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BEWARE OF SORGHUM FRAUDS
GovwhimM Call* Attention t« Mil*
raprcMntationa by B*«d SaUars.
The United States department of *g
rlculture recently Issued two bulletins
relating to sorghum—a bulletin on
“The History and Distribution of
Sorghum” and a circular for free dis
tribution on “Three Much Misrepre
sented Sorghums." The object of the
latter Is to set the people right con
cerning some mistakes and misrepre
sentations.
Recently an Oklahoma man has been
selling at 50 cents a pound seed grain
of what be calls “California wheat,”
which he declares will produce 200 to
400 bushels per acre. The department
shows that this Is a variety of sor
ghum known as shallu. which, after a
thorough test a few years ago, proved
only about half as productive as KnfHr
corn. It la also inferior as a forage
crop.
• The second of these “misrepresented
sorghums" Is a so called “chocolate
corn," accounts of which have appear
ed in the press at different times. The
department announces that It never
had nny seed of "chocolate corn" for
distribution and that the plants which
have sometimes received that name
were simply varieties of sorghum,
probably in most cases the Karly Am
ber sorgo.
The sale of sorghum seed In the
south, under the name of Texas seed
ed ribbon cane, by certain seedsmen
lias led to much confusion and disap
pointment. The use of the term “rib
bon coue" is the cay«p of the trouble,
since tbls Is the popular name for the
sugar cone of the south, which does
not lienr seed. The Impression spread
by advertisers of tbls seed was that
they were offering a variety of the
sugar cane which would produce seed,
aud there was a large demand for tbls
seed, which. In fact, was nothing more
thffn "goose neck” sorghum. The de
mand eventually exhausted the supply
of seed, and the seedsmen began filling
orders with other sorghum seed. The
fraud was promptly exposed by the
department of agriculture, but the sale
of this seed continues. The depart
ment urges that the name “seeded rib
bon cane" be discontinued because It
is misleading.
Cornflowers For Beauty.
Now Is the time to plan for beautify
ing the farmer's front yard, not to
speak of the back yurd. Among the
flowers adaptable to use ns ornaments
there Is tho humble but nevertheless
beautiful cornflower, which. If grown
In beds, makes a rich riot of color. It
were left sfsbdlhg and the others
planted near about. , While I have no
hope of ever becoming a millionaire. I
think I have a pretty fair thing of 1L
Anyway. I am out no money. When
seeds ripen I stir up the soil with a
boe and plant them near the parent
stalk, then lay brush over the bed and
leave them alone. Sometimes after
twelve or fifteen months there will be
three tiny leaves showing up. still
capped by the seed shell. In gathering
the wild ginseng the best roots were
found where the soil was loose and
moist on top, with a bard clay bed
underneath.
Marriage.
Muriel detting him down easy)—l
should advise you not to take'tt to
heart. I might prove a most unde
sirable wife. Marriage is a lottery,
you know. Malcolm (bltterlyi —lt
strikes inv as more like a raffle. One
man gets the prize and the others get
the shake.—Smart Set.
TOBACCO AREA SPREADING.
Troubles In Tennessee and Kentucky
Cause Activity Elsewhere.
Since tile night riding affairs In Ten
nessee and Kentucky the tobacco '
growing Industry has been spreading
In other states. Missouri, for Instance, ,
reports an enormously Increased acre- j
age for last year, with prospects of a
still further Increase Ihls season. To
bacco Is by no means confined to the
south. Connecticut, It "is well known,
grows ningulficent tobacco. The leaf
from the Connecticut river valley vies
with that of Cuba and Porto Itkro as
a wrapper for cigars.
in view of the spread of the tobac
co Industry the following suggestions
as to seed are of Interest:
Tobacco seed rarely germinates over
75 per cent and often as low as 40 per
cent, making It necessary to test the
tobacco seed to be used for sowing
plant beds, according to Information
being sent out by the horticultural de
partment of the College of Agriculture
of the University of Wisconsin. Some
years the seed Is of especially low vi
tality, and If such seed Is used lu plant
beds poor plants are secured, which
ennnot produce a good crop. The seed
harvested last fall was poor, due to the
early frost.
