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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
PasturIna Cattle.

I am thinking OF investing some money
on a small scale as business experiment,
not feeding. but to pasture cattle on Ber-
muda grass and green rye, and before do
ing so 1 have concluded to ask your adj
vice. 1 know of no one better suited for
this advice and information than yourself,
and hope / VIII not intrude too much on
your valuable time in asking, and any
information you may give me will be
greatly appreciated by me.
How many cattle will one acre of
the average Bermuda pasture?
Can 1 pasture from 1st of April
until lst Of October If so, this will ne
cessitate feeding from LIST Of October to
January 1st
Can SOW rye say list of October, so as
to begin grazing LIST of January and Craze
until LIST of April. then take the cattle
and put them to Bermuda grass? Will
this rye 60 to seed after cattle are taken
off, thereby saving my seed rye?
How many cattle will one acre Of rye
maintain? a4 -'t
How much rye would you advise to be
sown per acre? f+t-
which are the best beef cattle and
where can get bun and about what
price? EE.
Which is the best and cheapest, the
woven wire or the barbed wire fence?
BY changing pastures and looking after
InGm anu kCCplHb NlChS VA VI ttACAng w
you think there would be any money in
the business?
Warthen. Ga.
Answer: On my farm when first COM
menced to pasture Jersey cattle, on land
partly upland and partly bottom land, my
cattle appeared to need between two and
three acres to the grown animal Later
the land produced so much more grass
that could carry in good condition near
ly double the number Of grazing animals
on the same land. That the land i'm
proved under the grazing I am confident
believe that by long grazing one acre
will produce sufficient grass for a COW.
usually found my cattle would do well
on grass from April 18th to October LIST,
or TO an average of those dates. say six
months and ten days. BY feeding either
cotton seed or cotton seed hulls. the pc
riod of grazing on grass can be length
ened at both ends. Economically ] have
found native hay very cheap cattle food
Most farms have bottom land that will
produce several cuttings of grass year
The expense is slight for curing and hous-
ing, or stacking il one has a skillful
builder of hay stacks in his employ. l do
not think green rye will prove as cheap
a food If used for winter grazing as will
hay. The seed rye costs high and should
be sown thick, say a bushel 10 the acre, or
even more on some land. have never
sown rye as early as October LIST; IL Is
generally sown here about November 1st
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
Answering Old Subscribers, Buchanan
Georola. .,

Give your horse the following: Tnrpen-
tine. ounce; raw Inseed OIL ounces;
mix and drench.
This will make but one dose, and the
same should be repeated. so the animal
will get really two ounces OF turpentine
and six ounces of linseed OH in twenty
four hours, for three consecutive days;
on the fourth day give one ounce aloes.
This should be followed by some tonic,
say give once day: Sulphate OF iron,
1-2 ounce; extract OF camomile, ounce.
I think most horses and cows are bene-
fitted in the cotton belt by being fed oc-
casionally sulphur, and they surely need
either bone meal or phosphate Of lime.
The abnormal appetite OF the horse will
disappear when he gets in good health.
,- -+' .r B. w II.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
OAaTO REA.
R..r,.a. >1Ths Kind You Have Nxas Bug
slsa q NH2zzzN
K. 81. MasseY Dead.

VAbDOSTA, Dec. ga report from
Hahira brings the tidings of the death
of Mr.. K T. Massey, a prominent naval
stores manufacturer of that city. who
was operated upon for appendicitis by
DIR. Holmes last week. Mr.. Massey's con-
dition has been so critical all along that
there was little hope for his recovery.
though up to the time that the disease
took hold of him he was a perfect picture
of health. He was well known and prom
inent throughout this section.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
Questions and Answers.

o.-Are Pekin ducks for market more
profitable for market than other poultry
A.-Pekin ducks are considered by those
who raise them on a large scale TO be
more profitable than any other poultry.
We breed them IN large numbers and we
are well satisfied with the profits. They
require much less care than chicks and
you might say are subject TO no diseases
that chicks fall heir TO.
Q.-How old should ducklings be when
they are killed for market?
Ain the early. spring, when duck
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
Schmidt treatment for MIX Fever.

