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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-07-25

Mr. Halls motion was then adopted
and upon motion Of Mr.. Dunstan. II was
decided that the primary be held on Au-
gust -.
Upon motion Of Captain Hall 1t was
decided that all candidates send their
names TO the treasurer of the committee
up TO July 3lst. at noon, and upon mo
ton OF Mr.. Wallace IT was decided that
the Committee on Plans report 10 the
genera committee by tomorrow eNthlnh.
Mr.. Wallace moved that the treasure
and the Finance Committee ascFr l s %
nearly as possible the cost OF the PIilii"a -
and that the candidates be equdiy do
sessed to defray the expenses. So. ,ho,
Mr. Hall moved. as an ainenIileIu.ii, a e,,S.
this whole matter be left with the ih""'e
Committee. ,,.,,,ssio, Mr.
Wallace Withdrew his motion, ana, ubo ,n
motion OF MIR. Hall, the matter Oh 5 iais,S
the funds necessary for the con ,ii,aln
of the primary was left with the fiha"ce
Committee. ,,o,ior tho ward
for proper places 10 hpli me priiina nary
and to report at the next ihee'i's II y"
ticable. - .ondorad thu E,lsc.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Fowls Cannot Be Neglected With
out Decreasing the Income.

The poultry business is enjoying
something of boom. There is a
growing interest in it. People are
learning that it is a source of ready
profit and bank that can be drawn
upon at almost any lime. They are
learning that while fowls can not be
neglected and be profitable, that after
all they need no more attention than
they will repay, and repay we'll. They
are learning too that good fowls are
just as readily obtained and reared as
poor ones; that hen will lay eggs if
she is given anything to make egg out
of, and is kept comfortable, and they
are more and more conforming their
management to these necessary con-
ditions. Farmers are getting better
breeds; they are building more con-
venient and more comfortable houses,
and they are feeding more scien-
tifically. Whoever does these things
will be pleased with the results The
hen, like the COW, must be kept CON-
Portable, and the rule should be stated
and compliance with it urged as often
as in the case of the COW. Poultry
that in summer is permitted to roost
in hot poultry house or run, or is
forced to nearly freeze in winter, can
do nothing. In summer time as com
Portable place as possible should be
prepared for the hens. The poultry
house in hot weather, while it affords
shade, is like an oven. In cold weather
the house should be warm. A cold
hen will not lay. The farmer has the
best chance in the world to make
poultry pay. He has variety OF food
at hand-wheat, corn and vegetables.
He may need to buy bones. Green
bones pulverized are the best, but the
purchased bone meal is good. In
winter corn is best at night, and the
fowl should have a generous night
meal if it has not full meal at any
other time of the day, for the fast from
roosting time until morning is a long
one. But the feeding should be gen.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Lathyrus Syivestris or Flat Pea.

The so-called Flat pea. Lathyrus Syl-
vestris, is closely related to the tetches,
but is Il perennial. The other species
of Lathyrls are commonly called vetch-
lings and have little agricultural value.
All contain ii poisonous alkalOld. but
the introduccr of the Flat pea claims
to have improved or bred out the pois-
onous principle. The most eXtrava-
giant claims have been made for this
plant by it's intrQduccr. The improved
plant originatedin Germany.
In the spring of 1890 a small package
of Lathyrus seed was received at this
station from the English dissemination,
about thrce-fourths of the package was
soon on trial plot adjoining similar
plots of Iucernc. Spotted Medic and
various clovers. The soil was a gray
ely red clay naturally well drained and
was enriched by heavy dose Of a com
piete commercial fertilizer. At the
end of one month only Il few very fee BILE
Lathyrus plants were alive. and these
were soon smOthered by wild grasses
and disappeared wholly. During the
same time the ncighhoring plots of
Lucerne. etc. grew finely.
The remaining Lathyrus seed was
then sown in box and kept on d shaded
porch. At the end of six months about
fifteen plants from one to two inches
high were alive. In the fall these were
transplanted to Il row in the pear or
chard on the Experiment Farm. The
soil was Il well enriched loan. All
these plants were alive the next spring
but during the whole season grew only
ii few inches. Weeds and grasses were
carefully removed by hand every two
or three weeks. The next spring
eleven of the plants We're removed from
the orchard and set in a single row on d
rich and mellow terraced hillside, where
they have remained since. The plants
50 far have not lowered, and of course
no seed has been formed. The plants
grow fiat on the ground. too low t. be
moved, and as new leaves grow at end
of stem the older ones behind rot
From its behavior with us Lathyrus
Sylvestris promises no practical value
as on account Of the low vitality of the
seed and the extreme SlOWneSs Of
growth of the plant On good or aver
age soil it is certain to be OverpOwcred
and Nmothered by Crab and Bermuda
grasses and weeds.
If this plant possesses any economic
value it will be for the sand-hill region
where wild grasses and weeds are less
intrusive. We cannot advise anyone to
invest largely in this plant at present.
The seed now costs 500 per pound
and is advertised by most seedsmen.-
GERALD MCCARTHY. y. c. Experiment
Station.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Civilization (?l

