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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
AGRICULTURE AND LABOR.

If the present Punishment of Chi
nese laborers continues, it may be
a serious question where the fruit
and hop-pickers are to come from.
We do not anticipate, however, any
speedy success in this movement
hat the labor supplies will be cut
off, and if the movement be gradual,
so that new supplies of good work
men can be summoned to take the
place of the element to which 50
much objection is made, the result
will be generally satisfactory.
We notice that the makers of new
laws at Washington are linking ag-
riculture and labor in this way. A
bill has been reported, which pro-
vides for the establishment of a De-
partment of Agriculture and Labor,
under the supervision of a Secretary
of Agriculture and Labor, who shall
be appointed by the President and
confirmed by the. Senate. The bill
also provides for the appointment of
an assistant secretary. The new
section presented for Incorporation
in this bill by the Labor Committee
creates in the Department of Agri-
GU ture and Labor, a division which
shall be under the charge of the
Commissioner of Labor, who shall be
appointed by the President, with
the advice and consent of the Sen
ate. Heisto hold office for four years,
unless he is removed, and receive a
salary of $1,000 per annum The
Commissioner shall collect informal
ton upon the subject of labor, it's
relation to capital, the hours of la
Dor, the earnings of laboring men
and women, the means of promoting
their material, intellectual and moral
prosperity, and the best means to
protect life and prevent accidents in
mines, workshops, factories and
other places Of industry. The Sec
rotary of Agriculture and Labor is
empowered to inquire into the causes
of discomfort which may exist be-
tween employees and employers
within the United States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
A NEW IDEA ABOUT CORN.

An exchange tells of a man who
plants two or three weeks after the
crop is planted, a new hill of corn
every fifteenth row each way. And
this is the reason: If the weather
becomes dry after the filing time,
the silk and tassels both become drv
and dead. In this condition, if it
should become seasonable, the silk
revives its..growth, but the tassels do
not recover. Then, for want of pol
len, the new silk is unable to fill the
office for which it was designed.
The pollen from the replanted corn
is then ready to supply silk, and the
filling is completed. He says nearly
all the abortive ears, so common in
all corn crops, are caused by the
want of pollen, and he has known
ears to double their size in this fill
ing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28

| can name four or five Of my neigh
bors who succeeded as well proper
tionately with amount in cultlva-
ton. Now I submit that no other
crop, involving an equal outlay OF
labor, means, and land could have
produced such results as tobacco.
Bro. Curtis will doubtless agree with
me. He will say, however, that
while [ and a few others succeeded
a large number of others failed. This
is no argument against tobacco as an
addition to other crops, but is an ar
gument against the management OF
the men themselves. While Bro.
Curtis has succeeded, and well, with
stock, he will not insist that every
man who has attempted to deal in
stock has got rich, nor even made
money, simply because, no doubt, all
are not so judicious in this manage
ment and methods as his.
I believe u people can do well
with tobacco, and help the country,
by proper management; while L
know that they can fail at that or
other things by improper manage
ment. Ali of our farmers who raise
their own supplies and have a crop
of tobacco in addition, and cultivate
and handle it right, are making
money, and not hurting their lands.
I know many, having concluded to
rely entirely on tobacco, leaving
other things out, have failed, but this
was more on account OF the mar
than the crop.
My advice is, let every farmer
prepare for full supplies for home e
use, over to spare if possible, and
then add a few acres Of tobacco and
cultivate and handle well, and our
country and people will find the to-
bacco crop a most important factor
in the up-building of the section.
Sol. J. LUTHER.
-AsheriWe Citizen.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
Correspondence.


