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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30

the vast influx of population
1,v the middle of this century-forty
wears hence-at 200,OO0,OOO, It IS sup
nosed that the demand for wheat alone
will reach 1900, 100000 bushels. NOW
the crop is placed at 1Oo,ooo'ooo oushc
els. To produce this vast crop OF
wheat alone will require a tremend-
ous increase. not only in bushels, but
in the actual increase necessary. Inc
necessity of vaster production OF food
for the millions is sure TO come, II IS
believed. So the South must go to
work and do it's full part n share IN
the good results.
Lately I have seen mention IN a
state of examples of re-
growth of corn IN dlfferent
sections. I clipped one or two ex-
amples for future use, but can not fnu
them. They were very lar peioW
some farming I knew Of IN the past.
I have at hand mention Of corn pro-
duced in Iredell county akln u L
bushels in one township and 81 L
bushels in another township. That
was fine and much ahead Of the first
statistics. I saw given Of a d1fferent
section of the State. [ am reminded
of two productive facts in the past.
My own father was a superior FARMER
as well as merchant. About 1907
on one OIL his ldIlilS IICdl 80
had some twenty acres Of highland
corn, and the product was over fifty
bushels to the acre. He used no Tor
eign manures upon it. In Hallfax
county, n. c., in 1860, DR.. Robert Pat
terson, a nephew Of the late Bishop
Thomas Atkinson. of wilmington,
made over leo bushels Of corn to the
one or more than twenty acres. |
saw it when growing. and | never saw
it's equal before or nee. / am also
reminded Of some other farming IN
North Carolina prior to 1875. 1 knew
OF a farmer in Edgecombe county who
mad twenty-one bales Of cotton With
one horse. l know a Granville cOun-
ty tobacco grower, Dennis Tilley, who
he employed on tobacco alone, and he
sold one year nineteen tierces of his
own tobacco in Richmond. Va. av
eraging more than 500 to the hun
dred pounds-the lowest being $50,
and the highest $121 per hundred
pounds. Hill and Skinner sold the
tobacco for the Granville producer. I
could give easily many other examples.
DR.. James II. Carlisle was born in
South Carolina, Of Irish parents, and
died on 21st October at Sp%artanburg,
S. c., aged eighty-four years. He
had a fine education. and was grad
uated at the University Of South Car
DINA. He became professor of math-
e1natics in Wofford College, South Car
Dina, in 1854. In 1875. he was
made president of the college, and
served for forty-eight years. He was
a great leader and teacher, and as /
said recently, in my own opinion, he
was the greatest man in his State for
years, and I thought of all Southern
Methodist laymen living, he was the
foremost.
He was a most remarkable man, a
teacher of great qulities, and a leader
among his people. He was an i'm
pressive lecturer, tall and handsome.
impressive on his part, and Of great
dignity and influence. He is a great
loss to his State and church and his
place will be indeed hard to fill.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
Neatly Put.

Mrs. COMMUNICATIONS ar tr
aware that you haven't kissed !"
a week. ,re
Mr.. Youngloye-Y-yes, daT,',@ (
was just waiting to see no" - - n.
would take you to notice N.-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30
A "~SangWine" Man.
(NeW Bern JOurna1l

"A witness on the stand giving his
testimony as to the character of an
other person, said he was , very
saIis"ih man. The Judge want
ca 70 know n he meant by san
S"1ne. We'll. sir" rpelied the wit
ness, he is a man who has plenty Of
tomorrow, but no a blamed
cent today
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-11-30

Argentina has $4,000. 900 acres of
Iano under cult!gation-three times
the area cultivated thirtaan VOC,
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
No More Walking.