There is something wrong, awfully
and incidentally wrong in our system
of so called civilization, when small
children in cities, villages and in the
country are made to hunger for bread
sometimes even unto starvation. Have
you ever thought, o! well-fed man,
what you would do if, because labor
could not be obtained, your little
child were starving for bread !? Do
you not think you would curse man
and become even worse than an
anarchist? The great poor of. the
world are to be treated with infinite
mercy when reduced to such straits
that it is steal, kill or starve A con-
dition like that in which the poor
Of our great cities find themselves can
breed naught save anarchy.-Aew
Berne Courier.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Prefers Early Hatched Pullets.
Philadelphia Farm Journal. |

tIUlldUelpDld Farm Journal
l wish to give as briefly as possible
what have learned by experience in
Careful breeding and selection to Sc
cure fall and winter layers, as our egg
market here in central New York is
the best in price during these months.
| used to think that pullets Matched in
June were just as good for winter lay
ers as those Matched in April, but the
last four or five years l have, by care
full selection and comparison, found
that the early Matched pullets were
more profitable, taking the year
through, than late Matched ones. |
have found that the June pullets gen.
orally did not commence to lay before
the last of January or the first OF Feb
ruary, even when the conditions are
favorable, while the April Matched
ones would commence to lay by the
last of September or first OF October,
and continue to lay until next March
or April, without showing any dispo-
sition to sit, giving me very prohta
BILE return for feed and care bestowed
upon them.
1t is we'll to have a few pulets
Matched out late for the next summer
egg laying if one has a variety of fowl,
which, after laying all fall and winter,
do not lay SO we'll the next summer.
My pullets which were Matched out
year ago last April, have laid we'll this
summer OF course l have had to
break them up for sitting two or three
times, but that is easily done. Just
shut them up few days in a small
coop and they will get over it and 60
to laying again in few days.
As you ask about the varieties |
keep would say in reply that l first
tried the White Leghorns, and found
that April Matched pullets would COM
mence to lay about October first, and
continue to lay until the next April or
the very last of March before wanting
to sit, thus giving nice profit during
fall and winter. The last two years |
have used cross, combining the fol-
lowing varieties: Houdans, Dominick
and White Leghorns. They did finely,
laying large number of eggs. l had
a few pullets which were Matched out
about the tenth of April, which COM
menced to lay about the middle of
September the same season. This
year | have cross between the Hou-
dams, White Leghorns and Plymouth
Rocks, and they promise to prove
equal to the others. a. L.
West Edmeston, New York.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
If somebody don't watch it will be
a case of the Irishman and the flee.
8 Col" IOhn A. COckerill.

