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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-12-13
THE OLD DUTCH FARMHOUSE

The old Dutch farmhouse usually
consists of a kitchen, a large living.
room, a cheese room, adairy, two small
bed rooms In the garrett and at the back
forming part of the main builC ing),
the big COW stable with it's huge loft
and a wide space in the middle, where
threshing and winnowing are still done
in primitive fashion. Hay ricks with
moveabl9 roofs on four poles, various
barns or sheds and an outside kitchen
called the baking house." where the
rough work is done Good cooked o
cattle, etc., surround the main build
ing.
The "baking house" is often used as
hving-room in summer, nj Is HloI9
cheerful than the solemn apartment
into which the visitors Is mVaTIariy
ushered. A wide chimney hned WIN
tiles stretches nearly across n l or
this room. but the open fire on q
hearth has long ago disappeared, ana
given place to an ugly stove. Quaint
brass fire irons hang behind it, and on
either side is an armchair, differing
from its humber brethren only in the
possession of wooden arms. Ii there
is a baby in the family it is likely to
be reposing in a cradle with green
baize curtains as near a. possible to the
fireplace, in defiance of all laws OF
health. Two or three large cupbOards,
some times handsomely carved, always
kept well polished, stand against the
whitewashed walls One of them gen
orally has glass doors in the upper part,
and on it's shelves the family china
often of great value-is exposed to
view. Unfortunately, these heirlooms
in old families have been largely ought
up.
Sometimes, however, sentiment has
proved stronger than the love of money,
and the farmer has not parted with his
family possessions. In the corner Of
the room a chintz curtain, or some
times a double door, shows where the
big press bed is-an institution OF pre-
hygienic times, which, to the peasant
mind, has noinconveniences whatever,
In the middleo of the room a table stands
on carpet, and, as people take off their
shoes at the door and go about in their
thick, wooden stockings, neither 1t
nor the painted floor ever shows signs
of mud. Another table stands near
one Of the windows, of which there are
two or three.
Tie linen blinds so closely meet the
spotless muslin curtains, which are
drawn stiffliy across the lower panes
on two horizontal sticks, that a stray
sunbeam can hardly make its way into
the room, even if it had been able to
struggle through the thick branches of
the clipped lime trees that adOrn the
front Of the house. On one of the tables
a tray stands, with a hospitable array
of cups and saucers, teapot, ETC., and
is protected from the dust by a crochet
or muslin cover. The huge family
Bible, with it's big brass clasps, has an
honorable place, often on a stand by
itself. Rough wood cuts or cheap
prints, and a group of family photo
graphs, which do not fatter the origi
nails, are hung on the walls The No
tiOndL ReUieGU.
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CLOVER SEED ON SANDY SOIL.

At a Farmers Institute held at Xii
bOurn City, Wis, after a paper on
clover and its benefits, the following
discussion ensued, in which the author
of the paper, Mr.. Convey, answered
questions:
Would you SOW clover with all
small grains9"
Mr.. Convey fiud Improbable to
do so, even if l intend to pillow the land
again the next year"
Chow long would you leave the land
in clover before blowing again?'
MI. C0nvey.-''I find it the most
advantageous to cut hay one year,
pasture the land the next year, then
pillow it again. l find that preferable
to breaking the sod the second yeat
after seeding.
The question of getting clover seed
to grow on sandy land was quite ex
tensively discussed and many expert
ences given. There had been successes
and failures in both fall and spring
seeding, and but few successes in sow.
ing the seed in spring on fall sowed
grain, though a few had obtained a
good catch of clover by sowing the seed
in open weather during the winter or
very early In the spring. The greatest
number of successes, however, had re-
suited from sowing the seed and har-
rowing it in, if the land was very
sandy.
Two reported having good success
sowing clover seed alone in the spring.
No others present had tried that
method. Quite a number had tried
seeding with buckwheat, but with
poor success. Those who had sowed
sparingly of buckwheat, merely enough
to shade the land, succeeded, while
where the bUckwheat, was sowed thick
the clover vas smothered out.
why is it that water disappears
more quickly on clover sod than on a
sod OF mixed grasses?'
Mr.. COnvey.-''It is because the
roots of clover go deep into the soil. SO
pertorating it that the surplus water
readily runs into land, while the roots
OF other grasses are all near the sur
race leaving the subsoil compact and
solid"
1T is profitable to pillow under a
crop of clover7"
Mr.. Convey.-'In most soils it is
not. If the land is very heavy, it may
be profitable in the end to pillow clover
under as its decomposition will add
humus to the soil and tend to make il
lighter. But on light soil plowine
under clover, or any other green crop
is liable to prove an actual damage tC
the soil, as it makes it too light anC
porous and prevents moisture coming
up near enough to the surface for ordi
nary plant roots to avail themselves o.
it. 1 would much prefer to make The
clover into good hay, feed it to thu
stock and apply the manure to the
soil"
What kind of clover seed is best t,
sow?'
Mr.. Convey.-"To answer the ques
ton IN few words, [ would say SOW
only the choicest seed. 1t does notpay
to SOW poor seed. take it, however
that what you want to know is, which
will servet the best purpose as q fertili
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The FARMERS SIDE,
Where We are, hon we got here,
and the Way out"
BY Hon. w. A. PETER,
o. 8. NAT FRoH KANSAS.

