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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
Snakes Method of Attack.

No snake Is able to jump or spring
from q coil In order to strike. as often
represented in pictures. 1t can only
strike when 1t resembles the letter S
and Is lying fat on the ground. 1t can
then only reach the distance supplied
by stretching the body out straight.
The two curves in the figure S supply
this distance, which is about half the
length Of the body. No snake jumps
through the air to its victim or springs
clear from the ground, rising upon its
tail. Such stories and pictures are all
false. Neither do they coil like rope
and strike from that position. They
may coll partially, but the part of the
body that does the striking is ever and
only that part which makes the figure
s and lies fat on the ground; hence no
serpent can strike when stretched out
its full length.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
A Death Feigning Plant.

That certain insects, birds, mammals
and reptiles habitually pretend to be
dead when danger threatens them is a
well known fact, but it is generally be-
lieved that this stratagem Is resorted
to only by animals. In South America.
however. there is plant-a species of
mimosa-which resorts to death feign-
ing. evidently for the purpose of pre-
venting the grass eating animals from
eating it. In its natural state this
plant has vivid green hue. but di-
rectly it is touched by human finger
or by any living animal it collapses
into tangle Of apparently dead and
withered stems
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
The Little Word "'les.r

-Yes" is simple word spelled with
three letters.
1t has caused more happiness and
more unhappipess than any other word
In the language.
1t has lost more money for easy lend
ers than all the holes in all the pockets
In the world.
1t has started more dipsomanlacs on
their career than all the strong liquor
on earth.
1t has caused more fights than all the
You're lars that ever were spoken.
1t has procured kisses and provoked
blows.
1t has defeated candidates and elect.
ed scoundrels.
1t has been used in mere lies than
any other expression.
1t is not meant half the time il is
said
Will it continue to make such rec
ord?
Yes Philadelphia Inquirer.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
Goldsmith,s Obituary Notice.

1t would he difficult to find more
quaint announcement Of death than
that published in an old newspaper in
1I74, at the time Of Oliver Goldsmith's
demise.
"1TT4. April T. Died. Dr. Oliver
Goldsmith. Deserted Is the village
The traveller hath laid him down to
rest; the good natured man is no
more; he stoopse but TO conquer; the
vicar hath performed his sad Office
1t Is mournful task from which
the hermit may essay TO meet the
dread tyrant with more than Grecian
or Roman fortitude."
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
Dead Leaves as Fertilizers.

According 10 tests .lsle in France,
dead leaves possess high value as
fertilizers, They are extensively used
by the market gardeners about the
city Of Nantes. Pear leaves have the
highest quantity of heterogeneous, oak
leaves come next, and the leaves OF
vines stand lowest In value.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
A Reliable Company.

The Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany does not resort to catchy schemes
or tricks. but makes and sells more
sewing machines than all other con-
Germs in the world. Why? Because
the Singer is light running, simple and
durable. We stand by it with a guar.
antee that can not be equaled by any
other company.
T. A. SATTERWHITE,
Phone 467. Salesman.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
The Human Clock.

The Spanish painter Ribera. Mr.. Hal.
dane Macfall recalls in his History
OF Painting" worked with such fervor
that Ill count of time was lost to him.
HE made living clock to check the
passing hours. His servant came ev-
cry hour to che studio to say in loud
and stately voice. Another hour has
gone. Slgnor Cavaliere?
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
SCENE FROM ON 1.-THE BRIDGE
AT MIDNIGHT"
Brine.

Brine boils at 225 degrees F.. and a,
this degree fine salt is formed. At It.;
degrees f. common salt results anG
fishery. or large grained, at ITO degrees
f. The salt crystallizes on the surface
OF the brine in the pans. floats little
and then sinks to the bottom. LEAVING
it free from fresh crystals.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
Demonstrative.

Ola Lady tspeaking of her late hus-
bandl--l mind the last time we was out
together. and he turns round and SEE.
80 kindlike. "Come along. old draggie
sail." be sez.--London Tit-Bits.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-10-25
Pressed For Time.

