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New-York tribune., 1903-02-04
INTO MAKING CHARGE

In the examination OF ratrolman Jacob bl
Young in the Morrisania Court yesterday. Mrs
La Viness who accused the policeman of ill-treat-
ing her little daughter in Bronx Park, said she
had been frightened into making charge against
Young Inspector Cross told her. she said. that
IL she did not make the complaint her child would
be taken away from her. The hearing ad-
journed. Young is to be tried charges before
the Police Commissioner.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-04
MExIcANs REPORTED TRAPPED.

Tucson. Ariz.. Feb. S.--According to advices re-
ceived here the 18th Battalion of Mexican Regulars
which pursuing the Yaquis. after defeating
them in fight at San Msrcial. was caught in a
trap. second band of Indians. of whose exist
ence the soldiers knew nothing, cut off their re-
treat. There were five hundred In the battaI-
ion. and in the hght that followed. If the report
OF the survivors who reached San Marcial is true,
number of soldiers killed. The reports how
ever, believed to he xaggera ted.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-04
MILITARY HoNoRs FOR RE1GHToN.
Victim of Westfeld Wreck, Buried at Plain
field. Was Member of Company K

Plajnfeid Feb. 3.-The funeral Of j. Everett
Felehton. the last victim Of the Westhela wreck
20 die was held this afternoon. Services were held
81 Nj Reighton's home in Park-ave. and at the
Trinity Reformed Church Company K OF which
f1e was q member acted escort and at Hill
side Cemetery full military honors, with Vcey and
Tspe were given The services were conducted by
he Rev Cornelius Schenck.
All of the injured who still IN the hospital
New-York tribune., 1903-02-04

McManus OF the West One-hundredth-st. station.
When young OBrien reached court, it
that his years entitled him examination at the
Children's Court. He was taken there for arraign-
ment, The court. after hearing all the testimony.
warned the young 10 take care not TO fire OF
in the city hereafter, and discharged him.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-04
PROHIBITS STORIES OF CRIMES.

Salem, Ore. Feb. 3.-The Senate has passed a bill
prohibiting the circulation of papers made UP
principally of criminal news reports of the
of men convicted OF crime in this State. The bill
also prohibits the circulation of stories of crimes
committed here the acting or such stories on
the
New-York tribune., 1903-02-04
eURLINeHAm's SUCCESSOR APPOINTED.

Mayor Low yesterday appointed James J. HIg-
ginson, retired banker OF No Is East Forty
hrst-st., a member of the Board Of Education to
succeed Charles Q. Burlingham. Iesigned.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-04
NO MORE

Editions OF the 1908 Tribune Almanac will
he published. So buy OF the second
editions before they are all gone. Price, 20
New-York tribune., 1903-02-04

Purely Vesetsnis
Ac. without PAN ''r
or pinE Cue ccn-
.tiiation, pyspepsis,
Tospid Lv1r
eta a box
Druggists OF ~ ~si,
Rstwsy 4 Co.
Elm 81 Sss s'k
New-York tribune., 1903-02-04

Surplus GneIudins contingent real estate de-
probation 500 O5#O50----- s63Ts es7 a
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24
Prof. w. E. MASSEY, in Practical Farmer.

ted compost and we will now place on
the top a dressing of Lobos PeEuvian
guano
November came in with warm sunshine
and the mercury climbing UP near so, and
today the cicadas began to sing IN the
trees like midsummer. The LETTUCE in
the frames is starting off nicely, but the
glass is kept off till the nights threaten
to get cold. We were scarce OF plants of
the Big Boston, and were compelled to use
some Grand Rapids and Wonderful. The
Grand Rapids we will value for home USE
though our market does not care for il.
More the pity, for it is great deal bet
ter than the cabbage sorts. What the
Wonderful will do as a mid-Winter let
tuce we are IN doubt about. It IS fine IN
spring, but We have never used it before
for the mld-Wlnter crop, and are, the
darkies say, 'jubous'' about it. But as
an experiment it viii be of value. The
big white oaks that adoIn our grounds in
front of the dwelling make it difficult to
grow flowers there IN summer, by reason
not only Of the shade, but the drying OF
the soil by the mass of roots. But while
they are dormant and leafless we can
grow the finest of beds of tulips and hya-
cinths, and have about come to the
clusion to use the beds In summer for
the odd looking succulent plants, such as
cactus and agaves, and to plant some Of
them permanently IN Yucca Filamentosa,
which we can collect by the thousands in
the old fields around Us. On one OF our
streets q gentleman has planted Of
Yucca Glorosa on the grass strip be-
tween the brick pavement and the curb,
and the plants are tall and have only late
~ been IN bloom. We have another Of
the so-called Spanish bayonet trees, Yuc-
ca Treculeana. about seven feet high,
and its long, stiff leaves warn off any
intrusion. The yuccas are an interesting
class Of giants and valuable here on our
dry hills where drought often makes other
things risky. circular bed IN our
grounds is gradually being filed with a
giant bamboo, which we set, when small,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24
Soma N0t08 from North Carolina Garden.

