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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-29

strawberries. waternelons. peaches and
pumpkins. together with all kinds of nuts.
grasses and woods The various Finds OF
farm products are shown. and there arc
bugs Of every description, from the Kan.
sas grasshopper 70 the flea
walked through the department with
Doorkeepcr Arnot. and Arnot Is one Of
the rarest birds in the government avi.
ary As straight ~ Lake Superior oak.
he looks like the old time gentleman Of the
stage. and be struts abou; as though he
owned the earth. and might order the
water moved off Of It at any time.
Let me tell you how lac looks.
His coat is blue swallow tail. with big
brass buttons. almost as large around as
so gold piece lie has black pumps
with large SUICIDES over tlc ius.ep. ii.
pantaloons are black. AMI his well iron.d
vest is of buff linen OIt Of 10 shows a
fine ruflel shirt and upon his nose rest,
pair Of gold spoe'ac.cs His hai~ is as
white Is frosted silver, and me is dignity
personii;ed lic is very cordial. however.
rs 4 guide. and as you walk along with
him he viii tell you bis history Il Is M
story. for be- has been nill-
ionaira. and now has nothing but lis sal.
airy. lie has not lost. however his SELF
respect with lis money. and he is p-oba-
BIZ 81 happy as he was in those days
whcI be rolled I'm gold.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12
Prepare for Winter.

Don't wait until cold weather is
actually upon you before you think of
preparing for it. Have the house
thoroughly cleansed and whitewashed,
the floors covered with dry earth, sand
or some other absorbent. Have the
perches overhauled and replaced where
necessary. Stop all cracks, crevices
Dr. places under or below the roosts,
where the wind can force it's way in,
so as to absolutely prevent any draft
on the fowls. If you have a bank
wall on the back of your house, put it
in such condition that the water will
run clear from it, and not leak through
and deluge the floor of the house.
Where a house is exposed to the full
blast of winter gales, it is we'll to pro-
tect the windward side by a screen Of
orn stalks or evergreen limbs a little
protection of this kind often makes ia
vast difference in the warmth of the
house, and warmth and dryness means
healthy fowls and more eggs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12
WHEN AND HOW TO PRUNE.

This is a subject that is frequently
discussed at public meetings and by
the horticultural press, and is answered
in various ways. The answer to the
first part of the subject is often given,
"when the saw is sharp" To the
second part. elaborate directions are
given, the ideas Of which have been
derived from European sources, where
the tree requires a much more open top
than it does in our sunny climate.
Now in regard to the time of pruning
fruit trees, it has been found, and we
think is an undisputed fact, that the
best time to prune grape vines is as
soon as the leaves fall in autumn. And
we contend that this is the best season
to prune apple orchards. Pruned
then, the wound becomes scared over
the same as the grape vine does, and
the flow of the sap is prevented, which
often causes a bad wound when the
work is done in March or April.
The latter part of the subject may
be more difficult to answer, but We
fully concur with the statement Of a
well known %pomologist that "sharp
saws have ruined more orchards than
insects" Some seem imbued with
the idea that all that an orchard re-
quires to make it produce an abundant
harvest is to prune it annually. Avoid
cutting away large limbs as much as
possible unless they are dead or dis
eased, in which a they must be re-
moved. It will be found that but few
directions for pruning are required in
order to keep an orchard in a good
healthy condition.-Farm and Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12
SOUTHERN FARMERS AND PRO-
LECTION.

The Chattanooga Tradesmon says
the Southern farmers are ~"nearly solid
for protection, as was proven by the
resolution passed by the Annual South
ern Farmers Congress at it's last
falls session." Where was a Southern
Farmers Congress held last fall ?
Tell us who was the author of the reso-
lutions and who voted for them. Give
us a little light~o on this matter. We
know that a so-calleu Farmers Con
gress was held in Chicago last fall, and
that protection resolutions did pass
through that body, but how was 1t
done ? And how many Southern
States We're represented in that body,
and how many Southern delegates
voted for them? Better "read up a
little, brother Tadesman, and we would
commend to our brethren of the North
Carolina press who are reproducing
the Irudesman's article, the records for
inspection and for information.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12

