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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Have a Seed Plot.

"A seed plot should be kept by
every farmer for all his staple crops.
On an area sufficiently large to pro-
duce all the seed needed for next year
he can we'll afford to spend consider
able time. Out Of the plants on this
seed plot he "a select the very best
Q the next years seed plot, and the
balance, after removing all defective
plants, he can use for seed for plant
ing his general crop the next year.
This is considered too much trou-
bic by many, but no greater mistake
could be made. An increase of TWEEN
ty-hve to fifty pounds of lint cotton
per acre and of three to five bushels
OF corn or oats can easily and quickly
be secured in this way by the result
ing improvement Of seed alone.
The same methods should be fol.
lowed with corn, but greater care is
necessary to prevent the mixing OF
corn with other varieties planted nea,
by If the seed corn is to be pur.
chased with which to start breedins
or selection, by all means require
that the seller send you the corn OF
the cob. 1t will pay you even if i
costs more, al you will get bette.
corn.-Progressive Farmer.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

.,,,od in advance of the opening.
p~ This novel arrangement of the
fixed Ss blade and the disposition Of the
~ovable blade and its arm, the move
,.ont Of the one blade past the other.
sosides effectively severing the stems,
.snds to impel the severed fruit into
The opening. In practice the device
!. held in either hand and as the
rtoms of the fruit are cut it slides
down the incline and into the recep-
.sc,p. When the latter is filled, the
contents are easily discharged
.hrough the hinged lid at the end
Nv reason of the sound and Clearly
condition of the fruit, loss and de-
tprioration incident to mutilation and
selling when picked and gathered di-
rectly by human hands is prevented.
Washington Star.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

inches. Around the top of the stakes
he wove a light wire, as shown in the
illustration. He removed n picket
before taking the picture, SO as to
show how the wire was interviewer.
and how easily one picket may be re-
moved If desired.
This sort of a pen is also used to
hold the turkey hen with poults. pro-
viding it is not desirable to give her
liberty, which is often the case during
the early part of the season.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
picking Cherries.

lid of an Improved IruIt
With 'n1~ designed by an Indiana
%atherer' ,ost delicate of small fruits.
sap, the ,n mn can be severed from
spch as cnv without mutilation. in
their s'ens selling of the fruit in the
fscting Oh without the necessity of
least, anu If the person coming in
The han 18th the fruit. AS shown in
contact rotion. the gatherer is of a
the illaS'l oosi,v manipulated by the
size to po oue end is an opening, to
hand n,;t the fruit, a stationary
freely I'D q movable blade being
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Pen For Small Chickens

Here is a drawing of a rather
unique pen for feeding young chick
ems, and at the same time preventing
the old ones from Quitting" in and
getting the bulk of the feed. The cor
respondent of Prairie Farmer says
that he selected a convenient place
near a picket fence and Enclosed an
area about four feet square by driv-
ing pickets into the ground for a few
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Fall Preparation of Cotton Field.

Fall preparation OF Cotton Field.
For the best results the field
Should be plowed in the early fall
Or winter, not later than the LIST to
Inc 10th of January, and earlier if
possible.
II the farmer uses an ordinary
ploW, then the fall blowing (break-
ang) should be one or two inches
deeper than usual and the burrows
should be set on edge. If a disk
plow can be secured, use it and plow
as deep as possible-the deeper the
petter. In case a disk pillow a cot
We obtained, use a subsoil pillow after
breaking. Following the breaking
piow with a narrower plow in the
same furrow is better than not to Sc
cure depth in blowing, but this is not
equal TO the use of the disk pillow or
tne suosoil plow. It is not advisable
70 throw a large quantity of cold sub
e0il 10 the surface at one time. After
wards, during the autumn and winter,
.ae held should be disked or plcwed
.ufee and one-half to four inches
ueep every three weeks, being gov
elnea oy soil conditions, It is not
well 70 stir land when it is too wet.
Il no fall or winter blowing has
"0en oone, plow without delay about
one men deeper than usual and run
N"IloW burrows to set we'll on edge.
n,r niSk or plow again before planting.
image is manure. The soil gets all
SURFING, and. plant food which
"ouio not otherwise be used by the
e'o"lh crop becomes available.
Mos' plants first. throw out. their
euing roots in the warm surface
po1l II hnely pulyerized, and it is best
"''etore, Immediately before plant,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Here and There.

