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THE 



Seventieth Year 



Southern Planter 

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^ DEVOTED TO 

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Trucking, Live Stock and the Fireside. 

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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER PUBLISHING COMPANY. 

J. F. JACKSON, Editor. 



Pro prietors. 



Vol. 70. 



NOVEMBER, 1909. 



No. 11. 



CONTENTS. 



FARM MANAGEMENT:— 



Editorial — Work for the Month 1025 

Notes on October Issue 1027! 

Making a Farm Pay 1028 

To Keep Rats Out of the Corn House 1029 

Some Random Notes on Corn and Peas — 

Alfalfa — Crushing Limestone — Dog Tax... 1029 

Crimson Clover Seed 1030 

Crop Rotation 1030 

Economical Farm Teams 1031 

Seeding Wheat and Oats 1031 

Forage Crops in Virginia 1032 

How to Destroy Wild Onions 1032 

What Can Be Done With Ten Acres of Land 

in Three Years in Virginia 1033 

TRUCKING, GARDEN AND ORCHARD:— 

Editorial— Work for the Month 1034 

Report on the Exhibit of the State Horti- 
cultural Society at the State Fair 1035 

The Tree Planting Season 1036 

Virginia State Horticultural Society; Exhibit 
of Fruit at the Annual Meeting at Win- 
chester, Va., January 5th and 6th, 1910... 1036 

Spraying for San Jose Scale 1036 

The Pure Seed Question 1037 

LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY: — 

Do the People of Richmond Want Pure Milk 
and Cream, Or Do They Want Their Taxes 
Paid? lose 

Increased Production of Milk 1038 



Fat Cattle Shipments from Tazewell Co., 

Virginia 1039 

An Experiment in Dairying 1040 

Shall We Winter the Fall Crop of Pigs?... 1040 

Cattle Quarantine 1041 

Increasing the Capacity of a D. iry Herd 1042 

The Cow Feeding Problems 1042 

THE POULTRY YARD:— 

Poultry Notes 1045 

Sickness in Large and Small Flocks 1045 

THE HORSE:— 

Notes 1047 

Champion Stallion of France Comes to 

Virginia 1048 

Percherons vs. Punches 1048 

Sudbourne Don 1048 

Importation of Suffolk Punches for Virginia 1049 

The Morgan Horse 1049 

State Dairymen's Association 1050 

MISCELLANEOUS:— 

The Virginia State Fair (Premium Winners 

in All the Stock Classes) 1051 

"King Corn" at the Fair 1059 

State Fair Notes 1061 

The State Farmers' Institute 1062 

A Reply to Mr. Husselman 1062 

Publishers' Notes 1063 

Poultry Awards at the State Fair 1068 

Enquirers' Column (Detailed Index, p. 1120) 1104 
Advertisements 1063 



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70th Year. 



RICHMOND, VA., NOVEMBER, 1909. 



No. 11. 



Farm Management. 



WORK FOR THE MONTH. 

The drouth to which we referred in our last issue still 
persists over most of the South and especially over this 
State and North Carolina. We have however, had in the 
middle section of the State one or two showery days 
during October and these, whilst too late to help the for- 
age crops much, have bepn of service in softening the 
land and putting it into condition for plowing for the 
wheat crop. The dry weather has permitted the rapid 
cutting and shocking of the corn crop, most of which has 
been saved without having been caught with frost and the 
fodder will be a great help in carrying stock through the 
winter. Farmers, we are glad to say, are now much more 
careful in the shocking and saving of the fodder than they 
were a few years ago and realize that when cut up and 
shredded it makes most excellent feed for growing 
stock when supplemented with a small ration of grain, 
and that for milking cows it gives that bulk to the ration 
which is so especially needed. It is complained by some 
that much of the hard part of the stalk is refused by the 
stock and has to be removed from the mangers and be car- 
ried to the manure pile. This ought not to be necessary 
if the fodder is properly prepared for feeding. To secure 
its being eaten up cleanly the cut fodder should be pre- 
pared for feeding twelve hours before it is fed. Sufficient 
of it to feed the herd should be spread out on the feeding 
room floor or better be spread over the bottom of a large 
box in which the feed can be mixed. It should then be 
well moistened with water and be thrown together in a 
compact heap and be covered with old sacks or bags and 
be left to heat and soften. At the end of twelve hours it 
should be spread out again and the grain ration be mixed 
with it and be fed at once and little of it will be left by 
the stock. What is left will only be the very hardest parts 
of the stalks and these will be in fine condition to act as 
an absorbent for the liquid voidings of the stock. Fed in 
this way the stock will do much better with even a lighter 
ration of grain than otherwise would be necessary as the 
grain is kept more open to the action of the digestive se- 
cretions of the stomach and does not become impacted in 
the stomach as is often the case when it is fed dry. The 
'orage crops have been saved in good condition and 



will make excellent feed and though the bulk is not per- 
haps as large as could have been wished or would have 
been the case had we had more rain the nutritive value 
will be higher and the bulk can be increased by mixing 
with wheat and oat straw which have much more value 
as feed than is usually credited to them. There is a very 
small difference in the nutritive value of timothy hay and 
wheat and oat straw as will be seen by reference to a table 
of the nutritive values of feeds to be found in the Bulletin 
of the Department of Agriculture and in the books on 
feeds and feeding. One of the forage crops on which re- 
liance is largely placed, cow peas, will this year be much 
shorter than usual as it always suffers in a dry season. 
We would advise the feeding of straw with this pea hay. 
It will help to balance the nutritive ratio of the feed and 
make the hay go much further. In this connection we 
would point out that we have much more satisfactory re- 
ports on the soy bean crop than on the cow peas. Soy- 
beans suffer less from drouth and less from excessive wet 
than any crop which we know and are therefore a much sur- 
er crop to grow than cowpeas in any kind of season. They 
are also richer feed than cowpeas, and stock when once 
accustomed to them eat them better and more hay or straw 
can be fed with them to advantage. As an improver of 'the 
land they are also more valuable than the cowpeas when 
properly used but it must be thoroughly understood that 
when grown for this purpose they should not be allowed to 
mature the beans or much of the nitrogen which they 
gather from the air will be transferred from the soil to 
the beans which are the richest in this constituent of any 
grain grown. You cannot have this both on the roots and 
in the beans. The dry season should teach farmers the im- 
portance of utilizing all the by-products of the farm. It 
is by the careful utilization of these that the great manu- 
facturing industries of the countries make a large part of 
their profits — and farmers should do the same — "waste not. 
want not." 



The Department of Agriculture now places the total 
yield of the wheat crop — winter and spring — at 724,768,000 
bushels. The spring wheat has made a record yield, esti- 
mated at 291,848,000 bushels against 226.fi94.000 bushels a 



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[November, 



year ago. The yield per acre of both crops is in excess 
of 15 bushels per acre which is nearly the largest yield 
ever made. Whilst these are the official estimates they are 
generally regarded as being in excess of the actual yield. 
This is put generally at little over 700,000,000 bushels, or 
about 40,000,000 bushels in excess of the crop harvested a 
year ago. This yield is very little more than our popula- 
tion will need for feed and seed during the coming year 
and to make good the depleted reserves. Up to the pres- 
ent time exports have been larger than at the same time a 
year ago and if these are continued we are likely to find 
ourselves in the condition which happened this year having 
to buy back or get from Canada wheat to meet our homo 
demands. The price continues firm and around a dollar 
in Chicago and here about $1.10. We are of opinion that 
this price is not likely to be much if any lower during the 
year. It is likely rather to be higher than lower. There 
is every inducement to farmers to put in a larger acreage 
of wheat though we doubt much whether this is going to 
be possible owing to the difficulty of getting the land into 
good order. It is hard and dry and bnd to break. The 
English wheat crop is one of the largest yields per acre 
ever grown, the average being in excess of 33 bushels per 
acre. One farmer in one of the best wheat sections of that 
country reports a yield of 66 bushels per acre over an 8- 
acre field. We would like to see such a yield in Virginia. 
It would astonish the people. It is reported that much of 
the wheat likely to be wanted in European countries is 
coming from Siberia, a new entrant into the wheat pro- 
ducing countries of the world. The crop is reported to 
succeed well there and that in the future this is likely to 
be a large producing centre nearly the whole of which will 
be available for export as the population is sparse and not 
a wheat consuming people. 



The condition of the corn crop was reported lower in 
the October returns than in September and it does not ap- 
pear now likely that the crop will much exceed that of 
last year. It may reach 2/650,000,000 bushels but that in 
all probability will be the outside yield. In the face of 
this it is not likely that the price will be lower as such a 
crop is not more than normal requirements will readily 
absorb. The export last year was very small and yet the.r-3 
is no large reserve to be drawn on. 



The hay crop of the country is considerably less than 
that of last year and indications are that the price will 
be higher. Much of this less production was considerably 
damaged by rain at cutting time and will not be fit for 
shipping. 



The Irish potato crop is somewhat larger than last year 
and it is well that this is so as last year we had to import 
8,000,000 bushels to meet our needs. It is true that our 
people are giving more attention to this crop. Hitherto 
the South has not produced more than a very sma'l crop 
of Irish potatoes for winter use. It has contented itself 
with raising the early spring crop for the Northern market 
and relied upon the North to supply the winter demand 
There is no reason why we should do thi3 as we can make 
as fine winter potatoes as the North and as large yield? 
as they do. The point to be attended to la to plant in Jun" 



and July for the winter crop. In this section of the Siate 
a number of growers have raised small crops this year and 
we have seen some of the finest potatoes during this montn 
from these crops that we ever saw and the yield is fully up 
to the Northern average. This ougnt to be an encourage- 
ment to go more fully into the business. In parts of the 
Valley of Virginia around Staunton and in other parts of 
that section of the State more attention has been given 
to this crop than elsewhere in the State and we know 
glowers there who have for sevoial years made good money 
on the crop. We would like io see tliis extend over the 
State. There is no need for us to have to import potatoes. 
In this city last wintev we had to depend very largely 
upon English and Scotch potatoes for our supplies. 



The hog crop of the country is very seriously short and 
as a result hogs are selling at record prices, $8 per 100 and 
over in the West and on this market. Those who have a 
good bunch of hogs well grown on forage crops and the corn 
to finish them quickly have a fine opportunity to make 
good money before the end of the year. Get them on to 
the corn now as soon as possible but be careful not to over- 
feed this at the start and thus spoil the prospect. Bring 
them to a full ration of corn gradually, keeping them on 
the grazing crops until they are fully accustomed to the 
grain feed and it is seen to be agreeing with them. Then 
push them to finish. 



The prospect before beef and mutton feeders is en- 
couraging where they have been able to secure feeders at 
fair prices, but these have been difficult to secure. There 
is a great scarcity of beef stock all over the country and 
prices in the market are soaring and beef and mutton is 
becoming a costly luxury. Those best posted in the matter 
sa'"' that it will be years before we shall see beef and mut- 
ton lower in price again. The ranges are now so curtailed 
by settlement that feeders in the West are put very much 
on a parity with Eastern feeders and the business there- 
fore in this Eastern section is likely to be a more profit- 
able and stable one. If Eastern feeders would learn to 
use the silo for saving their corn crops and thus fully 
utilize the stalks and fodder we ought to be able to meet 
any Western competition. Silage has been found to be a 
most economical and safe feed for beef cattle. 



The work of seeding the wheat crop should have atten- 
tion now so that the crop may be got into the land before 
the middle of the month if possible. In our last two is- 
sues we have written so fully on the subject of the pre- 
paration of the land for the crop and on the fertilization 
of it that we do not know that we can usefully add more. 
We refer our readers to these last two issues and only add 
the word "make as perfect a seed bed as possible." More 
depends on this than on the fertilizer used. Select the 
land to be seeded so as to give the crop the advantage 
of good surroundings. Land well drained is essential for 
success as wheat cannot do well with "wet feet." Provide 
by water furrows for quickly carrying off all excess of 
water. See that the seed is well covered after being sown. 
Wherever possible use a drill to seed the crop as then 
the seed can be put in at a uniform depth. Do not be dis- 
couraged if you have to seed in a dry soil. There is much 
truth in the old adage — "he who seeds in dust, reap he 



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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 



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must." We had far rather seed in land too dry than in 
land too wet. Our experience has always been that wheat 
seeded in dry land stood the winter better and made a 
better start in the Spring. Select the seed carefully. The 
value of selection in corn planting has been amply demon- 
strated by the magnificent showing of ears made at the 
recent State Fair in competition for the King Corn prize. 
It is no less important in wheat growing. Blow out all the 
small light grain and seed only the heaviest and plump 
est and the quality of the crop at harvest will demonstrate 
the wisdom of this advice. 



Whilst it is now getting late for seeding any winter 
cover crops yet wheat, oats and vetch may be sown with 
the prospect of making a cover and good spring grazing 
and an early hay crop. The seeding should be heavier 
than earlier in the fall. We would not sow less than a 
bushel and a half of the grain with a bushel of vetch seed 
per acre. Rye alone may also yet be sown. Sow at least 
two bushels per acre and three would be better. 



See to it that all barns, stables and sheds are well 
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are warm and dry the food will be utilized by the stock wi 
putting on flesh and not in warming the buildings. The 
animal heat will first be maintained and only the surplus 
beyond what is necessary for this will go to making gain. 



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NOTES ON OCTOBER ISSUE. 
Crimson Clover Seeding. 
Editor Southern Planter: 

The Editor is right about the seeding with seed in the 
pod. I believe that it is more uniformly successful than 
the sowing of clean seed. At least that has been my 
observation in North Carolina, though I never have sown 
any but clean seed. But it will take about forty pounds 
in the chaff to equal a sowing of fifteen pounds of clean 
seed. 

I saw a field in Talbot county, Maryland, last week 
which was sown in late July, and was ankle deep when 



I saw it. With a stand like that one can have the finest 
of fall and winter pasture, and should the early sowing 
fail he will still have time enough to make a second 
effort. I believe there are more failures from too late 
sowing than from too early. Our September and Octo- 
ber weather is so apt to be intensely dry that it is 
better to take advantage of the summer rains and sow 
in August, provided August gives us the rains we usu- 
ally expect in that month. 

Manure. 

Dr. Thome's results have been found true here. Our 
truckers find that it pays them to get manure from 
New York at a cost of $2.75 per ton at the railroad 
station. W. P. Allen of this place used last season 3,000 
tons of New York manure, over 50 tons of mixed fer- 
tilizer and 8 tons of nitrate of soda as top-dressing. 
Colorado Beetles. 

If one had to fight onlv the beetles on potatoes the 
device of Mr. Horlbeck would do very well. But as we 
can use a furrow spraying machine with Bordeaux mix- 
ture and Paris green we will be fighting blight and bugs 
at the same time and much labor be saved. Then in 
using pure Paris green there must of necessity be a 
great waste, for mixed in Bordeaux 5 ounces of Paris 
green to 50 gallons of the mixture is enough. 
Dual Purpose. 

It seems that Mr. Thomas is able to hold the fort 
and I shall not bother the worthy gentlemen who can- 
not get rid of the idea that two antagonistic characters 
can be profitably combined in one animal. It is easy 
to combine mutton and wool in one sheep and the Shrop- 
shire is simply a developed Southdown. But the char- 
acters that make a dairy animal forbid that it should 
have the best beef at same time. There are doubtless 
many dairy Shorthorns in England, but they are pure 
dairy animals, and I have never said that good dairy 
cows could not be bred from Shorthorns, for the founda- 
tion stock was largely dairy stock till the dairy charac- 
ter was bred out in breeding for beef production. But 
if there is any profit in losing $15 worth of milk to 
get a $12 veal I cannot see it. 

Of course, where a farmer merely keeps a few cows 

to make milk and butter for home and is neither a 

dairyman nor a beef man, he can make out with the 

"arf andarf" cows. The dairyman cannot afford them. 

Oleomargarine. 

It seems to me that what is needed 's the rigid en- 
forcement of the Grout law preventing the coloring of 
oleomargarine to imitate butter, except at a tax that 
prevents the exhorbitant profit that the oleo offers as 
butter. Of course, it would be well to compel its brand- 
ing as oleo, and to compel the sellers to put up a sign 
stating that they sell oleo, but anything of the sort will 
be of little help to the people at the restaurants and 
hotels who are served the grease as butter. To go further, 
it would be necessary to compel these places to put up 
a sign that they serve the article, and fine them heavily 
if they are found offering it as butter without the notice. 
I was once lunching at a first-class restaurant and the 
waiter brought me what was evidently oleo. I told him 
that I wanted butter, and if it as not furnished I would 



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advertise the fact that the place served oleo to its 
guests. He took it away and brought the butter. 
Horses. 

I was in a large nursery recently and saw neat little 
mules working rows of seedlings planted two feet apart. 
What would they have done there with a Percheron 
with a hoof as big as a dish pan? The Percheron is 
all right for brewers wagons and heavy express teams 
In the cities, but for the farm give me a medium sized 
horse or a mule — mules certainly where negro labor is 
used. I have worked grade Percherons and do not want 
them on the farm, still less full bloods. 
Ground Limestone. 

If we are to use ground limestone, and I have no 
doubt that it is excellent when used heavily enough,, 
why not have pulverized oyster shells, which are much 
purer lime than any limestone in the east of the Val- 
ley of Virginia. The Valley lime is as pure as any in 
the world, but the eastern Pennsylvania lime is no bet- 
ter than the Ohio, and that is saying little for it. There 
Is very pure limestone north of Baltimore city in Mary- 
land, but the Skuylkil lime of Pennsylvania is strongly 
tnagnesian. It would seem that all along the Chesapeake 
we ought to get the very best of pulverized lime car- 
bonate in the abundant shell accumulations. I hope that 
some one will start it. There was talk at an Institute 
in Somerset county last winter of starting a plant at 
Chrisfield, but I have not heard that it has been done. 

I know here that on our shell roads the pulverized 
dust from the road has made borders of blue grass flour- 
ish on each side in deep sand, the seed evidently coming 
from the great amount of New York manure used by the 
truckers, and wherever our sandy fields have been limed 
the blue grass is coming in when the land is left out. 
If lime and seed have that effect on our pine woods 
sandy soils it would be well to look after the pulverized 
shells. 

Renting Land. 

I was much interested in what Mr. Armistead writes on 
f .his subject. I think that the plan found so success- 
ful in this State bj the late Col. McKinney was arranged 
so that landlord and tenant furnished as near equally 
is possible of the expenses. Mr. A. can learn all about 
'he plan by writing to the Superintendent of the McKin- 
aey farms, Centreville, Maryland. There are between 
forty and fifty farms in the estate. 

W. F. MASSEY. 



MAKING A FARM PAN. 
Editor Southern Planter: 

Now that you will soon prepare for another year, pause 
xnd think what is best before you begin. Remember the 
idage, "Plan your work, then work your plan," for to be 
i successful farmer you must use your head as well as 
7our hands, and make the quality and not so much the 
quantity. 

You may have become discouraged because your wheat 
did not turn out so well, or hail tore your tobacco all 
r .o pieces, or the drought ruined your corn; but don't 
throw up your hands and say, I can't make a living 
farming. 



Well, you cannot change the course of a hail storm, 
you cannot make it rain, nor can you stop the rain and 
make the sun shine when you want to; but you can 
do this, you can plant a part of your crop so that if 
a hail storm comes and your tobacco is ruined, you will 
still- have something left. How much damage can a hail- 
storm do to a potato crop compared to the damage it 
would do to tobacco? What saved the hay crop this 
year? It was the rain, but it was not good for some of 
the other crops. Then the drought came and made some 
of your other crops short, but couldn't you have planted 
something else that would not have been affected so much 
by dry weather? Don't put all your eggs in one basket 
when every one else does the same, and expect high 
prices. 

It is the natural law of demand and supply of farm 
products that makes prices. Suppose, for instance, 
when you left home with your tobacco, eggs were sell- 
ing at thirty-five cents a dozen and you brought on your 
wagon fifteen dozen, and each one of you did the same, 
what would be the consequences? 

In an hour or two after you reached town you would 
see there were more eggs on the market than could be 
possibly eaten for some time and the rest would spoil. 
Then one of your neighbors would sa^ : "Well, I am 
not going to carry my eggs back home and let them 
spoil there and lose all of them, and I believe I will 
take thirty cents for mine." In a little while the eggs 
which were thirty-five cents when you came, on account 
of each one trying to get out the best he could and 
each cutting the price, weuld be selling from fifteen to 
twenty cents, or lower. The same thing is true of to- 
bacco, wheat, corn cotton and other farm products. 

Don't think when you come to town that every man 
is trying to rob you when you have something to sell, 
but see before you offer your products if they are scarce 
on the market; if so, you will get a better price. And 
always think about what you would do if you were in 
the buyer's place instead of the seller's. 

There are some who laugh at the farmer who reads 
the Agricultural Bulletins, the farm papers, and who 
buys up-to-date farm machinery and implements, and say: 
"Oh, he is one of those book farmers. My old daddy made 
a living and I guess if I do like he did I can't go 
wrong." 

It is true your father made a living, but did he leave 
the land in as good shape when he died as when he 
cleared the new ground? Did he plow deep enough to 
help nature restore what he took out of the soil? Did 
he put the right kind of fertilizer in the ground that 
would last, and help the following crops, or did he put 
the kind that forced the plant too quick and when the 
drought came it had nothing to fall back on? 

Can you draw water from a well and have none grad- 
ually running in all the time, and still be able to get 
a full bucket each time? Did he sow crops that would 
improve the land? No, it may not have been necessary 
for him to have done what he should and also never 
think of the future, but how about you now, who have 
this same land; are you making as much money as he 
did? No, you say, beause prices are lower. Did you 



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ever stop to think if the quality of your products are as 
good as vour father's were? 

You say all these new-fangled notions about farming 
and using riding plows and cultivators is wrong, for 
they pull a horse to death. Which pulls easier, a mod- 
ern farm wagon or an old-fashioned sled wih no wheels; 
or, which had you rather do, ride on your wagon or 
walk and drive the sled? Did you ever stop to think 
that if you are plowing with a plow that is on wheels, 
it will go through the ground easier than one that is 
being pulled through the ground and you wearing your 
strength out walking? How much .more work could you 
do when you come home at night after riding than you 
could if you had been walking? Don't you think you 
would feel more like helping your wife and children 
to milk, or bring in the wood for them, or go to church 
after supper? Wouldn't you be able to plan your work 
for to-morrow better than if you were so tired that you 
had to go to sleep as soon as supper was over? Remem- 
ber, it is your brain as well as your hands that must 
work to make you successful. There are some lands upon 
which it is impossible to use all kinds of improved ma- 
chinery, but new things are being invented each year, 
and if you keep your eyes open you may find what will 
suit, or possibly it would pay you better to raise hogs, 
cattle or sheep on this land. 

Don't get discouraged, improve your mind, improve your 
farm and improve your roads, and make up your mind 
that the starting point of prosperity in the United States 
is the farm, and there is as good land in Virginia as any- 
where. If you will say, "It is in the ground and it's up 
to me to get it out." If each one will do that in a few 
years you will be surprised how much money you will 
have. Raise on your farm what you and your stock have 
to eat, and let the rest be clear profit, for it is not what 
you make, but what you save, that makes you rich. 

Campbell Co., Va. G. H. NOWLIN, JR. 



TO KEEP RATS OUT OF THE CORN— USE MESH 
WIRE IN YOUR CORN HOUSE. 

Editor Southern Plantei : 

After trying many experiments to keep rats out of my 
corn crib, and failing in all, last year I determined to 
put half-inch mesh wire all over the inside. The result 
has been so entirely satisfactory that as a farmer I feel 
it my duty to give to my brother farmers the result. 

In 1908 I made a very short corn crop, less than I ever 
made, and wonderful to say I have some old corn yet 
(4th October, 1909,). In former years" with much more it 
would all have been gone by July. Not a rat ever has 
been inside and the corn is sweet and safe. The wire 
cost me $25, but it is now paid for in one year. 

Brothers farmers, when you find out good things just 
let us all know it. W. W. HOBSON. 

Powhatan Co., Va. 



SOME RANDOM NOTES ON CORN AND PEAS. 
ALFALFA, CRUSHING LIMESTONE, DOG TAX, ETC. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

Having neglected to fulfill my promise to report on my 
corn and pea crop — that is. corn and peas in alternating 



rows — last year, I shall try now to make good by report- 
ing both last and this year's crops in one. 

My impression last year was that I made fully as much 
corn as I would have done had the land been planted 
solidly in corn, and then we got more than the value of 
the corn stover in pea vines and some $50 worth of peas, 
and waste or shattered peas to feed some eight or ten 
hogs for about six weeks and to put them in fine plight — 
all this off about twenty-two acres of poor land. 

This year my land was mostly good turf land — all 
planted the same way. I am convinced that my corn is 
fully as good, and I believe better, than it would have 
been had it been planted solidly. This owing to the corn 
obtaining moisture from the pea spaces during the severe 
drouth. 

I think my crop (excepting some planted too late to 
mature) will average from 30 to 40 bushels per acre, and 
I think the moist portions of the field will make 40 to 50 
bushels. 

Now, while this is a light yield of corn, it is a good 
yield for the season, and there are, I think, very few crops 
of corn in Louisa county that will yield as much this 
year, owing to a severe and long-drawn-out drouth. 

The pea crop is very short this year, but sufficient to 
help the sows and pigs that will be turned on them now 
as soon as I can husk the corn out of the way. 

There was a decided difference in the clover sowed in 
the corn and peas last year in favor of the pea spaces. 
To date there is no appreciable difference in the spaces 
this season, as the drouth, yet unbroken, retards the 
clover very much. 

I am so well pleased with the alternating of peas and 
corn that until I have some adverse experience I shall 
continue the practice. 

Alfalfa. 

As to to alfalfa (a report upon which I also promised), 
I would say that my experience is, finally, after about 
eight years' successive trials with it, decidedly dis- 
couraging. I have limed rather excessively, and having 
applied phosphorus in excessive quantities, I still find 
that the leaf spot, or blight or rust, as it is variously 
designated, destroys the plant, and it seems as destructive 
on very strong as on less fertile soil. One peculiarity 
about this disease is that it seems to attack the alfalfa 
when it is making its most luxuriant growth. But for 
this one trouble the alfalfa would. I am sure, grow finely 
here, for until this disease attacks it it makes a beautiful 
growth. 

Now, so far as I can learn, "too much lime and over- 
much phosphorus" do not in the least degree remedy the 
trouble. There is no hay which seems so nutritious or 
that stock relishes so much, but until the scientists can 
find some remedy for this trouble it is distinctly not the 
thing for this section, and we had best heed Professor 
Massey and grow the cow pea and crimson clover, as they 
are better adapted to our section. 

Ground Limestone. 

We are doing all we can to interest our voters to the 
point of signing a petition to our legislator to secure 
a law for the crushing of the limestone, and I think the 
list will contain practically the entire ballot of the county, 
and I trust you will continue to agitate the subject until 
you get all the other counties to do as much, and then 



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we will have the greatest need of our soil supplied, and 
when our farmers shall have used it and begin to see, 
as I and some of my neighbors have seen, what lime will, 
do, then the railroads will get busy and stay so, and the 
now forlorn looking hills of our old State will flourish 
and bloom and bear fruitage that will place her on a 
material plane that cannot even be dimmed by that of 
her chivalry, courtesy and hospitality. 
Dog Tax. 
I notice from The Richmond Times-Dispatch that some 
one in an eastern county says there will be a move made 
in the next Legislature to repeal the dog tax. Now, I 
wish to be doubly emphatic when I say that I voice the 
unqualified sentiment of Louisa's good people when I say 
that while, like all other laws, it is evaded, it is, never- 
theless, a good and profitable law, and instead of its 
repeal let us have it so entrenched and fortified that it 
may be more perfectly enforced, and if the constable's 
office and salary are not such as to demand a worthy man, 
and an officer who may be of some power and benefit to 
the State, can't we abolish the office and either extend 
the sheriff's duties as to include those of the constable 
or else establish an office, the dignity of which may 
attract some man who will do some service when elected? 
When this is done — and not till this is done — will we see 
the measly cur vanishing from our country, and with his 
departure you city people may hope for a more plentiful 
and cheaper supply of poultry, eggs and mutton, for of 
all the inexcusable and destructive vermin that infests 
our borders the worthless, roving cur occupies chief place. 
Now, Mr. Editor, pardon me for encroaching on your 
valuable space to such length, and hoping to send you 
some notes on the tobacco market some time in the near 
future, I am, for agricultural advancement. 

JAMES H. QUISENBERRY. 
Louisa Co., Va. 

We would urge upon the farmers in every county in 
the State to take a lesson from what the Louisa people 
are doing to secure the passage of a law for the grinding 
of limestone by the convicts and to get busy in signing 
petitions to the Legislature in favor of this movement. 
We also heartily endorse the condemnation of the roving 
curs and the making of the dog tax law more effective. 
Every farmer should take action to prevent this law be- 
ing repealed. It used to be said that the colored vote was 
too valuable for legislators to take sides against the dogs. 
This is not so now. Make the dogs less and the sheep 
more and the profit will be greater. — Ed. 



CRIMSON CLOVER SEED. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

Referring to Mr. Jones' article in the October Planter, 
I have been raising crimson clover seed for my own use 
for quite a number of years and never failed to get a 
stand unless sowed too late. Something over twenty-five 
acres of land have been seeded to clover this year from 
seed of my raising, and I expect to get out more seed 
next year. Seeding in the corn has not proved satisfac- 
tory to me. To cut the corn off and sow the land to oats 
suits me better. I start to fallowing land as soon as 
possible in August and sow the clover close up to the fal- 
lowing, so as to take advantage of every season possible. 
Considering the ease in getting out the seed I do not think 



it necessary to purchase costly machinery for the purpose, 
even regardless of the advantage of having the protection 
of the chaff — if there is any protection. My way of 
securing the seed is as follows: Let the clover stand 
until it is thoroughly browned, then cut it and let it 
remain on ground in the swath for several days; then 
take a wagon with tight body into the field, and pile the 
clover with forks. Two men remain in the wagon when 
there is force enough and the heaps of clover are thrown 
in by others as fast as needed — one man in front and one 
in rear end of wagon, vigorously combing or stirring the 
clover, throwing out the hay as fast as seed comes off 
until the wagon is full of seed; then the seed is packed 
in peanut bags; these are then set out on the ground and 
another load is gotten out. 

Four men can get sufficient seed in one day to sow 
25 or 30 acres of land. 

Unless there should be a damp, rainy spell of weather 
for' several days no damage is sustained by the clover 
remaining on the ground as it falls from the mower, and 
only then where it lies thick, which may cause it to 
sprout. The longer it waits the easier the seed comes 
off and care must be used in forking or much of it will 
he lost. I have tried several ways of securing the seed 
and find the above the best way of all. 

If any further information is desired by those wishing 
to raise seed I will gladly answer any questions. 

Prince George Co., Va. A. R. CLARY. 



CROP ROTATION. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

In a recent issue of The Planter a rotation of corn, 
oats, wheat and clover is severely criticized. Should the 
critic ever travel through a section where this rotation is 
practiced he will find the farmers there as prosperous as 
those of any other section following any other system of 
farming. 

There is a farm here ten miles from market for anything 
but grain. Let us study the rotation on this farm. For 
forty-five years the rotation has been corn, oats or fallow, 
wheat and hay (clover and timothy) with the corn, wheat, 
oats and hay, not used to feed stock, but sold in local mar- 
ket. The stock has been four working horses, a driving 
horse, five to ten head of cattle, (usually five milch cows) 
an occasional colt, two to four brood sows and a flock of 
seventy-five to a hundred chickens. 

Nearly all the cornstalks have been fed. They have all 
reached the manure pile in some form as has all the straw, 
and the manure has been spread on "corn ground" and 
"wheat ground" each season giving the farm a coat of ma- 
nure each two crops with a light coat of lime each five 
years. This farm was bought by the present owner about 
forty-five years ago. Buildings, fences and land were in 
bad shape; the farm having been run on a "hit or miss" 
plan and the fields were producing poor and very uncer- 
tain crops. He had a small stock and less than $200 when 
he bought the place. At present this farm produces sixty to 
seventy bushels of corn per acre; fifty bushels of oats and 
twenty-five bushels of wheat and from one and a half to 
two tons of hay per acre. The buildings are in first class 
condition, having been rebuilt. A new house, 6 rooms, for 
tenant, new fences, etc., have been built; the farm paid 
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enough to buy another farm, should he desire. He attrib- 
utes his success to manure, lime and clover and points to 
dozens of farmers in the neighborhood following the same 
practice and says "You see they are getting along nicely." 
His farm has never had a sack of fertilizer used on it. 
Agricultural prosperity may be an illusion, but fat acres, 
fat stock and fat pocket books are very satisfying illu- 
sions. These have been and are being secured by means 
of a four crop rotation, manure and lime. Perhaps theory 
is valuable but it has yet to produce hay. Let us have 
good practice and sense; the cents will follows. 

Easton, Pa. J. F. E. 



ECONOMICAL FARM TEAMS. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

In looking over an issue of the Southern Planter I no- 
tice that a correspondent insists that the big horse, weigh- 
ing fifteen hundred, is the size that pays best for farm 
work. He may be right concerning farms where the prin- 
ciple crops are wheat, oats and hay but he is mistaken 
concerning farms where the principal crops are corn, to- 
bacco, potatoes, tomatoes and other requiring a like amount 
of cultivation. 

I will allow that the big horses may do good work to the 
plow, harvester, manure-spreader and wagons, but they 
make a mighty poor showing when it comes to using the 
harrows, drags, cultivators, drills or any other part of the 
work where they are compelled to walk all day in loose 
cultivated soil. 

Their own weight is their undoing. They sink so much 
deeper into the loose soil than a lighter horse, and must 
raise their great feet so much higher at every step, that 
the extra effort they must make to simply walk saps their 
strength and vitality so rapidly that they soon become 
slow and sluggish, even if they do not entirely play out. 

I know what I am talking about as I have worked them 
side by side and watched the big horses fag while the 
eleven to twelve hundred horses stood up to the work and 
at the close of the day were as fresh as any one could ex- 
pect and as prompt as when they began. 

Another great objection to the heavy horse is that, in 
the cultivation of tobacco, corn," tomatoes, etc., he will 
crush and break more of the tender plants than any ordin- 
ary man can afford to disregard. Even if you don't lose 
control of your temper you will lose several dollars worth 
of plants. 

If you are employing all sorts of men to work your 
teams you can hardly appreciate this article until you 
have tried each team for yourself and given each a fair 
trial. Without doubt if I were buying teams to work corn, 
tobacco, etc., I would buy mules, weighing ten or eleven 
hundred each, if I could possibly get them. I could feed 
a pair of them for what it would cost me to feed one fif- 
teen hundred horse and either of them would do as much 
work as the horse, do it better and with much less trou- 
ble to the driver. You can work a pair of mules all day 
and not break as many plants as a big horse would break 
in an hour. Mules learn their work much quicker than 
horses and are more prompt, if properly trained. Without 
doubt they make the best and most economi -al farm teams, 
anyway, when grain is expensive. 

Harford Co.. Md. E. A. W. 



SEEDING WHEAT AND OATS. 
Editor Southern Planter: 

As a rule your advice in regard to the farm is pretty 
sound, yet I am afraid that your advice in October Planter 
about seeding wheat, is rather misleading as far as it ap- 
plies to Southern Virginia. You advocate the seeding of 
wheat as late as November 15. When I used to seed large 
areas in wheat in Halifax County, Va., I usually com- 
menced October 1, and continued until November 15. The 
result with me invariably was the fields that were seeded 
before October 25 made a much better yield than those put 
in after that date, so after some years experience with 
the same result, I concluded it was a losing game to seed 
after October 25. I have known my neighbors to seed in 
November, but never saw any result but failure. I can't 
see any reason whatever for seeding so late in Virginia, 
unless the Hessian fly or other enemy attackes the early 
crop. But I can see a great advantage in early seeding as 
the plants will have time to grow and get good root hold 
before cold weather sets in and consequently won't be so 
easily killed when the land spews up. I have never had 
any wheat destroyed by flies. While I am on the subject 
of raising wheat, would say it is much more profitable to 
raise oats in Southern Virginia, provided proper judg- 
ment is used in the preparation of the soil and time of 
seeding. I have found by experience the best time to sow 
is February. Always get winter seed, the best variety 
adapted to your locality. My way is where the field is in 
sod, to break roughly with a double plow to the depth of 
eight inches in September, and let the land lie in this con- 
dition until the middle of February, then as soon as the 
soil is in proper condition run over once with a disk har- 
row and then sow and keep disking until soil is in nice 
order; finish by running a heavy harrow over the field un- 
til quite level. See that no water can stand on the land. 
Unless a very fine yield of grain, oats ought always to be 
sold in the straw as they will bring nearly the same price 
although not much good grain is in the heads. 

In order that a profit be made in raising wheat there 
must be a reasonable amount of good grain secured from 
the outlay. Oats will grow on much poorer land than 
wheat and thrive under more adverse conditions. I sold 
my oats on the local market and bought my flour and 
thought I got ahead of the man who raised his wheat and 
had it ground at the mill. Unless your farm is specially 
adapted to the growth of wheat and it is kept up to a high 
degree of fertility you had better raise oats. I never 
thought it best to seed oats in the fall as they will be in- 
jured more or less by a cold winter. While living in the 
Shenandoah Valley I was told by an intelligent farmer that 
oats did not do well in that section and consequently the 
farmers raised barley instead of oats to feed on. I can 
hardly think this is true as conditions there seemed al- 
most perfect for the growth of oats; the springs being us- 
ually cool and moisture abundant. But I would like to 
hear from some Valley farmers on the subject. Hot, dry 
springs injure the crop here. 

Pittsylvania Co., Va. E. W. ARMISTTEAD. 

Our advice not to sow wheat until the latter half of 
October up to the middle of November was founded on ex- 
perience. We rarely have any killing frost before the 
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sections of the State or further South, say in North Caro- 
lina. Last year the first killing frost was Octoher 31; this 
year the first killing frost was October 14. Until after a 
killing frost it is not safe to seed wheat as the danger 
from injury by the Hessian fly is always more or less pres- 
ent over the State until this has happened. The injury 
done by the fly is no doubt largely the cause of light yields 
of wheat in the South. Again our experience has been 
that wheat seeded after the middle of October and up to 
the middle of November makes a better root growth than 
wheat seeded before that time. The early seeded wheat 
will make more top growth and will commence to tiller and 
ever the land; but this tender growth will be cut off by 
the frost to a considerable extent and excessive tiller- 
ing will result in many more stalks but much smaller 
heads. We prefer to seed more heavily and later and thus 
secure stronger but fewer stalks. It is these which make 
the big ears and heavy yield. We once sowed a field of 
wheat the first week in October and resumed sowing in the 
last week in October and finished the first week in Novem- 
ber. The Novemlber seeded wheat made more than twice 
as much grain as that sowed in the first week in October 
though this looked the most luxuriant until far into the 
winter. Wheat wants to get root growth in the fall rather 
than top growth and later seeding induces this though it 
should not be so long deferred that the ground becomes 
cold. The experience of oat growers generally is that 
winter oats seeded in September always make the heaviest 
crop. One of the most successful growers whom we ever 
knew in the central part of the State and who frequently 
made seventy-five bushels to the acre, would never sow 
oats unless he could get them in in September. If they 
cannot be sown in that month then we believe the best 
course is to sow the Virginia gray winter oat in February. 
We have frequently known good crops to be made in this 
way but never so heavy a crop as a September seeding will 
give. — Ed. 



FORAGE CROPS IN VIRGINIA. 

We have frequently drawn attention to the fact that 
here in Virginia we can grow probably a greater variety 
of forage and hay plants than can be produced in any other 
section of this country and that this gives an advantage 
in the raising of live stock of all kinds which ought not 
to be overlooked by those seeking a location for stock 
farms and ought at the same time to lead our own people 
to give still more attention to this branch of farming es- 
pecially now that prices are so- much better than in the 
past. As an illustration of the capacity of the soils of Mid- 
dle and Eastern Virginia to produce crops of this char- 
acter an exhibit made by Mr. Bellwood of Chesterfield Co. 
at the recent State Fair is most instructive. We asked 
Mr. Bellwood to give us a list of the forage plants exhib- 
ited, all of which we may remark, were luxuriant in growth 
and to many of which premiums were awarded. Mr. Bell- 
wood writes us as follows: 

At your request I send you a list of the forage crops 
which I sent to the State Fair. It does not include all of 
the crops of this character that may be grown in this 
section, but just what was selected from this season's 
growth on my farm. Many in the list are either indigen- 



ous or have become naturalized here. The most of the 
crops, however, have to be sown, though all of these not 
every year. The following is the list: 

Wheat, rye, barley, oats, timothy, orchard grass, tall oat 
grass, herds grass, Italian rye grass, Kentucky blue grass, 
June grass, Awnless broom grass, Rough meadow grass, 
Rhode Island bent grass, Johnson grass, Randall grass, 
Dairy Lyme grass, Sheep fescue, Crow foot grass, Giant 
red top, Barn yard grass, Smooth paspalum, Broad leafed 
spike grass, Nimble Will, Velvet grass, Wild wheat, Fes- 
cue grass, Bermuda grass, Crab grass, Yellow foxtail, 
Wild rye, Broom sedge, German millet, Corn (five varie- 
ties), Orange sorghum, Amber sorghum, Yellow milo 
maize, Kaffir corn, Pearl millet, Sapling clover, Medium 
red clover, Alsike clover, Alfalfa clover, Crimson German 
clover, White German clover, Purple top clover, Japan 
clover, White clover, Hop clover, Canada peas, Cow peas, 
Soja beans, Navy beans, Sand vetch, Native vetch, Buck- 
wheat, Pumpkins, Artichokes. 

ALBERT R. BELLWOOD. 



HOW TO DESTROY WILD ONIONS. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

As you are aware the presence of garlic (onions) in 
wheat makes it unfit for milling, and each year there are 
brought to Richmond thousands of bushels of wheat con- 
taining garlic which we are unable to purchase for milling 
purposes, and has to be sold to feed dealers for chicken 
feed. The United States Agricultural Department after 
many experiments, have discovered a way to eradicate the 
garlic from the land which we think will be of great in- 
terest to your readers. We quote as follows: 
' To destroy the wild onion the United States Agricultural 
Department advises ' to harrow with a disk in the fall 
when the onions are a foot or more high and follow with 
deep plowing. The form of deep plowing whicn is the 
most effective is the one known as trench plowing wheie 
two plows are used in breaking, the head one cutting abont 
three inches deep, while the second one follows in the 
same furrow and goes about a depth of ten inches. The 
shallow running plow on the next round will turn about 
three inches of sod which practically carries all the wild 
onions into the deeper furrow left by the deeper running 
plow and will thus completely bury the plants so that 
they will not show up again.' 

This form of plowing should be done in the fall, but in 
order to make a sure shot doubly sure, break again, shal- 
low, early in the spring and plant to a cultivated crop, 
and if careful cultivation is then given, the method thus 
followed is said to be absolute death to the wild onion 
plant in that particular field." 

Richmond, Va. THE DUNLOP MILLS. 

We drew attention to the Bulletin issued by the Depart- 
ment on this subject a month or two ago. — Ed. 



ONCE WAS ENOUGH. 

Magistrate (discharging prisoner) : "Now, then, 1 
would advise you to keep away from bad company." 

Prisoner (feelingly). "Thank you, sir. You won't see 
me here again." — October Lippincott's. 



1909.J 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1033 




MR. SANDY IN HIS GRASS FIELD: 
WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH TEN ACRES OF LAND IN 
THREE YEARS IN VIRGINIA. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

COST. 
Corn and crimson clover crop, 1907-1908. 
Flowing 10 acres for corn 8 inches deep with chilled 

plow, March, 1907 , $ 15.00 

Subsoiling, 8 inches deep 15.00 

Harrowing, 4 times with Cutaway harrow 22.00 

Planting, May 12, 1907 2.50 

Fertilizer, 2 1-2 tons bone meal 67.50 

Cross-harrowing after corn was up with fine tooth 

harrow, two days 5.00 

Cultivating four times. 5 days with 2-horse cultivator 12.50 
Cutting and shocking with harvester, Sept. 5, 1907 10.00 
Husking and storing away corn 20.00 

Total cost $169.50 

RECEIPTS. 

700 bushels of corn at 80c per bushel $560.00 

20 tons corn stover at $5.00 per ton 100.00 

Total $600.00 

Cost deducted 169.50 

Net profit $490.50 

Seeding crimson clover at the last working of corn. 

20 pounds to the acre, Aug 1, 1907 $ 1 2.00 

Cost of cutting, May, 1908 5.00 

Hauling to the barn 6.00 

Total cost $ 23.00 

RECEIPTS. 

16 tons cured hay at $12.00 per ton $192.00 

Cost deducted 23.00 

Net profit $169.00 

Hay crop: 

Cost of plowing 8 inches deep, July, 1908 $ 15.00 

Harrowing with cutaway harrow 6 times, 6 days 

with four horses 36.00 

Fertilizer, 2 1-2 tons bone meal 67.50 

Seed, 25 qts. per acre — 2 parts timothy, 2 parts 

herds grass, 1 part sapling clover. 8 lbs. alfalfa 35.00 



YIELD, FIVE TONS PER ACRE. 

Seeding 3.50 

Harrowing and rolling after seeding 3.50 

Cutting 10 acres, June 25, 1909 7.00 

Hauling to the barn 10.00 

Total cost $177.50 

RECEIPTS. 

50 tons of hay at $15.00 per ton $750.00 

Cost deducted 177.50 

Net profit $572.50 

TOTAL NET PROFITS FOR THREE YEARS. 

Corn $490.50 

Crimson clover 169.00 

Hay crop, 1909 572.50 

Total profit on ten acres for three years $1232.00 

Total net profit on one acre for three years 123.20 
Average net profits on one acre for one year 41.07 

The above shows what can be done and has been done in 
this county on 10 acres of land in three years. Boone 
County Special corn was grown followed by crimson clover, 
and then the land seeded to grass. The land, a few years 
ago, was very thin, averaging from 15 to 20 bushels of 
corn to the acre. The hay crop was weighed by the fol- 
lowing method at the time of harvest. Three samples, 
one yard square, from different parts of the field were 
taken. Each of these were weighed and gave net 19 1-2 
pounds green, for the three square yards. Cured (thor- 
oughly) the net weight was 6 3-8 pounds. Amount of 
green hay per acre was 31,850 pounds. Cured hay, 10,412 
pounds. In a dozen instances over the state the same re- 
sults have been accomplished. 

The field of ten acres, since harvesting the hay has beer*, 
mowed again and about eight tons of fine alfalfa hay wa9 
gotten, of which no account is made in the above report. 
The stand of alfalfa, herds grass and timothy, for next 
year's crop, is promising. 

Note — Five tons of hay per acre is reported, but by act- 
ual weight five tons, four hundred and twelve pounds was 
harvested. 

Nottoway Co., Va. T. O. SANDY. 



1034 



THE SOUTHEEN PLANTEE. 



[November, 



Trucking, Garden and Orchard. 



WORK FOR THE MONTH. 

As the crops mature and are harvested pull up and 
rake into heaps all the weeds, trash and vines and hurn 
them up and thus destroy all eggs of insects, pupa and 
fungoid spores. Whilst this trash and vegetable matter, 
if plowed down, would add humus to the soil, yet the risk 
of permitting the pupa of insects and fungoid spores to 
continue protected during the winter from not being suffi- 
ciently buried is too great to allow this course to be fol- 
lowed. These insects are so destructive of young plants 
and the fungoid spores so apt to again appear in the 
next crop that burning should always be insisted upon 
and the nee ssary humus should be supplied by seeding 
crimson clover and vetches. It is late now to seed 
crimson clover, but in rich garden land it will usually 
make a sufficient growth before severe weather sets in. 
to be worth the chance of seeding, but we would always 
sow some grain with the clover, say, a mixture of wheat, 
oats and rye, and thus certainly insure a cover for the 
land and a fallow to plow down. Sow twelve pounds of 
the clover seed with three pecks of the grain per acre. 
Hairy vetch or Winter vetch can be sown with certainty 
of growth, but this will be later in making a good crop 
to plow down. Sow twenty pounds of the vetch seed per 
acre with a bushel of wheat or oats, or a mixture of 
the two, per acre. Before seeding the clover or vetches 
it will be well to give a dressing of lime at the rate 
of a ton to the acre after plowing the land so as to cor- 
rect any acidity in the soil, which is very apt to be trou- 
blesome in gardens from the large amounts of vegetable 
matter usually put into the land. The lime will also 
improve the mechanical and physical condition of the 
soil. 



Potato onions, if not already planted, should be at 
once set out. Plant in rows wide enough to admit of 
horse cultivation and four inches apart in the rows. 
Make the soil rich and plant on slight ridges, and put the 
bulbs deep enough in the land to be well covered. These 
ridges can then be pulled down in the spring and the 
onions be left on the top of the ground to make and ma- 
ture. This variety makes the earliest green onions for 
the spring market. 



Cabbages should be set out during this month for the 
early spring crop in the eastern and middle sections 
of the South Atlantic States. Prepare the land well bv 
deep plowing and frequent cultivation and make it rich 
with the mineral fertilizers — phosphoric acid and potash 
— but be sparing in the use of nitrogenous fertilizers at 
this time. These latter have a tendency to induce too 
early and tender a growth which the later cold weather 
will cut back and thus seriously injure the plants for 
later growth. Spring is the proper time to apply nitro- 
gen to the crops, after the plans have commenced to 
grow freely. Lav the rows off east and west and plant 
on the south side of the rows so that the ridge will pro- 
tect them from the cold northwest and northeast winds. 



and thus hold the stalks together so that the earth will 
not get into the hearts of the plants when banked up 
against them on each side. When the soil has been com- 
pacted around the stalks then remove the cord and pass 
on to the next row. Do not bank the sofl with too steep 
a slope or it will settle back from the plants and thus 
admit light and air to the stalks and delay the blanch- 
ing. Later in the year, before severe weather sets in, 
cover the plants with straw or brush or leaves to keep 
out the frost. If protected in this way, the stalks may be 
dug from the rows all winter in this southern section. 



Strawberries should be set out this month. Prepare the 
land well and use acid phosphate and potash liberally. 
Apply the nitrogen in the spring as a topdressing after 
growth starts. In setting the plants be careful not to 
cover the crowns of the plants and make the plants firm 
in the soil by treading the soil close to the roots as they 
are planted. 



Asparagus beds should be cleared of the old stalks and 
of the weeds which may have grown up on them and this 
trash should all be burnt and the bed be then worked 
down with the cultivator and a heavy dressing of ma- 
nure be applied. 



The cleaning up and cutting out of all old canes and 
excessive growth in the small fruit plantations should 
have attention and the soil between the rows should be 
broken loose and a dressing of manure be applied. 



Celery should now be earthed up to blanch it. Take a 
long, soft cord and fasten to a stake at one end of the 
row and then tako a turn of the cord round each plant 



The planting out of orchards should have attention. 
We strongly advise the fall planting of orchards in the 
South. Trees set out at this season of the year will get 
hold of the soil and begin to make root growth during 
our mild winters and be ready to start off more vigorous- 
ly in the spring and they will suffer much less if the 
spring and summer of the first year should be dry. In 
making the holes for the trees, throw the top soil on 
one side and the subsoil on the other, and then break 
the bottom of the holes loose with a mattock and then put 
in some of the top soil and set the tree and fill in the 
rest of the top soil first and then finish off with the bot- 
tom soil. A mulch of manure on the top will be a great 
help to the trees, but do not put this in around the roots. 



Everyone ought to have a pot or box of bulbs in mid- 
winter. They are easy to grow indoors and so very sat- 
isfactory. It is delightful at Christmas or when shut in- 
to the house by heavy storms to have a pot of bright 
flowers to enjoy. 

It is wise to plant your first lot of bulbs about the 
first of October. Florists claim that each month a bulb 
is kept unplanted it loses in value. By value they do not 
mean price, but soundness and the power to produce 
good flowers. If you buy a number of bulbs why not 
plant at intervals two weeks apart, and so have blos- 
soms coming on at different times? You can estimate 
pretty accurately about blossoming. You must plan on 
putting them away in the dark for five or six weeks, 
and then when taken out it often means three weeks or 
more for the blossoms. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHEKiX PLANTER. 



1 035 



REPORT ON THE EXHIBIT OF THE STATE HORTI- 
CULTURAL SOCIETY AT THE STATE FAIR. 

To Mr. W. W. Sproul, President Virginia State Horticul- 
tural Society. 

Dear Sir:— A report of the apple exhibit made by our 
Society at the State Fair held at Richmond October 4 to 
9, is requested and I cheerfully comply in setting forth 
such facts as may interest the average member to the 
extent that he may devote a moment's time to reading it. 
It was determined last June at a meeting held at Crozet, 
that this exhibit should be made but that on account of 
the short crop of apples the Southern Circuit of Fairs 
would not be visited. Six or eight counties alone were 
represented and less than that number of contributors 
from any one of these counties. Patrick County, with 
immense specimens of York Imperials, Arkansas Blacks, 
Buckinghams. and others from the Stuart Orchard Com- 
pany; perfect Winesaps, Bonums and others from the 
Rangeley Orchard Company made a superb showing. The 
Belleflowers. Ben Davis and others from Dr. S. S. Guer- 
rant, of Franklin County, attracted much attention. About 
20 varieties of perfect apples from Mr. Jordan 'L. Wood- 
man were shown from Roanoke County and the Ferguson 
Orchard Company of Salem, Va., contributed such fine 
specimens of Albemarle Fippins and six other varieties 
that they were constructed into a special pyramid. Mr. 
E. H. Stewart of Troutville, Botetourt County, contributed 
the largest specimens of Stayman Winesap I ever saw to 
say nothing of five other kinds scarcely less noticeable for 
their perfection. Dr. S. J. Gill of Bedford had several 
varieties of unsprayed apples that ranked well alongside 
of those that had received careful attention in this re- 
gard, and our reliable standby, Hon. Geo. E. Murrel of 
Fontella, took the lion's share of the prizes which is 
enough of praise to accord any one man. Nelson County 
certainly deserves a high seat in the synagogue in the at- 
tractive apples sent by Messrs. James Dickie & Son, of 
Roseland and by Dr. E. C. Parsons of Massie's Mills. Their 
apples alone, (over a dozen varieties) would have made 
a separate exhibit of no mean proportions and just as 
beautiful and creditable as it was large. Judge J. D. Hors- 
ley's apples arrived too late to be placed, but they went 
to Pittsburg and doubtless our manufacturing friends there 
will manufacture remarks concerning them that will make 
us feel wondrous kind toward their judgment. Albemarle 
was no laggard in the perfection of beauty, size and qual- 
ity of fruit sent by C. L. Wayland, of Crozet, Dr. W. L. 
McCue & Son and Rev. R. A. Lapsley of Greenwood. Such 
Fall Cheeses, Northern Spys. Albemarle Pippins, Winesaps, 
and others are rarely seen by many people more than once 
in a lifetime. These figured in a separate pyramid and in 
the box exhibit. Mr. Stewart Bell of Winchester sent 
such an even lot of red varieties, the finest type of high 
class, big price, market fruit that makes the other fellow 
feel like thirty cents (a dozen) at a market stall. Our 
Secretary. Mr. Whately. had some last year's apples, a 
whole box. Winesaps and others, but the girls called them 
"mummies." I omitted to state that Mr. J. A. Jamison, of 
Roanoke, had huge specimens of 4 varieties — some Ben 
Davis measuring over a foot in circumference. This would 
be too long an article to speak further, individually, but 
it would be neglect not to notice the beautiful, luscious 
looking Japanese persimmons, large as Grimes Golden ap- 



ples, exhibited by Mr. W. T. Hood, of Richmond and whose 
Winesaps measured 11 1-2 inches around. The original 
diagram and design comprehended four additional pyra- 
mids to the seven which were erected, a slight misappre- 
hension of the size and shape of the table causing this, 
but of the merits of the exhibit the certificates below will 
attest. We had a pyramid of box and basket fruit in 
the center, arranged in alternate colors, consisting of Bald- 
win, Albemarle Pippin, Delaware Red, Peck's Pleasant, 
Winesap, Grimes Golden, Spitzenberg, Pennock and Lady 
producing a most pleasing effect. Then three large pyra- 
mids on racks constructed for that purpose, three smaller 
pyramids and 1000 plates of five specimens each com- 
pleted the exhibit. Official photographs in sections, have 
been taken of the exhibit which the Society can procure 
at any time. We felt humiliated that no notice was taken 
of our exhibit by the Richmond daily papers, one even re- 
fusing to print the following certificates. 

Richmond, Va., Oct. 7, 1909. 
It is said by expert judges that the apple exhibit of the 
Virginia State Horticultural Society in arrangement, dis- 
play, quality, design and general get up is the most at- 
tractive ever seen in the State and those who have had 
frequent opportunity of visiting National apple exhibits 
declare this to compare favorably with any exhibit in the 
history of the country. We endorse the same. 

Signed by W. W. IRVINE, 

(U. S. Gov. Pomologist.) 
J. B. WATKINS, 
(Nurseryman.) 
GEO. E. MURRELL, 
(Ex-President Horticultural Society.) 
W. T. HOOD, 
(Nurseryman.) 

Richmond, Va., Oct. 7, 1909. 
I have visited the New York, New Jersey, and Ohio State 
Fairs and unhesitatingly say the exhibit of the Virginia 
State Horticultural Society surpasses them all. 

(Signed) G. L. LAMSON. 

Representing American Agriculturalist. 

And it may not be amiss to say that Frof. S. B. Heiges, 
former Pomologist of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
said in the Lynchburg News; "I have carefully gone over 
the display and arrangement of apples and unhesitatingly 
say, in all my experience, I have never seen it surpassed. 
It having been my privilege for years to test the fruits 
grown in all sections of the United States I can testify to 
the superiority in quality of those grown in the section 
represented in this display over any grown elsewhere that 
have been submitted to me." 

The press of other cities spoke in highest terms of our 
exhibit and competent critics from all over the land gave 
generous and unstinted praise to the display made but 
why our Richmond papers chose to ignore us, thus debar- 
ring the Virginia public from knowing anything of the 
Society's efforts to properly advertise their fruits, is beyond 
comprehension. The beautiful effect of this exhibit is not 
to be credited to any man but to a trio of Richmond's pa- 
triotic young ladies who labored so faithfully and exer- 
cised such artistic taste that made this creation possible. 
A circular was sent to interested parties saying advertis- 
ing cards for individuals, corporations or counties would 



1036 



THE SOUTHED PLAN TEE. 



[November, 



be advantageously placed but only one large card was 
sent. This should be attended to in the future. A num- 
ber of advertising cards were made by hand and sent with 
our exhibit to the Western Pennsylvania Exposition at 
Pittsburg where, under the care of the Norfolk & Western 
Railway, our finest apples are beckoning capital to Virginia. 
We also sent an exhibit to the Danville Fair which has in 
no uncertain tones spoken for itself. Trusting great good 
may result from the efforts of the Society in the fruit 
growers' behalf I am, most respectfully yours, 

The thanks of the Society are due to the General Man- 
ager, Mr. Mark R. Lloyd, for his faithful services and 
for courtesies received before, during and after the Fair. 

HENRY C. WYSOR. 

We gladly and cordially endorse everything said of this 
exhibit in the certificates above published. We carefu'ly 
examined the fruit and never before saw such a fine col- 
lection of perfect specimens and so great a variety. The 
State that can produce such fruit cannot long be ignored 
by buyers for the best markets. This exhibit ought to be 
worth thousands of dollars to the State and it is a pity 
that it could not be sent on tour round the whole country. 
—Ed. 



THE TREE PLANTING SEASON. 
Editor Southern Planter: 

Not long ago I read a paragraph in the Times-Dispatch 
headed "Fortunes in Apple Growing," and specially refer- 
ring to Virginia. The writer recommends our "farmer 
friends" to plant more trees, and says the demand for the 
apple is constantly on the increase, and that apples al- 
ways sell. His remarks through the body of the article 
are in the main all right, but in conclusion he says: "When 
once planted an orchard requires but little or no cultiva- 
tion, an occasional priming and spraying. — Nature does 
the balance." 

Now, as the season for planting is at hand, I want to 
take exception to the lines quoted, and to say to anyone 
contemplating planting on such advice, and with such 
ideas — don't. It is entirely wrong to think that a young 
orchard requires little or no cultivation, and that nature 
does the balance. Nature will help man's intelligent ef- 
forts, and no more. Before planting an orchard the site 
should first be carefully selected, and should be of good 
land, favorably situated, and to obtain the most satisfac- 
tory results, for a commercial orchard, only varieties 
suited to the situation should be planted. 

The old idea that the most worthless corner of the farm, 
that won't pay to cultivate in other crops, will be suitable 
for fruit trees, is long since exploded. Having selected a 
suitable site, the land should be prepared by plowing, then 
laid off and cross lined, holes dug, top soil thrown on one 
side subsoil on other, and replaced in reverse order when 
planted. Buy good trees from a reputable nurseryman, as 
near your home as possible, for trees grown in the nurs- 
ery under similar conditions will be ready to start off 
right away, while those grown in a different soil or cli- 
mate take more or less time to get acclimated. 

Cheap trees are a poor investment for any man; though 
he may not find it out until ten years or so have elapsed. 
Up to bearing, trees should be cultivated in some hoed 
crop, or peas, each year; the land should be manured, 



trees sprayed, and pruned to form shape, regularly each 
year at the proper season. 

The more careful attention a man gives to his young 
orchard the better the results will be after they commence 
to bear. 

If anyone contemplates planting an orchard under other 
ideas than this, I strongly advise him to save the purchase 
price of the trees, and cost of digging holes. But if planted 
with the intention of giving proper care, I believe that it 
is one of the best paying investments that can be made. 

Anyone making a start in the orchard business will be 
wise if he joins membership with the Virginia State Hor- 
ticultural Society, which has now the largest membership 
of any Society in the State, particulars as to which may 
be obtained on application to the writer. 

Crozet, Va. WALTER WHATELY,. 

Secretary-Treasurer Virginia State Hort. Soc'y. 



VIRGINIA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY— EX- 
HIBIT OF FRUIT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING 
OF THE SOCIETY, WINCHESER. VA., 
JANUARY, 5 AND 6, 1909. 

Special premium open to all North America, offered by 
Dr. J. B. E"merson of Albemarle Co., Va., open to compe- 
tition from any State or Canada, of $50 for the best five 
boxes (one of each variety of Albemarle Pippin, Winesap, 
York Imperial, Ben Davis, Grimes Golden., Jonathan, 
Spitzenberg. Baldwin, Paradise Winter Sweet, Rome 
Beauty. 

All fruit growers in the countries named are cordially 
invited to enter for this competition, and to notify the 
Secretary of their entries by December 25th. 

WALTER WHATELY, 
Secretary, Crozet, Va. 



SPRAYING FOR SAN JOSE SCALE. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

The writer wishes to take exception to an article pub- 
lished in the October issue of your paper, under the head- 
ing of "Lime-Sulphur for use against San Jose Scale." 

This article conveys the impression — at least to the 
writer — that Lime-Sulphur wash is the sure and standard 
remedy for scale, and that the fruit grower should practi- 
cally avoid the manufactured preparations. 

As to the question of the Lime-Sulphur wash being the 
sure, standard remedy, space will not permit of going into 
detailed records of the large number of tests, but these re- 
sults have been so frequently published that anyone who 
desires can obtain them. For illustration we will refer to 
one series of tests, eighteen in number. 

