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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
JUNE WORK NOTES.

Notice little white spots on the pear
leaves? This is leaf blight. Bordeaux
spraying about three weeks after the
blossoms fal! n twice more at in
terValS OF about two weeks will pre-
vent it.
The ~leaf-eating insects are busy in
the orchard now. Give them paris.
green. -
The June heat is the most enervat--
ing of h season. Go slow with the
horses n take it easy yourself tllE
hardened to the work. .
Now the sprouts on the trees are,
~sprouting vigorously. Better rub Them
off now than cut them later.
When you plant2 cantelcupeS SOW az.
bit Of rad sh or turllip seed in the
hill. These will come up first and
keep the bugs busy till the vines get.
a start.
Don't neglect to plant sweet CORN
at least three times-six is better.
Now is a good time to give the poul--
try houses a thorough cleaning-not-
a partial one-and whitewash. Mites
thrive in hot weather.
F.. Remember that flies breed in filth
and dust and carry more disease than
rats. Clean up every breeding place
and screen them out of the house and
dairy.
"
in the not sun. Place them under Al,
sheltering tree or Vine with d good
circulation of air.
If you do not have q hive ready the
bees will surprise you ty sWarmings
when you are the busiest and you
may lose them.
If YOU have no range for the poul~
try you must give them green stuff
all summer. Sharp grit, too-not
sand.
Better burn all the old berry crates
Fruit in nice, clean boxes will bring a.
price enough better to pay for the loss;
Of the old crates.
If the cabbage root maggOt IS at.
work fit a piece Of tarreG paper close
about the base of the plants. 1t VILE
help.
If you grow late maturing crops I'M
the peach orchard they Will keep the
wood growing too late to make them
safe for winter. Clean W the ground
this month.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
RAIL FENCE PHILOSOPHY,

Among the promising forms of farm
erS' organizations is insurance. There
is no reason why life and fire insur-
ance should not be conducted with
tremendous enetit and profit to
shareholders. 1t is work for the Ma
tional grange.
The community that viii not main
tain good roads Toe TOT deserve the
benefits of rural route postal delivery.
If q railroad train kills a man or
his horses or COWS the has
to pay the damages. Owners of auto
mobiles should be held equally liable.
!. James ]. Hill continues to preach
soil fertility wherever he goes. 1t is
good gospel and cannot be too widely
spread.
Young man, better q successful
farmer than an unsuccessful clerk in
d city store
Here is something for every farm
boy to considers: 1t is d fact that only
one out Of every 500 farm boys who
go to the cities rises above the drudg-
cry of clerkshiD with its poor pay and
downright ~laVer
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
STOCK EAT PRICKLY PEARS.
Results of Experiments Made at New
Mexico Experiment Station
Show This.
BY Professor 3. F. Hare.

New Mexico Experiment Station.
The increased use Of the prickly
pear (the f~at-jointed members Of the
genus opuntia) as feed for all classes
of ~ruminants, especially for range and
dairy cattle. makes it important for
the proper preparation Of a ration
that the feeder know now much di-
gestib1e nutrients to expect from feed
ing a given quantity Of the plant eth
err alone or mixed with other feeding
stuffs.
Experiments seem to show that
when prickly pear is fed with cured
folders or grains, the digestibility OF
both is increaed.
The nutritive ratio is very Wild for
this feed, and in feeding it to all classes
Of animals. for whatever purpose,
much better results should be OBJ
tanned when it is fed with some sub
stance Of high protein content.
The steers experimental upon sell
dom drank water when fed prickly
pear alOne. In fact, in feeding a ra-
ton of 100 pounds of this feed per
day the animals obtained from the
feed over eight gallons of water,Which
is more than was usually drank by
them when fed cured folders alone.
While no digestion experiments were
made with any of the cact other than
prickly pear, the digestion coefficients
of the latter could probably be safely
used for all other members of this
family, since their composition and
other characteristics are similar.
Animals scour quite badly when fec
prickly pear alone; besides, IA feeds
are needed to supply the proper
amount of proteids; for th~ese-reasons
it is better not to feed it alone
A ration for a 1~GO-pound mich COW
of fifty pounds Of pricklX pear. ter
pounds of wheat bran and ten pounds
of alfalfa would furnish about the cor
rect theoretical o OF nutrients
in which the ratio of prOteidS to car
bohydrateS would he Ito 5.46.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
MAKING COUNTRY BUTTER.
1t Is a Decided Waste of Time to Make
Any But the Very Best Product.