A few weeks ago a man drove miles
TO tell me of his COW, and ask what TO
do for her. She had recently dropped a
calf, was down unable to rise. and as the
man thought hopeless. AS the COW was
an extraordinary dairy animal, ana 70
please his wife, he said he would get
remedy from me, and save her II possible.
His description fitted my observation OF
milk fever as II has appeared among the
best dairy cows Of my section
/ fitted the man out with drachm pow
ders OF iodlde OF potassium. and a glass
syringe, with a small point.
His instructions were to dissolve 5
dracbms OF potassium iodide in one quart
of boiled water, and inject into the four
teats of the cow, at blood heat, IL pint
into each teat until he injected the whole
3 drahms Of iodide of potassium dissolv-
ed in the quart of water, through the ORR
fees of the teats. To repeat the dose
within few hours II the cow ola not
respond. To gently rub the udder by
hand. really giving ii what is now called
massage treatment. The syringe, or glass
drouper or whatever is used to inject the
euid into the udder to be disinfected with
per cent earbolic acid, solution OF Gre
olfn. or any other antiseptic preparation.
This COW had grown worse in the three
hours consumed In getting the medicine
and only because he had 70 convenient was
the iodide OF potassium injected into cow
APPARENTLY dying. She was then left, for
the night with no thought Of seeing her
alive in the morning.
The next morning she was found at the
stable ready to eat with the rest Of the
COWS, apparently we=-. ~ ene same time
she was sick a neighbor's COW was SIM
Harry attacked, treated by the old way
and died.
surely the loss from milk fever by dairy
men Is nearly ended. All thanks TO DR..
Schmidt of Denmark.
I also had the COW given pound Of Ep-
som salts. which should always be kept
at hand on every dairy farm.
When daiFyman has a COW with an
enormous flow of milk, 1t Is a wise course
to give just before as well as just after
parturition dose of salts.
Then. when Parturient Apeplexy deyel-
opes, give the Schmidt treatment promptly
through the teats. Thus we gain from
Denmark a remedy not yet in the Vete-
nary works, that appears TO eliminate the
loss every breeder Of dairy stock has here
tofore suffered from milk fever.
B. VIII
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30

liRgs are the highest In price We dress
them when about nine weeks of age and
Weighing from eight to ten pounds per
pair. .e r-
Q.-when you raise young ducks for
breeding purposes what is best to feed
in this case? -t .. 80. F.. .--t-,
-A.-They do best to range them on a
grass plat and feed lightly of food calcu-
lated to develop muscle, feathers and
bone. r- r-.-e I'.f- ... ...t-..-.s .-..--. .-t.-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
THAI PACKING COUCH

IS a source OF ANNOYANCE to yourself and
others as we'll of distress. BY taking
feaspooufuI OF Painkiiler in half a glass Of
warm water or milk every hour or two you
viii be surprised to ind how quickly the
cough will disappear. Insist upon getting
the genuine Sold in two sizes. Price Csc
and Soc Avoid substitutes. there is but one
Pain killer, Perry Davis.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30

Stop Up the Cracks-Yes, Il makes a fell
low feel chilly to hear the cold wind blow,
and we would suggest TO all breeders of
poultry to mend all broken glass I'm their
poultry house sash, IL you have not al
ready done So Keep the birds well now.
The worst cases OF roup the writer ever
saw were caused by the roosts In a pen
being near half inch auger hole. I would
expect TO get eggs from the early hatch
ed puilets this month; you must give them
the right care and feed them egg produce
ing food. They should have some fresh
ground bone or meat at least twice a
week They should have a box each OF
eranulated bone and oyster shell and
sharp grit and don't forget an allowance
OF green feed twice per week. Cabbage,
turnips. carrots or beets. while they are
confined in their winter quarters.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30

Moultrie Observer: Governor Gambler had
page interview In Mondays Atlanta Journal.
1t was an Endorsement OF a certain patent
medicine. The interview bore marks Of forg-
ery-being absolutely free from "cuss words"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
Rather Handy with an excuse:

Punch.
Jealous Wife-My dear Fred a. your 49,
you ought really 10 be quite ashaDed q
yoursef You are always running after AL
the pretty ladies,
Fred tquiek at a repartee}-Ay dsart ny
dear! That ought to put you quite at your
ease It only proves that they are always
trying 70 get away from me-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30

Rochelle New Era Georgia should be proud
Of SENATOR Bacon The Boston Herald nom
partisan paper, declares that he Is the ablest
Democrat in the senate.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30

For ten sample copies OF ne
SEMI Weekly Journal. Write
the names Of ten Of your neigh
bors on a postal card, mail to
us and we will send a sample
copy to each name free.
Address
The Journal,
Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30