"Col." John A. Cockerill, who
turned Republican because he lost his
job on the New York WorM, ard who
then started the New York Morning
4aUerHser and has been making it
lurid, says in recent issue that i" the
only thing that prevents the South
from again springing to arms against
the North is the remembrance of the
thrashing it got thirty years ago.
Well, what of it? If the South
should ever lose the remembrance Of
the incident referred to, the President
of the United States would have only
to detail " COL" Cockerill to come
down and subjugate it again. This
was the job that the lat" COL Elliot
f. Shepard was always looking forward
to, but alas. he died too soon.-
Charlotte Obse,ver.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Hens Must Have Exercise

The following article from the pen
of S. K. Elwell, published in the Louis
vile Home and Farm, contains some
valuable suggestions concerning the
Importance of exercise for laying hens.
He says:
Last fall l started in for the winter
season with Is old hens and Is pullets,
of the Plymouth Rock breed. Some OF
the hens were quite old. One is seven
years old, but lays nearly every day. In
fact, think that old hens produce the
most eggs during the season. | keep my
hens in house a feet long and 16 feet
wide, with yard 6Ox3O feet. In the
yard are three large apple trees which
afford abundant shade. The hens are
kept in good working order and not al
lowed to become fat, as they will not lay
If their food is turned into fat.
Their feed consists OF wheat bran, or
mixed feed and corn meal. Two quarts
OF beans and one quart of corn meal
moistened with hot water with one table
spoonful of salt, and in winter weather
one spoonful of red pepper for breakfast.
Usually put in small handful of sui
phur once or twice a week as we'll as the
N@StC vi ltC vi luc lIlu udy
meal they are fed two quarts OF whole
oats. This is the time | make them work.
l have a wide board put up edgewise in
the centre Of the henhouse, and l put
into one side a good, thick covering of
straw or hay six or eight inches thick,
and SOW the oats all over the straw.
This they have to scratch for.
In the winter l give a good meal of
rowen, and in summer green grass. They
relish this as would a flock of sheep. For
supper they have two quarts OF whole
corn put in the straw same as oats. |
never give meat or patent hen food. A
dust box with coal ashes and box of
oyster shells is placed in a corner, as is a
clean dish with plenty OF fresh water or
milk.
Several neighbors keep twice as many
hens as do, but fail to get more than
half as many eggs. This, l think, is be-
cause they keep the hens too well fed,
and do not give them work enough to
keep them healthy. Hens must have ex-
ercise to lay well.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08

AFTER RANSOM'S SCALP.
The People Of High Point Swear
It Must bangle at Their Belt.
Greensboro Daily Record. |


News from High Point is to the
effect that the people up that way are
wonderfully upset over the settlement
of their postmaster row. x We
understand that they lay the blame
entirely on Senator Ransom, who,
they allege, and it seems with good
reason, asked for and had Mr.. Charles
appointed when he knew beyond
doubt he was not the choice of the
people.
For this act they propose to get
even, and one way is to polntedly ask
candidates for the legislature this fall
if they expect to vote for the Senator's
reelection.
There will be no straddling in the
matter, and if man expects to get
the suffrages of the High Point Demo-
Gratis he must say very plainly that he
will not vote for Ransom under any
circumstances.
Our Democratic friends in that
township have a good measure of
strength, and if they flop somebody
will bite the dust.
Not only this, but the workers up
that way will wage the war in other
counties where they exert considerable
influence.
1t begins to look as if Senator Ran
som would have a hard road to travel,
for in several places preparations are
going on to lay him out.
All the same the Senator is a
wirv gentleman, all wool and yard
wide.
If somebody don't watch it will be
a case of the Irishman and the flee.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Poultry Notes.

Clean sand will 60 long way in
keeping the quarters clean.
The best "condition powder" for
poultry is wholesome, nourishing food.
When the cat and the chickens lie
down together the chickens take the
inside place.
Enough poultry should be kept on
every farm to pick up whatever would
otherwise 60 to waste.
1t is claimed that roofing felt is ex-
cellent in poultry houses, as the tar
odor keeps vermin away.
The poultry industry should be
talked over at the institutes this winter.
Put it on your list of topics.
A warm, comfortable house is ap-
preciated by the hen, who reciprocates
with good supply of eggs.
The last eggs of hens clutch are
not considered nearly as fertile as the
first, nor are the chicks as strong or
healthy.
Feather pulling is the way the hens
put into practice the old saying,
"Satan finds some mischief still for
idle hands to do' If for hands you
read hens, you can understand the
situation at once.
Taking the country over, one-half
of the breeding stock usually kept
would produce about as good results
as the whole if the poorer half was
culled out and sold, and only the
cream of the flock retained and given
the best Of care and feeding.
To have two frst-class breeding
pens this year, select for one pen early
Matched, we'll matched, healthy pullets,
mated with medium weight, igor
Gus cock, and for the other pen, re-
serve the best hens of last years
breeding and mate them with we'll
matured, vigorous cockerel.
Where farmers keep over fifty fowls
we believe it is better, generally speak
ing, to set apart good sized enclosure
for the exclusive use of the fowls than
to give them unlimited range. The
yard may be set with fruit, sowed with
grass and grain and divided into plots
by temporary fences. All this will
cost money but will be saving in the
end, The breeding stock and some
of the young stock might be allowed
the range of the farm.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Some Senatorial Timber.

