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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22
The Imperfect Distribution of the
strawber, y Crop OF the Country.
(By O. w. Blacknall, Kittrell, n. O.

(By O. w. Blacknall, Kittrell, n. O.
The value of the strawberry crop OF
the United States is something enormous.
It has been estimated at 500, 900 900 an
nually.
A large part of this is consumed by
the producers Still an immense quantity
is grown for sale and shipped to market
far or near There is much congestion
of the strawberry crop on the great mar
kets Far too large a proportion OF the
crop goes to these markets and too Httle
to the smaller markets. The result IS
in the aggregate an immense loss to the
grower.
This could be avoided by better dis
tribution. The fruit shipping ci2uons
are doing much good in this line. They
keep in daily touch with the chief mar
kets of the country and distribute the
shipments of their members in such a
way that none of these markets shall be
gIutted and none left bare.
Nevertheless this mode effective as it
is within certain limits reaches only
the markets of the comparatively large
places. The numberleSs towns of the
country are supplied at hap hazard if at
ALL Many of these are more or less
adequately supplied by local growers
receive re-shpments of berries from the
large markets. Such fruit is always
more or less stale and scarcely ever in
a condition to promote the sale and use
of the strawberry, which, when ripe and
fresh, is the most delicious and whole
some of fruits.
Of course the growers in the great
strawberry districts where hundreds or
thousands of acres are planted must dis
pose of their product by consignment to
the great markets. But many growers
are not SO situated They are scattered
about through the different States with
various villa ges and towns near at hand.
These villages and towns actually
or potentially large consumers of berries.
The demand either exists or can be
created. 1t will pay berry growers we'll
to cater to this trade and do their ut
most to promote it's growth.
Such markets as these being rarely
glutted prices are almost sure to be bet
ter than the larger markets. Then
freight, commission, and crates are
saved, as grower usually delivers and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22

sells his own berries and gets back
most Of the crates. Another great ad-
vantage of this mode of selling is that
frst-class fruit and frst-class handling
tells much more than on the large
markets where the identity OF ones ship
ment is swallowed UP in the great aggre-
gate of berries from all quarters.
Selling near home. either in person or
by means of an employee, grower can
build up a regular line of customers
which he can hold year after year as long
as he gives satisfaction. Some customers
Will of course, buy from the cheapest
man, but the majority prefer 10 deal
With the most reliable one. People are
fastidfous about their fruit Far more
so than about their bread or meat. Fruit
should please the eye as we'll the
palate The aesthetic element has more
or less to do with its sale. People buy
it largely because it is pretty and fra
grant. Stale fruit that has lost its color
and fragrance has small attraction for
them. They are not only willing to pay
more for ripe. fresh fruit but they con-
sumo more of It. A line of custom built
up for fruit is of course available for
other products at all seasons.
In my time | have seen some notable
instances of what a diligent and indus
triOus man may accomplish in this line.
have known men who failed in general
farming or rather We're conducting it a.
a loss, to gradually devote q part Of
their farm to fruit growing, recover
themselves and make money. Such men
proceeded with judgment, enlarging their
acreage as their experience and knowl-
edge grew
The capacity of even one very fertile.
perfectly cultivated acre, to produce
strawberries is almost incredible. I have
known small, specially favored plants
to bear at the rate of 10000 quarts to
the acre. This, it is hardly necessary to
say, was under very excellent condi-
tions. No such yield could be depended
cultivation. But 5000 quarts to the acre
is easily within the range of the prob
able. man with even one acre of such
berries needs only a fair market to clear
a good deal of money therefrom. Even
ri SC q quart his profit would be large.
But let him not be too eager to make
it all. Let him make it all if he can
but let him proceed about it with wis
dom. Let him expand gradually paying
as he goes and remembering that the
race is not always to the swift but often
sst to the diligent and persistent. A
hare once pitted himself against a tor
toise and got beat. If the records were
more complete would doubtless find
that more hares have been beaten by
tortoiSeS than we ever dreamed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22
Eg TIE NEW STUDENTS BALL.
President McIver Will Prepare For building
at Once.
(SDocial to News and ObSoryor)

