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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11

Since the above was written the Herald
changes front and gives Weaver what
Paddy gave the drum.-BrOcktOn Dig
mOnd.
Sam Jones says that the man who is
proud of being a Democrat would laugh
on the road to his own hanging, and
that he expected to vote for Judge
Hines, the Populist nominee for Gov
ernor of Georgia. After all, Sans
head is leveIer than we thought it was.
PROGRESSIVE Age.
Congressman Bryan has a petition
with 10, 900 anne on it, asking for the
impeachment of Attorney General Oh
ney. If it could provoke a trial and
show the relations of the Attorney,
General to the railroads and trusts, it
will have accomplished something
BrOcktOR Diamond.
The men who are in revolt in North
Carolina against the political machine,
are the men, and the ons of men who
were distinguished for their courage
and valor in the late war. They are
the men who faced death then for 6
principle and would do it again if
necessarily Wilson RefOrmer.
Senator Quay says that he bought
sugar stock before he voted On the
tariff bill, had a perfect right to do it
and would do it again. Certainly, GER
tainly. A United States Senator has
the evident right to be a rascal if he
wants to be. Nobody ever interferes
with him. -Fdrmer'S Voice
Did you ever stop to think that about
a million farmers are sheep owners;
that the sugar refining business gives
employment to about $500 men; that
the Commanded Wilson bill protects
the Sugar Trust; that some features of
the so called tariff reform" are simon
pure humbugs, -POmOnG Herald.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11

EARLY in the spring 1 harrow with a
spring tooth harrow and cross harrow.
then drill with q wheat drill into the
soil a fertilizer containing only phos-
phoric acid and potash. This can be
made of acid phosphate and kalnlt,
equal parts, say 400 pounds to the acre,
which supplies these two elements OF
plant food in excess of what any crop
can use. 1 plant to corn, and under
the corn at planting time put 100 lbs.
of fertilizer to the acre; this is quick
acting ammoniated fertilizer, composed
of equal parts of blood, tankage z per
cent. and nitrate of soda which starts
termination quickly and pushes the
young corn ahead fast enough to get 1T
beyond the cut-worm age.
'Of course, the corn is worked thor
oughly as the season and other farm
work will allow. After the corr is re-
moved I seed with wheat or rye using
fertilizer, 800 pounds to the acre, which
is low in ammonia from bone tankage
AMI high in potash from muriate OF
potash and medium quantity Of phos-
phoric acid, which is gotten partly in
a reverted state from the tankage used
as an ammoniate, and in a soluble
form from acid phosphate. With the
grain I SOW half the usual quantity of
timothy. In the spring 100 pounds Of
nitrate of soda to the acre is broad
casted as soon as the frost begins to
come out of the land; the balance Of
the timothy and cloverseed is sown at
the same time. After the wheat comes
off, I topdress the young clover with
100 pounds Of Nova Scotia plaster to
the acre, which helps to attract and
retain the moisture, thus preventing
the usual killing out of the young grass
in the August droughts. The next
season I cut the grass, but in the fall 1
topdress with lime, and repeat the same
crops in rotation until I get a good
grass stand, then 1 can reasonably ex-
pect good crop returns. IF l do not
wish to raise the small grain, but re-
crop to corn, at the last working of the
corn l SOW cow peas, II bushels to the
acre, in the corn ground. I turn under
when fully ripe, making a small appli-
cation of lime to the plowed ground in
the spring harrow and cross harrow,
drilling in a fertilizer containing only
potash and phosphate acid, as it will
not do to apply ammoniated fertilizers
and lime to the same crop, as the lime
drives off the ammonia; in fact, the
peas turned under furnish ali the am,
monia the corn crop needs.
Il believe under this plan paying
crops al be raised and land perma-
nently improved baltimore Weekly
Sun, August II.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11
RRNovATING WORKOUT LANDS.

