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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
~STINGLESS BEES.

sStinsie>s bees are beng bred III
ti,c lnsectary OF the department Of
agriculture BY DR.. J. \. Nelson.
The government bee expert. Dr..
Nelson Is getting the new variety
b. crossing the ,tlncles> Soutll
american bee with the fierce
tyrpias queen. II 1 year Or. Mel
son expects to have an entire new
species Of bee and says that farm
ers will shortly be able to do awa>
with gloves. masks, etc. when
handling their honeymakcr>:
The honey OF this stingIc>S bee
viii not be as good as that pro
cured b. the singing bee nc
! stated. "-After a while. however.
we expect to make other combine
tons and make this new brand Of
hone: as good as the old, SoutI,
American bee honey is very rare
y used as a food. but | hope tiaat
By a mixture with the Cyrpia> it
will be made better. The lower
quality Of honey will be amply
made up for the greater coneen-
fence in handling the bee.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
PASTURAGE TO SUPPLE
MENT THE CORN RATION
FOR HOGS.

Experiment, made H. the Okla
hona station show very gratifyin.
results following the Use of alfalfa
as a ration for hogs. Pigs weigh
Ing scventy-hve pounds were turn
ed on an alfalfa field, part OF them
were given no supplementary "a
ton. part were given all the dry
corn chop they could eat and part
were given a half ration Of the
chop. The first bunch gaincdo.et
pound per head a day. the second
I.2S pounds and the third 90
pound. They were left IN the Aclu
100 days.
Feeding experiments have e
peatedly shown that the most eco:
nomical gains are made by Sup-
pIementing the corn ration uit!,
pasturage. Peanut, SOY bean,
clover and COW LEA pasture are
highly recommended, the use OF
these increasing the actual Waite
OF corn as a feed from so to zoo
per cent. Corn fed alone at q cost
OF seventy cents a bushel demanls
a price Of seven cents per pound
live weight if the farmer is to
barely come out even, and taen he
has done his work OF feeding AID
caring for his hogs for nothing.
Pasture is the only solution OF the
meat problem for the Southern
farmer If he is not to donate his
time and trouble to the midd'cHan
| and ultimate consumer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29
LIMESTONE ON CLOVER
LAND

Nearly all soils which need lime
need other elements also. In the
Indiana cooperative tests lime
alone has seldom produced any
marked results. In some instances
phosphorus is also needed, in otl:-
ers nitrogen and humus, while
other soils require drainage and
aeration as we'll. 4 study Of the
crops growing on land may fur
nish all the evidence needed TO de-
terminc what the soil requires.
Poor success with clover and the
growth Of red sorrel Or dewberries
in thick patches in the field indi-
cate an acid soil. This, Of course,
does not signify that there may not
be other causes contributing to the
clover failure.
Apply ground limestone at the
rate of two tons per acre, harrow
it in before sowing the wheat, and
in the spring SOW the clover as
usual. a comparison of the crops
| on the lined and uniilned land will
then indicate whether lining has
improved the soil or not. Quick
lime gives most immediate results
in sweetening the soil and in re-
leasing mineral plant food. This
is accomplished, however, at the
| expense of mechanical condition
and with a loss of nitrogen. Quick
lime is caustic in it's action and very
destructive to organic matter. Its
continued use, therefore, demands
continued heavy applications OF
organic material and. to a less de-
gree, Of phosphorus and potash.
Ground limestone is slower in It's
action, but has not the unfavora-
bic features Of caustic lime.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

\ story is told Of one Of i'itts-
burg's very rich men that on
breaking an added egg at break
fast he got made and declared nc
would raise his own eggs. He gave
an order to a real estate man the
same day and the next found him
self the owner OF a $4,000 farm,
but there wasn't a sign Of q chick
en- house on It.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

\ farmer near North Fork. Neb.,
was arrested because he compelled
his tvo daughters aged Il and ia
year, to drag a garden plow While
another daughter held the handle,
The girl, were fitted with leather
harness against which they press
ed their shoulders. They devoted
their forenoons TO selling produce
in town and their fatl,ey compelled
them to do the blowing in the aft
ernoou and often late at night
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

Too mulch cannot be said against
the inhuman practice OF admins
tering medicine to animals through
the nose. It is dangerous d. vel
as cruel, and should be uiaquaii-
fdely condemned b. every farmer
and siockuan,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

It takes only a few moments to
wrap a dozen dressed fowls IN
white paper, and PACK in a clean
box and this slight Wy k will add
from two to three cent per pound
to the market price.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

