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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

.h'caSo. Dec. 2o.-Higher priyes pre-
Nalled on the Board of Trade today ana
after a quiet session Wheat closed strone
win May UP Lie. May corn closed 1-4c
lo"ef' aud oats 1-SM1-4c. higher Ian
nafy provisions We're from - TO 15c
higher at the close.
Leading futures rau,eo o. ro,or,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23

Pref. VI {. :. Ncll". who suffered an
attack Of nlaiarjal fever, and 6ubse-
qucntly underwent an operation 1T Hex
uosp;tal. is reported as being greatly
improved, lie is still at the hospital.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23
OTHER COTTON MAR ETS,
ID, Receipt.
sEABOARD STOCKS AND BONDS.

~'N.IIY"gE. bee. 20 Seaboard Air Lime
.'".n 50" ISM; preferred l2s asked.
''"|s -4's. S3HFtS]H.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23

II is remarkable how many lSi1Ir
things j Drude can discover that no
body else can discover.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23
NEW COTTON

E." Orleans. Dec. 2o.-Thc spot cot
,1 market was easier today but not
sl'aaIr lower.
l#o contract market was somewhat IN
.Oa'a. There seems TO be a steady
--.a"1Gront Of bulIish sentiment. pre-
-."' n.on the extremely light crop
-'.a"cn1, This spirit is NEST pronounced
A iaa local field where prices on the near
POSITIONS are being steadily forced we'll
SHOW. the New York level The market.
~.1 @l"aiog n point down. advanced
10 y Joints all along the line. and then
entered upon a series Of mild fluctuations
.Asl left prices at the close l to ? points
-'- above yesterdays range.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23
It's YOUR DUTY

TO bc strong and healthy, especially
When such a reliable remedy for stom-
aca. liver and kidney ills as HostCtter ;
Stomach Bittcrs can be obtained from
any Druggist. I will strengthen the
nerves, improve the appetite and abao-
lutcly cure Headache, Nausea lndi@cs
ton, Dyspepsia, Constipation, ChlllS or
Malaria. Try a bottle.
Also obtain 4 copy OF our 1908 Alma
nae from Your DRUGGIST. II is Tree.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23
RALEIGH STOCK MARKET.
Corrected daily by Grimes II Vnss.)
y
Bid. Asked.

Bid. Asked.
North Carolina 6s, 1919......133
North Carolina is, 1919......104A =
VIRGINIA now 3s 90 80
virinia Centuries. 19o1....... 9SA 1914
Southern Railway IS, 1894 lilo
S. a. l., c-t2
Western N. c.. r. r. 6s, 1914.118
Ca. Car. & Northern IS, 1929 .112A -
Carolina Central Railway As 100
Ca, So. & Fla. r. r., 19i5....112
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23
Cotton futures closed steady.
FERPO

N707 o0TF0u C.OSed uulet; mlddTinE uO-
lands So, middiing Gulf E.95; sales 1872
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23

LIVERPOOL, Deco. II p. nj ooton Spot
".'at quiet, , points hjchCr:American mid
.ia- fair {. s: good middting 4.6S: mid
ding 49,: low middiing4.l2; good ordinary
-.Et ordinary AIS. The sales of the day
we're 900 bales. of which 500 were for
saeeulsriou and export. and included $500
American. receipts 5000 bales, Including
.>.| mr~lrau.
ra'ure~ opened steady and closed dull
..' >.e.ds.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-12-23

Rock. v. IL s,1O9
L. & n. uni. A's ..101k
Mex. Cen. $50. IN
do 1st Inc. 2.3H
Mimi. IL St.L 1's102H
Nj. K. Il T. a.. g
2ni's...... S,M
II, (. &. 1sts.....1O3
do gen 8 i-2'.iO4
n J. C.. gen, S's..135H
No. Pac 4's.....1,3
3's........... p
n, 81. W.coE. 4s.lGO
Reading gen. As 6 $
St Mtop S'a112a
St. l.. RS Fgeu1's 81
>t.L. S'wes Is. 95
do 2's 5000 81
>.A.&A.Pass 4's COX
so. Pac. As -. QO'4
So. Railway 5's..110N
T. & z. lsts.,.....1l64
Est. Law. IS. IS
Un:ou pac. 4's..1n.M
do cow. 4's.l0iA
Wabash 1sts.....11h4
2uds ........1O7
do. Deb. B.. Z-4
West SnOre 4 3 ..1I.,}!
w + l., E. is. 81
Wis Cen. 4's.... 9lA
Mobile & 0. 4's. o5
Con. lob. As. 644
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
SOUTHERN FARM GAZETTE Stakvil =, August Is, 1902.