Judge Knott Why did you rob this
man In broad daylight? Prisouer--l
couldn't help it, your honor. had M
engagement every night that week.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28

hiSh-grade seed and the storage house
SO constructed that the temperature
can be lowered and maintained as
near "a degrees F. as possible
throughout the whole storage period.
This means that the greatest are
must be exercised to tax advantage
Of cool, frosty nights which occur dur
ing the storage period, and as soon as
the house is filled to keep 1t closed
during the day and open as much as
possible during the night so as to get
the benefit of the low night tempera-
lures. The other extreme Of too low
temperature should also be provided
against. During protracted cold spells
h temperature inside the storage
houses ma get dangerously low. To
guard against loss from freezing, oil
heaters are placed at suitable inter-
walls In the walks and alleys to main
tain the temperature above the an
ger point.
Storage troubles are moro largely
the result OF careless handling and
bad ventilation than OF diseases.
Practically all of the rotting which
takes place during the storage period
is the result OF organisms attacking
the badly handled or slightly diseased
heads under bad storage conditions.
Poor cultivation. bad harvesting meth
DDS, a long haul to storage, and rough
handling in unloading n storing are
all to be avoided if cabbage is to be
kept successfully through the storage
period.
If storage house facilities are not
available, cabbage may be stored on a
small scale on a well-drained portion
Of the field. The preparation for his
consists in leveling an area wide
enough to allow five heads of
to be placed, roots up. in a continuous
row.
The outer leaves are all preserved
anu carefully p around the
neaos as they are placed, after which
the whole is covered with a layer of
straw or marsh hay, and, as the
weather increases in severity, with a
siisnt layer OF earth. In the milder
poftions or 2 country this protection
IS employed for the whole winter
rartner north the soil layer must be
increased. and where winters are So
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28
CARE IN THE STORING OF CAB
BAGE.
by L. G. COrbett.)

- L. ~ SOfpclky
There are three things necessary for
the successful storing OF cahbages. %
Carefully grown and carefully hand
led heads of q sort well adapted for
storing; 90 storage warehouses 50
constructed and arranged as to pre-
vent drip from the ceiling or roof
striking the stored heads; and Cd
such an rangemen and control of
the ventilation and temperature of the
bui!din as to prevent the condensa-
ton Of moisture on the cabbage while
in storage.
Cabbage to be stored in commercial
storage houses should b. very care
FULLY cut and closely trimmed so that
nc loose leaves get into the storage
house. In hauling cabbage from the
field to the storehouse, spring wagons
should be used and the heads should
be passed from hand to hand and
never thrown into the g body.
The same carr should be observed in
placing the heads in storage.
II the heads are to be stored in
bins, the bins should be narrow and
not more than Is or IS feet from
front to back, and the heads not
more than 6 or z feet IN depth in
each bin. Several bins may be placed
one above another in the same section
by placing q waterproof flooring be-
tween the bins, SO that the drip caused
by decaying cabbage or other con-
densation can not reach the lower bin
from the II above. This plan Of
storage is not, in general, as satisfac-
tory as to store the cabbage on
shelves. The heads may be stored in
single layers or in layers two or three
deep on the shelves. Precautions
should be taken to provide an area
way between the outside wall of the
building and the storage bins or
shelves.
The walls of the building should be
SO made SIS to provide q space
to prevent the penetration Of frost.
The secret of success in the man
ageInent OF a storage IS tc
have disease-free, we'll matured, firm
carefully-handled stock grown IRON
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28
WINTER Killing OF ANTS.