The sexes may run together for the first
six months after Matching, as a rule. BY
this time chickens win have past their
first moult usually. and do not come TO
breeding incInations until after this time
or age. although in some cases pullets VIII
commence laying at four and a half 10
I'VE months old. The writer has had them
TO commence laying and make a business
OF II in one hundred and eighteen days
from the shell, This IS an instance OF pre-
cocity. however. and is not so common.
After six or seven months of age at the
outside the cockerels should be separated
from the puIIets This brings them into
last month and this. Then the breeders
should be mated according TO your fancy
and thus you may produce their like
much more surely than by any other
mode.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-12-30
EXCHANGES.
meatern Frnit Grower

Western Fruit Grower.
DUCKLfN0S MORE PROFITABLE
THAN CHIcKs.-The saying often ap-
piled to ducks that they eat more than
they are worth" is no doubt a very unjust
one Any breeder raising the Pekin duck
on large scale viii prove to you by act
ual experiences that ducklings eat less in
proportion 10 their growth than other
poultry Some OF our readers may be a
little surprised at this, but upon giving
the matter a little thought they can read
fly understand the reason. IL is because
the ducklings reach maturity sooner than
chicks and OF course the longer II takes
to raise a bird TO maturity the greater the
expense, not only Of food but Of time and
trouble. Experiment has demonstrated
the fact that with the same quantity Of
food and care ducklings in 20 days from
the shell may be made with proper hand
ling to weigh to 10 pounds per pair, while
chicks in the same length OF time VIII
only weigh from to pounds per pair.
Hence this remark does not count, not
applying TO ducklings when properly and
inteliigently handled.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-17
tice was the reference to an increase

tice was the reference to an increase
in the Governors salary. He said:
"The State provides for the Governor
and his family a mansion, spacious
and stately and we'll adapted to enter
tainments aud social occasions. The
liberality of Mr.. George Vanderbilt
has improved the mansion grounds
and made them more attractive. The
salary of the Governor is not adequate
to meet the demands imposed upon him
by the environments which surrou nd
him. Speaking from experience OF
four years, say that serious pecuniary
loss is imposed on a man Of moderate
means when he quits his personal earn
ings and abandons close attention to
his private property to become Cover
nor of North Carolina on salary OF
three thousand year.
"The Constitution prohibits the Leg
islature from increasing the compen-
sation of the Governor during his term
of office. The term of the incoming
Governor does not begin until his quail
ltication. The General Assembly is in
session for time before his term be-
gins. During this time 1t is competent
tor the General Assembly to increase
his compensation commensurate with
his station and needs"
Whlthal the message was very sem
sible paper, and there is really very lit
tie cause for critizing 1t in any way.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-17
WINTERVILLE ITEMS.

Correspondence to The Commonwealth.
WINTERyILLE, N. c., Jan. 18th. 1901.
The Board of Directors of the Win
tervllle High School held meeting
on the 9th. in the new building, and
much business of Importance was
transacted. Several members from a
distance were In attendance.
When you arrange your garden, you
had best get our chicken and rabbit
proof wire fence, feet high at 1910
per yard. Wlnterville Wire Fence Co.
Miss Annie Lee Staley after spend
ing a delightful holiday season ct her
home, Staley, N. o., returned last week
and has resumed her duties as Assls-
tant Principal of the Winterville High
School.
Best grade farm fence with barbed
wire at bottom, 1Oc per yard. Winter
vile Wire Fence Co.
Miss Mamie D. Wood, who expresses
herself as spending most pleasant
Xmas at her home, in Charlottesville
Va, has returned and the delightful
strains of music one now hears in pass
Ing the rooms of the Music Depart
ment OF the Wintervllle High School
tell that master hand Is behind the
throne.
1,OOO good llghtwood cart hubs want
ed by the A. G. Cox Mfg. Co.
Edward Hamilton, of Changers, has
moved his family here, 60 his children
can have the benefit of good school.
10000 good second growth white
oak spOkes wanted at the factory of
the A. G. Cox Mfg. Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-17
Editor.
PEANUTS AND TIE STA TE-
FARM. 4; !

