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Vol. 64. OCTOBER, 1903. No. 10.
CONTENTS.
FARM MANAGEMENT: LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY: Editorial—Texas or Tick Fever 638
Prevention of Texas or Tick Fever , 639 Editorial—Work for the Month 617 Hollow Horn—Hollow Tail 639 The Leguminous Crops as Improv- Right of Owner of Pure Bred Cattle to Recover ers of Land 619 Damages from Owner of Scrub Bull 640 Lime as an Improver of Land 620 Feeding Pigs at the Vermont Station 640 Improved Farming in North arolina. . 622 Cattle Feeding Experiments at Tennessee Ex- Editorial—Hairy 624 Vetch rr„ periment Station 641
in . 625 Another Experiment Curing Cow Pea Hay. Corn Ensilage for Steers 641 Notes on the September Issue 625 Clover Seeding 626 THE POULTRY YARD: Good Yields of Wheat 626 Editorial—Building a Hen House 642 Enquirer's Column (Detail Index, Page 649).. 627 Picking a Good Layer 642 Plucking Chickens 642 THE HORSE: TRUCKING, GARDEN AND ORCttXKi,. - l ° Notes 643
Editorial—Work for the Month. 633 MISCELLANEOUS: The Scarcity of Fruit in Europe 634 Selecting Seed 645 Notice to Apple Growers 634 Bulletins from the Virginia Experiment Sta- The Virginia State Horticultural Society 635 tion 646 Orchard and Garden Notes 635 Motors and Methods of Moving Farm Products. 647 The Grass Mulch Method of Apple Culture 636 Seed Wheat 648 Germination of Seeds ^637 Cow Peas in Tidewater Virginia 648 Foreigners Want Our Apples 637 Fall Planting of Irish Potatoes 648
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64th Year. Richmond, October, 1903. No. 10.
Farm Management.
WORK FOR THE MONTH. farmer in that State, called upon us a few days ago, and in the course of conversation said that he had The month of September up to this time (20th) crossed the whole corn belt in the course of his jour- has been very like the preceding ones of the summer, ney to this State, and that no where in the course of cooler than normal and showery, though not quite so that long journey of 1,500 miles had he seen a corn far from the normal as August, there having been crop so good as in Virginia. astonished about a week of really typical September weather, He was with the crops he saw here. Not only was this the case warm, clear and with nights dewy, but not too cold. with the corn crop, but with the cow pea and other This has helped crops to maturity, and corn and to- fodder crops. He went to see Mr. Bellwood's crops bacco are being cut all over the State and the adjoin- at Drewry's Bluff, Va., and saw them cutting ing ones. Further South the crops are mostly har- cow peas and millet for hay. He said that he never saw vested except cotton, and this is being picked in all as much feed cut off an acre of land anywhere in the the States growing it. The first bale of Virginia West as was being cut there, and this was not an ex- cotton was marketed in Petersburg about the 17 th of ceptional field, but only one of many containing September. Cow peas are being cut for hay, and scores of acres equally good. Notwithstanding an second crops of clover and grass are being cut, and abnormal season, the South is going to have "hog and excellent yields are being secured. The corn crop hominy" in abundance for all, and more feed for live of the South, except upon the river low grounds, is stock than probably ever before. This is largely to probably one of the best ever made, certainly this is be accounted for in the greater attention given to the so in Virginia. On the low grounds whilst there are growing of forage crops. These are now staple crops, some good crops, yet the majority are not up to the and are the indications of the greater attention given highest average. The land was too wet and cold at to live stock breeding and feeding in the South. This planting time, and good stands were not secured, and means that our people are becoming "farmers" and the weather has during all the growing season been not "planters," and that greater prosperity is to be too showery to permit of as frequent cultivation as their lot in the near future. should have been given. We know of many crops that have not had more than one working, and in which the weeds are nearly as tall as the corn. This The conclusion of spring wheat harvesting in the will cut down the yield considerably. A good deal Northwest has been marked by disastrous weather, .of the crop is also late, and should we have early frost and our prediction as to the shortage in the wheat will suffer some injury. In this respect, however, we crop is being fulfilled. The crop of winter and are much better off than the Western States, where spring wheat together is going to be more than one the crop is also late, and already in many places much hundred million bushels less than that of last year, injured by frost. A gentleman from Dakota, a and as the wheat crop of the world is also likely to be 618 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October
a short one, we see no reason to alter our opinion that to this crop, as the Irish potato crop of the country wheat will see a material advance in price; indeed, is very seriously affected with blight, and will not be it is already worth from 10 to 15 cents more per likely to be large or to keep well. bushel than it was a year ago. Corn is also likely, in our opinion, to be worth more money, as the Western The work of sowing the wheat and oat crops should crop is a late one, and certain to be much of it imma- receive immediate attention. It is already late to
ture when frost strikes it. The oat crop is very sow winter oats, but where the land is well prepared greatly below that of last year in quantity, and much and the seed drilled so as to get good cover, they may of it is badly damaged. This will help to enhance yet be seeded upon well drained, sound land. Wheat the value of corn, as these two great feeding crops are should not be seeded until we have had frost, so as to used interchangeably. Whenever either crop is short avoid damage from the fly. In the mean time, let all the other always advances in price, and when both are the work possible be done on the land to make the seed short, as will be the case this year, they both ad- bed a perfect one. More depends upon this than vance. upon the quantity or quality of the fertilizer used. Have the under surface soil compact and the top two The average condition of the tobacco crop is in ad- or three inches as fine as possible. To secure this vance of the condition for several years, but we are condition of soil the roller and the harrow should be afraid from what we hear that the quality is not likely kept going. Where wheat is to follow corn, the corn to be of the best. There is pretty general complaint should be cut as soon as possible, and either be got off that the quality is coarse, and that there will be diffi- the land or be set up in shocks as far apart in the rows culty in securing a nice cure. We would urge that as possible. Corn land that was deeply plowed in ] care be taken in this work, and that of grading the the spring and has been kept well and frequently leaf when cured. For the best tobacco, notwithstand- cultivated during the growth of the crop may be seed- ing what is being said as to the action of the trusts in ed to wheat without being plowed again if the surface depressing prices, we believe there will be a fair price four or five inches is well broken with the disc har- paid, but it will largely depend upon the handling of row or a cultivator, and then brought into a fine con- the crop in curing and grading as to what each indi- dition with the roller and harrow. We have known vidual grower will obtain. We believe it is going to quite as good crops to be made in this way as by re- pay growers to do some of the work of the rehandlers plowing the land. In our last issue we wrote fully on for themselves this year. Whatever may be the out- the seeding of the wheat crop, and to that issue we re- come of the sales, one thing seems to be certain, that fer our readers. One point to which we did not then tobacco growers will need to organize themselves in advert we now press on the attention of readers. See order successfully to cope with the trusts. This to it that provision is made by furrows for taking off should not be a difficult matter, and we trust that surface water as quickly as possible. Wheat cannot growers will devote some of their time during the succeed when standing in water. It must have dry winter to this work, so that the next crop to be plant- feet in winter or it will fail to make a crop. ed shall be only such an one as can be marketed with profit to the growers. There are plenty of other The showery summer we have had has made the crops which can be grown at a profit until the trusts growth of weeds very heavy. These should be got are made to understand that they must be prepared under ground as soon as possible in order that they to give such prices for the product as will pay the may add to the vegetable matter in the soil. The growers or the crop will not be grown. ground is now cool, and there will be no danger of souring the land by turning down these crops, and Cotton is being picked all over the cotton belt, and they will greatly improve the condition of the land, is likely, if the weather continues open, to make a especially if it is at the same time subsoiled better yield than at one time seemed possible. The and deeply broken. All other green crops not re- price is still high, and the indications are for this to quired for feed may also be now safely plowed down, be maintained. Stocks are low and the demand good. but wherever the growth is heavy enough to make hay unless the land badly needs the vegetable matter we Sweet potatoes are making a good yield. The sec- would cut the crop, leaving a long stubble, and cure ond crop of Irish potatoes is not going to be up to the for hay before plowing. We have never had any average, as much of the seed rotted from the excessive liking for burying in the soil a crop which has cost rains at planting time. It will pay to give attention money and labor to produce, unless the most impera- 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 619 tive need existed for such a course. We prefer to made into stacks and be covered with straw to keep take its feed value out first and then bury the residue. out the wet. Do not leave the fodder to waste in the
After the crops of weeds and forage have been plowed field. It has cost money and labor to produce it, and down, give a top dressing of lime, 50 bushels to the is worth much as feed. Farming is not so profitable acre, and harrow in lightly, and then seed with rye a business that you can afford to waste nearly one- up to the end of November, and a preparation will half of the value of the corn crop. have been made for a summer crop which will tell a tale in the harvest. ' Irish and sweet potatoes should be dug before the frost cuts the tops. Dig only in dry weather, and do Continue the seeding of vetches and wheat and rye. not let the tubers lie longer on the ground in the sun Hairy Vetch should be got in at once. English or than just sufficient to dry off the adhering soil. In Winter Vetch may be sown until the middle of No- this issue in our Garden Notes will be found advice vember. It is too late to sow crimson clover with a as to storing sweet potatoes. Irish potatoes may be certainty of a stand, though we have known many a stored either in a frost proof cellar or in pit or piles good crop raised sown in October. We would seed a in the field. Do not put too many in one heap. Fifty few pounds per acre with wheat, rye or oats, or a bushels is enough to put in one pile. Make the piles mixture of the three grains. Much of the clover will on high dry ground, and cover at first with only some probably live over the winter protected by these straw and a few boards to keep out the rain. After the grains, and will add to the value of the feed and also potatoes have gone through the sweat, say in a week improve the land. Seed the vetches with a mixture or ten days, cover with more dry straw and put soil of small grain, say 25 pounds of vetch seed with three- on this sufficiently thick to keep out frost. quarters of a bushel of wheat, oats and rye mixed per acre, and if a pound or two of Dwarf Essex Rape be Sugar beets and mangold wurtzel beets should be added per acre it will improve the pasturage. We pulled before frost and be stored in a frost proof cel- have had a number of our subscribers to tell us that lar or shed, or in heaps well covered with straw and this mixture has given them the best spring pasture soil. of anything they ever tried. See that all barns, stables, sheds and pens are thor-
Let all the forage crops be cut and cured as soon oughly cleaned out and lime washed, and have all as possible. The nignts are now too cold for them to doors, windows and roofs repaired, so that when stock make much further growth, and the difficulty of are put into the buildings they will be warm and curing them increases day by day. They will now comfortable. They cannot make the best use of the require much more care to get them into a condition feed given them unless they are comfortable. It is to be put into the barn than earlier in the season, but a very extravagant way to use feed to warm buildings their value as feed will warrant this care being given and barn yards with it. Make these warm by ex- them. Cut when free from dew or rain, and let them cluding drafts and rain, and the stock Avill then use lie for 24 hours, then rake up into windrow and put the feed to make flesh and growth. up into small cocks. Let these stand for a day or two and then open out and sun, and put into larger cocks. THE LEGUMINOUS CROPS AS IMPROVERS OF Repeat this until the crop is ready for the barn. This will give a hay full of nutriment, and which will be LAND. eaten with relish by stock. For years we have been iterating and reiterating the advice to grow the various leguminous crops, such Cut up the corn crop at the root and set up in as cow peas, crimson and red clover, vetches, s'oy beans shocks to cure. Much of the corn this year is yet and velvet beans, for feed or as improvers of land, and very full of nature, and it will not- be safe to put it to a very considerable extent this advice has been fol- into large shocks. Have these smaller shocks well lowed throughout the South, but there are yet thou- set up and tie them round the top with binder twine, sands of farmers who do not use them or only use them so that they may stand well and cure. When dry to a very limited extent. These men are standing in pull the corn and have the fodder run through the their own light and throwing away the greatest oppor- shredder and packed in the barn. If you have not a tunity ever given to men in any calling. In a recent shredder, let the fodder be carried to the barn or be visit to the farm of Mr. Bellwood, at Drewry's Bluff,
stacked up under cover, if possible ; or, if not, then be Va.,"we were more than ever impressed with the truth 620 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER [October of this assertion. When Mr. Bellwood purchased his provement has been made by the use of these legumi- farm of over 1,000 acres about twelve or fifteen nous crops. Every year hundreds of tons of hay, years ago it was a typical example of a run down timothy and mixed is sold in addition to the wheat farm. It had been cropped and cropped by renters and large part of the corn. Where the manure from and others until nearly all except the low grounds the stock has been used there is now growing a crop was almost too poor even to sprout peas. Shallow of silage corn, which looks like making 15 tons to the plowing, the want of a system of rotation, and the acre at least, and this was a few years ago a poor failure to grow recuperating crops, or to keep stock field, which would scarcely grow weeds. The silo at and apply the manure made to the land, was the cause the farm is the largest we have seen. It is built of of this condition. Naturally the land is good. All concrete, and will hold nearly 500 tons of silage. it needed was good management and farming to make This large quantity is made every year and fed to the it as it is now, one of the most fertile farms in the cattle with pea and millet hay. The silo corn is well South. Mr. Bellwood and his sons set about to give eared, and the silage is therefore rich, and with the it this, and the result is now seen. We doubt whe- pea and millet hay makes nearly a balanced ration, ther there is in the United States a farm upon which whtch makes milk in quantity at a small cost, which heavier crops are grown than are now the rule every milk is shipped to Richmond every day and brings in year on this place. This wonderfully improved con- a constant income. This is profitable farming as dition has been altogether brought about by a good practically the only outgo is for labor. Why cannot system of rotation, the constant growing of the legu- hundreds of other farmers go and do likewise. They minous crops, and the keeping of a heavy head of may not all be able to make milk production a fea- live stock. Every year several hundred bushels of ture, but they can make beef with the same feed, and cow peas are sown, and vetches, soy beans and velvet beef will pay made in this way. beans are grown in large quantity. ISTot an ounce of commercial fertilizer has ever been used on the place. Each year crops of wheat averaging from 25 to 35 LIME AS AN IMPROVER OF LAND. bushels to theacre, and corn running all the way from In this issue will be found an enquiry as to the 50 bushels on the high land to 125 bushels on the low advisability of applying lime to land and as to Its grounds to the acre, and hundreds of tons of timothy effect on crop production. This is only one of nume- and cow peas and millet mixed hay, which latter crop rous similar enquiries which come to us during the makes as high as two or three tons to the acre, are year. In some cases the enquirers ask as to using it made. We saw crops of this hay being cut, which we on light land, in others as to its effect on heavy land. are satisfied would make nearly three tons to the acre. We have deferred replying to many of these enquirers On all the poorer high land it has been and is the rule through our columns until this season of the year in to grow two leguminous crops between the crops of order that we might bring the subject before our wheat and corn, and these are now in almost every readers at a time when it is strictly in order for case cut for hay, leaving a heavy stubble to plow farmers to undertake the work of applying the lime. down. The only exception to this rule is when velvet As readers of our columns are aware, we have for beans are grown. These are always grown solely for many years held strongly to the opinion that nearly a recuperating crop, and are plowed down during the all land in the South requires lime if the best results winter. The experience of Mr. Bellwood is that vel- are to be obtained. We have been confirmed in this vet beans are the most valuable when used in this way. view in every case where our advice has been followed The growth is so heavy and the vines are so long and which has been reported to us. This view as to the tangled that it is a most difficult matter to handle necessity for the use of lime upon nearly all land is them for hay, and he finds that stock do not care to now being strongly enforced by experiments, which eat them when any other feed is in sight. As a re- have been and are being made at a number of the cuperating crop they make a more permanent im- Experiment Stations in different parts of the country. provement of the land than any other legume, and In the past it has been largely held that the use of put so much vegetable matter into the soil that it lime could only be justified where the land was cover- is placed in the finest condition possible for the ed with a strong growth of vegetable matter, or where growth of any other crop. Upon one large field of the soil itself was filled with tough vegetable fibre, upland we saw a crop of corn which will certainly which required to be broken down by the caustic ac- yield 50 bushels to the acre where a few years ago not tion of lime. Now it is being recognized by authori- nubbins would have been made, and the whole im- ties that this is only one of the conditions under which 190S.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 621 lime may be successfully used, and that its action is waste of the nitrogen. Where used in connection equally beneficial on most land even though little or with nitrogenous manures it should be first applied no vegetable matter is on or in the soil. It has also and be thoroughly incorporated with the soil and been thought in the past that lime could not be profit- then after an interval of ten or fifteen days the nitro- ably used in connection with phosphatic fertilizers, genous manure may be applied without risk of loss. but now experiments have conclusively shown that its It may be applied either in the form of ground lime- action in connection with these is most marked and stone or as quick lime—that is, lime slacked with beneficial. Lime is many sided in its effects on land. water after being burnt. Our experience, and ex- It acts both physically, mechanically and directly periments made at the Maryland Station confirm this and indirectly as a fertilizer. Applied to light land, experience, is that in the form of quick lime it is most it makes it more cohesive and retentive of moisture effective. We always applied the burnt lime by put- and fertility. Heavy land it lightens and makes ting it out on the land in small heaps, say about half more porous, disintegrating the cohesive soil and a bushel at a place, setting these heaps on the plowed rendering it permeable by the fine roots of the plants land near enough so that the lime when slacked could and checking baking and running together. It cor- be spread with a shovel so as to cover the land half rects acidity in the soil, and much land not thought way to the heap on each side of the one being spread. to be acid is found upon chemical examination to be These small heaps we then slacked with half a bucket much too acid for the best growth of crops. There of water, and after the heap had fallen to powder, are very few crops which flourish in an acid soil. which takes only a very short time, proceeded to This is perhaps not so much because of the acidity spread at once, and then lightly harrowed in. In of the soil, but because in such soils the microbes upon illustration of the effect which lime has in improving which largely depends the fertility of land cannot land recent experiment made by Dr. Hopkins, of the there live and work. More especially is this the case Illinois Experiment Station, in Southern Illinois, where the leguminous crops like clover and cow peas are most instructive. On the farm of a Mr. Hinkley refuse to grow. These crops, upon which so largely in that section of the State, Dr. Hopkins found the depends the quick recuperation of wasted and infer- land to be so acid that none of the legumes would tile land, and the maintenance of fertility in all lands grown on it. Mr. Hinkley applied lime in various are almost wholly dependent upon microbic life in quantities per acre. In one case he applied ten tons the soil for their vigorous growth. Where this is to the acre. His neighbors questioned his state of absent they cannot flourish, and wherever the soil is at mind, and declared that nothing could grow in a lime
all acid the microbes cannot live and the legumes fail kiln. But things did grow, and are . now growing and the farmer's cheapest source of fertility is lost to where this heavy application was made. He now him. Lime again acts as a powerful solvent of inert grows alfalfa successfully on this land, and when fertility in the soil. Both potash and phosphoric phosphoric acid is also applied and the leguminous acid existing in the soil in forms incapable of sup- crop is followed by wheat or oats profitable crops are porting plant life are rendered available to plants by raised on land that before this treatment would not the action of lime, and especially is this the case with grow weeds. Under Dr. Hopkins' direction a num- potash. Probably all the different forms of lime ber of other farmers in this same section of Illinois compounds are more or less useful when applied to have applied lime to their lands and followed this land, but in the form of a carbonate, in which it is with a leguminous crop, either cow peas or clover, and found in the limestone of our mountains and in the then with wheat or oats, to which phosphate was ap- oyster shell it is undoubtedly the most efficient plied, and have made excellent grain crops where Formerly it was thought that to secure good results formerly these crops were practically a failure. The
it should be applied in heavy dressings. Frequently foundation of this success is the lime which makes five tons to the acre was applied. It is now found possible the growth of the legume and then the phos- that it is equally and probably more effective applied phate supplies the special need of the grain crop in in less quantity and at more frequent intervals. One the way of mineral food, and the legume the nitrogen ton to the acre applied at intervals of four or five needed, and the result is a profitable crop and im- years will be found effective of great improvement on proved land. In a series of experiments conducted most lands. It may be applied in conjunction with in Maryland the application of lime in three different other fertilizers, except those like barn yard manure, forms, sulphate of lime (plaster), 370 pounds to the especially rich in nitrogen. Where it is applied in acre; quick lime (carbonate of lime) 2,000 pounds connection with nitrogenous manures it will cause a per acre, and shell marl, 8,000 pounds per acre, on 622 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October corn and wheat on a well drained loam soil showed all IMPROVED FARMING IN NORTH CAROLINA. the applications to be quite beneficial, but the quick Editor Southern Planter: lime produced the greatest increase in yields. At the I want your immediate advice along the line of Rhode Island Experiment Station a series of experi- crimson clover. I am told that as good a way to ments conducted for a period of four years in the use catch a stand as any is to sow the clover right among of lime in connection with different forms of phos- cow pea vines. How does this style strike you? I phatic fertilizers showed very decided favorable re- have some forty (40) acres sowed broadcast in cow sults. The crops grown over the four years were peas, and most of them have a most luxuriant growth corn, oats and hay. In 1894 one ton of lime was of vines. I am thinking of purchasing the clover applied per acre to half the land. In that year the seed at once and a good broadcast seeder, say "Ca- yield of corn on the cob on the plot on which no form hoon's," and seed most of this pea vine bed to crimson of phosphate was applied, but which had been limed, clover. The land is in some places very sandy, and was 2,613 pounds per acre. On the plot which had the whole is more or less sandy; just the right char- acter for bright tobacco. I said bright tobacco, but neither lime nor phosphate the yield was 1,893 per ain't we poor fellows catching it in prices ? Tell me, acre. On the limed plot, to which dissolved bone quick, how to manage as to the clover and land, would black was applied, the yield was 4,510 pounds of corn it do seeded on oat stubble, where there is a heavy on the cob per acre. On the unlimed plot, to which growth of weeds and grass ? The oats were no good, dissolved bone black applied, was the yield was 3,698 say half a crop. I intended putting this to peas, but pounds per acre. On the limed plot, to which acid tobacco prevented. Would it do as well sown among phosphate was applied, the yield was 3,953 pounds of the weeds and grass, or would you advise the imme- corn per acre. On the unlimed plot, to which acid diate fallowing of the green stuff, and then sow seed phosphate was applied, the yield was 3,255 pounds and harroAv in? All I am after is the certainty of per acre. For the years 1896 1899 inclusive, the getting a stand of clover. I have no experience with hay crop on the limed plot, to which dissolved bone clover. One more thing to ask, and please tell me all can, and give your very best advice. Most of black was applied, amounted to 19,837 pounds per you me my land is, as already stated, very sandy, and in some acre. On the unlimed plot, to which bone black had places rolling, all more or dess subject to washes. I been applied, the yield was 9,820 pounds per acre. notice your advice about using lime. I think that is On the limed plot, to which dissolved bone had been what my land most needs. We have put lots of ma- applied, the yield was 19,281 pounds. On the un- nures and used lots of fertilizer. Tell me what char- limed plot with dissolved bone the yield was 8,564 acter of lime, when to use it, how much, and if broad- pounds per acre. On the limed plot, to which acid cast or in drill ? I think drill better for my land. phosphate was applied, the yield was 20,205 pounds Don't you think so ? Would lime not benefit any and per acre. On the unlimed plot with acid phosphate all crops planted in sandy lands ? I am twelve (12) the yield was 8,951 pounds per acre. On the limed miles from depot, and the draying of lime would be plot, to which pure ground bone meal was applied, tbe at least one-half of my expense. I am trying stock fertility of soil. I be- yield was 22,012 pounds per acre. On the unlimed raising, so as to keep up my lieve, though, that cow peas will beat all the stock in plot with bone meal the yield was 11,855 pounds per the world for this purpose, and to this end I am ex- acre. On the limed plot, to which no phosphoric acid perimenting. Stock require too much feed and close in any form was applied the yield was 1 5,737 pounds attention, and eat their heads off each winter; Can- per acre. On the unlimed plot, to which no phos- not you tell me something about red Polled cattle? phoric acid applied, was the yield was 2,547 pounds I have two bulls, one a red Poll and the other an per acre. Note how uniformly an increase is shown Angus. The Angus, I find, is a strictly beef animal, wherever the lime was applied. We invite careful and my object will be to sell him to some person or consideration of the foregoing facts. We are satis- other who wants beef stock. I like the calves of Red
fied that those who use lime will realize profit from it. Polls, and what I want to know is, How does this Those who use it in connection with acid phosphate breed compare with Jerseys or Holsteins as to milk give about the same as Hol- or bone meal will realize still further profit. As a and butter? Do they steins, and what about quality ? help to the production of a wheat crop we believe it will be found more advantageous than doubling the The foregoing letter received from a North Caro- quantity of bone meal or acid phosphate, besides put- lina farmer deals with so many matters of importance ting the land into a condition for growing clover or to farmers all over the South that we have published cow peas, which no other application can compare it in full as the text for an article dealing with the with. subject of improvement of land and live stock hus- 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 623
bandry. These two subjects lie at the root of all dent asks if clover seed can be successfully sowed in successful farming in the South. When Southern a growing crop of cow peas. Whilst we have known farmers realize this, as our correspondent evidently a good stand of clover to be thus secured we have does, then they will cease to be "planters" dependent known many a stand to be thus lost. Where the peas
for a living on being able to sell one or two special are a heavy crop it is a very risky business to sow crops like cotton and tobacco at profitable prices, and clover in them. As they mature they will fall down will become "farmers" with a variety of products for and smother out the clover. Better mow the cow peas sale all through the year, the money from which can and make them into hay, and then break the pea stub- be largely kept at home and yet the fertility and crop ble with a disc harrow or cultivator and sow the seed. producing capacity of their land be increased and the To seed clover or any other crop in a standing crop special sale crops like cotton and tobacco can be held of weeds as suggested by our correspondent is bad until scarcity compels the manufacturer to give a fair farming. Even though the clover should make a price for them. At present even if the special crops stand it must of necessity be a weedy crop, and there- are sold for good prices so much of the proceeds are fore an undesirable one. Cut the weeds down before required to be paid out for fertilizers that little is left they seed, break the land and then seed the clover. wherewith to purchase home supplies and nothing for Weeds are the great curse of most land in the South. luxuries. In becoming "farmers" and not "plant- They exhaust the fertility of the land and rob it of ers," Southern land owners will make their supplies the moisture which it is so necessary here to conserve. at home and can live in comfort even though the No opportunity should be missed to lessen the weed "tobacco trusts" and "cotton trusts" shall become crop. It is always an unprofitable one. The utiliza- more numerous and exacting. Then the farmers will tion of the leguminous crops is a matter of as great be able to dictate the price of tobacco and cotton, and moment as their growth in the economy of the farm. not the trust, and prosperity and contentment will be Our correspondent suggests that simply using them the lot of our country people. The first step in the as the medium to supply nitrogen and vegetable mat- way to this end is production of leguminous crops like ter to the soil by turning them down is more profitable cow peas, crimson clover and vetches upon the farm. than to use them as feed for stock. In this we are These make humus in the soil and feed in the barn. unable to agree with him. To turn under a crop so They gather fertility from the atmosphere and fix it rich in the element (protein) absolutely essential to the in the soil. They make possible big manure heaps, growth of live stock is wasting money. A good crop and these, after all, are the true Savings banks of the of cow peas or crimson clover or vetches will make farm. To secure these results the crops must be suc- two tons of hay to the acre, worth at the very least cessfully grown and fully utilized. This is the sea- $20 as feed. The full feed value of the crop can be son of the year when the work of growing the clover taken out by live stock, and yet nearly the full ma- and vetches should be started, and here at the very nurial value can be returned to the land by the careful beginning many make their first blunder. Because saving and application of the voidings of the stock. they are told that leguminous crops are improving We grant that it may in some cases be wise economy crops they at once assume that they will grow on poor to turn down a crop of cow peas, clover, or vetches, land without any help. This is not so. All the but only where land is so absolutely devoid of vege- legumes are large consumers of phosphoric acid and table matter (humus) as to be almost incapable of potash in their growth. Give them these mineral making a crop. In every other case the feed value fertilizers and they will then secure the nitrogen, of the crop should be utilized by some animal. Our which they need, and more than they need from the correspondent's remark that "cattle eat their heads off air. In return for a supply of phosphoric acid and in winter" can only be true where the feed is given potash, where it is lacking in the soil, the legumes to miserable scrub animals not worth raising or feed- will fix nitrogen in the soil and make a heavy crop of ing. Well bred animals of either the beef or milk vines and roots, which will supply humus to the soil. or butter type can everywhere be fed to profit either Where land has been deeply broken and well culti- directly or indirectly. Thousands of animals are fed vated for the summer crop crimson clover and the some years in England where the profit secured is vetches will make a good stand without replowing the represented solely by the conversion of the crops of land. The surface three or four inches should be the farm into manure, which enhances the fertility broken with a disc harrow or cultivator, and the fer- of the land and makes possible the production of tilizer and seed be then sowed and harrowed in, and heavy yields of grain and other crops without the if the land is dry enough be rolled. Our correspon- outlav of a cent in fertilizers. Surelv here is a :
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profit worth considering. As a result of such a here as well as it can be grown in Europe, from utilization of crops an average of 30 bushels of wheat whence the supply on the market largely comes. We to the acre is made in England as against an average have known an excellent crop of the seed to be grown of 12 bushels to the acre in this country. What is in Chesterfield county, Va. The Department of needed here is a better type of animals into which to Agriculture has conducted some experiments in the feed the crops. With such stock and the nearness of the production of the seed in Maryland and Ohio, with great markets of the North and East there can be no the following results doubt but that live stock husbandry can be made Great difficulty has been experienced in harvesting profitable in the South, and every crop we grow be the seed when grown alone. It ripens very unevenly, made to produce a heavier yield and more profit. We and if left until most of the seed is mature it becomes believe firmly that with a larger growth and proper matted on the ground and shells and moulds badly. utilization of tbe leguminous and forage crops which It was found that by sowing with rye a sufficient sup- we can so easily grow in the South, that one-half of port was furnished to keep it off the ground and allow the money spent in commercial fertilizers each year it to be cut easily with a mowing machine. Rye could be saved and yet heavier crops be produced. seems best adapted as a supporting crop on account of We know of farms in the South where not a dollar a the time of ripening and the stiff straw. year is paid out for commercial fertilizers, and yet The best results were obtained with seeding from where heavy crops are being made and a good profit one-half to three-fourths bushels of vetch and one-half being realized on the investment in the farm and bushel of rye to the acre, sowing from the middle to stock. These farms are heavily stocked with animals the last of September. of all kinds, and crops are specially grown to be fed The crop should be cut about the time the last pods to them in addtion to the roughage from the small are formed and the vines are getting dry. The cut-
grain and corn crops. ting is done with an ordinary mowing machine, after With reference to our correspondent's enquiry as which the vines and straw should be put in piles and to the relative merits of the different breeds of cattle allowed to dry. The threshing can be done with an mentioned, we would say that the Angus is one of the ordinary grain thresbing machine. best types of beef making stock, but is of no use for The four acres in Ohio yielded 13 bushels of vetch
the dairy. The Red Poll is in our opinion the finest and 61 bushels of rye. In Maryland the storms dual purpose cow in the world. She is good at the knocked the rye down so it did not fill well, but the pail and good in the pen. She has done what no four acres yielded 18 bushels of vetch and 8 bushels other breed of cows has ever done, taken first premium of rye. Reports from Mississippi show a yield of at the Fat Stock show for beef, and first premium at from 5 to 7 bushels per acre in that State. the Dairy Show as a milk and butter producer. She In many instances hairy vetch has been sown and is the true general farmer's cow, ready to make either proved a failure under ordinary cultivation. As it milk or beef profitably. Whilst she will not give as is adapted to a considerable variety of soils and a much milk per year as a good Holstein, nor as much wide area, it is certain that the failure in most in- butter per year as a good Jersey,, she will give as stances is due to the absence of the organism which much of either product as the average cow of these produces the root tubercles and has the property of breeds, and will make beef when not milking quicker fixing the free nitrogen in the air, making it available than either of them, and the beef will be worth much for plant food. In sowing the areas referred to above more per hundred than that from either a Holstein the greater part was inoculated with the nitrifying or a Jersey. In another article we deal with the sub- organism, but a strip was left in each case on which ject of the liming of land. none of the inoculating material was used. A vigor- ous growth of hairy vetch was obtained on the inocu- lated plots, while on the uninoculated plots in both HAIRY VETCH. cases the growth was very scanty and the ground al- When advising the seeding of this crop for an early most bare. This shows the ability of the vetch to spring grazing and hay crops we are frequently met make a very satisfactory growth by means of the in- with the objection that the seed is very costly, and oculation on ground where it proves an entire failure
some of it unreliable in germination. This is no doubt under ordinary cultivation.
true where it bas to be bought, but as we have fre- Unless hairy vetch has already been grown success-
quently pointed out, there is no reason whatever why fully on a piece of ground, it should be inoculated to the seed should have to be bought. We can grow it insure success. Inoculating material will be furnish- 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 625 ed by and all inquiries concerning it should be ad- oats on land where there are no cheat seeds he will dressed to Bureau of Plant Industry, United States never have cheat in winter oats. The great difficulty Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. is that farmers fail to recognize the cheat seeds in the See that a piece of land is seeded with vetch and oats, for they look exactly like shrivelled oats grains. rye during this month, and thus make certain of an If they are all blown out, and only heavy and plump ample supply of seed for next year. It will grow on oats sown, no cheat will grow unless the soil is already poorer land than crimson clover and makes an excel- infested with it. Then it takes the freezing of winter lent green forage crop and good hay. It should be that kills oats at times, to germinate the hardy cheat grown mixed with oats, wheat and rye to make the seeds, and when oats are sown in spring all the cheat best yield of feed. that has germinated is killed by the plowing, and the result is clean oats. But these clean oats put back in the fall on land infested with cheat will soon be found ANOTHER EXPERIMENT IN CURING COW PEA HAY full of cheat, not because the oats turned to cheat, but were there, and had the proper Editor Southern Planter: because the cheat seed conditions for their growth. Whatsoever a man sow- Thinking that making posts, digging holes for eth that also shall he reap is as true of cheat as of any them, nailing on cross pieces, placing the hay in be- other plant. Sow cheat seed and you will get cheat, tween, etc., was a tedious, slow, and expensive pro- never oats. Sow only oats in perfectly clean land cess in curing pea hay. I am trying this plan. I and you will have oats, and never cheat. I have put an ordinary fence rail on four small forks, four grown winter oats here, and had them killed down, and a half feet long, the two pairs of forks leaning a but never a cheat plant put in an appearance, for the little toward each other, suspending a rail on each soil has no cheat seed in it, and only perfectly clean side by two wires over the rail sustained by the forks oats are sown. But all around the oats turn to cheat, and resting against the forks about midway, then because the cheat seed is there. placing three tobacco sticks on each side, leaning them Cassava.—I have grown cassava here with success against the forks. from cuttings planted in the early spring, and have On this frame work I build a rick of the pea vines, made delicious puddings from the grated roots. We not having the vines more than two or two and a half can, on the sandy soils in the eastern part of this feet thick anywhere ; the rick being eight or nine feet State (North Carolina), grow cassava with perfect high will contain six or eight'shocks. The ricks have success. Even on the clay soil here I made an aver- had a severe test of rain intermittently for two days age of half a pound of starch per root. The chief and a night. The hay is cool and drying out. That difficulty is in keeping the cuttings over winter. They in shocks is hot and beginning to rot. keep fairly well buried in sand in a warm cellar. The I believe I have found the way to cure pea vines, plant is Avell worth growing as an ornamental plant. but I cannot yet cry Eureka, because the hay is not Its leaves resemble the castor bean, as it belongs to yet fully cured, but I write at once as some one else the same family, but the plant is decidedly more may wish to try this experiment before the season is handsome than the castor bean, being more dense in over. growth, and the leaf stalks being red, form a contrast Brace the framework with an extra fork while you to the green leaves. Eor the centre of a sub-tropical "are building on it, after the rick is partly made re- flower bed the cassava is a very pretty object. move the fork, and the rick will be firm and steady. Hollow Horn and Hollow Tail.—You have struck Have the sides and ends of rick steep. I will let my another old superstition like the cheat, and I expect ricks stand until hay can be safely housed. that you will be getting letters from people who know Charlotte Co., Va. H. C. Rice. that cattle have these so-called diseases. Did any one ever find a cow horn that was not hollow or a cow that does not have a soft, boneless place in her tail ? NOTES ON THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE. Cattle ticks and hollow stomach are generally the CHEAT CASSAVA LEGUMINOUS CROPS HOLLOW cause of the sickness. HORN HOLLOW TAIL. Legume Forage.—You are right in what you say Editor Southern Planter: to Mr. French. The great advantage we have in the You have quite a symposium on the cheat question, feeding of beef cattle in the South is the great abund- and there is hardly any need for more on the subject. ance of protein feeds that we can grow. Grass pas- If Mr. Roberts, of Washington county, will sow clean tures are good, of course, but the South does not need — :
626 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October grass as much as she does legumes, and we can grow White, had stepped over this way he would have seen most of these to greater perfection than the Northern your opinion reinforced by my experience. farmers can. Cow peas, soy beans, velvet beans, In this connection may I say to those who imagine vetch, crimson clover, alfalfa, all furnish the costly that other plants "turn to chess," if they will ob- serve closely in their fall seeding they will see the protein and all can be grown in the South better than little chess plant coming up ready to overtop most elsewhere. With plenty of legume hay we need grass other crops in the spring. I sowed last fall two and only as permanent pasture, and in the Bermuda grass a half acres of corn stubble land in orchard grass and we have the finest of summer pastures in the country, clover. I saw the chess up in it in a few weeks, and and can afford to let the meadow grasses go while we when I cut the hay this spring it was nearly all chess. produce better hay from plants that improve the soil I cut it again August 1st, and it was all orchard grass they grow on. W. E. Massey, and clover. It now stands 8 inches high, nice and Editor of Practical Farmer. clean. T. M. Wade. Rockbridge Co., Va.