A good farmer should never depend
upon his neighbor for what he can, by
care and good management, produce
on his own farm. He should never
beg fruit while he can plant or graft
trees he should never borrow vehicles
or tools if he can make or buy them;
he should never refuse a fair price
for anything he wants to sell; he
should never undertake to cultivate
moro land than he can till thoroughly,
for while well-tilled land is constantly
improving, half-tilled land is growing
poorer every day. He should always
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12
FOREIGN

Senator Farewell has introduced a
bill to regulate immigration which pro-
vides that the immigration of convivts,
paupers, idiots and insane persons
from any foreign country into the
United States is prohibited. Any i'm
migrant before being permitted to land
shall exhibit to the proper officials a
suitable certificate from the United
States consul for the port Of clearance
stating, that the immigrant comes I'M
der the provisions of the statute and is
possessed of sufficient means to support
himself six months. If any immigrant
shall be the head of a family, the GER
tifcate shall state besides the above
facts the number, age and relationship
of the members of said family, and that
he has the means to support them SIX
months. All persons not exhibiting
such certificates shall be returned to
the country whence they came. The
master of any vessel who shall accept
any immigrant as a passenger, or at
tempt to land any immigrant who has
not first procured the certificate provi-
ded for, shall be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine not exceed
ing $1,000 for each person found
without such certificate, and may also
be imprisoned for a term not exceed
ing n year
This is one Of the great questions Of
the near future-ShaU Foreigners be-
come Americanized, OF shall america be-
come Foreignized2 Iii estimated that
the foreign-born element, with their
children of the first generation, now
number in this country nearly 49,
600, 900. It is further estimated that
this same class in the year 1900 will
number 43, 900, 900. What effect will
this tremendous influx of a conglom
crate foreign population have on the
free institutions of this country ?
What will be its effect on our morals,
our politics, our religion, u system
of government a.? Fortunately for the
South this mighty tide has swept
along the lakes of the Northwest and
is spreading over that vast area west
of the Missouri river. But when it
shall have covered and occupied this
territory and reaches the Pacific, las
it soon must do) it win recoil. There
r no more Western worlds to con-
quer. In it's recoil it viii spread over
the South. What is to be done 2 This
is a problem that may well engage the
serious and earnest attention of Sena-
tor Farwell and the Representatives of
the American people. 1t is within
the recollection of most of our people
when an immigrant was three months
out from London to New York, and
the cost of his passage ticket n hun
dred dollars. Now he can make the
trip in less than ten days and at a cost
of from $40 to $40. Indeed, if he
takes Storage passage, az . large ma
jority of them do, he comes at a cost
of eight dollars. Pouring in at the
rate of three-fourths of q million q
year, what will be its effect on our
A,& Ns&M I
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12
THE COST OF THE AGRICULTU-
RIAL DEPARTMENT. ~

Since the organization of u State
Agricultural Department, ten years
ago seven hundred and fifteen licenses
have been issued for the sale of COM
mercial fertilizers in our State. These
licenses have brought to the Depart
ment three hundred and ffty-seven
thousand five hundred dollars.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12

have a supply of dry kindling woodor
summer Stove wood for his wife, if.
he wishes to avoid chilling looks from!
her, he should never have a broken,
pane Of glass in his house, or a gate.
that will, not shut. His tool house.
should be as clean as his wife's sitting
room, and he should have ga place
for everything, and everything in its
place.o-Er. +:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12
THE RAILROAD AND FARMER.

