The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-02-24
No. 8.

The wise man wants all, the light
he can get, and is never ashamed to
admit that he has found ont that
his opinion was incorrect. Deliver
us from the man who was never
known to change his views. Such
men make stubborn jurymen, dis
agreeable companions, ugly men to
deal with, and must be of that class
whom an inspired writer seems to
except from the possibility of get
ting along amicably with when he
says, eff it be possible, live peaceably
with all men" "-Farmers' Friend.
Let us figure little. Take an
ordinary cow that will give two and
one-half gallons of milk per day, the
average price of which will be twelve
cents per gallon, and You have thirty
cents per day or SO per month. Take
off $1.50 per month for pasturage,
which is a very high price for the
pasture, and you have a net profit
of $3.50 per month, Or S22.50 for
three months, which is better than
giving the calf the milk for four
months and then selling it for S10.--
Farmers Friend .u
If speechmaking did any good,
we ought to be the happiest and
most prosperous people that ever
lived. For meaningless platitudes
and high-sounding rodomontade, we
are willing to put our National Con-
sress against anything on earth.
But for good, solid, earnest work
well, no matter, the average Rep
resentative never goes to Washing
ton for any such purpose.-Farmers
Friend.
A spider al shown by an esti-
mate by means of actually weighing
It and then confining in a cage, ate
lour times it's weight for breakfast,
learly nine time its weight for din
ner, thirteen times it's weight for
upper, finishing up with an ounce,
and at 8 p. m., when he was released,
ran off in search of food AT this
rate man weighing 100 pounds
would require the whole of a fat
steer for breakfast, the dose repeated
With the addition of half-dozen
well-fattened sheep for dinner, and
two bullocks, eight sheep and four
hogs for supper, and then, as lunch
before going to his club banquet, he
would indulge in about four barrels
,f fresh fish
l. TELEGRAPHING TO AND FROM
MOVING TRAIN.-The enchanted
land of Thomas A. Edison yester-
lay gave to the world, round and
perfect, another of his wonderful
electric inventions, and from this
time forward teIegraphing to and
from moving trains will be one of
the regular conveniences of the pub
iic The Edison system was APP
piled to train on the Staten Island
Railroad, and for an hour, message
after message leaped through the
air from the roof of car moving
at the rate Of twenty-five miles an
hour to the regular telegraph wires
over a hundred feet away. The
answers leaped from the wires
lown to the roof and were ticked'
out on an instrument in the presence
Of distinguished company of rail
road men and electricians. Mes
sages were sent home, stock quo
tations were received and orders to
arrest imaginary feeting criminals.
In short the exhibition was a big
success.
This is one of the curious things
floating about: Take a piece of
paper, and upon it put in figures
your age in years, dropping months
weeks and days. Multiply it by
two; then add to the result obtained
the figures 1868; add two, and then
divide by two. Subtract from the
result obtained the number of your
years on earth, and see if you do not
obtain figures that you are not likely
to forget.
| Mr.. Earnest Walker, in Gard
ners Monthly. says that tobacco
stalks and stems, used as fertilizers
for fruit trees and potatoes. will
destroy the borer, and that they
possess great value as mulch as
well as fertilizer They are said
to increase the yield of potatoes
largely and to produce q better
/ IL Z.