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The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
Look for the Pea and Grain wesvi1s.

During the winter in warm ware
houses and in early spring in barns and
open granaries thousands of dollars
worth of damage is yearly done by seed
weevils which bore into the seeds and
eat out the interior. Cow Peas and
Soy Beans are especially attacked.
No time should be lost IN destroying
these pests which is very easily and
cheaply accomplished by the use of
Carbon bisu1phide. Place the seeds or
grain in a tight bin, box, barrel or
hogshead or if the room can be closed
nearly air tight pile it in a conical heap
on the floor. For each 100 pounds of
seed allow one ounce of Carbon bi-sul-
phide. Pour this into a cup and sink
the cup to the rim at the top of the
heap. Now cover the heap with an
old carpet or thick cloth of any kind to
keep in the fumes. If the room is not
very large and can be made quite tight
no covering of the heap will be necessa-
nv but IA to 1-2 more Carbon bi-sul-
phide must be used. Keep the cloth on
or the room closed for twenty-four hours.
then expose freely to the air and ali
traces of the Carbon bisulphide will
quickly disappear. The edible quality
of the grain or its ability to sprout viii
be in nowise injured by the treatment.
Carbon b1-sulphide readily exp1odes in
presence of fire and no fire or light
must be brought into the room as long
sulphide can be smelled.
Carbon bi-sulphide costs in 6 pound
bottles about 20 cents per pound and
may be bought of most druggists
Gerald Mccarthy, N. c. Experiment
Station
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
Advanced Meteorological Summary for
the State of North Carolina.
November, 1898.

The North Carolina State Weather
Service issues the following advanced
summary of the weather for NOvem Der,
1898, as compared with the correspond
ing month of previous years:
TEMPERATURE.-The mean tempera-
ture was 45.3 degrees, which is IA deg.
below the normal. The highest monthly
mean was 55.8 degrees at Hatteras: the
lowest monthly mean was 40.S at High
lands. The highest temperature was 70
on the Sd at Chapel Hill; the lowest s
on the 25th at Highlands. The warm
est November during the past twenty
two years was in 1881, mean 52.S de-
grees; the coolest in 1872, mean AL.
month e.64 inches, which is 0.s6 inch
below the normal. The greatest
monthly total was e.32 inches at Hat
teras; least LII at Moct1sville. The
first light furries of snow occurred in
the western portion of the State on the
18th, in the eastern on the 21st and 9th.
The greatest amount of unmelted snow
at any station was is inches on the
oath at Willeyton.
Misunderstanding direction north
east, which is the normal direction.
Average hourly velocity 90 miles. High
est velocity IS miles from the northeast
at Kitty Hawk on the sth.
MISCELLANEOUS. = There were ID
rainy days. Shows occurred on the IL,
IA, Is, II, 81, and 24th. Hail or sleet
on the IA, II, 20, 21, "a, 20 and 27th.
Halos were observed on the 3, 4, 10, IS,
20, 81, %, So; 25, and 27th, An aurora
was observed at Currituclx Inlet on the
night of the I'd. One severe cold wave
prevailed over the State 24th to goth.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
ODDS AND ENDS.

Over six hundred thousand cattle
are annually slaughtered to make
beet extract.
A colored Baptist prea cher at Lin
cola, Neb., married at the age of
ninety nine
The worlds sugar planta tions
produce every year 100000 tons
OF sugar
The largest meteoric stone was
found in Greenland and weighs
$4,000 pounds.
The world puts on it's victuals
every year three million dollars
worth of black pepper.
A German athome east an aeera ge
of sixty eight pounds of beet and
pork Per annum.
The American breath is annually
sc ented with 10 900, 900 bushels of
onions.
A Philadelphia inventor has a min
allure trolley road on the roof on his
house.
The people OF this country annual
ly consume each 1852 ounces OF tea
and coffee.
False hair requires to be frequent
ly renewed, as it loses it gloss as the
years go by.
In France 81 per cent OF the people
live on rye bread, only 33 per cent
on wheat bread
The proposed hydrograph will en-
able ships to communicate with each
other at long distances.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
Hand separators and Darying.

