davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The oasis., 1896-09-12
Conaensed I.stlmony.

Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manu- lecturers Agent, Columbus, Ohio, certiies that Dr. Kings New Dis coyery has no equal as a cough remedy. J. D. Brown, Prop. St. James Hotel, Ft. Wayne Ind, testifes that he was cured of cough of two years stand ing, caused by La Grippe, by Dr. Kings New Discovery B. F. Merrill
 Baldwinsyille, Mass, says that he has used and recommended it and never knew it to fail and would rather have it than any doctor because it always cures. Mrs. Hemming. 222 E 18th St.. Chicago, always keeps it at hand and has no fear of croup. because it in- stantly relieves. Free trials bottles at Chenoweth & Mix's Drug Store.
The oasis., 1896-09-12
A1Srzo~A NEWS
Iculled from ESchanges.l ]

I votes this year.
 A dead fireman and engineer re- suited from the railway accident at Williams last week.
 The zrSt silver found in Arizona says c. D. Poston was lump Of pure metal weighing 1000 pounds.
 The sal. of the orange and apricot orchards for Sl5O,000 in Marlcopa coun- ty is the largest transaction of the kind ever made in Arizona.
 The Captain Jack Crawford who fell down a mining shaft in Oregon and was killed is not the poet scout but a man closely resembling him.
 The Cochise county populists have set September 18th as lhe day of their primaries. The convention date Is to be set by the coudty central commit tee.
 Oscar Rogers, the train robber, will not hang, as the governor has reduced his sentence to forty years lmprison- ment A very strong pressure was brought to bear on the ease.
 The University of Arizona opens the 2lst of September. Students de- string to attend may secure half rates to Tucson by making application to the president or the university.
 A package containing couple Of belts and scabbards has been in the Bisbee post0iiice for sometime ad- dressed to Code Young, supposed to be one of the N0gales bank robbers, but it is presumed that he does not care to call for them at present.
 Prescott Courier: The final papers on our railroad were filed yesterday in San Francisco, everything is about ready for active operation for com mencemcnt of the new railroad. The locating engineers vii! start out in a day or two, everything will be pushed to completion as soon as possible, the name of the new read is Sierra Pacific and will run from Stockton to the mines, iifty-eight miles distant.
 Prospector: Treasurer J. V. Wick, CTS has rendered his resignation as treasurer to the board of supervisors to take effect at the end of this month. The resignation caused ripple of surprise: however, it was generally expected when it became authOrita- tiyely known that the supreme court decision of the classification law de- cared that act valid and directly affected the salaries of the incumbent officials of the territory under the classification.
 The very old Indians, Pimas and Maricopas, say there has been handed down to them story which if true means means much to Arizona in the next three decades It is chat every twenty-eight years there is change of climate which runs uninterrupted ly for that period as either dry or reasonably wet. They claim that we are just entering the wet season. II this is true the promoters of irrigation schemes will have to go out of buSi- ness -I Phoenix Herald.
 It is now positively known that the leader Of the N0gales bandits who were near the New Mexico line is Joe George, who planned and executed the robbery of the Southern Pacific pas senger train at Stein's Pass, in the territory, about eighteen months ago, and whose companion WheelOck, was killed by Colorado authorities shortly afterward, George escaping during the fight. The robbers say they are going to live on the ranches until they make raise. There are nine of them. They will probably rob train or a bank
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02

ducts. 1t is Il waste to keep such stock.
The BabcCck test affords an easy plan
for learning the richness and value IF
the milk. \ person possessing the APP
paratus, which is simple and Conpara-
lively inexpensive, Costing only about
Sl0) can easily test the milk of tho
COWS belonging to his ncighbors and
charge a small amount for the service.
Such a plan would be helpful and say
ing to both parties. Or else several
could buy the test apparatus III common.
An illustration (frOm photography Is
given in the bulletin showing the ap
pcarancc of two cows, one of which
produced 226 pounds # butter Per year.
while the other produced 29; pounds.
This was determined in the above way
by the testing Of the milk, and shows
the variation which may and often &C
ours i'll two cows Of the herd. The diff
crcncc is 81 per cent greater than the
poorer COW The milk If COWS varies III
quality, and unless the quality is known
together with the Weld it oftons hap
pens that COWS are kept that are not
profitable, and should be turned into
beef
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02

