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POT.K COUNTY NEWS; TRYOU, JM unxja. yjirt, w . - - .. E GRANITE BLOCK FOR X PAVING Material Regarded as Particularly Suitable for Trunk Lines Enter ing Large Cities. Study of vartous pa sniUble for; much-traveled highways r eXto gran te b ocks to .e ptu roaus or tne united states oeparuueui r Mpn rnnri builders .0..u.v.v. ... I are comlnc to reirard this material as v i parucmariy suuauie ior wuu entering large towns and cities where particularly suitable for trunk lines h ! .n inocin. omnnnt of 1 heavy traffic. Though the Initial cost of granite block construction is high, the main- tenance of the pavement, if properly laid and grouted. Is less than that of The Maintenance Cost of This Kind of Pavement, If Properly Laid, Is Less Than That " of Almost Any Other Kind of Pavement. almost any other type of pavement. In Worcester, Mass., over a period of :10 years the average maintenance cost per yuru was less man a nau; cenc This also Is true In other cities,, re- gardless of the fact that in general the streets covered with granite blook paving are those carrying the t most severe traffic ROAD TESTS IN CALIFORNIA Over Adobe Land Concrete Is Laid on Sides With Macadam in Middle -r-Surface Topped. An 'experiment In road construction over adobe land is being made in a section of the county highway between Bay Point and Pittsburg, in Cali fornia. - Experience has shown that concrete roads built over adobe land results in" the cracking and disintegrating of the road In a few seasons and in an 'effort to overcome this trouble County Surveyor Arnold is having the link of the county highway constructed In a manner tried in several eastern states and proved successful. The concrete is laid in two separate sections, each eight feet wide with a two-foot strip through the center. In this strip is placed oil macadam which' is rolled level to the surface of the concrete and the - entire " surface Is faced with a topping. GOOD ROADS ARE ESSENTIAL Success of Motor Truck Express Lines Depends Greatly on Character of Highways. ' The success of the motor truck ex press depends to a very large degree on the character of the roads over which the routes run. Bad roads v in crease the operating costs, and conse- gently the rate, to patrons, beyd . . '-- " are permanently built. Therefore, the problem of Improving and developing through the establishment of rural motor express lines is directly con- r.ZtoA ,f rM.rtKla nmnnnf UVivu (Tiiu vuu j;iviitm v. ujuuu i I improvement of the highways. TRUCK IS QUITE EFFICIENT Cost of Construction and Maintenance Is Lowered One-Half by Use of Equipment. In the construction and maintenance of the earth roads in, the rurrl sec- found consists of a road grader drawn by a five-ton truck. This equipment .will do the common grading such as is usually done on this type of road for about one-half the cost of doing the same work with teams in the old way, MANURE CARRIER IS USEFUL Cost of Handling Fertilizer Is Mate rially -Reduced Hauled to Fields lmme6:tely. . . . , ... "n? may be reduced by the use of a carrier and r -2:Z.,Zyj. 18 ! ?!L . m!u!!nJ?:li!e ."!D""ng- Tne corner is icu uuuiycu mio me SDrenrt. er, which is hauled to the fields am? nnlnnflprl hv rhft hnrsAfs MrJh tfcns handled but once. ":. - " : uAiMi ui u in f&hU- POOR HATCHES IN INCUBATOR Carelessness in - Manipulation of y Ma chine Is Sure to Bring Dis- astroua Results. Many causes' for - poor' hatches of chicks In Incubators canbe traced to the operators not educating themselves on what-is necessary in the way of forftta Mvln. . Innnho. - t - : wtu yeuuiatw ruga wiiu meuium lem- i shbuld be turned - - r es should be over ten days or two uai v.. YiU "uw,ue- : . : fin e I s ka mam...i a1. i directions aceo mnan vin the SSS vc ouvutu iw turciui lU Bintuj lui- lncuoator. rne directions ror one make of machine do not, always do. for that of another make, for the ventilation, regulation,; etc., may be different The principal reason why young cniCKS aie in tne sneii about tne eighteenth day is a poorly ventilated room. - Other causes than poorly ventilated rooms are poorly ventilated incubators, and eggs are not properly fertilized. An-egg poorly fertilized