1t is not profitable under any con-
dlt.ons to make country butter" If
you cannot make a good product and
place it on the market so as to COM
mand the price of gooo butter, don't
make any. If you haVe-the ability to
make a good article, secure the price
TO which It's quality entities it by put
ing 1t up in neat, clean, attractive
packages, with your brand upon it.
If you sell through a grocer, see
That he does not ruin the flavor of
your butter by putting it in a insani-
tary ice box or h a he does not in
Oculate it with ranc+d butter or other
baeteria-infected articles before it
reaches the otherwise your
reputation as a butter maker is
ruined.
II you have ten or more COWS or
five genuine dairy cows, it will pay
you to use a separator. Your cream
Will be in better condition and the
milk will be fresh and sweet for feed
ing calves or pigs. Unless you have
an mundane Of cure, cool we'll water
conveniently located to cool the milk
and keep the cream and butter, or
plenty of ice and a refrigerator. |
would advise you not to make butter
in summe time.
It may be a hardship for some
housewives to give up the pittance
tney get Tor butter but |
believe h a ever a woman is entitled
to a fair compensation for her labor
The same milk, time and work that
Fare put into ordinary butter making
under favorable conditions, / believe.
6 We better returnS if devoted
Ito growing calves, piss and poultry
and il the returns from the calves
pics and poultry would be given te
the farm wife for her very own, as
1.-THE butter money is, the results would
be still better. If you insist on max
ing. butter in a small way, then / bee
Of you to supply yourself With tbs
necessary appliances for doing It vel
and put your product On the, marke
in the best possible condition.
There is a gap between the pro
Queer and the that need:
to be locke after. Neither the. mill
producer, the creamery nor the pri
Vate dairymen are responsible for al
the rancid and ~ill-fiavored butte
which reaches the
The purest and sweetest butte
made can be inoculated in a few hour
with destructive bacteria and nause
ating odors while in the hands of tn
Sroceryman and commission house
Let us have inspection of creamerie
and dairieS in the interest of publ
health, and let us also insist that tn
inspection include ice boxes, refrigera
tors, cellars and back rooms of tn
grocery stores, where dairy product
and food products are stored and han
died.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
BEES ARE INTERESTING.

Inc most important product OBJ
tanned from the bees is the honey.
This is scarcely different from the
nectar as secreted by flowers, the
honey from different plants being so
little by the process of stor-
age and curing in the hive tina the
honey from each kind Of plant ~retains
its particular color and flavor. In
collecting and storing it the bees sim
ply pump it into the honey sack and
from this it is forced back through
the proboscis and deposited in the
cells of comb in the hive.
Wax is a product Of the bees, and
is produced from glands and is used
n the formation of comb. The archi-
lecture of the bee is therefore depend
ent upon a particular kind of material
produced by the bee itself, and is dis
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
BUCK WHEAT As \ CATCH CROP

We sometimes lose our seeding in
the oats or wheat and rather than re-
seed we pillow the ground as soon after
the harvest as possible and SOW to
buckwheat. Buckwheat is an exhaus-
tive crop, but / occasionally use it to
further my grass seeding plans. | have
never failed in getting d goed catch Of
grass or clover, though sometimes
fails in making Il good
crop. When weeds grow in the wheat
stubble after harvest you may be sure
that the clover seed is gone. 1t takes
only about sixty days for buckWheat
to grow and ripen. 1t Will usually
yield 10 to 20 bushels per acre, SO it
pays well for the b involved and at
the same time makes a fine shade and
protection for young grass and clover
sOWn at the same time With buck
wheat. / sow about three pecks per
acre, with $50 pounds Of phosphate.
Much nitrogen is leached through the
soil if there is not some growing crop
to preserve it. Buckwheat
but a small amount Of nitrogen,
while the clover gathers an abundance
of this necessary elemenC.-E. S
Keasey, Michigan.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
5000 AGENTS WANTED
Men. Women, Boys and Girls.

