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The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
Potatoes That Rot.

II the potatoes in the cellar begin
to rot 1t is well to dispose of them as
soon as possible. None of them should
be kept over for the coming spring, as
they will then carry into the next crop
the mycellium that has been the. cause
Of the rot this year. Potato rot begins
in the form of blight in the field. Later
II shows itself in the tubers stored in
the cellar Ignorance regarding this
has kept many a farm infected from
year to year. as the farmer has carried
over infected seed from one year to an
other. When rot has appeared there
fore the only thing to do is to get rid
of the potatoes before they have be-
gun to show the disease. II the rot is
very bad. 1t will pay better to feed
the smallest of the tubers to stock
rather than run the risk of having
them all rot in the bins. In the or
dinary cellar 1t is rather difficult to
keep potatoes of any kind, much less
those with the rot mycellium conceal
ed within. In cold storage where the
temperature Is kept at near the frcez-
ing point there is less danger in try
ing to hold them for some months. In
the ordinary cellar the temperature
frequently goes up to near the sew
entities on warm winter days, and this
is especially SO now that many farm
houses are heated by furnaces
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
Marketing EGGS.

From Farmers Review: In answer
to the question, What method of pack
ing is best. when eggs are to be carried
to market in the farm wagon?" would
say, when only a few eggs are to be
marketed at a time, we have found
the small pasteboard box, holding two
dozen and fitted with sections. to be
tie most convenient. especially SO in
supplying private trade. Two dozen
eggs per week being the usual order
for private family. A great many
grocers are using them for their retail
trade, and find them economical, for
breakage is reduced to a minimum
Ask your grocer to order a half dozen
for you. They are not expensive and
a few eggs saved this winter pay for
them. The farmer who has nice
flock of laying hens this winter will
be strictly in the swim. A prominent
neighbor of ours remarked the other
day. that he would rather have 500
hens this winter than two carloads of
feeding steers.-John Coolidge, Knox
County, Ill.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
LIttIe Leaf FROM the Past.

Joseph S. White of New Castle. Pa.
has relic of log cabin days in New
Castle in the shape of an agreement
made between Daniel Henderson and
John Dickey in 1906. 1t is as follows;
Memorandum of agreement made
between John Dickey and Daniel Hen
derson. witnesseth. that the said Hen
derson doth promise and agree to and
with the said Dickey to deliver on the
bank of the Shenango at his. Hender-
sons house. 40 logs, hewed in COM
plete and workmanlike manner. each
log to be at least eignt inches in face
at the top and to be delivered in two
months from the date hereof. and in
consideration hereof Dickey is to pay
to Henderson three shillings log
for each log is feet long. in witness
we have hereunto set our hands in
faith OF the above agreement"
The signatures follow with Craw-
ford White as witness.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
1T WAS EVER THE CASE.
One Thing That Fills a Womsn's
Heart with Absolute Despair.

Heart with Absolute Despair.
She came Into the room where he
sat alone with a glittering knife in her
hand. which she held hidden amid the
folds of her dress. Her face was
white and drawn and her eyes were
wild and haggard looking.
Her husband sat by the fire deep in
thought and never heard the slippered
foStfalls of the beautiful woman. who
now stood beside his chair with a
strange. cold smile upon her lips.
Suddenly with a gasp she cast the
knife from her toward the glowing
Goals. but 1t sank silently into a sofa
at the other end of the room.
II cannot" she moaned YEARLY; 81
cannoti"
And she fell into a white heap upon
the floor at his feet. A plying, ten
der expression broke across the gran
ite of his cheek and he murmured in
deep. tender. heavy-dragoon tones:
What is it. darling?"
But she spoke not a word-she only
raised one white hand toward him, In
which she clasped a lead pencil.
She had been trying to sharpen It,
poor girl
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
Uncle sam,s capltalists.

