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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
THE FARMER AND MECHANIC

the COW failed. This has been found
true of the early settlers of lor
and other States. Some people are
able to get along without cows, but
the chances are against the person
who makes the attempt.
1t seems to be one of the foundation
principles of agriculture that no sys-
tenn can long be followed at a profit
which does not make provision for re-
turning to the land in some form the
elements Of fertility taken from it by
the crops. No system of farming
has ever been successful for any great
length of time in any climate which
does not include the keeping of live
stock as one of its important features.
The successful man, be he of
a farm or a factory, is the mar who
plans to turn Wastse products into
value.
kafir. Milo, sorghum, millet, stock
beets, stock melon, the straw from
grain, corn stalks and all other rough
feed which is produced on the farm is
of a nature that market for it is eX-
tremely limited. And some variety Of
this rough feed is produced in large
quantities in every community every
year. So much is produced that if
the tried to sell it all directly
for ash. it would not bring enough to
pay for hauling it to market. AS much
is produced forty miles from a railroad
as in the community joining the ship
ping station.
The COW will furnish a home market
for all the bulky feed which the far
mer can raise, and will take it, deliv-
cred at his yard-paying about as
much per ton as the care of her owner
and his management will permit. The
cream produced can be sold for cash.
and the farm products will be market
ed in concentrated form What would
have required a four-horse team to
take TO market can be hauled to mar
ket, when educe to cream, in a one
horse buggy.
The income from dairy lows will de-
pend upon the quality of the COWS
used, and the feed and care given
them.
The COWS found in many parts of
the COUNTRY may not bring large re-
turns at first. but it will paw better
to use them than to have none at all
The head can be greded up in a few
years and the quality OF the calves
raised from the beef-cows will par
TALLY compensate for the small re-
turns in cream.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
NOTES.

During July and August give the
raspberry plantation some care. Keep
1t clear of weeds, cultivate, mulch,
remove all canes which base fruited,
and cut back three or four feet all
this years canes.
# n flower garden crops are not
making due progress stimulate them
with nitrate of soda. A t~easpoonful
worked into the soil about a dahlia
Is about the correct proportion.
Keep some kind Of a crop growing
in the garden the entire season. If
nothing else is done SOW wheat or rye
on the Vacant places to keep weeds
from springing up and maturing seed.
Weeds ripen in a very short time, if
they are allowed to grow.
"one years seeding makes seven
years wedding" is very true Of the
soilsoil OF a we'll fortified garden.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
a CHEAP HOG HOUSE.

A very convenient hog house may
be constructed on the side of a hall
without much expense.
If the hill slopes to the south so
much the better. An excavation can
be made in the side of the hill the
desired size Of the house. The dirt
may be thrown out so as to form an
e~mhankment to the north, east and
west.
Posts can be set in the ground and
2x4 pieces nailed to them upon which
boards for the covering may rest. The
roof should slant to the north, so
that the sun may shine under so far
as possible.
GOOD ventilation must be provided
at the top and ~draughts shut out.
This Will be an excellent place for
brood sOWs to feed in, for they will
be protected from the weather-W
d. Neale, Missouri.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
ahead Of US in this respect.