Be cautious-but don't let the other
fellow get there first.
Business that is worth while leav-
ing is. not picked up in a day.
An excuse is a good thing to keep
wrapped up in moth paper.
He who plays games with the cat
is most likely to get scratched.
There are so many men who have
nothing to say, and insist on saying It
Cultivate the habit Of ~cheerfulness
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Business Maxims.

Vult seeming busy and get busy.
Neep your promise to deliver goods
bo Il you aren't a booster you needn't
II Is far easier for some to guess
wong than think right.
toz a funny story always sounds ibet-
'ef alter business hours.
noout the last place to carry Z
el4oge IS IN your business.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
sn1thern Agricultural Topics.
Modern Methods That Are Helpful to
Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockmau.

ing. to use q tooth or disk harrow.
snallower than the blowing.
Plant as early as is safe from
frost. The actual date Of planting
depends on locality. The important
point is to plant as early as the
weather and soil conditions permit.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Orchard Grass For Broken Land.

l. B., Ly1evue, writes: We have a
niece of rough, stumpy land which we
would like to seed to some grass that
will make a heavy underground and
also permanent pasture. The land is
On top of a hill and the rocks are
loose and on top of the ground. How
would orchard grass do?
Answer by Professor Soule: I do
not think you will find any grass bet
ter adapted to the land described in
your letter than orchard grass. This
grass is a strong, vigorous growing
variety that can be seeded to very
good advantage with wheat or oats
You might SOW some blue grass along
with it, il the rock you speak of az
cropping out is of a limestone forma.
ton. The blue grass will come on
much more slowly than the orchard
grass, but it will eventually cover the
land with a good sod provided you DE-
not Craze it too closely. OrcharG
grass stands second in the list of graz
ing grasses, and it remains on thu
land for a number Of years. One OBJ
lection to it is it's tendency to grow il
tussocks and form rather an unevel
or open sod.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
To Keep Rabbits From Fruit Trees.

Take a sheet of ordinary newspa-
per and carefully wrap it around the
tree. using all of one sheet-not half
of ito each tree, observing to fit
it closely down to the ground and up
the tree eighteenAortwenty-four in
ches high. When done wrapping the
paper should be at least three thick
around each tree. Then tie not too
tight with good Irvine Il use ordinary
binder twine) at top, bottom and in
the middle. And the thing is done
to stay done for one winter. When
ready to remove in the spring, cut
Irvine away without injuring the ten.
der bark and remove papers.-C. C.
Gettys.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
Remedy For Cabbage Blight.

This is a fungus disease, and is in
your soil. 1t is like the cotton BLACK
Root or Wilt" You must plant your
cabbage in an entirely new place some
distance from this land. BY planting
this affected soil in other crops for
two years this fungus disease will die
out for lack of something to feed
upon.-Sovtbsrn C%ultivator.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

The results Of experiments carried
out in Germany as to the amounts of
molasses that may with advantage be
led to. horses and cattle are worthy
of notice. For cattle it was found
that six pounds Of molasses per 1000
pounds live weight is probably the
maximum daily allowance that
should be given, although eight
pounds were fed without evil effects.
Horses that do considerable work
were fed with molasses with encou-
raging results, the ration being mixed
in the proportion of seven and a half
pounds of corn, seven pounds of bran
and five pounds Of molasses. 1t was
noticed that on this diet horses per-
spired very little during hot weather.
Even when ten pounds Of molasses
per day were given to the horses, no
evil effects were noticeable, but some
difficulty was experienced in getting
the animals accustomed to it.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