Especial to News and Observcr.)
Greensboro, N. c., July 1S.-At a meet
ing of the Executive Committee of the
College, held last night, President Nc
Iver was instructed to proceed at once
to secure material and labor for the
building of the new Students Hall, the
corner stone of which was laid with such
impressive cerembnies at commencement
The building will cost 500 coo and will
not be let by contract, but will be built
under the superintendent If the college
superintendent. Mr.. Gates and the col
lege carpenter Most of the money is
already available, a large portion of it
being contributed by the alumni of the
college.
Miss Annie Lewis of ColdSbOro, daugh-
ter of Gen. w. G. Lewis, and said to be
one of the finest teachers in the State,
has accepted the position of assistant
professor in the Department of English
Literature OF the State Normal and IN
dustrial College. Miss Pittman, OF
Greensboro who has been one of the
main stays of the Greensboro graded
schools has been elected and accepted
the position of supervising teacher.
The County Commissioners have finally
affected a settlement with ex-Sheriff
Gilmcr, having been busy at the books
for three days of this week. 1t develop
ed when the final balance column was
struck, that the county owed the sheriff
$1,19347
The remains of Joseph Turner, the
young man who was run over and killed
by the train last Tuesday, and whose
identity was unknown until he died We'd
nesday, were conveyed to Elon college for
burial this morning.
Chief of Police Scott received a mes
sage from Norfolk this morning notify
ing him of the arrest there for vagrancy
of a young man named Raymond Rig
gans. He is a son of good farmer and
citizen near here who got tired of the
humdrum farm life and left ten days
ago and was seeking work. 1t is now
thought that when Raymond gets back,
he will stick to Guilford county grit.
Solicitor Brooks who has been here
during the past three days was summoned
to the bedside of his sick wife at Reds
VILE, this morning, and left on the hrst
train, accompanied by his father, DR.. 4.
I. Brooks, of Durham.
Mrs. Andrew Joyner received tele-
gram today conveying the intelligence
of the death of her father. Mr.. Archie
Braswell. of Whitakers. Mr.. Braswell
was 81 years old He was a remarkable
man, for years one of the largest cotton
planters in Edgecombe county, of fine
business capacity, and was honored and
respected for his sterling integrity, kind
heart and whole-souled hospitality.
His home for fifty years has been a
liberty hail. and his sons and daugh-
ters arise and bless his memory, even
in their grief.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22
THE CREAM OF THE BULLETINS

The Pennsylvania State College AGil-
cultural Experiment State, State CoileSe'
Pa. Bulletin No. 56. Methods OF DAIRY
Feeding. BY Harry Hayward
The bulletin opens with the statement
that on many dairy farms the lapor
question has become problem 50 SER
ous as to materially Interfere Win th's
nartirularly renunerative branch OF dSll-
-c,;lture even causing many to go OUT ol
tho business. The Pennsylvania Statloh
has made trials in feeding peel amman .
which showed that q great deal OF Iapol
can be saved and good, II hot oc''ei' ;
results had in gains, if the catll@ arc ecu
loose IN large pens with constant sup
NV of water The pen needed cleaning
hut once a month or siN weeks. anu lhe
cattle themselves not at all, ~
labor was thus reduced to 1ecdlne anu
holding. and, in a barn properly dl
RANGED one man could care TOT d lalte
r,,mber of animals at minimum cost
IN tho winter of 1aO0-1901 an experiment
y,ac carried on in order to deterHlihe
,.,,otber or not this method could pc sp-
n1ied TO dairy cattle, and also, TO ueler-
,,,ino the effect of having water toh-
etant,y before milking COWS 'hdI "el'
tod III stalls. The results falled TO snow
that ,hnre is any advantage IN having
,otar constantly before the COWS III 'he
.4ah,o Cows that were turned in the
,erd for water once a day, maae rs geo"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22
Killed by Lightning.
Especial 20 News and Observer !

