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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
Moth Traps.

We ask attention to the Cream of the
Bulletins this week. We tested the moth
trap involving the identical features that
have since been patented, over thirteen
years ago, and We fully agree with the
conclusions of Prof. Slingerland that one
good spraying of a tree in orchard
is worth more than any number OF trap
lanterns set around it. Then, too, therc
is not near the danger of destroying
friends more than foes that there is in
the use of the lantern trap. The review
is little out Of season, perhaps, but
was overlooked in the summer, and has
Just been called up by our getting :
lot of circulars about a moth trap for
which the most extravagant claims ar.
made We have some old ones, made
long before any patent was issued OF
them. which anyone is welcome to. We
have no use for them. Not that trap
lanterns will not catch insects, but they
catch too many that we do not want TO
catch and fail TO catch those we wish
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
To Save Sweet Potatoes
CA w Brahham, in Charleston News
and COurier)

IA. W. Branna1l, IN charleston News
and COurier)
The time is near at hand when the
sweet potato crop Will be harvested and
as usual, put away to spoil. Perhaps
there IS no crop that spOils upon the
farmers hands equal to the potato crop
1t is safe to say that half Of all the
potatoes put away for winter and spring
use spoil, either by rotting in winter
OF sprouting and drying out too much
il spring.
Such heavy losses on this valuable
crop put me TO thinking and experiments
ing OF course, success did not come
the first year but it did come, and now
| do not lose one per cent of my potatoes.
and | believe | can keep them in an
absolutely perfect condition till August
1t was thus that | came to make my
discovery: / noticed that when / put
away my potatoes that those nearest
the bottom of the pit, lying on the
damp earth, in contact with 10 straw
or other foreign matter, kept better
than those that were protected CD by
straw or other covering, and l reached
a conclusion that should put my
tubers deep enough into the eafth, keep
cut all rain and cold, that the problem
was solved. This | have proved beyond
any doubt.
As soon as the first frost in October
nips or bites my potato vines l put IN
ploughs and handrakes and harvest my
crop- I dig pits three feet wide, si2,
feet long and five feet deep, fill in with
rotatoes to within two feet OF the top.
Any kind of clean, dry stuff, sucn as
hay, fodder, rice, oat or wheat SlraW'
NAV be used to fill in the remaining
space up to the surface then rool OF
boards is made to shed off the ram, ana
uDon this roof is thrown two or lhFee
inches of earth to keep out the cold
Potatoes thus put away will not ro',
or lose one pound per bushel III WelSh''
or sDrout till midsummer. And lheJ
sweeten and get softer as they age ana
mellow in their sepulchral IKE recep-
tacle. 49,.
Inst here / am led to think that TINS
method would be an ideal one 1or Keep
ING apples, late, peaches, pears grapes
in fact. all kind Of fruits ana Nese'a
n1oe perfectly fresh from one season
TO another.
Fruits and conserves were eEhumed
l,,Iv few years ago at Pompell ana
otbar buried cities of the East just as
trocb as they were when put away IN
oanc and lars nearly two thousand years
! 400 And from this discovery the great
canning industry Of today sprung.
| In putting away potatoes III pl'S 'hel
are simple rules that must De lollo"eu u.
| Dig or harvest potatoes before I'D !"
f,aet Frost-bitten potatoes will not
1oan and even could they be kept, they
are not edible.
no not dig your pit deep enough Tor
the water to sipe (seep) into the p''.
| On a high elevation you may Gig the
nit as deep as you wish. but on very
! low lands do not go so deep
CONTINUED on Page Six.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14