The common red ants do a great
bit Of damage to the alfalfa fields in
some sections OF the country. The
spots where they kill the alfalfa are
usually only about a square yard or
two where they build their mounds,
but a great many Of these in the field
count for quite a large patch where
no alfalfa grows.
Some people try to destroy them by
sinking bottles into their mounds SO
that the ants fall into them.
This system is not always effective
as 1t is hard to trap them all and as
long as a few remain the trouble will
continue.
There is nothing quite as effective
as the winter killing which CONSISTS
in digging out the heart Of the mounds
in the winter and then pouring water
into the excavation thus made SO it
soaks into the ground and freezes
those that may still be living.
This method usually proves very
satisfactory. Out Of a large field
where they were killed in this way
curing the last winter only a very few
OF the many ant hills had any ants re-
naming in them by spring and it is
quite evident hat If the work had
been done more carefully every one
Of them would nave been killed.
The work should be done very thor
oushly. 1t does not take much dig
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28
Prof. Massey's Views On Farming

of ears neatly covered with grain -
the tip would result in shorter and
shorter ears, while good ears shoWiu-
a little Snout gave evidence OF ap a.
fort to grow longer and would make
longer ears thar the covered tip Ones.
A prominent corn breeder nearby
said that / was certainly right. fa-
the covered ears would certainly grow
shorter. The only use of the ear shows
is to give some one q free advertise
ment Of seed corn that Will not pan
Jut.
Two Letters n Two Kinds OF Farm
One farmer writes: When my
time is out stop the p as / am
not able to take it longer. though /
like it," Another writes: Il think IL
is so good hat | would not be with
out it for twice the cost, or more
One can easily tell from these let
ters how the two are farming. | VIII
wager tina the mar who thinks he
can not take the paper has been
growing nothing but cotton. and now
that the price is down, he feels it and
feels poor. The other man is growing
a diversity of crops, for his letter
ask about the getting and planting
of cabbage plants and he is not do
pendent on cotton alone. When the
low prices come in the cotton market
~ 40 SA ~ - NiAS Ga iNA NV
are hurt, and it is amazing that they
can not see the way out as we have
been for ears trying to show them.
The man this year who has oats to
sell and corn to- sell, and who has
made a good crop Of hay, finds that
at $50 a ton the hay "a be sold more
proftably, perhaps, than feed and Ger
tainly more profitably than cotton at
present prices. Yet the all-cotton
man has been doing his utmost all his
life to keep grass from growing,
when the grass would have helped
him If allowed to grow in the right
place.
an old friend whom l have before
quoted said: I'VE will never go 10
farming right until we are whipped
into it." And one of the mitigating
things about the low price Of cotton
is, that it NAV whip some into farm
ing-real progressive farming that
will make them independent of low
cotton prices because it will enable
them to grow cotton better and at Il
lower cost.
Certainly the Southern farmers have
my heartiest sympathy In the present
embarrassing conditions with many OF
them. But the way out is not by
stopping the paper, but in endeavor-
Bile. The man engaged in the cultiVa-
ton Of a farm who imagines thai
he can not afford a dollar for the
paper will, in all probability, lose
many dollars for lack of what The
paper might do for him. We are go
ing to do our level best to aid you,
and want every one OF the friends
of the paper to stick by us, for VIC be-
lieye that we can help you
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28

