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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
PROPER CARE GIVEN MANURE
Too Often Fertilizer IL Pitched Out Of
Barns and Exposed to the
Winter Rains.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
The time is approaching when much
Of the stock viii be kept in barns and
sheds more or less Of the time. Prep
arations should be made to take cart
Of all manure that accumulates during
the housing season. Too often ma.
nure Is pitched out Of the barns and
exposed 10 the winter rains. Where
manure Is leaehed in this way the
most valuable part Of the fertilizer
constituents Is carried away to ne
streams and lost TO the farm. When
the manure is removed from the stalls
II should be placed In a covered shed
or pit and packed down so as to pre-
vent teaching and tire-fanging, or II
should be spread upon the fields where
it can be plowed in Immediately or az
Piled as q top dressing for grasses.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
METHODS OUTLINED
TO MAKE CORDWOOD
Common Plan Is to Cut Trees
Into FOur-FoOt Lengths.
Saving Is Usually Done by Machines,
Driven by Gasoline or Electricity
Small Pieces Can Be
Packed Closely.
prepared by the United States Depart
mani ~ A rr,.In,,IA,,rn 4

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The most common method of maxi
ing cordwood is to cut the trees into
four-foot lengths with the ak and split
the larger pieces. The pieces are then
piled in a standard cord, which is
eight feet long, four feet high, and
four feet wide. The contents are 1913
cubic feet, of which about 20 per cent
is wood and 30 per cent air. Wood
cut four feet long can be sold to brick
yards, lime kllns, metal working
plants, and other Industries, but Is
too large for household use. This
method is used chiefly where the tree
growth is comparatively small, as in
second growth, because such wood
splits easily.
Another method, and one better
adapted for old growth hard woods,
which are difficult to split, Is to saw
the tree into logs of convenient
lengths, say from 10 to Is feet. These
are "snaked" out to the edge of tie
woodland and there sawed and split
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
BEST STORAGE OF POTATOES
Growers Are Urged to Take Safe
guards to Prevent Loss of This
Important Crop.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
Proper storage of potatoes would
prevent much of the annual loss in
this important food crop. Inexperi.
enced growers especially are urged to
take safeguards against spoilage.
Potatoes should be stored in a cool,
dark cellar or be buried In a pit in the
garden. They must not be allowed to
freeze. II they are buried in pits the
potatoes must be covered sufficiently
to keep out all frost. II exposed to
the light they win turn green.
A good method of storing potatoes
Is to place them In barrels with a few
holes cut In the sides near the bottom
for ventilation. Cover the barrels
with old sacks and place them in
cool. dark part Of the cellar.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
IMPROVED MACHINES
AID LABOR PROBLEM
Increased Power Enables Own.
erS to Cultivate More Land.
OF Particular Advantage in Permitting
One Man to Do Considerable More
Work in Given Time in Rails.
Ing Crops.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
The advantage of the tractor, liki
that of most other improved farm ma
chinery, lies not so much in the reduc
ton of the cost of performing a uni.
of work as in the fact that 1t permit
one man to do considerably more worl
in a given time.
This has been true of PRACTICAL!
all improved farm machines. Ever
the grain binder generally considered
as one Of the greatest agricultural In
ventions Of the century, which has in
creased about eight.fold the acreage
one man could handle, has not result
ed in decreasing materially the cos
of producing grain.
Men who hope to reduce greatly tn,
cost of farming operations by the pur
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
PLAN TO STORE VEGETABLES
Economical for Those Who Grow
Them In Sufficient Quantities
for Family Use. /

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment Of Agriculture)
The storing Of late vegetables is an
economy for those who grow them In
sufficient quantity for the needs Of
the family.
To care for the surplus vegetables
in many cases requires nothing moro
than the use Of existing facilities 10
or near the home.
Often the late vegetables from a
small garden may be stored with no
outlay of money.
When considerable quantities of
vegetables are grown II is frequently
advisable to construct permanent stor-
age facilities In the form Of a storage
room in the basement Of the dwelling
or under an outbuilding or to build an
outdoor cellar Of wood or masonry.
II permanent facilities are not avail
able late root crops can be kept In
outdoor pits or banks. requiring no
cash outlay except for labor.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15