The Charlotte Observer of ian. 81
says: "They do say that the finest
senatorial timber that is growing in
the Democratic forests of the Eastern
and Western districts Of North Caro-
lima, are Hon. VIM. R. Allen, the
sturdy young giant of the Neuse, and
Hon. l.. S. Overman, the graceful and
majestic elm of the Yadkin. The
former may be brought into the mill
next winter This is quite a high
compliment for our townsman Mr..
Allen, and it is not at all improbable
that his name may be brought into the
"mlll.' He is capable and popular
and these are the principal essentials
for success in such contests. -Goldsbcro
Argus.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
j JANUARY -, 1874.
No Distribution of Plants, Seeds, &c

The Experiment Station has no sup
ply of seeds, plants, &c, for general
distribution, and correspondents should
remember this fact and not write for
them. 1t does not attempt to keep Il
supply on hand for the reason that it Is
not in the province of its work to dis
tribute common seeds. and besides there
are nurserymen and seedsmen VIII"
make it their business to keep these
stocks and can fill your orders occa-
sionally the Station distributes one or
two varieties of new seeds or plants.
when they are promising. but unless you
see a distinct announcement of this fact,
please do not make applications to the
Station
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Why Hoods Wins,

PRESIDENT Lincoln said, lyon can not
fool the people a second time" They are
too quick to recognize real merit or the
lack of it, and cling only to those things
which they find to be what is claimed for
them.
1t is especially gratifying that the sale
of Hoods Sarsaparilla increases most rap.
idly in those sections where it is best
known.
The inference is plain. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla has proven that it possesses gen.
uine merit. 1t maintains a high standard
which others can not even approach. 1t is
the peoples favOrite blood purifying and
building up medicine, and is more populal
this year than ever before. All this be.
cause Hoods cures
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08

An exchange tells of girl and her
beau, who were somewhat disconnected
the other evening, by the old gentle
man entering the parlor unexpectedly.
He stopped aghast and commenced
growing purple in the face, the girl
grew rosy and glggled, and the beau
grew pale and cast glance toward
the door, but just as the parent began
to let great, hot, big words escape
from his indignant lips, the quick
witted girl poured oil on the troubled
waters by exclaiming: "It's all
right, father, I've passed into the
hands of a receiver"
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Cold Waves.

Cold waves are those sudden changes
from high to very low temperature
which constitute the most noteworthy
feature of winter weather in the United
States They are produced by the flow
of masses of cold. dry air from the re-
gions east of the Rocky Mountains in
British America. towards the south or
southeast. During the long winter
nights of the Arctic regions dry, clear
air accumulates in deep layers which is
cooled by radiation to Il temperature
many degrees below zero: and then
commences to flow towards any place
where warm air is ascending, as it does
III the low pressure areas or storms
which constantly pass from west to east
across the United States.
\ low area is produced by the air,
somewhere becoming heated from I'M
known causes. above the surrounding
atmosphere. This excessively heated
air ascends and air is drawn in below
from all sides to replace it. That drawn
in on the south to east side is warm and
moist: that drawn from the north to
west side is dry and cold The cold
wave follows after the low area as it
moves eastward. The seyerer and pro-
longcd cold waves are associated with
extensive areas of high pressure. Their
rate of progress averages eight hundred
miles in twenty-four hours.
ii is of great advantage to many bust
ness and agricultural interests to know
in advance when the temperature will
fall quickly and decidedly. besides af-
fecting the comfort and health Of :hpus.
ands of people-C. r. Won Hermann,
Meteorologist. NC. Experiment Station.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08

