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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
HOW TO BUILD A GREEN.
HOUSE.

AVOoGs
! am contemplating building =
small greenhouse to start tomato
and other seed and sweet potato
plants" writes a friend. "How IS
the most practical way to build
If you want a really serviceablc
house, it would be better to have
it built by one of the firms making
a business of building such struc-
lures. You can build a small
hotse with the ordinary hotbed
sashes that are 3x6 feet in size.
Make the side walls on posts set in
the ground four feet apart and
four feet high to the plate. Sheath
and cover with paper and weather
boarding. These walls will be ten
feet apart. Then you a span this
width with the sashes to a ridge
pole, making each alternate pair Of
sashes act as rafters fast at top
and bottom on the plate, and the
others hinged at the bottom so that
they car be opened at the top fc,
airing the house. You can make
the house just.as long as wanted.
The heating apparatus is the most
costly part. / use hot water, and
perhaps my little miniature green
house would be nearly what you
need, for it takes little space to
start tomato seed but a good many.
sashes or cloth-covered frames
outside for transplahting and hard
ering off. For sweet potatoes you
do not need a greenhouse but SIM
ply a frame with glass sashes.
My little house IS attached to the
rear end of my Office, and l a
walk into it in two steps from my
desk where l write this. 1t is made
with one slope Of sashes from the
Office wall and is six feet wide and
ten feet long, giving me a bench
four feet wide and ten feet long,
and a two-foot passage. Under
this. bench there is hanging to the
wall a coil of I IA inch pipe, eight
pipes, each eight feet long. In the
cellar under the Office is a little
boiler. The floor pipe rms up
through the Office floor to An ex-
pansion tank in the corner of the
Office and from there to the coil in
the greenhouse, and the lower end
OF the coil returns to the boiler.
The boiler is not larger than a
small cast-iron stove. but it heats
the Office and greenhouse both in
moderate weather. but in very cold
weather l put some FIRE IN my fire.
place in the office. With half q
peck of coal in the boiler I can
heat the pipes all around in fifteen
minutes from starting the FIRE. II
! fcOntsnued on Page Seven.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

and fan the peas clean. Where
many peas are grown, it will pay
some one to owss a pea harvester
and power, and travel the section
and thresh for all.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

as readily available as acid phos-
phate. But on land Astounding m
decaying organic matter or hun'ris
as We call it, they viii come into
use far more quickly than on poor
land, as the organic acids viii act
White orpington Cock, Owned BY
Eugene Spaeie., Birmingham, Ala.
upon them. The pulverized rock is
valuable for mixing in stable man
ure, and will increase the efficiency
of the manure greatly. With the
basic Stag at SIS a ton and freight
to be paid 80 miles, Under the
same conditions in the soil | would
use the pdlserized rock phosphate.
It's phosphoric acid is in an un-
available state and on thin soil,
deficient in humus, it will be a
good while before it will have
much effect. The basic Stag car
ries a small amount of free lime
and will to some extent tend to
sweeten an acid soil. But if you
want a quick result on poor land,
use the dissolved rock or acid
phosphate.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

A man who signs no name to has
letter says that he has a billy farm
that. washes badly, and has wet
places even on top Of the hills, and
wants to know how to tend it.
Land of that character needs I'M
der-drainage and deep subsoiling.
It washes because he has been
blowing probably with N horse
and leaving the clay hard right
under the shallow burrows, and the
water has to go down Hill. If he
plowed deep and ran a subsoiler
still deeper, so that there would be
a bed Of loose soil 10 inches deep,
it would take a cloud-burst to start
it down hill, for the soil would alb
serb an ordinary rain. But he
must drain the wet spots, and if he
has surface rocks he can use these
in making under-drains, as I have
heretofore described. Get the wa
ter down and the plow down and
there will be less washing.
"Will Kentucky bluegrass and
timothy grow we'll around Suffolk,
Va?" On improved soil there I
have no doubt that bluegrass will
thrive. 1t grows wonderfully well
where / live, but little north of
you, and on improved sandy soil.
/ can see from where | am writing
a bluegrass sod Oh a sandy ridge
that is as fine as any that ever grew
in Kentucky. This is on land that
was formerly used for trucking
and has been let lie out for sale of
lots for years, and we find here
that wherever a piece of Our sandy
soil has been improved it will nat
arally sod over with bluegrass if
let lie out. Near by me is an open
lot that was covered with broom
sedge four years ago, and now the
bluegrass has run out the broom
sedge. But the bluegrass is not
the best for hay, though it makes
/ good hay, but not a heavy crop.
|: Timothy sown with your hand on
: good land in the fall will give you
q crop of hay the following spring.
. but in all probability that will be
a the last of it, as it is a shallow
roofing grass, and your summer
would probably finish it. If you
!. want grass for hay, probably the
b best you can use will be a mixture
{ OF orchard grass, tall meadow fes-
I che and tall meadow oats grass
sowing about 20 pounds of the
mixture an acre. Then after SOW.
ing the grass scatter five pound:
an acre of alsike clover, which viii
suit your moist soil. You canno1
SOW it we'll mixed with the lighter
grass seed.
'e l can get the %pulverized phos
p palate rock delivered at my station
{. for $3.50 per ton in sacks. Hoy
d does this compare with basic sla.
meal. the rock having 70 per cen
{Cf hocoAnr a~:d o,,d 81. ~:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
Prof. Mdssey's Views