ually is-that is, "laying BY"
with turn pillow, to cover up the
grass and weeds in the row-it
will cover the peas so deep that
many of them will never get out
of the ground. Where laying
by" is practiced, the best plan is
to sow the peas after the blowing
aud then cover them with a cultl-
vator. But the really best way
for the corn is to cultivate level
and work it so often the grass
cannot take the rows very badly;
thenat the last cultivation simply
sow the peas to be covered with
the cultivatOr.
But there is very little old up
land that will make heavy
growth of yeas without help, so
the best plan, both for the sake
sake of the pea crop and the cot
ton crop to follow the nextseason,
is to use the fertilizer on the peas
that would he applied direct to
the cotton crop the next year.
The point to be gained is this:
Most of the fertilizers used on
cotton have very little, if any, nj
trogen in them. Yet nitrogen
is what the cotton crop needs
most. Peas do not need the nj
trogen, hut do need the phos-
phoric acid and potash. If the
fertilizer is applied TO thepeas,
they will make a good growth,
and gather d large quantity of nj
trogen fro the air. They will
thus contain all the elements of
plant food necessary to make a
good cotton crop. If stock is al
lowed to Craze the peas, or ii
they are allowed to lie on the
ground and be plowed under in
the spring, or still better, if the
peas are plowed under in the
early fall ana the land sown in
rye and that plowed under when
foot and a half high and cotton
planted, the crop will make a
half more than if the fertilizer is
applied direct when Its planted in
spring.
OF course this takes a little
more labor than the regular way
of planting cotton, but it not on.
lv pays in cash received for the
cotton, but in preventing the
washing of the land and gradual
ly making the land better. The
fact that so many now habitually
SOW peas in the corn shows that
it can be done all right. This is
little thing but experience has
shown the value of of it.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
The One Thing Lacking.

One cannot avoid the conclu-
sion that more of our young
men ought to prepare for indus
trial and commercial careers,
says the Biblical Recorder. On
ly few can be professional men.
Many must be manufacturers,
buyers and sellers and workers.
Let them be intelligent, trained,
educated. One cannot fore ct
the young men who have been
lost to life by aiming vaguely at
some calling regarded as higher
when cuccess awaited them in an
industrial career. Many a boy
has received higher education
that prepared him for life in gen.
eral, and holding himself above
the shop and the market and
low wages, has found at length
his only hope of a living in teach.
ing school with not a spark of the
teaching sense in his heart.
Many a father has given a son a
higher education only to find
him aimlcss in busy world at
the end of four years.
But let it not be forgotten that
these young men did not suffer
because OF I'll higher education,
but rather because of they were
not also particularly prepared.
The FAULT lies not on the one, but
IN lack OF the other. The one
thing to do IS to properly COM
bine the general education with
the special training.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
Good Health

and pure blood are inseparable. If
your blood is bad, your health must suf-
fer. Poor blood allows the body to lose
vitality just as a poor fire under the
boiler allows the steam to run down.
From poor blood to impure blood is but
a step, and impure blood is mother to
large percentage of human ills. DR..
Harter's Iron Tonic is an antidote for
both poor and impure blood, for it is
both a builder and purifier "a food
and medicine. 1t is the best combi-
nation of the kind known to medical
science, and its success for nearly half
a century has led to its endorsement by
thousands of medical men who have
been unable to find substitute.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15

