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and happen on every farm. Ii the

and happen on every farm. Ii the
relation existing between nelghbors
are such that they can make arrange
ments for aiding each other, each
arranging his W work with refer
ence to the others, it is probable that
half of the work done on each farm
might be done with greater economy
of time and labor.
And it is not the accomplishment
only that is to be considered. This
thing of working together and asso-
ciating intimately adds a great deal to
the enjoyment Of life on the farm,
which is hum-drum enough at best.
Our relations to our fellow men con
%stitutes the ground of most Of the en-
joyment of life in this world. Then
let US work together as much as pos
sible. It is as old as humanity, the
principle if not the words, alt is not
good for mai to be alone" We
should live more with each other and
for each other. A good way for the
farmers to begin this good rule is for
a few in every neighborhood to make
an arrangement nov at the beginning
of the year to thus cooperate as far as
possible during this year. It is well
worth a trial.-Jomnol Of agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-09
H PRESENT AGE.

1t is difficult for any one actively
working in the world to rightly esti-
mate the forces developing in differ
.ent nations during his own era.
Twenty-Five to forty years ago, while
the forces of slavery and freedom
were being ranged for conflict, we can
see now was the most momentous era
in American history. Our politics in
that age were, undoubtedly, of greater
importance than those Of any other
country in the world. 1t was surely a
great privilege to be an American citi-
zen during that era, and take some
part, however humble, in the preser-
walton of the great republic. This
was one of the grand thoughts uttered
by Washington in his last address be-
fore disbanding the army of Revolu-
tionary veterans. Since his day no
generation of Americans had greater
responsibilities than devolved upon
those in active life twenty-five to
thirty-ive years ago.
American politics have confessedly
de~teriorated since the war era, and the
moral conflict that preceded it. If we
were asked to give an impartial opin-
ion as to what nation was now most
profoundly agitated by questions of a
political character, the answer would
be that, so far as politics were con
cerned, those of Great Britain were
for the time more important than
those of our own country. Not that
England is the centre of moral and in
~tellectual influences, as it once was,
but rather that the questions agitating
English politics have at present more
moral' character than have our own.
1t will be remembered that Rev. Mr..
Berry of England declined the call to
the Plymouth Church ~pastorate in
Brooklyn on the ground that his work
in England was more important than
it could be here. No Englishman
could have truthfully said that twenty
five or thirty years ago. Even now
it is only on the surface true.
Fer, though our American politics
be now mean and d~espicable, they con
stitute but a small part of American
life and force. Proably there are as
great men now as ever lived, but they
are engaged in business %avocations
rather than in political life. The
country is developing it's resources
with greater rapidity than ever before.
Ultimately this will take on a moral
impulse, as all development must in
the end. When this is done, it will
be perfectly plain that, though unno-
ticed by us, the world has perhaps
been progressing as rapidly towards
its future ideal as it ever did in any
time or among any people.-Americon
Culavdtor.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-09
FARMERS SHOULD EXCHANGE
WORK AS MUCH AS
~ POSSIBLE.

In a great steel rail mill, whose
operations we once inspected, there
were employed about two thousand
men, divided into three turns or shifts.
Between these men there was a gener-
Gus rivalry which made each turn
anxious to get out more work than
either Of the others. 1t had a most
beneficial effect, so far as increasing
tina output of the mill was concerned.
So, the sort Of competition that is
often set on foot, when a number of
men who do not habitually work to-
gether do chance to work together a
time, is very apt to stimulate all
to greater exertions and they
turn out more work. than they
otherwise would. This holds good
just as well in all farm work as in any
sort of manufacture. There is hardly
a farmer, whether in a newly settled
or older country, who has not been a
witness to the extraordinary amount
of work turned out at a barn-raising,
~log-rolling, corn husking or any SINH
lar affair, when a large number get
together and "make things hum"
Why cannot this system be extended
to a great many other operations on
the farm? There are many occasions
when a joining Of the forces can be
put into effect with a great saving to
all concerned. In fact, two or three
farmers who live zeal to each other
can by a little planning adopt a system
of interchange of work that would be
worth a great deal to them. AS an
example of how this might work, sup
pose that one of three neighbors has,
say a corn crop on land that dries out
sooner after rain than the other two.
Suppose it is time to pillow, plant, cul-
tivate or do anything else in connec
ton with it. If the two, whose ground
is too wet to work, will put in say two
days with that one, they can save time
that would perhaps be otherwise lost
and earn two days by doing it. Then
when they got ready, he would help
them and the work would be finished
so much the sooner. The same way
in doing almost any sort of farm
work, but especially in those things in
which the force employed on each
farm can only do the work at a dis
advantage. These jobs.are numerous
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-09
A WORD TO OUR FARMERS.

