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The farmer and mechanic., 1909-08-31

mountains southwest or ASheVllle, ana
was using the best mode,n practice.
She said that the swell hotels in Ashe-
Vile used ArmOurS oleo,, and she
could not get a fair price for her but
ter. She sa id that she would sell for
25 cents pound. / wrote to her to
send me twenty-five pounds to Ra-
leigh, where I was then living 1t
was sent with each cake wrapped in
paraffine paper, and then enclosed in
veneer with her name on it and
packed in a light crate. SO that with
the express added, it cost me 2S cents
per pound. When 1 went to the ex-
press office for it, I met DR.. DinWid
die, then President of Peace Institute
in Raleigh, and unWrapped a print to
show him some fine butter. He ask
ed me to let him have a pound to try,
and l did so. / took mine. home, and
it was good to the last and | wrote
to the lady to send me another twenty
five pounds. She replied that she was
sorry, but that DR.. Dinwiddie was TAX
ing all she made. If she could ship
her butter three hundred miles and
make regular market, how easy it
would be for any one in the South to
dc the same if he made the best ar
ticie.
What Good Road is Worth.
Few farmers fully realize what good
roads will DO for them not only in
the greater facility for hauling pro-
duce, and saving the tax on horses
and wagons, but in the general i'm
provement of the neighborhood.
Right here, where l now live, there
is a farm on the smooth she'll road
where there was formerly deep sand
This farm was sold under the. old
conditions to the present owner for
$27 an acre. He has refused $3.50 an
acre for it, and told me recently that
he could get $4OO per acre on that
part Of the farm that lies near the
city limits if he wanted to sell it.
Out on another fine road four miles
from town there is another farm that
has not been improved at all. My
mother sold that farm over SO years
ago for Sc per acre. 1t is now held
at $50 per acre, and land all around
it is selling for $50 to $50 per acre
totally unimprOved, and mainly be-
cause there is a fine road leading
through the section. Part of this road
is shelled and part is covered with
is occasionally dragged with a King
log drag, and is an excellent road
and made cheaply, for the original
deep sand gives good drainage.
Few people realize how cheaply a
good road can be made in a sandy
section by covering with clay and
dragging, or how cheaply in a clay
section the road may be made good
by shaping it to drain and covering
with sand or gravel Making good
roads should also be a part Of the
with the elements of agriculture.
InOculatfOn and the Nitrogen Supply.
A correspondent asks if it pays to
buy the artificial cultures for inOcu-
lating soil with bacteria for the
legumes. He also adds that in talk
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-08-31

ING with gentleman tn1S man tOlu
him that it does not pay to fertilize
peas, as they will get less nitrogen and
the following crop will not be as good
as Whorel the peas were not fertiliZed.
1t is sIWays - tn be exact about
these matters i'll ~ther
legume crops Ada3aFrI s,e,s
applications Of
soils by potash. But IL W.
ammonia (the hydride of nitrogen)
they will use this and will not get as
much nitrogen from the air. Hence,
the crop following will not be bene-
fitted as much because the peas or
clover have taken the soil nitrogen
and have not left an increase. 1t is,
therefore, waste Of money to apply
ammOniated fertilizer to peas or Glow
er. And if farmers get to farming
right in short rotation with peas
and clover frequently on the land, and
aided by phosphate fertilizers, they
will find that there is no need for the
purchase of ammonia or nitrogen in
any shape for most crops.
An English bulletin recently pub
lished says that on grass land during
eleven years the use of phosphate
fertilizers increased the nitrogen in
the soil S51 pounds more than in soil
that has had no fertilizer The plots
too. which had had during that time
applications of sulphate Of ammonia
and nitrate Of soda in addition to the
phosphate fertilizers. contained less
nitrogen than those which had receiv-
ed phosphate only.
This may help to account for the
success of the Maryland wheat grow
ers who use only ~cid phosphate, or
acid phosphate with 2 per cent of pot
ash. These farmers formerly used a
complete fertilizer on wheat. ana
made twelve to fifteen bushels per
acre. while since using only the phos-
phatic fertilizers, their crops have
gone up to forty or fifty bushels per
acre of wheat But they grow clover,
of course.
Their success corrobOrates what ]
have for many years been insisting up
on that no farmer needs to buy nitro
gen if he farms right This is especi-
ally true Of the cotton farmer, who
will farm in rotation with peas and
crimson clover. and exchange his cot
tOnseed for meal and hulls, and feed
the meal in a judiciOuS way with good
roughage.
He will have only to buy acid phOs-
phate for his cotton crop, or acid
phosphate and potash in most Of our
eastern soils, and he will gain all the
nitrogen needed by the cotton crop if
these are applied to the pea and GRIM
son clover crops that should precede
the cotton.
Thousands of Southern farmers are
applying four pounds Of ammonia per
acre in 200 pounds Of the poor 2-82
goods. when if they had had the pre-
vious summer a crop of peas following
small grain for hay, and the peas ,ol-
lowed by crimson clover to turn under
for the cotton, they would have fifty
of nitrogen instead Of four pounds for
the cotton, and with crimson clover
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-08-31
GllmbertOn Robesonian.)

