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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
Proper Care of Horses.

Many horses are ruined by being
brought into the barn too hot and left
to stand in q cold draft OF hitched to
Il post to stand.
\ good currying occasionally does
not make d sleek horse. 1t takes
everyday grooming to open the pores,
soften the skin and produce a good,
healthy, sleek coat.
The colts training must begin
shortly after birth. \ halter should
be put on so he can be caught and
handled every day. Never tease him.
Regularity of work count in every
thing, and especially in h handling
of animals.
The horse that is worked regularly
acquires strong muscles and tough
shoulders.
Many farmers allow their work. horses
to remain idle for several days or
weeks at a time, and then Immediate
ly put them into hard service.
A horse that has been die for sew
eral days should be given very light
and moderate work for the first day
or two, so that the muscles and kin
will regain their strength and tough
ness.
1t is a better plan to arrange some
work for the horses daily. In this
way their bodies never become soft
and weak, hence they seldom become
i'll or injured and are always in train
ing FOR efficient service.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25

The soil best adapted to the growth
OF the pear IS q clayey loan, a very
light soil not being conducive to long
eVity nor to fine growth or much fruit
~fulness, and very heavy soil retard-
ing growth and stunning the trees
every way.
No matter how desirable the soil
may be otherwise, unless we'll drained
the trees will not thrive.
Pears grow over a wide range of
climate, however, but the best results
are obtained in rather moderate eli
mate.
When a tree gets stunted the first
or second year no amOun of care and
attention seems to enable it to re-
gain the lost growth.
Time can usually be gained by not
blowing the entire tract Of land at
once, but thoroughly pillow and work
up strips for the tree rows, say six or
eight burrows wide. the Intervening
space being worked up later or when
there is more time.
The standard varieties should be
planted about twenty-five feet apart
each way and the dwarf twelve feet
apart each way. Some growers plant
alternate rows of dwarf and standard
varieties, Mos people prefer to have
them kept in separate fields, however.
Dig holes at the Drope distance
loot heep ana ldiSe enough to
contain the roots nicely without
cranlplng; nave a half barrel or tub
OF good rich mud near at hand. and
When the broken or rushed roots are
removed with a sharp knife din the
trees into the tub, covering the roots
with this mud, and in this way in
surlng the earth clinging to the roots.
some good rich soil should be sprin-
kled in the bottom of the hole. Then
SET the tree in. spreading the roots
nicely and then shove! the soil in care
luiiS, setting the tree from time to
Tune, and in this way nave the soil
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
Illustration No. 1.

selves upon our attention. We may
admire them in a way, but It is a
way with which the idea Of home is
not associated.
But il shrubs and Derennials and
ne were planted about them their
responsiveness would be hidden, or at
least modified, and We would s00n be
GIN to hin of them as homes instead
Of houses.
No very tall-grOWing plants should
be used anywhere about the house ii
they viii interfere with the outlook.
are made to let in light and
and we cannot afford to
darker them with bushes or vines.
In the first illustration just enough
vines are used to soften the outlines
of the building, it will be observed.
A vine used in this way has a
chance to display it's individuality.
o see all its charm of leaf and habit
OF growth. But when trained as
shown in illustration No. > this indi-
Nlduality is lost. Here we have too
much of a good thing" The windows
are darkened. free outlook is inter-
fered with and the general effect is
mOnOtOnOuS.
one vine, planted at the corner ana
trained along the cOrnice, over the
windows with a few branches az
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
FIGHT THE INSECT PEST~.

