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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

" President Palma would slice nn y
hit of that tsn 600 h. receives a. pres
id.ni ut th" Cuban republic and hand
\, over 10 the old soldiers pcsre miEh'
he Restored. ana ID. republic saved
Com. 10 look al H. ID. demand OF tn,
old sci-rans fur money " not 80 ali
kurd, whcu one coupid.rp tha, Priest
dent Palma is g"ltins 'h' salary h'
does Yet did moi hrht
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

Marconi says his systom of toiogra-
'hS SIil be ready for commercial use
"a two OF three months. NO all the tail,
so have been hearing for years about
irlinoS Il looks a. " the real. bona
idr article IN to be practically Nalia.
hl- AZ last Most thiBEs nowadays are
mere matter OF time
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

sli"rc Is a revival Of iBtr"eti 10 ih~
~ ,-Jt.i. Exposition on account nr tie
announcement that D"rDany eiii cs
biht = machine for m@as1i'l's m"ni-
fatigue Germany 10 quite Anre ~
md that most OF the trouble ig ipupd
IN SLOW liver
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

The Mississippi preacher who
had seven wives snd has just been
convicted of biEsmy pleaded insanity
Tn. seven wives aud all present in
the nesh ought TO have been sufsioicn'
evidence "a have sustained tho plea
hiu " didn't
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

Professor Mason promises that tn"
streams viii soon furnish IN. hear
and power lot all our houses a. well
M business places Perhaps the coal
dealers have heard OF the prosp"el,
and are making read for the future
that viii know them no more
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

female orator out IN utah recent.
~ induiged in discussion of the
smooi case 80 vigorously nv Ia dis
locate her Jas. OF conrs" man
would hsV. disloosied tho jaw Of the
Other follow
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

Tho world admircs = man of bal
ance. one who " eauifoised. who Is
Heif,sBfricirnf. who believes In himself.
Who does not cnwcr whine or spoio
g1z.. but stands erect and darct Z"
live his own creed Success
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

The new German Ambassador says
III. term pig e-h.sdcd' applies 10 the
average German In viewing foreign
conditions thus showing thai h. ap
pfeoiaios ;hs Amerihsniscbe Deisicht
pgp.sa somewhat better than hts pre-
apfointod for
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

The Troy collar girls seem tu be so
much In earnest about thoir exodus 70
IN. Pacific slope In search OF d"slra
bl. husbands. that vc may all come
ar all dsf wear the breakfast COS
iumn II The hired man
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02
Hoods s Jdrs0p0riUl

Neither woman nor man. nor any
Kind OF creature In the universe, was
born for the exclusive. or even the
chief. purpose Of falling In love or be
ing fallen ia love With Carlyle.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

An Italian has Invented hydro.
scope which makes u possible for hu'
man cycsiRhi Ia penetrate th" s"n.
Ne may yet see the inside of payy
ionea locker
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

Senator ElhinS has prepared a bill
io regulate railroad trusts. tho object
hoing Ia separate interstate cosnm~rc.
and railroads from 'h- general anti
irIat bi'l ncN be'pE prepared by tho
houso aubcommi,i". on Judiciary The
I:ihins bill provides, among other
ihinss. heavy hn.s for either siyinT
uf accepting rebate. op freight rates
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02
Landlords, FreehoIders! .sayl

Do you want Trees this spring?
Well; then help me get up two or
three carloads. Prices will be lower,
grades higher, selections more salts.
factory.
Order quickly. save money and
secure best results.
| must know before March list in
order to properly supply the market.
Call on or write to
VIM. f. MILTON,
Nurseryman.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

why did william permit this s"c
ond south American war 10 proceed
IksNlH IA time 20 get his Khaki uni
sorm on and reach the scene ~ nc
tom but that Ia ius, like William
The imp.,pous lie do.sn', care how
many Venezuelan and future novels
be DESTROYS
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

The irrigated area of the United
states ix 7.sl0.sps acres. nf which
Colorado contains ,e7l .27i, and Cali
fornia ACHE
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

In 1850 the United States sold IN
a little over s. 900 OO0 worth ct goo,
to Mexico her trade being ,imos. Il
,ireU monopolIzed by EuropeI
countries. principally Great Britn
In 1850 We Increased this export tral
to only 81 SOC is3. which was lit(
more than We bought from MeNi{
The nstonlshlngly rapid rise OF pj
commercial relations with Mexico
gan In that year.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02

