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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
WILL NOT GIVE Up THE FIGHT.

Delegate Rodey of New Mexico Says
He VIII Still Struggle for statehood.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Washington, Feb. 2S.--Bernard S. Rodey,
delegate frcm New Mexico, was a caller at
the White House to-day. Mr.. Rodey, who
has worked hard to bring about statehood
for his Territory during this session of Con-
sress, IL bitterly, disappointed at the out
come as TO statehood.
We haven't any idea OF giving up the
fight" he said, and WIFI keep 1t up. L re-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
Visitors in Washington.

II.FI I5Lft SFECIAL
Washington. Feb. 8-U F. David. A
prominent merchant of Carroliton Mo. IS
visiting the city. Mr.. David called at the
capitol to-day To pay his respects to Rep
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
Lawyers irrcSlcd for Not Paving y.

LeNington: Ky. Feb. 2S.-Eleven leading
g., pr, nsys or ms city wera arrested to-day
pay license to practice law They will
contest the matter through the Appellate
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
Court ut Qulnton. 1. T.

halt and made an attempt to draw his res
vo,ver. when the officer shot him through
no
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-01
Weak Men
Cured Free
Send Name and Address To-Day You
Can Have II Fres aad Be Stronf
and Vissrous for Life.
INsvREs LOVE AND A HAPPY HOME

how any man may quickly himself after
YEAR, or sunering from sexual weakness lost vi
taifty. night losses yaricocele etc. and enlarge
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14

and cover them up into the bank at these
threatened places.
After the terrace bank is finished it
need not stand more than q few inches
higher than the general surface. I do
not like the idea OF building up huge.
bank or dam. or permitting such a dam
10 grow higher from the effects OF the
annual turning of the burrows down the
hill IN breaking the land.
FLOWING ON TERRACED LAND.
The annual breaking should be done
with a hillside or reversible plow, turn
ing all the burrows down the hill. II
will he necessary to put In short burrows
In finishing the upper edges OF the ter
races in the wider places. After blowing
out terrace the loose piowed soil. bank
ed ug, Just above each terrace bank, may
be rakel over the bank onto the next
terrace below. and so avoid making the
bank SO high rs to prevent the water
from running over. You don't want the
terrace banl, to become dam to accu-
mulate n pond or a long puddle OF water.
II the bank is made accurately as direct
cd and after 1t has settled and become
firm. and especially alter grass roots
shah have bound it together. the surface
water that may not sink readily into the
soil win flow over to 4 thin sheet and do
little or no injury.
LAYING OFF ROWS.
Commence at either edge Of a terrace
and lay off until the center is reached IN
the narrowest place. Then move the
pillow to the opposite edge and lay on
until the rows touch at the narrow place.
Then tay OFF one row above, the next
below, and 40 on, filing in somewhat like
.he shade lines. on a lake or other body
of water are drawn on map
BY al means use a row gauge or TO"
marker when first laying off rows for
bedding or for any purpose
r. J. REDDlNG.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
WHY II. w. News SCBsoILING DID
not pay

7. l.. Spartan0urg. s. CT have just
read II w McWs (Ciriiiln, Ga) eNpc-
rlenee in subsoiing. deep blowing. etc.
ana | think / can sec very plainly the
cause OF his faiuGe 10 raise a baic or
more Ct cotton 10 the acre. tie did not
use euano enough. II he Will repeat his
preparation in 1904, and apply from 300
10 200 pounds Of high grad gulno In
the acre. and cuitivata shallow anu often.
Have his rows = feet wide, and leave
his land level IN laying by, Ne win make
his bale or more 70 every acre SO planted.
IN plOWing land very deep and mixing
clay with topsoi, 1t requires more ferti-
izcr TO warm ~ the clay that IS 80
mixed and cause Il 80 produce Il fan
crop. The deep blowing enables the soil
to stand drought better y large guam
tity Of guano IN shallow plowed land
would not do II al, because it would burn
up the crop IN time Of drought. This IS
my experience. and | give it FOR what
it is worth. hope others viii reply,
Answer feel constrained to remark
that r. LIS explanation docs not seem
to explain the cause OF II. w. News
failure. at least, not satisfactorily. The
theory Of deep subsolling is certainly han
dicapped il in practice It then becomes
necessary 10 apply 300 TO 200 pounds of
hiGh-gradc guano to make one Dale to the
acre. it would seem to he paving too
dear for th whistle" opine that the
land in question. with ordinary good prep
arat0n. ll9Wn& to the depth Of or
inehcs and applying 200 pounds of the
proper fertilizer. ought TO have yielded
nor less than a l1}t bale TO tho acre~-
without amy snhsoliipg And Il there be
any merit IN subsoiing to a greater depth
the result should have been ut least,
200 or 500 poWads moro. What our cor
respondent means ny 'Nar1nNG up the
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
s1.GAR.MAKlNci AT HOME.

