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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24

great will be the fall. Brethren, Z am
as aquafortis in the faith of unity. In
reference to our manufacturing enter
prises, l think nothing more to our ad-
vantage, prosperity and happiness
could have been gotten up, and am
ruch grieved that I cannot aid in this
enterprise, so you take the will for the
deed, I say, without hesitancy. With
all my heart, had I a cool 800, 600 l
would cheerfully and willingly give
half to benevolent purposes such as
the above-the education of the horny
hands of the sons of toll, widows and
orphans and such like. l would re-
spectfully request all good citizens
favorable to the cause to send in the
widows mite, small or great, so the
ball can be put in motion, and then the
shackIes will fall eff. Then such a
shout that will go up all over this con-
tinent. DON'T forget the little word
uaity will do all this and ten thousand
times ten thousand other palatable
things too numerous to mention. I
hope my card will go safe to hand &C
cording to request. I wish you all the
good luck that flesh is heir to, and
would be proud if you could get several
hundred thousand cards, if so desired.
Ny remarks will be so scattered it
will take some kind of an instrument
to drum them together for solution.
Please excuse mistakes and grammati
Cal errors.
Brethren, I want you and all others
of like faith who are battling for our
liberties to know l for one appreciate
your kindnesses and will ever love and
respect you. I will at any time do you
a favor if not too inconvenient.
Brethren, steer the ship Alright; upon
you all our hopes depend. We will
stick closer to you than a brother, if
pcs sible.
could say M CD more, but will not
worry your patience longer. I speak
the above so you may know my senti-
nents, and which side the fence I am
on.
Ny kindest regards to Mr.. Bilkins,
and a good portion to yourself.
Very respectfully,
LEGION.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN VIR.
GINA AND NOR TIL CAROLINA.

In the annual report of the Commits,
sioner of Agriculture for Virginia for
1895 the COMMISSIONS remarks that the
poultry industry of the State is now
one of the great factors in the wealth
of the farmers, and that more attention
is being given to it every year. This
is what we have been striving for for
years. We have often remarked, that
''this is the day of small things" and
this industry v~eriies the remark.
Twenty years ago few farmers thought
anything about the chickens on the
place. They gave them no attention,
except to grumble at the quantity of
orn which they consumed, and God
knows this was little enough, for it had
often been stolen in order to get any at
all. If they could have an egg or two
when they happened to want them, and
a fried chicken nov and again, they
were satisfied. Now the chickens and
eggs bring In a large revenue, as a ref
erence to the following Aynres will
snow: In looO the number of fowls of
all kinds in Virginia was 2 647 ~. ~
1890 the number was Z 56s oo1 T.
1889 the number of fowls of all 49,
In North Carolina was 2 500 ass. il
1890 the number was $3.50, Alb. In
1880 the number of eggs produced il
Virginia was 8 $3.50, 629 dozens; in 1885,
the number was ID $50, 81 dozens. Ii
1880 the number of eggs produced il
North Carolina was 1855, 132 dozens
in 1890 the number was II, 755, 60
dozens. If the same rate of increas
has continued in Virginia since 1890, a
was maintained between 1880 and 1896
and we believe that rate has been NOR
than maintained, then we ave now i
the State 1O,O2s, 900 fowls of all kinds
III the same rate of increase has COZ
tinued In North Carolina, then thf
State has now 10, 800, 1888 fowls OF a
kinds In the State.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
FARMERS AT THE EXPOSITION.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
CHAPEL HILL, N. Q.
l have been greatly impressed by the
exhibits of farm products and agricul-
tural machinery at the Atlanta Expo
sition, but l have been much more i'm
pressed by the large number Of farmers
1 have seen there from all parts of the
South, earnestly studying the various
industies of this great country. A
number of farmers have gone there
from North Carolina, and during the
few days that remain before the Ex
position closes many more should go.
A man will learn more there in week
than he would learn in North Carolina
in years; and a weeks study there will
be worth more to him than a years
study in any ordinary school.
The young men and boys on the
farm, especially, 1 would urge to visit
the Exposition during the holidays if
by any possible arrangement you can
raise the necessary funds-even if you
have to borrow it-or if you have to
do without a new suit of clothes. Man
age some how to get there. even if you
can stay for only two Or three days.
Board and room can be had as low as
81 per day tt enter the Exposition
costs so cents per day, and street car
fares 10 cents per day sc that n can
get along in Atlanta on from 81. so to
90 per day. Any North Carolinian
who goes to Atlanta and can't find a
good place 10 stay at will find either
Mr.. W. w. Ashe, or myself in charge
of the North Carolina exhibit in the
Forestry and Mining building at the Elk
position, and either of US will be glad to
give Information about such matters
After this great Exposition is over
many a person will wish they had gone.
The thing to do is to try hard enough
and go now. You will learn more in
Atlanta in a week than you would have
learned at the Worlds Fair at Chicago
in the same time. You will see more
there than you would have seen at the
Philadelphia Centennial or at the New
Orleans Exposition. The thing to do
is to go and see fer yourself, whatever
the sacrifice. You will see there what
big things Southern pluck and energy
can do when once aroused.
J. A HOLMES
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
ONE TERM OF FOUR YEARS FOR
OFFIcR-HoLDERS.
Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
PPnspnpIrv NJ ~

