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The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-01

NOTICE-The Annual Farmers Union meeting will be held with Nor ris Local (Caney Church) on the 9th and 10 tn of July, 1914. Let each local be represented. We are expect ing our state president to be with us on the 9th.-J. P. Otwll, president; E. M Woosley, secretary.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-01
BECAUSE
WCKERS < COMPANY

Third Door South of PostofIice
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-01
Indigestion? Can't Eat? No Appetite?

A treatment of Electric Bitters in- creases your appetite; stops indiges- tion; you can eat everything. A real spring tonic for liver, kidney and sto- mach troubles. Cleanses your whole system and you feel fine. Electric Bitters did more for MT. T. D. Peeble's stomach troubles than any medicine he ever tried. Get a bot tie today. soc and $1.00 at your drug gist.
 Bhcklen's Arnica Salve for Eczema.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-01
Weather Report

Tuesday,
 Maximum ............ .loL
 Minimum ............. 69 Thunderstorms and cooler WedneS- day or at night Thursday unsettled. Logan's Malt and Milk Bread re- ceived daily-Douglas Brooks & Go.
 Advt. Miss Bess Berkshire, of Texarkana, is in the city spending a visit with friends. She is a guest of Miss Bess Vaughan.
 The weather man says thunder storms today. Here's hoping that it will "jar loose" more than a bucket full of water.
 Miss Sue Haltom left this morning for Fordyce where she goes to spend a couple of weeks as the guest of Miss Kathleen Jordan.
 Messrs Jno. A. Davis and Berry Hesterly returned this morning from Little Rock where they went yesterday morning. Mr. Hesterly purchased a "Jack Rabbit" runabout through MT. Davis who is agent for this car in Prescott and they returned here this morning from Little Rock in the new automobile.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-01

We carry a high grade line of Fresh Groceries and sell them at the low est price-Douglas Brooks (; Go.
 Advt
The Prescott daily news., 1914-07-01

Thunderstorms and cooler Wednes- day or at night. Thursday unsettled.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
ReclCaning Tobacco Seed.

In 1910 the botany division OF the
State Department of Agriculture be-
gan the cleaning of tobacco seed for
the farmers of the State. That yeo
we recleaned enough seed to plant
about 800 acres in tobacco. The work
has been gradually growing, however,
until during the winter and spring of
1914 we recleaned enough tobacco
seed to plant over $4,000 acres.
The season for this work is on again
and we want to advise the tobacco
growers of the State to take advan-
tage of this opportunity, at once, to
get their seed cleaned free Of charge
as the rush will be on a little later III
the season and some will have to be
returned unclaimed.
Let us lave the tobacco seed al
once, therefore, in order that we may
serve you to the best advantage. AID
dress the division of botany. State De
partment of Agriculture. Raleigh, \
&, and put name and address o
sender inside the package.
JAS. L. BURGESS.
AgronomiSt and Botanist.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
STARTING PARCEL POST
MARKET FOR EGs,S
Farmers Bulletin Telling How Can
Be Secured.

There are II our cities and tcwrS
many housewives who would he glad
TO make arrangements for receiving
a supply of fresh eggs direct from the
farm throughout the year, says the
weekly news letter of the United
Sta teS Department Of Agriculture.
Just at this time. when eggs are
scarce and the demand far exceeds
the supply of newly laid eggs. there is
a good opportunity for the farmer.
even though he has hut few eggs to
market. to make contract with some
city or town family 10 supply them
with eggs. The farmers supply at
the present time Will not be great
enough, possibly, to satisfy the de-
mand Of the city family. but if the
matter is explained II will be easy to
make arrangements TO market eggs b.
parcel post now and continue 10 do SO
throughout the year. In other words,
it will be much easier to make ar
engagements to ship eggs now, when
everybody wants them. than TO do 80
in the spring. When they are in album
dant supply and when the house-
wife can secure good. fresh eggs in
the market anywhere at a omina
price. A satisfied winter customer
| can be made a profitable all-year Gus
toner if proper price adjustments are
made when eggs again become plen-
| tiful. FarfnerS' Bulletin 59+, Ship
| ping Eggs by Parcel Post can be
obtained from the division Of publ-
cations, L. S. Department Of Agricul-
ture, Washington, ID. c.
Once having secured a parCel-post
market for eggs. it will be very easy
TO market many other things by the
same method, such as butter, poultry
fresh and cured meats, sausage fruits,
vegetables, honey. and so on.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
INCREASING CROP YIELDS.
.'CuItures' For Farmers W no Need
and Desire Them.

