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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
May be Better Than They Were
Last Year.

Replying to your inquiry as to the
crop conditions in Richmond county,
speaking, generally, they are fine and
the seasons have been fine. Cotton
corn, and small grain are a great deal
more promising than usual and will
probably be better than last year.
Good roads and improved agri-
cultural methods have benefited the
county in a very marke degree, and
Richmond county properly deserves
it's reputation for fertile farms and
prosperous manufacturing enterprises,
and, of course, everybody knows about
Rockingham The Best Town At
ALL"
A. S. DOCKERY.
Rnckin0ham N C
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
STANLy.
AVERAGE CROPS.
Cotton the Only One That VIE Fail
Short.

Short.
Stanly will AVE about so per cent.
an average yield of cotton. Planting
was two weeks or more late in start
ing, and this was followed by excess
slve rains and cool weather, which
greatly retarded growth and develop
ment Of plant. Possibly three or five
per cent. of the crop planted was plOW-
ed UP and the land given to other
crops. The weather during the lat
ter part of June and through July has
been especially favorable TO the crops
and great progress has been shown in
cultivation and the crep condition has
greatly improved.
Corn, upon the wnCIe, SHOWS up
fine and the yield bids fair to be up to,
if not exceed the average.
The wheat crop is not giving as
strong returns as was thought when
Continued on Page -\ine.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03

the county the best result of voa.
is reported: in others, the cron IS
almost a failure. On the whola g..
is most likely to fall quite r 90
deal below the average.
JOHN NJ. JULIAN
Salisbury. n. G.,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
SCOTLAND.
COTTON CROP AN AVERAGE ONE.
Canteloupe Crop May Have been Over
done

uOIlC.
Scotland county's money crops are
cotton, c~antalOupes and WatermelOns.
Our me grow enough corn and
pea vine hay to supply their farms
and While some considerable amount
of hay is sold, corn is not sold except
when the farmer finds that he has
go q surplus. We claim the garden
spot Of the State and it is a fact OBJ
tanned from the Census Bureau at
Washington that we make more cotton
per acre than is made in the South.
Our lands are we'll cultivated and are
very fertile and We seldom make Il
failure though sometimes from ex-
cesslve rains and drought We have
short crops. The cotton crop is not
as good this year as some years, but
1t is considered to be about an aver
age. The cantaloupe industry is grow
ing to considerable proportions. This.
however, is one crop hat can be over
done in the way of production. This
year the prices are very disappointing,
WatermelOns began to move abOu the
24th. This crop is shorter this year
than usual. Scotland county produces
ABOUT 1000 ears of Watermelons and
cantaloupes and more than 10000
bales of cotton.
L~aurinburg, N. c..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
All CrODS Short.

/ would suppose from best informa-
ton that our crop conditions for Pitt
are as follows: Cotton, 70 per cent;
tobacco, 50 per cent; corn, so per
cent, and peanuts, so per cent.
NJ. Q. BLOUNT.
Bethel, N. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03

The crop conditions in Richmond
county are not up to the average.
Cotton is small but with good weather
from now on it will produce a fair
yield. Corn \shOWs up some better
but is not up to the average. Melon
crop is a little short.
x. r. HARTStIELD.
Hamlet. N. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
robson.
CROPS
Satisfactory Yield Of the Stan,e

satisfactory Yield OF. the Staple Crops
Expected.
rms week vii. see the winding up
- Carload Of cantalOupeS.
Cor ,1opes' as the grower and h1v-
ers nke to call them) but will be
only the beginning Of the big ship
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03

Yield Will Not Exceed IS Per Cent. of
Normal CrOp.-COrn 80 Per Cent.

The cotton growers of Rowan coun-
ty are as a rule pessismistic on the
outlook. Inquiries with a half hum
dred of them and personal inspection
Of a slight proportion Of the whole
acreage convinces me tina the yield
will not exceed 65 per cent. of the nor
NAL crop. Corn will probably go as
high as 80 per cent, although it too
has been seriously affected by 4.
verse conditions.
1t is Impossible to make anything
like a safe estimate with reference
to the wheat yield. In some paris If
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
n Fair Yield.

Rockingham, N. c..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-03
0 PROMISING.

