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About The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1909)
Modem Farm Methods As Applied in the South. rvotes of Intelest to Planter, Fruit Grower and Stockman Growing Goo«l Crops of Wheat. The present good price for wheat, and the apparent prospect for its con tinuance, is exciting interest in wheat raising in the South, and I am getting letters from many farmers, who have not been growing wheat, asking for the best methods for its cultivation. While wheat can be grown in the coastal plain of the South Atlantic region, it is hardly probable that uni formly good crops will be made there, because as a rule the soils are rather too light and the climate too humid for the best results in wheat, though in certain unusually favorable seasons good crops may sometimes he made. The best wheat soils are the medium heavy clay loams, and a lime stone soil is highly esteemed for wheat. Good drainage is, cf course, essential to a crop that must pass through the winter, and only well drained soils can be expected to make good wheat crops. Formerly, it was thought that the ideal preparation for wheat was a clover sod broken early in the sum mer and harrowed and tramped till well settled. And there is no doubt that a well prepared fallow is still ex cellent for the wheat crop. But cul tivators have long since learned that this sort of preparation for the wheat crop is too expensive, as it takes the labor of the farm through most of the summer without any crop on the land, and the exposure to the sun is also a bad thing for the soil. In my boyhood I can well remember that a farmer would apologize for the ap pearance of a certain field by saying that it was “corn land" wheat, and could not be expected to be equal to fallow wheat. But these same farmers who for merly thought that they were doing well to get fifteen bushels of wheat per acre, have long since found out that fifteen bushels is a very small crop, and that there is no better preparation for wheat than a corn field deeply broken in the-spring and cultivated shallowly all summer, so as to bring about the same ideal con ditions that an early-broken fallow gives. They have found, too, that after the hoed crop, whether wheat or tobacco, there is no need for re plowing the land. In fact, there is good reason for not doing so, for the shallow and level culture of the corn has brought about the very best con ditions for wheat, a well aompacted soil and a fine surface. Therefore, after a crop of corn or tobacco is off the land, a light disk ing kept up both ways till the surface soil is made very fine, will be all that is needed. If peas have been sown among the corn or tobacco, they should be mown off, for the turning under of such a growth would prevent the compacting of the soil that wheat demands, and more wheat will be made with the peas cut off than if they were turned under. But one thing is certain, and that is, that the surface soil can not he made too fine. The best wheat soils in Virginia and North Carolina are the red uplands of the Piedmont section. Lands like the farm of Mr. Lambeth, in Ran dolph County, near Thomasville, in Davidson, where a crop of over thirty bushels is reported this season, should be made to average that much, or more, every season. The farm of the iate Governor Holt, in Davidson, has made over forty-five bushels per acre, an} these crops show that these red lands are ideal w’heat soils, and will make more wheat to-day under good farming than the famous spring wheat lands of the Dakotas. But good farming demands that crops shall be grown economically, and it has been found, as I have said, that the fallow ing system is not an economical way to raise wheat. Our clover sod, while it will make fine wheat, can be more economically used for the corn crop. The farm manure spread on this clover sod as made during the winter, and plowed under in the spring, makes the best of all preparation for the wheat crop if the corn is culti vated shallow and level during the summer, thus producing the same conditions that would be made on a summer fallow, while making a valua ble crop. The same may be said of the to bacco crop as a preparation for wheat. The leading idea is to make the breaking early, and then devote the whole season to the preparation of the surface soil to get it fine, and the lower soil compacted to the state the wheat prefers. Then as to sowing. Too early sow ing must be avoided on account of the Hessian fly. There is less danger of the fly after we have had one good White frost, and I would always de fer the sowing to this time. This will usually make the sowing in all the warmer parts of the State of North Carolina about the last of October or first of November, and somewhat ear lier in the upper sections. Mr. Dauth ridge, in Edgecombe County, made some years ago a fine crop of wheat sown in December, but in any of the upper parts of the State that would be entirely too late to give the wheat a fair chance, while it might do in lower Georgia and Alabama. As to the