hest farmers.
Their friends counselled and
pied in vain; the large dividends
promised; secured the money,
aud the experience wasthe only
teacher they could learn of. A
farmer needs to know something
of the affairs of the other trades
or of the different branches of his
own business else he had best
continue along those lines he has
heretofore run before-he makes
any radical change.
Mr.. Pierce, in his article on
page ASP, seems to carry the idea
that we farmers of the East have
nothing but rocks, sledges and
hillsidss. He had better come
east and see. We can show him
some fine level farms that have
great producing power. Don't
cultivate quite as easily as the
lands of Iowa, perhaps, yet when
it comes to net profit, | would
like to compare results with
him.
A COW is a cow and
profit is proht in Iowa just
the same as in New York, and
our land is also adopted to rails
ing something else beside milk
and beef. For my purpose / be-
lieve will select the cow that will
give $40 to SIS the most for ten
years, rather than the other that
will bring the few extra dollars
worth of old cow beef at the end
of her usefulness, We want TO
keep the COW that will return us
the most profit at the end of the
wear. We take an inventory
January LIST of each year of our
business, and we don't give our
cows credit for the growth that
the hay ana corn puts onto the
young stock.
It's a question with me wheth.
err that growth was greatly in
excess of actual cost, only to the
fertility 1t gave to the farm.
Again, mich COW is worth as
much as a beef COW. am afraid
that those dairy cows were very
low grade stock as compared to
the beef cows in Mr.. Pierce's
section, and received less care
and feed than was their DUE
M. Plato, Plessis, N. Y.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
Put Vegetable Matter in the
Soil.

When land washes badly, 1t is
because there is a lack of humus
or vegetable matter in the soil.
OF course everybody who knows
enough. to plow: a furrow knows
that the washing of the land
ruins it. While a renter NAV
not care for this, the owner of
the land, unless he is ABSOLUTELY
blind to his own interest is very
much interested in gettingal] the
washes stopped. The question
is, how can be done, and at the
same time not interfere with the
regular course offarming. This
is a q uestion that does not often
come up on farm that is much
devoted to grass-gr owing and
stock raising, because any kind
of grass that makes a good sod
fills the soil so full of roots,
which, when the land is plowed
for crops is converted in to humus
that even on pretty steep hill
sides the land washes but little.
But where the land is never put
in grass. even on land that rolls
very little, it is almost bound to
wash.
If the regular crops are only
corn and cotton, the washing can
never be stopped. Something
will have to be planted besides
these two crops to hold the soil
together. If a man does not keep
stock to a sufficient extent to
justify having a rotation of crops
with grass to take about two
years out of every four or t:,c,
he will have to rely on COW peas
to bind the soil and supply HUI
mus. A great many farmers
are getting into the regular habit
of sowing peas in all their corn.
The practice is certainly good
one. If there is anything at all
that will enable one to go on with
planting cotton and corn, and no
break in the rotation, tits getting
a good growth of peas in every
field of corn.
The important thing is to get
a good, heavy growth of peas.
OF course in the long season that
prevails in any section where
cotton is raised, and where corn
is planted any time from early in
March till the last of April, there
is plenty of time 20 have the peas
do all they will do, if sown when
the corn is planted the last time.
If this last blowing is what it us
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
KnOWlede is Power.
STUDY YOUR BUSINESS

Since becoming a subscriber
to Hoard's Dairyman, l have
noted with a great Geal of inter-
est the different ideas that it's
readers express through its
columns in regard to methods
and ways of conducting their
business, each being the cham
pic n of bis especial method. I
read the articles on the dual-pur-
pose >cows as compared to the
special-purpose cows and the
war of breeds, and it would al
most seem that there is a con.
fusion of tongues among the
dairymen of our country.
lam reminded of the man who
went to church and after listen
ing to the sermon remarked,
"that is the best sermon and the
smartest minister 1 ever listened
to. Why, he just expresses my
sentiments in every point" We
want to read something that
some one has done that is differ
ent and better than the methods
we are now pursuing. We want
that someone to tell it to us in a
plain, convincing way so that we
can understand it and put it into
practice readily, then we want to
be in that frame Of mind that can
receive it.
The farmer as a general thing
is dissatisfied with his lot and is
ready to be taken in by any slick
tongued agent who is so unprin-
cipled as to tell him of the great
gains to be derived by adopting
something different from what
he has got, and the result IS that
he loses oil faith in man and set.
ties back onto his own resources
for his grinding power.
Now, what does all this mean?
1t means that the farmers are
good workers but not good think
ers; that they have spent too
much of their own time in work.
and too little of it in the study of
their farm business and the con-
Meeting links that are identified
with it.
Being an up-to-date farmer
does not always mean that one
conducts his farm and arranees
his work in any better shape than
his immediate neignbors. but
that he is many times fore-warn-
ed and therefore fore armed in an
emergency that calls for cool.
shrewd judgement and prompt
decision.
Several years ago a promoter
that has some acquaintance in
our locality came around getting
up stock company and succeed
in unloading from $1,000 to $1,000
worth of the stuff on some of our
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
Dr.Harter's
Iron Tonic

