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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
RALEIGH, N c, TUESDAY, AUGUST 49, 1902
THE FLUSH OF MILKING.
Elenry Stewart in Practical Farmer)

and to make milk of it-and in time. a
course of two or three years. possibly
until the flush of milking comes on ma
turally, the COW has to be trained SO
that there is no departure from the rule:
the calf is born without trouble There
is 10 disorder of the udder, but the milk
flows easily in naturally reasonable
quantity; and as the cows condition re-
turns to the normal, the food is in
creased and the natural flush comes on
as the calf would naturally need more
support, and the organs of the cow re-
turn to the habitual condition, and by
good management, and still gradual de-
Velopment of the milking ability, the
flush continues during it's natural
period, which is to the time when the
calf would naturally be weaned which
is at the fourth or fifth month or even
later {strictly following the natural
hahiD, when the allowance of feed may
be increased still more as the COW is
bred again as long as the natural habit
Of the COW may be possibly cultivated,
which may be. in we'll managed dairy
cows bred in this line for some genera
tions, until within three months of the
next calving, when the COW will natur-
ally, as a rule, gradually fail in milk
until within a few weeks of the birth
of the next calf. There is no necessity,
however, in a We'll trained cow managed
on those lines to have her go dry until
a month of the next calving, only suffi-
cent food must be given to support
every need of the animal. but in due
moderation, as [ have found it to be-
until the calf is dropped. The main
tenance of the strength and vitality of
the COW, however, must be fully sup
ported. This quite an important matter
to be considered There is a severe strain
on a COW at this time, necessarily; but
under this system of careful training
the animal goes through the period with
the least possible discomfort indeed
without any in the majority OF COWS
Indeed [ have known of COWS purchased
without knowledge of the due time of
calving to be milked right up to the day
the calf has been dropped. OF course
this could never happen in any ordinary
dairy; but it has happened, and With
out any apparent mischief. There IS no
GOOD reason why, in any ordinary good
condition a COW should not be mill<ed to
within month of the next calvinS; and
this management along With the rest OF
it suggested above will quite safely eX-
tend the flush of milking from the
present average of three months, to six
or even eight. It is mere matter or
training and management: and this
years calves should be put under the
needed training to develop their milking
ability, and so this ability gained by
training may become habit to be IN
heritcd. What vast influence has been
Gained in this way is fully recorded and
excmpiified in the modern race OF Jer-
GOV COWS that we have.
Macon Co, n. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
A WH0PPFR R0F sHaHK
Tale Off Exciting Incident As Hard BY
Truthful Reporter.

As We predicted. the fishing delegation
that lately assaulted Morehcad is getting
in its work. The fact is they are iu 4
hurry to head off a noted fishing record
narrator who is now at Morchoad and
whose return is awaited with alarm.
MIR. T. NJ. Arlington broke the stiffness
at the Union Depot Yesterday pending
the departure Of the Ehamkatte Nostl-
bule Said he:
Mr.. Mann and Capt Fleming aud
caught a shark
Where at, asked a bystandcr
:. At Morehead And when We had
landed the shark
did YOU have much trouble" said the
reporter
I'VE had to pull hard Wen. when We
pulled in the shark
Were you on the pior or in a boat2'
asked one in the group which was rapid
~ getting larger.
In a boat Now, as I said, when We
found that We had the shark
did you see his pilot" asked Colds
boro man waiting for the train.
This question disconnected Mr.. AIRING
ton and he quit his story TO inquire about
a shark pilot It was explained to him
that this grew on the sharks nose, guild
ed him and that its cut was fatal. Hay
ing added this TO his store of knowledge
MIR Arlington continued:
We landed tho shark and weighed
him. and
"Did you have scales with YOU" said
an inquirer
mo. we took him to the hotel and bor-
rowed scales. We found that his weight
vas
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
COW PEAS FAILING.

