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I y \ SOUTHERN f 7 TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANT ' K Knrase I'lnntu in the Son Hi. The rauehrake Experiment Station, located ai i'niontown, Ala., lias just issued an important bulletin on forage plants for the South. It would be well for fanners who are Interested in questions relating to forage plants to write to Professor .1 M. llieheson. at Uniontown. or to Professor .1. P. Puggur. at Auburn, Ala., Director of tin- Experiment Station, for a copy of tliis bulletin. 1 The experiment Nation at ritiotUown is located 011 upland prairie soil, known as the cane brake. On this land alfalfa. I sown Mareh L'o, gave three cut tines of j hay the same season, and would have made a fourth cutting had it not been for an untimely drouth in the fall of the year. Both Amber ami Orange sorghum made enormous yields of fod- J der. and furnished two cuttings each. The Orange sorghum grew larger and made more fodder, but the smaller stems of the Amber sorghum made it more desirable than the other for forage. Sorghum led all of the forage crops in yield. Katfir corn was not successful as a fodder crop. The same j is true of pearl millet and teosintc. German millet did well, and is recom* - ..... enmi lilCUUCU llil suhiUj, i.iiu mncowpeas. thereby making the hay easier to cure. ? One very important result of these experiments at Unlontown is the high yield of soy beans as compared with cowpeas. The writer has often suggested the advisability of giving the soy beans a trial in the Southern States, for the reason that when varieties of it are secured that are adapted to local conditions, it is a very large yielder.' making at the Uuiontown station thlr- j ty-four bushels of seed per acre, and j it statids up so as to be easily harvest-1 ed. The seed can also he saved at 1 much less expense than is the case j with cowpeas. and it is said to make good feed for cattle and hogs, though on account of its richness in nitrogen it should he mixed with such carbonaceous feeds as corn. Kaffir corn seed, etc. Upland rice would also be a good thing to mix with the seed of soy bean. The hairy vetch proved a valuable plant for winter pasture. The Dwarf Essex rape was another plant which succeeded very well.and is recommended for hog pasture.?W. J. Spillman. | Agrostologist. United States Depart- i ment of Agriculture. " I Anthramose of tlie Bean. This disease appears upon the bean i in deep, dark pits. It very materially i diminishes the amount of marketable J beans. It spreads rapidly among: the ! collected beans in the market. It is! caused by the appearance of a fun.mis I to be found upon the pods of beans. It is able to live through the winter, which it generally does in the bean itself. When the infected seeds are used they will either not grow at all. or, if they do grow, they will spread the disease to plants otherwise healthy. It is therefore of great importanee to the grower that he does not at all allow these seeds to be planted, as in this way only can the disease be successfully combatted. The infected seeds have a shriveled and diseolored ! appearance by which they may be | usually distinguished from the good j seed. They should be rejected and j only such seeds as are sound should ; be used for planting. Some successful experiments have been made in treating the seeds before planting. The seeds before planting should be soaked for an hour or two in a solution or three ounces of carbonate and one quart of ammonia to four and one-half of water. The plant will then be generally free from anthracnose. But plants from diseased seed not so treated will be sure to have anthracnose to a greater or loss extent. It is very easy for one to use this solution, but it should not be stronger than indicated. as it may thus very easily be rendered dangerous to the seeds. If the disease should still appear after planting, when these precautions are taken, perhaps the best remedy is to destroy the plants which are affected. and thus prevent its further spreading. If it becomes very destructive in its attacks one can hardly be too vigorous or too severe in his: method of eradicating it. I Svrine-BrreUInc in the South. In the matter of climate the South- j ern farmer possesses a great advantage j over his Northern neighbor in the prof- t itable pursuit of hog raising. While at the North one litter a year [ Is the rule, owing to our mild winters i two litters a year can be raised, and j three each alternate year is a possibility. Grass, a very important ration in profitable swine breeding, holds out much later in the fall and conies mmii earlier in the spring with us. Owing to our mild Southern winters shelters are much more easily and cheaply constructed Many