II II turns out that the treaty with
Colombia relating to the Panama Ca
nal project is based upon IN" condi
liuns as heretofore discussed and un
drrstood this much desired end Is a
hnc feather in the caps of President
Roosevelt and Secretary Hay II all
IA" conditions have been saved and
tho privilege to begin the great work
has bc"u Tuily secured II is consut
nation to hre some big guns over
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02
I wrote to Doctor
Pierce, who sent me
a very kind letter
and advised me-"

Thousands of weak and sick women
can trace the beginning Of . new life Of
perfect health to that letter written to
DR.. Pierce.
Sick and ailing women are Invited to
consult DR.. Pierce, by letter, /Sss. All
correspondence held a. strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Address Dr..
r. v. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
weak and aching backs, headaches, nerv-
ousness and other womanly ailments by
curing the womaniy diseases which cause
them.
sIn the spring Of 1000 hecnme very M.s
writes Mrs. Alviena Scho1t1, of Lake Washing
ton, Lesueur Co., Mimi, smy back was very
weak and sched 30 that coufd do no work At
all, 20 was obliged to take to my bed. felt .
constant desire to uriuate and the pains In
abdomen were almost unbearable. wrote to
DR.. Pierce, who sent me very kind letter, and
advised me TO take his Favorite PrescTiptiou'
and Golden Medical Discovery took six
bottles Of each and am q we'll woman now. I
cannot say enough In favor of DR.. Pisrce's
medicines.s
uFavorite Prescription makes weak
women strong, sick women we'll. Accept
no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
most desirable laxative for delicate
women.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
Cotton Climbs Higher.


Cotton Is on the upward move and yes
terday it reached still higher notch IN
Raleigh.
After a fine opening at the beginning OF
the season it dropped TIL it had gotten
down below nine cents and there was a
blush feeling among the farmers.
But in the past seven days the staple
has climbed, going up slowly, but surely,
till yesterday some bales were sold on
the market here at ten and a quarter cents
pound. and this on a steady market,
not induced by local demand.
The receipts for the past week were
about five times IN excess Of the receipts
Tor the same week IN 1902 when cotton
was selling at from IA to s cents The
week before while the market was low
here the receipts were only 200 bales,
though the fact that it was FAIR Week
and that a rain storm came on Saturday
ut off some receipts. Last week 633
oales We're sold here as against $40 the
same week 1902.
That the farmers are pleased is only to
De expected and it is estimated that there
viii be large receipts again this week. ii
the cotton is in the country. but many
doubt that there is a great deal more 10
be brought, and expect no further rush 20
the market
The market IS surprising to the general
trade, for the market IN this country Is
going up as against that of Liverpool.
which is lower The advance In New
York is a heavy one and Liverpool does
not seem Is figure IN the results The
~ = nd Orlo
seems to be caused principally by the
growing idea that the crop VIII not be as
large as that of last season, and some of
the conservative houses figure it at ten
and a half million bales. This means that
higher prices will inevitably prevail
The local market IN Raleigh has showed
the effects of this opinion and it has
gone up at a good rate, yesterday being
practically an eighth above the figure of
the previous day. The sales were steady
at from ten to ten and a sixteenth, while
the fancy cotton brought ten and quar-
ter, figure which is expected to be reach
ed steady carly this week
a prominent cotton dealer said yester-
day that he thought the North Carolina
spinners were pursuing the wrong policy
in allowing the cotton to go out of the
country, as with a short crop and prices
without a necessary supply, or would have
90 pay fancy figures at an early date.
FROM AVER & COMPANY
Messrs. J. NJ. Aver and Company, cot
ton brokers OF New York, in their letter
of October 29th say among other things:
Manipulation, alteration and sensation
| have been the characteristics of the mar
ket for the past week. More than sus-
pecting the first named factor, but not be
ing able to gauge its effect we have re
Trained from offering opinions.
The pronounced victory of the bull
cliques in manipulating the summer
months may be inspiring the undertaking
Of similar tactics in options of the cur
rent crop; and certainly there is nothing
to prevent the success of such an effort
when the amount of spot cotton at ''de
livery" centres is small Big deals are
the order of the day, and with less than
one hundred thousand bales in New York
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
[F@p01n@p@7 PLATFORM
6y karvis Jordan.