III
Mr.. j. d. JohnsOn's crack 1O-acre
field IF cen, at his place on rural
route no 4 from Red Springs, some
twelve miles from LuIabt rton, was
to in Mondays RobeSonl3r.
LIS IS to tell more about it.
1t is a special field on land that has
Keen brous 1T to a high state Of cult
vatun. nd many men wno have been
oyer the field say that the ten acres
VIII cid this year 1.00D bushels Of
Germ ,"nc same land, mark yod,
vas cold some years ago by two 2lcl
who said it was too poor 10 make a
liyirg on. And Mr.. Johnson has Oe-
fore this made a bale and half Of
cstt.n to the acre on this same land.
The com is planted in 5-foot rows,
will on erape about II inches apart
in the ori.1, two good ears to every
stalk, at conservative estimate
some have three and four. All the
fertilizer used was homemade man
l1rc, scattered broadcast. The land
has been sub-soiled, but not this year.
I he method of cultivation was as fol
lows:
First land was broken good and
deep. then manure broadcast. about
six loads to the acre: cross narrowed
with disc and pulverizing harrows.
both ways with each; 5-foOt rows laid
off deep with middle buster corn
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-08-31
Vol. 33, No. +
Prof. Massey's- s-Notes Comments

sown among the cotton. and the
homemade manure from the cotton
seed meal. pea hay and corn stover
spread on theis clover in the winter,
they would never need to NY any fer
tiliZer whatever for the corn CROP,
In fact in a few years of rotation With
he legumes, the only fertilizer the
cotton farmer, as a rule, would need
to buy will be acid phosphate, and in
some soils potash. for the peas and
clover, forthey will do the rest, and
you will get more cotton and at a less
cost than by using a complete ferti-
liZer for cotton. and every other crop
grown, and can afford to be very lib
eral with the peas and clover.
Do not buy artificial cultures for in
oculation, but get soil from an inocu-
lated field and spread barrel per
acre. The prepared "cultures' give
good results when handled according
to directions, and when conditions are
favorable; but ordinarily the soil in
oculation is cheaper and more certain.
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-08-31
Growing Seed Corn.

When farmers pick their seed corn
from the crib or wagon box each ear
is chosen because it looks good and
nothing else. The farmer knows alb
cept that they may be good looking.
He knows nothing about their power
to produce good yield, and no
more about their ability to transmit
their good looks to their offspring.
Because an ear is a goOd-lOOker is
no guarantee that it can grow good
looking ears.
The farmer who selects his seed
from the field while the corn is still
on the stalk is following a much bet
ter plan. but not the best. We must
know whether the ears we plant
have been grown from a high yield
strain Of corn or a low one. We
must know whether their powers OF
transmission are strong or weak.
Just as in buying good SOW,
farmer, IF he is onto his job," VIII
not buy corn after simply looking at
it. He will want to know its merits.
record, etc. Some corn is good and
some is bad. 1t Will require test to
tell the good from the bad, and it is
especially necessary with seed corn.
In my breeding plot row 21 and
row p. growing side by side, had
equal chances, and yet one produced
at the rate Of 61 bushels and the
other 1913 bushels to the acre. No
man would suspect that difference
between the seed ears from looking
at them After knowing what the
ears have done, you would not plant
a grain Of ear 21 and you would
plant ear %, nubs and all, because
you could see how much corn ear
% is capable Of growing and how
small a yield ear q grew when it
had equal chance with the other. j
made similar experiments in various
rows with similar reSultS.-Farm
Press
The farmer and mechanic., 1909-08-31
Crops Improve.

