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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
PROPER TIME TO CUT GRASS
Haste Makes Waste When Crop 10
Hurried to Barn Not Fully Cured
-Hurrying Doesn't Pay.

AS to the best time for cutting
grass, it does not pay to be in too
much Of a hurry. When the grass Is
young and tender and seemingly sue
culent in the fresh state, it is harder
to cure, dries and shrinks more and
has not nearly the food value Of the
more mature crop.
While the opposite extreme should
be avoided, cutting before the seed is
SO ripe as to scatter, there is much
more nourishment in the matured
stalk; and n farmer who was COM
plimented for bringing his cattle
through the winter on a minimum
amount Of grain and yet keeping them
in good flesh attributes his success
largely to this fact.
Haste makes waste when the crop
is hurried to the barn not fully cured.
Hay cut green requires more thorough
drying than that almost overrtpe. If
the season is a wet one hay can be
mown and taken In the same day
when a pleasant day comes, even
without a tedder, If matured.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29

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81 have always recommended your
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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
BEST FARMERS CONVENTION YET
Program Ready for Distribution Features Of
Special Interest TO AgrleuIturists

The program for the Twelfth
Annual Farmers State Conven.
.ion and Round up Institute. to
be held at the A. and M. Col ege
August rs ~, is ready for distri-
button aid carries a number Of
features of special interest to the
farmers of the State.
A number of prominent speak.
ers from out Of the State have
consented to come and address
tho convention, The evening
pr grams will be of a more or less
popular nature and with illustrst-
I'd lectures and it is hoped that
the citizens of Raleigh will attend
these sessions. All sessions of
the convention will be held in
Pullen Hall unless otherwise pro-
vided for.
On Wednesday, August 26, the
convention will be divided into
five sectional conferences, to be
he'd in various halls on the cam.
pus each conducted by a spe-
cialist. 1t is the desire of the
oommittee that the conferences be
made very informal and that the
farmers will join freely in the oc.
casslons. Field demonstrations
in the early mornings and lave
afternoons will be features of the
convention.
There will be a free band cor
cert on the college campus Tu's
day andW Wednesday evenings from,
6 60 to 1880
The collage will furnish the
dormitories free and meals at rs
cents each will be served in tn.
college dining hall.
The largest convention in the
history of the State is anticipat
I'd and it is hoped that the farm
ers of the State will take a few
days off and come and enjoy thle
great occasion.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
Mortgage Sale.

Pursuant to the provisions contained
in a Land Mortgage registered in book
No. 43, page Five, made by David c..
Brady and wife, M B Brady tor the
protection and benefit of the under
signed. ON the 28'h day of April, 1911.
Default having been made in the pay
melt of the debt which said mortgage
Was given to secure, the unde signeo
will sell at public sale for lash at
the Court House door in Salisbury on
the 18th day OF August, 1914, next, the
following Real Estate:
Beginning at u stone corner of the
first lot in the old line of p. P. Brady
and q. A. Ludwig line, thence West
% poles and % links to a stone, a new
corner thence NJ nth % POLES and %
link to a stone in the M. &. Brady and
2. P. Brady, line; thence with the old
line West liz pole, to a stone in said
line; thence q new line South 80 poles
to a stone, a new corner thence Is de-
grees Southeast, Al poles to the old
line thence North with the old line
1917 poles to the beginning, contain
ing 5 acres more Or less.
Conveyed by the said David g. Brady
and wife, Nj b. b ady, to satisfy the
tebt prov ided for in sand mortgage
This July 14th, 1914. L. R. L1EaLE,
Theo. F. KLUTTz, Atty. Trustee
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
Benefit TO SCHOOL SYSTEM
Massachusetts, Ohio and indiana Lead
ers In Movement to Consolidate
Rural Institutions.