The most snowy thing in the flower
garden now (November 2nd) is bed of
Fompone chrysanthemums. They grow
dwarf and bushy and make wonderful
profusion of their little flowers: and as
the bed mentioned has in it % varieties,
each plant of uniform height and each
with hundreds OF blooms, the show is fine.
for the colors run from pure white,
through golden yellow, bronze and purple
to the richest crimson, and the bed makes
a finer show than the big ones that have
been disbudded to Increase the size of the
flowers. Then. too, the little Pompores are
hardy in the North, though both stand our
winters very well.
l received today from the Agricultural
Department in Washington, a lot of bulbs
of tulips, hyacinths and narcissus grown
in the State of Washington. The tulip
bulbs are the largest / ever saw, many Of
them being as large as the largest Dutch
hyacinth bulb. The Department is put
ting them in the hands of Station inves-
tigators to note the difference that eli
mate may make. The hyacinths compare
very we'll with the imported Dutch bulbs,
while the narcissus are about equal to
what we grow here. The tulips and the
narcissus have been planted in the gar
den but as there were but Is of the hva
cinth bulbs we potted them for the house
and placed them in the cellar in total
darkness to make roots, and will bring
them in month or more later to decor
ate the bay window in our dining room
We have planted some thousands Of our
own narcissus bulbs and will be interest
ed in noting the difference between them
and the Washington bulbs The moist and
equabe climate of the North Pacific
Coast should be a fine place for the culture
and perfection of the hardy bulbs, and
for the more tender ones we feel conf
dent that Eastern North Carolina will
soon be growing the Bermuda lilies to
perfection, as we are gradually learning
their needs in this climate. Our Bermuda
lilies went in the ground today The SOL
had been heavily manured with well rot
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24
GH. N. c.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1903.

bacco Trust, simply because they have
Lut their sole reliance IL tobacco with
the expensive use of commercial fertili-
zers alone, and have neglected the I'M
Froyement OF their land BY proper ro-
taton and the feeding of stock And such
VIII at times be the case with The grow
er.' OF any single crop who merely plant
and tall to farm we'll. Cotton The least
exhaustive OF all crops on the soil so
iar a. the cotton itself is concerned, has
been made the means of Widespread soil
depletion through the single crop system
and the selling of the seed off the land
fol the seed OF cotton is the part of the
crop that eXhaustS the land and should
De returned TO 1t IL the form OF the
meal after the oil, which contains no
plant food, is taken out. Even IN this
season of short cotton crops we know of
a tarm that has been farmed in rtaticr
and has produced a bale and a half rcr
acre, and a bale and a half at the pres
cnt price OF cotton, ten cents ard over
per pound, means between $15 and 500
per acre, while the single cropper runs
on the average or below. And the aver
age is about .33 of a bale per acre, and
OF course to make this average where
many grow q bale or more some must
go far below the 33 of bale. and 3S
Of a bale at the present high price will
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IN the centre and planted around with
narcissus. By this time next year there
will be no more room for the bulbs and
we will have an evergreen mass of foliage
that will be very attractive. Our native
bamboo, Arundinaria Tecta makes a fine
bed on high ground and shows much bet
ter than along the ditch banks in the bot
toms where it browns up a great deal in
winter. Persimmons are ripe, and there
fore the JOY of the darkies, the possum,
is getting fat, for he thrives persim-
mons, and the darkey knows where to
look for him at night.
Most of the books advise horse stable
manure for the garden and on the heavier
soils it doubtless has a more mellowing ef
feet than that from the COW stable. I
have a variety of soils in my garden, from
sandy to the stiffest red clay. OF course
the sandy part, lying to the SOUTH IS for
my earliest things, and for this soil | u.s.
clear COW manure. | buy this from a dali
ryInan on the edge of the city who sells
milk made from purchased food and
grows no crops AS he is always short
of bedding he throws out the manure
clear of straw, and it rots IN heaps. OF
course there is some loss in this, but it is
not my loss, for I never buy the manure
till 1t Is fine and rotted. Then 1t IS the
very thing needed on my sandy spots and
IN the cold frames for the soil retains
moisture far better than where horse sta
bic manure is used on similar ground, and
as l get this fine r0tted manure for less
than a dollar a ton. it is the cheapest
fertilizer I can get For my stiff soil ]
always try to get the roughest strawy
horse manure that [ can find to supple
ment a similar material from my own
stable. / find that there is as much in
varying the manure to meet the cordi-
tions of the soil as there is IN the chemi-
cal composition of the fertilizers used.
The Northern people usually have the
advantage of Us in the fall IN the brilliant
colorng OF the trees. Here they often
turn merely brown, with the exception OF
he tulip trees and the hickories which
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24