What the inventor says will be a
great boon to small farmers, as the
invention. 1t is claimed, will do the
work of six horses, is in use in Cali
fOrnia, but it can be adapted TO II
locality. 1t is a gasoline tractor and
is a help in blowing. narrowing and
harvesting. 1t will keep running as
long as it is fed gasoline.
Built with a two cylinder motor,
the tractor has plenty of power. 1t
has two speeds, forward and reverse.
and is easily operated from an extern
sion seat, from much the same posi-
ton a driver would occupy with his
team.
1t is particularly an orchard tractor,
having low, wide wheels, narrow
tread, short wheel base and short turn
ing radius. A special feature is b a
the tractor may be driven from the
seat of the ordinary wheel pillow or
harrow, enabling N man TO drive and
operate the levers of this pillow and
cu~ltivator with perfect ease and con
venience. 1t is a one man
light in weight. with all control levers
conveniently arranged.
To obtain the greatest efficiency the
front wheels are made the traction
wheels: also the steering wheels. In
the rear are smaller plain wheels,
close together. with flanges to hold
against side slipping. used simply as
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
Value of Coal Ashes.

There is more value in coal ashes
than is generally realized by the
farmer. For the amelioration of heavy
clay land they are exceptionally valii-
able. This is particularly so with the
ashes of soft coal, as such usually are
reduced almost to a dust.
Coal ashes nave a fertilizer value.
This opinion, however, Is not held gen.
orally. The coal beds contain phos-
phoreus, potash. nitrogen and lime. as
well as the other less important ingre-
dents. When the original trees out
of which were formed the coal beds
were reduced to coal the mineral ele-
mentS remained in them, and conse-
quently those same elements go with
the ashes. One authority says tina.
the reason why people have formed an
idea that coal ashes contain no fertil-
ity is that the trees now grown have
in them less carbon than those in the
old days and thus the percentage of
other elements to carbon is probably
greater now than then, which gives a
larger value to our wood ashes but
does not annihilate the value in the
coal ashes. Ashes can be used to adj
vantage without sitting, but large
quantities of h%alf-burned coal are by
some considered a detriment to the
soil.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
An Incident at Harpcr's Ferry.

Every boy in blue who ever got to
that delectable place named above will
probably recall the times he filed his
canteen at the spring under the Odd
Fellows Hall. The writer of this
squib often drank and was refreshed
by its sparkling water. If memory
serves him right, after a lapse of near
ly a quarter of a century. there We're
at the Ferry in the spring of co the
Twenty-eighth Pennsylvania, Tenth
Maine, the Sixtieth New York Regi-
ments Infantry, and the First Maine
and Fifth New York Cavalry, and of
these commands. more or less, the rank
and file drank from this spring; but
what caused the sudden outbreak OF
~dysentery among the troops probably
never was known TO many of those who
turned toes to the daisies in the hospi-
tai on the hillside. Across the village
street lived a baker by occupation, and
at heart a johnny of the rankest
sort. He poisoned that spring. and he
did il well. The writer was one of his
victims, but Surgeon Day of the Maine
Tenth. didn't tell this until after Anti
etam's battle, in September, 1862, or
that Johnny would have received his
dues in full and a comfortable over
coat made of wood to boot.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
Thumps I'm Pigs.

Thumps in pigs Is caused by a sur
plus of fat and a lack of exercise. The
humping is due to violent beating OF
he heart, causing shaking movement
of the sides and tanks of the animal.
often 1t is so violent that the whole
body trembles n shakes with the
movements. In aggravated cases the
pig is weak and uncertain in his
walk, and lies down most of the time.
Before death the nose, ears and other
parts of the body become red and pur-
pie with congested blood, due to weak
circulation.
Advanced cases of the thumps are
difficult to cure. When first symptoms
are noticed reduce the bedding if there
is much in their sleeping quarters;
reduce the feed and compel the pig
TO exercise in the open air. Fresh air
will purify the blood and exercise will
promote circulation. When pigs be-
yome fat and lazy they will lie in bed
a great part of the time, often com
pletely covered with bedding, so that
they breathe impure air and dust.
This p~oisons the blood and reduces
the vitality In general, which, with
compression of the heart with surplus
fat. causes the malady.
In the spring or summer when pas
ture is good it Is well to change pas
ture of hogs afflicted with the thumps
so hat they will be induced to take
more exercise and eat green food. Re
duce heavy feeding and keep the
bowels of the animal loose by doses
of castor oil. A little turpentine in
the slop or drinking water is said TO
be good.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25