Piles Cured in g to IA Days.
Pszo Ointment is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrudine
Piles in 6 to IA days or money refunded. 800
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

Address the Garfield Tea Co.. as above
Tea. the true remedy for constipation.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

isaac BLOCK, IZU Years OF Age.
Mr., Isaac Brock, Of McLennan county,
Tex, is an ardent friend to Peruna and
speaks Of it in the following terms:
"Dr. Hartman's remedy, Peruna, I have
found to he the best, if not the only relia-.
bic remedy for COUGHS. COLDS, CA
TARRH and diarrhea.
"PerMaaa has been my standby for
many years, aud I attribute nay good
health aud my extreme age to this
remedy. 1t Exactly meets all my re-
qut7"em ents.
entirely for the many little. things for
which l need medicine. I believe it TO be
especially valuable to old people,"
Isaac Brock.
Peruna is sold by by your local
druggist. Buy a bottle today.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04
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Hunger is the best sauce.-Dutch.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

The man who is willing to be con-
WINGED, usually is.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

Stiff neck! Doesn't amount to much,
but mighty disagreeable. You've no idea
how quickly a little Hamlins Wizard Oil
will lubricate the cords and make you
comfortable again.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

A stingy man is always poor.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1909-03-04

The worlds Oldest and largest tele-
phone manufacturer. There are over
1000 Western Electric Telephones
In use in the United States to-day.
Rural Telephones Z speciality
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-27

pliments neatly written out the card attached.
Anita very sweet and gracious-not to
say condescending-to the boys, She talked pleas
antly to them when they called, sought for topics
of conversation not too abstruse for their limited
intellects, and made lemonade for them whenever
her mother reminded her to do so. Still, it was
not happy time and there special wrench
ing of heartstrings when she returned to boarding
school. The sizing-up of the summer terse
and uncomplimentary.
shes stuck up" Harry said to Will in great
disgust 'she thought more of her clothes than
she did Of u.s.
Il wonder if she'll change back to like
she used BET Tom medtated sadly; then
membered with sudden rush of joy that they
were going to have ducks for dinner-and ceased
to consider the good or bad possibilities of Anita.
But the next summer was greater surprise yet,
for Anita didn't come home at all. Instead she
went to visit school-friend and then abroad
Such doings. The boys really did not know
whether they approved or not.
That January Anita seventeen. They were
all looking forward to being seventeen soon after
hard and absorbing work. that last year before co.,
lege, with its exams and conditions (oh. poor
Eddy!)-and very little brain power spared
for Anita and her affairs
Still they were all glad when they heard that
she coming home the next summer, and when
the day and hour of arrival came they went cheer
fully to the station bloc Just they had always
gone whenever she was to be welcomed back ever
since they we're babies together.
Such lovely Anita descended from the Pull
man: Such q charming. dainty, bright happy
little fgure!-not even trace Of the prim young
lady who had froisseed them all so horribly two
years before.
Instead she was all smiles-and even some
sparkling tears. and her feet touched the plat
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-27

plainly of the dreadful birth OF interest in life,
when that life could find no wider center than the
clothing and feeding Of eight babies, whose in
teligence was as yet in a very embryonic state of
development.
But Time was soon to rectify all that When
Anita had two candles her birthday cake she
had already been entered in the census as one of
the nine hundred citizens of her place OF birth.
When she had ave candles she was one of three
thousand. Then there was enormous boom of
western emigration and the little girls twelfth
birthday saw her living in city-a city of paved
streets tall buildings, fine parks and all other
modern advantages. No one would have recog-
nzed the sites of the chapel. the shed for storing
skins. and the blockhouse; would have
recognized the bluffs the river; and no one
would have recognized Anita and the seven boys.
OF course they had all grown. Twelve years
has always produced tremendous changes in babies.
John had grown 80 fast that his mother was very
nervous over him, he being her only child. Eddy
had grown mainly widthways; Tom and Dick
taller than Anita; Harry and Will were shorter
than she was: Francis George (whose mother
was poet) was just her height.
But they still celebrated their birthdays to-
gether. Anita always leading on in January. And
just Anitas hood had set the fashion in hoods
In days gone by. 30 now Anita's style of birthday
celebration always set the style of all the other
birthday celebrations for that year. When Anita
testified to the number of her years by a circle of
sugar cats instead Of candles, Tom (whose fete,
came next testified to his by circle of sugar
dogs. Eddy followed with sugar elephants, and
% on for that year.
The next year Anita had the requisite number
q big pink roses. and Tom followed with red roses
and on to Francis George Whose mother al
ways liked to produce novel effect). who had
towering spikes Of hollyhockA
Upon the following year Anita suddenly aban-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-27

