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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
HOW TO DOWN AMERICAN
TOBACCO TRUST
CONTINUED from Page One.)

then hits the mud for home. He
reaches home feeling pretty good,
when wife says, John did you get
the baby any shoes?' 'N-n-no, my
tobacco didn't do quite as Well as /
expected
Farmers what are you doing RAISE
something that you can ear. ana
something your stock can eat. |
don't think the above picture over
drawn.
If our ~ would cut out the
growing of tobacco, conditions would
be changed in the country in less
time than the twenty-five years that
the trust has been on. Instead of
allowing the west to furnish your sup
plies you would have them at home;
instead Of having to pull through the
mud to market, YOU would have the
m~acadamed roads: instead of the
three months public school you would
have nine months, o would have
telephones in your homes, have our
streams all bridged, and your farms
all fenced and be living at home. 1t
is up to You. farmers, to say what you
will do. You are the masters of the
situation. May the Lord help you to
think on these things for your own
good, and for the good Of your COM
mOnwealth. T. M. ROBERTSON.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
Progressive Farmer
FARM M GARDEN NORh FoF
PRTL

If YOUR land is high and mellow
and we'll drained why not try good
p~reparation and drilling the cotton
seed on level land. Then start the cui-
%tivation, before the seed Sermlnate
and get above ground, by running the
smoothing harrow and breaking all
the crust. When the cotton is up on a
bed YOU run through after 1t germ1-
mates and leave all the crust right
around the plants for the wind TO
chafe the stems against. But when
the harrow is used the crust is all ia
ken away Then use the weeder both
ways as soon as the plants show, and
you will rapidly destroy the grass
thai is just starting. There is moth
ing like rapid work at this time to
prevent getting in the grass in rainy
weather. 1t takes hard work to Kill
grass after it gets a few inches high.
while it takes little time with the
wide weeder to kill it as soon as the
seed Serminate.
hen keep using the weeder. and il
your rows are run out exactly, you
can take out two teeth over two rows
and keep the weeder going till the
cotton is near blooming. Then if you
have a keystone Feeds you can shut
it UP like a c~ultivatOr and keep on
scratching, and as you dc not turn
up fresh earth with more weed seed,
you will have clean rows.
But while this can be done with the
weeder / would prefer to use a two
horse riding c~ultivator after the crop
has been brought to a stand. and thus
cultivate both sides of the rows at
once, setting the c~ultivator to run
shallow. For we must remember that
the roots in the soil are feeding the
tops, and cotton roots run. far and
wide across the rows and the sur
face roots are within three or four
inches of the top Of the ground, and
any deep cultivation, or any use of a
turning pillow, will not only tear the
roots, but will turn up soil to dry out
and weed seed to grow.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
What Sort of Fertilizer?

You can find out more about YOUR
soil by plot experiments than any
c"emist can tell YOU by making an
analysis of the soil. And you can
find out, too, thai the HE thing
needed in our old soils is phosphoric
acid. You can get the nitrogen from
the air by the growing of peas and
lover but to grow these successfully
you must have an abundant supply
of phosphoric acid. and in the lighter
soils plenty Of potash. too. Supply
these in a liberal manner and the
peas and clover will do the rest if
you feed the forage and return the
to the land. 1t is humus-
making material you need far more
than commercial fertilizers contain
ing nitrogen.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05

Place horse manure o"H" tns
plenty OF straw in the bottom
pit, tramping down firmly III md
Soggy, heavy II viii bah' hed
prove unsatisfactory. When tn "
Is filled within six inches OF the '.rder
should have a springy feeIlh& "N
foot. ,d
Put a thermometer in the H..o+
SO the e may be regulated. ,om-
should not be planted until lHF n.bcn
perature is about so degrees. ',nh
the bed is first made it VIII h' o." NJ
hotter than that Put six 1H'H'9 nd
good soil on top of the nan"Ig Int
plant the seeds directly in th"N nal-
many prefer to SOW the SEED ih me
low boxes and then trdhSi'
plants to the hotbed .raut
The hotbed should be maDT
two weeks before time to so" s1rnr1-
Raise the sash a little every ".,iaL
ing for ventilation. This Is 60 ,u-
but do not let the cold air h'.~ rs
rectly on the plants. be LOB
sash is closed at night, bot Nr"''"'
every day is necessary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
Matters of Interest just Now.