FROM THE FROG
WHAT PROFESSOR Massey
SAYS.
Will it do TO sow crimson Glow
er with oats in spring." No: the
clover would bloom when a few
inches high, as soon as the warm
weather comes, and would amount
to very little. Late August or
September is the time to SOW GRIM
son clover.
will it pay to buy ground ime-
stone at 81 per ton, instead of lime,
and will it swecten the soil?" Ger
tainly it will pay, and it will sweet
en- the soil, but you should Use it
heavier than burnt lime-not less
than a ton an acre, and more will
do no harm.
VIVA are the FIVE best winter
apples to plant in Piedmont North
Carolina?" York Imperial, Stay
man, Winesap, Crimes Golden,
Royal Limbertwig will make FIVE
as good as any. The Stayman is
said to be a seeding Of the Old
Winesap, but it is larger and better
quality. In fact, / do not know a
better apple, and l am eating them
daily with a great deal of pleasure.
after blowing a clover sod this
winter" asks a reader who fails to
sign his name, Should it be har-
rowed some time in February"
No, l would not harrow it in the
winter, but let it lie rough till just
before planting time for the frost
to mellow it. :Subsoiling wifi not
be necessary unless the land is
steep. In that case a subsoiling
will give a deeper bed of loose soil
TO absorb the rains. Had you given
your name l would have given you
an answer by mail. Always sign
-FOUR name to a letter.
l have a piece of iand already
plowed," writes a friend, Il wish
to SOW to grass in the spring. ]
wish to manure this land at once
and use lime in the spring just be,
fore seeding. Or would it be bet
ter not to put the manure on whe,
lime IS to be used?" I think tina
the best plan will be to apply tn,
lime at once and harrow it in light
y, Is Il will then sink through tn,
whole soil and be s~weetening tn
land for the spring. Then you ca,
apply the manure without an.
damage, IS the soil will absorb an,
ammonia that may be carbonatet
Lime should not be mixed wit
manure, but land that has had lin
applied can be manfred withou
rick.
A farmer says: II have a nic
lot OF pea hay, with plenty Of rip
peas. There are no Roger pc
A>>-A~--
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

A friend asks for information in
regard to planting sweet potatoes
for the Northern markets. II YOU
want to ship the potatoes North.
you mist grow the kinds they
want. Our Southern yams are not
wanted there, for the Northern
people have not yet learned how
to cook sweet potatoes, and they
want a dry potato that they can
boil, and our yams will not stand
that sort of cooking. The best
variety for the Northern market
is the Big Stem Jersey. You can
start the plants in a slight hotbed
covered with cloth, in late March
Plow land rather shallow f.,
sweet potatoes, as We do not w,,,
them to grow long and crooked
but chunky. Use in the farrow 22r
pounds of acid phosphate. 2s
pounds OF nitrate of soda, 15o
pounds OF c~ettonseed meal. and ,oc
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

A farmer says: RI hare a nice
lot OF pea hay, with plenty Of ripe
peas. There are no Roger pea
threshers to this neighborhood.
Could I adapt a wheat thresher to
clean out the seed7" The trouble
with the wheat thresher win be
that the tough vines will wrap
around the cylinder and choke It.
Then it will break most Of the seed
and spoil them for sowing. The
Roger machine cuts the hay before
threshing and thus stops the chok-
ing. Without a thresher, the best
way will Be to fail Ont the pea:
on a barn floor, rake off the ha,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

