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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
THE PARENTAGE OF YOUR CORN.

Last summer in attending The IN
stitutes in North Carolina. I visited a
fine farm near Winston, where there
was a splendid growth of corn, but
much Of it very tall, with ears almost
Out of ach / selected one plant that
had two ears about midways between
ground and tassel, n said to the far-
mer that that plant was a more typical
stalk than the extra tall ones. He said:
THAT is the kind I self in the field.
Then I told him hat that was just
what he did not get, for these plants
set by the pollen Of the tall plants and
not by their own pollen.
The way to get corn to the proper
type is to plant a separate seed plot,
and then as soon as the tasSels show.
to pull out all tassels from stalks that
are too tall, and from all that make
no ear, so that the pollen will be fur
nished by the best type of plants only.
BY doing this annually you can breed
to a better type Of corn and greatly
reduce the height without IN stunt
ing. Then breed to prolific plants.
The largest crops Of corn made in this
country have been made in Marlboro
County, South Carolina, from the
Marlboro Prolific. In breeding solely
for the largest ears you may get these,
but will always tend to the getting Of
but one ear on a stalk.
L had a letter recently from d lar
mer in Mississippi who stated that he
had been breeding Mosby Prolific corn
for years for great prolificacy, but last
year he got some cor of very snowy
ears from a neighbor who had been
breeding for big ears. He planted it
in the same and with his own corn,
and the result was that the big ears
made thirty-five bushels per acre
while his own seed made SO bushels.
Breed to an ideal plant. Take the
whole plant into a consideration.
Breed for a stocky plant, short-jointed
and 1eafy, with ears at a convenient
distance from the ground and more
than one ear on. a stalk. Having
gotten the tendency to make such
plants we'll established, you can then
look to the particular style Of al A
cylindrical ear, we'll filled at tip and
butt, with close set rows or a medium
sized cob, is a goodsear. But a good
ear p~ollenized by nubbins cannot be
expected to produce good ears.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17

day during which small fractional
losses were pretty general, the mar
ket turned front and rose in a con-
ldent and buoyant manner, until most
every stock of market influence was
ruling between / and 2 points above
yesterdays closing.
The bulls were agreeab1y surprised
at the comparative s~teafiness Of price
at the opening, despite the heaviness
Of the London market and the week
closing here. The stability Of Union
Pacific disconnected the shorts, ex-
pectationS of a sharp reaction i'm the
stock being entertained, owing to the
pressure against it in London, where
it was down over a point. The sub
sequent rise in the stock was almost
continuous until it reached 218 1-2;
or 4 "a beyond where it left off yes
terday.
More sympathy was shown by the
general market to the rise in the Har.
riman stocks than has recently been
the case and at various times there
were enormous subscriptions going on
of such standard securities as st. Paul.,
Reading and United States Steel.
Along toward the end professional OPP
orators who were reluctant to carry
over Sunday began to sell out,
n although there were some recess
sions running to a point, notably in
Union Pacific the offerings were COM
paratiVely we'll taken and the bidding
up process was being resumed in vari-
Gus quarters at the close, which was
rather confused and irregular.
Bonds were steady.
Total sales, par value, $3,O46,OO0.
Total sales of stocks were $4,000
shares.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Clearing House Statement.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE statement
of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $780,
225 more than the requirements Of
the Is per cent, reserve rule. This is
a decrease of $2,615,375 in h pro-
p%ortionate cash reserve as compared
with last week.
The statement follows:
Loans, $1,36O,731,9OO; decrease,
$4,000.
Deposits, s1,424,65e,00o; decrease,
1854, 800.
Circulation, $49,s01,1OO; increase,
~s134,OOO.
Legal tenders, $7S.378,4OO; decrease,
s1,025,00O.
Specie, s301,116,sO0 decrease, ST.
9S8,2OO.
Reserve. ss~7s,495.ooo; decrease,
s4,O13,2OO.
Reserve required, ~s356,164,s75; de-
crease, ~$1,397,825.
Surplus, $~23,33O, 225; decrease, 81
615.375.
Ex-U. S.. deposits, $23,734,950; de-
crease, $2,613.90O.
The percentage Of actual reserve Of
the clearing house banks today was
1858 The statement Of banks and
trust companies of Greater New York
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
FERTuIzER FOR FALL USE.
The Advantage OF Buying Highest
Grades is COncluSiyely Shown by
COmDariSOn of Analyses.

