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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
Modern Farm Methods
AS Applied in the South
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and StOckman

but pasture alone will not yield tbs
best pork profits.
Do not be penny wise and pound
foolish, by trying to get over-cheap
breeding stock. Suppose one breeder,
because of greater merit, costs SIS
more than another, and suppose that
it makes FIVE per cent. difference in
the offspring "a difference of one
twentieth), the extra cost will soon
be repaid. A gain of only twenty
five cents on each of twenty pigs re-
pays the extra cost Of SIS, and there
yet remains the better blood for
future breeding. The Progressive
Farmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
Three Beeves For Every Bale.

Feeding one beef for every three
bales of cotton sold in the Southern
States will not enrich the farmers,
but feeding three beeyes for every
bale sold will bring prosperity, es-
pecially if the beeves are of the best
beef breeds, for there is little profit
in feeding scrub cattle. When a cot
ton farmer raises manure enough to
cover his corn field broadcast he will
not be tempted to throw away money
in buying fertilizer for the corn, and
he will be getting that land into con-
dition not only to make corn, but cot.
ton, too. With manure on the corn
field and peas in the corn, he will
be getting back the wasted humus,
and in feeding cattle he can get on a
cash basis and be in position to die
tate prices to the fertilizer men for
what little of their goods he needs to
buy.-W. F. Massey.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
Poultry Notes.

Disease germs multiply more rap
idly when the weather is warm, so
use extra precaution to keep the
drink and feed vessels clean. Boiling
water will disinfect them.
Because turkeys weighing fifteen
TO twenty pounds are good size for
most family dinners, they bring bet
ter prices per pound and are in great
er demand on the markets.
Too many poultrymen imagine that
anything that fowl will eat well is
wholesome food for it. 1t is a mis-
take, and very often costly one.
Whatever is decaying is bad for do
INVESTIGATED fowl
1t is not necessarily the largest
'dock that nets the largest profit. A
smaller one we'll cared for and freed
from loafers may pile up the net gain
much faster, even if the gross income
should be decreased.
Keep the droppings cleaned out of
the house; mix them thoroughly with
dry earth; then spread the mixture
about anything in the garden that is
desired to grow quickly, working it
lightly into the soil. The chickens
will be better off and the garden will
do very much better.
A dollars worth of grit will save
more than dollars worth of feed,
and do another dollars worth of good
for the flock. Any hard stone may
be crushed up to the sizes of wheat
and corn grains, and will give good
account of itself; but buy the pre-
pared grit if necessary, rather than
to try to get along without grit for
Acknowledgements Farmer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
HOW TO GROW FINE SWEET PEA

A rich sandy loan, good Oregon
grown seed, enthusiasm, good cul-
ture, well drained situation, will
produce fine sweet peas. Excayate
trenches the width of shovel to the
depth of foot. Fill in couple
of inches with broken stone, on which
put the soil, which should be of the
richest possible sandy loan. Use
no manure unless it is well rotted
"a soil that has been heavily ma
nured the year before is an ideal one.
Plant the seed in double row, four
inches apart and three inches apart
in the row. Merely press the seed
beneath the surface, and when the
plants have caught on the wire net
ting between the rows pull the soil
up around them, but keep it loose.
Cultivate with the hoe often, and
after the buds appear, if weather
is dry, water freely and spray the
vines with a hard stream to keep
down the red spider if it appears.
Indiana Farmer. piSi
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29