At a recent meeting Of the Evansville
Farmers Club of Prince Georges Co..
Md, the question under discussion be-
ing '"The best method of renovating
and improving wornout lands" the
following method, recommended by
MIR. W. S. Powell, president of the
Powell Fertilizer and Chemical Com
pany of Baltimore, Md, whose expert
mental farms are located at Annapolis
Junction, Md, seems to meet with
general appreciation and is well worth
a trial by those who are endeavoring
to make a living" and Improve the
land" at the same time. Mr.. Powell
said:
My plan, Mr. President, based upon
theory and followed out in practice, for
the improvement of wornout lands, is,
taking them as a class, these lands
have not been recently cultivated; it
follows they are occupied by bushes,
briars and weeds; therefore 1 grub
them in August, as this is the best
month to kill the bushes, as the sap is
then largely in the body and at it's
fullest flow. I then break the land up
deeply, so as to turn under completely
all the weeds, to get a benefit from
these weeds as green manures, thus
setting in motion what is known in
chemistry as notification, and further
to bury the weed seeds before they are
sufficiently ripe to terminate, and
tnereOy largely prevent q return crop
o. WEEDS IN the field to be planted.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11
LETTER FROM ORANGE COUNTY.
JoPPA, N. O.

JoPPA, N. @.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
AS I see nothing from Alliance No.
$40, l venture to ask for a small space
in your valuable paper. I can truth
fully say that Chestnut Oak Ridge AL
lance is solid for reform, and while our
membership is not as large as it once
was, or might be, we are doing a very
grand business at the same old stand,
with a prospect of increasing our mem
bership in the future.
1 am glad that some people have seen
the error of their way and are coming
to the front to enlist in a cause that
every patriotic citizen should espouse
and proclaim on the hills and plains
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans,
and from the Cuff of Mexico to the
lakes n the North. My countrymen
and fellow-citizens, those of you who
have enlisted in this grand reforma-
ton, have something to do if we save
this once grand Republic, which
claimed that all people should have
equal rights with special privileges to
none. How is it to=day9 Our Iegisla-
tors and Congressman have sold out to
the highest bidder, or at least helped
to pass laws that favored a few against
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11

Cne many. until people sro .~
ing slaves and still worse, fo 1~I ~ OecOn,
something to eat and work 't To sney had
10 Gay we can boast of b b.,
rlcnest nation on the face Of t Te1n g The
with thousands and millions see globe,
OF grain stored up in her Ios VI bushels
OF her rich mines with treasureSs9 cities,
OF her fertile valleys and viro untold,
stllI with all this it is estimatsa99 s. soil
five millions of people are idIn a'eo that
thousands are near ~starvatio and that
book says that when the vicpas The
the people mourn Nothing can - rule,
tFuer. 0@n De any.
The time las CONS. men o,a,
when we, as intelligent beinas ',S'Aren,
more liberty loving than n az, Iut Be
have more patriotism and Ios " loving
ism. 1858 party.
The two old trees that bavo
lruiC Ior the last 80 years are cor.al
and rotten Is not their fruit bitt bsupt
youG 1t certainly is to mo NV 70
the time to rally around the aaa WV Is
has inscribed on its banners S. mat t
rights to all and special priviIeo r9l a.
none" In November cast vow, Sos 70
for and with the party that Is NJ 'O'e
rupt yet and the only one that a. W.
you any permanent relief. S-''''
Yours respectfully,
JOHN A. Svru,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11
DEMANDS ADOPTED
BY the Farmers Alliance and Industra
Union at Topeka, Kan, Feb. 8, 1894

By the Farmers Alliance and Industria
Union at Topeka, Kan, Feb. 6, 1894
Finance-We demand a national
currency, safe, sound and flexible
issued by the government only, nun
legal tender for all debts, public d
private, and that without the use o.
banking corporations a just, equltaoE
and efficient means of distributing
direct to the people at a tax not TO e.,
coed 2 per cent. as set forth Dy Vic
Sub-Treasury plan or some better syJ
tenn; also, by payments in GlscnaLg 1ua.
it's obligations and for pubic improve
ments. ri.o6
o.. We demand the reeand unllmlted
coinage of silver and gold at the le8D
ratio of 16 to 1.
b. We demand that the amolns - y
the circulating medium be lncreaSTI ogaI
at least $50 per capita exclusive" ~"
reserves. inconns
'a 4 That our national Legislation sha y
be SO framed in the future y
build up one industry at tne 94p0
another. orovo f The
country should be kept as d muE and
possible in the hands of the PeoPLTI md
hence we demand that all naTl0n ~ tbe
State revenue shall be limited "
necessary expenses OF the admins
economically and honestly
tered. oo+oI saving
banks be established by tn9 3bs can.
ment for the safe deposit Of SES eE
ings of the people and to I"
changes. .o,,,5ing all the
natural resources OF Tea nm5 should
heritage of all the people a%1istivepur.
hot be monopolized for spgc;n Of land
noses and alien owneFSn1IRPa lands now
e5bonId be prohibited. Al Ia CORPORA
beIJ bvr railroads and other oI needs
tions ~ excess of their aGtu ns should
and lands now owned ~ government
now be reclaimed by the gSnly.
and sold for actual settlers ortation 30
Transportation-Tran and a pubic
naSeessitV1 the government S y the ID
neG0S on9rote the railroads Ii
'0c a. The be tel telegraph and bd t9lsPnDDeoseiE
the postofice system, EN- oF I~ntelligeneSsss,
for the Transmission Unorated by tns
should be owned ana - of the p0V
pie. ~ % FHB
7 Pay up yosTr ,s s%aRss aB8 Po8'T,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11
Secretaries.
TWINS ALL AROUND.

