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I SOU)EN CORN. Display and Big Prices orn Exposition, ad and fifty dollars for an is one of tlia tntereadfi# e corn improvement can. has been in progress foi sen years In this country t was paid at auction for ?ar of white corn sold at ational Corn exposition in is grand champion white * oar (Contained 1,200 kernels, with nu assigned value of 20 cents each. Sixty ftars of its kind represent a bushel. Such fabulous prices for corn are not an object of the >\ ork which corn breeders have been and are doing They are simply encouraging Incidents When the late James Riley, ridiculed by his neighbors, used to "monkey 1! AM I U?S KA It VVIIITI < 'UliN ^ around" In his corutields selecting seed i .ears and in the winter sort and study 9 them by the honr, he had no thought of what has occurred iu corn breeding aa a direct result of his hobby. That good old IIoo8ler farmer did not know V that he was doing more for the future than for his own time. Boone County White and Riley's Favorite, two of our I standard varieties, owe their origin and Improvement to his faithful work. Moreover, his results were the source of no small part of the Interest In corn Improvement which has been multiplying throughout the country for two decades. What Mr. Riley accomplished In Indiana was quite paralleled In Ohio by the Learnings and In Illinois by James L. Reld. As a result we have the popujir standard variety known as I^ani lug and the more cosmopolitan Reld's Tellow Dent, each of which Is extern Ively grown In the Mississippi valley For exhibition purposes the latter li without a peer In tho raees or varieties of coru. And still only a beginning has beei j ac.ide. Ears that are practically per [ feet, according to present standards are being produced, but perfection ha: not been attained. The most lmpor tant work remains to be done. It doe not consist in producing $250 ears no In emphasizing the so called artistl values of perfect scoring types. It I prune ouject is to secure u inaximuu i yield of merchantable corn from ever. | acre planted. Never was such keen Interest sliowi B In any crop as is exhibited today Ii t corn. It was reflected in luagulficen p. fashion at the corn show in Chicago i short time ago. Fourteen states con trlbated exhibits. According to the! representation, their rank was as fol : lows: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Wiscon sin, Ohio, Nebraska, South Dakota Michigan, Missouri, Kansas. Minneso ta, Oklahoma Texas and Kentucky Reld's Yellow Dent was represented lij 100 ten-ear entries, Learning by 40 Boone County White by 40 and Sliver mine by 52. In the boys' class 20C entries were exhibited, in the ladies class 2110, In the girls' 150. in the freah class 150. Altogether $10,000 in cusli prizes was awarded. It is highly profitable to show corn for prizes. One man from Indiana ? ' CHA.MFION TKN KAlib, WHITK COKN. J won more than $7,000 in prizes on s ingle ten ear exhibit. Including the ft prizes won by his family, he left tin liS' bow about $9,000 to the good. Aui Hj *11 the corn lie showed wus grown oi i': little thirteen acre patch. An lowt ; exhibitor won prizes of a total valu< Dw - a? ahnul Sr. rjiii i ri _ v Y?-,wv. a\- UUUUI 1/UKWia eon BP grower received neurly $7,000 worth o 5 prizes. Hundreds of others gained val 6 Bable prizes in great variety, accord v lug to the Breeder's Gazette, Chicago t from whose extensive illustrated repor of the great corn show the foregoiuj H Items are gleaned. A Cover Crop. A cover crop will catch in the fal the nitrates and other valuable plan jj food which would otherwise In- losi la the drainage system and hold It ovci until the following spring for the lis* of the trees. It also catches the nl trntes in the spring, which are apt t< T? mvu uui, ami lanes up tfte excess \va tefand thereby puts the ground In con dition sooner for cultivation. Carrots For Horsos. I Carrots are considered of high valu? ML for all classes of stock, but especlallj tf of groat value for feeding horses. Thi ML loaves of carrots appear to ba of high 9. or feeding value than the leaves el 9.. mangels or rutabaga* ' Sabbath School Teacher-What doea ftb parable of the prodigal son teach Shy Thlckneck? Not to be fat t, ma'ams?Puck. Doea her auto raatrti hoi ^ ~-w ' ' "T" _ i.i*.'-.