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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS.
DUNCANsoN BROS. AucrIoNEERs

PUBLIC SALE OF THE MOST EIIGIBLE BUILD
AGE OF AHOur l07 FEET on THE WEST
SIDE OF FOURTEENTH STREET WEST AND
FRONTAGE OF ABOUT az FEET ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF NEW YORK AVENUE, AND
CONTAINING ABOUT 3,100 SQUARE FEET
" GROUND. IN THE CITY OF WASHING
. By virtue Of q deed Of trust 70 the UNDERSIGNED.
bearing date August 4, 1892 and recorded August
lss,2, In Liber No. 1721, folio l72 ct sea- OF the
iana records OF the District Of Columbia, and at
the request OF the party thereby secured, we will
oner Tor sale, at public auction, In front of the
premises, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER NINETEENTH,
AD 1874. AT HALF-PAsr -FOUR O'CLOCK PM,
the Following described ground, namely: All OF
original lot numbered seven ca, In square numbered
Two hundred and twenty three t22s), according to
tne original plat or plan Of the city OF Washing.
ton u y, excepting the part thereof covered by
me ouildng heretofore known The Palace Mar.
1eI ana except the triangular-shaped piece sabout
nfty toO) square feetD At the extreme mort
corner OF SAID lot, and in front Of the northeast
corner Of said building
Terms Of sale: one-third Of the purchase money
In cash tof which $500 must be deposited with The
trus,ees AZ the time OF sale, I'm cash or by GER
tined check and the balance I'm two equal INSTALL
ments. at one and two years from the date OF sale
with interest at per cent per annum payabi:
semi annually, or all cash, at the opiion ~
the purchaser. II terms OF sale are moi com
piled with In ten days trustees reserve IN.
right TO resell Mt risk and OF defnultine MR.
chaser, after i've days notice In The Eyeniny gf.r
All conyeyancing, &C, at purchasers cost
MAHLON ASHFORD
Adds B. BROWNE,
oc3.5.s1o.12,15.l617,1s&le Trustees.
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FUTURE DAYS.
DUNCANSON BROTHERS. Auctioneers.


TRUSTEES SALE OF A NEAT AND ATTRACTIVE
TWO-STORY AND BASEMENT BRICK DWELL
ING KNOWN AS PREMISES NO 1912 NORTH
CAROLINA AVENUE SOUTHEAST
BY virtue Of q certain deed of trust dated the
seventh 9TH day Of October, AID. 1892 and re-
corded among the land records Of the District OF
Columbia in Liber No. 1875, folio 359 ct seq
and at the request Of the holder Of the notes Sc.
cured thereby, will offer at public sale in
front of the premises, on FRIDAY, THE TWELFTH
DAY OF October, AID. 1894, AT HAIF-PAST
FOUR O'CLOCK PM, the following described real
estate. situate In the city Of Washington District
Gel Of land and premises known and distinguished as
and being lot numbered eighteen uS) in VIM. f.
Stocketts subdivision of lot numbered eight (s).
In square numbered nine hundred and sixty seven
S9S. as per plat in Liner 10, folio 2, of the rec
ords OF the surveyors Office Of the District OF Co.
lumbia, together with the improvements thereon.
Terms Of sale: Onethird Of the purchase money
to be paid in cash and the balance to be paid in
two equal installments, respectively, In one and
two years, secured by a deed Of trust upon the
property sold, with interest thereon. payable semi
annually at the rate Of six per cent per annum,
or all cash. at the option Of the purchaser. de-
Post Of $500 will be required at the time OF sale
Sale to be closed within fifteen days from day Of
SALE otherwise the property will be resold at the
risk and cost Of defaulting purchaser after FIVE
days advertisement in some newspaper published
in the city of Washington, d. O. Conveyancing at
the cost Of purchaser.
LOUIS D. WINE Trustee
se29-d&d Q CLARENCE B. RHEEM, Trustee.
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THOMAS BOWLING & CO., AUCTIONEERS
612 STREET NV.

TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE LOTS IN
BROOKLAND, ID. c.
By virtue Of two certain deeds OF trust dated
October 4, 1889. and recorded. respectively, in
Libcr 1918. folio as ct sel.. and folio 40 ct
seq, Of the land records OF the District OF Coum.
bia. we shall sell, a. public auction In front Of
DAY OF OCTOBER, A. d. 1894, AT HALF.
PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. all of lots numbered
81 and %, in block numbered 81, CT BENJAMIN r.
Leighton's and Richard E. Pairos. trustees. re-
corded subdivision of tract OF land called Brook
land, recorded I'm the offce Of the surveyor Of
the District Of Columbia, in Liber No. County
subdv isions) foiios 103 and 104.
This is a desirable chance for speculation, the
said sale being made at the request OF the parties
secured by said deeds Of trust.
Terms: 0pe-third cash. balance in one and two
years, with interest payable semi annually, and
secured by deed OF trust on the property sold, or
all cash. at the purchasers option. A deposit Of
$50 each lot will be required at time OF sale
Terms of sale to be complied with I'm hfteen days
from day Of sale, the property may be resold at
the risk and cost Of defaulting purchaser pur-
JNO. RDOUT. Trustee,
WM. e. EDM0NSTON. Trustee,
se2S-d&ds Once. 800 Sth st. NV.
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
THOMAS BOWLING & CO., AUCr1oNEERs

TRUSTEES SALE OF s8vEN, TWO STORY FIVE
R sGs,rr FRAME aaIs,, Hot,sEs ON 18TH AND
By virtue Of deed ofitrusts dated February 20,
1884. and duly recorded in Liber 1855, folio 2S1
Columbia, and by direction q the party secured
theere6y, the nndersignsd trustees will sell, on
MONDAY, OCTOBER EIGHTH, 1894, at HALE
PAST -FOUR O'CLOCK, in front of the premises.
an OF lots and IS in square 1907, together with
story fye-roCm frame housesy
Terms OF sale Small cash payment, balance
very easy and made knoyn atiday Of sale.
q VIM. MAYSE,
JOHN McILVEEN,
se21-o6ds Trustees.
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PARTICULAR
AUCTION NOTICE
LARGE AUCTION SALE,


The undersigned respectfully notify our patrons
and the citizens of the District generally that
have, IT. addition to our regular sewing machine
business added that of THE AUCTION AND COM
MISSION business in all its various details, and
being located in TIL, large fourstory building, GEN.
trally located, No. 514 9th street northwest, we
Will, under the management Of Mr. Samuel SAM
stag. auctioneer. hold opening sale on Thurs
DAY, OCTOBER ELEVENTH, commencing at TEN
O'CLOCK and SEVEN O'CLOCK PM. and will
continue to hold regular daily sales thereafter.
In our first sale may be found the entire balance
of stock Of Watches, Jewelry. Show Cases. ETC., of
Henry Schminke; large stock Of Henry Ingu of
Warren ST., Baltimore. consisting Of Sheetngs,
Brown and Bleached Cottons. Pillow Case Cotton,
Bed Ticking, Silecias, CGmbrcs, Blankets in great
variety. Horse Blankets, Hosiery Of every descrp-
tiOn, Table Linens. COrsets, Ribbons, Embroderies,
Velvet Ribbons, Clark's and other Spool Cottons,
Ladies' and Gents Underwear. Chenille Table
Covers, assorted sizes; 100 dozen Neckwear, 300
dozen Linen Collars. Germantown Knit Goods,
Zephyr WOrsted Goods, Spool Silk, Gloves large lot
OF Tinware. Silver.plated Ware, Whips Hardware
In variety, with endless variety OF other stock.
Sale is positive. Storekeepers invited.
s. OPPENHEIMER & BRO.
sAM'L sAMsTAG, Auctioneer. ocs-st
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DUNCANSON BROS, AUCTIONEERs.