Farmers. so far as actual wealth is
concerned, are the capitalists of the
United States. The census bureau re-
port on the value Of farming property
of the country estimates that the
b,7S9,657 farms OF the United States
are worth s16.674,690,247. OF this
amount. e3.56o19S,191. or 21.4 pc,
cent, represents the value of buildings.
and s13.114.492056, or s7.6 per cent,
the value of land and improvements.
Farm implements and machinery are
worth $7G1 .261, $50, and live stock is
worth s3,o7s.050,0 ,04l. making the total
farming wealth over $20.514. 900 900.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11

the plant seldom flowers. and never
produces seed except in south Florida
or near the gulf coast. 1t is cultivated
in the southern states. where 1t Is con
sidered a valuable forage plant, and
under favorable conditions produces
an immense amount of forage. For ex-
ample. 1t is reported to have produced
in Louisiana over fifty tons of green
forage per acre. 1t requires a long
season and considerable moisture, for
which reason 1t is not well suited to
Kansas conditions. 1t gives a fair
amount of fodder In Kansas. but there
Is nothing to recommend it above corn.
sorghum or Kafir corn for the same
purpose.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
Profit in Larae EIoeks.

From Farmers Review: II man
can make a reasonable profit out of
ten hens, and there can be no question
but what he can, there is no reason
why he can not make one hundred
times as much out of thousand hens,
provided he gives them the same care
and attention. Few. however, are pre-
pared to do this, and it is for this
reason that SO many failures occur
with a greater number. With large
range, few hens will take care of
themselves and make up for a good
deal of neglect that would prove fatal
to success with large number. That
there is money in poultry no one can
doubt. but to get the most out of 1t
one must have experience and learning
sufficient to enable him to use feed,
labor and all to advantage.-o. p.
Bennett.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
eosinte.

Bulletin 102 OF the Kansas station
says: This Is native of Mexico. and
thought by many botanists to be the
original of our Indian corn. 1t is an
annual plant. resembling corn or sor-
ghum in general appearance. but, In
stead OF producing an ear. there are
in the leaf-axils several slender joint
ed spikes which are separate from
each other instead OF being united into
an ear. However. in the United States
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11

tween her and the little upland and
her eyes would swell with tears Of
love for earth's humanity.
Sometimes storm OF wind and rain
would rage above its summit and
she would see its firmness grow more
stately and majestic as II stood in ST.
lent acccptation of what God saw fit
to send.
Sometimes through the powdered
violet o. twilight clouds she would see
the evening star blaze out above its
forehead and her soul would drop tc
its knees in intensity OF worship.
Unconsciously the noble serenity OF
It's being grew into her own life and
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
Are Apple Tree Root. Losing vitaIItys

II. 7. Thompson OF Illinois says: In
olden times apple trees lived much
longer, were harder and more vigor-
Gus than at the present time. 1t was
no uncommon thing for trees to live
from fifty to hundred years, and
sometimes longer. OF late years. espe-
cially in the western country, it is sell
dom you see an orchard over thirty
years of age, and many give out in
from ten to twenty years. There is un-
questionably cause for this. If we
can find the cause, we have taken the
first step in learning how to propagate
trees for the orchard. Any commun-
ity or individual who uses poor stock
to breed from will in time run his
or their stock down SO that they will
lack vitality and become, using a com
mon expression. lot of scrubs. Again,
any farmer who uses poor seed be-
cause 1t is cheaper. will in time run
his crop down SO his yield will be less.
poor in quality. less vigorous, and. in
fact. he is growing scrub grain. The
law Of nature holds good through the
animal and vegetable creation. In
my opinion this is precisely what has
been done in propagating apple trees;
You are growing lot of scrubs. Fifty
TO seventy years ago trees were COM
paratively healthy. Sometimes we
heard of limbs or twigs being winter
killed, but very seldom heard of trou-
BILE with the roots. At the present
time three-fourths of all the trees that
die do SO from root killing. Many
years ago horticulturists commenced
studying how to get harder tops. They
selected scions from the best and
hardest trees they could find: they
even ransacked Eurore in search OF
hard scioEs to improve the tops. until
at last they have. been fairly success
full Now seldom you hear of tops be-
ing killed with frost. How has it been
with the. root? Have they taken the
same care as with the top to secure
strong, vigorous roots? Starting years
ago with hardy root. it has gradual
ly lost vigor and vitality.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
Cheap Plants.

