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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
Spend a Few Dollars for Flower
Bulbs.

Many OF our lady friends admire
the beautiful beds Of h%yacinths and
tulips and narcissus in the spring but
forget that these must be planted in
the fall. Now is the time to plant
them.
For a gay show in spring get bulbs
Of the imported Dutch hyacinths.
The Dutchmen in their soil and
climate develop these bulbs to-a
greater perfection than we can in
crease in size of bloom. The i'm
ported bulbs can be bought now very
cheaply by the hundred, and it does
not take much money to plant quite
a large bed.
Then there are the narcissus tribe,
the daffodils and jonquils in great
variety of styles and shades. The
narcissus. One Of the best of these
is the Emperor. Then there is a
large one named Sir Watkin, and an
other GO1denspur. Then. Of course,
we want the Poets Narcissus with
it's white lowers and little red cups.
Then another of this family is the
Paper White Narcissus. This species
has been considered tender mainly
because when planted early in the
fall it starts to grow at once and
will get injured by cold. But if the
planting is not lone till the soil is
cold, the bulbs will renain dormant
and bloom in spring.
This narcisSus is the best one for
blooming in bowls Of water and peb-
bles- 1t does far better in this way
than the Chinese Narcissus or Sacred
Lily Of the Chinese. The Sewers, too,
are more fragrant than the Chinese.
The gayest Of the spring flowers is
the tulip. These are sold very cheap
ly, and a bed of the early Due Van
Thol tulips of different colors makes
a fine show when the colors are ar
ranged in rows or Segments Of a
! circle in a ircular bed. Then. there
are the snowy late blooming tulips,
especially the Darwin tulips, which
are good for following the little early
ones.
1t only takes a few dollars to get
quite a fine show of these things.
Last fall I failed to get my tulip
bulbs as early as l desired, and they
came when the ground was hard
frozen. But during Christmas week
the soil thawed out, and I planted
them, and they made a very fine show
in spring. Still I would prefer to get
these things in earlier. But not only
the Paper White narcIssus should be
held back till the ground is cold. the
Roman hyacinth planted early, is apt
to get in bloom by Christmas. and
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
WEEKLY NEW YORK COTTON
REVIEW.

tBV Ino ASSOc1d teu IIoSS.)
New York, oct. 27.-Cotton during
the week has shown at times unex-
pected strength for several reasons,
first there have been frost scares,
which striking a market rendered
sensitive by the presence of a large
short interest, has caused sharp, if
temporary upturns in prices. Also
some of the spinners as prices have
approached 8 cents have shown more
disposition TO take hold. The ex-
ports have been large. Spot mar
kets at times nave shown a rather
more b~el1iSerent tore and the South
is beginning to hold back cotton to a
sufficient extent to excite comment
here. Waldorf-Astoria shorts have
at times covered freely. The great
er part of the short purchases on
Wednesday morning of some 10000
bales was put down to the Waldorf
Astoria Clique. Yarns have been in
somewhat better demand. the week
ly reports Of the mercantile agencies
speak Of a q~uickened movement in
the dry goods trade. 1T is believed
that in some quarters the crop is be-
ing over-estilnated and the worlds
consumption underestiTnated. 1t is
also believed that spinners taking
this year are no unlikely to run con
siderab1y ahead of The actual con
sumption owing to the relatively 10"
prices. Bears, however. are talking
of the ultimate decline to much low
err levels on the idea that the cror
is 15,o00,eeo bales or more and tina.
the consumption and the spinners
takings Will be considerably less thu
this figure in spite of low prices. The.
are encouraged in this view by the
high record ginning up to October
Is, as revealed by the Census Bu-
reau'S report on October IS. putin
it at 100000 bales OF about 200
600 more than for the same time IasI
year n roughly 1900 600 more thar
the previous high record some wears
ago. Moreover, Manchester and Liz
) erpool have been noticeably depress-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
A CULTURE.
DR.. III. O.. Hyatt Suggests Grape Gull
ture as a Profitable Occupation for

