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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23
kOBESON BANNER COTTON COUNTY

ROBESON BANNER COTTON COUNT
Robson is the banner cotton producing
county III North Carolina, though Meek
lenburg IS a close second with Wake.
Union. Wayne, Johnston and Edgccombe
following 10 the order named. This IN
formation Is obtained from the cotton
ginning bulletin recently issued by the
Census Department. Not only are figures
given showing the yield of cotton by coun-
ties for the year 1902, but the crop pro
duction by counties for the past TOUR
years is also given as a basis for inter
esting comparisons.
OF the ~ counties in the State 73
produce cotton, though the cultivation
OF the white staple in number OF coun-
ties Is merely nominal Nineteen counties
In North Carolina have a yield IN ex-
cess of 10000 bales, and they produce
the bulk OF the crop of the State. The
+! yield of these counties IN 1902 was 346, $50,
| which was much more than halt OF the
| total crop and neary y two-thlrds of It.
| The total yield of cotton IN 1902 was 549,-
! SAP, which IS the high water mark IN pro
ductIon for some years. In 1902 the
| growth was 415, sos bales, being less than
/! III 1900, when the yield was ATT, 269. The
crop in 1899 amounted to 440, 400 bales.
| No Sea Island cotton is grown IN the
i State. according TO the Census Depart
ment. Dare and New Hanover are the
! only eastern counties that fall to pro-
duce the white staple. Polk is the most
! extreme western county recorded as
and the old way Of storing them, and our
there was only 594 bales in 1902 Wilkes
is the baby among the cotton counties.
having a yield of only five bales. Six
counties marketed the round bale, these
! being Alexander, Halifax, Hcrtford, Ire
| dell, Johnston and Stanly.
| The -ieli Of the nineteen largest cot
ton producing counties for the year o2
is given herewith, in addition to the low
est yield during the past four years. This
| gives the highest and the smallest pro
| ductiOn since SIS:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23

500. the undertaken gets from twenty
tive 10 fifty dollars, the editor publishes
notice OF death, and an obituary column
long, lodge and >ocIcty resolutions. a lot
OF poetry and a free card q thanks, ant
gets 10000. No wonder s9 many country
editors set rIcn
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23
OnsloW County, n. C.
G. GASOLINE ENGINE.

viii you kindly advise me, through your
columns, as to what you think of a 21a
II. P gasoline engine being sufficient to
lun a 24-lnch wood saw and a No. II Cy-
clone feed cutter? The engine | have
reference to is the Weber Engine. Do
you think l could run either machine to
talr advantage with 21a H P. engine?
Would said engine give as much or leAs
power than five horses on sweep power? !?
The manufacturer fits this engine with
inch drive pulley. Now, what effect
would it have on the driving power of
engine to fit it with a 14-inch pulley?
want just as cheap an engine as l can
get to do my work, as it will have to
stand idle most of the time. [ just want
1t for my own use, and not to do custom
work
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23
Of Interest TO the Farmers.


season, but by the first Of August the
hot, dry weather began to tell.
Where the potatoes were the leaves on
The trees We're brown and looked dark, and
hte fruit dropped badly On the fivc-acre
part the same condition prevailed but
perhaps not to so great an extent viii e
where the peas We're the trees looked
thrifty and the foliage dark and green.
Many passer-by remarked: what
makes those trees look so thrifty while
others show the effects of the drought %
When picking time came the real differ
ence was apparent; the potato patch yield
ed neither apples nor potatoes The po-
tatoes were not worth digging, ard three
barrels Of No. 2 fruit were the best it
yielded.
The five acres did some better. but It IS
enough to say that the sorting table was
never carried beyond the edge of the
peas September 10th q high wind blew
off a good many.
I picked up and shipped twenty-cight
barrels and took about sixty bushels to
the cider mill The rest hung on remark
ably well and when picked October 18th,
yielded ninety-seven barerlS. The apples
were large, even and high colored and |
was offered fifty cents per barrel more for
this fruit. orchard run. than for any other.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23
CRIMSON CLOVER.