Humus is the thing we must CON
t1nue to insist upon. DIR. Butler shows
how We have the advantage of the
West in everything else. Me South
ern SO Is on the uplands did lot have
as much humus as the Northern up
lands in the start. for in the open
woods of our hills the leaves are
blown to the Iowlands and holloWs,
while in the North the heavy SHOWS
pack them down to decay where they
fall.
We ave better corn weather. no
risk that frost will catch the crop
IN an state, more rainfall.
IL we only plOWed deer enough and
practiced shallow and constant level
cultivation to retain the moisture:
and all we lack is the meIlowing.
MISUNDERSTANDING influence of the
vegetable decay with its swarm Of liy-
ing organisms that are continually
bringing food into availability in such
a soil.
DIR. Butler says: we can beat the
West we set out to do it."
Every great corn contest for yield per
acre has been won in the South with
the Southern prolific corns. and do
not believe that there will ek er. be a
corn developed for the North that
has this prolific character, for asso-
Grated with the making of more ears
per plant comes in the need for a
long season to mature corn of his
character.
We have shown that we can beat the
Corn Belt in product per acre when
we try, and now we want to try to
bring up all our acres to such pro
duction.
1t can be done, and done in an eco
nOmlcai and profitable way. by good
armin and an everlasting ~abandon
ment of the old planting id +. and
gambling on the chances with a little
low-grade fertilizer. ] asked a truck
er here today what character Of com
mercia1 fertilizer he uses. He said
that nothing less than 7-6-b would
give him the results he wants, that
he had lost thousands Of dollars by
using a low-grade fertilizer. and
early crops along.
This, OF course, is for growing early
truck crops, INC our truckers have
learned that they must have a high
grade fertilizer for these. On the
other hand, / thought of the thousands
OF farmers who are using 200 pounds
Of 2-8-2 with the hope of saueez-
ing d little more cotton out of the land
from which all the humus has been
burnt out. They do not need a fer
tilizer SO high in nitrogen as the
fucker do, but they do need to use
more heavily the phosphoric AID and
potash to get large crops of p~eavines
on the land for hay and crimson
clover to turn for the cotton and corn
and for putting humus-making mate
rial in the soil.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
MONEY OUT OF HIS
ORCHARDS.
MAKES
Mr.. J. r. Hauss. of ReepsvilIe. One of
the COunty'S Best Farmers Uses
Cp-to-Date Methods and Makes
Money.
tLincoln County News.)

tLincoln County News.)
MIR. ). +. Hauss, of Reepsville, was
IN town yesterday and presented the
news nan with a pear that was al
most perfect, he having preserved it
since last season wrapped in paper.
IT was Of delicious flavor and Mr..
fiauss has our most profound thanks,
for II there is anything tina we like
II IS pears. He. by the way, is one
OF u farmers that believes in aking
care Of his orchard and thereby real
ICES a neat sum each year from the
sale Of fruit. Every season he uses
spraying methods to get his h
IN Tine shape n coupled with the
tact that only the best kinds of fruit
trees are set out at the beginning
mere Is no reason in the world why it
shouldn't be a successful fnancia1
venture as fruit finds a ready sale
both on the L%incolnton market as
Well as that of surrounding towns.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
Euy COWpeas Now.

II You have not saved your own
seed. do not wait till sowing time when
the price has gone up, but buy early.
Do not imag CINE that you car not afford
TO SOW peas the price is high.
You can not afford to neglect them.
Cowpeas and crimson Glove are the
team that will bring prosperity to
the Southern farms If properly used
and fed. If you can not feed beeves
you can at least feed hogs, and there
is no better place for the hogs than a
pea field. and no better way in which
to make the peas of value to your
soil At present prices. the feeding of
hogs promises to be the most profit
able industry on the farm.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
Corn Planting Time.

