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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-09

at enmity with pure. clean living.
Qesd, yOvtruthOeZSDy shr- shr hrdlss
d not get the idea that it will be
easy to do all this. or that there IS
much popular interest in the subject.
The newspapers are the best expon-
entS of public sentiment. They are
friendly to this movement. and so
long as they give two or three pages
daily to base and foot ball, the races
and Dugilism and half q column week
~ to health news there is little public
demand for the latter. The enlist
ment of economist and educators is
the greatest encouragement we. have
had.
whether it will be necessary for
medical men to go into the legisla-
tive bodies, as they We're forced to do
in the European countries, is yet to
be determined. For the first century
our laW-making BODIES, state and ma
tional, were dominated by the high
est class Of lawyers with the very best
results. Since then better Opportuni-
ties hav opened up for this class and
almost all the offices nave been mo-
nopolized by a distinctly lower grade
of lawyers and others who make
profession Of politics. With this
chance have come others. The prob
lens now confronting this ountr
We're before SO difficult or COM
nlex, and few Of Them are either legal
or political. They are mainly eccO-
nomic, with moral and social elements
inseperably interviewer, and for their
proner solution a higher and better
ain official class is demanded.
Broadly educated business and liter
ar~ men, tachers and Industrial lead
ers should be selected in sufficient
numbers that their voices and votes
would be effective. There is a doctor
in close touch with almost every voter
in the United States and it may be
that thew can do better by upporinS
these classes for office, than to go
into public life themselves.
In any event it is an educational
work, and any profession has the
knowledge which not only fits them
for but imposes the duty of leader
ship. 1t will involve years Of conse-
Grated. self-sacrificing labor, and all
NAV not be equal to it. How they
are to be compensated under the new
order of things, Or whether as any
doctors will be needed we have not
stopped to inquire. We only know
that it opens a field Of usefulness for
us Of untold possibilities. that it puts
in the SKY a bow Of hope and prom
Use for the people never seen before,
and we ask for such cooperation as
will bring at least some of it's bene-
factions to the present generation"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-09
BROADCAST OR DRILLING?

Following the selecting Of suitable
seed, the proper placing it into the
ground is the next important step. IN
this connection, in the seeding OF all
sman grain, the superiority OF drlllillg
seed over the Old-fashiOned method OF
sowing broadcast is not as generally
appreciated as it should be.
To havc q proper understanding Of
the benefit of the drill! it IS necessary
to know just what it does and how.
In the first place q drill saves See,l,
q bushel Of grain drilled in producin :
as GOOD q stand as a bushel and q
peck SOWn
\ large amount Of broadcast seed
never comes no, even IL covered IN
the best possible manner with a disk
or harrow.
Some of it will not be covered at
al while some will be down too deep
III the soil and an uneven stand Will
be produced.
Sown with g drill the grain is even
ly distributed, has an equal covering,
9erI1inateS and comes up at the same
time n has an equal chance of de-
Vehement.
In sowing wheat the value of the
drill is so We'll understood that it is
very generally used, but strange to
say, many farmers continue to SOW
their oats broadcast.
This more tina anything else has
caused oats to be wrongfully con-
SlueTS0 an unpfOnCdDle lnOuSn u
necessary crop, for conclusive StatiS-
tics from the experiment stations
show that oats when property plant
et will return highly profitable
Weld.
Oats respond marvelously to correct
planting. showing in some instances
the difference Of nine buShe per acre
over the broadcast sowing.
For q long time farmers in n
corn belt thought it was Impossible
to get q drill tina would work in
neavy corn stalks and put wheat or
other: seed in the ground evenly, but
manufacturers have overcome this
difficulty and it is now possible to get
seeders that really perform remark
able work On rough ground.
Farmers no longer are to expert
nsnt with any kind of a machine that
comes along and manufacturers nave
come. to understand that they must
fully meet the requirements of farm
RS in order to sell their
When they do this farmers are always
ready TO adoDt them
This surplus yield. which may mean
the raising of oats at a profit instead
of loss. is a powerful argument in
favor of drill planting and We recon-
mend that every farmer who is en-
EaSed in growing grain secure q drill
before planting time.
1t is almost impossible to SOW grass
seed broadcast and get an ger stand.
And, as grass seed is Very expensive,
the saving in seed alone is an i'm
Dortant item to say nothing OF the
uniformity of growth.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-09
COTTON IN BOIL WEEVlL AREAS
continued from Page One.)