contention referred to, depends finally
on the condition of the land previous to
cropping with wheat or oats, and on the
application of commercial or other ma
nure made for the crop. Grasses re-
quire an abundant food supply in order
to make any considerable growth. They
cannot find it after as close forager as
oats has been removed from a rather
poor field to begin with and but little
help offered They can find food after
wheat crop on better Or even the same
land, especially if some compost, stable
or commercial manure was used to help
the wheat. 1t will doubtless pay to
dress land well for wheat and SOW cow
peas on the stubblc to be worked in
with gang plow, or disk harrow, and
harvest the crabgrass and cOWpea hay,
which will result on many North Caro-
lima soils.
In regard to time Of sowing, there is a
great deal of latitude for both crops in
North Carolina. The custom is to SOW
in September or October. In the east it
is allowable to SOW later than in the
west Even as late as Christmas has
produced a good crop Of wheat here on
the Experiment Farm. Early sowing
saves some expenditure for heterogeneous
manure by depending somewhat on the
nitrates Of the soil, which may be largely
lost before late sown grain could feed on
it. Wheat is doubtless more benefited
by early sowing than oats
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02
Do Oats Impoverish the Soil More Than
Wheat /?


Wheat?
People here contend that oats draw or
impoverish land a great deal more than
wheat. They say that crabgrass and
weeds will not grow on land when oats
have been removed or not SO fine growth
as where wheat has grown. They argue
that both crops may be seeded at the
same time Is it so, and if so why !?
Some information will be gladly received.
J. w. F., Durham, n. c.
answered by F. E. Emery, Agriculture
ist, n. G. Experiment Station
The difference between what wheat
and oats take out of the land can be
shown after we settle what should be
considered a fair crop of EACH Suppose
20 bushels of wheat and 40 bushels oats
are an average crop. Which draws out
most plant food from the soil? The sta
ton wheat experiments in 1891 yielded
an average of 217 pounds Of straw to
100 of grain. In 1888 experiments with
cats at New York state station, yielded
1884 pounds of straw to 100 pounds Of
grain Using these relations of grain
to straw the crop taken off from an acre
Of each grain would be for wheat 200
pounds grain and 1904 pounds straw ;
for oats, 1850 pounds grain and 1643. 5
pounds straw. From the New York
station report for 1883 the following ia
BILE is taken 1t shows the pounds of
plant food removed from the soil in
ton OF 1900 pounds of each article
named
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02
beware of Travelling Seed Peddlcrs.

Farmers Of the state should be on
their guard against travelling seed ped
dlers who, it seems have been operating
in the eastern, and probably other dis
tricts of the state. A farmer near Rocky
Mount. n. c., sends the Experiment
Station a circular distributed by these
persons. The following extract will
suffice to show how they are trying to
deceive and swindle the farmers:
''TRIFOLIUM OR SWEDISH HYBRID.
AN everlasting, perennial plant
It resembles all other varieties of
clover, peas, beans. etc, grows two to
four feet high on ordinary land and is
adapted to thin or sandy soil. 1t is far
superior to manure to plow under"
To a person having knowledge of such
matters, the whole of the above quota
ton is pure fiction. The plant referred
to is Alsike lover, short lived peren-
nial adapted only to rich moist land and
a cool climate. 1t has no value for
North Carolina or the South outside Of
the higher mountain valleys. Farmers
who buy anG plant it under such repre-
sensations will be woefully disappointed
and will suffer loss of all invested i'll the
seed
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02
The Growing of Onions.