Roads built BY Caesar are still
a notable part OF Englands his
torical remains. And yet many
people think the old emperor no
better than a heather.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-10-29

Cuffure.}
An Increased value of | cent Der
i,usi,ei for corn would mean an adj
ditional income to the farmers of
the United States of $25.ooo.ooo,
whtIe an increased production of
I.ut one bushel per Gre at so cents
per bushel would add $5o,ooo,ooo
annually to the national wealth.
Zach spring many farmers dis
coyer-when it is too late-that
their seed corn either fails to germ
mate or produces but a weak
growth. They must either pay
;ugh prices for reliable seed. which
may or may not be acclimated and
adapted to their conditions. or by
{ Of laborious tests they may
pack out suct, OF their seed as will
al ,cas, come up"
Tic corn crop OF 1912 Is now
practically made, and the time for
>eiect:ng seed for 1913 has arrived
IN the southern sections OF the
United States some time IN OctO-
i,.r. InicSs sufficient seed corn is
selected at the right time III the
right way. there will be the same
icplorable situation next spring-
aeain when it IS too latc-as there
has been at each previous planting
tuc.
With 4 very few exceptions the
i,c,t possible seed may be selected
on the farm on which it is to be
planted. and by carrying out the
following Instructions, issued by
tie Office Of Corn Investigations,
It the United States Department
If Agriculture, each farmer may
provide himself with an abundance
Of seed of the highest productivity
for planting in 1913.
The Process of Seed Selection.
The process Of seed selection is
ri too great Importance to be con-
ductel incidentally while husking,
,nd i'll many localities if selection
IS delayed until husking time, the
.;ta1isy OF the seed will have al
r,a,l> been injured by an early
;~reze. rs soon, therefore, "a the
,ros, ripens. go through the field
With bags and husk the ears from
tI'o>e stalks which have produced
best without having had any spe'
cial advantages. such as space
moisture or fertility. Late matur'
IN. plants with ears which are
l,,a., because OF an excessive
amount OF sap should be ingored
In lie Central and Southern
States. other things being equal
>hnrt. dick stalks are preferable
these permit of thicker planting
arc not so easily blown down, an<
are usually more productive tina,
slender ones. The tendency t
,ucker is hereditary. Other thing
being equal, seed should be takel
from stalks having no suckers.
The same day that the seed corr
Is gathered the husked ears SHOULD
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-09
Turner Grange.

Turner Grange held all all-day meeting
Saturday, Jan. 6, and installed officers.
The forenoon session was devoted to
business. Worthy Master Irish gave an
interesting report of the meeting OF the
state Grange in Lewiston. After an eX-
cellent dinner, which was in charge oil
Mr. and Mrs. II. S. Briggs, officers We're
installed by B. Walker Mekeen, the
State secretary. The officers We're IN
stalled as follows: Worthy master, II. u.
Harlow; overseer, J. II. Conant; lecturer,
C. V knight; steward. M. Hall, treas
urer, II. S. Dresser; secretary, Laura b.
Beals; gate keeper. Fl. B. Davenport;
Ceres, Mrs Fl. G. Harlow; Pomona. Mrs.
J. Fl. Conant; Flora. Mrs. c. Y. knight.
After the installation. Mr.. Mekeen
gave an interesting talk on Parcels
POST" About 100 We're in attendance at
the meeting
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-09
WAYNE.

Wayne, like the rest of Maine, has
been engulfed by the Arctic wave,
during the past two days. Monday
morning, thermometers registered in
different locations from 20 to So de-
grees below zero, the coolest weather
for some years.
Rev. G. d. Holmes, district super
intendent. will hold the last Quarter
ly conference of the NJ. F. church for
the year, at $40 p NJ, Saturday. Jan.
IS, at the M. +. vestry. Mr. Holmes
will preach, on Sunday morning.
Miss Mildred TAYLOR has returned to
Somerville, after passing the holidays
with friends in Wayne Her first ex-
perienee of Maine winter has con-
WINGED her that Names charms are
not all 10 be found in the summer.
Schools in town opened, Jan. > The
same corps of teachers, with the ex-
eeption of the Lincoln school at North
Wayne, where Miss McCobb takes the
place of Miss Davenport.
Supt. Mills held a Teachers meet
ing, Saturday evening. in the High
school room.
Mrs. Blanche Wright passed Satur-
day at I<ent's Hill.
Miss Mary True has been spending
her vacation with her mother, Mrs
NJ. T.. True
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KENNEBEC.
REApFiELD.