C. e. r.. watts. S. CT. Please an
swer through your paner II there is a
reliable place OF making crude sugar
FROM sugar or ribbon. cane. with inc
,nnmmnn country outfit. consisting Of one
Morse min ard boiler to suit If there is.
please give description and any other IN
formation YOU can. 2 How would II
do to separate I-o1r cane roots ana crop
in daan firrior about feet apart and
cover with turn piow now for next year :
cane crop?
Answer. There is no insuperable
difficulty in making sugar on the farm
with the ordinary appliances TO which
you refer ana many farmers. during the
war made all the sugar required FOR
their own use. and some Of them made
it TO sell This was continued for some
years after the close of the war The
sugar thus made. however, was usually
a very fire grained. more or less dark
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
NITRATE OF SODA on STRAWBER
RIES AND APPLE IREES


RlES AND APPLE TREES
G. r. y. Jackson Tenn.-l de-
sile 70 use some nitrate OF soda
OF Strawberries the coming Spring. VIII
YOU please inform me through ana i
department how much to use per acre.
when and how TO apply same 10 best
advantage.
Would also like TO know how much
10 use per tree on bearing apple aud
pun trees.
Answer. Nitrate OF soda should not
be applied TO plants except when they
are IL 4 growing condition. The proper
time IS just before the blooms commence
to appear freely. Then apply about nifty
pounds TO the acre. or one pound TO
every fifty or seventy feet of row, scat
tevng it along among the plants. In
two weeks. more apply seventy-iiva
pounds more i'll the same way and re-
peat in ten days, or two weeks If thought
necessary
| would not apply nitrate OF soda 10
bearing apple or other fruit trees. What
they want more than anything else is
plenty of acid phosphate and potash say
four pounds Of high grade acid phosphate
and one pound OF murate of potash COR
four pounds OF kanil} and one pound OF
G :. meal around each tree in a ciYc.e
six or eight feet in diameter and lightly
Woyked in with a pronged hoe This
should be done early in February.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
CORN AID PEAS OK rNCERNE
LAND

". J. L., Luxord Ark--1 have
piece OF land would ike 70
plant in corn In March about the 25th,
ana want to plant stock peas in tho
corn The land is now sown in alfalfa.
would like 10 have the advice of the
Y and r department as 70 how and
when 60 plant.
Answer. 1t does not clearly appear
just what the conditions and your pur~
pose arc. DO you want TO destroy the
alfalfa and then plant corn? II so turn
under the alfalfa the latter part OF Feb
uary or very early IN March, using IA
.a!gc two horse plow or a disc plow.
Harrow once or twice and plant at the
time you Indicate. You say you want
to plant che corn about March IS and
yei you ask ''how and when TO plant
| do not SEQ the point yon are after.
Plant the peas either 1T second blowing
of the corn, or SOW broadcast at laying
by.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
BEST VARIETY OF COTTON.

j. ID. Mex. Travellers Rest. s. c.
/ want to tell you that | get some good
from your advice TO farmers through The
Atlanta Constitution. J would NOT take
the paper it it was not for the farmers
department. ! have drilled q few oats
after YOUR plan. Ii they prove a sue
cess here will plant no other way. I
enjoyed your talk at Clemson college.
| want your advice about the different
kinds Of cotton, which is the best for
The south. Which has proved the best
kind at the experiment station in Geor-
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14