HoMINY, n. c., April IA, 1886.
EDITOR CITIZEN have read with
interest some communications in the
Citizen from my neighbor and friend
J.. c. Curtis, presenting the relative
advantages of tobacco culture with
grass culture and stock-raising, to
the disadvantage of tobacco culture
as a profitable or judicious venture.
All that neighbor Curtis says of the
advantages of stock-raising and
grass-growing / heartily concur in. /
also agree with him in the suggestions
that an improper or careless cultiva-
ton Of tobacco is not only unprofita-
BILE but may lead to bad results. But
what | wish now to show is that to-
bacco culture itself is not mimic al to
any interest, but can be made, as
where properly done it has been
made, a most valuable and important
auxiliary crop in our section. [ will
cite my W experience the last
year. [ have sold my crop of to-
bacco tor $500 cash. To make this
crop and sell it cost me about $500.
In addition | raised not only enough
home supplies for all my needs, but
| have sold in hay, Irish potatoes
and other products already, for cash,
over two hundred dollars worth.
and have enough to sell to quite
reach the sum of cost of producing
the entire tobacco crop, viz: $500.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
THE KNIGHTS OF LABOR.

MI. Powderly's circular letter to
the Knights OF Labor throughout
the country sounds the first note of
the campaign, and may be accepted
san intimation that, believing every
ether means of reaching a settlement
of the questions involved in the
great strike in the Southwest to
have failed, he has now thrown
down the gauge of battle. This is
the first time in the history Of the
Republic that its people have been
called upon to witness such an i'm
portant contest; and when we con
slider the magnitude of the interests
involved and the far-reaching effects
which the result, whatever it may
be, will have upon our social and
economic relations, the thought is
enough to give every intelligent mar
food for anxious reflection. Mr..
Powderly pleads earnestly for funds
to aid the strikers, and at the same
time intimates that another appeal
may be made, presumably to secure
legislation against monopoly. He is
careful to assert that the battle is
not against capital, but against the
man who wrecks railroads, homes,
fortunes and lives in his greed for
gold" A holy crusade this would
be in any country and by any peo-
pie, but there would be danger in
success. Victory might lead to the
establishment Of monopoly equally
as dangerous, namely, that of sud
denly acquired power without the
equilibrium of the compensating bal
ance necessary to restrain excess in
an opposite direction.
What are the facts? Thousands
OF men are out Of employment.
They claim to have grievances for
which they cannot obtain a remedy;
they insist that the wages which
they receive for their labor will not
support them and their families, and
that for this reason they have stop
ped work. individuals and corpora
tions who employ them deny their
statements; and SO these two fac
tors, employer and employed, stand
in armed opposition. But mean
while there are millions of dollars in
the country awaiting investment,
and the condition of things is accom-
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
THE CAUSE OF VERMIN.

Says the Poultry Nation: Lice do
not attack fowls that are in good
condition as they do those in an im-
pOverished state. Lice and poverty
go hand in hand among fowls, and
it may be claimed the presence Of
lice causes the fowls to become poor,
which is true; but if the fowls are
fat and in good flesh, the lice are re
PEELED to a certain degree, as they
are not partial to oily c~arcasses,
much preterring the poor, thin fowls
as their victims, which they soon
destroy. With clean quarters, a
dust bath, and liberal feeding, the
fowls will rid themselves of vermin,
and do it SO completely that they
will not again be troubled, unless the
breeder compels his fowls to live in.
filth and disease-breeding places.
The same may be said of disease
which follows lice. Fowls that be-
come the prey of lice become weak
and sickly, and are not able to ward
off disease, and therefore become
subject to it much quicker than those
that RI healthy. But if the poor
fowls are attacked, contact carries
the disease among them all, and the
whole flock suffer. Instead of yer
min causing poor condition, the re-
verse is the case
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28

