Established 1540. 



THE 



Sixty -N inth Year 




outhern Planter 



A MONTHLY JOURNAL 



DEVOTED TO 



Practical and Progressive Agriculture, Horticulture* 
Trucking, Live Stock and the Fireside. 

OFFICE: 28 NORTH NINTH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 



THB SOUTHERN PLANTER PUBLISHING COMPANY. 

J. P. JACKSON, Btiitor. 



Proprietors. 



Vol. 69 



APRIL , 1908. 



No. 4. 



CONTENTS 



FARM MANAGEMENT: 



Editorial— Work for the Month 315 

A Seed-Corn Patch for Each Corn Grower. . 319 

Alfalfa Experience 319 

Threshing Cow Peas 320 

Mixing Commercial Fertilizers 322 

Some Notes on the March Planter 323 

Increasing the Yield of Corn 325 

Long Corn-Stalk Manure 326 

How to Grow Corn 327 

Reply to Article Commenting on Mr. Sandy's 
Demonstration Farm Report 327 

TRUCKING, GARDEN AND ORCHARD: 

Editorial — Work for the Month " 329 

Crop Pests 329 

Formulae for Spraying 330 

Making a Hot-Bed for Striking Sweet 

Potatoes 330 

Cultivation of Rhubarb : 330 

LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY: 

Some Considerations in Judging Swine.... 331 

Dairy Education 333 

Dairying in Virginia 333 

Overton Hall Farm 334 

Live Stock in the South-Atlantic Coast States 335 



THE POULTRY YARD: 

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Poultry Notes 335 

Pure-Bred Notes 337 

More Money from Our Poultry 337 

Notes on Co-Operative Poultry Selling 338 

THE HORSE: 

Notes 339 

Heaves — A Remedy ; 340 

The Farm Horse Needed in Virginia 340 

The Virginia State Fair, Richmond, Va 341 

Silo Experience 341 

MISCELLANEOUS: 

1 

The Cotton School in Georgia 342 

Death of Mr. George M. Clark 344 

Making the Most of Life on the Farm 344 

Pushing the Crop 344 

Professor Lyman Carrier 345 

Farming in the Old Times in South Carolina 345 

Common Sense and Good Health 346 

Profit in Breeding Draft Horses 346 

Enquirers' Column (Detail Index p. 404) 382 

Advertisements ; 347 



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20 

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er keg when ordered in lots 
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Kitchen force pumps 3.26 

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DEVOTED TO 



PRACTICAL AND PROGRESSIVE AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, 
TRUCKING, LIVE STOCK AND THE FIRESIDE. 



Agriculture is the nursing mother of the Arts. — XENOPHON. 
Tillage and pasturage are the two breasts of the State. — SULLY. 



69th Year. 



RICHMOND, VA., APRIL, 1908. 



No. 4. 



Farm Management. 



WORK FOR THE MONTH. 

The month of March, to the twentieth day, has been of 
an exceptionally mild character. Instead of "coming in 
like a lion and going out like a lamb," it has been the 
reverse. Whether this mildness is to be continued to the 
end remains to be seen. It hardly seems likely at this 
writing (21st inst), for the ground is now covered with 
snow which has fallen all over this State to a depth in 
many sections of five or six inches. The wind has gone 
into the northeast, and is cold and raw, with slight frost. 
At this late period of the month, however, it may be rea- 
sonably assumed that we have with this snow about got 
the last touch of winter. The sun is now getting power- 
ful and when the sky is not overcast its beams rapidly 
dispel the frost of the night and prevent any hindrance 
from this cause to work in the land. The fine weather 
of the month has dried out the land and, except upon the 
low grounds which are still, in many cases, too wet for 
ploughing, great progress has been made in fitting the 
land for planting. The plows have been kept running 
and the land has begun to warm up and vegetation to 
grow. Fall and winter ploughed land has been broken 
with the harrows and cultivators and is working down 
into a fine seed bed. Those who utilized the fall and 
winter months in ploughing their land and subsoiling it 
have now the satisfaction of knowing that they will be 
able to plant as soon as the proper season arrives and 
be able to put their seed into a well j prepared seed bed 
if they will only continue to give the land the work that 
is due it. A crop well planted is a crop half made. 
Where land is yet to plough, we would urge that every 
opportunity be availed of to get this work done. In our 
last issue we wrote fully upon the importance of this 
work. We now only mention it again to emphasize the 
point that no heavy crop was ever yet made upon land 
that was not well ploughed and finely prepared. The 
preparation of the seed bed is of infinitely more impor- 
tance than the fertilizer used in securing a good yield. 
Wherever possible, break the subsoil with a subsoil plow 
or coulter as well as turn a good furrow, but it is too late 
now to bring this subsoil to the surface. There is not 
time for it now to become sufficiently aerated and influ- 



enced by the atmosphere to make the plant food in it 
available for the crop and its admixture with the surface 
soil may have a prejudicial effect upon the yield. The 
fact that this is so does not, however, lessen the neces- 
sity for the breaking of the subsoil. A deep, open soil 
is essential in order that if the season be a wet one the 
surplus moisture may be carried off, and if it be a dry- 
one that sufficient of such moisture as falls on the land 
may be retained for the use of the crop. We never knew 
a crop grown on subsoiled land to be injured seriously 
by drouths. The importance of so preparing the soil as 
to insure as far as possible the best possible yield is 
emphasized this year by the fact that the reserve of all 
the cereal grains is this year much lower than the nor- 
mal. The yield of the corn, wheat and oat crops was last 
year much below that of the previous years and much 
of the corn matured so badly that it has had to be sacri- 
ficed in any way possible to save any value there was in 
it. Even the best matured corn in many of the great 
corn growing States has been found to feed so poorly as 
to necessitate a much larger consumption to get results, 
and now, at the end of winter, the reserve left is nearly 
three hundred million bushels below that of the two previ- 
ous years at the same time. Whilst the reduction in the 
wheat reserve is not large, it is yet a reduction of nearly 
ten million bushels. The oat reserve is the smallest for 
ten years. This would indicate that for all these cereals 
there is likely to be a good market this year and, there- 
fore, every effort should be made to secure good yields. 
Whilst it is yet too early to say anything definite as to 
the condition of the winter wheat crop, yet, so far as it 
is possible to frame an opinion, the condition is not over- 
promising and there are reports of considerable presence 
of fly and some green bugs in some sections. 



In the cotton growing States the work of preparing the 
land for the planting of the crop should have immediate 
attention, as the importance of early planting to avoid 
insect damage has been clearly and definitely established. 
The crop last year has now been ascertained, and, as we 
indicated some time ago as likely, is not much in excess 
of eleven million bales — eleven milion two hundred and 



316 



THE SOUTHEKN PLANTER 



[April, 



fifty thousand bales is stated as the maximum. This is a crop 
two million bales less than that of the previous year. With 
this much smaller yield it i would seem that there 
is ample room to make more cotton this year than last 
year, and yet not overcrowd the market. The European 
demand is still large and the millions of spindles added 
last year in England would seem to indicate that the 
spinners of that country do not anticipate a decreased 
demand for the staple. Whilst this is encouraging for the 
making of a full cotton crop, we do not wish to see the 
planters rush to the other extreme and seek to make an 
abnormally large crop. Plant a full acreage, but do not 
at the same time reduce the acreage of corn. It never pays 
to grow cotton to buy corn with the money. In our last 
issue we advised as to the importance of making a better 
preparation of the land for the cotton crop. The average 
yield per acre is still much below what it ought to be 
and what It can be made to be by proper rotation ol 
crops and a better preparation of the land before plant- 
ing. This better preparation and the growing of the 
legume crops like peas and clover in a rotation with the 
cotton will insure a heavier yield of cotton much more 
certainly than will a greater increase of the use of fer- 
tilizer and at much less cost. In this matter of the use 
of fertilizer, we would urge that a better grade of fer- 
tilizer should be bought. The use of cheap and low-grade 
fertilizer is never profitable. As to what fertilizer should 
be used, this depends greatly upon the manner in which 
the land has been previously cropped. Wherever cow- 
peas or crimson clover have been grown on the land, 
these will furnish the nitrogen required by the crop and 
only the mineral fertilizers— phosphoric acid and potash- 
need to be supplied. The need of the crop can in such 
cases be supplied by the application of three hundred 
pounds of acid phosphate and one hundred pounds of 
kainit to the acre. Wherever barn yard manure is avail- 
able, this will give the best results if used liberally, but 
if only a light dressing can be applied, then it should be 
supplemented with some acid phosphate and kainit. 
Where only commercial fertilizer is available it has been 
determined by numerous experiments that on average cot- 
ton land the quantity of fertilizer to be used should be 
such an amount as will supply fifty pounds of phos- 
phoric acid, fifteen pounds of potash, and twenty pounds 
of nitrogen to the acre. This can be supplied by mixing 
1,200 pounds of acid phosphate, 600 pounds of cotton seed 
meal, and 200 pounds of kainit to make a ton, and apply- 
ing this at the rate of 800 pounds to the acre. We are 
expecting to see a great change in the method of produc- 
ing the cotton crop in the State of Georgia, as the result 
of the efforts now being put forth by Professor Soule at 
the Agricultural College of that State. In this issue will 
be found a report of the work done at the Cotton School 
which he has held this winter at the College, and which 
has been attended by several hundred of the sons of the 
cotton planters and the planters themselves. They have 
there had put before them the requirements of the crop 
and the proper way to meet these and the way to handle 
it so as to make it more profitable, and this practical 
teaching cannot fail to be effective in results. 



The preparation of the land for the planting of the corn 



crop should have all the time which can be given to it 
from this date until the crop is planted. It is possible 
to get along without some crops altogether or with only a 
small area planted, but without a good, large corn crop 
there can be no success in farming in the South. It is 
the one indispensible crop and, therefore, everything else 
should give way to the necessary preparation of the land 
at this time for this crop. In the past, Southern farmers 
have, in the great majority of cases, given much too little 
attention to the perfect preparation of the land before 
planting the crop. They have put off ploughing the land 
in the fall and winter months when there was no reason 
why this should not have been done and then in the 
spring have been delayed in doing this by the unfit con- 
dition of the land until, in order to get a crop planted at 
all, it has had to be put in in land only partially broken 
and in a rough and cloddy condition. This is the great 
reason why the average yield made is so small. It mat- 
ters not how well land be fertilized, if it be not perfectly 
prepared before the crop is planted, the yield will not be 
satisfactory. Every great crop made of which we have 
any record has been made on land deeply ploughed and 
finely prepared before it was planted. The capacity of 
the corn crop to utilize plant food in the soil is enormous 
but it cannot exercise this capacity unless the soil is so 
finely and deeply broken that the roots can extend in 
every direction without hindrance from clods or unbroken 
soil; nor can it get this plant food unless the particles 
of soil are so finely broken that each little rootlet can 
penetrate them and lay hold of the food necessary for its 
growth. This fine breaking of the soil permits of the pene- 
tration of the air and water and together these elements 
make the food available through the active work of the 
soil microbes which cannot exist or multiply in a dense, 
close soil. • Whilst many farmers are ready to admit that 
some of the roots from one row of corn will extend across 
the space between the rows, yet few of them have any 
conception of the extent to which these roots will run in 
search of food under favorable conditions. 

Discussing this subject a few years ago with Professor 
Newman, of the South Carolina Experiment Station, he 
told us that in order to demonstrate the truth of the 
extent to which corn roots would extend to some doubting 
South Carolina farmers, he had had a corn plant which 
had grown in well prepared land washed out of the soil 
by a hose and strong stream of water so as not to break 
off any of the roots and rootlets. After hours of working 
in following the roots to the extremity of their growth, 
the plant, with all its roots and fibres, was got out of the 
soil and the roots spread out on a canvass sheet and 
dried. It was then seen that the plant had a root system 
so large that the canvass, when stretched out in the 
lecture room of the College, covered the whole of one 
side of the room. The capacity of such a root system to 
extract food from the soil could then be well understood 
and it became possible to realize that even if the soil 
was not over-rich such a plant could, when given the 
opportunity by proper preparation of the soil, make a 
good yield of corn, and that if properly supplied with addi- 
tional plant food, a heavy growth of stalks could make 
almost an unthought of yield of corn. It was such a crop 
as this, grown under these conditions in South Carolina, 



1908.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER- 



SIT 



which made 250 bushels of corn to the acre, and similar 
conditions in the James River Valley in this State pro- 
duced a crop of 180 bushels to the acre. Whilst it is not 
possible to duplicate these yields everywhere, it is possi- 
ble easily to so prepare the land as to insure that the 
average yield shall be greatly in excess of that now made 
in the State (22 bushels to the acre), and that without 
any increase in the amount of fertilizer used. The proper 
place in a crop rotation for corn is on a sod and, by 
preference, a clover sod.On this sod should be applied 
during the fall and winter, and the earlier it is got on 
the better — a good dressing of farm yard manure fresh 
from the pens and stables, and this should be turned under 
early in the spring and the land be then finely prepared. 
The question of the time when it is best to apply farm 
yard manure to secure the best results in the corn and 
wheat crop has been under experimentation in Maryland 
and the following results reached: Manure applied in the 
summer and ploughed down in the fall gave a yield of 
seventy-five bushels of corn and twenty bushels of wheat. 
Manure applied in the fall and ploughed down in the fall 
gave a yield of sixty-two bushels of corn and seventeen 
bushels of wheat. Manure applied in the summer and 
ploughed down in the spring gave a yield of seventy-eight 
bushels of corn and twenty-one bushels of wheat. Manure 
applied in the fall and ploughed down in the spring gave 
a yield of sixty-nine bushels of corn and eighteen bushels 
of wheat. Where fresh manure was applied before plough- 
ing the land, it gave a yield of eighty-seven bushels of 
corn and twenty bushels of wheat. Where manure was 
applied after ploughing, it gave a yield of ninety-eight 
bushels of corn and twenty-two bushels of wheat. If, with 
the manure, an application of forty pounds to the ton of 
manure of acid phosphate is also made, a much heavier 
yield may be safely counted on, as farm yard manure is 
lacking in phosphoric acid for the best results to be 
secured. The question as to what fertilizer should be used 
where farm yard manure is not available is one upon 
which discussion is now being had in the columns of this 
and the last issue. On the one side it is being urged that 
bone meal should be used and on the other side that acid 
phosphate should be applied. A careful examination of 
nearly all the experiments which have been made in this 
country in applying fertilizers to the corn crop goes to 
prove that outside farm yard manure it is rarely that any 
fertilizer can be used with direct profit. Both bone meal 
and acid phosphate will increase the yield, but the increase 
is rarely sufficient to more than pay for the cost of the 
fertilizer used. Where bone meal is used, a greater per 
manent improvement of the soil will result because of the 
fact that the phosphoric acid is more slowly available 
than is the case with acid phosphate, but where cowpeas 
or crimson clover are sown at the last working of the 
corn after using acid phosphate, we are of opinion that the 
greatly increased humus content of the soil will result in 
quite as large a permanent increase of the fertility of the 
land as if bone meal was used, and this will be obtained 
in this way at less cost. The Experiment Stations have 
almost universally endorsed acid phosphate at the rate of 
from 20C to 400 pounds to the acre as being the most likely 
to result in profit. Wherever the land is lacking in pot- 



ash, or where lime has not been used, some potash can 
often be used with advantage to the yield, but we advise 
that lime be applied at the rate of a ton to the acre when 
preparing the land and this will usually make sufficient 
potash available to meet the needs of the crop. On the 
thin, sandy lands of the eastern section of this State and 
North Carolina, cotton seed meal has been used with 
advantage in conjunction with acid phosphate. Wherever 
more than 200 pounds of commercial fertilizer is applied 
per acre it should be spread broadcast and be worked into 
the land, in this way encouraging the roots to forage over 
all the land and thus get the benefit of the fertility natur- 
rally existing in the soil. After the land has been finely 
prepared and fertilized, keep it stirred at frequent inter- 
vals to admit the air and allow it to become warmed and 
fit for the seed, but do not be in too great a hurry to 
plant. Corn will not germinate and grow off rapidly until 
the soil is warm, and a crop that germinates slowly and 
gets a set back at starting rarely makes a heavy yield. 
Be careful in selecting the seed to be planted, both as to 
variety, the type of ear, and as to the vitality of the seed. 
There is a great complaint in the West as to scarcity of 
seed of good germinating power. The crop there matured 
badly and a very large proportion of it is unfit for seed. 
Whilst our crop in the South matured much better, it 
will be prudent to test the seed before planting so that 
only the best be used. Take a few grains from each ear 
selected and put them between a damp cloth in a warm 
place and note how many sprout within three or four 
days and thus be able to judge fairly as to the probability 
of the stand. The missing hills have much to do with the 
small yield frequently made and these can be avoided 
by testing the seed. Do not send too far away for the 
seed. A variety which has been grown in the section, 
though it may not look so well as one from a distance, 
will make usually a better crop. Corn requires to be 
acclimated before it will do its best. We hesitate to advise 
as to any particular variety to plant, as local conditions 
so largely control the yield, but it will be a safe rule to fol- 
low not to plant seed raised on rich, low ground on high 
land, and high land corn rarely makes the best yield on 
low ground. Boone County White is a good corn for low 
and medium low lands, whilst Hickory King is a good 
high land corn. Plant in rows three feet nine inches 
apart and eighteen inches apart in the rows where the 
land is in good average fertility and well prepared. You 
cannot make a heavy yield without the stalks to bear 
the ears, and wider planting than this will not enable a 
yield of fifty to seventy-five bushels to the acre to be 
made and at least this yield ought to be tried for. See 
that the corn is planted in straight rows and the seed put 
in to a uniform depth so that cultivation may be easy 
with machinery and no hoe work be needed. 



The land intended to be planted in tobacco should, if 
not already ploughed, be ploughed at once and be worked 
as frequently as possible up to the time for planting so 
that the soil may be in as fine a conition as possible. 
Whilst tobacco is not a deep rooting plant, it is essential 
that the soil in which it is planted should be deeply broken 
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of the crop and be capable of carrying off any excess 
of rain falling on the land quickly. One of the primest 
necessities in successful tobacco growing of the heavy type 
is a soil well filled with vegetable matter, and it is there- 
fore important to select land of this character. Land which 
has grown cowpeas or clover makes, therefore, a good 
location for a tobacco crop of this character. Bright 
tobacco requires less humus in the soil as an excess of 
it or of any fertilizer has a tendency to make the crop 
too coarse and off color. The experiments made by the 
Department of Agriculture and the Virginia Experiment 
Station at Appomattox, Virginia, in the dark tobacco sec- 
tion have demonstrated fully that the reason why our 
growers of this type of tobacco do not make such profit- 
able crops as they might do is because they do not use a 
fertilizer properly balanced for the needs of the crop nor 
sufficient of it. They have shown that if a properly com- 
pounded fertilizer is applied in sufficient quantity that 
a highly profitable crop can be made in an average sea- 
son and that if a proper rotation of crops is planted on 
the land a most profitable system can be inaugurated. 
In illustration of this we cite the following results secured 
in 1907: 

One plot of land (one acre) was planted without any 
fertilizer being applied. This plot made 810 pounds of 
tobacco, which sold for $59.19. Another acre was fertil- 
ized with 800 pounds of the regular 3-8-3 mixture. The 
yield of this plot was 1,070 pounds of tobacco, which sold 
for $82.18. Another acre was fertilized with nitrate of 
soda alone at the rate of 500' pounds to the acre. The 
yield of this plot was 1,280 pounds of tobacco, which sold 
lor $93.20. Another acre was fertilized with a home-made 
mixture specially prepared to meet the needs of the crop. 
This mixture was made up of ground fish, l.OO'O pounds; 
nitrate of soda, 150 pounds; acid phosphate, 200 pounds. 
Bone meal, 100 pounds, and sulphate of potash, 200 pounds. 
This mixture cost $32. The yield of tobacco was 1,650 
pounds, which sold for $154.37. This experiment conclu- 
sively shows how unprofitable and unwise it is to use 
factory-mixed goods for tobacco growing and how unrea- 
sonable it is to expect to make a profitable crop from 
the use of 3-8-3 goods in the small quantity usually 
applied. The plots of land which are used for growing 
tobacco at this Station and to which these different fer- 
tilizers have been applied since 1904 have been put into 
the following crops and with the following results. The 
tobacco has been followed by wheat first. On the plot 
to which the 3-8-3 was applied, the yield was 12 bushels 
per acre. The wheat following the heavy application of 
fertilizer to the tobacco mentioned above and without 
any further fertilizer applied, made 29 bushels per acre. 
This was followed in part by red clover, which made 2.81 
tons (nearly three tons) of field-cured hay to the acre, 
and in part by redtop timothy and clover mixture. The 
yield of hay was over five tons to the acre. This part had 
lime at the rate of one ton to the acre applied before seed- 
ing the grass, and nitrate of soda at the rate of 300 pounds 
to the acre was applied to the grass in the spring. From 
this it will be seen that the heavy application of fertilizer 
to the tobacco not only made a highly profitable crop of 
tobacco, but a heavy crop of wheat and hay in the two 



following years and the land was then left filled with 
humus and nitrogen to help the succeeding crop. No more 
powerful illustration could be given of what it is that 
our tobacco growers need in order to make their farms 
profitable. 

It is now proposed to grow corn on this land in order 
to see whether with proper preparation of the land for 
this crop corn can be successfully introduced in a rotation 
with tobacco. It is proposed to apply the manure made on 
the farm to the grass and clover sod and then to prepare 
the land well and plant corn and it is believed that this 
can be done without in any way injuring the land for the 
production of another tobacco crop after growing a crop 
of cow peas following the corn. With 'such a rotation 
as this, the tobacco crop can well be afforded to be 
heavily fertilized and thus secure a heavy crop of fine 
tobacco which will not only sell for a good price sufficient 
to pay for the fertilizer and labor, but will leave a residue 
of fertility in the land, which will produce two other profit- 
able crops and then secure a sod which will add to the 
permanent enrichment of the soil with humus, which is 
the most needed element in all our Southern soils. 

The Bright types of tobacco have not yet been suffici- 
ently experimented with for us to say definitely how far 
they can be used in a rotation with other crops, nor yet 
what is the best fertilizer to use to produce them profit- 
ably. So far, it has been demonstrated that they cannot 
be successfully produced of a fine and silky type on land 
too full of vegetable matter. It has a tendency to make 
them coarse. The organic form of nitrogen as found in 
cotton seed meal seems to meet their requirements better 
than the mineral form and with this should be used a lit- 
tle acid phosphate or bone meal and some sulphate of 
potash to secure good burning quality. In growing this 
type of tobacco, it is well to be not over liberal in the use 
of fertilizer of any kind. The finest bright tobacco has 
been generally grown on newly cleared land of a fine, 
light texture. The experiments now in progress near Chat- 
ham, Virginia will, in a few years, determine how these 
types can be most successfully made and at the same time 
how far they can be grown in rotation with other crops. 



The peanut crop is now becoming one of much greater 
importance in this and the adjoining Southern States 
This State already produces a large proportion of the 
crop marketed and for the last two years there has been 
a considerable increase in the acreage planted, and yet 
the demand for the nuts keeps pace with the supply and 
the prices keep good. The complaint of the old growers 
is that they cannot produce a sufficiently large yield per 
acre to make the crop profitable. With an average yield 
of 30 to 35 bushels per acre, this is no doubt true, but 
there is no reason whatever why only such a small yield 
should be made except that the growers will persist in 
growing the crop year after year on the same land with 
only the help of a few hundred pounds of low-grade fer- 
tilizer like the 2-8-2 goods. The new men who have gone 
into the business make no such complaint. One of them 
wrote us a few days ago that he makes at least 75 bush- 
els per acre. He succeeds in doing this by growing the 
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many years. The peanut, for its best success, requires 
to be grown on light, friable, loamy land, well filled with 
vegetable matter and, to secure this, the growing of the 
cowpea and crimson clover should form part of the rota- 
tion, and a grain crop or two should also come in in due 
course. Lime also is a necessity to preserve an alkaline 
condition of the soil, as this crop, like all the other 
legumes, is very sensitive to an acid condition of soil. 
The microbic life so essential to the successful produc- 
tion of all the legumes cannot live and multiply in an 
acid soil and without this life the crop cannot produce 
as it ought to do. Lime ought to be used once in each 
rotation, preferably to secure a good stand of crimson 
clover as a winter cover crop to be turned down in ad- 
vance of the peanut crop. Where this has not been done 
lime may be yet applied with advantage to the crop, say, 
at the rate of 1,000 to 2,000 pounds to the acre, spread 
broadcast after ploughing, and be worked into the soil. 
Work the land into a fine condition before planting and 
mix thoroughly with the soil a fertilizer made up oi 
300 pounds of cotton seed meal, 80 pounds of acid phos- 
phate, and 240 pounds of kainit, or 65 pounds of muriate 
of potash in the place of kainit This quantity should be 
applied per acre. Plant the seed in rows three feet apart 
and drop the nuts twelve inches apart in the row. Cul- 
tivation should be frequent to keep the weeds thoroughly 
subdued until the plants begin to bloom. Keep the land 
level all the time and a fine soil mulch on the surface. 
May is soon enough to plant. 



Although it is yet too early to sow forage crops for 
winter feed, it is not too early to get in a field of cat-tail 
millet to cut for green feed forthe stock in June or July 
when, if the weather is dry, pastures begin to fail 
or get woody. This millet is frequently advertised under 
the name of Pencillaria. It should be sown broadcast on 
fully prepared land at the rate of a bushel or a bushel 
and a half per acre and be lightly harrowed in. The last 
half of the month will be soon enough to sow it. It will 
give an abundance of feed which the stock will eat readily. 
It should be cut before the seed forms and the land can 
then be put into cowpeas or sorghum for a winter forage 
crop. 



A SEED CORN PATCH FOR EACH CORN GROWER. 

Under average methods of seed selection in field condi- 
tions there is from year to year more or less deteriora- 
tion in all varieties of corn. This "running out" or "los- 
ing in quality and producing power" of a variety is largely 
due to mixing and careless selection. 

Corn growers are also finding that much trouble and 
loss is resulting from seed corn harvested late in the 
fall. They recognize that the best results can be obtained 
only when the seed is selected early and stored in a 
proper manner. For these reasons corn growers should 
employ methods in selecting, planting and harvesting 
which will give seed of the highest quality and strongest 
vitality. 

One way in which every corn grower can do much to 
Improve and maintain the quality in a variety of corn 
is by planting a seed corn patch. For this patch he should 



select about twenty-five of the best and most typical ears 
of corn of the seed to be planted this year. A germina- 
tion test should be made of each ear in order that no 
weak ears may be planted. Shell off and discard the 
small and irregular butt and tip grains. Then shell tht- 
ears together and mix thoroughly. At the usual time of 
planting, plant this corn on the south or west side of 
the field to be planted with the same variety. This loca- 
tion should be changed if it be near a field planted with 
another variety. Give this patch usual good cultivation 
keeping the ground free of weeds and preserving a loose 
soil mulch. When the corn is five or six inches high, 
go through the patch and remove all weak or backward 
plants. Also when the tassels begin to appear, go 
through and remove them from all stalks which are 
wither weak, barren, smutted, badly suckered or for other 
reasons undesirable. When the corn is mature and not 
later than October 15th, the seed should be harvested. 
Select the seed ears from the strongest stalks with a 
large leaf development and those bearing the ears four 
or five feet from the ground, and holding it in a right 
position. 

Through the seed corn patch the farmer can do much 
to fix a. desirable type in his corn and to reduce the 
a umber of barren, diseased and suckered stalks that ap- 
pear in his field. It also furnishes him a convenient place 
from which his seed corn in the fall can be selected and 
he knows that it is from the best seed that he planted. 

G. I. CHRISTIE. 

Purdue Experiment Station, Lafayette, Ind. 



ALFALFA EXPERIENCE. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

In the fall of 1904, I seeded about nine acres to alfalfa. 
This land had been in potatoes, with 750 pounds per 
acre of high-grade fertilizer and had been manured. 
Only a very medium stand of alfalfa was secured and 
three crops of hay were cut during 197J4. 

In 1905, after cutting the second crop, the stand had 
become so diminished that I ploughed the land first week 
in August and harrowed at intervals until the first of 
September when the ground was limed with burnt stone 
lime, using over a ton per acre, harrowing well. Soil 
was scattered all over the field from the spots that had 
the best stand of alfalfa. I obtained bacteria from the 
Department of Agriculture and treated the seed, which 
was sown on 12th and 13th of September. On May 16th, 
1006, I cut my first crop. The stand was uniform and 
thick and the field averaged twenty-two inches high, 
yielding about one and a half tons per acre. I now 
t bought that my efforts had been crowned with success. 
My field was the talk of the neighborhood and my friends 
congratulated me. No prettier field could be imagined. 
The second crop cut July 5th was not quite as high as 
first, but was good and thick and looked healthy and 
prosperous. 

Then came the deluge. We had rain continuously the 
rest of the summer. Sheep sorrel had appeared in 
some places in the field and crab grass and foxtail had 
taken possession by the latter part of August. A fine 
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no alfalfa could be seen, for what was there was hidden 
by the foxtail and crab grass. I cut this mess as soon 
as the frequent rains would allow me and had it raked 
in windrows when we had twelve or thirteen days suc- 
cessive rain. I went on the field as soon as possible and 
hauled off the grass, even when my wagon wheels would 
sink five or six inches in the soil and put it all in my 
cattle yards for manure. The alfalfa sprang up again 
except m the windrows where it was dead, but the stand 
had decreased about 50 per cent., while the sheep sorrel 
had spread over at least two acres. In 'the spring of 
1907 the alfalfa came out well and I got some pretty 
hay the first cutting, but the sheep sorrel, plaintain and 
"bullrushes" had made great headway. The summer of 
1907 was a very wet one also and the aforementioned 
pests flourished at the expense of my alfalfa, only about 
one-third of a stand remaining. I am now manuring the 
field again for potatoes in the spiring on which I will sow 
about 750 pounds of fertilizer per acre. 

In the spring of 1906 we had no rain at all from about 
the second week in April until between the 25th and 30th 
of May. Pastures were not growing and hay fields looked 
a total failure. During all this time my alfalfa grew 
rapidly and I was able to begin cutting May 16th, as 
before stated, and got the entire field cured and in my 
barrack without one drop of rain. The alfalfa was so 
thick in places that it had become slightly bedded, and 
this without enough rain to lay the dust for six weeks. 

There are many places on this field with good thrifty 
plants, but not more than enough to make one-third of 
a stand while plaintain and sheep sorrel are spreading. 

This is good land, with clay subsoil under' a loam, per- 
fectly drained and just rolling enough to surface drain 
perfectly. I want to get a field of alfalfa, as I know its 
value from what hay I obtained from this field while it 
flourished. I want it on this field particularly, on account 
of its proximity to my barrack and other reasons. I have 
attributed the failure to the two very wet seasons in 
succession that fostered the growth oi weeds and grasses, 
but were unfavorable to alfalfa, and not to the land which 
is fairly good potato land, not too light, as it is some- 
what stiff in places. Would it be advisable, in face of my 
two failures, to try this field again after potatoes? The 
manure and fertilizer used on my potatoes will further 
improve the land and I can have potatoes off the field 
by the middle of August. I have one of Clarke's double- 
action- cutaway harrows that is unsurpassed for fitting 
potato or cow pea land for grass or wheat. This land 
would need no further inoculation. 

I would like all the information I can get on this sub- 
ject and would particularly like Mr. Clarke of Connecti- 
cut, or Mr. Wing, of Ohio, to advise me, on account of 
their experience in alfalfa. 

While another failure on this field would not stop me from 
my efforts to get alfalfa, it would be a great expense In 
seeding, cultivation and loss of the land during my ex- 
periments, and I have already spent enough money, time 
and patience to get my desired results. 

District of Columbia. WM. F. HOLMES. 

Farm is situated in Frin.ce George County, Maryland,, 
twelve miles from Washington, D). C. 



'We submitted this statement to our friend, Mr. W. O. 
Wing, whose experience in alfalfa growing is as great 
as that of Mr. Joseph E. Wing, and have received from 
bim the following opinion and advice as to the proper 
course to pursue. — Ed. 

I should diagnose this case as a plain one of lack of 
two things: underdrainage primarily and phosphorus 
next. It is even possible that there is needed more lime 
and some potash. 

It is plain enough that, the land needs underdrainage. 
The fact that the alfalfa 'thrived so well during the 
drought is proof of that. Do you not see that if you can 
make the land perfectly dry> that is, permanently with 
dryness enough about it so that the air can penetrate 
it, the alfalfa is sure to succeed? Alfalfa bacteria must 
have air. Without air they stagnate and die. That gives 
all the ether water-enduring plants a chance to come on 
ahead. It costs money to underdrain land, from $20.00 to 
$35.00 an acre, but nothing pays better where it is 
needed. On Woodland Farm this season we have laid 
an additional mile of tile underdrain, and each year we 
do about the same amount, sometimes more. This keeps 
us "poor," but the result is that the farm now grows 
about 300 tons of alfalfa a year, and last year about 
8,000 bushels of corn. 

We should unhesitatingly underdrain this fine field the 
first thing. Then we should manure it well and re-sow 
alfalfa. We think that there has not been used quite 
enough lime. An acre is a large spot of land, and 1,000 
pounds of lime spread over it make® a pretty thin coat- 
ing. We should put on several tons to the acre of un- 
burnt ground limestone. This cheap stuff, costing no 
more than about 31.00 per acre, and it is effective in 
curing acidity without affecting the humus in the soil. 
I should apply to a part of this field at least as much as 
eight tons to the acre of this ground lime stone, which 
makes as much as 100 pounds to the square rod and this 
is a permanent benefit to the soil. It endures for many, 
many years. 

Next, when again the alfalfa is sown, I should use 
plenty of phosphoric acid, and after the alfalfa was es- 
tablished should freshen it up every year with more 
phosphoric acid. Alfalfa is greedy for phosphoric acid. 
Grasses are not so eager. Thus alfalfa may be stimulated 
to get ahead of the grasses. 

All this may sound formidable, but my brother Joseph 
knows this part of Maryland, and tells me that the land 
has slight value, unimproved, and it would surely yield 
good returns on a cash valuation of $300.00 per acre in 
gcod alfalfa. WILLIS O. WING. 

Mechanicsburg, Olio. 



THRESHING COW PEAS. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

I have just returned from a trip down in Tennessee. 
The journey was undertaken for the sole purpose of see- 
ing a machine that I have been looking for for twenty 
years. That is a perfect cowpea thresher, and at last 
I have found it. Now do not all speak at once and ask 
me what machine I am writing about and where to get 
it and at what price, for I wil not tell you, as I am not 



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In the free advertising business. It will soon be on the 
market, and will be advertised in the Southern Flanter, 
Cor a strong company has been formed to manufacture 
It. I have had this machine in view for several years (I 
have not a cent's worth of financnal interest in it) and 
have been watching its improvement, until now I am 
glad to say that we are about to have a perfect pea 
thresher. The machine I saw and fed myself with the 
mown pea hay from the mow alongside of me, was made 
by the farmer and his boys in a little shed on the farm, 
and it is needless to say that they have a fine farm and 
are growing peas, for in that beautiful region of East 
Tennessee there is a real reason for the failure of red 
clover, as it is there attacked by a fungus disease for 
which no remedy has as yet been found. Hence the cow 
:pea has attained great importance there. 

Then, too, it seems that the cow pea seed crop of the 
future is to be grown in the upper South and lower Mid- 
dle States, for it has long been known that the oow pea 
does net seed much in the lower Gulf region, and tho 
sugar planters of Louisiana have been depending on the 
seed from North Carolina for many years. Now that the 
price of peas has advanced to nearly or quite $3.00' (and 
1 heard of a sale recently at $3.25) the economical pro- 
duction of the seed crop becomes of the first importance. 
Some time ago a farmer in Guilford County, N. C, wrote 
me, "Before you began to preach cow peas I could buy 
the seed here for fifty cents a bushel and land was worth 
ten dollars per acre. Now they are $3 per bushel and 
land is worth anywhere from $30 to $75 per acre, and 
It is all your fault." Well, I am very glad to be blamed 
for such conditions. 

But I took a trip that cost $50 for the sole purpose of 
seeing for myself what that pea thresher would do. I 
have for twenty years been insisting that the only machine 
for saving the pea crop must be a machine that will take 
the mown peas and thresh them and slave the hay feed. 
The wheat threshing men have tried various attachments 
to their machines for the purpose, but I have never seen 
one chat would not break half the peas. Then there are 
various machines run by hand that will hull the peas 
after they are gathered. But the gathering by hand is 
the chief thing that makes them costly. Then there arc 
machines that claim to gather the peas from rows and 
thresh them to be afterwards cleaned by hand power. 
But these sacrifice the hay, and they will not do. The 
great difficulty with those who have tried to thresh them 
from the mown vines has been that the pea vines have 
a very tough fibre and will wind up and choke the cylin- 
der. In the machine I saw this is entirely obviated. It 
cuts the vines into short pieces and leaves them in the 
best shape for baling. The inventor sent me a sample 
•of the peas threshed by his machine over a year ago. 
I did not know the man and had no means for deter- 
mining that the sample was not picked. But in that 
sample I could not find over one per cent, of broken peas 
and I was much encouraged. In the recent trial in which 
I participated the peas were piled in a mow where they 
had lain to cure. They were Whippoorwills, and not 
heavily podded. I estimated that the crop had not been 
over eight or ten bushels per acre. But the machine 



ran them out clean at the rate of half a bushel per minute 
by my watch, and I took handful after handful as they 
ran out and in no instance could I find more than one 
split pea in a handful. We threshed soy beans with it 
too and cleaned them perfectly. Hence, after studying the 
machine carefully, I am glad to be able to say that the 
perfect pea thresher will soon be offered to the farmers, 
and they can sow the peas broadcast and save them. 
Of course the hay is not as perfect as though cut earlier, 
for in order to cure the peas properly the crop must be 
allowed to become more mature, and most of the leaves 
will be lost. But it is still excellent feed as I saw de- 
monstrated by the cattle themselves which have been fed 
on it. Therefore farmers can plant peas with the cer- 
tainly that the machine will be on the market by the timti 
the crop of this season is ready, and the day of $3 per 
busbel peas will soon be a thing of the past. 

But what awful roads they have in the mountains of 
Tennessee. I drove twelve miles, crossing the Tennessee 
river on a ferry, and over the worst roads I ever saw a 
wheeled vehicle get over safely. I had a fine pair of 
horses and a light buggy, and it was all they could do to 
pull it. Here is a problem that is of vital importance to 
farmers in every section, for bad roads are found not 
only in Tennessee but in every other State. With such 
roads as I traversed the farmers are shut up, for no 
hauling can he done under such conditions. North Caro- 
lina seems to be doing more in the way of making good 
roads than any Southern State I know of. Passing home- 
ward by way of Raleigh, N. C, I was pleased to see 
fine smooth roads leading out from the chief towns I 
passed. While it took me an entire day to traverse that 
twelve miles in Tennessee, starting early in the morning 
and getting back at night, after spending but two or three 
hours with the machine, I saw a road leading out from 
Durham, N. C, over which 1 could have driven the twelve 
miles with the lively team 1 had in a little over an hour, 
while in Tennessee I took from seven in the morning to 
near noon to make the trip. 

But there are some magnificent valleys in that country 
with limestone soil of great fertility, and it should be a 
paradise for stockmen, where grass and peas can bo 
grown to perfection. It was interesting to note the ad- 
vance of spring time. My trip was made the 13th ot 
March. In East Tennessee the only sign of spring was the 
"pussy" willow with its silvery catkins, and a slight green- 
ing of the grass. Passing eastward over the mountains 
past AsheviJle, N". C, there was hardly a sign of spring. 
But as we descended to the sunny side of the Blue Ridge, 
the evidence of spring increased, and by the time I 
reached Raleigh on the evening of the 14th spring was in 
evidence all around, the hyacinths and daffodils were in 
full bloom, the Forsythia bushes were a shower of gold 
and the laws were green, and the fragrant bush honey : 
suckles (Lonicera Fragrantissima) perfumed the air. Crim- 
son clover was over ankle high, and in less than a month 
will be In bioom. And with all that lovely climate, with 
a soil capable of great development, I saw men in the 
fields with the same one-mule plow, scratching the hill- 
sides, and preparing for the summer torrents to wash off 
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plowing would have held the moisture there for the 
summer droughts. 

Sometimes it seems that with all the efforts we may 
make in the Southern Planter we succeed very slowly 
in getting the farmers to farm better, and oue can hardly 
hope to see the day when good farming will be the rule 
instead of the exception. 

I met one large farmer in North Carolina who says if 
that pea thresher is what I say it is, and he believes me, 
he i3 going to sow 500 acres in pejas if they are now 
costly. W. F. MASSBY. 



MIXING COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

The planting season being now at hand and farmers 
studying the seed catalogues and debating within them- 
selves upon the relative claims of this and that brand of 
fertilizer ( their name is legion) a few figures upon the 
question of percentages preparation may assist some in 
forming a correct judgment of the probable worth of the 
goods he contemplates purchasing. 

It may be safely assumed that the readers of the South- 
ern Planter have long ago graduated from the school of 
our ancestors who are supposed to have bought their 
fertilizers by the aid of the nose (i. e, the more they 
smelt the higher the value) and have learned to be gov- 
erned by the analysis printed on the tags, allowing to 
each ingredient its proper value per pound. These values 
fluctuate slightly, but will approximate fifteen cents per 
pound for nitrogen, five cents per pound for phosphoric 
acid and five cents per pound for potash, which figures, 
though not absolutely correct, will be used in figuring the 
values in this paper. 

In fact, for the purpose of comparison only, it is not 
necessary to be exact or to trouble with small changes 
in the market values of phosphoric acid and potash. It 
is only when purchasing complete goods, especially where 
a high per cent, of nitrogen is desired, that care should 
be had to be thoroughly posted on the current wholesale 
prices. 

Our Department of Agriculture publishes a quarterlj 
entitled "The Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture ot 
Virginia," which gives the values assigned 1o the three 
principle constituents of fertilizers, and should be con- 
suited before buying any sort of ertilizer. In this con- 
nection I suggest to our good friend the Editor that he 
publish as a permanent feature of the Planter a state- 
ment showing the ruling wholesale prices of nitrogen, 
phosphoric acid, potash, Paris green, sulphur, blue stone, 
lime, etc., so that we may all be kept informed of any 
change in prices which occur between the issues of the 
quarterly bulletin before referred to. 

In considering the source from whence we derive our 
materials for the manufacture of mixed fertilizers we find 
there are about fifteen elementary substances which fur 
nish nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash in sufficient 
quantities to be of value for this purpose. Three fur- 
nishing nitrogen alone; three furnishing phosphoric acid 
alone, and three furnishing potash alone. These comprise: 

First, Nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia and 
slaughter house products which do not contain any bone. 

Second. Phosphate rock, bone black and basic slag. 



Third. Fotssh salts ^including the muriate, sulphate, 
kainit and sylvanite) and al the various forms of vege- 
table ashes. 

These are the substances I wish to discuss in this paper 
because their composition is simple and more easily 
handled than the complex materials containing two or 
more fertilizing ingredients such as the slaughter house 
products containing bone and blood, fish scrap and kindred 
substances containing both nitrogen and phosphoric acid. 
Nitrate of potash, containing both nitrogen and potash, 
and lastly the still more complex, castor pomace, cotton 
seed meal, tobacco stems, and Peruvian guano which con- 
tain all three fertilizing ingredients, in varying propor- 
tions. These materials are divided and sub-divided ac- 
cording to the different percentages of their contents like 
the slaughter house products, and into different chemical 
combinations like the mono di and tri-calcium phosphates 
which go to make up the available reverted and original 
forms in which we buy the commercial acid phosphate, 
as well as the tetra-calcium phosphate which appears in 
basic slag, making in all about thirty different substances; 
but reduced to elementary principles we find that only 
the original numbers, or fifteen, need our consideration. 
Some of these articles, such as fish scrap, wood ashes, 
tobacco stems and cotton seed hulls ashes are of only 
local importance, slaughter house products will not be 
considered in relation to mixed goods as they vary so 
greatly in composition and involve a complicated calcu- 
lation to find their value and generally command so high 
a price by themselves as to make them expensive forms 
in which to buy either nitrogen or phosphoric acid for 
the manufacturer of low grade goods, which it is the pur- 
pose of the present paper to discuss. Cotton seed meal 
is too valuable for feed to be within reach of the ferti- 
lizer mixer in Virginia. 

If we eliminate the above substances our choice is nar- 
rowed down to nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia 
from which to derive our nitrogen; acid phosphate and 
basic slag as sources of phosphoric acid and potash salts 
to furnish the potash. This brings me to the point I 
have aimed to reach, that nitrate of soda, acid phosphate 
and potash salts are the chief sources from whence we 
derive our nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash. 

Let us see then how these chemicals combine in making 
a ton of mixed fertilizer, taking as the first example the 
well-known 2-8-2 combination. 

Two per cent, of nitrogen or 40 pounds to the 
ton obtained from nitrate of soda analyzing 16 
per cent, would require 250 lbs 

Sight per cent, of phosphoric acid or 160 pounds 
to die ton obtained from acid phosphate an- 
alyzing 14 per cent, would require 1,143 lbs 

Two per cent, of potash or 40 pounds to the ton 
obtained from muriate of potash analyzing 50 
per cent, would require 80 lbs 



Making a total of 1,473 lbs 

of fertilizer to which must be added 527 lbs 

of filler of some sort, usually gypsum, or 

ground oyster shells to make up S.OCO lbs 

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It may tie objected that were kainit used in place of 
muriate of potash it would take about four times as much 
or 320 pounds instead of eighty to make up the per- 
centage in which case only 287 pounds of filler would be 
necessary instead of 527, but this only means that the 
filler is a different material as the additional weight of 
the kainit is made up of chloride of sodium or common 
salt, which is even more worthless than the gypsum or 
oyster shells, when viewed from an agricultural stand- 
point. It is of course to the farmer's interest to buy as 
little filler as possible for he must not only pay the extra 
freight but haul and distribute material which is abso- 
lutely useless to him. It then becomes a matter of in- 
terest to know just how rich a fertilizer one must buy 
to insure the use of pure chemicals, or at least to enable 
the maaufacturer to approximately make up a ton of 
mixed goods out of the chemicals in their original state 
without adulteration, for it must be evident that when 
the farmer asks for a ton of mixed fertilizer of so low 
an analysis that the manufacturer can find nothing on the 
market that will combine and make it, there is abso- 
lutely nothing else for him to do but to make up a com- 
bination of chemicals in the proportion asked for and 
then thin it down with filler until it comes to the analy- 
sis and price to suit the purchaser. If a customer wants 
to drink milk so thin that no breed of cow will give it poor 
enough in its natural state, there is no alternative but to 
put a little water with it to bring it to the desired 
specific gravity. The manufacturer is not in any way to 
blame for the use of filler, in fact it is almost impossible 
to figure out combinations of chemicals that will contain 
the percentage of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash 
desired for the various crops on different soils without 
the use of some innocent material to balance up the sum 
total. The manufacturer guarantees certain percentages 
and if the fertilizer comes up to the guarantee he has 
done his duty If you ask his advice he will generally 
recommend the high-priced goods, for he knows that the 
purchaser is getting better value for his money, but if 
his customer insists upon low grade goods at low prices, 
he must sell him that kind, and if he furnishes what he 
agrees to furnish he lias done his full duty in the 
premises. 

And now let us see how a grade of complete fertilizer 
can be made of nitrate of soda, acid phosphate and kainit, 
and about what it ought to cost, and then we will know 
when we have reached a limit in price and analysis, to 
go below which involves us in the purchase of useless 
material we had better leave where it is. We will first 
consider a 2-8-4 goods, which will require as follows: 

250 pounds of nitrate or soda, analyzing 16 per 
cent of nitrogen, will contain 40 pounds at 15 

cents per pound, and cost $ 6 00 

1066 pounds of acid phosphate, analyzing- 15 per 
cent, of phosphoric acid, will contain 160 
pounds at 5 ceuts per pounds, and cost 8 00' 

666 pounds of kainit, analyzing 12 per cent, of pot- 
ash and containing 80 pounds actual potash at 
5 cents per pound, will cost 4 00 



Here we have a 2-8-4 goods needing only 12 pounds of 
filler and costing $18.00 per ton to make, and we may rest 
assured that it does not pay to buy any complete fertilizer 
of lower grade and lower price than this. 

In all probability, a 2-10-73$ goods made up of 

250 pounds of nitrate of soda, costing $ 6 00 

1433 pounds of acid phosphate, costing 10 0u' 

300 pounds of muriate of potash, costing 7 50 



1983 $23 50 

and requiring 13 pounds of filler to make up a ton would 
furnish a cheaper source of potash, where freight rates 
are high, and produce better crops for the money invested 
than the first mixture, as it would not require as much 
to the acre unless nitrogen was the controlling factor, in 
which case the proportions could be modified to supply 
more of that element and less of others. 

In the preparation of the 10-2 mixture largely used for 
(he top-dressing of grass and clover, where no nitrogen is 
required, we find much the same undesirable use of filler. 
This requires 

1433 pounds of acid phosphate, costing $10 00 

333 pounds of kainit, costing 2 00 



1766 $12 00 

This mixture needs 234 pounds of filler to make a ton, 
when made of kainit. If the muriate of potash be sub- 
stituted lor the kainit, the proportions used would be 
1433 pounds of acid phosphate 
80' pounds of muriate or potash 
487 pounds of filler 

If we desire a fertilizer of this character, we had best 
purchase 11-2 34 goods containing 1537 pounds of acid phos- 
phate and 417 pounds of kainit and requiring only 66 
pounds of filler, or if we use muriate of potash in place 
of kainit, a 14-3 goods, using 1866 pounds of acid phos- 
phata and 120 pounds of muriate of potash and calling for 
14 pounds of filler. 

After discussing these more simple chemicals, the 
temptation is strong to take up the complex slaughter- 
house products, and Peruvian guano to see how they com- 
bine with nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia to 
increase the nitrogen content, with acid phosphate to 
supply the phosphoric acid, and with the different pot- 
ash salts, where a high per cent, of the latter is desired, 
but, to properly take up this last phase of the subject, 
would require even more space than that which has gone 
before. I feel that it is time to close. 

PERCIVAL HICKS. 

Mathews Co., Va. 



1982 



$18 00 



SOME NOTES ON THE MARCH PLANTER. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

What Mr. McCullough says about lime is all very valu- 
able, and I agree with him in the main, but when he says 
never buy lime that has magnesia in it he is placing those 
whose only limestone is magnesian in a tight place. 
Magnesia is plant food as much as lime, and while one 
gets lime for the lime, and should get, if practicable, a 
pure lime, there are many places where only the mag- 
nesian lime is available, and it is used in Eastern Peon- 



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sylvania with good results by hundreds of farmers. Pure 
lime, such as one can get in the Valley of Virginia, will 
slake a larger bulk than the magnesian lime of the Sus- 
quehanna and Schuylkill Valleys, but I would not hesi- 
tate to use the magnesian lime if it was the most accessi- 
ble. 

Cover Crops in the South. 

It is true, as Mr. Franklin well says, that nature abhors 
a vacant soil, and yet I have seen soils that have been 
so constantly kept in hoed crops that nature seems to 
have given up the task of trying to cover them. This 
week I rode from Raleigh, N. C, to Portsmouth, Va. All 
along in the tobacco-growing section about Henderson 
and Kittrel, N. C, the whitish soil was absolutely bare 
from last year's cultivation, and untold years before, and 
almost hurt one's eyes to see it. Here and there there 
gleamed a little patch of crimson clover from about an 
eighth to a half-acre, and in only one case did I see a 
whole field of this clover. The wonder was that when 
men see how well it grows in little patches, they do not 
seem to realize that it would be well to have it over all 
their bare land in winter. And these lands are generally 
hills and wash badly, and yet the farmers (?) were at 
work scratching the dead cotton stalks down with a mule 
and a little plow, not seeming to know that that, com- 
bined with the bare land, has been just what has made 
it wash so badly. And further along the road the same 
practice was seen in operation, turning the soil three 
inches deep for the peanut and tobacco crops, hoping evi- 
dently to squeeze a little crop out of that old dead skele- 
ton of sand and clay with a little commercial fertilizer, 
with an infinitessimal amount of nitrogen in it, for which 
they pay a round price, while the man driving that mule 
and holding that little plow is wading in a sea of nitro- 
gen from which he could draw full supplies without cost 
while building up the humus in his land with a legume 
crop growing on it all winter. Then after his poor crop 
is harvested, the fertilizer man gets the lion's share, 
and the soil is again left bare all winter to lose more 
than it lost in summer. Such sights are saddening to one 
who has been spending the best part of his life in the 
effort to get better farming in the South. 

Nitrogen Buying. 
Mr. Bergman has written an article that should be read 
and studied. It is the idea that I have been trying to get 
our farmers to absorb for many years, that with general 
grain farming a man who buys nitrogen is wasting his 
money. Of course, a heavy application of a good article 
of pure raw bone meal will greatly increase the corn 
crop, but at $30 per ton the man who can make its use 
profitable qn the corn crop will do more than I have 
ever done, and so far as the phosphoric acid in it is con- 
cerned, he can buy that cheaper in some other form and 
a more readiiy available form, too. A farm "demonstra- 
tion," to be of real value, must run through a series of 
years, and show how land can be increased in productive- 
ness while making paying crops. A demonstration show- 
ing that by the liberal use of fertilizers a bigger crop can 
be made, is of little value. Land that will make 60 bush- 
els of corn without manure or fertilizers is already in 
very good heart and only needs a good rotation and an 



occasional application to the legume crop of acid phos- 
phate and potash, with a little lime applied once in six 
years, and it would soon be demonstrated that that land 
can make 100 bushels per acre without purchased nitro- 
gen, for I know men who are doing it. I heard a lec- 
turer at a Farmers' Institute in Maryland recently tell' 
the farmers all about mixing complete fertilizers for every 
crop, and not half a dozen men in his audience had bought 
a pound of nitrogen for twenty years, and yet are grow- 
ing crops of forty or more bushels of wheat and seventy- 
five bushels of corn per acre. Another item I would add 
to what Mr. Bergman says about peas among corn. Some 
have asked if they do not damage the corn. I answer,, 
no; but, on the other hand, the com among which peas- 
are sown will be actually better than if the peas were not 
there. Try it side by side and you will see that I am 
right. The bacteria on the legume roots are nitric fer- 
ments. They oxidize the free nitrogen and the result is 
peas take this up and any plant associated with them will 
also get a share by reason of the peas being there. Mr. 
Bergman's article is a good demonstration for any one 
who will study it. 

Cost of Growing Corn. 
Mr. Porter made corn at the rate of thirty-seven bush- 
els per acre at a cost of 12.45 cents per bushel. His 
showing is a very satisfactory account. But suppose his 
land had been improved to the point of making seventy- 
five bushels per acre? The cost of handling the crop would 
have been a little heavier, but the actual cost per bushel 
of the grain would have been still less. The smaller the 
crop the greater the cost per bushel. Many cotton farm- 
ers declare that it costs them seven to eight cents per 
pound to make cotton, while I know of one good farmer 
who said that he grew it at a cost of two and a half 
cents per pound. The difference was that the men who 
make the crop at the greatest cost take five acres or more 
to make a bale, while the other man made two bales on 
one acre. 

Pork in the South. 
And yet, even at the low cost the good farmer was able- 
to produce cotton, it is evident that even farmers like 
him had better make a smaller area in cotton and make 
more pork. Hogs can be produced more cheaply in the 
South than in the West, and yet the Western farmer 
makes the hogs, sells them to the packers, they make 
a handsome profit, and the railroads add theirs, the mer- 
chant adds his, and then the man wno sticRs to all- 
cotton pays them all out of his one crop. 
Corn Breeding. 
Well, I like to be skinned occasionally, so that, like the 
fish woman's eels, I will get used to it. Mr. McComb 
does it in a very gentlemanly way, but I still do not see- 
that I am wrong. If the lot of corn that took the prize 
as the most perfect ears happened to belong to the varie- 
ty that made the highest yield at the Experiment Sta- 
tion, was there any evidence that that sample of corn 
would make a greater crop when planted than any of the 
numerous samples shown of the same variety, that did 
not get a ribbon? There was nothing there to show that 
the crop from which that sample came had made any- 
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to get tlie biggest ears of a particular form. Is a particu- 
lar type of ear necessarily connected with a greater yield 
per acre? If. so, let us learn what that type is. Mr. 
McComb asks "Who is it that wins at these corn shows?" 
The man who shows the prettiest ears, no matter what 
style of plant it grows on or whether it made twenty-five 
or seventy-five bushels per acre. If the ears pass the 
score card, that is enough, though the! ears may have been 
and probably were only one ear on a stalk. A certain 
type of ear is essential to pass the score card. Is that 
the only type that will give us the heaviest crop per acre? 
May not some other type of ear be fully as productive? 
I visited, a few weeks ago, a farmer in one of the best 
farming sections of Maryland, who is himself a thought- 
ful and successful farmer. He showed me two piles of 
com. In the one pile the ears were rather small and 
hardly an ear would have passed muster in a corn show. 
The other pile was large ears and these ears would have 
been highly rated by corn show judges. He said that he 
bought the seed of the showy ears from a neighbor who 
was an enthusiast and had gotten the corn from a corn 
breeder a few years before. His old stock of corn was 
represented by the pile with the small ears, and he had 
been selecting it for prolificacy for years. Most of his 
crop was planted with his old stock, and very fortunately 
too as he said, for the two corns were planted at the 
same time on soil of the same character, and cultivated 
alike. His old stock of small ears that would have been 
passed by by the score card judge, made seventy-five 
bushels of corn per acre, while that from the score card 
breeder made thirty-seven bushels per acre, or less than 
half the crop his own stock made. And this was not 
unacclimated corn, but corn that had had sieveral years 
acclimation. A prominent farmer in Maryland told me 
recently that he found that the small-eared Cocke's Pro- 
lific made him far more corn than the large-eared sorts 
per acre, and said that the only objection to it was that 
he had to husk so many ears on an acre. If Mr. McComb 
thinks that I have gained my experience in a warm office 
or in the shade, he is greatly mistaken in the man. If 
there is any one thing I have studied in the field it is 
corn. In North Carolina, the small-eared Cocke's Pro- 
lific, planted alongside the twelve-hundred-kernel Learn- 
ing, made fourteen bushels per acre more than the Learn- 
ing. The Cocke's Prolific I have used mainly as an 
illustration in breeding, but it makes no difference about 
the particular variety if it has the prolific habit of making 
more bushels per acre than its competitors. I have not 
the slightest objection to the big, pretty ears, but if the 
one ear on the stalk will make but 1,200 grains, I have 
often made over 1,500 on two ears. While I have not 
the slightest objection to the typical score card ears, 
what I have objected to is the making of these the only 
test in an exhibition. The score card shouM be extended 
jto Include the whole corn plant, the amount of corn 
grown on the plant and the crop per measured acre. 
Then, if it can be shown that the type that the score 
card calls for is always accompanied by the greatest yield 
per acre, we may learn something that the present prac- 
tice does not teach. But so long as a man makes seventy- 
five bushels of corn per acre from ears entirely non- 



typical, and thirty-sevn bushels per acre on the same 
land from typical ears, I must conclude that score card 
judging of ears only will never advance us much in corn 

W. P. MASSBY. 



culture. 



INCREASING THE YIELD OF CORN. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

There is no other cereal grown to which so little atten- 
tion is given in the selection of seed as the corn crop. 

The general custom, until of late years, with the 
majority of farmers, was to go to the crib about planting 
time, select large, good-looking ears, and use them for 
seed, pursuing this course from year to year until their 
crops would begin to deteriorate both in yield and quality. 
They would then procure seed from some farmer, who, 
perhaps, had pursued the same course for several sea- 
sons, blieving that corn grown upon a different quality of 
soil would improve their yield. 

I do not- doubt but that this change often times proved 
helpful for a season or two, but no permanent improve- 
ment could ever result from such a practice. In order to 




permanently improve the quality and increase the quan- 
tity, seed corn should be bred as carefully as we breed 
our live stock. 

In the breeding of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, 
etc., great care is exercised in the selection of both male 
and' female. It has passed into a maxim with cattle breed- 
ers that the male is half the herd. 

I know pigeon and rabbit fanciers who can give the pedi- 
grees of all their pets. 

The most careless breeder of swine, to illustrate my 
point, would not allow the indiscriminate running of all 
the males of a litter with his brood animals. 

About the first question asked by farmers, who come 
to buy swine of me is concerning their pedigree. Whilst 
it is utterly impossible for any one to give the pedigree 
of any vegetable product grown as extensively as corn, he 
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for pollination; which one was used as the female parent 
pistillate), and which for the male parent (staminate), 
and Ms reason for such method of breeding. I do not 
recognize the use of the term "pedigree" when applied 
to wheat, corn, etc., as, scientifically used, it should be 
applied only to the animal kingdom. 

A pedigree of an animal is a record of its male and 
female progenitors for a series of generations. When we 
consider that the tassel of a Ftalk of corn produces from 
three million to four million pollen granules, and that 
these are carried to the silk, proceeding from an ovule, 
by the wind or insects, we at once recognize the impos- 
sibility of deciding with certainty which particular ovule 
was fertilizer, or even from which stalk the pollen was 
produced. 

Unless each ovuJe is thus influenced by pollen, it will 
fail to develop into a kernel and a blank space will appear 
upon the cob. 

Hence, the importance of having well developed stalks 
rich in pollen which shall mature when the silk is in the 
proper condition to convey the influence of the pollen 
to the ovule. 

I shall not attempt in this article to show how we can 
almost absolutely control this influence, but rather relate 
what I have done during the last four years in the estab- 
lishing of a breed of corn conforming to my ideal. I 
wished to breed a variety that would grow from eight 
to ten feet in height, low-eared, short-jointed, with long 
and broad foliage. 

