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THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY, JAN. 2, 1017
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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ROBERT HORD
KILLED IN GA.,A3'S ctributi--
MYSTERY SURROUNDS THE
Kiu ivr. as niTifKits n.AiM.
ED THAT DEAD MAN DID NOT
ANSWER
HORD.
Mytery surrou.:ls the death
Robert Hord, a former citizen
i . i c..:
on which day tnis telegram came u
SWc Lackey. "R. L. Hoard was
snot uy anerui nere ami i am in7
lormcu mat ne was in irouuie ;;c
Shelby, 'N. C. Lit me know at c::ce.
If. P. Brown, Ordinary." Immvd-
lately upon receipt of thi-; message
Sheriff Lackey notified 'Squire J. Y.
ilord and the brothers of Robert
Hord. Mr. Will Ilord, a prominent
lumberman ami farmer of Waco left
.'Friday morning fur Toccoa, (Ja., to in
vestigate the killing and bring his
brother home. In the meantime he
called up over long distance tele
phone but could not get any aatisfac- ,
.turn. He could not get H. P. Brown,
who signed the above telegram, to
the telephone, so when he reached
Toccoa, body of Hord had been bur
ied. Mr. Will Ilord made diiigent in
quiry of the Sheriff, undertaker and
the two men who sat up with the
corpse the night before it was buried
and all told practically th
anu alt told practically the same
story as to the affair. The- told
that the man's name was Rocky
Ford, that he was a short, heavy
built man with light hair, brow.- ey
es, small foot, large neck and had no
marks of identification whatever, on
his body. Robert Hord being rather
tall, black headed, slender and with
tattoo mark3 on his arm.
Mr Will
Hord was convinced that the dead
man was not his brother, so he came
back home.
On his return to Shelby Saturday
morning and on the same train that
brnught him back, came a letter from
a Mr. Henderson, at Cornelia, Ga., a
viormnu luumj, iiu sun ui oi the suifering ot war, touch the $50
J. Y. Ilord of Waco. He was shot at qqo ()og niark. '
Toccoa, Ga., by the Sheriff of that I T'he Caesar carries 2Q0,0(0 toy's of
county and died on December 28th, 'fo0(1 and .othing and $23,000 Jorth
little town near Toccoa, saving that ,an(1 supplies aoout ,,;,ue.-. ia.L
Robert Hord had been killed. Thc,of the moncy was sPpnt n 'V'
letter was addressed to Mr. E. M. ''np representatives in tne field, and
Beam who notified the Holds here. The total valu of the s?fP,CS
The letter was inspired by Mr. Lloyd Jed to the Entente ally coumnes
Metcalf who knew Mr. Beam would $1,122,000, while the value ot
convey the news to the proper par-,similar "upphes shipped to -the Cen
ties. It seems that Robert Ilord mar- .tral powers was $350,000.
Tied a sister of Henderson. The au- j The difference in the figures, is cx
thor of the letter did not know of the , plained by the fact that for more
visit of Mr. Will Hord to Toccoa. than a yea because of Br.t.sh and
This latter caused the investigation. French blockade measures, shipments
to be started again, whereupon .to the Central powers has been, im
Messrs. Will Hord, John Norman and 'possible. Arrangements now are be
Maynard Washburn left Saturday Jin made, however, by which the Red
night to look further into the matter. Cross will be permitted to send med
They wired back Sunday afternoon Jcal units of physicians and nurses
that the dead body was that of Rob- ,to take charge of a number of hospit
ert Hord, so Messrs. Jesse Hord, als in Germany and Austna-Hunga-John
Hord and E. M. Beam also left ry.
'
Sunday night for Toccoa. Then Dr.
J. G. Hord, an uncle of Kings Moun
tain, left for the Georgia town Sun
day to see that proper identification
was made and if necessary, the body
exhumed and examined
Robert Hord had not bton heard
from by his father for four years, 'several days, but grew suddenly
He had been away from this county .worse and expired before medical aid,
something like 11 years, much of hastily summoned, could arrive. De
which time was spent in Arkansas, ceased was the wife of W. S Griffin,
Just why the officers should have at- 'a prominent business man of Ruther-
tempted to mislead Mr. Wis Hord
has aroused suspicion as to the jus
tice of the shooting. From the best
information obtainable. Hord was en
gaged ow some public works. He
was arrested for some cause and
placed in the Sheriff's automobile to
he carried to the jail when the auto
mobile mired down. While th? offi
cers were trying to pry the car out
of the mire, Hord attempted U es
cape and the Sheriff stopped him.