Elsewhere In this issue Mr.. w. f.
Bntterworth makes protest as farmer
against the States raising peanuts in
direct competition with the farmers of
the peanut belt. This territory, he
points out, includes the counties OF
Halifax, E1gecombe, Martin, BERTHE
and Northampton. He we'll says also
that the peanut industry is peculiar
to this territory In North Carolina. In
fact very few peanuts are raised in the
State outside the counties named.
Mr.. Butterworthis contention, coin
cided with by many farmers In this re-
gion, is, that inasmuch IS the State
can raise on its farms all the other
products in abundance, such as cotton,
field peas, wheat, corn ETC., without
coming into unequal competition with
any particular territory, it ought not
jeopardize the prosperity OF the farmers
of this territory by raising large crop
of peanuts, which are raised nowhere
else in the State.
1t Is stated on good authority that
the State has sixty-thousand bushels
of peanuts on hand now; and mer-
chant in Scotland Neck, peanut buy
er who is all the time we'll posted, said
few days ago that if the State did not
have this large amount of peanuts on
hand now, the farmers here would be
getting dollar bushel for their pea
nuts instead OF seventy and seventy-fv
cents.
It does seer, that the claim the far
mers are making is Just one and that
they ought to he protected. 1t is the
universal desire with the farmers here,
white and col1ryd, that something be
done about the matter.
No one has ought to say against the
management OF the State farms, as we
hear but the farmers desire the pro-
lection which can be given them with
out lnjuring the State.
Let other farmers speak out and see
if the Legislature Will not head them.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-17

Judge Douglass (the two members n
the Court mentioned in this comm.
tion) Will be interfered with un!e.s r.
ture developments compel it. Jus,ie,
CHARLES A. Cook of Warren, who ,r,
ceeds to the vacancy created by Ii,
promotion OF Justice Furchcs 70 fl.
Chief Justiceshlp, will appear on III
"bench" in FEBRUARY, at the opening d
the spring term of the Court.
ANOTHER PENITENTIARY sQUArBrE
There is promise Of another penilep
tiary management "investigation
Superintendent Day a few days az
prepared and submitted his report
meeting Of directors OF the State p.
son, at which Messrs. Cotton, LeGranl
Ballard, Young and Denmark AM
three others were not present. Tha
five directors have since made yigc
Gus kick against the action OF til
eight directors at the meeting who az
cepted and endorsed the report of Sup
erintendent Day, and they intimaG
that they mean to carry their grieyanG
into the Legislature.
Superintendent Day declares thu
the institution will not only not ask
dollar of appropriation for the yea
190l-19O2, but, that affairs are
such condition that there will be +
necessity OF again calling for an app.
priatiOn from the State that 1t ougL
to be self-sustaining hereafter for
indefnate period.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-17
CAST FOR BRYAN AND STENN
SON

The States electoral college nat
Raleigh Monday and cast the ee's
electoral votes for William Jenni':
Bryan for President and Alai !
Stevenson for Vice. President. HI
Dan Hugh Mclean, o: Ha:nett, PIE,
ed over the meeting, who said at {
opening:
"By your c. mmand it devolvos r'
me to call this body to order. te'
to thank you for the honor, Ter It i
honor to any man to preside over Z
Electoral College CT North Carol.
I now declare the college ready
business. Members Will please as"
BILE around the cleark's desk aud t
the prescribed oath Of Office
Speeches were mad 81 eleelors, .
L. Cook, OF Cumberland y i. CT
rie, of Durham L, 8; Will. II Wake
G. Wooten, CT l.eG,.it; ". {. DoNc
Mecklenburg and ". =. Pearson
Burke.
The following kilograms we're
Bryan and Stevenson
Raleigh. Jan. il, !
Hon. w. J. Eryan, Lincoln, Neh.
North Carolina sends greeting
best wishes to Nebrassa's favJrte
and, as one Of the original h''
, States OF the Union, extends her O.
to the younger State 0. Nebraska
Ing the Constitution may always
the flag ard the Union of State b
petual.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE OF
By d. H, Mclean, Chair
"Raleigh, Jan, u,
Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson,
Bloomington, Ill. y
North Carolina, the native etaa
your ancestors, extends her best "'
to you, and her grateful apprecla
you recollection of the heroic acr
your patriotic ancestors.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE OF y
BY d. H. Mclean, Charm
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-17
OUGHT THE STATE TO- RAISE
PEANUTS?

