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The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26
Pea Harvesters and Pea Threshers.

no HERE ARE At LEAST two machines on
9k> the market for harvesting and cleaning
- cowpeas from the rows. and both are said
To do good work But the difficulty with these
machines Is that the peas must be planted in
rows aud must be allowed TO get dead ripe In
the field. Then the machine can be used but
about month TN the year. aud the hay f. sacri-
feed. Now have not cent OF financial inter
est In any machine. but have for years insisted
that In my opinion the machine that is TO be a
perfect success must De that threshes the
pens from the mown hay. Peas cut and cured
when the pods turn yellow will ripen perfectly.
Then with "A machine 10 travel around all winter.
the farmers can all have their peas threshed and
the hay saved in good shape for feeding and IL
will be good hay. while that left In the field till
the pods dead ripe viii be OF little account
even II u could be saved. So far as the
gathering OF the peas Is concerned, |
them broadcast and let them ripen and can then
take steel horse rake and comb them of In
windows.
The field harvesters may do good work, but not
every one wants 10 grow peas merely for the seed.
when they get hay and seed both with the
proper thresher that work all winter In
stead OF one month in the year.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26
What "Diversified Farming" Means.

~ DOES NOT MEAN as many Of the daily
M newspapers Of the South try 20 make the
IL farmers believe. the growing Of some Of
eyeryth1c that can be produced In the climate
Il means he growing. in systematic rotation of
The crops hat have the most commercial value in
The section. Il means a rotation aimed 20 i'm
prove the productivencss OF the soil in the chief
money crop especially. while growing increasing
crops Of all the auxiliary crops. Il means getting
iegumes on the land often 20 feed stock and in
crease the humas content IN the soil. for II you
increase the bumus. all else will follow Il means
keeping The land hard at work all The time. grow
ing something TO help * between tho sale crops
RUt il does not mean merely heterogeneous
growing Of this. that and The other crop without
any settled plan Of rotation. II does not mean
growing merely corn and oats enough 10 feed
your stock while you put mos, q the land In cot
ton. but as nearly as possible equal division
al the land into three or four fields Of uniform
character. and following ~ the rotation In rogn-
lar plan TO make the fields in corn. oats.
md peas and clover aid IN the Increase % the
cotton crop while improving thcmSelves. II does
rot mean resting the land. but making u pro-
duce more and more every year while all the
time gaining more fertility II means specialized
farming instead Of single cropping
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26
The Man Without Much Money
and His Chances.
CpEREsrpNDEN says that q
would Ike Ia farm "a We advise, In
is not able Co do ~. He never wi


be able so long hc follows the old plant
Ing method and buys fertilizers ON credit
and depends on these To help his poor land
make a crop and grow po"r~r i'm tho max
ing of IL. He IN better able to buy plain
acid phosphate for the pas and clover
than Ia buy the poor 2-S-. fertilizer to
make a sale crop. He IL better able tn
grow r~as and f~~d them than TAI grow cot
ton or tobacco merely with the aid of f~r-
tilixrr~ And as. ltue by little. he adds 90
the fertility of tho soil. hc will b~ getting
better and bsst~r able to farm right He
L. better able to grow peas and clover with
only acid rhosphat. and a little potash than
Tan buy nitrogen that the pas will give him
In abundance. III not able In farm TN all
respects n. hr should with more means, hr
can at least make = beginning and grow
into tho ability to farm as hr improves his
land. lie viii certainly never b" any morr
able IL hs follows tho old hopeless plan.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26

