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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15
RAISING ALFALFA IN CONN.

With proper care, cultivation and
handling alfalfa in this section OF
the country can be made to grow
five crops
In fact, when properly handled it
requires a little more than a month
or forty days, sometimes much less,
to produce q crop OF alfalfa up to lilo
blossom.
My 5 1-2-acre alfalfa field sown
June 3, 1906, yielded as follows:
First year, two crops, 10 Il tons
second year, four crops. p tons: third
year, five crops, % tons; total in
three years, Sc IL tons. Net cash,
5000.
1t cost me cash for fertilizer $237,
call st $3.50; to secure the crop SIS,
I call it $66; narrowing in all $40.
| call it $50; al alta seed $50, I call
it $40: total cost, $500.
Total profit of over SAT per acre. I
have called it $40, net cash. In other
words, / have called 1t a profit Of
$3.50 in three years after throwing
out everything hat should be allow
ed as ~shrinEage, prices or otherwise.
The writer considers $40 per acre
or net cash profit Of $3.50 for three
years from 8 1-2 acres on an aban-
doned New England farm q valuable
result.-George NJ. Clark.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15
In the Dairy.

The cows udder should be wen
washed and dried with a coarse clotn
before milking, and the 4
hands should be washed after every
COW.
1t is the poorest sort Of
to milk q COW up to WITHIN a snort
time nat she is due to calVe. Gave
her sixty days rest and she Will more
than make up for lost time.
In order to secure uniformity ID
the fat contents of the cream aim
at running the separator smoothly
and at q speed as set out by the
makers. The milk being separated at
a temperature Of 80 to 100 degrees.
When the cow gets uneasy and
kicking do not get mad and rush for
a club. Better see whether IT not
you have been squeezing a sore teat
or if your finger nails dig into the
teat. Trim your nails and milk
gently. Rough handling will never
break a cow Of kicking.
VI hen alfalfa is fed green it should
not be cut when the dew or rain is on
it. The best way Is to cut on a
bright day sufficient feed for two or
three days. Cut alfalfa when the
dew Is off. spread 1t we'll and let 1t
lie till late In the afternoon, then put
it up in small heaps and cover It
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15
A NEW KIND Of
CORN FROM CHINA

A small lot Of shelled corn, of a
kind that is new to this was
sent to the United States Department
of Agriculture from Shanghai, emma,
in 1908, and tested the same season.
It proved to have qualities that
make it valuable in breeding a corn
adapted to the hot and dry condi-
tons of the Southwest The plants
raised in the test average less than
6 feet In height. with an average
Of II green caves at the time of
tasseling. The ears averaged 5 Il
inches in length and 4 1-3 inches in
greatest circumference, with i to
Is rows of small grains. On the
upper part of the plant the leaves
are all on one side of the stalk. in
stead Of being arranged in two rows
on opposite sides. Besides this, the
upper leaves stand erect. instead OF
dropping and the tips Of the leaves
are, therefore. above the top Of the
fassel. The silks Of the ear are pro-
duced at the point where the leaf
b4a4e is Joineu to the leaf sheath,
and they appear before there is any
sign Of an ear except a slight swell
ing.
InlS corn IS very OlileTeHl from
any that is now produced in Amer
lea. It's peculiar value is hat the
erect arrangement Of the leaves on
one side of the stalk and the ap-
pearance of the silks in h angle
where the leaf blade joins the
sheath offer a protected place in
which pollen can settle and fertilize
the silks before the latter are ever
exposed to the air. This is an eX-
cellent arrangement for preventing
the drying out of the silks before
~poll.natlon- While this corn may
be OF little value itself. it is likely
that, by cross-breeding, these de
sirable qualities can be impaired to
a larger corn. which will thus b
better adapted to the Southwest.
The discovery Of this peculiar corn
in Chfna suggests anew the Idea that
although America is the original
home of corn. yet it may by some
means have been taken to the East
ern Hemisphere long before the dis
covery of America by Columbus.
From descriptions in Chinese litera-
ture corn is known to have been
established in China within less tn IN
a century after the Oyage of Co
sumbus. But this seems a short time
for any plant to have become widely
known and used. Besides, this partic-
ular corn is so different from any
thing in the New World that it must
have been developed in the Old
World, and for that to happen in a
natural way would take a very long
time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15
SHUCKS.