A very mixed up business is ON Mr..
Tom Stacks place, in the western part
of Union county. He is a good farmer
and has everything around him he
wants-and some things he does not
want. Friday morning of last week he
went to his barn and found in one of his
stables twin mules. They were both
healthy looking and doing well. On
Saturday night one of his fine Jersey
COWS increased his personal property
by twin calves. Mr.. Stack began to
think fortune was smiling on him and
that he was walking a gold IN road. He
did not reach the full height of his
glory, however, until Tuesday morn
ing when his wife presented him with
twin boys. At last accounts all of the
twins we're doing WE'LL Charlotte
NeUs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11
SPREAD OF THE RUSSIAN THIS
TIE: HOW TO ERADICATE IT.

The Division of Botany in the U. S.
Department. of Agriculture is in re-
ceipt of authentic advices on the ap
pearance of the Russian thistle in vari-
Gus new localities. Bulletin No. IS of
that Division contains colored maps
showing the territory in which it had
been found to the close of 1898. 1t has
since been reported from the following
places:
Hammond, Lake county, Ind. Can
non Falls, Goodhue county, MINI. /;
Marshall, Lyon county, Mimi. North
western, Jefferson county, Neb ; Blue
Hill, Webster county, Neb. Stockville,
Frontier county, Neb. Parks, Ddndy
county, Neb. La Sale county, Colo. !;
Nampa; Ada county, Idaho; and Mani
toba, Canada.
In almost all these localities it has
appeared only along the line of rail
roads and, with the exception of
Nampa, Idaho, is now officially re-
ported for the first time.
The occurrence of the Russian thistle
in Idaho is regarded by the Botanist
of the Department as a very serious
matter, and he urges its immediate and
complete eradication from that State.
The region already infested by the Rus
sian thistle lies in the plains east of the
Rocky Mountains and is, therefore,
separated by this great national barrier
from the embarrassing areas of Idaho,
Washington, Oregon, Nevada and
Utah. The only way in which it can
enter this area is by introduction in
impure seed and by transportation
through the passes of the Rocky
Mountains, especially along railroads.
Every endeavor should be used by the
farmers and civil authorities of this re-
gion to exterminate it along the rail
roads, and to use only the cleanest and
best seed wheat obtainable. If the
Russian thistle once infests this region
it's next step will be to cross the Sierra
Nevada into the wheat areas of cen
trail California. The Importance, there
fore, OF precautionary measures along
the great mountain chains is clearly
apparent.
From about the 18th of August to the
1st of September the Russian thistle
begins to produce its seed, and, being
an annual, the effectual method of
checking it's progress is to kill the plant
by cutting, blowing, and narrowing
during or before this time. In the case
of wheat fields which are already in
tested the grain should be harvested as
early as possible, the stubble left long,
the whole field moved close to the
ground, and after a few days drying
burned over. Fields thickly infested
may require in addition blowing and
thorough narrowing. A copy Of Bull
letin No. 10 will be forwarded to n
applicant, and a specimen of any plant
supposed to be the Russian thistle will
be positively identified upon receipt by
the Department of Agriculture.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11

According to statistical reports pre-
pared by the Treasury Department.,
the number of immigrants arriving in
the United States during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1894, was 81, 4O4. The
number for the preceding twelve
months was nearly 500, 900 This graft
flying decline in immigration has taken
place during a period when the subject
of restricting immigration received
more attention from the people In this
country than it ever did before.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-09-11

