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Jacks for Service.

At my place on Levee pike |
will stand the same jacks as last
year. Fee from s. to $40. Grass
at 1Oc per day, payable when stock
is removed. Private contract for
jennets to large jack.
X. f. ID. 6. +. X. LITTLE,
38-tf Mt. Sterling, KY.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08

The Democratic State Commit
tee of Colorado has resolved In
favor of w. j. Bryan as the Presi-
Dental candidate. State conven-
ton will meet June 10 at Glen
wood Springs.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08

Weak women get prompt and lasting
help by using DR.. Shops Night cure.
These soothing, healing, antisep ic sup
positories with full information how to
proceed are Interestingly told of in my
hook No. For Women" The book and
strictly confidential medical advice is ell
lirely free Simply write DR.. Shoop,
Racine, Wis, for my book No. q Sold
by F. c. Emerson. 3S-5t
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08
Damages.

S. M. johnson, who was hurt
last summer at Lexington when n
street car on South Broadway col
lided with a G. & O. train, sued
the street railway company for
$4,000 and on Thursday secured
verdict for 81 800.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08
Hemp Seed.

Cultivated river bottom and up
land hemp seed, free from rape,
and drill clean. We sell to the
farmers. Write for sample and
price. Yours truly,
j. w. GLASS & Son,
81 13t Camp Nelson, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08

DR.. E. H. Black, one Of the old
est Masons in Kentucky, former
Superintendent of the Feeble
Minded Institute at Frankfort died
in Louisville Sunday, aged 80
years.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08
LAND, STOCK AND CROP.

The agricultural bill carrying
81, 5O8,8O6 was passed by TIE
House on Thursday.
Thirty-three brood mares, IL
colts and $4,000 stable were
burned on J. B. Haggins' farm
near Lexington on Thursday night.
Origin of fire unknown.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08
READ.

We ask the business men and
ALL persons interested in making
our CITY attractive to read Pros
pering in the Face of Disadvanta-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08

Save money on your shoes Sat
urday, the 18th only. You can
have your choice of 255 pairs of
SO. 80 shoes for S2.75 cash.
Walsh Bros.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08

The ladies of the Episcopal
Church will have a Court-day dim
ner in May.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08

255 pairs of $3.50 shoes to be
sold Saturday for S2.75 cash.
Walsh Bros.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08
TOBACCO SALES.

H. P. Thompson, of Clark, on
Thursday sold on the breaks in
Louisville % hogsheads of tobacco
at Is to 13ac, raised on one OF his
fine Bluegrass farmi. THE Times,
A ,ril 2.
VIM. Curtis sold and weighed to
Hisle 1900 pounds of tobacco,
which he raised on the Grigsby
farm, an average of $500 pounds
to the acre, for which he received
81, 300.
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Prince Rupert 887

This handsome premium stallion will make the of 1908 at
Young Walnut Grove Stock Farm Il miles
North of Mt. Sterling, KY, at
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-04-08
For Sale.

Short. horn and Polled Durham
pulls, Poland China boars and gifts.
Thos. j, Bigstaff,
31-tf Mt. Sterling, KY.
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81 13t
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-08-27
barns, or dwelling, thereby reducing
the element of damage to a minimum.

barns, or dwelling, thereby reducing
the element of damage to a minimum.
Y To my mind, one Of the most i'm
'portant things the Farmers Union
and the Southern Cotton Association
could handle is the caring for cotton !.
after tits ginned, and up to the time
it is marketed. Having personally
handled, during the past ten years,
about 100000 bales Of cotton 1of all
grades and staple, this cotton being
shipped here from Texas and Okla
homa on the West, to North Carolina
on the East, I do think I am in a
very fair position to speak intelligent
ly Of the item Of damage, largely
caused by carelessness.
In addition to the rotten cotton
i on thousands Of bales, varying from
five to as much as three hundred
pounds per bale, all Of which has to
be picked off before settling for and
which IS caused by allowing the cot
ton to sit on one end or lie on one
side in the mud and rain for months
before being offered for sale; there
is another element of damage which
IS not SO easily detected, but which
has a far more reaching effect on the
buyer, as well as the manufacturer.
| I refer to what is called country
damage
| When cotton is allowed to stand
in the weather after being ginned
for any length Of time, although the
owner may turn it about from side
to side to keep it from rotting, the
staple of the cotton on the outside
Of the bale is affected just in proper
ton to the time it is allowed to re-
main exposed to climatic conditions
To illustrate, a bale Of cotton ginned
and packed December the first and
allowed to remain in the weather un.
til the first of March, will have about
half as much country damage az
) the same bale would have if it re.
: mained in the weather until May
: the first, and when the manufacturer
: opens this bale, he will find that the
J cotton sticking to the bagging ane
Extending inward is practically with
!; out any strength Of staple, and a:
: a result all of this affected cotto1
: Twill go in waste or be found in th'
: shafting overhead. Should the buyer
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-08-27

