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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29
DOMESTIC SCIENCE @ THE
FARMERS WIFE.

1WeiNe years ago, in 1898. the de-
of household science was
6ahIZ by the women Of Illinois
20 hold annual meetings in conjunc-
lloh win the Farmers institute. The
name at that time was the Illinois
State Association of Domestic Sci
ence. Ihese two organizations. which
IN general aims and purposes are one
recently held their annual meeting at
E~dWardsville. illinois, and it was one
OF the most successful meetings in
the history of the organization.
The object Of the Farmers institute
is to teach men and youths how to
become better farmers. The object
OF the department Of household sci
ence IS to teach the wives and daugh-
terS OF farmers how to become better
women. better housekeeprs, better
wives and daughters. by showing them
how to do their work in better and
easier anne and how to look upon
the work us a labor Of love and not
d~rudgery.
During the twelve years it has been
in existence the department of house
hold science has accomplished much.
It is practically the pioneer organi-
zation Of its kind in the country.
though the women Of Utah ~antedated
it a little. in the matter Of organi-
zation.
The following States outside OF IL
linois have State organizations tor
promoting the study OF domestic sci
ence: Colorado. Idaho. Indiana, Iowa.
Maryland. Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,. Montana, Nebraska, New York.
North Carolina. North Dakota, Penn
s~yivania. South Dakota Tennessee,
Utah, West Virginia. Wisconsin and
Wyoming.
In Connecticut, Delaware. kansas,
Massachusetts. New Jersey. oregon,
and Washington the women have no
separate organizations, but women
teachers are secured TO lecture at the
regular farmers institute meetings
nnop household science subjects.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

IL IS true that cotton, as it has been
has been the means of re-
duclnS the fertility Of the soil. but
the damag has not been due to he
crop but because of bad farming it is
evident that cotton should be he
greatest anG most prOfita BILE money
crop that can be made in the South.
when a man makes over two bales
OF mt per acre at a cost Of $40. 90
per acre. as do some men | know. in
a season like the past with cotton now
worth ID cents per pound, it is evil
dent that there are few crops that
can m with cotton for profit
Wflere the farmer farms ntelligentIv
mat cotton has been, and is being
grown all over the South at too high
q cost is certainly true, and that the
majority Of those devoting their ex-
elusive to cotton have made
no money IS true. But this is not the
ldtlt OF the crop, but of the farming.
In the case of the man mentioned.
price say = cents per pound. he
would have made a fair profit per acre.
while the crcpper whose cotton costs
. or cents per pound would have
been a loser. Therefore. it comes
back to the fact that cotton is a very
profitable crop where q man farms
right, and a bad crop for the man
who devoteS all his attention and
land 10 cotton and CANDLES on a little
dose Of 2-S-Z fertilizer. and expects
his cotton to pay for everything else
he needs. But all over the South
there is now a waye OF interest in
better methods that promises much
for the future.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29
GOOD SEEDS AND RELIABLE
SE.EDSNIlN.

If van oet a seed catalogue from,
say Smith & Jones, and everything
in it is Smith & Jones SDeclal, ana
there are all sorts of Impossible PIC
lures of fields covered oEer with ois
watermeIons almost touching eac1
other. cabbages Of SIZE anu
NOT a poor head showing in the lot,
potatoes being dug and great WIN
drowS of potatoes all over the sround
ard everything exaggerated in like
that is a good firm to let
alone. But If YOU get a neat cata-
,oeup with cuts made from PHOTO
graphs and half-tone pictures snow
ing what may actually be grown. you
may consider that here is a firm that
tries to be truthful about rs STOCK,
and is apt to have better seeds than
the man who pictures Impossible
things.
Then in buying farm seeds. such as
clover and grass. avoid the man VINO
best seedsmen. for l~ow-priced clover
seed is usually the most costly you
can buy. II means that there Is a
lot of trash and weed seed III the
sample and the clover seed IN II cost
more thar in the we'll ~recleaned SEED,
and YOU will be seeding your iand
with weeds. NV practice IN buying
clover and grass seed IS TO SEND lor
samples and examine them careluiiy
with a magnifyinC glass, and to REJECT
any that show foul weed seeds. Then
agree with the sample or be sent
back. [ always buy from estab-
lished firms who have a reputation
at stake. and buy the best. no mat
ter what the price is, Tor cheap SEED
means poo seed always.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29
$3.50 Recipe Cures
Weak Men Free
Send Name and Address Today.
You Can Have II Free and Be
Strong and Vigorous.