Whilst early seeding of the clover seed on the wheat CLOVER SEEDING. crop will materially help to secure a stand, yet our Editor Southern Planter: experience and observation has been that more of such There has been much complaint in recent years in stands are killed by the hot weather and a drouth after our section of failure in securing a stand of clover. the cutting of the wheat than by spring drouths. The This year, however, the farmers have been more suc- sudden exposure of the tender shaded clover plants cessful. Most of the failures were due to drouths to the full glare of the hot sun is trying to them, generally in April and May, and sometimes in July most and August. We can escape some of these if proper and if followed by a dry period almost certainly fatal methods in seeding are practiced. and especially so when the rag weed is allowed to grow It is our rule here to sow with wheat, and when and not mowed off. It sucks out the last vestige of that plant is making its greatest demand on the soil moisture and the clover dies. Ed. for moisture, it does not take much of a dry spell in May to kill the young clover plant, if it was sown late. I rarely fail to get a stand in wheat. My practice is GOOD YIELDS OF WHEAT. to watch for an opportunity in February, when the ground is nicely cracked by freezing and the surface Threshing has been ip progress on the Fort Hays is dry. I regard February 15th as the best time, so Branch Experiment Station, Kansas, and some of the that the elements will bury all the seed before there yields are very gratifying. There has been grown is warmth enough to sprout it. Nature will then there this year 220 varieties of small grain, 105 be- bring it up at the proper time and early. It then ing fall wheat. The seed grains of these were fur- gets well rooted before spring drouth sets in, then, nished by the Bureau of Plant Introduction of the unless the drouth is very severe, it will pass through Department of Agriculture, and were known to be it unharmed. By this method of seeding I save much promising. The surplus seed from these varieties is labor in covering it, as has to be done by those who being sold to wheat growers all over the wstern part sow late. I have never lost any young clover by of the State, so that the benefit of the station will be freezing, though I, have had wheat cut down in March felt immediately. when six inches high by a severe freeze. The following is a list of the varieties and yields This spring there was no favorable time for seed- that are considerably above the average ing in February until the last day, when the seeder Kansas, No. 4, Kharkov, a Russian winter wheat was brought out and 32 acres was sown. This field (bearded), 40.90 bushels per acre. produced 800 bushels of wheat and one of the finest Kansas, No. 5, Beloglina, a Russian winter wheat stands of clover I have ever had. Have just finished (bearded), 32.24 bushels per acre. mowing over the stubble and cutting down the rag Kansas, No. 6, Ulta, a Russian winter wheat weed, and will gather some clover seed on parts of the (bearded), 36.35 bushels per acre. field. Kansas, No. 7, Crimean, a Russian winter wheat The saving of labor in preparing the land but once (bearded), 40.61 bushels per acre. and saving one year's time will prevent people taking Kansas, No. 8, Chirka, a Russian winter wheat your advice about sowing clover alone. 1 have prac- (bald), 36.67 bushels per acre. ticed sowing clover alone in small patches for years, Kansas, No. 3, imported Turkey (bearded), 35.82 and I have never failed to get a stand. This year some bushels per acre. seeded that way was cut for hay August 1st, it being Kansas, No. 33, Kharkov (bearded), 35.28 bushels 18 inches high. If my neighbor and friend, T. S. per acre. — — — —
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Kansas, No. 35, Crimean importation (bearded), became enlarged at the fetlock joints, also a soft, 36.94 bushels per acre. puffy swelling similar to wind galls, but cannot be Kansas, No. 37, Theiss (bearded), 40.97 bushels rubbed away. At the same time she seemed to have per acre. pain in her shoulder, which, at times, becomes so se- Fort Hays Branch Experiment Station, Hays, Kan. vere that she can hardly walk. There also seems to These varieties ought to be tested in the South. be a wasting away of muscle on her shoulder blade, generally called sweeney. have tried different Possibly seed may be had for this purpose from the I remedies without yet having effected a cure. Department of Agriculture. Ed. Simon Zirknitzer. Lunenburg Co., Va. ENQUIRERS' COLUMN. This is one of those cases of sprain resulting in shoulder lameness, which are so common and yet so
Enquiries should be sent to the office of The Southern Plan- invariably difficult of treatment. The most success- ter, 'Richmond, Va., not later than the 15th of the month for ful remedy which can be used is rest. This may be repliesjto appear in the next month's issue. supplemented by rubbing the joints and shoulder with belladonna or camphor liniment, and possibly Japan Clover. blistering may be found of service. Ed. Please state in your next issue if "Japan clover" planted in the fall (and what time) will do as well Texas Fever Ticks. as if sown in the spring ? Also, if in the sown moun- Please give information how to rid farms of ticks tains where a good deal of shade exists will it grow which you say cause fever in cattle. and make good grazing if thrown broadcast over the Albemarle Co., Va. J. H. Griffith. leaves ? A Subscriber. Texas fever ticks can be gotten rid of from every Albemarle county, Ya. farm in Virginia if only farmers would make the Japan clover should be sown in Spring. All necessary effort. What is needed is to keep cattle, through Piedmont, Middle and Southern Vir- horses and mules off a pasture for part of the year. ginia Japan clover is found growing under This pasture will then be free from ticks, and will re- the shade of trees where not too dense. It makes main free if no cattle infested with ticks are turned good grazing sown broadcast. There are hundreds on to it. Northern cattle may then be put into it with of acres of it growing all through the South, where certainty that they will not have the fever. Before never a seed has been sown by man. Birds, animals any Southern cattle are turned into it they must be and floods have carried the seeds and started the perfectly cleaned of all ticks. The best method of growth, and then it has spread uncared for and un- doing this is to use a mixture of one part kerosene oil tended. En. — to three parts of cotton seed oil. This should be rubbed on the cattle all over. Two or three greas- Hairy Vetch, Winter Vetch. ings at intervals of a week or ten days apart will do Which is best adapted to this section, English the work effectually. The cattle ishould then be Winter Vetch or Hairy Winter Vetch ? Will either kept only on the cleaned pasture, and another pasture time to ? do well sown after cow peas, and what sow should be cleaned in the same way, until all the farm The soil is gray. H. T. Kirkman. is clear of this Southern pest, which has cost the Guilford Co., N. C. South millions of dollars. The State of Virginia Either will grow well in your section. The Hairy can get rid of it and keep rid of it if the farmers so Vetch should be sown in September whilst the Eng- decide, and it will be worth thousands of dollars to lish Winter Vetch may be sown into November, but them every year. See article in this issue. Ed. is better got in October. They will grow after cow peas. Sow either wheat or oats or a mixture of the Inoculating Cattle for Texas Fever. two, which is better, with the Vetches. Half a bushel Will you have Mr. C. A. Williams, of Halifax of the grain to the acre, with 25 pounds of Hairy county, N. C, tell us how he inoculates his cattle, Vetch or 1 bushel of English Vetch. Ed. and what he uses to make his cattle tick proof ? Lonoke Co., Ark. H. J. Lewis. Lame Horse. Cattle are inoculated against Texas fever by draw- I have a mare about 12 years old, which has been ing blood from a cow infected with the Texas fever lame in one of her fore feet for nearly eight months, germs, and after the same has been defibrinated in- probably caused by being overstrained. Eirst she jecting the liquid into the body of the animal to be —— — —
628 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October rendered immune. The operation requires a special most valuable hay grasses that can be sown, and it inoculating outfit, consisting of a lancet, injection also makes an excellent addition to a pasture mix- syringe, and measuring glass, so as to secure the ture. We believe that the seed is principally grown proper quantity of fluid. It is usually done by a in the Middle States, and is, we presume, harvested veterinarian, but there is no reason why a farmer in the same way as orchard grass. The machine is should not learn to do it for himself. He could read- set to cut only the seed stalks of the grass, and the ily do so by seeing the operation performed at some bottom is afterwards cut for hay. Dr. Phares, one Experiment Station. It is regularly done at most of the best authorities on grasses, admits that the seed of the Southern Stations. The important point is is rather difficult to save, as it begins to ripen in six to be certain that the animal from which the blood is to ten days after blooming, and the top seeds ripen taken is infected with the germs of the disease. She first, and at once begin to drop. He advises that as must have had the disease. Ed. soon as the top seeds ripen sufficiently to drop the whole seed stalk be cut off and dried, when the seeds Grafting. will all thresh out and be matured. Probably the In your next issue of the Planter I would thank Division of Agrostology of the Department of Agri- you to give me directions for grafting fruit trees. culture, Washington, may be. able to give you further Southampton Co., Va. J. L. Camp. information on the subject.- Ed.
When the season for grafting is nearer at hand we will publish ah article on this subject. At present Fall and Winter Plowing. all that can be done is to cut the scions as the wood We have some light land that had wheat on it the pota- becomes mature and to pack them away in a cool past year, and we expect to put it in corn and toes next spring. Would it be of any advantage to cellar, but where frost will not hurt them, in damp plow this land in the fall? We also have some stiff powdered moss or peat soil. These scions may be upland that we expect to put in peas and beans. This cut at any time during the late fall months or even in land has been plowed rather shallow heretofore; we early spring. They should be carefully labelled with hope to plow it deeper this time. Should we plow the name when cut, so that no mistake may be made it now or wait until spring ? Subscriber. when inserting the graft. Ed. Charles Co., Md. We advise the plowing of all land in the fall and Tail Meadow Oat Grass. winter. It can then, with safety, be plowed deep,- I have been a reader of yoTir meritorious publica- and thus the depth of soil be increased. The new tion for several years, and have noticed that when soil turned up will be acted upon by the air and sun, giving a list of grass seeds, which you recommend and its plant food be made available. It is well for sowing, you almost invariably include tall meadow when the plowing is done in the fall to seed with oat grass, though I have not noticed an article on its some winter cover crop like rye, winter oats or wheat, merits since I have been one of your readers. I have with crimson clover or vetches. This will conserve been sowing this grass since 1899. and find it worthy and add to the fertility. Eall and winter plowing of more notice, and compared with orchard grass greatly lessens the pressure of work in spring and for hay, I would give the oat grass the preference, as land can often be plowed then, which could not be it does not get hard and woody when allowed to get touched until too late in the spring for the best re- ripe like orchard grass does. I would like to know in the crop. Ed. how the seed is gathered, as the price of seed goes up sults from year to year, and is now nearly double what it was in 1898. It falls from the plant as it ripens, Smut on Corn—Grass for Name. and if gathered a little green is likely to spoil, and is 1. What causes smut on corn ? hard to cure. T have tried stripping by hand, which 2. Will the smut hurt horses, cattle, sheep or hogs is slow. Hope you can give some information on to eat it ? the subject, as at present price of seed it would be 3. Enclosed find sample grass head that grows very profitable to save it, and it may interest many about here. Tell me the name and value of it, and of your readers. J. H. Thompson. can I secure it at the seed store ? Jefferson Co., W. Va. Catawba Co., N. C. A. C. Edwards.
Whilst we have not written any special article on Smut is caused by a fungus known by the name of the merits of tall meadow oat grass, we have shown Ustilago zeae. It is a fungus of a simple nature, and our appreciation of its value by constantly recom- entirely distinct from the smuts of wheat, barley or mending it to be sown. We know it to be one of the oats. It is not like these, conveyed on the seed from — — — —
1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 629 one crop to another, but is usually conveyed to the terior effect on grain of any kind. It is equally ef- field and thence spreads to the crop i- '-.aiiure from fective in destroying animal life of all kinds, there- the barn yard or in rich soil, which ha b< on infected fore do not inhale more of the vapor than can be with smut spores from smutted ears or stuiks thrown helped. Ed. down on the ground. The spores are carried in the air. and these sources of infection grow quickly on Cheese Making—Sick Hog. touching a moist, tender place on the ear or stalk. 1. Please inform me whether cheese can be manu- The only way to prevent infection or check it is to factured on a small scale—that is to say, on a farm carefully destroy with fire or bury deeply or scald where about ten cows are kept. If so, what equip- with boiling water every piece of smutted corn or ments are necessary ? What knowledge is required stalk. to be able to operate a cheese factory with success; 2. Smut is not injurious to animals, indeed it has and can such knowledge be obtained in our agricul- been found to be nutritious for cattle. tural institutions ? If so, what time is required to
3. The grass sent is Panicum proliferum, a weedy gain such knowledge ? annual grass of no particular value as forage. You 2. I also desire to know something regarding my hogs, with which I have misfortune. bought could not buv the seed of seedsmen. Ed. some I a pair of Berkshire pigs from one of your adver- tisers. They were very fine ones, but one had a Feed for Young Pigs. severe cough, which I treated in different ways, but consider In the absence of milk, what feed do you with no success, the one affected being a sow. When best for young pigs seven or eight weeks old ? Would she had pigs, which were very fine, I noticed that you advise blood meal to produce high class pigs some of the pigs were also affected. I tried giving prize winners Subscriber. spirits of turpentine in food, but with no effect. Dinwiddle Co., Va. One died. We cut it open and found that the pig Ship stuff with a little fine bran mixed with it and was all swelled inside, having lumps on the lungs. a teaspoonful of blood meal added to each feed mixed I would like to know the disease, and what would be in water or kitchen slops. A spoonful of fine bone the best cure. George Sedivy. meal added to the food once a week will also be found Dinwiddle Co., Va. beneficial. Let the pigs also have some green food, 1. Yes ; cheese can be made on a small scale on the clover or vetches, and some wood ashes to eat when farm. It was formerly all made in this way, but the they desire. These will help to keep their digestive cheese factory has now largely supplanted the small organs and bowels right. We have had some good home industry. A better quality of cheese is made reports as to the use of blood meal for both pigs and when larger quantities are handled and larger cheeses calves. Ed. made. We believe there is a good opening for cheese factories in the South, as there is a considerable con- Protecting Peas and Beans from Weevil. sumption of cheese, and it is all brought from the North. There was a factory operated in Orange I have some peas and soja beans that I failed to ago, a good quality of sow this season and wish to carry over for next county, Va., some years and spring's seeding. Is there any way I can treat them cheese was made, for which a market was readily to prevent bugs eating them? If so, please give found, but it was destroyed by fire, and the business remedy through the columns of your paper. not resumed. The equipment required is not very Pittsylvania Co., Ya. Farmer. costly either for home or factory work, and can be Place the peas and beans in a tight bin or barrel had from dairy utensil makers in the North. We with a close fitting lid. Procure a can of bisulphide would not advise the starting of home making, as the of carbon from a drug store and fill a saucer with the difficulty of finding a market for the small cheeses liquid and place it on the top of the seed and close would be great. If the owners of 50 cows would com- the lid. Leave for 24 hours, when the vapor from bine together and start a small factory we believe it the drug will have sunk down through the seed and would be a profitable investment. A course in have killed every living thing in it. This should be cheese making would require to be taken at some repeated two or three times during the winter and Northern or Northwestern Agricultural College, or spring, as the eggs of insects will hatch at intervals a skilled cheese maker from one of these institutions through this time. Be careful to keep all lights away would have to be engaged. There are several books from the carbon, as it is very explosive. The smell published on cheese making, from which much could of the drug will pass off from the seed in a short be learned, but a three months' course in a practical time after exposure to the air, and it has no dele- school would be best. Wisconsin Agricultural Col- — ——
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lege would he the best place to go to for this purpose, about the same time of morning and died after suf- as they make the best cheese in that State. fering about the same time. It was about two 2. The hog probably suffered from chronic bron- months old. In skinning them there was noticed an chitis, which was transmitted to the pig which died abnormal quantity of nearly black blood about head and neck. and then developed into lung disease. Nitrate of What can be the cause? I have been breeding cattle for half a century, but have never potash in drachm doses given two or three times a met with a case like this. Alfred Stables. week will often relieve this trouble. It is usually Lunenburg Co., Va. caused by exposure to cold drafts or from sleeping in We have very little doubt but that the calves died dusty beds.—En. from poisoning from having eaten some of the orna- mental shrubs in the yard. We believe that it is Plowing Down Peas. generally recognized that the oleander is poisonous I planted peas in row in oat stubble as a prepara- to stock, and most of the ornamental evergreens are tion for cotton. They have fallen down so they can- so. We have known many cattle to be poisoned by not be saved for hay, and there is about a half stand yew, laurestinus and laurel, and we believe also from of volunteer oats. Would it be better to plow down box. Ed. this fall or leave the oats for a winter cover ? If the pea vines are left on top till spring will their nitrogen Fertilizers for Tobacco, get into the soil or escape into the air. R. Tomatoes and Wheat. Lincoln Co., N. C. Please give me the names of all ingredients to make fertilizer of the best kind for growing tobacco The best course to pursue in order to secure all the on poor land, and also the name of the best seed to fertilizing value of the peas is to plow them down sow for marketing purposes ; and also the best kind now and sow rye, wheat or winter oats on the land to of tomato to sow for canning, and what kind of fer- conserve this fertility. If crimson clover or vetches tilizer to use for them to make the best yield. Is were also sown with the grain this would not only there much profit on such crops ? Also give me the conserve, but add to the fertility. If allowed to lie name of the best fertilizers for growing wheat, as I on the land all winter some of the nitrogen will be made a failure on my crops. lost. Ed. Northumberland Co., Va. T. L. Ashbukn. If the writer of this enquiry will read The Calves Dying. Planter carefully he will find the question of the best fertilizer to use for these particular crops fully Yesterday ( September 1 4th) I visited my son, who is managing the farm and taking care of mansion discussed previous to the time for planting the same formerly occupied by the late Mr. Calvin Jeffers, in each year. We do not undertake to recommend any Nottoway county, Va. His milch cows have been particular make or brand of fertilizer, but tell what running, for several months, on a field of from the particular crop calls for, and in what form this thirty to forty acres, on part of which was wheat and can be purchased. We have in the past two or three the rest a very poor crop of oats this year. The oats issues discussed the fertilizer required to grow wheat. were not worth cutting, and but few were cut. Three Phosphoric acid is the element most needed, and of the cows have a calf each with them. These this can be supplied by acid phosphate or bone meal, calves have been confined through the day in the en- or preferably by a mixture of the two. Probably closure in which the house stands, and at night turn- what the writer most needs is humus in his soil, and ed with the cows, with which they remain till morn- this he can get sowing crimson clover and vetches ing, in a yard adjoining, in which there is nothing by growing but very short grass. In the enclosure in now. Ed. which the calves have stayed through the day are a large variety of ornamental trees and shrubs, which Canada Peas—Crops for Hog Pastures—Rape. they could eat of at will—for instance, spruce pine, 1. What time should Canada field peas be planted oleander bush, cedars and a box hedge on each side here in Georgia ? of driveway. On Sunday morning one of the three 2. Do they make as good hay as the common cow calves was noticed with its head turned abruptly peas? round, grinding its teeth, frothing at mouth, bellow- 3. What time in the spring should they be cut for
ing, staggering, falling, jumping up, and in thirty hay ? I want to plant a succession of crops for hog minutes from being first seized died. It was four pasture for winter and fall grazing. Expect to have months' old, in good condition, and always appeared about one hundred head of hogs and pigs. perfectly healthy until this took place. Yesterday 4. What crops do you think would be best for me morning a second one died exactly in the same way to plant ? : — : — — —
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5. When should rape he planted ? is often found not to be the best. This is largely Thomas Co., Ga. W. L. Jenkins. caused by the nature and chemical constituent of the 1. Canada peas should be sowed in Georgia in soils on which the crops are grown, and the availa-
December or January. Sow at the rate of 1-J bushels bility of the plant food in the soil. On most South- to the acre and cover 4 or 5 inches either by plowing ern soils the controlling element in heavy yields of them down or by drilling them, and then sow half a the cereal and leguminous crops is usually found to bushel of winter oats or wheat and harrow. be phosphoric acid. For vegetables and tobacco the 2. They make good hay when grown in this mix- controlling elements, potash and nitrogen. The only ture, and also good grazing for hogs. true way in which to answer this question is to ask 3. They should be cut or grazed before the warm it of the soil. Test the different crops on soil of a weather sets in or they will be killed by mildew. like character with different combinations of fer- They are a cold climate crop. tilizing elements and with each element separately, 4. The best crops to sow for fall and winter graz- and the answer given will be reliable for that soil. ing for hogs are cow peas, sorghum, corn, rape and Ed. artichokes. 5. Rape is a cold climate crop, and should be sown Transplanting Trees. in Georgia in August or September for fall, winter Will you please publish in your next issue the best and spring grazing or in February for spring grazing. time for transplanting trees, such as "white oak," Artichokes should be planted in or April for March etc., and how large could they be transplanted so as will root the hogs in winter. They them out except to live ? Subscriber.
. when the land is hard frozen. Ed. Sussex Co., Va. All trees except evergreen trees can be successfully transplanted Hair on Horse's Tail. in the late fall or early spring. Ever- green trees should be transplanted in the late spring. Can you give me any remedy for thickening a It is never wise to endeavor to transplant large trees, horse's tail. I have a very handsome horse, but his as even if they live they never make good growth tail is very thin. Any information along this line afterwards. have seen trees will be greatly appreciated. G. P. We from 6 to 9 inches in Marion Co., S. C. diameter in the trunk transplanted, but whilst many of them lived they did no more than live for We know of nothing better to make hair grow on many years. Smaller trees, half the size, an animal than to keep the bare or thin spot well say would have made better trees in greased with vaseline. Grooms in England, when a few years' time. Ed. we were a boy, used to mix gunpowder with grease
and apply it to make hair grow. Whether this use Hog Husbandry in the South. of the of gunpowder added anything to the value 1. I have a fine field of corn—worked out clean grease we doubt. Ed. and level (though land is hilly), and have seeded rye (thin) and German clover on part of it. On balance I sowed wheat and oats thinly and German clover, Fertilizer Requirement of Crops. and at one end I sowed about an acre or more of askes us to give in a general way the A subscriber alfalfa (to stand if successful) twenty pounds of special requirements of different crops in the way of seed. I sowed black peas thinly over the whole fertilizers piece, to afford shade during the fall after the corn Crops may be devided into the following groups, is cut, and I thought they would improve the land, with their requirements too. My object is to graze with pigs this winter Group A.—Wheat, barley, rye, oats, timothy. Re- (wrong for alfalfa, is it not?). Then I want to use the pigs on it that I results to quire, first, nitrogen; next, phosphoric acid; last, so can get best as feed during the spring. Will I be able to let the grains potash. mature and graze them off with hogs and then have Group B.—Corn, cotton. Require, -first, phos time to sow a crop of peas % This is heavy land, and phoric acid; next, potash; last, nitrogen. cannot be plowed except we have rain at that season, Group C. Peas, beans, clover, hay. Require, — and there is a risk in that. Will the grain waste if
first, potash ; next, phosphoric acid ; last, nitrogen. kept for hogs. I suppose' they should be put on it theoretical re- The foregoing may be taken as the when in the milk state. I would thank you for in- quirement of the crops deduced from analysis of their formation along this line. My land is good, and constituents. In practice, this theoretic requirement produces fine crops. I want to get best results possi- —
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ble from it. Then will it pay to risk a season for greater part of the crop will then' be eaten. If al- plowing and wait for the small grain, or tnrn under lowed to mature the grain the straw will not be a in ? green fallow May and plant peas in drills I eaten. As soon as the crop is fairly eaten down then have had no experience in feeding hogs on crops of plow down the residue and sow the peas. small grain. They do well in the stubble some years 2. We would sow this field with the mixed small as long as it lasts. grain and German clover and vetch, say 10 pounds 2. I have nearly finished fallowing a nine acre clover, 10 pounds vetch and half a bushel of mixed lot of good, heavy land, about half of it was in wheat grain, and one or two pounds of rape seed to the this year, after peas last year, the other half was in acre. This should give you good winter and spring clover cut off this year ; not a thick stand. Now, I want to use this field to best advantage in feeding grazing, and then follow with cow peas and corn or hogs next season. Then shall I sow wheat and oats sorghum for late summer and fall feeding. We mixed (and rye, too?) and German clover or vetch? think you will get more feed and better results in the Is there anything better for fall feeding than peas hogs in this way than to sow in wheat or oats and with a sprinkling of corn grown all through it ? Or thresh and feed the grain. will there profit in this be more growing wheat on 3. The article referred to was published in the land or oats, to be threshed and feed the grain either issue of December, 1902, page 698. It described whole or ground ? The land will bring fine crops of a successful Illinois hog farm. Eighty acres were either, if fertilized with Charleston phosphate (and divided into four fields of 20 acres each, with a shed the oats do not winter kill, and not likely if drilled located in the centre so as to be accessible from all in early enough). Best results for hogs is what I the fields. want to reach. The crops grown were oats seeded with 3. I want to grow one hundred or more fine hogs clover, clover pasture, soy beans and artichokes and annually, and how to use my land to produce the best corn. The oats were seeded after corn and sown with results for these or a greater number if I can feed clover. Soy beans one part and artichokes on other them is what I want to do, and I will appreciate an part follow the clover, and these were followed by outline for the yearly course of breeding, care of pigs, corn. Here we can improve on this rotation by using homes and yards, arranged to feed well, shelter well, cow peas in the place of the clover, and crimson to be easily accessible with manure and save manure clover and vetches with oats, wheat and rye for Avinter spreader, and crops and quantity of land required to and spring grazing in the place of the oats and red obtain greatest results at least cost. I think you clover. Sorghum and corn can be planted in the gave an article nearly a year ago from Breeder's Ga- place of the corn alone, and thus give better early fall zette or some other paper on this subject, but I cannot feeding. The artichokes should be grown here, as find it. It would be timely reading again. It Avas they the best of winter feed, which the hogs har- about a hog farm, where, I think, they raised about make 200 hogs. I will thank you to refer me to it if you vest for themselves. Rape also may be grown here can cross it, and give what other information you can. for fall, winter and spring grazing. Sow in August 4. My corn grows very tall, stalks ranging 12 to and September for fall and winter grazing, and in 15 feet, and often more, and very large. It would March for spring grazing. make magnificent ensilage, but I have but few cattle 4. There is no way to prevent corn growing tall hogs. I to feed, and I need the grain for team and on good land in the South. Even if you get a dwarf like very much to grow as fine ears as I do on would Northern variety, it will in a couple of years shoot stalks just half as high. Is there any variety of up until as tall as our Southern varieties. Our long corn that grows big ears on low stalks ? Is there any growing season causes this. You can save the corn way of saving the corn and ensilaging the stalk? and make ensilage of the stalks and fodder if you will Dry fodder corn as large as mine represents immense pull the corn as soon as it is glazed and dented, and labor to secure feed, only a very small part of which then the stalks and run them through a cutter, or is eaten, and which is considered least valuable for cut lack of protein. My fodder is in my way, though I better, a shredder into the silo and wet them well cut it up. C. N. Stacy. with water as they are packed in the silo. Whilst Amelia Co., Va. not so good as silage made from corn grown specially
1. The seedings of rye, wheat and oats and Ger- for the silo and cut green, yet this fodder corn silage man clover and black peas will make good grazing makes fair feed for stock if some grain be fed with for your hogs in the fall and spring. The alfalfa it. Ed. should not be grazed. It will not be wise to let the crops stand until the grain matures, but turn the hogs When corresponding with advertisers, kindly men- on when in the milk state or a little earlier, and the tion the Southern Planter. 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 638
Trucking, Garden and Orchard.
WORK FOR THE MONTH, a good supply of apples for home consumption. These keep best stored in a cool, dry The gathering, storing and shipping of the apple room or cellar in slatted bins, not holding more than or three crop will almost bring to a close the harvesting of the two bush- els each, and these should be looked products of the garden and orchard for another year. over every few weeks and the spotted fruit be picked out and used It is lamentable to see with what a want of care this first. In this way a supply may be kept until the gathering and disposal of the apple crop is too often spring. done in the South. Instead of carefully picking the fruit from the trees, the apples are too often shaken late off or knocked off with poles, and thus so bruised and The and second crop of Irish potatoes should injured as to make them incapable of being kept for be dug as soon as they become matured. The sooner more than a very short time, and absolutely unfits they are dug after this period and the better they will them for shipping to market. Then when picked up keep when stored. Do not let them lay out in the from the ground they are, if intended to be sold, sun after they are dug longer than necesary to dry dumped into dirty barrels or boxes, or even into them so that the soil will leave them clean. Sort as slatted crates or barrels and covered only with a gathered, and store as directed on another page of piece of sacking, and thus shipped.No care is taken this issue. to keep varieties separate or to cull out bruised and diseased specimens. When they reach the market In this issue will be found advice as to digging and the commission merchant is at a loss what to do with storing sweet potatoes. them. No one wants such fruit, and the result is that the grower receives little or nothing for them. Carrots, parsnips and salsify will keep safely in The fruit should be carefully picked and the sorts be the ground where grown, unless the winter be a very kept separate, and all undersized, bruised and diseased severe one. To guard against loss from this, a part fruit be kept at home and the large, good fruit, not of the crop should be pulled and be stored in sand in needed for home use, be put into good, clean barrels a cool, frost proof cellar. Beets should be stored in and tightly packed and a good head be put on the the same way. Turnips Avill keep in piles out of barrel and pressed down so as to prevent shaking and doors protected with straw. These latter will, how-
bruising. Shipped in this way all fruit will find a ever, yet grow much larger ; indeed, they will make
buyer and at a fair price. There is a demand for more weight in November than during any other apples in nearly every little town, and a large demand period of their growth. Do not, therefore, disturb in every large city. Where only a few barrels are them until severe frost is passed.
grown more than needed it will often pay to carry them to the nearest town put up in boxes holding a Cabbage and lettuce seed may be sowed for plants bushel each and neatly packed. In large cities there to set out in early spring. Make the seed beds in a is also a demand for these small packages of fruit, situation where they can be protected easily from and a much better average price could be made if severe weather in the winter by being covered with this demand was catered to. There are thousands of mats, leaves or straw. people who can buy a bushel of apples who do not want a barrel. This neglect of the small home buyer Cabbages for the early crop may be set out at the is responsible for much loss on the products of the end of the month. They should be got into the fields orchard and garden all over the country. The large just soon enough to get hold of the land with their commercial grower has not time to attend to this roots before severe weather sets in, but not soon trade. He picks, packs and ships his fruit in the enough to make growth or they will be very apt to be best manner possible, and then puts it on the whole- killed by frost, as the young growth is tender. Lay sale markets of this country and Europe, and gets its the rows out East and West and set the plants on the full value. The small grower too often gets nothing South sides of the rows, so that they will be somewhat or next to nothing for his, but this is largely his own shielded from the coldest winds and weather. Have fault. We would urge attention to this subject. the land deeply broken and finely prepared, and do There is money in it. Do not neglect to store away not spare the manure or fertilizer. Cabbages are —
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gross feeders. Give plenty of phosphoric acid and altogether there is every prospect of a good demand potash now, and give the nitrogen in the spring when for American and Canadian apples, as there is prac- the plants start growing. From 300 to 500 pounds tically nothing else to come against them this sea- of acid phosphate and from 100 to 150 pounds of son." Farmer s Advocate, Canada. muriate of potash should he applied per acre.
