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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Culture of Asparagus.

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
ton by careless packing. When once
the roots are heated in a close package,
they are worthless for planting. l once
lost shipment of $4,000 Conover's Co
lossal roots, when they were worth $40
per 900, through the reckless packing
of them en- masse in large tierces. If
asparagus roots are to be bought from
a nursery, always buy from some one
who has a 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-
enoed people In planting. They have
read that asparagus roots must be set
deep in the ground and thereupon deep
yearling roots, and are astonished to
see that only here and there a feeble
shoot ever reaches sunlight. In my
boyhood, the planting of an asparagus
bed was one Of the grand mysteries Of
the old negro gardener. He excavated
the soil as carefully as an old Scotch.
man would in planting a grapery unde,
glass. and always paved the bottom
with brick-bats, stone or oyster shells.
Why he did so no one ever knew, but,
"dat'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-hke 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 blanched 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. If it demands white asparagus,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Look for the Pea and Grain Weeyils.

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 bisulphide. Place the seeds or
grain in 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-
ry but IA to 1-2 more Carbon bi-sul-
phide must be used. Keep the cloth on
or the room closed for twenty hours,
then expose freely to the air and all
traces of the Carbon bisulphide will
quickly disappear. The edible quality
of the grain or its ability to sprout will
Carbon bl-sulphide readily explodes in
presence of fire and no fire or light
must be brought into the room as long
as the peculiar odor of the Carbon BIZ
sulphide can be smelled.
Carbon bi-sulphide costs in pound
bottles about 20 cents per pound and
may be bought Of most druggists
Gerald Mccarthy, n. c. Experiment
Station.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Advanced Meteorological Summary Tor
the State of North Carolina,
Nnvember. 1898.

The North Carolina State Weather
Service issues the following advanced
summary of the weather for November,
1888. as compared with the correspond
ing month Of previous years:
TEMPERATURR.-The mean tempera-
ture was 4s.3 degrees, which is Ia deg
below the normal. The highest monthly
mean was 55.s degrees at Hatteras; the
lowest monthly mean was 4O.s at High
lands The highest temperature was 70
on the Sd at Chapel Hill; the lowest 8
on the 25th at Highlands. The warm
est November during the past twenty
two wears was in 1881. mean SIS de-
grees; the coolest in 1872, mean AL.
PRECIPITATION. - Av. rage for the
month 264 inches, which is O.S6 inch
below the normal. The greatest
monthly total was S.32 inches at Hat
teras; least Ill at Mocksville. The
first light furries of snow occurred in
the western portion of the State on the
18th, in the eastern on the 21st and gath.
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 So miles from the northeast
at Kitty Hawk on the sth.
MISCELLANEOUS. - There were Is
clear, partly cloudy, 10 cloudy, and Z
rainy days. Shows occurred on the II,
IA, Is, II, 21, and oath. Hail or sleet
on the IA, II, 20, 81, "a, 26 and 27th.
Halos were observed on the 3, 4, 10, IS,
20, p, %, 33; 25, and 27th, An aurora
was observed at Currituck Inlet on the
night of the I'd. One severe cold wave
prevailed over the State 24th to Goth.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
THE DEAF AND BLIND.
Statistics Showing the Number
Of Each in the State.

There are 234 pupils in the two de-
partments, white and colored, of the
institute for deaf mutes and blind at
Raleigh. Of the colored 46 are deaf
mutes and 26 are blind, and of the
whites Of are deaf mutes and 60 are
blind. There are u colored and 162
whites. Superintendent Young says
that this year, when the deaf mutes
in the white department are removed
to Morganton, a great many repairs
and alterations will be made at
Raleigh, in order to adapt the entire
building to the uses of the blind.
There are 900 blind in the State,
between the school ages. Only one
seventh Of these are in the institutions.
When the changes are made this year
15o more blind can be accommodated
in the white department. Additional
accommodation for the Colored blind
will have to be provided. More space
is required for blind pupils than for
deaf mutes. This year kindergarten
for the blind will be provided at the
white department. 1t has long been
needed, but now there is not room
for it.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
TO INDUCE