(By A. j. Legg, Albion, w. Va-)
1t is generally conceded that either
a superphosphate or a superphos-
phate and potash is the most econom-
ical fertilizer to use on wheat.
My experience here is hat a good
grade superphOsphate alone gives bet
ter results than the superphosphate
and potash when applied to whea I
prefer it to the phosphate and potash
II they cost the same honey but the
potash added also adds from So to 81
per ton to the price of the goods.
1t may be that it will pay to buy the
potash in some localities. but l feel
sure that it does not pay here.
The superphosphate hastenS the ma
turity of the crop and thus lessons the
danger from loss by rust and other
diseases, which injure the wheat crop.
In comparing prices it is necessary
to consider the amount of available
phosphoric acid in the goods.
If a certain brand shows 10 per
cent available phosphoric acid and is
offered at $14 per ton, and we desire
to compare it with a brand which
shows an analysis of 16 per cent. avail
able phosp1oric acid at SIS per ton.
we call the per cent. pounds, since 10
per cent means ten pounds per hum
dred. and multiply by the price per
pound for phosphoric acid, which is
usually calculated at from 5 to 6 cents
per pound, and compare the results
thus:
Ten pounds phosphoric acid at 6
cents per pound equals so cents.
Sixteen pounds of phosphoric acid
at 6 cents per pound equals SO cents.
This shows the cheaper grade to be
worth 60 cents per hundred and the
higher grade 96 cents per hundred.
Sixty times twenty is $500.
Ninety-six times twenty is 1920.
This shows that when Is per cent.
goods are selling at 1920 per ton the
10 per cent. goods are only worth
commercially $12 per ton.
Or if we assume the phosphorlc acl0
to be. worth 5 cents per pound we cal
culate the 10 per cent.~goods.
Ten pounds phosphoric acid at 5
cents equals SO cents.
Sixteen pounds phospnoric acid at
5. cents equals 80 cents.
Cheaper goods worth so cents per
100 pounds and the higher goods
worth 80 cents per hundred, which
puts the cheaper grades at
Fifty times twenty is $40 per ton.
Eighty times twenty is $500 per
ton.
This shows a difference of SIS per
ton the two different brands
of goods, which is quite an item in Ia
vor Of the higher grade Of goods.
This is an item that IS often over
looked when buying commercial TER
tilizer. Farmers often form the habit
Of buying b. the brand rather than
the ANALYSIS Of the goods without COM
pairing value as show by the ana1y-
sis, and thus s.. left.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Net Loss 7 to 10 Points
Yesterday
CLOSE BARELY STEADY
Opened 10 to Is Points Lower on
Lower Cables, Talk of Heavy New
Crop Offerings and Good Rains
Decline Checked by Covering on a
Big Scale-Undertone Nervous.
(By the Associated Press.)

lBy the Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 1.-THE cotton
market opened easy at a decline of 8
to 10 points with active months sell
ing 10 to Is points net lower during
the first few minutes owing to lower
cables, talk of heavier new crop offer
ings Int reports Of good rains in the
Southwest The decline was checked
by covering on a big scale for over
the weekend, one house buying about
Is, 900 bales of December from 1908
to 12.1O. and the market rallied after
the opening to within three or four
points of last nights finals, although
the undertOne was very V and
unsettled.
The market at the close was barely
steady with prices seven to ten points
lower.
Receipts at the ports today, 2,0S6
bales against 1854 last week and A.
O95 last year For the week $4,000
bales.
Spot cotton closed quiet, 10 points
lower; middling uplands, 1910; mid
ding gulf, 1895. Sales none.
Futures opened easy and closed
barely steady.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Hog Cholera Should Be Stopped.
(Washington Progress.)