Harralsville, Aug. 26.-The crops IN
this section have improved very much
during the past three weeks. This is
one Of the best farming sections in
Eastern Carolina, and practically all
Of the tobacco grown in HertfOrd IS
cultivated in this end of the county.
The rains in the early season dam
aged this crop very much. The other
crops cotton. peanuts and corn, es-
pecially young corn, look promising
now.
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the County Board of Health of Mohave County, Territory of Ari- zona, the following resolution was regularly moved and adopted:
 "That all water tanks within the county from which water is used for domestic or drinking purposes must be cleaned within the next ten days by securing the inside thoroughly with some good cleansing or disinfecting material. This cleansing process must be repeated at intervals of not greater than six months thereafter"
 This provision applies to the owner, lessee or any other person having in charge such water tank used for do- nestle purposes.
 JOHN c. POTTS,
 Chairman,
 JOHN R. WHITESIDE,
 Secretary and Health Officer. Kingman, Arizona, July 9, 1909.
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17
Help for Those Who Have Stomach
 Trouble.

After doctoring for about twelve years for bad stomach trouble, and spending nearly five hundred dollars for medicine and doctors fees. I pur- chased my wife one box of Chamber lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, which did her so much good that she continued to use them and they have done her more good than all of the medicine I bought before.-SAMUEL BOYER, Folsom, Iowa. This medicine is for sale by H. H, Watkins. Samples free.
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17
Bad Drinking Water Common Cause ot
 Sickness

One of the most common causes of sickness is bad drinking water. In some parts of the country where shall low wells are the principal source of supply, diarrhoea is quite common, and Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in demand. One or two doses of this remedy will check the attack and prevent any serious consequences. This remedy is for sale by H. H. Watkins.
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17
Gold MIne for Sale.

I have for sale the FLORES GROUP OF MINES, situated at Cerbat, Arizona, and adjoining the "Gem" mine on the north. The price is right, the terms are right, and upon examination you will find the gold values satisfactory. Particulars will be furnished on re- quest. 0. D. M. GADDIS,
 Kingman. Arizona.
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17
Gold Road Strikes Bonanza Ore.

This week, on the 800 level the Gold Road mine opened up body of ore seven feet wide that gave average re- suits of 1908 to the ton. The company has been exploiting the ore body along the level from the Gold Road shaft easterly for the purpose of getting a line on the value of the reserves and the showing is said to have surprised the management. The ore body on the 800 level shows unbroken HOO feet in length and the greatest width of ore is 27 feet. Every pound of ore on the level will pay to mill, much of it run ming very high. The opening of the seven foot ore body, which gave the phenominal results noted above, was east of the main shaft where little ore was driven to the shaft on the Billy Bryan ground.
 Yesterday the company closed work in the mines pending the installation of the electric power, which is expect ed to be completed within two weeks. All the mines have been equipped with electric holsters and light and every thing Tn and about the mines will here. after be operated electrically. Elec- tric trans will bring the ore from the mines to the mill. The big milling plant will also be electrically operated, the latest devices in economlc power having been installed. While it is not expected that the mill will be in read mess to begin the crushing of ore for the next thirty or forty days, it is the intention of the company to carry enough ore broken down in the mine to keep the plant running for days, in anticipation of machine troubles or other causes that usually arise in mining. Big bunkers are being put in at the mill and everything necessary to the carrying of big reserves of ore at the plant is being devised. The mill will crush about POO tons of ore daily for some time, which amount will be gradually added to until it is gotten up to its full capacity of 300 tons.
 With the usual big gold brick con- ing to Kingman monthly from this mill the people of the territory will have to be further convinced that Mo- have county is the gold section of the southwest. .l.,
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17

FOR SALE-At Crescent, Nevada, four horses, average weight fourteen hundred pounds, ages from eight to thirteen years: Harness and one five ton wagon. Will deliver team at Kingman and drive them for the buy CT. ISAIAH Cox,
 Crescent, Lincoln Co.,, Nevada.
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of FRED R. MILLER, deceased. Notice IS hereby given by the undersigned Administrator of the estate of Fred R. Miller deceased. to the creditors of and all persons having claims against the said deceased. to ex' hibit them, with the necessary vouchers, with in four months after the first publication of this notice to the said Administrator at King man, the same being the place for the trans action of the business of sad estate, in said County of Mohave.
 HENRY LOVIN,
 Administrator of the Estate of Fred
 k. Miller deceased.
 Dated this 2sth day of June, l909 First insertion July 3-3l
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17
Tom Reed Bonanza.