Mailing a lie won't always keep 1t
down.
Expect little. but do your everlast-
ing best to land a whole lot.
The best way to make time fly is
TO borrow money for ninety days.
It's always impossible to tell where
an orderly woman will put things.
Why most of us really wish to
visit ls to have some one listen while
We talk.
One way to keep boys on the farm
is II hire more pretty dairy maids
Men often swear to keep from cry
ing, AMI women often cry to keep
from swearing.
To be a philosopher all you have
10 do IS to preach what you don't
practice.
There's one advantage about light
shoes. They make you forget all
your other troubles.
The best way to ascend steadily in
the world is to keep on the level
Some peoples generosity consists
in giving away everything you tell
than.
1t is true that we all want a square
deal? Honestly now, isn't it a fact
that most of us want just a little
thn best of it?
There Is always q good local
demand for really good farm dairy
butter. There is a sentiment con-
nected with home made butter which
is not attached to that made In but
ter factories which impels people to
buy it at something above the going
Price.
If the chickens combs get frozen
there Is something radically wrong
with your management. A frozen
comb means great pain for the fowls
and an empty egg basket the rest
of the winter, so far as that par
ticDlar bird Is concerned.
in freezing weather put fresh.
warm water in open vessels for the
ri~"~ns when you feed them in the
morning. In an hour or so empty
what water is left n refill the YES
sci at the afternoon feeding time.
Empty them before closing uD at
night.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15
InSpex ting Seed Corn.
Especial to News and Observe

Especial to News and Observer
Tarboro, Feb. 12.-Zeno Moore, To-
cal agent in field cooperation dem
onstration work, carried on Jointly by
the Federal and State departments Of
agriculture: c. r. Hudson. in charge
Of the work in the State: f. 3. Newell,
of Warren county. demonstrating
agent. and O.. O. Schaub in charge of
agr cultura extension work, especially
boys corn growing contest clubs. were
here today to talk on seed selection.
especially corn, and subjects closely
related to corn growing. a score or
more bags Of corn were brought IN
and there were rme from every
section Of the coun+y and q numbe
Of boys who will enter for the corn
contest. taking a lively interest In all
that was said.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15
THE LAST SURVIVOR.
An Interesting Sketch About a Once
Prominent ana influential Family.

eAN
Il have just heard" sale Col. F.
B. Arendell yesterday, "of the death
Of the last survivor of a family
which was very prominent in the
social and educational circles Of the
state in the years gone by. Miss Adele
Kron, who died very suddenly at her
home In Stanley county, OF Friday
last, aged 81 years. Her sister, Miss
Elizabeth KrOn, who was practlca.ly
her sole companion in life, having
died a few years ago. after having
live out more than her allotted
three-score years and ten. They
were daughters OF DR.. Francis Kron,
a distinguished German scholar, AMI
a man of mark in his day. He was
for years professor of German in
the University Of North Carolina
their mother was Miss A1elle Dele
math, a French woman of rare 81
ture and refinement. The two daugh-
tiers were educated at ST. Mary
college in Raleigh more tina half
a century ago. Early in their lives
they Inherited a large estate from a
wealthy uncle, Henry Delmath. a
Frlnchman, who was one of the
pioneer settlers in the Uwharrie sec
ton of Stanley and Montgomery coun-
ties. To this estate their parents
took them in their young womanhood
and in a modest but comfortable
home, located on dc Nottaway, a
foot hill OF che Uwharrie mountains
they have both lived out their lon /,
lonely n secluded lives. Both their
parents died nearly half a century
ago, leaving them not the slightest
information or trace Of kinship or
family affinity &C neither the mothers
side or the fathers side, and during
all these years they ave lived alone
surrounded BY vast acres of valuable
but in the main undeveloped land
all their own. A dozen or more old
family negroes lives their lives out
on the estate, only one Of them now
surviving, a colored girl some twenty
years old, who was alone with Miss
kron when she passed away.
The Kron girls as the people of
that section Of the State called them
ever after they were more than tH~,e-
score a of age, We're very remark
able m They were very ex-
elusive and eccentric. at the same
time they were highly cultured, re-
fined IN thoroughly aristocratic. In
the years gone by they raised their
on silk worms and spun and wove
the silk fabrics they wore. They
had a large circle Of acrlain+an~ns,
but very few intimates. The Holmes.
7 lackmers and Raydens, Of Sails
bury; the ~Pembertons, Hernes apd
Wyches, of Abemore; the Robins a |
V. AIDES, Of Montgomery, and the
Arendells, of Raleigh, were among
the latter.
Their home" aid Col. Aren.ell.
the last time | saw it several :
ago, was q vo~itab}r = o.
teresting relics. Newspaper and
magazine files and o. --.ldeTo >.
the years of long ago"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15