simply selecting for seed the ear nearest the
ground
At once began to get letters saying that where
stalk bears ears, the lower is not
fine an ear as the upper one. OF course this is
true. but it inherits tendencies that the upper
ear does not. 1t inherits the tendency 10 make
another ear above il and make the ears closer to
the ground. / found plenty OF people who did
not agree with me. | have been contradicted on
the institute platform, but not by farmers, for |
have had letter after letter from farmers saying
that they had found my advice true. One OF them
went TO the pains OF getting some Cookies Prolific
seed which had grown and some from the seeds
men in Richmond, and found that mine, grown in
a garden far south Of Richmond (aud hence should
have been taller), was more sturdy and fully two
feet shorter than the Virginia type.
Now comes Bulletin 1872 OF the Illinois Station
giving the results of breeding continuously from
low-growing and h gh- growing ears. The bulletin
states that II has been found that, BY breeding
variety In opposite directions, two strains Of
corn have been produced. in one OF which ears are
now borne about three feet higher on the stalk
than in the other strain" They have also found
that the taller plants are longer jonted and make
no more corn than the shorter ones but perhaps
more fodder. But from the photograph given OF
specimens OF the two strains. Il would look like
the shorter and more stocky plant has broader
leaves and really more blade fodder than the tall
plant.
having ears TO hang instead OF sticking upright
can also be bred into the plant TO advantage. /
have long since found that an extra stout stalk Is
always accompanied by an extra large cob. and
big short stem 10 the ear. which holds It upright
rendering II more apt 10 be damaged BY the
weather. and that very slender stalk has usually
ears with very small cob. carrying eight rows of
corn like the Hickory King.
Now. between these two extremes we have the
stalk bred 20 short joiuted condition. with stalk
enough 10 hold the shorter plant erect and a long
stem TO the ear that makes Il hang down. And
the ear wlll have medtum-slxed cob and usually
deep grains. And yet. | have had men who never
bred IN their lives 20 say that ~as advising
the farmer wrongly when ady ised them 10 select
the lower ear on q twin-eAred plant for the pur-
pose OF maintaining the prolific character and re-
ductng the height that corn be planted
more closely Hence. am glad TO have the re-
suits OF the Illinois experiments corroborating my
own work.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26
Getting Corn Shorter.

<7 EvERAL YEARS AGO the editor of farm
~ paper in reply 10 an inquiry from South
toJ ern subscriber. who wished 10 know how
to reduce the stature OF corn In the South. answer
ed that It could not be done. as II vas climatic
matter and that corn would grow tall In the
south on strong land no matter how treated.
replied 10 him that proper breeding would re-
duee the stature OF corn anywhere and that had
reduced the tall Cookies Prolific corn to an aver
age Of two feet lower than the original height by
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26

The results that Mr. Worden quotes from the
Tennessee Station may De- all right for that
ton, where the climate in the mountain country
Is better adapted 10 soy beans than 10 cowpeas.
But In the warmer parts OF the South | do not
think any such results would be had. A mixture
OF soy beans and cowpeas half and half, is excel
lent and better than sorghum. The beans Will
hold up the peavines and render the harvesting
easier and the feed Is far better than sorghum.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26
Answers to Some Timely Questions.

C77 CORRESPONDENT asks about vctch and
IAI crimson clover sown tn the corn when lay
0G inr By. and wishes know 10 he can plow
on the corn with turn plo~ and set a stand.
lie can lay by the corn with the cul,vator and
before this SOW tho vctch seed and cultivate them
in He DO this a. same time he tows the peas.
but II all be too late TO the veteh after bog
gng down the peas and sowing rye. II would Dc
better TO 8 pounds OF crimson clover per
time with The rye
II he does no, nou peas be can sos RE and
vetch. and the rye will hold up the vrtch But II
hogs 10 run the field IN winter. / would
not SOW the vetch AZ ali. II the corn !n laid
by level. and is and cured in the shock.
he mow the peas and then erin
clover IN which the hogs be turned
when In bloom IN The spring They all! eat Il
down before time 10 sow peas. have not pat
turn plow IN a Geld for thirty years af'er 'hs
corn Is planted Tha, il no way 70 anish tho eul.
ovation OF a crop.
II the vetch plo, IL LEFT 10 rtpcn seed the land
can be aiAked over and siand secured
Another inquiries about rape. and when TO
~ while opinions dirsr thia polnt. would
rot rape TIL August Sow thin In ro~S and
cultivate like rutabaga turnips. Oue can use any
sort Of good fertilizer on Il. but II the land IT,
strong 10 wiil need oniy n dressing Of 200 pounds
81 eottonneed meal and 400 pounds OF acid pho1-
vhate and Is pounds Of murlAte Of potash per
acre
AID nt!il the questions come about crimson
clover / have never had success in sowing II
Wtfh peas as they will smother X out NOW the
peas aud then disk the land and so~ th" clover
seed IN August or September Sow crimson clover
seed among the cora. That IL the common
practice here and you can hardly md corn
de- that IN not green with the clover In winter
l. la far better 10 sow clover ia the corn IMAM
rye. FOR II one fails To get stand OF clover nc
vi atill have time TO the rye. Break the
wheat and oatn wtubbie wer and harrow smooth
and 4rlll the peas in with a wheat arm one !"
che 4nd IA half bushel per acre Mo" Az inc poas
turn yellow and then disk the stubble lightly ana
Sow the clover seed.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26
P r OF. M AS SEY'S
Editorial Page.