CORRESPONDENCE of The Progressive Farmer.
PROSPERITY, N. @.
The folio wing is an extract from "a
Ray of Light" a pamphlet written by
the undersigned at Raleigh, N. c.:
"The longer a mar remains in public
life the o he becomes settled in his
opinions, and the less apt to yield any.
thing to the opinions of others. There
fore no person should hold an Office of
profit and honor longer than four years.
The people should be the masters and
the officers their servants. But the longer
these officers remain in power the more
they come to the conclusion that they
are the masters and the people their
servants-like Hammons, who, in the
Nashville Convention, exclaimed, the
people are to do whatever we com
mand them
81 am, therefore, opposed to keeping
men in Office until they lgrow old in it
and get to believe that the Office and
people belong to them. It is true, we
will find some exceptions to this rule
q few who would make good life, time
officers, but where we find one such
case we will find ninety and nine liable
to be led eff in the way described
ST and 60.
"Sinca the war I have resided the
most of my time in Washington City,
and consequently have had excellent
opportunities for observation. AS a
result, 1 am overwhelmingly confirmed
in the belief that il we had a law de
claring that no office, including county,
State and National Offices, where the
salary exceeds $500 per annum, shall
be held for a longer term than four
years by any one person, it would exert
an immense influence in procuring
more efficient service and also in pre-
venting much of the corruption of the
day.
Senators should be elected by the
people for but one term, to be reduced
from six years to four years, at the
earliest practical time.
BRYAN TYSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
DON'T WORRY ANY MORE ABOUT
THAT BOND.

l have made arrangements to accom-
modate you. If you wish to make a
Surety Bond of any kind, write me and
get the particulars. DON'T worry your
friends, who like you very we'll, but do
not desire TO sign your bond, but write
me. I am prepared, for a small fee. to
furnish surety bonds Of any kind and
for any amount, such as Administra-
tors, Executors, Trustees, Receivers,
Assignees, Contractors, Lodge Officers
County or State Officers, and all TN,
d~ereakings in judicial proceedings
Correspondence solicited
A AMERICAN TRUST AND BANKING Co.,
OF BALTIMORE { ITY.
j. ". DENMARK Sac Agent,
Raleigh, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
1t Pays