amount of seed to be used, I would sow more on thin land than on strong land, for it will tiller less. On the best wheat soil five to six pecks per acre, and on thin soil seven pecks or even two bushels per acre will be none too much. Get seed wheat, if practicable, south of you rather than north, for south wheat is sown later and ripens esylier, and hence earliness is promoted by going south for seed. In the days of the old Blue Stem White wheat it was com mon for Maryland farmers to get seed from North Carolina, and they found this to be an advantage in earliness. Where one has a manured clover sod turned for corn, the only fertilizer that will be needed on red cley soil will be about 400 pounds of acid phosphate per acre, and on sandy or grey soil an addition of twenty-five pounds of muriate of potash will be an advantage. Always drill the seed with a wheat drill, and never follow the old practice of sowing broadcast and harrowing in. See that the seed is clean, plump and heavy, for a great deal depends on the vigor of the plants, and you cannot expect strong plants from shrivelled seed. You will have no cheat unless you sow the ceed with the wheat or have land already infested with cheat seed. Cheat is more common among oats in the South than among wheat, for the cheat seed is very much like a small oat, and farmers sow them with the oats without suspecting their pres ence. Then the winter may be hard and the oats get killed, but the hardy cheat grows, and the farmer, seeing green leaves, imagines that it is oats till it heads out, and then he thinks his oats have turned to cheat. No man ever had any cheat but what came from cheat seed which was in the ground or was sown with the grain.—Progressive Farmer. Kafir-Corn Cutter. L. A., of Grenola, Kan., writes that a good kafir-corn header can be made at a little expense out of two old stalk cutter knives and a few pieces of lumber. This is used for heading kafi-corn out of the shock. The lower knife should be bolted in the pieces of the frame, which should be notched so the knife will fit in and form a ' SB * p !^l'"’ haro wo ° c || Cnd yitW smooth edge. The frame should be set on the side of the wagon. One man should stand on the ground and put the bunches or bundles on the knife, while the other man stands in the wagon and pushes the knife down against the bunch, the knife cutting the heads off, which fall into the wa gon. Cultivating Cantaloupes. A thorough preparation of the soil before it is planted to cantaloupes will very much lessen the necessity for so much cultivating afterwards, but a great deal depends upon fre quent and thorough cultivation dur ing the early stages in the growth of cantaloupes; at first it should be deep and thorough, but not qlose enough to disturb the plants; the cultivations should be more shallow and further from the hills as the plants develop. The grower who cultivates deep and close to the hill because the vines do not prevent him, is cutting off one source of early cantaloupes. He should study the growth of the roots, for they form the counterpart of the vines on the surface, only they ramify the soil more thoroughly and to a greater distance than the length o/ the vines. The Separator’s Value. A separator will reduce the numbet of churnings, the length of time it takes to churn, and improve the qual* ity and increase the yield of butter. Women as Well as Men are Mcde Miserable by Kidney and Bladder Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discourages and lesse us ambition; beauty, - vigor and cheerful w ness soon disappear ' when the kidneys are ,f | out of order or dis ; | Kidney trouble has jl become so prevalent r ft 'A-** n °t uneom /tkvWP? mou for n child lob - e U k Vwljcr born with weak kidneys. If the child urinates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diffi culty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made miser able with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of swamp-Root is soon realized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- « *^n cent and one-dollar /[piaßSifeSjiSfeSfjji size bottles. You may iSSSHIiSjISsiiiS have a sample bottle | by mail free, also a pamphlet telling all about Swamp-Itoot, iiom. oisw.mp-Rooi. including many of the thousands of testi monial letters received from sufferers who found Swamp-Root to be just the remedy needed. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Don’t make any mistake, but remember the name, Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamton, N. Y., on every bottle. M PONATABLC ANB stationary Engines AND BOILERS |4W, Lath and Shlnrle Mllla, Injectors, pumps and Fitting*, Wood Saws, Splitter*. Shaft*, Pull*/*, Belting, Qssoiin* Engines. LOMBARD, fMidjy, Huhlis aid B*i!