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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28
FOR FRUIT GROWERS
Information as to Apple and Pear In
seclS and Diseases.

Apple and Pear Insects and Diseases,
tha subject of a bulletin that is just
beng issued by the North Carolina
Experiment Station, West Raleigh,
should supply much needed want
for fruit growers Of the State. This
hulletin has been prepared by r. l.
smith. Entomologist, and DR.. F. L.
stevens. Pathologist of the Station.
There are over eighty pages Of de-
scriDtive matter with about forty illus
4rati0ns which add consid era bly, to the
value Of the publication for the aver
age fruit grower. All the principal
insects and diseases AIRED iScuSSed to-
zether with the best known remedial
measures.
Fruit growers must learn to prevent
wormy. scabby or otherwise inferior
fruit by methods of praying explained
in this bulletin. North Carolina can
produce tirst-ciass apples, of high
market value and greatly increase the
present yield of marketable fruit by
taking proper precautions to preVe Mt
the injury caused by insects and dis
eases
Director G. b Williams states that
the Experiment Station has received
numerous requests for a bulletin re-
Iating to orchard pests. and the pres
ent bulletin was arranged to supply
the urgent demand for information
along this line. Every grower of ap-
pies ad pears in North Carolina should
have a. copy of this bulletin, which
1uay be secured upon request
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28
RIGHT TIME FOR CUTTING
WHEAT.

I have found it best to cut wheat
when it is a golden yellow. If it is
cut green it is very apt to spoil il
rainy season sets in or the shocks fall
down. Especially is this true II the
bundles are large. If it is left to
stand until it is dead ripe much of 1t
will be shattered at cutting time. The
falling of the heads on the canvas
and the kicking of the bundles to the
ground by the machine and the hand
ling oe them In shocking will sha tier
much of the grain This is a complete
loss.
The shocking Of the wheat is very
important unless It is threshed In
very short time. The shocks must be
we'll put together if they are to stand
the wind and rain Of the summer
II Onths. 1t is a good idea to follow
system in building shocks. Every one
ought to be about the same size and
built after a good substantial plan
The following has proved itself to be
q be a very successful way Of putting
bundles together to stand the storms
of summer:
Place three pair of bundles in a raw
and set a bundle at each end. The
bundles in the pair should be set out
at the butts to give q good slant when
set together 1t is Well TO see that the
heads Of the two outside pair slant
Well to the heads of the center pair.
The end bundles should also slant suf-
hciently. Now place three bundles to
each side and put on a couple Of caps
The shock should be set with the
end to the direction from whence most
storms blow-W D. NeaLe.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28
NEWS g VIEWS of the FARMER

1t is now too late to talk about
plOwing into the soil but it IS not too
late to use Well rotted manure or com
mercial fertilizers on the garden crops
If manure which has been rottEI, as
If manure which has been rotted, is
scattered over the surface OF the gar
den between the plants and hoed in as
the crops are cultivated it will become
Immediately availa BILE, as the rootletS
of the plants will begin to feed on II
as soon as it becomes damp and they
viii make wonderful progress in
growth If they have plenty Of this
kind of feed
a bag Of complete CONNER
~ fertilizer where you can get at
II Sk,,iy and keep scattering a little
Of ng the garden plants all
A tablespoonful worked around n
hill of StTa W berries or around a raSp
berry, currant or gOOseberry bush will
cause the plants to grow amazingly
and bring them to perfection SO they
will be ready to produce heavy crops
next year.
onions. radishes, beets and all the
vine producing crops respond at once
to these little feeds of fertilizer
There is not much danger Of getting
too much of the elements into the
soil if it is put on a little at a time.
The best way to use any ferteilizer
is to scatter 1t on the surface and
inm ediately work it into the soil The
rains will wash the fertilizing ele-
ments down into the soil where the
roots can get at them.
II you do not believe in mid d-season
fertilzing just try fertilizing a few
rows. leaving the remainder as check
rows, in order to note the difference.
If tho season Is not a very dry one
you will find that feeding fertilizers
to the garden is very profita BILE.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28
SEASON GARDEN CULT LT|VAT|NG
The Gardeners Who Furnish The Large Cities With
Vegetables Cultivate Extensively All Through
The Growing Season