panied by so much uncertainty thar
all this capital lies unproductive AZ
the very time when it ordinariIT
could be put to profitable use
Builders, it is true, are taking ont
permits for the erection of structures
of all kinds, but many Of them hes;
tate at beginning operations until
they a discern some prospect Of
a restoration of amicable relations
between capital and labor. Indus
trial and mechanical establishment.
are declining to make contracts for
the future the best halfofthe sprinr
season Of business and trade has
passed, and but little progress has
been made toward that activitr
which was anticipated when the
year opened. The vast fields Of the
Northwest will soon be ready for tba
harvest, but men will not manufac,
ture implements needed to NOW
down and prepare the grain for the
markets of the world if they think
it is only likely to rot in the sheaf
1t is not until we are brought face
to face with conditions such as now
exist that we r able fully to recoe.
nize how dependent we are one upon
another, and there is little wonder
that a lack of confidence prevails and
that men are undecided as to what
their next course should be.
Public opinion, which may occa.
sionally err on matters of detail but
which is generally right when it be-
gins to crystalize opposing elements
and form general deductions, is hest
tating where it should place the re.
sponsibility for the events that
are now transporting. The reports
that come to us through the
Geographic. and other sources
have in some ase the appearance
of being rather the diluted opinions
of others than the reflex of actual
occurrences. Therefore it is that
they are taken with caution; but no
such necessity need exist when We
begin to ask who will be responsible
for the conduct of the test which it
is threatened will now be begun.
The Knights ofLabor must shoulder
that responsibility alone. The rail
road companies with which they are
at war will use no more weapons
against them except in self defense,
and the leaders of the order must
see that the campaign is to be oneG
moral force. The task before them
aditficult one. In theirvery strength
paradoXical as it may seem, lies then
weakness. If their acknowledged
head found it difficult to mould his
subOrdinates to his views, how much
more difficult will it be for those
subOrdinates to control men who
have entered the order without any
comprehension of the responsibilities
of citizenship, but simply with the
view of helping themselves as indi-
viduals. There may in this organi-
cation be embryo of a new estate.
which is to WELD a salutary infu-
ence on our laws and institutions
but before these men, earnest as
many of them may be, arrogate to
themselves that privilege let them
show by their actions that they are
worthy of being invested with such
dlgnity.-PhiIddelphia Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28

For a hair curler take two ounces
of borax, and one drachm Of gum
arabic, and add to them one quar-
OF hot (not boiling) water. SUI,
and as soon as the ingredients are
dissolved add two tablespoonful OF
spirits of camphor. Before going 10
bed wet the hair with this fluid anu
roll it in pieces of paper in the usua'
manner. Unt
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
THE HOUSEWIFE TO HER
DAUGHTER.


You little guess the lonesomeness that's
coming DER my life,
When YOU have left the farm and me to
be Will Johnson's wife;
But | suppose my mother felt just so
when from her side
Your father came one Summer day to
carry home his bride.
All me! how happy had | been if Provi-
dence had spared
Nv good old man, to see this day, who
all my feelings shared;
But then | would not bring him back,
not even if | might,
Nor change one crook that's in my lot,
for what God does is right.
But as / sit alone and think, | see some
things I'd change;
l might have made him happier; then
do not think it strange,
If | should speak some warning words,
to save you, if | may,
From making thoughtless, sad mistakes,
to bring clouds DER your way.
So Just remember, Hannah, dear, that
though you're pretty bright,
1t may be very possible you'll not be
always right;
Perhaps when you are fretting DER some
other bodv's sin,
You'll find the fault was all YOU own if
you would look within.
As when we washed the window panes,
together face to face,
So that the smallest spot or stain should
find no resting place,
You would insist, however hard to make
you see | tried,
That every spot was my fault, when twas
really on your side.
And Hannah, oh, be patient if you find
Will sometimes slow,
Your wits flash out like lightningstreaks,
as swift to come and 90.
Now lightning is a handy thing in
stormy nights, tbs true,
But after all a steady shine is kind o
useful too.
And if there's any difference comes 'twixt
your good man and you,
Don't stop to ask whose fault it is; the
only way to do,
Is just to take the thing in hand try and
with all your might,
Before it grows too big to change, to fix
it up all right.
You know the dough, when first It's set,
is moulded as we will,
But when It's baked we cannot change
its shape for good or ill;
So now, when you are starting out in
your new home is just
The time to see what ways you'll set to
harden into crust.
But, dear, you'll not succeed alone, no
matter how you try;
You'll have to 60 down ON YOU knees
and ask help from on High.
We soap and rub, and boil and rinse, but
after all, you know,
Its takes Heavens sun TO make the
clothes as white as new-fallen snow.
-G0NI HOuse Rpp,in0
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
PROFIT IN FRUIT GROWING.