From Farmers Review: AS rule
buy cheap and you get cheap. This
same principle, think. holds true in
the nursery business. We often see
strawberry plants quoted at very low
figure. ard If purchased from these
parties are generally of low grade.
l prefer sending direct to a specialist
in the growing of strawberry plants
and paying a good price than to the
one whose quotations are way below
the average. Plants that are true to
name. strong. healthy. well-rooted.
carefully dug. trimmed and well-pack-
ed cannot be sent out at a low figure
and be profitable to the gre er.-J. L.
Herbst, Wisconsin.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
Excessive Profits in egg Handling,

Excessive Profits in Egg Handling.
AS yet. the handling of eggs for com
mercial purposes has not been reduced
to a science. The great storage houses
in the big cities have plants that are
properly equipped for the landing of
large quantities of eggs. but they are
few In comparison with the numerous
small plants scattered here and there
throughout the country. Now and
then we hear of small plants being
started In small places for the storing
OF eggs to the time of big prices. and
we are informed that the men behind
the enterprise expect to make 10 per
cent profit on their operations. This
of itself shows the chaotic state in
which the egg-handling industry is at
the present time. When the general
handling of eggs is reduced to proper
system, it will not be possible for the
storers to make any such profits. Pro-
fits like those come out of the pockets
of the farmers or out of the pockets
of the consumers of eggs. 1t is a
method of oppression that we have not
yet been able to abolish. But the time
is coming when farmers and the con-
sumers of farm products will be wise
enough to make sure that the men that
play the part of middlemen get only
fair profit for their part of the work.
We will then have storage plants in
which the capital invested will earn
but five or six per cent and the men
that take care OF those plants get only
fair and reasonable salaries. The
farmer will then get little more for
his eggs than he does now and the
consumer will pay little less for
them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
ProPasstins from Bearing Trees.

From Farmers Review. The edi-
tor of the Review desires reasons why
nurserymen should propagate only
from bearing treeg of known fruit
ing ability. A careful study of a bud
will show that the objection to proga-
eating through a long series of years
from young and INFESTED buds from
nursery rows is well founded. A bud
contains the life germ and a perfect
embryo tree possessing the same vas
cular system Of the tree or plant upon
which II grows. and before modern In
vestigation proved the contrary 1t was
thought no variation ever took place
But we now know that tree changes
Its organism and becomes weak in
some parts and strong in other parts.
and that when these changes are ef-
fected they are as permanent as any
OF its characteristics
When a tree becomes unfruitful, its
fruit producing or seed organism is
weak in its buds, and the tree grow
Ing out of these buds will possess these
weaknesses. as repeated experiments
have shown Take buds from a we'll
developed and very fruitful tree and
another from the nursery row. where
II has been propagated through a doz-
en- or more years from the young nom
bearing wood. In the first case you
VIII see n marked difference in the
wood growth. The tree will not look
SO smooth and straight as the other.
but under good treatment It will come
into bearing much earlier and be much
more fruitful afterwards. The second
tree will grow smooth and straight
and look much nicer, but it's growth
will be wood until late in its life or
until something is done to bring 1t
into bearing. Many nurserymen have
experimental and proven the correct
ness OF the principle. but people want
cheap, large. straight. smooth-barked
trees and insist on having them and
are so grounded in prejudice that
sales cannot be effected at a price
which will Justify the additional ex-
pense of maintaining an orchard un-
der conditions to furnish the well-de-
veloped gratis.
So long as the man who furnishes
the big, smooth tree at the smallest
price gets the order there is no induce
ment to make the change. The change.
however. is coming. and in the not dis
tant future every nurserymsn will
have to give evidence that his trees
are not all wood. but that they have
a fruit-producing organism developed
in them. so we shall not have to walt
ten years longer than necessary in or
der that we may get returns for labor
and care. Next week we will point out
some specific instances of such
changes.-R. M. Kellogg. Michigan.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
:R{Ql RQZAIRA y
Nzsse
Feeding Fowls.

