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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
KEEP UP THE FIRE.

The fire Of Indignation by the farm
ers because the tobacco trust determ-
;ned to take much Of the present crop
for less than the cost OF cultivation,
has borne some fruit. The trust has
been advised by certain local agents
that it will not be wise to turtner
give North Carolina starvation prices
while Kentucky farmers are pooling
their tobacco again in order-to get
twenty cents for it this year.
Kentucky farmers pooled thelr
crops for several years with the re-
suit that they were paid twenty cents
a pound for tobacco no more valuable
than tobacco for which the trust was
paying North Carolina farmers SIX
to ten cents a pound. Already those
farmers in Eastern North Carolina
whose necessities compelled them to
sell early have gotten less than the
cost of cultiyating the crop. The
robbery of the poorest tobacco grow
ers, whose necessities made them an
easy prey, having put hundreds and
thousands Of dollars into the pockets
of the tobacco trust that would have
gone into the pockets of h tonacco
under competition. The trust
is now paying a little more for tobacco.
Why? They say it is solely because
of the better quality. The chief rea-
son for the small Improvement is that
the trust magnates have felt the hot
fires of public indignation and come
to the conclusion hat it is wiser to
pay a little more in order to prevent
pooling and united action blythe farm
erS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
to Sept. i
For the Farmers Wife.

Pears must be cooked until tender
before uga is added, and one or two
pieces Of ginger root gives 4 very
pleasant flavor.
Always cook fruit rapidly and in
small quantities il wanted especially
fine, either for canning or immediate
use.
Glass Jars with tops should be Wcll
sterIized before using by putting into
cold water and bringing to d boil.
Batter to have new rubbeTs every
season.
Apple sauce is much more sapor9
If apples are sWeetened before be
ginning to cook. They should always
be thoroughly cooked.
Tomatoes canned in glass sometimes
become insipid, but if saited and pep
pered before canning and are well
in paper to exclude the lGh
they Will keep fresh and sweet.
II tin cans are used for tOmatoe3
salt and pepper should never be put
IN before canning because Of the &c
ton OF the salt upon the tin, and great
care should be observed in having the
cans bright and new and perfectly
free from rust.
Peaches should always be carefully
washed before eating, as the fuZI on
the skin is said to cause sore throat
and they are much more easily and
comfortably handled il washed betuIs
Peellng FOR canning or preserving,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
Uncle Walt
The Poet Philosopher

If a man goes out on the trail of
Woe (thcre's always a trail behind
it), lie won't have a very long way to
go, and he's laundering sure 10 find
IL. The man is foolish
HUNTING who rOa'ns the land for
TROUBLE Trouble until he's OuHd
it: il he had Il bushel of
nice white sand ne wouldn't have
sense to pound it. If people on earth
would not give chase to Trouble. when
she Is fitting. methinks that Trouble
would hide her face, and tend to- her
private knitting. Our time is short
and our way is brief. and the road is
rough and rutts: and if we tag at the
heels of Grief. it shows that were
Oin nutty. 1t was long ago that 1
I'D and SWOre that L would be gay n
thccrful: Il won't be seen with a head
that's sore, or an we that's red and
fearful: I'll smiling rise from my
downy couch. and smile till the even
ing closes, and I'll never carry a sign
of crouch, till L turn up my dog-gtOHe
tOeses." I've tried to live by that
motto grand, as close as a man may
dc it, and Trouble for me is dead and
canned. though tOther7nOst chaps
pursue it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05

'"Topeka. Kans., Seut. %.
Jas. d. Johnson, President Antl-Sa-
room League va.
aIl .Nari.aa arao+ da,dan ~ tha
moral and material interests of Kan
sas, IS a Rotabte absurd ~falsehood.
! /? q po1l' - 49, 49,
cade that our TEMPERANCE policy has
promoted higher moral standards
ana practlceS' II advanced the hiaIe-
Kanrne n1as norar nn3ra, haing nnani-
NOUS for prohibition than it is today.
because it is d good thing and 1t would
De lfhposs'ple ~ hho wen pta
~, no ro4,rn of caloonS under any
conditions or restrictions.
(Signed) wv. r. STUBBS.
Governor"
These men are in a position to know
the facts and their statements viii
be accepted as correct by fair minded
men in every part Of the country.
-
Since the above was written an ex-
change gives the following expression
from other Governors:
The Governor Of Iowa: THE less
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
After The Storm.