sections of the middle South abound in many varieties of mast-bearriinor Mention. - Statistics compiled by the Zemtvos of forty-nine provinces of European Russia showed that 891,000 peasant famliiles, iepresenting a population of perhaps 7,000,000, had only nine acres of land to the family, and that 2,219,444 peasant households, representing a population of about 18,000,000, had only twenty-one acres each, although hundreds of thousands of such households consisted of from eight to twenty-five members. ?1 ARM [tO ER. STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. ' "! ? ? ??? ? ? ? ing trees. affording a groat range for hogs. and obviating the necessity of feeding for several of the worst months iu the year. Furthermore the eured product find* a ready market right here at home, it being a well-known fact that Chicago's best market for her bacon is right here in the South. M.iiiv <?t' .nil- Soutlmrn farmers al re tidy have awakened to this fact, and tire turning their attention to hop rais! ing. and within the present decade I many more will have engaged in this j protitahle pursuit. In the State of j Texas, for instanee, there is a gmeral ' spread, of enthusiasm 011 the subjeet of swine-breeding, and many meetings | have been held and organizations formed for the fostering of tl|is industry. At Fort Worth two large packing plant* have already been in operation several years. All this is as it should lie. Stock and crop growing should go hand in hand, and would you expect to tind a prosperous and intelligent farming community go to that section where diversified agriculture is carried on.?Southern Agriculturist. AVIiy l>a?? Improve the Soil. Tt is only the leguminous ipoil-bearing) class of plants, such as peas, beans, the clovers, alfalfa, peanut, vetches, etc.. that can use this free (elementary) nitrogen as it exists in the air. in their growth. On their roots will he found nodules, warts, or tuber <-le*. and i:i those are Im p- numbers of miero-organisnis uninutc forms of life, which can be seen only with the aid of a microscope), which have the power to put the free nitrogen of the air into such forms or combinations that these plants decay in or on the soil, the nitrogen which they collected, through the aid of the micro-organisms, from the air is left in such condition that other agricultural plants can use it. and in this is the explanation of the improving and enriching power of the pea or similar crop. The cowpea takes nitrogen from the air. which most plants cannot d? and adds it in the decay of its roots and tops to the supply of combined nitrogen in the soil, while corn, cotton, oats, the grasses, etc., have to depend oil the nitrogen already in the soil, or that which is supplied in the fertilizers and manure, or added in the leguminous crops. The importance of a full understanding of the foregoing fact and its meaning to improved agriculture cannot be too well understood. We have thus discussed what is known as the free, uucombined or gaseous nitrogen of the air. the original and greatest of all sources of nitrogen. It can only he used first liaiul by one class of agricultural plants. The farmer should pet all lie can of this valuable and costly fertilizer con stituent tnrougn xnoso pi;uu>.- * n>grcssive Farmer. Weed Out the Scrub*. Professor Soul p. of the Tennessee Station, says in this fanners' bulletin (No. 1SG? that moderately good beef eat tie. crossed with an improved strain of stock, should ilrest ar least sixty ; per cent. That scrub animals will waste largo amounts of the armor's teed sttilTs is shown pointedly in a feeding test eon- | ducted at the Tennessee Station. V. hunch of animals of good breed and antecedents were fed for beef and gained two and a half pounds per day. while so-called ''scrubs" under the i same conditions gained only one and one-half pounds per day. a difference of one pound per day. The effect of breeding, hlood. conformation, etc.. are instanced in another feeding test where certain beef steers gained ouly forty- ' tive pounds in sixty days, while others under similar conditions gained 12."? ?(lm . nnui nerir.il Which jMfUllU^ JI? Ul\ txiiuv ,'v * goes to show that it does not pay to feed a poor animal. Weed out the scrubs. Tlie 1'urpoKC in Training. To secure a tree of a beautiful shape or symmetrical figure is the secondary object in training. One primary object is to supply a sufficiency of sunshine and fresh air to the leaves of the growing plant. The air moves in all directions, but the sunshine comes principally from only one side. And therefore, other things being equal, that tree is best traii.ed which throws least shadow upon itself. Another object of training is to spcnre an even distribution of sap throughout the branches. The principle upon which this operates is that the sap flows most easily through the upright bran. lies. If a branch grows winivit- itw iiiiiv hi? ineivas-'d by tnrniii.ir it upward. Similarly, the over luxuriant branch may Vie checked by being turned downward. The tree .