Three head Of Holstein cattle were
recently sold by the college or ayr
culture, University of Wisconsin, to
G.. l.. Salto, Tokyo. Japan. who will
ship them to his dairy farm IN the
vicinity of Tokyo. Mr.. Sa!to is a
we'll lnown ~dairyrnan in his country
and has been collecting choice ami
mails in the United States to be ex-
ported. The herd purchased from
the university includes a yearfing
bull and two ~2-year-cld heifers.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-02-15

Young animals require q certain
mou Of warmth, out this must not
be at the expense Of fresh air.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
Las fueIzas nava|es de
Estados Unidos y k|emania
Actualmepte, la flota del Tic
Sam posee una SuperiOridad
en- toneladas de 13O,997 So
bro la del kaiser.

Los Estados Unidos posee ahora
veinticinco buques acorazados con
un desplazamiento total de 334, l46
toneladas; Alemania tiene veintitres
con 1851 toneladas. De cruceros
blindados los Estados Unidos tiene
ounce de 1856, 545 toneladas y Ale
mania diez de 113 ,52S toneladas. FL
tonelaje total de los buques blinda-
dos americanos a flote es de $40,
691 y el de Alemania 1864 tonela
das. De los 25 blindados de los Esta-
dos Unidos ninguno monta canones
en- la baterfa principal de menos de
IL pulgadas. Entire los veintitres
acorazados alemanes, diez no llevan
canones de mayor calibre que 9.4
pulgadas.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
La mejor cerveza.

Pedid eerreza Piels Bros. de La q.
expenden los Sres 4. Alvarez Y her
mano en- su conocido establaecimien
to de Ia calle San Jose ndmero Z en-
San Juan. La Piel Bros no contiene
sussancia alguns uociva a Ia sslud
de un magnifico refrescante v recons
tltuyente. En- este establecimientC
bien acreditado encontrareis. Pie
Bros que es la meior clase de GER
veza. Verdadera cerveza Lager Ale
mana Malta de Ia mas fins Y flor de
cerveza de Bohemia de clase supe-
Iior son sus eompetentes.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
M0V|M|ENTO AGR|-
COLA EN- CUBA,
En- Remedies siguen mo-
liendo algunos ingenios.
La disminucion en- los reudi-
mientos es grande en- toda
la region azucarera.
La falta de lluvia ha perjudi.
Cado las siembras de tabaCo.

Siguen moliendo algunos de los in
genios del t6rmino de Cabanas, ell
"Adela" del t6rmino de Remedies y
solamente el "Senado" de los de la
provincial de Camagjiey, quedan-
dole cana 4 ambos para moler duran
te TN mes mas, 81 el tempo Sc 10 per-
mite;:y los de Ia costa del N. de la
provincial de Oriente, habiendo con-
cluide Xa.s .su zafra casi todos, 81 no
la totalidad de los de la costa del S.
De GuatAnamo informan que el
@Rometie" termin6 su zafra ell dia
13, con,una production de $4,000 sa
cos, resultando una merma de 5000
con relac56n ala que Sc calculaba al
empezar aqueAa. Resulta, pues, que
la SEGA ha influfdo en- ell rendimien.
to della caiia este ano, no solo EN- las
provincias de la Habana, Matanzas
ysSanta Clara, en- cuyo territorio
ha sido mas acentuada y persisten-
tie, sino tambi6n en- algunos otros lu-
cares de Ia Republica, particular
mente por su costa S., habiendo o.
tros que han tenido aumento en- SUI
production respecto a los amos ante
riores, entire los que Sc cuenta el CEN
trail "Fe' de Camajuani, que ha TEL
minado su zafra con I'm rendimiento
de 30 por ciento, mas que en- la pasa-
da semana. Aprovechando las bue-
mas condolences en- que las lluvias
han puesto a la terra, Sc estan efec-
tuando siembras de cana en- las que
para el efecto estaban preparadas;
v Sc sigue arando para continuar
efectuandolas. Tanto el retoho como
la poca caila que pudo sembrarse
en- el pasado invierno, presentaban
buen aspecto por el beneficio que
han recibido con las lluvias.
TABAoO. Solo en- ell termino de
Mantua Sc sigue recolectando ain
algun tabaco. Por haberse escasea-
do las lluvias en- la semana, disminu-
yendo por consiguiente el grado hi |
grometrico, faltandole en- SUI conse-
cuencia a la hoja, la flexibilidad ne
cesaria para manipulate, Sc ha tent
do que suspender el empilonamien-
to de ella, tanto en- la provincial de
Pinar del Rio como en- la de Santa
Clara.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
LA GRAN ViVIENDh