Chas. S. Greene. in an address at a
Minnesota Farmers Institute. said
When you have selected the breed you
want. and have them properly housed.
the next question is how to keep them
healthy and get the most profit with
the least expenditure for fee'y and
labor, as few of us can find pleasurd
enough in the business to nay its run.
ming expenses. There re probably
no two men who adopt precisely tho
same methods of feeding. and yet each
may have equally good success. SO
that there can be no set rules laid
down to be followed under all circum.
stances and Conditions. A person
must study the composition of feeds,
know what their nutritive value is,
and the effects they produce when fed
to stock under varying conditions.
Again, the large breeds require quite
different treatment from that given
the smaller ones. Feed that is right
for Leghorns would be liable to make
Plymouth Rocks too fat, If fed in the
same way.
The manner and time OF feeding Is
of nearly as much Importance as the
feed itself We always adopt a regu-
lar system of feeding, and only change
with the seasons of the year. or when
conditions absolutely require it. We
have known a change of feed, and the
time of feeding it, to make differ
ence, with our own flock of Leghorns.
OF over four hundred eggs day in
side OF two weeks. Too much stress
cannot be laid on regularity in feed
ing, and the adherence to steady
system. only, changing when there is a
good reason for SO doing. All soft
feed should be fed on wide boaSds or In
troughs which are kept clean, and the
fowls should never be allowed to hud-
die together any more than is neces-
sary. Exercise is of prime Importance
when trying to produce eggs during
the winter months. BY keeping the
floor of the house Uttered with dry
straw. chair or leaves. and scattering
the whole feed into 1t, the fowls get
all the exercise they need.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11

Love requires perfect digestion,
Even then 1t may swallow many
things 1t will never be abls to digest
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11

A woman hates Jealous husband
but gets mad II he is not Jealous (but
yoi never can please woman).
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11

The growing of flowers Increases
from year to year.. Many a man and
many a woman is now making com
portable living by the growing of
dowers for sale.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11

When man is Just to his enemies.
his friends can relv on him.
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11

permit the lights to be brought until
the last vestige of color had faded
away and the hill had resolved itseis
into shadows. .ltst
She learned to watch its varying
moods and to rejoice in each OF them.
A bond OF mutual understanding drew
the two together. The girl caught the
emotions of this bit of nature and
learned to find In them the interprc-
,tation of her truest self
/, eometimes trembling line Of
nrnoke would rise from the homes be
The Elbert County tribune., 1902-12-11
DWELL DEEP
THE MESSAGE FROM THE MOUNTAIN
by BLANCHE oREY JoRpAN

tcopyrieA,, lsoa, BY DAILY story Pub. Co,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-26
BALTIMORE PROVISIONS.
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Jan. 25.-The weakness OF
todays stock market was about as mar
row as the recent show of strength, and
seemed equally due to professional OPP
orators, who took their profits in speciais
ties that have advanced recently. Sugar.
Metropolitan Street Railway, Cleveland,
C. c. & st. Louis and Amalgamated Cop
per were all thus affected, the last show
ing good power of absorption New York
Central was depressed by the coroner
verdict, holding it's officials responsible
for the Park Avenue tunnel disaster.
There we're sharp advances in Rutland
preferred, ST. Lawrence and Adirondack,
Peoria and Eastern, Chicago and Eastern
Illinois, and the National Lead stocks,
the last on the announced advance in the
price of lead The decline on the bank
statement was probably due to it's fail
ure to attract any buying to absorb the
profit-taking. The gain in cash was full
~ up to expectations. The fact that in
terror institutions have been placing
loans in New York led to some hope that
a corresponding reduction in deposits
would result to the New York banks.
but the statement failed to show this.
have expanded s., 800. The influence
of this showing is emphasized by the
compilation of the annual showing Of
the New York trust companies. The
loans on collateral by these institutions
nj December 81 were $40, 20S, FOG, compar-
ed with $685., oil, Ala year before. They
report cash on hand of only SO. $50. 702.
OF cash on deposit they report Sill. 49,
094 but these deposits are mostly with,
New York clearing house banks and fig
ure In their reserves as against out
standing loans and obligations by Chose
institutions The market closed active
and easy at about the low point.
United States refunding 2's the IS reg
istered and the new As advanced Ia aud
the old As lis per cent. The As regis
tered declined Is and do coupon IA from
the closing call of last week.
Total sales for the day were 24O.500
shares, including Atchison $500: Erie.
$500: Metropolitan Street Railway
1o400; Pennsylvania, 6,S05; Reading Sc
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-26
H. and B. BEERS MARKET LETTER
(Special 10 News and Observer.l