l have in my possession a prescription
for nervous debility. lack Of vigor, weak
ened manhood, failing memory and lame
back, brought on by excesses, unnatural
drains. or the follies OF youth, that has
cured SO many worn and nervous men
right in their own homes-Without any
additional help or medicine-that | think
every man who wishes to regain his manly
power and yiriiitV, quickly and quietly.
should have j copy. SO | have determined
to send i copy of the prescription free Of
charge, III Il plain, ordinary sealed envelope
to any man who will write me for it.
This prescription comes from 4 physician
who has made a special study Of men and
| am convinced it is the surest-acting com
bination for the cure Of deficient manhood
and yiSor failure ever put together.
| think | owe it to my fellow man to
send them 4 copy in confidence SO that
any man anywhere who is weak and dis
couraged with repeated failures may stop
d~rugging himself with harmful patent
medicines, secure what | believe is the
understanding restorative, upbuildinG.
SPOT-TOCCHING remedy ever devised,
and SO cure nlmself at home quietly AMI
quickly. Just drop me q line like this: De-.
A. f. Robinson. 4St3 Luck Building. De
troit, Mich. and I will send you a copy of
this splendid recipe in 4 plain ordinary en-
velope free of charge. A great many doc
tors would charge $500 to $500 for merely
writing out 4 prescription like this but |
send it entirely free.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29
A GOOD ALL-PURPOSE FOWL
Should Possess Egg-Laying Qualities and Mature
Quickly for Market

ton stock from that kind Of breed
ing.
When we look the field all over
there is no breed that stands pre-
.mincntly at the head Of the utility
class like the Plymouth Rocks and l
do not believe that a person would go
wrong if he selected stock from some
good flock Of that breed.
The Plymouth Rocks lay good-s1zea
eggs that are Of a nice shape and
color OF the various breeds of Rocks
I would choose the White Rocks, as
it is easier to breed them true 10
color, they dress Gerry clean ana WHITE
when killed for market
The Buff Rocks and the barred
Rocks are excellent fowls and are
fuux . G Good in many respects as the
White Rocks. but one will flnd IT
much easier to breed birds OF a soma
color and keep them true to type ana
markings than to breed the coloreo
breeds.
For q chicken that will grow fast
anG mature early know Oh II on1tu
c,1nerior TO the White Rocks. Ihey
have a plump body and are attrac-
tive in the market and when iuil
crown have the weight that makes
them bring home the money tnal II
cost to grow them. "a
The cockerels that are 10 DC SOU
in tho fall make quite an Important
ton, for rs to consider and the White
500 cannot be excelled III this
point. - bean
for egg producing II Is uulre
an important item to have lhehi
weigh six to eight pounds.
There is an increasing denlano a 100
dressed fowls and If you nave egg
customers you should be able 10
make arrangements to supply them
with dressed poultry whenever rder-
ed and get the top price for our sur
plus stock.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29
RFPIANNING n FARM FOR
PROFIT.

