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The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-06
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
A New SPRAYING Mixture.


There is an interesting statement
in the Country Gentleman, from
Samuel Frazer of Cornell University,
in regard to experiments that have
been made by the Irish department
of Agriculture in replacing the lime
in Bordeaux mixture with Washing
soda for spraying potatoes for blight
When the regular Bordeaux mixture
was used the potato crop was m
creased &c bushels per acre, and
when the soda-copper sulphate mix
ture was used the increase was SIS
bushels per acre Mr.. Frazer advises
a weaker solution here than is used
in Ireland. They use pounds of
copper sulphate to so gallons OF wa
ter in making Bordeaux mixture and
the same in making soda mixture.
He advises here pounds of soda, 5
pounds of copper sulphate and 90
gallons of water, and to try the
stronger solution on a small scale.
The soda will certainly make a solu-
ton more easily sprayed and clear of
Jumps than the Bordeaux, but 1t yet
remains to be Shown whether eli
mate will make a difference in the
effect of the mixture.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
The Man Behind the Plow.

In time Of war we hear a great
deal about the men behind the guns,
and we are proud of them, though
their work is destructive. But peace
hath her victories, and in these pip
ing times the men behind the pillow
should have full credit. He is not
the hopeless peasant that Markham
described, for he is the power that
has brought the great prosperity to
this country and ruin to none. me
products of the men behind the pillow
which are sent abroad, make all the
difference between prosperity ana
stagnation in the United States. Take
the contributions of the farmers
from the export trade of this coun-
try and the exports of the United
States would now be 100000, 600 in
stead of $1,500,000,000 as they are
now Cotton brings more foreign
gold to this country than any other
product exported, and we are gradu-
ally changing it from the raw prod
uct to the manufactured article, and
cotton is still king in the export
trade And now, during this bright
summer weather the millions behind
the ploWs are working out the pros
perity for another season, and they
are the salvation of the country, and
are not asking for any subsidies out
of the public purse to enable them
to get rich at other peoples cost.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Carry the Oil Mills
to the Cotton Seed

Nothing emphasizes the present
day scramble for the dollar, honest
or dishonest, more than the practice
of cotton-seed oil mills of grinding
hulls with meal and selling to farm
ers, at thirty dollars per ton, these
bulls which are worth only four dol
lars.
The farmer can protect himself
against fraud in the manufacture of
fertilizers only by carrying the oil
mills to the cotton-seed.
Col. A. b. Butler, Commissioners of
Agriculture for the State of South
Carolina, has rendered his people a
great service by posting them in tho
use of small cOttOn-Seed oil mills.
In q letter from him to manufac
turer of oil mills he says: 81 am de-
SirouS of ascertaining, for the benefit
of the farmers OF South Carolina
whatever | can in the way of infor-
nation concerning the smaller cotton
seed oil mills Reploying to this letter
the manufacturer said: THE small
mills are a fact, they are here to
stay, and further they are ready To
throw the gauntlet. 1T is claimed
that they can make as much oil per
ton of seed as the large mills, as good
oil and better; can make it cheaper
per gallon" "They are doing this
now, at this writing, and can continue
to do it; they do not have to pay high
salaries, high wages nor high taxes;
they do not require a large expensive
building; they do not require travel
ing men to buy seed, nor do they
pay freight on seed by railroad"
THE mills are taken TO the seed. ;"
"They can sell their oil always at the
same price, often more. Mr.. A. G..
Clarkson, of Wateree, S. c., sold his
at cents per gallon above the mar
ket in Charleston, S. c." I'VE also
refer you to the letter of Mr.. Clark
SON."
Clarkson's letter contains this: 81
purchased a five-ton mill. i. e.. tons
in twenty-four hours; to run this mill
used 25-horsa power engine, 30
horse boiler, which is ample, as /
often run at the same time a 60-saw
gin and cotton press near by run with
belts" 81 run the mill with my farm
hands, the plough men on the farm. ="
The manufacturer, commenting on
Clarkson son letter, says: HE could
legitimately have said that he fire.
quently ran two 60-saw gins the cot
ton press and oil mill together at the
same time with his horse power en-
CINE" In a test made by him recent
~, before the writer, Mr.. ClarkSon
ran one ton of seed through his mill
in less than three hours. ''At this
rate, which he frequently maintains,
he can put eight tons through In
tWenty-four hours
The manufacturer says further:
1.-THE expense throughout Of handling
a ton of seed and turning out the oil
in small mills, diminishes IN vely
great ratio oyer large mills 'Usipg
only neighborhood seed, which are
bought delivered at the mills, the
very great loss incident to damaged
seed is avoided"
The oil mill business offers to far
mers an opportunity to protect them
selves, there is money in it, shey pro-
duce the material for running the
mill and consume on their farms
practically the output of mill, the
meal and the hulls, there should be
be an oil mill operated by the farm
ers, in every area of the State which
produces one thousand bales of cot
ton. FARMER.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Allen--Reynolds.