ahead OF US in this respect
A bee is a great institution. He Is
one of the farm animals that does
not jump fences, nor root under YOU
do not have to throw down feed foi
the bee two or three times a day, no.
worry about whether it has water II
the trough. If the discOurteous brute
would act differently about the stlnSel
business l could look on the bee as q
| great of the farm live Stock
equipment.
The farm has its drawbacks about
the time the hogs get in the ~cornfield
or the cattle get into the cotton SEED
meal bin and dine too sumptuously
and acquire a pain just behind the
last rib, and there is where the bee
is an advantage. The neighbors never
come hurrying across the line fence &c
say that your bees are
destroying the coWpea crop again. and
if YOU don't shut them up you can look
to find them coming home filled full
Of shot.
The bee goes out to the h~uckleberry
posy and gets his plumber. and aviates
to the top of the big poplar and gum
tree and digs his reward from the in
accessible flower, and nobOdy is WOr-
ried over his depreciation. If people
did kick YOU car easily say that it is
some wild bees that have a tree down
on the Holder place, and as your bees
ave no brand on them and no metal
ear tags your n~eignborS can't dispute
what you say.
The bee is a great bird all right.
One thing about the bee that will
strike some folks hat I know is hat
it does not compel the weary fathers
of the family to work. All the work
is done by the females. | cannot say
that the mothers do much either, for
the bees that work are the sisters and
aunts. The mother does nothing but
lay eggs for her whaling big family to
hatch from.
This year Sampson county ought to
have a big huckleberry crop, for it
has been a good h~uckleberry aso
In QuoWhiffle township, and when we
have huckleberries here pson
should be rolling the money home in
a w~heelbarrow, for Sampson has more
huckleberries than any other place
that ever knew, and | have been in
the huckleberry belt in many places
where they boast of the quantity and
quality of the fruit.
Some day the farmer is going to
end the huckleberry trade, but it will
be some time yet for the hucklebrrv
sWamps are among the most fertile
lands of the world. In due season the
SWanpS Will be drained, and the crops
of cotton, corn, garden stuff and taat
sort Of thing that will be raised down
there will be scandalous.
But you may agree with ne that
gathering lettuce or cabbage from a
big garden, even though it may be
more profitable, is not half so agree
able a diversion as picking buckle
berries where the bushes are SO high
Q can stand up to pick the fruit,
and where the product is good enough
to eat as much or more than you put
in the bucket.
Surely the big blue of Sampson
county is my friend, or at least the
big blue that grows around my place
IS, and they are Of the same bundle of
tricks.
BION II. BUTLER.
Southern Pines, N. G..
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
BIG BLACKBERRY CRDI-
How the Most Money Can =" h'ai-
lied From This Crop.
(LenOirf New

tLciiOli1 -Nt"S-t
We understand that the hi1r""
crOp is unusually large this e3"..
and if it is properly Iookc3 ave
can many dollars TO the c"!n'.
Canning them and makln@
into iellies and jam are the III.
a for u people to profit ~
They are 90 longer dried in the
titles they were fifteen TO t"'L-
years ago. Perhaps the most Ht
BILE way to utilize them WpA-a
make wine from them. We H,.'
recently a representative Of o. 500.
wine making establishment 'aH'
the way TO WiIkesborO ana me-
gagements for the purchase "-
berries to be shipped 10 Norge.
made into wine. Now If u --. .
ship the berries hat distance 90
them for making wine at a pT".."
it stands to reason nice ill'.i r..
be mad by making wine IRON '-t.4.
in this part Of the country "h'''
grow. ..
Blackberry wine would flna i -s.~
sale in any of the cities an"
towns for purely medical ~..l
and the business would SNOW
profits if properly managed,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
WEAVING THE SPRING PIGS.
Ry w. III. Underwood.

n z at Which pigs can be wean-
ed is indefinite. The time depends
largely upon their thrift, the season Of
the year, the accommodation and the
iced one has for them. / do not con
slider it advisable to wean pigs before
they are two months old, | prefer
more, to less age.
I ge~neraly wean my early pigs in
May, as like to raise fall filters from
a portion of the sows. Sows can ordi-
pigs are taken away.
Sows that farrow in June viii be
too late to breed for fall farrOW. 1t
has been my custom to let these run
with the sows until they ween them
selves.
| prefer to have my SOws with lit
ters in as small punches as possible
prefer a house and small yard with
plenty of grass for each SOW. If they
are thus divided, and any of the pigs
get out of Order. you at once know
what litter it is, n feed accord
ingly.
Watch the little pigs closely and
If they look hin and hungry see that
their mother Is better fed and swilled.
AS it is next to Impossible to raise
a litter of pigs without some of them
getting the ScOurS at one time or
another, I will give my treatmen for
this ailment, which has proven sue
ceSsful to me.
/ watch them closely, and if any
CT them are too loose at the next feed
ing, / dissolve a ~teaspoOnful OF cop
peras in a little warm water and feed
1t to the SOW in her .swill. If the
first dose does not prove effective, l
give another the following day.
When the pigs get from two to four
weeks old l fence off a corner. in the
yard, where the dam cannot go, and
give the pigs all the shelIed corn they
will eat.
as soon as they are accustomed to
coming for the corn | begin by feeding
a little fresh milk diluted one-half
with water. [ begin with one upful
and increase the amount as they learn
to drink.
As the stomach of a little pig is
as sensitive and delicate as hat of q
child it is very important tia no milk
is left in the trough from the previ-
GUS feed as it tends to sou the trough
and the new milk.
After 1 have the pigs eating and
drinking, SO they will come when
called and their stomach thoroughly
accustomed to the feed they are ready
to Wean.
All the swill fed to pigs under three
months Of & should be sweet. and
then not too much of that; have at
various times fed much soaked feed,
but have discarded it for dry shelied
corn and dry oats. l prefer dry feed
for two reasons.
In akl corn, oats, ground or mill
feed. it is almost impossible to keep
the feed sweet in warm Weather UNI
less one has plenty Of boiling water
and rinse the barrels at each feed.
II the feed is soaked, the pigs will
swallow whole or half-kernels without
chewing the feed, thus not being pro-
perry mixed with saliva it is hard to
and may sour the stomach
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12
TURNING WASTE PRODUCTS MY
VALUE.
BY j. II. Payne, Colorado

