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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
Oats Require Good
Soil for Best Crop
To Avoid Winter Killing
Sow Plenty of Seed.

Oats are used mainly for hay or
grain, seldom being turned under.
They should be sown on good land. On
poor soils they do not give satisfactory
returns in either hay or grain, and
make less growth than rye for turning
under.
Yet oats make fine crop for farm
ers," says e. c. Blair, extension agron-
omist at the North Carolina State
college. under favorable conditions
they may be expected to yields2,500 to
$500 pounds of cured hay per acre.
The hay contains 9.3 per cent protein.
as compared to SO per cent for timo-
thy and 1914 per cent for soy beans. A
strong point in favor of oats is that
hairy vetch sown with them will ma
ture at the same time, making hay
richer in protein than oats alone.
"Oats often winter-kill severely. The
best way to avoid this is to sow plenty
of seed. Use at least two bushels per
acre. sow them early enough to get a
good start before cold weather. The
best time is October. A good way to
sow Is to disk the seed in, or better
still, drill them in, after corn or soy
beans. II would be too late to SOW
them after cotton. October-sown oats
far outyield late fall or spring-sown
oats in both hay and grain"
MIR. Blair suggests that If oats be-
gin to run up In the fall they should
be grazed down or cold weather will
damage them. They may be grazed
for a while in, the spring, but care
should be taken not to Craze them too
long.
Fertilizer experiments made in
North Carolina show that oats re-
spond well to nitrogen. However, If
the land Is fertile. or has received a
good application Of fertilizer In the
spring, oats need not be fertilized in
the fall. They may be given 100
pounds Of nitrate Of soda per acre
early in the spring If they appear to
need it.
Dat hay should be cut when the
grains are in the dough stage, then II
is easy to cure and excellent in quality.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
Limberneck Is Result
of Ptomaine Poisoning

Limberneck or blind staggers, as 1t
Is sometimes known In some localities,
may be the result Of ptomaine poi
soning caused by eating some rancid
food which, in the case of poultry, gen.
orally means decayed meat. 1t may,
however. mean moldy grains Some.
times it comes about merely by acute
Indigestion caused by clogging the sys-
tenn in some way. possibly by feeding
too much fiber such as is found in the
hulls of oats, barley. ETC.. or allowing
them to eat dried, tough grass.
The thing to do is to starve the birds
for a day or so to get the crops empty
and then give each one teaspoonful
or two of olive oil and empty the crop.
Give the fowl in the meantime access
to nothing but sand or grit and water
Then feed some easily digestible, high
ly. nutritious feed, such as bits Of raw
meat that have been slightly broiled;
or, If the fowl can handle 1t, stale,
dried bread soaked in sweet milk.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
THE END OF THE
SEASON

yK7E CLOSED up for the year our
Wv garden affairs last week. dug our
carrots, covered the strawberry plants
for the winter, cut the last Vt the
swiss chard, and had the plot plowed
for next spring.
The garden has been success
not unqualified. of course-but it has
brought satisfaction and sweet peas !;
it has given us exercise, and result
ed in a supply of lima beans and Span
ish onions for the winter. 1t has left
memories of green beans and mi
gnonette. of sweet potatoes and tooth
some green corn which are quite
pleasant.
AS said. 1t has not been an IN
qualified success. We planted too
much of some things and too little of
others. We did not in some cases
time our succession of vegetables as
carefully as we might have done. nor
know quite what to expect from a
definite amount of seed. We had car
rots and summer turnips e- ough for
township. and neither of us has ever
been particularly crazy over turnips
and carrots. had no conception OF
the fact that such a mass Of roots
could develop from such small pack
ages of seed.
But there Is always satisfaction
as we review the experiment in the
feeling that we can have another
chance at it, that where we have
failed today we can succeed tomor
row. There are not many sorts Of
endeavor or business where one hav'
ing made mistakes or failures may
begin all over again next time and
repair the failure of the previous
year. Every day l am telling young
fellows who want to wipe out the past
and begin anew that 1t is impossible
Not so with garden. Every spring
brings a new chance for success
every recurring season gives one an
opportunity to start again.
If only life were like garden Die
you ever stop TO think just what you
would do If another spring OF lifs
should come to you and you NIGH
have the opportunity 10 begin again
Aou would SOW different seed and IL
a different way.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
High Living Is Bad