New Jersey and around Chicago and
the gardener puts no moro than ne
thinks can be used to advantage. This
feed of fertilizers is repeated year
after year too, on these city gardens,
and often commercial fertilizers are
used during the growing season, be-
side the stable manure.
Peter Henderson once said that his
rule in using stable manure was to
put on enough and then some more,
and garden crops will flourish under
such feeding, too.
Plant a tomato vine on top Of a pile
Of rotted stable manure and watch il
grow if you do not believe this. For
many generations our garden crops
have been grown on soil which has
been largely made up of manure and
other fertilizers and they have ac-
quired appetites such as ordinary
farm crops never have. They are
every one gross feeders and the more
we feed them the more tender and
the larger the plants grow.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28
RUNNING THE DAIRY RIGHT.

We take pains to let our customers
know how We run things IN our dairy
and charge two cents more than we
used to get for our milk Our Gus
toners pay it without grumbling, for
they know our dairy is Immaculate
and our milk pure and clean, and
believe we could get an extra two
cents if we had the courage to ask
fSr it. I know farmer in New Jersey
who has built up a dairy herd to 200
cows and by producing certified milk.
gets 20 cents q quart and cannot sup
ply the demand OF course he has q
big market in New York, you cay
That is true. but he manages TO sell
every gallon of his milk in towns sur
rounding his dairy, Il miles from
New York city. This goes to show
that there are always enough people.
even outside Of the big cities to buy
milk which they know to be absolutely
clean. and at prices a great deal high
er than thev have been paying for
ordinary stuff dipped out OF a rusty
can by sIovenly milkmen-R NJ. S.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28

The chances are that you will an
swer the question How does your gar
den grow" by saying your garden
grows as well as those Of your neigh
bors The chances are equally good
that neither you nor your neighbors
make your gardens grow as well as
they might.
The truth IS that the average farm
garden is only given about one-fourth
as much fertilizer as the crops would
put to good use
This NAV seem like strong talk, but
it is true The city market gardener
uses fertilizer IL a way that would
make a farmer anticipate bankruptcy
in the imna ediate future. yet city mar
ket gardeners are not the k1nd OF
people who waste money
The quantity Of fertilizer which
would be enough and TO spare on an
average farm crop is just good be-
ginning for a truck patch
Gardeners often put 100 tons OF
stable manure on an acre of land III
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28
DAIRY,

g. experiments at Cornell experiment
A' showed that while cows Whic h
were fed grain while on good pasture
SaVe more milk than those which had
80 H&o1ure alone, the increased quantity
Ink was not produced at a profit
no "oou pasture is the most economi-
<nh %' "iik feed that a COW can have and
r,n pastures. are short, green soiling
zones next
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-28

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The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02

When you see flock of sheep. a
aroVe OF hogs or herd of cattle at
the very heels of their master, lick
ing MS hands and clothes, you may
know that there is a cord of sym
pathy between the animal and his
master.-Prof. c. w. Burkett.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02
BEST COTTON FARMING is DONE
IN APRIL.

Thorough Preparation the Main
Thing - 1.-THE Best Cultivation
Which Cotton Gets is Given Be
fore 1t is Planted"
Some weeks remain until cot
teE planting time. Old notions about
methods Of cotton growing are pass
ing away. 1t is being shown by re-
suits every year that good prepare
ton of the soil. planting good seed.
and good cultivation pay with cotton
just as they do with other crops
1t is better II the cotton land was
plowed deep early in the winter, so
that the frosts made some plant food
soluble and there was time for the
seed bed to settle. But there is yet
time to do some good blowing and
settling OF the soil before planting
time. The very sandy soils cannot
be handled in this manner but the
most Of the cotton land needs deep
blowing. The deeper the land is
plowed, the less likely the cotton
plants to be drowned out during con-
tinued wet weather while they are
small. The deep layer OF plowed soil
Will soak up the water and hold II
for the later uses OF the plant. Where
the blowing was shallow, the water
soon reaches the hard subsoil and
begins running of and washing the
soil away.
The best cultivation which cotton
gets is given before 1t Is planted.
Growth will be slow until the soil
gets warmed up. And 1t warns up
slowly when left hard and firm, with
out any opportunity for air to get
into it. We will likely have a large
acreage of cotton the coming
season. But good methods are
important II large yields are want
ed. And the bigger the yield
per acre. the greater the profit over
the cost OF the work and interest on
the Investment in land. II you're
just determined to put out a big
acreage Of cotton. and take the risk
OF Improbable prices next fall, put
IL out right and get as much cotton
as you can. And IL you think the
acreage will be so large as to cut
down prices, do your share toward
reducing it.-Oklahoma Farm Jour
nal.
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-02
KEEPING UP SOIL FERTILITY.
CONTINUED from Page 246.)