will start to grow and . die for lack- of vitality. Opening up the incubator during the latter part of the hatch, or about the time , the chicks begin to pip, lets out the moisture and dries the chicken up - In - the - shell or, In otheiCwords, stops the pores of the shell, and causes a great many to die. Under no con dition should the incubator be opened after the eighteenth day until the chicks are entirely hatched. - As a rule, beginners with incubators do not read the book of directions properly. Many a person who has seen an Incubator, and probably run a hatch of some other make- thinks he knows all about it, ' does not read the directions and makes a flat fail ure every time. " Sometimes no consid eration Is given to the ventilation of the room in. which the machine is ninrpd. Pnihiv th mv h a. eayed vegetables therein, or the air t BtolA rrhpr: ora -0W10 v, poorly reglliated incubators except in the cheaper line of machines where the temperature will change 10. 12 Splendid Hatch rrom Incubator. and 15 degrees. One point I have no ticed here at home by having a green hand set an Incubator, says a writer In an exchange: He reads the directions. may De minus ne nas learned ! them by heart, , sets ; his regulator as soon as thp thprmnTntoi ma mo l" S"WS he is right, and places the eggs in the Now, the thumb screw and regulatoi is a very tender affair, and one turn ?f V?e thu sf ew wU1 cse a change 1 I ,U51ue mcuDa- tvi lulcc iuui uegrees. snouia . - . . - "c oimuujr, auoutjjne-iourtn or 7 - f rouna 80 tne temperature Eianas JUSI at XUd. i - sreat misiase is maae by pavlne too mucn attention to an incubator, i never see to my machine more than : r J . fl iwice a aay, once in the morning and some grain must be fed if the hogs Greensboro. "North Carolina Com once in the evening. I see that the are to thrive and make Drofltahl fmfna munitv ProeT" la th. I!??iat!5l! et properly and every- WtL g x JL J b?f ore Pattln I lue e6si anu inen place tne esrsra 7 I MT " luuv-" tAie regulator. lV Jo wer the temperature , ! . put in, '-52 if ? legUl!Sf Is PrPerly set. luccttlur wm rise to tne prop- I ftLAI rUULTnT FOR VERMIN Bath of Road Dust, Tobacco and SuL phur Is Excellent Dipping Is Also Favored. One of the best methods to keep i ucai mcuiuos to Keen Poetry free from yce ls-to provide w htn fr,ia v. D0X larSe enougn to accommodate sev- al; fowls at a time and partly filled with road dust, tobacco dnst and snl- W oi iv. "r;. IOUO ?ro oiiuria; lODac- U 7 , "v-u. twu nanoiuis. I nn nna nart mlnltn. j . . I yyp"g cuicKens.in a two per cent I solution of chlorine Is also recom- I ueuueu ior me control ox lice. : 0 MORE AND BETTER PASTURES Problem In Coastal Plain Section of I South Has Become Increasingly I Important. r (Prepared by the United states Depart- I m Agriculture.! ment of Agriculture to brin about uericultural ntUizationof these lands The j prob- lem has become Increasingly impor- - l IT i rp, K- I tant since the hieh nrices of feeds are ant smce tne mgr"!S I! more ana more iorcmc Riienuon iv k a, ft bureau of plant Industry as & p deal of work a - - - - v - uic ixllit iuco.lj xcu uutJiuiuko - i a rorpni t I . . I great deal of work along tnis 1 line. The Investigators have con- firmed the bluegrass experiments, in which.it was shown that heavy pas- turinsr was much the belt method A Fine Southern Pasture. both aeronomicailv and economlcallv. Unfortunately, say the specialists, fa- cHItles for experiments and demon stratlons are wholly inadequate in at tempting to work out a system of bet- ter handling of northern pastures. On tne coastal plains of the South, unless the soils are much affected by drought, contlnue the experts, carpet grass sup- pieraentea witn lespeaeza makes ex- ceiient pasture, uoiden crown grass ... i Is also ' excellent Efforts are" being made, with the aid of a new stripping machine, to place carpet grass seed on the market in adeanate Quantity. Sev- eral newly- introduced grasses are promising as pasture possibilities. SAFEGUARDING SHEEP FLOCK Large Number of Animals Lost Each Year From Some Prevent- able Disorder." . Thousands upon thousands of , sheep die each year from a great variety of preventable causes. The kiUet' dog Is not the chief cause of