Men. Women. Boys and Girls.
All succeed and make money SELL
ing seed of the WONDERBERRY.
Luther Burbanks greatest creation. 81
luscious berry r%ipening its fruit three
months from seed. $50 quarts from a
few nlants. Unsurpassed for eating
raw. coked, canned or preserved
packet, zoe silver; 6 ferS1- Agents
terms with all cash orders only ADJ
dress ]. e. RUE, Littleton, n. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22
Rich Mems Gifts Are Poor

beside this: II want to go on record
as saying that I regard Electric Bit
tiers as one Of the greatest gifts that
God has made to woman" writes Mrs.
Q. Rh%inevault, of Vestal Center, N.
Y. Il can never forget what it has
done for me- This glorious medicine
gives a woman buoyant spirits, vigor
Of body and jubilant health. It quick
r. cures Nervousness, Sleeplessness,
Melancholy, Headache, Backache.
Painting and Dizzy Spells; soon builds
the weak, ailing and sickly. Try
them. soc. at all druggists.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22

It is said that a skunk or two about
the cribs and barn make rats and
mice scarce. They are better than
cats, for they can go along the aver
age rathole. This refers to the small
species of skunk.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22

tinctly different from the structures
h,1ilt bv ants or wasps, which use
earth or wood or some material ready
at hand for their processes Of build
ing. In another way bees are very
important to the human species. be-
cause many plants-such as the apple
tree, clover, etc.-are dependent upon
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22

them for p~ollination, and w~ithouttheir'
assistance the crops might be much
reduced.-Herbert Osborn Professor
of Zoology, Ohio State University.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-22

Spraying the cows will discourage
the flies and keep up the milk supply,
Too much trouble Well. trouble of
this Kind usually pays big. ST
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
SALT LAKE PEOPLE
WANT BIG BATTLE
By Associated Press.
Promoters Urged 70 Disregard State
ments Of Governor And District
Attorney.

New York. Dec 3-1ack johnson
and Manager Little. and Sam Berger,
representing Jeffries, Promoter Rick.
ard and others went 10 Hoboken today,
to sign the final agreement for the
fight for the heavy weight champion
ship.
Rlekard said the fight might possibly
be held at Salt Lake City. as he re-
eelved. today, telegrams from promin.
ent citizens Of the Utah city, request.
ing him to Disregard the reported
statements Of the governor and dis.
'et attorney Of Salt Lake City that
they would not permit the nght ia that
state
The final articles for the fight were
signed this afternoon. They will fight
forty-ave rounds or more in Utah or
California on July the Fourth The
referee TO be selected sixty days be-
fore the contest
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
.WAIT UNTIL Panama CANAL Isl
COMPLETED SAYS SECRETARY.
Secretary of Navy Submits Animal Report -
Developments After Canal is Completed win
Determine Value of Government Sites
Caribbean Sea to Be Scene of Great
Commercial Activity :. Ship Building
in Navy Yards is Objectionable.

est battleships Is not sufficient since
that one might be injured In this
connection, he points out that proyis-
ions for docking Of heavy vessels in-
jured or damaged IN action or by
strandlng are almost entirely lack.
ing. and that but few navy-yards ex-
ist on either coast which have suni-
cient water 20 dock an injured bat
tleship drawing 4 or feet more than
its ordinary draft
Ship construction at the navy yards
of the United states is opposed as
principle by the secretary Only oc-
casionaly as a check on costs Of par.
ticular types, does he believe that the
United States should build ship
Shipbuilding concerns should be en-
couraged, in his opinion. so that the
government can profit by their ex-
perienee and resources. and also be-
cause ordinarily the work is done
more economically by them than at
navy yards,
Furthermore. Secretary Meyer is OPP
posed to congress restricting the con.
struction of one shipbulding company
to one battleship, or to requiring one
battleship TO be constructed at a navy
yard, on one coast or the other.
Estimates for the coming fiscal year
were included In the report They are
s1O,Ol1 900 less than the total amount
appropriated for the present fiscal
year.
The senior officers of the navy are
too old. according to the secretary.
He announces in his report that he
soon will send to the president some
recommendation as to new legisla.
ton for remedying this defect. THE
senior officers Of our navy are too old
for the responsibilities and arluous
duty required In the modern battle
ship says the secretary They are
much older than similar officers In
the other principal navies of the world.
Not only is this the case. but flag Off
GERS arrive at the grade of rear-ad-
miral so late that even those OF long.
est possible service do not get ade-
quate training as subordinate flag Off
GERS before assuming the chief com.
mand.a
accommodations for the legal es-
tablishment Of naval reserve of on
GERS and men and in regard 70 the de
velopment Of a naval militia are also
promised
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
aaonms uieues THAN evre
Eighty Cents Now the Price for
sweepers That Used to Sell
For Thirty.

