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The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

TT does man good to go down amonl
the children occasionally" said the maj
when he slipped and fell in the kinder
garten.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

HEALTH officials of Brooklyn, Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and other cities, indorse
RED STAR Cough CURE. Twenty-Five cents
bottle.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

"ARTHUR''-YeS, we should like to have
you write for our paper Address your
letter to the business office, and it will be
sent to you.-N. y independent.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

GRAY hair, however caused. is restored to
its original color by Halls Hair Remover.
Persons suffering from Ague of long
standing will find specific in Ayers Ague
Cure.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

A NEW YORK newspaper boasts that
it owns tomahawk. We should judge so
from the character of its Illustrations
BurliaQton Free Press.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

A NEW game of cards is called "mstri-
mony." If the man wins he takes the girl !;
if the girl wins she takes the man.-Phiia-
delDhid Call
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09
MARKET REPORTS.
Grain and Provisions.

ST. Louis, Sept. 4.
FLOUR-Dull and unchanged; X&A. 8. 80
g240, family, S2.55ltZ.G5; CHOICE, S3.ljG 3.25;
fancy. $3.4jd3 81: extra fancy, S3.70G3.S5;
patents S420G4.50.
WHEAT-Fairly active and lower; No.
red, cash. 112ic: September, 11AG1Sc; No
Vember, SISsIIS2l4c.
CoRN-Dull and weak: No. . mixed. cash,
31l4@31Hc; September, Sac; November. 39ss
Gg40lsc.
OATs-Dull but steady: No. 2 mixed, cash.,
25G262zc; September, 25lsc; November, ~: C.
RYE-Easy ut soc.
BARLEY-Dull and prices nominal.
PRODUCE-Buttcr, steady: creH;nerv, zoo
&c; da ~, l00iSc. Eggs steady at ll13@ l2c
per dozen.
PRovIsIoNS-Duil hut steady. Pork, easy
at Sl0.15R1l %. Lard, nothing doing LUX
meats steady; loose lots, unchangcd; long
clear ST 60; short ribs, $3.50; short clear.
$3.50; noXed lots. long clear. S5.G5; short
ribs SG.G5; short clear, $3.50. Bacon, strong,
long clear, $751;; short ribs, S1.3I; ~ I.1U;
short clear. $7.62I:GI T.75.
WIUSKY-Firm at Sl.l0.
CATTLE-StroHg on good cattle: others
steady; good to choice shipping. 81 3BlL4 a.;
common 10 far, So 5tGh4.20; butchers steers,
S3.5044 100; COWS and heIfcrS, S.25lg 3.5J; Texas
and Indian. - 45tL; 65.
SIIEEP-Activc and steady mt s2.22is514 -.
HOGS-Firm and unchanged; butchers and
best heavy, S4.S5GJ ID; mixed packing, $40
GG4.SO; Light, 81 lGJ4G5.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

WITH English grammars selling at sew
enteen cents each it seems great pity that
the atmosphere with fractured speech
Chicago Journal
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

A CERTAIN journal is publishing story
entitled THE Romance of Gaspipe-" The
story is believed to be biography of tbs
EDITOR burlington Rd,akeye
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

THE New York Journal heads an article:
"Bicyclers give ear" A great many of
'em have, to say nothing of few teeth
and the skin of their noses.-BOston Post
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

"WLs the man intoxicated who fell in
the circus tent last EVENING"" asked Mrs
De Groof of her husband +" No, the man
was all right" was the reply. He was
walking a tight-rope. "-LiJe
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

THOSE NUIsANCEs. Rheumatism and the
Gout, are relieved by GLENN's SULPHUR
Soar.
Brown, SOC.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

THE reason why the word honeymoon
is cnly applied to married people, is be
cause the moon affects the tied--PrGiri
Farmer.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

4 FAST youth asked at a city restaurant:
seWhat have you got." Almost every
thing" was the reply. Almost every
thing. Well, give me a piece OF that
Certainly. Hash.' screamed the waiter
troy Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

A CHICAGO paper says Mr.. Multum hal
settled in that city. Then he is no longei
in Parvo.-TtIGs Siftings.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

"THIs is something have Just dashed
Off" said the farmers wife as She took thC
butter from the churn.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

THERE is place in Pennsylvania called
Economy. 1t is not a summer resort
Baltimore American.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

'rNo. BUTCHER; i am not in the habit OF
swearing, but when that boy stole string
of sausageS, could not help exclaiming:
poggone'
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

Portland you will print my poem q
Editor-"Yes, sir; in the puzzle depart
mentn- Bits.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