Weekly News Letter. L. 5. Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
When certain kinds Of living organ
iSrns which take nitrogen from the
air are properly worked into the soil,
crop Yields are often greatly in
creased. and land that is worn
is put in condition for bearing more
q ops. The office Of soil b~2cterologs
i Nestigations is an important brancn
Of the departments bureau OF plant
industry. and not only investigates the
bacteria beneficial to the soil, but pre-
parcs cultures Of certain kinds for dis
tribution to farmers, who may use
them to make their farming more
profitable. During the past year this
office distributed enough culture or
bacteria to treat about zoo, 900 acres
Of crops, such as alfalfa, vetch, Grim
son clover, red clover, cow peas and
soy beans.
Upon the recommendation of rep
resentatives of the department, espe-
cially county agents, the cultures
are distributed to farmers who need
and desire them. The departments
agents in their distribution are en-
d~eavoring to encourage the use OF le-
gume crops, such as alfalfa and COW
peas, in crop rotation systems SO as
to maintain the fertility of the land.
Distributions of "inoculating mate
rial have been made by the de-
partment since 1902, when the first
practical method was evolved for pre-
pairing pure cultures of bacterie fol
i~noculating legumes. These basteris
are called nitrogen fiXinfi,' because
they are able to absorb nitrogen ga:
from the air and fix it into solit
mpoun in the soil, where it is {
valuable plant food.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
Potato Hill Philosophy.

From E. w. Howe's Monthly.
Compliments are intended tor
young and beautiful but ED
eriy women take them.
A man possibly has a right to like
ragtime, but he should not boast
about 1t.
When the authority for a statement
is They say" it is pretty SAFE to bet
that they are lying again.
The good fellow" nearly always
has 8 leaning toward dissipation; I
1t isn't whiskey it is beefsteak or
chorus girls.
Some tomboys become excellent
women. but sissyboys rarely become
nice men.
/ have noticed that a man VIII
does not fool himself seldom cares
much about fooling others. But the
maj who claims to have seen a ghost
wants everybody else to believe in
ghosts.
War is the same thing. on a larger
scale, as a political campaign wherein
men quit their work and march ard
cheer at the behest OF selfish leaders.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
HOW LONG WILL WAR LAST?
Fatigue of the Machine May Hasten
Close of European Struggle.
:lentlhC American.

Scientific American.
This is very largely a machine
made war, and it would be a curious
and not altogether illogical denoue-
ment of the great struggle if its end
should be FASTENED through the ia
tigue of the machine rather than the
exhaustion of the a
This war is being fought with the
gun and the motor car: and so siren
uous and uninterrupted has been the
struggle tina these have been put to
a test of endurance the like of which
has never been witnessed in the his
tory of artillery or the briefer but
very history Of the gasoline
car.
The life of the gun, SO far as its
absolute destruction by bursting IS
concerned, is practically unlimited;
| but lot so it's accuracy life. Every
time a gun is fired some Of the lnte-
rior surface of its bore and delicate
rifling is wiped away, and a certain
| degree of it's accuracy Is lost. inns IS
true of the shoulder rifle, with its
bore so small that it would not much
more than admit a cad pencil, no less
than of the great s~iXteen-inch siege
gun Of the Tor
the i~nfantryman, the wearing out Of
the bore decreases rapidly with a ue-
crease in the size Of h bore. bro-
sion, as it is called by the artillery
men, is greatest in the large guns and
least in the $50 rifle. The big guns
which form the main batteries of our
Warships and are emplaced IN our
coast Notifications can fire from 10
to $50 rounds dependent upon the
pressure and heat in the powder
chamber) before they begin to lose
their accuracy. =,
The motor car is a highly developed
machine, which calls for careful up
keep to maintain it in full efficiency
In ordinary commercial service the
motor car and the automobile receive
as a rule, considerable care and
watchful maintenance. In the pres
ent war, however, the treatment OF
these vehicles must, in the nature OF
things, be absolutely brutal, and the
depreciation must be very rapid.
Where are the repair shops that can
keep pace with this depreciation, ana
how shall the necessarily enormous
Wastage of the war be made good
1t may we'll be that the fatigue OF
the machine rather than the WeaTl-
ness of the man will hasten the close
Of the present war.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