«f Work* ud Supply Silts AU4USTA. OA. Kennedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup Relieves Colds by working them out of the system through a copious and healthy action of the bowels. Relieves coughs by cleansing the mucous membranes of the throat, chest and bronchial tubes. “As pleasant to the taste as Maple Sugar’' Children Like It* For BACKACHE-WEAK KIDNEYS Try QglNUt'jj Bladder Pills—Jure and Safi Weak Kidneys Backache, Lumbago and Rheumatism immediately relieved by Pineules Delays are dangerous. There is no more common complaint than Kidney complaint. Nature always B gives due warn +l ing and failure to heed same may t * n Diabetes, \ f ¥ Lumbago, Bright’s A-'J .y Disease, or some other \w serious affection of the nT / Kidneys. A trial will [I B convince you they are unequaled. Pine -1 ules are quickly ab aß \ sorbed and readily W;' J but naturally elimin ¥ ft ate poisons due to dis f m \ organed condition of |JJ { Kidneys and Bladder. They purify the blood and are a tonic to the entire system.. Do not suffer from Backache, Lumbago, Rheumatism or Kidney and Bladder trouble when you can get Pineules. Two size, sl.9* and 50 cents. Tbe dollar sizt con stuns 2i times as mock as the 90 cent else. Pineule Medicine Company Chicago, U. S. A. Horton Drag Co. Z. D. Ward. Stock bridge. The politeness that comes from the heart is as rare as a white elephant. We hare to get along with the polite ness taught us by formal books of eti quette. Foley’s Orixio Laxative For Stomach Trouble, Sluggish Liver and Habitual Constipation. It cures by aiding all of the digestive organs —gently stimu lates the liver and regulates the bowels —the only way that chronic constipation can be cured. Especiallyrecommended for women and children. Clears blotched complexions. Pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. THE HORTON DRUG CO., McDonough, ga. LABOR WORLD. In Chicago the tendency of wages in the various trades is upward. Bakers’ International Union, with a membership of 2100 In 1898, now shows a total of 16,200. During two months thirty-seven new locals of building laborers have hppn formed in different cities of the country. Accidents in coal mines of the Uni ted States during the last calendar year resulted in the death of 3125 men and injury to 3310 more. The trades in the building industry of Jamaica, West Indies, are organiz ing into unions affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. Upon the resumption of school af ter the summer vacation only three of the 200 children of steel strikers at McKees Rocks, Pa., appeared. The International Molders’ Union has paid since January, 1896, when benefits were established for sick sick and death benefits a total of $2,504,- 7 21. Samuel Gompers was denounced In the International Trades Unions’ Congress at Paris for his antagonistic attitude toward European trades union methods. In the fight to stamp out tubercu losis now being carried on bj various unions throughout the country, the Bill Posters' Association is the latest to offer assistance. At a conference in Melbourne of representatives of the Iron Workers’ Assistants’ Association of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and South Aus tralia. it was resolved that a federa tion should be formed. The acceptance was announced at Beverly of the resignation of Assist ant Secretary of Commerce and Labor Ormsby McHarg. McHarg sharply attacked ex-President Roosevelt in connection with the Ballinger-Plnchot controversy. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the snj? Signature ol C FEMININE NEWS NOTES. Miss Hilda Martindale is senior in spector of factories for Ireland. The clubwomen of Chicago puzzled over the question of a lawful costume tor working women. Mrs. R. H. Tucker, of Spokane, Wash.. 1r the first woman wireless operator in tne world. The State Federation of Women’s Clubs in Kentucky three years ago be gan a campaign against illiteracy. William Watson, the poet, was married at Bath, England, to Miss Pring, of Hill of Howth, Ireland. Miss Gertrude E. Curtiss, of Brad ford, Pa., is the first negro girl to become a dentist in the Eastern States. A board of five women has been appointed by the Governor of Texas to examine trained nurses who apply for licenses. The body of Mrs. J. Addison Hayes, daughter of Jefferson Davis, was cre mated at Denver, Col., and taken to Richmond, Va. Mrs. Keith Spalding, of Chicago, gave SIB,OOO and forty acres of land to establish a tuberculosis sanitarium at Napierville, 111. A company was formed for the work of establishing Mrs. Russell Sage’s model village for workingmen on Long Island, near Jamaica, Miss Claudia McKenzie won Hie first prize and Mrs. Bradley Jones tne second in a hat trimming contest held by a club of women in New Yortc City. Ethel Due, seventeen, and her sis ter, Vera, fifteen, swam the Narrows, New York Harbor. Beatrice, twelve, was ( taken into a boat when near the finish. When Mile. Helen Mlropolosky made her debut as a member of the Paris bar she was attired In a simple black gown, relieved by the conven tional white barrister’s bib. 4 It is impossible to thrive on veve tablos alone. They must be supple mented by eggs, cheese, Italian paste* such as maccaroni, brown bread, good salad oil, butter, nuts, cereals, pulse. LATE JOS NOTES, General. Elephantiasis was a contributory cause of the death of