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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25
Notes from a n. c. Garden.
Prof w T. MASSEY, in Practical Farmer.

outside the orange belt and we finally
dropped down to few sorts that are
mere hardy and productive. People living
where the mercury drops 10 zero and be-
low could grow figs easily by branching
ttem from the ground and in the fall
laying them down and covering them
deeply with soil l have carried them
through winter n this way where the
mercury dropped a number Of degrees
below zero, and had abundant crops In
the hills of Northern Maryland | grew
the Brown Turkey and White Marseilles
with perfect success.
In the vegetable garden we had recent y
the first of the new Improved Giant su-
gar corn sent out by VIM. Henry Maule
this season. It is really giant. the ears
being Of uncommon size for a sweet corn,
and IN quality it IS all that need be de
sired. This promises to be Of great value
III the South by reason OF It's robust
habit, for the little early sweet cOrns are
generally worthless here. Cumberland GU
Cumber, planted late for pickles, promises
well and we will have more to say in re
gard to it. Nameless Wax Pod Snap
bean is good and makes more beans than
any other sort grown. It deserves 4 good
name and we hope that it viii get it. OF
all the tender and really stringless beans
the New Stringless green pod is the finest
we haze ever tried Tender as marrow
and entirely without strings, it leaves lit
tie 10 be desired IN a snap bean. This IS
another of Mr.. Maule's new beans Of this
season. New White Seeded Wax IS also
vcry fine and the Silver Pod bean is very
attractive and popular on our table.
The greatest success i'll the tomato line
here is me Success, with Enormous a
close competitor We have never had a
greater abundance of tomatoes of finer
speciments than we have had this season
from these. We find that training to
stakes and pinching to single stems en-
ables US to plant closer and thus protect
the tomatoes from sun scald, which INJURIES
a great many when allowed to sprawl on
the ground We have just set a fresh lot
Of late sown plants to give tomatoes for
late fall use and winter When frost
comes we gather and pack in crates and
put in a cool cellar and from time to time
take out few and bring them into a
warm room to color up. In this way we
generally have good tomatoes for slicing
till after Christmas
Dreer's Wonder bush lima bean is re
dcemng its first promise and IS loaded
with beans Of large size 1t started to
make long runners but concluded to stop
and load itself with bloom. Another sea
son We expect to try this planted at same
time with the Woods bush lima TO com
pare earliness Both are excellent, and
we arc gradually dropping the running
limas entirely having but few III the gar
| den this season.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

We are in the height Of the grape sea-.
son. DelaWares and Concorde are now
1ipe and are eaten by all hands, while
the Champion which has been ripe since
the middle OF July, is untoucned An
other grape which IS little talked about
We find very useful, especially with those
who prefer q Concord to a Delaware.
This Is the Lutte a large red grape nearly
as large as Concord. and very sweet but
very foxy IN odor. 1t is about the most
resistant to disease of any of the 300 va
rietIe5 we grow l have never seen it rot
at all, even when not sprayed. NotWith-
standing It's foXness l must confess that
l like this grape and admire It's robust
health and immunity to the evils that
strike other grapes. All the grapes com
mon III North Carolina arc here classed as
bunch grapes, 10 distinguish them from
the Scuppernong class, which produce
their fruit IN little clusters Of half a dozen
berries. Between the bunch grapes,
which ripen here IN July and are over III
August there is u gap IN grapes before
the Scuppernong and others of the Vul-
pima class arc ripe, and then the market
turns southwark and the baskets OF
grapes come this way from the North
instead of flowing North as they do at
the South do not keep, and still later in
the season, after the scuppernong season
IS over, we get the cold storage grapes of
the North. One Of these days some one
VIII teach the Northern people to eat
Scuppernongs, and then some one will
find OF the best way to ship them. In
or markets now they are pulled off the
clusters and sold by the bushel. In this
shape they soon sour and spoil and to
ship them they will have to be cut IN
clusters like the bunch grapes, the only
difficulty being that the whole cluster
does not ripen at once Lett to get dead
ripe the Scuppernong is the finest wine
grape of America, making a fine Sauterne
without sugar, and containing barely al
colhol enough to keep it. The country
wine made from the Scuppernong here Is
vile for they put a lot o. sugar IN it
and make a strong, hcady liquor not good
to drink.
Figs arc ripening, and the crop is abun-
ant Of Brunswick Brown Turkey and the
little Celestial The last j.. small bu. is
the favorite for eating fresh, as it can
be eaten without skinning. The larger
fig, are used for preserving and our
good wife has a large, fancy Jar ready
to fill for the st. Louis Exposition to
snow what beautiful figs produce here
We received cuttings of several new figs
from the Agricultural Department in the
/ Spring every one of which rooted and
are making a fire growth and we hope
4 Viii give us something new in figs. Some
years ago we grew over fifty varieties OF
figs but the larger part Of them were un
suited TO the climate. In fact. some OF
| the best ones were too tender tc thrive
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25
The Man Who Knows It All.

