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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17
Cotton Fertilization.

bulletin by Prof HI. C. White of the
Georgia college of agriculture. In
reviewing the results of the expert
ments conducted at different expert
ment stations, and taking into ac-
count the general experience of sue
cessful cotton growers, he arrives at
certain general conclusions: First,
cotton is a plant which responds
promptly literally and profitably to
judicious fertilization. Second, by
this the maturity of the crop may be
fastened and the period of growth
so shortened as to materially increase
the climatic area within which cot
ton may be proftably grown. Again,
the profit from manuring cotton with
concentrated fertilizers is much en-
HANGED by previous preparation of
the soil. Renovating crops, especial
ly the cowpea, furnish an efficient
and economical method of bringing
cotton lands into condition to re-
spond most liberally to concentrated
manures. Barnyard manures and
similar bulky manures are more eff
cient and profitable as soil renovators
than as specific fertilizer for cotton.
They should be broadcast literally
and used rather as soil improvers
than as immediate fertilizers. The
same is probably true of cotton seed,
except where the price at the mills
justifies the exchange of seed for
meal to be used as a source of nitro
gen in a concentrated manure. If,
however, only small quantities Of
such manures are to be had and it is
DESTROYS to use them as direct fertili-
Zers, it is more profitable to compost
them with acid phosphate, prefer
ably containing small percentage
of potash, than to use alone. 1t is
more profitable to compost directly
in the drill at time of planting than
in heaps previously.
Cotton may wisely be assigned a
place in a judicious rotation sys-
tenn. Upon lands devoted to staple
crops, three years rotation, small
grain, corn with peas, and cotton, is
judicious. Each crop in the rotation
should be appropriately fortified.
Upon the great majority the soils of
the cotton growing states it is advis-
able and profitable to use as a con-
centrated fertilizer complete ma
nure,' i. e., one containing a soluble
phosphoric acid, available potash
and available nitrogen rather than a
manure with only one or two of
these ingredients. Soluble phosphates
are very much to be preferred to
those which are not soluble Of the
nitrogen compounds available, the
organic foods, vegetable and animal,
are perhaps best suited to cotton.
The amount of concentrated ferti-
lizer which may profitably be used
per acre varies widely. For an aver
age soil in fairly good condition, per-
haps the maximum amounts indicat-
ed by Georgia nitrogen 20 pounds,
potash 20 pounds phosphoric acid 70
pounds) Or by South Carolina (nitro-
gen 20 pounds, potash IS pounds,
phosphoric acid so pounds) or an ap-
proximate mean of the two would be
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17

Bacteria do not occur in the blood
or in the tissues of healthy living
body, either of man or the lower an
imals." So says the celebrated Dr.
Koch. Other doctors say that the
best medicine to render the blood
perfectly pure and healthy is Ayers
Sarsaparilla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17

than three inches and well mixed
with the soil. 1t is best in most cases
to apply all the concentrated fertili-
ger in one application at the time of
planting.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-02-17
Peach Orchards in Baker County.

reach OrcnarQS In BAKER county.
Storms and disasters are to be
feared any year. Seldom it is indeed
that some part of the country is not
visited by some destructive force of
nature, but the gale that swept
across northern Florida and the
south Atlantic coast in the month OF
September, 1896, was one of the most
destructive storms that has ever Wis
tied this section of the country The
stately old pine trees that have stood
the storms, many of them for more
than century, nearly all went down
before the resistless force of the wind
and rain. Farm houses, towns and
villages were blown down and many
tine and mill men with thousands in
vested in their enterprises had every
thing blown away in a few short
hours. The damage to property
throughout the storm section has
never been estimated and had it not
been for the generosity of a charita-
BILE public the sufferings of the peo-
pie would have been great. Baker
county, Fla, was one of the worst af-
fiicted sections in the storm area.
Scarcely church or a school house
was left standing in the entire coun-
ty. Some of the largest buildings in
Macclenny, the county seat town,
were blown down. Scarcely a fence
could be found in the county that
was not blown all to pieces. Rail
fences in places had even the bottom
rail moved several feet from where
it originally lay half bedded in the
ground.
But in the midst of all this terrible
gale, young thrifty fruit trees stood
entirely unframed. The reason they
were unframed is because they bend
before the wind and do not blow
away or break. Farmers who depend
entirely upon the ordinary farm
crops lost everything by the gale.
Even the cotton in the fields was
blown away and the corn was blown
fiat on the ground. But all who had
young orchards could go out after
the storm and feel proud that they
had one investment that could stand
almost any storm. The illustration
with this article is from a photo
graphic view, taken Immediately af-
ter the storm, of the peach orchard
of the Griffing Bros. Nursery Co.,
near Macclenny, Fla, and is one of
the numerous Illustrations of their
1897 catalogue.
This orchard is only three years
old, and has yielded during that time
almost 100000 net returns from fif-
teen acres. The cut shows clearly
that the storm did not injure the or
chard. While pine trees and build
ings were going down all around, the
young pliable trees bent before the
wind and came out without injury.
Why not utilize the pine lands of
the state that have been rendered
worthless for the next fifty years for
turpentine or mill purposes? Why
not plant these lands to peaches and
other fruits--Pineapple.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

