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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26

various rates on cotton. What I may
call my normal fertilizer application
IS 200 pounds Of acid phosphate and
200 pounds Of nitrate Of soda per acre,
mixed and applied at planting time.
On one acre am using 800 pounds
each, on another 600 pounds of each
and on another 200 pounds Of acid
phosphate and 400 pounds of nitrate.
Possibly these applications are too
heavy to be profitable, but when the
tests are concluded | will know more
about it.
Now, ! don't want the reader to in.
fer that every farmer should conduct
an experiment station. Our stations,
after ALL can furnish US the basic
facts along most lines, and what we
need to do is to try out these things
under eur own conditions. No lesson
is SO impressive as that which comes
from actual experience.--B. L. Moss,
in the Progressive Farmer.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
Peanut oil Gaining Favor.

The production of peanut oil, includ-
Ing both the cold-pressed and the hot
pressed, in the United States has in
creased from $4,000 pounds in 1912 to
95,934 900 pounds in 1918, an Increase
Of more than q 900 per cent. The i'm
portation of peanut oil increased from
7,626,0OO pounds in 1912 to 6S, 1885, GOO
pounds in 1918. Practically all the i'm
ported peanut oil is hot-pressed. Com
plete statistics for 1919 are not yet
available,
1t is apparent, say specialists, that
cold-pressed peanut oil is winning for
itself place on the American table,
justified by It's flavor, nutritive value
and digestlbility.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
REMAINED SLAVE OF CUSTOM
Augusta Housewife was "set" in Her
Ways, and Nothing Was Going to
Change Her.

A man In az Augusta car seat talk
Ing to another man who appears to be
his friend:
Persistent Say, my wife is that
and some more. She is the most tena-
cious to habit of any person ever
saw. Once that woman has become
addicted to habit there's no break
ing her Honest, / think that If my
wife should ever by accident start
sweeping with the wrong end Of a
broom she'd never sweep any other
way, and no law of heaven and earth
could change her habit"
"Some persistent, I'll say" agreed
the other
"You bet" said the first speaker.
"Why, here last summer put bay
window on the front room Of our
house. There was week while we
were doing 1t that the whole end Of
the house was open as hay field in
August there wasn't single thing
to prevent man or animal entering our
house at any hour of daylight or dark
ness. Fact But what do you think;
! couldn't make my wife understand
that 1t was, under those conditions, a
waste Of time to lock the doors. Every
night and every time she went down
street she made u complete circuit Of
the house, carefully locking doors and
windows, SOS to keep the wicked folks
out. Kennebec Journal.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
Nothing There.

Before the consolidation held an
agency for one Of the old express com
panies. One day several patrons were
in the Office when the superintendent
end two other officials Of the company
came in unexpectedly. A woman had
lust asked for a package, and evident
ly the unexpected visit of the officials
clustered me, for, after looking over
the on-hand register and not finding
anything listed for her, ! returned "a
the counter, took down the receiver
from the telephone, and said: Hello
there is nothing here for you" My
customer was standing right near the
telephone, and every one laughed
Chicago Tribune.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
BENEFITS OF RYE AS A WINTER.
COVER CROP.

Southern soils are much In need Of
organic matter or humus. An excel
lent opportunity for providing 1t is az
forded by rye sown in the fall and
turned under in the spring. Not only
will it increase the organic contents
Of the soil, but 1t will conserve plant
food and increase the yields Of sub.
sequent crops. 1t uses nitrogen that
would have leached out and would have
been lost during the fall and winter.
It also utilities the phosphoric acid and
potash that becomes soluble during the
winter. ALI these and Their elements
Of plant food 60 into the ground with
the spring blowing and will be releas-
ed for the subsequent crops.
Winter legumes are excellent whore
they can be grown with success. but II
Il much easier to get stand OF rye
on all kinds Of soils and under vari-
Gus climatic conditions. Rye is IN
fact the most dependable crop for
poor soils, and it is the poor soil, Of
course, which needs winter-crop
most.
Mistakes are sometimes made In .
failure to plow under rye at the right
time. II the spring is dry 1t should
be turned under early, no matter what
It's stage Of growth is. The danger.
Of course, Is that rye viii pump out
too much soil moisture, rendering the
soil hard and lumpy when plowed and
giving the following crop a poor show.
II the spring is wet or normal. Of
course, the rye should be allowed to
grew as long as possible, since 1t win
be adding benefits to the soil.
Rye being such . good soil helper
ought to be given e better show than
e usually accorded It, The seed bed
should be well prepared and fertilizers
should be applied. to both Of which II
makes ready response.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
FARMERS SHOULD EXPERT
MENT AND TEST