doned her cake and gave dancing party with
a German and the date and her age done in gold
the back of the programmes Here was
innovation but the other mothers rose
nobly the occasion-or occasions-and seven
dancing parties each with a German and pro-
gramme attached, all took place in turn.
The next year Anita went away to boarding
school and thus terminated all the happy series
of events which had prettiy and pleasantly
chained the lives of the eight together OF course
it was inevitable and of course it was sad but
que vouleZ-yous?
The boys stuck together more or less.
went to school daily shot snipe in twos and
threes in the shlpe season. played football Gall
but John, whose mother preferred that he
shouldnt-he being her only chd)), played ten
MIS- played all sorts of things and grew up assidu-
ously.
When Anita home the next summer she
was a great surprise to her old comrades.
"Why, she's pretty!" Harry said to Will in
most utter surprise.
"How awful old she seems Eddy confessed
to Dick, as they returned from having made an
especially awkward call the especially composed
young lady.
II don't like her as much as I did, Tom thought
but not aloud.
Francis Georges mother had him lose no time
in sending some flowers with his name and COM
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-02-27
ANlIA

- MUST begin a little back-about seventeen
or eighteen years back.
The missionaries came up the river drst and
III built chapel; then the fur-traders came next
and built shed for storing skins out OF the
rain until they could be carried eastward: then
the soldiers came and built, first a bIock-house,
the steamboats, and then the settlers-the first
townspeople.
They were young married people mainly. people
whose lives and plans had been uprooted and
whirled abroad by the There was quite
colony of them. men OF all professions with pretty
sweet-faced girlwives each seeking their fortune,
some put it.
In January of the following year Anita came,
and along through the twelfth month succeeding
came the seven boys. Anita and the boys
were the most important of all the arrivals,
for they were the first white children born in
the young state.
Anita and the seven boys were Of init
mate friends from the first minute of their
spective advents. Their first teeth and their first
steps were civic events. their last long clothes
and their first short clothes cherished heir
looms later When Anita's great-grandmother
In Boston sent her the newest thing in velvet
hoods the mothers of the seven boys all met in
and took the pattern or so that all the eight
babies might be hooded alike. They were also
strap-slippered alike. white embroidered-cap
alike. baby-cabbed alike. ivory-ringed alike and
In the second year-they all brthdayed alike one
after another. It all pretty and delightful
and somewhat pathetic, too. for it spoke very
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-12

prise vegetable shower. The shower, however, consisted of more than vegetables. as wood, chickens, grocer les, butter and canned fruits and iellles, mixed in nicely with pota- toes, turnlps, carrots and eabbages Among the other things was a very unique and really handsome boquet made by entwiniDg parsley and large punches of pink chrysanthemums around the roots of 20 pound ln- verted cabbage. The effect was so artistic that it would surely have won a prize at the country fair, Music, readings, singing, etc., added to the enjoyment of the evening. Refreshments were served as the Monroe ladies we'll know how to serve them. The company separated feeling they knew anu loved each other better. Inc only regret was it showered outside as we'll as in and therefore prevented some from com ing,
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-12
BRIEFLY NOTED.