In 16 out of this total of 18 tests, Soluble Oil killed 100 
per cent, of the scales. In the other two it killed 98 per 
cent. 

In not a single one of these tests did Lime-Sulphur kill 
100 per cent., in fact, the greatest percentage killed was 
96 per cent., and in many of the tests the Lime-Sulphur 
killed less than 90 per cent, of the scale. 

Any remedy, which when properly used, leaves even 5 
per cent, or 2 per cent, of the scale, cannot be considered 
a thoroughly efficient remedy, as this pest multiplies so 
rapidly that a few scales on the tree in the spring may 
mean that the tree will be literally covered by Fall. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1037 



Further than this: The statement set forth in your pub- 
lication are not substantiated by the experience of large 
fruit growers who have gone into the matter in an unbiased 
way and used the two products extensively. In fact, a 
great many large growers have reported that they have 
practically eliminated the scale from their orchards by the 
use of Soluble Oil, and were never able to do so with the 
Lime-Sulphur wash. 

It is a significant fact that those who have been spray- 
ing with the Lime-Sulphur wash for the past five years, 
or ten years, are still spraying, and in most cases spray- 
ing as vigorously as at any previous time. 

It is not my wish to question the fact that the Lime- 
Sulphur wash holds the scale in check. Anyone who has 
investigated the subject knows that the scale can be con- 
trolled with that remedy, but all tests go to show that it 
cannot be done as effectually as it can with Soluble Oil. 
There have of course been some good reasons for the fruit 
grower being prejudiced against Soluble Oil on account of 
some of those products having been put on the market by 
firms who never had any experience in that line, and who 
put on the market products which were absolutely un- 
suited to the purpose, which resulted in injury to the 
trees: but a Soluble Oil that is properly made, will, abso- 
lutely injure no tree in any way whatever. The writer 
knows of some who have used it on young trees in its pure 
state, with no injury. Because a manufacturer of no ex- 
perience puts on the market an article absolutely unsuited 
for the purpose for which it is sold, is no reason why the 
fruit grower should be prejudiced against a legitimate ar- 
ticle made by those of long experience. 

Referring to the last clause in this article, to which I 
take exception: It seems to me that such a statement 
would be given very little consideration by any fair- 
minded grower. There would be just as much sense in 
one advising anyone to raise his own fruit and avoid buy- 
ing it from the fruit grower. There are on the market 
thoroughly good and economical manufactured prepara- 
tions which are easier to handle and just as economical 
as any fruit grower could make. There are, of course, 
on the market products extensively advertised and sold 
at unreasonably high prices, but the fruit grower is under 
no obligations to buy them. 

A word in regard to the comparative cost of the lime- 
sulphur wash and soluble oil: There are on the market 
brands of soluble oil that cost, applied to the tree, about 
one-half the cost of lime-sulphur wash, and these same 
soluble oils have, for all practicable purposes, completely 
eradicated the scale from orchards that had previously 
been sprayed for many years with the lime-sulphur wash 
without obtaining any such results, and with absolutely 
no injury to the trees whatever. 

The fruit grower should, by all means, remember that 
as there is an increased demand for these sprays, manu- 
facturers of long experience will exert every effort to put 
on the market the best possible article at the lowest 
possible price, and he is a wise grower who keeps in touch 
with all of the different manufacturers, as this is about 
the only way he can keep posted on what is being done; 
and he should also remember that prejudice never de- 
veloped an improvement in anything. 

New York. F. G. STREET. 



THE PURE SEED QUESTION. 

There is widespread interest being taken in the sub- 
ject of improving the quality of ordinary farm seeds. That 
there is need of effort along this line is evident to any 
one who has given the matter any consideration. A 
farmer may plow and harrow his ground in preparation 
for a crop, he may spend a considerable amount of money 
for fertilizers, but if he uses seed that does not fully ger- 
minate, his trouble and expenditure go for little or noth- 
ing. Again, a farmer may work for years to get his farm 
free from weeds. He may think he has accomplished his 
purpose, but if he is not careful in the selection of the seed 
he sows, he may reinfest his lands in one season. A 
great deal is lost to the farmers who sell hay because of 
the lower price they get for their product when it con 
tains weeds. Some of our most troublesome weed pests 
are carried from farm to farm and from State to State 
through the medium of the seed trade. The Experiment 
Station at Blacksburg has been investigating this matter 
for some time. We have collected samples of seed on the 
open market and have tested these and numerous other 
samples sent here by individual purchasers. The results 
of these investigations were published in Bulletin 184, en 
titled "Impurities in Grass and Clover Seed Sold in Vir- 
ginia." A copy of this may be obtained by any one who 
makes request for it from the Station. 

The writer attended a meeting last winter in Washington 
of the men who have charge of the enforcement of the 
pure seed laws in a number of States. Judging from the 
discussion at this meeting, pure-seed legislation may 
be divided into two classes — laws that are so loose and 
general in character that they are of no value, and, others 
too strict and drastic to be enforced. Some of the laws, 
on this subject, if carried out, would prohibit the sale of 
three-fourths of the seed on the market. The small 
amount that could be sold would then command a price 
out of reach of most farmers. We need, first of all, a 
campaign of education as to the value of good seed and 
how it may be judged. If farmers would learn the dif- 
ference between good and bad seed the solution of the dif- 
ficulty would be easy. To make an intelligent test of a 
sample of seed, however, is not a simple matter. There 
are about five hundred different kinds of weed seeds that 
we may get in our common grass and clover seed alone. 
Some of these so closely resemble the seed with which 
they are mixed that they require the skill of an expert to 
identify them. It is too much to expect that farmers who 
buy seed only a few times during the year will ever mas- 
ter the subject of seed testing. 

This Experiment Station has analyzed every sample of 
seed sent in here for that purpose and will continue to 
do so as far as the present force is able, without inter- 
fering with the regular work. The State should provide 
a laboratory where seedsmen and farmers can send sam- 
ples of seeds to be tested, if this work is to be carried 
on as it should be. Often the dealer knows less about 
the character of the seed he is handling than do the 
purchasers, and the dealers are often victimized by the 
men from whom they purchase their stock. Every man 
should be provided with the means by which he can tell 
the character and quality of the goods he is purchasing, 
if that is possible, and when this is done there is no 
more need for legislation governing the sale of seeds 
than for any other business transaction. 

Exp. Station, Blacksburg, Va. LYMAN CARRIER. 



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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November, 



Live Stock and Dairy. 



DO THE PEOPLE OF RICHMOND WANT PURE MILK 

AND CREAM, OR DO THEY WANT THEIR 

TAXES PAID? 

Editor southern Planter: 

This farm has made, and is making, an effort to produce 
good cream under all sanitary conditions that are possible. 
The Washington inspectors have given us a score of 87.8, 
the loss of scoring being chiefly made in two points, one 
of which is amusing in the extreme. Three points because 
the cans were left in a steam sterilizing tank instead of 
being put out in the sun to dry — and catch the dust after 
being sterilized. But listen especially to the loss of the 
next two points: My barn contains G4 windows, 2 feet G 
inches high — 30 opening on a slide — that is, half the win- 
dow space open — and six doors kept wide open in the 
summer, the cows only entering the barn — that has cement 
floors which are washed daily — for milking. 

The inspector said the ventilation by all the windows 
was sufficient, but took off two marks because there was 
no muslin over open windows. It was pointed out that 
muslin in the summer would keep out a certain amount 
of air, and that it would be put on for the winter when 
the cows were kept in. "Well, I can give you full marks 
in the winter when I see the muslin." One and a half 
for not cooling each cow's milk separately; one for not 
wearing special suits (the milkers wear white aprons) ; 
one and a half for not taking each cow's milk separately 
to the dairy (we take about every four cows) ; one for not 
drying the udders alter being washed with a light anti- 
septic, and the other two points being lost in fractions 
for not having smooth ceilings, cleaner windows and 
smooth walls. 

The Richmond inspector, however, came out of curiosity 
and not to score — and considered that our dairy should 
be scored much higher than that of the Washington in- 
spector. 

However, we wrote to the Richmond Dairy Company 
asking if they wanted cream, to which they answered by 
offering to take our shipments if we would get a permit. 
That, from the Health Department, seemed easy, espe- 
cially as the Richmond inspector had seen our plant and 
stated he wished we would ship to Richmond. 

The reply obtained to our application was to the effect 
that the Dairy Company to whom we proposed shipping 
must apply "for the permit and pay two dollars." A copy 
of this letter was forwarded to the Dairy Company and 
no more was heard of the matter. 

We have no particular desire to supply Richmond with 
sanitary cream if they don't want it, but we certainly 
do not desire to pay even so nominal an amount as $2 to 
assist the Richmond people to inspect our dairies. 

Let me however, give an example how the procedure 
works upon the farmers and upon one in particular. A 
neighbor of mine fitted up a small dairy and began to ship 
to Richmond. An inspector came along and found things 
not to his liking (and there was no quarrel regarding his 
desires, as they were reasonable), but he stated that if a 
cooler was purchased he could then again apply and a 
1 ermit would be sent. 



The cooler came and he at once applied. Will you be- 
lieve it that it took two weeks or more before the depart- 
ment stirred themselves to condescend to send the permit. 
Personally, I should not have waited but shipped the cream. 

If Richmond wants to inspect dairies outside their cities 
they must pay the piper. I understand they do not visit 
New York, Pennsylvania and other States and, therefore, 
are discriminating against Virginia shippers only. Is 
this so? 

The Richmond authorities should abide by the State in- 
spections and if dairies are scored, as they should be 
scored, by competent men having had personal experience, 
there should be but little quarrel with inspection. 

There is no doubt that fear of inspection keeps the 
farmers up to the mark in their dairy work, which is 
essential to the business. R. CONROY VANCE. 

Spottsylvania Co., Va. 

This communication amply demonstrates that what we 
have said in recent issues with reference to the city of 
Richmond inspection was fully justified and that it is 
time the people of the city and the farmers of the State 
should co-operate together to either end or mend the 
system. The true remedy, in our judgment, is the one 
we have suggested — viz., to make the State inspection 
paramount and sufficient, and if the cities want further 
protection, which would be needless, let them require 
Pasteurization of the milk by the retailers and thus abso- 
lutely preclude the existence of all germs of any disease 
which at present does not, with all The fuss about inspec- 
tion, result. It is true, or rather was true up to quite 
recently, that Virginia dairymen were discriminated 
against in favor of Northern dairies which were shipping 
milk and cream to this city. — Ed. 



INCREASED PRODUCTION OF MILK. 
By First, Breeding; Second, Feeding. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

It is evident to all of us tSat some cows produce more 
milk than others, or have the ability to produce more 
milk than others. This is a quality possessed by cows to 
a more or less extent. Acting on the knowledge that like 
produces like, we can, by breeding two animals possess- 
ing certain powers of milk production, reproduce these 
powers of production in the offspring to a more or less 
extent. This is a knowledge we all have. We all also 
realize that a bull can transmit to his offspring these 
qualities of milk production to a more or less extent. In 
this connection we realize that a bull, pure bred, and 
descended from animals that have been noted for large 
production for generations, can influence the production 
of his offspring, even though he may be bred to animals 
of low production. We further realize that the influence 
of the bull is increased as the improvement is brought 
about by injecting more and more of the blood of the 
pure-bred bull into the herd. The result of the first cross 
gives only half the blood of the bull, the second cross 
gives three-fourths, the third cross gives seven-eighths, 
the fourth fifteen-sixteenths, and the fifth thirty-one- 
thirty-seconds. At the end of three years you should have 
the calves of the first cross or the half-bred heifers fresh, 



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at the end of the fifth you should have the three-quarter- 
bred animals to the pail, at the end of the seventh year 
you should have the seven-eighths animals fresh, and at 
the end of the ninth year you should have the fifteen- 
sixteenths animals fresh, and at the end of the eleventh 
year your heifers coming fresh should have thirty-one- 
thirty-seconds of the blood of the bulls you have been 
using. Now, if you have been using bulls from large 
producing ancestry, it is evident that animals parrying 
thirty-one-thirty-seconds of that blood will very closely 
approximate in production the animals from which the 
bulls were bred. I would advise using each bull for 
breeding once on his own calves. I am satisfied in this 
way we get better influence on the offspring from the 
side of the sire and make more progress than if the sire 
is changed with each generation. In selecting a sire, 
after discarding the first one, it is very important, if 
possible, that a better bull be procured; a great deal of 
progress can- be made with the second bull. We have 
conditions that are more susceptible of improvement and 
we should see marked improvement in the third and fourth 
generation.. The fifth generation, carrying thirty-one- 
thirty-seconds of the blood of the bulls used we will all 
agree must be almost equal in its production to the cows 
from which the bulls are descended. 

Are any of you breeding with the idea in mind that you 
can, and are, getting from this source of improvement all 
that you can get? Or are you only looking ahead a short 
time and instead of building up your herd to larger pro- 
duction simply discarding your cows as they finish up 
their period of lactation and replacing them with fresh 
cows, and cows possibly that do not produce as much as 
those which you have discarded? Is this business? Can 
you expect, under these conditions, to build up a herd? 
You have only to think for a minute when you will be 
convinced that you are not pursuing a course that means 
any large amount of prosperity to you in the future. 
Another thought which might well be injected at this 
point: You may. when bringing a cow into your herd 
from some outside source, be introducing some contagious 
disease that you may not be fully cognizant of until you 
may have lost heavily as a result of its presence. 

I will now endeavor to show you how you can increase 
your milk by proper and judicious feeding, or, as is com- 
monly called, scientific feeding. Scientific feeding only 
means a knowledge of what you are doing. Cows should 
first have what is known as a maintenance ration. To 
have a little better knowledge of feeding one should 
understand that there are certain materials or nutrients 
in a feed which are called protein, carbohydrates and fat, 
and that a cow can only make use of the digestible por- 
tions of these materials that may be contained in what 
she is fed. Now, you must understand that a cow requires 
certain amounts of these materials to take care of the 
waste of the body which is continually going on. This 
much material must be supplied before the cow can use 
any of the digestible nutrients for the production of 
milk and at the same time maintain her body conditions. 
If, however, she may not be fed a maintenance ration, then 
she will produce some milk even at the cost of materials 
already stored up in her body. Under such conditions 
she will waste away to a more or less extent. This we are 
all more or less familiar with. Now the question arises 



how much additional material must be fed (after supply- 
ing the maintenance ration) for each pound of milk pro- 
duced. It has been estimated that for each pound of milk 
produced the cow should be supplied in addition to her 
maintenance ration, with .05 pounds digestible protein, 
.022 pounds digestible carbohydrates and .017 pounds 
digestibre fat. Knowing then what must be supplied for 
each pound of milk produced, the scientific feeder will 
give his larger producing cows sufficient additional 
nutriment to enable them to produce up to their limit, 
and until their limit has been reached, supplying them 
in excess of what their production calls for, thus enabling 
them the sooner to reach their limit in production. Have 
you ever thought that the dairyman who feeds all of his 
cows alike, regardless of what they may be producing, 
may be feeding the dry cows an excess of what they may 
demand in the way of a maintenance ration, and be 
losing just that much, when if this same feed had been 
fed to the cows that had the capacity of producing more 
milk than what the feed they are getting enabled them to 
do, they could have made a profitable return from it. 
You can readily see that even the feed that you may be 
using can be fed to much better advantage by giving 
the subject careful study. 

The question of feeding is one you should all study 
more. You should know the composition of a feed be- 
fore you buy it; and, what is more important, you should 
know what digestible nutrients a feed contains. For 
most standard feeds these co-efficients have been deter- 
mined, and upon reference to the tables on feeds and 
feeding you i ,m find out the protein, carbo-hydrates and 
fat contained; also, the percentage of these materials that 
are dig?stible. You can then estimate the amount of 
digestible protein, carbohydrates and fat that may be con- 
tained in the material you may wish to use. The suc- 
cessful dairyman must not only be a practical man — one 
able to deal with all practical affairs he may have to 
face— but he must also be a student. He must understand 
all the problems underlying successful breeding, he must 
also have a knowledge of the composition of feeds, the 
balancing of rations, which only means feeding the 
protein, carbohydrates and fat in proportions. 

Breeding can materially increase the capacity of an 
animal to produce milk, and combined with proper feed- 
ing, can very largely increase the production of milk. 

W. D. SAUNDERS, 
Dairy Commissioner. 



FAT CATTLE SHIPMENTS FROM TAZEWELL CO., 
VIRGINIA. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

Tazewell county has perhaps the finest blue grass pas- 
tures in the State. Export cattle from this county have 
long been selling at the very top of the market in Liver- 
pool and London. It is from Tazewell and adjoining 
counties that the finest grass beef in the world is shipped. 
Often the great steers, weighing well up toward a ton, 
and driven directly from the pasture to the train, have 
had little corn, and, sometimes, none at all, duVing their 
whole lives. No wonder that Tazewell cattle command 
the highest prices of the markets of the world since the 
flesh of the three-year-old is as juicy and delicious as 
that of a calf. 



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This fall four thousand cattle will be shipped from 
Tazewell. There has been a flood of grass, due to plenty 
of rain, but cattle are weighing lighter than usual. Per- 
haps the shortage in weight is something like fifty pounds 
a head. Graziers attribute this light weight to the too 
luxuriant growth of grass, the grass being too sappy, it 
is said. More sunshine and stocky grass plants would 
have produced more sugar in the plant and thus in- 
creased the fat-producing value of the grass. It has been 
a splendid season, however, for the growth of young cat- 
tle and "feeders" will start into the winter growthy and 
well fleshed. 

Of the four thousand cattle shipped from Tazewell 
3urke's Garden furnishes about one thousand. Consid- 
ering the limited area of this little four-by-eight valley 
■ievoted to fat cattle, this is perhaps the largest relative 
oroduction of export cattle in the country. The weights 
of the cattle shipped from Burke's Garden run from 1,450 
to 1,800 pounds. The price this year runs from five and 
a half to six cents. 

An interesting change is taking place in the export cat- 
cle industry. Formerly all export cattle were shipped 
abroad alive. Last year only half the usual number were 
shipped alive. This year it is estimated that not more 
than one-fourth the usual number will be shipped alive; 
while it is possible that by another year none at all will 
be shipped alive. The whole output will be slaughtered 
on this side. This is certainly more humane, and more 
profitable, as well. The outlook for a larger profit to the 
producer of fat cattle is certainly encouraging and East- 
ern graziers will welcome the glad day. The day of the 
big Western ranch is gone; the day of the burning of 
surplus corn in the Western States will never return, 
and the day of the splendid indigenous blue grass pastures 
of Southwestern Virginia is at hand. 

Tazewell Co., Va. A. S. GRBEVER. 



AN EXPERIMENT IN DAIRYING. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

Thinking it might interest you, I am sending a plan 
of an experiment dairy barn that we are starting on the 
Mannsfield Hall Farms. 



Gittffil, 




We have cut off about seventy acres of poor land, fenc- 
ing and ditching it off, and with twenty cows are going 
to see if dairying can be made to pay if run on a sani- 
tary basis in Virginia. 

Every penny expended on the cottage and barn— cost 



of everything, in fact — and after paying the men got-d 
wages and purchase of grain for cows — hope to see a 
profit on the investment (of about $2,500), not including 
the land. 

The "milk will be delivered at the farm dairy twice a day 
to be separated and with the skim milk hogs will be 
fattened and calves fed. Heifers will be saved and bulls 
sold for veal. 

As this is an experiment it is my intention to let you 
know all the details as we progress and at the end of 
the year a full account will be given of the expenses and 
receipts. 

If it proves to be a success we will probably extend the 
experiment. Of course, much depends upon the man 
who undertakes it, as he will run it as though he were the 
owner, although under my directions, and if any profits 
arise will have a percentage. R. CONROY VANCE. 

Spottsylvania Co., Va. 

We shall watch this experiment with interest and trust 
the results will be such as to lead many of our farmers 
to take up a similar line of work. There is ample need 
for many such dairies to be established to meet the needs 
of the population of the State. We are importing over 
80 per cent, of the dairy products consumed in the State. 
We are anxious to see some one take up cheese making 
as a farm industry. At present there is no cheese made 
in the State and yet the consumption is large. — Ed. 



SHALL WE WINTER THE FALL CROP OF PIGS? 

Editor Southern Planter: 

With pork selling at almost the highest price in fifteen 
years and the South purchasing thousands of car loads 
of these high-priced products annually, the market hog 
ought to riv t the attention of the Southern farmer at 
this time, if never before; and he should do this the 
more when the farmer knows, or ought at least to know, 
that pork may be produced in the Southeast at one-half 
the cost of production in the West. The writer knows 
that the above statement of cost of pork production has 
been made by writers in he South times without number 
and as many times accepted by our farmers with the 
proverbial "grain of salt," and they have gone right ahead 
producing their single crops of tobacco, corn, cotton, etc., 
for sale as raw products and purchasing their meat in 
Chicago. But with common side meat selling for as much 
per pound as tobacco or cotton, and the proof at hand 
for use of the ' Southern farmer that he can produce on 
his farm anywhere in our section pork at one-fourth the 
cost per pound of the cost of growing tobacco and one- 
half the cost of producing the average pound of cotton, 
it seems to me that the farmer who allows his brain to 
dictate as to how he shall conduct his business must 
consider seriously the claim of the lowly hog. And the 
hog fits in so well with the idea of soil improvement that 
is abroad in the South with such force at the present time, 
it being a well accepted fact that the grazing hog is the 
money-making hog to-day, as he always has been, and 
almost as well an ace pted fact that grass and other 
sods are the foundation of permanent soil improvement in 
the South as in every other section. It so happens that 
the fall cover crops and sods, that are so very necessary 
to the conserving of the fertility of Southern soils during 
the winter months, are the ideal grazing crops for pigs 



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also, so if there is big money in pork production in the 
South, and almost as big money in building up and re- 
claiming Southern soils, what could be better business 
sense than combining these two money-making factors 
and thus secure the profits from each by the growing 
of winter pigs on winter growing, soil binding, nitrogen 
gathering grazing crops, such as crimson clover, rye, 
winter oats, red top and sapling clover, etc., all of which 
may be grown almost anywhere in the South by giving 
the sowing of them attention at the proper time. 
With an abundance of these crop to draw on one dollar 
corn need have no terrors for the man who is producing 
10 and 11-cent pork in out own section, because we have 
found by actual test, not once, but time and again, that 
good, thrifty, well-bred pigs running on grazing crops, 
such as I have named, will pay $1 to $1.25 per bushel for 
every bushel of corn needed to keep them in a thrifty, 
growing condition. 

But these pigs must be of the "stutchy," growthy sort, 
must have comfortable, dry sheds, free from dust and 
well bedded for their sleeping places, and must be kept 
free from lice, mange, etc. This last can easily be done 
by having on hand a cheap spray pump — such as may he 
purchased for two dollars — and every two weeks con- 
fining the pigs in a small space, such as a box stall, and 
giving them a thorough spraying with a preparation of 
any of the cattle dips, one of dip to forty of water, with 
one-fourth of the amount of kerosene oil added that there 
is of the other mixture. Gather the pigs up during warm 
spells of weather, spray them thoroughly as above stated 
and you will not be troubled with lice if the bedding of 
the sheds be changed and the sheds themselves be sprayed 
at the same time the pigs are treated. We have called 
one hundred pigs in the stalls, swept their sheds, sprayed 
the whole bunch and rebedded the sheds in less than thirty 
minutes by the watch. So my readers will readily see 
that the cost in time is not great. But just keep in mind 
the "stitch in time," as it applies as well to the winter 
care of pigs as it does to everything else with which men 
have to deal in this hurrying world of ours. 

The fall pig carried through the few winter months we 
have in the South on these grazing crops, fed a small 
portion of corn and given a very light slop of shipstuff — 
enough to keep them sappy and strong — will grow right 
along and the first of March will find them big, fine fel- 
lows with their tails curled way up over their backs. 
Then continue them right along on the crimson clover 
and rye until these crops begin to get woody, when the 
land on which they have been grown will be ready to 
turn and be sown to peas and soja beans. Then the pigs 
will want to go into the common red clover and red top 
fields until the first of the early maturing peas are about 
a foot high. Then it should be peas and grass with a 
little old corn, for Mr. Jim Pig. until August 15th, when 
he will be ready to take a light feed of soft corn along 
with his peas, increasing his corn feed gradually until 
about October. 15th, when he will be a great big hog 
ready to be turned into cash, and when this cash has 
been counted you will find, my friends, that it is the 
best money you have made on your farm during the year. 
He will have left behind him pleasant memories, a 
richer soil, and a pleasant feeling in your pocketbook 



At least these are what he leaves with us on Sunny Home 
Farm. 

Rockingham Co., N. C. A. L. FRENCH. 



CATTLE QUARANTINE. 
Counties That Are to Remain in Quarantine for ttie Next 

Season. 
Editor Southern Planter: 

The Federal and State quarantine authorities have sug- 
gested to the Bureau of Animal Industry to release the 
counties of Mecklenburg, Brunswick, Lunenburg and the 
Bruton District of York County from quarantine on and 
after the first of November, 1909. If this suggestion is 
carried out by the Bureau of Animal Industry at Wash- 
ington — and there is little doubt but that it will be car- 
ried out just as reported — the territory in Virginia to 
remain in quarantine for the year 1910 will be as follows: 
Chesterfield, Greensville, Isle of Wight, Nansemond, 
Southampton, Surry, Sussex, York (excepting Bruton Dis- 
trict), and that part of Warwick not included in the New- 
port News Magisterial District, and the county of Flu- 
vanna. 

We are indeed sorry to have to include the counties of 
Fluvanna and Warwick in the quarantined territory for 
next season, for when one considers the vast territory in 
this State which has been cleaned of cattle ticks during 
the last few years, it is distressing to note at the same 
time that two counties that were above the line a few 
years ago are now quarantined. Nevertheless, the people 
of Fluvanna county are certainly doing good work now 
to rid the county of ticks, and we hope November, one 
year hence, to take Fluvanna county out of quarantine 
never to see her go below the line again. Only last Janu- 
ary the said county of Fluvanna put the "no-fence law" 
into operation. In the opinion of the writer, the free 
range system was the cause of the quarantine being placed 
around the borders of Fluvanna county. Owing to the 
free range system, after a few ticks got into the county 
they were scattered from farm to farm as well as de- 
posited elsewhere, in many cases infecting the highways 
and "commons." However, good work has been done in 
the said county during the last year and now that no 
cattle are allowed to run at large there we hope to clean 
up next season and then place Fluvanna where she be- 
longs when free of ticks — far above the line. 

When we look back just a few years and note the fact 
that thirty three counties in Virginia were then below the 
cattle quarantine line and, on the other hand, now count 
only ten counties — two of them having free districts for 
next year — which are below the line in Virginia for next 
season, all of us who are interested in the development 
of the Old Dominion, and especially in her live stock in- 
terests, will be delighted at the progress which has been 
made in tick eradication in Virginia during the last few 
years. While as State Veterinarian I have tried to do my 
best in this work, and feel proud of the results, yet 
the Bureau of Animal Industry, Washington, D. C, ha3 
been of the greatest help to us along this line, and I am 
glad to acknowledge that Dr. T. M. Owen, Inspector in 
Charge, sent here by the Bureau, is doing a wonderful 
work in Virginia in tick eradication. As to Virginia's 
part, the State Live Stock Sanitary Board and the Counts- 
Boards of Supervisors, together with this office, have sim- 



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ply formed a combination against which the cattle tick 
could not continue to thrive - nd reproduce its kind, thus 
the State is fast being cleaned of the pest. 

Burkeville, Va. J. G. PERNEYHOUGH, 

State Veterinarian. 

We congratulate the authorities on the effective work 
done. It means thousands of dollars to our farmers. — Ed. 



INCREASING THE CAPACITY OF A DAIRY HERD. 

Editor Southern Planter: — 

The most casual observer can see the improvement in 
a dairy herd resulting from the use of a pure-bred dairy 
bull, but to fully appreciate the improvement (not only 
in the type and general appearance, but also in actual 
results at the pail) records should be kept and carefully 
studied. 

The record is an interesting history of each animal 
and contains a great deal of data of special interest to 
the breeder and dairyman who is studying his individual 
cows. It enables him to fix in his own mind the values 
of the different animals. Not only is this information 
valuable from the standpoint of the breeder who raises 
stock to sell, to the dairyman who occasionally has stock 
to sell, but it is practically essential to the ultimate suc- 
cess of the dairyman who should have a guide of actual 
performance to help him select his heifers for his own 
use in the herd. The cost of keeping such records is 
entirely insignificant as compared with the great good to 
he derived from them. 

The record, if kept for a period of years, is also valu- 
able in that it shows whether or not any progress is be- 
ing made, not only from year to year, Out also through 
a period of years. It is always in the mind of the 
thoughtful and ambitious dairyman as an incentive to 
better results next year. It is more than worth the trou- 
ble — a thousand times more! 

In 1903 the Hollins' herd consisted of some twenty-odd 
grade Jerseys, grade Shorthorns, and cows of mixed 
breeding — and several grade Holstein-Friesian heife 
calves. There were at that time only two pure-bred Hol- 
stein-Friesian cows in the herd. Several females have 
since been added by purchase, but the bulk of the herd, 
which now contains sixteen pure-breds in milk, sixteen 
pure-breds not yet fresh, and six grades in milk, was 
born and raised on the farm. 

In the fall of 1903 I commenced weighing and record- 
ing the milk of each cow. This record is as follows. 
Hollins Herd Record. 

Pounds of Milk 
Per Cow. 

From October 1, 1903, to October 1, 1904 4,000 

From October 1, 190,4, to October 1, 1905 5,020 

From October 1, 1905, to October 1, 1906 6,867 

From October 1, 1906, to October 1, 1907 6,536 

From October 1, 1907, to October 1, 1908 8,906 

From October 1, 1908, to October 1, 1909 8,913 

It is interesting to note that not as many cows were 
kept during 1907 and 1908 and during 1908 and 1909 as 
were kept back in 1903 and 1904, and yet the capacity 
— the average capacity — of the entire herd has been more 
rhan doubled. 

In order to further demonstrate the wonderful power 



of a pure-bred sire in a herd I give below the records 
of the grade heifers. 

Had it been possible for me to have gotten a greater 
number of grade heifers into the herd and to have dis- 
posed of the original cows faster, the record would have 
been better and would have increased much more rap- 
idly. The record of the grades is as follows: 
Pounds of Milk to October 1. 1906. 

Minnie, first calf March, 1906 4,896 

Lew, first calf March, 1906 4,014 

Junie, first calf May, 1906 4,057 

Sunday, first calf May, 1906 4,749 

Pounds of Milk from October 1, 1906, to October 1, 1907. 

Junie 8,730 

Sunday, second calf June, 1907 7,068 

Toughy, first calf January, 1907 6,433 

*Whitef ace, first calf March, 1907 •. 6,264 

*Minnie, second calf April, 1907 5,649 

*2d Leila, first calf February, 1907 4,766 

Lew 4,957 

Gray Spot, first calf March, 1907 3,602 

Bunkie, first calf August, 1907 2,403 

Pounds of Milk from October 1, 1907, to October 1, 1908. 

Bunkie, second calf June, 1908 14,617 

Junie, second calf February, 1908 11,330 

Lew, second calf November 1907 10,758 

Sunday, third calf May, 1908 10,712 

Toughy, second calf December, 1907 9,576 

Gray Spot, second calf October, 1907 7,592 

Crumpy first calf July, 1908 2,808 

Pounds of Milk from October 1, 1908, to October 1, 1909. 

Junie, third calf March, 1909 12,239 

Toughy, third calf February, 1909 11,198 

Sunday, fourth calf June, 1909 10,736 

Bunky 10,697 

Lew 8,894 

*Crumpy 8 ,339 

*Disposed of. 

Especial attention is called to Bunkie freshening with 
first calf in August, 1907. She has never been dry and 
in two years and two months has given 27,717 pounds, 
an average of over four gallons a day for the entire period. 
The process of elimination and selection has gone on 
continually and in a short while these fine grade cows 
will be disposed of to make place for better pure-breds. 
It can be seen that the accurate data as to the capacity 
of the cows will enabl the seller to sell to greater ad- 
vantage than he could otherwise. 

It is interesting to note that these young cows are all 
by a Holstein-Friesian bull and out of cows of mixed 
breeding that averaged in 1903-1904 only 4,000 pounds of 
milk. JOS. A. TURNER. 

Roanoke, Co., Va. 



THE COW FEEDING PROBLEMS. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

How many dairymen realize the importance of study- 
ing the feeding question? The proper feeding of cows is 
a most important matter and is also a matter of dollars 
and cents to every farmer. 

In the first place, the cow needs so much feed to main- 
tain her condition just as she is, and so much in addition 



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for each pound of milk produced — this is no very hard mat- 
ter to understand. We dairymen all know that "we" 
can't determine or estimate how much timothy or clover 
hay and how much wheat bran will be necessary for 
this maintenance, but we can get this information from 
persons who have found it out. Scientists have deter- 
mined, after a long series of experiments, how much feed 
is necessary to maintain an animal without !)ss. fn <'.o- 
ing this, however, they have had to determine the ele- 
ments common to every food which can be absorbed by 
the digestive system and conveyed by the blood to every 
portion of the body and used to build up waat? tissues. 
These elements are known as protein, carbo-hydrates and 
fat, and we find in every feed these materials in varying 
proportions. 

The feeder is not interested so much in the amount 
of these materials present in a feed, but in the available 
protein, the available carbo-hydrates and the available 
fat in the feed which they propose to use. Only the avail- 
able nutrients in any feed can be used by the animals to 
which the feed is given. 

Scientists, therefore, have spent a great deal of time 
determining the available nutrients in standard feeds, and 
a book on feeding will show the available percentage of 
protein, for instance, in wheat bran, wheat middlings, 
corn meal, corn and cob meal, and all the grains and by- 
products from the manufacture of grain as well as hays of 
all kinds. The feeder, then, with this information, can 
determine the available protein, carbohydrates and fat in 
any feed he may be using, unless it be a mixed feed, the 
ingredients of which are not given, as no one will take 
the time to determine the digestibility of any mixed : ! eed, 
the reason being that the assurance cannot be had that 
a mixed feed will be maintained the same all the time. 
Feeders ought to be shy of using mixed feeds when the 
constituents and proportions used are not given, while 
the composition means something the available constitu- 
ents might be far short of what the feed appears to can- 
tain. 

The feeder then wishes to first feed nis cow the neces- 
sary amount of protein, carbo-hydrates and fat for main- 
tenance which have been determined approximately to be 
.07 pounds protein, .7 pounds carbo-hydrates, .01 pounds 
for each 100 pounds of weight of an animal and for each 
pound of milk produced she must have .05 pounds pro- 
tein. .22 pounds carbo-hydrate, .017 pounds fat. A cow 
should be fed protein, carbo-hydrates and fat in excess 
of her ability to produce milk until her capacity has been 
reached for milk production, when the amount can be cut 
down until it corresponds about to what the cow is do- 
ing, but there should always be some nutrients fed in 
excess so that the cow can have the means of producing 
up to her capacity all the time. 

It is evident to the reader that two cows standing side 
hy side and fed the same amount of nutrients, that in 
the case of one she might not be producing but a small 
amount of milk and conditions might be such (she might 
be going dry") that she could not produce a larger amount. 
On the other hand, the other cow might have the ability 
to produce quite a little more milk than she might be 
producing if she had more feed from which to produce 
it. and the additional feed the one cow might be getting 
over and above what she needed, if transferred to the 
other, might make quite a difference in the production of 



this other cow and cost the feeder nothing. Does not this 
make it appear that feeding with some knowledge of what 
one is doing pays? 

A "able is given below showing the different amounts 
of digestible nutrients found in the feeds named and in 
from one pound of the feed named in some cases to forty 
pounds in other cases, and i* any one who may be using 
these feeds lamed may desire to do so, he can easily de- 
termine in any case the amount of nutrients fed to each 
animal and determine if any one of his animals is con- 
suming more nutrients than their production will justify. 
It is interesting to note the comparative values of feeds 
as shown by this table. 

We observe, for instance, that in the case of wheat 
bran and cotton seed meal the constituents other than 
protein practically balance each other in the two concen- 
trates named, and we have for comparison only the pro- 
tein (it must be noted that we are dealing only with the 
digestible protein, etc., in these tables). We observe that 
cotton seed meal contains in one pound .372 pounds of 
protein; bran, on the other hand, contains .129 pounds of 
protein in one pound. It is conclusive, therefore, that 
cotton seed meal, pound for pound, has just three times 
the feeding value that bran has. In other words, when 
bran is $30 a ton, cotton seed meal is worth $90 a ton. 
When compared with bran, when we can buy cotton seed 
meal at about the same price as bran then our nutrients 
are costing us only one-third of what they would be if we 
were using bran. A comparison of corn silage with wheat 
straw shows silage to be worth twice as much, pound for 
pound, and that too when silage is about 80 per cent, water 
and wheat straw only about 20 per cent, water. 





CORN FODDER 


CORN STOVER 




Composition 


Composition 




DIGESTIBLE 


DIGESTIBLE 


D9 


Protein 


Caibo 
Hydrates 


Fat 


Protein 


Carbo 
Hydrates 


Fat 


5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
"17 
18 
19 
20 


.126 
.150 
.175 
.200 
.225 

250 
.275 
.300 
.325 
.350 

375 
.400 
.425 
.450 
.475 
.500 


1.730 
2.076 

2 422 
2.768 
3.114 

3 460 
3.S06 
4.152 
4.498 
4.844 
5.190 
5.536 
5.882 
6.228 
6.574 
6.920 


.060 
.072 
.084 
.096 
.108 

120 
.132 
.144 
.156 
.168 
.180 
.192 

204 
.216 
.228 j 
.240 

i 


.085 
.102 
.119 
.136 
.153 
.170 
.87 
.204 
.221 
238 
255 
.272 
.289 
3(6 
,32:! 
.340 


1.620 
1.944 
2.268 
2.592 
2.916 
3240 
3.564 

3 888 
4.212 

4 536 
4 860 
5.184 
5.508 
5.834 
6.156 
6.1«0 


.035 
.012 
.049 
.056 
.063 
.070 
• 077 
.084 
091 
.098 
.1'5 
.112 
.119 
.126 
.133 
.140 





CORN AND COB MEAL 


CORN 




Composition 


Composition 




DIGESTIBLE 


DIGESTIBLE 


-3 


Protein 


Carbo 
Hydrates 


Fat 


Protein 


Carbo 
Hydrates 


Fat 


1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 


044 
.0-8 
.132 
.176 
.220 
. 64 
.308 
.352 
.39" 
.440 


.60 
1.20 
1 80 
2.40 
3.00 
3.60 
4.20 
4.80 
5.40 
6 00 


.029 
.0i8 
.U87 
.116 
.145 
.172 
.203 
..32 
.261 
.290 


.079 
.158 
.237 
.316 
.8*5 
.-.74 
.553 
.632 
.711 
.79J 


.667 
1.8 4 
2 001 

2 668 

3 3*> 

4 002 
4 669 
5.K86 
6.003 
6. 67 J 


.043 
.08. 
12< 
.172 
.215 
.258 
.301 
.344 
.387 
.430 



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[November, 



1 

2 
3 

4 
5 
6 

7 
8 
9 

10 



CORN SILAGE 



Composition 



DIGESTIBLE 



Protein 



Carbo 
Hydrates 



Fat 



10 


.090 


11 


.099 


12 


.108 


13 


.177 


14 


.126 


15 


135 


16 


.144 


17 


.153 


18 


.162 


IS 


.171 


20 


.180 


21 


.189 


22 


.198 


23 


.207 


24 


.216 


25 


.225 


26 


.234 


27 


.243 


28 


.252 


29 


.261 


30 


.270 


31 


.279 


32 


.288 


33 


.297 


34 


.306 


3ft 


315 


36 


.324 


37 


.333 


38 


.342 


39 


.351 


40 


.360 



1 130 
1.213 
1.356 
1.469 
1.582 
1.696 
1.808 
1.921 
2.034 
2.147 
2.260 
2.373 
2.486 
2.589 
2.712 

2 825 
2.938 
8.051 
3.164 
3.277 
3.390 
3.503 
3.616 
3.729 
3.842 

3 955 
4.068 
4.181 
4.294 
4.407 
4.520 



070 
.077 
.084 
.091 
.098 

.105 
.112 
.119 
.126 
.133 
.140 
.147 
.154 
.161 
.168 
.175 
.182 
.189 
.196 
.203 
.210 
.217 
.224 
.231 
.238 
.245 
.252 
.259 
.266 
.273 
.280 



WHEAT STRAW 



Composition 



DIGESTIBLE 



Protein i _ c S rbo 
Hydrates 



Fat 



004 
.008 
.012 
.016 
.020 



.363 

726 

1.089 

1.452 

1.816 



.001 
.008 
.012 
.016 
.020 



COTTON SEED MEAL 



Composition 



DIGESTIBLE 



Protein 



.372 

.744 

1.116 

1488 

1.860 



Carbo 
Hydrates 



Fat 



WHEAT BRAN 



Composition 



DIGESTIBLE 



Protein 



Carbo 
Hydrates 



Fat 



.169 
.338 
.507 
.676 
.845 



.122 


.129 


.244 


.25S 


.366 


.387 


.488 


.516 


.610 


.645 




.744 




.903 




1.032 




1.161 




i 1.290 



.401 

.802 

L.203 

1.604 

2 005 
2.406 

.807 
$.208 

3 6U" 

4 010 



.034 
.068 
.102 
.136 
.170 
.204 
.38 
.272 
.306 
.S40 



TIMOTHY HAY 



Composition 



DIGESTIBLE 



00 

J3 


Protein 


.-) 




5 


.140 


6 


.168 


7 


.196 


8 


.224 


9 


.252 


10 


.280 


11 


.308 


12 


.336 


13 


.364 


14 


.392 


15 


.420 


16 


.448 


17 


.476 


18 


.504 


19 


.632 


20 


.560 



Carbo 
Hydrates 



Fat 



CLOVER HAY 



Composition 



Protein 



DIGESTIBLE 

Carbo 
Hydrates 



Fat 



2.170 
2.604 
3.03 s 
3.472 
3.106 

4 34Q 
4.774 
5.208 

5 642 
6.076 
6.510 
6.904 
7.378 
7.812 
8.246 
8.680 



.070 
.084 
.098 
.112 
.126 
.140 
.154 
.168 
.182 
.196 
.210 
.224 
.238 
.252 
.266 
.280 



.340 

.406 

.476 

.544 

.612 

.680 

.748 

.816 

.884 

.952 

1020 

1.088 

1156 

1.2 4 

1 292 

1.360 



1.7^0 
2.148 
2 506 
2.864 
3.222 
3.580 
3.938 

4 296 
4.654 

5 012 
5.370 
5 728 
«.086 
6.444 
6.802 
7.160 



.085 
.102 
.119 
.136 
.153 
.170 
.i«7 
.204 
.221 
.23S 
.255 
.372 
.289 
.306 
.323 
.340 



A comparison of timothy with clover hay shows that 
clover hay has about two and a half times as much protein 
as is contained in timothy hay, and as carbo-hydrates 
plus 2.4 the fat is approximately the same in both; we can 



say that clover hay has two and a half times the feeding 
value of timothy hay, and consequently is worth two and 
a half times as much. When timothy sells for $10.00 a 
ton, clover hay can be used to just as good advantage 
at $35.00 a ton. 

We find from results obtained by scientists that the 
amount of available nutrients to maintain an animal of 
800 pound weight per day is as follows: Available pro- 
tein, .56 pounds; available carbo-hydrate, 5.0 pounds; avail- 
able fat, .08 pounds. 

Where such feeds can be obtained as corn silage, corn 
stover, clover hay, wheat straw, wheat bran, cotton seed 
meal, we find that 10 pounds silage, 10 pounds stover, 10 
pounds wheat straw, half pound cotton seed meal gives as 
follows of digestible nutrients: 

Protein. Carbohy. Fat. 

10 lbs. silage 180 2.2600 .140 

10 lbs. stover 170 3.2400 .070 

10 lbs. wheat straw 004 .3630 .004 

V 2 lb. cotton seed meal . . .186 .0845 .061 



.540 5.0475 .275 

The totals we find being about as near as we can get 
them to what is required for a maintenance ration for an 
800-pound cow. The above then would be an economical 
ration for an 800-lb. animal per day at rest for maintenance 
only. If she should be producing milk then an additional 
amount of nutrients would be required in proportion as 
she was producing milk. Each pound of milk requires 
for its production nutrients as follows: Digestible pro- 
tein, .05 pounds; carbo-hydrate, .22 pounds; fat, .017 
pounds, then twenty pounds of milk would require: 
Digestible protein, 1.00 pounds; carbo-hydrate, 4.4 pounds; 
fat, .34 pounds, which, added to the ration for mainte- 
nance required for an 800-pound cow, gives as follows: 
Total digestible nutrients — Protein, 1.56; carbo-hydrate, 
10.; fat, .42 required for an 800-pound cow producing 
twenty pounds of milk daily. 

We find after experimenting with various proportions 
of feed given that 25 lbs. silage, 10 lbs. clover hay, 4 lbs. 
wheat straw, 4 lbs. wheat bran and half lb. connon seed 
meal will about provide the amounts of digestible nutrients 
required, as upon reference to the tables we find the di 
gestible nutrients as follows: 

Protein. Carbohy. Fat. 

25 lbs. silage 225 2.825 .175 

4 lbs. clover hay 680 3.580 .170 

4 lbs. wheat straw 016 1.452 .016 

4 lbs. wheat bran 516 1.604 .136 

y 2 lb. cotton seed meal 186 .084 .061 



1.623 9.545 .558 

As the fat in a feed for the most part serves the same 
purpose as the carbohydrate, we can determine the value 
of the fat in terms of the carbo-hydrate by multiplying 
the fat by 2.4. We find, then, that the ration we are es- 
timating has as follows: Digestible nutrients — protein, 
1.623; carbo-hydrate plus fat, 10.884; and the maintenance 
ration plus the ration corresponding to the production of 
twenty pounds of milk, we find as follows: Digestible 
nutrients — protein, 1.56; carbo-hydrates + fat X 2.4, 
10,850. 

It appears, then, that the ration which has been sug- 
(Continued on Page 1065.) 



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1045 



The Poultry Yard. 



POULTRY NOTES. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

I have many letters asking this question, "How can 
I feed my hens to make them lay eggs?" I have written 
many times about this question, and will say again what 
I have so often said. This is the season of rest and re- 
cuperation for the hens, and it is next to impossible tu 
make a hen lay eggs when.she is moulting. Early hatched 
pullets of the small breeds should be laying now if they 
are from good laying strains and have Lrien well fed. They 
must be mature before they will lay. To be mature 
they must have been well fed from the day they came 
out of the shell until they begin to lay. The large breeds 
will not lay until they are seven to nine months old and 
they must be well fed to do even this. If we allow our 
young stock to run at large and do not give them good 
care and feed they will not begin to lay until they are 
fully mature no matter how well we feed them at this 
time. A very few of the yearling hens will lay during the 
molt, but many of them can be made to do so. Fed liberal 
ly with wheat, cracked corn, soaked or sprouted oats, bran 
and meat meal, with a good run on grass is all that can 
be done and all that is necessary to make them lay if 
they are the right kind of stock. One trouble with many 
of the hens and pullets at this time of year is lice and 
mites. The houses must be free from mites and the fowls 
must be free from body lice. We have tried the old 
French method of killing body lice this season and find 
it equal to and better than some of the much advertised 
lice killers. This is to wash the fowls in a strong salt 
brine. This is not so very hard to do and is very effectual. 
Take a large iron kettle and make it full of brine. Make 
it strong and then make it warm, about 100 degrees is 
right, and keep it at that heat, then in the warmest part 
of the day catch the hens and pullets — every one of the 
flock — and give them a good soaking in the brine. Be 
sure that you get them wet thoroughly all over to the 
skin and drain and press the brine out of the feathers as 
much as possible and let them have a sunny place to dry 
and you will be rid of every kind of body lice. Keep the 
fowl's head in your hand while washing them so they 
will not get any brine in their mouth or eyes. When you 
are done washing make the brine boiling hot and go over 
the roost poles and the interior of the house and you will 
be rid of the mites. Lice and mites breed very rapidly 
during the warm season and if not kept in check they 
will soon impair the vigor of the flock and no eggs will 
be the result. Grit, oyster shell and fresh water are very 
important factors, too, at this season of the year. 

This is a good time to cull the flock for winter layers. 
If one has more hens and pullets than wanted to winter 
over it is better to sell now than to feed and keep then; 
longer. Cull out and sell all the old hens not wanted and 
also all the pullets and cockerels not wanted. Prices are 
fully as good now and possibly better than they will be 
later in the season and one will save considerable in the 
feed bill. A good flock of 50 or 100 hens and pullets well 
fed and cared for wlil give a greater profit than twic 
this number neglected and allowed to shift for themselves. 



Turkeys should be put on full feed now and given extra 
care and attention in order to get them in good condition 
for the National holiday. Present indications are that 
turkeys will bring good prices and those who have good 
ones should get good prices for them. 

Our flock is gradually decreasing by night and by day. 
If any of the readers of these notes can give a sure 
method of catching or killing chicken thieves it will be 
thankfully received by your humble servant. We have 
our house proof against thieves now, but they get them in 
the daytime. We cannot watch them all the time, and 
in some way the chickens disappear in pairs and trios and 
quartets about every time we go away. 

There is much discussion going on through the poultry 
press about incubator chicks and brooders, and I have 
been asked by a number of subscribers to give my views. 
I am willing to allow the discussion to proceed as it is 
going. I have my opinion as to the cause or causes of 
the frightful mortality and have stated it several times 
in these notes, and I have no reason to change my views. 
It is not always the fault of the eggs or the breeding 
stock, as the incubator men would have us believe. It is 
the fault of the hatching, brooding and feeding combined. 
Here is my idea in a very concise statement: The chicks 
do not have enough fresh, warm air at hatching time, say 
the last five days. Too many are put in a bunch in the 
brooders and the air is not warm enough for them and 
the brooders are not ventilated sufficiently at all times. 
Chicks are fed too soon and too much at a time and do not 
have enough exercise. If a chick is hatched strong and 
vigorous it does not matter how it is hatched. If it is 
kept warm and dry it does not matter how it is done. If 
it is fed right and the right kind of feed it does not matter 
where it is, or how it is, done. Next month I will give 
my experience with the various machines I have used and 
the way I have succeeded in hatching good chicks with 
any of them and how I have succeeded in raising nearly 
all the chicks hatched when I followed the course laid 
down by common sense. CAL HUSSELMAN. 



SICKNESS IN LARGE AND SMALL FLOCKS. 
Editor Southern Planter: 

Having promised to give your readers a faithful account 
of our experience in developing a family flock of large 
strain Barred Plymouth Rocks to the limit of profit on a 
9C-acre farm — with a 200-acre farm available for the use 
of two additional flocks all under my management — and 
having for two years reported progress as to the increase 
and income, it is now only fair that I should report my 
experience with certain ailments with notes on treatment 

In the first place let me say that I am no hen-doctor. My 
experience of over thirty years has been with healthy 
fowls. In all that period our flock of Rocks has never been 
decimated by any contagious disease. Occasionally a hen 
would die. This happens in every flock and on every farm 
and in every feeding experiment, no matter how conducted 
if it includes any considerable number cf birds. 

When we kept twenty hens if one of them developed a 
swelled head we cut it off and thought no more about it. 



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But since we have increased the flock to ten times twenty, 
if ten hens are ailing we do not feel "able" to lose them, 
and so we must see what can be done to save them. It is 
not necessarily true that there is more sickness in large 
than in small flocks, but it is true that as the profit per 
hen is smaller in a big flock the owner can less readily 
afford to stand the loss incident to a normal death rate 
than can the owner of a small flock. Consequently where 
large flocks are kept we should have a hospital room where 
all invalids can be isolated from the flock and kept under 
close watch, and be either killed or cured as our judgment 
and the nature of the disease may determine. 

Last winter we had nearly 100 of our largest pullets in 
a new house in a new location on fresh cleared stumpland. 
They were moved to this house in September and all went 
well till about the middle of January or later. Then I was 
away from home for a week. When I returned I heard 
of trouble at the "North House." The children had found 
three pullets with eyes almost shut and a number of others 
were making a great noise when breathing. I investigated 
and said to myself that at last I was "in for a siege of 
roup." but I knew that we had seen an occasional swelled 
head or a closed eye in years past and had once or twic 
rubbed them with kerosene and lard and saved them 
However, this involved a choice lot of birds for which I 
had refused a good price, it was our first year with a big 
flock and we must fight it out unless defeat seemed cer- 
tain, in which case, to market the flock would go. We 
fixed a coop in a well lighted basement room and put 
those which were either blind or stupid under hand treat- 
ment. We gave the flock copperas in the drinking water 
and on several mornings went early to the house, took each 
bird from the perch and immersed the head in a solution 
of equal parts of peroxide of hydrogen and water. Those 
under hand care in the basement were similarly dipped 
twice a day, and the worst cases had mouth and eyes 
swabbed out with a tuft of cotton on a wire dipped in the 
same solution. When there was much swelling we also 
applied kerosene and lard. 

Within a week sporadic cases similar in appearance were 
found in three other new houses far removed from the 
"North Houe," and in flocks which did not mingle with 
each other. We stopped all our advertisements and de- 
clined to ship orders already placed. We hardly had more 
than a half dozen requiring twice-a-day treatment at any 
time and we did not lose a fowl, so I am now questioning 
whether we really had roup after all. As the bad cases 
recovered they were fattened and killed, for we did not 
care to breed from anything which had proven so suscep- 
tible to rouplike affections. 

With a total of over 300 birds exposed to this trouble it 
seems little short of miraculous that we should have saved 
every bird and eliminated all signs of the trouble before 
the opening of spring. If our eleven-year-old girl had not 
proven such a competent and faithful nurse and surgeon 
we would probably have lost a few which were entirely 
blind, and were hand-fed for a few days at a time. Her 
morning and evening ministrations, however, saved their 
lives and eyes and brought them into fine market condi- 
tion. 

Meantime the two flocks which remained on the old 
home place went through the winter without any sickne?" 
whatever. Now arises a question of prevention or prepara- 
tion to resist such an attack. 



First of all I would say that the stock bred from was 
most important. I believe that 31 generations of big, rug- 
ged farm-bred ancestors had something to do with the 
ability of our birds to withstand what threatened to be a 
serious epidemic, for there is no doubt that in .. 
form this trouble was highly contagious for I brought in 
a vigorous cockerel from the old place and after three 
days of close contact with ailing birds he developed about 
the worst case on the place. 

We are fore-fending against a repetition of our trouble 
by keeping over a larger number of yearling hens, for our 
yearlings were hardly affected at all last winter. We have 
culled our young stock by marketing the poorly marked 
during the early season. Next by killing the smaller birds 
in the early broods, and now by systematically killing out 
those in each brood which are behind their fellows in size 
or vigor. Strong farm stock must be bred from' birds of 
substantial worth, not from parents which have merely 
succeeded in surviving disease. We reaped part of our 
reward for killing some of our best cockerels which had 
taken a turn in the hospital, when we sold over 5,000 eggs 
for hatching this season without a complaint of low fer- 
tility. Had we bred from fowls weakened by disease we 
could hardly have madetfhis record. 

All sick fowls should be killed. This is a safe rule. But 
if we have many sick it will pay to cure them first and 
kill later, but do not forget and turn them loose with the 
breeding stock. You cannot afford it. 
Vienna, Va. W. A. SHERMAN. 




OUR TENT IN POSSESSION OF THE "FAIR" SEX. 



A border that is planted in the fall needs some protec- 
tion in the winter to keep the plants from heaving from 
frost. Leaves of deciduous trees, pine leaves, and hay 
are all good for protection. The protection need not be 
applied until the ground is well frozen, say about the first 
week in December; nor need the covering be very thick 
— two or three inches is enough to prevent alternate 
freezing and thawing, by which the plants are thrown out 
of the ground. Remove the covering in the spring, just 
as soon as the weather will permit. 



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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1047 



The Horse. 



THE HORSE. 
By W. J. Carter (Broad Rock). 
William Aster Chanler has developed a desire to race 
in France and has summoned his entire stud to the Con- 
tinental Republic. Mr. Chanter's horses are now at the 
old farm of Walter Jennings, near Leesburg, in Loudoun 
county, which is one of the richest grazing districts in 
Virginia. The stud consists of the fine chestnut stallion 
Olympian, by Domino, dam Belle of Maywood, by Hunter's 
Lexington, while thirteen mares, among them some of the 
choicest bred matrons in America make up the court 
of this full brother to the great race horse, Tenny, who 
was bred at James R. Keene's far-famed Castleton Stu 
at Lexington, Ky. One of Mr. Chanler's mares is Salama, 
the daughter of Himya that produced the distinguished 
race horse, Waldo, winner of the Saratoga Special and 
Flatbush. This queenly matron was purchased last year 
for a mere song before most people knew anything about 
Waldo., Olympian is a magnificent looking horse and the 
peer of any member of the Domino family in America. 
He was a two-year-old with Commando, Cap and Bells, 
Conroy and Tommy Atkins, and acquired some distinction 
by being placed in the Futurity. Seeing that the male 
line of both Himyar and Domino has been singularly 
potent, it is thought by Mr. Chanler that Olympian will 
breed on. The son of Domino made a season in tb 
Antrim Stud of Dr. James Kerr, at Warrenton, Virginia 
before being taken to Mr. Chanler's breeding establish- 
ment, near Leesburg, and there will be some two-year- 
olds by him out next season. 



J. H. McGavock, of the Fort Chiswell Stud, at Max 
Meadows, Virginia, has sustained quite a severe loss in 
the death of Flatlands, which occurred recently and was 
due to an attack of pneumonia, which carried the horse 
off in less than two days after diagnosis of the trouble. 
Flatlands was foaled 1899, bred by Commodore N. W. 
Kittson, in the famous Erdenheim Stud, Chestnut Hill, 
Philadelphia. The chestnut stallion was sired by Imp. 
Woodlands, out of Maggie B. B., a great producing daugh- 
ter of Imp. Australian, from Madeline, by Boston, and she 
out of Magnolia, by Imp. Glencoe. Flatlands was the 
twentieth and last foal of his noted dam, Maggie B. B., 
who also produced the English Derby winner, Iroquois, 
and the close relationship of Flatlands to the latter was 
frequently a subject of comment when the son of Wood- 
lands was mentioned. The greater part of the life of 
Flatlands was spent in the stud at Fort Chiswell. where 
the chestnut stallion got a number of winners both on 
the flat and over the jumps, though, as a sire of cross 
country performers, his greatest success was attained, as 
from his loins came Land of Clover, one of the best 
steeplechasers of recent years, and champion of 1903; 
Gum Honey, Flacus, King Carter, Poorlands, Lizzie Flat. 
and others. 



Dr. Fraser A. Smith has returned from a visit to rela- 
tives at his old home in Canada and is a busy man at 
his veterinary hospital on Tenth street. Soon after his 
graduation at the Ontario Veterinary College, Dr. Smith 
located in Richmond and since coming to Virginia he has 



steadily advanced in his chosen profession. The genial 
Canadian is from a family which has furnished veterinari- 
ans of note for many years, including the Messrs. Hag- 
yard, now of Lexington, Ky., who have at different times 
been connected with the great breeding establishment of 
J. B. Haggin, Marcus Daly and other widely known own- 
ers of thoroughbred and trotting horses. 



In the big training barn at Stoneridge Farm, near Rich- 
mond, Irving J. Coffin has a string of well-bred trot- 
ters and pacers that are now being jogged on the road 
and that will be wintered on the place. R. L. Peters 
has the horses in charge and those in his hands include 
Wealth, 2:10, the brown pacer, by Gambetta Wilkes, 
2:ll 1 / 4, dam Magnolia, by Norfolk, 3670; Dr. Opera, brown 
colt, 3, by Dr. Mason, 2:11%, dam Lady Opera, by Ce- 
cilian; and Clemmons, the black yearling colt by Wilto- 
mont, 2:14%, dam by Dalmarch, 2:11%, a blue ribbon 
winner in his class at the Virginia Staff- Fair this fall. 
Clemmons was bred and is owned by Mrs. V. K. Gould, 
of Blue Gap Farm, Lynchburg, and the son of Wiltomont, 
is one of the best looking trotting bred youngsters in all 
Virginia. 



Royal Penn, the brown stallion, by William Penn, 
2:07%, that reduced his record from 2:13% to 2:10% in 
the first heat of the 2:14 trot and stood for second money 
in the race at the recent Kentucky Trotting Horse Breed- 
ers' Meeting, at Lexington, is out of Miss Nelson, 2:11%, 
the dead daughter of Norfolk, son of Nutwood. Royal 
Penn is one of the handsomest stallions in training and 
able to trot several seconds faster than his record indi- 
cates under favorable conditions. Miss Nelson, the dam 
of Royal Penn, formerly held the record for Virginia 
bred trotters. The bay mare was bred by Preston Belvin, 
of this city, who owned her dam, Miss Lassiter, who was 
said to be by American Clay, but whose breeding was 
never satisfactorily traced. Norfolk was then the premier 
sire at Whitby Farm, near Richmond, and owned by the 
late H. C. .Chamblin. Daughters of Norfolk have pro- 
duced one 2:10 pacer in Wealth, son of Gambetta Wilkes, 
and the distinction of producing a trotter in that select 
list seems not far distant, as Royal Penn can accomplish 
the feat when favored bv opportunity. 



One of the best looking thoroughbrea yearlings to be 
seen around Lexington, Ky., is a chestnut colt, bred by 
E. R. Bradley and sired by Cunard. dam the Virginia 
bred mare, Eonic, a daughter of Eon, son of Eolus, and 
Mirmai, Merry Day's dam, by Imp. St. Blaise. Eonic, a 
product of the Ellerslie Stud, at Charlottesville, long one 
of Virginia's best known and most successful breeding 
establishments, was a superior race mare herself, while 
since being retired to the stud she has thrown Royal 
Penn. one of the best two-year-olds seen on the Canadian 
Circuit this season. Eonic won twenty-two races, includ- 
ing the Fleur-de-Lis Handicap. Lissak Stakes and the 
$10,000 Burns Handicap. Penn was her first foal and 
bred back to Cunard, the daughter of Eon, produced the 
yearling colt that now gives promise of making a race 
horse. (Continued on Page 1067.) 



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[November, 



CHAMPION STALLION OF FRANCE COMES TO 
VIRGINIA. 

Many of our readers saw at the recent State Fair, the 
great Percheron stallion, "Etudiant" Champion of France, 
recently purchased and imported by Mr. E. B. White of 
Selma Stock Farm, Leesburg, Va. At present this horse 
stands as the greatest horse of the breed. He won the 
Championship of France and for four successive years he 
won the blue ribbon at Nogent, the greatest Percheron 
show of the French republic. Mr. White secured this 
horse from M. Avelou whose chief sire he has been for 
the past three years. 




"Etudiant" was posed by a P'aris artist as a model for 
the big bronze horse on the Nogent le Rotreu show grounds 
in 1907. 

This horse, of course, won the blue ribbon at the Vir- 
ginia State Fair as did several mares from the Selma sta- 
bles, including the thrice champion of France. 

With the addition of "Etudiant," Mr. White has a Perch- 
eron establishment second to none in this country, all of 
which emphasizes the fact that Virginia is rapidly forg- 
ing to the front as a great live stock State. 



