The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-08-18

Maj. Charles w. McClammy, of Pen
der county, was nominated for Congress
from the Sd district in convention al
Clinton on the 18th inst, or the 345th
ballot, in place of Hon. Wharton j,
Green.
Capt. w. w. Carraway, the well
known travelling agent and correspond
ent of the Raleigh News and Observer, has
been appointed by the President a post
office Inspector and been assigned to
duty at Chicago.
Speaker Carlisle stole a march on
the boys in the House and did a very
~commendable thing when he ordered
the House restaurant keeper not to sell
members any liquor on the day that
Congress adjourned. The consequence
was that they adjourned sober and
respectfully.
DO not fail to plant at least a boun-
tiful supply of turnips for the table and
for your stock. Break the ground deep,
and pulverize it thoroughly, taking care
to it literally. Sow good seed of
best varieties. You can't make a good
crop of turnips on poor or even medium
soil; 1T must be made rich.
Prof. Foster, a Western meteorolo-
gist, predicts a period of violent storms
extending through the Western, Middle
and New England States, tornadoes, hail
and rain, from the 10Th to the 9th inst,
and a tropical hurricane on the South
Atlantic coast between the 10th and Goth.
1t is to be a family fight in Tonnes
see. The Democrats have nominated
Hon. R. L. Taylor for Governor, and the
Republicans nominated his brother, Hon.
A. A. Taylor, for the same Office. Rather
a dull campaign that must be, for it will
not give the public the private record of
the father and grandfather.
1t is true economy for every farm to
be provided with COOL comfortable quar-
tiers for all the stock in winter and plenty
of shelter under which to store all the
hay, fodder, shucks, &c, and all the i'm
plements and machines used on the
farm. Who will furnish the PROGRESS
I'VE FARMER with a description of the
best and cheapest barn for the above
purposes?
The n. G.. Horticultural Society
adjourned at Fayetteville to meet at
Sanford on the Cape Fear IL Yadkin
Valley Railroad, on the 18th inst,
to finish classifying and cataloguing
the fruits of the State. The session will
last two or three days, and those inter
estedi in fruit culture are invited to attend.
Arrangements have been made with the
hotel at a cost of one dollar per day for
those attending the meeting.
A French chemist claims to have
discovered a process by which he can
make artificial milk closely resembling
cows milk. He takes grease and a fluid
chemically prepared, blends the two and
the result is milk. After standing some
time the grease comes to the top like
cream on milk and may be made into
resembling butter. He has
yet succeeded in making it taste like
milk but he hopes to do it.
We have Just heard of an incident
illustrates. forcibly the thought
lessness which marks the management
of some of our farmers in their reckless
One man bought a portion of
another's farm, and with it bought all
the ashes which had been accommodating
on the farm. He ran a fence across the
farm on the dividing line" and each
one planted corn, the purchaser using
the bought ashes on his land. There is
comparison in the crops growing on
each side of the fence. The seller was
puzzled to know why his corn was so
much inferior to hat of his neighbor,
and was quietly informed that the ashes
which he had sold at a mere nominal
price did it. He says now that he will
never again sell his. ashes. We suspect
that that man has been for these long
years throwing away his ashes, andpaying,
long prices for fertilizers, and perhaps
mortgages to secure the payment.
Some of our brethren of the<State
press do THE PROGRESSIVE farmer the
honor to clip literally. from it, editorial