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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

var H'en iahd IN the mountain section
very foul. Peas covered With We a.
~ SOY beans likewise. Glover saaIns
tbiao,. petter. How Shall | relavn
tha &c as | did on similar LAM IN
corn 51ltia mountains. planted
among 1T at last working on ~
oa2>ef TIE next spring and tur3 tbs
,oo a. once for corn. Sowed cl,1-ar
a -, ana repeated this several Years
~ found that | was getting h!ovfar
clops or sllage and heavier clovor
- ma the land was getting cleaner
y neeos: This was on rich bottom
- ~ Wy ma plan can be kept up.
phorlc acid and potash. almost maj
,''eiy. 1t IS a good way to clean f,rI
lalid' put after getting the weeds
Town would lengthen the rotation
ana BRING IN some small grain crops
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

one reader finds that when cutting
corn off at the ground he has in the
amy weather, common ii his section,
a great deal of rotten corn, and asEls
IL 1t would not be as Well to let the
corn, which has peas among it, stand
till ripe and then gather the corn ana
turn cattle into the field. and put tn
land In oats IN the spring. Cattle Will.
doubtless, thrive and fatten even ar
ter frost has killed the peas, for they
viii still eat them. The only diff
Guilty is that the tramping of the soil
in wet weather may pack it and
make it hard to work the next sea
son unless the stock are taken off in
time for the frost to p~ulveriZe it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
IAUN UNDER OAK TREES.

1t is hard to get grass where q
lawn is covered all over with trees.
~asneeiaIy the Surface-rooting OAK
trees. Under such conditions the best
thing you can do IS to the
sell as well as possible and SOW plenty
of seed. [ would SOW mixture OF two
thirds Kentucky bluegrass and one
third redtop. and you'd use tive BUSH
els of seed an acre-that IS. l "ould
make the soil gray with the SEED ana
thnn rake them in nicely and roll.
Than if YOU get a good stand, start
tho lawn mower in the spring as soon
as il can bite the grass and keep It
Going weekly in growing weather, let
ting all the cut grass lie TO mulch The
sod Give a top dressing of raw bone
meal every spring.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

,idhS' and at my wifa's e,,.r
49, neen sprinkling them 49, r. !
frau 80 can with the soapsuds laft
good ~ week wash, and l find them
49,, no.. only to clean off tho u,or,.a
out TO help the plants GU "oih1s'
we are still gettino e.
~ ana | left the earliest nods - -
- Tor seed, as in this wav ! wt1I
- uWarfer and earlier plants W.
e'nis faVof1te is the earliest hnt
- ferkins Mammoth IS netrar r.
'Nionss 10 the White Velvet class
crops Under Glass.
NV third sowing of lettuce saaa vas
Indue the middle of September NJ
plants from the first sowing arc ,ar,
Sc III the frame, and | hope TO baa \
liein without using the glass. have
Two INES of frames in nv Garden
each with fourteen of the double
SldZeu sashes. The first OUTLAY for
,ltse IS quite expensive, now that lum-
80 ahu glass; IS nigh, for these two
frames With the sashes have cost me
over 500. But l expect to make =
Dig interest on that amount with then,
this winter.
one line of sashes has the fall crop
VI iettGce, This Will be out IN No
veneer, and I will at once sow thai
frame with Eclipse beets and rad
i1NiiiS lItC rows ABOUT flVp in
cheS apart across the frame, and sow
ing French Bealzfast radishes ana
fcnfse heets alternately. The res
ishes VIII come out during the winter
and the beets Will then stand in rows
ten inches apart, and | hope to oct
lnem off in March and then harden
OF my tomato plants started in =
small frame elsewhere.
me other line of rarnes viii ba
set In the later lettuce for beading
IN winter. and viii be followed with
r~adIshes, and after The radfshes with
cucumbers. ! have found that when
the frames are Well banked on the ont
MASSEY Two e.. Sc
SIDE these dOu~bIe-glazed sashes will
keep out the frost completely.
or course. the frames have cost
some money. but they Will pay a good
interest at once. and as the sasnas
are made of clear Louisiana cvprass
heart. thew will last longer than will.
in all probability.
Then my wife has lately been usinc
the saSheS for drying apples. The
was spread on one sash and two
pieces of scantiing laid across the ENDS
ana q sash laid over. and in the hot
sun the apples dried as we'll as in an
eVaporator. Where one has a good
deal of fruit that would otherwise be
wasted, it will pay to get the sashes
for this alone.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
WHAT FARMERs WANT TO KNOW

