The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-10-20
State gtelus.

Mr.. George Donald has pre-
sented us with a specimen Of his
second crop of red June apples. The
tree is in bloom for third crop, of
which we were also presented with
a fragrant BLOSSOM Greensboro North
State.
Cholera has played havoc with
the hogs at the steam distillery of
Phelps & Vogler, at Advance, Davie
county. Eighty or more have died
of the disease which was introduced
by the purchase of load Of infected
swine Unaon Republican.
The rice crop Of Mr.. Shade
Wooten, one of the "crack" farmers
Of Lenoir county, which he has just
housed, is the topic Of conversation
in the La Grange section. His crop
yielded sixteen hundred bushels, and
the grain is said to be unusually
fne.-Goldsboro argus.
No scheme or enterprise has
ever succeeded in Salisbury like the
Building and Loan association. A say
ings bank is now on foot. Bar-rooms
are closing and the recent y adopted
plan Of saving the pennies at the end
of the week is working to the good
of the entire community.-Salisbury
Wdtchmdn.
Mr.. J. E. Ried, auctioneer at the
Fayetteville Warehouse, took trip
to Mr.. John Kirkpatrick's farm on
Tuesday, and reports a splendid
crop and fine tobacco land. Mr..
Ried brought average samples Of a
large proportion of the crop which
he said would bring $50 hundred.
-Fnyetteville Observer.
The Charlotte Observer furnishes
the latest snake stories, one ola little
snake being captured and swung up
in web by spider, the other of a
five foot, eight inch bull snake, eleven
inches in circumference, killed by a
squirrel hunter. Wade Harris don't
publish snake stories unless accom-
panied by properly attested afida-
davits.
The Rowan clover seed has
been on sale in Statesville this sea-
son. It is pronounced cleaner and
better than the Kentucky seeds and
sells for less money. Yet at $500
per bushel, here are $4,000 made by
the Rowan farmers on even 1000
bushels of their seed and the money
is kept in North Carolina-,&ates-
uille Landmark
The frost Of last Sunday night
week ago was more damaging than
we had chronicled in our last issue|
While tobacco escaped unhurt on
land favorably situated for resisting
the formation Of frost, it was ih
other places utterly ruined. SOME
farmers lost their entire crop, otheis
have left part Of their crop uncut.
-Donbury Reporter.
w. Duke, Sons & Co., can justlf \
claim to be the largest manufactu1t
ers of cigarettes in the world. They
are now making between one and a
half and two millions cigarettes
daily and are more than ten millions
behind in their orders.-There is
an immense amount Of tobacco in
the hands of the spectators which
will soon change hands for there is
considerable activity in the markets
throughout the country. The frost
and the extremely short crop will
cause prices for the new crop to
Durham Recorder.
A number of the people in the
country are raising rice this year
and we understand they are highly
pleased with the yield. Mr.. III. M.
Johnson, of Rome, has fine crop.
Mr.. E. w. Pou planted three acres
and the yield was 40 bushels. At
Is cents per bushel, this beats cot
ton.--The bottom seems to have
dropped out of the cotton market.
What poor farmers will do with low
prices and short crop seems hard
to understand. People will some
day be forced to stop raising so
much cotton. Let the supply be
cut off and the price will RISE
| SnithfeId Herald.