There is always some mortality
among hens no matter how well they
are cared for. II is probable that most
of the deaths among hens are due
to long confinement in good houses
with rich. rations, night feeding and
lack II exercise. This condition tends
to bring on liver trouble and other dis
orders. 1t is one of the penalties the
poultryman must pay for getting a
larger number Of eggs. His problem
is not to save few weak sisters but
to breed race Of hens that can stand
the gaff.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
lf-Feeders for Calf
Not Always Efficient

According to an experiment recently
conducted by the dairy department of
the South Dakota State college.
Brookings. in regard to the efficiency
of self-feeders for calves it was
found that calves do not select their
own rations to the best advantage
they eat too much Of the protein feeds
and keep themselves too fat. In an
other experiment as to the value of
soy beans for dairy cattle. the results
show that ground soy beans make q
desirable feed because Of their high
protein content. but that soy bean hay
Is not as cheap a legume roughage in
South Dakota as alfalfa hay. conse-
quently soy bean hay is recommended
as feed only In localities where al
talfa andSclover are not grown.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18

ALONG
LIES TRAIL
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men. University of Illinois.
&c. 1926. Western Newspaper Union.)
THE FEMININE ARTS

MO ONE who knew him at all would
ever accuse Harris of being eff
Terminate. AS young chap he played
football and had won his numerals on
the swimming team, and he had all the
bad habits which adolescent youth Is
wont to characterize as manly. He
weighed 1856 pounds and looked like a
young Goliath. Since he has reached
middle age, he has taken up golf and
Joined an athletic club or two and is
still thought to have considerable
number Of red blood. corpuscles in his
veins.
He lives in hotel which l some
times frequent. and was interested If
not surprised. on walking into the
lounging room not long ago. TO find
Harris sitting there with woman's
sewing basket in his lap-I say won.
ans" though why she should entirely
usurp these useful household articles.
cannot say. He was sewing on few
buttons and had pair of damaged
socks lying on top of the basket to
which he was presently to address his
attention.
He threaded his needle with the
skill of a sewing girl. He piled 1t like
an old hand at the trade, and wNen he
had finished, bit off the, thread as If his
teeth had been newly sharpened. He
was as unperturbed as cheer leader
at a college football game.
whats the big idea?" inquired.
when did You take up dressmakngw
i've always mended my own things"
he said. you have, too, If you'd only
confess 1t. The trouble is we've been
ashamed of it, and have locked the
door and pulled down the blinds when
we sewed on few buttons or darned a
thin spot In the seat of our trousers.
I'm coming out into the open"
"Why this debut of the seamstress?"
l asked.
swell. If women are going to prac-
tice all the manly arts. why shouldn't
we take on little of the feminine?
Women wear trousers and boots and
flannel shirts, just as we do. They've
horned in on every game we've started.
excepting football, possibly, and you
can't go into country barber shop
nowadays without finding the place
cluttered up with women getting their
hair bobbed If woman can smoke
in public. there's no reason that i can
see why / shouldn't darn my socks
in the OPEN"
There, was no good reason chat
could allege.
IF the women are going to be SO
manly" ne continued, why shouldn't
we balance things up and be little
ladylike? don't care myself for red
cheeks and thin eyebrow, but there's
Martin Wheeler-!.e's as anemic as an
old lady of ninety, and his eyebrows
hang over so far that they nearly shut
off his vision. Why shouldn't he have
them thinned out a little and brighten
up his complexion with little rouge?
He would be improved If he took on a
few orange tints and practiced the
feminine arts"
Well, why not7 didn't argue with
him. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
DON'T BROOD OVER
STOMACH DISTRESS

