The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-03-24
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The outlook for the wheat
crop in this section is good, and
farmers are hopeful and cheerful
Mad dogs are plentiful. M. G..
Lovelace killed four in one day and
J. w. King two more near the mar
ket last Friday.-ReidsuiAe Times.
Through sleepers now run from
Chattanooga directly to Asheville,
without change, and also from
Asheville to Chattanooga a.-Lenoir
Press.
Two Wilkes county public school
teachers named Howell, brothers,
now IA or Is years of age, respect
lively, have been teaching two years
Both hold certificates from three
counties.
Col. T. M. Holt has given the
contract for another large cotton
factory on Haw River, which will
run half million spindles. Thus
the industries of North Carolina
continue to increase
Corn and -four are more plenti-
ful on the Albemarle market now,
than we have seen for years at this
time of year The flour supply may
get scant before harvest, but the
corn will hold out.-Stanly Observer.
Mr.. N. L. Mast, of Watauga
county, who was in town week
ago, told us that in places where
the snow drifted into the mountain
roads, the ice is about six feet
thick, and wagons have to pass
over it.-Piedn,Ont Press
The court house at Troy,
Montgomery county, was burned
on the 18th inst, but work is
progressing so rapidly on the new
court house, the Vidette says, that it
will be in readiness for the coming
term of court on the 29th inst. 1t
is temporary structure.
The Newton Enterprise says
that Mr. JAS. Murry, of this county,
raised $4,000 worth of tobacco
last year on five acres. He kept
no horse and only hired the break
ing up and running off of the land.
He did the balance of the work
himself
Large quantities Of Western
meat and hay are being received in
this city by the car loads. When
will our farmers raise their own sup
plies Of hog, hominy and forage ?
Thise tide of money going to the far
West to pay for the above articles
is the secret of our dull times. And
that money never returns.-Golds-
boro Argus.
Mr.. Ransom Burns, after twelve
years experience selling stock to the
farmers of this section. of which he
has made a very considerable bust
ness, says that the farmers are in
better condition and that the out
look for prosperous times is better
than in seven or eight years.-Fdy-
etteuille Ners.
We look forward for a good
wheat crop and of good quality,
because we have never known fail
ure to follow so favorable seeding
season as we had last fall.-The
Revenue officers made raid last
week near Laws store They cut
up one still, but failed to have an in
terview with the gentleman what
made the corn juice-Person County
Courier
-Elwood Cox has received more
new machinery for his factory
Mr.. J. P. Sneider killed a hawk a
few days since that measured four
feet and four inches from tip to tip.
I. Groome will plant 100 acres
in tobacco on his farm which he re-
Gently purchased Of the Freeman
estate Elwood Cox has shipped
over 100000 spokes and shuttle
blocks and 100000 hobbin heads in
the last thirty days He has 900
cords Of rough timber to convert in
to the above named articles as fast
as possible, and is running his mill
here ten hours day and three
hours at night.-High Point Enter
prise