PERCHERONS vs. PUNCHES. . 

Editor Southern Planter: 

In your issue for October you took issue with me in re- 
gard to my comments on the Suffolk Punch, and you an- 
ticipated me by saying that I would say your partiality 
for the "Punch" was because you were an Englishman. 
Now you strongly demonstrated this fact in your article 
when you said: "The Englishman the world over has the 
reputation for knowing a good horse and for having the 
ability to produce' him, fitted specially to meet different 
.conditions and requirements and he is not afraid to back 
his products in these different lines against the world, etc." 
Now let me call your attention to the facts that stand un- 
disputed and are known the world over: First, the Thor- 
oughbred used to be called the "English Thoroughbred" 
because it was an English product and has been bred by 
the lords and kings of England for generations, and there 
are in England hundreds to one that this much younger 
country can show, but Keene, Harper, Whitney, the Lorril- 
lards, the Bonners and others have bred horses in the U. 



S. and gone to England and beat the English at their own 
game. 

The French gave them their start in the draft horse line 
when William the Conqueror crossed the English Channel 
and invaded British soil. These Normans took big mares 
from Flanders that crossed with the English sires made 
the great English Shire or cart horse. The American 
breeders made the five-gaited saddle horse and the great- 
est road horse in the world, the trotter. 

I made no criticism of Mr. Groome's Suffolk, simply be- 
cause I did not want to select any one horse of a breed 
to back my opinion, but I called attention to the fact that 
he was the best specimen of the breed ever imported to 
the United States and I asked the readers of The Planter 
to go to the State Fair and see him, and compare him 
with the average Fercheron stallion. The Punch may suit 
England but it has long since been demonstrated, that he 
does not fill an American breeder's eye. His Majesty, 
King Edward of England, expressed the opinion, so I am 
reliably informed and have seen in journals; that the 
Armour team of six grade Percheron geldings was in June; 
1907, the greatest draft team in the world, as they were 
shown at the Olympia, and I am led to believe that His 
Majesty is a good judge of horse flesh, and has seen all of 
the greatest Shires and Clydes in England and Scotland. 
Surely this is the best English authority and not a dealer's 
opinion. 

Now to show you that I am not partial to any of the 
French breeds except the Percherons, I think the greatest 
carriage horses are the English Hackneys; the Eng- 
lish founded the greatest breed of cattle in the world, the 
Short Horns, and no other country can compete with them 
and the Scotch in breeding the best. Mr. Shepherd of The 
Planter, heard my criticism expressed at Leesburg on 
Mr. Groome's Suffolk Punch and I named the points that 
were not as good as you will often find in an ordinary 
Percheron of the same weight. This was in the presence of 
Mr. G., who is too much of a man to object to an honestly 
expressed opinion even though it does not coincide with 
his own. I am afraid that those . who have started out 
breeding "Punches" for farm horses will in a few years 
find that it would have been many times surer and cheaper 
to have gone into the market for their farm horses, but 
the world is composed of "many men of many minds." 

In writing this article hurriedly and then reading it over 
I think it possible that some of your readers may imagine 
that I am "out of humor" and want to be discourteous, 
and therefore I will add that no one of any nationality is 
more esteemed for his good, straight-forward honesty than 
Mr. Jackson of the Planter by those who have the pleasure 
of an acquaintance with him, and far be it from me to 
write or intimate anything to the contrary or to be dis- 
courteous to him. 

Rockingham Co.. Va. JNO. F. LEWIS. 



SUDBOURNE DON. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

You published a letter from Mr. John F. Lewis in your 
October issue in which he refers to my Suffolk stallion 
(Sudbourne Don) and makes some statements in regard 
to his importation which are so incorrect as to require a 
public contradiction. He states that this horse" won over 
all competitors in England, which is not the case as can 



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be seen by referring to his show ring record published 
in the September Planter. It is also not true that I gave 
an order for the best Suffolk that was for sale, and the 
writer of the letter in question has no warrant whatever 
for such an assertion. In regard to the horse's weight, 1 
may say that he weighed to-day (October 18th) 1,900 lbs. 
on the public scales at Warrenton, and I have no doubt 
that he will, when mature, make the weight specified by 
me when I placed my order, that is 2,000 pounds. 

So much for the specific statements in Mr. Lewis's let- 
ter in respect to my horse. Your corespondent then in- 
dulges in certain implications, the point of which I fail to 
see. He admitted to me at Leesburg that my horse was a 
good one, and this verdict was confirmed, as far as I could 
learn, by good judges at Richmond. Mr. Lewis has evi- 
dently seen very few Suffolks and is not competent, in my 
opinion, to discuss them with the assurance that he mani- 
fests in his contribution to your paper. Such a statement 
as this: "the 2,000 pound Suffolk is a rarity, and when at- 
taining this weight is not a representative Suffolk, but a 
'sport' or 'fluke,' " can only have the effect of making its 
perpetrator ridiculous in the eyes of better informed horse 
men, and will eventually discredit him in Virginia when 
Suffolks become better known by the farmers of the State. 

My advice to Mr. Lewis is to get away from his Perch- 
erons for awhile — take a rest cure, or, better still, trave 
about the world a bit with his eyes open, and get some 
new impressions. H. C. GROOME. 



A GRAND IMPORTATION OF SUFFOLK PUNCHES 
FOR VIRGINIA. 

Editor Southern Planter: 

I have just read with much interest the article in your 
October edition by Mr. John F. Lewis, apropos of the Suf- 
folk Punch. Having sailed for England on September 8 
and after spending two weeks in Suffolk, England, visiting 
the Suffolk farms, I landed in New York Monday, October 
4th with seven head of Suffolks and I now feel that I 
know a Suffolk when I see one and that Mr. Lewis has a 
great deal to learn. I do not and will not criticize Mr. 
Groome's horse but I make the statement that there are 
hundreds of horses in England that weigh a ton and that 
I brought with me a mare, "Sudbourne Ruby" that I 
weighed this morning (Oct. 8) that tipped the scales at 
2,160 pounds and she stood up in her stall from September 
24th to October 6th. I also weighed a yearling stallion 
that weighed 1510 pounds that I brought with me. The 
above mare weighed 2,400 pounds when I loaded her on a 
train Sept. 24th in Suffolk. The impression has always 
prevailed that the Suffolk is a small horse and while he 
is not as tall as the Shire yet he has such tremendous 
girth that he is equal in weight to any breed in the world. 

I quote from "The Suffolk Horse" written by Herman 
Biddle and published at Ipswich, England in 1879 as fol- 
lows: "For the first three and twenty years of the Royal 
Society's existence, a prize was offered for 'the best horse 
for agricultural purposes' and the various breeds took their 
chances among specimens representing every variety. Of 
the three and twenty first prizes, fourteen went to Su* 
folk horses and the remaining nine represented the united 
success of all the other breeds which competed. The Suf- 
folk horse was placed first at Oxford in 1839; Liverpool 
in 1841: Bristol in 1842; at Southampton, Shrewsbury, and 



Newcastle in 1844-5-6; at York, Norwich, Exeter, Windsor, 
Lewes and Gloucester in 1848-49-50-51, 52, 53, at Chester in 
1858 and at Leeds in 1861. In addition to these more than 
half the second prizes awarded during the same period 
were won by Suffolk horses. But the Society did well to 
separate the classes. Prejudice began to run high and 
distinct prizes for Clydesdales, Shires and Suffolks 
enabled the judges to give their decisions unbiased by pre 
dilections for particular breeds." 

Mr. Lewis in his article asks "Why has the number of 
Percherons in the United States increased 400 per cent, in 
the past sixteen years and the increase in Suffolks has been 
imperceptible?" While this query has nothing to do with 
the merits of either breed, I will state for Mr. Lewis' 
benefit that the Suffolk horse is mainly bred in a section 
of England that is not as large as Fauquier Co., Va., while 
the Percheron horse is bred all over France and I venture 
to say that there are more registered Percherons in. Vir- 
ginia than there are registered Suffolks in England. It 
may be also interesting to Mr. Lewis to know that in the 
exportation of Suffolk horses for the years 1906 and 1907 
the total number exported was 96 head divided as follows 
which averaged 48 head for each year: 

Australia, 20; Argentine, 12; Ireland, 3; South America, 
24; Canada, 23; United States 12; Sweden, 1; N. S. Walesl. 

Another reason for the scarcity of Suffolks in America 
is that they cost on the average more than any other 
breed and I quote a, sale that took place at Stowlangtof t in 
1875. Five mares sold at an average of $670 and two 2-year- 
old colts at an average of $1400 each. One nine-year-old 
mare brought $1025. 

My own shipment of seven head was the largest shipment 
of Suffolk horses that has ever left England for America, 
while on the same boat that my horses were on there were 
67 head of Percherons and the biggest horse of the lot 
was not as heavy as my smallest Suffolk. 

I went to England to buy a representative lot of Suf- 
folks, but unfortunately money will not buy the Best, but 
anyway I will deposit $100 with the Southern Planter and 
Mr. Lewis to deposit a like amount that he has not a Perch- 
eron mare at this writing that can win over "Sudbourne 
Ruby" before any jury of judges that the Southern 
Planter will select. The horses to be judged as draft 
horses. I will also make the same wager in regard to 
yearling stallions. Now in Missouri they would say "put 
up or shut up" but I rather believe he will do neither. 

Piedmont Farm, Marshall, Va. F. W. OKIE. 



THE MORGAN HORSE. 
Editor Southern Planter: 

Seeing the query advanced as to the wherefore of the 
absence of the Morgan type of horse during the last de- 
cade I take the liberty of offering some suggestions as to 
the cause of the elimination of the family, and its char- 
acteristics from latter-day horsedom. In the first place, 
while your correspondent is corect in his summary of the 
qualities of the family (it can hardly aspire to the name of 
breed) attributing to them as he does docility, courage 
and durability, he overestimates their size when class 
ing them as 1,000 to 1,300 pound horses. 

The specimens I have known have all been small, light 
animals, such as we would expect to see produced from 
the founder of the race (who was about fourteen hands 



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and weighed in the neighborhood of 850 pounds) when 
bred and grown on such a soil and under such conditions 
as prevailed in Northern New England during the years 
from 1793 to 1850. The pioneers in those days wanted a 
small compact horse of good bone and with the best of 
feet, one which was easy to keep and of a temperament 
suited to the cultivation of a light, stony soil, plentifully 
besprinkled with tree stumps, with action enough to get 
along through heavy snow an attribute that no low going 
or pacing horse possesses and these requirements the Mor- 
gan blood was admirably well qualified to supply. These 
horses were never great trotters and with the single ex- 
ception of Sherman Morgan and his noted son Black Hawk, 
never have added anything of value to the present day 
harness race horse. They had however, a trappy, quick 
action which produced upon the driver the sensation of 
rapid locomotion and their courage at bottom was of the 
best. 

Strange to say that although they were all bred under 
fairly identical conditions, and were inbred enough to 
thoroughly fix the type of the family, they almost alwavs 
failed to perpetuate their good qualities when crossed with 
the larger and longer gaited animals, a peculiarity which 
was noticed with regret by the writers on this sub- 
ject over half a century ago. Could intelligent effort have 
been brought to bear upon them as a whole by selecting 
the large animals for several generations the size would 
undoubtedly have been increased considerably without loss 
of the desirable attributes, but unfortunately these owners 
generally sought an increase of size by a cross to larger 
breeds, and when it is remembered that one cross reduced 
the Morgan blood to 50 per cent, and the second cross to 
25 per cent., our wonder at the loss of the Morgan type 
ceases. Nor could these people be blamed for trying to in- 
crease the size and speed of their stock. The average Mor- 
gan was about 14 1-2 hands and well under 1,000 pounds in 
weight and in a contest with family horses at least one 
hand taller rind 100 pounds heavier was inevitably sold for 
a lower figure than his competitor. The only alternative 
was to. develop their speed and tnen the Messenger blood 
with its long powerful stride combined with increased size 
decided the contest of price against them. The movement 
inaugurated by the National government to rescue the type 
from rapidly approaching oblivion is commendable, but has, 
I fear, come too late. They have purchased some animals 
and some others have been given them, but an analysis 
of their pedigrees will show that they carry but little of 
the blood of their illustrious progenitor. In fact I think 
a tabulation will show that they carry as a rule more of 
the blood of Messenger than of Justin Morgan. It is al- 
ways best to remember that although an animal may trace 
directly an unbroken line of descent from the foundation 
stock in the male line, that each male progenitor had a 
dam from which he inherits exactly half his blood and 
if two or more of these dams trace to some other horse 
there is at once a greater concentration of the blood of 
this horse than is found in the single line to the first men- 
tioned animal. I dare say it might be possible even now 
in the remote mountainous districts to find Morgan's un- 
known to the stud book possessing the family characteris- 
tics in a good degree of uniformity, but always combined 
with the small size of their prototypes, but as I understand 
the Government officials in charge of the work are seeking 



for more size and finish than would be expected from such 
a source, and are therefore inevitably forced to select the 
animals for breeders which carry blood far removed from 
the Morgan character. In fact they are seeking to repro- 
duce the Ethan Allen or Daniel Lambert characteristics 
rather than those of Justin Morgan. This family has been 
called Morgans from the time when "the memory of man 
runneth not to the contrary" but a study of their pedigrees 
does not show much Morgan blood. Sherman Morgan, the 
link which unites them with the family was by Justin 
Morgan out of a Narragansett mare, presumably a pacer. 
Black Hawk, the son of Sherman Morgan, was out of a 
pacing mare presumably a Narragansett, as she was al- 
ways known as the "Old Narragansett mare." Here we 
have 75 per cent, of pacing blood to 25 per cent, of Jus- 
tin Morgan, and Ethan Allen, the horse in which the line 
reached its apogee was out of a "fast trotting mare" of 
unknown breeding. He carried so far as we known only 
one eighth of the blood of Justin Morgan, and his wonder- 
ful speed for his day and time, combined with his irre- 
proachable good looks, fine coat and blood like quality, at- 
tributes which the other lines from Justin Morgan never 
possessed, would seem to make it a misnomer to call him a 
Morgan horse. Yet even though they as a class failed to 
equal their renowned kinsman, I have the kindest feeling 
for the race, one specimen of which will ever retain a lov- 
ing place in my remembrance. She was a little bob-tailed 
black mare about 14 1-2 hands all bunched out with mus- 
cle until she would have been misshapen but for the thick 
layer of fat that reposed on her well sprung ribs, and over 
her powerful quarters. She could trot somewhere between 
2:50 and 3 minutes I suppose, but the way she did it made 
you think you were riding in 2:20. Up and down hill, 
over stones, and gullies, the roughness of the road made 
no difference to her, she only asked that her round little 
feet should ring clear and true on a 'hard path to give you 
every pound she had. Many and many a night in the 
small hours as, wrapped in a fur coat which covered my 
first dress suit saturated with perspiration derived from 
dancing for five consecutive hours with those girls who still 
linger in my recollections, has she led the procession down 
those hard frozen Long Island roads, as with every foot 
fall like a pistol shot, and fire flying from shoes and tires, 
holding her own without check rein, breeching or boot, 
with horses that would have distanced her under any cir- 
cumstances but those under, which we contended. The 
frozen roads, the temperature near zero, the moonlight 
casting vague shadows across the track, it all made no 
difference to her indomitable little heart and nimble feet. 

I have owned many larger and faster horses and some 
handsomer as well, but there I have exhausted my ad- 
jectives, for when you ask me to add better to the best I 
emphatically say no! 

Mathews Co., Va. PERCIVAL HICKS. 



STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 

The report of the annual session of the State Dairy- 
men's Association held, in Leesburg, October 1st and 2d, 
was crowded out of this issue. It will appear next month 
including an excellent address by Dr. B. T. Woodward, of 
the Bureau of Animal Industry, on the subject, of Bovine 
Tuberculosis. 



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Miscellaneous. 




HACKNEY STALLION. PATRICK HENRY. A. POLLARD & SONS; HACKNEY STALLION, BAGTHORPE SULTAN, 
HON. HENRY FAIRFAX; GAITED SADDLE HORSE, PRINCE HIGHLAND, WIST AR ANDERSON. 



THE VIRGINIA STATE FAIR. 

Glorious weather! Magnificent show! Enormous 
crowds! Grand success! What more may be said to de- 
scribe the Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Virginia 
State Fair Association? 

Last year it was thought by many that for number 
and general excellence of exhibits the climax had been 
reached by the Fair Management. Those who enter- 
tained such ideas evidently "reckoned without their 
hosts," President Henry Fairfax and Manager Mark R. 
Lloyd. It astonishes the multitudes that these gentlemen 
should have gotten up such a splendid and complete 

exhibition. Everything con- 
ceivable for the education, 
amusement and protection of 
the visitors, from a wide range 
of excellent exhibits down to 
an emergency hospital on the 
grounds, was provided. An- 
other thing, the show was en- 
tirely devoid of objectionable 
features usually found at sucli 
exhibitions. 

The wonderful growth of 
the Fair since its organiza- 
tion four years ago has placed 
it in the front ranks of Agri- 
cultural exhibitions in the 
country, and easily leader of 
Eastern Fairs. 

The wonderful impetus it 
has given the live stock in- 
dustry of the State is being 
reflected not only on our 
farms, but in the show ring 
also. This is especially no- 
ticeable in the Swine De- 
partment. For instance, our 
Virginia Berkshire breeders came down here the first 
year or two and got badly beaten by Northern and West- 




PRESIDENT FAIRFAX. 



ern exhibitors. They have, however, hung on tenacious- 
ly and this year they got the lion's share of the purses 
with stock that it will be hard to defeat anywhere. But 
where are our Virginia draft stallions? Where are our 
splendid herds of Jerseys and Holsteins? Some few 
breeders were game enough to exhibit and thev fared 
very well. But we want more of them and should have 
them. They should take a lesson from the Berkshire 
breeders. 

The exhibit of George Souers & Sons, consisting of 
Percheron, Belgian and German coach horses, was an- 
other great attraction. His splendid four horse team of 
imported Percheron mares made a striking show. 

H. C. Groome has the dis- 
tinction of showing the first 
Suffolk Punch at our Fairs 
and the stable boy was kept 
busy leading out "Sudborne 
Don" to the admiring throng. 

"Bagthorpe Sultan," Cham- 
pion Hackney stallion of Eng- 
land and America, and unques- 
tionably the showiest horse in 
Virginia, evoked thunderous 
applause when on parade. 
President Fairfax, his owner, 
was complimented on this 
horse at every turn. 

Space will not permit de- 
tailed comment on the numer- 
ous exhibits which they justly 
deserve. The Cattle, Swine, 
Sheep and Poultry Depart- 
ments occupied every inch of 
space allotted to them not- 
withstanding the fact that 
great extensions had been 
made to these depart- 
ments. The entries were more MANAGER lloyd. 
numerous than heretofore and the quality of the stock 




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higher and the competition fierce in numerous cases. 
This was especially true of the Red Poll cattle. Proba- 
bly no more beautiful or interesting sight of the kind 
was ever seen than when three entire herds numbering 
about one hundred animals were in the ring at one time. 
We believe the largest crowd of the week witnessed 
the judging in this class, and many pronounced it the 
finest exhibit in the whole show. Dr. H. B. Arbuckle, 
himself a Red Poll breeder, placed the ribbons and de- 
clared the exhibit "simply great." 

The "King Corn" exhibit (mentioned elsewhere) held 
the attention of thousands of farmers at all times and 
they seemed no less interested in the farm products 
display, which contained nearly everything grown on the 
farm. This Department showed an enormous increase 
over previous years. 

The Draft Horse Department invariably catches the 
crowd. E. B. White's imported Percheron stallion, "Etu- 
diant " Champion of France, and his aged mare, "Ros- 
ette," also Champion of France and undefeated in Ameri- 
ca, were greatly admired. 

Following are the prize winners in all the stock classes. 
The poultry awards will be found in the advertising 
section : 

HORSES AND MULES. 
Percherons. — Stallion, four years old or over — First, 
Etudiant; second, Loiser, E. B. White, Leesburg. 
Stallion three years old and under four — First, Gra- 
cieux, George W. Souers & Son, Huntington, Ind.; 
second, Gerdie, George W. Souers & Son. Special prize 
offered by the Percheron Society of America — First, 
Gracieux, George W. Souers & Son. Stallion, two years 
old and under three — First, Hourvare; second, Harmon, 
George W. Souers & Son. Registry Special — First, 
Etudiant, E. B. White; second, Gracieux, George W. 
Souers & Son. Mares, four years old and over — First, 
Rosette, E. B. White; second, Theresa, George W. 
Souers & Son. Mares, two years old and under — First, 
Henrietta; second, Hardiesse, E. B. White. Mares, one 
year old and under two — Fauna, E. B. White; no com- 
petition. 

Belgians. — Stallion, four years or over — Printode Rouli- 
er, George W. Souers & Son; no competition. Stallion, 
two years old and under three — Bayard de Burighes, 
George W. Souers & Son; no competition. Mares, two 
years old and under three — Kloostermeid, George W. 
Souers & Son; no competition. Mares, one year old and 
under two— Gayettedu, George W. Souers & Son; no com- 
petition. 

Suffolk Punch. — Suffolk stallion, four years old and 
over — First, Sudbourne Don, H. C. Groome, Warrenton, 
Va. 

Grades. — Mare, four years old and over — Nellie, Stephen 
Putney Shoe Co., Richmond; no competition. Mare, 
three years old or under — Ada, H. C. Beattie. Richmond; 
no competition. Gelding, three years old or over — Rob 
Roy, J. Thack Snyder, Scottsville; no competition. 

Pure-Bred Team. — Pure-bred team, any breed or age, 
either sex, weight not less than 3,400 pounds — First Su- 
zanne and Theresa; second. Biche and Mistomple, George 
W. Souers & Son. 

Grade Team. — Grade team, any age, of either sex. 
weight not less than 3.400 pounds — Bob and Langhorne, 
Stephen Putney Shoe Co; no competition. 

Thoroughbreds. — Stallion, four years old and over — 
First. Longlane, G. Percy Hawes; no competition. Stal- 
lion, three years old and under four — Heeltaps, B. R. Sel- 
den; no competition. Stallion, two years old and under 

ILLUSTRATION: AT TOP. SUFFOLK PUNCH, SUD- 
BORNE DON, H. C. GROOME; SECOND, PERCHERON, 
ETUDIANT. E. B. WHITE; THIRD, BELGIAN, PRIN- 
TODE ROULIER, G. W. SOUERS & SONS; FOURTH. 
IMPORTED PERCHERON MARES, E. B. WHITE'S 
ROSETTE AT LEFT. 




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three — Dumbarton, H. C. Beattie. Richmond; no compe- 
tition. Stallion, one year old and under two — First, Joe 
Mason, C. S. Luck, Ashland; second, Fondelehr, W. H. 
Parrish, Richmond. Mare, tour years old and over — 
First, Glittering Glory, W. C. Parkinson, Taylorsville, Va.; 
second, Aileen Wilson, H. C. Beattie, Richmond. Mares, 
two years old and over — Brookline, J. T. Temple, Rich- 
mond; no competition. Mare, one year old and under 
two — Marie Peyton, W. H. Parrish, Richmond; no com- 
petition. 

Standardbred. — Stallion, four years old and over — 
First, Berro, Acca Stock Farm; second, Bow Axworthy, 
Allendale Stock Farm, Fredericksburg, Va. Stallion, 
three years old and under four — First, Royal Seal, Allen- 
dale Farm, Fredericksburg. Va.; second. Dr. Opera, W. 
A. Veal, Shetland Stock Farm, Va. Stallion, two years 
old and under three — First, Genteel, Jr., J. Thack Snyder, 
Scottsville, Va.; second, Bondissi, D. A. Langhorne, 
Scottsville, Va. Stallion, one year old and under two — 
Clemmons, V. K. Gould, Boonesboro, Va. ; no competition. 
Mare, four years old and over — First, Flora Allerton, D. 
A. Langhorne, Scottsville, Va.; second, Foxy Lambert, 
Charles T. Jones, Manchester, Va. Mare two years old 
and under three — Dorothy Warren, A. J. Warren, Rich- 
mond; no competition. Mare, one year old and under 
two — Caronia, Langhorne Putney, Richmond; no compe- 
tition. Gold medal — Stallion, any age. Berro, Acca Stock 
Farm, Richmond. Gold medal — Mare, any age — Foxy 
wambert, Charles T. Jones, Manchester, Va. Colts, fillies 
and geldings, under two y^ars old — -First, Dan Harris, 
G. H. Harris Richmond; second, Biria, Mendes Brauer, 
Ricnmond. Colts, fillies and geldings, one year old and 
under two — First, Jerry Wilkes, Charles T. Jones, Man- 
chester, Va.; second, Dorothy Longlane, L. G. Irvine, 
Richmond. Colts, fillies and geldings, under three — 
First, Chester,, Dr. A. J. Hurt, Chester, Va.; second, 
Cherry Lane, Alvin Garthright, Richmond. Fillies and 
geldings, three years old and under — Dr. McDonough, P. 
J. McDonough. Richmond; no competition. Mares and 
geldings, four years old and over — First, Rob Roy, J 
Thack Snyder, Scottsville, Va.; second, Daisy Mac, P. J. 
McDonough, Richmond. 

Coachers. — French coach mare, four years old and over 
— Hilda, H. C. Beattie, Richmond; no competition. Ger- 
man coach, stallion, four years old and over — Falke, T. 
E. Roberts. Chase City; no competition. German coach, 
stallion, three years old and under four — Schloser, George 
W. Souers & Son, Huntington, Ind.; no competition. 
German coach, two years old and under three — Billy 
Parker, Clarence Walden, Manchester. Va.; no competi- 
tion. 

Hackneys. — English hackney stallion, four years old 
and over — Patrick Henry, A. Pollard & Sons, Richmond; 
no competition. English hackney, stallion, three years 
old and under four — Matchless Mate, Presque Isle Farm, 
Bermuda Hundred; no competition. English hackney, 
stallion, two years old and under three — First, Orangehad; 
second, Virginia Boy, E. B. White, Leesburg, Va. English 
hackney, stallion colt, under one year old — First, Crescent: 
'second, Thistle, Presque Isle Farm, Bermuda Hundred. 
English hackney, mare, one year old and under two — 
Countess Dagmar, Presque Isle Farm, Bermuda Hundred; 
no competition. American Hackney Horse Society, spe- 
cial — First, E. B. White, Leesburg. Va.; second, A. Pollard 
& Sons, Richmond. 

Harness Stallion. — Sweepstakes, best stallion, suitable 
for getting heavy harness or carriage horses, 15 hands 
two inches and over — First. Orangehad, E. B. White, Lees- 
budg; second, George W. Souers & Son, Huntington, Ind. 

Jacks and Jennets. — Jacks three years old and over — 
First, Emperor II., A. S. Harrison, Herndon; second, Dom 
Pedron, F. and P. A. Rose, Sabot. Jacks, under two years 
old — First, Emperor III.. A. S. Harrison; no competition. 
Jennets, three years old — First, Miss Lyra; second, Miss 
Fairfax, A. S. Harrison, Herndon. Jennets, two years 



ILLUSTRATION: AT TOP, RED POLL BULL, H. M. LUT 
TRELL; SECOND, SHORT HORN BULL, CARPENTER 
& ROSS: THIRD, HEREFORD BULL, LUCE & MOXLEY . ' 
FOURTH, RED POLL BULL. CURL'S NECK FARM. 




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old and under three — First, Miss Virginia, A. S. Harrison; 
second, M. J. McGannon, Richmond. 

Mules. — Four years old and over — First, F. N. Standfield; 
second, 11. F. Mc'Cleary, Richmond. Three years old and 
under four — First, Robert Hancock, Richmond; second, 
Smith Brothers, Richmond. Two years old and under — 
First, Sally, S. G. Cox, Old Church, Va.; second, Sham- 
rock II., A. S. Harrison, Herndon. Under two years old — 
First, Topsy; second, Bell, A. S. Harrison, Herndon. Pair 
to wagon or truck — First, F. N. Standrield, Richmond; sec- 
ond, Robert Hancock, Richmond. 

Ponies — Stallion, three years or over — First, Steinvorod, 
Dr. X. P. Snead, Cartersville, Va.; socond, Olof Ohn, C. H. 
Nolting, Trevilians, Va. Stallion, two years and under 
three — First, Dixie, C. H. Nolting, Trevilians, Va.; second, 
Mystery, Dr. N. P. Snead, Cartersville, Va. Stallion, one 
year and under two — First, Don Ontario, C. H. Nolting, 
Trevilians, Va.; second, Percy Allen, F. & P. A. Rose, Sa- 
bot, Va. Stallion colt, under one year — First, Pixy, H. C. 
Beattie, Richmond; second, Sport, C. H. Nolting, Trevilians, 
Va. Mare, three years old and over— First, Charmain, 
Dr . N. P. Snead, Cartersville, Va.; second. Midget, H. C. 
Beattie, Richmond. Mare, two years olu and under three 
— First, Spirit; second Susannie, Beattie «fe Nolting, Rich- 
mond. Mare, one year and under two — First, Mermaid, H. 
C. Beattie, Richmond; second, Princess Bonnie, Dr. N. P. 
Snead, Cartersville, Va. Mare colt, under one year — First. 
Evelyn, Dr. N. P. Snead, Cartersville, Va.; second, Rose- 
land, C. H. Nolting, Trevilians, Va. Mare, three years old 
and over — First, Liberty, J. P. McDonough, Richmond, Va.; 
no competition. 

Gaited Saddle Horses. — Geldings, four years and over — 
First, Bob White, Forrest Rose, Sabot, Va. ; second, Bran- 
don, William Gwathmey, Beulahville, Va. Stallion, four 
years old or over — First, Maeh Wilkes, George W. Endi- 
cott, Jr., Gee, Va. ; second, Nutwood, F. & P. A. Rose, 
Sabot, Va. Stallion, three years old and under four (no 
competition) — First, Prince Highland, Wistar Anderson, 
Columbia, Va. Mare, four years or over — First, Lady 
Watkins; second American Beauty, Forrest Rose, Sabot, 
Va. Champion stallion, mare or gelding — First, Bob 
White; second, American Beauty; Forest Rose, Sabot, Va. 
American Saddle Horse Ass'n Special ,no competition) — 
Best stallion or mare — First, Prince Highland, Wistar An- 
derson, Columbia, Va. 

CATTLE. 

Shorthorn — Bull, three years old and over — First, H. P. 
Hawkins, Stanford, Ky. ; second, Carpenter & Ross, Mans- 
field, Ohio. Bull, two years old and under three — Elmen 
dorf Farm, Lexington, Ky. Bull, senior yearling — First, 
Elmendorf Farm; second, H. P. Hawkins. Bull, junior year- 
ling — First, Elmendorf Farm; second Carpenter & Ross. 
Bull, senior calf — First, H. P. Hawkins; second and third, 
Elmendorf Farm; fourth, Carpenter & Ross. Bull — Junior 
calf — First, Carpenter & Ross; second. Elmendorf Farm; 
third, H. P. Hawkins. Cow three years old or over — 
First and fourth, Carpenter & Ross; second, Elmendorf 
Farm; third, H. P. Hawkins. Heifer, two years old and 
under three — First, Elmendorf Farm; second and fourth, 
Carpenter & Ross; third, H. P. Hawkins. Heifer, senior 
yearling — Elmendorf Farm; first and third; second and 
fourth, H. P. Hawkins. Heifer, junior yearling — First, 
carpenter & Ross; second and third, Elmendorf Farm. 
Heifer, senior calf — First and second, Elmendorf Farm; 
third. H. P. Hawkins; fourth and fifth, Carpenter & Ross. 
Heifer, junior class — First and second, Elmendorf Farm; 
third and fourth, Carpenter & Ross. Aged herd — First. 
Elmendorf Farm; second, H. P. Hawkins; third, Carpen- 
' ter & Ross. Young herd — First, Elmendorf Farm; second, 
Carpenter & Ross. Calf herd — First, Elmendorf Farm: 
second, Carpenter & Ross. Four animals, either sex, of 
one sire — First, Elmendorf Farm; second, Carpenter & 
Rss; third. H. P. Hawkins. Two animals, of either sex, 
produce of one cow — First, Elmendorf Farm; second, Car- 
penter & Ross. Senior champion bull, junior champion 



ILLUSTRATION: AT TOP, CHAMPION DAIRY BULL, 
ANY BREED. ANY AGE. JERSEY. ALLANDALE FARM: 
SECOND. CHAMPION DAIRY COW, ANY BREED, ANY 
AGE. AYRSHIRE. KENT BARNEY: THIRD. GUERN- 
SEYS. W. D. PHELPS: FOURTH, HOLSTEIN BULL, H. A. 
ROBINSON & SONS. 




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bull both to Elinendort" Farm. Senior champion cow — 
First, Elmendorf Farm; second, ribbon reserved. Junior 
champion heifer — Grand champion bull — Grand champion 
female — First prize and reserved championship, Elmen- 
dorf Farm. 

Virginia Beef Breeds. — Bull, three years old or over — 
Bull under one year — Heifer one year old and under two — 
Heifer under one year old — First, H. M. Luttrell, Delap- 
lane, Va. 

Herefords. — Bull, three years old and over — First, Luce 
& Moxley, Shelby ville, Ky.; second, G. W. Carroll & Sons, 
Syracuse, N. Y. 

All prizes in classes 209, bull, one year old and under 
two; 210, bull, under one year; 211, cow, three years old 
and over; 212, heifer two years old and under three; 213, 
heifei\ one year old and under two; 214, heifer, under 
one year; 215, exhibitor's herd; 216, breeders' young herd; 
217, get of one sire; 218, produce of one cow, champion- 
ships; 219, bull, any age; 220, cow or heifer, any age — 
Luce & Moxley, Shelbyville, Ky. 

Aberdeen-Angus. — Bull, three years old and ovei* — 
First, D. Bradfute & Son, Xenia, Ohio; second, F. & P. 
A. Rose, Sabot, Va. 

All prizes in classes 222, bull, two years old and under 
three; 224, bull, under one year old; 225, cow, three 
years old and over; 226, heifer, two years old and under 
three; 227, heifer, one year old and under two; 228, 
heifer, under one year old; 229, exhibitor's herd; 230, 
breeder's young herd; 231, get of one sire; 232, produce 
of one cow; 233, bull, any age; 234, cow or heifer, any 
age — D. Bradfute & Son, Xenia, Ohio. 

All prizes in classes 235, bull, three years old or over; 
236. bull, two years old and under three; 238, bull, under 
one year old; 239, cow, three years old or over; 240, 
heifer, two years old and under three; 241, heifer one year 
old and under two: 242, heifer, under one year — James 
Blair, Hartstown, Pa. 

Galloway. — All prizes in classes 243, bull, three years 
old andw over; 245. bull one year old and under two; 246. 
bull, under one year old; 247, cow, three years old and 
over; 248, heifer, two years old and under three; 249, 
heifer, one year old and under two; 250, heifer, under 
one year old; 251. exhibitor's herd; 252, breeder's young 
herd; 253, get of one sire; 254, produce of one cow; 255. 
bull, any age; 256, cow or heifer, any age — James Frantz 
& Sons, Bluffton. Ohio. 

Devons. — Bull, three years old and over — First, Wheeler 
Homestead. Bull two years old and under three — First. 
The Wheeler Homestead; second, H. B. Witter, Frederick, 
Md. 

All prizes in classes 259, bull, one year old and under 
two; 260. bull, under one year old; 262. cow, three years 
old and over; 262, heifer, two years old and under three; 
263, heifer, one year old and under two; 264, heifer, un- 
der one year old; 265, exhibitor's herd; 267, get of one 
sire; 268, produce of one cow; 270. cow or heifer, any 
age — The Wheeler Homestead, except second prize in the 
last three classes, which was won by H. B. Witter. Fred- 
erick, Md.- 

Red Polled. — Bull, three years old and over — First, H. 
M. Luttrell. Delaplane: second. Curl's Npck Farm, Cot- 
man: third, George Ineichen, Geneva, Ind. Bull, two 
years old and under three — First, George Ineichen; sec- 
ond. H. M. Luttrell. Bull, senior calf — George Ineichen. 
Bull, junior calf — First and third. H. M. Luttrell; second. 
Curl's Neck Farm. Cow. three years old or over — First 
H. M. Luttrell: second. Geo. Ineichen: third. Curl's Neck 
Farm. Heifer, two years old and under three — First. Geo 
Ineichen; second. H. M. Luttrell; third. Curl's Neck Farm 
Heifer, senior yearling — First. H. M. Luttrell: second. Geo. 
Ineichen. Heifer, junior yearling — First. Georsre Ineichen: 
second. Curl's Neck Farm; Heifer, senior calf — First. H 
M. Luttrell; second, George Inpichen. Heifer, junior calf 
— First and third. H M. Luttrell; second, George Ineichen. 
Exhibitor's herd — First. George Tneichen: second, H. M. 
Luttrell: third. Curl's Neck Farm. Breeder's young herd 



ILLUSTRATION: AT TOP. POLAND-CHINA SOW. W. M. 
.TONES: SECOND, YORKSHIRE SOW. WESTMORELAND 
DAVIS: THIRD. BERKSHIRE BOAR. W. R. EENSOM 
FOURTH. BERKSHIRE BOAR. E. F. SOMMERS. 




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— First, George Ineichen; second. Curl's Neck Farm. 
Calf herd — First, H. M. Luttrell; second, George Ineichen; 
third, Curl's Neck Farm. Get of one sire — First, George 
Ineichen; second, H. M. Luttrell; third, Curl's Neck Farm. 
Produce of one cow — First and second, George Ineichen. 
Hull, any age — First, H. M. Luttrell. Cow, any age — 
First and reserve, George Ineichen. Cow, three years 
old and over, giving highest net amount of butter — First 
and reserve, George Ineichen. 

Holstein-Friesian. — Bull, three years old and over — 
First, George M. Carpenter. Wilkesbarre, Pa.; second, H. 
A. Robinson & Sons, New York. Bull, two years old 
and under three — First, George M. Carpenter. Bull, one 
year old and under two — First, George M. Carpenter. 
Bull, under one year old — First. A. R. Scott, Richmond; 
second, H. A. Robinson & Son. Cow, three years old 
and over— First and second, Gerge M. Carpenter. Heifer, 
two years old and under three — First. A. R. Scott; second, 
H. A. Robinson & Sons. Heifer, one year old and under 
two — First, G. M. Carpenter; second, H. A. Robinson & 
Sons. Heifer, under one year old — First, H. A. Robinson 
& Sons; second, George M. Carpenter. Exhibitor's herd — 
First, George M. Carpenter; second, H. A. Robinson. 
Breeder's young herd — First, G. M. Carpenter; second, H. 

A. Robinson & Sons. Get of one sire — First and second, 
G. M. Carpenter. Produce of one cow, championship — 
First, G. M. Carpenter; second, H. A. Robinson & Sons. 
Bull, any age — First, G. M. Carpenter. Cow or heifer, 
any age — First, G. M. Carpenter. 

Jersey. — Bull, three years old and over — First, Al- 
landale Farm, Fredericksburg; second. Acca Stock 
Farm, Richmond. Bull, two years old and under 
three — First, Parker Brothers, Milford. New York; 
second, Allandale Farm. Bull, one year old and under 
two — First, H. L. McLallen, New York; second, Allan- 
dale Farm. Bull, under one year — First, Parker Brothers; 
second, H. B. Witter. Frederick, Md. Cow, three years 
old and over — First, Acca Stock Farm; second, H. L. Mc- 
Lallen. Heifer, two years old and under three — First, 
Parker Brothers; second. Acca Stock Farm. Heifer, one 
year old and under two — First, H. B. Witter; second, 
Parker Brothers. Heifer, under one year old — First, 
Parker Brothers; second, H. L. McLallen. Exhibitor's, 
herd — First, Acca Stock Farm; second, Parker Brothers." 
Breeder's young herd — First, Parker Brothers; second, 
H. L. McLallen. Get of one sire — First, Parker Brothers; 
second, H. L. McLallen. Produce of one cow — First, 
Parker Brothers; second, H. L. McLallen. Championship 
bull, any age — First, Allandale Farm. Championship, cow, 
or heifer, any age — First, Acca Stock Farm. 

Guernsey. — Bull, three years old and over — First, W. 
D. Phelps, Farmville; second, H. B. Witter, Frederick, 
Md. Bull, two years old and under three — First, H. B. 
Witter; second, W. D. Phelps. Bull one year old and 
under two — First, W. D. Phelps; second, H. B. Witter. 
Bull, under one year old — First, W. D. Phelps; second, 
Parker Brothers. Cow, three years old and over — First. 
H. B. Witter; second, W. D. Phelps. Heifer, two years 
old and under three — First, H. B. Witter; second, A. R. 
Scott, Richmond. Heifer, one year old and under two — 
First, Parker Brothers; second, H. B. Witter. Heifer, 
under one year old — First, Parker Brothers; second, H. 

B. Witter. Exhibitor's herd — First. H. B. Witter; second, 
Parker Brothers. Breeder's young herd — First, Parker 
Brothers; second, H. B. Witter. Get of one sire — First. 
Parker Brothers; second, H. B. Witter. Championship, 
produce of one cow — First, Parker Brothers; second. W. 
D. Phelps. Bull, any age — First and reserve, W. D. 
Phelps. Cow or heifer, any age — First and reserve, H. 
B. Witter. 

Ayrshire. — All prizes in this section went to Kent 
Barney, of Milford. New York, with the exception of the 
first for heifers one year old and under two, and seconds 
for cow. three years old and over; heifer, two years old 
and under three; breeder's young herd, which went to H. 
B. Witter, Frederick. Md. 

ILLUSTRATIONS: AT TOP. OXFORD RAM, J. C. DUN- 
CAN: SECOND. DORSET RAM. FILLMORE FARM: 
THIRD. SOUTHDOWN RAM, J. C. DUNCAN; FOURTH. 
SHROPSHIRE RAM. C. F. CARTER. 




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French Canadian. Bull, three years old and over — First, 
H. B. Witter, Frederick, Md.; second, W. Fralich, New 
York. Bull, two years old and under three — First, W. Fra- 
lich; second, H. B. Witter. Bull, one year old and under 
two — First, H. B. Witter; second, W. Fralich. Bull, under 
one year old— First and second, H. B. Witter. Cow, three 
years old and over — First, W. Fralich; second, H. B. 
Witter. Heifer, two years old and under three — First, 
W. Fralich; second, H. B. Witter. Heifer, one year old and 
under two — First, H. B. Witter; second, W. Fralich. 
Heifer, under one year — First, W. Fralich; second, H. B. 
Witter. Exhibitor's herd — First, W. Fralich; second, H. 
B. Witter. Breeder's young herd — First, H. B. Witter; 
second, W. Fralich.Get of one sire — First, W. Fralich; 
second, H. B. Witter. Produce of o~e cow — First W. Fra- 
lich; second, H. B. Witter. Championship bull, any age — 
First, H. B .Witter; Res. Rib., W. Fralich. Cow or heifer, 
any age — First, W. Fralich. Res. Rib., H. B. Witter. 

Brown Swiss — All prizes in this section were taken by 
Frank Freemyer, Middleborough, New York. 

Dairy Test. — Cow, three years old, giving the highest net 
per cent, of total butter fat (Babcock test) — First & sec- 
ond, Acca Stock Farm; third, H. M. Luttrell, Delaplane. 
The cow, under three years old, giving the highest net 
total butter fat (Babcock test) — First, Acca Stock Farm; 
second, H. M. Luttrell. Grand Sweepstakes — Grand Cham- 
pion beef bull, any age or breed — First, Elmendorf Farm, 
Lexington, Ky.; Res. Rib., Luce & Moxl y. Grand cham- 
pion beef cow, any age or breed — First, Elmendorf Farm, 
Lexington, Ky. Grand champion dairy bull, any age or 
breed — First, Allandale Farm, Fredericksburg; Res. Rib., 
Kent Barney. Grand champion dairy cow, any age or 
breed — First, Kent Barney, Milford, N. Y.; Res. Rib., G. 
M. Carpenter. 

Berkshires. Boars, two years old or over — First, W. R. 
Fensom, Richmond; second, Otho B. Williams, Gaithers- 
burg, Md.; third, W. A. Willeroy, Richmond. Boars, 18 
months old, but under two years — First, W. R. Fensom; 
second, Moore's Brook Sanitarium, Charlottesville. Boar, 
one year old but under 18 months — First, E. F. Som- 
mers, Somerset, Va.; second, Moore's Brook Sanitarium; 
third, O. B. Williams, Gaithersburg, Md. Boar six months 
old, but under one year — First, W. R. Fensom; second, 
O. B. Williams; third, Moore's Brook Sanitarium. 
Boar, under six months old — First, E. F. Sommers, second 
and third, Moore's Brook Sanitarium. Sow, two years old 
or over — First, O. B. Williams; second, W. R. Fensom; 
third, Moore's Brook Sanitarium. Sow eighteen months 
old, but under two years — First, O. B. Williams; second, 
W. R. Fensom; third, Moore's Brook Sanitarium. Sow, 
one year old but under eighteen months — First, O. B. 
Williams; second and third, Moore's Brook Sanitarium. 
Sow six months old but under one year — First and third, 
W. R. Fensom; second, O. B. Williams. Sow under six 
months — First and second, E. F. Sommers; third, Moores 
Brook Sanitarium. Get of one boar — First, E. F. Som- 
mers; second and third, Moore's Brook Sanitarium. Pro- 
duce of one sow — First and second, Moore's Brook Sani- 
tarium, third, W. R. Fensom. Exhibitor s herd — First, O. 
B. Williams, second, W. R. Fensom; third, Moore's Brook 
Sanitarium. Breeder's young herd — First, E. F. Sommers; 
second, Moore's Brook Sanitarium. Brood sow and six pigs 
— First & second Moore's Brook Sanitarium; third, W. A. 
Willeroy, Richmond. Champian boar, any age — First, E. F. 
Sommers; res. champion, W. R. Fensom. Champion sow — 
First, O. B. Williams; reserve champion, W. R. Fensom. 
American Berkshire Association special — Best boar and 
three sows under one year old, bred and owned by a Vir- 
ginian — First, silver cup, value $50, W. R. Fensom; sec- 
ond, $10, E. F. Sommers; third $5, Moore's Brook Sani- 
tarium. 

Poland China. — Bear, two years old or over — First, M. 
Yohn, Westminster, Md.; second, A. C. Grieve & Sons, 
Xenia, Ohio; third, H. Wiseley, Grover Hill, O. Boar, 18 
months old but under two years — First, H. Wiseley, sec- 
ond, M. Yohn. Boar one year old but under 18 months — 
First, M. Yohn; second, H. Wiseley; third, A. C. Grieve 
& Sons. Boar six months old, but under one year — First, 
A. C. Grieve & Sons; second, H. Wiseley, third. M. Yohn. 
Boar under six months old — First and second. W. M. 



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Jones, Crofton, Va.; third, Grieve & Sons. Sow two years 
old and over — First, H. Wiseley,; second, M. Yohn; third, 
A. C. Grieve & Sons. Sow eighteen months but under two 
years — First and third, H. Wiseley; second M. Yohn. 
Sow one year old, but under eighteen months — First, A. 
C. Grieve & Sons; second, H. Wiseley; third, to. Yohn. 
Sow six months old but under one year — First, A. C. 
Grieve & Sons; second, W. M. Jones; third, M. Yohn. 
Sow under six months — First, W. M. Jones; second, M. 
Yohn; third, A. C. Grieve & Sons. Get of one boar — First, 
H. Wiseley; second, A. C. Grieve & Sons; third, W. M. 
Jones. Produce of one sow — First, A. C. Grieve & Sons; 
second, M. Yohn. Exhibitor's herd — First, H. Wiseley; 
second, A. C. Grieve & Sons; third, M. Yohn. Breeder's 
young herd — First, A. C. Grieve & Sons; second, H. Wise- 
ley; third, M. Yohn. Brood sow ond six pigs — First, A. 
C. Grieve & Sons, championship boar — First, H. Wiseley; 
reserve champion, W. M. Jones. Champion sow — First, H. 
Wiseley; reserve champion, A. C. Grieve & Sons. 




THE LORDLY SHORT HORNS ON PARADE— VIRGINIA 
STATE FAIR. 

Chester Whites — Boar two years old or over — First, 
T. W. and W. A. McCoy, Mercer, Pa.; second, W. T. 
Dever, Lucasville, Ohio; third, H. B. Witter, Frederick, 
Md. 

All classes (same for all breeds) were won by W. T. 
Dever, except third brood sow and six pigs, which went 
to H. B. Witter. 

Duroc-Jersey. — Boar, two years old or over — First, John 
Perry, Wilmington, O. Boar, 18 months but under two 
years — First, John Perry; second, W. A. Thigpen, Cone- 
toe, N. C. Boar, one year but under 18 months — First, W. 
A. Thigpen. Boar, six months but under one year — First, 
John Perry; second, W. A. Thigpen. Boar six months but 
under one year — First, John Perry; second, W. A. Thig- 
pen. Boar under six months — First, John Perry; second 
W. A. Thigpen. Sow, two years old or over — First John 
Perry. Sow over eighteen months but under two years — 
First, John Perry; second, W. A. Thigpen. Sow, one year 
but under eighteen months — First John Perry; second, 
W. A. Thigpen. Sow six months but under one year — 
First, John Perry; second, W. A. Thigpen. Sow under 
six months — First and second, John Perry; third. W. A. 
Thig. en. Get of one boar — First, John Perry; second, W. 
A. Thigpen. Produce of one sow — First, John Perry; sec- 
ond, W. A. Thigpen. Exhibition herd — First, John Perry; 
second, W. A. Thigpen. Breeders young herd — First, John 
Perry; second, W. A. Thigpen. Brood sow and six pigs — 
First, W. A. Thigpen. Championship boar — First and re- 
serve, John Perry. Sow, any age — First and reserve, John 
Perry. 

Large White Yorkshire. — Boar two years or over — First, 
Wheeler Homestead, Kanona, N. Y.; second, Shorb Bros., 
Utica Mills, Md.; third. Westmoreland Davis, Leesburg, 
Va. Boar, eighteen months but under two years — First, 
Wheeler Homestead. Boar, one year but under eighteen 
months — First, H. C. Beattie. Richmond, Va. Boar six mos. 
but under one year — First, W. Davis; second, H. C. 



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Beattie. Boar under six months — First and second, W. 
Davis; third, Wheeler Homestead. Sow two years old or 
over — First — Shorb Bros.; second, W. Davis; third, Wheel- 
er Homestead. Sow eighteen months but under two years 
— First, Shorb Brothers; second and third, Wheeler Home- 
stead. Sow one year but under eighteen months — First, 
W. Davis; second and third, Wheeler Homestead. Sow 
six months but under one year — First, W. Davis; second, 
Wheeler Homestead; third, H. C. Beattie. Sow under six 
months — First, W. Davis; second and third, Wheeler 
Homestead. Get of one boar — First, Shorb Brothers; sec- 
ond, W. Davis; third, Wheeler Homestead. Produce of 
one sow — First, W. Davis; second, Wheeler Homestead. 
Exhibitor's herd — First, Shorb Brothers; second, W. 
Davis; third, Wheeler Homestead. Breeders young herd 
— First, W. Davis, second, Wheeler Homestead. Brood 
sow and six pigs — First, W. Davis. Championship boar — 
First, Wheeler Homestead; reserve, W. Davis, Champion- 
ship sow — First and reserve, Shorb Brothers. 

Tamworth — All premiums and championships in this 
breed awarded to R. S. Hartley, of Youngsville, Pa. 

Essex — Boar one year and under two — First, G. J. Camp- 
bell, Wellington, O.; second, Shorb Brothers. Boar six 
months and under one year First, Shorb Brothers. Boar 
under six months — First, G. J. Campbell,; second,Shorb 
Brothers. Sow two years old or over — First, G. J. Camp- 
bell; second, Shorb Brothers. Sow one year but under 
two — First and second, Shorb Brothers. Sow six months 
but under one year — First, Shorb Brothers; second, G. J. 
Campbell. Sow under six months — First, G. J. Campbell; 
second, Shorb Brothers. Get of one boar — First, Shorb 
Brothers; second, G. J. Campbell. Produce of one sow — 
First, Shorb Brothers; second, G. J. Campbell. Exhibi- 
tor's herd — First, Shorb Brothers. Breeder's young herd — 
First, Shorb Brothers; second, G. J. Campbell. Champion- 
ship boar — First G. J. Campbell; second, Shorb Brothers. 
Champion sow — First, Shorb Bros.; reserve, G. J. Camb- 
bell. 

Victoria — All premiums and championships in this class 
awarded to G. J. Campbell, Wellington, O. 

Otfier Distinct Breeds. — All awards and championships 
given to Shorb Brothers, Utica Mills, Md. 
SHEEP. 
Cotswold — Ram, two years old or over — First, Parker 
Brothers, Milford, N. Y. Ram one year old and under two, 
Parker Brothers. Ram under one year, J. H. Hall, Port 
Arthur, Mich.; second, Parker Brothers. Ewe two years 
or over — First, Parker Brothers. Ewe one year and under 
two — First, Parker Brothers. Ewe under one year — 
Parker Brothers. Exhibition Flock — First, Parker Broth- 
ers. Breeder's young flock — First, Parker Brothers. Ram, 
any age. championship — First, J. H. Hall. 

Southdown — Ram, two years or over — First, J. C. Dun- 
can, Lewiston, N. Y.; second, T. W. and W. A. McCoy, 
Mercer, Pa. Ram one year and under two — First, J. C. 
Duncan; second, T. W. and W. A. McCoy. Ram under 
one year — First and second, J. C. Duncan. Ewe two years 
or over — First, J. C. Duncan; second, T. W. and W. A. 
McCoy. Ewe one year and under two — First, J. C. Dun- 
can; second, T. W. and W. A. McCoy. Ewe under one 
/ear— First, J. C. Duncan; second, T. W. and W. A. Mc- 
Coy. Exhibitor's flock — First, J. C. Duncan; second, T. 
V. and W. A. McCoy. Breeder's young flock — First, T. 
.V. and W. A. McCoy. Get of one sire — First. J. C. Dun- 
Championship — First. J. C. Duncan. Ewe, any age, cham- 
pionship — First, J. C. Duncan. 

Shropshire — Ram two years or over — First, J. C. Dun- 
:an; second, C. F. Carter, Seven Mile Ford, Va. Ram, one 
7ear and under two — First, G. F. Carter; second, Lovett 
& Taylor, Sidney, O. Ram under one year — First, C. F. 
Carter; second, J. C. Duncan. Ewe two years or over — 
First, C. F. Carter; second. J. C. Duncan. Ewe one year 
and under two — First, C. F. Carter; second, J. C. Duncan. 
Ewe under one year — First, C. F. Carter; second, J. C. 
Duncan. Exhibitor's fllock — First, C. F. Carter; second, J. 
C. Duncan. Breeder's young flock — First, Lovett & Tay- 
lor; second, J. C. Duncan. Get of one sire — First, J. C. 
Duncan; second, Lovett & Taylor. Ram, any age, cham- 
pionship — First and second, C. F. Carter. Ewe any age, 
championship — First, C. F. Carter; second. J. C. Duncan. 



Hampshires — Ram, two years or over — First, J. H. Hall; 
second, Lovett & Taylor. Ram one year and under two — . 
First, Lovett & Taylor. Ewe two years or over — First, 
Lovett & Taylor; second, Lovett & Taylor. Ewe one year 
and under two — First, Lovett & Taylor. Ewe, under one 
year — First and second, Lovett & Taylor. Exhibitor's 
flock — First, Lovett & Taylor. Breeder's young flock — 
First, Lovett & Taylor. Ram, any age, championship — 
First, J. H. Hall; second, Lovett & Taylor. Ewe any age, 
championship — First, Lovett & Taylor. 

Oxford Down — Ram two years or over — First, J. C. Wil- 
liamson, Xenia, O.; second, J. C. Duncan. Ram one year 
and under two — First, J. C. Duncan; second, J. C. William- 
son & Son. Ram under one year — First, J. C. Duncan; 
second, J. C. Williamson & Son. Ewe two years or over — 
First, J. C. Williamson & Son; second, J. C. Duncan. Ewe 
one year and under two — First, J. C. Duncan; second, J. 
C. Williamson & Son. Ewe under one year — First and sec- 
ond, J. C. Duncan. Exhibitor's flock — First, J. C. William- 
son & Son; second, J. C. Duncan. Breeder's young flock 
— First, J. C. Williamson; second J. C. Duncan. Get of 
one sire — First and second, J. C. Duncan. Ram, any age, 
championship — First, J. C. Williamson & Son. Ewe, any 
age, championship — First, J. C. Wiliamson & Son. 

Dorset Horn — Ram two years and over — First and sec- 
ond, Fillmore Farm, Bennington, Vt. Ram one year and 
under two — First and second, Fillmore Farm. Ram under 
one year — First and second, Fillmore Farm. Ewe two years 
or over — First and second, Fillmore Farm. Ewe one year 
and under two — First, Fillmore Farm; second, Westmore- 
land Davis. Ewe under one year — First and second, Fill- 
more Farm. Exhibitor's flock — First, Fillmore Farm; sec- 
ond, Westmoreland Davis. Breeder's young flock — First, 
Fillmore Farm; second, Westmoreland Davis. Get of one 
sire — First, Fillmore Farm; second, Westmoreland Davis. 
Ram, any age, championship — First, Fillmore Farm. Ewe, 
any age, championship — First, Fillmore Farm. 

Cheviot. — All awards and championships went to Kent 
Barney, Milford, N. Y. 

Lincoln. — All awards and championships went to A. C. 
Fielder, De Graff, Ohio. 

Leicester. — All awards and champions given to F. W. 
and W. A. McCoy. 

Merino, American or Spanish — Ram two years or over 
— First, Lovett & Taylor; second, H. Homer Jobe, Xenia, 
O. Ram. one year and under two — First, H. Homer Jobe, 
second, Lovett & Taylor. Ram under one year — First, H. 
Homer Jobe, second, Lovett & Taylor. Ewe two years 
and over — First, Lovett & Taylor; second, H. Homer Jobe. 
Ewe one year and under two — First, Lovett & Taylor; 
second. H. Homer Jobe. Ewe under one year — First, Lov- 
ett & Taylor; second, H. Homer Jobe. Exhibitor's flock — 
First, Lovett & Taylor; second, H. Homer Jobe. Breeders 
young flock — First, H. Homer Jobe; second, Lovett & 
Taylor. Get of one sire — First, H. Homer Jobe; second, 
Lovett & Taylor. Ram, any age, championship — First, Lov- 
ett & Taylor. Ewe, any age, championship — First, Lovett 
& Taylor. 

Delaine, Dickinson or Black Top Merino — Ram two 
years or over — First and second, H. Homer Jobe. Ram, 
one year and under two — First and second, H. Homer 
Jobe. Ram, under one year — First, Lovett & Taylor; sec- 
ond, H. Homer Jobe. Ewe two year or over — First and 
secnd, H. Homer Jobe. Ewe one year and under two — 
First, H. Homer Jobe; second, Lovett & Taylor. Ewe 
under one year — First, H. Homer Jobe: second, Lovett 
& Taylor. Exhibitor's flock— First, H. Homer Jobe; sec- 
end. Lovett & Taylor. Breeders young flock — First, H. 
Homer Jobe, second, Lovett & Taylor. Get of one sire — 
First, H. Homer Jobe; second, Lovett & Taylor. Ram, any 
age. championship — First, H. Homer Jobe. Ewe, any age, 
championship — First, H. Homer Jobe. 

Rambouillet. — All awards and championships given to 
Lovett & Tavlor. 

Angora Goats — Ram two years old or over — First, Mann 
S. Valentine, Stokes, Va.; second, Va. Angora Goat Co. 
Ram one year and under two — First, Mann S. Valancine, 
second, Va. Angora Goat Co. Ram under one year — Firsf, 
H. B. Witter, Frederick, Md.; second, Va. Angora Goat 
Co. Ewe two years or over — First, Va. Angora Goat Co.: 



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second, Mann S. Valentine. Ewe one year and under two 
— First, Mann S. Valentine; second, H. G. Hunter, Dos- 
well, Va. Ewe under one year — First, Mann S. Valentine; 
second, H. B. Witter. Exhibitor's flock— First, Mann S. 
Valentine; second Va. Angora Goa-t Co. Breeders young 
flock— First, H. G. Hunter; second, H. B. Witter. Ram, 
any age, championship— First, Va. Angora Goat Co. Ewe 
any age, championship — First, Mann S. Valentine. 

DOGS. 

Pointers — Male— First, H. M. Wilkerson; second, E. F. 
Woodall; third, Andrew J. Warren. Female — First, John 
W. Brauer, Jr.; second, Dean Garthright; third, Dean 
Garthright7 Puppies — First, Le Roy E. Brown. 

Beagles — Male — First, Beattie & Walton. Female — First, 
and second, Beattie & Walton. Championship — Beattie & 
Walton. 



Collies — Male — First, Dr. C. Howard Lewis; second, A 
Pollard & Son; third, Mrs. Howard LeRoy Kerr. Female 
— First, Anton II. Thierman; second, J. Harrison Tabb, 
third, H. M. McMannaway. Puppies — First, M. Hicks' 
second, W. Gay Smith; third, Mrs. Elmo S. Redwood 
Championship — A. Pollard & Sons. 

Dachsunds — Male — First and championship, Dr. Chas. H 
Epps. 

Setters — Male — First, Arthur O. Johnson; second, Perr? 
Brothers; third, M. H. Omohundro. Female — First, A. L 
Blair; second, A. L. Blair; third, M. H. Omohundro. Pup 
pies — First and second, P. J. Archer. Championship- 
Arthur O. Johnson. 

Foxhounds — Male — First and second, W. A. Davis. Pup 
pies — First and second, Roy S. Robins. 

Grand Championship — Arthur O. Johnson. Tomahawk 
English Setter. 




•KING CORN" — SWEEPSTAKES SINGLE, TEN AND TWENTY EARS, WHITE AND YELLOW. 



"KING CORN" AT THE FAIR. 

If there was any single exhibit at the recent State Fair 
which attracted most attention it must have been the 
corn. Under stimulus of an additional $1,200 in special 
purses contributed by public spirited newspapers, corpor- 
ations and individuals, some 500 farmers entered about 
12,000 ears of corn. 

Professor B. W. Crosley of the Iowa Experiment Sta- 
tion, Ames, la., was judge and the selection was a most 
happy one. He went at his task like a veteran and much 
to the edification of the onlookers, explained not only 



the good and bad points of each ear of corn but gave 
many valuable hints on the art of corn breeding. 

He expressed great surprise at the quality and extent 
of the exhibit and at the interest manifested in corn grow 
ing in Virginia. 

We are all hoping to have a much better and larger 
exhibit next year with purses to correspond and take 
pleasure in offering our services and our share of the 
purses to accomplish this end. There is no doubt what 
ever of the enormous and lasting good which has been 
accomplished by this maiden effort to increase the qual- 
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The winners, and indeed all the exhibitors, deserve 
congratulations and we heartily extend ours. Below are 
the awards: 

Best Single Ear White Corn — "King Corn" prize, J. 
L. Scott, Vinita, Va.; first premium, J. T. Thornton, Port 
Royal, Va.; second C. U. Gravatt, Port Royal, Va.; third, 
Berkley D. Adams, Charlotte County; fourth, C. U. Gravatt, 
Port Royal, Va. fifth, W. C. Cussins, Nathalie, Va.; sixth, 
G. Y. Hundley, Scottsburg, Va.; seventh, J. S. Woodyard, 
Chase City. 