Prot Massey xill personally answer
Inquiries on Agricultural subjects
sent bT our readers
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26

r-171 CORRESPONDENT asks about vctch and
~ crimson clover sowu IN the corn when lay
RN ing BIZ. and wishes 80 know 10 he can piow
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-06-26

~ T DOES NOT MEAN, as many Of the dali,
M evspapers OF the South try 10 make tn.
IL farmers believe. the growing Of some q
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25

Laws Of 1907, relative to the salary
of the corporation clerk.
Bolton: Regulate the distribution
of samples of patent and proprietary
medicines from house to house.
burlington: Allow the Attorney
General a law clerk.
burlington CIV request) Charter
the Sta~tesville Air Line Company.
Mr.. Underwood called no the com
mittee substitute for his bill to pro
vide for the -electrocution at the State
prison of all felons sentenced to the
death penalty, abolishing hanging in
the State.
Nj. Perry, of Bladen. sent, forward
an amendment to substitute life i'm
prisonment at hard labor for electro
cution. Mr.. Douehton was sustained
on a point of order that the amend
ment was not germane.
A committee amendment was tack
ed. to the bill prohibiting newspapers
from printing anything concerning an
~electrocution save the bare fact of the
execution, but this was withdrawn on
the suggestion of Messrs: D%oughton.
| Stubs and Hayes that it would be
impossible to attach any penalty to
its violation and therefore the provis-
ion could not be enforced, as the con-
stitution freedom of the press could
not be interfered with.
The bill was passed on its readings
with neither discussion nor division.
Mr.. Havmere wanted to protest, but
he got to his feet too late. The act
goes into effect from it's ratification,
but will not apply to any case pend
irg at date of ratification.
Many private roll-call bills were
passed on second reading.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
w GLEAN1NGs.

Several more women were attacked
by a stabber in Berlin.
DR.. James Ewing urges the value
of vivisection in cancer research
work.
Officials at St. Petersburg look fo1
no hostile action by Austria toward
Servia.
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
sold $29,864,000 bonds to j. P. Nor
gan & Co.
German-American societies began
G crusade in New York against the
treating system.
Russell Sturgis, the architect and
writer, died in New York City in his
seventy-third yea
Fordham students, New York City.
organized a club to be devoted en-
tirely to charity work.
Americans and Cubans in Havana
Joined in a ceremony of commemora-
ton of the destruction of the Maine,
eleven years ago.
The HaWley interests left the Col
orado and Southern board and en-
tered the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail-
way directorate.
An Ice barrier formed In the Ma"
CARA River Just above the American
falls, the water barely trickling over
the great precipice.
The Government law making
changes in the administration OF cit
les and provinces was passed by the
Spanish Cortes at Madrid.
The State Department at Washing
ton, D. c., was Informed by cable that
Commissioner buchanan had signed
a protocol with the Venezuelan Gov
eminent.
AS a result of the trip Of engineers
to Panama with President-elect Taft
it is said in Washington, D. c., that
there will be no change in the plans
of the Isthmian Canal.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
Il TOOK PE-Ru-NnA

