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Modern Farm Methods
As Applied in the South.
Notes of Interest to Planter,
Fruit Grower and Stockman
Shipping Specked Apples. I
There is an abundance of good fruit
that goes to waste only because it
tots, or starts to rot, before it gets
mellow enough to use.
There la a kind of prejudice against
"specked apples" and In many
cases justly, too, and in some cases
unjustly.
, If those who own and sell the fruit
could have a just understanding with
those who use it, there could be much
of 'this mellow, specked fruit saved
to the advantage of both parties. A
number of years ago I had occasion
to sell a basket of very ripe apples,
that were considerably specked, to a
family of good people (or I tried to),
but they were returned with the
word that "they want sound apples;
they said that these are too rotten."
I took the spoiling apples back and
sent in a basket of very sound ap
ples but those that were rejected
were better than the sound lot, were
really worth more in fact, they were
worth a. much as any basket full of
sweet apples that I have seen in the
town of Winston at any time.
During the summer some apples,
many of them (and various other
fruits, too), are apt to get a little
specked before they get well ripened.
It is right to sell apples that get a
little specked, provided we can have
fair understanding with those who
want to tfse ripe fruit. The most of
the varieties of summer apples fail
to get well ripened if they are gath
ered from the tree before they get a
little specked.
Now, even in October, nearly every
yariety of apples that we have hang
ing on the trees are rotting badly,
and those that are starting to rot
are much better flavored than the
sound ones.
I used to drive to Winston "selling
fruit," but the roads are being macbj
better, much better (all of which I
most approve of), but with these
smooth roads the horseless horse
frightening machines are being run
out and instead of "driving" to
Winston, as we used to be glad to
do, we Bhlp off the apples by rail.
When we ship out the, apples to
friends unseen we (who are well
acquainted with the excellent quali
ties of a "specked" apple) can't be
there in person to receive the "bas
ket" back and change the lot, or,
rather say "cut the specks out and
then your fruit will be all right."
Really, the thing to do is to have an
understanding and sell the fruit at
whatever it is worth however the
"speck s." In this month apples are
being handled both for present use
and aleo for long keeping. If sound
apples are ordered, or bargained for
one hag no right to Include any
necked apples but if they are In.
tended for present use, and in this
the parties having an understanding,
those who use the fruit can do well
by being patient, and economical
enoush to use s6me of the specked
annles.
However the above, the editors
- and those who read, will please allow
It to be said that while it 1b the case
that nearly all our apples, here In the
low grounds, are gone or are about
to be "specked" and gone, there are
many line sound apples hanging on
thA trees In the mountains of this
State and considering the great cll
mna nf our mountains, that is so
well adapted to the growing of win
tr appleo, there should be many
mnr ru tlvated orcnarQB. w. r
Grabs, Stokes County, N. C, in tbs
Progressive Farmer.
Meat and Bono Feeds.
I fowls are naturally worm and in
sect .hunters. They must have meat
in come form, and much of it, in
rtr tn do their best. This is not
only abundantly shown in practice,
but -it has been proven by experience,
Undoubtedly the best meat food Is
fresh meat. It also keeps longer ana
! more easily fed when cooked than
in the raw state. Green cut bone is
excellent. It is safe to feed in an
egg ration one-tenth to one-fifth by
Um mialltv varying witn me ncn
neaspf the meat and other foods
used. It Is preferable to ra the
mea in the meaj feed. It is, now
ever,'- fed separately with perbap
equally good results.
Skimmed milk Is a valuable source
of animal protein, and should be fed
liberally. It possible, not only to
' ) moisten the mash, but it may also
be placed where the fowls may drink
It.
A Satisfactory Cross of Fowls.
I note the remarks of W. D. Trout
man about a cross of Brown Leg
liorns and Barred Plymouth Rocks
the good results, and difficulty of per
netuattng the breed.
. 8.m ten or twelve years ago In
Virginia I practlcnlly made the same
crossing, as the eggs seemed some
what small, again crossed with a
pure-bred Black Minorca, and have
kept them pure perhnps ten years.
find they cxeell all the other pure
breeds, laying 200 to 240 eggs: aUo
setting, and thoroughly and mnk-
Ing the best of mothers, and going
to lay again before chickens are half
grown, to lose very little time.
I am so thoroughly satisfied with
them that I have named them "At
lantas," on account of spirit, quality
and business piiEh. They are all per
fectly alike, sheeny black, and I am
now trying to get them to have yel
low legs, and to have a few young
sters this year that have.
I have tried many of the different
breeds and believe this the best of
all for eggs. I C. Wade.
Some New Root Crops For the South.
The Department of Agriculture at
Washington is continually discover
ing and testing now crop3. When
theso give promise of some very val-
able additions to the crop resources
of this country they are recommended
for trial. The department has just
issued a bulletin dealing with the
Yantlas, taros, and dasheens as
promising root crops for the South."