The farmer who sells fruit, ever
at low prices, will be surprised to
find how much more he receives
from an equal area in any kind of
fruit than in ordinary grain crops
1t takes a pretty large area to pro-
duce $40 worth of wheat at present
prices, but this amount is easily re-
allied from a few choice vines or
trees in full bearing, and with less
expense for cultivating and harvest
ing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
POTATOES FOR THE BUGS.

1t is well after planting potatoes
to drop a few cut pieces on the sur-
face Of the ground. This will at
tract the potato beetles, which may
then be destroyed. The beetle rare
ly eats the potato. 1t is attracted
to it to deposit its eggs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
GIVING LAND A REST.

Producing a crop is a necessity
where fertility exists. If not a val
liable crop it will be n of weeds,
whose seeds are Away present and
ready to terminate when opportuni-
ty offers. If left unplowed the land
should be so heavily seeded with
clover as to prevent weed growth as
much as possible. When most far
mers talk of giving their land a rest
they mean rest themselves from
the labor of tilling it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
PASTURES.

-r#.- DIVIDING PASTURES.
AS stock in running over a large
field trample down quite as much as
they consume, there is considerable
advantage in dividing pastures, SO
that while one part is being eaten
down the other will be growing un-
molested. Not much Of a fence is
required to do this, as there is no
great temptation to break over before
the farmer will voluntarily make
the change. But it is not a good plan
to accustom stock to poor fences
anywhere, as when once taught to
be breachy it is difficult and often
impossible to break the habit OF
jumping.
WATERING CUCUMBER VINES.
Much Of the watering of cucun :
Der vines is so injudiciously done as
to result in more harm than good.
If cold water is thrown on the vines
in large quantities it hardens the
surface soil and runs off without
benefiting, except for a very little
while. The proper way to water
any vines is to dig a hole in the side
of the hill, fill it with manure-water
two or three times and allow this to
soak into the soil on either side.
Then replace the loose earth i'll the
hole and hoe the earth around the
vines to the depth Of n or two
inches to retain the moisture.
LEGISLATING AGAINST THISTLEs.
The recent Indiana Legislature
enacted that any person knowingly
allowing Canada thistles to grow
and mature upon his land, or land
under his charge, shall be fined not
less than S. 0 more than $40 and
for the second and each subsequent
offence, double the amount of the
first time. Supervisors of the high
ways of the State who allow thistles
to grow on any road in their dis
tricts are subject to like penalties
as are also road masters of railway
lines who allow the pests to grow
about stations OF along the right Of
way under their supervision. This is
a wise law and worthy of enact
ment in other States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
NEATNESS PAYS.

Let any farmer look around in his
vicinity, and he will find the most
prosperous farmers are those who
take the most pains in keeping their
fields and fence corners clear OF
weeds and their buildings painted
and in good repair.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
ACIDS POISONOUS TO SOILS.

Apples and other fruits should be
gathered and saved, however low
the price, since they are at least
worth gathering for their feeding
value. If left on the ground they
IRE positively injurious, the acid of
the fruit poisoning the soil and de-
stroying all vegetation beneath them.
A dressing of lime will correct this
acidity and restore fertility.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-04-28
farm gotes.
BOARDS FOR DRAINS.