IT you have, as you should have, q
crop of crimson lover to turn for
corn. do not be in a hurry about it.
The largest crop OF corn l saw last
summer after clover was planted after
the clover was dead and had done
Of time to make corn in the South
without hurrying in the spring, and
it is far better to let the clover ma
ture and then turn and harrow it and
plant on the fresh and warm soil
where the corn will grow off rapidly.
But in turning the clover do not try
to turn it over fiat, but edge it up
nicely. Turned under fiat it may in
~terfere with the rise of capillary mois-
ture and the crop may suffer from
drouth. But edge up the burrows,
even if a little clover is left on top.
1t will do no harm at all.
You may have bought seed corn.
Do not plant it till you have Hssted
its termination by taking a few
grains from each ear you intend to
use, putting them in squares marked
on a piece OF cotton cloth laid on a
box of wet sawdust and covered with
a gunny sack and placed in a warm
place. You can soon see the per
centage that will terminate. It pays
to test the seed and avoid blanks
III the rows.
Take off the tip and butt grains Of
the ears, not eau tney Will not
grow, but because in planting with d
corn planter you want grains Of uni
form size to make the mae hine drop
right.
In the Garden.
April is a busy month here. Tne
tender seeds can now go into the soil.
Snap beans are to be started, onion
seed sown for sets. sweet corn plant
ed, and the early potatoes worked
Try to plant in a space together such
crops as will soon come off, such as
snap BEANS, radishes and early beets,
so that you will have quite a space
for the succession crops. The success
sion crop OF cabhages to follow the
g Early Wakefield should now be ready
to set. Caulifiower plants set in early
March should be encouraged to grow
as rapidly as possible SO as to get
them headed before the weather gets
toe hot.
Do not follow the Northern plan OF
sowing p"rsn:p and sa's.ly seed now.
Wait till July for that.
As soon as you have the frst plant
ing Of snaps above ground. plant more
and keep that up till September and
you will have an abundant supply AL
summer. Then as each planting OF
snaps is off plant more corn for q
succession of roasting ears, and keep
that up till August. In short, keep
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
Kill the Grass as II Starts

Tt is a hard job to get out Of the
grass when You are once in. It is an
easy job to go rapidly over a field with
smoothing harrow before the cron
comes up and then with the weeder
Keep down every sign Of crust. It
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
PLOW DEEP AND USE SOME
Continued from Page One.)

selves into thinking that cotton is GO
ing to stay at is cents. The amount
of cattle has decreased in 7 years 3 or
4 per cent and the population has in
creased 6 or I per cent. No wonder
meat is high. Let us raise feed tufts.
It's the ONT hope of the southern
rmer.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
A HOTREn

In order to nave early vegetables
you must start them in a h0thed. This
is not at all difficult to make. You
can buy hotbed sash of any length
and three feet wide. The best SIZE Is
3x6.
Dig a pit 2 feet deep. 1t should be
protected from the north and west
winds by hillside, hedge or trees.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05

takaS a mere scratch to destroy grass
that is just terminating from the seeu'
and if you keep up the shalio" cuI.i-
walton through the season, you XIII
all h grass SEED that are WI'n
the limit where they can gerHlnate.
But the mar who waits for the grass
to get the start has to turn a lot OF
earth to cover it, and he brings up
more seed near the surface 10 spFout,
and has the slow work to 90 over
again.. all because he did not nave
an implement that he could run rap
idIy over several rows before the grass
got a start.
Caustic Lime or Dun Liz stone.
A correspondent, who is one of the
many interested in lime and its effects
on the soils, writes as follows:
please tell me which IS bet
ter to use on land. caustic lime
or ground limestone? Will caustic
lime destroy the humus in the
soil? How long will it take for the
lime to take effect? When should
it be applied to the 1and?'
To him I made this reply: 1t de-
ponds largely on the condition of the
land as TO whether I would use the
freshly slaked 5urnt lime or the ground
limestone. If the soil is we'll supplied
with hunus and needs lime from be-
ing in an ac;d condition., | Would pre-
fer to use the burnt lime slaked with
water to a powder. The ground rock
applied heavily will gradually sweet
en- the soil and bring about conditions
similar to those in | me soils. But
we use either, not as manure put as
a re-agent for bringing about me-
chanical changes in the soil, ana
sweetening it and releasing plant Q
Lime hastens the notification OF hu-
mus and thus brngs it into use as
nitrate, and if the humus-maklng ma
terial is not kept up it will, doubt
less. aid in destroying it. twenty to
TWENTY-FIVE buShel per acre Is enough
in any case. 1T is best applied to the
land after turning a sod, n should
then be we'll narrowed IN. as 1t sinks
in the land and should be near the
top so as to pass through the whole
soil. on which it begins to act al
once.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05
A HANDY CLOTHES-LINr -

Any bright boy can NAL.
for his mother after he mis- rel
the picture for five minntes studied
post firmly in the grourd Set tha
broken stone or hrickbafs 'p'hg IN
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05

Be sure that God ne'er dooms 70
waste strength He dares impart.-
Browning.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-05

erect. The box will always keen tho
clothes-line dry and clean. If one. ~
the posts is set just inside the Kitchen
porch and another box placed upon il
the clothes-line may be wound IN
from either end by adding sufficient
string to reach the distance between
the posts. The reel should be Of a
stout piece OF wocd and the box mus,
be strong enough to stand the strain
of the line when full of wet clothes
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05
N. E. Church, Sunday August !