all the gaoineenges for day Of ten
hours they would asone Then INDUS
m alcohol is practically composition gasoline the contrary
u and is generally badly adteraed Again. acohol IS beyond
safer and more ean It's safety lies in the iact tna
no. so readily nhammabe and that dissoyes In water IN the ee
Us dulon with water to its percent in Whisky will at once eS
sqa gasoline, the other hand extraordinarily nfammabe and
wnat Is much worse floats water gasoline the the water
ea the more the This alcohol is Of extreme I'M
IN the question Of in its mpoboats SuA
again with alcohol the smell impercepe at any
rave gasoline this comparison Another advan
@ Tor alcohol lies cylinders become plug
ana t Ignition more perfect Perhaps the greatest advantage possessed
IN struggle with the compresslDhy OF
the compression Of alcohol safely be carried 70 zO
while gasoline tnan
no
more skill 10 operate acoholenn than gaomeengne Finally IL
may De expected that alcohol the locality the de-
and; it will gasoline extensive dis
With proper manipulation with gasoline kerosene
can operate, unatered,
It can be operated with alcohol the cost Of gasoline
running on alcohol mixture gasoline gasoline
travelled Atlantic City, miles
WINE e aoholengne perfectly rate Of hrytve miles an hour
consumed Il IL gallons of alcohol at 81 gallon constituting total
cost OF $3.50 ~ as against the performance its rival which consumed ~
OF gasoline The relation
the two is best shown the mile which alcohol works
to $OOS9 and for gasoline $00 Harpers
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
Feeding Your Crops.

One Of our enterprising fertilizer
companies has this very pertinent
suggestion to our farmers. You
don't eat enough in one day to last
six months, nor do you feed your
stock that way. Why follow such a
plan, then, in feeding your crops?''
Southern CuItivator.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
Pork Pointers.

Hogs can be produced and mar
keted as quickly as a crop of grain.
This should be attractive to the poor
man. gE m
A grain or cotton crop makes an
income only once a year, but there
is no valid reason why hogs cannot
bring in money twice a year.
Pasturage is the cheap pork maker,
and the Soath leads other sections in
the length Of the pasturage season;
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
wATER-pRooFING FOR HoT-BEr

Linseed oil, one quart; acetate of
lead (sugar of lead), one ounce;
rosin, pulverized, one ounce. Dis
solve thoroughly in iron kettle over
a gentle fire. With fat brush apply
hot, to yard wide muslin tackled to
three by six frames. The mixture
renders the muslin alright and near
ly transparent. The cost is about one
eighth as much as glass and the loss
under each covering is never serious.
n. NJ Field, in The Epitomist.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
HaY as a Monev Cron.

If one raises peas and can not get
81 per bushel for them, he can sow
them and sell the hay, and thus
realize their value. Southern grown
hay is fast coming to the front. Our
markets are no longer prejudiced
against it, as in years South.
ern Cultivator.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
WEED CUTTER ANp GATHERER

Weeds are a constant source of
trouble to the gardener, cropping up
quicker than he can cut them down,
and spelling the appearance of the
lawn. A Massachusetts, man has in
vented an implement intended to
help him solve the problem and light
en- the labor of stopping and digging
up the roots. 1t is combined weed
cutter and gatherer, as shown in the
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
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HORTICULTURE
YOUNG ORCHARDS.

Since the rearing Of the young
orchard to a productive state is ex-
pensive the work is worth doing
well. The paying orchard is the
one that is planted right and cared
for through the years until in good
bearing Farmers Home Journal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29

accompanying illustration. The cut
ter is adjustable, and is operated by
a lever which terminates close to the
handle of the implement. The gath
erer is placed in the -ear Of the cut
ter In front OF the cutter are a pair
Of small, light wheels. 1t will be
seen that after bringing the imple-
ment close to the weed pull on the
lever is all that is required to operate
the cutter AS the implement, is
pushed on to the next spot the weed
is gathered up by the rake and car.
ried on. Washington Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
3s~.qr.. 20 .Hnsz ~var--bsGg
AerOndut'S Prose Poem !
syL c. Mccoy.

oW the clouds shut from view all that human ewes
used to know and new world strange all our
own.
We are alone in space where for eternal years only
time has dwelt Without direction way we travel ON
for in these regions SO remote to all mankind direction is
unknownno east nor west north SOUTH does marx
path The horizon mans constant friend below has
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
NEAT PRINTING

Creates good impression among your CORES
pondents and helps TO give your business pres
tige. We do neat printing at reasonable prices.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29

ance give up quest Of imless
solitude afraid in our care
echoes back safety below s
white
sinking
shapes endor the 1 az
shapes III endor
will shine until the come and
manw wi e t8tF
ana
90 as on the winds
speed speed ~
light launched from worlds unseen and travels
sight-New York World.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-05-29
BY Professor Robert Kennedy Duncan.