For the little white fly use sulr7'-
tobacco soap according to direcCt''@
on the package.
For rose bugs in the evening Utf''
TWO or three ounces of Qua4Sia CItN-
(to be had of the druggisD in a nt..
ard I'LL with boiling water: tW" or
three Gallons. according TO size OF tine
rall. Let Stan6 unit. next mOrrt02.
then apply the liquid to the plant with
a garden syringe. getting the tea On
All sides Of The foliage and stems. u
the tea is applied hand-hot It vii .r
more effecti-e.
A strong soap suds made of any
good white soap, if applied Quit"
warm. is discouraging to the ni2
popnlatlOn. and is especially 'gCod
Tor the green louise or aDhiS.
Red Sn.derS affect the outdoor a.
well as the indoor plants and are uS'i-
ally found on the under side Of the
foliage, causing the leaves to turf.
crown and to curl at the edges
badly affected strip the leaves from
the plant and burn them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
RULES FOR RIGHT LIVING
proper Cooking and Personal CIranI-
ness Are Necessary TO Good
hCc1th.

A great majority Of farmers liz.
| we'll as anybody need to I've ana u..I
better than most people do. ~A.r
have the best Of food, well coz. ..
observe the avs Of sanitation. Er..-
latiOn and cleanliness, and the r-S.I.-
are shown in mental clearnees s..
bodily vigOr.
But there are yet many far.
who have not learned these s.n....
rules, which, unobserVed, are ~.r.
roads to i'll health. mental distress aud
| business failure. Hard work or ill.,.
farm does not XIII or render u~...-s
at middle age nearly as many ...n
| and women as does neglect OF tn.-.
health laws.
The scanned faces. bent bodies a.J
shrunken limbs occasionally serl u.
the farms are not so much eVida. .-
Of toll as ignorance or lndlffereu 20 Ia
the necessity Of good cooking, na~r
air in living rooms and frequent hattie
ing.
The pride of the average farm "...
is to set q good table, but Their aHe
many who Sc q mean one-a tf bic
! filled with food. rendered indige~-'...
by bad cooking and uninV.ting b" 't-
ing piled in heaps upon coarse. ".-
clean fishes
Farm folks work hurriedIs .u.
hard in the hot season, and .t-~.
meals are of necessity hastily e#.ea
and at irregular intervals. Unless .H'
IOtU is NiIoISSoI1lS oll' i'Io1Nb'F
ed dyspepsia and is long tran "-
evils is sure to follow.
The French, who are the mos "o'-
nOmical cooks in the world, Sat tl.'
Americans spoil half as muCh tot,s ~
cooking as is eaten.
Then the abuse Of the body J. .ut
matter Of cleanliness s often 81 @i:r
| than the abuse of the stomach som"
farmers remind us of the man HH"
after much persuasion bought a .stth
tub to be delivered in April, bNt F"-
fused to accept it in October, b" ll&e,
he declared, the bathing season ""~
over
Many families contine their hu'. Ing
TO the summer months. When r.e
creek is not frozen over. ana "ErI
IN this open season the only baths
INDUCED in are at Intervals ct a "~eN.
Think. if YOU IAN, of q man To- .iu@
ten or twelve hours a day in she t.l'II
in a hot sun, often drenched Wit the
| rain. and the pores of his body t.'--
oed with sweat and CRIME o. f|'
week, taking nothing more than
hastv dip without soap or bruSn only
on Saturday highland often U.@in-
the stress of harvest Shlppln OF "'
more of these periods.
We personally know farmers N1"~e
barns and dairies are provided "'-'
every modern convenience Tor ''
fort and cleanliness, but whose '%tt-
ing facilities for the entire tamlit are
confined to the hand basin OF the
washtub. No man who does NOT At'I
his skin clean can have much re~@-''
for himself. leaving health out 90 the
question:. An unclean skin l. tl'
cause of countless disorders VIII! n I'D
time develop into serious dlsea00
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
THE EGG-A-DAA LA1IN' Ift-N.
E,~o,;n,entaS SHOW the Egg Yield May
BE Greatly Increased by Stieii'iii'
Selection.
Ry X. +. LARA