A. D. Jacot of Bridgewater, whC purchased the nollister place, har moved there with his family and il now nicely settled in his new home
 Miss Agnes Furges0n of Shelton spent Sunday with her parents, MI and Mrs James Furgeson of East Vil lage.
 Mrs James Furgeson picked 1G dandelinn blossoms in the lot neal her barn at East Village, last Satur. day.
 Mrs C. A. Sperry and children of Sandy Hook were guests, Sunday. ol MT and Mrs John B. Wayland.
 Howard Wheeler's saw mill was moved, last week into tract of tim ] Der Mr Wheeler purchased of George Burr in Webb.
 Mrs Mimn:e Bristol and two sons, William and Arthur, of Ansonia and MT and Mrs Horace Bigelow of Shel- tor were guests, Sunday, of MT and Mrs Charles Green of East Village.
 Theodore E. Nichols, who has re- gently taken a position with the Rowland Dry Goods Co. in Bridge port. spent Sunday here with his parents, MT and Mrs c. B. Nichols.
 Mrs Charles Greer and two daugh- ters, Helen and Rda, spent Saturday in Hawleyville, the guests of Mrs Greens mother, Mrs David L. La borie.
 Walter Radcliff, William Healey and MT and Mrs Andrew Helm of Shelton were guests, last Saturday, of MT and Mrs c. E. Nichols. The gentlemen enjoyed the day hunting with MT Nichols and baggeda fine lot of game. The party made the trip here and back in their touring car.
 Frank Beardsley is having a num- Der of repairs and improvements made on his house.
 l.. E. Nichols, who had the mistor- tune to cat one of his legs with an a, c, shGrt time ago, is now laid Up at his home with blood poisoning. Dr F. J. Wales is attending him
 Philo E. Burrs house on Flu, street is shining in a new coat of paint. J. I. Andrews was the artist.
 Arthur Wales has moved his store from where it stood just south of his fathers house on Elm street to just south of his new bungalow facing it on the cross street opposite the Ab- bott pl,'e
 Mrs N. i. Sterling will c'0se her home on Elm stree. in about two weeks and go to Bridgeport to spend ihe winter with her son, Lorenze Sterling.
 First Selectman Clarence B. Burr and bride are expected home some time, this week, from their wedding trip and will begin housekeeping in MT Burr home on Elm street.
 F. w. Hawley is builulng wagon house for Morris Nusbann.
 A. s. Hura is making repairs on his barn.
 Miss Carrie Hollister is guest of MT and Mrs F. J. Wales for a few weeks stay.
 Mrs Celia Jeffrey who has been in the St Vincent's hospital at Bridge port for treatment, has returned to her home here and is now gaining 1 .lOwly.
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-12
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER.
Vanishing Tramps.

According to police reports the tramps are themselves solving the tramp problem this summer. They are ceasing to exist. This does not mean that untimely death is over- taking the unkempt gentleman of leisure or that they are generally taking to habits of industry. They have merely felt the call of the green fields and shady forests. They have no keen desire to swelter in the hot cities, and, as their time is wholly their own, they fare forth on joyous vacations" j." Freight trains there always are and train crews can be eluded or cajoled, So that, so far as the city is concerned, the tramp has ceased to exist. The farmers wife knows the summer tramp. She al most never sees him in winter. He hibernates in the city, seeking warmth and shelter iG the low sa- looms and cheap lodging houses, picking up the wherewithal by per sistent street begging. This winter life is the only really unpleasant
The Newtown bee., 1909-11-12

part of a tramp's existence. If it were always summer the American hobo would be the happiest of mor- tals. The backdoor handouts at the farmhouses are easy of attainment. Even if one is requested to do a mite of work in return for the courtesies of victualling it is not dreadful hardship Almost any tramp is will ing, under such conditions, to depart from his fixed rule or life. Besides, it may be philosC phically considered that working should be the tramp's recreation. His business is doing nothing. The man who works the year around seeks to do nothing when vacation comes. Why should not the man who does nothing the year around take pleasure in work ing when his vacation time arrives; especially if by working ne is en- abled to prolong his stay in the fresh air amid delightful rural sur roundings?