Established 1S40. THE Sixty-Ninth Year outhern Planter A MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO Practical and Progressive Agriculture, Horticulture, Trucliing, Live Stoclc and the Fireside. OFFICE: 28 NORTH NINTH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. THE SOUTHERN PLANTER PUBLISHINQ COMPANY. J. P. JACKSON, Editor. Proprietors. Vol. 69 MARCH, 1908. No. 3. CONTENTS OUR SUBSCRIPTION CAMPAIGN. .203 FARM MANAGEMENT: Editorial— Work for the Month 204 Notes on the January Issue 206 How Lime Acts Most Efficiently 203 A Ne-w Rye 210 The Need of Cover Crops in the South 210 Some Comments on Mr. Sandy's Report on the Demonstration Farms 211 At Pennsylvania Institutes 212 Cost of Production of Com 213 Rotation of Crops 214 TRUCKING, GARDEN AND ORCHARD: Editorial — ^Work for the Month 215 Formulae for Spray Mixtures 21 6 Spray Calendar 217 The Piedmont Fruit Exchange 218 LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY: Editorial — Live Stock in the South Atlantic Coast States 219 Tick Eradication in Virginia 220 Fork Production in the South 220 (LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY Corit.) Dairying As It Relates to Fertility. What Does it Mean?... .222 .222 THE POULTRY YARD: Poultry Notes '223 Making a Hot-Bed ' 224 Lice 224 THE HORSE: Notes 225 A New Importation of Percheron Horses for Vir- ginia 225 MISCELLANEOUS: The Farmers Co-operative Demonstration Work . . 226 Nitrogen and Its Relation to the Soil 228 Com Breeding 231 The Virginia State Veterinary Medical Asso- ciation 231 Luck on the Farm 231 The Southern Farmer and His Opportunities 232 Enquirers' Column (Detail Index p. 296) 268 Advertisements 233 SUBSCRIPTION, 50c. PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Merchandise from Sheriffs' »"•> Receivers' Sales ^^ 30 to 50 Per Cent Saved on Staple Merchandise ^hi OUR WONDERFUL 1908 OFFER "Wrecking prices are known as bargain prices. The most wonderful bargain offering ever advertised. Such an opportunity seldom occurs. The very best manufactured articles are being offered at leiB than original cost of pro- duction. 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GALV. STEEL TANKS. $2.00 Weigh less end twice as practical as wooden tanks; best manufac- tured. 32 gal. tank, $2; 47 gal.. $2.50; 73 gal., $2.75; 6bbi.,$5.50;larg- er sizes in proportion. Feed Cookers, $9.20; Steel Wagon Tanks $7.00. Galv. Troughe60c. 0Lbs.FENCBNGWIi!E^1.25| No. 14 Painted Wire Ehorts SI. as Nos.9,10, 11 and 12 Gal-| vanized shorts, S 1 .SOi iNos. 14 and 15 S1.90 3 Galvanized Wirecontin uous lengths. No. 9 pe 100 lbs S2.00 No. 7 $1.80; BB Phone wire No. 1'.!, ..S2.86 iro.l4 S3. 10 Telephone eqnipment.Fence wire all kinds. i Pep too #fj a« DOORS, 60c and up. .10,000 doors and win- dows, whicli we will cloBe out at a saving of if) fields were left bare in winter; I don't remember the^ particulars, but it was a revelation to me and an eye- opener. If the losses were so great with his light rain- fall and cool climate, what may happen during our winter deluges, after our long sultry summers have oxidized the vegetable matter of unprotected soils? They have onlr twenty-five inches of rain per annum in the Midland and. Eastern counties of England where Rothampstead is, an& their July is almost exactly the same temperature as our October. Their rain comes in showers and mists, an&^ ours, which amounts to sixty inches yearly, comes iil)umt every spring. In like manner the fertility of a brier patch is proverbial, though not so marked as a hazel bush Ifa-tch. i~!:ll The idea is common in the popular mind that it is the «rops removed from the farm that make it poorer. No doubt "they have slain their thousands" but it is the wastes ractice here is to turn it down for potatoes or for another corn crop. When spring oats follow the com as is common with some here, they do not like to have the clover and hence were very anxious to know about sowing cowpeas among the corn. I advised them that this would be a good prac- tice provided they used an early bush variety, as the mnning sort might climb the com and give them trouble in cultivating it. About Fawn Grove I noticed that they cut their corn with a very tall stubble, generally about two feet from Che ground. I asked why they did this and they told me in rather a boasting way that corn grows so big on their land that it was too heavy to handle If cut at the ground. [ told them that they should breed it down to a better stature, as I had bred down Cocke's Prolific corn two feet. The practice here at the Institute is a good one; that is, at every meeting they make a show of farm products, 'jrain, vegetable and fruits. They have caught the gen- eral fever for big and pretty ears of com, and I talked corn breeding at every place and tried to show that big and pretty ears are not the only thing wanted, but tTiat the important pjoint was to breed an ideal plant and one that will make the most corn per acre and that after a hereditary tendency to prolificacy was established I had no objection to the pretty ears, and that some day we may have real corn shows when the whole plant is shown and statements of the yield of each sample per acre. W. F. MASSEY. COST OF PRODUCTION OF CORN. Editor Southern Planter: I will try to give as correctly as it is possible for a man to do the actual cost of my corn crop last year, not allowing anything for the use of farm implements, putting labor at $1.00 p(er day and dinner, and horse power at 50 cents per day straight. I planted something like 25 acres. Some of it very good land, and some not so good. All farmers know that last spring was not very favorable to first planting of com, and therefore the expense of getting 214 THE SOUTHERI^ PLANTEE. [March, 5 00 5 00 7 00 8 O'O 5 00 3 75 7 50 2 50 a stand was a great deal more than it ought to have been. To 14 days ploughing (big plow), man and 2 horses, $2.00 per day ? 28 00 To 6 days harrowing, man and 2 horses, $2.00 per day 12 00 To 2% days laying oiT, man and 2 horses, $2.00 per day To 2% days planting, 2 men, hand planters To 7 days re-planting, 1st and 2d time To 4 days ploughing, 1 time, 2 horses and man, $2.00 To 5 days hoe work, 1 time To 3% days thinning To 3% days ploughing, 2d time, 2 horses and man, $2.00 To 2y2 days hoe work, 2d time To 3 days ploughing, 3d time, 2 horses and man, $2.00 6 00 To 1 day ploughing, 3d time, 1 horse and man (single plow) , $1.50 1 50 To 2 days hoe work, 3d time 2 O'O To 2% days ploughing, 4th time, 2 horses and man, (part of it) 4 50 To 1 day ploughing, 4th time, 1 horse £ind man, (part of crop) , single plow 1 50 To 1 day hoe work, 4th time (ends) 1 00 To 6 bushels seed corn for planting and re-planting, both times, 75 cents 4 50 To 64 dinners at 10 cents ea,ch, planting and work- ing corn 6 40 To 9% days cutting corn 9 25 To 4 days cutting, 2 men, 1 horse and cutter 10 00 To 17 dinners, cutting corn at 10 cents each 1 70 To Husking corn by contract, 250 shocks at 6% cents each 16 50 To 11 days husking 11 00 To 3 days pulling 3 00 To 8% days hauling to crib, 2 horses and man $2.00 17 00 To 22 dinners at 10 cents each, husking and haul- ing 2 20 To Twine to tie fodder 2 75 carried out by me and which appear to be in every way applicable to southern conditions. The system which I would suggest for the South — and particularly for those States lying near the Gulf — is shown in tabular form below, and at once contemplates the carrying of all the live stock of which the farm is capable. FIELD. FIRST YEAR. SECOND YEAR. 184 55 By 2,200 bdls fodder at 3 cents, in field 66 00 Cotton with Crimson cilover last PJowlng. Same as 1 Second Year. Same as 1 Third Year. Covn with Cow Peas— two crops. Same as 1 Third Year. Same as 1 First Year. THIRD YEAR. Oats followed by, Cowpeas, winter- pasture Vetch and Rye. Same as 1 First Y'ear. Same as 1 Second] Year. $118 55 I made 925 bushels of corn at a cost of $118.55, making the corn cost 12 4-5 cents per bushel. This includes all the corn that was raised; good and bad together. I pulled three days, as you will see, so I'd have it to feed in the shucks. I husked one load of them to see how much I had. E. S. PORTER. Bath Co., Va. ROTATION OF CROPS. Editor Southern Planter: I have read with interest some recent discussions of crop rotation systems and am induced thereby to submit some ideas if my own which have been, in a measure From the table cotton, com, and oats are seen to be the main crops and are employed in the sequence given. The crimson clover may be sown in the cotton at the last ploughing and if the fall is not too dry a good cover will be had throughout the winter. The clover hay will be cut in spring and fall. The 'stubble and resulting manures being turned under for corn. The cowpeas in the com may be sown in May and seed gathered, then another crop come later, to be cut for haj or silage, the latter being preferable. Oats immediately follow the corn and cow pea croPs, and are in turn followed by cow peas for hay. As soon as this last crop is out of the way the ground is imme- diately soviTi in vetch and rye or bur clover. If vetch I» well adapted, the former being preferable. This furnishes six months pasturage prior to again planting to cotton. In this way cotton is the only money crop while in reality more money is to be had from the forage crops and pas- turage in meat production. It seems to me that this system embodies the ideal for land improvement and should meet all requirements tB the South where a general farm is desired. No trouble will be had in growing any of the crops except perhaps vetch and that could perhaps be very well disposed of. Criticism of the foregoing from those who know would be appreciated. LAURENCE H. McCULLOUGH. Williamsburg Co., S. C. W. H. Stanley, President and manager of the Spokane Canning Company, which is preparing to enlarge its plant at opportunity to a capacity of 1,250,000 cans, has con- tracted with growers in the Spokane Valley to pay $13.6© a ton for tomatoes this season as against $8 a ton In 1907. He will take the products from 250 acres, which are expected to yield 2,500 tons, an average of ten ton* the acre. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 215 Trucking, Qardee and Orchard. WORK FOR THE MONTH. The severe weather of February has rendered it prac- tically impossible for any thing beyond the hauling and mixing of compost and fertilizer to have been done in that month, therefore what we advised in our February issue as proper to be done in that month remains to be done in March. This means crowding the work of the month, lor if we are to have something like normal weather for this latitude in March there will be some planting of crops to be done on the top of the February ■work Whilst it is of importance to all truckers and gar- deners Ihat they should be in a position to catch the earliest markets for their products as then prices are the best and to do this they must plant early, yet we have always felt that it was unwise to plant a full crop of anj^hing so early as March. The chances of frost and cold rains saturating the land and rotting the seed are BO great that prudence dictates only planting part of the most hardy crops and leaving the full crops to be got In in the beginning of April. The products of the Florida and Gulf Coast trucking lands now command the earliest markets and it is ^wisdom to so time the putting of our earliest crops on the markets as to follow these and not try to come in confl'ct with them. Their early crops are better matured and more taking on the markets than ours can possibly be at the first of the season, that conflict with them even if we succeed in raising them in time, is rarely profitable. Put out therefore only a part of the full crop Intended to be planted ot those vegetables like Irish potatoes and English peas, which are hardy in the first piart of the month. Then wait ten days and plant again, and later follow with the full crop. If the weather becomes mild and seasonable the first plantings will come along early and catch probably an extra good market and the later ones will catch the normal market for the normal products from this section at which time Florida and Gulf Coast products will be out of the way. If the first planting should be cut off the later ones will oome In alright and the space occupied by the first planting can be again planted when the full crop is set out. easily broken oH In cutting and planting. If there are indications of scab on the sets or if the land is apt to produce scabby potatoes dip the sets in the mixture ad- vised in our spray calendar for the disease before cut- ting. Do not cut the early varieties closely. Each piece should have at least two good eyes and should have a pood piece of the tuber left with the eyes to maintain growth until the roots take hold of the land. In our Feb- ruary issue we gave the formula for a fertilizer for thia crop. For the benefit of the hundreds of new subscribers who havo come on our lists since that issue was sent out, we repeat this formula. Nitrate of soda 300 pounds, cotton seed meal 600 pounds, acid phosphate 500 pounds, and muriate of potash 300 pounds to make a ton. Apply at the rate of from 500 to 1,000 pounds to the acre. In our Feb- rary issue the printers made the mistake of saying 100 pounds where we wrote 1,000. As to the variety to plant. This is is a question which each grower must decide for himself. Local conditions vary so much that general ad- vice is misleading We have excellent reports as to Irish Cobbler, Early Sunlight and Early Ohio for first crops, Improved Peach Blow, Beauty of Hebron, Green Moun- tain and Burbank are well spoken of for later planting. English peas should be planted as soon as the land can be put into good order. This crop does best on land which was heavily fertilized for a crop last year and has since grown cow peas or some other legume. Too heavy fer- tilizing at the time of planting has the effect of making them run to vine and be later in maturing the crop. Sow deeply and tread the seed well into the soil before cover- ing. In setting out the early crop of Irish potatoes select a piece of land which drains well and quickly and after put- ting it in fine order throw it up in ridges to warm and aerate for a week or ten days and then split these ridges, fertilize and mix the fertilizer well with the soil and then plant, putting the sets only so deep in the soil that they will be nearly on the natural level of the land. This places them where the sun will keep them warm and push their growth. As they begin to come through the land, throT/ a light furrow on them so as to keep them protected from late frosts for a week or ten days longer. The sets should be sprouted for this crop before being planted as this tends to earliness in growth and saves them from rotting considerably. To sprout the potatoes spread them out in a thin layer where the sun can reach them and they will put out short, stubby, green sprouts which are not Fall set cabbages should be cultivated as soon as they show signs of growing off and after they have made a good start give a top dressing of 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre. This will soon put them out of the way of the worms. Cabbage plants held over in cold frames during T.he winter or raised in frames this spring should be set out as soon as the land is ready. Strawberry beds should be worked as soon as the land is in good order and the plants commence to grow. If (he land is not in good fertile condition a top dressing of 400 pounds of acid phosphate, 200 pounds of muriate of potash and 100 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre should be applied down each side of tlie rows and be worked in. Mulch with pine tags or marsh hay between the rows to keep the berries clean and conserve moisture. Sow patches of lettuce,' radishes, cresses and other salad plants in sheltered positions. Keep this issue handy for reference to the Spray Cal- endar which will be found therein. 216 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [March, FORMULAE FOR SPRAY MIXTURES. Copper Sulphate Solution. Copper Sulphate (bluestone) 2 to 4 pounds. Water 50 gallons Dissolve the copper sulphate in a bucket of hot water, as it dissolves more quickly in hot water; and dilute to the desired quantity. Use wooden or earthen vessels for copper sulphate solution. This solution is to be used ou dormant plants, before the leaves have expanded. Bordeaux Mixture. 1. Ck)pper Sulphate 4 pounds. Unslaked Lime 5 pounds. Water 50 gallons. 2. Copper Sulphate 3 pounds. Unslaked Lime 6 pounds. Water 50 gallons. For all stone fruits, after leafing out. No. 1 can be used on these plants during the doi-mant season. Dissolve the copper sulphate as mentioned above, slake tlie lime in a bucket of water and dilute with several gallons of water and strain through a coarse cloth to free the mixture of the small lumps. They Interfere with the free flow of the mixture through the spray nozzles. Mix the two solutions together after diluting each to 25 gal- lons. Use this for rots, molds, mildews aud all fungus diseases. For potato blight add two pounds more of cop- per sulphate. A combined fungicide and insecticide for biting insects may be made by adding 8 ounces of either Paris Green or London Purple, Green Arsenoid or Arsenate of Lead to the above. Ammoniacal Copper Carbonate Solution. Copper Carbonate 6 ounces. Ammonia about 3 pints. Water 50 gallons. Dissolve the copper carbonate in ammonia in a closed wooden or earthen vessel and add to it the required quan- tity of water when ready to apply. As ammonia varies in strength, some care Is necessary to use no more than is needed to dissolve the copper carbonate. This prepara- tion Is used for the same purpose as Bordeaux, but Is Intended to be used only when fruit is nearly grown, as Bordeaux sometimes affects the skin of ripening fruit. Kerosene Emulsion. Hard Soap % pound. Boiling Water .■ . . . .1 gallon. Kerosene 2 gallons. Use "soft water" (preferably cistern water). Dissolve the soap in the boiling water; add the kerosene and churn violently until the mixture becomes like buttermilk — not less than five or ten minutes. Dilute with water ten to fifteen times before using. For sucking: insects. For scale, use strong emulsion and apply while the Insects are still in the larval stage. For plant lice, mealy bugs, red spider, etc., the weaker solution may be used. Soft bodied insects like the cabbage worm may be destroyed with this solution. Lime, Sulphur and Salt Mixture. Lime, 15 pounds (unslaked); sulphur (flowers), 15 pounds; salt, 5 pounds; water, 50 gallons. Put four or five gallons of hot water in an iron kettle (20 gallons capacity), add 15 pounds lime. Stir with wooden paddle so as to spread it about, then, as soon as in full boiling from slaking, add 15 pounds sulphur and mix briskly with lime, adding boiling water as needed to bring the whole mass Into a thick paste, then add water enough to make 10 or 12 gallons and boil from 30 to 40 minutes. Add the salt when the paste is diluted. When the wash is cookPC, strain and dilute to 50 gallons. Paris Green. For biting and chewing insects. Paris Green 1 pound. Water 160 to 200 gallons. Lime 2 pounds. If used dry, as a powder, mix it with 100 times its weight of dry flour, plaster or air-slaked lime. London Purple may be used in the place of Paris Green, but should have more lime mixed with it. Persian Insect Powder. Fresh Powder 1 ounce. Water 2 gallons. Spray on plants for soft bodied insects. The powder is frequently dusted on plants and is probably preferable to the liquid form. The material is not poisonous to man, hence can be used in dwelling houses to kill house flies and mosquitoes. For such cases, first close all doors and windows and dust the room well with the powder (usually at night) and leave it so for several hours. It is a good idea to burn a spoonful or two on hot embers so that the fumes may fill the room. Be sure that the powder is fresh, because when old It often fails to kill. * Prevention of Irish Potato Scab. Mix 2 to 2% ounces of corrosive sublimate with 15 jrallous of water. Dissolve the poison first in 2 gallons of water and then add the rest to make up 15 gallons. Let stand for 5 or 6 hours, stirring several times during this time. The seed potatoes should be dipped in this solu- tion and let remain In it for from an hour to 3 hours before being cut. After the potatoes have been dipped, they should be kept out of the reach of cattle or live stock of any kind and should not be left where they can be taken by any one for human consumption, as the solution is a violent poison and sufflcient of the sublimate will remain on the tubers to cause death if they are eaten. Successive lots of seed potatoes may be dipped in the same solution until it is all used up. Do not mix the solu- tion In metal vessels. Formalin may be used instead of and in the same way as the corrosive sublimate if more convenient to be had. It is prepared by mixing 8 ounces of 40 per cent, solution with 15 gallons of water. This mixture is also poisonous. 1 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTEK. 217 CO o T-t O < w <^ o < PC CO X3 O 5 S X3 •—t O s CO ^ ^ a> ■y n cd . C •o m o >> S t. ■o o a m ^U S s S <1} 00 w S s " ^ S te s a, 0) "O 00 • t- « O cd M 53 13 M ^ o o3 ^ a •a 4) +-> n ♦J oi hn OJ o d 0) t> o * a . 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Editor Southern Planter: On December 5th at Staunton, Virginia, the initial steps were taken for organizing the Piedmont Fruit Exchange, the object being to bring together the fruit growers of certain sections of the State in one organization for the proper packing and marketing of fruit, and other mutual interests. It is well understood that the marketing of fruit Is an entirely different business from growing the product. Some men may succeed best in growing the fruit, while others would succeed best in marketing it. While the marketing of fruit is not, I think, more complex than produciag it, the former requires an organization to get the best results. Some of the benefits that might be expected to accrue to the fruit growing interests through such organizations are brought out by the following extracts taken from an arti- cle in the Daily Sentinel published at Grand Junction, Colorado. It relates to the Grand Junction Fruit Growers' Association. "If each Grand Valley fruit grower was shipping out Tils fruit independently of every other grower, making his own prices and dealing with his own market, how long would Grand Valley fruit be commanding high and good prices? Not very long. For then each of the six hundred growers would be competing with the others, prices would be slashed and pretty soon there would be no prices at all. Hence, the undisputed advantage of the Fruit Grow- ers' Association formed along such lines as the Grand Junction Fruit Growers' Association. "Lack of organization and poor management have been the ruin of many a fruit growing district of this country. The members of the Grand .Junction Fruit Growers' Asso- ciation does not have to worry about his prices. He raises his fruits and delivers them to the Association, knowing that competent men are in charge of every department and knowing that he will get the best possible prices. In good time his returns come in, and, in nine times out of ten, these returns are eminently satisfactory to the grower. "Again, through the Association, the grower can pur- chase his needed supplies, such as boxes, wrappers, spray materials, wagons, etc., at practically wholesale prices, Buch goods being bought by the carload by the Association. "The Grand Junction Fruit Growers' Association, above all other things, is noted for good fruit and honest pack- ing. It has always been its policy to ship out no rankly Inferior fruit, and it will not accept such for shipment. 'It gives its members the advantage of the knowledge and guidance of experts as to how to produce the very best fruit; how to care for the orchards and make them yield the greatest amount of good fruit. * * * Unless the fruit In eVery box measures up to the standard of quality, it is rejected by the Inspector. ***** "The Association demands that the grading be good, the packing systematic and honest, and every effort is made to develop the very best color and flavor, etc., etc. "To this organization Grand Junction, the Grand Valley, and one of the most important industries of the vast West owe a mighty measure of their development, fame and prosperity. • * • • ♦ "The Grand Junction Fruit Growers' Association has shipped the greater portion of the fruit raised in Mesa county every year since fruit raising, to any extent what- ever, began in this locality. Something like twelve years ago, the Association was organized on a very small basis, and for two years it made very little showing. In the year 1897, the Association was re-organized. How won- derful has been the growth of the organization during these eleven years! The first year of the re-organized Association there were shipped out of the valley 167 cars of fruit by this Association, and, for these 167 cars, the growers were paid $54,500. The crop that year was con- sidered phenomenal. "In 190'6, ten years later, the Association shipped out of the valley 1,152 cars of fruit, and a total of $555,813 was paid to the growers, or, half a million dollars more than was paid out for fruit in 1897; and, when all the returns are in for 1907, it will be seen that the growers will have been paid at least $750,000 more money in 1907 than they were paid in 1897. Nearly 1,000 more cars of fruit were shipped out of this little valley in 1906 than were shipped in 1897 — just ten short years before. What a mighty growth in eleven years' time!" We have only to study results obtained by fruit growers' organizations in Colorado, Oregon, California, Canada, etc., to learn that, as in any other business., success depends largely upon business methods and organization. The Eastern Shore (Va.) Produce Exchange, operated in Accomac and Northampton counties, in this State, shows similar development and success, but was organized only a few years ago. Prior to its organization, sweet potatoes often sold for less than the railway companies charged for freight, and the growers were actually requested to pay the difference. Though the Company has now been in operation for about eight years, there has been an active demand for their products during the entire time, notwltli- standing the fact that the better prices caused three to four times as much stuff to be grown. The sales of this Company now reach about $800,000 per year from the two small counties mentioned. There are two other similar organizations in the same section. The development of the fruit industry in this State during the past twenty years has indeed been phenomenal and shows conclusively that our soil and climatic condi- tions are favorable. The quality of our fruit is unexcelled. If we are to hold our place in the markets of the world and get the best prices for our fruit, we must form some strong organizations and so conduct our work of both growing and marketing fruit as to get the best returns Lor the labor expended. J. L,. PHILLIPS, State Entomologist" Blacksburg, Va. Some of o\ir greatest failures come from not being ready to do our work when it ought to be done; let's be ready. And yet it takes grit, sometimes, just to sit stlU and wait for land to dry off before starting the plows. It pays, though. Land ploughed too wet may be spcUed for a good many years. It bakes, lies hard, and Is unprofitable. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 219 Llva Stock and Dairy. ■!L!VE STOCK IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST STATES. We are in receipt of the statistics showing the number And value of the live stock in the country on the first of January, 1908: Compared with January 1, 1907, the following changes are indicated: In numbers, horses have increased 245,000; oiules increased 52,0'00; milch cows increased 226,000; other cattle decreased 1,493,000; sheep increased 1,391,000; «wine increased 1,290,000. In average price per head, horses decreased $0.10; snules decreased $4.40; milch cows decreased $0.33; other <5attle decreased $0.21; sheep increased $0.40; swine decreased $1.57. In total value, horses increased $20,952,000; mules decreased $11,125,000; milch cows increased $4,560,000; -other cattle decreased $35,619,000; sheep increased $7,526,0'00; swine decreased $78,761,000. The total value of all animals enumerated above on January 1, 1908, was $4,331,230,000, as compared with 14,423,698,000 on January 1, 1907— a decrease of ■'- "'S,- 000, or 2.1 per cent. These statistics compare with those of January, 1907, which showed the greatest increase in stock for the coun- try ever known, and, therefore, the comparison should not be thought to be an unsatisfactory one because, as com- pared with the last one, the increase in numbers is com- paratively small, land the value shows a decrease. If compared with those for 1906 or earlier years, they would show a great increase in both aspects. The decrease in value is largely to be attributet to the financial flurry through which we are passing, which has caused a heavy drop in the value of almost everything which has to be isold, and on the t"^- of this, a loss occasioned by the great decrease in the t ick of corn and the much less satis- factory character c the corn saved. A very large propor- tion of the crop never matured sufficiently to keep and has had to be marketed at the. best price that could be obtained for it instead of being fed to stock, and the stock has had to be forced upon a falling market. In a recent report received from Chicago, it was stated that 70 per cent, of the corn coming to the market would not grade at all until dried, and the whole of the drying plants In that city were running day and night to bring the corn up to grade at the lowest rate. In the South Atlantic States there is generally slight Increase in the number of stock of all kinds, but in nearly all cases a decrease in the values. We have received the statistics too late to allow us to analyze them carefully, but propose to do this in next issue. There is one thing certain, however, and that is that Southern farmers are taking a greater interest in purebred stock now than ever before in the history of the South. Our advertising col umns show this, and the letters we receive daiily enqulr irg as to the type and breed of animals to be kept confirm the inference. Breeders complain, mowever, that it is diffi- cult to secure such prices for purebred animals from Southern farmers as Western and Northern farmers are willing to pay. This cannot be wondered at when It is realized that our people are only just getting to under stand what is the difference in the profit to be made In breeding "scrubs" and purebred stock. They do not yet fully comprehend that a bull costing $50 or $100, or a boar costing $25 or $50 can, in a couple of years in the case of a bull, or in the case of hogs in a year, easily pay many tim.es the cost involved in the purchase of the better bred animal by the increased price to be made by the produce. They fail to realize that the bull or boar is more than half the herd and that if he be one of the best of his breed the whole product of the herd will be enhanced in value at once. Again, many of the farmers of the South are not equipped to care properly for fine bred stock. The scrubs could take care of themselves and if they failed to do so the loss was small, whereas the purebred stock require to be housed and cared for and ihey then pay well for this care. The fact also that a large part of the Southern territory has been so badly infected with cattle ticks as to make the risk of bringing purebred stock into I he section a serious one also, no doubt, has had a serious influence in keeping our farmers from going into better stock. This risk is now, however, being reduced. A communication in this issue from the State Veterinarian shows that many counties in this State are now to be taken out of the quarantined area as being free from the fatal ticks and this also is the case in adjoin- ing States. When farmers are satisfied that they can buy purebred animals and bring them into this formerly fatal Territory without risk, they will no doubt be much more v/illiug to invest money in good stock. There is a grand opportunity opening for development of live stock hus- bandry in the South in all lines of animals, and steps ar© being taken to bring this to the attention of farmers. A dairy commissioner will be shortly appointed under the terms of a law now being enacted by the Legislature, and it will be his duty to bring to the attention of farmers th«. fact that we are at present only producing about 14 per cent, of the dairy products consumed in the State. The other 86 per cent, is imported from outside the State. We have already plenty of so-called milch cows in the State to make all the dairy products we need, but instead of keeping the farmers, by doing so, the farmers are keeping the cows, and the money which ought to go into our farmers' pockets goes North and West to farmers whose cows keep them. So it is with the beef breeds. Outside Southwest Virginia, where it is stated about $60,000 worth of export beef is made each year, the rest of the State and the other Southern States only make a grade of beef so low that it cannot pay the cost of production. They are merely manure-making machines. The purchase of purebred bulls of the best dairy and beef types even at high prices is the remedy for these troubles and our fann- ers must realize this. 220 THE SOUTHERISr PLANTER. [March, TICK ERADICATION IN VIRGINIA. A Sketch of the Situation as it now Stands. Editor Southern Planter: According to joint recommendations from the State Veterinarian and the Federal authorities at worlc in the State of Virginia, the foll'owing list of counties will be released from quarantine this spring with the exception of the individual farms which have been quarantined, pro vided the said quarintined farms are properly conducted as to the movement of cattle. That Is tt^ say, the owners of cattle which have been placed in quarantine will have to observe the law to the letter, and not only not allow the cattle to be moved from the individual farms which have been quarantined, but the said owners have furthermore got to do as their neighbors have done — get rid of the ticks by early change of pasture, application of grease, hand picking, etc, in order to get the entire county out of quarantine, or to be enabled to ship the cattle from the said quarantined farms, even upon inspection. The counties of James City, Prince George, Dinwiddle, Charlotte, Halifax, Henry, and Patrick, will be released from quarantine as a whole, provided the farms quaran- tined in these counties observe the law to the letter during the coming season. The counties which will remain below the quarantine (though some of these did good work last year and I hope to relieve the counties which are at work next fall, pro- vided the conditions justify- it) during the season of 1908 are as follows, viz: Counties now below the quarantine: Chesterfield, York, Surry, Sussex, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Southampton, Greenville, Brunswick, Mecklenburg, Lunenburg and Pitts- sylvania. While they are yet below the quarantine line as we found too many infected farms last year to recommend the removal of the quarantine from these counties, yet I wish to say that Chesterfleld, Mecklenburg, Brunswick, and Pittsylvania all are at work and did good work last year, and if they will only see that the farms which were quarantined in the respective counties last year are care- fully watched this year and that the owners of these farms are not allowed to move cattle from the said quarantined farms during this spring, summer and fall, and will also go to work to change the pastures, etc., as above explained, the result will be that next fall Chesterfield, Mecklenburg, Brunswick, and Pittsylvania will be relieved from the quarantine. This season cattle from the counties which are still below the quarantine line must not be moved into the counties which we have just exempted from quarantine, foi- If this moving of cattle from the counties below the line into the counties which we have just taken out of quaran- tine is practiced then the result will be that said counties which have just been relieved will be at once placed again Into the quarantined territory. Our first work in any county is to inspect the cattle and thus locate all of the farms on which there are tick infested cattle. The next move is to quarantine these in- fected farms so as to prevent the spread of the tick; this Is at once followed by practical methods of destroying the ticks which we have located. This work of tick eradication is plain, practical, and indeed simple, but, nevertheless, it is work which requires constant attention on the part of the cattle owner who is so unfortunate as to have ticks on his cattle. Without the cattle tick to kill the good cattle by infect- ing them with the dreaded disease known as Texas fever, and without the quarantine so that the cattle men may move th'Sir cattle when and where they please, Southside Virginia can and will develop into a live stock coimtry. T. O. Sandy, at Burkeville, has kept his farm free from ticks and has developed as fine a herd of thoroughbred Holstein-Friesian cattle in the said county as any cue may wish to see. Ma]. A. R. Venable has developed some of the best Jerseys at Farmville, so has Mr. Gates, at Rice Depot. All of these men have kept their farms absolutely free from the cattle tick. Thus it is the tick, and the cat- tle tick only, that has kept the farmers of Southside Vir- ginia from raising good cattle. Those who have kept the ticks off their farms and have given he proper atten- tion CO the cattle have met with success. We have got the cattle tick on the run from Virginia, but now is the time that we must work; to continue the field work of ■eradicating the tick. As State Veterinarian, I thank the people for their support in the past, but beg for it in the future. The Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C, is rendering the State of Virginia the greatest assistance in this work, so it is unquestionably the duty of all of us to unite in co-operating in this good work which means so much to the cattle interest of our country. Messrs. Charles and Joseph Button, of Walker's Ford, Appomattox county, are meeting with success in breeding good beef cattle — Aberdeen Angus — as likewise is Mr. Wilson, of News Ferry, Halifax county. All these men keep their cattle free from cattle ticks. Thus the cattle tick is the only enemy that prevents any one from success- fully breeding good cattle in this portion of the State. Burkeville, Va. J. G. FERNEYHOUGH, State Veterinarian. PORK PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTH. We have received the following report of an experiment made at the Delta Station of the Mississippi Station in raising and feeding pork. It illustrates so strongly the position we have always taken as to the possibilities of profitably raising our own hog meat at home and that at a good profit that we present it to our readers. We do this also at this time so that steps may at once be taken to raise the necessary pasturing crops, for upon this method of raising and feeding the hogs hinges the whole question in the South. We cannot afford to grow hogs on corn in the South like they do in the West. "We marketed during October, November and December one hundred and twenty-two pigs, receiving for the lot $1,382.50. They were the produce of ten sows, farrowing two litters a year. The fall pigs were farrowed from September 20th to October 10th, and the spring litters from March 18th to April 22nd. Thirty-two were sold on foot and averaged 175 1-2 pounds. Eighty-five were dressed . and averaged 135 3-8 pounds. 1908.] THE SOUTHS im PLAN TEE. 221 The financial statemeui showing proceeds of sale, cost of production, and net profit, is as follows: 32 pigs average live weight 175 1-2 pounds, at six cents $ 336 F.5 S5 pigs, average dressed weight 135 3-8 pounds, at 8 cents 920 55 Total proceeds $1,382 51 Expenses. 