get the value OF il back in the 1.-Two
stock, get three fouIJhs OF 1t Back Il
the shape OF manure made BY this feed
ing.
We think OF the low value OF our East
eln lands, and of the difficulty of sell
ing them to those persons who are going
West, because vein the East and South
are not in this profitable competition!
But II IS only because We are not see
ing our advantages in this respect We
are actually growing wheat in competi-
ton with farmers who plCw thirty acres
OF land q day, and harvest the wheat,
by steam engines at proportonate econ
omy. / ne corn there fed costs, in ia
Vorable years, seven cents = busheI, and
the grass scarcely anything and the
handling of the cattle by the droVes and
shipping by train loads OF course re-
duces TIE value Of the live stock to the
lowest scale. This has been the condi-
uCn. But the time has come when this
method is changed by the full cccupa tion
Of the free ranges. and the forced adc.y-
ZION OF the farm system Of rearing ana
feeding live stock. The whole secret Of
The present condition is this. Free land
has attracted thousands OF farmers Who
sold out in the East, and have gone west
:
and the cheap corn for which the only
use was the feeding for market of these
millions Of beeves and sheep; and III the
wide open opportunities thus afforded
they have become rich. Now the free
range S no longer able to support even
the number Of cattle it did originally, Tor
hy reason OF overstocking the grasses
are destroyed in large part and to pre-
serve 1t the grounds must be fenced ana
otherwise protected. 1t is true that
! there IS vast area of land IN the West
which viii always be occupied by
droyes feeding for market. and that by
the use OF irrigation, and sown feeding
! crops there will be still as many, if not
more, cattle fed than But this
leaves room for the inevitable eX-
naEsion Of the feeding of live stock OF
ali kinds to meet steady increased de-
mand and thus the farms must DC
forced 20 take a share OF this profitable
business. This being the fact. some
preparation for the change III sight
must be made by the farmers to meet
this new condition. and this, instead OF
being novelty, will only be the return
to first principles of agriculture, the
chief of which is that the very basis OF
. full prosperity of farmers is, and ever
must be CT necessity, the feeding OF cat
tie. OF course this change Will call for
2 remodeling of the ordinary ia I'll.
manag gement, and the Interpolation OF
rasturage in the rotation of crops. / hat
this will aid greatly in increasing the
profits of the farmers by improving tn>
productive ability Of the land, as Well
IS adding to his profits otherwise will
be shown in the future
Macon County, n. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14

t-ou on 1ush'l IS q. AM 81 .toursa
t.avol 10 - scatter ,hs etatas .hat 81
Spreading the nu wJath -. aa, hsal
nn ths grolnd nye grains N.u - e,x-
e.vi II y ta drtlI th. a4achsn, ,a4 .r
Il gGlatcd to lo iha wo4l automatically
After nc tylI IS sUWu. ly NLatryer
mesEoi enlplo>rd. i is uysl tu rua
heavy oll,r over ta. eroaui Is smooth
uo"n all cluli aal other tA~ts4.I4uu,
hlch viii nt.rt.re With proper harvest
ing. All stUall e,d rm.aat, hctteg uaI
Grow 1T mons a-rrously 9heu h soil
un.,r wfieh ,hst arc plAua.I 81 raltra
y e h~m and compact t,zture
Probably Tho hest general farl.l.set
which can le secured for "a crop All ,Nh,ar
% meet all requirements. especially
when the land 70 D. sown has gsuAu
crop of pcavHvs lh.~ year is as followr
Nitrogen PR cent available phosrlts-
ic acid. per cent actual potash prr
cont. This formula eaf Ae secured fsatn
amy q the fertilizer companies maN-nt,
first lass wheat fertilizer AppIy a,
from 500 10 500 pounds per a,tc liz Is
Tot necessary 10 spsafe a large stalk tlr
Ioint a to have "a fou h,ad coltaiaiu.
we'll developed grains. \ yt,lA OF -
bushels per acre should 81 secured ord
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and IN, srrnt ger,, vim y. ltp.4 srha
nitt oarp, - ra,,.i,ic ,l,,, nth
,4.tberos tn thn orafp- ana tf na. lf7.,
I.to,. .ni..,tin, = ,,s-i ,,..,,.,,,..,. I'm -,
sood apd GROW, aion, >.itb p.s .taE. a.
tally fa.3iro on ~ bea1 ~ wheat ,yb.r
tha n,je,bt.f u dop, Tias IL , ot#l
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= ,,,ero ai,ast,.o,,. :, tb., ,ylo,, ,r,.,, tl,,.
anvthin. etsc if left alonc 10 io lis work
No wheat IS immune from smut that
mas moi been treated Wheat fro. from
en,,,t r,a, ~ tbraehed an = ms. h.,.. ea..-
crod win smut uofas and ttt ,,f,fr tp
feetcd fof. the next wear
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
RALEIGH, N c.. TUESDAY, OCTOBER X, 1902.