Poultry raisers in the United states
are greatly indebted to the thorough
ness of the tests made at our eN-
important improvements in every
branch Of the poultry industry.
These experimental farms have
proved beyond doubt that by syste-
matte feeding and scientific breeding
of hens the latter can be MADE 10
greatly increase their number OF eggs
and also improve the rlchness ana
weight of the same, thereby raising
their market value.
The gratifying success thus far at
tanned by experiments in the way Of
increasing the eg~g-prOducing qualities
of certain breeds of hens has made
breeders hopeful Of securing Stlll
greater achievements along the same
line in the near future.
Perhaps to no State in the Union is
due q greater credit than to Maine Tor
the Improvement and betterment gen
orally in poultry raising
Professor George @. GOWell who
died last summer, engaged in this in
teresting and profitable work and his
discoveries influencing the hens Won
derful production OF eggs are
earnest attention in every section of
the country.
A cf the results of a Sc
rieS of experiments shows that of
some 1000 hens placed under obserVa-
ton for longer or shorter periods about
twenty had laid more than 200 eggs
apiece in q year, while two hens,
both of Plymouth Rock breed. and
both marked according to standard
regulations. have stood out so con-
s~Dicuously for their performances that
they may be counted among the most
profitable fowls in his country. if not
in the world.
The special pet of Professor Cow
ellis heart. and the bird which has
demonstrated the SucceSSfufneSS of his
untiring efforts and discoveries to
make hens produce a larger and better
quality of eggs. is d Barred Plymouth
Rock, which yielded PSI eggs the first
wear. She would be regarded as of
the egg type by those people who
profess to tell the egg-yielding capac-
ity of hens by their forms and mark
ings.
A number of other hens welded
240, 23S and 235 eggs each for the
year. not one, however,. producing lesS,
than 200.
Professor GOWells methods Of Sc
Letting breeding stock for high egg
production are to save the eggs from
the hens Of greatest egg yield and
hatch chicks from these.
BY so doing his Experimental pens
are now filled with pullets and COCK
erels the ancestors of which came
from stock that had given 200 or more
eggs in a year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
Illustration No. ..

lowed to drOOp here and there, would
have given q much more satisfactory
effect. The only admirable feature Of
this illustration is the planting along
n wall. But here, as with the vines.
matters seem almost OVerdOne. There
is q effect. Take another
look at No. l and note the difference
The best plants to use about the
base of the house are those which 90
not grow much higher than the wall.
Among hardy lind there is nothing
better than Dicentra, the dwarf varie-
ties OF perennial phlON and the herba-
ceOuS SplreaS. Along with these can
DC used such ANIMALS as the naStur-
tum, nlcOtiana, aster, ten week stock
ana cOreOpSiS. Here gcraniums and
coleus a be made to do duty in
BULBS for early blooming car be
scattered along the outer edge close to
the path. To edge the planting pan
sizes beiils perenn-s and the Iow-groW-
IN" varieties of phlOX can be used eff
IecIlNely. To furnish brilliance in
n1lo-summer the gladiolus can be
nLahteu n groups here and there. and
ne luperOSeS to give bloom and 20
lance iatsr in the season.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25

platform, While if standing on the
ground a heavy hog would be very
hard to hold.
The pen sketch Will give the idea
of construction, which may be altered
to suit convenience and material at
hand. This like all farm tools and
cO~nVeniences should be kept dry.
1t is the time lost when in a hurry
if YOU have to look about the place III
the weeds or piled-up rubbish tor
some tool hat counts. y place Tor
everything and everything in its place.
study this: it will help you.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
MAKING MONEY SOME.
Acre III Strawberries That Viii
Yield $500.
(LumbertOn Robersonian.1

Mr.. Joshua Barnes, who live |"-
tween two and three miles e0Sg nf
Lumberton. has a little patch of straw
berries that has been the source Hf H
nice little income for the last wv or
three weeks and looks as though il
VIII last for some time Yet. Mr..
Barnes has only one acre in +, ~~i-.
but they are of an extra variety and
have been selling for a good price.
Up unit. Wednesday he had SOLE as-nt
IS crates from which he realized >5
a crate after deducting shippinG ~
penSes Mr.. Barnes thinks he Wiz
realize $500 from his one aCr- ul
berries, which is making money ssm".
Mr. +. j. Thomas. eXDress agent, SAYS
nat he has received several letter. i'm
the last few DAYS from commission
men at Richmond, Va. asking hIla 70"
send them some of ParneS' heT-H.@
There is nothing like having the F'-
rietv.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
HOG RINGING DEVICE.