Don't lay awake nights and feel mis-
cradle an day-there's one right way TO
Az up your gassy. rebelious disordered
stomach In such a short time that your
heart win be giaddened.
Today Dare's Mentha Pepsin Is the one
remedy supremeiy efficient where acute
or chronic indigestion or gastritis Is
making your days and nights miserable
Reports Of its mighty power to over
come unbearahle. near suffocating stom-
ach agony have swept the land until to
day its sales are marvellous
Get one bottle Of this pleasant speedy
acting medicine today with tho distinct
understanding that II II doesn't help you
--your money win be returned.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18

Fresh manure may be spread on the
garden In the fail.
Think Of weeds as leaks swiftly de-
pleting the water supply. But don't
just think.
Last call for the Gull hens. After
September Is 1t Is difficult to pick the
poor ones.
The best way Of pastufing soy beans
with hogs is to grow the beans with
corn and then hog the combination
down
1t costs just as much to raise a 40
bushel crop as one that yields 30 BUSH
els, SO why not plant your farm to
adapted varietiesl
Dockage consists of dirt, straw,
sand, weed seeds. and chaff. Why pay
freight rates on e4,398.OO0 pounds Of
dockage every fallf
Smutty wheat results in enormous
losses in yields Of wheat and In the
value Of the contaminated grain. The
odor and color of the smutty grain
render 1t inferior for milling.
Musty wheat is very Objectionable
because of the bad odor 1t gives the
-four. Nearly per cent Of the wheat
received at Kansas City is marked
down on account of being sprouted.
II is a good policy TO cut the sllage
up fine. II packs in the silo better and
also feeds better, II may take a little
longer to put the stalks through the
cutter when cut dne. bat II pays well
10 do so.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18

The time is not far distant when
the king Of England will be able to
speak to all the lands under the Brit
lsh flag through a radio broadcasting
station, Marconi, the wireless expert,
predicts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
Alert Fire Won,as,

Dashing to a fire in garage. Al 6EO
department at Grfmsby, England, M
rived after a woman had run from
her house with a chemical exffmv
guisher, put out the blaze and re-
turned home.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
TrDO More Payments

"Say. Mary, how much more do we
owe the doctorY"s asked an East sidA
man of his wife. "a $3.50. ~
why, only $10,' she replied.
ooh. goody," spoke up the Oldest
son. "1n two more. payments the
baby is ours"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18

Forest City, Iowa. = ''My first child
lived only a short time and was sick
for a year after. When bent over
and raised myself up again I could
almost scream with pain in my back.
One day ] was SO bad that ] had to
leave my washing and get ready to
60 to the doctor. He gave me medi-
cine, but it did no more good than if
: / drank just water. Once when we
had been in town a little book telling
about Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was left in our car. ]
have taken five bottles Of the Vege-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
Tribute to Brace Woman

A monument to Mrs. Edith Lacey
an American welfare worker who lost
her life in the japanese earthquake
of 1928, has been dedicated by the
Yokohama Young Women's Christian
association. Mrs. Lacey was a leader
In the association. The monument is
In the form of a house which is to be
used as rest and recreation center
for the girls Of Yokohama and is tie
gift of Mrs. Lacey's father, DR..
Charles G. Rosa of Buffalo, N. Z.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18

Its all right to lay up treasures in
,eaven, but 1t is just as well to carry
little burglar insurance.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
The Worst

"How did you get on in your exam
nation?"
II failed in mercantile law, canon
Jaw and international law" IA
THAT'S badw
"The worst is yet to come. I have
to tell my mother-in-law! 7"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18

You never can tell. The people who
throw bouquets at the dead may throw
bricks at the living.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
ABad Case Of Nerves Relieved

Denver, Colorado. = 81 was very
respondent, blue and sad all the time,
which is worse than real pain, and
extremely nervous, with no appetite.
! was this way for about two years
and thought no one cared for me.
My mother had had the same trouble
and had taken Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for it. / tried
everything else, then / began to take
it. / soon had a better appetite and
restored mental condition. 1dnoved to
a bright, sunny house, began calling
Fon different people, and changed
many other things. I also Used Lydia
E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash for my
female weakness. With the aid Of
your medicines I am now a fairly
healthy, happy and contented woman.
I've used the Vegetable Compound at
different times and will say it always
helps me over the bad spells that
come to every woman past 40 years. "
Mrs. HELEN FINE, IS South Wash
ington Street, Denver, Colorado.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18

