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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
What Ia Rich sotl4

A soil which IL able to produce good
crops Is considered 10 be rich soil.
In order TO produce good crops, soil
must supply sufficient quantity Of
the food required by the plants. That
is TO say. the plant must be able 10
obtain enough potash. lime magnesia.
phosphoric acid. iron. sulphur and
water from the soil TO supply its needs,
and II any one Of these substances is
absent. or not furnished by the soil in
sufficient quantity, the soil will not pro
duce good crops
Few farmers realize that their soils
contain very large quantities of these
substances. The trouble with a poor
soil is, not that ii does not contain plant
food. but that the plant food In IL can
not be taken up by plants. The food
is locked up and the plants cannot get
1t, and suffer accordingly. BY far the
greater part Of the plant food in every
soil Is In such a form that 1t cannot be
taken up by plants. But every soil is
undergoing continual change, by
which small portions Of the locked up
plant food is daily made soluble, and
In such a form that plants can use it,
1t Is within Ahe power Of the farmer
to cultivate and manage his farm in
such q way that the quantity Of plant
food released each year will become
more and more each year. In such a
ease his farm is growing richer" 1t
Is also possible land very often the
case) that a farm will be managed in
such way that the agencies which
release the locked-up plant food will
edecrease in power from year TO year.
In such a case his farm will grow
poorer; not because the plant food in
the soil IS exhausted, but because, by
bad management, the farmer no longer
has sufficient supply of plant food in
his soil in form available to plants.
The most important agency in releas-
ing the locked-up food in soil is a
supply Of decaying vegetable matter.
Decaying vegetable matter forms va
rious acids, which act upon the soil
and decompose it. Decaying vegetable
matter allows the growth of minute
plants, which also act upon the soil
and release inert plant food. Humus
as the decayed vegetable matter in soil
is called, is very important in a soil
for other reasons, but 1t is certainly
very important in aiding to provide
plants with a supply of plant food from
the soil. A soil containing much humus
is always more fertile than the same
soil with little humus and one reason
for this fact is that already stated.
namely, that the humus aids in bring
| ing the plant food to such Il form that
| plants can use it.
The most natural method of farm
| ing is to utilize as much as possible the
plant food already in the soil. and re.
sort to fertilizers only to supply the
deficiencies of the soil.-Dr G. S Traps.
Ph.D.. Of Raleigh, in Philadelphia
| Farmer.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
How to Get Egg.

The following from the Baltimore
Sun is just as good as it would be if
taken from the columns of the best
poultry journal in the country:
If it costs in actual money one dollar
a year to keep a hen and the hen lays
200 eggs, there is a net profit of 100
per cent, even though the average
price of eggs is only twelve cents Il
dozen.
AS no other farm stock will pay this
average profit. this subject is one
that should be studied. On this sub
ject a poultryman gives the following
general facts:
The pullet that begins laying at the
earliest age and continues to lay the
of layers.
But there is something beyond this,
for a laying strain must be started
ahead of the eggs from which its mem
bers are Matched. The hens must be in
the best possible condition before the
eggs are laid. The eggs they lay will
hatch out strong. vigorous chicks. and
these should be forced to the limit.
Vigorous constitution means a capacity
to producea large number of eggs
Good feed and care induce continued
vigor. The artificial stimulus grows
into characteristic that becomes
fixed and descends to the progeny gen
GRAFTON after generation. and i'll the
end laying strain is established. and
the value of such a strain is undis-
puted. Any one who breeds poultry
may do something toward increasing
the general average by attending to
the details of care and feeding. Upon
productiveness depends the profit that
! may be made from commercial poultry.
to large extent. These are not idle
theories; they are facts that have been
established by years of experience and
observation. The study of them is 4
material factor in making improve.
ments in our flocks.
| To this We add that eggs being most
| profitable in winter, every effort
should be made for winter eggs. Sc
it is best to have field of COW peas
near the house for the chickens tc
forage on and pasture of rye
| Large Small Cows.
| A reader wishes to know whether We
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
AIDS NATURES WORK