'SWHV does Dina get more beaux than !"
asked the elder sister. Il don't know, I'M
less it is she is little archer" said mann
ms, with a culver OF her lips
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

PoETEss sings: 81 threw my love to
him, and it hath gone astray." OF course !;
a woman never can throw straight.-N Y
Graphic
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it 25c.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

"YoU think you're cutting a dash" a
the driver said when the horse kicked il
the front of the buggy.-Ths Whip.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent sma
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09
CHICAGO, Sent. 4

OHlCAGb. Sept +
FLoUR-Steady and unchanged: winter,
S4.I5G4 80: soft spring wheat, 81 5ted4 IL; pat
entS. 81 tUIg4.S0; low grades, SlIjN2.1j.
WHEAT-StrOng; September. 16l4 @767sc
May, .0SSi2c; No. spring, 1C0Ibi4c; No.
= red, 17ToGL1Sc.
CORN-V eaker and lower; cash, 1910
4a5sc; September - 3lG@+ll.c; May, 41ssG2
4Sc.
OATs-Dull and easy; cash. %5a5c; Sep
TENDER, 25as6t25isc c: May. SaaQ2sac.
IiYE-Steadv; No. =, 4gc
BARLEY-Steady; No. >, sc.
FLANsEED-Steady; No. ]. SI09.
PRODUCE-Butter. firmcr; creamery, 80
22c; DAIRY. 13UlGc. Eggs ut l3c per'dOzcn.
PROvISIONs-Mess pork. strong; cash,
S1175; September, SIU15fl 1919; NovenI-
Der. Sl0l5d 10 21t.. Lard, firm. cash, S1.jUl1
1.52x. Short ribs, SIDES, steady: cash. SG.dU.
Boxed meats, steady; dry sailed shoulders,
6S.6L6Sc: short clear DIES, SG.G596.1O.
WHIsKY-Steady at 81 ID.
CATTLE-StrORger;S shipping steers, S3-'O
65.25; stockers aud feeders, 81 G0Gi. .;
cows, bulls and IN. xed. S1.hhLSG0: bulk,
81. 09lJ24 40; Texans, s2.J0G2.25; western
rangers slow: natives and half-hreeds.
IS OOiL350 cows. S25OGt2.T5; wintered Texans,
81. 7Oll3 10
SHEEp-Slow; common weak; natives,
81 OUG4.00; Texans, Sl,j&2.15; lambs. S4.OuGs
$50.
HOGs-Strong; rough and mixed. S4.0t6
$50: packing and shipping. S4.e0d5. li2Is;
light weigh s3.I5Q4. So; skps. S2.50G3.15-
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09
KASsAsCIry Sent 4

T.
FLoUR--Active and firm; Xxx. &c. NIX.
S5G95c; FANNY. %IO5DI.I5: choice, 81 IS z
] IS: fancy. 81 55Gl 65; patent 81 00lL2 10.
WREAT-LOwer: No red, cash, 62SSc bid,
Csc asked; September 62Asc bid. 65lSc asked;
October. cars, G34c; November. 654c bid
65L.c asked; May. 14c hid, &c asked;
No. 5 req. cash AMI SeptembI r.
SIC bid. sac asked; October. nO
bids nor offerings. No. . sotI,i cash.
66i4 bid. &c asked. September. no bids nor
offerings; October, cars, Csc; Novenbey
69si C bid. 10c asked.
CoRS-Quiet; No. ., cash. 3lssc bid. 81. c
asked: September. = cars 3Iac: October
53aGc bid. ssS35i asked; November. 3Is.c4 ibid
Sac asked: the year. 3lSsc bsd, no offerings;
Nav. Ak C bid. ga asked. No. white CASH,
:s3lt C bid. S5zIc asked: September aud Octo-
Der. no bids nor offerings.
OATS-NO bids or offerings.
RYE-No bids nor offerings.
BUTTER-Creamery, fancy. 20c: good. ia
I4c. Store packed. in single package lots,
10c: common. &C.
EGGs-Actfve at 1lIEc per dozen
CHEESE-We quote: Fun cream. 10c;
fats. partly SKINNED. TGSc; Young Amer
lea. l01ic; Kansas. 5Gsc-
OIL CAKE-Per 100 rs sacked. So; S23O1
per ton free on board cars Car lots, s.. %
per ton.
LIVE PoULTRY-Receipts fair and demand
good for old hens and large young: small not
wanted: old hens. $2.25lS255: old mixed. 81 75:
spring chickens. choice large per dozen, s. .:
small. SL25GL50
CATTLE-Steady; shipping steers, $3.50;
COWS, 81 O0a250: buthers' steers, $3.50.
SHEEP-Unchanged; muttons, SL55G2S5
HOGS-Eairly active and steady; packing.
SA7oG4 20; light, SS90G4.65.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