Rockingham, N. c..
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-14
DR.. ROLLER WANTS
HIS MONEY BACK

LOS ANGELES, January 4.-Dr. f.
B. Roller, Seattle's physician-wrestler-
boxer. will not meet Al Kaufman be-
fore the Jeffries Athletic Club. Some
time ago he challenged the winner of
the Barry-Kaufman battle and posted
$1,000 with a Seattle paper as a for
felt and side bet In letter to Baron
Long today he asks that the proposed
match be called off, giving as his
reason that he can secure more ac-
ceptable division of the purse before
a Seattle club.
Jim Barry, who was defeated by
Kaufman Wednesday night, left to-
night for New Orleans. His hands
are still in bad shape and his face is
discolored. His manager says he can
not fight again inside of two months.
- - y = - - - - - - y y y y y - ~
Cup offered for best collection in
American class-Won by c. Montague
| Cooke Jr.
Same. in Mediterranean class-Won
| by Mrs. S. I. Shaw.
Same. in English class-Won by John
| F. G. Stokes.
| largest number of birds in poultry
classes, scoring ninety points or over
Won by John Cullen.
Highest score in Hawaiian bred bird
in show-Mrs. S. /. Shaw.
Best pen in American class. j
| Greene.
Same, Mediterranean elass-Mrs. S. L
| Shaw.
Same, game class--L. c. Ables.
| Best conditioned bird-Dr. c. b
High.
Best shaped male in show-H. Jeffs.
Best shaped hen in show-L. c. Abies
Best parti-colored male bird IN sho"
I-F. C. Atherton.
Best parti-eolored hen in show
| C. Atherton,
Best solid-colored male bird in sho"
il. J. Greene. ~,
Best solid-colored hen in show-Wal'
ter E. Wall.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-14
GEO. R. ANDREWS, OF FRESNO,
CAL.-WHO JUDGED THE POULr
TRY SHOW ENTRIES.

=" @" "" ~ e" Ss - ~ ~ ~ % ~ =" ~ ~ ~ e~
Cullen, l, 2, 3 and 4.
Black Sumatra Game Pullet-John
Cullen, l, 2, 3 and 4.
japanese Game Hen-John Markham.
Japanese Game Cockerel-Mrs. Me-
naugh, 1 and 5; John Markham, 2; Ma
kino, 3; JAS. II. Cummings, 4.
japanese Game Pullet-Jas. II. Cum
mings, l; Manuel Camara, and 3; John
Markham, and 5.
japanese Shame Game Cock-H.
Jeffs.
Old English Notified Breasted Game
| Cock-H. Jeffs.
Red Cuban Game Hem. w. Weed, 2.
Red Cuban Game Cockerel-F. w.
Weed, g
Australian Game Cockerel-F. w.
Weed.
Silkies Cockerel-Phiiip c. Wong.
Frizzles Cock-W. w. Wright.
Frizzles Hens = w. W. Wright, l
and ..
White Bantam Hens-C. F. Herrick,
Jr, 1 and 2.
F., Colored Muscovy Drake-D. P. R.
Isenberg.
Colored Muscovy Duck-Frank San
tos.
White Pekin Drake-D. P. R. Isen.
I berg.
| White Pekin Duck-D. P. R. Isen
berg, l and ?.
| Pigeon Glasses.
| Colored Pouter Cock-HaroId P
Hustace.
White Pouter Cock-Harold P. Hus
tace.
White Pouter Hen-Harold P. Hus
tace.
White Pouter Pair. H. Craig.
! Black Fantail Pair. H. Craig.
| Bronze Fantail Cock-Harold P
| Hustace.
| White Barb Pair. Fl. Craig.
| Black Barb Pair. II. Craig.
Black English Carrier Pair-W. W
| Wright.
| Brown Jacobin Pair-J II. Craig.
| Yellow Jacobin Pair-W. W. Wright
Runts-John Cullen, l and 5.
Black Runt Pair-W. w. Wright, .
Blue Runt Pair. H. Craig.
Dark Blue Runt Cock-W. W. Wright
Light Blue Runt Cockerel-W. W
Wright.
/ ohNer hunG falr-J. H. craig,
and ..
Light Bronze Runt Pair-W. w
Wright, ,.
Black Homer Pair. H. Craig.
White Burmese Pair-L. c.. Ables. l
IL. IL. Craig, 2.
| Archangel Pair-W. W. Wright.
| Carneaux PARA. \. Campbell,
and ,
Special Prizes.
| The following special prizes wer
awarded:
Grand prize medal, offered by tn
American Poultry Association for hes
bird in American elass-Won by C. B
High.
Same, in Asiatie class-Won by Man
uel Camara.
Same, in Mediterranean class-Wol
by J. J. Greene.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-14

