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OFINTERESi TO THE FARMERS
teMS ABOUT how other people do the things
m doing-farming
that you are notes
FOR fALL seeding.
hould be Plowed Early to
■flie Lanci the tubble.
Rot
that is to be seeded to rye or
C t and September should be plowed
in stubble can rot and
August, so the
in und settl6 says the Baltimore
gr° ’
the
American- take about three weeks for
u will rot. plow as soon
thick stubble to
ground is in good order. Better
is the work can be done with
d quicker The field should be har
hree horses ground dries out.
rawed before the
good plan to harrow- all that
it is a the day before, The
kas Plowed mellow can be broken
^•ouiid being
l nicely leveled, conserving
tine all( the surface.
tfce moisture in seeds to
the three, or more times
may be destroyed, the soil
mellowed, more plant food is
, y
wrought to the surface, and the land
in excellent condition for drilling
jut seeding to grass. Corn
0 grain and
, jroufid that should be givfeh an extra
cultivation, if it can be done without
ireaking down the stalks.Weight the
hiiiivator, or set the frame wide and
once in the row. The large weed
un shouldb cut out
the corn rows e
n and two -horse-disc
•y tand.The one
jultivators are now largely used by
[he large farmers of the middle west,
Pkese cultivators are said to be
great improvement over the old
, cut and mel
tyie cultivators. They
the ground to the depth of sev
ow hard the
rai inches and are not on
lorse.
A PROFITABLE FARM.
low an Old and Poor Farm as Mad.
To Produce Two Bales to the Acre
Bulletin No. 364 of the federal de¬
triment of Agriculture gives the de
ails of how an old and impoverished
arm in middle South Carolina was
aken up by a scientific farmer and
Dade very profitable. The soil is a
tray, sandy loam, in some parts quite
nose and almostw hite in color. It is
bderla’in at a depth of twelve to fif
eeu inches by a yellow, sandy subsoi
Ihe forest growth is pine and scrub
bak. The farm had been under culti
ation some eighty years, and for
ligiu or ten years previous to the
[resent the ownership had been rented,
fertility of the soil had been so |
[educed that it would produce only
100 pounds of seed cotton or five to
[iglii bushels of corn -to ,the acre.
Now this has all been changed, the
folders of the fields have been all
traightened, the tenant houses mov
ld from the tilable lands, gullies fill¬
'd up, and the swamp role" dra.ined
[he tilable land has been divided into
! fields of 22 acres each; the farm
las been fenced and a new house,
farn and other buildings have been
keeled. The farm today presents an
ppearance rosperity. of neatness, thrift and
fire present owner was a farmer
[1 exeprience when he purchased the
r rm ’ an d he knew the value of the
p'ation [lie importance of crops, thorough tillage,and
of decaying organic
Ratter, or humus, in the soil. He
F jdopn-d e && a began rotation, bought stable ma- the
> feeding cattle for
purpose of converting part of the
roughage 1 and grain of the farm into
foimal products and making farm ma¬
ke for use on the land. By this
“rthod and by the judicious lirie ojf
ommercial fretilizer he succeeded in
Toducing the first year a yield of 1
k a!es of cotton, 37 bushels of corn
^ ll( ten bushels of oats to the acr^.
* se yields have been gradually in
k'Jsed, until during the last two
ys 2 1-4 bales of cotton, 85 bushels
cora > a nd 80 bushels of oats per
cre Fve been obtained.
Ihe rotation adopted was as follow j
y C'Lween year > corn, the with cow peas plant- work
rows at the last
J S of the corn; second winter
year,
y followed by cowpeas for hay,and
!ir( l year, cotton.
Making Pea Hay.
Let the peas grow until the pods
° r " e dow, and then ther is hay
no
“ ore easy to well
^withstanding cure _ _ than cowpeas,
all the talk about
“ difficulty of curing them, says tta
Progressive Farmer.They will
“ r ' ‘f you just let them, and do not
ymonkeying ,' ances writh all sorts of eon
to spoil them.
1 had a letter today
from a farmer
° that he would have barn
*>m not
for his pea crop and wanted to
‘DOW jf th ey would keep well
1 - *!.• answered his question
_ own
said a neighbor had stacked
°me when well wilted and limp, and
boated and steamed. But to his
rpna e,he found that they had cured
Meetly. if he had opened the stack
,rie( l to cool them off, he would,
’ ^ ave bad mouldy hay.
Mow the peas in the morning, and,
if possible, put a tedder behind the
mower and keep them tossed up and
hasten the wilting.Rake the morning
mowing int windrows that afternoon.
Turn them the next morning and let
lie till afternoon, while cutting more.