to use Vacuum Leather Oil on harness
and shoes. Get a can at a harness or
shoe-store, 25c a half-pint to $I.25 a
gallon book "How to Take Care of
Leather" and swob, both free; use
enough to find out if you don't like it,
take the can back and get the whole of
your money.
Sold only in cans, to make sure of fair dealing
everywhere-handy cans. Best oil for farm ma
chinery also. Ifyeu can't find it, write to
VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Rochester, NY.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
THE POST.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
In your issue of October %, 1895, l
see an article from The GraDjury, of
the District of Columbia, recommend
ing the whipping post as a means of
suppressing crime.
1t seems that the public is advancing
in the belief that the whipping post
has some merits. I advocated it many
years ago. The following is a copy of
an article published in The Weekly
Mercury, Meridian, Miss, May 5, 1878:
THE WHIPPING POST.
"A better Means of Preventing Crime
and More Humane Than Long I'm
~prisonment.
MIR. EDIToR:-You will please allow
me a brief space in support of the
above proposition.
"'And it shall be, if the wicked man
be worthy to be beaten, that the Judge
shall him to lie down and to be
beaten before his face, according to his
guilt, by a certain number Daut. 25:2
The following note from a large
Bible accompanies the above:
cit is q remarkable fact that for
the prevention Of certain crimes, the
most experienced magistrates and leg
islators of this 10Th century have felt
compelled to adopt the Mosaic punish
ment of whipping"
Punish a man highly and turn him
lose and he will have some chance to
reform. But long confinement with
hardened criminals will be apt to make
him ten-fold worse. In proof of this
1 will state that not long ago I noticed,
from a statement of some newspaper,
relative to Wells, Fargo 6 Co.'s Elk
press, that during the twelve months
next preceding they had been robbed,
in round numbers, of some $88, 900, and
had expended some $12, 900 in appre
bending and convicting the criminals.
Odt of soma twenty eight thus appre-
hended and convicted some twenty
tTo were old Jail birds.
AL aPPALCaGAOA " LIZ whip 6OOA0 LgCL
said parties embarked into crime would
prob ably have saved them.
Stand firm, little Delaware. Some
of your larger sisters will probably
soon find it necessary to resort to the
whip as the best method for preventing
crime.
Capital should not be made out OF
crime. Therefore, ponitentiaries should
be abolished and no more built.
FIRST try the whip lightly, and if il
fails to have the desired eff9ct (Which
Is not often the case) ctm9 down a lit
tie harder for the second ofense. But
if the criminal still continues in the
path of crime, there being no sign of q
reformation, break his neck and lay
him away. Society can do better with.
out all such people.
BRYAN TYSON.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24

While 1 am a Populist of the
s6ralghtest sect" I shall never abate
my zeal in the Farmers Alliance as
haoe"@ n Is true to its great principles
AAno" that it will ever re-
49, e.o@V Oreak water to the dash.
ing waves of patriotism. Nor Ill r
love less or withhold my supnor+
either through negligence or otherwiso
from The PROGRESSIVE FARMER. he,
cause from the beginning 1 have been
acquainted with its founder and nros.
management and it has, regardless
OF eonst qlences to itself, stuck foT
nese principles and I believe will
commune to advocate them if the Low,
ers u liberty will continue to hold ur
MeWboorna.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
HE LIKES THE ANSWER.

GREENvILLE, N. Q.
DEAR Bro. DENMARK:-I think the
answer you gave to the question,
What must be done9" was as good, if
not the best that could have been given
by anyone. 1 think every body ought
to read your paper. think it the best
educator in the State. have been a
subscriber eve years, and expect to
continue, Notwithstanding the hard
times. THos E LITTLE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24

As we have frequently shown, it Is
on easv matter to make fowls pay a
clear dollar per head profit every year;
bnt assuming the profit at only 80 cents
ner head per year, WI have for Viz.
oinia a profit of S.. 0O5, 781 per year on
poultry alone and for North Carolina,
c~alcuIated at the same rate, a profit of
IS 445, 444 per year. These amounts
orc half the total annual value Of the
wheat crop of the two States, the whole
of which crop is raised at very little
profis at present prices. A considera-
ton of these figures will bring torcibly
to mind the Importance of giving poul-
try the best care and attention possible,
and of further developing and increas,
ing the industry. There is no fear of
OVERRIDING this business. Every year it
is necessary to import still larger num-
bers of eggs to meet the demand, and
there are thousands in the cities
who never taste an egg Of a chicken
the year round. Even at the very low
est price to which eggs yer fall they
paw TO produce, for when the price is
lowest in the summer the cost of pro
duction is so little on most farms as to
be almost inappreciable. Give the
hens "a fair field and no favor" and
they will never diein debt.-The South
ern Planter.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
E US HAVE UNITY.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
HOLMANS. N. 9.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
HOLMANS, N. 9.
While reading one Of the most truth
full and reliable ~papers-THE PROGRESS
sTvE FARMER-my attention was called
to en- article headed Unity" which
struck my fancy and attention. Tread
it with delight and endorse every word
from beginning to end. Ny thoughts
have ever been on that line, and your
humble servant is at a great loss for
language to express his desire for all
mankind everywhere to dwell in unity,
II possible, or as much as possible It
seems just now hat some prefer to
dwell In the tents of wickedness rather
than in the house of riqhteouanaaa
Unity should be a precious word With
all good people to accept and eniov Re-
fruits and pleasures of happiness.
United We stand, divided We fan. and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24
REFORM LITERAIuRE FREE.