I have bred two distinct varieties, but, for the pres- 
ent, shall relate my method of procedure with the Boone 
County Special. 

I made my selection of seed from a pile of very finely 
grown corn, taking only ears that had nearly the same 
thickness throughout their entire length; these I style 
cylindrical ears. 

Every school boy of average intelligence has learned 
that a cylinder of a given diameter and height will have 
twice the surface of a cone of that same diameter and 
height, and, consequently, the cylindrical ear would have 
twice the surface upon which kernels could be formed 
that a true conical ear would have. 

No ear, however, is a true cone, but the nearer it 
approaches that form, the less will be its yield. 

Besides having greater surface, the kernels do not 
diminish in size to as great an extent as they do on a 
conical ear towards the tip. 

The photograph that I have had taken of these two 
types of ears fully illustrates this point; the outer ears 
(conical) having small kernels for about two inches of 
their entire length; the inner ears (cylindrical) carrying 
the full sized kernels well to the tip. 

Cylindrical ears of the same diameter and length of 
conical ears by repeated tests have yielded from 15 per 
cent to twenty per cent, more shelled corn. 

Two important factors in the production of my ideal corn 
have now been well established; ears low on the stalk 
and at least 95 per cent, of cylindrical ears. 

To accomplish the first, I have gone through the field, 
selecting stout stalks having one or more ears no higher 
than my hip, topping them so that when the corn was 
harvested, by cutting off at the ground, these stalks 



should be left, to thoroughly mature, harvesting them 
when the corn was thoroughly ripened. 

The cylindrical ears were selected from this thoroughly 
matured corn and I have found it to be of a very high 
percentage of germination. 

Without any heavier fertilization of the soil or more 
frequent cultivation, the yield has been increased from 
thirty-five bushels to almost fifty-one bushels of shelled 
corn per acre by actual measurement of land and corn. 
Corn is a gross consumer of potash. I therefore com- 
pound a fertilizer from 14 per cent, available phosphoric 
acid and muriate of potash, using 150 pounds of phosphate 
and fifty pounds of muriate of potash per acre. 

This gives me twenty-one pounds of phosphate and 
twenty-five pounds of actual potash, or a 10% per cent, 
phosphate and a 12% per cent, potash fertilizer. I have 
discarded tbe fertilizer attachment of the corn planter and 
apply the fertilizer with the grain drill. By this means 
1 give an additional cultivation to the soil before planting 
and distribute the fertilizer where it is available during 
the entire growing season. 

When the fertilizer is distributed only in the corn row, 
the corn has a forced growth at starting, but the termi- 
nals of the roots and the hair-like roots (the feeders)) 
soon get beyond the fertilizer and the plant largely lives 
upon the general condition of the soil, the fertilizer often 
remaining inert during the greater part of the growing 
season. 

I am in thorough accord with the views of Professor 
Massey that the entire stalk should be taken into consid- 
eration in awarding prizes at agricultural fairs. 

Very fine ears are sometimes found on objectionable 
stalks and have grown surrounded by stalks having very 
poor ears, these stalks, no doubt, having furnished the 
pollen for the fine looking ear. 

I doubt that a stalk can produce pollen that will fer- 
tilize its own ear, and, if it could, I doubt the germinative 
power of the kernels thus pollinated. 

For upwards of fifty years, I have searched for a per- 
fect ear upon an isolated grown stalk, but have failed to 
find one. 

Note. — The shortest ear in the illustration of this arti- 
cle is eleven inches. 

Powhatan Co., Va. s. B. HEIG-HES. 



LONG CORN STALK MANURE. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

I was very much interested in Mr. Massey's notes in 
the January issue, especially the part concerning the feed- 
ing value of shredded stover vs. long stalks, quoting Mr. 
Sherman as saying where the stalks were fed in racks, 
the long stalks go into the manure, and the man who can 
haul it out without using "cuss" words at times is rare. 

As there is generally a remedy for every evil under 
the sum, and as I have long since found out the remedy 
for the worst of all abominations, a pile of cow dung 
with long corn stalks in it, I will give you the benefit 
of my plan which will help any who may care to try it. 

In connection with this I will state that in an experience 
of tirty-five years feeding long fodder in every conceiva- 
ble manner I have used the common horsepower cutter, 



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Tornado shredder and steam husking and shredding ma- 
chine and with every machine found the game never 
paid for the candles. The best results, besides the com- 
fort and convenience to feeder and cattle has been ob- 
tained by feeding long fodder in wide, deep racks in open 
sheds. In short order the sheds will be thoroughly lit- 
tered with corn stalks in the most objectionable condi- 
tion. 

Now for the remedy. 

Before cleaning out the sheds which, by the way, 
makes a good job for a cold rainy day, I get a load of 
fresh horse stable manure that has not been fermented 
and throw it out along where the dump from the sheds 
will be. Then clean out the sheds and place the stalks 
on the manure, using a layer of fresh stable manure 
each time the stalks are moved. By May there will be 
a pile of manure that can be hauled out on land for corn 
in a condition that can be handled with impunity by the 
most orthodox. J. W. A. 

Loudoun County, Va. 



HOW TO GROW CORN. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

I see so much printed matter on scientific office farming 
that I would like to tell something of forty years' ex- 
perience shuffling the dirt for a livelihood in old Vir- 
ginia. I will take for my subject the mainstay or sup- 
port of the farmer which is corn and corn raising for 
profit. If the land is in sod I break it in the fall or 
winter eight to nine inches deep, then apply all the ma- 
nure to thin parts that I can get up to planting time, 
the first of May, and harrow thoroughly in April until 
the land is in good condition. If there should come 
heavy rains, harrow again as soon as dry enough. This 
pays in two ways — it kills in the sprout all noxious weeds 
and grass, and puts the soil in a mellow condition. By 
the first of May the ground should be warm and ready for 
the corn to sprout at once an a few days after planting. 
I never want it to check up until the crop is matured. I 
plant in rows four and one-half feet apart and eighteen 
inches in the step (or from hil to hill). Use no com- 
mercial fertilizer about it at all; plant three to four grains 
to the hill. 

I have used the variety I plant without a single change 
for forty years (originally Gourd seed and Flint mixed 
half and half). Every season I pick the best ears for seed, 
selecting for depth of grain, small cob, firm, compact rows. 
Every grain has vitality on its face and needs no proof as 
to its quality. I always nub off an inch or so from the 
small end before shelling the ear. The ears have twelve 
to eighteen rows of corn, and about fifty to sixty-five 
grains to the row. 

As soon as this corn is up three to four inches, I put 
a big double harrow with sharp teeth on. You may pull 
up a few stalks now and then, but this is a small loss, 
counting the good the harrow does in killing weeds. 

In a few days I use the double coulters as close up to 
the young corn as possible and run as deep as I can, all 
through the balk or between the rows; then, every eight 
days I give shallow level culture as near as possible; 
go over twice in a row with five tooth culti- 



vator from the time the corn is five Inches tall 
until the corn is waist high, and thin the corn 
to one stalk on a hill, then turn it loose and trust 
to Frovidence. Following this plan for thirty-nine years 
out of forty, I have had corn to sell. This one year my 
corn was nearly destroyed by hailstorm. One year with 
another I average from fifty-five to sixty-five bushels per 
acre, sometimes seventy-five bushels, all without fertil- 
izers. 

The great mistake with our farm papers and farmers 
is preaching up commercial fertilizers and ignoring the 
barn yard manure. I sometimes think tiiere must be a 
combine between the agricultural paper specialists, so- 
calJed, and the commercial fertilizer establishments for 
robbing the poor farmer of his hard earnings by paying for 
something that impoverishes his land and the owner both. 
I take it that drinking whiskey and using the present-day 
commercial fertilizer will ruin any man who keeps it 
up. Stop and think, brother farmers; turn about, go back 
to your stabe and barn yard manure, try it side by side 
with the highest grade commercial fertilizers as I have 
done, and see for yourself which is best in the long run. 

I know what I say will raise a howl, but who cares; 
I am speaking the truth as I see it from trial and experi- 
ence, c. P. HURT. 

Bedford Co., Va. 

If our friend will turn to the issues of the Southern 
Planter for years back, he will find that we have always 
opposed the use of commercial fertilizers for growing the 
corn crop and advised perfect preparation of the land 
before planting, farm yard manure and level cultivation. 
—Ed. 



REPLY TO ARTICLE COMMENTING ON MR. SANDY'S 
DEMONSTRATION FARM REPORT. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

I read with great interest Mr. T. O. Sandy's article in 
the January number of your valuable journal, concerning 
the noble work being carried on throughout the Southern 
States under the auspices of the Agricultural Department 
at Washington, aided by a generous donation from the 
Co-operative Educational Association — of which enterprise 
Dr. A. S. Knapp is the General Manager, and Mr. Sandy 
the Superintendent for Virginia — and I have carefully 
noted the criticisms made by Mr. K. A. Bergman in the 
March number. 

The latter gives some good advice about thorough cul- 
tivation of the soil, the increased use of leguminous crops,, 
winter covering for cultivated lands, all of which is care- 
fully taught, and strongly urged by Dr. Knapp, Mr. Sandy, 
and their corps of assistants, but I strongly disagree with 
him about the crop value of certain kinds of fertilizer, and 
I most earnestly deprecate his unkind allusions to the 
beneficent work which is being attempted by these gentle- 
men, to aid the farmers of our section by advice and 
counsel, and assist them to build up their worn-out farms. 
I would say in the beginning that Mr. Sandy faced a con- 
dition, at least in Southside Virginia, of obsolete methods, 
depleted soils, and a spirit of hopelessness regarding the 
profits of farming in this section, and, by his teachings,. 



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enthusiasm and example, has literally "made two blades 
of grass grow where one grew before" on many a poor 
hillside farm in this State. 

We could not afford to wait on the slow methods of 
improvements advocated by Mr. Bergman, but needed 
immediate aid for our soils, and I do not concede that acid 
phosphate is a good fertilizer for corn, or that it adds any- 
thing to the permanent improvement of the land, but, on 
the contrary, I believe it is generally admitted that its 
virtue is exhausted during the first season's crop, while 
bone meal improves the soil permanently, and its good 
effects can be seen in many succeeding crops. The plans 
of both of these gentlemen include an application of lime, 
and Mr. Bergman proposes to use 600 pounds of floats and 
400 pounds of acid phosphate on the corn and 400 pounds 
more before the grass seeds are sown in the following 
summer, while Mr. Sandy advises the use of 500 pounds 
of bone meal for the corn crop and 500 pounds for the 
grass, at a difference in expense of about $4.60 and 400 
pounds less weight of fertilizer to haul and distribute. 

The advantages of the latter plan are a saving in haul- 
ing of fertilizer, a saving of one working of the land (for 
the spring sowing of peas and millet), and I feel sure 
that it will produce nearly double the crop of grass, and 
at least one-third more corn, and give a permanent 
improvement to the soil. I also claim that the crimson 
clover hay is just as valuable to the farmer for his own 
stock as the peas and millet suggested by Mr. Bergman, 
and I think there is no crop that impoverishes the soil as 
quickly as millet, and that it would take more nutriment 
from the land than could be supplied by the peas grown 
with it. 

I do not agree with Mr. Bergman either about being 
able to pick peas when seed are sown at the last work- 
ing of 'the corn, for I have sown peas in this way several 
times, and in no case did they mature before frost, though 
it may be that his last working of the corn was on an ear- 
lier date than mine. I have tried his plan of attempting to 
improve the land with peas and acid phosphate, and found 
it too slow a process, though I used no lime, as I was too 
far from the railroad at that time. 

For several years past I have used 400 to 50'0 pounds 
of bone meal per acre on corn, and sown crimson clover 
at the last working, which has produced a rapid improve- 
ment.]: know of no land in this State which will produce 
sixty bushels of corn per acre without fertilizers, unless 
it may be in the James River bottoms, but if there be such 
land, its owner may not need the assistance freely offered 
by Dr. Knapp and Mr. Sandy, while there are thousands 
of hillside farmers who are gladly accepting that advice; 

I do not mean to reflect in any way on Mr. Bergman, 
for many of his suggestions are good, but this article 
is intended as a defence of Mr. Sandy and his methods, 
which I heartily endorse, and I am firmly convinced that he 
is engaged in a great work, which will be of much benefit 
to the farmers of Virginia. 

His own farm, his increasing prosperity, and his four 
tons of hay to the acre, are an ample demonstration that his 
methods are correct, and I believe his efforts should be 
encouraged instead of being weakened by adverse criticism. 

NOTTOWAY. 

We beg to offer our thanks to our correspondent for 



taking part in this discussion. One great object we had 
in view in publishing the article commented on was to pro- 
mote discussion of a subject of vital importance to our 
farmers. We had no idea or intention of reflecting on the 
good work being done in the State by Dr. Knapp and Mr. 
Sandy when we admitted Mr. Bergman's article to our 
columns and we did not and do not now see that he unfair- 
ly or unjustly reflected on those gentlemen or their work. 
We have repeatedly commended and encouraged this 
work. We believe that it is doing a great deal to advance 
the agricultural interests of the State. As to Mr. Sandy's 
own work on his own farm, no one could have said or done 
more than we have done for years in bringing it to the 
notice of the farmers of the State. It reflects the highest 
credit on him and has made us feel and say frequently 
that whatever advice he gave might be safely followed by 
his brother farmers. All this, however, does not seem 
to us to be sufficient reason why we should not put before 
ihe farmers of the State the ideas of another farmer, who 
thinks that he has solved the problem of making a poor 
farm profitable in some other way and especially when he 
proposes to accomplish this end with a less immediate 
expenditure of money and as he contends with quick return 
of crops. Discussion and experimentation is thus promoted 
and the end will be advancement. We have a difficult 
problem to solve in this State. The fanners who most need 
help in the improvement of their farms are, many of them, 
so impoverished that the outlay of $30 for a ton of bone 
meal at one time, to be used on an acre or two of land, 
is more than they can, or, rather, than they are willing, 
to afford, and hence they hesitate to make the venture. 
We are daily in receipt of letters complaining that they 
cannot afford to follow our advice in the production of 
their crops because of the cost of the fertilizer recom- 
mended, and yet we always carefully consider this point 
of cost before giving the advice to use the fertilizer. 
These men must be led on gradually and must see results 
as they go. We have always been strong advocates for 
the use of bone meal for the permanent improvement of 
land, and have used scores of tons in our experience 
and never without securing good results in the long run, 
but for results on quick growing crops we have found 
other fertilizers to give more immediate returns. 

For the corn crop, the experiments made at the various 
Experiment Stations have almost uniformly showed that 
outside farm yard manure no fertilizer has been used with 
immediate profit, but that acid phosphate comes nearer giv 
ing this result than anything else. This was the result 
shown in the experiments recently made at the Virginia 
Station, of which we published reports last year, and 
hence they, and we advise its use for this crop. We 
readily grant that it is not so permanent in its effect 
in improving the land. This permanent improvement is 
an end for which all farmers should work, but they, 
unfortunately, cannot all afford to do it all at once. The 
phosphoric acid in bone meal is almost wholly in an 
unavailable form, and this militates against its use as 
ireely as it ought to be used, but wherever it can be 
afforded and the buyer can afford to wait, it, like floats 
(raw rock), ought to be used in conjunction with the 
legumes which make the phosphoric acid available. — Ed. 



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Trucking, Garden and Orchard. 



WORK FOR THE MONTH. 

The genial spring-lik weather of the first half of 
March has no doubt induced many truckers and gardeners 
to put the first crops into the ground. If the weather 
should continue mild these will no doubt make early 
crops, but it is doubtful whether we can safely count on a 
continuance of such fine weather uninterruptedly through 
April and one or two sharp frosts will work havoc with 
these early planted crops. We have never found it advis- 
able to plant a full crop of anything except Irish pota- 
toes and English peas before well into April and it is 
usually quite as well not to plant a full crop until May. 
Small plantings may be made in the first half of this 
month, but the time will be better employed in putting 
the land into finer order and in getting the manure and 
fertilizer into the land and getting it ready for planting 
in the last half of the month and in the first half of 
May. Before doing any planting, lay off the garden in a 
regular plan so as to give ample space for each crop 
desired to be grown and lay off the rows the long way of 
the garden and wide enough apart to permit of horse 
cultivation. Where narrow rows are laid off and the culti- 
vation of the crop depends on the hand boe work with 
other crops on the farm frequently causes this essential 
work to be neglected and the crop is lost or only makes 
half the yield it ought to do. An hour or two with a 
horse cultivator will be found time for when a day or 
two with the hand hoe could not be put in. Begin plant- 
ing on one side of the garden and continue the putting 
in of the different crops in regular order across the piece. 
This will enable one to cultivate the earliest planted crops 
without treading the rest of the land sad again and thus 
necessitate re-working. 



In the Tidewater trucking sections of this State and 
North Carolina the planting of the Irish potato crops has 
already been largely done and is now being pushed on 
fast to a completion. In the other sections of the State 
where this crop is grown as a farm crop the work should 
have immediate attention if the tubers are grown for the 
spring and early summer market. Where the crop is 
grown for the fall and winter market, it is too early yet 
to plant. June and July are soon enough. 



The fall and winter planted cabbage crop should now 
have frequent cultivation to push the growth. Where the 
crop does not appear to be taking good hold of the soil 
and making vigorous root growth a top dressing of nitrate 
of soda sown down each side of the rows at the rate of 
100 to 150 pounds to the acre will be found to be of great 
advantage. The use of this fertilizer has been found to 
give remarkably good results on the cabbage crop where 
sufficient manure and mineral fertilizer has been applied 
to the land previous to the planting of the crop to give 
abundant feed for a great root growth. In an experiment 
made in North Carolina, it was found that where no 



nitrate of soda was used there was a yield ot 
but 910 prime heads per acre. Where 300 pounds 
of the fertilizer was applied in two dressings the number 
of prime heads was 3,260 per acre. Where the same 
quantity was applied in three dressings the yield of prime 
heads was 5,390 per acre. On land where 400 pounds of 
nitrate was applied in two equal dressings the yield was 
4,160 prime heads, and when the same was applied in 
three equal dressings 7,580 prime heads were cut. 



The tomato, pepper and egg plants raised in the hot- 
bed which should now be growing freely should, as soon 
as large enough to handle, be pricked out in cold frames 
to grow on and, as they grow, should be hardened off 
gradually so as to be ready to set out in the open ground 
in May. Do not force the growth so as to make them 
weak and spindling. What is needed is a stout, stocky 
plant with plenty of roots. 



Bed sweet potatoes in the hot bed for sprouts to set 
out in May or June. In the March issue, on page 224, 
will be found advice on making a hot bed and Professor 
Massey in this issue answers an inquiry on the same 
subject. 



See that the strawberry crop has cultivation to induce 
growth and flowering, and if the plants are not making 
a good, strong growth, give a top dressing of acid phos- 
phate, 200 pounds; muriate of potash, 200 pounds, and 
nitrate of soda, 100 pounds to the acre, and work into the 
soil. Mulch the land between the rows with pine tags 
or waste hay or straw to keep the berries clean and con- 
serve the moisture wherever it is possible to secure the 
materials for this purpose. 

Clean up the flower garden and lawn and make every- 
thing neat and tidy for the summer. Dig over the beda 
and give a dressing of manure well rotted and work into 
the soil and rake fine. Buy a collection of flower seeds 
and at least a few bedding plants like Geraniums, Cannas, 
Fhlox, Coelus. Sow and set these out in the end of thi3 
month, or, safer, in the beginning of May, and make the 
place look attractive and as though it belonged to some 
one. It will pay in keeping the family attached to the 
place. 



CROP PESTS. 



We are in receipt of the Sixth Report of the State 
Entomologist. This report deals in a general way with 
the work of the Crop Pest Commission during the past 
two years in the inspection of orchards and nurseries and 
gives some statistic? gathered by the Commission in con- 
nection with this work, showing the phenomenal growth of 
the fruit industry in the State during the past few years. 
Special attention is called to peach growing and the effect 
of peach yellows on this industry and the methods adopted 



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In Michigan for the control of this disease. We are also 
in receipt of two circulars dealing with Peach Yellowy 
and some special phases of the preparation and use of 
the hme-sulphur against the San Jose Scale. This report 
and the two circulars should be in the hands of all fruit 
growers. They can be obtained from office of the State 
Crop Pest Commission, Blacksburg, Va., on application to 
the State Entomologist, Professor J. L. Phillips. 



FORMULAE FOR SPRAYING. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

In the March issue of The Planter just received, on page 
216 (Formula for Spray Mixtures), you say Bordeaux Mix- 
ture, (2), copper sulphate, 3 pounds; unslaked lime, 6 
pounds; water, 50 gallons, for all stone fruits after leaf- 
ing out I have found this amount injures peach trees, 
making them drop their foliage. I use one and a half 
pounds copper sulphate, three pounds lime, fifty gallons 
water, which is perfectly safe and about as strong as can 
be safely applied on foliage. This is used as a preventive 
for monilia rot (ripe rot), and I have found it quite 
effective. Professor Alwood gave me this formula some 
years ago. 

In your copper sulphate solution you say copper sulphate, 
two to four pounds, and fifty gallons water for dormant 
trees, i have used this form of solution for many years, 
and never use more than two and a half pounds copper 
sulphate to fifty gallons water, nor less. This is an old 
formula, and possibly yours is more up-to-date. Where 
did you find it? (This was advised by the Virginia 
Experiment Station. — Ed.) We have found that we get 
less sediment and a "smoother" mixture by using seven- 
teen and a half or even twenty pounds of lime to fifteen 
pounds sulphur (flowers) in the lime, sulphur and salt 
mixture. It is also said that salt is an unnecessary arti- 
cle, though I have never omitted it yet, believing it cer- 
tainly does no harm, and may do good. 

Albemarle Co., Va. WALTER WHATELY, 

Secretary State Horticultural Society. 



MAKING A HOT-BED FOR STRIKING SWEET 
POTATOES. 

I propose to make a hot-bed for striking sweet potatoes. 
A man here who raises a good many uses corn stalks; I 
propose to use cobs. These are put in for drainage. Will 
the cobs work as well as the stalks? 

FRED WETHERBEE. 

Using the cloth, you may need some gentle bottom heat 
in the bed. Bedding sweet potatoes in sand, I use glass 
sashes only, and after bedding keep them close till the 
sprouting begins, when I give some air. But you can make 
a better hot-bed for sweet potatoes by using wet oak 
leaves and tramping them down tight in a pit three feet 
deep. A little fresh lime scattered through the leaves 
will hasten the fermentation. Or, you can use spent tan 
bark from a tan yard, if it is handy. Either of these will 
be better than the corn cobs or corn stalks, unless the 
stalks were finely shredded, and either of them will be 
less likely to encourage rot than a hot-bed made with 
manure. In making a manure hot-bed I have always found 



it an advantage to mix plenty of oak leaves with the 
manure to make the heat more lasting. But with frames 
and glass sashes I have never found a hot-bed of any 
advantage in starting sweet potato plants, and I always 
bed in pure, clean sand to avoid any fungus growth. — W. F. 
Massey. 



CULTIVATION OF RHUBARB. 
C. L. Allen, Long Island, N. Y. 

All varieties of rhubarb are readily propagated from 
seed although generaly by root division in early spring. 
On many accounts, we prefer growing the roots from 
seed. In whatever way it may be increased, the soil in 
which it is grown should be worked very deeply, and 
made rich to insure the full development of the leaf 
stalks, for upon their size, rapidity of growth, and con- 
sequent tenderness of tissue, much of their merit depends. 

The seed should be sown in drills two feet apart, and 
the plants thinned to six inches in the drill. In the 
autumn following they will be fit to transplant into per- 
manent beds, to be set three feet apart in the rows, 
which should be four feet apart. For the first year the 
ground between the rows may be used for lettuce, beans 
or any low-growing crop; but after the second year the 
leaves will cover the whole space, and require it all for 
their full development. 

The after culture consists in keeping the ground clear 
from weeds and to encourage rapid growth, breaking off 
the flower stalks as they appear, and their development 
and seed producing may not use up the plant food required 
for the roots. 

This plant is admirably adapted for forcing. Upon the 
approach of freezing weather, take up a desired number 
of clumps and put them under an open shed, and cover 
with a little soil. After a good hard freezing, bring in 
a few clumps and place them near the furnace, la the 
cellar or under a greenhouse bench, and cover with earth 
or sand, and keep fairly moist. Within a short time 
the stems will be long enough for cutting. The flavor 
is much better than that grown in the ope*. Rhubarb 
intended for forcing should not be cut the previous season, 
but given the highest cultivation, in order to make strong 
crowns, as upon these the new growth derives its 
strength. — American Agricultural Trust. 



Did you ever hear a farmer say that he has no use 
for a garden — that it does not pay? The man is a loser 
who holds to such notions. He misses the pleasures of 
having vegetables to eat in their season, and he has to 
pay household expenses which would not accrue if a good 
garden were allowed to contribute to the food supply. 

Mushmelons and cucumbers should be planted in the 
hot-bed by the middle of the month. Look out for mice, 
moles and beetles. These pests can do a lot of harm 
in a short time. Trap the moles, poison the mice, and 
drive out the beetles by dusting the plants with wood- 
aches tainted with kerosene or turpentine. 



Stick some cucumber seeds in a pasteboard box and 
have them ready to set out, two inches high, when other 
people are planting the seeds in the ground. Then you 
can enjoy cucumbers so much earlier. 



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Live Stock and Dairy. 



SOME CONSIDERATIONS IN JUDGING SWINE. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

It is now generally recognized that there is a distinct 
delation between the conformation of hogs and their utility 
for certain purposes, and, owing to the greater difficulty 
of producing pork with high-priced cereals at a profit, a 
study of a standard for swine should be beneficial to all 
'interested in breeding this class of live stock. It is gen- 
erally recognized that swine are among the most profit- 
able animals produced on the farm, if handled skilfully, 
and though vast improvement has been effected in the 
rorni and character of the carcass in the past few years, 
much remains to be done. A discussion of a standard 
for swine will therefore not be improper at the present 
time, and may serve to crystallize the half-formed ideas 
of many breeders into concrete conceptions of what they 
should seek for in selecting their breeding stock. It may 
also emphasize more clearly to the mind of the layman 
that the use of a larger number of sires of marked quality 
and possessed of desirable characteristics is a matter of 
serious import to them. 

In discussing a standard for swine, it is well to bear 
in mind that it must of necessity vary somewhat with 
each particular breed. Therefore, it can only be taken up 
in a general way. It is also well to remember that there 
are two quite clearly defined classes of swine irrespective 
of breed raised in this country. The one type is known 
familiarly as the lard type and is a product of the corn 
belt of the United States. This hog is characterized by the 
free production of fat as a covering over the body and a 
large amount of lard, more particularly in the region of I 
the kidneys. The other type is rather longer in the leg, 
somewhat flatter in the ribs, and similar in the body with 
a deep side, and the head is longer and more pointed. 
This type is now coming to be more generally known a3 
the bacon type. » 

It will aow be proper to proceed to a consideration of 
what may be termed a general standard for swine, and, 
If necesary, to later define the difference between the 
characteristics sought in these two general types, for it 
Is the principles or fundamentals of swine production that 
concern the general reader. The score card for swine is 
based on a total of one hundred points divided under five 
general headings, the first dealing with the general appear- 
ance, the second with the head and neck, the third with 
the forequarters, the fourth with the body, and the fifth 
with the hindquarters. 

Scale of Points for Swine. 

Perfect 
A. General Appearance: Score. 

L Estimated weight lbs., actual lbs. 

2. Weight according to age, 6-8 months, 200-250 

lbs 6 

3. Form, deep, broad, low, symmetrical, compact, 

standing squarely on legs 6 

4. Quality: bone clean, hair silky, skin fine 6 

5. Disposition quiet 4 



6. Constitution vigorous, robust, showing size and 

substance 5 

B. Head and Neck: 

7. Snout of medium length and fineness 1 

8. Eyes full, mild, bright and large 1 

9. Face short, cheeks full 1 

10. Forehead broad, high and full 1 

11. Ears of medium size, fine and soft ± 

12. Jowl strong, neat and broad 1 

13. Neck of medium length, thick 1 

C. Forequarters: 

14. Shoulder vein full 1 

15. Shoulder broad, deep and full; top compact. ... 7 

16. Breast full and wide 2 

17. Legs straight, short and strong; feet medium 

size 3 

D. Body: 

IS. Chest deep and broad; girth large 10 

19. Sides deep, lengthy and closely ribbed 8 

20. Back broad and straight; thickly and evenly 

fleshed 4 

21. Loin wide and thick 3 

22. Belly straight 2 

23. Flank even with underline 1 

E. Hindquarters: 

24. Hips wide apart and smooth 3 

25. Rump long, wide, straight and evenly fleshed 4 

26. Hams deep, wide and heavily fleshed 8 

27. Thighs iieshed close to hocks 4 

28. Twist deep and plump 1 

29. Tail tapering 1 

30. Legs straight, short and strong; feet of 
medium size 4 



Total 100 

Among the more important considerations taken up under 
the first head are weight according to age, an important 
factor to be clearly fixed in the mind of the farmer who 
hopes to make pork production profitable. Many have 
their standard on this point entirely too low, due to the 
fact that the hogs are not of the right quality or not fed 
so as to keep them growing uniformly from the birth 
period to maturity. There cannot be a very clear idea as 
to the proper conformation that should be sought in the 
hog or else there would be a smaller number of long- 
legged, long-snouted porkers seen on our farms. .A good 
type of hog, whether bred chiefly for bacon or lard pro- 
duction, should have a deep, broad, low, symmetrical con- 
formation, and while compactness is desirable, the middle 
piece of the bacon hog will, of course, be longer and 
deeper in proportion than that of the lard type. Quality 
is an essential and important consideration in swine and 
this Is indicated by fine hair, thin skin and clean bone. 
Of course, the bone should be of sufficient weight to carry 
tke body easily, but a coarse bone is indicative of poor 
feeding qualities and slowness in maturing. A quiet dis- 
position is an important consideration In any breed of 
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stitution, as shown by what are more familiarly known as 
size and substance and breadth and depth through the 
chest. 

The snout of a well-bred hog will be rather short and 
comparatively fine. The Tamworths are somewhat of an 
exception to this rule, but it will not be improper at this 
time to say that though the bacon hog is not as smooth and 
symmetrical in appearance as the lard type, yet if a repre- 
sentative of one of the well-defined bacon breeds, he is 
possessed of many attributes embraced under the term 
quality, and is not an ungainly, long-legged, cathammed 
animal, as many have supposed. This idea has probably 
gained undue prominence in the minds of many breeders 
because of the success attending the production of hams 
in many parts of the South from a hog of a very exag- 
gerated bacon type. This animal, however, 1 is the pro- 
duct of indiscriminate breeding, is not the representative 
of any breed, nor does he possess the ideals that should 
characterize a good bacon type. While much success has 
attended the efforts of farmers who are producing bacon 
and hams from this class of hogs, it is generally recog- 
nized by those who arc thoroughly familiar with the situa, 
Lion that improvement can be effected by the use of 
improved sires of the clearly defined bacon types on native 
stocks of the character under discussion. 

Naturally, the eyes of a healthy hog will be full, bright 
and large. Small eyes showing a large amount of white 
are objectionable, indicating a bad disposition, which is not 
characteristic of animals that fatten advantageously. A 
well-defined and broad forehead, ears of medium size, a 
jowl that is strong, neat and broad, but not overpendant, 
a neck rather short, thick, wide and deep are all charac- 
teristics to be sought in the lard type of hog, and for the 
most part in the bacon type as well, except possibly that 
the neck is a little thinner and not quite so well developed 
as in the lard type. 

An important point in any breed of swine is to have the 
shoulder vein, or what is sometimes called the neck vein, 
well defined. A broad, deep and full shoulder and a wide, 
full l»e*st are important considerations in any breed. 
Locomotion being an important consideration so the ani- 
mal can get around freely and gather food, particularly 
if he is to be fattened on grazing crops, calls for legs that 
are straight, short and strong and well placed under the 
body. There is a tendency to weakness of bone in some 
of the pure-breds, due, possibly, to a failure to give them 
as, much exercise as is necessary to properly develop the 
bones, and to an attempt to secure over-refinement of 
bone on the part of the breeders. Activity and capacity 
to rustle, even at the expense of extreme fineness of bone, 
is a matter that should never be overlooked. 

It is desirable that girth in the hog be large. The lard 
type will be more nearly round at this point than the bacon 
type. The sides should be deep, long and closely ribbed, 
and this' is a characteristic that is especially emphasized 
in the bacon type because the utility of this hog depends 
very considerably on the character of this part of the car- 
cass. The bacon hog should have a finely-blended flesh, 
characterized by what is familiarly known as a "streak of 
fat and a streak of lean." The lard type, on the other 
hand, will have a thick covering of fat over the body and 



the streaking of fat and lean will not be so well marked. 
Therefore, those who propose to breed the bacon type 
should give especial attention to the length, depth and- 
character of the side, and especially to the quality shown 
in the slaughtered animal. It is, of course, true that the 
flesh of hogs of any breed will be influenced, to a certain 
extent, by the character of food given, but this discussion 
presupposes that the bacon hog will be raised on grazing, 
crops or on foods in which protein elements predominate- 
largely. A broad, straight back, slightly arched, but thick- 
ly and evenly fleshed, is always desirable, and a loin that, 
is wide and thick is an essential characteristic of any- 
good breed. The flanks should be low to the ground and" 
the underline comparatively straight. 

The hips should be wide apart, smooth and level. This- 
is necessary to insure the development of a large ham, and 
as this constitutes the most desirable meat in the carcass 
these points cannot be emphasized too strongly, provided 
the symmetry and correlation of parts in the body are- 
properly preserved. In other words, the over-development 
of any part is to be deplored, as it indicates inherent weak- 
nesses, which it is not necessary to discuss at this time. 
A long rump, wide, straight and evenly fleshed, is an 
important condition, and, of course, the hams should be- 
particularly deep, wide and heavily fleshed. An over- 
abundance of fat on the ham is not at all desirable, 
because the fat is, to a very considerable extent,. 
a waste product, and the quality of the ham will be deter- 
mined largely by the proper blending of the fat and lean. 
The thigh should be fleshed down close to the hocks so- 
as to insure the production of a large, plump ham. 

These are some of the more important considerations 
that should be clearly fixed in the mind of the hog grower- 
and he should strive by every legitimate means to secure 
them in the animals he is handling. Of course, the stand- 
dard for the pure-bred will necessitate the breeder giving 
special attention to these points, but it is the general 
grower of hogs that is more in need of brushing up on what 
really constitutes a good animal, setting his standard 
higher, and striving by every means within his power to 
obtain animals of superior quality whatever his purpose 
in maintaining them may be. Of course, in a short arti- 
cle, it is impossible to go into many of the fine points that 
might be taken up with propriety, but it is the general 
or fundamental considerations that must first be impressed 
on the farmer before improvement can be hoped for, and if" 
he becomes interested in the study of animal form and 
its relation to economic production, he will quickly come 
to realize the value of many minor points which have not 
been mentioned in this article and the value of which he 
has probably not fully appreciated before. 

There is a striking contrast between the lard and bacon 
types, and as there is a growing and discriminating market 
in this country for pork products of high quality, those 
farmers who are situated in regions where cereals are 
comparatively high-priced but where the legumes can be 
grown for grazing crops, thus insuring the cheap produc- 
tion of pork, should give more attention to the bacon type 
and study the qualities and characteristics sought more 
carefully, and by grading up on the native stocks obtain 
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from the slaughtered carcass, and a better price because 
of the superior quality of the meat which may be produced 
by intelligent feeding without the use of any considerable 
quantity of high-priced grain. 

In many instances where breeding is carried on with- 
out reference to proper ideals, a large proportion of cheap, 
rough meat that sells for a low price is obtained. The 
same food fed to a different type of animals would pro- 
duce a considerably larger amount of high-priced meat and 
affect the sale price of the hogs very materially. 

The production of bacon hogs has not assumed large 
proportions in the United States, but, as already mentioned, 
there is a growing demand for animals of this character 
and this demand is likely to be accentuated in the future 
because of the rapid development of industries and a con- 
sequent increase of population in many sections where corn 
cannot be as cheaply produced as in the middle West. 
There will thus, in the near future, be a well-defined mar- 
ket for pork products of the highest type and quality, 
and it will pay farmers in various localities to develop 
a special grade of meat for a given market just as it now 
pays them to grow various kinds of truck crops and fruit. 
That a profitable industry can be built up in a short time 
has been markedly shown by the success attending the 
efforts of Canadian and Danish hog raisers in the English 
market, and it is desirable that breeders should study more 
particularly what the English market demands and a fair 
average of the prices obtained there for the various cuts. 
The English method of cutting varies considerably from 
that followed in Chicago, which is the standard for this 
country, a fact worthy of careful note, for we have now 
learned that in entering an established market we must 
conform to the wishes of the class to whom we propose 
to cater if profitable returns are to be obtained. 

This question of bacon production, while not one of 
wide concern in many sections of the United States, should 
not be passed over lightly, for there is a growing demand 
for the product of hogs that approximate the true bacon 
type quite closely, and this demand Is bound to increase 
more rapidly as our people become familiar with the 
superior quality of meats which show a fine blending of 
fat and lean as compared with the over-fat bacon and 
hams produced from the exclusive feeding of corn. Furth- 
ermore, it may not be improper to mention that spring 
pigs raised on grazing crops can be made into profitable 
porkers at comparatively small cost by the late autumn 
and that they are more likely to be free from disease than 
those confined in pens. The Southern States afford one of 
the best opportunities for raising this class of meat of any 
section because of the ease with which we can grow the 
grazing crops and the length of time that these are avail- 
able for grazing. We can make in this way meat at less 
cost than any other section of this country, and our farm- 
ers^ should devote more attention to this branch of industry 
than they have hitherto done. 

ANDREW M. SOULE. 

College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga. 



DAIRY EDUCATION. . 

At a recent meeting of the Eastern Ontario Dairymen's 
Association, Professor Pearson spoke on Dairy Education. 



To illustrate the importance of intelligence and profit, he 
related the following incident: 

Professor Wing, of Cornell, wanted to demonstrate the 
man side of the question. He selected a herd of cows 
that had been kept by an unprogressive dairyman, and 
had given a very poor account of itself. Profesor Wing 
bought the herd, but left it on the farm under the care 
of its previous owner for a year. During this time he 
made frequent visits to the farm and got a complete record 
of the work of the herd. At the end of the year the herd 
was taken to the Experiment Station. They were put 
under the care of a better manager and looked after 
properly. Feed was more expensive, but the milk flow of 
these cows greatly increased. They were kept at the 
Station for three years and, during that time, gave more 
than double the amount of milk that they had given on 
the farm, and the revenue from their milk was consider- 
ably larger. The fourth year the herd was sent back to 
its previous owner aud subjected to the same miserable 
conditions that formerly existed. As a result, at the end 
of the year, the cows were giving just about as much 
milk as they did when he had been there four years previ- 
ously. This goes to show that the bad showing of the 
cows was due to the man, the cows were not at fault. 

There we have it in a nutshell. — Hoard's Dairyman. 



DAIRYING IN VIRGINIA. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

What a future the State of Virginia, and, in fact, the 
whole South, holds for the dairyman! All about us we 
see the results of new inspiration and broader and better 
knowledge, among the agriculturalists. In this rejuvena- 
tion of the immense agricultural interests of Virginia the 
dairy must have its share of attention, if the State is to 
experience its best and broadest development. When so 
large a portion of the butter and cheese consumed in the 
State comes from farms outside of the State, it is time 
for us to get busy. A small portion of the dairy products 
of Virginia is shipped to points outside of the State; not- 
ably milk and cream to Washington, a phase of dairying 
in which many of us in the northern part of the State 
are engaged. The quantity that is, or will ever be, dis- 
posed of in this manner is small indeed in comparison 
with the amount that should be produced within the State 
in order to supply the full demand of home consumption 
in Virginia. 

It would be interesting to know how many cows there 
are in the State from which marketable milk, cream, 
cheese or butter is .made, and the total returns for the 
products sold. So far as I am able to find, the Commis- 
sioner's report reveals nothing along that line. It is to 
be hoped that the new Department will see fit to glean 
data of that character. 

There are many phases of industrial life that never 
impress me quite so strongly in their relation to income 
as by comparison. I read some time ago an article in 
Hoard's Dairyman giving a report of the number of cows 
in the State of Wisconsin, the number of men engaged in 
dairying, and the annual income from the cows. I recol- 
lect that there was said to be about three thousand cream- 
eries and cheese factories in the State, to which some- 



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thing like sixty thousand farmers contributed the milk 
from over half a milion cows. These cows returned to 
their owners something like twenty^five million dollars 
annually. What a tidy sum that is to be the income from 
the cows on the farm. How good we would feel if a like 
sum were coming to the pockets of the farmers of Vir- 
ginia each year from their cows. We would then be large- 
ly independent of the fertilizer trust and the rest of them, 
and would practically eliminate note settlements for fer- 
tilizer and machinery. 

The future holds as much for the dairy interests of Vir- 
ginia as it ever held for them in any other State; more, it 
seems to me now, as I look forward a few years, and con- 
template the development that is surely coming. Certain 
it is that all intelligent dairymen who are located so that 
they can supply milk and cream for city trade, or can 
patronize creameries and cheese factories, can live happy 
and independent lives, if only they will follow a few well 
defined principles which are employed in all lines of suc- 
cessful business. 

It is imperative, first of all, that a man shall have the 
good sense to realize that the business of farming or 
dairying as distinctly requires application and energy as 
any other line of business. He must also have the dis- 
position to bestow upon this work his inteligence and 
energy. It is also imperative that he shall know, or shall 
immediately learn to select, the right kind of cows. He 
must learn to recognize dairy form and temperament in 
cows. After having his cows, he must secure the most 
economical production of feed, and at the same time must 
secure as wide a range of variety as possible. And then, 
with as much attention and forethought as any good busi- 
ness man gives to a successful business enterprise, he 
must open an account with each cow, and must know, as 
the days go by, whether his cows, or any of them, are 
not paying him well for his time, labor and feed. Lastly, 
perhaps, he must eliminate from his herd, as soon as pos- 



sible, the cows which do not keep a safe balance in their ] 
bank accounts. 

I hope to have the privilege of presenting, in some sub- 
sequent issue of The Planter, my views on the various 
phases of the dairy industry, taking up each separately. 
For the present, however, I want to propose three lusty 
cheers for the Virginia State Dairymen's Association, and 
tthe good work that it has inaugurated in the first year of 
its existence. Let us hope that the new office of Dairy 
and Food Commissioner will bring us many good things 
as the years go by. ORVILLE A. THOMAS. 

Fauquier Co., Va. 

We heartily welcome this contribution to our columns. 
We shall be indeed pleased to find space for full discus- 
sion of dairying problems to be confronted and mastered 
by our farmers. We have always strongly emphasized the 
importance of farmers keeping cattle and have repeatedly 
said that there was an opening for dairying in this State 
second to none. The evidence of this is the fact that we 
buy 86 per cent, of the dairy products we consume outside 
the State. Unfortunately, our people have had so little 
experience in this branch of husbandry that we have been 
unable to secure its discussion in our columns to the 
extent to which we desired. We rejoice with our corres- 
pondent in the success of the effort made by the Dairy- 
men's Association in securing the appointment of a Dairy 
Commissioner with an appropriation to support this effort. 
We shall look to see great results from this and especially 
shall we look shortly to see a census of our live stock, espe- 
cially of our pure-bred and dairy herds, so that we may 
know where we stand. We have repeatedly urged that 
this work should be done, but hitherto without any effect. 
It is a reflection on the Commissioner of Agriculture and 
the State Board that we are still in the dark as to the 
number of pure-bred dairy and beef cattle in the State. — Ed. 




OVERTON HALL FARM. 

Among the foremost breeding estab- 
lishments in the South is Overton Hall 
Farm, Nashville, Tenn., owned by J. M. 
Overton, Esq., and under the management 
of Mr. Reuben Gentry. Since Mr. Gen- 
try took hold some three years ago, the 
panoramic view of the farm has been 
changed. Buildings have been construct- 
ed and arranged for the feeding, handling 
and care of the animals with a minimum 
of cost and maximum of comfort and 
convenience. Paddocks have been laid 
out and all accessories arranged for the 
proper breeding of strictly high-class 
stock. 

In the selection of the breeding herds, 
every effort of Mr. Gentry to secure only 
animals of the greatest individuality and 
best breeding has been heartily seconded 
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in 1906 this farm won 80 prizes on Jer- 
seys at 72 shows,, and 155 prizes on Berk- 
shires at 123 shows — all State Fairs. The 
record on the 1907 Circuit was simply 
a succession of victories never before 
equalled in the history of the breeds. 

With an absolutely complete plant, 
stocked with the bluest of blood of the 
respective breeds, "Overton Hall's" influ- 
ence and imprint is being felt and seen 
on the live stock industry of the South. 
The recent Public Sale of Berkshires, 
February 24th, proves this. Practically 
the entire offering went to Southern buy- 
ers, who paid good prices for good stock, 
showing that the South has the money to 
invest in a first-class article. 

In addition to a splendid equipment 
and splendid stock, "Overton Hall's" 
business methods must necessarily add to 
its popularity and public favor. In the 
first place, it puts its reputation behind every purchase. 
Full extended pedigrees are furnished with all animals 
and proper registration papers are made out free and 




all animals are registered at actual cost — 75 cents. 

An invitation is extended our readers to visit the farm 
and inspect the stock. 



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LIVE STOCK IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST 
STATES. 

In writing on this subject in our last issue, we inad- 
vertently did an injustice to a section of this State which 
has been pointed out to us and which we hasten to cor- 
rect. We said that outside of southwest Virginia the 
rest of the State and the other Southern States only 
made a grade of beef so low that it could not pay the 
cost of production. We ought to have excepted from thiss. 
statement that portion of the northwestern part of this 
State bordering on West Virginia. In these counties, 
notably in Highland, Augusta, Rockingham, Shenandoah, 
Frederick and Clarke, there are fine herds of cattle and 
flocks of sheep kept and prime beef and mutton made 
for the northern markets. One of our subscribers from 
Highland county, Mr. Sullenberger, writes us that from 



his county alone at least $75,000 worth of fat cattle, be- 
sides hundreds of feeders and thousands of lambs, are 
sold each year to Pennsylvania, Maryland and Northern 
markets. He says that he believes Highland county has 
better bred cattle and sheep than any other county in 
Virginia. We recognize that Mr. Sullenberger is right in 
making his protest against our statement. We wrote hur- 
riedly and inadvertently made the statement too broad. 
That we should have done so illustrates how important 
it is that we should have readily available a census of 
the number and value of live stock in each county in the 
State. We have repeatedly urged that this should be 
made, but the State Department of Agriculture has done 
nothing in the matter. No man any where in the State 
or out of it has the means of ascertaining the facts on 
this subject except once in ten years from the United 
States census. 



Farmers are increasing their breeding to supply the 
great industrial demand for more good draft hrses as the 
demand is far greater than the supply. 

The horse importers and breeders who have faith in 
their horses are selling their stallions at their regular 
prices, and must get more horses to supply the demand. 



Farmers should rally to their breeding and get all of 
the best high-grade and pure-bred draft mares to breed 
regardless of price to get into the market as soon as 
possible with more good big geldings. Almost every 



neighborhood needs one or two good stallions, but few 
more can be imported for this spring breeding and there 
are not enough imported and home-bred stallions now 
available to supply the demand. 



The export trade would take large orders if the horses 
could be bought right, but the farmers are masters of 
thesituation. The demand, in spite of the panic, is great- 
er than the supply and with all the possible breeding we 
cannot supply the growing demand for several years. 



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The Poultry Yard. 



POULTRY NOTES. 

The busy days are here now for the poultryman. The 
cheerful song of the busy hen, the merry cackle, the 
shrill notes of the chanticlere, the busy, contented peep- 
peep of the hundreds of little chicks, all tend to make 
glad the heart of the hen man. There is an ever return 
ing newness in the poultry business to the man and 
woman who really loves the business lor more than the 
hard cash gained by it. Every chick possible should be 
gotten out of the shell this month and next. We must 
be especially watchful of the breeding stock to be sure 
they have plenty of the right land of feed. Good, sound 
corn, wheat, oats, wheat bran, meat meal, oyster shell, 
grit, charcoal, and a run on the grass will keep them busy 
looking for nests. A few days ago I took seventeen eggs 
from one nest in one day. I have thirty nests for my 
flock of nearly three hundred layers, and it is real amus- 
ing to watch them during the busy part of the day. 
Twenty-four of these nests are exactly alike, but the 
hens don't think so. Five or six of them will quarrel 
and fight about one particular nest like a lot of politicians 
about a rotten plank in a platform that not one of them 
intends to stand on. But the hen means business. She 
wants to lay her egg in her nest. She wants to add her 
mite to the revenues of the day. She does this and many 
times is too busy to cackle about it, whilst the politi- 
cian does nothing but draw his salary and his breath 
and flop his wings and cackle. 

Our first hatch came off February 26th. The madam 
insisted on putting them in boxes and keeping them in 
the house. She has a soft place under the ribs on her 
left side, and I indulge it. The chicks were put in the 
Tboxes, the heater kept at fever heat, but the chicks 
longed to get the soles of their feet in contact with 
Mother Earth. And they longed and waited and pined 
and homesickness set in and a few of them went "home." 
The cheerful peep gave way to discordant notes, and 
the music they made was like unto the nerve-racking 
screech of a cracked violin in the hands of a frolicking 
boy who is trying to drive rats out of an abandoned gar- 
ret. The madam became frantic. Those chicks must go 
into the Iwooder at once. The lamp was trimmed and 
filled, boiling water put into the tank and pipes, new 
hover clothes put in, and the chicks transferred to it. 
When they felt the warm, downy cloth on their backs, 
all was serene as a summer day and the homesickness 
disappeared and the discord became the music of con- 
tentment and home cheer. The first night a few of them 
gave way to that "everlasting longing," and were no 
more. Then they braced up and every one since that 
morning has kept the pledge and is on the way to use- 
fulness. What did we do? What did they need? Heat. 
Heat in contact with their backs. Exercise on the 
ground in the open air. Feed given often and a little at 
a time. 

As I write these notes, I look into the yard and see 
them scurrying about, unmindful of the strong wind blow- 



ing. A few drops of rain from a passing cloud sends 
them into the brooder pellmell. Less than three week* 
old, but they long ago have learned the story of a- mother's 
love. What do we feed them? Coarse corn meal moist 
ened with sweet milk, cracked corn, whole wheat, a few 
oat flakes, wheat rneal„ steamed three to four hours untii 
it is soft, grit, oyster shell, and, once per day, a small 
feed of parched corn, parched until some of it is black,; 
This is run through a hand-mill and broken so they can 
eat it. This is ^he best form of charcoal. Fresh watei 
and heat completes the story. It is folly to try to raise 
chicks without brooders and brooder houses. One may 
raise a few by means of boxes and hot-water jugs, but 
when it comes to hundreds of them, deliver me. Good 
motherly hens will raise them if you have the hens and 
can keep them free from lice and mites. 

Several subscribers ask for a feed ration to make yel- 
low yolks. Many complain that the yolks are almosft 
white. Some breeds and some strains are inclined to lay 
eggs with pale yolks. Some people feed too much cab- 
bage, salsify, Irish potatoes and vegetables of all kinds. 
Such a ration, with white corn, will make white or pale 
yolks. Feed less vegetables, clover in some form, and 
yellow corn. Southern eggs are always quoted lower in 
Northern markets than Western eggs, and it is on account 
of this paleness of the yolk. My feed always includes 
one feed of yellow corn per day. Clover in some form, 
either green or in the form of alfalfa meal, or cut clover 
steamed and fed in the bran mash. Also feed sail! 
in the mash at the rate of one teaspoonful to twenty 
hens daily. Some feed sulphur. This will make pale 
yolks. Plenty of sunshine also makes them more yellow. 

Several write me about fowls losing their tale feathers, 
and the feathers about the head and neck. One man 
writes: "My hens have some disease that causes their 
tail feathers to die and come off, leaving a dead quill 
in the flesh." This is not a disease, but is caused by an 
insect that feeds on the feathers. You can see grey 
clusters of them just above the quill in the fine web of 
the feathers. Here is the best remedy I have ever found: 
Six ounces neats foot oil, two ounces turpentine, two 
ounces of oil of tar, and two ounces oil of origanum. 
Shake well together and rub onto the affected parts with 
a soft cloth or sponge. This will kill the insects and 
heal the skin and new feathers will soon appear. This 
is one of the best healing liniments I have ever used for 
scratches, harness and saddle galls on horses, or any old 
sores on human flesh. This receipt is worth more than 
four times the cost of The Planter for a year. 

Here is another question: "What ails my hens? Their 
combs turn purple or black; the hens stand around foi 
a day or two, then crawl into some out-of-the-way place 
and die. One or two go this way every week. Drop- 
pings, yellowish green." Many call this cholera. It is 
inflammation of the liver. Give the Douglass mixture ifc 
the drinking water. I have given this several times in 
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sulphate of iron in two gallons of water. Put into a 
jug and add one ounce sulphuric acid. Shake well before 
using. Put in the drinking water at the rate of one-half 
pint of the mixture to four gallons of water. Kill and 
burn the sick fowls and you can stop the disease. 
Highland Springs Va. CAL HUSSELMAN. 



PURE-BRED NOTES. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

In your February issue I outlined my plan for develop- 
ing a flock, of Barred Plymouth Rocks as far as it may 
prove profitable without becoming too burdensome to a 
family force of six growing children. 

The general proposition is that with a foundation stock 
of females bred by our own family for thirty-two years 
under free range farm conditions, and averaging at 
maturity about a pound above the standard weight of the 
breed, we needed some pronounced egg strain as an out- 
cross, and for this purpose I secured two males from the 
two hundred egg strain of the Maine Experiment Station. 

Now, I have to confess that these males, coming from 
a line selected by egg record alone for 'eight years, are 
both small and off-color as compared with my own cocke- 
rels, and I am advising everybody who knows what a good 
Plymouth Rock looks like to go slow on this stock until 
they are sure it suits them. 

In my own flock, I have colonized my hens and pullets 
elsewhere until these two Maine males have not a pullet 
with them which weighs less than six and a half pounds, 
and, I think, not a hen under eight pounds. Since many 
of these females are very strong in color, I hope to get 
a fair proportion of handsome as well as useful birds. 

However, we are literally not putting all our eggs in 
one basket, for we have separated two flocks of our own 
stock where we use our own large males, aiming to keep 
up our size for future use, and to-day I colonized a little 
flock of eight old hens, each of which has a well-known 
history of productiveness as well as a very attractive per- 
sonality, and most of them going over the eight-pound 
mark on the scales. 

Here I use a blocky male s of the best color my flock 
affords — a bird weighing about nine pounds at eight 
months — and from this little flock I want males to use 
with the pullets raised from the Maine matings. I am risk- 
ing these hens nearly a half-mile from the house in order 
to get a few chicks, which I will know to come from soma 
of the best layers of my large type. 

It is by attention to details like this that strains of high 
value, either as layers, table fowls, or exhibition stock, 
are produced. Does it not seem to furnish a reason why 
stock thus carefully bred on free range is worth more 
than stock raised in a promiscuous flock or in a series of 
small yards in close quarters? 

I have a word to say about the time of hatching. The 
early chick is always popular, and I am always glad 
when some one else wants to buy all my February and 
March eggs for hatching, as has been the case this year. 
I had not a chick hatched last year before the twenty- 
third of April, and it will be about that time this year 
when our first get out. These pullets laid at seven months 
and made big hens. We hatched up to August 5th and 



gave the late chicks the same care that the older ones 
received. Each brood began laying at just about seven 
months, the August pullets being as prompt as any, and 
they have made large birds. They are in full laying now 
at the very beginning of the natural hatching season, and 
mature enough to make good, safe breeding stock. 

On March 17th the best hens sold by the coop in Wash- 
ingon at 15 cents per pound. I put one of these August 
pullets on the scales and she weighed six and three- 
quarter pounds. There was a value of $1.00 at wholesale 
prices for table use at seven months, 10 days of age, 
and that for August chicks. 

Does it pay to feed chicks all they will eat from the 
start? Can you do some things with good stock which 
you cannot, do with scrubs? 

Can you best afford to bother with early chicks in cold 
weather and let them hunt a living and mature slowly all 
summer, or hatch them in the natural season, feed 
abundantly, hurry on the maturity, and shorten the unpro- 
ductive period by two months? 

The man with some good strain of thoroughbreds will 
have his answer to these questions. If they set some one 
else to thinking, they have accomplished half their pur- 
pose; if he acts, they have accomplished all. 

Vienna, Fairfax Co., Va. w. A. SHERMAN. 



MORE MONEY FROM OUR POULTRY. 
A Selling Plan. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

Some of your readers have asked me for the addresses 
of reliable commission merchants in Washington who 
handle first-class products. This has set me to thinking 
more particularly about the best ways of selling our 
poultry products, and I conclude that we who raise good 
table poultry should learn a lesson from the successful 
fruit growers' associations, which do so large a part- of 
the fruit shipping of the West. 

The cardinal principle of these organizations is that 
nothing can be sold under the Association name and brand 
which does not come up to an established standard, and 
that every man must dispose of his culls under his own 
name and in his own way. Following this plan, the brand 
of the association comes to stand for recognized quality, 
and the buyer knows just how many apples will be found 
in each package of given dimensions. Thus each man 
helps to establish the general reputation of all, and a 
wide market is secured and higher prices realized than is 
possible for the individual shipper who sends his goods 
into the general trade. 

Now, the man who sends a good, uniform coop of well- 
fed poultry to the Washington market' may get the high- 
est price, and yet he may not. If the merchant is over- 
loaded that day, or the market dull, his coop may chance 
to go in with a large number of ordinary quality at a 
lump price per pound. If his birds reach an appreciative 
buyer, it is so long before he sends another coop that 
his name is forgotten, if the buyer ever knew it. In fact, 
the buyer seldom knows the grower's name, as he deals 
wholly with the commission house, and if he gets good 
stock he i simply comes back looking for. more good chick- 
ens, and not for Smith's or Brown's or Jones' chickens. 



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Now, my idea is that if a large number of farmers and 
poultrymen who are raising good table poultry — using 
males of any of the well-known table breeds, such as Ply- 
mouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, Orpingtons, 
or even Light Brahams — would agree to use a uniform 
and distinctive shipping tag, and to consign to the same 
commission house, each man agreeing to ship nothing 
under the Association's tag which did not show good table 
quality and to dispose of his culls otherwise, then the sell- 
ing house would have a sufficient number of coops of good 
grade so that buyers would know where to go for uniform 
good quality and would know that the coops with the tag 
marked "Southern Table Poultry Club" contained only 
well-fed birds of fairly uniform quality and size. 

Thus while Mr. A, B, and C would each ship under his 
own name and would get Ms own individual returns, yet, 
by using the tag of the Club, each would help establish 
a reputation for all. 

During the last thirty years we have bred only pure 
Barred Plymouth Rocks — a large strain of high table 
quality — and have sold hundreds of males to farmers to 
improve the common stock. I observe that in almost all 
oases the cross-bred or half-blood chickens show much of 
the color and the yellow legs and good size of the male 
parent. The same is true, to a greater or less extent, 
of all the other good table breeds. It would only be 
necessary to use good males, and to promise to ship no 
sick, poor, or black chickens under the Club's tag, to 
build up a trade which would bring us enough increase of 
price to cover several times over the cost of all the pure 
stock we would need to buy and the value of all culls 
sold to local dealers. 

Black chickens may be good to eat, but the Washington 
market does not like them, and the best prices can be 
had for coops containing no black birds. 

I have no interest in any commission house or com- 
mercial business of any kind in Washington, but I am 
in a position to secure correct knowledge each day of the 
real state of the market and would know whether or not 
our fowls ware bringing us the right prices. The best 
commission men will be glad to get this trade. 

This plan can be made to include both live and dressed 
poultry and both old and young. As the Club's member- 
ship grew and the quality of its members' shipments be- 
came known, its trade would be sought by other selling 
houses and better terms could be made than any indi- 
vidual shipper could secure for himself. 

I am willing to undertake to act as Secretary for such 
a club, and will answer personally or through The 
Planter all who wish to join in this movement. 

The organization need not cost the members a cent ex- 
cept that postage must be enclosed when inquiries are 
written. The Secretary cannot give both, time and post- 
age. I will be glad to help in any way possible all those 
who want to improve their poultry even if they are not 
interested in my particular breed — Plymouth Rocks — and 
will answer all inquiries which contain a stamp for reply. 

Vienna, Va. W. A. SHERMAN. 

We commend the foregoing sugestions for improved 
marketing to the attention of our readers. We are satis- 
fied that cooperative action will result in better returns 



and a more stable market. Mr. Sherman is a thoroughly; 
responsible man and one well qualified from long experi- 
ence in marketing poultry to inaugurate the new move- 
ment. — Ed. 



NOTES ON CO-OPERATIVE POULTRY SELLING. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

The members of the proposed Southern Table Poultry 
Club could do much toward attracting a good class of buy- 
ers by observing some simple rules in shipping which will 
help to keep live birds in good condition. One thing is 
to make sure that the droppings are fairly solid before 
the birds start, and to bring about this condition a good 
proportion of oats should be fed for a few days before 
shipment and soaked oats or other whole grain should 
be the last food before starting. 

Express charges will not be materially increased by a 
little sawdust, chaff, or even fine-cut hay or straw in the 
crates. Any precaution which makes for cleanliness will 
pay in the long run, and is likely to pay on each shipment. 

The Club would attract attention to its stock if every 
member would attach a card to his shipment, or to each 
coop or crate stating that the fowls therein had been on- 
full grain feed since date, inserting the date 

when full feeding began, which, of course, should be 
"since hatching." 

