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Modern Farm Methods
As Applied in the South.
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and Stockman
Moles iu the Garden.
In answer to a North Carolina
reader’s inquiry how to get rid of
snoles in the garden, I. N. M., of Dela¬
ware, writes: “I have tried several
kinds of mole traps, and bisulphide of
carbon with more or less success.
But for the last two or three years
' I have used camphor halls, such as we
can buy of the druggist and that are
used to keep moths out. As soon as
the mole appears In the spring, I take
a smooth, round stick and make a
hole In the run, drop a ball in and
press it down with the foot. I do
this every two or three feet, The
mole appear in another place in the
morning, Follow this up and the
mole will leave. I have had much
trouble from moles; but only one ap¬
peared last spring, and I got rid of
that. A trial of this plan is easily
made, and will not require much out
lay. fraps, in order to be effective,
must be skillfully and persistently
set.
Prune and Train Grapevines Tims,
f I r
—From Home and Farm.
Tick Eradication Resumed.
The Bureau of Animal Industry of
the United States Department of Ag
rieulture is resuming active opera¬
tions for the eradication of the cattle
ticks which prevail in the Southern
part of the country and transmit the
contagion of Texas fever of cattle. Its
men are being sent into the field and
preparations are being made to push
the work of extermination vigorously
during the warm weather, when the
ticks are most active.
Since this work was begun, two
years ago, an area of about 56,000
square miles, or almost the size of
the State of Georgia, has been freed
from the ticks. As a result the quar¬
antine on Southern cattle has been
either modified or entirely removed
from this area. Last year work was
done to a greater or less extent in
the States of Virginia, North Caro¬
lina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala¬
bama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri,
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Cali¬
fornia, and it is proposed this year to
continue in the same States, with the
addition of a small part of Missis¬
sippi. Most of the work has been and
will continue to be done in sections
contiguous to the quarantine line, the
object being to push the line farther
South from year to year; but encour¬
agement is given to local work in any
part of the quarantined district in the
assurance that when any considera¬
ble area is rendered tick free it will
be released from quarantine.
The work is being done by co-op¬
eration between the Federal Govern¬
ment and the State and local authori¬
ties. Congress has appropriated
$250,000 for the year beginning July
1, and it is expected that the States
and counties where the work is car¬
ried on will duplicate this sum. The
Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives expressed
itself very strongly to the effect that
the States should bear a reasonable
share of the cost and that the Federal
work should be mainly confined to
States where co-operation is received.
Various methods for exterminating
the ticks are used, including transfer¬
ring the cattle from pasture to pas¬
ture at suitable intervals, and dip¬
ping, spraying, and hand dressing the
cattle with oil and oil emulsion. In
sections where there are large herds
and large ranches dipping on a large
scale is practiced, either alone or in
connection with pasture rotation,
while in other sections, where the cat¬
tle on some iarms frequently consist
only of a cow or an ox team, hand
dressing with oil is found to be the
only practicable method.
The damage caused by the ticks
and the benefits to follow from their
eradication are not generally appre¬
ciated. It isestimated that the Texas
fever tick is responsible for about
$40,000,000 of loss annually to the
people of the irfe&ted country, and
that it also lowers the assets of the
South by an additional $23,250,000,
making the enobmous aggregate of
$62,250,000. To wipe out this heavy
loss is the object of the work now un¬
der way, and the results already ac¬
complished leave 10 doubt that suc¬
cess is possible, though a number of
years will be requiied for the comple¬
tion of the underlaking. Much de¬
pends upon the csttle owners, who
can either hasten cr retard progress
according as they co-operate or refuse
to assist in the wori.
Literature giving full information
as to the ticks, the dseaso which they
transmit, and the methods for their
eradication has been issued by the De¬
partment of Agriculture and will he
supplied free of charge on application
to the Chief of the Bureau of Animal
Industry, Washington, D. C.
How to Get a Good Stand of Cotton.