them, destroy them, no, sir, the fur
ther they travel the better. 1t looks
unfair for one section to have them
and other sections to be exempt; but
we can't have all blessings or curses
at the same time; they come In spots,
and gradually. SO Tar as killing the
boil Weevil out, the mar who says it
can be done is a fool. When sea
sonable years come for cotton you
can make it by early planting and
rapid cultivation. When u%nseason-
you in June and July, the boil Wee
wills will more than divide the crop
with you. / have farmed for fifty
years and succeeded at it, but for the
past six or seven years / have a
bool weevil and my cotton yield on
an average Of one-half bale to the
acre has been reduced to One-third
of a bale to the acre, and some
years, like 1903, they wiped the cot
ton crop out, but in spite of all this,
/ make none farming in a modest
way. In the past four years I have
cleared ST., 900 against bool weevils.
/ have the prettiest black and farm
in Texas; when you see it. you will
admit it. Every row is laid off as
straight as a gun BARREL; every row
three feet FOUR lncneS. just SO the
cultiVator will track the rows with
out trouble. / plant my cotton IS
inches apart, put the seed in the
ground as early as ! can, and if frost
gets the cotton l plant over; when
the cotton comes up l work rapidly
and pillow the crop until the hands
get ready to pick. Never stop weep
ing, sweep shallow and light, but
sweep all the time, it disturbs the
weevil, knocks some on the ground,
you cover them up and get rid of
many by this system of cultivation.
Burn your stalks in the fall. it does
good, and break in the fall if you
can -
: Successful DiycrsifiatiOn.
Colonel, do you diversity?
Yes. sir, 1 have enough corn to last
me now two years. but I can sell what
I don't need. / believe in diversity
ing, but not in trucking. Raise stan
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-09
GOOD HEALTH


getting into the mouth something
f1ora' the kidneys and bowels of some
one who has q the disease. This
IS not a nice thing to think or talk
about, but it is so much worse TO 90
il that nice people ought TO think
talk and plan against it until they
can stop doing it. In cities h germs
usually get 70 the mouth in infected
water. The literature OF the disease
abounds with fatal epidemics and
yearly prevalence from this source.
Less frequently it is carried in infect
cd milk. In small towns and country
districts it is often carried by the or
binary house fly, as was first shown
at C~hickarnauga and other military
camps during the war with SPAN.
You have a large sick and death rate
rom diphtheria, ~dysentery, scarlet
fever, measles and other IKE diseases
to say nothing Of the cruel
of babies every year from diseases
due TO the use Of dirty or adulterated
milk. These diseases, one n all, are
a disgrace to our civilization. WIN
clean, healthy living, personal, 90
nestle, municipal and national, they
could be 50 effaced that they would
have only historic interest. 1t YOU'D
cost less to do this each year tnan
it does to treat and nurse the SICK
and bury the dead, not to speak OF
the main, sorrow and loss Of life when
would be prevented.
when physicians in this and oth-
or states, as in the nation, urged leg
islation for this purpose, they were
confronted with a wall Of suspicion
or prejudice. otherwise intelligent
conaressmen and Legislators have not
hesitated to say tina doctors asked Tor
these laws for their own benefit, not
for the good Of the people not
stopping to consider that IN 50
far as to prevent SICKNESS
they. diminish their w income.
In fact am convinced that IL
is the very unse!fishness Of this Whole
which has caused 1t TO pc
misunderstood. Legislators saw no
other vocation working against It's oWn
interest and could not believe that
ours would do it. 1t was ecaus
ours was first of all q humanitarian
calling, in daily contact with sickness
and sorrow and charged with the
duty of saving life. that it took up
the work, just as, for the same rea-
son, it does more actual Christian
charity every day in every year than
All the other people. n organizations
put together. Again, all others may
profit by their inventions or discover
les. but a doctor cannot. All of this
hats involved an altruistic labor with
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-09