Especial % News and Ob@crvorD
Scotland Neck, y 6, July 1S.-Han
has done some damage in this county
recently It Is dry in this immediate
community, hut there have been good
rains in sev raj parts Of the county.
TWO colorod people and mule wore.
killed By lightning near Tllery this
week.
Contracts have been made for the
erection OF four new brick stores on
Main street, and the work OF tearing
away old buildings for the new ones has
commenced.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22
ENORMOUS TEXAS CROP.

Unfortunately for the complete success
of the movement throughout the entire
season, an enormous crop was that year
harvested in Texas, and the farmers there
being unorganized and unfamiliar with
the true state of affairs and the value
of their STAPLE. began to rapidly market
their cotton in the fact of falling prices.
Texas gave the buyers the necessary
leverage to break the market and with
the enormous crop the producers of that
State were harvesting it rendered the
farmers east OF the Mississippi powerIess
to hold up prices, as enough cotton was
secured al Texas ports and New Orleans
to keep all the spindles in the world
moving for three months independent Of
cotton from any other section.
The overwhelming success of the move
ment in the early season. when cotton
was forced UP to a price beyond the
most sanguine imagination of the pro-
ducers created an enthusiasm and faith
in the price of the staple that caused
many to hold their cotton for higher
prices even when II cents per pound was
offered for the staple
Merchants especially saw what they
conceived to be q big chance for specula-
tion, paying 10 and II cents for cotton
and hoping the price would advance to
- and 13 cents. The price went off rs
a result Df the Texas rush during the
month of November and all who con-
tinued TO hold for the higher prices above
10 cents were forced later to part with
their holdings at sacrifice
Local merchants were harder hit than
anybody else. as 90 per cent OF the pro
ducers sold their cotton promptly under
the advice Of the association after the
staple had reached remunerative prices
The statistics and estimates on the size
and condition of the crop were proven
true and it was admitted by the mills
that 10 cents per pound for the staple
not excessive.
Notwithstanding the break in prices
caused by the rush of the staple on the
market in the Southwest the crop har-
vested in 1900, although not a large
crop, netted many millions more to the
producers than any crop ever before or
since grown in the South and an un-
usual era Of prosperity was developed.
ORGANIZATION N TEXAS
Last summer the organization secured
its first foothold in Texas and much
good work was done perfecting sub
branches Of the State association in
many of the best cotton growing coun-
ties in that State. For some reason
however, the producers east of the Mis-
sissippi seemed to be satisfied with the
successful effort they made in 1900 and
apparently decided to let the buyers
have their way again in forcing down
prices to the cost OF production. The
local branches in the different counties
failed to respond to the efforts, of Colo
mel W. A. Broughton, who was elected
last August as the head of the Georgia
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22