These are tropical plants which can
easily be grown in many parts of the
South. They ought to prove valuable
tn many sections, because they can be
grown on lands too wet for other root
crops or any cereal crop except rice.
These plants comprise Balad plants,
tubers which are excellent for table
use and also for stock feed, roots
which are valuable sources of starch
and from which alcohol can be made.
They have formed the staple food of
the native Hawallans, and are impor.
tant food crops in Japan, China, the
Malay Archipelago, Porto Rico and
many other hot countries.
The work of the department with
these plants has not yet progressed
far enough to permit any distribution
of plants.
Suggestions For Stockmen.
Sort the ewesover carefully and all
old ones having unsound teeth, In
jured udders or the producers of
light fleeces should be made ready
for the butcher. It will not pay to
try to winter them at present prices
for feed stuffs, as nothing but good
eaters, good milkers and good wool
producers will pay a profit.
Sheep may be looked upon as aux
iliaries In keeping up the fertility of
the land, as well as a direct source
of profit. LambB, wool, mutton and
mnnure all return a revenue. Wool
brings the most money in proportion
to what it takes from the farm of
any farm product, and with the least
labor to produce it.
Green Feed Promotes Health.
The great value of green food lies
in its ability to aid in the digestion
of other foods, thereby promoting
good health, which means more eggs.
For summer feeding, clover and rape
are among the best green foods. They
should be provided in unlimited
quunt.ty.
For winter feeding, cabbage and
mangel beets are perhaps the best
for feeding raw, but for cooking,
turnips and small potatoes are pre
ferable. No objection has ever amen
on account of the flavor of flesh or
eggs from feeding any of these foods
liberally. .
Cotton jind Tobaicco.
Land Intended to be planted In cot
ton and tobacco should be plowed as
Boon as it Is dry enough and be
worked every week or ten days so as
to get it into fine order for planting
by the time this should be done. Plow
all the land and not merely a place 10
set the plants In, leaving the middles
to be broken after the crop 1b planted,
as Is so common in the cotton sec
tions.
Pry Farming Peaches.
Joh'j M. Howell, of Parker Couaty,,
Texas, has raised Elberta peachee the
size of a teacup by dry farming meth
ods. For three months he bad no
rain on his orchard, He broke the
land hi spring with a disc harrow,
then cultivated with a section harrow
every week, resulting in a fine dust
mulch four inches thick. The trees
grew nicely and the fruit matured
without rain.
Why Chickens Should Have Grit.
Grit enables the gizzard to pre
pare the food for digestion. When
grit becomes worn out it is expelled.
If new sharp material cannot be se
cured, the food must remain un
ground in the gizzard until tt la soft
ened and falls to pieces. This makes
slow, imperfect digestion. The hard
est grit is best. Atwayo aeep It be
fore the fowls. . .
$600 A YEAR FROM PIGEONS.
Oris Way a Farmer's Kite Can Earn Extra Money This Waraan Tried
!i!!i!s anil Chickens, found Chickens InpruliiablB and Then Took Dp
liaising Stjualis-Kcr Exr,i:r!i:ni;o Wiiii Pigeons Highly Satisfactory.
"On 200 pair of pigeons I have
cleared $i;w a year for tin- lint four
yenre," declared (lie wife of a Penn
sylvania 1:, ri.K r when tho reporter
asked her about the chunccs women
on the farm bad of making money.
"I hnd been a school teacher when 1
murried, and having seen a lot of
farpiers end their wives while teach
ing in rural communities I deter
mined .that I would bo different. 1
would keep a hind girl, paying her
wages by money earned by keeping
bees and chickens for profit.
"I stuck to that Idea for nearly ten
years, and during that tlmo never
cleared more than J30 a year on my
chickens. It was always tho bees that
paid my girl, nanny I heard of a
man in Montgomery County, this
State, who was making a fortune
raising squabs.
The children had always hnd a
few pairs of pigeons flying around the
place eating up tho garden and doing
everything else we didn't want them
to, but I had never thought of making
money by raising the birds. Being
dlscou raged by my experience as a
chicken raiser, I determined to pay
tho man In Montgomery County a
visit. Again It was tho bees that paid
expenses.
"There were several thousand pairs
of pigeons on this Montgomery Conn
ty farm, nnd It was quite evident that
the owner not only knew his business
but was Interested In his birds, lie
gave me nil the Information I wanted,
nnd I was so much encouraged that I
went bark and invested In twenty
pairs of Homers and an equal number
of runts.
"Following tho ndvlce I had re
ceived, I bought only mated birds,
and as a consequence. I began to make
money from tho start. At the end of
that year my profits were sufficient to
lead my husband to advise ma to sell
the chickens, excepting Just enough
to keep the family supplied with eggs
and devote my money and time to
pigeons.