- i i POPULAR PEARS. , j Two Varieties That Ara Much Valued by Orchardieta. The Bartlett |?ear, an old tliue favorIte, is of English origin. It is one of the few really good (tears that grow everywhere. When fully rl(>e It Is de ( licious. The flesh is white, buttery. Juicy and of n tuusky perfume. For canning purposes It is prime, and lu commercial use it is said that the Kelffer Is largely substituted and sold ^ as Bartlett The Kelffer Is described as l?eing raised froui the seed of the Shiuese sand pear accidentally crossed ^ with Bartlett or some other klud. The 0 flesh of the Kelffer is slightly coarse. ^ ,ti J \ D BARTLJCTT PKAB8. Juicy, with a pronounced quince flavor. It ripens In October and will keep for some time. Some fine specimens of Burtlctt pears are here shown In the cut from American Agriculturist Brussels Sprouts. This curious vegetable rosebush Is of very great value to the farmer and t market gardener. Primarily, of course, ]| Its strongest hold Is as a money maker, o It yields well, averaging one auart ner | . ? - - 8 * ^ssJ A BTKCIMEN CRATB. 7 plnut. It la u hardy, vigorous s|>ecl 3 meu of the plant world and baa few j I enemies. t ' These little cabbages are generall* a packed in the strawberry box of coin rnerce, alleged to hold In the neighbor r hood of a quart, which sell at wholesale from 8 to 30 cents a quart. The Long Islander, because favored by na ture with a longer season than our In land neighbors, as a rule (not the ex ceptlon), wins the top notch figures. ] according to a writer in American Cultivator. \ An acre of "sprouts" on the island , carries over 7,000 plants. As the seeds . are planted like late cabbage, In the , open air, there is no expense In rals| lug beyond seed bed preparation and cost of seed. The young plants are as easily transplanted ns cabbage, and the cultivation Is Identical In every way. The season opens In October and frequently runs through December and many times (on Long Island) Into February for -speohts care but little for frost, while freezing makes the* sweeter und more dainty. ors. as la usual In Ice house*. . l?l mil (lo Af AAA 1 OoliAU .? ? ? v? wwi (4UMV. a vut IVAII CI icni thick. bo as to afford complete drainage. No roof whatever is provided. Indeed, most of those who keep lee in this manner say that roofs are entirely unnecessary and that the ico keeps even better without a roof over it than with one. The ico is eut and packed in the usu' al manner and then is covered with sawdust one foot deep. I do not know ! of any one covering it with straw, but should think if that were used it should be cut first. Our dealers here pack the 1 ice with a space of six inches left next 1 the walls and afterward filled with. | sawdust, and this space is kept filled as the ice melts. The floor is made of anthracite coal six Inches to one foot deep. The posts forming the house are ' tied with telegraph wire or with braces placed on the outside. All other plans ' of keeping ice are here abandoned. Farm Brevities. , The early lambs command the top I notch in the market t As winter comes on look after the , comforts of your milk cows. The best j time Is a little ahead of time. Let the sunshine into the stables. . It is a grsat deodorizer and purifier and the deadly foe of tuberculosis It doesn't pay to comoel itoek tu stand in drafts. Lumber Is high, bat ' not so expensive as ailing horses and 1 cows. 1 Thfl dolpr?not% u?h? ? > ? ' ^ um?* j 4?j?u ?? uv voiiics n ucru 01 , dry cows or strippers through the win* ) ter Is oot likely to And his occupation remunerative. ( , If there are any low places about I the barn and yards where puddles col- 1 lect and freeze, fill them up at once 1 ' and thereby possibly avoid a broken 1 leg and the loss of a favorite animal. < * If yonr hogs have not done so well < an you expected, find out the cause.' ' It may have been In the breeding, but 1 more likely It was because of early 1 r mistakes in feeding. judiciously selected pig given the proper treatment 1 seldom disappoints his owner.--Tarn < Journal. ' Farm and Garden DITCH LININGS. V Glimpeo at 8om? of Thoir Phases In Southern California. depends bio water supply tbat can a drawn upon wheneve/ needed la ? bo of the Ideal coudltlou> of agrl-'ul ure and almost a necessity t?. (lit 11 ruck fanner*. Thin consideration ex- u lain* the undoubted Interest In lrrl- f at Ion schemes and their progress to a ome extent at least, in humid regions. F >ne of the Irrigator's problems every- | rhere Is the wuste water which sinks c a to the soil from ditches and reser- * oirs. The loss sometimes omonuts to aore than half the total llow. The rater which escapes Is often worse * r I JUBTJPA CANAL. [Lined with cement mortar.] baa