sential to have nothing but mated
birds in the loft, but they should be
from good hardy stock. Some breed
erS have been known to force their
stock to such an extent hat they have
lowered h vitality. Others are sur
rounded by conditions that it is ilnpos-
sible to produce good. vigorous birds.
While same select their larger squads
for market and keep the smaller birds,
which would sell for a much lower
figure as market squads. let them grow
and sell them later as breeders.
Great are should be taken in the
from lofts were there is no vermin.
1t is next to impossible to get lice OF
of the loft when the dock once gets
thoroughly infested, and the ntroduc
ton of one o. two dirty pigeons viii
very soon cause such a condition
Flocks will be found where there is
tendency toward roup, canker, ant
other diseases, and these must b,
avoided if success is to be secured
Owners of fiockS that ave been in
Tested are generally anxious to dis
pose of them. n dealers have bee
known to purchase these goods an
after a little doctoring, offer them 70
sale, being careful to say, They ar
mated birds and in the prime Of con
dition as far as age, weight, etc, ar
concerned" 1t is such experience
as these that cause many to have i
luck from the beginning; in act the
failed before they had really begun.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
NEW SYSTEM OF COTTON
CULTURE is \ WINNER.
Produces Increased Crops, Department
Circular Shows.

Photographs which show in detail
why the new system of cotton culture
recommended by the department pro-
duceS earlier and increased crops are
contained in a new circular entitled
Single Stalk Cotton Culture.' This
circular follows up the departments
farmers bulletin No. COL entitled "A
New System Of Cotton Culture" Both
OF these publications may be had for
the asking by interested cotton grow
ers. While farmers bulletin No. Sol
gives detailed explanation of the meth
Cd, h new publication contains pho
tographS Of plans in the field show
ing the development of the new sys-
tenn Of culture and the results secured
in actual practice, in California, Tex
as and Virginia. These demonstrate
the methods of procedure under the
| new system of culture and it's value to
the farmer, says the weekly news let
ter Of the United State Department
of Agriculture.
a concrete demonstration is given
Of how single-stalk plants may be
grown close together in the rows and
yet have less crOwding than with
Wldely-Spaced large plants and nu-
nervous ~Negetative branches. One il
lustratiOn shows Egyptian cotton
growing in California with the vege-
tative branches almost entirely sup
pressed. Here the lower f~ruiting
branches have developed and have
produced an early crop. These plants
are shown growing in Texas and Vir-
glnia. The photographs show the
complete suppression of the vegetative
branches by the new method of hin.
ming and the Single-Stalk plants stand
ing about eight inches apart, with
the result that the rate of Towering
shows an advantage of AZ per cent ir
favor of the Single-stalk rows over thu
open-spaced rows, while the average
yield of the single-stalk rows is 5;
per cent better.
The general result Of the new SyS
tenn is to secure an earlier production
of flowers and bolls. When the new
and old systems are compared b,
applying them to alternate rows Their
are striking differences of behavior
n advantage is greatest, of course
under extreme conditions where tn
season of production is shortened b
drought, early frost, or the ravage
of the boil weevil. The rate of flow
erlng Of rows of Single-Stalk plants
as shown by daily counts early in tn
season, has been found to average ia
above that of the intervening rows G
larger, many-stalked plants, the dill
f%erenceS sometimes amounting t
from 40 to 60 per cent. AT the en-
Of the season correSpondingly inCreas
ed yields are obtained from the single
stalk rows, in SomeS over so pc
cent.
The new circular is issued now s
that it may be in the hands of a
q cotton growers who may wish to rea
it during the winter and be ready
put the new system into practice ne,
r. spring. Write to the department fe
- t.. =. I. Circular 1880,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
Age of Pigeons is Important.
BY G.. Graham.