displayed in the care of cotton after
ginning, the buyer, when purchas-
ing a lot of cotton has to take into
consideration the element Of damage,
or he would rather send his classer
or receive the cotton, thereby estab-
fishing the amount of damage before
payment is made. Where you find
a section Of country where great
care is taken with the cotton, after
ginning, and before marketing, there
you will find cotton sought after by
the buyers, and everything else be-
ing equal, a premium will be paid
for same.
The manufacturer will pay better
prices for cotton free from rot and
country damage, because his percent
age Of waste will be decreased.
The point I desire to impress is:
Take care Of your cotton, handle it
| as though you thought something Of
it. If you cannot put it in a ware
!, house where it is insured and You
can use the receipt, put it. in your
barn, or shed room, or anywhere to
keep it from climatic conditions un-
til you market it, and by doing this
every pound will be spinnable and no
dissatisfaction between producer, buy
er, and manufacturer will result.
There are some places in South
| Carolina where warehouse facilities
are adequate, but are unfortunately
not utilized. Ny own experience is
that four lots Of cotton out Of every
| five, shipped from places where cot
ton is not warehoused are badly dam
aged, due to the fact that it is al
lowed to sit on one end for weeks
and months in the open before it is
! offered for sale, and as result,
| heavy claims are made, and yet the
best character Of cotton, so far as
body and staple is concerned, is pro-
| duced at these places, and could be
very much sought, we're the elements
of damage eliminated.
In conclusion, I would strongly
urge that this matter be brought to
/ the attention Of all concerned, and
/ thereby save twelve and one-half
, million dollars per year to the South
} land.
! Very truly yours,
, JOHN D. FROST.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-08-27
rv4tive banking.

detect this country damage the farm
er is the loser, should the buyer
not detect it, the buyer is the loser;
in any event, dissatisfaction is the
result, all Of which could have been
avoided by housing the cotton. The
amount Of country damage varies in
proportion to the time the cotton lies
out in the weather, and will vary
from three to twenty five pounds per
bale. I have carefully estimated that
on every 11,OO0,0OO bale crop pro
duced, the producer, the carrier, and
the compress together, allow 250,00O
bales to be Destroyed by rot and
i country damage, and when you figure
! this at ten cents per pound 1t
amounts to $12,5O0,000, all Of which
could be saved to 1 the producer, the
buyer, and the manufacturer, should
they exercise the proper precaution
against damage. Three years ago a
farmer brought twenty bales Of cot
ton to the warehouse for storage in
March, which had been out in the
weather since it was ginned in the
fall. Some Of the bales were so
badly damaged and water sobbed that
! they weighed one thousand pounds
per bale. I asked him why he al
lowed his cotton to get in that con-
dition; he replied that he was so
busy making preparation for another
crop that he had not cared for what
! he had already made. When this
cotton was conditioned for market,
he had about ten bales Of merchant
able cotton left out Of the twenty.
A bale Of cotton ginned dry and
housed until marketed will hold out
better than one allowed to remain
in the weather subject to climatic
conditions, and will not possess the
element Of damage and will also re
tain its strength Of staple even tc
, the bagging.
i Travel where you will, and yor
will see cotton sitting at railroad
T stations in the mud and rain, or yor
J will see it lying on the ground around
farm houses, where it will remain
: until ready for market, and Whel
5 marketed, the bagging will be 81
, rotten that you can not handle tn,
e cotton.
- Owing to the seeming negligenc
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-08-27

