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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01
WHY HOLSTEINS ARE -
FERRED AS A BREEn

H~olsteins combine more do,;,,
qualities for the dairyman, ge raols
farmer and stock-raiser than "eraI
other breed. The first and any
valuable qualification is the nrn most
ton of milk; for this purpose I tb
have been bred, and acknowloS iney
to excel all other breeds for centuss'
in their native country. Hounnle4S
Their yield of milk RANGES fan lu'
10000 to $4,000 pounds Der v ,",l
They mature early, comino i nt,
milk when about two years | oT
hold out evenly nearly the wb "u'
year. instead ofgoingdry six monthly
as is the case with ordinary cowD
The milk is not only abundant H.
quantity but is rich in quality. Tba W.
are very hardy, not requiring ricGi
food or extra care-hence are vorll
desirable for the average farmay
They are large, hardy, rapid growers
maturing early, fattening readilr'
and making an excellent quality u
beef-hence are profitable cattle for
stock-raiser, particularly as his
heifers will be even more availaho
than his steers. Our heifers at ono
year often weigh 800 pounds: at two
years, 1900 pounds; and the cows
at maturity, 1,4OO to LOO. Their
milk records r the highest, rano.
ing from 5000 to 1000 pounds per a
year by heifers with their first calf
and $4,000 to $4,000 by mature cows
During the milking season it is diff
ficult to keep Holstein cattle in
high flesh, but when dry they take
on flesh rapidly-hence are most
desirable, as being large and val.
liable for beef when done MILKING
They have been thoroughly tested
in different parts Of the United
States, from Main to California, and
as far South as Texas, and every.
where have proven successful. No
other breed has ever made such
rapid progress in the favor of the
practical American farmer as the
Holstein has done in the past fifteen
years, and, at the present rate Of
increase, in twenty-five years more
they will outnumber any other i'm
proved breed in America. The
quality of the Holstein's beef of
the finest kind; the fat better dis
tributed through the lean than
most any breed and the butcher;
who was first opposed to the HOI-
stein, will now give more for Hol-
stein than any other stock.-L, ".
&IUeU, IN Breeders Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01
PROSPECTS OF ALUMINIUM.

VIM. Frismuth, a chemist in Phil
adelphia, has succeeded in %pertecting
a process whereby aluminium can be
produced in sufficient quantities for
general commercial use, and at a
probable cost of $1.25 per pound,
just about one-twelfth O the present
price. Mr.. Frismuth is a pupil of
Wholer, who claimed the first dis
covery of the metal. He has been
experimenting for the past twenty
years with the problem of a cheap
method for producing aluminium
in large quantities. His patents
have been secured throughout most
Of the civilized world, and when
provided with a suitable plant, per-
fected mechanical and chemical
means and proper technical and
practical management, will turn out
unlimited quantities at the prices
quoted. The uses to which this
metal may be put seem positively
limitless. 1t is creating a vast deal
of excitement in the manufacturing
world on both continents. Mr. J. A.
Price, president Of the Scranton
Board of trade, devoted his annual
address to an exposition of the mer-
it's of aluminium, which he terms
"the metal Of the future" His his
tory is based upon it's properties Of
bulk without weight and strength
without size. His prophetic vision
sees steamships built of it lighter
than glass and stronger than steel,
marvels of architecture, machinery,
furniture, weapons, etc., all composed
of this wonderful metal, and all
surprising anything Of the kind
ever produced before. Aluminium
is the metallic basis ofmica-feldspar,
slate and clay. Dana says: "Nearly
all the rocks, except lime stone, and
many sandstones, are literally ore
beds of metal aluminium" It is
white in color and next in luster to
silver. 1t has never been found in
a pure state, but is known to exist
in combination with nearly 200 diff.
ferent minerals. Corundum and
pure emery are ores that are very
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01
INCREASE OF CATTLE RAISING.