DEPOT-Mrs. L. A. Leeman, who has
been passing some time i'll Starks, her
early home, came home, Thursday. Miss
Janette Dudley was housekeeper during
her absence.
There are two critical cases Of pneumo-
MIA in this village. Dexter Storer and
Alice, the little daughter Of Mrs. f. l..
Townsend.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Pike, with Baby
Cora Esther, are guests at the home Of
their sister, Mrs Emma Gordon.
The rural mail carriers have had 4
hard time during the late storm, especial
" those out of town. Among others, Vi
emma Mail Carrier sherman Weber
could not reach the station with forenoon
mall and by telephone to Brann's stable,
at the Depot. called the proprietor to
meet him four or five miles distant,
which he did, reaching the station IN
, time for the afternoon cars.
Letters from NJ. s. Collins announce
his arrival at Norfolk, Va. after a very
pleasant trip by steamer from Boston.
Herman Adams of Belgrade. who has
purchased the late Harrison Gordon es-
tate. viii so to work on the wood lot,
the present week. and has engaged boarl
with Mrs. NJ. ]. Townsend
The school was not in session. Friday.
The boys are having fine sport in dig
ging snow rooms from the material fur
nished in the late storm.
The once Week Club met with Mrs.
Royal, Wednesday evening. for an inter
esting discussion from Hume Browns
History of Scotland.
| Elmer Packard, who has been a lifelong
resident of Readheld died suddenly. Sun
day at p NJ, Jan. I, presumably a
paralytic. as he fell from his chair, dead.
Mr. Packard was about 50 years of age.
No doctor was available
Weather: Thermometer b below zero
at the Depot Jan. 8.
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KNOX
WASHINGTON.

VIM. C. Achorn and Jerusha f. Jones
took New Years dinner with Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant Grinnell.
AT the home of L. +. Skinner, New
Years evening. few invited guests came
in honor of their daughter Miss Alice.
Mr.. and Mrs Grant Grinnell, Lurlie Da-
Wis, DR.. and Mrs. J. II. Achorn and son
George. The evening was passed very
pleasantly with instrumental and vocal
music. after which a choice treat was
served. Ice cream, cake, candy and eli
CARS With regret the hour arrived to
take leave and, wishing our popular post
master and family success and many
happy New Years, left for their homes
feeling all the better for being there and
wishing New Years came oftener.
The thermometer, quarter of 8 A. NJ.
Sunday, registered Is below zero. The
coolest yet.
Rachel d. Achorn and Jerusha E.
Jones spent Wednesday with Mrs. Jose
phine DeCoster.
a hurry call came, Wednesday noon,
by telephone. that Amos Sukeforth's
house in the eastern part of the town
was burning. A good number respond
ed TO the call and by hard fighting only
There is where the telephone helped.
EAST-A. f. Johnston, who has
been in Massachusetts ON a business
trip, returned home, Saturday
w. O. Luce is confined to the house
with bad case of erysipelas.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Millay OF Liberty
We're visitors at c. F. Overlock's, last
Tuesday.
Miss Blanche Robbins of Burl1ett-
Vile is spending a few days with her
aunt, Mrs Ernest Light, while Mr.
Light is in Rockland attending court.
Myle Simmons and Mabel ThuIyston
OF Burkettville were Sunday callers
at Chas. Overlocks.
Ernest Light recently purchased a
new sleigh of parties in Rockland.
The Misses Josephine Overlook,
Harriet Johnston and Edith Knutson,
returned to Castine last week, where
they will attend the State Normal
School.
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THE PACK Frs.
Continued fl n Page One.)

and margin figures alleged to have been
written by j. Ogden Armour, Thomas j.
Corners and Arthur Meekef was met
with a volley of objections, nearly all of
which were sustained
District Attorney Wilkerson persisted
and finally the witness was permitted to
explain the meaning of technical terms
used by the packers.
He said the word margin, as used,
signifed the average price to be charged.
Many letters were introduced to show
the close relationship existing in the
alleged packers combination. but Judge
Carpenter would not permit the witness
to say what he thought the letters meant.
one of the letters related to shipment
10 Katsllill. N. y. and bore a notation IN
pencil reading:
rs this not neutral territory This no.
tation, the witness said. was in the hand
writing of Thomas J. Corners.
Pratt said his understanding of .neu-
tral' territory was territory in which
two or more packers shipped TO the same
point.
You cannot prove by this witness
what any of these defendants meant by
the use of certain words, because this
witness may place an entirely different
construction than that intended by the
writer" said Judge Carpenter.
At this point court adjourned until to-
morrow morning
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SPORTING NOTES.