What is your experience with hand separa.
tors VIII they do what is claimed for them Z
name some reliable merchant who would han
die butter put up in pound prints to make it net
TO producer 25 or 20 cents per pound. Butter to
be guaranteed of good quality.-W M D.,
Statesvllle, N. G.
answered by +. E. Emery, Agriculturist N. G.
Experiment Station.
Yes, the hand separator will do all
that IS claimed for tam when in Judi
c;ous hands.
In order to check. the separator and
detect leaks, the Babcock Test should
be frequently used. This test will find
losses of butter in buttermilk if churn-
ing is not thoroughly DONE It's prime
use hewever, is to discriminate be-
tween good and poor cows and warn
against using the profit from one class
to support the other The leading
grocerymen of this, and doubt other
cities of this state, buy Northern butter
In considerable quantities but will no
doubt take all they can get of home
make provided it comes at the price
Northern factory butter or more for
better quality.
We can not name particular dealer
whom we know will take butter at
the price named but You viii do well
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
Glover Seed Cleaned and in the Char:

AS farmers sometimes wish to pur-
chase clover seed in the chaff, or sow
homegrown clover seed without hull
ing it, the relative value of the seed IN
these conditions should be understood.
Examination of several samples of such
seed at the n. c. Experiment Station
gives the following results:
100 seeds of red clover in the hull
weigh O.40 gram. The hulls of 100 seed
weigh 0.10 gram. The weight of the
hulls is IA or % per cent. of the total
weight of unhulled seed. Out of 100
apparent seeds in hull % seeds had no
germ. Out of a weighed sample of I'M
hulled seeds IA the weight was chaH,
dirt and weed seeds. In a sample of
choice cleaned clover seed we expect to
find the viability of seed 95 per cent.
Real worth 1925 per cent. Assuming
that in the unhulled sample as great a
per cent. of true seeds will terminate
as in the sample of choice cleaned seed,
we calculate the real worth of this sam
pie as SO. IS per cent. Therefore in pur-
chasing clover seed in the hull the price
should never exceed 40 per cent. of the
price of choice hulled seed.-GERALD
MCCARTHY, n. G. Experiment Station.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
LAKESIDE GROVE.
Orange Grove and Hotel Combined, .HuSt
be Sold, 4 Rafa Opening.

Th- charming estate, known and
admired by every visitor to Winter
Park, Florida, we are commissioned
by DIR. Littlefeld, its owner, to offer
at price that should cause an i'm
mediats sale. beautifully situated
on the banks of tho Lake Osceola,
on high pine land, gently sloping to
the water, which is as clear as crys-
tai, and constantly running. The
Seminole Hotel is in full view. The
estate comprises II acres, under high
cultivation, with 800 orange and
lemon trees in fine condition. Nearly
new house, built in the most thor
ough manner by Eastern carpenter,
containing 18 good rooms, open fire
places, wide veranda 200 feet in
length; nicely furnished; in perfect
repair throughout. The house has
a fine class of regular winter board
ers, and as hotel and grove com
oined it cannot be surpassed in the
state. For further particulars apply
to Geo. 81. Chaplin & Co.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
culture of Asparaeu..