DO you recommend bedding
corn and planting in the water-fur-
a reader asks. IF not,
what method do you advise? Is it
best to use fertilizer at time of
planting? Some contend that this
makes too much stalk" AS I have
said to others, l would bed low
land that needs drainage and plant
on the beds. On upland / would
prepare the land we'll and plant on
the level and then cultivate as lev
Ell as possible. You should always
have a crop of crimson clover or
grass to turn under for corn and
then you would, i'll your section Of
Mississippi, need only a good APP
plication of acid phosphate. I have
never found that it pays to use a
complete commercial fertilizer on
corn. That is the place where the
homemade manure should go on
a clover sod. You cannot make
cheap corn with commercial fer
tilizer. Note what Mr.. Clarendon
Davis does in Alabama. He makes
corn at a cost of II cents a bushel.
but he could not do it with com
mercial fertilizers. l have been on
Mr.. Davis's farm and know what
he has accomplished. It is not that
the fertilizer will make too much
stalk, tor you cannot have corn
without a good growth of stalks,
but that it costs too much to de-
pend on a complete fertilizer to
make corn.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

I can get the ~pulverized phos-
phate rock delivered at my station
for $3.50 per ton in sacks. How
does this compare with basic Stag
meal, the rock having z8 per cent
of phosphoric acid and the basic
Stag, II to lo per cent?" Much
depends on the condition of the
land on which you intend to use
either. Neither of these articles is
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
Ants Eat Through Lead Cables.

White ants are causing much trou- ble in South Australia in telephone cables and also in the underground electric light lines. On the lead sheathed telephone cables crosses be- tween the circuits began to occur. Upon withdrawing some of this cable from the ducts it was found that the ants had eaten through the lead in many places. On the Sidney system of electric lighting the ants ate through the bitumen compound and then through the lead and high ten sion insulation next to the wire. To stop the rayages which will incur an enormous expense if not checked, arsenious oxide mixed with bitumen, a sort of pitch, is being applied to the cables Carbon bisulphide is also be- ing tried with the idea that the odor will drive the ants away.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
Local Doings

Good eight room residence for rent. Apply to Woods Arnold. Marcus Henry of Elgin is spend ing a few days in town with his sister, Mrs. Birdie Holloway.
 Mir. and Mrs. w. D. Hinson re- turned yesterday from a pleasant visit with relatives at Ash Flat.
 Dr. H. w. Vaughan is reported critically i'll at the home of his daughter, Mrs. c. w. Meriwether, near Dota.
 Former Sheriff A. L. Dunlap of Desha this week delighted the business end of The Journal office with check for $2 to apply on subscription.
 Rev. o. L. Hays, and J.H. Woods, of Calico Rock, who conducted a series of meetings at the Christian church here last week, left Sun day for their home.
 Miss Rilla Johnson who is at tending Arkansas College, has re- turned to Batesville to resume her studies, after having spent a few days here very pleasantly with friends.
 Newark seems to be becoming quite a good market for butter. After supplying the local demands for country butter, Holderby < Sisk shipped 75 pounds Wednesday evening. Shipment was made to firm in Newport.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
COMMISSIONERS SALE

Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned, as Commissioner in Chan cery pursuant to decree of the Inde- pendence Chancery Court at its Dec cember Term, on the 9th day of De cember, 1912, day of said term and of record in the records of the pro- ceedings of said court in Record Book
 'K' at page 429 in suit therein pending between Drainage District No. }, ct al, Independence County, Arkansas, plaintiffs and J. W. Stone, ct al, as defendants, wherein the fol- lowing real estate, located in said drainage district became delinquent for the non-payment of taxes or as- sessment, and that I, as such commis- sioner, will offer for sale to the high est and best bidder for cash ih hand on
 SATURDAY, JANUARY IS, 1913 between the hours for judicial sales, at the Main street door of the Court House in the City of Batesville, Ar kansas, the following described lands lying and being situate in the County of Independence, State of Arkansas:
 s. W. qtr of s. W. qtr, Sec. 1, for the sum of S20 %; N. w. qtr of N. w. qtr, Sec. F, for the sum of $20 %; part N. E. qtr of N. E qtr, Sec. Il, r acres, for the sum of Sl5.00, supposed to be- long to J. W. Stone; N. k. qtr of S. w, qtr, Sec 2, for the sum of 5000, supposed to belong to R. R. Ration; part s. ". qtr of N. W qtr, Sec. II, for the sum of s7.50, supposed to be- long to Mrs. Jessie Holderby; N. E. qtr of N. w. qtr, Sec. II, for the sum of s12.50 supposed to belong to the McKahan estate; part N. E. qtr of N. W qtr, Sec. 10. for the sum of S2.50, supposed to belong to R. c. Conn, located in said district, Independence county, Arkansas.
 The above lands were duly certified by the Collector of said county to the Commissioners of said Drainage Dis trict No. 3, as for the non-payment of said taxes or assessments and that the said respective amounts are a charge and lien against said real estate for the non-payment of said taxes respec- lively together with all costs in said action.
 Given this 18th day of December, 1912. JAS. T. EVANS,
 Commissioner in Chancery. s. A. Moore, Attorney.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
Just Occurred to Him.