win insure sou against the many evils resulting
from i'm ',ure blood. Scrofula, pimples blotcheS,
kidney disorders, rheumatism, govt, dyspepsia,
female weakness, an@mia, chlorosis. etc., are
few Of them; but the greatest evil, the greatest
danger, Is the general weakening Of the whole
system. which affords an opening for every
passing disease.
The following is only one Of the thousands Of
testimonials we have received:
Detroit, Mich, Jan. 10. 1901.
Il commenced using DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic
when PROSTATE from a severe attack Of rheuma.
tism. After using three bottles all traces Of
this disease were completely eradicated from my
system, and my general health was restored.
As blood purifier DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic
has no equal, and most sincerely recommend
1t to all persons suffering from indigestion,
fatigue. rheumatism. and the many weakened
conditions of the system produced by impover-
ished blood" Margarine F. Yeazell,
No. $40 Second Ave.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1902-08-15
Chickens or Sale,

II choice b. p. ROCK HENS and two
cocks for only $40.
LIT. BRAHMA HENS and twococks
for SIS,
r. c. BROWN LEGHORN COCKS
for $40.
l trio of c. l. GAME for Sc.
%-These are all first-class birds at
reasonable prices. Mention Gazette.
MRS. A. c. TUTTLE,
Pocahontas, Miss.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06
Hearst Complaint Filed.

Washington, Nov. 6.-Tne COM
plaint of William Randolph Hearst,
of New York, against anthracite coal
carrying railroads charging that the
Iatters rates for the transportation
Of coal from the anthracite fields to
New England, New York, Maryland
and the District of Columbia, are un-
reasonable and unjust, was filed in
the interstate commerce commission
Yesterday. The commission immedi'
ately sent notifications Of the COM
plant to the railroad companies
named as defendants, as follows:
Philadelphia and Reading railway,
Lehigh Valley, Delaware, Lackawan.
ma and Western, Central Of New Jer-
sey. New York. Susquehanna and
Western, Erie. New York, Ontario
and Western. Delaware and Hudson,
Pennsylvania, and Baltimore and
Ohio. The roads have until the goth
inst. to file their answer.
The complaint alleges that the
rates subject the consumers at the
points named. and the producers CT
such coal who are not common car
riers or corporations owned and con-
trolled by common carriers, to un-
reasonable prejudice and disadvant-
age, in violation Of the interstate
commerce act 1t charges that the
rates are discriminating and prejudi-
cfal to the interests Of dealers and
consumers CT anthracite coal as COM
pared with the transportation rates
for bituminous coal for much longer
distances, and also as compared with
the defendants rates and charges on
other carload freight traffic generally.
It Is alleged that the Lehigh, Central
of New Jersey, Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, and Erie, New
York, Susquehanna and Western, and
the Philadelphia and Reading roads
have entered into a freight pooling
agreement
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06
President Guest of Honor.

Philadelphia, Nov. C.-President
Roosevelt was the principal guest
yesterday at the sesqui-centennial
anniversary celebration by the gran1
lodge of the Most Ancient and Hon
orable Fraternity of Free and Accept
ed Masons of Pennsylvania OF George
Washingtons apprenticeship into the
Mason fraternity.
The president was also the orator
Of the occasion. He arrived in this
city over the Pennsylvania railroad
shortly after IL o'clock and was met
at the station by Grand Master E. A.
Tennis and the reception committee
of the grand lodge. Carriages were
in waiting and the president was es,
corted to Masonic Temple, where the
exercises began at noon.
The celebration was exclusive be-
ing limited to one representative
from each subordinate lodge in this
state. together with the members Of
the grand lodge and its committees.
Grand Master Tennis delivered the
address Of welcome, Charles A. Gal
lagher, N. W., grand master Of Mas
sachuselts, responding. President
Roosevelt was then introduced and
made an address.
Stewart L. Woodford, former min
lister to Spain, delivered the conclud-
ing address.
The president was escorted to the
railroad station and he left for Wash
ington at 3:49 O'Clock yesterday af-
ternoon. His departure was delayed
a fe wminutes by the late arrival Of
Mrs. Roosevelt from New York, ow-
ing to a wneck On the road near Jer-
sey City.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06
Safe Working Majority In Con-
gress, Illinois Shows Gain of
Three Members.
SLIGHT LOSS IN THE SENATE.
Democrats conccde Republican Con-
troI In Both Branchee-RepubIican
La1dsIides In Several Of the West
ern States.
ern States,