Iqfs. He may cause perhaps 1 per cent of the deaths due to accidental causes, but the most serious losses are attributable to igno rance' and carelessness upon the part of the owner or his shepherd. Among tho obiof M of inJm,. tioned lack of shelter for lambing ewes and their newborn lambs. Aud- den snow or rnin storm rnminV f lambing time often finds ewes and lambs exposed, and many deaths re sult. PASTURAGE CUTS FEED BILLS Cost of Pork Production Can Be Re. duced by Providing Suitable Pasture for Hogs. i Farmers can rediipp thf rnc-nf rirxrte rrdflnction next venr hv nrnddtn . lf?ultable tiasture for their hntro snva W. H. Peters of the animal husbandry division, University farm. Most pas- f fore trrnsses nre rich In nrofoln Tho I w " c-. v call for high grain rations Is therefore less urgent a matter to be taken into I nnslrlprnttnn In theao r!ov fnlltnr. I . ""J - Vf. lUlllUg prices for hogs and nltrs. Alfalfa and brome grass are best for growing pigs, but no matter how good a pasture is . BULL OF CHANGEABLE MOODS 1 " Wise Plan to Play Safe at All Times by Keeping Animal Completely Under Control. The bull is of very changeable moods, and one never can tell when thnf mnnri 1st cnln fr nhdntro TV.- se plan Is to take no chances with his moods play safe at all times bv keeping him wholly under control oi where ne cannot reach you. . . . . " PASTURE FOR GROWINfi P!f?Q , .. " - . . Clover, Rye, Rape Sorah . ' ' .p JL 00.r3n thina Green Is GoodS0mhi " ; Plentv of eood nasturo t, w f Prtant in growing pigs. Clover, grass, rye, rape, sorgnum in iact almost anv- I... . . - j tmng green mat pigs, win eat is good I for them while growing, but oasture alone will not make big-boned, stocky pigs. - : s : j. j . - - . - .J - . . Famous Boy Scout Founder, Traveler, Lecturer and Writer Is Taking a Short Rest at Aeheville. Asheville, HendersonTille seeking to overcome the already serious short age of houses in that city, even thia far in advance of the expected record breaking summer 'season, has orgn- ixed a corporation ; of ' business . men, 100 of whom will invest $1,000 eacn in the erection of small cottages to be rented, and with the work on this plan bout to be started, it is believed au OTer - nigger cuy ST1 rusn Starts Here tniS summer. , ment in America and noted traveler, r . . . lecturer ana writer, is in Asneyme for . snort rest before continuing nis - ihm wVfi will toVo htm ftter ' " 7 " " TT Vri" 7 ' "V. - " nere w caueu u. vv. n PUD meeuirge, uu ui-un mnuenza epiaemic The Ashe ville Citizen Company nas closed a deal whereby they take over the Y. M. C. A. building for one hund red thousand dollars. The building will be used as a home for the news paper. Gastonia, Belmont's twelfth and the ninetyirst cotton mill corpora tion for Gaston -was announced. The mill will be equipped with 10,- 000 spindles and capitalized at $500, 000 or $600,000. Wiliiamston, The Atlantic Hotel, at Wllliamston, closed several weeks ago toy order of the State Board of Health for persistent violations of hotel ordinances has been allowed to re-open for buisness after a through overhauling and promises to conduct the place in full compliance with Banitary regulations. Charlotte, O.- Max Gardner. : Lieu tenant-Governor, addressed the V Ki- wanls Club here paying1 special atten tion to the question of increased pay for teachers which he endorsed.- The ckrb adopted a resolution in favor of better PaT for Publlc 8cho01 teachers rtn. Carolina.. Fayettevnie, -Announcement, 'was made that Camp Bragg is now under quarntine. The.quantine order was is- 8ud on the recommendation of the camp surgen as a precautionary meas- Mre to guard against, the appearance 0f influenza in the camo Goldsboro, According to informa 41011 reaching the office here of Assis tant Supervisor D. M. Prince, of the Third District Census Bureau, J. T Brown, one of the enumerators in this district, was shot and painfully wounded Wflileensaged in this work m unsiow county. Washington, Two Congressmen and a number of drainage experts and civil engineers are on the program for the convention of the North Carolina Drainage Association, to be held here February 25th and 27th. Congressman John H. Small, of the first district, and S. M. Brinson