DUNCANSON BROS. AUCTIONEERs.
Large and special sale of
Furniture, especially desir=
able for hotels, apartment
houses or private families,
ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER
9, A. d. 1884,. AT TEN
O'CLOCK A.N., at our auc=
tion rooms, corner 9th and
ID streets northwest,
CONSISTING OF OAK, CHERRY, WALNUT AND
MAHOGANY. SUITES AND SEPARATE BED
STEADS. SINGLE BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS,
WASHSTANDS WARDROBES TABLES, G. s.
CHAIRS; Q. s. ROCKERS, TOWEL RACKS W.
W. SPRINGS.
ALSO
&c RPETS, DIVANS. HAT RACKS UPHOLSTERED
CHAIRS, MANTEL AND FOLDING BEDS
HAIR MATTRESSES. COTS, &C., &c.
ALI. IN SPLENDID CONDITION.
1t DUNCANSON BROS. AUCTIONEERS.
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At Ransey's

AT Ramsey's
Your watch cleaned for 81; watch nainsprins
81. All our work warranted for one wear
3ee-tr 1921 nv
J. T. WALKER SONS 204 10TH ST. NV CAR
pet Lining, Felts, Fire Brick and Clay; Asbestos,
Paints. Brush.f, Lire. Cement: two aud three.
ply Roodug Material eel
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DUNCANsON BROS. AUCTIoNEERs.

PEREMPTORY SALE OF IMPORTED CLARETs
AND OTHER WINES
On TUESDAY. OCTOBER NINTH, 1894, we will
sell within our auction rooms at TWELVE
O'CLOCK NJ.
3s CASES OF PONTET CANET. ST. JULIEN. ST.
ESTEPHE. MEDOC ST. EMILION, CHATEAU
SAMOTHE, SAUTERNE PORT, RHINE WINES,
MARTEIL AND OTHER BRANDIIS
rare opportunity to obtain good table wines
direct from Importer.
1t DUNCANSON BROS, Aucts.
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~4o DO"LiN x w.. AlCTIONEERS
ol2 ST. NV.
Auction sale of forty valu-
able Work and Draught
Horses and rlules.
On THURSDAY, the nth
day of October, 1894, at
10 o'clock
AZ our horse and carriage salesrooms in rear Of
oi2 ana 6l4 street northwest, we will sell to
the highest bidder bidders
Thirty
HEAD OF HORSES AND
Ten
HEAD OF MULES,
formerly the property Of the American Ice Company
The above horses and mules will be sold TO sat
turage. ~
All parties interested will please take notice.
oc3-dts THOMAS BOWLING q co Aucttoneers
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AUCTION SALES.
FUTURE DAYS,
THOMAS BOWLING CO., AUCrIoNEERs

THOMAS BOWLING 4 CO.. AUCTIoNEERs
HANDSOME NEW THREE-STORY BRICK RESI-
DENCE. NO. 1921 MARYLAND AVENUE
NORTHEAST, AT AUCTION.
On SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER THR-
TENTH, 1894, AT HALF-PAST -FOUR O'CLOCK,
IN 'front.' OF the premises, shall sell, at public
auc'ioh that handsome new three-story brick resi-
dence. No. 1921 Maryland avenue northeast This
dwelling has every modern Improvement. finished
IN tne best manner. finely located, and in one of
tne oest residence sections in that part of the city,
Terms: One-fourth cash; balance on easy terms:
$loo deposit required at the time of sale All con.
'eya a and recording At purchasers cost.
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G. q. SLOAN q CO., AUCTIoNEERS lao. q; 81
(Successors to Latimer 4 sloan.
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For the
Envoy Extraordinary
and rlinister Plenipoten.
tiary of
Austria-Hungary,
Chevalier de Tavera,
we will sell at public,
auction, at his residence,
the Austrian Legation,
No. 1887 | St,
rlOn., Tues, Wed. & Thur,
Oct. IS, 10, ~ 6 rs, 1894,
at IL o'clock q. m. each day.
his entire household dec.
Orations, both
useful and ornamental,
from all parts of Europe.
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. G. SLOAN & Co, AICTIONEERS. l+O7 G ST.
Successors to Latimer & Sloan.)
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THOMAS DOWLING 4 CO., AUCTTONEERs
Oh Il 81 n w
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-13
Halt a Century of the Telegraph.

