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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27
Broom Sedoc and Sassa fraS.

country is full of sedge. sassafras
bushes and briars | cut them of
twice a year. but it always looks
rough We want g sod Of grass. What
is the first step 10 take to get rid of
the present growth, and then what
fertilizers to use" AS usual with our
friends in the South, the first thing
is what fertilizer 70 use, since the
idea is widespread in the South that
Tor every crop grown some kind Of
commercial fertilizer must be used.
The only way to get that land clean
is TO use 4 short rotation Of crops in
which smothering forage crops come
IN often. There is nothing eGual to
the mower to keep down sprouts.
Broom sedge is there because the soil
conditions are not favorable to a net-
ter grass. The first thing to be done
is to determine that the land shall
tie worked iii q regular rotation de-
signed for its Improvement. Clean off
tie briars and bushes but do not dig
them Late in spring SOW the land in
peas, using on them 500 pounds per
acre of acid phosphate adm potash
mixed. parts Of the first to of the
last. Sow them thickly broadcast and
NOW them for hay and 1T once SOW
the land in Crimson clover, using 15
pounds OF seed per acre on the pea
Stubbie, merely chopped up With the
cutaWay harrow. During tho winter
get out on the clover all the manure
You make, and in spring turn all un-
der and plant corn. Cultivate this
rapidly 10 keep down any sprouts
and if any appear that the cultiVator
VIII not cut, chop them of al the sur
face. Cut the corn and cure in shocks
and again prepare the land with tnc
cutaWay ana seed to wheat and on
this wheat SOW clover III the spring
using plenty Of seed Of the medium
red clover The mixture OF acid ph0s-
phate and potash viii be a Sood APP
p!icatiOn for the wheat and to get q
stand of clover. Now the clover for
hay twice during the summer and
by this time YOU VIII be getting ria
Of the sprouts. Or II YOU want 10
make a permanent sod on the land,
SOW with the clover on the wheat or
with the wheat in the fall some or
chard grass and Canada blue grass
seed, 10 pounds of each per acre, and
the second season You viii be getting
more grass than clover, and if you
want the land for permanent Dastur
ing run the mower over t as often
as sprouts appear, and you will III
that way get rid Of them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27
How to solve the Labor Question.

\ North Carolina lady writes: My
husband 6S years old. did all his plOW-
ing except three and half days he
took for debt. He made $500 pounds
Of seed cotton on Scdnt seven acres OF
land, notwithstanding the adverse sea-
son. We have pork t. sell and every
thing We need TO winter over stock
bountifully. and all our family sup
plies. We are bringing up our farm
with peas and clover, and every time
| think Of our increased prosperity
think Of YOU and the dear old Practi-
cal Farmer We are nearing the
bounds Of life, where burdens are laid
down and just over there | think
every unselfish act to better humanity
viii blossom into perpetual JOY. ana
what harvest YOU will reap. To the
editor in leaving his old field Of labor
in North Carolina. the most touching
and gratifying evidences that his Ia
bors there were not in vain have beefl
the numerous letters similar to the
f. Massey in practical Farmer.
above. and To ali of our friends who
have written these letters. We return
heartfelt thanks and assure them that
We Will continue to feel an interest il
the welfare of the Southern farmers.
as we'll as in that of the growers all
over the land. The increasing inde-
pendence of the Southern farmer from
the negro is very gratifying. too.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27

IS fGrearmed, ana doubly armed is he
whose quarrel is just, Let me advise
you, that before some OF you are called
upon as old Aneas Ulysses was to give
q recital Of your Woes that YOU Viii
be wise and prepare for war in time
of peace.
What YOU ought to do. and what
YOU must do, is TO assert your rights
and demand that You be relieved from
the oppression Of others while You are
feeding and clothing the world from
the products of your labor Demand
the enactment Of such laws as will
guarantee equal rights to all and
special privileges to none. Proclaim
it as a cardinal principle that those
who would rob the many for the bene-
fit of the few, like Jack Shepard. of
HOunsloW Heath-are enemies Of the
human race. stand together brave
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27
DATES MADE FOR
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tae veEid ths Association I# ste f
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InN i Federation vE @lstr. ~Fr tHHf s8Et
would ssa> "ut - tNc ukTer. t.. EHHt.
months AK ~"t.tetHAtf 1hf#eef Au4
November. uu3rss tUrN sr4H3 Is4.s.N NAAr
cotton fsrN eeI.fs ar under aUE5rI
back defiance ard erf tNvtr
minimum of II c,nfs faf r5ttaa.
IhoS. Who Mcrc ioSal auB ht#H f@r
tAat ngure received 81 Ai could haN.
done 81 II tst-2 h.l has.tr.I t4HsE
friends The A@esoiafiouera tar4,t
dear ear IS the gaub1sI- I48e wa4
Nictors Nr
We promised : cents far tEe Isfr
auec ~ last year S crop. aud Wr $500,
certain Ia Wiu th4e Nlstey< ~ Those
N ~" pledged Tor - cents hold nrmN
for that figure and We uF, assured
that chose VINO pledged sill hole. Tsya
hundred and riEh& t"lcetama srut e"
every section of IN" @pulH asking 8I
plcdE"d cotton ~as being sold felatee
WIN but lA" lohr>"fu" "N."ptts ..H.
tdha thtA invoke but 100 bl4"%t asa
sure rs that theA are firm an VIII
Coh'lhu" 1" be uhtfi + cents ia Of
fcred W have enough ul es4 t'
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27