of the third district, will speak, Raleigh, Judge Geo. P. Pell, of the c " X , V' 7 . State Corporation Commission, re- 1" . naem uy . . ouaw' V me Associauon or Kailway and UUiUW8 v,uinmlsioners, cnair man oi ine committee on Express and other Contract Carriers by Rail This comittee will make an extended report to the National Association which meets in Washington next Oc tober. Morganton, Alfred Mull, appear ing in the Burke county court room at the preliminary hearing of the Mull Lefever affray and killing, hobbled ud the steps on crutches, presenting a ottered appearance as charges were maae a8&msl mm. He -was re-com- muiea to lail Wltliont hail fn thrpo i - cases; one for the alleged murder of I ils nephew, Lenoir Mull, one for as- I 9Ult and annthor fnr oT-TTrT m. J cealed weanon, Women's College Publication. publication, the initial number of whlch has iust been published by the I tfTtonainn fiivuinn Af 4v. xrv. extension division of the North Caro- lina ollge for Women, under the reaitoranip or tol-.-k; C. Underman. A " uue maicate, this publication is to be devoted to the many aspects r community progress within the state, and purposes to bring before the I ntatn pommimitw nrnrVami - u . deas and suggestions that come from various sources Sheriff Shot by Moonshiner. Yadkinville. Sheriff i v ' -r- Z , r"otJ.' thhrT TJ, Ugb eignt. miles rrom Yadkin Three men were at 'the plant and them were. arrested and brought I w -w j.., . . - " "V ior saie Keeping w -! - - . ousi minii. I TfT rv "V. . I - - vuu . vuimty,.. accompanied 1 ue - Bner"t to the moonshine plant and decJares that Robah vBaity, aged is ine party who did the shootln BOYS AND GIRLS' CALF CLUB Question for Farm People and Exten sion Worker to Think About, Say Dairy Experts. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Why shouldn't a boys and girls ceff club grow into a men and wom en's cow club? Or, more immediate ly speaking, a larger boys and girls' calf club-rlarger boys and girls, that Is not larger club. Or, getting nearer the meat or the milk of the thing, why shouldn't the club boy or girl who raises a calf milk that calf when she Youngster Making a Good Start. i j becomes a cow, watch her develop ment keep a set of books oa her pro jductlon, and. In a small way, learn jthe essentials of dairy farming, taking ,the figures to school and getting them .interpreted, and incidentally teaching !the old man" a new trick or two? That Is the question, in one form or janother, asked by the experts of the jdairy division. It Is a question that ifarm people and agricultural exten sion workers might think about. There may be more to say on the subject after a while. - GENTLE TREATMENT OF COWS :Unique Blotters Distributed by the De partment of Agriculture Urging " " Kindness to Animals. The following, printed on blotters, :was distributed by a dairying agent for the United States department of "agriculture 'and the, Utah Agricultural college: . 1 Our Domestic Animals Acute Hearing. WHY YELL! Have Show me a - man who says "milking Is a dirty Job" and I will show you a man who will make a dirty job of milking. DAIRYMEN! SAFETY FIRST Cleanliness Is Safety. Gentle treatment of our cows, horses,-hogs and sheep will put money in our. pockets and peace in our hearts. Ilk ) : ivi Xt "P V,' -i ' y.-.v.-v.yyyyyA -y- :.r-:WvSs" MORE MILK AND BUTTERFAT (Of Greater Importance Than fmprove. ment in Breed Type Purebred Bulls Essential Far more important than the im provement in breed type due . to the .use of purebred bulls, is the increase In milk and butterfat production " of the daughters of purebred bulls from high-producing families. It goes al ;most without saying that a purebred bull, when introduced into a herd of scrub cows, will produce daughters that produce more milk and butterfat than their mothers. - . ' 1 DAIRY NOTES Winter cow comfort means more winter profits. A-cow that ranks with the best her breed is worth half a dozen aver age cows. Good dairy cows are hard to find and high in price. The best way get mem is to raise them. . 1- ' "... - r: There may be jsome ". roughage the cows; like better than silage, -but the average dairyman hasn't' discovered it It is becoming more evident daily mai a nera oi cows on the farm offer the owner an opportunity to increase nis pronts, ana at the same time main, tain the fertility of his soil.