dard crops. My place contains 1,2G0
acres. Have 500 acres in cotton.
500 acres in mesquite grass, $50
acres in corn, $50 acres in pats.
IN my 800 acres mesquite ! have 60
mule colts, so or 60 head urham
cattle. l am going to get rid of cat
tie and stick to mules. Ticks are too
bad, and cattle do not pay. Mules
pays. Mules pay we'll; understand,
l do not breed mules, buy them as
colts, feed and take care of them un-
til they are three years old. and reap
a good profit. My cotton crop before
boil weevils was ESQ bales. Since
ut expenses accordingly, abolished
the one-horse sweep, took up the Gull
tivator and worked 40 or so acres to
the hand, instead of 90. Boil Wee
wills teach progress and economy
breakfast over, and Colonel Glb-
First we went through the pas
ture, 500 acres level valley and
sloping hills. all matted with mes
quite grass, with a living stream OF
water flowing through it, forming Il
combination of beauty that nature
mailing their living on grass, with
but little corn; in fact I believe Col
onel Gibson told me they had never
tasted corn. Be that as it may, they
were a fine looking lot of colts, all
well developed, round and fat. Also
saw his fine Durham cattle. He said,
See that COW, I paid $3.50 for her
mother. l love fine cattle, but l am
going out of the business. am too
old to make it pay; ticks too bad
Go Home and Tell Your Farmers to
be Plucky. Said Col. Gibson.
From that pasture we went to his
harms. They were filled with corn,
oats and hay and every work mule
seal fat. All of his farming tools
under shed and an Andrew Jackson
nracticed by every farmer. From
the barns we went to the cotton
fields. I had not forgotten the gun
barrel rows. and expected to see a
crooked gun barrel, but not so.
Every row as straight as a die, and
cotton was waist high and not a
bloom in the field. Boil weevils
claimed top crop and had 1t. He was
making One-third of q bale to the
acre. His corn crOD was good. His
oats crop consisted of 80 acres.
Had 10 acres up and was tall enough
to craze: was then hroH'-ir 81 CONS
more for spring planting and his sui
Ivy plows were turning all vegetation
ont Of sight. Take this farm as Il
whole and it was the best regulated
farm 7 ever saw, and while some If
our farmers may think $4,000
would not be much revenue from
1900 acres in four years. remember
this was net and in q boil WeeVil sec
ton. besides the household
expenses is not q small item.
when 7 bid Colonel Gibson good
bye he said: Go home ana tell your
people not to he discOuraged; good
win yot flow from evil. The second
and third year of hOll weevilS may
pass them through the crucihfe. as it
3;d rs here. but after that the pest
will grow less and YOU can
AGAIN GROW cotton. less tho top crop.
After that bottom and Middle crops
can be made. hnt Law acidp the one
horse sweep and take the clltivatOr.
Cnrtail tho ACREAGE in cotton. heavy
the second and third wear to escape
loss and stick 70 diversified stand
ard crops as I have, and they Will
cuccec6
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-09

(Ohio State .Jonrnal.D

COMO state JO1rnal.)
a fellow who is verv ant to get
+i~ed Of his when hron"ht face to
face with the proposition of buving
ctra u,herries at so much a berry. That
&c The noirt We have reached. Here is
is 2 telegram from down the MissiS-
eirri stating that a shipment IF 10000
c+ro wherrieS had been made TO rich
-aorta in New York. Chicago and,
CINCINNATI. at 2 cents a strawberry.
"Tt IS a enough to buv straw
ha~r'ce hv the quart. with the bot
+or, half way up to the too. hnt by the
berry 50 much ansece, Zcurds, We
nroroco IN amendments 70 Mrs. POrer's
.or;rior that ctra uherr'es are fit only
fo- c~aRes nv ADDING and rich peOnie.
That is tho only infereren from this
evrc~t % l.. ctra wharrinS ut z
cents apiece, which is about SO cents a
dish or 81 for a family shnrtcake."
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-02-09