sometimes they ask questions tht +
are entirely out OF my line. / am not
an encyclopedia. l am not a mechanic
nor a builder, and yet a man Who
seems to have Ia but a one-cent
postage stamp on the outside Of his
letter writes: Tell me all about
building a cold storage and how to
run it." Only this and nothing more.
Now, as I've said. I am not an en-
cyclopedia, and l do not waste time
on a man who wants :1tor-
nation n does not think it eve
worth a two-cent stamp. Then, too,
/ advise any one in regard TO
things | know nothing about. [ have
SIMPLY a general idea of the way cold
storage plants are built, and have
seen the f~roSt-coVered ammonia pipes
in them. and know that they cost a
good deal of money to construct ard
run. But | never lac any stock Ill n
cold storage plant, never built one,
and never ran one, and [ do not know
Of any one less qualified to tell Il man
how to build or run such an estab-
lishment. If our friend will write and
enclose a stamp to the Superintendent
Of the Cold Storage at Market and
Twelfth Streets, Philadelphia, Pa, he
will tell him. 1 suppose. who builds
these affairs and who can tel nm
how to run them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
SCOCRS IN CALVES

;. Tor scours or diarrhoea in calves
pest not to checI. it too SUD
80 1as'or oil and laudanum given
80 direction of a competent yetari-
marian is excellent. But 49, 80
500 success by diIuting fresh nt:Tc
VIII water and thickening It Nm
pdIched wheat flour and giving this
eh.ee tunes a day. It is also sid th,r
9 laolespoonful OF dried blood giran
II diiuted milk three times a dav ~ II
~ H. l have not tried this. In
recommended. -" =
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
In The Carbon

I-''ips that are intended only for
eE'I'H green's l had rather SOW the
/ 81 october han earlier. In fact.
Kun me quick-growing varieties OF
~ S'T1p-ieaved sorts. I have made
trl1 5000 turnips from October sow
III North Carolina. and they
we're not pithy as the eariler-sown
ones are apt to be. Sown thicklv now
spring greens, they will winter
'eI'eF IMAM the earlier sown ones.
am sill sowing spinach. The late
c9-' Ellnach. too. will winter better
o9.I lIi'hIV broadcast, hut it can. Of
- SoWn in rows and given
IFauon before old weather.
oI ''.' gone over the garden and cut
u ]. the old tough leaves so that
~ VIII get fresh new growth, and
VIII grow till bard weather.
Ny onion sets for early green
v v,J"S nave been planted, but it Is
~ Nhne enough for setting them.
1"eSe sets | raised this season from
onion oh' me carry
n, ""'' grown, too. a large lot Of as
m-"@4S roots AS soon as the tops are
d@-C"'e' | Will make trenches q foot
ep ana fiji half full with old rotten
1TJ'i" ana rotten Sods hat We're
VII Up last spring. Then the roots
aror4 ''t Or IllS two feet
Idra. me rows being three feet. In a
to Itid plantation it will be better
root .t'ne them four feet apart. The
cbn~ VIII De covered only three in
srr:r ana will not be filled in till
,n+HIT after they start to grow. Then
pra1 add a heavy dose of a high
Je,~ IS 'ertliIZer and work in the soil
M. FOR years ] have always sown
Wa "2psbFagus seed right where I
thla them to stand, and hinned
on " 'uI TWO feet apart after sowing
ah .'"hpost In trenches as described
Pc, ~, but last spring I could not
Sow. plot ready at once, and hence
~ me seed for transpIanting.
hnrlI "IIe maps are not thriving as I
Iass 1or the intensely dry weather
d Iot "1'Ned them, but I hope to have
SjmTr' put in brine for the winter.
to n ~ make a brine strong enough
in p4P Il fresh egg and put the bean
brino''h" Jars and cover with the
uDd.u 'Id weight them to keep them
worL green worms have been at
ed L"h my lettuce plants and curl
> have picked off a great
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

