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The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

George c.. Crom, of Ocala, agent
for the Atlantic Coast Line at that
place, returned to his home yester-
day after brief but pleasant visit to
friends here. Friends of Mrs. CrOm,
who has been confined in hospital
i'm Atlanta for some time, will be
pratified at the information that she
has greatly improved.-Gainesville
SIM
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20
Gard Club Meets.

Miss Hattie Dye entertained the
members of the Young Ladies Card
Club Wednesday afternoon. There
were three tables of progressive
whist and delightfully."- pleasant and
informal afternoon was spent by the
young ladies.
Miss Laura Gerig. of Winnsboro, S.
c., won the prize for points-a silver
olive fOrk-and the prize for the
games, pretty silver call bell, was
won by Miss Jewett.
Miss Dyes guests were Mrs. ID. S.
Woodrow, Mrs n. NJ. Alfred, Misses
Esther Weathers, Meta Jewett,
J=nie Woodrow, Eloyse Izlar, Sue
Barco, Valeta Potter, Laura Gerig,
Florrie Crook, LOuella Gary, Sara
and Violet Harris.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mr.. S. B. Lucas, proprietor of a
large hotel in Dallas, Texas, former
ly a resident of this county, is here
on visit.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mr.. Stuart B. Harris, of Citra, has
returned to Asheville, n. c., where
he is student at the Boys school in
that city.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Miss Leila Barnes is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Earl Pearson, at Holder
Mrs. Pearson is reported seriously ill.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mr.. Rufus Rowland, formerly the
Christian minister here but who now
has opened law office in Tampa, is
in the city for few days.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mr.. C.. H. Mathis, the big canta-
lOupe grower left for his home at
Blackville, S. c., Wednesday He
has been absent four months visiting
his different fields of operations.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mr.. Paul Camp and Mrs. Norfieet,
of Franklin, Va, spent Sunday in
Ocala with the family of Col. w. n.
Camp.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Messrs. NJ. L. and David Payne, of
Fairfield, were in the city on business
Tuesday.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Lees birthday was observed i'll
Ocala yesterday by the closing of the
hanks
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

S. DIR. j. E. Chace will be absent from
the city all of the week, in cOnse-
quence of which his office VIII be
closed,
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Miss Annie Feinberg, of DunneilOn,
is visiting friends in Ocala for few
days.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mrs. Crum, of BrOOksville, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. j. j. Pyles.
She is accompanied by her daughter.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

The names on our hotel registers
continue to grow in number.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mrs. J. B. Cutler has gone to Jack
sonville to visit friends.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

The Mystic Shriners will meet III
Jacksonville today.
Spirits of turpentine made a rise OF
S1.25 a caSk last week.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

The regular weekly meeting of the
reading club was held with Miss Meta
Jewett Tuesday afternoon German
history is still the topic and is prov
ing very instructive and interesting.
Mr.. Joe w. Davis, the hustling
trucker and leading spirit in the
visitors to the county's metropolis
Tuesday.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Chattanooga, Tennessee, are spend
ing a few days in Ocala, the guests
of their sister. Mrs Abe Brown.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mr.. S. a. Rawls was business
visitor to Jacksonville Wednesday,.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mr.. Chas. w. White. of Citra. was
a guest at the JOcala House Tuesday.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Mr.. Ed Bennett, of Bristol, Tenn,
is in the city on visit to his wife
been the guests of Mrs. Benefits
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Clark.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20
SARA ELIZABETH HARRIS: Local Editor.
e LOCAL HAPPENINGS e

