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Y ?~~ SOUTHERN / d? x TOPICS Or INTERES T TO THE PL AH 7 K Alfalfa. Wo waut to luins to tlio notice of Southern farmers what is hoin^ done in one Southern State iLouisiuiuu in the production of alfalfa ami what a source of pro tit it is found to l>e. In that State a considerable number of cotton planters have for several years jrrowu tin* ?rop experimentally, and within the past two or three veers have become so satisfied of it profit ablemss that they are now sxi.wins it largely for market. One of these sontlcnient. Mr. \Y. L. Fostet. who lias four hundred acres plan led. says: "It seems to me that this qtnen of all hay and forage plants is too little understood. otherwise there would net lie a ton of hay shipped into Louisiana. On the contrary, there would be thousands of tons shipped out of the State n* n i?. !iur tli-ni is made on cot ton. even at present high priors. I am not chemist or botanist enough to say on what lands in the State it will grow profitably, but believe thai with proper nursing it can be made to grow anywhere in the SiatP. I have seen it grown luxuriously on the poor and worn hill land of the Experiment Station in North Louisiana, but much time and expense was required. On the ri^r lauds between Baton Rouge and Orleans it seems to thrive well, and on the Red River it seems to he perfectly at home. I may say that I use it as a profit crop or. our low. stiff, red lands that will not produce profit ably any other crop. Its value as a feed for horses, mules, cows and hogs Is unequaled by any other food. Hogs will make splendid growth 011 it and fatten readily without any other feed, and that. too. with twenty or twentyfive to the acre, where it grows well. Again, it is a fine fertilizer crop. Your lnn.l la imnrnvirtf Mich rear it arrows on If. ami when yon wish to pet rid of it (which will be never unless you want to plaut it somewhere else) it is as easily killed as oats or corn. * * * I urn free to say that if alfalfa hay is worth as many dollars per ton as cotton is worth cents per pound. I would prefer to raise the alfalfa. On our soils, with ordinary seasons for growing and harvesting, we get three to five cuttings, averaging from otichalf to a ton of cured hay per cutting, and bringing in our market at Slireveport from *8 to $1.1 per ton. The cost of handling varies, of course, with the seasons. It costs just as orach to cut and rake one-half ton per acre as it does to cut and rake a ton per acre. From my experience, and my alfalfa account, it costs an average of $1.25 to $2 per ton to put in shape for the market. An intelligent negro near out plantation, who works twenty mules raising cotton, told me he had sold $500 worth of surplus hay per year noroe t llA l)Kt two vu inrmj av ivo. a v. . years off sixty acres lie Ins sold eiioupli to very nearly make his cotton crop clear. I tliiuk a very conservative estimate would be $13 to $-10 per acre net per year, not couutiug the pnsturape in fall, winter and sprinp. My adv'-e to every one who works land would he to plant a small patch of alfalfa for trial. If he succeeded with it lie would have the most valuable crop that prows; if lie failed it would he the most laudable failure lie ever made. In 1000 my overseer made with wnpc hands 233 bales of cotton cost hip in money outlay $1300 and brinpinp on the market $10,373. Iu 11K?1 the same man with the same labor, on poorer land, harvested 11(H) tons of alfalfa, selling In car-load lots for $13 per ion. or a total valuation of $1(5.300, with a money outlay for labor and machinery repairs of $1300. In one case it required about forty-live per eeut. of the gross value of the cotton to pet It ready for the market: iu the other it required only ten per cent, of the gross value of the alfalfa to put it ou the market." With such testimony as this from a Southern grower in favor of the crop tliere should i?e 110 hesitancy on the part of all Southern fanners in making an effort to secure a stand of alfalfa.? Southern Planter. A Plan With Velvet Kf?n?. In growing velvet beans it is advisable where possible to provide something for the bean vines to run on. more particularly if cattle or hogs are to do the harvesting. A plan that I have found to work well is to plant corn as early as possible and when the crop Is knee high then plant the velvet beans between the rows. The corn gets the start and keeps