The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-04

Blues creek |.
Under the law a tax of eight cents
was levied on each 800 of taxable prop
ertv. and twenty-four cents on each poll.
Refreshing rains throughout this
section within the last few days have
greatly revived vegetation and the droop-
ing spirits of our farmers. The wheat
was only fair, the oat crop was good-so
of clover and the grasses, and the corn
crop, while it will fall below an average
crop perhaps, yet it will be ample to
meet the demands. Tobacco will be neces-
sarily a short crop, because, first, of the
decreased acreage planted and, second,
because of the very great damage done
it by the rains. But ''all in ALL the
farmers of the piedmont section have
cause to be thankful. We commend to
croakers and GROWERS the deplorable
condition of their brother farmers in
Western Texas, where they nave had no
rain for over one year, and who are now
flying with their families from that dreary
and drought-stricken section.
Mr.. H. E. Fries, of Salem, has built
a substantial silo on his farm and begins
this week to fill it, using his Millionaire
and clover first. 1t is 20 feet long, 10
| feet deep and s feet wide. He will use
a Ross Feed Cutter with a horse power
to cut the food.
IL His neighbor farmers should visit his
FERN and see it. Mr.. Fries is thoroughly
practical, and is n of our most progress
siye, successful and intelligent citizens,
and We trust that the example of such
gentlemen as Mr.. Fries and DIR. Bahnson
(who will soon have his silo completely
in a matter of such great Importance in
farm ~husbandry, will stimulate a great
many of our farmers to adopt this valua-
BILE and economical method of storing
food for their stock. 1t has passed the
line of experiments and by long and
repeated tests in all climates in the
United States, has been demonstrated to
be a success.
49, q SO Ee
g UNDERDRAINING.- We e. shown
some beautiful specimenslof thing at the
Benbow House, Greensboro, last week.
1t is made in Guilford county, from Gull
ford county clay, and we do not hazard
much in saying that for utility and beau
ty of finish, it cannot be excelled in this
country. Five hundred thousand miles
of it should be in use to-day on farms in
North Carolina. Nothing would give a
greater return for the outlay, if it were
used intelligently. There is scarcely a
single farmer in our State that could not
use it profitably. We hope its manufac-
ture will be greatly enlarged to meet the
demand for it.
The concert last Thursday evening.
in the Opera House for the benetit<of
St. Paul's P. E. Church was a verypleas-
ant entertainment, the music dfne and
the singing very good. The programme
was we'll rendered throughout, while the
solos by Mrs. HELEN, Mrs. Fries and
Miss Swift were gems of vocal sweetness.
The audience was not as large as it
should have been, but It was an appre-
ciative one.
We had the pleasure of a call last
Friday from Mr.. C. D. Smith, geologist
and mineralogist, of Franklin county, a
member of the State Board of Agricul-
ture, who was on his return from Stokes
county, where he had been, at the in
stance of the Board, to inspect the coal
deposits in that county. He will return
and give the subject further attention in
the fall.
We clip the following from the Char
lotte Observer:
"Mr. J. T. Bagwell, late of Winston,
has rented the new brick residence built
by Capt. T. R. Robertson, on West Trade
street, and will become a resident OF
Charlotte. He will move his family here
next week. Mr.. Bagwell will study law,
and hopes to get a license to practice
from the Supreme Court the coming
Winter.H