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COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.

All purchases and sales are made direct m the exchange for which the order Is given, ; Correspondents-J. H, Parker 6 O., c. VI Ine 6 O.. Purnell, Hssamaa & Co. New Fosk. Yairehild < Hobson, New Or iss,.s, Ware ( L3lanA, Chiea<e. = ss.sc-enee--First National Bank of Eirr,ins sam. Mist National Bank of YSma. Ga
 TTLEyE ONK 50, ulk
 s3aciat c.tan1lpn Riyea 70 qsGsrs over telephens and orders ss4I& fson cut sf the city.
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OR. Y.5E. HOLLOWAY
 PHysicfan and Surgeon.

ThFee-fourths of the persons who come to me to get cured of Syphilis, Qenorrhoea 0eef. Structure. Los [ Manhood and other private diseases have tried to get well by using oth- CT means. Why not come as soon as you find that you are ahlietedf n
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! Dry oosds Market.

New York, April l2-There is some tm- provement in the general tone of the mar ket. but nothing of q very tangible char acter. A number of bids are reported for heavy brown goods on China account, with some sales. Prices are steady. No
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SPECIAL RATEs
To New Orleans Via Alabama Great
 Southern Railroad.

Account General Missionary Conference M. E. Church, South. the Alabama Great Southern Railroad will sell round trip tickets to New Orleans at rate of one fare. Tickets on sale April p, 23, 2A final limit May 2. 1901.
 Information and particulars cheerfully furnished on application.
 J. c. LUsK, T. P. A..
 coi9 First Ave, Rirmipgham. Ala
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LIverpooI Cotton Marked.

Ltverpool. ApriI U.-Spot cotton quiet; prices 11ed lower; American middling fair 5l-16d; good middlng 25-32d; mid- ding z1a.3Rd: low middling 13-32d; good ordinary 45-32d; ordinary 329-32d.
 The salos of the day were 5000 bales, of which 800 were for speculation and ex- port, and included $500 American. Re- caipts 16,000 bales, including 1S.0o0 Amer ican. Futures opened and closed quiet. American middiing, ], m. C., April 4.3od buyers April May 43Od sellers, May- June 4.20d ssliers: June7July 4.2a04. .aOd sellers, July-August i.2ed buyers; Au- gust-septenber { .z3d sellers, geptembsr 2Sd sellers; October 4.10d sellers; Octo- ber- November 4.0sd sellerss November December 4,04 sellers,
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Bonds.
Treasury Statement.

Washington, April 12.-Today's state- ment of the treasury in the general fund, exclusive of the sl6o.0OO.0O0 gold reserve in the division of redemption. shows: Available cash balance. 3l52. .0Ss, ,6ss; gold, $100.1z2
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New orle.n, Cotton Market.

New Orleans, April 12.-The market for spot cotton was dull and heavy during the day The weather was altogether un- suited to the work of making inspections and In consequence sample rooms were practically deserted by buyers. The feel ing exhibited among both clements, how ever showed leaning toward lower prices, though quotations today were unchanged. Sales 1000 bales includ- ing TOO to arrive. Outside of May and July positions there was not much trad ing in futures today but in those two months there was a fair movement, A decline of 2-64 to 3-64 in Liverpool caused this market to break 3 to s points on the opening call but quickly recovered and moved up 4 points. Free selling then sent prices down to, points. Later the e was fluctuations of few points but July, 7.76QD7T; the other months showing losses of 3 to 6 points on the day.
 New Orleans, April 12.-Cotton was quiet sales, 1000 bales; ordinary, 5Hc; good ordinary, 6 9-16c; low middling. 7ssc; middling, 3-16c; good middling, 9-16c; middiing fair, 8 1S-16c receipts. 4423 bales;s stock. 26s. .446 bales.
 Consolidated statement: Receipts, net, 91,S73; exports to Great Britain, 64.345; to France. %.ei6; to the continent, 62,211; stock, 719,4ls
 New Orleans, April 12-Cotton futures were duli April, nominal; May, 7STQ7.s .sS; June, 7.80@7 &, July, 7.76d7T; August, 7.5207H; September, 718 bid; October, 7os97.l0; November, 70s@Z06; December, zOsd7O5.
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Metal Market.

New York, April 12.-Tin dull; $2s; lake copper unchanged, s17. 50. lead dull,S4 3Tiz; ; speiter dull. 8. sO0S .95, pig iron warrants unchanged, $9.50Q10.5 50.
The age-herald., 1901-04-13

For straight wl.iskies go to Dunker's Saloon, 206-2lO N. 2Oth street, between 2d and Srd avenues. Onr leading brands: Sam Clay, Paris Club. Peacock. el.OO per quart e l
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Only limited number Of maps left Subscribers should avail themselves Of this opportunity to secure . house hoid;roffTce and school room necessity.
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Daily Statement.