The history of the settlement Of
Western Kansas and Western Ne
brasga shows that the people who
kept mich cows were able to hold
their claims and make themselves
homes, while many of their naighbors
who refused to be in partnership with
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-12

Whlie the dry grain is th.
chewed OF ground. '"+'o~Shly
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
PROFITS BY THEFTS
WALL STREET GATHERS IN THE MILLIONS STOLEN BY BANK
 EMPLoYES.
OVER s28,OOO,OOO IN FIVE YEARS
The American Bankers Association Says That Nearly All of This Vast Sum was Lost in SpeouI atIon-Em- ployers Set Bad Example.

New York, Aug. 2.-Thefts from two New York banks, made known within the last week, have compelled the at tention of the American Bankers as sociation to this class of crime. In the last five years more than s2S,00O,- 900 has been embedded from banks and trust companies in the United States
 In a majority of cases the money stolen from banks is lost in stock gambling in Wall street. Thus went the $900,000 that John H. Lowery said he took from the Utica City National bank It was said recently by the president of surety company that many thefts are committed in banks that never reach the ears of the pub lie. Bankers and heads of trust com panies, 1t was asserted, frequentl. minimize the amount of stealings when the secret of losses comes out. In illustration of this. it was recalled that when announcement was made very lately of the disappearance of Walter Hall, paying teller of the Herald Square branch of the Green wicl bank, an official of the bank said the amount missing from the bank was "too trival to mention" The amount proved to be between $55.00o and s50,000. It was first announced following the disappearance of the cashier, Erwin Wider, that the Russo Chinese bank at No. 52 Pine street was out about s50,000. The value ol the missing securities is now placed i at S600,00O.
 The example of the millionaire heads of the institutions. who wir i fortunes in a day in the stock market l has it's effect on the underpaid em ployes. Then come the letters of ad !, vice from brokers of repute and al legged responsibility. These are scat tered in banks and trust eompanie. for the purpose of melting those who read them to gamble In addition tt tips on stocks, especially those "se curities'' in which the broker himsel is personally interested, these letter
 not infrequently contain suci hint as the following:
 Men starting with a few hundre' dollars and observing the rules whicl guide leading speculators have b. boldness and skillful manipulation be come the possessors of millions"
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

Madrid. Aug. 2.-Reports of some what serious unrest come from the northern provinces. It was expected by the authorities here that the vati can would try to calm tle excitement of the bishops and the clergy but it seems the papal authorities prefer war to peace.
 Replying to many telegrams of sup port sent the vatican by the clericals in the north of Spain His Holiness has wired saying that in the midst of his grief at the action of Spanish govern. lnent he was stimulated by the expres. sion of "T1eir Christian faith and valor" conveyed to him by his sym. ,pathizers. He implores their continued support and sends them his apostolic benediction. The message which was signed by Merry Del Val papal secre. sary of state has created profound imp ession throughout the country. II has been printed and Thousands of copies sent to all parts of Spain.
 Many thousands of Catholics throughout the country are seriously considering the adyisabiIty of taking p arms in support of the vatican
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
HATFIELD CELEBRATION
Attorney General Norwood Will Speak at the Annual Picnic There
 August. 10,

The people of Hatfield are arrang- ing for the annual celebration which it has been their custom to hold on August 10 each year.
 This year they expect to make it just great big old-time picnic, and in the speaking line the committee has succeeded in securing a promise from Attorney General Hal L Nor wood to be with them and address the people of his home county or that occasion.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
TEACHERS MEETING ar EGGER
Saturday, August B.
PROGRAM.

