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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
NOTES OF THE FARM.
By w. F. Massey in Practical Farmer.

Now that the papers are full OF the do
incs Of q little crowd of rich people at
%rwrort. who seem 10 have more money
than they know what to do with. and
are irving all sorts of schemes for spend
ing it. we do not know that it matters
much to the farmers or the people in
General how they spend it so that they
do spend ii, for their spending keeps the
money in circulation among those who
really need it, and a spend thrift rich
man is thus of more use TO the COM
,fIunftv than to himself and vastly more
,sa than the man who boards his wealth
IF is fortunate that the wealthy cannot
Give great entertainments either to noble
men from abroad monkeys at home
without putting money into the hands of
those who need it and are working for
if 1t has been said that blessed is the
country where the rich are extrayagane
and the poor economical France shoul-
ocrnd an enormous war debt because her
poor were economical and had savings
10 invest while her rich scatter their
means freely. The real aristocat of this
country the man who owns his farm and
owes no man. can We'll afford to laugl.
st the antics of people who have nothing
10 do but spend money in the vain pur-
suit Of happiness, which rarely comes to
m0rtaIs in this way. The happy man
is usually the one who feels that he is
doing something to make the world bet
,ur or visor or better fed: who eniovs
rest because he gets tired in real work.
II. has no need for contriving unusual
things to kill time" since his time is
SO Vol filled with useful labor that he
has none left TO kill. The world may
have moro money through the scattering
of the idle rich, but the world is really
nc better for their lives. While it is bet
ter for the work of those who make the
soI more productive or those who helu
their follow men to do this.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
CON POST EOR N-liE, ".

G.. l.. l.. Salisbury, \. C.-"l have
some 40 bushels Of Icn droppings and
dirt together. What chemicals should
he purchased. and in what proportion 50
as to make it a good wheat fcrtilizcr?'
We do not know. Could not possibly
know. the composition Of the hen manure
and dirt combined without chemical
ANALYSIS Hence cannot say what you
should add to it to make good wheat
fertilizer. Then, too, any ferullZng mix
ture viii depend for It's value on the
reeds of the land to which it is TO be ap-
piled. We do not know what your so,i
particularly needs, ana no one but you
can find out this. for it is only 10 be
asccrtained by experimenting on the soil
itself There are thousands Of farmers
every year buying fertilizers by the branl
name without ever trying to frd out
! whether they are buying what they 90 not
need to buy or not, and thousands are
wasting money buying what they need nc:
/ buy. We cannot say what your land pa
! ticularly needs since YOU have given no
! statement as to what its present condition
| or prcvi0us treatment has been. and tac
/ previous treatment of the land fa0 a
great bearing on the fertilizer TO be uScd.
! II YOU are putting wheat on q We'll pre-
nared 2ca stubblc on red clay soil and
Na'N'A
| use othing on the wheat bus liberia
| apnlication Of acid phosphate. II on gray
| soil we would add 200 pounds of murlato
OF potash to 500 pounds Of the acc
rnosphatc to make ton. and would use
200 TO 100 pounds per acre in either cas-"
If there has been nothing of l'gumnous
nature grown Cn tho land it VIII be pet
ter q use 4 complete fCrtillzCr,or one cor
tanning a due percentage or nitrogen
Drosphoric acid and potash, ana "ha'
arc known in your State &s tn" ), : :
goCds will answer well If applied ilr'f-
3llv. Then after you have prepared IN
soil as we'll possible ana nave SoWi
tho wheat. scatter the hen manure an
dirI over the surface as far as \ WI
fGo. You could not III any event make
fertilizer with it that YOU could dfiil- T.
will do as much. or more, good u5cu -
| lye suggest IS IT would made INTO mlA'
, tlirc with chemicals. and You can 9p'S"'
i on the thinner parts Of ihc SOIL lAc'
!. | III writing to the paper always SlSh %oa'
ramc IN full. and we wilt not uSH ll !
YOU so desire but in common conr'SS.
ono who socks information from anoth'
@hoJlt sign his nam" 10 the !ct'fr.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
STRIKE 4 BALANCE.