w OUlCn.
(Kinston Free. Press.)
Our native Carolina grapes OF the
Wits labrusa family includes very
many fine grapes besides the SOUP
pernong. The Flowers. Mish. James
and Thomas grapes each have partic-
ular merits. The ~scuppernong and
Flowers probably excel "a wine
crap The Mish, Thomas and James.
having a very fine flavor, are favor
ties for eating.
There has lately come under my
observation the Smith grape, of Dup
lin county, which for all round pur-
poses has advantages over all the bal
ance of the labrusca family. / have
measured single berries that We're
close to one and a quarter inches in
diameter. The punches usually mum
Der from ten to twelve berries. Under
fair treatment the vine is very rro-
life. The special peculiarly Of the
Smith grape is its thin skin, large size
OF individual berries. which some
times weigh as much as an ounce
sixteen to h pound-great 0 OF
saccharine matter, and fine flavor.
There is a natural prejudice against
Wine making by country people. which
! think is ortunat The local mar
kets cannot take any great quantity
Of grapes during the season. Grape
culture is one of the very easiest
things for the farmers wife and
daughter. The vines will practically
take care of themselves is an arbor
IS provided Tor the vine to run on.
ETui juices are specially nonuIar
the world over. especially grape Juice.
These juices can be easily prepared in
any household With little or no extra
Expense. ] think as a juice producer.
me smith grape would prove to he he
e VI mem al There is such a gem
eral demand for unfermented Gran.
tulce that its production is we'll warfhv
O investigation by intelligent women.
IL. O. HYATT.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
Worlds Visible Supply.

New Orleans, La, Oct. 27.-Secrs-
tary Hester's statement OF the worlds
visible supply of cotton. issued -odav.
shows the total visible to be 3.356.3I3.
against 3,133,S53 last week and 3,o2O.-
SIS last year. OF this the total OF Amer
lean lotion is 2.S1a,313. against o.
6OS,S53 asst week and 2.43S,S1S last
year, and of all other kinds. includ-
ing Egypt. Brazil. India. etc. $4,000.
against $4,000 last week and $4,000
last yea
OF the worlds visible supply Of cot
ton there is now af1oat and held in
Great Britain and continental Europe.
1,714,0O0, against 1,5S1,000 last year.
in Egypt, 81, 900, against 142, 600 last
year; in India, 23S,0OO, against 1871
600 last year and in the United States
1913, 900, against 1,101 600 last year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

then the coolest weather on It's now,
ers and tops. But planted late, IL Will
remain dormant and bloom IN late
February
But a better hyacinth for cutting,
one that makes longer spikes thau
the Roman is the White Italian. IL
is later in blooming than h Eoman
but the spikes are larger ana the
bulbs seem TO suit the southern
climate and do not deteriorate as the
Dutch hyacinths do. | have grown
bulbs of these in Raleigh that were
pronounced finer than the imported
ones.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

One reason why farm lands IN the
Vest are more lua than those OF
the East is because the Western farms
are big enough to permit the use Of
traction engines in blowing. An en-
CINE drawing a gang of eight plows,
turning owe a strip 10 feet wide. at a
speed of . 1-2 miles per hour. drag
ging harroWs behind, will do 80
acres per day. There are not many
farms in the East where such opera
lions are possible.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

ed by the growing gravity of the re-
bsflion in China and the monetary
crisis in Shanghai. Southern hedge
selling has continued on an impor-
tant scale. Some important inter
ests, however. IN Wall street and the
South. notably in New Orleans. are
identified with the bull side. and there
is a growing conviction that the re-
ceipts do not warrant the extreme
high guesses while ginning figures arc
not universally accepted as a sure in
dication of the size of the crop. AT
the close cold weather at the south
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

When a farmer raises cattle n
feeds them alongside of a neighbor
under the same general conditions
and gets from one to two cents more
for his product 1T is pretty safe to say
thai the other fellow does not know
how to feed right.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
Chatham Mans Pockets Picked.
lChatham Record

Our toWns1nan, Mr.. H. J.. Coble.
had the misfortune to have his pocket
picked at Norlina last Saturday AT
ternoon while returning home from
a business trip. While asleep on the
train his pocketboOk, containing
about $40 in money n a check on
the Citizens National Bank of Pa
ducah, KY, was stolen. MIR. Coble
thinks the robbery was committed by
some Iraveling pickpOcket.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
Iiverpool Cotton Statistic.