by u. bIdlldIl.
Pigeons are considered to be at their
prime when three years old, and there
are very few pairs that pay for their
feed after they are seven years old.
They depreciate in value with age.
Professional dealers in pigeons ave
been known to buy old pairs for from
sixty to seventy cents and then sell
them to the unSuspecting purchaser
Red Cock, Weight 1 Lib, ; Or.
as Z uaranteed mated birds at several
dollars a pair. For this reason a per
son should buy pigeons only from
some dealer with whom he is person
ally acquainted, or from some one
who is willing to guarantee not only as
to the birds being mated, but also as
TO age.
The females are, as a rule. more
delicate than the males in both old
"A nd young pigeons, and when buying
young birds the purchaser is quite
likely to find among them many more
males than females. Not onlv is it es.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

On I'm S0-Acre Field Three Systems
of Tile Drainage Were Necessary This
Shows the Advantage With Which
Two NcighbOrs Can Cooperate in
Putting in a Line OF Tile. An Obstacle
So Trivial As a Linz Fence Should Not
Be Permitted to Prevent Economical
Drainage. The Owner of This Land
Says That Tile Pays for Itself Every
Year and That $2OU Expended On Tile
Has Raised the Value of the 80 Acres
81
warm this unnecessary water; (b) be-
cause its evaporation consumes heat
that the soil could otherwise retain;
Co because It's presence in the soil
prevents the entrance and downward
movement of RAINFALL, which in the
spring is usually warmer thar the
soil.
4. 1t crowds out the oxygen from
between the soil grains, thus hinder
ing the necessary decomposition OF
organic matter in the soil.
5. It prevents all crop growth
where it stands on the soil to a suffi-
cient depth. Where it stagnates only
a few inches from the surface of the
soil, it prevents healthy root develop.
ment below that depth. The shallow
root system thus developed limits the
depth from which the plalt may ge.
water, and with it p1.Int food ma.
terial.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
SOME GOOD
Chatham Record.

Chatham 6oCOr0.
We are pleased to note ANYTHING
that will tend to our farm
ers IN raising peter crops and i'm
week before las that Mr.. James O.
Brown, who lives about three miles
south of this place, had raised this
year 1873 bushels of corn on one acre
and a quarter, and, in order to en-
courage others to do as we'll, we have
learned from him how he succeeded
so we'll. He says that this big yield
Of corn was mad on land that he
bought ten years ago at $3.50 an acre,
and was then considered worn out
His method Of cultivating this land
for this unusual yield was as follows:
In September Of last year he broke the
land twelve inches deep and sOwed it
in annual clover, which he moved off
last May, he ~broad-casted with home
made manure, then broke it, and
when planting the corn IN the goth
of last June he used 50 worth of fer
tilizer. His total expense of cultivat-
ing this crop was only $3.50, this in
Guiding his and that of his team.
What Mr.. Brown has done on this ap-
pafently worn out land others ought
to do, especially on land that is con-
sidered SO nuch more productive.
Mr.. Brown is successful not only in
~cultivating corn but other crops. Two
years ago he began cultivating to-
bacco on three acres, which averaged
$125 an acre. Last ear he cultivated
four acres and made 5000 an acre,
and this year he cultivated three acres
because 1t was SO dry last spring it
was difficult to get a stand) and this
crop has averaged him about $40 an
acre. Such farming woul soon drive
away the hard times"
OF course Mr.. Brown raises all his
own wheat and a good deal for sal
Last year on one acre he raised FORTY
bushels, and his entire crop of 237
bushels averaged % bushels to the
acre. be alSO raised about 400
bushels of oats. He raises not only
all the meat he uses u sells ever,
year a good deal Of bacon. and now
he has a herd Of twenty cattle. r.
addition to raising all his pork anf
beef Mr.. Brown raises quite q lot ~
poultry, and week before last carrie
to Durham a load of 81 turkeys fo1
winch he got a nice Su1l of money T
we mad more farmers like him tn,
9 low price of cotton would not deproC
: business or worry them much.
All this good farming is done with
out hired help. as Mr.. Brown and hi
w sons tboth under age} do all RI,
"ork on the farm, not having paid ON
, as mucn as $40 for hired r. !,
. three years. "
We commend the ANN Of fbi
successful farmer to all the farmer
OF chatham with the hope that som
OF them may try to DO as we'll as h
has done. II
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22
WHY LAND SHOULD BE Ed
By t. Z. Jones