Now hat the crops OF the season have
t.en harvested is q good time for the
farmer who keeps books to strike a bal
auce with the year and sec where he ia
Know ing the results Of the seasons Worh
one viii be better prepared to plan for
The coming year. Study the reasons 70,
the successes or failures of the SEASON
and try to increase the one and avoid
Inc other ii the failure was the result
of anything which you could have pre-
vented by more timely or better prepare
tiou Of the soil or planting. There is
oo.hing like taking time by the fOrelocl
and being prepared for tho active season
when it comes. The season for homo
s.a6~ viii soon he mere, and the inteli-
gent farmer of today values the winter
i"i1T' largely for She opportunity il
-jvr9 hm for studying his profession and
lnnrCvIng on mis- practice. The man VINO
n'-3ncts to study. who reads no books
ana takes no farm papers Will in these
oaTs Of strenuous life in every line be
LIFT 10y the procession. Plan now for the
winter study as you would plan for the
.emr.er work and the winter study viii
help YOU in planning for the summer
hon when the institutes come arount
1o not say that you know all about farm
.nc and have nothing to learn AT ih'
meetings. for none of us know all abou
il yet. and probably never will learn /
all. But We must use every means To-
lntrovemcnt if We would keep ED Will
The procession and grow crops as intelli
cuJIv and as economically 2s our neigh
boEs who do study.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

AGE OF OF X PUBLIC ROADS
Under the above heading each week viii
bc included in this paper some practical
Information for our road supervisors and
cyerscers. ana for our tanners and Others
who arc interested in betteTing the con-
dition Of the roadways in the countIca cf
North Carolina. From recent puhiina-
ticn Of the I. : Office Of Road Inquiries
We take the following.
Surface Drainagc.-Whcr" tho road .
constructed on a grade or nilI .no slope
from the centre TO thc sides should hc
slightly sleeper than that on the level
road. The best cross section tcr roads
on grades is the one made up from TWO
plane surfaces sloping uniformly from tne
center to tho sides. This IS Gorc 50 az
to avoid tho danger of oycrturniEg near
tic side ditcnc5 which would necessarily
be Increased If thc clIptic@l form wore
used The slope from tho center 10 tho
| sides must bc steep enough 70 lead thg
water int othe side ditencs instead cl
| allowing il TO run down The middle %:
tho road Eycgy wheel track on au ia-
clined roadway becomes channe. foi
i carrying down tho Wator, ana rnies tnc
curvature is sufficient these tracks are
qnickty decpcncd into watcr coHF 5os
uhich cnt into ana sometimes destroy
the best improved road
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

We take tho folloaiEC from recent
issue OF a prominent California paper
Throughout tho cntIre stat" of cali
fornia attention is being directed - iaa
Improvement oE county road. IN many
Of the counties active work has been done
n this direction and Ia Others plans are
being made with thc sara" "nd in view
Outlying communities ara rralizia1 ~
never before hat good roads ~ noa
only convenience bur actually r"Prn ~
solid oa7h in lhc conduct Of the woTe
Oh tho ranc! aGd the farm. and IN get
ting. produce to the market 1ia .asEt,
cf tHis artivity oil the part Of COUNT
supervisors is demand for crude OIL
with which to treat the aaadF roads ~
tEN State
Tho latest county to fall irfo limo i
(, anislau. ana inc supervisors - .hat
county have determined t. make = prnf-
teal demonstration oi the utility u rrn'o
oil III road making on . stretch Of high
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

TIE ADEISABILTTY OF SELLING HAY
Seeing a bale Of shredded fodder at q
feed store. we asked the proprietor what
Jho retail price was He replied: SIXTY
cents = bale" As the bale weighed less
fe2n 100 pounds. this was more than Alz
per ton. Even at this price ii IS 1iAf p"'-
Ter for the towns people, who Keep cows
10 buy than. the timothy hay they pay
<-o ton for. The dealer remarked that
b" thought the farmer who is ballng ana
aclljng the stover ought to have cattle
enough 10 eat it all. This Is true 100, III
81 great ma iority of cases. But here was
farmer within hauling distance OF {.
city, whore he can sell corn stoVer lor
si- - ton and buy stable manure Tor q
collar a ton. and the ton OF StaDl" ma =
hurc Is worth more to his farm th3n the
ION Of stover can possibly be. AS rule
IL does not pay to sell forage that can oe
feel on the place, but everyone must con
slider his own conditions. If we were
farming where We could trade one ton OF
corn stoynr for twelve tons OF stable
manure. the stoycr would certainly 20
OF he farm and the manure come On tc
t"ly - raise bigger crop OF stoTef
to sell at tho Same price and to better in
crease tho capacity of our soil i"r the
money rrOr than through the purchase OF
fertilizers or the feeding OF the StoF"t
BHt whore one could do this th"rc thou-
sands who would lose money IN Stlllhs
iorag" OF any kind instead OF SeItlhs l''
3'odng value before making manure ol
ii. 1ne Nisc farmer studies all these coE-
diIons, and cndeavors TO take the mos
profitable course for himself and his soil
ID" greater danger is that th" FARMER
VIII consider bird in the mana "orti
NO in tho bush. and viii put the money
'"r thc forage into MS pocket ana lP
'h" farm do without the manure. iiHHc'
th" almost universal advice not to SCI
haF or r0ughness Cf amy kind. but lc"'
III on The farm. and this advice II ee'
family wiser than ever while the piodncl
~ tn" f"cdinr barn and tn" DAIRY com
maud the prices they do now.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