There is no one matter in gardening
in which an amateur more commonly
fails than in setting an asparagus bed.
unless it be in his attempts to grow
mushrooms-whileb both are perfectly
easy, when done properly. While an
asparagus root in the dormant condition
can hardly be killed by cold, wet or
drought, my experience is that there is
no plant gotten from nurseries that is
more commonly injured in transporta-
ton by careless packing. When once
the roots are heated in a close package,
they are worthless for planting. / once
lost shipment of $4,000 Conover's Co.
lossal roots, when they were worth $40
per 1000, through the reckless packing
of them en- masse in large tierces. If
asparagus roots are to be bought from
g nursery, always buy from some one
who has reputation to sustain for
careful packing, and get them as close
to home as possible. But the most per-
feet roots are often lost by inexperi.
enced people in planting. They have
read that asparagus roots must be set
deep in the ground, and thereupon deep
down in the ground they bury their
yearsing roots, and are astonished to
see that only here and there feeble
shoot ever reaches sunlight. In my
boyhood, the planting of an asparagus
DCu w do OAo Oh Tie grand mysteries OF
the old negro gardener. He excavated
the soil as carefully as an old Scotch
man would in planting grapery under
glass, and always paved the bottom
with brick-bats, stone or oyster shells.
Why he did so no one ever knew, but,
'sdat's de way to grow sparrergrass;'
and he grew it too, for his excavated
bed was filed with the lightest and
richest of compost, and the paved bot
tom never hindered the shoots FROM
growing upwards. But with the devel-
opment of the great market gardening
interests in various parts of the coun-
try, came more economical and bust
ness-Eke methods. For many years all
markets demanded blanched asparagus,
and many places still do, while other
places want green and tender shoots.
The toughness of the b1anched shoots
has led buyers in many markets of late
years to seek green asparagus, and we
will give our mode Of growing both
the blanched and green. The gardener
must, Of course, grow TO suit his mar
ket. II 1t demands white asparagus,
he must grow it white, of course, and
ne Ha1ld note that asnaragus that y
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
Sale of Land.

By virtue of mortgage deed executed to me
by w. N. Marshall and Sarah j. Marshall on
the 10th day of February, 1891 I will sell at
public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash,
at the court house door in Winston, N. c., on
January 6, 1894, at l O'Clock M. the follow
ing described tracts of land in Salem Chapel
township, known as the Winston Marshall and
Sarah j. Marshall land, adjoining the lands of
T. NJ. and E. VI Marshall and others, contain
ing 100 acres more or less. Also Sarah j,
Marshall's tract adjoining Watkins and Win
ston narshalPs land and others, containing 80
acres. Registered in book 10, pags 81, in
Registers Office in Forsyth county, n C.
K. l. Cox, Mortgage.
December 1898,
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

ing pork and bacon sweet and good for twelve
orchard than pecans Nv. 7. p, Trenton, n. c.
answered by w. F. Massey. Horticulturist N
c. Experiment Station.)
In the absence of any analysis that
can lind, L must say that l think the
yellow Ruta Baga more nutritive than
any white turnip, but if you depend up
on either of them to fatten pork you
will have lean meat and not much of it.
Sweet patatoes are worth far more for
hog feeding than turnips. With sweet
potatoes and good pea field you can
make good pork cheaply.
My mode of curing hams il to make
good brine, strong enough to float po
tato; boil and skim it of impurities, and
when cold stir in one pint of black mo-
laSSes for every 100 pounds OF meat and
1-2 ounce of saltpetre to same amount.
Have brine enough to entirely cover the
meat. Hams and shoulders should stay
in the pickle from four to six weeks.
Then hang up in smoke house and drain.
When drained. smoke well with hickory
wood, corn cobS and green cedar brush
mo pine). After smoking rub them well
all over with molasses made thick with
black pepper, sew them up in cotton
bags, or pack them down in dry oat
chaff. A ham is not in it's best condi-
ton until a year old. Similar treatment
will do for other parts, but thin pieces
need not remain in brine SO long.
Never cultivate chinquapins. Demand
is too light for them to make them pay,
and the nuts do not keep long. People
who want to sell pecan trees are now
figuring tremendously on the profits.
trees for home uso. but tho fortunes
some people are expecting out of pecans,
we would not like to discount now at 90
per cent. off.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

What is the best and cheapest way of keep
ing milk cool in summer Wv. B. Mel. Anson-
Vile N. G.
answered by F. E. Emery, Agriculturist N. c.
Experiment Station.
Where you can use spring water there
is no cheaper way than to construct a
tank, or even a large wooden trough
Cement one is BEST through which You
can carry the water from the spring
This tank should be Is or 20 inches deep
and its lateral dimensions made to cor
respond with the size of dairy and meth
DDS used, whether deep or shallow, set
ting in earthen ware or tin. II you
have as many as ten or more good cows
you should use separator, and then
have only the cream to cool. This will
ripen in spring water about as fast as
you accumulate enough for churning
If yotf are not too far from the railroad
to ship to the Charlotte Creamery it
would probably pay best to run sepa-
rator to skim the milk for six or eight
to a dozen farms and ship cream to the
factory.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
The Best Hoe! Opening in Florida

