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The Washington times., 1910-09-17

The lonz-IoSt Hackenschmidt has
been heard from again. He would
tour America once more, and Incl
dentally desires to get acquainted
with the toe hold, as demonstrated by
one Frank GOtch- The latter made 4
lasting impression the last time they
came together
The Washington times., 1910-09-17
AUTOMOBILE SCOUTS
TO PATROL ROAD
Motorists to Be Warned of
Dangerous Places Along
Thoroughfares.
By HARRY WARD.

More than ordinary interest attaches
70 the announcement THAI the Touring
Club Of America has arranged 10 place
upon the principal thoroughfares Of New
York State scouts who viii patrol the
roads They viii warn motorists OF any
dangerous places on the highways, Of
ths proper detOUrs where roads are
closed for improvements. and where
care should be exercised IN driving. as
well as the localities in which the OF
dinaRces are being strictly enforced
These scouts have been specially Sc
lected for their knowledge of the re-
Quirements Of the new CaIian autOmo-
bile law and road conditions The great
SUCCESS which attended this plan of
warning motorists recently on the BOs-
ton post road near New Rochelle, where
by nearly 5000. drivers OF motor cars
were warned that they were being
watched by constables, has led to a de-
cISiSn by the Touring Club Of America
70 establish this scouting system on 4
more perma nent- basis. In the carrying
out Of this plan some Of the principles
which have been go successful in Great
Britain, under the auspices of the Au-
tonobIie Association of London. have
been adopted It Is expected the touring
club viii have these scouts on all the
leading roads in the Eastern section OF
the country when the touring season
opens next year.
The Washington times., 1910-09-17
CHAPTER XI-(Continuedl.

ct HILE the servant was at
A work the master was be-
" " low IN the cabin familiar
fz:np himself with the
The Washington times., 1910-09-17

One Of the good old free fights was
INDUCED in when the ParaEOuld and
charlottesville teams tried TO play of
the tie in the Arkansas Baseball
League The lighting was not re-
stricted to the players. but spread 10
the Sleachers- President Rertig de-
cided not to award the pennant-
The Washington times., 1910-09-17
General Sports

Fred Tenney win coach Harvard Uni
varsity baseball EiRe-
Arthur Irwin fzvors a national home
for baSeSan players
Cleveland made 10000 profit on recent
fve-dsy Grand Circuit race meet.
Rochester recently witnessed a tennis
tournament under electric lights
Los Angeles and adjoining towns are
preparing for winter season Of baseball.
Cleveland high SCHOOLS are considering
substituting ice hocky for basketball
Detroit Will run night horse show I'm
conjunction with the State fair, begin
ing September Is
Rochester high schools viii play asso-
citation football instead OF the Rugby
style this fall
California Jockey Club will give go
OOO- IN stakes At the meeting in San
Francisco beginning today.
Mayor Beahr, of Cleveland, has asked
the aid OF the Government in securing
the Olympic games for Cleveland in 1916.
The strength OF Rugby football as
played by the big Pacific coast colleges
IS shown By I'D freshmen turning out at
Leland Stanford and 40 at California in
an effort 10 make the teams.
Fred Z. Thomson. the Occidental Col
tege athlete. who recently won the all
around amateur athletic title at Chicago,
has returned 10 Los Angeles. Thomson
81 to act as instructor at the Long
Beach Z. NJ c A
Alfred Shrubb. who will coach the
Harvard University cross-countTy
SQUAD. admits that his days as a run
ner are over. The little Englishman,
from one and One-haf to ten miles
says he does not think he Will ever
run another race. as his weak leg will
not stand the strain
Annapolis rowing equipment has
been added TO BY two new fouT-Oared
shells They are to be used by the
new oarsmen- couple Of double
Bhe1ls are also to be bought.
Fortv-on. states now have game
commissions and wardens, the total
which s.4ss serve without pay
The Polydeucean Club or sixty mem
bers, an organization Of the Univer-
sity OF California students. viii stage
headquarters in Harmon gymnasium
king Alfonso Of Spain won a silver
cup in . clay pigeon shooting touTna-
ment IN the Isle Of Wight a short
time ago
Hr. Cochrane, owner OF the yacht
Westward, has presented three new
trophies for the Kiel regatta next
year
Lawrence Solman. of Toronto. is
ready to back Eddie Durham. Of this
city. IN a professional scullinE race
with Ernest Barry. Of England. who
recently lost to Dick Arnst- The con-
test to occur in Toronto bay
The Ionz-IoSt Hackenschmidt has
been heard from again. He would
tour America once more, and Incl
dentally desires to get acquainted
with the toe hold. as demonstrated by
one Frank GOtch- The latter made 4
lasting impression the last time they
came together
One Of the good old free fights was
indui Eed in when the Paragould and
charlottesville teams tried TO plav of
the tie in the Arkansas Baseball
League The fghting was not re-
stricted to the players. but spread TO
the Sleachers- President Rertig de-
cided not to award the pennant.
Secretary James E. Sullivan. of the
A A. Z. Is trying to have the OIym-
pic Club OF San Francisco compete
In the indoor championships at Mad
4son Square Garden. The team WIN
come 20 New York after the outdoor
eEeat. If possible, and remain over
until the indoor games
The Washington times., 1910-09-17