A thorough preparation is more
than half the cultivation. Do not
plant either cotton or corn before
the land is worked into a fine seed
bed, even if planting is a little late.
Prepare the land thoroughly and suf¬
ficiently in advance of planting so
that there is a firm seed bed. Then
avoid one of the most common causes
of loss of stand—that of planting too
deep.
It is the best, even where it is not
necessary to plant upon beds, to place
the seed upon a slight ridge, especial¬
ly in planting early. This insures
drainage and warmth and consequent¬
ly a good stand. There are more
stands lost in planting cotton by
using too much than too little seed.
When a bushel of seed is used it is
very often a detriment, because the
seeds are so close that when they
germinate they lift the soil in the
whole top of the row. If dry or a
little cool weather follows the soil
immediately around the young plant
dries out or is chilled by the cool
nights and the plants die. If this
does not occur the farmer is obliged
to thin the cotton when very young,
while the plants are delicate and are
easily injured. Perfect stands of cot¬
ton have been secured with four
pounds of seed, and if tho seed has
been properly selected and preserved
it should never require more than a
peck per acre, provided the land is
in good condition and the seed is
properly planted.
Prepare the land thoroughly before
planting.
Use selected seed of known parent¬
age and good quality.
Plant shallow—-not over one-fourth
inch in depth on a firm bed.
Follow planting with a roller and
use care that the seed drill is not in
a trench. (Rain will wash dirt into
trench and bury seed too deep.)
Be sure that seed bed is well
drained.
With these precautions there
should be no difficulty in securing
a stand of, either cotton or corn this
year. These directions are for normal
conditions and are applicable with
all ordinary seasons and soils.
Owing to the difference in soil fer¬
tility it is impossible to give any gen¬
eral rule for distances between the
rows and for spacing of the plants in
the row. However, as some guide we
give the following:
On good uplands ordinarily produc¬
ing one-half to three-fourths of a bale
of cotton per acre, plant in rows four
feet apart and not less than sixteen
inches space between plants in the
row.
On rich bottom lands where exces¬
sive stalks are produced, plant in
rows not less than five feet apart and
give two feet space between plants in
the row./ Increase or decrease these
distances (rows and spaces) accord
ing-to the strength of the soil and the
usual size of the cotton plants.
On post-oak flats and alluvial lands
like the Mississippi bottoms give full
distance between the rows sc as to
make a broad ridge for the plants
and provide for surface drainage.—D.
N. Barrow, of Soutu Carolina.
For Saving Hay.
The long pieces are made of oak
2x3 inches wide and as long as re
quired for the manger, The back
pieces to be four inches longer than
front one and two inches of each end
to be roughed off to fit in holes at
side of feed boxes. The cross pieces
are made of oak 1x3 inches wide and
long enough so that when grooved
into the long pieces it will fit the top
of the manger. The cross pieces are
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to be placed eight inches apart so
horses can put their noses through
and eat hay. When manger is to be
filled the rack is raised up, the hay
hay put in and the rack lowered
down on top of hay, thus the weight
of rack carries it down to the bot¬
tom of manger, as the horses eat the
hay out, which they will do without
throwing any hay out to be trampled
upon.—W. E. George, in The Epito
mist.
j In a recent campaign of the French
1 in Madagascar 14,000 men were sent
to the front, of whom twenty-nine
i were killed in action and over 7000
perished fi'om preventable disease.
What is Pc-ru-na.
Aro we claiming too much for Peruna
when wo claim it to be an effective
remedy for chronic catarrh? Have we |
abundant proof that Peruna is in real¬
ity such a catarrh remedy? Let us see
what the United States Dispensatory
says of the principal ingredients of
Peruna.
Take, for instance, the ingredient
hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal.
The United States Dispensatory says
of this hfcrbal remedy, that it is largely
employed in the treatment of depraved
mucous membranes lining various
organs of the human body.
Another ingredient of Peruna, cory
dalis forinosa, is classed in tho United
states Dispensatory as a tonic.