Toccoa officials told Mr. Will Hord
that the dead man was . about to
throw a rock at the Sheriff when he
fired, the bullet going through his
liand which he had evidently raised
in front of his face, then entering his
chin and coming out at the back of
His neck. If the shooting was not
justifiable, friends and relatives will
probably prosecute the Sheriff. Toe
body of the dead man - has been un
questionably identified as that of
Itobert Hord. It is not known yet
whether his body will be brought
here for interment.
Homicide In Caldwell
At the plant of the Ritter Lumber
Company, near Mortimer, Caldwell
county, oh the night of the 22d, Bill
Mooney was shot to death by Bob
Cuthbertson. The men were drinking
and quarreled, according to the re
port. Mooney's dead body lay where
he was killed until next day. Cuth
bertson made no attempt to get away
end is in jail.
' Mooney came to Mortimer from
Dixon county, Virginia, and for some
time has been foreman of the lead
ing gang. He was married nnd leav
es a wife and several small children.
Cuthbertson is a native of Avery
county and married. He was woods
foreman for the Ritter Lumber Com
pany. . -'
FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS
j With lhe t in
t.-.-j ....... ,
of the
- 'Uiiikvu oiaii-.s naval collier
from New york, with a Chl
. cargo oi iooa, clothing and medicine",
for refugees of
o M.iv jjm. if
01 Red Cross officials estimate Ameri
01 ca's contributions tmvanls rnli
.....
of hospital and surgical supplies. In
clu(;ed in her carj?0 at,. 4i0Uj cms 0
f
con,lt.nt;t.l jjij
for balk
:,00u
,., ..,n,i..
pounds ot beans, 2,000 pounds of su
gar. 825,000 pounds of who'.- wheat.
' Itt ri ' r, nn ,,'' ',.''
1 . . . , v,w., ,...,.,( ... vv
ton seed oil, and 100.CHO pounds of
crushed wheat.
The people of Armenia have little
knowledge of the use of flour and do
not like it.. The Red Cross coii:-ulted
Armenians i.-, the United States, de
termined just how their countrymen
like their wheat and, then bad mills
crush it just as the Armet ians do.
The cotton seed oil is sent in place of
animal fats, which are not eaten by
Armenia and Syria. The. Red Cross
was informed that olive oil was cor
sidered highly desirable but the cost
was prohibitive and cotton eed oil
was substituted.
The Caesar will stop at Gibraltar
! , . , V e .u
itake aboard a representative of the
American embassy - at ConsUntinople
w i"
where the vessel will deliver coal and
supplies to the United State ; crui?er
Des Moines. From there she will go
directly to Beirut, Syria.
The clothing ard food were gaiher-
ied and contributed by the American
committee tor Armenian asj nyr.u.i
relief, while the Red Cross i! self con
tributed the hospital and surgical
supplies.
From the beginning of the war un
til September 150, the Red Cross it
self received in contributions of cash
i i- . i . ffo nor r..in Tin i
Rutherford Lady Dead
Mrs. Minnie Griffin died suddenly
in Rutherford countv Thursday after-
inoon at her residence on Shelby road.
She had been slightly indisposed for
fordton who died several years ago.
She is survived by one child, Mrs.
Samuel Franks of Franklin, N. C,
and a maiden sister, Miss Amanda
Smith, who lived with her.
Harrell-Caldwell Wedding
A marriage of considerable inter
est was solemnized Thursday at Bos
tic, when Jesse Caldwell of Cherry
ville and Miss Virginia Harrell of
Bostic were married by Rev. Mr.
Martin, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Rutherfordton.
The bride is the daughter of P. L.
Harrel of Bostic and the groom is
the son of J. A. Caldwell, a promin
ent citizen of Cherryville. Mr. Cald
well was formerly principal of the
Bostic schools. At present he is prin
cipal of the high school at Stoneville,
whence they will go for the resump
tion of school work January 8.
The Mooresville Building
While Senator Overman has intro
duced a bill appropriating $75,000 for
a public building at Mooresville, the
Enterprise notifies its constituents
that the prospect for the building in
the near future is not bnght. I he
demand for a building must be backed
by postofflce receipts showing a gross
business of $10,000 per year, and
while Mooresville claims a population
of 5,000, the postal receipts are about
$6,000.
DON'T BUT IN
Start the year .right by resolving
that you will quit BUTTING in
where you are not concerned, and for
a run down condition of the Stomach
and System, take Kew-Tone, :: y- The
System Builder. $1.00 bottle, 3 for
$2.50. Kendall's Drug Store adv.