The facts brought out on the fiftieth
anniversary of telegraphv, which was
recently celebrated in New York, are
very interesting to the student of ma
terial and social progress. 1t was on
the day of the great Wing convention
at Baltimore that the first message was
transmitted N this country that was
to demonstrate the utility of telCg
raphy and relieve Professor Morse of
the stigma of being ''crazy." His
wire between Baltimore and Washing
ton announced the nomination of Clay
and Frelinghuysen an hour before the
Train reached the CAPITAL. Since then
the figures of tclegraphy have grown
amazingly, and never SO rapidly rs at
present. As late as 1860 one operator
sent all the newspaper dispatches from
Chicago announcing the nomination
of Lincoln. 1t took 125 operators to
furnish the Geographic news of Cleve-
lands nomination at Chicago. Even
down to 1880 only fifty newspapers
received special kilograms. Now there
are 600 that have special service.
single establishment in this country
HAS ob'y WV III lito u wiz III cptiotACI'
and %, 900 offices, and last year sent
20, 600, 900 messages.
There are now IN the world about
1000, 900 miles of telegraph wire i'll
operation, and in addition to the tele-
graph lines there are nearly 80. 900
miles of nautical cables, over which
the Morse system is used. The news
paper and press associations, which III
1880 received but %, 600, 900 words,
now consume nearly 800, 900, 600
words in supplying the public with
news and reading matter. What all
this signifies in behalf of public en-
liybtenment and commerce almost sur
passes comprehension. 1t enables one
to enjoy two lives Ill )ne. 1t has adj
dcd tonfold value to the art of print
ing, and has increased the national
wealth enormously. Yet orthodox
science and the bushes world were 50
sure that Professor Morse was crazy
that he was ashamed to conduct the
first public experiments In person,
lest he should be hooted out Of conf
dence. What lesson on charity and
and the folly Of snap judgments -
Boston Globe,
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-13
THE LABOR WORLD.

In London there are IA, 900 servants out Of
work.
THE miners IN general are returning to
/ their work.
CLOTHING CUTTERS UNION, New York City,
has 1000 members out Of work.
SAILORS wages have been reduced in al
most every port on the Pacific Coast.
THE Edgar Thomson Steel Works resumed
at Braddock, Penn, giving employment to
1900 men.
THE American Railway Union, in session
at Chicago, decided to work with the Popu-
list party.
THE American Flint Glass Workers Union
IS considering the adjustment of its death
benefit fund.
THE convention this year of the Interim
tional Furniture Workers Union will be held
in Cincinnati.
THE annual convention of Plumbers In
ternational Union will be held in st. Louis
the last Monday in July.
THE English are making more rapid
progress than we are toward the amcabIe
settlement of labor questions.
CHARLES PoRrNER, organizer for tho Re-
tail Clerks National Union, has gone to
Wheeling, W. Va, to form local organiza-
ton.
LEE JOHNSON has been re-elected President
of the Brotherhood of Boiler Makers, AMI
Secretary-Treasurer W, J. GiltEorpe was
also reelected.
CHARTER was granted by the American
Federation of Labor to the Boston Public
Works employees who sec3del from tho
Knights of Labor.
LATHERs and shing'ers are contemplating
forming National organization. There arc
about thirty local unions of that trade in
different parts of the country.
ABOUT s., 900 Scotch miners struck against
the proposed reduction in their wages. Tne
strike has also thrown 90, 90 steelworker5
out of employment, on account of lack OF
fuel.
Miss ALICE G. WOODBRIDGE, Secretary OF
the Workingwomen's Protective Union, es-
Inmates that at least 90 900 workingwomea
are out of employment IN New York City at
present.
In the manufactures of Great Britain alono
the power which steam exerts is estimated
to be equal to the manual labor of 1000, OOO,-
900 of men, or more than double the number
OF males supposed to inhabit the globe.
THE union label is said to be the coming
weapon of unionism. The consensus of
opinion among organized workmen is that
the union label is more powerful than the
boycott, more certain than the strike an
more popular than either.
ANTONIO ZANARDo, an italian marble cut
ter of New York has invented q stone cary-
ing machine. The tool may be given any
required angle to produce a desired under
cut, and may be regulated to carve various
embossed or intagilo figures upon the Same
or different planes.
THE Scottish Miners Federation decided
by majority vote in favor of a strike Rep
resentatives of the Mine Owners Associa-
ton of Scotland unanimously resolved to re-
duce wages twenty-five cents per day. This
was regarded as a direct challenge to tsa
men who had for sonnet time past been threat
ening to strike.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-13
The CzarA Enormous Stables.