t.
FLoUR-Low grades firm. medium and
choice grades dull: superfine S275G3 10;
choice to double extra. 81 GU24.lC; wheat
and state, S2.6J6l3.25; cho'ce white wheat,
western extra, Si.GblG4.S0: fancy do, 81 S5i9
SIC; superfine western and state. 81 15ll2 30;
common to good extra western and state,
81. 701-3 p; good to choice extra western
and state. S3.2)tE5.Od.
WHEaT-Lower; No. spring. sc; ungraded
red. S;}ISSl.c; No ) red, SIC; No. = red, S1la
@S7I.c: No | red, SIC: No. l white. Sgc;
No. red, September. Sc sGS1.c: June. 995sc
.. CORN-Lower: No., sic; ungradei white.
see: No. > September, 5O5i@5ISc; December,
52zz@j34c.
OATs-Firm: mixed western. 52G3ic; white
western. 3j@L4lc.
RYE-NO market
BARLEY-No market.
PRODUCE-ButIer, firm; western. fresh,
12G92c. Eggs, firm; western, fresh, l5z4
PROvISIoNS-Pork. STEADY but quiet: mess
quoted at Sl0.5Gg lG.I5 for old: ST. sc
for new. Cut meats. firm; picked bellies.
67sG61Ec; picked hams, 10Ac: middcs
firm: long clear, &c Lard. unsettled
CATTLE-Dull and lower; common to eXtra
native steers. S4.0Jd5.6O per leo pounds; Tex
as do, $:L60lJS 80; Color ado, S4.20G4.51: bulls
and dry COWS. 81 0att3G5.
SHEEP-Dull and euser; fair at sS-JGd4-J0;
lambs at So 6Ud6.OO.
HoGS-FIrm At S3OoG5. %.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

To those acquainted with our
to say that the Invalids' Hotel
branch establishment located at
England, have, for many years,
the most largely patrOniZed an
the world for the treatment a.
arise from youthful indiscretion
We, many years ego, eStaOils
treatment of these diseases, III
the most skillful physicians an
that all who apply TO us might
Council of the most experience
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09

diagnosis treat chronic
diseases just successfully without as with personal con-
them, them institutions
femiIarize
hundred whom The
which enabled
their departments
almost miraculous in the light of the
telegraph
invention of degree of
fracture a
marine thousand miles long,? Our venerable
become thoroughly familiar with
the hayward elements of nature that he can accurately
Washington and fOrete
weather will be in Florida New York as well as II
between him and the
And all departments of modern science
wha IS required the knowledge of certain
# scientists deduce accurate
MEMS NJ Also medi
S'H"S VI Gals certain unmiStakabe
DISEASE and d By and ped fact we
-i TEN determining, with the greatest accuracy,
of chronic diseases without seeing and personally
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-09
/ CAUTION.

made (Which can only be ascertained BY
microscopical examination of the urine },
curative in one stage or condition are kn'
in Others. We have never, therefore, after
for general sale through druggists, reco
diseases, although possessing very superio
well from an extensive experience that q
full course is to carefully determine the d
each case by O chemical and microscopy
urine, and then adapt our medicines TO II
ease and condition of our patient.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-10
H ELECTION.

There were elections held in
thirty-fve states on the I'd inst. For
Congressman there we're Demo-
cratic gains in some States, Repub-
lican gains in others, but the Re-
publican gains were enough to cut
down the Democratic majority Of
43 in the present Congress to about
IL, and perhaps less.
In Virginia and North Carolina
the result was a surprise, the
Democrats in Virginia losing four
congressman, while in this State,
the Republicans gained two Con-
gressmen, one in the 18th and one in
the 5th Districts, in the first of
which Nichols, Republican, beat
Graham, Democrat, and in the latter
Brewer, Republican, beat Reid,
Democrat, but lost the second Dis
trict when Simmons, Democrat, has
a plurality of 1853 over O'Hara and
Abbott, both colored Republicans.
The official returns have not yet
been received, but the Republicans
are claiming the Legislature, with the
independents added, by a majority
of about 80 in the lower house, with
a small Democratic majority in the
Senate. They also claim to have
carried the Judicial ticket, but the
indications are that the Democrats
have elected the judges. The Dem
ocratic vote was very light showing
much apathy and Indifference with
a result that surprised both the vic
tors and the vanquished.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-10
BEAT THE LONG ROLL"

