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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 it- - - - -ft— fL- - II M !i *1 it 1 i h M U • i • i il 5 3 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. MIANNE COFFEE IF on T^IAL IT FAILS TO PHASE YOU PERFECTLY OR YOU DO MOTT FIND THAT IT GOCSTWICCAS FAR & ft AS YOU THE SIMPLY CAN OTHER MT FOR YOUR KINDS THE MONEY YOU ASKING HAVE BACK USED A C SOLD EVERYWHERE } 25* i LB SEALED GW THE REILY-TAYLOR COMPANY 'll NEW ORLEANS,U. &A. i And once in a great while you hear some man say it’s a shame to take the money—hut he always takes it, just the same. John R. Dickey’s old reliable eya water cures sore eyes or granulated lids. Don’t hurt, feels good; get the genuine in red box. 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. t ddress THE J.R.WATKINS MED.C0. WINONA, MINNESOTA Different Articles: Don __ ... old J ! 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Write at once for further particulars. | fifiHttlWma ’ilifciii® C3TABLISMEO 10 YEABS m MILL EDGE V1LLC, GEORGIA M and best equiped school South. Expert management. ■■ Raifrnad wire connection*. Positions guaranteed. Railroad fares a ® Great paid Board at cost. Open year around. Write for catalogue D demand for operators_ IK, T "TiT isi mas § r \‘ ( Magnificent buildings, costing $100,000. Elegant appointments. Refined and Christian \ i ■ Home. Pianos and furniture all new Ideal location near the mountains. All college J\ ^ WartlTf ^j courses. Conservatory unsurpassed. Teachers from the best schools of Europe and J\ America Opens September 18. 1008. For handsome catalog, address M. W HAT ION // and O. W. ANDERTON. Presidents. Florence. A1 jtcooiC Sculhern Female College students will attend Florence University for 1908-1909 LIGHT RUNNING, SIMPLE, DURABLE ' SIZE, 6 COL. QUARTO GUARANTEED CAPACITY 1000 PBR HOUR 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 _ cellent health. Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 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. Take the Place of Calomel Conptipation send* poisonous matter bounding I the body. Dull headache, Sour Stomach, j Breath, Bleared Eyes. Loss of Energy Young’s and Ap are the surest signs or ho affliction. i Pills poatively cure constipation. They awaken ! sluggish liver to better action, cleanse the j and aid digestion. 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