Eighteen hens hat were fed milk
last winter laid more eggs than 100
fed on cut bone and meat.
A flock might just as well roost in
trees as in a house full of cracks and
holes, which chills the birds in spots
and poduces bad colds.
A hen too fat gets lazy; she takes
no interest in life. One too poor cares
nothing about her egg record. The
happy medium is a happy hen.
Some people arc willing to pay an
extra price for eggs on one color.
Many people get a cent or more a doz-
en- for sorting their hen fruit accord
ing TO size and color.
On some farms the young chickens
are allowed to roost outdoors during
the summer and fall. They should at
once be trained to winter quarters,
and the sooner this is done the better.
1t is worth the poultry raiser's
while to remember that an earth floor
is unhealthful when the location is
naturally wet and not well drained.
With this kind of location it will pay
TO put in a board floor.
Take no chances by having too
many chickens together in one flock.
If you see they are getting to be
crowded in their winter quarters,
make thrift and health a certainty by
dividing them up, or selling some of
them.
You may have an idea that poultry
can hunt their own grit. You are
wrong. Grit is as essential as feed.
Get a grit box, fill il with crushed
rock and oyster-shell, and hang it on
the wall where dirt will not be
scratched into it.-Farm Journal.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25

Reading is not a lost art to the
same degree that conversation is, but
it has in most cases an arrested devel-
opment through so much reading that
makes no demand upon aesthetic SEN
sibility, so that one is apt to bring to
a fine story full of delicate shades of
thought and feeling the same mind
which he yields to a newspaper, put
ting a blunt Interrogation as to its
meaning as conveyed in the terms of a
rational proposition. and the writer's
charm is wholly lost upon him. While
the readers surrender to the author
must be complete, his attitude should
not be passive, but that of active re-
sponsiveness and partnership.-H. NJ.
Alden in Harper's Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
The Veteran Saw Ii All.

An old man with silvery hair was
led into the cyclorama of Gettysburg
in New York by a bright-faced little
miss in a jaunty gypsy hat and dress,
and sat down while she described to
him the features of the picture in de-
tail, occasionally asking her a ques-
ton or shaking his head slowly, as IL
in doubt of The accuracy of her ac-
count. She had described to him In
her own way the on-rush of Picketts
men and the haEd-to-hand conflict at
the stone fence where the Pennsylva-
mia veterans met the charge of the
Southerners. when he asked. But
where's the artillery. Mag?"
"Oh. you mean the big guns. They're
over there on the hill in a row."
"All in a row." he asked.
Yes" she replied.
He shook his head. Look around,
said he. There must be some more
that are not in line
Yes she said. There are some
down here. but they are all upset and
seem to be broken. 1 think they are
busted"
rs hat where the men are coming
over the stone WALTZ"
Yes. grandpa"
us there a grove of trees?"
Yes, grandpa. Ii seems to be full
of men, but the smoke is so thick you
cannot see them"
"Oh. l can see them" he cried.
II was then noticed Jy several peo-
pie who we're listening to him that he
was blind. The little girl said: "Oh,
no, grandpa, you can't see them
Yes. l can." he answered. 81 can
see them very well, and the broken
cannon. too
The child looked at him with limo
cent surprise as she said: You are
joking now"
NO, my dear" replied the old man.
NO. That was the last thing | ever
saw on earth. There was a caisson ex-
ploded there just this side of that
fence, and that was the last terrible
picture / ever saw, and | have never
got the picture of it out of my mind"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25

rev stronger, and within three months
| was a perfectly well woman.
81 want this letter made public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound."-Mrs. JOHN G.. MOLDAN,
2115 Second ST., North, Minneapolis,
Mimi.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
inc testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or DOUBT
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkhlm's
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
Ifyou want special advice write
to Mrs. Pinkham,, at Lynn, Mass.
hewillt
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women in
this way, free of charge. Don't
hesitate write at once.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
SuailS and SluRs.

