davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21
sslaw =. a carrier ID OF plant food.
90 x bacteria. and 90 OF humaa.
4 Tun Of Manure Well Cared for
Worth Two That Are Not

The management thla manure re-
cwsveH az the hands OF the farmer
all have little 10 do wIth it's value
am \ hamuH-cavrier. about as much
being secured By one manner Of
treatment as by another. But The
treatment II receives from the time
IL IL made until IL L. Incorporated
wash the soil wfgi have n great deal
TO do with It's value as n carrier OF
bacteria and plant food. Our expert
meats hare convinced US that . ton
of manure carefully saved under .
shed 10 worth fully twice rs much ca
our land as the same ton of manure
"a hen ia has bs.~n allowed To accuuu-
late ia an op~n yard where the rains
can fall directly upon IL. and where
the cattle are allowed 10 trample IL
into the mud.
II my readers wish proof OF this.
let them take a ton Of manure that
mas been made OF a cement door IN
der cover: apply IL To one-ienth OF
an acre OF land. Then take another
ton weigh 80 and haul IL out TO
clean place In the yard. allow the
atock 10 tramp II for four 10 six
months. then clean IL mp and apply
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21

suggests. II Infinitely preferable 10
fixed or money rent: but By whatever
plan the land II leased. Intelligence
must be at the helm and direct and
control farm operations. IL the South
ever comes up 70 the measure Of her
opportunities Farm work must not
erase with the harvesting of the cot
tom crop. To b~ resumed next spring
at corn planting time. Here f. the
crying evil OF the whole miserable
business: and until IL is removed.
there can be no great progress: and
the man who devtses system by
which the farm labor OF the South is
lndiciously employed from October 70
March will be a great benefactor TO
hla country. But he who does IL
viii have 20 do some missionary
work among the landlords AZ well as
among the tenants.
Where the Boll Wcevil Helps.
But let the good work go on.
pass ON 20 another theme. the boil
weevii. / verify believe this enemy
OF the cotton growers is a blessing
In disguise. for IL will inaugnrate an
intensive method OF cotton culture
and a diversification OF crops that,
AZ your distinguished contributor.
Mr.. Clark. well says. other means
have failed and might indefinitely.
If not generally. fall to effect. Added
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21

What Better Tenant System and Farming May
for the Cotton Belt in Spite o the Boil weevil

Messrs. Editors: The October 3lst
Issue OF your journal is as usual
brimful OF good things: and am
especially glad 10 note the awakening
on the Southern tenant and labor
system Indicated by the many good
suggestions on those subjects. The
suggestion for better houses Is good:
and for long leases is better. for the
latter Incidentally makes for better
houses and home comforts, since he
II a poor tenant indeed who. settled
on a place for series OF years. will
not insist on better accommodations
and help TO make them when he
knows they are bis. under good
behavior. so long as be wants them
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21

II to another tenth OF an acre along
side Of that applied direct from the
stable. The results will be as con-
vincing proof as you viii need that
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21


blem.
Some Practical Experience With
Weevils.
] have had some practical expert
ence with this insect for the past two
or three years. quite extensive this
year: and, basing my opinions on
practical field observation, beg 10
differ with You on one suggestion
advanced in the article, The Boil
Weevil Is Here" In connection with
wide rows. IL Is advised TO give am
pie space in the drill. so that limbs
viii not interlock and sunlight can
reach the ground. The advice for
vide rows Is all right. as is every
means To produce earliness. such as
well prepared compact beds. the use
OF fertilizers rich in phosphate. and
planting as soon as the season will
produce healthy. vigorous plants:
but woe 20 the isolated field OF ex-
tremely early cotton. II will get all
its own weevtls and most OF those
from its neighbors. As 90 distance
In the drill. my observation is al
most uniformly against this-not
merely from appearance. but actual
test By weight I would sAv plant
by all means an early maturing cot
ton. with open habit OF growth and
small stalk. As 90 spacing in drill.
End that cotton that should. without
scevils. stand from twenty 20 TWEEN
ty-are inches apart should. with the
weevfl present. BE- from twelve TO
eighteen inches. or even thicker II
an early small growing and quick
maturing variety. forced by phos-
phoric acid and potash. is used.
How the W-~vil Can He Controlled.
The more stalks In reason. the
more early boIls: and early bolls are
all that can be depended upon IL the
season is At all favorable 10 the wee
vii They cannot stand hot sunshine
on the ground. And I am led 20 be-
lleve from my experience this year
that planting on tolerahiy high beds
- StH s&& IA AM1 L IL
x stimulates earliness. and (al ar
ter the weeviis begin their work the
use Of large sweep on these high
beds In running around the cotton
leaves the sides OF the beds sufici-
emily inclined for the fallen infested
squares" 10 roll out OF the shade
Of the stalk and into these burrows.
where the hot sunshine will kill the
weevil.
Cotton can be grown successfully
in spite Of the weevil. especially ON
our uplands. and more of IL per acre;
hut the acreage must be greatly re-
dueed. and an ali-round intensive
method adopted. In short. the way
la make more cotton now Is To plant
less. JNO. c. MURPHY.
Columbia Co, Ark.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21