Thousands il all parts Of the country
are contemplating the purchase ana
planting of fruit trees either in The WIN
ter or spring An orchard is matter
for lifetime SO far as the more long
lived trees like the apple are concerned,
and it is an important thing TO start
right Not only should the location OF
the orchard and the character and prep
aration Of the soil be of the best, hut
the trees themselves should be OF the
varieties best suited to the soil and cll-
mate, and, above all, true to name. 1t
is true that the travelling tree agents
have been the means of getting fruits
planted where none would have been'
and where they are the legitimate repre-
sentatives of frst-class nurseries they
usually deliver such are bargalned Tor.
II is nevertheless true that buying from
agents is an expensive way for getting
trees. since even where the agent IS
properly accredited salesman for a reliable
nursery he must have advanced prices
to pay the extra expense OF selling N
this way. Then, too the average buyer
IS not sufficiently posted IN fruits to
know when he is dealing with such an
gent. and is often the victim OF tTaudG-
,ent statesmen, who pretend to sell most
unheard- of trees and plants at eXofo1
tant prices Hence we always advise deal
ing with the nursery direct. The re-
sDonsibilitv is then directly fixed on the
nurseryman. without any intermediary
agent. and one can more easily hold MN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24
Buying Fruit Trees.
Ey srof. W. r. ri ssey.
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to account. Then too there IS astendency
things. We knew landscape gardener
once who had contract lor planting
some public grounds, and ne imported
from England ali the shrubbeTy planted,
while he could have gotten it In this
country fully a. good, III better order and
for less money, and he knew this, but
the board under which he was working
had an idea that imported stuff was
necessarily better than home grown AID
the gardener simply humored them ana
made them pay for it. AS a rule, get
yearling trees. They are smaller, it IS
true but they cost less to buy and less
60 freight, and they are more certain
to live. But the great advantage IN buy
ing year-old trees is that you can shape
them to suit yourself. They are mere
switches with live buds throughout, and
can be cut back to any point for start
ing the head, while the older apple trees
have been headed back in the nursery
row and have heads started at all sorts
of heights, and are hard to get into rhe
best form after planting. OF course little
ton in cultivation, and are more apt TO
ne run OYER by careless hands, but we
have always had better results from
planting them than with the larger trees.
Peach trees of course no one plants
over a year DID, but most people think
that a big tree of apple or pear Is better
than small one. while the fact is that
the reverse is true
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24