The demonstration work being done
ali over the South by DR.. Knapp and
his assistants, is doubtless. doing good.
But what / would like TO see are DEM
c~nStratlons regularly and fully prac-
tlced over every mans whole farm:
demonstrations of the value of real
farming as cOntrasted with getting big
crops through lavish use of fertilizers:
demonstrations of systematic rotations
OF systematic rotations of crops car
RED out year after year at less cost
than the happy-go-lucky methods that
nave demonstrated their power to
ruin the soil and ~impoverish the far
mpr
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

lhe pest lime for black swamp land
? iiesil "ater-slaked lime, either mat
: rom oyster shells or the stone
ITne. Always buy fresh lime and sIara
II ior yourself and do not freight p
lou OF water in the so-calIed agrjcII;-
tural lime. On land OF this kind 7
would use not less than 50 bushels
an acre OF the slaked lime. This y i'll
hasten the nitriication of the abund-
ant humus in YOU soil and viii sweet
en- the soil.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

Keep up the tight against Ice
Dust the hens frequently with in
sect powder, especially the hen that
has a brood of chicks.
Cold rains will Kill the chicks. See
that they are under shelter whenever
q storm occurs.
Feed your fowls in such a way hat
they will get exercise in obtaining i.
Exercise increases the appetite. aids
digestion and promotes a healthy con-
dition generally.
Bits of meat carried out with brine
from the barrel and left on the ground
will give rens serious bowel troi,!c
Don't risk it.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
SOME FALL VEGETABLES.

Parsley thai has been growing all
summer can be cut down now and
make a fresh growth for winter. Seed
Of lettuce sown October 1st OF the
Wonderful. or Shellun. lettuce VIII
make nIants that can be set on ridges
IN November and will max fine heads
in spring. Or, the plants can be set
thickly on the south side of a board
fence or building and transplanted IN
March to head.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

young man with little means
should never buy poo land. Leave
mat TO the men who are able to spend
money in its Improvement. A poor
mar with poor land is badly har.di-
capped. Better pay 500 an acre fo-
ten acres of rich and near market
than $40 an acre for 100 acres away
back in the woods and thin land.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

A sweet potato house should nave
double. deadened walls. If the walls
are left hollow, the outer sheetlng
should be made tight by covering with
naper and then weatherboarded. Cen
inside and overhead. IT you pack the
walls with sawdust. o will My need
TO sheat roughly on the outside. IL
the snot is high and dry. ana no
u7ator can get in. dig out two feet
and use the earth to bank the sdes.
r make them ten feet VIDE ana a7
lone as needed, but the width cat
vary AS. one wishes. The mann thins
ie to lave means for heating 20 4
n;ob te,nperature when the POTATOES
are first put in. This should De ooht
nth 4ne yentilator at top open TO let
nef tf,o moisture. The heating can
he done by a furnace at liz axn
ord and q flue like a tobacco ua+n
nm through the house IN las', .
god TIGHT tcbacco barn mat !
sbed with furnace and flueS d ~
+,-,ned into a good potato mouse ~
LII need more fire heat IN "a.
weather than a house especialS We
- leon out frost. Cefhns II oEa
oCarhe,d will make a cock-ioit 90
oH nc can be used to help oS 80
arine the ceiling between 'n1 loft
,uith sawaust. and packlns ne no.
- str,v After drying OH lhe w
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
SIN Z

Probably the best sweet potato t
grow for the Northern markets i
the Big Stem Jersey. BY bedding I'm
der glass in late March you can sc
the plants as early as it will be safS
to set them out, and With the potato
named, you should be able to get them
in the market in July or early in
August at least.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
How Clover Pays.
Carthage News

VA ANCHF"B
Mr.. A. L. SigmOn is another good
Catawba county farmer VINO believes
in clover and fnds it more profitable
h cotton. From 6 L acres Of
land he got from h first cutting 16
tons Of hay. AT $13 a ton this was
worth S20S.
From the second cutting he got 9
tons of hay worth s117. and had four
loads huIlad and got 6 "a bushels OF
seed. worth $3.50.
Then the crab grass came along on
the same ground and he cut four big
loads of hay. worth $50.
Here. then. is the proceeds Of this
6 IL acre field.
First cutting clover hay =. $208.00
Second cutting clover hay 117.00
Glover seed 3. =. :. ..... 500
Crab grass hay -. $500
s42450
This was an income Of $500 an
acre.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

w LIES at a high Temperatures tba,e
afte,a eaooIh be n need for fire heal
thu tann ~. Inc nearer YOU can keep
grees ~ Lure at from 40 to A. de-
tend. ~ oetter. If in warm smells i
- tus 20 set higher. open IN And let
tjro sonne night air and close up in dav
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
care of the Corn.