In some places boards nailed to-
gether make a good and cheap drain
for carrying off large bodies of wa
ter. Hemlock boards always kept
under water are quite durable, but
if part of the time dry they soon
decay.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-02-09
81. ia

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will tell YOU -FOUR trouble without asking YOU a
single question, and warrants permanent euro
in the following cases.
NERVOUS Debility, Spermatorrhna, Seminal
Losses, Sexual Decay, Failing Memory, Weak Ewes
Stunted Development, Lack of Energy, Empower.
iShed Blood, Plmples, lmpediments to Marriage
also Blood and Skin Diseases Syphilis, Eruptions
Hair Failing. Bone Pains Swellings, Sore Throat.
1lcers, Effects Of Mercury, Kidney and Bladder
Troubles. Weak Back, Burning Urine, Inconti-
nence, Gonorrha, Cleet Structure receives search.
ing treatment, prompt relief and cure for life
NERVOUS Diseases with or without Dreams)
Diseased Discharges cured promptly without hin.
drance to business.
BOTH SEXES consult confdentialy " in
trouble call or write. Delays are dangerous
Diseases OF the Eye and Ear, liberation or Ca
tarrh, internal or external Deafness or PARALYSIS
Singing or Roaring Noises, Thckened Drum, etc
permanently cured. LOST MANHOOD perfectly
restored.
CANCERS AND TUMoRs permanently re.
moved without the knife or caustic
Medicines compounded and furnished TO all Da
tients at ofce-strictly pure and vegetable Guar,
antee OF permanent cures in all cases undertak.
ell. Consultation free and confidential All cor.
respondence promptly attended to; medicine sen,
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or address Private Dispensary Nos. is7-I34 Third
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Terms strictly cash. Offic. hours, s a M to pm.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-02-09
Taken Up.

dhCKI y
At Lisle's ranch, near Soldier on Camas Prairie,
December 25, 1885. one ~ LIGHT BAY MARE,
about three years old. branded on left shoulder,
and l. on left hip. Also one IN SORREI- HORSE
COLT, about one year old, branded l. on left hip,
and stripe on forehead.
The swner is requested to call at the ranch,
prove property pay charges, and take the animals
away L. N. Isle.
SOLDIER, Idaho, Jan airy 10, 1886,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-02-09
A RIVALS VENGEANCE.

Unmarried at twenty-five, I was RICH
entirely my own mistress, and considered
more than pretty; and still, in spite of
many excellent opportunities to change
my condition, was rapidly drifting ON to
old-mnidenhood.
l had admirers and suitors In plenty :;
where Is the heiress who has not2 And
two men loved me. I was sure OF this.
Never were two people moro unlike
temper, everything. Even their respec-
two circumstances and positions In Iifa
offered striking contrast.
George Redfern was O wealthy and In
fiuential banker, forty years of age. grave,
quiet, and reserved in manner, and with
an indisputahle and enviable standing In
society; while Robert Dene. my Robert.
whom loved-was comparatively poor,
having only his salary as confidential
clerk in the Redfern bank tout of which
he supported a widowed mother). and was
one Of those merry, cheerful, light-heart-
ed fellows who get the name of being
wild without deserving 1t.
Mrs. Dene had been my dead mothers
friend. Naturally l often went to visit
her. She was an invalid, and hardly ever
went out, except for an occasional quiet
drva with her son, who idolized her.
For Robert and I understood each
other, as lovers will. He was very sensi-
tive and high minded. I thought, at
first, that because l was an heiress he
would never speak the love I knew he
felt, and which longed to hear; but the
welcome declaration came at last.
And had Mr.. Redfern to thank for it.
I met him at Mrs. Denes cottage one
evening when he had stopped to speak
to Robert on some business, having
CHANGED to see him In the garden when he
was riding past.
was at the window, leaning out, when
ne saw me. l knew, afterwards, that
was the reason he astonished Robert by
accepting his invitation to come in.
He was very quiet, retiring man, go.