VIII you be so kind as to inform me-
through your paper, what time to SOW
crimson clover? I have just read letter
in the Planter from G. f. Day in regard
to crimson clover as being a good fertilizer
as we'll as for grazing. l live in Eastern
North Carolina. and we don't SOW any
thing Of the kind. | have some sandy land
that wil5 make from fifteen to twenty
bushels of corn per acre. and would be
glad to improve it by sowing clover. if
you think that kind of land will grow it.
r. G.. MORTON.
Onslow County, n. C.
The land YOU describe will grow Grim
son clover. Sow the seed at any time from
August to October at the rate of fifteen
pounds to the acre if seeded alone, OF if
in mixture with oats or wheat, which we
advise. at the rate of ten pounds of Clover
and half a bushel of grain. Sow broad
cast and cover with light harrow-Ed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23
FEEDING COWS FOR THE DAIRY

'9oulhern Farm Magazne.)
=. The proper feeding of cows intended for
,.I me dairy IS question that interests onr
min. PopuIatlon, for the production of
food 81 outter IS more question Of
a.-e,. "a" ol breed. 1t is not intended TO
lv o.. "'"eVer, that all breeds are equal
the ,.., Ilceable for the dairy, but that
fe3 ,Iil DeSt breeds, If Ill kept and i'll
n. ,n,Ih and butter, Certain breeds Of cattle
abIy ''"oy utilize food more profit
hptto, " convert 1t into more milk and
n ua ,idh some others. The difference
boo, ''i,N from keeping good COWS and
at tla mas been oftentimes illustrated
rpror4 experimental stations Orc -,"h
static, "' "i hfteen COWS at the Utah
"here the cost of food for each
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23
THOMAS HICKS.


We doubt very much whether a two
atd half horsepower engine will do the
work you describe. The nominal power
o. gasoline engine Is practically its ac-
'Ddl power and not, as Is the case with a
steam engine, only about half the actual
power. three horse sweep horse power
would not run the machines you mention.
You should have at least fouT horse
q glne. Increasing the size of the driv-
ng pulley would not give you more pow
e.. A large fly-wheel on it might help,
hut this would be straining the other
parts of the engine. Get guarantee
from the maker when you purchase, that
the engine you buy Will drive the machines
You name.-Ed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23
LETTUCE GROWING.

1 want to ask you a few questions
about lettuce growing. l want to plant
in fall for late winter and early spring
shipping When ought l to SOW seed
and what k nds arc best? How much fer
t,lzer should | use to the acre. and how
much seed must l SOW?
TOM e PERSON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23

we have never before heard any com
,'''' ~ 10 Japan clover being unsuitable
' 'Hiich COWS. On the other hand we
nave heard number Of farmers who
large herds Of mich cattle speak
,7''J OF 1t. The composition OF the
l."'', 'N disclosed by analysis is almost
>''''} The same as red clover, and. there
..r ' may be presumed to be an cx-
Ieed for either milk or meat ma k
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23
JAPAN CLOVER.

There Is considerable pasturage OF
Japan clover in this locality, and people
here are largely of the opinion that 1T
Is got to stay and OF advantage in fat
jemng cattle on poor land. but that it Is
h't mix producing and Will run a COW
liE kept much upon it. My two cows,
Jersey and Devonshre, got IN fine fix
upon 1T last summer, but failed rapidly
h their milk. Was the Japan clover the
cause They had d very light feed Of
meal and wheat bran at milking, not
housed until late fall Devon was u
,|'pper. Jersey was fresh in July with
't' third calf. Pray oblige by reply III
next ISSUE Of paper
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-23

A grand total in value Of 81 ,565,S62
In 1896 Georgia produced:
299 $40 bales of cotton worth s3S 800, ! 58
90 S29 ,654 bushels of corn worth IA 116,751
sos. .2SS bushels of oats worth. 20S4,9GS
699. .S72 bushels Of wheat worth ,512 $50
1S9. .735 tons Of hay worth - 2.O96.5
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT AT
TEN YEARS.