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 27.-The ~fo!lowing
are the weekly cotton statistics:
Imports, all kinds, $4,000 bales:
imports. American, 225,000. stock,
all kinds. $4,000: stock, American.
$4,000: American forwarded. l0S.-
900. Total sales, all kinds, $4,000 bales.
Total sales, American, $4,000; Eng
lish spinners' takings, 10000. Total
export, 1900. Quantity afloat. all
kinds. $4,000; quantity aioat, Amer
lean, 428,0G0. Total sales on specula-
ton. 1,40o; total sales to exporters,
2,SO0,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

The Northern Pacific Railway
maintains in the State of Washington
Il farm on which supplies for it's din
ing car are raised. There are 1900
hens, 500 cows on the place and a
large amount Of garden truck and
fruits are raised. 1t is aid the rail-
road will establish more of these
farms.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

The Acknowledgement Of Missouri
has started suits against five packing
companies to annul their charter on
the grounds hat they have violated
the antitrust law and have entered
into a conspiracy to control the. pack
ing industry in Missouri.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

The land conservation measure adj
| vocated by President Taft and passed
Eby the last Congress-, authorizes the
President to withdraw certain public
lands from settlement and appropriate
$40, 600, 900 for the completion of ex-
listing irrigation projects in the far
Western States.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

A party of farmers near Wichita
Falls, Texas, recently engaged in a
wolf hunt with autos. The dogs were
carried in the autos and were sent
after the wolves when the ground was
covered which could not be negotiated
by the CHR The hunt was sue
ceSsful and several wolves were
killed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

Cold water poured upon the wrists
will lower the temperature of the
body. Hot water applied to the face
with a soft flannel rag will prove rest
full when one is warn and tired and
also make the complexion fresh and
glowing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

Bind together your snare hours bv
the cOro Of some definite purpose and
9 know not how much YOU NAV ac-
a man is commonly either
made or marred for life by the use
ne MAKE OF his leisure tine-raylar.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
Prof Massey's Advice to Farmers
The rogressiv Farner)
fThe Progressive Farmer.)

crop there is nothing better than sue
cess and Maule's Magnificent. I'M
proved Stone is good, and is grown
almost exclusively for the canning
houses. Grand Rapids is a pink to-
mato, round as a baseball, but not
very large. 1t is an excellent tomato
however. and ripens up to the stem.
Texas Belle is a very small tomato,
but resists bright and rot and keeps
longer after ripening than any tomato
1 ever grew. If it was only larger
it would be very desirable.
With the first light frost l gather all
the green tomatoes of good size and
wrap each in paper and pack them
in crates and put in the cellar. Then
l can take out a few at a time n
put them in a warm room to ripen
and often have sliced tomatoes till
January.
"Can I risk onions on ordinary soil
if | use two tons of Fertilizer an
acre." If the soil is light and sandy
you can make a fairly good crop with
heavy fertilization, and by following
the Gro with peas TO be turned under
when mature, you can grow a heavier
crop the next season. In fact, with a
legume growth between crops the
onions can be kept on the same land
proftabiy for a good many years.
Good lettuce is. doubtless, grows in
the South under canvas, but, in the
long run the glass sashes are not only
better but cheaper. You can grow
better lettuce under the SaSheS. and
when the frequent renewals OF the
canvass is taken into consideration,
the glass will be found to be the
cheaper, though more costly at the
start.
At the Georgia station it was found
that cabbage plants set in an open
furrow lived better than those set On
the south OF north sides of ridges,
but more lived on the north side
han on the south Of the ridge. [
tried lettuce last winter in open fur
rows and the plants did very we'll,
but h hot weather and drouth came
so early that raost of them ran to
seed before heading we'll. The Han
70 and the Wonderful 1ettuces are
better for wintering ver outside than
the Big Boston, as they do not run
to seed SO quickly.
My plants of the Big Boston let
tuce are now in the frames for the
fall crop. The glass will not be put
over them until freezing weather is
threatened, n I hope to head them
by that time.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

We know an Indiana farmer who
choked two fine calves to death by
feeding them dry oats before he made
up his mind his youngsters would do
better on sometime else.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

If 6 beets are fed at all to
horses they should not be given more
han &C. a week and then just pre-
ViOus to a day of rest.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