Muskogee, Okla. Dec 4-Oklaho-
mas broom corn crop this year is
worth close to million dollars. In.
eldentally, brooms are higher than
ever before sweepers that used TO
cost thirty cents are nov selling for
eighty cents. The grocer blames the
iobber the jobber passes it on 10 the
trust. and the trust hands it right back
to the broom corn grower and smiles
while he pockets the money. The
grower also smiles. for he gets 1892
for every tor Of brush that he can
produce.
Oklahoma Is IN the broom corn bust
ness to some extent this year. The
state board OF agriculture reports 12i.-
251 acres in broom corn this year.
which. at the current price Of 1892 per
ton. would yield the growers s4,762,.
$50 for the crop.
Manufacturers who contracted early
last spring to supply iobbers with
brooms for the fall and winter trade
are in bad hole. one Oklahoma City
broommaker made q contract with
jobbing company, which has houses
scattered over the state, to supply an
their houses with brooms. and the
price was based on the current price
Of broom corn at that time. The
broommaker is now facing the prob.
lem of going broke filling the contract.
or standing a big suit for damages.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
SCHOOL CONDITIONS
DISCUSSED At CLUB
Explanation Shows Conditions Not to
Be as Dangerous as Reported
Committee Reports.
From Fridays Daily

From Fridays Daily
An interesting meeting Of the Com.
merclal club was heid fast night al the
club rooms in the Auditorium builds
ing.
The discussion OF the conditions of
the city schools occupied the greater
portion of the evening Seymour Rid.
die. chairman Of the committee on edu.
cation and also a member Of the school
board made a good report of the
schools of the city The question Of
fire escapes for the brick school build.
ing was discussed Mr. Riddle stated
that the school board had contracted
with l. d Dalquest for the escapes
several weeks ago and also would
soon have the escapes m place
superintendent Masterson explain
ed at some length the conditions as
they exist relative to fires lie stated
that the stairway leading from the
second 10 the third floor was fye and
one.half feet IN width and would per-
nit three children abreast to pass
down them He also said that the
stoves and gas pipes were arranged
in each end OF the building so that
there was not the probability OF lire
in the center Of the building thus cili-
ting on escape by way Of the stair
ways a nre drlll has also been in.
stituted and the city superintendent
stated that the building had been va
Gated. completely, In one minutes
time yesterday afternoon
The reports OF several committees
were heard. including the special com
mittee on the exhibit at the Illinois
state fair The club adjourned about
10 o'clock
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
LIQUOR MEN ASK
CHANGE OF VENUE
Determination Of Washington County
Women to Attend Trials Causes
CONSERVATION.

Bartlesyille Okla, Dec. ALI the
attorneys for y. H. Behnmg charged
with nine violations Of the liquor laws.
succeed in getting change Of venue
from Washington to Nowata or Os-
age county ii will not in any way af-
feet the plans of the local W. G. T. u.
to attend the trial of the cases, TO
which such vigorous objections have
been made, and on account of which
the change OF venue has been asked.
according 20 the local officers OF the
organization. The plan of the women
who have been attending the trials OF
liquor cases viii not only include their
attending the cases at either Paw
huska or Nowata. II the change Of
venue Is secured, but letters have al
ready been written to the w 9. n u.
at Nowata, informing the order Of the
situation and asking cooperation.
At Pawhuska w c. T. L. organ
lzauon win be formed this week and
the state organizer is now in receipt
of letter from the local temperance
workers, urging haste on her part in
perfeeting the establishment OF a
strong anti-saloon movement in that
city
The women who nave been attend
ing the trials do not believe that the
change of venue will be granted, but
they are prepared. and declare that
granted that II will not harm their
plans in the slightest. They intend
to be present at every liquor hearing
at which Washington county men are
on trial. and whether the cases are
tried in Bartlesville. Pawhuska or No
wata will make no essential differ.
enee in their plans
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
By Associated Press