265 bushels of corn at 70' cents $185 50 260 bushels of corn (estimated) at 65 cents 169 00 3 . tons of shorts at $25.00 75 00 Rent on 13 1-2 acres of land at $6 81 00 Seed used on pasture lots 29 50 Preparing and seeding pasture lots 39 50 Total expense $579 50 If the five gilts, which averaged 196 pounds, had been sold at 6 cents, net profit would have been $736 80 The corn in the above expense account, which is esti- mated, was grown on thirteen acres of land after a crop of oats had been harvested. Peas were planted in the corn, and the hogs were turned in the field in the fall eating the peas and corn together. In order to get the Picas planted in time to mature the corn was given only one working, and twenty bushels per acre is a fair esti- mate of the yield. Management of Herd. The boar Is kept in a separate lot, and the sows are bred to farrow In the spring and fall. The litters should be as near the same age as possible, as they can be han- dled and fed together to better advantage. Each has a separate stall, six by eight feet, with a small lot adjoining. A few days before farrowing the sow is placed in the house, with access to the lot, and kepi there until the pigs are about two weeks old; the gate is then left open and the sow and pigs go out to pasture at will, using the house as a sleeping quarter. A box of hardwood ashes and salt is kept in a dry place, accessible to the hogs at all times. No medicine nor stock food is used, but regular attention is given to keep the herd free from lice. This we consider very important, as young pigs will not thrive when infested with lice. A cheap soap is stirred in boiling water, and to two gallons of this mixture one quart of kerosene oil is added. This is applied with an old broom as often as is necessary. In addition, a little kerosene oil is sprinkled on the floor of the sleeping quarters when cleaned. Another important detail of the management is to keep the sleeping places free from dust. The houses have plank floors, and these are swept at regular intervals. The actual work required to care for the hogs was small. The careful attention to details at the proper lime is the important thing necessary. Pastures. Our pasture rotation, which furnishes grazing all the year, consists first of a Bermuda lot in which the houses are located, and which contains shade and water. Open- ing from this are three lots of four and one-half acres each; one of these is seeded in Dwarf Essex rape and red clover in August, or early in September. The other two are seeded to wheat and red clover in September, or early in October. The rape lot is ploughed in April and planted in sorghum about the first of May. In addition to these pastures, every acre of corn is planted in peas, very thick, at the last working of the corn. The rape will be ready to graze in thirty to forty days after seeding and will furnish grazing all winter. When the sows and small pigs are turned on the rape and clover, the market hogs are in the pea field. In April the hogs are turned from the rape lot into the red clover and wheat lots, which they graze alternately until August, when they are turned into the sorghum. By this lime it will be maturing and is a most excellent feed. Seven pounds each of rape and clover seed are sown together. In the wheat and clover lots we sow about one- half bushel of wheat and ten pounds of clover seed per acre. The beardless variety of wheat is sown. After it begins to joint, hogs prefer the clover and a considerable portion of the wheat will mature, when the hogs eat the grain, this and the clover making the very best pasture. Feeding. The sows are fed a little shorts in addition to corn, after farrowing, while they are kept in the farrowing pens. After two weeks they are turned back into pasture and are fed corn only. The pigs are fed com and shorts as soon as they will eat the shorts being fed until the pigs are about three months old, each pig getting about fifty pounds. They are also fed liberally of corn while small, the idea being to give them a vigorous start that they maj make good use of the piasture, which, after all, is the cheapest factor in pork production. Up to the time the pigs were turned into the pea field in September to be fattened, they had eaten an average of 122 pounds of corn and fifty pounds of shorts each. From September until they were sold, they had the peas from a corn field of fifty-three acres (except eighty bushels picked for seed) and thirtene acres of corn, planted after oats, estimated, as stated above, at two hundred antS oixty bushels. The peas and com were harvested by the hogs, which method saved labor and left the manure Avhere it was needed. The above statement of feed consumed included what I he sows ate. Houses and Fences. The houses consist of a row of stalls, six by eight feet, six feet high on the front and four feet on the back, floored. They were built by the farm hands out of cheap lumber, and are inexpensive but are suflacient for this climate. The small lots are fenced with one by six plank. The pasture fence consists of woven wire below and l^arbed wire above. In order to have a good wire fence, the corner posts must be large, set deep in the ground, and well braced. The wire should then be stretched tight, very tight.: The best time to stretch wire is in the sum- mer on a hot day. If put up in winter in cold weather, u will become somewhat slack in hot water. The best adjunct of the fencing proposition is a good pasture on the inside. We do not ring the hogs. It has been our experience 222 THE SOUTHEEN PLANTER [March, that hogs kept on pasture all the time will do very little damage by rooting. For the benefit of farmers who have hill land that will mot grow clover so well, T suggest that vetch and wheat be substituted for clover and wheat. This will make a good pasture, but it will not last so long in summer as the clover, nor will it carry so many hogs to the acre. It will only be necssary, however, to plant sorghum early and increase the pasture area in order to have grazing all the year. Breeds. In respect to the superiority of the different breeds, we do not advise, not having made any comparative tests. We are using Berkshires, the boar and most of the sows being pure bred. It will be noticed, by referring to the figures given above, that the market weights of the hogs were light for the age; but the amount of grain fed to the pigs up to the time they were turned into the pea field to be fattened was also small. It is an open question whether it would have been more profitable to have fed more grain on pas- ture. "We intend to test this next year by growing larger hogs at a greater cost, and will report the results in due time. Some of the important features of the work which con- tributed to our profit may be recalled: First. At farrowing time the sows were separated and given comfortable quarters, and the young pigs were given extra attention. Second. The herd was kept free from lice, and were not allowed to sleep in dusty beds. Third. Good pastures were provided all the year, thus Insuring large, strong litters, and a healthy herd, and also cheap pork. Fourth. The farm is fenced making it possible to fatten the hogs largely on peas planted in the corn as a catch crop for fertilizing purposes. This crop gives the South a distinct advantage over other sections, and this feature of the work cannot be too strongly urged. The fact that the peas can be converted into money without any 'cost of harvesting should add an additional incentive to grow more corn and peas and thus improve the land, handle the farm with less labor, and keep the cotton money at home. We are blessed by being able to raise cotton, the greatest staple money crop of any section. Let us make the most of this privilege by raising our hay, corn and hogs, in order that our cotton money may be our own. The Delta Station asks that more consideration be given the Mississippi hog." responsibility than the men who are shaping the legisla- tion of our land. It therefore becomes the sacred duty of every man who owns a little spot of this earth to guard it well. He should leave it better than he found it. But this is not the history of our soil. If the history of American Agriculture is ever written, it will be a story of destruction from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans. There is no country that has destroyed the fertility of the soil so rapidly or used it more extravagantly than the Amercan farmer. The far-sighted men of every age have observed this destruction and have given warning^ of its penalties. But it is only recently that the average farmer has begun to realize the necessity of giving his attention to this all-important subject — preserving the fertility of our land. In the beginning, this country, on the whole, had a rich sell, and most men thought it inexhaustible. Our modern methods of farming, which have brought in vogue the rotation of crops, better cultivation, better machinery, tile drainage, and with which has developed rapid and cheap transportation, opening markets to all parts of tho world for our farm products, have increased our earning' capacity, but have hastened and encouraged the depletioD of our soil. We are now brought face to face with the problem of developing a system of farming that will not make our land less productive, but more productive, for the old phrase, "go West, young man, and grow up with the coun- try" is obsolete. When C'OO' pounds of butter are sold from the farm only 15 cents worth of fertility leaves it. If 100 bushels of corn are sold, $18 worth of ferility is taken from th© land. It is not hard for the thinking man to observe what dairying will do for the soil as compared with grain farming. Where dairying is properly carried on, the soils grow better, but with gTain farming the soil is growing poorer and less productive each year. — Hoards Dairyman. DAIRYING AS IT RELATES TO FERTILITY. There is nothing of more importance to all humanity than the fertility of the soil; dependent upon it is the life of every living thing. The future strength, power and general welfare of this nation, in fact, all nations, great or small, is in the hands of men who till the soil. Historians have paid great tribute to statesmen who have helped to develop and guard the political future of our country, but the very foundation of our nation is the soil, and the farmers who have it in charge have a greater The great majority of farmers do not get more than three-quarters of a full stand of corn in their fields and the result is 20 per cent, less corn at harvest time than should be secured without any more expense in produc- ing the crop. The cause of the imperfect stand nearly always lies in the use of poor seed for planting. If every farmer would get his seed corn properly stored by the middle of October, several millions of dollars would be added to the value of the corn crop next year. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? The Cow Census work in Hoard's Dairyman showed that out of 356 farmers keeping 5,417 cows, the average loss per cow per year was $4.50. That is, these farmers, taking tlie whole lot, got from the creamery $4.50 less per cow than the feed cost. Now, only 20 of the whole number read a dairy paper or tried in any way to be intelligent dairymen. Isn't there "cause and effect" for you? 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 223 The Poultry Yard. POULTRY NOTES. I have so many inquiries on poultry matters that I find It impossible to reply to every one fully by personal letter. I will answer, in a general way, many who ask about incu- bators and brooders. 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The usual beauuiul catalogue oi mis hrm is received and, it puaaiote, it la more interesting than ever beiore. They sell only to the producer auu, tneretore, those who buy tiieir seeud trom them know they get wuat ihey ask tor — Henaersou s seeus, wiih tne reputation oi me arm behind ihem, D. M. i'erry ense. Spokes united with the hub; absolutely im- possible to work loose. So"ld on amoney-baek guarantee. Their I savini^in time, labor, horseflesh 1 and repnir bills will pay f orthem Jin a pMiprle year. Mo're than a ■| million and a qi arter in use. All / Wr" a^k is a chance to tell you ' more ahrut them. Drnpusaline, we'll d" the rest. Catnl.. g free. EtECTRIC WHEEL CO., Box S'. a Quliicy, III BrGUlUS AND 'ViAOONfl. Just as sood as eklUed Vlrgrlnla mechanics can mak* »ut of Virgrinla grown material. You know that this must be the best. Send for cataloea*. RICHMOND BUG6T A- WAGOH 00„ RIchiuoad, Va. Steel Wl^eels WITH GROOVED TIRES 4 in. wide; The Groove protect! the heads ot spokes from wea»„ which maKes wheel good anC strong till tire is worn out. W« make plain tire wheels in otheu widths. We make wheels to flS any thimble skein or straielsj steel axle. Getour tree cataloil of Steel Wheels and Low DowA H anoly Wations. HAVANA METAL WHEEL CO,, Box 46 .*. Havana, OS. BOSTRCMS IMPROVED FARM LEVEL, WITH TELBSCOPE Pat'd 1902. la no HI AKESHIFT.bnttli* best one made for Terrac- ins?, IrrisatiDQ and Drain- ' aere. Price $12. -50, including Tripod and Rod. deliverea to you. Write for descrip- tive oirctilars. Treatise on Terracing, etc., Free. Bostrom, Brady Mfg.Ce* 8 Hadison Ave.. Atlanta, Qsl. 236 THE SOUTHERI^ PLANTER. [March, Write a Postal to Deero Fop Mew Deere \f/ Disc Cultivator ,, With Spring Lifts k Here's an example of Daera High Quality and Dears Durablilly la our Improved Naw Daera Disc Cultlvalor'wbichonesmall Illustration can't possibly show you the \ia,y 18 large picluraa vsith lult descrip* lions do In our Free Book offered below. That'3 why we say it pays Prograaslva Farmers like you to send your name and address and get on the Deere Free Mailing List. Pays you In work and time saved— In bigger crops and in making you the best ludgs of true values In machinery withal) latest Daera Improvements because we send you all Information regularly. Here's a world's standard machine you ' ought to know about whether you buy one now or not. Eamtest Operated— Lightest Draft— Sfpongest and Works Best Not a common, heavy, gray iron castings machine, easily fractured, but neat, simple construction of malleables and steel for lightest draft and longest life. Gangs are angled Instantly by leverand rack. Ratchet adjustments make discs work just as you wanttheia to. Unnecessary to take gangs off to chani:;efrom in-throw to out-lhrow. Improved bearing spools. Easy riding. Easiest on horses. Foot or lever dodge. Spring 11 f ts so easy a boy can operate them. Write for all facts — "Mrf» Corn" Bool: end Cultivator Book No. 51 , Free. Deere £ Mansur Company MolinOf Illinois Grind ear corn, shelled corn, outs, rye, wneat, barley, Kafiir corn, cotton seed.corn'in shucks, sheaf oats, or any kind of grain; coarse, medium or fine. The only mill in the world made with a double set of grinders or burrs. FOUR SIZES Easily operaled. Never choke. Especially ndoptedfor ""^oline engines. A copy of Farmer's ^^^ - "^ iimde. most ueeful book of Records and Recipes mnited upon request. THE O. S. KELLY CO., Springrield, Obio. FREE Bo< 145, mm ih *« /^ rf" |WB"T^i mane mouey M\JiC.IN I O the R. B. Paten Gla:!S Cuue Lamp Burner. Guaranteed Ui giveoue-ihird more liglit :usesouly one-half as much oil : laststive liiues longer. Agents sell to nineteen out of twenty families, from one to twelve burners eaeh. Oue a?etit sold sixty-eiL^Ilt dozen lire Iir.st week. A bo.r, before and afrer school hours, cleared $+.50, in'two days. A laiiy cleared $27.25 in si.xteen hours. Ask for Circular and Terms t* Agts. Sample, :!0 cts. I. 0. IMBOIIEN CO., Cleona. Z>i>- WITH THE ADVERTISERS. An attractive advertisement of Mica Axle Grease wil be found in another column. The Binghampton Seed Co. has sev pral advertisements in this issue, to which attention is invited. Lynnwood Stock Farm has a card which will interest breeders of pure- bred stock. Moore's Brook Sanitarium Co. is ad- vertising its two magnificent herd boars as well as a lot of young Berk- shire stock of superb breeding. The season's advertising of Eureka Harness Oil starts with an attractive announcement in this issue. The Alexander Seed Co., has an an- nouncement on another page of spe- cial interest to truckers and farmers. De Laval Separator Co. advertises its 1908 patterns of cream separators in this issue. The Superior Drill Co. has an inter- esting card on another page. The Implement Co. has several ads. 'n this issue, to which attention is isked. Among the prominent announce- nents of this issue is that of the Vmerican Steel & Wire Co. The Evergreen Farms have several idvertisements in this issue, to which attention is invited. The "International" line of farm ma- •hinery, including wagons and separa- ors, is extensively advertised this nonth. Lindsey & Sons are advertising 'heir compost drill in this issue. The thoroughbred stallion, "Judge -limes," is offered for sale by the Heartland Stock Farm. The Cycle Hatcher Co. has a promi- lent announcement on another page. The Lovejoy Co. has a couple of reasonable announcements elsewhere 'n this issue. Look up the advertisement of the '^all-Watt Company. The Chicago House Wrecking Co. offers an endless variety of season- able stuff for the home and farm in its ad, on the second cover page. Note the change in the advertise- ment of the Superior Fence Co. T. C. Andrews & Co. is advertising agricultural lime, rock and shell. Royally bred Berkshires are offered by the Sunnyside Farms. The Watt Plow Co. has a seasonable announcement on the third cover page. Poultrymen are out in full force this month, ottering all varieties of poul- try and egg.s Be sure and look over these advertisements before sending your order elsewhere. "The W'ant" columns are growing in popularity and many bargains are offered this month. PERFECT POTATO PLANTING Every farmer knows the importance of proper potato planting. Here's a machine that does it perfectly. Has none of the faults common with com- mon planters. Opens the furrow perfectly, drops the seed correctly, covers it uni- ^^ ^ 'Iron Aee formly.andbestotaa J«»X^ (inp„,T«i Robbiaa) never bruises or MA ^ V _* . _. „, ._,.., punctures the ^ W ,% V Potato Planter i;eed. Send a postal for oui 1908 free Book. >w ^^ No Misses No Doubles Jlo Troubles BATEMANMFG. CO., Box ISTPQrenlooh. IT.Tjm EGONOMY SILO Ued&l ftnd highest award at th» Jameltom Expoeltlaa Air tight all over, keeps ensilage abao- aP* lately sweet. The doors are continuous, I' easily handled, end have no clumsy rods. A sufficient number of strong, well sup* ported hoops form o permanent, safe ladder. Economy Silos are strongly built and easily put up. Fully guaranteed. Write today for free illustrated catalogue with experience of users. Economy Silo & Tank Go. Box 38G Freder-ck. Md. wmmtmmam^mmmamamimmmm , > .^ "\i Can sow more OTain] wltb a Oaboon nand broadcast seed sower than six men can sow by hand. 5 acres per hoar is a I fair average for the CaliooQ, and Che seed is distrlbated evenly, with a t^eat saviagr of time. ' The Cahoon Hand Seed Sower Is a practical machine tor any size farm- It increases the farmers prodt both ways, in better crops raised and ^ tlmeand seed saved, write < for new book "Sowlne for j Results" and SOtb aamrer- sary Souvenir, GoodsllCo. 63Mil«SII.,lyilrlliJ.« 1908.] THE SOUTHEKiV PLAiNTEK. 237 Fertilizeri Sower Handles All | Commercial Fertilizers I ■wetordr3^ // 5? coarse or fine, / / ttl Pooltive toed, no,// u, choking, no III ^ skips. y/ III A For Broadcast (Top-dressing or Drilling In Rows. Spreads to ■width of 5 ft. 10 Inches, 200 tO!l0001b8.per LOW-EASIEST TO LOAD Broad tires, no rutting. Quick chanpres from drill- ing to broadcasting, also for thick and thin spread- ing. Furnished with shafts or tonfrue. Write for descriptive circulars and testimonials. Special Large Size, Sows 8 Feet 3 Inches Wide* BELfliHER & TAYLOR A. T. CO.. Box 25, Chicopee Falls, Mass. Reduce Your Guano Bill Use a Lilndsey Compost Drill and get the greatest returns from j^our stable and lot manure, etc. Fully guaranteed. A postal will get our catalogue. LINDSEV & SONS, Box 28, Crystal Springs, Ga. ROYAL 2-HORSE DISC PLOWS Were new and different, but ,they made good. All seeing them want them. Write for free booklet, " Dise Plows and Royal Dise Plows." Tells about Disc Plows of all kinds and descriptions. ^Chatlanoooa Implement & Manf'g Co., bept. M CHATTANOOGA. TENW. Make Your nut at Smati Coat with WILSON'S PHOSPHATE MILLS Prom 1 to 40 H. p. Also Bone Cutters, hand and powei for the poultry men; erit and shell mills, farm feed mills, family grist mills, scrap cake mills. Send for our catalog. ^ Wilson Bros., Sole Mfrs., Easton. Pa, VETERINARY COURSE AT HOME. SI 9011 ^^^' ^"^ upwards fao De made taking our "Veter- 9I^UU inary Course at home dunus spare time, taught In Bimpleet English; Diploma eranted pOsitious obtaiued lor Burcessful students, / ost wiChin reach ot all . satialac- tion guaranteed, partuulars tiee. Omar O Veterin- ary Correspondence SclocI, LoncJcn, Can. GREAT ROOFINa OFFER. Gordon, Van Tine Co., Case Street, Davenport, la., want to get the name of every reader of this paper who plans to roof any building or repair the roof of any building this season. Gordon, Van Tine Co. sell by mail order at just one-half the regular price all kinds of roofing that are good enough to carry their guarantee of satisfaction. They sell Gordon, Van Tine's Flint Coated Rubber Roofing under 10, 8, r>nd 5-year guarantee, according to weight, as low as $1.41 per square. To every inquiry for their Flexible Flint coated, fire-resisting, water and weather-proofed roofing they give free samples, and a complete book which is pronounced by many to be the great- est publication on economical roofing ever issued. It not only describes and tells all about Gordon, Van Tine's Flint Coated Rubber Roofing, but Is a guide to the proper laying of the ma- terial. Roofing is shipped from stock in Davenport, Chicago, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Memphis, getting quick delivery at lowest rates to every locality. They will tell you all about their metal roofing material for many purposes and under certain weather conditions. Write them and get full information about it. Right straight through Gordon, Van Tine sell warranted quality roof- ing, guarantee safe delivery, ship any- where in the United States, at about one-half regular price. Write for cata- logue and roofing information to-day. LOW PRICES ON HIGH GRADE VE- HICLES AND HARNESS. There are few business concerns in this country that have a stronger hold upon the public than the Elkhart Car- riage and Harness Manufacturing Com- pany. For over thirty-five years — over a third of a century — they have been manufacturing vehicles and harness and selling them, not to jobbers, wholesalers and dealers, but always direct to the people who use them. Direct dealing would not alone have given them the hold they have upon the public. But they have dealt hon- orably- They have been manufactur- ing high-class goods and selling them direct on narrow margins of profit. People all over this country have ^earned to know this and the result is that the Elkhart Carriage and Har- ness Manufacturing Company now en- joys the proud distinction of being the largest manufacturers in the world doing business direct with the people. The vehicles and harness are known everj'where as high grade. As to prices, no one can read the advertise- ments regularly appearing in this paper v/ithout being convinced that they are right. The Company's great catalogue shows 200 styles of Vehicles and sixty- five styles of Harness. The time hon- ored Elkhart plan is to send every- thing on approval. It costs you noth- turn easily — loads seem lighter and teams work with less effort when axles are coated with Axle (itase! Best lubricant for tlie purpose ever used. Powdered Mica in the grease forais a glass- like coating on axle which practically destroys fric- tion. Aik the dealer and don't be without Mica Axle Grease for a day. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (incorporated) ■■^^^-^ BEATS THE Grindstone TEN TIMES OVEir He pressare. eo drawing temper. U ron use the Practical Atundum Grinder jHtb wheel revotvlni? ! 3.000 times a minute ^, Pal suoerior toemeryp 01 stone. Grinds any f tool, knife to sickle. ' Different sizes. Foot P o \» e f attachment. Write tor circular of particu- lars Good agents wanted. Address, KOYAL HFC CO. 3a> £. Walnut SL. Lancaster, fffe ORNAiMENTAL WIRE and STEEL FENCE Cheaper than wood, « , g coiubiiiiufr strength rs«3' . i*ii j » i and art. For lawns, f^^W-'^d chu rob es, cemeteries Send for FKEE CATALOG. Address THE WARD FENCE CO., Boxer.sDecatur.Ind 238 THE SOUTHER]^ PLANTEE. [March, Over 75 per cent of the draft of a plow comes in front of the line at which the man in the illustration above is pointing. This is the "wedge" that cuts, lilts and starts the furrow-slice to turning. The shape of a plow at this point determines whether the draft is to be heavy or light. are narrow waisted" and shaped to enter the ground the way a thin wedge splits a log. John Deere plows are the lightest draft plows in the world. Tha Finest Booklet of the kind ever pub- lished will be sent free to you for the asking. It is full of handsome pictures of ancient and modern plows, plowing scenes from all coun- tries and contains an interesting story. Write for booklet . ^ — Ask for it by number 10 Mention this paper. Deere C Company, Moline, III., U. S. A. Fuller Brothers DANVILLB, VA., Are sole agents for the Imperial Ch.Iled Plows. Made by Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., Canton, Ohio. No BBTTBR Plow la made or sold. A Neat Binder for your back num- bers can be had for 30 cents. Address our Business Department. ing if you are not satisfied on style, quality or price. Write the Company for the big catalogue, at Elkhart, In- diana. It means the saving of from a third to a half on the price on every- thing you may want to buy m the vehicle or harness line. LOW FACTORY PRICES. There is a growing tendency for direct factory dealings, as two to three unnecessary profits are elimi- nated. For instance, a Standard High Grade Cream Seaparator with all the latest improvements and made of the very best mxaterials by the best workmen, may now be purchased under this plan at an actual saving to the purchaser of 20 to 50 per cent. Nothing is cheapened in order to sell at these reduced prices; it Is simply the cutting off of unnecessary profits which when added to the cost of a Cream Separator does not add to their value in the least. The Origi- nal and Leading Separator to be sold on this plan is — The Davis — made by Davis Cream Separator Co'., I56B North Clinton Street, Chicago, and catalog No. 126, which "we have before us, fully describes the ma- chine and the plan, and states that a copy will be sent absolutely free to any one requesting same. If you need a separator write for one. Every farmer In this great repub- lic who is in the market for farm implements should have a copy of the 1908 catalog of the Johnston Harvester Co., Batavia, New York. The catalog of this great independ- ent manufactory is a thing of beautj', being printed on specially made paper and beautifully ilustrated. The descriptive matter is written in a concise yet Interesting mamner and cleverly shows the advantages of this great "Not in the Trust" con- cern's machines. The sales of this concern have Increased so fast that enormous additions are being added yearly which shows that they make the right kind of machines and farmers know It. THE CARE OF A WAGON. The useful life of a wagon or dray employed in heavy hauling de- pends very largely on the care of its wheels and axles,. Hosts of farmers and teamsters, who ought to know better, think that "grease Is just grease anyway," and so cut the boxes out of their wagon wheels by using some inferior lubri- cant which runs off and leaves the spindle dry, or forms a stiff, almost gritty substance In the wheel which Is iust as bad. A proper axle grease for use on every type of heavy wagon should have .lust the right "body" — that Is, it ought to be neither so thin as to run, nor so heavy as to stiffen. First Class at reasonable prices. You save Labor, Time and Money when you buy Implements that wear.well and work well. The kind that we sell. We issue one of the best and most complete of Farm Implement Cat- V alogues. It give^ prices, descrip- / tions and much interesting infor- " mation. Mailed free upon request " Write for it. Tbe Implement Co., 1302 East Main St., RICHMOND, ■■ VIRGINIA. We are headquarters for V. Crimp and other Roofing, Wire 'Fencing, Barb Wire, Poultry Netting, etc. Write for prices on any supplies or Farm Implements you require. GREATEST LABOR SAVERS World^s Largest Makers s/^Pofato Machinery Cl/rr£/3S, P/iANT£/?S. SPJ?AY£/iS, D/ao£/ss. 5oer£/i5. WCITE FOE FREE BOOKLET "POTATO CUL.TUEE" ASPINWALLMfa.(!0. — ^ •msi Sabin St., Jackson Mich. WVWWI THE HOOVER POTATO DIGGER The most successful dig- ger made. Saves time, labor and potatoes. Sat- isfaction guar-' anteed. Send for Catitlujeue of Ultfifers, 1* I c k e r » nnd Soi*tt*rft. 69,Avraylng attaci nieni Write for free Catalog Illustrating Sprayer • n d Other Iron Aee Tools. A postal brings it. Write today. BATEMAN MFO. CO.,Box 167S,Grenloch, N.J. Spraying Made Easy By Using STAHL'S Excelsior 'aying Ouififs ^and Prepared Mixtures Save your trees, -vinea and plants -^mmmm^^ from the ravages oi scale, fungi ana worms by spraying, and thusinsure an increased yield. Eveiy farmer, gardener, tra.t or flower f rower should write at once for our free catalog, escribing Excelsior is praying Outfits, and con- taining much information on how to spray fruit and vegetable crops. WM. 8TAHL aPKAYER CO, Box Hi5-0, Qnipoy, HI. Defender Sprayer All brass, easiest worko ing, most powerful, autc>= matic mixer, expaneio?> valves, double strain*? Catalo^e of Pumps an^ Treatise on Spraying fr«» Ar.HNTS Wanted. J. r. aayloid, box >••/, CatiUll, M, & ENGINES FOR SALE. Ten horse traction, $250; 10 horse portable, $150; 12 honse portable, $200; 6 hor.se boiler and engine, $90; 1 horse gasoline engine, $40; 3 horse, $60; 6 horse. $125; 10 horse, $175. Boilers and Engines from 1 to 100 horse carried in stock for immediate shipment. Casey Boiler 'Works, Springfield, Ohio- Tell the advertiser where you saw his advertisement. MAN'S FOOD ASSURED. Gravest Problem of Science Solved By Discovery of Vast. Nitrate Deposits. One of the greatest problems which has in late years occupied the atten- tion of scientists has been solved by the discovery of new deposits of ni- trate of soda. "How can the ex- hausted fields and farms of the world be replenished with the nitro- gen which alone can produce food for the race?" was the question. The finding of the new deposits in Chile, covering a vast area, is the answer. Nitrate of soda is not as visibly connected with the welfare of the race as sunshine, but it is almost as important an element in the develop- ment of the individual and the per- petuation of the race. Some scien- tists have gone so far as to compare the effects of the exhaustion of the nitrate beds with those which would follow upon the withdrawal of the sun from the earth. "No sunshine, no growth," says science. "Without nitrate of soda to fertilize the ex- hausted fields and farms, there will be a long series of constantly dimin- ishing crops and a consequent dwin- dling, degenerating, starving, and dying-out population," says agricul- tural chemistry. Some specialists have said that the Chilean beds, as heretofore known, would be exhausted in fifty years;, and that the era of decreasing crops would then begin, with terrible con sequences to the race. As a matter of fact, new nitrate of soda deposits have been discovered continuously for many years, so that there has ac- tually never been a time when the American farmer's supply of nitrate was in danger of failing. The new discoveries, however, place the cer- tainty and immensity of his supply beyond all ouestion. He can now se- cure unlimited quantities of this most effective and most easily ap- plied of all fertilizers at a more ad- vantageous price than ever before. In fact, overproduction is in sight unless new uses are found for nitrate. The Chilean government, for pur- poses of revenue, took charge of the vast nitrate deposits soon after their discovery. It has ever since not only controlled the known nitrate beds, but has systematically searched for others. Deposits of nitrate, of vary- ing size, were constantly being dis- covered; and now comes the dis- coveries of nitrate of soda beds which will last not only hundreds of years, but longer. Two immense areas have only recently been dis- covered. Together they contain more than one billion tons of nitrate of soda. It would seem that nature had placed the deposits in Chile for the use of farmers all over the world at just the time the needs of a growing world-population would require it to renew their acreage and grow larger APPLE andalloth- PEACH trees do PEAR ^^^^^ ^^^^ PLUM rrr"""' SPRAYED Have y«u any fruit trees that rleld poor, wormy, knarled, bllvhtetf and Imperfect fruit? Do you spray themT If not you are LOSING MONEY All kinds of spray pumps at prices from fS up. Our Spray Pumps are reliakls. simple and durable. Used by the Virginia and Mortk Carolina Agrrlcultural Departments. SYDNOR PUMP & WELL CO., DEPT. B. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. E.FK1RWAN&C0., us Sonth Gny, Baltimore, Md. OFFER YOU THEIR SERVICES AS Purchasing Aj^ents And will secure for you the benefit of lowest prices and best quality for all supplies. MACHINERY, FERTILIZERS, SEEDS, GROCERIES, ETC. All enquiries promptly ansTvered. Drop us a postal whenever you need anything. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 241 5HIP HE YOUR OLD METALS HIDES RUBBER SCRAP IRON Car Lots a Specialty 50,000 Hides Wanted Write for Prices. SatisfEictioii Guaranteed. No Commissiona. Ohbces Sent Samb Day Freight Bills Ajrk Marked Paid, Clarence Cosby, Bstablished 1890. RICHHOND, VA. Labobst Dealer in Scrap Iron, Metals, Hides, Etc., in the South. REFERENCES: National Bank of Virginia, Bank of Richmond, Bradatreets and Dun. and better crops. From the best in formation obtainable, the nitrate mines are good for 200 or 300 years, even at double the present rate of production, which it about 2,000,0'00 tons per year. A new process has been invented that will do for the nitrate business what the cyanide process did for gold production. Heretofore from 9 per cent, to 10 per cent, has been left in the waste, but with the new process it is claimed that there will not be a loss of 2 per cent., and at a less cost of production than by the old method. Even the waste or tailings can be worked with a great profit. Nitrate of soda is the world's lead- ing fertilizer and it is gratifying to note that the American farmer may now secure unmeasured supplies of his best fertilizer — contrary lo the general rule — at rates cheaper than ever before. A LOW WHEELED WAGOiN. is the thing in the spring mud as well as in summer heat. With wide fast metal tires they go over the mud and the tires stay on in summer and al- ways. A new steel wagon with steel wheels and broad tires is desirable. One may have all the advantages by using ordinary gears and buying steel metal wheels to fit. The reader should correspond with and get particulars as to the measurement and prices from the Havana Metal Wheel co., Box 46, Havana, 111. IT WILL DO THE SAME FOR YOQ. Chas. E3. West, Goteba, Okla., writes under date of November 15, 1907: "I purchased your ABSORBINE from the druggist and applied it according to directions for Bog Spavin and had grand success. One bottle was enough to do the work. I can give high praise for your ABSORBINE and shall recommend it for Bog Spavin above all other medicines that I tried, and I tried a good many different kinds." At all dealers or express prepaid upon receipt of $2.00. W. F. Young, P. D. F., 109 Monmouth St., Springfield, Mass. FIX YOUR ROOFS. Before the spring rains come on set a day aside to go thoroughly over all your roofs and put them in sound shape. New roofs cost money. It's business to save the old roofs. The Anderson Manufacturing Co., of Elyria, Ohio, are publishing a book on fixing the old roof. Write them, say- ing you are a reader of the Southern Planter, and they will send you a copy free. Write to-day. Brunswick Co., Va., Dec. 27, 1907. I read The Southern Planter with great interest, and wish that it were so that it could be read by every farmer in Virginia. R. TURNBULL. ^he Steel Shoe Wear Resisting^— Foot Protecting Guaranteed for a Year ^?>\^6lMCrtE;S;HICH ;:hich h^^ C'£k Ww' 9lNCHES -'.:^%'-'' o f H 5 FRBS — Write now for descrip- tive matter and photograph of ma- chine. Morrisette's Mail Order House, »«>x 240 S- p., Kiehiuond, Vu. Always mention The Southern Planter when writing advertisers. SOUTHERN HUMORISTS. Joel Chandler Harris, whom a North- ern critic characterized as "the Dick- ens of the South," was born in Georgia in 1846. He was for twenty-five years on the staff of the Atlanta Constitu- tion, and, during that time, wrote nearly all the editorials which gained such prestige and influence tor that journal. The famous "Uncle Kemus" stories were first published in its col- umns. The writing of them came about in the following way: A series of dialect stories, under the signature of "Uncle Si," appeared in the "Atlanta Constitution," and were so popular that the editor suggested to Mr. Harris to try his hand at writing something of the same kind. Having been reared amongst the negroes of Putnam county, Georgia, Mr. Harris' memory was amply stored with mate- rials for such articlets, and accord- ingly he began his "Uncle Remus" series. From the very start they made a great hit. In a few weeks people all over the cotmtry were talk- ing about "Uncle Remus," and news- papers for and wide were copying the articles. Then "Brer Rabbit" and "Brer Fox" were introduced to the public, and at once took a firm hold, not only on the fancy of children, but of more mature raeders. In "Unclti Remus" Mr. Harris has given us a true life representation of the old time plantation negro, faithful, affectionate, shrewd, jovial, and with a strong sense of humor. This latter trait, by the way, was very strongly marked in the old family servant whose shrewd and droll comments on persons and things around him often showed keen insight and real wit, but we see few traces of this under the new regime. In 1878, Mr. Harris published "Uncle Remus" in book form, with the sub- title "His Songs and His Sayings." The book was received with pronounc- ed favor all over America. Since then, despite his other engrossing work, quite a number of other stories and sketches in a similar vein have come from his pen, a list of which I sub- join. "Nights With Uncle Remus." "Uncle Remus and His Friends." "On the Plantation.' "Plantation Pageants." "Daddy Jake, the Runaway." "Sister Jane, Her Friends and Neigh- bors." "Mr Rabbit At Home." "Little Mr. Thimble Finger and His Queer Country." "Story of Aaron." "Aaron in the Wilderness." "Tales of the Home Folks, in Peace and War. On his Southern trip, in the autumn of 1905, Roosevelt showed such high regard and admiration for Joel Chand- ler Harris that if the latter had not al- ready been famous it would hve suf- ficed to make him so. At the banquet given him in Atlanta, the President ItmpmBLJ HIGH GRADE — CATALOGUE FREE. )0W W!i^£ & IRON WKS. LOUISVILLE.KY. 29c ■ 48-in. stock fence per rod on ly ^ Best high carbon coiled steel spring wtr€^ Catalog offences, tools and supplies FBEKL Buy direct at wholesale. Write today, MASQN FENCB CO Bn< 8S Tr^s>nmr % h^ LAWN FENCE Many desigrns. Cheap as wood. 32 page Catalo^e free. Special Prices to Churches and Ceraeteriei Coiled Spring Fence Co. Box Q Winchester Ind, ^;^''"-^!'e* f-arm Fpi-p'; closest woT<,n made. Old-fafihioned jfalvanized, therefore can't rust. 40.Carbon Klastic Spring t. tec 1 Wire. 30 Days' Free Trial. .Send tor free catalog No. 57. with prices , freigh t prepaid , on Farm and Poullrv Fence. Address Tbe VTard Fence To.. 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For circulars, testi- i^p-^hpL^:; monials and free rSfef-'Tt.'S'lii;;. trial treatment write Dr. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, Atlanta, Ga. - Bills to Collect - In all portions of the United States. No collection, no charge. Agencies wanted everywhere; 25 vears' expe- rience. PALMORE'S COLLECTION AGENCY, 911 Main St., Richmond, Va. THE VIRGINIA LANDSCAPE AND MAINTENANCE CO. INC 41( Watt, Rettew & Clay Bolldinar, ROANOKB. VA. ■iMtomaloKlBta, Foresters, L«M4Bcav« Architects, BBslneers. «•« ysn. CUTHW^Y TOOLS FOR LAIGE HAY CROPS. Three of Clark's Intense Cultivators produced this year on 14y. acres, 102 tons of well dried alfalfa, timothy and redtop hay. If you want to know how. enclose a 2-cent stamp to GEORGE M. CLARK , Higganum. Conn. A Neat Binder for your back num- bers can be had for 30 cents. Address our Business Department. urged and almost forced "Uncle Remu.s" to join him at the table, seat- ing him at his right hand. In a speech made on that occasion, Roosevelt said, "Presidents may come, and presidents may go, but 'Uncle Remus' stays. Georgia has done a great many things for the Union, but she has never don& more than when she gave Mr. Joel Chandler Harris to American litera- ture. * * * I want to state one of the reasons why I like what he has writ- ten; because I rise up with the pur- pose of being a better man, a man who is bound to strive to do what Is in him for the cause of decency and the cause of righteousness. Gentle- men, I feel too strongly to indulge in any language of mere compliment oi flattery. Where Mr. Harris seems to me to have done one of his greatest services is that he has written what exalts the South in the mind of every one who reads it, and yet, what has not even a flavor of bitterness to- wards any other part of the Union. There is not an American anywhere who can read one of Mr. Harris' stories — I am not speaking at the moment of his wonderful folk tales, but of his stories — who does not rise up a better citizen for having read them, and with a more earnest desire to do his part in solving American problems aright. I cannot too strong- ly express the obligations I am under to Mr. Harris." This is certainly a strong endorse- ment, and from illustrious authority, but the pubic had found out and recog- nized Mr. Harris' greatness before the President set the seal of his approval on it. Although Mr. Harris belongs dis- tinctly to the brotherhood, he has also, of recent years essayed the vo- cation of novelist, and his work, "Ga- briel Tolliver," a son of the Reconstruc- tion Period, has been received with great applause. "The Brooklyn Eagle" declares it entitles him to be called "the Dickens of the South," whilst another compares it to Mrs. Gaskell's charmingly humorous little tale, "Cranford." He has also written a nov- elette caled "The Making of a States- man," and a work on "Georgia from the Invasion of De Soto to Recent Times." It is probable that Roosevelt was referring more especially to the above named works in his speech. Those who know Mr. Harris will af- firm that his sunshine and sportive- ness are not all reserved for his writ- ings, but pervade his personality strongly and delightfully, making it a great pleasure to be in his proximity. He was greatly beloved by every one on the paper for which he wrote so long, from the editor-in-chief down to the office boy, and he has many warm friends wherever he is known, though he does not mingle much with the out- side world, as he is a dear lover of home and stays there yery closely. He cannot be called a handsome man. AGRICULTURAL LIME. PLMN ROCK OR SHELL LIIUE BAGS OE BULK SPECUL FINE HYDRATED LIIVIE FOK DRILLING. If in the market for any grade and any quantity of LAy LIME Write for our price list and particulars T. C. ANDREWS & CO., Itic. i NOHFOLK, VA. /IGRICULJVR^L LIME SCREEMNCS. Cheap in bulk by carload. Tazewell White Lime Works nioi'th Tazewellf Va. 22% Per Cent. Phosphoric Acid, 4% Per Cent. Ammonia. (Guaranteed Analysis.) A Pure Animal Bone Fertilizer In the manufacture of which NO CHEMICALS are used Sack, 200 pounds f S 00 Ton (2,000 pounds) 28 50 RICHMOXD ABATTOIR, Box 2<>7, Richmond, Virginia. A Neat Binder for your back num- bers can be had for 30 cents. Address our Business Department. 244 THE SOUTHERN^ PLANTER. [Marchj Paint Without Oil Remarkable Discovery That Cut* Down the Cost of Paint Seventy- Five Per Cent. A Free Trial Packs se la Mailed t* Bvery One Whe ^^Vrltea. A. li. Rice, a prominent manufacturor of Adams, N. Y., has discovered a pro- cess of making a new kind of palm without the use of oil. He calls U Pawdrpatnt. It comes In the form of • dry powder and all that Is required !■ cald water to make a paint weather- proof, fireproof and as durable as oil paint. It adheres to any surface, wood, stone ttr brick, spreads and looks llk« oil paint and costs about one-fourtb as much. Write to Mr. A. L. Rice, Manuf'r, 203 North St., Adams, N. Y., and he wli) send you a free trial package, aUc color card and full Information show- ing you how you can save a g-ood man? dollars. Write to-day. Nitrate of Soda NITRATE SOLD IN ORIGINAL BAGS The Nitrate Agencies Company 64 Stone Street, New York Orders for All Quantities Promptly Filled Write for Quotations "PRACTICAL FARMING" Prof. W. F. Massey's latest and best book. Is now on sale. It retails for Jl.eo and Is worth it. We shall be ▼ery pleased to send you a copy at above price and will Include a year's subscription to The Southern Planter. Remember, we deliver the book and grlve you a whole year's subscription for the price of the book, $1.50. SOUTHERN PLANTER, Richmond, Va. LUMBAGa CURED BY ^CREAM CHLOROFORM, LINIMENT €A£?FOIfJV/A PP/Vi^ Best of lu'dcreplaDts— grows anyivhere, easily prune fra}i pkaijte> &Dd sp«tiMfiU I teaia My Ifree Vatalosat ie>'3 about tben> anCK>*'es tL« prioa. If iptereeied, write tor it today* W. F. AIXEN S5 market SL SaUsbnrv HA PLANT THE NEW "WARD" BLACKBERRY. I offer for spring of 1908, strong, No. 1 Plants at ?2 per 100 No. 2 It $1.50 per 100. Send for descrip- tive circular of the "Ward. Full line of Fruits Trees and 'Small Frnit at planters' prices. :5end for price list. FRED SHOOSMITH, HOYT, PA. COW PEAS AND SOJA BEANS We ar« headquarters. Kothlns bet- ter for bay and fertilizing purposes Write for prices on any quantity Free Bulletin on the "Cow Pea" anO catalogue "1" on request. HICKORY SEED CO., Hickory, N. C. BMZrZAMD ■U'e prow them by the million. To , , live they are healthy anii I Titrorous ivy oiler 6 fine Spruces 2 yr. [ "1(1 Free to property owners. Mailing' j i.