First, we would advise our farmer
friends to avoid composing one par
ticle. 1t is pure folly to waste valuable
time that might be judiciously en-
ployed in resting by hauling dirt and
other matter for composing. Such
work wears out horse flesh and de-
stroys wagons and but shows the folly
of the farmer. Where is the good
sem in hauling compost when you
a buy commercial fertilizers from
the merchants. We would advise our
farmer friends to buy all the CONNER
cial fertilizer they a possibly buy.
The first thing, however, for every
truly good farmer to do is to mort
gage his crop, lands, mules and every
thing to some merchant, by means of
securing his supplies. When the
mortgage is made and duly recorded
the farmer will next trade all the
merchant will let him. By this means
he will be sure not to get left on the
wants and desires ofhis family. When
the crop is planted her it is we'll to
let the grass and the cotton fight it;
of course he will not think of planting
anything except cotton.
The farmer who will follow the
above advice will have the pleasure
at the end of the year-of seeing all
that he has, sold under the hammer to
settle the mortgage upon which he has
been trading, This advice we give
our readers because we know full well
that a great number of them will act
according to our advice any way and
we want for once at least to give adj
vice that will be followed Wilson
Advance.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-09
For THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.
A FARMER ON THE CONVEN-
TON.

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Jan. 80, '89.
The resolution adopted at the
Greensboro Convention, asking it's
members to contribute articles on the
various subjects of practical farming,
to be published through the columns
of your paper, is, 1 think, a good one.
and if heartily entered into will, I'm.
doubtedly, result in the improvement
of all who read your paper. The end
aimed at in that resolution was an
exchange of thoughts, ideas and con-
illusions arrived at by experience,
among our own farmers at home, in
our own State.
When | read any article on farm
ing, if I only know that the man who
wrote it is a farmer himself, one who
has had hold of the plow handles and
knows how, and does use the hoe, one
who has put up compost piles and
watched the result, and can say by
experience whether this or that will
pay best, One who has raised stock.
grasses. grain. etc., [ say, when |
know all these things, it gives the ar
ticle new life; / think more of it; it
gives it weight, We need practice as
well as theory.
I endorse the Agricultural College.
1 look upon it as capable of in
~incalculable good to the boys aud
and young men, who are to
take our places inthe farm life; but
we who are already settled in life,
cannot reap the full benefit of that in
stitution; but if the subscribers to
your paper, such men as were at the
Greensboro Convention, would give
vent to their ideas and long experience
in farming, through your paper, it
would help to solve many a doubtful
problem.
Suppose, Mr.. Editor, 1 pick up
your paper and 1 see an article from
MI. A. OF eomposts, and how to make
manure; one from MI. B. on stock
raising and feeding; Mr.. D. has one
on whether or not it is best to
stock or adopt the soiling system |
Dont you see at once thatyI'm attend.
-ASA&1E4
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Some German statistician has re-
Gently calculated that in the year 1865
the inhabitants of the world exchanged
no less than ?, 300, 600, 900 letters. In
1878 they amounted to $500, 600, 900
letters and in 1885, including postal
cards, 6,257, 600, 900. In 1886 it is
estimated an exchange took place of
5,849, OO0, 900 letters, l,O77, 900, 900
postal cards, 4,61O, OO0, 900 printed
objects, and lO4, 900, 900 patterns,
making a total of 1910, OOO, 900 ar
ticles: This would imply an average
of about five letters and postal cards
per year for every inhabitant of the
globe. At the head of the list stands
Australia with "a letters or postal
cards per year for each of her inhab-
itants. Then comes Europe with IA,
Asia 4 and Africa g.. In addition. to
these, the posts of the world employ
some 489,O00 individuals, distributed
over 154, 900 ofices.-Enchange.
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ing, as it were, a course of lectures ?

ing, as it were, a course of lectures ?
Take again the report of the COM
mittee, at the Convention, on COM
post, fertilizers, etc. The chairman
of that committee we'll said that the
time being so short, and the subject
SO vast, that hardly an outline could
be given. If there is any n thing
that is engaging the attention of the
farmers in this section, it is the fertil-
izer question-how much shall | use
to the acre, what suits this piece of
land and what that? If these ques-
tions were agitated through your
paper, by all those interested, consid-
cradle light could be thrown on these
perplexing questions.
Also the report of the Committee
on Miscellaneous Subjects That re-
port, to my mind, contained some
grand truths and statements. But
how could we get the full benefit of
those statements and truths in so short
a time given to them by the Conven-
ton? Just so with there ports of the
other committees. The time was too
short to enter into all the details rela-
tive to these important things. Let's
have all these things discussed through
the columns Of your paper, for our
own good, as we'll rs the good Of those
who were not at the convention, and
we will all be better equipped for the
business of the next Convention. Some
one made the remark at Greensboro
that in a certain neighborhood the
farmers would gather together often
and simply discuss farming, This
was ten years ago, and to-day the
effect of those meetings are plainly
visible. Let the subscribers and read
ers of your paper gather together
through it's columns and have a little
chat every week, and have it Nvely
too, about all our interests, both as to
farming and everything else, and in a
few years, if not sooner, the effect Of
this will also be seen.
And now, Mr.. Editor, one word to
the farmers and those interested in
farming: Brethren, The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER is loyal to our interests in
every sense of the word; it speaks
right out in behalf, and fears no
opposing party. All the agricultural
associations of the State have adopted
it as their official organ, and if any
paper of that kind in the State de-
serves our patronage, it is The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER. You who have
made farming a success, and who are
rich in agricultural knowledge, or
who have any ideas or plans that
would tend to benefit others, please
sit right down and write them to The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER. North Caro-
lima has the material. Brethren, let us
hear from you. F. S. NEAL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-09

