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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22

crop. Would not hurry my crop on the
market after it gets under ten cents As
| see it now, you are in a position to
Don't get frightened should Mr. Neil aud
his associates come out with a twelve
million bale crop. They have interests
to serve. Wall Street spectators deal in
margins and swing from one side to the
ether. II matters but little with them
whether cotton IS high or low, provided
they see your crop IS too big to cor
ner.
The world wants your cotton and viii
want it bad. They know your crop Will
not exceed last years crop, and they
know your last years crop stopped their
spindles nearly sixty days, and cotton
jumped from eight to thirteen and halt
cents. This experience is too fresh and
unpleasant on their minds to be caught
the second time therefore they Will buy
your crop more rapidly than ever be-
fore.
l admit this IS early for any one to
give out an opinion for the future upon
a problem that SO agitaces the world
and I may be wrong but want to warn
you of the position [ think you hold.
NV interest cannot be selfish one as |
am on both sides-farmer and manufac-
turer-but mostly farmer. I share their
loss and gain. Ny predictions may be
misleading, do your own thinking
ASHLEY HORNE
Clayton, N. c., Sept. 10, 1903.
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land upon which il IS pl7n'-l Is male
highly fertile.
But hniey VII rat prove rr ft.h'.
PA thin lind Thc t5st Ina t.r n,l.s
iot where gattiy h4ys a.ya Het3.
night for several months or wher. heass
applications s. barnyarl manure hasc
been broadcasted BARLEY * MA. p ut.
nutritious than rye rs d fes1. ha- 4 X
more out Of the land TO get that cxtra
nutrlmtnt. So that oH ordinary fertile
soils plant rye and on the richest lots
plant barley Burr clover nllI a'~a a
best ON fertile soils that arc u hlEa
state of tllaee. and this clover j. probs
bly, the best q III claycr~ lar tho south.
certainly i is the most reliable
PREPARATIoN AND PLANTING
All of these crops will DO better plant
ed on land which has during the summer
produced a crop of COW peas on such
land the stubhle can be turned unle~
with good plows and then cut 70 pieces
fine With 4 harrow.
II fertilizers are TO be applied thoy may
then be spread on the rye or barley satn
broadcast and the seed harvested in with
clover the land must be prepared wei
and smoother down to a fine state Of tjlth
The seed can then be sown and covered
with light roller or brush. If the clover
seed are covered over half an inch good
stand is not likely TO be secured
1t VIII not require much time on labor
to prepare and SOW down 4 few patches
or few acres III one or more Of these
reliable grazing crops for winter use The
cost will be small compared to their value
two or three months later on
These small patches Of green not only
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22

What IS the world consumption? Not
less than eleven and half million bales,
and will be more for the next twelve
months than ever before on account OF our
last years shortage and the world S
progress.
For the last thirty years up to January,
1903 Liverpool seems to have named the
price of cotton for the world. Since
aruary, 1903, Wall Street and New Or
leans, being nearer the cotton fields,
learned the weight of the crop and seem
to have taken the swing, now mere she
goes. there she goes" What is the mat
ter with cotton? Who ever heard since
the DAYS of Reconstruction of thirteen
and fourteen cent cotton, sixty dollars
DER bale? What does 1t mean? 1t means
simply that one more time IN the his
tory of the cotton planters OF the South
has gone beyond thelf
This is confirmed, for 1t seems
like thirteen and fourteen cents would
have brought out the last bale IN the
woods. 1t seems to me, so tar as the
nresent crop of cotton Is concerned, the
farmers hold the balance of power ana
ore in a position to take the place Oh
Wall Street and New orleans and name
tho nrice of cotton for some time 10
come You are up to a good proposition,
farmers. provided you are capable OF
managing 1t.
recommend selling your crop slowly
down to fen cents then wait TIL you can
be better Informed as to the size OF 'he
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22
TIL ECOTTON SITUATION.