-xpt,*u5c5ct., wh ehsendornot. Apot^i- i ^^_ ai will bring" thuin. Calalosriie free. | Gardner Hursery Co., Box lf>5, OsEge.Iowa.jfj^' 50,000 Heiffer Pear Trees for Sale! Thesn are in surplus, and I can mak« most favorable terns. If ordered quick This pear is the great money-maker oi the South. JOHN A. YOTTNCS. nr«>rnab«rft. W. C. STRaWBERRY PLaiVTS Fruit Trees, etc. Strawberry Plants |1 75 per 1.000 In B.OOO lots er over: Trees, 8c. each. Send for free cata- Io«rne. JOHN LIGHTFOOT, Bast Chat- tanooga, Tenn. TWO MENSAHIBS (LADIES) IN INDIA. "Traveller." No. 3. Whilst sojourning in Jaipur, the beautiful "pink city of the Empire," we made an excursion to Amber, th« old capital, seven miles distant from i Jaipur. We went on elephants from I the Maharajah's stables, gaily ca- i parisoned in red embroidered blan- : kets. Their faces were painted and I their tusks were bound in gold bands. The mahouts sat across their necks I and prodded them with his goad to ; make them salaam to us as we came up, and they actually got on their knees, bowed their heads and groaned. A servant brought a ladder and we climbed into the howdah as soon as we could free ourselves from the boys with souvenirs for sale. Our guide sat behind and tried to keep the sun off us, but that luminary is master in India, and we could not get away from him. The elephant took up his journey with stately tread, and we proceeded into the country, past ruined palaces and forts, and jungles where the tiger once had his lair. With even steps the elephant carried us over ' the hills where the city of Amber used to stand, and took us to Amber palace. It is no longer in use, but it is kept in good preservation. Leav- ing the elephants in the court, we as- cended the broad stair, and passing gateway inlaid with mosaics and sculpture, we were introduced within to the luxurious elegance of Indian architecture of the Mohammedan type, adopted after the conquest of the Empire by the great Moguls who crossed from Arabia, and took pos- session of the land. Slender columns, graceful arches, bathsl of creamy marble, panels of alabaster, doors of sandal wood, inlaid with ivory are some of its beauties. In the center of the palace is a garden with aloes, pomegranates and roses, where foun- tains are playing. Whole rooms sparkle and glitter with tiny inlaid mirrors and spangle work. The ze- nana, or woman's apartment is se- cluded and protected with galleries, with here and there a lattice through which the languid Eastern beauties might gaze on the outside world and bargain with silk and jewel mer- chants in the courts beneath. On the roof is a summer garden where the court adjourned on high nights v/lth Ptory tellers and musicians, to gaze on the stars and listen to the horoscopes of the astrologers. Re- tnriilTig from this realm of fancy, we had to make the return trip to Jaipur in the blistering midday heat, and we did not appreciate elephant riding as much as we had done in the morn- ing. Nothing would Induce them to mend their pace. Camels passed us with a supercilious smile and left InfestedMens One thing more than any other, wrecks the hopes of thousands of poultry raisers — lice. A lonse-in- fested hen is a tax — a drain on re- sources—a bit of property that rep- resents loss. There's nothing in them but trouble aud worriment — don't keep one. It isn't necessary to be rid of hens because of lice however. Simply dust hens, roosts, nests and hidden cracks with Instant Louse It destroys them completely. Instant Louse Killer was formulated by Dr. Hess (M.D., D.V.S.), and kills lice on horses, cattle, ticks on sheep, cucumber, squash, cabbage worms and melon pests, as well as rose slugs. It is also a reliable disin- fectant and deodorizer. See that the word "Instant" appears on the can. SOLO O/V a WRITTEPJ GVnRHNTEE In £haker>top Cans l>lb. can., 25c \ Except in Canada and 3-11i. can., 60c i extreme West and Sonth If your dealer cannot supply you. we will forward one-pound can by mail or express for 35 cents prepaid. Manufactured by DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio. Freight Paid, Per 100 Free from disease; all| fumigattid before ship- ping—Apple, Peach, Plum, ,- Pear, Cherry, Carolina Pop- lar Order here. Catalog Free. [ RELIANCE NURSERY CO^ : 819, Geneva. N. T. free. Berry Plants, healthy, true . to name, from young beds, as- ' good as grow; Asparagus Roots; Choice Seed Corn; Barred Rocks, Sggs, etc.; S9 years' experience. Catalog J. W. Hall, Marlon Station, Md- THE LATEST IMPROVED COTTON Of King's Improved Vnrlety. To farmers who are holding cotton I will .sell them the above seed at $1 per bushel, f. o. b. here, on .^0, 60 or 90 days' time. See ad February 1st. SIIG.VR l.OAF COTTON FARM, Yonng.svile, X. C. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 247 Attention HOMESEEKERS AND INVESTORS. I sell and exchange Virginia Real Bstate of all classes, such as Grain, Dairy, Fruit, Stock, Truck, Poultry and Bluegrass Farms, Village Homes and Business Places of all classes. The reason I make a specialty of the two suburban counties — Loudoun and Fair- fax — tliey ofter the liomeseekers more advantages cojnbined than any country known to me. This fine portion of Virginia, extending from the national capital to the top of tlie Blue Ridge Mountains, is not only beautiful and healtliy, but is very accesible to Wasli- Ington and Alexandria cities by rail and pike, which gives all producers a fine home market. My facilities for locating you in this section of Virginia are second to none. State what kind of property would in- terest you. I have a large number and great variety of properties, and can very likely suit you. New catalogue and map mailed free on request. W. H. TAYLOR. Herndon, Va. These Mte Ear gams No. 150. Directly on railroad, con- venient to Washington, D. C, 600 acre;- good clay land; 200 cleared, balance logged, but much cord wood left; splendidly watered, and will make fine stock or dairy farm. Very cheap. No. 204. Well improved with large brick house and all necessary out- buildings, 335 acres of fine blue grass land, in Loudoun county, Va. Well watered. Nothing better for stock $30 per acre. A bargain. No. 227. Very productive red clay soil, 875 acres, with good stone house and other outbuildings. Suitable for any purpose, but unusually well adapted to dairying, Ijeing well watered and only a mile and a half from railroad; only an hour and a quarter from Washing- ton, D. C. Very reasonable. CliAUDE G. STEPHENSON, Northepa Virginia Properties, UEUiVOUJV, VIRGINIA. FARMS For Sale. If you want a farm to raise grass, grain, stock, fruit or tobacco, buy from us. Chocolate soli with red subsoil. Address \V. W. B.*RNES & CO., liAND AND TIMBER AGENTS, Amelia Courthouse, Va. Virginia Farms HandNome Country Homes and Hlgh- Grade Farm Lands a Specialty. J. E. WHITE, "THE LAND MAN," Charlottesville, Va. Please mentlOTi the Southern Planter. us far in the rear. Donkeys and pedestrians disatppeared In the dis- tance while we crawled along on our huge beast. Tiffin (or luncheon) was ready when we finally reached the hotel, and a flute player was playing some Oriental music to beguile the guests while at their meals. One kindly disposed gentleman sent him a dou- ceur of two annas, while the rest of us promised him ten, If he would only go away. Men with old armor filled the court and offered us scimi- tars, daggers, spears and swords for almost nothing. We spent the afternoon in the pal- ace which covers a great space and has fine terraced gardens, with a series of elaborate fountains, dried up at that time. In one of the courts, the native troops were being paid, and they were a fine looking body of men. We saw them at drill later, undergoing a thorough course of ex- ercise. We visited all parts of the palace open to the public, the various halls of audience, where foreign guests are domiciled. We then went to the stables and saw hundreds of beautiful thoroughbred Arabian horses, as well as the State ele- phants, and the elegant carriages with silver and jewelled trappings. In the zoo there was such a col- lection of tigers as I had never seen before. They were huge beasts, with much more vivid colorings than those we see in the menageries at home. They seemed wild and untamed, with blazing eyes and gnashing teeth. All the jungle animals in the Indian zoos are magnificent specimens. We were to take the night train away, and when we went to the car- riage, a line of coolies salaamed to us and demanded "backsheesh." One carried a broom, another a duster, and a third a bucket. Our guide, who did our tipping, flung them down some pennies, explaining to us that they were the boys who had swept, dusted and brought water for us. As we drove away the soft voice of a beggar followed us through the night air, pleading "Mensahib, Mensahib, backsheesh!" but our guide waved his stick, cryiig out "chelo, chelo!" (go away) and would not give him a penny. At 6 o'clock next morning, our guide aroused us with the announce- ment that we had arrived in Delhi, and that we had only ten minutes in which to dress and get off the train. As the whistle blew for de- parture, we emerged from the car, tripping over our shoe strings and dropping hairpins, belts, etc. in every direction. We drove to an English pension that had been recommended us in preference to the hotel, and here we got two sweet rooms and completed our toilet at our leisure. Delhi is a fascinating spot, and we Northern VirginiaFarms Here Are a Few Bargains. N*. 132. Contains 60 acres of smooth, eently-rolling, fertile land divided Into four fields; pure running: stream run- ning through the farm. The land !■ all in good state of cultivation; choco- late clay with stiff subsoil. The house is a comfortable 6-room dwelling, ex- cellent well at the porch; stable, com house, granary, all in good condition. Farm is situated in Loudoun County on a good level road, 2% miles from the station. Price, $2,000. No. 130. This farm contains 270 acres; situated in Loudoun County, 1 miles from the station in a thickly set- tled community; close to schoal, church, post-office, store and two mills; rural delivery at the gate. This land is all comparatively level, all a good quality clay soil; adapted to bluegrass and grain of all kinds. It is naturally a fine quality of land, but has been worked hard, but there are no galla or gullies. It has one of the finest bear- ing apple orchards In the county. The dwelling is a 6-room house In fair con- dition; a large brick storehouse and a good stable with room for 8 horxes. This property belongs to a widow lady, whose husband has recently died, and she desires to sell at once, and haa priced the property at a very low figure- to induce a quick sale I can sell this property for $12 per acre, one-third cash, and the balance on very easy terms. No. 131. A handsome Rockbridg:* County farm of 316 acres, situated H4 miles from a live, active and very pre- gressive town. This farm is a natural stock grazing farm in a high state of cultivation and productiveness; fenced with modern woven wire fence. The buildings are all In excellent condition, the most of them are new and of modern plan; they consist of a hand- some 8-room brick dwelling, plumbed for hot and cold water; a large cattle- barn, horse and hay barn, large double corn crib, wagon and machine sheds, cow stable, carriage house and other small outhouses, all In excellent re- pair Farm Is watered by springs, and branches In every field. Located In a fine neighborhood of refined citizens. Price, $16,000, on easy terms. Farm No. 76. Contains 243 acres, >i acres in good timber, balance Is cleared and well fenced with wood and wire fences. This farm is one of the finest little farms In Loudoun County. Evory field has been limed, and the land Is In a high state of cultivation. It is natural bluegrass and clever land. Two-thirds of the land Is now well set In clover and will yield enormous crops next year. The farm is situated on an elevated point, on rolling ground, with a fine view of the mountains on one side, and the other side is a beautiful stretch of cultivated lands. This farm is all smooth, free from stones and stumps, rolling enough to drain well, but would be considered comparatively level. The house Is an 8-room house, perhaps BO years old, but well pre- served. Fine water. There are all the necessary outbuildings, In good con- dition. Horse barn with stalls for 19 horses and cattle barn with stalls for 25 head. Excellent orchard of all kinds of fruit. This farm Is one mile from railroad station. Price, $37.60 per acre. Send for my nevr List. WM. BADS aHLLER, HERNDON, VA. 248 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. COUNTRY HOMES IN VIRGINIA. 1. A grand old place in a noted and picturesque region; 1.314 acres, part timber, part cleared; commodious brick dwelling, some modern Improvements; extended, well-shaded lawns: flower gardens; large orchards; barns and tenant houses; glorious view; perfect environment;2 one mile from station, five miles from a city of 10,000 inhabi- tants. Price, $6.'>,000. 2. A choice home in a select neigh- borhood; 650 acres, arable In part and well timbered; very attractive ll-room residence, with modern equipment. Great bargain; $17,500. A full description of these and other properties sent upon application. H. W. HIM.BARY & CO., ChnrlotteHville, Va. ON THE EASTERN SHORE OP Grain and Stock Farm of 107 acres. Productive soil, 10-room dwelling, large barn, granary, corn cribs, poul- try houses, wood houses, etc. All in good repair. In elegant neighborhood, close church, school and store. Price $3,000, $1,200 cash, balance on easy terms. Great bargain. Will pay you to Investigate. Only 3% hours from both Baltimore and Philadelphia. Catalogue free. The J. W. Funk Co., Denton, Md. FARMS MARYLAND VOU WANT IT! WHAT? SEE NEXT ISSUE. DeL,. S. CRITTENDEN, Real Estate Broker, ASHBURN, VA. Maryland and Virginia Farms. Stock, dairy, grain, bluegrass, fruit, truck, poultry and Tidewater farms, in any section of either State. Your requirements fully met. The best opportunities on the market offered for your consideration. Catalogue free. N. L,. SANSBURY, 719 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C. Old Virginia Farms. Climate and Productiveness unex- celled. Largest sale list in State. For full particulars and Free Cata- logue address CASSELMAN A COMPANY, RICHMOND, VA. Virginia Farms MOST 5ELECT LIST, and in all ge« tions of the State. PRBB CATALOQUB. R. B. CHAFPIN & CO., Inc. Richmond, Va VIROINIA FARMS 9S PBR ACHG3 AND UPWARD!*. Easy payments. Catalogue Free Lioans made on country Real Estate GEORGE E. CRAWFORD & CO., 100» East Main Street, Richmond, Va. Es- tablished 1876. Tell the advertiser where you saw his advertisement. [March, enjoyed every moment of our stay there. Besides being the capital of the great Mogul Empire, the chief in- terest of the mutiny of 1857 centers around this city. In this year various causes of discontent led the Sepoys or native high caste soldiers, to rebel against the English, incited thereto by N"ana Sahib, descendent of the de- posed Moguls. It required several years to thoroughly subdue this up- lising, when the lands formerly held by the honorable Bast India Company were transferred to the crown, and Queen Victoria proclaimed Empress of Ind'a. Delhi is one of the most ancient of cities, an Aryan settlement having been made on the spot In the 15th century, B. C. The present city wtihin the walls was built by the Mogul Emperor, Shah Jehan, most splendid of builders. It is enclosed in high walls of red sand stone, and the fort and palace remain. Time has done some injury to the struc- tures, but cannot destroy them. We entered first the "Hall of Public Audience" Diwani-Kam," where the famous peacock throne used to stand. It is so called from having figures of two peacocks standing hehind it, with expanded tails, inlaid with ru- bies, sapphires, emeralds and pearls. The whole apartment is in a style of similar magnificence. The Hall ot Private Audience is all in white mar- ble, richly inlaid in colors and sup- ported by rows of columns. The outer circle bears the Persian in scription: "If heaven can be on the face of the earth, it is this, it is, this, it is tins." Out side the walls is the Jama Masjed, a great mosque, built of red sand stone, with an admixture of marble. Our guide, being a Hindu, was not allowed within, and we had to cover our shoes with canvas san- dals before we entered. Several priests accompanied us through the spacious court with its fountains for ablutions, and showed us the shrines facing Mecca and some precious relics of the prophet Mohamet. From the minaret the muezzin sounded the midday call to prayer, and the faith- ful followers of Islam fell on their faces before the altar. Their creed imposes on them many prayers, fasts and pilgrimages, but the keynote of their religion is resignation to the will ot God. To the south of the city are the ruins of seven successive cities, once proud and gay, but now the abode of nomadic tribes of the desert. Part of this ground was used for the coro- nation Durbar in 1903. Some of the temples and tombs have escaped the general decay and well repay a visit. In an opposite direction are the lo- calities connected with the mutiny, and the whole position may be re- viewed from Falstaft's Tower where With cozy nsw 3-rooi CasborXime Buys a FARM InVirgmla ottafe like cut, and 23 Ricomond Delightfulclimate, abundant water, unexcelled markets for produce. Splendid social advantages. Go South,— Youne ManI" Write today for Booklets, lists of bargains ia farms, lowest excursion rates, etc. F.a.laBaume, Norf?i*i'^']i,fr?K, Bo» Aoano'ie, Va "In the Green Fields of Virginia." Homes for all; health for aU; happlsMs and Independence for all. All sixes •< t- arms at correspoadlng prices, bat AXL reasonable. MACOW A CO., ORANGE, TA. FARMS Great bargains In Vlrslnla Famu. Mineral and Timber Lands. Free cata- -,?^v!^% ??., application. Agency eatab- llshed 1875. Address »"i*u , ^ W. A. PARSONS A CO., O. A O. Main St. Depo t, RlchmoBd, Va. Farms, Orchards. Timber. Cotton Lands in Virginia and the South. ALBEiMARLE IMMIGRATION SO- ciety, Char lottesville, Va. ' VIRGIIMIA FARMS 9'arms of any size with Improvemeati. Prices In reach of all. Free list. PORTER A GATES, Louisa, Va. SLUE BRASS STOCK AND FRUIT FARHl Send for lllustrsted catalogneNo, 948. WALKER A, MoSBY. Lynchburg. Vi. | Prof. W. A. Henry, of Wisconsin, Noted authority on feeding, has T\-ritten a booklet entitled "How to Feed Distiller's Dried Grains." Feeders will be glad to see his treatment of the subject. A copy of the booklet may be had free by writing to The Dewey Bros. Co., Box 1039, Blan- chester, Ohio. Simply say you saw this notice in The Southern Planter and the booklet will be forwarded. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 249 WellRounded Rsstsws Prussian Stock Tonic bog. and he's proud of iL H!s owner !s proud ofit too, for when he talcet this hog, together with the rest of the herd, to ' market, he i^ets the highest price for him. Hoes, whose feed has contained a little of Prusslaii Stock Tonic, are always healthy— the meat Is fia« ' flavored, tender and juicy, the kind that Is cootiai^ ' I ally sought after to supply the best markets. There are over 1200 doses in the Big $3.50 Pail I enough to add a good many easy dollars to your hog (money. Write and tell us what stock you own, and j \we will send you our Stock Raisers* Manual, abook^ \ that tells many valuablethings aboutralsing stock./ Prussian Remedy Company St* Paul, Mliui* STOCK OWNERS. USE FOUTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS The oldest, best known, most re- liable and extensively used of all con- dition powders. It cures Chronic Cough, Heaves, Influenza, Distemper, Hide Bound, Indigestion, Constipation, and all Stomach Troubles. Restores lost appetite and increases assimilation. It assists in fattening and increases the quantity of milk and cream. Guaranteed to give satisfaction. Try a package and you will keep one on hand all the time. Price 25 cents. DAVID E. FOUTZ CO., Baltimore, Md. You Can't Cut Out A BOG SPATTN or THOROCGHPIN. but ApSORPlNE: wHl clean them off, and you work the horse same time. Does not blister or remove the hair. Will tell you more it you write. g.'.OO per bottle, delivered. Book 4-C free. . , . ABSOKBINE, JR., for mankind, Sl.OO bottle. Curi-s Varicose Veins, Vari- cocele, Hydrocele, Ruptured Muscles or Ligaments, Enlarpred Glands, Allays Pain, .m - i Genuine mtd. only by W. F.YOUNG, P. D. F.,109 ic-3, Bruises, 01 I lie VVouiils, Kel..ns Exterior Cuuccrs, Boils Human e''"ho''„":' CAUSTIC HALS/.M lias no eiiual a-^ a Linitnen'c We viauli say to alii ivho buy it that it does! lint csniain s particle I af (laisgiious substaiicel and tlierefsre na liarmg can result (rgm Its ex- terna! use. Persistent,! tlioroua'ii use will cyrej ■iTiny old or ciironicB dilrnents and it can beg Mscd on any case th3^ roQjIres an outwaritl 3|] pik: a f io n °A EARLY HATCHED CHICKENS Make early broilers, next win- ter's early layers. Old Biddy takes her own time, which is generally when you are not ready. "Model" Incubators and Brooder* are always ready — less trouble, rio lice — every advantage over the sitting hen. ^lodel" Incubators and Brooder* are manufactured by Chas. A. Cyphers, of BuflCalo, N. T. We are his authorized agents. Catalogue is free. Ask for it. If you have not receiyed our Poultry Supply and Feed Price List you are not on our mailing list. Send In your address — do it now. W. J. TODD, 426 IVorth Sixth Street, Richmond, Va. HATCHIKG WONDER A substantial practical in- 'cubator, '/B inches long, 21 in- ches wide. Winches high. Triple tjvalls, hot water heat, aluminum I coated tanlc, automatic regula- tor, nursery. Withbrooderfll.45. To points west of Rockies, incu- bator, $9.85; with brooder. $U.?0. Order today. Money refunded if not as represented. SO-page cata- logue free. Established 1867. GKO. EBTELCO., ING, R. F. D. 1, MANCHBiSTER, VA. " '"''ards. Stop 9, Richmond-Petersburg Trolley.) ESTABLISHED H98. STRICTLY FRESH EGGS. A specialty. I guarantee my eggs fresh; have used the greatest care to have them fertile from pure-bred, care- fully selected stock. My breeding birds are well developed, large, healthy, good bone with handsome plumage. Eggs for sale from the following varieties: Mammoth Bronxe Turkeys, White Holland Turkeys, Half Wild from Bronze cross; Barred Plymouth Rocks, Mammoth Pekln Ducks, B. B. Game Bniatams. I guarantee 75 per cent, eggs fertile, seventh day test. A postal card will bring you my 1908 circular giving you a full description of my stock and prices. State variety wanted. E. F. SOMMERS, Somerset, Va. "Endsrly" Poultry Yards S. C. Brown and White Leghorns Exclusively. I can fill orders Ufi^^^ JM>|jiA promptly with strictly ityyxr-,^^^ ^M,v^ \ fregjj eggs at the fol- A "'j./J lowing prices: $1.50 per i^^>^&^ 15, $2.50 for 30, $3.50 jrV for 50 eggs or $6 per -— • wil^L ^*"'- ^°^ further in- ,?==--. ^,ji..ss««r. formation address ^£^^^^^^^ Mrs. Jas. RuHsell Early, -J3iS!fS&---«. ■» Borneo, Va. WHITE POULTRY VaROS LORRAINE, VA, J. F. Dunston, Proprietor, Breeder of Prize-Winning White Holland Turkeys. White China Geese. White Guineas, Mammoth Pekln and Wild Mallard Ducks, White Wyan- dotte and White Leghorn Chickens. Turkey Eggs $2.50 for 12 Goose Eggs \.$3.00 for 10 Wild Duck Esrgs $2.00 for 15 Pekin Duck Eggs $1.00 for 10 Wyandotte. Leghorn and Guinea Eggs $1.00 for 15 BARREn PI.YMOT'TH ROCKS (Hawkins Strain') S. C. White Leghorns (WyckofC straln>, S. C. Brown Leghorns (Biltmore strain), S. C. Buff Leghorns, Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, Mammoth Pekin Ducks Stock and Eggs for sale. Satisfaction guaranteed. MARION POULiTRY YARDS, Marlon, Virginia. GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. Potatoes and Beef. Boil the potatoes and cream them with butter, cream and one or two eggs. Beat them very light and then line a pudding dish with them. Oa these lay slices of beef so that the potatoes will be covered, then add a layer of potatoes then beef again and so on till the bowl is full. Heap the potatoes up, rub them over with melted butter and a little cream and brown for forty minutes in the stove. Irish Potatoes in Puffs. Boll and cream the potatoes then add to one quart, three eggs and a cup of mik, salt, pepper and half cup of butter. Put them into a pudding dish and cook quickly about fifteen minutes. Serve very hot. Grerman Potatoes. Take three ounces of butter and melt it, add two tablespoons of flour, and when it is well mixed, not brown- ed, add a pint of milk. Let it boil up. Keep hot. Boil the potatoes after peeling them, do not cut or mash them, but while they are hot put them into the pan with the sauce, well cov- ering them, add salt, pepper a dash of nutmeg, and a tablespoon of chop- ped parsley. Let them set on the stove a few minutes and serve hot. Chocolate Custard. To three pints of milk, which must be scalding hot, add four blocks of chocolate, either melted or grated. Set it in a double boiler and let it cook fifteen minutes. Sweeten with a cup of sugar, and let it get cold. Beat eight eggs and stir them into the milk, .add two tablespoons of corn- starch, dissolved in a tablespoon of the mixture. Bake in cups and lay a macaroon on each cup when you serve. Serve cold. Angel Apples. Use the canned or stewed apples for this. Strain them through a sieve, sweeten and season them. To a quart EGGS FOR HATCHING. Barred, Buff and White Plymouth Rocks; White, Buff, Partridge and Silver Penciled Wyandottes, Black Langshans, R. I. Reds, Black MInorcaa, Lfight Brnhmas, Partridge CochlnH, White and Brown Leghorns. All Pens headed by Hlgh-Scorlns Birds second to none- Price — $1 for 15, $5 per 100. Two- tliirds hatch guaranteed or order duplicated at half price. SOME NICE COCKERELS OF THE DIFFERENT BREEDS FOR SALE. OAKLAND POULTRY FARM, C. J. Wariner, Manager, Ruffin, N. C. SINGLE COMB S'„"JI^«, LEGHORNS strong, healthy, farm-raised stock, bred for layers as well as the show- room. My birds won at Virginia Stats Fair, Richmond, 1906-7, and Virginia Poultry Association, Richmond, 1908. Eggs from my best pens of both breeds, $1.50 per 15 or $7 per 100. Choice Cockerels from $1.50 to $5 each; Yearling Hens and Pullets, $1.50 to |t each. Prompt attention to all ordera. J. A. ELLETT, BEAVER DAM, VA. REIDER'S FINE Poultry Catalogue for 1908 is larger and better than eTer. Tells all about pure-bred poultry an<, beauifully barred, farm raised birds, $1 per 15, $1.50 per 30, $5 per 100; from beautiful While African Guineas and B. B. Game Baotnins, $1 per 18; from m. Peklu DiickM, large and ac- tive, $1 per 11, $1.50 per 22, $5 per 100. A few choice B. P. Rock Cockerels and Pekin Drakes at $1.50 each. All eggs carefully selected, well packed. Satisfaction guaranteed. State plainly what you want. A strong statement, but a plain fact, you get the worth of j'our money when your orders are filled from BI.VB lIILIi POULTRY YARDS, R. F. D. 1, Box No. 10, Somerset, Orange County, Va. Poplar Hill Poultry Farm Dr. H. H. LEE, Prop., R. F. D. 4, Lexington, Va. Breeder and ship- per of Silver Laced Wyandottes. Fresh Eggs for hatching from high scoring birds, bred to lay, $1 per 15. No more stock for sale at present. EGGS EGGS EGGS W. Holland Turkey, 25c. each; B. Plymouth Rock, $1 per 15, $1.50 per 30; Toulou.se Goo.se Eggs, from large matured stock, 30o. each; Indian Run- ner Duck Eggs $1 per 11. My birds are of the best breeding, large in size, good layers and correct In plumage. Give me an order and you will be convinced as to their excellent laying qualities of my birds. Satisfaction guaranteed. Have a few B. P. Rock Cockerels for sale. Mrs. M. F. GOOCH, Somerset, Orange County, Va. Eggs For Hatching. FROM NOTED ^WINNING STRAINS. Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1 per 15; Mammoth Pekin Ducks, $1.50 per 15. Lower rates made on larger numbers. A few choice M. B. Turkeys, Ducks and Cockerels for sale. Leslie D. Kline, Vaucluse, Va. of apples add the beaten whites of four eggs, and beat very hard. "With the yolks of the eggs make a boiled custard with one quart of milk, and one teaspoon of cornstarch, season with nutmeg and vanilla. Put the custard into a pretty glass bowl and drop the egg and apple mixture in dabs about on it and serve with sponge cake or lady fingers. Old Fashioned Batter Pudding. Boil one quart of milk. Stir in gradually while the milk is boiling, nine tablespoons of flour and six eggs beaten separately, very light and a teaspoon of salt. Pour into a pudding dish and balie quickly for fifteen min- utes. Eat at once with wine sauce. Wine Sauce. Dissolve three cups of sugar in one cup of water and let it boil until it is almost candy. Just before serving add a half cup of butter beaten very light and cup of good wine and a dust of nutmeg. Do not let it boil again but shake until the butter is mixed and serve at once. Spice Nuts. One pound of sugar, one pound of flour, one pint of New Orleans mo- lasses, three-fourths of a pound of but- ter, three tablespoons of ginger, one tablespoon of allspice, one tablespoon of cinnamon. Make into a batter and bake in small drops in a quick oven. Dried Apple Fruit Cake. Soak three-quarters of a pound of nicely dried apples (sun-dried), all night in cold water. The next morn- ing chop fine and put on in a kettle with two cups of sugar and a cup of light molasses and stir constantly. Cook until thick as marmalade. Let them get cold. Cake: Six eggs beaten separately, one pound of sugar, half pound of butter, one and one-third pounds of flour, one cup of sweet milk, one teaspoon of soda and two of cream tartar, one-half teaspoon of cinnamon, one of nutmeg and six of cloves, half pound of citron, shredded, the grated end of a lemon. Make up and bake in loaves as you do any other fruit cake. This is really very good and the apples keep it moist a long time. Cheap Cake for Sauce. Six cups of flour, three of sugar, three of milk, half a cup of butter, three eggs, one teaspoon of soda and two of cream tartar. Bake in a loaf. Cocoanut Cakes. Grate one cocoanut, sift a quart of powdered sugar, and mix it with the cocoanut, then add the beaten whites of two eggs and the milk .from the cocoanut. Mix well together and with the hands make into smootli little cakes: they will soon be dry enough for use. You may make it into ob- long rolls and put a date or an almond on each side. CARAVEN. Eggs For Hatchin? S. C. B. LBGHORN E36GS. $1. for 15, $6 per 10, $50 per 1,00(>. S. C. W. LEGHORN EGGS. $1.50 for 15, $8 per 100. S. C. BUFF ORPINGTON EGGS, $2 for 15, $10 per 100. "We are hooking orders now for "White Holland Turkey Eggs for March and April delivery — $2.50 for 10. We guarantee safe delivery, full count, fertile eggs from pure stock. Every male on the farm is new blood and not akin to the females. "We ship- from Richmond, Va. THE HUSSELMANS, Route 1, Highland Springs, Va. S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS Brace's strain o f New York. Hens in my best pen are from Mr. "Warren's birds. Prize winners at Virginia State Fair, 1907; James- town show, 1907; great Richmond show, 1908. Cocks direct from Mr. Brace's best pullet- bred M pen, that took first prize at Madison Square show. New York, last year. Eggs from this pen $2.50 per 15. Eggs from nice birds, $1 per 15; $1.75 per 30; $2.75 per 50; $5 per 100. EVERGREEN FARMS, Rice Depot, Va. BYRD'S FIRST-CLASS PURE-BRED S. C. B. LEGHORN and B. P. R. Eggs, $1 for 15; four dozen choice Leghorn Hens at $1 each or $10 per dozen, and two nice Cocke- rels can be had at THE NEW^ ERA POULTRY FARM, Pamplln City, Va., Mrs. L. G. Irving, Manager. WOODLAND POULTRY Y/>RS. W. E. Barrett, Prop., Farmville, N. C. R. C. R. I. Reds, White Wyandottes, "W^hlte Plymouth Rocks, S. C. Brown Leghorns- Eggs $1.10 per 15. One Hen, three Pullets, four Cocke- rels, S. C. Black Minorcas. The lot $6. Wllmont EGGS >Vllmont Tompkins' strain of S. C. R. I. Reds^ at $1.50 per 15. DeGraff & Shove strain of S. C. R. I. Reds and Bradley strain of B. P. Rocks at $1 for 15. Three sittngs for $2.50. Only a few Red Cockerels for sale yet. A Niagara Hydraulic Ram, No. 0, never been used, for sale. Satisfnctiod Al»Tays Guaranteed. Mrs. P. E. AVILLIAMS, Charlottesville^ Virginia. EGGS FOR SALE From Pure-Bred BroTm S. C. Leg- horns and S. C. Rhode Island Reds, Pri/.e-Wlnners, at Hagerwto^'n. Fred- priclt, Rockville, and \Vashington Poultry Shows. I can also furnish ICgK's from Fine Pens of Barred Ply- mouth Rocks and Black Javas. "Writ© to-day for prices, and address J. M. HEAGY, Rockville, Md. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLAKTER. 253 SYSONBY OARDEN5, PETERSbURQ, VA. EGGS FOR HATCHING. From A. C. Hawkins' Royal Blue Strain, Barred Plymouth Rocks. Bradley and Fishel Strain, 'White and Buff Plymouth Kucks. Wyckoff Strain, Single-Comb White Leghorns — heavy layers. fl.50 TO $2 PER SITTING. Our Buff Plymouth Rocks took premiums at Virginia Poultry Show, Richmond, 1908, as follows: First Pen, first Cockerel, first Pullet. Young Chicks, Just hatched, 15 to 25 cents. "*-■ -* " illet. Shipped an7~«There. SYSONBY GARDENS. Inc., Sam McEwen, Mgr., Petersburg, Va. "RIIVGLKT" — BARRBD PLVnOUrn ROCKS. EXCLUSIVELY. B. B. Thompson's celebrated strain. Bred for high quality, not quantity. My winnings at Virginia Poultry As- sociation Show, Richmond, prove It. I won 1st and 3rd prize Cock, 1st and 3rd prize Hen, and 1st prize Pen. Unexcelled in laying qualities, size, vigor and beauty. Grand yards mated for 1908 EGG season. They will pro- duce results that will please you. Eggs $2 for 15. All stock sold. Send for 1908 mating list. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address LESLIE H. McCUE, Box 4, Afton, Vn. Member Virginia Poultry Association and American Plymouth Rock Club. BARRED Plymouth Rock Pullets and Yearling Hens, bred from trap- nested stock, for sale at reasonable prices. Eggs In hatching season. R. S. SHOWALTER, Dale Enterprise, Va. Cockerels at head of flock from hen A-26, laid 266 eggs. Sire B-14 from hen A-21, laid 271 eggs per year. BARRED ROCK EGGS. At the Virginia State Fair, 1907, in a class of 93, my Rocks won 3rd Ck., 3rd Ckl., and 2nd pen. At the recent show at Richmond In a class of 70, they won 1st., 3rd., 4th., and 5th Ckl.; 2nd and 3rd Pullet, 2nd and 4th pen. I am now booking orders for Eggs from choice matings. Let me have your orders. I guarantee to please you. A few choice Cockerels yet. CHARLIE BROWN, Route 1, Cnrtersville, Va. EGGS, EGGS, EGGS. If you are interested in Barred P. Rocks, Butr Wyandot tes, Rose Comb R. I. Reds. Golden Wyandottes. S. C. W^hlte Leghorns, Silver Wyandottes, Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, write to me before placing your order for Eggs or Fowls. Catalogue free. ALTA VISTA POULTRY FARM, Mrs. R. B. Fray, Prop., Advance Mills, Va. ELBERON POULTRY YARDS. Mammoth Bronze Turkey Toms. Silver Laced Wyandotte Cockerels. Silver Penciled Wyandotte Cockerels of prize-winning stock, for sale cheap. CHICKEN EGGS FOR SALE. OTHO M. COCKES, Elberon, Va. SLOW BUT SURE. A Philadelphia clergyman is the father of a son whose habits of un- punctuality are a sore trial. Never- theless the youth's ready tongue is a source of secret delight to the parent. Once the young man 'appeared at Sunday breakfast twenty minutes after the appointed time. With a sorrowful face the minister contem- plated the transgressor and then his watch. "Son,' said he reproachfully, 'as he held the watch so the youth might see its accusing face, "do you think this is right? Do you honestly think it is right?" "Well, father," returned the young man, regretfully, "I wish it were about twenty minutes fast, but as you ask me to say honestly, I am afraid it is just about right." — Lip- pin cott's. DUCKS HATCHED BY ELECTRICITY. Photograph showing ducklings hatched in a Standard Cyphers Incu- bator equipped with Cyphers Electro- plane heater instead of the ordinai-y oil lamp. This electroplane can be at- tached to any make of incubator. Write to the Cyphers Incubator Co., Buffalo, N. Y., for further particulars of this new invention. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Fine large fowls, correct in plumass, crossed with prize-winners of Thomp- son and Bradley strain. Cockerels, $1.50 to »2. Yearling Hens, J1.50; 10- Months Pullets, $1.25; Eggs, fl, per sitting, $1.50 per two. Imperial Pekin Ducks — large, healthy birds — Drakes, $1.50; Ducks, $1.21. Eggs, $1 per sitting; $1.50 for two. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, Nation*! Strain, unusually fine this year; beau- tiful plumage. Eggs, $3 per dozen. Orders filled promptly. Mrs. R. E. WILHOIT, Somerset, Va. Barred Plymouth Rock Eggs for Hatching from Choice J- -year-old Hens, descended from 230- Egg Trap-Nest Record Stock, mated to Park's April-hatched Cockereli. Price $1 per 15; $5 per 100. No bet- ter bred-to-lay B. P. Rocks In thi» country. FRED. B. JONES, Gloucester, Va. Barred Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Brown Leghorns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks. Egga at 75c. per 15; $4 per 100; Duck Eggs, $1 per 13; R. I. Red Eggs, $1 per 15; Buff Cochin Bantam Eggs, 5c. each. Few nice Leghorn and R. I. Red Cockerels, $1 to $2 each. JOSHUA COOPER, Surry, Va. ESGS FOR SALE Prom PureW^hlte Plymouth Rocks, 91 per sitting of 15, and White Pekla Ducks, $1 for 10. ..Address MRS. L. B. W^ILLIAMS,. . R. F. D. 4, Louisa, Va. SPRING BROOK POULTRY FHRIH, Culpeper, Va., H. H. Scott, Prop. Breeder of Northup strain Black Mlnorcas, Whitman strain of Brown Leghorns, and the best Silver-Laced Wyandottes. Have been breeding Black Mlnorcas six years, always with th« best type in view. Stock and Eggs in season at very moderate prices, con- sidering the quality. Write me for prices and full particulars. Rhode Island Red — AND— BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK Eggs, 15 for $1, 30 for $1.75, 50 for $2.50. Pure-bred and strictly flrst- class. C. L. BLANTON, McDuff, Va. "EAST VIEW" SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES. Exclusively. Rob Biddy for wooden hen. Eggs $1 for 15, $3 for 50. $5 for 100, $7 for 150. Mrs. W. S. Chichester, Aquasco, Md. 254 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER [March, SINGLE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS. STRAWBERRY HILL POULTRY YARDS, Box 287, Richmond, Va. I. Da-renport WllUama, Prop, and Snpt. Mem. Am. Leghorn Club, Mem. Am. S. C. B. Leghorn Club, Mem. Va. Poultry Asso. At Richmond, January 9-15 (Judge, ■Wittman), 1st Cockerel, 1st, 2nd, 3rd ai^id 4th Pullet; 8 specials, including 2 Bilver cups for best display In class offeSfed by Am. S. C. B. Leghorn Club and... Virginia breeders. At Jamestown, 4th pen, 6th Cockerel on Immature birds. Also highest awards Va. State F^ir and Richmond, 1906. EGGS from exhibition matinga, both pullet and cockerel line, $3 per 15, $5 for 30, $7 for 50, $10 for 75, $12 for 100. From utiliy matings, $1 per 15, $6 for 100. Two-thirds hatch guaranteed or num- ber of eggs duplicated at half price. Stock for sale at all times. BELMONT POULTRY FARM. S. C. White, Buff and Brown Leghorns; Barred, Buff and White Ply- mouth Rocks; White if,, and Silver Wyandottes; J R. C. Rhode Island \<>'Y'i> wr Reds, S. C. Black 'jfi^'^w^ Minorcas. Stock from IK^ best strains obtainable. Stock and Eggs for L. W. NICHOLS, Laray, Va. EGfiS FOR HATCHING. ROSE-COMB BROWN LEGHORNS Exclusively. From high scoring stock. Farm range, line bred. Great layers, fl per 15, |5 per 100. Prize pen, blue ribboned sire and dams, %2 per 15. Satisfaction guaranteed. GARDNER POULTRY FARM, Ash- burn, Va. C. W. Gardner, Pres.; H. H. Gardner, Sec'y. Member R. 0. Brown Leghorn Club. S. C. B. Leghorns. Exclusively. Pens headed by Straw- berry Hill Cockerels. Eggs for hatch- ing at rery reasonable prices. Place your orders with us for best results; they will receive our careful and prompt attention. Address LEVEL GREEN POULTRY YARDS, Drewry's Bluffl, Va. PEE DEE POULTRY AND SEED F/RM Choice fresh Eggs for hatching from thoroughbred Silver Laced Wyandottes and Rose Comb White Leghorns. Famous "Pee Dee" strain. Unexcelled layers — ^^^ makers, 15 eggs from either variety, packed to carry safely, only $1. E. C. NEWTON, Proprietor, Box in, BennettHvillo. S. C. Orders now Being Booked. — FOR— S. C. B. Leghorn Eggs $1 for 15 Buff Rock Eggs $1 for 15 Pekin Duck Eggs $1 for 11 W. H. Turkey Eggs $2 for 9 Stock of A'»ovo Ifrecds for Snlo. LAUREL HILL POULTRY FARM, Roxbury, Va. HINTS BY MAY MANTON. BLOUSE WAIST WITH GUIMPB 5891. The over blouses that give a guimpe effect are in the height of style and this one is susceptible of great varia- tion while it is both novel and chic In the illustration louisine silk is piped with velvet and worn over a guimpe of thin lace, but for the blouse itself everything seasonable Is appropriate while the guimpe can be made of lace, embroidery or the still simpler lingerie material or of chif- fon as liked. It is entirely separate from the blouse and consequently It can be varied as often as may be liked so that really with very little labor the one blouse can be made to take on two or three quite different shapes. Again, the model is just as well suited to the odd waist as to the entire gown and consequently is an exceedingly valuable acquisition to the wardrobe. In this case the guimpe is made with the new long sleeves but it can be made quite sleeveless and those of the blouac only worn if liked. 5891 Blouse Waist, 32 to 40 bust The blouse is made with fronts and back, which are tucked on becoming lines and to which the pretty three- quarter sleeves are attached. These sleeves are finished with oddly shaped cuffs and to the lower edge of the blouse is joined a basque por- tion which keeps it perfectly in place. The guimpe is made with front and backs and plain fitted sleeves that are made with upper and unde.- por- tions. It is closed invisibly at the back and the neck is finished with one of the new stock collars that rounds up back of the ears. The quantity of material required Valley Farm (RINGLET) Barred Plymouth Rocks Q.nalitT', not quantity. S. C. B. LEGHORNS. First prize at Har- risonburg. Eggs from my choicest matings, $1.50 and $2.50 per IB; Incubator Eggs, $7 CHARLES C. W^INSS, per 100. Circular Free. Mt. Sidney, Va. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS EXCLUSIVELY. Yard headed by some world re- nowned prize-winning blood. Eggs from strong, healthy, beauti- fully Barred, farm-raised birds, unex- celled in laying qualities, sine, vigor and beauty, selling at farmers' prices — $1.25 for 15 or $2 for 30. Toulouse Geese Eggs, $1.25 for 7, $2 for 14. JOHN MAHANES, Trevillau, Va. BARRED ROCKS Hens and Pullets mated with first and second prize Cockerels at Virginia State Fair, 1907. No better or finer matings. Size, markings and laying qualities the best. Eggs, 75 cents for 15, $4 per 100. Send check, postal or express money order. DIRS. WILLIAM P. BURKS, Route No. 1, Bedford City, Va. WKite RocKs Fishel strain. Ten years exi>erience back of the breeding. Fine Cocekrels at right prices. Eggs $2 per sitting, J. C. JOHNSON, Box S, Academy, West Vir^nia. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK Eggs for hatching. Strong and healthy. No better layers nor utility fowls. No other fowls on farm. A\'ILLIAM B. LEWIS, Route No. 1, Blackstoue. Vu. PURE-BRED Silver Laced Wyandottes [ ' 1 EGGS FOR SITTING AT $1.25 PER 1B» Jolin M. Harithaw, Coilettnville, N. O. HOLkY GROVE POULTRY FARM Headquarters for Standard Bred Silver L. Wyandotte*. Eggs now at "panic prices" — $1 for 13: $2 for 30. I have shipped eggs for hatching every season since 1882. Business Motto: Tlie Golden Rule. Circulars HFnllod Free. S. P. VODKR, DenlilKh, V'a. DeAVITT'S FINE POULTRY CATALOG. Sixty varieties of Pure-Bred Poultry. Illu.