Clock them that afternoon, and when
the hay in the cocks can be
twisted hard, and no sap runs to the
twist, haul them in. If to go into
stack, make the stacks well, and rake
down the sides, but cover the tops of
the stacks with straw or hay. This
hay will cure, if the stacks do heat.
Put some rails under the stacks
keep the hay off the ground and pre¬
vent its absorbing moisture from the
ground, and you have as good hay as
in the barn.
Trees for Waste Ground.
Waste places and unused nooks and
coiners may be profitably occupied
with trees. Where the soil is rich
and fairly moist, fruit trees will be
best in such places,even if cultivation
cannot be given. But the poor, dry
and rocky locations are best suited
for nut and timber trees. Chestnut
sprouts can be grafted with scions,
which are claimed to be fully as prof¬
itable as apple orchards. Even the
common, small chestnut sometimes
yield as much per tree in value as a
good apple tree. Quite a variety of
timber trees may be planted in such
localities, with good hope of profit,in
view of the growing scarcity of tim¬
ber supplies.
Earthworms and Green Manure.
Earthworms are credited with car
rying humus deep into the ground, fa
below the level of the deepest plowin
They are important in keeping soil
rich and assisting in growing larger
crops. Experiments with rye are rer
ported which show that where these
worms are present in large numbers
in the soil there’s 90 per cent larger
crop than from a tract in the
neighborhood from which all the
worms had been taken. An experi¬
ment under same conditions, Aade
with peas show'ed an increase of 300
per cent.
The value of green manure is great¬
ly -enhanced w’hen plants are select¬
ed that are known to contain the
chemicals the soil requires. In some
plants we find more ofo ne thing than,
we do of another. For instance, we
find clover, alfalfa, and vetch are
rich in nitrogen consequently proving
to be. valuable for most soils, as soils
generally are deficient in nitrogen.
A plant should be chosen that will re
turn more to the soil than what it
takes out or nothing will be gained
by growing it. Grown for fertilizing
purposes, plants should be sown in
the fall and plowed under in the
spring.. The time to turn such plant
under is when they are in bloom, as
it is at that time when they contain
the greatest amount of nirogen, and
it is more readily assimilated by the
soil. If delayed beyond the period of
bloom the plants became woody and
consequently do not so readily de
cay.
The best pills made are DeWitt’s Lit¬
tle Early Risers, the famous litle liv
r pills. They are .small, gentle and
pleasant, easy to take arid act very
promptly. They are sold by all drug
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e RENT t
FOR gA-,
A fine six horse farm near Brickstore
where Mr. Baxter Leach now lives. Will i
be on the farm first three days next week,
Sept. G, 7 and 8 to show it.
'
N. C. ADAMS,
Decatur, Ga.
J\
A good FOR tarm in one SALE of the best sec¬ |
tions of Newton 185 County; about near Salem
Camp-ground; original forest; near acres, good school 80 and in
church. Address
W. S. ELLIOTT,
Treasury Department, Washington, D. C.
Or see W. D. ELLIOTT, near Salem.
THE ENTRRPRTS E
Wood Ashes as a Fertilizer.
The question often arises as to the
value of ashes for fertilizer. Prof.
Ten Eyck of the Kansas Experimt..
Station says that an average sample
of - unleachcd wood ashes eotains
about 7 per cent of potash and 2 per
cent of phosphoric acid, which at cur
rent prices of these plant foods would
make the ashes worth about $9 a
ton. Besides the actual fertilizing
value, by reason of the potash aim
phosphoric acid contained, there is
some value to ashes simply by the
power which the potash has to make
ihe nitrogen of the soil available for
plant use by its chemical action upon
the , organic . matter and humus of „ the ,
soil. The potash in ashes exists in a
readily soluble form and is thus mime
diaiely available for plant food. The
grower can well afford to pay $8 to
$10 a ton for w r ood ash.Coal ashes
are of little value, as far as plant foo
is concerned, but they can be use
with good effect upon some soils i
loosening them up.
Ashes can be used for any crops
that need potash and they may ^
applied at the rate of twenty-five t
fifty bushles an acre.. For cultivated
crops they must be put on broadcast
after the land has been harrowed and
then cultivated in by light harrow¬
ing. They can be used also as a top
dressing in connection with phosphate
fertilizers. As will ben oticed Prof.