j. Frank Warlick Grouse, Y. c., has
little farm which the editor inspected
. wear ago. The land is mainly sandy
and has been badly run down. Mir W.
is trying TO get it improved so as to
make his home on it in the future. He
writes that he drilled seven acres of land
in peas the middle of May. using 200
pounds of fertilizer 10 per cent. phos-
phatc and 2 per cent. potash per acre.
The tenant was directed to SOW one
Gushcl Per acre. but sowed two as
the least he could drill. Season has been
dry, and the peas do not look well. They
average to 10 inches high and are full
Of peas. Two rounds on the piece have
an entirely different color and look about
two weeks earlier than the others, and
are loaded with peas all the same kind
as the rest. Several years ago this piece
was in corn matured in the furrow with
stable manure. Among this corn planted
Wonderful peas, which made vines 20
feet long. Cannot understand why tho
peas have not done better. u want to
Put the land in wheat. Shall | turn all
under or nov them? Would it be well
to SOW clover with the wheat or not?
] am trying to bring the land up with as
little use Of hoed crops as possible. The
land that was in peas last year when
you saw it was soWn TO wheat and wheat
has been followed by peas it'll 300 pounds
per acre of fertilizer and they are IoOh-
ing we'll We think if YOU viii examine
the roots Of the peas chat arc not doing
well you Will find that there arc few if
any nodules or tho roots and that the
soil was not infected with them. Where
you had peas last year YOU find the peas
following the wheat are fine. This shows
We think that that soil has become well
filled With tho microbes, and if YOU cX-
amino the roots Of these peas you viii
find that there are nolules on the roots
Who're .ou used stable manure few
years ago there was left some organic
matter of which your soil in general is
very deficient. This ena bIod the soil 10
retain little more moisture and the
peas grew faster than elsewhere We
have some wondrful peas planted in
rows three feet apart and with less
than half a busheI Of seed per acre. They
mass half waist high On your thin
soil where humus is 50 badly needed and
little or 70 stock IS as yet kept Hc would
gather most Of the peas for seed and
would Dlow under all the remainder for
the wheat. No do not SOW clover on
tho land. but follow the wheat again
With peas, and let them die on the land
again as a preparation for cotton Thcu
SOW crimson clover or burr clover (Mcdi-
cago DenticulataD among the cotton. The
burr clover has been found very vIuable
as a winter cover in Anson county on
similar land. aud once sown it will re-
seed the land for the next winter. Keep .
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19

oorhecs suggested that in addition 10
the purely experimental work The -ta-
tions should do some real business like
farming and market gardenirs on a ale
OF sufficient magnitude TO fully Mus
trate how such work should b, don, on
a business-lke scale AMI at a proft
An area devoted to such work could hc
50 managed as not only not to increase
tho expenses Of the State. but 10 actual
~ make it profitable For If not protit-
able and economical its value would hc
entirely lost. In other words the sta
tionS should teach the farmers and gar
deners of their States the most economi-
or market garden a profitable thing
and then get them to come and see for
themselves how it is done ana show
them the books and returns TO prove
the profit OF real practical as we'll as
scientific work in which the results OBJ
tion are applied to the every day max
inc of living out Of the soil. OF course
this means that the station officers shall
be practical farmers and gardeners as
Well as scientific Investigators. ana il
will give the farmers greater confidence
and will disseminate information better
than by the bulletins from little plats.
Object lessons will always teach far
more than books. valuable as the books
NAV be.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
One Acre, One Horse.