"heal ana would like to know if it will,
Fay 20 sell my cotton seed at Sl35O ner
.oh anu puy fertilizer, or put it on fD.
ianu dS lar as 1t Will go and use fer
tlllZef Tor the rest. Would also like tn
Know a good fertilizer for strawberries
ana how much to use per acre. as vanr
10 set quarter Of an acre this fan ;.
your rotation is a very good one b,,t
you should work the corn PERFECTLY dat
ana cut 1t off at the ground and cure In
SHOCKS. Then il the peas are heay~
NOV lhem OIL for hay, and prepare the
i'hd with the Cutaway harrow thorough
ly and fine. Crimson clover is far he+ter
thah rye as winter cover 1t should
nave peen sOWn among the cotton earlier
Dut as the weather has been SO dry I,
IS probable that sowing the first of Octo
ber Will do as Well as any Then SOW
both rye and crimson clover, one bushel
OF rye and ID pounds of clover seed Der
| acre and II you fail to get a stand Of
| clover you will still have the rye We
| expect 20 SOW some crimson clover the
| hfst week IN October, as we cannot get
the land earlier, but would have pre-
TERED to SOW earlier, though this season
the early sowing would have been III
! vain, we think, owing to the dry weather
we are having. If you will stick to your
tnfee year rotation and feed all the pea
hay ana corn to cattle and get the manure
Oack on the corn field il will not he long
before you can get bale per acre We
were talking with Il man today who has
adopted this plan and is making big
crops Of wheat and expects this year to
get 70 balcS Of cotton from 30 acres. II
you can trade your cotton seed fer POO
lGunds OF meal for the ton OF seed yols
/ can take the meal and use it in the mix
ing of a fertilizer. The seed alone would
hardly make a good fertilizer for wheat.
II you cannot trade for the meal in fair
quantity it will pay you better to sell
/ the seed al use the money in buying
concentrated fertilizer. A mixture of l.
200 pounds Of acid phosphate, 600 pOunCs
of cotton seed meal and 2G0 pounds OF
nuriate of potash will make a good wheat
fertilizer if used at rate of 300 lbs. per
acre. When you get your rotation in good
shape you will find that you can grow
wheat with only acid phosphate. For the
stra wbe rlies make a mixture of 900
i pounds aci phosphate, 500 pounds of cot
ton seed meal and 500 pounds of muriate
OF potash, to make d ton, and apply 300
pounds your quarter of an acre. The
most certain time 10 get the strawberry
plants to live viii be in November after
the dry weather is over.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
SELLING THE FARM.

There are at times many discoGraging
things that the farmer has to encounter.
lte secs men in business in the towns
aLl cities who seem TO live easier than
Gr does. They wear better clothes and
s..D 10 him TO take life easier and the
tired farmer sometimes thinks that he
could do better by going to the city.
V. knew OF d case in point. neigh
0r who was a good farmer and had
It'll / considerable family on a small
@jrE farm, said that he had come to the
a.l.us.on to sell his farm and move
10 the city and go into other business.
s silg him what he could get for his
tE" he said S6s0C0. Now, said We,
suppose YOU invest that amount in a
business in the city with which yea
a"1 not familiar. The chances are that
.oa would not get as good an income as
."u now get from the farm. If you
could Invest it in good securities at 6
t.r cent it would not give you the in
ON" you now have and you would have
.) WORKER harder in someone else's en-
i-o5. to make living. You have lived
"-I. educated your children You have
carriage and horses to ride to church
d Whore YOU please. 1t would take a
"I-. income to keep a carriage and
Jar of norscs in the city, and you would
a" r@mped up in hot weather ard have
-af loss leisure than you now have, and
jon would find that buying IN the city
'aiA"t what your family would cor
t" us food would require more money
"..a You now imagine. Your boys are
-.t "- up and are fond Of the farm
ia4 better get a larger farm a little
."' a"r from the city for the same mon
"l little more and give the boys d
."E"". He was a thoughtful man and
@"" Iii once the error he was inclined to
.'h@ He now owns a farm twice al
..-t"' Ie as the first cne and is living like
country gentleman, and his boys have
''ll.. II their own. Few farmers real
~. what they are getting from their
a'ia5 aside from what they turn into
''-a. until they try living in a town
'"+ HdFlng all they cat. \ wise business
-.'A aid TO me that in these days he
'0.# Of no business that pays better
.."''sr on the investment than good
."'i.'a~. And today there is more OPP
.."@anIfv than ever for profitable farm
..@- II hard times return, the farmer la
.'' able 10 hold his own than the
S5 man in town. Hence we Would
ray mold on 10 the farm through Sooc
'"' .al times. and make it d home tnat
POUR children will have a pride IN, aho
iAuoEs after you will turn with loV-
@ eyes 20 the old homestead that thelf
..'a"rs made beautiful and nomelike.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
NOTES OF THE FARM. !
BY w. +. Massey in Practical Farmer
COOP 8oADs AND THEIR MAKING.