Secretary James E Sullivan. OF the
A A. Z. Is trying to have the Olyn-
pic Club OF San Francisco compete
In the indoor championships at Mad
4son Square Garden. The team win
come 70 New York after the outdoor
event. If possible, and remain over
until the indoor games
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22

snonsible for the treatment every one
gives his seed, or for the OF
the weather. The disclaimer grew
out of a case many years ago. "A man
bought Wakefield cabbage seed from
a prominent scotsman. He SoWed
them early in August and. Of course,
had wonderfully large plants. THESE
were set and all ran to seed IN the
spring Wlthou heading He sued the
scotsman for damages n recovered
damages, though the scotsman proved
by other that the same lot
Of seed SOWn at the right time gave
fine crops, and every gardener Of ex-
p~erience knows hat cabbage seed
sOWn in August Will get too large, and
the check of tranSplantlng such plants
will always cause them to run to seed.
The seedsmen then got together and
had a lawyer a disclaimer for
them, and all have adopted it rs a
matter Of protect IN. It was sustained
by the United States Court in Balti-
more last year, in a case in which
I was as a witness for the
defense, as 1t was shown plainly that
the buyer got what he ordered and
the seed grew, and the scotsman
could not be held responsible tor
svery ones failure to make a profit.
But in the matter of grass and
clover seed there is need for inspec-
ton. for there are men who will sell
these SEED below the market price,
and sell uncleaned seed full Of vile
weeds. Then grain seeds need the
same inspection. though, as a rule,
garden seeds are comparatively pure
in most cases. Two Of my friends
brought seed Of Winte oats. One
bought from q scotsman whom / knew
sell him clean seed. The other
bought without consulting me from a
too. The first had q clean
crop. The other who bought seed
because they were low in price, had
a crop almost half cheat. for what
a man sows that also he Will
|
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
BIG APPLE CROP.

An authority on the apple situa-
ton in the Pacific Northwest writes as
follows:
l visited an orchard at Dumas,
Wash. comprising 100 acres of apple
trees about u years old, from which
they expect to ship 100 cars Of first
class apples this year. At the present
price. Of apples this orchard will net
the owners in the neighborhood Of
$4,000 this year.
They have employed from rs TO
SO women and men picking and pack
ing apples. This is only one OF many
such in my district. At
ttood River Oregon. / travelled
hrough II miles of solid apple orch
ards. all loaded with fine fruit. Nh
gross receipts for apples alone ar
f1ood R1Ver this year Will be about
ssoo,OOo. The same is true of Rogue
1.l1er. oregon Wenatchee and North
YAKIMA. IN Washington, and also Of
southwestern Idaho"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
Thomas Phosphate Again.

Thomas phosphate, known as basic
Stag meal, is u by-product from the
baslc process of steel making result
ing from the taking out of the phos-
phorus from the iron ore. 1t varies
in the percentage of phosphoric acid
from 10 to % per cent. AS it usually
carries 40 pounds of free lime in every
loo pounds. its tendency is to sweeten
the soil. On lands deficient in humus
It will be slower in coming into use
than acid phosphate will be, but on
lands that are cultivated In a good
rotation with legume crops it is the
best form in which to get phosphoric
acid. The price is determined bv the
percentage Of phosphoric acid. and we
get the lime practically free.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
NOTES OF THE HOG LOT.