LCOOI reproduced in the cycle of the seasons Is a
solutey nexhaustbe 1t is made out of sunshine anu ar
composition does not lessen the Of the soil or
the energy OF the earth Gasoline, the contrary rspi
sents of the energy of the earth; IT exists
only to the extent about percent in petroleum. anu
its supply will in the future inevitably fail To-day the
supply of gasoline less than the demand that y
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19
THE FIFTH RICH
In CANDIDATES
Thsss Skilled in PsIitics on Qui,. ,.vive as
Regards Nomination Two Years
Hence.

Winston Salem Journal.
notwithstanding the fact the Con-
.ressman for this district has just been
elected, much timber is being turned
over in the minds of the politicians
and political pronogsticators for the
next fight. It seems to be the general
impression that Morehead will be the
Repu ub1ican candidate to succeed him
self without opposition, SO all the in
terest is in the probable Democratic
candidate. Thus far only a dozen or
% have been mentioned, Greensboro
putting forward quite a good part OF
it's population in the hope of multiply
i lg her chances at the honor. Among
the gentlemen who have been suggest
I'd at Greensboro and Guilford county
are Messrs. A. L. Brooks, A. NJ. Scales.
L.. J. Brandt and A. Wayland Cooke.
Rockingham presents Eiector P w.
Gildewell and G. o. McMichael. Ala
nance county would be pleased to-
have the district represented by r. l..
Holt. Durham would be satisfied will
.
Sam Gattis, of Orange, has man.
friends who Will work tor him, and
General B. Royster, of Granville. will
be one of the very last to be heard
from in the primaries if his friends can
prevail on him to MAKE the sacrifice.
Thus far the counties of Forsyth.
Stokes and Caswell have been to-
modest for themselves and toe con-
siderate of their favorite sons to put
forth any claims.
The state at large may as well real
ize at once that the fifth district is not
only the wealthiest in all manner OF
industries and worldly goods, but it is
the richest in the crop of candidates,
too.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19

and sanitary conditions of the open
and what, if anything, the
farmers themselves can do to help them
selves, and how the government can
help them. To this end your especial
desire is to get in touch with and rep
resent the farmers themselves. The
commission now consists of five men,
bers. I shall ask two more gentlemen
to serve upon it, SO that the full men,
55ership will be as follows.
Prof. L. 81. Bailey, New York State
College Of Agriculture, ithaca, New
York, chairman; Henry Wallace, Wal
lace's Farmer, Des Moinss, Iowa; Ken :
yon L. Butterfield, ,Presid ent Massachu-
setts Agricultural College, Amherst,
Mass: Clifford Pinchot, United States
Forest Service, Washington, D. c.;
Walter 81. Page, of North Carolina ,edi-
tor of The Worlds Workl Charles s.
Barrett. Union City, Ga, and William
A. Beard, Sacramento, Cal.
Again thanking you, and with al
good wishes for your success in this
great and important work, believ.
me,
Very sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19
MR.. BAILEY'S REPLY.


Mr. Bailey's reply to the President
as follows:
The commission on country life is
m uch gratified that its efforts have met
with your approval. The public inter-
est in the subject seems to be wide
spread and to be constantly growing.
as the purpose Of the work becomes
known. Discussion of the inquiry
that the com mission is making, among
the people themselves, lis the best means
of arriving at q clear understanding OF
what the country life problems really
are. The commission gladly welcomes
your suggestion that all country peo.
pie come together to consider these
great questions, and hereby requests
all persons who are specially interest
ed in the welfare of the open country
to meet in their usual gathering place
on or before December 9th to discuss
gu es tions on which the commission is
making inquiries.
Copies of the questions may be Sc
cured by writing to the commission OF
contry life. Washington, D. G. The
commission desires, that, SO far as pos
81 BILE, a general summary or estimat.
of the discussion in all the meeting
pla aces be promptly sent to its office il
Washington, SO that it may have th'
benefit eff all suggestions in preparing
it's report.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19
GREATEST AMERICAN
GENERAL.
British Army Officer Reviews Seine
Of General Lees Wonder
full FeatS.
Washington Post,