dairy products and other perishables
from the farm when warm weather
comes again.
Save Fuel Supply.
These war times make heavy de-
mands upon the fuel supply of the
country and, paradoxical as it may
seem, 1t takes fuel to produce artificial
ice, while natural ice may be harvest
ed at a time when farm work is not
pressing and both man and horse labor
are not otherwise probably employed.
Ice is one of those luxuries which in
many sections of the country can be
had for the gathering. The cost of
harvesting and storing 1t is not great
as compared with the comfort that it
brings.
Important In Country.
An ample supply of ice is of greater
economic importance in the country
home than in the city residence. City
people can purchase perishable sup
plies as needed, but the remoteness of
country homes from markets often rem
ders 1t necessary to use canned,
corned, or smoked meat products dur
ing the season of the year when the
table should be supplied with fresh
meats. Not only is the use of ice i'm
portant in the preservation of fresh
meats butter, and other table supplies
but the production of high-grade do
nestle dairy products is almost impos-
sible without 1t. Many markets to
which milk is now shipped demand
that it be cooled before shipment to a
degree not attainable without the use
of fee.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15

reason that If the water is too hot
and the hair sets 1t can be removed
easier from the rear than from the
fore part of the hog. The hog should
be kept moving in the water to be
sure that no part will rest against the
side of the barrel. Occasionally the
hog should be drawn out of the wa.
ter to air, when the hair may be
"tried." When the hair and scurf
slip easily from the surface, scalding
is complete. Pull the hog out upon
the table and remove the hair and
scurf from the legs and feet at once.
The simplest way to accomplish this
is to twist the legs In both hands
Use the hog hook to remove the dew.
claws at the same time.
Cut the skin about three or four
inches long just below the hooks In
both hind legs. Loosen the tendons
and insert the gambrel. Be sure that
both tendons in each leg are loosened
before inserting the gambrel. Now
scald the front part of the hog. After
the front part of the hog is scalded
pull 1t out on the table as before. Re
move the hair and scurf from the
ears, forelegs and head Immediately,
as these parts cool very quickly. Use
the bell-shaped scraper to remove the
remaining hair and scurf. If the hair
fails to yield in any particular region
cover that. portion with a gunny sack
and pour on hot water. When most
of the hair and scurf is removed pour
hot water over the entire carcass and
shave off, by means of a knife, the
hair that is left. Hang up the hog
and pour a bucketful of cold water
over the carcass and scrape from the
surface the remaining dirt or scurf
Remove Leaf Lard.
The entrails should then be re.
moved. Furthermore while the car
cass is still warm remove the Leaf
lard or kidney fat, as this facilitates
the cooling of the carcass and lesseni
the danger of the hams and loins
souring. The leaf lard should be
spread out on a table to cool with
the thin membrane side turned down
The carcass should be cooled after
slaughtering, but not allowed II
freeze. Temperature cannot be con
trolled on the farm, but It is pos
sible to kill when the weather is fa
vorable. Select a day In wintei
when there is chance for cooling the
carcass before the surface freezes
The desirable temperature for coolini
meat is "a to 40 degrees f. In the
summer time 1t is necessary to have
refrigeration. In the fall 1t is bes
to kiln In the evening, allowing tht
carcass to cool overnight. Hang thu
carcass In a dark cellar or cod
room in the barn before the flies car
get at 1t. Freshly killed meat ab
serbs odors very readily; do not hani
the carcass in a freshly painted room
or in a room with tar, kerosene OF
gasoline.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
FILL HOME PORK BARREL

Too many farmers buy a part
or all Of their supply Of meat
from local stores and hucksters.
Meat. especially pork, can be
grown and cured at home for
much less than the cost Of the
purchased meat, to say nothing
Of a ready market for good
country-cured hams, shoulders
. and sides. In Cpite Of this the
custom Of farmers purchasing
cured meats Is increasing. II
may not be practicable for every
farmer to butcher and cure his
! own meat, but In nearly every
community a few farmers could
do this and make good profits.
Farmers who sell country-cured
meats have experienced very
little difficulty In establishing a
permanent trade. To accomplish
this one must understand the
Kind Of cured meat his trade de-
mands, and also how 1t is made.
Country-cured meat often car
ries too much fat and undesir-.
able odors. and 1t is generally
TOO salty. A well-marbied, juicy,
savory piece Of meat showing
the proper admixture Of fat and
lean and possessing a good fla
vor Is the kind the consumer
desires.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
WOOD VS.. COAL FOR HEATING
Ore Cord Of WeIl-sessoned Hardwood
Equal In Value TO One Ton Of
Anthracite.