dig all iogethr Plant Early Rose, Pride
OF the South Early Puritan, etc
IMPROVING POOR SANDY LAND.
r. { H.. I..rav. $. CT wish you
Wou'd give me YOUR opinion and adElco
concerning my lands and their culti-
walton. etc These lands arc light sandy
spll and very poor. ana / 3esfe to nm
plfVe them as rapidly as | can with
my limited means have ben nnntinS
them in corn ana cowpeas first, followed
BY oats and. after oa.s, cowpeas. always
making hay out of the latter crop All
crops arc fairly wen fertilized, but while
some Improvement IS noted the result is
not satisfactory. My plan of preparation
mas ne@n 10 break up these lands to =
inches deep turning up the yellow subsoil
urd! the surface is ali yellow. Cutiva
ton always shallow Have I erred in
turning up this yellow subsoil. as some
OF my old farmer friends think? Tho
TACT is this yellow soil is right at the
surface. and. to reach it, you would
only nave to so about inches down.
IS my rotation Of crops correct?
cont plant cotton and do you think lime
DNo;ldcaStcd on these lands would help
any?
Answer-l think IT unquestlonable that
You err IN plowlng such land "6 10
inches deep and turning up so much Of
the poor yellow sand to the surface.
do not see what possible good 1t can do.
Corn and cowpeas. followed the next year
by oats and cowpe as should bring up
such land quite rapidly provided YOU will
fertillze the oats literally and sow them
in the fall October and Novcmher and
also tertilize the cowpcas after the oats
1t is not safe to apply more than 200 to
300 pounds OF commercial fertilizer to
corn; but you can apply 500 pounds per
DrOSICrfS
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
SOWING WHEAT.

T. p. Mckinney. Travellers Rest S. c.
am sowing some wheat by piowng It
in with small sh0vris sowing my fer
tilizer on the surface and running \
never tried II that way, bur it occurred
to mo IL would be a good way MS wheat
does not grow VERY deep in the ground
ana the rains viii carry the strength
Of the fertilizer down as the wheat
comes on Have 7 made mistake or
not? / would be glad TO get your adj
vice on any line
Answer II is we'll settled that wheat
will do better when sown with a regular
grain drill than when sown broadcast
and pl0wea in The next best way would
be to first break the land wen and then
harrow II smooth and level Then RIB"
The surface By running burrows With a
small short pillow as close together rs
possible-not to Ill the throws Just
previously opened Then sow the grain
and fertilizers broadcaet ard cover by
means Of a heavy brush or n light,
slant toothed harrow run crosswise the
'riIbing'' burrows. Nearly Ill 0f the
seed and fertilizer viii either fall into
the open burrows or be Brushed into
cd. ana the wheat Will appeal IN pretty
wcl defined rows.
when small grain seed is first sown
broadcast and then bowed in. the gods
viii he covered at denths ranging from
nothng (not covered a aiD 70 three or
1ofsr inches.
The rubbing may he expeditiousiy done
nv means Of double shovel or better.
by using a Planet. Jr., cultivator with
a four-inch soh0oter on each Of The out
side and the center standard. adjusted
properly.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
HOW TO TERRACE LANDS.