kittrell, y. c., June =, 81.
EDITOR GOLD LEAF:-Miss Ellen
Crudup returned last Wednesday night
from visit to friends in Norfolk.
Quite a number of people from here
and small party from Henderson
went last Thursday to picnic inaugu-
rated by Mr.. G. W. Raney. The place
selected known as Indian Mound Ton
Tar River, is quite an ideal one for
such affairs and everybody votes this
particular picnic a success.
Mr.. John Calling was here last
week visiting Mr.. and Mrs. b. n.
Capehart.
Messrs Rob kittrel and Willie
Person have returned from Chapel
Hill, where they have, no doubt, been
drinking deep Of the Pierian spring.
Miss Caddie Williams came home
Sunday for Il short visit to her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Williams. She
will continue her school through
June.
We note that Rev. James b. Avrett
has been invited by the ladies Of the
Confederate Memorial Association to
deliver the Grafton on the occasion of
the setting up Of the stones at the
graves of the North Carolina soldiers
buried ut Winchester 1t is eminent
~ fitting that he should be chosen. as
he was the prime mover in the matter
OF raising funds for the stones. and lie
viii. we are sure, acquit himself in
manner creditable to the occasion.
Quite a severe earthquake shock was
felt here Monday afternoon about ,
O'Clock. No damage was done, how
ever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Barnes returned
yesterday 30 their home in Raleigh.
kjttrell now sounds, resounds.
echoes. and reechoes with the blowing
OF horns aud the bayiny of hounds
and this especially when people arc
just ready Ito wrap the draperv Of
their couch about them and lie down
TO pleasant dreams" Messrs. Hedg-
peth and Raney have several Just out
side Of town and they are training
them preparatory to some rare sport
later ON. We hope thoy viii nave
their iuIl measure OF it, F.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

The shipments of strawberries from
along the Wilmington X Weldon
Railroad, in the vicinity of Whining
ton this season, have amounted to
about 10000 crates. This means
$4,000 quarts. The price has av-
eraged about I21, cts. per quart for
the entire crop yielding a value of
$4,000. These figures are aston
lshlng but they are true. The esti-
mate is rather under the actual figures.
Messenger.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

An exchange thinks that Mr. Have
meyers acquital of the charge Of con-
tempt Of the Senate need not be con-
strued as a denial that the Senate is an
object Of contempt.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

SPEAKING of the Presbyterian Cen
eral Assembly which has just been in
session at Charlotte, the Scotland
Neck Commonwealth says: Charlotte
has many Presbyterlans-perhaps as
many as any city of It's size in the
Southland 1t was peculiarly fitting
that the great assembly should be held
there. The people of "Ihe Queen
City" nodoubt did themselves great
tors; and not to do SO would have
been TO break lis record, for Charlotte
is we'll known for her hospitality.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

DR.. BLACKNALL says the people 60
ing TO Morehead this season will not
be troubled much by the noise Of chill
dren playing in the halls, as is usually
the case. He has f,;ed up a hall
especially for them. 1t contains swings,
rockers, spring boards, and all sorts Of
playthings. Here he little ones can
enjoy themselves.--Nf7os and o.
ery-rFr
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03
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For sale by Melville Dorsey. druggist.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

Doctors say consumption can't be cured.
But when they see it cured right under
their face and eyes by DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. they admit that there's
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\ very attractive line of new Prints at
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

THE St. Louis Post Disbatch say
it seems that many a man who worked
hard for Mckinley can now find no
work for himself
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

Hundreds OF thousands lf been in
duced to try Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy, by reading what it has donN for
Others, and have tested its merits iDr
themselves are to-day its warmest>
friends. For sale by NJ. Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

W.. desire live agent and correspondent
Al every pOstOhice in Vance and adjoining
counties.
Correspondence on all subjects Of local
and general interest and opinions upon
matters of public concern. are invited.
The editor will rot be responsible for
the views or statements Of correspondents
and reserves the right at all times to
svise or reject any article he may think
proper.
One side, only, Of the paper must be
written on-and the real name OF the
writer accompany the contribution. NO
attention will be paid to anonymous let
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03
THURSDAY. JUNE3, 1897.