The interest in the election divert
ed the attention of our farmers for
the time from their clubs and many
other important matters. But it is
all over now, and we hope to hear
from all parts Of the State that the
long roll is sounding and that the
members r rallying to the good
work with increased zeal and inter
est. W. hope also to be able, in the
near future, to chronicle the organi-
cation Of many new clubs all over
the State. The long winter evenings
present a most favorable time for
the formation and work of clubs
and we trust our farmer friends
throughout the State will 90 actively
to work. We believe that they
should have each county thoroughly
organized, and then they should
have a State organization and meet
q year and consult together for
the advancement Of their mutual
interests.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-10

mile had been much alarmed n a
&reat amount of wild talk had been
iAdulged in. These Instructions
are not confined to this State TOR
nearly all of the Southern States
have had more or less of them, and
not\one Of them so far as we know
has had any real foundation. II 1T
were\ not for the mischief these
reports do by erroneous ideas
they give abroad Of the condition OF
affairs in the South, and the uneasl-
ness they create in the minds OF the
timid and credulous people they
would be ridiculous, but aside from
this they are foolish and disgusting.
The idea of a negro ~insurrection in
the South is simply absurd. The
negroes are not anxious for any
amusement Of that kind and if they
were they would not have the
temerity to engage in it. 1t must
be amusing to them, however. to e
how easily some people become
scared and what terror the unsophls-
ticated, take-the-world-easy negro
can inspire when fools paint him as
a savage thirsty for carnage and
gore. With the exception Of the
mule he drives there is not, as a
rule, a more docile creature in the
land we live in than the Southern
negro, who, whatever his failings
or peculiarities may be, is not given
to " stratagems or spoiIs" and has
no ambition to achieve distinction
as an insurrectiOnist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-10
UNUSUAL.

The farmers are trying to turn a penny
wherever they can. 1t is not unusual to
see; cotton wagons or the streets have a
bucket OF butter, a basket of eggs, a
bushel OF walnuts, a bag of dried fruit, a
package OF sassafras roots, a coop of
chickens, a couple of shoats. Cotton is
too low and they have to realize money
from what they can rake and scrape
together.-Chorlohe Chronicle. =. =.
This is pretty rough on the cotton
planter, but perhaps in the long run
1t may increase to his benefit by teach
ing him that he must not place his
sole dependence on cotton, that he
must diversity his crops and have
something else to market than cot
t0n~ The Southern farmer in the
cottohbelt must, of necessity, give
his attent'en to other crops as well
as cotton. -.rnff..g
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-10
THE FAIR

Notwithstanding the financial do
preston among u people. and w. Nc,
short crops Of the present season. 'ne
is a most gratifying and hopcfnI II
that the Fairs which thus far h""'
been held in u State, as a mi
are better than any of former ro o"ae'
Notably is this true ofthe CaroIin>'
Fair held in Charlotte last waaT
and we heartily congratulate thr'
management and all concerned ne
their The exhibit Of ,toL
was by far superior to anything W."
have ever seen on the rronnds
before.
r, ?. Reinhardt's horses and mao
n%ificent Shorthorns, S. B. AIrx"S
der's Jerseys, thoroughbred horses
mares, colts and Southdown sheen
l.. Banks Hollis beautiful herd dpff
South Devon cattle and Poland
China hogs, G. T. Wadsworth's
Yorkshire hogs, r. B. Cochran's
Jersey herd of cattle, J. r. Hollands
herd of Holsteins, Kerr Bros,
Merinos and Essex hogs, were amouy
the largest exhibits, while there
were numbers of colts, saddle and
draft and carriage horses, mules
cattle, hogs and poultry of decided
excellence and merit.
The Ladies Department, of course,
was among the most creditable Of
all. They never fail to do their duty,
The display of Machinery, as at
the State Fair, was inferior.
There were rather too manv trans
on the grounds for catching the
dimes Of the unsuspecting and rustic
youth, though it was gratifying to
note an improvement even in this
respect. We hope to see the time
when games of amusement, health
full, lively, innocent amusement, will
take the place of games and tricks
of chance on our fair grounds.
We know of no place in the State,
nor indeed in the South, whose
facilities for a first class annual agri-
cultural fair excel those of the city
of Charlotte. With a pushing, enter
prising public spirit-with railways
reaching out in every direction and
traversing n of the finest agricuI-
tural regions in the whole country,
with good, commodious grounds
accessible, we see no reason
why the Carolina Fair should not
be to the South what the Williams
Grove Fair is to the NOrth-C Central
States. And we trust that the en-
couraging success which ATTENDED
their efforts last week will stimulate
the friends of the enterprise to
renewed effort, and that the Fair Of
1887 will eclipse any effort in the
previous history of the association.
If the farmers of Mecklenburg will
organize into subordinate clubs and
then have a county club the fair
can easily be made a grand success
and a great benefit to u people.
Cooperation is indispensable to
success.
While the display of field products
excellent in quality, it was too
small for the area that is tributary
to Charlotte. 1t shows that the
farmers are not interested. Many
important items in the list Of farm
products wer blank. We looked,
but looked in vain, for a good "oM
North Carolina ham," The idea OF
an agricultural fair, in any
county in this glorious old State,
and not have some of our world
renowned North Carolina hams on
exhibition! Are they to be super
ceded and supplanted by "Chlcago
Short Ribs? We trust not, nor
shall it ever be done with our
consent.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-10
is

