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David Dieksniis Tnriii nnil Some

of His Farm MaximsSolomon said Then1 Is no ntW thins

under till sun This Is proven to bei nil much of tenor than people gener-ally belles

Up to date farmers are advocatingdeep plowing slialli v cultivation nodheavy fortllilatlon it I usually sup-

posed to ln a now Idea This Is II

mistake his Is shown liy the SouthernIlilrlviitnr in an iirlliU1 under theabove title Tho maxims of a man whoninli siirh II siicross of farming as Isascribed tn Iiavld lilikson wellho studied with care

While down In Hancockthroiuli the courtesy of Mr John IWalker of Sparta Its present ownerw iimdt II pllirrlnmuc to the old home-stead nf Pavld IMckson tho mostsuccessful nod noted advocate of pro-gressive iiicihodi In Snutlicrn aurlciil-iiiro He probed deep preparationshallow cultivation nod hlirli fortlllza-tlon yearn airo and reaped sucha reward that left an estate of livehundred thousand dollars when hedied He owned over thirty thousandacres land and hull In liN vaultIII his own house over Sooono In

lionds He made two hole of cottonper aero utter mice nuns and fromfifty t viiityilve bushels corn liepracticed the threeyear rotation ofwheat corn and cotton and said thatIt paid to sow urn In as a means ofpreserving and Improvim the land toraise the more protltalde crops nf cornand cotton This Is a very strutpoint and one very dltllciilt to iet Im-

pressed upon the minds of our farmersNotation are essential to tin ralslirof main proiltaldy We Inn not sayas much about this imiirnlnVont plantntint nod its mamiLciiiont MS ve wiitildlike tint will write abaci It asriiln

holm tniitmgcd hy Mr Heath agentleman who nspij In l o one of Mr-

nioksniis mannaiis in his llfiiinni-Mtrlni tin winter vc read 1lcksons Sytom of Fnrinlng publlshed liy the rnltlvntir III bunk formIn 1SSI and marked thin some ofills maxims fur ropiiMUhlm in theCultlvalo We ulvo c them helowmid nil would do well to preserve themto he read over and over niraln

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nu the art of controlling la-

iir Mini iveeiiiliiu all work to theailviintiiao with least roam third

diimi iiiil anti success depends on-

iiulcli iereepiliin wise judmont thats lost this to

lie H iilcd except i y the use of hunksIn eniijiiiietlnn with practice

J All veircialde matter placed onyniir field will In dun time turn to

Hilton cornlnnd must he well hrokeu actor

IM nl In roiiiinence tn flme to do It

halt tic later dmio In tTils Intltndcthe liettii for tin land

I There i only so miicli rnrn andcntion III any manure iml the sooneryou urei It Ill heller-

Ploiiiih deep eiiltlvMtc shallowand you will have no tronlde In trrowI-

II1 PropI1 Silicon onefourth your land ov

Cry yeari That land pays host with viiano

that puts lnyf wlllioiit If lad thissoil that has plenty nf vrwtiildo

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leepeli yolir soil to till fillalilllly-

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should mix ownthe profit of tnnnlp-

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1lie more nitrogen you storeyour land the more you can

nun thin atmosphereo lie siieiissfnl In aurlfiiltnro-it know where all the plaintsIs art null how to control

n cud soil will do no harm in anyland

Ki It requires till the 1st of Mayto hreak ynnr land rluht and thIs Is

tlni enoiiuli tn ilnlsh1 Flit your soil with liumiis to

stick till sand together and to darkenIt This will prevent Its ivllootlnp theheat mid will cause It to receive Itirradnally and to port with It the sumway

IS With clay lands do the sumtliiin to make It plouclialde nt niltimes

1 It Is hotter to plant late than norat till or In halfprepared hind

Io In ISiis I planted a twentyncrelot ilnlslilni the fifth day ofused sun pounds of my compoundacre It mide V2 hales The lint pnlrt-

a dividend on one thousand dollars peracre utter paying nil expenses andthe land was III much hotter conditionfor another crop Including the antefur sped It paid a dividend on tourthousand dollars per acre