Los altos de Ia hermosa casa dc
Fernandez Juncos, frente q Ia plaza
de Cataho, esta disponible. Tiene una
GAIA de aqua higi6nica, sobre la tie
rrs, capaz de 10000 litros; una te-
rraza para jardiu al nivel de la gale
ria, y ssta en- el sitio mas ssno, ven-
tilado pintoresco de Ia Poblaci6n.
Sc admiten proposiciones, siendo
preferidas las de mas largo arriendo.
Informes, San Francisco 66, Capital.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
No 10 olvideis.

Eon San Luis Los Sres. A. Alva
rez hermano, siguen obteniendo e! me.
jor exito con laventa del acreditado
'.Ron San Luis" producto de superior
calidad que ha oonquistado justa ia.
ma En- Ia isla y fuera de ella No
contiene sustanciss nocivas y es una
bebida t6nica y reoonsituyente. No
divides que los pedidos debeu hacerse
& Ia acreditada casa calle de San Jose
en- San juan. Ron San Luis.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23

A6TILoIDES-E me!or mas segura
do todos los especificos hasta ahora COM
eidos par. ID cura permanents dc tod !
las enfermedades de Ia uretra, va sean est
cr6nicas 6 agudaA Contiene 81 flujo cura
por complete, en- menos tempo que min
gdn otro preparado similar las eonorreAs
espernatorreas cistitis. etc Aeior qua
las inye,ciones , muy superior a s&ndalo
y copaibA EmpieiA rurtir su efecto 4 Ia,
tres sustro horas de haberss tornado
Los "METILOIDES"-son faciles do to-
mar est4n preparsdos dc manerA que
TO revuelven el est6mago nj producsn ma
los efectos.
Dc Nenta en- tcdss Ia BoticaS Pr
dnnsc nuestrss gratis As sus Gnicos fabric
cae.
Frederick stesrns L Ca Detroit. Michi
Gan. .:nE
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23

Hoy ocrieultore, que necesr,an
r1oycrdonos" y hay "ncyordomos,
cue necesitaa ooJoooei5a Esa, doi
ssptuGcionGs Sc a.cuentan con diff
cu!t0d y retardo. Ausbas ooinelduGa
,dpiionsents 81 los deseos de nsayerd,
mo: y oerieultOres - cnunepoa en-
La COrresponiencia". Hay en- e.
GiGTiS esSseis! y rsS6ies lGrya u
iec.o.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
MUM MUM NUN

QUITA Ell NAL OLOR
AL SUDOR DEL BAJO-
BRAZO, EVITANDO CON
ELLO QUE LOS TRAJES
Sc PIERDAN. NO EVITA
Ell SUDOR: LIE QUITA A
ESTESU OLOR DESAGRA-
DABLE. PIDALO A La
CASA GEIGEL o \ Ia
FARMACIA TRAVIESO.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
Perfumeria se|eCta

En- "LA LUNA" San Francisco
50. San Juan, Puerto Rico. La ce-
)ebre esencia IDEAL de Houbigant.
Aqua dentrifca, polvos y jabones. Es-
tractos = esencias hasta de ounce pc
eos el frasco.
En- tels de seda graudes novedades.
Velos, abrigos y mantillas de Ultima
moda. Lo mas moderno en- tejidos de
hilo y de algodon. surtido esplen-
dido.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
PROFESSOR A DOMICILIO
GUIDO VARGAS CORONADO

Educauonista venezolano, So cfrec-
para dar clsses "a domiciiio) de con-
tabilidad mercsntil, Teneauria de Ii.
bros pOr partida doble Caligrafis v
Nociones de Algebra y Ceometrla.
Informaran en- es;s imprenta D
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23

En- esta imprenta Sc vende
papel de periodicos viejos a
81 quintal.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
~TODO NUEVO~
Necesamos paco vendemos acu de preco anes de a
DEPARTMENT. De P0RCELANA Y CRYSTAL FRN

Platos de porceana en- colores Copas de crsta
eANe uno Vasos de crista fno que precio es 10
c. Copas con adornos dorados 10 Is Foreros de
clstal 1O 15 20 25 Fguras de biscuit Vaor IS
10 una Tazas de porceana Jarros de crisal inf
ndad de arculos odos rebaado de preco Vaas con o2
pleas en- oza blanca ST. Id decoradas coores $40
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1910-06-23
MuniiCiipio de
San Juan, P. R.
Anuncio de subasta.