PLATO IIOYLE DEAD
Nfil Turner is Held by Gaston Auth
orities on a Justifiable Bond of
$l,0U0--Hoyle Buried at St, Peters.
Plato Hoy le, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John R. Hoylo of No. 10 township
who was shot at Bill Bradshaw's in
Lincoln county on Christmas Eve,
died Friday night in the hospital at
Xincolnton of the wound he received
.through the abdomen. Evidence
'stronger that the shooting was not
accidental but vva3 done purposely by
Neil Turner, a white farmer and
trader of North Brook township, Lin
coln county, who was with you-g
Hoylo at the time and the only eye
witness to the affair exempt
Eradshaw, a noted blockader, at
whose home the shooting took place.
Turn, r is being hell by th . l.itv. . is
county authorities to answer for tie
murder. He is out on a $1,000 ju-ti-fiable
bond agreed to by the prose, -i-tion.
Turner waived the prelimin
ary. As young Hoyle is one of ;in
best known young men in No. !'i
township and well connected, the tens
responsible for the shooting will be
vigorously prosecuted. His body was
taken to his home Friday and burial
took pkice Saturday at St. Peter's
church, Rev. Mr. Moser conducting
the funeral services.
I
A COW WENT MAD
And Clint Owens and Dr. Williamson
Are Off to Take the Pasteur Treat
ment. j Messrs. Clint Owens who lives at
the Devanney Parker old place six
miles north of Shelby has gone to
Raleigh and - Dr. Williamson, veter
inary surgeon of this place, has gone
'to Washington, each to take the past
eur treatment to prevent any infec
tion their bodies of hydrophobia
from handling a vow belonging to
Mr. Owens. They left Saturday night
and are expected to return this week.
During the holidays one of the
cows in Mr. Owens fine herd began
acting strange. She looked wild out
of her eyes and would fight the other
jcattle, but was obedient to Mr. Ow
ens. She was dehorned and kept m a
separate stable, refusing to eat any
hing. Mr. Owens called in Dr. Wil
iamson and they handled her, both
touching her mouth in administering
medical aid. Desiring to know the
cause of the death of the cow, her
brains were seat to Washington for
analysis. The report came back Sat
urday that she had hydrophobia,
whereupon Dr. Williamson and Mr.
Owen left immediately to take the
pasteur treatment, they having slight
abrasions of the skin in their
hands which might have become in
fected, although they had used every
precaution to prevent infection.
Mines Yery Prosperous
Ten mines in Arizona paid $.14,
000,000 in dividends during the past
year. Adding Uti.h, Montana, Ne
vada and Idaho dividends to those of
Arizona we have a total of $100,000,
000 in dividends paid out of the min
es of these five western States in a
single year.
These are some of the impressive
facts brought out by the report of the
Geological Survfy to Secretary Lar.e
just ' made. "Never before." said
said Mr. Lane; "has so large a draft
been made on the natural resources
of our country as during this year,
and never before have thj metals
been extracted, from these ores with
less waste or utilized to better ad
vantage in advancing the general
prosperity of the country. Even as
written in the plain figures of 1916
production, the wonderful record of
our mines sets forth a degree of na
tional industrial independence only
hoped for a few years ago.
Naval Program
The naval appropriation bill, which
will be introduced in the House dur
ing January or early in February,
will carry $360,000,000 for the fiscal
year 1918. It will provide for the
construction of three battleships,
one battle cruiser, three scout cruis
ers, fifteen torpedoe boat destroyers,
four fleet submarines, fourteen coast
submarines one fleet submarine tend
er one destroyer tender, a total of
forty-two, and between $5,000,000 and
$6,000,000 for naval aeronautics.
The General Board recommended
for 1918 four battleships, three bat
tle cruisers, four scout cruisers,
twenty destroyers, nine fleet subma
rines, eighteen coast submarines, one
fuel ship, one transport, one destroy
er tender, one fleet submarine tender
and one gun-boat.
There are now 35,000 licensed au
tomobiles in the State, an increase of
11,000 in six months. The number
running on "license applied for"
cards is unknown.
NEWS OF CURRENT EVENTS
Incidents Gathered
Of the Country.