Continued from Page 246.)
of returning to the soil on which they
grew just as much as possible of the
plant food removed by the crops.
And this means that in a good farm
rotation the growing of crops to feed
to live stock Is made a leading
feature.
Growing Good Crops While Building
Up the Soil.
If farmer took away from the
land all that he grew upon it one
year with another, 1t would be only
a question of few years until any
ordinary soil would be unable to
yield enough to pay him for the
labor of making the crop. On the
other hand, by judicious rotation, the
feeding Of live stock. and the pur-
chase Of such commercial fertilizers
as are actually needed, he may con-
tinue to build up his land and at the
same time grow upon it large crops
every year.
The difference in the drain upon
the soil by different systems of farm
ing is a matter to which every farm
er must give earnest consideration.
The man who sells ton Of wheat re-
moves from his land, 47.2 pounds of
nitrogen, 17.8 pounds of phosphoric
acid, and 1872 pounds Of potash. At
present commercial prices these plant
foods would cost about $11. On the
other hand, the man who sells ton
Of butter takes from his land only
few cents worth Of the essential plant
foods. II the cotton grower who
produces bale to the acre sold both
lint and seed from his farm, he
would take away 26.2 pounds of nj
trogen, 1913 pounds of phosphoric
acid and Is pounds of potash from
each acre OF land. II he sold the
lint only and fed the seed to live
stock and returned the manure to
the land he might expect to give back
to the soil at least two-thirds of the
plant food contained in the seed. In
this case he would remove only 1872
pounds OF nitrogen. 81 pounds of
phosphoric acid, and 65 pounds of
potash.
This loss could easily be made good
by growing after the cotton a crop
OF crimson clover to which had
been applied 200 pounds to the
acre OF fertilizer Analysing 2h per
cent phosphoric acid and per
cent potash. In other words, the cot
ton farmer who sells both lint and
seed OF his farm makes a terrific
drain upon soil fertility, while the
farmer who sells only the lint and
feeds the seed to live stock. can, by
the use of comparatively small guam
titles OF the cheaper plant foods.
KEEP his soil constantly improving in
fertility.
Inc matter of keeping up soil fer
tlilty, then is much more largely
matter crop rotation and soil man
agement than Of the use of CONNER
clai fertilizers, although these must
De used In any system of farming IL
the total supply of the mineral ele-
ments in the soil is not to be reduc-
cd. To put it briefly, the mainte-
nance OF soil fertility depends in the
nrst place upon the kind of farming
mat Is followed, the crops that are
SOLD from the land. and the returns
mace 10 IT from the feeding OF these
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-11-10

of the streets, alleys, squares, or
public grounds, in the Town of
Wrangell, Alaska, and it is hereby
made the duty of the Marshal to
notify the owner Of the said dog in
writing to pay the tax on the same
within five days after the receipt of
the said notice, and in default
thereof the said dog will be killed.
Section s. In any case where the
owner of any dog is unknown, it
shall be the duty of the Marshal to
use due diligence to find the ow-
ner thereof, and to notify him as
in this ordinance provided, and if
after five days said owner shall not
be found, said dog shall be killed
and disposed of as in this ordi-
nance provided. If after notice to
any owner of any such dog, the
owner fails, refuses or neglects for
period of two days to pay the
dog tax in this ordinance provided
for, the Marshal shall kill and dis
pose of the said dog in the manner
provided for in this ordinance.
DEAD DOGS TO BE DISPOSED OF
Section 7. When any dogs are
killed, as provided in this ordi-
nance, they must be disposed Of in
a manner to be specified by the
the Board of Health.
PERMITTING VICIOUS OR MAD DOGS
TO KUN AT LARGE
Section s. 1t shall be unlawful
to,permit any female dog, during
breeding season; any habitually
vicious dog, any mad dog, or any
other dog dangerous to life or
health, to run at large within the
town limits of the Town of Wran.
CELL, Alaska. If the necessity of
the occasion requires it, the Mar
shall shall kill at once, any vicious
or mad dog; or any dog dangerous
to life or health. If, however, the
public health or safety shall justify
1T, it shall be the Marshals duty to
notify the owner, forthwith; to
take said dog at once and keep it
in a secure place or otherwise dis
pose of it. If any such notice be
given and the owner fails; neglects
or refuses to obey said notice with
in twgnty-fouf hours thereafter,
and the said Cog is still running at
large, the Marshal shall kill and
dispose Of the said dog as provided
for in this ordinance, provided that
if the public good require it, any
dog mentioned in this section shall
be killed and disposed of, forth
with, by the Marshal without Civ
ing previous notice to the owner
thereof: And provided further, if
any such dog has not been licensed
as{n this, ordinance provided for,
thesMafshal kill such dog forth
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-11-10