Children to be humane-by example
and by training them in habits of
tenderness to inferior creatures.
Teachers to inculcate the duty of
kindness to animals.
Clergymen to preach it.
Authors to write it.
Editors TO keep it before the people.
Drivers and trainers of horses to try
kindly treatment in their vocation
instead of harshness and violence.
Owners of horses to prevent their
old favorites from falling into bad
hands when worn out.
Owners, by strict supervision, to
cause their animals to be fed regularly.
Drovers to acquire the art OF
managing animals.
People to protect birds and birds
nests.
Children and adults to learn the
structure, habits, intelligence and
virtues of animals.
Every one to report to the Society,
or the police all acts of cruelty they
witness.
People of all countries to form
Societies to protect animals.
Benevolent persons to give money
in support of the same.
Mankind to secure their own moral
elevation, by more considerate use
and just treatment of animals.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
1T WILL ALL BE RIGHT IN THE
MORNING.
BY BENJAMIN F. TAYLOR.

when the bounding beat of the heart Of
love
And the springing step grows slow;
When the form of cloud in the blue above
Lies dark on the path below,
The song that he sings is lost in sigh.
And he turns where star is dawning,
And he thinks, as it gladdens his heart and
his eye:
ut will all be right in the morning"
When 1.-THE strong man armed" in the
middle watch,
From LIES dim deck is gazing,
And strives. through the wreck Of the
tempest, to catch
A CLEAN of the daybeam's blazing,
Amid the wild storms, there hard by the
helm,
He needs not the dark ocean yawning =;
For this song in his soul not sorrow can
whelm:
at will all be right the morning."
When the battle is done, the harp unstrung,
Its music trembling-dying
When his woes are unwept and his deeds
unsung,
And he longs in the grave to be lying,
Then Voice shall charm, as it charmed
before
He had wept or waited the dawning:
They do love there for aye, I'll be thine
asOf yOre,
1t will all be right in the morning"
Thus all through the world, by ship and
by shore,
Where the mother bends over
The cradle, whose tenant has gone on
before -
Where the eyes of the lover
Look alOft for the loved, whatever the
word,
A welcome, wall or Il warning,
This is everywhere cherishcd-this every
where heard
1t will be all right in the morning."
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Begin the New Year Right
burlington News. ]


Many heart beats gladly at the
prospects for the year that lie out be-
fore them, but it is all in the future
and the events of single day can
blight the hopes of many weeks, hence
the importance of beginning Alright.
The care of small things often
overlooked, causing leaks that drain
the sap of many business enterprises,
and the profits out of the work of the
farm, but in stopping the small leak
be careful not to knock the head out
of the barrel, as is often done. Econ
omy is virtue when properly used, but
runs into small species of meanness
when carried 10 extremes. These
things can be properly adjusted and
made smooth, pleasant and profitable.
If the merchant concludes everybody
knows him and his wares we'll enough
to need no further effort on his part,
he will soon find out his mistake. If
the farmer concludes he can dispose
of his hired man, plants more than he
can tend, and the grass gets him and
he loses his hard put labor, he finds
when too late that he could have
made money by spending a little
money. If any man concludes that
he can get along without his county
paper, he finds when too late that he
has lost in general information and
things that would have brought him
money.
Be economical right, be broad
minded and liberal. Begin right,
keep right.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Thoughts Of Twenty Men.