The farmer drives his plough.
In q soil that's stiff and tough.
tits horse is lame at hough
And has q Wheeling cough,
The housewife kneads her dough,
IN a handy wooden trough.
And baikes it through and through
Until tbs done enough.
The swing hangs from the bOugh.
The wind dies to {, sough.
The rocks are lined with Ch0uEh,
All seated on the clough,
The sportsman SWirns his slough
In waters Of the Tough:
That late were high and rough.
But now are Just a slough.
-Simplified Spelling Bulletin
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
STOP UNDERGROUND CARRIE
The Station at st. Johns in DesoIata
Hut Near S~eaSforo

St. johns, n. T.. Oct. o.-Tbe Uor,
Of the Commercial Cable COMPANY in
putting its underground conducits ~
the streets Of St. Johns in order To
onnec its city offices with the place
Of landing of its cable was slammed
yesterday by the New Foundland 49,
thorities. This renders it necessary
for the cable company to- operate i,e
cable n & hut on the seashore. vhich
is one Of the widest and most desc
late. The cable operators must now
traVel night and day to and fro be-
tween the shore and the CITY over .
most difficult and dangerous COW,
try. The cable company has decided
to ask the American government ia
intervene.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05

1otal cost So4.0 90
| think the field will yield about
sixty bushels per acre. This at the
present price of corn would be $50
for the three acres, just for the grain
alone. But as it has been shown that
d little over tWO-ffths Of the food
value OF the corn plant is in the stalk,
huSk and blades. we will have to add
about ST. more to the above mount.
This would. make 1852 for the three
acres instead of $3.50. And if from
this is taken the $54, the total cost Of
production, there will remain $198 or
a clear profit Of $50 per acre. And
if the price or value of the slower is
considered or counted as GRIN, the
corn Will have cost us a fraction over
II cents per bushel, and | feel sure
that this beats tobacco.
SO now brother farmer, lets adopt
better methods Of corn culture and
stop trying to grow so much obacco,
that we may get a greater profit on
our labor. Tor l feel sure that there
is no upland in Stokes county that
has Il good retentiVe sub-SOil that can
not by a proper course Of treatment
be gotten up in five or six years to
roduc 60 bushels of corn per acre
IN ordlnar seasons. And it can be
done without putting a fork full of
on it. and without the use Of
commercial fertilizers except a little
on Il pea crop occasionally.
w. A. PE'TR n
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
NATIONAL G|NNERs' REPORT
1851 BALES GINNED UP TO SIP
TENDER % CONDITION
CO.,.
(By the Associated Press

Memphis. Tenn, Sept. 30.-Thc re-
port of the National Cotton Ginners'
Association, issued today. gives the
condition Of cotton a. CO., and indi-
Gates that 2,564,O00 bales had been
ginned up to the 25th of September.
States. Condition. Ginncd
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
MORNING TONIC.


What, dull when you d. not know
what gives its loneliness of form to
the lily. it's depth of color to the
violet, its fragrance to the rose; When
you do not know in what consists the
venom of the adder. any more than
you can initiate the glad movements
of the dove. What. duh. when
earth, air and water are all ankle
mysteries to YOU, and when as you
stretch out your hand YOU do not
touch anything the properties of which
YOU have mastered; while all the time
Nature is inviting you to talk earn
estly with her to understand her. to
subdues her and to be blessed by her
Go away. man; learn somethingy, DO
something. understand something,
and let me hear no more Of your dull
ness
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
ALL FOR S1.7O

There has never been offered in
North Carolina 80 much good reading
for SO little money as we are Offering
under the following propositions: For
$40 we will send the following fcr
one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an
eight-paSe weekly. newspaper.
The CommOner, an able weekly
journal. published by William Jcn-
nin%s Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic. sixteen
page North Carolina home and farm
weekly %iaurnal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
Cents you can get all these paper
one year.
V. G. MOORE. Manager.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
jackson, Miss, Sept. pa.