The general effect of the railroads
on farming, as upon every other In
dustry, has been to make nearness to
market count for less, or fertility and
other natural advantages to count for
more. Goods no longer have to be
produced near the point of consump-
ton, but may be most adyantageously
made wherever labor is most efficient
or land most fertile.
All improvements in transportation
for a time favored long distance traffic
more than short distance traffic, and
helped the farmers of the West more
than those of the East. Grain was no
longer carried at a fixed rate per mile;
it did not cost the railroads anything
like twice as much to carry goods
1000 miles as to carry them 500 ; in
fact, the competition for long distance
traffic became so great that the charges
from Chicago to New York were
made absolutely less in the aggregate
than from intermediate points.
A reaction against this state of
things seems to be setting in. A series
of State laws, and finally the Inter
State Commerce Act, have tended to
check the worse abuses of this policy.
Much difficulty was apprehended in
enforcing some of these laws, but the
wisdom Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which is charged with
their execution, will probably be sufi-
cient to make the law accomplish it's
purpose without serious harm.
Still another force, more powerful
than the act of Congress, is operating
in the same direction. Under present
conditions much Of the Western grain
traffic brings but little profit to the
railroads. The price of wheat has
fallen so much that there is less chance
to make money in the expert trade,
for a railroad or for anybody else,
than there was a few years ago. 1t is
not unlikely that the attention of rail-
road men in the immediate future will
be turned more prominently to the
means of developing their short-dis-
lance traffic, by greater facilities and
by lower rates. This may be done,
either by a suburban train service,
which shall prevent all the business
from keeping, together in
cities and enable them to have homes
in the country or, BY a better de-
vised system of local freight rates By
which such products as require quick
transit may be more cheaply and
brought to market than at present.
Both of these reforms have been tried
with some success iR Europe, and
there is every reason to wish that the
same thing may be done in America
Prof A. z. HaAeg IN Farm and
Home.
No falsehood can endure touch of celes-
tial temper; but returns of force to its i
own Hken$SS-MEtoF 80
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12
Feeding a Variety.

In feeding your poultry, from the
kitchen come many of the very choicest
tit bits, which find their way into the
]capacious craws of the chicks; and it
not only receives the monotony Of
grain food, but it turns to profitable
account what would otherwise be
thrown out and lost. Bits of bread
and meat, the crumbs from the table
cloth, the bits of celery and scraps Of
cabbage, all are relished by the fowls.
While the fowls will greedily take
these just as they come from the
kitchen, there are many other things
which could be proitably used as
chicken food, if but a little care and
time be bestowed upon it's preparation.
There are the potato parings; these
can readily be utilized by boiling them
a few minutes, and while still hot mix
ing a few handfuls of fine corn meal
with them, after which they a be
set away to steam. When they are
cool, the mass can be fed to the fowls,
and they will soon clean up every par
ticle. They can also be used without
the corn meal. Turnip parings can be
similarly treated, and is not this far
better than permitting them to be
carelessly thrown away and wasted ?
Green feed is the demand of every
living fowl at all seasons of the year.
Those who have not been careful to
supply every pen Of fowls with green
feed in some form, have no idea of
the amount they will consume.
With twenty-five fowls in a yard or
pen, you may in summer NOW and
give them a bushel basketful of the
short, tender grass from a lawn every
day, and all that they do not eat of it
they will so thoroughly destroy it that
you cannot find it from day to day.
If it is not convenient to give them
the shortcut grass, give them daily
every refuse green thing from the
kitchen-garden, from the market-gar-
den, from every source, and they will
select what they like best, and so
ferociously that you will wonder how
they can consume so much. And
these healthy hens will "shell out
the dividends to you which will pay
for the trouble.
We have asserted almost an in
Vulnerable number of times that
corr alone IS not a suitable food
for laying hens, for it will make them
too fat to be healthy a season through.
The nature of this raw grain is heat
ing and drying to both blood and
tissue. Hens fed three times a day
upon whole, uncooked corn, for the
greater part of their diet, will not lay
regularly, ven in the laying season;
nor will they produce two-thirds the
eggs in a year, no matter what may
be the variety bred, that the same
fowls will give you il, fed alternately
upon scalded meal and boiled potatoes
in the morning, green food of some
nutritious kind with scraps from the
table at noon, and Try cracked corn,
wheat and oats at night.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12
l. DEPARTMENT..

eve are pleased to announce to the readers of
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER that we have been so
fortunate as to secure the efficient services of Mr.. r.
H. Weathers as Editor of this Department. He is
one of the best Informed men on this subject in the
South. He desires that all communications and
questions designed for his Department be addressed:
Poultry Column, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, Raleigh,
N. c." He will most cheerfully answer all ques-
tons relating to poultry through this column.
Write him- EDITOR PROGRESSIVE FARMER.O
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12

For SALk--A High Arm Sewing Ma
chine with all the attachments, as good
as new, having been used only one month.
VIII sch cheap. Apply at this Office.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12

No falsehood can endure touch of celes-
tial temper, but returns OF force to Its
own Ekensss.-Mlton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-18
Port Collectors Statement.