Tobacco seed should be cleaned by
separating from It the light seed and
foreign material. A simple method of
testing Is to place a moistened blotter
or thick cloth on a dinner plate and on
to It count a definite number of seeds,
preferably 100 or 200. Another mois
tened blotter or cloth should be placed
over the seeds, which should then be
covered with another plate and set lu
r warm place slightly above room tern- j
perature and molsteucd occasionally. I
In five to seven days most of the
living seeds will have sprouted, nud j
the percentage that are alive may be
determined by counting. * If the seed
Is poor, growers should secure better i
seed or use n larger ntnount of the
poor seed, subsequently thinning the
plnnts In the beds until ouly the i
healthy plnnts remain.
I.arge crops of tobacco can only be ■
secured by setting vigorous plants, and
the yield Is too often reduced by neg
lect of seed testing by growers. Where |
n large amount of seed Is to be clean- I
ed a special seed cleaning
should l>e used. Such a
been designed at Cie WLgdjH
incut station ninUj
t in 1 7t‘>, \\ hic wyi£|
cattnntyrfjffij a f .V
Tw6 anti 5 half hours.
“This load," be says, “was hauled
part of the w*y by two ms res, both
MR. BIO COBS LOAD.
heavy with foal. For this reason 1
put on four horses for the greater part
of the haul. This was a record load
In this part of the country. The load
was fifteen feet long, five feet teD
inches wide and six feet two Inches
high.”
A photograph of the big load was
taken, which Is reproduced here.
HELD COTTON 38 YEARB.
Oldest Bale in the World Has Just
Been Sold.
Jackson, Ga. —So far as Is known,
the oldest bale of cotton in the world
was sold here this week, being bought
by Ktheridge, Smith & Co., from T.
H. Greer. The bale of cotton was
ginned on December 19, 1872, by water
power and was packed on an old hand
lever press in use at that time, bur
ing that season of 1872 cotton had
been selling for 111 cents per pound,
but as this bale was late being pre
pared ferr market, that price could
not be obtained when It was taken
to Grlffln. So the cotton was carried
back home, its owner declaring he
would never sell for less than 16
cents. He was 38 years In having his
promise fulfilled.
Only once since 1872 has oojfon
been above 16 cents and that was
during the Sully boom, when It went
half a cent above that figure. Mr.
Greer did not sell at that time, think
ing the market would reach 2U Cants.
In this he was mistaken, however, and
he has held the cotton for 16 cents
ever since. Local cotton buyers have
had their eyes on this cotton for
some time. A fancy price was of
fered for it during the St. Louis expo
sition, It being desired for exposition
purposes, but Mr. .Greer would not
selL
Thiß week he drove to town and
was offered 10 cents pe,- pound for
the hale, which weighed when it was
first ginned 505 pounds. After 38
years It now weighs 483 pounds. Only
once has it been repacked, and that
was in 1894, when the cotton was
found to be perfectly sound. The
bale has been placed on exhibition in
the window of Etheridge, Smith ii
Co., and is being viewed by hundreds
of persons. -
Ship and
Falmouth,
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Read and Rente mberPrices
Beys Wash Suits 59 Cents Reflector Lamp? 25 Cents
Boys Shirts 25 Cents Glar-s Lamps 20 Cents and up
Mens Shirts 29 Cents Heavy Goblets, each. 5 Cent*,
Childrens Lawn Cap? 15 Cents Butter Dishes 10 Cents
Lace Shams _._lo Cents Cups and Saucers 6 Cents
Lace Curtains 39 Cents Plates 5 A* 6 CentJ|
Curtain Rods.. 8 Cents Plates Decorated 10 Cent™
Childrens Umbrellas 39 Cents Flat Dishes Decorated 10 Cents
Childrens Parasols.__ls &25 Cents Deep Dishes'Decorated...lo Cent^j
Big Umbrellas 81.69 Covered Dishes 39 Cendß
Big Towels 9 Cents Bowls and Pitchers 89 Cents
Shoe Laces, doz 5 & 10 Cents Bowls only 48 Cents
House Brooms— .25 Cents q. . . , » , ~ .
Shoe Soles per pair ..10 Cento tnci 8 * ent
Shoe Nails, per box.. 3 Cents Envelopes, package .2 Cents
Cobbler Outfits 69 Cents Pins, package 1 Cent
Stand and 3 Lasts 39 Cents Hair Pins. package 1 Cent
Door Locks 10 Cents Tea Spoons, set 3 Cents
Door Knoli?, each 5 Cents Table Spoons, set 6 Cents
Prices Right on Everything.
J. M. WYNNE.
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