Of Columbia, S. c., who is a cotton
man Of wide experience
Hon. B. Harris, president Farmers
Educational and Cooperative Union,
;Pendleton, S. G., and Hon. r. d.
Smith, president S. G. Division, Sou-s
thern Cotton Associati Colu1hbia,
=. C.s-=s.ssss..s .-,..~s.ss --,.--.-.s..,sss.y
Gentlemen: The time for picking
cotton having arrived, has it ever oc-
curred to you to look into the question
of damage brought about by lack Of
care for the staple from the time it
is g1nned to the time of marketingg
Having lived on a plantation for
twenty-one years, and at present
owning and operating one, as well as
being in the cotton business for. the
past ten years, I thought possibly
that my observations along this line
might tend to show the great amount
of money lost to this cotton produc-
ing country. / desire to impress up
on the farmer the necessity of caring
for his cotton after laboring hard all
the year to make it, and thereby les
sen friction between producer, buyer,
| and manufacturer. A large portion
of the farmers, as well as the carriers
treat the staple as though it were
coal, allowing it to lie on the ground
for months after ginning subject to
climatic conditions, which results
in rot and country damage.
When the cotton is ready for the
market it is picked up and offered
for sale, the damage, as a usual thing:
being diregarded until subjected tc
the buyers inspection who, in pro
Itecting his interests, will either dock
for the damage or have the cotton
picked, rsulting in great loss to the
| farmer. Unqestionably it is to the
farmers interest to store his cottor
| In a reputable warehouse thereby pro
Itecting himself from loss by fire as
we'll as damage, and in addition hi
can secure warehouse receipt fol
same which is prime mercantile pa
per, and can be discounted at any
bank, allowing the farmer to sell hi:
cotton when he desires to do 50.
! My object, however, is to impress
upon the farmers to house their cot
! ton as soon as it is ginned, whethe
is be in a warehouse, or in thei
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-08-27

well known that the South annually
loses more than twelve million dollars
as waste on its cotton crop. The fol-
lowing timely article on that subject
is from~the pen Of Col. Jno. D. Frost,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-08-27


FOUR CENT. INTEREST PAID DEPOSITS. -
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-02

How OF Irish Potatoes Without Rain After
Plantin

four pieces. With n bull tongue. !
run twice in the water burrows.
dropping my potatoes and covering
with the same plow by running once
on each side of the burrows. This
practically completes the work. un-
less one or more packing rains serve
to cement tho ground. which can cas-
ily and speedily be gone over with n
wceder or harrow The middle is
run out with shovel plow. In this
way I have grown potatoes without
a drop of rain from the time planted
until harvested
II desired. one may SOW oats after
digging the potatoes. narrowing them
in. thereby securing three crops. the
lasi Of which is invaluable aa n graz
ing and cover crop for winter. he
sides. II furnishes good supply o!
grain the following spring. If the
stock are taken of in February
j. II BYRD
Lexington. MisH.
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when the plant Is not pruned. 1t be-
comes too heavy for one support.
and we put two canes to hill. one
on each side and about six inches
from the plant. tying all branches
10 these TO keep them of the ground.
II plants are very rank. we prune a
little. and have more and finer fruit
by so doing.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-02

or work ma IL would Hc-m. and Ger
tainiy posscas.s enough advantage 10
warrant It's usc. 4 cluster OF bloom
will net at each joint OF the plant.
have seen thirteen tomatoes In IA
single cluster. and they viii ripcu
one or two weeks earlier than when
left united and unpruncd.
We nnd II beat to stake and tie all
our tomato plants. though We do
not prnne much. except few first
plants. They act moro fruit II tied
up. and none In lost by lying on the
ground and decaying. ag In always
the case when tho plant ia not sup
ported. We use large switch cane
for stakes. They viii last several
seasons II laid away In tho fail
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-02