Mrs. There** Habetes, wife of a restaurant keeper, who died in New York city in a hos pital She weighed five hundred pounds, and it was necessary to con struct a special casket for her body. Until three years ago, the woman was of ordinary size. She was thirty eight years old. According to a letter received in Columbia, S. C., lVonj the canal tone. South Carolina relatives and friends there of Editor William N. Chandler, who was clubbed to death by General Jeffries, will ask the state depart ment tw insist on Jeffries’ trial lor murder. Belden Wood rig, the New York steeplejack who had spent most of his life working at dizzy heights, frac tured his skall when he fell two feet from a chair to the floor and died soon afterwards. Woodrig was lean ing back in the chair when it toppled over with him. Mrs. Betsy Hill, the English wom an, who was sent to Ellis island on the suspicion that she was insane because she smoked a cigarette while a customs officer inspected her bag gage when the steamship Philadel phia arrived in New Yora city. has. been released with a certificate that she is not only sane, but is a remark ably brilliant woman. Mrs. Hill, who is about sixty years old, is one of the best-known European authorities on antiques. Harry Thaw, the tfayer of Stanford White, has been appointed librarian of the Matteawan asylum for the in sane. Thaw, on account of his knowl edge of literature and his Ukiu*. tor hooks, was glad to take up the duties. “The work will be very congenial." raid he after being appointed. The liner Lucania, which was re cently burntd at the White Star docks in Liverpool, England, will cost $600,- 000 to rebuild. The underwriters of fered the Cunard company s4Uo.otit) for the ship as a total loss. The of *r was accepted and the liner never rebuilt. Two portraits of Governor 11. B. Comer that adorned the east and north entrances to the county court yard at Huntsville, Ala., were fiadlv mutilated by unknown parties. Each of the portraits were cut across iue throat. Two large placards advertis ing the prohibition rally, posted over the other entrances to the lawn, were burned. Governor Hay of Washington has is sued a formal statement justifying his open violation of the anti-Uppiug law recently passed and signed, by himself. He said he had done so be lieving it to be unconstitutional. Of ficials are generally disregarding the anti-cigarette law as well, and none but traveling men have tried lo eu force the nine-foot sheet law. Washington. The total amount of business hand led by the dead letter division of the postoffice department for the last fis cal year was $29,342.29. Of this $lO.- 044.01 was received from the annual dead letter sale. Only about 6>i per cent of money received by the dead letter office was restored to its own ers, the balance being deposited in the United States treasury. Open-air schools for the accommo dation of tubercular pupils have re ceived the approval of comuiisskm ers of the District of Columbia, and the hoard of education is now perfect ing arraugments for the opening of two such buildings, one for white and the other for colored pupils. Moles and rats are the most impor tant trophies of the many sample* contained in one big packing case and five small ones just received by the Smithsonian institution from former President Roosevelt. The scientist* of the institution display comparative ly little interest in the skulls of the big animals, proofs of ex-Presklent Roosevelt’s heroism and marktnan ship, but moles and rats, ©f the aort contained in the last shipment, seem to be right popular with the scien tists. If sugar is added to the juice of the grape after the fermentation process is passed then it will hereafter cease to be real or straight wine in the eye of the law. So has the depart ment of agriculture ruled on a pro test made against the sugared wines from the Ohio and Missouri grapes. Hereafter such goods must be label ed “sugar wine” or “Imitation.” The contract for supplying 3.487.- 000,000 postal cards to the postofflee department during the four years be ginning January 1, 1910, was award ed by Postmaster General Hitchcock to the government printing office, which submitted the lowest bid, $924.- 717.95. By selecting a stock of light er, but finer, quality, the postoffico department expects to provide for the public a better card at less expen am to the government. That there does not exist the “slightest friction between this coun try and Cuba,” which the public has been made to believe by the alarming reports frequently published by cer tain Havana papers, is the substance of a statement issued by the Cuban foreign office, reoeived at the state department from the American charge d'affaires, Fred M. Hearing, at Havana. Two hundred and seventy pounds or “boat!” That is the aim of Presi dent Taft before he leaves Beverly. Mass. The president tipped the scnles at more than three hundred when he arrived there and by vigorous treat ment has lowered this figure, but ho is still carrying more flesh than he cares to tote over his transcontinen tal trip. y