The statistics of increase in cattle
production in the United States in
late years furnish very suggestive
facts. There has been an unchecked
growth throughout the present gen
eration-indeed we might say from
the first settling Of the country
but it has been reserved to the last
ten years to eclipse all other periods
in the development of the cattle in
dustry. In the ten years ending
with 1886 the number of cattle in
creased nearly 63 per cent. In the
first half Of this period the gain was
a little less than one-third Of the
percentage proportionally, the bulk
of the increase, in spite of discour-
aging times, having been made in the
last five years. That is to say, the
rate of increase from 1881 to 1886
was more than twice as rapid as
from 1876 to 1881. Department of
Agriculture figures now credit us
with 49, 500 900 cattle. The growth
of population in the same ten years
has been so great, however, that
while at it's beginning we had not
much less than $50 cattle to the
1000 of population, the increase
leaves us now with only about 500
to 1000 of population; that is, the
ratio of the cattle to the population
has gaiued upon itself not far from
25 per cent.
1t is also interesting to note in
what the great increase has chiefly
consisted: Within the past five
years beef making has received a
greater impetus in this country
than has ever known at any other
time in any other part of the world.
1t is not necessary to enumerate the
causes of this, which have often
been discussed in these columns.
The fact itself is sufficient in this
connection. From 1881 to 1885 the
increase in dairy cattle was Is per
cent, while the increase in all other
kinds of cattle-chiefy stock for
beef purposes-was nearly so per
cent. Is it any wonder that cattle
raising is just now less profitable
than it vas a few years ago? Or
could there be a o striking dem
%onstration ofthe consumptive capac-
ity Of the people?-PHtsburg Stock
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01
H N LIME.

In applying wood ashes about 20
per cent. of lime and magnesia are
contained in the ashes, while II per
cent. compose potash, and 6 per cent.
make up the phosphoric acid in the
shape of phosphates. When we take
a fair view of the value of hardwood
ashes they may safely be classed as
a complete fertilizer with the excep
ton OF containing no nitrogen. The
question, then, is how to use them
and where. We may consider that
some soils are deficient in lime and
potash, and thus put the ashes to
good use, but suppose we were re-
moving a crop, and had on hand a
supply of ashes, how should we be
guided in using them? Let us con-
slider. AS stated, ashes contain no
nitrogen, but n rich in other sub
stances. being deficient only in that
one organic material. We look around
for something to balance the ashes
as plant food. We do not wish to
buy nitrogen if it can be avoided.
hdNC ,JuSC IlOECu CIOp vi ClOVcI,
and there has been left a large mass
Of roots, which contain a fair pro-
portion of nitrogen. We pillow that
sod, apply the ashes broadcast, run
a harrow over the field, and the land
is ready for corn in the spring. five
have no clover sod we at once pillow
a piece of land, SOW the ashes, and
put the land in millet or buckwheat.
AS soon as the crop flowers it is
plowed, and ten bushels of lime ap-
piled. In the spring the land goes
in wheat and is seeded to clover. In
another year the clover will furnish
the nitrogen and the plant food will
be partially balanced. Thus, with
the use Of lime and ashes, and the
blowing under of green manurial
crops, we can gradually increase the
fertility of the soil without the ne
cessity of purchasing nitrogen, and
it is economical to do so. as the time
and labor lost one season will be re-
gained the next.-Farm, Field and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01
RUST ON APPLE LEAF SOUTH

The following letter from Hon. }.
T. Henderson, Commissioner of Ag-
riculture, Georgia, will explain itself.
The Commissioner desires farmers OF
the State to repeat the experiment
and report. The letter is as follows:
DRAKETowN, GA, July 3, 1886.
/ desire to call the attention of
the farmer through the medium OF
your department., to some discover.
les [ have made. In May, 1885, l
noticed the leaves of my Shockley
apple trees we're rusting or mildeW,
ing. [ built fires on the east side OF
the orchard and burned sulphur
twice, when a damp east wind was
blowing, SO as to cover the trees
with the vapor. This destroyed the
blight on the leaves and saved the
lungs of my trees, so that they
matured their fruit beautifully.
/ discovered by accident that the
sulphurous fumes would also destroy
the rust on wheat, or prevent us
development. On the Goth OF May
last / had sulphur burnt on the
margin of my wheatfeld, and it was
afterward observed that for some
distance around this point, and pre-.
sumably as far as the fumes
came in contact with the growing
wheat. the crop ripened nicely anu
without rust, while the balance Vi
the field was worthless.
If this means of preventing ru''
in wheat proves effective and pr"o.
ticable upon further trial, we may
be enabled to reap a further advans
age in getting rid ofthe fly altoge1n;s
by sowing spring wheat, when rh 70
otherwise destroyed by rust t hut
fly does not survive the winter ou h
deposits it's eggs in the fall, wn'tn -
r. carried through the winter
the wheat plant, hence the wh nsad
sown in the spring is not trou0''
with fly.
Rust on wheat, rot with potaVooGi
blight of the leaves of fruit trees "na
diphtheria in the human all pelJ"7
to the same class of diseases anu
think they can be destroyed "nId
the means pointed out. L wont
like for the farmers to eXPer'o4 ote
as l have and report to the '
Department. Yours truly,
7. c. WEsrBRooK'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER, SEPTEMBER !, 1885,