II In such "A treat to have ripe to-
matoea that for the benefit OF our
numerous subscribers and OF those
who failed TO follow suggestions last
year. VIC give method whereby tho
ripening Of tomatoes may bc hastened
Il week or two. Beside each toma-
10 plant drive stake three feet
high: and as the plant grows. tic II
to the stake and pinch out all side
branches or shoots. leaving only the
main stalk OF the plant. In this way.
the plant is kept upright. The
strength of the plant all goes to fruit.
instead OF surplus vine: and there
being less foliage. the sun reaches
the fruit and hastens maturity. II
does not require nearly 30 much time
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-02
Editorial Comment:

Editorial Comment: Mr.. Dyrdn
experience. ought TO hc worth the
price OF subscription for several
years: and so simpl!fi"s the work
and turns II into rapidly done horse
or mule labor. that II ought 10 In
@rtre many tn raise a good crop OF
fall potatoes. whn have heretofore
fcli that II aaa soo trouble some and
thai III" crop Mas too uncertain The
Farm"rs' Union and III" Cotton Aa#n.
riasiun are doing great service tos
farmers by trying in got them tn
raise "a greater variety uf crop#. aud
just ttow NC should like for farmers
To tell each other through these col.
utmna how they have auccrcdcsl In
raising sarInua crops. also wha, has
Kept them from succeeding In other
cases X Ia iust az necessary in
know ~h@; ;n avoid "a II is 10 know
wha' Ia do Every letter giving help.
tai experience encourages somebody
7 els" 10 contribute,
II wilI BIC repeated shat poor spoil
: Ing shnuid nus preyent any Rucccas-
ful farmer from giving pvart!cal rxs
povIoncr. ~ II IL an editors duty TO
shape up tho letters OF mrn who tuY.
nlsh good ideas. Furnish the Ideas
aud do not worry over tho words or
tn" spelling Il Ia not spelling
match or "a oou;est In fuo wvltlns
bu; an earnest cndrayor to publish
many practical ideas on to.ng plain
farm work.
Some Of the hca, arttelra published
have been written by men sho .yi.
IDENTIFY did no, have III. educational
advantages that Mr. byrd has had.
but Tho articles did contain ono or
more practical hinta for doing some.
thing uaeful and they hi; tho nail
on tho head and drove II home. Hun
drrds ~ others can do na we'll II
they viii only believe In themselves
and 20 10 writing.
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-02

Messrs. Editors: In accord with
the recent diversification movement
inaugurated by President Hightow-
er. of the F. +. & c. L.. which has
been heartily endorsed by President
Clark, of the Southern Cotton Asso-
citation. and In return for the many
useful and helpful suggestions dc
rived from your most excellent pa
per. | herewith submit n most simple
and safe method OF growing fall
crop of Irish potatoes which Is far
superior 10 the main crop for seed
and demands much higher price
in the market;
First Sow Peas.
Select a we'll drained. level plo,
OF ground. preferably with "A loose.
black. loamy top soil II that is no;
available. apply broadcast severa,
loads To the acre. OF vegetable mat.
ter. such rs pine straw, leaves. c,c.:
and II convenient, and II the land In
poor. two or three tons OF barn-yard
manure. As early as Is safe. SOW
one and one-half bushels per acre OF
The earliest peas oh,ainable. Tho
New Era will answer admirably
Cover by plo@ing broadcast In lands.
with either single or a ;wo-horsa
turner. The depth of tho breaking
should depend on IN" former pIow-
Ing. being careful TO so only mn inch
or Two deeper than hitherto. After
plowing. commence AT once. while
the ciods arc soft. 10 usc the harrow
and roller: and never atop until a
smooth. well pulverised surface IL
secured.
Prepare tn Conserve Motsturr.
Later. when tho pods begin 10 rip
en- on the peas. cut aud shock tho
crop for hay: and piow tho land with
turn plo~s. bedding into rows three
feet wide. Now comes tho time 10
use the harrow. and too much stress
cannot he placed upon the import.
ance of Intensive preparation OF tho
soil al this stage. In order 10 con-
scrs" moisture for tho plania later
on. The beds should bc gone over
three times wi'h an ordinary V bar.
row. ono. upon top and then on each
aide. letting the lower corner of the
harrow drag along tho bottom o! tho
water furrow. thereby crushing any
clodH that may have been Knocked
there. Then. II there !s Indication
of rain, let tho land lic for Ten or NJ.
teen days. IN tho land ~ill be much
easier pulserixcd u; the second
piowing II good rain cotnca Ia Tia"
interval
The seed and How to Plant.
The second plowing should be ca
nentialiy tho same an the firS,. har-
rowing thoroughly an before. Now
for the seed. ! prefer 10 leave my
seed In the field where planted IN the
spring. until ready To plant tho fall
crop. whereupon select good. sound
tubcrs and cut them 10 from one TO
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-02
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The general advertising rates In The Ca.
zctte are strictly sl.o6 TER single column
inch. without discount for time or sraee.
That is to say. q one-Inch single column aa
costs sI0s each and every time II appears
whether one week or one year. . halt.incb
al ~ cents each aud every time IL appearx.
inches. s3i inches. ~. ~. etc
The one and only exception to this rule /.
that In order 10 eucouraz, the live stock and
poultry interests in our territory ~c make
special discount Of 10 ter cru. on live stock
and poultry ads running months or longer
- ter cent on live stock or poultry ads run.
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such ads running one rear or longer
Thcse discounts will positively never be
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except live stock ard t-ouItry ads.
Copy for s~,r sds. or for change of cepv
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date Of shr tssse &. ~Aieh they are 10
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GRAIN. FEED BTCYrD, ETC.
TuRS IN HArk3~-fss Hashaa~ y hiin>
sc. so sniscd. --ct. No yellow. .Ac~
RNA> Fer twtmsI IN
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ttnUA. hard wheat kass~s pAisnt~et: 20
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-03
SITE FOR CRACKER FACTORY
Lots at Twelfth and Davenport for
LOose-Wiles Company.
FIVE STORIES AND FIREPRooF
Omaha VIII Thus Become the Manu-
featuring Center of the Biggest
Concern of Its Kind In
the Land.