The problem of eradicating the cat
tie fever tick in the South is one OF
the most important that confrOnts the
Southern stOckman That the ticks can
be eXterminated over laroe districts
has been demonstrated by the work
that has been done by Dr. TAFT Butler
the State Veterinarian Of North Caro-
lima. Since DIR. Butler came to the
State i've or SIX years ago. he has sue
ceeded in banishing the ticks from a
number Of counties and by order of
the Secretary of Agriculture the coun-
ties Of Wilkes. Caldwell Burke. Ca
taW ba. Lincoln, Castor, and part Of
ourrY have been moved north of the
quarantine line. This work is still
going on in other counties adjacent.
on the south side OF the line. and ere
long it is expected that another large
area viii be freed from ticks and ad-
mltted north of the quarantine line.
We call attention to these facts be
cause DR.. Butler published the full
method of ridding pastures of the
ticks in a bulletin published May. 1903
and q bulletin published by the Ten
nessee Station seems to claim the
credit for deVising the plan for erad-
lcatinS ticks to Prof. II A Morgan di-
rector Of the Tennessee station. who
had been working after DR..
Buffers plan in Louisiana be
fore coming TO Tennessee. and
publishes the method in a bul-
letin dated January. 1905. without
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27

Don't Bc Guilty of Hood -cuiitinc~~ of
Iho~c " ho Would Exhaust Iudig-
di@nation Tor profit Their NaA.


gcueer.J
! coyet success in nay effort fo pro-
mote Intelligent weiI-con-ldsrea farm
ing Let me preui-" thaf fae con
crrted movements 10 sell Our cotton at
- cents bound has been sincerely
conducted ana the failure carries aEo
resentment ~ tho minds OF our people
We have realized prices FOR our cot
ton which insure fair wage and "a
fowl ju the got.
II T. We'll - remember that our et-
forts this way have provoked Eng
IaHd. France aud Germany - a ---
tenn of cotton growing ia their colo
Eles. aided bE Imperial grants and al
ready showing am output which HsE
greatly increase if fgstered.
The opening Of 81 miles ~ rails
from Berber at Aibara - Port sudaa.
on the Hel -. has discovered. es -
express It, millions ~ acres e. cotton
producing lands. j. IS meet ~ CON
front these sfaae~ ~ The new move
WeHt with economic changes here
supported bE SOUND sense and reform.
Iet eEeFy farmer seed enough laud
With co4n 20 produce fun cribs - this
us fu grain. Eoilo~ oats. = heat. rys.
t~ not seasouable r. talk II small grain
lo*, nothing can b. done iu this
regard before next @ecliu2 :ifue.
TuL 500 pounds Of nigh grade u,a-
auCe 10 an acre If cotton. Apply iNlse
--at seeding and about June 18Th.
corn responds ~ cotton sred aud
the direct products OF cotton aa a.
WI a. any form ~ fertilizer
/ address clients better Informed
than / au but Fou have 10 fatigue
their attention before feelIng assured
of co-ppcratIou.
We can't boycot the mills and their
III H.
i which $50 may adopt Don't go too
far. Don't faUi-n trade. Don't h-
guilty u the blood outlines Of those
who would exhaust Indignation for
profit their HaE. "fe honest and fear
49L T. r. BENNETT
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27

men you have this battle TO fight Il
transcends all party lines and all doc
trines of expediency. the hope Of
economic liberty is freedom to labor
and enjoy, to buy and sell as you
think proper.
Mr. O. c. Moore. of Mount Tirzah
Person county followed General Carr
III q ringing address. lie said resolu
tlons had been adopted many times
and the tobacco farmers had been or
ganzed. but effective work had not
been done. The farmers must learn
how to organize. hold their tobacco
and command fair prices from the
manufa cturerS. He said WarehousinG
damages the leaf and there seems to
be but one practical way in which the
tobacco growers may secure equitable
and just prices for tobacco and that
Continued on Page Three.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27
sunday Trains.
lAalI.on I:eeoIl.l