ass~ - Yviss A<s.ai weigh. - rAsss
KapsseA - ssaiishs o~iy - latest
Victory Fer Thss Hsv sd ns.sstfsi
Inami.ass-
TIE exnsrimsnts recently made az
Cornell University prove that the beau
tifui rays frou; the vas. scetrlsne, are
as effective as sunlight on The growth
OF pla nts. aud this may coon become
subject for serious consideration by all
Progressive cultivators Of the soil.
The results OF the experiments are
astonishing. inasmuch a. they show
conclusiyely the great increase OF
growth attained by experimenting
THE Light OF Nature" with The Light
OF Acetylene" during the hours in
which the plants would otherwise be
in darkness. For instance. certain
number OF radish plants subjected 10
acetyIene light during the night grew
TO twice the actual weight Of the same
number OF radishes given daylight only.
nll other conditions being equal, and
peas had bIossomed and partially ma
tured pods with the help OF acetylere
light. while without the added light
not even buds were apparent.
Acetylene is already taking its place
as an iluminant for towns from CEN
trail plant. for lighting houses. churches.
schools and isolated buildings OF all
kinds. and il is being used successfully
for many other purposes.
A striking and important feature Of
II a.
with which 1t can be made available
compared with the great advantages
derived from its use. The machine in
which the gas is generated u easily in
stalled.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
An UnanswerabIe Argument.

There are some children whose ar
guments are unanswerable. To this
class belongs one of the pupils at the
Indian school at Chamberlain, S. D..
a prim, grave, little maiden, whose
name is Arrow. She is a chiefs daueb-
ter. Her father and mother are quite
civilized, and she is being brought I'D
In household as civilized as any Bos-
tonian's.
One day she said to her mother:
81 wish had new doll"
But your old DOLL" her mother an
swered, sis as good as ever"
$50 am as good as ever" little Ar
row retorted, but the doctor brought
you a new baby"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
CHANGED HUSBAND,
wife Made Wise Change in Food.

Change OF diet is the only way to
really cure stomach and bowel trouble.
woman says:
My husband had dyspepsia when we
were married and had suffered from it
for several years. 1t was almost i'm
possible to find anything lie could eat
without bad results.
Il thought this was largely due to
the use of coffee, and persuaded him to
discontinue it. He did so, and began to
drink Postum Food Coffee. The change
did him good from the beginning. his
digestion improved; he suffered much
less from his nervousness, and when
lie added Grape-Nuts food to his diet
he was soon entirely cured.
My friend, Mrs. of Vicks-
burg (my former home), had become a
nervous wreck also from dyspepsia.
Medicines had no effect, neither did
travel help her. On my last visit home.
some months ago, 1 persuaded her to
use Grape-Nuts food. She was in de-
spair, and consented. She stuck to it
until it restored her health so COM
pleteiy that she is now the most enthu-
siastic friend of Grape-Nuts that I
ever knew. She eats it with cream or
dry. just as it comes from the packa ge
keeps it in her room and eats it when
ever she feels like it.
Il began eating Grapc-Nuts food my
SELF when my baby was two months
Old, and l don't know what I should
have done without it. My appetite was
gone, l was weak and nervous and at
forded but very little nourishment for
the child. The Grape-Nuts food, of
which 1 soon grew very fond, speedily
set all this right again. and the baby
grew healthful, rosy and beautiful as a
mother could wish. he is two years
old now and eats Grape Nuts food him
self. I wish every tired young mother
knew of the good that Grape-Nuts
would do her.
Names given by Postum CO.. Battle
Creek, Mich.
There's reason,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Watering Fowls.

To keep poultry healthy plenty Of
fresh water must be kept within easy
reach of them. Crooks. pans and such
vessels have to be filled several times
Il day. The young chicks are apt to
get drowned when enough water is
kept to last any length of time: be-
sides the water gets old and unhealthy.
Ny plan is to take small kcg at bot
tom: set the key upright on box or
frame foot from ground. put a curved
tube in hole. put a vessel under lower
end Of tube. When water is put in
lleg the vessel will run full of water
to the lower end of tube. The depth
of water can be regulated by raising
or lowering the tube. If key is filled
with fresh water every morning there
will always be q fresh supply of fresh
water in vessel. This is the best de-
vice for watering poultry l know Of.
1t is r. great labor saver.-H. C..
Marsch, Tuscuium, Tenn.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Miscellaneous Matters.