each season as quickly as possible, there
by abolishing the depressing effects OF
many commercial reports issued only for
the purpose OF selfish speculation.
Fourth-That farmers break up the
present demoralizing system of allowing
all their obligations to fall due IN the
month Of October, thereby forcing the
sale of their money products III a shor;
period of time, and to make their obllga-
tions on time accounts due one-thlrd III
October. third in January and the
balance in April of the succeeding year.
thereby breaking up speculation and pu1-
ting our markets on a basis of regulating
the supply of the raw material to meet
the legitimate demand of the manutactur-
ers for consumption.
Fifth-That farmers study the market
ing and distribution of their products III
the various channels of trade, and learn
as much regarding the true value Of
their products to the manufacturer IS
known to the buyers, that they may 10
longer be in the dark but fully posted re
garding the business end of their affalrs
We know how to produce, what we do not
know is, how to sell our products so as
to reap the profits we are entitled to.
Sixth-That instead of organizing IN
body, that each individual organize him
self into a committee of one to grow
strong by making himself independent at
home. and that afterward all may coop
crate in marketing their products to the
best possible advantage.
Seyenth-That farmers put more thought
and brain into their business IN dealing
with the commercial world That thew
regard education as the highest element
in reaching the goal Of success. That they
meet oftener and discuss these matters To-
cally and in State meetings that all the IN
! formation possible may be gathered to be
utilized in solving the perplexlng problem
of how to market their products to the
best possible advantage. Herein hes the
great secret of success. Upon its proper
| solution rests the future prosperity OF
farmers and that it will be properly solved
there can be no question
WHAT SUCCESS MEANS.
The success of the platform outlined
will mean a revolution IN the present syS-
! TEN Of marketing our products lt Will
| mean that the producer Will have voice
IN tho price at which his products are to
bo cold and the manner in which they are
10 90 upon the markets. 1t will mean the
| Ultimate education of the farmers as a
business man whose knowledge of all, the
conditions surrounding the supply, demahu q q
and value of his products are aS wen
known to him as to the buyers, hdhuiels
! and manufacturers OF our products,
/ II will mean that legitimate supply ana
! demand Will be the dominating factor III
nr;o;no orr products rather than the horde
If sneculators who now fatten at the eX-
nense Of farmers. 1t will mean the rec
oon;tion of the farmers business as one
occunving an equal plane with all other
lines of industry. Better than all. 1t VIII
mean the prosperity Of farmers; bring,
10 banniness and enjoyment to the rura
d;stricts of the country. This IS worth
working for, and its attainment : VIZ. ~
we must all bend our energies to' ~
the coming years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

o. the air that the, Seed Laboratory OF
he Department of Agriculture lis undea-
taking experiments with 112 different
samples OF seeds Of most of the common
held and garden seeds, grasses and weeds.
Two hundred seeds of each are carefully
counted, or one hundred of the larger
seeds, such as beans, etc. These are oi
the crop of 1902 They are mixed WIN
dry clay soil and packed in well baked,
porous clay pots of four three and w :,
inches diameter, with inverted clay san
GERS as covers. They were buried +
heavy clay soil, one complete set, six TO
eight inches, such as would take plac..
in deep ploWing. Twelve sets are buried
twenty inches deep, and twelve more set3
three and q half feet. All were buried
IL December, 1902. 1t is designed to take
them up for test in from one to fiftv
years; the last OF those buried at six 10
eight inches Will be taken up in twenty
years. 1t will indeed be wonderful it
any survive to fifty years, while with
many single year will probably end
their vitality. At any rate the exper;
ment will be watched year after year
with some interest by those who are IN
terested IN the prolonged vitality of deep
ly buried seeds.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
Corn Breeding Again.
By FYof. w. E. Ma SIS ey.