confined. The seasoned city man looks
with some establishment on the ef-
forts Of the man from the country
to do something with the so-cailed
soil in the city. In the stall or a long
block that was rented to me in Phil
adelphia [ had a porch in front and a
little plot 6x10 feet rallied in with an
iron railing in front Of the porch.
and a slit Of q bac yard on the south
side in the rear There l ~astonisned
the neighbors by putting up a cold
frame with three saShes and planting
it in lettuce and growing some tomato
plants and radiShes, etc, with flowers
around the borders next the fence.
It was q pitiful little attempt at gar
dening on clay brickbatS that make up
the usual soil of a city back yard,
but it was thought wonderful by the
city people, for Of all the green-hOrnS
the people raised in a large city are
about the greenest in anything that
relates to nature or her works. The
mar from the country lever fully
realizes his home advantages until ne
tries to live in one of the city stalls.
But there are some points in which
life is made more easy and cOmfOrta-
BILE. The houses are heated all Yer
from the cellar, there is water on tap
and gas for cooking and lighting, or
electricity if you prefer. Now, ear
~ all these things an be had in the
country if one will devote his say
ings to the completion of the COM
forts Of his home rather than seek
doubtful Investments. The best place
on earth to invest your savings is In
the, home. [ am doing just what I
advise, for every cent l get ahead Of
immediate needs goes to the making
Of my home more home-like. I am
out where [ nave elbow room and not
in Il 16-foot stall in a row Of other
stalls, for I have more than 100 feet
front on the street on which my dwell
ing faces and $50 feet on the side
street, and not another house nearer
than a hundred yards. So I feel
countryfied, while I have the city
water and gas. But all around me
[ can see dwellings wher the city
water is not used and finer houses
mine where the windmill or the
gasoline engine supplies the house,
and the same can be done at a farm
house in any part of the country, and
acetylene gas fixtures will supply
light, or one can have a gas-making
apparatus from gasoline outside the
house and piped in for light and cook
ing. And with water on tap and q
bathroom in the house, life will be far
more enjoyable and civilized.
It costs me S145 to put in the city
water and fit up a bathroom and boiler
and sink in the kitchen and then 7
have to pay $1.16 every month for the
ira in uInn1er when I am using the
hose on the garden and lawn. It
would have cost little more to have
attached an engine to my own we'll
and filled a tank, and the interest
would have been less THAI the water
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28

rent, and l would have had cool water
in summer instead Of the hot stuff
hat comes through a couple or miles
Of iron pipe. Then there was a charge
of $50 for connecting the property
with the city sewers, so that these
water privileges can be had more
cheaply on any farm in the coun-
try.
a North Carolina correspondent
jritcs enthusiastically about growing
ginseng after a years experience, n
thinks he can make money selling the
seed. So far as l have noticed, the
only money made in ginseng is in sell
inf seed and roots to others to plant
It will be time enough to write about
profit in ginseng after you have
grown a crop Of roots and sold them.
Our correspondent is in too warm
a section of the State to make a sue
cess with ginseng, I think. 1t grow
wild in the western mountains, and
the wild dried ginseng sells far bet
ter than the cultivated. When our
friend has grown a crop of roots, and
dried and sold them, we will be glad
to hear how he has succeeded. But
do not join the gang that is trying to
get people to buy the seed and roots
to plant.
Corn Shows and Seed Corn.
When | read hat editorial note on
the corn score card | felt like saying.
Amen. / have for years been combat
ting the ear corr shows. A man will
go through his field and finally pick
out ten fine ears, and another man
will do likewise, and at the show the
Judge passes on them and gives the
blue ribbon to the ears that come
neaTeSt the requirements of the score
card, but could not, for his life, tell
which would give the best results
when used for seed. The ~score-card
demands-an ear as nearly cylindrical
as possible, and turns down a tapering
ear. Then at the Ohio station they
fround hat they made more corn an
acre from the tapering ears thar
from the s~core-card ears. Some day
we may have exhibitions Of corn
plants with the ears on them, showing
the habit Of the plant. and the certi-
fled statements Of the Of cul-
tlVatlon, the crop per acre and the
cost Of production. When this is
done, the corn shows may do good.
but the showing Of pretty ears will
advance things much.
] was at a ear corn shoW two years
& where there was a wonderful
array Of big ears, and hi judge pass
ed upon them and placed the RIB
bons. On nothe table nearby were
ears OF Cookies Prolific that were
entirely unnoticed, and / told the
JUDGE hat I could TAX those little
could be made with any Of the big
single-ear kinds that he had decor
ated with ribbons He said that he
had no doubt that I could but he had
gone by the ScOre-card. I then told
him that the Score-card requirement
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28
Cutting the Cotton Acreage.

