for any length of
time. No matter how rich the soil
may be, it will soon become exhausted
in certain elements when only a sin
gle crop is grown year after year.
Dairying is the foundation of suc
cessful diversified agriculture. The
feeding and care of the animals takes
but little time each day and does not
interfere with other work.
In ascertaining the profits of
dairying, the fertilizer value of the
manure should be taken into consid
eration. Barn-yard manure makes
the cheapest and best general fer
tilizer, and no land can be brought
into a high state of fertility without
it. It would pay to keep a few cows
on every farm, even though no profit
resulted from the sale of milk and
butter. Crops grown on land whore
barn-yard manure has been applied
suffer much less during a dry season
from a lack of .moisture than would
otherwise be the case.
Lime and Peas Hake Soils.
The educated farmer can yearly in
crease the capacity of his lands by
sowing peas, and in the fall applying
twenty-five to fifty bushels of lime
per acre. The application of lime
can be made by burning the rock on
the farm or near it. Lime is the
basis from which the rich soils of
middle Tennessee have acouired
their strength. Lime increases the
warmth of the soil and hastens the
maturity of the crops grown thereon.
Lime assists fertilizers by neutraliz
ing the acids in the soil, while near
ly all plants use lime as food. It is
not only plant food, but exerts a
chemical effect on the soil, which
brings into use other materials which
are beyond the capacity of plants to
reduce. When green food is turned
under, lime will be found a valuable
adjunct, as it neutralizes the acids
produced by fermentation, and com
bines with them. It is a heavy sub
stance and has a tendency to go
down, hence, if broad-casted on the
surface of a field, it will sooner or
later be within Nthe reach of plants.
Stone lime that has been air slaked
until it is fine is excellent, though
some farmers use shell lime.
Profit and Loss Hang on Small Items.
What does it cost to produce a
quart of milk? No dairyman has an
swered this question to my satisfac
tion, nor have I answered it myself.
There are so many costs to count,
it seems impossible to get to the
exact cost.
My estimate is made by dividing
the total outlay of labor, feed bought,
interest on investment, taxes and
depreciation, into the total milk
vield for one year, again for three
years, and again for five years. After
trials of this kind, I find that with
forty or more cows I can produce
milk at about one and one-third cents
per quart, and land valued at $75
per acre. This has been the hardest
mathematical problem I have ever
tried to work.
There are so many leaks where the
turn is between loss or gain. If in
feeding forty cows daily, there is a
waste of feed of one cent daily for
each cow, there is a loss of $150 in
twelve months. And so it is with the
whole work ; the little details make
or break the enterprise.
With all the confinement, earlv
hours, and other objectionable fea
turcs of dairy work, I believe it the
most interesting and profitable
branch of farm occupation. Ad
dress of C. C. Moore, Charlotte, N.
C, before Farmers' State Conven
tion, Raleigh.
Fresh water-crround meal from
Lake Lucerne. Guaranteed fresh and
pure. Nothing but selected corn
used. Sold by A. Dughi, proprietor,
Scientific men have been examin
ing a learned horse in Berlin and
have found that he comprehends
handwriting, has color and musical
discrimination, and can do mathe
matical work. All this is something
that no automobile is equal to.
Spokane Spokesman.
Try Swift's Premium hams, 16c.
per pound. Boneless breakfast bacon
at 12c. Large mackerel at 10c. a
piece. New mullets at IV2C a pound.
W. R. Dorsett. Grocer.
You may not be learned, or great,
or wealthy, but you can all be faithful.
We never close Star Lunch.
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
TOUR TO WORLD'S FAIR, ST.
LOUIS, MO, TUESDAY, OCTO
BER 4, 11)01, VIA SExABOARD
AIR LINE RAILWAY.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway
announces a very attractive person
ally conducted tour to the World's
Fair on Tuesday, October 4th, which
will be in charge of Mr. C. II. Gat
tis, Traveling Passenger Agent, from
all points on its line and connections
within the State. Arrangements are
being made for special train consist
ing of Pullman Drawing Room Sleep
ing Cars and Vestibule, high back day
coaches to run through from Raleigh,
Wilmington and Charlotte to St.
Louis without change.
The route selected is one of the
most attractive in the South, via
Atlanta, Chattanooga and Nashville,
the route of the "Dixie Flyer," pass
ing the battlefields between Atlanta
and Chattanooga, around Lookout
Mountain and through the beautiful
farming country of Kentucky.