Louisburg, n. c.. June 24.-(Spe-
cial. "A beautiful home marriage
with only relatives present. was that
of the admired and popular Miss Low
Reynolds Ford and Mr.. Felix Allen,
here on the morning of the twenty
second.
The Darlor, darkened and beauti-
fully decorated with roses and carna-
tons was an artistic back ground for
the bridal party, consisting of Misses
Florence Terrell and Helen Crenshaw,
and Messrs. Singleton Ford and Percy
White the maid of honor, the stately
Miss Mary Stegall, of GAINESVILLE, Va,
followed by the bride, looking her
handsomest in a going away gown of
marino blue silk. on the arm of her
father.
The groom, calm and dignified, ac-
companied by his only single brother,
Mr.. Carl Allen, joined the bride at the
improvised altar. and there Rev. Mr..
Massey read the beautiful ceremony
and placed the ring which united two
of our young people who have grown
up in our midst.
The cases of silver and other hand
some presents were offerings of love
and esteem in an unusual degree.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
TALKS WITH FARMERS.
Prof. W. r. MASSEY in Practical Farmer.

The land of rich soil and good farm
ng. But Mr.. John Gould, of Ohio,
N Hoard's Dairyman, tells of lands
there depreciating in value and pro-
luctiveness through poor farming
and that even there the book farm
Frs are in the lead. And SO, North,
South, East and West the book farm
er keeps forging to the front and Civ
ng an object lesson to his neighbors,
md the strangest thing about it all
s the sloWness that men seem to
earn from these object lessons. Mr..
Dietrich was purely book farmer,
md got all he knew about farming
from books, and yet how few around
lin will run their lands up to $1,000
Der acre by his example. The fact
S, that there are thousands of farm
ers who take the farm papers and
yet fail to study and apply what they
.ead They fail to make any of it
heir own or to benefit from what
hey read in the management and
Improvement of their own farms.
Then some day one of these wakes
Up and writes a query to the editor
lbout something he wants to know,
When the same query may have been
answered a dozen or more times In
he paper, but he did not take it in
because it was written for someone
Use. But the real book farmer, the
student farmer, reads and digests
What he reads and then applies his
own brains and experience to the
natter He realizes that the greater
deposit he can get in his soil of avail
.ble plant food the larger drafts he
an make on it, just as the man with
| large bank balance can draw larger
'hecks than the one with a small one.
Md the larger the deposit of fertility
n the soil the greater the market
Ialue of the land that produces in
.reased crops. Increasing the pro-
luctiveness of the soil, then, not only
outs cash in your pocket from sales,
out increases your capital.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
An ODDortunity for Successful Life In
surance Men in North
CaroIina,

Any life insurance solicitor who is
successful and reliable, or any capable
reliable man who is willing to york
up to it, can secure from the Southern
Loan and Trust Company of Green's
boro, N. c., a working contract pos
Sessing all the advantages of general
agents contract. With this contract
can be secured small or large territory
as desired, and such facilities as may
be necessary for financing the general
agency. No man need apply who Is
not worker and who can not give
satisfactory references.
The Southern Loan and Trust Com
pany has spared no pains or expense
to give it's patrons the best that there
is in life insurance. 1t is a legal re-
serve company with a cash capital
and surplus of over 1928, 100000. The
company has operated in only few
counties in North Carolina, but in the
territory in which it has operated, has
written more business than any other
company. For further information,
address. A. w. McAlister, manager,
Greensboro, n. G.
5-27-1 a w-4w
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Stop! Look! Listen!

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ePuptiOnS, eczema. ScrofulouS affec-
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impoverished or impure blood? Then
STOP
suffering with any of those diseases,
DO you want TO know how you can be
cured? Are you not willing to put
yourself to a little trouble to ascer-
tain if you can be cured? How do
you ascertain the truth of anything
in which you are interested? Do you
not look to and weigh the evidence
in regard to it? Then
LOOK
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Farm Hours.