That improved roads would benefit
u country. school system, there
would see to be no doubt. Improved
roads make 1t possible to consolidate
or centralize the schools and to estab-
lish graded schools in the rural dis
tricts. Such schools centrally located
will accommodate all the children
within a radius of from four to five
miles. In many communities having
the advantage of improved roads, COM
modious buildings have been provided,
more competent teachers have been
employed, and modern facilities for
teaching have been supplied at a mini
mum cost. For instance, since the
improvement of the main highways
in Durham county, North Carolina, the
number of school houses has been
reduced from IS to AZ, Of which II
are graded and have two or more
rooms, and employ two or more teach
ers.
There are at the present time about
1000 consolidated rural schools in the
oAAsSN SSNeoo A. oPROoAo SA0S oo0
chusetts, Ohio and Indiana have made
the greatest progress along these
lines, and it Is rather significant to
note that in these states about one
third of the roads have been improved.
According to statistics of the agricul-
tural department., there was expended
In 1899, s22,116 in Massachusetts for
the conveyance of pupils to CONSOLE
dated schools. but in 1908 the expendi-
ture for this purpose amounted to
$292.213. In Indiana, the expenditure
for this purpose in 1904 amounted to
$50 while in 1908, $290,0 600 was
expended. This expenditure for trans
portation reflectn, in a general wey,
the extent and progress of this new
educational movement. 1t must not be
understood that this is an additional
burden. as the expenditure thus made
Is saved in other directions-that is,
by the decrease in the number of
schools and economy In their opera
ton.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
GOPHER is INJURIOUS
RECOGNIZED AS MOST IMPoR.
!TANT ENEMY OF AGRICULTURE.
Natural Food Of Rodent Consists Of
SuccuIent Roots and Such Green
Vegetation as Can Be Dragged
Into the BurroW.

No other animal attacking the un
%derground parts of alfalfa can equal
or eve closely approach the gopher
In destructiveness. The pocket gopher
ccurs in almost all sections and is
everywhere recognized as an impor-
tant enemy of agriculture on account
of its habits of feeding on cultivated
pasture grasses and grains. They are
injurious in fields of grain which they
destroy in great quantities. In cult
waited fields they are harmful on ac-
count Of the large mounds which they
throw up in digging their burrows.
The plains pocket gopher, which
holds sway on the Western plains, and
the prairie pocket gopher which is to
be found In almost all parts of the
country, are very similar in habits,
and the methods of combating one
form will also serve for the other.
The prairie gopher Is short and
stocky, showing al average length Of
about ten inches from the tip of its
nose to the end Of its stubby, hairless
loAA. 1L5 Uouy l5 COfCACu Will SAAhy
d%ark-brown hair, its eyes are small
and we'll protected by fur, and its ears
are so short as hardly to cause q rip
pie in the smoothlying fur of the
head. Its front feet are furnished
with long, strong claws and otherwise
modified for digging. In fact, the
whole structure Of the animal fits it
for its s~ubterranean existence.
Except for possible brief excursions
at periods of migrating, the gopher
passes practically its entire life in its
burrows. Indeed, 1t is a rare occur
renee to find one abroad on any er-
rand. They appear to live solitary,
each individual gopher apparently
bent on having the world to himself,
and each digging and taking care Of
his own dwelling. Doubtless where
fields are so badly infested that tun-
nels cross and recross, more than one
gopher may be trapped in the same
runway. The female produces but one
litter Of young per year, yet because
Of her sheltered life raises enough of
them that the species is constantly in
creasing.
The natural food of the gopher con-
sists Of succulent roots and such green
vegetation as can be dragged from the
surface into the burrow. The coming
Of alfalfa, with its deep-growing sue
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
Mortgage sale.

Pursuant TO the provisions contained
in Land Mortgage registered in book
No. 46, lage 224 made by John L.
Brady and wifi, Eva M. Brady for the
protect II and benefit of the under
signed, ON the 23th day of April, 1918.
Default having bern made in the pay
ment OF TIE d, br, which said mortgage
was given to secure, the undersigl led
will sell at the public sale for cash at
the Court House door in Salisbury, on
the 18th day Of August, 1914 next. the
following real estate:
1st tract. Known as the Earnhardt
tract on Panther Greek, BEGINNING at
II pine. Henry iiolshouser's corner
now Jacob Hol.huuser's, thence West
with his line 88 poles to a dead Black
Jack, Hartman's sold corner; thence
North As poles to a B J Mary g.
+ arnhardt's corner; thence East IS
poles to a stake in Ribelons [now Ca
ders] line: thence with his line South
45 poles to the beginning. containing q
acres M re or less. See deed of Steph.
TN Brady to Pinkney Brady, book 81
page Is.
End tract. Beginning at a stone at
railroad bed North 8 poles with Baptist
Church line. thence East 8 poles to q
stone at the R. K. bed /; thence l8 poles
to a stone at the R. R. bed thence
West l8 oles with the R. r. b d tc
the beginning. See book 12e, page 80.
Convey ed by the said John L.. Brad,
dy ard wife to satisfy the debt provid.
ed for in said mortgage. L R. LINaLE,
This July 18th, 1914. Trustee,
THEo. F KLUTTz, Atty.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
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Dealers not allowed to accept this.
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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29