Miss Nnette Porter, Braintree. Yer.
mont, writes: Il have been cured bv
Peruna. -
Il had several hemorrhages of the lungs
The doctors did not help me much and
would never have cured me.
Il saw a testimonial in a Peruna almanac
of q case similar to mine, and | commenced
using it. l wrote to DR.. Hartman for adj
vice. He kindly gave me free adrice.
was not able to wait on myself when
l began using it. / gained very slowly at
first, but | could see that it was helm,
ing ne:
menced to raise up a stringy, sticky, SUBJ
stance from my lungs. This grew less and
less In quantity as l continued the treat
ment.
Il grew more feshy than l had been
for a long time, and now I call myself
A Bad Cough.
Mrs. Emma Martin, Odessa, Mo, writes.
i cannot thank you enough for curing me.
For two years [ doctored my cough.
which cost me many dollars, but still I
seemed to get worse. My cough was so.
bad | could not sleep.
Finally | purchased a bottle of Peruna.
After the use of six bottles l feel that T
am cured"
People who object to liquid medicines
can now secure Peruna tablets.
For a free illustrated booklet entitled
Truth About Pcruna, " address The
Peruna Co, Columbus, Ohio. Mailed post
paid.
Peruna is sold by by your local
druggist. Buy a bottle today.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
HALLS OF

Insurgents" in the Senate deter
mined to flibuster to delay action on
the Naval Appropriation bill.
When the postal savings bank bill
was before the Senate Senator Hey
burn, of Idaho, spoke in opposition
to it.
1t was reported that Representa-
tive Fitzgerald, of New York, would
succeed John Sharp Williams On the
Rules Committee of the House.
The joint resolution making Feb
ruary II a special legal holiday. in the
District and the Territories, in honor
of Abraham Lincoln, was passed.
Mr.. Hale said that of 3,O0O,0O0
pounds of powder used annually
eminent, the remainder being pur-
chased.
The Senate Insurgents" is was
learned, agreed upon certain funda-
mental changes which they will try
to bring about in the customs of the
Senate.
Senator Lodge offered an amend
ment to the Senate rules aimed at
preventing particularly the speech in
preparation by Senator Tillman at
lacking the President.
The President sent a special mes
sage to Congress transmitting the re-
port of the conference on dependent
children, and recommending the es-
tablishment of a children's bureau.
Senator Kittredge declared that a
Panama lock canal will cost $780,
100000, and with Senators Foraker
and Teller, advocated a change to
the sea-level type, the estimated cost
of which is $247, 100000.
The ever interesting ceremony of
counting the electoral vote was con-
Quoted by the Senate and House in
joint session. William H. Taft was
declared elected President and James
S. Sherman Vice-President, the count
disclosing 321 electoral votes for the
Republican candidates, as against
162 for Bryan and Kern.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
Held On Grave Charge.

WaynesvlIe, Special. B. Bar
retx who has a wife and a daughter
abOut twelve years old in Cherokee
county. was arrested on the charge
OF persnading Miss Lula Long, of
Hickory, TO pack her clothes in his
trunk and PIT $125 in his possession,
saving that they would go to Geor-
G7a and be married. Barrett in some
war eIuded Miss Long at Asheyille
and with her clothing and money,
%ontTnuing ais journey towards Geor-
ga Miss Long discovering she had
heen deceived before Barrett reached
Fhe Georgia line. had him arrested.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
Hancosk Found Guilty.

Winston-Salem, Special. After
considering the case of l.. G. Han
cock for embezzlement for twenty
seven hours, the jury Thursday re-
turned a verdict of guilty with a plea
for mercy for the reason. that some
Of the jurors had doubts. as to the
sanity of the defendant. Hancock
was charged with embezzling nearly
three thousand dollars while manager
for the Lambfsh Lumber Company.
Defendant was sentenced to the State
prison for five years. His counsel
gave notice of appeal to the Supreme
Court and he was released on $500
appearance bond.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
HINTS.

When buckwheat cakes stick, rub
the griddle we'll with salt.
Clothes carefully sprinkled and
folded are half ironed.
The oil cloth on the kitchen table
will wear longer If the table is
first covered with heavy wrapping
paper.
When coffee grinds as If it were
tough we find it helps matters and
improves the flavor to heat it well
and let 1t get cold, before grinding.
The white canton flannel mems
gloves, ten cents a pair in any coun-
try store, are nice to slip on when
M must hang a washing out in cold
weather.
When you feel like coughing take
a warm deep breath instead, and
hold your berath as long as possible.
In a little while you will not need
to cough so often. Coughing is a
bad thing for a cough.
For tickling in the throat that
causes unnecessary coughing a good
remedy is gargling every half hour
with hot water, in which a little
soda has been dissolved.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
WITH N. C. LAWMAKERS
Doings Of the State Legislature Con-
notwithstanding Items from
Day 10 Day.