Washington Post.
Robert r. Lee was the greatest gem
eral America has ever known and one
of the foremost in the world" said
Capt r. L. Gross, of London, an OIL
GER Of the Twenty fourth regiment,
South Wales Borderers, British army,
at the Arlingt ton. Captain Gross has
been in this country since Octsber
making a study of the battlefelds Of
the civil war from q strategical point
of view. He spent several days at
Gettysburg, which, he says, affords
the greatest panoramic view of bat
tlefield in this or any other country.
''Lse is regarded in Europe as great
q strategist as any European army en-
cor in history, ranking with Napo-
leon," continued Captain Gross: II
have no prejudice in favor Of either
army in the civil war, and have stud
led the Typographical conditions Of the
battlefelds from the viewpoint Of an
army officer, solely to determine the
points Of vantage both sides had and
them. have no hesitancy in saying
that had the Confederate forces had
the same large number OF men that
the Federal army had the South would
! have been victorious.
"At Gettysburg the Southern army
make a bold stroke on either the first
or second day, but with no food for his
men on the third day he had 60 give
way.
| ''Lee's genius was demonstrated
more strikingly, perhaps. in the penin-
sular campaign against Mcclellan, in
which he divided his army and reunit.
ed it on the field of battle. Again, in
Pope's campaign, in the same year
| August, 1862, he again separated h1i
forces, in the face Of superior oppos
ling army, and reunited it on the Nal
assas battlefield. winning a victory
He did it again before Antietam.
"But the boldest. the greatest, battE
! Lee ever fought was at Chancellors
| Vile, in May, 1868, when he sent Jack
, u.
the stroke of a genius Beyond al
argument, Lee was the greatest gen
eral America ever produced, and d
not in any sense desire to 'detract iron
the genius of Grant, who was a grea
general. The wonderful fighting quail
tiles displayed by both armies in tn
civil war make the American soIdie
lone of the foremost in the w orld, an,
there is nothing to fear from the Jap
anese or any other nation if the Amer
leans show the same pluck they dis
plav ed in the ci vEI WAR.
"England's army is more akin t,
5hat .f th. United States ,han an,
>'the. iiu, o, ,'ean nation btcau>e W,
sa> Ia depe"'i lsars- ly np..n voluD
.s'-rs. have the X re..test admiration
for the American people and lhe al mel
.can soldier in particular, and, as
have suggested, the battlefields of th'
civil war provide study fer arm!
officers the world over that they cal
profit by immeasurably.''
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19

Thorough cooperation of farmers
aud professional interests connected
with them throughout the United
States in the work OF the country life
commission is urged and the appoint
ment of two additional members of the
commission, Charles S. Barrett, OF
Union City, Ga. and William A. Beard
of Sacramento, Cal. is announced in a
letter of President Roosevelt to Chair
man Bailey ,sof1 the commission. The
letter and the reply of Mr.. Bailey well
coming the Presidents suggestions
have beene made public. The Presi-
dents letter, date November eth, fol-
lows:
Ny Dear Professors Bailey: I wish
at the outset cordially to thank you for
the way in which you have taken hold
of the work you ares doing. No more
valuable works tor the people of this
country can be done, because no more
valuable work forIthe farmers of this
country can be done.
Now OF course the whole success OF
the work depends upon the attitude OF
the people in thenopen country, OF the
farming people of the United States. Ii
they feel an awakening interest in
what you are doing. they should man
ifest it. Moreover, it is essential that
the farmers, the men who actually live
Ga the soil, should feel sense of own
ership in this commission, should feel
that you gentlemen in very truth rep
resent them and are irresponsible to
their desires and wishes, no less than
to their needs. It seems to me there
fore that it would be wise to try to gel
into the closest possible touch with the
farmers OF the country and to find OUT
from them, SO far as you are able, just
what they regard as being the subjecls
with which it lis most important that
you should deal. This you are alread y
doing by sending out a circular ei
questions and by holding meetings il
different parts Of the United States
But perhaps something more can be
done.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19
MEETINGS FOR FARMERS.