Jackson. Miss, Sept. u.
Jas. y. Johnson. President, Roanoke,
Virginia:
Telegram received. Report that
prohibition has damaged MISSISSIPPI
materially or morally, is untrue. On
the contrary, as conceded by many
who opposed it. its results are highly
beneficial, and it is as we'll enforced
as Il umhe of n other criminal
statutes. Counties and cities which
have lac prohibition for ten years or
more outStrippcd those similarly sit
uated licensing liquor sales before
Statewide prohibition.
(Signed) "lG. F. NOEL,
Governor"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05

An Ohio minister, who recently
granted his p~arishioners the right to
smoke in church. was so overwhelmed
by the dense clouds Of smoke that he
was unable to preach a m That
church will probably be more pop
ular than ever says the Charleston
News and Couriar
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
WHIT TIL. GOVERNORS SAY

If the authorities in prohibition ter
ritory do not vigorously enforce pro-
hibition laws, we are told 1t is a fail
ure-" II they are alert, we are told,
See how much the law IS violated
more Whiskey is drunk than under
license" OF course there are evaslons
Of the law, but the law is a great bless
ing and is as we'll enforced as any
other law where the people do their
duty.
The Roanoke, Virginia, temperance
people have heard the stories OF how
prohibition is d failure, and 50 Mr..
Johnson, president of the Anti-Saloon
League Of Roanoke, addressed the fol-
lowing letter to four Governors OF
four States where prohibition is in
force:
"ROanoke, Va. Sept. "a,
"Reported in local option fight here
prohibition has worked great damage
to material and moral interests Of
State. Wire facts.
(Signedl JAS ID. Johnson
The following are the replies that
were received:
Montgomery, Ala, Sept. %, 1909.
y. d. Johnson, Roanoke, Va:
Telegram received. The reverse
is true.
(signed) "B. B. CONFER,
Governor"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
lOaAHoe<~1
Copyright 1909. by George Matthew
Adams.)

Mr.. w. A. Petree writes to the Dan
bury Reporter hat there is more
money in raising corn thar tobacco.
OF course, and it will always be So,
taking the average of the years. as
long as the trust fixes the price and
the grower have no redress.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05

The price of watches has gone up.
The tariff rate was raised to enrich
two watch factories that 'saw, the
blican collector of camnaipn
doodle. When you buy a watch Won
repay the money put into the cam
paign fund.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05
MORE PROFIT IN
CORN THAN TOBACCO.
Mr.. Pctree Concurs-NGuntain View
Farmer Comes Across With the
Figures Showing That Corn Can Be
Produced At % Cents Per BuShcl.
bury RepOrter.)

King. N. c., Sept. 10.
Editor Reporter: We notice that
YOU contend that under the present
conditions there is more profit grow
ing corn III Stokes county than in
growing tobacco. / concur in your
opinion. And as some things have
been said about my corn [ viii give
some figures to the cor
rectneSs Of our claim. There are
about three acres in the piece Of corn
| am figuring on, and | Will give the
cost Of preparing for. and cultivation
Of the crop to the present time. and
guess at the cost Of taking care Of it
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05

"Raloigh, \. G.. Sept. "a. 1903.
jas. D.. Johnson, Roanoke, Va:
Report very Prohibition
has been generally successful. Has
greatly diminished he consumption OF
IntOXlcantS.
tSigneQ) w. w.
"GoVpFnOr.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-05

TUESDAY. >. 1909.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-24

This looks like n snug sum when
added together. but the season was
very bad. cutting tho corn and hay
crop at least I'm half. for I had l6
acres In corn that should have made
| 900 bushels.
In this year failed TO raise n
colt. but for the last 90 years. have
raised more than enough 10 supply a
tcn-horse farm.
\ family OF seven. with number
lcss guests. used all the milk and
butter and cream they could CON
sumc No poultry was sold except
10 turkeys. which brought $50. the
remaining 20 being used At home.
and 3E5 chickens were used on the
table bogIdea gulneas and other
fowln.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-24
We Must Get uctf~r Reads