The Gar of Russia has four sets of
carriages and horses-the gala, the Eng
lisb. the French and the Russian sets
each one composed of fifty horses.
The Russian set is the only one which
follows his to Gatschina; the gala and
the French ones never leave St. Peters
burg, and are composed each one OF
one coachman-in-chief,w who has under
him five others, and a whole host offoot-
men and stablemen. For the gala set
fifty Hanoverian horses are reserved.
This race is unique. and figures on
the blazons of the Duchy of Brunswick
and the Kingdom of Hanover, and,
according to a legend, comes in
straight line from the white horse
given by Charlemagne to a Guelph
lord who was an ancestor of the
sovereigns of Brunswick and Hanover.
These horses are of a pure snow white,
and have strange, dreamy blue eyes.
The carriages are of Louis XIV. style,
and the berlinc, which is kept solely
for the coronation and the marriage
OF the sovereign, is studded inside and
out with diamonds, surmounted by an
Imperial crowd, adorned with precious
stones Eight footmen clad in white
and gold liverics, with cooked hats,
lead the horses. These splendors,
which were displayed at the corona
ton of Alexander III. and offered
spectacle half Asiatic, half European,
to the astonished eyes of the Western
Ambassadors. will be seen again on
the CccasiOn of the marria0G of the
Czarewitch. For daily use the Emperor
contents himself with the Russian
troika, in which there is only room
for himself and the coachman, and
which is drawn by three horses, the
trottcr in the middle under the arch
of silver bells, and the two gallopers
wearing plumes of feathers on their
heads. The Grand Dukes have only
one set of carriages, but are allowed
to sit in the gala equipages at all the
public ceremonies. New York Adver-
tlSer.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-13
Poison Tor the CantiNeS.

J. f. Brown accosted the reporter
the other day with the question, Would
you believe that linnets will invaria-
bly, poison their young if the latter are
placed in captivity?
We replied that we were somewhat
skeptical, and that we would want evil
dence on the matter.
He said that he felt that way him
self, but stated that after the recent
rainstorm his boy Bonnie captured two
young linnets, and as soon as fair
weather came they were placed in n
cage on the porch. In short time
the mother bird located them, but left
only to return in u few minutes with
something which she dropped into the
open mouth of one Of the little birds
She then flew away, and before she
returned the bird she had fed lay dead
in the bottom of the cage. Presently
the mother dropped something into
the mouth of the other captive and it
persisted as quickly as its companion.
-Colfax Gal Sentinel.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-13

new to me, and possibly to many
others. He had partially meadowed
piece of land close by, and during the
summer when the potatoes were hoed
for the last time he cut the grass on
the meadow, and after it had dried he
spread it along through the hills be-
tween the rows ofspotatoes. He cut
the meadow the second time and
spread the cutting as'bafore ;and by the
time the potatoes were ready for digging
the hay had settled we'll down on the
surface, and the hay was covered with
soil when the potatoes were dug. The
next spring it was plowed much easier,
appeared more friable than before,
and after tilling it we'll, he sowed a
varied assortment of vegetables, and
among them peppers, which, when
ready for picking. werethe largest in
this vicinity. Some oftthe vegetables
did not do quite as well as they
would, had they been Yin other soil,
but taking all in all he had surpris-
ing1y fine crop on his hay fertilizer,
which he continued to apply when
ever the meadow was ready for cut
ting.
Last sun inner, much to, my surprise,
he put set eral trenches through the
lowest parh of the clay bank, which
broke up even better than before, and
set out some four hundred or five hun
dred plants of White Plume celery,
using liberal quantity of we'll rotted
barnyard manure. Every one knows
about the drouth we experienced last
summer, but he continued his appli-
cation of hay, and the result was mar
velous. The hay protected the scorch-
ing sun from striking directiyton the
soil, and all the moisture WIS availa-
BILE for the plants. To be sure there
still remained Jumps of earth which
were exceedingly hard, but these were
utilized in telling manner. In hoe
ing his celery he would set these hard
Jumps of clay around each planf,
about two inches away from the stalks,
and carefully draw the looser and
finer earth up to it. The result was
that he had some of the finest celery
I had ever seen, and it was as clean
and white when taken from playground
as though it had been carefullywashed
and scrubbed.
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The Horses Original Home.

