The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-06-25
EDITORIAL NOTES.

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By the unanimous vote of the.
regents; the collegiate departments Of
the State University of West Virginia
have been opened to females, whereat
the girls rejoice greatly.
= A corporation with a capital Of
100000 and W.D.: Hoard, D. w.
Curtis, John Boyd, S.. +, Harrison, FL.
B. Gurler and Fl. D. Sherman as in
corporators, has been organized as a
National Dairy Fair Association.
An International State Fair is
to be held near Elmira, N. Y. Sept.
1927. George M. Robinson, of Ell
mira, is Secretary. 1t is announced
that 500, 900 has been pledged and
the expectation is to have a gigantic
affair. Railroads will give reduced
rates.
y Gen. VIM. T. Withers, aged GA
years, proprietor of the celebrated
Fair Lawn Farm, and breeder of noted
trotting horses, died at his home,
Lexington, KY, last week, from the
effects of wounds received in the
Mexican war.
- New Zealand imported the
English sparrow and now, it is said,
the native birds have been driven
out, and a reward of five cents each
is offered for the death of every SPAR
row. He is a thriving, cherping,
indefatigable pestilence wherever he
finds himself.
- The absence of the editor, Col.
L. L. Polk, who delivered the annual
address at the commencement axe
cises of the Mississippi Agricultural
and Mechanical College, on Wednes-
day, the 10Th inst, will account for
any inaccuracies and Deficiencies in
this issue of The PROGRESSIVE FAMER.
- France will honor America by
selecting the Fourth of July as the
day on which to unveil the Statue of
Liberty at the French Metropolis.
The United States of America will be
ably and amply represented on the
occasion by the indomitable Buffalo
Bill, assisted by the irresistible Bill
Nye, with Whitelaw Reid as supernu-
merary.
y The catalogue of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, for the year
past shows that the institution is well
equipped for educational work. It
enters upon a second century of life
with every promise Of enlarged USE
fulness and prosperity. The next
session begins September 5th, 1889.
For catalogue, address Hon. Kemp
P. Battle, President, Chapel Hill, NC.
y An enthusiastic farmer, "M
G. g." of Pasquotank, where the
bullfrogs jump from bank to bank,
just bubbles over and MARBLES as fol-
lows: ~.
Afarmcr's life s the life for me-:
/ own / love it dearly;
And every season full of glee,
take it all right cheerily,
I'll drain and fence,
Nor grudge expense; &C.,.
To give my land good dressing;
I'll pillow and cow, T.
Or drill IN row.,
And hope from heaven a BLESSING.
= The crops of South Carolina,
Georgia, Mississippi ndoAlabama, so
far as we could judge from the win
dow of a coach that was skimming
over the land at5the rate of thirty to
forty miles per hour, will average well
this season. An excess of rain in the
great prairie lands of Mississippi, and
where they are cultivated almost ex.
clusively by negroes, has damaged the
crops and has given growthful vigor
to the grass. We were gratifed to
note the improvement in blooded
stock everywhere, and an increase in
grass and other forage crops.
The Secretary of the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington
City, has recently issued a pamphlet
giving the history of the agricultural
experiment stations which have been
established under the law of Congress
and r now conducting scientific
and practical experiments in regard
to soil, tillage, manures, crops, stock
feeding, dairying and horticulture in
the various States. All the States
and N territory Dakota) now have
agricultural experiment stations. The
total number of these stations now in
operation is forty-six, or including
branch stations, nearly sixty. They
employ more than $40 scientists and
agriculturists, and will this year re
ceive 1886, 600 from the National
Government and about $l25, 900 from
| the States and other sources.