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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18

Farmers, write US your experience
with various crops, stock, fruit or any
thing else that will be of benefit to your
fellow laborers.
To break a cow from sucking, tie up
her bag. Knit wooden goods fastened
Oya string tied over her back are best,
Is they stretch as the bag fills.
thorough rlilking pays, especially
when the milk is set for butter or
cheese, as the strippings or last milk
contains far larger per cent. of butter
tat, while the first drawn milk is more
Vatery.
Ex-senator Warren rarely takes a
morning walk around his Wyoming
Iarm. Ole reason is that it is six times
Is big as the State of Rhode Island, and
has on it 1000 horses, Is, 900 cattle and
10000 sheep.
It's not of so much Importance that
our agricultural machinery is sold in
0felgn countries at less than it is tere,
d 1t Is that it is sold at all in those
T0u1trles. When sold there it is oper-
ated by pauper labor on the cheap lands
India, etc, and enables capital to
produce immensely more to compete
VIII our products.
IL making a market at home for the
grain and coarse fodder he grows the
Eesper of go0d stock saves himself q
god deal of labor in finding a market
IEit, He should not charge his stcch
all that the produce would bring i
Satrled to market, as by feeding it a
Oone he saves what marketing of i
would cost, besides the value of IT,
manure which the home feeding makes
1lS with many products is larg
ta'F Of the price they would brini
"Aen marketed.
Inc majority of farmers keep to-
pl0ny horses for the the work the,
AVE s''e to do, too many COWS for thei
s1Ny product, too many hogs for tn
poFA they have to put in the barrel an,
W many hens for the value of the egg
= ~ poultry they have to sell. Are no
49,. sS7 reasons enough why so man,
suuot make farming pay9 If the,
la lessen the expense of keeping
not 81 !, stock and yet get the same proc
loa, sueFe will be a profit instead of
VI all their farming operations.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18
HORTICULTURE
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.

Grating and budding should be on
ct cks of same or similar kind, so sap
can circulate freely.
A rustic arbor is the work of but a
few hours. Grapes planted here afford
both shade and fruit. A wild climbing
rose will Chamber along the paling fence,
row of holly hooks form background
for hardy perennial flowers, and a few
seeds of ANIMALS may be had for the
asking.
1t is charac cteristic of the age that
nothing is regarded as settled. This is
true in regard to the distance apart
trees in orchards should be planted as
well as other things. Some growers
plant trees as far as 40 feet apart each
way; others as close as Is feet each
way. The tendency among commercial
growers seems to be toward thick plant
ing, with view to thinning when the
trees begin to crowd each other.
A tree that has been raised in rich,
heavily manured nursery land and
pushed until it is over size is sure to be
very tender, not having ripened Its
wood. Again, it is hard to get UP
enough roots to support tree so over
grown. The medium size tree will have
its wood well ripened and have sufh
Gent roots to continue it's growth, and
IN less than three years will be larger
than the overgrown tree set out at the
same time and age.
To keep heads of trees well formed
requires but little pruning if given just
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18
AVOID FALSE ISSUES.