The original home of the hp~-. hl4
been generally supposed t. hn Tia,
country which forms tho Lisu'auIs
of Asia, about the fortIrth dr.ryr ot
latitude, and recent authorities r.-
port that herds OF wild horses are still
to be seen i'll certain parts @. Western
Mongolia and Northern Thjb,t. From
time immcmorlal this country Ia.
been favorable to the growth OF
horses. At II very early data, several
thousands OF years before Christ, Ii,
horse was taken wcstwar |. Tn Baby
lonians used horses III th,lr ,Nue Ia
tions.
The cunciform characters which or'
used to express the word horse muu
literally the "nnimtl Of the Er,t. Ia
Egypt the horse is not found depict.
on the monuments until abplt l.. G.
5000. In Nubin tho horse w, uD-
preciatcl AMI luvcl. In hero ,lNphr'
inscription til, statement is ma L. thta
when Pinnkhi, tho Ethiopian iuyt t..
of Egypt, had cepturn.t tn stores au
treasury OF his Toe, NImrpI Ia w,uJ
into tho stables, aul iuljuy tu,j tho
horses had suffered from hunger, h'
burst into n rage aud sal /: IL swear
by my life, AMI by nay believe Ia,
that TO have kept my horses han ~
is moro heiuous ~ lay sight thtn any
other offenso which thou hast ram-
mitted against me Tn uttiyo l,n /
OF the Arab horse includes the Arab "0
peninsula, tho landq about the lI,rla
and Erphrntes, aud tho Damn,rus
district. All Arab horse, are asserted
to be descended from htbulpus mai.
called "kuhailat OF the old womar.
Now Nnrk Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-13
HAY MULCH AS A FERTILIZER.

Wishing to use piece of land that
was apparently most barren, worth
less plot of ground, one of my neigh
bors tried some experiments, writes
Thomas Brabazon, of Connecticut, in
the American Agriculturist. The only
vegetation apparent was a scanty
growth of daisies, few buttercups,
and large quantity of sour grass OF
field sorrel. The soil was of hard
clay, and in q drouth it was baked to
the depth of five or six inches, and
possibly more; and [ have seen
heavy shower lasting several hours
pour down upon it until it seemed as
though it would deluge the whole sur
face, bat to my surprise, after it hal
ceased raining for two hours, this
ground seemed as hard and dry as it
had been before.
Two years ago last summer this land
was broken up, MANFRED, and planted
with potatoes, which yielded almost
nothing. But it was here that my
neighbor tried a new plan, at least
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1894-07-13
THE FLAX CROP.

Flax is very exhaustive crop. 1t
takes ali its nitrogen from the soil,
and both the grain and stalk are rich
in heterogeneous matter. If the fibre
could be separated from the stalks
before they are stepped in water and
partly rotted, the stalks would make
a rich fertilizer But as the fax is
usually placed in running water to
rot, most of the plant food it con-
tains is washed away and lost. We do
not believe it pays Eastern farmers to
attempt to grow fax for its seed
alone. It exhausts fertility too much.
At present flax seed can be bought fer
less than it ought to sell, provided the
Western farmers who grow this crop
were as careful as they should be
about maintaining the fertility of their
soil. Boston Cultivator. ..