JUNO II de 1910.
Ell dia III de Julio 4 las 10 de Ia
mshsna, en- la Ofcina del Alcalde de
la Ciudad y ante la CO m sion respecti-
va, se venderdn en- ptiblica subasta l6
solares de los terrenos del ensanche, al
Este de la Ciu6ad.
Las proposiciones habran de pre-
sentarse en- pliegos eer.ados y usando
dnicamente el modelo de proposiciones
que suministrari ell senior Secretario
Municipal, en- cuya Ofcina Sc facili-
tar ademss a los interesados oopia de
la Ordenanza conteniendo las condi-
clones de Ia subasta y toda otra clsse
de information relatiya al OBJ eto.
F.DEL VALE,
ALcnLie de San .Ju1n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-18
PASSES aUT. HORSE SHOW
80 For WASHINGTON WEDDING
Especial to The Times Dispatc chi

[Speclal to Tho Times -Dispatch s
washington, D. G., August The
family and friends Of pretty PAULINE
,cntlette, nineteen years old, Of Buck
ton, va. wills8be surprised to learn
that she did not attend the horse
show at Front Royal to-day, but in-3
stead jouinsyed t. ~ W q ana
twentW-t three vecrs old. who has been
her ardent admirer for four years
Although YOU'VE stonnell is the only
son Of S. b. Stonnell. q wealthy far
,mer, near Occuuuan, who owns 1000
Of land II the Gld pom1nioa tfe
Ia .have l selected another man for. their
SON in-law, and did not look with fa-
,vor on the suit Of the young farmer
But Cupid, not to be outdone, by pa.
rental objection. put into the head Of
young stonnell the motor. OF visiting
and when the suggestion was mado to
Miss Catlette she concurred,
4 e services Of Or, Donald g, Mac
l,eod. Of this city, were nnl, nd
the nuptial knot was securely tied. "
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-18
C0TT0N'SEED.MEAL
Seized BY STATE
Fails to Measure Up to Require
nentsSuprcme Court to
Convene August 22.
.specia alto The Tlmes-Dispatcb.1

Raleigh N. G. August ia car
load OF cotton seed meal has been
seized IN Gastonia by REPRESENTATIVES,
OF the North Carolina Department. OF
the State law as to paying the state
tax, carrying the tag showing analy-
sis, and for falling below the mint
MUM standard OF ammonia. which is
tary Elias Carr. OF the State Depart
ment, and he has advertised It for
sale as forfeited to the State on Sep
t te is. The meal was shipped into
MIA, where II fell into the hands 81
the State authorities. The department
- making a determined effort to put
9, permanent stop to the sale OF all
classes OF feed stuffs that are below
the required standard
i, Enorts are being made to have
every North Carolina Mexican War
veteran attend the annual reunion to
pc pc ned = a. at Indianapolis. Ind. septem-.
i IN q ,, all veterans. their widows and
families. and all ex-soidiA~s and their
families and friends. The ranks Of
me old veterans are now extremely
thin. but the plucky announcement is
made that these annual reunions viii
pc held as long as there Is one vet
3eran left able to call the roll 1t is
su " that there is to be an effort
70 get the next reunion held in North
Carolina. and to this end Miss Jessica
e smith of Henderson. is making spe-
cfal effort = ~
Captain j. N. Brown. OF Concord. ia
president of the North Carolina Dis
vision. coming into the presidency
through being vice-president at the
time OF. the death OF Colonel J. L. Can't
well, OF Wilmington. The secretary il
Captain q, O. r. Smith. of Henderson
y, is also the Society OF the North
Carolina Virginia Danes Of 1915
which has for Its officers Mrs. sydney
COOPER. Henderson. COMMUNICATE.
Mrs. Jackson, Charlotte, vice.
president: Mrs. v. c. Royster, Ralei~h
secretary. and Mrs. J. L. Lawrence. Pc.
tersburg treasurer.
The North Carolina Supreme Court ia
20 convene for the fall term Monday.
august ~ 20. and general preparations
IN the Supreme Court building are in in
progress p, The first day of court will
pe devoted to the examination OF an
ptlicants for license to practice law
y. /. z this State. with Indications that
or sixty candidates - -. .'As ~