<=itrated. Prices of stock and eggs upon request. Catalogue 10 cents, redeemable on first order. DeAVITT POULTRY FARM, Highland Parle, Ricliniond, Va- 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 255 BUFF ORPINGTONS THa BEST AJLL PURPOSE FOWLS KNOWN. P*i>B No. 1 — Fancy Orpingtons that win. Eggs, 15 for $5.00 Pe»«. !Vo. 2 — High Class Breeders. Eggs. 15 for $2.00 PeuN No. 3 — Pure-Bred utility stock Eggs. 15 for $1.00 THE ETHERMORB FRUIT ANI> S. C. BUFF ORPINGTON FARM, Henry J. and Chas. G. Sanger, Prop*. Dale Enterprise, Va. Mention this paper when writing. Glenview Orpingtons* "~ S. C, BVFFS EXCLUSIVELY, My breeding pens this year include all my Richmond winners. Eggs will be shipped from nothing but the best. $2.50 per sitting of 15. B. S. HOKNE, KESWICIC, VA. PURE-BRED S. C. Buff Orpingtons. Famous Willow Brook Strain. Best for laying, sitting and size. Excellent mothers. Ekkn. 91 I'lT SIttinK ot Fifteen. Book orders now. Could not sup- ply demand last year. Al,lll';i«K\E ORPINGTON FARM, Allx-rfiie, Allit'iiiarle Co., Vu. Black Langshans Eggs for Sale from Prize-Winning Stock. A Fvvr Good Cockerels Left. JOHN C. ADAMS, BriMtol, VirKlulu-Teuuesaee. BLACK'S BLACK LANGSHANS Are the lending bang- slinuN in the Sontli. Improve your flock this season with blood from this noted strain. Bred for all standard re<|uirements, combined with superior egg pro- duction. Clioioe Birds for Snlc. Eggs $2 per 15, $3.50 per 30, $10 per 100. Send for descriptive circular and sliow record. A. M. BLACK, Tazewell, Va. 45 BREEDS BEST POULTRY Fine book illustrates anu tells all abuut poultry, feeding, care, diseases, our biti premium offer. Low price for stock and eggs. Best way to rid poultry of lice, make money, etc., only lOc JOHN E. UEATVrOLB, Harrisonburg, Ta. for the medium size Is 3 1-2 yards 21 or 24. 3 yards 32 or 17-8 yards 44 inches wide; for the guimpe 2 5-8 yards 21, 2 3-8 yards 24 or 1 5-8 yards 36 Inches wide with 1 3-8 yards of all-over lace if the long sleeves are used, seven-eigths yards for the short sleeves. The pattern 5891 is cut in sizes for a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 inch bust meacure. One-piece garments are being ex- tensively worn this season and the negligees so made are exceedingly attractive and graceful, also they involve very little labor and conse- quently have met with enthusiastic welcome. This one is tucked over the shoulders to give becoming ful- ness and can be made from almost every material that is adapted to the ordinary kimono or negligee. In the illustration cashmere is bound with silk, but India silk, challis, and cot- ton crepe as well as the heavier wash 5886 One-Piece Kimor.o, Small, Medium, Large. flannels, are well liked, and there are a great many inexpensive wash fabrics that many women prefer at all seasons of the year in our modern steam heated homes. Binding can be used as as a finish or contrasting material cut into stripes as liked. The kimono Is made in one piece SING1.B-COHB RHODE ISLAND REDS. Five years ago I purchased a $60 Prize-Winning Trio from a noted egg- strain, with the Intention of breeding the best Reds in the South. This strain has been so improved that my birds are now vastly superior to the trio. Buff Leghorns averaging over 200 eggs were discarded because the Reds were more profitable cKg-proda- cers. I believe I have the best fancy- utility strain on earth. It will pay you to investigate. Big, Pink, Fertile Eggs, $2 for 13. Book orders early. A few wonder- ful Males and Choice Females to spare. DR. J. H. C. WINSTOIV, Hampden-Sldney, Virginia. . . s. c. RHODE ISLAND REDS Bryant's strain of Mas- sachusetts. Eggs from i'e>*i lien — htrdM that ore red to the skin and free from smut — $2.50 per 15. Eggs from nice birds, $1 per 15, $1.75 per 30, $2.75 per 50, $5 per 100. EVEKGREEIV FARMS, Rice Depot, Va. JAMESTOWN WINNERS Beautiful BnflC Orpington Cocker«l», $3 each; Eggs, $3 per 15. Also winners at leading shows. Handsome Rose and Single Comb R. I. Red Cockerels. $2 each: Eega $2.50 per 15, $8 per 100 GEORGE W. SWEETING, Locniit Mount Poultry Farm, Shares, Harford County, Md. EGGS FOR HATCHKIMG FROM PRIZE- WINNING R. C. RHODE ISLaiVD REDS At $1 per sitting of 15 or three sit- tings for $2.50. MRS. L,. E. SMITH, Appomattox, Va. EGGS FOR HATCHING FROM BUSINESSS BIRDS. ROSE COMB R. I. REDS. Four Pullets sold from my flock last fall averaged 27 eggs each In a period of 44 days. Price, 15 for $1, 50 for $3, 100 for $5. J. O. Bnrksdale, Red HIII, Va. !(RHODE ISLAND REDS BOTH COMBS. Eggs from pure-bred, high class stock at $1.50 per 15, $2.50 per 30, and $4.50 per 60. Also a nice home and store for sale or rent. Main building has 14 rooms. All necessary outbuildings. The whole nearly new. Write CLINTON HENSI.EY, Prop. Elkton Poultry Farm, Elkton, Va. S. G. RHODE ISLAND REDS DeGraff and Drisko Strain. Choice Cockerels from $1 to $3 each, also several Cocks, fine birds, at reasonable prices. Well-Mated Trios, g'ood foundation stock, for $5. Eggs from prize winners. $1.50 per 15. Special mating, $2 per 15. A. S. HARRISON, Herndon, Va. 256 THE SOUTHEKK PLANTEE. [Match, Rose and Single Comb RHODE ISLAND RED5 WHITE WYANDOTTES AND B. P. ROCKS. Pure-bred stock and good fresh eggs at 11.25 per 15; $2 per 30; $3 per 50; $5.50 per 100. R. C. R. I. Red and White "Wyandotte Eggs by the 100 for Incuba- tors on short notice. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY YARDS, J. D. GUck, Proprietor, Box 41, Route 1, Dayton, Va. Rhode Island Reds ROSE COMB Large, handsome fowls; splendid layers. Chicks grow fast and are unexcelled for the table. PURE-BRED EGGS $1 PER 15. E. YOUNGLOVE, SCOTLAND, VA. PTJRE-BRED R. C. RHOOE ISLAND REDS Eggs at farmers' prices. Special rates for Incu- bator Eggs. Miss LIZZIE G. SMITH, R. P. D., W^ellville, Va. SINGLE COMB Rhode Island Red Eggs from the finest strains for sale at $2 for 15. These Eggs have the blood of prize winners at New York, Providence, Boston, Cincinnati and Jamestown. ROBERT G. HUNDLEY, Box 118, Parmvllle, Va. ORPINGTONS, LEGHORNS and M. Bronze Turkeys from the best strains. Eggs from our S. C. Buff Orpingtons and S. C. B. Leghorns, $1 per 15; M. Bronze Turkeys, $3 per 13. Book your orders ahead for Turkey Eggs. B. O. POULTRY YARD, Rapidan, Va. R. F. D. Box 27. ESTABLISHED 1882. S. and R. C. R. I. Reds, Wliite Wyandottes, S. C. B. Legliorms and B. P. Rocks. Eggs for hatch- ing $1 for 15; $1.75 for 30; $2.75 for 50; $5 for 100. RIVERSIDE POULTRY FARMS, J. B. Coftman & Sons, Props., Dayton, Va. EGGS! EGGS! EGGS! Crystal Springs Poultry Yards, Stafford & Croy, Props., Trigg, Va. We will offer some exceptional values in Eggs for hatching during the season from following breeds: Barred Plymouth Bocks, per 15, $1.50; White Wyandotte, per 15, $1.50; S. C. R. I. Reds, $2 per 15; S. C. Brown Leghorn, per 15, $1.50; S. C. White Leghorn, per 15, $1.75. Special rates on two or more sittings. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write us for further particulars. Please mention the Southern Planter. and the only seams are those at the under-arm. If narrow material is used, however, it Is advisable to seam the widths at the center back as less material is required and the remaining necessary joinings fall in equally desirable places. The quantity of material required for the medium size is 9 3 4 yards 24, 7 3-8 yards 32 or 4 1-2 yards 44 inches wide; or 6 1-2 yards 24 or 32 if cut with a seam at the center back, with 1 3-4 yards of silk or 5 1-2 yards of ribbon for the bands. The pattern 5886 is cut in three sizes, small, medium and large. These patterns will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Depart- ment of this paper on receipt of ten cents. IMMATERIAL. The janitor of a small church on the south side raises a few chickens in a small enclosure in his back yard. The eggs of these he sells to some members of the church in which he works. Last Saturday one of his cus- tomers asked him if he could spare a dozen eggs within the next two or three days. "Oh, yes, ma'am," repled the jani- tor. "I'll bring you a dozen fresh ones to-morrow morning." "Oh, no," protested the housewife; "I shouldn't want you to bring them on Sunday — not on Sunday, John." "Well," replied John, "all right, ma'am, if you say so, but it don't make no difference to the hens." — Harper's Weekly. BEST APPLES TO PLANT. People who have any opportunity at all to grow apples should not fail to plant at least a few trees. If only a few trees are planted, care should be ex- ercised so that only apples of su- perior quality are planted. Among the very best are the Red Astrachan, Jonathan, the Yellow Grimes Golden and the Mcintosh Red. They may be a little more expensive than some others, if you have to buy, but they are worth the price. The Harrison Nurseries, Berlin, Maryland, are a good authority on apples. They are not only nursery- men but they are themselves largft apple growers. They always advise the planting of the excellent hardy varieties above named, and they act on thpir own advice. They own and operate a number of large orchards, aggregating over a hundred thou- sand trees, and these varieties have the preference. In this they take a very different course from some nurseries which advocate the plant- ing of the more delicate varieties of high quality merely because there will be an increased demand for the fruit. The tree that will stand your climate and be a regular bearer of good fruit for many years, such as TAYLORS WHITE WYANDOTTES. Bred from Prize-Winning Stock. Small late hatched Pullets at 76 L-ents each. Larger late hatched Pullets at >• i:ents each. EGGS IN SEASON. Also White Holland Turkey Egga from winners at Jamestown, Virginia State Fair, and Virginia Poultry Asso- ciation. White Muscovy Duck Eggs from first prize winners at Jamestown, Vir- ginia State Fair and Virginia Poultry Association. Write for prices. Correspondence a pleasure. HICKORY BOTTOM POULTRY PARX, R. Randolpli Taylor, Negrofoot, Va. R. F. D. No. 2, Beaver Dam, Va. OUR WKISIMDiGS AT THE VIRGINIA STATE FAIR, Richmond, Va., October 7-12. 1907, wn First pen S. L. Wyandottes. First pen Partridge Wyandottes. First pen S. C. Rhode Island Reds. (The only three pens we showed.) Virginia Poultry Show, Richmond, Jan., 1908, we won 26 Ribbons with 29 birds of above breeds and Silver Cup for best Display, American Class. Write for particulars. EGGS FOR HATCHING. ELLERSON POULTRY YARDS, J. W. QUARLES, Prop., Ellerson, Va. WHiTE YANDOTTES Exclusively.— Bred for Butlaess As well as standard qualities. Will please the farmer as well as the fancier. Eggs from clioice pens, 16. $1.25; 30, $2. Satisfaction guaranteed. Circular free. J. H. YODER, DENBIGH, VA. Carolina Poultry Farm C. H. PETTIGREW, Proprietor, Route 5, Reidsville, N. C. Eggs for hatching, fl per 15, $5 per 100. AVhite and Barred Plymouth Rocks, Rose and Single Comb R. I. Reds, Single Comb AVhite, Brown and BufI Leghorns, Partridge Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons and Single Comb Black Minorcas* SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Poultry Profits! Handsome catalogue which describes and quotes lowest prices on R. and S. C. Rhode Island Red Eggs; White and Columbian Wyandottes, Wliite and Barred Rocks, Minorcas, Orpingtons, Anconas; White, Brown and Buff Leg- horns; White and BufC Cochin Ban- tams; 25 varieties of pure-bred fowls. Will be pleased to mall catalogue on receipt of stamp. C. L. SHENK, Box S, Lnray, Va. RIDER AGENTS WANTED in each town to riiie and exhibit sampil Bic\cle. lyn/e for sf^-cial offtr, Wc Ship on Approval itithcutaceni d'posil, allow 10 DAYS FREE TRIAk and prepay freight on every bicycle. FACTORY PRICES on hicvcles.dKa indries. Do not buy\^v\\ you receive our ca^ alogsandleamouri/«A(vr»i('c'/'/rK-cjan'l >fuxr^\ ions special offew» ME4D CYCLE CO., Dept. R223 Chicago, III. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 257 $200.00 IN SIX MONfHS FROM 20 HENS To the average poultryman that would seem impossible, and when we tell you that we have actually done a $500 00 poultry business with 20 hens on a corner in the city garden 30 feet wide by 40 feet long we are simply stating facts. It would be Impossible to get such returns by any of the systems of poultry keeping recom- mended and practiced by the American people, still it is an easy matter when the new PHILO SYSTEM is adopted. THE PHILiO SYSTEM IS XINLIKE Al.Ii OTHER WAYS OUR NEW BROODER SAVES TWO CENTS ON EACH OF KEEPING POULTRY CHICKEN- and in many respects is just the reverse, accomplishing No Jarnp_ required. _ No^ danpr_of ^hiUing, overheaing, thin imp to I same and we can prove to you every statement. THE NEW SYSTEM COVERS ALL BRANCHES OF THE WORK NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS and the right to make and use them. One can be easily made in an hour at a cost of 25 to 50 cents. A FEW TESTIMONIALS. Tour system of poultry keeping should appeal to all from selecting the breeders to marketing ine proauci. poultrymen. The advantages of your system are many. It tells how to get eggs_that wHl h^J^^,'^; „ °'^»v,i' ^V-t^^b-" and the quality of the large flock of poultry you have """" " " '^ " "• raised on your city lot is the best evidence of its sue- nearly every egg and how to raise nearly all the chicks ^^^^ hatched. It gives complete plans in detail how to make ^^^^ everything neces.'^ary t» run the business and at less than half the cost required to handle the poultry busl- GEO. L. HARDING, Binghamton, N. Y. Valley Falls, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1907. It was my privilege to spend a week in Elmira during ness in any other manner. There is notlung cumpucatea ^^^gust, during which time I saw the practical working about the work, and any man or wonian that can ^j ^[^g Philo System of Poultry Keping, and was sur- handle a saw and hammer can do "^ wor^- ,^„,^„ prised at the results accomplished in a small corner of a TWO POUND BROILERS^ IN EIGHT WEEKS ^.jjy y^^^d. "Seeing is believing," they say, and if I had are raised in a space less than a square toot to tne ^^^ ^^^^^ .,. ^g^u j^^ve been hard to believe that such broiler without any loss and the broilers are oi tne results could have followed so small an outlay of space, very best quality, bringing here, three cents per pound ^ime and energy. (Rev.) W. W. COX. above the highest market price. Nqy 15 1997 OUR SIX MONTHS OLD PULLETS ARE I^AYING AT ^^^ pj^^^j System Book received to-day. It is beyond THE RATE OP 24 EGGS EACH PL.R MONTH doubt the best thing of its kind that I have ever seen, in a space of two square feet for each bird No green ^,-,^^3 ^^e one or two single items that I consider worth cut-bone of any description is fed, and the food used is ^^^^ j^^jj p^j^^ ^^ ^j^^ ^^^^ j ^jjj ^^^j^ to-morrow to inexpensive as compared with tood others are using. remodel my plant, to follow the lines laid down in your Our new book, the Philo Sysem of Progressive ^^^^^ ^^ nearly as possible and next fall I hope to have Poultry Keeping, gives full particulars regarding these ^,^g business reduced to your exact methods to keep a wonderful discoveries with simple, easy to understand ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^5^ j^^jg ^ ^ BOND. directions that are right to the point, and 15 pages of Jacobs Creek Pa illustrations showing all branches of the work from j received the Philo System Book mailed to my home start to finish. address, Beechtree, Pa. I am highly pleased with it, and DON'T LET THE CHICKS DIE IN THE SHELL. am anxious to spread the good news as far as I can. One of our secrets of success is to save all the i am a preacher of the Gospel engaged by the Baptist chickens that are fully developed at hatching time. Association to do evangelistic work. I am on the road whether they can crack the shell or not. It is a simple all the time, have about 14 days in each town. I am trick and believed to be the secret of the ancient very much Interested in the hen and will do all I can to Egyptians and Chinese, which enabled them to sell the help the other fellow to know how, and to spread the chicks at 10 cents a dozen. good tidings received in the Philo System. CHICKEN FEED AT 15 CENTS A BUSHEL. (Rev.) F. B. WILLIAMS. Our book tells how to make the best green food SPECIAL INTRODUCTION OFFER. — By special ar- wlth but little trouble and have a good supply any rangement we are able to give for only $1.00 the book day in the year, winter or summer. It is just as impos- with the right to use all patents, and one year's sub- slble to get a large egg yield without green food as it scription to Poultry Review — a monthly paper for utility is to keep a cow without hay or fodder. breeders. Upon Receipt of $1.00 Yon will Get the Book by Return Mail and Your Subscription will Start at Once. POULTRY REVIEW, 449 THIRD ST-, EL3IIRA, N. Y. the varieties above named, is the tree for profit. The Harrison Nurseries issue an excellent catalogue on apples and other fruits, which is full of sound advice. A copy will be mailed to any address for the asking. SHEFFIELD CREAM SEPARATOR. Attention of dairymen and farmers is invited to the advertisement of the Sheffield Separator Co., of Chicago. A most liberal trial offer is made. It doesn't cost a cent to try it. Further particulars will be found in the adver- tisement, or will be furnished on ap- plication. Amherst Co., Va., Nov. 6, '07. I take several agricultural papers, but find the Southern Planter the best and I try not only to be a reader, but a worker in your direction. F. W. GARBBB. WOODRIDGE POULTRY YARDS. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, direct Bradley Bros. Strain. SILVER GRAY DORKINGS from imported stock. BUFF AVYANDOTTES, RHODE ISLAND REDS, BUFF ORPINGTONS, ^VHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS AND BUFF WYANDOTTES. We have won more than our share of premiums on our fowls, and ship all stock on approval. We can furnish eggs in 100 or 1,000 lots. FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. J. S. YOUNG, 1110 EAST MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VA. EGGS. TOMS. COCKERELS. OF PRIZE-WINNING STOCK. M. Bronze Toms, Barred Rock, White Wyandotte, White Orpington Cocke- rels. Eggs for hatching of all varieties from grand matings. Finest I ever had. Turkev Eggs, $5 per dozen. MISS C. L. SMITH, Lander Poultry Yards, Croxton, Va. MILLVIEW POULTRY FARM GOLDEN B«ONZE TURKEYS From prize takers at Chicago, Indi- anapolis and Virginia State Fair. Eggs ?4 per dozen. MRS. S. F. BADGETT, Route 1, Farm- ville. Va. ROSE COMB RHODE ISLAND RED Eggs for sale at $1 per sitting of 15. No other chickens raised on the farm, Mrs. JOSEPH M. HURT, Blackstone, Va, 200 Egg Strain §:g: Rhode tsland Reds Bred by un; 50 flne Cockerels.. Eggs for hatching in sen son. THE VALLEY POULTRY FARM, Route 1, MaurertowTi, Va. 258 THE SOUTHERN^ PLAI^TER. [March, THE WHITE HOLLAND TURKEY mam. G. W. MOSS, GUINEY, VA. Eggs as follows: White Holland Turkey, $2 per dozen, ?15 per 100; White Plymouth Rocks and S. C. W. Leghorns, 75 cents ijer 15, $3.50 per -100; Pekin Ducks, $1 per dozen. Nimrod Hall, Milboro, Va., May 29, 1907. G. W. Moss, Esq., Guiney, Va. : Dear Sir,- — I am just back from my farms, and thought it might interest you to know that out of nearly two thousand hen and turkey eggs I have bought, I have had better results from yours than any of the others. Of the 93 we had four broken and hatched and have living 79 young turkeys — that is the sort of result any man shipping eggs may be proud of. One lot I got from North Carolina hatched just four out of 100, and the man says it was my fault, when the eggs were set under exactly the same conditions as those gotten from you. Yours very truly, E. A. WATSON. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys Cannot be excelled for size and deep bronzing. Talk about large turkeys! Could you only see our lofty giants, you would, as others, say surely they have no equal. Special prices on Toms. Our hens are now laying eggs, $3 per sitting. We have mated for this season, the finest pens of Sinsle-Comb Bpotvh Leghorus, White and Barred Rocka we have ever produced — the grade that will lay, weigh, win and pay. Cockerels and Eggs for sale. BYRD BROS., Salisbury, N. C. HAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS For sale. Ten large rangey, good bone, June hatched Toms. Correct In plumage. Weight 22 to 25 pounds. Price $4 each. Orders filled promptly. Am offering you these fine Toms at a great bargain to close them out. Send for 1908 circular. E. F. SOMMERS, Somerset, Va. Prize Winning Stock Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, Imperial Pekln Ducks, S. C. Buff Orplng^ton and B. Plymouth Rocks. Fowls for breed- Ine purposes. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. J. G. BUFORD, DubUn, Va. ROSE-COMB Rhode Island Reds EXCLUSIVELY. Best general purpose ^H» f owl known, having ^kW beauty, size, hardiness, ;}l quick maturity, egg pro- ., i/;ducers in winter and ^ ; ' ,; small eaters. Eggs for ■j/ hatching from prize-win- ,,/ ning stock. Book your orders early. First come first served. Last year the demand y.i^ife'lSe'^ for my stock was so great '^r-^ I could fill only half the orders for March, April and May. MISS L.OUISB V. SPENCER, Black- stone, Va. Member of Rhode Island Red Club. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RAM. It was just before Christmas that I was bom. It was a cold frosty morning and patches of white could l)e seen here and there over the bleak old pasture field, but my mother had pick- ed a cosy place on the hillside looking to the south, where the first rays of the morning sun came warm and cheerful. There were two of us, and I loved my little brother from the start because he was so soft and warm, but warmer still was the soft coat of my mother, and before the sun came out we had huddled up close to our mother's side and were almost asleep in the folds of her warm fleece, when a gentle mother call startled us and we struggled to our feet in wild alarm to sec a great tall creature stalking toward us. We were turning to flee, but our mother seemed not afraid and her re-assuring bleats kept us by her. Our mother afterwards told us this was her shepherd. She seemed to be very proud of us, for she made every effort to display us and nodded and beckoned from one to the other, as much as to say: "You see what I have? Aren't they fine?" The shep- herd came closer and spoke in a language so different from my mother. He seemed to caress our mother, then he took a good look at us and exclaimed: "My, what a fine Christ- mas present you brought me, Lady!" He then touched us gently with his hands, talking all the time in the same gentle tones, which took all our feai away. Then he said: "By Jove, they are both rams. I am good for a prizfti winner now." I didn't understand then, but do now. When he started off, we both raced after him and our mother had to run after us and head us off. We didn't know much then. I had a sort of impulse to jump up and run from anything I saw coming to me and to race after everj'thing that moved away from me. This and how to get something to eat from my moth- er was about all I seemed to know on this first day of life. That evening the good shepherd came out to see us again, bringing something for our mother to eat and then he called to mother and started off. We were told to follow, and slowly we made our way across the field until we came into a big barn, where everything seemed different. There were many cozy corners about the place, which we proceeded to explore at once, and there was such a fine odor from stuff that was being thrown down from above and stuffed into big racks, where mother seemed so glad to eat. In p short while we heard a new voice. It struck terror to our hearts. It sounded so fierce and rough at times. I never liked a dog from that day. I peeped through a slatted door and there were a large number of creatures just like mother coming up to the barn, and romping and jumping in front of the approaching company iuouth Kurka; White, BufT and Urown LeKhoroH; White, Silver and Gulden W'yna- dutleHi Mnele and Iloae-Cuinb Kfaude Inland Redn, Hose and •>lnKle-Comb Black Mlnorvua, Llsbt Bruhniua and Silver Spangled Uam- burisa. Better order at once and (jet advantage of best birds and lowest prices. BGGS FOR HATCHING At $1.60 to $2 per 15 or $8 and $10 per 100. Pekin and Rouen Ducks at $3 each for best Drakes and $2 50 each for very good Drakes. Female birds, $2 to $2.50 each. Eggs for hatching, $2 per 15 or $5 for 50. special prices In lots of 100 to 500. Puro-Bred Ho^sand Sheep. Choice Poiand-Chlnu, BerkMhIre and Chexter W bite Pigs, 2, 3 and 4 months old; Young Service Boars and Bred Sows, 150 to 200 pounds, r have some extra fine Poland- China and Berkshire Sows bred for March and April farrow, weight 290 pounds and over, and will sell selected specimens for $30 each and they are as fine as they grow and all eligible to registry. I have some September Yorkshire Shoats at ?13.50 each, and Young York.shire Sows, bred, for $25 each. Orders being now booked for Tam- worth Spring Pigs. In Pure- Bred Sheep I have some c-hoice coming two-year old >hr<>|>.^bire and Southdoivn Rams at $30 each, and now is the time to buy, as you get the wool clip, ""orth several dollars, and save $5 to $10 in price. Fine 160-pound Shropshire Bred lEwes at $28 each and good 130- pound Ewes, $25 each. All Sheep registered at the prices named Farmers, do not delay, but send your order t«-day. It will pay you to Improve your stock, Addrena JAMBS M. HOBBS, No. 1521 Muimt Royal Avenne, Baltimore, Md. were many little chaps just like bro'tber and me, but they were larger and stronger and they seemed so rough. They would bump each other, jump straddle of each other's backs, and rear up and fall down as if they were crazy. If the shepherd had not come just then and hustled us Into a pen with mother, I do believe those rough scamps would have trampled the life out of us when they got into the shed. Such a time as they had in that shed, while their mothers were eating. They seemed to be playing games of some sort. They would line upon one side of the shed and rush pell mell across to the other side, and then some would jump up on a big box and as fast as others would try to climb, the ones that got there first would butt them off. We got very much interested, and I noticed that one active, frisky lamb seemed to be a sort of leader." He could out run all the rest and butt harder than any of them. I looked 'at him and just long- ed to get big enough to crack him one right in the ribs. In a few minutes the mothers were through eating and one by one they called their little ones and I noticed that every time a mother called a little one answered and broke away from the game and ran to look his mother up. I wonder- ed if I would not one day know my mother's voice from all the rest. Our shepherd brought a tall fine looking man in to see us the next day, which must have been Christmas, for they were talking about the good dinner and the fun the children had up at the house, and about Santa Claus. Our shepherd seemed proud of us little folks, and the man was so surprised. He said he did not know that there were any lambs before Christmas. In his country the snows were gone in the spring before the lambs came. Our shepherd explained that we belonged to a breed that pro- duced Christmas lambs and were famous the world around for this. 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Early, Doylesvllle, Va., writes December 2, 1907: "I am In my 82nd year; have seen and raised many line horses, but my son's colt by Stonewall Jackson Is the finest In size and form I ever saw." Bargains in Horses A splendid pair of Mare Mule Colts, coming 2 years old. Extra fine; large as ordinary 3 year old; drives nicely to a buggy or light wagon. Will be eold at a bargain. One 7-year-old Dark Bay Mare, II hands; weight about 1,000; compact and easy to keep. A reliable worker every- where and a capital Brood Mare. One splendid 2-year-old Sorrel Geld- ing; drives nicely, single and double; Tery compactly built. Will make a splendid family or work horse. These horses are perfectly sound and win be sold at a bargain to the quick purchaser. W. M. WATKINS A SON, Saxe, Charlotte Connty, Va. BARGAINS Nice Dark Bay Saddle Mare, 8 years old, very good style, warranted sound in wind and body. Price for imme- diate sale $125; 1 Johnston Riding Cultivator, both attachments: 1 Im- proved Keystone Corn Planter; 1 Key- stone Adjustable Weeder. All in per- fect order; not used over 10 days. Offered at one-half original cost. I have no further use for them. These are bargains and I propose to satisfy you. W. G. Hundley, Callands, Va. Pair choice Registered Berkshire Pigs, J5 each. GHANTILIY FARM HIGGIN30THVM BROS. FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA. BREEDERS OF GAITED SADDLE HORSES AND HUNTERS. Hedgewood Stock Farm For sale, two Pure-Bred Registered PERCHBRON STALLION COLTS, 2 years old past; sound: good style; strong, flat bone; Brilliant strain. THOMAS R. SMITH, Lincoln, lioudonn Connty, Va. FOR MORGaiV COLT S and Fillies and High-Bred Fox Hound Puppies, address Dr. JOHN D. MASSENGILL, B|onnt- vllle, Tenn. ' be gone. I hardly had time to think it over before the shepherd got me and as he carried me out he was saying: "My dear little chap, I hate to do it, but it is best for you. I want you to make a prize-winner some day." 1 recalled what he had said when he first looked at us out in the field. I knew what had happened as a keen pain shot up my backbone and I darted away and dropped prone on the ground in a fence corner. My whole hind end seemed on fire. I knew my tail was gone like my brother's, and I felt like crying, but I was too proud and I al- most hated my shepherd for hurting me like that, but somehow I could not believe he would have done it if it hadn't been best. I felt funny with my stub of a tail, but it did not bleed any and it got well in a few days. It was a hard pill to take, though. I have seen some cut. the tails off with a knife or with a hatchet. This way they bleed fearfully, if it is not done right. Some lambs have bled to death. If cut off right with a sharp knife and the stub is held between the fingers till the bleeding stops, it does not seem to hurt like those hot pincers hurt me. It is all bad enough. I often Vi'onder what these tails w^e made for if they must be cut off just as life begins. Well, I was soon a big lusty chap My mother was considered one of the best mothers of the flock. I heard the shepherd say one day, "There is a ewe that can raise two lambs better than most of them can raise one." I had a pair of thick, strong horns, as sharp as a pin at the point. I loved to play out in the fields with the other lambs. We used to run around an old sink hole and then across the field to a ledge of rock, which was so steep that many of the lambs could hardly climb it on one side. What fights we used to have at that rock ledge! I was far from the oldest lamb but I could run with any of them and when I rapped one with my horns, he generally let me have way, but one day I got myself into trouble sure enough. That big lamb I told about got on the rock ledge first and when I tried to get up he knocked me head over heels. I could stand hard knocks as well as any of them, but somehow I thought this lamb had it in for me. because I had outrun him that morn- ing. I knew he was strong but I got up blowing the dirt out of my mouth so mad I could hardly see. I deter- mined I v/ould get square with him, so I slunk away, as if I had quit the game, but all the time I was slipping around the rock ledge and soon mount- ed the higher ground right in the rear of the champion on the rock, who was so busy knocking the other lambs down that he did not see me. I crept along until I got pretty close and then I steadied myself and lunged at him with all the might I had. I cracked him fair and clean in the stem and Jn f» Mf C Imported Cntaloakft, #4 C» n ^ Malyorca end Ke«- tucky Mammoth Jack* and Jenaete, Saddle Homes, Truttins and Padac jtnllluna, Poiand-Chlna and Tamworth HuKH. Our Importation of Spanish ;acks, which arrived Aug. 12, Is the largest and finest ever brought to the CTnlted States. Our herd of Tamworthe IS headed bj' the first and second prise boars at the Royal show In England. Our catalog Is the finest ever issued by any Jack breeders. Write us yoar wants or visit our farms. J. F. COOK A CO., LEXINCnrON, KT. Branch Barn, Greenville, Texas. KENTUCKY JACK FARM Is the wholesale house for Jacks, ae we breed and raiae the Big, Mammoth Kentucky Jacks, and can sell you a first- class Jack 2S to SO per cent. cheaper than a dealer or speculator can. Write to-day for prices ea Jacks, Jennets and Mules. A large lot to select from. JOB E. WRIGHT, JnnctloB City, K7. BARGAIN IN JACKS. I will sell for cash, or on terms, two large Kentucky Jacks at a very low price, or I will sell half Interest In either or both to good, responsible men who may be suited to breed same on shares. Jacks are 14% and 15 hands. In good shape, and will guarantee both. Have used each of them three years. Price $1.75 — your choice. C. G. SUMMERS, SNOWVILLE, VA. ELLERSLtE FARM. THOROUGHBRED HORSES AND SHORTHORN CATTLE, Pure Southdown Sheep and Berkshir* Pigs for Sale. R. J. HANCOCK & SON, Charlottesville, Va. SPECIAL. BARGAINS IN PURB-BIUBB PERCHEROni UNO BELGIAN jtalllons, Mares and Fillies. Betweea !0 and 40 head to select from. Im- jorted and American bred. C. A. ALEXANDER & CO., Harrt«t«B, AnenHta Coonty, Va. Half Blood Hound Pups for sale. Bred from a full blooded man trailer and deer or fox hound. given up to make the finest for bear. deer or fox. DIXON BROS., LEXINGTON, VA. BARGAINS. LARGE YORKSHIRE SWINE. Absolutely Best Breeding. Bred Gilts. BOAR AND SOW PIGS. Overbrook Farm, S W. ConTray St., Bnltiniore, Md- Tell the advertiser where you saw his advertisement. 190S.] THE SOUTHERX PLANTER. 261 Imported Large Yorkshires Pigs of both sexes and Bred Gilts. ANGORA GOATS. Bucks, Does and Wethers. One very fine doe with twin kids. Another doe will kid soon. JERSEY BULL. A very pretty 18-months-old Jersey Bull of best breeding-. SPECIAL PRICES On any stock taken this month. H. D. COLEMAN, Ivy Depot, Va. RBGISTBRED LARGE YORKSHIRE PIGS <^t of the Tery best Imported sows (HoUywell). Al«o Bred Gilts. PVRB-BRBD S. C. BUFF ORPINGTONS ■ssa for hatching — 15 for |1.50; 60 for 14.60; 100 for |8. From select pens (Cook's)— No. 1. 15 for $3; No. 2, 15 tor $2.60. PRIVETS FOR SAIiB. Riverside Park, Morganton, Ji. C. MEADOM/ BROOK FARM Offers for sale LARGE IMPROVED YORKSHIRES at reasonable prize-winning stock from Imported, prices. J. D. Thomas, Prop., Round Hill, Va. THREE LARGE PURE-BRED Tamworth Sows. Two years old, also two large Pure- Bred Poland-Cbina Sows, all with pig. Price $25 each. Also one Duroc-Jersey Boar, seven months old, $15, f. o. b. Cascade, Va. J. H. SCALES, Byrdvllle, Va. Tamworth Pigs From Registered Stock of Fine BREEDING. VOLNKY OSBURN, Blaemont, Loodonn Co., Va. EDWARD WALTER Breeder and Shipper of Registered Chester T\T»lte, Poland- China and BerkNhlre PIsth; Scotrh Col- lie Does and a variety of Poultry. Send 2-cent stamp for circular and prices. Come, see my stock and select for yourself. Enreka Stock Farm, West Chester, Pa. CHESTER WHITES. "The best hog on earth." Shall be pleased to fill your orders for spring Pigs. My stock Is A-No. 1. Satisfac- tion guaranteed. S. M. VVisecnrver, Rnstbarg, Va. Please mention the Southern Planter. he shot through the air like a rocket. When he landed I thought he would stand on his head. When he got to his feet and glanced up to the rock he found me standing in his place and knew what had happened. He fairly jumped up the ledge of rock and as he came I let him have it. Down he went. He was up and at me again. I had the advantage of him. He saw it and rfwore eternal enmity against me. He did not come up the rock again, hut that evening I met him face to face in the field and he stepped back for a fight. I got ready in a hurry, for I was too foolish to run. When he struck me I staggered, saw twinkling stars, and almost lost my nerve, but I gathered myself together and backed back to meet him with the best I had in stock. We met. I went to the ground and before I could get up he was hunching me in the ribs with his harp horns and I believe he would have killed me if my mother had not have come along. I was bleed- ing at the nose, one horn was knocked loose and I could scarcely see, yet I saw enough to see blood trickling down the bully's face as my mother knocked him away. I knew I had hit him hard. I felt mean, because I was whipped and the consolation that could come to me was the thought of that mean rascal shooting through the air off that rock. Every time I saw him hit the ground I would say, "Um-m-m," and feel good clean to the bones. T was a sorry looking lamb for many days after this and I kept out of all the games and behaved myself beauti- fully. I had the sneaking notion that some day I could whip that lamb and I did not propose to miss the joy of It, but something happened that changed the whole course of my life. One day the shepherd and his boy came down into the field, now green and beautiful in its spring dress. 1 heard him say, "I would hate to sell either of Lady's lambs, but no lamb in this fleck answers the description like that larger one. He says, 'He must be wool all over.' We never had one that was wooled like that chap. Why, his fleece is so dense it is almost wrinkled. Then look at his legs and his belly. He is wool all over sure. Then he wants one hardy in constitu- tion. That fellow is like iron. He wants a lamb that has a ram's head and large Look at his nose. It is wrinkled al- ready and he will be a monster, twin as lie is." His boy said he thought this was the one he W3S going to show and he thought it unwise to sell him. The father replied that that was true, but he promised to sell this man the sort he wanted, as he was a friend and he would have to use the brother in the shows, as the fleece won't count so big there now, and the best fleeced ram must go to his friend. . The next day the flock was driven up to the barn and I was caught and BerKsV^ire Pi^s For Sale Any one wishing to purchase tht very best strains of Berkshlres at reasonable prices should write and get prices and description of my stock. I am offering pigs from the very very best imported and American strains for from $5 to $10 each. Pedigree furnished with each pig. My hogs have a range of over 400 acres, are always heathy and develop strength and muscle. All inquiries cheerfully and promptly answered. W. A. W^ILiliEROY, Svieet Hall, King William County, Va. Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshlres, C. Whites. Large strains. All ages, mated, not akin. Bred Sows. Service Boars. Guernsey Calves, Collie and Beagle Pups and Poultry. Write for prices and free cir- cular. P. F. Hamilton, CochranTille, Chester County, Pa. ^ BERnSHIKES y» To make room for coming crop of Spring Pigs, I am offering last sum- mer's Boars and Gilts, soon be ready tor service, from my Biltmore Sows, (or the small sum of $6 to |8 eacb f taken at once. B. E. W^ATSON, Stuart's Draft, V«. BERKSHIRES Young Sows, open or bred, and Boars ready for service. Pure-bred Berkshlres a,t grade prices. CLENUOORB FARM, D. D. HUNT, Charottesvllle, Va. THE GOLDENROD 6ERKSHIRES. Our herd is small in numbers, but li composed of fine individuals of th« choicest breeding, tracing to cham- pions at home and abroad. Pigs for sale. Prices reasonable. Only first- class individuals sold. Dr. J. B. TUTTLE, Craigsville, Va. [jCKKolliKC ceedingly choict {3r| A DC young boars for sale; JV/IIVO, by Imported Danes- ield Tailor, 76490 and out of Biltmori red sows. It wiU be hard to find be^ •er or cheaper stock 3ENRY WARDEN, Fredericksbnrg.V*. ^^ DERRSHJRES ^ For sale. Boars ready for service, » few selected Gilts, a choice lot of Pigs from wliich to select. Write me your wants and I'll tell yow what I have Satisfaction guaranteecJ E. LODGE ROSS, Glen HUton Farm, Bedford City, Va. Always mention The Southern Planter when writing advertisers. 262 THE SOUTHERN" PLANTER. [March, PURE BRED POLAND-CHINA BOARS Two years old, for sale, fit to head any herd; also July Gilt, same breeding. Both magniflcent individuals and royally bred. Pedigrees on applica- tion. Farmers' prices. B. WARD. TALBOTT STOCK FARM, Paeonlan SprlnKii, Londoan Comity, Va. WEST RUN HERD POLaniD-CHiniA hogs Some nice July, October, November and December Pigs for sale; Bred Sows and a few Boars ready for ser- vice — all of best blod and entitled to registry. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Reference, Front Royal National Bank. R. S. BEATY, Reliance, Warren County, Virginia. sti:kling herd REG DUROC-JERSEYS. AND TAMWORTH SWINE. Duroc Boars ready for service. R. W. WATSON, Petersburg, Va. Three very fine Berkshire Boar Pigs ready for shipment. NOT A SICK HOG In the seven years I have raised them. Can't be better. „ O. I. c. S&i"' Is the hog to raise. F. S. MICHIE, CharlottesviJIe, Va. ANGUS CATTLE. SOUTHDOWN SHEEP. ESSEX PIGS. Some choice Yearling Rams and Lambs for May and June delivery. A few Essex Pigs for May delivery. Two choice Pure-Bred Young Bulls. Li. G. JONES, TOBACCOVILLB, N. C. aORSETS. TVe have some ot the beat Ram Lambs that -vre have ever offered. Better order one before they are all ■old. A tew choice Evres for sale. J. E:. WluK & Bros., Ittechanleabiirc, Ohio. BDGEW^OOD STOCK FARM DORSETS. Oar fall lambs are norr reody for yoa. Let ds hear from yon prooiptly this year. J. D. ARBUCKL.B3 A SONS, Maxwelton, Greenbrier County, W^est VlTKlola. A Neat Binder for your back num- bers can be had for 30 cents. Address our Business Department. shoved into a little box. I fought like a tiger, for I did not know what this meant. That boy was puffing when he got me in. Soon I was nailed in amd I pushed stubbornly against the slats, but it was of no use. The shepherd said, "He seems to be a good one." "Yes, I never laid my hand on a stronger one." Next I was lifted to a wagon and hurried off to the rail- road station. When there I was weighed. "How is one hundred and twenty for a six months ram?" my shepherd said. "Bully," exclaimed an old grizzled farmer. "It can't be beat." The snorting engines almost scared the stuffing out of me, but I could not run nor hide, just had to stand to it. Soon I was on the fast express and it looked as if that shepherd could not leave me. I wished he would stay and I really did not know what he was going to do with me. I would have raised more sand than I did, if I had known I was to lose my good shepherd. My shepherd told me good-bye thus: "That man had better treat you right." I had a rough trip. I ate up all my feed the first day and by the close of the next day I was very hundry. I had arrived at another station and was un- loaded and moved into a stuffy room. I was almost famished for water, but ' no one offered me a drink, though the express agent stood right by me drinking from a tin cup. I began to get mad again and about that time some one put his hand on the end of my box and I nailed him one, mashing one finger. He certainly did yell and then began to punch me in the ribs with a stick. As I could not get away, I got very sorry for losing my temper that time. After a long night spent in that close room I was dragged out on the platform and a very young man came up to me and looked me all over. He seemed to be kindly dis- posed towards me and spoke kindly and offered me water. He remarked to the bystanders, "He is a mean look- ing rascal, but I guess he is hungry and tired. He looks as if he has the Devil in his eye." I was soon on a wagon and was jolting along the road towards another home. The young man proved to be my new shepherd and he was very kind. He cut brush and piled them over the crate to keep the hot sun off and then he pulled clover along the road and fed me. It ta.sted so good. After a long ride I saw a beautiful field in which there were some sheep just like myself. I longed to get out, I was so cramped and tired. I don't see why men will make these shipping crates so small. T bleated as loud as I could. My new shepherd said, "You ought to make a ram some day judging from your voice." While I was still longing to get out into that beautiful field, the wagon turned into a gate I saw my new home. I was released from my crate and turned into a lot with a very large, wide-horned ram. I never will HYQEIA HERD Holstein-Friesians. SONS OF Pontiac Calypso'sSon, FOR SALE; Dam — Pontiac Calypso, A. R. C, at.4» pounds. Sire's dam — Beryl Wayne, A. R. O., 27.87 pounds. From following A. R. O. cows: FRONTIER JESSIE VEEMAN, A. R. C, 20.70 pounds; SHADELAND DULCIBEl, IV., A. R. C 20.92 pounds; MANOR GRACE PIBTERJB, A. R. C, 20.92 pounds; NETHERLAND FANCY ROSETTA, A. R. C, 20.53 pounds. THB BULL IS HALF THE HERD— Qet the Best Prices and pedigrees sent on appli- cation. Come at once and make your owm selection or write us your wants. Address: Croaet, J. B. Loomis, Supt., Albemarle COn Dr. W. F. Carter, Prop. VlrslnU. AIRUE FARM H. C. GROOME, Proprietor. Ayrshire Cattle CHOICE OFFERINGS OF YOUlfG AND MATURE STOCK. ADDRESS Address AIRLIE FARM, Warrento*, Virginia. THOROUGHBRED BERKSHIRE BOARS, JERSEY BULL CALVES, DORSET BUCK LAMBS. sire of Calves, FLYING FOX, 664M, son of Flying Fox who sold for $7,60* at the Cooper sale, 1902. All stock In best condition an€ guaranteed as represented. P. T. ENGLISH, Centrevllle, Md. FLYINQ FOX, 65456. Bull for sale cheap. Dropped Feb- ruary 2. 