a house built of wax, the idea of E.
c. Smith and B. T. Fullaway, of the
station.
The Bureau of Agriculture and For
estry is represented by display from
each of the departments. That of the
chronological department is being
studied over carefully by visitors, who
appear to have a desire to become ac-
quainted with both the friendly and
harmful insects of Hawaii. AS a rule,
judging from the pinned-up specimens,
the more useful the bug the homlier
he is.
The forestry department shows a
number of forest reserve maps and a
number of growing plants from their
nursery. The animal industry depart
ment has a collection of pathological
specimens, quite as bad as they look.
The Pacific Guano Fertilizer COM
pany has a group Of marine birds and
and exhibition of the various brands
of growth promoters bagged in Kalihi.
Judge G. R. Andrews Pleased.
George R. Andrews, of Fresno, who
is here to Judge the exhibited birds,
has expressed his pleasure at finding
the show so well housed and with so
many good birds. He went over the
coops yesterday and ticketed the win
ners, his work being done thoroughly
in spite of the limited time allowed
him.
Features of the Program.
The exhibition will be open every
morning and afternoon and every
evening until nine clock for the rest
of the week.
This evening, at half past seven
o'clock, Professor B. E. Porter, of the
College of Hawaii, will deliver a lee.
ture on "Selection of POULTRY dem
onstrating his points with live speci
mems, and will also give some prac
teal points for success in the handling
of poultry. illustrating his talk with
lantern slides. On Friday, at the
same hour, he will give another prae
teal talk on poultry keeping in Ha
wall, illustrating this also with Lantern
slides.
The Prize winners.
The entries and the prize winner:
were:
Barred Plymouth Rock Cock-Johr
Cullen, /; C. Montague Cooke, Jr.,
and 4 T. C. Anterior, 3.
Barred Plymouth Rock Hem. C
Anterior, l; C. Montague Cooke, Jr.
and 3.
Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerel-F
C. Anterior, l; C. Montague Cooke, Jr.
?, 8 and 4.
Barred Plymouth Rock Pullet-Johl
Cullen, /; C. Montague Cooke, Jr.,
8, and 5.
White Plymouth Rock Cock-Walte
E. Wall, 1 DR.. C. B. High, , and 3.
White Plymouth Rock Hem. c
Ables, 1; E. R. Bath, ,; DR.. C. B. High
3, and 5.
White Plymouth Rock Cockerel-DI
C. B. High, and 3; Walter E. Wall
and 4; H. Jeffs, 5.
White Plymouth Rock Pullet-Wal
ter E. Wall, l and 4; L. c. Ables, ? an
3; DIR. c. B. High, ).
| White Plymouth Rock Pen-L. {
| Ables, l. Water E. Wall, 2.
Buff Plymouth Rock Pullet-A. y
Campbell, / and ,
| Silver Peneilled Plymouth Rock Coo
Frank Santos
Silver Pencilled Plymouth Rock He
Frank Santos.
Buff Wyandotte Coek-B. F. Bear6
more.
Buff wyandotte Hen-B.- F. Bear(
more.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-14