In the Senate Monday the follow
ing new bills were introduced:
Barringer: Provide for the pun
ishment of safe-crackers.
Wray: Require. the board of edu-
cation to furnish textbooks for In
digent public school children.
Barringer: Relating to the com
pensation of solicitors.
Dockery: Resolution revising the
payment Of the expenses of the JOINT
committee on the deaf and dumb IN
visiting the State School at Morgan
ton.
Authorize three millions State
bonds for refunding the State bonds
falling due in 1910.
Senate resolution to pay the e
penses of the subcommittee in visit
ing the State School for the Deaf and
Dumb.
The following passed final reading
The substitute bill for amending
Sec. 3057, Revisal, imposing a tax of
$64 on mineral water companies do
ing business in this State with q grad
uated scale Of taxes.
Scott .(by request): Regulate mill
tary affairs.
In the House on Monday new bills
we're as follows:
Morton: Relative to the sale OF
Misunderstanding beverages, allowing
the sale of those having not moro
than 2 per cent alcohol.
Barnes, of Hartford. Enlarge and
remodel the State house and issue
bonds in the sum of 100000 to pay
the same.
HagemGn: P~2vide for the main
tcnance and enlargement of Appala-
chan Training School.
Linney: Require the State board
Of education to furnish necessary
books to INDECENT children.
Graham: Establish State drug
commission and prevent the sale of
adulterated drugs.
Koonce: Increase the annual ap-
preparation for Confederate pensions
from 100000 to 100000.
A number passed final reading, be-
ing of local OF private interest.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25

Newbills introduced in the Senate
Saturday were in part as follows:
Doughton: Amend the Revisal as
to the duties and power of notaries.
Peele: Amend the charter of the
Salisbury-Fayetteville Coast Line
Railroad Company.
Kluttz: Forbid the sale of certain
narcotic drinks to habitaues and re-
peal a clause Of Chapter II, Acts of
1907.
Elliott: Provide the Australian
ballot for elections in North Carolina.
A bill of general interest that pass
ed final reading was to compel
express companies to make prompt
settlements of C. o. D. shipments. "a
Merchants Association billy.
There was a large number Of bills
beng ratified by President Pro Tenn.
Kluttz when Senator Nimocks rose to
a question Of parliamentary inquiry
as to the power of the President Pro
lem. 20 ratify bills. He was in
formed that this matter had been
carefully investigated and that it was
found that there was ample law for
the President Pro TEN. to- perform
all the functions of the President in
the absence of that official, including
the ratification of bills.
The Solicitors salary bill by Sena-
tors Ormond and Blow, reported fav-
orably during the morning hour with
a salary of $4,000 specified, was made
a special order for next Thursday on
motion of Senator Ormond.
In the House Saturday as ir the
Senate much business was done but
largely of local interest. The follow
ing are part of the new bills intro
duced:
Gordon: Issue bonds to carry out
act of 1907 relative to the care of the
insane. the amount carried being
$500, OO0.
Gordon: Prevent advertising for
sale and the sale of articles to pre-
vent conception.
Koonce: Authorize commissioners
of any county where an experiment
farm or other station has been estab-
lished or is about to be established
to aid the Department. of Agriculture
by donating land or otherwise.
Daily: Amend Chapter 349, Laws
of 1903. relating to giving and filing
prescriptions.
Braswell: Prevent the indiscrimi-
nate manufacture and sale of dupli-
cate switchlock KEYS.
Weaver: Allow foreign executors
in certain cases to convey land de-
vised to them without first giving
bond in this State.
Barnes, of Johnston: Amend 1906,
Revisal, relative to the trial of crimi-
nal cases.
Doughton: Amend Chapter s3a.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
Mrs. Sage,s Prediction.

Mrs. Russell Sage, who is n OF
the most generous and wise of public
b~enefactors, is receiving general
thanks for buying an abandoned race
track and converting it into a public
playground and athletic field for
children and young people Of Sag
Harbor, L. I. Mrs. Russell Sage, it is
said, predicts that New York women
will again ballot within the next six
years, through a great petition from
women taxpayers, protesting against
taxation without representation.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-25
300 ReRard. 800.

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