For number Of years have each
year made various little tests and ex.
periments, particularly with ferti-
lizers, that / feel have been of
much value to me. NV first test was
with nitrate of soda as a fertilizer
for cotton, leaving three rows at diff
ferent places in the field without nj
trate. When the nitrate more than
doubled the crop, / had pretty good
evidence that nitrate of soda is a
good cotton fertilizer. Incidentally.
the crop the following year on the
land getting no nitrate was not SO
good as on the rest of the field show
ing that nitrate is effective the year
after it is applied.
This year an experiment of particu-
lar interest to me is in leaving off
acid phosphate in fertilizing cotton
using nitrate of soda alone at the
rate of 200 pounds per acre, on ad-
joining rows using acid phosphate
alone, and on still Other rows using
no fertilizer at all. OF course, the re-
turns are not all in and won't be unit
the cotton is picked, but already
this years test are proving very inter
esting.
Another test | am conducting is in
the use of Stag phosphate, using it
alongside ordinary acid phosphate.
The Stag phosphate is considerably
cheaper than acid phosphate and if
it is just as good it will pay to use It.
Still another test I am making IS
Of the value Of fertilizers applied at
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
GOV. COX REPLIES
TO SENATOR HARDING
SAYS THE PEOPLE WILL RESENT
HARDING'S ATTEMPTS

Attacks "OIigarchy" and Declares
Harding Does Not Distinguish Be-
tween Institution" and Men in
Charge Relation Of President and
Congress Should be Cordial and
Cooperative.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
Individual AIrpIanss.

Whether or not the average citizen
welcomes the idea Of individual afr
planes jauntlng about In the air over
his head, the inventors are busy
enough trying to invent them. Sew
eral small planes are already more or
less on the way to such use In Eng
land, Italy and France. One reads Of
planes already perfected, and that
small and light, and capable Of being
landed at low speed, they are just the
type for fitting about the country,
from one club to another Italy is
said to have produced the smallest, a
tri-plane only liz feet wide, and re
quiring for its operation "about as
much skill as the attachment Of a
side-car to a motorcycle" Seeing,
says the adage, is believing; and the
pedestrian who takes scant pleasure in
this notion of a gentleman fitting
about the country from one club to
another may well wonder how soon
he win have to believe in them.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
WHEAT AND OATS
THE OUTLOOK
SOME FACTORS or SUCCESSFUL
SMALL GRAIN PRODUCTION
IN SOUTHERN sTATEs.I
c. A. WhIttIs, Southern Soil
Improvement Committee.

Wheat is too closely related to hu.
man hunger ever to. suffer serious
slump in demand. At this time the
great wheat producing areas Of Eu.
rope give no signs of getting imme-
dIately back to normal production. So
Wet Russia, tho greatest Of all, offers
no signs of growing wheat beyond--if
even equal to-the needs Of Russia.
Roumania. Austria. Hungary and the
Balkans are so depleted in men and
means, and so disturbed with war and
international politics, as to grow not
even enough small grain for their own
hungry and starving millions Other
leading European countries are Inn,
porters and not exporters Of grain.
The Americas will, therefore, be the
hope Of Europe's bread In fact, the
demand will continue to be very urg.
emit.
LABoR-The labor requirements
per acre OF wheat Is less, of course,
than for cultivated crops. Where la
boris scarce wheat and oats are, there
fore, to be looked upon with favor.
But the labor problem involved IN
producing wheat will not be complete
ty solved unless the farmer goes In for
large yields per acre. 1t requires no
more preparation, and seed, to grow
big crop Of wheat than small one.
Therefore, the intelligent farmer will
look we'll to his soil treatment SO that
maximum yields may be made at q
minimum cost per bushel. Farm labor
Is too expensive to neglect this precau-
ion.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Oats
do best on upland soils. The sitter,
Ilrmer soils are preferred. But 1t does
aot pay to SOW these crops on eroded,
thin soiled slopes. II the crop is to
follow cotton, corn or other cultivated
urop, the soil may be disked, Deep
breaking is not necessary. After drill
Ing III the seed, the soil may be hrmed
and smoothed with q roller.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fertil
lzation win pay on wheat and oats.
FoEtiliSers will create good root d.
Eclopment and thus protect the plant
against winter-killing; they viii hasten
the growth Of wheat that has beea
sown late on account Of the Hessian
~; II will increase stoOIing or tillef.
Ing, and make plumDer grain and full
o. heads; and well-fed plants ara also
more resistant to rust and other ais
sases.
An application Of nitrogen in late
winter or early spring will prove very
helpful In giving the grain crops Wig
orous new start.
GOOD SEED-A variety Of wheat
may be good, but the terminating
power of the seed poor A farmer
should give more attention to his
wheat and oat seed. He should find
out their yielding record. Different
strains of variety will have different
yielding ability. Get only the best
Il pays.
Good seed includes clean seed. Make
them smut-free by dip into blue
stone. Use only the varieties that have
rust resistance power
Farmers Of the cotton belt would do
we'll to 60 into the growing of cereals
On broader scale. Small grains fit
n with well arranged crop rotation.
they provide necessities, and thereby
add to the independence Of the farm
Or and to his power to conserve the re.
turns from his money crops.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26