Max Lutbeg of Cincinnati was
awarded the referees decision after
he lad wrestled one hour with al
Wasem of st. Louis, for the light
weight title. Lutbeg had Wasem on
the defensive for all but 10 minutes OF
the match.
Pitcher Burns of the Philadelphia
National baseball team will be sent
to the Minneapolis team of the Amer
lean Association, as the result OF
talk held at Philadelphia, Sunday, be-
tween President Fogel and Manager
Doom of the local club. Doom and
Fogel mel for the first time, Sunday,
since their disagreement and outlln-
ed their plans for the coming season.
Thirty-five men will be taken on the
spring training trip, which will start
for West Baden, Feb. a. Five days
will be passed at that resort, after
which the team will be taken to Hot
Springs, where practically the whole
of the month of March will be passed.
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York Jan. S.-A bear raid of rath-
er small proportions with Union Pacing
as the especial object of attack depressed
stocks for q time after trading began, to-
day. Transactions We're on fairly large
scale and Union Pacific was forced down
nearly two points. Reading. Lehigh Val.
lev. United States Steel and a number OF
other stocks lost point or more After
an hour of activity and falling prices, the
market became steady and trading dimln-
ished. During the remainder OF the uaS
prices hardened slowly. and in some cases
the recovery reached a point
The slow dragging movement and lacN
of speculative interest We're diSappolht-
ing to the raiders, who hoped for a re,
covery from last weeks dizziness ana
seemed to make more remote the pros
poets of an active speculative market;
The Street is now experiencing a mia
reaction from the recent outburst OF OPP
timism Expectation of a decided change
for the better in the near future We're
based on indications of a material lnl-
provement i'll general business condltloh9.
Predictions of improvements in bust
ness We're based largely upon the increase
in orders for iron and steel, but the opin-
ion is now being expressed that the vol
ume of orders this month will not cN-
pand as greatly as was looked for in
December. \ disappointing feature Is
the apparent inclination of the railroads
to reduce or hold back orders for ralIs
and other materials.
The continued lack of demand for mon
cV for business uses caused a decline III
rates and increa sing competition for the
some instances prime paper was placed
as low as 3t2 per cent. institutions
which usually employ large amounts IN
this way were forced to turn To other III
vestments. with the result that there was
keener demand for some high grade
bonds. The steady selling of Union Pa
ciic made il the feature of the day III
the stock market. This stock has been
under pressure for 50 long that consider
able significance is attached to its move
ment: although the source of the selling
remains a matter of conjecture. Brisk
trading in the local traction securities
continued. The copper shares were
strong for Il time on an advance in the
price of the metal In the late dealings
the electric shares were prominent and
both Westinghouse and General Electric
gained more than two points. Central
ather issues continued To decline.
The bond market WAS irregular with
transactions on a large scale In the re-
cent favorite speculative issues.
Total sales, par value. So, 1919 coo. United
States bonds We're unchanged on call,
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SAGADAHOC.
RICHMOND.

Miss Marie Jack of Bowdoinham is
the guest of Mrs. X. w. Small, Front
street.
Noble Maxwell left. Sunday. for a
short business trip to Boston.
Mrs A. l.. Tallman of Boston and
Mrs Cinnie Willis of Manchester, n.
H. are visiting their sister, Mrs. W.
B. Smith.
Mrs Samuel Vannah and son
Charles, who have been the guest Of
Mrs. Noble Maxwell for a few days
have returned to their home in Somef-
vile. Mass.
Friends in town of MRS. Chas. w.
Dearborn of Portland We're grieved to
hear of her death which occurred. Fri
day night. of heart trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Michigan and
Mrs. Cornelius Deehan arrived home,
Saturday, from an extended stay in
Boston.
Mrs Noble Maxwell and Mrs. a. T.
Murphy were visitors in Portland,
Friday.
Mt. Carmel Chapter, No 81, O. E. s.
will hold it's installation of officers,
next Thursday evening. The worthy
IldlIOlit MIS-. bOTd l.. IHuIIpN5 VIII
install the officers.
Prof. Wilmot b. Mitchell of Bow
dom College delivered a most inter
esting sermon at the Congregational
church. Sunday morning.
Daniel Ridley returned to his duties
at Passadumkeag. Monday, after pass
ing the week end at his home in town.
j. w. Haynes of Waterville visited
at his home in town, Sunday.
Mrs. X. w. Small. who has been
quite i'll for the past three weeks. is
slowly improving.
Walter Pinkham, who has been in
New York for several months. return
ed to town, Saturday.
Mrs. II. X. West is visiting at her
old home in Bangor for a few weeks.
The |. o. O. F. will confer the Third
degree on several candidates at their
lodge room, Wednesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Wakefield and
daughter Florence have returned from
a short visit with Mrs. Wakeffeld's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Jewell.
Clinton.
c. A. Potter, who has been passing
a few weeks with his family in town,
returned, Saturday, to his work in
Providence, r. l.
The retiring noble grand, Mrs Net
tie Gmberhind, entertained the mem
bers of Beulah Rebekah Lodge, No.
- the lodge room, Friday eve
ming. A fine banquet was served and
a most enjoyable evenings entertain
ment furnished.
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Colby Re-opens After a
TWenty-days Vacation.
Strong Talk Of Re-arTangIng
The Vacation Periods.
Work on Bowdoin's New Gym..The
Massachusetts Club Meets.