There is . demand for a comprehensive and
authoritative book which shall represent the
farmer, and SGT forth his condition, the infu-
Snces surrounding him, end plans and prospects
for the future. This book has been written by
Hon. w. A. PETER, who was elected to the
United States SsnatS from Kansas to succeed
Senator Ingalls,. The title is THE FARMER's
SIDE, and this indicates the purpose of the work.
In the earlier chapters, Senator PETER de-
Scribes the condition Of the farmer in various
parts of the country, and compares it with the
condition of men in other callings. He carefully
examines the cost of labor, of living, the prices
crops, taxes, mortgages, and rates of interest.
gives elaboratS tables showing the increase
of wealth in railroads, manufactures, banking,
and other forms of business, and he compares
this with the earnings of the farmer, and also
wage-workers in general. In a clear, forcibk
style, with bundant citations of facts and fig
ures, the author tells how the farmer reached
his present unsatisfactory condition. Then fol-
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which is the fullest and most authoritative pres
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Alliance that has been published, including full
discussions of the currency, the questions Of
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This book is the only one which attempts t.
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THE FARMERS SIDE has just been issued,
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-09

Windows are broken OH the north side,
and everything is afloat. lightning
struck two horses in Horrick's pasture
field.
ABERDEEN. S. D., Aug. s.--A heavy
thunder storm passed over here last
night. coming from the south. The sky
was clear all the afternoon, but thunder
was heard nearly all day, indicating a
heavy storm to the east and south.
Trains from the East were delayed this
morning by washouts. No damage is
reported to grain, which is fine. A good
many harvest hands are coming.
HENRY, S. d.. Aug. S.-An unusually
heavy wind and electric storm, accom-
panied by the heaviest rainfall of the
season, visited this territory last night.
Hail is reported east of town. Crops
and small buildings were considerably
damaged.
WHITE. S. D.. Aug. s.--A terrific hail
storm visited this vicinity last night
and destroyed hundreds OF acres
of grain. The loss is estimated at
about one-fourth on all grain struck.
1t will be heavy blow to the farmers
Of this vicinity.
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st. Louis Republic.

faint immediat ely upon dismount,
ing. He was incapacitated and unable
to finish the race. His friends removed
him to the stable, and then ensued am
other delay.
A drizzling rain set in and the other
riders looked wistfully towards thes
shelter of the grand stand. All
were dlsmounted now and the
club management was asked to allow
the race run without Dyer. and declare !
off the bets. This was peremptorily re- !
fused, as Secretary Shaw had given his
word that SIX horses should start. An
other rider had to be found, and Shaw
threatened to declare the whole thing
off unless started straightway. The
newspaper boys were in a dilemma.
There was no time for any new man
to don silk or IeggingS, and
at this juncture Brady of,
the California wine house suddenly an
peared, and before the others were
really aware of what was going on, he
had mounted Dyer and was at the post.
This wasn't right, for the race conf
ditions were explicit and positive, and
paper men. However, what could be
done? No one had time to think before
the start was made. Dyer had run two
miles. and Brady weighed upwards Of
thirty pounds more than Cochrane who
had taken the mount originally, ,and few;
dreamed that Brady could win. So the
start was made, all well together save
Swanena. She sulked and was soon left
hopelessly behind.to the discontinue Of
SeiXas.
Red Fox got away first, ] 0 second
ana Dyer third. Brady bent we'll down
upon Dyer'S neck and reached the quar-
ter leading Red Fox and Twenty-One.
In this order they ran down around the
turn. Dyer was thirteen lengths ahead :
OF Red Fox and Twenty-One, and now
Deacon brought up Carus for sensa-
tional finish. He dashed past Twenty
One and Red Fox and was soon over
hauling Dyer. The latter began to !
weaken, and had Deacon been supplied !
with Whalebone the result would have
been different. AS it was Dyer woni
and Carus loafed in two lengths behind, /
leading Red Fox by ten lengths. just !
what became of Swanena is not related. /
The GLOBES mount did nobly. but
well, let Wack apologize when he can
be found.
One mile, Press Club stakes, gentlemen
riders; purse $1,000
Dyer. l5O bl g, a, Strachino- Bank st ock
BRADY, W. II. De Lancy. cy...
Carus, 142, G, a, LongboW Lizzie Hayden
(Deacon), y. ID. Patton on...................
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QUEEN VICTORIA.