-; VI F7 TTTf n II LAYING OUT SCHOOL GRot Room Not Necessary f or Piawl ' Should Be Devoted to S and Shrubs. M. F. Ahearn, prof essr... gardening at the Kansas State 1 rural collecp. tiia . points to be kept in minci ia S o ""r roiinu ini. t 1 wuuujr otiiuoi yard rThere should be sufficient tv a baseball diamond uuiiKUHi n nmnnri .1 .. voneyDau court and n ti. i Professor Ahearn says, stances the Dlavirrrmnd . . - aTnv ouvuiu uc yiuiuea nrst in rural districts there will be only a few pupils and there rj be a call for so lanre a ni,, area as where the enrollment y r-ernaps me Dasketball court atij baseball diamond will he suffice rne neeas or the orrfinn. school. "1 "Evergreens are best for w.n-.l T7M , 1 ll iiu uuu uavsuerry are best fort1 vnen me grounds are large eno smau grove of trees will be i asset to the utility anl beamy scnooi. I m in ail instances onlv hardr J and shrubs should be planted w they have to stand theattacksof? boys and the trying conditions nfs) mer wnen they are usnnllv ne-v The country school uiihout&W snrubbery is like a picture witir frame. ; KEEP THE PAINTBRUSH E Real Economy, and Adds Enonx - to Appearance and Length of Service. Painting adds greatly both ti nnnpsmnro nnrl spn-iw nf oil hJ and appliances. One may bej 3 pigments and oil and mix them. , surfaces should be clean and t. fore they are painted. Use a pn coat made of equal parts of pais if r1 1 onrl rnror with nnonf J coats off paint, which should be tJ oughly brushed into the surface. Whitewash is the cheapest of paints and may be used either fa terlor or Interior surfaces. It cas made by slaking about tea poua quicklime in a pall with two of water, covering the pailvrithd or burlap and allow-in? it to shW one hour. Water Is then adM bring the whitewash to a conslrr: which may be applied readay. weatherproof whitewash for eitc- surfaces may be made ns fouOP. (1) Slake one bushel of quicHaa: 12 gallons of hot water, (2) diss pounds of common salt and 1 p sulphate of zinc in 2 gallons of m then ail gallons of skim mjlk and mix &j oughly. Whitewash is spread Ei with n liroad brSl Fruit Trees on City Lets. The planting of dwarf fruit including a sDecies of pear .tree J may be trained fan-shape on a trr-j and a peach tree which will bear next year, In the demonstration dens In many states, oujrht to householders generally where ed . dwellings are the rule to the Sj Dortance of making their yards Fl iductlve. Fruit trees will thrive in j good soil. They do not require jj attention beyond pruning ana q Intr. Tn TTrnnr frnit trees have r growing along the highways forj 'tnrles. Thev serve the double pc-. i of shade and profit. Charles La'-y iPaclc,. president of the American J estry association, says tuat u dwellers were to give as rnutii tlon to the nlantinz of fruit trees !8ome of them have civen to bacK-.- ivegetable gardens they would so; .producing a large amount or :o. b. the kitchen." Reantlfv the Home. -There are so many native sa.) : . .vines and flowers to be planted the farm homes that their ahsen denlorabla fact. In a recent uri? a thousand miles we saw onlyg farm houses where attention wj paid - to beautify them. atnrJJ they - were ' noticed. Don't coi p lawn .with fantastic flower nual flowers. Put-nardy shrubs u j the foundations, the taller gowln0 j behind. Then in front of these the perennial flowers such as Ir ens, narcissus, peony, sweet phlox, etc. i Keep the lawn op j few Ivy. or wild grape vines nur j hideous outhouse less ncZJ Shrubs can be transplanted in J ltt na Tnnfh rHth therfl 8S 1 I ble, and tamp the roots firmly m v . Farm Life. of invi i ii vo ' tin! It is InteresUng to note thai : past year the public, more tna J before, has participated ln theeii Ing of the nation's operations. J to ccmlng to n thorough realizauu fact that the general invt"- p should be - given an VVms A snare in xnese jjw ; opening np for the benefit of tn 1 r a, .A.Atinns. market a vast reservoir of cP it; is giving the public an e to participate in the fruits of eral development of our - citIes.Boston Herald,
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