GOOD &OADS AND THEIR MAKING
THE effort towards the bettering of our
highways is extending all parts of the
aouulry. We OF course expect to see
...af roads around the large cities ann
.,..r ytutrcs OF population and are sur
,ri.,d when these are not found in such
tia,rs But the good roads crusade is
producing fruit in sections where but a
f.v Years ago there were none. Even the
smaller towns are moving in the matter
and farmers are beginning to realize the
advantage which good roads are to them
Nh. editor was recently in the mountains
of the southern Appalachians and it was
q lIta-uTe to note that in section over
tmo feet above the ,Sea level there are
roads where one can trOt horse for
twenty miles or more. Over the breasr
of The great Grandfather Mountain in
North Carolina from the crest of the
elgc Ridge q road has been built by me-,
who understood that it is easier to go
around hill than over it, and so the
road follows the contour of the mountain
kt..lug On as good a level as though on
q fiat plain. This is Il toll road. buii,
tr trlyate capital, and one does not
object 10 the payment of toll for the
r!Gt4uro OF driving over smooth roaG
Iut lr j. not only private capital that
+ engaged in the Improvement of the
roads Of the Upper South. A practice
has crown up that might be well fol-
lowed in other parts of the country.
This instead of sending petty crim1-
1ul5 to he penitentiary and putting them
AT trades that compete with honest work
ags. is 10 put them on the road gang and
mako them benefit the public while work.
ing out their Ofienses for few months
In this way large sections are gettin,s
we'll GRADED and macadamized roads, and
almost every county has it's road gang
i IS better for the public and better for
the petty criminal that this is so, for in
stead of lying idle in a county jail for q
month or more he is employed health
tlNy and made of use to the community
instead OF being merely a burden to the
taxpayers. GOod roads viii be built
more RAPIDLY in all parts of the country
if this system is adopted and work In
tla open air will help the criminal more
than ass0cjattr~ with more hardened
criminals in jail or penitertiary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
Crimson Glover.

&C. 4. Maupla. Concord, \. c.
VIII crimson clover be better than rye
winter cover crop, and will 1T do 10
w." III as late az October 1st? | want
"E a three year rotation of COTTON
.'"""d in fall with crimson clover OF
turn this under for corn ana SOW
peas in the corn at last worktEs'
-'A wheat followed by peas on the stup-
ana then back to cotton. VIII this
good rotation? My land is sAhoy
.'~' iand with red clay subsoll and no"
''"S half a bale of 800 pounds per
.'' ahd | want to get it up to make U
~' 70 the acre. | want to fertliiZe hly
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
COTToN MILL MEN ADJOURN.
Will Meet gain to Complete List cs Mills for
Merger
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Ooscrver)
Greensboro. n c., Oct. 1.-THE COM
mitteo of cotton Eill men, charged with
the duty Of selecting the mills TO be con
trolied by the southern Textile Com
lanv.''> under the Fries merger, ad-
iourned tonight after q two days ses-
sion without having finished their work,
some OF the members of the committee
had business engagements for Monday
that thew were obliged to fill, and for
that reason could not continue their
work here at this time. They will meet
again al a time and place 10 be selected
later and complete the list OF mills.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
Death of Miss Maggie Hanlon.
(Spccial to News and ObsorverO

(Spccial to News and O5soryerO
Fayetteville n. c., Oct. 9.-MlSs Mag
gle O'Hanlon. sister of Geo. A. OHanlon,
Fayetteville, and Z. ". OHanlon, WIN
ston died at John Hopkins Hospital,
Baltimore, this afternoon at o'clock.
The funeral will take place at FaEette-
Vile at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon, at
the Methodist church.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14
Cover CrcD Ior Tobacco Land
COVER CROP FOR TOBACCO LAND.
(IrOgt cssIye FaTIuprD