oIldi oiIOS dHu SIISNSho
Figure, Immature Female; Lower
Figure, Adult Male.
handsome hawk wages continuous war
fare, and great Is the service 1t per-
forms In keeping their numbers in
check. Rabbits, prairie dogs, and o
casionaHy pouched gophers are eaten.
The marsh hawk is one of the most
valuable on account of its abundance,
wide distribution and habits. It is
or less common throughout the
United States. and may be easily rec
ognized by its white rump, slender
form and long, narrow wings, as it
beats untiringly over the meadows.
marshes and prairie lands in search
of food. If it were not that occasion
ally it pounces upon small birds, game
and poultry, its place in the first class
would be insured. for it is an indefa-
tigable mouser. Rodents, such as
meadow mice, rabbits, arboreal squir-
rels and ground squirrels, are its IA
vorite quarry. In parts Of the West
LILO ldol-udluCu dulLldlS lOIm I'D CAlSA
subsistence. Lizards, snakes, frogs
and birds also are taken.
Abundant proof is at hand to show
that the red-tailed hawk greatly pre-
fers the smaller mammals, reptiles and
ba%trachians, taking little else when
these can be obtained in sufficient
numbers. If hard pressed by hunger,
however, it will eat any form Of life
and will not reject even offal and ar
rion; dead crows from about the
roosts, poultry which has been thrown
on the compost heap, and flesh from
the al of goats, sheep, and the
larger domesticated animals are eaten
at such times.
The red-shouldered hawk, OF, as 1t
is sometimes incorrectly called, the
hen hawk" is common, and very val
liable to the farmer. 1t Is more nearly
omnivorous than most Of our birds Of
prey, and is known to feed on mice,
birds, snakes, frogs, fish, grasshoppers,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29

state that waterfowl are captured by
this bird, but there is no known Ill
stance of it's attacking birds. Stom-
achs of specimens shot in locations
teeming with waterfowl contained
nothing but the remains of meadow
mice.
The ferruginous roughleg is as fully
character Of it's food differs some
what. In many parts of the country
inhabited by it, meadow mice, which
play such an important part in the
economy of the other bird, are scarce
or wanting, but are replaced by near
ly as destructive rodents, the ground
squirrels. Upon these this large and
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29

goshawk, sparrow hawk, Audubon cal.
acara. barn owl, %long-eared owl, short
cared owl, great gray owl, barrel owl,
western owl, Richardson owl, Acadian
owl, screech owl, 1ammulated screech
owl, snowy owl, hawk owl, burroW1ng
owl, pygmy owl, ferruginous pygmy
owl and elf owl.
q The class in which the harmful and
beneficial qualities balance includes
the golden eagle, bald eagle, pigeon
hawk. Richardson hawk, Aplomado
falcon. prairie falcon and great horned
owl.
) The harmful class comprises the
gyrfalcons, duck hawk, sharp-shinned
hawk, Cooper hawk and goshawk.
) The rough-legged hawk and the fer
'ruginous roughleg, or squirrel hawk,
as it Is sometimes called on account
of its fondness for ground squarrels,
SO destructive in the West, are among
largest and most beneficial hawks.
The former breeds wholly north of the
United States, migrating south In Sep
TENDER and October and remaining I'M
til the following April. The latter
breeds extensively through the great
plains region. The winter range of
the roughleg ia determined more by
of cold, the main body advancing and
retreating as the barrier Of snow melts
or a~ccumulates. Meadow mice and
Jennings form the staple food of this
bird. Jennings do not reach our
territory, except in Alaska, but in the
north Of Europe they occasionally
form into vast, migrating, devastating
hordes, which carry destruction to
crops in the country invaded. The
vole, or meadow mouse, is common
in many parts Of this country, and east
of the Mississippi river, without doubt
is the most destructive mammal to
agriculture. 1t destroys meadows by
%tunneling under them and eating the
roots Of grass. This mouse also de-
stroys grain and various kinds of veg
etables, especially tubers, but proba-
bly, does even more damage by grid
ling young fruit trees.
I The roughleg is one of mans most
important allies against meadow mice,
feeding on little else during its six
months sojourn in the United States.
It thus renders important service in
checking the ravages of these small
but formidable pests. The roughleg
Is somewhat ~crepuscular in habits, be-
ing on the alert during twilight and
early dawn, when small mammals are
most active. Other mice, rabbits and
ground squirrels are eaten occasion.
ally. and some of the older writer's
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
vALUAbLET0FARMER
Hawks and Owls Destroy Many
Voracious Rodents.
Ferrusinous RoughIeg Is One Of Our
Largest and Most Beneficial Birds,
AZ 1t Feeds on Meadow Mice
: and Other Mammals.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
According to biological authorities
of the United States department of
agriculture, certain hawks and owls
are Of value to the farmer in destroy
ing voracious rodents. Notwithstand-
ing the deep-rooted prejudice against
these birds. it is the belief that the
good they do overbalances the evil.
Hawks and owls may be divided ar
bitrarily into four classes:
1. Species wholly beneficial.
2. Those chiefly beneficial.
g.. Those In which beneficial and
harmful qualities about balance.
4. Harmful species.
1t should be stated that several birds
of prey belong to one or another class,
according to locality. A hawk or owl
may be locally injurious because at
that place mice, squirrels, insects and
other noxious animals are scarce, and
consequently the bird is driven to feed
on things OF more or less value to
man. while in other regions where its
natural food abounds, 1t does absolute
ly no harm. A good example of this
kind is the great horned owl.
To the wholly beneficial class, the
squirrel hawk or ferruginous rough
leg and the four kites-the white
tailed kite, Mississippi kite, swallow
tailed kite and everglade kite-belong.
The chiefly beneficial class contains
a majority Of our hawks and owls, and
includes the following kinds: Marsh
hawk, Harris hawk, red-tailed hawk,
red-shouldered hawk, short-tailed
hawk, Swanson hawk, broad-winged
hawk, Mexican black hawk, Mexican
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
PROTECTION FOR THE TREES
Wire Screen, Formed Around Trunk
With Ends Fastened, Will Keep
Mice and Rabbits Away.