The Mystic Shriners will meet IN
Jacksonville today.
Spirits of turpentine made rise OF
SIPS a cask last week.
Mrs J. B. Cutler has gone to Jack
sonville to visit friends.
The names on our hotel registers
continue to grow in number.
Mr. S. a. Rawls was a business
visitor to Jacksonville Wednesday.
Mr.. Chas. w. White. of Citra, was
guest at the Ocala House Tuesday.
Lees birthday was observed i'll
Ocala yesterday by the closing of the
banks.
Miss Annie Feinberg, of DunnellOn,
is visiting friends in Ocala for few
days.
Messrs. NJ. L. and David Payne, of
Fairfield, were in the city on business
Tuesday.
The revival meeting now going on
in the Methodist church is growing
in interest.
Judge Locke hopes to finish the
business of this session of the court
by Saturday.
ATTORNEY r. E. Davis, of Gaines
vile, is in Ocala in attendance on
the United States court.
Mr.. E. V. KOhustann, of New York
City, is visiting Mr.. E. NJ. Howard
at his home in the first ward.
Mrs. Crum, of Brooksville, is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. j. j. Pyles.
She is accompanied by her daughter.
Miss Leila Barnes is visiting her
oA0uOIs MIS- EdIl CdlS SUI, az AAoANSA"
Mrs. Pearson is reported seriously ill.
DIR. j. E. Chace will be absent from
the city all of the week, in conse-
quence of which his office VIII be
closed.
Mr.. Paul Camp and Mrs. Norfieet,
s of Franklin, Va, spent Sunday in
Ocala with the family of Col. w. n.
Camp.
Mr.. Stuart B. Harris, of Citra, has
returned to Asheville, n. c., where
he is student at the Boys school in
that city.
Mr.. S. B. Lucas, proprietor of a
large hotel in Dallas, Texas, former
ly resident of this county, is here
on a visit.
Mr.. G. F. Law, eX-member of the
legislature and prominent attorney
from Green Cove Springs, is in Ocala
attending court
The Marion Cornet Band is now
having regular practices and Will
soon give open air concerts to the
delight of all of our people,
rs Hon. Newton A. Bitch, after a
short visit in Ocala inspecting the
convict camps, returned to his home
- Montbrook Tuesday.
The Ocala banner., 1905-01-20

Interest in the union revival ser
vices at the Methodist church con-
tinueS
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

and in a few days they had eaten
down the oats, so he turned the sheep
INTO a large stubble field where there
was a good deal of volunteer oats.
The weather was dry and all went
well. But it rained, and the sneeP
we're kept up and fed on dry 1eeo'
and next day they were put IN the
original small lot, which had grown
ont some three inches. There was a
heavy fog and all vegetables was
wet with dew. 1t happened that l
nassed by where they were all stand
mo as still as possible. l went on
about a mile, when l was sent Tor,
saving that the sheep were sick. l
hurried back to find tw~enty-one deao'
and one died soon after; so l lost
twenty-five out of fifty. | did not
know what to do; but could have
done no good, as all that were SICK
died faster than n man could shoot
them. I wrote to a friend in Penn,
s~ylyania for information. He SAID
the knife was the only remedy; used
inst as I had done COWS; that either
had eaten peas or had eaten like my
sheep did. You must cut into the
left side and let out the trouble. l
may write again.
I. WASHINGTON WATTS.
Mountville. S. Q.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

which often overtake importers OF
unacclimated stock. Farmer No. z
seems to have taken the more pru,
dent course. He studied the local
markets and resolved to grow the
crops he could sell to his nelghbors
while building up his land. He aim,
ed to keep a rowing crop on his land
at all seasons. He bought literally
of lime, potash and phosphoric acid,
but secured all his heterogeneous plant
foods, as we'll as humus, by turning
under green and from the
residue of his extensive annual pea
crops. This farmer might have In
creased his income by growing pea
nuts ON some of his summer fields,
but his reply to such advice was
that to do this he would have to en-
ploy negro labor which is to him
literally a "bete noir."
GERALD MCCARTHY.
North Carolina Department of Ag-
culture, Raleigh.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
Spraying Fruit Trees.

It is impossible to have frst-class
vegetables and fruit without spray
ing, says The Garden Magazine.
Most people are afraid of the subject,
because they think they must learn
all about the insects and a lot Of
hard Latin names. 1t is not neces-
sary to get expensive apparatus
Four dollars will buy an excellent
pump and hose suitable for home use.
This outfit consists of a portable,
double-acting force pump, attached
to a hand bucket, with hose and noz-
zle for spraying.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
A Homemade Grubber.

Mr.. j. H. Curry is the fastest and
most expert "grubber" We have ever
known. Neither Davidson or Forsyth
County has his equal. I watched him
for five minutes one day this week
and I think he took up more bushes
and trees in that time than l had
ever seen done in one hour before
His plan is this-he has a large log
chain, hooks it around the sapllng
about four feet from the ground
bitches two mules, gives the word;
and the bush comes up. It is a real
curiosity to see him operate the ma
chine.-Pilot News.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
When Sorghum Hurts Cattle.