Quite a number Of readers have re-
queeted the republication of the follow
Ing article on 1erracing. which originally
appeared in this department nearly two
years ago, and it Is. therefore presented
again. r. ] ~
IN The first place. It Is well to under-
stand what terracng is intended to ac-
complisF3. he commoa idea is that The
system IS 80 he adopted for the solo
purpose Of preventing the soil from he
ing washed away. Indeed. this is The
principal ana most important service that
the terrace j. intended 20 perform Bot
she incidental purpose Is TO conserve Gee
Ssvel the water Of the early rains lcE
he use Of the c'ops during tie growing
season in ease the latter rains should
all short Some believe that this last
inject is the principal II not the essen
nal ore. AZ any rate. The one practically
includes the other. II the terrace does its
york properly.
4 DEAD LEVEL.
Al essential iaea in terraelns Is tie
ocation o. The lines on 4 perfect Level
and not on a grade, however small.
'sut there may ne some conditions which
win justify giving q little ran on the
sides % the field. 50 IS TO make sure
IL getting tho water out Of tbs Held by
sHe nearest rosie ~ 5he woods. Or to i
al,,Aic roadside litch. wher il can net be
otherwise controlled
Tie thcorr Of the terrace system &
Ia prevent tho rain water from aceu.
enuIatiug In any "ne place III such voume
tad with such .oree as 10 wash the land
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ea. would like to sec a brother tell
| ing about the different varieties for the
| last season as the frost was about a
! month earlier than last Year | had the
cotton planted and did not make much
| over half u crop great deal Of ii was
! frost bit. 7 don't think I will Ike it as
| well az some others | have planted
| Last year the spring was cary and frost
was late and I made falr crop OF It,,
but with % late spring and early frost
| ii wont do here as well as Sople other
cotton / have tried / write to get your
advice 2~>ut the best cotton. taking one
| year With another.
! Answer am glad TO learn that yon
have venturcd to Sow q few oats after
| your (my> plan. II you have followed
directions In the manner of sowing and
fertilizcd literally It will be no fault
| Of the plan II YOU shall not succeed.
have little doubt the late hard freezes
have much damaged. if not killed oats
sown In the old fashioned way. If not.
their safety was probably due to the
dryness OF the soil.
! send YOU bulletin OF cotton expert
ments OF last year Oso2). This years
results OF the variety tests nave not yet
been worked up, but l have gone sufi-
c?entiy far 10 learn the standing OF the
! twcnty-one varieties tested as regards
| total yield of seed cotton per acre. The
! indications are unmistakabe that the
early varieties have done best this year.
while last year the reverse was true.
think I stated in my lecture on cot
ton 4 Clemson collese--if not. have
often 50 stated in this departmeut--that
the best variety for q farmer to pant is
one that uniformly produces n salts
factory Yield in value OF lint ana seed.
taking n number of years together, Such
q variety may vary ana possibly never.
stand at the very head Of a consider
able list OF good varieties. and yet VIII
generally be found among the best.
Some varieties will stand first one year
and go foot the very next year. This
was the case with the "African Limb
less"-so called In the middle parts Of
the cotton belt tile best variety VIII
generally bc one that is neither very
| early or very late, bat what is called
medium. Preferably II should baVe large
bol.s, should not be clustered, and they
should open we'll Some Cat least one)
OF the best varieties for middle Georgia
and farther south, are too !atc for
North Georgia and the corresponding
region Of South Carolina The variety
you mention q have suppressed the
name) Is such n one I should say that
in tho section OF South Carolina living
north of the line OF the southern Rail-
way leading from Atlanta 10 Charlotte.
n. c., and for some distance south of
y" planted. in narrow rows aud close IN
the drill
1t is my conviction, based on several
years actual experiment. that a mixture
OF seeds Of two varieties, one an early
and the 0thor n later, would give larger
yields rs ruo in tho middle and south
ern portions OF tho cotton belt than
either variety planted alone. o. coswse
each of such two varieties should be
:hc most productive Of its class.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14

soon as the tubers are as large as hens
cggs. This is a matter OF expert judy
ment If you prefer not to ship until
matured then wait until the vines com
dig all iogethr. Plant Early Rose, Pride
OF the South IGarlv Puritan, etc.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
"n0WN IN TIE rnrNs :.

W. r. L.. Luverne. Ala.-l have SOW
that Is (what I cai) down in the lons
she has practically no use OF her l.indpart
She eats hearty Of finders. which she was
turned N on TO fatten. Please give me It
remedy that will cure her.
Answer--It is a case of paraplegia o.
paralysis of the hindparts. commonly
called down in the loins" and has been
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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14

brown sugar. It answered the ordinary
purpose, but was satisfactory only S.
long as ii was impracticable to get re-
fined sugar. | made considerable susa
myself. during wartmes. and erdeaVort
to bleach it By the use of clay. but
without satisfactory results. I advise
You not to attempt sugar making. but
confine your efforts TO the production ~
a fine quality OF strip, seal it up while
hot IN bottles, jugs and tins sell enough
Tho making or white sugar (reflned
sugar IS strictly a manufacturing pro
cess and cannot be proftably conducted
on small scale.
2. have tried the plan without SIC
cess. The roots Will not germiuate re-
iiabiy.
CONTRACTED HEELS AND BARBFD
WIRE WOUND
Subscriber. Marie Ok,a.-I have a MAJ
8 years old. About one year ago shs
got her fore foot cut on q barbed wire.
Just 1T the edge or the hoof arr
the hoof was badly cut also. Last sum-
mcr she got the same foot hurt again
right in the old scar and her heel
badly contracted. Please let me know
If her heel can be wldened to It's prop
width and give remedy. There Is M
an enlargement caused by the wire cut
which has left a very ugly scar. Fleaso
let me know il il can be removed with
out the knife Some say eaustto balsgla
VIII take IT away. is this true. If uoi,
give remedy. it any. The enarecmei
seems 10 have some puss in it, b'It 10
more ot grisiy nature II being on tro
fore foot right At the edge Of tho hoo
and whore IL Is easily hurt and ! war
10 remove i il IL can he done vi
medicine without any great lnconv"n-
fence. Please answer.
Answer have heard that caustic hal
sam Is very effective I'm such cases Boz
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-12-14
NOtIGs TO Inqlllr6rS.