it. When it is ready for cutting top it just above the ear. leaving the shortened stalk for the bean vines to climb on: this is better than leaving the whole stalk, as it stands upright with a heavier weight through which the whole corn stalk would herd over and collapse with its heavy pods when the vine reaches to the ton of it. There has been a good ileal o? difficulty experienced by many farmers in curing the hay properly, because it molds readily in the mow. It is the most difficult hay to cure that I know of. but it can be done if propNews of the Day. Eugene Augustus Hoffman, late dean of the General Theological Seminary, of New York, did not leave as large an estate as was estimated by his friends at the time of his death, on June 17, 1902. It was then believed that his property would be worth fully $10,000,000, but, according to an appraisement of his personal property, which has just been made, and an estimate of his holdings of realty in New York city, the entire estate, it la believed, will not amount to more than $W6$,Q6\ 7ARM > /SQTES. ? CIBBfcr? > j ER, STOCKV. AH A'ID TRUCK GROWER, ^ f ! ?'ii\ managed. A i?!au I have found j successful and WlliCU I no v. iiraunx is to p;u ill a small forkful, :hp nfter| noon of I ho day i: is cm: the n<xt day ; turn nv-ice so as to wilt good: the next j day again put every six or seven forki fills together in a small slack. In a j week mu ten or twelve of these small ' stacks in a large out. leave those in the I Held as Ions as you can: lhey will shed the rain all right. ami when ready to j haul you can safely put the hay in the J mow and It will not mold. It lakes i longer to etm velvet bean hay than : enw pea hay owing to the thickness of i ihe hull of the pod and I ho oxtraordij nary number of pods present in a given i (|uau:ity of the hay.?C. K. .McQnarrie, in the Florida Agriculturist. 1>i?2i't Glow a Word Crej?. After the small grain crops have been harvested, and when not seeded in grass or clover, run over the stubble with a disk harrow and sow either cow peas or crimson e!t vev or sapling clover or rape, with some wheat or oats mixed with these, and thus find the land something better to do than grow a crop of weeds, which only linnovcrUh tbf> land and make 110 eon 1 - tiibution towards carrying the live stock of the farm or even furnish mote than the vfry smallest quantity of vegetable matter for making humus. It is of vital importance to the maintenance and enhancement of the* fertility of land in the South that some cover crop should he kept 011 the land at all times. Naked land becomes reduced In fertility faster than when grow in?: a crop. Where clover or grass has been seeded with the small grain crops see that J the wel'ds. "which spring up as soon as ! the crops are cut, arc not allowed to ; flower and seed. Their doing so robs the grass and clover of moisture and ' plant food and often makes a good I i stand at the cutting of ih ? crop a fail' ure before wintei sets in. and in any : event scuds it into winter weakened 1 and tender, and hence more subject to j winter killing. Set the mower ljigh ! enough to clip the grass and leave the i weed cuttings as a mulch. These will ! sink down into the bottom and form a [ protection to the roots in winter.? Southern Planter. HHtpr Tli:tti Cotton. j Instead of planting cotton only for j a sale crop year after year, it would 1 be better sometimes to plant a large crop of Irish potatoes, or sweet potatoes, for there may l?e a great deal more profit in these than in cotton. The writer knows a small farmer with forty acres under fence, who left cot! ton off his list one yrar and planted eight acres of sweet potatoes, anil Ins neighbors wondered at his folly. During the month of November he sold 17?m) bushels of potatoes to a wholesale dealer at seventy-five cents per bushel, cash?about eight times as much as lie would have received from the same ground planted in cotton. The next year he planted six acres in Irish potatoes. and sold the crop for more than he received for the sweets. This fanner kept posted on demand and supply, and when lie thought that any of the common farm products would hring a good price in its season lie tried it for a money crop. His conclusions were generally correct, or he was a most successful guesser. At any rate lie was a very successful farmer.?l'arni and Ranch. A? to " Chicken Money.