Admiral David G. Farragut tells
the story how he laid the foundation
of bis splendid career, as follows:
"Would you like to know how l was
enabled to serve my country? 1t was
all owing to a resolution I formed
when l was ten years Of age. My
father was sent down to New Orleans
with the little navy we then had, to
look after the treason of Burr. I &C.
companied him as cabin boy. l had
some qualities that I thought made a
man of me. l could swear like an old
salt, could drink as stiff glass of grog
as if 1 had doubled Cape Horn, and
could smoke like locomotive. I was
great at cards, and fond of gambling
in every shape. At the close of the
dinner, one day, my father turned
everybody out of the cabin, locked the
door, and then said to me:
"David, what do you mean to be p
81 mean to follow the sea-
"Follow the sea! Yes, be poor
miserable, drunken sailor before the
mast, kicked and cuffed about the
world, and die in some fever hospital,
in some foreign cline
"'No,' said I, I'll tread the quarter
deck, and command as you do
"'No, David no boy ever trod the
quarter deck with such principles as
you have, and such habits as you ex-
hibit. You'll have to change your
whole course of life, if you ever be.
come mani
"My father left me and went on
deck. l was stunned by the rebuke,
and overwhelmed with modification.
A poor, miserable, drunken sailor be.
fore the mast, kicked and cuffed about
the world, and to die in some fever
hospital! That's my fate, is it! Ill
change my life, and do so at once. l
will never utter another oath; I will
never gamble And as God is my
witness, I have kept those three vows
to this hour"
Congress ordered twenty-thousand
dollar monument to the boy who was
a hero at ten, and greater at that age
than ever after; greater than Alexan-
der the Great, who, when be had con-
quered all known worlds wept be-
cause there were no others to conquer
who conquered everything but him.
self, and died at the early age of thirty
three.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04
SLEEP YHE BEST BRAIN
STIMULANT.

The best possible thing for a man to
do when he feels too weak to catry
anything through is to go to bed and
sleep as long as he can. This is the
only recuperation of brain power, the
only actual recuperation of brain force,
because during sleep the brain is in a
state of rest, in condition to receive
and appropriate particles of nutriment
from the blood which take the place of
those which have been consumed by
previous labor, since the very act of
thinking burns up solid particles, as
every turn of the wheel or screw of
the steamer is the result of consump-
ton by fire of the fuel in the furnace.
The supply of consumed brain sub
stance can only be had from the nutri-
tive particles in the blood which were
obtained from the food eaten previous
W. '-d the hra;n is so constituted that
II can best receive and appropriate to
itself those nutritive particles during
a state of rest, of quiet and stiffness of
sleep. Mere stimulants supply moth
ing in themselves. They goad the
brain and force it to greater consump-
tion of it's substance until it is 80 ex-
hausted that there is not power enough
left to receive supply.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04
ONLY A MASK.

Many are not being benefited by
the summer vacation as they should
be. Now, Notwithstanding much out
door life, they are little if any stronger
than they were. The tan on their
faces is darker and makes them look
healthier, but it is only a mask. They
are still nervous, easily tired, upset by
trides, and they do not eat or sleep
we'll. What they need is what tones
the nerves, perfect digestion, creates
appetite, and makes sleep refreshing,
and that is Hoods Sarsaparilla. Pupils
and teachers generally will find the
brief purpose Of the vacation best OBJ
served by this great medicine which,
as we know, "builds up the whole
system"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04
THEY HAD THINGS MIXED.

1t was almost sundown when I ar
rived at mountaineer's cabin high up
on the Tennessee side of the Cumber-
land mountain, and I found the man
seated on log at the gate and his wife
smoking her pipe on the doorstep.
[ asked him if l could find lodgings
for the night, and he shook his head
and replied in doubtful tones:
II don't skassly believe yo' kin,
stranger-not skassly."
GLOW far is it to the next cabin?"
"Bout a mile, reckon, but I amt
bellevin' they could take yo' in."
"And the next after that ?'
"Tow miles mo-, but they'd hev to
pass yo' on. I'd really like to take
yo' in, but l amt skassly seen now
it kin be DONE"
"1t kin be done, stranger, if he'll
give up his sotness," called the wo.
man.
"But yo' must give up ours fust."
he called back.
saw that there was a family dis
pute of some sort on, but hesitated to
ask any questions. After a minute
or two however, the woman rose slow
ly up and came down to the gate and
explained:
stranger, Tom yere got up this
mawnin' and said that tide whale
swallered Danl."
"And I'm stickin' right to it," re-
piled the husband.
"And l said it was Moses, and I'm
stickin' right to that. Tom he's sot
and I'm sot, and so we've sot right
here all day to which would outset
the other in sotness. If Tom will say
the whale swallowed Moses I'll hev
supper ready in ten minutes"
II never kin do it," replied Tom.
'It was Dan'l, and ye've only got to
say so fur US to take the stranger
in."
"But see here," I put in, cit was
neither Daniel nor Moses. You are
both mistaken"
"Who was it, then ?" they asked in
in chorus.
"Why, Jonah"
"Yo' don't mean it!'' gasped the
husband.
"Listen to that y whispered the
wife.
cit was Jonah, and all the Bibles
in the land will tell you so. Daniel
was cast to the lions, and Moses was
hidden away in the bulrushes when he
was baby.
"Dog-gone my cats, old woman, but
he's dead right and we are two fules,"
exclaimed the man. "Shake, stran-
ger, and yo' come right in and own
the cabin fur the next var! Of co'se
it was joiner, and if our softness had
driv yo' on I'd hev allus bin hopin',
that the both of US would hev bin bit
by woodchucks and gulped down by
bars
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04
THE EDITORIAL "WEo DE.
FINED.