No man can expect to catch a lot of half-grown chicks 
out of a mixed flock of all ages and have them accepted 
as full grain-fed because he has thrown out a lot of grain 
twice a day for old and young to scramble for. Full feed- 
ing means that each chick must actually have a full crop 
of grain at least twice a day. 

If shippers, all using the Club's tag and all testifying 
to the fact of full feeding, would actually see to it that 
nothing went into those shipments which did not in its 
condition bear out the claims made for it, then the best 
class of buyers would soon be putting in advance orders 
with the selling house for stock coming under the Club's 
tag, and every shipper would get the benefit of a reputa- 
tion which he had helped to make but could never have 
made alone. 

The Secretary should be notified by postal of each ship- 
ment with brief statement of number of crates or fowls 
shipped. This is to enable him to check up the business 
with the sellers and to know what the volume of the 
Club's output really is in case he thinks best to offer its 
trade to another house. 

The weak point in the plan as here outlined is that 
the Secretary has made no provision for his own compen- 
sation or for clerk hire, and, therefore, could not devote 
as much time and postage to personal correspondence as 
he would like to do. He surely could not answer any 
communication which did not enclose a stamp and would 
have to make The Planter a means of giving all general 
instructions or suggestions. 

Now, if all the readers of The Planter who are interested 
in the Washington market and who wish to give this 
plan a trial, will write me an estimate of the amount or 
number of fowls they will probably ship per year, I will 
put the plan before one of the oldest commission houses 
in town and report results. W. A. SHERMAN. 

Vienna, Fairfax Co., Va. 



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The Horse. 



THE HORSE. 
By W. J. Carter, "Broad Rock." 
A Randolph Howard, of Fredericksburg, Va., has sold to 
Lawrence Jones, Louisville, Ky., the noted show horse, 
Royal Regent, brown gelding, by Bow Bells, 2:19 1 / 4, dam 
Redmore, dam of Red Sphinx, 2:26%, by Red Wilkes, sec- 
ond dam the great brood mare, Sea Gull, by Strathmore. 
Price private, but presumably a snug sum, as a number 
of stiff offers have been declined for the elegant son of 
Bow Bells. Before being docked and taught to step high, 
Royal Regent was a fast trotter, being credited with 2:15 
speed, while in the show ring his career has been of the 
sensational sort, as brought out and exhibited by Mr. 
Howard at New York and other big places, also at all 
of the prominent open affairs in the East and in the 
Virginia Circuit as well, has won championships and blue 
ribbons galore, and established a reputation as a harness 
horse equalled by no other performer in this State. 
Lawrence Jones, the purchaser of Royal Regent, is one 
of the best known and most critical of horse exhibit- 
ors in America, among his possessions having been the 
great show performer Guy Fortune, 2:11%, and others of 
note. 



Since the sale of Royal Regent, Mr. Howard has pur- 
chased of E. Knell, Carthage, Mo., the bay stallion, Royal 
Swell, 34892, foaled 1901, by Bow Bells, 2:19%, dam the 
great race mare and producer, Rachel, 2:08%, by Baron 
Wilkes, 2:18, second dam, one of the very greatest pro- 
ducing daughters of the immortal George Wilkes, and 
back of that the golden blood of Mambrino Fatchen, 
through Puss Prall, one of the best of foundation brood 
mare. With the most fashionable breeding; in fact, his 
blood lines are of exceeding richness, he combines indi- 
viduality of the rarest sort along with nice size, superb 
beauty and finish. Mr. Howard has also purchased ot 
Walter Janvier, New York, the former owner of Royal 
Swell, an elegant two-year-old son of the latter stallion, 
from Nianaza, by Robert McGregor. This colt is so hand- 
some that he has been the means of securing a lot of 
high-class mares for his sire already. Royal Swell will 
make the season of 1908 at Allandale Farm, Fredericks- 
burg, Va., and even thus early about forty mares have 
been booked to the splendid son of Bow Bells and Rachel. 



Fortuna, 2:22 the brown mare, by Florida, owned by 
Judge W. G. Bennett, at Riverside Farm, Weston, West 
Virginia, was recently cornered by another mare and a 
remarkably fine, large Lord Roberts colt kicked out of her, 
which is much regretted by Judge Bennett. Though 
foaled back in 1886, Fortuna is well preserved and a mag- 
nificent looking mare, being over 16 hands high and splen- 
didly proportioned, while her breeding is pleasing, too, 
seeing that her dam was Emily, dam of three, by George 
Wilkes, 2:22; second dam Sue Stout, dam of Alexis, 2:18, 
by Surplus; third dam The Lear Mare, dam of Jim Irving 
2:23 and Young Jim, the sire of Trevilian, 2:08%, Fortuna 



was raced and driven on the road until well along in 
years before being put to breeding, but she has several 
foals at Riverside and they are showing speed, among 
them being the bay horse, Matambo, by Matagorda, the 
son of Son of Mazatlan, 2:26 and Aid de Clare, 2:26%, by 
Lord Russell. Fortuna will be bred back to Lord 
Roberts and that son of Arion, 2:07% and Nancy Hanks 
2:04 should sire a stake winner from the daughter of 
Florida. Lord Roberts has developed into a splendid 
looking horse of 1,150 pounds and Judge Bennett think? 
the bay stallion would trot in 2:05 if placed in trainin? 
again. 



James W. Graves, of this city, has recently purchased 
the five-year-old chesnut gelding, Don Gascon, thorough- 
bred son of Don de Oro and La Gascon, by Longfellow, 
and will use him as a hunter. Don Gascon is a fine, big 
horse, over 16 hands high and impressive in appearance 
The son of Don de Oro is now in the stable of W. W. 
Osborne, of Gordonsville, by whom he is being ridden to 
hounds at the semi-weekly meets of the Blue Run Hun; 
Club, of Orange. Mr. Graves is Secretary of the Deep 
Run Hunt Club and at its meets this season has ridden 
regularly to hounds the prize winner, Kinsman, a ver.n 
handsome brown gelding, by Guardsman. Later on both 
Don Gascon and Kingsman will be shaped and taken 
through the Virginia Horse Show circuit, along with the 
Osborne stable, and both horses are likely to figure as 
blue ribbon winners. 



The Virginia Circuit of fairs and race meetings has 
been formed for 1908, to begin at Galax the first week in 
September and to be followed in direct succession by 
Tazewell, Radford, Raonoke, Lynchburg and Richmond, the 
latter to take place during the week of October 5'th-lOth. 



The Virginia State Fair Association's third annual exhi- 
bition will be held at Richmond and big preparation? 
are being contemplated for the event. The North Can- 
Una State Fair at Raleigh follows directly after Rich 
mond and the management is jubilant over the prospec: 
ahead. A series of early closing purses for trotters and 
pacers will be offered through the circuit, while the open 
purses will range from $300' to $500 each. 



The first annual special sale of high-class horses a: 
the Southern Stock Yards, Richmond, Va., promises to 
be an important affair. The dates are April 28, 29 and 30. 
when several hundred head of trotters, pacers, saddlers, 
driving and business horses will be offered, also matched 
pairs and high steppers. Among the special features o*. 
the affair will be the dispersal sale of the Montezuma 
Farm racing stable, also the stallions, choice brood 
mares and young things owned at that well-known breeding 
establishment. 



The dispersal sale of trotters, hackneys and thorough- 






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breds owned by the estate of W. N. Wilmer, deceased, 
at Plain Dealing Farm, near Scottsville, in Albemarle 
county, Virginia, will furnish an opportunity for buyers 
to secure horses, some of which would not have been parted 
with their late owner, who valued them on account ol 
rich breeding and good qualities. The sale is fixed for 
Wednesday, May 6th, beginning at 1 P. M., and the offer- 
ings include fine stallions, choice brood mares, and young 
things), the get of famous sires like Allerton, 2:09%; 
Norval, 2:14%; Onward, 2:25%, etc. 



HEAVES— A REMEDY. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

I have seen several inquiries in The Planter as to the 
treatment of horses with heaves. Having a valuable mare 
suffering from this disease, and being fairly successful in 
treatment, I wish to give my experience for the benefit of 
any one with horses afflicted in this manner. For feed, 
one quart of ground oats, one quart ground corn, and one 
quart wheat bran mixed and thoroughly moistened with 
water three times a day; good, clean hay of any kind, 
also well moistened so there will be no dust, and twice a 
week give in the feed one dram of sulphate of iron and 
half an ounce of ground gentian root. This mare of mine, 
so treated, never shows any distress now; occasionally, 
when bad weather is threatening, a very slight cough 
is heard. I have been feeding her on corn mostly this 
winter, but keep up sprinkling the hay of whatever kind. 
Never omit to sprinkle all hay when feeding to horses 
suffering from heaves, for the disease is apt to return 
if you do. Bad feed and bad feeding cause very much 
of our trouble with horses. A. R. CLARY. 



THE FARM HORSE NEEDED IN VIRGINIA. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

In defending the Virginia horse in your March issue, 
Professor Massey displays more patriotism than judgment 




Pragon, 42725, 4-year old imported Percheron Stallion; 
weight, 1,996 pounds, owned by Thomas R. Smith, Esq., 
Lincoln, Loudoun County, Va. Pragon is a splendid speci- 
men of the breed with plenty of bone and style and is 
adorned with a matchless mane and tail. 



That thoroughbred blood is desirable no body denied. 
In fact, I recommended the German coach horse as the 
ideal farm animal. The Hanover and Oldenburg coach 



horses are the result of long and selective breeding of 
thoroughbreds upon the native stock until a perfect typ& 
was established. 

In Virginia size has been sacrificed to speed. We have* 
no farm horse type in this State, although there are good- 
sized horses in some sections. We have very 'fine thor- 
oughbreds and standard-bred horses and a lot of scrubs, 
all too light for heavy farm work. Our stock has been 
steadily degenerating in size compared with other States. 

We have too many stallions of the race- track type. Ini 
this specializing age the average farmer has no more busi- 
ness to breed these types than he has to build automo- 
biles. The average Virginia farmer does not breed for n 
market at all, but for his own use only. In fact, we are 
annually importing farm horses from Western States. 
While the professional breeder may find a profitable mar- 
ket for race horses of special merit, there is no market 
at all for such thoroughbred grades as the average farmer 
raises. 

The Oligarchy can afford race horses and racing auto- 
mobiles; the farmer needs threshing engines and power- | 
ful horses. Farm implements are not operated on a trot 
or run, but on a walk. The man walking behind a pair i 
of 800 or 90'0 pound horses cannot do a day's work. The 
railroads have increased the size of their engines until 
one engineer can haul ten times as large a load as hei 
did fifty years ago. The same economic force compels 
the Virginian to-day to do twice as much work as form- 
erly, if he is to compete with the Westerners. That 
means he must operate with three or four large horses I 
instead of a couple of ponies. 

It seems a pity to sacrifice so many good points of thefl 
Virginian horses in the mesalliance with Percherons, I 
Clydes, Shires and Bergians. But the farmer must have I 
bigger horses and bigness is represented by these types, a 
If you could persuade our farmers that the German coach I 
is really superior for his purpose, I should be glad of I 
it. Of course, we might, by selective breeding, develop H 
a good, large farm horse type from our native and racing !j 
stock, but it would require many generations and that pro- I 
cess would not meet the present demand. N. 

With this subject of the need of a larger and heavier 
type of horses for farm work in the South we are in 
hearty sympathy, as we regard this feature as being one 
of our greatest needs from several points of view. We 
need more power to handle the much heavier implements 
which are now on the market and are found to be much 
more efficient in doing better and much more work in the 
same time and with much less wear and tear on team 
and man. We need these also because with this type of 
horse we get a more phlegmatic animal, one which will 
not fret itself into a temper and become difficult of con- 
trol and be in a bath of perspiration all the day and at 
night be so worn out as to be incapable of eating suffi- 
cient feed to maintain itself. We need these larger 
horses also to enable us to breed bigger and heavier 
mules. For these there is a constant demand at good 
prices and to meet this demand they are brought in from 
Tennessee and Kentucky and other Southwestern States, 
where they keep larger and heavier mares. The question 



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is which breed of horses is the best to cross on our Vir- 
ginia mares to get this heavier type? The Percheron is 
practically the only breed which has yet been used with 
success. The Shires and Clydesdales are too heavy for 
farm work. They are essentially dray horses for- town 
hauling, and we have never approved their use as farm 
horses even in England, and here they are still lesjs 
adapted for that purpose. The German and Belgian 
horses are very much of the type of the Percheron, and 
are to be preferred to Shires and Clydesdales, bu£ we are 
of opinion that there is another breed of horses which 
would better meet our needs than any of these breeds. 
This is the Suffolk Punch. We knew this breed in the 
old country. In this country it is little known, but, as 
In the old country, so in this, wherever known it is the 
ideal farm horse. That has been the purpose for which 
the breed has been perpetuated for hundreds of years 
in the eastern counties of England and there few of any 
other type are used on the farms. Speaking of this breed 
of horses, Mr. Johnstone, the author of The Horse Book, 
recently published by the Sanders Publishing Co., of 
Chicago, says: "It is doubtful if this breed has ever 
received in the United States the recognition to which 
its many good qualities entitle it. * * * It is very hard to 
persuade some folks that the very hairy-legged Shire and the 
very smooth-legged Suffolk are bred in the same Island. 
There has always been a lurking suspicion in the public 
mind that .these clean-legged, heavy-quartered chestnuts 
were French horses of some sort masquerading under a 
name to which they had no right. * * * In so far as they 
have been given a trial here, they have made good. The 
Individuals do not run as large as the Shire and have 
proved themselves eminently well suited for crossing on 
rather small mares. Their progeny is wonderfully uniform 
and they make most excellent workers. It is doubtful 
if there is in the entire list of draft breeds one which 
has a better disposition or greater tractability. In their 
native land it is the custom of their drivers to break 
these horses to work entirely without reins. In the plow, 
on the road, in the show ring, you may often see three 
hitched tandem guided by one man and not a rein in sight. 
For simple endurance, it is again questionable if this 
breed is surpassed. In that part of England where they 
are used, it is the custom to hook up the Suffolks as 
early in the morning as the daylight will permit and keep 
them ploughing continuously until the daylight fades. * ' 
Suffolks are being bred successfully in a number of the 
States and a ready market is found for the surplus while 
a few are brought from England each year both by the big 
importers and by private individuals who have tested the 
breed and discovered its real merit." We can entirely 
confirm what Mr. Johnstone so well says and, in our 
opinion, this is the breed of horses we want and want 
badly in the South. Who will set the example of bring- 
ing them here? There is money in sight for whoever 
does so and a quick relief for a pressing need amongst 
Southern farmers. — Ed. 



THE VIRGINIA STATE FAIR, RICHMOND, VA. 

The management of this Pair, under the capable direc- 
tion of the Hon. H. C. Stuart, the President, has already 
.taken the initiative steps for ensuring the holding this 
year of the greatest Fair ever held in the South. In this 
issue will be found the first advertisement of a series 
which will be run regularly up to the time of the holding 
of the Fair, October 5th to 10th. This advertisement 
should have the attention of our farmers, truckers and 
gardeners, as it gives particulars of the various classes 
of farm and garden products for which premiums will be 
offered. The appearance thus early of this notice will 
remind intending exhibitors of the opportunity to be 
afforded them and encourage them to put out the crops 
and make preparation to ensure their successful produc- 
tion, and this should result in a much larger exhibit of 
products and of much finer type. It will also be noticed 
that money premiums take the place of ribbons in classes 
for which ribbons were formerly the only reward, and 
that where money premiums were formerly given these 
have been increased in amount. The Society intends, if • 
possible, to secure such an exhibit of farm and garden 
products as has never hitherto been seen in the South, 
and we strongly urge our subscribers to second these 
efforts by raising the needed products and entering them 
for competition. In an early isue, the live stock premi- 
ums will be advertised in the same way, and thus give 
live stock owners the opportunity to prepare the neces- 
sary stock for the Fair. We want this Fair to be the 
banner Fair of the South this year, and ask our sub- 
scribers to second the effort. 



SILO EXPERIENCE. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

I am aware that you and other writers urge farmers 
to build silos, but, in spite of this and the fact that our 
Experiment Station has proved beyond a doubt the great 
saving in silage feeding, very few of our farmers have 
one; I feel sure there are not over six or eight in this 
county. 

Influenced by your advice and the fact that the most 
progressive farmers I know or have read of use a silo, 
I built one of thirty-ton capacity last year. I was unable 
to much more than half fill it, so the feed gave out th» 
first of March. Since then I have been feeding my milch 
cows on nice, bright, cut stover with one gallon of wheat 
bran and half a gallon of ground corn and cob meal 
twice a day. They don't give as much milk as they did 
on fifty pounds of silage a day. Of the fifteen tons I 
fed, very little was wasted and then only that part of it 
which was cut about two inches long, proving to me 
that silage should be cut into quarter-inch lengths. The 
same amount of corn stover fed would have shown a loss 
of about 45 per cent. This fact alone it seems to me 
would make a silo pay. Later, if you can spare the space, 
I will give exact cost and tell how I built this silo with 
out any professional help. FARMER. 

Powhtan Co., Va. 



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Miscellaneous. 




GROUP OF STUDENTS ATTENDING THE COTTON SCHOOL. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, ATHENS. GEORGIA. 



THE COTTON SCHOOL IN GEORGIA. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

The cotton crop of the United States in 1906 was esti- 
mated to be worth more than $800,000,000. It constituted 
the major portion of our exports to foreign countries and 
brought in a flood of foreign gold to our farmers. To 
cotton we awe the splendid prosperity and marvelous 
industrial progress which has been witnessed in the South 
in the past few years. One might naturally suppose that 
a plant which has been the means of converting a vast 
area of country from a desolate wilderness to that of a 
smiling landscape covered with happy and prosperous 
homes would have been exploited to the fullest extent. 
While it is true that cotton has occupied a large share 
of our attention from the standpoint of its utilization in 
our varied industries, comparatively little attention haa 
been given to its improvement, and very little, if any, 
money spent for the scientific investigation of the many 
problems which confront the cotton grower. We know 
comparatively little of the fertilizer requirements of the 
cotton plant. We know that it suffers from the attack 
of many insect pests and fungous diseases which cause 
losses estimated at more than $160,000,000 annually to 
the farmers of the South. Yet we are doing little to ascer- 
tain the best methods of meeting these insidious foes 
and saving a part of the wealth which they destroy every 
year. The fugitive investigations which have been made 
with reference to cotton lead us to see that a large part 
of these losses might be avoided through a better knowl- 
edge of the nature and character of these insect pests 
and fungous diseases. 

Since it has been shown that a much longer and finer 
staple of cotton may be produced on uplands than is now 
grown and the yields greatly increased through more judi- 
cious methods of soil cultivation and crop rotation, is i + 
not time that an effort was made to put the vital sta- 
tistics concerning cotton in a pedagogic form and have 
it presented through properly co-ordinated courses of in- 
struction to our farmers and planters. Believing that in 
this way the State College of Agriculture could serve the. 



farmers of the State most efficiently, the Board of Trus- 
tees authorized the organization of a Cotton School in 
January of this year. This school lasted for a period ol 
ten days and was the first attempt ever made to brins. 
together in a systematic manner vital and practical infor- 
mation concerning cotton. It was the plan of those in 
charge of the work to so arrange the course of study that 
it would be of an intensely practical character and easy of 
appreciation by even those of limited educational advan- 
tages. It was intended primarily to put within the pos- 
session of the planter known scientific facts and princi- 
ples of farm practice which he could apply successfully 
in his operations. It was believed that any farmer who 
would come to the school in an unprejudiced frame of 
mind could learn enough to pay him many times over for 
his actual expenses. It was also thought that if this 
school could be made a success it would show the farmers 
of the State that instruction of this kind could be success- 
fully conducted, not only in the district schools, but intro- 
duced into the rural consolidated schools, as well as in 
many city and county high schools. It was believed thai 
it would lead the farmers to have greater confidence in 
agricultural education, and to realize that their hope of 
success in the future rested on a more accurate knowl- 
edge of the soil and the needs of the plant to be grown 
thereon; that in order to fight the Insects and fungous 
pests which attack their crops, they must have full knowl- 
edge of their origin and habits and characteristics that 
in order to conserve the fertility of the land and increase 
its productiveness, they must understand the composition 
of the soil, its relation to air and moisture, and the effect 
of the various soil ferments and bacteria which have been 
shown to be associated with the permanent maintenance 
of fertility and the production of" large and profitable 
crops. The instruction was therefore arranged to cover 
the various points mentioned, and included a series of 
lectures on the soil, fertilizers and fertilizing materials, 
farm machinery, seed selection, and diseases and insect 
pests attacking cotton. 
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various lectures presented. In all about fifty of these 
sheets were given out during the course of the school, thus 
constituting a book of information about cotton. Among 
the special features of Instruction given in this school were 
exercises on the combing of cotton intended to show the 
farmer the great difference in the length of the staple 
produced by individual plants and by the several varieties 
as well. The possibility of using a hand gin for obtaining 
selected strains of cotton was practically illustrated. 
Some time was also devoted to a study of varieties of 
cotton plant This work was made peculiarly valuable 
by placing the plants before the students. There were also 
lectures on cotton warehousing, which were greatly en 
joyed. The mixing of fertilizers, and the tremendous loss 
suffered by the cotton growers from insect pests and 
plant diseases were fully discussed, and the means of 
combatting these enemies of the cotton grower were fully 
explained. For the first time in this school, score cards for 
the cotton plant and for the grading of cotton were sue 
cessfully used. The Cotton School was thus made the 
medium for acquiring much exact information with refer- 
ence to the Souths greatest industry. 

One of the most important features of the school and 
one which was emphasized very strongly was the grading 
of cotton. In this work an attempt was made to familiarize 
the cotton grower with the different grades of cotton that 
he might know when placing his crop on the market what 
the market sought; what were the real characters by which 
the different grades are distinguished and the actual differ- 
ence in money value between the same. With this knowl- 
edge before him, he would become a more intelligent 
grower of cotton for he would more nearly try to meet the 
market demands. He would also be in position to sell 
his cotton intelligently and receive the proper price for 
his labor. It was remarkable the success which attended 
this feature of the school and how quickly and thoroughly, 
comparatively speaking, farmers who had never given any 
thought or consideration to this most important subject 
grasped the truths and principles involved. It was a pleas- 
ure and a delight to see how appreciative they were of 
the value of this knowledge. 

As to the character of students who attended the school, 
there is little but praise to be said. They came from every 
part of the State of Georgia, some of them traveling as 
many as two hundred miles. They represented more than 
fifty counties and varied in age from twenty to sixty years ; 
a grave, intelligent body of students which any instructor 
might have been proud to address, and the writer has 
never yet seen a more enthusiastic or industrious com- 
pany of men come together for any purpose. Though they 
received four hours of lecture work every morning, two 
hours of grading in the afternoon, and an hour and a half 
lecture at night, they were faithful and diligent to the 
last. There may be those who presume that these men 
simply came out of idle curiosity and that they carried 
away no fund of information with them. If such is their 
conclusion, they are badly mistaken, for these men were 
leaders in their communities and a clear-headed lot of 
individuals capable of discussing all the questions pre- 
sented to them with a marked degree of intelligence. At 
the same time, while most of them had been cotton grow- 



ers all their lives, they had not had an opportunity, on 
account of the matter not being presented to them in a 
clear and intelligent manner before, to grasp a hundred 
vital truths as they affect the cultivation of cotton in the 
most skillful and economical manner. 

The second day after the school opened a number of 
students stated that they had been amply repaid for com- 
ing, and this spirit characterized the student body to the 
last. It is not often that 104 representative and intelli- 
gent student farmers have come together in a Southern 
College of Agriculture for the purpose of learning about 
the Souths great staple crop, and it is needless to say 
that the success of this movement has inspired those in 
charge of the work of the State College of Agriculture to 
continue it in the future. It has shown the Board of 
Trustees and the administrative officers that the farmers 
of the State are thirsting for knowledge. It has demon- 
strated that the farmer is appreciative of information thai 
will serve him. It has shown that he is not the unintelli- 
gent, narrow-minded individual he has so often been called, 
but that with capable leadership and avenues of informa- 
tion of a practical character opened up to him, he becomes 
an appreciative and aggressive student, anxious to master 
the details of his business and to utilize the latest and 
best knowledge available in his farm practice. That the 
students were appreciative of the work of the College is 
voiced in their own resolutions, one of which is here 
included, and which we trust sounds the slogan of a uni- 
versally growing interest throughout the South in the 
needs and value of agricultural education. 

"Resolved, That in view of the fact that the Agricultural 
College has no funds at its disposal at the present time, 
that it is not properly equipped with buildings, laborato- 
ries and the necessary facilities for instruction and re- 
search, that we request the Legislature of the State at its 
next session to make an appropriation of $50',000 a year for 
the maintenance of the College from any funds which may 
be available in the State treasury; that we ask for a spe- 
cial appropriation of $50,000 with which to complete and 
equip the Agricultural Hall now in process of erection, 
and for a special appropriation to pay off the indebtedness 
that the College incurred by reason of the failure of the 
last session of the Legislature to make an appropriation 
for its maintenance during the fiscal year 1907-'08. Inas- 
much as the income of the State is approximately $5,000- 
000 a year, it is certainly not asking too much that one. 
hundredth part of this revenue be set aside for the main- 
tenance of agricultural education, which is the backbone 
of this State." 

Surely, it is time that a measure of the State's revenue 
were set aside for the dissemination of those agricultural 
truths through the medium of our schools and colleges 
which will place within the reach of all who till the soil 
that knowedge which is vital to their best success and 
for the continued prosperity of the Commonwealth in 
which they may happen to reside. 

It is needless to say that those in charge of the work 
learned a very great deal about better methods of organ- 
izing and conducting it in 1909. At that time it is thought 
the new agricultural building now in process of erection 
will be ready for occupancy, and then sufficient room for 



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housing the students and conducting the work along more 
comprehensive lines will be available. The difficulties of 
organizing this school will scarcely be recognized, and pos- 
sibly not believed by those who have given no thought 
to the subject. It was found almost impossible to secure 
men who, though they had been growing and handling 
cotton all their lives, were capable of putting this knowl- 
edge in a pedagogic form. It was startling to find how lit- 
tle was really known after all, and how much remained 
for the investigator to work out for the salvation of the 
cotton planter. It was good to see how quickly the 
students realized the necessity of comprehensive investi- 
gations being undertaken at the earliest possible date in 
order that many of these problems might be adequately 
solved. It was also a revelation to see how quickly the 
value of agricultural education made its impress on the 
minds of those who sometime in the past have opposed 
it because not familiar with the benefits it should confer. 

All in all, the Cotton School of 1908 must be accounted 
a success from every point of view. It has shown us the 
practicability of placing this information within the reach 
of farmers. It has taught the farmers themselves their 
need of help. It has indicated to the investigator many 
of the problems he must set resolutely to work to solve 
as quickly as possible. It has demonstrated to the teacher, 
investigator and student alike the vital relation of agri- 
cultural education to the permanent prosperity of the Com- 
monwealth. It has shown that money expended for the 
right type of agricultural education is the best possible 
investment the State can make, and that it will return 
like bread cast upon the waters after many days, some 
yielding tenfold and some a hundredfold. The Cotton 
School has, served as an inspiring influence to those who 
came in contact with it, and it has shown that the future 
supremacy of the South in cotton production can be ade- 
quately and successfully maintained, but that in order to 
bring about this most desirable end, the State College of 
Agriculture must be liberally supported in order that it 
may conduct research work on a comprehensive scale and 
provide that efficient leadership without which our farmers 
cannot hope for permanent success. 

ANDREW M. SOULE. 

Ga. State College of Agriculture. 



We regret to announce the death of Mr. George M 
Clark, President of the Cutaway Harrow Company, of Hig- 
ganum, Connecticut. Mr. Clark was often a contributor 
to our columns, giving valuable advice as to the grow- 
ing of grass and alfalfa. He made some of the heaviest 
crops of these staples ever raised in this country and 
induced hundreds of farmers to go into this business by 
his forceful description of the methods which had enabled 
him to make these great crops. The harrows and other 
implements which he invented have revolutionized the 
methods of preparing land for seeding and they are used 
all over the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 



their own field of work in life! There is the farmer who 
think that he would like to move to town and have a 
store. Then there is another who thinks that his ideal 
in life would be reached if he had a place on the railroad. 
So it goes through life, each one thinking that some othei 
place is better than the one that he is filling. 

In such cases we forget that we are well acquainted 
with the ups and downs of our own work and we compare 
this full knowledge with the rosy side of the desired 
place in the world. 

In farm life we meet many who are always having a 
tough time, everything is drudgery to them. The sunshine 
in the skies is not reflected in their faces for there are 
only clouds there. 

Unfortunately, there is too much of this kind of per 
sonality on the farm. There are bright skies ahead every- 
where if they are watohed for by the farmer. Let the 
farmer reach tne conclusion that he is an important fac- 
tor in the world, and not excuse his presence by saying 
that he is "only a farmer." Confidence begets confidence, 
and the banker who deals with the farmer having confi- 
dence in himself will have a better opinion of farmers 
for the experience. 

Agriculture is one of the oldest arts of the world, and 
in no field of knowledge is there a greater demand for 
brains and the well-trained hand than on the farm. But 
no class in the social world ever gives much consideration 
to the farmer, for the reason that their education is sadly 
one-sided in many ways. People of the cities are depend- 
ent on the farmer for all that goes to supply them in 
food, work, and other demands. Yet in the education of 
the children how much attention is given to consideration 
of the men who feed the world? There is a sad neglect 
in modern education in the lact of appreciation of the 
farm and farm life. 

The organizations for the benefit of the farmer mean 
much for the future life on the farm. The farmer will 
meet his brother farmers and all will be benefitted by the 
contact. 

The greater the confidence in the and, the greater will 
be the spirit of the nation. The more the children are 
taught gratitude to the hand that feeds them, the better 
citizens will they become. 

The future welfare of the nation depends largely on the 
hand that holds the plow, and the more honor that is 
given to the man who tills the soil, the greater will 
become the spirit of our country. 

Nottoway Co., Va. J. B. WEEMS. 



MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE ON THE FARM. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

How many of those we have known are dissatisfied with 



PUSHING THE CROP. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

Did you ever watch the fireman shovel coal in the furnace 
of an engine? The coal is placed in the smallest part of 
the engine, but it is hot there and the heat causes the 
f water to change into steam at high pressure and the 
engine pulls the great freight train. When the farmer 
ploughs the land and plants the crop he has done quite 
a little work even if it is only on an acre of land. It requires 
just the same work to plough the land and sow the seed 
for a poor crop as it does for a good one. If we should 
see ithe fireman of the locomotive placing a shovelful of 



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coal in the furnace now and then, with the fire barely 
burning and the train at a standstill, how we would 
laugh at him! 

There would be the great engine, the track, the cars 
and the freight, but not enough coal in the furnace to 
make steam to move the train. This condition is too 
common in farming. There is the farm, the land 
ploughed, the seed sowed and everything ready for the 
crop, but the energy is lacking in the way of plant food. 

The more that we can study what nitrogen, potash, 
and phosphoric acid means to the soil, the more will 
there be known regarding the capacity of the soil to 
produce the crops. 

The application of suitable amounts of manure and of 
the best grade of fertilizer largely determines the value 
of the crop. It is the foundation of all the work that 
has been put on the crop. Every one wants to make 
the land produce its best, and to do this it should have 
the best that can be given it in the way of plant food 
and preparation of the soil. 

When the land is starved, the cattle are starved as 
well as the crop and the farmer. It pays to give the 
land the chance to produce the best possible crop, and 
then good cattle and good crops will naturaly follow. 
Too often the excuse is made that manure and fertilizers 
cannot be used, as the farmer cannot make or afford to 
pay for them. 

The poor man on the farm is the one who cannot 
afford to have the poor results and he is the one whu 
should have and must have the best of plant fooa for 
his soil if he does not desire to remain poor. 

The keystone of success in producing good crops de 
pends on the food that is given to the soil to feed the 
plants. J. B. WEEMS. 

Nottoway Co., Va. 



which comes under the designation of agronomical work. 
We hope shortly to make the personal acquaintance of 



PROFESSOR LYMAN CARRIER. 

Born October 11, 1877, at Duffield, Michigan. Graduated 
from the high school at Potterville, Michigan, in 1897. 
Taught school winter of 1897-'98. Entered the Michigan 
Agricultural College in September, 1898, and graduated in 
June, 1902, from the four-year Agricultural Course. 

Worked one year for the Michigan Experiment Station. 
Taught science and agriculture in the Elyria High School 
at Elyria, Ohio, year of 1903-'04, and in the Union 
Academy of New York, 1904-'0'5. Was appointed Scientific 
Assistant in Agronomy in the United States Department 
of Agriculture July 1, 1905. Resigned December 31, 1907 
Author of Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 280 and 292. 

Elected Professor of Agronomy at the Virginia Poly- 
technic Institute, January 1, 1908. 

We welcome the new Professor of Agronomy to our 
State Institution and trust that the State may soon real- 
ize the benefit of his presence on the staff. There is 
wide scope for agronomical work in the middle eastern 
and southern sections, where much of the present wasted 
condition of the land is due to neglect of the production 
of the grasses and legumes and the keeping of live stock 
and the raising and saving of crops to feed them, all of 




Professor Carrier and to have the pleasure of presenting 
some of his work to our readers. — Ed. 



FARMING IN THE OLD TIMES IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

There is no doubt but that the average farmer of to-day 
is far better posted in the sciences and arts, which, 
taken together, make up what is known as agriculture, 
than were the farmers of fifty or seventy-five years ago. 
Yet the knowledge and performances of disciples of the 
soil who lived in the first half of the last century were 
equal in many respects to the accomplishments of modern 
and up-to-date agriculturists of this electric age. As the 
lesser half of a committee appointed by the Pendleton 
Farmers' Society of South Carolina for the purpose of 
bring together all available data relating to the history of 
this Society, Col. J. C. Stribling (the greater half) and I 
have unearthed records that read like a novel and records 
instructive as well as interesting. 

At a meeting held in the Farmers' Hall at Pendleton, 
S. C, on the second Tuesday in October, 1843, Mr. Ruffin, 
of Virginia, was, by request, one of the principle speak- 
ers. At this meeting a public dinner was given by the 
Society and various toasts responded to by members and 
guests. The Hon. John C. Calhoun responded to: "Agri- 
culture, the most important, but the most oppressed branch 
of industry." The Hon. T. G. Clemson, for whom Clem- 
son College is named, responded to: "In the absence of 
marl, permit me to propose to the citizens of Pendleton 



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a more familiar acquaintance with the effects of the ap- 
plication of lime to those soils which contain potash 
soda and magnesia." The toast of Captain John Maxwell 
was to: "The man who made twelve bushels of wheat 
per acre on poor mountain land and thirty gallons of 
corn stalk syrup to the acre." 

Dr. O. R. Broyles' toast was to: "Dry land ditching and 
a judicious rotation of crops, the first and the most im- 
portant by far in the practice of agriculture and yet they 
are almost entirely neglected in this district." 

A toast by Mr. B. F. Sloan was: "The Agricultural 
Interests: The only great interest that has neither asked 
nor received the protection of the general government." 

The average farmer of to-day would laugh at being told 
that syrup and sugar could be obtained from corn stalks, 
yet some day they may be important sources of both. 

The dry land ditching referred to in the toast offered 
by Dr. Broyles has developed into the system of terraces 
now so generally practiced throughout the Piedmont cot- 
ton sections. 

How things have changed since 1843, when agriculture 
was the one great interest receiving no protection from 
the general government. 

On Friday, October 13, 1843, the Pendleton Farmers' 
Society awarded various premiums on crops and live 
stock. Mr. William Roland produced 105 bushels and 16% 
pounds of upland rice on an acre, the rice weighing 42 
pounds to the bushel. Dr. O. R. Broyles grew 110 bush- 
els of upland rice on an acre, the rice weighing 43% 
pounds to the bushel. Dr. Broyles' rice was grown near 
Eighteen Mile Creek on what is now known as the Pelzer 
Farm, a few miles out of Pendleton. In the upper Caro- 
linas and Georgia there are thousands of acres of creek 
bottoms as well suited to upland rice as those of Eighteen 
Mile Creek. 

Premiums were also paid for various farm crops and 
animals, for silk thread and for silk half-hose, the silk 
grown and the articles made in the District. 

Various instances and occurences of interest and value 
have been found in old manuscripts and newspapers, as 
well as in the records and minutes of the Society, which 
are to be incorporated in the forthcoming history. Many 
names prominent in the nation's history are found in the 
membership rolls of the Society. Many others are associa- 
ted with Pendleton and the surrounding country, among 
them, Maverick, of Texas; Major Wheat, of Louisiana 
Tigers, and Mayor Wyck, of New York. 



Clemson College, S. C. 



C. L. NEWMAN. 



COMMON SENSE AND GOOD HEALTH. 
Editor Southern Planter: 

There is no place where sickness is more costly than 
on the farm. If the farmer is sick or unwell a few days 
only at the time when the crops must be sowed, it is not 
only the expense for the doctor's visit, but the loss of 
time cannot sometimes be recovered, and the farmer is 
behind hand for months. All know what a few days 
may cost in the busy season too well. 

The body is a highly organized machine, and it pays to 



keep it in good condition. Do not let Providence run the 
machine for you. Providence helps us in many, many 
cases, but at the same time let us see that we do our share 
towards keeping the body in the best of condition and 
it will be found that good health and happiness are two 
of the greatest blessings that we can possess. 

One of the most frequent causes of sickness is that 
which results from exposure. It is too often a tempta- 
tion to the farmer to take the risk of catching cold by 
not providing himself with rubber boots and oiled suits. 
An outfit of this nature costs less than Ave dollars, and 
will save the cost over and over every year. 

In the family there is much to be learned as to the ques- 
tion of proper footwear. Light shoes and thin soles are- 
too common. 

It is a difficult matter to purchase at the ordinary store 
shoes that really protect the feet in a sensible manner. 
Most of the shoes are evidently intended for the drawing! 
room or the parlor. When it is realized that one cannot 
take cold more readily than by wet or cold feet, the- 
demand will be made and insisted upon that proper foot- 
wear be sold by the ordinary store. 

Did you ever discover that the merchant leaves the se- 
lection of his stock of shoes to the dealer. This is often 
the case and the customer buys footwear not intended for 
the country. The farmer has the right to consideration 
in such matters and he will get it when he makes the 
demand for it, but not before. 

Protect yourself and family against wet clothing and 
wet and cold feet and you will discover that the invest- 
ment in suitable material of this nature will return to 
you many times the cost. J . B. WBEMS. 

Nottoway Co., Va. 



PROFIT IN BREEDING DRAFT HORSES. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

It is seldom that you meet any one, not even a horse- 
man, who can tell you, even approximately, the possi- 
bilities of a mare bred at two years, and which drops filly 
foals for efght years, and they, breeders, like their dam, 
In ten years the total would be thirty-one head, and, count- 
ing half of them "horse" colts, you would have fifteen 
head in the herd, quite a source of revenue from one 
animal, especially if she is a regular worker on the farm, 
thereby paying her board, if no more. 

I once owned a mare that had seven colts to seven 
leaps, and I know a gentleman in the adjoining county of 
Augusta that is so far ahead of me on two mares that 
I will not mention his case, but let him tell it himself. 

I bought a pure-bred Percheron six year old filly when 
horses were "selling for a song," and the spring she was 
twelve years old I sold her, and she was then with foal. 
She and her colts fetched me a profit of $3,350. As she 
was a regular worker on the farm, she never had two 
colts in successive seasons, and I never kept one of her 
colts till it arrived at the age of thee years. 






Rockingham Co., Ya. 



JOHN F. LEWIS. 



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Hours: 9-12 A. M., 1-4 P. M. 
Evenings and Sundays by ap- 
pointment. 



BANK OF RICHMOND, 



Main and Ninth Street*. 



CAPITAL AND PROFITS EARNED, 81,200,1 

Special attention paid to out-of-tewn accounts. Correspondence lnYited. 
Three per cent. Interest allowed In Savings Department. 
Compounded Beml-Annually. 



348 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[April, 




ONE 

W0RH ©F TWO 



With Iron Age Riding Culti- 
vators. Yon can doit easier and < 
better, because they are bailt on 
lines that make this possible. 
Hoes are under perfect 
control. Can regulate 
depth and keep noes 
desired distance 
from growing 
plants. More 
advantag 
es in our 



No. 82 PItoI 

Wheel. A new 

Model 

r^n Age" 

Rider. 








BATEHIAH MFC CO.,Box t67C,urenloch,N.J. 



HERCULES 

Stump Pulle 




Clears an acre of heavy timber land 
each day. Clears all stumps in a 
elrcle of 150 feet without moving, or 
changing machine. Strongest, most 
rapid working and best made. 
HERCULES MFG. CO., 
413 17th St., Centreville, Iowa. 



THE IMPROVER 



v-nrlto i«f Ptiet, 




Chamberlin MTg Co., Olean, N. Y. 

STUMP PULLER. 

■Warranted the most practical machine 
made. One man can lift 20 tons. Made 
in 3 styles, 10 sizes. Screw, Cable and 
Hand Power. We manufacture a Tile 
Ditcher and best CORN HARVESTER 
•erer made. Cuts two rows with one 
horse. Agents wanted. Write for 
catalogue. 

H. L. Bennett A Co., Box 14, Wetter- 
vllle, Ohio. 



Monarch 




Hydraulic 



Great strength and cs. 

pacity; all sizes; als& 
gasoline, eiitriue* 
steam ensrineis 
saw nulls, tnresfc 
ers. Catalog fret 
3*airch Machinery Co., Room 170 39 Cortlandt St..H«a TtH^ 



as usual, this season by E. F. Schlich- 
ter. 

Our farmers should be interested in 
the advertisement of the Virginia 
State Fair, Richmond, to be found on 
another page. 

The advertising of Rife's Hydraulic 
Ram is resumed with this issue. 

The Kansas City Hay Press Com- 
pany starts the season's advertising 
this month. 



TO ADVERTISERS. 
Please bear in mind that we must 
have all copy or instructions for ad- 
vertisements by the 25th of each 
month without fail. Every month we 
are compelled to omit advertising in 
large volumes for the simple reason 
that copy does not reach us in time. 



A NEAT BINDER. 

If you will send 30 cents to our 
business office, we will send you a 
neat binder made of substantial Bris- 
tol Board, in which you can preserve 
an entire volume of the Southern 
Planter. Many of our readers And 
these a useful device, as they always 
save their copies for reference. 



ADVERTISERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



What Those Seeking Your Business 

Have to Say in Condensed Form. 

Fern Hill Poultry Farm, J. Wallace 
Snelling, proprietor, Manchester, Va. 
Interesting circular describing his 
aristocrats in Barred Rocks, Minorcas 
and Leghorns, Brown and White. His 
regular advertisement will be found 
in this issue. 

Evergreen Farms, W. B. Gates, pro- 
prietor, Rice Depot, Va. Descriptive 
folder of Jerseys, Berkshires, Leg- 
horns, the farms' specialties. Several 
advertisements in this and all issues. 

Modern Hog Raising, an exceeding- 
ly interesting booklet, published by 
the American Steel and Wire Com- 
pany, Chicago, in the interest of its 
celebrated hog fence. Drop a postal 
for it. 

Cattle Stanchions. A well gotten 
up brochure, setting forth the merits 
of Robertson's Chain-Hanging Stan- 
chion made by O. H. Robertson, 
Forestville, Conn. It is prominently 
advertised in this issue. 

Learn to Say Gilbert's! This is the 
title of a neat booklet issued by Gil- 
bert Brothers & Co., Baltimore, Md., 
setting forth the merits of their 
various extracts and preparations and 
giving splendid reasons why you 
should say "Gilbert's" when your mer- 
chant asks you what kind. 

Self-Opening Gate. The Manlove 
Gate Company, Chicago, encloses a 
neat folder in its correspondence 
giving particulars and prices of its 
self-opening gate, which is advertised 
regularly in these columns. 

The Separator News. Dairymen 



DISC HARROWS AND DISC PLOWS. 
Clark's Double- Action Cutaway Har- 
row — the greatest labor saver. IB- 
comparable work. 




Does in one trip what ordinary disc 
harrows cannot do in three and four 
trips. 

Combination Disc and Mold-Board 
Plow. Turns the s«d all the way over 
and buries the weeds, etc. 




Leaves the land easy to harrow and 
level; not set on edge and in bumps 
like other disc plows. 

These are the tools of to-day. 
CUTAWAY HARROW CO., 45 Mala 

St., Hlggannm, Conn. 

ASHTON STARKE, Southern Sale* 

Agent, Richmond, Va. 




Coupling Pivot kxk 

CisHfaator^cor 1 ;. 

Plan'er and Fertilizer 
Attachment completes 
in Cne Machine. 
Awarded 
COLO MEDAL 

at World's Fair, St. 
Louis. A "wonderful 
improvement in cnlti- 
.vators. combining every 
possible movement of 
gangs and wheels re- 
quired. Easily changed 
to different styles. 
Thousands in use. JPfr'sof all kindof Ag : r 11m- 
plements. Agents wanted ; write for circular. » 
The Hench & Dromgold Co., Mfrs. York, Pa. 



THE CAMBRIDGE. 

CORRUGATED LAND 
Roller and Pulveriser. 



Gffir 



H»J 4 :.'.■./»/ / '■■// / .AW! 




THE BEST IN THE WORLD. 

Used by the State Test Farm, Vir- 
ginia Agricultural College, Sweet Briar 
Institute, Miller M. L. School and some 
of the best farmers in the State. 
Address 

R. F. HARRIS & CO, Charlottesville, 
Virginia. 



CSTIMf* IE* STRONGEST 

r BLaw&raL made, buh- 

• ^ mm m ^~ *™ strong chick- 
en-tight Sold to the user at Wholesale 
PricpB. We PaT Frelirht. Catalogue free. 

COILED SPRING FENCE CO., 
Box 63 Winchester, Indiana. 




•■r* 






1908. j 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



349 



LONG 
SERVICE 



WAGONS 

'"THE wagon that breaks down 
-*- and has to go to the repair 
shop every once in a while is not a 
good wagon to buy. 

Such a wagon is a poor one because 
it is poorly constructed, and because it 
is made from poor and improperly sea- 
soned material. It is dear at any price. 

In the building of Weber and Colum- 
bus wagons there is always a rigid 
observance of these four indispensa- 
ble requisites: 

1. Proper wood materials, 

2. Thorough seasoning, 

3. Superior ironing, 

4. The best of skilled workmanship. 
These are the things which have built 
up the excellent reputation every- 
where enjoyed by 

Weber and Columbus 
Wagons. 

The New Bettendorf Wagon 

has steel gears which make it a 
wagon for any climate, and practi- 
cally unbreakable. 

Strength and durability should be 
first considerations when you buy a 
wagon. The Weber, Columbus and 
New Bettendorf wagons can be relied 
upon for long, satisfactory service. 
They are built to haul heavy loads 
and to stand the rough usage to which 
farm wagons are always subjected. 

These wagons are in the front rank 
of high-grade wagons. 

With all the strength and durability 
of these wagons, they are not made 
excessively heavy. They are noted 
for their light running qualities. 

International local agents will be 
glad to show you these superior wag- 
ons and furnish catalogs with all de- 
sired information. Call and take the 
matter up with them or write direct 
to the home office. 

International Harvester Company of 

America, Chicago, U. S. A. 

(Incorporated) 



will be interested in this publication, 
which emanates from the advertising 
office of the Sharpless Separator Com- 
pany, West Chester, Pa. A postal will 
bring you a copy, which will be found 
interesting, as will the regular cata- 
logue, No. 290, offered on another 
page. 

The Virginian. This is No. 1 of 
Vo. 1, of a neatly printed bulletin 
issued by DeL. S. Crittenden, real 
estate broker, Ashburn, Va. Parties 
interested in Northern Virginia prop- 
erty will do well to send for this 
paper. 




Wheels. Freight Paid $8 75 

for 4 Kuggy Whrels Slwel Tilfw on. u " '' Kul.l,, r 
Tir«s $15.20. I lulu, wlmela % 10 4 in. trt-ad. Rubber 
TlrnTnu IIcl-u-i.-. $41; Hiihi™.. $5. Write for cuilut. 
Learn ht»w to buv dl*-oot. it<>pnlrVV heel*. $5.60. 
Wagon Uuibiv.iaKKfcK. W.V Boob, 1 ""'™"''.". 



Always mention The Southern 
Planter when writing advertisers. 



Abbeville, S. C. 
Burke's Garden Cattle Company: 

Dear Sirs, — The pair Mammoth 
Bronze Turkeys was received in good 
shape promptly and found entirely 
satisfactory. 

You may send me a sitting of your 
eggs at your convenience. 

Yours truly, W. P. WHANN. 



CAN RELY ON CAUSTIC BALSAM 
EVERY TIME. 

Please give me advertising matter 
for Gombault's Caustic Balsam. I 
have used it and find it a good lini- 
ment. I can rely upon it every time. — . 
L. Thompson, Pearisburg, Va. 



THE VIRGINIA POULTRY ASSO- 
CIATION. 
Richmond, Va., March 3, 1908. 

The Southern Planter, Richmond, Va.: 

Dear Sirs, — Thinking that it will 
be to our mutual interest and benefit, 
we below give you the outcome of the 
regular meeting of this Association 
last night, in the election of officers 
for the ensuing year: 

President, J. W. Quarles, Ellersons, 
Va. 

First Vice-President, C. E. Harwood, 
Richmond, Va. 

Second Vice-President, R. R. Taylor, 
Beaver Dam, Va. 

Third Vice-President, Charlie Brown, 
Cartersville, Va. 

Secretary, W. R. Todd, Richmond, 
Va. 

Treasurer, A. J. Warren, Richmond, 
Va. 

We had- a full and interesting meet- 
ing and the spirit of harmony pre- 
vailed to the extent that each and 
every successful candidate for office 
received the full, unanimous vote. 

The assurances of co-operation ex- 
pressed, and the harmony exhibited, 
insures for the Association a contin- 
uance of its steady and healthy 
growth. 

Thanking you for your numerous 
courtesies we are, 

Very truly, W. R. TODD, 

Secretary Virginia Poultry Associa- 
tion. 




Can Save a Lot of Work.' 
Can Save a Lot of Mone vi 

Can Increase Your ComforU' 
Cin Increase Your Profits -' 

If you are interested in those things _ 
I A we'd like to send you ournew book about j 

1 ELECTRIC STS W„ee,s 




jW ELECTING 

^k More than a million and a que 



Handy 
Wagon 



More than a million and a quarter of them are 
In use and several hundred thousand farmers Bay 
that they are the best investment they ever made. 
They'll save you more money, more work, give bet- 
ter service and greater satisfaction than any other 
metal wheel made--beeause They're Made Belter. 
By every test they are the best. Spokea united to 
the hub. If they work loose, your money back. 
Don't buy wheels nor wagon until you read our 
book. It may save you many dollars and it's free. 

ELECTRIC WHEEL CO., 

Box 14G Quirscy, tils. 




CARRIAGES. SURRIES. 

BUGGIES, 
CARTS, 

HARNESS, 
WAGONS, s 

We are headquarters for high grade 
goods only. Oar spring stock la 
low ready for inspection. 

Write us your wants. 

RICHMOND BTJGGY AND WAGON 

COMPANY, 

1433 Main Street, Richmond, Va. 




Reduce Your Guano Bill. 




Use a Lindsey Compost Drill and gefc 
the greatest returns from your stable 
ind lot manure, etc. Fully guaranteed. 
A. postal will get our catalogue. 
LINDSEY & SONS, Box 28, Crystal 
Springs, Ga. 

BOSTROM'S IMPROVED FARM LEVEL. 

WITH TELISOOPE 

Is no MAKESHIFT.butthe 
best one made for Terrac- 
ing, Irrigation and Drain- 
> age. Price §12.50, including 
Tripod and Rod, delivered 
to yoa. Write for descrip- 
tive circulars. Treatise on 
Terracing, etc., Free. 
Bostrom, Brady Mfg Co» 
8 Madison Ave.. Atlanta, Qsk. 



P»t'd 1903. 




350 



THE SOUTHE RN PLANTER. 



[April. 




New Deere Gang 

On cold mornings you may want to walk 
while plowing. Maybe your boy is so small 
he can hardly raise a gang plow with the 
foot-lift when the horses are stopped. In 
either case the trouble is overcome by 
using 




Auxiliary 



The New Deere 
is the only gang so 
made that you can 
raise the plows with 
a foot-lift or with a 
hand lever — or with 
both. The auxil- 
iary hand lever 
folds out of the way 
when net in use. 



The Booklet Beautiful 

shows plows ancient and modern. Illus- 
trated by photos of actual plowing scenes 
from all over the world. 

Ask for booklet No. 30 Mention this 
paper. , 



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 

Disc Plows." Tells about Disc Plows of 

all kinds and descriptions. 

^Chattanooga implement & Manf'g Co., 

lUCP*. V ' CHATTANOOGA. TENN. 



lake Your Own Fertilizer 

at Small Cost with 
WILSON'S PHOSPHATE MILLS 

From 1 to 40 H. P. Also Bone 
Cutters, hand and power 
for the poultrymen; crrit 
and shell mills, farm feed 
mills, family prist mills, 
scrap cake mills. Send for 
our catalog. 

Wilson Bros., Sole Mfrs., Easton, Pa. 

Tell the advertiser where you saw 
his advertisement. 




EASY WAY TO GET A BOOK THAT 
MAKES YOU YOUR OWN HORSE 

DOCTOR. 
In nine cases out of ten the man 
who is well posted on veterinary mat- 
ters can successfully treat an ailing 
horse, cow or other animal. In many 
instances veterinary doctors are not 
at hand, anyhow, so it is necessary 
for the stock owner to rely entirely 
upon his own good judgment and 
knowledge. • Every reader of this 
paper should know as much as pos- 
sible about the common diseases of 
animals and the simple methods of 
treatment. A very handy practical 
little reference book on this subject 
can now be had by writing to the 
Tuttle Elixir Company. This book, 
which is the product of an eminent 
authority on veterinary surgery, con- 
tains in a nut shell the description 
and symptoms of many animal dis- 
eases and tells how, by the aid of 
simple remedies, any man can treat 
sick animals, without going to the 
expense of hiring a medical expert. 
Since the book is sent free, all post- 
age paid, it would be well for every 
reader of this publication to get a 
copy of it at once. Then when some 
unexpected ailment seizes a horse or 
steer or other unfortunate animal, the 
information for reliable treatment will 
be right at hand. If you want the 
valuable little book, send your name 
and address to the Tuttle's Elixir 
Company, 147 Beverly Street, Boston, 
Mass., mentioning this paper in your 
letter. 



OVERTON HALL FARM SALE. 

The public sale of Berkshires of 
Mr. J. M. Overton, of Nashville, Tenn., 
on Monday, February 24, 1908, was 
largely attended by representative 
breeders from all sections of the 
United States. 

There were no sensational sales 
made and all who made purchases 
went home congratulating themselves 
on the bargains secured. 

A new public sale record for a Berk- 
shire sow was made when Mr. W. V. 
Zimmer, of Atlanta, Ga., paid $1,625 
for Sensation's Majesty 98292, a 
daughter of Sensation 90909, the grand 
champion boar of 1906, whose remark- 
able show record has widely adver- 
tised the Overton Hall Farm herd. 

The last two sales of Mr. Overton 
have placed Tennessee on the front 
line with States making the best pub- 
lic sale records, and show up as fol- 
lows: 
Year. No. Total. Average. 

1907 50 $12,650.00 $243.30 

1908 42 8,070.00 , 192.14 



92 $20,720.00 $225.20 
The animals sold, the prices paid 

and the purchasers are as follows: 
M. W. Blair, Guthrie, Ky., sow, 

Loyal Cindrella 2nd, 108779, $45. 
W. W. Braden, Lnville, Tenn, sow, 

Lord Premier's Bessie 108059, $55. 




YOURBfi^f 
KAND0ASMUCHI 
"WORKASAMAN 

pKRAUS PIVOTAXK 
^SULKY CULTIVATOR 

He simply steers it— the machine does all the 

work. A slight pressure of the foot moves the 

whee's and shovels simultaneously to the right or 

left at the will of the driver/while the widthbetween 

gangs and depth of shovels are instantly and easily 

adjusted while machine is in motion. 

Hillsides, Uneven Land 
and Crooked Rows as 
Easily Cultivated as 
Level Ground. 

Simple id construction- 
nothing to pet out of order. 
Made entirely of steel and mal- 
leable iron — every part inter- 
changeable. Built for wear 
and work. Lizht draft high 
wheels and perfect balance. 

There is just one Kraus— 
if your dealer does not have 
it accept no other— but write 
us. Send today for free catalog. 

AKRON CULTIVATOR CO., 

__DEPT.^7 AKRON, OHIO 




r "AO£ MP.P*" 



TO GROW A GOOD 
GARDEN 

pood cultivation is absolutely neces- 
sary, but it can't be done with poor 
tools. Here's an Iron Age Tool 
especially made for garden work. It 
not only does good work, but it is 
easy to operate. The boys 
and girls can do the 
gardening and pro- 
duce big crops, if 
you'll equipthem 
with Iron Age 
Tools. Send 
for our 
1908 cat- 
alog. 




Bateman Mfg. Co., Box167G, Crenloch, H.J. 



SUPERIOR 

) TW RAM raiS A TRW STOUT > 

GRAIN DRILLS 

Insiston seeing the superior before you 
buy. We make Grain Drills of every 

style and size. Also Potato Planters, Corn 

Planters, Corn Drills and Disc Harrows. 

Catalogue and our 1908 Almanac FREE 

on request. 

SUPERIOR DRILL C0.,Dep!.14,SprinsrfieId,0. 

Division The American Seeding -Machine Co., 
Incorporated. 





FIX YOUR ROOF 

Ri» Dar Cnnara —We will guarantee to put 
Ul> rtl CqualC, any id i ea ky, worn-out, 



rusty, tin, iron, steel, paper, felt or shingle roof in 

perfect condition, and keep it in perfect condition 

for 6c per square per year. 

The Perfect Roof Preserver, makes old, 
worn-oat roofs new. Satisfaction guaranteed 
or money refunded. Our free roofing book 
tells all about it. Write for it today. 

Hie Anderson Manufacturing Co., Dept. 61 . Elyria, Quel. 



iur uu pel tqu.i 

Roof-Fix i 



VETERINARY COURSE AT HOME. 

^.1 9(1 fl y ear aut * upwards ran oe made taking our Yeter- 
v leiUU inary Course at home during spare time, taught 
lu simplest English; Diploma granted positions obtained 
(or eur<essfui students ; ,nst w it bm reat h of all . satisfac- 
tion guaranteed , partuulars free. Ontar O Veterl n- 

ary Correspondence Scnocd London, Can* 



1908.] 



THE SOUTHEKN PLANTER. 



351 



COLUMBUS 



Columbus Siyio. 



J502S 



BUGGY 



Columbus SfySo Buggy Book FREE ] 

We manufacture Bup-ffies, Runabouts, Driving Wapons, 
Surreys, Carriages, Phaetons, Stanhopes, and a large 
variety of light Pleasure Vehicles, and sell them 

DIRECT TO THE CONSUMER 

It costs no more to get the latest style and "Columbus" 
has always led i u style. We will furnish you your vehicle, 
paiuted and trimmed just the 

way you want it; properly *i wwfl 9 Columbus 

proportioned and mechanic- \* "iX /|^|MJ| Quality 
ally coirect. Write for our \ XfW pb ' ce 
FREE CATALOGUE m ^^Jlt #5252 
atonoe. Our lowprices 
for Cohimbus Quali- 
ty, Style and Work* 
manshipvrill surprise 
you and will save you 
40 to 60%. The Catalog 
will cost you nothing. 
Look our styles over and compare our prices before you 
purchase. Write today for the FREE CATALOGUE. 

THE COLUMBUS CARRIAGE & HARNESS CO. 
20 8 So. High Street, - Columbus. Ohio 



The Philadelphia, the Best on Earth 

Has the longest test and most in 
use. Continuous opening from top to 
bottom. 

THE ONLY OPENING ROOF MADE. 
TANKS AND TOWERS. 

Ask for price and catalogue. 
E. F. SCHLICHTER CO., 10 South 

Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



CCONOMYSILO 



Medal and highest award at the Jamestown Exposition 

Economy SHos are constructed on mechanical 
'and scientific principles. The best material 
is used in their construction throughout. 
Our patent continuous doorway is a Marvel 
of Simplicity and Perfection. Doors only 
eight inches high. Any boy can handle 
them. Permanent ladder and hoop supports. 
"Write for free illustrated catalogue acd 
experience of users. 



Economy Silo & Tank Co. 
Box 38G Frederick, Md. 




MONEY saved 

IS 
MONEY EARNED 

Order direct. 
We make En- 
gines from 2 
,to 15 H. P. 
Station* ry 
and Portable 
Send for Cat- 
alog. 
BAUROTH BROS., 
•1 Fisher St., Springfield, Ohio. 

FOR SALE 

A complete canning plant in good 
■bape, including cranes, valves, steam 
and water pipes, kettles, steam vats, 
trays, tables, Are pots, gasoline tank 
and pump, good stock of cans, cases 
and solder. Can be removed with 
■mall cost. 

ALFRED L. BUTLER. 

DREWRY'S BliUFP, VA. 

Always mention The Southern 
Planter when writing advertisers. 



Brumbach Brothers, Thompson Sta- 
tion, Tenn., Model's Beauty 6th, 
93817, $115; Columbus Queen 92310, 
$115; Loyal Cindrella 108062, $100; 
Rival's Empress 1st, 102529, $155; 
Rival's Empress 2d, 102530, $155; 
Rival's Empress 3d, 102531, $155; Pre- 
mier Chief's Model, $115; Premier's 
Alexis Belle 108230, $125; Premier's 
Alexis Belle 2d, 108241, $100; Royal 
Cindrella of O. H. F., 91221, $85; Art- 
ful's Violet, 102630, $200; Oaklawn 
Huntress of O. H. F. 2d, 108227, $65; 
Daisy Duke. 101659, $165; Sensation's 
Columbus, 109202, $105. 