Circulate all the reform literaturs
possible. Education is the watch.
word. We have the goldbugson
the run. For ten cents IO-cts. in
silver Or stamps your name will be
placed on the Reform Press Circula.
tor List and the leading reform pa.
pers of the United States will send
you sample copies free for distribu.
ton among your neighbOrs. Get on
the list at once; you w~illreceiyelOts
of good literature and 2re sure to be
more than satisfied with the invest
ment. Write your name and address
plainly. Address your lettersto
Box A, FARMERS TRIBUNE,
Des MCines, Iowa
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24

Crimson clover must never be soWn
the spring, but in the fall, and it will
then make a mature crop in the spring
and be off in time for any of the field
crops. Sown with oats or rye, it makes
excellent fall pasture, aud a bounteous
crop for soiling, ensilage Or hay in the
spring. 1t often yields green foliage
to the amount of Is or 20 tons an acre.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24

WINTER RCC PRODUCTION.

In order to have eggs in winter, the
ordinary grain feed must be supPie'
mented with animal and vegetable
matter. Hens of any breed will con
sume a great dsal Of food before they
commence to lay; then they Will not
mead so much. When laying, the de-
sire for grain is largely replaced by a
craving for animal and vegetable feed
and eggshell material, such as old
master. oyster shells. etc. Do not con
clude that the more feed the more eggs
Too much forcing is not advisable. IL
Is difficult to feed highly for eggs Win
ont making some of the hens too fat'
A fat hen o becomes broody. Inc
number of eggs a hen will lay before
she begins to sit depends upon her con-
dition when laying.
A laying fowl requires animal 1000,
either cooked or raw, tosupply the albu
men in the egg. A pound a day is
sufficient for a dozen hens. Any kind
of meat will do-rabbits, squirrels, etc,
are excellent. Feed regularly. A soft,
warm mess must be given in the morn
ing. Feed whole grain at noon and IN
the evening. A very little grain scat
tered in some clean litter, to keep the
hens busy scratchin, will suffice at
noon. but a full meal should be given
at night. Fowls go onto the roost early
in the evening and remain until day
light, and this long fast demands a
good, substantial meal. Wheat is an
excellent egg producing grain, and is a
good MONDAY diet. o It's are good
if the hens have plenty of sharp
grit within reach. As the weather
grows colder, more can may be given.
Always feed old corn if it is obtain
able. New is apt to cause a looseness
of the bowels. Sweet milk is a complete
ration for egg production, and should
be given daily. Buckwheat once a
week is good for laying hens. IL they
refuse to eat it alone, mix with other
grain.
Eggs are favored by the food on
which the hens feed. Those fed on
putrid meats, decayed vegetables, and
from a dirty surface, will lay eggs not
ht to eat. Very often eggs condemned
as stale are not so old as we think. The
musty, unpleasant odor and flavor
come from inferior food. To produce
well favored eggs, the hens must have
clean food. The feed trough and litter
In which grain is scattered must be
clean. The drinking vessel should be
scalded twice a week with boiling
water. Pure water must be kept be-.
fore the hens all the time. 1t is sur,
prising how much a flock will drink in
a day. Being one of the principal sub
stances in an egg, laying hens crave it.
The hen house should be warm and
dry. Heat from the suns rays is sum
Gent. The hens have a heavier coat
ing of feathers in winter, and are thus
prepared by nature for changes. II
the house is free from dampness and is
built reasonably warm, the hens Will
not suffer. The early molting hens and
the early Matched pullets will be the
winter layers. Torecapitulate, a warm,
dry house, exercise. clean food, pure
water, sharp grit, and cleanliness will
increase the egg production and give
healthy fowls the year round.-Mary
B K9ech, in American Agricultural.
THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN VIR.
GINA AND NOR TIL CAROLINA.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-12-24