From VII Patn
Snow fell in Los .'Angeles, . Cel.,
Tuesday for the sixth time in the 40
VPfllM cinnn i U ...nM.U 1 '
me wcaiiiiT oureau was Snocbil to Tbi Star
established and melted almost as rap-1 ,, . . .
idlv as it fell
i ' MiHrnnrpt v r (k i .. i. . ' '
, ic uidiu win re
they have tht coldest weather, snow
beat the record Tuesday -17 inches'
falling in 21 hours. Severe cold and
much snow in the West.
For setti-g a new record in her
flight from Chicago to New York
Miss Ruth JJ. Law reci ivcd a gift
rf $l,.-)00 at a dinner given m her hon
or in .M'w York by the civic forum
and the Aero Club of America.
, Six men were killed on the niyht of
the 21st when a double-header extra
freight train ran into a washout four
miles west of Lake City, Fla. The
victims were Engineers Lee and Cox
well, Conductor Payne, two negro
firemen and a negro brakeman.
Ca;;t. W. C, Matt of the Richmond
(Va.) fire department was killed am
two other fireman were seriously in
jureu wnen mo yicii irom a ladder
while fighting a fire which destoyed
the warehouse of the Imperial Coffee -
Compahy, entailing a loss of $100,000.
i Cuba's sugar yield for 1916-1917
l will be a record-breaking one. ac-'
cording to a report to the Federal
Sugar Refining Company. The cur
rent crop will amount to 3,446,000
tons, as compared with 3,00(!,00f) tons
last ve.ir nnri .W 9.1". in thn nrn. '
vious season, according to the mcs-lthc
'sages. The large output is atiribut-
ed larcelv to favorable weather
j In the House of Congress on the
21st Republican Leader Mann lead in
paying respects to Representative
Page of North Carolina, who retires
from Congress after this session.
Chairman Fitzecrald of the aimroDri-'
Rations committee spoke in high terms
and the House gave rousing applause I niaing now ior tjver Brownish red, heavy loam to clay
to the high tributes paid the industry. a and a11, can see " cactus' loam to a depth of four to seven in
fidelity and ability of the North Car- pon do,ck8 aml Mexicans You can ches, underlain by a brittle red clay.
0linian (travel for a month in this country Early maturing varieties of cotton
Private Albert Streigcl of the an1 ver ee a white person or a are best suited to this type. It is
quartermaster corps, United States housf- All you can hear in this particularly well suited to the sub
army, stationed at Columbus, N. M, "try the neigh of a burrough or j8istence crops of the county. Owing
was shot and killed Tuesday by a sen-
trv. Streigel had been confined to
the stockade on a charge of disorder-jhaveT
ly conduct. He had been giver per-
mission to go to his tent for blankets
and was being taken there when the
sentry claimed Streigel attempted to
escape.
Alfred Coffin Bedford has been
elected president of the Standard Oilltake a from me a"d "jL6
Company, to fill the vacancy left by , you are there. D. F. WILLIS,
John D. Archbold. It is said that in x. A
promoting him from the vice presi
dency the directors followed their
own inclination and the express de-
years old and began with the com-if?
oanv at the age of 18, working his
Iway up from an humble position.
Memorial services for a woman suf-' ,.. " T -.B 5" t. V . "
fragist were held in the national cap- jabber revolver. Mr. Johnson 'composed bed rock frequently occurs
itol Christmas Day for the first time. ,"?et Dfr- Moorefield in tne lobby of m a three foot section. It is well ad
Members of the Congressional Unio;, Ith : postofflce about 3 o clock and fired apted to cotton, corn, wheat, oats, the
'for Woman. Suffrage gathered in 8tat -
uary hall, by permission of Speaker
IciaTk, to pay tribute to the late Inez
I . . ... .1 .
Miinoiianu uoissevain ami so greai
Iwas the crowd that the police had to
bar the entrance. The hall and its
galleries were packed before the pro
' gramme began.
Following the publication of the
president's "peace note " last week
.there was a great flurry on the New
I York stock market. Then came the
report that a "leak" from Washing
ton had put certain favored ones wise
and that these had reaped a harvest
A resolution to investigate the alleg
ed "leak" is pending in Congress.
Tom Lawson of finance fame has as
serted that such "leaks" are common
and Lawson has been invited to
come to Washington and tell about
it.
During the Holidays
Through an error, The Star failed
to mention, in its last issued that the
Belmont cotton mill remembered its
Selp on Christmas by giving to each
employee a cash bonus to the a
mount of his or her day wage. The
substantial and generous manner in
which the four cotton mills of Shelby
remembered their help is commend
able. Postmaster W. J. Roberts is also to
be congratulated for the splendid ser
vice rendered the patrons during the
holidays. The general delivery win
dow was kept open on Saturday night
and on Sunday from 11 til 1, the city
carriers were on hand to deliver mail
to their patrons. The - mail was
handled with quick dispatch and no
incoming or outgoing mail encounter
ed any delay on account of the heavy
rush. , .