Someone has explained the signif-
canoe of the editorial tive" 1t may
have variety of meanings. For ex-
ample, when you read, ave expect
our wife home today" ,""we" refers to
the editor. "We are little late with
our work." includes the whole office
force, even the devil and the towel; in
ave are having a boom," the town is
meant; "We received over 100000
emigrants last year" embraces the ma
tion; but "We have hog cholera in our
midst" means that the man who takes
our paper and does not pay for it., is
ill.-lowa Exchange.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04

Willie Gotham-If you should dig
hole right through the earth, you'd
come out in China.
Emerson Hubbs-Yes, but it would
be no use. You would find Russian
guarding the hole.
He-I've been reading about man
whose liviving expenses are only, 10
cents day.
She-Oh, suppose he gets a free
sample of every kind of breakfast
food.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04

He-Yes, he certainly is a queer.
looking chap. Is he nice?
She-Did you ever drink water af
ter eating icecream?
He-Yes; but why did you ask =?
She-Because that's what he's like
We respect good poet; We rev.
erence a good cook.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04

Little Mary was discussing the
great hereafter with her mamma when
the following ensued:.
"Mamma, will you go to Heaven
when you die!"
ayes, hope so, child.'
"Well I hope I'll 60, too, because
you'll be so lonesome
20, yes, and I hope your papa will
go, too."
90, no papa can't go; be can't leave
the store"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04

A man may be an expert at apollo.
gies and yet be very poor apology
himself
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-04

Man is about the only animal that
kills for fun.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-09
CLEVELAND DENIES REPORT,
VIII Not ForecIose on Railroad Bond
Which He AoIds

VIII Not ForecIose on Railroad Rondo
Which He Holds.
. New York, Dec. 4.-Former PresI.
dent Cleveland denies the report that
he Is about to foreclose on a Pennsyl.
yania line 16 miles In length in default
OF all interest payment on bonds which
he holds.
"fhe Bradford, Bordell and Kilpen
road" he said, rs a narrow gauge
road IN the oil regions. Nearly ton
years ago como OF it's stock came to
me, partly for professional services.
deposited my stock with a committee
and five or six years ago the commit.
tee sent mo $4,000 worth of bonds,
which we're to pay interest only In
case OF the road proving profitable.
Several payments were made, but two
yoars ago payment was refused whom
the coupons were sent and my bonds
were again solicited by a committee
which was to act as it thought best
In the matter Since that time !
have hoard nothing from the commit.
tee"
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-09
BOY SAVES FATHER.
touching Appeal to Governor Odc

Touching Appeal to Governor OdclI
Secures Pardon
Ithaca. N. Y, Dec. 4.-A,fter serving
less than two years of a 5-year SON
tence in Auburn prison for stealing
S6O,UO0 worth Of bonds and $4,000 III
jewelry, Charles D. Norris, formerly
a car inspector, here has been freed
through tho efforts Of his 9-year-oId
son.
Norris took the property from the
private car Of a wealthy theatrical
manager as 1t stood on a sidetrack
here. The theft was not discovered
until he following day, but his arrest
and the recovery of the property
quickly ensued. When taken to pris.
on wife and throe little ones wore
loft to struggle for existence They
all secured mployement and when Gov.
ernor Odell visited the CITY recently
the eldest child-a boy OF 9-presente ]
touching appeal to the chief execu
tive for his fathers pardon. He
sealed 1t neatly and as the govern OF
was about to board his car tho little
fellow handed him the letter After
investigating the case the boys plea
was granted, and Norris has been 70
stored to his family.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-09
ST. LOUIS ROADS
Making Preparations to Handle Expo.
SitIOn Crovyds