Morning worship at the usual
hour. Theme Partial Disciple
ship".-Text John vi-66. All
members urged to be present that
this may be a helpful service.
Strangers are given hearty wei
come.
Evening services will be in the
/. o. .. F auditorium in union
with the other churches.
Sunday school at 9:45. Lesson
Jesus and the Children. This
will be the last missionary collec-
ton from the Sunday school for
the year. appeal to teachers
and pupils to make it the best
collection of the year. Make 1t
at least a dollar for each class.
Epworth and Junior leagues at
the usual hours.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

One third of the profits on all
Soda fountain sales at the We'll
born drug store, Saturday will 60
for the benefit of the Epworth
league society. Come in and get
a refreshing drink served by the
dainty league ladies.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

Mrs. G. H. Hesler and Miss
Emily Justice, who have been vis-
itine in Paonia for several weeks.
returned to their home in Terre
Haute, Ind, the first of the week.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

WANTED:-Place as cook for
fruit picking and packing camp
by thoroughly competent wo-
man; also husband wants work for
self and team. Apply Newspaper
office. 50-2t
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

Miss Ruth O'Reilly who has
been employed as governess at
the Robt. Pitman home on Ger
man Mesa, left "Wednesday for
Fountain. Colorado.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

When you have deed. mort
gage. bill of sale or any other
kind of legal paper drawn, have
it done right. Geo. o. Blake has
had many years experience and
will do it right.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

H. L. Spencer this week moved
from his home on North Fork
avenue to the Merle A. Miller
ranch. where they will reside for
a time at least. Mr.. Spencer hav-
ing rented his residence to A. F.
Kindall.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

]. E. Daley and family left
Monday. Mrs. Daley and little
boy will stop in Denver, while
Mr.. Daley will go to the coast as
Colorado altitude is to high for
him.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

Superintendent Mrs. Mildred
Anderson. spent Sunday in Pao-
MIA with home folks. leaving
Monday morning for Montrose
to attend the District Normal
which will be held there.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

vslsatssy Observers Meteorological ssesrs
For the week ending Aug. 4, 1910,
and corresponding week OF 1909
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

The lightning played havoc
with telephone poles out on Cot
tonwood last Sunday, striking
and completely running three
poles.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05
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PERSONAL MENTION. !
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A. E. Smith was a Hotchkiss
business visitor Wednesday.
Ross Taylor left Saturday for
Portland and other coast points.
Olvin Terrell and Hugh Tinnin
are camping on the Muddy this
week.
E. M. Werner returned Sunday
evening from few days of bust
ness in Denver.
c. w. Gayon of Delta was up
from that place on business the
first of the week.
c. c. Hawkins returned Mon
day evening from a few days of
business in G unnison.
Will Simmons and Edgar Bal
lard were business visitors to the
county seat yesterday.
Jay Crawford returned Monday
from Colorado Springs, where he
has been for several weeks.
Risley Coins of Denver came
in on Thursday evenings belated
train to visit his brother Charles.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Corlett of
Monta Vista are the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Small this
week.
Chas. Zaun and wife left Mon
day morning for Fruita, Colo.
where they expect to make their
future home.
Chas. Oliver and family re-
turned Saturday evening from a
couple of weeks visit with old
friends in Pitkin.
Mrs. Victor Whittimore of
Gunnison. who is visiting friends
in Hotchkiss. spent Sunday in
Paonia with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Coburn.
who have been visiting in Denver
a couple of weeks, returned home
last Saturday evening.
Misses Ruth Reed. Annie Mol
Ter and Mayme Spencer LETT
"Wednesday morning for a two
weeks o-!i ing near Lake City.
Mrs. Theresa Dalchow came in
from Salida Tuesday evening and
will spend couple of weeks at
tending to business interests here
VIM. Ellis and wife and Ray
Bradshaw and wife came in from
Mankato. MINI. Saturday evening
aud are guests at the home of w.
H. Johnston.
Mrs. John Graham of Prairie
City. Iowa. is visiting her sons.
George and Arthur. She expects
to spend two or three months
in our prosperous valley.
A. L. Binford and family re-
turned home on Fridays flyer
from Caldwell. Idaho. where they
have been visiting relatives and
friends for some time.
Ray Lewis and wife who have
been visiting the formers parents.
S. E. Lewis and wife for several
days. left Tuesday morning for
Whittier. Calf. where Mr.. Lewis
has accepted a position in the
Whittier College.
A. F. Kindall, of the McClena-
than Mercantile company. re-
turned Sunday evening from Pu-
eblo. accompanied by his family.
They will occupy the H. L. Spen-
Ger residence on North Fork
avenue.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