** The farmer who grudgingly sees his wife feed the poultry from his corn or wheat bin. declaring that "the old v.-otnan's chickens cost more than they , come to." should make an effort to inform himself regarding poultry statistics. For instance, tlie census of 1P00 shows that Georgia's wealth from young chickens, turkeys, geese and ...... J-.KOV. UIK'KS U ?!!> I III* Miiipi i*uua vi v* ?v*.-.v?rw, while t lie eggs produced were valued at $1.615.538. Alabama's egg crop the same year amounted to .<1,825,078. During the fiscal year just passed the sunt derived from the sale of poultry and eggs in .Missouri was $17,000 over all the other products of ihe State combined! Should the poultry of the country suddenly succumb to an epidemic, j it would not take long for the farmer of little faith to change bis tune reI garding chicken money, j (Jive the old hen and the "old j woman" a chance.?Tennessee Farmer. i il.and For Diversified Farming. Secretary Wilson, of the National Bureau of Agriculture, "hit the nail en : the head" when lie declared that there I is no section in the world like the i South for diversified fanning. And I "diversified" is the best sort of farm! ins. Value of Soy Means. Soy brans should lie experimented with by every dairyman. They make good green forage, excellent hay and . are also good for silage. They should not he sown until the soil is warm, as they are hot weather growers. ."linor Mention. Whcr & woman is dressing to put on ! a lowneck gown she is scared to aeatn if anybody sees her throt until it is ail undressed. It takes a woman to cast sheep's eyes ! at a man across the aisle in a car when she seems to be looking out of the window behind her. If she could only get well again afterward, the average woman would like I to die every once in so often to see how S nice a funeral she could have. DRAGGED DOWN BY A WARSHIP. Hew It Feels to Be Sucked Underwater by a Foundered Steamer. In the Edinburgh Medical Journal .Tames A'. Lawson gives an interesting description of his thrilling experience when he was dragged under water by a sinking ship. When he was far down in the swirling waters he struck out for the surface, but only went further down. This exertion v.-oo a oarinuc: waste of breath, and after what appeared to be ten or tif* teen seconds the effort of inspiration could no longer be restrained, and pressure of the chest began to develop. The most striking thing he remembered was the great pain in the chest, which Increased at every effort to expiration and inspiration. It seemed as if he were in a viso, which was parduall.v being screwed up. until It felt the sternum and spinal column must break. The "gulping" process became more frequent for about ton efforts and hope was then e.v.inguished. The pressure after these gulps seemed unbearable, but gradually the pain 6cemed to ease up, as the carbonic acid was accumulating in the blood. At the same time tbo efforts at inspiration, with their accompanying gulps of water, occurred at longer and longer Intervals. The writer's mental condition was then such that he appeared to be in a pleasant dream, but still had enough will power to think of friends at home. etc. Before finally losing consciousness the chest pain had completely disappeared, and sensation was actually pleasant. When consciousness returned he found himself on the surface of the water (probably from the action of the life belt), aDd finally managed to reach shore. Since the Introduction of the Bertil Ion system in France 20,000 persons who have committed crimes and who were concealing their identity have, by means of the system, been identified and brought to Justice, and among these not one mistake is lrnown tc have oeen made. FITS permanently cured.Vo fits or nervousness after first day's use of ])r. Kline's Gren! NerveRestorer. ferial '>ott!eendtrentlsefret Dr. R. H. Kuxf, Ltd.. Ml Arch St., Phll?.,Pii The follow who is always asking some body else to nut in n g.->od word for him is seldom worth the trouble. C?? Allen's Fnnt-Ttaae. It is the only cure for Swollen. Smartinr Tired, Aching, Hot. Swentinir Feet.Corns nnc Bunions. Ash for Allen's Foot-Ease, apowdei to t*? shaken into the shoes. Cures while yon walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25e Don't accept any substitute. Sample senl Fitti. Address, A lien S. Olmsted, LeBoy, N.Y, It's all right to be soft-hearted if yot itre not also soft-headed. Mrs.Wiaslow's Soothlng3yrut> for ohlldreu teething,90ften the gums, reduces inflamma tion.alJayspain,cures wind colic. 