June 24th has been fixed as North
Carolina day at the Tennessee Cen
tennial Exposition.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03
WHY HOME PROMOTION COUNTS.

The fact Of any community, city or
section sitting idly down, MIcawber-
Ike waiting for something to turn
up to help II, in the way OF increase
0. business fer its merchants, OF the
securing of good markets for the
sale Of the cotton, truck or tobacco
of its farmers is one of the worst
conditions that could happen to It's
people.
A grea, and just appreciation OF the
advantages Of ones city and section
should possess its every CITIZEN, but
advantages without the effort 70 derel-
Cd them, to the benefit OF those posses
sing them, is far worse than 10: 70 have
them, as possession without Utilization
is productive Of chronic indifference
and ldleness, whereas non possession
IS likely TO cause a desire 10 secure,
which makes the wouldbc possessor a
worker.
Home built communities are gener-
ally the strongest, socially and tlnan-
caIly.
The promotion Of home enterprise,
under the direction and by the means
of local parties, develops spirit OF
fellowship that grows firmer. 1t inspires
confidence in the future success OF
the locality, it unIteS all elements into
seeking those factors which shall fur
Their every local enterprise, and It tos
tiers and strengthens pride in ones
city and section.
The assistance Of outside capital,
Of outside people, is 10 be sought, no
matter how much local enterprise
may be developed, but this securing
new people and new money, follows
easily and quickly when the home pro-
motion OF industries is seen TO be keen
ly entered into by the citizens OF a
community.
Failure IN the successful establish
meDt and working Of local industry
may follow from several Gauss, but
upon a strict Investigation into the
causes which produced the failure It
will generally be found tha, if proper
care had been observed in the begin
ming Of the enterprise failure would
not have followed Newbern /0nt
naL
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

SOME one has suggested that the girl
graduate is an old subject, and yet she
Is the llvellest issue upon us. More
than this, she is an issue that mus. be
met by every young man who has any
proper notion of fighting a winning
campaign. She appers in great glory
this week. How 10 take a diploma
and be beautiful at the same time is
the problem that has been solved bv
the girl graduate; for the youth nova
days when he comes 10 graduate is
apt TO be either a football aftermath or
a broken up and thinned out nervous
system-but the girl graduate, she is
perennial study in blue-Nt5cs ana
ObsfrTtr.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

ScROFUlA in its worst form
~ yields to the blood cleansing power
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla. Thousands of
cases have been perfectly CURED.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03
letter, Salt Rhcum and Eczema.

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by applying Chamberlain s Eye and
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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03
Dr CalV'S COp,1ifiOn po.yIarS q,

DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, are
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medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package.
For sale by Melville Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03
TIE NEWSPAPER \ GREAT IN
STRI'GTOR.

a newspaper is the chronicle Of
life and ClrCulatlon-the common res
ervolr into which every stream pours
It's living waters, and al which every
man, woman and child can come and
drink freely. |, is the newspaper that
gives TO liberty Its practical life, its
constant observations It's perpetual Wig
lance and its unrelaxing activity. The
newspaper informs legislators Of pub
lie opinion, and informs the people Of
the acts of legislation; and this is not
all. The newspaper teens with the
most practical morality. In its reports
of crimes and punishments, you find
a daily warning against temptation
not place in the police court, not
single trial of 4 wIetched outCast or
trembling felon that does not preach
TO us the awful lesson of how impru-
dence leads to error, how error con-
ducts to guilt, and how guilt reaps lis
bitter fruit of anguish and degrada-
ton. The newspaper is the familiar
bond that binds together man and
man-no matter what may be the
distance OF separation, or the differ
cnCe Of climate or race. The newspa-
per is the law book for the thoughtless
and a library for the poor. 1t stlmu
lates the most indifferent, and may in
struct the most profound. 1t is not
the FURNISHED words and striking atti-
tudes Of the polished orator that shape
public opinion in these latter days,
but it is the newspapers of the country
whose words go to the public ear with
out parade or ceremony that do this
important work. 4 public speaker
may please the ear and tickle the
fancy, but the newspaper does more
il satisfies the mind and carries to
every household a great fund of useful
knowledge. Great indeed IS the news
paper,-Pyfss ami Printer.
SrRINC has about passed and the
business revival SO confidently prom
lsed US last fall is not yet in sight
That We are destined not to see il dur
ing the summer is foregone conclu-
sion. But while We shall get no relief,
but depression, from the new tariff
bill, there are many promises that the
early fall will bring 10 us degree of
prosperity, in this section of the State
unknown for years. All indications
point to good wheat crop, while the
prospects for fine crop of leaf to-
bacco were never better. This will
make things hum next fall, and the
duty OF the hour is to brace up for the
dull months that are upon US. BY the
practice of economical business meth
DDS, and cheered by the bright pros
poets in the near future, this should
not be dIihcGlt, when we remember
what We have already gone through.
Winston J0a,naL Ia.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