A corrcspondent of the Montgomery
Advertiser, who describes himself as
nractical farmer of many years expert
onco gives some instructions in that
Daner for the economical feed of one
working horse. or mule, for six months,
from the product of one acre of grain,
which will probably interest some other
nractica, farmers who have never tried
his rlan. He says:
AN acre Of land put in first-class con-
ditioo at this present time by the plough
and harrow, then ridged up, the ridges
saw two feet apart. if sowed in equal
mixture of wheat rye and barley be-
tween now and the first of September
will. by December l. begin to feed one
mule or horse and continue to feed hin
until June l. six months, without pound
Of fodder and with not exceeding a peek
of corn week. The feed must be GU,
with a sharp knife or sharp hook twice
or thrice every day, and no animal @"
fowl be allowed to make track on the
land. The manure, plenty of 1t, may pc
bedded on when the land is rldged up
Two burrows of a turn plough make the
ridges Keep the ridges we'll up all the
time.
1T takes three bushels of seed to the
acre If you want to be disappointed,
there are various ways in the matt2r.
Don't prepare your land; don't put III
manure; don't have seed enough IN the
ground; let the chickens ard horse StoHE
destroy the crop.
"It is not true that horse and mule
cannot work at any kind of work, OH
race track all day on a limited grain
feed, with abundant green, if the green
ration be of the right kind. mixture
of wheat. rye and barley feed in the stall
three times a day in winter and all tho
spring. as much as the work morse VIII
cat each time with three or four ears or
corn is more nutritious feed ana VIII
keep a horse w to work better than all
the corn and fodder he can eat. One acre
of land, prepared to produce 1ull yleld,
will feed one plough horse SIX months
with a peck of corn a week and no 100
der TO help out, if the farmer has PC
fodder"
There arc other mixtures, OF some OK
the grains mentioned, with some OF me
vetchcS or clovers or grasses, which make
a tremendous forage crop. when drilled
or broadcast late in the fail on property
prepared land as was shown on various
plots in the forage exhibit at the ExpoSi-
ton Grounds in Charleston. The good
features of the Alabama farmers plan
arc, however, that only the 1a1nlllai
grains wheat rye and barley, are used,
and that if sOwcd at once the crop EC-
comes available for feeding by the first
day of December and holds until md
summer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
A MAGNIFICENT BUILDING
To be Erected Corner Of Fayetteville
and Eargett Streets.
sEVEN STORIES HliH, WILL COST Sl25, 900
The Two Thousand Dollars Yet 10 ba Raised
Will b, Quickly Secured and the
Work Will B-gin on the
QtIdip0
Building.

Raleigh is to be the home of the new
and magnificent Masonic Temple.
1t is understood, on what is absolutely
reliable authority, that at the recent
meeting of the Temple Site Committee
in Goldsboro the committee was unani-
nous in its choice of Raleigh for the
Temple, providing a further small sum of
money was raised
This sum of money, it was stated, is
So, 900 and Of this amount the sum total
was further reduced yesterday by ad-
ditional subscriptions. 1t was necessary
to secure the Temple in Raleigh that a
certain amount of second mortgage
bonds be taken here. These amount in
all to $4,000 paying per cent, while
the first mortgage bonds are also 1000.
On the same reliable authority it can
be stated that all the second mortgage
bonds except $4,000 have been placed.
For Raleigh an absolute pledge Of So, 500
was given and it was promised that
strenuous effort to increase the amount
to 5.0G0 would b made. The iGforma-
tion that $4,000 was needed yet from
Raleigh was given yesterday morning,
but at night it stated that subscrip
tions secured during the day had re-
duced the figures.
The site for the Temple has been Sc
cured and it is an ideal location for
the building, being on the corner Of
Fayetteville and Hargett streets, the
present location Of the Raleigh Savings
Bank. 1t also includes the building oc-
joining the bank on Fayetteville street,
and the adjOining stores on East Hargett
street, occupied by Mr.. W. B Mann and
Mr.. Jesse G. Ball The dimensions of
tho property secured is 6015 by S71b feet
The building to be erected will be one
of the finest in the State 1t will cost
$125, 900. and will be seven stories in
height, and will be fitted UP in the most
modern style throughout the entire
structure. The ground floor will have in
it the Raleigh Savings Bank and the
other portions will be made into elegant
stores. In the building there will be
the Masonic Lodge rooms, the grand hall
for the meeting Of the Grand Lodge, and
all the necessary committee rooms
While much has been said about the
inner arrangements of the building that
Will be the handsomest structure in tho
State, vet all of the details are not yet
ready for the public 1t was stated yes
terday on absolutely reliable authority
that there were several things about the
proposed building that would startle the
people of the city when they were an
nounced. It IS understood that the build
ing is to be fitted with splendid stores
ard finely equipped office rooms but the
committee in charge have evidently
something beyond this, and when this
is announced we know the people of
Raleigh and the people who come to
Raleigh, will be delighted.
The selection of Raleigh as the loca
ton for the Masonic Temple is matter
which is most gratifying to our people,
and without any hesitation or delay it is
certain that the few dollars
now needed will be subscribed at once
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
CURING SORGHUM.