Some people never get religion till
they have tried everything else.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
Evidently

II have bought the screen rights to
THE City Directory" "a.
That will take big cast"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-09-18
MRS. BORGELIN'S
REMARKABLE RECOVERY
Gives Credit for Restored Health to Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. AL
Women Interested

table Compound now and ] do all my
homework and help with the milking,
and taking care of chickens and gar
den. Besides / have a fine baby girl
eight months old, just the picture of
health, and ! am feeling fine myself.
You may use this letter as a testi-
monial and / viii answer any letters
asking about the Vegetable Com
pound. MFRS. OSCAR F. BoRGELlN,
Route No. 5, Forest City, Iowa.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-10
RAPIDRISE IN
LAND VALUES
Blades Farm the Latest Near
Elizabeth City to Be Sub
divided Into Small Lots

Taking advantage of the
sudden rise in values, the farm
of DIR. l.. S. Blades containing
2SO acres is to be sold at pub
lie auction "Wednesday. July
Is, SO great is the demand for
property near this city, for
small truck farms and building
purposes.
This farm is the largest near this
city to be Subdivided recently. 1t
Is located little over a mile from
town, facing Il mile on the Weeks
vile Highway, and is opposite the
fair grounds. Land nearer town
has been Subdivided and sold rec
emily, going at the rate of 81 500
to $1,000 when cut up into small
tracts. The Blades farm, now in
Il high state Of cultivation, will of
fer many building sites on the
highway. with small farms in the
back. on which are already located
several residences with Outbuild-
ingS.
The sale is to be conducted for
the owner by the Atlantic Coast
Realty Company, of Winston-Salem,
y. c., AMI Petersburg, Va. +. NJ.
Fits, is the representative OF the
company. who will hold the sale.
In connection with the rapid rise
in land values, it is of interest to
mention that the Bradford lot locat-
Ell between the stores of MrCabe &
Grice and the First 4 Citizens Ma.
tional Bank on Main Street, facing
on PoindcXtcr street and runnin.
back To Fearing. is soon t, he sold
at auction. Some talk has been
made Of the property as q good site
for hotel.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-10
LOCAL NEGRO BANK SHOWS
STRONG, HEALTHY GROWTH

The only institution Of the kind
in this section, the Albcmarle Bank,
northeastern North Carolina's s negro
bank, reports decided gain in the
five years it has been in business,
showing resources of approximately
$1Uj,OOO. as compared with its re-
sources of S35.000 when the bank
opened for business in August 1920.
The banks resources have trebled.
1t has nearly 600 savings depOsitors
and nearly 1000 active accounts.
IT has customers in Il dozen states,
including every state Oh the Attain
tic Coast. and Alabama, Ohio, West
Virginia and Kentucky. The PreSl-
dent of the bank is DR.. Il. l.. HOf-
fler: Vice-PrcSidcnts. +. w. NJ. But
Ter, Prof. Z. W. Moore, &. +. Graves
W. III. Case; Cashier, w. ii. Hol-
land; Assistant Cashier, J Il. Flem-
ing. 1--WE find the people of our
race loyalty cooperating and glad
of the opportunity to follow thrifty
methods encouraged by Il banking
connection of their own race" says
Cashier Holland.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-10
FARMERS URGED TO
TAKE WIVES ALONG
Three Day Farm Convention In
Raleigh Begins July % at
State College