Best Ten Ears White Corn — "King Corn" prize, Berk- 
ley D. Adams, Charlotte county; first, C. TJ. Gravatt, Port 
Royal, Va. third, H. M. Luttrell, Delaplane; fourth, William 
L. Wood, Ashland; fifth, S. R. Wingo; sixth, A. F. Turner, 
Port Royal; seventh, W. P. Smith & Son, Nutbush. 

Best Twenty Ears White Corn — "King Corn" prize, J. 
E. Conner, Mt. Laurel, Va.; first, A. F. Turner, Port Royal, 
Va.; second, C. U. Gravatt, Port Royal; third, T. T. Taylor, 
Broadford, Va.; fourth, J. H. C. Beverly, Chance, Va.; 
fifth, Albert Herzig, Meherrin, Va.; sixth, H. M. Luttrell, 
Delaplane, Va.; seventh, Presque Isle Farm, Bermuda 
Hundred, Va. 

Best Single Ear Yellow Corn — "King Corn" prize, Joe 
Parkinson, Taylorsville, Va.; first, A. G. Morton, R. F. D. 
5, Richmond, Va.; second, W. H. Dorin, Mt. Laurel, Va.; 
third, C. W. Tompkins & Son; fourth, W. C. Parkinson, 
Taylorsville, Va.; fifth, J. E. Wheelwright, Buckhead, Va.; 
sixth, J. E. Conner, Mt. Laurel, Va.; seventh, W. H. Dorin, 
Mt. Laurel, Va. 

Best Ten Ears Yellow Corn — "King Corn" prize, W. C. 
Parkinson, Taylorville, Va.; first, J. E. Connor, Mt. Laurel, 
Va.; second, A. G. Morton, R. F. D. 5, Richmond; third, 
W. H. Dorin, Mt. Laurel, Va.; fourth, J. B. Clayton; fifth, 
C. W. Thompson & Son; sixth, Catoctin Farmers Club, 
Waterford, Va. 

Best Twenty Ears Yellow Corn — "King Corn" prize, W. 
W. Route, Roanoke, Va.; (sweepstakes). 

Best Collection single, ten and twenty Ears, Whrte or 
Yellow — W. H. Dorin, Mt. Laurel, Halifax county. 

Best Ten Ears, Any Variety — First, W. S. Morton, Char- 
lotte Courthouse, Va. ; second, August Manicke, News Fer- 
ry, Hailfax county, Va. 

Best Single Ear, Any Variety — W. H. Dorin, Mt. Laurel, 
Va. 

Largest Yield Per Acre — Not less than one and one-half 
bushels per acre shucked corn and twelve stalks to be 
shown, divided in two parts, highland and lowland. High- 
land — First, C. U. Gravatt, Port Royal, Va.; second, W. C. 
Parkinson, Taylorsville, Va. Lowland — First, Mrs. A. C. 
Bransford, Shirley, Va. ; second, John A. Archer, Rich 
mond, R. F. D. No. 5. 

Ten Ears Pop Corn — First, W. S. Morton, Charlotte C. 
H., Va. ; second, W. C. Parkinson, Taylorsville, Va. ; third, 
W. S. Morton. 

Ten Ears Sweet Corn — First, James Bellwood, Man- 
chester, Va. 

Display of Varieties of Corn on Stalk — First, James 
Bellwood. 

Largest Total Yield of Corn from Ten Stalks to be 
Shown on Stalk — First, James Bellwood. 
FARM PRODUCTS. 

Quarter bushel Longberry wheat — First, W. T. Coyner, 
Jr., Waynesboro, Va.; second, James Bellwood. Quarter 
bushel Fultz wheat — First, Robert Moss, Burkes Garden. 
Va.; second, Paul , Sedivy, Church Road, Va. Display of 
wheat in sheaf — First, W. C. Parkinson. Quarter bushel 
white oats — First, C. R. Darracott, Brandon, Va. Display of 
oats in sheaf — First, Paul Sedivy. Display of Alfalfa hay, 
bale or bundle to weigh at least 20 pounds — First, W. C. 
Parkinson; second, James Bellwood. Display of red clover, 
bale or bundle — First, James Bellwood. Display of Crim- 
son clover — First, James Bellwood. Display of Alsike clo- 
ver — First, James Bellwood. Display of varieties of Clover 
— First, James Bellwood; second, C. E. Meinhard, Luns- 
ford, Va. Display of collection of alfalfa plants — First, 
James Bellwood; second, W. C. Parkinson. Display of 
soy beans — First, James Bellwood. Display of cow peas — 
First, W. S. Morton. Display of varieties of sorghum on 
stalk — First, James Bellwood; second, W. C. Parkinson. 
Display of German Millet — First, James Bellwood. Larg- 



est and finest sunflower — First, A. L. Brady, Edlow, Va.; 
second, W. C. Parkinson. Most complete display of va- 
rieites of whole plants, including wheat, corn, clover and 
grasses — First, James Bellwood; second, C. E. Meinhard. 
Sweepstakes, Best quarter bushel wheat, any variety — 
First, Wm. T. Coyner, Jr. Sweepstake, best ten ears corn, 
any variety — First, W. S. Morton; second, Aug. Manicke, 
News Ferry, Va. Sweepstake, best ear corn, any variety 
— W. H. Dorin, Mt. Laurel, Va. Sweepstake, Display of 
grain, grasses and forage crops in grain and stalk; 25 
samples must be shown — First, Mrs. A. J. Smith, Hickory 
Hill, Va.; second, Paul Sedivy. Largest yield per acre, 
not less than one and one-half bushels shucked corn and 12 
stalks to be shown — First, highland, Mrs. A. C. Bransford, 
Shirley, Va., 147 bushels; second, highland, C. U. Gravatt, 
Port Royal, Va. 128 bu.; First, lowgrounds, Jno. A. Arch- 
er, Richmond, Va. 144 bu.; second, C. R. Kennon, Bosco- 
bel, Va., 112 bu. Largest yield per acre, grasses, alfalfa. 
— First, W. C. Parkinson. Wax beans — First, L. E. Kem- 
merer, Richmond, Va. Stringless beans — First, Elmer F. 
Affeldt, Brook Hill, Va.; second, Garland Hanes, Barton 
Heights, Va. Pole Lima beans — First, Elmer F. Affeldt; 
second, Garland Hanes. Flat head cabbage — First, Gar- 
land Hanes; second, Chas. Smith, Sr., Dumbarton, Va. 
Heaviest head cabbage — First, Garland Hanes. Egg plants 
— First, Chas. I. Smith, Jr.; second, Chas. I Smith, Sr. 
Okra — First, Chas. I. Smith, Jr.; second, Chas. I. Smith, 
Sr. Lettuce — First, A. P. Zellar, R .F. D. 5, Richmond, Va.; 
second, Chas. I. Smith, Jr. Parsley — First, Chas I. Smith, 
Jr.; second, Elmer F. Affeldt. Peas in pod — First, W. H. 
Sanders, Dumbarton, Va. Bull-nosed peppers — Chas. I. 
Smith, Sr.; second, Chas. I. Smith, Jr. Peppers, any other 
variety — First, W. S. Morton, second, Garland Hanos. 
Peppers best six plants, shown in pods — First Elmer F. 
Affeldt Spinach — First, A. P. Zellar; second, Garland 
Hanes. Tomatoes, red — First, J. S. Dowdy, Belona, Va.; 
second, W. H. Sanders. Tomatoes, purpie — First, W. H. 
Sanders; second, H. R. Sanders, Dumbarton, Va. Celery, 
white — First, Elmer F. Affeldt; second, Chas. I. Smith, 
Jr. Crook neck squash — First, A. P. Zeller. White bush 
squash — First, J. S. Dowdy Cashaw squash — First, Otho 
M. Cockes, Elberon, Va. Any other variety squash — First, 
Elmer F. Affeldt. Heaviest squash — Garland Hanes. Wat- 
ermelons — First, W. S. Morton; second, W. S. Morton. 
Sweet pumpkins — First, Chas. I. Smith, Sr. Field pump- 
kins — First, Joseph Guza, Mattoax, Va.; second, James 
Bellwood. Largest pumpkin — First, James Bellwood; sec- 
ond, Chas. I. Smith, Jr. Potatoes, collection of ten varie- 
ties — First.W. H. Sanders. Peck early Irish potatoes — 
First, J. A. Bumgardner, Staunton, Va.; second, W. W. 
Sproul, Middlebrook, Va. Late Irish potatoes — First .and 
second, W. W. Sproul. White sweet potatoes — First, W. 
S. Morton; second, Elmer F. Affeldt. Jersey yellow sweet 
potatoes — First, Chas. I. Smith, Sr.; second, W. H. San- 
ders. White Yams — First, W. H. Sanders; second, H. R. 
Sanders. Beets, for table use — First, Chas. I. Smith, Jr.; 
second, Chas. I. Smith, Sr. Beets, for stock use — First, W. 
C. Parkinson; second, W. P. Smith & Son, Nutbush, Va. 
Purple Top turnips — First, Garland Hanes; second, Chas. 
I. Smith, Jr. White Top turnips— First, W. P. Smith & 
Son. Rutabaga turnips — First, W. P. Smith & Son; sec- 
ond, Garland Hanes. Carrots— First, A. P. Zeller; second, 
Garland Hanes. Parsnips — First, W. C. Parkinson; second, 
Garland Hanes. Red or yellow dry onions — First, R. R. 
Campbell, Ashland, Va.; second, Misses Crenshaw, Orange, 
Va. Yellow Danvers Onion Sets — First Elmer F. Affeldt. 
White onion sets— First, H. M. Luttrell; second, Misses 
Crenshaw. Radishes — First, Garland Hanes; second, Chas. 
I. Smith, Jr. Salsify— First, A. P. Zeller; second, Garland 
Hanes. County Exhibit, collection of farm products — First, 
Chas. Koeppen, Spotsylvania county, Fredericksburg; 
second, E. A. Watson, Bath county, Millboro, Va. Span- 
ish peanuts— First, H. E. Smith, Drewry's Bluff, Va.; sec- 
ond, R. P. Ross, Edgerton, Va. Virginia running peanuts 
— First, Paul Sedivy. Picked Virginia bunch nuts — First, 
Dr. F. H. Brauer. 

TOBACCO. 
Virginia Burley— J. P. Taylor, Orange, first prize, $30 
for the best sample of Burley tobacco exhibited and $75 
(sweepstakes) offered by the R. A. Patterson Tobacco 



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Company for the best Burley crop. Exhibited through W. 
D. Butler & Company. 

The second prize for Burley, $15, was awarded to D. W. 
Hancock of Buckingham county, through Fraser & 
Tompkins, and the third, $5, to J. W. M. Morgan, of Riv- 
erton, through the Fair Association. 

Sun-cured — W. P. Cooke, Locust Creek, Louisa county, 
first prize, $30 and sweepstakes for the best crop of its 
kind shown, $50, offered by the Richmond Tobacco Ex- 
change. Exhibited through the Shelbourne Warehouse. 

L. T. Cocke, Locust Creek, Louisa county, second prize, 
$15. Exhibited through the Shelbourne Warehouse. 

W. W. Broaddus, Jr., Caroline county, third prize. $5. 
Exhibited through W. D. Butler & Co. 

Bright Fillers — W. T. Barnes, Blackstone, first prize, $50. 
Exhibited through the Crenshaw Warehouse. 

Bright Wrappers — B. B. Smith, La Crosse, first prize, 
$30. Exhibited through the Fair Association. W. T. 
Barnes, Blackstone, second prize, $15. Exhibited through 
Crenshaw Warehouse. 

Bright Cutters — R. A. Edmondson, Houston, first prize 
$30. Exhibited through the Fair Association. W. T. 
Barnes, Blackstone, second prize, $15. Exhibited through 
the Crenshaw Warehouse. 

Bright smokers — R. A. Edmondson, Houston, first prize, 
$30. Exhibited through the Fair Association. W. T. 
Barnes, Blackstone, second prize, $15. Exhibited through 
the Crenshaw Warehouse. 

Olive stemming — J. W. Knabe, Powhatan, first prize, 
$30. Exhibited through John F. Jacob & Company. A. W. 
Porter, second prize, $15. Exhibited through John F. Jacob 
& Company. J. S. Dowdy, Belona, thirl prize, $5. Ex- 
hibited through Fraser & Tompkins. 

Brown stemming — Wistar Anderson, Columbia, first 
przie, $30. Exhibited through Fraser & Tompkins. B. S. 
Boatwright, Gilliamsville, second prize, $15. Exhibited 
through Fraser & Tompkins. W. L. Boatwright, New 
Canton, third prize, $5. Exhibited through Fraser & 
Tompkins. 

Brown shipping — A. S| Thomas, Falkland, first prize, $30, 
and second sweepstakes, $25. Exhibited through the 
Crenshaw Warehouse. Crenshaw Warehouse, second prize 
$15. J. D. Motley, Amelia county, third prize, $5. Exhib- 
ted through the Crenshaw Warehouse. 

APIARY SUPPLIES AND PRODUCTS. 

Exhibit of common, Italian, or other race of bees — First, 
W. E. Tribbett, Staunton, Va.; second, Chas. Koeppen, 
Fredericksburg, Va. Best and largest display of section 
comb honey — First, Chas. Koeppen; second, W. E. Trib- 
bett. Best display of special designs of comb honey — 
First, W. E. Tribbett. Best dozen jars white extracted 
honey — First, Chas. Koeppen; second, W. E. Tribbett. Best 
dozen jars light amber extracted honey — First, Chas Koe- 
pen; second, W. E. Tribbett. Best and largest display of 
beeswax — First. Chas. Koeppen; second, W. E. Tribbett. 
Best display of special designs in beeswax — First, W. E. 
Tribbett; second, Chas. Koeppen. Best display of fruit 
preserved in honey — First. W. E. Tribbett. Best display 
of honev vinegar — First, W. E. Tribbett; second, Mrs. 
A. M. Snellings, Manchester. Va. R. F. D. 1. Best collec- 
tion of Virginia honey yielding plants pressed and 
mounted — First, W. E. Tribbett. Best and largest display 
of bee-keepers' supplies — First, W. E. Tribbett, Staunton, 
Va. 

FRUIT. 

Barrel Newtown (Albemarle) Pippin — First. Geo. E. Mur- 
rell. Fontella, Va. Barrel York Imperial— First, Geo. E. 
Murrell. Barrel Winesap — First, Geo. E. Murrell; second, 
Alfred Crouse, Ridge Church, Va. Barrel Ben Davis — First, 
Geo. E. Murrell. Barrel Arkansaw (Black Twig) — First, 
Geo. E. Murrell. Box Newtown (Albemarle') Pippin — First, 
Geo. E. Murrell. Box York Imperial — First, Geo. E. Mur- 
rell. Box Winesap — First, Geo. E. Murrell: second, R. 
A. Lapsley, Ashland, Va.; third, Alfred Crouse. Box Ben 
Davis — Second, Geo. E. Murrell; third. Alfred Crouse. Box 
Arkansaw (Black Twig) — First, Geo. E. Murrell. Basket 
Newtown (Albemarle) Pippin — First. Hood & Williams. 
Greenwood, Va.; second, Geo. E. Murrell. Basket York 
Imperial — First. Geo. E. Murrell. Basket Winesap — First, 
Geo. E. MurreU; second, Hood & Williams; third. Alfred 



Crouse. Basket Arkansaw (Black Twig) — Geo. E. Mur- 
rell. 

Box Winesap — Second, J. H. Jones, Cartersville, Va. 
Box Newton (Albemarle) Pippin — First, George E. 
Murrell. Box York Imperial — First, George E. Mur- 
rell; second, R. A. Lapsley. Box Winesap — First, R. A. 
Lapsley; second, Geo. E. Murrell. Box Ben Davis — First, 
Geo. E. Murrell. Box Arkansaw (Black Twig) — Second, 
Geo. E. Murrell. Box Grimes Golden — First, R. A. Lap- 
sley. Best display of ten of the following varieties of ap- 
ples, one plate each — Newtown (Albemarle) Pippin, Ben 
Davis, Winesap, Jonathan, Mammoth Black Twig, York 
Imperial, Grimes' Golden, Smith Cider, Virginia Beauty, 
Bonum, Fall Cheese. — First, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate of 
Newtown (Albemarle) Pippin — First, W. G. Moran. Miller 
School, Va. ; second, Geo. E. Murrell; third, Hood & 
Wiliams. Plate of Ben Davis — First, Alfred Crouse; sec- 
ond, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate of Virginia Beauty — First, Al- 
fred Crouse. Plate of Fall Cheese — First, R. A. Lapsley. 
second, W. S. Morton, Charlotte C. H., Va.; third, Geo. 
E. Murrell. Plate of York Imperial — First, Geo. E. Murrell; 
second, Sydnor, city; third, Alfred Crouse. Plate Winesap 
— First, R. A. Lapsley; second Geo. E. Murrell; third, 
Hood & Williams. Plate Grimes Golden, — First, R. A. 
Lapsley; second, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate Bonum — First, 
Sydnor; second, Geo. E. Murrell; third, Alfred Crouse. 
Plate Stayman — First, Geo. E. Murrell; second Alfred 
Crouse. Plate Jonathan — First, Alfred Crouse. Plate Spitz- 
enberg — First, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate Gano — First, Geo. 
E. Murrell. Plate Black Twig — First, R. A. Lapsley; sec- 
ond, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate Northern Spy — First R. A. 
Lapsley; second, Sydnor; third, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate 
Royal Limber Twig — First, Sydnor. Plate Paradise Winter 
Sweet — First, Geo. E. Murrell. second, J. B. Vaughan, 
Keysville, Va. Plate Buckingham — First, Geo. E. Murrell. 
Plate Mosby's Best — First, R. A. Lapsley. 

Peaches — Plate Salwas — First, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate 
Bilyeu — First, Geo. E. Murrell. 

Plums — First, Alfred Crouse. 

Pears — Plate Kieffer — First, G. R. Berryman, Cobham 
Wharf, Va.; second, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate Garber — First, 
Geo. E. Murrell. 

Grapes — Plate Concord — First, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate 
of any other variety — First, Geo. E. Murrell. 

Nuts — Plate Chestnuts (Foreign) — First, Geo. E. Mur- 
rell; second W. T. Hood, city. Plate chestnuts (native) — 
First, Geo. E. Murrell. Plate Shagbark hickory nuts — 
First, S. L. Garthright, city. Plate Black Walnuts — First, 
Geo. E. Murrell; second S. L. Garthright. For the best 
County Exhibit of fruits, sixty plates, comprising those 
mentioned above, and any others grown in Virginia; plates 
to conform to regulation, $100; for second best, $85; third, 
$65; fourth, $50; fifth. $40; sixth, $30. First and second, 
Geo. E. Murrell; third, A. B. Watson; fourth, E. A. Wat- 
son; fifth, A. B. Watson; sixth. E. A. Watson. 

Edible nuts grown in Virginia. Native or of Foreign 
Origin — Collection must include white and black walnuts, 
hickory, hazel, chestnuts, etc., not less than one plate of 
each variety. First $5; second. $2.50. First, Geo. E. Mur- 
rell. 

NURSERY EXHIBIT. 

For display of general line of nursery stock, stock to 
be product of exhibitor, diploma — W. T. Hood, J. B. Wat- 
kins. 

STATE FAIR NOTES. 

Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. W. M. Hays, 
came down from Washington and took in the great show 
and pronounced it a most excellent one in every way. 

Prof. C. S. Plumb, swine judge, had the remarkable ex- 
perience of pleasing everybody, the Virginia Berkshire 
Association going so far as to pass resolutions commend- 
ing his excellent judging. 

Among the new exhibitors this year was C. F. Carter 
of Smythe county, who showed an excellent flock of 
Shropshires which landed many ribbons, including cham- 
pion ram lamb, first yearling lamb, first and second ewe. 
He has for his shepherd Geo. Evans, from the native 
heath of this breed. 

Maybe there was not some class to the yearling Short- 
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shall and owned by the Elmendorf Farm. Maj. J. T. 
Cowan was sen to cast a pair of covetous eyes at him. 

The veteran Berkshire breeder, Thos. S. White of Lex- 
ington, was an interested spectator during the week. 

The Fillmore Farm made its initial bow to the Vir- 
ginia public at this Fair. C. C. Jones, superintendent, 
showed as fine a bunch of Dorsets as have ever been 
seen in the State. 

The Shetland Ponies were very much in evidence this 
trip. Among the exhibitors were Dr. N. P. Snead, Hon. C. 
H. Nolting, H. C. Beattie and J. M. Cunningham. 

Prof. H. H. Wing, of Cornell tied the ribbons in the 
dairy cattle class and gave splendid satisfaction. 

S. W. Huff quit being president of the Coney Island and 
Brooklyn Railway long enough to come down and take 
in the Fair and was greeted by his many friends here- 
abouts. 

The machinery exhibit was the largest and most ex- 
tensive ever seen in the South, not excepting the James- 
town exposition. 

Joe Wing of the Breeders Gazette, was on hand with his 
camera so that he could show his Western readers what a 
really great Fair is. 

As usual, E. F. Sommers won in the under-six-months 
Berkshire boar class. Dr. Trice declares the pig was 
raised on a bottle. 

In the Poultry Department J. F. Dunstan, proprietor of 
the White Poultry Yards, Lorraine, Va., must certainly 
have broken all records. He made 30 entries and got 30 
ribbons, which is going some. 

Former President Henry C. Stuart was a daily visitor 
and was heartily greeted by his friends. 

Fredericksburg sent down a large contingent of inter- 
ested stock men, among whom were seen Capt. M. B. 
Rowe, A. Randolph Howard, Capt. R. Conroy Vance, Count 
d'Ahdemar, John Green and C. S. Hooper. The latter 
took back Ineichen's prize winning two year old Red Poll 
bull, also an Oxfordown buck. 

Another prominent gentleman seen about the grounds 
was Hon. D. S. Jones, President of the Common Council 
of Newport News and also of the Virginia State Dairy- 
men's Association. 

Albert R. Bellwood of Chesterfield county showed more 
varieties of grasses grown on his farm than were gener- 
ally supposed to be found in the whole State. 

Among the seedsmen and nurserymen exhibiting were 
T. W. Wood & Son, Diggs & Beadles, J. B. Watkins & 
Bro., and W. T. Hood & Co. All had exceedingly attrac- 
tive exhibits. 

H. M. Myers, Lodi, O., attracted a great deal of atten- 
tion with his 20th Century Farm Gate. 

Strangers must have been struck with the large number 
of foreign exhibitors in the Machinery Department. 
Among them were the Alma Mfg. Co., Alma, Mich, show- 
ing the McVicker engine; The Thomas Mfg. Co., Spring- 
field, O., drills, etc.; Fairbanks Morse & Co., Chicago, 111. 
engines; Barbour Buggy Co., So. Boston, Va., buggies, car- 
riages, etc. ; Champion Potato Machinery Co., Hammond, 
Ind., potato machinery; De Laval Separator Co., New 
York, cream separators; W. J. Oliver Mfg. Co., Knox- 
ville, Tenn., the new Oliver plow; Syracuse Plow Co., 
Syracuse, N. Y., plows; Vermont Farm Machine Co., Bel- 
lows Falls, Vt., IJ. S. Cream Separators; International Har- 
vester Co.. Chicago, 111., engines, separators, spreaders, 
etc; The Smith Mfg Co., Chicago 111., manure spreaders, 
separators and engines. 

Among the Petersburg implement houses were Horace 
L. Smith, showing the Waterloo Gasoline Engine and 
Stockdell-Myer Hwd. Co., showing the New Way and Foos 
engines. 

The Richmond implement houses certainly did them- 
selves proud. The Watt Plow Co., the Implement Co., 
Hening & Nuckols, Hoenniger & Sizemore, Ashton Starke. 
the Sydnor Pump & Well Co. all had most extensive 
and elaborate displays of a full line of engines, farm ma- 
chinery, etc., in operation and their exhibits were throng- 
ed at all times. 

The Weather Man helped to make the Fair a great 
success. SHEPHERD. 



THE STATE FARMERS' INSTITUTE. 
During the the Fair week a meeting of the Directors 
of this Institute was held here and it was decided to 
hold a Winter meeting in this city in the last week 
of January or the first week in February, according as 
arrangements could be made for a hall to meet in. In 
connection with this meeting the State Corn Growers* As- 
sociation will have an exhibition of corn and a Corn 
Growers' Institute. Professor Lyman Carrier, the Secre- 
tary of this Association, attended the meeting and the 
arrangements for this feature of the Institute were placed 
in his hands with the understanding that one day out of 
the three days of the Institute should be devoted to this 
subject. Committees were appointed to make the neces- 
sary arrangements for the meeting, and Mr. Henry W. 
Wood, Vice-President of the Richmond Chamber of. Com- 
merce, promised the co-operation of that body in insuring 
the success of the meeting. It is expected also to secure 
the co-operation of the City authorities in providing fea- 
tures of interest at the meeting. It is hoped that the 
members of the Institute will attend in large numbers and 
induce their friends to come with them to this city. 
The Legislature will then be in session, and the influence 
of the members of the Institute in promoting the enact- 
ment of legislation in the interest of the agricultural ad- 
vancement of the State can be most effectively exerted. 
For further information on the subject, address Mr. B. 
Morgan Shepherd, the Secretary of the Institute, at this 

office. 

A REPLY TO MR. HUSSELMAN. 
Editor Southern Planter: 

Have just read Mr. Husselman's "What Virginia needs 
to improve her agriculural conditions" in your September 
issue, and while the greater part of the article is com- 
plimentary to the State itself, the paragraph pre- 
ceding the last would seem to be an unjust reflection upon 
the common sense and courtesy of, not only Virginia, but 
of the entire South. As one of the drawbacks to im- 
migration to the South from the North "predjudice" is 
given. 

"Prejudice" against what? We of the Southland have 
been taught that intelligence, industry and wealth were 
characteristic of the North, and it would be strange that 
a people should not desire these attainments in immigrants. 
Very probably Mr. Husselman may be referring to the is 
sues of the 60's. It is an unpleasant subject to refer to, and 
one we could wish to be avoided, but we of the rural dis- 
tricts are pointed out as a "people prejudiced against the 
North." One unacquainted would think that the country 
people of the South were slow to realize that they were 
the real gainers from that struggle. Should we hold ani- 
mosity towards a people who in their love and anxiety 
for us delivered us from the direct responsibility of over- 
seeing a profitless people, and from a system that was 
equally as detrimental to permanent prosperity, as injur- 
ious in its practice? 

Can the South dislike a people who gave her an oppor- 
tunity to exhibit to the world her military geniuses in the 
personalities of Lee and Jackson, Stuart and Forrest, that 
taught her to speculate on her great natural resources, 
and not upon human flesh? But for all this for which to 
be thankful, Mr. Husselman's statement that there is "pre- 
judice" to many people, would seem true, and possibly 
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[ November, 



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Parties having farms for sale are 
referred to the advertisement of E. 
W. Church. 

Gilbert Bros. & Co. are advertising 
their well-known Yager's Liniment. 

Leslie H. McCue has some nice 
Ringlet Barred Plymouth Rocks from 
his prize winners for sale. 

E. F. Sommers, a well-known Berk- 
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his unbeaten boar. Look up his ad. 

H. J. & C. G. Sanger have a splen- 
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issue. 

C. H. Nolting advertises Shetland 
Ponies for breeding purposes, also 
broken ponies for children. 

John F. Lewis offers bargains in 
stock this month consisting of Perch 
erons, Saddle Stallions and Berkshires. 

Among the new advertisers this 
month is J. F. T. Anderson, offering 
Duroc-Jerseys. 

Note the change in the advertise- 
ment of the Hollins Institute. Hol- 
stein cattle are offered. 

Some fine Hackneys can be had of 
T. O. Sandy. He also offers young 
Holstein bulls. 

Clarence Cosby otters bargains in 
pipe of various sizes, cattle stanchions, 
etc. 

Mannsfield Hall Farms have an at- 
tractive Jersey offering this month. 

The Troy Chemical Co. is another 
new advertiser this month. Horse 
remedies of sterling value are offered. 

Jersey bull and heifer calves and 
pure-bred poultry are the offerings 
of M. B. Rowe & Co. this month. 

A. H. Patch starts the season's ad- 
vertising of his handy little "Black 
Hawk" corn sheller this month. 

The Chase Mfg. Co. have a manure 
spreader announcement on another 
page which will doubtless interest our 
readers. 

The Queen Incubator Co. has an 
announcement in another column 
which should attract the attention of 
numerous poultrymen. Better look it 
up. 

Furs, skins, etc., are wanted by the 
Schrieber* Co. 

The Acme Harrow is advertised as 
usual this season by Duane H. Nash 

The Babson Phonograph ad. shouK 
be an interesting one in view of the 
approach of Christmas. 

The International Harvester Co 
has a prominent manure spreader an 
nouncement on another page. 

The "Want" ad. columns are teem 
ing with numerous bargains. 



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(Continued from page 1044.) 

gested furnishes an 800-pound cow 
with the necessary amount of digesti- 
ble nutrients to maintain herself and 
also to produce twenty pounds of 
milk. It is not well, however, to al- 
low so little margin as appears here 
in feeding, because a cow may, if 
fresh, be able to increase her milk 
if she has the digestible nutrients 
from which to produce the milk. 

Another matter to be considered is 
that a cow must have a sufficiently 
bulky feed to satisfy her; if she does 
not,, then she will not digest the mat- 
ter fed her as well as when she may 
have her appetite satisfied. If it is 
found that a cow is getting all the 
digestible nutrients required for her 
maintenance and milk production and 
she seems still hungry, then if she 
has access, say, to a straw stack she 
may pick enough to keep her satis- 
fied, and then much more will be add- 
ed to her milk production by reason 
of the fact that she is not worrying 
for something to eat. 

W. D. SAUNDERS, 
State Dairy Commissioner. 



OF VALUE TO HORSEMEN. 
Do you turn your horses out for the 
winter? If so we want to call your at- 
tention to a very important matter. 
Horses which have been used steadily 
at work, either on the farm or road, 
have quite likely had some strains 
whereby lameness or enlargements 
have been caused. Or, perhaps 
new life *s needed to be infused into 
their legs. Gombault's Caustic Bal- 
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you are turning the horse out, will 
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using this remedy is that after it is 
applied it needs no attention, but does 
its work well and at a time when the 
horse is having a rest. Of course it 
can be used with equal success while 
horses are in the stable, but many 
people in turning their horses out 
would use Caustic Balsam if they were 
reminded of it, and this article is 
given as a reminder. 



Mr. G. D. McClaskey succeeds Otto 
Barth as advertising manager of the 
Queen Incubator Company, Lincoln, 
Neb., and in him the Queen people 
have secured a valuable man. Mr. 
McCloskey knows the printing trade, 
and, having been a poultryman 
all his life, and being an advertising 
and newspaper man by profession, he 
has all the qualifications necessary for 
success in his present field. For five 
years, Mr. McClaskey has officiated as 
judge at mid-west poultry shows, and 
he informs us that -he will continue to 
take on a few shows each season. He 
will also devote some of his time to 
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(Continued from page 1062.) 
has appeared so to him. It is some- 
thing like this: When the Northern 
man coming South attempts to con- 
vert the Southerner to the principles 
agitated in the North previous to the 
Civil War, then is observed this so- 
called "prejudice." The Southerner 
is thoroughly convinced that the doc- 
trine of State's rights was, and is, a 
fundamental principle of American lib- 
erty, and they recognize the fact that 
they and their fathers did not fight 
for the upholding 01 slavery, but for 
the right to settle sectional problems 
among and between themselves. 

Virginia is reverent to the memory 
and holds in sacred love the hallowed 
principles of her famous past. She 
cannot and will not easily forget the 
valorous deeds and noble suffering 
of her dutiful sons when they so will- 
ingly bled and died at her request, 
and on her flame-wreathed hills and 
blood-stained valleys bore to victory 
and glory her banner representing 
what she believed was right. There 
is a loving place in every Southern 
heart kept sacred to the love of the 
followers of Lee, and it would be more 
satisfactory if the Northerner would 
not attempt to dislodge it. 

I am sure that Mr. Husselman is 
unacquainted with Reconstruction and 
Carpet-baggery, which fairly reeked 
with insult and injury to an over- 
powered South. But in the face of all 
this the Northerner must not attempt 
to preach love to us, but rather prac- 
tice it, and if these questions arise in 
friendly discussion Mr. Husselman 
must not mistake an honest opinion 
as "prejudiced." We want the North 
erner with his energy, intelligence and 
modern improvements, we need him 
and have no doubt but that he will 
find a friendly greeting and social 
welcome so long as he grants the 
same freedom of opinion that he ex- 
pects for himself. Let him come not 
expecting to convert us to his view 
of the Civil War, we are unconverti- 
ble in that respect, but we want his 
assistance in present difficulties, and 
are glad to avail ourselves of the op- 
portunity to secure this. Let him 
come in the above manner, bearing no 
malice and he will find none, and he 
will find the South has not forgotten 
how to be courteous or hospitable. 
This is written in no spirit of ill will, 
but only to explain why some immi- 
grants may find what they mistaking- 
ly define as prejudice. 

H. C. COLEMAN. 

Warren Co., N. C. 



Pittsylvania Co., Va., Sept. 5. 1909. 
I could not farm without the South- 
ern Planter. JOHN P. EASLEY. 



Essex Co., Va., Sept. 15, 1909. 
The Southern Planter is of much 
interest and value to me in the good 
suggestions I get from it. 

H. L. BAYLER. 



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(Continued from Page 1047.) 
Sir VVooster, the bay gelding, 5, by 
imp. Ardingdon, dam Lady Wooster, 
by Wooster, won the Brook Cup Hand- 
icap Steeplechase, distance about 
three miles, at Belmont Park, with 
Rampart second, and St. Nick third, 
and Defiance unplaced. Sir Woostei 
was bred by Col. Robert Neville, in 
the Pelham Stud, at Upperville, where 
his dam, Lady Wooster, also produced 
another high class steeple chaser in 
Mr. McCann, by imp. Contract. The 
bay gelding, Waterway, another Vir- 
ginia bred horse, by imp. Waterlove, 
out of Runaway, By Algerine, also won 
a handicap steeple chase at Windsor 
doing the distance, about two miles, 
in 4:33 and defeating a field of five. 



In the death of Sandy Creeker, 
which was of the tragic sort, and oc- 
curred at Belmont Park, New York, 
on Monday last, one of the most use- 
ful of Virginia bred steeplechasers 
passed away. He was a blood-like 
chestnut gelding, five years old, and 
bred by General William T. Townes, 
of the Aftongreen Stud at Culpeper, 
sire being Aloha and his dam Turca, 
also the dam of Tahoo and Bergoo, 
one of this season's good steeple- 
chasers. Turca was sired by Tristan 
or Turco, dam Silver Blue, by the 
famous Longfellow. Regarding the 
death of Sandy Creeker, a New York 
exchange offers the following: 

"The steeplechase was the last in 
which the good hunter Sandy Creeker 
will ever run. After clearing six 
hedges, Sandy Creeker fell at the 
jump directly in front of the grand 
stand. He landed on his haunches 
and sat there. Jockey Turnburke then 
slid out of the saddle. After some ef- 
fort Sandy Creeker managed to stand 
up on three legs. One of his hind 
legs dangled painfully. He tried to 
walk, but only hobbled, and it was 
quickly decided to put the horse out 
of misery, and in view of the horri- 
fied spectators a gun was pressed 
against the horse's forehead and 
Sandy Creeker went down in a heap, 
his racing career over. Pretty 
Michael, the favorite, won the race 
from Andrew Summers. 



Secretary James W. Graves of the 
Deep Run Hunt Club, who is a loyal 
patron of cross country sport, will 
ride to hounds during the earlier part 
of the season the big and handsome 
heavy weight hunter, Kingsman, the 
brown gelding by Guardsman, a blue 
ribbon winner in the show ring. Mr. 
Graves also owns the thoroughbred 
geldings, Highspire and Rutledge, the 
former a bay four years old, of high 
finish and quality, by Mesmerist, out 
of Miss Longford, by Longfellow, 
while his stable companion, a year 
younger, is a good looking chestnut 
in color, by imp. Orlando, dam Miss 
Hawkins, by imp. Billet, Both High- 
spire and Rutledge are in the stable of 
Frank Allen at the State Fair Grounds 
track, who is schooling them over the 
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talks and counts, too. Here's evidence. "Gen- 

| tlemen .—I got a 6et of Empire Wheels about 18 

J years ago. Have used them constantly and 

there has never been any trouble since I got 

'them." We make them even better now. Write 

for catalog K31P1RK HK«. tO., Box 250, 

QL'I.NLV, ILL. flH^^B^BBBBBBMBBMBMa 



WHEELS, FREIGHT PAID $8.78 

for i Buggy Wheels. Steel Tires, with Rubber Tires. 115, ». I 
mfg. wheels JJ to 4 in. tread. Buggy Topsf5 .60. Shafts (2.00. T«f 
Battle Ui; Hiritu,$j. Uara sew to boy direct- CaUlofM Free. Repair 
Wheels, $6.60. Wagon Umbrella free, w V BOOB, Clnclooail, 0. 



AftFNTS 200% PROFIT 

*»VJI «1 ^ M. t>J Handy, Automatic 

,HAME FASTENER 

Do away with old name strap. 

Horse owners and teamsters 

wild about them. Fasten 

instantly with gloves on. Outwear the harness. Money back if 
not satisfactory. Write today for confidential terms to agents. 
F. Thomas Mfg. Co., 86» Wayne St., Dayton, Ohio 



Rocklord Enprine Works, 
nopt. 35. R«ckford, 111 

7%e Engine that will please you ' 

Before you 
contract or 
buy write lor 
onr proposi- 
tion 

All Stylei 




$1500 to $5000 a Year 

' ' has been made by hundreds 

of people operating the 

"American" Drilling: Machines 

There is no business in the world where 
a few hundred dollars investment, com* 
bined with a little energy, will 
obtain a competency so surely or 
quickly as the operation of an 
" American " Well Machine. 40 
years' experience and 59 regular 
.styles and sizes make them the 
world's standard. 
Complete New Catalog FREE. 

The American Well Works 

| Gen'l Office & Works, Aurora, III. 
First Nat. Bank Bide . Chicago. 
Sydnor Pump Company, Richmond, Virginia. 




Please mention the Southern Planter. 



106S 



THE SOUTHEEN PLANTER. 



[November, 




NEW CLUB^ 

SHOT 

SHELLS 

for all kinds of Game 



l^NOWN the countiy over 
as "the old yellow shell." 
For nearly 50 years it has stood 
at the top in popularity. In fact 
it was through the use of UMC 
New Club shells that the great 
army of American sportsmen 
learned to prefer UMC shell 
quality. 

Loaded with black powder, 
celebrated UMC wads and any 
size or quantity of shot. 

If you prefer smokeless powder, 
get UMC Nitro Clubs. 

Made for Remington and all 
other Shotguns. 

Game Laws Free. 

The UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE 
COMPANY, Bridgeport, Conn. 

Agency, 315 Broadway, New York City 




■WANTED 
- Bills to Collect - 

In all portions of the United State*. 
No collection, no charge. Agencies 
•wanted everywhere; 25 years' expe- 
rience. PAXAIORH'S COLLECTION 
AGENCY, 911 Main St., Richmond, Va. 



ORNAMENTAL FENCE "1 

Cheaper and more durable than wood. For 
LawDs, Churches, Cemeteries,' Public 
Grounds. Also Farm and Poultry Fence. 
Catalogue free. Write for Special Offer. 

The W«ro Fence Co.. Box6bODEC»Tii«. Imp. 






FENCE^m 

strong chick- 
en-tight Sold to the user at Wholesale 
Prices. We Pay Freight. Catalogue free. 

COILED SPRING FENCE CO., 
Box 62 Winchester. Indiana. 



2 54 PAGE CATALOG FREE 

T£LLING HOW..TO SAW LU M B E R, JS H I N G LES 

wood; grind corn and .wheat; also describ-' 
ing full line of engines, boilers; gasoline 

ENGINES, WATER-WHEELS AND 'Ml LL .GEAR I N G 
0EL04CH Mitt MANUFACTURING CO.. B„. BBS Sridncnnrt Alahima 



Guvernator, 
Guvernator, 



PRIZE WINNERS, POULTRY DE- 
PARTMENT, VIRGINIA STATE 

PAIR. 
Anconas — Geo. E .Guvernator, first 
cock, fourth and fifth hen; C. L. 
Shenk, i^uray Va., first, second and 
third hen, first and second cockerel, 
first and second pullet. 

Bantams — Golden Sebright — Dennis 
Bros., Binns Hall, Va., first cock, 
second hen, first and second cockerel, 
first and second pullet; G. E. Guver- 
nator, first, third and fourth hen, first 
pen. Silver Sebright — Dennis Bros., 
first cock, first hen, first cockerel. 
White Rose Comb — Dennis Bros., first 
cockerel, first, second and thirl pullet. 
Black R. C. — Dennis Bros, first cock, 
first, second and third hen, first and 
second cockerel, first, second and 
third pullet. Light Brahma — G. E. 
Guvernator, first cock, first, second 
and third hen. Bare Neck — Patrick 
Carroll, Richmond, first hen, first 
cockerel, first and second pullet. 
Buff Cochin — J. W. Brinser, Manches- 
ter, Va., first cock, first hen; Geo. E. 
Wray, Richmond, second cock; B. D 
Hobson, Richmond, second, third and 
fourth hen, first, second and third 
cockerel, first, second and third pul 
let; John Lindsay, Richmond, first pen 
young; C. L. Shenk, Luray, Va., first 
pen Old. Partridge Cochin — G. -E. 
Guvernator, first, second and third 
hen. 

White Cochin— G. E. 
first hen. 

Black Cochin — G. E. 
first and second hen. 

Black Tailed Japanese — G. E. Guver- 
nator, first, second and third hen; 
Dennis Brothers, first and second 
cockerel, first, second and third pul- 
let. 

Cuban Bantams — Dennis Bros., first 
cockerel, first pullet. 

Polish Bantam — Dennis Bros., first 
and second cock, first, second and 
third hen, first and second cockerel, 
first, second and third pullet. 

Black Breasted Red Game Bantams 
— Dennis Bros., first cock, first hen, 
first cockerel, first pullet; John Lind- 
say, second hen. 

Brown Red Game — G. E. Guvernat- 
or, first, second and third hen. 

Golden Duck Wing — Dennis Bros., 
first cockerel, first, second and third 
pullet. 

Silver Duck Wing — Dennis IBros., 
first cock, first hen, first, second and 
third cockerel; first, second and third 
pullet. 
Frizzles — John Lindsay, first hen. 
Red Pyle Game — Dennis Bros., first 
cockerel, first pullet. 

White Game — Dennis Bros., first, 
second and third cockerel, first, sec- 
ond and third pullet. 

Black Game — Dennis Bros., first 
ihen; first pullet. 

Old English Game — G. E. Guverna- 
tor, first cock. 

Wheaten Black Red — Dennis Bros., 
,rst and second hen, first pullet. 

Light Brahmas — G. E. Guvernator, 
first cock, first, third and fourth hen; 
L. T. Webster, Barton Heights, City, 
second cock, second hen, first cocke- 



WN S 



HEAVIEST 
„. FENCE MADE 
HEAVIEST GALVANIZING 
Most of your neighbors have • 
fence troubles. You can avoid < 
them by buying Brown Wire 
,| nce - .Absolutely rust proof. 
a ' 5 ' o3 ,5carod. We pay freight. 
; \ 160 styles, from extra close 1-inch 
fif mi ^>. spaced Poultry Fence, to the 
Ji-^A. strongest Horse, Cattle, Hog & 
it^ii/ZX Bul ' l'l oo{ Fences. Get catalog , 
---/ --:-- f^K a " d free sample for test. 
'ITyr^r^ Brown Fer, ce & Wire Co. 
ZL^f~ZC-^ Cleveland, O. 



*1«0 that the 
Z«th CISTCRY FARM OATH 

is the most 
eimple and 
practical 
farm sate 
iver produc 
ed. Bo you 
want to 
make m»n- 
ey? 
Lodl, Ohio. 




H. M. UTTERS, 

Sole owner Pats. 



V. S. and Canada. 



ALWAYS IN ORDER 

MANLOVE 

Automatic Gate 

MSB saves time, adds 

*"'"! to value, safety, 

beauty and pleas> 

ure of home. 

MANLOVE GATE CO., 272 E. Huron St., 

CHICAGO, ILLS. 




15 Cents a Rod 

For a 22-inch Hog Fence ; 1 Gc for 
25-inch; 13o for 31-lnch; 22 l-2c 
for 84-inch j 27c for a 47-inch 
Farm Fence. 60-inch Poultry 
Fence 87c. Lowest prices ever 
made. Sold on 30 days trial. 
Catalogfree. Writeforittoday. 

KITSELMAN BROS., 
Box 14 MUNCIE, INO. 





Don't Rust Farm Fence 




Extra heavily galvan- 
ized. Sold direct to 
farmers at manufactur- 
ers' prices, and Freight 
Prepaid. 30dayB"frce 
trial. Also Poultry and 
Ornamental Wire and 
Iron Fences. Cata- 
logue free. 

The Ward Fence Co., 
Box &I7,I)eeatnr,Ind. 























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LAWN FENCE 

Many designs. Cheap as 
wood. 32 page Catalogue 
free. Special Prices to 
Churches and Cemeteries. 
Coiled Spring Fence Co. 
Box Q Winchester Ind. 



A Great Discovery. 

DROPSY 

CURED with vege- 
table remedies; re- 
moves all symptom 
of dropsy In 8 to 20 
days; 30 to 60 days 
effects permanent 
cure. Trial treat- 
ment furnished free 
to every sufferer; 
nothing 1 fairer. For 
circulars, testi- 
monials and 
free trial treat- 
ment write DR. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, 
Atlanta. Ga. 

Please mention the Southern Planter. 




1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1009 






SHIP flE YOUR 



OLD METALS 

HIDB3 
RUBBER 

SCRAP IRON 



Car Lots a Specialty 



50,000 

Hides Wanted 



Write for Prices. 
Satisfaction Guaranteed. 

No Commissions. 



Ohbckb Sent Samk 
Day Freight Bills 
Ark Marked Paid. 



Clarence Cosby, 

B*tabll«he4 1890. 

RICHHOND, VA. 



Largest Dealer m 

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

REFERENCES: 

National Bank of Virgin*. 
Bank of Richmond, 
Bradetreeta and Don. 



rel, first pullet, first pea old first pen 
young. 

Buck Eye — Q. G. Eddins, first pen 
young, first pen old. 

Buff Cochins — G. E. Guvernator, 
first cock, first hen. 

Partridge Cochins — G. E. Guverna- 
tor, first cock. 

Black Cochins — G. E. Guvernator, 
first hen. 

Ducks — P e k i n — Ellerson Poultry 
Farm, Ellerson, Va., first cock, second 
hen, second pullet; W. W. Thomas, 
Catlett, Va., third and fourth cock, 
first and third hen, first and second 
cockerel; first and third pullet; J. F. 
Dunston, Lorraine, Va., second cock, 
fourth hen, fourth cockerel, fourth 
pullet. Aylesbury Duck s — Dennis 
Bros., first cock, first hen, first, sec- 
ond and third cockerel, first, second 
and third pullet. Wild Mallard Ducks 
— first, second and third male, first, 
second and third female. White Mus- 
covy — J. F. Dunston, first male, firsi 
hen; R. R. Taylor, Beaver Dam, sec- 
ond male, second female, third cocke- 
rel third pullet; Dennis Bros., first, 
second and fourth cockerel, first, sec- 
ond and fourth pullet. Indian Run- 
ner Duck — Mrs. B. J. Grassberger, 
Bumpass, first male, first female; 
Dennis Bros., second male, second fe- 
male, second cockerel, second pullet; 
Garland Hanes, Barton Heights, City, 
first cockerel, first pullet. 

Frizzles — Guvernator, first cock, 
first, second and third hen. 

Black Breasted Red Game — B. J. 
Pleasants Ashland, Va., first, second 
and third pullet. 

Pit Games — J. N. Conrad, Richmond, 
Va., first and second cock, first, sec- 
ond, third fourth and fifth hen; J. 
H. Hume, Williamsburg, Va., first, 
second and third cockerel, first pullet 
third cock, fifth cock, second pen 
young, second pen old; James Duffy 
Richmond, Va., first, third and fourth 
pen old, first, third and fifth p?n 
young; Frick Bros. Richmond, Va., 
fourth pen young. 

Red Pyle Game — B. J. Pleasants, 
Ashland, Va., first, second and third 
cockerel, first, second and third pen 
ycung. 

Cornish Indian Game — Julius 
Staude, Brooklyn Park, City, first pen. 

White Indian Game — Guvernator, 
first, second and third cock, first, sec- 
ond and third hen. 

Toulouse Geese — W. W. Thomas, 
first gander, first goose; O. L. Ligon, 
Sabot, third gander, third goose; Jno. 
Mahanes, Trevillian, second gander, 
second goose, third cockerel, third pul- 
let; Dennis Bros., first, second and 
fourth gander, first, second and fourth 
goose. 

Embden Geese — Dennis Bros., first 
gander, first goose. 

Chinese Brown — Dennis Bros, first 
and second gander, first and second 
goose, first cockerel, first pullet. 

Chinese White — G. E. Guvernator, 
first gander, first goose; J. F. Dunston, 
Lorraine, Va., second gander, second 
goose. 

White Guineas — J. F. Dunston, first 



Crestline "Sunshine" 

Double Acting Barrel 

Spraying Pump 

For SiirnyiiiK Trees, Slirulis, Etc., and 
fur all Disin fecting Purposes. 




Can you afford to raise poor fruit? 
Can you raise good fruit without 
spraying? How much money have you 
lost by not spraying as you should? 

Whether you have one tree or one 
thousand trees spraying will pay. 

The above pump is high grade and 
will outwear and outspray most any 
pump made, regardless of price. Out- 
fit as shown complete, mounted on 
barrel, costs $18 net. Shipped at once 
from our large stock. Do not wait too 
long, order now and be ready for both 
fall and spring spraying. 

Paces, "Va., Oct. 7, 1909. 
The Crestline Mfg. Co., Crestline, O.: 

Gentlemen — You remember I bought 
one of your Sunshine Sprayer Outfits 
late last spring, too late to spray but 
one time. We have four or five times 
as many apples as we have ever gath- 
ered in one season before, and you 
know this is an off apple year. What 
do you suppose would have happened 
had I sprayed three times, as you rec- 
ommended. Your sprayer is a grand 
success anvl will multiply any man's 
apple crop several times the first 
season it is used. 

There is not over 30 per cent, of an 
apple crop in this section this year. 
Yours truly. 

(Signed) H. B. STEBBINS. 

Complete descriptive circular of our 
"Sunshine" Sprayer is free for the ask- 
ing, or Is sent with each pump ordered. 
Ask us. , 

CRESTLINE MANUFACTURING CO., 
Pomps— Sinks— Hose, 
CRESTLINE, OHIO, U. S. A. 



1070 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November, 



AGRICULTURAL 
LIME. 

PLAIN ROCK 

OR 

SHELL LIME 



BAGS OB BULK 



SPECIAL FINE HYDRATED LIME 

FOB DRILLING. 

If in the market for any grade and 
any quantity of 

LAND LIME 

Write for our pricelist and particulars. 

T. C. ANDREWS & CO., Inc. 

NOBfOLK, .... VA. 



N 



ATURAL Fine-Ground 



Phosphate 



The Reliable Land Builder 

Acid phosphate is only ground 
phosphate treated with acid, so as to 
set the phosphoric accid free. The 

icids of decomposing vegetable matter, 
or natural acids, in the soil and also 
the acids in manure, will do this 
equally as well, and from fine ground 
ohosphate, at one-fourth the cost for 
'.he phosphoric acid contained in same, 
will produce equally large crop yields. 
Use ONLY the NATURAL, product, 
^end for free booklet telling all about 
It. Agents wanted. 
Address FARMERS' GROUND ROCIC 

PHOSPHATE CO., 

Mt. Pleasant, Tenn. 

Rock Phosphate 

All grades Ground Phosphate Rock 
ind Ground Limestone. Prompt ship- 
ments and guaranteed analysis. 

Agents wanted. 
SOUTHERN LIME & PHOSPHATE CO., 
Birmingham, Alabama. 



AGRICULTURAL 
AND BUILDERS 



LIME 



FELLSWORTH LIME WORKS, 
Box 445 Staunton, Virginia. 

KILL SAIf JOSE SCALE WITH 

GOOD'S SiHwA%L P e°J,L SOAPNO.3 

James Good, 809 N. Front Street. 
Philadelphia. 



Always mention The Southern 
Planter when writing advertisers. 



cock, first hen, first cockerel, first pul- 
let. 

Silver Spangled Hamburg — Guver- 
nator, first cock, first and second hen. 

Golden Penciled Hamburg — Guver- 
nator, first hen. 

Silver Penciled Hamburg — Guverna- 
tor, first cock, first, second and third 
hen, first, second and third cockerel, 
first pullet. 

Golden Penciled Hamburg — Guver- 
nator, first hen. 

Silver Penciled Hamburg — Guverna- 
tor, first cock, first, second and third 
hen, first, second and third cockerel, 
first pullet. 

Houdans — Guvernator, first cock, 
first hen, first pen. 

Black Langshans — Guvernator, first, 
second and third cock, first, second 
and third hen, first and second pullet, 
first, second and third pen; W. C. 
Todd, first and second cockerel, third, 
fourth and fifth pullet. 

S. C. Brown Leghorns — L. E. Myers, 
Richmond, Va., first cock, third hen, 
second and fifth cockerel, first pen 
old; H. M. Wilkerson, Richmond, Va., 
second cock, third cockerel, third pul- 
let; A. J. Warren, Richmond, Va., 
third cock, first and second hen, first 
and second pullet; J. Wallace Snell- 
ings, Manchester, Va., first cockerel, 
fourth cockerel; Geo. E. Wray, Rich- 
mond, Va., fourth cock, fifth hen. 

R. C. Brown Leghorn — J. H. Hume, 
Williamsburg, Va., first cock, first 
cockerel, first pen. 

S. C. Buff Leghorn — G. E. Guverna- 
tor, first, second and third cock, first, 
second and third hen, first, second 
and third pen. 

S. C. White Leghorns — Grundy & 
Son, Richmond, Va., first cock, first 
cockerel, fifth cockerel, first, third, 
fourth and fifth pullet; J. Wallace 
Snellings, Manchester, Va., second 
cock; A. J. Warren, Richmond, first 
pen old, first pen young; Mrs. M. L. 
Burton, Richmond, Va., third cock, 
first and second hen second cockerel, 
second pullet, second pen old, third 
pen young; Williamson Farm, Mat- 
toax, Va., fifth hen, fourth pen old, 
second pen young; Charles F. Cross, 
Richmond, Va., fourth hen, fifth pen 
young; W. R. Todd, Richmond, Va., 
fourth cock, third cockerel, fifth pen 
old, fourth pen young. 

S. C. Black Leghorn — Melrose Poul- 
try Yards, Manchester, Va., first cock, 
first, second and third hen, first and 
second cockerel, third and fourth pul- 
let, B. D. Hobson, Richmond, Va., 
third hen, first and second pullet. 

Silver Duckwing Leghorn — A. S. 
Beadles, Manchester, Va., first cock, 
,rst, second and third hen, first cocke- 
rel; first second and third pullet. 

R. C. White Leghorn — Guvernator, 
first and second hen. 

S. C. Black Minorcas — J. Wallace 
Snellings, Manchester, Va., first, sec- 
ond and third cock, second, fourth and 
fifth hen, first second and third cocke- 
rel, first pullet, first pen old; Charles 
F. Cross, Richmond, Va., fourth cock, 
first pen young, second pen old; J. A. 
Ellett, Beaver Dam, Va., first and 



ANNOUNCEMENT 

Having completed the greater por- 
tion of the work on hand at the time 
of the withdrawal of my last notice, 
I wish to announce that I am again 
ready to take up my advisory work 
along agricultural lines, either by cor- 
respondence or personal visits, and I 
invite all those experienced farmers 
who are unprofltably employed, and 
the Inexperienced, who are In doubt 
as to the best mode of procedure, to 
write for terms. My charges, even 
Including traveling expenses, are in 
the reach of every man who desires to 
profitably cultivate 100 acres of land. 
Crop rotation, balanced rations and 
fertilizer formulae are my specialties. 

PERCIVAL HICKS, 
North, Mathews County, Va. 



V^OU IINIV^EINJT 



One client made $85,000 last year. 

Our free books tell you what to In- 
vent and how to obtain a patent. Write 
for them. Send sketch for free opinion, 
as to patentability. "We advertise your 
patent for sale free. 

WOODWARD & CHANDLEE, Regis- 
tered Attorneys, 
No. 1237 F Street, Washington, D. C. 

PATENTS ME, 

Send sketch for free report as to 
patentability. Guide Book and What 
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 * WILKINS, 
848 F Street, Washington, D. O. 






E. M. COULTER, 



write today for our 
free prospectus. It 
tells all about our 
new building; superb 
equipment; elegant 
. auditorium; able fac- 
|! ulty; and our method 
of securing positions. 
DO IT NOW. 
■ Box 767, ■ Roanoke, Va. 



"PRACTICAL FARMING" 

Prof. W. F. Maasey's latest and best 
book Is now on sale. It retails for 
$1.60, and Is worth It. We shall be 
very pleased to send you a copy at 
above price and will Include a year's 
subscription to The Southern Planter. 
Remember, we deliver the book and 
give you a whole year's subscription 
for the price of the book, $1.60. 
SOUTHERN PLANTER, Richmond, Va. 

kills Prairie Dogs, Weod- 
chucks. Gophers and 
Grain Insects. "The wheels 
of the Gods grind slow, 
but exceedingly small." So the weevil, 
but you can atop their grind with 

FUMA CARBON BI-SULPHTOH 
aa others are doing. It fumigates 
poultry houses and kills hen lice. 
Edward R. Taylor, Penn Yan, N. T. 



FUMA 



UnUf Tfl DAI C UAV Valuable facts re- 
HUW IU HALt HAT garding Baling 
and Baling Presses are given in Ded- 
rick's Book. Sent free on application. 
P. K. Deilrlck's Sons, 55 Tivoli Street. 
Albany, N. Y. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



10Y1 



I CAN SELL YOUR FARM 



M 



Y CORRESPONDENCE extends throughout the North and 
Northwest, and I am constantly having inquiries for stock farms, 
fruit and dairy farms, grazing and timber lands, as well as 
iron ore and water power properties. 

At the present time I have several inquiries for grist and roller mills 
with from 30 to 50 horse power, located on railroads. 

I particularly want small or medium sized fruit farms in West Shenandoah 
and Roanoke Valleys, for which I have many prospective buyers. 

Send full description of your property, giving details, prices, 
terms, etc., and if I think it suitable for any client I may have 
I will send you my contract which allows me my usual com- 
mission in the event of a sale of your property being made. 
Address : 



E. W. CHURCH 



South Jefferson St. 



ROANOKE, VA. 



VIRGINIA FARM AGENCY 

Opposite C. & O. Depot, Richmond Va. 

Timber Lands 
and Fa r m s 

at low prices Address, Deparment A. 

VIRGINIA FARMS 

Poultry, fruit, dairy, grain, stock, 
truck farms, and colonial estates. Low 
prices, delightful climate, abundant 
pure water, large eastern markets, 
timber lands a specialty. "Write for 
free illustrated catalogue. 

WILES LAND COMPANY, (Inc.) 
Richmond, Va. 

CRITTENDEN'S 2 

Real Estate 

AND 

Loans Office 

I solicit your correspondence 
ami patronage. Valuable infor- 
mation to home seekers. 
DeL. S CRITTENDEN, Ashburn, 
Loudonn County, Va. 



third hen; W. T. Drummond, Ebony, 
Va., second, third, fourth and fifth 
pullet. 

White Orpington — Mrs. L. C. Cat- 
lett, Gloucester, Va., first, third and 
fourth cock, first and fourth hen, sec- 
ond, third and fourth cockerel, first 
and second pen young, fourth pen 
young; G. B. Mountcastle, Barton 
Heights, Richmond, Va., second cock, 
second pen old; F. S. Bullington, Rich- 
mond, Va., fifth cock, second and third 
hen first cockerel, first pullet, first 
pen old, third pen young; Mrs. Ma- 
belle Truran Trevillian, Va., fifth 
cockerel, third, fourth and fifth pullet; 
Crudup Poultry Yards, Richmond, Va., 
fifth hen. 

Buff Orpington— Walter Schaaf. 
Richmond, Va., first, second and third 
cock, fifth hen, first and second cock- 
erel, first pen old, third pen young; 
Crudup Poultry Yards, first, third and 
fourth hen, fourth and fifth cockerel, 
first and . second pullet, second pen 
young, fourth pen young; L. M. 
Ellis, Richmond, Va., first cockerel, 
first pen young. 

Polish White Crested Black — Guver- 
nator, first, second and third hen, first 
pen. 

Buff Laced Polish — Guvernator, first 
cock, first, second and third hen. 

Non-Bearded Golden Polish — Guver- 
nator, first, second and third cock, 
first, second and third hen. 

Non-Bearded Silver Polish — Guver- 



FOR RENT OR LEASE 

Farm of 235 acres, 6 miles west of 
Jetersville in Amelia County, Va.; good 
improvements, splendid water, nice 
orchard, large yard with fine oaks; two 
dwellings, one in fair condition; good 
fences, stable and cow barn; rural de- 
livery; store and school house each 
about three-quarters mile 'distant; 
three churches accessible. Sixty acres 
open land, 40 more easily cleared. Sol) 
suitable for corn, wheat, tobacco or 
grass. 

Rent, first year, $150, or less than 4 
per cent, on investment. 
Address T. P. SHELTON, Burkeville, 
Virginia. 



COME TO VIRGINIA 

400 tracts of land In Va. farms — 
timber, mineral, fruit, oyster propo- 
sitions. My new catalogues con- 
tain properties In 26 counties, many 
of the best bargains in Va. I pay 
your railroad fare up to one thous- 
and miles. Tou have no expense for 
livery hire. Write for catalogue. 
Great bargains on new R. R. 
J. R. ELAM, Box 267, 

Charlottesville, Va. 



VIRGINIA COUNTRY HOMES 

A beautifully illustrated periodical. 
For free copy and list of 200 select 
properties in best parts of State ap- 
ply to 

H. W. HILLEARY & CO, 
Charlottesville, Va. 
Branch Offices — Richmond, Va., Fred- 
ericksburg, Va.. Warrenton, Va., Cul- 
peper, Va. 



1072 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November, 



Schroeder & Husselman 

Real Estate Aqents 

AND 

Farmers 

Office 1301 East Main Street 
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

We have for sale many of the best 
farm bargains in the State. We are 
practical farmers and know what we 
are selling. We are not speculators. 
If you want to buy a farm for a home 
or for investment we can suit you. 
We have all sizes of farm, from 7 acres 
to 30,000 acres. We here give a few 
samples. Write us for full list. 

75 acres, two miles from station, 11 
miles from city; 50 acres cleared; fruit; 
good 8-room house and good outbuild- 
ings; good soil; seven minutes walk 
to church, school, store and post- 
office. Owner includes all crops, team, 
tools, implements, cow and calf, house- 
hold goods — everything necessary to go 
to work— for $4,000. 

