The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1888-10-23

Competitors for our splendid Premi-
ums are being entered at u Office. Work
for them. They, are valuable and will
richly repay for the work. Read them
and go to work and get one of them.
AT the regular annual meeting of the
North State Improvement Company, held
at it's office in Greensboro ON Wednesday,
3rd inst, Mr.. Jno.t D. Williams was re-
elected President, Col. j. A. Gray Vice
President, and Capt. R.. P. Gray, Secre-.
tary and Treasurer. ,.<e,
At the meeting of the Agricultural
Society, held in this city last week, w.
G. Upchurch, Esq. was reelected Presi-
dent and Mr.. Peter NJ. Wilson was re-
elected Secretary. Two better officers
the Society has never had. !
The Durham Fertilizer Co., is the first
to offer its guano IN cotton bags. 1t makes
a neat package. The farmers all over the
South are calling for cotton baling and
cotton bags for guano, corn, oats, &C., and
they are gong to nave II.
Our correspondent who inquiries as
to how and when, to plant ~iucerne, is r.
ferred to an article in this issue of the
paper, on that subject, which we copy
from the Charlotte Democrat. Also see
The Philadelphia Inquirer sums up
the situation briefly in these few lines:
The nights are damp and chill,
The skeeter's voice is still, 2
And divers anti temperance drinks go gurgling
.e-.s.. down; ,.tH t-r.--..l4 .-.s ta
The flies are in a fix,
l.. And men in politics 80. =
Are painting with a lurid crimson tint the town.
A colossal eolian harp was made in
Milan, in 1876, by the Able Gattoni. He
stretched seven strong iron wires from
the top of a tower, sixty feet high, to a
house near by. This giant harp was heard,
in a high wind, at a distance of several
| miles.
The Grand Jury of Mecklenburg
county having inspected the poor house,
report that they find it clean and well
cared for, "except that we earnestly
recommend that an entire separation of
white and colored inmates be made" We
should say so, decidedly. @.+% re-.
Here is the Arab test of a good horse,
which every farmer can apply. 1t is
simply to observe your horse when he is
drinking out of a brooke IT. in bringing
down his head, he remains square without
bending his limbs, he possesses sterling
qualities, and all parts of his body are
built Systematically.
An exchange says the best cure for
mango in dogs is gunpowder mixed with
vinegar. A brother editor quotes the
| above and remarks that down in his Sec
ton the remedy used is g%unpowder mixed
| with shot" We endorse the latter treat
nent to all farmers who raise sheep; it
is equally effective and acts quicker than
| the former. In cases where, from any
cause, it may not be convenient to adj
minister the above mixture, we recon-
mend 20 grains of strychnine given in
broken doses, which will also be found
very effective.
An exchange says the story of Gin
| derella has it's origin, probably, in an old
Egyptian legend, in which an eagle steals
the shoe of a fair lady, while she is bath
ing in the river, and carries it to the king.
He, admiring the shape, and seeing a fate
in the manner of it's being brought to him,
summonsed the lady, and marries her, as
our modern story.
We must congratulate our young
friend, Bro. II. B. Bagwell, of Auburn
Alliance, Wake county, on his continued
good fortune. He had eight entries at
the Fair last week and wore off seven
blue ribbons. It is the ten til time in sue
cession that he has born off the premiums
on cotton. Can't Bro. Bagwell tell our
readers the secret of his success?
The United States stands first in rank
among the nations of the earth in regard
to wealth, being worth $48, 0OO, OoO, 900,
other nations ranking as follows: The
United Kingdom, $47, oOO, 600, 900; France,
$40, 300, 600, 900; and Germany, $31,615,-
900. AS regards agriculture, the United
| States stands first, Russia, Germany and
France next, standing in the order named.
Did you read the "'Strong Indict-
ment" in our last issue, presented by the
Richlands Alliance, in Onslow? If not,
hunt up your paper and read it-once,