Messrs. Editors see in the
Southern Cultivator, of recent date,
an article giving the experience of
S. H. Hawkins in feeding his cattle
with sorghum. As / have had quite
an extensive experience in this line,
l have concluded that l would give
mine to you, hoping to save some
farmer the loss of his COW.
The first sorghum seed l ever saw
was SEN to me in a letter by the
late Col. Richard Peters, of Allan
ia. I then lived near Gainesville,
Ga. I planted these seeds carefully
and got a pretty good crop of seed,
and planted them in three different
ways.
One was drilled thick, like we do
cotton, which matured about the
height of cotton, and when the stalks
we're about the size of cotton, and
fully headed out, we began to feed
our cows on it, using every inch OF
it. As it was a dry season, we fed
our COWS extensively on it without
the least injury, but made good,
wholesome food, although | was told
frequently by neighbors that it killed
their cattle. / replied that it was
something else; that my cows had
been eating it all summer without
n bod results.
I had about half an acre among
my wheat where the hogs had scatter
ed the seed before the wheat was
| sown, and which grew about as high
and large as cotton stalks: When
the drilled lot gave out, the feeder
informed me that he had fed all
| other lot, except enough to feed one
| COW: so l ordered him to begin on
| the last lot. That was planted as
we did corn and cultivated so that
it grew as large as common corn
After breakfast / went into the COW
lot, and of all the drunken things
you ever saw, we had it-every COW
but one was staggering and falling
about: all but one, the COW that ate
the cane that grew in the wheat
We began at once to drench then
with lard, and in a few hours They
all recovered. | then ordered M
feeder to cut a good bundle and give
it to my horse to see what effect /
would have on him; but it had NJ
bad effect on the horse.
So my conclusion was, and is t.
this day. that if you feed your GOV
on well-grown sorghum it will xii
her in a few hours, but if drille'
thick, it may be eaten with impunity
unless you let them eat it wet wit
rain or dew. If you let them eat tn
stalks wet with dew or rain it will xii
them. The same may be said of tn
clover, tender grass, wheat, barle
or oats, if. eaten when very tende
and wet. What will kill a COW wi
kill a sheep. A neighbor asked m
to lend him fifty sheep to eat dow
a fine field of seven acres of ia.
oats which he was afraid would b
killed by frost. I sent him the sheer
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

On page II our Farmers tx
change" offers excellent opportunl,
ties for any farmer who wishes u
sell improved stock, improved Seeo'
eggs, poultry, implements, machln-
cry, land, houses, or any other ar1l-
Gle. Our rates are very reasonaOI0'
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04
FERTILIZERS FOR CORN.
Georgia Experiment Station Reports
Results and Conclusions OF Several
Years Experiments.

Years Experiments.
The Georgia Experiment Station
is lust now sending out Bulletin No.
IS on Corn Culture" detailing the
results of several years careful ex-
periments. As to fertilizers, the Sta
ton has some things to say which
we think will be of general interest
to Progressive Farmer and Cotton
Plant readers:
Potash, in the form of muriate of
potash, is more effective the second
year of it's application than either
phosphoric acid in the form OF acid
phosphate or nitrogen In the form
of cottonseed meal.
Note.-The practical lesson taught
by our experiments is that the farmer
may not reasonably expect any con-
siderable residual effect the following
year from the application of COM
mercial fertilizers. The results con-
firm the conclusions reached in pre-
vious years, and also those of other
Stations, that the use of concen-
trated fertilizers, containing no hui
mus or ferment germs, may not be
relied on as a direct means of i'm
proving the physical condition and
productiveness of our ordinary soils.
A second lesson taught is that a
| corn, or cotton, Or other crop, should
always, when practicable, be imme-
diately followed by a "catch" crop,
or "ccover" crop, in order to take
up at once any remaining available
plant food after the current crop has
| about matured. 1t emphasizes the
Importance of a close succession of
crops of different kinds. Especially
| should a fall-maturing crop, such as
corn, or cotton, tobacco or sweet po-
tatoes, be followed by a "cover" crop
to take up and hold within it's tissues
for future use, the unassimilated, sol.
uble plant food, to be returned tc
the soil, either directly or in the form
of animal manures.
Since no general fertilizer tests
were conducted during the year 1904
there appears no reason to change
the formulas that have heretofore
been recommended for the diferen-
field crops, and they are therefore
repub1ished from Bulletin No. 81, De
cember, 1903, as follows:
Formula No. la.
For corn on the average worn am
so-called exhausted" upland soils O.
Middle Georgia:
Pounds
Acid phosphate "a per cent?. 100
| Cotton meal on :7:11a)..... 1925
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