 Arithmetic, N. O. White. Conjugatlon of verbs by John Ryals. United States History, G. A. Bates. Psychology, H. Maxwell. Orthography, James Borough. Reading, by Miss Ora Gibson. Other subjects to be supplied. All teachers are invited to be with us and take a part with us and help US to raise the standard higher. The community is expected to fur nish dinner for us and we hope they will cooperate with us.
 N. o. White,
 c. A. Bates,
 John Ryals,
 Henry Maxwell.
 Committee.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

Bilboa, Spain, Aug. 2.-The Roman Catnolic priests throughout the Bis cayan or Northern provinces of Spain preached violen. sermons against the policy of the government In it's conflict with Rome Preparations for a great Catholic demonstration against the government on August 2 are be ing continued in spite Of the declara' ten of the government that no de. monstrations threatening disorders will be allowed.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
BACK TO FOLK COUNTY
Grover 5. Ross Convinced That It Is
 Best Place of All.

Grover B. Ross, in writing to have The Star sent to him at Tucson, Ariz.. says:
 'I am from Polk county, but have been away from there for three years. 1 have travelled all over the Western country and have as yet come to no place 1 like so well as old Polk county. 1 am coming back the first of October and coming back to stay.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
Are You Going to Be

at the Mena Fair IT, IS, l9 and 20, if so have your picture taken or a family group, by the Leading Pho tographer. Have you an old picture you want copied or enlarged? Do you want a picture frame. or framed picture, Photo or Kodak Supplies, Art goods, Postal Cards and Albums, Typography material, Oil and Water paints, Brushes, all sizes. Kodaks for sale or rent, Kodak work fin ished. Remember the place, the Leading Photograph gallery on De Queen street.
 Bert Hiltebrand, Photographer. 129 12t 29 2t
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
May Establish Stock Farm.

s. H. McClelland of Olathe, Kas., was here Wednesday looking around and visiting friends. He left that af- ternoon for Wickes, where he will visit an uncle, W. McClelland. Mr. McClelland is well-to-do stock man and is thinking of locating in Polk county and follow stock raising, for which he believes it is we'll fitted.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
INTERPRETERS sALE.

Whereas, A. !. Powers. q single man, did hy his deed of mortgage. dated July f5. 1909, for valuable consideration, convey to the undersigned the following described real estate:
 Lot No, 10 block NJ. 6o, in the city of Mena, Arkansas. Said conveyance was made for the purpose of securing debt of two hundred and twenty five dollars tS225.00l due and owing from tho said A, J. Powers to the undersigned, John Thompson. said amount being evidenced by his promssory note of s225 dated July l5. 1909, due and pay able July i5, iyl0; and whereas said note is past due and unpaid and the maker thereof fails and refuses to pay said sum, together with accrued Interest and taxes, therefore | will sell under the terms of said mortgage deed the above described lot Of land at public auction. for cash. at the south door Of the cont house. in the Cite Of Mena Arkansas. on saturday. August 27. ieiO between the hours fluoicial sales
 This 2Sih day of July, iee JOHN THOMPSON, Mortgagee. August 3, iei0.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

Dr. c. A. Campbell of Rust reports the birth of daughter Friday to MT. and Mrs. Llewellan Terrill. Also a daughter to Mir and Mrs. Allen Hamby, both living near Potter.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
Searchlight matches 35c dozen at
 Crawford & McKinney's.

w. D. Smallwood was in town Mon day and says that there was almost no rain Saturday at his place. about six miles southwest of town. while on this side and east along the Bethesda valley there was plenty. With his family he spent Sunday at the poor farm and has good words for the man. agement of Willis Thompson, the su- perintendent.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

c. D. Woodfill of Spokane, Wash, arrived here last week and left Friday with E. E. Burton, also of Spokane, who has been here for two weeks, on a trip north. They Day return to Mena later.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