Would there, be possibility of my
cleared land, with everything taken out
and well plowed and worked l want to
grow good crop. 1 have nothing but
commercial fertilizers to use. My land is
light and high, good sandy loan. How
much fertilizer can | use and not burn the
crop: is the ''PriZetaker" the best for me
to plant, and market under the New On
ion Culture :" What time are they ready
to market set out February lst.-A. + c..
Chadbourn, \. G.
Unanswered by w. F. Massey Horticul-
turist y. c. Experiment Station.l
You can doubtless grow a fair crop of
onions on your land, by liberal fertlll-
cation, and by repeating the heavy fer
tlllzatlon, you can grow larger crops on
the same land annually for number Of
years. 1t takes several years fcrtillza-
sion and CT ture to get the maximum
crop of onions on piece Of land that
has never grown that crop. | should
use fully a ton per acre of high grade
fertilizer, and l would not buy any par
. ticular brand of mixed fertilizer, but
would mix my own. for there is no
brand that l am acquainted with which
has as large percentage of potash as
the onion crop and your soil need In
bulletin 1l2, on Trucking in the South,
you will find some formulas for home
mixing of fertilizers If you wish to
grow green onions for punching to ship
in March, YOU should use sets Of the
Early Pearl or the White Potato onion,
and plant them i'll October. The bulle-
tin referred to will give you full direc-
tons. For a ripe crop for the home
market or for early shipment ripe, you
can use the PriZetaker, and start the
plants under glass in January, or if you
want a crop that can be kept then SOW
seed in February Of the White South
port Globe, or the Red Opal. The Prize
taker is the best for the ''new onion
culture" that is the starting of the
plants early and transplanting in March,
or with You in February, if we'll har-
dened off. They will be ready to ship
in late June or carly in July, while the
onions grown from sets planted i'll o.
tober, will be ready to pull and bunch
i'll march and ship with the tops on, in
ventilated barrels
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02
Advanced Monthly Summary of MeteorO-
logical Reports For North Caro-
lima OctOber 1895.

lIha, octoDeE, Iooo'
The North Carolina State Weather
Service issues the following advanced
summary of the weather for October,
1895. as compared with the correspond
Ing month of previous years:
TEMPERATURE.-The mean tempera-
ture for the month was 55.S degrees,
which is SO degrees below the
normal, and the lowest for October
since 1878. The highest monthly mean
was 62.S at Southport: lowest monthly
mean 443 at Linville. The highest
temperature recorded was So on the 18th
at Rockingham; lowest, IS on the 10th
and 30th at Linville The warmest Oc-
tober during the past 23 years was i'll
1881; mean. 1914 degrees; the coolest In
1878 and 1895; mean, 55.S.
PRECIPITATION. Average for tho
month, /. SO inches, which is l 80 inches
below the normal. The greatest amount
was g 80 at Tarboro; least amount, O.21
at Asheville. The wettest October dur
1ng the past 90 years was in 1887; aver
age. 6.72 inches: the dryest was in 1884,
average 0.S1 inch.
Notwithstanding direction, north
east, which is the normal direction for
October. Average hourly velocity, Sc
miles. Highest velocity, 80 miles an
hour from the northeast on the 4th at
Kitty Hawk.
Frosts were most general on the fol-
lowing dates: The list. end. 3rd, 9th,
10th, 18th, 18th, 10Th, Goth, 21st, 22nd.
Solar halos were observed at various
places on the 18th, 18th, 10Th, Goth,
Both.
Lunar hdlos were observed on The
LIST, End, 2Sth, Goth, 30th.
Ice formed in the western portion Of
the state on tho LIST, 2nd. 3rd, 10th, 18th,
Goth, 21st, 22nd, Goth, 30th
Earthquake shocks Were felt in the
eastern portion of the state on the 9th,
in the west on the 31st. both slight.
The month was characterized by the
long drought, which was not broken
until the 3lst.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02

The cabbage maggot, TIE larval form
Of Il fly. a"thomyia b.'0aSic', is the most
destructive pest of the cabbage III Eu-
rope, where it sometimes destroys whole
fields Of young plants. It has Lcen &C
casiCnally troublesome i'll the United
States since 1916. 1t has the past
spring appeared in alarming numbers in
n portion of the trucking section Of this
state.
The fly is slender and gray c"lorcd.
rather smaller than the common house
fly. The female lays her eggs in early
spring on the roots or stem Of young
plants, both in the seeded and field.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02