Clarion Farms, Norwich, Conn., 
Sensation's Columbus 2d, 109203, $30. 
W. J. Cocke, Asheville, N. C, Pre- 
mier's Premieress, 108235, $185; Mas- 
ter Tips, $350. 

W. S. Corsa, White Hall, 111., Duke's 
Eunice, 103610, $110. 

J. D. B. DeBow, Nashville, Tenn., 
Lee's May Belle 4th, $220. 

W. J. Fitts, Gallatin, Tenn., Pre- 
mier's Lady Isabella, 108236, $130. 

C. M. Haynes, Olive Branch, Miss., 
Director General, $40. 

J. D. Kirk, Roanoke, Va., Model's 
Beauty of Belle Meade, 108237, $110. 

A. M. Lothrop, Washington, D. C, 
Lord Premier's Bessie of O. H. F., 
108058, $115. 

William Osburn, Morris, 111., Ken- 
tucky Beauty, $55. 

W. K. Pickens, Livingston, Ala., 
Charmer's Violet 2d, 92346, $390. 

J. W. Russwurm, Nashville, Tenn., 
Oxford Belle of O. H. F, 97211, $150; 
Silver Duchess, 100049, $155. 

J. F. Tucker, Smyrna, Tenn., Pre- 
mier Chief's Rachel, 104969, $150. 

J. C. White, Knoxville, Tenn., Pre- 
mier's Leda of O. H. F., $95. 

Whittaker & Son, Columbia, S. C, 
Lee's May Belle, 3d, $205. 

W. V. Zimmer, Atlanta, Ga., Sensa- 
tion's Majesty of O. H. F. 2d, 98292, 
$1,626; Fanny Kingsclere 3d 103547, 
$95; Durham's Lady Premier 98308, 
$70; Durham's Short Face, 98309, $70; 
Premier's Lady Isabelle, 108236, $130; 
Oaklawn Francis 2d, 91775, $1,000; 
Sensational Annie of O. H. F 2d, 
97220, $450; Oaklawn Huntress of 
O. H. F, 10S226. $80; Armlet's 
Duchess, 94442, $100. 



A CORN GROWING CONTEST. 

Somebody is going to get $5 or $10 
by participating in a corn growing 
contest which is being fathered by 
the Binghamton Seed Company, Bing- 
hainton, N. Y. A description of this 
contest, with others, which amount, in 
all, to $50 in prizes, is explained in 
the new catalogue just published by 
this firm. 

Readers of our advertising columns 
are familiar at this time with the 
announcements of the W. H. Taft 
Strawberry. This is only one of this 
firm's specialties. Besides this, they 
are pushing hard on their "Fire Dried 




Brass-Lined, Double Acting. 
For any kind or depth well. 

When asking for prices, state depth 
and kind of well you have. 

RED JACKET PUMP CO., 
Alt. Vernon, Ind. 



Fuller Brothers 



DANVILLE, VA, 



Are sole agents for the 

Imperial Chilled Plows. 

Made by Bucher & Gibbs Plow Co., 

Canton, Ohio. 
No BETTER Plow Is made or sold. 



THE CLIPPER. 

will cut tall grass, 
short grass and 
weeds, and do all 
the trimming 

along the fence, 
walks and drives. 
If your dealers 
do not keep them, 
let us know, and 
we will send cir- 
culars and prices. 

Clipper lawn Mower Co., Dixon, 111. 




Well Drills 

For Horse, Steam or Gasoline Power 

Weil Augers 

For Horse Power 

Address 

tOOIKIS MACHINE Ct> 

TIFFIN. 0HI9 

Tell the advertiser where you saw 
his advertisement. 




352 



THE SOUTHERN" PLANTER 



[April, 



— Ms You Plant 
With a Two-Row Drill 

CORN 

PLANTER 

Edge' 
Orop 




I 



Corn Raisers everywhere have had great- 
est yucceys on ''worn out" land — or where 
soil productiveness has been decreased by 
continued cropping— by using our Fertilizer 
Attachments on a Two-Row Drill No. 9 
Deere Corn Planter. See bv -^''lau^^u. 
how tbe fertilizer contair'—s are placed 
ba-. 1 ! 01 tue ?eefl contain^-s. You get all 
standard features . p ~:: xamous No. 9 hut 
when wanted as a two-row drill no check 
wire Is furnished. For tull particulars 

Write a Postal to Deere and 
Get Your Name On Our 



From the day we get your name and ad- 
dress on a postal we keep you Informed of 

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GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. 

BRUNSWICK STEW. 

Put into a stew pan two cans of 
tomatoes with such scraps of meat 
and bones as you have left from the 
day before. I sometimes use cold 
beefsteak or the carcass of a cold 
roasted fowl. Chop a small onion 
and put it in with a handful of dried 
butterbeans. Cover and let boil for 
an hour and a half; then add two 
cans of corn and three Irish potatoes 
cut up. Let it boil an hour longer; 
season with salt and plenty of pepper. 
Toast a number of slices of bread, 
arrange them on a platter. Pour the 
hot stew over them and serve at once. 

IRISH POTATOES AND MEAT CAKES. 

Use cold creamed potatoes; add to 
them an equal quantity of ground 
ham; to each pint add two well-beaten 
eggs and a tablespoon of butter; sea- 
son with salt and pepper and form 
into round cakes and fry with hot 
drippings. Serve very hot. 

BREAKFAST LOAF. 

Take any remnants of meat you 
have on hand and chop as for salad; 
mix with creamed potatoes and sea- 
son highly with pepper, salt, celery 
seed and catsup. Add well-beaten 
eggs and form into a loaf; sprinkle 
fine crumbs all over it and a table- 
spoon of melted butter. Set it into 
the stove and let it brown quickly — ■ 
about twenty minutes will be long 
dripping. Serve very hot. 

SCALLOPED EGGS. 

Boil one dozen eggs hard and chop 
them, not very fine; butter your pud- 
ding dish and put in alternate lay- 
ers of bread crumbs and the chopped 
eggs; season with salt and pepper. 
When the dish is full have the crumbs 
on top. Pour over it three cups of 
boiling milk seasoned with salt and 
pepper and three tablespoons of but- 
ter. Bake a nice brown and serve 
hot. 

STUFFED EGGS. 

Boil a dozen eggs very hard and 
when they have been peeled cut a 
slice from each end to make them 
stand well, cut in half and take out 
the yelks; rub these up with a table- 
spoon of butter, pepper, salt, celery 
seed, fine cracker crumbs, about two 
tablespoons, a tablespoon of vinegar; 
two tablespoons of home-made catj- 
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THE HESSLER RURALMAIL BOX. 



The Hessler Rural Mail Box 

Is one the folks all like, 
The handiest of the handy, 

The prettiest on the pike. 
The height of mail invention 

That stands the U. S. test, 
The Box that is the safest, 

The Box that is the Best. 

The Hesslers' Rural Mail Box 

Is nothing to wear out, 
It is by far the strongest 

Because they make it stout. 
It cares not for the weather, 

In storm it stands the brunt, 
The Hessler Rural Mail Box 

Is always at the front. 

The Hessler Rural Mail Box 

Is one of highest rank, 
No rust and no corrosion — 

It's safe as any bank. 
It's made to last a lifetime, 

And you are sure it will. 
It fills the want long wanted — 

In all ways fills the bill. 

iFrom far you see its signal 

That never plays you tricks; 
It's proof against the burglar 

And never out of fix. 
On every road and highway 

It has the Right of Way — 
The Hessler Rural Mail Box 

Is one that comes to stay. 

The Hessler Rural Mail Box is for 
sale by leading dealers or shipped 
■direct. Write for souvenir button. 
H. E. HESSLER CO., 51© North Sulina 
Street, Syracuse, N. Y. 

Robertson's hSngU Stanchion 



Is used and 
endorsed by 
thousan ds ; 
willallowthe 
animal per- 
fect freedom 

, to He with its 
head in or 

I out of the 

; manager. 

| Sold subject 
to a 30 days 
free trial in 
your own sta- 
ble. Write 
for booklet. 




O. H. ROBERTSON, 
No. 18 Camp Street, ForestvHle, Conn. 



i|!NE|^a^SlANCHION 



Hon. Carter Glass, Montview Farms, 
Lynchburg, Va., writes: 

"I desire to state that the 60 
Stanchions bought of you have given 
us perfect satisfaction in every par- 
ticular." 

The purchaser takes no risk, as the 
Stanchions are shipped subject to 30 
■days trial. Send for booklet. 

W. B. CRUMB, South Street, 
Forcstville, Conn. 

CUTAWAY TOOLS FOR LARGE HAY CROPS. 

Three of Clark's Intense Cultivators 
produced this year on 14% acres, 102 
tone of well dried alfalfa, timothy and 
trodtop hay. If you want to know 
laow, enclose a 2-cent stamp to 
<3»ORGE M. CLARK, Hlgganum, Conn. 

Please mention the Southern Planter. 



sauce. Mix all well into a paste and 
fill the whites nicely. Put them in a 
pan and bake a few minutes. Serve 
cold. 

TO COOK ASPARAGUS. 

Wash well and scrape off the tough 
skin from the ends; let it lay in water 
for an hour, then tie up in bunches 
and drop into a kettle of boiling 
water. Thirty minutes is long enough 
to cook it. Make a sauce of one cup 
of milk, one tablespoon of butter and 
one tablespoon of flour; add one cup 
of the water in which the asparagus 
had been boiled; season with salt. 
Place slices of toast in the bottom 
of the dish and arrange the asparagus 
on it, then pour the sauce over it and 
serve at once. 

SEAFOAM CANDY. 

Four cups of brown sugar, one cup 
of water, the whites of two eggs, one 
teaspoon of vanilla; boil the sugar 
until it is done enough to make a 
ball when dropped in cold water. 
(Always cook it a few minutes after 
you are sure that it is done.) Beat 
the eggs dry and put the vanilla into 
them; then pour the boiling sugar 
slowly over the beaten egg and con- 
tinue to beat until it is almost hard. 
Butter the dishes and drop the mix- 
ture from a spoon in cakes. It will 
cool at once and is very dainty and 
toothsome. 

PINEAPPLE PIE. 

One cup of grated pineapple (small 
can), three cups of boiling water, 
four tablespoons of corn starch, four 
eggs beaten separately, four cups of 
sugar, four tablespoons of butter 
creamed with sugar, the rind and 
juice of two small lemons or one large 
one. Mix the corn starch with a lit- 
tle cold water and pour the boiling 
water over it; then stir in the pine- 
apple and a part of the sugar and 
let it get cold before adding the other 
Ingredients. Add the whites last and 
bake in rich crusts without a top 
crust. These are delicious. 

CINNAMON CAKES. 

Half pound of butter, half pound 
sugar, one pound of flour; three eggs, 
leave out the yelk of one egg and 
mix the cake and roll them very thin, 
whip the yelk with a little rosewater 
and with a feather spread it over the 
cake; sprinkle sugar and cinnamon 
over this and bake quickly in a 
biscuit pan. 

BATTEK PUDDING. 

One quart of flour, seven eggs, half 
cup of melted better, one teaspoon of 
salt, one teaspoon of soda, two of 
cream tartar, enough sweet milk to 
make a thick batter. Pour into a 
mould or a bag and boil. Eat with 
brandy sauce. 




The FARQUHAR Rake 
SEPARATOR 

Threshes and cleans all kinds of grain, 
wheat, oats, etc., perfectly. Built for steam 
or horse power. Light running and simple. 
Made in three Bizes. 

Write for new 130-i catalog of engines, 
boilers, saw-mills and threshing machinery. 
See our exhibit at St. Louis in the Palace of Agriculture. 
H. r'AROl MAIt & CO.. Ltd., York, Pn. 
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no expense when you have installed a 

RIFE HYDRAUUQ RASH 

Pumps water from spring, stream or 

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Simple, reliable. Satisfaction 

Guaranteed. Raises water 30 

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',000 in use. 

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■ 2nd Maml Machinery. 

THE WATT PLOW COMPANY, 

Richmond, Va. 

1 — 25 H. P. Geiser Engine and Boiler 

on .skids. In first-class order. 
1 — 15 H. P. (SxtO cylinder) Pitts En- 
gine and Boiler. Mounted on steel 

wheels. 
1 — 25 H. P. Geiser Engine. Mounted 

on 30 H. P. Boiler on skids. Almost 

new. 
1 — 12 H. P. Kelly Engine and Boiler 

on wheels. In first-class order. 

1 — 15 H. P. Frick Engine and Boiler 
on wheels. 

1 No. 1 Ijane Saw Mill with Rich- 
mond Iron Works Feed, 40-inch 
Inserted Tooth Saw and all neces- 
sary belts. In first-class order. 

I — No. 8 Fnrquhar Cable Feed Saw 

Mill with three Head Blocks and 

50-inch Inserted Tooth Saw. As 
good as new. 

1 — No. 1 Lane Mill with 50-inch In- 
serted Tooth Saw. As good as new. 

1 — 6 H. P. Peerless Engine and Boiler 
on wheels. 

1 — 7-inch 4-Sided Molder. 
1 — 4-inch 4-Sided Molder. 
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1 48-inch 

Saw. 
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Saw. 



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We invite your correspondence and 
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THE WATT PLOW CO., 

7426 E. Main St., Richmond, Va, 



354 



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[April, 




Th,s £Ue„, s MASTERS 

TOBACCO, 

CABBAGE, 
TOMATO AND 
SWEET POTATO 

TRANSPLANTER. 

Has been thor- 
oughly tested in 
the field during the 
past three seasons 
and every suggest- 
ed improvement 
has been adopted, 
so that we now 
offer the dealers 
and growers the 
grandest little tool 
ever devised for 
setting all kinds of 
plants. Does better 
work than can be 
done by hand and 
more than twice 
as fast. Will set 
plants cheaper 
than the horse 
planter, acre by 
acre. Will do per- 
fect work where 
the horse planter 
will not work at 
all — amongst rocks 
and stumps and on 
side-hill land, and 
far more satisfac- 
tory in every way. 
Read the following testimonials: 

I helped set out 25 acres of tomatoes 
for Hudson & Co., with one of your 
Planters and we secured a fine stand 
of plants. A good test was made in 
the middle of one field, where we set 
a big patch the old way, and to-day 
they are not half as good as those set 
with your Planter. 

SHIRLEY G. COX. 
Mattituck, Long Island, N. T., June 
14, 1906. 

Please reserve me Talbot county for 
my agency, as a great number of 
farmers have told me they want a 
Setter the coming spring. The first 
day I went out I sold 14 Planters and 
I find this is just the tool every farmer 
and grower should have. 

CHARLES G. PEARCE. 
Easton, Md., February 17, 1906. 
I have used the Masters Plant Setter 
for two years and am well pleased 
with it. W ould not take $50 for mine 
and do without it. Can recommend 
them for use in the dryest kind of 
land, etc. G. T. ADAMS. 

Pilot Mountain, N. C, October 3, 1906. 
I bought one of your Planters last 
spring and set out 40.000 tobacco 
plants and find that it fills the bill 
exactly. Would not take many times 
its cost if I could not get another, etc. 
D. J. DENNY, J. P. 
Pinnacle. N. C, October 7, 1906. 
The Planter I bought of you this 
spring acted like a charm, and is just 
the thing that every man should have 
who plants anything in the ground. 
I would not be without it for its 
weight in gold. I have used it setting 
out tobacco, tomato, cabbage and 
sweet potato plants with perfect suc- 
cess, etc. A. W. SMITH. 
South Hill, Va., June 20, 1906. 
The Planter I bought of your agent, 
Charles G. Pearce, last spring, has 
given me perfect satisfaction. My son 
can set out twice as many plants with 
it in a day as he could with anything 
else he ever used, and the beauty of it 
all is that thev all take root and 
grow. GEORGE BUCKLEY. 
Easton, Md., February 7, 1906. 
For full particulars, wholesale and 
retail prices, address 

MASTERS PLANTER COMPANY, 

178 So. Water St.. CHICAGO, ILX. 



BRANDY SAUCE. 

One cup of fresh butter, one cup of 
pulverized sugar creamed until light. 
Mix with it two tablespoons of 
brandy, the juice of one lemon, a 
dust of nutmeg. Stir it slowly into 
a cup of boiling water; let it sim- 
mer a moment and pour it into a 
warm sauce dish and serve with the 
pudding or any boiled dumpling. 

CARAVAN. 



THE SUP2RIOR GRAIN DRILL. 

For many years the Superior Drill 
has been recognized as the standard 
of drill perfection, and if you will 
ask a Superior user how he likes his 
drill, he is pretty likely to tell you 
that there is no other drill like it; 
that it is the best on earth. However 
that may be, unquestionably the Su- 
perior Drill has given the very best 
of satisfaction in the hands of farm 
users. The man who will investigate 
the drill question cannot but be con- 
vinced that the drill is a profitable 
investment. In the first place, careful 
tests by the Experiment Stations have 
demonstrated that drilled oats yield 
on an average seven bushels more 
than oats sown broadcast, which 
shows that it won't take very long to 
make the price of the drill on the 
oats you raise. When oats are used 
as a nurse crop, the Superior Drill 
is especially desirable, as you can sow 
your grass seed at the same time you 
sow your oats, and by the grain be- 
ing in drills, which gives plenty of 
circulation of air and sunlight on 
the grass seed, the result is that a 
uniform and good stand is almost in- 
variably the rule, it being a much 
easier matter to get a stand of clover, 
timothy, etc., where put in with 
drilled oats than it is where it is 
sown with broadcasted oats. 

The Superior Drill Company ask 
that you write them for full particu- 
lars and secure their booklet which 
they have issued under the title of 
"Orilling Versus Broadcasting," as 
well as their large Superior Catalogue 
and 1908 Almanac, which will be 
mailed you free if you mention The 
Southern Planter. 



WHAT IS VULCANITE? 

A great many farmers and builders 
are asking what "Vulcanite" is. Vul- 
canite is a mineral rubber compound, 
and has been used for over sixty years 
in the manufacture of ready roofing. 
It is one of the most durable mate- 
rials ever discovered for the purpose 
and makes a roofing hard to equal. 
It is particularly adapted to farm 
buildings of all kinds; is more lasting 
than shingles or tin; much cheaper 
in first cost and costs next to nothing 
to maintain, as it does not require 
annual painting. 

Vulcanite is not affected by rain, 
snow, sun or frost — weather does not 
injure it in any way, and it makes a 



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HIDES 
RUBBER 

SCRAP IRON 



Car Lots a Specialty 



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Hides Wanted 



Write for Prices. 
satisfaction Guaranteed. 

No Commissions. 



Checks Sent Same 
Day Freight Bills 
Are Marked Paid. 



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Established 1890. 

RICHHOND, VA. 



Largest Dealer in 

Serap Iron, Metals, Hides, 
Etc., in the South. 

REFERENCES: 

National Bank of Virginia, 
Bank of Richmond, 
Bradstreets and Dun. 



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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



355 




APPLE an daiioth- 

PEACH trees do 
PEAR their best 

PLUM e W £ npr ° P " 

SPRAYED 

Have y*u any fruit treca that 
yield poor, wormy, knarled, blight** 
and imperfect fruit T Do you spray 
them? If not you are 

LOSING MONEY 



All klnda of apray pumpa at 
prices from $3 up. 

Our Spray Pumpa are reliable, 
simple and durable. 

Used by the Virginia and North 
Carolina Agricultural Departments. 

SYDNOR PUMP & WELL CO., 

DEPT. B. 
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 




Defender 
Sprayer 

All brass, easiest work> 

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ralves, double strain**. 

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Agents Wamthd. 

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kills Prairie Dogs, Wood 
Chucks, Gophers and 
Grain Insects. "The wheels 
of the Gods grind slow, 
but exceedingly small." So the weevil, 
but you can stop their grind with 

PUMA CARBON BI-SULPHIDE 
as others are doing. It fumigates 
poultry houses and kills hen lice. 
Edward R. Taylor, Pen Tan, N. T. 



handsome appearance on the building. 

For making old roofs new, espe- 
cially old shingle roofs, Vulcanite is 
the most satisfactory thing you can 
use — simply lay it right over the old 
shingles and make the roof better 
than new — no expense or time re- 
moving old shingles. 

For further particulars write to the 
Patent Vulcanite Roofing Company, 
626 S. Campbell Avenue, Chicago, 111., 
for free samples and their roof book. 
Kindly mention this paper and the 
book will be sent free also. 



Meadow Brook Farm, Round Hill, 
Va., J. D. Thomas, proprietor, is of- 
fering large Imperial Yorkshires. Mr. 
Thomas has been advertising with 
us for many years and knows how to 
please his customers with this popu- 
lar breed. 



A POPULAR HORSE. 
Director, Jr., the son of Director 
and Mamie Wilkes, by Red Wilkes, 
that was purchased last fall by J. M. 
Vaughan, of South Hill, Va., has de- 
veloped into a grand looking horse, 
with a satin like coat of rich ma- 
hogany bay renders him very attrac- 
tive in appearance. The bay stallion 
sires fine colts, and since being taken 
to South Hill has become very popu- 
lar. Director, Jr., is one of the 
straightest bred horses in Virginia, 
being by a great race horse and sire 
of champions, from a maternal line 
that has made history. 



Paint Without Oil 



ABSORBINB FOR SHOE BOILS. 

S. Farnsworth, Luenburg, Mass., 
writes, April 4, 1907: "My horse had 
a large shoe gall, I should say as 
large as a quart measure, and Absor- 
bine took it all down and I have used 
only half of the can. I should not be 
afraid to recommend it to any one." 
Absorbine is a mild and pleasant 
remedy to use. It is prompt and 
positive in its action and will remove 
blemishes, cure lameness and pain 
without blistering or removing the 
hair. Horse can be used. Send to 
address below for free book "How to 
Remove Blemishes." Absorbine is $2 
per bottle at dealers, or express pre- 
paid upon receipt of price. W. F. 
Young, P. D. F., 109 Monmouth Street, 
Springfield, Mass. 



THE BEST TIME IS NOW. 
Spring is a busy season not only 
on the farm, but everywhere else, 
and, in the best interests of our read- 
ers, we urge upon them the advisa- 
bility of making early preparation 
for their Spring work. No detail of 
practical fanning is more important 
than that of fertilizing. All farmers 
are aware of the benefits of Nitrate 
of Soda as a fertilizer. We must re- 
mind them that this is Nature's own 
land-renewing agency and that it 
must be applied when the plant, no 
matter what kind, is in an early stage 



Remarkable Discovery That Cuts Down 
the Cost of Paint Seventy-Five 
Per Cent. 



A Free Triul Package Is Mailed to 
Every One Who Writes. 

A. L. Rice, a prominent manufacturer 
of Adams, N. Y., has discovered a pro- 
cess of making a new kind of paint 
without the use of oil. He calls It 
Powdrpaint. It comes in the form 
of a dry powder and all that is re- 
quired is cold water to make a paint 
weatherproof, fireproof and as durable 
as oil paint. It adheres to any surface — 
wood, stone or brick, spreads and 
looks like oil paint and costs about 
one-fourth as much. 

Write to Mr. A. L. Rice, Manufac- 
turer, 203 North St., Adams, N. Y., and 
he will send you a free trial package, 
also color card and full information 
showing you how you can save a good 
many dollars. Write to-day. 




WRITE FOR PRICES. 



EBROj 

V-S'BEHMUTH BROsJ 



Time to Paint 

Let us quote 
you prices on 
Paint that will 
give you satis- 
faction. Color 
cards and all in- 
formation cheer- 
fully furnished. 
Write to-day. 
Lelbermuth 
Bros., 
Richmond, Va. 



PREVENT ROT. 

Doubles the life of fence posts, porches, 
tanks, sills, etc. Prevents warping •£ 
shingles. Use AVENARIUS CARBO- 
LINECM. Endorsed by the U. S. De- 
partment of Agriculture. On ths 
market since 1875. Booklet free. 

Surest remedy against Chicken Lies 
and Mites. 

Carbolineum Wood Preserving Co., 
346 W. Broadway, New York, N. Y. 

SAVE YOUR TREES 

Don't let them be destroyed by scale, 
worms and insects. Spray them with 
GOOD'S caustic pot- cnap fun 3 

bUUU » asH WH RLE OIL awr NU. J 

50 pounds $2.50, 100 pounds $4.50, 
larger quantities proportionately less. 
Insecticide and fertilizer combined. 
Dissolves easily in water. Contains 
no sulphur, salt or mineral oils. Used 
and endorsed by the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture. Write for booklet on 
Plant Diseases — free. 

JAMES GOOD, 

Original Maker,!)."!! N. Front St., 

Philadelphia, Pa. 



Tell the advertiser where you saw 
his advertisement 



356 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[April, 




ecA 

MLE GREASE 

adds years to the life of 
a wagon. Just what a 
farmer, teamster or dray- 
man needs to make the 
wheels go round" with 
least wear and most profit. 
Poor grease cuts the 
boxes out of your wheels 
— don't use it — get 
Mica Axle Grease and 
save the wagon. 




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RETURNED 

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to Invent, with valuable list of Inven- 
tions wanted sent free. One million 
dollars offered for one Invention; 
$16,000 for others. Patents secured by 
us advertised free In World's Progress 
Sample free. 

EVANS & WILKENS, 
848 F Street, Washington, D. C. 



T YOUfflDEAS 

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_ jther $8,500. Book "How to 
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patentfor sale at our expense. . ': 

Patent Obtained or Fee Returned. 
CHANDLEE & CHAHDI.EE. Patent Atfyi, ,' 

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of its growth. In late Winter and 
early Spring the railroads and store? 
are rushed with business, and delays 
in delivering this most effective fer- 
tilizer are certain. To insure having 
nitrate on hand at the right time, we 
urge all our readers to order their 
supply now. It will do little or no 
good if it comes late. Order it now. 



HEAVES, THEIR CAUSE AND 
CURE. 

Every one who owns a horse or 
who has charge of horses should know 
what to do and how best to help a 
horse when it is afflicted with the 
heaves. In the first place, it should 
be understood that indigestion is 
primarily the cause of heaves. Over- 
feeding causes an abnormal condition 
of the stomach and violent exercise 
thereafter interferes with the expan- 
sion of the lungs, retards the circu- 
lation, and in a short time the pecu- 
liar cough which accompanies the 
disease is heard. 

Now, the remedy that is a guaran 
teed cure for the heaves in any stage 
whatever is Newton's Heave, Cough, 
Distemper and Indigestion Cure. It 
is highly praised by horsemen because 
it does its work of curing quickly and 
thoroughly, and leaves no ill effects 
of any kind. 

The price of this remedy is $1.00 
a can, for sale by all dealers, or will 
be sent by express, prepaid, on re- 
ceipt of price by the manufacturers, 
The Newton Remedy Co., Toledo, 
Ohio. 

This Company publishes a book, 
entitled "Horse Troubles and Stable 
Hints," which will prove of great in- 
terest to any horse owner. 

Send for It. 



$50.00 AN ACRE AHEAD. 

A few years ago we set out a num- 
ber of acres of Holland cabbage dur- 
ing the last week of June, writes a 
subscriber. The weather came off 
very dry and hot, but, as our plants 
were ready, we went ahead and set 
them out, working a full ten hours 
every day. We were making a test 
that year to find out if liquid fertiliz- 
er was any better than plain water, 
to set with. We, therefore, set ten 
rows of plants througn the fields us- 
ing only water to set with. Then we 
set ten rows and used liquid fertil- 
izer instead of water, and we contin- 
ued this plan clear across the field. 
After the plants had been set ten 
days, you could easily distinguish the 
difference. 

The rows set with liquid fertilize' 
grew considerably larger and were of 
a dark green color, and you could 
easily see the difference clear up into 
September and October. Those set 
with water were not nearly so rug- 
ged and were of a paler color, and 
when we came to harvest them about 
the first of November, the rows set 




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Poultry-raisers have found that 
the better the incubators and 
brooders they use, the better the 
foods they feed, the more money 
they make, and the more pleasui'e they 
fret out of their fowls, we want to sup- 
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>rooders, foods and supplies. We manufac- 
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We manufacture and guarantee them. 
. I'.y buying all your supplies at one 
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and will always get a quality 
you can depend on. Send us 
your orders and save money. 
Before you buy elsewhere write 
for our free catalogs. Do it 
to-day. 
United Incubator & Poultry 
Supply Mfg. Co., Dept. 17 
26-28 Vesey St., N, Y. C»-y. 



Buy from the man that knows. 
I am not a manufacturer. I am a 
poultry breeder. I am Southern 
selling agent for one of the best 
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catalogue and further Information. 

CAL HUSSELMAN, 
It, F. D. 1, Highland Springs, Vs. 




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EARLY HATCHED CHICKENS 

Make early broilers, next, win- 
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her own time, which is genarally 
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"Model" Incubators and Brooder* 
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"M6del" Incubators and Brooders 
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If you have not received our 

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you are not on our mailing list. 

Send in your address — do it now. 

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426 North Sixth Street, 

Richmond, Va. 



with liquid fertilizer turned off about 
fourteen tons to the acre, while those 
set with water only turned off about 
nine tons to the acre, and as cabbage 
were worth that fall $10 a ton out of 
the field, those set with liquid fertil- 
izer turned out full $50 an acre 
ahead of those set with water, and 
the labor and cultivation were the 
same in both cases. Masters Rapid 
Planter Company gives this formula 
free to every purchaser of one of 
their plant setters. See their ad. in 
this issue. 



Overbrook Farm, 
Baltimore, Md., March 12, 1908. 
Southern Planter: 

Four of our large Yorkshire sows 
have just farrowed — two of them 12 
pigs each, one 13 pigs and one 11 pigs, 
a total of 48 pigs. Forty-eight pigs 
from four litters is "coming some." 
This shows what large Yorkshires of 
the best breeding will do. 

In selecting our Yorkshires several 
years ago, we required every one to 
be of a litter of 12 pigs, or more, and 
this is now giving us results. 

It has struck us as quite funny that 
breeders generally do not seem to pay 
any attention to this matter. We 
have sold a good many pigs, and yet, 
have never once had an inquiry as to 
the size of a litter. While breeders 
should require good breeding they 
should also require good individuals 
from large litters. Yours very truly, 
OVERBROOK FARM, 
G. D. Buddecke, Owner. 



SCIENCE AND FARMING. 

One of the many important facts 
in modern farm science most worth 
the attention of farmers who think, 
is the new system of feeding live 
stock. Present ideas which have 
grown • from and out of old-time 
methods within comparatively re- 
cently years, put the whole feeding 
question on a truly scientific basis. 
The proportion and composition of 
foods is fully explained by agricul- 
tural science and wise breeders and 
feeders pay sufficient attention to the 
subject to reap great benefit from it. 

Facts upon which the entire struc- 
ture of the cattle feeding business 
rests are so well attested that there 
is no gainsaying them, and first and 
foremost in actual importance is the 
tonic idea. It teaches one common 
sense principle — no animal under the 
continued strain of heavy feeding can 
make satisfactory growth or produc- 
tion without the digestive apparatus 
is strengthened to meet such strain. 

To attempt to bring a fine bunch 
of thrifty steers up to the proper sell- 
ing weight, or to get a large average 
production of milk from a herd of 
cows, leaving nature to settle alone 
the constant overdrafts made on ani- 
mal digestion by big, daily rations of 
rich foods, is simply to upset the very 
end in view. 




IT PAYS TO 
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high pressure, thusreachingevery 

Eart of vine, effectually kilt ■" 
)g bugs and preventing 
blight. Has Orchard 
bprayin^ attach- 
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illustrating 
Sprayer 
and 
other 



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Wood's Virginia 
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Superior both 
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planted. 

We are headquarters for all Farm Seeds, 
Cow Peas, Sorghums, Millets, Crimson 
Clover, etc- Prices quoted on request. 

Write for prices and Wood's Crop Special, 

giving interesting information about Farm 
Seeds. Mailed free on request. 

T. W. WOOD & SONS, 



SEEDSMEN, 



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POULTRY SUPPLY DEALERS. 





Poultry is a profit- 
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farms wheie 

Model Incuba' 



tors and Brooders are used. If you are j 
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Iron and Wire Fences 

Plain find heavy, also light and or- 
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Make Your Idle Money 
Earn You Interest 

Write the FIRST NATIONAL BANK 

of Richmond, Virginia, for information 
concerning its certificates of deposit, 
no arranged that One Per Cent, may 
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Our experience proves this form for 
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or more. 

Our Capital and Earned Surplus Is 

$1,600,000 

John B. Purcell, President. 

Jno. M. Sillier, Jr., Vice-Pres. Cashier. 
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FARMERS 

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Organized January 9, 1899. 



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If fatting cattle and cows in milk 
were always at liberty to select what 
instinct tells them is best or neces- 
sary, there would, of course, be no 
need of the tonic. But here is where 
the difficulty arises. Cattle cannot 
choose or select for themselves, but 
must eat what the feeder furnishes, 
and besides endure a stuffing process 
for weeks and months. Is it any 
wonder that an overtaxed and unas- 
sisted organism breaks under the 
strain? 

Give your cattle a tonic — something 
to strengthen digestion — and growth 
will be continuous because then there 
can be no interruption caused by in- 
digestion, loss of appetite, or compli- 
cations of a more serious nature. 

Another great advantage in the 
tonic idea is its economy. Cattle re- 
ceiving it, because of greater appetite, 
eat more rough fodder and thus re- 
duce feed bills. 

Besides, it is a well-attested fact 
that there is great saving of nutri- 
ment where the tonic is given, which 
would otherwise enrich the manure 
heap. 

Without going further, then, into 
details, this one fact stands out above 
everything else in the new farm 
science — a "food tonic" is a necessity. 

Eminent medical writers, such as 
Professors Winslow, Quitman and 
Finley Dunn, tell us certain elements 
are always beneficial — bitter tonics, 
which aid and strengthen digestion; 
iron, well known as a blood builder, 
and nitrates, which act as cleansing 
agents to remove poisonous matter 
from the animal system. These are 
the ingredients found in the tonic, and 
healthy growth, production and con- 
dition are sure to follow in cattle, 
horses, sheep or swine when these 
elements are given. 



A VALUABLE POULTRY BOOK. 

The book that will be read with a 
great deal of interest, on account of 
the rapid growth of the poultry indus- 
try and the profits to be realized in 
this field, is Greider's 1908 Catalogue 
of Poultry and Supplies, prepared by 
B. H. Greider, the well-known poul- 
tryman, of Rheems, Pa. 

At the price asked — ten cents post- 
paid — this book is well worth send- 
ing for and should be in the hands of 
every one interested in poultry rais- 
ing on either a large or small scale. 
Enclose the price to Mr. Greider, at 
Rheems, Pa., and we believe you will 
be perfectly satisfied with the 
bargain. 



FREE SOUVENIR. 
The Walter A. Wood Co. offers to 
send free to any of our readers who 
write them one of the medals such as 
they distributed at the St. Louis 
World's Fair. This was one of the 
most popular souvenirs of that Expo- 
sition and thousands of them were 
given out. This medal is made of a 



POTATO BUGS 

Are Always a Sure Crop. 
Better Order a Sack of 100 
Lbs. or Our 

PARKS GREEN 



MIXTURE 

PRICE $1.50. 

Don't Wait Until the Rush 
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T. C. Andrews & Co., Inc., 
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THE VIRGINIA LANDSCAPE 
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PRACTICAL FIRMING" 



Prof. W. F. Maesey's latest and best 
book, Is now on sale. It retails fer 
fl.10 and is worth it We shall be 
rory pleased to send you a copy at 
lb ore price and will Include a year's 
lubscriptlon to The Southern Planter. 
Remember, we deliver the book and 
jive you a whole year's subscription' 
for the price of the beok, $1.60. 
SOUTHERN PLANTER, Richmond, Va. 



HEAVES CURE D! gggm*^ 

troubles. Cores Heaves. 
Coughs, Distemper *ai 

Indigestion. Veterinari- 
ans use and recommend 

PRUSSIAN 

HEAVE POWDERS 

Druggists will get them. 
Price 50c at dealer, 60c by - 
mail. Send (or Free book. 

PRUSSIAN REMEDY CO.. ST. PAUL. MINX- 




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TO 

DIGGS & BEADLES 

THE SEED MERCHANTS 
RICHMOND, VA. 

We are headquarters for 
superior seeds of all kinds — 
Garden and Flower Seeds, Grass 
and Clover Seeds, Cow Peas, 
Field Beans, Seed Potatoes, 
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Foods and Supplies — Meat Meal, 
Bone Meal, Oyster Shells, Mixed 
Feeds, etc. Southern agents fer 
the celebrated Cornell Incuba- 
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"Write to-day for our free 
catalogue (B). You need It. 
It helps. 
Your correspondence solicited. 



COW PEAS 

AMD 

SOJA BEANS 

We are headquarters. Nothing bet- 
tor for hay and fertilizing purposes. 
Write for prices on any quantity. 
Free Bulletin on the "Cow Pea" and 
catalogue "1" on request. 

HICKORY SEED CO., 
Hickory, N. C. 



PLANT 



THE NEW "WARD" 
BLACKBERRY. 

I offer for spring of 1908, strong. 
No. 1 Plants at $2 per 100 No. 2 
at |1.60 per 100. Send for descrip- 
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Full line of Fruits Trees and 
•mail Fruit at planters' prices. 
Bend fer price list. 

TODD SHOOSMITH, HOYT, PA. 



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metal called "Goldine," and, when 
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On one side is stamped a haying 
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Write now, as the supply of these 
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A NEW ADVERTISER. 
Among the new Advertisers using 
this issue is the firm of F. C. Hoen- 
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This firm has recently moved into 
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their advertisement and see what a 
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write for quotations on what is 
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Cow Peas. 

We are headquarters for all Farm Seeds-^ 
Cow Peas, Soja Beans, Millets, Sorghums, 
Ensilage Corn, Crimson Clover, etc. prices 
quoted on request. 

Write for prices end Wood's Crop Special, 
giving interesting information about Farm 
Seeds. Mailed free on request. 

T. W. WOOD & SONS, 

SEEDSMEN, • - RICHMOND, VA. 



CATALOGUES. 
Alfalfa and How to Grow It. Pub- 
lished by TheJ. E. Wing & Bros. Seed 
Co., Mechanicsburg, Ohio. The cata- 
logue deals also with all other clover 
and grass seeds and will be found a 
useful reference catalogue. 

Peter Henderson & Co., 35 and 37 
Cortlandt St., New York. Implement 
Catalogue and Farmers' Manual for 
1908. 

T. W. Wood & Sons, Richmond, 
Va., Seedsmen. Catalogue of high- 
grade seeds and guide for the farm 
and garden. This is specially pre- 
pared for the use of Southern farm- 
ers, truckers and gardeners and will 
be found of constant use as a refer- 
ence book. 

John W. Hall, Marlon Station, Mary- 
land. Second crop and Northern- 
grown seed potatoes, berry plants, etc. 
Mr. Hall has advertised with us for 
many years and has a reputation for 
supplying good seed potatoes and 
plants. 

Hickory Seed Co., Hickory, North 
Carolina. Corn, Cotton, Cowpeas, 
Soy Beans, Sweet and Irish Fotatoes. 
S. L. Allen & Co., Philadelphia, Pa. 
The makers of the celebrated Planet 
Jr., implements, indispensible for the 
trucker, gardener and small farmer. 
A. B. Farquhar Co., Limited, York, 
Pa Engines, Boilers, Saw-Mills, 
Separators, Stackers, Horse-Power 
Drills, Corn Planters, etc. 

James Good, 939 N. Front St., 
Philadelphia, Pa. A pocket manual 
of plant diseases and their remedies. 



SEED CORN 

THE EXCELSIOR — A PEDIGREED 
CORN. 

Collier's Excelsior is king of corns, 
not because I say so, but upon the 
word of the best authorities in this 
country — governmental and others. 
Too many corns are advertised as 
wonders and world beaters with noth- 
ing to sustain the assertion except the 
parties word advertising It. Behind 
Excelsior are authentic records un- 
paralleled by any corn yet produced. 
I wish to inform the readers of The 
Southern Planter that I yearly test, in 
co-operation with the Maryland Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station, all corns 
of note, new and old grown in Mary- 
land, as well as many varieties from 
other States, and I am thereby in a 
position to speak authentically. No 
corn, white or yellow, has yet proven 
the equal by a wide margin to my 
Excelsior. 

Write for free corn booklet giving 
best references possible. Tells of 
battles won and none lost. 

W. OSCAR COLLIER, 

Proprietor Springrvood Seed Farms, 
Easton, Talbot County, Sid. 



SEED CORN 

Warner's Gold Standard 

STRAIN No. 10. 

This is the earliest and highest 
yielding strain of yellow Dent Corn 
that has yet been produced; will 
yield from 15 to 20 bushels more 
shelled corn per acre than any 
variety of Yellow Dent Corn I have 
found in 15 years' test. 

Free illustrated circular giving 
prices, etc. 

H. W. WARNER, 

Route 2, Easton, Maryland. 



SEED CORN 

WING'S Improved WHITE CAP. A 

variety we have been breeding and 
improving for 15 years, and is now 
bred up to the very highest standard. 
Reid's Yellow Dent. An early yellow 
corn. Ears are medium in size with 
deep grains. These two varieties 
can't be beat. Write for CATALOG 
No. 35 and free instructions on grow- 
ing alfalfa. 

J. E. WING & BROS., Box 435, 
Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 



SEED CORN. 

Collier's Excelsior. — First prize White 
Corn Virginia State Fair, 1907, and 1 
wherever shown. My stock is field se- 
lected and shelf dried. Seed either oa 
the ear or shelled. 

Price $1.50 Per Bushel; $1.40 for Twt 

Bushels or More. 

J. B. McCOMB, Somerset, Va. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS 

Fruit Trees, etc. Strawberry Plants, 
11.76 per 1,000 in 6,000 lots er orer; 
Trees, 8c. each. Send for free cata- 
logue. JOHN LIGHTFOOT, Bast Chat- 
tanooga, Tenn. 

Tell the advertiser where you saw- 
his advertisement. 



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j/Bmmtmim 

UeLIMBERS 

Imperial Nasturtiums, 20 varieties import- 
ed seeds, novelties. Sweet Peas, 50 gay col- 
ors including Countess Spencer Hybrids. 
Gourds, 20 mixed ornamental sorts. Japan 
Morning Glory, enormous flowers, gorge- 
ous colors. Cypress vine, scarlet and white' 
Cinnamon vine, pretty, hardy, cinnamon 
fragrance. This collection will cover 100 
feet of fence or border with a showy tangle 
of flowers and foliage. With it we give free 
apackage of the marvelous climber ECH- 
INOCYSTUS LOBATA and seeds of 25 
herbs used in seasoning. Send two dimes 
or stamps today and ask for the $45.00 Prize 
offer and 1908 catalog. Bioghamton Seed Co., 
103 Court St., Bingham ton, N. Y, 



ALL. VARIETIES 

50Y OR 50JA BEANS, BUCK- 
WHEAT, MILLET, CANE SEED, 
BLACKEYE PEAS, WHIPPOR- 
WILL PEAS 

Send us your orders and g^t lowest 
prices. In ordering from Richmond 
yon get low rates of freight. 

Highest market price paid for Wool 
and only deduct freight charges. 

WALLERSTEIN PRODUCE CO., 
Richmond, Va. 



SEED 




Northern Grown, over 99 per 'Ni&Sj 
cent pure. Should produce $40.00 '-L, 
worth of hay per acre annually. »*P~vjW 
Free instructions on growing. Write >iftfv,".'* 
for free sample and Catalogue No. 35. ^ jpjy 

GRAIN AND GRASS SEEDS 1 

Northern Grown and of strongest vitality. We 
Invite you to get government tests on our sam 
pies. T HE J. E. WING & BROS. SEEB CO. 
Box 335, - Mechenicsburg, Ohio 




j& IF YOU WANT & 

Thrifty, stocky 
Vegetable 
Plants, 
grown in an 
ideal plant cli- 
mate we have 
thousands o t 

Cabbage, 
Egg Plant, 
Cauliflower, 
Celery and 
Tomato Plants. 

Write for cir- 
cular and pre- 
mium list. 
E. W. JONES NITRSERY COMPANY, 
Woodlawn, Va. 

Be Your Own Doctor. 

IN RAISING 
FARM PRODUCTS 

By scientific use of your manures, 
using a table giving analyses of farm 
products and manures, and formulae 
showing how they are applied. Full 
crops guaranteed if followed. Write 
for particulars. Price, $1. 

W. W. HURT, Damascus, Va. 



Bauroth Bros., Springfield, Ohio. 
Gas and Gasoline Engines. 

F. B. Myers & Bro., Ashland Pump 
and Hay Tool Works, Ashland, Ohio. 

Charles E. Fendall & Son, Towson, 
Md. Strawberry plants. The Fendall 
strawberry a specialty. 

Prairie State Incubator Co., Homer 
City, Pa. Nature's way of hatching 
chicks. Incubator Brooders. 

Charles C. Wine, Mt. Sidney, R. F. 
D. 1, Va. Plymouth Rocks, S. C. 
Brown Leghorns, Berkshire Pigs. 

J. H. Yoder, Dienbigh, Va., Cypress 
Springs Poultry Yards. White Wyan- 
dottes.' 

E. D. Crouch, Twining City, D. C. 
Rose and Single Comb Black Minor- 
cas. 

W. A. Shook, McGaheysville, Va. 
Rhode Island Reds exclusively. 



THE SCHOOLBOY BRAIN. 

One of the most substantial and 
genuine of delights for those of hu- 
morous appreciation consists in a 
study of the answers made by school- 
gii'ls and school-boys in examination 
papers. A writer in the current Har- 
per's Weekly has collected a new 
batch of these, of which the follow- 
ing specimens are among the most 
choice: 

"Blood consists of two sorts of 
cork-screws — red cork-screws and 
white cork-screws." 

Asked to explain what a buttress 
is, one boy replied: "A woman who 
makes butter." 

One pupil defined primate as "the 
wife of a Prime Minister." 

Gravity was discovered by Isaac 
Walton. It is chiefly noticeable in 
the autumn, when the apples are fall- 
ing from the trees. 

To the question, "What is a limit- 
ed monarchy?" this answer was re- 
turned: 

"A limited monarchy is government 
by a king who, in case of bankruptcy, 
would not be responsible for the en- 
tire national debt. You have the 
same thing in private life in limited 
liability companies." 



Birkenhead, Eng., Oct. 30, '07. 
Although a Liverpool cotton broker, 
I must testify to the great merits of 
the Southern Planter. I do not know 
that we have anything better in the 
"Old Country." CHAS. HIBBERT. 



Erie Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, '07. 

I consider the Southern Planter the 
best agricultural paper I have ever 
read. I have just returned from a 
trip through your State and have come 
to the conclusion that if the farmers 
of Virginia would follow your teach- 
ings they would find farming a most 
profitable pursuit. 

HENRY A. BLEY. 



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VA. 



AGRICULTURAL 

LIME 

SCREENINGS. 

Cheap in bulk by carload. 



Tazewell White Lime 
Works 

North Tazewell, Va. 



Nitrate of Sods 

NITRATE SOLD IN 
ORIGINAL BAGS 

The Nitrate Agencies 
Company 

64 Stone Street, New York 

Orders for All Quantities Promptly 

Filled Write for Quotations 




ONSTAD'S "one application crp.ES" M 

LUMPY-JAW CAPSULES 

GUARANTEED BtST^'RITE FOR PAKTIClLAiBj 
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Northern VirginiaFarms 

Here Are a Few Bargains. 

No. 132. Contains 50 acres of smooth, 
gently-rolling, fertile land divided Into 
four fields; pure running stream run- 
ning through the farm. The land is. 
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, 7 
miles from the station In a thickly set- 
tled community; close to schoel, 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 ha* bean 
worked hard, but there are no galls 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 horses. 
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 Rockbridge 
County farm of 316 acres, situated 1% 
miles from a live, active and very pro- 
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 cattlo 
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 citlzena 
Price, $16,000, on easy terms. 

Farm No. 76. Contains 243 acres, 3E 
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. Every 
field has been limed, and the land 1* 
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 10 years old, but well pro- 
served. Fine water. There are all the 
necessary outbuildings, in good con- 
dition. Horse barn with stalls for le 
1 horses and cattle barn with stalls for 
26 head. Excellent orchard of all kind* 
of fruit. This farm Is one mile from 
railroad station. Price, $37.(0 per acre. 

Send for my mew List. 
WM. BADS MILLER, HBRNDOI, TA. 



IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN 
CREAM SEPARATORS. 

From the very general satisfaction 
derived from the use of the better 
class cream separators for some years 
it has seemed that the separator had 
reached the point of practical perfec- 
tion. 

Hence it is a little less surprising 
than would otherwise be the case to 
note the many and novel changes 
found in in the new 1908 De Laval 
machines, and still less so perhaps 
from the fact that the De Laval ma- 
chines were first in the beginning and 
their makers have spared no effort or 
expense to maintain their position in 
the separator trade. 




A SECTIONAL VIEW. 

The changes begin with the supply 
can at the top and extend to the very 
lag screws in the base of the machine, 
and even include a change of color, 
which is now altered from the long 
familiar De Laval blue to black, be- 
cause of the Japanned finish being 
baked on, as with sewing machines, 
in very high temperature gas ovens, 
which renders impossible the reten- 
tion of the blue color, the extreme 
heat turning blue into black. 

The capacities are increased from 
10 to 20 per cent., while there is 
claimed to be a noticeable improve- 
ment in the still more complete sepa- 
ration of the butter fat from the milk, 
particularly under the more difficult, 
but frequently unavoidable, circum- 
stances of ordinary farm and dairy 
use. 

The supply can Is now low enough 
to meet the objection that has some- 
times been made to the lifting of 
milk into it. It is spun from a single 
sheet of tin plate, so that it is seam- 



Great Opportunity, 

190 acres in Herndon, Fairfax county. 
Va., a thriving town of 1,200 inhabi- 
tants, with 5 churches, 2 schools, stores 
mills, etc.; three-quarters mile from 
railroad station and post-office; 6 trains 
daily; 27 miles to Washington, r>. C. All 
the land lies within the town limits on 
one of the best macadam roads in the 
county. It is high and healthy, with 
a beautiful outlook, affording excel- 
lent building sites. One can live here 
and enjoy farm life and still enjoy the 
numerous benefits the town has to- 
offer, and be in easy access of Wash- 
ington, besides. 

There are 30 acres in second growth 
timber. The balance is in a high state 
of cultivation and all has been sowed 
to grass with the exception of one 
field. Well fenced with wire and rails- 
watered by two springs; inexhaustible 
wells, wind power. The barns are well 
lighted and ventilated, modern and in 
excellent condition; stanchions for 60 
cows and stalls for 9 horses. Good 
carriage house and a new 2-room 
tenant house. The buildings could not 
be built for less than $3,000. 

One could stock this place, put a' 
tenant on it and make this a paying 
investment at once. It has been 
operated as an up-to-date dairy farm 
for several years, the cream bringing 
$1 per gallon the year round. The 
owner wants to sell as she does not 
wish to engage in active business any 
longer. 

Land is being bought up rapidly in 
this locality. New York and Penn- 
sylvania families have just bought 
farms near this property and are 
making extensive improvements, and 
the house and grounds adjoining are 
considered one of the most beautiful 
around Herndon. 

Will sell the 190 acres, with improve- 
ments, for $13,000, $8,000 down, balance 
to suit, or 100 acres, with improve- 
ments, for $9,000, $4,000 down, balance 
to suit. 

Virginia Stock and Dairy Farms near 
Washington a specialty. 

P. B. BUELL & SON, 
Herndon, Va. 



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 

W. W. BARNES & CO., 

LAND AND TIMBER AGENTS, 

Amelia Courthouse, Va. 



Virginia Farms 

Handsome Country Homes and TIHisa 

Grade Farm Lands a Specialty. 

J. E. WHITE, "THE LAND MAW," 

Charlottesville, Va. 



VIRGINIA FARIB/$ 

Farms of any size with imurfVeHieate 
Prices in reach of all. Free Hat. 
PORTER A GATES, Louisa, Va. 



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[April, 



Attention 

HOMESEEKERS AND INVESTORS. 

I sell and exchange Virginia Real 
Estate 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 — they offer the homeseekers more 
advantages combined than any country 
known to me. This fine portion of 
Virginia, extending from the national 
capital to the top of the Blue Ridge 
Mountains, is not only beautiful and 
healthy, but is very accesible to Wash- 
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. 



MARYLAND FARMS 



434. 10 acres of fertile land; all 
fenced; fine water and splendid shade; 
attractive 8-room dwelling, barn and 
other outbuildings; only 8 miles from 
this city near macadamized road. 
Price $2,500. , a 

432. 260 acres highly improved land; 
all fenced and well watered; 235 acres 
cleared, 15 in woods; 6-room dwelling, 
two tenant houses, two tobacco barns, 
stable, etc.; 9 miles from this city on 
turnpike, macadamized nearly to farm. 
This land is adapted to the growth 
of wheat, corn, tobacco, potatoes, fruit 
and grasses. Fine community. Price 
$8,000. 

N. L. SANSBtTRY, 719 Thirteenth St., 
Washington, D. C. 



TWO THOUSAND 

Maryland, 



Virginia 



Stock, Dairy, Fruit, Business Farms. 

Suit all requirements. Don't buy 
until you have seen our list, which 
includes the finest farms in this sec- 
tion. State wants. 

SOULE, Washington, D. C. 



A GOOD 



Stock, Grain or Dairy Farm at 

Reasonable Figures. 

DeL,. S. CRITTENDEN, 

Real Estate Broker, 

ASHBURN, VA. 



6000 



MONEY-MAKING FARMS 

rnn en c in fourteen States. 
rUK oALt«Strout's List 19," 

the largest illustrated catalogue of 
farm bargains, with reliable informa- 
tion of farming localities, ever issued, 
including Bond good for railroad fare, 
mailed FREE. Dept. 159, E. A. 
STROUT CO., Land Title Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

Please mention the Southern Planter. 



fless and absolutely sanitary, while it 
'is globe shaped and thus avoids any 
splashing over of the milk. 

The bowls retain, of course, the dis- 
tinctive "Alpha-Disc" and "Split- 
Wing" tubular shaft, De Laval fea- 
tures, but have been scientifically re- 
designed, from engineering considera- 
tions, so as to involve the least air 
resistance in being driven and in the 
discharge of cream and skim-milk 
from them. 

In consequence, notwithstanding 
the greater capacities, the bowls are 
actually smaller than before, while 
they require less power,, which, of 
course, means greater ease of opera- 
tion and saving of wear. 

The bowl is likewise more sanitary 
in its construction, being free from 
tubes, wings, orifices or any parts 
which are not easily unassembled and 
may not be quickly and completely 
cleaned. 

The supporting spindle now sets 
well up under the bowl, at the center 
of weight and balance, while this 
spindle, which is the backbone of the 
separator and quite as important and 
sensitive as its human namesake, is 
new and different from anything made 
before. 

The new machines are the subject 
of much favorable comment by the 
Experiment Station and other 
authorities. 

The accompanying section view of 
one of the machines illustrates some 
of the new features mentioned. 



IN THE BACKWOODS OF 

VIRGINIA. 

A Sketch of Provincial Life. 

"Alice Winston." 

There are people in the South who 
are called "Crackers" in Georgia, 
"Gophers" in Florida, "Sand Hills" in 
South Carolina, "Tar Heels" in North 
Carolina, and in Virginia the negroes 
call them "Poor white trash." To 
give the origin of this class of our 
population, I will have to go back to 
old Colonial days. 

When gentlemen emigrated from 
England in those days to better their 
fortunes in the new world, they 
brought over with them numerous fol- 
lowers, who settled in obscure corners 
of the great estates, and who had 
neither ambition nor industry enough 
to raise themselves above their lowly 
condition. Revolutions and wars have 
not changed them, except in some 
rare , instances. The free schools 
seem powerless to conquer their tal- 
ent for ignorance, or to inspire a wish 
in them to improve their mode of ex- 
' istence. In the backwoods you come 
across settlements of these people in 
the valleys, or "hollows," as they call 
them. They prefer a low, damp situa- 
tion, so as to be near a spring. Their 
dwellings are of logs, chinked with red 
mud, with stick and mud chimneys. 

They rarely have more than two 
rooms, on the ground floor. There 



Farm Bargains 

a. 200 acres fine red land, with 
good clay subsoil, in good state of 
cultivation; well watered improved by 
9-room frame house recently over- 
hauled, in excellent condition; good 
barns and other buildings for 45 head 
cattle; tenant house, etc.; near Hern- 
don, the great dairy town of Northern 
Virginia; within 25 miles of Wash- 
ington. Only $8,000, cash $5,500, 
balance to suit. 

6. 300 acres splendid bluegrass 
land in Loudoun county. No better 
farm in county or State. Good brick 
house; stone barn for 10 horses; dairy 
barn, 65 head; 4 tenant houses, other 
buildings; only 2% miles from good 
railroad village; very convenient to 
Washington. Farm well watered and 
in fine state of cultivation. Price $75 
per acre and worth $100. 

c. 335 acre bluegrass stock farm, 6 
miles from railroad, in Loudoun 
county; excellent larvd; well watered; 
12-room brick house; good barn and 
other buildings. To be sold at once 
to close estate; $9,000, one-third cash. 
CLAUDE G. STEPHENSON, Northern 

Virginia Properties, Herndon, Va. 



COUNT RY 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 
environments one mile from station, 
five miles from a city of 10,000 Inhabi- 
tants. Price, $65,000. 

2. A choice home in a select neigh- 
borhood; 650 acres, arable in part and 
well timbered; very attractive 11-room 
residence, with modern equipment. 
Great bargain; $17,500. 

A full description of these and other 
properties sent upon application. 
H. W. HILLEARY & CO, 
Charlottesville, Va. 



THE PENINSULA SECTION 

The Peninsula offers equally as good, 
if not better, advantages to the farmer 
than any other section of Virginia. 
Write us for information. 

PIEDMONT AND TIDEWATER LAND 

COMPANY (Inc.), 

Box P, Williamsburg, Va. 



Mill For Sale. 

Up to date, 86-barrel, water-power, 
roller mill and saw mill, in good grain 
section, close to schools, good brick 
dwelling, garden and spring. Will be 
sold cheap. 

Dixon Bros., Lexington, Va. 



Old Virginia Farms. 

Climate and Productiveness unex- 
celled. Largest sale list in Stats. 
For full particulars and Free Cata- 
logue address 

CASSELMAN * COMPANY, 

RICHMOND, VA. 



Farms, Orchards, Timber, 

Cotton Lands in Virginia and the South. 
ALBEMARLE IMMIGRATION So- 
ciety, Charlottesville. Va. 



1908.] 



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36a 



TOflNSURE AMAXIMUM 

CORN YIELD 

AND THE BEST RESULTS 

FROM THESUCCEEDING 

CROP 

USE 

Bone Phosphate 

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. 

Ton (2,000 pounds) 28 50 

Sack, 200 pounds $ 3 00 

RICHMOND ABATTOIR, 

Box 267, Richmond, Virginia. 

Offices: Sixth and Cary Streets. 



VIRGINIA FARMS. 

MINERAL AND TIMBER LANDS. 



Free list en application. Agency 
established 1875. Address 

W. A. PARSONS & CO., 
1527 East Main Street, Richmond, Va. 

Opposite C. and O. Depot. 

"In the Green Fields of Virginia." 

Homes for all; health for all; happtmoao 
and Independence for all. All sla.es of 
Farms at corresponding prices, but ALL 
reasonable. 

MACON A CO., ORANGE, VA. 

Virginia Farms 

MOST SELECT LIST, and in all lee 

Hone of the State. 

PRBB CATALOGUE. 

R. B. CHAFPIN &. CO., Inc. 

Richmond, 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 ottered 
for your consideration. Catalogue free. 

N. L. SANSBURY, 719 Thirteenth 
Street, Washington, D. C. 

VIRGINIA FARMS 

98 PER ACRE AND UPWARDS. 

Easy payments. Catalogue Free. 
Loans made on country Real Estate. 
GEORGB E. CRAWFORD & CO., 160t 
Bast Main Street, Richmond, Va. Es- 
tablished 187S. 

A Neat Binder for your back num- 
bers can be bad for 30 cents. Address 
our Business Department. 



was a man near us who made an am- 
bitious attempt to have an upstairs 
apartment where a winter supply of 
blackeye peas could be stored, and 
also where his numerous sons could 
spread their pallets at night. As the 
planks were not of the right length 
to make connection with all the raft- 
ers, a careless movement from the 
sleepers would cause them to tilt and 
sometimes the old people who were 
just below would be aroused by a 
shower of sons and beans. 

The men will sit for hours on the 
rail fences, chewing home-cured 
tobacco and doing nothing. They 
also love to congregate at the nearest 
store and tell long inconsequent stories 
about coon hunts and horse swops. 

The women are pretty in early 
youth, with fair skins, large, dark 
eyes, and abundant suits of brown or 
yellow hair. If they could but know 
it, they are overworked, and ought, by 
the rules of health, to die under it. 
They help "pitch a crap," as planting 
is called, hoe it and lay it by after- 
wards; tend to the garden; look after 
the numerous tow-headed children; 
cook, milk, churn, sew, mend, knit, 
scour their houses, wash, knit, and 
weave blue and white yarn counter- 
panes. Oscar Wilde would think it a 
hopeful sign that even this life of 
ceaseless toil cannot kill the love of 
the beautiful, for all these women 
raise such humble flowers as are in 
their power, and will part with their 
last dried apple to the travelling pic- 
ture dealer. 

