The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19

-. fnSustri..l Editor from "A child OF
nature. and lover of he beatuitui. IL
Is fun OF good hints and suggestions
and I am going 70 give ~ PoOl'ol.S
- as find il. This child Of nature
vrites. May 1 have the use OF your
columns 10 put before The readers OF
,-o,jr estifnabie pa per a plea---an ~ GEM
,,lea on 3 vital question: ,
ON January 4th the Mclean pl''
providing for proper Federal pIote.,
tion for migratory Diras ~SS t.set 80 -
6rst hearing IN the United states sen
80 This bin looks 20 the anordlnS OF
r,oSeval protection 10 birds which the
laws OF the various States have faiied
10 anord. -.
Living under the protection that
would thus be afforded as surely anu
= steadily as the birds increase IN
numbers the forces OF the damaging
,rso,f nests will decrease. The BIRDS.
= We all know, make 10 Their chlei
business of life to destroy these III
scots and worms. Take away the pros
fas the hunters are doing now by the
yrholesale4 and the cotton boil weeVlls.
10 coddlipg moth the apple pest the
,.,t,-urorn,s the wire worms, the army
worms. the grsssbopDers. the eai-hop-
rsrs the Hesslan fly, and other Destroy
inx bugs grubS and saugs rise by the
millions and more II he sequel OF TINS
y moor Yields from cereal, cotton. iruit
high cost of living follows. We Walk
tbToueh woods. that only few years
aro we're Glled with the melodies OF
bird music and flashes OF brilliant
r,lur1ace. and now End them silent
To-day NE miss the birds but so soon
afterwards that il seems as only to-
,oorrow We shall miss the trees them
selvss for the man with the gun has
Used tins way. and there are no birds
10 check the devouFing WOOD -Dofeis
and beetles.
Hint From Down South.
take the following interesting item
from a trade journal. TO use II somewhat
az !aTb o. Cbam6er of Commerce of
Albany Ga Eugene r. Adams, score
ssinncts. the Albany District Pecan
Exchange. 10 develop fully the poten-
tiaiities Of that region for pecan groSo
irE In that district more than o'US
5,ecans within the past ifeTiears
There II much Ola HIM IN the aDcNe-
Virginia lands especially those IN the
Sout Inside region of the good old State
an grow pccans just as good. ana may
he = little better than n LANDS OF s0uth
Georxia and Texas. But II takes time
ard a good deal OF patience TO preclude
results IN peach growing. as in every
thing else. as for that matter ne
Virginia boards Of trade do not seem 70
be very much interested in pecans All
the same 1t Is subject wen worm Ihelf
attention.
Hog and Hominy Again.
An old Old doct rine that I have been
preaching for something more than
quarter OF q century keeps on DODDihg
up and II Is Just az az go9d tine aIc. eveT
rirccahrd il or ever heard OF II, and L
heard of II long before had the chance
to preach 1t. Here II Il IA a nutsneil
ar find IL reproduced in the Wisdom
column of some paper or other A
very important feature of modern farm
ihs a. TO guard against eT-proc oCtloh
and ruinous prices for any one crop
Our farmers are learning that dlversi-
hcstion OF crops brings them more
prosperity than can he depended on
When eli their eggs are in one basket. ."
That Il nothing more than another
way OF proclaiming the hog and
''-'' The Alfalfa Club.
hear that there has been formed
over IN Petersburg or somewhere
tneres bouts. an alfalfa club and that
the same has been capitaiiLeo near
furthermore that L CuthDert is at
The head OF this club. l am not very
much Interested IN the amount al Whicn
The same has been capitalized. although
] hear 500 coo j. involved ] am more
concerned about the folks who did the
capitaiIzing CuthDert Is man VINO
knows all about alfalfa ana ali aoout
any other thing that grows OUT OF
Virginia soil ] know that he IS more
interested IN what the SOIL VIII Drlng
than in any other subject. Two years
ago Cuth bert told me he thought the
good lands IN SOuthside Virginia were
The best IN the world 10 make all kinds
OF grass. especially alfalfa. and ] am
not atslI surprised that ne has backed
ms Judgment by putting up ms hard
earned money 10 make an aifaifa cruz
bert has puf-hs money and MS energy
IN 1t j. sufficient evidence
Competition Is the Word.
Brother Farmers. as Commission
- koiner would say. don't you get the
ices into your heads that the parcels
post system was invented and put into
operation purely and simply for your
benefit ! happen 20 know that the
cty folks are looking for as great bene-
sfs from the parcels post system as you
are. They have sort Of an idea that the
system Is going 70 bring TO them eggs and
butter. and some other things hat come
by mail. a. less money than they have
been IN the habit Of paying for the
same mere IT town. If the farmer and
country egg merchant and the butter
maker. and the vegetable grower. and
all Of those other fellows out Of town
are going 70 charge the city consumer
al that he j. now paying the euf-of-
town fellow fixing his figures 10y market
reports ana adding the cost OF pn-fas
then the CITY fellow J. goins rfgnt bach.
20 the city market man. and -It. ..t.ure-
ere tba- the city markef naf ..I Gu
better for the occupant % thf .-.cut
mouse
Brother farmers don't get deceived -
don 700. yourselves The parcels post
affords you q chance TO compete with
ire middle man. 2 that's ali. j. YOU COIN
nete you VIII u yos don't you lose. And
YOU have rhigat lively man 70 butt
Gp ageirst. too.
Richmond can get some hats from.
so aiisr towns sor efiues. Prom tn
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