The Loose-wiles Cracker and Candy
company Of Kansas City Thursday closed
a deal for a site at Twelfth and Davenport
streets on which it viii build a modern
cracker factory at a cost Of 100000.
Mr.. Loose has advised The Bee that the
company is sure to erect q plant here dur
ing the year. as the sales Of the branch
house established in March had exceeded
by several hundred per cent all anticipation.
The new plant will be located at Twelfth
and davenport streets on a lot 66xl32 feet
which was bought Wednesday by c. E.
Gould, secretary Of the LOose-Wlcs
Cracker and Candy company from George
& CO. The plant will be on Union Pacific
tr1ckage and the building will be five
stories and basement Of fireproof and slow
burning construction. Three ovens will be
placed on the top floor, each Weighing 500
tons and constructed Of the best OF mate
rial. steel and enameled brick.
The new cracker factory is the pioneer
industry in the manufacturing district
which has been selected by the Commercial
club as the ideal location for new in
d]ustries. The Loosc-Wiles company opened
a jobbing house in Omaha three months
ago to handle a general line Of biscuits and
/ confectionery. Il placed fifty men IN
charge of the warehouse and in the terri
tory adjacent to Omaha as statesmen.
soon Looks for New site.
Less than three weeks after the house
opened the firm was looking for a factory
site in Omaha. Four weeks after the
opening Of the sales agency. the company
announced that at no distant time a fac
tory would be erected, as Omaha had the
key 10 a territory so vast that figures
seemed to. lie. The present deal means that
the largest independent cracker company
in the world will make Omaha joint owner
with Kansas City in the plant and 125 per-
sons will be employed by the new factory
in Omaha as a start.
The opening Of the Loose-Wiles Cracker
no way with L. Item & Sons of Clinton, Ia.
who have determined to open a cracker
factory in Omaha not later than August
l and have bought a building for s5O,C0
which is now being equipped with the
latest machinery for making crackers.
Last year the National Biscuit COM
pany, commonly known as the cracker
trust closed its factory in Omaha
arbitrarily and the independent manufac-
turers have taken advantage of the
situation. Where the so-called trust has
thrown 125 people out of work. the indie
pendent manufacturers have promised
work to more than 300, and Just now the
goods of 1. Item & Sons and the Loose
Wiles Cracker and Candy company are
the only crackers on the market for
Omahans.