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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-28

I often think In iding through vari-
Gus sections of the South. and seeing
so much bad farming that all the work
We have been doing has been of little
value. But then ar occasional letter
brings to me evidence that here and
there some one has walked up to the
wonderful opportunities of the South
ern soil and climate and is farming
successfully. The amazing thing
about these isolated cases is that
farmers all around the man who has
broken away from the old ruts fail to
follow his example. and yea after
year scratch over an old field whe
they know that there is not one chance
in a hundred that it will make them
a paying crop.
But just now ] have a letter from
a farmer in South Carolina which is
encouraging. Sending his congratu-
lations on my seventeen birthday, he
adds:
Some time ago when you stated
that you felt discouraged in not seeing
better results n was thinking of lay
ing down your pen, ] Intended to write
you a letter Of thanks and beg you
don give up the Ship but like
others, failed to write as l should
have done. Now, 1 do not want to
give 'taffy' or throw bouquets, but will
simply state facts how / have been
helped by the agricultural press, and
your writings more than anything else.
Six years ago I bought q badly run
down farm for $40, 900. Last year ]
refused $4,000 for it. Not knowing
much about farming. ] saw / had to
learn or lose what I had put into it.
So ] went to reading and mapped out
my plans for rotating my crops, sim
ply following our advice. The first
wear, starting January, we made SIS
bales Of cotton on his nlan; 81 the
year after, 12O next and 161 next. I
am selling about 100 hogs a year, 30
10 30 early spring lambs that net me
= 70 $40 a head, have already 2 horse
mo mule colts, sell from 500 to
l WV bushels of seed oats, and several
hundred dollars worth OF Other nrn-
''t". me former owners made 3 t.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-28
Best Way to Sell Cotton Is BY Ware
house System.
(ApeX Journal.)

The cotton farmer should become
educated to the best method to be fol-
lowed in marketing his cotton. If he is
not a we'll read man especially in bus
mess matters, he can eve be certain
that he is always getting the worth
OF his product, or that he is not being
duped by some unprincipled buyer,
when he places it on the market.
1t is a lamentable fact hat acts be-
longing. inherently to men Of no char
acter or honesty have been perpetrat-
ed on the farmers who have been
selling their cotton on the Raleigh
market. Some Of them have suffered
heavily as a result of deceitful and
malipnant practices, and they with no
remedy at law for the damage sus-
tanned, or under the present method
of marketing, for the prevention Of
such practices.
1t would seem that the present
status Of affairs would tend to urge
forward strongly the warehouse pro-
iect now under consideration by the
Wake County Farmers Union. A
warehouse, centrally located, Under
competent management, will prove,
in our opinion, the solution for the
present situation, and guarantee to the
farmer absolute security and the
highest market price for his cotton,
as we'll as IN absence of the feeling
which he cannOt experience now
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-28
GROWING AN ACRE OF CORN.
Mitchell Orr Shows How He Made 100
Bushels of Corn on An Acre-TOtal
Expense SIS and Net Profit $124.
(Statesville Landmark.

(Statesville Landmark.)
The members of the Iredell Boys
Corn Clubs who contested for prizes
the past year for the best yield per
acre, etc, were requested to make re-
ports giving method of cultivation, fer
~tilizatiOn, etc, and the cost Of prOduc-
ton. Master Mitchell Orr, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. r. w. Orr, of Statesville. won
$40 for the largest yield or an acre
100 is bushels-and the following ex-
tracts from his report will prove Of in
terest to farmers, farmer boys and
others interested in farm work:
April 10 and 12-Ground rather
dry; plowed with three horse rever-
sible disc pillow to a depth Of 10 to IL
inches. April 27-Twenty two horse
loads of anu we'll disced in. May
Double disced; ground in good
shape. May 15.-Rows laid off six
inches deep. three feet apart; corn
planted by corn planter with 200
pounds 8 2 2 fertilizer. May 29-Ran
weeder over corn. once to the row.
to the row. two-thirds Of an inch deep.
June 10-Corn thinned to a stand by
hand, thinning about II inches. June
Iran junior cultivator twice to
the row. half inch. June 23-Ran
junior c%ultivator with sweeps on
DdCh tCCIAp SoI1lS uO"h 4 IL
inches. Same process was repeated
July 2 n S. July 15-Hoed ten
hours, cutting grass which had been
reset by rains; and five hours similar
work July Is. August 5.-Second ap-
plication, 400 pounds fertilizer broad-
casted by hand, mixed with soil, going
down an inch deep with a junior cult
Vator.
This completed the cultivation. A
report is also made OF the rainfall.
Heavy rain April 13, gentle rain gath;
good rain May 8, heavy beating rains
10, "a, light showers 2Ith; July 81,
%, rain and high winds damaged corn,
blowing It down fiat: August 14-15, So
hours of gentle showers; goth good
rain; September IL light hover and
September II, Is good rain.
October Corr matured; average
height of stalks ten feet, height of ears
from ground five feet. October 10
Corn cut by hand with corn knives.
shocked in large shocks and tied with
binding Irvine. October 27, 29-
Shucked corn by hand, weighed care
fully on Howe wagon scales as per in
structions; yield, 100 Is bushels. Va
riety of corn. Weekdays Improved.
The estimate cost Of fertilization is
SS.30, $17.10. Total gain in feed
value -Four tons slower, Sc per ton,
$24; corn at rs cents per bushel, SIS:
total, $99.1O: less expenses, S2440.
total gain. $73.7O.
Total profit OF crop: 40 bushels seed
corn, 81 per bushel, $50; so Is bush
els feed corn, rs cents. $45: four tons
stover, $24; total, s149, less expenses.
$25 in round numbers. leaving a total
profit of 1924.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-28
LINCOLN SOIL PRODUCES
GOOD CORN
More Evidence of the Fact That Lin
coin County Should Take Front
Rank i'm the Corn Producing Coun-
ties of the State.
c County \