Muriate of potash 60 per
cent? 20
cor kainit-121a ger cent
12O pounds.) -
Total 2,28O
This would analyze as follows:
Per Cent.
Available phosphate acid. $50
Nitrogen equal to ammonia
1859 3.S3
Potash (K2O) ............ 1.4S
This is relatively the same as
1852.
The mixture would be rendered
more prompt in effective action by
substituting, in place of 400 pounds
of the cotton meal, about 200 pounds
of nitrate of soda. The practice at
the Station Farm is to apply about
20 to 80 pounds of nitrate per dcre
at the time of planting, scattering a
small pinch of it not nearer than
three to four inches of the seed corn.
Formula No. lib.
For corn on well-improved Middle
Georgia upland, or on old bottom
land, or fresh lands:
Pounds.
Acid phosphate GA pei cent?. 1000
Cotton meal on $40
Muriate of potash $50 per
cent? 30
Cor Kainit-42A per cent
120 pounds.) -
Total 1900
This would analyze about as fol-
lows:
Per Cent.
Available phosphoric acid. $50
Nitrogen equivalent to m
monia 800 3.21
Potash (K2O) ............ LAT
On freshly cleared soil, or we'll
improved old uplands, or bottoms, if
only a light application is intended
| the potash may be left out entirely
and the cotton meal still further pro-
portionately reduced in quantity.
In view of the caution against ap-
| plying a large quantity of CONNER
| cial fertilizers to corn it may be
stated that 800 pounds of the above
formula may be considered the maxi
mum amount for one acre of land.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-04-04

mDONGTlSHC COllOh
one of the upland counties of North
Carolina. These men set about
proving their purchases in radically
different ways. At the end of five
wears both seem to have succeeded In
building up productive farms.
GARNER No. 1 began by repairing
the ramshackle buildings he found
ON the place and then brought from
his former n~eighborhood a lot of I'M
proved breeding stock-cows and
hogs. He fed these for the first year
mainly ON purchased feeds, carefully
saving the manure. He broke his
land several inches deeper than had
ever been seen before in this neigh
borhood. He planted only what he
had stable manure for, allowing the
rest to lie fallow. By the fall OF
the first season he had some thirty
acres seeded down to pasture which,
by a judicious mixture OF grasses,
makes all-the-year-round grazing. HIS
Young stock he was able to sell at
fancy prices for breeding, and was
thus able to purchase feed and make
manure in amazing quantities.
Farmer No. 2 was not a stockman.
He went in for grain, and instead OF
stable depended upon green
His farm had been much
abused by the negro choppers VINO
had infested it for a generation. 1t
was in parts badly quilted and over
grown by brush. The new owner cut
off or grubbed the brush and with
this filed the gullies. This took him
the greater part of the winter. In
the spring he plowed the land he had
cleared and sowed cowpeas, ~top-dress-
ing with lime, kainit and acid phos-
phate. The peas he cut for hay,
plowed the land deeply In fall and
sowed oats. Other fields cleared OF
brush during the summer were In the
fall sown to a mixture of rye and
scotch vetch. The latter fields gave
good pasturage from Christmas to
March Both, and were then allowed
to grow for a hay crop, which was
cut off the latter part of May and
the land Immediately plowed and
planted to corn. The corr received
a heavy application of commercial
fertilizer, and at the last cultivation
OF laying Dy, OCOtcH NOlCh was oO"t
in the middles at the rate of a bushel
per acre. This farmer vas advised
to SOW sand vetch instead of the
Scotch variety, but he claimed that
the Scotch variety made more and
better hay and was as good as the
other for manurial purposes. The
seed of Scotch vetch also cost only
about half as much as sand vetch
and he was working with an eye tt
conomy The vetches sown In the
corn in August gave a heavy yielt
of hay the following spring which
our farmer sold to his cotton-grow
ing n~eighbors at a very good price
Cowpeas for seed followed the vetcl
and came off in time to break tn
land for fall oats. This farmer Seems
to make fall oats his main none!
crop with summer-grown cowpeas
grown for seed, a good second. Ill
uses improved machinery and dis
penses almost entirely with hired la
Dor. He will not have a negro ten
ant on his place, G will he meddl
with cotton. His crops of oats an
seed peas are sold to his neighbor:
and to a large extent are sold on tn
farm, the purchaser doing the haul
ing.
The diverse methods pursued b
these two farmers have led appal
emily to the same results as far a
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-04-05
NORTH HoosIcK. N. Y.