"oN''S ThCps'THSlonS TO f1an0Ie ExpO.
sitIon Crowds.
Now York, Dec. 4.-'rhc presidents
OF the roads In ST. Louis met today
to consider plans connected with the
Improvement Of the union station al
st. Louis. These plans involve an
outlay of about S6,000,OOO and 1t is
expected that the proposed. improve.
ments will be completed in time to
handle with greater facility the rush
or travel to the exposition.
A bond issue has been Issued to meet
the necessary expenditures, but be
cause OF existing financial conditions,
no attempt has been made to disposc
OF the bonds.
Statements that the Terminal asso
citation contemplates purchasing tht
old Alton bridge over the Mississippi
river, some 20 miles from, ST. Louis
are erroneous. The association. /
is authoritatively stated, has no inter
est In this matter, but it IS understood
that several subsidiary lines are nego
tiat1ng for the property.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-09
DIRECTORS HOLD MEETING.
ThomasVllle and Gulf Road Goes Int
f.. Consolidation.

SohSONUallOn.
Thomasr1lle. Ca, Dec. 4.-The boarJ
OF directors Of the Triton, Thomas
vile and Gulf railroad met here. The
consolidation Of that road with the
Atlantic and Birmingham railroad waa
unanimously authorized.
AT meeting previously held the
Triton and Northeastern and Atlantic
ard birmingham directors had voted
for merger.
Immediately after the vote here a
contract was executed. The new
system Will be known as the Atlantic
and birmingham railway. 1T will
control 220 miles from Waycross to
Montezuma and from Thomasville and
Fitzgerald.
Officers OF the consolidated systems
are: President, w. G. Raoul; gener.
al manager and vice president, George
dole Wadley; secretary. G. Fred Red.
ding; directors Atlantic and Birmins.
ham railway, W. q. Raoul, George
Dole Wadley, T. Jefferson Coolidge,
Jf., n. M. Atkinson, Percy r. Pyne,
T.. II. Williams, w. J. Swayne, Aloy
Bonnyman and c. Fred Redting. Five
hundred thousand dollars worth Of
rolling stock has already been order
ed for the new road.
Officers say the extension from Mon.
tezuma, to Birmingham will be CON.
struCted immediately. Also Gire.t
connection with Atlanta and AL extern.
sion from Waycross to the coast in
the near future. The road will make
bid for the winter tourist traffic,
via Birmingham, next year.
The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-09
TELEGRAPl4IC BREVITIES.

Iuskegee. Ala, charged with theS
George Gould. his two sons ant
Pierre Lorillard, the millionaire to
bacco manufacturer, are at Mr. Gould.
hunting lodge, near high Point, N. G.
on hunting tour.
Western Union messenger bows a
wilmington, N. c., went out on strike
but returned to work soon aGterward
Cause of the trouble was a reduction
In their pay.
James ]. Blair, the attorney, has
Deen indicted by tho ST. Louis grand
jury on the charge OF forgery in the
hrst degree. Blair was formerly
general counsel Of the worlds fail
ana Tor several weeks has been con
lined In the hospital.
General Rrayton. member of the
republican national comritcc from
hhode Island, has proposed a plan to
decrease the south's representation Ii
Republican national conventions.
AT the hearing before the senate
committee On military affairs, Ray
stannad Baker gave evidence favor
able to General Leonard Wood.
Hecetvers have taken ,charge OF
DoWie's Zion City. But liltlo money
was found In the two banks.
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
report is current In Port Arthur,
originating In Chinese qua.tcrs Of an
anh-christian rising in the province
OF Sze Chuan.
At the close Of the ministerial coun
Gil the Marquis Villaverd., the pre-,
mier, proceeded to the palace and
rendered his resignation to King Al
fonso.
new revolutionary movement has
begun In San Domingo ever before the
men who ousted Wos CT! have been
able to solidify themselves.
Alarming stories In regard to the
condition of Emperor William are cur
rent In Berlin, but they lack conflr
nation.
ihe british royal commission on
pure rood and drink pronounces
against the use Of, arsenic IN beer.