Cedron seeds is another ingredient of
Peruna. The United States Dispensa
tory says of the action Of cedron tiiat j
it is nsed as a bitter tonic and in the
treatment of dysentery, and in inter
mittent diseases as a substitute for
quinine.
Send to us for a free book of testl
monials of what the people think of re¬
runa as a catarrh remedy. The best
evidence is the testimony of those who
have tried it.
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John R. Dickey’s old reliable eya water
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THE WIND.
The Senator pushed into tihe crowd |
that surrounded the automobile.
“What is the trouble here?” he in¬
quired.
“Punctured tire," replied a man
with a dinner pail. “Make a speech
into it, will you, Senator?”—New |
York Press.
TETTEHINE-A RELIABLE CURE.
Tetterine is a sure, safe and speedy cure
for eczema, tetter, skin and scalp diseases
and itching piles. Endorsed by physicians;
praised by thousands who have used it.
Fragrant, soothing, antiseptic. 60c. at
druggists or by mail from J. T. Shuptrine,
Dept, A, Savannah, Ga. •
Talk is said to be cheap, but the j
man who talks too much has to pay
for it at high rates sooner or later.
Capudine Cures Indigestion Pains,
from Belching, Sour Stomach It’s and Heartburn,
whatever cause. Liquid. Effects
immediately. 26c., and Doctors drug prescribe it. 10c.,
50c., at stores.
The under dog always gets the sym¬
pathy, but it is the other one that
gets the meat.
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Tricks of the Paris Beggar.
This dty is the happy hunting
ground of tllp ^^ar, and especially
at thp Now year. He stops you at
eyery CQrnor of the street ; he tries
to hand you out of your carriage the
moment you step before shop or res¬
taurant. it is^partly the influence of
the season, but It. is an evil that is al¬
ways with us more or less, Soipe
have quite Ingenious tricks, to tempt
the pity of the passer by.
One lady, who is well known, tie
every evening at the Gare St.
I>azare to any sympathetic looking
stranger that she Is a governess, and
has lost her purse, and would the kind
gentleman lend her thirty centimes.'
“And be pleased to give mo your
card,” she adds, so that I may re¬
turn the money." The ruse generally
succeeds, but the mendicant has never
p e en known to take the omnibus, ex¬
CP pt at the close of a profitable eve
ning, when she has probably victim¬
ized a dozen good natured persons.
Another woman who plies her aingu
lar industry in the Place de la Con
cor<lp addrpsgps herself exclusively
to her own sex. As a result, she ob¬
tains as much as five or ten francs
"nun Mnclly matrons who are touched
by her story.
At the New Year the usual crop of
beggars is so immensely Increased
that one supposes that the compara¬
tively well off must descend into the
street to try their luck. No doubt it
is a “metier" that has its fascinations,
especially if it be but temporary.—
Paris correspondence Pall Mall Ga
When Cardinal Logue said to John
D. Rockefeller, “You have a fine
country,’’ he did not use the pronoun
“you" in a personal sense, as some
have supposed, explains the Atlanta
Journal.
HER GOOD FORTUNE
After Years Spent in Vain Effort.
Mrs. Mary E. H. Rouse, of Cam
bridge, N. Y., says: “Five years ago
I had a bad fall and it
affected my kidneys.
Severe pains in my
back and hips became
constant, and sharp
.-.'I twinges followed any
n exertion. The kidney
1 secretions wore badly
*8 disordered. I lost
flesh and grew too
weak to work. Though constantly
using medicine I despaired of being
cured until I began taking Doan’s
Kidney Pills, Then relief camo
qu i c kly, and in a short time I was
completely ( . rTTmlptp i v cured, „ lirpd r l am am now n ln in p ex _
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WHO, INDEED?
Who is that stout gentleman in
the boss’s room?” said the clerk in
the War Office to the private secre¬
tary.
“Why, that is Secretary Taft. Didn’t
you know him?”
No. I’ve only been (here two
years.”—Life.
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