I notice that the conference Of
Southern Governors has started the
old cry to cut the cotton acreage. This
effort has bcen made years ago when
cotton was down low in price, but II
ayailed little, for every other man Will
imagine that there is going to be d
reduction in the acreage and he Will
plant all he can to get in on the better
prices and the result is the usual over
acreage.
The only way to reduce the cotton
acreage is to get the farmers to farm
ing and to quit depending on cotton
alone. Good rotative farming-not
mere growing supplies but growing
other crops besides cotton for sale,
growing feed and feeding beeves and
hogs; in short, farming instead OF
merely planting cotton. No agree
ment among the al-cotton planters
to reduce the acreage will ever
amount to anything. Years ago when
cotton was down to it's lowest point
q certain State Commissioner of Agr1-
culture was urging in all his publca-
ions that the acreage should be re-
duced. He had a farm in the coun-
try, and one day I rode out with him
to his farm in the early spring, and to
my surprise, found the whole place
place plowed for cotton. Why" said
], Il thought that yOu were adE0cat-
ing a reduction Of the ~acreage?'
yes" said he, 4 think there Will De
a large reduction in the acreage, and
I want to be in on it, And men all
over the Cotton Belt were just as in
sincere in their efforts. They wanted
the other M to reduce and give
them Il chance to make money.
But il we can but get the IN
TO really farm with cotton, it would
not be many years till as large q crop
AS his year could be grown on one
third the acreage and being grown for
less than half the usual cost, the
farmer, with other things to sell,
would not be SO much worried by
q low price for cotton. Single crop
ping is at the bottom Of all tie trou-
bic about cotton, and growing cotton
at an expense that is needless if the
farmer farmed well. The man who
has nothing but cotton and whose
cotton costs him ten cents a pound
to make it, is in distress at present
prices, while the farmer who makes
from one to two bales an acre still
has some profit even If not as much
as he would like to see.
The only cure for these recurring
panics over the price Of cotton is good
farming with cotton as the money
crop and plenty Of other crops and
stock to "a all the cost Of farming.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28
A Carolina Lad is the
Champion Corn Grower.
Continued from Page One.)

Only ten loads Of stable m
and 500 pounds of commercial fertil-
izer were used on this acre. The land
was broken on December Is, 1910,
INT re-broken in March, 1911. The
rows were three feet 10 inches in
n row and very thick IN the drill. It
was not more than five inches apart
n from one to three stalks in the
hill. Biggs' Prolific Seed was used.
This IS the best record thus far
reported in North Carolina and, when
all points are considered, will doubt
less be one OF the best in the coun-
try.
The following gentlemen came to
ftertford county yesterday and wit
messed h measurements Of land and
corn: O.. 3. Martin. Of Washington.
L. G., United States Department Of
Agriculture: T. Frank Parker, "A
leigh, n. c.. State Department Of Az
ricu1ture; l. o. Schaub. West Raleigh,
a. and NJ. College, and Z. N. Clark,
Wilmington, Atlantic Coast Line
Railway.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28

A farmer near Toledo, Ohio. re-
Gently lost 100 chicks in a week from
attacks from weavels. A small wound
in the head OIL neck from which tho
weasel sucked the blood was tn. only
sign left.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28

Method OF Storing Cabbage on q Small
Scale in the North.
we're storage houses should be used
rather than this primitive method Of
storing.
II the crop is to be stored on a more
extensive scale it may be placed on a
ventilated platform and piled in long
FickS, and then covered with rye
straw Z q layer of earth.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28

g1ng at each mound, but 1t should be
done in the winter time so there is
no chance for them to rebuild and the
weather is SO old that they must
freeze.
Where other methods have failed
this has done the work. -. II.
GlitZke.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28

An Indian while imin in Cache
Creek, Louisiana, discovered a huge
Catfish and captured it with his naked
hands, after a struggle Of thirty min
utes. The fish was five feet long and
weighed 200 pounds.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28
Bring the Best of the City to Your
Harm

One who has lived in a great city
and has occupied one of the long
rows Of stalls called houses there. can
better appreciate the blessings Of a
country life than those who have
never been so cramped. cabined and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-11-28

a clean cellar is cheauer n doc
tors bills.
The Yale expositor., 1911-02-16
For Bald Heads
A Treatment That Costs Nothing
if il Fails

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