40 Inc EdItOr:-I desire to answer
.''e recent correspondence from farm
@4a others asking my views relative
'"e cotton crop and It's probable rul-
price for the coming season.
D'a : problem that only time can
D4l by combining many opinions
'Aahle the reader to be benefited
'.7 '' an unusual crop. What usually
j., D." August IS now being realized
T., r-'hoeT, because the crop is two
-''' weeks late. 1t is not my ex-
,.''-.-ce ever to get q full output from
~, l"b Two to three weeks late.
ion -"'. bureau report was, in my opin-
ll '' Algh. l predict the next to be
os +hl continue to lessen to the end
fin, 1''~on, ana that the crop viii con-
rI, /" detepioraicn exclusive of
Gato 7y oi frost even at an average
cIrr .. .','.o VIII catch large part of the
Gar,-'I' I'' larger part than ever before
Seem. "'loForatIon in the crop now
The. ac,, "t going on from one end of
Int I'D be1l TO the other It is the
extar. '0-Ioh per acre rather than the
No.. 'Fe"9e which makes the crop
cctror 'e.' IN intimate knowledge Of the
the va. p conditions az this season of
With th venture the prediction that
50 far . present unfavorable conditions
dry r,o.., '051 and shedding. boil weevils.
Sea-. '"lnor. etc.. the cotton cro,, &c +ha
ln,t ,,. I''"-of beginning on the 1st.
oue n.. prove to be very moderate
uLg eleven million bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22

somewhere n his walden" "that 10
not make any broad distinction between
the llliJerateness ot my towusmau mo
cannot read al and the ill.'ete.a-oss o[
h.m who has learned only to read Eh~t i.
Tor children and feeble Iutellect-" How
much narrower, then. should be the dis.
tiuctiou between the "IIIitcrateuca5 II
him who cannot read at all" and the .i.
lteTateUeso of him @ho cannot red at ali.
and the iIIiterateness Of hlm whose train
ing has been such that he regard read
ing only as task - be summed fr9p.e
everywhere are now beg inning 30 .ee thc
mistake pointed out. ten year, ag1. IS
President Eliot IL Ms essay "Wae~.In
Popular Education Has Failed
We have heretofore put TOO rnurh
confidence IN the u.cre acquisition II
the arts OF reading and writ.ng. ~
ter these arts are acquired, there Is
much - be done to make them cG-ec-
tive for the development Of the chgaI.
intelligence. II his reasoning power r.
to be developed through reading, Sc
must be guided 10 the right sort VI
reading. The school must teach not
only now to read but what to read.
and il must develop a taste for Whole
some reading
1t is to remedy just this defect that
he rural school library has been intro
luced into twenty-nine American States.
And though widely varying plans have
CONTINUED Oh Third Page
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Talks With Farmers.

annual dressing OF raw bone meal. the
dTcppIngs have been regularly scattered.
and the moving machines occasionally
run over to clip off the rank spots that
the cattle avoid and to keep down any
growth ot weeds With an annual top
dressing and keeping the pasture clean
there Will be no running out, but rather
an increase IN the capacity OF the sod
Try this. We have also found it 4 good
plan to scatter in late summer and fall
seed oG crimson clover on a pasture In
the shade of the grass it will germIn9te
and grow, and add great deal to the
spring paeturage, while The power Of the
plant to get nitrogen from the air will
help tile rest OF the grass. Try this 100
THE CREAM OF THE BULLETINS.
The University of Nebraska Agricultur-
al Experiment Station, Lincoln, Neb
Bulletin No. So Experiments in Mulch
ing Garden Vegetables BY R. A. En-
eIson.
1t j. no new thing, as the bulletin
says, to use straw as a mulch for the
purpose of conserving soil moisture anG
to prevent weed growth III gardens, but
1t has found restricted use In vegetable
growth tor many years Potatoes and
Strawberries have been mulched more
than other crops, but experiments in this
line have been made with other plants
and with orchards. While the expert
nents made at the Stations have gen
orally been favorable to mulching the
practice has not come into general use.
and there must be some serious draw
back to it. The farm garden is apt to
be a thing Of spring enthusiasm and
generally lacks attention in the hot
weather when other work is driving.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22

grazing from quick growth, rye Is the
most reliable crop to sow on ordinarily
fertile land. Rye will grow and make a
fairly good crop on soil that is quite
thin and unfit for barley or clover. Both
rye and barley are reliable crops and
Burr clover also. if the latter is properly
handled. On good land, well manured,
rye will germinate and make rapid growth
with almost any kind Of handling, pro-
vided the seed are covered into the soil.
Barley will make an enormous growth
ana give two or three cuttings if the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22