Mrs. Leroy Kennedy and Mrs.
]. F. Wakefield left Tuesday
morning for Denver. where they
will enjoy themselves for some
time.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

Messrs. c. H. Fairchild. Chas.
F. Kirby and Sheriff /. H. Viii
liams came up from Delta on
Wednesday evenings train
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

Adam Seager Sr., and Adam
Seager Jr., both of the Hotchkiss
Packing and Power company,
we're Paonia visitors on Tuesday.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05
Neat designs in up to
date stationery at
DUNBAR'S

L. ]. Little and wife were Sun
day morning passengers to the
Junction. where they will visit for
several days.
The Paonia newspaper., 1910-08-05

= & = = = = = + = = = = = = = :
= LOCAL HAPPENINGS. +
+ I. + = + + = = E = = + = = =
Room for rent, with board or
without board. Mrs. James Kilt.
MONEY-Short time chattel loans
George o. Blake.
Get YOUR Abstract ot Title from
c. c. HAWKINS.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-11
CITY POLITICS ARE
in MIDDLE

Continued From Page One.)
union men will stand for some of
the men is big question.
The whole situation today IS
chaotic.
Some good raen who happened
to be endorsed by the COMMITTEES
of twelve are being denounced
now by those who heretofore sup
ported them, because of the OBJ
lection on the part of many who
did not like the plans of the COM
mittee.
Some who stood by the commit
tee of twelve are gratified that it
finally got a complete ticket and
are getting ready for a campaign.
Must Stand on Merit.
There is general sentiment,
however, that the men ON this
ticket will have to stand on their
own merits just like the rest of
the candidates in the field and IN
"a week or two the committee CT
twelve may be entirely forgotten.
There was a lot of kicking in
certain quarters on the part OF
men who think they should have
been invited to the Tacoma hotel
mass meeting. They say 1t
smacks very much of ring politics.
The fact that the mass meeting
refused to take any action on any,
thing but mayor is used by this
class as an argument to show that
the whole thing was framed UP
for a particular purpose to put
Balkwill in the limelight.
Whitney Won't Run.
The slate of the committee of
twelve has already received one
crack by the refusal of A. D.
Whitney to run for controller.
Whitney refuses absolutely to
become candidate. This leaves
the situation just as it was before
the committee attempted to fix
things as far as the controller is
concerned.
Other candidates for mayor aad
commissioners who have announc.
ed themselves as in the field to-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-11
FIRE SALVAGE SALE!

All damaged goods
must be sold at once
as the Paulson-Barnes
Co. are anxious to re-
sumo their regular bu-
siness, and for that
reason greater reduc-
tons have been made.
Following are a few
items for sale tomorrow:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1910-02-11
ROOSEVELT JR.
ENGAGED To
WE'D
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED IN
NEW YORk-WILL AWAIT
TEDDY'S RETURN.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-While
Col. Roosevelt is hunting in At
RIGA his eldest son, Theodore
Roosevelt, jr., has fallen a prey to
the traps of Cupid, according to
an announcement made public
here today. Young Roosevelt's
fiance is Miss Eleanor Butler Alex
ander of this city, and announce
ment of the engagement of the
young couple was made by the
girls mother, Mrs. Henry Addison
Alexander.
The father of Miss Alexander is
Henry Addison Alexander, at pres
ent legal adviser to the American
embassy at Paris, where he now
is located. Miss Alexander is 81
years of age.
Young Roosevelt is learning car
pet manufacturing in a factory at
Thompsonville, Conn.
1t is reported that the cere-
mony will not take place until aft
er the colonels return from
Africa.