229 acres, 75 acres cleared, balance 
timber; colonial house of 8 rooms, 
brick foundation, large hall; large 
yard and large shade trees in yard; 
large new barn ami other outbuildings; 
splendid land; 8 miles from station. 
Only $3,000. 

200 acres, half cleared; 8-room brick 
house; all necessary outbuildings, 
everything in good repair; well and 
springs; timber enough to more than 
pay for the farm; three miles from 
railroad. This fine farm is yours for 
$3,500. 

906 acres, 450 acres cleared and in 
cultivation, 100 acres fine bottom land; 
close to school, store and post-office; 
good new 8-room house with bath and 
furnace; large barns an - l outbuildings; 
two acres in fruit. This farm will 
make 12 farms of 80 acres each and 
can be bought for $30,000. 

We will show you these farms at our 
expense. We guarantee title and a 
square deal. Send for new list of 
farms. 

SCHROEDER & HUSSELMAN, 

1301 E. Main Street, Richmond, Va. 



— FARMS — 



IN 



Southside Virginia 



f 10.00 to 930.00 per acre. 

With buildings, fruit, timber, 
good water, best markets. Level 
land, productive soil. 

Write fer our Real Estate Herald 
with map and full Information. 

I'YIB A COMPANY, lac 
Petersburg, Virginia. 



VIRGINIA FARMS 

Near Washington City, convenient to 
the great Northern markets, suited for 
stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, trucking 
and general farming purposes; Wash- 
ington City improved, unimproved and 
suburban properties; timber lands. 
Write for catalogue. 

NICOL & RANSDELL, 
Box S. P., Manassas, Va. 



nator, first cock, first, second and 
third hen. 

Non-Bearded White Polish — Guver- 
nator, first and second hen. 

Rumples — Q. G. Eddins, Richmond, 
Va., first and second pullet; J. A. 
Ellett, Beaver Dam, Va., first cockerel. 

Barred Plymouth Rock — Guvernator, 
first cock, third cockerel, first pen old; 
J. O. Allwood, Manchester, Va., fourth 
and fifth cock; Geo. H. Moss, Burke's 
Garden, Va., second cock, third cock- 
erel; J. Wallace Snellings, fifth pul- 
let; L. E. Myer, Richmond, Va., sec- 
ond hen, second pen old; Withers 
Burruss, first, fourth and fifth hen, 
third pen; Miss Clara L. Smith, Crox- 
ton, Va., first pen young. 

White Plymouth Rock— Geo. H. 
Moss, Burke's Garden, Va., first hen, 
first cockerel, first pullet, first pen 
young; Drury B. Baskerville, Salem, 
Va., first cock; Guvernator, second, 
fourth and fifth hen, first pen old. 

Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock — D. 
W. Jardine, Staunton, Va., first cock, 
second and fourth hen, first, second 
and third cockerel, first, second and 
third pullet first pen young; Guverna- 
tor, first, third and fifth hen, first pen 
old. 

Buff Plymouth Rock — D. W. Jardine, 
Staunton, Va., first cock, fifth hen, 
first, second and third cockerel, first, 
second and third pullet, first pen 
young; Guvernator second, third and 
fourth cock, first and fourth hen, first 
pen old. 

Partridge Plymouth Rock — Guverna- 
tor first, second and third cock, first, 
second and third hen, first, second and 
third pullet. 

R. C. R. I. Reds — John Campbell. 
Beaver Dam, Va., third cock, second 
and third hen fourth cockerel, third 
pen young ;W. D. Sydnor, Ellerson, 
Va., second cock, first hen, second and 
third cockerel, second and third pul- 
let, first pen old, second pen young; 
Williamson Farm, Mattoax, Va., first 
cock, first cockerel, first pullet, first 
pen young; Drury B. Baskerville, 
Salem, Va., fourth cock, fourth hen. 

S. C. R. I. Reds— Ellerson Poultry 
Farm, Ellerson, Va., first and second 
cock, first and second hen, first and 
second cockerel, third and fifth pullet; 
D. W. Jardine, Staunton, Va., fourth 
cock; John Herold, Richmond, Va., 
fifth cock, W. C. Todd, Richmond, Va., 
fifth cockerel fifth pullet; Joe Litch- 
field, Glen Allen, Va., third cock, fift 
hen, first cockerel; M. Hicks, Rich- 
mond, Va., fourth pullet, third pen 
young; Guvernator, second pullet, 
third and fourth hen; F. W. Dabney, 
Richmond, Va., third and fourth cock- 
erel, first pen old, second young; G. 
B. Mountcastle, Richmond, Va., first 
pen young. 

Silkies — Guvernator first, second 
and third cock, first, second and thirc 1 
hen, first and second cockerel, first 
and second pullet. 
Sumatras — Guvernator, first hen. , 
Mammouth Bronze Turkeys— O. L. 
Ligon, Sabot, Va., second cock, sec- 
ond hen; Mrs. R. E. Wilhoit, Sum- 
merset, Va., first cock, first hen. 



RARE BARGAINS 

IN 

Northern Virginia Farms 

A Few Specimens: 

No. 172. Contains 81S acres — 40 acres 
In oak and hickory timber; B miles 
from station, situated near the village; 
considered one of the best wheat and 
grain farms in Fairfax county. The 
land Is a little rolling; machinery can 
be run all over it. The land Is all In 
good state of cultivation; well fenced 
and watered by springs and running 
streams. Improvements are a good 7- 
room house with elegant shade, good 
stable and all out-houses In good re- 
pair. Prico $20 per acre. 

No. 194. Contains 17S acres, 2B acre* 
In good timber, balance Is cleared, • 
acres in orchard In full bearing, goee 
six-room house, old barn, good gran- 
ary, hen houses, dwelling In a grand 
oak shaded lawn, spring at house, 
farm watered by streams and springs, 
situated on good pike. One hour's 
drive from Leesburg, Va. Owner is 
anxious to sell. Price $3,600. 



No. 208 — 600 acres Loudoun Blue 
Grass land, 8-room brick house, In good 
repair, farm well fenced, elegantly 
-watered, excellent bank barn, good or- 
chard, fine timber. Price $26.00 per 
acre. 

No. 201 — 406 acres, Loudoun Blue 
Grass farm 8-room brick and frame 
dwelling, elegant repairs, excellent 
barn 40x100, water In every field, well 
fenced, good orchard. Price $10,600. 

No. 202 — 476 acres, Blue Grass land, 
small 6-room house, land Is good, well 
fencea, excellent water, good small or- 
chard, excellent situation, but build- 
ings are enly fair condition. Price, 
$9,000. 

No. 209.— 206 acres, beautiful little 
Loudoun County farm, 6-room dwell- 
ing, beautiful shaded lawn, water in 
all fields, good fences, land is smooth 
and level, good barn and outbuildings, 
Price $6,600. 

No. 210. — 273 acres, Loudoun blue 
grass land, well located in grazing 
section, excellent orchard, well wat- 
ered, 6-room house and outbuildings 
In fair condition. Price $13.60 per acre. 



Write for complete description of 
these properties and Catalogue ot 
other places. 

Wme Eads Miller, 

HERND0N, VA. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1073 



Narragansett Turkeys — J. T. Duir 
ton, Lorraine, Va., first cock, first 
hen, first cockerel, first pullet. 

White Holland Turkeys — W. \V 
Thomas, Catlett, Va., second cock, 
third hen; R. R. Taylor, Beaver Dam, 
Va., first cock, first hen; J. F. Duns- 
ton, third cock, second hen, first 
cockerel; first pullet. 

A. O. V. Turkeys — Mrs. T. E. Limps- 
comb, Peaks Turnout, Va., first cock, 
first hen. 

Silver Laced Wyandottes — Ellerson 
Poultry Farm, first and second cock, 
first and second pullet, first and see- 
ing pen young; Guvernator, third 
cock, first, second and third hen; 
Drury B. Baskerville, fourth cock, 
fourth hen; R. O. Burger, Richmond, 
Va., third pen young. 

Golden Wyandotte— Guvernator, 
first cock, first, second and third hen; 
first, second and third pullet. 

White Wyandottes — R. O. Berger, 
Richmond, Va., third cock, first and 
third hen, third pen old; W. W 
Thomas, Catlett, Va., fifth hen, third 
and fifth cockerel; Standard Bred 
Poultry Farm, Burke's Garden, Va., 
fourth hen, second cockerel, first pul- 
let, first pen old, second penyoung; 
R. R. Taylor, Beaver Dam, first and 
second cock, fourth cockerel, fourth 
pullet, fourth pen old, third pen 
young; J. F. Dunston, Lorraine, Va., 
first cockerel, second pullet, second 
pen old, first pen young; Grundy & 
Son, third pullet; G. B. Monntcastle, 
fourth pen young. 

Columbian Wyandottes — J. W. Brin- 
ser, Manchester, first cock, first^ third 
and fourth hen, second, third and 
fourth pullet, first pen young; Guver- 
nator, second and fifth hen; Geo. H. 
Moss, Burke's Garden, Va., first cock- 
erel, first pullet. 

Partridge Wyandottes— O. L. Ligon, 
Sabot, Va., first cock, third, fourth 
and fifth hen; Guvernator, first and 
second hen, first pen old; Ellerson 
Poultry Farm, first nad second cock- 
erel, first, second and third pullet. 

Silver Penciled Wyandottes — Guver- 
nator, first, second and third hen, first 
pen old. 

Buff Wyandottes — J. O. Allwood 
first cock, first hen. 

Black Wyandottes — Guvernator, 
first cock, first, second and third hen' 
first pen old. 

Pigeons— White Homers— J. H. At- 
kinson, Richmond, Va., first, second 
and fifth; J. M. Elmore, third and 
fourth. 

Red Cheek Homers — R. W. Wood, 
Richmond, third; J. H. Atkins, Rich- 
mond, Va., first; Withers Burruss, 
Richmond, Va., second. 

Blue Cheek Homers — R. W. Wood, 
Richmond, third; J. H. Atkins, first 
and fourth; Withers Burruss, fifth; 
L. M. Ellis, Richmond, second. 

Blue Bars — R. W. Wood, first and 
third; Withers Burruss, second. 

Squab Breeders — R. W. Wood, first, 
second and third. 

Runts — Ed Keck, first, second and 
third. 

Red Homers — R. W. Wood, first. 



HOMESEEKERS 



" r-^HMWJE^^ELflRW^ 



FLORIDA WANTS HOMESEEKERS AND HAS GREAT 
INDUCEMENTS TO OFFER. 

In the Land of Manatee (west coast) you can grow bigger 
crops at less expense than elsewhere. Fruits and vegetables grow 
like magic in the rich soil. A ten acre farm can be bought very 
reasonably, and will net more than a hundred acres in any 
Northern State. Fruit Crops net $500 to $2,500 per acre. 
Vegetables $1,000. 

Write for our booklet, written by a western man, containing 
full information and homeseelcer's rates. 

J. W. WHITE, Gen'l Industrial Agent, 

Seaboard Air Line, NORFOLK, VA. 



JOHN F. JERMAN 

HEADQUARTERS FOR 

VIRGINIA PROPERTY 

Main Office, Fairfax, Va.) Branch Office, Vienna and 1316 I St., N. W., Waah, D. O. 

If you want to buy a grain, dairy, fruit, truck, poultry or blue grass farm, 
city or village property, it will pay you to send for 80-page catalog. It is full 
of bargains. It contains all kinds of business propositions. It will pay you to 
buy a farm near the capitol, where you have good markets, and the benefit 
of steam and electric R. R. service. 

My catalog is free to you. 

I am always ready to show property, and try to help my clients make a 
good investment. 

Mr Motto Is "Honesty and Fair Dealings." 

Farms in Northern Virginia 

DAIRY, GRAIN, STOCK, POULTRY, FRUIT. 

Near Washington and Baltimore, and in easy reach of Philadelphia and 
,<Tew York. 

Unlimited markets and unsurpassed shipping facilities. 

Reasonable in price. Near good live towns, schools ami churches. Write us. 
CLAUDE G. STEPHENSON, 
(Successor to Stephenson anvl Rainey, Herndon, Va.) 



FARMS AND TIMBER LANDS 
IN VIRGINIA 

For sale. Excellent farms from 50 to 
1,000 acres at from $8 to $15 per accre. 
Write for catalogue. 

JEFFREYS. HESTER & CO., Inc.. 

Real Estate Agents, 

Chase City. Mecklenburg County, Va. 

SOUTH GEORGIA FARMS 

The garden spot of the South. Farms 
suitable for truck, fruit, dairying and 
general farming; also timber lands. 
Price. $8 to $30 per acre. Write for 
our list of farms. 

AMERICUS REAL ESTATE CO.. 
Amerlcus. Ga. 



Timber For Sale 

A splendid piece of standing Oak 
and Pine Timber for sale, half mile 
from loading point on railroad, stand- 
ing on about 100 acres of land; esti- 
mated about 500,000 feet of good lum- 
ber. Will be sold cheap for cash or 
will have it cut on shares, taking one- 
third of net price for my part. Well 
located and aasy to handle. Price, 
$1 500. 

W. M. WATKINS, SAXE, VA. 



FARMS 

For Sale. 



If you want a farm to raise grass, 
grain, stock, fruit or tobacco, buy 
from us. Chocolate soil with rsd 
subsoil. Address 

W. W. BARNES * CO., 
LAND AND TIMBER AGENTS, 

Amelia Courthouse, Va. 



Virginia Farms 

MOST SELECT LIST, and in all sec- 
tions of the State. 

FREE CATALOGUE. 

R. B CHAFriN & CO, Inc. 

Richmond, Va. 



Please mention the Southern Planter. 



1074 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November. 



200 ACRE FARM 

FOR SALE 

Situated one mile west of Saxe Sta- 
tion on Southern Railway, Improve- 
ments consist of a good 4-room log 
house, with other necessary buildings. 
Land strictly first-class. Farm has 
bean regularly occupied by the same 
tenant for fifteen years. Wood enough 
can be sold off the place to pay for 
It The wood can be handled at an 
easy profit of from $1.76 to $2.25 per 
cord. This 200 acre tract is part of the 
well known Cottage Valley Stock Farm 
Price, $2,500; half cash, balance in two 
years. 

WH, M. W ATKINS, 
Saxe, Charlotte Co., Va. 



ATTRACTIVE MODERN HOME 
WITH BATH 



Handsome 8-room house, gravitation 
water supply, hen house, carriage 
house, dairy, stable and cow shed, all 
in first-class repair. Dwelling has just 
been newly papered and painted inside 
and out. Good orchard of 250 apple 
trees, besides peach orchard and other 
smaller fruits, all in full bearing; good 
fishing- and hunting in season. Long 
distance and local 'phones in house; 
1% miles from Linden Station, South- 
ern Railway, 65 miles from Washing- 
ton with three trains each way daily. 

Land is naturally strong bluegrass 
soil, and I wil'l sell the buildings with 
from 80 to 200 acres of land, according 
to the wishes of the purchaser. Tne 
apples and grazing alone will pay a 
handsome interest on the inevstment. 
Will sell at a bargain. 

For further information apply 
JAMES D. HALL, JR., 

Warrenton, Va. 



MARYLAND 

AND 

VIRGINIA 

FARMS NEAR WASHINGTON. 

Unsurpassed as money-makers; best 
place on earth for farmers, dairymen, 
stockmen or poultrymen; mild climate 
best markets in country; highest 
prices; no such word as "Fail" for in- 
dustrious man. Big bargains hore now. 
3,500 places to select from. Catalogue 
free. 
THE SOULE CO.. Washington, D. C 

Largest Farm Dealers In the South. 



Old Virginia Farms. 

Climate and Productiveness unex- 
celled. Largest sale list in the State. 
Fer full particulars and Free Cata- 
logue address 

CASSELMAN A COMPANY, 
RICHMOND, VA. 



1 50 ACRE FARM 

For sale; 50 acres under good cultiva- 
tion, 100 acres in good timber; 7-room 
house; crops, stock, poultry an'd farm 
implements; on the main road to Rich- 
mond, Va.; half mile to railroad and 
school. Price, $6,500. Wm. Maurer. 
Midlothian, Va. 

"In the Green Fields of Virginia/' 

Homes (or all; health for all; happi- 
ness and independence for ail. All 
sizes of Farms at corresponding prices 
bat ALL reasonable. 

MACON A CO., ORANGE, VA. 




FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN 

181 % acres, 3 miles from Salisbury, 
N. C. Good soil, good roads, plenty of 
timebr; 80 acres in cultivation; 30 
acres of meadow with over 500 rods of 
ditches. Will produce three crops of 
hay a year; one acre of strawberries; 
good young orchard; two sets of build- 
ings. Fine location for a dairy. 
—ALSO— 

207 acres 4% miles from Salisburv 
and three miles from Spencer, N. C, on 
macadam road and telephone line: 
school and church across road; about 
35 acres in cultivation; good meadow: 
will saw over 500,000 feet of pine, oak 
and poplar lumber; would cut over 
5,000 cords of wood. 

For price and terms address 

D. W. BURRIGHT, 405 S. Ellis St.. 
Salisbury, N. C. 



VIRGINIA FARMS 

180 acres with good buildings, 
convenient to Richmond, $5,800. 

62 acres, dwelling, outbuildings, 
store, good farm land, $1,500. 

615 acres, colonial Virginia home, 
stock and dairy farm, close to elec- 
tric and steam railroads, between 
two cities. 5 minutes walk to car 
line. Particulars on applicatio 

575-acre timber tract, 1V Z miles 
to railroad, good dwelling, fine farm 
land. Price, $8,000. 

BLANTON &PURCELL, Agts. 

1110 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. 



FARM FOR SALE. 

500 acres, about 2% miles from 
wharf on Potomac river, 2 miles from 
Brooke Station, R., F. & P. R. R., 38 
miles from Washington; about half 
cleare'd, the remainder in virgin forest 
of fine timber. The soil is very fertile, 
produces splendid wheat, corn and 
grass. Have been offered $2,000 for 
the timber on the place. A rare bar- 
gain. Superb fishing and shooting. 
Price, $7,500. For further information 
apply 

JAMES D. HALL, JR., 
Warrenton, Va. 



'RAILWAY 

VIRGIN! 

&/ Along Chesapeake * Ohio Railway 1 
£/ as low as $10.00 par Acre. Rich Soil, , 
» Mild Winteri, Good Markcti. For handsome 
Booklet and Low Ezcersion Ratet, address' 
G. E.WALL, Real Estate A(tnt, C. Ic O. Railway. 
Bo* A 5. Richmond". Va. 



REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. 

From the Mountains to the Ocean. 
Catalogue free. Loans made on farms- 
Established 1875. 

GEO. E. CRAWFORD A CO.. 
1009 E. Main Street, 

RICHMOND, VA. 
Branch, Norfolk, Va. 

PLANET JR., IMPLEMENTS. 

Do the work of 6 men in the garden 
or on the farm. 1909 catalogue of 45 
kind free. 

S. L. ALLEN & CO- 
BOX 1 1.07-X Philadelphia, Pa. 



Illustration: At top. first White 
Wyandotte Hen, R. R. Taylor; sec- 
ond, first Narragansett Tom, J. F. 
Dunston; third, first Pekin Drake, 
J. F. Dunston; fourth, first War 
Horse Game, J. A. Duffy; fifth, first 
White Wyandotte Pullet. R. O. 
Berger. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1075 



Swallows — Ed Keck, first. 
Maltese Hens— Ed Keck, first and 
second. 

White Dove, Ed Keck, first. 
White Fans — Ed Keck, second; F. 
E. Sears, Newport News, Va., first 
and third. 

Tumblers, Brown — J. A. Elletl. 
Beaver Dam, first, second and third. 
Buff Tumblers — J. A. Ellett, Beaver 
Dam, first. 

Yellow Dragon — J. W. Brinser, Man- 
chester, first. 

Yellow Cheek— J. W. Brinser, Man- 
chester, first. 

Black Homers — J. H. Atkins, first; 
J. M. Elmore, second and third; Joe 
Torrence, fourth and fifth. 

Silver Homers — J. M. Elmore, first 
and second. 

White Dragons — J. M. Elmore, first, 
second, fourth and fifth; Joe Torrence, 
third. 

Homers — C. W. Montgomery, fourth 
and fiftn; Stanley Lipscourt, first, 
second and third. 

Black Dragons — Joe Torrence, first. 
Tumblers, L. I. C. L. — Joe Torrence, 
first, second, fourth and fifth; Ro> 
Torrence, third. 

Blue Fans — Roy Torrence, first and 
second. 

Magpies — Guvernator, first and sec- 
ond. 

Black Fans — L. M. Ellis, first; Guv- 
ernator, second. 

Jacobins — L. M. Ellis, first, second 
and third. 

Virginia Wild Turkeys— R. L. Blan- 
ton, Richmond, Va. first. 

Mexican Turkeys — R. L. Blanton, 
first. 

Golden Pheasants — R. L. Blanton, 
first cock; first hen. 

Reeves' Pheasant — Guvernator, first 
cock and first hen. 

Silver Pheasant — Guvernator, first 
cock and first hen. 

Pea Fowl — Guvernator, first cock 
and first hen. 

Rabbits, Belgian — John L. Harrison, 
Richmond, Va., second and third 
buck; second doe. Geo. T. Hogg, 
first, fourth and fifth buck; first, 
fourth, and fifth doe; first doe and 
litter. 

Lop Eared Belgian — Dan Coleman, 
first doe. 

Hungarian — Geo. G. Munce, Rich- 
mond, Va., first buck. 

Common Rabbits — first and second 
doe; Geo .G. Munce, third doe. 

Short Hair Guinea Pigs — Ma-shall 
Munce, first, and second male; first 
and second female. 

Long Hair Guinea Pigs — Marshall 
Munce, second male; second female; 
Ingram Taylor, Manchester, first male, 
first female. 



Rensselaer Co.^N. Y., Sept. 20, '09. 

Allow me to congratulate you on 
the quality of your splendid paper, 
The Southern Planter. It is doing a 
noble work for the farmers of Amer- 
ica, and I wish you success and pros- 
perity. J- W. STOW. 



The Oldest Established Agency in Northern Virginia 

Stock Farms 

Near WASHINGTON, 0. C. 

Stock Farm 190 acres, in the corporation of Herndon, on macadam road, 
surrounded by the most desirable neighbors. In a high state of cultivation, all 
In grass; Improvements, including tenant house, horse barn, cow barn with 
stanchions for 60 cows, carriage and wagon shed, feed rooms, and milk house 
with separator that cost $200. Finely watered, just rolling enough and free 
from rock. The most desirable proposition to be had in this section. Price 
$10,500, on easy terms if desired. 

264 acres in Fairfax county, 6 miles from rail over good roads; close to 
school and church: 51 acres in timber; fine fencing; two lasting streams and 
spring; all kinds of fruit; colonial house of 8 rooms in excellent condition; 
beautiful grove. Fair barn, 24x30, and all necessary outbuildings; located on 
pike 7 miles from electric line; best red clay — bluegrass land, just rolling 
enougli to drain well; best of neighbors. Price $10,500 if sold at once. 

212V2 acres in Fairfax county; 1% miles from rail, 7 miles from electric 
line, 2 miles from thriving town on two public roads; 30 acres in timber; 2 
miles of woven wire fencing, rest stone and rail; seven fields with spring in 
each: 10 acres in fine orchard; good stone and brick house of 10 rooms with 
bath: hot and cold water in kitchen, two porches; well located in grove of 
trees: good barn with basement for 40 cows and 7 horses; all necessary out- 
buildings. This farm is surrounded by good neighbors in a nice section. Price 
$10,500 if sold in a reasonable time. 

469 acres in Fairfax county; 5 miles from railroad, 7 miles from electric 
line; 200 acres in timber, mostly oak, balance in crops and grass, crops to go to 
purchaser: clay soil, just rolling enough to drain well; two houses and two 
barns: new house of eight rooms, old house of five rooms. Including stock, farm 
implements, crops and everything. Price $11,000, on very easy terms. Make 
us an offer. The owner not being able to look after this farm will sell it at a 
bargain. 

264 acres, 5 miles from station, in Loudoun county; 30 acres in timber; two 
wells, one never-failing spring, 7-room house; barn and outbuildings fair. A 
fine stock farm, paying 12 per cent, on investment; in a good state of cultiva- 
tion. Price $7,000, $3,500 down, balance to suit. This farm is not in the hands 
of any other agent. 

277 acres in good state of cultivation; just rolling enough; in a good neigh- 
borhood: 5 miles from railroad, in Loudoun county; 70 acres in timber, most 
oak, part of it first-class; faces on two roads; has been operated as a cattle, 
sheep and hog farm for 25 years. On account of old age the owner is offering 
his farm for much less than its true value. It is well fenced, two houses in 
first-class condition — one 10-room house, the other six rooms. Large barn and 
all necessary outbuildings. Price $8,000, one-half down, balance to suit. This 
farm is not in the hands of any other agent. 

40 acres, 3 miles from railroad, close to school, church, store, etc.; in a 
good state of cultivation; close to macadam road; 6-room house, shaded; good 
barn and all necessary outbuildings. Price $3,000, if sold at once. 

227 acres, 4% miles from rail over macadam roa'd; mostly in timber, about 
100 acres scattered over the whole — white oak, hickpry and some valuable cedar; 
about the only small tract in this section for sale that has not been cut over 
for a great many years. About 50 acres could be easily cleared up to be put 
under cultivation. Well watered and surrounded by high-priced farms — smooth, 
free from stones and not hilly — easy to work. The location makes it very 
desirable after the timber is taken off, an'd the timber will come close to paying 
for it. Just the thing- for a man who has had some experience in getting out 
timber and wants a good farm that hasjiever been worked. Price $25 per acre. 
Will consider an offer for the timber alone. 

CHEAP PLACE FOR QUICK BUYER. 

73% acres, 2 miles from electric line; goo'd 5-room house; small barn and 
hen house; 20 acres in timber and wood, the rest under cultivation; plenty of 
fruit of various kinds; crops, good farm horse, fine cow, two shoats, poultry — ■ 
everything included for $3,250. $1,100 trust can run as long as one sees fit. 
Let me show it to you at once. 

ONE OF THE BEST SMALL FARMS FOR SALE IN LOUDOUN COUNTY. 

71 acres, under high state of cultivation; just rolling enough; beautiful 
outlook and high elevation: close to rail and village, and almost in sight of 
graded school, including high school; fine spring and water in every field; 
splendid apple orchard, peach and other varieties of fruit; new house of 8 or 9 
rooms with porch; tenant house: basement barn and all necessary outbuildings; 
nice lawn and shade. Price only $8,400. This place would be cheap at $9,000. 

THIS PLACE HAS JUST BEEN PUT IN MY HANDS FOR SALE. 

155 acres, 5 miles from rail and good town; 2 miles from river, 1 mile from 
school and church: 50 acres in second growth timber; springs and lasting 
streams - apple and peach orchard: excellent house of seven rooms with oak 
grove: new barn and good outbuildings. Price $4,700. 



A. H 

Real Estate Broker, 



BUELL, 



HERNDON, VA. 



1076 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November, 



How to Get Rid 
of Catarrh 

A Simple, Safe, Reliable Way,and it 
Costs Nothing to Try. 



Those who suffer from catarrh 
know its miseries. There is no need 
of this suffering. You can get rid of 
it by a simple, safe, inexpensive home 
treatment discovered by Dr. Blosser, 
who, for over thirty-five years, has 
been treating catarrh successfully. 

His treatment is unlike any other. 
It is not a spray, douche, salve, cream, 
or inhaler, but is a more direct and 
thorough treatment than any of these. 
It cleans out the head, nose, throat 
and lungs so that you can again 
breathe freely and sleep wthout that 
stopped-up feeling that all catarrh 
sufferers have. It heals the diseased 
mucous membranes and arrests the 
foul discharge, so that you will not 
be constantly blowing your nose and 
spitting, and at the same time it does 
not poison the system and ruin the 
stomach, as internal medicines do. 

If you want to test this treatment 
without cost, send your address to Dr 
J. W. Blosser, 790 Walton Street, 
Atlanta, Ga., and he will send you by 
return mail enough of the medicine 
to satisfy you that it is all he claims 
for it as a remedy for catarrh, ca- 
tarrhal headaches, catarrhal deafness, 
asthma, bronchitis, colds and all ca- 
tarrhal complications. He will also 
send you free an illustrated booklet. 
Write him immediately. 

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Stomach-Worm Remedy 

(A Capsule). 

The Great Internal 

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The only known De- 
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for terms. 
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MINOR'S FLUID 

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Its use permitted. In official dipping 
Low prices on Dipping Tanks. 

Testimonials and circulars for the 

fi.sk 1 n £T 

W. E. MINOR & CO., 
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DO YOU WANT EdGS 

S. P. S. Multum Ovum will fill your 
egg baske'. . Liberal terms to agents. 

Stone's Red Powder will cure roup: 
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BRIEF CORRESPONDENCE. 

"Ralph Morgan's" Picture. 

Macon, Va. 
Southern Planter, 

Richmond, Va. 

Gentlemen: — It is my opinion as 
well as that of others who have seen 
this beautiful stallion, that scant jus- 
tice was done "Ralph Morgan" by the 
photo you published in your October 
issue. It does not show style, the very 
thing of which he is so full. He is 
the best specimen of the general pur- 
pose driving horse I have ever seen in 
this county and I am indeed glad that 
such a splendid specimen has been 
procured for this section. I am quite 
sure that many of our people will 
avail themselves of his services. 

Oct. 19th J. W. P. 



Rochester, N. x., Oct. 8, 1909. 
Southern Planter, 
Richmond, Va. 

The first copy of your journal that 
I have ever seen has just come to 
my notice and I have taken great 
pleasure in reading it. Of all the ag- 
ricultural periodicals that have come 
to my attention yours comes the near- 
est in my estimation, to being the 
ideal. There are only two other pub- 
lications in a class with you. 

During the month a copy of every 
agricultural publication of any impor- 
tance in this country comes under my 
eyes. I speak therefore after wide 
comparison. 

This is written in appreciation of 
the work your journal is doing. I be- 
lieve in bestowing deserved praise. 

With best wishes to you in your 
work, believe me, yours very truly, 
JOHN R. GALLAGHER, 

Asst. Bus. Mgr., Nat. Nurseryman. 



Wheeling, W. Va., Oct. 9, 1909. 
Southern Planter, 

Richmond, Va. 

I take nearly all the farming jour- 
nals and the ones I don't take I get 
to read, as other members of the 
family take them. While one or two 
of the others are good, the Editor of 
the Southern Planter I consider knows 
more about farming and is broader 
minded than any of the others. His 
advice more nearly agrees with what 
I get from practical farmers and from 
the best Agricultural Stations com- 
bined. 

I think the Agricultural Colleges are 
doing a good work. I have written to 
several of them and always get cour- 
teous replies and specific directions. 
Very truly yours, C. E. BLUE. 



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Toledo, Ohio. 



IS YOUR FAMILY READING 
"WORTH WHILE."? 
So much of current reading is mere- 
ly entertaining at best that the ques- 
tion naturally arises, Is it worth 
while? Your sons and daughters are 
bound to read something. They hun- 
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the other half of the world — the 
world of adventure, of valor, of for- 
tune making. The problem is to give 
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lar Boil, Scratches, cut, Pricked by 
Barb Wire, or has a sore of any 
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1909.J 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1077 



Sound 

as a 

.Dollar 



That's the way to keep 
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Letters like the above are received by us 
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Is the only safe, sure cure for Spavin^ Curb, 
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beast. A< druggists, $1 a Bottle; 6 for $5. 
Ask your druprirlst for book, "Treatise on the 
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™ No matter how old the blemish, 

how lame the horse, or how many doctors 
have tried and failed, use 

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Use it under our guarantee — your money 
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I used bottle of " Save-the-Horse." which I got through Mark 
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spavins is now sound. Kindly send two bottles by express CO. D. 
coon as you can. Very respectfully, JOHN CLANCY. 

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Troy Chemical Co.. Binghamton. N. Y. : — 1 used your " Save- 
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into their hands the literature that is 
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and The Companion is conducted on 
that theory. And that is one reason 
wny more than half a million Amer- 
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the time the subscription is received. 

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COOKING SUGGESTIONS. 

"The pie that mothers made." How 
many of us have said that and 
laughed at someone's expense when 
the crust was heavy or the "stuffins" 
not cooked. The young housewife 
looks tearfully at the bread that 
won't rise or the biscuits that are 
heavy and wonders what the "lord of 
the manor" will say when he sits 
down to an incomplete meal. 

Eating ranks first among the indis- 
pensible daily occurrences and the 
vital necessity for properly prepared 
foods is unquestionable. Everyone 
would rather pay the butcher than 
the doctor. Enough money is spent 
each year curing indigestion and 
dyspepsia to support innumerable 
families, and the real reason for this 
is the large amount of improper cook- 
ing. 

A valuable little book called "The 
Enterprising Housekeeper" has prov- 
en of great benefit to thousands of 
good housewives who have had to 
contend with the unexpected visitor, 
the "finicky" appetite and the many 
other little things that end to make 
her life miserable. This book was 
published to sell for twenty-five cents 
but for four cents to cover the cost 
of mailing, the publishers will forward 
it to you. Address the Enterprise 
Manufacturing Company of Pa., Dept. 
27, Philadelphia, Pa. 

It contains two hundred recipes of 
the sort that prove so beneficial to 
the housewife and makes the practice 
of economy easy. Many helpful sug- 
gestions are made for teas and 
luncheons. Numerous illustrations of 
household utensils run through the 
book. Altogether the book is the 
best of its kind seen for some time 
and should be in every household. 



Franklin Co., Va., Sept. 14, '09. 

I think the Southern Planter is the 
most valuable paper of its kind for 
Virginia Farmers. 

H. C. IKENBERRY. 



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As a Human Remedy for Rheumatism, 
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livery bottle of Caustio Balsam sold Is 
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per bottle. Sold by druggists, or sent by ex- 
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testimonials, etc. Address 

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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November, 



Send Your Order For 
All 

SEEDS 

TO 

Diggs&Beadles 

"THE SEED MERCHANTS" 

1709 East Franklin St. 

RICHMOND, - - VA. 

Branch Store 603 und 605 East 
Marshall Street. 

We are headquarters for su- 
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NEW CROP GRASS AND 
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Garden and Flower Seeds, Seed 
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Write to-day for our free cata- 
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Tour correspondence solicited. 



A. HORN, The Berry Man 

Soddv, Tennessee 

R. F. D. No. 3 

The Largest Berry Grower in the 
, South. 

500 acres In Strawberries. 50,000,000 
plants for sale. A new plant field 
of 100 acres. 
Place Your Order Now for Plants. 

I want every grower to Investi- 
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The very best berry grown for mar- 
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qualities considered. Even in size 
throughout season. I picked and 
sold from one acre 4,456 quarts at 
a net profit of 11 cents a quart, 
making a total profit of $'491.16, In 
the Spring of 1908. For the season 
of 1909 I shipped 194 crates per acre 
which net $2.52 per. crate. To vouch 
for the truth of this statement I 
refer anyone to M. Fugazzl & Co., 
Cincinnati, Ohio, who handled these 
shipments. 

In my thirty years' experience I 
have found nothing quite its equal. 
Does Its best In low, strong land. 
To Introduce and to reach all grow- 
ers, only $4.00 per thousand. Try 
them. Other varieties: Aromas, 
Klondyke, Lady Thompson. 

Special Prices to Nurserymen. 
References: The Citizen's National 
Bank, Chatanooga; Sam. A Conner, 
Sheriff of Hamilton County, M. Fu- 
gazzl & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio. 



ECZEMA 

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THE SPREADER FOR ALL 
FARMERS. 
Are you thinking of buying a ma- 
nure spreader? Then you must be 
interested in knowing more about the 
Grinnell Detachable Spreader, a com- 
bined manure spreader and farm 
wagon. It is made so that all the 
spreader gearing can be detached in 
about ten minutes' time from the 
spreader box leaving a regular wagon 
box trucks and all, or a complete 
farm wagon for other uses on the 
farm. It is a new feature, something 
in fact entirely different from any- 
thing else ever put out on the manure 
spreading line. It is a machine that 
has a place on all farms. The first 
illustration here shows the spreader 




all equipped with gearing attached 
ready for hauling manure to the field 
and spreading it as all farmers 
should spread it in order to get the 
best possible results from it as a 
fertilizer. Then the next illustration 
shows the gearing cage removed. All 




the gearing except the conveyor is at- 
tached to the spreader box in one 
solid, compact self continued cage, 
such as you see here. By simply un- 
screwing a hand bolt on each side 
of the spreader, this cage can be re- 
moved in an instant's time. One 
man can do it easily. Other wagon 
box spreaders require a rope and 
tackle to remove the spreader box 
from the trucks, and they save you 
only the trucks for other uses on the 
farm. The Grinnell certainly has a 
big advantage here at this point. It 
is guaranteed to be just as good a 
spreader as there is made. If you 
need an extra farm wagon during the 
husking season it will pay you to buy 
the Grinnell, for you can use it as 
a farm wagon at any time you need 
it. Then, when you wish to spread 
manure, you can attach the gearing 
in a few minutes' time and have just 
as trood a manure spreader as there 
is uade. The Grinnell Detachable 
is sold with or without the trucks. 
You can buy it complete with trucks, 
tool box and all to make a farm 
wagon, lik^ we show in the illustra- 




tion here. Read the advertisement of 
this machine in this issue of the 
Southern Planter. 



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



SINGLE COMB RHODE 

ISLAND REDS. 

For years I have been breeding Reds 
from the finest strains in America, till 
now I have a strain of fowls unsur- 
passed in beauty, size, laying qualities 
and hardiness. I have only the most 
select fowls left for sale, so order 
promptly if you want them. I "nave 
some early hatchevl Pullets and Cocke- 
rels of extra quality and can mate you 
especcially fine pairs, trios and pens. 
I have some 2 and 3-year-old Hens 
also, which have proven to be splendid 
breeders, which I will mate up with 
early hatched Cockerels. Orders book- 
ed now for eggs in season at $2 per 15 
from my finest pens. Eggs carefully 
packed. 

ROBERT G. HUNDLEY, 
Box 118, Farmville, Va. 

RHODE ISLAND REDS 

Inasmuch as we have determined to 
discontinue breeding R. I. Red chick- 
ens, except in a very small way, we, 
therefore, offer our stock of Hens and 
Cocks for sale at $1 each, except a few 
very fine birds. We have Hens an'd 
Cocks worth from $2 to $5 each. Of 
course, while moulting these birds are 
not very attractive looking, but they 
are bred from best stock we could 
buy. Many hens very light colored. 
We will have a few very fine young 
birds for sale later. 

Correspondence solicited. 

MILNAVOOD POULTRY YARDS. 

Box 147, Farmville. Va. 

ROSE} COMB 

Rhode Island Red 

Eggs from prize-winning stock for 
sale, 15 for $1, or 3 sittings tor $2.58. 
WHITE EMBDEN GEESE. 
L. K. SMITH, Appomattox, Va. 

MISS LOUISE V. SPENCER, 

Blackstone, Va. 

PURE BRED R. C. RHODE ISLAND 

RED 

STOCK FOR SALE. 

Member of R. I. R. Club of America. 

—WANTED— 
LIVE WILD TURKEYS 

and native Pheasants for breeding pur- 
poses. 
R. L. BLANTON, Richmond, Va. 

BRAZILIAN DUCKS 

Great layers, beautiful white and 
large size, drakes weight 10 to 11 
pounds, ducks 6 to 7 pounds. They 
lay almost all winter. Price, $5 for 
trio. 

Address WOODSON VENABLE, 
Farmville, Va. 

Glenview Orpingtons, 

S. C. BUFF EXCLUSIVELY. 

I am selling some extra fine layers 
and breeders, 1 and 2 years old, at $2 
and $3 each. Get in before they are 
all gone. 

B. S. HORNE, KESWICK, VA. 
Please mention the Southern Planter. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



107! 




SYSONBY GARDENS, INC., 

Petersburg, Va. 

EGGS AND STOCK FOR SALE FROM OUR PRIZE PENS. 

BARRED, BUFF, WHITE PLYMOUTH ROCKS 

Bred from A C. Hawkins' Royal Blue, Gardner & Dun- 
ning's and U. R. Fishell's strains. 

ROSE COMB and SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS- 

De Graff's strain. 

SINGLE COMB WHITE LEGHORNS— Wyckoff's Strain 

We have 2,000 birds to choose from — all Southern farm- 
raised. 

Baby Chicks an'd Eggs in season. Safe arrival guaranteed. 
All correspondence answered promptly. 



Medic's "Ringlet" 

Barred Plymouth Rocks. 

Successive winners in strongest com- 
Detition at Richmond and Washington, 
D. C. When looking around for your 
birds for the shows or for utility pur- 
poses, you should pause and look 
well at my beautiful young stock, the 
finest that I have ever raised. My 
"Ringlets" are unexcelled in size, vig- 
or, beauty and egg: production. Write 
me. I will have birds that will please 
you, both In quality and price. Satis- 
faction guaranteed. 

In writing for prices, state for what 
purpose birds are wanted. 
LESLIE H. McCTJE, Box 4, 

GREENWOOD, VA. 

State V.-Pres. Am. Plymouth Rock Club 

For High Grade, Pare Bred 



Valley Farm 

Barred Rocks, 

S. C. B. Leghorns. 

Young stock for sale. 
Guarantee satisfaction. 

CHAS. C. WINE, 
Mt. Sidney, Va. 



SPRING BROOK POULTRY FARM 

Culpeper, Va., H. H. Scott, Prop. 

Breeder of Northrup strain Black 
Minorcas, Whitman strain of Brown 
Leghorns, and the best Silver-Laced 
Wyandottes. Six entries at Richmond 
and Herndon won 2 first, 1 second, 2 
thirds and a club special. Eggs In sea- 
son. Stock for sale. 

WHITE POULTRY YARDS 

Breeds prize-winning White Wyan- 
dottes, White Guineas, White Chinese 
Geese; Mammoth Pekin. Wild Mallard 
and White Muscovy Ducks: White 
Holland and Narragansett Turkeys. 
Out of thirty entries at Virginia State 
Fair we won 16 first. 8 second, 3 third 
and 3 fourth premiums. 
J. F. DUNSTON, Prop., Lorraine, Va. 

FIFTY PURE-BRED 

S. C. BROWN LEGHORN 

Hens or Pullets at $10 per dozen, and 
six beautiful Cockerels at $2 each. 
MRS. A. W. DAVIS. BLANTON, VA. 

Please mention the Southern Planter. 




"KING CORN" EXHIBIT. 

A Corn Show for Halifax County, 

November Court Day. 

Houston, Virginia. 

There has come to me recently a 
great many requests to try and hold 
a corn show or contest sometime this 
fall in Halifax county. We are all 
aware that the corn industry in Vir- 
ginia is in its infancy and anything 
I can do to promote the cause of 
growing more and better corn will be 
gladly done, therefore, I announce 
that on November Court Day, at 
Houston, Virginia, the farmers of the 
county will hold a corn exhibit, and 
that ten ears be shown for judging, 
and I will undertake to get an im- 
partial judge from outside the coun- 
ty, and will also undertake to raise 
suitable prizes, either in cash or farm 
implements for eight or ten places 
so that it will be worth while for at 
least one hundred farmers to exhibit 
corn. 

Both white and yellow corn will 
be eligible and juaging will be by 
comparison and not by score card. 

This is a subject that should be of 
as paramount importance to the busi- 
ness min in town as to the farmer 
and I would be glad to have any one 
advise me if they will offer monp; 
or farm implements or farm seed 
or anything as a prize at this contest. 

The recent Fairs at Richmond and 
Danville indicate that good corn is 
being and can be raised in Halifax 
county. 

Let us get together and have one 
hundred exhibitors and $100 in 
money for prizes. 

Next week the county papers will 
announce any subscription and prem- 
iums for this corn fair, and I would 
be glad if you womd send in any 
subscriptions you desire to make just 
as soon as possible so that proper 
arrangements can be made. 

This should be the beginning of a 
good business county fair. 

Mt. Laurel, Va. W. R. DORIN. 



s. c. 
WHITE LEGHORNS 

"Tne proof of the pudding is chew- 
ing the string." if you wish anv 
Cockerels, Cocks, Pullets or Hens write 
and tell me what you want and what 
you wish to pay. I will ship you your 
order, express prepaid. If you think 
you have gotten your money's worth 
keep the birds and send me the money; 
if not, ship the chickens back by ex- 
press collect. Let me send you my 
show record. 

B. H. GRUNDY, JR., 

Room 822 Mutual Building, 

"Chantilly Farm." Richmond , Va. 

S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS 

Buff Cochin Bantams 

A limited number of fine, pure-bred 
S. C. Brown Leghorn Hens and Pullets 
for sale at $1 to $1.50 each; Cockerels, 
well grown, $1 to $1.50 each. Buff 
Cochin Bantams, $1.50 per pair. 
MRS. R. A. BARNHART, Callawa y, Va. 

—MY— 

S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 

Won at Virginia State Fair, 1909, third 
Cockerel, fourth Cock, fourth and fifth 
pen, and at Danville, Va., first Cock- 
erel, first and secoend pullet, first pen. 
Stock and eggs at all times. 
W. R. TODD, 426 North Sixth Street. 
Richmond, Va. 



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EDGEHILL POULTRY FARM. 
C. H. Dickinson, Monaster, l.iirny. Vs. 

I am now 
ready to com- 
mence shipping 
e g g s for 

hatching from 
the following 
high scoring 
birds: Duston 
strain Silver 
Laced and 
White Wyan- 
dotte, Biltmore 
Barred and 
Buff Plymouth 
Rocks; Brown, 
White and Buff 
Leghorns (sin- 
gle comb), Cor- 
nish Indian 
Games, Black 
Langshans, Buff Orpingtons, R. C. and 
S. C. R. I, Reds, Black Minorcas 
(Northrup strain). Price, $1 for 15 for 
all but Leghorns, these are 75 cents 
for 15. Special prices by the 100 lots. 
I have a very choice lot of trios from 
many of these birds at reasonable 
prices. Write me before placing your 
order. 

I am now prepared to sell some fine 

PEKIN DUCKS 

young or old, hatched from prize win- 
ners at Jamestown Exposition, Madi- 
son Square, Philadelphia, Virginia Pair 
and Poultry Show, etc. 
Also some fine 

WHITE WYANDOTTE 

HENS AND ROOSTERS. 
EVELYN HEIGHTS FARM, 

W. W. Thomas, Prop. Catlett, Va. 



GROWING 

Realizing the increasing demand 
for pure-bred fowls, we have en- 
larged our plant to 1,000-hen ca- 
pacity. In connectcion with our 
well-known White Rocks we have 
White and Silver Wyandottes, S. C. 
White and Brown Leghorns. 

Special attention will be given 
these fowls' and orders for stock 
or eggs will be handled carefully. 
C. M. WALKER, HERNDON, VA. 




Silver Laced 
WYANDOTTES. 

A fine lot of young- 
sters now for sale. Or- 
der early and get first 
pick. All farm raised 
and vigorous. Special 
prices in quantities. 
Write for prices stating 
how many wanted. 
DR. H. H. LEE, Poplar 

Hill Poultry Farm. 
Lexington, Va., R.F.D. 4. 



Black Langshans 

WRITE TO 
A. M. BLACK, Tazewell, Va. 

TROIS 

Fontaine Lithia Springs 

Situated at South Hill. Mecklenburg 
county, Va. Splendid water for kid- 
ney, liver, stomach and other troubles. 
Shipped at once anywhere. 

Write J. W. HARRIS, Proprietor, for 
free booklet. 

Please mention the Southern Planter. 



HINTS BY MAY MANTON. 
The skirt that is smooth and plain 
over the hips and plaited below is a 
favorite one just now and is peculi- 
arly well adapted to wear with fash- 
ionable coats. This one will be found 
available for almost every seasonable 
material, while also it makes an ad- 
mirable model for re-making. The 
gored upper portion requires only a 
small amount of material and this 
often has been left over, or can be 
obtained in the re-cutting. In the il- 
lustration broadcloth is finished with 
tailor stitching. The lower portion 
provides comfortable flare yet the 
plaits are pressed flat to give long 
lines. 




6471 Plaited Skirt with Five Gored Upper 
Portion, 22 to 30 waist. 

The skirt consists of upper and 
plaited portions. The upper portion 
is cut in five gores and is fitted with 
perfect smoothness. The lower por- 
tion is gored and laid in backward 
turning plaits. It is seamed to the 
plain portion and is stitched flat 
above the edge. 

The quantity of material required 
for the medium size is 7% yards 24 
or 27, 4% yards 44 or 52 inches wide, 
the width of the skirt at lower edge 
is 4% yards. 

The pattern 6471 is cut in sizes for 
a 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inch waist 
measure. 

Girl's Princess Dress — 6442. 

Princesse dresses are just as much 
in vogue for the school girls as they 



VICTORY 

FOR OUR 

White Wyandottes 

At the State Fair, Octcober 5, 
1909, our White Wyandottes won 
half the firsts and seconds award- 
ed to the breed and were awarded, 
in addition. 

Silver cup for Best Pen Wyandottes 
(old) and silver cup for Highest 
Scoring Pen in the show (all 
breeds). 

Splendid March and April 
Cockerels and Pullets for sale. 

Also bargains in a limited number 
of Yearling Hens and Cocks. 

Prices from $1.50 up. No culls 
sent out for breeders. All stock 
free from brassiness. No need to 
write for prices; send what- you 
want to spend and we will send you 
something that will surprise you 
for value for the money. 

STANDARD -BRED POULTRY 

FARMS, 

Burke's Garden, Virginia. 



White Wyandottes 

I won at State Fair, 1909, the fol- 
lowing prizes: 

White Wyandottes — First and second 
cock, fourth cockerel, fdurth pullet, 
fourth pen old, third pen young. 

White Holland Turkeys — first cock, 
first hen. 

White Muscovy Ducks — Second 
drake, second duck, third young drake, 
third young duck. 

I won at Danville, Va. — young birds 
exhibited only — first pen, first cockerel, 
first and second pullet. 

For stock and eggs address. 

R. RANDOLPH TAYLOR, 
Hickory Bottom Poultry Farm, 

R. F. D. No. 2, Beaver Dam, Va. 

NOVEMBER SALE 

OF BERCCR'S 

WHITE WYANDOTTES 

Overstocked in win- 
ter quarters; a rare 
chance at half value. 
May hatched Cocke- 
rels and Pullets, $] 
and $1.50 each; year- 
ling Hens, $1.50 and 
$2 each. Reduced 
prices on dozen lots. 
Order early and get 
the pick. 

R. O. BERGER, 

Office, 16 N. 20th St., Richmond, Va. 




GERMAN 
BEAGLE 



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A fine rabbit dog. Will sell cheap. 
A few first-class ANGORA BUCKS. 
J. L. GRAY, NORWOOD, VA. 

FARMERS 

Insure Your Buildings, Live Stock, 

Produce, Etc., In Virginia Division, 

FARMERS' MUTUAL BENEFIT 

ASSOCIATION. 
Best security. Property Insured 
$600,000. Average cost per $1,009 per 
rear, $6.00. Territory limited to coun- 
ties of Chesterfield, Amelia, Powhatan, 
Nottoway, Dinwiddle, Prince George, 
Surry, Charles City, New Kent and 
James City. For plan and membership 
write to 

CHARLES N. FRIEND, General Agent, 
CHESTER, VA. 

Organized January 9, 1890. 



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are for the grown-ups and this one 
is childish and attractive, yet smart 
in the extreme. There is a long un- 
broken panel at the front while at 
the sides and back the dress is made 
with a flounce. It includes a pretty 
little yoke, or chemisette, and quite 
novel sleeves that can be made either 
in three-quarter or full length. In the 
illustration it is made of cashmere 
with trimming of banding and chem- 
isette of lace, but it would be very 
charming made from plaid or from 
shepherd's check, or indeed any child- 
ish material. For dressy occasions 
simple silks, light colored cashmeres 
and voilles are available, but for 
school and every day wear the materi- 
als already mentioned are preferable. 




6442 Girl's Pi incesse Dress, 
8 to 14 vears. 

The dress is made with the panel, 
side, front and back portions and the 
piaited flounce. These are all joined 
and the closing is made at the back. 
The yoke is arranged under the neck 
edges and the trimming conceals the 
joining. The sleeves consist of nar- 
row puffs gathered into bands with 
caplige over portions. 

The quantity of material required 
for the medium size (12 years) is 6% 
yards 24, 4% yards 32, 3% yards 44 
inches wide, with 3-8 yard 18 inches 
wide for the yoke, 7 yards of banding. 

The pattern 6442 is cut in sizes for 
girls of 8, 10, 12 and 14 years of age. 
These patterns will be mailed to any 



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The Best /Ill-Purpose Fowls Known 



EGGS FOR HATCHING 



Pens No. 1 — Fancy Orpingtons, 
that win. 

15 for % 4.00 

45 for 9.60 

90 for 14.40 

Pens No. 2 — High-Class Breeders 

15 for % 2.00 

45 for 4.80 

90 for 7.20 

Pens No. 3 — Thoroughbred Utility 
Stock. 

15 for % 1.00 

45 for 2.40 

90 for 3.60 

Single-Comb Buff Orpington 

stock for sale at all times. Write 

for prices. 

HENRY J. andCHAS. G. SANGER. 

Proprietors of The Ethermore 
Fruit and S. C. Buff Orping- 
ton Farm. 
R. F. D. NO. 2, DAYTON, VA. 



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[November, 



HOME-RAISED 

HORSES FOR SALE 

CHEAP 

Black Combination Gelding; 8 years 
old; 1594 hands high; 1,050 pounds. 
Movements easy and graceful in har- 
ness and under the saddle. Reliable 
and safe in all harness. Compactly 
formed and beautiful. 

Sorrel Mare; 6 years old; 15 Y 2 hands 
high; 950 pounds. Fine family, farm 
and brood mare. Compactly formed. 
Drives nicely. Safe for ladies and 
children to handle. 

Black Mare; 7 years old; 15% hands; 
1,050 pounds. Drives nicely. Works 
well everywhere. 

Black Mare; 5 years old; 15% hands; 
1,025 pounds. "Very handsome and 
stylish. Good traveler. Very com- 
pact. Works everywhere. 

Dark Bay Mare; 6 years old; 15% 
hands; 1.000 pounds. Gentle and 
stylish. Fast in harness. 

Pair 2% -Year-Old Well-Matche'd Black 
Horse Mules; 14 hands; 800 pounds 
each Have been driven some. 

Bay Mare Mule; 3% years old; 15% 
hands; 900 pounds. Thoroughly 
broken to all farm machinery. 
W. M. WATKINS, 
Saxe, Charlotte County, Va. 



STOCK FOR SALE 

I offer a couple of nice 

PERCHERON STALLIONS 

at prices that will make a good in- 
vestment for some one. 

ALSO 

Registered Saddle Stallion 

Coming 3 years o!d==a good one 

ALSO 

Registered Berkshire Hog's 

including several Sows and Pigs of 
either sex. 

You will be welcomed on the farm 
to inspect my offerings. 

JOHN F. LEWIS, Proprietor, 

Lynnwood Stock Farm, 

Lynnnood, Va. 

(Lewis Station on Farm.) 



$350 WILL BUY 

THE FOLLOWING PURE-BRED CAT- 
TLE F. O. B. CASCADE, VA. 
NONE RESERVED. 
One Guernsey Cow, 8 years old. 
One Guernsey Cow, 7 years old. 
Two Guernsey Cows, 3 vears old. 
One Guernsey Cow, 2 vears old. 
One Guernsey Bull, 2 vears old. 
One Jersey Cow, 6 years old. 
These cows are all with calf by 
thoroughbred Guernsev bull. The 
Jersey will be fresh about first of Jan- 
uary. The Guernseys will be fresh in 
spring. Three of them are now giving 
milk. Will sell all or any number of 
the above. 

THORXFIELD STOCK FARM, 
Byrdvllle, Va. 



Please mention the Southern Planter. 



address by the Fashion Department 
of this paper on receipt of ten cents. 



ANOTHER DESIRABLE CONNEC- 
TION FOR THE WM. J. OLIVER 
PLOW. 

We are in receipt of information 
from The Wm. J. Oliver Manufactur- 
ing Co., at Knoxville, Tenn., manu- 
facturers of The Wm. J. Oliver Im- 
proved Chilled Plow, advising that 
a contract has just been entered with 
Messrs. Mitchell, Lewis & Staver 
Co., of Portland, Oregon, for the 
handling of Wm. J. Oliver Plows in 
the States of Washington,, Oregon, 
Idaho and Montana (west of Helena). 

With Baker & Hamilton handling 
their plows in California, Nevada 
and Arizona; and Mitchell, Lewis & 
Staver Co. handling them in the ter- 
ritory above outlined, The Wm. J. 
Oliver Manufacturing Co. are new in 
position to secure at least their 
share of the chilled plow trade in the 
extreme western section of the coun- 
try. And they are to be congratu- 
lated over the successful manner in 
which their product is being exploit- 
ed, which is meeting with such good 
results everywhere. 



A PERMANENT ROOF. 

The factory of the Montross Metal 
Shingle Co., Camden, N. J., is work- 
ing day and night to fill the increase 
amount of business recently secured 
for their Metal Shingles. A large or- 
der for one thousand squares was re- 
ceived from a prominent contractor 
and builder of Oregon, to be used 
on some public buildings being erect- 
ed in that State. A large Philadel- 
phia firm ordered three carloads. 
Numerous orders were and are being 
received from persons all over the 
country, who are erecting houses, 
barns and other buildings, and who 
recognize the superior value of Mont- 
ross Metal Shingles over all other 
kinds of roofing. 

Montross Metal Shingles are fire, 
lightning and storm proof. Light, at- 
tractive and inexpensive. With prop- 
er care they will last the life of the 
building. They are very easily laid 
with hammer and nails, and have a 
special locking device which prevents 
them from rattling, besides making 
them give much better service. No 
soldering is needed. They make a 
very attractive appearance, being em- 
bossed in conventional designs, and 
are lighter than slate roofs. They 
outlast wood shingles in every par- 
ticular. 

The manufacturers will be pleased 
to send to any one their catalogue, 
giving prices, testimonials, many il- 
lustrations and detailed information 
why it is better to lay Montross Metal 
Shingles than any other kind of a 
roofing. Write to them to-day. 



PUBLIC INSPECTION INVITED. 

On the main building of the Hoosier 
Stove Factory, at Marion. Indiana, is 
a large sign which reads as follows. 
"Public inspection invited from 8:00 




JACKS AND 
STALLIONS 



Catalonian Registered Mammouth 
Jacks and Jennets, Registered Trotting 
and Saddle Stallions. As usual, we 
won more premiums on our Jack stock 
this year than any other breeder in the 
bluegrass. Write for catalogue or visit 
the Cook Farms. 

J. F. COOK & CO., 
Lexington. Ky. 



SHETLAND PONIES 

Choice Pony Mares and Stallions 
for breeding purposes, and broken 
ponies for children. 

Can be seen at H. C. Beattie's 
farm, Richmond, Va., or at my farm. 

C. H. NOLTING, 
Trevilian, Va. 



FOR SALE 

STONERKOGE JACK 

Contemplating a change in location, 
I am offering my prize winning Jack 
at a bargain price to a quick buyer. 
Three years old, sound, handsome and 
right in every way. A blue ribbon 
winner in 1906, 1907 and 1908 at the 
Virginia State Fair at Richmond. 
Address IRVING J. COFFIN, 
R. F. D. No. 5, Richmond, Va. 

FINE 

Thoroughbred Stallion 

JOHN DYE, FOR SALE. 

Bay horse, 16.2 hands high; weight 
1,200 pounds; foaled 1899. Bred by 
A. B. Speckles, Napa Studs, San Fran- 
cisco. To be seen at "Hanfield," Orange 
county. Va. 

For particulars address MISSES 
CRENSHAW, Rapidan, Va. 



FOR MORGAN COLTS 

and Fillies and High-Bred Fox Hounvl 
Puppies. Address 

Dr. JOHN D. MASSENGILL, 
Blonntville, Tenn. 

3 the big three 3 
the southern planter 

Richmond, Va., 50c. a year. 

Southern Fruit Grower 

Chattanooga, Tenn., 60c. a year. 

THE INDUSTRIOUS HEN 

Knoxville, Tenn., 50c. a year. 
These three monthly publications 
will be sent for one year for only 
$1.00. Address, 

SOUTHERN PLANTER, 
Richmond, Va. 



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in-:, 



JERSEYS 

Imported and Imported in Dam 

EXCLUSIVELY "GOLD LAD" 
BREEDING 

Prices and [Pedigrees on Application 

Address, 

ALLEN DALE FARMS 

SHBLBYVILLE, KY. 

COQUETTE'S JOHN BULL 

(Herd No. 63980.) 

Weight about 1,405 when fat. A 
pure St. Lambert, whose grand sire. 
Canada's John Bull V.. No. 20092, sire 
of 11 tested 'daughters and grandson 
of Mary Anne of St. Lambert, who 
made 26 pounds 12 Vi ounces butter in 
seven days. 

His dam, Coquette of Glen Rouge, 
II., No. 64931, made 22 pounds butter 
in seven days — a pure St. Lambert. 
He is a sire of eight descendants, who 
have done better than 14 pounds but- 
ter in seven days. 

Having sold my herd of Jerseys, re- 
serving eleven of my choicest yearling 
heifers, I offer this bull for sale at 
low price, considering his breeding. 
Address A. R. TENABLE, JR., 
Box 147, Fnrmville, Va. 

THOROUGHBRED 

BERKSHIRE BOARS, 
JERSEY BULL CALVES, 
DORSET BUCK LAMBS. 

Sire of eaWes, FLYING FOX. 6S4S6, 

■on of Flying Fox, who sold for $7,600 
ftt the Cooper sale, 1902. 

All ateck In best condition and guar- 
anteed as represented. 

F. T. ENGLISH, CentrevUle, M4. 



REGISTERED 

HOLSTEIN BULL 

Born in May, beautifully marked. A 

fine individual. Dam made 13.5 pounds 

of butter in a week with first calf. 

PRICE, $50. 

One of our many special bargains. 

Order at once. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

J. B. LOOMIS. Richland, N. Y. 

Devon Herd Established 1884. Hamp- 
shire Down Flock Established 1880. 

DEVON CATTLE 

BULLS AND HEIFERS, 

HAMPSHIREDOWN SHEEP, 

RAMS AND EWES. 

ROBERT J. FARRER, Orange, Fa. 

SOME 

Good Short Horn 

Bull Calves and Heifers, sired by 

Royal, 302905, for sa>le. Come or write. 

J. F. CAMPER, Springwood. Va. 

J. A. STROUGH, 

Breeder of pure bred 

BELGIAN HORSES 

Stallions, Mares and Colts for sale: 
imported and native bred. 
CRIMORA. VA. 



A. M. to 4:00 P. M., Hoosier Stove 
Co." 

This means that anything in con- 
nection with the manufacture of 
Hoosier stoves and ranges, from the 
pig iron in the yard to the finished 
nickeling, is open for inspection. It 
is quite interesting to one who never 
saw a stove made to follow its course 
through this factory. You have the 
privilege of examining for yourself 
the exact materials used in a stove 
should you want to buy one. 

If you live so far away that you 
cannot visit this institution and would 
like to see pictures of the latest de- 
signed stoves and ranges in the world, 
drop a postal to them and they will 
send free their illustrated catalogue 
and give you the lowest prices ever 
heard for high-grade stoves. Address 
Hoosier Stove Factory, 102 State St., 
Marion, Indiana. 