prepared By the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculturel
In heating value one standard cord
Of well-seasoned hickory, oak. beech.
birch. hard maple, ash. elm. locust or
cherry wood Is approximately equal to
one ton $1,000 pounds Of anthracite
coal. However. q cord and a half Of
soft maple and two cords Of cedar,
poplar or Eastwood are required to
give the same amount q heat.
One cord Of mixed wood. wei sea-
soned. equals In heating value at least
one ton OF average bltumin0us coal.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
GOOD TIME TO DRAIN PONDS
OF Great Importance That Road
bitches Be Kept Clear and In
Good Shape at All Times.

When the farm lands are too wet
for cultivation. II viii be an ideal time
TO drain the ponds and keep the road
bitches clear and in good shape. To
fall to keep the roads In good shape
win be failing to move the crops to
the market.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15

dairy cows, since they act as a tonic
upon the animals as well as a food,
and Increase the flow Of milk. Pulp
Is either used fresh or dried. II is
dried artifclally. either by itself or in
combination with molasses. The OBJ
ject in drying the pulp is to make 1t
easier to handle. About 80 per cent
Of the weight is lost In drying. The
dried pulp should be soaked for sew
eral hours before 1t is fed to stock.
Helps MIX Flow.
Animals cannot be finished for the
market on the beet by-products alone.
and unless other feed is available Il
win not be advisable to purchase ami
mails for feeding purposes with view
to turning them on the market later.
II the farmer is provided with dairy
cows 1t is advisable to furnish them
with one or two feeds Of tops or pulp
each day. The tops. when cured or.
pitted, win keep for several months;
the pulp, when left In large pile.
win not spoil for feeding purposes, ex-
cept a thin layer on the surface. II
the tops or the pulp are fed heavily
to dairy cows. a distinct h-rcase in
the flow Of milk marks the top and
pulp-feedlng period. and there win
generally be a distinct falling on In
the flow Of milk when this feed is dis
continued. If the supply Of tops and
pulp Is limited. II is better to con-
tinue the feeding over a longer period.
giving a smaller amount to each Of the
animals daily.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
HELPS WIN WAR

Prepared by the United States De-
partment of Agriculture.)
The man who would like to
burn coal because 1t is easier
and handler, but who thinks
enough of his country and the
boys "over there" to shoulder
his ak, brave the winter wind,
and go out and cut wood In or
der to save coal, is helping to
win the war.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
SUPPLY OF ICE
OF IMPORTANCE
Cost Of Harvesting and Storing
Not Great Compared to
Comfort 1t Brings.
PATRIOTIC DUTY OF FARMER
VIII Help Relieve Drain on City Sup.
ply and on Transportatlon-Af.
fofds Protection fos Many
PerishabIe Products.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Every farmer who can put up natur-
al ice should plan to do SO this win
ter as a patriotic duty. Each farm ice
house will help relieve the drain on
the city supply and on transportation,
and will guarantee protection for the
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
PREVENT FOREST FIRES

prepared by tbs United States De-
partment Of Agriculture,)
Forest fires are unnecessary
and preventable.
They destroy existing forests.
They destroy the possibility
Of future forests.
They destroy an important
market for labor.
They destroy the beauty Of a
region.
They destroy property.
They destroy homes.
They destroy lives.
They destroy prosperity.
They destroy foodstuffs.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15

into lengths proper for the stove or
furnace. The saving is usually done
by machine, driven either by gasoline
or by electricity. The wood is piled
four feet high and eight feet long,
s1ch a pile being called "stove wood"
or running" cord or "run." When
the wood is sawed into B-inch lengths,
as is customary with stove material.
three runs are theoretically equivalent
to one cord. Actually they contain
somewhat more wood, since small
pieces can be packed more closely than
larger ones.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15