NOTICE Celery should be earthed up a little as it grows to TO APPLE GROWERS. prevent the plants from spreading out on the ground, Richmond, Va., Sept. 21, 1903. but it is too early yet to earth it up to blanch it unless Editor Southern Planter: it has made good growth and is wanted for an early Dear Sir,—As previously brought to your notice, market. In putting earth to the plant hold the stalks upon the active co-operation of the fruit growers of. together with one hand and pull the earth around with the State must depend the success or failure, to a arge the other. This keeps the soil out of the heart of the extent, of Virginia's fruit exhibit at the St. Louis World's Fair, so plants. If allowed to get there the plants will canker I hope each individual grower will do all that he can to make this exhibit and the stalks be spoiled. a success. It will be necessary to obtain at least fifty barrels of apples from each of the leading apple counties of the In dry, warm, light land strawberry plants may be State to enable a continuous exhibit to be made in a set out this month. If the land is in good fertility creditable manner during the entire period of the. and fine order and care be taken in setting out the Exposition, and if each grower will contribute a plants, and the plants be fine, strong ones, they will barrel or so of apples, each one will get equal indi- continue to grow almost as though they had not been vidual advertisement and the burden will not bear moved, and will give a small crop next year. Land heavily upon any. Please give me your active sup- that has grown an Irish potato crop and been made port at once, and follow instructions carefully, as I rich for that purpose and been kept clean and worked am already receiving apples that through improper selection makes an ideal place for this fall planted strawberry and handling are valueless for exposition purposes. crop. DIRECTIONS. Apples should be carefully picked with the stem Land may commence to be got ready for the plant- left on, must be free from defacement by worms, ing of orchard trees, hut it is too early yet to set them black ends, scab, cloud or other skin diseases, should out. Let the land be well and deeply plowed and be be of normal shape and well colored. Great care set out in such a as that the rows of fruit trees way should be exercised in handling to prevent bruising, can be kept in straight lines and at uniform distances and to this end apples, pears, etc., should be picked and so as to utilize the space to the fullest advantage. direct from the tree and each individual apple wrap- ped in paper, for which purpose newspaper or ordi- Clean up and burn all trash, leaves, prunings, nary wrapping paper will answer. Pack in boxes or barrels, weeds and waste in the garden, orchard and vineyard, whichever may be most convenient, but in any case use plenty of packing and wrapping and thus destroy all insect and fungous pests. Plow ma- terial, as a less quantity well cared for is more de- and seed all land not carrying any other crop in crim- sired than a large quantity in bad condition. Size son clover, vetches, wheat, oats and rye. This will must be secondary to the perfect condition of the conserve fertility and make humus when turned down fruit, as it matters not how large if the specimen has in spring. a black end, is scabby or bruised, it cannot be ex- hibited. Pears, quinces and nuts, both wild and cultivated, THE SCARCITY OF FRUIT IN EUROPE. are also desired. Additional evidence of the scarcity of fruit in Ship to George E. Murrell, Supt, care The Mer- Europe is furnished by a recent letter from Thomas chants Cold Storage Co., Richmond, Va., by express. Russell, fruit broker, Glasgow, to Mr. , W. A. Mac- Yours very truly, Kinnon, Chief of the Fruit Division, Ottawa. Mr. George E. Murrei/l. Russell writes: "The apple crop in England, Ireland We invite the attention of apple growers to the and Scotland is a very poor one, while on the conti- above communication, and nent there is also a very light crop. Pears and would earnestly urge that plums are also scarce in England. So far as Glas- each individual grower should make it a matter of gow is concerned, we shall have to depend entirely on personal care and a point of honor in the interest of supplies of apples from America and Canada, and the State to select a barrel of his best fruit and ship 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 635 it to Mr. Murrell. If this is done, Virginia can other States. Our programme with particulars of make an exhibit of apples which will be the means of the fruit exhibit will be published as soon as it is bringing thousands of dollars into the State each possible to have all the details collected in proper year.—Er>. shape. Walter Whately, Secretary and Treasurer. Crozet, Albemarle Co., Va. THE VIRGINIA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. Editor Southern Planter: I promised to send you particulars of arrange- ORCHARD AND GARDEN NOTES. ments for special railroad and hotel rates for the Editor Southern Planter: annual meeting of the Virginia State Horticultural Recently I was invited to go with the owner Society, at Pulaski, on December 2d and 3d, but fear through a large apple orchard. Several things in I cannot do so until your next issue, as I am still in the orchard impressed very much. of the correspondence with the railroads on the subject. We me Many trees on the lowest land were shedding the foliage have met with most gratifying success from firms we from the serious effects of roestelia and phyllosticta have applied to to help us by offering premiums for fungus diseases. The apple crop on such trees is the exhibits of fruits, vegetables, flowers and seeds. very apt to be short next season, since the vitality of Several of our Virginia firms interested in supplying the trees is being very lowered. horticultural implements having shown their desire much The owner had not followed the advice given in the Spray Calen- to encourage a fine exhibit by most liberal offers, dar published in the Planter last spring. The trees among those who have done so are The Implement on the higher ground were not so badly affected. This Co., Richmond, Va., a double hand press cider mill is what one might expect. Never plant trees on low, or an improved chilled plow ; Hening & Nuckles, wet land. Those select orchard land for tree Richmond, Va., No. 5 one horse, swing handle Farm- who planting this fall should be very careful to get well er's Friend plow; Watkins & Cottrell Co., of Rich- drained land. There was a large amount of mond, Va., set of tools for pruning trees ; W. T. "wormy" and decayed fruit imder the trees on the Hood & Co., Old Dominion Nurseries, Richmond, ground. have readily this Va., 200 apple, 100 peach, and $10 worth either Hogs would consumed fruit with profit if allowed to do so, and thus would fruit or ornamentals selected from catalogue ; John have prevented one source of spreading the codlin A. Young, Greensboro, N. C, 50 winter apple trees, moth and bitter rot of the apple. A small herd of for the best seedling winter apple ; Sydnor Pump and is well apples clover. Well Co., Richmond, Va., bucket spray pump (Fig. my own doing on and Thou- sands of bushels of inferior fruit will go to waste this 689 of their catalogue) ; T. AV. Wood & Sons, Rich- Virginia, mond, $2.50 worth of garden seeds for the best ex- year in which had far better been fed into hibit of vegetables; Field Force Pump Co., of El- pork. mira, N. Y., one "Empire King" spray piimp, mount- The time has come when fruits and vegetables winter. ed on 50 gallon barrel, and fitted with extension rod, should be stored away for Too frequently hose and nozzles—"to the farmer fruit grower who this work is done carelessly. makes the best exhibit of winter apples gathered from
sprayed trees" : Spramotor Co., London, Ont., Can- As I promised in the Planter last spring to dis- ada, any outfit the Society may select from catalogue, cuss harvesting and storing of sweet potato, some of price of which does not exceed $15. Party receiving the results of my experiments with this crop will be same may exchange for any pump which is more given here. elaborate by paying difference in cost. We have An erroneous idea often prevails that frost should further offers of premiums which are not yet confirm- not kill the vines before digging. Sweet potatoes ed. The Society proposes to devote a session to dis- dug before or after frost made no difference in their cussion of the subject of advertising our State's re- keeping in my experience. There is only one test sources, with a special view to encouraging an exten- that I know of by which to tell when the crop is ready sive exhibit of fruit for St. Louis Exposition. Gov- to harvest. If when a tuber is broken open it dries ernor Montague has expressed his interest in this up with a white crust-like formation, the crop is
feature, and promises to attend and give an address ready ; but if the broken surface continues to show a
on the subject if it is possible to do so. Speakers watery, greenish appearance, the crop is not ready will open subjects for discussion who are well known to be harvested. If taken up then there is great to the fruit growing industry both in Virginia and danger of loss from soft rot. The ground should be 6o6 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER [October
dry, the day should be clear and bright, and the THE GRASS-MULCH METHOD OF APPLE CUL- tubers should be left to dry a few hours in the sun TURE. before gathering begins. Experiments in mulching show that a lack of a How to harvest the crop is quite important. One uniform supply of moisture is responsible for seve- attributed to of the simplest and easiest ways I have found is to ral orchard troubles, which have been therefore, that in the use a large turning plow with a rolling coulter on the other causes. It is evident, management of an orchard the aim should be to con- beam, hitch two horses to the plow, let one walk on serve moisture and at the same time to grow a crop each side of the row, throw open a furrow on each which shall add to the supply of vegetable fiber. The side of the row six inches from the centre. This grass-mulch method seems, under certain conditions, will cut the vines and throw the dirt away from to admirably meet the requirements as to vegetable the potato row. When the field is gone over in this fiber and soil moisture. It would be premature to way take off the rolling coulter and throw the pota- attempt to say just what the limitations of the toes out by running the plow under them. method are, but it appears to be widely applicable, tubers. In gathering, be careful not to bruise the and is especially advisable on hilly land—in fact, The baskets or boxes should be lined with cloth. The wherever cultivation is difficult—and on soil which first grade may be gathered by one party and the sec- washes and where grass can be made to grow. ond by another-. All cut or bruised tubers should To Mr. E. P. Vergon, of Delaware county, 0., and go in the second grade, since soft rot is liable to start to Mr. Grant Hitchings, of Onondago county, N. Y., on these unless handled with extreme care. is due the credit of demonstrating that apples may be this method. Both of these The piles should be made very small until the crop successfully grown by have worked along essentially the same lines cures. Examinations should be made each day for men for about fourteen years. a week or ten days in search of all tubers which may Thus far the method has been unqualifiedly suc- have soft rot. When the tubers cure well all danger cessful, and merits a description; moreover, consid- of soft rot is over. The crop may then be placed in erable misconception concerning it has arisen, hence a suitable potato house. Small quantities may be there is not only danger of some going wrong who placed in clean, dry road sand and be kept in a warm may attempt it, but many who might adopt it to good place with ease all winter. Mice cannot go through advantages may fail to see any good reason for doing sand to injure the tubers, which is a very important so. point to remember. Plenty of tubers should be put Mr. Vergon planted his orchard in a field which away for bedding out next season. Not enough of had been a bluegrass pasture for about fifty years, this most important vegetable (both for man and and at about the same time Mr. Hitchings began old one had stood beast) is grown in Virginia. It can be grown on thin planting a young orchard where an in grass for about one hundred years. He has also sandy soil, where the Irish potato fails. planted an orchard in a field which had been in cul- tivation for the same length of time, but had been We have just received from the Virginia Experi- well cared for, and another in a wornout field. Both ment Station bulletins number 5, 6, 7 and 8, on the of these fields have been in grass from the time of various phases of cider making. These bulletins planting. Both of these gentlemen dug large holes constitute, perhaps, the most exhaustive treatise on for the trees, and both mulched the newly-planted the subject in the English language. We are sorry trees. Mr. Vergon made hay of the grass for a few the station did not put all four bulletins in one, like years, but soon decided to take nothing from the the same material was published in bulletin form by orchard but apples. He has mulched the trees with the United States Department of Agriculture. Num- the grass, and has also hauled in various kinds of ma- bers count for nothing. In this form some are apt terial for the piirpose. Mr. Hitchings mulches his to become misplaced or lost in the hands of the trees until they get well established and then cuts the farmer. The bulletins are dated May, June, July grass and lets it lie. The trees in both Mr. Vergon's and Mr. Hitch- and August, 1902, while the matter in all the bulle- ings's orchards began bearing at an early age, and tins is rather technical, but treat the various sub- have given annual crops. It is especially noticeable jects also from a commercial standpoint. Noav, we that the trees are able to carry a crop of fruit and to would like to see Prof. Alwood try his hand on one form fruit-buds at the same time, while the fruit is for the practical farmer, has who only one or two well colored and hangs on remarkably well. Even barrels to make. It could be numbered 9, Septem- in dry seasons there appears to be no bad effects from ber, 1903. R. H. Price. dry weather on the growth of the trees or upon the Montgomery Co., Va. size of the fruit. The loss by dropping is insignifi- —: ' : — :
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cant. All of the results which are supposed to come The table below gives generally the time from from good tillage and cover-crops are found in these planting to full maturity orchards in a marked degree. Professor W. J. Days. Green, in Bulletin No. 137 of the Ohio Experiment Beets 40 to 60 Station. Cabbage 90 to 115 Carrot 90 to 110 Celery 150 to 160 GERMINATION OF SEEDS. Corn (sweet) 65 to 90 Following table indicates the length of time which Cucumber 55 to 75 seeds will germinate with profit Lettuce 65 to 75 Years. Watermelon 125 to 150 Asparagus 4 Muskmelon 125 to 150 Beans g Squash (winter) 120 to 150 Beets 5 Squash (summer) 90 to 100 Cabbage 7 Egg Plant 150 to 175 Carrot 5 Onions 130 to 150 Cauliflower 7 Parsley 90 to 120 Celery g Peas 40 to 90 Corn 2 Pepper 140 to 160 Cucumber 12 Radish 20 to 30 Lettuce g Spinach 60 to 80 Egg plant ' ' 7 Tomato 110 to 120 Melon * Turnip 60 to 75 Onion Geo. H. C. Williams. Peas District of Columbia. Parsnips Pumpkin 7 FOREIGNERS WANT OUR APPLES. Radish 3 Spinach 3 The outlook for the export trade of American and Squash 7 Canadian apples is unusually bright. Tomato 5 Writing from Edinburgh, James Lindsay & Son Turnips 5 say : "Fruit of every description is scarce here, es- pecially apples, of which there are really next to With melons, cucumbers and squashes the older none in Great Britain, and we are of the opinion the seeds produce luxuriant growth of vine and earlier crop on the continent is less than Ihey claim. But setting of fruit. All others decrease in vitality with years. even though the continental crop turns out more ap- ples than now anticipated, this will not materially in- The following table shows the average time of ger- terfere with shipments from America, as the quality mination from planting of the more common seeds of European fruit is so much inferior they can only Days. be used for cooking purposes. Our opinion is that Beans 5 to 10 if shippers on your side continue to send a good grade Beets # 7 to 10 of apples, there will be as many wanted here as last Cabbage 5 to 10 season." Henry Levy, fruit auctioneer of Covent Carrot 12 to 20 Garden, London, reports high prices for fancy au- Cauliflower 5 to 10 tumn apples, and believes Kieffer pears- should do Celery 10 to 20 well this season, packed in half barrels. Corn g to 8 A forceful reason for probable activities the com- Cucumber g to 10 ing six months is the unquestioned shortage of the
Endive . . .- 5 to 10 European fruit crop. The yield of apples and prac- Lettuce 6 to 8 tically all fruits in the United Kingdom is very short. Onions 7 to 10 On the continent, moderate to fair crops are reported. Parsnips 10 to 20 Yet the excessively high prices ruling there suggest eas J 6 to 10 that the amount available for market is small, after Pe er PP 10 to 14 all. The European apple crop, as pointed out from Radish 3 to 6 time to time in American Agriculturist, is made up Salsify 7 to 12 mostly of autumn fruit, which is largely out of the Tomato 6 to 12 way by the time our hard winter varieties are ready Turnip 4 to 8 for market. American Agriculturist. : : :
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Live Stock and Dairy.
TEXAS OR TICK FEVER. small, are active, and crawl up the weeds, grass or twigs and wait for cattle to come along and pick them We are glad to know from letters we have received that our remarks in reply to inquiries published in 5. Since these young ticks are not able to live our last issue have aroused attention amongst farm- longer without food, unless a cow, horse or mule ers to this truth, it is one of the subject. In most brushes its legs against the object upon which they vital interest for all Southern farmers, and especially are waiting, within four or five months they will for farmers in Virginia, where there is no reason starve to death. whatever why with proper attention and exertion 6. From the time the young ticks get on cattle until this serious hindrance to the improvement and ex- they are full grown and ready to drop off is about four tension of our cattle industry should not be wholly weeks, except in cold weather, when they frequently removed. We have repeatedly stated, and we so state remain on much longer. 7. Neither old nor young ticks crawl far, and a again with absolute confidence in our opinion, that fence with a rail or board on the ground will certainly the whole State of Virginia can be Drought out of stop them, but wire fences do not always afford pro- quarantine and hundreds of thousands of dollars be tection. added to the value of our live stock every year by at- 8. Ticks do not go from one animal to another. tention to this subject. North Carolina is moving 9. Eggs laid before the first of September will ahead much faster in this direction than Virginia, hatch the same fall, and unless the young ticks get and has already secured the exemption of several on cattle, horses or mules they will die of cold or counties from quarantine. The removal of this hin- starvation before spring. drance to the free marketing of stock has added from 10. Eggs laid during the cold weather of late fall one half to one cent per pound to the value of all and winter do not hatch until the warm days of ticks stock shipped from those counties, a gain in one spring. It is, therefore, the eggs and not the able pass through the winters of the north- county alone of over $6,000 for one year's shipments. that are to ern and western portions of this State. What is being done in North Carolina can be more With the foregoing facts in mind three methods of easily done in Virginia, as we are further north, and destroying the ticks at once suggest themselves our winters help us more in getting rid of the ticks. 1. Keep all cattle, horses and mules out of the tick- Once get rid of these, and Texas fever, or it is com- infested pastures, lanes and lots after September 1st, called, will cease kill off our monly "Murrain," to and all eggs previously laid will hatch before cold cattle. The way to get rid of the ticks is described weather and the young ticks starve to death before in the following extract from instructions issued by spring. Dr. Tait Butler, the State Veterinarian of North 2. Divide the pasture by a. fence with a rail or Carolina, under whose able guidance and careful board tight on the ground, and the first year keep all Sep- work great progress has been made in that State cattle, horses and mules out of one-half after tember 1st. The second year put the cattle on the HOW TO EXTERMINATE THE CATTLE TICK. half left vacant the year previous, and also provide "Since it is only with a full knowledge of the habits new lanes and lots on ground over which no cattle ran of the cattle ticks and the manner in which they breed the year before. that the proper means for their destruction can be de- B. If practicable, burn the pasture over thoroughly vised and understood, the following facts should be early in the spring. Mix sulphur with the salt given carefully considered the cattle—one part of sulphur to three parts of salt. 1. The full-grown female ticks, after filling them- Begin not later than April 15th greasing the legs and selves with blood, drop off the cattle and crawl under under parts of all cattle, and repeat it once a week leaves, grass or any other material with which the all summer. While greasing the cattle look care- ground may be covered. fully for any ticks that may have escaped the grease 2. In two or three days these ticks begin laying or attached themselves to the upper parts of the body, eggs and lay from 1,500 to 2,500 during the next two and if any are found, pick them off and burn. The weeks. grease may be one part kerosene and two parts any 3. In real warm weather these eggs may hatch in cheap sort convenient, such as cotton seed oil. If a three weeks, but the hatching may be greatly delayed little sulphur and tar be added the effect will be pro- or prevented entirely by cold weather. longed and increased. The grease prevents young 4. The young ticks (seed ticks) although extremely ticks from getting on the cattle and kills those already ; —
1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 639 on by plugging the small openings in the body have a high degree of immunity against the tick fever. through which they breathe. This natural immunity is gradually lost as they be-
If the greasing and hand-picking be done thor- come older. If when the calf is from 4 to 6 months oughly and no ticks allowed to drop in the pastures old it becomes infested with ticks a mild attack of the lanes or lots, for four or five months during the warm disease is produced. This attack is usually so mild season, the effort will be successful. that it is not noticed at all, but it confers further im- Either of the first two methods, when they can be munity against the disease. Through repeated tick adopted, is always certain to exteminate the ticks infestations and repeated mild attacks of the disease but the third is not applicable to large herds, and a immunity is gradually established against will fail unless it is carefully and thoroughly carried complete out." the disease. If the calf be inoculated between the We are in hopes that our State "Board of Quaran- ages of nine and fifteen months usually complete im- tine will take up this question, and we invite their munity against the disease will be established. The of before the of nine are attention to it, and ask that they secure authority from attacks fever age months the Legislature for a vigorous campaign against the usually only so mild as not to confer complete im- ticks, and that the farmers of the State will support munity. The proper course to take when bringing them by urging upon the Legislature the appropria- in cattle to the tick belt is to bring in only calves not tion of sufficient money to make the work effective. more than nine months old. These should be brought The co-operation of county authorities will be needed South in December, and be inoculated as soon as in- and the Legislature should authorize these to make the rested and then in Eebruary following be again necessary expenditure to secure effective quarantine oculated and the animals will then be ready to go on and cleansing of all tick infested cattle and pastures. the tick infested pastures in April with little fear of The passage of a "no fence" law would materially re- future attacks. Older animals are liable to have so duce the cost of exterminating ticks and shorten the severe an attack of the fever after inoculation as to time required in doing the work. The State Veteri- occasion some loss, though this is not usually more narian should also be authorized and required to in- than 5 per cent. Ed. oculate all imported pure bred cattle on the request of the owners, and thus encourage the breeding of a HOLLOW TAIL better type of cattle. HOLLOW HORN— Editor Southern Planter: I am a subscriber and a great admirer of the PREVENTION OF TEXAS OR TICK FEVER. Southern Planter. I heartily agree with you on Editor Southern Planter: the cheat question, but cannot on "Hollow tail" of cattle. say there are no such diseases of cattle I see that Mr. C. A. Williams, of Ringwood, N. You as "HoIIoav tail" and "Hollow horn." I have C, after several trials and much loss, has discovered handled hundreds of cattle: have been feeding and that by inoculation one may introduce pure bred caring for them from the time I was large enough, cattle in the tick belt without much risk, and I am and we usually kept from 50 to 100 head, and if I glad to learn it. You might mention in the next ever saw one with Hollow horn I didn't know it, issue of the Planter that there is equally as safe though I have had a few men to have cows they said and a much cheaper way to do it—viz., bxiy a calf not had Hollow horn, and asked me for treatment. I more than two months old, give him to a native cow, always advised them to bring them to my farm, and and after he has been in the tick country, say two I would cure it by dehorning them, which they did, months, let some ticks get on him. He will have the told it was a success, but as far as fever lightly, and then I think be immune. I bought and afterward me own. experience goes, if any of cattle ever had a polled Durham calf last May just two months old my my horn I never knew it, and never believed from Messrs. Humbert Bros., who advertise in the Hollow there was such a disease. Planter, and he has just gone through the fever to But as to Hollow tail, I know that cattle have a all appearances all right. Tiros. S. Norfleet. proves fatal unless Person Co., N. C. disease of the tail, which always treated, but do not know that a veterinarian would Whilst there is no doubt that to proceed with a call it Hollow tail. The symptoms are failing appe- calf as directed by our correspondent will confer in tite, falling off in flesh, hair standing on end, dreamy some cases complete immunity aganist Texas fever, eyes, not caring to come for feed. On examination yet this is not so absolutely certain as to avoid the you will find the bone about an inch or two from end necessity for inoculation. The position as defined of tail gone or badly diseased. On taking a sharp by veterinarians seems to be this. All calves at birth knife and splitting the tail you will find little or no — :
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blood, with the bone slick and slimy. Eor treatment fully compensated for the injury inflicted. The simply split the tail to the bone as far as is diseased. value of thoroughbred stock consists in the proba- Some say put salt and pepper in it and tie up. I bility that the qualities of excellence will be trans- never do anything but split the tail, and I have cured mitted to the offspring. It is evident that, to a dozens of them. You can see a marked improvement breeder of fine stock a thoroughbred heifer, with a in three days, and in a week they will be improving calf to a bull of impure blood, would be of less value rapidly. Once I had a valuable lot of yearling than one with calf to a thoroughbred, or not with calf steers which kept falling off until very thin. I could at all. difference in value of the heifer for the not split the tails without help, and had none, so with The the steers running, I caught one by the tail and sim- purpose of breeding fine stock, before meeting de- ply cut the tail off about four inches from the end, fendant's bull and afterwards constitutes the proper and he was all O. K. in a few days. I think, how- measure of plaintiff's damages." ever, that nine-tenths of the so-called "Hollow horn" I have no doubt the Virginia court would follow and "Hollow tail" is a lack of care and feed. the Iowa ruling in such cases. J. D. Stodghilt.. Marshalltown, Iowa. Henky Stone. Shelby Co., Ky. No veterinarian recognizes such a disease as "Hol- low Tail." There may be some disease affecting- FEEDING PIGS AT THE VERMONT STATION.
cattle of which a diseased tail is a symptom, but it Sour skim milk has proved practically as good as cannot be of a serious character, if simply cutting the sweet skim smilk in fattening hogs at the Vermont tail end off will cure it. Boils on a man indicate a Experiment Station. When there has been any dif-
diseased condition of the blood. Poulticing and lanc- ference at all it has been in favor of the sour milk. ing them will cure the boils, but not the disease, In seven years' experiments the value of skim milk which caused them. Our correspondent is no doubt for hogs has varied from 15 to 35 cents per 100 right in his opinion that want of feed and care are pounds and averaged 25 cents. In one experiment really the true explanation of these so-called diseases. pigs on buttermilk gained a little faster and were "Hollow stomacb" would be a more accurate name somewhat more profitable than pigs fed skim milk. for them. Ed. The buttermilk in this experiment had a feeding value of 24 cents per 100 pounds. Whey in one test had a feeding value of 11 cents per 100 pounds. RIGHT OF OWNER OF PURE BRED CATTLE TO The best proportions of skim milk and corn meal RECOVER DAMAGES FROM OWNER OF SCRUB to feed together have been studied in a number of ex- BULL. periments. The use of two ounces of corn meal to Editor Southern Planter: each quart of milk yielded pork at the least cost of The inqiiiry of J. L. H, in the September issue of food, but a more rapid gain was made when a greater the Planter, has been answered by the Supreme proportion of corn meal was fed. In finishing off Court of Iowa, in the case of Crawford vs. Williams, hogs more rapid and cheaper gains were made when 48 Iowa, 247. In that case the court held the meas- 12 quarts of skim milk were fed in addition to all ure of damages to be the difference in value of plain- the corn meal the hogs would eat than when but six tiff's cow for breeding purposes before and after meet- quarts were thus fed. The feeding of bulky or water ing defendant's bull. foods was found to conduce to a larger growth of In deciding the above case the court uses the fol- stomach and intestines, and hence greater shrinkage lowing language in dressing. "The intelligent public spirit which employs itself Corn meal in one experiment produced 11 per cent, in the improvement of stock ought to be encouraged better gains than wheat middlings with young grow- and protected. It will be found impossible to main- ing pigs and 23 per cent, better than rice meal with tain good breeds of stock if the owners of "scrub" hogs weighing about 140 pounds. The results of male animals may permit them to run at large with two experiments show more rapid gains on ground impunity. Much skill and intelligence are requisite than on whole corn, the difference being about 10 per upon the part of stock breeders in selecting the most cent. The extra cost of hauling and grinding the desirable crosses, so as to transmit the best qualities grain it is thought would probably counterbalance to the progeny. Each stock breeder has the right to this gain. Wetting corn meal resulted in more profi- make this selection for himself. If he is deprived table gains than feeding it dry. The fertilizing value of the right of making this selection he ought to be of the food fed in the various experiments has aver- . . — : :
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aged 56 per cent, of its market value. In nearly all at one time as much as 12 pounds per head per day. the experiments profitable gains ceased to be made This is a little more than they could consume to the
after the pigs had attained a weight of 180 ponnds. best advantage and it would have probably been bet- —C. B. Smith, District of Columbia, in Breeder s ter if not more than 10 pounds had been used at any Gazette. time. These animals were in good condition, and, as the reader will observe, made an excellent gain CATTLE FEEDING EXPERIMENTS AT TENNES- throughout the period, which is the best answer to SEE EXPERIMENT STATION. those who doubt the feeding value of cotton seed meal or who say it cannot be fed. The trouble is not so At the present time a large per cent, of the cattle much with the cotton seed meal as with the method grown in the Middle South are sold in the autumn as of feeding the same. A. M. Soule, Tennessee Ex- long yearlings, because of the general belief that they periment Station. cannot be profitably winter fed, and it was for the purpose of determining whether these cattle can be stall fed or whether they should be maintained as CORN ENSILAGE FOR STEERS. stockers through the winter to be finished on grass, During the past winter (October 10, 1902, to June or whether it would be more advisable for the farmer 8, 1903.) the Kansas Experiment Station fed a lot to sell them in the fall that the investigations, results of ten steers on corn ensilage, chopped alfalfa hay, of which are recorded below, were undertaken. The and a grain mixture of equal parts ground corn and results presented only cover one year's work, and the Kafir corn in comparison with another lot of twenty following resume is published because it contains in- steers of the same average weight and quality fed formation which should be very useful to the farmers exactly the same feed except ensilage. The results generally, as it warrants the conclusion that silage is are shown by the following figures a very valuable roughness if judiciously fed to beef per Roughness consumed M con- per 100 pounds gain. cattle. It is proposed to repeat these experiments O lOOlbs.gain Lot. pounds. > , hi during the winters of 1903- 4- o sumed Ensilage, Chopped Al- 5, so that the average *o Grain d o » ponnds. falfa, pounds. Eh of three years' trials may be had, and then it would seem that final conclusions might be drawn from the With Ensilage. . 10 446S 715 471 327 Without Ensilage 20 8359 733 453 work. During the past winter 32 head of cattle were divided into eight groups of four each and fed 150 Erom the above figures it will be seen that for days. Sixteen of these cattle received a moderate every 100 pounds of gain the 471 pounds of ensilage grain ration and were fed silage as a roughness, the saved 18 pounds of grain and 156 pounds of alfalfa. object to finish them as nearly as possible for the At the market prices of these feeds (54 cents per spring market. The other sixteen were fed a limited ewt. for grain and 27+ cents per cwt. for alfalfa), the grain ration along with different forms of roughness, 471 pounds of ensilage made a saving of 52.62 cents. The steers were shipped to Kansas City and sold the idea being to run them through the winter as at the stock yards June 23d, at the following prices cheaply as possible and finish them on grass the fol- Lot with Ensilage $4.95 per cwt. lowing spring and summer. Group 11, receiving Lot without Ensilage 4.70 per cwt. silage, cotton seed meal and corn and cob meal, made Here is a gain of 25 cents per cwt. in the selling an average gain of 2.40 pounds per day, or 1,442 price in favor of the ensilage steers. Adding this to pounds for the period. Group 12, receiving silage the 52.62 ceuts already saved it makes the 471 pounds and cotton seed meal, gained 2.15 pounds per day, of ensilage worth 77.62 cents, or at the rate of $3.29 or 1,287 pounds for the period. Group 13, receiving per ton. silage, cotton seed meal, corn and cob meal and clover Making the above comparison on the basis of rough- hay, gained 2.18 pounds per day, or 1, 305 pounds ness alone, the 471 pounds of ensilage plus the 329 for the period. Group 14, receiving silage, cotton pounds of alfalfa in the ensilage lot is equivalent to seed meal and clover hay, gained 2.19 pounds per day, the 485 pounds of alfalfa in the lot without ensilage. This shows that the 471 pounds of ensilage or 1,313 pounds for the whole period. The cotton was equivalent to 156 pounds of alfalfa. At this rate, seed meal and corn and cob meal were fed in the early 3.02 tons of corn ensilage is equivalent to one ton of part of the period in the ratio of 2 to 1, the propor- alfalfa hay. tions being reversed toward the close of the experi- When sold the ensilage lot were pronounced excel- ment. An average of about 10 pounds of meal were lent cattle and fat enough for the ordinarv trade. consumed at one time by group 12, the average rang- D'. H.Otis. ing close to 10 pounds, though these animals were fed Manhattan, Kan. :
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The Poultry Yard.