We have met men who are really well
educated and trained in their respective
vocations whose usefulness is greatly IL
tertered with by their abounding con
celt that they have comprehended all
knowledge in regard to their profession
and they look with comDlacent conde-
scension on the opinions of others equally
well qualified to form an opinion. This
sort of pride of knowledge is more com
mon to the young graduate than 10 the
elder men, but often is shown by men
whose age and experience should have
taught them the fact that all knowledge
will not die with them. This is especially
true in agricultural matters. Agricul-
ture IS developing in every line annually
and the man who assumes that there is
nothing more for him to learn, and that
all who differ from him are ignOramuscs
has gotten INTO Il pltiful condition, and IS
not likely to learn more. The man who
knows all there is to be learned about
farming, stock breeding and feeding, and
looks with disdain on the opinions Of other
men OF experience has reached the ut
most limit of his attainments, while the
man who realizes that the more he learns
the more there IS yet to learn, may differ
from others in the same profession on Ger
tain points, but he viii never lay down his
ideas aS the law and cast SlurS on those
who are trying to advance, it may be Il
different way from that which he has
followed We are not writing now of the
really ignorant cutivator OF the soil who
dcsp:ses all book farming, but of the large
class of educated men, many of whom are
disposed to arrogate superior knowledge
to themselves and fail to understand that
other men may at times be right when
they differ from them. 1t Is the great
fault in agricultural discussions that these
men are apt to fail to discuss the subjects
in hand IN a liberal way, but want to die
tate opinions to everyone else, and to cast
insnuations of ignorance those who
may differ from them. There IS no more
pitiful condition for an educated man to
get into than that of ina gining that he
knows it all better than anyone else
and cannot be taught by others. One OF
the greatest values that an agricultural
paper can have Is in the interchange OF
of training and experience, when each
realizes that other people may know some
thing as we'll as he does, and each has a
respect for the opinions OF the others
But the man who knows it all and is
inpatient of all criticisms, and throws out
personal slurs when he should bring real
arguments forward, is a nuisance IN q pa
per. no matter what his attainments may
be.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

sandy, marshy country that ancicnts con
>,idcrCd all but uninhabltablc, now sends
out yearly from her confines agricultural
products to the value Of a hundred mil
lion Of francs, and produces yearly about
thirteen million cattle, a. a result Of
their fidelity, constant courage and IN
dclntable spirit OF liberty.
In tho central and eastern portion OF
North Carolina we find conditions paral-
lcl to those IN Holland. There arc many
tracts of land a portion OF which Is worn
out and Will scarcely pay a remLacrauvc
profit that will pay the farmer for the
time and labor expended upon 1t, while
there arc in many instances ioW!and9 of
d rich black loam within a few hundred
feet OF these Worn-out lands, which, IT
Yut in use would add moro to the per
n.anent productivity OF the land than any
amount Of fertilizer which could BE used,
ana would with the aid of progressive
ideas. deep poughing and a careful. prae-
teal study Of the products for which tho
land and climate are best adapted, make
such a yield to the farmer az would put
the North Carolina farmer on a parallel
footing with those IN the central and
western States, thereby enhancing TIE
value of the State thousands OF dollars
The farms OF North Carolina have never
received the same care and attention that
has been given to those In States turth-
er north but the same tide of immIgr
ton OF the cotton, furniture and other
manufacturing enterprises. which has
been and is making such wonderful pro
greSs IN the Southern States is con
seryative estimate by which we may
gauge the result OF the coming tide OF
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25
From the North State lndu strial Journal.