It is a waste of fertility to allow the
pigs to run in one yard or on one
field for years at a time without
changing them.
Corn and water are the best fatten-
ing foods, although q feed Of roots
once or twice a week viii give them
a keener appetite and keep their
bowels in excellent condition.
After the pigs have been put into
the fattening pen in the fall they
should be fed all thai they will eat
with a relish for as a rule the shorter
the f~attening period the larger the
profits.
AS a rule ii will not pay to hold the
pig cTop for prices to rise unless they
are making good gains all Of the time
they are being held. When few
feeders win out in playing the mar
ket game, many lose out.
There is little sentiment connected
with feeding a bunch OF hogs and few
of US would be in the business were
it not for the profits which it should
aoffrd.
With cheap corn and other grains
any man who could buy a few pigs
and finish them for market could
make a little profit. but it requires
skill and ability to grow pigs and fat
ten them or sixty cent corn and make
q reasonable profit.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
Sweet Potato Rot

Sweet potatoes rot in winter from
various causes. If there is any indi-
cation OF the black rot disease. shown
by brown blOtcheS on the skin. the dis
ease will develop after they are stored.
Ihen II the potatoes get chilled when
IN the sweat they always go through
alter storing, they ma rot. The best
way to keep them is to have a house
with double deadened walls and q ven
tIiator n a heating apparatus to
raise q high temperature when they
are first put in. SO that they can be
dried off from the sweat without chill
ing. After that a temperature of As
degrees viii be warm enough. In
banking outside ] would make a board
shed for the banks, and would put
only Is bushels in a heap. Place them
on a thick layer Of pine straw. and
cover thickly with pine straw. Their
let them stand till the weather gets
colder, and then cover with earth. The
shed over the hills is important, for
dry earth will keep out more cold than
wet earth. But where a man raises
many potatoes he should have a house
built as ] ave suggested, and then
there Will be no difficulty in keeping
them till potatoes come again.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
CORN IN MISSISSIPPI

Inc mississippi agent of the Rprean
O statistics makes h following COW
t thent IN regard to the corn cron Of
Mississippi will this vow
corn crop in the histor, ne
me otate-or within my knowIedsa 81 81
leaSt. Inc crop is made and $50 a.
gatnered and the yield will he Icy
- many sections on small acre. So
hnsbe, snan one hundred measured
For the Gr~ acre have been gathered.
WI De shipped from the co,n+ voin
went ~ was made. Recently nar+;as
~ peiore the railroad cornna:Es
a cd nus state and asked for and ra eston
Heretofor On corn to elevators. etc
made for shipping thai tba nt.ie corn
never asked for. 'dtes We're
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
What Farmers Want to Know.
Progressive Farmer.

Dewberries are simply a trailing
species of blackberry. They are plant
ed 3x6 feet apart, and the best grow
erS tie the canes up to stakes in the
spring. After fruiting, the old canes
are cut out and three young ones al
lowed to trail along the rows out of
the way Of cultivation and are left on
the ground in the colder sections as
a matter of protection and tied up in
spring. The Owe on the Eastern
Shore OF Maryland haNe abandoned
the use Of stakes and let the vines
tumble OF the ground. / believe that
a better crop can be made on stakes.
The variety most generally grown has
been the Lucretia, but the W
now are planting the Austin and con
slider it better thar L~ucretia. ] AVE
them grown in north Florida
without any care at all. the whole
patch being a deep mass Of vines, and
| saw them ripening there in March.
but the fruit was very inferior. IT al
ways pays to take care Of these things
and to get the finest fruit by literally
enricfins the soil and clean cultiva-
ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22

In the sandy soils of the upper pine
belt Of South Carolina / would neVe
practice very deep blowing. On such
soils j would think that six inches
should be the maximum depth. Where
the SOL is ciayey a deeper breaking is
desirable. But | would never pillow
sandy land in the fall unless l plowed
1t early enough to get a growth of
crimson clover on 1t. These soils
waste more in winter when left bare
OF growth thar they do in the summer
cropping. 1t IS not enough to have a
dead mass Of vegetation as a cover.
but a green growing crop that will
take up and hold the nitrates that
WoGld otherwise be washed away.
Then a regular rotation of crops in
which both the summer and winter
egumes come in will increase h
humus content Of the land and rem
der 1t more ~retentive of moisture in
dry weather as we'll as more fertile.
What is needed is legume forage and
feeding and making manur aided by
a winter ove crop between hoed
crops
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
PITCH FORK RAKE