Waterville, Ne, Jan. S.-(SpeeiaD.
College opened, Tuesday morning,
after a Christmas vacation of 20 days.
The students are all back and ready
to start the new year under the most
promising circumstances. The I'M
usually long vacation has afforded the
students ample time for recuperation,
which is all well and good from the
work of the fall. and also the vacation
has been found to be at least week
longer than it needs to be.
The reason for the strong objection
Of practically the entire student body.
especially among the men of the col
lege, is not an aversion To vacations.
but an aversion to a vacation at the
dullest time of the year. II the week
at the beginning of January could be
in June. after Commencement. the
men students, OF whom a very large
percentage have to work their way
through college. could return TO their
homes and to work one week sooner
than during former years. BY this
change men could not only work an
hut also the opportunity of securing
the more remunerative positions which
are available to college men.
There are yet other advantages TO
be gained if this change is made. The
students who wish 10 attend the
Mortified Y. NJ. c. A. and the Silver
Bay Y. w. c. 4. conferences will be
able to do so without any conflict with
the Commencement activities. The
weeks studying done at the first of
the year as all will admit, will pro-
duce more beneficial results than
weeks studying done in the uneem
Portable warm weather of June. The
students have every reason TO believe
that the trustees of the college will
take definite steps in regard to re-
arranging the vacations before an
other year has passed. In fact a
change must be made if the college is
to continue in its prosperous way,
to keep in to line with other colleges.
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BOXING BOUTS THIS WEEK.

Tuesday-Amateur bouts at the
Quincy Athletic Association at Quin-
cy: Nat Dewey VS.. Harry Wallace at
Chattanooga, Tenn; frankie White
VS.. BENNY McGovern at st. Louis;
Clarence Ferns VS.. Billy Grupp at st.
Louis; X. o. Brennan VS.. Young
Nitchie at Buffalo; Young Dyson vs..
Battling Mantell at New York; Harry
Forbes KS. Young Togo at Fort Worth,
Ariz.
Wednesday-Jack Conley VS.. kid
Flemming at Augusta: Bob Moha VS..
Jack Dillon at Pittsburg; Eddie
O'Keefe VS. Young O'Leary at New
York: Albert belmont VS.. YOUNG
Pierce at American A. c.; Harry
Tracey VS. Harry Thomas at New
York.
Thursday-Young McDonough vs..
George Alger. Jeff Doherty VS.. Honey
Melody and Tommy Rawson vs. Pad
dy Callahan at the Lake Shore \. c.
at Worcester: Terry Martin vs.. Joe
Nelson at Lawrence; Packey McFar-
land VS.. Kid Alberts at Toronto;
Johnny Coulcn VS.. George Kitson at
South Bend, Ind; Matt Baldwin vs.
Pal Moore at New York; P. o. Curran
VS.. Fred Storebeck at Plymouth, Eng
land; California frankie Burns vs..
Tommy Gary at Oakland, Cal
Friday-George Perry VS.. Charley
Haighey at Lowell; Leach Cross VS..
Bert Keyes at New York; Paddy Lay
in VS.. Hugh Ross at Buffalo; Bobby
Loughrey VS.. Young Wagner at New
York.
Saturday--Willie Richie VS.. un-
known at Toronto; Jim Kenrick VS.. c.
St. Clair at Cleveland.