Especial to News and Observer
New Orleans, La, Jan. 25.-Notwith-
standing Liverpool advices were discour-
aging, our market opened only / point
lower advanced 4 shortly after on fresh
buying, but eased off near the close on
the liberal interior receipts, making the
net loss l point on the day. Mr.. Neill
published a statement here today show
ing that the Atlantic ports have receiv-
ed an excess to date of $4,000 over last
year. He also shows that with no further
gain in movement over last year, from
now out, the commercial crop can be
IL ,000, 000 Bradstreets in their weekly
trade review, referring to the textile in
dustry in America says: Complaints
of small magin on profit in print
cloths and similar goods continue to
come from New England. Finished
goods are said to be selling below parity,
while the cost of gray cloths and bust
ness in staple cottons is Indifferent"
While this may hold good with North
ern spinners, it is claimed that the
Southern mills are doing a good bust
ness. 1t nevertheless demonstrates that
textile trade in this country on the
whole is not satisfactory, and in Europe
textile trade continues generally unsat-
isfactory. However, speculation is fav-
orable to the article, and with any en-
couraging feature efforts will be made
to sustain values. Statistically though,
the situation is weak and the future
course of the market will be governed
principally by the movement.
II. q B. BEER.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-26
NAVAL STORES

WILMINGTON, N. c.. Jan. Is. -Turpentine
nothing doing; receipts casks.
Rosin firm at S1.10G18l.l5; receipts III.
Crude turpentiue strong at el.3502.5O; receipts
- barrels
Tar firm at 1925; receipts 1870
SAVANNAH Ca, Jan. 25 --Turpentine firm at
u; receipts 29S; sales . exports 49,.
RosiD irm; receipts 606: sales 1896; ex
PORTS 1850.
Quote: A, B, G, D. sL2!1l; f, 81. 27H; F, sL32H:
!, Sl.37h; H, 8l.45; l. $40; X, g.. 25; M, $50
\, 1925; w G, $500; w w, 1885
CHARLESTON, s. g., Jan. 25.- Turpentine
hrm ut 4lM; receipts -, sales - exports -.
Rosin hrm; receipts -; sales -; exports
Quote: A, B, C,$l.>5; d, eI.l5 f, SI20; F, 81. go
., Sl32h; p sI.40; l, $3.50; K s2.l5: NJ, $3.50; n
Bib; VIC $3.50; w W. 1915.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-26
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Jan. 25.-Reported improved
conditions in the winter wheat belt, to-
gether with the decided slump in corn
caused an unmerciful hammering of the
wheat market today, and May wheat
closed with loss of IA to 3-S at rs is.
Corn was in worse dilemma than wheat
AID closed at 3-S lower for May. Liqui-
dsdon By the bull clique apparently to
secure profits caused the break Oats
closed Is lower in sympathy with the
other grains. Provisions ruled steady
throughout the session.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-01-26
STOCKS.
NEW YORK MONEY

New YORK, Jan. 25.-l Money on cal
nominal at -. pei cent; last loan at -. pei
cent: ruling rate per cent. Prime mercantile
paper 405 per cent. Sterling exchange firm
with actual business in banGers bills at 4.8701a
fcr demand and 1T 4s41l0 614s41ss for 90 DAYS
Posted rates 4S5 AMI So Commercial bills 4.S31S
04.s44 Bar silver 551s. Mexican dollars Az
Government bonds steady. State bonds steady;
Railroad bonds steady