Buff Wyandotte Cockerel-B. F.
Beardmore. l and 2.
Buff Wyandotte Pullet-B. F. Beard
more.
Buff Wyandotte Fen-B. F. Beard
more.
Partridge Wyandotte Pen-J. J.
Greene.
Silver Peneilled Wyandotte Cock
Frank Santos
Silver Pencilled Wyandotte Hen
Frank Santos.
S. c. Rhode Island Red Cock-John
Cullen, /, = and 3.
S. c. Rhode Island Hen-John Cullen,
?, 3, and 5.
S. c. Rhode Island Red Cockerel-
John Cullen, l, 2, and 4; Frank An
drade, 5.
S. c. Rhode Island Red Pullet-John
Cullen, /, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
R. c.. Rhode Island White Cock
Jason Andrade
R. C. Rhode Island White Hen
Jason Andrade.
r. c. Rhode Island White Cockerel-
j. A. johnson, L Jason Andrade, 2.
R. c. Rhode Island White Pullet-
J. A. johnson, /; Jason Andrade, 2.
R. C. Rhode Island White Pen-J. A.
johnson.
Dark Brahma Cock--Frank Santos
Dark Brahma Hen-Frank Santos.
Dark Brahma Coekerei-Frank San
tos.
Dark Brahma Pullet-Frank Santos,
l and 2
Black Langshan Coekerel-Manuel
Camara.
Black Langshan Pullet-Manuel Ca
mara.
S. c. White Leghorn Cock-Raymond
G. Brown, l Mrs. S. l. Shaw, 2.
s. c. White Leghorn Hen-Mrs. S. 1.
Shaw l and B; Raymond C. Brown,
| 2, and 5.
S. c. White Leghorn Cockerel-Mrs.
S. l. Shaw, l and =.
S. C. White Leghorn Pullet-Mrs. S.
|. Shaw, l and 2
s. c. White Leghorn Pen-Mrs. S. I.
Shaw.
S. C. Buff Leghorn Cock-H. Jeffs.
| S. c. Buff Leghorn Hen-A. n. Camp
bell.
S. C. Black Minorca Cock-J. H
Craig, 2.
| S. C. Black Minorca Hem. H
Craig, l, and 3.
S. c. Black Minorca Cockerel-J. J.
Greene, l and 2.
s. c. Black Minorca Pullet-J. J
Greene, 1, and 3.
| S. c. Black Minorca Pen-J. H. Craig
S. c. White Minorca Cock-John
Guild.
S. C. White Minorca. Hem. C
Ables, L and 4; John Guild, 2, 3 and 5
| s. c. White Minorca Pullet-Johr
Guild.
s. C. White Minorca Pen-L. C
Ables.
| S. c. Buff Orpington Cock-John F
G. Stokes, l and .; Chas. McWayne. 8
S. c. Buff Orpington Hen-John F
! G, Stokes, and 3; Chas McWayne, 2
). c. Buff Orpington CockereHJohr
f. &. Stokes, 2,~3, and 5.
.. Buff Orpington Pullet-Joh1
f. G. Stokes, 2, 3, and 5.
,. {. Black Orpington Hen-Chas
McWayne, l, and 8.
spangled Orpington Coek-Chas. Nc
| Wayne, ..
! White Crested Black Polish Cock
j. A. Fernandes.
White Crested Black Polish Hen
j. A. Fernandes.
i White Crested Black Polish Pen
Jos. Rodriques.
Silver Spangled Hamburg Cock
Vernon c. Tenny, ..
i Silver Spangled Hamburg Hen-Ver
non Z. Tenny, l and >.
Silver Spangled Hamburg Pen-Mrs
FL. Jeffs.
Cornish Indian Game Cock-Johl
: Markham, l and ?.
Cornish Indian Game Hen-Joh1
Markham, l and ?.
Cornish Indian Game Coekerel-Johf
Markham, / and 4; St. c. Sayres, ?; w
c. King, 3.
Cornish Indian Game Pullet-W. c
King, l and ..
: White Indian Game Pen-L. C. Ables
Black Sumatra Game Hen-John Gu
: len, l, and 8.
Black Sumatra Game Cockerel-J OH
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-14
Soc, SI.OO and SI.5O
ART THEATER

MOVING PICTURES
The Black Princess
A Visit to the Public Nursery
A Useful Present for a Child
A Spiritualistic Seance
In China Z
Dom Pull My Leg -, )
The Legion of Ghost
ORCHESTRELLE
Lohengrin Wedding March
Heidelberg Stein Song
The Dying Poet
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-14
CHINESE WILL
HOLD BIC MEET
New Years Day Will Be Cele'
brated by Athletic
Events.