Solicitor Brown ana the grand jury
should take q sitting with the south
crG Railway next week and .ase Whg
they run trains all day of Sundays
The has. BOT only imposed upon tins
'peTishabie freight law. bat are
openly ard boldly running solid trains
81 coal through ou sunday. These
trains are nuisance and our churches
an being only 4 short distance from
the railroad these big jack engines
loaded with ID heavy train Of coal COM
plcteiy drown any service tnat may b.
in session.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27
The Proceedings in Detail.

The Convention was called to order
ti noon in the County Court House,
President John c. Cunningham preSid-
1g, and Mr.. +. /. Conn was appointed
.@npora1y secretary.
ItoV. =. II. Massey. of the Methodist
aurch. led in an appropriate and fer
vent prayer, after which Mayor p. G.
''@ham. of Durham, welcomed in d
ftdlaI speech, the farmers to the city.
President Cunningham announced
." appointment of the committee on
buttons and bylaws, as follows:
. D. w. GraVely II. B. Lindsay, G. c..
ore. j. NJ. Sharpe. and =. +. Neal.
he first speaker was Gen. Julian s.
e, and lie was greeted With tremen-
"5o7 applause. The farmers cheered
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-27

Many an otherwise good man makes
Il bad husband
The Washington times., 1906-08-07
sAMMYS SoLILoCUY.

When I'm growed up TO be a man
And own a little boy,
I'll never stamp my foot and storm
And say he does annoy
Me out of all my very wits;
Nor viii I scowl and frown.
And call him just the very worst
OF ali mean kids in town.
I'll simply take i'm on my knee.
An listen TO the jokes
What he IS gOin' fer TO play
On all old cranky folks
Ihdt are forgittin' every day
1hey was ever young an good.
or at they eer enjoyed life
Like happy youngsters should.
For Z pears to me at people most
Grows sOurer with each year,
An only live To frOWn an scOld,
An snank their children. dear,
For dOin' OF the very things
That once they did with glae
When they We're young an very good
The same as you an me-
An when 1 have a little boy,
lie may eat an eat an eat.
Till he IS fun 10 busting
From mouth down 10 his feet.
For this is how | look at it
Men live both long and old:
But boys don't live TO be past twelve
At least, so I've been told.
-MaudWalker.
The Washington times., 1906-08-07
WEEKS OF TRAVEL
TO SEE HER SON
Anxious Mother on the Road
157 Days and Worked
to Get Food.

CLEVELAND, Aug T. Mrs. Mary
Mcbride, a widow. aged about forty, ac-
companied by q young son. aged twelve,
appeared at the Office Of the Associated
Charities and asked for employment. Il
developed that she had not had any
thing to eat since Monday morning. and
she was given a breakfast She has a
son IN the Lancaster Industrial School,
aged sixteen. who was sent there last
January, and because OF worrying over
him she became sick and lost her posi-
ton in Cleveland as taniuess Of a large
building.
On recovering her health she started
with her younger son from Cleveland,
five weeks since. and walked all the way
10 Lancaster, working her way by ap-
plying at farmhouses for work, and
often sleeping in barns; she followed
the line Of the Big Four railway for
guidance as 70 her course. Arriving at
Lancast she found her son well and
happy and learning the printers trade
She came 20 Columbus 70 be near him
until his release, in about nine months,
and 10 secure work, as she VIII not ac-
cept charity. The Associated Charities
nave the matter in hand and will vel
come any assistance IN securing her en-
pl0ymenJ.
The Washington times., 1906-08-07

singularly figured in the double bin
affairs are PottstoWn. which heads u
list with three pairs-Danlel and Do
aid. 10 Rufus and Allen Kerfridg
Alice and Edith. to Arthur and Gertrut
Judson; Marion and Madaline. 20 J.
and Margaret Finn.
There are three places. Ardmor
Lower Merton. and Bridgeport. wit
TWO pairs each. In Ardmore the new
/ comers We're Christian and AIexande
Augustus. 10 Augustus and Hattie Reed
John and Win!fred. 10 John A. an
Eleanor McGlOughlin
In Bridgeport these births were re
turned: John and William. 70 John an.
Katharine Sally. Tony and Mary. Z
John and Mary Soiomane
In Lower Merton these are the littl
ones: Alice and Malcolm. 10 Harry am
Elizabeth Hamlet, Of Bryu Mawr; How
ard and Wesley 10 Howard and Mar
Nem. These are In third place as 20 10
cality. punching. James 7 and ROber
II. 10 James and Ella Pickle. Of Con
shohOcken; John and Nicholas. 20 JOh
and Julia Reihle, Of Lower Providence
Lawrence and Mildred. TO Wilson II
and Blanche $. Leland.
IL viii be seen that Of the twelve pair
six pairs are males, four mixed anc w
pairs females.
The Washington times., 1906-08-07
That National Hymn.