Memsrm Editors. Good roads
would aid much towards that
$500 more. II good roads did
not make any actual cash. ,hcy
would save many things ,ha; coat
cash Resides our ,empcra and feel.
inga would DO kept NJ NOR. even
temperature. In all sorts of weather.
broken harness. iosa In carrying light
loads. wearing the ne. out OF teams.
and many other loHBos from bad
roads will never be fully known
How shalt we build good roads,
Men have failed on this proposi-
ton. Let Us turn tn. matter over
80 the women. Women have never
failed I'm laudahlo undertaking
Ashamed OF our roads or course
wc are Ashamed Of our failures ,
Certainly We have plenty OF law
for roadmnking. Wc have the
brains 30 construct good roads: we
The work. But We lack tho will and
the executive power 10 put into oper-
.tion the forces that lie dormant In
ug. Talk the matter up? II seems
tho matter has been talked TO death
Nothing In the State OF Misslssip-
ii would add more TO the wealth and
comfort OF the people than good
roads. II is impossible To pu, Mis-
sssippi abreast OF the foremost
States until we build good roads
Not able 10 build them? We are not
able TO do without them. So IL IL n
case OF necessity. Let us make good
roads at any cost or any sacrifice
J. II. CLAYTON
Prantiss Co. Miss
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-24
Saves tho Whole Corn Crop.

These two horses could have work
Cd considerably moro land. but tho
hands who plow CT them had 20 clean
up the barns and haul out all fer
ililacvH and bedding. which took
about ;Ro days Of tho week Cotton
Ia cons!dcrod kiug In tho South. but
to me. corn ia King uHo all but
tho root. shrcddlng tho stalks. and
grinding the corn. cnha and shucka
II doca not cost mo anything TO raise
Il; As tho htnvor and pcayinc hay
made on tho land moro than pay
for tho Goa, Of making tho crop -~
From an address at tho Georgia
1.-Two Stock Association by W I
Hartley. Sparta. Ga.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-24

~7 HAVE \ 2-HORSE farm on
M which ! do diversified farm
UA0 Ing. and when say diversi-
fed farming. | mean stock raising.
poultry. and. in short. everything
chat will grow on or from the soil.
MS I think that farmer should raise
them all. II he only runs one pillow.
Before went into tho dairy bust
moss manure was quite an item. so
7 decided one year 10 try n small
fcld Of six acres that had become
very much run down and SEQ II tt
would produce we'll by merely pre-
pairing Il we'll and planting the right
kinds Of crops on II. This six acres
had been In cotton for some years
and had made not quite two bales
per year. The fall took IL In hand
I planted Il In wheat in November
cut this wheat the first Of May for
hay. The crop was very poor. hardly
paid FOR tho work Immediately
broke II mp and HnVcd Il In peas and
cane. This vas repeated for four
Successive years and tho crop grad
ually increased until NJ the end Of
he fourth year made al least four
'iuos aR much on both hay crops.
Nftcr making eight crops 81 hay in
four Years. decided 20 plant this
patch IN corn for my silo. Up 10 this
time this land had no; been tcr,ilized
az all except in few thin places
whore put lttlo manure 10 make
tho field uniform
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-24
Rotation Inrr~asrs Crops.

I, vas planted May Goth. with $50
pounds 81 h!gh grade manure TO tho
acre. $-toot rows. : grains 20 tho hill
Is inches apart. Tho land had been
we'll prepared and had plenty 81
moisture tcw daYs after this
corn had been planted. on" Of
my rr!Ehhora came by and told me
| he'd fuo stand ~ corn MAS
surprised rs had been hy tho field
tho afternoon before and did not SOC
= hlll up. went up at once 10 80"
for myself and 20 my amaa"menf s.
looked AS II every hill in The hel1
waa M. thought ot the fellow no
said hla corn ans = inches hlFh when
IL came up. and though ihia corn
might not have been lao inches high
when 81 came up. Il certainly looked
chat @ay The morning after
when this corn Saa tao weeks old
I ran over Il wi,h n wr~dcr. then
plowcd I, twice We had plenty Of
rain and that Held Of corn waa a
ahow. II wna Mexican June corn and
hAFf8KFy y lHak NlENs HNA va
pleased me most was tho yield. AZ
ter nlllng a cotton Bilo. | went over
tho feld and found had only cut
half al 81. so Il must have mad" n
least % tons 20 tho acre.
believe this crop was duo entire
IS TO the peas planted on tho land.
and II every farmer would have his
tenants plant one-hait his farm every
year In grain followed by peas. ANA
the other half in cultivated crops.
changing the land each year tn"
tenant would make more money. and
the owners land would improye.
\ Farm That Pays.
To illustrate what diyorHln. i
farming will do. | will give you i.ie
proceeds OF my two-horse farm TOR
tho year 1908.
- tons ont hay. TT 92o...s $4,000
Ponchea. fob. Sparil..... 5000
SilaRc. 10 tons. s. 20 ton. 81 80
q tons utaNiun nd euus
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-24