SAN FRANCISCO. Febru nv 17.-Col-
lector of Port, John s. Hager, to-day
made written statement of his views
upon the charges which have recently
appeared in the local papers to the eff
feet that large quantities of opium,
aggregating several hundred thousand
dollars, have been smuggled into this
port during the past year by "ring,"
composed of several prominent indi-
vlnuals who, it is lntimated, have been
aided in the alleged fraudulent opera
tons by the deputy surveyor of port.
The collector disclaims all responsible
lty for legal or illegal transaction in
the surveyors Office. as that officer is
appointed by the Presi lent. He states
that the charges which have recently
been made in the local press have been
brought to his attention during the last
SIX months. and that he has inquired
into them with the view of laying the
matter before the United States attor-
ney, but has been unable to formulate
sny charges owing to want of personal
knowledge of facts and names of wit
nesses VINO could establish the truth of
the reports. The collector invites all
persons to acquaint him of any facts
the matter Of which they
may be possessed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-18
FOE SALE

DY CARTER & sTANIOS, No. g. Vest
ID Sc nd South Street.
So go takes u bargain III ffteeu acres with
fine orchard AID large stone dive ling. tour
and a half miles sou beast of city.
s4,50O will buy two brick cottages, one five
rooms and one three rooms Corner lot,
Twenty-frst Ward. 165Xl65 feet
$500 takes q corner lot on Third South
Street, east of Mai ,165x2St119 feet with one
large and small dwelling and orchard.
$4,000 will buv three fine residences thee
and half blocks east of Main Street,
l24X1sS feet
81 500 buys good hotel in coed business
location
$50 buys new four room b:ick house,
stable and other improvements, 66Xl65 fes t,
ON Fifth West Street, Fifteenth Ward
. Finest residence in the city; 200 feet
square; two blocks east from Main Street.
$500. A great bargain open for five days
only; ten blocks east from Main Street, with
splendid view override vail V: seven room
hose, large stable, frOntsge S2I5 fee, 320
feet deep, and art 1l51., feet de-
$500 buys fouE-ro0m cottage on corner
facing south, s212 feet each front; nine
blocks east from MsiT Street
Corner lot o5 X 100 feet; five blocks east
from Main Steet; joining lot 55 100 feet,
with large brick house and stable; can be
bought separste or in one.
$l,8G0. A fine two-room cottage with
summer kitchen: 10: 66 24715
200. A bars ain house on Brigham
Street, east; south 'front.' lot 70 feet front. 100
feet deep; house part adobe and part brick.
LOTS.
$500 buys fine building lot on First
South Street, S2115x165 feet
Lot, one and One-half blocks west from
Main Street; 4911 feet front, 165 feet deep;
price, 800 per foot.
One hundred acres of land four miles west
of Temple Block; sos per acre.
We have a good list OF other desirable
properties which we shall be glad to show
investors.
$4,000 to loan in sums to suit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-18
Russian monetary Currency.

ST. PETERSBURG, February IN.
Vichnegradski, minister of finance.
submitted to the Council of the Emu ire
law to establish a metallic standard,
as a preparatory measure to the con-
solidation of Russian monetary cur
rency, the metallic standard to be obi
gatory. 1t provides that for time
commercial dealings and contracts for
delivery on purchase or leases. may be
concluded on specie valae. Payments
due in conformity with such business
agreements, are to be made in Russian
gold, or silver, or credit notes, at
rate fixed for every month by the min
lister of finance. Payments of fiscal
import dues are also to be made in
specie, but at an officially fixed rate.
excepting custom duties. which are to
be paid as heretofore. in gold. The OBJ
ject OF the measure is to bring gold and
silver into circulation, to prepare the
way for the compulsory metal stand
ard
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-18
In Event of War.