This is set in the opening OF the gate
The hogs are driven as though they
were to be turned out. When one puts
his head through between the levers
close them, fasten with pins. put IN
the rings, open up the levers and he
Will go on through.
The platform to which the levers are
fastened is for the hog to stand on
While being ringed. He is pulling OF
pushing. as the case may be, against
his own weight when standing on the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-25
NeWSend Views OfFurn1erS

well down among the roots.
When the mole IS about tWo-thlrds
full, press down firmly with the ieel
and then fill up and complete the Jop.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-08-13
Secure hunting License 81 Go. Auditor.
.z. RESIDENCE LICENSE 500

prohibited hunting
bird animal unless hs shall have nIst
that this does not prohibit any
Of his family residing permanently with him during
for IN this chapter auditors shall
ia s bs' appaen 81 such license writing apon
blanks Game Fish Board Of Control
OPEN SEASON.
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a. Turtle Dove snipe Quail Partridge
oodeoek Upland s Golden
wild Goose. wild Brant Crane and Swan Sep
AZ November
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a 81 na
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SsSs BAG liNaiT.
Prairie Grouse rs
each ii one Duck Goose
Wooaeock snipes 81 Ioyers 81 any variety
Win an5 desor dogs
bird IncIuding pointers
bs found b
sinclusiYe9 following OF each yeaTs
ArTERpTEp vsolATloR.
the public highway outside
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each year
u the provisions IS this chapter
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go THN Evrg EHR aIITs WILL
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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1909-08-13

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Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-26

with clenehed hands and rigid mus clss strung up like bows, listening to these sharp, quick words, in which other accepted a trust
 You can depend on me, John," broke out Bolivar. The bonus is t20,00e. One-foruth of it goes to Berins' family and another fourth comes to you. I will do this, win or lose, Is that rightT' ,s.-
 Good enough" laconically replied Dakusi screw her on. boys. Good-by! Good luck!"
 Now that the die was cast, the divers manhood ruled peremptorily. Those around knew, from his tone. that he would stop that hole or the watchers below the dam would need , to look for two bodies instead of one.
 God, this is awful" exclaimed Gould in Bollivar's ear, as the round copper helmet disappeared below the surface of the water T don't gee
 how you bear it," he said in a low tone. -s-~
 It's a battle, man." replied BoIli. var, "snd sometimes, as now, sud. den death. These men enlisted for
 the fight. know what it is; l was a bridge-wcrker when was 25.-Steady, eyerySody.' he shouted, springing to
 the front, ignoring the foreman. Watch that air-pump, boys, Keep your haud on the signal-line like you'd count mans pulsel" He leaned over the side of the scow staring down as though he would pierce the depths
 with his glance.
 There was whirl in the water and the mattress moved downward a lit.
 tie under the blow of the divers ax. Following close on the muffled sound, the air-tube parted with a snap. the two men holding a line fastened to the diver were dragged across the ! deck, and the rope twisted and turned ! paying out it's full length as it was snatched from their hands. until it brought up with a sharp twang-held by one of the beams of the boat "ANAN AS ASAN DCCh IdolcHeu dS All qua
 ed precaution. Everyone knew what had happened. They dared not pull, as it would certainly break and Dakus' body go down on the rocks. Even as
 they looked, the line twisted, ray.
 elled, and parted. where it passed
 over the scow. This meant the end. The work went on with feverish ar. dor, the mems faces white, as they
 cursed softly. The heavy mattress,
 released by the blows from Dakus' ax
 from where it had jammed,. had
 slipped down a few inches; but il be- l came evident now that it mGst be ham mered or weighted still more before 1t would slip along against the face of the dam, under the surface of the wa.
 ter, aud downward so as to cover the hole. A pfle-driver reared it's tall
 head from one end of the scow, ana the boat was quickly shifted so that |, would bear directly over the mattress.
 The end of a timber was placed against the edge of the massive plug l and the blow of the driver shortened,
 in order that by this means it might be jolted down into place without tear. ing it to pieces.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-26