w koA
Mr.. Editor:-Please allow me space
to say a few things about this conta-
gious disease. We know much has
been said and written on this subject,
but no man has found the cure. But
we can see a preventive that is better
h a a cure.
Our best physicians tell us we can
prevent smallpox by using the proper
care. But suppose a man should have
the smallpox and his friends kept on
visiting him? When he died no care
was taken in the burial; the home was
not fumigated? What would be the
result? We answer death and destruc-
ton. But we quarantine. v~accinate
and fumigate.
Now when hogs have contagious dis
eases do we stop hem from other
hogs? When they die do we bury
them !? I have driven through sections
when hogs were dying and have seen
buzzards bv the hundreds. We think
self-respect would cause any man to
bury every unclean and filthy thing
around his home, but if he has not, il
you will see Revisal of 1905, section
329S, you will find. ito fail to bury
hogs dying with cholera, you are guilty
of a misdemeanOr and subject to a
fine Of $50 or imprisonment for thirty
days"
We could stamp out cholera. But
how can we stop it as long as the
birds Of prey are allowed to eat
them and carry the disease from
county to county. This should be a
United States law instead of a State
law. Then the United States should
have men to see the law enforced; one
man from each Congressional dis
trict as they now have agents work
ing in the F. C. D. W. But as it IS
only a State law We all hould have
pride enough to bury all u~ncleanness,
but if not, then our neighbOr should
see that we do obey the law. If l fail
to comply with this law and my neigh
bors makes me do it I will only think
they have done their duty.
Cholera is in our county. Dear
reader, please quarantine, bury, fumi-
gate and you will not lose so many
hogs, and our neighbors will not lose
any. IT can't be cured, but it can be
prevented by a united effort.
THOS. GREEN.
Pantego, n. G.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
New York Dry Goods,

New York, Aug. 1.-THE dry goods
market closed steady. The jobhers
had a good week in all departments
with the sales running ahead of last
year. Fine cotton goods are held
for higher prices. Linens are ad-
yancing. Burlaps have sold fairly
we'll during the week and are held at
higher figures.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Naval Stores.

Charleston, S. c., Aug. 14.-Tur-
pentine and rosin unchanged.
Savannah, Ga, Aug. 14.-Turpen-
tine firm. SO IA. Sales 1902: re
ceipts -; shipments $50. Rosin firm;
sales 1888: receipts 2,019; shipments
1872; toe 149.981. Quote: B, 3.25; D,
3.45; E. $50; F, 3.95; G, 400; H,
4.25; I, 4.35; K, 500; M, 500; N, $40;
A, $40; WIG. sos; A, 5.85; WV, $50.
New Orleans, La, Aug. lire
ceipts of rosin, So barrels: t~urpentine,
none. Exports for New York, 125
barrels of rOsin.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
e York Money.

New York, Aug. 14.-Money on
cal nominal. Time loan very strong
but dull. Sixty days 2 ga to 3 per
cent; six months 3 7-8 to 4 per cent.
lose: Prime mercantile paper 4 to
4 1-2 per cent. Sterling exchange
with actual business in bankers bills
at 4S4.95 to 485.O5 for sixty day bills
and at 486.45 for demand CONNER
cial bills 484 IA to 484 7-8. Bar sill
ser 81 Is.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Chicago Grain.
shares.

Chiacgo, Aug. a14.-An urgent de-
mand for the ash grain here today
and additional rains in the Northwest
caused strength in the wheat market.
Final quotations showed net gains of
IL to rs. Corn, oats and provisions
followed wheat in it's upward course.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
RALEIGH COTTON MARKET.
New Orleans Cotton.

New Orleans, Aug. 14.-Spot quiet,
unchanged; middling IL SIG; sales
on the spot II bales; to arrive 100.
Futures opened steady at a decline
of Il points in sympathy with lower
cables than expected. Weather news
was better, which caused considerable
selling in the English market before
the local market opened.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Liverpool Cotton.

Liverpool, Aug. 14.-Close: Spot
dull; prices II points lower; Ameri-
can middling fair. ia; good middling,
SIS; middling $50; low middling
6.42; good ordinary, els; ordinary,
5.S1. The sales of the day were 1000
bales, including $500 American; none
for speculation and export. Receipts,
1000 bales, no American. Futures
opened quiet and closed steady. Au-
gust, 6.49; Aug-Sept., $50; Sept-Oct.,
6.35 1-2; Oct-Nov., SIS; NOv-Dec.,
6.34 ID; Dec-Jan., 6.34 IL; Jan-Feb.,
6.34; Feb-March, 6.34; March-April,
6.34; April-May, 6.33 1-2; M~ay-June,
6-33; June-July, 6.32 IL; July-Aug,
G 81 10
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
New York Cattle.