aroused general disgust instead of
the admiration he anticipated. Other
labOring members avoided him, and if
he had any chance of exercising in
tiuence it is utterly gone. The Con-
servatives did not appear at all de-
spondent. They are preparing for an
earnest struggle. and mean rather to
force the fighting. The Liberals. on the
other hand, prefer to do as little talking
as possible and push the work as rap
idly as possible. The government adj
dress to the newly organized parliament
is as follows:
We have to inform you by command Of her
majesty that the present parliament has been
assembled in obedience to the terms of her
majesty's proclamation of June 2s. 1892 by
which the late parliament was dissolved
Previous to that dissolution the business of
the session was completed. and it is there
fore not necessary that parliament continue
in session at an unusual period of the year
for the transaction of financial or legislative
business. It's her majestys hope that when
YOU meet again a. the customary season you
will again devote your attention to measures
of social and domestic improvement in the
path of useful and beneficient legislation,
which has been SO judiciously followed in
previous sessions
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-09

and prolonged cheering by the Liberals.
Mr.. Asquith declared that parliament
had met for the obsequies of a dead ma
Jority. The house ought not to daily
over practical question. but should as
speedily as possible place in power a
government representing the decision
at the polls. Tho mas Burt. Glad
stonian member for Norpeth, sec
retary of the Northumberland Min
ers' Mutual association, seconded the
non-conference amendment. He con-
tended that the question of home rule
for Ireland must dominate all other
questions to which the Liberal party
was pledged. Rt. Hon. George j.
Goschen, chancellor of the eXcheouer.
said he hoped that the house would at
last hear
SOmeth ing Definite
about home rule. Mr.. Gladstone, he
declared, could no longer shirk explain
ing his home-rule scheme, nor could
Sir William Vernon Harcourt eyade
any such question by going out of
the house instead of respond
ing, to them. Justin Mccarthy
said that the Irish party ex-
pected that coercion. would cease when
the Liberals came into power. If the
Liberal governments home-rule bill
did not satisfy the people of Ireland.
there will be an end Of It. Conserva-s
tive cheers.l He believed in the sim
cerity Of Liberal assurances that
the n0nie-r ule bill would be kept
In front of their legislation.
The Irish party also wanted all eaEN
measure for the relief of eVicted tenants
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get ready in time to take the mount,
and Brady, of the California Wine
house. volunteered his services, and was
in the saddle before the newspaper
boys realized the impropriety. He rode
Dyer to victory. Dyer was awarded
the race. Carus; ridden by Deacon, came
second. and Red Fox, DR.. Gemmel's
mount, was third. Deacon rode for the
News, Gemmel for the Dispatch. Wack
for the GLOBE, Stack for the Minneapo-
lis Journal, Brady for the Pioneer and
Seixas for the Volkszeitung.
The other events were marred by the
mud. There were some scratches, and
the third event was declared off because
only two horses were ready to 20 to the
post.
Costa Rica landed the first purse
handlly over Corinne Kinney and
Alice d; Lord Willowbrook had
walkover against Dollikins and Pant
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CUT DOWN BY HAIL.
Tremendous Damage Done to
Crops in Otter Tail County.