BY Associated Press.
Washington, b. c.. Dee Despite
the agitation to close some OF the navy
yards along the southern coast, Sec
retary Of War Meyer will oppose any
such step for the present This much
was made plain in his annual report
submitted to President Taft last
night
Secretary Meyer says that he is not
entirely convinced that the govern
ment can advantageously give up sites
In which large expenditures have been
made, until after the opening Of the
Panama Canal when ii definitely can
be demonstrated which are likely to
be OF the greatest value
1T is not unkonwn in the history Of
the government" says the secretary,
chat national reservations have been
given up and later We're brought back
.at increased cost" Again in discuss
ing the same subject, he says that the
completion of the Panama canal the
development of trade in the Gulf Of
Mexico and the whole Caribbean re.
gion, and the probable increase of
the naval establishment TO meet our
national responsibilities in that area
will probably call for supply stations,
in part for the heavy fleet, but princi.
pally for the torpedo craft and sub
marines and the smaller vessels need.
ed there"
He urges the extreme desirability'
of developing the naval station partly
established at Guantanamo Cuba,
with the opening of the Panama
Canal, the Caribbean Sea will become
the scene Of the great commercial ac-
tivity. and our responsibility as to
the police maintenance call for an
adequate naval repair base in that 10.
caity."
The secretary reviews In detail his
proposed plan for the reorganization
of the navy, and In addition makes
many recommendation for the con
duct of affairs in his department
Two more battleships of the all-blg-
gun type are recommended 10 be con-
strueted. but, on account Of the desire
TO keep down expenditures, he asks
only for a repair ship in addition TO
these two proposed giants Of the sea.
The completion Of the big drydock
at the Brooklyn navy yard is urged,
and furthermore the secretary says
that 1T is clear that one dock on the
Atlantic coast, for docking our larg
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-12-10
WANTS WEST TO ACT
ON IRREGULARITIES
state Inspector Issues Letter TO after.
ney General Urging Action On
His Report.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec, 6.-Charles a,
Taylor, state examiner and inspector,
in letter to Attorney General Charles
J. West, insists that the attorney gem
eral take immediate action IN the
courts in regard to serious Illegal
and irregular transactions, IN con
duct of state and county affairs set
out In various reports Of the examiner.
The letter declares that no effort
has been made by the legal depart
ment Of the state to correct these VIC.
lations Mr.. Taylor suggests thar in
most cases civil action |. ould be taken
to recover moneys improperly spent,
rather than criminal procedure,
IN the letter Mr. Taylor calls atten-
ton to his report that various claims
have been paid IN departments OF state
government for anticipated expenses
without rendering detailed statements
and cites the instance where the war
den Of the state penitentiary had
drawn s3s,OO0 in lump sum from the
state treasury In this manner, but
has since rendered a full detailed
statement under oath showing where
IL was AZ CONT
Inspector Taylor calls special atten-
tion TO the alleged Irregularities re.
ported by him in Pottawatomie county
for which report he was criticised by
the grand jury Of that county Taylor
declares that in his report he found
1.202 illegal claims from TIE begin
ming of statehood to June 30 1909. and
reasserts that many claims have been
allowed by the officers of Pottawato.
mie county without any warrant Of
Law.
Taylor includes the report OF the
grand jury in his letter 10 West and
then says
Now Mr. West, am sure that
am right and very many Of the county
officers are conducting their business
according to law. II It Is possible that
am wrong then We are doing the
county officers who charge fees ae-
eordlng to what we believe is the law.
an injustice by not receiving fees as
o. Kd by this grand jury
Hence ] again insist that these
matters be taken at once to the courts
aud settled not By attorney opinions,
but for good and all time. and u pos
sible By civil procedure rather than
criminal giving II possible. the Off
GERS the benefit Of the doubt but set.
tie IT