A woman gardener wrote to State
Zoologist II. A. Surface at Harrisburg,
Pa, asking for instructions how TO
overcome the snails in her garden.
Prof. Surface replied: "Snails and
slugs, although very great and seri-
u garden pests, especially where the
gardens are damp and the vegetation
rank, can be prevented by the use Of
an impossible barrier of powdery sub
stance around the beds of plants to
be protected. SCOT is excellent for
this, although dry ashes will serve
the purpose, and air-slaked lime will
be found very good. Also. you an kill
them by busting them with some
freshly slaked lime mixed with paris
green, using about thirty parts of the
lime to n part of the paris green,
which is busted a%bundantly owe their
bodies. Also busting their food plants
with -four and paris green will de-
stroy them. Another method is to poi
son some leaves of plants of which
they are particularly fond. and put
this where the snails will find and eat
them and be destroyed. Another meth
cd is to place boards loosely on the
ground, as traps, and in the morning
examine them and pick out and gath
er the snails and brush them into a
vessel containing salt. which will kill
them. If the ground is dry and crack
ed pour salt water into the cracks
and thus destroy them. The barriers
mentioned above should be kept dry,
or renewed every time after a rain.
Keep the vegetation around the gar
den moved low, n keep the ground
cultivated, so that these pests will
not find suitable places where they can
multiply"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25

have rushed forward. "Is there any
way in wnlcn you could identify your
bullet. Captain Diering?"
Yes. My bullet is marked by two
crosses. one on each or opposite
Sides
Good. Then let me tell you all
that Captain Prentiss' rifle has shot
no bullet at all. l loaded the weapon
myself. and its missile was a portion
of a ramrod. Now, forward, and let
us see the result
Troopers and contestants crowded
around the target, and there was in
stantly a murmur Of establishment.
In the very center of the target pro-
truded a part of a ramrod. with its
cup outermost. In the cup was a part
l. fattened ball, wedged tightly. and
when the latter was extracted it bore
the traces of two cross marks,
What does this mean?" demanded
Captain Diering, angrily.
''The terms were very plain" replied
Banks. with a complacent smile of tri-
umph. your bullet has not even
touched the target; my captain has hit
the mark plumb center
"A trick, 1t is not fairi'
These are war times, captain"
maintained Banks, St0utly. This is
a conquest within the terms.
Turning to Isabel, the faithful or
Jorl,- Continued.
do not forget, lady. that all is fair
in love as in war, where victory is the
goal"
Harold was himself astounded, but
quickly availing of Banks remarkable
scheme. he stepped to the side OF the
beautiful girl.
Isabel, have | not won your"
Yes"
At that juncture a distant blast Of
bugles waited through the orchard.
A hurried kiss, a quick ~"good-by,"
and the captains were gsiloping swift
ly away to rejoin their regiments.
OF the bloody scenes and valorous
deeds which followed, when the boys
Of Sheridan swept to and fro in NOR
tai combat with the gray between
Hatchers Run and Dinwiddie Court
House, the new generation has read
and marveled upon, and the clash of
saber upon bayonet and the wild yells
of desperate foemen are still in the
ears of those among the steel-bristling
horsemen of the gallant generals who
now survive.
Both captains lived to see the tri-
umph of the stars and stripes, and in
the tranquil dawn of peace Harold re-
turned to claim his strongly won bride.
fair Isabel Dean.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
Selecting Seed Corn.

In gathering the corn crop, it is well
to look out for ext years seed. Next
to good soil and good cultivation, is
good seed. Do not place too much con-
fdence in abnortal individual ears.
iect good ears fro.m row which pro-
duce a large yield. And when seed
Ing time m next year, do not rely
TOO much on the character of the seed.
With well-prepared soil and thorough
culture. a large crop of corn can be
grown from almost any kind of seed,
which will terminate. but good seed
will increase the yield, and will fully
repay the trouble and cost of obtain
ing It.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
Check-Rein on Hcrse,.