Butter from fresh COWS is more high
~ favored than that from cow long in
milk, so the latter requires more care
in ripening.
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Pay up yOFFE FARMER and renew
The sun., 1894-05-06

with all the tone cleanIy wiped away, the lines
left hard and over black, all the romance gone.
and merely the most mechanical impression
LETT OF plate that to be properly printed,
ahould have the careful handling Of an erttst
The cheap print may cost Eve cents TO make;
the Rcod impression would cost dollar.
Writing at time when the etching fever was
connoisseur said Of the danger that time has
noWin fact realized
with popularity its true artistic side may
be ignored quantity may be onsidered rather
than quality the art may he doomed and ex-
plotted for sordid com ercial ends. and men
who are Incapable OF IL as an art may ply the
making OF etchin Ra as n trade"
And these melancholy things have come to
pass. The demand even for works OF un1ues-
toned merit Ia no longer sustained. Certain
Frenchmen and Dutohmen and one or two
English painter etchers will always be In de-
mand, and their plates which were never
abundant and are growing scarcer every. day,
Of the artists OF to-day TO our children's chill
dren. Meantime there is no future for the
CON mon place reproductive etching, and those
artists who continue to My the needle do so for
their personal qualification.
just now new form OF print is attracting
ing In the uncertain favor OF the public. and
that is the colOred mezzotint or engraving. IL
is OF yet achieved, but there are two or three
artists In New York now engaged In eXperi-
menting. In the hope OF discovering way to
make prints in several colors and at a single
impression. Some OF the results are interest
ing as giving hint Of what may he accom-
etched or engraved plate where desired as one
would apply paint to canvas. and thus printing
at once in the several colors desired; but tney
are not wholly satisfactory as yet
The sun., 1894-05-06
SICKNESS is ALL SINFUL.
That IL One EdItoT'- Idea. hut New Y0Eker
ASSERT. that lie Long AGO Fouud II Out.

That I. One EditoT'- Idea. hut New YOTker
Asserts that lie Long AGO Fouud II Dat.
Il see that Zion's Herald declares itself a
believer In what It calls corporeal piety." said
a well.known New Yorker yesterday. This
is the religion Of looking after our bodies, and
II includes a belief that sickness is a ,erooi OF
sin. People prefer to have a good time. says
the editor. rather than be bound down by
strict rules about diet and exercise. but after
a while when II Is too late. they find that the
pleasures OF sins against the body are but for
u season. and that the violation OF the laws
written In our physical constitutions Is Wis
tied with very strict penalties All this re-
minds me OF my earliest school days. They
were spent in Newark. y. j.. where l sat at
the feet Of a vinegary old maid. who was as
full OF crank ideas as she could hold. never
will forget the first time tried to get away
from school for a half holiday II was a bright
spriug day. and the songs OF the birds and tho
new greenery OF the trees drew me like mag
nets from my studies; After vainly trying 10
resist the temptation, announced that had
. headache aud wanted TO go home,
had been taught At home that sick per-
fon com mShae1 1rn NV psacsS so ~a. Has
. spanking. A headache. chr she asked.
What sin have you committed thar God has
without you're hat. or have you been eating
pie, or-whht was itl Come here and lot mo
nothing Don't add lying to,your sins. said
the old beldams; that headache was sent 20
you that your parents and guardians might
detect your sins You cannot escape your
wrungdoinRS Headaches and rheumatism
and colds and sickness Of many sorts follow
you Whenever you do evil Then she laid on
the rod in the presence Of the RTlnHing class.
and learned a new theory ol HE and took the
hint never again to say that was sick while
in that school
"Sneezng runs in my family. My grand
father sneeZsd from the cradle 10 the grave.
and my father was chronic and inyeteTAt0
EnsszsT. got the disease early In childhood.
/ fancy that the mucous membrane Oi the nose
ln all - us was supsrsensitlve. At any rate. |
sneeZed upon the slightest pToVocHtion. and.
OF course. / sneeZed IN school.
New boy said The teacher. step forward.
What are You eneeZing iorf
i cant ah-choO! Gh-choo .-helptt, ma'am.'
- ~ course. you cannot help IT, said the old
griffin OF a teacher; II Is punishment for sin,
What have YOU been doing that WAS wicked
What ain Is this that you are being punished
tort Tell me at once. and do not add false
FShS opened her desk TO get her ruler. and
/ screamed Don't whip me; / caught II from
my father Rh-choO. ah-choo.
Then you must suEer Tor your fathers
sins saId she lie sneeZes because OF his
defiance ~ the rules OF correct living. and n
be has given YOU the punishment you must
bear t-Whack. whHck, whAck All this and
more besides came 70 my mind when ] read
what the editor ~ ZtOifs hfidtt has 10 say
knoH that hs dtd net lRVsRt the ideasS
The sun., 1894-05-06
Va
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unnecessary ornamentatlona This is called