Few farmers realize the difference
III income that may be produced on
their farms by the systematic intro
ductiOn and rotation Of clover or
other l~eguIninous crops over the Ell
tire area of their tillable land. The
planning Of rotations to meet certain
feed requirements and to grow crops
which shall be the greatest income
producers under given conditions is
a problem that is not easily solved
By all the filters Of the soil. The con-
servation Of soil fertility by appro-
pirate rotations together with appli-
cations of and fertilizers in
such manner as will maintain y per
manent system OF agriculture has
been largely overlooked by farm
owners in the past. Farmers Bu1ie-
tin $40 assists the farmer in solving
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

breeding gardens seventy varieties and
strains of alfalfa. including those rails
ed from seed from every part OF the
world where the plant is grown. in
addition TO my own hybride. The
method pursued IN improving alfalfa
IS 70 make crosses and hybrtds be
tween all Of these varieties and then
select the one that shows the best
quality, combined with the greatest
produclNenesS. This last season /
had two hybrids that grew to a height
of three feet in ninety days from the
date OF planting the seed. Any one
who has grown alfalfa can appreciate
the significance of these figures. By
nNlng some type OF this sort | cam
put into the hands of the armer inn
~provements that greatly will increase
the Weld
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29
REST THE HORSES FEET.

Every farm horse should if posi-
bic, be allowed to go without his
shoes at least two or three months
every year. In fact, it IS hardly
necessary TO show a horse on the farm
unless he is to go on the hard roads
or work on the mare soil where he Is
required to do much heavy pulling
Without shoes A horses hOOf Will
grow out, regain it's natural shape
which is always more or less changed
by continuous shOeing.
Many city horses with hoofs bound
and cfacke and otherwise injured.
have been taken to q farm. their shoes
pulled off and turned out to pasture
and thoroughly cured within six
months In fact the farmers around
the large cities used to find i'll this
class of animal a cheap supply. nan
Of which turned out to be first class
horses, showing that all that was
needed vas rest on mother earth
without their shoes.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

n,1;rnr CMonroc JournaD:
fly, The Journals slogan, double
...rn Weld in three years" there
,,.y one thing needed for its &C
.,tf.ntnent. that is: for each in
,.:4a,l farmer to make up his mind
.,.. ii. must be Done upon his wv
Is it 4 thing to be desired?
,fr worth striving for? Let's see. If
s,rmer needs one hundred bushels
.,,n 10 supply the needs Of his
.,au. and stoc. which is better: to
r,a Fl, ON TWO to four acres, or six
5ra3 bushels. Why not grow it on six
fem t,rrS instead OF ten to twenty
acre.. Many are doing this, more
,r, o.in. 10. why not all? We can
80 IT.. viii make the effort and adopt
,,oh+ methods. And just to think
uaar can be done With the extra
acre. that ne have been planting and
,,,jina over 10 set ascant ten or fiji
taen bushels Of corn, They could be
made into hog lots. and growing a
,Dc.ess.on of crops to be gathered by
oiss and converted into high priced
meat. or they could be growing for
~. ro he I'D TO both beef and dairy
.artt, Tor which there is a good de
mand.
Ye+. the market men are COM
.|laiulns because they cannot get
noongh beef cattle to supply their
trade. and there Is A big demand for
high grade mixers from Eastern
North Carolina upon Union county.
As noted by The journal last week
six ctr loads OF milk COWS have re
Gently been shipped to I.umberton,
aud tn" writer was in Elizabethtown
q lev days ago and while in the office
Of IN sheriff was shown a letter
written by him to Mr.. Rufus Arm
field. u Monroe. asking him to get
him up q ar load OF high grade milk
crs. Another gentleman, who is in
touch with the market. says: 7 can
pay $40 to- $50 for nigh grade milk
ers.
W hat X . high grade now" he
'rhro4 gallons Of milk n dak and
four hundred pounds OF butter a
year IS considered ii high grade cow
he replied,
~. here is q source of revenue
to the tormer5 Of Union county-the
growing OF beef and dairy cattle,
and should be developed, and it Is
gong 20 De. Several pure breed bulls
u both beef and dairy types have
recently been purchased. and more
WI nH. More corn more cat
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29
TO DOUBLE CROP YIELDS.