PRODUCTION OF GOLD SILVER, 
COPPER, LEAD AND ZINC IN 
VIRGINIA IN 1908. 
In 1908 the value of the gold, sil- 
ver, copper, lead and zinc produced in 
Virginia was $75,361, an increase of 
$55,151 over that of 1907. The pro- 
duction of gold was 118.57 fine ounces, 
valued at $2,451, a decrease of 282.36 
fine ounces and of $5,837, -as com- 
pared with the corresponding figures 
for 1907. The production of silver 
was 236 fine ounces, valued at $125, 
an increase in quantity of 15 fine 
ounces, hut a decrease in value of 
$21 ; and the production of copper was 
24.775 pounds, valued at $3,270, a 
decrease of 34,105 pounds and of 
$8,506. No output of zinc was report- 
ed from the mines of this State for 
1907, and the figures for the lead 
were combined with those of New 
Hampshire in last year's report, but 
in 1908 there was a production of 
76.190 pounds of lead, valued at 
$3,200, and of 1,410,961 pounds of 
spelter, valued at $66,315. Four 
placers and four deep mines were 
producing in 1908 and the deep mines 
reported 12,877 tons of ore, of which 
230 tons were siliceous gold ore yield- 
ing precious metal with average val- 
ues of $7,135 to the ton, and 1,896 
tons was copper ores yielding $0.05 
in precious m'tals and 12.4 pounds 
of copper to the ton. Of lead ores, 
800 tons yielded gold and silver val- 
ued at $0.28 and 95.2 pounds of lead 
to the ton. 



"The National Association of Live 
Stock Breeders and Raisers" will 
hold their Annual Convention at the 
Union Stock Yards. Chicago, on the 
night of December 1, 1909, during the 
great International Live Stock Exposi- 
tion. Many important subjects will 
be discussed and plans for 1910 will 
be formulated. This Association is 
organized solely for Mutual Benefit 
and every Live Stock Breeder and 
Raiser in the United States and Cana- 
da is requested to join in the Associ- 
ation, for which there is absolutely 
no charges of any kind. Address C 
M. Fleischer. Secretary, 99 Randolph 
St., Chicago, 111. 



BERKSHIRES 




I am offering some excellent hogs, 
both English and American strains, 
at very reasonable prices. 

Young Brood Sows, Boars ready 
for service, and Weanling Pigs, 8 to 
10 weeks old. 

S. C. Brown Leghorns and Mam- 
moth Bronze Turkeys. 

Inquiries promptly answered. 
W. A. WILLEROY, 
Brett, King William County, Va. 



HIGH-CLASS BERKSHIRES 

State" Fair Winners 

Virginia's Premier Rival, 117,983, the 
undefeated boar, at the head of my 
herd. He won first prize Virginia State 
Fair, 1908, same fair 1909, first prize 
junior yearling class, also champion 
Berkshire boar any age. He was the 
admiration of all breeders. I entered 
him and four of his get, under six 
months — won five first prizes, two 
seconds and championship. 

One extra fine young boar suitable 
to head any herd. April and May gilts 
and September pigs for sale. Place 
your order with me and get stock ac- 
cording to representation. 

E. F. SOMMERS, SOMERSET, VA. 

MONTROSE FARM, 

Louisa Couny, Va. 

BREEDER _OF^ REGISTERED 

OUROC JERSEY HOGS 

FINEST STRAIN. 
Beautiful pigs for sale, both sexes, 
at farmers' prices. 

Express Office: Trevilian, Va. 

JOHN F. T. ANDERSON, 

Poindexter, Va. 

PURE-BRED 

BERKSHIRES 

POLAND-CHINAS 

TAMWORTHS 

Pigs from Registered Stock for sale. 
Several Berkshire and Tamworth 
Boars ready for service. 

J. C. GRAVES. Barboursville, Va. 

M. J. Langenderfer sold $1350.00 worth of 
thoroughbred pigs from five of our 0. 1. C. 1-2 
ton Sows last year. 

Positively only perfect I 
stock shipped by us. 
See our guarantee 
against Cholera. Write 
toda> for illustrated circu- 
lar and price list showing 
some of our famous herd. 

TheH. S. Nelson Co., 907 CutonBldg., Cleveland, 0. 

CHESTER WHITES 

Best hog on earth. Fall pigs now 
coming. Please let us have your or- 
ders. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
S. M. WISECARVER. Rnstbnrg, Va. 




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[November, 




Ft. Lewis Stock Farm 

THE BEST PLACE] FOR BLOOD AND REGISTERED 

BERKSHKRES 

Whit* Leghorn, »11 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. 




LARGE YORKSHIRES 

Herd~Headers and Dams of Herd Im- 
ported. 

Boar and Sow Pigs by massive im- 
ported boar out of big sows that raise 
10 to 12 pigs to a litter. These are 
fashionable Yorkshires, but not as 
high priced as fashionable Berkshires. 
We kept four fashionable Berkshires 
for a year, but they were too well bred 
to raise a pig. We got 48 pigs from 
four Yorkshire sows, same time, same 
care. We gave up Berkshires. Our 
Yorkshires come so fast and thick we 
are almost giving them away. Write 
for figures. 

OVERBROOK FARM, 
8 W. Conway Street, Baltimore, Md. 

Registered 

POLAND CHINAS 

Sunshine and Per- 
fection blood. 
Choice lot of pigs 
now ready for 
shipment. Three 
months pigs, $6. 
Choice Gilts and 

from $12.50 to $16. Servlce Boars - 
All stock In fine condition, strong 
and healthy. 

P. W. HOUSTON, Lexington, Va. 

Clifton Stock Farm. 




TAMWORTH PIGS. 

From Registered Stock n oi Fine 
Breeding. 

Knowle of Cook Farm 5087 at 
head of herd. Sire 2nd prize boar 
at Royal Show, Eng., 1907., Dam 
1st prize gilt at same show, 1907. 

VOLNEY OSBURN, 
Bluemont, Loudoun Co., Va. 



PREMIER BERKSHIRES 

The large, lengthy, growthy kind. A 
fine lot of pigs, bred from flrst-cla»* 
sows, ready for April delivery; prices 
right. B. P. Rock eggs $1 for 16. 
J. T. OLIVER, Allen's Level, Va. 



Reg. P. Chinas, Berkshire!, 
C. Whites. Large strains. All 
ges, mated, not akin. Bred 
: Sows, Service Boars, Guernsey 
Calves, Collie and Beagle Pups 
and poultry. Write for price* 
and circular. 

P. F. HAMILTON, 
Cochranvllle, Chester Co. Pa. 



Walnut Hills Herd. 

Twenty-five Registered Angua fe- 
males and two bulls for sale. 

J. P. THOMPSON, Orange, Va. 

Aberdeen-Angus Cattle 

Some fine registered Bull and Heifer 

Calves at farmers' prices. 

WM. M. WATKINS, 

Saxe, Charlotte Co., Va. 




THE GOOD OLD HORSE REMEDY. 

Horse flesh is heir to a good many 
ailments. Many of them are trivial 
if treated promptly. Most of them 
can be cured without. the aid of a vet- 
erinary surgeon if only the owner has 
some little knowledge of horses and 
and the remedy is at hand. There 
will be cuts and sprains and lameness 
an occasional shoe boil or a curb or 
splint will develop; there will be swell- 
ings, abnormal bony growths, etc. 
These come unexpectedly and surely 
often without any apparent cause. 
The sensible horse owner recognizes 
the fact that something is liable to 
happen at any time and prepares for 
the emergency. 

The appearance of Kendall's Spavin 
Cure in our advertising columns so 
often is intended to suggest a line 
of action. 

Kendall's Spavin Cure is one of the 
best all round horse remedies that 
was ever compounded. The fact that 
it is so old a remedy is greatly in its 
favor. It is proof of its efficiency. All 
old time horse owners know Kendall's 
Spavin Cure and most of them use it. 
They would not have continued to use 
it for upwards of forty years if it 
had not proven to its legion of users 
that it does cure the things for 
which it is recommended, namely, 
spavins, ringbones, curbs, splints, 
wire cuts, swellings, sprains, lame- 
ness, etc. the ailments that are al- 
ways and everywhere common to 
horses. 

Ask your druggist for Kendall's 
"Treatise on the Horse" or write to 
Dr. B. J. Kendall, Enosburg Falls, Vt. 



YOU CAN'T ARGUE 

about the merits of a remedy when it 
proves that it has effected a larger 
percentage of cures that all other 
remedies combined — when it proves 
that it has a larger sale than any 
other remedy on the market. Both 
these conditions are true of Visio, the 
wonderful new discovery, and we can 
prove it. We are so sure that Visio 
the new eye remedy for horses, will 
cure all diseases of the eye, that we 
sell it under an iron-clad guarantee 
to cure the horse, or we will cheer- 
fully refund your money. No fur- 
ther argument should be necessary to 
get you to send $2.00 for a bottle of 
Visio, if your horse is suffering form 
any kind of disease of the eye, Visio 
will and positively must cure him, and 
all we ask is a chance to prove it. 
Better write for a bottle to-day. 
Never allow eye trouble to run too 
long. Visio Remedy Association, 1933 
Wabash Ave., Chicago. 



WOODLAND FARM 

DORSET SHEEP 

No Ewes for sale, and only a few 
Rams left. We have three or four 
flock-headers among these, which we 
offer at reasonable prices. Better or- 
der before they are all gone. 
CHAS. B. WING, 
Successor to J. E. Wing & Bros., 
Mechanicsburg, Ohio. 



NOTICE 



I have sold all my DORSET 
LAMBS for this season I am ready 
now to book orders for my next crop 
of lambs which I expect better than 
ever. My prices are right. 

Address H. H. ARBUCKLE, ' 

Edgewood Stock Farm, 

Maxwelton, W. Va. 

DORSET SHEEP 

I have to offer, this season, some 
very fine Dorset Rams; prices In reach 
of all. 

SAMUEL T. HENINGER, 
Burke's Garden, Va. 

BROOKDALE FARM, 

Pocahontas County, West Virginia. 

Red Polled Cattle. 

of best breeding. The cattle that suit 

the Virginia farmer best. Write for 

photographs and records. 

DORSET SHEEP. 
A Prime Yearling Ram and a Few 

Choice Ewes. 
J. D. ARBUCKLE. M. D., Cass. W. Va. 

PURE BRED 

Hereford Bull 

Calves, weighing about 600 pounds for 
sale. Price $60 each. 

J. L. PITTS, Scottsville, Va. 

That the movement "back to the 
soil" is increasing stadily in volume 
is strongly-indicated in statistics cov- 
ering transactions in country real es- 
tate during the past few months. All 
through the Summer the market has 
been very active but during the last 
two months there has been an unpre- 
cedented rush of buyers and indica- 
tions are that by the end of the year 
all records will have been left far be- 
hind. During the months of August 
and September, ordinarily a dull 
period in transactions in farm proper- 
ties, the E. A. Strout Co., of New 
York, Boston and Philadelphia, re- 
ports that it sold 170 farms in the 
Eastern States. This is a new high 
record for two consecutive months 
even for this corporation and indi- 
cates clearly the tremendous activity 
in the country real estate market 
which prevails at the present time. 



Please mention the Southern Planter. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1085 



Want Ads. 



Rates 2 cents per word. Cash with 
order. Initials and figures count as 
one word; 25 ents minimum charge. 

VOULTRY, ETC. 



S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS — I OF- 
fer for sale for Immediate or early- 
fall delivery trios that will maka 
wonderful breeders. I can mate up 
cockerel either with splendid hens or 
with promising pullits. I believe I 
have the finest fancy-utility strain 
in existence, ind have in my yards 
today the finest lot of fowls that I 
have ever owned. I hava furnished 
winners for most of the big South- 
ern shows, and I have a hen now 
laying that has laid over 900 eggs. 
Trios, price $5 to $10. Dr. J. H. C. 
Winston, Hampden-Sidnay, Va. 

E. B. THOMPSON'S FAMOUS RING- 
lets soar the highest at America's 
Imperial Show, Madison Square 
Garden, New York. I have about 
one hundred of this celebrated stock 
for sale. Their qualities cannot be 
excelled for layers, plumage, health 
and general appearance. Have thro, 
especially fine Yearling Roosters. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Terms on 
application. S. G. Roadcap, Lock 
• Box 77, "Waynesboro, Augusta Coun- 
ty, Va. 

STANDARD-BRED POULTRY FROM 
$2 per head up. White Plymouth 
Rocks, Silver, Golden, Columbian, 
Black and White Wyandottes, R. I. 
Reds, Pit Games, Indian Runner, 
Aylesbury, Blue Swedish, Mallard, 
White and Colored Muscovy Ducks, 
Toulouse and Brown Chinese Geese. 
All bred from prize winning stock. 
Dennis Bros. & Co., B inns Hall, Va. 

MY BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS, 
showing: grand vigor and breeding 
according to latest requirements of 
the American Standard, were easy 
winners at State Fair (see premium 
list). Excellent results from incu- 
bator eggs shipped anv distance. 
Prices low on small trial order. Only 
strong: stock pays von know. George 
H. Morris. Ashland, Va. 

i 

BARGAINS IN PURE-BRED UTILITY 
Poultry, $1 each. White Plymouth 
Rocks, White, Silver and Columbian 
Wyandottes, R. I. Reds, White and 
Brown Leghorns, Pekin, Indian Run- 
ner, Blue Swedish and Muscovy 
Ducks. Burlington Farm. Charles 
City, Va. 



WHITE WYANDOTTES FOR SALE— 
Don't be satisfied with anything but 
the best. Stock direct from Arthur 
G. Dustin. Must sell a few yearling 
Hens and six months' Cockerels to 
make room. Prices $1 to $3. Mrs. 
W. W Sproul, Middlebrook, Augusta 
county, Va. 



CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED CON- 
cerning young stock from finest pen 
of Crystal White Orpingtons in the 
world. Eggs for present late sea- 
son at half price, $2.60 per 15. Mrs. 
L. C. Catlett, Gloucester, Va. 



INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS AND 
Drakes, Toulouse Geese, April hatch- 
ed White Holland Turkeys; very 
fine. Barred Plymouth Rock Hens 
and Pullets for sale. Orange and 
lemon trees, fruit on them. Write 
for prices. Ingraham Poultry Yard, 
Somerset, Orange County, Va. 

FOR SALE FROM PURE-BRED 
stock, April hatched, White Holland 
Turkeys; very fine Toulouse Geese, 
$2 a piece; Indian Runner Ducks; a 
few Barred Rock Hens, $1 a piece. 
Mrs. M. F. Goocch, Somerset, Orange 
county, Va. 

ROCKLAND POULTRY FAR M — 
Beautifully marked Barred Plymouth 
Rock Cockerels; weight four to five 
pounds, $1 each; one trio Black and 
White Muscovy Ducks, $3. Order 
before all go. Mrs. Keesee Brook- 
ing, Somerset, Va. 

HENS, HENS, CHEAP TO MAKE 
room; extra fine Barred Rock and 
White Wyandotte, also beauties in 
Cockerels. A few White Orpington 
Cockerels. Miss Clara Smith, Landoi 
Poultry Yards, Croxton, Va. 



TWENTY S. C. R. I. RED YEAR-OLD 
Hens, two Roosters, three White 
Guineas., two Pekin Ducks, $25; five 
April hatched Pullets, one Rooster, 
$5. Mrs. William Birch, New Glas- 
gow, Va. 

S. C. W. LEGHORNS — FOUR FIRST 
premiums at Roanoke Fair. Pullets 
from $1 up; Cockerels from $2 up. 
W. H. Densmore, R.. F. D. No. 3, 
Roanoke, Va. 



TO REDUCE STOCK WILL SELL FOR 
tne next thirty days, 50 Cockerels, 
February and March hatch: S. C. 
Buff. Brown and W r hite Leghorns: 
R. I. Reds and Black Minorcas: 50 
Cockerels, Buff and Barred Plvmouth 
Rocks. R. C. R. I. Reds and Black 
Minorcas, $1 to $1.50 each. Belmont 
Poultry Farm, Luray, Va. 

MAMMOTH BRONZE, WHITE HOL- 
land Turkeys. Wrhite Wyandotte, 
White Leghorn. R. T. Red Poultry. 
Choice stock bred from winners. 
Prices right, satisfaction guaranteed. 
Circular free. Fairview Farm, 
Shrewsbury, Pa. 

GRAND TOULOUSE GEESE FOR 
sale, also White Wyandotte and 
Barred Plymouth Rock Cockerels 
A bargain for money. "Blue Hil' 
Poultry Yards." Somerset, Va. 

R. I. RED COCKERELS FOR SALE. 
First prize winners at county fair. 
R. M. Payne. Crofton, Va. 



GAMES! GAMES! GAMES! PURE- 
Bred Pit Games. Virginia State Fair 
winners. A limited number of 
Cockerels for sale. Peninsula Poul- 
try Yards, Williamsburg, Va. 

FOR SALE — S. C. R. I. RED CHICK- 
ens of the choicest breedings; S. C. 
Brown Leghorns from the fanciest 
prize winning strain. Can furnish 
choice trios. Evergreen Farms, Rice 
Depot, Va. 

"REDS" FOR SALE, OLD AND YOUNG. 
Some "gilt-edge" stuff; all reason- 
able priced. Also large size "Best 
Make" Bone Cutter, very cheap. W. 
Shook. McGaheysville, Va. 

STANDARD-BRED BUFF ROCKS. 
Bred for size and eggs. Three Pul- 
lets and Cockerel, $3.50. Satisfac- 
tion guaranteed. John E. Morris, 
Orange, Va. 

FARM RAISED BARRED PLYMOUTH 
Rock and White Wyandotte Cocke- 
rels; also young Toulouse Ganders: 
May hatched: very fine. E. F. 
Sommers, Somerset, Va. 



BABY CHICKS— 8 CENTS EACH— 
Shipped safely anywhere. Culver 
Poultry Farm. 948 Burnham, Benson, 
Neb. 

ORDER YOUR MUSCOVY DUCKS 
now. The ducks with habits of wild 
ducks and equally as hardv; $3 per 
pair. W. B. Coleman, Manriboro, Va. 

O. O. HARRISON. MT. ULLA. N '' 
Breeder of Good White Wyandottes 



S. C. B. LEGHORN, APRIL AND MAY 
hatched. Pullets and Cockerels for 
sale. Bracy's strain. Also Single 
Comb White Rocks. B. G. Bass, 
Rice, Va. 

FOR SALE— RED CUBAN GAMES. 
The gamest and most beautiful on 
earth. Write for prices. L. E. Jones, 
Woodlawn, Va. 

PURE-BRED BUFF ORPINGTON 
Cockerels for sale, $1 each. Mrs. 
Aaron Seay, Carter's Bridge, Albe- 
marle county, Va. 

MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS— 
pure bred. Surplus stock at bargain 
prices until Thanksgiving. Sunny- 
side Farm, Jonesville, Va. 



PURE-BRED S. C. BROWN LEGHORN 
stock for sale. Eggs for hatching 
in season. Corespondence solicited. 
G. William Smith, Orange, Va. 

EXCELLENT VALUES IN BEAUTI- 
fully marked Single Comb Rhode 
Island Red Cockerels at $1 each. 
Mrs. E. W. Brooking, Somerset, Va. 

SINGLE COMB REDS OF WILMONT, 
red to the skin; beauties; $1 to $1.50. 
Satisfaction guaranteed. Mrs. F. E. 
Williams, Charlottesville, Va. 

BARGAIN SALE— EIGHT S. C. WHITE 
Orpington Hens and one Cock, prize 
winning strain. First $10 gets them. 
E. C. Coble, Mt. Airy, N. C. 

WANTED— 2.000 MARCH AND APRIL 
hatched White Rock Pullets. Ad- 
dress, with description and price, 
W. P. Laird, Warm Springs, Va. 

FOR SALE— PURE-BRED RHODE 
Island Red Cockerels, $1 each. Mrs. 
Joe Mathews, Lahore, Va. 

ROSE COMB SILVER LACED 

Wyandottes for sale. Mrs. Fannie 
Carter, Rice, Va. 

S. C. BROWN LEGHORN PULLETS. 
Hens and Corkercels for sale. Mrs. 
C. M. Bass, Rice, Va. 

CHEAP— BRONZE TURKEYS AND 
Geese. Order at once. L. J. Winn. 
Blanton, Va. 

LIVE STOCK. 

FOR SALE— TEN ANGUS COWS, 
8 Heifers, choice breeding, mostly 
Prince Ito blood; 5 Hackney brood 
mares, 2 Yearling Fillies, 5 trotting- 
bred Mares, 1 Yearling 1 2-year and 
2 3-year Fillies, all high class racing 
blood and should go fast; 2 Geld 
ings, 1 and 2 years; 1 Clydesdale 
Stallion, 2 years; 1 trotting bred 
Sallion, Don Piza, 27060, one of the 
best sons of the great Gambetta 
Wilkes. Myer & Son, Bridgeville, Del. 

FOR SALE — A FINE JACK; BLACK, 
white points, 15 hands, 4 years, good 
bone, fine style and action; fine per- 
former on either mares or jennetts; 
also three fine Jennetts bred to 
above; all above stock registered. 
They are the finest animals ever 
brought to Virginia. Unless you are 
looking for high-class goods save 
your postage. Might consider part 
pay in cattle. A. H. Motteler, Pro\i- 
dence Forge, Va. 

A VERY PRETTY AND GENTLE 
Lady's Saddler and Driver; "Peggy 
Primrose;" rich dapple cream, 6 
years old. Perfectly sound. No bad 
tricks. A great pet and for such a 
pretty and likeable mare will be sold 
at a bargain. Trial cheerfully 
allowed. References. R. I. Farrer, 
Orange. Va. 

$25 FOR PURE-BRED BULL CALF 
out of registered Holsteln cow; rich- 
ly bred; beautifully marked. W. B. 
Lewis, Route 1, Blackstone, Va. 



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[November, 



LIVE STOCK (Continued). 

THE VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC IN- 
stitute has for sale pure-bred young 
males of the following breeds: Cat- 
tle — Holsteins, Jerseys. Shorthorns, 
Aberdeen-Angus and Herefords. 
Swine — Young animals of both sexes 
of the following breeds: Berkshire*, 
Duroc-Jerseys and large Yorkshire. 
Sheep — Dorset Rams and one Shrop- 
shire Ram Lamb. Also a few Black 
Minorca and Brown Leghorn Cocke- 
rels. These animals are excellent 
individuals in thrifty condition and 
will be sold at very reasonable prices 
to Virginia farmers. For dairy 
breeds address Prof. Brainerd; for 
all other breeds. Dr. Mayo, Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 
Va. 

FOR SALE — IMPORTED GERMAN 
Coach Stallion, 4 years old, 16 hands 
high, weighs 1,350 lbs., good flat 
bone, fine style and action, plenty 
of speed, a perfect eye and a nobis 
disposition. Have both German and 
American certificates of registration. 
A bargain for some om interested in 
breeding good serviceable horses. Ad- 
dress, T. E. Roberts, Chase City, Va. 



REMEMBER MY YORKSHIRE HOu. 
and Red Poll Cattle are of the best 
breeding. Young stock always for 
sale at attractive prices. W. E. 
Stickley, Strasburg, Va. 

FOR SALE — ONE THREE-YEAR-OLD 
Black Standard-Bred Trotting Stuck 
Mare. Address T. C. Morton, Rice 
Depot, Va. 



LARGE YORKSHIRES — SEE OUR 
October ad. Stock referred to must 
be sold at once or prepared for 
butcher. What will you offer per 
pound for what you need? Stock is 
only in breeding condition now. 
Meadow Grove Farm, Ivy Depot, V a 

FOR SALE— ONE REGISTERED JER- 
sey Bull, one Cow coming fresh, 
four Yearling Heifers. All first- 
class stock. "M. O. A.," Southern 
Planter. 



FOR SALE— SADDLE STALLION, 5 
years old; blood bay; extremely 
handsome, stylish and spirited; un- 
trained but almost perfect in all 
saddle gaits; saddle bred on both 
sides and of distinguished ances- 
trage; disposition gentle and tract- 
able; thoroughly broken to ride and 
drive. Address F. G. D., R. F. D. 
No. 1, Scottsville, Va. 

PURE-BRED JERSEYS AND POLLED 
Durhams (or Hornless Shorthorns). 
I have two fine 2 to 3-months-old 
Jersey Bull Calves by a famous 
Kentucky bred bull. Price $35 each 
or $60 for both. Polled Durham Bull 
and Heifer Calves, yearlings and 
older stock. Write for prices to 
James M. Hobbs, 1521 Mount Royal 
Avenue, Baltimore, Md. Note — See 
my one-third page ad of Sheep, Hogs 
and Poultry elsewhere in this issue. 

BERKSHIRE PIGS — B ILIMORB 
strain, good individuals, of either 
sex. Ten fine Jersey Heifers and 
Plymouth Rock Cockerels. Every- 
thing guaranteed as represented or 
money refunded. R. S. Young, Only, 
Va. 

FOR SALE — SHORT HORN BULL, 
four years old, gentle, weighs 1,500 
pounds. Price, $75. Also one Short 
Horn Bull Calf, three months old, 
$25. M. Szuchy, Amelia, Va. 

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR 
mules or heavy farm horses, 2 to 4 
years old, 2 bull calves, 1 herd bull, 
Prince Barbara, 10 cows, 8 heifers. 
Myer & Son, Bridgeville, Del. 

FOR SALE— REGISTERED POLLED 
Herefords, Wilton, Anxiety and 
Howe strains. Prices moderate. Ap- 
ply Samuel T. Earle, Jr., 1431 Lin- 
den Ave., Baltimore, Md. 

PONIES — SEVERAL SHETLAND AND 
others for children, well broken. Cne 
pair matched roan mares, 6 years, 
kind; single and double. J. M. Cun- 
ningham, Brandy Station, Va. 

FOR SALE — ONE PAIR PERCHERON 
Horse Colts, two years old, perfectly 
sound. By imported Maximum, both 
dams pure-bred. A bargain at $350. 
Elkton Stock Farm, Forest Depot, 
Va. 

FOR SALE— DUROC-JERSEYS OF 
high quality. Bred Sows, Septem- 
ber Pigs and Boars ready for service. 
R. W. Watson, Petersburg, Va. 

WANTED— A YOUNG MAMMOTH 
Jack that can be sold under a guar- 
antee to serve mares. W. A. Connell, 
Inez, N. C. 



FOR SALE — FRENCH COACH STAL- 
lion, '"Dreux," 4237; dark brown; 
weight, 1,200 pounds; six years; per- 
fect and cheap. Thomas L. Hill, 
Millen, Ga. 

FOR SALE — SHORT HORN HEIFER 
Calf, roan, entitled to registry, mi' 
ing strain, six months old, $35. 
Heartlands Stock Farm, Warrenton, 
Va. 

DOGS, PEST STOCK, ETC. 



CANADA GEESE, BLACK SWAN, 
Wild Ducks, Decoys, etc. Why not 
raise your own decoys and orna- 
mental water fowl? Five hundred 
Canada Geese, young pairs $6, mated 
breeding pairs $10; Wild Black Mal- 
lard Ducks, breeders, $3 pair, ten 
pairs $25; Black Australian Swan, 
I handsome, hardy, prolific, often two 
to three broods a year, in great de- 
mand for parks, country estates, etc., 
adults $40, young pairs $30; English 
Decoy Ducks, best callers known for 
wild duck shooting, $2.50 pair; Black 
Brant, $10 pair; White Muscovy 
Ducks, $2.25 pair. Buy wild fowl 
direct from Whelton's Wild Water 
Fowl Farms, Chincoteague Island, 
Va. 

WANTED — TO BUT ALL KINDS 
Wild Birds and Animals, particularly 
Tame Deer, Wild Turkeys, White 
Squirrels, Peafowl, Otters, Bed Foxei 
Gray Squirrels, Partridges. Pheas- 
ants, Beaver. State price when writ- 
ing. Dr. Cecil French, Naturalist. 
Washington, D. C. 



BY PAYING FREIGHT CHARGE AND 
$2 pound tax, we will ship you a 
good house, watch or hunting dog. 
State kind of dog you want. Animal 
Relief Society, 2115 14th St., N. W., 
Washington, D. C. 



DACHSHUND PUPS — PURE-BRED 

stock, imported from Germany in 
1906, for sale. Capt. F. J. von 
Schwerdtner, Annapolis, Md. 

FOX, DEER, COON AND OPOSSUM 
hounds and pups, $3.50 to $15 each. 
For bargains write me. E. F. Wil- 
mouth, Shelbyvllle, Ky. 



TIRED OF FARMING? BOYS LEFT 
home? Why not exchange your farm 
for city income property in best 
city in United States? Frequently 
good trades can be made with peo- 
ple anxious to live in country My 
business is to bring such people to- 
gether and help them 'deal on basis 
fair to both. Send full description 
if you wish my services. No charge 
unless deal made; 33 years business 
record back of me. Clarence Pettit, 
Real Estate Exchange Specialist, 
Pittsburg, Pa. 

FINE STOCK FARM FOR SALE, 
containing 194 acres, 60 fine bottom 
land; located one mile from station 
on Southern Railroad in Halifax 
county, Virginia, and five miles from 
a first-class market for everything, 
including wood. Plenty of wood can 
be sold delivered at the station to 
pay for farm. A four-room 'dwell- 
ing on public road. A living stream 
runs through tract. Price, $3,000, 
one-third cash, balance in equal in- 
stallments on one to ten years, in- 
terest added. E. W. Armistead, Dai,- 
ville, Va. 

BEAUTIFUL HOME IN' CUBA; GOOD 
8-room tile roofed house, 25 acres 
good land, quantity of fruit trees, 
never failing well with wind mill; 
one and one-half miles from city of 
twenty thousand; fine location, high, 
dry and healthy; good for tobacco, 
oxanges or vegetables. Price, $2,000. 
Address S. T. Holmes, Pinar del Rio, 
Cuba. 

FOR SALE— A FINE TRACT OF 
land containing 137% acres, tw© 
miles from Providence Forge. This 
land lies well, contains valuable 
timber; after being removed will be 
No. 1 land for agricultural purposes. 
Might consider part pay in cattle. 
A. H. Motteler, Providence Forge, 
Va. 

FOR SALE— 400 ACRES OF FINE 
land in Loudoun county, Virginia; 
well fenced and watered; 10-room 
stone house; water in house; obser- 
vatory; open fireplaces as well as 
furnace; tenant house; also large 
dwelling house on place. Can be 
divided or sell as entirety. Southern 
Poultry Supply Company. Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

FINE ESTATE FOR SALE— THRM 
sets of handsome buildings; resi- 
dences contain 10. 9 and 8 rooms; 
live other settlements. Beautiful sit- 
uation, good graslng and .'arming 
land. 1,200 acres. WIU divide. Price 
$25; clese to town. A. H. Clement. 
Appomattox, Va. ^^^ 



BEAGLES — PUPS AND WELL-TRAIN- 
ed Dogs for sale. Best strain. James 
R. Parker, Cypress Chapel, Va. 

CHAMPION BRED COLLIE ^ 
and grown females for sale. Shady- 
brook Farm, Route 2, Roanoko, V-i 



WANTED — LIVE WILD TURKEYS 
and Pheasants for breeding purposes 
R. L. Blanton. Richmond, Va. 

REAL ESTATE. 

WANTED TO EXCHANGE CITY LOTS 
In Gulfport, Miss., for Shetland 
ponies, collies, blood hounds, er 
fancy poultry. J. D. Stodghill, Shel- 
byvllle, Ky. 



FARM FOR SALE — FULLWOOD 
Ranch, 100 acres and improvements, 
good roads, fruit, etc.; excellent mar- 
ket garden and dairy. Near Monte- 
rev, Tenn.: population, three thou- 
sand; good schools, fine climate, 
healthy. Price, $4,000. For full par- 
ticulars write James J. Flemi-ng, 
Mont erey, Tenn. 

WANTED TO RENT— CAN BUY— A 
strictly first-class stock and grain 
farm, from two to five or six hun- 
dred acres. Good farm, roads and 
improvements. Am a Virginian by 
birth but have always formed in 
Indiana. You know what that 
means. Camden Hogg, Pt. Pleasant. 
W. Va. 

WANTED— FARMS AND BUSINESSES 
Don't pay commissions. We find you 
direct buyer. Write, describing 
property, naming lowest price. We 
help buyers locate 'desirable proper- 
ties free. American Investment As- 
sociati^" ^Tinneapo lis, Minn. 

FARMS AND TIMBER LANDS AT 
lowest prices on easy terms; great, 
est bargains in Virginia. Write for 
catalogue. Address J. R. Elam, Char- 
lottesville, Va. 



1909.1 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1087 



REAL ESTATE (Continued). 

WISH TO GET IN CORRESPON- 
dence with owner of farm of 100 to 
150 acres, within 20 to 30 miles of 
Washington, D. G., 1 to 1% miles 
railroad on good turnpike; dwelling 
8 to 10 rooms in good repair; good 
outbuildings; plenty of fruit; plenty 
of good water; wood for domestic 
purposes; land naturally good in fair 
condition; close to churches and 
schools. W r ish to lease for term ol 
years with privilege of buying. Will 
pay semi-annual cash rental. Keei> 
up buildings as to paint and repairs 
at my own expense, except that 
essential to age. Will improve farm 
and keep it in good agricultural 
shape. If farm meets my require- 
ments am willing- to pay what would 
be considered a good price for rent. 
Wish lease for 5 or 10 years. Will 
pay taxes and insurance. Will deal 
only with owner direct. "Cash," care 
Southern Planter. 



FARMER, THOROUGHLY EXPE- 
rienced in dairy work and farming 
in up-to-date principles, desires posi- 
tion as working farmer. Accustom- 
ed to modern machinery, Including 
steam and gasoline engines. Middle 
aged, single and sober. Address 
Box 693, Mt. Holly, N. J. 



FARMS FOR SALE IN NORTH CARO- 
lina. — Get my large list before they 
are leased. State location, size and 
about price of farm wanted. R. E. 
Prince, Raleigh, N. C„ 

CLENDENING AND THOMAS, REAL 
Estate Agents, Round Hill, Loudoun 
county, Va. Large list of farms and 
town property in the famous Val- 
ley, ranging in price from $10 per 
acre and upwards. 

posrnojrs help. 



WANTED — AN EXPERIENCED 
farmer and stockman (with some 
knowledge of orchard work prefer- 
red) to come January first, next, for 
a 650-acre farm, near Staunton, Va. 
Give age, size family, qualifications, 
pay expected. Apply by letter to 
B. M. S., care Southern Planter. 

WANTED — MANAGER TO TAKE 
full charge gentleman's place near 
Orange, Va., C. and O. Railway. Wife 
must be good butter maker. State 
when you can come, salary expected, 
references. Address J. Dunlevy, care 
Southern Planter. 



IMPLEMENTS, MACHINERY, ETC. 



WANTED — AT ONCE. SOBER, 

healthy, young married white man, 
good farmer, horseman and stock- 
man to care for stock and work on 
farm. Apply, with references, "C," 
Bremo Bluff Postoffice, Va. 

WANTED — MAN TO WORK ON FARM. 
Do not apply unless you are tem- 
perate, honest, industrious and 
capable. State what you can and 
will do. giving full particulars. 
Meadow Grove Farm, Ivy Depot, Va. 



WANTED— POSITION AS WORKING 
foreman on a medium sized farm 
(about 300) by a married man with 
nearly grown boys. Man is sober, 
energetic, good references, under- 
stands growing of all crops, im- 
proving soil with leguminous crop;-. 
handling labor, breeding, feeding 
and caring for stock, the care and 
use of all farm machinery. Will 
work furnished farm for a share. 
■•Farmer," care Southern P lanter. 

WANTED— A WORKING FOREMAN 
for a place of fifty acres about four 
p--]es from Richmond, where I ex- 
pect to build shortly; must be in- 
telligent and willing- to turn a hand 
to anything; none others need ap- 
ply; will furnish house. State wagf 
expected and previous experience. 
Address "X. Y. Z.," Southern Planter. 

WANTED— MARRIED MAN, GERMAN 
or Irishman, to farm. Wife to cook 
for 1910. Apply Mrs. G. W. Marrow, 
Townsville, N. C. 

WANTED— GARDENER AND CHICK- 
en man, single. who will assist 
around the house. Address T. B. 
Scott, Burkeville, Va. 



WANTED— GOOD, RELIABLE MAN 
as working foreman on stock farm. 
No night work. Give references 
and wages desired. W. B. Gates, 
Rice Depot, Prince Edward county, 
Va. 



WANTED— A PARTNER WITH $200 
to $500 to .ioin me in the cattle, sheep 
and poultry business in West Vir- 
ginia. I have the farm, 10,000 acres 
of range and a part of the stock and 
the first year's feed. O. D. Hill. 
Kendalia, W. Va. 

POSITION WANTED AS MANAGER 
of poultry farm; will accept reason- 
able nr^nosition; 15 years expe- 
rience; good references. "Richard," 
care Southern Planter. 

WANTED — TENANT FOR JAMES 
river farm, 273 acres, 140 acres 
arable. Convenient to wharf, 

churches and schools. Apply J. M. 
Bell, Shirley. Va. 

— ^ 

WANTED— POSITION AS FOREMAN 
and manager on a farm. Can give 
references as being sober, honest, 
straight and reliable and with the 
experience. R., Vashti, Va. 



FOR SALE— 100-EGG MANDY LEE 
Incubator. Late mo'del and perfect 
condition; $9. E. L. B-upuy, Black- 
stone, Va. 

FOR SALE— ONE SUCCESS MANURE 
Spreader; been used three times; 
good as new. Price $80. J. T. 
Rogers & Son, Nassawadox, Va. 

WANTED — STUMP PULLER. STATE 
price and make. T. G. Figgat, 
Roanoke, Va. 

WANTED — GOOD SECOND-HAND 

Planer, Matcher and Mauler; small 
size. C. C. Cocke, Crofton, Va. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

A HANDSOME. COMFORTABLE, SEA 
Worthy Cabin Launch, 30x9 feet, 32- 
inch draught, .cedar hull, copp i 
fastened, oak keel and timbers, 
paneled oak cabin, 17 windows, 
toilet room, ice tank, stove; carry 
25 passengers, berths for four. Globe 
engine 1% years old, 50-gallon tank, 
lights, anchors, cushions, life pre- 
servers. Fully equipped for hunting 
or cruising. A sacrifice at half cost. 
$675. Delivered anywhere on coast. 
J. W. Whealton, Chincoteague, Va. 

RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE 
of limited means to enjoy the free 
advantages of Washington. Short- 
hand and typewriting included in 
home expenses, and positions found 
for students. To live in Washing- 
ton is a liberal education. Address 
Mrs. Novella Routt Reynolds, 1812 
Belmont Road, Washington D. C. 

DISCOVERED — A NEW SYSTEM OF 
concrete block making. Build your 
own homes. Use the new system 
made on the Oregon Concrete Block 
Machine. A dry inside wall guar- 
anteed. Complete outfits from $50 
up. Send for catalogue. Oregon 
Concrete Block Machine Co., 3235 
and 3237 N. Broadway, St. Louis, Mo. 

WOODWARD & SON, RICHMOND, VA. 
Lumber, Laths, Shingles, 
Sash, Blinds, Doors, 
Frames, Mouldings, As- 
phalt Roofing. Yards and 



RICHMOND 



W^P 



VIRGINIA 



buildings covering ten acres. 



FOR SALE— PAN-A-RAMA CAMERA, 
two Winchester Repeating Rifles, 
Yellow Potato Onions and Sets. 
Would exchange for early hatched 
pullets. David E. Peters, Princess 
Anne, Md. 



CULTIVATED GINSENG— SEED FOR 
sale. Directions given for planting. 
R. F. Cecil, Altavista, Va. 



LOOK! LISTEN! 

And Let Us Tell You Something About These Newly Invented 

SELF- SHARPENING SHEARS 

They are eight inches long and made of high-grade ma- 
terial by special Forroid process. Finely tempered and 
ground, insuring a sharp, clear-cutting edge that will cut 
clean the entire length to the point, and will last as long 
as the shears themselves. And notice the new design in 
the thumb rest, by which the discomfort usually occasioned 
by the constant use of a pair of shears is entir'elv avoided. 
But the best of all is that they sharpen themselves, as their 
name implies, simply by tightening the tension spring. 
They are beautifully designed, fine finish, heavilv nickel- 
plated and highly polished. Any woman who once uses 
these shears will never part with them. 

To secure some more names to send our new catalogue 
of HOUSEHOLD SPECIALTIES, we will, for a limited time, 
send, prepaid to any address in the United States, a pair 
of these wonderful SELF-SHARPENING SHEARS for fiftv 
cents (50 cents) in postage or coin. 

Better order now, as this offer may not appear again. 




5'M W* SHamG^™ ™ s p»ing 



Southern Supply House 

215 Willoughby Ave., Norfolk, Va. 



1088 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 



[November, 



Hygeia Herd 

Pure-Bred Holstein-Friesians 

It is no more expensive to maintain a good bull at the head of your herd than a poor one, 
and the former is certainly worth many times his cost. Therefore, write for pedigree and price on 
one of the richly bred bulls which this herd now offers for sale. 

Addreasi W. F. Garter, Jr., Agent. Oroaet, Albemarle County, Virginia. W. Ftt«huith Garter, M. D, Onrnw. 

The breed holds the milk and butter records of the world; the herd embraces some 

of its best families. 



GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. 

It was my good fortune last sum- 
mer to come in touch with a French 
gentleman, who understood and prac- 
ticed the fine art of cookery as only 
the peple of his nation do, and it was 
also my good fortune to enjoy some 
of the delicious dishes he prepared. 
Before leaving I begged that he would 
give me some of his favorite recipes. 
This he has done, and I am giving 
them to the readers of The Planter 
just as he gave them to me, assur- 
ing them that, strictly followed, they 
bring about the most delightful re- 
sults. You will notice that thyme and 
parsley play a conspicuous part in 
many of these recipes. You can al- 
ways find these in the markets in 
the city, or you may raise parsley 
in a box in the kitchen window. The 
thyme bought in bunches may be 
dried and kept any length of time 
in a glass jar. It loses its flavor 
If allowed to cook too long, so it is 
well not to add the thyme until just 
a little while before taking the pot 
from the fire. 

Herb Omelette. 

For one dozen eggs cut two onions 
in small pieces, a small handful of 
parsley chopped very fine, half pound 
lean breast bacon, cu£~it in small lit- 
tle square pieces. Fry bacon first till 
brown, take it out of pan and put it 
aside, then fry onions in the same 
pan till brown, then, having your eggs 
and parsley beaten well, add pepper 
and very little salt, as bacon is al- 
ready salted. Pour eggs in pan with 
bacon and onions together; stir well 
till nearly done, then try to turn one- 
half over the other quickly, so it 
takes the shape of a half moon; then 
put in dish and serve. 

Chicken Fricassee. 

Take a chicken, cut it in medium 
sized pieces, put in a pot with quar- 
ter pound of butter, leave pot uncov- 
ered and let Tt brown well, when so 
brown put in nearly one quart of 
onions, add water to cover whole, 
make a bouquet (a big pinch of thyme 
and plenty of parsley, pepper and 
salt) and let cook with cover on pot 
till about half dene, then add two 
glasses of claret, let cook till done, 
add one tablespoonful of flour, dis- 
solved in one more glass of claret, let 
boil fifteen minutes and serve. 
Should you want a first-class dish of 
same, when you add flour and claret, 



BIG MILKING, HIGH-GRADE OR REGISTERED 

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN SOWS 

Are what the South needs. We furnish the kind that fill the pall every 



time they are milked. They are "mortgage litters." 
scrubs. Send for free circular, "Cow Boarders." 




Two 



"Mortgage Lifters" — Milk Records of 12,000 lbs. references. 
Each a Year. 



Don't keep unprofitable 

We furnish cows that 
will give from 7 te 10 
gals, per day and 5,001 
to 6,000 qts. a year. 

We recently sold 
Sweet Briar Institute, 
Sweet Briar, Va., a car 
of high-grade Holsteln 
Cows. Go and look at 
them. They are fairly 
representative of what 
we offer. 

We are responsible 
and furnish the highest 



All mall orders will receive the same attention as If personally selected. 
Write to-day stating wants. 



THE SYRACUSE BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION, 



Utlca, N. Y. 



THE HOLLINS HERD 
— OF — 

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIANS 

A Working Herd, Working Every Day in the Year, 

A Pure Bred Holstein Friesian Bull 

Will Increase the Production of Butter Fat and Milk in the Herd. 

RECORD OF HOLLINS HERD FOR SIX YEARS. 
From Pound of Milk. 

October 1, 1903, to October 1, 1904 4,000 

October 1, 1904, to October 1, 1905 5,020 

October 1, 1905, to October 1, 1906 6,867 

October 1, 1906, to October 1, 1907 6,536 

October 1, 1907, to October 1, 1908 -. 8,906 

October 1, 1908, to October 1, 1909 8,913 

The milk of every cow and every heifer of milking age, except heifers fresh- 
ening with first calf WITHIN THE FISCAL YEAR is included in the record. 
REGISTERED BULL CALVES OUT OF HEAVY PRODUCING COWS FOR SALE. 
JOS. A. TURNER, General Manager, Holling Institute, Va. 



MEADOW FARM DAIRY 



PURE 
B 



red Holstein-Friesians. 



A WORKING HERD OF SEVENTY-FIVE 
REGISTERED COWS—ALL FIRST-CLASS 



Young Males and Females for Sale. 



Address J. P. TAYLOR, 

Orange, Virginia. 



TELL THE ADVERTISER WHERE TOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1089 



MORVEN PARK 

PROPERTY OF WESTMORELAND DAVIS 



Registered Percherons- 



'QQQ 

Five years^ago, we sent our representative to France with instructions to secure 
the best stallion and mares that could be selected. We then imported the French 
government approved and premium stallion "VIBRAYE" a prize winner himself, and 
a son of the celebrated "BESIQUE" for six years the winner over all France. The 
animals selected beside being prize winners are rich in "Brilliant" blood. Our Import- 
ed mares work every day,thus demonstrating their suitability for the needs of our 
farmers. 

We have now two-year stallions and colts for sale. 



Registered Guernseys 

Throughout the North and the West, the 
Guernsey is the cow, and as our farmers require 
to increase the butter fat content of their milk, 
they will find the use of a Guernsey bull upon 
their herds most satisfactory. Our herd consists 
largely of animals selected by^us upon the Island 
of Guernsey and is headed by the great bull 
"France's Jewel VIII" son of "La France VIII" 
who made 13,000 pounds of milk on grass on the 
Island of Guernsey. The herd is rich in France, 
Masher, May Rose and other fashionable strains 
of Guernsey blood. Our herd is regularly tuber- 
culin tested by the Agricultural Department of 
the United States. We are still increasing our 
herd and have only bulls for sale at reasonable 
prices. 



—Large Imported White Yorkshires— 

These pigs are the bacon pigs of the West and of England. They are hardy 
and prolific. I f your sows are of the lard type and give but a few pigs, a Yorkshire 
boar will increase the size of the litters and improve the quality of the meat. Our pigs 
have heavy coats of hair and do not sun scald. Afcer eighteen months ofjexposure 
without shade aod practically no shelter, we exhibited at the Virginia State Fair a 
boar which took the Championship of his breed. His skin was .in a fine condition. 
We highly recommend the use of these boars to our farmers. 



WE ARE ALSO BREEDERS OF DORSET HORN SHEEP. 

For further particulars apply to 

LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT 

MORVEN PARK, NEAR LEESBURQ, LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA 



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[November,. 



ROSE DALE HERD 
ABERDEEN- ANGUS CATTLE 




We offer to the farmers and breeders of the East strictly choice 
Young Registered Bulls from weanlings to serviceable age. They 
are of the straight, broad-backed, low-down, compact, blocky type. 
Many of them show ring animals. They represent the blood of Mas- 
ter II., of Meadow Brook; Gay Lad, Jr.; Heather Lad II., Zaire V., 
Ermine Bearer, Blackbird of Corskie IV., Black Abbott, Abbottsford, 
Coquette X., Etc. 

They are well grown out, In thrifty condition, but not pampered. 
Oome and see them or write us your wants. Prices right. "We can 
please you. Angus cattle are our specialty. We raise no other 
stock but give them our undivided personal attention. 

ROSEDALE STrCK FARMS, JEFFERSONTON, VA. 



put in as many mushrooms as you 
liko. 

Chicken Sauce Poulette. 

Take chicken, cut in small medium 
sized pieces, one quart onions cut in 
small pieces, let cook till perfectly 
done, with water covering the whole 
all the time. When well done take 
off the fire and then take six yolks 
of eggs well beaten, put in your beat- 
en eggs when off the fire, let remain 
with cover on for about five minutes; 
put in dish and serve. 

Veal Sauce Blanquette. 

For three pounds good veal, cut in 
medium sized pieces, take one-thir' 1 
pound butter, put in pot, fry same 
well brown (same as chicken), two 
quarts cut onions, cook whole' wit 
water, pepper and salt and bouqet 
(same way as stated before), and 
about ten minutes before veal is wei 
done put in spoonful flour dissolve-' 
in water first, six yolks of beaten 
eggs, put them in when veal is well 
done and taken off fire. Leave pot 
# covered for about five minutes, and 
'serve. 

Stewed Veal with Tomatoes. 

For three pounds, cut in medium 
sized pieces, one-third pound butter, 
brown Well, then add two quarts cut 
onions, three cans tomatoes with a 
bouquet, salt and pepper, cooked till 
done; must cook from about one hour 
and a half to one hour and three 
quarters; put in dish and serve. 
Crab Salad. 

For one quart of crab meat three 
medium sized onions, cut very small. 
a good bunch of fine chopped parsley, 
half cup sweet oil, half cup vinegar, 
two tablespoonfuls prepared mustard. 
or one spoon of dried mustard (this 
must be dissolved well in vinegar) ; 
mix whole well and add vinegar ac- 
cording to taste. 

White Cream Gravy. 
Suitable for Asparagus, Cauliflower 

Take one-quarter pound butter, p 11 * 
in frying pan and when melted take 
off the fire, add two tablespoonfuls 
flour and dissolve in melted butter, 
and when well mixed nut back on 
fire, add water according to thick- | 



Someone is going to get a first-class Angus herd header at 

SUNNY HOME FARM 

this coming fall. Sire a Jilt, son «f the great Erica bull Imported Equestor. 

Dam sired by the world-famous Gay Blackbird (the sire of the $3,050 
Gay Lad that was champion of America during 1895-96). Second dam, a Nose- 
gay daughter of the great Beau Bill, champion during 1894 and sire of the 
dam of Vala, .probably the most popular Angus female ever in the American 
Show Ring. 

Imported Equestor's sire was Equestrian, one of the greatest .bulls ever 
at •'Ballendalloch." 

Don't wait for the other fellow to get this first class bull, the product 
of the greatest champions of two continents, but write and have him booked 
for you at once. Write 



A. L. FRENCH, Owner, 



Byrdville, Va, 




Diamond 241584. 



Farmington 
Stock Farm 



Near Charlottesville, Va. 
Fine Registered 

SHORT HORNS 

Bull and Heifer Calves, 
Yearlings and young calves 
from 4 to 6 months old. 

Pure-bred Barred Ply- 
mouth Rock fowls for sale. 

R. Warner Wood, Birdwood, Va 



CEDAR GROVE STOCK FARM 

HEADQUARTERS FOR 

RED POLLED CATTLE 

YOUNG BULLS AND HEIFERS. 
Also the home of the "North Carolina" Herd of 

OUROC-JERSEY HOGS 

Cherry Red Herd headed by N. C. Commodore, 24463; N. C. Colonel, 26087, 
and Orion T., 23711. . . . 

More than twenty sows in service, each one of which Is from noted prize 
winners. „ . , , ... 

Price for Pigs under 10 weeks old, $9 to $10 each; pedigrees furnished witn 
each pig. Write for prices on mature sows or bred gilts. 

W. A. THIGPEN, PROPRIETOR, CONETOE, EDGECOMBE CO., N. C. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1091 



O<H>CH}0{H}*KH>CHKH}0^^ 




AT THE VIRGINIA STATE FAIR 

Imported Marett's Flying Fox, P. 3219 H. C. 

Won First in Class, Championship, Grand Championship and 
Grand Sweepstakes Over Every Bull of Every Dairy Breed. 

FOR SALE: 



GOLDEN BARONET 

Sire. Baronetti's Golden Lad C790S. Dam, Baroneliu 

20S304, by King Fox, by Champion Flying Fox, 

P. 2729, H. C. Born September 20, 1907. 

An unusually handsome young bull, now ready 
for service, combining- the acme of fashionable breed- 
ing along pre-eminent show and dairy lines with a 
perfect conformation and fine style. Broad and in- 
telligent forehead, a small muzzle; bright, prominent 
eyes; a perfect back line, superb tail setting; rudi- 
mentaries well developed and beautifully placed. 



GOLDEN CRESTMONT 

Sire, Violet's Stoke Pogis, 69333. Dam, Dolly's Violet 
204806, by Violet's Stoke Pogis 69333. 

Born January 23, 1908. Here is your dairy breed- 
ing! A glance at this young bull's royal ancestry 
reveals all that is best known along dairy lines — 
Stoke Pogis of Prospect on both sides! A large, 
handsome bull, individually equal to hi's great breed- 
ing. Now ready for service. He will mean dollars 
to some dairy herd. We nave too many bulls ami 
will price him cheap. 



We have the goods and we propose to make prices to get the business. 



ALLANDALE FARM, 



Fredericksburg, Va. 



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1092 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



Xovcmber, 



ness wanted, and let cook till it about 
starts to boil, take off fire, then put 
six yolks of eggs already beaten with 
salt and pepper and a few drops of 
lemon juice, and pour over dish de 
sired and serve. 

Consumme. 

Four pounds beef, with a good sized 
bone, meat cut in good sized pieces, 
one-quarter pound butter, brown well 
in uncovered pot, then add about one 
gallon water, three medium sized 
carrots, two turnips, two onions, a 
stalk of celery, parsley, pinch of 
thyme, salt and pepper, let cook at 
least three hours, strain liquid. That 
is the buillon consomme. 

Should you want to make a soup of 
it, put in half pound vermicelli, or 
quarter pound rice, or one-third pound 
spaghetti, or quarter pound barley, 
or anything you wish. 

CARAVEN. 



NEW ENGINE CATALOG. 

The gasoline engine is proving so 
popular as a reliable helper on the 
farm that it is now almost the excep- 
tion to find the farmer without one. 
Farmers have found it to their ad- 
vantage in a great many cases to 
have not only one engine but several 
engines for different classes of work. 

The pioneer of all gasoline engines 
on the farm is the Jack-of-All-Trades, 
put out some years ago. Mounted 
complete on a wood base with large 
water cooling tank and gasoline tank, 
this type of engine is made in 2, 3, 
4 and 6 horse power sizes and won 
for itself an enviable reputation. 

With the advent of the gasoline en- 
gine has come a demand by the 
farmers for more information regard- 
ing the construction, and functions of 
the various parts of the gasoline en- 
gine. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., have 
just issued a new book on engines 
now manufactured by this Company 
and gives many suggestions for the 
use of such power. For instance, 
There are 27 different classes of ma- 
chinery pumping water, illustrated in 
this book. A copy of this book will 
be sent free on request. See adver- 
tisement in this issue. 



Always mention The Southern 
Planter when writing advertisers. 



Earhart's Model Premier 116131 

The great boar described on page 982 
of The Southern Planter (October 
issue) stands at the head of my herd 
and is ably assisted by the grand old 
Hunter of Biltmore III. and Earhart's 
Combination. These boars are of the 
best prize-winning blood of the world, 
:ind their great size, combined with 
extra size and quality, fit them to stand 
at the head of the best herd in the 
East. 

My sows are daughters and grand- 
daughters of Premier Longfellow, Baron Duke the 50th, and the noted Huntress 
and bred to the above great boars are producing a type of hog unequaled in 
size, easy feeding and show yard qualities. I have over 900 high-class pigs, 
besides a number of five-months-old gilts and boars that are ready for imme- 
diate shipment, and they are so good that I will agree to send them subject to 
your examination and approval. 

Let me quote you my prices, which are reasonable. 

Address D. E. EARHART. BRISTOW, VA. 




GLENBURN BERKSHIRES 

Great aons and daughters of 

LORD PREMIER, 

PREMIER LONGFELLOW, 

MASTERPIECE, 

in herd. 

We are overstocked and will sell sows and gilts bred or open at just a 
little above pork prices. Pigs also at cut prices. 

We have some nice Jersey Cows and Heifers at bargain prices. 



DR. J. D. KIRK, 



Roanoke, Va. 



EVERGREEN FARMS 

I AM NOW OFFERING AT REASONABLE PRICES 

JERSEY CATTLE 

A few select Bulls, Heifers and Cows, all ages. 

BERKSHIRE HOGS 

Boars ready for service. Pigs at weaning time $5 each, either sex. 

FOWLS 

S.. C. Brown Leghorn, Brace's Strain of New York; S. C. R. I. Red, Bryant's 
Strain of Massachusetts. 

ADDRESS W. B. GATES, PROPRIETOR, RICE DEPOT, VA. 

Milton Farm Berkshires 



Milton Premier 113579 



.[Premier Star ™™ S KK^Ser, 96241 

W» P °>* VII. U8.577 {ffi^Po^'fflisesa 

Fall Pigs are now coming in. A few boars about ready for service and 
some fine gilts at $15 to $20 registered and transferred. 
JOHN E. MUNCASTER> Route 5, ROCKVILLE, MD. 




BREEDING EWES 



BUY EARLY. 

Improve your farm and swell your bank account by stocking with 
Breeding Ewes. We are in position to sell you good Pure-Bred Bucks 
and Feeding Lambs, also Feeding Steers, stock cattle and yearlings. 
Now is the time to buy, and In the spring and summer will sell your 
fat cattle, sheep and lambs at best market prices. We will sell you 
stock that will make you good money. Write us 

McComb & Block 

COMMISSION MERCHANTS 

For Sale of CATTLE, SHEEP, LAMBS, HOGS, CALVES AND FRESH COWS 
Best of reference furnished 
OFFICE AND PENS: Established 1890. P. O. BOX 483 

UNION STOCK YARDS, RICHMOND, VA. Phones: Office 1394, Resldenee 3224 



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1089 



MORVEN PARK 

PROPERTY OF WESTMORELAND DAVIS 



Registered Percherons — 

Five years'ago, we sent our representative to France with instructions to secure 
the best stallion and mares that could be selected. We then imported the French 
government approved and premium stallion "VIBRAYE" a prize winner himself, and 
a son of the celebrated "BESIQUE" for six years the winner over all France. The 
animals selected beside being prize winners are rich in "Brilliant" blood. Our Import- 
ed mares work every day,thus demonstrating their suitability for the needs of our 
farmers . « 

We have now two-year stallions and colts for sale. 



Registered Guernseys 

Throughout the North and the West, the 
Guernsey is the cow, and as our farmers require 
to increase the butter fat content of their milk, 
they will find the use of a Guernsey bull upon 
their herds most satisfactory. Our herd consists 
largely of animals selected by'us upon the Island 
of Guernsey and is headed by the great bull 
"France's Jewel VIII" son of "La France VIII" 
who made 13,000 pounds of milk on grass on the 
Island of Guernsey. The herd is rich in France, 
Masher, May Rose and other fashionable strains 
of Guernsey blood. Our herd is regularly tuber- 
culin tested by the Agricultural Department of 
the United States. We are still increasing our 
herd and have only bulls for sale at reasonable 
prices. 



—Large Imported White Yorkshires— 

These pigs are the bacon pigs of the West and of England. They are hardy 
and prolific. I f your sows are of the lard type and give but a few pigs, a Yorkshire 
boar will increase the size of the litters and improve the quality of the meat. Our pigs 
have heavy coats of hair and do not sun scald. After eighteen months of ^exposure 
without shade aod practically no shelter, we exhibited at the Virginia State Fair a 
boar which took the Championship of his breed. His skin was in a fine condition. 
We highly recommend the use of these boars to our farmers. 



WE ARE ALSO BREEDERS OF DORSET HORN SHEEP. 

For further particulars apply to 

LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT 

MORVEN PARK, NEAR LEESBURG, LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA 



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[November, 



ROSE DALE HERD 
ABERDEEN-ANGUS CATTLE 




We offer to the farmers and breeders of the East strictly choice 
Young Registered Bulls from weanlings to serviceable age. They 
are ©f the straight, broad-backed, low-down, compact, blocky type. 
Many of them show ring animals. They represent the blood of Mas- 
ter II., of Meadow Brook; Gay Lad, Jr.; Heather Lad II., Zaire V., 
Ermine Bearer, Blackbird of Corskie IV., Black Abbott, Abbottsfordv 
Coquette X., Etc. 

They are well grown out, in thrifty condition, but not pampered. 
Come and see them or write us your wants. Prices right. We can 
please you. Angus cattle are our specialty. We raise no other 
stock but give them our undivided personal attention. 

ROSEDALE STfXK FARMS, JEFFERSONT0N, VA. 



put in as many mushrooms as you 
like- 
Chicken Sauce Poulette. 

Take chicken, cut in small medium 
sized pieces, one quart onions cut in 
small pieces, let cook till perfectly 
done, with water covering the whole 
all the time. When well done take 
off the fire and then take six yolks 
of eggs well beaten, put in your beat- 
en eggs when off the fire, let remain 
with cover on for about five minutes; 
put in dish and serve. 

Veal Sauce Blanquette. 

For three pounds good veal, cut in 
medium sized pieces, take one-thiH 
pound butter, put in pot, fry same 
well brown (same as chicken), two 
quarts cut onions, cook whole wit 
water, pepper and salt and bouqet 
(same way as stated before), and 
about ten minutes before veal is wel 
done put in spoonful flour dissolve" 
in water first, six yolks of beaten 
eggs, put them in when veal is well 
done and taken off fire. Leave pot 
covered for about five minutes, and 
serve. 

Stewed Veal with Tomatoes. 

For three pounds, cut in medium 
sized pieces, one-third pound butter, 
brown Well, then add two quarts cut 
onions, three cans tomatoes with a 
bouquet, salt and pepper, cooked till 
done; must cook from about one hour 
and a half to one hour and three- 
quarters; put in dish and serve. 
Crab Salad. 

For one quart of crab meat three 
medium sized onions, cut very small, 
a good bunch of fine chopped parsley, 
half cup sweet oil, half cup vinegar, 
two tablespoonfuls prepared mustard. 
or one spoon of dried mustard (this 
must be dissolved well in vinegar) ; 
mix whole well and add vinegar ac- 
cording to taste. 

White Cream Gravy. 
Suitable for Asparagus, Cauliflower 

Take one-quarter pound butter, p"1 
in frying pan and when melted take 
off the fire, add two tablespoonfuls 
flour and, dissolve in melted butter. 
and when well mixed put back on 
fire, add water according to thick- 



Someone is going to get a first-class Angus herd header at 

SUNNY HOME FARM 

this coming fall. Sire a Jilt, son of the great Erica bull Imported Equestor. 

Dam sired by the world-famous Gay Blackbird (the sire of the $3,050 
Gay Lad that was champion of America during 1895-96). Second dam, a Nose- 
gay daughter of the great Beau Bill, champion during 1894 and sire of the 
dam of Vala, probably the most popular Angus female ever in the American 
Show Ring. 