rich in aluminium, containing about
"a e cent. The specific gravity
i two and one-half times that OF
water Tt is lighter than glass or
as light as chalk, being only one
third the weight Of iron and one
fourth the weight of silver. 1t is as
maleable as gold, tenacious as iron,
and harder than steel, being next TO
the diamond. Thus it is capable OF
the widest variety of uses, being
soft when ductility, fibrous when
tenacity, and crystalline when hard
ness is required. It's variety OF
transformations is something won
derful. Meeting iron, or even iron
at it's best in the form of steel, in the
same field, it easily vanqulshes 1T at
every point. 1t melts at 1900 deg.
F., or at least 600 degrees below the
melting point of iron, and it neither
oxidizes in the atmosphere O tar
nishes in contact with gasses. The
process of obtaining aluminium has
been the subject Of experiment for
many years nor has it yet been
brought to such a point as to render
the product available for general
use. By a method of electric smelt-
ing it has been found that it be
produced for 81 a pound, and there
is now erecting at Lockport, n. T.,
a plant involving 100000 for the
purpose otis manufacture.-Nic0g0
Journal Of Commerce.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01
Correspondence
ATTEND TO THE BEES.
For The Progressive Farmer.

Look after the bees. Some will
be found without queens, late swarms
without plenty Of supplies. Now a
little attention will save numbers OF
swarm from perishing by worms
and starvation. One Of the small
smarms that has a good queen should
be put with a queenless one. With
a movable comb hive the job IS
easily done. Blow in smoke in each
hive some two minutes, or walt Till
the bees fill themselves with honey.
Gin case they have saved no honey,
sweeten water quite sweet with good
sugar-little honey is good-and
sprinkle the bees with it till they hill
themselves, being careful not to wet
enough to drown the bees.) Now
take out part Of the comb from the
hive you want the swarm to remain
in, a piece that has the least bees on
it. ia order to make room to put the
bread comb in the middle Of the hive
as it usually is, the bee bread on
each side. Then take a comb of bees
first from one hive, then from the
other; shake off the bees on a cloth
or platform in front of the hive you
wish the bees to 90 into, selecting
the comb and placing as before d.
rected the honeycomb on the outside
of the others. Cover up. Run in the
bees if they have not already gone
in, and place the hive where the best
one stood. Where gums, box or
shallow hives are used, blow in smoke
and drive out the two or
swarms that are to be put together.
Then shake them out together so as
to mix them up we'll on the cloth or
platform and hive in the hive that
has the most comb. Then place where
the best one of them stood. The
comb left should be smudged with
sulphur fumes and kept for Il new
swarm next year, shutting up tight.
Should there be some honey left in
the comb, and any of the swarms
need it later on, a hole may be bored
in the top of the gum or hive and
the n containing the honeys at
over the swarm to be fed, and make
beetight round the top hive or gum
and only leave a small entrance at
the bottom as the other bees will
try to get a share. Movable comb
hives will be found much more con-
venient and profitable for successful
Bookkeeping, Is stated in Il late num-
Der of The PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
Alsike clover yields large supplies of
the best honey, where it does we'll.
Ladies can take care of bees and
make it both pleasant and profitable.
Try it, ladies, and. [ will tell you
how. JOEL CURTIS.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01