BUILDING A HEN HOUSE. raked out with a hoe. The nest boxes should be
A subscriber asks us to give bim advice as to build- placed in the front of the building under the window ing a ben bouse. It is ratber a difficult matter to do or windows, and be covered, with a sloping board, say this without knowing something of what is intended a foot above them. Let both nest boxes and roosts to be done—that is to say, whether it is simply de- be so fixed as to be easily removed for cleaning. Have sired to keep a few fowls for supplying the family the house well limewashed before the hens are put needs, to keep a large number of fowls for supplying in. Have one or two holes cut in the front of the eggs for sale, or to run a regular poultry farm sup- building near the ground so that the hens can have plying eggs and chickens for market. Each different access whilst the door of the house can be kept locked. branch of work requires a special outfit to meet its special needs. We will, however, assume that what PICKING A GOOD LAYER. is needed is a house in which to keep a limited num- An old country poultryman makes the following ber of hens under ordinary farm conditions, permit- suggestions as a help in selecting good layers ting them to make their run over the farm, and thus There are certain individual characteristics, one of not necessitating the provision of scratching sheds or which is the shape of the bird. If a straight line be enclosed runs. In providing such a house as we as- drawn from the back of the head to the toes, the hen sume to be asked for, the first consideration should be which is likely to be a good layer will usually have the location. This should be, if possible, in a situ- the hinder half of her body largest, whilst a hen which ation sheltered from the north, northeast and north- may be suspected of being a poor layer will show west winds, and on dry ground. The next point is more in the front ; the reason being that a poor layer the size required. To arrive at this allow a space of makes a better table bird, and has a larger, longer 1 square feet of floor for each fowl to be kept. Then breast, whilst a good layer makes a poor table bird, let the height be 6 feet at the lowest part of the roof, and has a comparatively small breast, whilst the egg rising sufficiently to give good fall to the rain, so as organs are more fully developed. Birds which are to have quickly a dry roof. The house may, if it good layers are usually very active. They always complies with these requirements as to air space, be look healthy, and in most cases their combs are either square or longer than wide. We prefer to usually fully developed, particularly if they belong have it longer than wide, and to let this long side face to the long-contbed varieties, which are reputed to be to the South. This gives space for more more Avind- the, best layers. A ben with a lolng comb may ows and thus enables the house to be kept warmer in usually be regarded as a good layer, and if she is not winter with the aid of the sun and cooler in summer there must be some special reason for the contrary. by substituting wire screens for the windows at that time. Let the sills be laid on brick or concrete foun- PLUCKING CHICKENS. dations a foot or 18 inches in the ground, and rising In getting chickens ready for market, nearly every to a foot above it, so as to keep out rats and other one has experienced a difficulty in securing a uniform vermin. Weather board the outside and line inside appearance of skin and a uniformly clean plucking. first with building paper on the studding, and then In many instances the trouble is due to the manner of with plain boards. Let the door be at one end of the scalding. Over-scalding invariably causes the yellow house nearer to the side, rather than in the middle. bloom of the skin to rub off. For best results the In the south side place at least one, or better, two win-* water for scalding should be just at the boiling point, dows. Let these be fixed so that they can be opened. but not actually boiling. The roof may be either hipped or fall all one way, as To scald the birds, immerse them in the water suits the convenience of the builder or the materials three or four times, and immediately after scalding to be used, and may be covered with either shingles remove the feathers, being careful not to break the or other roofing material. If shingled, the rafters skin. Poultry so treated should then be dipped in should be first lined with building paper. Let the hot water for two or three seconds, and then placed in floor be the natural clay beaten down solid, and then cold water for about twenty minutes. When the well covered with loose fine dust. The roost poles birds are to be packed in ice it is best to lower the should run lengthwise of the building at the back temperature of their bodies by immersing in water and have beneath them a sloping board to carry the of gradually lowering temperature down to freezing, droppings down to a trough, from which they can be when they will be ready to pack. 1903.] THE SOUTHEKN PLANTER 643 The Horse.
NOTES. North State." The circuit begins on the 6th instant World's records, both among harness horses and and lasts throughout the entire month. Dates have runners, have fallen with amazing rapidity this sea- been assigned six places, and at each of them with son, and the doings of the present month may furnish favorable weather conditions prevailing a record further sensations still. Dan Patch, the brown pac- breaking attendance may be confidently expected. ing stallion, 6, by Joe Patchen, 2 :01L, dam Zelica, The same- dates were assigned Winston and Burling- by Wilkesberry, lowered the record for lateral gaited ton, but these towns are so situated geographically performers at Brighton Beach, 1ST. Y., on August 19th that the conflict is likely to make no serious differ- to 1 :59, thereby displacing Star Pointer, 1 :59L, who ence, while the same applies to Charlotte and Fayette- was the first harness horse to reach the two minute ville. The oldest, best known and most important mark. This performance was greeted with wide sat- point in this circuit is, of course, Baleigh, where for isfaction, but when Lou Dillon, the chestnut mare, 6, generations past the fairs and race meetings of the by Sidney Dillon, dam Lou Milton, by Milton Me- North Carolina State Agricultural Society have been dium, displaced Creseus, 2 :02], with her mile in two held, but the events fixed for other places along the minutes flat at Beadville, Mass., on August 24th. line have assumed more or less importance, and each Enthusiasm knew no bounds. But even now another place has of itself a large following. The dates fol- champion is in sight in Major Delmar, the bay geld- low: Winston, October 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th; Bur- ing, 6, by Delmar, dam Authoress, by Autograph, lington, October 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th; Greensboro, who trotted to a record of 2 :00 T{ at Syracuse, N. Y., October 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th; Baleigh, October on the 9th of September, and with favorable condi- 20th, 21st, 22d, and 23d; Charlotte, October 27th, tions is likely to beat two minutes before the season 28th, 29th and 30th ; Faveteville, October 27th, 28th, closes.. Not only has Lou Dillon readied the two 29th and 30th. minute mark, but hooked to high wheel sulky at J* J* & Cleveland, Ohio, on September 12th, she displaced The brown pacing mare, Skyland Girl, who was the 2 :08f of Maud S., made eighteen years ago, by campaigned with success on Maryland, Virginia and trotting a mile in 2 :05. North Carolina tracks for several seasons prior to the (Since our correspondent handed in the above, present one by George E. Dyer, who then trained at Prince Alert, the pacing hero of a hundred races and Winston and Greensboro, N. C, but later shifted the champion of a score of half mile tracks, went operations to Boanoke and Lynchburg, Va., is in against the world's pacing record of 1 :59, held by good form again this year, and made a new record Dan Patch, and beat it most decisively by clipping of 2 :15^ in a winning race of four heats at Goshen, off two seconds, making the mile in 1 :57 flat at the N, Y., last month. Skyland Girl was bred by the Empire City track in New York city.—En.) estate of the late W. H. Wilson, Cynthiana, Ky., but t&ft t^* ^* was foaled the property of the wealthy tobacconist, Prospects were never brighter for the third annual B. J. Beynolds, of Winston, N. C. She was sired exhibition of the Bichmond Horse Show Association, by Simmons, a great son of George Wilkes, dam the the dates of which are October 13th-17th, when Bich- once famous trotting mare, Mamie Woods, 2 :20, by mond will be the Mecca at which many thousands Woods' Hambletonian. Mamie Woods was pur- from various sections will gather. There will be chased in Kentucky by Mr. Beynolds while carrying five exhibitions at night, and a matinee on Saturday Skyland Girl in utero and after the latter was drop- afternoon. Over $8,000 will be distributed in prizes, ped the roan mare was bred to Baronet, 2:11^-, and and many of the most noted show horses in the coian- other sires of more or less note. try will gather on the tan bark and be paraded before Jt JH j* packed houses. Both president J. T. Anderson and The bay mare Lady Olga, 5, 15 :1, by Fesler, own- Secretary W. O. Warthen have exerted themselves to ed by Secretary L. S. Bicketts, of the Orange Horse the utmost to make the affair a success, and all signs Show Association, Orange, Va., was a frequent win- seem to point to a show of the most brilliant descrip- ner both at the Orange and Charlottesville Horse tion. The Marine Band of Washington, with fifty Shows. She was shown in the ladies' park saddle, performers, will furnish music, and this will be an the park saddle, and combined saddle and harness attraction of prime importance. horse classes, and captured several blue ribbons.
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North Carolina's circuit of fairs and race meetings One of the best bred and young stallions owned in begins this month, and will furnish sport and pleas- North Carolina is the bay colt Agnel, three years old, ure galore for many thousand throughout the "Old in the stud of Ben. W. Southerland, of Mt. Olive. ,
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This colt was bred by L. E. Tarlton, of Lexington, at Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Ky., and sired by Guardsman, dam the great brood Richmond and other big shows. In the class for mare Zeta, dam of Miss Duke, 2 :13, etc., by Red ladies' hunters at Richmond in 1901 this unsexed Wilkes. Agnel is of fine size and promises to make son of Rover captured the blue ribbon with Mrs. not only a trotter, but a show horse as well. Mr. Allen Potts up and did some sensational work. Other Southerland will have his speed developed and later members of this string that promise to develop into retire him to the stud, where he should prove a suc- performers of real class are Blizzard, chestnut geld- cess and accomplish much toward improving the ing, 4, by Blitzen, the "Iron Horse," a couple of un- stock in the section to which he has been taken. named geldings, both heavy weights, one being a
t&FI t0*l (<7" chestnut, 6, by Abd El Kader, Jr., and the other a The well known Virginian, General William T. bay, 6, by Heimdal, dam by John Happy, and a Townes, whose headquarters are with the American toppy looking bay mare, 4, by Blitzen. The thor- Tobacco Company, New York city, but who spends oughbred division includes North Anna, chestnut most of his leisure time at his stud farm, near Char- mare, 5, by Blitzen, dam Gloriana, by Bend Or, her lottesville, Va., has recently purchased the Bradford full sister, an unnamed chestnut filly, 4, a chestnut place, near Culpeper, Va., where he intends keeping colt, 2, by Blitzen, dam Amulet, by dam Bolt, and the his thoroughbred horses. Eor years past General bay colt, 2, full brother to North Anna.
Townes has been quietly collecting a band of brood (5* ^* ^* mares, and now owns some of the choicest specimens A Virginia bred horse deserving of more than pass- in the State, which, during several seasons past, have ing mention as a sire of hunters and jumpers is the been bred to sires of note in Kentucky and Virginia. chestnut stallion Abd El Kader, Jr., who was for- recent addition to the General's stud is the chestnut A merly known and raced under the name of Aeronaut, mare Amulet, purchased from Harry C. Beattie, of and sired by Abd El Kader, the thoroughbred son of Richmond, Va. Amulet was sired by King Bolt, imp. Australian. His dam was Nina, by Senator, dam Ecliptic, by imp. Eclipse, and she out of the second dam by Richmond, third dam by Bethune, famous Nina, by Boston. thus making him probably three-quarters thorough- (£• ^» (£w bred at least. Abd El Kader, Jr., was bred by Geo. Captain R. E. Landon, who has a fine farm near Turner, of King William county, Va., and foaled Cobb's Creek, Mathews county, Va., is the largest 1882, hence the chestnut stallion has reached the breeder of trotters and pacers in his section. He sere and vellow, but is remarkably well preserved owns a select band of brood mares, and for a couple of and yet vigorous. At four years old he passed to seasons past has bred to the good sire Letcher, 2 :18f James R. Branch and Branch Cunningham, both of by Director, 2 :11\, the famous son of Dictator. Some this city, and later to Fred. W. Scott, now of the of the choicest youngsters on the Landon farm are by banking house of Scott and Stringfellow. From Mr. Letcher. Among the well bred matrons in this stud Scott the son of Abd El Kader went to Edmund is a mare by Pretender. Her first, second and third Ruffin, whose stud in Hanover county he ruled as dams are producers, and right back of them comes premier for years. Since then the horse has been the noted Waterwitch, dam of five in the list, by owned by N. J. Crull, of this city, from whom he Pilot, Jr. passed to Thomas Winston, of Louisa county, and ^W t0& 10* from him to his present oAvners, J. B. McComb and The Virginia bred trotter, Gold Bur, 2 :13£, by Brother, of the Glen Cove Farm, Somerset, Va. In Bursar, 2 :174, dam Bertie, dam of Lamp Girl, 2 :09, his prime Abd El Kader, Jr., was a horse of remark- by Signet, is highly thought of by his owner, W. H. able beauty and finish, while he could take up weight Essery, of New York city, for whom he has shown a and run fast both on the flat and across country. In trial in 2 :10| this season. Mr. Essery expects to the stud his work has been of a most satisfactory campaign this handsome chestnut gelding in 1904, nature, because he has sired some of the best hunters and looks for him to trot to a record of 2 :10 or better. and jumpers ever sent out from Virginia, and as he t£r> t&fr t£& is still vigorous and likely to be for years yet, I look Harry C. Beattie, vice-president of the Richmond for others of this sort to spring from his loins. Meet- Horse Show Association, M. F. H. of the Deep Run ing with James B. McComb, one of his owners, at Tf nut Club, and equally well known as owner, breeder Charlottesville, he informed me that Abd El Kader and horse show exhibitor, has quite a stable of hunt- carried him through a stiff hunt in January last, and ers, jumpers and high-stepping harness horses at that the old stallion finished strong, certainly a re- Blooming-dale Farm. One of the best known mem- markable exhibition of stamina and courage in a bers of the Bloomingdale stable is the chestnut geld- horse of his age, but the Abd El Kaders are a long ing Buck, by Rover, the son of Abd El Kader. In lived tribe, and this scion of the family ably sup- the most select company this horse has been a winner ports its claims to longevity. Bkoad Rock. 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 645
Miscellaneous.
SELECTING SEED. uses, besides the educational value of watching his seeing the improvement Editor Southern Planter: crops and the pleasure of from one year to the next cannot be estimated. Then The old maxim, "As the seed, so will the harvest every farmer will be his own seed grower, making a be," is perhaps nowhere so clearly demonstrated as specialty of the strains best adapted to his own pur- in farm crops. As a rule, farmers pay entirely too poses. little attention to this, one of the most important steps In order to do this successfully, one must have in in farm production. his mind a standard type of high quality, and plant Not one of us would think of breeding our animals no seed which does not come up to this standard. without some particular object in view, and to obtain Let us take, for example, corn, a very easy crop to Ave select with care, for breeding this object would improve both in yield and quality. The selection of purposes, the animals which would likely reproduce seed should begin in the field. Here the general consider the size, the type we desired. We would growth of stalk can be taken into consideration, shape, of build, rate of growth, capacity symmetry height, size, amount of fodder, position of ear on beef, milk or pork, as the case might for producing stalk, or better, if there are two ears, and maturity. features see repro- be, and any other we may wish to In other words, the plant must conform to your duced. Then after breeding we would expect the standard type of growth. After husking, the ears in our offspring to represent that which we beheld are subjected to a critical examination. First select mind's eye. a perfect car as a type for comparison. This applies Now, what is true in raising animals, is also true to the size, shape and color of ear and kernel ; the in raising the ordinary farm crops. By carefully se- arrangement, number and space between the rows; lecting the seed, keeping always in mind the type of the indentation of the kernel ; the filling out at butt plant and kernel which will give a large yield, we and the tip ; color and size of cob. greatly quality quantity of our may improve the and The cylindrical form of ear is preferable to the crops. This fact is forcibly illustrated in the pro- tapering, since the tapering, if it have much taper, duction of sugar from beets. The Germans have, by results from the dropping of a row or more of ker- seed selection, increased the average vield of su°'ar nels, and means, of course, a smaller proportion of from five per cent, to an average of eighteen per corn to cob. The closer we keep to the cylindrical cent. At Kleinwanzleben, the great sugar beet seed ear the greater the amount of corn the ear will carry. plantation of Germany, the selection of beets for the The shape of kernel has much to do with the production of seed receives the minutest attention. amount of grain a given size cob will carry. The This selection begins in the field. The tops must preferable shape is the long or medium wedge. The conform to a certain type of development, then the .circumference of the ear being two or three times the beets themselves pass under the eye of an inspector, circumference of the cob, it is obvious that the wedge and those not perfect in size and shape are discarded. shaped kernel is the only kernel that will shell the Those which come up to the standard in this selec- maximum amount of corn. tion are then taken to the laboratory and a core is Number of rows on the ear and the furrows be- withdrawn from each beet and analyzed. Again the tween the rows should be taken into consideration in ones which do not contain a certain per cent, of sugar the selection of seed. A perfect ear of corn has not are thrown out. Thus the seed are produced from only a goodly number of rows made up of wedge absolutely perfect beets, and, consequently, the in- shaped kernels of good length, but these rows, crowd- crease in yield of sugar is more than three times. ing the shank at the butt, should run parallel with Any farmer in the State may, at almost no expense the cob well to the tip, covering entirely the point of and very little inconvenience, bring his cereal crops the cob. Ears containing short or imperfect rows, to a high state of perfection. or which do not conform to the standard type, should Well selected seed from a crop on the farm will be discarded. have the advantage of similar environment year after By this steady method of improvement Illinois year. The soil, climate and treatment will be about farmers have increased the average yield per acre of the same, and then the farmer has the opportunity to corn during the ten years between 1890 and 1900, adapt the type and quality to his special needs and 22.8 per cent, over the average yield between 1880 646 THE SOUTHERN" PLANTER. [October
and 1890. In Indiana the increase in yield during bulletins a year are all a station should be expected the last decade over the preceding one was 12.8 per to publish. cent, per acre. I notice Bulletin No. 132, dated January, 1902, Why cannot Virginia farmers do as well, even bet which was written April 28, 1903. In other words,
ter ? Here corn has been given as an illustration, but the idea might be conveyed to the farmer that the the other crops grown on the farm can be improved station was publishing bulletins more than a year just as well as corn. The time has come when labor before they were written. The value of that bulle- and other conditions are such that it will pay us to tin to the public is injured by dating it back in order attend to these important features of production. to keep up with "monthly bulletins." I would like Meade Ferguson. to see the excellent series of bulletins on "Orchard Experiment Station, Blacksburg, Va. Studies" now being published in small pamphlet form, be put in one volume, and with a good paper binding. The farmer could easily file them away BULLETINS FROM THE VIRGINIA EXPERIMENT in his library then for "ready reference." STATION. Bulletin No. 131 is a valuable number on "Reme- Editor Southern Planter: dial Measures Against San Jose Scale." All or- believed bulletins is- I have long that some of the chardists and nurserymen who desire information on sued this Experiment Station by might have been this subject should send for this bulletin, and be pre- very much better, and consequently of more decided pared to fight this insect during the coming winter. benefit to the Virginia farmer. Of course, the same Bulletin No. 145 gives some results of experiments might be said of bulletins some other stations. from with forage plants. Among the number are tests of it is thing While no desirable to be considered a a few cow peas in reference to their yield. I would critic, still a few friendly comments and suggestions like to see the Agricultural Department broaden its bulletins agricultural journal on these in a State may work with leguminous plants, especially with refer- not be out of place. After being in charge of some ence to their value as improvers of much of the worn- experiments at an experiment station for ten years, out soil of the State. Include the various clovers, bulletins, familiar and writing eleven I am with peas and beans. Make various tests with soil in- many of the trials and difficulties with which an ex- oculation with the bateria peculiar to each legume. often to contend. firmly con- perimenter has I am Studv the plants in reference to their habits, soils, vinced that one of the greatest difficulties the average yield, seedage, etc. Station officer has to encounter in the United States Bulletin No. 144 deals with stock and poultry is that of trying to fill two offices and carry ex- on powders, or condimental foods. This is a most periments at the same time. line of is Each work timely subject for the Agricultural Department to widely different from the other, and it is almost im- take up, and the bulletin is interesting as far as it possible for one man to be a good college man and a goes. T woiild like to see the station make some good station at the time. man same I long to see actual tests with these different foods to bring out the day when station work will be separated from their value or lack of value more forcibly before the college work, as far as possible, to be consistent with public. The sale of these foods is increasing in the the organic law. When a college professor is crowd- State. ed with teaching he sometimes feels forced to write Bulletin No. 121 is on steer feeding. Results of an essay on some topic, it farm publish in pamphlet tests with hay, corn, corn meal, silage, cotton seed form, and call it bulletin No. 100. Almost any in- meal and bran are given ; both singly and in combina- telligent farmer could buy a for book $1.00 and write tion. Two steers in each lot were fed. I would like fifty such so-called bulletins. Such bulletins injure also to see this work broadened. Would like to see experiment station influence. A few bulletins is- at least four steers in each lot, and after the feeding sued by the Virginia Experiment Station are wholly tests have the animals slaughtered and the beef passed exempt from such criticism, and I am glad to note on by an expert. Some good illustrations would help have given entire satisfaction. the bulletin immensely. I would like to see each bulletin issued be made The conclusions of this bulletin are interesting, as nearly complete on each subject as possible. The and are here given : farmers will think more of them and take better care 1. A combination of foods, both grain and rough- of them. Numbers count for nothing. Four good age, is best from every standpoint. —
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2. Ground corn better than whole corn after it has sea"—salt water filled with fish and oysters, and on become hard. these "arms''—aggregregating in length thousands 3. A mixture of corn meal and bran gave greatest of miles of water transportation, the little sailing- gain, and with least expense per pound. vessels are used for fish, oysters, clams and crabs in 4. Cotton seed meal was not, in these experiments, their season, and for farm products the rest of the used with success, due, at least in part, to the fact year. that in former years the steers had not become accus- The third motor in the list—the horse—is in gen- tomed to it. eral use throughout the United States. More than 5. Silage was a very economical addition to the ninety-five per cent, of the farmers of the United roughage. States depend upon the horse to get their farm pro- 6. Stover gave bad showing when used without ducts to local markets. other roughage. At the local market, steam, the fourth power on I may add that in this county steers are often win- the list, takes up the work, and the "long haul" to tered (frequently not economically) by feeding market is by steam railway. In other words, ninety- either hay or dry corn fodder, and letting the cattle five per cent, of the farmers of the United States deT ,have access to a blue grass sod. Sometimes whole pend upon horse power and steam power to get their producer to consumer. corn and fodder are fed, and hogs gather up what is produce from left by the cattle. Eastern Virginia farmers, while using the wind hauling mil- During last winter I fed ten steers on dry com and tide as "motors," also use the horse; fodder for two months, and then fed good timothv lions of dollars' worth of soil products by horse least eleven of the finest hay for two months. The steers had access to a blu( power to market over at
the world ; said turnpikes, grass sod. T was surprised to note that they did turnpikes (shell roads) in better while eating the fodder. R. H. Petce. centering in this harbor and penetrating all portions of the trucking belt of Eastern Virginia. Montgomery Co., Va. We may therefore say that nearly all the farmers use the horse and also steam power in moving their farm products to market; they use one or the other MOTORS AND METHODS OF MOVING FARM PRO- or both. DUCTS. Then comes electricity, the fifth and crowning "mo- Editor Southern Planter: tor" of the age. Only a few sections as yet are so The farmers of the United States, in different por- favorably located as to be able to use the electric tions thereof, make use of five separate and distinct "motor" in sending their farm products to market. motors in transporting the products of the farm to Eastern Virginia is one section thus favored, and market. Here they are—viz: no less than nine electric lines of railway are push- Air, ing out into the "trucking belt" around this city in
Tide, all directions.
Horse, So the Norfolk section is using all these motors Steam, air, tide, horse, steam and electricity. Then, too, Electricity. the Norfolk section has still another point in its If there are other methods than the above, I shall favor. Steam is used in two ways to transport the
be glad to hear of the same, and revise the list ac- soil products of Eastern Virginia to nearly ten mil- cordingly. lion consumers—the steamboat and the steam railway. The air is used when produce is sent from farm to The boats and railways are in healthy competi- market in little sailing vessels. The tide, where the tion, which keeps freight rates down to a very reason- tidal current is used to float the farm produce down able and favorable point, favorable to the producer. to a central point or market in boats built for that The freight rate here is lower than is enjoyed by purpose. The tide, in this case, being the only motor the farmers of any other portion of the United States. used. In the struggle for existence eventually to come, The wind and the tide are the cheapest motors in caused by over-production or under-consumption existence. The farmers of Eastern Virginia use (either or both) the "fittest will survive." The sec- both these motors extensively. They are the oldest tions best fitted by nature, having the best soil and motors in existence, because long before man was, the climate, the cheapest access to the best and largest air and tide were both in existence. markets, will stand the strain and "continue to do Eastern Virginia is a network of "arms of the business at the old stand." ;
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"Motors" are important, especially important mat- nature allow, encourage or permit such a great big ters for the farmer. Roads and motors are im- show, such a big blow and bluff and blarney just to portant factors in the farming world. The "motors" cover and to hide or to develop a very few mean
are all right, but the roads of most sections can be "measley" words, ideas, thoughts and deeds ?
greatly improved. A. Jeffers. Why so much pod, why so few peas ? We were Norfolk, Va., August 17, 1903. surprised at a pea pod thirty-three inches long, but we were sadly disappointed at the small number of SEED WHEAT. peas therein. It is always thus. The man with few ideas (peas) in his head (pod), but who dresses well, Editor Southern Planter: puts on style, and has plenty of cheek, is always over- Every provident: farmer has provided for clean estimated and apparently very highly appreciated, wheat of the kind best adapted to his land. But as but when Ave come to shuck him we find too much of usual, careless farmers have not. The condition of empty show, too much empty pod, and too few ideas their grain is not fit for seed, and barely will pass for (peas). "merchantable" on the market. Complaint is made Nature starts out well with some, makes a great by that class of the price of wheat. They fail to ob- big show, a great big pod, and then fails to properly serve that their "filthy wheat" has in its measure fill the pod with peas, the head with ideas. about one-fifth per cent, of "vile stuff" unfit for Who can report a pea pod longer than three feet ? bread, and hence are offered 20 per cent, less than the Who can show a single pod with more than twenty price of pure wheat. Now is the time to prevent a peas in it ? Who can tell us how to grow forty peas recurrence of that heavy loss on the crop of next har- in a three foot pod instead of twenty? Who can vest. Why continue this miserable folly, not to say make two blades of grass grow where but one grew insanity? While the business farmer is, with a before ? A. Jeffers. pleasant face, receiving $1 for his pure seed wheat Norfolk, Va. the drowsy fellow stands picking his finger nails de- murely considering his "hard lot." He has neg- lected the truth: "Whatsoever a man soweth that shall FALL PLANTING OF IRISH POTATOES. he reap." For several years past experiments have been made social combines will not help the sloven All the in the Eastern and Southern parts of this State and in Associations have been formed to advan- farmer. the Eastern sections of North and South Carolina in they require everything to be of good qual- tage, but planting Irish potatoes in late November and in De- which is to be sold under their super- ity and order, cember, and we have reports from a number of these vision. The careless or dishonest packer cannot en- which go to show that the crop can be successfully ter the associations. Gentlemen, let us turn over a grown in this way if the sets are properly planted. leaf. Be good farmers or not at all. Do not new As it is desirable to lessen the pressure of work in the Elevate the standard. disgrace the occupation. spring by any means which can be successfully adopt- Co., Va. Old Man. Augusta ed, we describe the method followed in planting these potatoes, and suggest that growers in the sections COW PEAS IN TIDEWATER, VA. named should give the plan a trial. Select a piece of Editor Southern Planter: dry, sandy loam land and lay off the rows three feet Recently a friend sent to our office two cow pea apart after breaking the land deep and working it pods, one of which was thirty-three inches long, and fine. Run the plow twice in each row, thus throwing contained twenty peas. He reported that he had had out the soil to a good depth. Scatter a good potato pods thirty-six inches long, just a yard long, or three fertilizer in the bottom of the furrow and run the cul- feet in length. tivator through it to mix it with the soil. Then drop
Surely Virginia is great on the "legumes," or we the sets the usual distance apart and cover lightly may say "long" on pea pods. But what does nature with soil. On the top of the soil put a good covering mean anyhow in forming and developing a great long of farm yard manure and plow onto this a furrow fine looking pod tbree feet or so in length, and then from each side, thus making a ridge over the sets. putting only twenty peas in it, when there is room Early in the spring run a harrow over the rows to potatoes enough for forty or more ? level down the ridges somewhat. If the What does nature mean in creating a great big six should push through before danger of hard frost is foot, broad shouldered man, and omitting to fill him past, plow a light furrow onto them as soon as they with good thoughts, words and deeds? Why does are seen. :
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THE PUBLISHER'S NOTES. Southern Planter TO ADVERTISERS. Wood's Seeds i PUBLISHED BY All advertisements and matter FOR FALL SOWING. PLANTER PUBLISHING COPT- THE SOUTHERN pertaining to advertising must Farmers and Gardeners who de- RICHMOND, VA. the latest and fullest informa- reach us by the 25th of each sire Issued on 1st of each Month. tion about month. Please bear this in mind. Vegetable and Farm Seeds J. F. JACKSON, should write for Wood's New Editor and General Manager. Fall Catalogue. It tells all about Advertisers' Experience. Lettuce, Cab- B. MORGAN SHEPHERD, the fall planting of Vegetable crops Business Manager. bage and oth«r A couple of our advertisers met which are proving so profitable to in office the southern growers. Also about TERMS FOR ADVERTISING. our other day and I Rate card furnished on application. swelled our heads enormously Crimson Clover, Vetches, about the great results they get TERMS FOR SUBSCRIPTION. Grasses and Clovers, from their advertising with us. THE SOUTHERN PLANTER is mailed to Seed Oats, Wheat, subscribers in the United States and Canada Mr. W. Gr. Owens, a Buroc-Jersey at 50c. per annum; all foreign countries and Rye, Barley, etc. the city of Richmond, 75c. and Poland China man, and Mr. Fall Catalogue mailed REMITTANCES should be made direct to Wood's New this office, either by Registered Letter or J. T. Oliver, a Berkshire breeder, free on request. Write for it. Money Order, which will be at our risk. When made otherwise we cannot be responsible. were the parties. The way Mr. ALWAYS GIVE THE NAME of the Post- Oweus talked about just refusing T. W. WOOD & SONS, Office to which your paper is sent. Your name cannot be found on our books unless $45 for a Duroc sow, and the ease Seedsmen, Richmond, Va. this is done. WE INVITE FARMERS to WTite us on any and rapidity with which Mr. agricultural topic. We are always pleased to Oliver disposes of his 3 and receive practical articles. Criticism of Arti- 4 cles, Suggestions How to Improve THE weeks' old pigs for $5, made us PLANTER, Descriptions of New Grains, Roots, or Vegetables not generally known, want to get back in the business in Particulars of Experiments tried, or Improved Methods of Cultivation are each and all wel- a hurry. Both of these gentlemen come. Contributions sent us must not be furnished other papers until after they have have fine stock, all pure bred, and appeared in our columns. Rejected matter we do not blame our readers for will be returned on receipt of postage. SUBSCRIBERS failing to receive their paper keeping them sold down so closely. promptly and regularly, will confer a favor in by reporting the fact at once. Along the mails the same day 'How to Grow Paper-Shell Pecans,' shows to THE DATE ON YOUR LABEL came letters from Judge Matthews, what time your subscription is paid. FREE. Best varieties in U S. True to ANONYMOUS communications or en- NO of Big Stone Gap ; Dr. French, of variety. Cions cut from bearing trees quiries will receive attention. by Address- THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. Washington, and E. M. Gillet & member of firm. Full descriptive Cata- RICHMOND, VA. Son, of Glencoe, Md., all praising logue of ALL FRUIT trees, free DETAIL INDEX TO ENQUIRER'S the Southern" Planter as an ad- B. W. STONE & CO., Thomas ville, Ga. COLUMN. vertising medium in the highest Virginia Polytechnic Institute 627 STATE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE Japan Clover terms. The first says : "I received at Blacksburg, Va., Vetch, Winter Vetch 627 Hairy very good returns from my adver- A SOUTHERN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. Lame Horse 627 Forty-five Instructors. Thoroughly equip- tisement" ; the second writes Texa? Fever Ticks 627 ped shops, laboratories and infrmary. Farm "Your journal still leads all others of four hundred acres. Steam heating and Inoculating Cattle for Texas Fever. 627 electric lights in dormitories. Degree course! I am using in producing results, in Agriculture, Horticulture, 628 Civil, Mechani- Grafting cal and Electrical Engineering, Applied and I can honestly recommend it Tall Meadow Oat Grass 628 Chemistry and General Science. Shorter as a tip-top advertising medium." courses in Practical Agriculture and Practi- Fall and Winter Plowing 628 cal Mechanics. Total cost of session of nine months, including tuition and on Corn Grass for Name.. 628 Friend Gillet gives a list of recent other fees, Smut — board, washing, text-books, medical attend- Feed for Young Pigs 629 sales and adds: "The Southern ance, etc., about $195. Cost to State students about $165. Session began September 21, 1903. Protecting Peas and Beans from Planter has the credit of the For catalogue and other Information, apply Weevil 629 Hereford sales." to J. M. McBRYDE, Ph. D., LL. D„ President. Cheese-Making—Sick Hog 629 Five such rattling good testi- Plowing Down Peas 630 monials in one day is a record of Alfalfa Bacteria Calves Dying 630 which we are very proud. We Fertilizers for Tobacco, Tomatoes Infected Soil the and Wheat 630 take great pleasure in asking Can be obtained from Ewell Farm Ex perimental Plot A perfect stand three Canada Peas—Crops for Bog Pas- attention of some "doubtful adver- years of age, abundantly supplied with tures—Rape 630 tising Thomases" to this brief note. root nodules. Price $1.00 per 2 bus. Hair on Horse's Tails 631 burlap bag, weight about 150 lbs., f o. b. Fertilizer Requirements of Crops. 631 A neat Binder for your back num- Ewell's Station, Tenn. Transplating Trees 631 bers can be had for 25 cents. Address GEO. CAMPBELL BROWN, Spring Hill Tenn. Hog Husbandry in the South 631 our Business Office. "