The condition of Senator Clark, who
was operated on for cerebral abscess, is
as favorable as could be expected.
Prof. Charles Shuchert dean of Yale
University Museum. will make az eX-
tensive tour during the summer months
through the maritime provinces OF Can
ada. making geological survey OF the
regions of Nova Scotia, especially in
order to study more infinitely their di
rect bearing upon the formation of the
rest OF North America.
Admirers Of the late Secretary Hay
are planning for the erection of suit
able monument for the perpetuation OF
his memory. 1t will likely stand in
Lakeview Cemetery. or in a new build
ing at the Western Reserve University,
named after the much lamented states
man.
dispatches received Wednesday indi-
cate a movement among the leaders
of the Russian people to issue proc
lamation favoring the deposition of
Emperor Nicholas from the throne of
the Empire.
Daniel MaIoney was killed while op-
Grating the aeroplane of Professor
Montgomery. in San Jose. Cal. He fell
a distance OF 1900 feet. as 1000 people
stood watching him while making the
ascent.
AT the moment when the body OF
Admiral Paul Jones is crossing the
ocean on its way to America an inter
esting discovery has just been made at
Paris in connection with Jones, namely.
that of his diary in a quarto volume
bound in red Morocco. with the arms
of Louis XVI engraved On it, present.
ed to him by that monarch.
With the baseball which he last
| pitched on the college diamond in his
right hand, Edward Helm, the Prince
| ton athlete, who was drowned at
! Coney Island, was buried "Wednesday.
| Princeton students acted as pall-beaT-
| ers.
Professor Andrew Fox, who recently
startled the country with telegram to
John D. Rockefeller, begging for some
| of his tainted money for the Chicago
Theological Seminary. has been dis
| missed from the faculty OF that insti-
| tuition.
The National League of the Building
and Loan Associations is composed OF
twenty-one States. North Carolina be
| ing one of the most progressive. The
annual meeting of the league will bs
held in New York on the 26tn and 2itf
OF this month and the Charlotte rep
resentatives who will attend are tn;
following well known men: Messrs
S. Wittkowsky. r. H. Jordan and D
A. Tompkins.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Jets and Flashes.

The abiding place of a mans homo
is i'll his pocketbook; woman's in Ie
heart.
4 man has to be awfully fond Of
woman 10 want her to sit in his lap
hct day.
There is a lot of responsibility IL
making your family think what 10
Of it you have in your family.
Generally a man can grumble abci;
= Icing toe hot when he isn't grur?
Ling about its being too cola.
Gi.ls With pretty faces seldom thi1
It is worth while to act pretty.
4 wife is always willing to love
ser husband will honor and ebay.
ANY man can make a raise if tie ca:
set his hands on an umbrella.
Many on embryo statesman lands ir
Jail before he has chance to rake
good.
1t sometimes happens that a man l.
almost as mean to his wife as she is t
him..
Unless man is his own worst enemy
he is on speaking term with but few
bartenders.
Most spinsters have reasons Of their
own for being nan-haters.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Foreign Affairs.

The japanese now completely occupy
the southern part of the island CT SAX
hahn.
Bulgaria has appealed to the powers
to intervene in alleged Turkish perse-
cutiOns at Ad"ianople.
A revolving scene was witnessed in
side the French submarine boat Far
fadet, which sank recently with IA
men.
The ceiling of a hospital chapel at
Fermo. Italy, fell, killing Is women and
injuring 80.
Life saving runs in the family Of J..
Parsons, young lighterman of the
Hollows, Brentford England. who, on
his twenty-third birthday, received the
Royal Humane SoCiety's certificate for
rescuing two boys from drowning. His
father saved forty eight persons from
drowning and the son now has a total
Of twenty-three lives to his credit
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

These were especially severe when
STOPPING to lift anything and often !
could hardly straighten my back. The
aching was bad in the day time, but just
as bad at night, and was always lame
in the morning. l was bothered with
rheumatic pains and dropsicaI swelling
Of the feet. The urinary passages were
painful and the secretions were dis
colored and SO free that often l had to
rise at night l felt tired all DAY. Half
a box served to relieve me, and three
boxes effected a permanent cure"
For sale by all dea.e Price 80 cents,
Foster-Nilburn Co.. Buffalo, N. 7.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Soy Beans and MiiIat For Hay.