l.. j. Dclinger Mt. Holly, y. CT
have three acres of sorghum, planted
for syrup. but have decided to use it as
winter feed for the dairy COWS. Please
give the best method for saving and feed
ing. Have no silo but plenty of barn and
shed room | was thinking of letting it
ripen cut it and let it lie on the ground
n few days to cure and then storing
it in the barn. Or could | cut it in half
inch lengths and pack in the barn.
The editor has grown a great deal of
sorghum, but never for feed. The cX-
perience of those who do grow and use
it for feed shows that the stalks never
and that it keeps as we'll when we'll
shocked outdoors as anywhere. One Of
the largest growers in Kansas writes to
their Agricultural Department that he
cuts as soon as the seeds are we'll in
the dough and shocks as fast as cut, az
tWenty-four hours lying on the ground
causes it to deteriorate greatly, the
stalks getting woody and the leaves
parching OF course it will be all the
better stored under cover, but from what
We have observed, we would store il
there in an upright shape Cutting is
all right when it is to be fed. but unless
you wish to make cnslage of it it viii
fed. We Will be glad to have some fur
ther facts from any Of our readers who
have had experience in curing sorghum.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
Bro. Dickey on Race Problem

Il hopes said Brother Dickey, ''dat
de cullud congress will settle de race
problem fer good en- all; but, lax bal
loon, hits my opinion dat dc race prob
lem hez been all in de elements fer some
time pas, Ell hit never hez knowed dc5
how en- Whar ter light De folks what
live up north sighted it from fur off; but
wen hit landed right in dc midst er dem,
dcy didn't know what ter do wild it, en-
said hit had done lit two hours en- a half
bcfO' hits time, en- de bes' ting hit could
do Wuz ter hist hitsef lin, en- so back
Whar hit come fun! But hits my pri-
Vate opinion dat de cui,ud congress viii
find dat dey amt no race problem Wor
ryin' de bes' people er de cuilud race,
what either owns dey own house, or
works hard enough ter pay house rent
en- satisfy de grocery man. Comm down
ter plain facts, de race problem what's
keepin some er EN- stirred up, is-hOW
desc lazy, trflin' sinners kin keep two
milo ahead er de sheriff on de high road.
OATS all. De res er it is mostly in de
minds er de yankee folks what cont
know nuttin' tall bout dc Niger. en-
amt cot 70 mo- use fer i'm dan what dey
hez fer a snow shovel in de hot middle
er July. Hard work, en- hands off, is de
settlement er de whole business
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
TEACHING BY EXAMPLE.

One of the best ideas brought out at
the recent meeting in Washington Of the
American Association of Farmers IN
stitutc Workers, was that suggested by
DR. Voorhees,, of the New Jersey Station
We have talked and written much on
the same line. There are those who as
sumo that the sole busines of the EN-
pertinent Stations is the work Of inyesti
cation for the discovery OF new facts.
This is all We'll. and should mover be
neglected. But it is often overlooked
that the law ORGANIZING the Stations en-
joins the dissemination Of information
among the farmers. OF course this i
largely done through the bulletins pun
lished and distributed, But a great deal
of information can be derived BY the
farmers visiting the Stations to see what
IS doing there. Many of the expert
ments for investigate do not appeal di
rectly to them. \ farmer comes 20 in"
Station with the notion that it is model
farm and seeing the work being done
he does not grasp the purport of much
of it. and fails to roaliZ" that an Expert
rnent Station. in the very nature OF
things, cannot be model farm. Dr-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
SOMETHING ABOUT TREE AGENTS