with. All dogs killed must be dis
posed of in the manner provided
for in this ordinance.
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
Section 9. Any person or per-
sons violating any of the provi-
sions of this ordinance in any par
ticular shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction shall
be punished by a fine not exceed
ing fifty dollars, or by imprison-
ment in the town Jail, not exceed
ing ten days, or both.
REPEAL OF ORDINANCES INCoNSIs-
TENT HEREWITH, ETC.
Section 10. All ordinances.
parts of ordinances, and resolu-
tions in conflict herewith, and par
ticularly all of Ordinance No. ;,
and the amendments thereto, en-
titled ITO Provide for Public
Pound and Estray Dogs, ETC., ;"
passed and approved by the Com
mon Council of Wrangell, Alaska,
on the 3rd day of August, 1905,
are hereby expressly repealed.
TT>sE nC L
Section II. This ordinance shall
be published in the Wrangell Sen
tinel, a weekly paper published in
the Town of Wrangell, Alaska, in
the issue of said newspaper of
November 10, 1910, and be posted
in at least three conspicuous places
in said town, and shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage, approval, publication and
posting.
Passed by the Common Council
of Wrangell, Alaska, this 9TH day
of November, 1910.
Approved this 9TH day of Nov
ember, 1910, by the President of
the Common Council of Wrangell,
Alaska.
P. c. MCCORMACK.
President of the Council and
Ex-officio Mayor of Wrangell.
Attest
J. E. WoRDEN, Town Clerk.
The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1910-11-10
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the United States Commissioners
Court, Wrangell Precinct, First Div
ision, District of Alaska.
IN PROBATE
In the matter of the estate of James
Powers, deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
That l, E. P. Refing, of the town of
Petersburg, District of Alaska, have
been duly appointed Special Admins
traitor of the above named estate of
James Powers, deceased, that letters
of administration were granted to me
on the 9th day Of July, A. D. 1910.
All persons having claims against
the said estate are required to present
the same to me at Petersburg, Alaska,
or to the United States Commissioner
for the Wrangell Precinct, District of
Alaska, with the proper vouchers
Herewith, within six (6) months from
the date of this notice. -. .
Dated at Petersburg Alaska, this9th
day of July, A. D. 1910.
a.. E. P. REFLING
Special administrator of the above
8-1s. named estate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-19
CUMM|NS FIGHTS
! FOR RATE CLAUSE
IN RAILROAD BILL
Iowa Senator Presents Amend
ments to Taft Measure
This Afternoon.

WASHINGTON, May 19. - Nego-
tiatfons between the regular Repub-
licans and the Democrats regarding the
railroad bill were in progress when the
Senate convened today on practically
the same basis as at the time OF ad-
journment last night, except that the
statehood question was figuring more
prominently today than 1t did yester-
day.
Senator's Hughes and Bailey were
pressing the necessity for the passage
of the statehood bill as a considera-
ton for any concessions that might be
made on the railroad measure and the
Democrats generally were disposed to
urge that the statehood bill should be
taken up next after the disposal OF the
pending measure. Some Republicans
were not willing to go so far, and II
was evident that time would be neces-
sary to complete the agreement
When the bill was taken up Mr. Cum
minis presented his amendment to tie
section of the bill regulating rates,
requiring approval by the Interstate
Commerce Commission of all Increases
In rates before they take effect. The
Iowa senator spoke at length in sup
port of the provision.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-19
MYSTERY SISTERS
PARTING PUZZLE
TO PROSECUTOR
Mrs. Snead and Miss Wardlaw
to Be in Detention House
but Short Time.