New York, Aug. 14.-Beeves-
Calves, 500 to $50; grassers, 400;
city dressed veals, 10 to 14c.: country
dressed, 8 to IA 1-2: dressed grassers
and buttermilks, Z IL to los. Sheep
and lambs, sheep, 500 to 400: hogs
nominally lower.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Produce Movements.

Galveston, Texas, Aug. 14.-Clear-
ances of breadstuffs for the week end
in today we're 85,174 bushel of corn.
New Orleans, La. Aug. 14,-Exports
Of wheat and corn, none.
New Orleans, La, Aug. 14.-Week's
arrival of coffee: Brazilian, none.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Baltimore a

Baltimore, Md, Aug. 14.-Wheat
steady, spot contract, 1.O4 IA. South
ern grade. 100 to 100 IA. Corn
ffrm; contract, IA. Oats tirmer; No.
2 mixed. AZ to AZ IL. Rye steady;
No. 2 western domestic, 76 to II.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
NaturaIiZing Bears.

washington Progress.)
We hope S1atestone will get their
bears and cats naturalized to their
climate some time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17

The difference between a woman's
temper and a mans is merely that h
can turn hers loose without SWEARING
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Norfolk Peanut Market.

Official Wholesale Quotations
The prices are strictly wholesale,
(not job lots) and represent prices
obtained on actual sales yesterday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-08-17
Stocks and Bonds.

New York, Aug. 14.-After a brief
show Of hesitancy at the opening to-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-14
Eggs High This Week;
Supply Is Reduced

Eggs will be high all this week if
indications may be relied upon. Not
withstanding the favorable weather con-
ditions Of last week, shipments of eggs
were light. Storage eggs had TO be
drawn upon the satisfy the demand. and
the price recorded a 2-cent per dozen
advance Dealers are of the opinion that
shipments will be as light this week. if
not lighter, than last.
Turkeys closed weak yesterday, and
while little speculation IS being INDUCED
in as TO what will be the condition Of
rhe market Immediately preceding
Thanksgiving. the general opinion is
that the market this week viii be a
favorable one Tor the consumer. The
quality of the birds that have reached
the market so Ear has been unusually
good, but the feature Of supply cannot
be definitely determined until tested by
the strain Of the Thanksgiving demand.
Southern vegetables are expected to be
received in considerable quantities this
week, and Improvement Is looked for in
orange and grape fruit shipments. The
outlook is for the best Thanksgiving
market known in years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-14
The Bedtime Story.
youngsters while the
away for the night.
THE LOST SON.

and gave orders that the next day
there should ke an assembly of the
whole court TO dine with him, and TO
hold a great festival.
As soon as they were assembled. the
/ king said TO the hunter. you have
been so skillful and clever in this affair
that you chaI sit SDy me"
But he answered: Ny lord king.
your majesty is doing me to much
honor; L am only a PLAN hunter
The king, however, stood up and said,
1 desire you 70 sit BY me till the feast
Is ended. ="
The youth obeyed, but as he sat there
IN the place Of honor. ne could not help
thinking OF his lady mother, and wished
that even now Que Of the kings chief
cOurtiers would get up and ask about
the queen in the tower, and whether she
was stu living or not.
No sooner had he wished than the
kings marshal rose and said: Your
majesty the king, while we are here.
enjoying ourselves, may ! ask what has
become OF our lady queen IN the tower
is she still alive, or has she been
starved 10 death2"
But the king replied haughtily' "She
allowed the wild animals to tea~ my
little son TO pieces. therefore 1 will not
hear word about her
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-14
KITCHEN SHOULD BE
THE LlGHTEST ROOM

Many persons clean the kitchen, draw
down the blinds and dSrken it during
the very time that light should pour
into the apartment.
No kitchen should be dark. If there
is any place in the house where light
should seek every corner, it is in the
kitchen.
Unless the cupbOards and refrJ geratOr
are carefully watched mold viii quick
ly appear on foods.
There is nothing that cleans the sink
better than soda water. and il is always
needed about the refrigerator.
Have a brush-like mop on a wire to
clean the pipes of the refrigerator.
Butter will keep sweet longer If
placed Ia stone Jars with stone lids
Wrap the roll in a clean cloth wrung
out of salt water.
Keep the stove bright and shining No
matter how clean a kitchen is the red.
grease-spotted stove is a very unsightly
object.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-14