Madrid, Aug. 2.-With Catholics in Rome expressing hope that Don Jamie, the Carlist pretender. may raise the standard of revolt and the Catholics of the Biscayan province rise ia insurrec- ton and with the Socialists in Spain threatening disorder the Imparcial, which has hitherto been unfriendly to Premier Canalejas, ranges itself on he side of the government in the pending conflict with the Vatican.
 Support For Government.
 The Liberal Press in general con iinues stanchly to support the cabinet, " through it's policy by the departure of King Alphonso and his queen for England. The imparcial says:
 We are faithful members of the Roman Catholic Church, but we al ways have regarded the issue, not as religious one, but as a national prob lem, involving the independence of the civil power. Not Spain but the Vatican has created the present situa- tion."
 The Liberal press expresses especial Indignation at the telegram of Cardin- al Merry Del Val. the papal secretary of state, indorsing the attitude of the piscayan Catholics, whe threatened 70 preipitate civil war. and sent tele grams to the Vatican placing their l:s.rs and property at it's disposal fol tue conflict
 To Confer With Don Jamie. One of the carlist leaders in Spain has left for Frehsteof. the Austrian residence of Don Jaime. to confer witf the prctender. His late departure would indicste that Carlist plans for a r.srg are in no specially advanced stage.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

w. E. Wooten, the forest ranger at Eagleton, has moved his family to Womble, where his headquarters will be in the future. Guy Brewer, whose office is now in Mena, will soon move to Fapleton.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

MT. and Mrs. T. J. Hansard came up from Hatton Monday. and left this morning for Greenwood to visit relatives and friends. MT. Hansard reports that the Hatton school started Monday with forty in attendance.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

"Star Brand Shoes Are Better. " A new shipment just received at Crawford & McKinney's. d wit
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

Mir. and Mrs. H. A. Mcdonald and little son are here from Hot Springs and have moved into the Hahn prop erty on Janssen avenue, which MT. Mcdonald purchased about month adn
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

stop here. About four years ago he realized that he was on the righ4 track. He had discovered the spirocheta palladia would yield to his discovery but that the host entertain. ing such organisms in lis blood could not survive the treatment. Then he set about making the cure positive and safe.
 Tested in Asylums.
 several months ago ho succeeded and then he began sending samples to various insane asylums It is known that the disease which this serum cures is responsible for paresis. loca. motor ataxia, and many diseases O. the blood vessels, valves of the hea-t and almost unimaginable complica- tions. Ill every instance immedias cures have been wrought.
 The disease which it will now II able to wipe out entirely has been a scourge on the yarous nations fof hundreds of years. Serious efforts lt stamp it out began after the great epidemic in the year 1895, but onli then did the doctors realize what q terrible monster they were fig ting.
 Tt spread down sometimes as far as the third generation, while the first generation was helpless to stop it's progress.
 "l feel free to say that the popula. ton of our insane asylums will be greatly dipleted when this treatment has been put into practical use throughout the world The doctor who discovered it, knowing t.ese things, sent samples to the various asylums, where wonderful things were accomplished
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

Nov York, Aug. S.-Dr- Julius | ,.',,er. s of the stan of t-c Rocke- ,,' s"r institute, announced that a posi- P'" Ps's' oare for one of the most terrible
 ..ses known to the science of
 ss,sine has just been given to the
 s,l bv pr. Paul Enrlich. head of the |.s,l,ute for experimental therapeu- I'.. of Frankfort. Germany. This |'.a.so is one of the most virulent rsms of blood poisoning that is Iaawn to continue into the second and Es,,d M generation and a cure for which |rsaIcsl science has been struggling \. snd for mere than 500 years.
 r0nly scientific men can grasp what |,his means said pr. Mcltzer. "Dr. |.Arlch began by discovering cure |n, sleeping sickness and tsen by Recovering cure for remitting fever. These were wonderful but he did no.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

Mrs. w. c. Martin and children of Ashdown, arrived last week and have rented a cottage and will spend the balance of the summer months here. Mrs. Martin is the wife of the cashier of the First National Bank of Ash doxvp
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04

Miss Susie Wight of Cove and Mrs J. B. Hickman of Kansas City. who is visiting here, were in Mena Tues day. Mrs. Hickman has also been visiting Mrs. Sarah E. Winkley.
The Mena weekly star., 1910-08-04
Streams ard Not North,

to pay a visit to the royal family in England. They will stop at Fambouil- ist, France. to visit President Fal- leries of the French republic cn the way.