(Lincoln County News
p. c. Costner demonstration, eight
acres in demonstration plot. Stable
manure hroadcasted on the poorer end
Of field. Land was part in clover and
part in pasture in 1908. Broken in
February and SUBSIDIZED to the depth
Of II in. and narrowed we'll. Planted
April II, Prolific Corn Rows 4 #.
Distance OF plants in drill II to IS in.
200 lbs OF 8, 2, 2, per acre was used
on part of field where was APP
piled and where none was applied.
Cultivated level and shallow six times.
Yield SO blu per acre where manure
and fertilizer were both used. SO bu.
where fertilizer alone was used. 81 Du.
where manure alone was used. 90 bu.
where no manure nor fertilizer WIS
used. 1t is just to stable manure to
state that where it was used the field
was very much poorer han where
the fertilizer was useD It has been
thoroughly demonstrated thai stable
manur is the best form of fertilizer
for crops and soil since it contains
humus to hold moisture in addition to
the plant food ingredients. s. make
1t a point. fellow farmers produce III
the manure possible on your farms.
T. F. Cornwe1l demonstrates. one
acre. IL in cotton and IL in snring
oats followed with peas in 1898.
Proken in January s in. deep, Cross
wv III SpitlS anu IdI CIV tx
we'll. Planted May 7th with Weok1v's
Improved. Pows 4 #. 2 in. Plants in
drill "a in. Stable anure b~roadc4sted
thinly and 400 lbs, Of 8. 4. 4. used IL
at planting time and IL when corn
was shoulder high. Cultivated level
n shallow nine times. Yield 10 hU,
and 81 lbs.
3. r. Seagle demonstration. 3 acres.
Land in wheat followed with peas" IN
1908. Froken in January s in. with
turning pillow followed in am turroW
with s11bsoil pillow. Narrowed VOL
Planted first week in April with ~.
White. Rows 4 TT. IL in. in driI1. I'Ned
200 lbs. cotton seed meal, acid phos-
rhate n kainit mixed so as t. EIre
about an 8, 3, 9, forrnular. CU'fivatrd
level and shallow 10 times. Yield 50
bu. per acre.
r. O. Robinson demonstrators, one
acre in wheat in 1908. Broke in '7n-
uarv with disc rlOw 10 in. deem, it@r~
rowed we'll. Planted April 81 "Hh
Weekly's Improved. Rows + f. ''F-
tance of plants in drill Il in. i's"d ~
loads Of stable manure and 100 lis. ~
Is rer cent acid per acre. CUff1N7f"i
level and shallow six times. Yield ~
bu. and SO lbs.
r. r. SULLIVAN. Al.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-28
Farmer Stubbs-He Lives at Homo.
(Memphis Commercial Appeal.)