For some occult reason, perhaps
because of its possession of the
Liberty Bell, Philadelphia has be
come a hotbed of discussion as to a
genuine national hymn for us Amer
leans. Everybody has something to
say on the subject over there, and
as almost everybody writes to the
newspapers, the columns of our es-
teemed Quaker City contemporaries
fairly sound with this kind of de-
bate.
Nothing mas been settled as yet,
but tte nearest approach to it
comes from q contributor to the
Pubic Ledger, who denounces ''The
Star-Spangled Banner" and extols
america" (as a hymn. purely).
Speaking of the former, he thus un-
folds his great plan:
The song is long and rambling. with
out sufficient conference to sustain an
interest 10 the end. and tells not of our
country, but Of the symbol OF our cOun-
try. which is beyond the average
clblEen . enthusiasm ~ 4AS-S So-t5. NS
may love 20 see Il wave and may be
come enthusiastic on seeing the red.
white and blue. but a long, rambling
poem about 10 set 20 no matter Wnat
kind or music cannot arouse patriotism
and is not q national hymn.
1 trust that you may already have
CLEANED the point Of this. which is:
That having the most magnificent hymn
of any nation, let US save it from OBJ
liv.on by giving to IL a simple heart
stirring melody.
I feel sure that this could be accom-
plisned by a large prize offered Tor the
successful composer. Let Congress pass
upon 10 and decide. CongreSsmen may
not be especially musical. but they know
what pleases them. They come from
every corner of this great land, and
what they would agree upon could sure
ly be considered a national hymn
But is America" so superior to
Keys hot-blooded poem? 1t is more
The Washington times., 1906-08-07
DOZEN PAIRS OF TWINS
IN ONE COUNTY IN YEAR
Six Pairs of These Twins Are Boys-Statstics Man Dr.
appointed Because Ali the Twins Are in the Coun-
try and None Are in the Town.

NORRIsTOWN. Pa. Aug. Twins
are enrIOssing subjects just now 10 the
residents of this county. for they are
arriving at the rate OF two pairs a
month They are holding their own in
the vital statistics. while the other de-
partments show a continual lossS
According 10 the assessors returns for
the past six months there were In
births and SIG deaths. which is de-
crease from the previous six months,
when there were 1913 births and 81
deaths. while for the corresponding
period Of last year the births numbered
1876 and the deaths sO7.
II viii be seen that so far as increase
OF population IS concerned the county
would soon fall behind but for the fact
that the death rate IS decreasing also,
having fallen of just one-tentE in a
year. the decrease IN births not being
so great-Only about X per cent.
The twin feature. however is OF the
greatest concern 10 -amandus Snyder,
the vital statistics man IN the clerk OF
courts office. II IS noted that Norris
town. the county seat, does not have
any part in the production
The persons ana places which have
The Washington times., 1906-08-07

eminently respectable and devout,
perhaps, but not so stirring. Neither
is ideal, and the music of each is
stolen from England. Something
better is much TO be desired.
National hymns are not made TO
order, however, and the Offering of
prize for one would be a ridiculous
farce. The only thing that could
make it worse would be TO leave the
decision as to the music to the Con-
gressmen.
Some day the time and the man
viii unite and make a great national
hymn. But you cannot get one by
mechanical means.
The Washington times., 1906-08-07
Asleep for a Month.