Imported Equestor's sire was Equestrian, one of the greatest bulls ever 
at "'Ballendalloch." 

Don't wait for the other fellow to get this first class bull, the product 
of the greatest champions of two continents, but write and have him booked 
for you at once. Write 



A. L. FRENCH, Owner, 



Byrdville, Va. 




Diamond 241584. 



Faimington 
Stock Farm 



Near Charlottesville, Va. 
Fine Registered 

SHORT HORNS 

Bull and Heifer Calves, 
Yearlings and young calves 
from 4 to 6 months old. 

Pure-bred Barred Ply- 
mouth Rock fowls for sale. 

R. Warner Wood, Bird wood, Va 



CEDAR GROVE STOCK FARM. 

HEADQUARTERS FOR 

RED POLLED CATTLE 

TOUNG BULLS AND HEIFERS. 
Also the home of the "North Carolina" Herd of 

OUROC-JERSEV HOGS 

Cherry Red Herd headed by N. C. Commodore, 24463; N. C. Colonel, 26087, 
and Orion T., 23711. . 

More than twenty sows in service, each one of which is from noted prize 
winners. 

Price for Pigs under 10 weeks old, $9 to $10 each; pedigrees furnished witn 
each pig. Write for priced on mature sows or bre'J gilts. 

W. A. TH1GPEN, PROPRIETOR, CONETOE, EDGECOMBE CO.. N. C. 



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1091 



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ALLANDALE REGISTERED JEWS 

AT THE VIRGINIA STATE FAIR 

Imported Marett's Flying Fox, P. 3219 H. C. 

Won First in Class, Championship, Grand Championship and 
Grand Sweepstakes Over Every Bull of Every Dairy Breed. 

FOR SALE: 



GOLDEN BARONET 

Sire. Bnronetti's Golden Lad 67908. Hum, Baroneliu 

20S304, by King Fox, by Champion Flying Fox, 

P. 2729, H. C. Born September 20, 1907. 

An unusually handsome young bull, now ready 
for service, combining- the acme of fashionable breed- 
ing along pre-eminent show and dairy lines with a 
perfect conformation and fine style. Broad and in- 
telligent forehead, a small muzzle; bright, prominent 
eyes; a perfect back line, superb tail setting; rudi- 
mentaries well developed and beautifully placed. 



GOLDEN CRESTMONT 

Sire, Violet's Stoke Pogis, 09333. Dam, Dolly's Violet 
204800, by Violet's Stoke Pogis 09333. 

Born January 23, 1908. Here is your dairy breed- 
ing! A glance at this young bull's royal ancestry 
reveals all that is best known along dairy lines- 
Stoke Pogis of Prospect on both sides! A large, 
handsome bull, individually equal to his great breed- 
ing. Now ready for service. He will mean dollars 
to some dairy herd. We have too many bulls ami 
will price him cheap. 



We have the goods and we propose to make prices to get the business. 



ALLANDALE FARM, 



Fredericksburg, Va. 



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[ November, 



ness wanted, and let cook till it about 
starts to boil, take off fire, then put 
six yolks of eggs already beaten with 
salt and pepper and a few drops of 
lemon juice, and pour over dish de 
sired and serve. 

Consumme. 

Four pounds beef, with a good sized 
bone, meat cut in good sized pieces, 
one-quarter pound butter, brown well 
in uncovered pot, then add about one 
gallon water, three medium sized 
carrots, two turnips, two onions, a 
stalk of celery, parsley, pinch of 
thyme, salt and pepper, let cook at 
least three hours, strain liquid. That 
is the buillon consomme. 

Should you want to make a soup of 
it, put 'in half pound vermicelli, or 
quarter pound rice, or one-third pound 
spaghetti, or quarter pound barley, 
or anything you wish. 

CARAVBN. 



NEW ENGINE CATALOG. 

The gasoline engine is proving so 
popular as a reliable helper on the 
farm that it is now almost the excep- 
tion to find the farmer without one. 
Farmers have found it to their ad- 
vantage in a great many cases to 
have not only one engine but several 
engines for different classes of work. 

The pioneer of all gasoline engines 
on the farm is the Jack-of-All-Trades, 
put out some years ago. Mounted 
complete on a wood base with large 
water cooling tank and gasoline tank, 
this type of engine is made in 2, 3, 
4 and 6 horse power sizes and won 
for itself an enviable reputation. 

With the advent of the gasoline en- 
gine has come a demand by the 
farmers for more information regard- 
ing the construction, and functions of 
the various parts of the gasoline en- 
gine. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., have 
just issued a new book on engines 
now manufactured by this Company 
and gives many suggestions for the 
use of such power. For instance, 
There are 27 different classes of ma- 
chinery pumping water, illustrated in 
this book. A copy of this book will 
be sent free on request. See adver- 
tisement in this issue. 



Always mention The Southern 
Planter when writing advertisers. 



Earhart's Model Premier 116131 

The great boar described on page 982 
of The Southern Planter (October 
issue) stands at the head of my herd 
and is ably assisted by the grand old 
Hunter of Biltmore III. and Earhart's 
Combination. These boars are of the 
best prize-winning blood of the world, 
and their great size, combined with 
extra size and quality, fit them to stand 
at the head of the best herd in the 
East. 

My sows are daughters and grand- 
daughters of Premier Longfellow, Baron Duke the 50th, and the noted Huntress 
and bred to the above great boars are producing a type of hog unequaled in 
size, easy feeding and show yard qualities. I have over 900 high-class pigs, 
besides a number of five-months-old gilts and boars that are ready for imme- 
diate shipment, and they are so good that I will agree to send them subject to 
your examination and approval. 

Let me quote you my prices, which are reasonable. 

Address D. E. EARHART, BRISTOW, VA. 




GLENBURN BERKSHIRES 

Great sons and daughters of 

LORD PREMIER, 

PREMIER LONGFELLOW, 

MASTERPIECE, 

in herd. 

We are overstocked and will sell sows and gilts bred or open at just a 
little above pork prices. Pigs also at cut prices. 

We have some nice Jersey Cows and Heifers at bargain prices. 



DR. J. D. KIRK, 



Roanoke, Va. 



EVERGREEN FARMS 

I AM NOW OFFERING AT REASONABLE PRICES 

JERSEY CATTLE 

A few select Bulls, Heifers and Cows, all ages. 

BERKSHIRE HOGS 

Boars ready for service. Pigs at weaning time $5 each, either sex. 

FOWLS 

S.. C. Brown Leghorn, Brace's Strain of New York; S. C. R. I. Red, Bryant's 
Strain of Massachusetts. 

ADDRESS W. B. GATES, PROPRIETOR, RICE DEPOT, VA. 

Milton Farm Berkshires 



Milton Premier 113579 



(•Premier Star II,;80865 
(Ruby's Polly VII, 113,577 



j Premier Star, 70004 
i Ruby's Fancy's Sister, 96241 
f Premier Star, 70004. 
1 Ruby's Polly III. 113588 
Fall Pigs are now coming in. A few boars about ready for service and 

some fine gilts at $15 to $20 registered and transferred. 

JOHN E. MUNCASTER, Route 5, ROCKVILLE, MD. 




BREEDING EWES 



BUY EARLY. 

Improve your farm and swell your bank account by stocking with 
Breeding Ewes. We are in position to sell you good fiire-Bred Bucks 
and Feeding Lambs, also Feeding Steers, stock cattle and yearlings. 
Now Is the time to buy, and in the spring and summer will sell your 
fat cattle, sheep and lambs at best market prices. We will Bell you 
stock that will make you good money. Write us 

McComb & Block 

COMMISSION MERCHANTS 

For Sale of CATTLE, SHEEP, LAMBS, HOGS, CALVES AND FRESH COWS 
Best of reference furnished 
OFFICE AND PENS: Established 1890. P. O. BOX 483 

UNION STOCK YARDS, RICHMOND, VA. Phones.' Office 1394, Residenoe 3224 



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1093 



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Live-Stock Dividends 

Why don't you, Mr. Enterprising Stock Feeder, earn a 
larger profit per-centage on your fat cattle? There's just one 
thing necessary in your system — you select good steers, give good 
care and sound grain, but perhaps you leave nature, unassisted, to do 
the rest. If you'll think, you'll realize that no animal can consume 
such a grain-feed as you give, day after day, without digestive disturbance. 
You must, therefore, fit the animal to stand heavy feeding, and that's best 
done by giving, morning and night, a small portion of 

DB HESS STOCK F©8D 

in the grain ration. This is called by feeders "The Dr. Hess Idea," and thousands can 
testify that it pays big dividends on a small outlay. Dr. Hess Stock. Food is a tonic. It 
sharpens the appetite and leaves the animal always ready to eat. It makes the digestive 
apparatus strong so there is no danger of overloading. It assists every organ to perform its 
function and it prevents and cures minor stock ailments. Dr. Hess Stock Food pays at 
the milk pail, in the horse stable and in the pig house. All farm animals are the 
better for it. Fed twice a day in small doses. Sold on a written guarantee. 
100 lbs. $5.00 Except in Canada and extreme DR. H ESS <3t CLARK, 
«._ .._ -.,..,.„ West and South. Smaller ...... rtu . 

25 lb. pail $1.60 quantities at a slight advance. Ashland, UHIO. 

Also Manufacturers of Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a and Instant Louse Killer. 

Free from the 1st to the 10th of each month— Dr. Hess (M.D., D.V.S.) will prescribe for 

your ailing animals. You can have his 60-page Veterinary Book free any 

time. Send 2c stamp and mention this paper. 



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Demand for BElksllll GS Greater Tllan su P ply 



nD urCC Dftlll TDV DAM A ^*C A Give it to the growing chicks in the springtime; to 
UK. nt33 rUULIKT r-Mn-M-^C-tt tnemou i t i ng f ow i s in the fall and to your laying stock 

tiie whole year round. It helps the chicks and hens to digest more of their food and so grow faster and lay better. 
A little Poultry Pan-a-ce-a once a day in soft feed spells the difference between a little and a great deal, in the hen 
business. A penny's worth feeds 30 fowls one day. Sold on a written guarantee. 

l'A lbs. 25c, mail or express, 40c; 5 lbs. 60c; 12 lbs. $1.25; 25 lb. pail $2.50. 

Except in Canada and extreme West and South. 
Send 2C for Dr. Hess 48-page Poultry Book, free. 

INSTANT LOUSE KILLER KILLS LICE 

A JOURNAL OF EASTERN TRAVEL. 
"Traveller." No. 10. 

We were too late for the fetes of 
Tokyo which begin with the opening 
of the river in June and close with the 
"Moon Viewing" in September, but 
there is no better way to see the life 
of the people than by a visit to a 
popular shrine, such as Asakusa, 
where a small image of Kivannon. 
said to have been fished from the 
sea, is worshipped. This temple is 
very old, and the grounds are the 
liveliest in Tokyo, being the great hol- 
iday resort of the middle and lower 
classes. Nothing like the spectacle 
it presents can be found elsewhere 
within the precincts of a temple. Ap- 
proaching through rows of red toy 
shops, we passed the gate guarded 
by images of the Nio, who scare 
away demons. People anxious to be- 
come good walkers hang up immense 
sandals before them. They are so 
grotesquely hideous they might welt 
be alarming to people of delicate 
nerves. 

In the stalls in front we got all 
sorts of amulets and charms. Amu- 
lets are greatly esteemed and are 
largely used by old people to preserve 
them in health. Every child also ha? TELL THE ADVERTISER WHERE YOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. 




If not ready to buy, let me book 
your orders at once to make sure of 
getting- them. The record breaking 
price of ordinary stock hogs is bound 
to advance price of fancy Berkshires, 
so don't be caught napping. 

My herd, one of the oldest in the 
United States, represents the most 
famous blood worthy ancestors of 
England or America. Ask this paper 
of jny reliability. 



THOS. S. WHITE, 



FasNifern Stock Fnrm, 



Lexington, Vn. 



ENTIRE BERKSHIRE HERD 

FOR SALE. 
On account of change in business, I will sell the choice of several SOWS, 
one good 2-year-old BOAR, and fine lot of YOUNG GILTS of up-to-date breed- 
ing at bargain prices. Also two or three choice young 6-months-old Boars. 



PHIL. H. GOLD, 



Winchester, Va. 



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[November, 



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Last call for Pure-Bred Service 
Rams. I can supply promptly choice 
Ram Lambs, yearling and older 
Rams, also registered Ewes, bred 
and open, of the following breeds 
of sheep: Shropshires, Hampshires, 
Dorsets, Southdowns, Oxfords and 
Lincolns. I have a grand exhibition 
registered Shropshire Ram that has 
won many times and will weigh 
over 200 pounds — a grand breeder 
and just in his prime. Price, $40. 
Also a fine 200-pound registered 3- 
year-old Hampshire Ram. Price, 
$35. Order to-day. 



Pure-Bred Berkshire, Poland- 
China, Chester White, Yorkshire, 
Tamworth, Duroc-Jersey and Essex 
Hogs for sale at right prices, qual- 
ity considered. Pigs 2, 3 and 4 
months old mated in pairs and trios. 
Service Boars and Sows, bred and 
open, from 150 pounds each up to 
300 pounds each, according to age. 
Send your order to-day and get 
them in their winter quarters ere 
the cold weather sets in. 



Addre, 8 JAMES M. HOBBS, 

No. 1521 Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 



PURE-BRED 

CHICKENS, 

TURKEYS 

and 

DUCKS 



I have choice pure-bred breeding 
birds of the following breeds: 
Barred, White and Buff Plymouth 
Rocks; Black, Buff and White Or- 
pingtons; Buff, White, Silver, Golden 
and Columbian Wyandottes; White, 
Brown and Buff Leghorns; Rose and 
Single Comb Rhode Island Reds; 
Black Minorcas, Silver Hamburgs, 
Black Polish, Black Langshans, 
White-Faced Black Spanish, Mottled 
Anconas, Sherwoods, Light Bramas, 
Indian Games, Partridge Cochins> 
Blue Andalusians and Partridge 
Cochin Bantams; Pekin, Rouen and 
Indian Runner Ducks; Mammoth 
Bronze, White Holland and Narra- 
gansett Turkeys; Geese, Peafowls 
and Homer Pigeons. Eggs for 
hatching. Send your orders and be 
assured of courteous treatment and 
good values. 



one tied on a string around his waist, 
and in many instances Indeed the 
amulet forms their entire costume. 
Otherwise, nature's garb suffices. The 
priests in charge urged us to have our 
fortunes told, but we turned a deaf 
ear to their entreaties. We did not 
<:are for a Japanese destiny. 

Inside there was a motley throng. 
Worshippers mingling pleasure with 
piety were as intent on us as on their 
prayers. Children ran about, laugh- 
ing and playing. Soldiers smoked, 
white pigeons and chickens made 
themselves at home. We made the 
rounds of the shrines, and stopped 
before each dingy idol. There was a 
small shrine to Jiyo, nourisher of lit- 
tle children, where parents of dead 
children bring their playthings as of- 
ferings. Beside it is a praying wheel 
which the believer turns with the re- 
quest that he be cleansed of his sins. 
Binzuru, helper of the sick, stands 
near. This image has become much 
worn away from the number of sick 
people who are constantly rubbing 
the afflicted part on him. It is only 
necessary to have great enough faith 
to be cured. The great hall is filled 
with pictures and lanterns, the gift 
of believers. The high altar is 
laden with offerings. Outside there 
are also objects of interest. An 
acolyte took us to see the revolving 
library, containing the Buddhist Scrip- 
tures of seven thousand volumes. 
They are too voluminous to be read in 
a life time, but equal merit may be 
attained by turning the library three 
times on its axis. Long life, pros- 
perity and avoidance of misfortune 5s 
the reward of this simple act of de- 
votion. 

A high tower gives a wide view 
over the city. Below it we see an 
aquarium, a collection of wild ani- 
mals, dog and monkey shows, small 
theatres, cheap photographers. Jug- 
glers and every sort of tawdry amuse- 
ment. The Japanese occupy them- 



HBLLCREST FARM BERKSHIRES 




Herd's Boars — Master's Compensa- 
tion No. 94346; Si. Hie Lee's Last of 
Biltraore No. 111.C87. 

We have some extra good pigs, from 
two to six months old, and the boar 
pigs are good enough to head any 
herd. 

The above pigs are out of daughter 
and granddaughter of Premier Long- 
fellow, Masterpiece and Lord Premi- 
er and such other noted Berkshires. 

All stock as represented, or money 
„ refunded. 

W. R. FENSOM, Richmond, Va. 



For Sale 
YOUNG BERKSHIRE BOARS 

TWO 

Grade Jersey Heifers 

ONE YEAR OLD 
FOREST HOME FARM, Purcellville, Va. 



JERSEY BULL CALVES 

at priced to justify farmers buying. They are from four to five months old, 
in good condition and solid colors. No better breeding can be found in this 
section Also a few Heifer Calves about same age. Everything we offer is 
of our own breeding on our own farms. Also a Guernsey Bull ready for 
service. No females for sale. 

Barred Plymouth Rock and Rhode Island Red Cockerels and Pullets now 
ready to ship. 

M. B. Rowe $ Co., **£SS?* 



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1095 



Stop Disease! 




MEDDLER 2nd. Prize Poland China Boar 

At bead of Frank D. Winn's herd. 



in your animals or poultry, by giving medicine — not food. 
0\"< Every animal and fowl that you own, has a liver, and when 

* • 

it is sick, the real cause is probably a disordered liver. 

To regulate the liver, give a few doses of that old, reliable, 
Wejl-known liver medicine for animals and fowls — Black-Draught Stock and Poultry Medicine. 

F. D., "Winn, of Randolph, Mo., the popular breeder of prize-pedigreed Poland-China Swine, 
writes: "I have great faith in Black-Draught Stock Medicine, especially in cases of torpid liver, 
which I believe to be the cause of more sickness in hogs than all others combined. I have re- 
Cently used this medicine on three sows that were sick and it straightened them out in a short time." 

BLACK-DRAUGHT STOCK & POULTRY MEDICINE 



Sold bjr All Reliable Druggists and Dealers, 



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selves as seriously and extract as 
much pleasure from these simple 
things as if they were the goal of ex- 
istence. We sat down in a tea house 
to rest and to listen to the deep 
sonorous Asakusa bell. The girl 
brought us on our tray the most de- 
licious paste-like "Turkish delight," 
which was the best sweet we found 
in Japan. We liked it so much that 
we slipped a piece of it in our bag 
to carry home to our friend, Sara. 
Though we separated from her in the 
morning and each spent the day apart, 
busy in sight seeing, we always met 
at afternoon tea in the hotel and 
making ourselves comfortable in our 
favorite way, exchanged our experi- 
ences of the day. Then we would see 
other friends and acquaintances pass- 
ing through Tokyo, and listened to 
the jokes of a stout naval gentleman, 
a great favorite of ours. 

Though accustomed to "yellow 
journalism" in America, we were as- 
tonished at the utter freedom with 
which the foreign papers in Japan at- 
tack any subject that comes up. A 
discussion of public morals was go- 
ing on during our stay in Tokyo, and 
the papers looked the question square- 
ly in the face and frankly said what 
they thought about it. A little inci- 
dent of Mr. Bryan's visit stirred up 
another lengthy newspaper discussion. 
He attended a reception given to To- 
go and, as a souvenir of the occasion, 
asked for the stool on which Togo sat. 
Now, though this was a plain looking 
stool, it was an ancient historic relict, 
greatly prized, but, nevertheless, it was 
given to Mr. Bryan, who did not in 
the least suspect the facts in the case. 



EXCELLENT 

SHORTHORN HEIFERS AND BULLS. 

By the Scotch topped Bull, Royal Lad (advertised by the old reliable breeders. 
P. S. Lewis and Son, as the best bull ever bred on their farm) by the Interna- 
tional winner, Frantic Lad, son of The Lad for Me, champion of America in 
1900. Also a few fresh Short Horn Cows. 

Pure Yearling SOUTHDOWN RAMS by Senator, a prize winner in Can- 
ada as a lamb and yearling. He was bred by Hon. George Drummond, the 
foremost South'down breeder in America. 

R. J. HANCOCK & SON, "EUerslle," Charlottesville, Va. 



Berkshires For Sale. 

Nice lot of Sows Bred, also Pigs four weeks and four months old. 
S. C. Brown Leghorns and Barred Plymouth Rocks for sale. 
RIVER VIEW FARM, C. m! BASS, PROPRIETOR, RICE DEPOT, VA. 



DUROCS SHORTHORNS SHROPSHIRES 

Send for printed list of Durocs and DUROC FACTS. We have boar pigs 
and shotes, three fine bred sows and two great herd boars, COMMODORE 
KING and BEAT'S TOP NOTCHER, for sale, at farmer's prices. 

The great Waverly herd of Shorthorns, dual-purpose cows, in calf, heifers 
and young bulls. 

Fifty fine Shropshlres, rams, ewes and lambs, from imported prize win- 
ners, from $15 to $25 each, registered. 

LESLIE D. KLINE, Vaucluse, Va. 

Poland- Chinas 

A superior lot of Pigs by Gray's 
Perfection. 73339; "Top Chief," Gray's 
Ideal, 65805, and other noted boars. 
Can furnish pairs not akin to those 
previously purchased. Come to head- 
quarters and get the best at one-half 
Western prices. Oldest herd In the 
State. 

J. B. GRAY, Fredericksburg, Va 




1096 



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[November, 



The papers, however, did not leave 
him long in ignorance. The enormity 
of his offense was published broad- 
cast, and Mr. Bryan returned the 
stool with many apologies. 

During our stay in Tokyo the Em- 
peror and his suite went to the 
shrines at Ise to announce the peace 
to his ancestors, and to give thanks 
for the victory, a pious duty per- 
formed by all the Court. We took ad- 
vantage of the opportunity and re- 
paired to Shimbashi Station to see 
them take the train, for we were curi- 
ous to see the man who had given 
his country its first Constitution and 
who ruled it so wisely and well 
through troublous times and tremen- 
dous changes. That he is a states- 
man is plain. He is also said to be 
an accomplished gentleman, some- 
thing of a poet and an artist. I have 
a little poem of his entitled "Wis- 
dom's Goal:" 
The water placed in goblet, bowl or 

cup 
Changes its form to its receptacle, 
And so our plastic souls take various 

shapes. 
And characters of good or ill to fit, 
The good or evil in the friends we 

choose 
Whose strength of character may 

prove the whip 
That drives our eyes to seek fair Wis- 
dom's goal. 

— Mutsuhito, Emperor of Japan. 
Another souvenir that we cherished 
was some bonbons from the imperial 
table, presented by the Emperor at 
a lunch to the military attaches. We 
felt a sufficiently keen interest in him 
to stand a long time in a crowd to 
see him. The street was guarded by 
a cordon of soldiers and lined with 
school children who sang the national 
hymn as the Emperor passed. No 
cheering was allowed. The house- 
hold troops came first, in dark blue 
uniforms with red trimmings, a feath- 
er in their cap, and each carrying 
a color pennant. Then the suite 
came in open landaus, and finally the 
State coach, with an embroidered 
hammer cloth and surrounded by 
equrries. We got an excellent view 
of his Majesty, and thought he looked 
very intelligent and commanding in 
his uniform. The Empress is consid- 
ered very good looking and attractive 
and devotes herself much to chari- 
table and educational work. 

Our last days in Tokyo were spent 
in sending off Christmas remem- 
brances to friends at home, and try- 
ing to collect the things we had or- 
dered made. Some people say the 
Japs are unreliable in business. Our 
experience with our orders would 
seem to confirm this statem nt. 
Though the merchants had ample 
time, nothing was finished when prom- 
ised, and there was no explanation of 
the delay. We took the satisfaction 
of assuring the delinquents that we 
would withdraw our patronage from 
them and warn our friends against 
them, but they smiled blandly 
throughout the interview, despite the 
fact that, we shook our fingers at 
them and said. "You very bad men; 
you no can tell the truth." 



Mound City Stock Farm 

Shires, Percherons, Belgians, 
Coach and Hackney Stallions 



I will sell at my barn cheaper 
than any other firm in America. 
The reason I can sell cheaper Is 
because my father lives in Eng- 
land and he can buy them for me 
and save all middlemen's profits. 
There is no place in America that 
you can make a better selection 
than at my place, for I handle five 
different breeds. My draft stal- 
lions weigh from 1,700 to 2,200 
pounds; my high-stepping Hack- 
neys and Coachers weigh from 
1,200 to 1,400 pounds. If you are 
in need of a good stallion in your 
community, write and tell me your 
wants and I will try and place 
one there. I will give you plenty 
of time to pay for .the horse 
Every horse is backed up with an 
iron-clad guarantee, and all of 
them are good enough to win in 
any company. Correspondence 
solicited and visitors welcome. If 
a good stallion is wanted in your 
community please write me. 

W. B. BULLOCK, Propri e tor, 

Moundsville, W. Va. 

Branch Barn: New Church, Acco- 

mac County, Va. 

(Address me here.) 




MANNSFIELD HALL DAIRY FARMS 



FREDERICKSBURG, VA. 



JERSEYS 

GOLDEN LAD STRAIN 

REGISTERED BULL, CALVES FOR SALE. 

All calves vealed except those fit to head herds, and we have a few- 
2 to 5 months old. 

Pedigrees and prices, write Secretary. 

LARGE YORKSHIRE SWINE. 

Registered from Registered Prize Stock. 



MOORE'S BROOK BERKSHIRES 

Still to the front with 24 new ribbons 
to their credit, making 57 ribbons and 
silver cups in three years. For breed- 
ing, we have Masterpiece, Lord 
Premier, Premier Longfellow and Lord 
Premier Rival on the top crosses. The 
individuals do justice to this breeding.. 
Best lot of fall pigs we have ever 
bred — children and grandchildren of 
Masterpiece and Lord Premier. Herd 
Boars and Gilts ready now. Bred Sows 
after November 12th. 
BRONZE GOBBLERS. MUSCOVY DRAKES, R. I. RED COCKERELS. 
MOORE'S BROOK SANITARIUM CO.. CHARLOTTESVILLE* VA. 




HACKNEY HORSES FOR SALE 

One Registered Mare, "Empress." with foal by "General." 
One Registered Stallion, coming three years old. 

HOLSTEIN=FRIESIANS. 

Two Bull Calves, four months old, for sale. 

T. O. SANDY, Burkeville, Va. 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1097 



REPORT. 

U. S. Depart, of Agriculture, Washing- 
ton, D. C. Office of Secretary. 
Circular 30. Hog Raising in the 
South. 

Bureau of Animal Industry. Circu- 
lar 139. The Score-Card System 
of Dairy Inspection. 

Bureau of Animal Industry. Circu- 
lar 142. Some Important Factors 
in the Production of Sanitary 
Milk. 

Office of Experiment Stations. Ex- 
periment Station Record. Vol. 
XX. Subject Index. 

Office of Experiment Stations. Cir- 
cular 85. Farmers' Institutes for 
Women. 

Office of Experiment Stations. Cir- 
cular 84. Education for Country 
Life. 

Office of Experiment Stations. Bull. 
213. Proceedings of the Thir- 
teenth Annual Meeting of the As- 
sociation of Farmers' Institute 
Workers. 

Forest Service. Circular 169. Natur- 
al Re-vegetation of Depleted 
Mountain Grazing Lands. 

Forest Service. Circular 164. Prop- 
erties and Uses of the Southern 
Pines. 

Forest Service. Circular 167. The 
Status of Forestry in the U. S. 

Bureau of Plant Industry. Bull 160. 
Italian Lemons and Their By- 
products. 

Some Facts About Tuberculous Cat- 
tle. 

Farmers' Bull. 362. Conditions Af- 
fecting the Value of Market Hay. 

Farmers' Bull. 364. A Profitable 
Cotton Farm. 

Bull. 365. Farm Management in 
Northern Potato Growing Sec- 
tions. 
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washing- 
ton, D. C. Farmers' Bull. 136. 
Experiment Station Work. 

Farmers' Bull. 367. Lightning and 

Lighting Conductors, 
farmers' Bull. 369. How to De-J 
stroy Rats. a 

irmers' Bull. 370. Replanning W 
Farm for Profit. 

Farmers' Bull. 371. Drainage of 
Irrigated Lands. 

Farmers' Bull. 372. Soy Beans. 

Farmers' Bull. 374. Experiment 
Station Work. 

Farmers' Bull. 376. Game Laws for 
1909. 

Farmers' Bull. 377. Harmfulness 
of Headache Mixures. 
Colorado Experiment Station, Fort 
Collins, Col. Bull. 146. Rais- 
ing Hogs in Colorado. 

Bull. 147. Top-Working Fruit Trees. 

Bull. 148. Cement and Concrete 
Fence Posts. 
Idaho Experiment Station, Moskow, 
Idaho. Bull. 66. Alfalfa. 

Bull. 67. Better Dairy Methods. 
Illinois Experiment Station, Urbana, 

111. Bull. 135. Bordeaux Mixture. 
Kansas Experiment Station. Manhat- 
tan. Kan. Bull. 159. Analysis of 
Eggs. 
Bull. 161. The Influence of Depth of 



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on the cream separator which the dairyman has found 
to be most profitable, easiest to run, easiest to 
clean, and handsomest in appearance. 

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[Novembei 



Cultivation Upon Soil Bacteria 
and Their Activities. 

Circular 3. Improved Seed Wheat. 
Kentucky Experiment Station, Lexing- 
ton, Ky. Bull. 136. Commercial 
Fertilizers. 

Bull. 137. The Army Worm. 

Bull. 138. Commercial Fertilizers. 

Bull. 139. Tobacco. 

Bull. 140. Fertilizers. 

Bull. 141. Concentrated Commerci- 
al Feeding Stuffs. 

Bull. 142. Carnation Root Knot. 

Bull. 143. Sheep Scab. 
Maryland Experiment Station, College 
Park, Md. Bull. 134. The Brown 
Tail Motft The House, Fly. The 
Mosquito. 

Bull. 135. Butter Making in Mary- 
land. 

Bull. 136. Whipped Cream. 
Massachuse^ ExperimentiBfctation, 
Amherst, Mass. Bull. 130^A. Sum- 
mary of Meteorological Observa- 
tions. 
Michigan Experiment Station, ^ast 
Lancing, Mich. Bull. 255. Cement 
Silos in Michigan. 

Bull. 256. Fertilizer Analyses. 
New Mexico Experiment Station, Agri- 
cultural College, N. Mex. Bull. 72. 
Denatured Alcohol from Tunas 
and other Sources. 
North Carolina Experiment Station, 
West Raleigh, N. C. Bull. 200. 
Feeding Fermented Cotton Seed 
to Hogs. 

Bull. 21. Some Factors Involved in 
Successful Corn Growing. 
North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture 
Raleigh. Vol. 30. No. 6. Orchard 
Spraying, Orchard ' Protection 
Work. 
Pennsylvania Experiment Station 
State College, Pa. Bull. 92. Con- 
centrated Lime-Sulphur. 

Bull. 93. A Study of Pennsylvania 
Butter. 

Bull. 94. Variety Tests of Wheat. 
Purdue Experiment Station, Lafay- 
ette, Ind. Circular 17. The Farm- 
ers' Orchard. 
Rhode Island Experiment Station 
Kingston, R. I. Bull. 133. Weeds 

Bull. 134. Abstract of Feeding Ex- 
periments. 

Bull. 135. Further Results in a Rota- 
tion of Potatoes, Rye and Clover. 

Bull. 137. Analyses of Commercial 
Fertilizers. 
South Dakota Experiment Station, 
Brookings. S. Dak. Bull. 114 
Digestion Co-efficients of Grains 
and Fodders for South Dakota. 

Bull. 115. Report of Work for 1907- 
1908 at Higmore Station. 
Virginia Experiment Station, Blacks- 
burg, Va. Bull. 182. Silo Con- 
struction. 

Bull. 184. Impurities in Grass and 
Clover Seed Sold in Virginia. 

Bull. 185. The Production of Clean 
and Sanitary Milk. 

Circular 8. The Dairy Cow and Her 
Record. 
Virginia Truck Experiment Station, 
Norfolk, Va. Bull. 1. Truck Crop 
Investigations. The Control of 
Mal-Nutrltion Diseases. 



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1909.1 



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1099 



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DAIRYING IN VIRGINIA. 

The Production of Sanitary Milk. 

Probably there is more interest at 
present in the development of dairy- 
ing in Virginia than in any other 
agricultural subject. The people of 
the State are beginning to see the 
absurdity of the present situation, in 
which Virginia, with superior natural 
advantages for the dairy industry, 
now sends over a million dollars a 
year out of the State for dairy pro- 
ducts. The State Dairy and Food 
Commissioner, the State Dairymen's 
Association (which recently had a 
very successful meeting at Leesburg), 
and the State Experiment Station, are 
uniting in an effort to develop our 
dairy interests, believing that this 
money should be saved, and believing 
in the power of dairy farming as a 
restorer and conserver of soil fer- 
tility. 

The State Experiment Station has 
just sent out to the 20,000 Virginia 
farmers on its mailing list two pub- 
lications that will help to bring this 
matter to the attention of our people. 
Circular No. 8, "The Dairy Cow and 
Her Record," by W. K. Brainerd, 
shows how a profitable herd may be 
secured by eliminating the scrubs, us- 
ing the Babcock test and the milk 
scales; and by grading up with a pure- 
bred sire. The circular states: "If 
all the cows now in Virginia were 
charged a fair price for food and la- 
bor, one-third of them are being fed 
at an actual loss." 

Bulletin No. 185, "The Production 
of Clean and Sanitary Milk," by the 
same author, reports the results of 
bacteriological examinations of milk 
produced under conditions, good, bad, 
and indifferent, as they exist on the 
dairy farms of the State. Some of 
the conclusions are: "The chief 
sources of contamination are dirty 
cows, dirty stables, dirty milkers, 
dairy utensils which have cracked for 
the lodgment of dirt and which are 
not properly sterilized, mud holes fe 
the barn yard, impure water, beddnfg 
and feed, and from milkers or attend- 
ants who come into contact with a 
contagious disease. Milk produced 
under average farm conditions dur- 
ing the winter months contains from 
40,000 to 700,000 bacteria per cubic 
centimeter; while milk produced at 
the Experiment Station barn (a mod- 
ern sanitary stable) over a period of 
six weeks contained an average of 
only about 2,700 bacteria per cubic 
centimeter. In this stable about 50 
per cent, of the bacteria were elimin- 
ated' when the straw bedding was 
well moistened before milking. A re- 
duction of about 25 per cent, was se- 
cured when a small mouth pail was 
used in milking, as compared with an 
open pail. About 23 per cent, of the 
bacteria were eliminated when the 
flanks of well-cleaned cows were 
moistened with a damp cloth before 
milking." 

Suggestions are given on the con- 
struction of sanitary dairy stables, 
and on the care of cows, and of 




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BARNYARD manure contains all the elements of plant food. Every 
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milk. These publications will be sent 
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SALES AT LYNNWOOD. 

John F. Lewis, Lynnwood Stock 
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to the McMillans, of Iowa, eight reg- 
istered Percheron stallions; viz., 
Rob Roy, Black Jack, Kismet, Hobo, 
Seline, Cinq., Leon and Grandee. We 
congratulate Mr. Lewis on these sales 
but would very much prefer to 
have learned that he had distributed 
these horses in Virginia. 



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[November, 



OLD BUILDINGS OF INTEREST IN 

RICHMOND. 

By the Late Mrs. Clifford Cabell. 

On Church Hill and in the lower part 
of Richmond towards Rocketts there 
is much to interest the antiquarian. 
In the writer's childhood and early 
youth (early in the nineteenth cen- 
tury) this was the court end of town. 
but "westward, ho, the star of em- 
pire takes its course." 

First of all in historic interest is St. 
John's church on Church Hill, which 
was built in 1740. It was here Patrick 
Henry made his immortal speech. 
"Give me liberty or give me death." 
Then there is the old Van Lew man- 
sion, the home of Miss Eliza Van 
Lew, who was made Post Mistress of 
Richmond after the war by the Fed- 
eral authorities, in recognition of the 
services she had rendered them dur- 
inf the war. This house was built 
during the close of the eighteenth 
century by Dr. Adams, one of the 
wealthiest citizens of Richmond, and 
a man of elegant tastes. By the way, 
it was his short sighted policy that 
gave Richmond an impetus towards 
the west. While the building of the 
Capitol was in contemplation, a prop- 
osition was made to have it located 
on Church Hill and the Committee ap- 
plied to Dr. Adams for the requisite 
ground, but he charged so high that 
they withdrew their application and 
obtained land on Shockoe Hill where 
the Capitol was actually built. Dr. 
Adams had cause to regret deeply 
the stand he had taken, for coincident 
with the building of the Capitol the 
city commenced to spread in a west- 
erly direction, and property began to 
depreciate on Church Hill. It would 
have been to his interest if he had 
made a free gift to the city of a site 
for the Capitol. Jefferson chose the 
model for the Capitol in 1785, select- 
ing as his model an ancient Roman 
temple, "Maison Carree," at Nisme 1 ?, 
in France. This model is still in 
the State Library at Richmond. Th<= 
cornerstone was laid August 18, 1785. 
and the Legislature met in it October 
19, 1789. the anniversary of Cornwal- 
lis' surrender. 

But, to return to Dr. Adams, as we 
descend Church Hill we pass a good 
many old houses of fine pretensions 
with low windows that would have de- 
lighted McCawber. These were 'built 
by Dr. Adams, who seemed to have a 
strong turn for architecture. 

Leaving Church Hill behind us and 
going on to Main street, we come to 
the old stone house, probably the old- 
est in Richmond, built by Jacob Eze 
in 1737. This as the headquarters of 
Washington at one time, and durina; 
the Revolutionary War often shel- 
tered Lafayette, Jefferson, Henry and 
other illustrious heroes. As we pass 
the old market house I recall the fact 
that a venerable lady told me she 
had attended a theatrical perform- 
ance in the second story there, early 
in the nineteenth century. Amongst 
the performers were Mr. and Mrs. 
Honkins and Mr. Poe (afterwards 
father of the poet), who married Mrs. 



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top of the beam overhead. This is a very powerful 
press. 

Many Hundreds of Them Are Now in Use in the To- 
bacco Sections. 

We sometimes make them much 
larger for special work. It is used 
for pressing in barrels, hogsheads 
and cases, fruit, tobacco, dry goods, 
also for tank scrap, etc. It weighs 
about 560 pounds. The wood work 
is made of the best hard maple, 
ash or oak. The iron work is con- 
structed of the best malleable iron 
and steel, strongly bolted together. 
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and Special Prices. 
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who handles our implements is authorized to put them 

out on trial with intending purchasers. Write us for 

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If You Use An Imperial 
£ Flexible Frame 
Double Disc Harrow 

A complete Foretruck Disc Harrow 
(out-throw) with a second pnir of 
disc sections (in-throw) at- 
tached by a jointed 
frame that harrows 
the ground ftvice 
at one operation, 
saving one-half in 
time and nearly 
one-half in horse- 
power. The forward 
pair of disc sections 
cuts the ground "*--^and throw it outward; 
rear pair works it again and throws it back, 
leaving the surface level and finely pulverized. 
The soil is put into better condition for seeding 
than after two workings of an ordinary disc 
Only one more horse required than would be used in a 
single Disc of the same width cut; four are suflicieut for 
the 6 ..nd 7 foot sizes. 



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Hopkins when she became a widow. 
It was customary in those days to per- 
form first a tragedy, comedy or melo- 
drama and to follow up this with a 
farce. On the occasion described to 
me by the old lady the farce given 
was "The Spoiled Child," by Foote, 
the English comedian, who boasted 
that he had enriched the English 
stage by sixteen original dramas, all 
of which, I believe, have been con- 
signed to oblivion, except "The 
Mayor of Garrick," which contains 
the very entertaining characters of 
Jeremy Sneak and Major Sturgeon. 
Mrs. Hopkins took the part of "Little 
Pickle" in "The Spoiled Child," act- 
ing it with much spirit, dressed in 
boy's clothes. Our thoughts and at- 
tention naturally turned next to the 
stately Allen mansion on the corner 
of Main and Fifth streets, where Ed- 
gar Allen Poe passed the greater 
part of his boyhood, as the adopted 
son of Mr. John Allen. The beauty 
and elegance of his surroundings must 
have been gratifying to his aesthetic 
sense. The beautiful lawn and fine 
old trees make a very appropriate 
setting for the handsome mansion. 



No need to buy a "double disc" harrow, where one harrow 
is simply swung behind another harrow. Any disc harrow run 

complish the same thing, 
twice will ac- 




The great DOUBLE ACTION DISC HARROW, where the discs are set together 
In a frame, chews ud the earth like being masticated In a gang saw. There 
is a world of difference. 

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1102 



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[November, 



The house was built early in the 
nineteenth century by a Frenchman 
named Gallego, the founder of the 
celebrated Gallego Mills. 

There was a house on Fifth street 
in which Tom Moore, the Irish poet, 
sojourned when he visited Richmond, 
the house of a Mr. Gilliat, a wealth} 
and prominent man in those days, 
but this house has long since disap- 
peared and given place to more mod- 
ern ones. Moore's song, 
"Why does azure deck the sky, 
But to be like thine eyes of blue?' 
was addressed to a beautiful Miss 
Gilliat, the daughter of his host. His 
muse found no lack of subjects in 
Virginia, for it will be remembered 
that he founded one of his songs on 
an Indian legend connected with the 
Dismal Swamp. The circumstances 
that led to Moore's visiting Virginia 
are that in 1803, through the influence 
of his friend, Lord Moira, he was ap- 
pointed Registrar of the Admiralty 
Court in Bermuda, and on his way 
thither he landed in the United 
States and visited Virginia, where 
he must have been gratified to find 
that his songs were already known 
and popular. By the way, four or five 
months of service in the West Indies 
sufficed to weary him, so he appoint- 
ed a Deputy Registrar and returned 
to England, and this Deputy, proving 
an embezzler, subsequently involved 
the poet in great trouble. 

A brother of Campbell the English 
poet, married a daughter of Patrick 
Henry, and lived in Richmond early 
in the nineteenth century, but his 
residence has disappeared, or been 
consigned to oblivion. 

The residence of Chief Justice 
Marshall still stands intact on the 
street named in honor of him, and as 
the fame of this great jurist grows 
brighter and widespread each year, 
no doubt in the coming years his old 
home will be eagerly sought after and 
reverentially visited by tourists and 
sightseers. 

One of the famous old buildings of 
Richmond is the Swan Tavern, on 
Broad street near ninth. In old 
times it was reputed to be full of 
"good feeding, good breeding and 
good fellowship." It might have been 
called "The Lincolns Inn" or "Doc- 
tors' Commons" of Richmond, for 
there the non-resident judges and 
lawyers assembled in term time. 
Though of unpretending exterior, the 
Swan Tavern enoyed the highest 
repute for good fare, good wine and 
good company. There was an annex 
to this hostelry on the corner of 
Broad and Ninth streets. Here Aaron 
Burr was kept prisoner during his 
trial from May 22 to September 15, 
1807, the Federal Court having no 
prison then under their control here. 
Tradition hands down a grim witti- 
cism uttered by Burr during this 
period. It is said he asked some 
friend to come to see him, adding 
with a bitter smile, "There is no dan- 
ger of your not finding me in." I 
may add in this connection that the 
writer's father, Mr. Christopher An- 



It has been proved beyond all doubt that 

Potatoes 

need Potash in Sulfate form to produce sound, heavy tubers free from 
scab and rich in the starchy elements that makes the mealy, well- 
flavored potato that everybody likes and will pay a little more to get 

Potash Pays 

Be sure your commercial fertilizer is balanced with at least 9 per cent, of 
Sulfate of Potash. Two lbs. Sulfate of Potash to each 100 lbs of 
fertilizer increases the Potash total 1 per cent. 
s Send for Literature about soil, crops, manures and fertilizers— com- 

iled by experts. Mailed on request— Free. 

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Lee's Prepared Agricultural Lime 

The great crop grower and land Improver. Never falls when prop- 
erly used to give perfect satisfaction. It prevents rust and scab on wheat 
and oats, and insures a good stand and growth of clover or other grasses. 

Lee's Special Wheat Fertilizer 

Grows in favor and sales every season. We hear of no rust or scab, 
but all say the crop is increased eight to ten bushels of wheat, of fine 
quality, and they have fine stands of clover or other grass. 

Imported Thomas Basic Slag 

This valuable fertilizer is used almost exclusively in Europe on fall 
crops, such as grasses and turnips as well as grain. It has several ad- 
vantages over our phosphate. It is insoluble in water, and being much 
heavier than the soils, is not washed away by heavy rains, but remains 
where distributed until dissolved by the humic acid of the roots of plants. 
It also contains forty to fifty per cent, of free lime. Its lasting results 
make it a cheap as well as good fertilizer. 

Lee's High Grade Bone and Potash 

For potatoes, cabbage and other crops. 
Plaster, Agricultural Lime, carload or less. 



Constantly on hand Land 



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1103 



thony, a Lynchburg lawyer, was one 
of the jurors in Aaron Burr's case. 

The Eagle Hotel was another fam- 
ous hostelry of Richmond. It was 
built by a man named Currie, and 
was an immense structure, with a 
large golden eagle over the door. 
Lafayette stayed there on his visit 
to this country in 1825, and a grand 
ball was given there in his honor. It 
was on Main between Nineteenth and 
Twentieth street, and was burned 
down years ago, and afterwards re- 
built, but of late years it has dis- 
appeared, owing to the modern fond- 
ness for tearing down and re-model- 
ing. 

The White House of the Confeder- 
acy is one of the noted buildings of 
Richmond. It was built by Dr. Brok- 
enborough, and in his day was the 
abode of elegant and lavish hos- 
pitality. 



OWN YOUR SCALES. 

There is no question about the 
need of a good scale to every farmer, 
dairyman or stockman. It is one of 
the necessary adjuncts of his busi- 
ness and the wisdom in owning your 
own scales is easily demonstrated in 
the saving made each year. To do 
away with the fees collected by the 
public weigher, and the time saved 
in hauling to their scales is an Item 
the successful farmer turns to his 
own account. 

Recognizing the needs along these 
lines, the Osgood Scale Co., of Bing- 
hamton, N. Y., has put on the market 
an assortment of scales that are 
within the reach of everyone. The 
list includes their well-known Porta- 
ble Pit and Pitless Scales — steel and 
cement construction— and many other 
kinds for various purposes. They are 
not only improved and up-to-date in 
every respect, but are absolutely ac- 
curate — guaranteed so by their mak- 
ers. 

Upon request the company will fur- 
nish free their illustrated catalogue 
picturing all kinds of scales and con- 
taining much valuable scale informa- 
tion. Address the Osgood Scale Co., 
Box 205, Binghamton, N. Y. 



A Colorado farmer relates the fol- 
lowing in reference to the use of Hub- 
bard squashes in that State: "A 
neighbor claims he can finish the fat- 
te^l^g of hogs on Hubbard squashes 
in one-half the time he can with 
corn, while with pumpkins he can only 
make them hold their own. He says 
he can finish a hog in fair condition 
in six weeks on about one ton of 
squashes, making a 200 to 250 pound 
hog. He cuts the squashes and feeds 
them raw, and says the hogs clean up 
everything, shell and all." The 
squash apparently has a fattening 
value greater than that of the pump- 
kin, and both pumpkins and squashes 
are worthy of more attention in 
swine husbandry than has been gen- 
erally given them. — From Coburn'p 
"Swine in America." 



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for Hand, Steam and Elec- 
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No. 10 
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Sausage 
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The quickest way, the 
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way to make the best sau- 
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4 sizes. 
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Bone, Shell 
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A necessity to farmers, 
poultrymen and all who 
keep poultry. A splendid 
general, all-round mill- 
Grinds poultry feed and 
makes bone meal fertilizer. 

Grinds dry bones, oyster 
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Pays for itself in a short 
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Watch the results from the use of lime properly distributed — 
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THE SOUTHERN PLANTER 



[November. 



ENQUIRERS' COLUMN. 

All inquiries must reach us by the 
15th of the month previous to the is- 
sue, or they cannot be answered until 
the month following. 



Horse Ailing. 

In the November issue of Southern 
Planter will you kindly give remedy 
for kidney trouble in horse? My 
driving horse passes very yellow or 
muddy water; does not seem to make 
water often enough, and when he 
starts to pass water has to wait some 
little time. Frequently he is slow 
and dull in movement. Appetite and 
general health good. 

SUBSCRIBER. 

Charlotte Co., Va. 

There are so many different dis 
eases affecting the kidneys that it is 
not wise to give treatment without 
the advice of a veterinarian. The 
cause of the trouble in your horse is 
probably having fed too long on green 
crops exclusively. These have large 
amounts of carbonate of lime in them 
which is not dissolved but passes off 
in crystals in the urine, causing the 
muddy appearance. Change his diet 
to hay and oats, or hay and corn, 
and give one ounce of saltpetre or 
one ounce of sweet spirits of nitre 
per day for a few days. These are 
simple diuretics which will cause the 
passage of more urine and thus car- 
ry off the accretions. — Ed. 



Pecans. 
What part of the State is best 
adapted to pecan growing for profit? 
What kind of Soil for good results? 
Age of trees usually planted, also 
price? What varieties are the most 
profitable? How many trees to the 
acre? At what age do they com- 
mence to give returns? What kind of 
treatment in regard to cultivation, 
etc.? Are they subject to any insect 
pest or disease; if so, is it hard to 
combat? 

Any further information will be 
greatly appreciated. 

F. R. JORDAN. 

Virginia is too far north of the true 
Pecan belt for us to advise the plant- 
ing of these trees in this State ex- 
cept experimentally. We are aware 
that there are isolated trees here and 
there in the State which are bearing, 
but we have never known an orchard 
of them to be planted here and suc- 
ceed. Further south they are a suc- 
cess and are being largely planted. 
If you will write the Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C, and 
as^ them to send you the information 
they have published on this subjest, 
they will no doubt do so, and you 
will thus get the best information 
available. — Ed. 



Seeding Grass — Subsoiling — Cover 
Crops — Fertilizing the Corn Crop 

— Soy Beans. 
I propose to put an old pasture, 
mostly weeds and broom sedge, into 
corn next year and then back into 



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1105 



grass. Is it not best to plow it this 
autumn? Do you think sub-soiling 
will pay? I subsoiled ten acres last 
November and certainly got no return 
as far as the corn crop was con- 
cerned. My corn was no better and 
suffered as much from drought as 
corn in the next field which had not 
been subsoiled. Do you not think that 
plowing this pasture with three horses 
will give as good results as subsoil- 
ing? 

You say a great deal about cover 
crops and the danger of washing out 
fertility. How can one plow late in 
the fall and use cover crops at the 
same time? This land cannot be fin- 
ished before the middle or last of No- 
vember, and rye planted then would 
not make sufficient growth to be of 
any use. I shall replow in March or 
April and use 320 pounds of slag 
phosphate to the acre with 200 pounds 
of bone meal. 

I think it is quite wrong to say 
that it does not pay to fertilize for 
corn. If I don't fertilize I have to 
spend as much money as the fertiliz- 
er would cost in buying corn from 
my neighbors. If I fertilize I get the 
corn, but — and this is the main point 
— I get a good growth of crimson 
clover from seed planted at last cul- 
tivation of the corn and there is a 
quantity of vegetable matter to be 
turned under in preparing for the 
grass. 

I want to add that after using cow- 
peas for three years I this year tried 
the soja beans and found them far 
superior. They are much easier to 
cure, the stock like them better and 
I got half as much again of hay from 
a field that once was in cowpeas. 

Bedford Co., Vo. FARMER. 

Plow the land during the fall or 
winter. If the subsoil is a hard pan 
or a close retentive clay, we believe 
subsoiling advantageous. We have 
subsoiled scores of acres of land of 
this character and never failed to see 
improvement. It is practically the 
only way in which you can secure 
depth of soil for the roots to work 
in and the more they have of this 
the more food then can get. Another 
advantage is that subsoiling will cer- 
tainly prevent washing. If the rain 
can get down into the soil as it falls 
it will not supersaturate the surface 
soil and cause it to wash away. All 
our galled red hills can be restored 
to fertility by this means. Of course, 
where you are breaking soil in the 
late fall and winter you eannot also 
grow cover crops, but when you can 
break in the early fall then a cover 
crop should always be sowed to con- 
serve and add to the humus content 
of the soil. Bare soil is wasting soil 
almost invariably. If the land be 
well prepared by frequent working 
during the winter and the slag meal 
and the bone be well mixed in it 
should make a stand of grass if 
sowed as early in the spring as pos- 
sible though we always prefer fall 
seeding, as this is less likely to be 
injured by a dry spring and summer. 




Strawberry Plants 



October, November and March are the months 
to plant and we offer fine, well-rooted plants 
grown on new land, ready for Immediate ship- 
ment, the cream of many varieties Excelsior the 
earliest, Lady Thompson beginning- a few days 
after; Bubach, very large, ripening in mid sea- 
son, anU Aroma, large, and the most productive 
late sort. Price, 50 cents per 100; $3 per 1,000. 

J. B. WATKINS & BROTHER, MIDLOTHIAN, VA. 




SAN JOSE SCALE 

Killed at a Savinq of 50 PerCent 

Read These Extracts from a few Reports 



DeVilbiss Fruit Farm, B"t. Wayne, 
Ind. — Your spray is an absolute suc- 
cess. Twenty-five acres of my orchard 
was infested to a finish and I can't 
find a scale now. Only wish I had 
language to make it stronger. 

W. C. and C. F. Toms, Henderson- 
ville, N. C. — We used your spray with 
the greatest success. Our orchard of 
3,000 trees is now practically free from 



scale. We consider it the best remedy 
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Large fruit growers report that our 
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8 or 10 years and at one-half the cost 
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1106 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November, 



As to fertilizing the corn crop, we 
have always said that corn rarely 
pays for the festilizer applied to it. 
The increased crop almost invariably 
costs more than the increase is worth 
on the market. There are no douot 
good reasons for applying fertility to 
a corn crop when the improved fer- 
tility of the soil is the object sought. 
We have never opposed this practice 
— on the contrary, we practice it our- 
selves to ensure a stand of crimson 
clover or cowpeas or both, but we do 
not expect the corn to pay for the fer- 
tilizer. 

We have always maintained that 
soy beans are a more profitable crop 
to grow than cowpeas and are much 
less difficult to cure and, when right- 
ly used, provide more nitrogen for 
the soil. — Ed. 



The Virginia Poultry Association 



WILL HOLD ITS 



ANNUAL SHOW 

JANUARY 13-19, 1910, RICHMOND, VA. 

A fine string of silver cups and various other special prizes will 
be given and are fully described in our premium list, ready about De- 
cember 1st. Send in your name for one. 

J. H. Drevenstedt, assisted by Prof. C. K. Graham and F. H.. S. 
Morrison, will judge on first day of show. No delay; comparisjon sys- 
tem only. For other information write to 

\V. R. TODD, Secretary, 420 North Sixth Street, Richmond, Va. 



Liming Land. 

My land is on red clay subsoil and 
has never been limed, to my knowl- 
edge, certainly not in fifty years. 1 
am able to procure lime as follows, 
laid on the land: Gas lime, $3.50 per 
ton; stone lime, $5.70; stone lime 
screenings, hot from the kiln, $4.35; 
ground limestone, $7.75; prepared 
Agricultural lime, $13.50. 

Which is best for corn? For small 
grain? For grass? 

How, when and in what quantities 
(minimum) should it be applied? 

JAMBS S. BALL. 

Halifax Co., Va. 

The best lime to use on land for 
all purposes is burnt rock or shell 
lime which should be 90 to 98 per 
cent.' carbonate of lime. If you want 
the lime to plow down then the lime 
screenings will be as good as the 
stone, and cost less. If you want it 
to top dress grass then use the stone, 
as it slacks down better. In the 
screenings there are always hard un- 
der burnt or over burnt stones which 
will not fall with slacking at once. 
These eventually disintegrate in the 
soil when plowed under, but are ob- 
jectionable on the top of the land in 
the grass. Gas lime is a product for 
which we have very little use. It is 
so charged with sulphur and the other 
impurities taken up out of the gas 
that it is poisonous to the soil and 
vegetation. If used it should be 
spread out to weather for several 
months before being applied. We 
once used a lot of it on a very foul 
piece of land full of wild vegetation. 
It killed all this off, and as we did 
not crop the land for some months 
afterwards, the poisonous effects had 
time to dissipate. 

Lime is best applied in the fall, win- 
ter and early spring, thus giving it 
time to do its work in sweetening the 
soil and changing the mechanical 
condition before the crop is planted. 
Apply from one to two tons per acre. 
Set on the land in lumps of about half 
a bushel at a place and cover lightly 
with soil and leave for a week or ten 
days to slack and then spread with a 
shovel. — Ed. 



THE GREAT WASHINGTON SHOW 

DECEMBER 7-11, 1909. 

Washington Light Infantry Armory — 15,000 Square Feet Floor Space. 
EMPIRE COOPING — SINGLE TIER. 
ENTRY FEE: Single Bird, $1; Pens, $3; Pigeons, 50 cents. Entries 
close November 25, 1909. 

COLUMBIA POULTRY and PIGEON ASSOCIATION 
Washington, D. C. 

CALVIN HICKS, Secretary, Rockville, Maryland. 



Ground Phosphate Rock 

Superior to Bone or Acid Phosphate for Alfalfa and Clover, and at 
one-fourth the cost. See editorial, June issue this paper, "Alfalfa In East- 
ern Virginia." 

FARMERS' UNION PHOSPHATE CO., BIRMINGHAM, AL.A. 



FIELD SEED 

We have just received a nica s tock of New Seed Rye, New German 
Clover, New Red Rust Proof Seed Oats, New Winter Seed Oats, and have a 
full stock of all other Field and Grasp Seeds. Will be pleased to send sam- 
ples, and make prices on application. 



N. R. SAVAGE & SON, 



Richmond, Va. 



Strawberry Plants 



Send $2.50 for 1,000 assorted 
Plants. Excelsior, Klondike, 
Lady Thompson and Aroma. 
JOHN LIGHTFOOT, Dept. 7, 
Chattanooga, Tenn., R. F. D. 



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That's what the big chiet would say couldhe watch how Dl^nl Uauilr 
fast kernels rattle oil in the Black Hawk Corn UldUn, ndWiv 
Sheller. Easy to run, strong, durable, shells 8 to 14 p... Chollor 
bushels per hour. Easily clamped on box, barrel or WUIII OIICIICI 
tub. Bearings chilled-iron. I give repairs free. Parts liable to break 
malleable iron. If hardware or implement dealer hasn't it, ask for 
price delivered. Made only by Ai Hi p a t c h. Olarksville, Tenn. 

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Phonograph in Every American Home.' 



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THE SOUTHERN PLAN TEE. 



[November, 



Lump Jaw — Crimson Clover — Ground 
Lime. 

1. Describe lump jaw and give rem 
edy. 

2. How long will crimson clover 
seed keep and retain its germinative 
powers, and what time of the year 
can you get new seed? 

3. Where can I get ground lime, 
and what price in 2,000 pound lots? 

4. How long should elapse between 
applying lime and acid phosphate on 
land? W. W. BAKER. 

Prince Edward Co., Va. 

1. Lump jaw is a local disease due 
to the formation of peculiar tumors 
in various regions of the body, more 
particularly the head. Its preferred 
seat is on the bones of the lower and 
upper jaw, on which a swelling ap- 
pears in which are found one or more 
projecting tumors. These push their 
way outward and finally break 
through the skin as fungous-like 
bodies covered with thin sloughs. 
The proper remedy is to administer 
iodide of potassium in full doses once 
a day until improvement is noitced, 
when the dose may be reduced and 
given less frequently. A full dose is 
one and a half drams of the drug 
daily dissolved in a pint of water un- 
til improvement is noticed, which will 
usually be within eight days. Then 
decrease the dose to one dram. The 
drug will cause the animals to dis- 
charge from the nose, run at the eyes 
and often peel off the outer skin, but 
these results do not cause any seri- 
ous injury to health and should give 
no uneasinss. 

2. Three years. New seed can usu- 
ally be bought in August or Septem- 
ber. 

3. We only know of one place in the 
State where ground limestone can be 
had — the Powhatan Lime Works, 
Strasburg, Va. We do not know the 
price. 

4. Harrow the lime in and let lay 
a week or ten days and then the acid 
phosphate can be applied. — Ed. 



Sows Coming in Heat. 

Will you please publish in your next 
issue a remedy to prevent open sows 
from coming into heat whilst fatten- 
ing? A SUBSCRIBER. 

Lunenburg Co., Va. 

We know of no means of prevent- 
ing sows coming into heat whilst 
fattening except by spaying them, 
and we have not known this to be 
done, though we presume that it is 
just as feasible with a sow as with 
a heifer, upon which animal the oper- 
ation is frequently performed. — Ed. 



Eucalyptus Trees. 

I notice in "The Pacific Monthly," 
published by the Pacific Monthly Co.. 
of Portland, Oregon, a treatise on a 
new, fast-growing, hard-wood tree — 
the Eucalyptus (grown in California) 
— by F. A. Patter. 

Kindly advise me through The 
Planter what you know or can learn 
of this industry. Whether or not the 



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MARKET 



The Waterloo Boy has ^5 YEAR 
all the Good Points that ^GUARANTEE 
go into any Gasoline Engine 



and it doesn't take the up-to-date farmer long to discover them 
and their value to him. It is the number of practical features 
embodied in an engine that determines the degree of satisfaction it will 
give to its owner. All gasoline engines have some good points, or there 
would be no sale for them and they would soon be taken off the market. 
Some engines have more good points than others, that's why some 
engines are better than others. 



Waterloo Boy 



Gasoline 
Engines 



have all the good points that go Into any gasoline engine, besides many exclusive, patented tea- 
tures that Increase their efficiency and durability; make them marvels of simplicity and wonder- 
fully economical engines to operate. That's why we say the Waterloo Boy is the best engine 
for farm use. 

v ,7°? 1 ? an bu I a Waterloo Boy for less money than yon will be asked for engines containing 
half of the good points we build into our engines. Besides we will send a Waterloo Boy to any 
reponsible farmer andlethim try it for thirty days on his farm doing whatever work he has to 
do. We will pay the freight both ways and return his money if after a month's use he can- 
not pick out the good points for himself— if he can't see that it is the one and only engine that 
will give him complete satisfaction. ousmc, 

, Nw > when you buy a gasoline engine you had better be sure that the engine you get was 
made by a concern that makes gasoline engines and nothing else. Our efforts are all directed 
toward making and keeping the Waterloo Boy the best engine in the world. We have 
no other interests — no side lines. 

Don't you want to try a Waterloo Boy? Don't you want to see how much labor 
and time it will save you? Remember we are offering you a free trial for 30 
days. Better write us today for our catalogue and free trial offer. 



YEARLY 
CAPACITY 
15000 ENGINES 



Waterloo Gasoline Engine Co., 205 W. Third Ave., Waterloo, Iowa. 



Horace L. Smith, Gen. Agent, 

24 BoUlngbrook Street. Petersburg, Va. 



TELL THE ADVERTISER WHERE YOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. 



Perfect One Horse -Power Engine 

This great pumping or power engine is within the reach of every countryman's 
pocket-book. At last farmers can F ? ,ii-V»~»,lrc M/\i>ca CnmnA 
obtain a one horse-power high grade * ctllUellllVS ™ AVli/r SC XLIl^lIlG 

at a very low price. "Jack Junior" is a four cycle gasoline or kerosene engine with a 
hopper water cooling jacket, which does away with the large 
quantity of water for cooling required by other engines. It is 
mounted on wood base, complete with battery, all ready to 
run. Weight, over 300 pounds. 