Ten Eyck says that the unleached
ashes are worth $9 a ton. As a mat¬
ter of fact, the leached ashes rarely
have a value of more than $1 or $2 a
ton,as the potash and phosphoric acid
are washed out.If ashes art to be us
ed they should be put in a dry place
until ready for use,much or more care
being taken with them as with barn¬
yard manure. And in this connection
it might be well to state that ashes
should not be mixed with manure
of any sort, as it sets the nitrogen
free in the form of ammonia gas, and
the quality of both the ashes and the
manure is lowered. Sifted coal ashes
however, can be used for that purpo;e
as they absorb liquids readily, and he
cause of the small amount of potash
they contain do not liberate nitrgen
It would be a good plan for those wh
have soils that need potash to cdl
lcct all the wood ashes they can and
use them for fertilizer.
The Battle of the Nations.
The conflict called the “Battle of the
Nations” was the battle of Leipsic. It
was fought on Oct. 10-18, 1813. be¬
tween the soldiers of Russia. Prussia.
Austria. Sweden. Denmark and Hol¬
land. under Schwarzenberg, on the one
side, and Napoleon’s army of allies, on
the other. It was one of the greatest
battles of modern times. A half mil¬
lion of men were engaged, and the
casualties on both sides were 94.000.
It resulted in overwhelming defeat for
Napoleon and the liberation of Ger¬
many. Troops from every nation of
Europe participated in k, hence the
“Battle of Nations."
Over the Limit.
Husband (reading from his paper)—
Here, they say, is a comet coming to¬
ward the earth, traveling at the rate
of a million miles a minute. Wife
(awaking from a doze)—Why don't
they enforce the speed laws better?—
Baltimore American.
It Makes a Difference.
In Lever's “Charles O’Malley” the
hero’s boast while on his way to a
duel. “I can break the stem of a wine
glass at fifteen paces,” was tact by his
friend and mentor with the comment,
“Yes, but the wineglass hasn’t a pis¬
tol in its hand.”
And it does not pay to put off buy¬
ing till one is ready to harness the
horses. Midwinter, when a man is
not so busy, is hte best time to lay
in the implements and vehicles used
in the spring. .
By doing this, the farmer usually
is able to give closer attention to
investigating the merits of eachl make
f vehicles, and thus feel when he
hoes make his purchase that he is j
getting something for his money, and
hence usually saves money by taking
time.
We do not know of any other pill;
mt is as good as DeWitt’s Little
Ear i y Risers, the famos little liver
s—sr ail, gentle, pleasant and sure
pills with a reputation. Sold by all
t... ms.
Sunset In “the Red City” of Bavaria.
The numerous entrances to the old
town of Rotheuburg are guarded by
beautiful watebtowers, which are in¬
habited by impoverished old women.
who rent their airy lodgings for a
nominal sum. The red twinkle of
their lamps high over the dusky streets
Rotheuburg at night—for it is as
mediaeval in its lighting as in-many
other ways—is very charming in ef¬
fect. The walls of Rotheuburg are, a
istant delight to visitors, who. by
uint of much squeezing through nar¬
row passageways and groping in dark¬
ness, are able to make a circuit of the
city, getting glimpses on the way
througli loopholes of the green country
ourside. Wondrous views of the town
are also to be had from many of tbo
distant hills. At sunset the sight !>f
R- s graceful towers and clutter of red
roof tops is like a fair vision of ro
mance. The city blazes for a mo
inent in a fiery mist, then suddenly
melts, mirage-like, in the gathering
dusk, leaving a sense of something
born of dream, the Illusion of an eh
chanter’s wand.—Rothenburg Letter to
Vogue. {.
Thought She Had Arrived.
“I have moved into a perfect gem ©f
an of those apartment houses,” on the sixth said floor the of oije
new woman
who paints china, “and am reveling in
its liberal supply of fresh air aud sun
light.”
‘ But don’t you find the stairs ajn
overbalancing disadvantage?” askqd
an acquaintance.
“The thought of the cozy quarters at
such moderate cost colors mv cliihib
with the roseate hue of optimism,"
laughed the artist, “but one of my cus¬
tomers. middle aged and filled with
good food and the joy of Bring, evi¬
dently found it a- harrowing experi
ence.
“It seemed ages that I waited in the
hall after the ringing of the lower
bell, and upon hearing the labored
breathing of my ascending visitor I
ran back for the smelling salts.
“When I had administered all the
means of resuscitation at hand she
managed to articulate between gasps?
“ ‘I thought St. Peter always opened
the door.’ ’’—New York Times.
Food of the Chinese.