(Memphis Commercial Appea1.)
There was comment in the market
reports the other day, because con-
densed milk is scarce.
OF course condensed milk is a very
useful product, but isn't it about the
height of absurdity when the farmer
buys condensed milk?
And especially is this absurd down
here where cows can run on pasture
nine months in the year.
Yet enormous quantities of con-
densed milk are shipped out Of Mem
phls every year to some OF the neigh
boring plantations.
If all our farmers were like Ben
Stubs, of baldwin, Miss, the money
that they get for 15c. cotton would
stay at home, and not go up into ILL
nois, Iowa and Wisconsin to buy corn
and meat.
Mr.. Strbbs is q farmer and a drum
mer
He has a farm at Baldwin, Miss.
and on Friday he sent to the head OF
his house in Memphis a Christmas
box. Everything in the box was grown
Here is what was in the box:
One turkey.
One chicken.
Fresh eggs.
Several pounds Of butter.
One backbone OF a hog.
n set Of spareribs.
Several pounds of sausage.
Winter cabbage CASUALLY called col
lards).
Carrots.
Sweet potatoes.
Irish potatoes.
Hickory nuts.
Peanuts.
baldwin. Miss, is on the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad. a few miles north
of Tnpelo. What Farmer Stubs did
at baldwin can be done by farmers at
Oakland, at fernando. at Holly
Springs. around Clarksdale, Friars
Point Cleveland, Forrest City, Helena,
Wynne. Osceola. Dyersburg, Browns
vile and Somerville.
1t does not matter much to Farmer
Snnbbs what hogs are selling for, be-
cause he has meat enough in his
summer. and if the meat supply rus
short, there will be chickens and fresh
eggs.
Farmer Stubbs diversifies.
He grows cotton, too, but the money
he gets from cotton is clear profit.
Look over the market PAGE of Tbs
Commercial Appeal. and it should he
a warning to you of the prices that
Will rule next Summer
Hogs in Louisville Saturday sold az
nigh AS $3.50 per hundredweight.
~i Il folS was u@iole1 III
ST. Louis at 80 1-2r.
Yo" can buy stuff as heap, in
Nemnhis as any other place on earth
and haTns are quoted in Memnhis Al
80. 20 iSc. wholesale, bacon at from
zoe. to 27c.
1hose who have hogs to kill ara for.
tunate. ~"
II YOU meat supply is short now
. Tor a big crop Of chickens
next summer.
IT q man diversifies. that man p ,
he independent.
Vt course there will be an anormo,,s
a:I.ape -, cotton newt wear, but. not
"~lthStand1ng the hirh price Of cotton
Won must not Dat vour tr,,sf in cottor
a'one, but make yonr cotton the sur
p'hs cron. aud raise hogs. and mt
enough land in corn to meet y.,3r
!'eens. and consult h AGRICULTURAL d.
par,H'enfs PAMPHLETS as to the hes,
method of cultivation
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-28
\ Temporary Sheep Fence

A movable fence Ct this kind t"i
soiling sheep is made in nanefS a. S"t
in the picture. The panels are l"'
Get long. made Of four inch '"'f'
sCli6Iv nailed together. After th@ ~
nee is once put ur. sheep or hoes 4To
net likely to overture it. \ f." 'fi
ee and one-half feet high VIII l""
most flOckS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-12-28

IN q world where there are So
things needing to be done, WY p
any man be willing TO Walk ..o~
five times up and down one ''--+n
row. Think of this when you 90 -
decide on the tools you will use "'''
season
Evening star., 1909-05-30
By J. Carter Beard

pOOMERANGS are Jokes By ]. Ca
u named because when launched
forth they are likely to come back
with disconcerting force and alight on the de-
fenseess heads of those who perpetrate them
The First Husband
DON'T. for instance. indulge in a joke that
criticism as friend of mine did when he
facetiously remarked to a friend of his, as the
two were looking over collection of family
photographs That's likeness of my wlte ;
first husband What do you think of him
We'll, of all the brainleSs. lnane looking
imbeciles he must have been the worst: but
| never knew that your wife was married be-
fore she met you.
She wasn't said my friend severely
That's my portrait when | was twenty-five
years old -
The peekaboo Joke
A MOTHER boomerang is the peekaboo the
final effect of which Is to make Its orlgl-
nator wish he had never been born The moduS
operandi and its effect are follows
Suppose you are calling on your best girl,
Miss Edythe st Claire Miss Edythe is not
wait
Suddenly light footsteps are heard in the
hall and you. being of playful disposition,
say gleefully:
"Ill Just stoop down behind the big easy
chair; appear suddenly and surprise Miss
Edythe.
"Oh. that will be such dear little joke :"
perhaps Edythes mama may reply
But something has occurred to disturb
Edythe's self poise She is out of sorts Any
one here while was OUT" she inquiries
Evening star., 1909-05-30
A MOVABLE FEAST

A WESTERNER attending Rhode Island
clambake for the first time suddenly be-
came aware that he not quite SO comfort
able as he had been at the beginning.
Look here" he said to Senator Aldrch. his
neighbor at table :" You are native and
know the rules of the game | don't. Now I'd
like to know when to stop eating
We'll. responded the Senator. with a
smile my rule is this | seat myself at th.
start exactly four inches from the table. and
when feel myself touching it know it is time
to move back
Evening star., 1909-05-30