25c. abotth A girl's own brother is never as nice as other girls' brothers. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.?X, W. bAMUSL, Ocean Grove. N. J.. Feb. 17, ISiOj. Genius doesn't always look well in even ing clothes. 7 7'r? \ \nairopuisi 4'I have used Aver's Hair Vigor I for thirty years. It is elegant for I a liair dressing and for teeping the H hair from splitting at the ends."? I J. A.Grucnenfelder,Grantfork,Ill. I I Hair-splitting splits | friendships. If the hairsplitting is done on your own head, it loses friends for you, for every hair of your head is a friend. Ayer's Hair Vigor in advance will prevent the splitting. If the splitting has begun, it will stop it. $1.00 a bottle. All dn>t(Uti. I If your dniggiot cannot supply yon, I send ns one dollar .mil we win exnrese 1 youabottic. Be sure and give the name I of yoar nearest express office. Address, I J. C. AVER CO.. Lowell, Mass. H The carnation industry has risen ti considerable importance during th' last ten years. As 2,500,000 of your.: carnation plants are sold each yea and florists produce an equal numbe which are not sold, the entire produr tion of young carnation plants approx imates 5,000,000 per annum. Thes plants are grown under glass durlnj the winter time for cut flower put poses, producing an annual averag nf mnrn than 100 000 blOOmS. It is calculated by an engineer tlia 630,000,000 tons-of coal are used anm: ally throughout the world. Of thii amount 148,000,000 are burnt in :h< United States. Great Britain come: in second with an annual coasump tion of 140,000,000. TrwwvmTw-i-er Jnnmer Is a food tli KIDNEY BhJJer. and Urlnarj trou th:y conquer the most sti Aching backs are eased. -7. Hip, back, and loia pains j ___ overcome. Swelling of the | / limbs and dropsy ' Rff vanish. tMj f f They correct urine with j Ml 1 brick dust sediment, high Kl '' colored, pain in passing, J 50 dribbling, frequency, bed I ,, K wetting. Doan'sKidner Pills >lin\TlWI ' remove calculi and gravel. Relieve heart palpitation, NAMS sleeplessness, herdaciie, i p _ nervousness, dizziness. | CTATE Mrs. James Beck of S14 For free trial be West Whitesboro Street, FoMer-Miinum Co. Rome, N. Y.. says: " I was? ?p?e 1? uwafficieut, troubled with my kidneys for rat? Jip. eight or nine years; had ? ' FOR TWENTY YEARS MAJOF SUFFERED FROM ( ' \ p?tnwT<L C.U3t-S CATAggMf^*? | DM6ERDUS KID8EY DiSE&S ', Fe-ru-na Crating a Nafonel Sensation ft tf ? >? #< A *1 -nan^e *>f tha Kif W I V>U v/'l.ta 41 4.UVM >4 W. OV .... Major T. II. Mars, of the First Wiscon- s fin ( avalry Regiment, writes from 1425, Dunning street, Chicago, III., the following | letter: "For years I suffered with catarrh of the kl neys ion / acted In the army. Medicine aid not help me any until a comrade who had been \ helped by Peruna advised me to try it. lb ught some at once, and soon found blessed relief. 1 kept taking It four month*, and am now well and strong and feel better than 1 have done for the post twenty years, thanks to Peruna."?T. H. Mars At the appearance of the first symptom of kidney trouble Peruna should be taken. 1 This remedy strikes at once the very root of the disease. It at once relieves the catarrhal kidneys of the stagnant blood, preventing the escape of serum from the I blood. Peruna stimulates the kidnevs to I excrete from the blood the accumu.ating poison, and thus prevents the convulsions ! GUARANTEED CURE for all bowel tronbl blood, wind on the otomach. bloated oowefs, pains after eating, liver trouble, sallow akin regularly you are sick. Constipation kills ire I starts chronic ailments and long years of suffi i CASCARET3 today, for you will never get v ! right Take our advice, start with Caacaret money refunaea. i ne genuine ?*?mp j jj^^ttetfree^Addres*^^ Natural Flavor [ I =Cottage= ! Corned Beef ? i: r R?cp it in the house for ernei gencies? for you want something good and want it quic!*. appetizing lunch is icady in an instant. Libby, McNeill & Libby, Ci !! INTELLIGENCE, FIDELir i I As-erontrolliiur principles th Faculty ?n ! 1 M HtMil,, avne?bor". Virginia, a d - j the South Write for catul>?cn?