The North Carolina Agricultural Ex-
perrin 1T Station has added another di-
vision to the several already i'll opera
ton, to be known as the Poultry Divis
ion. Among the specific studies for this
division will be first to ascertain the
best breeds of poultry which can be re-
commended for different sections of the
State, how to raise them economically,
including the best treatment for dis
eases and insects, and how to prepare
and ship to market all poultry products.
1t will be the endeavOr to foster the
industry in North Carolina SO that a
profitable and financially paying bust
ness may be inaugurated i'll almost any
locality. or on any farm. AS but little
capital is required, the returns for tho
investment should always be large. The
Station proposes to publish educational
bulletins to bring the matter before the
attention of the people of the State, and
to extend such knowledge to all who
raise poultry, as would be of benefit in
the management, preparation and ship
ment to market.
The poultry manager i'll charge of tho
Poultry Division of the Experiment
Station will be Mr. F. f. Hege, now of
the Riverside Poultry Farms of New
bern, n. @. He will enter upon his
work on December 1st, on the farm of
the Station adjoining the State Fair
Grounds
The raising of poultry and poultry
products in North Carolina for market
is susceptible Of great extension, and
this new departure by the Station will,
without doubt, contribute largely to that
end, and will prove, consequently, Of
great and far reaching value.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02

The eggs hatch out in about five DAYS
The magguts eat off the young rOOtlets
producing what is often called club,
foot they also bore into the larger
roots and StcnS, causing the plants to
turn yellow and Spon after die, or re-
main a$ stunted plants which refuse to
head The flies continue to breed all
the summer and pass the winter as dor
mant pupa III the hollow stems Of cab
baSe and stumpS if left in the field
Some of the winged insects also hide
away i'll cellars and places where cab
bagc is stored, but the greater portion
of the first brood of flies come from the
dormant pupa i'll the field The mag
gotS feed by preference upon the roots of
cabbage and ether crucifcrOus plants
collar!: kaic, caalitlowcr, radish, mus
tirrl. etc, but they breed also III stable
manur" pi!">. human cXCrcment and
rotten fish
REMEDIES
The first and most essential remedy is
to clean cabbage fields Thoroughly Of
stump> Either plow these under at
least & inches deep and then roll the
ground or gather the stump6 and com
post them With lime Never follow
cabbage hv the same crop on any field.
L
seed bed, apply good dressing of lime
or muriate of potash to the soil, or suf-
fcient kerosene emulsion to wet the
ground inch deep. If plants i'll the
field are attacked take dibber or sharp
stick aud make a hole near each plant
as deep as the roots Of the plant and
about inch i'll diameter. Fill this hole
with kerosene emulsion. If the emul-
c;.r does not Wet the soil on all sides Of
the plant make and fill another hole on
will be sufficient for edrn crop, but if
they will breed flies so fast that Il second
! treatment may be necessary after ten
| DAYS. The emulsion must be thorough
" made But it Will be safe III any case
! if it is not allowed to touch the leaves
of the young plants.
THE KEROSENE EMULSION
Hard soap. :, pound.
Water. l gallon.
Kerosene oil, 1 gallon
DIRECTIoNs-Shave the soap and boil
till all dissolved in the water Remove
from the fire and pour into the kerosene
| Churu this or pass it through spray
er or syringe until it becomes a thick
| cream and the oil does not separate
| from the soap. Dilute with times it.
| bulk of cold water before using
This remedy is equally as good for the
| onion niaggot cut worms and all other
| burrowing insects When thoroughly
made it would not burn the plants. but
! if any free oil rises to the top it will
INTELLECTUALLY MCCARTHY. EntomCl-
ngist. n. c. Experiment Station.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02
The Testing of Milk,

A bulletin recently issued by the
North Carolina Experiment station (No
118) describes the different methods en-
ployed for testing milk, cream, butter
milk. etc, also for testing the adultcra-
tons in milk The Babcock milk test
is the chief method employed for the
purpose 1t is described in detail and
anyone with care and short expert
ence can soon learn how to conduct a
test. Anyone who has several cows
should know the relative value of each,
and it often happens that COW eats
more food than is returned in her pro
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02

The Station Will be glad to extend its
usefulness by answering as far as pos
sible questions on agricultural topics sent
by any one I North Carolina who hay
desire to ask for information Address
all questions TO the North Carolina Agri-
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02

cultural Experiment Station, Raleigh, N.
c. Replies will be written as early as
possible by the member of the Station
staff most competent to do so, and when,
of general interest, they will also appear
in these columns. The Station desires in
this way to enlarge its sphere Of useful
ness and render immediate assistance to
practical farmers.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02
Juggling With Figures.