Several days ago a report was tel
~egraphed from High Point that a
negro Instruction was imminent in
Randolph county, and the people
were very much excited and some
timid ones very badly scared. A
military company rendered it's SER
vices to suppress the "insurrection"
and many citizens volunteered for
the same purpose. There was no
instruction nor no foundation what
ever for it more than a party of
negroes started from one of the
mines to Thomasville to vote
camped on the way over night, got
full of benzine andmade much noise.
And out of this some nervous per
son worked up an Instruction. A
year or so ago there was another
impending "insurrection" observed
in Chatham county, and several mil
itary companies rendered their ser
vices, for which there was no use
for Investigation showed lthat all
this insurrectionary business was
made out of a letter that one negro
wrote another, which was seen by an
ignorant, timorous white man\ who
misconstrued it and thus the report
of that insurrection started. More
recently, last summer, another ain>
surrection" was discovered in Rich
mond county, which upon investiga-
ton PANIED out just like the others,
but not until a great many peo-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-10

A writer in the Louisville Home
and Farm gives the following when
he calls a never failing remedy f'r
chicken cholera:
Give the sick fowls twenty drops
of laudanum in a teaspoonful OF coa'-
oil. One dose is sufficient to cure
the worst case. After giving the
fowl the medicine put in a coop 1or
a. day or two, until well. some
times [ have given two doses Out
rarely. 8. r..~'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-10
THE DEPARTMENT BULLETIN
AGAIN. +

We take the following from our
worthy contemporary, the NeDs and
Observer:
The Field and Farm thinks it
strange that the agricultural jour
mails Of the State should object to
the Agricultural Department Bulle-
tin in its presentsform and gives the
following good reasons for its opin-
ion: "In order to Bring this publ
cation under the q. Sspostal regu-
l%ations, and thereby effect a consid-
cradle and perfectly legitimate say
ing in postage expense, a nominal
subscription price of twenty-five
cents per annum was placed upon
the Bulletin and as the space required
from month to month for the record
of the stations work was not always
uniform In order to auoid sending ont
a lot Of blank paper, the vac0ncles were
filled NTH matters Of general o%grlcultu-
raj interest, though not directly relating
to the stations Work. One would have
supposed that such a publication
would be cordially welcomed by the
agricultural press of the State as
atfording a convenient and season
able record of the stations opera
tons, from which such portions
might be republished as seemed to
suit the requirements of each jour-
nails PATRONAGE
AS the PROGRESSIVE FARMER was
the first of the agricultural journals
Of the State to object to the publica-
ton of the Agricultural Department
Bulletin in its present form and as
the Neus and Observer endorses the
views expressed by the Field and
Farm above quoted, we reiterate
our reasons for the consideration of
our State contemporary and ask it
to answer the following questions:
First-Is it right for the Depart
ment to publish an agricultural
journal at the expense of the farm
ers ofthe State and charge them a
subscription price for it?
Second-If the Department does
not collect the subscription but puts
it on simply to evade the require
ments Of the Post Office Department
is it right? 1854
Thirds it right for the State
government to enter into direct
competition with private labor and
private enterprise? -....
No one would object to IA conven-
lent and seasonable record of the
proceedings Of the stations opera
tions Or the contrary the Pro
GREssIvE FARMER and every paper
in the State and every man in the
State would welcome such a publ
cation, but the January number of
the Bulletin announced that" it would
embrace the whole. field Of agricul-
ture-everything within the domain
of rural economy and it has
attempted to do it.
The Excuse given in the extract
quoted above from the Field and
Farm is entirely new to us and we
italicize it to remark that it shows
a familiarity on the part of this
Ohio journal with not only the
details Of the actual operations Of our
Department but with it's very pur-
poses and policy which is highly
creditable to the enterprise of that
journal. If our State papers and
people were so fortunate as to en-
joy a similar familiar knowledge of
the Department it would, perhaps,
be better.