Galveston-Steady; middling. 8xc; sales. 396; receipts 2S75; stock, 149.108.
 Mobile-Quiet; middling 7%c; sales, 100; receipts, 6; stock. 12.D66,
 Gayannah-Quiet; middiing, 8 1-16c; re- ceipts. l3f2; stock, a6, 16i.
 Charleston-steady; middling. Sc; re- ceipts, 66s; stock 6961.
 Wilmington--Firm; middling. 7Hc; re- ceipts. 35; stock, 6s53. Norfolk--Dull; middling, 8 1-16c: sales, 95; receipts. 1901; stock, 20324.
 Baltimore-Nominal; mlddling, Sssc; re- ceipts. 236S; stock, 3S36, .a
 Boston-Dull; middling, 8 5-1sc; receipts. net, 21; gross. 945. Philadelphia~Quiet middling. S1ze; re- ceipts, 68l; stock, 37i5
 St. Louis-Duil; middlips. 3-16c; sales, 10: receipts 1114; stock, q, l5l. Memphis-Ste middling, 81Sc, re- ceipts, 7se; shipments, 1871; sales, 1850; stock, 1is,76S.
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cloths dull and demand for wide grey cloths quieter Linens firm, but not sell ing freely
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N. D. C0THRAN & GO.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade and New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Roors 1 and Alabama National Bank
 Building, Private leased wires to New Yeri, New <,rieass and Chicago.
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Chlcaao ,Channe.

Chicago, April 12.-May wheat scored good advance early today but lost it and closed h@esc lower. Other markets were rather narrow, corn and oats closing un- changed and provisions 21z9121kc higher.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
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Live Stock Marketa.

Chicago, April 2-Cattle-Receipts 15O0; market generally steady good to prime steers $5.00Q6.00. poor to medium 8. .9Gep 490. stockers and feeders $2.75d14.75, cows g. 75@4. 40. heifers s2.75@4.60, canners g. 10 @2.70, bulls $2.70@4.5o. calves M.0OQ5. 50, Texas fed steers s4.25G5.25. Texas grass steers s3. 3.3O@4. %, Texas bulls s2.7593. 90,
 Hogs-Receipts 16,0O0; market 5 to 10 cents higher; good to choice heavy s6. 00D 6.2O, loght $5.S0Q610, bulk of sales st S6 .12k
 Sheep-Receipts 4000. Sheep and lambs steady; export sheep s5.l5. clipped lambs $5.15. good to choice wethers ss. 45d5. .00, fair to choice mixed s4.6OG14.S5, western sheep &.75@5 .00. yearlings $.S0a5.i na- tive lambs $4.75@5.35, western lambs s5.00 @5.35.
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COTTON MARKET
 ON THE TOBOGGAN
 
 Prices Steadily Went Downward
 Under Moderate Selling UNDERTONE FAIRLY STEADY h the Last Few Minutes Liquidation and Furry of Bear Selling Sent
 Prices Down Near the @ Bottom.
UNDERTONE FAIRLY STEADY

New York April 12.-The cotton market was again lower today. At one time May sold off to 7.91. or to within points of the ment was timid nevertheless, owing to the fresh circulation of old rumors that May. July and August were to be ''saueezed." before delivery days. On the opening fairly steady undertone was obtained, with prices unchanged to 4 points lower. The Liverpool news was a disappointment, Moreover, foreign selling orders were quite numerous in the local pit.
 This unfriendly state of affairs had a depressing effect upon local sentiment within the first half hour and prices slowly further declined under moderate selling for both accounts. May touched 7.91 before proit-taking, and bull pur- chasers gained supremacy. On the down turn, New Orleans and Liverpool sympa- theticaliy weakened and for time the indications strongly pointed to a weak and decidedly lower market. This break proved the single feature of the days fluctuations, for thereafter the market followed an exceptionally narrow rut,
 
 with speculation at times quite lifeless. The bulk of the business recorded repre- scented weekend settlements by the room traders. In the last few minutes liquida- tion and furry of bear selling sent prices we'll down toward the bottom. The market was finally dull, with prices net to points lower.
 New York. April 12.-Cotton quiet; mid ding sh net receipts 52l; gross 2094; sales 54e; stock IA. .ee2; exports to the conti- nent 1887; 70 France 11z0.
 Total today: Net receipts 11,193; exports to Great Britain 13942; to France 112O; to the continent 9S90: stock 719,41S.
 Consolidated; Net receipts 91, ,S7S; ex- ports to Great Britain H845; to France 35,615; to the continent 62,211.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts 6,55s,o19 exports to Great Britain 2,530, ,6l6; to France 625, ,45s; to the continent 2,007, ,266.
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Total Net Receipts.