Special to the Globe.
FERGUS FALLS. Mimi, Aug. Son
Sunday hail storm did much damage
south of this city. 1t struck the farm
of A. j. Startroven in AaStad and did
some damage on the farms of NelS Han
sen and Henry Oleson. Erick Johnson
reports a loss of One-half, and others
who lost varying amounts are John
Erickson, Charles Christof1erSen, q.
BartlesOn and Nels Ii. Frovegan. The
worst damage was done on the farms
of Ole ii. Bakke, Pete Haarstad and
Peter Atlbake, almost everything being
destroyed. Some hail is reported on the
farm of Orwell Woodworth. a farm in
AaStad also got dose. TOnkel Oleson,
of Tumuli, was heavy loser. Among
ris, One-half; Ole Upland, one-half; Ed
Knudson. one-half. The loss on the
farms of Mrs. Nels Hanson and Ole
Brekke is fully three-fourths. At the
very least. the damage will mount into
the thousands. 1t was undoubtedly the
most severe visitation of hail that ever
occurred in this neighborhood.
LITCHFIEID. Minn., Aug. S.-A most
violent electric storm, which in some
localities was accompanied by heavy
hail, passed over this country at an
SdIlS EOuI tiIS IHOIllHS, Inc STORM
was more extensive than on Friday last,
though perhaps not SO destructive
Three townships report damages flom
hail at from % to 75 per cent of the en-
tire crop.
CANDY, Aug. S.-A terrific storm of
wind and hail prevailed here last night.
Crops were destroyed in strip fve
miles wide. The Candy Gun club was
overtaken on the prairie and badly
beaten by hail. Some of the members
are missing.
WHEATON, Aug. S.-Another severe
hail storm occurred here Yesterday
morning. 1t totally destroyed about
5000 acres of grain and damaged great
deal more than 50 per cent. 1t was the
worst hail storm for number of years
BIRD ISLAND, Aug. S.-A hard hail
storm last night laid the grain fiat so
that it will not come up again. A good
deal will haldly be worth the cutting.
One and half inches of water fell.
ST. CLOUD, Aug. S.-Another heavy
wind and rain storm passed over this
section last night, and reports received
from The southern part Of the county
indicate that considerable damage has
been done TO grain. In some parts
wheat is badly lodged and cannot be
cut by the reaper.
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for the delectaton of the devotees of
the track was magnet that attracted
one of the largest crowds of the meet
ing. The large attendance of the fair
sex testlfies to the popularity of the
novice locks" but there is am abiding
suspicion that should they repeat yes
terday's experiments their popularity
will possibly suffer chill.
If fun was expected there was no dis
appointment. Truly, the race was quite
the funniest affair ever witnessed at
Hamline. Staid cid horses were sup
piled the newspaper Jocks" but it
should be related that sawforse is
none too staid to suit them. Luckily,
no one was injured, although Stack was
dismounted by one of Twenty-One's
capers at the post. Witt Cochran was
literally run away with by old Dyer.
Twice he made the mile circuit, and
Dyer was then halted by policem an.
Cochran was i'll. and was forced to re-
tire, and here occurred an unfortunate
circumstance. The members of the
press club sincerely regret the incident,
but it was unavoidable under the circum-
stances. No other newspaper man could
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4 Most Disastrous Storm
Strikes a Large Area Of
the Northwest.
Two Persons Are Crushed by
Falling Timbers at Lake
Stay.
The Greatest Destruction Is
Reported in the Neigbbor-
hood Of Marshall.
Corn, Wheat and Oats Suffer
Seriously in Many Lo-
calitieS.
Epecial to the Globe.


MARSHALL, Minn., Aug. 8. - The
worst tornado and hail storm ever
known in Southwestern Minnesota oc-
CURED between 4 and O'clock this
morning. This town was hlled all day
with farmers from a distance of a dozen
miles. and reports are constantly grow
ing worse. The storm covered portions
Of Lincoln and yellow Medicine coun-
ties and the northern half of Lyon
county. Present reports indicate loss
in Lyon county of not less than half
million dollars. At 4: 80 this morning
the storm struck Marshall and passed
over the same course as that of last
Frioay, when Cummings house and
other buildings were demolished. That
day gang of twenty-five of his brother
carpenters rebuilt his house from
foundation to ridge pole. and all his
household effects were moved in Satur-
day. This morning the new house was
crushed like an egg shell and all his
effects ruined. The injured family
were in another building.
Near Cummings. the IcelandIc Luth-
FRAN church, built last year, was picked
mp, turned bottom side up, and, Strik-
ing on its roof, was thoroughly demol-
shed. Several barns and small build
lngs were crushed and overturned ana
lnnumerable trees blown down. Nearly
all the glass on the north side OF the
street Of most of the buildings in town
was smashed, including the handsome
cathedral windows of the Congrega-
tional and Methodist churches. In the
northern part of town the ground was
covered with hail stones, the average
size being an iuch and half in diane
ter, but many were much larger.
From S O'Clock Sunday evening thun-
der and lightning was heavy ana in
tense, though little rain fell at inter
walls. The atmosphere was dense with
electricity and flashes of lightning.
Almost everybody feared disastrous re-
suits, but the blow did not come till
daybreak.
A number of houses around Lake
Stay. farming settlement few miles
west Of here, were blown down. Mr..
and Mrs. Stackourt were killed by fall
ing timbers and Mrs. McCullom was
very seriously injured. Crops for fif-
teen or twenty miles west OF here are
ruined by hail. Mr.. Sindin, who re-
recently bought the big Youmans farm
near Marshall, says he has lost s12, 900
worth of crops.