1 VoLotahle mould should he keptup to the slur Ptandinl as nppenrs Invirgin soil

22 Cyst Is nothlne tint povertycaused hy land helntr depleted of vejpfilly matter

j Make Just the amount of cottonwanted at paylni prices keep out ofdeht he thin creditors make your sup-plies nt hum then and only thenwill yon have power

2i Ianrc ears of corn are moreeasily leathered than small ones theamo Is true of perfect holls of cot-

ton2 Compost manure should be

spread on the pround anti applied Im-

mediately sr that the decompositionshall take place exactly when It Iswanted

2 From ivory source opt ns muchUnisphere Into till land ns possible

7 There Is no such thins as failurewhen man does his duty In the culti-vation

2 Save n portion of your Incomevery year and icy everythlnj for

ashi Make nil Miippllos at home that

an be madePull your laborers how to

work hurt to do It with ease andiVnloiiey and to do better and bet-

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Put Your Best Eiioi lu Your WorkWithout Regardnut niiiuuif in yuu-

liiivu III your work bv VIJ m-1iiitiiu or complain ni f full lUi-1ifked lo du sumo this i which nth

are snpincil tn Better payt file Ims Iitier pay

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of work butt lu most rase s iinowho have been faithful a ew-

s who ire madi ivorman things Then iii iyworkman let his position sohumble should take a certIN pr i Inhis work which should him tput his ciy best lion ii iitany thought of the rumuiicrM ii lie

receive for It No one anio-a great artist 110 one eve iiicd atreat plctnic who wasthinking about the pay hefor Ills work or who gradeI en

lars that were III comu toresult of his elVort i rentexist becausu thurt1 had Inii-srtiit artist who could notwl o limn paint mi artistmasterpiece painted on tin

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The Vnlue of Birds to FruitGrowers

Is one of the subjects that lieuto be kept constantly before thepie

think that the heading as givenabove should be amended o us tnInclude not Itch growers only butevery one who cultivates the soil InIdly way

1lie aitlele jrlvin below vtc illppei-1iuin the liural

Itlrds ore natuies check on inseulift ISy conttolliiiK the increase 01

certain insects they prevent the de-

striUllon oi ilant life lull ulioii-lIani ille animal life Including tutuof man would be Impossible Eachspecie of bird has Its special otlicoinn hues for the leaves and twitof the icos still mount unardstiniil and limbs Irrupt attack stillothers hula upon the ground sceklnutheir prey beneath the fallen liars anIlouse soil

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structive cotton bull weevils werefulfil In the stomach of three mead

larks A single robin had eatenI7i caierpillais a chickadee has beenknown to tilt nno eggs of the canker-worm In one day a barn swallow will

clued Insects every twentyfour hours a pull of chipping spurrows were observed to carry then

more than 21x1 liwects mostlyi MUTplllais in lesi than one day n

nluht hawk will consume hundreds ofInjurious insects cuiitlnulii the honeilelnl work lout after the daytlyliibirds have ceased their work ainl gone-

to sleep A pair of nesllnj orioles willdestroy thuiiMinds of the smull green

ceiplllnrs that are so destructive tofoliage of deciduous fruit trees

sme years In altConim Thewho kills one of these birds takesthe life of one of Iris very bvst Illends-Illiy per cent of the fund nf tie reel

hafted Ulckor consists of nuts aotm-

nl these havlm been taken from tillnip of a slndo bird rIll black

plink destroys vnl numbers of Hies-

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treatment not kicks cud culls

I know an old breeder who hasraised bronvht nut many goodbird and yet the annually spoils aboutas many as be brlnus to maturity byIlls Impatience There Is scarcely abird In his yard that he can

without a ufeat effort and muchstrmr liir and siiiavkln on the birdspart They hill simply afraid of himThat chickens have a memory hued a

one too l s plainly shown In thisea e lias some birds two or threeyears old that will simply franticwhen he endeavors to handle thenlint he Is Improvim fur lie has learnedmany an expensive lesson for some ofhis birds have lust In the show roombecause of their wlldiuw-