"According to my experience it
takes four times as much tlmo nnd
money to raise chickens as to raise
squabs. Incubators nnd brooders tire
not needed for one thing. Pigeons
hatch their own eggs. They are care
ful to keep the young squabs covered
for the first few days, or until the
young birds grow feathers. They also
attend to feeding their young, which
relieves you of mixing and sometimes
even cooking food as you havo to do
for young chicks. All you have to do
is to give the old birds the proper
food.
"When the squab Is from twenty to
twenty-nve days old it is ready for
market, and if properly fattened
should weigh something under one
pound. Squabs are sold wholesale by
the dozen, and the standard weight is
eight pounds to tho dozen, but where
there is a cross of runts and homers
the weight Is almost four pounds
heavier. I often have squabs that
weigh a pound each.
"Many persons prefer tho homer
crossed with dragoons becauso of tho
larger number of squabs, but I have
found most money In the larger size
squabs. When it comes to the ques
tion of health I have found them
about equal.
"The pigeon house musl bo kept
clean or tho death rata among the
squabs will eat up all profit. The
roofs of all my pigeon houses are as
impervious to rain nnd snow ns the
roof of the beBt dwelling, but at all
times there should be an abundance
of ventilation. Concrete floors are
the best because they keep out rats,
which are about the worst enemy of
the squab raiser. I keep my floors
covered at least an Inch deep In sand
and air slacked lime. This Is railed
over once a week and a fresh sprink
ling of lime added.
"The nestB are built along the back
of the house in six tiers, allowing two
nests for each pair of birds. In each
nest there Is a shallow earthen dish
in which the nest is built. I use these
dishes or saucers because they are
easily removed and cleaned after the
quabs are taken out.
"Tobacco stems and refusa from to
bacco factories make the best mate
rials for the birds to use for nests. A
good supply should be kept in each
pea for this purpose. Where hay or
straw is used it is next to Impossible
to keep the nests and birds free from
vermin. My runs or flying yards are
oil covered with wire netting, and
built in such a way as to have a tree
or the shade of one over at least a
part of It. Though pigeons are fond
of the sun. and take delight In sua
baths there are days in the summer
when they seek the shade.
"In the winter my houses are
heated with hot water pipos, which I
am sure saves enough squabs from
perlshlag of cold-to make the addi
tional expense an economy. At feed
ing time the windows and doors of
each house are opened regardless of
weather to allow the birds to fly. I
keep a plentiful supply o clean drink
ing water wllhln reach, In summer la
tho fly, In tho winter In tho bouse.
The drinking troughs arc till of Iron,
tiiid ore cleaned unco each day. Bun-
days included. I feed my floclt three
times a day, except during July nnd
August, when two feedings are
enough.
"As the aim Is never to give the
birds too much or too llttlo I have
found the best vuy to feed them Is to
scatter food In one fly and then go on
to tho next, giving a llttlo to each
until all have had some. Then I go
back to win-re I began and do It all
over again until the birds give indica
tions of having hnd enough. I do
this In a leisurely manner so that tho
birds will have an opportunity to feed
their young and so partly to empty
their crops before my return. This Is
one way of lnr-nring tho feeding of the
squabs.
"All the food Is raised on the fnrm,
and I pay my husband market prices
for It. I have no particular mixture,
hut usually give just about what tlier
l.i on hnnd of Kaffir coin, wheat
screenings, inlll.'t, hemp, rape, pea
and hulled ontx. During the summer
I usually give lcs corn and more peas
and oatr.
"Green food l:i not necessary,
though pigeons will cat grass. I have
heard that pigeons require meat In
como way, but have never recti any
Indication of It. Plenty of good grain
and on abundance of clean wuter Is
all that I hnvo found necesnary to get
large healthy squabs to the ago for
marketing.
"I believe It Is well to Introduco
new breeding stock every year or so,
though I don't feel that 1 have been In
iho buslnctB long enough for my opin
ion to be worth very much. In the
beginning I would always advise tho
buying of well mated birds. When
you raise your own breeding etoclc It
la necessary to havo a separate pen
to put tho young birds in until they
mate. After they havo mawu tnoy
should be put In a nesting pen and
allowed to begin breeding.
"Whero a farmer's wife haa no
children, or whero her children are
old enough not torcqulro her ccnstun,t
attention she can make money by de
voting her extra tlmo to rhlckcns.
Where Bhe is sltunted as I am, with
three llttlo ones to look niter, pigeons
are much to be preferred.