ass ming h d YOU have cut and
S<'.>'' Our corn, see that the tops
~ .'' shocks are well tied, or the
M'aI may blow them down and spoil
(L- 5.'Fer. As soon as fairly well
yo1 have the slower shredded. von
can stack it outside and il viii keen
very Well. " NoNP
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
Crimson Glover

Whore the fall weather of Septem-
Der has been too dry. I would not
heSi-*ta to SOW crimson clover any
TIM" IN October from central North
laF"|hA south. The best stand T
ever hal was sown the first Of No
,7n."T when the weather previous
haf n.en 30 dry hat it was not prac-
i|1'- 10 sow. OF course. as a rule.
It h~st to sow cartier.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

The fireless cooker. the y9ire1e>e
hog. the t~ireless hired man. tn crca!.-
less wind mill. the lousela Ks F3-:F-
house and the ruthless road would 80
much TO the enjoyment OF farm iif..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11

It's all cry we'll 10 send the h@S
TO agricultural vcollege and the g:g3s
ought to be given an equal chan:
every time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
Preparation for Wheat.

What ] have said in regard to the
pr4rar1tion Of the soil for ats applies
elu1Iy rs Well to the wheat crop.
Every time YOU run the harrow over
the field YOU are adding bushels To
the crop, o can not get the land
too lin" on the surface nor tramped
over t.o much for the wheat crop.
But 30 not SOW wheat as early as
oats. az he fall Hess'an fly is apt to
BE- ahovr. The best time to sow wheat
i after III" first white frost. Drill
five Peek. an acre. as a rule. and II
III. ~. IS not strong. add another
peck. for the plants will o tillor as
much un thin soil. Then determine
thar Eou will make the soil strong bv
good ftrming. \ farmer who has
been tor years C~lutivating q farm
should consider it disgracefuI to ac-
Knowledge hat his land is poor He
Is responsible for its remaining poor.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-11
PROF. MASSEY'S VIEWS

.,,I Garden Work for October.
f@.".r. believe that September is
r ,n,. best time for sowing oats,
l''. +~5. too, that | have seen ex-
il .rrrs made from October SOW
Cy-@ FL. not waste labor with the
~, r.rrnEy plan, but put the land
;n+- m. best possible condition by re-
I"' ~. borrowings and tramping.
oa5rang oats in loose, lumpy and i'll
,rsrar,i land is to invite winter kill
IN sowing after 7 do not re-
,1oty tnr Land but disk il about three
iinara> deep and go over often enough
- gor the soil fine. A plank drag
:, an excellent implement to go over
inst before drilling the oats. Then
5rI IT,. seed in with a disk wheat
drill. This will put the oats in at a
urrrarm depth. and they will do much
letter trin h~roadCasted and harrow
Ell in.
Then SOW clean seed and heavy
seed Il your land is not infested
with cheat. and you SOW seed clean of
cheat. you will never find any oats
turninz TO cheat, for no cheat ever
came from an oat seed, or ever will.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-20
ENTHUSIASTS WILL BANQUET TONIGHT

ers, have arrived and have been
shown about the city and valley to-
day.
The expense of the banquet is so
cents per plate.
The promoters of the building fund
canvass expect to be able to make
some rather startling announcements
at the banquet this evening. Rumors
of high subscriptions have been float
ing around during the past day or
two, and the activity of the young
mems committees has been evident.
One of the young men was noticed
signing pledge during Judge
Burke's speech last night, and by 8
o'clock this morning one OF the young
mems teams was discovered in an
alley getting a subscription from the
driver of delivery wagon. II the
young men were seeking escape from
solicitation, it is doubtful If any of
them could find a way out But they
are evidently anxious to "chip in and
are doing it very literally.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-20
PRIZES FOR GIRL
GRADUATES
SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE AWARD
ED BY WOMEN'S CLUB TO HON.
OR MEMBER OF GRADUATING
CLASS OF HIGH SCHOOL.