The Tom Reed mine is surely in bonanza, the winze from the 250 level having been sunk all the way in ore that runs 200$ to the ton in gold just as it is broken out. The shaft, or winze, is being carried down 7xl2 feet and this width gives the average above noted. So far the winze has been sunk 60 feet below the level and the ore snows no diminution either in size or value. The big shaft, which is to be used as a main working shalt, reached a depth of 400 feet last week A station was cut at the $50 level and croSscut run to the vein. When the casing was broken a river of water rushed out, filling the shaft to above the level and compelling the cessation of work until large pump is put in It was estimated that the water will show flow of more than 70,000 gal Ions per day. No one dreamed that such flow of water would ever be en- countered in this mine and no prepar- ation was made to handle it, conse- quently it will be several days before work can be resumed. The striking of this great flow of water solves the water problem for the Tom Reed peo- pie and encourages other mine owners in the belief that plenty of water for milling purposes can be had by sink ing on the veins. The water alone is worth thousands of dollars to the Tom Reed company, as heretofore it has hampered the operation of the mill.
 With the new mill, plenty of water and an ore body unsurpassed in rich ness by any mine on the Pacific coast the Tom Reed should be one of the greatest producers of gold ore in the country. The new mill embraces every device that makes for saving of values and the recovery of gold should be extremely close.
 The management of the mine has been in the hands of $. $. Jones, who has shown great ability and who may be said to have brought the mine to it's present high standard of produc- tion. Charles Grimes, of Pasadena, is president of the corporation, and has been on the ground the past several months watching operations.
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17

clared by the Union Basin mining company. being dividend number two for the company. The disbursement will be made late in the month or about the first of August. This con- pany is working about eighty men and is making big shipments of zinc ore to the shelter. The mine is showing up big in the shaft, which is now being driven below the old level. On all the levels splendid ore is showing up.
Mohave County miner., 1909-07-17

ln kingman this week. Mr. Hall has opened up splendid property the past two years and is sure to make win ner of the enterprise.
 The stock of the Ruth mining com. pany, holding the Rattan and Ruth mines, in Silver Creek section, is now on the market at fifteen cents per share. The mines of the company are showing up splendidly and the stock should find a ready sale.
 The Carter Gold Mines company is sinking on its big shaft on the Carter mine, near Vivian. The compressor is being set up and as soon as it is in running order the machines will be put to work driving the shaft down. ward. This is one of the properties that has been financed almost entirely at home, people in Kingman, Goldroad, Oatman and other places in the county snapping up the first allotment of stock. The mine is close in to the Tom Reed property and gives great promise of being one of the biggest gold produc- CTS in that section.
 H. L. Harris Sandy has sold his Chippewa group of mines, near Eldor- ado Canyon, to his partner B. F. Mil Ter, for a large sum of money. Sandy recently had an experience in the shipment of ore from his mines to Needles that soured him on the whole blooming mining business. He was coming down the river in boat, loaded with eight tons of high grade, when he ran into a sand wave, the boat being capsized and every pound of the ore went to the bottom of the murkey river. Returning to camp Sandy concluded he would take the first favorable offer for the property, with the result that he has sold the mines to his partners. Harris Is ol e of the best prospectors in the business, and is also one of the best printers on the coast.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-03
Case of Dillon Girl
Is Still Puzzling
The Police