New York, April R.-Following are the total net receipts of cotton at all ports since September 1, 1900:
 Galveston 1.85S,557, New Orleans 2,161,53 Mobile 124,63s, Savannah 972,122, Charles ton 212,s56, Baltimore 5S4O6. New York f4s,es9 Boston 181,9o2, Newport News 18,- l1s. Philadelphia 2O,4S1, Brunswick 72,s07, Pensacola 12l,s2S, Port Arthur 2o,654; total. 5S,019 bales.
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Ala. Great Southern R. R
|lIlIlijIlYIII2Ss5IiI|

Shortest and quickest line to Cincinnati, Louisville and the North; also to Shreve- port. New Orleans, Texas and all points Southwest.
 Schedule in effect December g. 1900.
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Financial.

New York, April 12-The Commercial Advertisers London financial cablegram says:
 Business slackened on the stock ex- change today, and the tone was depressed because of the lack of confirmation of the report that a settlement was to be had with Botha of the South African trou- bles. The American department also was restricted for while, in sympathy with the general market, but besides this gen. eral cause the bulls were nervous today over the drop of prices in New York yes- terday and the fears of dearer money in Wall street. They sold steadily until in the afternoon, when, upon the New York opening, the cables brought over unex- pectedly higher prices and orders which hoisted Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific. Berlin also was a buyer of Northern Pacific. Upon these two bull movements London took cour- age, buying Fries and Atchisons.
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Money on Call.

New York, April 12.-Money on call was firm at per cent; last loan at per cent; prime mercantile paper, 3z@41a per cent Sterling exchange was steady, with act ual business in bankers bills at S4S77s for demand and s4.S49s for sixty days; posted rates A.S5h and $4.S9; commercial bills, $4S31kQ4S4A. Silver certificates, 60c. Bar silver, 59c. Mexican dollars, 4Sc.
 Government bonds were steady,
 State bonds were firm.
 Railroad bonds were irregular.
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Southern Railway Co. The Great Highway of Travel North,
 East, South and West.
 Schedule in effect January 1s. 1901.

No. 8s "Washington and southwestern Limited" solid vestibuled train, Atlanta to Washington; Pullman sleeping car, Birmingham to New York; also Pullman library observation car. Atlanta to New, York. Dining car east of Atlanta.
 No. 36. "U. S. Fast Mall" carries Pull- man sleeping cars Birmingham to Rich mond. Va. via Atlanta; also sleeper Att lanta to New York
 Dining car east of Atlanta,
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DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO GIN cINNATI. LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-01

ram should bear the mark and char
acteristics of the breed, and these
should be made manifest in no unmis-
taxable way. Possessing these quail
ties, the animal is fit then to head
the flock to introduce new blood and
vitality in it. The best breed de
ponds upon what we expect of our
flock. Are we raising the sheep for
mutton or wool? This must be an
swered before we attempt to grade
up the herd, for not a step should be
taken until a definite object is had
in view. If we are breeding for both
wool and mutton then there is a
wider latitude for the selection of
the ram. Consistent breeding with
good stock and careful selection and
wedding out every year will produce
results beyond the expectations of
the most ambitious. Let the herd
be graded up and the owner will
wonder why he never tried it before.
w. E. EDWARDS. %
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-01
Live Stock.
PRoF1TABLE MULE RAISING.

correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
know of nothing in the farm line
that pays better than mules. They
are bringing good prices nOw-frst-
class ones $3.50 and over, and may go
higher by spring. As a practical
illustration, will say that here in
Mecklenburg county, j.. T. KeIl, as
an experiment., started in the mule
breeding business on his w hook
about u years ago. Since that time
he has raised about 20 mules at an
average cost of about $50 a head,
netting him a good profit.
The sex of the mule varies in diff
ferent places as to preference, but it
is thought that the mare mule will
mature somewhat the quicker, and
as a rule is squarer- built than the
male and looks plumper and better
than the male. The horse mule has
to contend with the gnats, which at
tack the sheath, while the mare mule
is more free from these pests. The
foot of the mule should be large and
hOrse-like. Always buy a fast mule,
upheaded and peart. The smoother
the better, as when you want to sell
him somebody will buy him and the
trade likes a good smooth one The
finer the hair the better Indication
you have that your mule is of good
blood and will feed we'll and show
good when fat. A trader delights in
fine good hair. A. j. w.
Mecklenburg Co., N. G..
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[coNoLupEp FROM PAGE IL