gives you an uneasy sense OF ingrati-
tude.
You've all had good souls force kind
nesses upon you that cost you more in
shattered nerves, wasted time. and
strained patience thar score OF kindly
offices could cancel. YOU We had good
netghbors,' who, wishing TO favor you.
Just dropped in at an untoWaTu hour
Of the morning on the maid S day of,
haven't you2 You remember distinctly
how utterly and un3Kplainably unkept
your usually well ordered house looked !
You have an uneasy feeling, too, that
your puffs were on crooked and that
your furJive adjustment< of YOUR col
lar and belt merely accentuated the
fact that your personal appearance was
not by any manner Of means up to your
usual mark.
Possibly, in return for all this I'M
necessary perturbation she left you the
love Of a recipe fer plum cake or pre-
scented you with tickets TO a concert
which You could not attend.
Can Keep One Busy.
For truth the basybody can keep
you busy exercising all the Christian
virtues of patience and fOrbearance
and still leave a balance on the debit
side OF the recording angels book. She
is so terribly anxious to have her best
friend popular that she "booms' her
so indefatigably that nothing short OF
providence averts the horrible fate of
being "queered' socially.
i you are not blessed with good
sized pCcketbUok she can be so inoes-
sanity economical for your sake that
she'll rake you wish TO rush out and
spend your little all just for the. mers
joy you'll have in letting her see yC =
go headlong TO the financial boW-woWs.
She can be so OffiCiOusly careful Of a
sick friend that she viii all but send
her over the border line and she can
be 50 ccnstantIysand DersistentIy kind
a a gfn of 81
patience and exasperates you to the
point Of desperation OF all the nUis-
ances that have survived their dav of
grace the busybody is first and last the
least eXCusa.ble.
Have a care how you bestow your
faV0rs AMI don't be too anxious to help
your neighbor paddle her own canoe
FRANCES CARROLL.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-14

/ Really, with dear Cousin Martha on
the horizon, nobody knows what Is go
ing 10 happen next and when anything
does happen everybody for the next ten
days Is busy guessing just how large a
part old Mattie's fine Italian hand
had in turning the trick
With Cousin Martha 10 contend with
life is not worth living and the worst
OF it all is she is thoroughly convinced
that she was born to be the savior Of
the family fortunes and the guardian
of its intimate interests and present and
future happiness. If had my way with
Cousin Martha she would get what is
coming to her, and that in plentiful
abundance.
T" Good-by, and don't tell anybody
told YOU chirruped the worried dame
with charming inconETuity.
Deserves Little Favor.
Poor Cousin Martial She makes the
awful mistake of being a busy-body,
and with all her good intentions has
earned the more or less anlable tolera-
ton or contempt of the coterie she
would serve. And really there is little
to say in her behalf. II she has lived
for thirty or forty or 6ft, years and
has no more sense thai, to undertake
the running of other persons affairs
into her hands she richly deserves all
the unpleasant notoriety she receives at
the hands of her peStered nelghbOrS.
The ability to believe and act as
though the other fellows way of con-
Quoting his own bushes was Just the
very nest way in the world, for him, IS
enc of the rarest and most admirable
traits aginahle. II IS an attribute
worth cultivating by every one from the
least to the greatest
Your busy-body is always a trouble
maker no matter how fervenuy she
may so about trying TO 90 good Nine
times out of ten she complexities mat
ters, induces suspicion and distrust,
throws everything out of plumb, and as
a general thing retires from the field
just in time to save herself from a we'll
deserved humiliation. Indeed, ofhcious
persons walk around with a trail Of
trouble and disturbance III their wake
OF course, from their viewpoint, they
are neighborhoOd benefactors; that Is
one of the most exasperating things
about the busy body. she gets on your
nerves terribly and at the same time
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-14
DOUBLE AFGHAN
COY IN WINTER

Warm and coy for wintry weather.
as well as charmingly dainty-is dou-
BILE afghan. pink on one side and white
on the other. The white section is knit
very loosely in al open shell pattern,
the pink sectiDn, closely knit from
heavier wool. showing through. The
two afghans are fastened together all
the way around, with a shell stitch
scallop, or rather double row Of seal
Tops, pink on the white side and white
on the pink side OF the afghan. The
same idea might be carried out in white
and blue. gray and blue. or any other
desired color combination.