It is a well-knoWn fact hat hog
cholera is practically unknown in Sec
tons where alfalfa is largely grown
and fed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31
Fall Garden Notes,

] sowed my last spinach the 4th Of
October. This will be FOR spring use.
Tha sowed in August is now being
cut for use and is fine.
Try next eaSon some of the Ford
hook Bush Lima, beans. They are
wonderful bearers and make beans
of the largest size and a good many
IN the long pods. Now, the first week
in October mine are still full of
blooms. but these flowers will hardly
make pods before frost.
] have tried nearly all the tomatoes
offered. The earliest is the Northern
Adirondack strain Of Earliana. Benny
Best is early and good. For the main
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-10-31

My plants of the Big Boston let
tuce are now in the frames for the
fall crop. The glass will not be put
over them until freezing weather is
threatened, and I hope to hea them
by tina time.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-22
AREOPLANE TO HUNT WOLVES
Texas CattIemen Order Machine to
Protect Their Herds.

Ten ranchmen owning 10000 acres
in Pecos. Brewster and Ell Paso coun-
ties, Tex, stocked with 100000 cattle,
have invested in an aeroplane, not for
pleasure, but to rid their lands of the
wolves, panthers and mountain lions
which kill cattle.
They estimate that it costs 500
a month for men to hunt the wolves.
not to mention the thousands of dol
lars worth of cattle killed. Some of
the cattlemen employ hunters by the
month to kill wolves. while others pay
bounties of from So to 81 for scalps.
Agents for aeroplanes have been
working on the proposition, and the
first machine has been ordered and
will be built especially for this use. 1t
will carry two men, and it is planned
to penetrate the wild country and dis
patch beasts Of prey with guns from a
safe distance in the air.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-22
STOP BANK OVERDRAFTS.
Comptroller of Currency Acts-Aver
age of $33ooo,o0 a Year.

Comptroller of the Currency Murray
has undertaken to destroy by moral
suasion the practice Of banks of per-
mlrting customers to overdraw their
deposits. He instructed the national
bank examiners to take up the ques-
ton with the national banks through
out the country. calling to their atten-
tlon laws enacted by the states on the
subject and decision by the supreme
court of the United States severely
criticising the practice.
The national bank act is silent on
the question of overdrafts, and the
comptroller expects to accomplish the
abolition of the custom by pointing out
its evils. The overdrafts in national
banks, as reported on the call Of the
comptroller of the currency, averaged
$33 100000 in the last five years. The
high water mark was $53,000,000, and
the lowest amount reported was $685.
100000 during that period.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-22
FIND MANS BODY IN SHARK.
Large Fish That Devoured Sailor Was
Harpooned and Shot.

Large Fish That Devoured Sailor Was
Harpooned and Shot.
A dozen men armed with rifles killed
a giant shark which had devoured
Jules Antoine off the Florida coast
Portions Of Antoine's body were found
in the shark.
Sailors on the British steamer Alders-
gate saw the old man fall overheard
A shark seized the body, and the crews
Of several vessels began a general
shark hunt.
The monster was more than twelve
feet in length. Several harpoons with
lines attached were used to bring him
to the western bay shore. After be-
ing hauled up on the sands she fish
slashed about until shot to death
When the body was cut open almost
the entire corpse of Antoine was found
inside and was identified by tattoo
marks. There We're also pieces of
clothing and his boots, which bore the
imprint Of the sextuple rows of teeth.
A piece of coral rock weighing about
eight pounds was also found in the
sharks stomach.
The age Of the fish is estimated at
more than a hundred years. 1t is the
largest man eater captured in these
waters in years. The skin will be
stuffed. 1t has been offered to the
Smithsonian institution.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-22
NAvY'S GIANT TORPEDO.
New Implemsnt of War Places This
Country on Par With Others.