Having occasion to be in tho.
io1t after dark several timeS lay
run over a fork and once ! ST.
my ankle against a prong ana j. --z
very near causing serious troph,a ~gt.-7
leo TO the construction OF the hl-.
sa.oMh IN ,he drawing. The racL r..
MADE OF an inch board, ! fort IS
and s inches wide. Ono oid long
board is cut to a half circ?a Tie
the circle edge Of the hoard '.-r
are bored, the holes large eno,.- ''tS
a large fork-handIe 10
board Is nailed to a post / feet --s
the floor. The support (for +t '.l'e
@ fthe handles) is the same emo
the one with the holes, but on,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
'.BETTER HOG" TRAIN.

The Iowa "better hog" train. which
has beer operated by the agriculture.
department of the Rock Island lines
in cooperation with the Iowa AgrIcGi-
tura1 college, for the purpose ~ en-
c~Ouraglng increasing attention to the
development Of hog raising in thai
State has aroused much enthusiasm
among hog raisers. The route Of the
train will extend into Missouri. haa-
Sas, Nebraska and Minnesota.
The special train Of sever cars pro-
vided by the railroad for the use Of
the experts of the college has he
out only a short time. but during that
time more than 90 persons nave
listened to lectures on every phase TX
hog culture and the use OF hog proc
ducts.
Banks, business houses and schools
IN man localities have been r.u .
during the visits of the train u 81.
officials of the road say the res
rOnlse ven better returns t...
those from the better seed Nhe@-
special recently run through g..t
hOma.
The States to be covered ar ar
ranging schedules to cover a Ut--
towns as possible and the lnte..5'
displayed in Iowa has prompted ever
interest to cooperate.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
Lexington Dispatch


Commenting on the difference be-
tween prolific corn and the oao-ear
variety, a good farmer told the Dls-
patch. the other day, that he had
found the prolific variety far superior
in a number Of ways. Not only does
it produce more corr to the acre. hc
claimed, but the prolific corn stands
drought better. He said that last sum
mer he had boil varieties planted. ana
IN the long dry spell the prolific corn
seemed to stand still. and when the
dry weather was over, it started grow
ing again. The one-ear variety was
burnt up" by the not weather. An
other farmer. hearing this, saif that
he could relate from his own expert
ence an example that would show the
superiority Of prolific corn. Three
men in his neighborhood were IN the
corn contest. and each Of them made
"a barrels of corn TO the acre. Two
Of these had prolific: one the oue-@ar
variety. When it came time 10 shell
out and measure up, the "one-t8TeC
man fell ten bushels behind the others.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22

as large s it has no holes in it rtis
nailed to the post, one foot from the
floor.
A piece of hoop-iron is nailed &c the
post 6 inches above the lower pee
forming a circle which holds the end
of the handles ia place.
This is another example Of "A mace
for everything and everything in 10
place.. w. G
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
TWenty1seven and Cne-HaIf Ca.
Cotton
acknowledgements

(ROanoke-Chowan Times
Messrs. Higgins & PurVis. FARM
OF Rlch Square, recently shipped III
naies of long staple cotton grow
'nem on the Edgar Powell farm e
year to Boston which sold on i"t.
market for 27 IL cents q pOunG.
about double the price OF ordiua
coton- h week they shipped trTs
more bales Of the same cotton L.
same market.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
Locust RuSheC

To destroy locust bushes, cut them
off at the ground and mex summer
keep thcv constantly cut off and the
roots will die. Grubb;ng will only in
crease them. Locust sprouts, persim-
mon and sassafras sprouts can only
be destroyed by not letting them make
green leaves above ground. The same
is true of any perennial weed, K nut
grass, for instance. If never allowed
TO make green leaves. the roots must
due.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
Selling Plant Food.