GENEVA, February lit is reported
that the German ambassador at Berne
recently furnished the Bundesrath
with proof that France, in event
of war had planned to cross the
frontier at Basic, and further
stated that Germany was ready TO
sign a treaty to protect the NEUTRAL ~
of Switzerland. The Bundesrath, he
said, replied that that body, hearing of
the French plans. bad taken the precau-
ton Ct creating the LaDdsiurm t. occupy
the whole line of Jura. from Borcourt
to Faucilie and Constance on the
French frontiers and could only accept
German a d in event of real violation
Of Swfs neutraity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-18
Lewis-Corb Cores pondenoe.

PHILADELPHIA, February 17.-Yester-
day National Master Workman Lewis
wrote to President Corbin, and to-day
the latter sent him reply. The cor
respondence is now being made public.
Lewis said he was DESTROYS of bringing
the troubles to an end, and proposed 10
order the strikers back to work if Cor
bin would give assurance that as the
work was resumed the subject of wages
would be considered in conference be-
tween the company and its employ ees
or their representatives, and upon the
further assurance that no one should
be Disseminated against by reason of
his connection with the strike. Mr.. Cor
bin replied that on consultation with
President Keen, of the Reading Coke
and Iron Company, he would agree to
the proposition, except as to the men
concerned in the assaults on the miners
who did not strike, and provided fur
ther, that in any conference concerning
wages, the miners are not to expect the
company to paw higher rate of wages
than that paid by other coal producing
companies in competition with it.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-18
Suffering Indians .

ST. PAUL, February 17.-Edmonton,
North west Territory, advices state that
s. Cunningham, a member of the
Northwest Council. who has just
returned from a trip to Lacia
Biche in the far north, reports
the condition of the Indians
there as deplorable. These Indians
have been cut off from government
assistance since the ReiI rebellion,
their horses, cattle and everything
given them prior to 1886 being taken
from them. They are now raiding set
tiers, Jr eating them out of provisions
by begging. The state of affairs in Ed
monitor district is no better. Indians
are actually dying of starvation.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-18
The Opium smuggIers.

WATERFOWL, \. Y, February IL
NJ. +. Hsllihan, special agent of the
Treasury Department. has secured evil
dence that the smugelers have confed-
crates in New York. One or more gov
eminent officials on the Pacific Coast
are said to be involved. The carpen
ter's tool chest, which has been traced
back and forth across the st. Lawrence
River several times. was seized By the
officers at the house of Samuel Gardi-
ner, ErWin's bondsman. This chest
came from the Pacific Coast, where it
was once seized aud found to contain
opium. Gardiner claims to have bought
it from the government at auction, and
now the government takes it from him
in connection with his offenses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-18
Attempt at Adjustment.

CHICAGO, February livery inter-
ested line in the northwest was repre-
sented to-day at the managers meeting
of northwestern lines. The matter of
existing troubles was put in the hands
of committee, which, after considera-
ton, reported that the only way to Sc
cure peace and harmony, was to merge
the Western. Southwestern and North
western Associations into one, to be
governed by the same rules and regula-
tions, and with one head. The COM
mittee was appointed with instructions
to confer with the managers of south
western lines, and arrange a joint con-
ference at the earliest possible moment.
Resolutions that all rates be restored
March LIST. to the tariff in effect prior 30
January 31st, yes defeated, Burlington
lines refusing restore rates until
permanent agresL mt was adopted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-18
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, February 1.-THE
Blair educational bill was laid before
the House, and referred to the commit
tee on education.
Milliken moved that the committee
on manufactures be instructed to report
back on Frid y next his resolution. di-
recting the secretary of the Treasury to
investigate the sugar trust in New
York. Agreed to.
he House then resu ed considera-
ton of the urgency deficiency bill, the
pending question being upon instruct
ing the public printer to erforce the
rigid provisions of the eight hour law.
The amendment was adopted, and the
bill was passed.
The bill for the relief OF Nathaniel
Mckay, and Executor Donald Mckay,
was passed.
Adjourned until Monday.