Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-12-28

home t. day to make q holiday
call and was admitted as 3 friend
OF she family. His "coup de
levr Was not preceded by any
Warming, as he kissed the lady
suddenly, in the presence Of her
two small children. Mrs. Ward
Immediately lett the house aud
7tturncd with q police man WHO
& tx KrInsoy H. charge
Last year there were produced in the
weighing 260 pounds each and valued
at 1858. 632.
Eight glasses of water taken Just be-
fore retiring is said to be the boss
method for curing d cold. The writer
has not tried this, but has heard 1t
recommended us cheap and perfectly
harmless.
A characteristic which seems to dis
tinguish the tiilcr Of the soil from
those engaged in many other pursuits
is his WILLINGNESS aud even eageruess
to share good things which he discoy-
ers with bis fellows.
The prevailing price Of milk in Eng
land Is s cents Il quart, the English
quart Icing one and a quarter times
the size of our measure. On the basis
Of the difference in the value Of q
penny in the two countries the price
for IN American quart in terms Of our
money would be about IS cents. >
The world standing Of q nation Is
quite accurately measured by the eco
nomic status Of its rural population
the class which tills It's fields end
raises the products which Sustain its
life. It is Because of this that a coun-
try Ike France is more powerful than
India or the United States than Rus
sia.
Analysis shows that o quart of milk
contains rs much nourishment as q
pound of veal or beef chuck, nine
ounccs Of round steak, two pounds Of
Goldfish or two pounds and five ounce
of solid oysters This would seem to
show that the milk drinkers have
some pretty good arguments to Justify
their practice.
Thousands of tons Of powdered milk
are consumed yearly in Boston, the
growth In the business being accompa-
MED by a considerable falling OFF in tho
Consumption of natural milk. What
ever may be said Of the powdered milk
product, it cannot be upbraidcd with
having been kept too neal the8pumD or
diluted at the creek On the way to the
creamery.
q One of the recent introductions of
new varieties of plant life by the de
partment Of agriculture has been q
shipment of $40 tons Of bamboo plants
from Japan, which have been set out
at the federal plant experiment station
0t CEipD Cr1 Tbav ara tn ha ru1ti-
ro+-d boro ard Io+or dts+rt,r+od 70
other sections where conditions seem
to be favorable for their growth.
Rrttar,naEfn~ is IN no recommended
in nraferanca 10 cbaesemakfne as a
sneriaI nhase of dofrvfna in thot when
b,+ta~ is sold onIr he fots ond no
nro-ain elements are removed from, tho
farm the sE,m,nfrE CONTAINING thn Int
fer bei=G kept ~rd' rBd to the farm an
finals. IN the manufacture of cheese
the reverse is the case, and this is true
whether it be a full cream or sklmmilk
product.
Il breeder Of blooded cattle whom
ing a description Of a bunch Of young
bulls which he Ind for sale said that
with the pedigree Of each animal will
be given a certificate OF health, signed
by a veterinarian, stating that the ami
nal Is free from tuberculosis Infection.
This Is q sensible plan and one that
should be universally adopted By
breeders Of full biooded stock. as they
more than the scrubs seem to be sub
joct to the discaee.
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The most effective blow can be dealt