EHICAGO, Dec. 2.-Hazel Robert
son Dillon, the 1S-year old girl
found unconscious yesterday in
Lincoln park and who later told how
she had escaped from convent near
Tarrytown, n. Y, was reported to be
suffering from hysteria today.
The police learned that the young
woman had appealed to young men on
a street car last Friday night to di-
rect her to downtown hotel, telling
them that she was in serious trouble
They did so and later she telephoned
one of them and induced him to pose
as her brother to obtain for her quar-
ters in a north side hotel. He also
telegraphed for her to her father, said
to be Walter Dillon, member of a
real estate firm at Glenns Ferry, Idaho,
for money. Whether she received
money from him or not Is not known.
The girl today reiterated her state
ment that she had run away from a
convent and investigation showed that
she had been wearing pair of gym
nasium bloomers. This gave credence
to a report that the young woman had
escaped in dress taken from another
girls room which she had worn over
a gymnasium suit In escaping she
is said to have fallen on fence and
sustained injuries which were at first
diagnosed as appendicitis.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-03
MESSAGE IS
COMPLETED
Contains Recomn1en-
dation for Bureau
of Mines

VA IASHINGTON Dec. Having com
W pleted work upon his message
last night, President Taft began
receiving congressional and other visi-
tors today. The message is now In
the hands of the public printer.
Several visitors during the day talk
ed to the president about various
portions of his message. : Among 9TH
ers was Representatives Douglas Of
Ohio, and Austin of Tennessee. Both
men are deeply interested In the es-
tablishment of bureau of mines and
mining. Mr. Douglass told the presi-
dent that If there had been such
bureau with up to date methods, the
horrible disaster at Cherry, Ill.,, would
probably have been averted.
The president has made a recon-
mendation for such bureau
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-03
ZeLaya Surprised
By Letter of
Knox

|ANAGUA. Nicaragua. Dee. 2.-The
action OF Secretary Knox In dis
missing Senior Rodriguez, Mica
raguan charge d'affaires at Washing
ton, has greatly surprised President
Zelaya, who reiterated today his belief
that the Nicaraguan government was
justified in the execution Of Cannon
and Groce.
Zelaya will take no action until he
has received further information on
the subject and learned definitely the
intentions OF the United States.
The American vice consul, Mr.. CAL
dera. Nicaraguan by birth, but a
naturalized American, is still at the
consulate. In the opinion of Zelaya,
Caldera sympathizes with the opposi-
tion party. and close watch has been
kept on him, although there has been
no attempt at restraint
Zelaya expresses the belief that in
all probability Consul Caldera's re-
ports have been partial to the govern
ment's enemies.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-03
Enormous Damage
Done By Big Floods
Washed Out, Stock De-
stroyed and Buildings Washed
Awqy by Heavy Rainfall

DELLINGHAM, Wash, Dec. 2.-For
hid three days northwestern Wash
ington has been cut off from
quick communication with the outside
world, boat service alone furnishing
a connecting link.
No trains are moving except between
this city and Burlington. South tele-
graph wires were restored today.
Twenty miles of railway track in
Skagit and Whatcom counties have
been destroyed. The loss 10 rail- ways
will exceed $1,00O,000. Whatcom
county lost $150,OOO in bridges alone.
Ferndale's loss aggregates 100000.
There are two miles of road, a school
house and eleven residences destroyed
Five miles of Northern Pacific track
in this county has disappeared, even
the grade being obliterated The steel
on the Great Northern at
Ferndale must be replaced. South of
Mount Vernon, 20 miles ftrack is
still under water.
The Anecortes branch of the Great
Northern has lost half a mile OF grade
at Avon, while mile Of track has
been washed away at Whitney. About
40 miles of the Rockport branch OF
the Great Northern must be recon-
structed. The right-of-way between
Lyman and Hamilton must be relo-
Gated for distance of five miles.
LaConner Is under seven feet of wa
err The towns loss is placed at $780,
300 in stocks of goods destroyed and
two warehouses filled with grain and
hay collapsed and slipped into the
flood In the country north of La
Conner 1000 head of cattle were
drowned, while 100000 sacks of oats
and 5000 tons of baled hay are a
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1909-12-03
RUEF ADMITTED TO BAIL;
100000 BEING REQUIRED

SAN FRANCICo, Dec. Judge
Cabaniss today ordered the release
from custody Of Abram Ruef on $780,
900 bail.
This action followed report of
three physicians appointed by the
court to examine the physical condi-
tion of the former political leader, who
has been confined in the county Jail
since Nov. 13 of last year, his pre-
vious bail having been declared for
feited on the day Prosecutor Francis
]. Heney was shot in the courtroom.
Ruef is under sentence of IA years
In the state prison on conviction Of