accordingly suggest that you ask
the farmers to come together in the
several school districts of the country
10 that they may meet and consider
these matters. I suggests the school
districts because the schOolhouse W Ould
such meeting; or they could meet at
other customary or convenient places.
It would be well if the meetings could
be held within the next three or -four
weeks; that is, before Congress adjourns
prior to the Christmas holidays, so thai
gress early in January you will have
the reports of the meetings and SO will
be in position to advise definitely wha1
should be done. I suggest that you
ask them to meet not later than Sat
urday, Decem ber 5th; and you will ot
course use your own Judgment wheth-
er to summon the meeting by circular
or otherwise.
Throughout this letter where I use
t.e word farmer" I mean also to in
rlude all those who live in the open
country and are intimately connected
with those who do the farm work
ministers, school teachers. physicians,
editors of country papers, in short all
men and women whose lie work is
done either on the farm or in connec-
tion with the lite work of those who
are on the farm.
SUGGESTS TOPICS.
You know better than what topics
you will suggest. How would it do to
include such topics as:
The efficiency Of the rural schools;
farmers organization; the question of
farm labor; the need Of good roads; inn
proved postal facilities; sanitary con-
ditions on the farm.
Your purpose is neither to investi-
gate the farmer, nor to inquire into
technical methods of farming. You are
simply trying to ascertain what are the
general economic, social, educational,
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19
IS COUNTRY
LIFE IDEAL?
The President Wants To
Know

,f the Environment Of the American
Farmer is Not All that it Should
Be MIR. Roosevelt Wants to As.
certain the Fact Before Congress
Meets So That the Government
Can Render the Necessary Aid
He Indicts a Letter to Chairman
Bailey, of the Commission On
Country Life Sets Forth His
Ideas as to What the Investiga-
ton Of the Commission Should
Embrace--Anneunces That He
Will Add Two More Members to
The Commission.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19
. THIRTq'DAY
Extra Bargain Sale !
JOSEPH EDWARDS
-BEGINNING4-
'@"'tseNas
Thursday, October 18th.

For the past two months have been at Northern
manufacturing centers securing special bargains in Fall
and Winter Goods for my trade but fndingn that
ready with this immense stock to offer the public the
Greatest Bargains that ever offered in this city, in
my ha 5 a
but having bought my stock before the advance, am
able to offer everything at old prices. visit store
is all that is necessary convince you of the unusual
heavy reduction which has been made in all depart
ments. .s.n'a"a.
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19
HIDES WANTED

am on the market for the pur-
chase of green and dry hides: also all
kinds of furs in season. Parties hav-
ing such to sell it would be to their
advantage TO see me, as pay the
highest market price.
JOS EDWARDS.
GOldSbOrO, n. G. W-4t-n5
Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-11-19
LISTOF LETTERS

Ss'lAin,ng in Postofdce, Colds
boro. Wayne County, N. c..
November is, 1908.
MEMS LIST.
"A III Andrews.
B-M. Wesley Black, 8. G. Britt.
C-Thonas Clag.
G-Charles Ganar, A. S. Grant.
Il. Harper.
il. N. Jones.
k-James King.
L-Goodman Lane.
MAmas Middleton. Roy Moore E.
Moore, Frank p. Moore, d. r. Moore.
M. r. Nixon.
Pee Pops.
N-RoberI Woten. e. J. Wright.
LADIES LIST.
A-Lnberta Allen, Erline Allen.
B-Sudie Brown, Maggie Brown.
G Daisy Bell Chrndler (2) Mrs.
Mary Cogdell, Cora Caslan.
H Marandy HaIgrove Mrs. A. d.
Hicks.
J Bessie Jacobs.
x Pearl Kerlee.
M Mrs. Francis MoCay, Mrs. A. B.
Middleton.
p Mrs. Lucinda Price.
r Mrs. Molly Rose.
g Mrs J D. Sanders, Lure Ada
Shaw, Charity Simmons, Sis Shaw.
g Misses L M Tallas, Ora Turnage.
" jamie Wick, Josephene vinson,
JESSIE Ninson.
w Mary Ann Williams. Mrs. F J
Whitley.
Persons calling for above letters
will please say advertised. Rules
and regulations require that one cent
he. paid OF advertised letters.
J. f. DOBSONs
Postmaster.