Progressive FarmerJ
visa to ask a question have
plot OF land. a gray land with a li,tlc
sand ard | have just got a good crob
Of tobacco OF it, and want 10 put it ia
tobacco next gear. how would II 90
10 seed the land 70 rye and then turn
The rye under in March for green ma
nu:o' WoGl il pc in an. 4 ,etter cent.-
lion for tobacco than IL would Le 10 let
il remain as i is?
s. 7. POOL.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14

Oueer that nagging women can't realize
that love is not exactly q mans fealjn-;
for a kissing adder.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-14

Granville County. y. c.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-17

should be deeply disturbed over an out
look which promises in the near future
TO eliminate in a cooperation OF the pro-
ducers along the following lines: The
erection Of cooperative ginneries and
small oil mill plants. the compression Of
cotton at the ginnery and Its shipment
direct TO the spinner, the substitution OF
cotton bagging, the manufacture of fer
tilizers at the small oil mill plant, and
a general saving OF the enormous divi-
dends made by the industries named and
at present in the control of big combines,
to the extent that the farmers will get
their legitimate. share out of the value Of
the products they produce. and cease to
be the footstool upon which giant corpo-
rations can rest, and multiply their mill
lions. These are matters which are al
ready attracting the public attention.
They are being discussed now everywhere
by men OF business and keen observation.
Forces are already lined up for the bat
tie, and we may we'll expect lively times
for the next few years in the gradual
passing out OF the old methods and the
substitution OF the new. Let the farm
ers use their brain for the better pro-
lection OF their interests and our country
viii have no cause to fear for the ulti-
mate result.
HARvIE JORDAN.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-04-17
F. r. L., Gainesville, Ga. /:

F. r. L., Gainesville, Ga:
In reading over an article of yours in
The Semi Weekly Journal of month or
so ago, in speaking Of the watermelon and
its culture you say a fertilizer Of barn
yard manure and wood ashes Is good for
the watermelon. About how much ashes
would you use with the manure? I lost
your article which intended keeping for
reference. / am a great believer in home
manures.
Answer: If for immediate use. compost
the ashes with the manure, using 1000
pounds of ashes per acre This can, how
ever be reduced with good effect, If the
fertilizers are simply put in the hill. DO
not compost ashes with stable manure and.
allow to stand for any great length Of
time, as the lime in the ashes will cause
the nitrogen in the manure TO evapoIate.
The use of the unleached, ashes is to fur
nish potashsfo the melons. The. same can
be gotten through the use OF 400 pounds of
kainit per acre in place Of the asnes.
NJ. B., Fair Bluff, N. c.:
I have an acre Of land which l wish to
plant In early amber cane and COW peas If
they will make good early forage. Should
they be planted together. or separate.
broadcast or in drills? How should the
land be prepared? Any Information that
you may give will be gladly received. 1
also have a mule which has the splint
VIII you please give remedy. 1t seems
that could not do without the Timely
Talks VITA Farmers" and The Journal
Answer: II is rather early to SOW sor-
ghum and peas together for forage, as
COW peas make better growth later in the
season. Your best plan would be to plant
patch of early amber cane in drills,
making the rows three feet apart, and
bringing the plants down to a stand to
inches in the drill. Break the land good
and deep broadcast, harrow It, and then
lay of the rows and plant. Cultivate as
you would field corn, and when knee high
begin to cut it for the stock. The stubbe
will put out again at once and by the
time you get to the end of the patch the
first row will be ready again. About the
first of May break some land we'll, broad
cast peas and sorghum together and har-
row in. Use one bushel of peas and one
peck sorghum per acre. This combination
will make you splendid forage which can
be fed green, pastured or moved and
cured into hay.
For splint on the leg Of your mule. use
Kendalfs SPAWN cure. Apply the liniment
two or three times daily, using only a
small quantity at a time, but rubbing it,
we'll into the bony enlargement. BY per-
sistency. and giving the mule all the rest
possible, YOU should effect a permanent
cure in six TO eight weeks, II the disease Is
not of too long standing.