650 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. FLORENCE Deafness is caused by an inflamed con- dition of the mucous lining of the Eus- FARM WAGON tachian Tube. When this tube gets Is FULLY GUARANTEED to be the very best, strong- inflamed you have a rumbling sound or est and lightest draft wagon for all farm pur- poses. Neat, handsome, substantially con- imperfect hearing, and when it is en- structed from best grade seasoned timber, tirely closed deafness is the result, •well ironed, it possesses every Quality that makes it desirable. See the unless the inflammation can he FLORENCE and at our nearest agency. If there is no agency near, taken out and this tube restored to its write us direct and we will send you free our illus- normal condition, hearing will be de- trated Catalogue, our attractive periodical "The The Western Farmer's Favorite. Florence Waggin' Tongue," and make you an offer stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten to supply you with a FLORENCE WAGON on liberal terms and at a low price. are caused by catarrh, which is noth- Write today to Dept. ing but an inflamed condition of the c. FLORENCE WACON WORKS, Florence, Alabama, mucous surfaces. We will give one hundred dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by ca- tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's atarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills are the best. ^PREPARED^ I EPQ I IIUIC Liberal Subscription Offer. LCEO AGRICULTURAL LI III L To induce non-readers of the Southern Planter to become The Old Reliable for WHEAT,! OATS, subscribers, we beg to announce CLOVER and OTHER GRASSES; has tbat all new subscriptions received stood the test for twenty-five years, between this time and December being composed principally of Hydrate 1st will be given tbe remaining of Lime, Sulphate of Limeand Potash. numbers of this year free. In other words, 50 cents will pay for a subscription from now until De- OUR SPECIAli WHEAT FERTILIZER. cember 31, 1904. We pu( this brand on the market only a few years ago, and have had very flatterirg results. The best farmers say that they get better Our regular subscribers, upon STAND and GROWTH of GRASS and CLOVER from it than from other fertilizers. This we can confidently recommend for whom we have called so many CORN- LAND or any other land of fair fertility. times, will confer a favor, which will be reciprocated at any time, I if they will bring this offer to the FRUIT TREES. Mai G. A. Barksdale of Richmond, Va ,ghas used our PREPARED notice of tbeir friends who are not LIME on his fruit trees, and says it has made wonderful improve- ment, both in the condition of the trees and quality of the fruit. subscribers to the Southern Planter. PLAIN SHELL LIME WITH THE ADVERTISERS. Constantly on hand at lowest prices. A. G. W. wants an industrious farm manager. His farm is in Chesterfield No. 1 WOOD-BURNT LIME county. In car lots at lowest market price from kilns. The Davis E. Foutz Co., makers of Horse and Cattle Powders, starts the If you wish to IMPROVE your land, use a ton to four acres for WHEAT season's advertising with this number. and CLOVER, or if you wish to seed it for other GRASSES where the land Some bargains in the standard is in good condition, use the same quanity and it will give you a good STAND of breeds poultry are offered by the and GROWTH of GRASS. For reclaiming POOR land, where there is little Oakland Poultry Farm. or no VEGETATION, COVER naked places with litter from the barnyard or Red Poll Cattle are offered by Messrs. forest, using the same quanity, and sow winter OATS and CLOVER. Pierson Bros. They have been breed- ing them for a number of years, and SEND FOR CIRCULAR AND PRICES. have good stock. J. M. Garnett is offering some of his A. S. LEE (EL SON, fine "Garnett Lavers." Look up his ad. 102 S. 13tK Street, -> Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Haas has something interesting O to say to hog raisers in his ad. Look 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 65J
it up and send for his free book, "Hog- ology." Wise Man's Kitselman Bros., old advertisers, re- sume their advertising in this issue. Freeman Lots of our readers already know aDout Wagon. Ensilage their Fence Machine, which is sent out The man who has had experience in running a wagon knows that it on trial. is the wheels that determine the Machinery A useful Cream Separator is offered life of the wagon itself. Our represents the modern idea. Illustra- by The Superior Fence Machine Co., tion shows typical cutter with blower at- tachment. 11 sizes, hand cutting to belt Detroit. ELECTRIC ranging 5 have given a new lease of life to thousandsAof old power, with capacity from to Foxhall Farm wants to buy some 24 tons per hour. Traveling force feed wagons. They can be had in any desired height. and any width of tire up to 8 inches. reduces labor of feeding. Each Angora Goats. Take notice ye An- With a set of these machine wheels you can in a few minutes have either a high easily and quickly fitted with shredder gora men. or a low down wagon. The Electric Dandy attachment. Wagon is made by skilled workmen, of best select- Also make Wind Mills, Corn Shelters, Wood The Coiled Spring Fence Co. has a ed material—white hickory axles, steel wheels, steel Saws, etc Write for free catalogues 110. hounds, etc Guaranteed to carry lbs. issue, 1000 Here Is couple of ads. in this to which the wagon that will save money for you, as It S. FREEMAN & SONS MFG. CO, Racine, Wis. we invite the attention of our readers. lasts almost forever. Ourcatalog;describing the uses of these wheels and wagons sent free. Write for It. The Folding Sawing Machine Co. of- ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., BOX 116 QUINCV, ILLINOIS. fers a very handy and useful device in the shape of a folding hand saw. Look up their ad. You Try It. Stonehurst Fruit and Stock Farm It costs nothing. Re- has some nice registered Herefords for turn at our expense if sale. this mill falls to grind shelled corn, ear corn, Sprout, all grains or mixed Waldron & Co. are advertis- feed stuffs, easier, fast- ing their Feed Mills again this year. er and better than any You can have one of these mills on 30 days free trial. WE LEAD THE WORLD New Holland Mills Anybody wanting some nice colts are the practical, every day mills for every had better correspond with Mr. I. L. We are the largest manufat> so low a day wants. No other good mill at Amberg, who has an ad. in another turers of Grooved and Plain price. Made In 3 sizes. Adapted to any kind of power. Don't fail to get our free catalogue column. Tire Steel Farm Wagon before buying. Squab raisers or those contemplat- Wheels in America. We NEW HOLLAND MACHINE CO., guarantee our patent Box 163, Nsw Holland, Pa. ing going into the business had better read the ad. of E. C. Johnson. Grooved Tire Wheels to be the best made by anybody The Glen Rock Mills Woolen have anywhere. Write us. a card in another column, which will surely interest numbers of our readers. HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO. Look it up. HAVANA. ILL African Geese can be had of Miss A. Worthington, Ivy, Va. WE'LL PAY THE FREIGHT Milne Mfg. Co. are advertising their and send 4 Baggy Wheels, Steel Tire on, . «X 7.8» With Rubber Tires, $15.00. I mfg. wheels H to lim. Write fot celebrated Hawkeye Stump Puller tread. Top Baggies, $28.75 ; Harness, $3.60. how to buy vehloles and parts direct again this catalogue. Learn HEEBNER'S FEED CUTTERS. season. Wagon Umbrella FREE. W. V. BOOB, ClnclanaU, •. with Feed all your fodder. By using Heebner's cutters "W." wants to buy a lot of young shredder attachment the whole of the nutritious stock is cut, crushed and shredded, and rendered edible. No waste. cattle from the quarantine district. Animals eftt It greedily and thrive. Bhredder attachment Costa 15.00. The Bedel ensllat^ cutter. Al?o make Tread Powers. Lerer Powers, Little He prefers Shorthorns or other good THE IMPROVED Giant and Penna. Threshers, Wood Saws, Feed Mills, etc Catalog free. grades. IIKF.BXE It & SON 8, 85 Broad St.. Lonsdale, Pa. The New Holland Machine Co. is a Write for Prices. new advertiser in this issue. This MEAL OR FEED company has a good feed mill in which it like for family uao. Ear corn cniaher and grinder, corn cracker, would to interest our readers. Fine meal | all round feed maker for every farm need. Wertz Nursery makes its usual fall Monarch Mills offering in this issue. Look up the ad. attrition or genuine imported French burr styles. Thousands in use. Meet every house or barn purpose. [ H. D. Coleman wants to trade New- Sold on 15 days free trial. Get Monarch catalog before buying. port News property for a farm. Sprout Watdron <$. Ccl The Continental Plant Co. is adver- Box 202, Muncy, Pa. i tising strawberry plants and nursery stock. all complete, ready to e» Is J. F. T«e"WelierJiinlor" tach to pump. Equals 80 men Mr. Durrette doubles his ad in pump ing water. this issue. Poland-Chinas and Short- Uses but little gas- Pamper' oline. Is shipped horns are his offering. Chamberlin Mfg. Co., Olean, N. Y„ U. S. A. Qkntlso crated eompleielj tonsxd erected, all connec- Mr. Murray Boocock, owner of the tor other tions made. Easy to start, any Castalia Herefords, wants to buy some lowel can operate it. Every HERCULES STUMP PULLER parpoi guaranteed. Other sizes registered Hereford heifers. See his to GO H. P. Send for cat- Weber Gas
MAGAZINES. Just Ask the Horse. The Review of Reviews is the best UNION LOCK POULTRY FENCING He knows whether it's hard work to magazine for any one to take who HAS BEEN FULLY run a hay press. If he's worked on a wants to keep posted on all that is TESTED AND FOUND going on the world over. The editor's SUPERIOR TO ALL review of the leading subjects occupy- OTHERS. ing the attention of the master minds Will fit uneven ground without" of the world and of all the current cutting. Every part RED RIPPER pV%s passing events is always well worth can be stretched perfectly. Made of he will tell youthatitis thelightest running press in the reading. In addition to this there are gives the compression, and thepowerin- high grade galvanized steel wire. All horizontal market. A lever always a number of articles creases with the resistance.but the horse doesn't know that. on mat- lines are cables, making it stronger. Has fine mesh end of the stroke as also make He knows that it is just as easy at the ters occupying public attention in the at the bottom for small chicks. We beginning. The Red Ripper has an easy capacity The largest it is at the leading extra heavy for gardens, lawns, etc. 20 bales per hour. It is a low priced, in fact, the lowest countries of the world by those poultry farms are using this fence—over 700 rods the market, and so strong and simple priced hay press in most qualified to deal by Lakewood (N. J.) Farm Co. We pay freight out ofrepair. It can be loaded on a farm wagon. with them from it never gets and satisfy every one or no sale. Can ship from page Catalogue No. 43ft tells you more and contains special Our 24 knowledge or practical ac- Y., Chicago, or San Francisco. Write for many testimonials we have received from Red Ripper pur- N. reejcatalog of Farm, Law n and Poultry Fencing. chasers. Distributing points, Baltimore, Memphis, Cincin- quaintance with the subjects. What f nati * Address SIKES MFG. CO., Helena, Georgia. is being said in other magazines on all CASE BROS., Box 340, Colchester, Conn. subjects of popular interest can also be found in this magazine. ^^^ ~\-~ The Cosmopolitan is one of the best 1- <@> of the cheaper magazines. It is most illlli liberally illustrated with beautifully produced pictures. [,500 FEET OF WBRE from the Page Fence that stopped the big runaway racing auto at the Zanesville, O., fair, was cut up The October Century has an attrac- into short pieces and carried away as souvenirs by the people who saw the tragic accident in which so tive cover by Leyendecker of a mount- many were killed or injured. Adrian, Mich. ed hunter and dogs, which gives a clue PAGE WOVEN WIUK PENCE CO., buys baling machin- The man who intelligently to the prevailing character of its con- ery will investigate the features of economy ana practical utility which have made tents, for it is a "sportsman's num- Genuine Spiral Spring Wire Dederick's Baling Presses ber," containing, with much other mat- ter, FENCES AND GATES world-famed. Our catalogue contains the latest a group of articles on field sports and largest variety made. We want you to relating to Prance, Great Britain and If your dealer does not have our it your knowledge have a copy. After reading goods in stock you can buy direct permit of mistake when you buy. We America. The democratic tradition in won't at Manufacturers' Price. Write send it free. Write for a copy at once. France is represented by an article, for Catalogue and secure agency. P. K. DEDERICK'S SOUS, 76 Tivoli St.AIbany, N.Y. "When the French President Goes INTERNATIONAL FENCE AND F. CO. Hunting," written and illustrated by Columbus, Ohio. Andre Castaigne. The aristocratic tradition is represented by Sterling The Hay Baler Heilig's narrative, "With the Hounds LAWN FENCE which is itself. in a class by of the Duchesse D'Uzes." J. M. Glee- Many designs. Cheap as wood. 32 page Catalogue son, the artist, writes of "Two British free. Special Prices to Ceme- itjniR&ffl&Mrti Game Parks," Powerscourt in Ireland teries and Churches. Address COILED SPRING FENCE «0. bale fastest and best and Drummond Castle in Scotland, and Box Q Winchester, Ind. passes for shipping- and supplies pictures of both. But the "ELI"l^aKl market. LargestTaro-f Feed Openings. horse and steam powers, 33 8tyle3 and sizes. Many featured machines, most practical and acceptable article standard of the world. Get the free £1! catalogue. to American sportsmen, will be a re- Colflns Plow Co., 1185 Hampshire St., Qulncy, III. SENT ON TRIAL view of "Field Sports of To-Day, " by A Fence Machine that will make over 100 Dwight W. Huntington, the well-known Styles of Fence and from B0 to 70 rods a day writer on this subject. Mr. Hunting- AT ACTUAL COST OF WIRE DR!LL,NG Horse-high, Bull-strong, Pig and Chicken-tight* W I ton is also an artist, as witness his Wire at Wholesale Prices. Catalogue Free. [ |_ illustrations for his own article, in- Kitselman Bros* Box 165 Muncie, Ind. MACHINES cluding four in color, one of which, The most successful mouey-maklng ma- "The New and the Old Type of Sports- STROHGESl chines ever made. machines boring Also for frontispiece or tne num- MADE. Bali wells with augers by horse power. Write man," is the FENCE! strong. Chicken, the at Wholesale us if you mean business. ber. There are three striking full- tight. Sold to Farmer Price*, folly Warranted. Catalog Free. Loomis Machine Co., Tiffin, Ohio. page pictures of big game by Arthur COILED SPUING FENCE CO., Wardle, the English painter, and "The Bam iS Winchester, Indiana, U. 8. A. Wild Bird by a New Approach," by WARRINER5 Francis H. Herrick, who shows how CHAIN HANGING birds may be slyly shot by the camera without in any way injurying the bird. STANCHION. Three articles df much variety by officers of the United States govern- COMFORTABLE. ment deal in a popular way with topics of solid interest. Gen. Greely writes FD.BYW.BIRUMB,ForestvillE,ronN. BTONEMAN, with the FOLDING SAWING MACHINE. Itsaws of "The Signal Corps in War Time," down trees. Folds like a pocketknife. Saws any kind oftimber on ar.y kind of ground. One man can saw MORE timber with it than which may be called a piece of secret 2 men i n any other way , and do i t EASIER. 239.000 i n use. Send history; Hon. W. R. Merriam. director for FREE illustrated catalog, showing latest IMPROVEMENTS GET ALL THE CREAM, and testimonials from thousands. First order secures agency. Address of the last census, of "The Census of FOLDING SAWING MACHINE CO., —BY USING— 6S-S;-o» No. Jefferson St., CHICAGO. ILL, Foreign Countries," and Dr. L. O. The SUPERIOR CREAM SEPARATOR. Howard, entomologist of the Depart- Does not mix water with the milk. ment of Agriculture, gives the first full A Steel Stanchion J^SS tying cattle. Lighter, stronger, neater. Swings on chains. It is the best Separator made. A account of the recent experiments Not in the way when lying down. Agents wanted Write tor spe-Ape- trial convinces, and every Separator cial terms and prices. Jas. Boyle, Mfr.,Sa!em,0. is guaranteed. Write todav for Cat- which determined the relation between alogue to the SUPERIOR FENCE MA- yellow fever and the mosquito, experi- CHINE CO., 291 Grande River Ave., De- ments involving much personal sacri- Mention the Southern Planter when troit, Michigan. fice on the part of those concerned. corresponding with advertisers. 1903.] THE SOUTHEHN PLANTER. 653
An account of Alonzo Clark Robinson ELMWOOD NURSERIES, Peach and Apple Trees, of "The Destruction of PhilaV' sets BONAVISTA Greenwood, Va. forth the damage apparently done to NURSERIES, this great historical ruin by the con- We offer a fine lot of choice trees for ASPARAGUS struction of the great Nile dam; there Fall and Spring planting Sap, is an entertaining article on "The New Our apple trees are the best—Wine Imperial 100,000 2-yr. old Asparagus roots, Woman in Turkey," by Anna Bowman Mammoth Black Twig, York 5 varieties. A special rate of $3.50 Dodd. and a budget of reaa-aloudable and Albemarle Pippin, all perfect and per lOi'O for 2 mos. for BAKR'S, "Anecdotes of Leschetizky," by his well grown trees. PALMETTO, CONOVER. sister-in-law, the Comtesse Angele Po- Our peach trees are the standard sorts, tocka. The fiction includes "The Old Stump, Elberta, Bilyeu's (Comet,) Won- Dragon," a "Pa Gladden" story by Eliz- derful. Champion, Globe, Picquet's Late, abeth Cherry Waltz; "The Object Les- Albright's Winter, Crawford E. &L.,etc. send out none but good trees and APPLES son," by Edith Elmer Wood; "The Way We any A large general assortment, in- of the Engineers," a story of the upper have never had a complaint made by soon, es- cluding WINESAPS and YORK Mississippi, by Willis Gibson; "Sandy purchaser of our stock. Order will be IMPERIALS. McKiver, Hero," by Herbert D. Ward, pecially Peach«-s, as good trees scarce this season. and the conclusion of "The Yellow very CHAS. F HACKETT, Manager. Splendid Assortment Van," Richard Whiteing's novel of Eng- lish life. In the editorial department of Ornamental, Shade are plain-spoken words concerning the increase of lynching and other unfortu- lOOO Per Cent. nate national tendencies, and a discus- ' Profit in.. and Fruit Trees. sion of "The Cant About 'Hard Work'." WealtK and HealtK from B. P. Rocks, Light The novel in Lippincott's October T"~ In fresh, luscious, home grown Brahmas, Brown Leg- __^ number comes from Frederic Reddale's horns at $1.00 per 13. ITRAWBERRIES to popular pen. Its title is "An Heir allowed to ripen thoroughly on the vines. WRITE FOR OUR CATALOGUE. Millions," and it deals with a fortune We sell the plants packed to carry fresh made in the California gold fields and anywhere in the United States. Our 120 page manual (free to buyers) makes grow- inherited by a New York clerk with ing for pleasure or profit plain to all. simple tastes. He begins in no very Plant now. Also save half on J.B novel way to spend the money, but FRUIT TREES when he learns that it is his through by buying direct from us, saving agents' trickery he shows his mettle by refus- profits. Write for free Catalogue, men- ..RELIABLE SEEDS.. ing to buy the silence of a rascal and tioning this paper. For Fall Sowing. stands ready to take the consequences. CONTINENTAL PLANT CO. In his prosperity he has a little neg- KITTRELL, N. C. Crimson Clover, Vetches, Rape, lected his sweetheart of humbler days, but things come around her way in the Rye, Barley, Seed Oats, White end. "The Return," by Beulah Marie Pearl and other Onion Sets, Cab- Dix, is a touching and powerful epi- bage, Lettuce, Radish and Turnip sode, with a thrilling psychological TREES! TREES!! thread. From an author who has done Seed and all varieties of Grain, I offer a fine lot of whole root trees. excellent, work in many magazines, Grass and Garden Seeds. this is unquestionably the best thing Apples, Pears, Peaches, Write us for prices. she has produced. Phoebe Lyle con- tributes "The Adventuress of Amaryl- Cherries, Plums, Grape DIGQS & BEADLES, Seedsmen, lis," a sweet romance of picturesque Charleston, where a straight-laced little Vines. Raspberries, Etc. 1711 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. New England school teacher goes to Save agent's commission by send- recuperate after sickness and has the ing your orders to the nursery. EMPORIA NURSERIES time of her life. The name "George Jones" is so palpably ungenuine that CATALOGUE FREE. Offer a line of Nursery Stock, mostly the reader feers more than a passing APPLE TREES, 4 to 5 feet, and wonder as to the real author of the All Stock Inspected and Fumigated. PEACH TREES, 3 to 4 feet, at reduced human little sketch called "The Day's prices to clear land. All Stock healthy Disdain." A racing story by Alfred WERTZ'S NURSERY, Salem. Va. and free from Crown Gall, Aphis, San Stoddart is called "The Lightweight Jose Scale, or any other disease, and Saddle Class," and contains love-inter- WILL BE FUMIGATED BEFORE est as well as that of sport. Algernon Strawberry Plants, shipped. Boyesen's original treatment of the All grown in fresh rich ground, healthy, Send for reduced price list. Good divorce theme in his story, "The Prison well-rooted plants that will please you; No. 1 Agents for 1904 wanted. House," arrests attention. A wife, over 30 kinds to offer Raspberry plants C. S. LINDLEY, Prop., Emporia, Va. having become fascinated by the leader and Peach trees also; see us before you Also agents for Universal and Gard- of "new ethics," desires to leave her buy. Our stock has been thoroughly in- ner's Dust Sprayers; far ahead of any husband. His arguments prove vain, spected and found free from any disease. other and cost of power is very small. and he is inspired to suggest a test of Address JOHN LIGHTFOOT, Send for price and description. the genuineness of the "leader's" views Sherman Heights Tenn. on platonic friendship. This worKs to perfection. But the tale must be J& ROOFING TIN j& read to be appreciated. With the ser- T TOUR IDEAS J.000 offered for Iron and paper roofing, nails, builder's hard- vant question so in evidence one in* much vention; $8,500 for another. ware, sash, doors, etc., carriage and wagon everywhere Karl Edwin Harriman's Book "How to Obtain a Patent" goods, paints and oils, cook and heating stoves, humorous sketch on the subject must nd "What to Invent "sent free. Send rough sketch for free report as to guns, pistols, rifles, "Robin Hood" loaded shells. friends. It is called "The make many patentability. We advertise your Do you use any of the above? Write us. Cook at Conley's." When Agnes Rep- patenjt for sale at our expense. plier talks on paper people are eager CHANDLEE & CHANDLEE, Patent Attorneys HARRIS HARDWARE CO., S&ST.: listeners. Her long residence abroad 976 F Street, Washington, D. G 654 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October
FINE FARM FOR SALE. moves her to write about "The Tour- ist" in her notably keen and witty IF I offer for sale a fine TO SELL farm located manner. She covers all nationalities Y0JJJ1SH twelve miles from Fredericksburg, Va., in her comparisons and has evidently on the R., F. & P. R. R., and about one given much thought to her subject. VIRGINIA TaNDS mile from the station. Contains 250 The series of literary talks by George Communicate with us. Write for fre« acres; suitable for corn, cattle raising, Moore, begun in the SepcemDer num- "Virginia Real Estate Journal," con- wheat and tobacco. 100 acres taining many splendid bargains. About ber and entitled "Avowals," is con- B. CHAFFIN CO., Inc & , cultivated. Has a 10 room dwelling, tinued this month. In speaking of R. large barn, two floors, small barn, cat- No. 1 N 10th St., Richmond, Va Balzac, he says: "There is more vi- tle shed, house, tenant and other out- tality in a house described bv Balzac buildings. Farm well watered and en- than there is in many an Englisn closed with wire fencing. 100 acres in novel." timber. Healthy location, magnificent I Can Sell view of surrounding country. Price, The October St. Nicholas really $5,000, on easy terms. Address should be issued on a Saturday morn- JOHN P. SIMONTON, Your Farm ing and not in the middle of the week, 1124 S St., N. W., Washington, D. C. or other real estate, no matter where It Is or what It for the girl or boy who once taKes It is worth. Send description, state price, and learn my wonderfully successful plan. W. M. OSTRANDER, up will find it hard to lay aside the 376 North American Building, Philadelphia AND THE PLACE TO tempting magazine till every page is URIUIEQ read. There is a frontispiece that is CI MT FAD MO in the great fruit grain and nUIYIto FIND THEM. . . both pretty and clever, "A Musical rlllt rAnlflO slock section of VIRGINIA. No place in the United States can a Genius—the Pride of the Family." The Beit climate and water in the U. S. Near great markets, with best educational advantages. well atfarming, leading story is just as good for girls man do so for tt e money For further information, address invested, as in Virginia. Lands are as for boys, and is well worth reading ALBEMARLE IMMIGRATION CO., cheap; climate good, and the best of aloud in the family. "That Deer," an Sam'l B. Woods. Pres Charlottesville, Va. markets close at hand. It is the State exciting California story by Marian of all others, for a comfortable all the Warner Wildman. "Dandy Dash and VIRGINIA FARMS year round home. The James River How He Gave the Alarm," is the true UPWARDS. Valley Colonization and Improvement story of a dog by Grace Weld Soper; $3 PER ACRE AND EASY PAYMENTS. CATALOGUE FREE. Company offer superior advantages to and "Boxer and the Goslings" is an- land purchasers. For free 36 page land other good dog tale. "Poh-Hlaik the GEO. E. CRAWFORD & CO., Richmond, Va. pamphlet, address Cave Boy," told by Chas. F. Lummis, Established 1875. W. A. PARSONS, Vinita, Va. is the thrilling story of a little New- Mexican hero of five hundred years C &0 Main St. Depot Richmond, Va. Sale or Exchange-^v ago. In this number, too, Howard For Pyle writes farewell to readers of "The FOR FARM OR TIMBER LAND, resi- Story of King Arthur and His dence and business property in City of Knights," which has been the strong Newport News. H. D COLEMAN, TO HOMESEEKERS. Va. fiction attraction of St. Nicholas the Newport News, past year. "If so be," runs Mr. Pyle's "THE BUSINESS OF FARMING farewell, "they make you think it is "In the Green Fields of Virginia/' worth while to live a brave and true IN VIRGINIA." Homes for all; Health for all; Happiness and and virtuous life, doing good to those Is the title of a new pamphlet issued by the Independence for all. All sizes of Farms at Norfolk and Western Railway Company. about you, and denying yourselves all We corresponding prices, but all reasonable. will gladly mail you a copy. those desires which would be ill for CO., Ora nge, Va. W. B. BEVILL, PAUL SCHERER, Agt, others and for yourselves for to yield MACON & G. P. A., Lands and Immigration, Roanoke, Va. to, then that which I have written hath not been written amis." But the Oc- tober St. Nicholas has plenty of read- VIRGINIA FARMS BEARING APPLE ORCHARD in "Piedmont" Va. ing more substantial and equally enter- application. Rich black loam, typical "pippin" land. Suitable All prices and sizes. Free list on Albemarle pippins, and other highest grade ap- taining. Rosalind Richards tells about PIZZINI CO .. Richmond. Va. ples 1.0G0 trees planted nine years: good crop "The Great Clock of Wells," nearly the WM B. this season. Coves side high mountain ; but re- markably oldest and certainly one of the most smooth ; admirably adapted orchard SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA work, and spraying. Wagons run all over. Large interesting clocks in existence. Of in- commercial orchards adjoin. Two bold mount- terest to grown-ups as well as to BLUE GRASS FARMS and MINERAL LANDS. ain Btreams Four miles from depot; good road. younger readers is Joseph Henry Drive city two hours. Picturesque; good socially. Send for Free Real Estate Bulletin. 4 room house; Adams' account, illustrated by the au- $2,500; half cash. Very desirable. Southwestern Va. Land Agency, Wytheville, Va. For details, address thor, of "A Trip Through the New SOUTHERN FARM AGENCY, Lynchburg, Va. York Assay Office." T. Hornaday W. For full par- tells his remembrance of Chico. WE HAVE A LARGE LIST OP the ticulars write largest chimpanzee ever seen on this A. JEFFERS, FRUIT, POULTRY and TRUCK FARMS side of the Atlantic: and the pictures South. Norfolk, Va. Fifty Go Ten, and One Hundred Acres each, with are interesting, though necessarily good buildings, close to steam and trolley ugly. "Counting," some of the sim- lines, easy access to the city. Also plest helps to correct counting, the WANTED-FOR SMALL FARM IN QRAIN AND STOCK PAUMS most striking applications of machin- From 100 to 1,000 acres at low prices all the Chesterfield County, an industrious way ery to the purpose, is the topic dis- from $5 to $50 per acre. Write for man who understands farming, ad- Catalogue. cussed by C. K. Wead. Annie . Kuip- Rich- THE VIRGINIA LAND AGENCY, Richmond, Va. er's interesting account of "Queen dress A. G. W., P. O. Box 947, J. R. HOCKADAY, Manager. Wilhelmina's Lessons" is written from mond, Va. particulars obtained by the author di- ^^^^^ 2 (lOOD DAIRY FAR/IS, rectly from one of the queen's former YOUR STOCK. teachers. MARK Vicinity of Washington FOR SALE. USE THE Electric railway through one and near KENTUCKY ALUMINUM EAR LABEL the other. For particulars, address A neat Binder for your back num- H. Jackson & Co., Winchester, Ky L. E. WALT, 745 7th St., S E bers can be had for 25 cents. Address Made by F. , Write to them for free samples. Washington, D. C. our Business Office. —
1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 655
REPORTS. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash- FARMS FOR SALE! ington, D. C. Farmers Bulletin lamp- No. 178. Insects Injurious in If your Farm No. 2. Cranberry Culture. Contains 265 acres; 215 under culti- Illinois Experiment Station, Urbana, 111. Bulletin 87. The Structure chimneys break, vation; 50 acres original oak and of the Corn Kernel and the Com- hickory. Fronts on the pike running position of its Different Parts. from Winchester to Alexandria; five Bulletin 88. Soil Treatment for say Macbeth to Wheat in Rotations, with Special miles from railroad; one-half mile Reference to Southern Illinois from proposed electric railroad. Excel- Soils. your grocer lent six-room dwelling house, with Iowa Experiment Station, Ames, Iowa. Bulletin G9. The Chicken Mite. broad halls, standing in a large, nicely- Bulletin 70. Some Weeds of Iowa. shaded blue-grass lawn; all necessary Bulletin 71. The Keeping Quality loud! outbuildings; land chocolate clay, with of Butter. Experiment Station, Amherst, stiff clay subsoil; all level, but rolling Hatch Mass. Bulletin 91. Injuries to He knows. enough to drain well; fine for wheat Shade Trees from Electricity. and grass; well watered. Owner con- Nebraska Experiment Station, Lincoln, templates making improvements. But Neb. Experiments in the Culture You need to know how to manage youi of the Sugar Beet. lamps to have comfort with them at small cost if sold before, price $25 per acre, on Ohio Experiment Station, Wooster, O. Better read my Index ; I send it free. easy terms. The Maintenance of Fertility. Macbeth, Pittsburgh. No: 4. Rhode Island Experiment Station, Kingston, R. I. Bulletin 93. Com- Contains 100 acres, all under cultiva- mercial Fertilizers. tion, and in good condition. Good Virginia Weather Bureau, Richmond, FREE SAMPLE frame dwelling and all necessary out- Va. Report for August, 1903. Of "THE STORY OP MY IIFE ANI> buildings in good condition. Situated West Virginia Experiment Station, WORK," By Booker T. Washington. on the pike, with market wagons pass- Morgantown. W. Va. Bulletin 86. Bend us your name and ing every day, paying Washington city Cranberries in West Virginia. address. We want yon to have a copy of this prices for produce. Splendidly situated Bulletin 87. Greenhouses. autobiography of the for fruit, poultry, dairy and trucking. Imperial Department of Agriculture, greatest living Negro Price now, $2,000, on easy terms. West Indies Agricultural News, for the purpose of In- troducing it In your News, August 15th and 29th, 1903. community. No. 10. It la a remarkable seller, big This farm contains 100 acres—40 CATALOGUES. profit; agents are mak- ing from $4 to 1 per acres in oak, Peter Henderson & Co., 35 and 37 $ white chestnut and pine; day. Will you Intro- 60 acres in a high state of cultivation. Cortlandt street, New York Autumn duce It by selling or In lots of from 8 to 12 acres in a Catalogue. getting us an agent? 37 If bo, send at once for field; well fenced. Especially adapted Peter Henderson & Co., 35 and a sample. Cortlandt street, New York. Agri- to fruit and wheat and clover. Has a J. I.. NICHOLS & CO., nice 8-room house, two porches, new cultural Seeds for Fall Sowing. ' Atlanta, Ga. barn, double grainary, wagon drive Florida Nut Nurseries. J. T. Jones Selling Price SI. 00. «15 Austell building. and cow sheds. A good 4-room & Son, Proprs., Monticello, Fla. John Lightfoot, Sherman Heights, tenant house. Situated 2V2 miles from station on main line of Southern rail- Tenn., Catalogue of Strawberry and road; 5 miles from county seat of Raspberry Plants, etc. DO YOU OWN STOCK? Fairfax county. Price, $20 per acre. LIVE WILD GAME WANTED. If so, do you know how to No. 11. Dr. Cecil French is advertising in an- care for it when sick? Our other column for all kinds of live wild Contains 315 acres in high state of game. He wants particularly wild Stock Book tells you all about improvement. Large frame dwelling, turkeys, quail, pheasants, grey squir- animals and their diseases. rels, bear cubs, raccoons, foxes 10 rooms, 2 large cattle barns, and all deer, Write for terms. Agents want- and the like. As the open game season necessary farm buildings in good re- is now upon us, our readers should be ed everywhere. Most liberal pair. Land watered by spring branches. on the look out for some of the above, terms. Outfit free. Situated in aristocratic neighborhood. as Dr. French is ready to turn it into B. M. ANDERSON & CO., Convenient to depot and to Washington the coin of the realm for them. Box 533. - Richmond, Va. market. Price, $50 per acre. SALES AT BACON HALL. No. 15. Messrs. E. M. Gillet & Son write us as follows: take pleasure in re- An excellent dairy farm of 144 acres "We Consulting Entomologist porting the following recent sales: situated in upper Fairfax county, 3 A. Arsene Qirault, Herefords, Mr. D. L. Flory, of Virginia, 3f3 fc jg3 miles from railroad station; about 100 picked "Goodenough," a very good son - iCARE ALLEGHANY ORCHARD CO., acres under cultivation, balance in of "Gold Standard," out of "Lovely." ~ white oak and hickory timber. This is iSHfZZj. Paw Paw, W.iVa. j«» Berkshires: Mr. S. H. Anderson, of a model, up-to-date dairy farm, with Answering In detail, accompaning, where Virginia, writes: "I am very much all necessary appliances and machinery possible with specimens and explanatory notes; pleased with the 3 sows and 1 boar I life-history a specialty; charges low. Not a for a first class dairy. The owner is bureau of information. Write at once and got from you." Mr. W. P. Husband, — now shipping about $10 worth of milk worry me. -s* _.• £. _ . . j of Maryland, bought 1 bred sow and and cream per day. Write for descrip- gave me 2 orders. R. T. Owen, of tion and price. OUR TISSUE REPAIRS FABRICS Pennsylvania, got 1 boar pig. Satis- MA OCUIIMP W. E. MILLER, HU OLfllllU of all kinds; package. 10c. with faction or no pay is the motto of "Ba- Instructions. ZONEE flFO. CO., 2010 Cleve- . Herndon, Va. con Hall." land, Ave., Phila. :
656 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. "October
SWEET POTATOES. A pamphlet, "Cultivation and Storage of Sweet Potatoes," gives, as is be- Full Sacks "Glen Rock' lieved, a more practical plan for keeping of plump, rich grain are obtained potatoes tban any other that has here- by the use of a fertilizer contain- All Wool tofore been placed before the people. Important and valuable information ing not less than 6% actual that is not contained in any other Clothing known publication is here given. Po- tatoes can thus easily be kept in good Direct from Mill. Potash condition 12 months or longer. The Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing at a saving' pamphlet is worth, even to life-long po For Wheat, Rye, Oats, and of 50 per cent. We have the largest mill in the tato growers, much more than the all is country selling clothing direct from the mill to the other grains, Potash most wearer and making the woolens from the raw wool price asked. essential. under the same roof. Our goods are handsomely F. A. Funderburg, Dudley, S. C, in Write for our books, they made of all wool and trimmed. The cloth is speaking this pamphlet, "I made from flue selected wools. Every garment of says: are free to farmers. hears our label and is guaranteed for one year. If would not take ten times its cost for not wearing satisfactorily, may he returned and German it." Kali Works, another will he sent free of all expense. The pamphlet has been introduced Q3 Nassau St., Our made-to- measure men's suits for $7.50 or $10.00 New York would cost $18.00 to $25 at your tailor's. Handsome into 19 States and 3 Territories. The 0a. V """^ line of Fall and Winter Overcoats at an equal saving. Atlanta /££ ."*S}?*" plans are simple and easily understood. Branch Hand-shrunk Collars, They can be made available for old 22^ So. style potato houses, or for ones, Broad Hand-made Button Holes, new Street, Padded Shoulder's. specially built, preferably the latter. Ionian Order now. Do not delay. Bldg. We sell either tailor-made or ready-made clothing. Men's all wool and worsted trouser's $2., $2. 50 and Price, 50 cents, postpaid. Address $3; handsomely made and trimmed. We have the BRYAN TYSON, cheapest, strongest and best all wool hoys' clothing. Also cloth by the yard or piece, and ladies' suitings Carthage, N. C. and skirtings. Write to-day for samples, etc. I have a few copies of a formula for CLEN ROCK WOOLEN MILLS, excluding moth from beehives that Somerville, N. J. will be sent, as long as they last, with- out charge, to those who request it. B. T. 1 OHHSAN JOSEJUOl SCALE""NIL ^r ^ LEHMAN HEATER. trolled by using HOW.. One of the most striking advertise- GOOD'S CAUSTIC POTASH ments in this issue is that of Messrs. "WHALE OIL SOAP. No. 3. Lehman Bros., setting forth the merits Endorsed by en- of their carriage and wagon heater. It also prevents Curl Leaf. MONEY tomologists. This soap is a fertilizer as well as insecticide 50 lb. kegs, $2.50; 100 lb. kegs. $4 50. Half barrels, 270 lbs., at 3>£e. per lb.; barrels, 425 lbs., at 3J^c. Large quantities, special rates. Send for circular. GROWS JAMES GOOD, 939—41 N. Front St., Philadelphia, pa.