practical farmers who have already be
gun and will continue to avail them
selves of tho climatic and other natural
advantages offered IN the South.
Ii matters not how fine an instrument
NC possess If we are not capable OF opcr
ating it there Is in it to Us no value IN
excess OF a mere commercial value OF the
material contained therein. It is the
time, brain and energy We CXpcnd, the
careful study that draws forth the pur
rose of It, construction. So it Is with the
Southern farmer who IS continually
draining the land Of its nutritious quall
ties with little effort 10 replace Or enrich
it, In numerous instances our lands are
employed to produce products for which
they are not adartcd, naturally resulting
in loss to the farmer not only to the
extent of the time and labor expended
hut also the fertilizer and seed Gsef on
which there IS held mortga &c by the
merchant in many instances IN tho event
OF tho IA lure of crops for two successive
seasons results IN the embarrassment and
not infrequent failure of the merchant.
Two years ago the writer. while tray
cling through tho eastern portion Of
North Carolina during an excessively dry
season observed fine folds OF cotton, corn
ana tobacco which 4 few weeks previous
gave great promise of a good yield, but
owing TO the extremely dry weather
would result in total failure when q
good stream Of water was flowing direct
/ Iy through the fields IN which the crops
were growing Several families 81 ne
groes were living in sight, waiting for the
harvest time which never came. Had they
| utilized their spare time IN hauling and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25
Al Agricultural University.

what is now needed in this country as
inc cag~touc Of the great system Of col
-.7 "' agriculture, is great National
.''-.|E Of agriculture, where the
@.'''"'"s Of the colleges, who intend to
.'.'.' heir lives TO the work of nvesti-
.'h n any branch of soil culture or
a.. '"hroS Connected Herewith can have
'iPHNnlty to study their speciality
'' prepared TO become the future in
."Ts at the State Experiment Sta
'~. university with broad acres for
'io lH5oratory. with abundant barns
'''.in1, for live stock of ali kinds,
.rhilHo laboratories in chemistry
r ~.'.'@y hospitals for animals and
equipment for Investigation along
u - ", human study connected with
... '" ana garden. A place where each
rr.. '"h take up some special line of
r.l 2"o"n aud be guided in his studies
... from which the stations can at all
v, ''" Tor specialists. Unfortunately
,...l.' nave moi. like Canada. any purely ag
t.. "" colleges, and those we have arc
4In. n...8rI'1 hy the necessity of giving
n.1 pmary oIucation in all that
To- the farm while giving, too
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

In 1850 the tempest swelled the Neuse
waters. overwhelmed and destroyed sew
ellty-two villages III the province OF
Utrecht with a loss Of one hundred thou
sand inhabitants. caused by the break
i,:. Of the dykes which had been erected
h,- the sturdy Dutchmen after hard years
of Toll for the protection OF their lands.
Twenty-six lakes were drained IN the
seventeenth century by means oil wind
mill force pumps, thus redccmlng SIX
Thousand bectors. or fifteen thousand
acres of land from the waters, and up
ia $50 35O. coo hoctors or 1880 acres OF
land were rescued by means OF these
windmills
A Dutch poet says Nature had refused
all her gifts to Holland, so ioiiand haa
10 do everything in spite OF Nature oeI
tain sections ol Holland were sandy ana
lacking in fertility, while In other sec
t,ons the soil was a black loan ana very
rich Thc sturdy Dutch fcftlilzed WIN
p, adjective soil the sandy and barren poF-
ticr-. bringing the rich SOL from a DIST
arce They studied the needs OF the
land from which their living was 10
co,co nv mixing the sandy earth WIN the
remains Of peat taken from the pottoii''
they extracted clay to lend fet'll'ly 20
the surface of the land. 'Ihey iapol -
ia break UP the sandy banks Win Il'o
plough and in thousand WayS' con
| aIIv Frightening off the mcHar1h@ ""''i7'
| thev succeeded in bringing doi'ao1 - 9
| .4ate Of cultivation not inferior ~ %
81 more favored regions. Holland Vha'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25
T0baCCOF FarmersM Meet.



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nation a. hc mentioned ,hc cru-hInr
monopoly which was running the tobacco
farmers.
IT ,gae an aftcrnoon of sna..si, MAKING
after the Committee on Plans ana Re-o
utons had been appointed 10y Col John
S Cunningham, who was Madc chairman o.
the meeting. ard in these speeches made
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the report of the Committee on Plans WAS
made
The plan adorted was that given in
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ing AZ outlined ~ Col CRIME. II beino
urefaced bv resolutions candcuring the
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Talks With Farmers.
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a general education Few Of the
young men thus educated are ready to
take independent places as investigators
IN the Stations, and the Stations are
handicapped by the necessity for train
ing the men who come as assistants. 4
great National post graduate school.
where the best training could be given,
and the men allowed to specialize, is he
need Of our agriculture today. When will
we have it?
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

Rocky Mount y. O. Aug. 2I-A Wig
oIous blow straight from the shoulder VAS
struck at the American Tobacco Company
trust today b. nearly three thousand
tobacco farmers, who had gathered here
frcm Eastern Carolina.
It was a meeting marked by deep feeling
against the American Tobacco Company,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25

ing tree. bat III our experience the ray
ages of the cdtaipa caterpillar make its
cudture rather uncertain. This insect may
not be plentiful in al parts Of the coun-
try. but with US they defoliate the trees
every summer and check the growth r.
such an extent as to make them worthless
for posts The best tree we have ever
Continued on Second Page)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-25
Growing Fence Posts.