unnecessary ornamentationa This is called
the Quaker hearse
The Quaker hearse is kept In the Empire
Stables on Forty-third street, between Second
and Third avenues. and ls let out to people
who want to be buried as bents the rich.
Strictly speaking. there thave been b number
OF Quaker hearses. for these vehicles. like all
Others will wear out. but as soon as one shows
signs OF going to pieces another precisely like
II is built. and II is precious fiction OF the
undertskers that the Quaker hearse which
carried it's grim load to Greenwood yesterday
is the same Quaker hearse behind which the
sad procession OF q byRone generation marched
slowly to the cemetery. 1t lie called the Quaker
hearse because OF Its extreme simplicity.
which has endeared 1t to the Quakers. They
and the milllonaIres always use It.
three aud one e-half feet vide, and, four feet
deep, and is OF hard wood. painted and var
glass, three-e eighths Of an inch thick. forms
the sides and the rear. oyer this dead black
SGss SStt ss" SrsHsd II 4 s fd s S0GT sssSs
that i nay be swSns from the Outslde to ihs
hearse, the top being plain, At each side IN
through dark cemeteries. The wheels are
large. heavy. and black. Indeed. they need to
an al day. journey to .grayeyards in. Long
Island or Jersey. or up the Hudson. The cost
1t would not be oompiste Without a span OF
black horses and a driver clothed in black.
The horses that go with the Quaker are guilt
less OF a spot Of white. As for John Gilmartin.
who has been driving the equipaRe for twenty
years. his solemn face m matches we'll tho melan-
choly hue o. his clothing Occasionally when
specially instructed John nuts draped cockades
on his horses and an extra wide weed on his
hat. but he considers plainnsss preferable to
an attempt at effect In funerals.
80 far as is known. NO Quaker hearse ever
earEy,ne a Sody Dnce he uuaEer had mar.
row escape. That was years ago. when Mayor
Hayemeyer died. The Quaker carried the
body safely: but no sooner had 1t returned to
the stable than the rear axle gave way and the
hearse came down with crash. The present
Quaker has outworn three sets OF wheels.
Since the original Quaker first set out on its
travels It has carried the remains OF the Van
derbilts, Aators, Jay Gould, Catharine Wolfe.
the Stewards. Havemeyers, and many others.
Henry b. Ives made his last Journey in the
Quaker. 1t is the plainest and finest hearse In
The sun., 1894-05-06
CASH WANTED FOR PRIZES.
Yachtsmsn Want Money Instend OF Cups
When They Win Races.

when They win Raee-.
The eloquent plea OF A. Carey Smith In favor
OF making the prizes for yachts sums OF money
instead OF pieces Of plate has struck respon-
sive chord In the breasts OF yachting men all
o YER town. It was the almost universal sub
ject OF discussion throughout the week In the
vicinity OF tho New York Yacht Club and In
the downtown restaurants where yachtsmen
gather at noon to talk about business and sail
ing. There are plenty OF precedents for Mr..
Smiths proposition. since nearly all the prom
inent regattas In France and England are
sailed for substantial m on etary considerations.
The theory that all yachtsmen are million
aires is not supported by the facts Many
rich men go into yachting for the prestige and
fame 1t confers upon them. and some OF them
are liberal and display q sportsmanlike spirit.
country is lodged among men to whom yacht
Ing is almost passion; They are not all OF
them men OF ample income by any means
Indeed, three Of the most indefatigaQle work
ers and most skilful sailors In the New York
Yacht Club are men who are Obliged to wors
to meet their yachting expenses at tho end oi
the season They practise the most rigid
economy. and yet II the public were asked to
pick out the three most prominent yachtsmen
men and set them down as millionaires.
Another point Is that the cups for the re-
gattas are SO numerous as to be practically a
drug In the market, A few OF the big histori-
cal cups. or mugs" as they are technically
and men shoot. row. and ride for money prizes
there would seem to he nc good reason why
they should not also sail for them.