Potatoes should be kept In a temper
allure OF about 80 degrees. II the air
Is dry, cover with sand. and they should
also be kept from the light.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
HELP COAL SHORTAGE

prepared by the United States De-
partment Of Agiiculture.)
Mutation plants cannot burn
wood, warships cannot burn it,
nor, because Of the transporta-
ton problem, can people living
in cities. 1t is up to the farm
ers and people living in villages
and small towns to use all the
wood they can and help meet
the coal shortage.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15
Live Stock and Sugar Beets
Make Most Profitable Com
binatiOn for Farmer.
INCREASE GROWERS PROFITS
Animals Utilize Tops and Pulp to Best
Advantage-Manure Can Be Used
to Enrich SolI-other Feeds
Are Necessary.

Prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Sugarkeet growers should utilize
more 1.-Two stock. The stock utilizes
by-products of sugar-beet growing
the tops and pulp-and increases the
growers profits, but there is another
reasonable nation needs more meat
as we'll as sugar. The combination of
stock raising and sugar-beet growing.
while beneficial to farmers will also
benefit the nation. Live stock on the
sugar-beet farm constitutes an impor-
tant factor in success Of beet grow
ing from two standpoints: ~ The
utilization of beet tops and pulp to
the best advantage, and (2) the pro-
duction Of stable or barnyard manure,
which can be used to enrich the soil.
The feeding operations should be 10
Gated on the farms where the best
tops are produced. When practicable,
the pulp should be handled with frame
and fed. There should be available
labor for handling the stock, and 9th
er feeding stuffs used In combination
with the pulp and tops should be OBJ
tainable.
Good Feed for Stock.
Sugar-beet tops and pulp are good
feed for many kinds Of live stock in
Guiding chickens, hogs, sheep, cattle,
and, to some extent, horses. Gener-
ally, the tops and pulp are fed to
sheep and cattle. They may be pas
tured off, a process which consists in
turning the live stock into the beet
field after the beets have been har-
vested and the roots removed. The
tops are left scattered over the
ground, and this method Of feeding
results in the ground being more or
less trampled. Sheep especially are in
cllned to travel more generally in
paths, thereby trampling the grouna
unevenly. In no case should the pas
turing Of the tops be permitted when
the ground is wet, since the ground
itself would be seriously injured by
trampling in that condition and many
of the tops would be wasted by being
trampled into the ground. While live
stock thrlves on beet tops and pulp,
other feed must be used in finishing
the animals for the market. Beet
tops, especially the crowns, contain
considerable mineral matter, which is
beneficial to live stock, but 1t should
not be fed In too large quantities.
Aside from pasturing the tops, they
are sometimes allowed to cure partly
and are then gathered into piles,
hauled to the feed yard and fed in
racks. This is a much more economi-
cal method than pasturing, but it in
wolves the additional expense of gath
ering and hauling. The tops may also
be used as ensilage. When chopped
with straw, cornstalks or other rough
age excellent silage is produced. Both
the tops and the pulp are excellent for
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1918-11-15

Feed as much Of the produce as pos
sible and return the manure to the
land.
The Robesonian., 1918-05-02
Summary of War News.

A dispatch at $3.50 this afternoon
stated that the Germans had made
an attack on the French, but were
beaten off.
Dispatches since Monday have told
of defeats of the enemy with enor-
NOUS losses in every phase of the
fighting around Ypres. German loss
es on Monday were especially heavy
and that is considered the worst day
the enemy has experienced since the
opening of the great offensive. Since
Monday what activity there has been
in this region was carried out by the
British and French, both Of whom
have materially bettered their posi-
tions, the French near Locre and the
British at Meteren. Another furious
drive on the British front in Flanders
is expected Immediately. British and
French artileries are sending a rain
of shells on Mt. KENNEL, the chief
point of vantage gained by the Ger
mans in the Ypres sector, and this is
said likely to prove soon to be a
death-trap for it's captors. A heavy
German attack launched Tuesday
against the Americans in the vicinity
OF Villers-Bretonneaux was repulsed
with heavy losses for the enemy.
The Robesonian., 1918-05-02
FREE LESSONS IN FRENCH
Rev. H. A. Grantham Will Organize
Class for Registrants Next Week.