Hence any practice that will save labor
III hot weather and the rush Of farm
work. deserves attention. The test Of
mulching was begun at the Nebraska Sta
ton in 1900 During the first year, 4
nearly normal season, mulching was COM
pared with thorough cultivation in grow
ing considerable number of garden
vegetables on upland without irrigation.
lii the very dry summer of 1901 the
was made on both irrigated
and unirrigated upland Ii 1902 mulchng
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carefully scattered, we may return much
of the nitrogen, but if young and grow
ing animals are pastured we cannot re-
turn the phosphoric acid they take from
the soil in the building up of their honey
structure There would be no running
out Of sod if we realized tnat the pas
ture need fertihzng as much as any part
OF the farm. We know of hill pastures
that have been unbroken for generations,
and which instead of running out have
in their capacity to feed stock.
These pastures, however, have had an
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22

give profit 10 their owners and joy 10 the
live stock, but they bcautify the home
and make the surroundings attractive
There IS nothing which presents a better
scene during the dreary months Of winter
than a country home surrounded witt
fields Of small grain and cattle or pigs
grazing them.
IN the purchase Of rye to plant, be sure
that the Georgia home raised variety is
secured. Foreign grown rye docs not
seem TO do we'll It is more like planting
western corn in Southern fields our
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22
IMPROVIN CHILL PASTURES.

We are often asked about the improve
ment Of the grass on pastures that seem
TO be running out. Many ask if they
cannot run a disk or drag over and SOW
grass seeds without replowing the land
and thus renew the sod The main rea-
son for the running out of the grass is
that men imagine that grass can be taken
off the land, young cattle can build up
their honey frames and thus takes the
phosphates out of the soil, and that the
soil Will continue to produce grass They
seem to think that grass may be con
tinually removed from the land and the
soil continue fertile. 1t is time for US
to realize that grass exhausts the soil
just rs other crops do, and if it is all
taken off year after year the soil must
become capable Of producing less. In
the dropplngs of the cattle, if they are
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-09-22
Prof. w. r. MASSEY, in Practical Farmer
ezzgs GE8Ne Gxzzs - 81 evase%>

the mills running six weeks Hence it
does not seem to be much of a corner
1T Is evident that the growing crop Will
not be large one. North Carolina may
have a fair crop if frost holds off late.
hut the crop, though generally in fine
shape, Is all three weeks late, and an
early frost viii cut it very short Else
where in the South the crop is reported
poor. With the evident shortage in all
the markets it is certain that even witt
a good crop the price cannot fall great
ly. good many farmers we hear of
are selling their crops at present quota
tcns for future delivery, and if there is
much of this future delivery, buying at
the figures that now prevail, for the late
fall and winter months the farmers who
held Oh will be pretty certain OF good
price.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-24

ser achaque general humane po-
ner la mira en- 10 mas, y no sa-
tisfacerse con 10 menos. Y tai
pudiera ser la expression tumul-
tuosa de su desagrado, que de-
mandara, para apaciguarlos, una
Intervention cxtranjera. Esta
eventualidad, no obstante, muy
natural y muy corriente, y que
sin la union de las dos grandes
potencias citadas y la aquiescen
cia de las demas, Sc convirtiria
en- primera chispa del mas for
midable incendio. ha debido ser
prevista, estudiada y resuelta
en- Ell acuerdo recaido entire Ru-
sia y Austria, en- cual hipotesis
Sc desvanecen decididam ente los
peligros que la a6rmacion con-
traria entraiiaro.
E. M.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-24
Toa-baja
Mario 22 de 1903.