During the summer OF 1000 active AMI
effective efforts We're made in the inter
ests OF organizing Southern cotton rro-
ducers. Local branches OF the Georgia
Cotton Growers Protective Association
were perfected in about sixty counties
in tho State With an enthusiastic mem-
bership Of several thousand progressive.
prominent farmers who were sincere In
making an earnest effort TO make tho
organization q success. The movement
which had the endorsement and co-opera-
tion OF bankers. merchants and ware
housemen. as we'll as farmers rapidly
spread that year over all the states east
of the Mississippi river.
When the movement in the interest OF
organization for the purpose OF advancing
the price Of cotton 10 10 cents per pound
was started in June Of 1900 cotton was
then selling for cents per pound and
the buyers and spinners OF the staple
publicly stated that the crop to hc
harvested that fall should not sell for
moro than : cents per pound for mid
ding grades, Notwithstanding the then
strenuous efforts being made by the pro-
ducers to advance the price to a higher
and more fair and Legitimate basis. As
president of the organization I received
belt and sent out thousands Of circular
reports each month. giving the statisti-
cal condition of the crop covering the
entire cotton belt. and advised strongly
the holding of the crop at the opening
of the marketing season until the price
of 10 cents per pound was offered and
paid by the buyers. The entire program
worked out successfully and never be-
w 10 affan Of : ;.,,
among the producers moro fully exempli-
fed. The staple could not be purchased
at the prices offered at the opening of
the season
Cotton was ginncd and either stored
on the farm or in warehouses, the banks
freely advancing - per cent of the value
of each bale stored at all interior points
The spinners were running short of sup
plies and contracts made by exporters
and spectators for September delivery
had to be filled. The price of cotton adj
vanced, notwithstanding the strenuous
protests Of the buyers under the dogged
determination of the producers not to
sell until early in September 10 cents
was freely bid on all cotton offered for
sale and the fight was whipped IT is
welle established history that exporters
could not buy cotton east of the Missis-
sppi, where the organization and CO.
operation of the producers was made eff
fective that season for less than ~
popular price asked and they sent their
buyers to New Orleans Galveston and
Houston to get their supplies with the
hope that in retiring from the markets
in the old States they could break prices
and get what they wanted in the South
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22

What a woman likes to have you say
about her new dress the first time you
see her in it is for you to go right up
and kiss her as if you liked it so much
you couldn't express 1t any other way
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-22

Rev. Len G.. Broughton. Of Atlanta.
writes that circumstances that he could
not control will prevent his preaching
at Fuquay Springs next Sunday, the 9th,
he expected to do
The sun., 1902-12-21

Sunday concerts are announced at the
New York Theatre. the Circle. the Ameri-
can, the Grand Opera House. the Third Ave-
nue., the Dewey. the New Star, the West
End. the Metropolis, the Harlem Opera
House and Hurtig a Seamons.
The sun., 1902-12-21

rowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all
machinery" So does this unique contri-
button to a northumberland domain
In the art of panoforte study.
JAMES HUNEKER.
The sun., 1902-12-21

favor at the Academy Of Music. Sou
venirs for its i26th performance are being
prepared.
up York State q rural drama, will be
at the Fourteenth Street Theatre till after
New Years. David Higgins and Georgia
Waldron are It's joint stars. II is an excel
lent play and wac very successful at this
house last year.
Are Youa Msson?- goes to the Metropolis
Theatre this week. It'ss merry farce.
'Superba- comes to the New Star In new
form. II takes in the coronation Of King
Edward. The Milburn Beaux- Bellies. eight
beautiful dancers. are among the vaude-
vile specialties. Scenically aSuperba' is
more elaborate than ever.
Hurtig a Seamon offer at their music hall
Al Leech and the Three Rosebuds in The
Teacher and His Pupils Lewis Simons and
Grace Gardner in THE New Coachman.
Delmore and Lee. gymnasts. Lew Hawkins
In monologue. James Aldrich Mbbey and
Katherine Ira yer. vocalists, and other enter
tainers.
Santa Cla,ls's visit and other Christmas
scenes are shown at the Eden Musee this
week. One OF them is a sixteenth century
Christmas.
Wallace the lion will play return en-
"a cement at Huber's Museum this week.
Among his associates will be Moth Miller.
the horse with the gold tooth, and Signor
Franko, the human ostrich. The Wonder
full Man will be played in the theatre.
Some Of the theatres will omit the Wednes-
day matinee this week. Others will give
matinees on both Wednesday and Christ
mas Day.
Sousa's band will give its last concert
before going abroad at the Casino tonight.
New York Theatre. the Circle. the Ameri-
can. the Grand Opera House, the Third Ave
nue., the Dewey. the New Star, the West
End, the Metropolis, the Harlem Opera
House and Hurtig d Seamon's.
Burlesque at the Dewey this week.
The brooklyn Theatres.
William Gillette will play Sherlock
Holmes at the Montauk Theatre this week.
Robert Emmett at the Amphion.
Michael Strogoh" AT Corse Paytons.
"A Prince Of Tatters at the Grand Opera
House.
The Little Mother" at the Park.
As You Like It at the Columbia.
Slaves Of Russia at the Gotham.
a Lady Of Quality" at the ijou
a Fight for Millions' at the Folly.
The Power Of the Cross at Blaney's.
Vaudeville At Hyde 4 Behmans.
Burlesque At the Gayety.
Vaudeville At the Orpheum.
Concerts tonight at Hyde 4 Behman's.
the Orpheum, the Columbia and the Gayety.
The sun., 1902-12-21