has been accomplished should os held equally responsible for the dam age, whether it be robbing the pub lie by means of heaping indefensiDls nardships on the people, whether 4 be the man who takes human life ol whether it be the perpetration Of { crime of lesser degree.
 Governor Folk brought to us tht important lesson of the necessity for strict law enforcement in all de partments of government as the Oni! means of maintaining a condition which will insure our happiness anc enable us to maintain our self res pect. MT. Folk teaches much the same doctrine as Bryan, that al should be compelled to respect anC obey the law whether they be engag cd in great enterprises or whether they be the humbiest wage earner III the land.
 Captain HoDson made the duty ol American citizenship plain in the matter of making this government an example for the balance Of the world and pointed to Its important position as a world power and the necessity for providing whatever may be necessary to maintain our position and detending the country against all possible future dangers or complications.
 Governor Buchtel, of Colorado, i'm pressed upon his hearers the respon- life; Sunshine Hawks brought our duty to home, church and society ID most entertaining manner. Dr. stewart held his audience close to him while he gave his lecture" The Bliss of Singleness," while Nicola and the Hungarian band spiced the chautauqua season to the delight Of ali.
 The result of this chautauqua sea son will be other chautauquas In the future. It mas aroused an entnus- iasm among our people for other 1n- tenectuaI and educational Teasts which will mean better and peTman- ent accommodation for such events. Already there is a talk Of providing an auditorium in this city and the or a permanent cnau- iauqua society.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-26

Run here, all hands; here's Da- kus!" He pointed down into the wa. ter.
 For a second the foreman stood a picture of uncertainty. then shouted back:
 "The mattress still leaks; if we stop it will be too late to save the pre- mium."
 "D-n the prem;um!" shouted BollI- var. in a perfect frenzy of excitement Save. this poor fellow; let the pre- mium go and I'll pay the forfeit!"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-26

Bolivar down In loop of the rope. and 1t was the milAonaIre's arm which held poor trembling Dakus, pushing him back into the corner. until ready hands lifted them both into life and safety. -.
 Strong men cried like children, some of them shaking with those dry sobs which are terrible to hear from Ia man, while others cursed softly. ashamed of their emotion .
 The United States engineer could never afterwards tell just where the hands of his watch had pointed at the
Bisbee daily review., 1909-09-26

Down under the water, unsuspected by the eager workers above. poor Dakus battled valiantIy for his life. When his foot slipped he made the last blow with his ax, events followed SC quickly that he hardly realized be- ing sucked through the hole in the dam. When he regained conscious thought, he was hanging against the face of the wall, one knee on the ledge which has been described, the broken eir-pipe projecting from the helmet and extending ten feet below, the rope fastened to his suit passed up through the hole, jammed hard and fast in some way, while the stream of water shot over his head Tar out into the gorge. The weight of the heavy lead. en shoes of the diver made it dificult for him to move when out of the wa. ter, and now they bound him down like ball and chain.
 He hung inert until his breath came back. eagerly sucking the air through the broken pipe. realization of his aw- ful sitiIation coming slowly. To move would precipitate immediate death should the rope fall. His eyes tfav- sled along the face of the rock as far as the glasses of his helmet would permit, and he fastened desperately with one hand on a heavy ringbolt, which had been used to lift one of the stones by the crane as 1t had been placed in positicn, and afterwards for. gotten. instead O: being removed as was the custom. As he slowly raised himself to his feet, one hand slipped
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tcopyrignt, by J. $. LiDpIncoTt Col
 The huge dam on the Black War. rior river at Pale's Bar, after two years work. was nearly complete. Floods. unexpected delay from short. age of material, and trouble with la bor had retarded the construction so that the time specified in the contract for its completion expired at noon of this bright April day.
 The contract not only specified that forfeit should be paid by the con tractor if the head of water in the wheelpits should not be of sufficient volume to run all the turbines in stalled, but it also provided that a