J. S. c., Russellville, Tenn, writes:
Will SOY beans mature early enough to
be sown with millot for hay? What
proportion OF each should be used
when sown with drill and fertilizer?
Some Of the early maturing varieties
Of soy beans might be sown with mill
let for hay, but the standard varieties
would have to be sown in drills, say
about thirty days before the mi.let was
seeded. The mllet might then be
sown broadcast and covered with Il
harrow. One Of the best varieties Of
soy beans is the mammoth yellow. A
mixture of soy beans and millet will
make an excellent quality of hay, and
it is somewhat easier to cure than that
made from cowpeaS. You should SOW
about Il half bushel to three pecks of
Noy beans per acre. and Il gallon to a
Eaif gallon and a half of millet seed
y. NJ. SouIe.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
SOUTHERN :: FARM :: NOTES.
d-=D@d-p
PLANTER sTocxSM mo Ta0cx eaeEEe

would prefer large Or small COWS for
dairy or milk giving purposes. To make
4 short answer. We would prefer the
cow that would give the most and best
milk aud would keep NJ IL longest The
object In view should always he kept
foremost. II You have cow that Is
just such mixer as you wish. she i
the best COW without reference 10 her
size.
II the purpose is 10 buy dairy herd
the fact that there are special dairy
breeds must not be ignored, and these
are mostly small. though the Holsteins
come in Of fair size. But II the idea ia
10 get cows for the farm. where ii is
desirable TO raise calves as well as TO
get milk. size should be considered. In
that case we advise getting n medium
TO large COW Of a eil-known milking
strain.
Our fathers would have thought ii
strange had We talked Of feeding hay
to hogs, or laying in supply of hay
as winter feed for hogs. But this is
done now in many places as regularly
as laying In hay for feeding the horses
and cattle. Cow pea and alfalfa have
been proven good feed for hogs, not
only as pasture feed in the fields, but
as dry feed in winter.
If you have II mule colt 10 put on
pasture this spring don't try to make
him stay i'll the pasture by himself.
He just won't do it. He'll find some
way to get out, and after that no
fence will bother him much. Give the
mule colt or colts company. a good
dispOsitioned old horse is good, but Il
gentle old gray mare is the very best
company for mules.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Pointed Paragraphs.

Our cat carries a night key in his
ice
Trying to get rich is terribly expen-
We on what you had before you
lied.
\ woman wears veil for the way
ie locks in It first. and second because
saves her complexion.
It's. queer how many ways OF ending
:-e there are when there is only ole
ay os beginning it.
An old bachelor ssys thct Blessing
not woC,eo's province. No mar
ed man would dare say sub q
ing
: woman likes to have q man tel
:er that he thinks her feet at least
wo sizes samller that he thinks they
re.
It's awfully hard for a girl not &c get
interested in man if he can make her
believe that he is very much interested
in her.
If the devil is dead his success scrs
know whole .lot more about human
nature than he did.
The noblest mission in the world is
20 be noble man,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

Castles - rs%vasssFs OF
w. s-a vfnxhsassr Es5<xsssG kAes
81 sAc.sans ar. h~sas essrs! BY certain
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Altered s.see se.'ss IS ....s. :. tss
Ing tie eAarSxns and
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Sos kns~.=x 80 wsas fa:fseT sa.
,h~.x arms have bra iszJeFea -ats.
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ruh.se n genera tas: &c Assume % "
spoasshsasy whatever ecn1eSsea VIE az.
saeA arms. AZ. essiaaa .. s.ysn
that the aurahszs have sss ezra s2A8s*@
OF oha,er=sed-
Al rx~nsux wisehesser Repeating kssfs
<na shotgun. are Numbered and a. WE
@N@..sr Sage Shct Rss~% sre nars<ret.
sxrrri ;he Mode. iss1. lac. 1904. ass
,hs 1aass.b TrsEss- Model
WlxCRrsTfg ksrEATtSS AIMS 20
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
DI9FlGURlNG ULCER
People Looked at Her in AmaZement-
Pronounced Incurable-Face Now Clear ]
As Ever-Tbanks God For Cuticura.