-hould also be kept in equilibrium as to weight by r. careful , priming and training.?It. L>. Carmicb- Jf ael. Hartselle. Ala. f Newi of the Day. In 1903 New Orleans exceeded New York by more than 1,000,000 bushels : i in the exportation of corn and wheat. New Orleans is now second of the > country's cities in aggregate exports, ranking next to New York. Galveston was the fourth city In exports in 1903, exceeding all the country's Atlantic ports except New York and Boston. In 1904 it has passed Boston. ( wIRoi If IIVLL ^VU Thousands of cane* of Rheuraati "WmnJIfi" hail failed. So rriuarLali ONLY MBS Here are live testimonial* select fal patients who have been eared of MARYLAND. Baltimore. Feb. ?. 1904. Bum years ago 1 wat attacked with Inflammatory rheumatism. Touring that time I suffered excruciating pain, principally In my lower t<ody. My joints were stiff, swollen and Inflamed. I could not straighten my limbs. Your wonderful cure?Rbeumaclde?was recommended to me. and I bejran to take It according to directions. In a short time 1 eij>erlence<! the greatest relief. The aorenesa and stiffness was soon gone, and I certainly fee) thankful. Rheumaclde has done me more good than all the other medicines and doctors' prescriptions which 1 tried. I found that Rheumaclde acted well on the kidneys and lowela. and I believe It will cure any case of rheumatism or blood disease. I now have perfect use of myself, and can work and walk as well as ever, and ! attribute iny cure entirely to the use of Rheumaclde. My friend* and neighbors marvel at the great change In my condition. Without solicitation. I send you this testimony of my own accord, and will cheerfully recommend your medicine to all who may write or call on me concerning this letter and the benefit 1 received. 1 am a widow, and reside at the address given below. Yours thankfully. MRS MARY RATES YVKBB. Xo. 407 W. Saratoga St. I lets ill lie CLKAXSES THE BLOOD. TOXR! MAT1SM?THAT'S TI1K WAY RIIK1 YOU CA In order tlisl sufferers may lest who will mail the coupon at once I bottle absolutely free of eost. Rail "BEGINS WOl An Incorrigible Dog. The Intelligence of the dog suffered somewhat by an Athens narrative in , which it is made to appear that an old , dog owned by F. Holconib recently i engaged with a rattler on the low ! grounds near the town, and was severely bitten. Mr. Holcomb was fa miliar with the formula fur snake bites. He had some of the medicine on hand, consisting of whisky and quinine mixed in quantities to suit. Opening the dog's jaws he turned a liberal dose down him. Two or three . days elapsed during which the animal ; was unable to walk straight, yet he seemed not to have any pain, and in | fact appeared to enjoy himself. But at last he was sober again. One would naturally think that having been bit- ! ten once ho would have fought shy of the swamp afterward, but the moment he was able to navigate he was back among the boys again watching for more snakes. This is why he seems unintelligent.?Detroit (Mich.) Tribune. Health Commissioner Darlington, of New York, in speaking of the alarming irifcrease of pneumonia, says the j prevalence of the disease is due in a ( large measure to expectoration in public places. Only another argument in favor of the enactment and enforcement of anti-spitting ordinances. There is a deep spun* m ti every desert of sorrow. Million* In Out*. Salter's New National Oats yielded in 1W3 in Mieh. 240 bu.; in Mo.. 255 bu.; in } N. 1)., 310 bu., and in 30 other .States irom ' 150 to 300 bu. per acre. Now this Oat u generally grown in 1004 will add millions of bushels to the yield and millions of dollars to the farmer's purse. Try it for 1004. Largest Seed Potato and Alfalfa Cbver growers in America. [A.C.L.J Salzer's Speltz. Beardless Barley. Home Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat. Pea Oat, I Billion Dollar Grass and Earliest Canes j are money makers for you. Mr. Farmer. , .TL'ST SEND THIS NOTIC1! AND ldC. in stamps to John A. Salzcr Seed Co.. La Crosse. Wis., and receive in return their j bis catalog and lots of farm seed samples, j When a man undertakes to discuss love i lie winds up by pronouncing it a form of ! | insanity. EICHT YEARS OF TORTURE. . t No suffering uiore keen than kidney j suffering. Sick kidneys make bad ; blood; cause weak, stiff and aching j backs; cause blind, sick and dizzy j headaches, lack of appetite and loss of sleep: keep you all tired out and spoil digestion. To have perfect health you must