The Chinese are getting down to
business in preparation for their track
meet, which will be held on the Boys
Field on Chinese New Years Day.
The entries will be open to Chinese
and part Chinese only, and the admis-
sion to the games will be free.
This track meet will take the same
old form as in days of yore. 1t was
at first planned to. have baseball
game to celebrate the event, but at a
meeting last night it was decided to
continue the old schedule. This ac-
ton on the part of the Chinese lads
is commendable, for there is a great
deal of work to be done in the ar
ranging for a field exhibition.
Entries will be received at the Sun
Chung Kwock Bo office. The commit
tee on arrangements is as follows:
Tong Kau, chairman; DR.. E. F. Lii,
W. Tin Chong, Sam Hop, and A. K.
Vierra.
The program of events of the day
will he as follows:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
June 1. 1909
TUESDAY
/ WISH CHOICE.

The state Bankers Association act
ed wisely in electing Mr.. John Q. Ell
Ington as president of the associa-
tirn. Mr.. Ellington is d bro~ad-guageh'
progressive and capable banker lie
is that. but he is more than that: he
i a citizen who is deeply interested
in public progress and helps forWard
every movement looking to the de-
velCprent and prosperity of the State.
He does not think that a banker owes
no duty except to safely keep and
]prudently loan the money of deposit
ors. but that he should be a leading
factor in the life Of his community.
Moreover. he does not belong to the
cult that takes opinions, political or
otherwise, from the banking mag
mates, but has his own convictions
and doesn't think it broad and big
10 say me too" every time some Pier
po.t Morgan announces some doctrine
that would concentrate the wealth of
the world in the hands Of a few and
make them ObliVious to the rest of
mankind.
Mr.. Ellington is a native of John
ston county; son of that big son of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ellington; is a
cousin of Rev. John E. White, n is
as big in the banking world as White
in the pulpit, and is cashier and vice
president of the conservative and
successful Fourth National Bank of
Fayetteville. Before going to Fay
e~tteville, he was State Bank EXamin-
er and made a reputation in that po-
sitiOn.
You may travel all over the world
and you will not find two superior
men to the retiring president, Mr..
Herbert w. Jackson, and his success
or, Lr o Q. Ellington. The bank
ing profession embraces today many
of the first men of the State, not only
as financiers, but as men Of ability to
lead in every department of business
and enterprise.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
HOW BANKS HELP EVER BOD

At the Bankers convention in Char
lotte last week, a new departure was
made and, instead Of a large number
of long papers being read, the presl-
dent of the convention. Mr.. Herbert
w. jackson, of Raleigh, introduced a
new feature of brief and rapid fire dis
cussion of practical matters that AFFECT
the banks and the pubic. one OF
these was the question Of advertising
nv banks, and the discussion develop
ed the fact that the banks that have
The largest business, that do the most
good to their communities and are the
most progressive are the strongest be-
lieNers in publicity, and the opinion eX-
pressed by such banks was that adj
vertisins in the newspapers of large
circulation was money we'll spent.
The old time banker did not adVer-
tise and many of them thought it did
not compor with the dignity of such
an institution to insert advertisements.
The result was that comparatively few
people, and they only the business peo-
pie, kept their money in the banks.
h liz ell h&li041 boIiI " ~
Vertise has come cO-eHIstt nifty With the
time when the banks Eegan to increase
their depOsits-When the people who
had much money or little quit putting
it in chimney corners and in their
stockings, and pat it in the banks.
ami advertising has not only helped
banks, bat it has been a great help in
encouraging the people in habits of
saving, for when a person gets a bank
account he begins to wish to see it in
add from time to time to his bank
account.
Ten years ago the News and OBJ
server cid not carry the advertisement
of q single bank in its columns, cx-
cept pei iodical statements and now
and then "a advertisement in some
special edition. Today it carries per
haps half a page Of bank ADVERTISE
nlents, including not only Raleigh
banks, but strong banks elsewhere in
when ali the large banks in North
Carolina Will use its columns to ad-
V~ertlse. OF course newspapers have a
selfish interest in this matter, but be-
yond that, this changed idea by which
the banks seek publicity, instead of the
old fashioned policy that Stunned pub
lie statement, has been a mighty i'm
pulse TOWARD increasing deposits and
putting every dollar in the State ac-
lively at work.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
Alone in Saw Mill at MIDNIGHT