Editor Jackson tells another core.
spondent that there IS no way to prevent
corn growing tall in the South on good
land Doubtless corn naturally grows
taller as we go South, than it does III
the North, but the ungainly tall corr,
with ears out of reach, and q short Ioi
above the single ear, which one sees II
the South can be remedied by proper
breeding and corn OF much ne-e
sturdy character, With ears nearer the
ground, and -as much top above Ile ear
az OF stalk below, can be produced, ana
will be of much shorter stature than the
commonly grown stock. The long legg2t
corn has to be planted wide apart, While
we'll bred corn IS not Only more pro-
ductiye of ears and of a dWarfer nature,
but it can be planted IN the South neatly
a close as the Northern corn IS planteo
CCcke's Prolific as bred IN North Caro-
Ina. is such a corn, and at the North
Carolina College farm is planted III rows
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

Every man has his hobby, a great many
men have their peculiar specialties, ard
without being IN anyWlse different from
other people the writer admits that he
has hobby of his own
Agriculture is the one business to which
the writer has devoted the best years Of
his life, all that he possesses is invested IN
lands and the occupation of a farmer
The avocatiOn he expects to pursue to the
end Of life. Here then are presented the
cogent reasons why the writer Of this artl-
Gle has FOR the past few years devoted
80 much time to the development of our
agricultural Industries. No man who Is
true to himself, to his people and to the
principles which he advocates can occupy
the middle ground between opposing lac
tons and court favor with both sides.
Every man with high ideals of integrity
and right can balance the scales OF JUS
uce in any position in which he may be
placed but in order TO be perfectly clear
regarding this question and to bring it
down to its practical analysis and III
order TO make my position clearer, what
l desire TO say IS this: The interests CT
the purchasers, handlers and manufacture
ers Of our products are antagonlst1c to
those Of the producers as they want TO
>lbie and we want our products to sell
for their value.
1 could not, therefore, occupying the
position l do, say on the one hand that
we are getting fair treatment from the
buyers and handlers of our products.
"nen l know the contrary to be true, n
order to cater to the influences OF the
strong and powerful financial interests OF
the country, and or the other hand NAM
tam TO the farmers that they ought 10
be satisfied with producing their crops
and rest content with the prices dictated
I'd their markets, or to go a step further
ana agitate on the surface some resist
@nee on the part of producers against the
earroachments OF the buyers. Only the
politician seeking political preferment can
advocate both sides of proposition TO
curry favor for selfish purposes.
PLATFORM OUTLINED.
For the past four years my record along
lHe pathway Of duty. as l have viewed 1t,
I'D the interest Of the agricultural pro
'-cers Of my country, has necessarily
LolSed considerable opposition on the par5
nose who are interested in dominating
'' market OF the South The platform
1p'n which I have stood and advocated
+" every State in the South has been the
following:
FirSt-That farmers first make Their
-pt MS self-sustainng by raising their sup
l'es at home and thereby become inde-
lg1Qent Of the control of the supply mer-
1f'ond-That we produce our money
o-' az nearly free from membranes
possible, and that We market our cot,
VII slowly, through period of ten
,5-o"'nS' instead Of rushing the crop on
markets and sacrificing it at low
p-ees In three months
,l.l, n,,fd-That VIC inaugurate a movement
G,+y GyH Will furnish to the producers abso
,S1 correct statistics regarding tbs
1 ,e OIL our cotton crop, and have thai
nation gathered and disseminated
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

On the last delivery" day for any option,
a corner" may be considered compara-
lively easy.
It is probable that the annual frost
scare is permanently out of the way. 1t
was absolute monarch for twenty four
hours but during that time its greatest
effect was, perhaps, fully discounted.
Guesses and opinions to production
range from less than 100000 900 to 11,755G,
900 bales, and estimates as to consump
ton cover any amount from 10,500, 600
to 1900 coo. We are not yet committed
to any figure for either.
Such conclusions as We are able to reach
are about as follows:
/. The record of the current crop as to
planting. development, weather conditions,
top crop and frost periods very nearly
parallels that Of 1888 -99-the bumper
year.
.. Prospects indicate yield in excess
of any Of the past four years.
| 8. Current demand from manufacturers
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
Talks With Farmers.
Prof. W. T. MASSEY, i'm Practical Farmer