Wake Forest. y g. Feb Wa .
Forest connletAlv wa1Led away with
W~yar~epfnn Hioh School this afternoon.
u-in-in~ nv the decicivn score of Jos
to 8. Goals We're thrown at-wl'l by
Wake Forest. while Warrenton threw
Int one goal and fowl. Carrick
and Duffy led for Wake Forest, while
urh did good work for Warrenton.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-06-17

On the boys and young mems line Of clio
thing we will give Special Ten Per Cent
Discount.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-06-17
LADIES' WAISTS

About 800 Ladies' Waists left from the
spring and summer line that must go. We
will not carry summer merchandise from
season, and this season is no exception to
Our rule.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-06-17

can Be bought for, but during this Sale as
follows:
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

In the hot season the man who has
all of his mental faculties conferred on
himself is an intolerable bore. He is
peevish, fretfull and Infringing wet. :"
His coat is on his arm; his hat in his
hand. His only greeting is, cts
beastly hot, frightfully awful, amt
it, His hair, in mostly bunches, re-
minds one of window mop. A wet
handkerchief protudes from his shirt
pocket. Precipitation wells from
every pore and bis eyes are moist and
red. Dolefully he peurs cut his story
of sleepless nights and stuffy office
and humid atmosphere, which, of
course, is all news to the listener. The
man with CHEEKY smile and funny
story, who takes the weather as it
comes and talks about business, or
the ball game and the crops, gets on
his nerves and he must move on wear
lily to the next who is willing to hear
some of his story Elk.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18
The DishOnor of two Professions.

The decent American public longs
Cor the end Of the Thaw case. Apart
from its native responsiveness, it has
been the crying shame of two noble
professions. The ease with which
lives forfeited to justice can be bought
back by hiring expensive lawyers has
been demonstrated before. The will
ingness of eminent physicians to give
the kind of expert testimony desired
for huge fee is familiar in the his
tory of American courts.
In one case the shame is thinly
yelled with the principle that the ac-
cused must have every chance, not
necessarily to prove his innocence,
but to escape punishment of his guilt
rThe other is muffled in the ethics and
-argot of the most unintelligible call
ing in human affairs. The medical
expert frames question and answer to
suit his own employer, and need not
answer questions of the other side out
sof the record. With this rule for
other kinds of evidence, contradictory
testimony could be hired by the two
sides Of every case without danger OF
prosecution for perjury.
The essence of the dishOnor is that
these things cost money. The techni-
cal defense of eminent lawyers are not
,,p1occ tho, no
liticai or professional glory in clear.
ing him. No poor m an who has killed in
a brainstorm can afford to be proved
insane by medical experts. Our courts
pretend to have one law for rich and
poor, but immunity from punishment
for crime is, like divorce in England
a luxury for the rich. His decent
family has been impoverished to save
Thaw's dirty life.
Consider few plain facts. He killec
in cold blood man of his own de-
graded type. That was a good job
but it was none of his in the eyes O.
she law. He was either murderer OF
d. LII all DC. LII JIG CdoC, AO oAlOulS
have been executed promptly; in the
other confined for life. There is ne
middle ground in reason and common
sense.
There would be no alternative ir
practice for man unable to hire ex
pert counsel and pay medical experts
Yet this rich degenerate actually ha:
hopes of obtaining permanent free
dom. That discrimination is thu
SHAME of American justice and of the
medical men it corrupts. -Mpls. Tri
bune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18
Having Fun With Burbank.