hours a day of labor, leaving six
hours for social life, pleasure and
study with good books and news
papers to read, and eight hours for
rest and sleep, will improve the race,
give Us stronger, healthier boys and
girls, add wonderfully to our happi-
ness and make home the sweetest
place on earth. These things will
keep children around US, and adj
vance US as a people, physically,
financially, intellectually and NOR
ally. The best place on earth to raise
children is the farm. Let US get out
of it all hat is possible and strive
for happiness and not money. Money
should only be the means of adding
to our happiness.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-01

Rambouillets better, the ros of the
two breeds best of all. had never
before seen this cross-it is a good
one. Bellvue has earned her success
and deserves it.
With Ed. Young and Howard Will
son 1 drove across the mountains
through miles of forest, shaded
mountain roads, under the shadow
of old Grandfather mOuntain-a
noble uplift of rOck-seeing~ ever
vistas of great and changing lowell
ness-fOllOwing the best mountain
road | have ever seen-dOwn then on
the Eastern slope of the Blue Ridge,
past hundreds of mountain homes,
each with its tiny patch of green set
down in the yellow forest; it's orch
ard, It's cabbages, down into the
valley of the Yadkin, through rich
corn fields and past comfortable
homes and noble mansions and every
where the signs of plenty and some
times of thrift.
Down here, far from the railway,
u~ndisturbed by the hurry and hustle
and clamOr of the great, ravenous
world, live some sweet and lonely
lives in security and comfort. My
stay among them was a happy one.
There is no stock on the Yadkin,
or at least I saw none, and almost no
grass. We were prospecting down
there-lOoking with as eager an eye
as any 49'er-fOr "'sign''-for ''1oat"
of what? Of alfalfa, of course.
We found it. We saw half an acre
of as lovely alfalfa as one could
wish. We can say the stOckman's
creed of the Yadkin: 81 believe in
alfalfa-queen of the meadow,
mother of all good stock, born of the
sun and the dew; nOurishing the
flock and the herd identifying the
earth enriching the field and the
farmer best of Gods gifts to the
stockman." Do you see the point?
These friends of mine with their
juicy mountain pastures seek to find
Il way to slip down out of the chill
and the mist of winter-down into
the sun and to abundant winter feed.
If they have not found it I am no
prophet-nOr the o of a prophet.
From LenOre l journey by rail
through the Piedmont region to
Asheville. 1t is a land of red clay
and scant grass, of small farmers
the train.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-01
horticulture.
COLD R PEARS.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Those who complain of finding lit
tie demand for their pears in the fall
and early winter, and even then at
unremunerative prices, should take
a0few lessons from the cold storage
men. When the market season is at
it's heightand pears are selling cheap,
the cold storage men go into the
markets, or out to the farms, and
purchase pears by the thousands of
barrels. These are carefully sorted,
and only the very best and perfectly
sound ones are used. They are
shipped to cold storage houses where
they are kept for winter use. When
the fall supplies from the farms have
been exhausted this cold storage
stock is gradually put on the mar
ket. There is no attempt to force
sales or to flood the markets. Just
enough are offered tor sale each day
and week to keep prices moving at
top nOtches These cold storage
pears are offered for sale as late as
midwinter. Usually they are all
sold out by that time.
Naturally, some loss is to be ex-
p~erienCed the pears must be sorted
out occasionally, for even in cold
storage some of them will begin to
decay as after being exposed for sale
they will not keep many days. Also,
there is interest on the capital in
vested, with fixed charges of rent,
insurance, etc, all of which must be
deducted. Yet in spite of all these
expenses the cold storage pears pay
a good profit, and often the
cold storage men make more than
the farmers who raise the pears,
The lesson for the growers in all
this is to be your own cold storage
spectators. There is hardly a farm
that could not have it's cold storage
house, and where the cost of ice
would be one half what the storage
houses have to pay for it. Such a
winter storage house on the farm
would enable the pear grower to keep
his Bartletts and Seckels until the
Thanksgiving and Christmas de
mand. By shipping the pears in
limited quantities as market cOndi-
tons demanded, the profits should
he one-third greater than today. We
have learned to adopt winter dairy
ing and winter truck farming under
glass, but very few have learned to
store their pears and fruits in home
made refrigeratOrs for the late mar
kets. G.. S. WALTERS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-01
GRADING UP A MERINo FLOCK.