Altlminrh most of us know It Is aritual time how many of us can re-

sist the temptation to meddle with theecsrs when Its time true blddle to bringoil her brood i n account of tooiinirli moisture or some other cause Sueis delayed a day or two Then webecome Impatient and crack nn egy01 two Likely as not we llml n livechicken but we have simply spoiled ItsolniiioiU ever liy our Inustu

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stantly saylntr Well I ini all I getIt let a question whether any one earnstill he gets If his In It Is not Inhis work It Is a inuvtimi whether itIs possible for any one t do any kindof work as it should In11 ue who meas-ures his entln by the payhe expects to net on xturday nightTile man who gro thoroughbredstuck who plants and cultivates n cropof corn wheat or potaiies who duesany kind of work on the farm musthave something else in shad ns hepursues his calling besides the dollarsthat will tlimlly tool to hits If be ex-

pects to meet with the highest possi-ble success We chin none of us workvery long without some returns forour effort but If we nil true work-men we will not llnd till of our pleas-ure In the money we get There oughtto be to every man md woman somecompensation hi snwss gained inseeing the completion of the work inthe experience of irtorles won inthe triumph over iliilieiiltles in theconsciousness of luring dune the bestpossible under the nvinnstancea andthis is hill huffy one ian do No onei an read till histoiy of a work donelike that of Hurbankn the plant wiz-

ard In his eilort i eivute newtics of vegetable ul Improve on oldniies without proud that hebelongs to the ne race yet It IsParty evident ii tilt Idea ofpers-niml uaiii ha ietii a secondarythought in all In furl if It has hadanything at till i with the workingnit of any of IIi It all resolved

itself down simple propositionliiii the null souls his effort

pnsition tni urely personal gainDial has m Iniin in hif work exceptHie dollars out of It Issure never to very prog-ress In life or in he very well remun-erated for wliu i while the la-

borer who take pride In Ma workwith no special reference to pay Issure ultlnuitclv be well paid forwhat be does and he will also tlnd thepath to prnytvss den nod many In-

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ling moth The valley partridge whenInduced to visit grounds Infested bythe Fuller rose beetle will soon ex-

terminate that destructive intruderThe tiny California bush tit Is of un-

told benefit In destroying eggs grubsnull Insects Injurious to trees Tn

the crop of one mourning dove werefound more than 7oo seeds of harmfulweeds If birds take some of the farm-ers fruits nod garden crops It In be-

cause they have no other vegetablefood provided for them When wehave learned to unlit them Into outfamilies nod to provide something tartheir sustenance In return for the goodthey do us as we provide tot our do-

mestic fowls we shall hail the birchdo little harm to our gardens Noman has the moral right to sweep theland clean of the nnnral food of birdsand then doily them a bit of his fruitand n few of his scattered grain

Patience With PoultryWe rend of the patience of lob but

hens are not mentioned In the list oflive stuck that constituted his richesThe American Poultry Journal givessome the reaons why patience Itnecessary for a successful poultryman

Patience Is a strong link In thechain of success In poultry raising A-

very strong link Indeed Lost patiencelust poultry protlts Is about the quick-est way to express

a rule successful poultry raiserspossess an exceedingly large amountof patience fwd If this were not truefew of them would ever rise to thatplane culled success

Pits of the old breeders require hillycaution In ihto direction teal no great-er number of young functors would 11

they but stopped to consider that ev-

ery step must be a forward and notbackward-

It Is nut always lack nf ambitionover which we lose our patience butrather over zeal Uecause a Imtulidoes not come off on schedule time upgo our bristles nod the feathers fly

Occasionally we meet an old breederwho falls to hold Ills temper whenthings go wrong wed also we note tlnrventing hi spite on the birds hilt laysanother stone wall across his itli

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man intelligence nod speech theremight be the smallest atom of excuse