To keep rabbits and mice away from
the trees, take a length of plain wire
screen; form it around the trunk of
the tree, fasten the ends together and
push it down an inch or SO into the
soil.
A good way to fasten the ends Of
the screen is to lap them over about
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
Dancer in Mixinu Salt.

There is risk In mixing salt in dry
mash, as it is impossible to distribute
1t evenly. It is injurious to a fowl to
eat too much Of it. The only safe way
Is to give it in wet mash. The proper
way of mixing is to use about a table,
spoonful to a gallon of water. After
allowing the salt to dissolve use the
water for mixing the mash.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
Mortgage Sale,

Pursuant to the provisions cont lime
in a N ertgaga Trust D ed Registered
in Book No., pag'-, made by
Stokes Cowan (%unmMrri"d) for the pro-
lection and benetitof the Undersigned,
on the 4th day Of May. 1907, default
having be n made in The payment of
this DIT bt, which said mortgage was
given to secure, the undersigned will
sell at public sale for cash, at the court
house door in Rowan County on the
22nd day OF August next, all his inter-
est ir and to the following property:
Beginning at a rock on Scott Tur-
ner's linz thence s. 20 poles to a pine.
thence W. SO poles to u Hickory G ub,
Julius v il on's corner; thence n. Ii
dogs p 20 poles to a rock on said VIII.
sons line; thence e. 81 poles to the
beginning, containing six acres and "a
poles more or less.
Conveyed by the said Stokes Cowan
to satisfy the debt provided for in said
mortgage.
July 10th, 1914. JoHs ]. ST wARY.
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Notice 10 Creditors.

Having qnal'f, d as executor Of the
state of Marshal IL. Mesimorr, thi is
% notify all persons having claim
against the said decedent to file an
itemiztd verified: statement Of ain
with thu. undersigned on or before the
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ice will be pleaded in bar of their re-
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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
RUB-MY-TISM

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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
Good Chicken Matlnos.

Good matings are six to ten hens
of the Asiatic class (Brahmas, Coch-
ms, etc. ten to fourteen Of the Amer
lean class plymouth Rocks, Wyan-
dottes, etc., and fourteen to twenty
of the Mediterranean class Leghorns,
Mtnorcas, etc.,.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
Working Colt on Harrow.

Working Colt on Harrow.
II 1t can be avoided, it Is not best
to put a colt to work on a harrow.
Turning around is the trying part of
1t. They sometimes get a little scared
and turn around too short, getting
tangled up and hurting themselves
badly on the harrow. Old steady
horses are best for this work.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1914-07-29
SOWING Sorohum.

Sorghum may be sown broadcast
for hay or. if intended for the silo,
1t would be better to drill with corn
drill, using special plates for sorghum,
about the same time as corn is plant
ed; cultivate same as corn. This
method will also make good fodder.