wasted. It collects in the lowei auds, fills the soil, drowns the roots >f trees and plants, brings alkali to the urface in some regions and is very :enerally a prolific breeding place for uosqultoes. On large storage works linings of enieut, concrete or aspbaltuin may be mployed without tbe expense being jrohlbltive. But on lateral ditches ind small storage basins simpler and cheaper methods of making tbe surace impervious to water, such as can >e carried out by farmers or unskilled aborars, must l>e found. Muddy water soon silts up muddy ditches, but vhere water is cleur, as from wells or eservoirs, seepage losses are likely to >e permanent, and some sort of lining ;o stop this becomes an important mater. Southern California affords one of he great fields for studying IrrigaJon. B. A. Eteheverry of the State iiiiversity, tracing the progress there, j o iuul chuuis were nrst paveu wuu lver bowlders or cobblestones. This >uvlug was tlien Improved upou by >avlug and cemeutlng. Plastering with jenient mortar from oue-balf to one 11 elj thick and the use of concrete for tilings from three to six Inches thick were Introduced afterward. The use >f steel or cement pipes has become nuch In favor In southern California. A'here the volume of water to dlstrlbite la not large they have to a greut ixtent replaced the smaller open ditch. The advantage of lining a eaual Is lot alone the decrease In seepage. Otli>r factors should be considered. First, he prevention of growth of vegetation s an Important Item and Is quite an izpense when In most cases the ditch ir lateral must be cleaned out several lmes during an Irrigation season; sec>nd, the resistance to scouring, on vhich depends the velocity which the vater can be given, and, third, the ireventlon of squirrels and gophers "rom borrowing Into the banks and luuuuii ui uitcnes. The cement mortar lining la reported >y Professor Etcheverry to be proba >ly used more extensively In southern < California than all the other meth- * ______ 1 TTKLDrXD CUTAXi. [Showing vegetation.] Kls combined. It has proved , very ifHclent, and Its coat Is smi(). The Furupa canal, In the vicinity of Rlverilde, as shown In the cut, Is lined in his manner, the lining, however, being >nly one-quarter to one-half Inch thick. Thin plaster lining Is subject to rupure from burrowing animals and 'rom storm water washing out some >f the back Ailing. It Is probable that his kind of lining would not resist the :11mate of a country subject to very ?ld weather. * < Uaetrw r/x? .1 *vl I k.a -* ? tcatj tuau Uii una uccu ViyvnuieuV id with and found very effective la preventing growth of aquatic plants. Puddling with clay la said to be a pood preventive of seepage, but It doea l lot binder vegetation. 1 Soil Sterilization. The results of testa at the Vermont 1 experiment station show that soli ster- 1 ligation Is an effective meana of pre- 1 renting or controlling some of the > irorst enemies of greenhouse plants. ' Professor Stuart considers It "one of I he most Important of the more recent levelopments of greenhouse technic" md believes that "on account nf the levere Injury so frequently caused by nematodes to tomatoes and cucumbers ehen grown under glass the sterilisation of greenhouse soil has become al-; rested." .... ^ r-wwmv iiiinn, )i. * - ' l?*1' ... i, J i Farm and Garden 1 FORCING RHUBARB. F t Can Da Suoaaaafully Qrown During tha Winter Months. ' It la possible and practicable for b very farmer to supply himself with p buburb during the winter months. In , uany Instances It will be fouud profit- 1 ble. The essentials for the successul production urn good strong roots, p I" louflf flirnx? vnutw ? ?..u-ui . v..>w aiv.u wtu, buu a Biniuuie 'lace for forcing. The methods of handling roots and rop during growth are simple and In- xpenslve. m For location of the forcing bed select ny place where a temperature of 40 o 00 degrees can be maintained and rom which the light can be excluded. I I ^ A GOOD BTHONQ BOOT. ? L corner of the bouse cellar Is often ? be most accessible and desirable. Cur aln off tbe desired amount of room ind put In about twelve Inches of me Hum loam. This soil should be In food workable condition and talrlv nolst. it Is essential that this room ihould be frost proof. Tbe necessar.v leat for such a place can usually be btained by use of a lantern or I a my f tbe amount of room is not large iVhen it Is large some other method >f heating will have to be devised. A 'uruace In the cellar will furnish the lecessury heat Tbe maiu requisite is that tbe