Their imaginations, cramped in most 
things, take fine flights in naming 
their children. I know of one girl 
named "Rosadalis," and another call- 
ed "Era." One young lady bears the 
pround title, Maud Elmore Florence 
Gineora. Argetta and Isetta are also 
fashionable appellations in backwood 
circles. There is great excitement 
every year when preaching is to be for 
several days at church. It is called 
"the big meeting," and is the event of 
the year. Pink calico is considered 
the most elegant toilette on these oc- 
casions. One debutante at a recent 
meeting created a profound sensation 
by drawing on the resources of her 
grandmother's chest for her costume. 
It consisted of a dark brown mousse- 
line with a tomb stone and weeping 
willow in light grey on each »width. 
The waist and sleeves having tfieae 
designs in reduced sizes. This sounds 
incredible, but this dress is actually 
in existence. 

Another festival is the preaching of 
funerals, which takes place long after 
the burials. Indeed, one of our 
neighbors put off having his first wife's 
funeral preached for so many years 
that his second wife, with her half- 
grown children, graced the occasion. 
There is always a roasted pig, fried 
chicken and apple pies for dinner after 
the oration is over. The preacher 
must stand in need of refreshment by 



X 



First Class 

Farm Implements 

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- 
alogues. It gives prices, descrip- 
tions and much interesting infor- 
mation. Mailed free upon request. 
Write for it. 

The 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. 



SAMPLE fREE 



You have been fooled enough with 

-worthless Lice Powder*. 

Try the Best at our expense. 

Conkey's Lice Powder 

kills instantly and is harmless to the fowl. 

Send 5 cents for postage and get sample 

and also Valuable Poultry Book FKEE. 

THE G. E. CONKEY CO. 

428 OTTAWA SLOG., CLEVELAND, OHIO 



KILL THE LICI 

-*,«££ CHICKENS ww. 

PRUSSIAN 

LICE POWDER 

Sore Death io Lice and Vermin 




■ The 

L 



They can't live where it is. Easy to apply. Dust it io 
"Killed every louse in my flock of 

250 hens." — D.Perry, Monroe, Wis. 

Price 25 and 50c a Pkg. By mail. 40 and 70c_ 
Prussian Remedy Co.. St. Paul Mimn.!^ 



Hackett's Gape Cure 

It's a powder; dust it over the 
chicks; the chicks inhale it; kills the 
worm as well as the germ; half pound 
sample by mail 25c. Dealers and 
Agents wanted. Special inducements 
to jobbers. 

T. C. HACKETT, Hlllsboro, Md. 



364 



THE P UTIIERX PLANTER. 



[April, 




D* HESS 
TOCK FS8D 

Animal growth and milk production are 
dependent lor lull development upon a healthy 
digestion. The hey to the leeder's problem 
then, is a suitable tonic to prevent derange- 
ment ol the digestive organs. Dr. Hess 
Stock Food is such a tonic. By making the 
greatest proportion ol lood digestible, it keeps 
the animal in health, causes rapid growth and 
a lull measure ol production. 




Professors Quitman, Winslow and Finley 

Dun endorse tlie ingredients in Dr. Hess 

Stock Food. It is the prescription of Dr. Hess 

(M. D., D. V. S.) and is sold on a Written 

Guarantee. 

100 lbs., $5.00\ Except in Canada and 

35 lb. pall, 1.60/ extreme West and South 

Smaller quantities at a slight advance 

Where Dr. Hess Stock Food differs in par- 
ticular is in the dose— it's small and fed but 
twice a day, which proves it has the most di- 
gestive strength to the pound. Our Govern- 
ment recognizes Dr. Hess Stock Food as a 
medicinal compound, and this paper is hack 
of the guarantee. 

If your dealer cannot supply you we will. 

DR. HESS & CLARK, ASHLAND, OHIO 

Also Manufacturers of DR. HESS POULTRT PAN-A- 
CE-A and INSTANT LOUSE KILLEU. 





HORSES 



Going Blind. 
Barry Co., Iowa 
City, la. Can cur«. 



Tell the advertiser where you saw 
his advertisement. 



that time, for his address has been 
delivered with many whoops ana 
much waving of the arms. The more 
action he shows the more eloquent 
ho is thought to be. I hear of one 
who is considered a Boanerges because 
in one year he thumped out one 
Bible and two hymn books. 

When there was a canal through 
the James river valley, the locks were 
kept by "poor white trash," and who, 
in consequence were looked upon by 
their friends in the back districts quite 
as men of the world. The lock near 
farm was kept by an old man and 
his sons, who never stirred in cold 
weather except to open and shut 
their gates. They sat hare-footed 
among the hot ashes of the hearth, 
leaving the out-door work to the 
females of the family, which included 
the getting and chopping of fire wood. 

A gentleman got off the packet boat 
one night, expecting to be met by a 
resident friend who, however, had not 
received his letter. The old keepei 
hospitably invited him into the lock 
house, and there being no other re- 
source, the gentleman accepted. The 
old man ousted several soiled looking 
children from bed to make room for 
his guest who, feeling dubious of the 
cleanliness of his intended resting 
place, remarked the night was too 
cold to undress, and the host heartily 
assented: "That's so, sir. In cold 
weather taint no use to undress. Why, 
I ain't taken off my clothes for weeks." 
The next morning, when the gentle- 
man intimated a wish to wash his 
face, the old man looked at him sor- 
rowfully as if he discovered he was a 
fop, but went off and presently return- 
ed with a vegetable dish filled with 
water and with greasy scraps stick- 
ing to the sides. Before they parted, 
the guest reinstated himself in the 
host's opinion sufficiently to get a val- 
uable piece of advice: "Don't you 
never get married," he said. "I know 
a man who got powerfully in the no- 
tion once, but he thought he would 
find out how much it would cost be- 
fore he began to wait on any girl. He 
was living to 'hisself, and he sot a 
plate at t'other end of the table, and 
every time he helped hisself three 
times a day he helped that there plate. 
He never moved it for a solid week, 
and the sight of vittles piled up thar 
scared him, and he gin out, he couldn't 
afford to marry." 

' When the Richmond and Alleghany 
Railroad bought out the canal and 
built a track along the tow path, 
there was great commotion in the 
backwoods. When the news spread 
that on a certain day the train would 
make a trial trip as far as New Mar- 
ket, the "poor white trash" arose as 
one man and resolved to see the 
sight. By day break the cliffs of Nel- 
son and Buckingham counties were 
filled with spectators, who arranged 
themselves among the rocks, with as 
critical an air as "the four hundred" 



I'lliBHiimi 

Stockmen and farmers who use the Cooper Dips 
have healthier animals— get more wool and better 
prices. More than half the cloth and flannel of 
the world is made of Cooper dipped wool. Tanks 
supplied at cost to all users of the Cooper Dips. 



il'ii 



DUHBEEHlini 



The leading sheep dip for 65 years. Used on over 
250 million sheep every year. Kills ticks, lice, nits 
and eggs in one dipping. Does not stain the wool, 
but increases the yield and improves the quality. 

Price-25gal. pkt. 50c; 100 gal, pkt. $2.00. 



ffiilJiMHIlll.HIJ 



for all animals. A highly concentrated, non- 
poisonous fluid dip of marvelous strength. Mixes 
readily with cold water, whether hard, brackish, 
or salty. The only pure liquid dip— no sediment. 
Goes farther th;m Coal Tar dips and therefore 
cheaper. Positive remedy for scab, mange, ticks, 
lice, ringworm, eczema, sores, bites, stings, etc. 
One gallon makes 200 gallons lor general dipping, 
or 3i)0 gallons tor disinfecting. Price— Qt. can 60c; 
& gal. can $1.00: 1 gal. can $l7i6; 5 gal. can $8.60. 



EEEMEEEIEHHa 



A sure reined v Tor intestinal worms in Horse; 
Sheep, Cattle and Hogs. These tablets offer the 
great advantage of correct doses and certain re- 
sults. Dose— one tablet for lamb orshoat; two for 
sheep or hogs; three for horses and cattle. Price 
— lOtablots 20c postpaid; bos <-f 100 tablets $1.50postpaid. 



COOPER'S "LAVENE" 



The most effective skin dressing for Horses. 
Cattle and Dogs. Cures wor>t case of Mange and 
Ringworm at one dressing. Searches the skin and 
attacks the disease at its root. Improves the coat 
and renders hair soft and glossy. Is used by many 
of the best breeders in preparing an imals for show. 

Price-Quart can SI. 00: gal. can $3.00. 



COOPER'S TREE SPRAY 



Fluids V 1 Winter and V 2 Summer have 
caused a revolution in tree spraying. The^e new and scien- 
tifically prepared spray fluids stand alone for the ahsolute 
destruction of all living insects. eggs, fungi, etc. One gal- 
lon makes 100 gallons of wn*h. Price— Gallon can. £3.00. 

WHERE THERE IS NO DEALER 

If yon live where there is no dealer who can supply you 
with the Cooper preparations, order from Win. Cooper & 
Nephews. 177 Illinois St., Chicago, and deduct 10% from any 
of above prices (Worm Tablets excepted) for freight account. 

G. A. KELLY CO.. Pittsburg, Pa., 
PURCELL, LADD & CO., Richmond, Va., or 
Wm. Cooper & Nephews, 177 Illinois Street, Chicago 




Be Sure 

and 

Workthe 

Horse 



HE CAN WORK. 
EVERY DAY 



If you use Bickmore'sGall Cure yourteanis 
can work right along and be cured of Saddle 
and Harness Galls,Cnafes, Rope Burns, Cuts, 
Scratches, Grease Heel, etc. while in har- 
ness. The more work the quicker the cure. 

BICKMORE'S GALL CURE 

is the standard Remedy for all these and 
similar troubles. Is excellent for Mange and 
Sore Teats in cows. Above trade mark ison 
every box of Genuine Bickmore's Gall Cure. 
For sale by dealers everywhere. Money re- 
funded if it fails. Sample and Horse Book 
every farmer should read 10c. 
Biokmore Gall Cure Co., Box 935, Old Town, Maine. 



- 



Woodlawn Poultry Yards 

M. B. Turkey (45-pound Tom) Eggs, 

$3 per 12. 

E. W. JONES NURSERY COMPANY, 

VVoodlaTvn, Va. 



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365 



Sortie fforjC 

Loosen up bis hide and his Intestinal 
system, purify his blood, drive out the worms, 
give liiin an appetite and power to digest and 
get tbe full value of all his feed. You can 
do all this by the systematic use of 

PRUSSIAN 

HORSE TONIC 

and have your horses strong, healthy and 
high strung. Mix with feed. Only a small 
quantity required. 1,200 measures En the big 
pall. Price only S3. 50 prepaid. 

Ask your dealer for the standard remedies, 

Prussian Spavin Remedy 
Prussian Heave Powders 
Prussian Worm Powders 
Prussian Gal! Salve 

Write us what stock you own and we will 
send you our Horseman's Hand Book Free. 
Write today. 

PRUSSIAN REMEDY CO. 

St. Paul, Minn. 



feC 



JS 



MEAT MEAL 

85 Per Gent. PROTEIN 7 Per Cent. FAT 

IS A 

POULTRY FOOD 

THAT IS 

ECONOMIC, 

CLEAN, 

PURE. 

A SURE 

EGG PRODUCER 

AND 

MEAT BUILDER 

The Food 

To Feed 
To Force 

The Early Broiler. 

SAMPLE ON REQUEST. 

SACK 100 LBS - $3 00 

RICHMOND ABATTOIR 

Box 267. Department M.^ Richmond, Va. 

Offices: Sixth and Cary Streets. 
Send forthe "Rarva" Booklet. 



have in their private boxes the open- 
ing night of the grand opera. Of 
course, the train was behind time, but, 
alter many hours of patient waiting, a 
rumble was heard and presently an 
engine and one car puffed slowly in 
sight with a procession of men and 
boys walking behind it. The first 
whistle threw the audience into great 
alarm, which panic was shared by 
their "yailer curs," who fled howling. 
The lock keeper, recovering his pres- 
ence of mind, and wishing to show 
himself perfectly familiar with the re- 
quirements of railroad service, rushed 
out and flung his lock gates wide open 
as though to say: "Open your gates 
as bigh as the sky and let King 
George's troops come by." 



BOOKS. 
The Production and Handling of 
Clean Milk. By Kenelin Winslow, M. 
D., size 6% by 9%, 207 pages. Illus- 
trated. Price, $2.50, postpaid. Pub- 
lished by William R. Jenkins Co., 851 
Sixth Avenue, New York. A conv 
plete, plain, practical and authorita- 
tive guide to the production and dis- 
tribution of clean milk for farmers, 
health officers, milk inspectors, stu- 
dents of agriculture and dairying, 
country gentlemen, physicians, and 
others interested in matters pertain- 
ing to dairying and hygiene. Now 
that the question of improving the 
quality of the milk supplied to the 
cities is receiving so much attention, 
this book wiM be found a most useful 
one to all who are engaged in dairy- 
ing and especially should it be in the 
hands of those supplying milk for 
city trade. We can supply it at the 
publishers' price. 



USEFULNESS OF TURPENTINE. 

Turpentine will remove wheel- 
grease, pitch and tar stains. 

A few drops added to water in 
which clothes are boiled will whiten 
them. 

It will exterminate roaches if 
sprinkled in the place where needed. 

Moths will leave if it is sprinkled 
about. 

A few drops on a woolen cloth will 
clean tan shoes nicely. 

Clean gilt frames with a sponge 
moistened with turpentine. 

Ivory knife handles that have be- 
come yellow can be restored to their 
former whiteness by rubbing with 
turpentine. 

Carpets can be cleaned and colors 
restored by going over them occasion- 
ally with a broom dipped In warm 
water to which a little turpentine Is 
added. 

An equal mixture of turpentine and 
linseed oil will remove white marks 
from furniture caused by water. 

Moisten your stove-blacking with 
turpentine and it wll not burn off as 
readily. 

Turpentine and soap will remove 
Ink stains from linen. 



You Can't Talk 

it too strong. What? 
= Gombault's — J] 

Caustic Balsam 

As a Liniment 

For the Human Body 

Springfield. 0., Sept. 19, 1904. 

Lawrence-Williams Co., Cleveland, 0.— Lewis Evelsiz- 
er, Urbana, R. P. D., a farmer.had a bad cancer on back 
of hie hand. When I first saw it he was on his way to 
havo his hand amputated. I persuaded him to first try 
GOMBAULT'S CAUSTIC BALSAM, which he did, and on 
second application could rest well at night — the first 
for weeks. In less than three months he was at work 
onthefarm. He will certify to this statement over his 
signature. Then Mr. Jenkins, storekeeper and post- 
master at Seth, 0., had a bad cancer on his cheek-bone. 
I saw him at a grange meeting and told him to use 
CAUSTIC BALSAM twice a day, rubbing it in for five or 
ten minutes. In three months it was healed over and 
is now all sound. These two are all that I have the 
address of just now. I have had CAUSTIC BALSAM 
used on old shin sores. One man had walked with 
crutches for more than a year, and several pieces of 
bone had come out. I persuaded him to try CAUSTIC 
BALSAM, and today you would not know he was ever 
lame. Then, it is a sure cure for piles, using it with 
Bweet oil. I could tell of dozens of cases where I have 
induced diflerent ones to use CAUSTIC BALSAM. I have 
been the means ot more than fifty bottles being bought, 
because I know just what it will do. You can't talk 
it up strong enough. I wish you success. 

R. L. HOLMAN, 
In charge Co-operative Work of Ohio State Grang». 

Price $1 .SO per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent 
by us express prepaid. Write for Booklet H. 

The LAWRENCE-WILLIAMS COMPANY. Cleveland. 0. 






No matter how old the blemish, 
how lame the horse, or how many doctors 
have tried and failed, use 

Fleming's 
Spavin and Ringbone Paste 

Use it under our guarantee — your money 
refunded If It doesn't make the horse eo 
sound. Most cases cured by a single 45- 
minute application — occasionally two re- 
quired. Cures Bone Spavin, Eingbone and 
Sidebone, new and old cases alike. Wot used 
on soft bunches. Write for 

Fleming's Vest-Pocket 
Veterinary Adviser 

Best book on blemishes, and we send It 
free. Read it before you treat any kind of 
lameness in horses. 192 pages, 69 illustra- 
tions, durably bound in leatherette. 
FLEMING BROS., Chemists, 
880 Union Stock Sards, Chicago, HL 




m sQ 



RBINE 



Cures Strained Puffy Ankles, 
Lymphangitis, Bruises * n <l 
Swellings, i. am en ess and 
Allays Fain Quickly without 
Blistering, removing the hair, or 
laying the horse up. Pleasant to use. 
82.00 per bottle, delivered with full 
directions. Book 5-C, free. 

£ BSORBINE, JK., for man- 
kind, 01.00 Bottle. Cures Strains, 
Gout, Varicose Veins, Varicocele, 
Hydrocele, Prostatitis, kills pain. 
V. F. YOUNG, P.D.F.. 109 Monmouth St., Springfield. Mass. 



DEATH TO HEJ.VES 




NEWTOS'S Heave, Congb.DT*. 
temper and Indigestion Cure. 

A veterinary Remedy forwind, 
*.hroat and stomach troubles. 
Strong recommends. SI. 00 per 
can, of dealers, orexp. prepaid. 
The Newton Remedy Co. 
Toledo, Ohio. 



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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[April, 




Few choice "White Holland and 
Mammoth Bronze Toms at reduced 
prices, and they are extra large 
fine birds. Turkey Eggs of both 
breeds at $4 per dozen or $7.50 for 
two dozen. Hens all sold of the 
White Hollands. Few extra fine 
Bronze Hens at $4 each. 

Pure-Bred Chickens. — I have few 
Black Spanish Cockerels left at $2 
each; S. C. Black Minorcas; White, 
Black and Buff Orpingtons — as fine 
as they grow and at bargain prices 
if ordered at once. Have Buff Or- 
pington Cockerels weighing 8 to 10 
pounds each at $2.50 each or $6 for 
three. White Orpingten Cockerels, 
$2.50 each. Barred, White and Buff 
Plymouth Rock Cockerels; White, 
Buff and Brown S. C. Leghorns; 
White and Silver Wyandottes, Rose 
and Single Comb Rhode Island 
Reds — all strictly pure bred — at 
prices that are right. I have a few 
Trios of extra good Silver Wyan- 
dotte birds at $6 trio — and they are 
worth twice that. Single Silver 
Wyandotte Cockerels, also Golden 
Wyandotte Cockerels, at $2 to $3 
each. Eggs for hatching of nil of 
the breeds named above, and in 
addition Light llrnhmiis, at $1.50 to 
$2.50 per 15. Special prices in lots 
of 50 and 100. I have some fine 
Light Brahma birds at $2.50' to $3 
for Cockerels and $2 to $2.50 for 
extra good Pullets and Hens. Also 
Silver Spangled Hamburgs and In- 
dian Games. I have some fine 
Pekin and Rouen Ducks at $2 to $3 
each. Duck Eggs of both breeds 
at $2 per 15 or $10 per 100. Incu- 
bator Eggs in lots of 100 to 500 at 
special prices, according to breed 
and time of shipment. 

PURE-BRFD SHEEP. 

Now is the time to order your 
Rams and Ram and Ewe Lambs to 
secure pick of flock at lowest 
prices. I have some grand coming 
2-year-old Shropshire, Dorset and 
Southdown Rams, also yearling 
Rams and Ram and Ewe Lambs. 
Write to-day and engage what you 
want in the sheep line and have 
same shipped when ready. 
PURE-BRED HOGS. 

I have some very fine Bred Sows 
and Service Boars of Poland- 
Chinas, Berkshires, Chester Whites, 
Duroc-Jerseys and Tamworth. Fine 
lot of Fancy Spring Pigs soon 
ready for shipment of all breeds, 
so send along your orders and have 
them shipped soon as ready. I 
also have some fine 4, 5 and 6- 
months-old Boars and Gilts — all 
strictly pure bred and eligible to 
registry. I also have Yorkshire 
Pigs that will be ready for ship- 
ment In a few weeks. Do not de- 
lay, but order at once. Satisfaction 
guaranteed and references fur- 
nished. Address JAMES M. HOBBS, 

No. 1521 Mount Royal Avenue, 
BALTIMORE, MD. 




HINTS BY MAY MANTON. 
Every woman likes to own a variety 
of shirt waists and plain simple ones, 
such as this make an important fea- 
ture in the collection, Linen Madras 
and a variety of inexpensive wash 
fabrics are worn at all seasons of 
the year, while the model also suits 
the taffeta and the wash flannels and 
the still lighter wools, such as cash- 
mere, which are so serviceable during 
the colder months. The roll-over col- 
lar and the three-quarter sleeves are 
ideally comfortable and are very apt 
to be becoming, but this season that 
style and the plain one with stock 
collar and long regulation sleeves are 
equally correct and the model pro- 
vides both. Also it is closed in a dis- 
tinctive manner, the two box plaits 
meeting at the front edge and allow- 
ing effective use of buttons. 




5890 Shirt Waist or Blouse, 
32 to 40 bast. 

To Be Made With Roll Over or Stock 

Collar, Three-Quarter or Full- 

Length Sleeves. 

The waist is made with the fronts 
and back. When the roll-over collar 
is used it is joined to the neck and 
if the stock collar is used the neck is 
finished with a band the collar made 
separately and closed at the back. 
The sleeves are of moderate fulness. 
Those of three-quarter length are 
gathered into bands to which the 
cuffs are joined, but the long ones 
are finished with openings, overlaps 
and cuffs. 

The quantity of material required 
for the medium size is 4 yards 21 or 



WHITE WYAND0T1ES 
S. C. BUFF ORPINGTONS 

The Winning Kind — the Laying Kind. 

That we have the goods, is evidenced 
by the fact that we won the Sliver 
Cup for best display, 9 first, 7 second 
and 1 third on 20 entries, and 8 spe- 
cials and all National \V. Wyandotte 
Club Ribbons at Herndon Poultry 
Show, January, 1908. Our breeding 
pens contain our prize winners. 

Eggs — $2 for 15, $5 for 45. Write 
for mating list, which will convince 
you of the quality in our pens. 

We guarantee 75 per cent, fertility, 
and a square deal. 

HUTCHISON & HEITMUELLER, 

Two Breeds. Two Farms. 

Two Specialists. 

Members Herndon Poultry Associa- 
tion and National W. Wyandotte Club. 
Herndon, Virginia. 



TAYLOR'S 

WHITE WYANDOTTE EGGS 

Can sell a limited quantity from my 
blue ribbon stock, $1.25 for 15, $2 for 
30, $3.25 for 50 and $5 for 100. Orders 
booked as received. 

WHITE HOLLAND TURKEY EGGS. 
From winners at Jamestown, Virginia 
State Fair and Virginia Poultry Asso- 
ciation Show, $3 for 15. Only a few 
more clutches left that I can sell. 
Therefore, those who want the best 
will kindly write at once. 

WHITE MUSCOVY DUCK EGGS. 
Also from winners at Jamestown, Vir- 
ginia Poultry Association and Virginia 
State Fair — have always taken the 
blue. Eggs at 20 cents each. 

Write your wants. Correspondence 
a pleasure. 

R. RANDOLPH TAYLOR, 
Hickory Bottom Poultry Farm, Negro- 
foot, Va., R. F. D. No. 2, Beaver 
I) am, Va. 



Eggs For Hatching 

From blue ribbon win- 
ners at Virginia State 
Fair and Virginia Poul- 
try Association. Strictly 
first-class stock and 
matings of the follow- 
ing varieties: 
Silver Laced, White and 
Partridge Wyandottes; 
S. C. Rhode Island Reds. 

$1.50 per 15. 

$8 per 100. 

ELLERS0N POULTRY YARDS, 

j7*W. Quarles, Prop., Ellerson, Va. 




w 



HITE 
YANDOTTES 



Exclusively.— Bred for Busin««s 

As well as standard qualities. 'Will 
please the farmer as well as tha 
fancier. Eggs from choice pens, li, 
$1.26; 30, $2. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Circular free. 

J. H. VODER, DENBIGH, VA. 



EGGS FOR SALE 

From PureWhlte Plymouth Reeka, 91 
per ■ittina- of IS, and Whit* Pakla 
Ducks, $1 for 19. 

..▲(areas MRS. L. B. WILLIAM*,.. 
B, F. D. 4, LouUa, Va. 



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367 



Valley Farm 

(RINGLET) 




Barred Plymouth Rocks 



Quality, not quantity. 
S. C. B. LEGHORNS. 

First prize at Har- 
risonburg. Eggs from 
my choicest matings, 
$1.60 and $2.50 per IB; 
Incubator Eggs, $7 
CHARLES C. WINE, 
per 100. 

Circular Free. 
M«. Sidney, Va. 



"RINGLET" 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

EXCLUSIVELY. 
E. B. Thompson's celebrated strain. 
Bred for high quality, not quantity. 
My winning at Virginia Poultry As- 
sociation Show, Richmond, prove it. 
First and third prize Cock, first and 
third prize Hen, and first prize Pen 
and Association's special for best dis- 
play in Barred Rocks. My birds can- 
not be excelled in egg production, size, 
vigor and beauty. Grand yards mated 
for 1908 egg season. They will pro- 
duce results that will please you. 
Eggs from best yards, $3 per 15; next 
best, $2 per 15, $4 per 30. Satisfaction 
guaranteed. 

Address LESLIE H. McCUE, Box 4, 
Afton, Va. 

BARRED 




24, 3% yards 32 or 2 yards 44 inches 
wide. 

The pattern 5890 is cut in sizes for 
a 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 inch bust 
measure. 

The bishop dress is always a be- 
coming one for the little girls and 
can be made simply from plain ma- 
terial or more elaborately from 
flouncing, as liked, and consequently 
it suits almost all occasions. This 
model also allows a choice of high or 
low neck and of long or short sleeves 
and is just as attractive and dainty 
as well can be. In the illustration 
Persian lawn is combined with em- 
broidery, but in the back view the 
dress is shown made of flouncing with 
the sleeves of plain material, also it 
can be made with a hemstitched edge, 
as the skirt portion is straight and 
suits such treatment admirably well. 
All the pretty lawns and similar ma- 
terials used for little girls' dresses 
are appropriate and for the older 
girls the model also is attractive 
made of the light weight wools that 
make such serviceable dresses for 
every-day wear. 



Plymouth Rock 

Pulleta and Yearling 
Hens, bred from trap- 
nested stock, for sale at 
reasonable price*. Eggs 
In hatching season. 

R. S. SHOWALTKR, 
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 83, my Rocks won 3rd Ck., 
Srd Ckl.. and 2nd pen. At the recent 
show at Richmond In a class of 70, 
they won 1st., 3rd., 4th., and 6th Ckl.; 
2nd and 8rd 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, Cnrtersvllle, 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, size, 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, Trevillun, Va. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

(Hawkins Strain) 
S. C. White Leghorns (Wyckoff strain), 
S. C. Brown Leghorns (Blltmore strain), 
S. C. Buff Leghorns, Mammoth Bronze 
Turkeys, Mammoth Pekin Ducks. 

Stock and Eggs for sale. Satisfaction w id e with three-eighths yard of all- 
guaranteed. I ovpl . embroidery and 2% yards of 
MARION POITLTRY^ YARDS, Marlon, | Jgj™ » *%£ of flouncing 24 




EDGEHILL POULTRY FARM, 
V. H. DICKINSON, PROP., 

Lnray, Va. 

Eggs for hatcu- 

ing from the 
following higti. 
scoring birds.: 
Dunston strain 
White Wyan- 
dotte, Silvej- 
Laced ana 
Partridge 
Wy a n d o t t e> 
Biltmore Hai- 
red Plymouth 
Rocks, B u £ 
and White 
Plymon t k. 
Rocks; Whit- 
man strali. 
Brown Lea- 
hem, Cornisk. 
man strain Brown Leghorn, Bun 1 and 
White Leghorn, Cornish Indian Games.. 
Buff Orpington, R. C. R. I. Reds; 
Northup strain Black Minorca*. Price, 
$1 for 15. Special prices for large 
quantities. A few choice Trios for 
sale. Cockerels, $1 to $1.25; Pullets, $1. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 




5903 Child's Bishop Dress, 
1, 2, 4 and years. 
To Be Made With High or Low Neck 
Long or Short Sleeves. 

The dress consists of the yoke, the 
dress and the sleeves. The sleeves 
are joined to the dress and the two 
are gathered together and joined to 
the yoke. The closing is made at the 

The quantity of material required 
for the medium size (4 years) is 3% 
yards 24, 2 yards, 36 or 44 inches 



BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

Fine large fowls, correct in plumage 
crossed with prize-winners of Thom|»- 
son and Bradley strain. Cockerels. 
$1.50 to $2. Yearling Hens, $1.50; le- 
Months Pullets, $1.26; Eggs, $1, p« 
sitting, $1.50 per two. 

Imperial Pekin Ducks — large, health? 
birds — Drakes, $1.60; Ducks, $l.li 
Eggs, $1 per sitting; $1.50 for two. 

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, Natloaa? 
Strain, unusually fine this year; beau- 
tiful plumage. Eggs, $3 per dose*. 
Orders filled promptly. 
Mrs. R. E. WILHOIT, Somerset, Va, 

'eggs, eggs, eggs. 

If you are interested in Barred P. 
Bocks, Buff Wyandottes, Rose Cosafe 
R. I. Reds, Golden Wyandottes, S. C< 
White Leghorns, Silver Wyandotte* 
Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, write to nu 
before placing your order for Eggs o& 
Fowls. Catalogue free. 

ALTA VISTA POULTRY PARK. 

Mrs. R. B. Fray, Prop., 

Advance Mills, Va. 

Barred Plymouth Rock 

Eggs for Hatching from Choice 8- 
-year-old Hens, descended from 236- 
Egg Trap-Nest Record Stock, mate* 
to Park's April-hatched Cockerels, 
Price $1 per 15; $5 per 100. No bai- 
ter bred-to-lay B. P. Rocks in tail 
country. 

FRED. B. JONES, Gloucester, Vs. 

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. 

MRS. WILLIAM P. BURKS, Route Me. 
1, Bedford City, Va. 



EGGS EGGS EGGS 

W. Holland Turkey, 26c. each; B. 
Plymouth Rock, $1 per 15, $1.50 per SO; 
Toulouse Goose Eggs, from large 
matured stock, 30c. each; Indian I mi- 
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, Oranx* 
County, Va. 



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THBDEAD 
LINE a 



JLi^l 



•^m 



v« £ tJM^r Beware 

?^T of the 

"dead line" 

in the poultry 

Hyj^ business. When 

X 1 ' V> ■"•'■' -'%idr y° ,lr hens are 

|i, ^'"'"J'^afP^ droopy and your 

^' " fewr chickens dying because 

S^jjt^T °^ ^ ce ' ' ts t ' lue t0 re " 
IfrajJEr or g ailize and take a fresh 
^ start. Lice cost poultry-men 
thousands of dollars ayear — dollars 
that might easily be saved by a 
simple resort to a sure remedy. 

Insfiint 
Louse Killer 

kills lice so thoroughly and effectu- 
ally that one application will most 
likely end your trouble. Instant 
Louse Killer is the formula of Dr. 
Hess (M.D., D.V.S.), and destroys 
lice on horses and cattle, ticks on 
sheep, cabbage worms, rose slugs and 
bugs on melon, squash and cucumber 
vines. It is also an excellent disin- 
fectant and deodorizer. .Comes in 
shaker-top cans, hence easy to apply, 
because you can dust it over roosts, 
nests and platforms in a few mo- 
ments' time. See that the word 
''Instant" is on the can — none other 
is genuine. 

Sold on a written guarantee, 

1 lb. 25C. } Except in Canada 
*» »»- nn. r and extreme 
3 IDS. bOC. j West and South 

If your dealer cannot supply you, we 
will send i lb. by mail or express, pre- 
paid, for 35c. 

Tlanuiactured by 

DR. HESS & CLARK, 
Ashlanci, Ohio. 



Barred Plymouth Rocks, 
Rhode Inland Reds, 
Brown Leghorn*, 

Mammoth Pekln Backs. 

Eggs at 7Sc. par 16; 14 per 199; Duck 
Eggs, $1 per IS; R. I. Red Eggs, *1 
per 15; Buff Cochin Bantam Eggs, 6«. 
each. Few nice Leghorn and R. I. 
Red Cockerels, $1 to $2 each. 

JOSHUA COOPER, Surry, Va. 

Eggs For Hatching. 

FROM NOTED WINNING STRAINS. 

Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1 per 15; 

Mammoth Pekln Ducks, $1.50 per 15. 

Lower rates made on larger numbers. 

A few choice M. B. Turkeys, Ducks 

and Cockerels for sale. 

Leslie B. Kline, Vanclnse, Va. 



8. C. BROWN LEGHORNS, 
WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS. 

HEAVY LAYERS. 

Eggs *1 Per 15. 

WHITING'S POULTRY YARDS, 

Harmony Village, Middlesex Co., Ya. 



inches wide with half yard of plain 
material 36 inches wide. 

These patterns will be mailed to any 
address by the Fashion Department 
of this paper on receipt of ten cents. 



REPORTS. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. Office of the 
Secretary. Circular 26. The 
Adulteration and Misbranding of 
Alfalfa, Red Clover and Grass 
Seeds. 

Report of the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture on the Southern Applachian 
and White Mountain water sheds. 

Farmers' Bulletin 314. A method 
of breeding early cotton to escape 
bool-weevil damage. 

Farmers' Bulletin 316. Experiment 
Station work; winter killing of 
peach buds; color of apples; sup- 
plement to corn for hogs; hoppers 
for poultry feeding, etc. 

Bureau of Animal Industry. Cir- 
cular 124. Suggestions for horse 
and mule raising in the South. 

Office of Experiment Stations. Ex- 
periment Station Record, Vol. 
XIX., No. 5. 

Office of Experiment Stations. Bul- 
letin 195. Simple exercises illus- 
trating some applications of 
chemistry to agriculture. 

Forest Service. Circular 127. Forest 
tables; Western yellow pine. 

Forest Service. Circular 128. Pres- 
ervation of piling against marine 
wood borers. 

Forest Service. Circular 136. The 
seasoning and preservative treat- 
ment of arbervitae poles. 

Forest Service. Circular 139. A 
primer of wood preservation. 

Forest Service. Circular 140. What 
Forestry has done. 

Bureau of Plant Industry. Bulletin 
102, Part VII. A new method for 
the determination of nicotine in 
tobacco. 

Bureau of Plant Industry. Bulletin 
105. The relation of the compo- 
sition of the leaf to the burning 
qualities of tobacco. 

Bureau of Plant Industry. Bulletin 
121, Part III. Results of Loco 
weed investigations in the field. 

Bureau of Soils. Bulletin 50. 
Moisture content and physical 
condition of soils. 
Report - of the Secretary of the In- 
terior for the fiscal year 1907. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau 
of Agriculture. Farmers' Bulle- 
tin 15. Tobacco growing in the 
Philipines. 
Arizona Experiment Station, Tucson, 
Arizona. Bulletin 56. The scale 
insects of the Date Palm; the 
extermination of Date Palm scale. 
Illinois Experiment Station, Urbana, 
111. Bulletin 119. Type and vari- 
ability in corn. 

Bulletin 120. Milk supply of Chi- 
cago and twenty-six other cities. 



NI?W FARM 

White Plymouth Rocks 

Best stock FISCHEL strain 4 
Eggs $1.00 per setting; 
No birds lor sale. 

A few HAMPSHIRE PIGS also 
The black hog" with white 
belt. Prices reasonable,* 
S. M. GEYE3, Manager, 
Norfo k & Wes'ern Ry. Farm, Ivor, Va. 



fcSgf^* 1 "CirginU and Whipping; 



White RocKs 

Fishel strain. Ten years experience* 

back of the breeding. Pine Cocekrel«4 

at right prices. Eggs $2 per sitting?. - 

J. C. JOHNSON, Box S, Academy, 

West Virginia. 



White PlymovitH Rochs! V 

At Herndon Show- — "Clean Sweep." 

Have mated first Cockerel with first 
Hen, first pen and second Pullet from 
this show. Can spare few eggs from 
this pen — $2 for 15 — guaranteeing fer- 
tility. My stock is excellent. 

C. M. WALKER, HERNDON, VA. 

Secretary of Herndon Poultry Asso- 
ciation. 




REiDEKS FINE 

g Poultry Catalogue 

for 1908 is larger ond better than ever, m 

Tells all about pure-bred poultry and J 

illustrates GO varieties. Contains 10 11 

beautiful cliroruos of leading breeds— M 

pretty enongb to fram< . Tci sc: best Louse , j 

Killer, how to cure diseases, make money. 'I 

Only lOe r>o6tuaid. Send to-day lor a copy.jfl 

B. If. C REISER, Kueeras, Pa. ' 



. EGGS FOR SALE 

From Pure- Bred Brown S. C. Leg-] 
horns and S. C. Rhode Island Reds, 
Prize-Winners, at Hagerstown, Fred- 1 
erlck, Rockville, and Washlngtoa I 

Poultry Shows. I can also f urnlsk I 
Eggs from Fine Pens of Barred Ply- 
mouth Rocks and Black Javas. Writ* I 
to-day for prices, and address 

J. M. HEAGY, Rockville, Md. 



SPRING BROOM POULTRY FARM, 
Cnlpeper, Va., H. H. Scott, Prep. 

Breeder of Northup strain Black 
Mlnorcas, Whitman strain of Brow» 
Leghorns, and the best Silver-Lace* 
Wyandottes. Have been breeding Black 
Mlnorcas six years, always with taa 
best type In view. Stock and Eggs la 
season at very moderate prices, con- 
sidering the quality. Writ* m« fo» 
prices and full particulars. 

Rhode Island Red 

— AND— 

BARREB PLYMOUTH ROCK 

Eggs, 15 for $1, 30 for $1.76, 59 f«» 
$2.50. Pure-bred and strictly first- 
class. 

C. L. BLAlfTON, McBnff, Va. 



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— FERN HI LL POULTRY 



&* LBREEDERSOFAR1STOCRATSIONLY.' 

BARR E DTPTYMtTuTH^^rec TKST^ 
BLACK MINORCAS. 
STC. BROWN LEGHORNS 
S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 



For fifteen years I have bred these birds on my farm with free range. 
They have constitutions; are essentially aristocrat egg-shellers; have, and can. 
hold their own against the arrogant boast of any blue-ribbon winners. Have 
won prizes running from first to fourth, wherever shown. Highest scoring 
male, female and ten highest scoring fowls in the show. Never had better 
quality nor more vigorous utility. A few cockerels of each variety at $2.50 
each, all strictly first-class birds. Shipped on approval. 

Eggs $1.50 Per Sitting, $6 Per 100; Minorca Eggs 97 Per 100. 
Address J. WALLACE SNELLING, R. F. D. 1, MANCHESTER, VA. 

(Yards, Stop 9, Richmond-Petersburg Trolley.) 




ESTABLISHED 1893. 



Kansas Experiment Station, Manhat- 
tan, Kan. Press Bulletin 159. 
Green Bug. 
Plan for eradicating animal tuber- 
culosis. 
Louisiana Experiment Station, Baton 
Rouge, La. Bulletin 99. Japa- 
nese persimmons. 
Maryland Experiment Station, College 
Park, Md. Bulletin 121. The 
beef cattle industry of Maryland. 
Bulletin 122. Stable manure ex- 
periments. 
Bulletin 123. San Jose Scale and 
Peach Lecanium. 
Massachusetts Experiment Station, 
Amherst, Mass. Bulletin 118. 
Molasses and molasses feeds for 
farm stock. 
Bulletin 119. Inspection of com- 
mercial fertilizers. 
Minnesota Experiment Station, St. 
Anthony Park, Minn. Bulletin 
102. Soil investigations. 
Bulletin 103. Dissemination of 
tuberculosis by the manure of 
infected cattle. 
Missouri Experiment Station, Colum- 
bia, Mo. Bulletin 76. Fattening 
cattle for market. 
Nebraska Experiment Station, Lin- 
coln, Neb. Bulletin 103. The bud 
root of carnations. 
Press Bulletin 27. Losses from 
corn stalk disease. 
North Dakota Experiment Station, 
Fargo, N. D. Bulletin 70. Paints 
and their composition. 
South Carolina Experiment Station, 
Clemson College, S. C. Bulletin 
134. The San Jose Scale. 
Virginia State Board of Crop Pest 
Commissioners, Blacksburg. Sixth 
report of the State Entomologist 
and Plant Pathologist, 1906-'07. 
Circular 4. Yellows and some other 
important diseases of the peach. 
Circular 5. Lime sulphur for use 
against San Jose Scale. 



EGGS! 



SEE. MY 



PRICES. 



£u«WH'iu>Hf>^a 



BARRED AND WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS, WHITE AND 
SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES, AND WHITE AND BROWN 
LEGHORNS, BLACK LANGSHANS, ONLY $1.20 FOR 15 OR 
$C PER 100. 

R. C. and S. C. Rhode Islands Reds, Rhode Island Whites, 
S. C. Buff Orpingtons, R. and S. C. Black Minorcas, S. C. Buff 
Leghorns, $1.30 per 15; $6.50 per 100. All Eggs from high- 
scoring birds, bred to lay — the money-making kind — thirty 
other breeds. My big catalogue tells all about them. 

JOHN E. HEATWOLE, Box L, Harrisonburg, Va. 




WOODRSDGE POULTRY YARDS. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, direct Bradley Bros. Strain. 
BUFF WYANDOTTES, RHODE ISLAND REDS, BUFF ORPINGTONS, 
WHITE AND BROWN LEGHORNS AND BUFF WYANDOTTES. 

We have won more than our share of premiums on our fowls, and shly 
all stock on approval. We can furnish eggs in 100 or 1,000 lots. FREE 

REGISTERED SCOTCH COLLIES FOR SALE 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. 

J. S. YOUNG, 1110 EAST MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VA. 



I Superior Tritp Nests. 

Are the most practical, reliable and 
inexpensive. Breed from your best 
layers, cull out the drone hen. Write 
for price list. 

Breeder of White Wyandottes that 
have quality — unequaled egg shellers — 
winners wherever shown. Eggs, $2.50 
per 15, $4 for 30, $5.50 for 45. 
<City Address) R. O. BERGER, 16 N. 
Twentieth St., Richmond, Vn. 

Glenview Orpingtons. 

S. C, BUFFS 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. HORNE, KESWICK, VA. 



Eoderly" Poultry Yards 




S. C. Brown and Whit* 
Leghorns Exclusively. 

I can fill orders 
promptly with strictly 
fresh eggs at the fol- 
lowing prices: $1.50 psr 
15, $2.50 for SO, $3.(« 
for 50 eggs or $6 psr 
100. For further in- 
formation address 
Mrs. Jas. Rnssell Early, 
Borneo, Va. 



S. Cs W. LEGHORNS. 

WINNERS WHEREVER SHOWN. 
4,048 Eggs from 40 Hens from De- 
cember to July, 1907 — 7 months. 

EGGS AND STOCK FOR SALS. 
The hen that lays is the hen that 

pays. 

W. R. TODD, 426 North Sixth Strsst, 

Richmond, Va. 



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Good Eggs for Hatching 

■Jingle Comb Brown Leghorn Eggs, 
tl for 15, $6 per 100, $50 per 1,000. 

Single Comb White Leghorn Eggs, 
SI. 50 for 15, $8 per 100. 

Single Comb Buff Orpington Eggs, 
(2 for 15. 

Vhite Holland Turkey Eggs, $2.50 
•or 10, $10 for 50. 

send orders for Orpington and 
Turkey Eggs to Mrs. Cal Husselman. 

We guarantee fresh fertile eggs, full 
;»unt, safe delivery and pure stock 
Tom eggs from each breed. We can- 
lot guarantee the hatch. We ship from 
llichmond. Do not send private check. 
Oo not waste time in writing for dis- 
rounts. We can fill orders promptly. 

CAL HUSSELMAN, 

S, F. D. 1, Highland Springs, Va. 

S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS 

Brace's strain o S 
New York. Hens In mj 
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, Nev. 

'•rk, last year. Eggs from this pen 

(2.60 per 15. Eggs from nice birds. 

II per 15; $1.75 per 30; $2.76 per 50; 

«5 per 100. 

EVERGREEN FARMS, Rice Depot, Vn. 
BYRD'S 

S. C. B. Leghorns. 

Inclusively. Pens headed by Straw- 
sorry Hill Cockerels. Eggs for hatch- 
ng at very reasonable prices. Place 
reur orders with us for best results; 
:hey will receive our careful and 
jrompt attention. Address 
UEVEL GREEN POULTRY YARDS, 
Drewry's Bluff, Va. 

EGGS! EGGS! 

3trictly fresh and 
'ertile Eggs from pure- 
->red S. C. Brown Leg- 
horns. Great layers 
tnd prize winners, $1 
'or 16, $6 per 100. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. 

JAN. C. MOFFITT, ffJt^M 

Home 1, Rnniseur, N. C. 

Orders now]Being Booked, 

— FOR— 

i. C. B. Leghorn Eggs $1 for 15 

Buff Rock Eggs $1 for 15 

?ekin Duck Eggs $1 for 11 

W. H. Turkey Eggs $2 for 9 

Stock of Abo-re Breeds for Sale. 

LAUREL, HILL POULTRY FARM, 

Roxbury, Va. 

PURE-BRED 

Eggs For Hatching 

FROM LARGE, VIGOROUS STOCK. 
Toulouse Goose Eggs, $1.50 per 6. 
S. C. Black Minorcas, $1 per 15. 

J. A. HICKS, Highland Springs, Va. 




Virginia Section Weather Service, 
Richmond, Va. Annual summary, 
1907. 
Virginia School Repfort, 1905-'06, 
1906-'07. Superintendent of Pub- 
lic Instruction, Richmond, Va. 
Wisconsin Experiment Station, Madi- 
son, Wis. Bulletin 153. Portable 
hog houses. 

Bulletin 154. A creamery method 
for the determination of water in 
butter. 

Bulletin 155. The distribution of 
stallions in Wisconsin. 

Bulletin 156. A simple test for 
casein in milk and its relation 
to the dairy industry. 

Special Bulletin. Tuberculosis of 
domestic stock and its control. 

Special Bulletin. The seeding, 
growing and curing of alfalfa. 
Indiana, Purdue Experiment Station, 
Lafayette, Ind. Twentieth an- 
nual report. 
Kentucky Experiment Station, Lex- 
ington, Ky. Bulletin 130. *The 
food of the crow blackbird — the 
corn, root worms. 



MAGAZINES. 



Of specially notable interest in the 
April Century is the discussion of 
"The Age of Mental Virility," by 
W. A. Newman Dorland, M. D., who 
presents in this paper the main re- 
sults of three years' investigation 
into the records of achievement of 
the world's chief workers and think- 
ers. The conclusions set forth are 
based upon the careful compilation 
and analysis of four hundred records 
of men famous in various lines of in- 
tellectual activity. Dr. Dorland's 
records indicate fifty as the average 
age for the performance of the mas- 
terwork. 

The feature beautiful of the April 
issue is the second of Robert Hichens' 
series, in which "The Spell of 
Egypt" is caught and portrayed for 
sympathetic readers by the author's 
text and by the paintings of Jules 
Guerin. Denderah and Karnak — 
Karnak, whose notes are "triumph 
and deathless peace, the bugle call 
and silence" — hold the spell this 
month, the three color pages showing 
the Great Temple of Karnak, the 
Sacred Lake at aKrnak, and the Tem- 
ple of Hathor. 

A paper of authority and interest 
is a discussion of "The Instinct of 
Animals," by Benjamin Kidd. The 
author of "Social Evolution" and 
"Principles of Western Civilization" 
has made a study of animal instincts 
and animal intelligence for over 
twenty years, and presents many in- 
teresting and suggestive facts. He 
concludes: "There is to be observed 
everywhere throughout life one defi- 
nite upward line of development — 
namely, the rising curve which marks 
the ascent of mind." 



With all the many good things in 



iSTRICTLY FRESH EGG* 

a specialty. I guarantee my eggj 
fresh; have used the greatest care t< 
have them fertile from pure-bred 
carefully-selected stock. My breeding 
birds are well developed, large 
healthy, good bone with handsome 
plumage. 

Eggs for sale from the folowlng) 
varieties: Mammoth Bronze Turkeys) 
White Holland Turkeys, Half-Wilt 
from Bronze Cross, $3 per dozen; Line 
Bred Barred Plymouth Rocks, $1 pelt 
15, $1.50 for 30; Mammoth Pekli 
Ducks $1 per 11, White African 
Guineas $1 per 18. I guarantee 75 pes' 
cent, eggs fertile seventh day test. J 
postal will bring you my 1908 circular 
giving full description of my stocl 
and prices. 

E. F. SOMMERS, Somerset, Va. 



Wilmont EGGS Wilmon 

Tompkins' strain of S. C. R. I. Red* 
at $1.60 per 15. 

DeGraff & Shove strain of S. C. R. ] 
Reds and Bradley strain of B. P. Rock' 
at $1 for 15. Three sittngs for $2.6( 

A Niagara Hydraulic Ram, No. ( 
never been used, for sale. 

Satisfaction Always Guaranteed. 

Mrs. F. E. WILLIAMS, CharlottesvlUfl 

Virginia. 



BELMONT POULTRY FARM. 

Eggs for hatchini 
from White, Bull ant 
Brown Leghorns ; Bal 
red, W T hite and Bufi 
Plymouth Rocks; Whit. 
and Silver WyandotteiJ 
R. C. Rhode Islam 
Reds, S. C. Bind' 
Minorcas. Eggs, $1 fo: 
15. Special prices foH 
large quantities. A fevf 
choice Trios for sale. 1 
L. W. NICHOLS, Luray, Vn. fl 




Eggs. Fresh. Fertile* 

Guarantee safe delivery and gootj 
hatch. Eggs from fine, large, heavyd 
weight breeders in M. Bronze Turkeys? 
headed by prize Tom. Also WhitM 
Orpington, White Wyandotte, Barren] 
Rock Eggs for hatching from besti 
hens of prize matings and leading 
strains. Few Barred Rock Cockerel:] 
yet. My aim to please. Write and try) 
MISS C. L. SMITH, 
Landor Poultry Yards, Croxton, Va. J 



Rose and Single Comb 

RHODE ISLAND REDS 

White Wyandottes, B. I 
Rocks and S. C. B. Leg 
horn Eggs for hatchini i 
at $1 per 15, $1.75 pe i 
30, $2.75 per 50, $5 pel 
100. R. C. R. I. Re. 
and White Wyandott 
Eggs by the 100 for in j 
cubators on s h o r I 
notice. 
VALLEY VIEW POULTRY YARDSJ 
J. D. Gllck, Proprietor, 
Box 41, Route 1, Dayton, Va. 




Carolina Poultry Farm l 

C. H. PETTIGREW, Proprietor, 
Route 5. Reidsvllle, N. C. 
Eggs for hatching, $1 per IB, $1 
per 106. White and Barred Plymontl 
Rocks, Rose and Single Comb R. I 
Reds, Single Comb White, Brown ant! 
Buff Leghorns, Partridge Wyandottes 
Buff Orpingtons and Single Com! 
Black Minorcas- 

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 



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SYSONBY GARDENS, PETERSBURG, VA. 

SPECIAL FOR 30 DAYS 

We are going to sell Eggs from our special breeding pens of Barred, 
Buff and White Plymouth Rocks, A. C. Hawkins, Bradley or Fishel's strains, 
at $1.00 per sitting; White Leghorns at 75 cents per sitting. Here is a chance 
Mail your order at once. We will ship the day you say. All Eggs guaranteeed 
to be true to color. Fifteen hundred Young Chicks for sale from 15 to 25 
cents each. Fifty S. C. White Leghorn Pullets for sale, $10 per dozen. Incu- 
bator Eggs $5 per 100. All letters cheerfully answered. 

SYSONBY GARDENS, Inc. T Sam McEwen, Mgr., Petersburg, Va. 





ROSE-COMB 

Rhode Island Reds 

EXCLUSIVELY. 

Best general purpose 
fowl known, having 
beauty, size, hardiness, 
quick maturity, egg pro- 
ducers in winter and 
small eaters. Eggs for 
hatching from prize-win- 
ning stock. Book your 
orders early. First come 
first served. 
; Last year the demand 

■i for my stock was so great 
I could fill only half the 
orders for March, April and May. 
MISS LOUISE V« SPENCER, Black- 
stone, Va. 
Member of Rhode Island Red Club. 




S.C. 



RHODE 

ISLAND 

REDS 



Bryant's strain of Mas- 
sachusetts. Eggs from 
best pen — birds that are 
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. 
EVERGREEN FARMS, 
Rice Depot, Va. 




SINGLE COMB 

Rhode Island Red 

Eggs from my pen of 10 hens, 
headed by the cockerel that took pre- 
mium at State Fair, $2.50 per 15. 

Eggs from three pens of beautiful 
utility fowls, headed by cockerel just 
as good as the premium bird, but hens 
not so even colored, $1.50 per 15. 
NO BETTER BIRDS OR LAYERS IN 

THE STATE. 
A. R. VENABLE, Jr., Farmville, Va. 




PURE-BRED R. C. 

RHODE 1*1111) IED 

Eggs for hatching. Prices 
to please. 

Correspondence invited. 
Miss Mamie H. Herbert, 
Route 2, Blackstone, Va. 



BURRED PLYMOUTH ROCK 

Eggs for hatching, 15 for $1. Strong 

and healthy. No better layers nor 

Utility fowls. No other fowls on farm. 

WILLIAM B. LEWIS, Route No. 1, 

Blackstone, Va. 



St. Nicholas, it seems often as if the 
St. Nicholas League were hest of all, 
especially now that each month brings 
"The Album of the League." The 
April issue has reproductions of the 
photographs of sixteen young people 
who have been gold badge winners, 
some of whom have outgrown the 
League and are now contributors to 
grown-up periodicals. Month after 
month, the verse, the prose sketches, 
the drawings, the photographs, and 
the puzzles submitted are of fresh in- 
terest and real worth, often marking 
the steady development of a young 
writer or artist. All praise to the St. 
Nicholas League and its unique edu- 
cational work. 



Contents of The American Review 
of Reviews for April: Senator Red- 
field Proctor, frontispiece; The Pro- 
gress of the Wold — Record of Current 
Events, with portraits; Current Topics 
in Cartoons; John Bigelow, of New 
York, with portrait; The Art Season 
in New York, by Ernest Knaufft, with 
reproduction of St. Gaudens' new 
Lincoln statute; The Hudson Tunnels, 
by Louis E. Van Norman, with por- 
traits, cartoons and other illustra- 
tions; To Farm America's Swamps, 
by Guy Elliott Mitchell, with illustra- 
tions; National Forests in the Appa- 
lachians, by Thomas Elmer Will, with 
illustrations; The Greatest Naval 
Cruise of oMdern Times, by Winthrop 
L. Marvin, with portraits and other 
illustrations; An Improved Naturali- 
zation System, by Alford W. Cooley; 
The Nation's Anti-Drink Crusade, by 
Ferdinand Cowle Iglehart; Leading 
Articles of the Month, with portraits 
and other illustrations; Leading 
Financial Articles; The New Books, 
with portraits. 



Spottsylvania Co., Va., Nov. 23, '07. 

Please renew my subscription to the 

Southern Planter. I do not think I 

could carry on farming if I did not 

take such an agricultural journal as 

the Planter is. W. T. DEACON. 

McDowell Co., W. Va., Diec. 20', '07. 

I prize the Southern Flanter very 
highly, it is indispensible to me. My 
interest grows with every issue. 

REV. C. W. HOLLIS. 



SINGLE-COMB 

RHODE ISLAND REDS. 

Five years ago I purchased a SB< 
Prize-Winning Trio from a noted eMt- 
strain, with the intention of breeding 
the best Reds in the South. Thli 
strain has been so improved that m? 
birds are now vastly superior to th« 
trio. Buff Leghorns averaging ov«) 
200 eggs were discarded because th« 
Reds were more profitable tgg-proa» 
cers. I believe I have the best fancy- 
utility strain on earth. It will pa? 
you to investigate. 
Big, Pink, Fertile Eggs, $2 for II. 

Book orders early. A few wonder- 
ful Males and Choice Females to apart 
DR. J. H. C. WINSTON, 
Hampden-Sldney, Virginia. . 

£ggs Fori Hatching 

— FROM— 

Prize-Winning Stoch 

Black Langshans, Mottled Anconak 
S. C. Buff and White Leghorns. Woi 

silver cup at Harrisonburg, Va. Egg^ 
$1 to $1.50 per 15. Satisfaction gua» 
anteed. Send for free booklet. Writ* 
to-day. 

J. S. WENGER, DAYTON, VA 




PURE-BRED R. <L. 

RHODE ISLAND REDS 

Eggs at farmers' pric«> 

Special rates for Inc.*- 

bator Egge. 

Miss LIZZIE G. SMITfc 
R. F. D., Wellvllle, Vt, 



RHODE ISLAND REDS 

BOTH COMBS. 

Eggs from pure-bred, high ciaw 
stock at $1.50 per 15, $2.50 per Si 
and $4.50 per 60. 

Also a nice home and store for aai< 
or rent. Main building has 14 room* 
All necessary outbuildings. Tho whol« 
nearly new. Write 

CLINTON HENSLEY, Prop. Elktok 
Poultry Farm, Elkton, V&, 



Rhode Island Reds 

ROSE COMB 

Large, handsome fowls; spleadic 
ayers. Chicks grow fast and art 
inexcelled for the table. 

PURE-BRED EGGS $1 PER U 

E. YOUNGLOVE, SCOTLAND, VA. 



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R.oyal IVeds — Orpingtons. 

Bred to lay from quality that wins. 
Rose (Tuttle strain) and Single Comb 
(Hansen strain) R. I. Reds and Buff 
Orpingtons (Willow Brook strain), the 
very best strains extant. Winners at 
York, Washington, Jamestown. Eggs 
$2 and $4 per 15, $8 per 100. Baby 
Chicks, $3 per 15. 

Locust Mount Poultry Farm, George 

W. Sweeting, Sharon, Harford 

County, Maryland. 

ESTABLISHED 1882. 

S. and R. C. It. I. Reds, 
White Wyandottes, S. C. 
Tt. Leghorns and R. 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. Coffman & Sons, 

Props., Dayton, Va. 

EGGS FOR HATCHING 

FROM PRIZE-WINNING R. C. 

Rhode iSLamn reds 

At $1 per sitting of 15 or three sit- 
tings for $2.50. 

MRS. It. E. SMITH, Appomattox, Va. 

EGGS! EGGS! EGGS! 

Crystal Springs Poultry Yards, 

Stafford & Croy, Props., Trigg, Va. 
We will offer some exceptional 
ralues in Eggs for hatching during 
:he season from following breeds: 
Barred Plymouth Rocks, per 16, $1.50; 
IVhite 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 rate* 
>n two or more sittings. Satisfaction 
ruaranteed. Write us for further 
particulars. 

Poultry Profits ! 

Handsome catalogue which describee 
and quotes lowest prices on R. and 
S. C. Rhode Island Red Eggs; White 
and Columbian Wyandottes, White and 
Barred Rocks, Minorcas, Orpingtons 
Anconas; White, Brown and Buff Leg- 
horns; White and Buff Cochin Ban- 
tams; 25 varieties of pur«-bred fowls 
Will be pleased to mall catalogue on 
receipt of stamp. 

C. L. SHBNK, Box S, Luray, 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 <S, 

100 for $5. 

. J. O. Rarksdale, Red Hill, Va. 

EGGS FOR HATCHING. 

Rarrcd, Ruff and White Plymouth 
Rocks; White, Huff, Partridge and 
Silver Penciled Wyandottes. Black 
Langshans, R. I. Reds, Rlack Minorcas. 
Light Brabmas, Partridge Cochins, 
White and Brown Leghorns. 
All Pens headed by High-Scoring 
Birds second to none- 

Price — $1 for 15, $5 per 100. Two- 
thirds hatch guaranteed or order 
duplicated at half price. 
SOME NICE COCKERELS OF THE 
DIFFERENT BREEDS FOR SALE 

Will exchange Eggs for Cow Peas, 
two sittings per bushel. 

OAKLAND POULTRY FARM, 
C. J. Wariner, Manager, Ruffln, N. C. 



TWO MENSAHIBS (LADIES) IN 
INDIA. 

No. 4. The Taj-Mahal. 
"Traveller." 

From Delhi we proceeded to Agra, 
which required a journey of four 
hours by railroad. Here we took up 
our quarters at the "Hotel Metro- 
pole," and devoted almost our entire 
time to that peerless gem of art and 
architecture, the Taj-Mahal, the mau- 
soleum built by Shah Jahan for his 
favorite wife, Muntaz Mahal, "tht 
pride of the palace." 

Driving beyond the city, through a 
pretty park, with a statue of Queen 
Victoria in it, we entered an outer 
court, where we left our carrige and 
passed into the Taj garden by a mag- 
nificent gateway of red sandstone, in- 
laid with verses from the Koran in 
white marble. The garden is laid out 
in flower beds, planted with 
cypresses and has water flowing 
through it in marble basins. The 
tomb stands at one end of the garden 
overlooking the river, on a raised 
marble platform with a tall, graceful 
minaret at each corner. It is built of 
purest white marble, inlaid with ex- 
quisite' designs of wreaths and scrolls, 
in precious gems and colored marbles. 
It seems to glow with a soft, pearly 
light as if there were a soul within 
it. The style of architecture is very 
ornate. It has a great central dome 
with smaller ones in the corners, and 
deep bays below them. In the centre 
of the building, enclosed by screens 
of carved marble, are the tombs of 
the Emperor and Empress, though the 
actual bodies lie in a vault below. 
Shah Jahan's tomb bears this florid 
inscription in Arabic: 

"The famous grave of his Imperial 
Highness, the Resident of Paradise, 
the second Alexander, the Lord of the 
two Worlds, the King Shah Jahan. 
May his grave be fragrant." 

This mighty monarch was imprison- 
ed for seven years before his death 
by his son, who usurped the throne, 
but promised that his father should 
be buried beside his <beloved wife. 