In the Revue (l'llygiene Dr. Male
gndn, who lived for many years iu
China, gives some curious details of
the food of the Chinese. This is what
lie says of the sons of heaven and the
way they eat eggs: “The Chinese are
great eaters of eggs, which they take
roadside hard boiled. places One for finds refreshment, them in all .The the |
Celestials have an expression,’ ‘Eggs at
a hundred years.’ The eggs are not
always a century iu age. but one is
able to get them of many years’ stand¬
ing. The Celestials have a preference
for the egg of the duck or goose. They
are placed with aromatic herbs in
slaked lime for a period, the minimum
time of treatment being five or six
weeks. Under the influence of time
the yoke liquefies and takes a dark
green color. The white coagulates and
becomes green. The product of the
eggs, which has a strong odor, from
which a stranger betakes himself
quickly, the Chinese eat as hors
d’oeuvres. and it is said to have the
taste of lobster.”
Letter to Joe W. Wright;
Covington, Ga.,
Dear Sir: Here’s the concentrated
fact. job painted Deyoe takes '(* less
Every
gallons than of any other paint.
And the paint that takes least gal¬
lons.wears longest;Always'. , \Yq tan t
help it.
Yours truly,
47 F W DEVOE & CO
Fincher-Norris Hardware Company
sells our paint :.«i
DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills !
FOR BACKACHE!
Protect Your Home
WITH A CYCLONE POLICY
Covers Homes, Schools, Churches and Business Property
The Cost is very low. Only 25c a Hundred
H. T. HUSON, Insurance Dealer.
WHY DO YOU WORRY
about getting your
wood cut and split I
When you can call 199 and soon have it there to “bile
dem cabbage down.”
We have all kinds and sizes and make prompt delivery,
S. B. FULLER, Wood Yard.
Call 199 and we’ll do the rest.
FOR RENT J
Moblev Ihe store & Co., hitherto fr >m September occupied by ist. Cash i
Apply to t
JULIUS MAGATH, Oxford, Ga. %
5^
XLo the SLabies
of Covington and vacinity. I am now ready for your
sewing. All work guaranteed to please for artistic dress
making, call on MRS- E. A. VEAL At RESIDENCE J. L. SMITH’S
■.!» Jjisl 777 • }F/ 7/L
FOR YOUNG LAOSEo. uAINESVILLE, GA. 1
All standard literary courses: curriculum raised .o conform to stand
ard of “ lass A” Colleges. Sosciil two Advantage
Musi'*, Art and Oratory ieq yjar courses,
in ar; u lalled.
Pfefferkorn, Geiger, Musgrov-e, bchliewen and other distinguished k
musicians in the faculty. Elegant and extensive material equipment.
Beautiful campus and park of 7S ! acres, with lake, mineral springs
mountain scenery, etc. Rates from $200 to $400 uer year. Fall
^ term begins Sept. 16. A J
A. w. VAN ttOOSE and H. J. PEARCE Associate Presidents
5 Gainesville, Ga. P. O. Box 130 yj.
vXXV Mil
$100 for a Bottle. r
>This would not be a large price
pay lor Dr. Drummond's
Remedies lor rbeuund- j
could relief 1
if one not get
The Drummond ■ ledj-1
Co., New York, have received
of unsolicitid testi
from grateful people re
,. health . ... . by the of their •
to use
who would , not hesitate
pay any price rather than suffer
former torture. If you would
to try these remedies, and
drug-ist has not got them,
direct to the company
wanted.
Our
presses are
doing double
duty, but your job
printing will receive
prompt attention and
you will get it whdi
you want ?t and *
will give you
satisfaction
r isi
The Crwhe of Idleness.
r ii^?. ° n it
constipation, headache, jauri
saliow complexion, pimples and
loss of appetite, nausea, but
King’s New Life Pills soon lDanish
troubles and build up votn-
25c at Geo. T. Smith’s and
PAGE SEVEN.
Like a Great Railway.
With its branches running in every
are the arteries and veins
convey the blood to every part
the system. A cold, sudden
may
p O j Son0lls acids to cloig; the circula
tion and then comes rheumatism,
Beware! If you yalue your life re-
11,0v " ^ ie obstruction with Dr. Drum
mond’s Lightning Remedy. Send $5
to Drummond . Medicine Co,, New v Apr
they wI11 aend you two i ar g e
bottles by express, enough for a
mouth’s treatment—-with full spec
directions. Agents wanted.
E3
WO
3KE3S*8
Succeed when everything else fails.
In nervous prostration and female
weaknesses they are the supreme
remedy, as thousands have testified.
FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it is the ,Q est medicine ever sold
over rt druggist's counter.
$100 for a Bottle.
This would riot be a large price to
for Dr. Drummond’s Lightning
. Jtor . rheumatism if one
not get relief any cheaper.
Drummond Medk-ine Co., New
testimonials from grateful
have received hundreds of un¬
restored to health by the use
r tbeir ^medics, who would not hes
to pay any price rather than
the former torture. If yoa
^ Quid like to try these remedies,and
has not got them,write
to the company. Agents want-