The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-01-12

valuable line, not only for his enterpris-
twin-city and the rich country Immediate
ly surrounding 1t. but it would open up
n of the finest sections in all the South.
The business men of Winston-Salem held
an important and enthusiastic meeting
last week and took steps to secure the
building of the road.
North Carolina members in Congress
have been placed on committees as fol-
lows: Mr.. Henderson, Judiciary and
Pensions; Mr.. McClammy, Agriculture;
Mr.. Rowland, Postoffices and Post-roads;
Mr.. Nichols, Mines and Mining and Labor;
Mr.. Johnston, Public Buildings and
Grounds; Mr.. Cowles, Patents, Expendi-
lures Of Department of Justice; Mr.. Sim
mons, Claims, and Mr.. Latham, District
of Columbia and Private CLAIMS.
We have a whisk-broom made by the
Goldsboro Broom Factory. 1t is pre-.
sented to us through Mr.. J. T. Patrick,
immigration Agent. 1t is made of the
corn grown by Mr.. Patrick, and the
handle of our beautiful mountain cherry.
1t is a job, too, that is highly creditable
to the factory. 1t is as neat and substan-
TALLY made as can be done anywhere.
These are the. enterprises to build up a
town or a section. Our towns have too
many stores and too few shops and fac
tories.
We call attention to the notice in this
paper of the Farmers Convention to meet
in Greensboro on the 10th inst. We re-
greet very much to say that the farmers
in Orange have not taken the interest in
the formation of societies, Clubs and
Alliances as we think they ought to have
done. These farmers societies are calcu-
lated to do a great deal of good to agri-
culture generally if properly attended to
and appreciated. The farmer who con-
ducts his operations low as his grand
daddy did fifty years ago, will surely get
left. Farming like almost everything
else, is subject to Improvement. New
modes, new ideas and new inventions are
constantly turning up. The farmer must
read more, study more and experiment
more, if he wishes to keep pace with his
more thrifty and intelligent neighbors.-
| HiUsboro Recorder.
A cOuntryman who had on a load of
=" tangle-leg" concluded he would take a
ride on one of the street cars, and that
he would take a view of the city, and for
this purpose took his position on the real
platform. Turning a sharp curve at a
sharp pace, the centrifugal force overcome
the force of gravitation and he landed in
the mud. The car stopped and he scram-
bled up and placing his hand on the side
of the car eighteen inches above his head,
he brawled out:
"Say driver, had a c'lision?"
"No," said the driver
"Kar, run off the track?"
"No."
"Mule, fall DOWN."
"No" said the driver, as sharply as the
cracking of a whip.
"Well, I golly, eff I'd knowed that,
don't b'lieve I'd a got off"
We have had our attention called to
the good qualities of the new kind of
cotton, "the zephyr" which has been
raised in Wake county for three years
and given splendid results. In 1886 the
yield of lint to the 100 pounds of seed
cotton was 424 pounds. Last fall, owing
to the bad season in this county, the yield
was only 363 to 80 pounds per 100 pounds.
In 1887 this cotton made a little over a
bale and a half per acre, and that on land
not very suitable for cotton. Mr.. J. T..
Stone has bought this cotton is now SELL
ing the seed throughout this State. Mr..
Stone has been prominently and favorably
known for Is years throughout North
Carolina. That he should engage in sell
ing these seed, after a strict enquiry into
their merits, is a proof that they are as
represented, and that there is no humbug
in the matter. His name and trade mark
on each package is a garantee of their
g%enuineness and good qualities. By the
above it will be seen that this cotton
made a fifth more than that generally
planted. If cotton that will make this
extra yield is planted this year, the good
farmers of North Carolina will increase