To err is human.-C Cicero.
Sermons in stones. St Bernard
A mans house is his castle Coke.
In peace prepare for war.-Wash-
mgton.
will die in the last ditch.-WL
liam Of Orange.
Impiety is the greatest of indiscre-
tions.-RiOar0I
Nothing is certain but death and
taxes.-NankAn.
You leave the setting to court the
rising sun.-Tbe,tus.
He was a bold man who first
swallowed an oyster.-/ames l.
Free trade is not principle; it is
an Observation-Disclosures.
Impossible! Never mention that
stupid word again.-Myabeau.
Whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing well.-CAesteyfeM
Gravity is only the bark of wisdom's
tree, but it preserves it.-C01fnrins.
OF all vices drinking is the most in
compatible with greatness Walter
Sect.
| can drive a coach and six through
every act of parlament.-Danie!
o. ConneX
The water cure was the food, and
it killed more than it cured. Charles
Lamb.
Put your trust in God, but be sure
| to see that your powder is dry
Oliver Cr0NYueX
1t does not signify much whom one
| marries, as one is sure to find the
next morning it was someone else
Samuel Rogers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Hand separators and Daryinr

What is your experience with hand separs
tors Will they do what is claimed for them
Name some reliable merchant who would han
die butter put up in pound prints to make 1t net
be guaranteed of good quality.-W. M. D.,
Statesvilie, N. c.
answered by F. E. Emery, Agriculturist N. c.
Experiment Station
Yes, the hand separators will do all
that is claimed for them when in judi
cious 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 chuYn-
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 doubtless 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 will do we'll
to try those nearest you and save ex-
pense in freight if possible. II you
could undertake dairying on the CO.
operative plan it would be desirsble.
Cheese can be made In hot weatbaF
when sales of.butter are slow and yoI
would nave some other advantagea
worth considering.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
The Editor.
IAvOca On. " Advanced

only dear reader have you ever
stopped to think when you are criti-
Ching the editor that he is a man in
some instance like other people. He
usually tries to do his best, yet his
ways may not be your ways. He re-
spects his friends, appreciates your
kindness and good word. You have
always found him ready to return a
favor oftentimes returning good for
evil. He will not always continue to
pat man on the back and proclaim
what a good and prominent citizen he
is, how much he has done for the
people about him. He does not feel
like putting man who is snarling and
biting at his paper every chance he
gets. You will always see him stand
by man who stands by him. You
will see the man who always hangs
back and never makes start for him
self kick when the editor, in true good
fellowship feeling, puffs some fellow
who has been working for the good of
the people around about him. Have
you ever thought what a rumpus there
would be it the paper should always
contain the feelings of the editor, or if
he should criticise as he is criticised !?
A newspaper man is little different
from other men; his business makes
him so. He makes it his study to say
all the good things he can about those
around him and to say as few of the
bad things as he can. If you don't
get the puffs you think you should
have come in and tell the editor about
1t, and you will find him willing to
proclaim to the world your good deeds
If they are worthy of it. Don't stand
back with chosen few and bite and
snarl and tell what mean cuss he is.
You may want his help sometime or
you may die and then what an obit-
uary he might write"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Dick MaSon's Dream.
TCharlotte News. |

lCnallOtte NeWSl
Enlightened people do not attach
any importance to dreams, although
some things happen in that line which
cannot be understood. On Saturday
before the Sunday morning on which
the late Chief of Police Dick Mason
died, he had dream which has been
talked of considerably, and the super
sttious believe that it was " a warnin'. !"
On that evening Mr.. Mason walked
from short sleep and told the friends
with him of a dream he had had He
said he dreamed that he, John Nc
Creight and J. NJ. Garrison had taken
long journey together. They stop
ped at hotel in a strange city, and
while there agreed to not get separated.
Finally they became separated de-
spite all their efforts to stay together.
Then he (Mason) walked out on the
street to see if he could find either of
his friends or any one that he knew.
He walked down the street a cons d.
cradle way and noticed an old lady
standing on corner. She was rub
bling her nose, and beckoned with the
| other hand for him to come to her
He obeyed and when he met her
recognized his grand mother who had
been dead twenty years and in life
| had a cancer on her nose. In the
dream they were both glad to see each
! other, but before they had any con-
versation the Chief walked from his
| slumber.
McCreight and Garrison were both
sick at the time Of the dream and the
Chief himself died early next morning
| In less than a week the three men had
indeed gone on ga long journey
and were in strange CITY,"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18

hog feeding than turnips. With sweet
potatoes and a good pea field you can
make good pork cheaply.
My mode of curing hams is to make a
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 tho
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 we'll with hickory
wood, corn cobs and green cedar brush
mo pine). After smoking rub them we'll
all over with molasses made thick with
black pepper, sew them up in cotton
bags, or pack them down in dry cat
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.
It is all very well to have few pecan
trees for home use, but the fortunes
some people are exnecting out Of pecans,
we would not like 70 discount now at 90
per cent. off.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Clover Seed Cleaned and in the Chan.