Washington. Nov. g. The latest
returns received up to 1d:3O o'cloc!S
Last night show that tia Republi-
cans Gncluding in this description
the Fusionists elected from the Pitts
burg Allegheny districts in Pennsyl-
vanial will control the next house by
a vote of 204 Republicans to 179
democrats, with. three districts, the
Eighth Tennessee and two California
districts, remaining SO much in doubt
that the official returns will be need
ed to- decide the result- The totals
given are believed to be correct, al
though there are few districts, such
as Ii 4o IN Colorado and one in Min
nesotA, where the Republican and
Damoeratic managers respectively 60
not cpncede defeat, but the general
resuNs could not be affected even
should their claims prove well
foundSd.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06
Not the Success Anticipated.

Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. g.
The time for subscribing to the stock
Of the Danish West Indian company
expired yesterday. OF the about
$1,000, 900 nominal capital, only one.
fifth was subscribed for, notwith.
standing the advertisement given to
the concern by King Christian and
Grown Prince Frederick taking stock
The promoters, who are anti-salers,
are downcast because Of the weak
ness Of the sentiment in favor Of aid,
ing the Danish West Indies.
The leaders of the movement IN
tend to appeal to King George OF
Greece, Queen Alexandra and the
Dowager Czarina Of Russia to buy
shares. The banks and few indi
viduals will probably finance the mat
ter and stand the losses. since the
treaty providing for the sale Of the
Danish West Indies to the United
States was rejected partly on account
q their promises.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06
oslnml..Ion purchases Rlee.

Manila, Nov. G.-The Philippine
commission has quietly purchased up
ward of 10000 tons Of rice in India
and on the Asiatic coast, in order to
avert the rice famine which Is threat
ening many provinces.
The plans OF the commissioners
we're concealed in order TO avoid a
further disturbance OF the Orientaf
market and so as to prevent possible
combinations with the view Of raising
prices. The governments stock OF
rioe gives It control Of the local mar
ket and prevents operators from
charging excessive prices.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06
Military Protection Asked.

Manila, Nov. 6.-As the result OF
the killing OF an American bartender.
named Armitage. who was shot Tues
day By a native policeman who had
quarTeled with him, the governor OF
the province has requested General
Franklin Bell to furnish military pro-
lection against a party OF unemployed
Americans who are threatening ven-,
geance. General Bell has ordered tha
garrison 20 preserve order.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06

San Francisco, Nov. 6-With the
exception Of governor, the Republi-
cans probably elect the entire state
ticket. The Republicans have lost
one and probably three congressman.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 6.-The Repub-
lican victory in Kansas is complete.
A good majority of the legislature, all
the state oficC!s and large part CT
the county otf"trs. were taken by the
Republicans.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06

Boise, Idaho, No7. Enough is
known to assure Republican ma
jorfty on the entire state ticket OF
some 5000 The Republicans will
have AZ members of the legislature, a
majority OF 13 on joint ballot.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06
WEATHER FORECAST.

Ohio-Fair and cooler today, ex-
cept rain along the northeast lake
shores. Tomorrow, fair; brisk west
to northwest winds.
Western PennsyIvania-RAin and
cooler today. Tomorrow, fair; fresh
TO brisk northwest WindG,
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06

WON VICTORY

Arizona is still in doubt. Morrison
(Rep.) carried the ive northern coun-
ties by more than 1000 majority, and
claims two other counties.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06

Milwaukee, Wis, Nov. 6.-Belated
returns increase Governor LaFol-
lettes plurality in the state. The
latests estimate brings his figures up
10 $4,000. Next legislature will prob
ably be made up about as follows:
Assembly, rs Republicans and 20
Democrats; Senate, 81 Republicans
and 2 Democrats.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-11-06

Denver, Col, Nov. 6.-The Repub-
licans are preparing to contest the
election Of the Democratic legislative
ticket in Arapahoe county. They
claim that the control of the lower
house Of the legislature depends upon
the result in this county. They will
ask the secretary Of state to refuse
certificates to the Democrats.