The popularity of the date Of 1896 is
its involved connection with the digit 3.
AS that number IS regarded by those
who hold supe1stitious belief as pro-
verbally lucky one, from its association
with certain Biblical events, it is to be
hoped that the coming annual cycle may
prove this one particular theory to be
true, and that Jan. 1 will usher in an
suspicious season of material and finan-
cial prosperity.
The number 1896 is equally divisible
by g. So is the sum of its digits, plus
s plus 9 plus 6 (and the reverse is nee
essarily the same) equaling "a, which,
again united, 2 plus 4, equals 6. Sepa-
rating it's hundreds from the tens, 10
and 90 Or 81 and 50, they are still null
tiples Of 3. The sum of the first and
last digits, plus 6, equals 7. Added to
the two middle figures they produce 90,
which is the last two units Of the date,
being equally divisible by 3, as is its
sum, 9 plus 6, equals Is.
The centuries IS are divisible wholly
by O., 6 and 8; the number reversed, 81,
by 9 and by 8, by the product of these
two numbers 60 multiplied by 81 a.,
and the sum Of the digits, l plus g.,
equals 8. The sum Of the first two fig
ures in the date, represented as digits,
equals the third. Eighteen plus SO
equals / i, and 90 minus IS equals rs,
over which the mystic has full con-
troll, as it does over the sum Of the digits
in these latter numbers, 1 plus plus
equals 6, and plus equals Is.
And Is minus 6 equals 9, while 5 plus
equals 21, the sum of whose digits,
2 plus |, equals 8. The product of the
digits i'll the year, l multiplied by by
8 by 8, equals 432, multiple of 8, and
the sum of the unit figures, plus
plus is 9. Eighteen minus equals 8,
and minus equals 8.
From this can be derived the infalH-
BILE rule that when the sum of the digits
of any number is equally Invisible by 8
the lumber itself is common multiple.
For instance the numbers 261 equals o.
and BAL equals 12) must necessarily
be equally divisible by the mysterious
factor 3. ALBERT P. SOUTHwICK.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02
Old English New Years Customs.

Old English New Years Customs.
There is one ceremony common to
England and Scotland which is sono.
times observed in the United States on
New Years eve-that is the ringing Of
the bells to announce the death of the
old year and the birth of the new. In
many churches an impressive service is
held at the hour Of midnight. Another
English custom is the one of sitting up
on the last night of the year till IL
o'clock, and as the hour strikes, the outer
door is opened and with great formality
they let out the old and let in the
new The 'mummers' or "guisers'
play an important part in the celebra-
ton Of New Years in Scotland All the
boys in the village who can sing prac-
tice songs for The occasion, and On the
important night they borrow old shirts
from their fathers and cut out brown
paper mlters, from which hang masks
that conceal their faces. Each guiser is
accompanied by squire dressed as a
girl, who goes before him to open the
door when he sings. While the song is
in progress she sweeps the floor with a
broomstick or plays some curious prank.
They receive III return small pieces Of
money.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02

puarites developed So
NN physicians as
" LaGrippe disease leaves its victims debitated useless
- It is disease of the nerves.
remedy that will
D. W. Hilton
Kentucky the best known
Restored him health all else had failed
LaGripp eight
ccnnng
with such severity that my
months
that upefed but For
mental
pain and growing weaker
that
months time
everybody
excellent
Hilton had suffered with severe
several
without peceptbe
commenced
IorvI1r Tan d.
DR.. Miles Neryine Fsi Tssith
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1896-01-02

In this case the wheat would carry OFF
more phosphoric acid by pounds and
more nitrogen by 123 pounds, while the
oats would take 91la pounds more potash
than the wheat.
1t is matter of common observation
among farmers that oats are far better
forager than wheat. That is, given an
equal chance, the oats can get more and
do better than wheat. Hence it is ow-
ing to the recognition Of less ability of
wheat 10 produce as we'll under like con-
GitiOns that il Is given the better of two
fields where both crops are grown on the
same farm and that determines the APP.
plication of commercial manure to the
wheat oftener, or IN greater weight than
for the oat crop.
Under equal conditions to start with.
the cat crop would produce more, and
would take more from the soil than
wheat 1t does not. however, on aver
age conditions as met with, and the