North Carolina Gold Leaf tobacco which
last year, when there was an active com
rerIri0n in the market sold for % to 81
cents per pound, now that the American
Tobacco Trust has it all its own way.
sells at about Sc per hundred, and the
tobacco farmers are in straits, for the
price j. below the cost of production, fer
the low price named is for the very high
es1 grade only. In the meantime the
rIaducts of the Trust on the market have
BE- tin advanced in price, and their factorfe.
ar, running night and day How lone
the american people will endure the ty-
rnny OF the various Trusts it is hare
to- say but 1T IS remarkable that they
ere so long suffering. There is law enough
il the politicians would allow it TO be Ell
forced. And the farmers keep the poll
Hcans in office.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

three and two-thirds feet apart, and ten
inches in the row, and planted thus has
made SO bales of corn per acre on up-
land. Southern corn bears one big ear
almost out of reach, IN good land, anf
it is the constant selection of the big
ear that has brought it into this comet
ton. If farmers could be brought 20
understand that two medium sized cars
OH stalk will give them more corn
than one big one, and that twin-eared
stalks tend to get nearer the ground =
the lower ear is selected for a few years
until the ideal plant IS had. then selec
ton can be made from either ear OF the
best type always getting it from twin
or more cared stalks. Merely selecting
by the ear will never improve the
character of the corn except as to the
ear itself We must take the whole plant
irto account and get the ideal plant 1rf
cur climate before giving so much attc,i-
ton to the character of the ear.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03

painters To Keep OF aEt DO F.tse bf + 4ts.
.ng Their cotton r. Noycmbe- i shyre
ans Indication ot break a tAe pfre
The bold oa i-,lt,y the eay 10 kecp
prices up
one of the wlseat racn about cotton u
North Carolina sends ~ thc.cet'an lcsseF
Q. Hubbard Brothcy- atth request 10 p.t n.
il. Here Il IS
After % rapid m advance "a ~ have
Eac during the I4~t month the market
are naturally without short lutcrc 3.
To this extent hcy agr less ablc 90 rrs.st
any adverse featurc~ which may appear
either through Increased crop 81 .sna'-s
s. large receipts i j. euIreaslv c-'l-
mated that Europe bI- purchased fstll.
100000 bales during the past etx wyrts
which may hrlng pause III the demand
from abroad NJ the advance 4 reaction
ls therefore looked Tor a> oaly natural
Inder present conditions
Mr. Ru~ton S estimate MI he received
with uorited consideration as The r.rsu,.
% careful personal Investigation 'of rs,
number Of boilS on the plant as compared
with the same fields aut Same sections n
other years Of course IL is based ou
present conditions - ho secs .ham ana
may be altered with bad weather a. han
rened last season Certainly i Represents
earnest investigation although va ar.
surprised that he differs so mater5atss
from the mass oi information which W.
all receive as to the crcc, ol thc rfe..t
deterioration which occurred during tho
month Of September.
what the trade 8 Immediately inter
e>tcd In is what the eject Wll. bc upon
buyers ana sellers Win thc buyers pause
or VIII they pay greater attention TO
other authorities than 10 Mr. pu.tou !,
That cannot be forcseen at the moment.
though We believe the South viii be loalh
to accept his views az 10 Tho Crop Even
his views do not mean al abundance .ot
cotton, which tho world needs and must
have to provide itself against another pc
rod OF scarcity. Planters know this as
well as spinners. They have received cx-
cellent prices for their cotton which they
have sold and W. believe they vii no'
rush their cotton forward bat wlll con
slider that the best Investment they .ap
make is to hold part of their CROP"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-11-03
AGE AS A RECOMMENDATION

We fully agree with the Rural New
Yorker that the debate carried on by
some of the farm papers as to which IS
the Oldest is of little interest to their
readers. The Country Gentleman CLAIMS
40 be the oldest, but it shows none Of
the decrepitude of age. The P F. is
no spring chicken, but we believe that
il Mr. Paschall Morris could see it now
hc would consider it pretty fairly vigor-
Gus in its old age. What the readers OF
paper are interested IN Is not how
ola it IS. but what it is. If it Is all that
such q paper should be it matters moth
ins whether It started a hundred years.
ago or yesterday. If it is not a real
aEd helpful paper to its 1eaders old age
is a poor claim to put forward as u
recommendation. As brother Colling-
wood says. the readers are more inter
csted in what Is to come in the paper
t1an what was printed IN its youth
agriculture IS advancing all the time,
and if some copies of these old, OLE
papers could be reprinted now they would
b. Wocfully behind the times.