Our men stop With the six o'clock
whistle in the evening. They are at
the chores at 6 a. m, and get to work
after breakfast by seven. If there is
anyone whose work is in better shape
or closer up to time, we have not
seen them. And yet on farms all over
the country there are men who think
that it is necessary to start with the
cock crow and work until shutdown.
Then, all completely tired out, go to
bed after supper TO rise unrefreshed
in the morning to go through the
same long drag. There is no time for
reading or for social intercourse, and
it is no wonder that the young people
under such conditions come to look
on farm work as hopeless drudgery.
Stop off at six o'clock and rest and
read the papers and have time to get
acquainted with the family and
neighbors. Get completely cooled off
before going to bed and you will rise
in the morning with renewed Vigor
for the days work, and your men
will also benefit by the rest. For the
regular work of the farm the long
hours are not needed any more than
in other work.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25

regalia, look anything like that figure.
A hasty retreat. then more light then
still more, and the party all felt at
home.
Soon dancing and other entertain
ment that Mr.. and Mrs. Caoehart
know SO we'll how to provide made the
hours slip by. Such a dark begin
ming had such a bright ending, and
such elegant refreshments were served
that one might wonder if it wasn't
really the baker who had met them
at the door, and if the butcher and
the candle stick maker, too, hadn't
preceded the DartV
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
WiIllins-Lynch.

Bessemer City, N. c., June I'll
SpeciaL-At the residence of the
brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs. William
l.. Lynch, very quiet wedding took
place Wednesday evening, the 22nd
inst. at o'clock. At that time Mr..
Lynchs only daughter, Miss Amy
Lee, was welded to MIR. John Hemp
hill Wilkins.
Rev. J. NJ Forbs performed the
marriage ceremony in the presence of
the relatives OF the happy couple, no
invitations being issued. The bride
wore a becoming costume of white
crepe de chene over taffeta. After
the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs. Wilkins
left on No. 40 for st. Louis.
Mr.. wilkins is one of Bessemer's
most successful and energetic bust
ness men, and is very highly esteem
ed. His bride is popular young
woman and her sweet and gentle dis
position has made for her a legion
of friends.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Vow is the Time to Begin to Select
Seed Corn.


We feel that we cannot too often
eall attention to the great importance
IF a proper selection of corn fOT
seed. The Cream of the Bulletins
his week is a review, in q brief way,
If a bulletin from the Iowa Station
III this subject. Quite a number of
he stations have been doing some
hing in this line but in nearly every
Instance the sole attention seems to
pc devoted to the selection of the
deal ear Now, to our mind, this
is not true breeding. No real inn
provement i'm any plant can be made
by taking a single feature of the
plant into consideration. The ideal
ear of corn needs an ideal corn plant.
If we are to select seed merely by
getting the ideal ear there is no need
whatever for a selection in the field,
for the typical ears can be just as
we'll selected in the crib. What the
corn breeder needs to do is to breed
a corn plant suited to his climate
and soil. In the northern part of
the corn belt he needs to develop an
early maturing plant and a prolific
one. In the South earliness can be
altogether ignored and the character
Of the plant and it's prolifcacy should
be the aim. In either case field Sc
lection is important, for we want to
bears the ear and the nature of it's
surroundings. The Iowa bulletin
states that one-seVenth of the corn
there fails to bear an ear. Now if
one gets seed corn from such field
where these barren stalks have been
allowed to mature pollen, he may get
the best shaped ears in the world but
will never advance so long as he al
lows his crop to be influenced by the
1,op inn NJ
work in seed breeding of corn is to
watch the seed patch closely and to
remove as soon as seen every taSSel
on stalks that show no silks, and thus
remove your seed bearing plants
from evil influence. The Southern
farmer, as we have said, needs not
to breed for earliness, but he does
need to breed for a better plant. He
needs a shorter jointed plant in place
of the long-legged plants so often
seen in the South, and by proper Sc
to a better shape. Mere selection of
the ideal ears alone will never in
crease the prOlificacy of a variety
but will tend rather to the bearing
of single ears on a stalk. In short,
corn breeding by selection is a mat
ter for the whole season from the
time the corn starts. When the seed
ears are taken from stalks that ap-
proach the ideal and which have been
protected from untoward conditions
by the removal of poor stalks it will
be time to carry the selection fur
Their to the best ears. but no amount
of laboratory study of the ear alone
will ever result in any marked inn
provement in the crop. Let us have
all the cool typical ears possible, but
let us have the ideal plant first.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Week End and Sunday Excursion
Rates Via SeabOard Air Line
Railway, to Resorts i'm North
Carolina and Vipoinia


The Seaboard Air Line wishes to.
announce that commencing today it
will sell round trip tickets to resorts
named below on Saturday, good, re-
turning Monday following date of
sale, with exceptions as noted below.
From Raleigh, N. c., to
Portsmouth, Va. .$4.75
Old Point, Ocean View. Ats
Virginia Beach Observation-Disclosures. 4.75
Wilmington, N. G. ............ 4.50
Lenoir, N. G. $50
Blowing Rock, N. G. ....... $50
Tickets to Blowing Rock, N. c., will
be on sale for Fridays and Saturdays
trains. Good returning Tuesday fol-
lowing date of sale.
For further information, call or adj
dress
c. H. GATTIS, C. P. & r. A.,
Raleigh, N. c.
q. p. SMITH. T. P. A, Raleigh, N. c.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Book Club Entertained.