1903. Sire, Flying Fox. 6144; Dam, Golden Lad's Brown Queea 162074: grand sire. Golden Fern's Lad P. 2160 H. C. ; grand dam, Goldea Sultana's Rosette 149740. Passe* tuberculosis test October 30. 1907. F. T. ENGLISH, Centervllle, Md. 264 THE SOUXm^ pj^j^^rEK 265 Want Ads. Rates 2 cents per word. Cash with order. Initials and figures count as one word; 25 cents minimum charge. POULTRY, ETC. SALMON FAVEROLLES, THE LEAD- ing utility fowl, 13 eggs $5; Silver Spangled Hamburgs, Partridge Wyandottes, Silver Laced Wyan- dottes, Golden Sebright Bantams, White Rocks, White Pekin Ducks, Indian Runner Ducks, White Guineas, Pearl Guineas, 13 eggs |l; Buff Bronze Turkeys, 11 eggs $2. Guineas and Hamburgs for sale; Guineas, pair, $1.50 to $3. Hamburgs, $2; male or female trio, |5. Write for circular. A. E. Parsons, Berk- shire, New York. SINGLE AND 1 Minorcas; 1908 d, HAVE SOLD 11 prizes — six our herd Boars Rose-Comb C140, born Septem- guaranteed to 500 pounds, an distaance. Clng; Sallie Lee's Crouch, Twininjorn May, 1906, . i. The blood of WANTED — TO od as money can White Cochin Write for their and four Hensh Stock Farm, old, for S. C. fax County, Va., Address Thomairoprietor. North Thlrty-fi Va. ^.LE— TO AVOID -r for sale to a FERTILE EGGS FOR HATCHING-- If you a buy a sitting or a thousand eggs you get them from same pens we hatch ourselves from improved heavy-laying strains of New York and New Jersey Single Comb White Leghorn. Eggs $5 per 100, $1 per sitting, 15; White Plymouth Rocks — only one grade, the best — $1.50 sit- ting, $7 per 100. Place orders early. Belport Poultry Farm, Box 15, Portsmouth, Va. FOR SALE — A richly-bred Bull, Drakes and Whe Monk's Count, rels from prizoal, as well as a town, Madison very quiet and State Fair, eBull Calf by him Farm, formerljilde, which I will Catlett, Va. ices. It dam is ^ons a day. Born S. C. RHODE IS)7. William W. bred, on free iry Farm, Farm- strain, none I Why not get t per 15. S. C. SPRING FARM from pure bred'es of either sex price. N. H. Ping strains; also N. c. olden Knight of Coralette's Son, FOR SALE— EGGS FROM PURE-BRED stock only, yards that are mated up with choice Cockerels. If you buy sitting or hundred you get the same as I hatch myself. Per sitting $1, 15 per 100. S. L. Wyandotte, Buff Cochin, R. I. Red, Barred Rock, White Rock, Pekin Ducks. Oscar P. Spivey, Bowers Hill, Va. SINGLE COMB BROWN LEGHORNS— Get good ones while you are about it. My pen consists of 15 real busi- ness hens with winter laying records of 18 to 22 eggs per month each. Headed by Kulp male. Eggs from this flock $1 per 15, and well worth the money; five sittings $4. Satis- faction guaranteed positively. C. K. Rothgeb, Stephen City, Va. FOR SALE — BAls, and out of Leghorn Breec 113. An excep- Red Cockerels, to secure one of in season. als in the East. Farm, Bumpasick Spring Farm, EGGS — BOTH Island Reds, ■'IXCEPTIONALLY Hagerstown, Rg old; rich solid America's besnd a well-grown strains. Convicalf. Price $25. Shook. Box 15,se Ganders, Im- -ti. Lakenvelders ROSE-COMB BUFF LEGHORNS FOR sale. My entire stock, including six Washington, D. C, prize winners; Single-Comb Buffs, including second Cock and Cockerel, same show. Also Buff Plymouth Rocks. Will sell single, in trios or pens. Write for particulars and prices. Fifteen years a breeder of Buffs. J. W. Silcott, Bluemont, Va. ROSE COMB RHODE ISLAND RED Eggs from prize-winning, heavy- laying strain. $1 per 20, $5 per 100. Orders hooked for M. B. Turkey Eggs, Wolf strain, immense size, brilliant plumage. $4 per dozen. Collie Pups, pedigreed. imported stock; also Brood Collies. Shady Brook Farm, Route 2, Roanoke, Va. RINGLET BARRED ROCK EGGS from handsome, clear barred birds, winners of two first, two specials for best shnppd and best barrpd Cockerel and Pullet, Herndon, Va., show, 1908; 15 eggs, $1.50; Mam- moth Pekin Dnck. 12 for $1. .T. A. McCarty, Monroe Grove Poultry Farm. Aldie. Va. RHODE ISLAJig at all times, combs), pure iverolle Eggs at selected. Eg&sidering quality. Satisfaction Srer, Orange, Va. Berryman, Chi Va. VHITE WYAN- — bargain prices. PURE-BRED S. Boar Pigs, six Eggs for hatcby Quick's Per- for 30 (best -ge Cockerels of also spare a n. Satisfaction R. I. Reds. A)x, Byrdville, Va. Doswell, Va., (Mention this FOUR HIGH- ares, chiefly for FOR SALE — W] with foal pre- Buff Leghornf)articulars as to dottes, or willetc; also lowest Leghorns for Address Broad bred fowl. Cndon, Va. Clarence Shen' 3 OR LEASE, EGGS FOR SALVioroughbred by Silver Laced hotter by Pilot winners at Vir Percival Hicks, Eggs, 15 fointy, Va. Pilkinton, Va -14-MONTHS-OLD CORNISH INDLkind disposition; Comb Buff. B pounds. Price, horns. Thoure-bred Poland- stock, bred fri in the spring. Circular free, on, Va. Timberville, V — FARM MARES, EGGS FOR SALE FROM S. C. BROWN Leghorns, Brace's strain; Barred Plymouth Rocks, Bradley strain. A few Leghorn Pullets. Hens and Cockerels for sale at reasonable prices. River View Poultry Yards, Rice Depot, Va. FOR SALE — Wire, good brood- Leghorn Eggf have and give for $1.50, 100 f^., care Southern Eggs, 15 for $ $5. Other bi Poultry YardSIIRE PIGS. $5 also White Leg- S. C. BUFF Qs each. L. B. sively. A finearlottesvllle, Va. range; every ' Eggs 75 cent;:; SWINE; THE Moyer, Churcbd. Choice Perll- nle at farmers' WHITE WYANenk, Luray, Va. white, beautif ■ and profltableOO WS AND of splendid ep'culars and cost $1. Sunnysidherd of cows If Va. ■• care Southern BEFORE BUYING TOUR BERK- shire Pigs write me for my prices and breeding. It will pay you. Dr. Charles G. Cannaday, Roanoke, Va. FOR SALE>— PURE- BRED 8HORT- homs — three cows. Calf and 16- months Bull. N. Boush, ClarkavllI*, Va. FOR SALE. — 15 FINE PIGS, 2 MONTHS old April 1st, $2.50 each, $35 for the lot. Tamworth cross. B. F. Averill, Howardsville, Va. REGISTERED BERKSHIRES, BLUB ribbon quality. Write us your wants. Falrfleld Farm, Nokesvllle, Va. FOR SALE — TEN PURE-BRED O. I. C Pigs, eligible to register; cheap. Deloy Peters, Princess Anne, Md. TRY LARGE YORKSHIRE HOGS— You will wish no better. W. B3. Stickley, Strasburg, Va. RBAL. BSTATB. FINE TIMBER FARM FOR SALE — Farm has 600 acres and 3,000,000 feet saw-mill pine timber. Only t miles from Southern Railway. 6- room dwelling, 3 tenement houses, and all necessary outhouses; 200 acres arable land, responsive soil; well watered. Schools and churches convenient. Healthy country. Very cheap. Terms reasonable. J. B. Thomas, Drewryville, Va. FOR SALE— 30- ACRE FARM, HALF mile from new station on N. & W. Railroad. Has new 5-room cottage, put up at cost of $1,000. Young orchard of 75 trees. Would make an excellent poultry farm. Three acres fenced in poultry wire; rest of fence is wire. Will sell for $1,400 on easy terms if taken within next sixty days. Address Owner, Box 61, Cumberland, Va. WANTED— TO RENT OR WORK ON Shares — Fine Farm on Dan river, close to fine market for milk, but- ter, etc., and all farm products. Good buildings, etc. Station on farm only a few Iiundred yards from dairy barn. A bargain for the right man. For particulars address Oak Hill Stock Farm, Wenonda, Va. WANTED— TO RENT, WITH OPTION to purchase, an improved farm in Virginia; buildings must be good and in repair; near markets, schools, etc. Limited amount of stock and equipment will be purchased if price is right. State full particulars and terms. E. L. Winslow, Calle Barreto 138, Guanabacoa, Cuba. FOR SALE— FARM, 55 ACRES, modern dwelling and good stable; 3% miles from Richmond, Va.; ten minutes to electric cars and 5-cent fare to any part of city. Price $6,000, including one horse, one mule, four cows, farm machinery and 300 chickens, with suitable houes and incubators. Address Bargain, care Southern Planter. W^ANTED— TO TRADE STOCK OF A lumber and coal company !n State of Washington for Virginia farm; par value stock $5. trade on $2.60 basis; trade up to 20.noo shares. Ad- dress Box 155, Fayette City, Pa. FINE FARM OF 275 ACRES, TWO miles from Somerset, for sale. Ad- dress J. B. N., "Bloomfield," Somer- set, Va. CHEAP LAND WHERE SICK GET well without medicine, then raise $200 worth of fruit per acre. Eden Fruit Colony Company, Dewberry, Harnett County, N. C. 266 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [March, POSITIONS — HBLP. WANTED— MAN AND WIFE3, NO children, as caretakers on shooting' preserve; man practical farmer, wife good cook. Fine opportunity for right party. Address B. M. Caldwell, Oxford, N. C. WANTED— A POSITION ON POULTRY farm in Virginia or North Carolina where I can learn poultry business; willing to work. Address V. H., 615 North Sixth Street, Richmond, Va. WANTED— "WASHERWOMAN (COL- orded) to live on farm, also child's nurse and seamstress, also a gardener. Box 196, Charlottesville, Va. POSITION WANTED BY A GENTLE- man of small family, to work on a general, stock or dairy farm; am handy around stock. Best of ref- erences given. Address B., Box 86, Parksley, Va. iaiSCX:L.L.ANBOUS. THE LOCKPORT PT-fBLISHING COM- pany is offering a book of analyses which is a money saver to the : farmer. It contains the formulae of most of the veterinary remedies used in this country. It enables the farmer to make his own stock food, poultry powder, liniments, etc., at one-tenth the present cost. The book costs $1 and will save several times that amount annually. Write the L. P. Co., Lockport, N. Y. WANTED — TO BUY ALL. KINDS Wild Birds and Animals, particularly Tame Deer, Wild Turkeys, White Squirrels, Peafowl, Otters, Red Foxes, Grey Squirrels, Partridges, Pheasants, Beaver. State price when writing. Dr. Cecil French, Natural- ist, Washington, D. C. SPECIAL OFFER ON FIRST ORDER for our new style automatic gate in any county. Address, with stamp, Manlove Gate Company, 272 Huron Street, Chicago, 111. SLIGHTLY-USED 5-H. P. MIMI GASO- line Engine, mounted, guaranteed first-class condition. Stockdell- Myers Hardware Company, Peters- burg, Va. WE WANT THE NAME AND AD- dress of every builder, carpenter, architect or any person interested in building. Will you write now? Robert A. Morrlsette, Box 240 S. P., Richmond, Va. WANTED TO EXCHANGE FIRST- class nursery stock, fruit, orna- mental, asparagus crowns, etc., for mare, cow, calves, Berkshire sow. Horticultural Department, Franklin Davis Nursery Company, Baltimore, Md. WANTED — ONE HUNDRED GRAY Foxes, either young or old ones. Will take any part of this number at any time. Write, stating how many you can furnish, and at what price. Address J. C. Goode, Boyd- ton, Va. FOR CHILDREN — WE WANT EVERY person who reads this ad. to send us the name and address of a child, so we can send free post card and book. Morrisette Subscription Agency, Box 240 S. P., Richmond, Va. SEED CORN, DEPENDABLE AND acclimated, for sale. Boone County White, 11.50; Hickory King, $1.35 per bushel. Pure Plymouth Rock Eggs, 26 for fl. Dr. Walter Stuart, Farmville, Va. FOR SALE— ONE 25 H. P. CENTER- Crank Engine. Will take a 15 H. P. in part payment. Alfred L. Butler, Drewry's BlufC, Va. RHUBARB ROOTS FOR SALE — Strong sets from 3-year-old roots. Giant Early variety, f3 per 100. Cheap express rates on roots. W. S. Murray, HoUins, Va. WANTED— LIVE WILD TURKEYS for breeding purposes. I will pay b. good price for those not Injured when captured. R. L. Blanton, Box 761, Richmond, Va. FOR SALE— 400 BUSHELS OF WHITB Majestic Seed Corn, $1 per bushel. No orders for less than one bushel accepted. Satisfaction guaranteed. F. Hutchinson, Ozeana, Va. FOR SALE— ARTICHOKES, PEACH Blow Potatoes, Dollar Incubator, Peach Trees. B. H. Walker, Stevena- ville, Va. TWENTY BARRELS IRISH POTA- toes, "Pride of the South," for sale. Price $3.25 f. o. b. Painter Station. Good yielder. H. G. Smith, Mapps- burg, Va. PURE-BRED ST. BERNARD PUPS for sale by J. F. Schlisser, Centralis, Va. FOR SALE— ONE CYPHER FARM Economy Incubator. Miss Cla,r» Smith, Croxton. Va. FOR SALE — "RELIABLE 400 CHICK Indoor Brooder; nearly new; cost $17 BO; well sell cheap. Jan. C Moffitt, Moffitt, N. C. FOR SALE— ROAD MACHINERY OF every description. L. A. Arthur, Leesville, Va. GOING FISHING? OF COURSE YOU are, so mail us yo>\r orders for fish- ing tackle. Morrisette's Mail Order House, Box 240 S. P., Richmond, Va. FOR SALE— PURE MAPLE SYRUP, guaranteed, $1.10 per gallon. H. B. Rudolph, Mutton Run, W. Va. A PAYING FARM PROPOSITION. One of the best paying farm pro- positions an ambitious man can take hold of is cattle feeding either for market or for milk. Now that agricultural science has given us an insight into the actual principles which lie at thei founda- tion of the business, it is a mere mat ter of applying them in daily prac- tice to get good profit for ourselves. Feeding corn meal, or any combina- tion of feeds, won't necessarily make beef or produce milk. Your steer or cow has got to digest and use its ration or the manure heap will be the richer and you the poorer. In other words, the simple act of feeding doesn't always produce re- sults. Here is where farm science comes to the rescue. The new idea on feed- ing tells us, first of all, that the steer or cow is like a machine, and that the feed each gets is raw mater- ial which we wish to turn into flesh, fat or milk. Now if steer or cow, as machines, don't work properly, a greater or less percentage of your feed is bound to be wasted. That Is animal digestion must be abso- lutely right if the greatest gain is to be made. FOR SALE JERSEY BULLS BULL CALVES. Tuberculin tested by U. S. Government. Forest Home Farm, '*"^v^l^^^^Vi:'-^ Ouroc-Jerseys Shorthorrs ^hn pshires. Durocs are the most prolific hogs on earth. Our herd averaged 11 5-lft pigs to the litter la.st year. They are the most popular hog. and the great and increasing demand for them is due solely to their merits. W^e have forty bred sows and gilts for sale, three herd boars, ten young boars ready for service, and pigs of both sexes, five to seven months old — the blood of Ohio Chief, Beat Him If You Can, Orion, Commodore and the Colonels. The prices are right. Short Horn Bull Calves by Imp. Best of Archers. Pure Scotch and Scotch Topped Bulls. Shropshire Rams of the best imported blood cheap to close them out. LESLIE: D. KLINB, VAUCLUSE, VA. TELL THE ADVERTISER WHERE TOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN" PLANTER. 267 REGISTERED ABERDEEN-ANGUS BULLS For Bale at farmers' prices. Strictly Top Notch. Many of them ShoTV Ring Animals. Also Good Females not akin to bulls. We are closing out, at little over beef prices, twenty head of pnre-bred, bnt Ineligible, females, four months to seven years old. A rare opportunity for farmers to get pure-bred stock at little more than the cost of common cotts. Special prices on March orders for Bull Calves. To avoid Inbreeding, we offer for sale our Herd Bull, «Knobley's Bdltor," 66226. Age 4Vz years, weight 2,000 pounds. A magnificent herd header— broad, block and royally bred. 'Write for booklet. corrkspondgnce: and inspection of the herd invited ROSEDALE STOCK FARMS, JEFFERSONTON, VA. Shipping Point, Warrenton, Virginia. when they are constantly forced be- yond natural limitations and that is what every feeder of live stock is doing when feeding for market or for milk. From which it follows that any- thing capable of continuing tha di- gestive function in healthy activity during the weeks or months in which the fatting process is going on, will solve the problem to the feeder's satisfaction. Experiment has prove conclusively that a preparation containing true tonic elements, blood and nitrates (which are well known as cleansing the system) is an actual necessity in the cattle business. In fact, the greatest success is impossible with- out it. Just as well expect to pre- serve your own health and stuff with rich food for a period of months as to expect your stall-fed steer or cow to do so. The "food tonic" idea has come to stay In the cattle business — success depends on it. Your animals must be "toned up" and strenghtened by these mild elements which great medical writers like Professors Winslow, Quitman and Finley Djun, recommend as beneficial. Give It to the horses, it will miake them fitter and more salable. Lambs grow faster, swine fat quicker — indeed all live stock profit depends upon this tonic. Shenandoah Co., Va., Dec. 29, '07. I consider the Southern Planter the best and most reliable agricultural publication I have ever read and will not be without it as long as I continue farming. W. W. LANTZ. Surry Co., Va., Nov. 13, '07. I cannot get along without the Southern Planter. It suits me better than any farm paper I take, and I take several. J. McELROY. SUIMIVY HOME fARlU ABERDEEN ANaUS CATTLE Are the sort that "breed on," because «f the superior breeding of th« animals comprising the herd. The herd bulls are "Baron Roseboy" by the famous Gay Blackbird, an4 "Jester" by Imp. Equester (the best bred Eric Bull ever Imported). Females are by Gay Blackbird, Beau Bill (champion over all breeds In America In 1894), Ermoor by the great Royal Eric; Eulalle's Eric, a Colum- bian winner, and by the noted Heather Lad U., and some of the best in the In the herd are by our own Baron Roseboy. We have only young calYM for sale, but want to book you for one of these flnely-bred ones befere they are all sold. Write A. li. FRENCH, PROPRIETOR. Station I Draper, N. C. ByrdvlUe, V«. THE DELAWARE HERD OF ROYAL ANGUS CAHLE Is not surpassed either In breeding or IndlTldval animals by any herd in the East. At the h$a§ of our herd li , tiltflH PRINCE BAR ARA, 68604, the son of the great $9,100 Prince Ito. Females ol equally choice breeding. Write your wants. ll»- member, we take personal care ef our cattle; keay no high-priced help; Incur no expense of exhlMt- Ing, all of which enables us to ofter stock %X equitable prices. Send for pamphlet. 15 Bulls from 2 to 15 months old for sale. MYER & SON, Prop. BridgevI f - EVERGREEN FARMS. BREEDERS OF Reg. Jersey Cattle I am offering sons and daughters of the Pure St. Lambert's Bull, "Rlnora's Rioter of St. L.," 69478, of Bowmont Farms. OP EXCELLENT BREEDING. ALL AGES. FANCY BRED POULTRY. S. C. Brown Leghorns, Brace's strain, of New York. S. C. Rhode Island Reds, Bryant's strain, of Massachusetts. WRITE FOR PRICES. W. B. GATES, Proprietor, Rice Depot, Va. Horsemen and Stockbreeders, Attention _^ We can save you bljr money on highest grade Veterinary Instramests, Milk Fever Outfits, Teat Instruments, Milking Tubes, Trocars, SyrlBV««, Deherners, Impregnators, Breeding Hopples, etc. Write to-day for lars* FRK13 Illustrated catalogue. It costs you nething and will Interest yo«. IBM DBTROIT INSTRUMENT COMPANY, 44 Congress St. W., Detroit, M1«K 268 THE SOITTHERIi PLANTER. [March. RED POLLED C4 TTLE. WIU aetl Tblrty Head to reduce herd to fifty b«for« ■tabUns for winter. Special terin» tu these ■tartlKS herdn. Part caiih, part time. The RBD POLXS ars bent for the Sonth or for the farmer any-vrhere. E!a.» mmine their recordn for milk, batter and beet. A few DORSB3T SHEEP for male . We Imported Bock aud Kwen from England Innt year. First prta* at Royal Conntlea and Ruyal Agxicaltnral shows. POLAND-CHINA HOGS, Pure-Bred Ponltry. Albe- marle Prolific Seed Com. EAD STOCK FARM, OOrS Prop. Charlottesville, Va ENQUIRERS' COLUMN. All enquiries must reach us by the 15th of the month previous to the issue, or they cannot he answered until the month following. ALFALFA. Will you kindly answer the following questions: 1. Would you advise sowing alfalfa In the spring. I have a piece of good loam land that I seeded to alfalfa two years ago. I seeded It in September and next year I cut three fine crops of hay off the piece and three days after I cut the third crop off I could not find a live piece on the land. Can you form some idea of what killed it, and would you advise sowing the same piece of land again. I think a coat of agricultural lime would remedy the cause. What is your opinion? 2. Do you think it pays to sow crim- son clover in last working of corn and followed by cow peas next year? 3. Does it do well to plant peanuts after crimson clover fallow of the same year. GEO. R. HATCH. Prince George Co., Va. 1. In all the Middle and eastern sec- tions of the United States we think the early fall, Aug-ust or September, a much better time to sow alfalfa than the spring. Sown in the spring, if there are weed seeds in the land, and very little of our land is without these, the weeds almost invariably outgrow the alfalfa and ruin the stand. In this issue in a reply to another enquirer from Loudoun county, you will find our views fully stated as to alfalfa gi'owing. We can only surmise as to what caused your stand to die out. If the last cut crop laid on the stools saturated with water then the cause was the rotting of the crowns of the plants. Whenever cut alfalfa is caught in a rainy spell it should be got off the land as quickly as possible and be put into the cattle or hog pens to avoid this rotting which Is fatal to the stand. Better lose one crop than the whole stand. Three weeks or a month will give another crop if the crowns of the plants are saved. 2. Yes. It is worth more than the Silver Spring Herd SHORT HORNS. Ckarlestown, W. Va Jefferson Co. ROBKRT R. SMITH, PROPRIBTOR. -OR- WIckllfle, Va., Clarke Co. Three 1-Year Bulls to sell, all by the Scotch Bull Mina's Secret. These Calves are from 14 to 16 months and weigh 800 pounds each; are wintering under an open shed and doing well; six Bull Calves from 6 to 10 months, wintering under sam« conditions. Also a lot of Heifers for sale. I could sell a few Young Cows with Calves at foot at very attractive prices If a man would come to see them. Why not invest a few extra dollars in foundation stock of good blood and have your feed and care earn double the money common stock brings, THE HOLLIIMS HERO —OF— HIGii-€L/lSS HBLSJEm-'fmESmmS. Cows with Official Records of over 21 pounds of butter in seven days. Cows with Oflicial Records of over S6 pounds (10 gallons) of millt in one day. Heifers that have milked over six gallons of milk in one day (with first calf). A son of the great Hengerveld DcKol, sire of 77 A. R. O. daughters, in the herd. Five handsome, well-developed Bull Calves, from 6 weeks to 6 months old, for sale. BUFF ORPINGTONS FOR SAI.E. JOS. A. TURNER, General Manager, llollins iDstltate, HoIUus, Va. BtLTMORE N. C, Jerseys A FEW CAREFUI^LY SELECTED YOUNG Bulls and Heifers At reasonabe prices, representing rare combinations — Utility and Beauty — Milk and Butter on both sides as far back as they go — and the type that breeders are all after. Berkshlres Representing combinations of Imported King Hunter on Western type of sows, and Premier boars on imported sows. Breeders need this kind of blood. Prices right. Standard Poultry Wyandottes, Leghorns and Rocks. For price lists, etc., address BILTMORE FARMS, R. P. D. NO. 2, BIL.TMORE, N. C. When corresponding with our advertisers always mention Southern Planter. 1908.] THE SOUTI-IEEN PLANTER. 269 The Property of WESTMORELAND DAVIS. Esq. Imp. Large White Yorkshires. This breed of pigs Is the one best adapted to supply the ever groTeing demand for bacon and hams. The displacement of lard for cooking, and the Rowing distaste for salt pork and the thick fat sides that used to be in favor, have caused the price of heavy fat hogs to drop while there is a sharp demand for light hogs of the bacon breeds from six to eight months old and weighing 150 to 175 pounds. Fortunately, the Yorkshires are the ones to make the farmer the most profit, and the Intro- duction of a good Improved Large White Yorkshire boar into a neighborhood confers a greater bene- fit and makes the breeders more money than an investment oftem many times the amount paid for him. The result is a succession of crops of strong, hardy, thrifty and profitable pigs ready to turn off at six to eight months at the highest market price, and to make the most profitable fresh meat oi bacon sides, hams and shoulders for the farmer's own use. It is the universal testimony of those who have raised Improved Yorkshires or crosses of that breed that the meat is superior to that of any other breed for home use or market. The requirements of the farmer and the bacon curer are identical. Both require a pig of quick growth and early maturity, (and by maturity is meant early fitness for mar- ket); both want pigs that dress handsomely and with little offal. No pigs shrink less in killing than Improved Yorkshires. The bacon curer finds that the best pig for use is one with a long, deep body, wide and square in the hind quarters and comparatively light in shoulder and neck. The farmer finds that such a pig is the hardiest, most prolific, most vigorous and most growthy of all the forms kKown to pigdom. The herd which was founded on imported animals, selected with extreme care both for their individuality and breeding, Includes representatives from the most noted herds of Great Britain. With so many families we are at all times in a position to supply boars and gilts unrelated and make a specialty of foundation herds. ALSO Regd. Dorset Sheep AND Regd. Guernsey Cattle. Address LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT, MORVEN PARK. LEESBURG, LOXTOOUN CO., VA. ^70 THE SOUTHEEN PLANTER. [Marolii cost of soed and labor to have a cover crop on the land all winter to conserve ■and add to the fertility. 3. We have heard many peanut growers say that peanuts do not do well after crimson clover ploughed down. We do not know why this Is so unless it be that the bac- teria of the clover is antagonistic to that of the peanut. They are both •legumes and we do know that each legume has its own specific bacteria and it may be that some of these are -antagonistic to others. This, however, tas not been determined, but it looks as though there might be some force In it if the peanut growers are cor- rect in their conclusions from experi- ence. — Ed. PLANT FOOD CONTENTS OF FER- TILIZER. Please publish in your next issue how much phosphoric acid, potash *nd ammonia will be to the acre when one thousand pounds of 8-2%-2% fer- tilizer is used. SUBSCRIBER. Mecklenbury Co., Va. In 1,0'00 pounds of 8-2%-2% goods applied you will have 160 pounds of phosphoric acid, 25 pounds of potash and 25 pounds of ammonia. — Ed. PEAR TREES NOT BEARING. I have six standard pear trees, large and thrifty. I do not know how old they are, nor their name. They stand in ground that is being worked every year. They have been pruned. They blossom some every year but fruit never or have not fruited since I owned the farm (four years). What can I do to make them bear? JOHN J. KAFKA. Chesterfield Co., Va. We would root-prune the trees by cutting a trench round them at or near the extremity of the feeding roots and thus check their luxuriant growth and cause the formation of hard, short fruit 'buds which would mature thoroughly before frost. Stop cultivation of the ground in which they grow. The girdling of the trees by removing part of the bark from laround the trunks is also advised in cases of this kind. — Ed. ALFALFA. I have about half an acre that I have been trying to get set in alfalfa. I have sown it twice but each time the crab grass took parts of it and I ploughed it up again last September. I ploughed it about eight inches fol- lowing this with a subsoil which went seven inches deeper. I was, however, unable to get it sowed in time to get a start for the fall so sowed rye in it. I wish to sow fifteen pounds alfalfa on It in the spring and I would like to know how to put it in in the best man- ner and what fertilizer and how much to sow. It was limed two years ago. Had I best lime it again? Shall I plough It up or harrow this spring before seeding? The ground was tho- iiiies Or Dollars f""' A hen does well or poorly according as her food supplies necessary nutriment in right proportions. Doubtless you give a nutritious ration, but does the larger part of it digest? If not, your profits will be in dimes rather than dollars. It is easy to see why this is so. The domestic hen is a captive ; she is denied the privilege of selecting food at times and in ways that Nature meant she should. Man attempts to coax and cajole her into laying many eggs under these unnatural conditions, and it is evident there can be little success until natural conditions are restored as far as possible. If you make the hen derive from her food the same elements she would get when at liberty, your end is gained. This can be largely brought about by giving once a day a small portion of DR. HESS PAN-A-GE-A vr-^,1 N-N Poultry It is the prescription of Dr. Hess (M.D., D.V.S.) and according to the testimony of expert medical men, con- tains the elements necessary to make the hen digest perfectly by far the greater portion of her food, and to derive frotn it increased power to produce bone, flesh, feathers and eggs. Poultry Pan-a-ce-a contains also iron for the blood and nitrates to expel poisonous matter. It makes young chicks grow fast and fits fowls for market in the shortest time. It is also a germicide and prevents roup and other poultry diseases. Kndorsed by poultry men in United States and Canada. Costs a penny a day for 30 hens. Sold on a written guarantee. IK lbs. 25c; mail or express 40c (Except in Canada 5 ibs. 60c ; 12 lbs. $1.25 \ and Extreme 25 lb. pail, $2.50 I West and South. Send 2 cents for Dr. Hess 48-page Poultry Book, free. DR. HESS & CLARK, ASHLANO, OHIO. Instant Louse KiUer KiUs Lice. AT CHARLOTTE, N. C, 1908, BURKE'S GARDEN CATTLE CO., TAZEWELL, VA. WINS $25 SPKCIAL BEST DISPLAY MAHMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS. Three blues out of 4, 3 reds in 4, first prize Tom, weight 43% pounds; weigiit of Hen, 25 pounds. Scores, 95%. Thirty Toms up to 3 years old; standard weight, $5 to $10, or mated to Pullets or Hens, no kin and to suit, $9 to $12.50 pair; 16 Pullets averaged over 15 pounds, stock scales, In January, selected from flock of over 200. A few White and Barred Rocks, White Wyandottes, Black Langshana, Brown Leghorns, Peafowl and Ducks, either sex, any age, $2 to $5 each; In dozen lots, $18. Eggs that will hatch, $1.50' to $2.50 per 13; $3 to $5 per 30; $8 to $13 per 100. orde:r direct from this ad., it will, not appear again. REQISTERED BERKSHIRE BOARS. Ready for service. Berkshire Sows due to farrow In April. Also Registered Boars and Sows, five months old. A FEW JERSEY COWS, FRESH AND TO COMB FRESH. RIVER VIEW FARM C. M. BASS, Prop., Rice Depot, Va. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 271 GREAT BERKSHIRE BARGAINS. Ttvo magnificent herd Boars at bargain prices OTVtngr to oar Inability to use them further, and lots of T'onng stock of the finest breeding and individual merit. King O' the Brook, by Master Lee of Biltmore, out of Flossie, 2 years old May 25th, first prize Virginia State Fair and first in breeder's herd. Perfectly marked and weighs about 700 pounds. Price $100. British Lord, by Uncle Sam, out of Imp. Kingston's Poetess, 3 years old April 23rd; second prize as 2-year old, Virginia State Fair. A good, active sire. Perfectly marked. Weighs about 750 pounds. Price $75. Two Young Boars, ready for service. Price $25 and $30. Seven Boar Pigs out of Princess Bonnie, first prize 2-year-old, by King O' the Brook, first prize yearling. Extra good. Price $15 at 10 weeks old. Princess Bonnie and four of her under-six-months progeny took nine prizes at Virginia State Fair. Lot of Sows in Pig to Rival's Premier (he by the noted Lord Premier's Rival), champion at Virginia State Fair, King O' the Brook and British Lord. • :S" feotlon II. A few CHOICB PIQ8 ■«« BRE3D SOWS for aale. H. B. BUSH * BRO., Mlehaox, Powhatam CoaBty, Va. TELL THE ADVERTISER WHERE YOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 273 WOODSIDE BERKSHIRES EVERYTHING SHIPPED ON APPROVAL. IT WILL PAY YOU TO READ THIS CAREFULLY. We are now offering a grand lot of Pigs sired by our three boars — Charmer' s Premier, 94553, l-year old, weight 550 pounds ; Master Lee, 79379, 2-year-old, weight 76u pounds; and Lustre's Car- lisle, of Bdtmore, 72057, 3-year-old, weight 790 pounds, and out of royallv-bred sows weighing from .-00 to 600 pounds each. Also Young Sows guaranteed safe in pig to Charmers' Premier and some extra good Young Boars from 4 to 8 months old. We can always furnish pigs not akin. In order to show our confidence in what we offer, and insure satisfaction to our customers, we ship everything on approval. You need not eend check until after you receive the pigs, and if they are not entirely satisfactory in every respect, you can return them at our expense and it costs you absolutely nothing. We leave it to you whether this is a fair proposition. Address WOODSIDE STOCK FARn. R. S. Parish, Prop., Charlottesville, Va $18.50 per ton In Richmond and the bone $30 per ton. MILTON McLAURIN. Powhatan Co., "Va. I Basic slag is usually advertised as odorless phosphate or slag meal, and is made from the refuse of the steel furnaces and carries from 15 to 18 per cent, of phosphoric acid. This ma- terial is very much like floats in that the phosphoric acid is only in a very slowly available form. The fineness of Its grinding determines very much how soon the phosphoric acid is avail- able. Used with green fallows turn- ed down, it is effective much sooner than when used in any other way. In the case of acid phosphate, the 'phosphoric acid is almost immediately available. Basic slag has given good results upon grass where it provides slow feeding for a crop which has a long period of growth. For quick growing crops, it has not usually given the returns which were desired. If a green crop is turned under at the time the grain or other crop is plant- ed, then the slag may be expected to become partially available during the growth of the crop. For immediate results, we prefer to use bone meal, which provides not only phosphoric acid, but also nitrogen. At the same time the bone is permanent in its action like the slag. Bone is more readily acted upon by the acids of the soil and crops than slag which, hav- ing been subjected to the heat of a smelting furnace, is much more ob- durate. For permanent improvement of the soil, however, the slag is a val- uable fertilizer, but it ought to be sold at a less price than is asked for it. It is largely used in some parts of England where it is sold at a cheap price. We believe that all the slag meal on the market here Is imported epkshlyes. de To Hunter of Biltmore, III., 86468, big, wide, long and deep; Valaria, 8S706, extreme length, depth and finish. Tliese two Boars are numbered among the greatest sires of the breed, both in blood and individuality, and pigs by either of them will be a prize in your herd. The Sows in my herd are of the noted Silver Tips and Storm King families and are not excelled In quality or up-to-date style. I ana now booking orders for March and April livery and will send out only the choicest Pigs. Have a few very choice ung Boars for the fancy breeder. EVERYTHING SHIPPED ON APPROVAL. WRITE FOR PRICES. D. E. EARHART, NOKESVILLE, VA. I offer my aervicm aa a Stocb: Salesman to the breeders of the East. la dolns txi, I ■wtll say that I have equipped myoelf both by haying taken a course at the Joaes National School oi Auctlotie«riag, and by years of broedlng and selling Pedlgre«d Stock. I make a ii^eclalty of Pedigreed Sales. If I may b« permitted to say It, I vilU snggest that I belleye I cob reader Breeders better eerrlce than nalesmeD residing Jn remote parts of the country, an I ara thoroughly familiar with conditions obtaining In tbl? section. Then, too, I wlU probably not be quite as exponslye as to railroad fare, etc., and besides, I muot glTO satisfaction or I make no charge (or my services. Write me or 'phone me tU Wlnehester over Sotithem Bell Phoue Car dfttcs. Prompt attention aasur^d. Roy P. Duvall, Stepkenson, Va» Keep Posted on M»"ERN FIREARMS By writing for our FREE Catalogues — Guns, Rifles and Revolvers. MORRISETTE REPEATING ARMS COMPANY, Box 240 S. P., Richmond, Va' When corresponding with our advertisers always mention Southern Planter. 274 THE SOUTHERN" PLANTER [Marcl and pays a considerable duty. This is a gross Injustice to the farmers. — Ed. SQRGHUM SYRUP. In a recent issue a subscriber asked where he could get sorghum syrup. We are in receipt of several letters from parties having the syrup. We cannot undertake to negotiate the sale of this or any other article. Parties having goods to sell should advertise the fact in our advertising columns. Fifty cents would cover the cost of a sufficient advertisement in our Want Columns. — Ed. SCAB IN CATTLE— LAND IMPROVE MBNT. 1. Would you kindly give a remedy for scab on cattle? Hair comes off around eyes and in spots on any part of the body, but mostly on head and neck, and the skin gets scaly and thick. Would like to kill it with one application as it is a big job to go over thirty or forty several tmes. Is it ever fatal, or does it hurt the cattle much? 2. Give your remedy for foot-evil. 3. I am putting mianure from fifty cattle and eight horses on a part of eighteen acres of land (have no spreader) that is not producing right. My idea is to plow soon as possible, drill 300 pounds of fertilizer per acre, plant in corn; when com is laid by sow to crimson and sapling clover. In fall of 1909, turn again and sow to wheat. Now, I know nothing about the land, more than it is clay and not doing as it should, and I will appre- ciate any suggestion from you that will improve it. What fertilizer and how much seed to sow; sow seed be- fore or after plowing corn, etc., etc. The Southern Planter is appreci- ated by all who read it in our section. J. K. BRYANT. Grayson Co., Va. 1. The disease which you call scab is, we think, ringworm. This is a contagious disease of which there are two or three forms. The remedy is to remove the scabs with soap and water and then apply acetic acid, sulphur ointment or nitrate of mercury oint- ment once a day until the spores are killed. Cleanse the stable and white- wash with lime to destroy the spores scattered by the scabs and burn up all the bedding. It is not a fatal disease but greatly hinders the well doing of the animals. 2. The remedy for foot-evil is to thoroughly cleanse the foot between the claws 'and then apply carbolic acid solution, one ounce to a pint of water. Soak a rag with this solution and bind it between the claws and the trouble will soon disappear. 3. After you have ploughed down the manure, apply a ton of lime per acre broadcast and harrow lightly in and let lay for a few days and then work and prepare the land for the Brompion Stock farm. WE OFFER THIS MONTH One Registered Polled Angus Bull, 3 years. One Registered Jersey Bull, 2 years. ■! One Registered Guernsey Bull, 6 months. ' Young Berkshire Sows to farrow in April. A few Bronze and Wblte Holland Gobblers. Eggs from B. P. Rock and S. C. B. Leghorn fowls. Brown Chinese and Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy Ducks. PEDIGREED COLLIE PUPPIES. M. B. ROWE & CO., Fredericksburg, Va. JERSEY CATTLE The best herd In the frorld. Headed by t\ro bnlls that cost over 910,M* each. BULLS AND HEIFBRS for sale. AUo 'WHITB ORPINGTON FOWLS, the best ceneral purpose bre««} CORNISH INDIAN GAMES, the best table fowl) WHITB LBGHORNS, tft« world's srreateat layers. ~ For partleolars, address BOWUONT FARUS, Salem, Vlrartmla. ide Herefords OWNED BY 8. W. ANDERSON, BLAKER MILLS, GREENBRIER COUNTY, W. VA. A choice lot of Bulls, Cows aad Heifers for sale; a few Polled Hereford Bulls, recorded In the Jftifti—1 Polled Hereford Record. Write for Catalogue and Prices. FARM NEAR ALDERSON, W. VA. Telephone and Telegraph, Aidersen. GASTALIA HEREFORDS FOR SALB At prices low enough to be within reach of all breeders and cattlemeB generally. A grand lot of Three and Four-Tear-Old Bulls ready for active service. Also Cows, Heifers and Calves. Call and see this herd before buying elsewhere. Keswick Is on the C. and O. Railway, near Charlottesville. Vlsitora met at station. MURRAY BOOCOCK, Owner, KESWICK. VA. IF YOU WANT THE BEST HOG Bay from those who grlve their sole attention to the prodnctlon of tk« grreateat Berkshire type. We do. Our herd comprises the most splendid lines of breeding and Indlvldnals that money can bay or experience develop In American and Gngllsh Br«4l< Berkshlres. "Lord Premier of the Bne Ridge," 103565, the greatest living bear, hea4» our herd. If yon are Interested vrrlte. . THB3 BLUE} RIDGE BERKSHIRE FARMS, ASHEVILLE, N. O. When corresponding with our advertisers always mention Southern Plantev. 1008.] THE SOUTHERI^ PLANTER. 275 Wyldewood Farm Jerseys. Herd! numbers 300, including some of the finest tite island has pro- duced, headed by the great sire Stockwell, whose abbreviated pedi- gree is given below. ........ '^^•fk'i ! imported Stockwell, 75264. r sirs Oxford Lad, P. S123 H. C. Stockwell. r Flying Fwc, 61441. Oxford Lass, P. 3582, H. C. Golden Fern's Lad, P. 21M H. C Rosette, 149740. f Golden F ( Sultan's { f Golden Fern's Lad, P. 2160 H. C. Count Wellesley, P. 62t H. C. Oxford Primrose, P. 22SZ C. r Boyle, P. 1559, H. C. Dam L Golden Leda, P. 8000 H. C. (Golden Fern, P. 4711 H. C. . Leda, P. 6636 H. C. 