Prof. b. G. Buffuin. of Worland,
Wyoming. who is a pioneer in the
science Of seed breeding. hopes that
scientific methods and patience IN
farming will double the cCop yields.
Prof. Buffum is a leader among the
few men who are devoting their entire
attention to improving farm products
in q practical way. He is the author
Of Arid Agricultural and has been
in agricultural work for more than
twenty years.
The ideas of Prot. Buffun and
similar workers mark a reversal o.
the old plan of using unmarketaple
stuff for seed. Under The new system
the farmer uses the best seed that the
practical scientist can furnish. Inc
value Of this plan has been demon
strated by the progress MADE WITH
corn and other grains.
SDeaking Of alfalfa improvement
during a recent visit to Chicago, the
Professor SAID:
alfalfa is the basis Of western
agriculture. yet it has ' been ped
igreed or improved by sclentinc
Like Topsy,' it Just grow
ed, 1t is a mongrel plant. with prob
abIv the greatest value OF any mon
erel on earth. / now have IN my
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

me 'lrst thing to consider when
N"'1'jins a breed is the purpose we
'e9''~ them for.
There are some breeds of poultry
that are adapted to but one purpose
ana tnai IS laying eggs. among them
"blhs "hat poultrymen call the Medi-
terrana4n breeds such as the Leg
horns Nrroro,. u, ,nd
NH
'''afa-
these are vCprv good breeds but
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

9nese difficulties, and a copy NAV no
daa Iree on application TO a mamhar
Cohgfess or to the Secretary of
hh~slltulrure Washington. D. G The
nol,9,ill discusses q rundown farm
80 ililhois, and plans six diffarant
stpe9 OF farming that may be sub
oeltu'eo Tor the usual one of corn and
nov practlced. 50 as to raise the
'ifnes as much as that comment 70
lelVed, and at the same time 1ncraaxa
the fertility OF the soil
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

+. NJ. Price of Calaveras county,
Cal, is said to hay met with remark
able success in his experiments OF
grating alnut on to oak trees. Mr..
Price has been conducting these ex-
periments for years, having grated
walnut branches On the oak trees
throughout the hills on his ranch.
These CRAFTS have grown wonderfully
and the Walnuts resulting from this
graft are three times the size Of those
sold in the market.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29
YIELD A BE DOUBLED
Practical Farmer Says This Would Mean a Grea
Deal to Union County-Stock Follows Corn

tie and hogs, and more cattle and
hogs mean more cows.
Let every community take IN he
slogan, Double the yield OF corn" #
Will be worth more to us than bio
COTTON crops.-Practical Farmer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

phTEAT BOOKLET AND ADVICE FREE.
: HsLN Mason Fenwick ( Lawrence. New
York City and 622 F -. Washington. T.. {. r
laoIished 50 years Clients IN IS states. Refer
enees NcLachlen BAg. corporation Washing
Ton Ala-ga syrup Co.. Montgomery; Chicago
foTtiand Cement 90. and Others.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29
GOOD IN TIME OF TROUBLE.

Sweet oil is a safe medicine to adj
minister to animals. 1t never Injuries,
but is valuable in choking. bloating.
Inflammation OF constipation Of the
stomach or bowels.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

Iing-WOrn on cattle may be cured,
by washing once a day with a five
per cent solution Of carbolic acid.
until healed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-03-29

PCT CFIII SOIUIIOI OF tdTDOII0 dVIHr
until healed.
For wounds made on horses or cat
tic. by barbed Wire fences, there is
nothing better than a composition
made Of carbolic acid halt an ounce.
glycerine eight ounces and water
eight ounces. 4 syringe is d good
thing TO inject this into the wound.
TO cure MARBLES in cattle. take q
glass syringe of the smallest size and
inject sweet oil with 40 drops of ar
bolic acid to the pint into the hole at
the apex of the little mounds on the
cows back. This Will bring them
away Without injury to the COW.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-19
KNOXVILLE OPENS GATES TO
EDITORS
CONTINUED from Page Nine.)