Warrenton, N. c.. June 24.-Spe-
cial.-The Tuesday Afternoon Book
Club was delightfully."- entertained on
June IA by Mrs. H. c. Macon at her
hospitable home OH Main street. At
ter the business of the club was over,
each member was presented with
dainty little booklets in which We're
questions to be answered the one
guessing the most being entitled to
the prize. Miss Sarah Macon being
the most successful guesser was pre-
scented by Mrs. Macon with lovely
fan, and Miss Alice Jones receiving
the BOBBY.
The guests were then invited into
the dining room and charmed with
the beauty of the table decorations
All in pink and white, an artistic
blending of pink and violet roses,
lilies and ferns, beautiful center
pieces and soft pink lights added 20
the beauty of the dining room.
Dainty refreshments were served
by Misses King and Macon. and each
guest went home feeling that they
had enjoyed a most delightful even
ing.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
How it Pays to Make Farm Rich.


The papers say that Rev. Mr.. Diet
rich has sold his little 15-acre farm
for 1000 per acre, and has gone to
take charge of a much larger one.
Of course a considerable part of this
value was due to its location near the
city of Philadelphia, and it would be
interesting to know what adjoining
land that has not been so intensely
developed as this little farm would
sell for. The difference would rep
resent what was due to the improve
ment of the soil The point we want
to make is that improving a farm is
Il profitable business anyWhe ere, aside
from the increased crops the owner
gets. While increasing in productive
ness and paying the owner better it
is at the same time growing in sale
value. We drove a few days ago
through a section where here and
there a farm has been improved and
the owners are doing we'll And yet
all around these improved farms are
farms with the same kind of soil in a
fearfully poor and unproductive con-
ditiOn. The improved farms are in
the hands of reading and thinking
men, book farmers, in fact. The run
down farms around them would
hardly sell for more than S. an acre,
while the improved ones could hard
ly be brought for less than $50. The
poor farmers will tell you that it is
easy for Mr.. So-and-so to get good
crops for he has money. They DO
not seem to realize that he has money
because he has made his farm pro-
duce it. And these strong contrasts
on farms side by side are not con-
lined to one section of the country,
for the poor farmers, the thoughtless
and non-reading farmers are every
where. Eastern farmers have always
had an idea that the Central West is
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Three Sweet June Brides.

Mount Airy, N. c.. June 24.-Spe-
cial-June weddings are the order of
the day here. Last night Miss Mar
garet Hines and Mr.. John Worth Nc
Alister, of Charlotte, were married
with a beautiful church wedding in
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Week End and Sunday Rate to Jack
son Springs, N. c., via Seaboard
Air Line Railway.

The Seaboard will sell round-trip
tickets TO Jackson Springs. n. C.. via
Aberdeen, N. c., and the A. & A. r.
r. on Saturdays and Sundays, good
returning Monday following date of
sale. Fare from Raleigh $3.50 for
the round trip.
If further information is desired
apply to
z. p. SMITH. G. H. GATTIS,
T. p. A. G.. 2. q T. A.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-25
Social Events at Willow Springs.

Willow Springs, N. c., June "a
Especial AT the hospitable home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton A. Rowland,
most delightful entertainment was
given to a large and cultured throng
Joung people.
Delicate refreshments were served
and at a late hour, after being further
entertained with the strains of sweet
music by the Willow Springs string
band. the crowd dispersed to their
several places of abode to dream of the
sweet pleasures of the evening. Mr..
and Mrs. Rowland, together with Mr.
Barrot Utley, The Dugis' of the occa-
sion, will long be remembered by their
many friends for SO delightful an en-
tertainment.
On Wednesday, the 22nd, Mr.. T.. A.
Howard of the firm of Howard u
Smith, took his friends by surprise and
brought in his bride, Miss Mary A.
Duncan of Stem, a lady of refinement
and culture. They were accompanied
by Mrs. McDuffie, a niece of the bride.
who is a returned missionary and Is
one of the most entertaining ladies
that has visited this place in long
time. The parties came in on the D
o'clock train and were driven to the
home of the groom, where sumptuous
supper awaited them, and few imme-
date neighbors who were invited to
welcome them home enjoyed it to the
fullest extent. Many friends over the
State will join in wishing them much
happiness and long life.