Quickly. Then stir in a tablespoon
ful of flour, and as soon as brown add
sufficient boiling water to cover the
beef. Season with salt and pepper
rather highly. Heat all the ingredl
ents together very quickly and take
the thrying-pan off the Gre. Stir in
the yolk of an egg and a glass of
wine and serve. Miss Corson added,
that those who are unaccustomed to
the stirring in the eggs had better
take a teaspoonful of the gravy and
stir it together with the egg in a
cup before adding to the or
gravy. That will insure smoothness.
BEEF STEW
Gut underdOne roast beef or steak
into inch-long pieces. Have ready
in a saucepan a cupful Of skinned
gravy or broth, a quarter onion,
minced very fine, a teaspoonful OF
minced parsley, a pinch OF mace and
a tablespoonful chopped cucumber
pickle. Let it come to a boil, season
we'll, thicken with a tablespoonful
of Drowned -four, put in the meat
and set in boiling water, closely COW
cred, at the side of the range for
twenty minutes. If the meat be
tough, chop it instead Of cutting it
up, then proceed as directed. Serve
hot
Take a good, firm, middle-sized
cabbage and boil it till it is tender;
then drain off the water and chop
it fine Season to your liking with
salt, mustard and pepper, and about
two teaspoonfuls Of vinegar and a
piece of butter about half the size of
a hens egg. Stir in three raw eggs,
beaten, a cup of bread crumbs and
a cup of rich milk or cream. Mix
all well, and if it seems sloppy after
it has stood half an hour, put in
more bread crumbs and let them
swell, then put in the oven half an
hour or less and eat hot. If you use
thick cream you may leave out the
butter.
CHILL SAUCE.
Peel one-half bushel of ripe toma-
toes, eighteen large red peppers and
four unions. Chop all these fine.
After chopping, squeeze out with
the hands from their water, throw
ing the water away. Add to them
four quarts best cider vinegar, two
cups sugar, eight tablespoonfuls salt,
four tablespoonfuls each ground gin
ger, cloves, allspice and cinnamon,
also two tablespoonfuls ground mus
tard. Boil all together for two hours,
then put into glass jars. Large,
plump red peppers are much less
sharpthan the long, slender variety,
so if the latter are used not over six
or eight will be required.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01
WHAT WE

The following table shows the rela-
tive value for the year 1884 Of sew
eral of the leading products of the
United States:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01

Rub your griddle with fine salt
before you grease it, and your cakes
will not stick.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01

For an excellent furniture polish
take turpentine, linseed oil and vim
egar, in equal proportions; apply
and rub with flannel.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-09-01

More or less all these productions
are exported except eggs and poul-
try, all of these we eat ourselves.
and the cultivation of nearly all of
these products is confined to certain
sections except eggs and fowls. They
stand on the list and we find them
wherever people abide.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-03
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WHITEWASHED.

One Branscombc, who was nominated by
the third party cranks for governor, has
been openly charged with having swindlcd
his own father-in law, at least his father-ln-
law charges that Branscombe has beat him
out of a large sum of loaned money which
was secured through false misrepresenta
tions. The central committee of the Prohi
bition party met last week and the result is
the most transparent job OF political white
washing that we ever saw. They don't
deny that Branscombe got the money but
say that the matter is purely personal
one, and one confined TO his own family,
and that in pleading the statue Of limita-
ton Dranscombe was actuated 10y q desire
to benefit his own family. Such a report
is an insult TO every intelligent and honest
man. OF course the benefit of his own
family means the benefit OF himself.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-03
REPUBLICAN MEETINGS.

The State Central committee have made the FOL
lowing appoint nlents for southwest Kansas uo TO
ate:
Governor John A, Martin, Lieutenant Governor A.
+. Riddle. and ". 7. CiCud. OF the Old Second Kan
sas cavery, win Xddress The people at the foi!oMln
times and placesSo wit:
Marion. S;.tCrlaY. october , itet, : ,. M
Hutchinson, Monday. october !, 1850. Z i III.
Sterling luestaT october D. is'', p. IN:
Julc. y. g. Mcfarland, of foi,eka, Judge Hiram
Stevens and Others VIII address the Tcoie On the As
sues OF the day "a The following time and places
Paola Monday, October 4, 1856. al 80 =. NJ
ottawa, Tuesday. October > lsoti at go =. m
Burlington, Wednesday October 3, 1886. at ':V p IN
Eureka. Thursday, October :, 1885, at 80 p. H.
~ Dorado Friday, October $. 1856, AZ 80 y. m
Wichita, Saturday. October 2. 1876, ~ 80 y. H.
KfnelnH.. Eonday, october II, 1856, 1t $50 p H.
Wellington Tuesday. October II, 1876, at 800 D. m
Caldwell Wednesday, October IL, 1856, at l@f H. III
Anthony, Thursday October H. 1856, at ."0 p III.
Medicine Ledge, Friday, oct. II, 1856, at 80 T. IL;
Senator John j Ingalls, and Others Will address the
public on The political issues Of the day at the ioi
lowing times and places:
Ffedonia saturday October q 1886, at 80 p. IN.
Anthony Wednesday. October -, 1855, at 40 p M
Senator pllmb and Others viii address tEe people
on the political Issues OF the day ri
Mcpherson Monday. SEPT, q, at 80 D. m
Local committees are requested TO make all neces-
saly arrangements for oil these meetings. rosters
furnished 10y this committee.
I.y order of the central comm tft"c,
L. l. BONfBEAkt, HENRI EaANBi-,H
Ch,ir,nao
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-03

TIE GARDEN CITY fAi&.