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 0.4O gram. The hulls of 100 seed
weigh O1O gram. The weight OF the
hulls is IA or 25 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 un-
hulled seeds IA the weight was chaff
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 9O,25 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 1885 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. c. Experiment Station.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
The Peach BOrer.

Is the use of paper tied around the base OF o
peach tree proper remedy for the borer Nv.
NJ, Speight's Bridge, N G.
answered by Gerald Mccarthy, Entomologtst
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 hatohes.
The use of tarred paper is specified be-
cause the odor of tar is disagreeable to
the moth and will drive her away. The
use of ordinary wrapping paper is not
of much value as it is next to impossi-
BILE 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 gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Cooling Milk.

What is the best and cheapest wey Of keep
ing milk cool in summer w. B. Mel. Anaon-
vile. N. G.
answered by F. E Emery, Agriculturist NJ C.
Experiment Station.
Where you can use spring water there
is no cheaper way than to construct q
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 a separator, aud then
have only the cream to cool This will
ripen in spring water about as fast as
you accumulate enough for a churning.
If you 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 eiaha
to dozen farms and ship cream to the
factory.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Turnips-keepinR Pork-Recans.

Is there more nutriment tn the SoutheRn
Prize turnip than the yellow Pvta Bagas WE
the Ruta Baga alone fatten hogs Tor pork, ct
should they be boiled with fine Indian meal fo1
that purpose What is the best way for ieep-
Ing pork and bacon sweet and good for twelve
months Is there more profit in a chinQuapip
orchard than pecans w 7. P, Trenton, n. G.
answered by W: F, Massey. Horticultural n
c. Experiment Station
In the absence of any ANALYSIS that I
can find, 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 tar more for
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
Uso of Limo and Salt In tho Compost.

U9o OF Limo and Salt In tho Compost.
VIII you please write me II It will pay tc
sprinkle copperas in the compost heap where
only dirt and leaves are used; also will com
mercial saltpetre grow cotton. potatoes and
vegetables better than guapo, and what guam
tity per acre is required ?-J. w. H., Wilton
NC.
answered by H. B. Battle. Director N. G. Elk
pertinent Station.)
Copperas will have but little effect in
decomposing the compost material. In
the place of this I 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 bushel.
of lime to Stake it. After the lime is
slaked in this way, one bushel of slaked
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 genera
application. For potatoes and vegeta
bles it can well be added to the usua
application of fertilizer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-01-18
WOTH INITIATING.

The following was issued by the
Royal Society in London
WE BELIEVE II TO BE OUR DUTY
TO STOP
The cruel beating OF animals.
The overlooking OF beasts OF burden
and horses.
The over driving or overriding of
animals.
The employment of CALLED, inhrm
horses and donkeys.
The use of ht-bearing reins on
horses.
The underfeeeding of animals.
The cruel conveyance of animals
on railways or in steamboats,.
The cruel tying of the legs OF sheep,
calves and poultry.
The overlooking of cows udders
with milk.
The bleeding of calves shortly before
slaughter.
The plucking of feathers from bodies
of living poultry.
The exposure of shorn sheep and
horses to inclement weather.
The setting of dogs, cocks and other
animals to fight.
The vivisection of animals Ept
previously rendered insensible to pain.
The amputation of the ears and The
clipping of the tails of dogs.
The lll-treatment and tortnre oil
animals in any other way.
TO INTRODUCE
Better roads and pavements.
Better methods of horse shoeing.
Better methods of Strengthening.
Improved cattle trucks and boats.
Drinking throughs in streets and at
cattle stations.
Better laws for animals in every
country.