Correspondence OF The Progressive Farmer.
Only good stock pays. That has
been demonstrated u thousand times.
Poor or common stock are always Il
drug in the great markets, where
after all the cattle or sheep raiser
must come for his prices. Poor
stock not only brings less in the
market, but in times of depression
they sell for nothing. Nobody wants
them either for eating or breeding.
And yet it costs about as much to
feed and winter a flock of common
stock as high grade.
1t is not necessary for the farmer
to go into the business of breeding
pure-bred stock, but he must grade
up his flock to Il high standard if he
would make money. Intelligent
grading is neither difficult nor ex-
pensive, but it is profitable. 1t is
something that cannot be accOmp-
lished in a day or night, nor in ii
season. Some breeders have an idea
that all that is needed to grade up a
herd of shep, for instance, is to buy
d pure-bred ram and let him do the
work. They expect within a season
to accomplish what takes several
years.
Our fOcks furnish the foundation
for excellent graded sheep. They
possess hardy qualities and good
wool and mutton possibilities that
make them, for the average Ameri-
can farmer, superior to any other
breed. Starting then with such a
flock, how best can the herd be
graded up?
The ram is the first essential. AS
nearly everything is in the ram, it is
a point that must receive the most
attention. Personally 1 believe that
both breed and individual should be
considered. Breed may come first,
but the guilty and type of the indi-
vidual should come to a close second
Let the ram have a pronounced mas
Culinity, strength, nervousness and
power. Any ram deficient in these
qualities is run down, and his powers
are not up to the standard. A good
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-01
The Poultry Yard.
GRADING UP CHICKENS.

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
Not many poultry raisers apply
the same careful principles of breed
ing to their focks as the stock raiser
does to his cattle, and yet the results
are practically the same. We find
that by grading up the fOcks we OBJ
tain much better results in eggs, and
the cost is no greater. 1t is merely
a question of applying a little skill
and intelligence to the business. The
easiest method of grading up the
fOcks is to keep each breed separate.
Crossing and re-crossing and in
breeding in a haphazard way pro-
duce mOngrels and many inferior
birds. If there is more than n
breed on the farm keep each one in a
different enclosure. Then proceed
to improve the quality of the bird by
selecting year by year only the very
finest females for breeding. Know
where your eggs come from when
you choose them for Matching. Let
them be the eggs only of females
that are the best representative
types of the flock. If necessary shut
off the breeding hens from the rest
of the flock until you have all the
eggs you need. By constantly fol
lowing this course year by year the
quality of the flock is steadily i'm
proved. Hens should not only be
selected for their purity of breed,
but for their reproduction. By
keeping an accurate account of what
each hen lays in the course of the
year it will be found that some pro-
duce more than others. 1t is diff
cult to account for this, except that
some hens seem to be gifted with d
special ~egg-laying faculty. 1t is by
selecting these hens then for breed
ing that we make d distinctive gain
in the annual production. 1t may
not be generally appreciated, but it
is a proven fact that one a take a
lot of mOngrel, barn yard hens, and
after five years of careful breeding
and selection almost double the yield
per hen.
The other important point is to
have rOOsters of the same breed, and
good ones at that. Do not go out
side of the breed. Plenty of good
~roosters are to be obtained in the
breed. Beware of close breeding,
and every season add a few outside
roosters of the same breed. 1t will
bring fresh blood enough into the
flock and keep them from degenerat-
ing because of ~inbreeding. A good
deal depends upon the BOOSTERS, and
we can afford to make exchanges
with others every year. A system
of exchange of pure blOoded birds
would be of the greatest advantage
to every farmer, and it would save
the cost of buying new blooded birds
every season and keep UP the stand
ard of the birds.
ANNIE c. WEBSTER.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-01-01

Writing in the Chicago Breeders
Gazette of a trip to BiltmOre Farms,
Mr.. Joseph E. Wing says: I had not
ridden far along the smooth meadow
road before I saw an alfalfa field, to
my delight, of course. It is a beau
tiful stretch of alfalfa, some 20 acres,
/ judge, and cut this season about
six tons per acre. 1t was sOwn last
September. Encouraged by this ex-
perience they have sOwn another
plot this fall. This also looks ex-
tremely we'll. have no doubt, as
the feeding value of alfalfa is proven,
that it will steadily encrOach IN the
other crops now grown here. Sep
TENDER seems the right month to
sow in this latitude the weeds do
not trouble as they do in spring seed
ings. 1 should say here that this
alfalfa is on rich river bottom soil.
Southern readers must not take our
age from this to SOW alfalfa or thin
or worn soils without manure.