as The be- city BS. q oP@r ] gas &
diTecs report
@ as5q order @ Is rsPoTt SHAPE @
y % i n ts Srse 5 s Sfa sn H'$ M Ne f % R %& head % DE-
Sueht the s' "a % P6es ana the
So Shippers morbund for
According those paragraphs ody col
of this body sound sleep
The president and he responsible for the success OF the
directors and dry un
fishing trip is
approve
enterprise city
supney any proposition
it think that the directors have muged his attitude
the be held for the results
the approve whole months naetion
The of this delay plain thoughtful examination of the
present
which reasonable objection be urged and
which every the association
be done All Of it ought be done without days
of
Thus the publicity proper spirit getupandgo
the
require perhaps. ap
action should have been authorized the other
They were
to ] l% sE % ] @ be for DPs ] IN o9fF % ] Sd & @ ss dq9ss @ sgs
appointed
getting depends chiefly upon
versing advantages
by publicity designed
Washngtons advantages Yet this work held until
the end of ones vacation.
great advertising through delegates
special
pagn inquiry collecting correspondence
bodies which chosen meeting place
greatest possible which
saying should be without delay.
proftably which organization
should be ready to work
freight between Washington
facilities through
ing service ctys opportunities by
operation handling
perhaps important single movement
opinion inonceiyabe willingness delay
incomprehensible.
branch of the work which ought pushed
that of increasing the membership of
directors yesterday chairman a
membership presumably cooperation of
obbers, shippers enlisted enterprise
is he finds a report
a adjourned Wednesday in
September?
So much for phases Of the project in which
settled that possibly
viii mind taking problems
waiting
encourage
body members able attend
practically work for
every which debated
extremely dscouragng Shippers
citation work though business
practical has already progress.
where is if there
rderedy the board o directors.
The Washington times., 1906-08-07
VICTIM OF POISON
AIDS ACCUSED MAN
Son-in-LaW IS Charged With
Putting SuyChnine in
Water.
MAKES FIGHT TO ESCAPE
But Officers Of the Law Overpower
Young Man While He Is Riding
Through Dense Wood.

SCRANTON. Aug. Guy ". Sanborn
Whiting has been arrested on he charge
OF attempting % poison his faIher-in-
Law. Eliot Vail by repeatedly admin
isteTing strychuius Singular features
OF the arrest was the belief OF the aged
man In his son-in-law's guilt and the
fact that he furnished bail for Whiting.
The arrest was dramatically accom-
plished- The telephone played a promi-
uent role. < was used both by detec-
tives 10 locate sac ....n they wished 70
take and by the relatives of the pursued
one, who hoped 20 inform him OF his
danger
The officers concealed themselves in a
dense wood through which Whiting was
expected 10 pass. knowing that he was
heavily armed, they took every precaU-
tion against an attack when he should
discover their presence After hours of
waiting. Whiting came along and -ho
officers sprang upon him from the under
brush at the side Of the road. He lashed
his horses, out the men at their heads
covered him with reVolvers and after a
few minutes he submitted TO arrest.
Whiting is the adopted son Of a clair
Voyant who has achieved some local no.
toriety. lie is thirty-f1ve years Of age.
He married Sadie Vail several years
ago. He has lived with his father-in-
law. who is 3 man OF means and ad-
VauCed years
Last summer the father, his son and
several friends Of the family suffered
from serious illness and began 70 believe
taey were being poisoned. Neither Whit
ing nor his wife seemed 10 suffer from
the attacks which visited the others
Once the son-in-law complained, but he
very soon recovered. and a doctor was
not called. Mr.. Vail. however, continued
To be afflicted with repeated doses of
poison. Fear and dread 50 worked upon
his mind tina he became physical and
mental wreck
The Washington times., 1906-08-07
NEWPORT ARRAYED
FOR YACHT RACES
Season Opens With Arrival
of Commodore Van
derbilt.

Newport is in gala attire for the gay
yachting carnival which opened yester-
day. and there is a possibility that In
brilliancy II may eclipse the famous
Mardi Gra5 festival Of New Orleans.
Everything was hustle and hurry there
in the social world last night. Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt giving a dinner at
BeaUlieu, the place occupied by Thomas
Walsh last season, In honor OF Mr.
Vanderbilt, who made his first entrance
into NewpoI, yesterday afternoon as
commodore Of the New York Yacht
Club. Several hundred American Beauty
roses were used In the decoration Of the
rooms
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand arrived
IN Newport yesterday and will witness
the races and probably present the
Kings cup
The social world largely transferred
its attentions from land TO water, and
there was a little Venice in that part or
the country Tor a while hosts visiting
the newcomers on yachts, ma tempor-
any guests returning the visits Ia their
gay little launches.
bunting and electric lights in red.
white and blue turned the town ITO
fairy-lke spectacle, enchanting the
5000 or more visitors with It's beauty,
Equal gayety VIII obtain today.
Senator and Mrs. Murray Crane left
Lenox yesterday and viii sail today
from New York on the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, for six weeks IN Europe.
Lieut.. Reginald BelHnap, L. S. n, and
Mrs. Eelnap, who are spending the
summer at Stockbridge, are being con-
EratU ed upon the birth Oh little
dau-IJFT Yesterday. They are residents
of Washington. and are popular here ln
resident and official circles