they are all poor Keepers \ 3sgerearp
too should b. made ID thg manner 81
growing them som. years ago "a northern
garden writer advocated S. hat hc called
n, Aew onion culture This is SIM .y
the SOWING Of the seed a.atee ua ls-
glass and traI~plautlrs cars Ia E>
sIring IN the permanent location Lv-
perments have shown that Wuiie fh.s
method Is well suited 10 lhe Spanish ard
Italian varieties L mae,- Att.c dlier
onie with the American sorts that arr
grown 80 largely Tor market The pllz, :
taker large yellow SpauiAh onion. stc
ceeds best by the tronspl@ntinS mcthoC.
Ecre we SOW the seed in cold frame
protected by az, sashes i early Janu-
airy. BY carefully hardening on he
Plants and gradually exposing them ID
the air. they can BE- set IA tie op,r
ground the latter part or February The
bed IS carefully prepared IN the iall an
Well nanured with stable n. uult. lo
which is added AZ the rate % j ton per
acre, a mixture OF 900 pounds oi aeiG
phosphate, 700 pounds OF dried blood AMI
400 pounds of murlate oil Iotash Tai
is We'll mixed with the S0ll cariy in Sep-
tt mner. and the first of October the beu
Is planted To lettuce. II j. necessary ,o
apply the fertilizers with so large per-
centage Of potash in IL nearly mouth
before planting. so that the caustic nature
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24

get golden yellow But this fall IS an ex-
ception, and we are having wonderful
display Of autumn color IN the forest.
Then about our dwellings we have some
masses of color which the Northern peo-
pie cannot match This is the brilliant
orange scarlet of the Crepe myrtle trees
Looking from my window as | write this
the brilliant color shows finely against 4
background of oak forest. We have scar
let oaks in great abundance, but they do
not get so brilliant in color as they do fur
ther North around Washington, for in
stance. Just now the Magnolia Grandifiora
q viii not call it Foetida as the new bot
anists want US to) shows at its best
against the background of fading decidu-
Gus trees. IN the spring it viii look rusty
IN contrast with the fresh budding decidu-
Gus foliage But now its broad. dark
green and glossy leaves studded over with
the scarlet fruits is very beautiful Nor
way spruce and White Pine are out Of
place IN this climate and never look hap
py, and. IN fact. are short lived. Quite
a number of my old Norways have died
this summer, and the only white pine |
have Is nearing its end. Out IN our
Western mountains the white pine IS at
home on the heights, and the hemlock
grows to an immense size The hemlocS
does fairly well here, but our best conf
fers are the Japanese CryDtomerla and
the Retinisporas and Chinese Biotas. The
Northern arbor vitae is perfectly worth
less here. l am saving the seeds Of our
native persimmons this fall and propose
to crow a collection of the best native
sorts by budding on these seedlings. Too
little has been done with the DerSi mmOn,
which is one OF our best fall fruits. and
there are many natural varieties varying
greatly IN character and season, and they
deserve more attention than they have re
ceived Years ago I planted 800 OF the
japanese rersimmons They are bearing
fruits as large as big apple and scedlcss.
but in quality our native sorts are far
better 10 my taste. About the -aTc
amount Of difference between them as be
tween a Ben avis ana Lady apple
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24

Will you kindly allow ne space to rec
ord a crop of crops that I have made
during last winter and summer. and
thereby show what a garden spot our
county can be made? Last fall l sowed
hairy vetch with rye, and crimson clover
with wheat, on two plots Of land which
measure 90 yard. by 65 Yards and q
yards by 68 yards respectively, or a little
over I. and 1-3 of an acre. This soon
made fine pasturage for nv cow. much
to the benefit Of the resulting milk and
butter. | kept my COW on It until March
18th and called II my crop number one
On April 18th l began TO cut my clover
and wheat and used II as green food for
my COW and horse. It lasted for SIX
weeks. and then the clover was 50 ma
ture that 7 had TO cut the remainder for
hay. At this time the vetcJ was also
cut and the hay resulting from both crops
viii feed my horse 10 months, SO l called
this crop number two.
AS soon as I could prepare the land
put it in corn and l have just housed 80
stands in the shock of the 1-3 acre. and
a little over AZ barrels off the Il acre
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24
Growing Onions South
Prof W. r. MASSEY, in Progressive Farne-,