southern Farmers Waste Millions Of Dollars by Allowing stable
Manure o I'm Uncovered Yards

Messrs. Editors. Throughout the
length and breadth Of the land more
attention Is being given both by the
Experiment Stations and the farmers
20 the different methods OF handling
stable manure. We Of the South
Heed 70 study this question with
greater care than do the people Of
any other section Of the United
States because OF the greater need
our soil has for this hy-product OF
the stock-feed.ng business. Our long.
summers and torrential raiufalls are
very destructive 20 the humus CON
tent 81 our soils. the heat making
for rapid decay Of the vegetable mat
ter and the dashInw rain ever ready
To wash from the soil Its lighter par
ucles. This fact and the ruinous sin
gle crop system account. very largely
for the bare. washed condition % our
Southern lands. or course. NC are
not going 20 allow this thinw 20 con
unue. ms our present~day farmers are
beginning 10 have a greater love for
the soil and are coming % realize As
they have not heretofore that q rich.
productive Hogl In the has.a Of the
wealth Of section.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21

we are losing millions of dollars in
the South by making. or storing ma
nure in open yards.
A. L. FRENCH.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21

II behoovca ah. therefore. II ~e
e1pect 10 place Ourselves In the posi-"
ton ~ careful hnsbandmcn % study
faithfully hos best 10 bring 10 lie
the@e dead. unpFodaetive soils and
max them add their portion 10 the
wealth of our section. The chemist
nnds q certain amount OF plant food
u a Ton 81 stable manure. lie may
Ind that anck OF commercial fer
ultzrra contains several times the
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21

Ny experience. though. with ne
groes ls. that some cannot be appeal
ed 10 by this method--they should
BE- worked for wages. And share
rent. or rent IL kind. as some one
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21

thInk know our people well
enough To be able 20 state positively
that they are not going 20 take any
second place from an agricultural
Stan6posnf1 because Of present bad
condition Of their soils. when the
means are 1t hand and easily obtain
able whereby they may remedy the
trouble. southern Farm aaxrsfs read
srm know that NO have been preach
ing IN season and out The benefits 10
our soil arising from The use % sta
BILE manure. and they know further
methods We are advocating. bat
from the effects we observe on cur
owu and the lands OF our friends who
are putting ~ practice TIE theories
we have be"n advocating. wc believe
we have been overly modest and
shoula ahc making and saving care
fully under cover of large quantities
of usannr~.
What Manurw WIZ Do for Dead
Land
We have un our farm land that
fye years ago wonla produce abso-
lateiy nothing. the soil belng practI-
cally dead. 81 hard and llfeieam that
not svea hen a~uess grass would grow
on g. This same land IL eos pro-
ducing good average crops. ihr
change due entiFvly to deep. thor
ough working ard the application az
small Quantities az manure that had
been carefully saved under cover. Not
a pound 81 any commercial fer
tllszer has been used on these places
because from experiments 40 have
made and seen others make. &C have
tognd there Tn no benefit that can
arise from the application Of mineral
plan; food 20 dead soils. and mY
readers who have Travelled over the
South wili agree with ne that we
have Thousands and thousands 81
acrea 81 these dead sofia.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-11-21

TO this, its appearance in any country
gives fine Leverage" with which
to improve the tenant and labor pro-
blem.
Anras. Isr-a1ri1aI L.r.....aur-a rxra.I-
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
North Delta.