roots >e thoroughly frozen before being put nto the forcing bed. Hoots ea? b? hawed or not before planting, as de ilred. It Is not necessary that tlie oots be thawed when set. They ma> >e put as close together as possible In j he bed without Injury to their growth f there is sufficient soli present to J ceep them moist. The amount of soil j nust be enough to cover tbe roots. II ; he plants are In a large bed It is ad j rlsable to place tliein so that there is j room enough to wulk between tbe ! rows. Very little watering Is needed. ind tbe growth in darkness induces he production of a large proportion of italk with small leaves. The rapidity * >f growth and coloring of the stalk ire largely controlled by the temper iture. The higher the temperature die more rapid the growth and lighter ;he color of the stalk, explains New England Homestead. J The plants may be forced any time luring the winter months. For comnercial production about Jau. 1 seems :o be the time for the setting of plants, -w rhls brings the crop Into the market 1 luring the latter part of the month, ind a continual supply Is maintained J mtll the outdoor crop cornea Into th market In April. g A 9mok?houi<. The diagram shows the plan of a c imokehouse found satisfactory by one b >f our readers. In this case the smoke ? >veu connects with the barn cellar, . ] jut It could be readily built out of loors. The oven shown in cut Is three ^ 'eet square, with sheet Iron door. The >lpe leading from It to the smokehouse " 4 2 i J iuvwiMt DttifcTee Isra ^ CtlUr PLAN OP 6MOKUOUBB. ten inch glased tile, with an albow it each eud. Over the end of the pipe n the floor of the house is a deiiector, i flat square stone laid on four pieces >f brick, which causes the smoke to 111 all parts of the house. This ar angement is much superior to the old plan of building a fire in the smokehouse, as It supplies cool smoke and loes away with the danger of firs, lays Rural New Yorker. Forest Fires. In many localities there still exists in Idea that burning over the forest loor Is not injurious, but even beuefl:lal. It Is dlAcult to Imagine upas what basis this Idea rests, for certainly anything which will destroy the rich scoumnlation of leaf mold, the tender seedlings and young tress as a iu rface or ground firs will do cannot Tell to seriously retard the natural reproduction of the forest.?H. D. House, j two or three specie* of bird* ere known to accompany the crocodile whenever he appear* above water. When they see any one approaching, they will fly at the crocodile'* none, giving W>ud cries, and the beaat never wait* to Investigate, but Instantly shut flea luto the water at his beet speed. - - > iWHITJES'JLPHURtSPRJNGS MOUNT AIRY N. COjvns June 5th, under entirely new management, thoroughly renovated, and greatly improved. rhe Best Water in North Carolina FOR STOMACH AND KIDNEY TROUBLES. tunning Water in Rooms, Long Distance Telephone, Looms with Private Baths, Fine Orchestra, Jo Mosquitoes, Modern Amusements, Excellent Table, Buss Meets All Trains lo Malaria, - Finest Climate in the South. RESIDENT PHYSICIAN IN CHARGE. 'or information and rates, address, ROERT IRVIN, Prop'r. WOFFORD COLLEGE I SPARTANBUlUi, 8. C. HENRY NELSON SNYDER, M. A., i.ITT. u., LL. I>. ' fKtSIDIiNT. j Ten Departments.?Gymnasium under competent director. Athletic Grounds. Library and Librarian. Science Hall. Fiftyfourth year begins September 15, 1909. For catalogue address 7-22-4t J. A. GAME WELL, Secretary. WOFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL SPARTANBURG, S. C. Three New Brick Buildings. Steam Heat and Electric Lights. y Individual attention to each student. Next Session begins Sep- J tcmber 15, 1909. For catalogue and information address j] A. M. DuPRE, Headmaster. y 1 I rr ufiicu j 'You to know the merits of BABCOCK AN D f MOYER BUGGIES ^ "Come and look. The aome U of perfection. At l Thefiolliday Co.? DILLON. S. C. ^ It costs you nothing to see and V you may find the inspection profitable. K 18 AUGUST 18. Atlantic Coast Line Annual Excursion "JORFNLK, WILMINGTON and to the MOUN[AIN^ and SEASHORE Resorts of the Carolinas md Virginia. 'Exceedingly low rates arc offered with liberal limit. Tickets will e first class, good on all trains, limited to return to and including eptember 2, 1909. Fo. rates, schedules and sleeping car reservaions see your Ticket Agent, or communicate with. V. J. Craig,IT,, T. C.White Passenger Traffic Manager Gereral Passenger Agent WILMINGTON, N. 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