Sweet and irish potatoes should be
dug before the frost has cUt Gown the
tops. IN diggings these crops be care
fGI not to damage the tubers more than
possible, and do not leave them in the
hot slin after digging longer than neGes;-
sarv just to dry off the damp soil. In
this issue w give information as to the
storing of sweet potatoes. which require
more care to save them in winter than
irish potatoes. Irish potatoes. after be
ing dug, should be put up in pics OF
about fifty bushels, and be covered With
straw sufficient to keep out frost, and
a few boards to shed tho rain, and b@
allowed to remain there until they have
passed through the sweat. They may
he allowed to lie in the barn or under 4
shed. if more convenient. After tho sweat
is Over sort the tllbcrs carefully end
tax" out al! damaged ones and put tho
rest into pics or kilns and cover with
straw ana two or three inches of soil
and they Will keep all winter.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

Tho blowing and fitting Of the land Tor
the wheat and winter oat crops should
Dc pushed forward as fast as possible.
In our last two issues we wrote fully
on this subject and refer readers to
What We then said. Both crops should
be sown as soon as the land can be got
into scod condition, but the importance
OF fine we'll prepared seed bed is 50
great in the influence upon the Xtetd,
that it is better to seed q little late
rathc- than to seed on a POO"lN pre-
pared bed. Emo preparation Of the soil
is nf greater influence than heavy
dressing of manure or fertilizer. It
should always be borne in mind that
all the cultivation that can be given
either of these crops. except II may pc
a narrowing of the crop IN the spring
which, though often omitted, IS get o.
great use in helping the crop, must hf
given before the crop is seeded: fehct
the great importance Of leaving noth-
ing undCnc that can conduce TO liael\
brok, il surface soil and a compact sub
soil Piow deep, harrow. and roll lre-
qllcntly Much good has been found u
result in the West from the practice ="
subs,,rfacc packing. This is practically
| a rcyersion 10 a practice that has bco1
IN use in England ever since we can rceoi
| lcct. The roller used for tic purpose
! in Encland is ono made with two t7rS'
wheels having tic rolling surface mad
| Y shaped, The point of the being lei
| about one inch broad. These two Wh'et
are set on an axle 50 as to run one 81
/ each side Of the furroW thrown by til
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

II is but natural that the hoat"li'i9
~chool girl would rather board thah Keep
house after she is married.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

Let the corn crop be cut up at the
roots and be set up III shocks 10 cure
DO not waste half the crop YOU r.Nc
latored to produce by leaving the stalks
in the field. YOU would laugh at tire
idea Of leaving your timothy in the ficld
and only saving the seed. and yet corn
fodder is lust about as valuable for feed
as timothy hay. in this issue viii De
found report Of an experiment made in
feeding corn fodder as compared with
timothy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

