Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-12-22
SOME NOTES.

JUNE NViG.g5v,
OF Interest TO Truckers, Farmers
.oa7 and Stock RaiSerS. p
Carefully selected and contenscd from the
. Southern Planter and other journals.) D
Planters are being urged to- hold
their cotton for 5 cent prices, All
farm commodities are higher than
for gt tmaFnyysnraEa ~ a,
Henry Warden. of Fredericksburg,
says that one of his fields seeded With
New Era COW peas produced q ton of
hay and 16% bushelsof peas per acre,
Apother ieldsseedsdwith Whippcor-
Will COW peas producedA y toust os
hay and about 10 bushels-o Of peas per
bsTu0 ,fTOssH jsr
SpotsylysDians state that, the
bounty Of twenty -five cents pad 6fcr
hawk scalps has resulted IN the
slaughter of a good msuy of these
birds, which prey on every kind of
game, especially partridges and rab-
bits, as wellas on chickens and other
fowls. Most of them are caught in
traps.
Thirty million dozen eggs. or $780, :
900, 0,0o0'eggs, in 1000, 900 cases. are
awaiting consumption iu Chieago's
cold-storsge houses. Thirty million
pounds of butter in $4,000 tubs are
also locked up in the cold storage
vaults, ready to be spread on Chica-
go's bread whenever she is ready.
These enormous quantities are the
greatest in Chicago's history OF any
previous year. Eggs are now worth
40 cents a dozen there.
The Planter strongly advises using
the following tonic aud disease pre-
venting mixture at frequent intervals
by all hog keepers:
Wood charcoal, l pound; -
Sulphur, / pound; II3WUIA1 Al
Sodium, chloride, z pounds; !.
% Sodium bicarbonate, 2 pounds; d
Sodinm hYposnlphite, 2 pounds;
Sodium snlphat, ] pound, 1oai
Aptlmony suIphide, ] pound. IA
Pnlyerizev and ,thoroagIlg o,nix,
The dose isa argetablespoonful for
each zoe ponds weight of 166gs to
eeutEeateds0 given once aodaYS uTheI
hogs Will eat this smised s7insUtheff
food, unless very ilIq when 10 should
be poured intothem, mixed oiui wa ter.
n, h.nlEg Yah = 1ol ,vaI-ot aurrr q \
soIhis unprecedented prosperity has
the farmers lines to fall Jn1
pleasant places: His boys aand girls
are going to, college, 1.-The telephonei
keeps him in close touch with his
the town and the markets
The rural free delivery gives him the
postal advantages of the city. The
trolley car in many instances spasses
almost by his door In his home are
music and books, every needed conl.
fort and not few luxuries. Why
should the boys leave all this? Why
take their chances in the fierce COM
petition Of the city, when life on the
farm offers so much without worry
and with only a reasonable amount of
physical exertion, thanks to this age
Of the machine ?-Chicago Post. ed
The sixth annual meeting of the
stockholders Of the Produce Ek-t
change of the Eastern Shore of Vir-
glnla was held at Aceomac Court
house December G. Specia! trains
were run and large crowd at-I
tended. Satisfaction with the years
work was evident on all sides, and a
more intelligent, better dressed and
prosperous looking set of farmers is
seldom seen in any community. The
membership has now reached 3, 800.
the capital stock is $4,000 and sur.
plus fund of $40, 900. The diyi-
dend for the year was 10 per cent.
The years work showed a marked
increase over any previous one;
4l4,l33 barrels of Irish potatoes
we're handled, as against 233, ,699
barrels n1904, an increase of 1870 .slOl
barrels. The .numb Der of barrels of
sweets handled was 643, ,595.i as
against 514,73l in Il 9o4, an increase
of 137, 1924. This increase will anount
to $50, 900, as the season is not vet
over. To this total of more than a
million barrels of potatoes can be
added 1,120 packages of straw
berries, peas, onions. and cabbage
The Exchange controls forty-fve
local .diyisions at the railroad sta 4
tionss and steamboat. wharves. At
each Of these points there are one or
more private ,bpyers. Their pur-
chases. added to the shipments of
the Exchange. show the enormous
quantity of truck produced in Ac-
comac and N0rrtahaHmpton 'ccaptiess..