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An ambitious pullet mounts thefence cud herself to greenerfields Can we blame her Over Inthe garden the grass Is green the herrips tare ripe and bugs are plentifulWhy shouldnt she have a taste of theworlds good things

She knows not why she Is n pris-oner Then do we have ample patiencenod roux her buck with choiceedibles or do we take andchase her mid thereby duke her every-where but the place wo her to-

go Coaxing will lieu inch In thatyard In just as condition as sheleft but ehaslinr out will result onlyiu scaring her out of a months growthretard her actions and make her justio much later lu arriving at an eggproducing stage lust how oftenilamaLe It done we run not tellfur wo given her a clinnceto show how good a bird she wouldhave become

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times before acting In these eases andspare the birds

We lose our patience because therats cuts and dogs create damage inour yards but wouldnt we accomplishmuch more if we went about effectinga remedy in a cool systematicway

That Is where the women folks justlily It hill over ns poor illicittemperedmen They possess the necessary pa-

tience 10 make poultry raising a suc-cess nnd who ever heard of one ofthose kind failing

Kludnuss wins what force can notgain Nothing could be truer thou thatold adage

When our fowls get lousy do wehill have the patience to take tip eachbird nod irefully dust It with Insectpowder or louse killer or do we Justscatter a little exterminator aroundand say guess unit will llx em

Sooner or later we must learn thelesson of patience In tic poultry yardand If we do not we will soon be outof business front a successful point-of

What nil Acre of Ground DoesA correspondent of the Progressive

Farmer gives an Interesting accountof what one man has done with onenet f land Wo certainly agree withthe writer that the man hail more todo with tic remarkable success recor-ded than did either seed fertilizer orsoil

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Visitors to the Charleston HxposltlonInterested In uirrlonlturo wen attracted

a large picture on exhibition In tillNorth Carolina section This picturerepresented an old Confederate soldierwith his wife mill two daughters III

their garden gathering pins This pic-

ture was made from a photmrrnph ofMr Lewis Cradys lnliie Truckiiinliii In Klnston N C

A certain seed house Inis been widelyml vert Islmr this garden as a specimen

be Anne when their seedurn used A fertilizer company hasbeen announcing that the results at-

tained Mr Orady were due to theirfertilizers The Department of Agri-

culture of North Carolina assures allvisitors to the State Museum that theremarkable yield of vegetables fromMr Bradys sarden Is clearly due totilt Kastern North CarolinaSome of us who have wafchod the oldman methods of cultivation have got-ten hold of the Idea Unit the mantutor to do with It than either of theabove

Mr fJradys garden occupies Just nnacre within the corporate limits ofKlnston From the windows of thetrain on the A and N C Hallroad hisgarden may be seen about n hundredyards to the north of the railway trackperhaps four yards east of the depotThere Is nothing unusual about thesoil The fertilizer used Is a brandcommonly used by the truck growersIn tills section After preparing theland In early spring about the onlytool used by Mr Grady are nn ordi-nary hoe nail a smaller hoe of his ownmanufacture mule from n buggyspring bent at a right angle null boltedto a hickory hoe lielve

Mr Jrady told me recently that hehind something In his garden to sellivory day In the year He believes InIntensive cultivation He rents theacre of ground paying 20 per yearrent nail nearly every year raises rad-ish enough In odd corners to pay therent One year he sold 2320 worthof radishes besides having enough forhis family and sending quite a numberof bunches to its friends He has agreat diversity of crops Till year heplanted his pens January 2nd aid willcontinue to plant something up to next

Throughout the season nshe taints one vegetable from the gar

he Immediately plants another Inllx place He grows In his garden rad-ishes turnips mustard pardon peashiiitw corn okra llmabeans kale anticollards He keeps his ground highlyfertilized hind works it thoroughly

luring the past three years his Income from this one acre lens been nsfollows 11770 JJMS1RO SfttO

This strikes me as being fairly goodshowhiL for an old crippled Confeder-ate soldier working for a few hours Inthe morning on one acre of land HeI-IIN produced enough vegetables to sup-ply n family of live and then sell Inthroe years ll2jr worth

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