I. Wrise plainly ard 20 the point. ~
ing only questions 90 which snsWoSo
Gro desired
r Confne Inquiries strictly 70 mastsso
concerning the farm.
& Esve. ask Ter answers By nlaai.
L Never ark where en article can -
had nor the price.
Z Always give your fu1 name. ana ~
dress II yoa % not wish YOU
name published, say so, ana in,tAs's
only will be printed.
4 Cayesu,iy Sic .l;s Page for future
reference era before writing examins
your file % SCI i II has no' o'es
already answered.
> S.ook ahead and send in your iHduiFsss
eariy. DO not szroct us 20 answss
IN next pas 81" The editor THss
hand "a h;s copy week oetofo '"'
paper r. pubiisase.
r Address ali Inquiries and corannu
ticns for this department to
TAE CONSTITUTION,
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clay does not clearly appear, but the
necessity for applying more fertilizer
where subsoiling has been practced Is
rather heavy on subsoiling. The extreme
advocates of the practice. as I under.
stand them, do not admit such a prac-
tice renders necessary heavier applica-
tlon OF fertilizers. but that it simply
makes it safer to do so.
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Continued on Page Eleven.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-02-07
Carroll and Hanson.

On Saturday last Congress accepted the
bronze statues of Charles Carrollton and John
Hanson, two distinguished Marylanders,
placed in Statuary Hall in the Capitol by the
State Of Marylsnd. Eulogies were delivered
in the Senate by McComas, Wellington, Hoar
of Massachusetts, Depew Of New York, Dol
liver of Iowa and Bacon Of Georgia. In the
House Pearre aud Schirm Of Maryland, and
Dalzell of Pennsylvania spoke.
Nearly all of the speakers in both houses
dwelt upon the fact that Charles Carroll Of
carrollton possessed ample means, and by
training and surroundings would naturally
have been inclined toward the aristocraey.
Yet he preferred 10 align himself with the
body of plain people who were fighting for
freedom. John Hanson was regarded by the
orators as a conspicuous aud Influential figure
in those trying days. As President Of the
United States IN Congress assembled, ? be was
said TO have established his place in history.
if even other labors in the cause Of liberty
were forgotten Senator Hoar emphasized
the fact that Charles Carroll of Carrollton was
a Roman Catholic, and in this connection
spoke Of the tolerance Of that religious faith.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-02-07
What Was SIMPSONS Mental Con-
dition at Santiago2

1t now appears from the record filed in con-
nection with the application for pension for
the widow of Admiral Sampson that the Ad-
miral had been afflicted with aphasia The
disease is one that affects the brain, impairs
the Judgment and makes the speech imperfect.
The Admiral was first afflicted in April, 1897,
more than year before the battle of Santl-
ago, when he was incapacitsted for time and
was patient at the Naval Dispensary IN
Philadelphia. In January, 1898, he was
again incapacitated from the same disease.
With these facts undisputed, the question
arises what was the Admirafs mental condi-
ton during the watch and wait for Cervera' S
feet in Cuban waters? There was some
blunder in plans or in conveying orders or
Cervera's feet could not have gotten unob-
served into Santiago, and it is a little singular
that Sampson should have steamed away after
the Spanish feet had been discovered, unless
his mental trouble had disordered or clouded
his Judgment His mental disease was well
known to the Naval Department, and 1t is in
comprehensive why be should have been put
in command of the feet, and why the Navy
Department should insist upon giving him the
credit for the destruction of the Spanish fleet
when it was known that he was twelve miles
away when Cervera's ships came out from
Santiago, and that he got no closer than seven
miles when the battle ended.
Schley may yet get his dues officially as
he has already received them from the Amer
lean people. The record of Sampson S mental
trouble, as disclosed in the application for a
pension for his widow, is a revelation to the
people of the United States.