We have been so in the habit of bow
ing at the shrine of Luther Burbank,
the nature wonder-worker, that we are
just little tickled to see the tempest
in teapot which RACES about his new
fruit, the sunberry--or as the man who
bought the rights call it, the wonder
berry,
Burbank, "all on summers day."
took couple of wild plants belonging
to the potato family, one of them ma
tive of West Africa, and one of IVES
tern America, both of which bore un-
edible berries, and crossed them.
At least that's what he thought he
did, and so said.
The result was an entirely new plant,
breeding true from the seed, and bear
ing berry which Mr.. Burbank him
self pronounces delicious, wholesome
and healthful," in the greatest profu-
sion. He turned the plant over to a
commercial horticulturist-for con-
sideration, it is presumed-an the
grantee proceeded to advertise and
sell it from Dan to Beersheba, and up
to the hilt.
It seems as if every farmer in the
United States is from Missouri. They
began calling attention to the fact that
the wonderberry wasn't up to cata-
logue description. A farm paper OF
national reputation made the assertion
that this wonder" was nothing more
nor less than the ordinary black night,
shade. Burbank hung up $500 fol-
anyone who will prove that statement
The able editor claims that he has
proved it.
It looks as if Dame Nature had
played it low down on Burbank to
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

punish him for the liberties he has
taken with her. It seems as if she
might feel that way toward him, doesn't
it? The West Africa plant he used
was Solanum Guinense and the Amer
lean weed crossed with it is Solanum
Viliosum. The nightshade is Soda
mum Nigrum. It looks as if Nature,
being hard up for new solanum for
the by brid, sulked and slipped across
nightshade on him.
But after all, why mourn? Maybe,
as Burbank says, the berry is ssdelici-
Gus, wholesome and healthful"-even
if it is nightshade. The tomato is a
solanum, too, and used to be thought
poisonous. Our forefathers grew it in
their flower beds, and called it the
''loveapple''-which shows the opinion
they pretended to have of love-but
that's another story. The point is
that the tomato was found to be edible,
then the world went crazy about it,
and now it is a staple and most deli
cious food. Thousands of people make
millions of dollars growing this once
despised solanum.
Who knows, but N allure, being un.
able to make good with the nightshade
under its old disreputable name,
switched envelopes on Burbank, and
handed him the Solanum Nigrum in
the hope of having it follow its cousin
the tomato into popularity? Who
knows that nightshade pie may not
thus find its way to every counter?
But Burbank will not employ these
queries. For one reason he has a
purse Of $40, 600 hung up which says
that the wonderberry is not night.
shade, and the farmers are hoeing the
hybrids up for fear they may become
a pest! Is it not to laugh?-St. Paul
Daily News.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

An exchange says: A man in Kan
sas is being sued by his former sweet
heart for $1,000 damages because she
fell out of the buggy while riding with
him. She ought to get every cent.
Any young man who hasn't got sand
enough when out riding with a girl to
keep her from falling out of the buggy
should be made to pay dear for his
NEGLECT.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

The Ortonville Herald-Star calls at
tention to the fact that Republican
promises on the tariff are likely to be
as we'll kept as Democratic promises
on the tonnage tax, and this is not
<shot air." either.-Inter Lake Tribune.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

A daily paper recently had an edi-
dorial on "Harry Thaw's Mind"
Nothing like light subjects for the hot
season!
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

The government would not reimburse
an employee who was injured by a
rolling log. Perhaps Uncle Sam
thought that log rolling had already
cost him too much.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

Who dares say that we're not
growing better? Following are few
items picked up at random to prove
the above assertion: Boys who play
marbles ''for keeps" are guilty of
gambling, declared Judge Kimball to
two young offenders in police court at
Washington, D. G. Montgomery,
Ala, Soft drinks are to be regulated
if the liquor bill becomes a law. It
provides that lemonade, etc., can be
sold only on the ground floors of
buildings. Paragould, Ark. : The
mayors signature to an ordinance
passed here will make it unlawful for
any person to be on the streets be-
tween midnight and a. m.-Roanoke,
Va.-A young woman of this town re-
ports the birth of child which is
growing wings instead of arms.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

Minnesota women are going to have
an anti-cigarette crusade, bat before
they can get the organization perfect
ed they feel compelled to devise means
for disposing of that mean preacher
who has been taking photos of their
open work hose and peekaboo waists.
w ashington Star.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

And what is this pretense that the
common people could not carry or
great enterprise? Why, most of your
so-called captains of industry are re.
negade common people.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-18

Eleven thousand five hundred New
York children who wish to enter the
public schools in that city for the first
time in September cannot be accom-
modated, but other kinds of schools
will be wide open for them.