70 IONS ont hay, ~ 920..s 2iO.0O
Ponchea. fob. Sparj1..... 10000
Silagc. 80 tons. s. 20 ton. 81, so
10 tons pcayine md cane
hay. So per tou..... 5000
500 bushels corn. 81 bu.. 10000
80 TONS corn stoyrr. $40 ton 900
- bushels peas. $l.25 bu.. 33.75
80 bushels potatoes. soc.
per busAel ......... $500
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-24

~ HAVE \ 2-HORSE farm on
M which ! do diversified farm
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-11

a T- . u IT,. - 4
HThe Wheeling IntellIgencer says a
party platform adopted ats State con.
vention Is binding only on the cari!.
date for governor and the remaining
men on the State ticket, the members
OF the Legislature not. being bonnl
by It. The same reasoning would cx.
en1pt members Of Congress from car.
rying out the pledges Of a party made
in a platform at a National convention.
the President and his cabinet alone
being bound by the party platform.
Such argument as that Is pretty rot.
ten thin" from our point Of view anil
We do not believe the masses of Re.
publican voters will stand for such de.
ceptiof<and party perfldy. A party
platform should differ from 4 car plat.
form. which. according to the r,Iles OF
the road, passengers are forbidden to
stand on. A party platform Is suppos.
ed to be made to stand on and when It
Is used for any other purpose the purity
SO using It must suffer the conse,
quences.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-11
Conservative management OF timber

Conservative management OF timber
lands Is assured for less than one
fourth OF this country's forested areas
the part contained In the National
Forests and under the administration
Of the United States Forest Service
By cutting only the mature trees and
protecting the new growth by keeping
out fires, the National forests vii! be
made to yield indefinitely. 1t can moi
be expected that this small part Of tht
Nations forests will supply the de
mand for future generations and the
one hope In sight Is that users Of wood
and lumber manufacturers. will insure
the permanence OF their business by
applying the principles Of forestry III
the management OF timber lands.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-11
Hubbard is.
Su11 n Il '
FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN
CALLED TO CHARLESTON! BY e
ALvoRp COMMITTEE,

Il I. 500
CHARLESTON, Feb. II. ;:-ss3 W \; RI
Hubbard, congressman from the First
district Of West Virginia! and Others
have been and will be- subpoenaeds to-
appear before the Alvord Investigating
committee. which was In session yes:
terday afternoon and last night. ME-.
Hubbard has been asked to appear
next Monday. Others prominence
In the State vii be asked to- testify. u
1t is very reliably understood that
many will be summoned to- appear be-
fore the committee, from the governor
on down the line to the humblest of: y
cIal. or any other persons who knows
anything about the Alyord charges. Sol
many. in fact, that twill require ttil-Ss
" a week to complete; the testimony.
Alvord and "a. N. Thompson, the
Huntington Advertiser, were brought
face to face at the committee meeting
yesterday and last night. 4 Y
Scraps picked mp here and there in.
dictate that Alvords testimony vas
largely hearsay and was largely ofltdes
House that Jack Built style. *
RI During last nights hearing IT. isss
Ieatned thafGThnu,ns, n \ rniie,i IA Word n
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-02-11
Wild MAN is
!. NOW MISSING !
CITIZENS or iPAWPAW DISTRICT
WONDER WHAT HAS BE.
COME OF HIM.

The citizens OF Pawpaw district are
greatly stirred up over the absence OF
John ,Iasecko, the wild man Of Grny'E
Flats. On Monday officers !. Lee Par
ker and c. W. Hawkins went to Gra:';ss
Flats to get Jasecko but could not find
him.
There was n prominent man from
Pawpaw district in town to-iay. He
said that the same day that the off
GERS were after Jasecko, he stated
that he would put an end to his life
either by shooting himself or, By
jumping In unl letting the waters Of
pawpow creek cover him.
Since then he has not been heard
Of. The citizens do not know wheth.
er nc mas taken the suicide route by 4
leaned pellet or whether he lies In
the rolled chilled waters Of Pawpaw
creek. It IS believed that Iaseeko has
put an end to himself.