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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
Reckless Reggie.

Nephew-That was pretty good
dinner we had; shall we have a drink
now?
Uncle-Man, ye ken Am teetotal.
Nephew cigar, then.
Uncle-A dinna smoke.
Nephew-Oh, do something reckless
remember my firm is paying all the
expenses!
Uncle-Weel. 4 think All haze my
boots cleaned here then 1.-The BY
stander.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
Mr.. Vaughan. Farmer, Tells How He
lost all His Prize Seed Corn

"Some time ago sent away for
some pedigreed seed corn. Put it in
gunny sack and hung it on rope
suspended from the roof. Rats got
it all-how, beats me, but they did
because | got five dead whoppers in
the morning after trying Rat-Snap."
Three sizes. 25c, SOC, $1.0O. Sold and
guaranteed by I. H. Lowenhaupt &
Co. and Union Drug Co
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26
NOTICE

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the privilege Of parking two cars II
the space on the platform nearest the
depot.
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The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26

Judge w. A. Owen returned
Thursday form visit Of 10 days to
Chicago and other points.
The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1920-08-26

Mrs. ]. 0. HadIey spent Thursday
in Atoka. guest Of Mrs. W, A.
WORKMAN.
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
BUYS INTEREST
IN CHAMPION
HOLSTE|N BULL

JoNESB0Ro, March 20 tSpl liking
Il. Banks, former student in the state
School OF Agriculture in this city, but
now operating a dairy at Raine sta
ton, Tenn, has purchased a half in
terest In the Holstein herd bull Con-
cordia dc Kol Ragapple. The bull Is
owned by the Animal Huseandry en-
dowment, which has been the means OF
providing all the livestock Of the school,
the state never having donated one cent
for this work.
This bun IL q son of Ragapple Con-
cordia, the first to sell Tor SIS 900, and
has since had two of his sons to sell
for S35 900 and $50 200, Concprdia de
Kol Ragapple has the worlds champion
3h-year- old COW Ragapple PAMELA
Korndyke made AL pounds OF butter
per week. His granddam was the first
COW in the world to make SO pounds of
butter in one week, His dam, Nolle
Concordia de Kol, made 36.l pounds Of
butter in one week. There are several
of the daughters OF this bull owned by
the Animal Husbandry endowment Of
the agricultural school
Mr.. Banks was very anxious to pur-
chase the bull outright, but the donors
Of the animal would not consent to part
with him and reluctantly sold even u
half interest in this splendid animal
which is one OF the very best Hoistem
bulls in the South, The bull brought
the highest price of any animal ever
by a good majority, All of Mr. Banks
of them have high records
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
NEWBERN NEWS

NEW BERN, Tenn, March % tSplD-
THE Baptist Young People union held
a most important meeting at the New
bern Baptist church sunday. and the
program was we'll rendered by enthu-
siastic members ~ the Union and van
lst churches
tn" influenza epidemic is rapidly
ahating IN the Newbern section,
Rev Mi Pickett. who has been pas
tor ot the Trimble Baptist church has
been called to Coyngton to enter a
new field Of work He has been pastor
Of the Trlmble church for over three
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hcrndon. of by
clshure. Tenn. were called to Church
ton last Friday TO attend the funeral
and burial OF their Httle granddaughter.
I'orris Herndon Smith, who was burned
tu death
The Wo'HaSs Missionary a0s%esV US
~" Newbern Methodist chUech met at
the home of Mrs Stonsy J. Harris
Tuesday afternoon. and an interesting
program was rendered All members
were present The Newborn society
ranks among the best in the Memphis
conference. but more members are
urged To join the meeting every week.
Thu annual recital Of the Chicago Re.
cital company will render its program
at the Newbe,n opera house Tuesday.
March %,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
Building BOOM
IN HOLLY SPRINGS