Express Agent Porter had all he
could attend to, day and night, In
handling Christmas packages, but he
and his assistants rendered faithful
and efficient service, of which the
public ia truly grateful.
HOME-SICK FOR HOME
Doris F. Willis, Tills Some of The
Hardships of a Soldier on the Ilorrta i
--Snakes and Luzards the Only
i tame. r
urownnvnic, . lexas. as i am in
the-army and doing duty on the bord-
. t . H ii j .. . . . .1
, , 7uum " w-wme w my menus
v V a mer-
ry Xma84in,,dAa haPPy New Year. 1
was on the Army Reserve and was
"v V KL'tting to "Pcnd Xm3
1,1 , h,'",y' but us 1 was , back
thc b."r(lo, lt W1" 1)e 'mlssille for
"1e l? bc th.t,rt'' 1 0,,y h,,'w W
i..L u t onemy Wiu remenioer me Cleveland when he said that our soil
while they are enjoying their -Xmas is the finest for agricultural purposes
dinner at home and I am down here of any he had surveyed in the South,
in tno wilds of Texas eating hard He said further, if he were to a'Mect
tack and bacon, and hiking 2J to 25 a place to farm, he would most- cer
rriiles a day. Let me veil yoiC tainly choose the soil in Cleveland,
friends, the life on the border is no I Cleveland haa' ulx.ut 15 rfaaaes,
cinch. If I ever get buck to Shelby which will be plainly shown m col
I think I will stay there. The staiVors inJbo map and descriptive 'mat
of N. C. is largo enough for me to tor to Be issued bv the Deiwrtmont of
j room around in. Of course if it x
o i wm nave to stay ncre, i can tio This information will bo of inestim
it, as I am the man that has the able value to the farmers of C'Ipvp-
BtickinR blood- 0f t,oursi'. ir there
?'as, an? troubl down wr(! 1 would
01 lnc "rsl man 10 slay "ut 08 tncre
ls no tro,ul,1 down hvTe 1 li(r-'t caro
,.slay nt're Ior lne novelly ol the
thing.
Speaking of Xmas dinner, the tur
key you get is handed to you like a
well, any way it is not like you
get at homo. I will tell you, friends.
reason it makes it so hard, the
iftafe BUafd8 are ,here nnd we have to
(instruct them and that is pretty hard
for us here in the sands of Texas.
If I only had had Mr. Ernest Hoey
down here and could shave him with being brought to a high state of fer
his hard whiskers he certainly would tilitv. In common with the other
i - i ,
'Vc " K,'uvvi "ng, ior we nang
L,,t r '"" "vtr Ph"ms cupping
mules when we shave them.
IX'.. I I L.M f - - -
"w1 01 8 coyou mi mat sure
, CD "u" " 1
been huntin 1 times and
a11 have ee" arc 8"akf fnd hf
zards- fJy would like to be in
IF Cleveland county where hunt-
ing is fine, where there is all kind
of game. Believe me, friends, there
is no place like homo after all. So
newsyuprr man onoi uncior
At Mt Airy on the afternoon of
.V n T- T T l n IJ
ricaivI u K9illm '1Bt UI- - iuooreneia was
" Joh"f n'.8on f Editor
Johnson of the Mt. Airy News and
jousiy .1 not lata, y wounded
r'LC - " uu" w.e an-, egumea anu gum .mu, ,
,domen' the other injured a hand of injury from drough and has, a ten.
he Ph'sllan. No aU1th"ta,t,Te ,aeney.to Paf aft" t,""1S' ltS
for the shooting could be learned. ItWiranic matter content is low.
-
was rumored that the two men had
had an altercation an hour' earlier in
the afternoon at the home of Mr.
Johnson. Johnson is 24 to 25 years of the field men. This is the only
old and bears a good reputation. He ' bulletin issued by the Federal or
was associated with his father in-the j State Departments of Agriculture
publication of the Mt. Airy News, 'which will afford the people definite
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have two chil- information of a county as regards
dren. jits topography, drainage, water pow-
Dr. Moorefield is married and has'er possibilities, climate, agriculture
lived at Mt. Airy about a year, com- and soils.
ing there from Hopewell, Va. He lhe -ha-tirs on description of the
formerly lived at Pomona, Guilford f area, climate, soils, and summary are
county.