When a horse stumbles he is far
less likely to go down when his head
is left free. In England, where they
are far ahead of us in everything per-
tanning to horses, the check-rein has
been abolished, the last surrender be-
ing that of the artillery and commits
sariat trains &C the British army, the
change having been made by Sir
George Bourgoyne. the late comman-
der-in-chief, and be t%estifies to the ben
efcial results attending it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25

taking in the amount of dirt a post
would replace. and then withdrawn,
bringing up the dirt just as a dredger
would. Indeed. the implement works
much like a dredging machine. The
advantage of auger Is in the small,
clean hole it makes. Without it a post
hole must be dug with a spade and the
smallest spade not only makes a hole
too big, but one hat necessarily slants
from the rim to the bottom and must
be filled again. 1t is easy to under
stand that a post will stand much
more firmly in a hole that does not
have to be filled in.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25

trailers, to which the pillow, cultivator,
harrow or farm wagon is hitched the
same as though coupled to the small
wheels used on the rear of the ordi-
nary tongue when blowing with a
team.
The power plant is built in a stiff
steel frame, mounted rigidly TO the
main axle, and is composed of a two
cylinder opposed engine of standard
make, rated at twenty-four horse
power.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
A Literal Distinction.

Bishop Potter was known as quite
a wit, and often took delight in turn
ing his humor lOose on his associates,
but here is an instance where the joke,
although quite unintentional. was on
the bishop. He was to preach at a
certain parish in the West in the even
ing, and the congregation was not a
little amused at the somewhat ambigu-
GUS announcement of their worthy pas
tor, who said:
Remember our special service next
Sunday afternoon. The Lord will be
with us during the morning services,
and Bishop Potter in the evening"
Success Magazine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
Rreast Plates.

without the means of knowing to
what extent, or if this is the only soil
tary instance of wearing breast plates.
| will proceed to state the facts regard
ing at least one breast plate worn at
the battle OF Shiloh. | was a subal-
tern officer in n Mississippi regiment,
and we had captured quite a number
of prisoners from Prentiss' command.
Among these prisoners was a Cap
tain H., of the Seventeenth Iowa, who
entered into conversation with me.
After a little he took off hi vest, and
taking from it a metallic breast plate,
presented it to me, r%emarking that il
had saved his life, but that he should
probably have no further use for it.
Upon examining the plate | found
sure enough, an iDdentation made by
a mimic bullet directly over the region
of the heart. The relic was esteemed
a decided curiosity by all who saw it.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
A Cow.

Grace Fayne lis Homestead a Hol-
stein-Fresian cow, valued at $4,000,
died recently at the Harvey A. Meyer
Farm, just north of Syracuse, N. Y,
from pneumonia. The animal was heav-
lily insured and held the worlds but
ter record of 1883 pounds of butter In
one week and the thirty-day record of
134.1S pounds. She broke a former
record of 3s22 pounds for a week. One
of her calves sold recently for $4,000.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25

a dozen pigeons and a dozen bees about
eight miles from his garden and there
released them. To recognize the bees
he busted them with flour, and had a
friend stationed near the hive and we'll
in view of the dovecote. The first bee
arrived home exactly fifteen seconds
before the first pigeon, and their COM
panions followed in due order.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25

The only logical treatment for ca
tarrh is through the blood. A pre-
scription. which has recently proved
wonderfully effective in hospital work
Is the following. 1t is easily mixed.
one n compound syrup of
Sarsaparilla; one ounce Toris COM
pound; half pint frst-class whiskey."
These to be mixed by shaking well
In a bottle, and used in tablespoon
doses before each meal and at bed
time The ingredients can be gotten
from any we'll stocked druggist, or he
will get them from his wholesale
hOuSe
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
HOW'S This

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Gaia ,rh Cure.
+. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known Il. j.
Cheney. for the last II years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions and financially able TO carry out
any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINMAN x MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. q.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. testimonials sent
free. Price 80 cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25

A teacher in the factory district Of
a New Jersey town had been giving
the children earnest lectures upon the
poisonousness of dirt.
One morning a little girl raised her
hand excitedly and pointed to a boy
who seldom had clean hands.
Teacher" she said, look quick!
Jimmie's committin' suicide, He's
suckin' his thumb."-Success Mag
azine.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-11-25
DfstempeP

In all its forms, among all ages Of
horses and dogs, cured and others in
the same stable prevented from having
the disease with Spohn's Distemper
Cure. Every bottle guaranteed. Over
500, 900 bottles sold last year. $50 and
s1.00. Good druggists. or send to man.
ufacturers. Agents wanted. Write for
free book. Spohn Med. Co., Spec. Con-
tagious Diseases, Goshen. Ind.