Corydon and Charley Williams left
Thursday for Oklahoma.
Barrie johnson and Mayme Clark
went to Cedaredge Sunday.
Mrs. Ball and two daughters have
left for Ouray to spend the summer.
Mrs. Will Essex and children from
Paynes mesa spent a couple of days
with her cousin Mrs. Ira Williams.
Henry Burns and his two nephews,
Arthur and Willard Isensee started on
fishing trip to the lakes Thursday
morning.
Mr.. Carlton Lippert and Misses
Carolyn Lippert and Alethe Jacobs
made the trip to the point of Grand
mesa and back horseback, Sunday.
Among those who have returned from
Grand Mesa where they have been
enjoying an outing during the past
week are Mr.. and Mrs. Isensee and two
children, Mrs. Burns and Mrs. Lippert.
All report delightful time.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
Carp a Nuisance,

An exchange recalls when the gov
ernment spent several hundred thousand
dollars stocking streams and lakes over
the country with carp, ish which has
been decided practically unfit to eat and
which stenuous efforts are being made
in many places to get rid of. The same
writer suggests that suitable waters
be stocked with more desirable varie-
ties of fish, one of which is named as
the channel cat. This is a good idea.
In the lower Gunnison the channel cat
fish would thrive and it is both gamy
and good to eat.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
Foreign Sharks Barred
B. G. d. BISHOPP,
State Dairy Commissioner.

There is more deadbeatism in the ap-
peals to newspapers for publicity
which is purely advertising, and every
line of which matter should be paid for
at advertising rates, than the average
newspaper reader knows anything
about. There is enough of this stuff
floods newspaper offices every month
in the year to load a freight train.
Experienced newspaper people rarely
accord it a glance. The average news
paper is called upon to do quite enough
free advertising at home, not to allow
its space to be pilfered by the thou
sands of sharks and dead beats who
are appealing for it from every part of
the world.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
Eckert Locals.

Tommy Jacques was home for the
club dance last Friday.
Clyde Lamar came down from Somer.
set Saturday returning Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stell have been
in Silverton attending the Brewer
funeral.
DIR. and Mrs. Archer are spending
the week at Cedaredge in a professional
capacity.
Harry Gault and Walter Turner of
Springfield, Mo-, are visiting the family
of ]. L. Turner.
Fred Myer will leave the first of the
week for Denver where he will probab-
ly enlist in the navy.
Charlie Hopson received his first in
voice of peaches yesterday. The
Alexanders will be ready for shipment
by the first of August.
Harvesting the second crop of alfalfa
will begin the coming week and the
indications are good for cutting
almost equal to the first.
James Lamar accompanied by Vida
and Della Lamar, will go up the first
of the week to his summer camp on
Grand mesa for weeks outing.
Herbert Webb, Chicago capitalist,
and wife and his brother George Webb
and wife of Cedaredge spent last Mon
day at the ]. o. Simpson ranch.
Mrs. Myers of Indiana arrived SUM-
day for visit with her son Ben. This
is her first trip to this country and be-
fore returning will spend few days at
the lakes.
Will Brewer who lost his life al
Silverton last week by being caught
under an overturned wagon loaded with
stone, was one of the best known anc
most popular men in the Surface Greek
valley.
A brother of George Smith came ir
Thursday from Boulder presumably tc
put "Smithy' on the right road but
found the undertaking too great and
will make his stay in the shape of a
social visit.
S. L. Brown of Lake City was dowr
last week with a car of lumber for q
dwelling to be erected on his lower
Surface Creek ranch. His family will
not be down before the latter part OF
the season.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
Cedaredee Items.

Charles L. Whedden left Monday for
his home at Norwalk, Ohio.
A grand ball will be given at the
Hall on Friday evening of this week.
Surveyor John A. Curtis and Tom
Stevens. were up from Delta Monday.
Miss Beulah Miller of Denver is visit
ing at the w. d. Nelson home this
week.
w. C. Overhult left Saturday for
Grand Mesa where he will work on the
telephone line to Colbran.
Misses Grace Cunningham, Barrie
johnson and Mayme Clark were up
from Delta last week visiting friends.
Considerable excitement has been
caused here over the discovery of what
is supposed to be traces of gold on the
mesa.
T. W. Odem has sold 40 acres of his
land northwest of town to Fred Buol
for IS, 500. Mr.. Buol will live on the
ranch.
The pupils of Miss Georgia Richard
son gave musical recital at the
Methodist church on Thursday of this
week.
DIR. H. ]. rockingham of Delta has
been visitor here the past week. He
will preach at the Baptist church next
Sunday.
DIR. and Mrs. Archer of Delta were
Cedaredge visitors the first of this
week. DIR. Archer was doing dental
work here.
c. Gregg has sold 40 acres of his land
21s miles northeast of town to Katha
rine Hess of Bowden, Canada for a
consideration og 1850.
Work has again begun on the Bap-
tist church. The financial difficulties
have been overcome and it is hoped the
building will soon be completed.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
Read Happenings.