Snllng mama
Because that insutferably
tiresome Algy Eervain-
My dear My dear
said he going to come poking up"
Edythe, Edythe'"
And am glad he didn't for -
Edythe my daughter"
-abomlnate the sight of him He's SO
stupid and conceited and"
Edvthe beg of you
Now. mama you have said SO yourself
many and many time. and
oh, Edythe. I'm sure
Why. indeed you have mama You said
the other day that he reminded you of that
organ grinder monkey. and
"Edythe,"
- think so. too
"Edythe St Claire Will you keep still'"
Edythe's girlish shrek arises as Algy does.
and instead of the playful Boot' he has in
tended to utter. nothing remains but to say
stiffly possible, q" bid you goodnight Miss
St Claire'' and to depart and return no more.
Evening star., 1909-05-30
JOKES WITH BOOMERANG EFFECTS

Why do you ask questions
smiling mama
Because that insutferably
Evening star., 1909-05-30

nOOMERANGS are jokes SO
- named because when launched
forth they are likely to come back
with disconcerting force and alight
fenseless heads of those who perpet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
VAUGHAN DISAGREES
WITH NAVY SURGEON
Mrs. Sutton's Physician Is of
Opinion That the Wound
Doesn't Show Suicide.

DIT. George TUlly Vaughan, who rep
resented Mrs. James NJ. Sutton at the
autopsy on the body of her son. Lieut..
Sutton, at Arlington Cemetery, does not
agree with DR.. Raymond Spear. of the
Navy, that, from the appearance of
the body, su' eide was possible. The re-
port of DIT. Vaughan is in the hands
OF Attorney Henry r. Davis, who ex-
poets to make a statement regarding 1t
tomorrow.
II is reported that DIR. Vaughan de-
clares in his statement that the bullet
hole in the head Of the dead lieutenant
was clear-cut and unattended by any
marks attending the close discharge Of
a pistol Powder marks and bruises
which would have shown on the skull
had the pistol been discharged at sucn
close range as suicide would have COM
PEELED were not found, he declares.
This. Il is said. leads DR.. Vaughan to
the conclusion that Sutton did not die
by his own hand.
The report that Representative Coed
OF Iowa and other members of Con-
gress intend 10 secure a Congressional
investigation Of the Sutton case has not
disturbed Attornew Davis I'm his con-
illusions as TO what should be his next
step in the controversy. He insists that
he does not know nor care what Con-
gressiOnal action is taken I'm the matter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
NEW YEAR OBSERVED
IN ALL SYNAGOGUES
Beginning Of Jewish Holiday Is Being Celebrated
IOday-Services Held at Temple on Eighth
Street by Rabbi Simon.

The Jewish New Year which began at
shutdown last evening is being celebrat-
ed in all the synagogues of the city to-
day. This New Year is the beginning
OF the year $50 Of the Jewish calendar.
Services celebrating Rosh Hashana
were held in the Jewish Temple, on
Eighth street, this morning by Rabbi
Abram Simon, assisted by the Rev.
Louis Stern. The "Old Order Changeth"
was the subject Of the sermon Of Rabbi
Simon The services began at o'clock.
when the trumpet service, which is
properly called the shoflr. began.
The ceremony bespeaks not only the
old-time call for battle but for prayer.
rams horn is blown. starting the
service.
Rabbi Simon, in speaking Of the Gus
tom, said:
There are thirty sounds given on the
trumpet The first sound is a long call.
which is repeated three times The sec
ond is a number Of short broken notes.
which are to signify the broken heart
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
COOK DETERMINED
TO FIND The POLE

VIENNA. Sept. 16-Prof. Otto &orden-
skiold. the famous Swedish Arctic ex-
plorer, writing to Die Zeit. Says:
"a few weeks ago. while in Greenland.
met the Eskimos with whom DIT. Cook
lived preparatory to his dash for the
Pole. also met there the notable Dan
fish polar traveller. Knud Rasmussen.
Rasmussen happened to be in Green
land when Cook landed there in he win
ter of 1907. and he saw much Of Cook
during the winter and in the year fol-
lowing
"Cook told Rasmussen, in the most
matter Of fact way. chat this time he
was determined TO discover the North
Pole.
where are your aides?' asked Ras-
mussen-
81 have none, and need none re-
piled the American. The yacht has
gone. only a single white man remain
ing behind. aside from myself. 7 intend
TO start for Northern Greenland and
VIII either find the Pole or perish in
the attempt.
Rasmussen and most Of the EslIimos
he met in Northern Greenland got the
impression from Peary that the Pole
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16