'Z^i Foi> PariicularvZofiOfferingSf General InfofinaUon, etc., Addi-ess r Golden Pearl, P. 1975 H. C. 1 Eminence, F. 7124 H. C. T Wyldewood Farm, Fredericksburg, Va. 276 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER [March, kOSfcmONT HACKNfciY STUD JAMES WARBKCK, Manager, Berrjrile, Clarke County, Va. "HIAWATHA" Chestnut Hackney Stallion, E. H. S. B. S893, A. H. S. B 777 foaled 1903, imported 1905. Sire, Rosador (4964) who won championship twice in England, and then, ten years later, when 15 years old, won it again, de- feating all the intermediate champions. Dam, Country Fashion (7733), by Garton Duke of Connaught, one of England's greatest Hackney Stallions. HIAWATHA'S breeding i.s unexcelled and he is one of tne greatest Hackney Stallions ever imported. As a two-year old he won ten firsts, two seconds and one third in England and first in New York. As a three-year old he won first at Berryville and second at New York. As a four-year old he won first as Hackney Stallion, first as Harness Stallion and first as Stallion shown with three of his get; and three of his colts won first, second and third in class for colts. His colts are simply wonderful, and a number of pure-bred and half-bred ones may be seen at the farm. FEE — $25, INSURING MARE IN FOAL. Brood mares boarded at owner's risk for $5 per month in pasture, or $10 per month in stable. seed. Before planting, say, ten days or a fortnight, apply 250 or 300 pounds of acid phosphate per acre broadcast and work into the land. The sowing of the crimson and sapling clover is good. The lime will help you to get a good catch and after this crop is grown the land should make a good wheat crop. Sow 12 to 15 pounds of the clover seed per acre. Sow before the last working and cover not too deeply, says, two or three inches. — Ed. MILLET AND COWPEAS— SOR- GHUM AND CORN. 1. I find that when millet is sown with peas it ripens before peas are fully developed and I am thinking about sowing strips of millet alone through pea field to make grass to cover pea shocks with. Is this plan advisable? How long after sowing the peas should the millet be sown to have it at right stage for hay when peas are fully developed? 2. Would it be advisable to plant some sorghum among corn so as to have it mix with the com stover in shredding? Would not this improve the corn stover by fermenting togeth- er by the absorbtion of sorghum sap by the corn stalks? Would the pollen from sorghum affect the corn for seed- ing purposes? A. BUFF AT. Knox Co., Tenn. 1. The difficulty as to the non- maturing together of the millet and cowpeas can be overcome by planting the cowpeas in drills two feet six inches apart, using about half a bushel of the peas to the acre, about ten days or a fortnight before the millet is sown. The cowpeas should be culti- vated once or twice to force the growth and then after the last cultiva- tion the millet seed, at the rate of three pecks to the acre, should be sown broadcast and covered lightly. The two crops -will then be ready to cut at the same time. Plant a quick SELMA STOCK FARM PURE-BRED. REQISTERBD PERCHERON STALLIONS, riARES AND COLTS. Imported and Home-Bred. Blue Ribbon Winners wherever shown in France and America. Festively Highest Quality. COME AND INSPECT THKM. E. B. WHITE. Prop.. Leesbura, Va. At the S PILOSO 102 THE ONLY IMPORTED CATALONIAN SPANISH JACK IN THIS SECTION. DICK WILKES, JR. Tlie perfect liorse and a blue ribbon winner at State Fair. Sired by Dick AVillfes, 2:11; dam, Blackhawk Morgan Pet. Route 1, Riclimond, Va. MECHANICSVILLE Owned by AV. J. Strain & Son. FARM. THE GROVE; FARM BREEDER OF PURE-BRED BERK- SHIRE HOGS AND HOLSTEIN- FRIESIAN CATTLE. TWO FINELY- BRED BULL CAX,VES FOR SALE. T. O. SANDY, BTrRKKVILI.E, VA. SPRING TOOTH HARROW ON WHEELS l>iKhtc.«t Proilt Harrow made. \f1np(eil to any soli. Saves a lialf- horse power. Seat niijnsie.l witliont bolts. Used eitlier as walking or ridiiii: liarrow. Teelli eoiitrt>llrd by lever. Kasilycleared of rub- bish. iNiade of very host materials. AwnrMsit^^ ■ ■' • ■ '>,u BINDER FOR SAL EMPIRE LIGHT STEEL BINDER MADE BY SEIBERLING & MILLER COMPANY, DOYLESTOWN, OHIO. HAS NEVER BEEN USED. PRICE, $90. TERMS, CASH. CASTALIA STOCK FARM KESWICK VIRGINIA. 280 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER [March, I could get something for them to graze on in winter. J. B. SWINDELL. Beaufort Co., N. C. If you will read the article in the last Issue by Professor Massey on the Tufts place at Southern Pines, you will see what it means to get anything out of an old sand hill with a sand subsoil. Nothing can be expected from it except with the expenditure of time and money to put fertility into it. There is nothing naturally there. It has all to be made and added to the sand. The first thing to be done is to get some vegetable matter into the soil and this will have to be raised elsewhere and put on in the form of strawy manure, land then per- haps you may hope to get a small sand vetch crop to gi-ow. All that grows on it ought to be turned into it for several years. You can do nothing with sheep keeping on such land as you describe. — Ed. CORN ON CLOVER FALLOW. I have about six acres of rather roll- ing land seeded to crimson clover — a good stand. Will this get large enough in this locality to turn for corn in the spring? Could I plant the corn from 15th to 20th of May and raise a good crop of corn by using an early variety of corn? If so, what variety would you suggest? Should I mow the clover or turn down entire crop? Is it advisable to order seed corn grown in Northern States for plant- ing in this section? B. M. BALL. Washington Co., Va. The clover will, we think, make you a good fallow for the corn crop by the middle of May. Unless the land is already in good fertile condition, we would turn under the whole growth. You could no doubt make a matured crop of corn sown at the time named if you used one of the Yellow varie- ties, say, Golden Dent Improved. It is not advisable to buy seed corn from the North. The best course is to use seed grown in or near the place where the crop is to be raised. You should read the articles on the corn experi- ments made at the Blacksburg Experi- ment Station, which have appeared in The Planter during the winter months. —Ed. ALFALFA. I seeded a plat of land to alfalfa two years ago last August, which made a good stand and good returns the following year; not so much last year, and now it seems to be very near all dead. Would you advise this plat of land to be seeded to corn this year or re-seed it to alfalfa? Or, what rotation would be the best to get it into alfalfa again? Halifax Co., Va. A. E. GARNER. We would break the land again and then apply 250 pounds to the acre of Vertical Engines made in 2 and 3-Horse Power. Horizontal Eni^ines (Portable and Stationary) made in 4, 6. 8. 10, 12, 15 and 20-Horse Power. Air Cooled Engines, 1-Horse Power. Traction Engines. 10, 12, 15 and 20-Horse Power. Also sawingr, spraying: and pumping: outfits. YOU offer high wages, and sti find it difficult to get hired men. Why not do as other progress- ive farmers are doing — let one of the dependable and ever ready I. H. C. gasoline engines be your hired man? Suppose you want to grind feed, shell corn, shred fodder, pump water, operate the churn, grindstone, fanning mill, separator, bone cutter, or saw wood. With an I. H. C. engine you will need no extra help. You can run the engine and attend to the machine yourself. In the same way you will be able to do dozens of farm jobs which usually require the labor of two men. You will be surprised to find how little attention an I. H. C. engine requires. The engine will work for you indoors or out. in wet or dry, hot or cold weather. You will have no difficulty in operating or controlling it. Only a few cents per hour is re- quired for fuel. All I. H. C. enj^ines use either gas, gasoline or denatured alcohol. Please notice in the above list of styles and sizes that there is an I. H. C. gasoline engine adapted to practically every farm requirement. You can have a small engine which you can easily move from place to place, as your work requires, or you can have a lar„'er engine tor stationary use. The efficiency of all I. H. C. engines is well known. You can- not possibly have any better guarantee of a dependable engine than one of these engines aifords. Call on the International local agent for Catalogs, and inspect these engines. Write for colnied h.ineer and booklet on "Develop- ment of Power." INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA, Chicago, U.S.A. (Incorporated) LEFFEL ENGINE THE PLANTATION Saves a world of labor. Count the little and bie jobs you would have for it — they run the whole year round. Install one and it's goodforyour lifetime. You are always sure of power when you call upon it — and steam when you need it. Experience has demonstrated that the old reliable Leffel steam engines are safer, more reliable and more satifac- tory in every way than any other style of power for farmers' arid planters' use. A variety of styles and sizes adapt them to all needs. Power book free. Write for it. . James Leffel & Co., Bai202, Springfield, SmATTNEWS' ^'^EW UNIWEiiSAL'' @A^DEN TOOL^ TOOLS !c^ ONE Mb Seeder, marker, '^ hoe rake, plow, cnltivator. Single or double »vheel. Adjust- ments easily made. For plantinjsr and all kmds of cul- tivation. Send for FREE BOOKLET of val- uable informa- tion for planting and cttltlvating the garden and fDll description of those implements. G Styles Seeders Op«nj farrow, diopo ia plfcin eight roTcrioiMkB. .. ,y. Double or Single Wheel Ho Cultivator, Plow, Eake. ChanKe quickly made. Cnltivato D« or Mtrul* tbo rowr. I, any width. Note High Arch and Plant Guordl Bent Cak Handles on all Tools. AMES PLOW COMPANY, 56 MARKET STREET, BOSTON. MASS.lLCrlUSETTS FOR SALE BY GRIFFITH & TURNER COMPANY, BALTIMORE, MD TELL THE ADVERTISER WHERE YOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. 1908.] THE SOUTHER^- PLANTER. 281 acid phosphate and sow it in cowpeas. This crop we would cut for hay in August. When preparing the land for the peas, miake as fine and deep a seed bed as possible so that it will not need to be ploughed again before seeding alfalfa. After cutting the peas, apply a ton of lime per acre broadcast and then cut the pea stub- ble into the land with a disc harrow, running the discs nearly straight so as not to turn up the deeper soil in which there may be weed seeds not germinated. After the lime has been on the lanid ten days, then apply 500 pounds of bone meal per acre and make a fine seed bed and sow the alfalfa seed at the rate of 25 pounds to the acre in August or at the latest in the beginning of September. The land should be sufficiently inoculated with the alfalfa bacteria, but it may be well to sow inoculated seed. — Ed. MAKING FEED FOR STOCK— LIME. I am not a practical farmer, but a business man. I have a small piece of land near town containing 16 acres, divided into three lots — two lots con- taining six acres each, and one four acres — with running water in each. One I keep for pasturage and the oth- er two I cultivate, my sole aim being to make feed for my horses and cows during the winter. At present one six acre lot is in oats following corn and peas, and the four acre lot, which was in corn last year I contemplate sowing in peas this year. What rotation of crops can you suggest to improve the land and produce the largest amount of feed? I want to use a few tons of agricultural lime. Where can I buy it cheapest? Halifax Co., Va. .JOS. STBBBINS. You cannot do better than to grow cov/peas and sorghum or sorghum and soy beans for hay crops to be cut and fed green or for hay, following these with oats sown in the fall for a grain and straw crop on part of the land and putting all land not sown in oats in the fall in crirason clover and a mixture of wheat, oats and rye for a winter and spring pasture and for an early hay crop to be followed in part by corn and in other part by the cow- pea and sorghum and sorghum and soy bean crop. The mixed crop of crimson clever, wheat, oats and rye will give you a better feed crop than rye sowed alone, and this crop can be sown in the corn at the last working or after the cowpeas and sorghum and sorghum and soy beans have been cut for hay. Some of our subscribers grow cowpeas and millet for a hay crop and speak well of it ,but as the two crops do not mature together un- less the cowpeas are sown about ten days or a fortnight earlier than the millet there is more trouble in putting in this crop than cowpeas and sor- ghum. The crop no doubt makes good feed. The peas should be drilled in Many people do not realize that good paint, the kind which wear-s and stays bright, is simply metallic lead reduced to a form in which it can be applied with a brush. Lead in this form is called "White Lead." Likewise, many people who do know that the best paint is "White Lead and Linseed Oil," mixed fresh for each job by a good painter, are totally ignorant of the fact that much of the paint which they think is " Pure White Lead and Linseed Oil " is so grossly adulterated that if tested it would yield no metallic lead whatever. Such paint will not wear like genuine White Lead, and is very expensive in the end. We desire to place in your hands, at our expense, the means of telling pure White Lead from counterfeit. Any man, woman or child can make the test^we want you to make it noiv, before spring painting begins. You need not take anyone's word for paint. Test it yourself. No one else is half so deeply interested as you, if you have to pay the painting bill. j Siow to Make the Test Subject the sample of supposed White Lead to the tiame (■£ a oiidle, gas jet or spirit lamp. IntfTisity the flame by use of the blowpipe. If globules of metallic lend aiipear, the White Lead is pure. If you can bring out no metallic lead, it shows that the White Lead has been adulterafed. FULL WEIGHT KEGS The Dutch Boy painter on 3 keg; guarantees not only purity, but Ui'il wcighi of White Lead. Cur packages are not weighed with the contents; each keg contains the amount of VV/fi'iS Lead desirjnatea on the ouVside. Write us for Test Equipment 14 and we will send free a blowpipe and detailed instructions for making this test. ISATiONAL, LEAD COI^PANY i;i luhickcver of the Jolloix'Ui^ riiies is nearest yen: NcvYork, Boston, Buttalo, Clevelarid, Cincinnati. Chicago St. Louis, Pliiiadelphia (John T. Lewir, l^ Bros. Co.); Fittsburcrh fNrition;^! r.e;u3 6L Oil Company) '^"■^■*«a:3a4> ~;^jj.j^ UGHT^iM© WELL Rotary, Coring or Rock Prilling, Any Diameter, Any Depth, for Water, Oil, C oal or S¥Sineral Prospecting, Descriptive Catalog on request. The American Well Workm^ Aurora, Illinois, U. S. A. CHICAQO. ILL. DALLAS. TEX. 282 THE SOUTHERi;r PLANTER [March, rows two feet six inches apart and then the millet be sown broadcast and ■worked in after the peas have com- menced to grow freely. In the next two or three issues of The Planter you will find fuller advice as to seeding these forage crops. You 'can get oys- ter shell lime in Nodfolk. See adver- tisements in Planter. Use this or rock lime. — Ed. GREEN FEED FOR COWS.- I have ten acres of land I want to sow in something to furnish green stuff for my dairy herd this summer. Five acres are in rye now. Please suggest what 'and when to sow, so ] will have feed all summer. I want to cut and haul feed to cows. C. E. SHELTON. Forsyth Co., N. C. You will find nothing better for the purpose needed than cowpeas and sor- ghum or soy beans and sorghum sown at intervals of a week or ten days un- til the end of July or even into August. We would grow both crops so as to give a variety of feed. Teocinte also would, we think, succeed with you and this gives several cuttings of good feed. In The Planter during the next two months you will find advice as to seeding these and other soiling and hay crops. — Ed. POISONING HAWKS. Will you please give me the pre- scription for poisoning hawks by giv- ing the poison to the little chickens? Accomac Co., Va. R. S. YOUNG. Mix four or five drops of the tinc- ture of nux vomica for each chick in the mash, to be given to the brood, or use half a teaspoonful of the dry powdered nux vomica to a quart of meal. Let the chickens eat this and then the hawk that takes one of them ■will soon be a dead hawk. The poison will not hurt the chickens. — Ed. GRAZING CROPS FOR HOGS— COWS FOR CREAM. 1. What would be the best crop to sow in early spring to get the earli- est crop to be grazed down by hogs? 2. What is the best breed of dairy cattle for the cream trade? P. G. JEFFERSON. 1. Dwarf Essex Rape is the best. It can be sown this month. See this Issue for advice as to seeding. 2. The Guernsey and the Jersey breeds give milk the richest in butter fat and are therefore the best adapt- ed for the cream trade. The Short- horns and Red Polls are the next best and these breeds give a larger flow of milk. The Holsteins give the largest yield of milk and their quali- ty as butter and cream producers is being greatly improved by selection TASH An average crop of tobacco extracts from the soil at least one hundred potmds (lOo) of Potash per acre. To secure a full crop of good quality TOBACCO the fertilizer should contain at least 9% actual Potash in the form of sulphate. We have a book on the subject of tobacco that we mail to growers free. May we send it to you ? GERMAN KALI WORKS New York — 93 Nassau Street Chicago — Monadnock Building Atlanta, Ga.— 1224 Candler Building OUR FERTILIZER MATERIAL FOR HOHE MIXING. Saves You $6.00 to $8.00 Per Ton. Farmers, we sell you raw material for the home mixing of your fertilizer at a fair price which ag^regrates In the end the createat economy jron could practice. Our materials contains the greatest amount of real plant food jron could possibly buy at a given price. In buying them, you den't pay for "filler," as Is the case of ready-made fertilizer. We give you tho maximum amount of Ammonia, Potash and Phosphoric Add, In minimum weight, saving you freight and handling. Confine yourself to our NITRATE OF SODA, NITRATE OF POTASH, MURIATE OF POTASH, KAINIT, SULPHATE OF POTASH, THOMAS PHOSPHATE BOIilD IMPORTERS OF GENUINE PERUVIAN QUANO the only complete natural manure, and the finest known base for am In home mixing. Write for 78-page book giving our prices, etc., and save yonr gooii moaoy. : i ^-J COE=nORTIMER COMPANY, Charleston, S. C. Shipping Points, Wilmington, N. C. and Norfolk, Va. When corresponding with our advertisers always mention Southern Planter. 1908.] THE SOUTHE EN PLAI^TEE. 288 and breeding. They have made great advances within the past few years.— Ed. CONCRETE TANKS. I am brining cucumbers for pickles and have a good deal of trouble in getting barrels to brine in. Can tanks be made of concrete and if they can give me some information how to build. WM. H. MARTIN. Hanover Co., Va. Yes; concrete tanks can be made for this purpose and be thoroughly satisfactory. Send to the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, and ask them to send .vou the Farm- ers' Bulletin on Concrete Work. This gives full instructions on the subject. Ed. PREPARING LAND FOR CORN- SOWING GRASS SEED— THOR- OUGHBRED AND PUREBRED- DRAINING LAND. 1. We have just finished fallowing a twenty acre field for corn. Shall we harrow it now or just before planting? 2. Can red top be sown on frozen ground successfully? If so, in what month? 3. What is the difference between purebred and thoroughbred stock. 4. How deep should a blind ditch be cut? The land is level and holds wiater, how would it do to sink a well where it settles the most and fill It up with bricks? ARTHUR P. GIBSON. Calvert Co., Md. P. S. — The Southern Planter is al- ways welcome in our home. It saves us from asking our neighbors advice. 1. We would leave the ground un- barrowed for a time to allow the sun and air to penetrate it and dry and warm it, but care should be taken not to let this process go on too long to dry it out too much. Watch it, and when it is seen to be friable and in good working order, put on the har- rows and make a fine surface mulch of soil to conserve the necessary moisture for the germination and sup- port of the crop. From this time con- tinue to work at intervals until the finest seed bed possible is made and then plant as soon as the soil is warm and the season permits. 2. We are strongly opposed to the practice of sowing seed of any kind on frozen ground. It is tempting Provi- dence to thus waste seed. All seeds should be put into a welVprepared seed bed and be covered more or less deeply according to the size and char- More /and Better Tobacco —Bigger Profits ^l»i The labor is as great to grow and harvest a poor crop as a good one. When you can so surely "increase yotir yields per acre" and get a far better «« quality of tobacco by using ^1 Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers why not use them this season .? There's no reason why you cannot accomplish the same as thousands of others. Mr. V. C. Love, of Tinkling, Va., says "As a producer of fine tobac- co, I do not feel I can say enough for your fertilizer. It makes tobacco that brings me more money than any other fertilizer I can get. I have tried many other brands but none equaled yours. I believe Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers to be the best on the market for tobacco." Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers contain better and higher grade materials than any other brands of tobacco fertilizer. They will increase the yield per acre, and improve the texture and quality of the tobacco you grow, so you can get a better price per pound than ever before. Much valuable information on tobacco-culture will be found in the new VirH:inia- Carolina Year Book or Almanac. Don't fail to ask your fertilizer dealer for a copy, or write ournearest sales office and one will be sent you free. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. km p^^' Richmond. Va. Norfolk, Va. Columbia, S. C. Atlanta, Ga. Savannah, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Memphis, Tenn. Shreveport, La. Hi'"'' Durham, N. C. Charleston, S. C. Baltimore, Md. Columbus, Ga. REX GUANOJDISTRIBUTOR A FORCE FEED MACHINE. Th« feed mechanism is a spiral conv«7or, makingr a perfectly uniform fe«4S spreads the fertilizer In a broad band, thereby Increasing Its value; makai no noise; easily regulated to sow any quantity from 200 to 800 pound* per acre. Once set, the feed never changes. Write for circular and prices on th« only Distributor on the market with a perfect feed. JOHN Bliin:, L.ATJRINBITRO, IT. O. DON'T BUY GASOLINE ENGINES UNTIL YOU INVESTIGATE "THE MASTER WORKMAN," a two-cylinder gasoline, kerosene or alcohol engine, superior to any one-cylinder engine; revolutionizing power. Its weight and bulk are half that of single cylinder engines, with greater durability. Cost* Less to Buy— Less to Run. Quickly, easily started. Vibration practically overcome. Cheaply mounted on any wagon. It is a combination portable, stationary or traction engine. Send for Cataloghe. THE TEMPAiK PUMP CO., Alfra., AleaKher und 15th Sts., ChlcuKO. THIS IS OUK FIFTY-FIFTH YEaE. 284 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [March, acter of the seed and then they can be reasonably expected to grow. Sown on frozen ground or snow, a large proportion must necessarily per- ish. 3. "Thoroughbred" is the technical and proper description only of the race horse. All other perfectly bred animals of any breed are technically and properly described as "purebred," tihus, a purebred Percheron horse, a purebred Shorthorn cow, or a pure- bred Berkshire hog is correct, and not thoroughbred. 4. The depth to which a drain or Wind ditch should be cut depends on the natural water level of the laud. Water underlies all land at some point and there stands at a level. If this point be too near the surface, the soil is water-logged and cannot produce crops, as it is impermeable by the air. To make such land productive, the natural water level must be lowered deep enough to leave at least two or three feet of soil permeable by the air. It is this underlying water which does injury to crops and not that ▼hich naturally falls upon the land except in cases of heavy floods. The object of draining, whether by tiles or by blind ditches, is to lower this water level and to do this the drain or ditch must be cut deep enough to go below the natural water level as only in that event can it lower this level of the water and dry the land. This depth can only be ascertained by cutting down into the land and observing where the water begins to flow from '.he sides of the ditch or hole cut into the hole or ditch and the bottom of the ditch and the out-fall of the same must be kept below this point for the work to be effective. To use fhe forcible and illustrative answer al- ways given by an old drainer who ased to work for us when we urged him to dig a deep ditch for his tiles, ae replied, "Master, I will go deep enough to cut the throat of the water; aever fear." — Ed. CRIMSON CLOVER IN ORCHARD. When is the best time to sow crim- son clover in an orchard? I want to -vork the trees and at the same time lo something to improve the land. How much per acre to sow it alone? How about sowing buckwheat in an orchard about July 1st? How much per acre? SAML. S. GUBRRANT. Franklin Co., Va. Continue to cultivate the orchard lintil August and then sow 15 pounds of crimson clover per acre, if sown done, and harrow in lightly. W^e pre- fer to mix some wheat, oats and rye ■vith the crimson clover, as they are -ertain to make a cover crop if the crimson clover fails to stand as it sometimes will, notwithstanding the best of care in seeding. The grain protects the young clover durmg the hard weather, and adds to the vege- ANIMAL MATTER FEiTILIZERS BONE, BLOOD AND POTASH; HIGH-GRADE POTATO; « TpBACCO SPECIAL; ALL SOLUBLE; WHEAT, CORN AND OAT SPECIAL; FRUIT AND ROOT CROP; SPECIAL TRUCKER; GOLD MEDAL. THE ARMOUR FERTILIZER WORKS BALTIMORE, MD. CHICAGO, ILL. BUENA VISTA, VA. FERTILIZERS LEE'S PREPARED AGRICULTURAL LIME Never fails to give good results when properly used. Wheat is now selling at a paying price, and from accounts of the present crop is likely to continue to maintain present prices. The present troubles in Russia will, no doubt, reduce her exports, and the foreign demand will continue to be good. The use of $3 or $4 worth per acre will increase the yield eight to ten bushels per acre, thereby paying over 100 per cent, on the cost, besides improving the land and insuring a good stand and growth of CLOVER. LEE'S SPECIAL WHEAT FERTILIZER. Our sales for the season of 1906 were 62 per cent, larger than those of 1905. Those who have tried it bought more largely tlie next year, and say they have a better stand and growth of Clover and Grass than they have from any fertilizer they have ever used. LEE'S HIGH-GRADE BONE & POTASH. FOR POTATOES, CABBAGE AND OTHER VEGETABLES. IMPORTED THOMAS BASIC SLAG. Millions of tons are used in Europe. It is the best and most lasting Fertilizer for Wheat, Grass and other crops on the market, having 16 per cent. Phosphoric Acid and 40 to 50 per cent, of Free Lime. It is a COMPLETE FERTILIZER. RICH D. VA. Pulls Stusngis or Standing Tpeesn Clears a two acre circle lyith one sitting— pulls anything^ tliewire rope will reach; stumps, trees, grubs, rocl^, hedges, etc. A man and a boy with one or two horses can run tho GOMBIMATIOM STUMP PULLER. ^ stump Anchored or Self Anchoring. A minute and a half is all it takes for the crdinary stump. No heavy chains or rods, the strong wire rope witli patent coupler— grips the rope at any point. Does not chafe rope; far ahead of olJ-style"take-ups." Smallest rope we furnish stands 10,000 lbs. strain. It gei^eratcs immense power and it's made to stand tlie strain. We also make tlie Iron Giant Grub and Stunip machine, the I. X. I-. Grubber and Hawkeye Grub and Stump Machine. Writeforfreeillustrated catalogue. Largest manufacturers of Stump Pullers In tha Werld. Established ISi-U Note l5WP" MILNE MFG. CO., '^634 6Ht St., Monmouth, III. W'lien corresponding with our advertisers alway.s mention Southern Planter. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 285 il>KHH>HW^.04-KHH>W^ {>KH'^W.KKhM*iW<««0*KH:; CD »» M w a> CO cs e O cs ts: s E CO a ».« CO CD ^ H- ft- 00 cs SE We sell the purest and best Seed Grain and Grass Seed grown in this country. Guarantee quality as good and prices as reasonable as any other house in the trade. Write for prices. "Wc are also large buyers of Home-Grovm Seed Graim and Grass Seeds. Send samples and vre will make yon offer delivered at your railroad station. N. R. SAVAQE & SON :: RICHMOND, VIRGINIA table matter in the soil when ploughed down. Sow 10 pounds of clover and 3 pecks of the grain mixture. Buck- wheat adds nothing to the soil but vegetable matter when ploughed down, whilst the clover adds nitrogen also. — Ed. ROTATION OF CROPS. I think of adopting this rotation — plough sod for com, sow crimson clover and rye at last working of corn' graze clover and rye in the spring, then break up and sow cow peas, to be followed by wheat in the fall, and clover seed in the spring on the wheat. I particularly want to get good crops of red clover hay, and think of using lime. Please comment on this rotation^ and tell me when you think I had better apply the lime to get most good from it, minimum amount I can apply with profit, and best method of applying it. How would it do to put on lime after com is up and work in while cultiA^ating the corn? 1 am engaged in dairy farming — shipping milk to Washington. Land is pretty fair; will produce 10 barrels corn per acre. Have been drawing manure from my stables on it all winter. You can read- ily see that I want good crops of clov- er and that I can use rye pasture in the spring and cowpea hay. If you will kindly give me the information I want in the March number of the Southern Planter, you will greatly oblis-e me. A SUBSCRIBER. Fauquier Co., Va. The proposed rotation will be a proper one and should result in giving you what you want and at the same time improve the land. The only sug- gestion we have to offer is that when you plough down the clover and rye pasture, which, by the way, would be a better one if you sowed some wheat W. T. HOOD & CO., OLD DOMINION NURSERIES, RICHMOND, VIROINIA. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROWERS O" High Grade NurseryStock Descriptive catalogue and price list on application. Office: Ghamberlayne and Bennle Ave. Nurseries: Kenrico and HanoTer Counties- ..ELMWOOD NURS^IEST — We are Growers and Offer a Fine Assortmen tof — APPLES, CHEIRRIBS, NECTARINES, GOOSEBERRIES, RASPBERRIES, ORNAMENTALS, PEACHES, PLUMS GRAPE VINES, STRAWBERRIES, ASPARAGUS, SHADE TREES, WHITE FOR CATALOGUE. PEARS, APRICOTS, CURRANTS. DEAVBERRIES, HORSERADISH, HEDGE PLANTS. J. B. WATKIN5& BRO, Midlothian, Va. SI.50 Worth to Test Only lO Cents We ask you to try our Superior Seeds. Oue Trial wiU make a Cus- tomer. We will mail one Pull Packel each of the following; 15 Graud New Sorts for only lo cts. These would cost at least $1.50 elsewhere. BEET, Perfected Red Turnip, earliest, best. ONIOIf, Prizetaker, wt. slbs. iccob-.ish.pcr acre. CABBAG.e, Winter Header, sure header, fine. PARSflIP, White Sug-ar, loug, smooth, sweet. CARROT, PerfectedEalrLong-.best table sort. RADISH, Wtite Icicle, long, crisp, tender, best. CELERY, Winter Giant, large, crisp, good. TOMATO, Earliestin World, large, smooth, fine. CUCUMBER. Family Favorite, favorite sort. TURWIP, Sweetest German, sweet, large. LKlTOv-ii, Iceberg, heads early, tender. Flower Seeds, 500 sorts mixed, large packet. MUSK MEtOK, Lnscions Gem, best grown. Sweet Peas, 14 6z. California Giants Grand Msd. WATERMELON, Bell's Early, extra fane. Catalog-ne andCiieck for 10 cts. free with order. ^This 10 cts. returned on first 25c. order. J, J, BELL SEED CO., DepOSit, N. Y. 286 THE SOUTHERN PLAITTER. [March, SEED Winter, Spring, Burt and Rust- Proof Oats, Potatoes, Peas, Soja Beans, Cane, Kaffir Corn, Millets, Poultry Supplies, Dairy Feeds, etc., Clover and Grass Seed. 1217 East Gary Street, Richmond, Virginia. : : S. T. BEVERIDQE & CO. and winter oats with the rye, you should plough deeply and prepare thoroughly and use some acid phos- phate, say, 250 pounds to the acre be- fore sowing the cowpeas. By doing this you can save the cost and time of re-ploughing for the wheat. When you cut the cowpeas for hay do not cut close to the ground, but leave a good stubble lanid then apply the lime a ton to the acre on this stubble and cut in with a disc harrow run both lengthwise and across. In this way you will get a better seedbed for your wheat at less cost. Sow the clover when you sow your wheat and cover it -with a light harrow or, if you have a drill with a grass seeder attach- ment, sow with the drill. Unless the winter should be a very severe one, the clover will stand and make a bet- ter and earlier crop than when sown In the spring. If it is killed out you can sow again in the spring. Use the lime fresh from the kiln and set on In lumps of about half a bushel at a place. Slake with water, half a buck- etful to a heap will do, and spread with a shovel. — Ed. CRANBERRIES IN VIRGINIA. May I, through your columns, bring to the attention of any one who may be interested, the great advantages offered by Princess Anne county, Vir- ginia, for cranberry growing? There are along both sides of the North river thousands of acres of waste and cheap lands that grow these berries in abundance, wild. The land is natur- ally suited to their growth, and the fruit is perfect and keeps well. Transportation convenient, and lands well situated for drainage and culture. Should any one desire any infoi'ina- tion concerning this enterprise, write me, and I will do all I can to aid them. Vine, Va. A. O. BAUM. We are glad to give publicity to this fact, as if the berries can be success- fully grown in the South, there is no sense in our people buying this fruit from the North. We should grow them at home. — Ed. &' Seed Free "THE WATSON" $5^00 Prize rv ,D /.rrr^'-!''*'!"'^? ^^^° ^°'^ "EW WATERMELON. L II w A packet ot seed sent Iree to every farmer, melon raiser or gardener »J '"^^'Y^^'^ "' "i a'»°- *500 in Gold for the largest melon raised therefrom. This is ^^ our BKAG njelon. and the best we have ever seen. And we have had some experience growing the finest Georgia melons, for seed only, select Georgia melons. It was intro- duced by us two years ago. and the demand for it is certainly great. It is the only "Com- bmation melon we know, of high quality. Away ahead of the Kleckley. Very sweet lor home rise. For shipping it is superior to "Kolb Gem." "Eden." "Rattlesnake" or any other we have seen. We want every melon fancier, for either home use or shipping to grow this melon. Packet seed sent same day your address reaches us. and priie awarded Aug. 1 5. W,„e early. ALEXANDER SEED CO, P. 0. B«i 45 . iligBsla. Ga. ■ HEADED CABBAGE IN APRIL you can have by planting the James Ray Geraty Company's Frost-Proof Cabbage Plants. Guaranteed to stand 18 above zero without injury. Four hundred plants, express charges prepaid on Southern Express Company's lines, for $1. Market gardeners in Tennessee and Kentucky are buying in orders ranging from 500,000 and 1,000,000 at a time. ~"^ Write JAMES RAY GERATY COMPANY. Telegraph Office, Youngs Isand, S. C. P. O. Adams Rnn, S. C. STI^AWBERRIES WORTH f 20 e^V« HI* lAFT [ROWN FR.OM I WORTH of plants. That's good margin. Besides, the "W. H. Taft" is an easy, quick seller. No strawberry finds a readier market because it's attractive; a red, round berry; delicious odor, juicy, rich-flayored. It strong, prolific grower, producing berries firm and sofid, making good shippers. Limited stock. 25 plants, 50c: 60 plants, $1.00, sent postpaid. Cat- alog or Seeds, Small Fruits, Roses, etc., sent free. BIHQHAMTOH SEED C0.103Court St.,Bingbamton, ».T./. PLOWS Here's iust the plow the farmer has long looked for-a reversible plow tor flat land or hillside work. Made of steel and malleable iron, and gruaranteed for 5 years. Our No. 29 Cambridge Steel Plows with Atito- matic Steel Jointer, Shitting Clevis and Wheel-Automatic Coulter— when desired-are positively the best in every way that skill has ever pro- duced. Light in weight and draft, they are easy on man and team, do splendid work under all conditions, and the more expert the plow- 0>"^^r*^r— .^ man the better he will appreciate our plows. If we have no A^sff^^Ss. >r~~ dealer in your town we want to make you A Special ^ " , ^ • — , I Offer— write for it today, and be -^EXPERIEHCE ; OF THEM sure to ask for our Com- Elete Catalog of "The ovejpy Line" of Farm Tools. Don't buy until you get the catalog— it's free. THE tOVEJOY COMPANY, 706 Foundry St., Cambridge, N. Y. When corresponding with our advertisers always mention Southern Planter. 1908.] THE SOUTHE RN PLANTER. 287 Earliest Header. Pine Medium Size. Excellent Shipper. Delicious for Table. About ten days later than E. Jersey A full size larger. A Money Maker. Earliest Flat Cabbage. A large yielderand a good shipper. EARLY HEADERS MONEY MAKERS ^^Jf HESE THREE FAMOUS varieties have made Fortunes for those who have stuck to them. They are ^j) the result of life times of study and experiments of the oldest and most reliable Cabbage Seed Growers in the World. We have plants and plenty of them Grown From These Seed in the open field, which will stand Severe Cold without injury, and if you want enough for a square in your garden, or for one, five or ten acres for market, you can't do better than to order them from us. We Guarantee full count and satisfaction or Money Refunded. All orders filled promptly, weather conditions permitting. It is cheaper for you and better for us to let your money accompany order, otherwise Plants will be shipped C. O. D. and you will have to pay return charges on the money. Prices f . o. b. Young's Island, 600 for $1.00. 1 to 4,000 at $1.50 per 1,000. 5 to 8,000 at $1.25 per 1,000. 9 to 20,000 at $1.00 per 1,000. Special prices on larger quantities. Packed in light, strong, well ventilated boxes. Cheap Express rates. Polder on Cabbage Culture hj C. M. Gibson, mailed free on application. Write your name and shipping address plain, and send your orders to C. M. GIBSON, Yoting"s Island, South Carolina WIND SUCPONG HORSE. 1. Please advise me how to get a horse out of the habit of sucking wind. Two others are getting into that habit too, and please state how does that tiabit get on the horse. What I mean s, what makes the horse do it? 2. I have a number of hogs and one of them has been sick for four daj'S and doesn't seem to get any better. She just lays all the time and seems to suffer with great pain in her head and blows very hard with her mouth wide open and will not eat anything. ANDREW SHIPOS. Prince George Co., Va. 1. Wind sucking is a bad habit ac- luired by many horses and is diffi- cult to stop when once acquired. The ause of its acquirement is not cer- tain, but if not stopped it often de- generates into roaring. Usually a mnd sucker must have something up- )n which to fasten its teeth. Tbo edge 3f the manger or a rail is generally ie place chosen. To stop the prac- ice, see that there is nothing in the itall upon which the horse can fasten lis teeth. Feed out of bucket and ake this away when through feeding. 3ome horsemen also advise fastening 1 strap tightly around the throat not 3nfficient to check normal breathing, but so tight as to prevent abnormal lotion of the windpipe. 2. The description of the ailment of the hog is too vague to allow us to form any opinion as to the disease. It Is probably the result of cold. — Ed. •XXXXXMlfiaiXXXXXXX^^ TREES. First Class Nursery Stock of all kinds. WHOLBSALB AMD RETAIL. We make a specialty of handling dealers' orders, ALL STOCK TRUE TO NAME. Apples, Nectarines, Pecaas, Ornamental and Pears, Cherry, Ghestnats, Shade Trees, Feaeh, Quinces, Walnuts, Evergreens, Plnm, Abnonds. SmaU Fruits, Boses, Ste, Aprieota, eALIFOINIA PRIVET, Icr Netfflna- WRITE F«R eATALtSUft. . . AGENTS WANTED. . . FRANKLIN DAVIS NURSERY CO., Baltlmora, Md. AT ONE-HALF CITY SEEDSMEN PRICES RINGWORM ON CATTLE. I would be very glad to have a cure for ringworm on calves, as my calves are full of it. OHAS. M. GETZ. Shenandoah Co., Va. In this Issue you will find in a reply to another enquirer a remedy for ring- worm. — ^Ed. Let us send you our catalog of seeds — It's different. It tellg you facts and why we can save you money and gives you a guaranteed square deal. Just drop a postal to-day and see the difference in buying your seed in the country or city. FORREST SEED CO Box 11, Cortland, N. Y. iAMPlEl Every wire— strand and stay— No. 9 gan^e Thickly galvanized. Bestgradesteel. We mail free sample for inspection and test. A more substantial, stock-resist- ing, time-defving fence was never stapled to posts. We pay freight on 40 rods. Write for book snowing 133 styles. The BKOWN FENCE & WIRE CO., Cleveland, O. r 15^ '°55crs. PER ROD f DELIVERED. Wkm ••rr««p*sdlnK wltb our adrartlaars always mention Southern Planter. 288 THE SOUTHERIsj PLANTER. [March^ HORSE EATIKG W O O D— S O Y BEANS AND COWPEAS AS IM- PROVERS OF LAND. 1. Please tell me what will prevent a horse eating wood. I have one that eats her feed box and gnaws all the wood in her stall. 2. Will soja beans enrich land as much as cowpeas? W. B. PITTMAN. Shenandoah Co., Va. 1. The eating of wood, dirt and other unnatural food is an imdioation thai the horse suffers from indigestion in some of its many forms and the only cure for it is careful attention to feed- ing so as to bring the animal gradual- ly into a healthy condition. Give a dose of aloes, onie ounce in a ball, or a pint of linseed oil, and follow with an alkaline tonic made up of baking soda, powdered ginger and powdered gentian in equal parts. Mix and give in tablespoonful doses twice a day be- fore feeding. It is best given dis- solved in half a pinjt of water and given as a drench. The most impor- tant thing is to attend to regular feed- ing with good, sound feed. — ^Ed. PARTIAL EVBRSION OF THE WOMB OF COW. I have an extra Guernsey cow. When she lies down her womb comes down and nearly out. Can you tell me the cause of it and if there is any cure for it, and if she will breed any more? A SUBSCRIBER. Warwick Co., Va. The partial eversion of the womb Is caused by the failure of the womb to contract after calving. When the womb properly contracts the mouth of the organ becomes so narrow that it cannot protrude. When it fails to con- tract part of the womb falls into the open internal cavity and, under press- ure from the intestines and straining, is forced backward and out of the vulva. This is the condition of your cow. She should be tied in a stall with her hind feet much higher than her front feet and the protruding part of the womb be gently pushed back into its proper place. Before doing this, douch the protruding part with cold water to cause the blood to flow out of it and allow it to contract. The retention of the womb after it is re- turned can best be accomplished by tying a truss around the cow to hold In place a triangular plate of metal plac- ed around the vulva, and thus keep it nearly closed. If there is straining to force it out again, this should be controlled by giving two or three ounces of laudanum. With the truss property adjusted to keep the metal plate in place and the hind parts kept higher than the front, the opening into the womb will gradually contract and the trouble cease. Give a laxative diet A cow which has had this trouble should not be bred again, as the CONTINENTAL BINDER Ask any man who owns a Johnston Continental Binder what he thinks of it. You'll hear a story of perfect sat- isfaction. 