Han caido recios aguaceros en- esta
jurisdiction. Bastante falta hacfa para
lei cuitivo de caffas y frutos memories,
asf como tambien para el consume que
va sc escaseaba.
M El 20 por Ia noche, ell policfa
Avelino Gonzalez denunci6 ante ell ixez
de Pas de Bayam6n a los individuos
Francisco Santana y Eusebio Ortiz, pos
alterar la paz p1blica.
Ell dfa FL, el miSmo policfa, denunci6
al abastecedor de carnes Santiago Guz-
m an. por infringir las leyes de Sa-
nidad.
~ En- la misma noche fue aSa1tada
la morada de nuestro sirnpatico amigo
Mr.. Rivera. professor de los nifios de
este poblado, con motive de ser el ma
talicio de su digna esposa. La concu-
rrencia Sc retro a las once y media,
despues de haber bailado varias piezas,
ejecutadas por la orquesta que dirige el
inteligente professor sefior Rodriguez,
quedando altamente satisfechos de los
obsequios que Ia ainable familia Rivera
nos prodig6. Mil gracias los queri-
dos amigos.
~ Debido la iniciativa del ioven
F. Escudero, tuvo efecto una jarana en-
este poblado, en- la roche del II. En- el
salon Sc vefan preciosas flores del jar
( in toabaje1o. recordando entre elias a
las sefioIitas Carmen y Adels Romero
Celia Salgado, Carmen y Maria Pillar
Marquee, Ia simpatica vegabajefia Jo-
Selma Navedo y otras, que sentimoS no
recordar. Demas eSta decir que con
esta concurrencia quedo 81 bale lucidf-
simo. Aconsejai. os que para otra vez
sea mayor ell n1mero del sexo feo, pues
notamos que tensan que bailar seforitas
con senoritas por falta de j6venes. Sc
os ocdrre preguntar: lpor que no fue-
ron mas? lEstarian "brujas"7. -.
Fuimos dulcemente deleitados con los
acordes de Ia orquesta que dirige el re-
putado professor sefior Nitfny.
~ Sc encuentra baStante mejorado
de la enfermedad que hace mes y me-
dio venfa padeciendo, nuestro querido
y respectable amigo el doctor don An
tonic Goicurfa, de 10 que nos alegramos,
desc andole su pronto restablecimiento.
~ Sc dice que cierto sefior de este
poblado, mando a un amigo y correli-
gionario a IN pueblo limisrofe a cobrar
cierta cantidad de dinero, sin que hasta
Ia fecha Sc haya sabido que la referida
suma haya sido entregada su duefio
y Sc sabe que fue pagada por el deudor.
En- este tempo, hasta los dollars vue-
Ian.
Corresponsal.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-24
CRIMINAL
SENALAMIENToS

Dia IS. For Ares y Alexandra San.
tiago sc agredieron mdtxamente, hirien-
dose. San Francisco. Abcgado: Ro.
dfguez Cebollero.
Dia IS. Hermdgenes viera y Jose
Rivera sustrajeron de poder de Luciano
MARQUES nm potrs, tasado en- 10 dollars.
Abogaaos; Falcon y Tizol'
Dia IS. Eugenio Benitsz y Ramon
Rodriguez sc acometieron ssn SOS bas-
tones , lucharon. Y Pedro Marco. cue
andaba con Rodrfgue<. scometi6 q Be-
niiez con an palo; rssultando 3csiodados
Rodrfgusz y Benftez- Abogados: Lo-
.ez Landr<n y Rossy.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-24

Un periodico de Liverpool me cuen-
ia un curioso incidente ocurrido entire
el lord corregidor de dicha ciudad v las
sefloras one constituyen ALI la Asocia-
cion de temperancia. Dichas damas
dan lectura a uua Memoria llena de
bombOs para el lord corregidor, y ell
lord corregidor les dice:
"Sef1oras: tode 10 que ustedes acaban
de decir en- mi elogio es un tejido de
embustes. Por otra parte; tampoco es
verdad que Sc note una recrudescencia
de la embriaguez nj que las tabernas
sean lugares de perdicion, sino que son,
bien al contrario, sitios muy 1tiles, en-
los que las gentes pobres encuentran
distraction, calor y luz. Sefioras: uste-
des tienen todas las comodidades nece-
sarias; pero hay otras classes sociales
que carecen de elias. y no deben uste-
des meterse 4 hablar de 10 que no en-
tienden.
Ua periodico de Londres. ell "Daily
Express" me informa de Ia constitu-
ci6n de la Liga para desarrollar en-
las mujeres la indifereneia hacia los
hombreS.
Ell articulado es notable y suggestive.
"Artfculo 10 Todas las socias de-
ben tener, por 10 menos, diecisiete afios,
gastar faldas largas y peinarse con
gracia.
Art. 20 Todas las socias deben es-
tar a pr1eba contra los encantos de los
hombres, despreciar el amor y aborre-
Ger ell matrimonio.
Art. SO Las socias deben haser
propaganda entire las mujeres debiles &
inclinadas caer en- el precipicio del
matrimonio, para qre desistan de ca
sarse."
Una salvedad:
ia amistad por el otro sexo Sc tole
ra condieion de que no Sc mezcle q
ella Ia sombra de otro sentimiento."
RI, como un descosido, y un amigo
que pasa mi vera, creyendo que me
hacen mucha gracia las sandeces de los
transeuntes y el aguacero de confetti,
gritame desae la acera:
-iY lueg0 escribira usted que no
hay esprit" en- los bulevaresi iY esta
usted reventado de risa.. 49,.
LUIS BoNAFoUx.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-24