ton in the South had no birth until
States. He has dug down beneath the
Veneering and finds that most Of the
industrial expansion of 1900 is build
ed upon foundations laid by South
ern men before 1860. He shows this
by facts and statistics that cannot be
c~Ontroverted. We have heard so many
orators in both sections discourse
with so-called eloquence on 'th New
South which, in their ignorance.
they suppose is a thing wholly differ
ent from the South of WASHINGTON,
Jefferson, Calhoun, Stephens and the
captains of industry Of every decade.
that it is refreshing to hear a well
informed man like Mr.. Fdmonds give
US the genesis Of Southern develop
for he is alive to the progress OF
the present, and is lahoring with great
usefulness for bigger development Of
the future. But he gives YOU the
true South as it was, as it is. and
as it will be. There is honor for the
achievements of the Old South of the
days before the war, there is glory
for the New South of our decade:
there is promise Of the Greater South
of the days hat lie before US. But
it is all the same section and the same
people, with the same traditions. the
same hopes and the same ambitions.
men Of the old days wrought we'll.
but they had duh tools. Remember
ing that electricity and quick trans
portation and modern improvements
that accelerate trade and industry to-
day, has the South Of 1910 much to
Drag about when contrasted with the
men who began the industrial deyel-
opment when our grandfathers made
brick without straw in manufacture
ing and mining? That is a query that
was suggested by the comprehensive
and able address of Mr.. non at
the Appalachian banquet. The best
part Of his speech, however, was in
calling the attention of the four score
Of editors present to the fact thar
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-19

That the hard yarn spinner OF the
South are ~crrtailing TO a greater u
lesser extent is a fact that aofnltS OF
no doubt. but TO what extent the spin
ners are curtailing is a question IN
ROY among mill men them
selves. Some hard yarn spinners and
authorities on the Industry say Inat
scarcely any orders for goods are pc
ing received and it is intimated that
curtailment Will become more gen
eral as the year advances. others
declare that the situation is not as
serious as is made out, and say that
the curtailment is betWeen ID and ~
per cent.
Mi. f. W. Crews, secretary Of the
Southern Hard Yarn Spinners Asso-
citation. believes that 33 Is per cent
OF the hard yarn mills Of the South
are curtailing at The present time. re
said to a News reporter today that
while his association kept no statistics
on the subject. and that while the
mills Curtailed in different
tics. according to condition. he be
Iiryad thai one-third OF the mills were
curtailing.
For the past three years" Mr..
Crews said. the spinnerS have made
no money and many mills have be
operating at a loss. They cannot ar
ford to run indefinitely without
something in sight. and it will not be
surprising if probably three-fourths Of
them have curtailed by September.
NO new orders are being received
and all the mills are doing IS filling
old orders, storing the goods away
until the time for delivery, apd shut
ting down as rapidly as they are
forced to do So"
Mr.. Crews does not believe that
the price Of cotton will decrease.
I-@+ 49, - ., r ~ ~ - bo cold
that is not subject just now TO the
law of supply and demand The
spectators seem to have it in hand.-
Charlotte News.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-19
FIERCE STORM IN WEST.
Rain and Hail ReneNed-Many Small
Houses Ieye1ed.

