The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-11-24
State gteus.

w. J. Cation has two very large
hogs. They are just IA months old
and Judges say they will weigh 400
pounds net.
The geological survey party
broke up camp here last week, and
drove their 13 horses to Morganton.
Their equipment has been ware
housed in Lenoir until next spring,
when work will be resumed here
Lenoir Topic.
The cotton seed oil mill began
work this week on 200 tons of seed
The season has opened lively and
the prospects are that the mill will
succeed in buying enough seed to
keep it running all the year.-Eliza-
beth City Economist
There are thousands upon thous-
ands of acres of our most fertile lands
that will lie idle next year if the
stock law is repealed, for the people
will not be able to do the fencing, in
fact our fences had about rotted down
before the present law went into eff
feet W0rTentOn Gazette.
Friend Will Bonner has placed
on our table parsnip which grew
in the Captains garden. It weighs
six pounds and quarter, and is a
curiosity worth seeing.-W. H.
Moreslandcr, of Blount's creek, on
Saturday night, week ago, killed a
300 pound bear on his farm. He
was big fellow for fact We
were shown one of his paws on
which measured % inches.-W WASH
ington Gazette.
Capt. E. J. Parrish, one of the
livest men in the State will rebuild
at once and be ready to sell the far
mer's tobacco in few weeks.-
The smoke from over 100000
pounds of tobacco now ascends from
the smouldering embers. Truly
Durham is to-day great smoking
tobacco town.-Capt. G. A. w.
Barham has some silver sugar tongs
made in 1882. They have been in
continuous use for one hundred and
four years-Durham Recorder.
There is a great scarcity of good
seed wheat and oats, but our farm
ers are managing to get in good
crop, especially Of wheat. Nor are
they done sowing, but are pushing
the work forward vigorousl y
The corn crop Of the county and of
the state has turned out well-the
best that has been gathered for
years. Some say they have made
more this year than for the two
past seasons. The wheat and oat
crops with US were a failure but
taking it all in all it is perhaps the
best we have had since 1885,
Chatham Home.
The cars of the Cape Fear &
Yadkin Valley railroad are at Be-
lewis Creek, seven miles from Wal
nut Cove.-We learn that Messrs.
McRae & CO. are going right ahead
mining for silver short distance
from Danbury. 1t is said that sew
eral samples of the ore have been
assayed, and so we'll are the parties
satisfied that it will pc a paying en-
terprise that they are having houses
put up preparatory for permanent
work. 1t is said that the ore is very
rich and the outcrops are visable for
several miles along the side Of the
mountain.-Danbury Reporter.
Daniel Bray has small hound
with which he caught more than
100 rabbits last winter, and accord
ing to his start he will make an i'm
provement on his record during this
winter.-Milk cattle are in lively
demand. We heard no less than a
half dozen parties enquire for cows
during the last week but we did not
know where to send them.-There
were several good hogs killed in
this neighborhood last week. Mahlon
Charles killed one that weighed $50
pounds; Pleasant Bodenhamer one,
386 pounds; Henry Stewart and
David Wilson also killed some good
ones. William Cook, of Waughtown
killed pig six months old that
weighed 224 pounds.-ISalem Press.