'It never struck me before," said MT. Wimpleton, "but Dr. Temple stopped me this morning to tell me what a big, handsome. manipulating fellow our son had grown to be"
 q don't see how you could help no tieing it. his wife replied T have been aware of it all the time; but guess a mother is more likely to look for such things than q father is."
 "Oh, I've realized that Will wfe handsome and manipulating, all right. You never have been any more proud of him than I have been.'
 But you just said 1t never had struck you before.'
 T mean 1t never struck me before how much he resembles me-
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
GOOD PROPERTY FOR SALE

67 acre farm, 30 acres in culti- vation, good improvements, } miles northeast of Newark on Dota creek. Price $2100, easy terms.
 Good 5 room house, two acres of land and good barn in north west Newark. Price and terms reasonable.
 140 acre farm in Oil Trough bottom, 70 acres in cultivation, two houses and barns. Price $4,- GOO, terms reasonable. WHITE RIVER LAND & INVEST. Go
 Newark, Arkansas.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
MUSIC MAKES COUN-
 TRY LIFE HAPRIER

While we are thinking about bigger barns for the cattle and better fences for the pasture why not think a little about something to make the lonely life of the farm more happy says the Arkansas Homestead. What is more ap- propriate for the home than a good piano or organ? Some of the large dealers are offering first class instruments on exceptionally easy terms, the Adler Manufactur- ing Company, 3437 Chestnut St. Louisville, Ky, offers to give a 30- days free trial of their pianos and organs. If the farmers family IS to have these things the manufac- turers will have to make the right kind of price and the right kind of terms. This the Louisville Com pany has done. It don't cost any thing to get one of Adlers hand some catalogs. Write to the above address. Adv
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
COMMISSIONERS SALE

Notice is hereby given that the un- dersigned, as Commissioner in Chan cery, pursuant to decree of the h. dependence Chancery Court at it's December term, 1912, and of record in the record of the proceedings of said court, in Record Book stK'' at page APT, in an action therein pending wherein A. B. Pelly, administrator as plaintiff and John H. Franks, de- fendant, l will, on
 SATURDAY, JANUARY II, 1915 between the hours for judicial sales at the Main street door at the cour house in the City of BatesYille, Ark. offer for sale to the highest bidder on credit of three months, the fol lowing described lands, lying ane being situate in the County of Inde pendence and State of Arkansas o-wit:
 The south half of the southeas quarter, and thenorthwest quarter c the southeast quarter, and the north east quarter of the southwest quarter section eight (8) township eleven l1l north range five t5) west.
 The purchaser of said lands will b required to execute note bearin ten per cent interest from date unti paid with approved security, and
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethern of Bayou Dota Lodge, No. 126, F. X A. NJ.
 We, your committe appointed to draft resolutions of respect of our deceased brother, James Long beg leave to submit the following:
 Brother Long was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason April 1, 1902, and was worthy member of this honorable order until his death November 20, 1912, at Weleetka, Oklahoma.
 Therefore, Be it resolved, That Bayou Dota Lodge has lost worthy member, his fam ly kind and aiTec- tionate father and husband. Brother Long was a native of Arkansas, hay. ing resided in Oklahoma only a few years. All who knew him loved him and regarded' him as true friend and brother.
 Resolved second, That a copy oi these resolutions be spread on oui minutes, copy be sent to the bereav. ed family, and copy sent to The Newark Journal for publication.
 Respectfully Submitted,
 E. L. JERNIGAN,
 J. c. MoGHL, COMMITTEE
 M. l.. DANRoN.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
NEW PASTOR OF
 METHODIST CHURCH
Brief Sketch of One of Most Hon. Ored Members of White
 River Conference