Several of the Read gardeners are
hauling vegetables to Ouray and TeIlu-
ride.
Eli Davis has gone up to Montrose to
see about his bees and to attend to
other business.
The VIM. Benedict sale last Monday
was well attended and his property
brought good prices.
A fine lib. girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Hobbs Tuesday morning. Mother
and child doing nicely.
There is quite lot of fruit in this
part of the valley considering the hard
freezes we had last spring
Roy Shores and wife and his mother
in-law, Mrs. j. B. Doyle. are up on
Grand Mesa fishing this week.
The many friends of Joe Sullivan
are glad to see him up and around
again. Joe attended the Benedict sale
E. C. Harrison who lately returned
from a visit to his old home near
Eldorado, Kansas, moved to Delta this
week.
w. A. Doyle says he has the finest
bed of double white Hollyhocks on the
Western Slope and challenges any one
to beat them.
Frank Robbins, Oscar Billstrom, Don
Williams and Clifford Ferguson left last
Monday to hunt job of work and to
see the country.
The D. & R. G. surveyors were up
from Delta this week and surveyed for
the switch to be built on the north side
of the main line at Appleton 1t will
be built side of the Surface Creek fruit
house.
Frank Ward, the ditch superinten-
dent, had a lot of men working on the
Relief Glitch doing some needed cleaning
last week. He has large force work
ing this week on the ditch running into
the Gunnison river.
Earl Swan has the contract to take
out the partition in the Read school
house and put in folding doors to make
both rooms more even sized. One of
the rooms was too small to accomo-
date all the scholars in the smaller
grades.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
President AyIesworth Cleared.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. July 22.-Pres-
ident Aylesworth of the Agricultural
College was cleared of the charges
which had been placed against him by
the report of the investigating commit
tee made public today. The report ex-
onerates Aylesworth of the charges of
immortality and recommends that he be
reinstated. Three members of the
board however, voted that charges be
preferred, but were overruled by the
majority.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
News From Over
The County.
(Paonia Newspaper ]

tPaonia Newspaper.)
Miss Florence Beltz, of Delta, is
visiting with Miss Lyle Johnston this
week.
Walter Jenkins, of Washington, Pa,
is spending few days in town, the
guest of his cousin, Mrs. L. C. Stump.
c. c. Hawkins this week sold the old
Tolle property next door north of the
Caddy residence to Mrs Ethel Caywood.
Dwight Bennett and family from
Hotchkiss, have moved their household
goods here and will make Paonia their
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Stetson are the
proud parents of a baby girl which
arrived at their home this morning. All
concerned doing nicely.
Bernard Hart and family who have
spent the past year at Cortez have re-
turned to Paonia with the intention of
making it their future home.
X. Belew who has spent the last two
years in California and Oregon returned
Thursday evening and will resume his
former position with Nelson Bros.
Word reaches town that Billy Nelson
was operated on at the Red Cross
Hospital last Sunday and that he has
been doing fine ever since. This will
be good news to his many friends.
A telegram from Denver, Monday
hn %
announced the death of Barney Orth in
tnat city, the cause of death being due
to seige of pneumonia. Further par
ticulars have not been received. His
many friends will deeply regret his
demise and the consolation of the COM
munity is extended to the bereaved
family.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.
Christian Church Notes.

The church is to be congratulated on
securing Rev. A. N. Glover of Orange,
California, as regular pastor. He
comes highly recommended as an eff
cient, untiring worker. With his fam
lily he will reach Delta some time next
week. and will take charge of the work
at once.
Rev. E. M. Miller, who has been
here acting as supply pastor for over
two months, will leave next Tuesday
for his home in Boulder. Mr.. Miller
has quite fallen in love with Delta and
our splendid class of people and ex-
presses very dear wish that he may
be able to return at some future time.
He commends the enterprising spirit
of the citizens, thanks all for their
hospitality and kindness, and predicts
that Delta and Delta county have a
glorious future.
There were five accessions to the
church last Sunday which makes
twenty during Rev. Miller's stay.
Larger and better accommodations
will soon have to be provided to meet
the demands of the rapidly increasing
membership.
The ice cream social at the home of
Mrs. John Curtis, last Tuesday after
noon and evening, was fine success IN
every way.
Mrs. Ruth and Barger are both on
the sick list.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
Cory Items.