It is what you save and what your mon- ey earns, not what you earn, that makes wealth. Saving is easy, but knowing how, when and where to safely invest your earnings and FRAZER GET LARGE PROFITS The accompanying illustration will From Small Investments give you an excellent idea of this use- Best in Axte Grease the world. is the key to wealth. After all, money ful device. It is simple, neat, durable making is like horticulture—a matter of and very handy. Its makers ciaim Its wearing qualities are unsurpassed, ac- growth—Plant the seed at the nroper time tually outlasting 3 bxs. any other brand, that it will make a vehicle absolutely in good soil, and your nan est is certain. Not affected by heat. 4®*Get the Genuine. He who makes two stalks of corn to grow comfortable in the coldest weather; FOR SALE BY ALL DEALERS. where but one grew before, increases his that it gives continuous heat for 15 income by doubling his harvest. So a few dollars invested at the right time in a hours at a cost of one-half cent per good, d!vidend=paying enterprise will hour; that danger from fire is impos- bear fruit a hundred fold. sible; that it is unbreakable and will Send for Free Booklet, "Guide for In- "Feeds and Feeding" vestors" which shows how to make an ab- last a lifetime. The fact that 200 000 solutely safe and profitable investment. are now in use would seem to confirm Great Book for It may save you a loss or the makers' claim. Refer to the ad. Prof. Henry's and send for catalogue. MAKE YOUR FORTUNE Farmers and Stockmen. THE WARRINER STANCHION. Delivered anywhere for - - $2.00 STOCK GUARANTY & SURETY CO., This patent chain hanging cattle stanchion is advertised in this issue Dept. B. 1122 Market St., San Francisco, Cal- With the SOUTHERN PLANTER, .252 Mr. B. Crumb, of Forestville, Agents Wanted in every city and town. by W. Conn. From glancing through his catalogue we find that numbers of prominent dairymen and Agricultural PARI WCT PHOTOS FREE. Write for combina- Stations as well, sing its praises. Bet- UnDlliL I tion offer of one dozen copied from ter send for the booklet, if interested, any picture. CRAMER NOVELTY CO., Grenlocb, N. J. or send for it and you will probably get interested. A neat Binder for your back num- Ml* GREENSBORO, N.C. MORPHINE «nd bers can be bad for 25 cents. Addreu Mention the Southern Planter In for the treatment of THE LIQUOR, OPIUM, The Tobbacco Habit, Nerve Exhaustion our Business Office. writing. ither Drug Addictions. 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 657
Thirty-six years of continuous TOCK LICK IT suc- cess. Just think what that means. Horse Owners! Use TOCK^LIKJE IT Thirty-six long years in business, each V year more successful than the previous GOMBAULT'S one, with never a backward movement, always growing larger, ever increasing Caustic in popular favor. How many that were doing business 36 years age are even in existence to-day? Very, very Balsam few. In this BLACKMAN'S age of development and »S«w*'»- k Safa Speedy and Positive Corf MEDICATED fierce competition, a concern must do The Safest, Bent BLISTER ever used. Takes all for mild action. business right, treats its customers the place of liniments or severe SALT BRICK Removes Bunches or Blemishes from Honei right, and sell what is right, to even and Cattle. SUPERSEDES ALL CAUTERY Impossible to produce scar or blemish* The only guaranteed Tonic, Blood Faul- hold its own, much less advance. OR FIRING* To sold is warranted to give satisfaction tier, Kidney and Liver Regulator and Every bottle do otherwise means that the concern Price $1.50 per bottle. Sold by druggists, of Digestion tot all stock . alder of A lent by express, charges paid, with full directions live. sure hit on worms. Ticks cannot of to-day is likely to be out of the for its use. Send for descriptive circulars. No dosing, no drenching, and no -waste running to-morrow. The grave-yard fHB IiAWBBNCB-WIIJilAMS CO.. Cleveland Qt of feed. Your horse his own doctor. Endorsed by thousands. 6pecial of business failures is full to overflow- Offer of four bricks sent prepaid to ing. But thirty-six years of contin- any address on receipt of one dollar. uous success and still growing. Think Money refunded If not satisfied. For full descriptive circulars, testimonials, of it! How has it been accomplished? etc.' address In just one way. By selling absolutely A medicine which makes sick animals well, the diseased Blackmao Stock Remedy Ca. pure whiskey, direct from our own whole, the weak strong and the 930 Highland Park, Chattanooga, Tenn. distillery to the consumer, saving bim thin fat. It will restore lost Appetite, the enormous profits of the dealers, expel Worms and cure Chronic Cough, Heaves, Influenza, Distemper, Hide- and carrying out to letter every the bound, Indigestion, Constipation, Flat- statement or offer we make, thereby HORSE iulency and all Stomach and Bowel creating trouble. 150 Jacks, Jennets and Mules. a confidence with our over a AND ^^. The finest of all animal quarter of a million satisfied customers JBBBjfc, assortment I ever owned. Can Best CATTLE vitalizers and tonics and suit you exactly. Write for descrip- that cannot be broken. Read our offer the only one which tion and prices. Also elsewhere in this paper. The Hayner POWDER increases the coeffi- cient of digestibil- will sell 2 Pereheron Distilling Company. ity of protein. Stallions at close fig- Gtt the Genuine or send (out. Pamphlet ures. | IMPORTED "BRITISHER." No. • Free. DAVID E.F0UTZ BAKER'S JACK FARM. We are certainly very much obliged I2PKSS. * CI BALTJMOfiE.MD. CHABOCS PAID. Lawrence. Ind. to Messrs. Giltner Bros., proprietors of the Kentucky Herefords, for a hand- some lithograph of their splendid herd DEATH TO HEAVES NEWTON'S Heave, Cough, Di*. Knight & Jetton, bull, Britisher, 145096. It immediately tin a ran teed temper and Indigestion Care. found its way to our walls. This splen- A veterinary specific for wind, throat and stomach troubles. Breeders of and Denlersin ^?tl did bull is certainly entitled to be '•" Strong recommends. $1.00 per Jacks, Jennets, Stallions. can. Dealers. Mail or Ex. paid. called the "Record Breaking Champ- Newton Horse Remedy Co., Durham and Hereford ion," as he was champion over all beef Toledo, Ohio. YEARLINGS. breeds in England, and also won tb.fi Send stamp for Catalogue. sweepstakes championship in Here- PERCHERON COLTS. Murfreesboro, Tenn. fords at the International Show at I offer 3 pure bred last spring foals Chicago in 1902. Look up this firm's (2 stallions, 1 filly), sired by Brilliant ad. and send for a neat little catalogue. Jacks, Jennets and Stallions Monarch. Jr. Wt. 1,800 pounds. Also FOR SALE. Fink Jacks a Specialty. Wh> n writing OUR NATIONAL SHAME. PO LAN D CHINA state exactly what want you It cannot be denied that of late the Pigs, both sexes, 5 mos. old, sired by or come and see our stock. spberest-minded men among us have a son of Chief Tecumseh 2d, and a W. E. KNIGHT & CO., been filled with a solicitude amounting grandson of Chief Perfection 2d. Both Routes. Nashville, Tenn. and J3 to anxiety in noting the momentum of colts and pigs are choice stock certain dangerous tendencies in Amer- eligible to registry. Write me. A nice, smooth BLACK for sale JACK ican life. The trend toward mob law THOS. R. SMITH, foaled in 1900; also pure bred Fox Hound in various sections of the country; the Lincoln, Loudoun Co., Va. Pups of the celebrated Maupin & Walker increased violence of the aggressions strain, apply to upon the right of workingmen to labor SNOW HILL KENNELS, unmolested; the revelations of public 8 HORSE COLTS Woolsey, Va and private corruption, and especially FOR SALE. 3 are 2 years old past; 5 are 1 year of the buying and selling of legislation old past. All are sired by the fine registered and franchises; the growth of the Sale op saddle horses, OLD MAC and GENTRY D As I Exchange as well gambling mania among women am unprepared to handle them this year, will 2 BEAUTIFUL JACKS, for pure-bred for social as men; the vulgar rush sell any 3 or the 8 at a prime bargain. Corre Red Polled cattle, good draft or coach prominence; the widespread system of sponrlence or visit solicited. stalliops. "graft" and blackmail which has grown W. S . MOTT, Dixondale, Va. I. L. AMBERO, Fletcher, N. C. up in all classes in the haste to be (12 miles below Asheville, Southern R'y.) rich—these familiar phenomena are crowding upon our attention, straining WANTED! our optimism and shaming our na- FOR SALE. ALL KINDS OF tional pride at the very time when we LIVE Wl _D BIROS AND ANIMAL: are called upon to exult in the com- Large English Berkshire Hogs, mercial greatness of the country and Particularly Deer, Wild Turkeys, WhiU Barred Plymou'h Rock Chickens Squirrels. Ducks, Swans, Bob White Quail, its peculiar qualifications for redeem- Grey Squirrels, Etc. ing the benighted regions of the world. BEN. BOLT, 60747, 430 lbs. as a yearling at CECIL FRENCH, —From an Editorial in the October head of herd. 058 THE SOUTHEEN PLANTER TOctober With this issue the season's adver- White Wyandottes, Buff Leg- tising of the familiar Monarch French horns, Bronze Turkeys. Burr and Attrition Peed Mills starts. Old readers remember Little Chicks the advertise- I can supply a few trios of White ments from past seasons. These mills Im- - thrive when fed on our Wyandotte Cockerels and Pullets. BABY have found their way into the feed mediate delivery. Fine layers. CHICK FOOD. barns of many who read this paper. Buff Leghorn Cockerels of extra fine A perfect C balanced food. Send for free If there had been any note of dissatis- laying strain ready for delivery in No- sample and our large Illustrated! catalog faction we should be sure to know it. vember. of POULTRY SUPPLIES, These Monarch Mills are admirably Bronze Turkeys in pairs or trios. and INCUBATORS. adapted to the feeder's purposes. We All at reasonable prices. BROODERS. have no hesitation in recommending One U. S. Separator in perfect re- FANCIERS' SUPPLYCO., them unreservedly. But an intending pair. Capacity 350 pounds milk per 317-519 West Broad St.," buyer need not buy on faith. Note the hour. Cost $125. Price, $50. Richmond, Va. liberal time given to try before con- A. R. VENABLE, JR., summating the purchase. It shows the Milnwood Dairy Farm. EVERYTHING FOR THE FANCIER. serene confidence the manufacturers P. O. Box 147, Farmville, Va. have in their product. Catalogue with full description can be obtained by Barred and White FINE TURKEYS, KED FO I REEDEKS.' writing the manufacturers. Sprout, ^ Waldron & Co., Box 202, Muncy, Pa. Last year my Mammoth Bronze turkeys were ROCKS fine, PLYMOUTH very but this year thebest I ever saw. They are the S. B. Johnston stock, derived from prize DISCONTENT WITH WORK. Single and R. C. B. Leghorn, S. L. winners. SPECIAL RATES to those sending That there is discontent B. money before Nov. 1st., and the most select birds much with Wyandottes, Light Brahma and to first orders. I also have a few very fine thor- work among the so-called middle class sale. per sin- oughbred Barred Minorca Cockerels for $1 Plymouth Rock cockerels for in America is due in large part to the sale. Rates reasonable on all. Write for circulars for pampering of children, the supply- gle bird; a trio $3. PIRDMONT POULTRY PLACE, to ing of their natural and artificial wants J. B. JOHNSON, Clover Hill Farm, Miss E. Callie Giles, Prop. • Whittle's Depot, Va. and to the sentimental idea that "their Manassas, Va. day of toil will come soon enough." BROWN LEGHORNS. In general, work is not a curse, but a blessing—a positive means of grace. $ 1 .00 each during October only* One can hardly begin too early to im- Young stock for sale in B. F. R. chicks bred from Hawkins, Thompson & press upon children lessons of self- Bradley Bros, prize winners. Fall. Prices reasonable. help by tasks appropriate to their age Protection Duroc Jersey pigs and Perfection and forces, and to beget in them scorn Poland-China pigs. White Plymouth Rocks. Fan- of idleness and of dependence on oth- Only the best is bred at "The Cedars." cier's stock, farmers prices. R. W. HAW, Jr., - - ers. To do this is to make them happy Centralia, Va. THE CEDARS Wn. O. OWENS,~~~ through the self-respect that comes P. and S. PARi*I. Midlothian, Va. 3 with the realization of power, and thus to approximate Tennyson's goal of B. Plymouth Rock chick- pit games: man: "Self-reverence, self-knowledge, Genuine Black Devils and Red Horses. self-control." From an Editorial in ens, M. Bronze turkeys, Toulouse the October Century. geese, Guineas, Pea fowls. These cocks won 90 per cent of battles fought in 1901 and 1902 and have never lost a battle Eggs in season from chickens and tur- when gameness and cutting qualities could win. RAISE MORE MULES. Choice lot of young and old stock for sale. keys. Baker's Jack Farm, which has long THOS. W. JARMAN, Yancey Mills,' Va. Mrs. W. F. JACKSON, Olga P. O , been advertising with us, sends us a Amelia Co., Va. little folder giving 20 reasons why Reduced price farmers should raise more mules. We ou eggs bal. of suggest that all interested parties send season. Get my Barred Plymouth Rocks, ffitJOt 32 Varieties for it. Here are the first four: fine catalog, is free for slam p I. They can be raised cheaper than FOR SALE; strong, healthy, vigorous Many breeding any other stock. birds 1 farm-raised pullets—bred for laying. to offer, market sooner Best Poultry can please you II. Will go into the ottoway Co., Va. in either old or young Btock. than horses. WM. B. LEWIS, Ieby, N III. They are marketable any time JNO. E. HEATWOLE, Harrisonburg, Va. from weaning time (four months old) until incapacitated by old age. 300 White Leghorn .... GARNETT'S .... IV. Are less liable to contract 'lie- LAYERS Pullets (| bred) wanted. Write me, eases than the horse. S. C. Black Minorca's & S. C. White Leghorns stating how many you can sell and at of the Best Strain's Extant. OLDEST CLOCK IN THE WORLD. what price. F. E. WILLIAMS, M. D. This is the month to order your cock- The great clock of Wells Cathedral, Capron, Va. erels have a nice lot for sale, $1.00 each; in Somersetshire, England, is very no pullets for sale. nearly the oldest and certainly one of AFRICAN QEESE Pure-bred African J. MILTON GARNETT, Mitchell's, Va. the most interesting of clocks in exist- geese. A few pairs for sale, also Bro- ence. It was built in 1322, by Peter FIRST CLASS FOWLS Lightfoot. one of the monks of Glas- ken Haired Bassett hound pups. Miss tonbury Abbey, six miles from Wells, FOR SALE, CHEAP. A. WORTHINGTON, Ivy Depot, Va. where it ran for 250 years, until the Barred, Buff and White Plymouth Rocks, abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII.. White Wyandottes, Light Brahmas, Buff and and its last abbot hanged over his own FOR SALE—'Trio Toulouse Geese; Partridge Cochins, Black Hinorcas, Black gateway. The clock was then re- 1901 hatch, or will exchange for trio Langrshans, Brown and White Leghorns. moved to Wells, where it has been Now is the time to secure bargains. running ever since." From "The good M. Bronze Turkeys. Oakland Poultry Farm, Great Clock Wells" in October St. of DAVID W. LEARY, Mattoax, Va. C. J. WARINER, Mgr., Ruffin, N. C. Nicholas. — — — 659 1903.J THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. A IN PASSING. Market Toppers for Sale/ Low* NOTE "Yes," said the bandmaster, "we do Kentucky have troubles with our musicians sometimes. "Once we were engaged to play at a short, Herefords funeral. Our notice was very so we had no rehearsal. We reached Headed by the famous the cemetery without any mishap, but there something happened. We were IHPORTED BRITISHER to play a solemn measure while the over all breed* In being lowered into the grave. No. 145096 Champion Bull body was England and Grand Sweepstakes Champion Only a few instruments were needed. at Chicago 1902 Live Stock Exposition. I was slowly and solemnly swinging We can furnish buyers with anything they BE my baton, the spectators were silently wish from the FANCIEST THAT CAN BRED to the cheaper class usually desired by bull calves, five Lot fine Reg. Angus weeping, when suddenly the trombone the beginner. Write us before buying. Glad to six mos., $75. gave a loud, long blast, enough to to answer Inquiries. Lot I grade Angus heifers coming 2 wake the dead. Some of the mourn- Giltner Bros., Eminence, Ky. years. Safe in calf by Reg. Angus ers fainted, the players stopped in con- bull. Price, 6ic. per pound. sternation, and I jumped over chairs 1 Bull Calf coming 4 mos., out of fine and racks to where the trombonist, a Hereford cow, by Reg. Angus bull. $40 dull, heavy German, sat, stolidly gaz- Lot i grade Angus heifers, coming ing at his music. 1 year. Price, 6c. per pound. " V.P.I. 'What the devil did you mean by One 12 mos. old Reg. Angus heifer. bursting out that way?" I shouted. $100. "He raised his eyes slowly to mine. Farm Bulletin One first class black mare mule, 7 " 'Veil, I vas vatching de music, und We are now offering some choice young years old; wgt. 1.200. Very quick and just den a horse-fly got on de paper. I following breeds: active. $150. Cheap at $200. fought he vos a note, und I blayed Bulls of the One fine Dorset-Shropshire ram him. Dat was all, ain't it?" October Shorthorn, Hereford, Aberdeen-Angus. lamb, five mos., wgt. 75 pounds. $8. Lippincott's. Pure white Plymouth Rock Cock- Write at once for pedigrees and prices. erels, each $1. PRINCE RUPERT. Silver Pure Lace Wyandotte Cock- Mr. E. G. Butler, of Annefleld Farms, D. 0. NOURSE, Prof, of Agr. erels, each $1. breeder of Herefords and Berkshires, W. M. WATKINS & SONS, sends us a handsome lithograph of his Blacksburg, Va. Charlotte county. Randolph, Va. celebrated stock bull, Prince Rupert. Mr. Butler has every reason to be HAYFIELDS STOCK FARM HAS ANGUS BULL CALVES proud of this bull, not only for his past record, but for his present per- FOR SALE SIRED BY THE formances. Look up his advertisements Seven Registered HEREFORD BULLS 8 elsewhere in this issue and send for a months old to 2y2 years. Two Registered Champion Bull BARON IDA. photo of Prince Rupert. HEREFORD HEIFERS 8 months old and 1 year. Six OXFORD OWN BUCK LAMBS. These calves are choice individuals. NONE ON HAND. Witt. D. MERRYMAN, ENGLISH SETTER PUPS. "Dock" Squires was a queer old Cockeysville, Md- Sire and dam prize winners. "yarb" doctor of decidedly limited edu- cation who flourished in New England WARREN RICE, Winchester, Va. a good many years ago. One day some n ORSETS AND H EREFORDS. one said to him: Rare Bargains to Quick Buyers. 5 finely bred registered "See here, Dock, have you any di- Some Exceptionally Aberdeen Angus Heifers ploma?" My herd bull, bull calves and Dorset ' "Wal, no; I ain't got none on hand bucks. Registered stock. For sale at a bargain. 2 are 17 mos. just now, but I'm going to dig some H. ARMSTRONG, la ntz MILLS, VA. old; 2 are 6 mos. old, and 1 is 8 mos. soon as the ground thaws out in the spring." October Lippincott's. old. C. F. & J. BUTTON, A few fine ENGLISH SET- Walker's Ford, Va. DE LAVAL SEPARATORS. TER puppies for sale at very- Laurel Hill Farm. We are in receipt of a very neat reasonable prices. brochure, printed in colors, giving de- A. CLARK, Splendid Registered scriptions and prices of the De Laval JOHN Separator. There is no advertisement Malvern Hill, Va. ANGUS BULL of the De Laval Separator in this issue, if Sep- Age 17 mos., thoroughly tick proof but any are interested in Cream arators, it might be well for them to Scotch Collie Pups (immune), for sale. Price, $250. Also AND write the above company, in York a beautiful 5 mos. ANGUS HEIFER. New city. No kin to bull, for $50. Write for DerKshire Pigs, breeding, etc. C. A. WILLIAMS, For sale, 1 boar ready for service. Sat- Ringwood, N. C. THE QUIT EVEN. isfaction guaranteed. A red-headed man met a bald-headed E M. BALL, Emory, Va. ilontebello Herd man on the street one day. The red- headed man said to the bald-headed COLLIE PUPS man: Sires. Sable and white and tri- Aberdeen Angus Cattle By Imported "Huh! there don't seem to have been colors. Prices. $8 to S15. Older ones correspond- ingly low- Book on Training. 50 cents: Free if much hair where you came from." Reg. bull calves; also first claBS BERK- you buy a Collie. MAPLEMONT STOCK FARM, "Oh, yes," replied the bald-headed Albany, Vermont. SHIRE PIGS of Biltmore strain, for sale man, "there was plenty of hair, but it was all red, and I wouldn't have it." Mention the Southern Planter in by L. H. GRAY, Lock box 58, Orange.Va. October Lippincott's. writing. — 660 THE SOUTHEKNT PLANTER [October RED POLLED CATTLE POULTRY FENCE. New advertisers in this issue are WARE VIEW FARM, FOR SALE Chase Bros., of Colchester, Ct. They make a specialty of M. M. S. and Union GLOUCESTER, VA. One extra fine, pure-bred Bull Lock Poultry Fence. Look up their calf, 5 mos. old, out of 1808*2 advertisement and send for interesting - OFFERS FOR SALE = Constance, by tbat grand sire, circulars, etc. 3 large Berkshire Boars : Flotilla 6225. A LIMIT TO ALL THINGS. Beau of Biltmore, Also, 9 one mos. , i grade bull, He had been away on a long journey, Columbiana's Mason, and a fine animal, excellent for gra- and upon his return his wife was de- tailing to him ding up, and will knock the a number of reforms Bob Loomis, Jr. and improvements which she had suc- horns off every time, address cessfully engineered during his ab- Will be priced low, also about 100 PIERSON BROS., Summit, sence. head of extra fine Boar and Sow pigs by "And you know," she said, "that the above Boars and out of the beet Spotsylvania Co., Va. closet that was locked for over a Sows. Entitled to registry. Price, $12 month and which you said couldn't be Swift Creek Stock and Dairy Farm opened except by— a locksmith? Well," each, or 3 for $30, Send stamp for reply. Has for sale a large num- —triumphantly "I opened it." R S. CAflERON & SON, Props. ber of nice young regis- "Well, well, how in the world did tered A. J. C. C. you do it?" m JERSEY BULLS "With a hairpin." "And the furnace door," she con- AND HEIFERS. tinued, "has been slopping around on None better bred in the South. Combining one hinge for ever so long just because closely the most noted and up-to-date blood R ERKSHIRE you were too lazy fix it, S to but it's all In Bulls 10 to 12 months old, $25; America. right now." Heifers, same age, $35. POLAND CHINA PIGS, $5 each. Send check and get what "Well, I'm glad you had it fixed." ANNEFIELD HERD you want. "Had it fixed! I fixed it myself Represents the T. P. BRASWELL, Prop." Battleboro, N. C. with a hairpin." "And then there's that crayon por- trait of FOR SALE—A NO. 1 REG. HERE- mother that stood in the cor- Finest Blood Lines ner for almost six solid weeks because FORD BULL, 7 months old, well in EnglancToi' America. you never would bring me any picture marked, weighing over 500 lbs. hooks " Stock for sale at all times. Address WM. C. STUBB3, "Well, I intended to, but—" Sassafras . "Oh, 'but!' Well, it don't make any P O Gloucester Co., Va Correspondence Solicited. difference now; I got it up with a hook Inspection Invited. I made myself—out of a hairpin." ST. OMER HERD "Ye gods!" he said. EDW. G. BUTLER, Annefield Farms, Offers young bulls fit for service, out of "And there's Willie; you've been tested dams with good yearly records. Strong Briggs, Clarke Co., Va. in Exile of St. L., King of St. L. and Stoke coaxing him and bribing him for a Pogis of Prospect. Reasonable prices. year, trying to break him of biting his JOS. T. HOOPBS, Bynum, Md. nails, and I broke him in a week." "With a hairpin?" he inquired CHOICE YOUNG Aryshires, Berkshires and Oxford-Downs. weakly. "No!" she snapped, Ayrshire Calves of both sexes, Berkshire "don't be a BERKSHIRES Pigs and Boar and 2 Oxford- Down Rams for goose! With a hair brush!"—Truman sale. MELROSE CASTLE FARM, Roberts Andrews, in October Lippin- of Both Sexes, for Sale. Enos H. Hess, Manager, Casanova, Va. cott's. By Hlghclere Topper of Biltmore II, out of jfi* ANGORA GOATS &<* JACKS AND JENNETS. Imported Harlene. Miniborya Farm, Box 901, Richmond, Va. WANTED. We desire to purchase 25 to Our friends, W. E. Knight & Co., of Nashville, Tenn., start the season's 50 does, also the same number of does up advertising with this issue. Jacks and Southdown and with kids their sides. Write us by Jennets are their specialty, and any stating lowest cash price. one interested should send for circu- Hampshiredown FOXHALL FARM, Norfolk, Va lars giving description of their offer- ings. !' Sheep and Lambs FOR SALE; also ESSEX pigs. For Purebred CASTALIA HEREFORDS. prices, apply to L. G. JONES, ANGORA BUCK Mr. Murray Boocock, owner of the Bethania, N. C. Castalia Herefords, writes us regard- years old, for sale. Price $20 f. o. I). 2 ing his present offering as follows: Howardsville, Va. BERKSHIRES "I have a very choice lot of bulls for We offer some extra choice young boars, C. H. NOLTING, Medlock, Va. sale, from 18 to 20 months old, ready entitled to registry. These are particu- for service, at prices which cattlemen larly nice pigs, in fact, they are "tops," FOR SALE.—MY REG. ANGORA can afford to pay because the return on and we sell only "tops." Let me have "Gilbert of Aganaw" 4 years old, and the money investment is quick and your inquiries and orders. only as good as anybody s goat. Must sell sure. I am offering these bulls at Hawksley... J. T. OLIVER, to avoid inbreeding. Price $25.00 a little over calf prices to meet the de- Stock Fasm, Allen's Level, Va. Registered Hereford year- f. o. b., South Boston, Va. mand for present Poland Chinas, Chester Whites and W. W. STOCKWELL, South Boston, \ a. ling hulls at a low price. The offering is one of the most useful lots Mammoth Bronze Turkeys at Far- I ever had. They are all rugged, mers prices art handsome, hardy anil AWPDDA Pfl ATC fellows, backed S. M. WISECARVER, profitable For large cir thrifty, blocky and by ANuUnA UUA I O Rustburg, Va. cular address E. W. COLE & CO., Big Clifty, Ky. the best of breeding." —— 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 661 -6 Scotch Topped- HOG REMEDY. WANTED to buy a few head young CATTLE, All readers of this paper are familiar south of James river and east of Roanoke, SHORT HORN BULL CALVES at least with the advertisement of the Shorthorns or grades preferred, will also buy a few 6 Scotch Topped SHORT HORN Bull Calves Haas Hog Remedy, by Dr. Joseph Haas, Angora goats. Address "W" care of this 3 to 15 months old; reds and roans; sired by of Indianapolis. Among them are very office. Verbena's Champion No. 1298S1, and Royal many who have regularly for many Chief No. 185432, and he by Imp. Royal Stamp years relied upon it to wara off and RAISE SQUABS: No. 146662. Poland China Spring pigs, good cure the swine plague. It is enough more profitable than poultry. The fa- ones, sired by Oder's Perfection No. 56105. to say of it that Dr. Haas' remedy has mous P. R strain. Prices of breeders Pedigrees furnished with all stock sold. been on constant trial for twenty- on application. E. C. JOHNSON, Come or write your wants. seven years by the hog raisers of this Manassas, Va. WM, T. THRASHER, Springwood, Va. country. It would long ago have ^^^^^^^^^^^ passed out of mind if it had not proven effective. Readers should note the WOODLAND DOR8ET8. ELLERSLIE FARM^- striking difference between Dr. Haas' of guarantee and those ordinarily given. NE our customers writes: "My sales of Thoroughbred Horses grade Dorset The common form is a promise to re- y winter lambs run this year: first 87 head brought $870; then prices fund the money paid if not satisfac- de- cided somewhat. I am looking for another AND SHORTHORN CATTLE, good tory. Dr. Haas goes further. The Dorset ram." Woodland Dorsets are Pure Southdown Sheep remedy not only costs nothing, but standard In excellence. J. B. WING and Berkshire Pig". where his plan of treatment is follow- & BROS., Mechanicsburg, Ohio. ed, he agrees to pay the market price Fob Sale. R. J. HANCOCK & SON, for all hogs that may die. This guar- Charlottesville, Va. antee, coming from a man financially "Crop Growing responsible, amounts to something to COOK'SCREEK HERD hog raisers, whose chief hazard is the dreaded cholera. The book "Hogology" and Crop Feeding." Scotch-Topped mentioned in the advertisement else- where develops fully the Haas plan. By Prof. W. f. Massey. A copy will be mailed free to all of our 383 Pp. Cloth, $1.00; Shorthorns ^ readers who request it. Paper, 50c. Herd Headed by Governor Tyler, 1585 48. Young Bulls for sale. Inspection and corres- TOO SMALL FOR ITS AGE. We offer this splendid work in connec- pondence invited. tion with the gentleman employed an SOUTHERN PLANTER HEATWOLE & SUTER, Dale Enterprise, Va. A who had at the following prices: old colored carpenter to do a piece of Southern Qxiietude rather delicate cabinet work for him Planter and Cloth was pleased beyond his expectations Bound Volume, $1.25. SHORTHORNS with the result. Southern Planter and Paper Wishing to show his satisfaction, he Bound Volume, FOR SALE. —after paying the price the old man 90c. Old or new 1 vearling bull, 3 bull calves 2 two-year-old asked—took from the sideboard a bot- subscriptions. heifers bred to a pure Scotch bull, 3 yearling tle fine that heifers and a few cows. This stock is first class of extraordinary whiskey and in excellent condition. Write to or come had just been sent him and poured a Swoope, Va to see T. J. THOMPSON, little into a glass. The RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG "Uncle," he inquired, "have you ever PURE BRED tasted any whiskey fifty years old?" and POTOMAC R. R. Short Horn Calves "No, sah, I never has," replied the old darky, his voice trembling with from fine Stock. Also anticipation. and WASHINGTON SOUTHERN R'Y Yorkshire Pigs "Well, try that, then," said his em- ployer, handing his the glass, "and tell Form the Link connecting the of very Prolific Breed. me what you think of it." Atlantic Coast Line JAS n. HOQE, Hamilton, Va. The old fellow received it rever- R. R., ently, took one sip, and raised his Baltimore and Ohio R. R., eyes in ecstasy. Only a Few of My "Oh, sah! dat am sho'ly de fines' Chesapeake and Ohio R'y. bev'rage ris chile evah taste. But," Reg. SHROPSHIRES with an anxious glance at the very Pennsylvania R. R., left, and they MUST go by Jan. slight quantity in the glass, "don't you Seaboard Air 1st, as I am discontinuing farming. tink, sah, it am jus' a little small for Line R'y I offer 1 yearling ram, 1 2-yr. old ram, 2 ram its age!" and Southern R'y. lambs, 2 ewes aged 4 and 5 yrs. at a bargain. It is, perhaps, needless to add that Write at once. H. R. GRAHAM, Barclay, Md. this gentle criticism had the desired Between all points, via Richmond, Va. effect. October Lippincott's. Fast Mall, Passenger and Express R»ute be- 0. I. C. PIGS A FAMILY NAME. tween Richmond, Fredericksburg, Alexan- dria, Washington, Baltimore, jsmxssmm FRon reo. stock. The teacher of a county school asked Philadelphia, his pupils, one day, if any of them New York, Boston, Pittsburg, Buffalo and All EOR SALE. PRICES RIGHT. could tell him who Joan of Arc was. Points North, Bast and West. The question was followed by pro- F. S. MICHIE, Charlottesville, Va. W. P. TAYLOR, Traffic Manager, Richmond, Va. found silence. Some of the pupils stared at the teacher, and some turned neat Binder for your back num- and stared at one another,, as if seek- A Registered g^fiUss: bers can be had for 25 cents. Address C. Whites. Fine large ing the information in the faces around Office. strains. All ages, mated them. our Business not a in, 8 week, pigs. Finally a boy burst out with: Bred sows. Service boars and Poultry. Write for prices and free circular. "O, yes, I know—she was Noah's Mention the Southern Planter when P. F. HAMILTON, Cochranville, Chester Co., Pa. wife." October Lippincott's. corresponding with advertiser!. 