A new giant torpedo, designed for
use in the United States navy, was
tested recently in Sag Harbor under
supervision of several navy experts.
1t is now declared the torpedo will
place the United States navy on an
equal footing with any other power in
this exceptionally important depart
ment of the war game.
The new torpedo is of the turbine
pattern and is twenty-one feet long.
Fired several times at thirty-two knots
speed. it traverSed more than 10000
yards. At twenty-seven knots it made
range of more than 5000 yards.
At the present time the battleships
and armored cruisers of the navy are
mostly equipped with torpedoes that
have a speed of thirty-fve knots and
go 5000 yards. Destroyers carry the
Whiteheads, which have a speed of
thirty knots and go more than
1000 yards.
The manufacturers are said to have
Il contract with the navy department
to supply 800 torpedoes within the next
two years.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-22
MINISTER WHO WE'D
k2T0A QUITS CHURCH.
Tho Rev. Joseph Lambert Resigns
Pulpit Because of Criticism.

The Rev. Joseph Lambert, who mar
ried John Jacob Astor and Madeleine
Tallmadge Force in Newport on Sept.
8, has resigned his pulpit in Elm
wood temple. Providence, II. l., be-
cause of protests against his action by
the other clergymen. He will leave the
church on Dec. l and go into business.
"There have been a lot of unkind
things said against me especially by
ministers of this city, said Mr.. Lam
bert. II did not feel that l could con-
tinue in the work, as 1 could not put
the same spirit into it as before
~T am going into business and shall
retain my membership in Elmwood
temple at the request of the trustees.
My resignation is purely voluntary and
was not taken as the result of any ac-
ton by the people of the church. At
the meeting of the trustees last month
they urged me to stay.
"The worst thing the ministers can
say against me is that l married man
who had been divorced for committing
a statutory offence. 1t was simply his
money which called attention to the
marriage, and if it had been a poor
man nothing would have been said.
There are lots of ministers in this city
who have done the same thing, and l
can prove it. The very fact that my
own association did not censure me
proves It."
Mr.. Lambert has been the pastor of
Elmwood temple since year ago last
September. He would not say what
business he is to enter and said he did
not know what the chances were Of his
returning to the ministry.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-22
A New Wrinkle In Paper BAGS.

One Of the latter day minor refine
ments Of the retail hat business is
found in the furnishing Of paper bags
in which the customer can carry home
his hat without attracting attention
from everybody he meets. 1t used to
be that the hat was put in bag made
of straw colored paper, and such a
bag against the carriers darker cloth
ing could be seen a block, but now
adays the halter drops your new hat
for you into black paper bag, a bag
made of unglazed paper of dull, gray
fish black, bag in which the customer
can carry his new hat home inconspic-
uously.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-11-22
THE LATEST FOREIGN
TRADE STATISTICS.
Exports and Imports Of Aeroplanes and
Automobiles.

The records of the bureau Of stats.
tics. department of commerce and la
bUr. show that more than $4,000 worth
of aeroplanes were imported into and
exported from the United States in the
months of July. August and Septem-
ber of the current year. In July the
official records show that two aero
planes were exported from the United
States to Canada at total valuation
of $6,950. In August two machines
were exported to Canada. their total
value being SS.000 In September. 1911,
one aeroplane was exported to Canada,
its stated value being $1,000. making
the total value of exports of aeroplanes
in the three months $1S,450.
On the import side no transactions
are given for July, but in August two
aeroplanes were imported from France,
their combined value being stated as
$15,091. In September the number i'm
ported was five, valued at $22,752, one
being from England. valued at $4,700
and five from France, valued at $751;
052, making the total importations Of
the three months in question eight
aeroplanes. valued at $37,S43.
The number of automobiles import
ed in the nine months ending with
September, 1911, was go, valued at
S1,450,222, against 800 automobiles, val
ued at $1,623, ,140 in the corresponding
months of 1910 and 1,20S, valued at
$2,21S,414, in the corresponding months
Of 1909. OF the $40 automobiles i'm
ported in the nine months of 1911 227
were from France, 113 from Germany.
105 from the United Kingdom and SO
from Italy. The number Of automo-
biles exported in the nine months was
in 1911 11,244, valued at $11 ,565, ,034,
against 6,472, valued at $S.S74 066, in
the like period of 1910 and 1926, val
ued at SIS, ,4S1 ,707, in the like period of
1909. The largest expectation in the
nine months of 1911 was to Canada
4, ,107 cars, compared with 2,563 to the
United Kingdom, 352 to France and
SS4 to other Europe while shipments
were also made to Mexico, the West
Indies and various countries in South
America, Asia, Oceania and Africa