PASSENGERS LEAVING RALEIGH AE0
am. make close connection at Green,
boro for al points North and South
also for all Western North CarolSi
points, arriving in AsbeviLe &lE
NJ, and Charlotte I:40 g.. m. Dmb
daily trains between Raleigh, Cp
lOtte and Atlanta.
No. IL, leaving Greensboro at 1888 a. "a. A.
irving at Raleigh at 7:20 a. M. carries a sleeDi,
car. No. IS, leavitg Raleigh at 4:'5 p. m, dS
carries a sleeping car. All trains leaving Raj
eigh for Greensboro connect there with fsa
thu ough trains for the North and South H.
GLIDING two limited vestibules each way.
Through tickets on sale at principal station
to all points. For rates or information, aDDT
to any agent of the Company, or to
]. s. B. THOMPSON. Supt. First Division, Dan
vile, Va.
w. B. RYDER, Supt. Second Division, Chg.
W. H GREEN, W A. TURK.
Genl Mang'r E'st'n Sys'm), GenI Pass. Agt
Washington. n. O. Washington. DC.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-04-25
mot FOR BILL"

The Evening Express is trihe too san
guine in expecting the Chicago Times
Herald under the Kohlsaat regime to be
a Mckinley organ. The Geographic dis
patch announcing the purchase by Mr..
kohlsaat stated that the paper would be
wholly independent of party lines.
And the fact that so strong Democrat
as Secretary Morton has been offered the
financial editorship also negatives the
theory of it becoming the champion of
Tariff Bill Mckinley. When the Times
Herald supports man fer the presidency
it will be somebody little more definite
on the financial question than the Ohio
attitudinizer.
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EXPELLED FROM WARSAW
Revenge Taken Upon Nine. MoGjeska
by the Russians
Cause of All the Trouble What
the Lady Said

LONDON. April PA dispatch to the
Chronicle from Vienna says the Russian
government has expelled Nine. Modi eska,
the we'll known actress, from Warsaw ow
ing to a violent speech she made against
Russia in Chicago.
On February 81 an order issued by the
Russian government forbade Nine. Mod
jeska to fulfill an engagement a the
Warsaw theater in consequence of a speech
she had delivered before the Chicago Art
Institute on the subject of Polish women.
Soon after this speech Nine. ModJeska
was notified she could not appear on the
stage within the Russian juri sdiction.
In the course of her speech at Chicago
Nine. Modjeska said: 81 shall not dwell
upon the development of or political
instit tions. They (the Russians) have
laughed to scorn the belief that there was
ever a Polish nation. They have re-
stricted, if not wholly wholly ., prohi163i nsd.
such conditions could there be
any organized effort of women? Why. it
would be considered political crime; it
would bring its punishment. L cannot
tell what the Polish women are doing,
because to do so would bring punishment
upon the heroic workers.
I'VE have had d constant struggle for
our independence. An unholy alliance
was formed to crush out our institutions.
The gates have been closed. Men
have destroyed Poland, but her
women have stood guard at the
gates of their country. 1t was she who
patriotism and honor in spite
of Siberia. and. what is worse, the lash. to
the everlasting disgrace of the Russian
government. Our enemies make great
if they think they have de-
us. AS long as a Polish woman
lives Poland will live. We may have
merted punishment for our frailties,
God knows may be We have. We have
heard mu h of the Roman and Spartan
mothers. That is well, but | hope the
world will hear more of the Polish
mothers. The Polish mother is waiting
patiently for the instruction. and if
there. is place on earth she will not
wait in vain.'
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LEpERs AND THE COUNTY HOSPITAL

The interesting fact published in The
Herald of yesterday that the county
authorities permit lepers to associate at
will with the general public is exciting
considerable interest just now. The au-
thorities make the lame excuse that there
is no law by which leper can be isolated.
Law or no law, such unfortunates are in
variably kept by themselves in all COM
munities, and there are unquestionably
means to protect the general public; if
the proper officials would but attempt to
act they could find way.
One of the lepers in question, it ap-
pears, while in the care of the county
hospital has been allowed to visit his
family and bring children into the world
to the heritage of an indescribable horror.
These poor wretches of outcasts are not
only permitted to associate with the gen.
eral public, but are housed in locality
quite thickly populated, and their pres
ence is a constant menace and terror to
the neighboring residents. If there is no
way, as the officials claim, to remedy this
evil, it is time that one should be created.