Since the Memphis meeting there
has been no tidal wave of convers-
ion to it's platform.
Secretary Carlisle argued for the
gold standard and the resolutions of
the Convention echoed his sentiments,
says the st. Louis Republic
Instead of making progress for con-
servative sentiment on the money ques-
tion, the Secretary's address and the
resolutions which followed have had
the contrary effect. They have aroused
the most extreme silver men to in
creased activity. By making it appear
that the struggle is for and against the
gold standard, they have given to 16
to 1 leaders plain advantage in ap-
pealing to the overwhelming senti-
ment of the West and SJuth in favor
of silver money.
Ever since the opening Of the special
session of Congress in 1898, there has
been a concerted effort to effect poll
tical division between gold monometal-
lism and silver monometallism. 1t
may be said that there have been two
concerted efforts. One has been an
agitation to make the gold standard
the platform of all that class which
looks first at the maintenance OF invio-
liable public and private credit The
other has been a widespread activity
in persuading the agricultural class,
which is compelled by its own inter.
ests to look first at the prices of agri-
cultural staples, that monometallic
silver unit of value is the only plat
form on which the opponents of the
single gold standard can place them
selves.
IL is false issue. When that issue
is drawn, both sides must indulge in
casuistry. Both must ignore or mis-
represent facts of finance and trade.
The gold standard is not indissolubly
connected with the maintenance OF
credit. A silver standard would be a.
/ tremendous revolution whose effects
upon the welfare of producing classes
no man can foresee.
Free coinage men of the old school
adhere to their principles. What they
want ia that the Government OF the
United States return to the free coin
oao If both metals and in returning
,,So the usual methods of enlightened
cations Their platform is: Fix a
date for opening. the mints and mean
While study carefully the conditions
of trade, industry and finance, 50 that
no rash blunder will Oppress the labor
of the land for years before remedy
can be applied.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18
TO DESTROY INSECTS.
Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
BRIDGEwATER, N. Q.
AS see in your valuable paper plans
for keeping bugs and insects off young
melon vines, will give you one which
is as follows:
Go in the evening and get a lot of fat
pine knots and carry them to the melon
patch and then, just when it is begin
ming to get dark, take the pine knots
and build a small fire every three or
four steps and keep them burning
about one hour. The bugs and insects
will fly in the fire and get burned up,
or take fright at the fires and leave.
have tried the above plan and have
never failed in single instance. If
the pine knots can't be had anything
that will make blaze will do just as
well. Once tried always used. A dark
night is preferable.
Yours fraternally,
W. J. SNIPES.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18
WEEKLY WEATHER CROP Bull
LETIN
For the Week Ending Monday, June I,
1895.

For the Week Ending Monday, June I,
1895.
CENTRAL OFFICE, Raleigh, N. @.
The reports of correspondents of the
Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued
by the North Carolina State Weather
Service, for the week ending Saturday,
June 8, 1895, indicate another favorable
week. The weather continued fair and
very warm the first five days of the
week, the last two days being cooler,
though slightly below the normal in
temperature. A beneficial and refresh
ing rain occurred Wednesday night,
averaging about half an inch over the
State; light showers are still needed at
many places. Farmers are catching
up with their v Jrk and planting is
nearly finished.
Eastern District. The week was
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18
No. 10

W course a great deal depends upon
'ne weather. In hot sunny weather,
cloVer can be cured in few days, at
oGner times it would take much longer.
"nen cured, clover can be slowed in
Darn or other dry place. To feed clover
20 get the best results, it is best to cut
IL up very fine, the finer the better,
Vnen take twice the bulk of cut clover
10 bulk OF grain, corn meal, bran and
wheat mlddlings, the whole to be thor
ougnly cooked for the morning mash.
Inc clover should be boiled for an hour
or more to make it soft. The grain
should be thoroughly mixed with the
clover, and the whole left in the boiler
to stand over night for the morning
mash, and when cooked in boiler or
set kettle, the whole mess slowly cooks
all night and comes out in the morning
nice hot steaming mash, smelling
sweetly of clover and is greedily eaten
by poultry, large and small, enough
water should be used in cooking the
mash to have it come out quite moist
in the morning, when a paddle full is
thrown into the feed trough it should
spat a little when it strikes. If the
mash should be stiff, 80 as to crumble
it is not eaten so we'll, the poultry are
apt to scratch it out of trough, and
waste it. The stiff crumbly mash does
not pess on to the gizzard readily and
time is lost, and for the time the pouI-
try are crop bound. When fed moist
enough, there is no trouble and it is all
eaten up. Chickens grow fast on such
a mash, but do not fatten, hens fed in
this way will have red combs, keep
healthy and lay plenty of eggs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18

right and at the right time, but to try
to give a rule would be useless. In
pruning never cut out small twigs or
spurs growing on larger limbs. Many
cut these out thinking they will after
awhile make cross limbs, such is not
the case. These are your show for fruit,
and many persons destroy their first
fruit crops by thus cutting away these
fruit spIrs.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18
RALEIGH. N. c.. JUNE 18. 1895.