Garden City is to have 3 big fair or oX,
position, beginning October II and last
ing several days. Governor john \. Mar
tin is to make the opening address, and
Senators Ingalls, and Plumb are also booked
for speeches. Garden City is one Of The
brightest, most flourishing and progressive
cities in Kansas and their fair promises 10
be a great success. Her people are more
,han ordinarily enierprising aad they have
spared no expense in arranging for an ez-
position which viii be Il fair reflex q the
growth and productions Of ali the counties
IN southwest Kansas. Il is very ccTtaih
that the visitors to this fair viii be enabled
to get a very definite idea Of the capabiii-
ties OF western Kansas. Reduced railway
far. has been arranged for and 4 special
train viii be ran from this section.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-03

has invented a seriesof blanks and records
that have been sought after by judges in
all parts of the state and by many
of the large publishing houses, and he
will be elected by large majority, not
withstanding the Democratic leaders have
centered their fire on him, and are tramp
ling the county, begging Republicans to
vote for his opponent. and trading OF all
the rest of their ticket in addition.
ABE WRIGHT,
the candidate for clerk of the district
court, has lived in Wichita for ten years,
and has always held positions of trust IN
the largest and most prominent business
houses. Occupying for the last three years
the responsible position Of deputy county
treasurer, he has become extensively and
faTSorably known to the people of this
county. He served in the army for three
wears and his record is clean one. His
well known clerical ability will enable him
to enter upon the duties of the office fully
prepared for its responsibilities. He has
clear sailing.
G. W. c. JONES,
the candidate for county attorney, Is one OF
the oldest citizens CT the county, coming
here when boy and settling with his pa
renst in Union township, in the early his
tory of the county. he has grown
40 in our midst, and all
along the line of his life.
from boyhood days to mans estate, he has
made favorable impression on our peo-
pie He is capable lawyer, made so by
his own efforts, and by attention to bust
ness has made a name in this county that
he can well be proud Of He will make a
safe counsellor for our county. His cleo
ton by a very large majority is conceded.
PROFESSOR PENCE,
For county superintendent, has no oppo-
sition on any regular ticket. He has been
identified with our schools for some time,
to the entire satisfaction of cur public. He
is the very essence OF energy and viii ill
the Scdgwick county schools with life and
interest, all Of which he will visit the com
ing year.
ME. RANDALL,
The candidate for commissioner Of the
Third district, has resided in our county
for twelve or fourteen years and has been
and is now engaged in merchandising and
farming. He has been postmaster at Mt.
Hope for years and the people, without re-
gard to party, object to his removal. He is
man of large business experience aud has
the reputation among his neighbors of being
careful and conservative. This is re-
sponsible Office and Thomas Randall is the
man the people want He had for his op-
ponent in the convention some of Sedg-
wick county's best citizens, men who it
was very high compliment to beat: The
entire ticket is unobjectionable 1t was
nominated in the largest represented con
vention that ever assembled in the county,
and every candidate nominated on the first
ballot by large majority, and no Republi-
can can afford to or will scratch it.
Wichita eagle., 1886-10-03
ALL soCNp.
From tao valley cenes Sews.

FrJ.l fac valley Center News.
The Republican rally last Tuesday even
Ing at the school house proved t. be dc
ciaed success. This bcinr the first p0lili-
cal meeting III SolGsiCk county tiiis year
the Repuhlieans can feel proud II tie large
audience. the enthusiasm manifested and
the able sgecches. Hon " 5 Morris, Of
Wichita, was tho principal speaker for
the evening Ills spcoch was poin.el
anI logical and his rceap.iu.a'ion
OF tie acts Of the two great parties
appropriate and Veli taken. All iiie car
dida!es CA the county ticket were here anal
we're me- with q hearty welcome, whlcl,
shows Tie lUyi feeling "a tac oil gepl1li.
can party ini eXi ia tie northern ialf oi
SetlEw:ls county EcprcscataiiTe htPn'5
licans wtre pIeeal from Q r5urlf'eI q a..
joining townships ~ho rapr.es, ihe 'esl 9.
g. ing aDG satisfaction existing aTacnE t'tesl
ncl-il93r o. cyegy G0u.iacc cr Tie isepufii
s4l iClI. iie 3gsA alrs Il i8is ~ q
tAe c9artg aay ie cg-Hied nT9n b gasc a-
toa.-tiu. 3. lallass usi'ri,y
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