10 The Editor :-Iher0 IS unlver-
sal sentiment here against the State
farms raising both Spanish and Virgin
ia peanuts. And maintain we have
a good and just cause for "kicking."
I have been reliably informed that the
convict farms produce one-fifth of the
Spanish peanuts raised in this State.
The peanut industry is one peculiar to
this section of North Carolina. The
territory known as the peanut belt
embraces the foil owing counties, to
wit BERTHE, Northampton, Edgecombe,
Martin and Halifax. Now / ask in all
candor, is it right for the great State
of North Carolina to come in and par
aiyze an industry which has been the
salvation of the farmers In this section
I sell remember when we were SELL
Ing cotton at A cents per pound that
had it not been for Spanish peanuts
many of us would have gone to the
walls. I ask, Mr.. Editor, if the States
OF Georgia, South Carolina and Tenn
essee have seen fit to pass laws prohib-
it!ng the sale of shoes and other ar
tlcles made by convict labor in their
respective States, $50 as not to come in
competition with free laborD Is it IN
reasonable for us of the peanut belt to
ask the State to prohibit the raising of
peanuts on Its farms? What would the
trucker at New Berne, Beaufort, Mt
Olive and other sections in the State
think if the State farms were to plan,
their thousands of acres in ali kinds oil
trucks and paralyze the trucking in.
terest as they have done the peanut
industry here? Why most assuredly
they would object to this monopoly al
we are doing concerning peanuts.
We hare no fight to make on the
management Of the State farms fol
the past two Years, all praise to Its sue
cess. But we do most seriously and
unrelentlngly object to the State com.
ing in direct conflict with free labor.
There Is another wrong that shoull
be corrected. I refer to the hiring @
free labor at all and especially at ad
vanced prices, to the injury of ths
farming interest OF our county. This
is simply outrageous and the wront
should be corrected. The State car
raise other crops, such as cotton, corn
wheat, oats, field peas, hogs, cattle
mules, &c; all Of which will not lowe
the prices of farm products.
I ask all who are interested in thi
subject to use their influence will
their representatives and see if VI
can't have law passed by this Legis
lature prohibiting the raising of pea
NUS on the State farms.
Very Respectfully,
| w. f. 3.
Scotland Neck N. c., Jan. II, 1901
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-17
BLOW OUT THE TALLOW DIPS.

BLOW OU1 THE 1ALLOW DIPS.
The Charlotte News gives clear tx
preston to North Cardinals needs in
the following vigorous editorial:
This is an age Of electricity, yet there
are some people who persist in burning
taliow candles.
There is class of citizens in North
Carolina who persist in boasting ths t
"what was good enough Tor my daddy,
is good enough for me"
They attribute lack of quick per-
ception to conservatism, and wrap il
activity and lack OF energy in that
thread-bare garment, and think it wis
dom.
If North Carolina is to forego to the
front in material progress and educs-
tional development, the sooner she rel
egates that C. ass OF citizens to the REF r
or wakes them up, the better for her,
and for them.
We have been patting that class up.
on the back for the past twenty-five
years and saying: "Oh he's honest,
and in a great many instances giving
them place in the councils of State.
Well, what if they are honest? Hon.
esty, absolutely necessary for wise
leadership, is not the only qualification
We used, to have a one-eyed, blue
speckled hound that had nose 40 cold
he would "open up" On a 'possum's
track that was twenty-f -four hours old
and trail him all night.
But he scarcely ever put anything
up tree. What North Carolina needs
is to pat something up tree. Her
law makers need to get out of the old
rut ard give us laws that tend to prog.
ress. Laws that will induce capital to
come into the State and help us develop
our wonderful natural advantages laws
that will do justice to every class o.
earning capacity, whether it be brains
muscle or money. It is getting time
to blow out the '';allow dip" of oul
gral:d dad1ies and turn on the
electric lights of the twentieth centu-
nv that the outside world may see more
of us, { ear more of us, and get better
acquainted with Us.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-17
TOT CAUSES NIGHT ALARM.

zone night my brothers baby was
taken with Group" writes Mrs. ]. c..
Snlder, of Crittenden, KY, at seemed
it would strangle before we could get a
doctor, so we gave 1t DIR. Kings New
Discovery, which gave quick relief and
permanently cured 1t. We always
keep 1t In the house to protect our
children from Group and Whooping
Cough. 1t cured me of a chronic
bronchial trouble that no other RENE
dy would relieve" Infallible for
Coughs, Colds, Throat and Lung trou-
b!es. SOC and $l.OO. Trial bottles free
at E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-01-17

Graham, of Granville, Hayes, of Chat
ham, Collins, of Haywood, and Robin
son, of Guilford, composed the COM
mittee.