"In calculating the cost of my
pigeons you must remember that all
my foodstuff comes from tho farm,
and at the rates my husband would
receive from an outsider. That makes
It cheaper than It would be If tho cost
of delivery had to be taken Into ac
count. Tho market pries of Bqnnbs
ranges from $3 to $7, tho best prices
being received in tho winter. As our
farm is quite near Philadelphia the
cost of exprcssage Is not heavy. That
Is nn Item that should always be con
sidered by persons thinking of raining
squabs for profit." New York Sun.
First AnUmiol'ilo Kallnind.
Texas used to claim tho distinction
of having tho first automobile rail
road. Fivo cars used to make regu
lar trips on a three-hour schedule
over the forty-five miles between Lub
bock nod Plnlnview, the county seats
of Lubbock and Halo counties. The
line bad a private right of way fenced
off aB for a railway, and Its roadbed
was worked by Bectlon hands to this
extent It was kept scooped free of
sand. The drivers (this in the sense
In which tho English uso the word )
were cowboys In blue overalls and
large felt hats. They were required
to make the forty-five miles In three
hours because tho lino carried United
States mall and was under contract
to keei a schedule. Often the cars
would clip an hour off that for good
measure. , The round trip faro for
ninety miles was 10. Leslie's.
A Terrible Risk.
Typhoid had broken out In their
neighborhood and the family resort
ed to travel as the best means of pre
caution until, the trouble should sub
side. ,
They arrived at Quebec by the
morning boat, intending to take It to
Montreal in the evening, but the
sightseers got tired and returned
early in the afternoon to find the top
of the Bmoke stack on a level with
the dock, the tide having dropped
eighteen feet.
"Mamma," cried the little girl,
"did God drink up all tho water?"
"Yesr my child."
"Then hadn't we better tell Him tt
wasn't boiled?" New York Times.
Objects to Standing On His Head.
An attorney of Mount Gllead, Ohio,
has brought suit against the Sentinel
Publishing Company, of that city,
asking $10,000 damages, which he al.
leges were sustained tnrougn nis pit
ture being run in the Sentinel upside
down on the first page, together with
an article containing, be declares, ma
licious charges with the purpose ef
IcJurlpg bla character.
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IESKRTS EGGS FOIt KITTEN'S.
Mirs Minnie Thayer, of Clifford,
Ind., owns a hen which deserted a set
ting of high priced vws and gave her
eyjtlro tlmo and attention to cHrlng for
'.hree kittens that were In a box nir
her nret. The lien can not be I ml need
to return to the nest. Tho mother rat
and hen get along well together and
divide the time between them o
curing for tha kittens.
The practical Joker is tile man who
marries on the first of April.
A GItATICKlX WOMAN'.
lias Only One Kidney, But is 8( (1
and Well.
Mrs. L. Wick, 2S7 Dewey Ave.,
Pitt field, Muss., say: "I ran down
lu health until I only weighed Di
pounds. Finally a
consultation of
f vgK-W) doctors was held.
JMpiph They decided I Dad
a Ilbroia Kiuney
end said It must
be removed. I had
tho operation and
camo out of tha
hospital as sick as
ever. At I ant It
wns my good for
tune to begin using Moan's Kidney
Pills. They strengthened tho remain
ing kidney and increased my weight
I to 121 pounds. 1 have no more
trouble."
Romeniber tho name Donn's. For
talo by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Whistler's Friendships.
That Whistler, the man of famous
enemies, had faithful friends, la ro
rallfd by Ford Madox Hurffer, writ
ing of the Prs-riaphaelltes, In Har
per's Magazine. Madox Drown had a
rlreular printed drawing the attention
nf all his old patrons to tho merits of
Whistlor's etchings, and begging
them In th most urgent terms to
mako purchases because Whistler
was tn Indigent circumstances. The
story Is that upon one occasion
VnoVix Tirown, going to a tea party
at the Whlrtlerr' In Chehea, was met
In tho hall by Mrs. Whistler, who beg
ged him to go to the poulterer's and
purchase a pound of butter. The
bread was cut, but thera was nothing
to put upon It. There was no money
In the house, the poulteror had cut
off his credit, and Mrs. Whistler said
she "dared not Fend her husband, for
he would certainly punch the trades
man's head."
Secretary Meyer's Idea of using oil
Instead of coal fuel on bnttle ehlpi
would probably raise the
gleaming radius, glvo more room
aboard ship, rylltee crews, cut off
emoke- and sav time. Many of th
tits; nw freighters, armies tho Bos
ton ReecTd, are using oil as fuel, and
the battle ships are being julppfld
with auxiliary oil burning apparatus.
It would1 not take much to establish
It as a final fuel.
A BreaUfast
Joy
Sweet, Crisp,
Golden-Brown
Post
Toasties
Ready to serve from the
package with cream no
cooking necessary.
"Tlie Manrory Lingers"
PltS. 10c an4 15c
P06TUM CEREAL CO.,' LTD.,!
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