The Ocean View Hotel. on the
Bay st. Augustine, always popular,
fully equipped-offered at great bar
gain oy.Owner W. 8. M. Plnkerton,
Mayor of st. Augustine, or George
Chaplin & Co.
HALF INTEREST IN DRUG RUSI
NESS
of J. T. Gardner, the mayor OF
Shelby, N. C.. Good clean stock at
cost or appraised; no bonus required
One OF the best towns in the South
Apply to him on the premises, or to
Geo. FL. Chaplin & Co.
ONETHOUSAND ESTATES
in farms of every description; Ncrtl
and South. Orange groves, timber
lands, hotels, mills, gold mines and
every description of real estate de
scribed in the monthly,
NEW ENG LAND AND THESOUTH.
full of iIlustra tions. Mailed for ten
cents in stamps or obtained free at
either of our Offices
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

VIII you please write me If it will pay to
sprinkle copperas in the compost heap where
only dirt and leaves are used, also will com
mere1a1 saltpetre grow cotton. potatoes and
vegetables better than guano, and what guam
t1ty per acre is required ?-J. w. H, Wilton
N. @.
answered by II. B. Battle. Director N c. Ex
pertinent Station.)
Copperas will have but little effect in
decomposing the compost material In
the place of this L would suggest the
use of salt and lime in the proportion
of one bushel of salt dissolved in small
quantity of water added to six bushels
of lime to Stake it. After the lime is
slaked in this way, one bushel of slalzed
lime can be used with good effect to
decompose twenty bushels of rough
compost material. OF course smaller
quantities can be taken.
Commercial saltpetre contains only nj
trogen and no phosphoric acid or potash,
hence it is an incomplete application.
To give its best effect it should be added
to acid phosphate and kainit The use
OF the complete fertilizer would be
preferable to the saltpetre for general
application. For potatoes and vegeta-
bles it can well be added to the usual
application of fertilizer.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
The Peach Borer.

Is the use of paper tied around the base OF a
peach tree proper remedy for the borer w
NJ, Speight's Bridge n. G.
answered by Gerald Mccarthy, Entomologfst
n. c. Experiment Station.
Tarred paper tightly bound about the
base of trunk with the lower edge
banked up with soil is a good prevent
i've as long as the paper is tight enough
to keep out the moth which lays the
eggs from which the borer matches
The use of tarred paper is specified be-
cause the odor of tar is disagreeabie to
the moth and will drive her away The
use of ordinary wrapping paper Il not
of much value as it is next to impossi-
bic to make joint close enough be-
tween tree and paper to keep out the
moth. Tarred paper as above described
is a good thing to prevent mice and
hares from gnawing the bark Of trees
during winter.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
Eeuoxer 500 Feet.

FIUlh INC u L KespOIO ODIDnIC e,
Mr.. Alec Adkins. of townsville. Was
in the city last week H.. is the man.
who viii. i,i- lie f u down tue rapid
slop at Stone Mout,ts.it. in the year
1871, in which ',i- ~if5. VAS killed AMI
he himself WAS badly s,rinsed up
They had been married s,iit "A short
tine, ard we're taking their brid Il
tour. They fill. or slid. over 500
f,ot
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
IL virgfnia's Capital.

From the Dispatch
Twelve hundred families in Rich
mond the heads OF which are out of
employment. And December not
much more than half gone. Was
this city ever before as badly off as
this fact shows it now to be? What
is to be done?
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

20 Try uaose Ee-1oas you ana save ex-
pense in freight if possible If you
could undertake dairying on the CO.
operative plan it would be desirable.
Cheese can be made in hot weather
when sales of.butter are slow and YOU
would have some other advantages
worth considering
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
I1NO. ItI,OOU.J
ON THE BAY-ST.AUGUsTiNE

The Crandall estate, situated be-
tween the Plaza and Fort Marion,
about the only place on .he Bay
commanding view of the channel
and breakers beyond; boating and
fishing within a stones throw; a
large II story house of IL high
rooms, double piazzas, newly paint
ed and blinded and in good repair
throughout; surrounded by China
berry, date palms and Jerusalem
olive trees; lot 60x82; excellent
neighborhood. Owner living ia an
other State and unable to occupy,
offers special bargain. Apply to
e. M. Crandall, New London, Conn,
or to Geo. 81. Chaplin 4 Co,
GEORGE \. cHkPin 4 co.
Boston, Mass. st. Augustine, Fla.
Grssnvills, B. g.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
DECEMBER "a, 1893.
The Experiment Staten Bulletins.