After we had examined the Taj- 
Mahal closely, we sat on a bench in 
the garden to get views of it through 
the trees, and the effect can neither 
be described in words nor imagined 
from pictures. Every detail is of the 
most exquisite and delicate beauty. 
It is said that twenty thousand work- 
men labored over it for twenty years, 
at the cost of ten million pounds, and 
that after its completion the chief 
builder was put to death to prevent 
the possibility of his ever duplicating 
the building. We came again and 
again, so as to see it at different 
hours, and In different lights, and 
came to the conclusion that it appear- 
ed most beautiful at sunset. At this 
time an army of coolies came in and, 
with loud cries, drove all the birds 
out of the garden to prevent their 



SINGLE COMB BROWN LEGHORN!! 

First Cockerel, Richmond, 1908. 




Strawberry Hill Poultry Yards, 

Box 287, Richmond, Va. 

. Davenport Williams, Prop, and Supi 

Mem. Am. Leghorn Club, 
Mem. Am. S. C. B. Leghorn Club, 
Mem. Va. Poultry Abso. 
At Richmond, January 9-15 (Judg«i| 
"Vittman), 1st Cockerel, 1st, 2nd, IrM 
\nd 4th Pullet; 8 specials, Including 
•iilver cups for best display in cla«: 
>ffered by Am. S. C. B Leghorn Clu 
<nd Virginia breeders. At JamestowrH 
ith pen, 6th Cockerel on immatur M 
jirds. Also highest awards Va. Stat I 
t^air and Richmond, 1906. EGGS fror II 
exhibition matings, both pullet anil 
cockerel line, $3 per 15, $5 for 30, $ 
Cor 50, $10 for 75, $12 for 100. Fror J 
itiliy matings, $1 per 15, $6 for 101 I 
Two-thirds hatch guaranteed or num 
ber of eggs duplicated at half prict ; I 
-itock for sale at all times. 

Fresh Eggs a Specialty. 

I have been raising line-bred Barre'jl 
Plymouth Rocks for eight years ami 
have bred them up to be fine winte |j 
layers. My fowls are all large, fine jl 
pure-bred birds. Line-Bred Barre-j] 
Plymouth Rock Eggs, $1 for 15, $1.5 li 
for 30; Toulouse Geese Eggs, from 20 
pound geese, old matured stock, 3 ' jl 
cents each; White Holland Turkey! 
fine size; also Mammoth Bronze, egg I 
from both, 25 cents each or $2.25 fo|l 
9;Indian Runner Duck Eggs, $1 for 11 I 
They are the Leghorn layers of tk I 
duck family, if hatched in July will 
be laying by February. All eggs care I 
fully selected and well packed. Onl: I 
fresh eggs shipped. Orders prompt!: I 
filled. -Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Mrs. M. F. GOOCH, Somerset, Orangi J 
County, Vn. 



EGGS FOR HATCHING. 
ROSE-COMR BROWN LEGHORNS 

Exclusively. From high scoring stock 
Farm range, line bred. Great layen 
II per 15, $5 per 100. 

Prize pen, blue ribboned sire an< 
dams, $2 per 15. 

Satisfaction guaranteed. 
GARDNER POULTRY FARM, Ash- 
burn, Va. 
C. W. Gardner, Pres.; H. H. Gardner | 
Sec'y. 
Member R. C. Brown Leghorn Club'] 



A Neat Binder for your back nunM 
bers can be had for 30 cents. Addresi | 
our Business Department. 



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373 



Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 



Prize winners, largest strains. Eggs 
from pen headed by 45-pound Tom, $3 
per 12; choice lot of extra heavy Toms 
at panic prices. 

Choice lot of S. C. B. Leghorns. 
Whfte P. Rocks and Barred P. Rock 
Cockerels at special prices. Pure and 
extra large. 

We also have mated for this season 
the finest pens of White P. Rocks and 
S. C. Brown Leghorns we have ever 
produced — great layers. Leghorn eggs, 
$1 per 15, ?1.75 per 30. W. Rock eggs, 
$1.50 per 15, $2.7.5 per 30. 
BYRD BROTHERS, Salisbury, N. C. 

Mammoth Bronze Turkeys 

Fifteen eggs $3. No finer birds In 
the State. Book your orders ahead. 

S. C. Buff Orpington and S. C. Brown 
Leghorns of the very best strains; 
15 eggs $1, 30 for $1.75, 100 for $4. 
B. O. POULTRY YARDS, R. F. D. Box 
27, Rapidan, Va. 

THE 
WHSTE HOLL/iND 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 per 15, $3.50 per 
100; Pekin Ducks, $1 per dozen. 

MILLVIEW POULTRY FARM 

GOLDEN BRONZE 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. 

WHITE HOLLAND TURKEY 

Eggs, $2.50 per 10.; Indian Runnei 
Duck and White Guinea Eggs, $1.50 
per 15; Rose Comb White Leghorn 
Eggs, $1.25 per 15, $3 for 45. 
MRS. LIZZIE DYER, Route 1, Rock- 
vale, Tenn. 

Black Langshans 

Eggs for Sale from Prize- Winning 

Stock. 

A Few Good Cockerels Left. 

JOHN C. ADAMS, 

Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee. 



BLACK'S 

BLACK LANGSHANS 

Are the leading Lang- 
shans In the South. 

Improve your flock this 
season with blood from 
this noted strain. 

Bred for all standard 
requirements, combined 
with superior egg pro- 
duction. 
Choice Birds for Sale. 

Eggs $2 per 15, $3.50 
per SO, $10 per 100. Send 
for descriptive circular 
and show record. 

A. M. BLACK, Tazewell, Va. 




Tell the advertiser where you saw 
his advertisement. 



roosting in it. In former years, this 
building had suffered much from 
vandalism and there was even some 
talk of pulling it down to sell the mar- 
bles, but since the firm establishment 
of English rule, it has been complete- 
ly restored and is now under the pro- 
tection of a Society (of which Lord 
Curzon is a prominent member) for 
the preservation of the monuments of 
India. Whenever we were discour- 
aged by the heat, or the discomfort, 
or the forced marches we had to en- 
dure in India, we would recall the 
Taj-Mahal, and feel that it made up 
to us for everything and was worth 
coming around the world to see. 

The fort, containing the English 
garrison, is almost as fine, of its 
kind. It contains three separate im- 
perial palaces, built by the great 
Moguls. First, there is the palace 
of Akbar (the great soldier, the 
Napoleon of India) in plain, red sand- 
stone, and next, the one built by 
Johangir, his son, in which there is 
some fine Hindu carving, and rich 
effects in general. The climax is 
reached in Shah Jahan's palace which 
is a dream of beauty. Again he em- 
ploys white marble inlaid, and one 
sumptuous apartment follows another 
until the eye and brain of the behold- 
er become weary of loveliness. From 
the Pearl Mosque one goes through 
the halls of audience to the gem 
mosque, private for the royal ladies, 
and thence to the Jessamine Tower, 
which exhibits the fine work of a 
jeweler rather than of a builder. 

The last large city we visited in 
India was Calcutta, the capital not 
only of the Province of Bengal, but 
of the Indian Empire. To reach it, 
we had to travel for a day by railroad 
through Bengal, which is a large and 
rich province, and was one of the most 
valuable possessions of the East 
India Company. The Viceroy and the 
court reside at Calcutta, and its num- 
erous handsome buildings have given 
it the name of the "city of palaces." 
The Maidan or Esplanade is one of 
the finest drives of the East. On the 
other hand, the hotels are abomi- 
nable, and there is little to interest 
the tourist. We would much rather 
have given the time to Cawnpore or 
Lucknow, hut we were obliged to go 
to Calcutta to take the train for the 
South. The most welcome sight to 
our eyes was Cooke's office, where we 
got our mail, and had Sam (our 
guide) brought to order. When we 
complained to them of how trifling he 
had been, the chief clerk said he 
would have a talk with him on the 
subject. Calling him in, he cursed 
him in Hindu, by the spirt of his an- 
cestors, for a thousand years, and 
threatened him with all the demons 
if he did not behave better. This 
chastened our guide's spirit very 
much, and he promised amendment. 
He went out and found us a nice car- 



H01.LY 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: The 
Golden Rule. 
Circulars Mailed Free. 
S. P. YODER, 
Denbigh, 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. 





GOLDEN 

W Y A N D OTTE § 

A Specialty. 

Pure bred, strong, 
vigorous stock, bred 
for winter layers. 

Eggs $1 per 15, $1.75 
per 30, $3 per 50, $5 
per 100. 
Miss Katie Thompson, 

Route 1, Clifton 
Station, Va. 



PURE-BRED 



Silver Laced Wyandottes 

EGGS FOR SITTING AT $1.25 PER 15. 
John M. Hurshaw, Collet tsville, N. O. 



"EAST VIEW" 

SILVER LACED WYANDOTTES. 

Exclusively. Rob Biddy for wooden 
hen. Eggs $1 for 15, $S for 50, $5 f«r 
100, $7 for 160. 
Mm. W. S. Chichester, Aquasco. Hi. 



"MapleHurst" 



The home of choice birds — B. P. Rocks, 
Buff Orpingtons and S. C. R. I. Red*. 
Eggs for sale at $1 for 15, $1.75 for 
30, $2.50 for 50. Write to 

T. J. THOMPSON, 
R. F. D. No. 7, Staunton, Va. 



DeWITT'S FINE POULTRY CATALOG. 

Sixty varieties of Pure-Bred Poultry- 
Illustrated. Prices of stock and eggs 
upon request. Catalogue 10 cents, 
redeemable on first order. 

DeWITT POULTRY FARM, 
Highland Park, Richmond, Va- 



ROSE COMB 



RHODE ISLAND RED 

Eggs for sale at $1 per sitting of It. 
No other chickens raised on the farm. 
Mrs. JOSEPH M. HURT, Blaekstone, Y«. 



S. C. Rhode Island Red 

Eggs, $1.25 per sitting; two or more $1 

each. 

JOHN W. MORRIS, Wnldrop, Va. 



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HYGEIA HERD 

HoIstein=Friesians. 



SONS OF 

Pontiac Calypso'sSon, 

FOR SALE; 

3am — Pontiac Calypso, A. R. O., it.it 
rounds. 

Sire's dam — Beryl Wayne, A R. O., 
17.87 pounds. 
Trom following A. R. O. cows: 
FRONTIER JESSIE VEEMAN, 

A. R. O., 20.70 pounds; 
SHADEiAND DUL.CIBEL IV,, 

A. R. O., 20.92 pounds; 

MANOR GRACE PIETERJE, 

A. R. O., 20.92 pounds; 

1BTHERLAND FANCY ROSETTA, 

A R. O., 20.53 pounds. 

THE BULL IS HALF 
THE HERD— Get the Best 

Prices and pedigrees sent on appli- 
cation. 

Come at once and make your own 
telection or write us your wants. 
Address: Crozet, 

3". B. Loomis, Supt., Albemarle Co., 
3r. W. F. Carter, Prop. Virginia. 



"Glenara Stock Farm" 

Spring Offering 

Reg. Shorthorn (dual purpose) 
Bull Calves. 

Reg. Dorset Ram Lambs and a 
few Yearling Rnms. 

Reg. Poland-China Boar Pigs. 

Dams and sires of all breeding 
stock offered imported to Virginia 
from England, Canada or "Western 
United States. Farmers prices. 

Address JOHN BUTLER SWANN, 

Marshall, Va. 



THOROUGHBRED 

BERKSHIRE BOARS, 
IERSEY BULL CALVES, 
DORSET BUCK LAMBS. 

Jire of Calves, FLYING FOX, 6645* 
ton of Flying Fox who sold for J7,5#< 
vt the Cooper sale, 1902. 

.1! stock in best condition an* 1 
ruaranteed as represented. 
■Ji T. ENGLISH, CentrevlUe, M*. 

"meadow brook farm 

Lnrge Improved 
Yorkshires from 
best Imported stock 
at reasonable 
prices. 
J. D. Thomas, Prop., 

Round Hill, Va. 




riage to show us the sights. We told 
him we wanted to see the native city, 
so he carried us to Kalighat, a suburb 
which gives the name to the whole 
city. In it is a temple dedicated to 
Kali, and built on this spot over 300 
years ago, because of the legend that 
when Kali was cut to pieces one of 
her fingers fell here. The temple has 
acquired a great reputation for sanc- 
tity, and is very rich from the gifts 
of pilgrims. Sacrifices of lambs and 
goats are constantly made to the 
much dreaded goddess, and the streets 
around are full of these innocent 
young animals, which supply the blood 
of the sacrifices. The courts reeked 
with hot blood which splashed on the 
flowers and offerings, and we had to 
step over pools of it. 

We next demanded the Burning 
Ghats, where the Hindus dispose of 
their dead, and insisted on going 
there, though our driver, a Mohame- 
tan, was violently opposed to our do- 
ing so. At the gate he tied up his 
head and looked in the other direc- 
tion. Sam accompanied us to the 
outer court from which we could see 
fires burning, but advised us not to go 
inside. "Sometime not very nice," 
he said. Within the attendants spied 
us and motioned us to come in. Curi- 
osity got the better of us, and we 
walked right up to the Ghats. Two 
bodies were burning, but were almost 
destroyed and scarcely distinguish- 
able. They were in two deep holes in 
the ground, filed with a rail pen 
which consumed them as it burned. 
The body is brought in a grave cloth, 
dipped in a tank of tar, and put down 
in the Ghats. The fire once started 
blazes fiercely. Attendants with long 
poles stir it, and soon the mortal 
body is dust to dust and ashes to 
ashes. The process is awful to look 
at, but, oh, so sanitary! 

We related our experiences at the 
hotel, on our return, and created 
great consternation, we learning now 
for the first time that an epidemic of 
smallpox was raging in the city, and 
the foreign residents were not ventur- 
ing near the eastern quarter. The 
Ghats we visited were those where 
the victims of the disease were burn- 
ed. "Really, ladies," the hotel clerk 
said, "you should not have gone 
there." We did not stop to argue the 
matter with him, but sent off our 
guide at once to change his clothes 
while we did the same and hung our 
things in the sun. For several hours 
we felt very uneasy, and kept examin- 
ing our skin for signs of breaking out, 
but the feeling soon passed away. 
There is always some excitement in 
the East. In nearly every place we 
visited, there was pest, plague or 
riots, but the fact apparently does not 
disturb the white population. 

We took up our sight seeing again, 
and drove out to a Jain temple. The 
Jain sect was founded in Mahariva, 



JERSEYS 

Three Bull Calves, 8 to 10 weeks oldi 
from cows giving 20 and 32 pounds o:| 
milk of 6 per cent, butter fat. Pricei 
$25 each. . 

One Young Bull, over 12 months, fi! 
for service, son of Miss Bruce, whij 
gave over 6,000 pounds of milk of 4.i 
butter fat in 12 months. Price, $40. 

Ten Young Heifers from 18 monthit 
to 2 years old, and 10 Young Heifei 
Calves, all from my best cows. 

My herd of 20 cows is giving 4.1 
gallons of 5.6 milk a day, and thlij 
includes the product of 6 young heifers I 

Correspondence solicited. 
A. R. VENABLE, Jr., Farmville, Va> 



MRUE FARM 

H. C. GROOME, Proprietor. 

Ayrshire Cattle 

CHOICE OFFERINGS OF YOUNG 
AND MATURE STOCK. 



ADDRESS 

Address AIRLIE FARM, Warrentoa, 
Virginia. 



Fine ANGUS Calves 

AT FARMERS' PRICES. 

Several splendid family Milk Cown 
young, fresh and gentle. 

Several 15-16 Grade Angus Bui 
Calves ready for service. "Will malM 
mperb bulls for grading up herds. 

Several Registered Angus Bull an< 
Heifer Calves. Fine individuals, whost 
t-velopment has been pushed since th< 
lay they were dropped. 

All these Calves will be sold a 
farmers' prices. Write at once if yoi 
want one of them. 

A splendid piece of standing Pim 

and Oak Timber, half mile from rail 

road, for sale cheap to a quick buyer 

W. M. WATKINS & SON, 

Saxe, Charlotte County, Va. 

WALNUT KILLS HERD 

Reg. Angus Cattle 

Yearlings and Calves for sale. 
J. P. THOMPSON, ORANGE, VA 

PURE-BRED 

Angus Bull Calf 

Calved April 1, 1907, for sale. 
W. A. MURRAY, MEBANE, N. C. 

ereford Cattle 

Several voung, Pure-Bred Registered 
itulls for sale at farmers' prices. Excel- 
•mt strain and fine individuals. Alio 
^rade Hereford Cows and Heifers. 
William C. STUBBS, Valley Fronlj 

IfRrm. Sassafras, Gloucester Co., Va. 

Please mention the Southern Planter 



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375 



GROVE FARI1 

Br<w»klnndvtlle, Maryland. 

P. O. Lutherville, R. F. D.; Telephone 

and Telegraph, 42-K, Town. 

The property of 

James McK. and I. B. Merryman. 

GUERNSEYS 

The kind that win. Not beaten 
In 1907. Shown Maryland State 
Fair, Allentown, Pa., Mt. Holly. 
N. J., Trenton, N. J., Richmond, Va.. 
and Hagerstown, Md. When you buy 
get the best. A few pure-t>red Heif- 
ers and Bull Calf dropped April II 
1907, out of Imp Lady Simon, by Mil- 
ford Lassie II. Anchor the Bull that 
win*. 

Our Berkshires were unbeaten 
wherever shown. Write for prices. 

Devon Herd Established 1884. Hamp- 
shire Down Flock Established 1880. 

DEVON CATTLE 

BIXLLS AND HEIFERS, 

HAMPSHIREDOWN SHEEP, 

RAMS AND EWES. 

ROBERT J. FARRBR, Orange, Vau 

REGISTERED 

LARGE YORKSHIRE PIGS 

Out of the very best imported sows 
(Holywell). Also Bred Gilts. » 

PURE-BRED 

S. C. BUFF ORPINGTONS 

Eggs for hatching, 15 for $1.25, 50 for 
$4, 100 for $7. 

From select pens (Cook's): No. 1, 
15 for $2.50; No. 2, 15 for $2. 

PRIVETS FOR SALE. 
RIVERSIDE PARK, Morganton, N. C. 

LARGE YORKSHIRE 
IMPORTED BRED SOWS, 
BRED GILTS AND PIGS. 

Flatt breeding; from the Armitage 
and Lord Roseberry Herds. The best. 
OVERBROOK FARM, 8 W. Conway 
Street, Baltimore, Md. 



Tamworth Pigs 

From Registered Stock of Fine 
BREEDING. 

VOLSBT OSBURN, 
Blnemont, Loudoun Co., Va. 



EDWARD WALTER 

Breeder and Shipper 

of Registered Cheater Wnite, Poland- 
China and Berkshire P!g«; Scotch Col- 
tte Dog« and a variety of Poultry. 
Send 2-cent stamp for circular and 
prices. Come, see my stock and select 
for yourself. 
Eureka Stock Farm, Wat Cheater, Pa. 

CHESTER WHITES. 

VThe 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. Wiseearver, Rustburg, Va. 



a contemporary of Gantamo, and it 
greatly resembles Buddhism, of which 
It is often considered a branch. The 
Jains consider bodily penance neces 
sary to salvation, and carry the Bud- 
dhist regard for animal life to an 
extreme. They have a great love of 
the picturesque and the beautiful, and 
their temples are very ornate, like 
specimens of the jeweler's art. They 
are elaborately inlaid and frescoed, 
and built with attractive surroundings. 
There is much wealth among the 
Jains and one who prospers dedicates 
a shrine to his protecting deity. 

We asked to see the Black Hole of 
Calcutta, but our guide had never 
heard of it, and we had to find it for 
ourselves. All the old buildings and 
the fort in Calcutta have been pulled 
down and the site of the Black Hole 
is one end of the present post-office. 
A marble slab, with an appropriate 
inscription, marks the spot. 

We were very much interested in 
seeing the fine government buildings, 
and were proud to think of the grace 
with which an American woman 
(Lady Curzon) had presided there for 
years, and how she had won the love 
and admiration of those around her. 



REFORMED SPELLING AGAIN. 
Captain Harry Graham, the witty 
Englishman, v whose verses have long 
tickled the American, as well as the 
English sense of humor, takes a fling 
at President Roosevelt and simplified 
spelling in a little book called 
"Familiar Faces" (Duffield & Co.). 
Among these verses the following are 
to the point: 

"When Theo: Roos: unfurled his 
bann: 
As Pres: of an immense Repub: 
And sought to manufact: a plan 

For saving people troub: 
His mode of spelling (termed pho- 

net:) 
Affec: my brain like an emet:. 

"I grudge the time my fellows waste 
Completing words that are so 
comm: 
Wherever peop: of cult: and taste 

Habitually predom: 
'Twould surely tend to simpli: life 
Could they be curtailed a trif:. 

"For is not "Brev: the Soul of Wit?" 
(Inscribe this mott: upon your 
badge), 
The sense will never suff. a bit, 

If left to the imag:, 
Since any pers: can see what's 

meant 
By word so simp: as "husb:" and 
"gent:." 

"When at some meal (at dinn: for 

inst:) 
You hand your unc: an empty plate, 
Or ask your aunt (that charming 

spinst:) 
To pass you the potat: 
They have too much sagac: I trust 
To give you sug: or pep: or must:." 



Test Farm 

Of the Virginia Department of Agri- 
culture and Immigration. 

For Sale — Berkshire Boar, Tuleyries 
Duke 10th, 101333, winner of second 
prize in Virginia class at State Fair, 
1907. 

ALSO SOME EXCELLENT I 

BERKSHIRE PIGS, 
DORSET HORN RAMS, 
' RED POLL BULL CALF. 

Address E. W. MAGRUDER,, Dept. of 
Agriculture, Richmond, Va. 



Berkshire Pigs 
For Sale 



Any one wishing to purchase the 
very best strains of Berkshires at 
reasonable prices should write and 
set prices and description of my stock. 
I am offering pigs from the very verj 
best imported and American straini 
for from $5 to $15 each. Pedigree 
furnished with each pig. My hogt 
have a range of over 400 acres, art 
always heathy and dovelop strength 
and muscle. All inquiries cheerfully 
and promptly answered. 

W. A. WllXEROT, 
Sweet Hall, King William County, V*. 




BERKSHIRES 

A nice lot of Pure-Bred 
Pigs at very reasonable 

PI Also a fine Draft Stud Colt. 

GLENMOOHE FARM, 

D. D. HUNT, 

Charlottesville, Va. 



SUNNYSIDE BERKSHIRES. 

Boars in service. "Premier Duke," 

son of Premier Longfellow; "Peerles" 
Premier," sired by Lord Premier III., 
and Imported "HlghUde Commons.' 
Also a number of sows rich in Premier 
blood. Prices reasonable. 

W. R. WALKER, UNION, S. C. 



. . BerKshires . . 

My Biltmore Sows have a fine lot of 
Spring Pigs that will be sold at wean- 
ing time at the small sum of $5 each. 
Pedigrees furnished if desired. 

H. E. WATSON, Stuart's Draft, Va. 



FARMS 



ON THE EASTERN 
SHORE OF 



MARYLAND 



Grain and Stock Farm of 107 acree. 
Productive soil, 10-room dwelling, 
large barn, granary, corn cribs, poul- 
try houses, wood houses, etc. All In 
?ood 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. 

TUe J. W. Funk Co., Denton, Md. 

A Neat Binder for your back num- 
bers can be had for 30 cents. Address 
our Business Department. 



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Golden Rod Farm 

Duroc-Jersey Pigs, sired by Golden- 
rod Chief, son of "Beat Him If You 
Can." Boars old enough for service 
sired by Quick's Perfection. 

White Wyandotte Egg's from very 
best laying strain. 
J. T. COX, Manager, Byrdville, Va. 



STERLING HERD 

REG. DUROC-JERSEYS 
AND TAMWORTH SWINE 

Duroc Boars ready for service. 
H. W, WATSON, Petersburg, Va. 



DUROC-JERSEYS. 

from registered 

stock, such as 

Wrenn's Chief and 

Jumbo Dick, and 

related to Golden 

Glen Chief, the 

{W^ 1 world's greatest 

hog, which sold 

for $6,000. Fine lot of Pigs for May 

delivery. This high quality stock will 

be an advertisement to any one. 

T. H. WRENN, DISPUTANTA, VA. 





DUROC-JERSEYS 

One Boar, farrowed July 20th, $12; 
two Boars, farrowed October 19th, $10 
each Also a fine lot of Boars and 
Sows farrowed in December, $5 each. 

Eggs from pure-bred White Wyan- 
dottes and Partridge Cochins, $1 per 15. 
J. D. DILLON, Purcellville, Va. 

Reg. P. Chinas 
Berkshires, C. Whites 
Large strains. Al 
ages, mated, not akii. 
Bred Sows. Servict 
Boars. Guernse; 
Calves, Collie anc 
Beagle Pups anc 

Poultry. Write for prices and free cir 

cular. 

P. P. Hamilton, Cochranville, Chester 
County, Pa. 

Dunnlora Poultry Farm 

Breeders of High Class 
Poland-China Hogs and 
White Wyandotte Chickens 
exclusively. Choice Pigs and 
Eggs for sale. Write for 
prices and particulars. 

N. P. PEEBLES & BRO., 
Carson, Va. 

NOT A SICK HOG 

In the seven years I 
have raised them. Can't 
be better. 

O. I. c. 

tBUumiAWV is the hog to raise. 

F. S. MICHIE, Charlottesville, 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. 
I*. G. JONES, TOBACCOVILLE, N. C. 

Please mention the Southern Planter. 





SOUTHERN HUMORISTS. 

MAEY WASHINGTON. 

In addition to the writers who are 
professed humorists, we have some 
who, though not exclusively such, 
nevertheless possess a rich substratum 
of humor. In this category we may 
place Thomas Nelson Page, in whose 
works we often find admirable in- 
stances of pure humor, and still more 
frequent ones of a blending of humor 
and pathos. Of the first "Pulaski's 
Tournament" is an excellent example, 
amongst numerous others. 

James Lane Allen, too, has a vein 
of humor, although it is generally 
blended with the pathetic, which is a 
predominant element in his writings. 
"The Two Gentlemen of Kentucky" 
affords a good example of the ming- 
ling of these two veins. 

In a recent compilation of "Ameri- 
can "Wit and Humor," edited by Tom 
Masson, of Life, I note that the com- 
piler includes several women in his 
list — Carolyn Wells, Mary Mapes 
Dodge and Josephine Dasram, al- 
though heretofore it has been a 
mooted point whether women pos- 
sessed humor, or were capable of pos- 
sessing it. Acting, however, on the 
precedent established by Mr. Masson, 
I will here class Ruth McBnery Stuart 
amongst the humorists of the South, 
as humor is her most pronounced 
characteristic. This quality sparkles 
throughout her tale entitled "Sonny," 
as well as through her other writings. 
The Outlook pays her the following 
tribute: "She has various gifts, skill 
in characterization, feeling for her 
background good sense, which shines 
in well phrased reflection'; but her 
most original gift is humor, unforced, 
spontaneous, kindly, full of humorous 
tenderness 'Napoleon Jackson,' aptly 
described in the subtitle as 'the gen- 
tleman in the plush rocker,' is, in its 
way, a liner masterpiece. It is a bit 
of life, reproduced with contagious 
mirthfulness, with genuine skill and 
with keen insight into character." 

Again we find a rich vein of humor 
in Miss Mary N. Murfree ("Charles 
Egbert Craddock"), and this gives 
highness and charm to her pictures 
of the rough, narrow, monotinous 
lives of the mountaineers. Few 
sketches of modern times show a finer 
vein of humor than Miss Murfree's 
sketch of the dance in "Harrison's 
Cove." 

Miss Alice Caldwell Hegan (now 
Mrs. Rice) also shows a decided vein 
of humor (mingled with pathos) in 
her very popular tales, "Mrs. Wiggs 
of the Cabbage Patch" and "Lovey 
Mary," and Miss Mollie Elliot Sea- 
wall's works are lavishly interspersed 
with gleams of wit and humor. Still, 
in spite of the instances I have ad- 
duced of humor in women, I must 
confess that, on the whole, they are 
decidedly inferior to men in this 
quality. I believe the world has never 
known a great female humorist (un- 



EDGEWOOD STOCK FARM 



ORSETS. 



Our fall lambs are now ready for 
you. Let qs hear from yon promptly 
this year. 

J. D. ARBUCKLE & SONS, 

Maxwelton, Greenbrier County, 

West Virginia. 



OORSETS. 

We offer a number of flock headers 
in yearling, two and three-year-ol<3 
Rams; also, few choice Imported Ewes. 
Write us soon before this lot is culled 
over. 

J. E. WING & BRO., Mechanicsburg, O. 



SCOTCH COLLIE PUPS 

FOR SALE. 
I am now offering you at reasonable 
prices some very choice Scotch Colli© 
Pups. They are beauties. Sables with 
very fancy markings. Parents trained 
drivers and registered. These Pups> 
trace to such Ch. dogs as Ormskirk 
Emerald, Finsbury Pilot, Christopher, 
Kirkdale Patrick and Wishaw Clinker. 
Write me at once. I can please you. 
Address H. H. ARBUCKLE, Edgewood 
Stock Farm, Maxwelton, W. Va. 



J /■ g* Ef C Imported Catalomia 
t+ i» >■ & Malyorea and Kem- 
tncky Mammoth Jacks and Jeauaet% 
Saddle Horses, Trotting and Paeinf 
Stallions, Poland-China and Tnmwortfe 
Hog>i. Our Importation of Spanish 
Jacks, which arrived Aug. 13, is th« 
largest and finest ever brought to th» 
United States. Our herd of Tamworth* 
is headed by 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 your 
wants or visit *ur farms. 
J. F. COOK * CO., LEXINGTON, KT 
Branch Barn, Greenville, Texas. 

KENTUCKY JACK FARM. 

Is the wholesal* 
house for Jacks, mm 
we breed and raistt 
the Big, Mammoth 
Kentucky Jacks, and 
can sell you a first- 
class Jack 26 to Ife 
per cent, cheaper 
than a dealer or 
speculator can. Write 
to-day for prices •u 

Jacks, Jennets and Mules. A large 1*>* 

to select from. 

JOE E. WRIGHT, Junction City, Kyi. 




ELLERSLIE FARM. 

THOROUGHBRED HORSES 

AND 

SHORTHORN CATTLE, 

Pure Southdown Sheep and Berkshire 
Pigs for Sale. 

R. J. HANCOCK & SON, 

Charlottesville, Va. 



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377 



THOROUGHBRED, 

HORSES FOR SALE 



Mabel Lyon, Brown Filly, by im- 
ported Fatherless, foaled May 15, 1904, 
No. 40106; first dam, Sarmaline by im- 
ported Order. 

Kathleen Gray, Black Mare, by Jim 
Gray, foaled April 16, 1895. No. 6447; 
first dam, Katie C, by imported 
Charaxs. 

Agnes Gray, Black or Brown Mare, 
by Jim Gray, foaled May 23, 1901, No. 
29554; first dam, St. Olga, by imported 
St. Blaise. 

Chestnut Colt, No. 40105, foaled 
April 7, 1904, by imported Potentate; 
•first dam, Grayon, by Jim Gray. 

Chestnut Colt, 2 years old, by im- 
ported Fatherless; first dam, Grayon, 
by Jim Gray. 

Correspondence solicited. 

5. H. WILSON, Byrdville, Va. 

STONEWALL JACKSON 4995. 

Probably the handsomest specimen of 
he Morgan family in existence. An 
ild picture of Godolphln Arabian, to 
Thorn all Morgan horses trace through 
fustln Morgan, Is a striking likeness 
)t him. In pose, conformation and 
especially of a peculiar crest, ear and 
ilnd leg and abnormal distance from 
lye to ear. This stallion Is naturally 
jraited also has the straight trot of the 
larness horse. Will make the season 
>f 1908 at BUFFALO STOCK FARM, 
Greene County. For pedigree, term*, 
fceep of mares, etc., address 

E. T. EARLY, AMICUS, VA. 
Not responsible for accidents. 



Capt. J. A. Early, Doylesville, Va., 
writes December 2, 1907: "I am In my 
42nd year; have seen and raised many 
8ne horses, but my son's colt by 
3tonewall Jackson is the finest In size 
«.nd form I ever saw." 

-It the stud - 

DICK WILKES, Jr., the perfect 
horse and blue ribbon winner at State 
Fair; sired by Dick Wilkes, 2:11; dam 
Blackhawk Morgan Pet. Grand dam, 
sired by Ethan Allen, Jr., by Hill's 
Blackhawk Fan. 

PILOSO, 102, the only Imported Cata- 
lonian Spanish Jack in this section. 

This stock will bear inspection, and 
their colts speak for themselves. 
Owned by 

W. J. STRAIN & SON, 

R. F. D. No. 1, Richmond, Va. 

Meehanicsville Farm. 

DIRECTOR, JR., 32294. 

Bay horse; height, 15.3 hands; 
"weight, 1,100 pounds. Sired by the 
great race horse and famous sire, 
Director, 2:17%; dam, Mamie Wilkes, 
dam of Mary B., 2:19%; Directum 
Wilkes, 2:19%, etc., by Red Wilkes, 
1749, sire of 177, grandsire of John 
R. Gentry, 2:00%, etc. Director, Jr., 
Is righly bred and grand individually, 
sand his get take after him. 

Terms — $10 cash for single service; 
^25 insurance. 

Address J. M. VAUGHAN, Owner, 
South Hill, Va. 



I 
less it be Jane Austen) whilst the 
other sex has given us Cervantes, 
Goldsmith, Swift, Thackeray and in- 
numerable other great humorists. 

If I may strain a point and intro- 
duce among my "Southern Humorists" 
a man who evinced this vein solely 
through his conversation, I will make 
mention of the late Bishop Richard 
Wilmer, a native of Virginia, though 
Bishop of Alabama. His vein of wit 
and humor was fully equal to that 
of Sidney Smith, and I have fre- 
quently regretted that he did not 
have (like Smith) a biographer who 
would have handed down to posterity 
the brilliant gems of wit and humor 
that fell from his lips in every-day 
conversation. There is, I believe, no 
written or printed record of these, 
and only a few of them have been 
preserved by tradition. I will repeat 
one of these "bon mots" as it was 
related to me by a near relative of 
Bishop Wilmer's. In a certain parish 
where he officiated in his early cleri- 
cal life there was a lady whose table 
was loaded with the richest food, and 
who was notorious for being a gour- 
mand. From overindulgence she had 
contracted a serious form of indiges- 
tion, one which, in addition to its 
physical ills, oppressed her spirits 
wlith deep gloom, especially in re- 
gard to her spiritual condition. In 
one of these spells of indigestion and 
consequent gloom, she told Mr. Wil- 
mer she felt as if she were possessed 
of evil spirits, like the people at the 
time of our Lord's advent. "Ah, 
Madam," replied he, "this kind can 
go forth by nothing but by prayer and 
fasting." 

A gentleman of his acquaintance 
having lost his wife, erected over her 
remains a tombstone bearing this 
legend: "The light of my life has 
gone out." A couple of years later 
when the disconsolate widower had 
married a second time Bishop Wil- 
mer remarked, on passing the tomb 
and reading the inscription, "Well, 
he has struck a match again." 

Soon after the war Bishop Wilmer 
wrote a work entitled "The Recent 
Past," but it was not as brilliant as 
his conversation. Bishop Wilmer has 
left behind him a nephew who has 
very much the same vein of wit and 
humor, the Rev. C. Breckenridge Wil- 
mer, now of Atlanta, Ga. Amongst 
other witticisms, one of Mr. Breck- 
enridge Wilmer's has been widely 
quoted and applauded, to this effect: 
"That the mischief with Virginians 
is, that they think if they are born 
Virginians they need not be born 
again." 



FOR MORGAN COLTS 

*nd Fillies and High-Bred Fox Hound 
Puppies, address 

Or. JOHN D. MASSENGI1,1„ Blount- 
vtlle, Tenn. 



Rhea Co., Tenn., Nov. 25, '07. 
The Southern Planter is a valuable 
aid to me in my work, and I am sure 
it must be an important factor in the 
improvement and progress in agricul- 
tural methods in the South. 

P. D. BENHAM. 



SKire Stallions. 

Four and five years old, black and 
gray, weight from 1,200 to 1,400 
pounds, with four or five crosses of 
imported horses. 

Hereford and Shorhorn Bull Calf, 10 
months old. 
B. F. A. MYERS, Clifton Station, Va. 



BLUE AND GRAY. 

Chestnut horse, by Hindoo; dam, 
Red and Blue, by Alarm; second dam, 
the famous Maggie B. B., dam of 
Iroquois, by Imp. Australian. A fine 
type of the thoroughbred stallion and 
one of the best bred horses in Virginia. 
His get make grand hunters. Terms 
very low. 

Address MANN S. VALENTINE, 
Stokes, Goochland County, Va. 

Bargains in Horses. 

A splendid pair of Mare Mule Celts, 
omlng 2 years old. Extra fine; large 
is ordinary 3 year old; drives nicely 
o a buggy or light wagon. Will be 
!Old at a bargain. 

One 7 -year-old Dark Bay Mare, 15 
lands; weight about 1,000; compact and 
»asy to keep. A reliable worker every- 
vhere and a capital Brood Mare. 

One splendid 2-year-old Sorrel Geld- 
ng; drives nicely, single and double; 
-ery compactly built. Will make a 
•plendid family or work horse. 

These horses are perfectly sound and 
cSll be sold at a bargain te the quick 
• urchaser. 

W. M. WATKINS & SON, 
Saxe, Charlotte County, Va. 



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RHODE ISLAND RED 

Eggs at $1 per 20, $4.50 per 100, 
from prize winning, heavy laying 
strain. 

CHAMPION BRED COLLIE PUPS. 
From daughters of Imported Thorn- 
dale Hope and Champion Rightaway. 
Cheap this month. Also grown and 
brood Collies cheap. 

WOLF STRAIN M. B. TURKEY 
Eggs large size, brilliant plumage, 
$4 per dozen. 

SHADY BROOK FARM, 
Route 2, Roanoke, Va. 

Tell the advertiser where you saw 
his advertisement. 



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Want Ads. 



Rates 2 cents per word. Cash with 
•rder. Initials and flgurss count as 
one word; 26 cents minimum charge. 

POULTRY, ETC. 



SALMON FAVEROLLES, THE LEAD- 
ing utility fowl, 13 eggs $6; Silver 
bpangled Hamburgs, Partridge 
Wyandottes, Silver Laced Wyan- 
dottes, Golden Sebright Bantams, 
White Rocks, White Pekln Ducks, 
Indian Runner Ducks, White 
Guineas, Pearl Guineas, 13 eggs $1; 
Bun* Bronze Turkeys, 11 eggs $2. 
Guineas and Hamburgs for sale; 
Guineas, pair. Si. 60 to $3. Hamburgs, 
|2; male or female trio, $5. Write 
for circular. A. E. Parsons, Berk- 
shire, New Tork. 



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, 16; White Plymouth Rocks- 
only one grade, the best — $1.60 sit- 
ting, $7 per 160. Place orders early. 
Belport Poultry Farm, Box 16. 
Portsmouth, Va. 



ROSE-COMB BUFF LEGHORNS FOR 
sale. My entire stock, including six 
Washington, D. C, prize winners; 
Single-Comb BufTs, 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. Sllcott. 
Bluemont, Va. 



RINGLET BARRED ROCK EGGS 
from handsome, clear barred birds, 
winners of two first, two specials 
for best shaped and best barred 
Cockerel and Pullet, Herndon, Va 
show, 1908; 16 eggs, $1.60; Mam- 
moth Pekin Duck, 12 for $1. J. A. 
McCarty, Monroe Grove Poultry 
Farm, Aldie, Va. ^ 



SINGLE AND ROSE-COMB BLACK 
Minorcas; 1908 winners; 11 entries; 
11 prizes — six specials and four 
Rose-Comb Club ribbons. Eggs 
guaranteed to hatch, regardless of 
distaance. Circular free. Edgar 
Crouch, Twining, D. C. 



WANTED— MAIL BIDS ON 3 COCK- 
erels, 6 Pullets and 3 Yearling 
Hens, Black Langshan; the pick of 
50; rest going to market. This 
number includes first cockerel, first 
pullet, first pen Virginia Fair. Best 
April offer gets them. Burke's Gar- 
den Cattle Co., Tazewell, Va. 



FOR SALE — A FEW FINE PEKIN 
Drakes and White Wyandotte Cocke- 
rels from prize winners at James- 
town, Madison Square, Philadelphia, 
State Fair, etc. Evelyn Heights 
Farm, formerly Thomas & Coates. 
Catlett, Va. 



PURE-BRED S. C. BUFF ORPINGTON 
Eggs for hatching, $1 for 16, $1.75 
for 30 (best winter layers). Will 
also spare a few sittings of S. C. 
R. I. Reds. Address C. W. Schools, 
Doswell, Va., care Meadow Farm. 
(Mention this paper.) 

EGGS FOR SALE FROM PURE-BRED 
Silver Laced Wyandotte stock, prize 
winners at Virginia State Fair, 1907. 
Eggs, 15 for $1. Miss Phaup, 
Pilkinton, Va. 



EGGS— BOTH COMBS. RHODE 
Island Reds, winners Harrisonburg, 
Hagerstown, Richmond. Washington; 
America's best line bred laying 
strains. Convincing circular. W. A 
Shook, Box 16, McGaheysville, Va. 



CORNISH INDIAN GAMES, SINGLE- 
Comb Buff, Brown and White Leg- 
horns. Thoroughbred exhibition 
stock, bred from best winter layers. 
Circular free. S. A White, Box P. 
Tlmberville, Va. 

S. C. BUFF ORPINGTONS EXCLU- 
eively. A fine utility strain on free 
range; every bird carefully selected. 
Eggs 75 cents per 15. Rev. E. W. 
Moyer, Church Road, Va. 

BEAUTY AND UTILITY, PRIZE 
winners, heavy layers. Buff and 
Brown Leghorns, White Rocks. 
Eggs $1 per 15. Circulars free. 
J. N. Coffman, Edinburg, Va. 



WYCKOFF SINGLE COMB WHITE 
Leghorns exclusively. Breeders 
tested by Hogan's system; 15 eggs, 
$1.50, 100 $5. Grandscope Poultry 
Ranges, Branch A, Apple Grove, Va. 



EGGS— S. C. BUFF AND WHITE 
Orpingtons, Buff and White Wyan- 
dottes, Rhode Island Reds and M. B. 
Turkeys; Angora Bucks. Write for 
prices. C. C. Russell, Hagan, Va. 



SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND 
Reds — Eggs from pure-bred stock 
$1.50 per sitting of 15. H. S. Par- 
sons, Watha, N. C. 



FOR SALE — EGGS FROM PURE- 
Bred Brown and White Leghorns 
and B. P. Rocks $1 per 15. Also a 
few Pure-Bred Brown Leghorn Hens 
and Pullets, $1 each. Laurel Glenn 
Poultry Yards, Ceres, Va. 



WANTED— BIDS ON WHITE ROCK 
and Wyandotte Cockerels; half 
brothers to Richmond and James- 
town winners. Burke's Garden 
Cattle Co., Tazewell, Va. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK COCK- 
erels for sale, $1.60 and $2; Pullets 
$1 or $11 per dozen; Eggs $1.60 per 
16, $4 per 45 or $8 per 100. A. J. S. 
Diehl, Port Republic, Va. 

PURE-BRED FOWLS — EGGS 85 CENTS 
for 15. Buff Orpington, White 
Wyandotte, S. C. Black Minorca, 
R. C. Brown Leghorn. Mrs. Frank 
Johnson, Route 1, Louisa, Va. 

S. C. R. I. RED EGGS FOR SALE— $1 
per 15, $4 per 100. Fowls have free 
range; only one breed on farm. 
Mi S3 Cornelia C. Cammack, Gold- 
dale, Va. 

REDS THAT ARE RED — BOTH 
combs, 15 eggs $1.10, 30 eggs $2, 
50 $3; 15 Barred Rocks or Black 
Minorcas $1, 30 $1.80; Anconas, 
greatest layers known, 15 eggs $1.25. 
Page Valley Poultry Yards, Luray, 
Va. 

WHITE WYANDOTTES, RHODE 

Island Reds and Barred Plymouth 
Rocks. Eggs $1.50 per 15, $5 per 
100. Stock for sale. John A. Good- 
win, Highland Park, Richmond, Va. 

EGGS — LEGHORN AND INDIAN RUN- 
ner Duck, $1 per sitting; Berkshire 
Swine; Early Hollybrook Soja 
Beans; Fauquier and Goodwin Corn. 
Fairfield Farm, Nokesville, Va. 

FOR SALE— EGGS FOR HATCHING 
from exhibition Barred Plymouth 
Rocks and S. C. White Leghorns, $1 
per 15, $4 per 100. M. K. Streud, 
Herndon, Va. 



EGGS FOR HATCHING — BUFF ORP- 
lngtons, $1 per sitting; White Lang- 
shans, $2 per sitting. Rose Lawn. 
Box 56, R. F. D.. No. 2, Richmond, 
Va. 

EGGS FOR SALE FROM S. C. BROWN 
Leghorns, Brace's strain; Barred 
Plymouth Rocks, Bradley strain; 
choice eggs. Guarantee satisfaction. 
River View Poultry Yards, Rice 
Depot, Va. 



FAVEROLLES— THE GREAT WINTER 
layers, mature early as broilers. A 
few Cockerels for sale, and Eggs for 
hatching in season. L. O. Stlckley, 
Strasburg, Va. 



EGGS FROM HIGH-BRED STOCK AT 
reduced price — $1 per sitting of each; 
Buff Leghorn, White Wyandotte, 
Mammoth Pekin Ducks. Buff Leg- 
horn Pullets $1 each. J. B. Watts, 
Pulaski, Va. 



BUFF PLYMOUTH ROCKS Ex- 
clusively — Eggs from best range- 
grown hens with a fine laying 
record; 15 for $1.25, $5 per 100, 
Cockerels and Pullets for sale. Mrs. 
J. P. H. Mason, Accotink, Va. 



SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS 
for sale. Excellent stock. Write 
your wants. Eggs, 16 for $1.50; SO 
$2.50. Thomas N. Berry, R. F. D. 1, 
Sweetwater, Tenn. 



IMPERIAL PEKIN DUCK EGGS FOR 
hatching, "Rankin" strain. We have 
the best. Eggs, 15 for $1.50, $6 per 
100; eggs from my selected S. C. 
White Leghorns, $1.50 per 15, $7 
per 100. Willow Poultry Yards, 
South Mills, N. C. 



K FEW S. C. BROWN LEGHORN 
Cockerels for sale. $1 each. Eggs 
in season. Miss Iola R. Brags, Oor- 
donsville, Va. 

BUFF ORPINGTONS. LARGE SIZE 
Solid Buff, strong and healthy. Eggs 
$1 and $2 per 13. W. A Tanner, 
Bristol, Va.-Tenn. 



MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY EGGS, 
13 for $3, f. o. b. her*. J. Edge 
Faris, R ed Hill, Va. 

BUFF ORPINGTON EGGS, 76 CENTS 
per sitting, $2 for 60. Mrs. E. P. 
Wood, Beaver Dam, Va. 



S. L. WYANDOTTE HENS AND 
Cockerels for sale. Eggs a spe- 
cialty. Stock guaranteed. Mrs. 
B. H. Carter, Rice Depot, Va. 



GOLDEN BRONZE TURKEY TOMS— 
the pink legged strain — at the low 
price of $4 and $5 each. Eggs, $3.76 
per 9, $5 per 12. Mrs. Raleigh John- 
ston, Box 7, Bluff City, Va. 



S. C. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS, $1.60 
for 15, $6 per 100. from free range 
stock. Speedwell Poultry Farm, 
Salem, Va. 



PURE-BRED SILVER SPANGLED 
Hamburg Eggs for sale, $1 per 15. 
Best strain. A. G. Hudson, Mitchells, 
Va. 

PIGEONS, MATED FOR BREEDING, 
for sale. Blue, 75 cents pair; White, 
$1.25. Address Tillman Jeter, Paces, 
Va. 



S. C. B. LEGHORN EGGS, 75 CENTS 
per 14. Hens and Cockerels for sale. 
Stock guaranteed. B. G. Bass, Rice 
Depot, Va. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES — PRIZB- 

winning strain of splendid egg pro- 
ducers; 15 eggs $1, 100 for $4.60, 
11 M. B. Turkey Eggs $1.75. Sunny- 
side Farm, Jonesville, Va. 



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BLACK MINORCA EGGS FOR SALE. 
M. Catterton, Stack, Va. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS Ex- 
clusively. Eggs, 5 cents each, $4 
per 100. Noah Moses, Chatham, Va. 

DUNNLORA POULTRY FARM IS 
offering rare bargains in White 
Wyandottes and Poland-Chinas. See 
our ad. N. P. Peebles & Bro., Car- 
son, Va. ' 

BUFF ORPINGTON AND ROSE COMB 
Brown Leghorn Eggs, $1 per 15; 
good stock. Mrs. May Wood, Pe- 
tersburg, Va., Route 4. 

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEY 

Eggs, 15 for $1. B. O. Poultry 
Yards, Rapidan, Va. 

BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS; 
beauties. Eggs $5 per 100. Mrs. 
McLaren Spencer, Rocks, Md. 

LOOK!— RHODE ISLAND WHITES, 
excellent layers. Eggs, $2 per 15. 
S. M. Spencer, Rocks, Md. 

GENUINE RED BLACK BREASTED 
Game Eggs for sale, $1 for 15. E. A. 
Smith, Route 1, Box 5 8, Bumpass, 
Va. 

R. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS AND 
White Wyandottes. Eggs for sale 
at $1 per 15, $6 per 100. John 
Campbell, R. F. D. 2, Beaver Dam, 
Va. 



SELECTED EGGS FROM PEN OF 
beautiful S. C. Buff Orpingtons, $1 
per 15. H. D. Thrift, Wicomico 
Church, Va. 

LIVE! STOCK. 

FOR SALE— AT A BARGAIN— BERK- 
shire Pigs of finest breeding; on hand 
now 4 sows and 3 boars, sired by 
Premier Rex, grandson of Premier 
Longfellow, dam of Premier Rex Im- 
ported Juliet F. B., out of Montview 
Belle, she by Manor Faithful 68312, 
dam Highcleve Lady, of Biltmore, 
81673. Satisfaction guaranteed or 
money refunded. Oak Hil 1 Stock 
Farm, Wenonda, Va. 

WANTED — BUYER FOR CONQUEROR 
II.; sire a junior champion Short- 
horn by World's Fair sweepstakes, 
Choice Goods; dam a Rose of Sharon 
and splendid individual, red, calved 
November, 1906; also yearling red 
by Imported Fairy, of an old, re- 
liable Burke's Garden family. Both 
ready to sell, ship and serve. 
Burke's Garden Cattle Co., Taze- 
well, Va. 

NICE BAY SADDLE MARE, EIGHT 
years old; absolutely sound; do not 
need Her and offer at $125 delivered. 
Choice three-months registered 
Berkshire Boar Pifc $5.50. Positively 
bargains. W. G. Hundley, Callands, 
Va. 

A FEW CHOICE BERKSHIRE PIGS 
one richly-bred Short Horn Bull Calf 
for sale. Address M. B. Quisenberry, 
Mineral, Va. 

PURE-BRED BERKSHIRE PIGS, $5 
each at 8 weeks old; also White Leg- 
horn Hens, 65 cents each. L. B. 
Johnson, Route 4, Charlo.ttesville, Va. 

BEFORE BUYING YOUR BERK- 
shire Pig's write me for my price? 
and breeding. It will pay you. Dr 
Charles G. Cannaday, Roanoke, Va 

TRY LARGE YORKSHIRES HOGS— 
You will wish no better. W. B 
Stickler, Strasburg, Va. 



WANTED— BIDS ON COMING FIVE 
years (May) McGregor-Nutwood 
stallion; 16 hands; weight 1,300 
pounds. M. T. Grattan numbers him 
among the best yearlings he ever 
raised. Burke's Garden Cattle Co., 
Tazewell, Va. 

REGISTERED GUERNSEYS FOR 
sale; two very nice well-grown Bull 
Calves, 10 months of age, and one 
large, 4-year-old Bull; from an 
Advanced Register dam. Prices 
moderate. G. M. Wallace, Falmouth, 
Va. 



REGISTERED HOLSTEIN COW FOR 
sale at a bargain to a quick buyer. 
Recently fresh and has a fine record. 
James T. Brower, Winston-Salem, 
N. C. 

DUROC-JERSEY, WHITE WYAN- 
dottes exclusively. Three very fine 
Boar Pigs, six months old, sired by 
Quick's Perfection, at bargain 
prices. Eggs for hatching, $1 per 
15; large Cockerels, $1.50 each. 
J. Thomas Cox, Byrdville, Va. 

FOR SALE— SEVERAL PONIES, 42 

to 48 inches; gentle for children. 

John M. Cunningham, Brandy Sta- 
tion, Va. 

FOR EXCHANGE — FOUR FINE JER- 
sey Heifers for a good work mare. 
Address A., care Southern Planter. 

TWO YOUNG MULES FOR SALE; IN 
fine condition, without a blemish, 
two and three years old; will sell 
one or both. L. G. Blankenship, 
Box 202, Roanoke, Va. 

FOR SALE — REGISTERED AYRSHIRE 
Bull, 18 months old, price $45; 12 
Angora Nannies, $6 each; 2 Angora 
Bucks, $10 each. Dr. William Craw- 
ford Johnson, Frederick, Md. 

FOR SALE AT FARMERS PRICES — 
Pure-Bred Berkshire Pigs, B. P. 
Rocks and Pekhi Duck Eggs. Dille- 
muth Brothers, Blackstone, Va. 

REAL ESTATE. 

FINE TIMBER FARM FOR SALB3— 
Farm has 600 acres and 3,000,000 
feet saw-mill pine timber. Only S 
miles from Southern Railway. 6- 
room dwelling, 3 tenement houses, 
and all necessary outhouses; 20(3 
acres arable land, responsive soil; 
well watered. Schools and churchei 
convenient. Healthy country. Very 
cheap. Terms reasonable. J. B. 
Thomas, Drewryville, 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 hundred yards from dairy 
barn. A bargain for the right man 
For particulars address Oak H11J 
Stock Farm, Wenonda, Va. 

FOR SALE — FARM, 56 ACRES, 
modern dwelling and good stable; SH 
miles from Richmond, Va. ; ten 
minutes to electric cars and 6-cent 
fare to any part of city. Price 
$6,000, Including one horse, one mule, 
four cows, farm machinery and 308 
chickens, with suitable houes and 
Incubators. Addres» Bargain, care 
Southern Planter. 

FOR SALE— 150 ACRES GOOD LAND, 
house, orchard and timber; 15 miles 
west of Richmond near station; 
$1,500. Address Box 61, Route 2, 
Midlothian, Va. 

126-ACRE FARM, NEAR RAILWAY 
station, on gravel pike, 5% miles 
from city limits, 75 timber, 50 clear; 



good 12-room house; good improve- 
ments; well and spring water; 
variety of fruits; situation suitable 
for business man. Box 85, Broad 
Street Road, Richmond, Va. 



REAL ESTATE FOR SALE — IF YOU 
are contemplating a trip to Virginia 
to buy or rent a farm, or if you 
are looking for timber lands, write 
Anderson Real Estate and Law Com- 
pany, Eleventh Street, Richmond, 
Va. This firm has lots of farms dirt 
cheap, with prices and terms to suit. 
Be sure and write them before you 
come or buy. 



CHEAP LAND — WE WANT YOU TO 
know that invalids get well here 
without medicine and then clear 
$200 per acre raising fruit. Eden 
Fruit Colony, Dewberry, Harnett 
county, N. C. 



EXCHANGE — A CHOICE TRACT OF 
level prairie land, 470 acres, half 
mile from town of 2,500 population; 
three railroads; in Colorado county, 
Texas; free of debt and good title, 
for Virginia farm free of debt and 
good title. Address T. E. Hudson, 
Norfolk, Va. 



FARM, 196 ACRES, 11-ROOM HOUSE; 
two barns, one 30x75 with basement 
and concrete floors, 30 cow stalls 
and one 32x42; two hen houses; 
large silo, 22x29; two miles to sta- 
tion; 28 cows, all Holsteins; good 
money maker. All to a quick buyer 
for $4,500, $2,500 cash, balance five 
years at 5 per cent, interest. Hall's 
Farm Agency, Owego, N. Y. 



WANTED TO RENT, WITH OPTION 
of purchase, farm in Virginia; must 
be in running order, well situated in 
regard to markets, roads, etc., with 
good buildings and suitable for first 
class farming operation. B., care 
Southern Planter. 



FOR SALE — COUNTRY STORE IN 
Fairfax county, Virginia; 25 miles 
from Washington, 3 from station; 
fine dairy and poultry neighbor- 
hood; good business; 14 years es- 
tablished. Address "Excellent Open- 
ing," care Southern Planter. 



POSITIONS — HELP. 



YOUNG LADY WANTED — WE WANT 
young ladies in the country to sell 
pretty souvenir post cards for nice 
premiums or cash. We send you the 
cards on credit. Write at once and 
get the cards. LeRoy Bargain Co., 
Box 202, Roanoke, Va. 



COUNTRY MILLER WANTED TO 
grind wheat and corn, water power; 
good stand; overshot wheel; will pay 
part of toll; mill in Lunenburg 
county, Va. L. G. Blankenship, Box 
202, Roanoke, Va. 



WANTED — POSITION AS FARM 

manager or overseer by experienced 
German man, 36, of good education 
and habits. Address Box 85, Crewe, 
Va. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



THE EXPERIENCED BUILDER, AS 
well as the young carpenter, can 
get valuable information and in- 
struction from The American Car- 
penter and Builder. Send us $2 for 
year's subscription. Published first 
each month. Kindly send us the 
address and business of friends in- 
terested in building. Morrisette 
Subscription Agency, Box 240 S. P., 
Richmond, Va. 

BABY NO. 1 DE LAVAL CREAM 
Separator; capacity 500 pounds (60 
gallons) per hour; does perfect 



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Miscellaneous (contd.). 



work. First check for $50 will se- 
cure this machine. Too small for 
present herd reason for selling. 
Address Evergreen Farms, W. B. 
Gates, Prop., Rice Depot, Va. 

THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, IS PUB- 
lish'ed to please persons who appre- 
ciate nice houses and grounds; has 
departments devoted to interior ar- 
rangement and decoration, the 
garden, furniture and everything 
that will interest any one who owns, 
rents or contemplates building a 
home. The price has been reduced. 
Send us $2.50 for year's subscription; 
comes each month. Kindly send us 
-address of persons who will like 
House Beautiful. Single copies upon 
receipt of 25 cents. Morrisette Sub- 
scription Agency, Box 240 S. P., 
Richmond, Va. 

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- 

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. 



THE LOCKPORT PTTBLISHING 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. 

TWO SPLENDID RABBIT AND FOX 
Hound Puppies, four months old, 
thoroughbred. Will sell choice to 
quick purchaser. Perfect matches 
and beauties. L. Deyerle, Route 2, 
Charlottesville, Va. 



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. 

WANTED — EPICURES TO TRY OUR 
Jamestown Maple Syrup and Buck- 
wheat. Burke's Garden Cattle Co., 
Tazewell, Va. 

FOR SALE— ONE I. H. CO.'S ONE- 
Horse Power Hay Baler very cheap. 
N. W. Lewis, Charlie Hope, Va. 



LIME— WE MANUFACTURE HIGH- 
Grade Building and Agricultural 
Lime. Write for prices. Alleghany 
Lime Company, Inc., Christiansburg, 
Va. 

WANTED— LIVE WILD TURKEYS 
for breeding purposes. I will pay * 
good price for those not injured 
when captured. R. L. Blanton, Box 
761, Richmond, Va. 

FOR SALE — ONE J. I. CASi OOM- 
bination Threshing Machine; new 
and cheap. M. M. Stoddard, Rox- 
bury, Va. 

FOR SALE — A HEATER FOR A 50- 
foot brooder house; manufactured 
by Cyphers Incubator Co. Apply to 
John L. Bouldin, Gloucester, Va. 

SEED CHUFAS FOR SALE; 80 CENTS 
per peck. J. O. Matthews, M. D., 
Clinton, N. C. 

DEPENDABLE SEED CORN FOR 
sale — Boone County White, Hickory 
King; while lasts, $1.25 per bushel. 
Dr. Walter Stuart, Farmville, Va. 



FOR SALE— ROAD MACHINERY OF 
every description. L. A. Arthur, 
Leesville, Va. 

FOR SALE— ONE 25 H. P. CENTER- 
Crank Engine. Will take a 15 H. P. 
in part payment. Alfred L. Butler, 
Drewry's Bluff, Va. 



GREAT JERSEY SALE. 
It is with great pleasure, mingled 
With no little regret, that we call at- 
tention to the advertisement of the 
dispersal sale of the Overton Hall 
Farm Jerseys. The pleasure lies in 
•directing our readers to what will 
undoubtedly be the greatest Jersey 
offering of the year. Our regret is 
that the Jersey world is going to lose 
one of its most prominent breeders 
in the retirement of J. M. Overton, 
Esq., proprietor of Overton Hall Farm, 
Nashville, Tenn. Great pressure of 
private business has caused Mr. Over- 
ton to take the step, which is sure 
to cause sincere regret among the 
entire brotherhood of Jersey fanciers. 
His name and fame as a breeder and 
buyer of the best is world-wide. In 
the 110 head which will be sold at 
auction on May 12th, without reserve, 
are numbered some of the greatest 
performers and prize winners the 
ibreed has shown. For instance, the 
great Imported Bull, Brookhill Fox, 
champion of England and America; 
King Eldorado, the great son of the 
famous Golden Fern's Lad, and out 
■of the unbeaten Lady Veronia, thir- 
teen times champion over Jersey; the 
great prize-winning cow, Golden 
Jolly's Lady Viola, by Golden Jolly 
and out of Lady Viola, the champion 
cow of England; highly commended 
daughters of the champion, Flying 
Fox; Brookhill Lady Fox, a full sis- 
ter to Brookhill Fox; daughters of 
Agatha's Flying Fox, Oxford Lad, 
Golden Leda's Lad and other im- 
ported sires; superb daughters of 
Golden Fern's Lad, and so on through 
the entire list. From this brief men- 
tion, it will be seen that the herd is 



FOR SALE 

JERSEY BULLS 

BULL CALVES. 