Prosecutor Wilbur A. Mott says he
is not doing any worrying over the
separation of the three Wardlaw SIS
ters by Sheriff Harrigan's action in
placing Miss Virginia o. Wardlaw and
Mrs. Mary w. Snead in the H ouse of
Detention, while keeping Mrs. Caroline
d. Martin, mother of Mrs. Ocey w. NJ.
Snead, the young woman the three
sisters of mystery are accused of muir
dering last November, locked up in the
county Jail.
''I do not care where those three old
women are kept, or whether they are
together or not as long as they are
properly safeguarded as to legal re-
Quirements ] certainly shall insist
that proper steps be taken to see that
there is no chance at any time in the
future OF counsel for any one of the
three making a plea Of improper de-
tention
personally, / am willing the three
should have all advantages possible
for people in their position. But they
are under indictment for murder, and
in the eyes of the law are criminals
and must be detained as such.
81 will not make any objection to
Miss Wardlaw and Mrs. Snead being
imprisoned in the House Of Detention
until such time as that building is put
to the purpose for which IT was built,
namely. house of detention for juve-
nile offenders and witnesses.
when it is put to that use I will de-
ternine by what right the two sisters
are kept there if they still remain after
that time.
"I don't see why Mrs. Snead was sent
there. She has never complained OF
being ill., Miss Wardlaw has been un-
der the care of the Jail physician for
some time and the change to the more
roomy quarters at the House of Deten-
ton will undoubtedly benefit her"
Sheriff Harrigsn says it Is only his
intention to keep Miss Wardlaw and
Mrs. Snead at the house of detention
until such time as Is ready fer
juvenile offenders and Witnesses. which
will be in about three weeks.
after that I will have to make some
other arrangements for the two
women" says the sheriff.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-19
Loss OF LIFE IN
HAVANA blOW-UP
REPORTED As 50
Explosion at Rural Guards Bar
racks Probably Accident, Not
Work of Conspirators.

HAVANA, May 19.-Unti1 the ruins
have been more thoroughly examined
1t will not be known positively how
many lives were lost when the Rural
Guards barracks i'm the city of Plnar
Del Rio was demolished by an explo-
sion of dynamite late yesterday. There
is reason, however, for the hope that
the fatalities did not exceed fifty. The
wounded will number more than 100, 1t
is believed
Investigation today has developed no
good grounds for the suspicion that the
disaster was planned by consplrators
against the government. 1t is almost
certain that the explosion resulted from
the accidental fall OF case of dyna-
mite from the hands of an employee
of the public works department, who,
with others, was engaged in loading
upon wagons seventy-two cases of the
explosive, which was to be transferred
from the barracks to the government
magazine in this city.
Many injured ones are believed to be
still pinned under the debris. The work
of extricating the victims was con-
tinued throughout the night by torch
light. Among the bodies recovered We're
those of Captain Alfredo Ravena, of the
Rural Guards; his wife and three chill
dren With the exception of daugh-
ter Graciella, the whole family per-
| ished with the destruction of their
home.
The body Of Lieutenant Dihigo, of the
Rural Guards, and those of a score oi
priyates also have been recovered
Many wounded guards have been res.
cued from the ruins. Andrea, the
| daughter of r. Gomis, the Spanish
| consul at Pinar Del Rio, could not b,
found today, and it Is believed that she
was killed. Senior Leagre, engineer o.
the province, also Is thought to bs
among the dead
The quantity Of dynamite exploded
was nearly three tons. The buildings
destroyed were massive structures. The
| government wireless station was
shaken to bits. The explosion caused
great terror among the inhabitants
many of whom thought that the dis
aster was caused by the approach OF
Halley's comet. and that il was pre-
| cursor of a still greater catastrophe.
| This morning twenty-eight bodies
| have been recovered and forty injured
persons removed to the hospitals.