Memphis, Tenn, April 15.-With an
average of five inches of rainfall as
a result of the storm which yesterday
and last night swept over Tennessee.
MISSISSIPPI and Arkansas, another
storm broke over these states tonight
with renewed fury. Rain fell in tor
rents, accompanied in many places
by hail and the property damage will
be heavy. Accom- panying his sec
ond storm was a wind which at times
took on the proportions of a cv-
clone.
Reports from Como. Merigold and
Jones Town, Miss, Indicate that MANY
small houses were leyeIed to the
ground at the latter place and one
negro woman was killed.
Houses were unrOOfed traos +or,
up and havoc played with telephone
and telegraph wires in and around
Memphis. Railroad traffic is della we'd
onlgh on account of wash-o,1ts
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-19
Centennial Anniversary NJ
Birth of Rev. Albert
Smedes
THIS WEEK


Extensive Gathering nj N,,,
school and
'"'3'
f'op|ft Strange. u
Wilmington. and Miss Emil. -
'a' u ,ih'thhai'' 10 Make Al.
dresses
The exercises commamora+n ..
Centennial Annjvarsar- 49,
D, ''.H
- "S ALBERT 9h'e""0. II ID,
the FOUNDER OF ST. Mary's School.
which will be held at the e,h.,r .
wed,asdar af thi. u-ao- u.,
iiatter OIL IMPORTANCE 10 th"se Int"r-
ested in the history ana progress os
that old institution.
Sixtv-eioht wears AGO p., r
'-
oiheoes' at thaI TIME a cierE- man o.
New York City, at the suggestion "
Picbon Ives who was thar ill.,. ,,+
-.
u 'n0 Tp49eoPoi Di'1e9e' cam" "
Raielgh n rented the school pro.-
erty, which has since become -.
Marv,s and On Nav 1,th t1ia ~
eo d sehool lor girls ana Eo~HS Wa
men. The buildings which ne rented
are still \ part of the centr.1 or1.,
af C+ Nov. b,;d;,u wh -
~ " : '"'
peen eIecteu q uetaoe VSt'i' H.. came
- f>dtelsll iof lhe Use OF tle AP.'''
pa 9cliooI loI ooSo' "H'oil """ '''"."
III Sic"t PlolIii70' - P''''N
$50. iallule. hioih me 9'"il
Shheoes Work AT 81 Mary Nt7
ces9iu 81. re Sho"eu "Ii"SeiI emu --t
: - WIZ ~ N''2. 7'"
iapIuiS, anu - ole" US t''i"'"11.
- = u.s. peo1'ie -, Ii0
the Gays OF lle war Fl"
remained open ana IN 1he ltJI'- F'
ROO after the war proved OF -''"-
usefulness. Df. Smede9 Ihiiu@'.' 'S
an educator was broad ana t'-"'-t
ms girls ne had muth 20 90 VIVA
the development OF both chpl"h ana
educatlonal WORK. 81 MARY was
ms HE work, ana ne renamed d. MS
post untll ms death, ApfII 22th. So,
Il exercises OIL MS one h."p' 49,
pifthoay IN % FL" .,
ana work VIII De the OCCASION ''
extensive GalnerlhS OF the AIui'"1'
the school. From the best caicuId-"'~
there are something over I'VE '"'.-
saho OF us Alulnhde among ~
men OF the South, ana St\eI41 o.D-
sdhu ore sun Htlhs II ~>'''H
ana. Inc day VII De ooS'IlF"
as an day When MS on o..
pills and their younger sisters ""'
meet to honor. as 1t were, q '1,":-
whose influence they nao leIl Il,
H3eS. Inc former pupllS Oh -
young II old, nave Deeh Iu.''
come back TO the scenes Oh
SCnOOl days and De at nom" d5t+"
The exercises, when VIII tNl..
the day, VIII DeSiH "''
the celebration Of the HON ION,
munion in the chapel at eight o'."'N
in the morning. At eleven oD'''N
the formal meeting, in honor d. .
Founder, Will be held, beginning "-H
a short service in the chapel ana Goa"
tlnuing with addresses in tn" dtI's'
rum. The addresses Of the Oh" d5.'.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-04-19

II j. stated That Some of the Willis Are
E.,J,vxinn the CurtaiiInent
Agreement and Many Are Running
at <icht-PreSent Condition 80
Leaders Think Demands Ihittd an"
Immediate Action.