Rev. H. A. Grantham of Lumber
ton, who has offered to give free
course in the study of the french
language to all persons in the draft
age and others who expect to he in
the military service, requests that
any one interested communicate with
him this week, as he expects 20 or
ganize the class the first Of next
week. The time for holding the
classes will be at night, and Mr..
Grantham has arranged for the use
of the law Offices of Mel can, Varser
& Mclean as the place for holding
the class. This is an opportunity
that should appeal to all persons who
expect to be in the military service,
as Mr.. Grantham IS fluent French
scholar, and has had a great deal ct
experience in teaching this language.
Familiarity with the French language
will be of great benefit to persons
called for service.
The Robesonian., 1918-05-02
NUMBER "a
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

License has been issued for the
Mcmillan.
The music class of the Rowland
high school will give recital tomor-
row (Friday) evening at $50.
Miss Grace Redmond has ac-
cepted position in the Office of the
Lafayette Mutual Life Insurance Co.
She began work yesterday.
Mr.. w. ]. Wilkerson of the Gen.
ter section informs The Robesorian
that work has been begun on che rev
Baptist church building at Center
The executive committee of the
Lumberton Red Cross chapter will
meet tomorrow evening at $3.50 in the
commissioners room at the court
house.
The Alfred Rowland chapter, U.
D. c., will hold its monthly meeting
Saturday at 4:30 p. m. in the direc-
tors room of the National Bank of
Lumberton.
Miss Matte Ammons returned
tuesday night from Wadesboro, where
she went to see her little niece Matte
Mae Morris, who was very i'll. Little
Miss Morris is much improved.
Mr.. F. M. Barnes began work
this morning as clerk in the local
postofice, succeeding Mr.. I. l.. Me
Gill, who left recently for Camp Jack
son. Mr.. Barnes has had six months
experience in the postoffice here.
| "A Washington dispatch of April
29, giving list Of mail carriers that
have been appointed, includes MIR.
Stlnson Powell, Lumberton R. 1, vice
Mr.. James E. Prevatt. Mr.. Powell
has been on the job for some time.
"A dog belonging to ]. J. Bell,
Indian, who lives on R. l from Lum-
berton, bit Mr. Charles Jones Tues
day night. While the dog was not
supposed to have been rabd, Mr..
Jones had the dog killed and sent the
head to Raleigh for examination. Not
/ taking any chances.
Mrs. c. B. Skipper, Jr., received
a cablegram this morning from her
husband, Lieut.. C. B. Skipper, con-
veying. the information that he had
arrived safely in France. The cable
gram was dated May g Lieut.. Skip
per is attached to Co. F, 371st infan-
try, and left America April Is.
Master Frank Cough, Jr., r.
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Cough, won third prize in story writ
ing contest put on by the Browning
Monthly Magazine. He has received
a check for So, third prize and his
story appeared in the May issue o1
tire Magazine. Contestants were re.
quired to write on the subject, "Cloak.
i, ing Evil"
, "A note from Barnesville datec
: April 27 requesting that news item
in regard to the closing of the Bloom.
/ ingdale school on May 1st be publish.
: ed in Mondays Robesonian- did no'
reach this office until Tuesday morn
ing. 1t is regretted that the notice
: reached The Robeson;an too late fol
! publication prior to the concert t.
: be given last evening. Misses Clar,
5 B. Newton and Tommie Nye are thu
, teachers
The Robesonian., 1918-05-02
Army May Be Brought Up To
100000 Men.

Plans for increasing the war army
to keep pace with the accelerated
movement of American soldiers to
the battle front in France will be
laid before the House military COM
mittee by Secretary Baker within a
day or two. Mr.. Baker said Tuesday
after a prolonged session of the Cab
met that he would be ready to SUBJ
NIT his estimates in that time.
What increase is to be asked has
not been disclosed, but the report most
widely circulated is that an additional
million men will be provided for in
the Appropriation bills submitte.!
bringing the army up to more than
100000 men.
It is known that very careful sur
vey of the equipment and transporta-
ton situations was completed by the
War Department recently as a basis
for formulating army increase plans
The provost marshal generals Office
has taken steps to ascertain in defl-
mite figures the exact number OF
fighting men still available in class
of the selective service forces and rec
concentrations for authority to organ
ize additional divisions and estimates
for appropriations have been held uI
pending the completion Of these stud
les.