Tuberculin tested by U. S. Government. 

Forest Home Farm, pu vTrq1nia lle 



Brompton 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 White Holland Gobblers. 

Eggs from B. P. Rock and S. C. B. Leghorn fowls, Brown Chinese aiid 
Toulouse Geese, Pekin and Muscovy Ducks. 

PEDIGREED COLLIE PUPPIES. 

M. B. ROWE & CO., Fredericksburg, Va. 



REGISTERED BERKSHIRE BOARS. 

Ready for service, for sale. Also a few Jersey Cows, fresh and to come fresh; 
Mel's Charm, 108023, a wonderful dairy cow, bred by A. M. Bowman, Salem, "Va. 

RIVER VIEW FARM, C M. BASS, Prop., Rice Depot, Va. 



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Ft. Lewis Stock Farm 

THE BEST PLACE FOR BLOOD AND REGISTERED 

BERttSHIRES 

White Leghorn, all breeds of Plymouth Rock, Black 
Minorca and Rhode Island Red Fowls. Eggs from these 
pure-blooded birds for sale. 

'DR. W. L. NOLEN, PROPRIETOR, SALEM, VA. 




bred in the purple and every animal 
offered will be capable of earning 
good money for its owner. A full 
and complete catalogue is being com- 
piled and will contain a record of 
every animal and its ancestors, so 
there will be no guess work as to 
what you are buying. Everybody 
who has attended a sale at "Overton 
Hall" always goes to the next one, as 
the hospitality dispensed is alone suf- 
ficient to draw one the second time. 
Add to the hospitality, this magnifi- 
cent offering and it is sufficient to 
draw every Jersey breeder in Chris- 
tendom, and we hope it will. Don't 
forget to send in your name at once 
for a catalogue. 



WHAT DID SHE MEAN? 

Mrs. Armitage had a negro servant 
who continually prated of a certain 
Mrs. Reed for whom she formerly 
worked. Weary of hearing Mrs. Reed 
quoted so often, the mistress asked 
one day: 

"Well, Samantha, what kind of 
work did you do at Mrs. Reed's, any 
way?" 

"Well, honey, I cooked foh huh, I 
did, an' I cleaned foh huh, an' I 
swep' foh huh, an' I washed huh 
pussonel appea'ance." — Lippincott's. 



HER MAIDEN EFFORT. 

A certain judge had been away from 
his native city for several years, and 
upon his return found it difficult 
sometimes to recognize former ac- 
quaintances. One morning a youngish 
woman, accompanied by a tall boy, 
entered the trolley car and sat down 
next the judge. 

"How do you do, judge?" she said 
cordially. "I don't believe you re- 
member me? I am Mrs. X." 

"Why, so it is! Mrs. X., I am de- 
lighted to meet you again. How do 
you do? And who is this with you? 
It can't be your son! Bless me, I 
would not believe you had a son so 
big." 

"Oh, yes," replied the guileless Mrs. 
X., flattered by his cordiality. "He 
is my first-born — my maiden effort, 
judge." — Lippincott's. 



CARDS IN THIRTY DAYS. 

"But why," asked his lovely fiancee, 
"do you object to a long engagement?" 

"Because," he urged, "the cost of 
living increases every day, dearest. 
The longer we wait, the greater our 
-expenses will be." — Lippincott's. 



BILTMORE FARMS. 

■BSu. BILTMORE N. C. 

Jerseys 

A FEW CAREFULLY 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. 

Berkshires 

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. F. D. NO. 2, BILTMORE, N. C. 



JERSEY CATTLE 

The best herd In the world. Headed by two bolls that coat over 910,M* 
each. BULLS AND HEIFERS for Mile. 

Aim WHITE ORPINGTON FOWLS, the beat general purpose brecdi 
CORNISH INDIAN GAMES, the beat table fowls WHITE LEGHORNS, tfca 
world's greatest layers. 

For particulars, address BOWMONT FARMS, Salem, Virginia. 



EVERGREEN FARMS! 

I am offering FOUR REGISTERED JERSEY BULLS, out of grand cows, 
and sired by my pure St. Lambert's Jersey Bull, "Rinoras Rioter of St. L., 
of Bowmont Farms. 

REGISTERED BERKSHIRES. 
Boars and Sows ready for service. Nice lot of Pigs 8 weeks old. 
prices are reasonable for this high class of stock. Address 
W. B. GATES, PROP., RICE DEPOT, VA. 
Prince Edward County, Norfolk ■ and Western Railroad. 



My 



DurooJerseys Shorthorns Sfaropsbires. 



Durocs are the most prolific hogs on earth. Our herd averaged 11 1-10 
pigs to the litter last year. They are the most popular hog, and the great 
and Increasing demand for them is due solely to their merits. We 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. KLINE, VAUCLUSE, VA. 



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ENQUIRERS' COLUMN. 

All enquiries must reach us by the 
15th of the month previous to the 
Issue, or they cannot be answered un- 
til the month following. 



COWPEAS. 

I wish to sow peas for hogs. Tell 
me what kind to sow and when to 
sow, how many to the acre, and at 
what time to put the hogs on them. 

Sussex Co., Va. SUBSCRIBER. 

May, June and July are the proper 
months in which to sow peas. In 
our next issue we shall write fully on 
this subject and to that issue refer 
you. It is no use sowing cowpeas un- 
til the ground is warm. They will not 
grow, but will rot in the ground. — Ed. 



APPLYING LIME TO WHEAT. 

Will it injure my wheat if I apply 
1,000 pounds of lime per acre with 
drill fixing discs so as not to cut up 
the wheat? Can I at' the same time 
sow clover seed through the grass 
seed attachment, or will the action of 
the lime injure the germination of 
the clover? The lime is thoroughly 
air-slaked. 

I use the Southern Planter as my 
text-book in farming. 

H. CARTER REDD. 

Hanover Co., Va. 

Lime can be applied to wheat with- 
out injuring it after it has commenced 
to grow, but it ought to be applied 
to the land before the wheat is sown 
to get the best results. It will only 
benefit the crop slightly, if at all, 
applied now. Yes; you can sow the 
clover seed if you apply the lime. The 
lime will not hurt it. — Ed. 



CURING SKIN WITH FUR ON. 
Will you please give me a receipt 
for tanning hides with the fur on? 
Laurens Co., S. C. T. B. BROWN. 

See page 184, February issue — Ed. 



TREATMENT OF FIELD TO BE 
MOWED. 

I have a field that was seeded in 
alsike clover, timothy and red top in 
the fall of 1906, which yielded a fine 
mow of hay last year. After cutting 
it some time early in July, I let it 
stand and have not grazed it. Now 
there is a large covering of dead 
grass on it and I expect to have a fine 
mow again this year. Would it be 
best to let it remain on the land, 
graze it off, or burn It off? Please 
give me your views. 

HENRY C. ADAMS. 

St. Mary's Co., Md. 

Rake off the old grass with the 
horse rake and haul it away or it will 
greatly spoil the quality of your hay 
this year by raking up into it. — Ed. 



Early Chicks Pay Best 

Take advantage of the first suitable weather conditions in early spring 
and "set" as many broody hens as possible. You may have plump, 
tender-meated chicks, from one and a half to two pounds weight, in ten 
weeks' time after hatching if you give them proper feed and attention. 
Any of the foods commonly given is all right and your success will be 
ample, provided you escape a large per cent, of loss from the very 
common diseases which trouble young chickens. 

Most chicken ailments come from dampness or overfeeding. Keep 
the quarters dry and give a little of 




once a day in one of the feeds, and you will save nearly every chick. 
Where Poultry Pan-a-ce-a shows its great worth is as a tonic to correct 
the first tendency toward indigestion. Its use gives the organs a proper 
' ' tone "and maintains them in perfect health so that the growing chick 
is steadily deriving from its food every element required to hasten growth. 
Poultry Pan-a-ce-a (the prescription of Dr. Hess, M.D. , D. V. S. ) contains 
iron to enrich the blood and nitrates to cleanse the system of organic 
poisons. It makes hens lay, shortens the fattening period for market 
fowls, and, by its germicidal properties, wards off disease. Endorsed by 
leading poultry men in both the United States and Canada. A penny's 
worth is enough for 30 hens one day. 

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5 lbs. 60c ; 12 lbs. S1.25 > and extreme 

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Silver Herd 
Spring of 



SHORT HORNS. 



WleklUe, Va.. 
Clarke Co. 



ROBERT B. SMITH, PROPRIETOR. 
Cfcarleatown, W. Va. r\p 

Jefferaoa Co. —\J IS.— 

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 earn* 
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, 

LOOK FOR DATE OP MY PUBLIC SALE, MAY ISSUE. 

VALLEY COTTAGE FARM 

BERKSHIRES. 

Choice February and March Pigs. 
Herd headed by Dudley 83672, pure im- 
ported blood, and Longfellow 93437, 
pure Biltmore strain. Males $5, 
females $6. Pigs mated no akin. 
C. S. TOWNLEY, The Hogman, Red 
Hill, Va. 





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383 



W00DSIDE 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, 
1-year old, weight 550 pounds ; Master Lee, 79379, 
2-year-old, weight 760 pounds; and Lustre's Car- 
lisle, of Biltmore, 72057, 3-year-old, weight 790 pounds, and out of royally-bred sows weighing 
from 500 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 send 
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 FARM, R. S. Farish, Prop., Charlottesville, Va 




MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG DAIRY 
COW. 
Please tell me the best way to man- 
age a young cow with a calf so as to 
bring out her best milk-giving quali- 
ties. 

LOUISE V. SPEN'CER. 

Take the calf away from the cow as 
soon as it is calved and raise it by 
hand. No cow that suckles her calf 
ever makes the best yield of milk 
she is capable of doing. Nature regu- 
lates the flow of milk to the require- 
ments of the calf, and long before 
the period of lactation which the cow 
should reach has expired, she will be 
dry, as the calf does not need the 
milk. To make a good dairy cow do 
her best, she should be milked regu- 
larly at the same hour twice each day. 
Every drop of milk which can be 
drawn from her should be drawn at 
each milking, and this milking should 
be done quickly and gently. She 
should be fed with a generous ration 
of sound,' wholesome feed, say, either 
clover or mix hay or pea vine hay 
and bright, sweet corn fodder, what 
she will eat each day and have a grain 
ration of from eight to twelve pounds 
per day made up of corn meal and 
bran in equal parts, and two or three 
pounds of cotton seed meal or oil 
meal (old process is best) until the 
pasture is good enough to give her all 
she will eat when the grain ration 
may be cut down to two or three 
pounds per day. — Ed. 



PINE STRAW AS A FERTILIZER. 

Tell. me if pine straw spread broad- 
cast over land will be beneficial as a 
manure for corn. F. M. POWELL. 

Southampton Co., Va. 

No; there is little or no manurial 
value in pine straw It will help to 



A [Great Opportunity 

Is offered the readers of The Planter 
to secure Pigs sired by two of the 
greatest of all Berkshire boars. I 
have a very choice lot of Pigs now 
ready for shipment, sired by the great 
Hunter of Biltmore III., 86468, and 
Valaria, 88706. These Pigs are out of 
large sows of the very best blood and 
quality, and (like their illustrious 
sires), have great length, depth and 
finish. So sure am I that they will 
please you, that I will agree to ship 

them subject to your inspection and if they are not what you want in every 

particular, you can return them at my expense and they will not cost you 

a penny. 

BE SURE TO GET MY PRICES AND DESCRIPTION BEFORE PLACING 

YOUR ORDER. 
D. E. EARHART, NOKESVILLE, VA. 




No Finer Herd on Earth Than Mine. 

The service boars or Imported Sir 
John Bull, II., No. 76416: Uncle Sam, 
No. 79671; Columbus Lee, III., No. 

92309. right from the loins of Lord 
Premier, No. 50001; Fassifern Master- 
piece, a fac-simile of his famous an- 
cestor, Masterpiece, No. 77000. I have 
just added Belle of Biltmore, No. 
100572, sire King Hunter, No. 79378. 
She should farrow November 10, 1907. 
Also a Canadian sow and additional 
imported Luster's Bachelor sows. I 
keep about thirty brood sows. A number of these are imported. 

THOS. S. WHITE, Lexington, Va. 




IF YOU WANT THE BEST HOG 

Buy from those who givu their sole attention to the production of the greatest Berkshire Type 

— WE DO 

Our herd comprises the most splendid lines of breeding and Individuals 
that money can buy or experience develop in American and English Bred 
Berkshires. „_. 

"LORD PREMIER OF THE BLUE RIDGE," 103555, the greatest living 
boar, heads our herd. If you are interested write. 

THE BLUE RIDGE BERKSHIRE FARMS, ASHEVILLE, N. C. 



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THE SOUTHERN" PLASTER. 



[April,, 



lighten heavy land, bot that is about 
all it is worth. — Ed. 



YIELD OF WHEAT HAY. 
I have thirty acres sown in wheat 
that I am thinking about cutting tor 
hay when it gets in dough state. The 
same land made last year about thir- 
teen bushels of wheat to the acrp. 
How much hay do you think I ought 
to make to the acre provided it is as 
good a wheat year as last? Do you 
think it would pay me to harrow the 
wheat and give a dressing of guano? 
Forsythe Co., N. C. 

C. E. SHELTON' 

You should make from one and a 
half to two tons of hay per acre. A 
top dressing of one hundred pounds 
of nitrate of soda per acre would 
most probably poy you well in the in- 
creased yield of hay. We have known 
such an application to increase a hay 
crop nearly a ton to the acre. — Ed. 



LOSS OF FERTILITY FROM SOIL. 

Land planted in peas or velvet 
beans first year rested second year 
and allowed to grow weeds, planted in 
cotton third year. Will the weeds and 
rest take any ammonia from the land 
provided weeds are all .ploughed in 
for cotton? SUBSCRIBER. 

Charleston Co., S. C. 

The weeds will have used the nitro- 
gen (ammonia) accumulated in the 
land by the peas or velvet beans in 
making and perfecting their growth 
and seed and there will be little left 
for the following crop. The "resting" 
of the land will also have wasted the 
nitrogen which is soon washed out of 
the land if there be no crop growing 
to utilize it. The so-called "resting" 
of land is a wasting process and ought 
to be abandoned. Keep it producing 
something either for man or beast and 
nelp it to do this profitably by good 
preparation of the soil and cultivation 
of the crop. — Ed. 

CURING SKIN WITH HAIR ON— 
WORMS IN HORSES 

Please publish a good receipt for 
tanning a sheep or goat skin with 
wool or hair on; also, a treatment for 
worms in colts. w. R FOX 

Albemarle Co., Va. 

The method of curing skins with 
the hair on will be found on page 
184 of the February issue of this 
year. 

It depends upon what kind of worms 
the horse is suffering from as to the 
remedy to use. If they are the com- 
mon intestinal worms which are al- 
most like the common earth worm 
the best remedy to use is to give 
twice daily for three or four days a 
drench composed of turpentine, one 
ounce, and linseed oil, two or three 
ounces, to be followed on the fourth 
day with a physic of Barbaroes aloea 




Tuttle's Elixir 

The Horse Remedy of the Age 

No stable is now well equipped without 
this incomparable liniment on the shelf. It 
has cured more blemishes and made more 
horses clean limbed than any other remedy in 
the world. It never fails to locate lameness. 

$100 Reward 

Our offer is always open. Some cases have 
passed the curable stage. But whenever a 
cure is possible we will pay $100 for any fail- 
ure of Tuttle's Elixir to cure Spavin, Curb, 
Splint, Sprain, Colic or Lameness. 

It is the i main dependence of Veterinaries, 
Express, Livery and Transfer Stables as a 

Leg and Body Wash 

Beware of all blisters; they give only temporary relief, if any. 

Tuttle's Hoof Ointment, Worm Powders, 
Condition Powders, White Star Liniment 
and Family Elixir are other excellent 
specifics. "Veterinary Experience," an 

infallible guide for horsemen, is free. 
Every disease and symptom made plain. 
Write for copy. Postage 2c. 

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So. Far mi ng ton. N. S.: C H. R. Croclcer. Mgr. 
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Los Angeles: W.A. Shaw, Mgr„ 1921 New England Av. 





THE HOLLIIMS HERD 

—OF— 

HIGH-CLASS HOLSTEIN-FRIESI/XNS. 

Cows with Official Records of over_21 pounds of butter In seven days. 

Cows with Official Records of over 86 pounds (10 gallons) of milk In 
one day. 

Heifers that have milked over six gallons of milk in one day (with 
first calf). 

A son of the great Hengerveld DeKol, sire of 77 A. R. O. daughters. In 
the herd. 

Five handsome, well-developed Bull Calves, from 6 weeks to S months 
old, for sale. 



BUFF ORPINGTONS 

FOR SALE. 



JOS. A. TURNER, General Manager, 

Hellins Institute. 
Holllna, Va. 



"Fat or Lean, Yon May Have Them." 

POLAND-CHINA 

AND TAMWORTH 

Two Tamworth Boars, ready for 
service $15 

Two Berkshire Boar Pigs, 3 to 4 
months old t 

One Poland-China Boar, 2 years 
old, registered 20 

Eight-weeks-old Pigs, April de- 
livery 5 

J. C. GRAVES, 

BARBOURSVILLE, ORANGE COUNTY, VA. 




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385 



RED POLLED GATTLE. 




Will sell Thirty Head to reduce herd te fifty »•««** 
■tabling: for winter. Special terms to those atartfar 
herds. Part cash, part time. The RED POLLS am 
beat for the Sooth or for the fanner anywhere. IDs-' 
amine their recorda for milk, butter and beef. 

A few DORSET SHEEP for aale . We Imparted 
Back and Ewea from England laat year. First prlM 
at Royal Counties nnd Royal Agricultural shows. 

POLAND-CHINA HOGS, Pure-Bred Poultry, Albe- 
marle Prolific Seed Corn. 



ARROWHEAD STOCK FARM, 

SAMUEL B. WOODS Prop. Charlottesville, V« 



•one ounce. Let the horse fast before 
•giving the drench. If the worms caus- 
ing the trouble are the pin worms in 
testing the large bowels, injections in 
"to the rectum of infusions of tobacco 
or quassia chips, one-half pound to a 
gallon of water once or twice daily 
lor a few days, followed by a physic, 
are most beneficial. — Ed. 



PLANT FOR NAME. 
"What is the name of the enclosed 
plant? E. R. BAILEY. 

Lee Co., Fla. 
The plant is wild vetch. — Ed. 



NITRATE OF SODA. 

Please tell me what difference there 
is in nitrate of soda and the ordinary 
bread soda as a fertilizer, and what 
nitrate of soda sells for. 

Beaufort Co., N. C J. H. RHEM. 

Nitrate of soda is the most avail- 
able form in which nitrogen can be 
purchased as a fertilizer It supplies 
about 15 per cent, of nitrogen, which 
is immediately available to the crops. 
The price varies according to suppiy 
and demand, but usually runs from 
$40 to $50 per ton. Bread soda has no 
fertilizing value at all. — Ed. 



BERMUDA GRASS— CAPONS. 

Will you kindly tell me whether or 
not the grass plant herein enclosed is 
the Bermuda grass spoken of in your 
paper? Will sod of this grass, if it is 
Bermuda srrass, catch and grow in a 
woods pasture, thinly growa over with 
pines? How will this sod have to be 
sown of a ca.tch is expected? 

Will you kindly tell me something 
about the market in the South for 
capons, and whether or not a farmer 
could profit by caponizing early or 
late incubator-hatched chicks? 

I am a young farmer from the 
Northwest, and have been in the 
South for a short year/ 

The Southern Planter, is far the 
superior of any other monthly farm 
paper. J. C. 1 COURTER. 

Amelia Co., Va. 

The grass sent is Bermuda. Ber- 
muda is' very intolerant of shade and 




ide Herefords 

OWNED BY S. W. ANDERSON, BLAKER MILLS, 
GREENBRIER COUNTY, W. VA. 
A choice lot of Bulls, Cows and Heifers for sale; aJ 
a few Polled Hereford Bulls, recorded In the Natioaal 
Polled Hereford Record. 

Write for Catalogue and Prices. 

FARM NEAR ALDERSON, W. VA. 

Telephone and Telegraph, Aldersen. 



HEREFORD CATTLE 

FOR SALE 

Three-Year-Old Bulla, ready for* active service, Cows and Heifers with 
calf at foot or in calf. 

These cattle are as well bred as any in America, and some of them are 
rarely beautiful in conformation and quality. 

PRICES LOW ENOUGH TO MEET PRESENT CONDITIONS. 

I have sold twelve head in the past two weeks, all in Virginia. 

Keswick is on the C. and O. Railway, near Charlottesville. Visitors met 
at station. Intending buyers are respectfully urged to come to see these 
good cattle and to take advantage of the opportunity to buy low. 

MURRAY BOOCOCK, Owner, 

KESWICK. VA. 



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[April, 



therefore is not suitable for growing 
amongst trees. It wants all the sun it 
can get and the more it gets the bet- 
ter and more permanent it is. Shade of 
any kind will soon kill it out. The 
best way to secure a stand of Ber- 
muda is to sow or plant cuttings of 
the roots. The roots should be run 
through a fodder cutter and be made 
into inch lengths. They will strike 
and grow at every joint. Seed can be 
bought, but as it is all imported 
mostly from Australia, as the grass 
seeds but little, if any, in this country, 
it is not at all reliable to germinate 
and grow successfully. 

Caponizing has been practiced to 
but very little extent in this State. 
We have known of two or three par- 
ties who have experimented with 
capons and they reported to us that 
they did not find a satisfactory mar- 
ket for them in the South. They had 
to ship North to get a price which 
was profitable. — Ed. 



CRIMSON CLOVER— RED CLOVER. 

1. Please advise me if it will be safe 
to sow crimson clover in July with 
cowpeas, so that when the peas are 
cut it will leave the clover there to 
grow through the fall and winter. 

2. Will it be safe to sow clover with 
wheat in September and when the 
wheat is cut in the next June have 
the clover there to be turned under 
the next September for wheat. 

H. J. WILSON. 
Wilson Co., N. C. 

1. Yes; this practice is largely fol- 
lowed in this State and good stands 
are obtained. 

2. Yes; we always advise the seed- 
ing of the clover and grasses in the 
fall. If the winter is a hard one, 
they may be partially killed out, but 
it is an easy matter to sow a little 
more clover seed in the spring when 
this happens. — Ed. 



COW WITH DEPRAVED APPETITE. 

I have a cow that seems to have a 
mania for eating sticks, ends of plank 
and such like. Please advise what 
will prevent or stop this mania. She 
is in good condition, well fed on pro- 
vender, corn and millfeed, with salt 
in her trough. Is giving good milk. 
I have a heifer that is acquiring the 
same habit. I suppose from seeing 
the cow. The heifer is well fed and 
fat. W. O. CHEWNING. 

Spottssylvania Co., Va. 

It is very probable that deficiency 
of lime in the drinking water is re- 
sponsible for the depraved appetite. 
You may easily corect this by throw- 
ing a small quantity of lime into the 
watering tank. In such cases there is 
always an acid condition of the diges- 
tive organs and an antacid in food or 
water is indicated. Bicarbonate of 
soda given in food twice daily in ta- 



What's 

Mmm Here ?l 



A good reliable tonic that will keep this litter 
free from worms, keep them healthy, increase the appetite, increase the digestion, increase 
the power of the system to assimilate and appropriate more food, keep them in a grow- 
ing condition, get them to market forty days sooner and get bigger hogs. You can do all 
this 
with 



STOCK TONIC. 



The gain will cost less than a tenth of the feed you save or what you make in extra weight. 
Prevents cholera and other disease, "A Wonderful Flesh Producer." Hogs gain 3 lbs. a day each, 

John Heibers, one ot my customers, ted Prussian Stock Tonic to his hogs that he was 
fattening and weighed them several times while feeding it, and they made an average 
gain o£ three pounds per day to each hog. Conrad Meis, Templeton, Iowa. 

25 lb. Pail, Over 1200 Feeds, at Dealers or Prepaid. 

Hogs Bate from Cholera if Prussian StockTonicis fed regularly and pens disinfected with. Prussian 
Knapo-Curo. IF YOU LOSE ANY HOOrS AND have been usinc Prussian Stock Tonic for thirty days 
as directed and disinfecting with Knapo-Curo, WE WILL REFUND for ail the Prussian Stock Tonic 
used. Knapo-Curo kills hog lice and all germs. Send for our book and direction, they are Free. Mention 
this paper when writing. p RUSS|AN REMEDY CO., St. Paul, Minn. 
Manufacturers of Prussian Hog Worm Powders, Heave Powders, Etc. 



Glen burn Berkshires. 

Lord Premier and Premier Longfellow are dead, but we have their beat 
sons. Our LORD PREMIER III. is not only a son »f Lord Premier, but in » 
litter mate to Lord Premier II. and a brother in blood to Lord Premier's Rival 
Our PREDOMINANT and DOMINANT are probably the best sons of Premier 
Longfellow. IMP. LOYAL HUNTER is a great individual. We have L*>rd 
Premier, Premier Longfellew, Masterpiece, Charmer's Duke XXIII., and Bnt 
Imported sows. 

FORFARSHIRE GOLDEN LAD JERSEYS. 

Write for Catalogue. 

Dr. J. D. KIRK, Roanoke, Va. 



THE GROVE FARM 

BREEDER OF PURE-BRED BERK 
SHIRE HOGS AND HOLSTBIN 
FRIESIAN CATTLE. TWO FINELY 
BRED BULL CALVES FOR SALE. 

T. O. SANDY, BTJRKEVILLE, VA. 





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ORVEN PARK 



The Property of WESTMORELAND DAVIS. Esq. 



vittiA 



Registered Dorset Horn Sheep. 

Dorset Horns are one of the oldest and most valuable English breeds. Unrivalled for fecundity, 
early maturing and the production of early lambs. They are adapted to all climates and possess 
hardiness of constitution so essential to the improvement of the grade flocks of this country. In 
their pure state they are the producers of the early lamb — the most profitable phase of sheep raising. 
For crossing purposes they have no equal, and even on grade ewes the result is marked in the strong, 
vigorous and easily fattened lamb and the earlier season the lambs will wean. Dorsets are the best 
feeders, heaviest milkers, carry a heavy fleece of compact wool and produce mutton of the highest 



quality. *W&k 

The MORVBN PARK FLOCK of Ewes was founded on selected Ewes from the choicest of the 
English flocks. They are remarkable for their even and family likeness, their great size and sub- 
stance, their hardiness and robust constitutions. They are very prolific — each season dropping a 
high percentage of twins and triplets are not uncommon. Their milking qualities are unsurpassed. 

The Service Rams are chiefly imported English Royal Winners, and some have been shown in 
America — in each case taking all the firsts. 

At the Virginia State Fair, 1907, the flock won two championships, two reserve championships, 
eight firsts and seven seconds. j 

We are now booking orders for fall born Ram Lambs for June delivery. They are a grand lot — 
full of quality and true type with grand substan ce and bone. They are not forced, but kept growing 
to be fit for service Hhis season and will weigh from 110 to 130 pounds, averaging 120 pounds at six 
months. 



ALSO BREEDERS OF 



Improved Large White Yorkshire Swine 

AND t _, 

Registered Guernsey Cattle. 



Address 



LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT, MORVEN PARK, 

LEESEURG, LOUDOUN CO., VA. 



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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[April,. 



blespoonful doses is the common 
remedy. — Ed. 



BUTTER FAT IN MILK. 

Your answer to C. T. Roane's in- 
quiry as to bad milk, in February 
number, is exactly the opposite to my 
experience in one respect; i. e., you 
say that a cow's milk at the end of a 
long period of lactation becomes 
much less rich in butter fat. Now, my 
experience is that although the milk 
becomes less in quantity it increases 
in quality, making much more but- 
ter after a long period of lactation, in 
proportion to the amount of milk 
given, than when the cow is fresh. I 
have inquired of quite a number of 
dairymen as to this, and they all say 
their experience is the same as mine. 
I would like to hear from some of your 
subscribers on this subject. 

JOHN K. MYERS 

Warren Co., N. C. 

Our own long experience in keeping 
dairy cows, during which time we 
have handled hundreds of such cows, 
has convinced us that we were right 
in the statement we made in answer 
to the inquiry. This also is borne out 
by the majority of the tests made 
with dairy cows for records. Especi- 
ally is this true when the cow is not 
only far advanced in lactation, but is 
also carrying another calf. The milk 
and butter fat function is largely a 
nervous one. Milk is formed by the 
constant breaking down of the sub- 
stance of the cells of the udder into 
the proteid fats and, to some extent, 
sugar of milk. This process is fol. 
lowed by the rapid rebuilding of the 
udder cells. The quality of the milk 
depends upon the natural characteris- 
tics of the cells of the udder and can- 
not he altered to any considerable ex- 
tent by the feeding. The cells of the 
udder being made of a substance 
similar, chemically, to the proteids of 
the milk, there must be abundance of 
protein in the food to constantly re- 
build these cells as they liquify into 
milk. In a state of nature the pro- 
duction of milk is only continued so 
long as the calf needs it for its main- 
tenance and the period of lactation is 
short. Artificial conditions intro- 
duced in the handling of the cows for 
supplying milk for human feed has 
lengthened this period and increased 
the proportion of butter fat in the 
milk, but this has been a slow process 
extending over many generations and 
only permanently established by care- 
ful, selective breeding and manage- 
ment. A reversion to natural condi- 
tions occurs with almost every cow 
as she advances in the time of lacta- 
tion and though she be fed ever so 
well, constant lactation cannot be 
maintained. Nature will assert itself 
and the cow will go dry. It is true 
that the average butter fat content in 
the milk will not decrease so rapidly 
as the flow will do. This, as we have 



SELMA STOCK FARM 




PURE-BRED. REGISTERED 
PERCHERON STALLIONS, 
HARES AND COLTS, 

Imported and Home-Bred. Blue Ribbon 
Winners wherever shown in France and 
America. Postively Highest Quality. 

COME AND INSPECT THEM. 

E. B. WHITE, Prop., 

Leesbura, Va. 



LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER. 

I offer my services as a Stock Salesman to the breeders of the East In doing ae, 
I will say that I have equipped myself both by having taken a course at the Jones, 
National School of Auctioneering, amd by years of breeding and selling Pedigreed Stock. 
I make a specialty of Pedigreed Sales. 

If I may be permitted to say it, I will suggest that I believe I cam render 

Breeders better servloe than salesmen residing in remote parts of the country, aa I aaa 

thoroughly familiar with conditions obtaining In this section. Then, too, I will 

probably not be quite as expensive as to railroad fare, etc, and besides, I mast airs 

satisfaction or I make no charge for my services. 

Write me or 'phone me via Winchester over Southern Bell Phone far data*. 
Prompt attention assured. 



Roy P. Duvall, 



Stephenson, Va. 




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Wyldewood Farm Jerseys. 

Herd numbers 300, including some of the finest the island has pro- 
duced, headed by the great sire Stockwell, whose abbreviated pedi- 
gree is given below, ........ 



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Imported Stockwell, 75264. 



Stockwell. < 



Sire 
Oxford Lad, P. S123 H. C. 



f Flying Fox, €1441. 



I 

[.Oxford Lass, P. 3582, H. C. 



{ Golden Fern's Lad, P. 2169 H. C 
1 Sultan's Rosette, 149740. 

( Count Wellesley, P. 92S H. C 
[ Oxford Primrose, P. 2252 C. 



Dam 
I Golden Leda, P. §000 H. C. 



f Boyle, P. 1559, H. C. 
f Golden Fern's Lad, P. 2160 H. C. J 

(Golden Fern, P. 4711 H. C. 



. Leda, P. 663B H. C. 



f Golden Pearl, P. 1975 H. C 
1 Eminence, F. 7124 H. C. 



For Particulars of Offerings, General Information, etc., Address 

Wyldewood Farm, Fredericksburg, Va. 



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[April, 



REGISTERED 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS BULLS 



For aale at farmers' prices. Strictly Top Notch. Many of them 
Show Ring Animals. Also Good Females not akin to halls. 

We are closing oat, at little over beef prices, twenty head of 
pure-bred, bat ineligible, females, foor months to seven years 
old. A rare opportunity for farmers to get pore-bred stock at 
little more than the cost of common cows. 

Special prices on March orders for Ball Calves. 

To avoid Inbreeding, we offer for sale oar Herd Ball, 
"Knobley's Editor," 66220. Age 4% years, weight 2,000 pounds. 
A magnificent herd header— broad, block and royally bred. 

Write for booklet. 
CORRESPONDENCE AND INSPECTION OF THE HERD INVITED 

R0SEDALE STOCK FARMS, JEFFERSONTON, VA. 

Shipping Point, Warrenton, Virginia. 




said, as a nervous function which feed- 
ing but little effects. As, however, it 
is one depending largely upon the pro- 
tein in the. feed, if this is kept up and 
not diverted to other uses, the fat con- 
tent of the milk will continue near the 
average per cent, of the cow's natural 
production of fat, but the amount of 
butter produced will become less each 
month of lactation and a less percent- 
age of the fat will be recoverable in 
the butter. If the cow is bearing an- 
other calf, the protein in the food will 
be diverted from cell rebuilding to the 
building up of the bones and muscles 
of the unborn foetus and hence the 
milk and butter fat producing func- 
tions will be largely suspended and 
eventually almost entirely cease, as 
the cow advances in pregnancy until 
the calf is born when nature again re- 
asserts itself and milk rich in fat for 
the nourishment of the newly born 
calf is abundantly given. The protein 
in the food is diverted back to cell re- 
building. — Ed. 



! SHEEP DYING. 

My sheep have been suddenly taken 
with some fatal disease, and I have 
lost four in two weeks. They have 
been well cared for and are looking 
fine and fat. There is not a flock in 
the State in better condition. 

When taken, it comes on quick and 
the sheep will not eat at all and will 
walk and fall down headlong on the 
ground helpless and apparently seem 
blind, and die in from three to four 
days. "Will you or some subscriber of 
The Planter suggest disease and treat- 
ment at* once ? 

STEPHEN ADAMS. 

Matthews Co., Va. 

Hundreds of sheep have died in 



SUNNY HOME FARM 
ABERDEEN ANGUS CATTLE 

Are the sort that "breed on," because of the superior breeding of the 
animals comprising the herd. 

The herd bulls are "Baron Roseboy" by the famous Gay Blackbird, and 
"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 II., and some of the best In the 
In the herd are by our own Baron Roseboy. "We have only young calvss 
for sale, but want to book you for one of these finely-bred ones befere they 
are all sold. Write 

A. Ii. FRENCH, PROPRIETOR. 

Stations Draper, N. C. • Byrdvllle, Va. 




THE DELAWARE HERD OF 

ROYAL ANGUS CATTLE 

Is not surpassed either In breeding or indlvida*! 
animals by any herd in the East. At the head 
of our herd Is 

PRINCE BAR ARA, 68604, 
the son of the great $9,100 Prince Ito. Females aS 
equally choice breeding. Write your wants. Re- 
member, we take personal care ef our cattle; kaea 
no high-priced help; incur no expense of exhibit- 
ing, all of which enables us to offer stock a* 
equitable prices. Send for pamphlet. 

16 Bulls from 2 to IE months old for sal*. 

MYER & SON, Prop. Bridgevllle Del. 



QUALITY 
POLAND-CHINAS 

The large, mellow kind — NOT tl 
coarse and reach type. They ■»»< I 
good with saeh a herd header 
BLACK PERFECTION, a MB ot tl 
•Id kins; of Poland-Chinas, Chief Pe 
fectloa II. A few CHOICE PIGS «J 
BRED SOWS for sale. 

H. B. BUSH A BRO, 
Mlchanx, Pawhataa Cowry, Ta. 



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DIS PE RSAL SALE 



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Finest Jersey Herd in America 

Overton Hall Farm, Nashville, Tenn. 
May 12th, 1008. 

Increasing demands of my business have determined me to offer, WITHOUT RESERVE, my entire 
herd of 110 head of IMPORTED AND AMERICAN BRED, REGISTERED, TUBERCULIN-TESTED 
JERSEYS, including the Imported Bull, Brookhill Fox, the Champion of England and America; King 
Eldorado, the son of the famous Golden Fern's Lad, and out of the unbeaten champion cow, Lady 
Veronia, thirteen times first and champion of the Island of Jersey, the entire show herd containing 
animals of national reputation — every one a splendid individual, and not a defective udder nor a 
spoiled teat in the entire consignment. 

This sale will indeed be a feast for Jersey lovers, as they can make their own selections and name 
their own prices. The wide range of breeding affords unlimited choice for even the most fastidious. 
The performance at churn and pail of each animal and its ancestors will be given in detail in the 
Catalogue, so you can see for yourself exactly what returns on your investment will be. 

Don't Fail to Attend This Sale. 

J, M. OVERTON, Prop., Overton Hall Farm, ----- Nashville, Tenn. J 

Z SEND YOUR NAME NOW FOR A CATALOGUE. * 

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First Grand Annual Spring Sal® 

OF THE 

Richmond Special Horse Sale Company, 

AT THE 

SOUTHERN STOCK YARDS, Richmond, Va. 
Kit April 28, 29 and 30, 1908. 



"ToNDTJCTBD BY SMYTH BROTHERS-McCLEART-McCLELLAN COMPANY, KXINE-THROOP, INC., AND 

JOSEPH LASSITER. 

" The'offerifigs" will include high class Trotters - and _ Pa^er"i, with and without records; fast Roadsters, 
Drivers, Saddle and Business Horses; also Stallions of rich breeding, speed and individuality, fit for the 
track or stud; fine Brood Mares, Colts and Fillies. 

A GRAND ARRAY OF SPEED will he offered, too, especial attention being directed to the dis- 
persal sale of Montezeuma Stock Farm, the property of James C. Smith, Richmond, Va., who is retiring 
from breeding and racing, and will dispose of his entire holdings, including high class campaigners 
and money winners, like Estuary, 2:15%; Zack, 2:15%; Brooklet Chimes 2:16%, one of the »°?»*™» 
in the South- Alto Down, 2:17y 4 , a good and consistent race horse in his class; Nettie May, 2.24%, and 
others without records; also young Stallions, Brood Mares, Colt and Fillies. Full particulars of the 
numerous offerings may he had from catalogue, mailed free to any address. 

~~ — RICHMOND SPECIAL HORSE SALE COMPANY, 

Southern Stock Yards, 

Richmond, Va. 



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[April, 



southwest Virginia the past two 
months, due to Over-stimulating diet, 
such as corn, millfeed, cotton seed 
meal, etc., -producing first an acute in- 
flammation of the liver, followed by a 
suspension of its function and yellow 
atrophy, which poisons the entire sys- 
tem, the toxic matters are attracted 
by affinity to the brain. The chief post- 
mortem changes are confined to the 
liver, which is small and yellow, and 
easily broken, the gall bladder is usu- 
aly distended with greenish yelow 
bile, the small bowels contain large 
quantities of bright yellow bile. 

There is no treatment in severe 
cases; they all die; mild cases are 
benefitted by purgatives of castor oil 
and a restricted cooling diet. 

Prevention consists in proper feed- 
ing. Oats, bran and clover hay, 
avoiding corn and corn fodder, especi- 
ally that grown on rich bottom land, 
which has been overflown during the 
past season. JN'O. SPENCER, 

Veterinarian. 

Expt. Station, Blacksburg, Va 



FERTILIZER FOR PEANUTS. 

Will you be good enough to let me 
know what fertilizer is best for pea- 
nuts, and how much per a ere and 
when to apply it? W J. COX. 

Georgetown Co., S. C. 

In this issue, in our article on 
Work for the Month, you will find 
advice on this subject. — Ed. 

SCUPPERNONG GRAPE. 

I was much interested by A. D. 
Dart's article in the January Planter 
on the Scuppernong grape. Will you 
kindly tell me through your columns 
if this grape can be grown in Albe- 
marle county, Va. What is tne best 
time to plant, and should cuttings or 
the rooted vine be used? Where can 
either be obtained? 

(Miss) A. G. DAVIS. 

Orange Co., Va. 

This grape will not succeed in your 
county. — Ed. 

APPLYING FARM YARD MANURE- 
THRESHING COWPEAS— SOWING 
CRIMSON CLOVER. 

1. When is the best time to apply 
farm yard manure and how is it best 
to apply it, as a top dressing or to 
plough it down? 

2. How is the best way to get cow- 
peas out of the pods when picked off 
the vines in the field? 

3. Can crimson clover (German) be 
sown amongst cowpea vines in August 
or September successfully? 

CHAS. L. DYER. 

Chesterfield Co., Va. 

1. This question of the application 
of farm yard manure to land has been 
under observation and experimentation 
at the Maryland Experiment Station 
for a period, on one field ,of seven 
years, and on another field for three 
years. The full report on these ex- 




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ROYAL, SWELL, 34892, Bay Horse, 15.2% hands high, by Bow Bells, 2:19%, dam Rachel. 2:08%, by Baron 
Wilkes, 2:18. 

A Trotting Stallion that lives up to his breeding 
His tabulated pedigree, which follows, shows him to be 



in conformation, style and gait — a show horse all over. 
one of the best bred trotting stallions in the world: 



Hauihletoiiian 10 



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ROYAL SWELL, 34892. 

MAHOGANY BAY 
with black points; near 
hind heel white. 
FOALED FEB'Y 5, 1901. 

Bred by Marcus Daly, 
Bitter Root Farm, Hamil- 
ton, Mont. 

A perfect individual 
with great beauty, perfect 
disposition, extreme speed, 
a pure gaited trotter, and 
as richly and fashionably 
bred as any horse ever 
foaled. 



Bow Bells, 13073 

Record 2:19%. 
Sire of 

Beausant 2:06% 

Matin Bells 2:06% 

Billy Andrews 2:06%" 

Bellewood A 2:07% 

Prince Selma 2:10% 

Bel Esprit 2:12% 

Janie T. (2 yrs.) 2:14 

(Champion 2-yr. filly; 

Futurity winner.) 

Ringing Bells 2:13% 

Wilkes Belle 2:14% 

including 
Boreal, 3 yrs 2:15% 

Sire of 
Boralma, 5 yrs 2:07 

(Futurity winner 1899; 

.Transylvania winner in 

1900.) 
Pan Michael 2:03 

Own brother to 
Chimes 2:30% 

Sire of 
The Abbot 2:03% 

(World's Champion in 

1900.) 
Electric Bell, sire of 

Captor 2:09% 

St. Bel, 2:24%. sire of 

Lynne Bel 2:10% 

Rachel 

Record 4 yrs., 2:08%. 
Winner of 9 races. Twice 

2d; once 3d; twice 4th, 

and never unplaced. 
Great Spirit.. 2:11% 

Dam of 
The Envoy (Peace 

Comm'ner) 2:25% 

Sire of 

Bedelia B 2:27% 

Town Founder. .... .2:18 

Sire of 
Prodigal Queen 2:30 



- Electioneer, 125. 

Sire of 

Arion 2:07% 

Sunol 2:08% 

Palo Alto 2:08% 

And 163 others in 2:30 
Sires of the dams of 

Klatawah 2:05% 

Dolly Dillon 2:06% 

Lisonjero 2:08% 

Wild Bell 2:08% 

Cavaliero 2:09% 

Crafty 2:09% 

V. Beautiful Bells 

Record 2:29% 



/ nai iii vieLuiuan m' 

J "The great fountain head 
■ of trotting speed." Sire of 



Dexter 2:17% 
Champion). 



(World' 



of 



>. Green Mountain Maid 

The great mother 

trotters." 

Dam of Elaine 2:20; Pros- 
pero 2:20; Elista 2:20%; 
Dame Trot 2:22; Lance- 
lot 2:23, and 4 other 
2:3 trotters. 



r 

brood ! 



The Moor, 870: 



2:37 

years 



Died at S 

Sulton 2:24 

And others. 

Minnehaha 

Dam of 

Baron Rose 2:20% 

Alcazar 2:20% 

Mascot 2:25% 

Pawnee 2:26% 

San Gabriel 2:29% 

Beautiful Bells 2:29% 

George Wilkes, 519; 2:22 

Champ, stallion, 1868-71. 
Sire of 83 2:30 perform- 
ers, and dams of 183 2:30 
performers. 

Belle Patchen, 2:30% 

Dam of 
Baron Wilkes 2:18 



e Wilkes, 519; 2:22 



Champion trotting 
mare 

Dam of 

Belleflower 2:12% 

Belsire 2:18 

Bell Boy, 3 yrs 2:19% I 

Bow Bells 2:19% 

Hinda Rose. 3 yrs.. 2:19% 

Palo Alto Belle 2:22% 

Adbell, 1 yr 2:23 

Monbells, 4 yrs 2:23% 

St. Bel, 4 yrs 2:24% 

Bell Bird, 1 yr 2:26% 

Adbell 2:29% [ 

Baron Wilkes, 4758 ■ 

Record 2:18. Sire of 

Bumps 2:03% 

Rubinstein 2:05 

Rachel 2:08% 

Oakland Baron 2:09% 

Seven others in 2:10 

And the dams of 
Lady Gail Hamilton. 2:06% 

Rollins 2:08 

India Silk 2:10% fGeorir 

Circle 2:11% 

Great Spirit 2:11% 

Willie Wilkes, 2:28 

Dam of 

Rachel, 4 yrs 2:08% 

Great Heart 2:21%<J 

Bowery Boy 2:15% 

Bowery Bell 2:18% 

Deluge 2:19% 

Aspirator 2:24% 

Dam of 
Great Heart, sire of 

Wilkes Heart 2:06% 

Thelma 2:09% 

Namo 2:09% 

Xava 2:10% 

Gomez 2:15% 

Gale 2:19% 

And 23 others. 
Woodsprite, sire of 

Hal Frey 2:09% 

Miss Liter 2:18% 

And 4 others 
Crystal, dam of 

Cut Glass 2:10% 

King Crystal 2:14% 

Spanish Boy 2:16% 

Crystalline, 2 vrs. 

(1 in 2:30) 2:19% 

Spun Glass 2:24% 

Crystal's Last 2:27% 

Crystalloid 2:28% 

ROYAL SWELL'S get have fine size, are of show horse type and full of trot. He has some, grand foals 
In the East that will soon bring him into prominence as a sire, and his daughters should make as good 
brood mares as money will buy. 

FEE — $25 the season, with usual return privilege in case of failure. Mares from a. distance can be pro- 
vided for on exceedingly liberal terms for keep. Address 

ALLANDALE FARM, Fredericksburg, Va. 



Sire of 






Harry Wilkes 




2:13% 


And 82 others 


in 


2:30 list. 


Sire of dams 


183 in 2:30. 


Sire of 102 2 


30 


sires. 


Sire of dams 


34 


in 2:15. 


Sire of dams 


12 


in 2:10 


Sire of 70 2 


15 


sires. 


Sire of 40 2 


10 


sires. 


Sire of 5 2 


05 


sires. 



Salley Southworth 

Dam 
Chatterton (sire of 

6 2:30- trotters) ... .2:18 
Willie Wilkes 2:28 

Dam of 

Rachel, 4 yrs 2:08% 

Great Heart, (a 2:10 

sire) 2:12% 

Bowery Boy 2:15% 

Bowery Belle 2:18% 

Deluge 2:19% 

Aspirator 2:24 

Wo-odsprite, , sire of 

6 in 2:30 

Crystal, dam of 7 in. 2:30 



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[April, 



periments has been just issued and is 
published as Bulletin 122 of that Sta- 
tion. This can be obtained on appli- 
cation to the Director of the Station, 
College Park, Md. Here we have not 
space to do more than give a short 
summary. Later in the year, we ex- 
pect to write fully on the subject. 
The land experimented upon has 
grown the following rotation of crops: 
First year, corn (planted on sod), 
crimson clover (seeded at last work- 
ing of corn). 

Second year, crimson clover turned 
under for corn (wheat seeded on corn 
stubble). 

Third year, wheat (timothy and 
clover seeded in wheat). 

Fourth year, timothy and clover hay. 

The results given in the table rep- 
resent the average yields obtained 
from four crops of corn and two crops 
of wheat, thus passing through the 
rotation twice. The yields of hay 
were lost, so cannot be given. 

The applications of fresh manure 
were made by taking it directly from 
the stable and spreading it on the 
land at the rate of ten tons per acre 
applied with a manure spreader. 

In the rotted manure series plots 
2 and 4 of field 38 received well rotted 
manure at the rate of ten tons per 
acre taken at each application from a 
larg heap of that material. 

For each of the other rotted manure 
plots a ton of fresh manure was haul- 
ed out and heaped near the plot in 
sufficient time before spreading to al- 
low it to decompose into a condition 
which would be generally recognized 
as well rotted manure. 

The results given in the following 
table are the average of twelve one- 
tenth acre plots. Fresh manure was 
applied to six plots and rotten ma- 
nure to six plots, the plots alternated. 
Comparison of yields from application 
of fresh and rotted manure on 
Field No. 38. 
Yields Per Acre in Bushels. 

Corn Wheat 

Bushels.* Bushels. f 

Unmanured (average 

of plots 5, 10, 15, 20 38.1 16.1 

Fresh manure (aver- 
age of plots 1, 3, 7, 
9, 13, 1G) 70.7 19.7 

Rotted manure aver- 
age plots 2, 4, 8, 
11, 14, 17) 65.1 19.1 

Gain from fresh 

manure 32.6 3.6 

Gain from rotted 

manure /27.6 3.0 

Gain of fresh over 

rotted manure 5.0 0.6 

♦Average of 4 crops. 

fAverage of 2 crops. 

The yields of fodder and straw 
were in favor of the fresh manure and 
were in about the same proportions 
as given for the grains. The observa- 
tions on the growth of grass showed 
decidedly in favor of the fresh manure 
and were even more marked than 
with the other crops. 

Ab to when the manure shall be ap- 
plied, the experiments covered this 




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point also. The manure was applied 
at four different periods — summer, 
fall, winter and spring. The applica- 
tions were made on sod land before 
ploughing and previous to planting 
the land to corn. The results were 
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top dressing... 0.3 

The above results are clearly iiy 
favor of applying the manure after 
ploughing as a top dressing. They 
also show decidedly in favor of the 
use of fresh manure. 

2. There is a machine for threshing 
cowpeas now being made and which 
will shortly be on the market. The 
picking of the pods will then be aband- 
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only way is to beat them out with a 
flail. 

3. Yes; it Is regularly done with suc- 
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year, after harvesting the oats or 
wheat, land ploughed and put in soy 
beans or cow peas. Third year, 
Spanish peanuts; after peanuts are 
harvested, land is seeded to wheat or 
oats. Fourth year, after harvesting 
the grain, I aim to put in some legume 
— clover preferred. This year my corn 
land will all be manured or have 
crimson clover for fallow and part of 
that top dressed. I am breaking the 
land eight to ten inches deep, with 
three horses. I have some years sub- 
soiled the land for corn and will like- 
ly break some of it so this year. The 
only defect I can see in my system is 
the following of the soy bean or cow- 
pea with the peanut, but I do not sse 
how this can be avoided very well. 
My yield of corn for the past three 
years has been, by careful estimate, 
from thirty to forty bushels per acre. 
The peanut yield last year (1907) on 
the improved land was nearly sevtntj 
bushels per acre. 

I have a piece of land to come in 
peanuts this year, which grew a heavy 
crop of soy beans last year. This 
land is well filled with humus. What 
treatment would you advise to make a 
maximum yield? Would also like to 
have your idea as to my rotation. 

A. R. CLARY. 

Prince George Co., Va. 

We do not see how we could well j 
suggest any material alteration in 
your rotation likely to result in con 
stant permanent improvement of the 
fertility of the soil with profitable 
crop production as an accompaniment. 
We think perhaps it would be an ad- 
vantage to sow crimson clover with a 
mixture of wheat, oats and rye on the 
soy bean and cowpea stubble, so as 
to have a winter cover crop on the 
land and to make a fallow to turn 
down for the peanut crop. This would 
add to the humus in the soil, which is 
a great factor in successful peanut 
growing. This crop would also save 
the nitrogen accumulated in the soil 
by the soy bean and cowpeas, which 
is easily lost by leaching where nc 
crop is on the land to utilize it. 
Your corn crop should be larger than 
thirty to forty bushels to the acre 
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down a manured clover sod for its pro- 
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made and applied. This will help 
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See also what we have said in this 
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In this issue, in our article, Work for 
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2. Which is best, land facing south, 
north, west or east? 

3. Give me name of some canning 
factory. 

4. How many pounds of seed for one 
acre? W. C MARSHALL. 

Carroll Co., Va. 

1. There is no reason why tomatoes 
should not do well on land that has 
grown cabbage if only there is fertil- 
ity enough left in the soil or it be sup- 
plied by manure or fertilizer or both 
to support the plants. Cabbage is a 
gross feeding plant and, therefore, if 
a tomato crop be planted to follow the 
cabbage, the land should have plenty 
of plant food applied to make good 
the draft made on it by the cabbage. 

2. A Southern aspect is best for the 
crop. 

3. We do not know the name of any 
canner in your county. There are 
many canneries in Bottetourt, Rock- 
bridge and adjoining counties. Froba- 
bly a letter to the Postmaster of 
some of the towns in these counties 
would secure you the information. 

4. You will require to plant from 
2,500 to 3,500 plants to the acre, but 
we are unable to say what quantity 
of Seed you will require, as we do 
not know how many seeds go to the 
ounce or pound. The seed is light 
and small and a few ounces will 
grow a great many plants. Probably 
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1. In selecting seed corn for medium 
poor land, would you advise selecting 
corn grown on land of like fertility, 
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2. I have an old field that has not 
been in crop for three or four years, 
lias some broom sedge on it. What 
time would you plant it to avoid cut- 
worms and get the best crop, if no 
fertilizer is used? 

3. What is a good ration and con- 
dition powder for a horse with the 
heaves? R. 

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1. We would select corn grown on 
land of the like character as to soil 
and location, but would prefer that 
it. should be richer in fertility rather 
than poorer. The corn grown on the 
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[April, 



nothing else can be had. The besi 
bait is bran moistened with molasses 
and then poisoned with Paris green 
This should be made into balls and 
be put about on the bare land, or 
green clover may be sprinkled with 
Paris green and be dropped about on 
the field. After the worms have been 
dosed with these poisons, the corn 
may be planted with a fair chance of 
escaping injury. 

3. See article in this issue in the 
Horse Department for remedy for 
heaves. — Ed. 



APPYING LIME TO CLOVER- 
CRIMSON CLOVER— WHITEWASH. 

1. Will it hurt to apply lime on 
clover (Mammoth) now? 

2. Can crimson clover be put into 
a silo and make good silage. 

3. Is there any danger in feeding 
crimson clover to stock in August, 
September and October? 

4. I mixed a lot of Government 
whitewash and put it in a barrel and 
the lime has now settled to the bot- 
tom and the water is on top. I fol- 
lowed the directions carefully in mix- 
ing. After heating it, it gets thick 
and dry, and when applied to wood- 
work, it will not stick. 

York Co., Va. 

ANDREW P. PETERSON. 

1. If the lime is applied when the 
clover is dry, it will not hurt it nor 
do we think it will much help it. 
Lime should be applied before the 
clover is sown and be worked into the 
soil to get the best results. In this 
column, in reply to another enquirer, 
you will find that we have discussed 
this question. 

2. None of the clovers make good 
silage. Make them into hay. 

3. Crimson clover, after the seed 
forms, is not a safe feed for horses, 
but we have never heard of its injur- 
ing cattie. 

4. You should thin down the white- 
wash with water when it is heating 
until you get it the proper thickness 
to apply. — Ed. 

TOBACCO FERTILIZER. 

1. I have a two-acre piece of ground 
with gray soil with stiff red clay sub- 
soil, which I wish to put into one 
sucker tobacco. How would 500 
pounds of 14 per cent, acid phosphate 
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soda per acre do for this piece of 
land? 

2. What articles would I have to use 
to make a 6-8-6 fertilizer? Also using 
this same kind of acid phosphate and 
nitrate of soda and mix it myself? 

E. T. HOPKINS. 
Powhatan Co., Va. 

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Month," as to the proper fertilizer to 
use for making heavy tobacco. The 
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co does not require phosphoric acid 
largely. It makes It coarse and of a 
poor color — 600 pounds nitrate o£ soda 
1,200 pounds phosphate (14 per cent.), 
and 200 pounds muriate of potash to 
make a ton would give you nearly a 
6-8-6 fertilizer.— Ed. 



TOBACCO GROWING. 

Please publish in your next issue 
the kind and quantity of fertilizer to 
use per acre to make rich, heavy to- 
bacco. My land is a deep, light gray 
soil, with a light red subsoil. My to- 
bacco grows too poor and bony. The 
more ready mixed fertilizer I use the 
coarser and rougher the tobacco 
grows. My corn also grows too much 
stalk and too little ear. Would an in- 
crease of potash make richer tobacco 
and more grain? I have tried bone 
meal, and it seems to make the tobac- 
co worse. Some of my land was in 
grass last year and some in peas. The 
peas were left on the ground, only 
the seed gathered. Would this need a 
different fertilizer from the grass 
land? J. F. WATKINS. 

Charlotte Co., Va. 

In this issue, in our article, Work 
for the Month, we have given advice 
and quoted the results of experiments 
made with different fertilizers in 
growing heavy tobacco Read this. It 
should help you. 

You will have to correct the tend- 
ency of your corn to make too much 
stalk by selection of seed of a better 
type. No fertilizer will change this. 
—Ed. 



ACID PHOSPHATE ANT) MANURE. 

My plan is as follows: All the ma- 
nure made in the summer and fall is 
used for top dressing my clover and 
timothy sod, and the manure made 
through the winter in the yard ana 
stables is handled directly on the 
wheat, and used as a top dressing, be- 
ing too coarse to put on grass sod. 
I noticed in your valuable paper an 
article "How to Make Farm Yard Ma- 
nure More Valuable, which has greatly 
interested me, but the experiments 
differ from the way I use my manure 
and I have never had any satisfaction 
in top dressing either wheat or grass 
with any kind of fertilizer. What I 
would like to know is would the acid 
phosphate benefit the manure any 
used as a top dressing? I have this 
season been using about forty pounds 
of acid phosphate to the l.O'OO pounds 
of stable manure applied on my wheat. 
Am I doing right or wrong? 

JERRIE NORRIS. 

Charles Co., Md. 

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Improving and Increasing Tobacco Crops 



No soil is rich enough in 
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[April, 



It needs the acid phosphate to make 
it a better balanced feed for the grain 
and grasss which both demand a liber- 
al supply of phosphoric acid to enable 
them to make their best growth and 
yield. You are using the acid phos- 
phate liberally, instead of forty pounds 
to 1,000 pounds, forty pounds to 2,000 
pounds will more nearly balance the 
manure. If you only top dress lightly 
the mixture you are using will be prob 
ably more satisfactory than the small- 
er quantity named, as it will give a 
better supply of phosphoric acid to the 
soil and this is the most needed ele- 
ment in all our Eastern lands. — Ed. 



FERTILIZER FOR COWPEAS. 
I want to sow some cowpeas and I 
have some cotton seed meal that I 
want to use for fertilizer. Will you 
please tell me what will be best to gc 
with the meal. The land is a stiff 
clay subsoil. W W. CLARK. 

Cotton seed meal is a nitrogen-sup- 
plying fertilizer and cowpeas do not 
need nitrogen applied to them, as they 
can get it from the air where it is 
much cheaper than it can be gotten 
for from anywhere else. Cowpeas need 
only the mineral fertilizers phosphoric 
acid and potash, and, on your land, 
probably only phosphoric acid is 
needed. Apply 200 or 300 pounds of 
acid phosphate per acre and work into 
the soil before planting the peas. Use 
the cotton seed meal on your other 
crops, or, better still, feed it to your 
cattle and then apply the manure 
made from it to the crops. In this 
way you will get two profits from it — 
its feeding value, which is great, and 
its fertilizing value, which the feeding 
,of it does not lessen very much.— Ed. 



APPLYING LIME TO CLOVER. 

I have a sheep sorrel lot which 1 
seeded to red clover last April, and I 
have a fine stand of clover, but I want 
to lime and, not knowing wbat time 
is best to apply it, I will be very glad 
if you will tell me. J. B. MORGAN. 

.Nottoway Co., Va. 

Lime is always best applied during 
the fall and winter months and on land 
that is under cultivation. In this way 
it gets mixed in the soil and exerts 
its best action. As you no doubt know, 
it is not strictly a fertilizer, but exerts 
a physical and mechanical effect on 
the soil and destroys acidity, thus 
promoting microbic life and the best 
growth of the leguminous and other 
crops. We have, however, frequently 
applied lime as a top dressing on grass 
with advantage, though it is then slow- 
er in effecting the necessary changes 
in the soil, as it has to be absorbed 
into the ground mainly through the 
action of the worms as it is only slow- 
ly soluble in water. If you decide to 
top dress the! clover,, do it at once, so 
that it may* get into the bottom, of. the 





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Take the average barn for illustration. 
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401 



crop and near the roots. Apply when 
the crop is dry. — Ed. 



A MARE THAT WON'T BREED. 

I have a mare that is 13 years old; 
had one colt about eight years ago; 
tried to breed her the last two years 
and would not breed. Is there any- 
thing I can do to help in any way? 
A SUBSCRIBER. 

Gloucester Co., Va. 