Mrs. Carter is visiting this week at
Hotchkiss.
Mrs. Stanton, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Darnell, is spending a few
weeks with her parents.
Alfalfa is about ready for the sickle.
Where it was well watered the crop is
quite as heavy as the first crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Curtis of Stuart,
Iowa, visited few days with the Dix
on's. They are taking a trip through
the West.
At the home of his sister, Mrs. Joe
Darnell, occurred the death of Charlie
McNealy. He has been patient suf-
ferer from consumption for years.
His age was AZ years.
This community was shocked to hear
of the violent death of Will Brewer at
the mines at Silverton. Those attend
ing the funeral from here were Mr..
and Mrs. Jim Stell, Chas. Estes, Mrs.
Horton and daughter.
Jap Morris of Panora, Iowa, delegate
to the Democratic convention at Den.
yer, took the opportunity to renew ac.
quaintances with his Guthrie county
friends. An informal gathering at Geo.
Linebaugh's Saturday night extended
to him Western welcome.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
Best Coal for 500.

There is no better coal delivered in
Delta than Mellor & Easton's Cedar
edge) We believe it has 25 per cent
more heat than any other Ignite; and
SO per cent cleaner than any bituminous
coal.
Lock Box 1876, Cedaredge. Coop
Phone ga, Eckert. 2-lt
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
AMONG THE LOCAL CHURCHES.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
ervices every third Sunday. Mass
q m

CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Services every third Sunday. Mass
$50 a. m.
BAPTIST CHURCH.
S. A. Hayworth pastor Sunday
school at 9:45 a. M Preaching at IL a,
m. and p. m. B. Y. P u. at 7p. m.
Payer meeting Wednesday evening.
All are invited
The pastor has recovered from his
throat trouble sufficiently to be able to
fill his pulpit.
CHRISTIAN CHUR CHI
This will be Elder Miller's last Sum-
day in Delta. Subject at the morning
service, "The Certainty of Gods
Plans." Evening subject, "Going
Forward. Mid-week meeting and
training class Wednesday evening at 8
O'Clock. All are welcome at these
services.
FIRST M. E. CHURCH.
w. G. Barron pastor Morning sub
Ject, "The Cries of Jesus From the
Cross" Evening, The Divine Thau-
maturge," or "The Almighty Wonder
Worker" The sermon will be on
astronomy. All welcome. Good music.
Here you will find home-like church.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
lust Exactly Right.

81 have used DIR. Kings New Life
Pills for several years, and find them
just exactly right" says Mr.. A. A.
FELTON,, of Harrisville, N. Y. New Life
Pills relieve without the least discom-
fort. Best remedy for constipation,
biliousness and malaria. 25c. at All
Druggists.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24
Subscriptions Received.

The following subscriptions to the
INDEPENDENT have been received dur
ing the week:
c. II. Dondono, w. A. Davis, VIM.
III. Olinger, Hoy Bennett, j. p. Kerno-
han, l.. Fl. Mahan, j. r. Plasters, W..
o. Stevens, A. A. Hutchens, r. L..
Anderson, Delta; j. N. Bailey, Cory;
Geo. Wilson, Richard Forest, Eckert;
Arthur Williams, Denver; Bert Good
man. Montrose; A. l.. C. Daniel, Otta-
wa, Kansas; Phoebe Mendenhall, South
Bend. Indiana; A. E. Hart, Eckert;
S. N. Ziegler, lola, Colorado; H. Oel-
schlager, Waverly. Mo.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24

FOR SALE-Bay mare nine years old
weighing 1900. Good single, double and
to ride and fine brood mare. Good
shape and appearance and without
blemishes. A. |. Cook, Delta. 23-tf
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24

C. j. Anderson, Architect and GEN.
eral Contractor. Dealing in Monument
al work speciality. Office, Cook
building, Main and Fourth street.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24

Don't forget the INDEPENDENT when
you have an item of news.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24

Employment wanted for married man
with team. Would like employment by
the month. Write r. L. S. Delta.
The Delta independent., 1908-07-24

MONEY TO LOAN at lowest rates on
farm and city property.
STEPHAN & OBERT.