Farmers and their wives thru
out this section are invited to at
tend the farm convention TO be held
i'm Raleigh at State College, July
2S-.eQ,3Hh. This annual event
gives farmers anG farm women of
different sections of the State an
opportunity to meet and discuss
many problems.
o. Max Gardner. President and
james NJ. Grey, Secretary join the
program committee in assuring
everyone Il splendid program i'll
Guiding the best authors and spcci-
alists on farm problems to be found.
Raleigh is only about a seven hour
ride from Elizabeth City and every
one that can possibly do so should
attend this convention. Auto part
les can be made up in every COM
munity and assemble in front of
the Courthouse to leave at 8 o'clock
says County Agent G. w. Falls, who
is working out a route whereby the
farmers Of this section will have an
opportunity to see the best and most
varied systems of farming that are
carried on in North Carolina. The
plan will be arranged to cover one
route going and returning by an
other, perhaps thru a portion of
Virginia. The officers of the con-
ventiOn will present the county
having the best attendance with the
greatest mileage a silver cup. With
the mileage that we have and the
good roads to Raleigh, Pasquotank
County should bring home this cup,
says Mr.. Falls who urges all farm
trs talk this over with their neigh
bors that as many may attend this
convention as possible.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-10
DEATH RESULTS FROM BOIL
INFECTION OVER HIS EYE

Pneumonia as n result of general
scpticcmia that had its inception i'll
a boil over his right eye, is ascrib-
ed as the cause of the death Of Noah
Stevens. 90, Camden County man
who died Monday morning at his
home near Camden Courthouse.
The boil came on the young mans
forehead about two weeks ago, and
he had it lanccd, the infection set
ting up shortly aftcrward.
Funeral services were conducted
at the old home Tuesday afternoon
by Rev. &. +. Hill of Elizabeth City,
assisted by Rev. j. w. Downcy Of
BclcrOsS.
The deceased was the son of the
late Noah and Pcnnie Stevens of
Camden County. He was survived
by two brothers, Robert and Tom
Stevens and three sisters. Mrs. X.
H. Whaley, Mrs. w. J. Morriscttc,
Mrs. Howard Berry, all of Camden,
and was a cousin of Bcnnie Stevens
of this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-10
MAYORS FORMER OPPONENT
PRAYS SUCCESS on BOARD

When Mrs. &. ID. Bell petitioncd
the Aldermen this week TO open
their monthly smoker with prayer,
Mayor McCabe, without bothering
to put her request 10 vote turned
To Mills Bell. son of Mrs. &. ID.
Bell, and asked him to pray. In
this instance. candidate for
Mayor. who was defeated in the
June election by Mr.. MCCabc. was
asked to pray for the success of Il
meeting presided over by the victor
i'm the campaign. II the blessing
of God rested on the meeting out
Of Difference to Mr.. Bells prayers.
hen it is the will of God that women
shouldn't he on the school board,
for the Aldermen turned down the
petition Of the WOmens Club to
elect two women school trustees.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-10
SEES BETTER TIMES
FOR BOTH SECTIONS
Portsmouth City Manager Believe
Roads and Schools Will De-
strOy All Prejudice

That equal pleasure and profit
will he derived by the citizens Of
two states, by reason of the compile
tiOn of the Dismal Swamp Highway,
is the opinion Of j. i. Jeryey, City
Manager of Portsmouth, in the fol-
lowing letter to this newspaper:
"All of us here certainly appre-
ciate your editorial on the necessity
Of completing the North Carolina
end of the Dismal Swamp Road.
1t seems to me that roads and
schools above all things are needed
both in Virginia and North Caro-
lima to destroy the blightins effect
Of misinfOrmation and prejudice.
After all, state lines and county
lines are but artificial barriers ex-
listing only for the benefit Of the
politician and the makers of geo
graphies. We, i'm Virginia and
North Carolina particularly, have a
common ancestry. common traditions
and common Objectivcs, the last Of
which | take to be both of spirit
ual and material character. Con-
Meeting roads between the two
states will permit us, by friendly
exchange of ideas and goods and by
creating a laudable competition be-
tween the two communities, to bring
our ideals us to the public welfare
nearer to realization. We have only
To remember that roads lead both
ways and that while we here on
Hampton Roads will bc benefited by
possibly Il greater traffic with North
Carolina points, these same North
Carolina points will gain by the
many visitors and tourists from
Virginia and by a greatly enlarged
and enhanced local trade and bust
ness.
Il therefore sincerely believe that
the completion of good roads be-
tween eastern North Carolina and
the cities lying on Hampton Roads
will be the greatest step forward
taken by these communities since
the Civil War. the results Of which
will far Surpass our most sanguine
expectations"