"A Country Girl will leave Days for q
while at the close Of this week and will
p succeeded by jerome Sykes in the Bill
bonaire: Mr.. Norris has returned to the
east Of "A Country Girl
The sun., 1902-12-21
Mr.. JOsEFFY.s EXERCISES.

Concerts tonight at Hyde 4 Behman's.
he Orpheum, the Columbia and the Gayety.
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ItnIy's Marriage Brokers.

Marriage brokers are regular lnsu-
tuition in Italy In Genoa there are sew
eral marriage brokers who have pock-
etbooks filed with the names OF the
marriageable girls Of the different
classes, with notes of their figures, per-
sonal attractions, fortune and other cir
cumstances. These brokers go about
endeavoring to arrange matrimonial al
liances in the same olfhand mercantile
manner which they would bring to
bear upon purely business transac'
ton. and when they succeed they get a
commission Of or 3 per cent upon the
dowry. with such extras of bonuses as
may be voluntarily bestowed by the
party.
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SOME METALS.

Iridium. worth more than $3.50
mound. is the hardest metal known ana
is used to tip gold pens.
Lithlum, worth more than $l,lOo
pound. Is used only in medicine, 'ts
salts being valuable in rheumatic al
fections.
Tungsten. worth 90 cents pound, Ia
largely used in matallurgy and gives
to steel qualities similar to those I'M
parted by molybdenum.
Molybdenum. worth $1.44 a pound, is
used in metalurgy. Molybdenum steel
nossesses the rare quality Of preserv-
ing its hardness even when heated 10
redness.
Selenium. which has the curious prop
erty Of losing its resistance to the cleo
tric current under the influence or
light. Is used In the telelectroscope ana
is worth go pound.
Uranium. worth $50 a pound, Is USED
in the glass and porcelain Industries.
II has been found that uranium car
bide is superior to nickel or tungsten
I'm the manufacture Of high grade steel
Palladium, which has the smallest
coefficient of dllatation, Is used for tho
mounting Of astronomical instruments.
The standard meter Of France Is MADE
of palladium. The pure metal costs
S4.S2 a pound.
| Vanadium oxidizes in air with great
difficulty. melts at 1000 degrees and
becomes redhot In hydrogen. Neither
hydrochloric acid ncy nitric acid at
taclls 1t. 1t costs 1892 pound and is
used in coloring glass and in making
indelible inks.
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A e se of "Quits."

Clerical Customer (arousing himselI
from a nap In a BARRIERS chair)-Ail
through, eh?
Rorber-Yes, sir; quite some time
ago. ,
Clerical Customer-Indeed! Then l
must have been indulging In a quiet
nap.
Barber-You surely have, sir.
Clerical Customer-It was certainly
very kind Of you not to awaken me-
The rest has done me good. and am
very thankful to you for whar was
really a very refreshing sleep.
Barber-Don't mention it. sir. lrs
only a fair return. attended service
at your church last Sunday.-Boston
Courier.
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rrv,nr M n Upper.

Sir Henry Twins prodigahty to-
ward servants was we'll illustrated
some years ago when he was at BUN
Point Lake Champlain. He gave the
driver Of the break which daily ran TO
An Sable Chasm $50 in two weeks and
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rest of the guests.