BY L. Z. Il
OF the several conditions when n
fuence the growth Of crops none Is
more important than the mount OF
water IN or on the soil. While water
in a thin film around the soil grains
is an absolute necessity to plants, an
excess is as bad as a deficiency. Too
much water is detrimental because:
L.. 1t makes areas so soft that they
cannot be cultivated. When these
soft places are long Il marrow in
form. they cut the upland into ire
gular pieces that can not be cultivated
conveniently.
,. 1t delays cultivation, particu-
larly in the spring.
3. 1t makes soils cold; (a) because
in the spring more than half Of the
heat that the soil receives is used tC
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

When we go out to buy dairy COWS
do we not always find q scarcity of
good ones and too many poo ones?
In breeding, therefore, this is a fact
to be remembered.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

Alfalfa seed are expensive, and the
heavier yields of hay are not usually
secured until the second or third year
or later.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

Even with the greatest care, it is
hard TO keep the COW stable ventilated
as it should be.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

Eight women have been appointed
recently to act IS field deputies in the
assessors office in Los Angeles, al.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-22

running is one Of the most neglect
eG practices Of good orchard man
agement.
Newport daily independent., 1914-08-01
Weldon and Tupelo Have Good
 Crops.

The crops around Weldon and have seen in this county. There has been a more abundant rain- fall in that locality, and the soils there are very fertile, some fields having been in cultivation for only few years. However, l attribute the flourishing condi- tion of the crops there more to Tthe fact that the farmers are still cultivating, although some Iof the cotton is nearly as high as a mans shoulder. These late cultivations, if properly done, are worth several similar culti- Tvations earlier in the season. Now that the cotton is fruiting, the demands of the plant for moisture and plant foods are in- creased. Shallow, level, inten- siVe cultivation not only insures plenty of moisture by protecting the soil with a dust mulch, but also furnishes the plants with available nitrogen. The nutri- flying bacteria, whose function is to break down the nitrates in the soil, and render the nitrogen available to the plants, must have air to accomplish it's work. Frequent cultivations supply these bacteria with air, and where the implements are run shallow and level, the crops are benefited wonderfully.
 MT. John Gardner of Tupelo has a demonstration field of cotton that illustrates the bene- fits to be derived from scientific farming. All of MT. Gardner's corn is worked flat, and in spite of an unfavorable season, will make a splendid yield. MT. Gardner is still cultivating his crops, and his demonstrations are a credit to this or any other county. MT. Crittenden of Tu- pelo, and MT. Sweatt of Weldon have excellent crops. It is wor- thy of note that both are still cultivating their cotton.
 David Thibault,
 Special Agent.
Newport daily independent., 1914-08-01
Jim Surridge Improving.

Walter Dowell returned We'd nesday from two weeks trip
 to Colorado where he went to place his sister, Miss Cecelia in a sanitarium at Denver. Mrs.
 Ben Shipp, Mrs. w. A. Dowell
 and son, Walter, Jr., are in Den- yer also. Walter went down to
 Manitou to see Jim Surridge and family. He found MT. Surridge much improved in health and says from now on he expects to spend every summer in Colo
 rado. The Surridge cottage is located on an exceedingly high elevation and it takes the strength of we'll person to
 reach the summit. Jim has been reduced in avoirdupois, hence feels better. He carries with him speedometer which records that he has walked 240 miles since he located at Mani tou. He also carries with him three bottles of water of differ ent flavor, drinks first from one then from the other. This might truly be classified as mix
 ing drinks. Laying all jokes a. side, the friends of MT. Surridge in Lawrence county are truly
 glad to learn of his improvement in heal.h. - Walnut Ridge
 Blade. 8a
Newport daily independent., 1914-08-01
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH.

Sunday School, 9:30 a. m., in Parish House.
 Holy Communion, II a. m. The subject of the Rector s lecture tomorrow morning will be, "The Catholic Church.. It will be shown that the term of Catholic is quite generally mis- interpreted. All are most cor dially urged to hear these doc trinal expositions.
 Miss Mae Whitaker will pre- side at the pipe organ at the morning service.
 Members of the Presbyterian church are extended a most cor dial invitation to worship with the congregation of St. PauPs church in the absence of their pastor. All will find a courteous Christian welcome by both the rector and his people.
 Rev. L. w. Heaton,
 Rector.