58 years of Binder building are represented in "Continentals." No wonder the farmers call them "King of Binders." They work in tall, down or tangled grain; handle all kinds of grain and are light in draft. Elevators can't clog, they're self- adjusting to light or heavy grain. Knotter is gear driven, can't skip— so is reel. Levers all right handed; canvases have tight- eners and wooden bearing boxes. A harvesting machine that is a wonder com- pared to others. Write for our 1908 Book describing and illustrating our full line of Johnston Farm Tools. THE JOHNSTON ||,, HARVESTER CO., {. Box35 ' llii Batavia, ,it| III,. ]S.Y. ,,||| AMBI^IDGB The Cambridge Reversible Sulky Plow is the nigheat type of plow of the twentieth century— constructed on correct, scientiflc and mechanical principles. It is the result of a constant endeavor to produce a perfect ridingr plow, and has 62 years experience in plow making: back of it. The demand of the times has been for a better riding plow— the Cambridge meets that demand and only needs to be tried to convince the farmer that it is the superior of any riding plow ever before produced. It will do splen- did work equally well on lerel land or on the hill -side; will leave the soil smooth and free of ridges and dead furrows; works with ligrhter draft than any hand plow doing the same work— ea.«iv on man and team. Made In tn-o sizes and from the best malleable iron and high grade steel; improved and extra heavy steel wheels witn dust cap and remov.ible chilled boxes. Easy to manage, always under perfect control. SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED BY mrmi who can A TEAM You'll want to know all about the Cai3ibrid{?ebelnro you buv a new plow. Write today for special cir- cular di^scribing its construction and worl^ing points. We'll send It freo also complete catalog of "The LiOve.1oy Line" of Farm Tools that will interest .vou. If we hon doubtful har- :::|rwJ^SSH^^r^ S^L^^ri^^ to work out every principle and detail of harvesting ma- vesting machines. And there is no reason why you should. Because you ..now the machfn/s you can always depend ^^^^^^^ rr^l.\"ng'\/o=^n'e.^°^ ^°^"" '°'" ""^ °"' '''^^''' hundred concerns have offered harvesting macmnes to tne ^^ ^^ ^^^^ i^^^^^^^ machines more efficient, more easily farmers. , , . , ji . . . - Out of these two hundred and odd, over one hundred and ninety, up to the present time, have disappeared be- cause their machines were not right. This means that thousands of farmers tried such ma- Ichines, lost money through them and condemned them. Through these years of "testing" the farmers found the 'best and placed their greatest confidence in six machines. You know the machines that have earned first place tlirough this test of time. And you know that the CHAMPION, BIcCORMICK, OSBORNE, DEERING, MILWAUKEE, PLANO, HARVESTING MACHINES hold their undisputedly supreme position to-day — — Because they are right — — Because they have always done the best work — — Bec'ause they have always satisfied their users — Because they have proved by many years of use that individual manufacturer. they can always be depended upon. In materials, workmanship, design and meclianical That is the reason (there can be no other) they have principle, in every feature of construction, the International eiirued the approval of the farmers. line has a potent reason for its superiority and the satis- This means that they have withstood all the tests of faction it gives you. nil conditions of harvest fields everywhere. Call on the Internatlonar dealer and secure a catalogue. It means that they are built on the right principles. If you do not know an International dealer, write us, i It means that, of the numberless types of harvesting and we will be glad to give you the address of the one jniachines put out in the j^ears past, these embody the ideas nearest you. that have been most successful in actual work. Equal in importance to a perfect machine is perfect • It means that they are the net result of all the good twine. Tlie most perfect twine made may be had in Cham- jthat has been developed in a half century's experience and pion, McCormick, Osborne. Deering-, Milwaukee, Piano and experiment and that there is no feature about them that is International, sisal, standard, manila and pure manila juntried or experimental. brands. INTERNATIONAL, HARVESTER COMPANY OF A3IERICA ! . (INCORPORATED) CHICAGO, U. S. 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The demand for them is so great that it enables the International Harvester Company to own its own coal and iron mines, thus securing the best fuel and ore; its own iron and steel mills, thus producing the best iron and steel, and its own forests and saw-mills, thus securing the best lumber. For the same reason this company is able to select the l>est of all raw materials and maintain factories equipped with machinery of the highest type, manned by workmen of the greatest skill. Thus this company is able to produce a quality of con- struction, which could not possibly be maintained to supply the comparatively small demand which would come to an 290 THE SOUTHERN PLAIsTTER. [March,, (shances of a complete eversion of the womb at the next calviii)g are more than probable. — Ed. ALFALFA GROWING. I have a field that I want to get in alfalfa. The summer of 1905 it was in com — no manure used. After the corn was off it was ploughed and seeded to wheat, using 300 pounds to acre of 2-8-5 — made 20 bushels to the acre. It was put in wheat again fall of 1906, ■using same quantity of same fertilizer, and made 22 bushels to the acre. In the spring of 1907, seeded 20 pounds of alfala to the acre on the growing wheat. When the wheat was cut the alfalfa showed a good catch in spots over the field, but very poor and weak in others, although the seed was care- fully sown, and the crabgrass and white clover soon killed out the weak places. Even where the stand was thick enough, it never grew high enough to cut except in one corner, where poultry had been cooped for several years previous, and there it grew sixteen inches high. Now, I have given the field a good coat of stable manure this winter and am going to plough it under as soon as the land is dry enough and have at hand 'a lot of oyster shells, which I intend -tO' burn and apply 20 bushels to the acre of the lime to the ploughed land. At our Farmers' Institute recently, Mr. Ed- ward Van Alstyne, of Kinderbook, N. Y., said: "Do not use lime wth ma- nure, as the action of the lime on the frish manure will not be beneficial. Please advise me if you think my proposed plan is all right. After ploughing and liming intend to put the soil in perfect condition. How early would you sow the alfalfa to get t well started ahead of the crabgrass? Soil is a moderately stiff gray loam, but well drained. Please advise me as soon as possible, as the time is at hand for me to act. E. P. READ. Talbot Co., Md. In this issue, in reply to another •party, you will find our advice and opinion on the proper way to proceed in order to grow alfalfa. It is quite evident that your land is not sufli- dently fertile to raise the crop; this was most forcibly shown by the fact that where the land was rich, where the poultry pen had been there, and there only you grew good alfalfa. The giving of a dressing of manure to the field is not going to make it sufficient- ly rich. It wants this and more. It should be both limed and have plenty of bone meal applied. The advice of Mr Van Alstyne not to apply both lime and manure at the same time is all right We have always so advised. But there is no reason why, after you have applied the manure and worked It into the land and let it lay for a, week or two, that you should not then apply lime and harrow it in lightly and then proceed to sow a crop on it. 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Twenty years of experience— hard knocks, has taught U6 that the best fence is made from, heavily galvanized Colled Spring Steel Wire CLOSELY WOVEN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM Our Fence Is so closely woven that small pigs cannot "wiggle" through It. Sostrongthe vicious bull cannot "faze" It. We have no agents. We do not sell to dealers but sell direct to the user AT WHOLESALE PRICES FREIGHT PREPAID Colled Wire provides for contraction and expansion and prevents sagging between posts. Every pound of wire In our fence Is made in our own wire mill from the best high carbon steeU We give 30 DAYS FREE TRIAL That our customers may be sure they are satlBfled. We make a full line of FARM AND POULTRY FENCE. Our Wholesale Prices will save you money. Write today for our 10 page free Catalog. COILED SPRING FENCE COMPANY, Box 52 Winchostei; Intlianam Stability of Page Fence Every Page Fence is woven of large, strong, high-carbon spring-steel wire of our own manu- facture. Its power of resistance is greater than any other fence, because every horizontal strand is coiled spring and acts accordingly under strnin. This Spring keeps Page Fence always riftid at top and bottom. There are other features you should know about Page Fence — write for catalog and folder. Page Woven Wire Fence Co., Boi 5116, Adrian, Mich. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 291 cannot get ahead of the crabgrass and other weeds sowing in the spring. They will beat the alfalfa every time. Spend the summer in getting rid of them or, if you do not wish to lose a crop in doing this, plant in cowpeas and this crop will smother them, and cut this off for hay and then seed the alfalfa in August or September. Never seed alfalfa with a grain crop. Sow alfalfa alone in the South. — Ed. DIFFICULTY IN CHURNING. I was advised by a subscriber to your paper to write you concerning my cow. She will be fresh in about three months, and for four weeks I have not gotten any butter from her cream. I have never had any trouble of that kind with her before, and this will be her third calf since I have owned her. jWill you kindly tell me what the trou- ble is, 'and oblige an admirer of the Southern Planter. S. H. TEAGLE. Gloucester Co., Va. This enquiry comes from a person whom we do not find on our subscrip- tion list. We do not undertake to re- ply to queries from persons who do not think The Planter worth 50 cents per year to them. It is surely little enough to pay to get the paper and have the benefit of our instruction and advice. Thank you's and admiration go a small way in paying printers' and paper makers' bills. However, we will make an exception.' in this case. Tlie cause of the failure to secure butter is :lae advanced period of lactation of the :ow and the fact that she is now car- Ting another calf near at maturity for waiving. The butter fat globules in :he cream are small and few in num- ber and do not separate readily from ,he milky portion nor gather together •eadily ins such cases. Nature takes iiost of this matter for the support of he growing foetus. Sometimes the iddition of some water milk-warm to he cream will help to secure the bet- er separation of globules and their gathering, but you cannot expect to |:et both butter fat and a strong, liealthy calf. This end is only secured ly inherited tendency to a long period if lactation through selected breeding. -Ed. i^RTILIZER FOR DARK TOBACCO. Will you l%in)dly give me in March is- ue a formula for dark tobacco on Qedium upland in Buckingham coun- y. Va.? I have from 40 to 50 bushels •f dry, pulverized cow droppings, free I 'f litter scraped up and put under shel- f er last summer. I wish to know how " luch ammonia, potash and phosphate ' mix with this mass to apply to four r five acres of tobacco land for best esults. Land had crop of peas, soja beans ■-' nrt sorghum cut for hay last summer. OLD SUBSCRIBER. Buckingham Co., Va. We take it that your land is very IMPROVED IN EVERY FEATURE Have you seen and examined the New and Improved 1908 DE LAVAL Cream Separators? If not, and you own one or more cows don't further hinder your best interests by delaying longer but let us give you a free demonstration in your own home at once. You will marvel at the me- chanical perfection, the wonderful simplicity and con- venience of these new machines. These new machines show improvements in every feature, from th supply can to the base of the machine, and mark the greatest move forward in separator construction since the invention of the first practical separator by Dr. De Laval in 1878. If you have milk cows you cannot afford to be without one. The new De Laval skims closer, has greater capacity, operates easier and is more ideal in every way than De Laval ma- chines have been even in the past. The Improved De Laval is actually ten years in advance of any other separator made to-day. There are ten new styles, ten new capacities and ten new prices. There is a machine for every dairy, from the smallest to the largest and at a price that will fit every pocket. Don't regret later that you didn't see the De Laval before you bought a machine but write us to-day for our handsome new cataogue describing the machines in detail and a free demonstration in your own home. You will be surprised. Don't delay. The De Laval Separator Co. Randolph & Canal Sts. CHICAGO 1 2 1 3 & 1215 FiLBER r St. PHILADELPHIA Drumm & Sacramento Sts. SAN FRANCISCO General Offices: 74 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK. 1 73- 1 77 William Street MONTREAL 14 & le Princess Street WINNIPEG 107 First Street PORTLAND, OREG. The tools that increase results No other farm or garden tools do such good work or so much work in so short a i, as Planet Jrs. Strong and easy-running. Practical and lasting, and thoroughly guaranteed. No. 25 Planet Jr. Combined Hill and Drill Seeder, Double Wheel Hoe Cultivator and Plow opens the furrow, sows the seed ac- curately in drills or hills, covers, rolls, and marks out next row in one operation. A perfect Double Wheel Hoe, Cultivator and Plow. No. 8 Planet Jr. Horse Hoe and Culti- vator will do more things in more ways than any other horse hoe made. Plows to or from the row. A splendid hiller; no equal as a cultivator. Write today for our new illustrated catalogue of 1908 ' .J^Planet Jrs — 45 kinds — a tool for every gardener's need. ^p^ S L Allen & Co Box 1107 X Philadelphia Pa PLOTCTte. TELL THE ADVERTISER WHERE YOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. ■292 THE SOUTHERN much the same type as that of the Tobacco Experiment Farm in Appo- mattox county and that therefore the conclusions reached at that place will be a safe guide for you. The experi- ments there made were considered and the conclusions reached were pointed out in our issue for May, 1907, page 440, to which we invite your attention, as also to an article on page 543, June, 1907 issue. Work for the Month. The fertilizer which gave the best results was made up of 1,200 pounds of ground fish 150 pounds of nitrate of soda, 100 pounds of bone meal, and 250 pounds of sulphate of potash. This quantity was applied to an acre of land and cost $32.80. The acre made 1,335 pounds of tobacco, which sold for an average of 8.75 cents per pound. The material — ■ dried, pulverized cow dung — which you have on hand and desire to use In fertilizing the land will go but a very small way in reducing the quan- tity of the constituents of the fertil- izer above named, which it will be necessary to buy in order to make a like fertilizer. Fresh cow dung analyzes as follows. Nitrogen, 0.29 per cent.; potash, 0.10 per cent.; phosphoric acid, 0.17 per cent. The nitrogen in your dung will now have practically all gone in the drying pro- cess; the potash and pnosphoric acid are there still. You will have two pounds of potash and 3.40 pounds of phosphoric acid in a ton of it. The fertilizers found to give the best re- sults had 125.85 pounds of phosphoric acid in the quantity applied, of which 13.53 pounds were soluble and revert- ed and therefore more or less imme- diately available. Of potash, the fer- tilizer used had 130 pounds available whilst of nitrogen the quantity of fer- tilizer applied supplied 30 pounds. Had the cow manure been fresh and mixed with litter it would have been much more valuable in producing the tobacco, as it would have supplied humus to the soil and given micro- bio life to it. As it is, it is practi- cally only so much dry vegetable mat- ter with a little potash and phos- phoric acid in it. The fact that the land grew peas and soy beans last year will enable you to economize on the nitrogen to be bought. — Ed. HELPED HIM. A physician out West was sent for to attend a small boy who was ill. He left a prescription and went away. Returning a few days later, he found the boy better. "Yes,, doctor," said the boy's mother, "the prescription did him a world of good. I left it beside him, where he could hold it in his hand most of the time, and he can almost read it now. You didn't mean for him to swallow the paper did you, doctor ?"Harper's Weekly. Moral — Buy a Simple Machine. No cream separators made are more easily cleaned than the two simple, close-skimming I. H. C. cream har- vesters, Dp.irymaid and Bluebell. The two brushes which go with the machines, and a pan of hot water, will enable you to thoroughly clean your separator in short order. You can get at every part of the bowl and tinware v.'ith the brush. You can't make too much of the matter of cleanliness in using a cream separator. It avoids odors and taints. It enables you to make high-grade products. It is the worst kind of a mistake not to buy a separator anybody can clean easily and quickly. The Dairymaid and Bluebell cream harvesters are not distinguished merely for their easy cleaning. They have every requisite to make them right working and valuable to their owners. They skim to a trace; that is, they get all the butter fat down to the thousandth part. Their wonderful simplicity makes them most durable. One of the prin- cipal reasons why they are so popular with users is that it is almost impos- sible for them to get out of order. The Dairymaid is a chain driven machine. The Bluebell is driven by simple gearing. If you need a cream harvester, call on any International local agent and talk the matter over with him. He will supply you with catalogs and full particulars. Or, if you prefer, write direct to the Home Office. You will be interested in securing a copy of "Development of the Cream Sepa- rator" or colored hanger which will be mailed on request. IKTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA, CHICAGO, U. S. A. (Incorporated) "'""^'/■'■•'■^^''--r X :i iX X DONT BUY A FENCE until you have investigated the merits of SUPERIOR FENCES. Made of 8, 9 and 10 HIGH CARBON COILED SPRING STEEL WIRE, locked with SUPERIOR HEAVY WEIGHT LOCK — All styles, heights and spacings — unquestionably the BEST FENCE made for all purposes. Alsoavery sw^ell line of STEEL GATES both plain and ornamental. Cheaper than wood PRICES Low. EASY TERMS. Write for illust'd catalog. THE SUPERIOR FENCE CO. Dept. J CLEVELAND, Q Starts or the Spray Instantly The ''Kant-Klog" Sprayer Gets twice the results with same labor and fluid. Send postal today for free interest- ing booklet, explaining how the "Kant* Klog" gives Nine Sizes of Round or Flat Fine or Coarse Sprays or solid streams all from the same nozzle. g^ Ten different styles of sprayers for all kinds "'^"'of spraying, whitewashing, etc., etc. AGENTS WANTED Roehcster Spray Pump Co., R«i,«r« IJ-V ^VERY dollar of the farmers' and dairymen's money in the banks of this country represents hard labor and wise economy. It represents head work as wel3 as hand work. But it is a fact that the farmers and dairymen whose balances in the bank are the biggest are not always the men who work the hardest with their hands — nor even the ones who farm the most acres or milk the most cows. They are mostly the men who make every move count by employing the latest ap- pliances and the most economical methods in their work. They are the men who make mind master over muscle. Much of their wealth is therefore the re- sult of economy — the saving of what others iie. This means that they are always guring oti how to increase profits with- out increasing expenses. The first ques- tion with such men, when considering the purchase of a new machine is, not how much will it cost, but, what wiii it do? Will it save anything which nov/ goes to waste? Will it do this j^^^ profitably? That's the test T)ply to Saved Price in One Season. CHEBKYVALE, KAN., June 13, 1907. lean sell mv batter to customers where I never could sell it before Ketling the separator. Wo milk six cows and i. will make more than enoui^h cutter extra to pay for the machine in tM-^^^g^^^A I? TURNER. Twice as Much Cream. Pine Bluffs Wyo., May 14, 1907. We set twice as much cream as we did Bkimmine by hand. ,TuJ,^°'?P„«""?'=l'5'#^ T themselves. MRS. V/. G. KUSSELL. Twice as Much Butter. KAW, OKLAHOMA, April 24, 1907. Make about ti"ice as much butter trom seven cows,.and of abetter aualir,v, than we did without it. MRS. MABi-L.L.A. Weaskvou to apply this test because it will be to your interest to do so If the "Tubular" will increase your profits without increasing your expenses you ought to have it It win It will make every cow you milk earn more money. That's why we wan to out a 'Xbwlar" back of your bank book. Thousands of farmers and dairymen testify t^o he me" ts ofour machines. They say the "Tubular" pays for itself m a short time When U has paid for itself all that it saves is clear profit for there s no expense-it won't cost vou a dollar a year for repairs. We've built it so that it can t. n you are economically inclined; if you want to save money and increase your bank account here's your chance. Our valuable book, "Business Dairying" will show you how^and ourlltest catalog tells all about the "Tubular." We'll send them both free if you will write today, ask for book No. ^90. The Sharpies Separator Co., Toronto, Canada WEST CHESTER, PA, San Francisco, Calif. Chicago. Illinois 294 THE SOUTHERI^ PLANTER [March, , TWO LABOR AND TIME SAVING FARM IMPLEMENTS. On farms all over the country, the firm name, Hench & Dromgold, stands for all that Is -latest and best in farm- ing machinery and tools. In this con- nection their new catalogue will prove of interest to farmers, as there are but few things for which the farmei spends money that pay such sure and large profits as good machinery. This catalogue, which is sent free upon request to The Hench & Drom- gold Co., Mfrs., York, Pa., will be found helpful in studying how to in- crease the profits of farming by de- creasing expenses. It also describes two farm implements that are used by hundreds of progressive farmers — Hench's 20th Century Steel Ball Coup- ling Pivot Axle Cultivator, with double row corn planter and fertilizer attach- ment complete in one machine — a won- derful improvement in cultivators, combining every possible movement of gangs and wheels required, and the Spring Tooth Harrow, on wheels. This Harrow, which is adaptable to any soil, is claimed to be the lightest made and to save a half horse power when in use. Hench's Cultivator and Harrow were both awarded Gold Medals at the St. Louis World's Fair. Write today for catalogue and learn all about these two great labor and time saving farm Implements. Hening & Nuckols, Implement Dealers, Richmond, Va., announce a full and complete line of seasonable, up-to-date, labor saving farm machin- ery. BEFORE YOU BUY YOUR NKW BUGGY. Write to the Ohio Carriage Manu- facturing Co., Columbus, Ohio, for their new 1908 192-page Vehicle and Harness Catalogue. You don't have to buy your buggy from them if you don't want to, and your sending for their catalogue will not obligate you to buy their goods, but if you want to get posted, if you want to find out just how buggies are made, what they are made of, and the lowest price at which they can be sold, namely, the wholesale price from manufacturer to you, get thi s large catalogue and post yourself before you spend your money. This large catalogue will quote you the prices at which buggies should be sold — that is, the rock-bottom, whole- sale manufacturer's price to you, without any middleman's profit be- tween — the prices that will save you from 33 1-3 to 50 per cent. It can do no harm and will only cost you a penny for a postal or a two- cent stamp to write for this catalogue. And if you do not want to buy from this Company after you have received their catalogue, you can place your or- der anywhere you please and where- ever, in your opinion, you will get the No Tin Caps Required With STRONG ' DURABLE ^ Making an Old Roof Better Than New No matter how badly de- cayed the shingles o r tin on the old roof Vul- canite Koofing restores the roof and makes it bet- ter than new, because ^m fUUi AIFO. CO., Box 365, BRIDGEPORT. 6i^ WheYORK Improved Weede strength of frame and flexibility of teeth are combined in the York Improved Weeder. The teeth are made of square spring steel with round points. Being narrow they do not injure the plants. No clogging. Ask your dealer to show you The Yoric Improved Weeder, examine it carefully, and you will see that it has the advantages of efficiency and economy over all other weeders. If yourdealer doesn't sell this weeder, we will sell it to you direct. Spangler Corn Planters and Grain Drills al- ways give satisfaction- durable, perfect in operation. Write for our free catalogue. SPANGLER MFG. CO., 504 N. Queen St York, Pa. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 295 OuF Special Hard-Stilf- Springy-LIVE Steel The development of American Fence. The years of experimentmg. The hundreds of thousands of dollars which we have invested in perfectmg machinery and producing the grade of special steel to make American Fence what it is today. -^^-n i»»^— '^^li^ 3 l>i^ ^\ [J) M^f ■3 ept — ^" t 'i'f^' That li j^,„ • T.cv~'**'_>t*^^^ long Story. ^--XI-'-^^J-S^ What vitally interests ■"^Z^r^ you IS the result of this great outlay of time and money. What you want to know is that — We have succeeded in producing a special steel that is perfectly adaptable for ' fence making. By the use of this special steel, galvanized by our perfected process, the value ot AMERICAN FENCE IS hard but not brittle. It is stiff and springy but pliable e?°"e^*°,^^ P^p°i'jf'7i* spliced It IS l.ve steel-not dead steel. So that every wi^re in American Fenc^ as now made is a live wire, doing business all the time ana Always absolutely reliable against emergencies. ,_. ^ ,, . jiff-rent styles. ^Dealers everywhere-one in your town. See him-examine the ditterent styles^ »- —test— compare— and judge the merits of the fence. American Steel & Wire Co., Chicago New York Denver^ San Francisco '>T i ''a'v.' . y .vig !tf ' .av>ttaix« Merchants National Bank, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Virginia's STRONGEST National BanK, THE BEST DANK FOR FARMERS Jt Jt and Country Merchants. 'monstrates the conservative methods and liberal treatment to its patrons. . One dollar starts an account Let us hear from you to-day. We pay 3 per cent, compound Interest In our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. PI.ANTERS NATIONAIi BA^^K, Richmond, Va. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. Tyy SWiBSG With the sn ^^Mowssj^ Ssys NoiM^g f.a Pay ©otwj^ ia Try §VSy Wagon Box OP You to Ge*i Your Pencil Now and Wiitr Him foif Hit Nev/, Big, 1908 Free Book About '"'ertiiizing and tlie Red Hottest Spreader iathe World. Get yo»r name and address down to me now and I'll prove to you tbat you can's aftcrd to be v/ithout one of iny Galloway Waj^on Box Manure spreaders. I'll piove it iind ako you bound you won't have any other kind. That's the Idea. In fact, 1 ly the only prsc ical wapon box manure spread- er made today. Worth Sij.oiJ to $50. DO more than any other. Is Ihe _.ily endless apron force *eed spreader made and Is 5 times ap durable as any other spreader made. Is the liyhlasi draft— v?!!! save your horses — save half your time or your men's time— get you larfrerand better crops. I'ay for itself quickly. Let me make you the tirst one in your district — my Special Money Making Proposition. My letter and Free Spreader Catalog -will tell you all the superior points— splendid Construction and about tiic practical seven exclusive palsnted porjs of mv Galloway Wagon Box Spreader and about my Coirplete Spreader. I'll make you a personal proposition that you'll be sure to take me up on •when you read my new, Free Book for 1908 £■ {Gat Oup 30 Days Special Freight Ppegsaid ProposttCan) GMLLOWAYi Endless Apron Force Feed Wagon Box Attachment Manure Spreadei — Fits Any Wagon Truck. "What do vou know about spreaders? I can hear you say "Just Bl>out the averase." Thafsit. That's why I want to la; k to you There are about 15 Red Hot Fcets I'll send you pj-oci of Inray FroeBook witl 100 or 800 other pnints that will "put you wise" to "aviratce'' spreader vwoak spot j. lie had all i-iie spreaders made tosted to work beside mine. I tell you how in my Free Book. Now, I want you to Invnsltgnte first— try my Gall j^^ay ^ -g^ Write Your Name to Me Horm h.. ^^ Teap Out anti mail Today ^' ^^A. 'William Galloway. { 4iSft^ 2WJell'erson St.. 'Waterloo, Iowa. '.i:P ^I^A. Send me your Bip, Froe Calloww ''- ^HRk.. Spreader Book for 190S. Spent/ ^Wj^ 1 Cent 4^ To £sv0 ^W^k p n '^- *so.oo^<%, ^« ^^ 1 state V rW^ '"' vl-^. ^ ^:3^ by 1 Get My ProitosS- tSon PfiGG Read What This Man Says: Claremont. Minn., 12-29, '07. Mr. Wm Galloway, M aterloo, la. DearSir:— Thespreaderi bouprht of you last spring is a G rand Spreader. 1 Iiave snread all kinds of manure— even hard, frozen chunks and It scatters every- thini?. "you can't break it. Wishing you prosperous new year, Yours truly, I>. HisS aW- Days Froo next— and buy lost. That's my way. Buy when you are satisfied. My special proposition to you comes in my letter o \ r it with ray Bii), Free 1908 Book. Spend one cent now to savt o 1)9 writin^r me a postal — or enclose the free coupon above in an t elope, and get your namo and address down here to ne now — today so I can send you a thousand Red I- o« Facts about Fertillzincr— Money Saving-Money MuK s — and the practical "horse sense" proof on the i_ t nure spreadintr proposition. , Willfam SSalloveay, Ppe&. 219 -Jofterson St., Waterloo, Iowa INCREASED PROFIT IN CORN RAISING. S. L. Allen & Co. issue a very In- teresting catalogue about the Planet Jr. tools, and they are sending it to everybody who writes for it. It is liberally illustrated, not only with pic- tures of their tools, but also with photographic scenes showing how the tools are used in the different steps of crop raising. Write for one of these catalogues, whether you want to buy farm machinery or not. Address, S L. Allen & Co., Box 1107X, Phila- delphia. A postal will do. Charleston Co., S. C, Nov. 9, '07. I certainly would not like to be with- out the Southern Planter in my home since the whole family has become so fond of its interesting pages. It is a strong paper and, above all, absolutely clean. J. B. SMITH. ^^s^Mmmm^ss^mms^^mM^^^m^mTi^^'sm^msjm Imm SattSe, l^arscjSj l^sigs— Is Prast^saiSy SucigsJj'ostH© P^TTzrrin ^ULl •i*»fc- Ji,; y, -S - iM '■ fl~ii r S'm ■• 71 - 111 i~ ij-i -I I - n ->■ ■ ri n i ji i i m^tn Buy yo'vjr new fence for years to come. Get the big, heavy wires, the hince joint, the griod g'alvanizing, the exactly proportioned quality of steel that is not too hard nor too soft. We can show you this fence in our stock and explain its merits and superiority, not only in the roll but in the iieldo Come and see us and get our prices. Our ComplPte Catalogue ef Improved Farm Machinery sent to ary address free. THE IMPLEMENT COMPANY, 1302 E. MAIN ST.. RICHMOND. VA. TELL THE ADVERTISER WHERE YOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. 298 THE SOUTHERIvr PLANTER [March, NOTES FROM BURKE'S GARDtEN. Nothing but farm-raised grain and foodstuffs are used in the develop- ment of Burke's Garden breeding •tock. Hence we do not compete for cups offered by makers of fancy mix- tures nor do our birds, when sold to others who don't see the wisdom or profit in their use, suffer and fail to go on and give satisfactory results through lack of such on practically all farms. When you get a bird or beast from Burke's Garden you will see at once that its bringing up has taught the virtue of independence and liveabllity. There will be no need of perfectly balanced rations, condiments, or patent foods and medicines or a wet nurse to make up for its otherwise lack of vigor and constitution. To prove that farm products alone are equal to the task of developing winners of outstanding excellence, it is but necessary to cite our entry of four White Plymouth Rock pullets bred, fitted and owned by Burke's Garden Cattle Co., hatched last ot May, over standard weight, January 1st, won first, second and fourth (21 birds) in one of the largest classes at Virginia State Show, Richmond, 1908. Also, with our first cockerel, got the Blue for best pen. Never took a drop of medicine, tonic, or anything, but ■what any Virginia farm will grow, In their lives. Burke's Garden is developing the most extensive and unique breeding establishment in the South. LOOK OUT FOR PARTICULARS NEXT MONTH. But a few trial trips to shows so far. Wait till she starts out to spend the season. • Had two birds at Jamestown; won second and third. In latter class, Burke's Garden entry (a White Ply- mouth Rock cockerel) was up against skill and numbers of fanciers North , and East. This place brings credit to Tazewell county equal to record of any breeder in Virginia, competition considered. The two Pekin Ducks sent down from Richmond, where they had won a first (State Fair) and fourth at Poul- try Show to Charlotte, each won a Blue in full class. In stock, Burke's Garden claims the best producing line c the Continent, viz.: the combination •'oice Goods," best bull in the world. Its grand Champion for ^two years h'. •'elf and sire of two sweepstakes winners the past season, viz.: "Scotch Goods," at International, and "Ruberta's Goods" of the Royal, and Ruberta, best cow In the world; mother to our sweepstakes cow, Rubertress; undefeated from calfhood to maturity, although she went up against the Queen's heifer, best in England, all that America could do to beat her. The Imperial Disk Harrow with Fore Truck NO TONGUE, NO NECK WEIGHT, NO SIDE DRAFT. UN1- FORNI CULTIVA= TION SECURED. This implement embodies several new and valuable features and represents a marked advance over the ordinary type of Disk Harrow. Instead of being guided by a tongue to which the team is hitched, this Harrow is controlled by a two-wheeled truck attached to the front end of the frame. The wheels are pivoted, move under the frame and allow a square turn to be made. The truck exercises a positive guidance and control over the Harrow which follows it just as the rear wheels of a wagon follow the front wheels. The position of the trame on the fore truck is adjustable. This is impor- tant because to secure a uniform depth of cut the frame should be level with the surface of the ground. If the front end of the frame is too high the inside disc blades will cut too deep; if too low, the outside disks will cut too deep. When the frame is level all the blades cut alike, and uniform cultivation is secured. The hitch also is adjustable and may be made considerably lower than on a tongue harrow, the lowest hitch hole being only 14 inches from the ground. The line of draft is consequently lower and the pull of the team therefore more effective. Send for our complete Catalogue, which gives prices of different styles of harrows, and our full Ine of up-to-date Farm Machinery. S>6c Implement Co. NO. 1302 EAST MAIN ST., RICHMOND, VA. A Raleinvazoe Direct to"%u' We hare more than 100,000 satisfied cnetomers In more than 17,000 altle%^ Tfllages and towns In the United States who have eaclt saved from It W UO bj baying a Kalamazoo stove or range on 360 DAYS APPROVAL dlreot from our factory at actnal factory prices. No stove or rmoga luM a higher reputation or ^ ves better satisfaction. You run no risk. Yoa save all dealers' profits. We pay the freight. Send Postal For Catalog No. 400 •n4 see list ot towns where we have satisfied cnstomera. Ralamaxee Stove Company, HIrs.i KBlamazooiMleh. OuTpmtentOTeii tbennometermftkeB baking »nd routing emey. •iJ N ^%' FENCES (AGATES '' In use 22 years and still givine most satisfaction. Here's the reason : Bte, strong coiled spring wires, heavy stays and good locks; all well galvanlzea. EASY TO PUT UP. NEED NO REPAIRS. Our catalog No. 8 shows the style you want and may be had for the asking. THE INTERNATIONAL PENCE & F. CO., 698 Battles Ave . Colambns, Ohio. AGENTS WANTED IN SOMK LOCALITIEE. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN" PLANTER 299 SOUTHERN STOCK YARDS, West Broad and Mulberry Streets, Richmond, Va. J. C.^Smtth, President. A. L. McOlellan, Vick-Pkesident. T. A. Smyth, Secretary and Treasurer, DIEECTOKS: J. Smyth, A. L. McClellan, T. A. Smyth, C. C. Keed, O. J. Sands and H. E. Kline.^ ^- TKe Greatest Horse and Mule MarKet in tKe SoutH. A Commission Business inJHorses and Mules. Accommodations for 3,000 Head or More. EVERY MODERN FACILITY AND SANITARY EQUIPMENT. Horses and Mules at Prices to Suit Everybody. Saddle Hofaes, Carriage HorseSflDraft Horses^ Business HorseSf ^ IHigh-Class Driving Hofses, Mules — Light and Heavy, If you;want to|buy a horse or a mule — one or ten thousand — for any purpose, at the best^possible^price, in^any grade, you can be entirely suited at the Southern Stock Yards. Eighihiof a Mile^Track Straight AwayZUnderzRoof.] iRESFAURAfJT INITHE^BUILOING. Auctiori Sales livery Wednesday and Thursday in the Year. REGULAR SALES DAILY. RED DILLON. 38696. Bay horse; foaled 1902; belgrht 15.8 hands; weight, 1,200 pounds. Slrefi by Baron Dillon, 2:12; dam Zlnda Lake by R«d Lake, 2:16%, sire of Lake Queen, 2:e6Vi, etc. Red Dillon is an Inbred 'Wilkes, world's greatest race horse family. For terms and keep of mares Address JOHN B. VAUGHAN, Owner. Aahland, Va. Red StarsHine, 31408. TRIAI., 2t24%, TROTiniTG). Bay horse, 1S.3 hands high; weight, 1,100 pounds. Sired by Acolyte, record 2:21, son of the renowned Onward 9:2(%; dam Kansas, dam ef Bohemias 3:22^, by William Rysdyk, B27. Fee, $15 the season: $25 insuraaea G. A. FITTZ, 18 Bank Street, Peteralinrs, Ta. PATRICK HENRY. HAOKXHT STAIililOW. Chestnut horse by "Squire Rickel," ■en of the famous Cadet; dam, "Mar- Jorle," a gold medal winner by "Rese- »erry." For terms, address A. POLLARD A ■ONS, Dunraven Stock Farm, R. F. D. Wo. 6, Richmond, Va. N. B. — Horses handled and condi- tioned; also boarded and kept in any ■Banner desired. FRED HERR, 45239. Bay horse; foaled 1902; height, 16 kasds; weight, 1,100 peunds, by Charley Merr, 2:07; dam, Jessie P., dam of Annie Lee, 2:07 VI; Jessie Herr, 2:18, •tc, by Neapolitan, 9966. Fee, $10 season; $16 Insurance. Address A. T. BROADDTTS, R. F. D. !•». 1, Highland Springs, Ta. GRANDEE. Registered French Coach Stallion, chestnut horse, 16.1 hands, weight 1,300 pounds. Blue ribbon winner Vir- ginia State Fair at Richmond, 1906 and 1907. PEE — $12 INSURANCE. Address CARL, H. NOLTING, Trevlllan, Lionlsa County, Va. N. B. — Rich bluegrass pasturage for visiting mares. Petaurist, 42431 Bay horse; foaled 1904; sired by Peter the Great, 2:07% dam Telka by Arion, 2:07%L, second dam La JoUa dam of Blnjolla, 2:17%, by Advertiser, 2:16%, Note. — Petaurist is a trotter of fine form, exquisite quality and finish. He carries the blood of champions of each remove for generations back, and was awarded the blue ribbon In his class at the Virginia State Fair in 1907. Fee — $25 the season, with usual re- turn privilege. JOSEPH LASSITER, Nineteenth and Franklin Streets, Richmond, Va. Stallion cards, folders and catalogues compiled; pedigrees of trotters, pacers and thoroughbreds traced, horses registered and race summaries sup- plied. I make a specialty of such matters, as my library includes all the Year Books, Trotting Registers, Stud Books, files of turf journals and other references. Inquiries promptly an- swered. Address W. J. CARTER, 1102 Hull Street, Manchester, Va., or P. O. Box 929, Richmond, Va. Kentucky Stock Farm and The Thoroughbred Record, Lexington, Ky. ; The Trotter and Pacer, New York; The Horseman, Chicago; The American Horse Breeder, Boston, aand The Breeder and Sportsman, San Francisco. ill FOR SALE g The handsome trotting stallion. Red Guy, 21052, a rich bay, 16 hands. 1,100 pounds, sired by Guy Moor 14885 dam Edna Wilkes, 2:23, by Red Wilkes, 1749, etc. Red Guy is an inbred Wilkes and from the family of Sonoma Girl, 2:05%, who sold for $30,000. He is even tempered, a nice driver and sires fine foals. Offered for want of use as I have two stallions and must sell" one. Bargain to quick buyer AUGUST H. KLOCKE, Crewe, Va. HEADLIGHT Chestnut horse, 15:3, weight 1,200 pounds. Sired by Kalaukau 9549, dam Bessie B., dam of Karnock, 2:21%, by Cosher 9206. Headlight Is a power- fully made horse, with natural trot- ting speed and a level head. His get make large, handsome horses that nnd ready sale. FEE— $25 INSURANCE. W. H. JOSEY, Owner, Scotland Neck, N. C. R. H. RICHARDSON, — Manufacturer of — SADDLES, HARNESS, COLLARS. — Dealer in — Hardware, Paints, Oils, Glass, Farm Wagons, Buggies, etc. 1810 Hull Street, MANCHESTER, VA- 300 THE SOUTHER^T PLANTER [March, ONE WAY. A story, said to be characteristic, is told of an Arkansas judge. It seems that when he convened court at one of the towns on his circuit it was found that no pens, ink, or paper had been provided , and upon in- quiry, it developed that no county funds were available for this pur- pose. The judge expressed himself somewhat forcefully, then drew some money from his own pocket. He was about to hand this to the clerk, when a visiting lawyer, a high-priced, imported article, brought on to de- fend a case of some importance, spoke up, in an aside, pjainly audi- ble over the room. "Well," he remarked, with infinite contempt, "I've seen some pretty bad courts, but this — well, this Is the limit!" The old judge flushed darkly. "You are fined twenty-five dollars for contempt, sir! Hand the money to the clerk!" he said, and when the pompous visitor had humbly com- plied, he continued: "Now, Mr. Clerk, go out and get what pens, ink, and paper the court may require, and if there is anything left over, you can give the gentle- man his change." — Harper's Weekly. WASHINGTON NOTES. The technical world recently de- scribed a patent which has been se cured by C. C. Parsons, of Oberlin, Ohio, for a dilator milking machine. Recognizing the more or less objec tionable features of the machines of the vacuum or pneumatic type, the inventor is said to have produced a thoroughly effective dilator milker. When the machine has been adjusted to the cow's udder and the teat open- ings or ducts have been dilated by the means of the dilators to form artificial openings the milk flows freely and automatically from the openings thus formed in a much more natural manner than by the use of the suction milking machine. In a recent test, fourteen quarts of milk were drawn from a cow by this machine, the same being applied, operated and removed in six and one- half minutes. Bach machine is com- plete in itself requiring no air tubes or power plant, as in the case of thft pneumatic milkers. Acording to the description, but little or no attention is required, once the adjustment is made, until the cow is milked dry. The Origin of the Aberdeen-Angus. Much diversity of opinion exists re- garding the origin of the Aberdeen- Angus cattle. By some it has been seriously argued that they are an orig- inal and distinct species, while others maintain that they are a distinct de- parture from the original cattle of an- cient Caledonia. Certain it is that they have had a separate existence for a long period of time, and if the P $ The Standard for 14 Years. The oldest prepared roofing on the market, and the first Ruberoid Roofs, laid many years ago. are htill giving satisfa '.