KEN-TONE
The System Builder
Where you can get it in Cleveland
county: Kendall's or Webb's Drug
Stores, Shelby; Grover Drug Co.,
Grover; Mauney Drug Co., Kings
Mountain; Bettis-Austell Co., Earl;
T. H. Lowery & Sons, Patterson
Springs; P. M. Mauney, Stubbs;
Btanton & Blanton, South Shelby;
C. S. Caveney & Co., South Shelby,
Boiling Springs Cash Store; Dr. C.
O. Champion; Dr. W. :T. Grigg;
Fallston Drug Co.; Gantt Harness
Co.; Brackett Bros.; Cabaniss Bros.;
Double Shoal Cotton Mill; Lily Mill
Store.
KEN-TONE will build you UP as
no other Medicine will, try it for that
Indigestion, Stomach Trouble and
see how quickly just a few doses will
help you. $1.00 bottle, 3 for $2.50.
Kendall's Drug Store. Take KEN
TONE right on through the winter
and you will keep well and be in good
shape for next spring. adv.
HI-KO
For Corns,
Kendall's Drug Store.
25c bottle.
adv-
After a hearty meal, take Doan's
Reirulets and assist your stomach,
liver and bowels. Regulets are a
mud laxative. 25c at all stores, adv.
ISOIL SU'K'VEY
IS FINISHED
DETAILED REPORT WITH MAP
1 MicVtlNC, CLASSES i)V SOILS
Wi; L HE USED BY THE DE
PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
Messrs. E. S. Vannatta of tha U.
S. Department of Agriculture assist-
C(J by F. N. McDowell of the State
Department of Agriculture finished
last week the soil survey of Clcve-
"! county and their report has gone
to the departments.
Or, leaving Mr. Vannatta who is a
native of Missouri paid a tribute to
Agrieufture in about 18 months.
hind county in knowing exactly what
kind of soil they have, what it is defl-
ent in and what it ia beit rdapted
to growing. Thc four soil.l below
predominate in Cleveland:
Our Four Leading Soils
The Cecil Sandy Clay Loam con
sists of about 4 inches of a grayish '
to a reddish brown loam underlain by
a red brittle clay. This is the most
extensive soil in the county., It is
well suited to cotton, corn, wheat,
oats, legumes, various han and for
age crops, truck, vegetable, small
fruits, fruit. This type ia capablo of
i ... . . .
sous o nne county, it is low m or-
ganiz matter contents.
The Cecil Clay Loam consists of
'. . . . . . . .
to Its heavy character, urn a dira-
cult sou 10 nanaie. ine muy pmwe
differs from the main type in typo
graphy and consequent agricultural
value.
The Applying Sandy Loam consists
of a light gray loamy sand, sandy
loam to a depth of six to eight inch
es. underlain by a model yellow and
red P1,able ?ml Passes
easy handling qualities. All the
ops common to section pre grown.
it is not wen SUltcu 10 wncai. 11 is
considered well adapted to oats and
the clovers.
I v . . - .1
ine tiOUisa LK)am consists 01 a yei-
'lowish brown to reddish brown loam
to a depth of five to ten inches, un-
derla.r. by . pliabw greasy light red
, - - t . . . .
The report consists of several chap
ters, based on statistics, experiences
of the best farmers and observations
of general interest, and a knowledge
of these should be in the possession of
every citizen who would be well in
formed as to conditions prevailing in
his matve county. Some of the schools
of the State now include a study of
the soil survey among their courses of
instruction; for Instance, the graded
school of Smithfield.
The chapters on agriculture and
soils are cf particular interest to the
farmer. In .these chapters, recom
mendations are made as to deep plow
ingertilization and rotation of crops.
These are the fundamentals that the
majority of the farmers of tfie State
are most interested in, and justly so.
If the farmers in a county profit by
the information given and the recom
mendations made in these chapters,
the State Department of Agriculture,
and other agencies cooperatisg.will be
well repaid for the expense of the
survey. It is also pointed out in each
report that certain soils are well
suited to the production of certain
crops in the respective counties. This
is of great value, for man farmers
are trying to grow crops to which
their soil3 are not suited. Farmers
are also frequently led to believe
that their soils are similar to the
soils in a known section which is
a-rowine certain 6pecial crops and
that their soils will produce these
crops. They are told that the berG
farmera obtain large yields from soili.
similar to theirs. This- is of value to '
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