This year the Women's club of We
natchee plans to award a scholarship
to the girl in the graduating class
who wins first honors. The fact that
scholarship was given last year
brought forth the most favorable
comment at the meeting of the State
Federation of Women's clubs held in
Seattle last June, the Wenatchee club
being the only one in the state to
award such scholarship. The COM
mittee who have the matter in charge
trust that the support will be as en-
thusiastic and generous as last year.
Ladies wishing to contribute may in
form any member Of the committee,
consisting of Mrs. l.. M. Hull, chair
man; Mrs. T. c. Wiswell, Mrs. John
Mooney, Mrs. Lee R. Gillette, Miss
Carr and Miss Myrtle Hill.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-20

COMMISSIONERS OF GRANT AND
DOUGLAS COUNTIES MEETING
IN CITY TODAY TO ARRANGE
SETTLEMENT.

The county commissioners of both
Grant ana Douglas counties are in
the city today for the purpose of COM
ing to amicable agreement on taxes
and other financial matters between
the two counties. On the secession of
Grant county from Douglas there fol-
lowed some matters of dispute be-
tween the governing boards of the two
counties. The matters have been
threshed out several times and some
of them settled, but there are others
which will come up for settlement be-
tween the two boards at today's meet
ing.
The members of the boards repre-
sented here today are:
Grant County-A. c. McAnnelly,
R. w. Hetherson, John Erickson.
Douglas County-E. w. Mcdowell,
John Mckay, c. T. Morton.
The county attorneys of the two
counties are also present at the ses-
sion.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-20
THOSE INTERESTED IN Y. Nj. c..
A. MOVEMENT WILL DISCUSS
PLANS OVER DELICATE VIANDS
SERVED AT COMMERCIAL CLUB

The interest shown in the Y. M. C..
A. building banquet tonight Is indi-
Gated by the fact that several per-
sons living in the country have tele-
phoned to Chairman King to say that
they want to attend the affair but
cannot get to town to personally ask
that seats be reserved for them. This
banquet is not a restricted affair and
all men who are interested in the sue
cess of the effort to get Y. M. c.
A. for Wenatchee may attend, up to
the limit of the seating capacity.
However, those who announce in adj
vance their intention of being pres
emit will be given preference in case
there is not room for all.
Mr.. Allen of Seattle and Mr.. Burns
of Spokane, the out of town speak
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-20

w. M. Peterson, inventor of Peter
sons rotary pump, came over from
Seattle last night and is here to con-
fer with C. T. Slamberg, general agent
of the Ideal Irrigation Rotary Pump
company. The pump of this company
has been on exhibition here for some
time and has created good deal of
favorable comment. 1t is the inten-
ton to install three pumps at once.
one for n. c. Lamb, another for A. c.
Dailach, and one up the Wenatchee
river for Frank Dando.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-05-20
FALL
To TIGERS

That Wenatchee fans are taking
a great interest in the Twilight
League contests is evidenced by the
numbers present at the ground
Thursday night. With the exception
of the game between Wenatchee and
Leavenworth early this season, the
attendance was the largest seen at
the park since Vancouver played in
Wenatchee two years ago.
Despite the score the game was
fast and furious throughout and I'M
til the last man was called out it
could have been anybody's game.
The Tigers could no nothing with
Ritz in the first, Dunning and Schau
going the Whit route.
Foster, the first man up for the
Engineers, rounded the bases and
the score was l to 0.
Speed Jones evened things up for
Engineers went out in one, two,
three order, Sidener and Ritz each
stabbing the air three times. Score,
Tammany /, Engineers 1.
In the third the Engineers turned
the balloon loose and when the Tig-
ers made the parachute drop six men
had crossed the rubber. This end
ed Tammanys scoring.
In their half or the fourth the
bridgebuilders started off with
rush but the Tigers frightened up and
held them to one run.
Armstrong the Tigers catcher, was
obliged to retire in the fourth, get
ting a badly split finger from a hot
foul tip, Midget Niles Sorenson 60
ing behind the bat and Willie Keller
Grimshaw covering center garden
Both Withstand and Ritz had six
strikeouts to their credit and gave
the same number of passes to first,
but Ritz was touched up for eleven
safeties, four of which were three
baggers.
The feature of the game was the
fielding of Grimshaw who played an
erorless game in center field.
The score:
r. H. E.
Tammany -. 0 / 6 90 II 3
Engineers -. 0 0 1 0 2 5
Batteries-Fhisnan Armstrong
and Snrensnn. Ritz and Foster