- tory service under the severest climatic and atmospheric conditions. Contains no tar or paper; will not melt or tear. Acid fumes will not injure it. Outlasts metal or shingles. Any handy man can apply it. There is only one Ruberoid Roofing, and we sell it. You can verify its genuineness by the name on the label and on the under side of every length of Ruberoid Roofing. Send for samples and booklet. A large stock of Corrugated and V-Crimp Roofing always on hand. Southern Railway Supply Co., 1 323 East Main Street, RICHMOND, VA- Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R^R* and Washington Southern Railway. THS: DOUBIiB-TRACK LINK. Connecting the Atlantic Coast Lilne Railroad, Baltimore A Ohio Rail- road, Chesapeake & Ohio Rail- way, PennsylTanla Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Rall- rray, Southern Railway Between All Points via Richmond, Va., and ^Vashingrton, O. C. W. P. TAYLOR, Traffic Hanager. THE GATBWAT between the NORTH AND SOUTH. FAST HAIL, PASSENGER, EXPRESS AND FREIGHT ROITTXl. W. H. TAYXOR, Trav. Pass. Aseat. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLAITTER 301 DeLOACH CORN MILLS Produce more meal and better meal tkaa mmj mllia OB the marfcrt. Both Pallry and Geared Hills. Under Rnnner Mllln, 18 to 48 laches. Top Rnnncr MIIU, SO to 48 InchcB. With the famoaa VlrKlnln or Baopos Btmmmm, World beaters for maklag table aieal. Also French Buhr Mills forall Kinds of Grinding: Tnrblae and Orer-^ihot W^atcr Wheels. Th« tamona DB LOACH VARIABI.R FRICTION rBRO SAW MILLS, SHIIV<>LB HILLS, PLANKKS, GANG BUGBR8, LATH MILL.S AMD WOOD- WORKING MACHINBHT. Engines, Boilers and Qasolene Engines Send for Catalotru* and tell u« fully what 70a ■want. DeLOACH flill Mfg. Co. Box 265, Bridgeport, Ala. s. 0. MUUrORD. HARDIN K. BACHB. nTRUa McC. BACHS. . BACHE, 50N5 & MULFORD. U06 East Alain Street, Richmond, Va* "Everytliinsrusedon the Farm." Farming flachinery, Vehicles^ Harness. The "Bradley" 7 Blade. All Steel Stalk Cutter, with Neck Yoke, Double- bar, and Singletrees. Themo st per- fect machine on ttie market for cut- ting Cotton and Corn Stalks. "Eairbanks-Morse" Gasoline Engines. ''^ew HoUand" and "Peerless" Cob and Cora Grinders. "Challenge" Horse Powers and Grinders. "Appleton" Common Sense Saw Frames Com- bined Pole and Wood Saws. "Tennessee" and "Thomhill" Farm Wagons. "Anderson" and "Ames" Buggies Surreys, etc. "Ontario" and "Pennsylrania" Grain Drill*. "Swiss" Hand and Power Feed Cutters. Land Pollers, Baling Wire and Twine. 302 THE SOUTHEKX PLANTER. [March, latter theory of variation is correct, how and when these departures may have been effected must be left in a large measure to conjecture. The idea which finds most favor is the probability that the peculiarity, such as being hornless, may have ap- peared suddenly, owing to spontane- ous variation, and that these results have come to possess a powerful hereditary tendency. These spontane- ous variations or organic changes must have occurred since domestication took place, for while deviations from the original form of animals may arise spontaneously, some sort of selection in breeding is necessary in order to impart to those isolated deviations such fixity of character, or such strong hereditary power as would ensure their perpetuation. Among cattle com- pletely wild, no artificial selection could take place, but with those under domestication the case is different, as isolating and breeding from no other but animals possessing a peculiarity would, in time, lead to perpetuation oi hereditary fixity. Polled varieties of cattle, however, have been more widely spread than is generally supposed, but there is noth- ing to lead to the supposition that there is any near affinity between one another. Herodotus, writing of the Scythians, mentions that their chariots were drawn by oxen without horns; and Darwin states that a polled varie- ty of cattle existed in Paraguay, South America, at the close of the eighteenth century. In Sutherlandshire, Scotland, there was a polled variety in 1769, and, acording to Boswell, another in the Isle of Skye 'about 1773, while similar characteristics appeared among the cattle of Iceland at a less remote period. And although the Scotch Gal- loway cattle of to-day may have a cer- tain resemblance to the Aberdeen- Angus, there is certainly no nearer kin- ship between them than that the an- cestors of each breed have sprung from one parent stock in the ancient cattle of Caledonia. Previous to the close of the eigh- teenth century, nearly all the Gallo- ways were horned, and there is in fact a very close resemblance between them and the present Highlander — minus the horns. There can be little doubt that the breed is indigenous to the very district which still forms its headquarters namely, Aberdeenshire. But from earli- est history, the cattle of Buchan, in Aberdeenshire, are referred to as a dis- tinct breed. The lower part of Aber- deenshire was known by the name of Buchan, at least two centuries before the days of Wallace and of Bruce. The derivation of .the word is the Gaelic "Bo," meaning an ox, and "caen," the head; so that in the eleventh century, if not much earlier, there was something about the heads of the cattle of this part of the coun- try distinctly different from those of NDRUROID BER ROOFING BEST BY TEST FOE THIRTY YEABS. Most satiBfaotorj and ohcapeit roofing mftde; abw^ttl^ waterproof ; practically fireproof i climatlo ohangea do not aflaot it; strong and tough; light in w«ight| needa no paint) purify applied ; any workman can pnt It am. Send for oirotilar and prioei. Corrugated and V Crimp Roofing Painted or GatYanlzed (Measure roof m p«r ^Ua* fx«mt rive us meaautrwnent and w« oan tell just hov m«aH f««<- Inar wtU be required. ) TIN PLATE AND BAR IRON Wholesale and retail, in qriantitiaB to emit ptlr«hasez^ Pziota and quality gnarantaad. write ior aironlare deioiUaf MV goods. Bath Tubs, Lavatories, Sinks, Rangs Boilers, Eto. McGRAW-YARBROUGHGO. 0.11 South Bif hth Street, SZOHMONI), VA. LOOAIi JLBTD XtOKO^SirCAWOIl PBONB Ml. Removes All Desire for Liquor. Inebriety — caused by excessive use of Liquor, Drugs, or Tobacco — is recog- nized as a disease of the nervous system. The Keeley System of Treatment Cures the diseeise by eliminating all physical craving for drink, drugs or tobacco, builds up the nervous system, and restores the nerve cells to a normal, healthy condition. The Keeley Institute of Richmond cures and gives homelike, confidential treatment, administered by skilled physicians. The Keeley Institute, gp.tVi,!^!!* p. O. Box 786. OTIS H. RUSSELL. Manager. When corresponding with our advertisers always mention Southern Planter. 1908.] THE SOUTHERI^ PLANTER. 303 The. Gpeaiesi- Offer of the Seasoi Here is the biggest Incubator Bargain offered the poultry-raiser this season. An opportunity to get a high-grade, standard 100-egg machine at a money-saving price that will interest every incubator buyer in the land. For $12.50 we will ship complete a regular No. 48 Model, 100-egg "VnJted" Special Incubator, and pay the freight to any point east of the Mississipi River, or we allow amount of freight to River on orders west of the River. Don't compare this offer with the price asked for machines made in box factories and called "incubators." This is the special "Vnited" Machine, with all its latest improvements; made in the finest specially equipped incubator factory in the country, by expert incubator builders; double-cased, lined with Lone Star Roofing and wool packing, with heavy sheet of asbestos paper covering radiator and fitted with the celebrated "United" heating system — the best ever put in an incubator. Machine will be securely packed and shipped complete with lamp, thermometer, egg-tester — everything ready to fill the lamp, put in the eggs and start it to hatching. Send us your order for one today, enclose draft or money order for $12.50, or send for catalog if you want to know more about the machine before you buy. Be sure and write today. United Incubator 6^ Poultry Supply Mfg. Co., DEPT. 17. 26-28 Vesey Street. New York City. other localities. Their history, beyond this period, is lost in the mist of anti- quity, 'and the nearest that mortal man can approach to accuracy is that the breed has existed in Aberdeenshire from time Immemorial. The earliest records of their utility are furnished by the Williamson's, of St. Johns Wells, Fyvie, who, about the year 1770, were the principal cattle dealers in Scotland. They stated that they preferred them to others "as they were most easily maintained, more hardy in work, have flesh of the finest grain, and pay better in proportion to the goodness of their keep." So even at this day the breed has such well- defined features as to mark it out for such excellent properties that some of our most extensive cattle dealers re- gard it as superior to all other varie- ties. The breed first came into promi- nence in British history at the High- land and Agricultural Society's Show in 1829, when Hugh Watson triumphed with the best fat stock of any breed. One of his exhibits was afterwards shown at Smithfield, where she won the medal in the class for extra stock. Her breat was "not quite eight inches AMERICAN SAWMILLS RELIABLE FRICTION FEED Ratchet Sst Works, Quick Receder.Duplai Steel Dose. Strong, ACCURATE ANDRELIABLI Best material and work- Eoanshlp, light mnnlng, requires little pew«r; simple, easy ta baadla; won't get out ot order. BELT FEBD MILXiS In all elzea. Log Beam CarrUcea can be tumished wltk any of our Mills. No. 1. Warranted to cat 2.000 feet per day with « H. P. engine. SeveB other sixes made. Also Edgers, Trimmers, Shingle Machines, Lath Mills, Rip and Cmt- 0« SawB, Drag Saws, Cerdwoed Saws and Feed Mills. Catalogue sent free. "Rowe, Mass., October M, 1»0B.— I have a N#. 1 American Saw Mill and seni yeu as order for another Just like It. I ran it with my 8 H. P. portable gaselin* engine ; have sawed 6,008 feet et lumber In ten hoars with It without any t rouble. I «se a 48-lnch saw. Tours truly, BRADL.BT C. NuiwaiLii. AMERICAN SAW MILL MACHINERY CO., 137 Hops St., HackettstowR N. J. OUR AGENTS.— Watt PUw Company. Rlchmend, Va.; R. P. Johnson, Wyths- Tllle, Va.; Hyman Supply Company, New Berne and Wilmington, N. C; OtbM Machinery Company, Columbia, S. C. When corresponding with our advertisers always mention Southern Planter. 304 THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. [Maroh, from the ground." Mr. McCombie, of Tillyfour, was the next to enter the field with them, and in 1847 he gained the championship at the National Show. From that date until his death he maintained a foremost place. At the Paris Exhibition in 1856, he was awarded the gold medal for Charlotte, the dam of Pride of Aberdeep. In 18C2, at Paris, he secured similar hon- ors for the best ox. But the greatest triumph of the breed was at the Inter- national Competition at Paris in 1878, where the Tillyfour group, by twenty- four votes out of thirty-nine, won the grand championship of the show. How Wheat Rust is Starved. An instructive account is published in the Experiment Record of the De- partment of Agriculture of the manner in which the yellow rust parasite acts upon susceptible and resistent varie- ties of wheat. In an experiment with Michigan Bronze wheat and "rust- proof" Einkorn, young seedlings of each were infected by placing spores on the leaves. In the Michigan wheat the germ tubes passed into the inner tis- sues and developed rapidly, producing pustules in about ten days. In the case of the resistent Einkorn wheat, the germ tubes made good their en- try, but almost in the beginning showed, through the microscope, weak- ness and starvation; and was unable to make further progress. The wheat plant continued to flourish, except for the small dead area where the fungus entered the leaves. The reason for this resistance is unknown, but is sup- posed to be due to some toxic princi- ple in the host plant. Four Pencils Per Capita. The number of pencils manufactured !b the United States each year, accord- ing to the Forest Service, is at least 315,00'0,000, for the production of which 75,000,000 feet, board measure, of wood are required, the greater part of which is red cedar. Four pencils for each inhabitant seems a very con- servative estimate. Bovine Tuberculosis is Transmissible. A Royal Commission, appointed by King Edward, of England, to investi- gate whether tuberculosis in man and animals is one and the same disease, has reported that "there can be no doubt but that in some cases the tuberculosis occuring in the human subject, especialy in children, is the direct result of the introduction into the human body of the bacillus of bo- vine tuberculosis; and there also can be no doubt that in the majority of these cases at least the bacillus is introduced through cow's milk. Cow's milk containing bovine tubercle bacil- li is clearly a cause of tuberculosis and of fatal tuberculosis in man." In Investigations by our own Bureau of Animal Industry it was found that tubercle bacilli are readily Let My 50 Years Success Start You Right lor Poultry Profits — - Whether you are an expert Poultry Raiser, or a Begrinner, it will pay yon, especituUy this year, to write me a postal for my New Free 1908 Chatham Incubator and Brooder Book on Poultry Science. My SO years of practical experience in building Chatham Incubators and Brooders is told fully in this book. I tell you how you can start in the poultry business with a small amount of money and offer to prove to you on 5 years' guarantee that my machines are the best made. My 1908 book is so full of the latest improvements in chicken raising methods and practical information that no Expert or Beginner can afford to overlook it. MAKSON campb: l:*resldent, Xbe Manson Campbell Company, Ltd. Take 84 Days My Chatham Free Trial of Incubator ^^^^^^^^^^^^ If yon are an Expert, set a ^■^^^^^^^^^^ Chatham beside any other incu- bator in the world and prove at my risk for 84 days on hatches that Chathams beat the rest. If you are a Beginner, just hold off a day or two until you get my low factory prices direct to you — freight pre- paid — and read my 1908 Book beforeyou buy. Write a postal to me personally, now, to get it. Learn all about our two immense factories — our new improvements and our ways of testing every machine at our own experimental station. When a Chatham Incubator or Brooder leaves our factory to go to you it carries 50 years of successful experience with it and is an assurance of your success. Ne^v, Free Cbatbam Poultry Book It tells you how our $500,000 invested in the In- cubator manufacturing business is really an investment back of every one of our thousands of customers to make them Successful Poultry Raisers from the time they start with Chathams. Write me personally, today, for my New Book. Hanson Campbell, Pres., The Hanson Campbell Co., Ltd. 166 Wesson Ave.. Detroit. Mich. D«p|.^ KuussOltriSt. FaiiI;Portluid,Ore.;NMbville,Tenn.;Hftms1)tirg, Fft. \ We liave 21 Branch Houses and Make Prompt Shlpmeiits. Hatch and Brood AT SAME TIME Here's a new thing:— a complete hatcher and brood- er, one machine that performs both of these oper- ations at the same time and does both well. The METAL MOTHER W^^ttl' is a loner step ahead of all others— the most re- markable invention in the poultry world. With it 2 qts. of oil hatches 50 eggs and broods the chicks — brood one batch while you make another hatch. Our nest system enables you to do this. A time-saving, labor-saving, oil-saving machine *i complete for J7. 50. Free catalog— tells how * it works. Regular Cycle Hatchers and Brood- ers at S5 each are great favorites. Write today. CYCLE HATCHER CO., 409 Wm.St ELMIRA, HEW YORK 7 Tou 'need not waste^ time and money "^expsrlmenling" to make money with poultry now because [ Cyphers Incubators and Brooders nave proved that that's unnecessary, to begin- i Here, experts and Acrlcultural Experiment Stations. Whether you are an Imme- \ dlate buyer or not, investlprate Cyphers patented machines and MAKE MONEY FROM POULTRY. Our 212-page Free Catalog pos- eesses Illustrations f all necessary down-to-date poultiy supplies manulao- tared by us. Write for It. Address nearest office. OVPHEK8 INODBATOK COMPANY, Buffalo, N. T. Now Vork; Boston; Chicagoi Kansas Cltyt Oakland, Cal.i Lonilon, Cna* I tUARANTEED I ■■CSTMTMEIll Subscription Bargains See First Page, a»08.] THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 305 OLDS Oar Hew Hopper Jacket Knglne en This company has bean making engrinea — nnd nothing else — for thirty years. Wa are engrine specialists. It stands to reason that a big, successful con- cern like this, that makes one thing, must make that one thing well. Our new factory is the most complete and up- to-date engine factory in the United States. Because of its complete equipment we can build engines of the highest efficiency at the very lowest cost. That is why we can give you a dorable, sim- ple, strong, hlghest-grrade, perfect-TVorklns, long-lived engine at a low price. This liberal proposition is the crowning reason, on top of a lot of good common sense ones, why you should buy an Olds Kngine and none other. We Have liny Kind of an Engine Vou Want Our new catalogue tells about them In detail. I especially want to call your attention to our Hopper Jacket Engine on skids or wheels, 3 to 12 H. P., which is ready to run when you get it. Fill It with gasoline, throw on the switch, turn the wheel — that's all. No piping to connect, nothing to set up, always ready, can be moved anywhere. I want you to get the most liberal proposition ever made on a Gasoline Engine. It will save yon money. When a company like thla, the eldest and biggest exclusive gasoline engine manufacturers In the country, make such a proposition. It means motae^ thing. I have placed my proposition la the hand^ of our representatives. Write to them or to me, and you will receive it by return mall. ______ JAS. B. SaAGER, Gen. Mgr. Old* Gaa Power Co, The Olds Engine is the best and cheapest Engine y»u can buy. It is the simplest In construction, most economical to run, will do your work at the omallest expense, and does not get out of •r4wr< _^ Skids. fl "" All Olds Engines run properly, are easy to •itart, winter and summer. The U. S. Govern- jii ment uses them. j'^ Don't fail to irrite for oar nevr catalogue and i'jj the liberal propositions at once. Address the (I home office or any representative. '^ Do not buy any other engine until you have got my liberal proposition. It is something ^1 unasnal. You certainly want to know about It. ^ > OLDS GAS POWER CO. ' Home Office, 949 Seager St., Lansing, Mich. Boston, 69-75 Washington St., N. San Francisco, Cor. Jessie and Ecker Sta. Kansas City, 1226 W. Eleventh St. Omaha, 1018 Farnum St. Binghamton, N. T., 23 Washington St. Minneapolis, 313 S. Third St. Phladelphia, 1816 Market St. Portland, Oregon. Elgin, 111. Kempton, Pa. Houston, Texas. Norfolk, Va. Miami, Fla. Catablisited by Ce«. Wail, 1840, THE CALL- WATT CO., 13 South 15th St., Richmond, Va. IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY, WAGONS, MANFRED, CALL, Manager. THE EMPIRE CORN AND FERTI- LIZER PLANTER. THE DISC CULTIVATOR. THE UNIT ROAD MACHINE The Simplest, Baslest Uanaged amd Least Elxpeaatve of Any. Re^ltilrM bat oa* Ifea aad eae Team t» Operate It. Saves Laber Baeush ta pay tar ItMlt la Two Days' Use. The Prioa Brlnga it Withla the Baaah •( AIL SALINO PRKSSIDS FOR HAND, HOR8B AND STEAM POWMR. rHRTIL.IZBR, LIMB AND PL.A8TBSR SOTVBIRS. EIGHT STVLES AND SIXES. »BA HULLERS, GRINDING MILLS, HORSB POU'ERS, POLE AND WOOD SAW^S. ROAD ROLLERS, ROAD PLOWS, WHEEL AND DRAG SCRAPERS. ri^WS AND PLOW CASTINGS IN GREAT VARIETY. WH SOLICIT CORRESPONDENCE AND ARE PREPARED TO MAKE LOW^ PRICES. DISC HARROW WITH TRUCiL SOLID STEEL HEAD ROLL] A5HT0N STARKE, Richmond, Va The United States Cream Separators ;and|Davis Swing Churns. THE ORIGINAL, GENUINE SWING CHURN. ALL EFFORTS TO IMITATE ARE SIMPLY FAILURES. U. S. SEPARATOR. EFFICIENT, EASY TO CLEAN, SIMPLE, DURABLE, EASY TO WORK. GETS ALL THI CREAM. THE BEST B^ EVERY TESl "S IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOST UP-TO-DATE DAIRY APPARATUS OF ANY KIND, LET US SEND YOU A VER- MONT FARM MACHINE COMPANY CATA- LOGUE. IT WILL BE WORTH YOUR WHILE AND SAVE YOU DOLLARS. SEND ASHTON STARKE, RICHMOND, VA., A LIST OF FARMERS' NAMES AND WE WILL MAIL THEM REQ ULARLY, POST PAID, CIRCULARS IN SEASON. •♦THE STAR" Corn, Cotton, Pea, Bean, and Fertilizer Planter. So many in use that they are now a household word with the farmer. Drops any distance, any number of grains. Drill* as- well as it drops. Puts down any quantity of fer- tilizer that can be desired. Made of steel and wrought iron. Does everything a planter could be expected to do. The improvements for 1908 aro great. Don't let any one tell you that '-^ have a just as Demand the STAR See That Our Name is Cast in Raised Letters on the Hopper Lid. ASHTON STARKE, Richmond, Va. ASHTON STARKE, Richmond, Va, GASOLINE ENGINES Guaranteed to develop as full horse power as any engine made. The standard of excellence in every particular. Just as simple as they can be built, and built for rough usage. ANY NUMBER OF THESE EN- GINES AT WORK ALL OVER THE SOUTH. WE CHALLENGE ANY MAN TO POINT TO ONE NOT DO- ING ITS FULL WORK SATISFAC- TORILY. For Pumping, Sawing, Grinding, Threshing, Hoisting, they can't be beaten When you oall on them they go, and when they go, they carry a full load. "Ginger bread" "talking points," and numerous delicate springs eliminated. Built to stand up under the work. THE GREAT POINT IS SIMPLICITY. THE GREAT RESULT, STRENGTH. THE GREAT SATISFACTION, DURABILITY. BUILT TO SPECIFICATIONS BY THE WITTE IRON WORKS CO., KANSAS CITY, MO. You must see the Catalogue giving all the details of construction to value their merits. Send us the ad- dresses and we will gladly mail Cata- logues. SEND ASHTON STARKE, RICHMOND, VA., A LIST OF FARMERS' NAMES AND WE WILL MAIL THEM REG- ULARLY, POSTPAID, CIRCULARS IN SEASON. A Combination Disc and Mold Board Plow. Turns sod and stubble and turns it upside down. Leaves a flat, open furrow. Does not leave the land edged up and in bumps, taut just right for the harrow. A gxeat stride ahead of all Disc Plows Fills the lacking place. The Great Double Actioa Disc Harrow Fairly masticates the ground. Does, and does better, in one trip than any other disc harrow wil do in three trips. _m1 Tile Two Greatest Land Pre= parers on Earth To-day. Away yonder ahead of competition. Just see one in the field; that set- tles it. Made by CUTAWAY HARROW CO., Higganum, Conn. ASHTON STARKE Richmond, Va. ASHTON 5TARKE, Richmond, Va. A COMBINATION Of the best features found in the most approved drills. Grain hopper and fertilizer hopper made separate. Built by the PEORIA DRILL AND SEEDER COMPANY, to our specifications. Adapting it especially to the lands and the conditions in the South. DRILLS WHEAT, RYE, OATS, CORN, PEAS, BEANS, ALFALFA, CLOVER, ETC. FERTILIZER FORCE FEED, REGULATES TO ANY QUANTITY. NO CLOGGING. STEEL TUBES. STEEL FRAME. SEPARATE HOPPERS. STEEL FRAME. A Spring Seat goes with the Drill. You can ride if you wish to. 8 Dis Drill, complete with Fertilizer and Grass Seeder; also, 10 Disc Drills. Also, 5 Disc and 5 Hoe Drills, Seeders and Broadcasters. ^'^ We guarantee it in any and every particular to be the equal of any drill made, and cnallenge comparison. Send for testimonials from farmers who have bought and use the "Old Dominion" Drill. SEND ASHTON STARKE, RICHMOND, VA., A LIST OF FARMERS' NAMES AND WE WILL MAIL THEM REG- ULARLY, POSTPAID, CIRCULARS IN SEASON. , Vliller Improved /Vlanure Pulverizer and Spreader, and Lime Spreader. Body made tight like a wagon. No slats !■ bottom that let lime and manure sift through and to get clogged up. Low down. Easy to load. The lightest draft machine of its capacity on tlie market. Just right width to straddle corn rows. Every lever independent and positive. Low down, so that in spreading Lime it Is not blown all over the farm. SHOWING SPOON TEETH TO SPREAD LIMB. Amount per acre can be changed as you drive along. The conveyor returns simply by throw- ing the lever. The low wheels guarantee the maximum of strength. No experiment, fully tried and fully guaranteed. ,■ Tears up corn stalks and spreads them on the ground. Write for illustrated catalogue showing every part in de^p,il. When you know its merits you will consider none other. The Greatest Spreader Made, MILLER! ASHTON STARKE, HIchmond, Va. ASHTON STARKE, Richmond, Va. Jacobson Qas and Gasoline Engines POWERFUL DURABLE Are Built Right and Run Right RELIABLE ECONOMICAL Ask the Man Who Owns One. The Following Features are Distinctive in the Jacobson Engines Vertically operated valves, eliminating side wear of the valve stems and obviating frequent leakage annoyances. Rigidly supported cylinder, the metal of the frame being in the line of the forces acting between cylinder and cramk shaft. Removable and interchangeable cylinder walls, in the form of a bushing, providing for easy and quick repair of cylinder and uniform expansion. The combustion chambers and cylinder walls are so proportioned and water jacketed that a very high com- pression is attained (averaging 100 pounds per square inch), and as a result a very high efficiency is. obtained. They save 20 per cent, in gasoline over other high-grade engines on the market. These features, with the many others of this line, are worthy of careful study, investigation and consideration by power users. JACOBSON MACHINE M'F'G CO., ASHTON STARKE, Home Office and Works, Warren, Pa. Virginia Agency C. R. MORRISON, Southern, Manager, 676 Marietta St., Atlanta, Ga. SEND ASHTON STARKE, RICHMOND, VA., A LIST OF FARMERS' NAMES AND WE WILL MAIL THEM REG- ULARLY, POSTPAID, CIRCULARS IN SEASON. Pivot Wheel Cultivator MpVFP MIND* *^*-^'^ i-«»V ITlfli^ll^ • Perfectly balanced frame. Gangs always parallel. T _j. J.T. n i-j_, ■!,„<. tx^n-^ tttUI Wheels adjustable from 28 inches to 48 inches. Use Let them all claim what they wiU. g to 5 shovels on each gang. This is a pivot wheel Here are the two easiest adjusted, cultivator, not a pivot frame or shifting pole — there's ^ ,, , 2. great difference. most adaptable, easiest controlled cultivating tools made. on wheels when wanted. LOOK AT THIS. The Keystone Weeder. The seeder box working on this weeder makes up a great tool. This is the most complete shallow cultivator and hard ground worker ever put on the market. You must see our catalogue giving details of construction to appreciate it. Mark! You are going to find this weeder on every farm. The Keystone Weeder Tooth Combination round and flat diamond tooth. Rmove the diamond point and you have the round tooth. Notice the reinforced tension spring. It is in a class by itself. The Keystone Pivot Wheel Cultivator MADE BY KEYSTONE FARM MACHINE CO., YORK, PA. ASHTON STARKE, Richmond, Va. 310 THE SOUTHERl^ PLANTER. XMareh, WILL THE FARMERS HEED? Who drove the farmers of Kentucky and Tennessee to burning warehouses and de- stroying tobacco plant beds? The Trust. Who is responsible for the conditions among the cotton planters to-day ? The Trust. Who locked up all of the money in the country a few weeks ago? The Trusts. Who is re- sponsible for' the value of secu The Trusts. Did we ever know such things before w e h a d the Trusts? No. IT IS UP TO THE FARMfR TO CHOOSE Gloriously Independent. Marvelously strong. Wonderfully easy to handle. Astonishingly cheap in repairs. The great compe t i - tor of the Trusts in machines. Ag inde- pend e n t as a wood sawyer & as strong as a giant Do your duty as you see it ; patronize that which you think is worth the most to you Harvester and Binders, Hay Rakes, Tedders, Disc Harrows, Etc., Etc ASHTON STARKE, SOUTHERN office; WALTER A. WOOD, MOWING AND REAPING MACHINE CO., RICHMOND, VA. disseminated in the manure. In fact, the m_anure is considered the most dangerous factor in the spread of tuberculosis. How Much to Fertilize. Too great emphasis cannot be placed on the necessity of each farm- er making his own manure trials. While the work the Experiment Stations is conducting is of great value in determining the general principles underlying profitable ma- nure for ordinary conditions of soil and climate, it must be remembered that there are many minor differences in every district, and even on each farm, which influence the result. What may be the best practice in one district may be only second best in another. If simple fertilizers are pur- chased and each man makes his own mixtures, it is a simple matter to try three or four drills of this or that mixture, until, by trial, a farmer de- termines what is the best practice for his particular district. One word of caution — keep a tight hand on the manure bag, and let good soil culture have fair play. Fertilizers only have their best action on well-tilled soil. The careful man will endeavor to obtain the fullest information on the influence of climate on the crop, the deficiencies of the soil, and the needii of the crop grown. January chickens that are being? brooded in the Phllo System Brooder Coop and Brooder without artificial heat. They were hatched January 1st and placed out of doors January 2nd, over frozen ground. This is probably the most severe test ever made, as the temperature has been below zero much of the time, and the chicks are fully equal to any ever raised during the natural hatch- ing season. Rinderpest in the Philippines. Rinderpest is the scourge of the Philippines; but our Uncle Samuel has it under control. Whereas entire sections of the Islands were depopu- lated of the Philippine beast of bur- den, the carabao, shortly after Ameri- can occupation, in a recent outbreak of the disease where some 6,000 ani- mals were inoculated by our Philip- pine Bureau of Agriculture, only four per cent, subsequently died. GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL. Halifax Co., Va., Nov. 8, '07. I think your advice in the Southern Planter all O. K., and I have always done my farming in Kentucky and since I have been Virginia by it. W. E. STOOPS. 1908.] THE SOUTHERN PLAl^TER. 311 AGRICULTURE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The South Bend Tribune, of Thurs- day evening, February 6th, comment- ing, editorially, upon the address of Col. Charles Arthur Carlisle, of the Studebaker Bros. Mfg. Co., to the members of the Farmers' Institute of the St. Joseph Valley, directs special attention to the strong resolution left before the Convention by Mr. Carlisle as follows: Mr. Carlisle's Plan. "The St. Joseph County Farmers Institute, just adjourned, apparently did well to adopt the resolution pro- posed by C. A. Carlisle relative to the iBtroduction of manual training, in agricultural and domestic sciences in the district and rural schools. It is likely that such a plan will prove both practical and feasible. The sugges- tion deserves a thorough trial. "With agriculture a recognized sci- ence, with agricultural schools mak- ing farming a scientific undertaking, the idea of a course of study in the country schools as suggested does not seem amiss. Manual training has been pro'ven decidedly practical and advan- tageous in the cities. Why will it not prove just as beneficial in the country districts? "The provision of the resolution urg- ing that the matter be taken up with the township trustees, the State and county superintendents and all others in authority in an effort to have one or two district schools in St. Joseph county selected in which to make a thorough trial of the plan is to the point. It is getting down to the meat of a question in a business-like man- ner. If the teaching of manual train- ing, agricultural and domestic science can be practicaly applied in the rural schools, there is no reason why this country should not be the first, or one of the first, to profit. "The position 'assumed by the farm- ers in the adoption of the resolution was well taken. Mr. Carlisle deserves credit for proposing the plan to the Institute. The Association showed that it had the courage of its con- victions in adopting the proposal." At the close of his address upon the following questions: First, Does it pay the farmer to keep blooded stock for its intrinsic as well as its artistic value? Second, Does it pay the farmer to study modern farm science? Third, Does it pay the farmer to unite the force of his influ- ence with his neighbor in the coun- try and in the town? Under this question the great thought of holding the boys and the girls contentedly upon the farm was broadly discussed. Mr. Carlisle presented the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted by the Convention: Whereas, We, the Farmers' Insti- tute and Corn School of the St. Joseph Valley, in session at South Bend, Indiana, on this fourth day of SUPERIOR DISC DRILLS PL/XNT FOR PROFIT The Superior Disc Drill is not an experiment, or something new. Thousands of the most progressive farmers in every part of the grain-growing world are using Superior Orain Drills, not only for sowing Oats, Wheat, Rye, Barley, Rice, etc., but for drilling Cow Peas, Beans, Beets, and all other large and small grain. The Superior Drill will accurately sow any and all seeds from tiny grass seeds to large bush Lima beans, without cracking the seed. TheSuperior Drill is manufactured in all styles and sizes, and we have machines that are built especially to meet the conditions that confront the farmers In every locality in the grain-raising world. We want you to investigate the Superior Drill for yourself as to its choice material, strength, simplicity and the work that it has done and will do. We ask you to go to your dealer and insist on seeing the Superior Drill before you purchase any drill. Do not be persuaded to buy some other make of drill that your dealer tells you is "just as good" as the Superior. There are many imitations on the market, but imitations are never as good as the genuine. We sell the Superior Drill under a positive guarantee to be and to do ALL that we claim for them. They MUST do ALL we claim. There is no "string" tied to this warranty. It means a great deal to a farmer, and shows honest, straightforward dealing on our part. HERE ARE a FEW ADVANTAGES OF THE SUPERIOR (The Name Tells a True Story.) 1 — The Superior Drill will sow any seed from the finest grass seed to bush Lima beans. 2 — The Superior will sow any commercial fertilizer, or granular lime, and it will sow it right and in any quantity desired. 3 — Tou can reseed wornout and rundown pastures and meadows with the Superior Disc Drill. The Superior puts the grass seed under the sod without turning it. The work does away with "sod binding." You will be absolutely astonished at what can be accomplished in old pastures and meadows with a Superior Disc Drill. 4 — The Superior Disc Drill de- posits the seed at the axial center of the discs and plants the seed in an even depth right in the very toe of the seed trench, without being mixed with the soil. 5 — The Superior is the strongest, most simple, lightest draft, best made grain drill in the world. 6 — The Superior Drill sows evenly — every feed exactly the same amount. No skipping, no bunching or choking. Impossible to go more than two or three inches without putting seed in the ground. Tou can't tell where you stop or where you start in a field after the seed comes up. 7 — The Superior Disc Drill will run and do good work wherever a disc harrow will run. Stalks, mud, pea vines, crab grass, or any other trash has no terrors for a Superior Disc Drill. 8 — Drilled oats and all small grains will withstand the drougth much better than where broad- casted. 9 — You will get a good stand of clover if you sow it in the spring at the same time you do your oats or wheat, because the young clover plants get a good stocky growth at a very critical time — when they need sun and air. 10 — In winter-wheat sections, the farmer can go into his wheat fields, sow the clover seed right down through the grain tubes into the ground and the discs will cultivate the wheat. Don't think this will hurt your wheat. It will increase your crop. Our 1908 Catalogue is free for the asking. So is our 1908 Superior Almanac. Your request on a postal card will bring both books. We also manufacture Potato Planters, Corn Planters, Corn Drills and Disc Harrovrs. Investigate these machines before purchasing. THE SUPERIOR DRILIi CO., DEPT. 14, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. Division The American Seeding-Macbine Co., Incorporated. 312 TEDE SOUTHERN PLANTER [March;, February, 1908, do appreciate the urgent necessity of developing the farm and bringing the country life to the highest possible degree of com- fort, pleasure and profit to the farm- er, his family, the community, and all people at large; and. Whereas, We belieine that the boys and the girls of the country can be interested and perhaps more closely held to the country through the teach- ing of manual training, agricultural and domstic science in the district or rural schools, be It theretore Resolved, That we urgently petition the township trustees, the State and county superintendents, and all oth- ers in authority, to select one or two good district or rural schools in St. Joseph county, schools that will re- flect a standard, and make in these schools a practical demonstration by selecting a teacher thoroughly quali- fied to teach these branches and in- struct in them, in regular session, in a thoroughly practical and compre- hensive manner; and, be it further Resolved, That the President and the Secretary of this Society be, and are hereby, requested to place this preamble and resolution before the above-mentioned school authorities and report back to this Society the results. In presenting this resolution, Mr. Carlisle states that radical changes are often disastrous and that gradual changes are more often reliable and wholesome.He urges that like resolu- tions be considered by all Farmers' Institutes and Farmers' Societies everywhere, and points out particu- larly that the effort is made to estab- lish a modern curriculum in one or two schools that will reflect a stand- ard for the district. Mr. Carlisle, whose address is South Bend, Indiana, states that he will be glad to assist any one inter- ested in advancing this work and would appreciate the helpful advice of others who have a thought to offer. WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES. One day a tall, gaunt woman, with rope colored hair and an expression of great firceness, strode into the office of a county clerk in West Virginia. "You ar the person that keeps the marriage books, ain't ye?" she de- inandd. "What book do you wish to see, madam?" asked the polite clerk. "Kin you find out if Jim Jones was married?" Search of the records disclosed the name of James Jones, for whose mar- riage a license had been issued two years before. "Married Elizabeth Mott, didnt he?" asked the woman. "The license was issued for a mar- rias-e with Miss Elizabeth Mott." "Well, young man, I'm Elizabeth. I thought I oughter come in an' tell ye that Jim has escaped.— Harper's Weekly. Farms in Northern Virginia DAIRY, GRAIN, STOCK, POULTRY, FRUIT. Near Washington and Baltimore and In easy reach of Philadelphia and New York. Unlimited markets and unsurpassed shipping facilities. Reasonable in price. Near good live towns, schools and churches. Write us. STEPHENSON & RAINEY, HERNDON, VA. JOHN F. JERMAIM, Headquarters for Virginia Property, Fairfax Va. Washington Office, No. 12J0 H Streat, N. "W., and Vienna, Va. If you want to buy a grain, dairy, fruit, truck, poultry or blvcgraaa farm, city or yillage property, or any kind of business proposition, such aa hot«l% stores, livery stables, schools, or any kinds of shop, it will pay you to sead for my 60-page catalogue, it Is full of bargains near steam aad elactrto rail* road and near Washington, D, C, where we have the best of market. I aai always ready to show property. I try to please. MT MOTTO: "HONESTY AND FAIR DBAXJNGa" VIRGINIA FARMS Healthy, productive and rapidly improving section; three hours ride to Washington; thirty minutes to Richmond. Good local markets. Electric and steam railroads. Fine poultry, stock, tobacco and general farming section. Four Thousand Dollars will buy a most desirable farm, containing 140 acres, with necessary buildings and fencings, large orchard, over 100 acres cleared and in good stae of cultivation, convenient to Ashland. Many other attractions. FRANK H. COX Ashland, Hanover County, Virainia. 1908.] THE SOUTHERiY PLANTER. 313 LEADING ISG8 UP-TO-DATE LABOR SAVING 20TH CENTURY MACHINERY. I^KbM irr {m4 or Mtsfljin wtik THE ROSS tUoB ftfid catttDf hMDV- i^^ar naj dircctftoB *t uy *^^*^ ^^oq watt.S«nd for IllD*tT»to TTvelve Room House like this painted Tvith Spotless Ready Mixed Honse Paint, two coats, for $12-21. This large house, meas- uring: 28 feet wide by 40 feet long and 24 feet in height will require 11 gallons for body 10 gallons at 93 cents per gallon... $9 30 1 gallon at 97 cents per gallon 97 2 gallons for trim- ming at 97 cents per gallon 1 94 $12 21 DO YOUR OWN PAINTING and bny your Paint from us and thereby savlnK *10.00 to $20.00 on every bulldlns painted. Malse your house and buildings proof against time. Increase their value and have the handsomest house in your section. A Large Modern Barn I>ike this Painted with our SPOTLESS W^EATHERPROOF PAINT, two coats, for $8.45. This large barn, measuring 30 feet wide by 50 feet long and 22 feet in height, will re- quire — 12 gallons for body, 10 gallons at 59 cents per gallon $5 90 2 gallons at 64 cents per gallon 1 28 2 gallons for trimming, at 64 cents per gallon 1 28 $S 46 of our Spotless 'Weatherproof Mineral Barn, Roof and Pence Paint, the most durable mineral paint made. Guaranteed to wear five years. We sell $1.50 Paint at 97 cents per gallon, or as low as 84 cents per gallon in larger quantities. It is as good a paint as the kind you pay your dealer $1.50 per gallon for. OUR FREE TRIAL PLAN. We make every shipment under our binding guarantee that you may open and use any three gallons of paint you wish, putting It to the hardest test, and if you find that we have not shipped you a paint of as high quality as you can buy +»,« „^^r.«»,^/i ^„)„* »„^ ^^ „.,, * v. .. anywhere, regardless of price, just ship back the unopened paint and we will not charge you for the three gallons used, but will refund all your money and freight charges. Tou must admit that this is a fair proposition OUR FIVE-YEAR GUARANTEE is that it Will not blister, peel, 'chalk, crack nor rub off. Send us your name and address to-day for color cards and complete catalogue, sent free, or order from this ad. If in a hurry. It means a saving of more than one- third on your paint bills. SPOTLESS CO., INC.. 122 SHOCKOe SQVARE RICHMOND, VA. If you will write us the dimensions of the building you want to paint we will tell the amount of paint necessary to cover It properly. SEND FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE AND COLOR CARD TO-DAY. " LABOR SAV INGBIMPLEMENTS THE WATT PLOW CO., Richmond, Va. Root & Vandervoort Gasoline Engines. From h to 25 Horse Power. Vertical or H orizon t al . Write for special circular telling of their many good points. John Deere Syracuse South Bend and Chattanooga Walk- ing Plows. John Deere, Buckeye, Avery Walk ing and Rid- ing C u 1 1 i - vators. John Deere Sulky and Gang Plows John Deere and Black Hawk Dou- ble row corn Planter. John Deere and Continental Disc Culti- vators. Extra Discs can be furnished to convert into Harrow. John Deere, Black Hawk Spa ngler, Root, and Eureka Single Row cornplanters John Deere and R Od- er ick Lean Spike Tooth Harrows, \^::::: the watt plow co. Sp r e a d e r The I 9 8 model. 1426 BAST MAIN STREET 1438 EAST PRANKUN STREET RICHnOND, VA. 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