The only thing you can do will be 
to use the artificial impregnator, which 
you will find advertised in the horse 
journals. Crittenden & Co., Cleveland, 
Ohio, sell the instrument. It has been 
often used very successfully, and if 
the mare will breed again this would 
very probably be successful. If, how- 
ever, she is barren from any cause 
this would not be effective unless the 
cause of the barenness can be re- 
moved by an operation. — Ed. 



INSECTS INJURING CANTALOUPES 
AND CUCUMBERS. 

Last year, for the first time, a small 
green worm cut through all my can- 
taloupes and cucumbers. Can you give 
a remedy? I had my watermelon 
patch on the river and we had a 
freshet the last of May, which washed 
my patch away. I planted it again 
on the 18th of June, which was very 
iate. Thought perhaps that was the 
reason the worms destroy them. 

HUGH BROOKING. 

Orange Co., Va. 

The damage was done either by the 
squash vine borer or the melon or 
pickle worm. If the squash borer 
this is difficult to deal with, and tue 
best course is to try to prevent his 
getting on the vines by planting a 
trap crop of early squashes or melons 
and when it has had time to infest 
the crop badly then pull the plants 
up and burn them and thus destroy 
the eggs from which the worms 
hatch and then plant the crop from 
which you expect to gather the crop. 
You should not plant on the same 
land this year, as it will be infested 
with the worms. If the trouble was 
caused by the pickle worm or by the 
melon worm, these two are worms 
which cut the foliage and can be 
poisoned by spraying with Paris 
green — 1 pound ;o 20 gallons of water 
— when they are first seen, and if later 
they appear when the fruit is getting 
nearly ready for gathering then by 
spraying with Paris green — 1 pound 
to 130 gallons of water. — Ed. 



BURNT BONES— RUST ON COTTON. 

1. Will you please tell me in your 
next issue if burnt bones have any 
value as a fertilizer, and if so what 
fertilizing elements they contain? 

2. Also if cotton planted on land 






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[April, 



vhere crimson clover has been plowed 
mder is liable to have the rust. 

M. J. SANTON. 
Northampton Co., N. O. 

i. Yes, burnt bones have a fertiliz- 
ng value. They contain and consist 
ilmost wholly of phosphate of lime, 
vhich is a slowly available source of 
phosphoric acid. 

2. Rust is caused by an impoverish- 
ed condition of the soil, especially 
'rom a lack of potash and nitrogen, 
tnd probably also of phosphoric acid. 
The clovers, instead of causing the 
lisease are more likely to help to pre- 
r ent it, as they supply nitrogen. If 
>n the clover stubble some Kainit is 
ipplied to supply the potash the 
lisease will probably not trouble 
rou. — Ed. 



WARTS ON MULE— WOOD ASHES. 

1. What can be done for a mule 
vnat has several warts or fungus 
growths about the size of goose eggs 
>n different parts of his body. I have 
.ried carbolic acid and caustic potash 
vithout perceptible effect. I wish to 
enow the best way to remove these 
varts; also what to give inwardly to 
prevent their coming again. 

2. Are wood ashes effective to cor- 
rect sourness in soil, as they contain 
lime? A. BUFFAT. 

Knox Co., Tenn. 

1. If the growths are attached to 
-.he body by a hard dry cord cut them 
jff and touch the cut place on the 
end of the cord with lunar caustic. If 
r .he cord connecting the growth to the 
oody is a soft, fleshy substance tie a 
silk cord round it to arrest the circu- 
lation in it and tighten this a little 
every day until all connection is cut 
off and the fungus growth will then 
die and can be cut off and the place 
l>e touched with caustic. If 'the 
growths are flat on the skin they will 
aave to be burnt off, either with lunar 
caustic or the actual hot iron cautery. 

2. Yes, wood ashes are a corrective 
of the acidity of the soil. This is 
practically the reason why they act 
so well in producing clover. They 
have also 4 or 5 per cent, of potash, 
which helps. The best corrective of 
icidity, however is freshly burnt lime- 
stone or shells. The ground limestone 
s effective but slower in action. — Ed. 



BOURBON RED TURKEYS. 

We have had several enquiries for 
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Fleming, Vienna, 111.; Mrs. Allen M. 
Brown, Williamsport, Ohio. We are 
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e Bought a Tubular 



THiS MMM 


USED TO CARRY 


HALF TOM OF 


BUTTER 


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THAT'S what Mr. McKerrow did for 
twelve years previous to 1903. Then 
he bought a Tubular. When he 
discovered how wasteful he had 
been with cream, he says that he felt like 
"kicking himself." Listen to him: 

Herkimer, New York. 
Gentlemen:— Did you ever feel like kicking; 

?ourself? I have felt like that every time I 
nlnk of what I have been throwing away for 
the last twelve years. Six tons of butter 
carried to the hogs in that time ! I made 
315 pounds per cow in 1904, deep setting; 368 
pounds per cow in 1905, using Dairy Tubular. 
S3 pounds per cow for 20 cows makes 1060 
pounds: this at 28 cents makes about $300. I 

fuess the Tubular has paid for itself all right, 
kim-milk worth double too. 

Wm. McKeeeow. 
This is not an isolated case. Thousands of 
thankful families all overthe globe are rejoic- 
ing in the possession Of this profit-bringing, 
cream-saving machine. It seems like a friend 
ever after the first week. Even one day's 
lack of use makes the dairy- 
man or farmer miss it tre- 
mendously. 

Ten Things a Tubular 
Surely Does. 

1— Runs daily for months and 

months without a hitch. One 

man writes that in three 

years he paid out 40 cents for repairs. 
2— It skims so clean we guarantee it to leave 

only one-half of that left by any other 

machine. 
3— It turns easily, requiring one-half the 

fower needed by other machines, 
t will run one-half longer without clogging 
than any other machine. 

5— It delivers one-half less froth in cream 
than any other separator. 

6— Needs only a tablespoonful of oil twice a 
week. 

" -It requires little attention from the ope- 
rator because every part is thoroughly 
tested and inspected by experts at our fac- 
tory before shipping. 

8— It requires one-tenth the time in washing 
required by any other separator. 

9— The receiving csn is the lowest of them all 
and most convenient to clean and adjust. 

10— A Tubular causes you no worry, fuss or 
muss. It's just a tried and true workman 
that is always on time; always sober. 

A Tubular Will Pay for Itself. 

We don't care where you live. If you own 
eight or ten cows you can use a Tabular and 
pay for it in cream saved in a year. Buy the 
easiest machine to fill, to turn, to wash. A 
separator that skims clean, needs next to no 



repairs and saves you fuss, worry and trouble. 
It would pay to sell one of the cows and buy 
a Tubular. 




Putting in Milk. 



No high lifting; no 
slipping milk pail and 
lost profits with a Tubu- 
lar. The waist-low can 
solves the problem. 
Skimming is fun for the 
whole familv from the 
six-year-old up. It is 
a pleasant anticipation 
.because the exercise 
lis not exhausting and 
the operation is with- 
out fatigue. 

This is the way one 
man views the "high 
up" kind: 

"Gentlemen:— To say that we are pleased 
with our Tubular is putting it mildly. We 
have used a disc-filled, bucketbowl for several 




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a percentage of cream besides 'climbing up 
to the top of the house and pouring 
the milk down the chimney.' For ease 
of operation, rapidity, and thoroughness of 
separation, there is no comparison between 
the two." 

Turning a Tubular. 

All working parts run in oil. Every part is 
adapted so perfectly to the other that once 
got in motion it's a joke to keep the bowl 
spinning. 

The oil compartment cannot possibly leak 
nor at any time allow the oil to spatter on or 
contaminate crertm or milk. The machine 
takes care of itself and does not worry anyone 
with clogged oil holes or leaking bearings. 
Thus your cream and butter are free from the 
remotest possibility of ever being rejected 
because of machine-grease, odor or sugges- 
tion of rancidity. This one feature saves you 
much worry. 

Washing a Tubular. 

Only three pieces in the bowl to wash, all 
easily gotten at. Nothing to rake and scrape 
your knuckles norskin your wrists and fingers. 

One man who owns a "bucket bowl" machine 



allows it to stand Idle 
inhisdaii-y house. That 
means $225 rusting! He 
uses a'iubularinstead. 
Why? "Not for all the 
money in the Universe" 
says he "will I break 
my wife's back, ruffle 
her temper or spoil her 
digestion by requiring 
her to wash twice a day 
those 35 'pie plates' 365 
days in the year." 

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We have asked you 
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just the treatment that will make you a lasting 
friend of ours. We shall not force ourselves 
upon you to make you feel unpleasant and 
under obligations. All we ask 
is for you to give the Tubular 
a reasonable trial alongside of 
as many other separators as 
you wish, or alone. If it does 
not perform as we claim, you 
needn't keep it. -^ 

We feel no fear ina 
making this offer" 
when nearly 75,000 
separators leave 
our works 
every year. This num- 
ber alone is a strong 
proof that our claims 
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Where you see a Tubu- 
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treat me intelligently I will answer the questions literature explaining all about the Tubular, 

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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[April, 



DETAIL INDEX. 

Cowpeas 382 

Applying Lime to Wheat. ....:... 382 

Curing Skin With Fur on 382 

Treatment of Field to be Mowed. .382 
Management of Young Dairy Cow. .383 

Pine Straw as a Fertilizer 383 

Yield of Wheat Hay 384 

Loss of Fertility from Soil 384 

Curing Skin With Hair on— Worms 

in Horses 384 

Plant for Name 385 

Nitrate of Soda 385 

Bermuda Grass— Capons ...... ....385 

Crimson Clover— Red Clover 386 

Cow With Depraved Appetite 386 

Butter Fat in Milk 388 

Sheep Dying 390 

Scuppernong Grape ' ' ' ,392 

Applying Farm Yard Manure- 
Threshing C o w p e a s— Sowing 

Crimson Clover "399 

Rotation of Crops— Feanuts. .". .395 
Tom<^ to Growi ng„, : ■ , ... ; ..,,.,. , ,396 
;Seed Com— Avpjcljng 1 Cut-Worm 

Injury to Corri-^-Heaves 397 

Applying Lime to Clover — Crim- 
son Clover — Whitevyash 398 

Tobacco Fertilizer 398 

Tobacco Growing .399 

Acid Phosphate and Manure 399 

fertilizer for Cowpeas 400 

Applying Lime to Clover. ......... .400 

A Mare that Won't Breed 401 

Insects Injuring Canteloupes and 

Cucumbers *. -401 

Burnt Bones— Rust on Cotton 401 

Warts on Mule--Wood Ashes.. 402 

Bourbon Red Turkeys .j 4&$ 



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' Any boy old enough t drive can 
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machine—it has been on the market 
for years and thousands are now in 
use in all sections of the country. For 
simplicity and effectiveness it has no 
peer. Built for wear and work it 
wins new friends wherever shown. 

The Krause does all the work — no 
muscle is required. At will, while the 
machine is in operation, the shovels 
and wheels are moved simultaneously 
to the right or left by a slight pres- 
sure of the foot, while the width of 
row or depth or angle of the shovels 
may be as easily adjusted. It is sim- 
ple in construction and operation and 
cannot get out of working order. High 
wheels and perfect balance gives it a 
light draft, making the work light 
for the horses. 

Before buying a cultivator investi- 
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from your -dealer take no other- 
there is just one cultivator for you 
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[April, 



WASHINGTON" NOTES. 
A Great Contributor to Agriculture. 

The first director of the office of 
Experiment Stations of the Depart- 
of Agriculture was the late Professor 
Atwater, and one of his earliest recom- 
mendations was for the issuance by 
the Department of a series of farm- 
ers' bulletins which should briefly and 
plainly describe important results at- 
•:ained by the various Experiment 
Stations, to be put, as he said, in a 
form "so plain that the intelligent 
farmer will understand it, so brief that 
he will read it, and so practical that 
he will take it to heart." 

"The first Farmers' Bulletin," said 
Dr. A. C. True, the present Director of 
the Office of Experiment Stations, in 
speaking of this early recommenda- 
tion of Professor Atwater, "was pub- 
lished in 1889. This series proved so 
popular that it was soon transferred 
from the Office of Experiment Stations 
and made a general series for the De- 
partment of Agriculture. Congress 
made a special printing fund for these 
bulletins and the Congressmen under- 
took their distribution on a large 
scale." 

Considerably over three hundred o t 
these buletins have been issued, a 
large number of which were prepared 
'inder the supervision of Dr. True, 
the editions of many have aggregated 
hundreds of thousands of copies, and 
the total output of Farmers' Bulletins 
by the Department has been many mil- 
ions of copies. 

The annual output of these very 
popular bulletins by the Department 
now approaches close to the ten mil- 
don mark. 

Ireat Value of the Experiment Station 
Work. 

As a public official working in a 
vide way in the organization and man- 
igement of enterprises for the gener- 
al good," says Dr. True in an eulogy 
of his late brother agricultural scien- 
tist, "Professor Atwater has earnea 
'he lasting gratitude of his country- 
men, especially by what he did in con- 
nection with the agricultural Experi- 
ment Stations and the nutrition in- 
-estigations. To this work he brought 
«, well-trained mind and a true scien- 
mc purpose. He had the enthusiasm 
md persistence necessary to impress 
uner men with the importance of his 
enterprises and to carry him success- 
fully over periods of opposition and 
tiscouragement. He had unusual abil- 



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In every county in the State. One of 
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Every break-down at harvest time means time lost. 

Every minute lost may mean grain lost. 

Every bit of grain lost means profit lost. 

Tou cannot afford to take chances on break-downs and 
delays with harvesting machines built of doubtful materials. 

You don't have to. 

Because the International Harvester Company has 
bought mines to get the best ore — built its own mills to 
produce the best iron and steel, bought timber lands and 
built its own saw mills — to give you material in your 
harvesting machines that you can always depend upon. 

An individual manufacturing concern could not afford 
to take, such precautions to protect you against poor 
materials, but the manufacturers of the 

champion, Mccormick, osborne, 

deering, milwaukee, plano, 

harvesting machines 

save you many dollars by putting always dependable mate- 
rial into their machines. 

The modern harvester is essentially a structure of iron 
and steel, and even as far back as the Mexican War time, 
the founder of one of the Company's plants, with only one 
factory turning out his machines, was compelled to join 
With two other manufacturers in the erection of their own 
iron foundry so that they could give the farmers machines 
built of good iron. 

To-day, in order to give you the best materials in 
your harvesting machines, the International Harvester 
Company is compelled to own, in addition to Its fourteen 
complete manufacturing plants: 

— 22,459 acres of coking coal lands in Kentucky 

— 100,000 acres of trees in Arkansas, Mississippi and 
Missouri, with a 12-mile canal system, logging railroads, 
saw mills and other buildings 

— 40,000,000 tons of ore in Wisconsin and in the 
Mesaba Range with six standard gauge locomotives and 
steam shovels that strip the surface and heap a 50-ton rail- 
road car in ten swings 

— a complete 93-acre steel plant with three blast fur- 
naces, Bessemer steel mill, Blooming mill and Merchant 
bar mills, having a capacity of 500,000 tons of steel and 
360,000 tons of iron every year. 



The consumption of every natural product of the 
country is so far in excess of the supply that the cost of 
raw material is increasing annually, but by owning these 
properties and purchasing all other supplies in large 
quantities, this Company secures every advantage of 
highest quality. 

Every bit of material — wood, steel, iron, malleables, 
paint, etc., is subjected to the most rigid tests in special 
testing departments before being used, so the farmer buy- 
ing an International Machine may be sure that the material 
is always the best. 

(Only large capital and a strong organization make 
these advantages possible, because an individual manufac- 
turer would be compelled to take what he could get and 
pay whatever price was demanded. 

In shipping, as well, the magnitude of this Company's 
operations insures a great saving of cost. 

Steel, iron and lumber are shipped to the various 
plants in train loads, while copper, rivets, tacks, buckles, 
canvas, etc., are received in car loads. 

In July, 1907, the lumber yards at one of the plants 
contained 56.500,000 feet of lumber of the following woods: 
Ash, birch, basswood, cypress, cottonwood, fir, gum, hem- 
lock, hickory, locust, maple, oak, pine, pecan, poplar, elm, 
spruce, sycamore, and yellow pine. 

About 75 per cent, of the lumber is air-dried, which 
insures a very tough material. 

These are but a few of the many advantages which 
mean the best quality in every International Machine you 
buy. 

The several plants have also been able to improve the 
principles of construction, to improve workmanship, and to 
employ every means that will increase the machines' 
efficiency and durability. 

YOU GET THE BENEFIT IN THE END. 

Call on the International dealer and get a catalogue. 

If you don't know an International dealer write us, and 
we will be glad to give you the address of the one nearest 
to you. 

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twine. The most perfect twine made may be had in Cham- 
pion, McCormick, Osborne, Deering, Milwaukee, and Piano, 
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make you oilier delivered at your railroad station. 



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ity in the conception and formulation 
of broad lines of work, and in attract- 
ing and holding men competent to 
give him such aid as he needed to 
complete his plans, put them into 
successful operation, and secure sub- 
stantial results." 

In connection with the great work 
ahead of the Agricultural Experiment 
Stations, Dr. True said (and while he 
speaks broadly, his work as director 
of the Office of Experiment Stations 
shows that he knows how to get sali- 
ent information before the farmer). 

"Already, the work of the Experi- 
ment Stations has created an entirely 
new agricultural literature, and laid 
the foundations for a sound agricul- 
tural pedagogy, and they must ever 
supply the new materials by which the 
courses can be strengthened and im- 
proved. But their work has a far more 
fundamental and far-reaching purpose; 
namely, to make agriculture a pro- 
gressive industry and the masses of 
agricultural workers progressive men. 

"As an arouser of desire for im- 
provement and a stimulator to intelli- 
gent effort to make the country a bet- 
ter place to live and work in, the agri- 
cultural Experiment Station has its 
chief importance and its highest mis- 
sion. And it is for this service that 
the Stations especialy commend them- 
selves to all the friends of rural pro- 
gress, for if these fountains of new 
knowledge are kept strong and pure, 
their waters will spring up forever to 
replenish the life of countless genera- 
tions of rural people." 

Assassin Bugs are Good Friends. 
The Assassin bugs number more than 
2,000 species and 150 inhabit the 
"United States. They are predatory in 
habits, attacking other insects whose 
bodies they pierce and suck out the 
blood with, their strong, sharp beaks. 
Much good work is done by these bugs 
in exterminating other insects harmful 



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 the 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. 

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FOR POTATOES, CABBAGE AND OTHER VEGETABLES. 

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Fertilizer for Wheat, Grass and other crops on the market, having 16 per cent. 
Phosphoric Acid and 40 tb 50 per cent, of Free Lime. It is a COMPLETE 
FERTILIZER. 

A. S. LEE & SONS CO., Inc 

RICHMOND, VA. 



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APPLES, 

CHERRIES, 

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HENRY C. STUART, President. JOHN STEWART BRYAN, Vice-President. M. A. CHAMBERS, Secretary. 

1908 - ■ Virginia State Fair - - 1908 



RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 

OCTOBER 5-6-7-8-9-10. 

In keeping with the primary object of the Virginia State Fair Association — the development of the interests 
of the Agriculturists of Virginia — attention is directed in this, the first, announcement of the 1908 Virginia State 
Fair, to the FARM PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT, a classification of Graius, Grasses, Vetgetables, etc., etc., of which 
4s set out below. Special attention is called to COUNTY EXHIBITS. 



FARfl PEODUCTS DEPARTMENT. 



CORN. 



Best 10 ears White Corn 

Best 10 ears Yellow Corn 

BBest 10 ears Mixed Corn 

Best ear of White Corn 

Best ear of Yellow Corn 

■Best samples of 10 ears Pop Corn.... 
Best samples of 10 ears Sweet Corn.... 
Best display varieties of Corn on Stalk 

GRASSES, WHEAT, OATS, 
Best quarter bushel Longberry Wheat. 

Best quarter bushel Fultz Wheat 

Best display of Wheat in Sheaf 

Best quarter bushel White Oats.# 

Best quarter bushel Mixed Oats 

Best display varieties of Oats in Sheaf 
Best quarter bushel White Barley.... 

Best display of Barley in Sheaf 

Best quarter bushel White Rye 

"Best display of Rye in Sheaf 

Best display of Alfalfa Hay, bale or 

bundle, to weigh at least 20 pounds. . 

Best display Orchard Grass, bale or 

bundle, to weigh at least 20 pounds. . 

"Best display of Red Clover, bale or 

bundle, to weigh at least 20 pounds. . 

Best display of Crimson Clover, bale or 

bundle, to weigh at least 20 pounds. . 

Best display of Alsike Clover, bale or 

bundle, to weigh at least 20 pounds.. 

Best display of varieties of clover plants 

Best collection of Alfa plants, not less 

than 6 stools 

Best display of Soy Beans on vine 

Best display of Cow Peas on vine 

Best and largest display of varieties 

i of Sorghum on Stalk 

Best display of German Millet in bundle 
Best display of Hungarian Millet in 

bundle 

Most complete display of varieties of 

whole plants, including Wheat, Corn, 

I Clovers and Grasses, made by an 

individual or firm 

Sweepstakes. 
For best quarter bushel of Wheat, any 
variety, to be grown by exhibitor. . 
For best 2 ears Corn, any variety, 

to be grown by exhibitor 

Display of Grain, Grasses and Forage 
Crops, In grain and stalk; 25 samples 
must be shown; exhibitor must be a 
farmer, but not necessarily the 

grower of all the items 

VEGETABLES, ETC. 

Wax Beans, one peck 

'Stringless Beans, one peck 

Pole Lima Beans, shelled, one peck.... 
Bush Lima Beans, shelled, one peck. . . . 
Bassano Beet, for table use, six bunches 
Any variety Beets, including Stock 

Beets, half bushel ,'.' 

Flat Head Cabbage, any variety, six 

heads 

"Heaviest head of Cabbage: 

One peck Carrots, topped, any variety. 

Half peck Cucumbers, for slicing 

Half peck Cucumbers, for pickling.... 
Best three Egg Plants, any variety.... 
One peck Red or Yell6w Dry Onions.. 

One peck White Dry Onions ! 

One peck Yellow Danvers, Onion Sets.. 
One peck White Onion Sets ". . 



First 


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One peck Okra, any variety... 

Watch this page for additional announcements in 
premiums on Horses, Sheep, Cattle, Hogs, Poultry, Domes 

The unqualified success of the Fairs held by this As 
necessity to the farmer of such exhibition — and the help 

Information with regard to any matter connected w 
Address MARK R. LLOYD, General Manager Virginia 



One peck Parsnips, hollow crown 

Six bunches Moss Curled Parsley 

One peck peas, in pods 

One peck Bull Nose Peppers 

One peck any other variety Peppers... 

Best six plants of ornamental and 

useful Peppers to be shown in pods. 

One peck Early Irish Potatoes 

One peck Late Irish Potatoes 

One peck White Sweet Potatoes 

One peck Red Sweet Potatoes 

One peck Jersey Yellow Sweet Potatoes 

One peck Red Yams 

One peck White Yams 

Radishes, White, 6 bunches 

Radishes, Yellow, 6 bunches 

Sandwich Island Salsify, 6 bunches.... 
Half bushel Spinach, any variety.... 

Crook Neck Squash, 3 specimens 

White Bush Squash, 3 specimens 

Casliaw Squash, 3 specimens 

Heaviest Squash 

One peck Turnips, purple top 

One peck Turnips, white top 

Three Yellow Field Pumpkins 

Three Sweet or Pie Pumpkins 

Heaviest Pumpkin 

One peck Purple Tomatoes 

One peck Red Tomatoes 

Best display of two varieties of Water- 
melons 

Best specimen of Cantaloupes, green 

flesh, any variety. _._ 

Best specimen of Cantaloupes, yellow 

flesh, any variety 

For best collection of Vegetables.... 10 00 

COUNTY EXHIBIT — Collector's Class. 
The products shown may be collected by one, or more 
than one. individual, but must have been produced in the 
county for which they are shown. The exhibits will be 
classed in three groups: First, all the territory west of 
the Blue Rid^e; second, the Piedmont section; third, the 
Tidewater and Middle sections of Virginia. Fruit products 
will not be graded in this competition. 
For a collection of the Farm Products 
enumerated above, one first and one - 
second prize to be awarded to each of 
the three divisions above noted. 
(Total of all premiums in this 

group, $225.00) $50 00 $25 00 

County exhibits of farm products should consist of a 
complete and attractively arranged display of the field 
and garden crops of commercial value in the county. 
Samples of corn should be shown in the ear and on the 
stalk, small grains threshed and in the straw, hay and 
forage crops in commercial samples and in stalk specimens. 
Grains samples should contain not less than one gallon 
of each variety, and no sample may be older than the 
growth of 1907. The awards will be made on the basis 
of 25 per cent, for number of different samples, 50 per cent. 
for quality and 25 "per cent, for artistic display. 
PEANUTS. 

Exhibit of Peanuts, unpolished $5 00 $3 00 

Exhibit of Spanish Peanuts, unshelled. . 5 00 3 00 

TOBACCO — GROWERS' CLASS. 

First Second Third 

Premium. Premium. Premium. 

Sun Cured, crop of 1908 $30 00 $15 00 $5 00 

Olive Stemming, crop of 1908.. 30 00 15 00 5 00 

Brown Shipping, crop of 1908. 30 00 15 00 5 00 

Brown Stemming, crop of 1908 30 00 15 00 5 00 

BRIGHT CROP, 1908 — "FLUE CURED." 

Wrappers $10 00 $5 00 

Cutters 10 00 5 00 

Fillers 10 00 5 00 

Smokers ; 10 00 5 00 



the Farm Products Department, also for information as to 

tic Art, etc., etc. 

sociation in 1906 and 1907 has proved the importance and 

of all is solicited, 
ith the Fair will be cheerfully furnished. 

State Fair Association. Richmond. Va. 



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[April, 



to agriculture. Such an assassin is 
the wheel bug, common through most 
of the United States. The egg of this 
bug resembles miniature leather bot- 
tles standing on end and in hexagona'i 
clusters, seventy or more in a group, 
and attached to the bark of trees, 
fence rails, or wherever the female 
happens to be. The young insect has 
a blood-red abdomen. While young it 
feeds upon soft-bodied insects. As it 
grows older, it attacks larger insects, 
and, when full grown, destroys large 
caterpillars. It captures its prey not 
by agility, but by stealth. The color- 
ing of the adult being neutral, it 
crawls up to some caterpillar or other 
insect, advancing one leg and another 
with a movement so slow as to be al- 
most inperceptible. When once with 
in striking distance, however, the beak 
is thrust into the victim, which is at 
the same time grasped with the front 
legs with a movement which is quite 
the reverse of slow. The digestion of 
the assassin bugs appears to be good, 
since he seldom stops at one victim. 

The Origin of Veterinary Schools. 

Many of the early wars in Europe 
were seriously hampered in their op- 
erations and in some instances termi- 
nated for the time by reason of the 
prevalence of horse epidemics. These 
visitations were considered, however, 
as acts of Providence, and little at- 
tempt made toward remedy. It was 
not until near the middle of the eigh- 
teenth century that veterinary schools 
were established and systematic in- 
struction in animal pathology com- 
menced. The first veterinary school 
was established at Lyons, France, in 
1761, and the first one in London in 
1791. The study of the subject was 
further stimulated by the invasion of 
deadly epizootics which followed the 
course of the armies in all parts of the 
Continent and threatened the annihia- 
tion of all domestic animals. Fear has 
aways been the best incentive to work 
and it was the fear that the plague 
would cut off the food supply that 
aroused the authorities of early days 
to the necessity of coping with the 
disease. Glanders was known to the 
Greek and Latin writers as one of the, 
most serious diseases of horses and 
asses. For a long time during the six- 
teenth century the idea held that 
glanders was not contagious which re- 
sulted in the loss of ten of thousands 
of Europe's best horses. Finally, in- 
oculation and experiments proved the 
disease contagious beyond question, 
when its control became a simple mat- 
ter. 

The same thing may be said of 
pluro-pneumonia in cattle. For many 
years there waged a fierce warfare as 
to whether the disease was contagious, 
finally resulting in the estabishment of 
the fact that it was contagious. Many 
other animal diseases could be cited 
in which the same controversy was 
carried on for many years, resulting in 



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The truck exercises a positive guidance and control 
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too deep. When the frame is level all the blades cut 
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411 



the spread of the disease and the loss 1 
of thousands of valuable animals. By 
no means all is known to-day regard- 
ing live stock maladies, hut so much 
more is known than was determined 
half a century or even a generation 
ago that we would seem, comparative- 
ly, to have reached almost the acme 
of knowledge on these subjects. 

The laboratory of the Department of 
Agriculture for testing the chemical 
and physical properties of road ma 
terial, in collaboration with the Bureau 
of Chemistry, determines the charac- 
ter and suitability of material pro- 
posed to be used in any plan of road 
improvement and thus may save peo- 
ple who may be embarking on good 
road construction the loss and dis- 
couragement resulting from mistakes 
in selecting materials. The work of 
the laboratory Is practical and impor- 
tant. 

All Go Up in Smoke. 

Between the Federal War on the 
"tobacco trust" and the burning of 
tobacco warehouses by night riders, 
much popular attention is being di- 
rected to the tobacco industry. Sta 
tistics on the subject made their first 
appearance in the census of 1810. 
Virginia and Pennsylvania were prom- 
inently mentioned. The manufactured 
products of the former State, aside 
from snuff, were referred to as Span- 
ish cigars, and American cigars. No 



totals were presented for the entire 
country. 

In 1840' the total value of tobacco 
products reported for the country was 
$5,819,568, with Viirginia leading; in 
1850 the total was $13,491,147. The 
capital invested then amounted to a 
little more than $5,000,000, and the 
number of wage-earners was 14,236. 
But how the industry has grown since 
that time! The census of 1905 reports 
$331,117,681 as the total value of the 
tobacco products,, $323,983,501 as the 
amount of the capital invested, and 
159,408 as the number of employes 
engaged. 

The increase of women wage-earn- 
ers has been remarkably large. Fifty 
years ago the women employes repre- 
sented about one-seventh of the total 
number; in 1905 they represented 41.6 
per cent. Most of the workers are en- 
gaged in the making of cigars and 
cigarettes as were 16,385 of the 16,828 
manufacturing establishment. 

Census Bulletins report that the 
consumption of cigars and cigarettes 
increased 27.5 per cent, between 1900 
and 1905. Roughly speaking, in the 
thirty-five years ended January 1, 
1905, the consumption of cigars in- 
creased sevenfold, and the population 
of the country but twofold. In the 
calendar year 1904, a total of 7,376,- 
669, 742 cigars were made in this 
country and 3,433,993,422 cigarettes. 



In addition large numbers were im- 
ported. 

The census of 1905 dwells on the in- 
teresting circumstance that the manu- 
facture of cigars and cigarettes is one 
of the few factory industries to be 
found in every State and Territory. 
New York led in the returns with a 
product valued at $60,623,617. Missis- 
sippi came last, with a total of $9,310. 

Alsike clover is a prime wet land 
crop. It will thrive on the low, sog- 
gy places of the fam whether other 
grasses fail to make a crop worth the 
cutting. It produces a finer quality of 
hay than ordinary clover and is read- 
ily eaten by stock. Mr. Henry Wal 
lace, of Iowa, never tires of preaching 
the growing of alsike clover on any 
soil too damp for other crops. 

Mr. C. A. Carlisle, of the great 
Studebaker firm, says that pure-bred 
stock has a wonderful stimulating in- 
fluence in developing a keener inter- 
est for the boy and the man on the 
farm and develops better care, more 
careful handling, judicious mating, and 
results in greater profits, pleasure and 
pride. 

The first great step toward improve- 
ment of the herd is the discovery, by 
scales and test, of the cows whose 
product does not pay for their keep 
just as the improvement of a flock re- 
sults from the weeding out of the hen 
that eats .her head off. 



A Summer Necessity 

Because the New Perfection Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove 
concentrates heat at the openings on the stove top, it boils and bakes 
in less time than a coal or wood stove, which wastes heat by radi- 
ating to the farthest corner of the room. 

This is the reason, too, why the New Perfection " keeps your 
kitchen so uniformly cool while you're working in it. 

This wonderful comfort-quality, combined with great convenience 
and economy, makes the 

NEW PERFECTION 

Wick Blue Flame 00 Cook-Stove 

the best of all stoves — especially for summer use. If heretofore you 
have considered it impossible to do kitchen work in a 
restful way a trial of the "New Perfection" Oil Stove 
will surprise you. Made in three sizes, fully warranted. 
If not with your dealer, write our nearest agency. 





f?5V%/{\ T A 1WP ^ y° u are trou ^ ec ^ by flickering gas and large quarterly 
■MX&MfU JuxxJ Am bills for the same, get a Rayo Lamp — the best, hand- 



somest and most economical light for a home, 
write our nearest agency. 

STANDARD OIL COMPANY 
(Incorporated) 



If not with your dealer, 



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The best American cattle have the 
top of the market in England. They 
are considered better than those im- 
ported from Canada or from Argen- 
tina. A great deal of American beef, 
too, is sold and eaten as British beef. 

Farm improvements are usually 
good investments, but it is not always 
wise to make them at the expense of 
increasing the mortgage. 

GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL 



GUSTATORIAL. 

A summer tourist was passing 
through a German village in the West 
recently, when a stout German girl 
came to the front door and called to 
a small girl playing in front. 

"Gusty! Gusty!" she said, "Come in 
and eat yourself. Ma's on the table, 
and pa's half et!" — Lippincott's. 



POOR CONSOLATION. 

Aunt Lucindy was in deep distress 
over the loss of her son, Jim, and a 
neighbor sought to console her, say- 
ing: 

"Don't grieve for him, Aunt 
Lucindy. He has gone to a land flow- 
ing with milk and honey." 

With a dismal countenance, the old 
darky replied : 

"Jim never did like milk, an' honey 
always make him sick." — Lippincott's. 



[April, 



HEADED CABBAGE IN APRIL 



Amherst Co., Va., Dec. 21, '07. 
Your articles on poultry alone are 
worth the price of the Southern 
Planter. JAS. H. WHITTEN. 



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 JAMBS RAY GERATY COMPANY, 
Telegraph Office, Youngs Isand, S. C. p. o. Adams Rub, S. O. 



TREES. 



First Class Nursery Stock 
of all kinds. 



WHOLESALE 

AND 

RETAIL, 



We make a specialty of handling dealers' orders. 
ALL STOCK TRUE TO NAME. 



Apples, 


Nectarines, 


Pecans, 


Ornamental and 


Pears, 


Cherry, 


Ghestnnts, 


Shade Trees, 


Peaeh. 


Quinces, 


Walnuts, 


Evergreens, 


Plum, 


Almonds, 


Small Fruits, 


Bosei, Bte, 


▲prieoto, 









CALIFORNIA PRIVET. Isr Hedglse. WRITE FOR CATALORUB. 

. . AGENTS WANTED. . . 

FRANKLIN DAVIS NURSERY CO., Baltimore), Md. 




Our New Hopper Jacket Engine on 



r 

This company has been making engines — and 
nothing else — for thirty years. We are engine 
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 durable, sim- 
ple, strong, highest-grade, perfect-working, 
long-lived engine at a low price. 

This liberal proposition is the crowning 
reason, on top of a lot of good common sens* 
ones, why you should buy an Olds Engine and 
none other. 

We Have Any Kind of an 
Engine You 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, S to 
12 H. P., which is ready to run when you get 
it. Fill It with gasoline, throw en 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 literal proposition 
ever made on a Gasoline Engine. It will save Ten 
money. When a company like this, the eldest and 
biggest exclusive gasoline engine manufacturers in 
the country, make such a proposition, It means some- 
thing. I have placed my proposition In the hand.- 
of our representatives. Write to them or to mo, and 

you will receive it by return malL 

JAS. B. SSLA.GER, 
Gen. Mgr. Olda Gas Power Co. 
The Olds Engine is the best and cheapest Engine 
yon can buy. It is the simplest In construction, mos» 
economical to run, will do your work at the smallest 

expense, and does not get out of ecgeCc 

Skids. 

All Olda Engines run properly, are easy to 
start, winter and summer. The U. S. Govern- 
ment uses them. 

Don't fall to write for our Dew catalogue and 
the liberal propositions at once. Address the 
home office or any representative. 

Do not buy any other engine until you have 
got my liberal proposition. It Is something 
annsuaL You certainly want to know about It. 



OLDS GAS POWER CO. 

Heme Office, 949 Seager St., Lansing, Mich- 
Boston, (9-76 Washington St., N. 
San Francisco, Cor. Jessie and Ecker Sts. 
Kansas City, 1226 W. Eleventh St. 
Omaha, 1018 Farnum St. 
Binghamton, N. T., 11 Washington St. 
Minneapolis, 113 S. Third St 
Philadelphia, 181C Market St. 
Portland, Oregon. 
Elgin, 111. 
Kempten, Pa. 
Houston, Texas. 
Norfolk, Va. 
Miami, Fla. 






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413 



CLUBBINQ LIST 

In this list will be found prices on 
papers, magazines and periodicals 
which are most called for by our 
readers. We have club rates with 
nearly all reputable publications, and 
will quote them on request. 
DAILIES. 

WITH 
ALONE S. P. 

Times-Dispatch, Richmond, 
Va $6 00 $6 00 

Times-Dispatch (without 
Sunday) 4 00 4 00 

News-Leader, Richmond, 
Va 3 00 3 00 

The Post, Washington 
D. C 6 00 6 00 

The Sun, Baltimore, Md.. 3 00 3 40 
THRICE A WEEK. 

The World, New York 1 00 1 25 

WEEKLIES. 

Times-Dispatch, Richmond, 
Va 1 06 1 2S*| 

Southern Churchman, Rich- 
mond, Va 2 00 2 25 

Central Presbyterian, Rich- 
mond, Va 2 00 2 25 

Harper's Weekly 4 00 4 00 

Breeders' Gazette 2 00 1 50 

Country Gentleman 1 50 1 75 

National Stockman and 
Farmer 1 00 100 

Hoard's Dairyman 100 1 30 

Memphis News-Scimitar. . . 50 75 
SEMI-MONTHLY. 

Kimball's Dairy Farmer. . 1 00 75 

MONTHLIES. 

The Century 4 00 4 25 

St. Nicholas 3 00 3 25 

Lippincott's 2 50 2 50 

Harper's Magazine 4 00 4 00 

Delineator 100 140 

Harper's Bazaar 1 00 1 40 

Scribner's 3 00 3 25 

American 1 00 1 35 

Cosmopolitan 1 00 1 35 

Everybody's 1 50 1 75 

Munsey 1 00 1 35 

The Strand 1 20 1 50 

Madame 100 1 00 

Argosy 1 00 1 35 



Review of Reviews 3 00 

Field and Stream 1 50 



3 00 
1 50 



50 


75 


50 


75 


50 


75 


50 


65 


50 


60 


50 


75 


50 


85 


50 


75 


50 


75 



Woman's Home Companion 1 00 1 25 
Reliable Poultry Journal . . 

Industrious Hen 

Poultry Success 

Blood Stock 

Successful Farming 

Amer. Fruit and Nut Jour. 
Southern Fruit Grower. . 

Shepherd's Criterion 

Con*mercial Poultry 

When two or more publications are 
wanted, the price for them can be 
found by deducting 50 cents from 
"price with Sottthekn Planteb." 

We cannot, under any circum- 
stances, furnish sample copies of other 
publications. 

We will cheerfully quote our best 
price on any line of publications sub- 
mitted tp us. 




THE IMPROVED RANEY CANNING OUTFITS 

Made in all sizes and prices from $5.00 up, and suited to both 

HOME AND MARKET CANNING 

We have made many special improvements for the coming season, and are 
determined that no one living shall give better value for the same money. 
Our catalogue will give full particulars, and much valuable information. 
Every farmer and housekeeper in the land should have it and learn of the 
great improvements that have been made in putting up fruits and vegetables. 
We are glad to mail it to any one interested. 

The Raney Canner Company, Cha pel Hill, N. C. 



Here's An Interesting Use For the 

Handy Wagon As Portable 

Convict Quarters 




It's indeed surprising to realize the various pur- 
poses for which the famous "Electric" Handy 
Wagon has been used ali over the world. The 
above picture shows the Portable Convict Quarters 
as used by the County Commissioners of Etowah 
County, Alabama, and looks like a bos car set on 
top of a Handy Wagon. 

As it takes four mules to pull the quarters, it 
can readily be seen how strong and durable these 
Handy wagons must be. They are used all through 
the South in this way and are regular living houses 
for the convicts as they are hauled from place to 
place to build roads. The prisoners are confined 
in the box-like car top at night and this car shown 
above will accommodate from 25 to 30 men. 

Good roads are being built in this way all through 
the South. And naturally there is a fast growing 
tendency among the people to keep the roads good 
by passing wide-tire laws. These low Handy 
Wagon Steel Wheels are wide-tire wheels and 
farmers and planters everywhere are using them. 
They are also much lighter draft. 

One reason we have for showing the above pic- 
ture in telling our readers of this is that the "Elec- 
tric" Handy Wagon is such an all around useful 
wagon to have on any farm or plantation. It's 
most economical to buy, most convenient to use 
and its low steel wheels with broad tires make it 
the easiest wagon to work with as there is no high 
lifting and it is very much lighter draft than high 
wooden wheel wagons. 

We believe that every one of our readers will be 
intensely interested in the handsome color illu- 






trated catalog of the Electric Wheel Company of 
Quincy, III., who make these Handy Wagons and 
Electric Steel Wheels of which over a million have 
been sold in all parts of the world. This company's 
free catalog shows over 125 pictures from actual 
photographs, illustrating the use of their Handy 
Wagons and Steel Wheels and specially designed 
Steel Trucks of all kinds, and you will find it most 
interesting to see, for example, the kind of a truck 
used at John D. Rockefeller's estate for moving 
enormous trees. 

You will also be interested to see and read 
about Electric Handy Wagons as made for farm- 
ers and planters in Cuba, Porto Rico and Mexico 
as well as for miners in Alaska and for various 
uses all over the world. More especially, you 
will be interested to see the economical saving in 
time, labor and in first cost, and to read the de- 
scriptions of Electric Handy Wagons as well as 
Electric Steel Wheels which would prove most 
useful on your own place. 

Find out all about this subject for your own good 
and learn the good reasons why farmers and 
planters all over Jhe United States have bought 
Electric Steel Wheels to put on their own wagon 
trucks— more than a million of these wheels. 

Just write your name and address on a postal 
card and say that you are one of our readers and 
address it to the Electric Wheel Company, Quincy, 
111., and they will promptly send you their valuable 
and interesting Book. Be sure to mention that 
you are one of our readers, to get it promptly. 



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[April, 




THE GALLOWAY SPREADER. 
We publish herewith a very good 
illustration of the Galloway Manure 
Spreader, which has very largely revo- 
lutionized the spreader business in 
the last two or three years. The 
maker is William Galloway, of Water- 
loo, Iowa, a man who is, himself, a 
large land owner and farmer, who 
knows practically the benefit of 
spreading manure by machinery, 
knows what a manure spreader should 
be, and knows what is a fair price 
to sell it at. When Mr. Galloway a 
few years ago perfected his spreader, 
and put it on the market at some- 
thing like $55, there were numerous 
prophecies that his enterprise would 
be short lived. Even farmers had 
been led to believe that a high-class 
spreader could not be sold at such a 
price. The answer to these prophe- 



cies is to be found in the monumental 
Galloway spreader business of this 
day. Mr. Galloway's spreader, as is 
well known to most of our readers, 
is of the wagon box type — that is, he 
manufactures and furnishes the 
spreader box with all the operating 
machinery, and allows the farmers 
to use it on their own wagon running 
gears. That may be called the "Gal- 
laway Idea." We believe it is origi- 
nal with him. It enables him to put 
the price of a high-class speaker 
where every farmer could afford to 
own one. The Galloway Spreader has 
borne the test. He knows he Is jus- 
tified in his fearless and broad offer 
of a free trial of thirty days to all 
responsible farmers. The machine is 
making good. The price is extremely 
low. The spreaders at work are help- 
ing Mr. Galloway to sell more 



spreaders. Another thing that has 
been a great help to Mr. Galloway in 
the revolution he is working in the 
manure spreader business is the 
liking farmers have for the direct 
from the factory to the farm plan. 
That is a cardinal Galloway principle. 

5-10-'06. Epworth, N. C. 
Dear Sir— Hawks visited my chickens 
every day. After using your Chicken 
Powder they came no more. 

Yours truly, J. B. PITTMAN. 

7-30-'06. Massaponax, Va. 
Dear Sir — I have tested your sample 
of Macnair's Chicken Powder and 
found it a safe and reliable tonic, as 
well as a sure cure for cholera. 
Very respectfully, 

FRED NUSSET. 
Cock of the Walk. "Hawk" The 

Barnyard Robber. 




I take Macnair's Died after eat- 
Chicken Powders ing a chick of that 
and feed my chil- old rooster, which 
dren on them, too. had been fed on 
Look at me and Macnair's Chicken 
observe the hawk. Powders. Alas! 
Cock a doodle doo. Alas! 

MACNAIR'S CHICKEN POWDER 
Kills Hawks, Cures Cholera, Gapes, 
Roup, Indigestion, Leg Weakness and 
keeps them free from Vermin, thereby 
causing them to produce abundance 
of eggs. Sample package, including 
postage, 25 cents. 

W. H. 3JACNAIR, TARBORO, N. C. 



Implements, Machinery, Vehicles. 

Fairbanks-Morse Gasoline and Kerosene Engines, Wind Mills, 
Towers, Tanks, Pumping and Electric Lighting Outfits, Com- 
plete for Farm and Suburban use, New Holland Corn and Cob 
Mills, Wood Saws, Owensboro and Buckeye Farm Wagons, 
Hickory and Peters Buggies and Carriages, Bissell and genuine 
Dixie Plows and Repairs, J. I. Case Portable and Traction 
Engines, Separators, 

Repairs For All Farm Machinery.. 

POSTAL US FOR CATALOGUES OR ANY IMFORMATION DESIRED 

F. C. HOENNIGER & BRO., INC. 

1 432 East Main Street, Richmond, Va. 

(F. C. Hoenniger, Pres. & Tres.; T. W. Hoenniger, V.-Pres. & Mgr.; L. O. Boone, Secy.) 



1908.] 



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DeLOACH CORN MILLS 




Produce more meal and better meal tkaa aaj> 
mills on the market. 

Both Pulley and Geared Mills 

Under Banner Mills, 18 to 48 Inches. 

Top Runner Mills, 30 to 48 Inehes. 

With the famous Virginia ar Baoyu Stamen, 
World beaters (or making table meal. 

Also French 
Buhr Mills for all 
Kinds °f Grinding 



Turbine and Over-Shot Water Wheels. The 
famous DB LOACH VARIABLE: FRICTION FBKD 
SAW MILLS, SH1NGLB MILLS, PLAN BURS, 
GANG BDGERS, LATH MILLS AND WOOD- 
WORKING MACHINERY. 

Engines, Boilers and Gasolene Engines 

Send for Catalog-lie and tell us fully what yor 
want. 



DeLOACH Hill Mfg. Co. Box 265, Bridgeport, Ala. 




w. K. BACHB. 



8. 8. MUIjFORD. 



HARDIN K. BACHB3. 



f!TRUS MeC. BACEUE. 



W. K. BACHE, SONS & MULFORD. 




1406 Bast Main Street, Richmond, Va. 

"Everythinjrusedoti the Farm," 

Farming Hachinery, Vehicles, Harness. 



The "Bradley" 7 Blade. All Steel 
Stalk Cutter, with Neck Yoke, Double- 
bar, and Singletree*. Themo st per- 
fect machine on the market for cut- 
ting Cotton and Corn Stalks. 



"Fairbanks-Morse" Gasoline Engines. 

"New Holland" and "Peerless" Cob and Cora 
Grinders. 

"Challenge" Horse Powers and Grinders. 

"Appleton" Common Sense Saw Frames Com 
bined Pole and Wood Saws. 

"Tennessee" and "Thornhill" Farm Wagons. 

"Anderson" and "Ames" Buggies Surreys, etc. 

"Ontario" and "Pennsylvania" Grain Drills. 

"Swiss" Hand and Power Feed Cutters. 

Land Rollers, Baling Wire and Twine. 



m 



mm 



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[April, 



DISPERSAL SALE. 



Trotters, Hackneys and Thoroughbred Horses, owned by the estate of William N. Wilmer, deceased, will be 
sold at auction WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1908, AT 1 P. M., at Plain Dealing Stock Farm, Scottsville, Albemarle County, 
Virginia. The offerings include Stallions, Brood Mares, Colts and Fillies, by noted sires, from richly-bred dams. 
Among the famous sires represented are Allerton, 2:09%; Axworthy, 2:15%; Elk Nutwood, 27229, 2470; Norval, 2:14%; 
Onward. 2:25%; Kentucky Prince, 2470, and others. The Stallions include Virginia Chief, 27267, one of the best known 
sires of good and useful horses in Albemarle County; Abineer, 30923; Plain Dealing, 30921, and Surprise W., Hack- 
ney. Among the Brood Mares are daughters of Allerton, Norval, Onward and other sires, with foal by, and others 
bred to, Bon Axworthy, the son of Axworthy and world famous Sunol, 2:08%, by Electioneer. The younger horses 
range from sucklings and yearlings upward. 

For further information and catalogue address 

JOSEPH WILMER, ADMINISTRATOR. 

N. B. — Some of the best Mares listed for the sale will be bred in 1908 to Bon Axworthy, which should mate- 
rially increase their value. 



RED DILLON, 38696. 

3*y horse; foaled 1961; height 16. S 
fl*nds; weight, 1,200 pounds. Sired by 
Baron Dillon, 2:12; dam Zlnda Lake by 
Red Lake. 2:15%, sire of Lake Queen, 
8:06%, etc. Red Dillon Is an Inbred 
Wirkes, world's greatest race horse 
family. For terms and keep of mares 
Vddress JOHN B. VAUGHAN, Owner. 
*.shland, Va, 

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. 

FEE — $12 INSURANCE. 
Address CARL H. NOLTING, 
Trevillan, Louisa County, Va. 
N. B. — Rich bluegrass pasturage for 
visiting mares. 

R. H. RICHARDSON, 

— Manufacturer of — 
SADDLES, HARNESS, COLLARS. 

— Dealer In — 
Hardware, Paints, Oils, Glass, Farm 
"Wagons, Buggies, etc. 
1810 Hull Street, MANCHESTER. VA 



FRED HERR, 45239. 

Bay horse; foaled 1902; height, 16 
nands; weight, 1,100 pounds, by Charley 
Herr, 2:07; dam, Jessie P., dam of 
Annie Lee, 2:07%; Jessie Herr, 2:18, 
ate, by Neapolitan, 9963. 

Fee, $10 season; $15 insurance. 

Address A. T. BROADDDS, R. F. D. 
Ko. 1, Highland Springs, Va. 

HEADLIGHT BASSETT 47826." 

Chestnut horse. 15:3, weight 1,200 
pounds. Sired by Kalaukau 9549, dam 
Bessie B.. dam of Karnock, 2:21%, by 
Cosher 9206. 

FEE— $25 INSURANCE. 

W. H. JOSEY, Owner, Scotland Neck. 

N. C. 

FOR SALE 

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. 

Bargain to quick buyer. 

AUGUST H. KLOCKE, Crewe, Va. 



PATRICK HENRY. 

HACKNEY STALLION. 

Chestnut horse by "Squire RIckeL" 
son of the famous Cadet; dam, "Mar- 
Jorle," a gold medal winner by "It»se- 
oerry." 

For terms, address A. POLLARD & 
SONS, Dunraven Stock Farm, R. F. D. 
No. 5, Richmond, Va, 

N. B. — Horses handled and condi- 
tioned; also boarded and kept in any 
manner desired. 



COLONEL PATRICK 

Record 2:10%, trial 2:05%. The fastest 
trotting stallion owned in North Caro- 
lina. Richly bred and a race horse of 
Grand Circuit capacity. Brown horse, 
sired by The Conqueror, 2:12%; dam 
Godelia, 2:16%, by Aberdeen, 27. 

FEE— $50 TO INSURE. 
Address M. H. WHITE, Hertford, N. C. 



Established by 
Geo. Wait, 1840. 




THE € MIL- WATT CO., 

13 South 15th St., Richmond, Va. 

IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY, 
WAGONS. 



MANFRED CALL, 

Manager. 



THE EMPIRE CORN AND FERTI- 
LIZER PLANTER. 




THE DISC CULTIVATOR 

SPRING TOOTH CULTIVATOR AND 

DISC HARROW COMBINED. 



THE UNIT ROAD MACHINE 




The Simplest. Easiest Managed and 

Least Expensive of Any. 
Requires but one Man and one Team 

to Operate It. 
Saves Labor Enough to Pay for Itself 

in Two Days' Use. 
THE PRICE BRINGS IT WITHIN 
THE REACH OF ALL. 
BALING PRESSES FOR HAND. HORSE AND STEAM POWER. 
FERTILIZER. LIME AND PLASTER SOWERS. EIGHT STYLES AND SIZES. 
rEA HULLERS, GRINDING MILLS, HORSE POWERS, POLE AND WOOD SAWS. 
ROAD ROLLERS, ROAD PLOWS, WHEEL AND DRAG SCRAPERS. 
PLOWS AND PLOW CASTINGS IN GREAT VARIETY. 
WK SOL' *T CORRESPONDENCE. AJ*» ARE, PREPARE*} TO MAKE LOW PRICES, 




TWO-ROW CORN PLANTER. 
With Shoes or Discs and with or 
without Fertilizer Attachment and 
Check Rower. 

ACCURATE, SIMPLE. STRONG. 



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417 




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LEADING 1908 UP-TO-DATE LABOR SAVING 20TH CENTURY MACHINERY. 

tion, bogus, cheap goods. The only culars of any implement wanted. We 
in town who claim to sell Oliver Chilled warrant our goods "A" grade and ean 
store in Richmond, Va., to buy Genuine ship promptly from our store all or- 
Oliver Plows and Repairs is at ders. Get our prices and be convinced. 

HENING & NUCKOLS. We carry In nt.uk all sizes and styles 

of Scientific Mills. 
THE! NO. 20 POWER MILL,. 



THE SIMPLEX PRESS. 

Simplex Little Giant Baling Press for 
farmers' own use. Has large capacity. 
Write for circulars and prices. 



The "Genuine" Reed Spring Tooth 
Cultivator. Thousands used every year, 
giving perfect satisfaction. The Reed 
Spring Tooth Cultivator can be con- 
verted into a spring tooth harrow by 
buying the center gang at a small 
cost, making it a Spring Tooth Harrow 
on wheels. Write for the Reed Special 
Cultivator Circular and Catalogue. 
BEMENT DISC CULTIVATOR, WITH 

SIX OR BIGHT DISC AND SPRING 
TOOTH ATTACHMENT. 

The "GENUINE" BROWN RIDING 
AND WALKING CULTIVATORS. Write 
for special catalogue and prices. 

BROWN Steel Lever Harrows, Wood 
Harrows, Case-Ring Bearing Disc 
Harrows, Spring Tooth Harrows. All 
sizes, plain or with levers; Acme 
Harrows of all styles kept in stock at 
lowest net prices. 



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This is the latest addition to tbe 
line of Scientific Feed Grinding Mill», 
and has been designed to meet the re- 
quirements of those having horse 
powers and small engines. 

With a two-horse sweep power or 
with a two or three-horse engine the 
mill will grind shelled corn, oats, rye, 
barley, wheat and all small grains at 
the rate of 10 to 20 bushels per hour; 
also grinds corn and cob. 




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Kemp's Twentieth Century Improved 
Manure Spreader. Made in three sizes. 
Write for prices and Catalogue. 



ONE AND TWO-HORSE PLANTER, 

PLAIN OR WITH FERTILIZER 

ATTACHMENT. 



OLIVER SULKEY PLOW NO. 11. 

Light, durable and effective. Simple 
and novel device for turning. Plows 
the most difficult soils and does it well. 
Can be used with or without tongue. 
Depth easily regulated. Turns square 
corners without lifting out of ground. 
Made in both right and left hand. The 
No. 11 Sulky Plow can be fitted with 
either the No. 20 or 40 regular steel 
beam plow. Write for circulars and 
prices on Riding and Gang Plows. 






Case and Tiger Double-Row Corn 
Planter. Plants two and a half to five 
feet. Plain or with Check-Row At- 
tachment. Also furnished with Fer- 
tilizer Attachment if wanted. 



DON'T FORGET! All the merchants 
Plows and Repairs only sell the imita- 



ANTI-DIRT MILK PAIL,. 

First. It prevents dirt, hair and 
other substances from dropping into 
the milk while milking. 

Second. It strains the milk twice 
through two fine strainers while milk- 
ing. 

We mail our General Catalogue 
promptly on request; also special cir- 




ASPINWALL POTATO PLANTER. 

Auomatic, accurate and reliable. 
Used by thousands of practical growers 
the world over. Over twenty years 
on the market. Don't be fooled by 
imitations and makeshifts, but write 
for attractive illustrated catalogue. 



HENING & NUCKOLS, 1436-38 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. 



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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[April, 



Spotless Paint at only 97 cents Per Gallon. 

THIS LARGE 
TWO STORY HOUSE 
PAINTED L 'FOR 

$12.21 



A Large, Two-Story, Tenor 
Twelve Room House like 
thin painted with Spotless 
Ready Mixed House 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 gallcn 97 

2 gallons for trim- 
ming at 97 cents 

per gallon 1 94 



$12 21 







DO YOUR OWN PAINTING 

and buy your Paint from us and thereby saving 810.00 to $20.00 on every building painted. Hake your 
nonse and buildings proof against time. Increase their value and have the handsomest house in your 
section. 

A Large Modern Bam Like this Painted 
with our SPOTLESS WEATHERPROOF 
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 '.%. $6 90 

2 gallons at 64 cents per gallon* 1 28 

2 gallons for trimming, at 64 cents per 
gallon 1 28 




$8 46 
of our Spotless Weatherproof Mineral Barn, 
Roof and Fence Paint, the most durable 
mineral paint made. Guaranteed to wear 
five years. 

We sell f 1.50 Paint at 87 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 $1.60 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 And that we have not shipped 
you a paint of as high quality as you can buy 

if in a hnrrv Tt m.ano Q *J\,\nJ „* ~T- it complete catalogue, sent free, or order from this ad, 

lr in a hurry, it means a saving of more than one- third on your paint bills. 

SPOTLESS CO., INC., 122 s %2gr* RICHMOND, VA. 

paint' /ecesslry To^cover uVc^y! " 8 *' ^ bU " d,ne you ™ nt to *> a,nt ™ ^ ,ir te » «» amount * 
SEND FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE AND COLOR CARD TO-DAY. . 






THE WATT PLOW CO., Richmond, Va. 



Root <fc Vandervo'ort 
Gasoline Engines. 
From 2 to 25 Horse 
Power. Vertical or 
Horizontal. 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 ul ti- 
vators. 



John Deere 
Sulky and 
Gang Plows 






John Deere 

and 
Continental 
Disc Culti- 
vators. Extra 
Discs can be 
furnished to 
convert into 
Harrow. 



The Watt Plow Co., 



John Deere, 
Black Hawk 
Spangler, 
Root, and 
Eureka 
Single Row 
cornplanters 



John Deere 
and Black 
Hawk Dou- 
ble row corn 
Planters. 





John Deere 
and Rod- 
erick Lean 
Spike Tooth 
Harrows 



1426 BAST MAIN STREET 
1438 EAST FRANKLIN STREET 



Richmond, Va. 



RICHMOND, VA. 



Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 

THE NORTHWESTERN. — The Company that gained more insurance In 1907 than any other company 
in the world. 

THE NORTHWESTERN. — The Company whose expense of operation for a great many years has 
averaged lower than that of any other American Company. 

THE NORTHWESTERN.— The Company that In 1907 paid the largest amount of dividends ever paid 
In one year by any other life insurance company. 

THE NORTHWESTERN.— The Company which paid in 1907 more for dividends than for death losses 
— an unprecedented record In life insurance. 

T. ARCHIBALD GARY, 

General Agent for Virginia and North Carolina. 
601 Mntual Assurance Society Building, 

Agents wanted in unoccupied territory. 

— Corrugated V- Crimp Roofing — 

'painted and galvanized. 
"Bestoid" Rubber Roofing 
Carey's Magnesia Cement Roofing 
Tarred Paper, Tin Plate, Lime, 
Cement, Hardware, Terra Cotta 
Pipe, Wire Fence, Drain Tile, etc. 

SSiW FOB CATALOGUE. 

BALDWIN & BROWN, 1557 E. MAIN St., RICHMOND, VA. 

THE EVERLASTING TUBULAR STEEL PLOW^ DOUBLETREES 

Guaranteed not to Break or Bend. ft Send for Our Number 8 Catalogue 





Furnished trlth Hook or Ring for Plow Mosaic, 
also Traces. 



We manufacture i 
complete line of Don' 
bletrees, Singletrees, ( 
and Neck Yokes of 
every description. 



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DETACHABLE Singletrees 
witK Safety Trace HooKs 



for 1908. Get acquainted frith oar complete line. 
THEIR USB SPELLS ECONOMY. 



Ask Your Dealer for 
Them and Take no 

Other. 
This Pattern, No. 
e,ii 105, made In three 
&£& sizes. 




Pittsburg Tubular Steel Whiffletree Company, Sole' Manufacturers, Pttsburg, Pennsylvania. 




LOCK UP YOUR LETTERS 

THIS MAGNIFICENT 



Steel Safety Box 



DOUBLY RE-ENFORCED. 

AQPrivate Place for Private Papers. 

STRONG LOCK. INTRICATE KEY. LARGE and ROOMY. 
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It prepaid to any address for selling 20 packages of our IVORY WHITE) BABY CREAM at It cent, each 

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Write at once and earn this elegant Safety Box. 



BRAUER CHEMICAL CO., 



tW 426 Postal Building, N. Y.