The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-12

WANTS 10 LEASE THE ATLANTIC
& NORTH CAROLINA r.. r..
Important Plans for its Extension
Examination of Food SmHs-Ex-
periments With Cover Crops-Great
Interest I'm Farming-Interesting
Historical DocuInents-A Summer
School Project.
Messenger Bureau.

Messenger Bureau.
Raleigh, n. c., August g..
Ceburn L. Harris of the State Agrf-
cultural Department has come in from
a trip to the western part of the state.
that is from Raleigh to the Tennessee
line. during which he took about a
thousand samples of feed stuffs for
man and beast. He found very few
authorizations n made only three seiz-
ures. one OF these being of feed stuff
for beasts made in Virginia and the
other of the same kind of food made in
Tennessee. The third seizure was a
small one. He says dealers are enquir-
ing which manufacturers put up the
best feed stuff n that these inquir-
les are made of the agricultural depart
ment. Mr.. Harris will be in camp for
ten days at Morehead City and will
then resume the work Of taking SAM
pies in the east. The bulletin covering
the results is to appear in November,
and will be extremely valuable as 1t
facturer who sells such goods in the
state every town in which such goods
are found and also the names of all
dealers handling these goods. The in
spections are having the effect Of run
ming out adulterated goods. For the
first six months after the inspection
was first begun the adulteration of cat
tle-feed were as great or even greater
than were those of commercial fertil-
izers before the law providing for their
inspection went into effect. No doubt
the next legislature will make the law
a little more rigid as there are a few
loopholes in 1t. There are some goods
which are not what they should be and
yet they practically come up ito the
requirements of the present law. There
are some adulterated goods coming
into the state from Georgia. The in
spection SO far has covered about two
thirds of the state.
Ex-Sheriff Arlington of Nash county,
one of the clerks in the state treasury
and n of the most esteemed Of all the
officials here was stricken with paraly-
sis last night a little before midnight
and his condition from the first was
critical in the extreme. He is we'll
known all over the state and is great
ly liked everywhere. His age is 81
years. 1t was said today that there
was no hope of his recovery.
Mr.. r. S. Rowland, of Asheville, ac-
companied by Colonel Theodore F. Da-
wilson his attorney had another con-
ference with Governor Aycock today
regarding the Atlantic and North Car
DINA railway n then filed his bid
for the same. The Governor declined
to say anything about the matter furth-
er than this. 1t is understood that the
bid is for a so year lease and that the
average rate is pretty close around 6
per cent.
State superintendent Joyner returned
today from a two weeks trip to Dare.
Lenoir and one or two other eastern
counties and says educational matters
are in very good shape and that he
lev saw finer crops in his life.
James Royal. Of Wake Forest, a son
Of professor Royal, has gone to Sa-
vannah, where he will be employed in
newspaper work.
Professor Hugh Morson, who was
operated upon Saturday at a hospital
here, is out of danger.
Bids for the industrial school, which
is to be part of the Raleigh public
school system, were opened today by
the school committee.
AS yet Senator Simmons has received
no reply from Republican State Chair.
a Rollins to the challenge for a join:
campaign.
Mention has been made specially in
this correspondence Of the fact that
State -iHorticulturist Hume will make
many experiments with what are
known as cover-crops in Piedmont and
Western North Carolina. BY cover
crops, those which cover the ground as
the ~clovers, grasses, vetches, alfalfa,
ect. He is going to make these tests
through representative farmers, who
have promised their very heartiest CO.
operation. He is also going to have
another line of experiments, these be-
ing with cabbages. some of new varie-
ties. This is a valuable and interest
ing test. The cabbage will be a very
important product in North Carolina.
in the east n in the west. New Bern
is perhaps the most important eastern
point of shipment. and HendersonviH+
is Of marked Importance in the noun
tain section. A number of years ago
tobacco used to be grown in that noun
tain region, but now the tobacco ware
houses Ne quite largely used by the
cabbage buyers n shippers. All sort.
Of ingenious plans are used for keep
ing the cabbage in perfect shape. A
leaf pulled from the bottom of a cab
bage is laid across it's top in the after
noon and in the morning any worms
around will be found on the underside
of this leaf, keeping out of the dew.
and Of course easily removed. These
leaves are used ove and over again.
The small but tende cabbage grown in
the mountain section is in particular
request.
Interest in farming was so
great in North Carolina as now. OF
course there are thousands II farmers
who are very ignorant of modern -
DDS, but they too will be reached by
n BY There are some farmers who
think they know it all and think a
lecturer is a man who simply talks
n does not know anything, but. by
degrees they are finding out the value
of talks and advice. Labor on the farms
is now better paid than ever before.
The time was, and that not so very
long Ago., when $6 and 81 per month was
paid and h laborer was put In a one
rnomed loo house hut now In order