In point of service, Rev. NJ. B. Umsted, the new pastor of the Methodist church at this place, is one of the oldest ministers in the White River Conference. This does not indicate by any means that he IS an old man, for he en- tered the ministry in the flower
 of young manhood, and although he has seen nearly 40 years of active service in the Masters cause, he is yet one of the most
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that 1 will attend in person or by deputy, in the different townships throughout the county for the purpose of collecting the State, County and Special Taxes for the year 1912, on the days and dates specified below. Each taxpayer is reqested to bring his last years tax receipt. I would suggeset that as many as can do so, meet me the day I am in their township and thereby avoid the rush which always comes later: Greenbrier, at Jamestown, Friday, Januay 10.
 Greenbrier, at Desha, Saturday, January Il.
 Oil Trough, at Elmo, Monday and Tuesday, January 13 and 14.
 Christian, at Oil Trough Store, Wednesday and Thursday, January 15 and Is.
 Rosie, at Rosie, Friday, January 1T.
 salado, at salado, Saturday, Jan- uary, IS.
 Black River, at Cord, Monday, January 20.
 Black River, at Williams school House, Tuesday, January 21.
 Dota, at Walnut Grove School House, Wednesday, January ?.
 Dota, at Charlotte, Thursday Jan uary 23.
 Logan, at Logan School House, Fri day, January 24.
 Wycough, at Antioch Church, Satur- day, January p.
 Gainsboro, at Ham School House, Monday, January ?.
 Barren, at Grays School House, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 2S and 29.
 Ashley, at Brewers School House, Thursday, January 90.
 Jefferson, at Montgomery's Store, Friday, January 31,
 Cushman, at Cushman, Monday and Tuesday, February and f.
 Union, at Salt Peter, Wednesday, February 5.
 Washington, at Bethesda, Thursday and Friday, February and !.
 Big Bottom, at Newark, Monday and Tuesday, February 10 and Il.
 Magness, at Magness, Wednesday and Thursday, February F and B.
 White River, at Sulphur Rock, Fri and Saturday, February II and b.
 Craig, at Rutherford, Monday, Feb ruary IT.
 Ruddell, at Batesville, Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday, February IS, 19 and 20.
 And after that time in my office il the Court House until the 10th day oi April 1913 taxes can be paid without penalty, and after the said 10th day o April, 1913, the law requires a penalt, of p per cent to be imposed for non payment. BURT ARNOLD
 Collector of Taxes for Independenc, County. l reserve the right to leave at noor on the second day where we collec more than one day at one place.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10

active, energetic and successful ministers in the entire conference.
 He was admitted to the confer ence November 12, 1873, and serv- ed various missions and circuits up to 1877, when he was stationed at La Crosse. From there he was appointed to Forrest City station, and from there he was appointed presiding elder of the Helena Dis trict, which he served four years, after which he served as pastor at Newport for four years. From there he went to Argenta, then to Paragould and was later presid- ing elder of Paragould District. He was then returned to the pas torate of Newport station, and was later financial agent for the Methodist Orphans Home at Lit tie Rock.
 He is a man of wide and varied experience in the ministry, and in addition to having successfully cared for the spiritual interests of the many flocks entrusted to bis care, it may be added that num- Der of the best church buildings in this section of the state stand as stately and enduring monuments to his zeal and earnestness in car ing for the temporal needs of the church he so ably represents.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10

Adams Bros. have shoes for ev- cry member of the family. Ask your neighbor aboutthem. (Adv)
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10

If you want what you want when you want 1t, advertise in The Journal.
The Newark journal., 1913-01-10
TRIP TO TEXAS

Editor Journal: After planning a Texas visit several times, and being disappointed, concluded l would go before 1 "got ready 7 So after attending the Methodist conference and listening to the fine sermon delivered by Bishop Candler at Newport, l left for Ft. Worth. I had pleasant time with my son. He is quite an old Texan, having lived there 14years. Then 1 left for Houston to see my sisters. Then to Galveston, cross ing the Galveston bay and viewing the wonderful sea wall. Visited my brother living near San An tonic and spent every minute of my time pleasantly with him and family.
 This is not the first visit to the Lone Star State." My father moved here from Tennessee when l was a child, and then moved back in 1878 with my family. Finally wandered off and settling in dear old Arkansas. Will leave Houston for Mississippi going by the way of Shreveport, La.
 MRS. A. A. CONVICTION. Houston, Texas.