\ correspondent writes: When IL
the right time to SOW cor plaut SOY
beans? What kind of soil and how
should 1t be prepared for same? How
do they compare with black peas as a
feed and land improver? BY giving
this information you will greatly
obligc.'
Soy beans should not be sown broad
east. but planted in hills or drills 2l4 or
SIS feet apart according to richness of
soil. If in hills. Is to ~ inches Is far
enough apart in the row. They will
doubtless grow on any soil that corn
will grow on. and may be planted at
the same time as corn. which gives a
long season from March to July 1t is
Il good plan tn plant i'll the corn rows
between the hills or stalks of corn. IT
corn is grown for silage. the beans can
I've cut with the corn and will add
greatly to its value. The upright
growth of SOY beans leaves room tor
cultivation. and this should be accorded
TO check the growth of weeds.
As food for stock. the soy bean is one
of the richest legumes that can be
grown. In chemical composition the
dry matter of soy-bean-silage and
Black peavinc hay di fer more in fat and
other carbohydrates than protein. The
cles<which aid it by gathering nitrogen
from the air the same as those of the
peavine or clover roots. There is no
spreading by running vines to shade
the ground. which is one of the potent
factors in soil Improvement. hence soS
beans must be planted near enough for
shade. On poor soil there should be
one plant every XXI feet and from that
mp to 2xSis feet. 1t 10 usual to plant
> to beans in hill, as it makes the
stems finer. and they are hard and
woody NJ best. They are well suited to
grow in any part of this state and can
be depended on for good crops of seed.
TO save the seed the stalks should be
pulled or cut and stacked up loosely IS
soon as leaves and pods have changed
from green to golden hue. and when
dry threshed out. The pods should not
be hand-picked. because there are too
many and with only one to three beans
in pod it will not pay. They VIII
beat out very easily when ripe and dry.
as he Who leaves them TOO long will
learn to his cost. for the pods will open
and the peas scatter upon the ground.
This is a most desirable plant to raise
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
Advanced meteorological Summary for
North Carolina. december, 1893.

ALyn,Tced iTctenrOIorI,aI SuInu,nry for
>or,, ..r,l,,, n.c.,,hsr ,so.
The \. {. State Weather Service issues
the following advanced summary OF the
weather for December. Is. as com.
pared with the corresponding month OF
previous years:
TEMPERATURES The mean for the
month was AL degrees: winch Is Ia
above the normal. II" hl9heSt monthly
mean was 81. at Wilmington lowest,
81, at blowing kock. Highest tenn
perature. 20 on the list ut Washington,
on the 3rd at Iarboro: lowest. 10 on the
5th at Bakersvlil". III" Warmest De
cembef during the past twenty-five
years was IN ioS9 mean o.? coolest
Drcem Der during past twenty-five years
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
THE POULTRY YARD

erous all the time, with a variety Of
foods. There is much neglect in the
matter of providing good water fer
fowls. This should not be. Pure water
is an essential, and to provide it only
needs very little exertion.-Fayme,s'
Voice.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
AYERS
SarsapariIIa

don't be induced to purchase any of
the worthless substitutes. which are
mostly mixtures of the cheapest in
gradients. contain 40 Sarsaparilla.
have no uniform standard of ap
pearance, flavor. or effect, are blood
purifiers in name only, and are of
tered to You because there is more
profit in selling them. Take
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08

Tor stock. Il is also good table bean,
but requires a long time in cooking. and
most people will have to learn to iihe
it, fiavor-F. +. EMERY, Agricultural.
y c. Experiment Station.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08
The EXprrjmeut station Bullet ins

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. Mess
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 DR.. II. Is. Battle, Director, RAJ
cigh, e. C.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08

Ayers Hair Nigor keeps the scalp free
from dandruff, prevents the hair from be-
coming dry and harsh. and n axes it flexi-
BILE and glossy. ALI the elements that ma
ture requires to make the hair abundant
bic preparation.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1894-02-08

Sir Andrew Clark's fortune, every
dollar of it made in the practice of
medicine, Is ust over $1,000, 900. 1t
took time and Observation-Disclosures
LfREcr.