662 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October EMILY'S CHARGE. (A Serial Tale by Mary Washington.) CHAPTER IV. Emily now began to turn her atten- tion to their "landed estate/' as she called the little tract of land bequeath- ed by her Aunt Melissa. At first she had thought of selling it, but on second thought it flashed over her mind, "Why should we be wanderers and homeless when we have even this little foothold to serve us as a home?" The more she thought of it the more she liked the idea of living in their own little cottage, among the grand mountains, green meadows and clear streams of a pastoral country, and she finally re- solved that if she could see any reason- able prospect of maintaining herself and the children, she would make her THE FOUR MONTHS OUTLINED IN THE ILLUSTRATION, home there. But she determined to Are the ones mostly feared for intense cold. Why not prepare for same go there first herself and thoroughly and purchase a LEHMAN CARRIAGE AND SLEIGH HEATER? examine the surroundings and pros- They will keep you comfortably warm at a cost of 2 cents per day, pects, for though her relatives called burning LEHMAN COAL, from which there is no smoke, smell nor her Quixotic, she was by no means danger. The fact that 200,000 of our heaters are in use, plainly show rash. She found the cottage occupied that they are FULLY as REPRESENTED, and they are guaranteed to by a respectable couple, who had been be the BEST HEATER money and skilled labor can put together. They living there for several years to take are known everywhere as the STANDARD, and are in use by the LEAD- care of the place. The cottage was ING HORSEMEN, who highly recommend them. quite tasteful and comfortable, con- Write for circular with price list. Your local carriage, harness taining four rooms, and having a porch or hardware dealer sells our goods. climbing overrun by honey suckle and LEHMAN BROS., MFRS., J. W. ERRINGER, Gen. W. Sales Agt., roses. There was also a good building 10 Bond St., New York. 45 E. Congress St., Chicago. in the yard, containing two comfort- able rooms, intended for a kitchen and servants' room. There were twenty acres attached to the cottage, of which ten were in cultivation, and the re- mainder consisted of wood land. There was a nice little orchard of peach and Reg. HOLSTEI N-F R I E S I A N pear trees, as well as several rows of choice grape vines, for Aunt Melissa CATTLE of the Netherland, De Kol, Clothilde, Piete rtje had a talent for making herself and friends comfortable, and had planted and Artis families. Heavy milkers aud rich in butter out such fruit as would bear during fat. Stock of all ages for sale. the season she was there. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, the couple in charge of From noted strains, Imported Headlight, Lord Rce.* BERKSHIRES the place, had kept it in good order. s Highclere and Sunrise. They were plain people, but practical, industrious and kind hearted. Mr. = Wheeler owned a small tract of land DORSET SHEEP adjoining the cottage tract, and by tilling this, he made a frugal living. B. PLYMOUTH ROCK CHICKENS, providentially placed They seemed, N. & W. and Southern R. R. T. O. SANDY, Burkevllle, Va. where they were for the help and pro- tection of the orphans. Emily hasten- ed to engage them to remain, arrang- ing for them to move into the outbuild- 3t3C3*3**3t3l3t3r**3t3l3l3t3r*^^ ing when she was ready to occupy the Finding that Mr. Wheeler cottage. few well-bred understood the culture of vegetables, a registered Jersey she proposed that he should raise WE OFFER Bull and heifer Calves at $30 each. these on her land and market them to the neighboring watering place, to- They are four months old and from best strains of this gether with the fruit from the little orchard her aunt had so providentially breed ; also a few young Berkshire boars large enough planted. The watering place afforded a very good market for such product* for service at $15 each, and pigs eight weeks old at $6 from June to September. But although her path seemed to each—by p.air or trio, not akin. grow a little clearer before her, Emily knew it would not do to depend en- - Fredericksburg, tirely on the prospect of a little M. B. ROWE & CO., Va marketing during four months of the year, so before making her final de- cision to settle at the cottage, she set to work to ascertain what were her corresponding with our advertisers always mention the prospects for getting a school in that When neighborhood the ensuing session. Southern Planter. — 1 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 663 Those proving favorable, she made up EEG-ISIEEED her mind to try living at the cottage for one year at least, and if she could not sustain herself there, to sell it and .HEREFORD CATTLE. make such other arrangements as the Service Bulls; Imported Salisbury 76059 (19083), a grand-l emergency seemed to call for. She son < f the famous Grove 3d 2490, and a descendant of the] then returned to her old neighborhood world renowned Lord Wilton 4057 from the 4th generation. for the winter, thinking it best to wait Snowball, the dam of Salisbury, is now in the herd of His until spring before making a move. Majesty King Edward VII. All their friends and neighbors opened Lars, Jr., is by Lars of Western fame and his dam is Judy out of a Sir Richard their doors to the orphans with whole- 2nd cow This makes a great combination of the Grove 3d, Lord Wilton, Anxiety, souled hospitality, and under the roof Peerless Wilton and Sir Richard 2nd strains. No better breeding in the world today. of kind entertainers, they lingered a FOR SALE—Yearling bulls by above sires. WANTED-Reg. Hereford heifers, 18 few months longer, in sight of their to 24 months old, not bred; will exchange bulls for heifers of equal quality. old home. Mr. Crawford, the creditor Write your needs or call and make your own selection. into whose hands "Soldiers' Joy" had passed, was not a stranger to Emily, MURRAY B00C0CK, Owner, Keswick, Alb. Co.,Va. n^fflx^;^^: he and his family having frequently visited in the neighborhood in her childhood. His son, Allan Crawford, i 1 1 B^SBSS^CBSPCX r i a i jA^^AA * t ii-w ii n i ii u 1 1 1 to whom he intended giving the place, had been a playmate of hers, and she had a pleasant recollection of the Bacon Hall Farm. frank, manly boy. He called to renew their acquaintance a few days after taking possession of "Soldiers' Joy," and seemed greatly embarrassed. His kindly nature was pained at the idea Hereford registered Gattle of turning a young woman out of her ajasswr. : . Man ^.cr home, and this chivalrous feeling was strengthened when he saw into what "TOP" BREEDING, |CALVES;NOTgAKlN. ^^^ lovely and charming young a woman MOTTO—Satisfaction or no sale. his former playmate had developed. Emily, on her part, took much pleasure in renewing the friendship of childish E. M. GILLET & SON, = Glencoe, Haryland. years, and he brightened up the quiet winter by many acts of kindness and '"» » i attention to herself and the young ones under her charge. When the spring fairly opened Emily began to prepare for their departure. Her friends all tried to dissuade her, VIRGINIA HEREFORDS, begging her to remain and divide her time amongst them, but her resolu Herd headed by the Champion tion to go was unalterable. While the rest were voluble in expersing their regrets, Allen alone was so silent and PRINCE RUPERT, 79539. constrained as to appear almost un Correspondence Solicited. Inspection Invited. friendly. A few days before their de- parture, one sweet April evening, when EDWARD G. BUTLER, all nature had awakened, after the cold and snows of winter, with a new, Annefield Farms. BRIGGS, Clarke Co., Va. PRINCE RUPERT. 79,539 lovely and serene life, Emily strolling on the lawn, saw Allan approach her. He held in his hand a bouquet of spring flowers, hyacinths, lilies of the valley, BARGAINS IN and white violets gathered from the HEREFORDS. flower beds of her dear old home. They To reduce our herd, we are offering a goodly brought so many memories rushin over her that it was several moments number of registered bulls and heifers ; not akin before she could speak. Allan, too, at reasonable prices. (Telephone connection.) seemed equally agitated. "Dear Emily," said he, "I have come STONEHURST FRUIT & STOCK FARM, to beg you to return to these flowers, and to the old home. It seems so hard Fluvanna Co. Union Mills, Va. and cruel and unnatural for you to go away from them. I feel like an interloper, taking possession of these HEREFORDS!. things, and you going away to buffet ROSEMONT and struggle with the world." ^ HEADED BY ACROBAT 68460, II THE FAMOUS "But, my friend," replied Emily, "you are too chivalrous and tender Assisted by Marquis of Salisbuey|16th 138894, theibest hearted. It is morbid in you to blame son of Imported Salisbury. Correspondence yourself, or feel badly about our old solicited. Visitors welcome. ^^~* having passed into your posses- home C. E. CLAPP. Berryville, Clarke Co., Va.^£ ' PCH0BK1 siin." "I do not ask you to return for this When corresponding with our advertisers always mention the reason," cried he, passionately, "but because I love you, and want you to be Southern Plantar. 664 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October ay wife." Emily was startled beyond the power of replying at first. It had never oc- curred to her to look on Allan as even a possible lover. With eloquent plead- ARMOURS BLOOD MEAL'S.',"' ings First he continued to lay his suit before proved by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, and since her, not forgetting corroborated by to assure her that thousands of leading stockmen who have used it without a single failure. he would provide for her brother and Equally effective for the diarrhea of all animals. sister, as if they were his own. PREVENTS weak bones, paralysis of the hind legs and "thumps" to pigs; Blushing, trembling and confused, "big head" of foals; "rickets" of all young animals; abortion Emily hardly knew what to say, or due to incomplete nutrition, and a host of other troubles. even what to at first, at think but A Potent Food for Work Horses, Dairy Cows, Poultry. length she told him that while she had Write us for booklet giving valuable information about Blood Meal and a warm friendship for him, she could our other feeding products. Consult us free of charge regarding stock not return the friendship he txpressed. diseases. He refused, however, to take this as THE ARMOUR FERTILIZER WORKS, Chicago. a final answer, especially after draw- Omaha. Baltimore. Atlanta. Jacksonville. ing from her the avowal that there was no other attachment in the ;vay, and at length she agreed to defer giving her final answer for three days. Those three days were momentous ones to LARGE them both. There were many consid- erations that pleaded strongly in Allan's favor. He was a man she es- POLAND- teemed. He had no bad habits, no ignoble traits. From a worldly point of view it was a desirable match, one ..CHINAS. which would cut short the perplexities and struggles of her existence. Then Closely related to such noted hogs his brotherly spirit towards Walter as Anderson's Model, Ideal Sunshine and W. B. Tecumseh. and Alice, and his generous offer to Choice pigs, boars and bred sows. SHORTHORN bull and provide for them, exerted a strong feeling of gratitude in her mind. heifer calve3. Choice stock at farmer's prices. Again, the idea of returning to her Write for prices and testimonials. home was a strong inducement. cVl J. F. DURRETTE, Birdwood, Albemarle Co., Va. In short, there was everything to plead for him except one, and that was the voice of her heart—that unruly mem- ber which can neither be persuaded nor forced. She liked Allen, but with the liking any one might have for any POLAND friend, not with the sense of thorough companionship, the deep and subtle sympathy, the exquisite tenderness that a woman feels towards a man whom she loves with the strongest and life. Allan CHINAS. deepest love in human not the fortunate prince who had was I have a limited number of pigs by !=!? succeeded in breaking through the fine boars Gray's Big Chief, 57077; GRAY'S BIO CHIEF, 57077. thorn hedge, penetrating to the nalace my of the sleeping beauty and awakening and Victor G, 57075, and can furnish pairs not akin or related to those previonsly her. Emily's heart was slumbering purchased. Young boars and sows of all ages Send to headquarters and get the Allan, and she yet. She did not love best trom the oldest and largest herd of Poland-Chinas in this State at one-half felt that she could never accord him Western prices. Address J. B. GRAY, Fredericksburg, Va. more than a quiet/friendly regard, and she felt that she would do him an in- justice to marry him, and let him lav- ish his devotion on her, when she could only make so inadequate a return. On the day appointed for her final an- SLIPSHUCK swer Allan, after a long interview with a machine built especially for with Emily, went away sadly, pain and OIlIVLtISQHOpFl disappointment stamped on his frank, southern trade. Built for the pur- manly face. I will anticipate the pose. The only machine of narrative by telling my course of my the kind. Shreds fine, readers that he did not here relinquish does not husk. Price two=> his suit, but twice in the course of the 1 is next few years wrote and renewed ,, thirds that of huskers. A how- offer to Emily. As her answer, W ton of Keystone fodder is Follow My Plan and Get Pay For All Losses Hog raisers take absolutely no risk when they use Haas' Hoe: Remedy, as in case of loss the Remedy not only costs nothing, but I pay for all hogs that die at the highest market prices Write for full particulars. Twenty- seven years' unprecedented success. Don't waste time and money experimenting with cheap "stock foods" which are made almost entirely of the food stuffs raised on every farm, and contain no medicinal properties whatever. The hog needs a medicine and the Cheapest and most effective is Haas' Hog Remedy. Unequalled as a preventive of disease, conditioner and growth promoter and the biggest money maker for hog raisers known. S6.n0, prepaid; pkgs $1.25 and 50 cents Prices: 25-lb. can, 812 50; 12%-lb. can, , $2.50, each.=HOGNone genuine without myBOOKsignature on packageFREE=or can label. "HOGOLOGY," my book about hogs, will be sent FREE to any one who mentions Southern Planter when asking for it. One hundred pages, fully illustrated, practical and complete. Invaluable to every swine raiser desiring the largest possible profits from hog raising. JOS H AAS, V. S. Indianapolis, Ind. TRADE MARK. smile, Emily reflected on the coinci- dence of this kind that had occurred since her mothers death, and wonder- BERKSHIRES. ed if it would be always so, if when- ever anything that the world called ad- Mr. H. F. Stratton of Erin, Houston vantageous presented itself, there Co.. Tenn., writes me on Aug. 15th 1903: would be some internal barrier that "The little pig just received is a beauty, forbade her to avail herself of it. I am delighted with him—wouldn't take These barriers seemed unreal, shadowy twice twenty dollars for him. He is thor- and fanciful to most people, but to her oughly patrician. I expect great things they were so real and strong as to be from him at the head of my herd of Royal Berkshires." insurmountable. simply So send to Thos. S. White for patrician pigs rather than buy plebeians for a little be Continued.) (To less, do not be "penny wise and pound foolish," and especially in thoroughbreds. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. I have had 13 sows to farrow in past few days with over 20 more nearly due, order promptly for fall shipments, I never have enough to go round. TO PIT UP CORN IN THE SHUCK. When there is danger of an early Short Horn (Durham Cattle) for sale. Write for particulars. frost and you have a good supply of corn in the garden or field, a quick and THOS. S. WHITE, Fassifern Stock Farm, Lexington, Va. easy way of preserving it for use is valuable! I have tried this one re- Hill Top Stock Farm. peatedly, and with success always. Gather the ears before they are at all BERKSHIRE HOGS and hard, and take off the shuck, leaving one layer to protect. the grains. Pack SOUTHDOWN SHEEP these closely in a clean, water tight cask, until they are within a few =A 5pecia!ty.^= inches of the top, then weight it all down with a piece of plank and a S. Brown Allen, who succeeds H. A. S. stone. Pour over this a brine that will Hamilton & Co in the ownership and man- float an egg, shut it up and use just as agement of this celebrated Stock Farm, with increased facilities, will make a you do the new corn. If the brine spepialty of breeding Berkshire Hogs and Southdown Sheep, withoutregard to cost, weakens, you can add a little salt. from the purest and most royal strains of imported blood. TO CAN CORN. SOUTHDOWN BUCKS. Cut the grains from the ears with a I have a few Southdown Bucks that cannot be excelled in this country, for sale. sharp knife, being careful to select We have swept premiums on this stock for fifteen years over all competitors at only the soft tender ears. Weigh and Fairs in this and adjoining States put it into a kettle with enough water (Successor to A. S. S. BROWN ALLEN, Staunton, Virginia, H. Hamilton & Co ) to cover it. Boil ten minutes and then mix into every ten pounds one ounce of tartaric acid, fill your glass jars very We Are Still the Business... full and screw on the top while it is boiling hot. When you cook this take at Shcadwell, Va. it out of the can at least two hours be- "HILL TOP" Stock fore you need it and cover it with our residence, we brought with us and have for fresh water, letting it soak that long; Having changed then pour off the water and use in any sale a choice lot of HILL TOP stock. way that you use other kinds of canned corn. You will never lose a can if you Jersey Cattle, Southdown and Shropshire Sheep, use the acid, and it is perfectly harm- less if the directions are followed. Berkshire Hogs and B. B. R. Game Chickens. Our Berkshire Pigs are now closely sold up, but we wilt have a fine lot ready to ship APPLE FLOAT. after September We will be glad to serve our old friends and are always glad to Select for this kind of float large, make new ones. acid apples. Wash them and put them Wr e have won more premiums on sheep and hogs at State and County Fairs into a new pan with a small quantity than all other breeders in Virginia combined. of water, and let them bake thoroughly. Then scoop out the pulp, being careful H. A. S. HAMILTON & SONS, Shadwell, Va. — — 666 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October not to carry any of the seed or core with it, and to a quart of this put one full cup of sugar, a little nutmeg and JERSEY CATTLE. let it get very cold. Now beat very have light the whites of four eggs, and We have for sale, Young Cows, Heifers and Young: Bulls, on the stove a large pan of boiling from cows testing 18 to 24 lbs. of butter In seven days, and giving water. Slip the eggs on this and let to lbs. of milk per day. Also them stay for five minutes. They will 40 60 cook through without falling, and you can take them up with a skim, and LARGE YORKSHIRE PIGS, into the apples with no beat them The coming bacon breed. Our stock is from the most noted breeders in trouble, and you can make your float England and Canada. in the morning and it will be just as good as if made later and is far better Write for prices. Address than that made with stewed apples and raw eggs. I always serve float with cream seasoned with a teaspoon of BOWMONT FARMS, ?»*. vanilla and sweetened a very little bit. BAKED APPLE DUMPLING. Peel the apples and cut them from the core, then put them into a tray and x chop them fine with the meat chopper, sweeten and season with nutmeg or grated lemon peel. Make a dough of x ClSMONT DORSETS one quart of flour, two-thirds of a cup 8 of lard, one teaspoon of baking powder, and enough milk to make a stiff dough. X Roll this out and cut into pieces about X CISMONT STOCK FARM offers well developed young X the size of saucer. Put in a large Dorsets of the best blood of England and America. spoon of the apples and gather the X edges of the piece together, pinchin? X Prices Reasonable. 6. S. LINDENKOHL, Keswick, Albemarle Co., Va. X to make them stay. Arrange the dumplings in a pan and fill it half f" of water, springling sugar and nutmeg over them and boil them for about an hour. Serve hot with a hard sauce. Sauce.—Cream one cup of butter SUNNY HOME HERD OF until light, then stir in gradually three cups of white sugar, season highly with nutmeg and vanilla; beat it hard ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE. for a few minutes, and set it in the Baron Roseboy, 57666, by the great Gay Blackbird, dam by Eulalies Eric, 2d prize ice box. yearling at Columbian Exposition, 1893, heads the herd. Pedigree means only the tracing CARAMEL PUDDING. of good or bad qualities through several generations. The animals comprising this herd preserves, one Two cups of damson are direct descendants of the greatest prize-winners of the breed for the past twenty-five cup of sugar, half cup of butter. The years. Does this mean anything to you, who . nc.o oi lii animal of this the GREAT- yolks of three eggs, a little nutmeg, half cup of milk, and a teaspoon of EST BEEP BREED? If so, come and see the best lot of calves we ever bred, or write. corn starch. Beat the eggs very light A L. FRENCH, Proprietor, R. F. D 2 , Byrdville, Va. and stir in the other ingredients. Bake this on a crust, and when done spread (Note change of P. O. address). over it a meringue made with the three Depot and shipping point, Fitzgerald, N. C, on D. & W. R'y, 24 miles southwest of Dan- whites and six tablespoons of sugar, ville, Va. seasoned with vanilla. breed GINGER CAKE. We pos___ itively guarantee to anci ship the BEST strains of Two and a half cups of sugar. Two VERY thoroughbred registered and a half cups of syrup—molasses LARGE will do. Five eggs, beaten into the ENGLISH BERKSHIRE Hogs for LESS than any other molasses. One and three-fourths cups MONEY firm in the U. S., the superiority of our of butter, or half butter and half lard. stock considered. Send us your order Five tablespoons of ginger, one of cin- and we will satisfy you both in price namon. Two and a half cups of but- and Stock. B. FLEMING, termilk, with two and a half teaspoons WALTER Proprietor of the Bridle Creek Stock Farm, Warrenton, N. C. of soda stirred into it. Ten cups of flour. Bake in sheets, and it is well to set one pan into another to prevent burning, as everything with molasses THE OAK in it burns easily. Eat hot with sauce, Has for sale, the grand Shorthorn bull, "Rock Hill Abbotts- or let it get cold for tea. burn" 155113, a grandson of Mary also Abbottsburn 7th ; a nice GINGER SAUCE. lot of Calves, Three cups of sugar, three cups of Bulls and Heifers ; 2 Reg. Morgan Colts at a water, boil hard for twenty minutes. bargain. B. B. BUCHANAN, Bedford City, Va. One tablespoon of ginger and teaspoon of cinnamon and a half dozen cloves. corresponding with our advertisers Cream a large tablespoon of butter When always mention the with a tablespoon of corn starch, and Southern Planter. 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 667 stir it into the sauce just before you This cut is not the take it off. This is one of the best machine but sim- Yellow Pine Stumps ply shows the man cold day desserts I know of. ner of fastening Caraven. the steel rope to or Trees. the stump. We PULLS Our new 2-Horse DOMESTIC RECIPES. cannot tell you all about it Hawkeye Mrs. N. K. Guthrie. here. Our cat- is built PICKLES HYDEN SALAD. alogue shows for that pur- Full Line of pose and does it One gallon chopped cabbage, half Stump rapidly and cheap- gallon of green tomatoes, one quart of Pullers ly. A machine that testimonials, will pull yellow pine onions, chopped, four tablespoons of stumps will pull al- prices, etc. It most anything ground mustard, two of salt, else. It two of will surprise is being used by many cinnamon, two of celery seed, and one and planters and most of interest the leading and of black pepper, and one of cloves. R. R. you. levee contractors. It Add half gallon good cider vinegar and has 3 times the power .-= of our machines for or- two pounds sugar, and boil for half an dinary work and pulls hour. 8 acres at a setting. Milne Mfg. Co., TO CAN GREEN CORN. 834 Eighth St., Monmouth, III. Gather corn as for present use. Cut from cob, and to every thirteen meas- ures of corn add same measure of salt (one cup of salt to 13 cups of corn). Cover with water and boil thirty min- F BERKSHIRE PIGS utes and can as any other vegetable or fruit. When you wish to use the corn, O pour off salt water that may in be of choice breeding, can and soak corn one-half an hour in R and to make them more desir- hot water, and then serve as you would in summer, for puddings, soup, stews, able, they are fine individuals, properly fed; there- etc. This recipe for canning corn is S the only one that I have found satis- fore they develop well. Write factory, and I have tried many in the A past thirty years. L Forest Home Farm, PICKLED PEPPERS. Take green peppers and cut a slit E Purcellville, - - Virginia. the length of one side and remove all the seeds. Soak in salt water for a week, remove and wash in fresh watev NOW IS THE TIME to buy HOLSTEINS from the Ury Farm Herd. and fill with a mixtures of chopped stuff, as follows: Cabbage, green toma- Ury Alwina Count Paul De Kol; De Kol 2nd Butter Boy 3rd No. 2, and Lord Harford De Kol head toes, string beans, young cucumbers, our herd. You know their official backing. There is nothing better. 15 bull calves at bargain and season the stuffing with cloves, prices. Their dams are of the De Kol, Aaggie, Netherland, Pietertje and Clothide strains and are of cinnamon and celery seed, and sew up the producing kind. The best bulls are sold young; also a few cows and heifers. Choice ENGLISH the slit. Cover with good vinegar and BERKSHIRE pigs of the best strains. Before buying, correspond with or visit cook for twenty-five or thirty minutes. THOS. FASSITT & SONS, Sylrnar, Md. PICKLED MANGOES. Take young canteloupes (just before Prof. JOHN SPENCER, Veterinarian. Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, says: frost) about the size of a pint bowl, cut out a lobe and remove all seeds and soak in salt water for six weeks. Then Chloro-Naptholeum Dip freshen for one night in water and fill " Insures the Destructions of Mites. Outbreaks which have oome under our notice have with the following mixture: race One been thoroughly stamped out by dipping in a 2 per cent solution of Chloro Naptholeum Dip." of ginger mashed, white mustard seed, It you've tried it you know how good it is, if you haven't, try it now. One Gallon sent pre- celery seed, small quantity of black paid upon receipt of $1.50, money order or check. Booklet free. It can make money for you. F. V. GUNN & CO.. Richmond, Va.. Agts. Va. & N. C. The WEST DISINFECTING CO., Inc.. Mfrs, pepper, one nutmeg grated, onions and • cabbage chopped fine. Stuff each melon, put the lobes in place, and tie with a string. Place in a jar and fill with vinegar, then pour off vinegar and Do You Ship Apples? add to vinegar cracked allspice, cloves and ginger, and one cup of grated If so, let us call your attention to the California and Oregon apple horse radish and one ounce turmeric and two pounds sugar. Bring to a boxes, the coming packages for nice apples, particularly for foreign boil and pour over mangoes. For one gallon jar. The cataloupe pickle shipments. SOUTHSIDE M'F'G. CO., Petersburg, Va. will keep for years, and grows better with age. I make beautiful and delightful wine from garden and wild STANDARD EVERYWHERE. IT STANDS FOR BIG CROPS. FULLY WARRANTED. grapes, but recipes may not be iu sea- I For uniform drilling Of grains, a~y kind anrt any o mount B per arre for grass geed BOtflug a 1 d even distribution of son. I One add for apple wine that is lumpy, damp or dry Fertilizers, nothing eqnata tiic fine. To one gallon of sweet cider add FR1 S-ow-Down three pounds of sugar. Put in open l^^rCPAMOEfiretBfc-B«aaGrainanlFcrtiii?r_ vessel and allow to ferment, then strain Positive force feed f.ir fertilizer, grain and grass seed. Dr. lis any depth, perfect regulation, low steel or wood frame, high and put in a corked vessel (jugs or wheels with br'md tires. Easy to fill and operate. Light bottles, and in three months you have draft. Investigate before buying. Write fnr free catalogue. |SPANGLER MAMEO. CO.. 501 QTJEEN STREET, YORK, PA, a splendid drink. "— 668 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER I October THE "WE" THAT WINS. A young man employed in a respon- sible position by a great corporation Its Never Too Late. was recently discharged to make room to get a buggy at a bargain of uh, we are in a position NOW to sell you a another. Surprised and mortified, for SPECIAL at the SPLIT HBCKORY S47.50 %Mf£ he sought an explanation from The season'* rush is past. Want to keep our experts working. You pet the manager of his department. "Will benefit. 30 Days 1 Free Trial. Write for catalogue and descriptions. OlIIO CAKK1AUK CO., Station 41. Cincinnati, Ohio. you kindly tell me why you do not Mm want me any longer?" he asked. "Certainly," was the reply; "it is because you always said 'you' instead VIRGINIA DIVISION. " of 'we.' "What do you mean?" Farmers Mutual Benefit Association "I mean just that! You never said, Fire Insurance Association, chartered by the State of Virginia, for 'We' should do so and so; or 'WE' A farmers, under an amended and well protected plan. ought to follow out such-and-such a policy. It was always 'YOU' in re- Insures in counties surrounding and accessible to Richmond, against Fire ferring to this company, of which you and Lightning, only country property—no stores or unsafe risks. Policy-holders ' were a part. In speaking to a fellow- amply secured—all legitimate losses paid. Average cost per year less than other employee about our business, you plans, and a great saving to farmers. Amount of property now insured, $330,000, would say 'THEY' (meaning this com- and increasing yearly. Estimated securiey in real and other estate, $750,000. pany), instead of 'WE.' This lack of For further information, address, CHAS. N. FRIEND, General Agent, a live personal interest in the success MENTION THIS JOURNAL. of the concern was expressed in your CHESTER, VIRGINIA. actions, no less than by your words. I should advise you to seek employment with some company to which you can refer as 'WE.' A common criticism of an ambitious TKis Cut young man is: "He acts as if he owned the concern, and he's only a clerk." It is the young man who works as if shows a 70 ft., GO.bbl. tank tower, he did own the concern who often be- comes the owner in time. 12 ft. wheel and pump—operated "We're going to pay a dividend of ten million dollars next month," proudly remarked an office boy to a either by windmill or horse power, waiting visitor in the reception room of a railway president. That boy's erected by us for the State Reform salary is five dollars a week. He is on the right track. But it is necessary to think WE and School at Laurel, Va. act WE every hour of every day, as well as to say WE. WE means US, union, solidity, co-operative enthusi- IF YOU HAVE asm. YOU means the other fellows. It's the WE that wins! TROUBLE HIS EDUCATION WASN'T COM- PLETE. No more courteous judge ever pre- with your water supply, sided at a trial than the venerable Justice of the New York Court Chief write us for advice. of Common Pleas, Charles P. Daly. The story is still told among our New York lawyers how, on one occasion, a Artesian Well Drillers. young attorney, while trying a case, indulged in considerable vituperation Water Supply Contractors. of his opponent's witnesses, finally go- ing so far as to answer the court very sharply when requested to modify his *» ^ ^ language. Knowing that Judge Daly was some- what of a stickler for the dignity of the judiciary, lawyers and court at- I tendants gazed at the offending attor- ney in amazement. There was a long interval of silence. Finally the judge leaned over the bench (INCORPORATED.) and said, with an ironical smile: "My young friend, before you are as old as I am you will have learned that P.O. Box 949. it is about as well to read Chesterfield as Blackstone." Success. A neat Binder for your back num- bers can be had for 25 cents. Address our Business Office. *******s***sja^^ — ; 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. G69 5 LBS. I DAY 1 1 EXTRAORDINARY GAIN Rockport, Kansas, Nov. 21, 1902. International Stock Food Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Dear Sirs:—Your "International Stock Food" is all you claim for it. We have the nicest pigs and hogs that we ever had. Tested it on one old sow that was very poor from suckling pigs. She could hardly make a shadow. We took the pigs away and fed her "International Stock Food" in her feed and I do really believe that she put on 5 pounds of flesh per day. Yours truly, M. C. JERBY. S3-M> Hare Thomands of Similar Testimonials and Will Pay Ton $1000 Cash to Prove That They Are Not Oenolne and Unsolicited.