cure the kidneys. Read how one man was cured by Doon's Kidney Pills after eight years of torture. Henry Soule. of Pultnev St.. Hammonds- ( fpyrt, N. Y.. says: "For , eight years 1 suffered j constant agony from I kidney complaint. i ; endured the worst tor- j lure from gravel and j the kidney secretions were excessive and contained sediment like j brick dust. I had to get out of bed from ten to twenty times a night and the loss of sleep wore me out. Indigestion came on, and the distress after eating was terrible. I man's Kidney Pills effected a complete and lasting cure, and after the symptoms of kidney trouble were gone my stomaeb began to work as it should. This lasting cure, especially in a person of my age. proves the great value of Itoan's Kidney Pills more convincingly than could 1 any words of uiiue." Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all drug- , gists; priee. fit) cents per box, or mailed on receipt of price by Foster-Mil burn Co.. Buffalo. X. Y. Write for free trial I ith iim im In the Southern Stafea bate been le baa been Ita record that it ia now SOLUTE CUR : ! from baudrfdi t( letter* written w- dl.a that "Ol VIRGINIA. Norfolk. V?.. Feb. 1. 1904. I must write and tell you the benefit yonr medicine baa been to my mother. Sbe la an old lady. 7S last Jannsry, and haa been so crippled v-ltb rheumatism that ahe could not walk a block without (TT'S 1 suffering. One morning I saw your advertisement. and sent for a sample, and persuaded her to take It. I think the second or third dose began to do her good. After she took that I got her a large bottle, and sbe has continued to Improve right along, and gets around as spry as a young woman. She Is so glad that | Khetunacldc cured her that she tells all her ac- j luaintances about tt. and If she hears anyone complain of a pain, sbe tells tbem they must surely try Kheumaelde. Itespeotfully, ilUS. F. M. SCARBOROUGH. No. 310 S. Marshall Are. Jib fin IP THK DIGESTION, DRIVES Ol'T A I. llACIDK WORKS. lN TEST IT 1 tills wonderful remedy, tin* prnprieto u the HOUR ITT CMKMICAI. CO.. PKOPI the coupon toilny, and Ntnrt on the ro RK WITH THE F A medical jornal says that in the continued use ol the eyes in such work as sewing, typesetting, bookkeeping. reading and studying the savine noint is looking up from the work at short intervals and looking around the room. This practiced every ten or fifteen minutes relieves the muscular tension and rests the eyes. Biliousness "I have used vour valuable Cifirrti and And them perfect. Couldn't do without them. 1 hare used them Tor some time for indigestion and biliousness and am now enmpltKly in red. Kecommend them to everyone. 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In two week* after she commenced taking Rheumaoldo alio waa ablo to walk, and In a abort tlmo bad entirely recovered. I mngratnlate yon on thin great roinody. and trout all suffering with rheumatism may And In It similar relief. N. B. BROUGI1TON. After being completely cured. I consider llbeumaclde the only specific for rheumatism. MACCKLLUS RAND. Hanks. N. a Among th? enred: Col. G. B. Alford. Holly Spring*.; It. A. Loroax. GoldRboro; D. M. Albright. Mt. Airy; W. G. I'enr.v. I.oxliiRton: Rev. J. L. Foster, Rslelgh: B. A. Jubnstou. Wlnaton. and hundreds of others. Ik tak." I. THE GERMS THAT CAISE KUKlFREE. rs have arranged to Rive each one iUETORS, BALTIMORE, MD., a Irlat ud to recovery. IRST DOSE." Cotton Gin Machinery PRATT. MUNGER. WINSHIP. EAGLE. SIMTH We mite tbe moet complete line 01 an) concern in the world. We also raaice ENGINES and BOILERS, LINTERS for OIL MILLS. We sell every thing needed about a Cotton Gin Write for Illustrated Catalogue. 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I waa taken with a aery arret* attaefc, aa>< nf llmba were ao swollen It waa lmpoaatble far .<? to walk. After unltif one bottle of HfllfUkiACIDK I waa entlrrly cored, and ( hare since rao> < ' orr.mooded It to all my friends. A. McN. rCRNZR. City Hotel. Afflicted rr'ub rheumatism for more than Iff years, 1 waa Induced to try nbcotoaclde. and It baa entirely cured uir of rheumatism. X. 8. WILLIAMSON. Dorersrllle, S. Q. Mail tl'i* C'onp??B to tbe Eobbitt Chemical Co No. KIG W. I/Oinbaril street. Baltimore. MA, and reeelre a l-otrle absolutely free of cost. E^HI^OOPOWircOOPFORONE^B a BOTTLE or THE MARVELOUS HE* I m CURE FOR RHEUMATISM. IF iS Sfl PRESENTED AT ONCE has CORED TMOUSAMW or CASES^^'3^ Arm EVERY OTHER REMEDY AND MALI PHYSICIANS MAD FAILED. FREE TEST*^ j BABY uiimdp numuiio Milk Crust | Scalled Head I and Eczema *\ *A Iflstenliy Belicveti & Speedily i Gored !if Sails ill i I And gentle anointings ! with CUTICURA .! OINTMENT, purest j and sweetest of emollients ? . 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