Rates from Raleigh, fifteen day
limit, $24.80; ten days, $18.50; from
Wilmington, fifteen days, $26.25; ten
days, $20.40 ; from Charlotte, fifteen
days, $24.65 ; ten days, $18.30. Rate
for double berth m Pullman, $6.00-
two can occupy berth, making charge
just half.
Leave Raleigh 4 p. m., Wilmington
3.20 p. m., and Charlotte 7.25 p. m.,
Tuesday afternoon, October 4th.
All arrangements will be made for
hotel accommodations at Inside Inn
Exposition Grounds. Pullmans will
be provided for return trip and
everything will be done for the com
fort and pleasure of those who avail
themselves of this opportunity to
visit the greatest World's Fair ever
held.
For rates from other points, sched
ules, Pullman reservations, pamphlets
of the trip, address the undersigned.
C. II. GATTIS, T. P. A.,
Raleigh, N. C.
Sewing Machines
Headquarters for the Bali-Bearing
NEW HOME Sewing Machine, Wheeler
& Wilson. Standard. Domestic. For
sale cheap for cash or on easy monthly
payments. See me before buying at
Sewing Machine Supply" Store,
206 S Wilmington St., Raleigh, N. C.
R. h. GREEN, Agent.
X IHI. GUI's Foundry,
RALEIGH,
N. C.
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FURNACE BARS.
Cotton Mill Supplies, parts of Engines and Boilers. Agricultural Implements, etc.
THE COLE PLANTERS
WITH ROLLER DRAG or PLOW COVERS.
WITH OR WITHOUT FERTILIZER ATTACHMENT.
Cotton Planter
Combination
f e Have a
FULL LINE of
Planters and Distributors
The COLE
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Peanuts, Surehum, etc. The most econ
omical made, one man and one mule do
the work.
The Cole Plan
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THE
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and LABOR
by getting
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For further information, write
to-day
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We Want
to Show You
The Real Thing
AT
THE GREAT STATE PAIR,
RALEIGH, N. C, October 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 1904.
Grand Agricultural, Kducational and Industrial displays. The Virginia Carolina
Race Circuit, of which the State Fair Is leading member, offers $14,000 In purses, In
suring fast racing. Finest free attractions ever offered. The famous iiickett Fam
ily will give trapeze and ladder act every day. iJest in the country. Good clean
shows on the Midway. Come and bring your sweetheart. A week of solid pleasure,
good measure and running over. Write to Secretary for information. j
ASHLEY IIOKNE, Prest. J. E. l'OGUE, Secy. CLAUD It. DKNSON, Treas.
WORLD'S FAIR RATES
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY.
TO
ST. LOUIS, MO., AND RETURN.
On account of the World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo., the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, in connection with the C. & O. Route via Richmond and the
N. C. & St. L. Route, via Atlanta, will sell round trip tickets to St.
Louis, Mo., at greatly reduced rates from all stations.
Rates from principal points are follows :
Season 60 Day 15 Day
Tickets Tickets Tickets
Charlotte via Atlanta . . . ... .................. . . .$36.10 $30.10 $24.65
Durham via Richmond 34.10 28.40 23.30
Durham via Atlanta ........ 38.75 32.30 26.30
Henderson via Richmond . . . . . . ...... . . . . . . . . 34.10 28.40 23.30
Henderson via Atlanta ..... ................. 38.75 32.30 26.30
Maxton via Atlanta 38.65 32.25 26.25
Raleigh via Richmond 35.60 29.00 24.80
Raleigh via Atlanta 38.75 32.30 26.30
Hamlet via Richmond 37.60 31.90 26.25
Hamlet via Atlanta 37.60 31.90 26.25
Wilmington via Richmond 38.65 32.25 26.25
Wilmington via Atlanta 38.65 32.25 26.25
LIMIT OF TICKETS.
Season Tickets
Good to leave St. Louis up to December 15, 1904, will be sold daily
commencing April 25.
60-Day Tickets
Good to leave St. Louis up to and including 60 days from date of sale.
Will be sold daily commencing April 25.
15-Day Tickets
Good to return up to and including 15 days from date of sale, com-,
mencing April 25, and continuing during the Exposition.
Special low rates for Military Companies and Bands.
We have two routes via Atlanta or via Richmond. Quickest time, less
changes of cars, and the best of Pullman Cars, THAN ANY LINE.
For further information call on or address us. Same will be cheer
fully furnished. HUGH MORSON, 0. P. & T. A.,
C. H. GATTIS, T. P. A., Raleigh, N. C.
Raleigh, N. 0.