*^*, Wo own "International Stock Food Farm," which is located 12 miles from Minneapolis and contains 650 acres. We feed S "International Slock Food'' every day to all of our World Champion Stallions, Dan Patch 1 : 59 Vs and Directum 2:0BJ^J ? toour Young Stallions, Brood Mares, Colts, Work Horses, Cattle and Hogs. "INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD" J^r 3 FEEDS < fob ONE CENT is Prepared from Roots, Herbs, Seeds, and Barks and Won the Highest Medal at Paris Exposition in 19U0 "~ya8 as ) a Higb-Class vegetable, medicinal preparation to be fed to stock in small amounts as an addition to the regular feed. It is a ) Great Aid in Growing or Fattening stock because it increases the appetito and Aids Digestion and Assimilation so that each ( animal obtains more nutrition from the grain eaten. We positively guarantee that its use will make you extra money over the S usual Plan of Growing and Fattening stock. "International Stock Food" can be fed in safety to Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Goats, ? Hogs, Colts, Calves, Lambs or Pigs. It is Absolutely Harmless even if taken into the Human System. You insist on eating < medicinal ingrodients with your Own food at every meal. Salt is a stomach tonic and worm medicine, Pepper is a powerful i stimulating tonic. Mustard is a remedy for dyspepsia, Vinegar is a diuretic. You eat these medicinal ingredients almost with ) every mouthful of your food, and itisproven that these medicinee promote health and strength for people and improve their i digestion. "International Stock Food" contains pure vegetable medicinal ingredients tliat are just as safe and as necessary S jj^an addition to the regular food of your stock if you desire to keep them in the best possible condition. "International Stock Food" is endorsed by Every High-Class Farm ? P Paper. It purifies the blood, stimulates and permanently strengthens the entire system so that disease is prevented or cured. "International Stock Food" Is sold on a "Spot < (VCash Guarantee" by Fifty Thousand Dealers throughout the World. <0"Your Money will be Promptly Refunded in Any case of failure. It will make your Calves or Pigs grow i V) Amazingly and has the largest sale in the World for keeping them healthy, C£y Beware of the many Cheap and Inferior Imitations! No Chemist can separate all the Different ? V- powdered Roots, Herbs, Barks and Seeds that we use- Any One claiming to do so Must be an Ignoramus or a Falsifier. < WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THUS BOOK. '* INTERNATIONA!. IUTKRNATIONA.I, STOCK FOOD CO., I STOCK FOOD CO., ODESSA. MO. Eau Claire, Wis. Dear Sirs:—Your "International Stock Book" duly received, Dear Sirs:—I received your "International Stock Book" and I I and it is the best thing of its class that I have ever seen. There is was more than pleased with it. It is worth more than $10.00 to I I a volume of useful articles in it from start to finish. me. Very truly yours, RICHARD J. MORRISSEY^^B^^^ Respectfully, GEO. W. NULL. A $3000.00 STOCK BOOH FREE IT CONTAINS 183 LARGE ENGRAVINGS OF HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, POULTRY, ETC. The CoTer of this Book is a Beautiful Live Stock Picture ^Printed in Six Brilliant Colors. Size of the book is 6^ by 9^ inches. It eost us $3000 to have our Artists and Engravers make these Engravings. It describes common Diseases, and tells how to treat them. It also gives Description, History and Illustrations of the Different Breeds of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Goats. Hogs and Poultry. It contains Life Engravings of many very neted Animals, and also testimonials. The Editor Of This Paper Will Tell You That You Ought To Ha»» This Stock Book Id Tour Library For Reference. SSTlt Contains a Finely Illustrated Veterinary Department That Will Save Ton Hundreds of Dollars. WE WILL MAIL IT TO YOU ABSOLUTELY FREE. ^Postage Prepaid. We Will Pay Ton $10.00 Ga8h if book i9 not as described. Write us at once, letter or postal card, and A93WEB THESE 2 QUESTIONS: 1st.—Name This Paper. 3d.—How Much Stock Have Yon? We Employ Over 300 People and have Largest Stock Food Factory in the Woild. Hundreds of Thousands of Testimonials. INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD CO., Minneapolis, Minn., U.S. A. Capital Paid in, $1,000,000. Refer to Any Bank in Minneapolis. 600,000 Feetof Space in Our New Factory. THE REAL THING. Virginia Rosamond Josephine, our The| Chesapeake & Ohio Railway pretty colored maid from the Soutn, is the proud possessor of a rhinestone belt buckle which her mistress brought Extending from Cincinnati and Louisville, and her home from Paris not long since. Teddy asked her the other day: "Are they real diamonds, "Ginny?" THR0UQ1 ITS CONNECTIONS.... "No, indeedy," she replied, with a toss of her woolly pompadour. "Dey's THE BIG FOUR SYSTEM, from Chicago, St. Louis, Peoria, Indianapolis, real grindstones. Missy fetched 'em to me from Paradise!"—October Lip- Sandusky and Cleveland pincott's. THE OHIO CENTRAL LINES, from Toledo and Columbus; THE CINCINNATI, HAMILTON & DAYTON, from Detroit, Toledo, Lima SOME PROVERBS. and Dayton "Without sterling honesty of purpose, life is a sham. When thinking of your future never FORMS THE MOST DIRECT "EEET&SS" ROUTE. use "if," use "when." Fortune favors the brave. To STAUNTON, LYNCHBURG, CHARLOTTESVILLE, Tact and diplomacy is the oil of civilization. RICHMOND, PETER BURG, NORFOLK, Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. And Principal Virginia Poii>tr. Solitude is the nurse of wisdom. He that will thrive must rise at five, Gen. Pass. Agt. C. 0. Ry., Washington, D. C. he that hath thriven may lie till seven. \Yl. W. FULLER, & 670 THE SOUTHEKN PLANTER [October THE GREATEST OF THEIR KIND **3t3t*?«3«*3r*3t* C3C3l3t3t300(3C3C3e3t3t3l30C3t3e3t3000r3l3»JiC **************** IN THE WORLD. The largest city in the world is For The Whole World! London, lying in four counties, and I CoAxr Mill The reporter was interviewing the H. E. HESSLER CO., Dept. Z., Syracuse, New York. Western millionaire. "Is it true that you are going to endow a chair in that university?" "Endow a chair?" he thundered; "why, b'gosh, I can give a FINE HOLSTEIN BULL, 3 years old, POLAND-CHINA and TAMWORTH whole set o' furniture, an' I'll do it, too. eligible to registry, for sale. $40. PIGS, entitled to registration. Some Say that in your paper! There ain't GRADE HEREFORD COW, with nothing cheap about me." ONE first calf, sired by registered Here- ready for service. Also grade Here- "Jenkins is an artist in his line." ford bull. $40. fords, both sexes, for sale at farmer's "So?" "Yes; he drew a glass of beer ONE GRADE HEREFORD HEIFER, so natural that a patron came in and a model of crossed on Shorthorn, prices, by J. C. GRAVES, it." Jenkins, any- drank "Well, who is beauty. $40. Address way?" "Well, he's a bartender, of Barboursville, Va. course." H. E. JOHNSON, R. F. D., Swansboro, Va. 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 671 BILTMORE FARMS, = Biltmore, N. C. Headquarters for GOLDEN LAD JERSEYS, Also Get of TREVARTH and GEN. MARIGOLD. j» * * GOLDEN LAD'S SUCCESSOR. First and sweepstakes over all at the Pan-American Exposition, the champion JERSEY BULL OF AMERICA, and out of Golden Ora, our great prize-winning cow, both born and developed on these Farms, is among our service bulls. n Biltmore Jerseys are a combination of large and persistent milking qualities with an individuality * that wins in the show ring. SPECIALTY. Write for descriptive circular of the best lot of young bull calves ever offered, both for breeding and individuality. They are by noted sires and out of large and tested selected dams. Many of these calves are fit to show and win in any company. Jt * BILTMORE POULTRY YARDS. * ^ SPECIALTY. Write for descriptive circular of eggs from our prize-winning pens. Over 50 yards to select from, made up of the winners at the leading shows for the last two seasons. If you want winners you must breed from winners. Headquarters for the best IMPORTED ENGLISH BERKSHIRES. apply to BILTMORE FARMS, biltmore, n. c. IIIIPEBIHL FBU1T HHD PDOLTBT F B B BI Is now booking orders for Eggs from the best strains and careful matings of Barred, Buff and White Plymouth Rocks, Silver=Laced and White Wyandottes, S. C. B. Leghorns and Mammoth Pekin Ducks, AT $1.00 PER SITTING. EGGS FROM BLACK DEVIL PIT GAMES. Never known to run. The grittiest of all games. $2.00 PER SITTING. We give 15 Chicken and 13 Duck Eggs for sitting. Order at'^once. Write name and address plainly. Remember the express is no more on 2 or 3 sittings than on 1. Refer to Augusta National Bank and former patrons. Satisfaction guaranteed or money|refunded P. H. HEYDENREICH, - StauntorCva. 672 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER [October DOMESTIC ECONOMY. To remove blood stains, use clear, cold water at first, then soap and water. It is just the right thing to have an Your money back embroidered bag to put one's night dress in. if you are not 'satisfied Use a pancake lifter to place cookies DO YOU SUPPOSE that a company with a capital of $500,000.00, paid in full, and the the tin, to remove them when on and proud reputation of 36 years of continuous success, would make such an offer and not carry they are baked. it out to the letter? Cold boiled potatoes are more appe- DO YOU SUPPOSE we would jeopardize our standing with the public and our chances Of still greater success by failing to fulfil any promise we make ? if little flour is sprinkled over tizing a DO YOU SUPPOSE we would make such an offer if we did not have the utmost confi- them while frying. dence in the satisfying quality of our goods ? can please you and save you money, If your washtub leaks, turn the bot- WE KNOW we for HAYNER WHISKEY goes direct from our distillery to you, with all its original richness and flavor, carrying a UNITED tom side up and fill the leaky place STATES REGISTERED DISTILLER'S GUARANTEE of PURITY and AGE and saving with good hard soap. you the big profits of the dealers. That's why it's best for medicinal purposes. That's why it's preferred for other uses. That's why we are regularly supplying When making soups or broths, put over a quarter of a million satisfied customers. That's why YOU should try it. the meat or bones into cold water to draw out the juices. Leather goods can be freshed up by Direct from our distillery to YOU rubbing them well with a piece of "^ "" cloth dipped in the white of an egg. Saves Dealers' Profits ! Prevents Adulteration ! To keep irons from sticking to starched pieces, lay a little fine salt on a flat surface and rub them well over it. When acid of any kind gets on cloth- ing, spirts of ammonia will kill it. HAYNER WHISKEY Chloroform applied will restore the color. PURE SEVEN-YEAR-OLD RYE To remove grass stains, allow the spots to remain saturated with alcohol FULL $$.20 EXPRESS for a little time, then wash in clear water. 4 When darning woollen hose, make QUARTS O PREPAID the threads one way of stout thread. with the cross threads of woollen We will send you FOUR PULL QUARTS of HAYNER'S SEVEN-YEAR- yarn. The result is a firm, smooth OLD RYE for $3.20, and we will pay the express charges. When you receive the whiskey, try it and if you don't find it all right and as good as you ever darn, which looks and wears well. drank or can buy from any body else at any price, then send it back at our To remove fresh tea and coffee stains expense and your $3.20 will be returned to you by next mail. How could an offer be fairer? We take all the risk and stand all the expense, if place the stained linen over a large the goods do not please you. Won't you let us send you a trial order? We bowl and pour through it boiling water ship in a plain sealed case; no marks to show what's inside. from the tea kettle, held at a height Orders for Ariz., Cal., Col., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N. Mex., Ore., Utah, Wash, to ensure force. or Wyo., must be on the basis of 4 Quarts for 84.00 by Express Prepaid or SS© Quarts for $16.00 by Freight Prepaid. Paint spots on glass can be removed Write our nearest office and do it NOW. by moistening with a strong solution of soda—the common kitchen variety. THE HAYNER DISTILLING COMPANY This will soften them, when they can ATLANTA GA. DAYTON, OHIO ST. LOUIS, MO. ST. PAUL, MINN. be rubbed off, and the glass should then be rubbed with alcohol. 156 Distillery, Tboy O. Established 1866. To prevent wooden bowls from cracking, immerse them in cold water, set fire, then over the bring to the A WASHING MACHINE is as great a necessity in the house as a wringer boiling point, and let boil for an hour, and don't take them out until the wa- ter has gradually, cooled. THE MAJESTIC ROTARY WASHER A soothing drink for a sore throat lias Loo many good points for explanation in an ad- that is recommended, is made of a on a postal card will pint of barley water brought to a boil vertisement. Your name booklet, with full particulars of our six over a hot fire, to which is added, bring our get them. One of while stirring until dissolved, one different machines and how to you. All are made with ounce of the best gum arabic. Sweeten them will certainly please our to taste. electrically welded wire hoops sunk in grooves— patent. Being the largest manufacturers of wood To clean the ivory handles of knives, enware in the world, we can make better machines mix ammonia and olive oil in equal for the money than any one else. If you want a parts, and add enough prepared chalk machine that washes, buy one of ours. to make a paste. Rub the ivory with this, and let it dry before brushing off. THE RICHMOND CEDAR WORKS, Richmond, Va. Several applications may be necessary. .. . . 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 673 "MOORE" QUALITY "MOORE" QUANTITY J. S. MOORE'S SONS, Successors to J. S. MOORE & 50NS. CORNER EIGHTEENTH & MAIN STREET*, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Wholesale and Retail ... Grocers, Feed and Liquor Dealers ... WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY. Read carefully below our low prices on best Groceries, Feed and Liquors. *&*SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO OUT OF TOWN ORDERS. Levering Coffee, per lb 9J Fresh Mixed Cakes, per lb CHOICE WINES AND LIQUORS. Granulated Sugar, per lb 5 6 bars Colgate's Octagon Soap .... Moore's Crown, fine, per gal $3.00 Light Brown Sugar, per lb 4| 7 bars Octagon Shape Soap, 10-oz. Moore's Excelsior, fine, per gal 2.00 Lion Coffee, per lb., Daisy 10 cakes for Moore's Keystone, 3 years old, per 2.50 Arbuckle's Coffee, per lb 9£ 10 bars Moon Soap, 8-ounce cakes. gal Capital, 2 years old, Best Green Tea, per lb 75 12 bars Hustler Soap, 8-oz cakes. Moore's Old per gal 1.50 Choice Green Tea, per lb 60 Small California Hams, per lb. . . Pure Va. Apple Brandy, gallon... 3.00 Good Green Tea, per lb 40 & 50 Good Salmon, can, 9c; 3 cans. . . Maryland Apple Brandy, gallon.. 2.25 Black Tea, Best, per lb 50 Large Mackerel, each 10 Imported Sherry Wine, gallon . . 3.00 Good Black Tea, per lb 40 Large cans Good Tomatoes, can . . 8 Good Gin, per gallon 2.00 Mixed Tea. per lb 30, 40 & 50 Large cans Best Tomatoes, can. Best Gin, gallon 2.50 Fair Black Tea, per lb 25 2 lb. cans Best Tomatoes, can . . Best N. C. Corn Whiskey, per gal.. 2.00 Best Rice, per lb 8 Large Juicy Lemons, dozen Best Catawba, per gallon 45 Good Rice, per lb 5 Green Coffee, per lb., 9c; 3 lbs. . Blackberry Wine, per gallon 45 Pure Leaf Lard, per lb 11 Quart Mason Jars of Light Syrup or Sherry Wine, gallon. 1.00 Good Lard, 9c, or 3 Good Port lbs 25 I gallon Can Light Syrup New England Rum, per gallon 2.00 Cooked Sliced Ham, per lb 12J 1 gallon can Light Syrup 7 year old Pure Rye, 1896, Good Good Salt Pork, per lb 8 5 bbl. Clipped Herrings 2.75 Hyspire Brand, per gallon 3.50 Choice Salt Pork, per lb 10 200 pound sack salt, per sack 85 Duffy's Malt Whiskey, per bottle, Best Salt Pork, per lb 12 100 pound sack salt, per sack 45 80c; per dozen 9.00 Best Potted Ham and Tongue, can. 4 Best Full Cream Cheese, per lb.. 15 O'Grady's Malt Whiskey, per bottle, I lb. can Chipped Beef 10 Lump Starch, per lb 4 dozen 9.00 80c. ; per New N. C. Cut Herrings, dozen, Best Water per peck, Ground Meal, McDermott's Malt Whiskey, per 10c, or, per bbl 4.25 20c ; per bushel 70 bottle, 80c; per dozen 9.00 New N. C. Roe Herrings, dozen, Best Ship Stuff, per 100, $1.20; ton.23.00 Pure Scotch Whiskey, User Brand, 18c, or, per bbl., $5; or h bbl 2.75 Best Bran or Brown Stuff, per 100. 1.10 per quart 1.15 Our Pride of Richmond Flour, best Best Mixed Oats, per bushel.... 48 Pure Fulcher Mountain Whiskey, patent, per bbl 4.75 Cotton Seed Hulls 9.50 per quart 1.15 Our Daisy Flour, good patent, per Best No. 1 Timothy Hay, per ton. .17.00 Pure Savage Mountain Whiskey, fine, gallon... 3.00 bbl 4.25 4 years old, very Porto Rico Molasses, per gallon. . 35 Wilson Whiskey, $1 bottle; per Our Excelsior Flour, good family, New Orleans Molasses, per gallon. 50 dozen, 11.50 per bbf. 3.75 Good Dark Molasses, per gallon.. 20 With 1 dozen one-half pints free in Fresh Soda Crackers, per lb 5 Maple Syrup, £ pint 10 case. Ginger Snaps, per lb 5 3 plugs of any 10c Tobacco for 25c, 3 year old pure Blackberry Wine, New Mixed Nuts, per lb 12£ such as Peach, Plum, Grape, Reynold's per gallon 1.00 Cocoanuts, 5c; or, per 100 3.50 Sun Cured and other brands. Jas. E. Pepper Whiskey, bottle... 1.00 We have everything in the Grocery, Liquor and Feed line, and can furnish anything not quoted at lowest market price. Prices on Staple Groceries and Feed subject to market changes. We know the difficulty farmers experience in getting good family liquors owing to recent leg- islation, and have made special arrangements to supply this trade. Plain packages— any size of any brand shipped promptly. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. 674 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [October WAGONS and BUGGIES MADE RIGHT HERE AT HOME BY The BARBOUR BUGGY CO., The HUGHES BUGGY CO., Ah of Virginia. The VIRGINIA WAGON CO. These vehicles are guaranteed to be as good as can be bought elsewhere; material and workmanship unsurpassed; all sizes and styles, prices low. We can save you time, money and freight by purchasing our vehicles. Send for our illustrated catalogues. Drop in our warehouse and inspect our stock. Inquiries cheerfully answered. AGENTS FOR DEERING MACHINES. RICHMOND BUGGY & WAGON CO., 1433 E. Main Street, RICHMOND, VA. J. T- DUNN, Manager. ^aTHIRD ANNUAL EXHIBITION^ FOR SALE: Richmond Horse Show Association, The Fine Thoroughbred Stallion RICHMOND, -:- VIRGINIA. ED. KEARNEY. October 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th, 1903. Chestnut horse, 16. 0J hands high, weight 1,150 pounds. By Tom Ochiltree, son of Lexington and Katona ; dam Medusa, Night Exhibitions Matinee. with Saturday by Sensation, second dam Hilda, by imp. Eclipse. (For ex- Over in prizes. $8,000.00 tension of pedigree see Amer. Stud Book, Vol. 6, page 740). W. O. WARTHEN, Secretary, ED. KEARNEY was a fine race horse, and won a number of races both in the East and in California. He is a grand speci- J. T. ANDERSON, President. men of the thoroughbred stallion. No horse sires finer colts Pedigrees traced and tabulated. Catalogues compiled and from all classes of mares. Address circulars prepared. Special attention given registration ROBERT TAIT, Commercial Place, Norfolk, Va. matters pertaining to thoroughbreds and trotting horses . . . BY . . . AGNEL, 38033. w. j. carter (Broad Rock), Bay stallion, foaled 1900; sired by Guardsman 19355, record P.O. Box 929 RICHMOND, VA 2.23£; dam of the great brood mare Zeta, dam of Miss Duke Representing the .... 2.13, etc. by Red Wilkes. The Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va. AGNEL has fine size and is a grand looking young horse, he Southern Planter, Richmond, Va. is richly bred and has the action of a trotter. Spobts of the Times, New York. Fee $15.00 the season. Kentucky Stock Farm, Lexington, Ky. Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco, Cal. BEN W. SUTHERLAND, Mt. Olive, N. C. 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 675 A. C. SINTON. President. R. R. GWATHMEY, Vice-President, J. J. SUTTON, Secretary, Jt J* Jf J$ Jt ESTABLISHED 1840. The WATT PLOW CO., INCORPORATED 1893. 15th & Franklin and 14th & Main Sts., Richmond, Va. Agricultural Implements, Machinery, Vehicles and Harness. ^ %* <£ <& PEERLESS ENGINE. A full stock always on hand, and prompt shipments guaranteed. South Bend, Dixie and Farmer's Friend Plows and repairs. The Hancock Ro- tary Disc Plow, warranted to go in the ground where all others fail. Hocking Valley Feed Cutters, Cy- clone Shredders, Smalley Feed Cutters, Dain Corn Cutters. Equal to any made. Staver Buckeye Feed Mill and Horse Power Combined. Star Sweep Mill. Either grinds corn on cob or shelled. Whitman All-Steel, full circle Hay Presses. George Ertel Company's full HOCKING VALLEY FEED CUTTER. circle Hay Presses. Rapid Fire Horse Power Hay Press, for one horse, a good, cheap press. "Will put up from 150 to 200 bales a day. The well known Min- nich Brand Baling Presses. Hocking Valley Wine and Cider Mills. Hard wood rollers. The best mill made. Hocking Valley Corn Shellers, for hand or power. Smalley Electric Pole and Wood Saws, for steam or horse power. Peerless Engines and Saw Mills always in stock. Several good second-hand Engines and other second- hand machinery for sale. "Pittsburgh Perfect" fencing, electrically welded. See cuts showing weld. Barb Wire, Plain Galvanized Wire, Baling Wire and Bale Ties. Continental Disc Har- rows. Buffalo and Lean Spike Harrows. STAR SWEEP MILL. The celebrated Columbus, Ohio, Bug- gies, Carriages, Runabouts, and Traps. Farm Wagons and Delivery Wagons, a complete stock. Correspondence solicited. i ' 'I 'f M 1 \ SECTIONS OF WIRE FENCE. SPIKE HARROW. 676 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER [October 111 lit Seed House of the South. The following list of papers and periodicals RED TiriOTHY, are the most popular ones In this section. CLOVER, We can SAVE YOU MONET on whatever ORCHARD nAMMOTH GRASS, Journal you wish. CLOVER, RED TOP or CRinSON HERDS GRASS, CLOVER, DAILIES. KENTUCKY WHITE BLUE GRASS, Price. With CLOVER, Alone. Planter. Times-Dispatch, RANDALL Richmond, Va $5 00 $5 00 LUCERNE GRASS, The Post, Washington, D. C 6 00 6 00 CLOVER, The TALL MEADOW Sun, Baltimore, Md 3 00 3 40 ALSYKE OAT GRASS, News-Leader, Richmond, Va 3 00 3 00 CLOVER, JOHNSON TRI-WEEKLY. BOKHARA GRASS, CLOVER, The World (thrice-a-week), GERHAN N. Y. ... 1 00 1 25 MILLET, JAPAN WEEKLIES. CLOVER, BUCKWHEAT, . Harper's OATS and Weekly 4 4 00 BUR Harper'3 eLOVER, Bazaar 1 1 40 CANE SEED. Montgomery Advertiser 1 1 60 Nashville American 75 The Baltimore Sun 1 1 35 "Whatsoever One Soweth, That Shall He Reap." Breeder's Gazette 2 1 75 Hoard's Dairyman 1 1 35 sell strictly Country Gentleman We reliable FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS of every 1 1 75 iteligious Herald, variety at Lowest Market rates, included in which are Richmond, Va 2 2 25 Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va 1 1 25 Christian " RAGLAND'S PEDIGREE TOBACCO SEEDS. Advocate, " 1 175 Central Presbyterian, " " ...; 2 2 25 + & & WE ALSO SELL Horseman « 3 00 MONTHLIES. Our Own Brands of Fertilizers Wool Markets and Sheep 50 75 Dairy and Creamery 50 75 For Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, Potatoes, &c. Commercial Poultry 50 75 All three [[''[ 1 50 1 15 Pure Raw-Bone Meal, Nova Scotia and Virginia Plaster and North American Review 5 00 5 00 Fertilizing Materials generally. The Century Magazine 4 on 4 25 St. Nicholas Parties wishing to purchase will find it to their interest to price our goods. Magazine 3 00 3 25 Lippincott's Magazine 2 50 2 50 Samples sent by mail when desired. Harper's Magazine 4 qq 4 00 Forum Magazine 3 00 3 25 1016 Main Street, Scribner's Magazine 3 00 3 25 •* Frank Leslies Magazine LYNCHBURG, VA. 1 00 1 35 Win. A. Miller & Son, Cosmopolitan Magazine 100 1 35 Everybody's Magazine 100 1 35 , ^hs i-* i-» , :- v@wv^t*«^i 2-». x*. X*- Munsey Magazine jV». x^ 100 1 35 Strand Magazine 1 25 1 65 McClure's Magazine 100 1 35 WHOLESALE Argosy Magazine 100 1 85 Headquarters for Review of Reviews 2 50 2 75 AND Successful Farming 1 00 75 Southern Fruit Grower 50 85 Where RETAIL. you desire to subscribe to two or Nursery Stock. more of the publications named, you can ar- rive at the net subscription price by deduct- ing 50 cents from "our price with the We make a specialty of handling dealers' orders. PLANTER." If you desire to subscribe to any other publications not listed here, write ALL STOCK TRUE TO NAME. us and we will cheerfully quote clubbing or Apples, Nectarines, Pecans, Ornamental and *f» net subscription rates. Pears, Cherry, Chestnuts, Shade Trees, «#> Subscribers whose time does not expire until later can take advantage of our club Peach, Quinces, Walnuts, Evergreens, *§* rates, and have their subscription advanced Plum, Almonds, Small Fruits, Roses, Etc. *|* •ne year from date of expiration of their Apricots, subscription to either the PLANTER or any *§* •f the other publications mentioned. CALIFORNIA PRIVET, for Hedging. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. Don't hesitate to write us for any informa- . . AGENTS WANTED. tion desired; we will cheerfully answer any correspondence. FRANKLIN DAVIS NURSERY CO., Baltimore, Md. ^ We furnish NO SAMPLE COPIES of other * ii wit i¥- -*- -** psriadlcaJs. v v v " 1903.] THE SOUTHEKN PLANTER. 677 Latest Improved FARM IMPLEMENTS. Scientific Steel Corn Harvester. Special prices given on Studebaker and The best Harvester on earth, for standing corn Brown Wagons, Buggies and Carts. Safety seats. Safety shafts. The Lyons Improved Fanning Mill. ROSS.... Fodder Cutters, Fodder Shredders, Cutters for all purposes, Corn Shellers, Grinding Mills, Horse Powers and Wood Saws. Chattanooga Aspinwall Planters, Potato Sorters Cane Mills and Cutters. and Superior Grain Drills. Evaporators. Plain and Fertilizer Hoe and Disc S3Sy/%!8&lffi Drills—All sizes. TIGER Steel and Wood Self-Dump Rakes, GRANGER Steel and Wood Hand-Dump Rakes, all sizes. ELI BALING PRFSSfcS. (38 Styles.) ¥&M. Buckeye Force Pumps. Porce- lained Wood Pnmps. Wood and CAHOON Seed Sowers. MICHIGAN Wheel- barrow Sowers. Steel Wind Mills. Read list of only a few of the many using the MIL- Milwaukee Corn Husker and Fodder Shredder, WAUKEE Husker: Virginia: M. L. Norvell, Island. Has Steel Gears and Steel Clutches and Rolls Easily R. L. Bruce, Medlock. S. D. Ivey, Petersburg. J. C. Segar, Lewiston. J. A. Maddox, Triangle. Adjusted to all Conditions of Corn. J. A. Graham, Hanover. W. H. Walton, Rice Depot. L. E. Williams, Enfield. T. S. Wilson, News Ferry. With Blower or Carrier. Manufactured in 5 sizes : Large machineslor Julian Ruflin, Old Church. Geo. R. Land, Boydton. threshermen, and small machines for farmers' own use. Edmund Ruffin, Old Church. North Carolina: A. T. Broaddus, Old Church. H. S. Saunders, Shirley. C. C. Moore, Charlotte, Mrs. Alice Bransford, Shirley. R. F. Broaddus, New Berne. C. C. Branch, Toano. Col. B. Cameron, Stagville. The above parties will cheerfully give you testimonials as to the merits of the MILWAUKEE. We are ready at all times to go in the field with any other husker made, and will guarantee the MILWAUKEE TO BE THE BEST MADE; and will also guarantee it to do more work than any other made, and SHELL LESS CORN. AND COST LESS FOR REPAIRS and last longer. Write the parties that are using them; also write for special circulars and testimonials we have, which will be sent with pleasure. HENING & NUCKOLS, c^I™, 1436-38 E. Mi SI. 678 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [Octobar A LIBERAL OFFER. >L .>. 3 Months Trial Subscription I " ^^^4 TO THE= + Southern Planter for 10 CENTS or 3 for 25 CENTS. This [liberal offer should be accepted by thous= ands who are not now readers. Send in at once. The SOUTHERN PLANTER, Richmond, Va. 1903.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 679 Not all for the dollar! Something for reputation. RICHMOND, ASHTON STARKE VIRGINIA. THE LARGEST AND FINEST LINE OF HARROWS TO BE HAD. BICKFORD and HUFFMAN WHEAT DRILLS Feed Cutters and Ensilage Cutters. FROM THE LARGEST POWER CUTTER TO THE SMALLEST HAND CUTTER. RICHMONDI^ENGINE AND PUMP COMPANY More of our Gasoline Engines made and sold than any three of the largest factories in the country. THE SIMPLEST, THE STRONGEST, ENDORSED BY THE THE BEST, NATIONAL BOARD THE HOST OF FIRE INSURANCE POWERFUL. UNDER-WRITERS NO OTHER ENGINE AFTER 194 TESTS. COHPARES WITH IT. PUMPS FOR HAND AND POWER. HYDRAULIC RAMS TANKS AND TOWERS. The Duplex Grinding Feed Mills, a specialty. PLANTER. [October 680 THE SOUTHERN jft j» A HIGHLY IMPROVED FARM, THE 110 or 225 acres for sale, 5£ miles from Manchester. Fine new dwelling, watered. SEABOARD new barns, etc. Abundantly Young orchard; good neighborhood; AIR LINE RAILWAY or trucking. excellent for stock raising THE MANUFACTURER, Address 0FFERS Va. THE STOCK RAISER, H. E. JOHNSON, R. F. P., Swansboro, PROFITABLE THE DAIRYMAN, WANTED—Experienced middle-aged man and wife, without small children, INVESTMENTS THE FRUIT GROWER, medium sized to work and oversee TRUCKER, farm in Virginia. Must be sober, eco- TO»-« »»»> THE nomical and industrious, and must un- IN VAIN. derstand care of stock and the work- WHERE YOUR LABOR IS NOT farm machinery. Give on the entire year and where ing of improved Would a country where work can be carried reference and state previous duties profits can be realized interest you? . DR. THOS. A. laige States and a and wages. Address The SEABOARD Air Line Railway traverses six Southern Wyoming avenue, Scranton, bring handsome illustrated KAY, 345 region of this character. One two cent stamp will Pa. literature descriptive of the section. EDW. W. COST, CHARLES B. RYAN, Mention the Southern Planter in j B WHITE Traffic Nlgr. Gen. Pass, Agt., Portsmouth, Va writing. Gen. Industrial Agt., Portsmouth, Vav MANFRED CALL, Established by ...... IMPLEMENTS & MACHINERY Gen'l Manager. GEO. WATT, 1840. FULL CIRCLE HORSE POWER PRESSES. PRES?. 'BOY" HAY Hay and Cotton Press. THE NEW MOLINE. WOOD AND STEEL ROLLERS. (ALL qizES ) T^TC1 ETC Write for circul We solicit inquires for anything desired. 13 So. Fifteenth Street, RICHMOND, VA. THE CALL-WATT CO. Between Main and Cary WHY USE DANGEROUS BARB WIRE an 55 INCH. ,=>« WHEN AN| ATTRACTIVE WOVM WIRE FENCE CAN BE BOUGHT AT EVEN J | l ag catfa*iBeii wi- i^ ' i >ifa 'i' J.^» - ssar i2 LESS COST? ""* ^A»-* ^ ^» g wassBs«BgSeSc THE AMERICAN FIELD FENCING Is made in many heights and styles for turning the smallest to the largest a nimal. Write for speci al catalogue and prices. _^____ The Ohio Feed and Ensil- aqe Cutters. Built for Strength and Rapid Cutting. Furnished with Either cutter or shredder head, or both, and with blower or elevator when desired. Special catalogue mailed free. SINGLE and DOUBLE CIDER MILLS. THE TIGER RIDING DISC CULTIVATOR .... With its BALL BEARINGS, PIVOT TONGUE, which changes instantly the direction of the disc by the slightest pressure of the foot, Stag- gered Spoke Wheels, and gangs that can be changed almost instantly to throw either to or from the centre, is the most desirable made. MIDDLE DISCS furnished to change into Disc Harrows. Send for special catalogue and THE TIGER RIDING DISC CULTIVATOR. prices. BUGGIES and CARRIAGES, (ALL STYLES.) We carry the largest stock of any house south of Baltimore, and have " grades and prices to suit everybody. Special buggy cata- logue free. FANNING MILLS. We can strongly re- commend the "LYONS" for cleaning any kind of grain or grass seed. Does its work clean, and praised by every one who has used it. Everything the farm needs we can supply, and that a close price. THE IMPLEMENT CO., 1302 and 1304 E. Main St., Richmond, Va The Northwestern ,™nce'co. 9, 1903. T „ t. ,. DmBiltmore, N. C, March BII.TMORE ESTATE, Landscape Dept. ' Office of Superintendent. a.num- Company, which I have heen carrying for the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance My policies in I I wished to carry more msurance investments I have ever made. If ber of tars appeal to me as the best dmdends which view of finding better security or greater care ?ogo outside of this Company with a would Tt as to my impres- business principles. It is a pleasure to me to testify Ire based on broad but conservative C. D. Beadle. sioiis Carolina testimonials, address, For rates and other Virginia and North !l. and 1. C; 1201 1 Jlil «>lUJI I UGIIBIU till!. MM W tOT « STRONG. HEALTHY AND SLEEK HORSES KNOB'S MOSCOW- Are the inevitable result of giving OWENS & Cattle and healthy DITION POWDERS. If you wiuh fat and emooth Milch Cows, give DIXIE CONDITION POWDERS. and all PAINS use For RHEUMATISM, SPRAINS, STRAINS DIXIE NERVE AND BONK UNIMENT-M on earth for Man o, everywhere. Beaat- Large Bottle 25 cts.; ^ mNoR druq cq Richniond( Va . ^^ | v^mv+s+a**********^^ VIRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Southern Manufacturers .* FERTILIZERS <£ FOR- Southern Farmers. THE FACTS: Largest makers of Fertilizers! Largest producers of material! THE RESULTS: Better Fertilizers! Lowering prices! Increasing sales! N. C. Sales Offices: RICHHOND, Va., NORFOLK, VA., DURHAM, AQENTS, - - - - EVERYWHERE. WM. M HILL, Cashier. ^— -— %->.# ** iiinft Hlll JOHN P. KLLETT, President. TU- QTBTC PAMK OP VlRlilMlfl CAP.TAL, $500,000 SURPLUS, ^40,000;