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss, March 90.
(Spl) -Hony Springs.is experiencing an
unusual building boom for this spring.
Since Capt. NJ. A. Greene bought the
Oscar Jahnson preserve he has divided
quite a part of it into residence lots.
He has recently sold lots on Chula
homa street to Mr.. L. A. Rather, Jr.,
Mr.. Charles s. Owen and Mr.. Jake d.
Myers. Mr.. Rather has already begun
the erection Of an elegant modern two
story residence on his lot, and Mr..
Owen and Mr.. Myers contemplate
building modern bungalows on their
lots in tao early spring.
Sheriff L. B. Slayden has purchased
a residence from d. G. Potts and ex
pected to make quite a good deal of
improvements on IL right away. DR..
W. C. Sanduskey has purchased
home from r. f. Dancy on Randolph
street and will change 1t into a mod
ern building
charter is now being published TO
Incorporate new lumber company. to
be known as the Holly Springs Lumber
and Manufacturing company. The in
corporators are l.. G. Fi.nt and w. g.
Thompson, Of Holly Springs: J. A. Vow
ell, s. H. Hall and w. Il. Gibbs, of Mar
tin, Tenn, and II. w. Thorn, of Houl-
ka Miss. They have purchased the
old North Mississippi Oil Mill property
and will use it as mill, lumber yard,
etc
The Gulf Refining company has also
rented grounds close to the railroad and
will install a service gasoline station.
w. H. FAINT has bought out the coal
business of /. c. Levy and will combine
it with his already extensive coal bust
ness
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
NEWS FROM HALLS

HALLS, Tenn, March 20. (Spl) J.
Halls win join the evangeHstic cam
paign, which Is almost nation wide
with two weeks revival at the Meth.
odist church in this city, beginning
Sunday morning, March u The first
weeks revival win be conducted by the
pastor Rev j r Bagby. and the sec
ond week it viii be conducted by the
Rev. w. A. Lassiter. The subject for
the opening sermon Sunday morning
will be christian Stewardship All
the churches of town are urged to CO
operate in this movement.
The high school pupils of the Halls
high school gave an entertainment AT
the College hall last Tuesday evening
for the benefit of the library The pro
ceeds will be used for buying Ncw
G@0ls .-
movement is on foot to have all OF
Main street paved with concrete from
the east side OF town to the west side
distance Of one mile. which viii add
greatly TO this street and to the i'm
provemsnt of the town
AT a meeting of the cemetery com.
nittee recently, a new addition is to
be added 10 the present cemetery. 4
committee has been appointed to make
arrangements to care for the cemetery
this year. and to keep it bNautifi"3 and
improved.
Halls 10 enjoying q building boom
just OO6S. q sSges sUSBcRSess bBl;G1iNG sa
to be erected at once ga West Main
street, and several new additions Gre
being made TO residences.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-20
PARENTS INDORSE
PROPOSED RAISE
IN TEACHERS PAY

LUCY, Tenn, March 20. (Spl. 1.-THE
Parent-Teacher association of Lucy in
dorsed unanimously the. proposed in
crease Of teacherss salaries in Shelby
county at a recent meeting. The gath
ering was the most largely attended
and enthusiastic Of the year, the school
auditorium being comfortably filled. J
d. Workman, magistrate from the First
district, spoke at length, explaining the
attitude of the people here and stress
ing the need for patience and level
headed action by teachers and educa-
tional authorities alike. He commend
ed the teachers of Shelby county for the
sane and dignified manner in which
they have set about procuring an
equitable increase in pay.
Mrs. James P. Chase, local president,
rendered a detailed report Of the meet
ing of county presidents held at the
home of Miss Charl o. Williams, county
superintendent OF education, on March
10. The association Pledged undivided
support to the president and resolved
to continue regular monthly meetings
through the summer.
The "Deestrick Skule of Fifty Years
Ago" will be given by the association
on the evening of April s for the ben
eft of the school Improvement fund.