which realizes it sins. The third sound
is supposed TO be tie alarm. given to
arouse the conscience. and the last is
the sound which signifies the forgive
ness Of God of the repentant heart.
Those are the fundamental sounds
which are repeated until the thirty
sounds have been given"
The domestic side of the celebration
is very much like the Christian New
Year. The Rabbi Yesterday evening in
speaking Of the feature Of the days
celebration said
"A prominent feature in the Rosh ia
shaaa OF the Jews is the domestic side
Of the day. 1T is the call for all the
family to gather. The sons and the
daughters, and all the relatives gather
IN one home. Like the Christian New
Year, there is also a social side to Il,
as friends make the round OF the homes
OF those they know, wishing each other
happiness in the days 20 come. II is
a time Of rejoicing. for no matter how
hard the last year may have been, ON
New Year day Cheerfulness Is the pre-
dominating note IN the hope of a merci-
ful Gods clemency."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
BRAVE. MEN AVERT
PANIC IN HOSPITAL
Engineer and Surgeon Are
Burned Putting Out Fire
in New York.

NEW YORK. Sept 16.-But for the
bravery OF House Surgeon Hurley and
Engineer Clark, Of the Williamsburg
Hospital, disastrous and perhaps fatal
fire would have spread through that IN
stitutiOn early today.
AS a result Of their heroism. both Hur-
ley and Clark we're seriously burned.
The fire started in the engirs room.
There were fifty patients IN the hospital,
and the physicians realized that = fire
alarm might cause a panic that would
end in the death OF some. A telephone
alarm was sent to a neighbortng fire
engine house and while the firemen
were running to the hospital on foot.
carrying fire extinguishers. Hurley and
Clark entered the engine room and at
tempted to beat out the flames with
their hands.
The fire was confined to the engine
room and the patients were kept in ig-
norance Of their danger.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
COOK MANY MILES
AWAY, SAYS PEARY
Steamer Captain Tells of a
Conversation With Naval
Officer.
lcontlnued from - -

new lignt is thrown onsthe events in
cidental 20 the arrival of Peary at the
North Pole by the story told today by
Matthew Henson. the colored man, who
has accompanied Peary on all his re-
cent expeditions to the Pole.
u had been understood before that
Peary was alone at the Pole save for
one lone Eskimo. but It now develops
that Henson and four Eskimos were
there TO help Peary hoist the flag over
the apex Of the earth.
In an interview Henson tells of camp
ing at the Pole and sleeping there one
night, Of cooking dinner and making
tea on the alcohol stove, and building
snow houses. and describes graphically
how he taught the EsldmOs 20 cheer
athis bidding and made them give three
ci7eers for the success of the expedition
Henson says that he kept q diary Of
the doings of the eventful 6cys that
followed the departure Of Captain Bart
lett, the English captain of the Roose-
welt, at latitude 81 degrees IS minutes.
when Peary decided that the moment
had come for a last dash onward. in
which no white man but himself should
have the honor OF sharing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16

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Bay Rum, genuine i'm
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Domestic Bay Rum, made
in America, full pint bot
tie ............. .25c
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
WORKS OLD GAME.

BOSTON, Mass. Sept. 1.-TWO thou
sand dollars worth Of jewels were stolen
from a show case in the store OF Hodg-
son, Kennard & Co, by a thief, who
worked the old ruse Of sending the
clerk who was waiting on him TO the
back Of the store for something he
wanted. The man seized a tEay OF sew
els and fed He was captured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
Beef. Wine. and Iron 25e

The d-fashiOned tonic.
Pleasant to take, and will
build you up. Good for old
folks and children soc
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Wine cut to. -....-...... 25o
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16

was his, and that any one else finding
It must be regarded as an interloper.
when in the late autumn OF 1905
Cooks companion return ed, and month
after month passed without word from
him, the friendly Greenlanders and
Cooks personal friends in Europe and
America began 20 fear that the intrepid
American had persisted. When I visited
in Northern Greenland a short while
ago this pessimistic view still pre-
vailed "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-09-16
MARY MERCURIO
FORFEITS HER BAIL

Mary Mercurio, the eighteen-year-old
girl who was arrested by Detectives
CornweH and Kliendienst on a charge Of
shoplifting. forfeited SO collateral IN
Police Court today.
The girl was accused Of lifting goods
from the counters Of a Seventh street
store, and IN explanation told the police
that she took the things because she
had lost the money given her TO shop
with, and was afraid 10 go home with
out the things.