The Columbus weekly dispatch., 1908-05-28
ARTESIA.


in selecting a variety for this parpose
is the kind that will mature early
and the kind that viii dry out tht
earliest after maturity Ny observa
ton has been that the Mexican June
corn will mature quicker than any
corn to be planted late, but on ac-
count of the large ear and cob it does
not dry out in time to crib where the
stock law is not strictly enforced
The Moseby or any other small cob
corn that is two or three weeks long
er in maturing is preferable to the
June corn, as the cob viii dry out
three to four weeks earlier and is not
half so apt to mould after housing
as the Mexican June corn. l have
planted both as late as July 10. and
find the Moseby gets ready for the
crib first, although much slower in
development.
f Major Rowan says he prefers small
women to the larger because they
i cool down quicker after a display of
high temper.
Every farmer who owns two mules
or horses should own a cultivator
and a riding plow at that. / have
/ had quite an experience with differ
ent makes and l find the Avery to be
the least complicated and most de-
sirable of all the different makes.
There are many farm implements
that ought to be on every farm that
the small farmer cannot afford, and l
see it suggested in the Southern Farm
Gazette that a Farmers Club
would make it possible for all small
farmers to own such machines as a
hay press, moving machines, buck
rakes, disk harrows, manure spread
ers, folding saw machines and many
other tools too expensive for one
farmer to own. The idea is for two,
six or lot of neighbors to organize
club with bylaws, rules and regu-
lations and let the club buy such
machinery as it may deem proper and
when not in use by the members
could be rented to outsiders. A great
many of our large planters are stock
ing their farms with cultivators, etc,
and when tenant gets behind with
his work he rents him a cultivator,
which is a partial solution to the la
Dor question. Organize club, boys,
one in every neighborhood.
The NJ. & o. is not treating its
patrons at Billups fairly. 1t will be
seen from statistics that Billups does
almost, if not as much, passenger 1
and freight traffic as Bent Oak, and
several times more than Mcintyre. !
Bent Oak has a nice little station
house, station agent and ticket office, |
Mcintyre a waiting room and Billups |
a ten by twelve platform. It is very !
grating to a refined feeling to see a |
lady stand in the broiling sun or a |
chilling rain for an hour waiting the
arrival of a train. Freight is often |
thrown off at BiIlups to take the !
weather unless the owner is on the |
ground to take charge. We often see |
furniture lay in the rain for several |
days and ice lay in the hot sun until |
almost melted. If the patrons do not |
company will hardly take the initia-
tive. Let them petition the company
for relief and if not obtained let them
petition the railroad commission
Lodge No. 609S, /. o. o. F. (col-
ored), of Columbus, Miss, not long
since in initiating a member let their
goat get the advantage of its rider,
who was badly crippled in the wreck.
Since then the initiate has had some
trouble in doing his farm work, hav-
ing received some painful internal ,
injury, finger disloeated, a trigger
knocked out of his potato trap and
otherwise bruised up. There is one
hing noticeable about the aforesaid 6
odge. 1t is careful to select the best
nen of its race for membership.
When I was a boy / noticed that very
ew white men, and they of the very
odges, but now most any old trash
an get in.
Many thanks to Venice" 'sDan," 4
and ''Mayhewan" for kind
Each of you and others f
re helping nicely TO make The Dis :
atch real country paper. I feel :
omewhat proud of DAN" for it was I
who fe1led him with a great setting a
laul and left him dead at my feet,
ut when he arose he began to sling
nk and has kept it singing since.
-es, Dan" finds out what the reader 5
a11 /
ne.
Venice" showed her ignorance of rt
when she entertained o.