Mrs. T. Hackett, of 400 Van Barren St,
Brooklyn, N. Y, says: 81 wish to give
thanks for the marvellous cure of my moth.
er by Cuticura. She had severe u,cer,
which physicians had pronounced incur
able. 1t was terrible Disagreement. and
people would stand in amazement and ,ooll
after her. After there was no hope rom
doctors she began using Cuticura Soap
Ointment and Pills, and now, thank God,
she is completely cured, and her face is as
smooth and clear as ever"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Sandy Snil Ter Eru;tA

Sandy soils are good fruit soils,
when fertile enough. and are better
adapted to tic smaller fruits and Ter
RES needing careful cultivation.
Peaches require high. dry and moder-
ately fertile soil. and DO best OF tops
Of hills.-Southern Fruit Grower.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

Ohio. says: Il
was cured by
Doan's Kidney
Pills Of a severe
case Of kidney
trouble, Of eight
or ten years
standing. / suf-
fered the most
severe backache
and other pains
in the region Of
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

TUT AHE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA.
It's advantages for practical instruction. both
in ample laboratories erd abundant hospital
materials uneGualied. Free access is given
to the great Charity Hospital with go beds and
50. 600 PATIENTS annually. Special instruction t.
given daily at the bedside OF the sick The
catalogue and information address
PROF. -. T.. CSitILt.E. VI. H., DcRa.
p d. Drawer 28I. NEW ORLEANS. La.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

Especially for oil, raronis eAs-. tas'
H,,.n,e blood Balm l. giS~s hesish
blood supply to the affected Parts. neass :
the sores ruv:lan sat- scales. stops 'as
awful itching and burning 81 eF-yeina, sven
.nnrt,r1,,n. xa,~ry .or-~. s;c. Drug
SO. 81 per large bottle. eOiil~= % 20,
bottles SIS %. express prepaid sAmPie frc'
anu prepaid by Writing Blood Bal. Go. -. y.
l.u,a Ga. Describe treuble and free medi
ca advice seut In sealed letter.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Pointed Parauraphs.

An old bachelor says that bossing
is not womans province. No mar
ried man would dare say such a
thing.
A woman likes to have a man tell
her that he thinks her feet at least
two sizes samller that he thinks they
are
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, soften the gums reduces infamma-
ton, allays pain ,cureswind collie, 25c. a bottle
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

lam sure Piso s Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.--Mrs. THOMAS Rob-
EErs, Maple St.. Norwich, NY, Feb. II 1900
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

\ GiTl'S idea of a romance is a man
who wears wOman's ring on his fin
ger and looks sadly at it, So. 80.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
AN OLD MANS TRIBUTE.

An Ohio Fruit Raiser, 7S Years Old, Cured
of a Terrible Case After Ten Years of
Suffering.
Sidney Justus, fruit dealer, of Mentor.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

FITSpermanently cured. Motifs Or nervous
ness after first days use ofDr. Kline IS Great
NerveResto rer, S2trial bottleand treatise free
DR.. R. H. KLINE, Ltd. ,931 Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

Japan's gold production for the year
was S5.976,OO0.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

Manchuria is gaining by the Russian
japanese War.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

japan has never as yet been invaded by
q foreign foe.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

A woman never thinks she Is dressed
To look cooi unless you can see the rib@
bons through Ii.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Cure. k~aetna. itching HnHers.

You canno, hold title 10 the skies
in your wIfes name.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Corn Husks and Wheat Chaf.

H. l.. D.. Scottsvile, writes: Please
give ne the feeding value of corn
husks and wheat chaff as Il feed for
COWS.
The following table gives the COM
position of corn husks and wheat
chaff:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27
Protein Fiber Extract Fat

Ct. u L t. u.
Corn husks % 1913 2S.:}
Wheat chaff. 40 SO. 34G IA
Wheat chaff contains about twice as
much protein. crude fiber and fat as
the corn lusks These foods are low
in digestible protein and fat and only
constitute cheap forms of roughness,
more valuable as a filler for Illuminating
animals than for their entire plant.
and they are also considerably lower
in nutrients than corn leaves. Wheat
chaff contains about as much digest
ib.e matter rs wheat straw but it is
much lower iii digestible nutrients than
oat straw, containing only about one
fourth IS much digeStible protein.
Neither form of roughness thus COM
pares well with hay from any Of the
leagues or tame grasses. At the same
time corn huSkS and wheat chaff can
certainly be utilized to advantage on
the farm if fed in proper amounts
Prof. SOulo.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1905-07-27

Large or Small Cows.
A reader wishes to know whether We