Thousands of farmers who are now
selling co%ttonseed will be buying for
their next years crop far less nitrogen
than they are selling from every acre.
OF course. the price for seed is good.
and the temptation is to sell, and the
vast o of plant food in the cot
tonseed is carried off to enrich the
lands of the North and of Europe.
Far better for the farm and the far
mer to exchange the seed for meal
and huIls and feed the meal on the
farm, and having better roughage.
make bedding and manure absorbent
of the hulls.
For the sake of immediate nroft.
thousands are impoverishing their
land by selling seed, and next spring
the same men will be trying to restore
the waste with 200 pounds an acre Of
2-8-2. Thousands more will neg
lect saving seed from the best plants
and viii ave to buy seed in the spring
or depend on the mixed seed from
the gin. Good seed for planting can
not be bought for $35 a ton, and TIE
man who takes pains in selecting his
seed and Improving his cotton can
make a reputation for the stock, and
can sell seed at prices that made the
sells it is better to get a fancy price
than oil mill price. But even at pres
ent prices, if I were growing cotton
today, / would trade the seed to the
mill and try to have stock enough to
eat the meal and make me manure
that is worth more than 2-8-2.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
Peaoh-Trec Borers.

There is no means known by which
the borers can be entirely prevented
in peach trees. Painting q foot Of the
base of the trunk with white lead and
oil VIII prevent some getting in. But
the only way to keep all out is to go
over the trees in June and September
and wherever the gum is seen scrape
it away and cut the borer out.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
The Seedsman's Point of View.

All first-class seedsmen use every
effort to get and sell the best seed.
The active competition compels this.
There IS a good reason for the dis
clainer of responsibility. which most
people fail to see. No man al be re-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22

,owss ohce had a workman who
for ,iifs sIoo horse to cripple hino O., DE-
tbe a .me by eapering and frishin .nsel1
eroun1 OF a long halter on ice covsra ..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22
PRO. MASSEY'S VIEWS
Some Garden Notes.

Some Garden Notes.
! am now cutting very fine headed
lettuce. The glass was not used over
it till the frost of October 29th came
in another line of frame am starting
later lettuce from seed sown in rows
a foot apart. This will be thinned out
TO q good stand, and | am curious to
find the difference between this and
tranSplanting.
l soWed cabbage and caulif1oWer
seeds at the proper time in September,
but the raids of the ne;ghbors' chick
ems left me cry few plants. I soWed
some later in a small frame OF three
sashes, which are yet very small.
These | will transplant in the frame
a few inches apart to get them strong
enough to set in February.
/ have taken up my dahlias, zoo
rOOtS, and nave buried them in a shall
low pit and covered them with straw
and then pounded the earth over
them. The Gamma beds l nave covered
with peanut hay and garden rubbish
and believe that they will winter in
that way better than by taking them
up.
| have torn down the peanut stacks
and picked out the nuts, and have a
stock of JumbOS that will keep us
roasting all winter. These peanuts
were planted between my early roast
lng-ear corn, and did not grow much
till the corn was taken away. Then
| soWed rows of Curled Scotch kale
etWee the peanut rows, n now
that the peanuts are out, | am abOut
setting my strawberries between the
kale rows. 1t will be seen that / am
keeping IA garden al work. IL fact.
there is little room IL It that is not
occupied by winter vegetables. have
spinash, kale, p%arsnips. oyster plant,
chard and opinions in the~opeu ground
and lettuce in the frames, and also
lettuce plants that / will set like
the cabbages on ridges for spring
heading. For this planting I use
mainly the Wonderful, also known as
lettuce. This makes the
heads of any lettuce, but is
good for the rameS 1t is hardy
and stands h winter we'll and comes
in at a time in the spring when such
large heads are in demand.
Then ] have planted 1000 lily bulbs
of the old-fashioned white lily. These
were left over by a scotsman and sent
to me They should have been plant
ed TWO months ago, for this lily makes
a rosette Of green leaves in the fall.
and / do not know what they will do
so late. But it will be seen
that the gsrden is about as hard at
as IN summer, and this is the
J "NJ ~ ASah a 6alACI pd1 III 1
has paid a fine profit on the in
vestment, though the land cost at
rate Of over $4,000 an acre.
In a few rows of kale the moles
bothered me, and / destroyed them
~ pouring carbon ~bisulphide in the
'uns. Where this was used / have a
'emarkabiy better growth of ale
han in the other rows, and ! cou!d
lot understand it till l read the results
hey have obtained at ROthamsted in
where they discovered mi
forms that devour the nitri-
wing organisms, and stated that these
Gould be destroyed by carbon bisul-
hide, and the result would be a
greater actiyitv Of the nitrifying bac-
ERIN. 1t was evidently the result in
his case, for the kalc where the LIQUID
used is more than twice as large
S where One vas applied.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-22

Keep your hens from stravin& -
on the land of Your neishb0r.
particular about this if ne has 81.
crop growing there.