The standing offer is made to send
the bulletins of the Station to all IN the
State who really desire to receive them.
Thousands of farmers have already
taken advantage of this offer. Unless
you really want to be benefited by them,
please do not apply for them. If you
desire to read them, write on postal
card to DIR. II. B. Battle, Director, Raj
eigh, \. c.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

The Rockingham Rocket has mBde
a new departure for North Carolina
newspapers. It publishes the name
of subscriber who owes $7.31 for
subscription and refuses to pay the
bill, and says other names will be
added from time to time unless the
bills are paid.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

Itching, burning, scaly and crusty
scalps of infants cleansed and healed,
and quite sleep restored by John
sons Oriental Soap. Sold at Thomp-
SON drug store
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

State Auditor furnan has COM
pleted his report of tie state tiuances
for hP fiscal year eudiug Novemher
Both last The receipts were $1,212,
161 and the Disbursements 81 .203,
214
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

"A snake in the grass" is all the
more dangerous from being unsus-
pected. So are many of the blood
medicines offered the public To
avoid all risk, ask your druggist for
Ayers Sarsapari.ia, aud ais, for
Ayers Almanac, which is just out for
the new year.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

Japanese Liver Pellets are small,
but great in their effects; no gripping,
so doses % cents. Sold at Thomp-
sons drug store.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

Rheumatism, neuralgia, headache
and pains OF every kind instantly re
lieved by Johnson's Magnetic Oil.
Sold by DIR. % Thompson.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
QUESTIONS AND REPLIES,

The Station will be glad to receive
my questions on agricultural topics
any one may desire to send. Address
all questions to the IN. c. Agricultural
Experiment Station, Raleigh, n. c."
Replies will be written as early as pos
sible by the member of the Station
stall most competent to do SO, and,
when of general interest, they will also
appear in these columns. The Station
expects, in this way, to enlarge its
sphere of usefulness and render great
assistance to practical farmers.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

Miss Lille Franklin returned last
night from the State Normal School
to speLd Christmas with her mother
on Pond street.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
District Steward. Meeting.

The District Stewards of the Win
ston District, III. e. Church, South,
will meet in the Centenary church,
Winston, January 18th, 1894, at IL
o'clock a. m.
P. J. CARRAwAy, P. e.
Dec. q, 1892
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

The penitentiary has this year, in
addition to it's earnings, drawn
SIC. 900 OF the general fund. Ton
sideriug the many disasters of the
year this is quite good showing.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

Let ssgood digestion wait on APP
petite and health on both, /" by TAX
ing Ayers Pills.
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Turnips-Keep,n. Pork-Peean..

Is there more nutrinent in the Southern
Prize turnip than the yellow Ruta Baga. Will
the Ruta Baga alone fatten hogs Tor pork, or
should they he boiled with fine Indian meal for
that purpose What is the best way for keep
ing pork and bacon sweet and good for twelve
months !? Is there more profit in chinquapin
orchard than pecanS wv 7. P, Trenton, n. c.
Answered nv w Massey HorticultrriSt
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28

Connections North bound, with the Sesbosri
AR Line at Sanford; Rcnpond D "a vills u.
r. at Greensboro; Norfolk L TsSssrn r Z.
Madison
Trains and dinner al Faysrsss IIis
skyLs
General P.nsnsu Aesa
J,w FRY. Gansrsl Manase
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Dec. q, 1891
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1893-12-28
Z. +. & Y. v. RAILROAD.

Condensed Schedule Ia effrcs Dec }, Iass.
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d. 11ns., NOV Heart cure at Drnsgisss.