John Barnett j. seriously M.
John Corners 4, moving into John
BArnett's house.
Jacob Sigmond is moving onto
james Farrell's place.
Geo Allen has accepted q POSITION
with Steven and Thompson.
Miss Mildred Niles OF South Shafts
bury spent sunday with Mr. and Mrs
Charles Haswell.
The Bell Ringers gave an entertain
ment az the Nj chuich April s. which
was we'll attended.
Stephen Tabor Is moving In with
Noble Niles shJ Is on Oue Oi Miss
Sarah Gray's farms.
Mr. and ars Leland LOOMS OF North
Bennington spent Thursday with Mr.
and Mrs Charles daswell.
Mrs Crockett OF Bridgeport, Conn.
has been spending several days with
Mr. and MIS- David Eldredge.
VIM Cannon Of this place went to
Fly Summit April 70 attend the fun.
eral OF his uncle, John Cannon.
Mr. Cornell, who lives between this
place aud Eagle Bridge died verv sud
denly SUNDAY morning while milking.
Mrs Frank Beagle a1d children of
South salisbury are visiting her
mother, Mrs Geo Washington OF Wal
loomsac.
John Barnett had an auction at his
house Thursday and Friday afternoon.
Alex Tremble of Hoosick Falls was
auction er.
Mrs VIM Reed was called 10 the
home OF her sister, Mrs Samuel Til
ford of White Creek FRIDAY by the
death of the latters infant child.
Fred Allen of this place and Miss
Phoebe Burke of Albany were united
in marriage at Albany Wednesday.
They are staying at present at Mrs
Annie Surdam's of this place.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-04-05
DRUNKENNESS A
TERRIBLE AFFLICIlOn

The WORLDS greatest physicians. aGtes
that drunkenness Il q disease ana nust
b. treated az such, n Il not necessary y
incur the publicity and ehpunso of aiiena.
inF q saniiauumi bat fhr disease o.
drunkenness can ~ cured fiEht ~ me
home b oTrine. This great remedy 70
pat az b a chemist Who. aftcf many
graFs ~ constant labor ana research
combined the necessary ingredients That
positively conquer the craving Tor liquor
orrinr IL put up in fNo forms. No. 1
ipnndeFl can b. given secretly 10 tea COT
fre ur food. without The patients knne
edge. aH ID h fasfrIraa. nduflrsa anl cnls
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Tor the voluntary treatment ~ those De-
slfinE 90 free a. msflNra from the grasp
~ alcoholic stimuiantf. this 10 ~ con
frnitnt form 90 carry ln the Nrtt POCKET
Either form costs 81 Per package,
Many raarn in thls city have been COM
plffrlY cured with four boxes ~ uffine
Think ~ fhif little rust compared With
the enormous pHcf ~ treatment "a
faniiaHum. Tie orrinr Company, Inc.
Washington. ID G, guarantees o. cure
the craving Tor drink, o. refund every
cent paid fHf a. Write 90 them fof free
book on '"nrunk1nness, mailed IN pi Ia
envelope
Ws ars cole agents for this city. and
heartily recommend offins
hur.lcn Pharmacy, bennington, VI
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1905-04-05
WEST RUPERT

Jane, Casey has removed to Ru-
pert.
Our town listers commenced duties
Monday morning.
Mrs c. w. Sherman is visiting
friends in New York.
Chauncy Woodland and family re-
moved to SYNDICATE Monday.
our town books show the number
OF valuable dogs registered to be 60.
The Misses Ruby and Ella Clark Of
Granville spent Sunday with their
parents.
Miss Olive Wheeler OF White Hall
has been visiting friends in town sew
eral days.
Mr. and Mrs Atwood OF Poultney
visited her father, George Richie last
week returning home Sunday eve.
Bert Sherman who has been spend
ing weeks vacation at home returned
to his school in Hamilton, n. y. Mon
day.
Albert Patrick and Carrie Marble
we're married by the Rev Mr. White OF
Hebron last Saturday. Congratula-
tons extended.
Miss Martha Sherman who has a
position as stenographer at Tuxedo,
n. Y, has been spending two weeks
vacation with her parents, Mr. ard
Mrs G. w. Sherman.