En- Ia terraza de un .bar", viendo
como discurren mon6tonamente, bajo
lluvia de "confetis", los cariacontecidos
enthusiasts del "mardi gras", tan rego-
cijado antafio, tropiezo aquf y ALA, es-
parcidas en- columnas de la Prensa ex-
tranJera, con unas cuantas curiosidades
merecedoras de anotarse.
Un perl6dico yanqui, el "World",
publica el importe de las indemnizacio-
mes pecuniarias que dan las Compafffas
ferrovlarias de America 4 los lisiados
por academies:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-24
Cato encerrado

n otro dia muri6 en- un hospital de
carload John van Stcinberg. de IS sfios
dc edad. Viva en- una miserable bu-
hardilla de Brooklyn. con tanta pobre-
-. que los vccinos lc soiian dar aleo
quo comer. Scgdn los mtdicos nuri6
dc inanicion gradual. Una hija suya.
que viyc en- IA afucras Dc Nueva York.
- hizo cargo del cad1vcr y al tratar de
poncr en- orden 10 Que cl vcjo sofia Ia
mar sr,s cnscrcs. hall6 libros de hanco y
dinero guardado por n suma dc $4,000
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-24
Shpnca


Con frccuencia recibimos carsas. en-
las cualcs no fgura 81 nombrc del puc-
b'o Dc proceden>ia. Por ESQ no Sc pu-
blican.
Rspcramcs que. en- 10 fusrro. los CO
mun;can,es 30 o.viden &c dciallc.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1903-03-24
ESPANA
ULTIMO CORREO

A<A osSCtd QC 41ANilO puUiICd una
real orden del ministro de Gracia y Jus
ticia, por Ia que Sc reccnoce en- ell Pa
tronato Real personalidad sufciente
para ejercer, dentro de los medios y
con los recursos legales necesarios, las
funciones de vigilancia, reintegraci6n y
tutela, a fin de reprimir en- sus diferen-
tes Manifestations la trata de mujeres,
amparando sobre todo 4 las memories
de edad, que deben ser protegidas has
ia s1s NAL aconsejadas determinacio-
mes.
Igualnente sc reconoce por Ia ex-
presada real ordcn la facultad de que
el Patronato Real establezca delegacio-
mes en- las capitales de provincia = otras
localidades en- que Sc conceptde nece
sario, asumiendo la prssidencia de to-
das esas delegaciones la infanta aofia
Maria Teresa Isabel Francisco.
El precoz m1sico espafiol Pepito
Arrioia. ha paesto en- manos del Tempe
rador y de Ia emperatris de Alemania
sus dos t1ltimas composiciones, dedica-
das respectivamente ambos soberanos
Estos han regalado al artista nifio
dos preciosas bomboneras con fotogra-
fias de Ia familia imperial.
La princesita le ha hecho el presente
de un riqufsimo traie.
Pepito Arriola ha salido para Leipzig.
Desde hace algunos dias venfase su-
surrando que Ia mayorfa carlista del
A A,,,.nxo.,,;ar&o da .. - ,Joo, oe4,1,, 5;e
puesta dinitir en- masa. fundada en- el
desamparo en- que Sc hallaba en- la cor
poraci6n, dende el alcalde era Ell prime
70 en- atropellar sus derechos.
La roticia Sc ha conirmado, diri-
giendo los individuos que componen di-
cha nayoria telegramas los Senores
Muura, Vadillo, Sanz y director de "El
Correo Espafol", comunicaudoles sus
dimisiones.
FL negociado de Ia prensa del minis
terio de Ia Gobernaci6n ha hecho ciIcu-
lar Ia siguiente nota ofciosa:
"Toda ID campafia que re hace con-
ira Ia circular del sefior Maura descan-
sa sobre Ia afirmaci6n de que sus re-
glas van contra la ley electoral; pero no
sc prueba en- que consiste la contradic-
cion nj es facil probarlo, puesto que el
6nico I'm de IA circular es ampaiar
aquella ley y procurar su cump.imiento
FL Comite executive del XIV Cengre-
so International de medicina pone en-
conocimiento de todas las personss in