OF the thirty eight widows of Revo,
lutionary soldiers drawing pensions
from the government, two are resi-
dents of Ohio, two Of Indiana, two Of
Illinois, two Of Kentucky and two of
Michigan. Tennessee claims no less
than eight, while North Carolina has
five, Vermont three and Georgia
three. The other old ladies are scat
tered about in Maine, Minnesota, Ne
braska, New York, Pennsylvania,
Texas and Virginia. The two oldest
are ninety-fve years of age, and the
youngest sixty-nine, the average being
eighty-fve. Of course the husbands
of these women must have been mid
die aged or quite old with young
wives. The youngest woman Of the
list is Nancy A. Green, Of Versailles,
Ind, and the two oldest are Susan
Curtis, of Topsham, Me-, and Nancy
Rains, of Carter's Furnace, Tenn.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-02-09

Farmers are having some little
trouble in securing labor in Edge
combe, at present, says the Southerner.
The negroes hope, by holding off, to
secure better wages. The truth of it
is the farmer who hires labor at the
cheapest figure at which it can be
secured will lose money unless he
watches everything closely There
RI few men who can make much by
working many hired hands on a farm.
WATSON 4dvancecT T Z
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LESTER WALLACK'S RECoALECT1oNS.

Ills EARLY EXPERIENCES on THE STAGE.
From advance sheets of scribner's Magazine for
October
lesi,aed long before made up my mind to
become actor; but when finally did 50. deter
mined that should know my profession from beginning:
to END and should depend upon 1t for my sole support
cried in those carly days, because would not let
her send me five pound note now and then, to add
10 my weekly stipend Of twenty shilhngs!
was resolved that whatever success might mako
would owe to mysel ard not 70 my fathers name ;
ts,er, In the town Of Rochester In a comedy called
Charles H." by John Howard Payne had very
Ecub was K.Eg ' Gbac pa'' r al ee PeGe 1%
Ind Jones he Earl Of Rochester In tie orr giua cast
snort one, as my uncle, Henry Walack who had alien
The theatre as an experiment, had 1t only for few
weehs; IBIS was my first professional engagement
Ply salary vas sun ono pound week. and paid
apout as piHctraiy as actors In small companies
v Eeri s al VA .'nS Three pounds week
mon nous icL We got TO the larger provincial
tlties salaries we're !i'tlc higher. but am very
muoh IN uouot any leading ACTOR al Bath Bristol.
Liverpool. or Maachcstcr. ever received more than
ten pounds a week in those days
Establishment at Mlicham, in surrey. called Emoa
Nous Academy fine old MANSION which hal become
produced immediately before the beginning of he
i4nmeI hoid " rpon an mproyiscl stage I'm the
general manager IS the son OF the celebrated Mn
Nailach. IL was felt proper naturally tha 1 should
take part and was tlcd for the speech from Homes
tragedy of Douglas" BY name +, Norvals~aIL,rg,,
was only ten years o: age. I wa, osscd in p rel
lunic trimmed with fIr white trousers and red SHOES,
md carried round wooden shield and a wooden
WORD painted blue. As for the lines suppose |
aust have painted them red. How spoke tiie,u
heaven only Knows only remember thai l never
missed a syllable
My next appearance AZ another school pcr-
toimahce given at Brighton, when was about fifteen
years cd Ihis was az seminary Kept by q Mr.
AhfTec which was then rather celebrated and the
play was Pizarlo." II that time rny uncle Henry
NalIack. was stage manager at Covent Garden. or
tOulse an the boys were rackipc their brains and
lansachng tie shops 10 find what they should wear
BY mother applied "a ny uncle. VINO sent down a
lOr &C splendid properties, leopard skin robe and all
the necessary things for ROla all OF which wcr. Of
sourse very much too largo for me particularly the
,anias. remember nothing OF the play except that
II went of with great deal Of applause. bur 7 do
Remember that the end wa, most undiCnlfed one
Tor me. because fcll dead fen Just exactly where
Tho curtain must come down me: and whom II
tegan 10 descend the boy who played Alonzo and
bne Of the soldiers stepped forward. and taking mc
Dne by leg, and by the other. dragged me up
the stage bit OF new d" business which greatly
Appreciated II might ludgc from The rOars7 IN front
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The course is designed TO give the student; ,
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