TIE following interesting lrl,yt gives
some information of value upon ,e aal
subject
NcN Born y. 81. >rlt - 1a-
Dear Sir. ! am pleased - report t. .t
the epcrimcnt or building roals by tae
mixture or sand ana cIay has proven y,fl
successful in this county tCTaveui ana
the results are highly @austaetora FIN,
weeks ago We commenced work wafn ,nis
method and W now have tNo mll., 81
road graded 10 uniform width. thor
oughly ditched. With lead ditoncs - taee
on al the water from the roal. Wo
realize that this matter OF dr,uuar Is
one OF the most essential f,a,ures y road
building
\ mile and quarter Of tha road has
hecn olayed TO a depth OF T. inches. Win
good clay Cthis was formerly q sand road
and TWO OF three inches Of sand spr,ea
over the clay For sometime rhg travel
cut and rutted the road and mad a very
rough surface. but il is nos packing anl
becoming hard and requires very htt!.
attention smoothing UP anu placing more
sand whore needed. The first haf mtl-
laid is now a good, hard substantial
road Il produces q feeling very much
like macadam road in riding over T.
The cost OF tins piece OF road IS much
greater than ii otherwise ~Would be on
account OF the distance VIC we're com
/ relled TO haul the claw in fact the cost
OF hauling the clay was fully eighty per
cent Of the entire cost Of building the
4 road
/ About 5000 ror mile IS TIC total COS; OF
! building this road but Other roads in
The county, nearer the supply Of clay,
can be just as satisfactorily built for
$50 to 5000 per mile.
We arc very much pleased with tho
sard-clav process and are extending tho
work as fast as is possible under the
! circumstances.
Yours truly.
WILLIAM UtNN.
In almost any of the eastern or middle
counties Of North Carolina. where a gool
| supply Of clay is obtainabie, the cost o.
building these aand-clay roads should no
exceed $3.50 to $50 per mil', and whe.
We consider their wearing and laatns
qualities go to = ycars). it will he cas-!
TO recognize their great economy to on
people
The best way that money can make n,
mare go is to fix the road 80 she cas-
traycl faster.
Take good care Of your horse aad yahi
olc and they viii take good care OF YOU
4 liquid road doesn't drown the travel
, ler's sorrows
The host time TO fix road is vacncy
it needs It.
The worth of y farm dpncnds On tb
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

Sugar bCcts and mapGOld WurtEci bact5
should be pulled and the tops hc cut cii
before frost has touched them Aftcr
being frozen they never keep. tut th"m
III in pies or lilns after they have dried
q few hours. and cover with straw and a
few inches of soil and thay VIII keep ali
winter. II IS better not TO put the soiI
on until after they have been plea q
few weeks so that excessive moisture
SHALL have dried out.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

Cut ard cure ali FORAGE crops as ca.ly
in the month as possible. Their succu-
lent nature makes them slow and diff
fiCult to cure if the cutting is too long
delayed. The power Of the sun is ~.
fast waning and the dews at night are
heavy; curing, therefore. will require
constant attention. Sorghum and corn
fodder should be cut and set up in small
shocks. Cow peas ana Sofa beans should
be cut and allowed 10 lie broadcast for
a few hours and then be put into small
cocks. These. after standing day or
two. according to the weather, should
be then broken out and exposed TO the
sun and wind for a few hours, and then
be put uD into larger cocks to cure out.
The value of these tvo crops as a sub
stitute for bran or other protein feed
is SO great that they are worth mucn
labor to save.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

The cutting of tobacco sbo,!id be has
tened as much as possible as frost may
Bow II" expected al any tine.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

itut8 bagas and tu:nips should be al
lowed to continue their growth until
tho lajtc~ part Of November They VIII
gain much size and wojght during this
and the following month
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

Continued on Second Page)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

The sowing of Crimson clover, Sand
vetch and English vetch, should be con-
tnued as advised in our last month $
issue. Although it is now getting late
to seed Crimson clover, YET if the fa3l
is an open one, it may set make gooh
stand if seeded before the middle of the
month. Sow with 4 mixture of wheat and
oats or rye or all three grains, 10
pounds of Crimson clover and q bushol
Of the mixed grain per acre. Netchcs
may be seeded all the month. and Eng
lieh Netch into November. Sow these
also With tne mixed grain, but do not
SOW more than three -fourths of a bushcl
of grain per acre with . or 80 pounds
of Vetch seed
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07
E\yyW[R2[M OF U[H][E MON UG]:


ploW 30 as TO pack the seam between
each furrow y third wheel is set on
the other end OF The axle to run on the
unplowcd land. This roller follows the
plow. waiting to start until three fur
rows have been turned. Its use has been
found of great benefit especially when
ploWing sod land for wheat The close
packing OF the seams of the furrow pre-
vents seed from getting down under the
furroW, where ii rarely terminates or
grows. and thus leads 10 thin growth
rollers can be had from Western implc-
ment dealers but we have not seen
them advertised in the East We have
used the English form Of roller. and can
speak fayorably of it. IN its absence,
the corrugated iron roller advertised liz
our columns by a Charlottesville firm.
which is practically the same the
roller known in England Cambridge
roller, can be usefully substituted. 1t
has a corrugated surface the whole
width of the roller and will pack the
soil we'll: after which. the surface should
be finely narrowed Wheat never grows
Well with loose subsol. Do not seed
until after we have had a sharp frost
or TWO to kill the flies. In some sections
these have been troublesome again this
year and in these places wheat should
not be soWn until after the flies have
/ been trapped on a strip of wheat seeded
j early and then plowcd down, thus de
stroying the eggs and pupa.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