Much interest is being manifested IN
the growing of timber trees on waste
lands in various parts of the country
Many are recommending the catalpa as
a rapid growing tree. It is a rapid grow
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-21

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Congressman J. A. Barham, Of Santa
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-21

TON. JOHN r. FURLONG, Member
RI Of tile Thirty-fifth General As
sembIy of the State of Illinois,
writes of Peruna as follows:
1853 Osgood ST., Chicago, Ill.
The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.
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ard lungs permanently and In g
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-21
GROCER. /.

express hope that some agreement
can be reached The effect upon the
canal treaty will at once be felt and
Senator Quay and other statehood men
will not try to prolong the DEBATE on
this measure At the same time sena-
tors served notice yesterday upon
those who are pressing the treaty,
that Senator Morgan should have full
opportunity to present his views and
amendments to the treaty IN an or
derby manner without undue pressure.
Senators Teller, Dubois and Rawlins
were especially emphatic when makine
these declarations, saying that even
if the treaty had to go over until af-
ter March 4th, the Alabama senator
should not be subjected to undue pres
sure
The panama and Colombian treaties
also received the attention of both
houses of congress. and there seems
to be feeling to rush matters and
avoid an extra session.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-21
COMPROMISE IS
BEING TRIED NUW
Substitute for Omnibus Bill May
Yet Give the Territories
Statehood.
COLLEGE CORNER STONE LAID
The Union. Mo, Bank Robbers
Escape and ADOPT Tracy
Tactics.
COLLEGE CORNER STONE LAID
FATAL TROLLY CAR COLLISION

WASHINGTON, Feb 21.-The
senate resumed it's sitting again at IL
o'clock, with the doors closed and
with Thursdays session proceedings.
The presiding officer had scarcely TAX
en- his seat when the point of no quo
rum was made. A sufficient number
of senators soon responded and Ldr.
Morgan was about to proceed wi.a his
canal speech when there was a gener-
al request on the part of tie senators
to be allowed to transac, some morn
ing business. Senator Cullom yield
ed to this demand and it soon became
apparent that very large vohra 9 of
this business had accumulated. Mr..
Cullom then moved an open session OF
an hour for the transaction OF legisla-
tive business. There was no objection
and accordingly twenty minutes after
the beginning of the sessions the doors
were open. The hour was given large
1y to the Introduction of bills and the
making of committee reports. The
business had not proceeded far when
Mr. Quay said: II merely rise to make
my usual request with, presume, the
usual result, that on Thursday the
26th of February, vote be taken on
the omnibus statehood bill and its
amendments without further debate"
Messrs. Depew and Nelson objected
simultaneously. Mr.. Quay took his seat
with wave Of his hand to Mr. Alger
who had yielded the floor to him.
A number of bills passed
The statehood compromise which is
expected to unlock the present tangle
in the senate and remove the block
ade proposes to admit two states, one
Oklahoma, according to its present
boundaries, with proviso that the
Indian territory shall be added in 1906
when the treaty obligations with the
Indians will not be in the way The
other state is to be composed of New
Mexico and Arizona under the name
of Montezuma. with a proviso that
when the present Territory of Ari-
zona has a popuiatfon of 20O, 900 people
1t shall become a separate state, pro-
viding that people of the Territory
effected. vote in favor of being di-
vided from New Mexico. Senator
Sno0ner has been entrusted with the
legal questions involved, especially in
regard 20 the rights of Indian Terbs
in the Indian Territory. While these
compromises will be acceptable to
the republicans there is yet considera-
bic doubt about the democrats, and so
far as can be learned they will op-
pose it with vigor, which means de-
feat at this stage of the session. 1t
has been suggested that when the
compromise plan is formulated the
democrats may hold conference and
If majority should agree to accept
the bill. the minority will yield. How
ever, this is only conjecture, but the
men who are managing the situation