"For three years we have never been
without chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhon Remedy in the house,
says A. H. patter, with +. {. Atkins x
Co., Indianapolis, Ind, land my wife
would as soon think OF being without
flour as IL bottle OF this Remedy in the
summer season. We have used it with
all three OF our children and it has never
failed to curc-not simply stop pain, but
cure absolutely. 1t is all right. and any
one who tries it will find it so. For
sale by NJ. Dorsey.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

ACCORDING TO the Gastona ia
zeHe, Castor county claims to have
the largest number Of cotton mills Of
any county in North Carolina. AS
shown by a table recently prepared,
there are now in existence twenty one
mills, containing Io5,52G splndles,
24I5 looms, 1880 twisting splndles,
and employing 1915 hands, with pay
rolls amounting to S579,I2o. These
mills consume 24,25o bales annually.
REV. Thomas Dixon, who IS cleverly
styled the rleverant ranter, has been
giving utteranCe to some Of his peculiar
and characteristic brain creations
lately. He says he would rather be in
hell with Moses Monteiiore than in
heaven with some good men he knows.
Whereat the Phlla delphia Recent rises
to remark that it knows some people
who would rather be in any old place
with Ingcrsoll, Dives and other Cho Ice
spirits, than in Paradise peoplcd with
Thomas Dixons
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03
THEINFLUENCE

of the Mother shapes the course
of unborn generati ns-goes
sounding through all the
ages and enters the confines of
Eternity. With what care, there
fore, should the Expectant Moth
cr be guarded, and how great the
effort be to ward off danger and
make her life joyous and happy.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03

IN response to an enquiry as to
what he thought of Bryan's present
hold upon the people, Hon. Chauncey
+. Black, of Pennsylvania, recently
said:
"His strength with the Democratic
masses has been constantly on the in
crease. We will never have another
delegation from Pennsylvania bound
by the obnoxious unit rule; and if the
people were choosing delegates to-day
to a national convention no one but
Mr.. Bryan would be seriously consid-
cred in Pennsylvania. He is incom-
parably the ablest leader we have had
IN modern times
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03
THE SOUTH WILL YET MAKE TIE,
FINER GRADES.

The city of Charlotte will soon have
in operation another cotton factory.
making the twelfth for that city, and
Charlotte hasn't any water power.
either, and has to transport the fuel
for her factories IL considerable dis
lance. The fact that her cotton factories
are constantly increasing in number is
proof of their prosperity, and proof
also that cotton manutacturln. III the
South does not depend (whlle this is an
advantage upon water-powers.
But the growth of this industry,
while it is very creditable to the enter
prise of Charlotte's people, is not more
noticeable than the progress of the in
dustry in the State at large, where the
mills are increasing steadily i'll number
and are reaching out for new lines of
goods which would not have been at
tempted several years ago, some Of
these goods comparing with the best
of their kind made anywhere. No one
now thinks of asserting that the South
will be content with plain or coarse
goods, for the developments of every
day and the record of progress already
made, leaves no ground for that asser-
ton now, whatever ground there may
have been for it in the past, when
mills were fewer and our people had
less knowledge of the business than
they have Wilmington Star.
The Star is exactly right. As the
mills increase in number, in the State
and in the South, they are reaching
out after new lines of manufacture, and
1t cannot be very long until the
Southern manufacturer tries his hand
at the finer grades now made almost
altogether by the New England mills
1t will not do to trust in the belief
that the Southern mill hand has not
the ability to learn, and the capablity
to carry on, the making of these finer
grades Of goods. 50 it would seem to
be a rather hazardous experiment in
those New England mill men who are
changing the machinery and methods
of their mills with the intention Of
making the finer grades. They must,
in the long run, come South.-Char-
lotte ObsetTer.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1897-06-03
Letter From kittrelI.

\ very attractive line of new Prints at
ii. THOMASON'S.