The best way that money can make tho
marc go is to fix the road 50 sha can
travel faster.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-10-07

The worth of farm depends On ;he
KIND Of roads connecting it WiJh the
market.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-30
N.rspnper Men IN business.

The old idea that the newspaper man II
united for business is not confirmed BY
the facts. There are a large number Of
former newspaper men now holding high
nositions in Wall street. Among them ii,
Iosenh c. Hendrix. president of the BanI
~ Sommerce. who was formerly a report.
az on the Sun. JSmes b. Din, the corpor.
stion LAWYER. who holds the record fol
the organization of new companies, was
a reporter on the Tribune. Daniel 8
lamont. vice president of the Northern
pacIdc railroad, was In the newspaper
business before he became Grover Cleve
la ndis secretary. Vice President Wander
10 Of the National City was a few year,
~ = financial editor Of the Chicago Trio.
,,5e q A, Conant, treasurer OF the Nor
tnn Trust company was a year age
W. ellington correspondent OF the Journa
~ m G. S. Gleed. one Of the df
racfors of the Atchison system, a news
nonsr raining Col. George Harvey, for
papJyv managing editor of the World. and
nnr head of Harper's, has been closely
iS.ntined with a number OF Mr.. Whitney,
hnainsss enterprises. w. r. Corwine
Sorrn.rlv OF the World, Is trust officer o.:
Ne eastern Trust company. Mr.. Steiner
IL ~ ths largest custom house brokers
Uae nnce connected with the Herald
St,meynus other instances might be givef
-, newspaper men who have made a u
Va In business. The late Henry Villart
.arIy In his career a Washington cor.
rnsnondent-New York Letter to the Phil
adelphia Ledger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-30
nc Teacher was quick.

Chicago once had as its superintenf-
ent of city schools a bachelor named
Rowland, whose gruffness OF manner
and love of neatness were proyerbial.
Going into the room of asyonng and at
tractive teacher one day, Mr., Rowland
took notice of an untidy desk and a
carelessly-arrangeds book shelf, and,
pointing his finger at them, queried,
brusquely:
What kind of a housekeeper do You
think you would make?"
why, Mr.. Rowland, are You looking
for one?"e was the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
cal reply.-New York Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-30
Helped Everybody.

Gainesville, Tex, Oct. 27thy-Mrs. l..
Z. Burton, formerly of Eureka, Kan
sas, has been at 507 Gladstone street,
this city, for some time. While here
Mrs. Burton has been the means of
doing much good by introducing to her
sick friends a remedy which it seems
is very popular in Kansas, but which
has not been very much heard of in
this neighborhood. 1t is called Dodd's
Kidney Pills, and i'm every case where
it has been used IT has produced won
derful results.
Mrs. Burton has good reason to
speak well of Dodd's Kidney Pills, for
they have done much for her and her
family. She says: 81 must tell ey-
erybody what Dodd's Kidney Pills
have done for me and for as many of
my friends as have Used them.
81 had a very bad case of kidney
trouble, for which | had been doctor
ing for a long time without benefit.
saw Dodd's Kidney Pills recommend
ed. l tried them and was completely
cured. My mother and my brother
were i'll, and they took them and were
soon well again.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills have done
much for u.s."
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-10-30
No Need for Money.

Standing at the corner OF Thirty
sixth street and Broadway one warm
evening was a stolidlooking man. He
was gazing intently at the windows of
the rec ~ently-opened branch of the
Eestern Trust company. After lock.
ing over the large letters, he spoke
right up--unconscious of the fact that
he had a DEMONSTRATING from the
lettered windows:
Capital, 81, 200, 900; surplus, ST.
0o0,000;- interest allowed on deposits.
Sure, and what do they want deposits
fer, with all that money?"-New York
Times.