uhInlnd1ul OF oampness, drafts, storms
or coid, w. j. Atkins worked as Night
at Banner Springs. Tenn.
Hucn eNposur gave him a severe cold
tndt setlied on his lungs. At last he
had to give up work. He tried many
remedies but all failed till he used DR..
klng,s New Discovery. after using
bottle he writes. L went back to
work as well as ever" Severe Colds.
and sore lungs, Hemorrhages Croun
and Whooping Cough get quick relief
ana prompt cure from this glorious
medicine. soc. and $1.OO. Trial boz
tie 1ree' guaranteed by all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
IT WAS A GEM.

The address by President Hill, Oh
the graduating class Of the A. and N.
COLLEGE. was a gem. It vas brief, IT
had Wit. it had a brief admonition
well EXPRESSED. and was irradiated by
cheerfUlness and noble sentiment Will
out being like a m 1t seems
to have impressed all who heard i.
Mr.. Ashcraft. editor Of the Monroe
Enquirer, who attended commence
ment. gives his estimate of the fare
we'll talk in his paper thus:
Uncle Remus makes the old negro
man say to the little boy: De tarapin
carries his own house on his own
head, he mesSeS wild nObOdV ana no
body messes wild him Young men,
there may be a place for the non
hearted man and there may be 4
place for the bull dog man. but no
where in the world is there a place
for the 'terrapin man-the man who
gets into his own house and mess9s
with nobody and allows nobody 70
mess with him.
Young men, as you SO out from
here so live that when the roll-call
of the class of 1909 is called UP yon-
der YOU may answer, as you have often
answered at roll-call in this institution,
i am here
The first paragraph is what DR.. ID
H. Hill, president of the A. and NJ.
College at Raleigh, said last TUESDAY
IN his farewell talk to the graduating
class. siXty-eight young men, who
stood before him. In the second par
agraph his closing words are quoted.
"Between these two ~utterances were
a few, a very few, words of encour-
agement and advice yelling from a
heart full of love and sympathy for
the splendid young manhood before
him. It was the first time DR.. Hill,
as president of q college, had spoken
to men who had graduated under his
administration. We venture the as
SertiCn that never was a rrOre SenSl-
BILE, appropriate farewell talk given TO
a graduating class han was the n
from Dr.. Hill to the class Of 1903 at
the \. and NJ. College,"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
To Get Rid of Vermin.

My hogs got lousy last year before
l knew tt. ] could not afford to build
a dripping tank, so | put into three
quarts of hot soapsuds one-half pint
OF Kerosene Oil, boiled and stirred
vigorously for ten minutes. When
the emulsion has cooled sufficiently r
poured it through a sprinkline can
along the backs and over the heads
Of the pigs. The ticks and lice
quickly disappeared, but l repeated
the dose twice more during the sum-
mer.-J. G.. Barnes, Indiana
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01

Orange county is still at the head
ever if Durham was cut off from the
old county. Recently the friends Of
Mr.. John Laws, who has beer Regis
ter of Deeds of hat county for fifty
years, congratulated the old man
upon his eighty-ninth birthday. Now he
is being congratulated, for last week
the stork visited his home aud left a
bouncing boy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01

Some Nirginians, who are pretty
good folks, have lots of gall. as wit
ness the following from the Norfolk
NlrGlnIan-Pilot: w don't want to
Drag, says the Charlotte Observer. No.
out you just can't help it. Boasting
seems to be a common and ;naraaio-
able failing with North Caroline io,r
$50 = people. It's the damned
spot that Will not OUT"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01
NOTES or THE ORCHARD

The Ben Davis sells better in Lon
don than any other ample.
The Mission crane * tho con,rnr-
ella grape of New Mexico.
rye makes a fine cover crop where
Ihere IS nitrogen in the soil.
Inc grapevine should be kept free
from growth up to the crotch.
Inc grapevine should be Two wears
old before it is allowed to bear
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-01

The Wilmington board Of aldermen
are going to have all trash and gar
bage removed by contract. Many
cities are contracting for street pay
:ng and street cleaning instead of hir-
ing men by the day. In most places
plan.