SOMETHING ABOUT TREE AGENTS
There seems to be an unusually large
crop of rascally tree agents operating
in the West. 1t is a sad comment on
the general Intelligence of farmers that
these men with their tales of impossible
fruits, trees exempt from blight and all
sorts of impossible things, should reap
a harvest from their nefarious business.
In some cases it is merely the agent who
is a rae seal. while in others ii is the con
Germ which sends him out and furnishes
the equipment for fraud. There are
large and honorable nurseries which
transact a trade through travelling
agents. But the representatives of these
nurseries do not have the wonderful and
unheard of things which are offered by
the frauds. SO when an agent tells you
that he has something superior to any
thing in the hands Of the trade in general
and tells fairy tales about his things
set him down as a fraud. Even those
men who arc honestly representing
houses Of reputation must always sell a
higher prices than the same article can
be had directly from the nurseries by
catalogue We have never dealt With
tree agent, no matter whore he comes
from. If we want nursery products we
write for the catalogues Of RESPONSIBLE
nurseries and deal with them direct. No
one nursery grows everything to the
best. Some have a soil ana climate par
ticularly adapted to the pear, for in
stance, and you can get better pear trees
from these than elsewhere. Others hay
ing the proper location, make speciality
of peaches and other stone fruits and
can supply them in fine specimens at
prices lower than elsewhere. 1t is Well,
then, to get acquainted With the various
nurseries and their speCialticS. Other
things being equal, always deal With
the nursery nearest to you, and thus not
only encourage home enterprise, but get
trees usually in better shape and a less
cost for freight than if brought from
afar. But always be sure the nursery
man is accurate and honorable no mat
ter where he is, and when You have
made your selections insist that these
and nothing else shall be furnished, for
many nurserymen have the habit of put
ing in something else which they con
slider just as good, but which you may
not want at all A Northern nursery
man once sent to a Carolina lady in an
order for greenhouse plants, some Cape
Jessamines in place of some other plants
she had ordered. AS the lady had Cape
Jessamines of tree-like stature growing
in her garden, she naturally felt that
to send her these as greenhouse shrubs
was a fraud. Hence in buying plants
or trees insist on just what you want
and accept nothing else
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19
NOTES OF THE FARM.


tW. T. Massey, in Practical Farmer)
AGRICULTURE IN RURAL SCHOOLS
There has been great deal OF talk
lately in regard to the teaching OF acri-
culture and horticulture in the rural
schools. Doubtless great good could be
accomplished in this way if there We're
teachers qualified for the work But the
so-called normal schools turn out too
many drilled automata and do little in
the real teaching of nature If the
country school teachers could all be
given a short course in agriculture and
horticulture at the State Colleges of
Agriculture, we might after awhile have
men and women prepared TO take up
the work in an elementary way in the
rural schools. But as the short courses
at these colleges mostly come in the
winter months, when the teachers are en-
ployed, there arises a need for summer
schools for this purpose. These might
be made a strong force in the progress
of nature teaching With teachers kr
Unused for the work, there would soon
come some application of what they
have learned, in the planting and beauti-
flying of the school grounds There is
nothing like the actual work in planting
trees and flowers and caring for them to
make children fond of nature and her
products, and there is nothing better
calculated to drive the young people
from the farm than the comfortless and
ugly schools houses and their i'll kept
surroundings. Getting the young people
interested in plant life will then be apt
to draw them to the Farmers Institutes,
and the Institutes will never accomplish
what they should in the education of
the farmer till they catch him young
enough
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-08-19

, ondeth the first chapter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1902-12-11
o(uEER S1oRIE5


1t SIS a notable fact that most Of the
subjects Of King Edward VII. are
Hindoos.
1t has been observed that mans
hair turns gray five years sooner than
woman's.
Copper money In France Is to be
gradually replaced this year by alu-
minum bronze pennies of pale yellow
color.
There are 2,655 counties In the Unit
ed States. Texas has the largest num-
Der, 246, and Delaware the smallest
number, three.
According to official central market
statistics recently issued, eight hun
ired tons of snails were sold in Paris
during the year 1901.
AS a rule, dwarfs live much longer
than giants. The latter usually have
weak constitutions, their blood circu-
lation is sluggish and they have brittle
bones.
The Gulf stream flows at the rate of
about two and a half miles an hour.
Five miles is exceeded in some places,
and the rate varies much with condi-
lions of weather and tide.
NJ. Hamard, the French sculptor. has
lust completed in Paris the model OF
statue of Marshal Rochambeau to be
presented to the city Of Washington as
COMPANION statue of Lafayette. 1t
will be ready to send to the United
States In April.
Cows are scarce in Labrador, be-
cause II Is difficult to keep them In the
extremely cold weather. The natives
procure their milk for the winter and
then kill their cows. The milk Is kept
in barrels, where 1t freezes and never
turns sour throughout the entire sea-
son. When one wishes to use any milk
he has simply to go to the barrel ana
cut out a slice.
Last winter. during a spell or rreez-
inc weather. at a quarry in Aberdeen,
scotland. a large stone weighing six
fans had been drilled for blasting,
when the thought struck the foreman
mot the severe frost might be utilized.
wafer was poured into each OF the
ho,os and II was found after couple
of DAYS that the block OF granite had
broken into pieces.