*. i tni Johnson Before Doswell. e It must not be forgotten that the * I picture of Johnson that Boswell gi-es ' i us is a picture of Johnson in his do r , clining years, his character formed, his work for the most part done. The ' Johnson whom we all know in the 2 | famous biography, the "Great Cham' S ! of literature, the founder of the ' j famous club, the revered philosipber whose grotesque antics moved his friends to alternate awe and laugh| ter, the tender-hearted and rough! mannered man who bullied the stronrr t ' i and bowed humbly to the weak, was the product of a long life amid an 2 environment unknown to Boswell ex? ' r-or>t hv rprinrt nnd of nri hfrpf'ltv 5 ! which, had he known, he could uot ! have appreciated.?T. M. Parrott, In Booklovers Marcdae. we tf) treat C^ronlt KLvf, ^ vin/\ir\nn Mrs witt Doxa'i kiJoer Puis; COMFORT. jctcrn eases. ^ " much rain back: ns | time went 0111 could hardly endure it: I could not stauil UQ3.fiS }^a\ \ except for a few moments at f I a 'buc; I grew- weak and [IQfJCjf exhausted; I could not even p?i? '* ' "O light housework : I could i HIS, nr,t stoop or bend ; my he.id ctv.t 5. j ached severely ; I was in pain f\c vcw X-,?^y j from my head down to nir ;fvy. heel.?; centering in tho kia*" neys it v.-as a heavy, stea<ly, sickening ache ; I could Dot ?????? | rest nights, and got up i mornings weak and tired. I j thought I was about d-r.o I for. w hen I saw Doan's Kid ?? j ney Pills advertised. Witldu rr, mail this coupon to i ti 'week after commencing itnhalo. K. Y. If aiK>ve their use I began to improve, wr:to address on ??p?- I and from that time on rapidly ! crew better. I used live ? boxes In all and waa cured." I MiRS iATTiSI 8f THE KIDHEYS. of the kidi neys simply because it cures catarrah wherever located. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Pcruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and ne will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Ilartman, l'residmit of The Hartman Sanitarium, (.'olumbus, 0. , CANDY M \ CATHARTIC ^ foul mouth, headache, Indigestion, pimples, nd dizziness. When your bowels don't move >re people than all other diseases together. It tring. No matter whst ails you, start taking rell and stay well until you get your bowels :? today under absolute guarantee to cure or ?d C C C. Never sold in bulk. Sample and pany, Chicago or New York. 5?* Sggjp take 0'ir choice corned beef, rook it and season all done by experts?better than is possible at When just right we put it in cans to keep ight until you want it. suppers, for sandwiches?for any time when Simply turn a key and the can is open. 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The five-cent package in enough for an ordinary occasion, and ' the Family Bottle, sixty cents, contains a household supply for a year. On* generally gives relief within tvready I miuutes. InDcg Days ( to keep the stomach clean, br?a ; * 1 clear and liver active. It coots / the blood, cures heat eruptions* I relieves constipation, ai3s di|i?s1 tion. Efferiescent; AgretubU; / Reliable. I Used hy American Physicians * (or nearly to years. / 50c. and Sl.OO. V At Drngg'sts or by ?*'l from / The Tarrant Co., S^S: I Boaineia etfabUabod MS Endowed ^GMleges aid _ m _ a a _ ^ i/orretaiea ocqoou ^dneetee mm and women, bora and ririe wneWbw *t in riT? iMltatlMM <wbr<NWM> V i ??k/. The combtoaUon ?nM-m an to oflcc STw&l etfrantacce and to Save Time and Money for partlcalare, addreea, Hating age nad MX ef MHL | Chancellor WM. W. SMITH, A.RL* U.O College Pork, tynehburp, Va I $6 J TO $8! yvv ,w Tv,0(f(|jn!j|Uititil|i Piedmont High School,- . i One of the ba?t Preparatory Schools to XeHfc/ ! Carol n?. Arte Faculty, Mountain >oaaaiy?. . Healthml Climtfe >esain'i opens a ag. Km. | Write t? W D. BCIt NS. |,mrnlelr.ll,a M^MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIlisiHM^ f Ktlebllehed 1838. ) ! Derertments of Medicine. JMMay and t'haimscy. The Sixty-etatk *en : sion trlli commence September 20, l(kJtk. Tai?- ' i t on feee and living expen-ea are fi'av-* ate. For annonncenn-nt and further Infjartoal '.ion, addreea. Cbrlatopher Teiayfttay ' n, D., Dean, Hlcliiuond, VirgMa. _ ^ ! HI WKAVKKVILbK, ft C. ' 'Eight milea from Aubcvil e. We tranf J\>u to ' * I hnve our cataloK. Addre?f>. j MAKV IN A. YOST. ? J FREE 3i&s I and a Picture of the Oreen tliH Hmm where the First Coitference of'the ! M. E. Church was held in 17851 Iddrtrt IVETALLFN. 8<>e.. LOtrWUJMJt W'c ' 4 "ft Dropsy mT Re 0 a'-1 swelling ux 8 to to / day*; eiTects n perniaurof cjwc. >V in.wto (? dar*. TrWtrMiiaal i give" free. Kothirgcan bc-faira ?> Write Dr. H. H. firton'* Srt*. | Specialists. 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