To the Editor. Years ago It Gs
thought that onions could not 81 grown
from the seed IN the south in the season.
a. they are grown in the north. and X 49,
the general practice TO depend on set
purchased from the north for growing
the crop II is now known that lully ae
good crops of onions may be grown in tie
season IN the south rs IN the north and
that the use { sets Is only necessary or
tall planting 70 grow early grown onioI.,
for punching.
The difficulty formerly encountered in
tie growing OF onions IN the south carc
from too close following OF the directions
Of northern writers on gardening and IL
Eorlng the fact that tie onion netos
cool weather for ItS development Seed
soWn in the south at the time recon-
mended by the northern writer's will male
sets. but not good onions since the plants
ere overtaken by the hot eather and
ripen up before fully grown.
VARIETIES OF ONIONS
In the growing OF onions We must also
understand the differences between the
various classes Of onions grown. The
Spanish and Italian varieties have been
developed iE warm climates and viii grow
tD a larger size IN the south than Others
developed in colder climates. The only
difficulty with these Is that they must
be disposed of early in the summer aS
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24

! know quite a number OF farmers III
nay section who keep only two hogs at
Il time. They buy a pair of pigs IN De
cemoer or January every year and place
Them in a close, well foored pen, there
10 remain until cold weather the next
IAN. From small pigs in January tney
grow and develop into large tat porkers
al the end OF their ten or eleven months
OF confinement under proper treatment.
When killed the two hogs Will net LOT
'-@r owners from 800 to GOO pounds OF
meat and lard. Farmers who adopt TINS
system are men VINO work only one
of iWo-horse farm, have but little pas
'"4aEe and want to use to best adVaL-
age the refuse about the kltchln ana
l'l The two pigs put IN the pen ana
+'I and looked after will usually make
enough meat to meet the requirements
I'll. small family for another twelve
months A healthy hog possesses fairy
- oa digestion and much OF the refuse
"lH the kltchn can be utilized in feed
'-5 them penned which might otherwise
80 lo waste. Hams cannot now be puf-
''a7td for less than 16 to II cents per
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24
Keeping Hogs for the Profit
Ry yliarvie jCr6 an,
~ 80

mound Shoulders IA cents and ordinary
hulk meat 8 to 10 cents. Lard IS Il
cents. Our people who work on the 1arlfl
eat more pork than any other KIND Oh
meat, but when bought at above prices
for the spot cash, it comes hlgh. l'o
HIGH to get any profit out of farming
even raising cotton at 10 cents per pound
A great many farmers, especially "Aile
tenant farmers, ought TO ponder oVtl
this matter and get a pair OF pigs il
they have none.
TWO PIGS IN A PEN.
Two pigs in a pen nicely fioored, IS
good thing to have on the premises "neh
Il means that the next years supply dat
k TO be reduced at least two bales OF COY
TON It NAV not be good thlnS Ior 'iie
hie western pork growers, but II "ou'u
present a shining example CT THRIFT On
many hundred Southern farms, where tl'e
workers now have their smokehcuses =,
The s,1nnly merchantss store. LOOK aroui''
among your neighbors and find any o.oa
oro,,c ones farming who buy all tneif
Continued on Second Page)
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tend to increase the productiveness OF
his soil in wheat till he can in effect
make the subsidiary crops pay for the
growing of the wheat and have the wheat
as a real surplus money crop. 'rne same
will be the proper course with any Other
money crop. The tobacco growers IN
some sections are this year IN a lad way,
and at the mercy of the unscrupulous To-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24

Of the potash may not injure the roots
OF the lettuce. The lettuce is cut and
sold by the first week in January, and
the frame is ther used for the onion
seed without any urther .e1tiization.
The land into which the plants are 20
be set should be plowed we'll in the 1all
and will be all the better if of sandy
loam character. In February IL J. re-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-24
FARMING.


We notice in one of our exchanges
that some writer's contribute articles
under this title, seeming to think that
specialized farming j. necessarily single
crop farming, or the growing OF one Ger
tain crop to the exclusion of all others.
Oi course this is specialization with a
vengeance. But real specialized farming
cannot properly be done without diversi-
tcation. The farmer whose soil and eli
mate are sFcciany suited to the Droduc-
ton OF a certain money crop should be a
specialist with that crop. But he cannot
be such, and bring his special crop to its
highest production by simply growing
that crop year after year on the same
land. To specialize properly he must di-
verslfy his crops and so arrange the ro-
tation that all his minor crops shall
tend to the increased productiveness of
his soil in the money crop. If he is
wheat specialist then let him arrange a
rotation Of crops that will give the wheat
crop the most favorable position and will