Don't confuse this sturdy worker with 
toy air cooled engines made merely to sell. 
T i f • is as durable and 

JaCK JliniOr reliable as the high- 
est priced engines 
you can buy, and should give perfect service 
for years at less than 1 cent per hour for fuel. 
Will run any machine that does not require 




Gas Engines from 1 to 500 H 



over one horse-power. Will pump more water 
than any ordinary windmill. Cut out advertise- 
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Catalog No. BC957 Pumping Engines, 

Pumps, Pump Jacks, Electrio Lighting outfits. Saw Frame, Grinders, Shellers and Supplies. 
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Avenue, 
Or address th* nearest one of our 27 Branch Souses 



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Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 



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Chicago, 111. 



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1109 




TOBACCO 



GROWERS: 




a .S THE MARKET is now open for the sale of the tobacco crop, permit us to 
gjj-jg offer you this timely suggestion ; deposit the proceeds in this saje and well known 

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bank, and pay your bills by check. An endorsed check is the best receipt possible. 
1" Money deposited with us is absolutely safe, and is protected by the largest Surplus 
and Profits of any National Bank south of Washington, D. C. 



THE BANK FOR FARMERS 



The Planters' National Bank, as Its name Implies, 
Is the bank for farmers, and has for years studied 
the needs of rural residents, and as a result has 
evolved one of the most complete sys- 
tems of Banking by Mail ever adopted 
by any bank. 



BANKING BY MAIL 



This system is so simple, safe and 
convenient that it brings in close touch 2 
■With this institution farmers who live r, 
in the most remote sections and gives - -"' 

them the same advantages as one who lives in Rich- 
mond. Va. Write for our booklet, "How to Bank by 
Mail." Free upon request. 




DON'T TEMPT THE ROBBER 



Are you accustomed to keeping your money in an 
old trunk, closet or bureau? If so, do you realize 
what danger you are courting? The newspapers pub- 
lish almost daily instances of crimes 
committed solely for the purpose of 
obtaining money, and it may be that 
your home has been marked by the 
burglar. 

DON'T DELAY, ACT NOW, by de- 
positing your surplus money in this 
old reliable bank— THE PLANTERS' 
NATIONAL. 



THE SECRET OF WEALTH 



The secret of how to become wealthy 
is an open one. Save your money and 
have it work for you. Place it with 
us in our SAVINGS DEPARTMENT 
and it will earn for you 3 per cent, interest com- 
pounded semi-annually. One dollar will start an ac- 
count. 



Visitors to the City are cordially invited to visit us and make our bank their headquarters. 

Planters National Bank 

Corner 12th and Main Streets 

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 




CAPITAL, $300,000 



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1110 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November, 



f Is Timber Scarce? Then take 

An American Portable Saw Mill \ 

TO THE TIMBER 




MOUNTED ON SUBSTANTIAL TRUCK 

With Heavy Steel Wheels 

Carriage, 1G ft. long. Feed Rack, 22 ft. long. Track, 
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opening 32 inches. Variable Friction Feed. Ideal 
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For small settings, there is no better or 
more convenient Saw Mill made. It is in 
every respect the same as our Standard No. 
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and other Woodworking Machinery. Ask 
for it. 



AMERICAN SAW MILL MACHINERY COMPANY 



137 HOPE STREET, HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY 



tree can be grown in this section — 
southwest Virginia. If so, where the 
seed or plants can be procured. 

E. M. HILL. 
Southampton Co., Va. 

We believe that the Forestry De- 
partment of the Department of Agri- 
culture has conducted some experi- 
ments with Eucalyptus trees in vari- 
ous sections of the country to ascer- 
tain their adaptability to our climate, 
but so far as we remember, they have 
only been found to succeed in Cali- 
fornia and the adjoining sections of 
the Southwest. If you would write 
the Forestry Department, Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, 
they would no doubt give you the in- 
formation obtained. — Ed. 



Crimson Clover Seed. 
I would like you to let me know 
what is the best machine to use for 
saving annual clover seed. I want to 
make arrangements before next 
spring to save my own seed. I sow a 
great deal of annual clover. 

J. L. CAMP. 
Southampton Co., Va. 

In this issue you will find an arti- 
cle describing how , one of our sub- 
scribers saves his crimson clover 
seed. When saved in this way it is 
sown in the chaff. If you want to 
havo clean, hulled seed you will have 
to thresh it with a clover huller 
which you can purchase from the im 
plement dealers. — Ed. 



Improving Deep Red Land. 

How can I improve deep red thin 
land? Thought I would plow in the 
fall and let freeze and then apply 
fresh horse manure. Am I right? 

Noble Co., Ohio. D. E. DAY. 



After All, It's Steam and Steam Only 



Nothing 




.ce. It's cheap and you are sure you've grot power when vou want 
he power you need for all purposes. Steam, too — it comes handy 
lairy and elsewhere. You can run a whole string of machines 

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The old reliable, something: you can under- 
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Buy a Leffel steam engrine just once — you'll 
never need another. All styles and sizes — 
engines to move where the work is, etc. Let 
us send you tree book to grive facts. 

James Leffel & Company 
Box 238' Springfield, Ohio 




CUTTING AND SHREDDING 



All with one machine. "Ohio" En- 
silage Cutters also make efficient 
shredders. Simply remove the knives 
and put shredder blades in their places. 
A few minutes' time, no additional 
speed and but slight additional power 
required. Double value at trifling 
extra cost. 

"Ohio" Shredder Blades have pro- 
jecting' steel teeth — no two in succes- 
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split and tear corn stalks into a nicely 
shredded condition. Power, 2 to 15 
h. p., according to size. Blower or car- 
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request. "Modern Silage Methods," 224 
pages, 10c. Please mention this paper. 

SILVER MFG. CO. Salem, Ohio. 




Get This Rife Hydraulic Ram 




If there is a stream, spring or pond near by and have running water wherever 

you want it. 
n..__^ ui.!.. UfUk Uft«A» 'works continuously without at- 
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TELL THE ADVERTISER WHERE YOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. 



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1111 




© PARTS FIT TOGETHER 

AS IF SOLID 

MANY ARTICLES ARE UNEXCELLED IN FINISH— They 
LOOK GOOD— But when the Pinal test is made, 
when the Article is Actually Tried out and gives 
Satisfaction, THAT is the end of the Law. 

So It Js With THE WM. J. OLIVER IMPROVED 

To the model used in its construction do we attribute the perfect opera= 
tion of our plow in the field— Center Draught, Sloping Landside, Strains 
Evenly Distributed and no Part Bearing Any Burden, Save Its Own. 




WHEN BOLTED TOGETHER IT IS PRACTICALLY ONE PIECE OF METAL 

Strong Where Others Are Weak 

Examine our LANDSIDE CONSTRUCTION closely; it is the greatest 
invention ever recorded by 'the patent office at Washington. 

All parts of our Plow are interchangeable between Wood and Steel 
Beam Plows. 



WRITE TO US FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS 




The Wm. J. Oliver Mfg. Co. 

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. 




1112 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTEE. 



[November , 



In your section, where you have 
hard freezing weather, the fall plow- 
ing of the land will be very advisable, 
as the frost will then get into it 
and disintegrate it and make it work 
finely in the -spring. After plowing 
apply the manure on the surface and 
work it into the soil when preparing 
for the crop in the spring. — Ed. 

Worms in Sheep. 

Mr. Johu E. Turner, of Prince 
George Co., Md., writes us that his 
sheep are not doing well and some 
are dying. He thinks the trouble 
must be worms, as they have many 
of the symptoms which we have 
often pointed out as indicative of this 
trouble — viz., a wasting appearance, 
colorless skin (paper skin), swelling 
at the throat, etc. He wants a reme- 
dy. Incidentally he states that a 
neighbor has a flock of sheep wnich 
eat all the tobacco they can get and 
that they are hearthy and do well. 

There is no doubt but that the 
sheep are suffering from stomach 
worms. When once a flock becomes 
infested with this trouble it is diffi- 
cult to get rid of it, as the pastures 
become infected and so carry the 
worms to the lambs and healthy 
sheep. The best remedy is tobacco. 
Let the sheep and lambs have tobac- 
co leaves (the trash or lugs are as 
good as the best for this purpose) 
fed to them every day. Put the to- 
bacco in a box and sprinkle with salt 
water and they will soon learn to eat 
it. Lambs should be kept off the 
pastures on which the old sheep have 
run, during the later spring and sum- 
mer months and thus preserve them 
from infection. A field of crimson 
clover or red clover or cowpeas 
should be reserved for the lambs to 
run in during the spring and sum- 
mer. We have had reports from 
many flock owners who have used to- 
bacco with the greatest satisfaction. 
The worms are found in the fourth 
stomach and pass out laden with eggs 
in the dung and are taken up by the 
lambs and sheep in late spring and 
summer. There is no danger from 
infection in winter, as the cold kill? 
the worms in the dung or on the 
grass. — Ed. 



Broom Making. 

Please let me know in your next is- 
sue of the Southern Planter where 
I can get machinery to fit up a broom 
factory. . W. C. SNYDER. 

Warwick Co., Va. 

We do not know who makes or 
sells broom making machinery, but 
we presume that if you inquire of the 
implement dealers advertising in our 
columns they will, any of them, be 
able to get it for you. — Ed. 



To Cure Warts on Horse. 

A subscriber writes us that he has 
found that by rubbing warts every 
day with castor oil they will disap- 
pear. — Ed. 



Fifteen Years' Service Without Painting — Or a 
New Roof — That is Our Guarantee to You — 

and the guarantee is stamped right on the 
roofing itself, with the year you buy it. 

T will last you much longer than that, but for 15 years we 
are responsible. Think of that — lay your roof and forget it 
for 15 years. No expense— no repairing— no renewing. 
We don't know the wearing possibilities of our own roofing. 
Our 25-year-old roofs are as serviceable and look as good 
n6V as roofing laid five years ago. We make our guar- 
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twenty-five years. 

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Is the only metal roofing made which is so 
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Only the toughest, most pliable, open- 
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when it is put into the galvanizing pots the 
liquid spelter does not veneer but penetrates 
this fiber and amalgamates with the metal 
base, thus protecting it forever. 

Dickelman Extra is easily laid. It is al- 
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All you have to do is to place together, and 
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Try one of our samples, test it and then 
test some ordinary galvanized roofing. Buy 
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will be Dickelman's. Write today for 

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The book will show you how you can save 
money on your roofing, how to lay roof- 
ing easily, how to avoid repair bills. 
Your dealer will know about Dickel- 
man's. Ask him. But let us send you 
this free book and sample. Write today. 

THE DICKELMAN MFG. CO. 

68 Gonnley St., Forest, Ohio 




TELL, THE ADVERTISER WHERE YOU SAW HIS ADVERTISEMENT. 



Nothing else gives such life and staying 
quality to a roofing as Trinidad Lake asphalt. 

Genasco 
Ready Roofing 

is made of Trinidad Lake asphalt and gives lasting resist- 
ance to sun, air, rain ; heat, cold, and fire. It is mighty 
important to know what your roofing is made of. 

Be sure you see the Genasco trademark and get the roofing with a thirty- 
two-million-dollar guarantee. Mineral and smooth surface. Write for the Good 
Roof Guide Book and samples. 

THE BARBER ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY 

Largest producers of asphalt, and largest 
manufacturers of ready roofing in the world. 




PHILADELPHIA 
New York San Francisco 



Chicago 



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1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1113 



It Pays in Comfort, Cash and Health to Wear 

Ruthsteins STEEL SHOES! 



f 



PATENTED 

Dec. 41906 J 
Others 
Pending 



Worn With Wonderful Satisfaction by Workers Everywhere! 



EASY ON THE FEET! EASY ON THE POCKET BOOK! 
One Pair Outlasts 3 to 6 Pairs of leather Soled Shoes 

Steel Shoes are setting the swiftest pace in sales of any work shoes in 
existence. They are so strong and durable, so easy and comfortable that 
farmers and all classes of workers are simply astonished. One pair will out- 
wear from three to six pair of the best leather soled shoes you can buy. 

There's the utmost limit of wear in every pair of Steel Shoes — and comfort 
as long as you wear them. They are lighter than all-leather work shoes with 
thick and clumsy soles. They need no repairs! They are absolutely water- 
proof and will keep your feet warm, dry and comfortable in the coldest 
weather, in mud, snow or slush up to your shoe-tops. Do you wonder that 
many thousands of workers on the plantations will wear no other kin'd of 
work shoes. 

Absolute Protection from Colds, Rheumatism, Sore 




FREE 

Send tor our Book, "The 
Sole ot Steel"— or, better 
yet— send tor a pair of Steel 
Shoes on the Order Blank 
below. 

GOOD-BYE TO CORNS AND BUNIONS! 
NO MORE SORE, ACHING FEET. 

You will not suffer from corns, bun- 
ions callouses and blistered, aching 
feet if you wear Steel Shoes. They 
are shaped to fit the feet and need no 
"breaking in." Easy on — easy off. No 
warping, no twisting, no curled-up 
soles. The rigid Steel Soles force the 
uppers to keep their shape. They rest 
the feet by affording support exactly 
where it is needed. 

Don't torture your feet in hard, 
twisted, warped, leaky, shapeless 
leather-soled shoes. Don't sweat your 
feet and make them tender by wearing 
hot rubber boots, felt boots or arc- 
tics. 

SAVE $5 TO $10 YEARLY! 

As one pair of Steel Shoes will out- 
last three to six pairs of leather-soled 
shoes or at least three pairs of rub- 
ber boots, it is easy to see that the 
saving in shoe bills is great. At least 
$5 to $10 a year! 

SAVE DOCTOR'S BILLS. 

Steel Shoes pay for themselves over 
and over again in the saving of med- 
icine and doctor's bills. They prevent 
sickness. 

Wear Steel Shoes and you need not 
suffer from Colds, Rheumatism. Neu- 
ralgia, Lumbago, Stiffness of the 
joints and other troubles and discom- 
forts caused by cold, wet feet. Keep 
your feet always warm, dry an'J com- 
fortable In Steel Shoes." 



Throat, Stiffness, Discomfort 



Order Blank for Steel Shoes. 
Steel Shoe Co., Dept. 255, Racine, Wis. 


Gentlemen: — I 
for $ 




in payment for. . . . 




r Steel 


Shoes. 


Size 














County 




R.F.D.... 


Dealer's 











Steel Shoes are as waterproof as Rubber Boots, and keep 
the feet warm and perfectly dry, regardless of rain, snow, slush 
or mud — no matter how cold the weather. They defy cold and 
wet, protecting the feet even from dampness and chill. 

Nine-tenths of all cases of rheumatism, colds, and sore throat 

result from wearing all-leather shoes which leak or absorb 

moisture. Pneumonia often develops as the direct result of cold, wet feet. 

Why take chances when Steel Shoes offer real protection, with comfort thrown 

in for goovi measure? 

HOW STEEL SHOES ARE MADE — STEEL SOLES AND SIDE — WATERPROOF 

LEATHER UPPERS — ADJUSTABLE STEEL RIVETS IN BOTTOMS — 

HAIR CUSHION INSOLES. 

Steel Shoes solve the problem of the Perfect Work Shoe for all time to 
come. 

The soles of Steel Shoes and an inch above the soles are stamped out of 
a special light, thin, rust-resisting steel. One piece of seamless steel from 
toe to heel. As a further protection form wear and a means of giving a 
firm foothold, the bottoms are studded with adjustable steel rivets. 

Practically all the wear comes on these steel rivets'. When steel rivets 
wear down, you can instantly replace them with new rivets. Steel Shoes 
never go to the Repair Shop, for there's nothing to wear but rivets. The 
cost is only 30 cents for 50 extra steel rivets. No other repairs are ever 
needed. 

The uppers are made of the very best quality of pliable waterproof 
leather, and firmly riveted to soles. There is greater strength and longer 
service and more foot comfort in Steel Shoes than in any other working shoes 
in existence. It's in the steel ami the pliable leather, and the way they are 
put together. 

The thick, springy Hair Cushion Insoles are easily slipped out for cleans- 
ing and airing. These insoles absorb perspiration and foot odors — absorb the 
jar and shock when you walk on hard or stony ground. They keep your feet 
free from callouses, blisters and soreness. 

MADE IN SIZES 5 TO 12; 6-INCH, 9-INCH, 12-INCH AND 16-INCH HIGH STYLE 

Steel Shoes are made with tops of 'different heights, suitable for every pur- 
pose, from general field work to ditch-digging. 

Steel Shoes, 6 Inches high, $2.50 a pair, are better than the best all- 
leather $3.50 shoes. 

Steel Shoes, 6 Inches high, with extra gravle of leather, $3.00 a pair, excel 
any $4.50 all-leather shoes.. 

Steel Shoes, 9 inches high, $3.50 a pair, are better than the best all-leather 
$5.00 Shoes. 

Steel Shoes, 9 inches high, with extra quality of leather, $4.00 a pair, are 
better than the best all-leather $5.50 shoes. 

Steel Shoes, 12 inches high, $5.00 a pair, are better than the best all- 
leather $6.00 shoes.. 

Steel Shoes, 16 inches high, $6.00 a pair, are better than the best all- 
leather shoes regardless of cost. 

A STYLE OF STEEL SHOE FOR EVERY USE. 

We strongly recommend the 6-inch High Steel Shoes at $3 a pair or the 9- 
inch High Steel Shoes at $4 a pair for general work under all cconditions. 

For all classes of use requiring high cut shoes, such as ditching, lumbering, 
hunting-, etc., our 12 inch or 16 inch high steel shoes are absolutely indispensable 
They give the utmost possible protection. 

Fill out, tear off and mail the Order Blank TO-DAY. 

STEEL SHOE CO., Dept. 255, Racine, Wis. 



1114 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November, 



BIG CUT i*f#£2®^®s^ 



ON QUAKER CITY 
FEED GRINDING MILLS 

PRICES 





c a 4 H 12 

11 Sizes— 22 Styles 
From Hand to 20-Horse Power 



C an i| H| A Mnnov 11 Sizes— 22 Styles— From Hand- 
Oeilil HO money power to 20-H.P.-to Choose from 



SEND your name for our Big Book and then own the 
World's Standard Grinder of 40 years' success, on our 
bis cut price to you, this season, direct from the factory. 
No extra charge for 1910 improvements — Grinds fastest — 
Takes least power — Can be easily run by hand — Always 
ready — Saves price in 
short time — Grinds soft, 
wet or dry ear corn — 
shelled corn — all grains, 
separate or mixed — 
grinds coarse, medium 
or the finest table meal. 

Dealers, Middlemen of all kinds. We come direct to you 
this year, the user, and offer you, on the most liberal terms 
you could wish, the best grinder built and at the factory price. 
We need hardly argue the quality of Quaker City Mills. 
They have been the standard for over 40 years. 

Besides, we are offering to send one to you on trial, with- 
out trying in any way to tie you up to keeping it if it isn't 
satisfactory. "Claims" are a drug on the market. We want 
you to »ee that Quaker Quality means faster grinding, better 



prepared products, less trouble — 
more satisfaction and more profit from 
your investment. We want you to *ee 
that a Quaker City Mill has the widest 
range of usefulness — that it is the best 

adapted to 

Sent to You fop Free Trial Rtf"* SUS 1 .!. & 

From Hand- and wet corn as 
well as dry. 
Let us quote you 
We have cut out Jobbers, Retail prices first. Let us tell you first how big a cut in 

the price to you our direct-selling plan means. 

Although Quaker City Mills have added improvements 
for 1910, which put them still farther ahead of any other 
mills — although the price wouldhave to be higher than before, 
if sold through dealers — yet you can get one now for less, 
much less, than ever. And we pay the freight, remember. 
We take all the risk. We ask for no money in advance, no bank 
deposit, nothing but that you try the mill. Here is as liberal 
a proposition as you could get from any home dealer and we know 
that we offer better value. Let us prove it at our expense. 



Send Name for 

Big 
Feed Mill 
Book 
FREE 

Write 
Today 



You be the judge and jury, on your work, using the Quaker City on our FREE Trial. That's al 1 weask. Make no deposit, either. And We Pay the Freight. We take 
all the risk. Write Today lor Book, prices and guaranty. One of our mills will just meet your needs and fit your poeketbook. 

THE STRAUB CO., 3737 FILBERT STREET, W. PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Lime for Land. 

Please let me know through the 
Southern Planter if the ground lime 
stone rock has the same effect on the 
soil as the burnt rock. If so, will the 
same amount per acre be sufficient 
say one ton per acre? H. B. P. 

Bath Co., Va. 

It requires much more of the 
ground unburnt lime to effect a sweet- 
ening of the soil than it does of the 
burnt lime. Nor is the unburnt lime 
so effective in changing the mechani- 
cal condition of the soil quickly as 
the burnt. On the other hand, the 
ground rock is less destructive of the 
vegetable matter in the soil. If the 
land is heavy and very sour or full 
of coarse vegetable fibre, then the 
burnt lime is the best to use. Whilst 
from one to two tons to the acre of 
burnt lime is a good dressing, twice 
or three times this amount of the 
ground rock should be used. The 
ground rock is, or ought to be, much 
less costly per ton than the burnt 
lime. The ground rock is more last- 
ing in its effects,, but much slower 
in effecting its work. — Ed. 



Seed Corn Selection. 

I wish you would let me know 
which ear of corn is the best to save 
when there are two ears on a stalk, 
the bottom ear or top ear. I have al- 
ways been saving the bottom ear, but 
I have heard a good many arguing 
in favor of the top ear. J. L. CAMP. 

Southampton, Co.. Va. 

Where the object is to secure a 
shortening of the stalk, then the 



Don't Go to the Spring or Well 

Have the Water come to You 



For over twenty years we have been installing successfully, complete 
water supply systems, and they are performing their good work to-day. 

With our force of experienced workmen, we are better prepared to sup- 
ply your needs in this direction than any concern south of New York. 

We make a specialty of supplying Country Homes with pure, fresh water, 
and at a moderate cost. 

We are not tied down to any system, but are prepared to install the 
outfit which is best adapted to your particular needs. We are largest house 
In the South, dealing in water supply outfits, Pumps, Windmills, Gasoline 
Engines, Rams, Pressure Tanks, Cypress Tanks and Towers. 

Catalogue and prices on any of the above will be sent on request. 

Sydnor Pump & Well Co., Inc. 

Department "B," Richmond, Virginia. 



Double Saving till Nov. 15th 

Vehicle bargains in our Special "KEEP BUSY" Sale. 

Even at regular prices you will save money 
if you buy now. Because leather, rubber and 
other materials are rapidly advancing in cost 
—and next year's prices will be higher. 
Buy before the advance— at LKSS thnn regular 
prices— you make two savings in one. In order to 
keep all of our force employed during- the quiet season 
at full pay we will allow, if you mention this paper 
5% off 1908-1909 Catalog Prices 

on all orders Bent us before Nov. 15, 1909. This applies on all 
Murray buggies, phaetons, surreys, pony vehicles, harness, sad- 
dles, etc. without reservation of anv kind. OHnF.n Now AND Save 
Money. Send f .,r cal nlinr. Or i f you have catalog ORDER at once 
and get a high grade Murray vehicle at a bargain. 

The Wilbcr H. Murray Mfg. Co., 321-T E. 5th St., Cincinnati, Ohio 



5% off 

1908-1909 

Catalog 

Prices. 




1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1115 



Page Fence Outlasts Them All ! 

Look Out for "Fads" and "Freaks" in Wire Fences! 







Page Woven Wire Fence was introduced 
over a quarter of a century ago. Within 
that time, many "Fads" and "Freaks" in 
wire fencing have come and gone. Page 
Fence is here to stay. It stands the test. 
It gives the service. It has the record. 
You don't experiment when you buy it. 
The wear is there! It's got the high car- 
bon wire that stands the strain. It's got 
the knot that holds. The wonderful Page 
Knot — wrapped three times around the 
horizontals and a part of the fence itself. 
No loose ends to rust, catch or pull wool. 

A Sample off Page Fence FREE ! 

Send the "Show Me" coupon today and get a 
free sample of the strongest wire in existence. 
Its great strength and its high tension coil give 
it the utmost stability and elasticity. It will 



"Show Me" Coupon 

Page Woven Wire Fence Co. 

Box 219B. Adrian, Mich. 

Please send Free Sample of Page Woven Wire 
Fence and "Jubilee" Edition of Page Fence Catalog. 

I own 



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.acres and am interested in 



^Stock QHay Q Fruit QGrain | | Poultry 
IPut check mark m proper squares.) 

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Town . 

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"give and take," without breaking or sagging. You can run a traction 
engine over Page Woven Wire Fence and it will spring back to position 
instantly. It withstands severest shocks. No stampede of stock can 
break it. It is absolutely uniform in quality. It can be taken down and 
restretched any number of times without losingits elasticity. Itis50 per 
cent stronger than common wire and the galvanizing 50 per cent heavier. 

Ask for the "Jubilee" Edition of Page Fence Catalog 

This handsome book is issued in honor of the Quarter Centennial of 
Page Woven Wire Fence. Gives immensely valuable information on 
wire fence for every purpose. Takes you through our immense steel 
mills and wire factories and describes all the styles of Page Fence. A 
Panorama of Pictures! The best book on wire fence ever written! 

Don't buy wire fence at any price until you see the actual sample of Page 
Woven Wire Fence and read this book. Send the "Show He" Coupon right 
away and get everything by return mail. 

PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Box 219B ADRIAN, MICH. 

*Ynr — • 




proper ear to save is the bottom one. 
If this obect is not desired particular- 
ly, then save the best ear, whichever 
it may be. — Ed. 



BOOKS. 
New World Science Series. Prim- 
er of Sanitation. Being a simple 
work on Disease Germs and how to 
fight them, by John W. Ritchie, Pro- 
fessor of Biology, College of William 
and Mary, Virginia. Illustrated. Pub- 
lished by the World Book Company, 
Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York. Price, 
50 cents; mailing price, 60 cents. 
This is an exceedingly interesting 
and valuable book, written in the 
most simple language with the great- 
est clearness of definition and fully 
illustrated. It should be in the hands 
of all the people who would, if they 
only give heed to its advice, De en- 
abled to escape from most of the 
death dealing germ diseases which 
are such a great scourge in our com- 
munities. 



Prince George Co., Va.. Oct. 11, 1909. 
I think the Southern Planter is the 
best paper of its kind I ever read. 
H. T. BELCHES. 



STRONGEST FENCE MADE 




When you buy our High Carbon Coiled Spring Fence you buy strength, 
service and durability combined. Twenty years of experience— hard knocks, 
has taught us that the best fence Is made from heavily galvanized Colled 
Spring Steel Wire 

CLOSELY WOVEN FROM 

TOP TO BOTTOM 

Our Fence Is so closely woven that small pigs cannot "wriggle" through It. 
So strong the vicious bull cannot "faze" it. We have no agents. We do 
not sell to dealers but sell direct to user 

AT WHOLESALE PRICES 

FREIGHT PREPAID 

Coiled Wire provides for expansion and contraction and prevents sagging 
between posts. Every pound of wire in our fence Is made in our own wire 
mill from the best high carbon steel. We give 

30 DAYS FREE TRIAL 

That our customers may be sure they are satisfied. We have a full line of 
FARM AND POULTRY FENCE. Our Wholesale Prices will save you 
money. Write today for our 40 page free Catalogue. 

COILED SPRING FENCE COMPANY, 

Box 52 Winchester , Indiana* 



When corresponding with our advertisers always mention Southern Planter. 



Bedford Co., Va., Sept. 10, 1909. 
I could not get on without the 
Southern Planter, which fact must be 
an old story to you. 

MRS. M. A. CROCKETT. 



Greensville Co., Va., Sept. 13, 1909. 

I must say that the Southern 
Planter is the best farm paper I have 
come across yet. 

ALEC. MACPHEE. 



1116 



THE SOUTHEKN PLANTEE. 



[November, 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 
The Morgan Horse. 
If there is any animal which'is the 
friend to the small farmer it is the 
Morgan hors , which, not so long ago, 
made good from drawing the entire 
family to church on Sunday to haul- 
ing the big loads of hay from the 
meadows on a week day." In 1904, 
the late Senator Redfield Proctor, 
Chairman of the Senate Committee 
on Agriculture, called the attention of 
officials of the Department of Agri- 
culture to the necessity of saving the 
Morgan horse from extinction. 

Morgan breeding was arranged for 
in co-operation with the Vermont Ex- 
periment Station in the following 
year on the farm of the Station, but 
no purchases were made until June, 
1906, when seven mares and two fil- 
lies were purchased from various 
persons in Vermont by Mr. Cassius 
Peck, of the Vermont Station, Pro- 
fessor Curtiss and George M. Rom- 
mel, Animal Husbandman of the Bu- 
reau of Animal Industry. In making 
the selections for the Morgan stud, 
the effort was made to get the true 
Morgan type with an increase in size 
and quality over that possessed by 
the old Morgan. However, type was 
not sacrificed to size. After this pur- 
chase in Vermont two mares were 
purchased in Kentucky as an experi- 
ment, the idea being based on the be- 
lief that a careful outcross would 
give increased size and quality with- 
out being violent and likely to de- 
stroy desirable type characteristics. 
The Kentucky purchase caused con- 
siderable comment on account of its 
novelty, one critic going so far as to 
say that the Department was attempt- 
ing to restore the Morgan type by 
the same method used to destroy it. 
The officials of the Department claim, 
however, that if the Kentucky breed- 
ers of fifty years ago found it to their 
advantage to go to Vermont for Mor- 
gan horses of good type to use on 
Kentucky stock, and if the use of 
those horses proved valuable, two 
things were made clear. First, that 
the Morgan blood is of the greatest 
value to the horse industry of the 
country; and, second, that the restor- 
ation of the Morgan can be greatly 
furthered by taking back to Vermont 
and other New England States some 
of the best of the descendants of the 
original New England stock and as- 
sisting in restoring the system of 
breeding to type which was aban 
doned with the development of the 
speed-at-any-cost idea. 

The stallion, General Gates, and a 
filly out of one of the original mares 
were purchased July 1, 1907. Gen- 
eral Gates was purchased after due 
consideration; the selection was made 
not only on his own individuality as 
a modern Morgan, but on his ability 
as a sire of the type desired. Mated 
to mares of various types, he produces 
foals that are easily recognizable as 
being sired by him. His son, Shakes- 
peare, was the champion Morgan stal- 
lion of all ages at the Louisiana Pur- 
chase Exposition, and his daughter, 
Carrie Gates (now owned by the De- 



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THE 

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SAVERS 



KEEPS 
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MAKES EVERY ACRE YIELD BETTER CROPS 

Intense cultivation is always profitable, but when Cutaway Disc Tools are 
used every crop is increased 25% to 50%. 

Cutaway Tools do not cost any more than any other first-class implements, 
but they do better work, and do it easier than many of the so-called high- 
grade tools. When you buy a Cutaway you buy the best. 

The Cutaway Plow will plow the hardest baked land and make good seed 
bed, drill and sow the seed and finish complete. 

The Cutaway Harrow will cut and reduce the toughest sod to plant food 
quickly without aid of a plow. 

The Double Action Cutaway Harrow, with a team of medium horses, can move 
15,000 tons of earth 1 foot in a day. These Harrows keep the land true; all others 
run in the half lap. The jointed pole takes all the weight off the horses' neck. 

Don't buy an implement of any kind until yi z have seen our Booklet, which de- 
scribes 120 sizes and styles of Cut' -' Tools. Send for it to-day. It's FREE. 

CUTAWAY HARROW CO., 861 Main 5t., HIGGANUM, CONN. 



CONCERNING THAT ROOF 

Write us for prices on our products 
We carry in stock at all times 

EVERYTHING for the ROOF 

PAINTED AND GALV. V. C. AND CORRUGATED 
SHEETS; TIN PLATE IN BOXES AND ROLLS; 
RUBBER ROOFING UNDER THE FOLLOWING 
BRANDS: 

Victoria Rubber Monarch Asphalt 

Reliance Guaranteed 

Lowest Market Prices without sacrifice of Quality 

VICTORIA METAL CO., Inc. 

1007-9 E. Canal St. RICHMOND, VA. 



partment), was first at that show for 
two-year-old mares. Men who were 
well acquainted with Vermont Black 
Hawk, one of the greatest Morgan 
horses of his time, declare that Gen- 
eral Gates resembles him to a re- 
markable degree. 

The work in Vermont was given a 



great impetus early in 1907 by the 
presentation to the Department by 
Mr. Joseph Battell, of Middlebury, 
Vermont, of a one hundred acre farm 
on which the work could be carried 
on to better advantage than on the 
farm of the Vermont Experiment Sta- 
tion at Burlington, where the soil is 



1909.] 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



1117 



THE IMPLEMENT COMPANY 

1302 East Main St., Richmond. Va. 
Headquarters for the best in FARM IMPLEMENTS. 

Implements that work easy and wear well are tha kind we sell. 

Our Descriptive Catalogue is one of the best and most complete of implement catalogues. Every Farmer 
should have a copy. Mailed free on request. 

Blckford & Huff- 
man Farmer's 

Favorite Grain 

Drills are built to 
wear, to sow ac- 
curately and to 
satisfy every us- 
er. The Fertilizer 
distributor han- 
dles accurately 
any quantity of 
fertilizer from 65 
to 960 lbs. to the 
acre. Each drill 
is furnished with 
special gear 

wheels for plant- 
ing corn and 
bal- beans in rows any 

desired distance. 





AMERICAN POLE SAWS. 
For cord wood or long poles. Furnished with 
ance wheal beneath frame if so wanted. 



American Fence 




OHIO FEED AND 
ENSILAGE CUT- 
TERS. 



Combine the Fence 
and the Hog* and get 

the Dollars AmericanDollarsf 



For hand or 
power. Furnished 
with or without 
Carrier or Blow- 
er. Special cata- 
logue telling all 
about them, sent 
free to any ad- 
dress. 





Buckeye Feed Mills and Powers, for grinding ear corn or small grain. 
The best mill for dairymen. 

It leads all others in fast grinding, in lightness of draft, In strength, 
in durability and especially in being the best 2-Horse Power for oper- 
ating Feed Cutters, Corn Shallers, Wood Saws, or any other light run- 
ning machinery. 

GALVANIZED HEAVY GAUGE V-CRIMP ROOFING. 

Makes the most economical and durable roofing known. Never requires 
.painting or any attention after laid and requires no tools except a ham- 
f mer to put it on. 

Heavy gauge, painted V-Crimp and also best grades of rubber roofing 
In stock at lowest prices. 



THE IMPLEMENT CO., 

1302 East Main Street, 
RICHMOND, VA. 



Peerless Gasoline Engines, Farq uhar Engines, Saw Mills, Ellwood Poultry, Rabbit and Garden Fencing, Mandy 
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1118 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



[November, 



very sandy and not entirely suited to 
horse breeding. Since the Depart- 
ment acquired the property consider- 
able fencing has been done, paddocks 
have been built and the buildings 
standing at the time the gift was 
made, remodeled and repaired. All 
the horses are now located at this 
farm, the plant at the Vermont Sta- 
tion being held in reserve as a pos- 
sible sub-station in the future. 

"The aim of the stud at Middle- 
bury," states Mr. George M. Rom- 
mel, Animal Husbandman of the De- 
partment of Agriculture, "is to pre- 
serve the Morgan type at its best, 
keeping the splendid conformation, 
spirit and endurance for which these 
horses are famous, and eliminating 
tendency to coarseness, heavy with- 
ers and low backs. A careful effort 
will also be made to improve the ac- 
tion by getting away from the chop- 
piness and irregularity in gait and 
particularly by eliminating the tend- 
ency to pace and mix gaits. Size 
will be increased carefully by selec- 
tion, but it is not our purpose to make 
the Morgan a big horse. A size rang- 
ing from 15.1 to 15.3 hands is suffi- 
cient, with about 15.2 as the ideal. 
However, this will not by any means 
disqualify a 15-hand horse or one even 
somewhat smaller, provided he has 
desirable characteristics of conforma- 
tion, quality and action. It should be 
clearly understood that the work 
with the Morgans is not to be merged 



into that with the American carriage 
horse. Although the Morgan has al- 
ways been and probably always will 
be a prime factor in the production 
of carriage horses, the type should be 
kept distinct." 



Farms in New York State. 
Secretary Wilson, of the Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, believes in first- 
hand information. In speaking of a 
recent trip through New York State, 
he stated: "It as a beautiful country 
that we passed through, but the 
farms generally did not show pros- 
perity. I saw hardly any sheep on 
the hillsides. Next to the cow the 
sheep is the most profitable domestic 
animal. Many of the districts looked 



depopulated. We saw plenty of child- 
ren in the villages, but few in the 
rural regions. The country looks de- 
serted. In fact, interest in agricul- 
ture appears to have declined in New 
York State to a great extent. 

"Sixty thousand Americans have 
gone to Canada and taken $80,000,000 
with them to buy wheat lands in 
Canada. They could do better to take 
these old farms here and manage 
them on modern methods. I cannot 
see whatever started folks away 
from these farms. Why, last year 
8,000,000 bushels of potatoes were im- 
ported into New York State. That 
should not be. Good profit can be^ 
made on any of the farms with pota- 
toes at 50 cents a bushel." 



HERGULES Steel Stump Machines- 



CAST !P.OH 



Strength to 
the square 

inch 
16,000 pounds 



STEEL 



STRENGTH 
TO THE 
SQUARE INCH 
120,000 LB'S. 



do the work of three iron grubbers 
S[RtPRtstMTj\ No staking down required. Pull 
(V power V trees as well as stumps. Less cum- 
^iwpwllbi) bersome than iron, easier handled 
price almost as low. The 
steel grubber and it's un- 
We pay 



400# strong- 
er and 60% 
lighter 
than Iron. 



VHIiS^UARI 

l\the power ^ DreaKaDie 



!t?T F u&p!£y freight and guarantee 
n_1_^-^ for three years. 

Write for catalog and 
price list. 

J HERCULES MANUFACTURING CO., 
Dept. 416 Centerville, Iowa, U. S. A. 




BUY 



BATTLE AXE SHOES 



The Best Shoe for 
THE FARMER 

Solid Made and 

Made to Stand 

The Wear 




HIGH QUALITY 
RIGHT STYLE 

Comfortable Fit 
Long Wear 
Low Price 



Every Essential Feature of High Class Shoe Ask your Dealer for this Celebrated, Widely- 
Making is Embodied in BATTLE-AXE SHOES known and Widely=worn Brand of Shoes 



THE FARMER'S FRIEND 



Stephen Putney Shoe Co. 



Richmond, Va. 



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ilJNIOM 
rljerc is, 

[ Strength ^ 

Capital, 
$200,000 
Surplus, 
«400,000. 
Deposits, 
_/\\\ $1,500,000 

, x <yj fin a > 



NION BAN 



Save Systematically and Enjoy Independence Early 











Don't wait until the "too late" period occurs before 
saving your earnings. Start now— to-day! 

Just a little at a time when deposited regularly in this 
strong institution assures you of future happiness, and 
prosperity. It makes you immune against worry. 

This is truly the only way to success in life and one 
dollar will start an account in our savings department. 

Begin NOW to realize that dependence is life's most embarrassing posi- 
tion. rHve— send ui that dollar to-day. 

«-^_ We Pay 3 Per. Cent, 'Interest Com pounded Semi-Annuall" 

- UNION BANK OF RICHMOND 1107 E.Hain St7 Richmond. Va. 

Ourrmethod of "Banking by Mail" is highly interesting— write, let us explain it to you. 



BERRY'S-' ^^Combination Suit 

00 All Sizes, Many Patterns 

Here 's a picture of the suit 
and a postal request will bring you 
samples of the five different pat- 
terns—all strictly all = wool. 
C Everybody who 's heard of 
BLRRY'S knows our repu- 
tation for the best styles 
land tailoring, so you can 
satisfy yourself before or- 
dering about the genuine- 
ness and attractiveness of 
our offer. 

C We are doing every 
boy and parent a service 
whom we can induce to 
buy one of these suits. 
C Write us to-day. and 
if interested ask for sam - 
pies, catalog, etc., of our com- 
plete line of Men and Boys* 
Suits and Overcoats. 
} C We sell everything Men 
and Boys wear, and Trunks, 
Bags and Cases in which to 
carry them. C Stylish Reefers for Oirls and 
Misses. $3.50 to $10. Samples upon request. 

O. H. BERRY & CO. 

The South's Largest Clothlery, Richmond, Va. 




H. G. CARTER. W. J. CARTER. 

H. Q. CARTER & COMPANY t 

Successors to 

F. H. DEANE & CO., 

HAY, GRAIN, MILL-FEED, 

1105 East Cary Street, 



RICHMOND, VA. 




MONTROSE 

Shetland Pony Farm 

Registered Shetlands, highest 
type and quality, both im- 
ported and native bred. 
Choice brood mares, with fopl 
an'd young stallions. Well 
mannered, perfectly broken 
ponies and youngsters for 
sale at attractive prices. 
Beautiful and intelligent lit- 
tle pets for children. Infor- 
mation cheerfully furnished. 
Address 

Dr. NASH P. SNEAD, 

CARTERSVILLE, 
Cumberland County, Virginia. 



ACCA STOCK FARM 

Trotting Horses and Jersey Cattle 

of the richest breeding and most fash- 
ionable strains of blood. Our herd of 
Jerseys has been selected with great 
care, and Includes choice representa- 
tives of families, both noted as pro- 
ducers and show ring winners. 

STALLIONS IN SERVICE. 

Aknr, 42021, chestnut horse, 4, by 
Aquilin, 2:19%, son of Bingen, 2:06%; 
dam Pavetta, by Pistachio, 2:21%. 
Akar paced in 2:15% with quarters 
better than 30 seconds at 3 years old. 

Berro, 41821, trotter, bav horse, 4, 
by Bingara, son of Bingen, 2:06%, dam 
Keshena. by Kremlin, 2:07%. Berro 
won gold medal at Virginia State Fair 
in 1908 and 1909. 

Fee for either horse $25 season, with 
return privilege. Address, 

GRIFFITH & SAUNDERS, 

Acca Stock Farm, 

Richmond, Va. 



Can Cancer be Cured? 

. IT CAN. 

We want every man and woman in 
the United States to know what we 
are doing — we are curing Cancers, Tu- 
mors and Chronic Sores without the 
use of the knife or by X-Ray, and are 
endorsed by the Senate and Legisla- 
ture, of Virginia. 

We guarantee our cures. 

KELLAM HOSPITAL, 

1615 West Main St., Richmond, Va. 

FRED C. KELLAM, President. 

JOSEPH A. TRAINUM. 
Practical Horseshoer. 

Horses balanced and lameness treat- 
ed. Satisfaction guaranteed. 

18th and Cary Sts-, Richmond, Va. 

S. C. RHODE ISLAND REDS, "BLUE 
Ribbon" strain; extra fine cockerels 
for sale. Eggs for sitting at all 
times. SUNCREST POULTRY COM 
PANT, Highland Park, Richmond, Va. 



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[November, 

MONTHLIES. 

Harper's Magazine 4 00 4 00 

Review of Reviews 3 00 3 00 

Tae Century 4 00 4 25 

St. Nicholas 3 00 3 25 

Lippincott's 2 50 2 50 

Scribner's 3 00 3 25 

Virginia Magazine 1 00 1 00 

American 1 50 1 50 

Cosmopolitan 1 00 1 35 

Everybody's 150 1 75 

Munsey 1 00 1 35 

Argosy 1 00 1 35 

The Strand 1 20 1 50 

Success 1 00 1 20 

Woman's Home Companion 1 25 1 50 

Delineator 1 00 1 40 

Field and Stream 1 50 1 50 

Reliable Poultry Journal 50 75 

Commercial Poultry 50 75 

Industrious Hen 50 75 

Poultry Success 50 75 

Blooded Stock 50 65 

Successful Farming 50 60 

Southern Fruit Grower ... 50 85 
Shepherd's Criterion 50 75 

When two or more publications are 
wanted, the price for them in most 
instances can be found by deducting 
50 cents from "price with Southern 
Planter." 

We cannot, under any circum- 
stances, furnish sample copies of other 
publications. 

We will cheerfully quote our best 
price on any list of publications sub- 
mitted to us. 



A New England observer notes that 
birds receive far more protection to- 
day than forty years ago. A market 
report of 1867 commends the robin 
as fine and delicate eating through the 
months of September and October. 
The brown thrasher, hermit thrush, 
cedar bird, and other songsters are 
extolled for food purposes, while the 
meadow lark is called almost as good 
as quail. All these were for sale in 
their section in Boston, New York 
and Philadelphia. Now their discov- 
ery would mean the arrest of their 
possessors. 

GUY E. MITCHELL. 



Detailed Index. 

Horse Ailing 1104 

Pecans 1104 

Seeding Grass — Subsoiling — Cover 
Crops — Fertilizing the Corn 

Crop — Soy Beans 1104 

Liming Land 1106 

Lump Jaw — Crimson Clover — 

Ground Lime 1108 

Sows Coming in Heat 1108 

Eucalyptus Trees 1108 

Crimson Clover Seed 1110 

Improving Deep Red Land 1110 

Worms in Sheep 1112 

Broom Making 1112 

To Cure Warts on Horse. .7" 1112 

Lime for Land 1114 

Seed Corn Selection 1114 



CLUBBING 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 (7 Nos.)..$6 00 $6 00 

Times-Dispatch (No Sun.) 4 00 4 00 

News-Leader 4 00 4 00 

Richmond Journal 3 00 3 00 

Baltimore Sun 3 00 3 40 

THRICE A WEEK. « 

The World, New York 1 00 1 25 

WEEKLIES. 

Times-Dispatch 1 00 1 25 

Southern Churchman 2 00 2 25 1 

Central Presbyterian 2 00 2 25 

Harper's Weekly 4 00 4 00 

Breeders' Gazette 2 00 150 

Country Gentleman 150 175 

National Stockman 1 00 1 00 

Hoard's Dairyman 1 00 1 25 

Kansas City Star 25 60 

Chattanooga News and 

Farm Journal 50 50 

Memphis News-Scimitar. . 50 75 

Cotton Journal 100 100 

SEMI-MONTHLY. 

Standard (Poultry) 100 60 

Kimball's Dairy Farmer.. 50 75 



"Jim, you should have a 
McVICKER like mine. It's 
the Simplest Engine Made" 



"I haven't had much experience with Gas 
Engines, Henry, tell me why you recommend the 
McVicker." 

"Well, in the first place, it is so simple to 
operate. 

"It has only % the parts of any other engine 
made, and therefore it is the easiest to understand 
and to run. There are no intricate cams, ratchets, 
tumbling rods or other complex and delicate gear 
to get out of order and need adjustment and tink- 
ering. I just start my McVicker going, and it 
requires no further attention than supplying fuel 
and oil. 




"Then it will stand 50% more over- 
load. Unlike most four-cycle engines (the 
best type, by the way) the McVicker will 
pick up power on the first revolution of 
the fly-wheel, if needed to take up a sud- 
den load. Other engines often stop on the 
third under a sudden load. 

"The McVicker has only four moving parts 
in its valve action, while other engines have 
twelve. You can see that that means less friction 
to overcome in the McVicker, and consequently 
it does more work on the same fuel, and uses less 
oil. I figure In action It only costs me 1 cent 
per hour per horse-power to run. 

"See how well its made, all the working parts 
of the best forged steel, and bearings of compo- 
sition brass; the base is heavy and reinforced at 
the crank bearing, giving absolute rigidity. All 
these parts, even the bolts, the Alma Manufac- 
turing Company make in their own factory. They 
grind the cylinder rings as accurately as those in 
a fine automobile to secure perfect compression. 

"My 12-year-old boy can run the engine, and 
I can put my men and horses at other work. 
That's worth considering, J im. 




"I use my McVicker for running the corn 
sheller, churn, cream separator, wood saw, feed 
chopper, horse clippers, etc., and it is saving me 
time and money every day. 

"There are 500 makes of engines on the mar- 
ket, Jim. Most of them are copies of each other. 
My brain was dizzy after looking at a few of them 
and trying to understand their complicated mech- 
anism. But the McVicker was as simple as A-B- 
C right from the start. 



Send for PREB Catalogue 

Just fill in the coupon and we will mail you 
FREE a set of Model Farm Power-house Plans, 
Catalogue and full particulars of the wonderful 
McVicker Gas Engine — the simplest made. 



ALMA MANUFACTURING COMPANY 

Station L, 517 Gor such Ave. 

ALMA, MICHIGAN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 



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SUBSCRIPTION OFFER 



The spendld service and saving rendered our readers last year through our subscription department will be 
duplicated again this season. .We give here a few very attractive offers. Remember we can save you money 
on practically any publication in the English language. Send in your lists for our lowest estimate. 



No. 1. 



Southern Planter 
Monthly Hints 



50c. 



Monthly Hints is for the farm, 
orchard and garden and is a valu- 
able little pamphlet prepared for 
us by Professor Massey. A copy 
will be given free with every new 
subscriber or to every one who 
sends a new subscription. 



No. 2. 

Southern Planter. mm r- 

Southern Poultry Guide /^Cf 

The Southern Poultry Guide is 
Cal Husselman's 40 years of prac- 
tical experience in the poultry busi- 
ness. The book is in crisp, concise 
shape, containing 125 pages, illus- 
trated. It is for men who raise 
chickens and not the fancier who 
exhibits them. 



No. 3. 

Southern Planter mm m\ 

Farmer's Account Book /«DCi 

This Account Book is the best 
and simplest one we have seen and 
retails for 50 cents. There is am- 
ple room for three or four years' 
record and in addition, it contains 
valuable tables of weights, meas- 
ure, gestation, etc. 



No. 4. 
Southern Planter mm p> 

Binder (for 12 Issues) /5C» 

This binder is a neat and simple 
device for one volume of The 
Planter. As it is ma.le of good 
Bristol board it will last indefin- 
itely. 



No. 5. 
Southern Planter 
Practical Fanning 



$1.50 



Practical Farming is Professor 
Massey's latest and best book, which 
retails for $1.50 and Is well worth 
the price. It contains over 300 
pages and deals in a nractic&l man- 
ner with pretty much every phase 
of farming. 



No. 6. 



Southern Planter 
Feed and Feeding 



$2.25 



This book is Prof. W. A. Henry's 
greatest work and is recognized 
as the world's standard. Every 
stockman should have a copy of this 
work in his library. 



No. 7. 



Southern Planter. 
Swine in America 



$2.50 



This is the latest and best hog 
book published. Its author is Hon. 
F. D. Coburn, who is an acknowl- 
edged authority. The work con- 
tains over 600 pages illustrated and 
retails for $2.50. Hog raisers should 
have this book. 



No. 8. 



^adSs^toi 




Southern Planter. 
Farm and Fireside 



50c. 



The Farm and Fireside is an ex- 
cellent farm paper of national repu- 
tation and circulation. It is pub- 
lished semi-monthly, making 36 
farm papers you may have for the 
price of one subscription. 



No. 9. 
Southern Planter. 
Industrious Hen 



50c. 



The Industrious Hen Is a lively 
up-to-date Southern poultry month- 
ly and sells for 50 cents per year 
and you get it for practically noth- 
ing by ordering It with The South- 
ern Planter. 



No. 10. 
Southern Planter. 
Southern Fruit Grower 



50c. 



These two monthlies sell for $1 
per year and If you are at all in- 
fested in fruit we would unhesi- 
tatingly say that 24 issues of these 
two papers are well worth your 50 
cents. 



No. 11. 
Southern Planter- 
Your County Paper 



$1.10 



With one or two exceptions we 
can furnish any $1 county weekly 
In Virginia, Maryland and North 
'Carolina for the above price. 

No. 12. 
Southern Planter /t» | <*■* ^ 

One Dollar Magazine *pl.^«5 

Under this offer we can furnish 
any of the popular magazines sell- 
ing for $1 per year for the above 
price. 

No. 13. 
Southern Planter /£ j f\{\ 

Weekly Times-Dispatch %pl.\JU 

We can also furnish any other 
edition of The Times-Dispatch with 
The Southern Planter for the price 
of the former. 



$1.15 



No. 14. 

Southern Planter 
Farm Journal (2 Yrs.) 
Garden Magazlno 



This is a very attractive combi- 
nation. Garden Magazine-Farming 
Is the most beautiful publication of 
its kind in the world. It sells for 
$1 per year. The Farm Journal Is 
unlike any other paper and num- 
bers its readers by the million. The 
above offer retails for $2.50. 



ORDER BY NUMBER TO AVOID ERRORS 

THE SOUTHERN PLANTER, - - Richmond, Va. 



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National Pneumatic Water Supply 

FOR COUNTRY AND SUBURBAN HOMES. 

Gives all the advantages of a city water works and furnishes 
lire protection, which reduces Insurance rates. The accompanying 
sketch shows a complete water system ,bath and kitchen plumbing. 

In connection with our WATER SYSTEM and plumbing equip- 
ment, we furnish plans and specifications and equipment for the 
construction of septic sewer tanks which will dispose of your 
sewage In a most satisfactory manner. 

Send us rough sketch showing location of well and plumb- 
ing fixtures and give depth of well. If you have a spring give 
distance from house, fall from house to spring and fall obtain- 
able In spring, branch, and flow in gallons per minute. State 
how much water required per day, and we will furnish estimate 

of COSt f I°G© 

We furnish system in any capacity from 140 gals, up, and 
for the application of any kind of power for pumping. 



Get our prices on WINDMILLS, 
GASOLINE ENGINES, HOT AIR 
ENGINES, PUMPS OF ALL KINDS, 
AND HYDRAULIC RAMS. IN- 

QUIRE ABOUT OUR BURNSON 
RANGES. WRITE FOR CATALOG. 



GRAHAM i DAVIDSON & 
COMPANY, 

Richmond, - Virginia. 








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^ i . ■ . ^tmmMisp 



HERE IS OUR GUARANTEE: 



You purchase a NATIONAL WATER SUPPLY 
SYSTEM, Install It according to directions fur- 
nished by us, operate it for one year, and if at the 
end of that time you are not satis fied in every par- 
ticular, YOU CAN RETURN THE SYSTEM TO US, 
AND WE WILL PAY THE FREIGHT CHARGES, 
AND REFUND TO YOU IN CASH EVERY DOL- 
LAR YOU HAVE PAID US. 



Wagons, Silos and Handy Trucks 



The Tornado 

Silo and Silo 
Fillers are the 
best. Cutters fit- 
ted with Spiral 
knives and shred- 
ding heads. In- 
changeable. 





Boston and Virginia Farm Wagons, Barbour 
Virginia, Peters, King, Tatlor Canady and An- 
derson Buggies and Cariages. Fairbanks-Morse 
Gasoline Engines, Tanks, and Steel Towers. 
Myers, Empire and Fairbanks-Morse Pumps. 
Water Works designed and installed anywhere, 
J. I. Case ^and Altman-Taylor Steam Engines, 
Concrete Block Machines and Mixtures, Magne- 
tos and Batteries. Kansas City Hay Presses, 
and Gasoline Traction Engines. New Idea 
Manure Spreaders. Repairs and machinery of 
all kinds and for all purposes. 



Handy Trucks 
with wood or 
steel wheels or 
all steel as de- 
sired , four-inch 
grooved tire. 

Greatest labor 

saver on the 
farm. Postal us 
for catalog or 
any information 
desired, or ask 
your nearest 
dealer for our 
goods. 




HOENNIGER $ SIZEMORE C0. y Inc., 

MANUFACTURERS AGENTS AND JOBBERS, RETAIL STORE 

1433 East Main Srteet, - - Richmond, Virginia. 



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EADING 1909 UP-TO-DATE LABOR SAVING 20TH CENTURY MACHINERY. 



IflQQ SILO FILLING 
|UwO MACHINERY. 

With BLOWER and 
Traveling FEED TABLE 




Made in sizes to suit all wants from 5 to 
Horse Power Engine. Sold on their own 

^rits. Pay for same after tried and satis- 
1. Write for catalogue. 
Lnrerest Capacity and Strongest Bnilt. 





THE RAPID FIRE HAY PRESS. 

Is a full-circle double-stroke machine, designed and constructed for the benefit 
of the individual farmers; being light, handy, simple and easy to operate. It 
can be taken apart in the centre and moved on a farm wagon without delay, 
and can be stored in a buggy house and will take up but very little room. Only 
one horse and three men required to operate it. Very few two-horse presses will 
equal it for baling and none will put up a nicer or smoother bale, ami yet any 
farmer who makes a few hundred bales of hay can afford to own one of these 
machines. Write for special Hay Press catalogues and prices. 

"The" Improved All Steel and Iron 

ACME Harrow. It crushes, cuts, tears. 



BROWN 6 or 7 Knife Stalk Cutters. 
Write for circulars and prices. 



smooths and levels all in one opera- 
tion. The greatest riding harrow 
made. Write for circulars and price. 




"ELI" Baling Press 

THE MACHINE that mahes 
COMPETITORS TREMBLE 

THE EAGLE DUMP WAGON. 




The above illustration is that of the Ross Wood Frame Pole Saw for sawing 
kinds of timber, both long and short. The construction of same is the very 
t. The lumber used is hard wood and good size, not frail in any particular. 
i bearings are all babbitted. The arbor is extra large, size 1 7-16 inches, and 
i heavy fly wheel. Frame is not nailed together, but mortised and tennoned 
I bolted. They are as good as the best and better than the majority of others, 
s table is equipped with rollers, making it convenient to handle heavy timber. 
Ite for special catalogues and prices. 




rodebafcer Farm Tracks — with woovl 
steel wheels and removable bolster 
<es. Write for prices and cata- 
ues. 




One Chain Only, 
But a Chain under each Door. 
It Suits Contractor and Teamster 

Scientific No. 8 used as a 
power, including 15-foot tum- 
bling rod> two rod rests, and 
pulley, either 18 by 4 inches, 
20 by 4 inches, or 24 by 4 
inches. Tumbling rod makes 
58 revolutions per minute. 
Fast enough for running feed 
cutters, shellers, wood saws, 
etc. 



lening & Nuckols, 1436-38 E. Main St. 

Richmond, Virginia. 



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FREE TO YOU! 



ON 30 DAYS TRIAL 




Washing Machine 



Write us a postal card to-day 
and we will ship you at once 
this wonderful washing machine 
and wringer. Il conies right to 
your depot without any trouble 
on your part. Try it for 30 
days, give it the hardest kind 
of a test and then, if not sat- 
isfactory, send it back to us by 
freight and we will pay tne 
charges back. If you do like it, 
we ■will make the payments on 
such easy Installments that any- 
one can buy It. 

STOP 

SERIOUSLY 

TO 

THINK 

if you could imagine a fairer of- 
fer than this. Could we make it 
if the Spotless was not one of 
the best washers in the > 
Moreover there are no strings to 
this offer, it is a square deal and 
is just as it is written. All you 
have to do is to send us sa- 
references that we may know 
who you are. Our Spotless 
"Washer is honestly made of Se- 
lected Virginia White Cedar- 
is steam tight — has all its 
mechanism enclosed — no danger 
of hands or clothing being 
caught — is ball bearing like a 
bicycle and is the only machine 
made in the world that is auto- 
matically lubricated; that is why 
it runs so easily. Send to-day 
for full particulars of this re- 
markable machine. 



The Spotless Company 

122 SH0CK0E SQUARE, RICHMOND, VA. 

THE SOUTH'S MAIL ORDER HOUSE 



T H E W ATT PLOW CO . 

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

The Laraest Dealers in Agricultural Implements in the 

South. 




A Popular 
Engine for 

General 
Work From 
2 to 50 Horse 
Power. *K 




The Smalley 
Electric Pole 

Machine. 
Designed for 
rapid work. It 
is the strong- 
est and most ' 
convenient on 
the market. 



Smalley 
Modern Silo 
Filler with 
Safety Blow- 
er, and 
travelling 
table which 
makes the 
feed come continuously and increases the 
capacity. 

The Chatta- 
nooga Reversi- 
ble Disc Plow. 

"Plows a 
coming and a 
Going" None 
better. Write 

for special 
circular and prices. 




Agents for 

the Acme 

Harrow. It 

will Crush, 

Cut, Turn, 

Smooth, and 

Level in one 

% operation. 





->0v 




We are 
Agents for 
the Celebrat- 
ed Deere Disc 
Harrows. All 
sizes always 
in Stock. 



The SUCCESS 
Spreader Ferti- 
lizes the Earth. 
A Soil Builder 

for Hungry 
crops. Be sure 
and get the Genuine Success with Roller Bear- 
ings which insures light draft. 



Fish andj 
Moline 

Wagons for the 
Farmer, Mer- 
chant and Saw 
Mill Man, all 
sizes, low wheels 





and high wheels. 



We give"Mail Orders our special attention and invite vour cor- 
respondence. 

For Sale bylTHE WATT PLOW COMPANY, 

•at RICHMOND. VA. 

1426 East Main Street. ... 1438 East Franklin Street. 



/ 

Keep Families Above Want 

Every thinking man wants to provide so that his wife and little ones, those dependent 
upon Mm, will be kept above want when he is no longer here to provide for them. The 
great question now-a-days is the best means to thi^end. 



THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL 



thia^nc 

UFk 



INSURANCE COMPANY 



has a plan whereby the helpless, dependent ones are protected as long as they live, and 
kept from want. Write T. A. CARY", Mutual Building, Richmond, Virginia for "Docu- 
ment 843," giving full particulars and showing how easy it is for you to protect your 
family forever. 

- - Corrugated V-Crimp Roofing - - 

painted and galvanized 
"Bestoid" Rubber Roofing 

Carey's Magnesia Cement Roofing 

Tarred Paper, Tin Plate, Lime, Ce- 
ment, Hardware, Terra Cotta Pipe, 
Wire Fence, Drain Tile, etc. 

BEND FOR CATALOGUE 

BALDWIN & BROWN. 1557 E. MAIN ST., RICHMOND, VA. 




i 

! 



THE EVERLASTING TUBULAR STEEL PLOW DOUBLETREES. 

PAT. W. & S. 

Trip let ree* for 

Walking and , , „ . . . 

i as desired. 




X — H o o k or 
Ring in Center 



Sulky Plows r™ ■"^""'J!! 

Guaranteed not to Break or Bend. 



n - i 

Send for Our Number 8 Catalogue 



We manufacture a 
complete line of Dou- 
bletrees, Slnglettrees, 
and Neck Yobn of 
every description. 




Ask your dealer for 
them and take no 
other. 

This pattern, No. 
10B-A made In three 



BUYERS GUIDE. 

The following are some of the houses handling the Everlasting Tubular Steel Doubletrees, carrying a 
■took of same and can supply customers promptly: 



Norfolk Farm and Supply Co Norfolk, Va. 

Henlng & Nuckols Richmond, Va. 

Watt Piow Company i Richmond, Va. 

T. R. N. Speck Staunton, Va. 

BrUtow & Worsham Co Richmond, Va. 

Stokes, Williams & Co. Blackstone, Va 

^eay-Dlllard Hdwe. Co Blackstone, Va 



B. K. QUI Rehoboth Church, Va. 

Duvall. Son & Co Farmvllle. 

Paterson & Jefferson Petersburg. 

Walker, Carroll, Adams Hdw. Co. Charlottesville, Va. 

Baker- Jennings Hdwe Co Lynchburg, Va. 

Anslle-Martln Co Lynchburg, Va. 

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