The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1886-05-12

is constructing a large iron bridge
at Shelby.
The people of Johnston county
propose to erect a monument to the
memory Of the Confederate dead
who fell at Bentonville ...J aaHl
The acreage in tobacco will be
some smaller in this section this year.
The flies have destroyed num-
Der of tobacco plants on the beds in
this vicinity. But owing to the re-
duced acreage, we learn there will
be enough.-BaHleboro HeadliqM.
Wheat and oat crops are not
very promising in this section. Mr.
W. NJ. Eudy, of Mt. Pleasant,
brought US a number Of wheat stools
on Monday, and on examination
found that the root was full of insect
eggs. The result Of this egg impreg-
nation will be found out later
Concord Register
Six car loads of steel rails were
brought up Wednesday evening for
the Mt. Airy branch of the Cape
Fear & Yadlin Valley Railroad.-
We learn that the steamer which
has been in process Of construction
to navigate the Dan between Mad
ison and Leaksville is about COM
pleted and ready for the engine. She
is soon to ply the waters of the Dan.
Lroo,a cHoro Dotr;ot
The crop prospects were never
better.-Mr. John Brown, of this
place, says he had wheat last week
that measured Al feet high The
Willow Brook Manufacturing prop
eNy at this place will be sold at
auction on the premises Saturday,
9Th Nay Of June. Capt. Snow is
building one Of his Modern Tobacco
BarnA near the sash and blind fac
tory, So that persons interested in
tobacco can see the barn by visiting
High Ppint.-High Point Enterprise.
Farm ers from different sections of
the cou unty give most unfavorable
accounts Of the prospects for the
wheat drop. Not more than half a
crop W lll be realized. The oat crop
too is 4 failure even worse than it
was laFt year This is very discour-
agingho our people. The fruit crop
promises to be abundant. This en-
courages, and our citizens are about
as content and hopeful as usual
Chatham Home.
A heavy hail storm passed over
the northern portion OF the county
on lhst Friday evening. Slight dam
age WAS done to the fruit and grain
i'll sbme places.-One of our best
farmers from the western portion of
the bounty showed us few days
ago q bunch of wheat which had
been Nblighted by the ravages of
some Kind of an insect, and we were
sorry to- hear that it had attacked
the WI heat generally in that section,
and is doing great damage. We
have not heard of it in other
sectpns.-Monroe Enquirer.
=. An effort is being made to form
a joiht stock company for the pur-
pose \of establishing a school at
StokeAbur in this county.-In !;
three years from the 22d day of next
December Stokes county will have
completN the first century of its
existenceA That will be December !.
22d, 1889. Nearly all the hogs in
this section are dying; some farm
ers have ld st the last hog they had.
The disease is thought to be the eff
feet of eatihg acorns. 1t is said that
hogs always die after a heavy acorn ]
mast. The County Surveyor in
forms utfhat he was engaged nearly
all lastweek in laying off new towns
at Walnut Cove and Stokesburg.
Hfsays about three hundred lots
We're surveyed, and that it is pro-
posed to call the new town North
and South Walnut Danbury
Reporter.