very good for farm work, plenty OF
sunshine; rain on Wednesday at many
places benefited crops, though ground
is still hard and dry and rain is needed
at numerous points. The last few day s
have been too cool and windy. The
stand of corn is not good, but it is green
and growing, and mostly clean. Irish
potato crop is rather poor in this dis
trict; some are being shipped. Sweet
potatoes are backward in sprouting ;
good many plants were set this week
at some places, while many report
scarcity of plants. Peanuts are late.
Cotton is as small for June as ever
known. Some are still plowing up cot.
ton and planting corn. Millet and field
peas being planted. Some reports of
fruit dropping off are still received,
but trees are heavily loaded with fruit.
Central District. Reports generally
indicate another fine week for farm
work; warm enough the early part to
advance growth rapidly, followed by
showers on the night of the 55h, which
just came in time. 1t is still too dry
at many places, and the cool weather
the last few days is not beneficial
Planting is now about over. Cotton
chopping goes on; cotton plants in CEN
tral and northern portions average only
three small leaves; it is larger in the
southern part. 1t is little chilled by
the cool weather of last two days.
Wheat, rye and oats are beginning to
ripen and harvest will begin next week,
which is about ten to fifteen days later
than the average time. Some rust is
reported, without serious damage.
Wheat is in better condition than oats.
Tobacco is nearly all planted, and be
ing worked first time. In some coun
ties as Vance and Warren, it is not in
good condition; in some counties it is
growing off well. A good deal ofplow
ing has been done in corn this week. 1t
is small but growing, Late planted is
coming up very we'll Worms arestill
doing some damage.
Western District have
caught up with their work and fields
are in good condition; crops are clear
of grass. Corn is being worked; it is
generally looking well. Irish potatoes
are reported in fine COZ dition by nearly
every correspondent. Sweet potatoes
are being set out and they start we'll
Tobacco has been about all set out
Grass and clover hay are being cut
Wheat is ripening; will soon be ready
to harvest; some rust reported, but not
very serious; the crop will be above the
average apparently. Oats are generally
good. The condition of fruit promises
about an average crop.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18

Clover should never be plowed under
until after it had attained full growth
and crop of hay has been made from
it. We have known farmers to SOW
clover on spring grain and then plow
the stubble in fall for wheat, thinking
that the clover Growth they thus
secured was W. III the value of the
seed as manures. But we think that
the cost of the seed expended in min
eral fertilizers would have given better
results. Clover seed is only cheap ma
nure when the crop is allowed to make
its full growth. While immature the
plant has little nutritive or manurial
value.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18

These who keep bees, as every farmer
should know that the most valuable
swarms come early, and after June it
is better wherever possible to prevent
swarming. 1t is hard calculating just
how many bee hives will be needed for
the seasons increase. Some swarms
are much more prolific than others,
and we have known three and even
four swarms from one colony during
the summer. Every beekeeper should
have ladders of various kinds, and a
rough, light table on which to set the
hive while the limb of the tree on which
the swarm has settled is cut off and
shaken beside it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18

Favoring free coinage means favor
ing more money. Opposition to free
coinage means opposition to more
money, and that is practically all there
is in it. Parity" intrinsic value" I"
''sound money" &c, do not belong to
the discussion at all. These expressions
are intended 70 mystify the true ques-
tion.-Iguore them. Missouri World.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18
PARIS GREEN FOR MELON VINES
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
TryTNJcrTOJ N q

LEXINGTON, N, @.
Should sulphur, phosphate and the
usual remedies fail to drive the bugs
off melon or cucumber vines, give
them Paris green. Take one tablespoon
Of Paris green. and mix thoroughly
with four tablespoons of -four, shorts
or corn meal, and with a small spoon
or paddle of wood, place a good sized
pinch close to the root OF each stalk,
when the dew is on, and you will get
rid of the pests. Must be repeated after
rains. Am. II.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18

The English walnut can be grown in
the latitude of the Virginias, and there
is no reason why we should continue
importing that nut in such quantities
much longer. There is a tree in Penn
sylvania which produces 40 bushels an
nually of marketable nuts. Their
growth is slow, but the outcome sure.
When bearing, an acre of them would
be Of great value.
Lime seems to be an effectual remedy
for mildew upon cucumbers, melons,
potatoes, etc. Be sure to sprinkle the
fine powder on the under side of the
leaves as we'll as upon the upper. There
must be actual contact between the
caustic principles of lime and the
fungus.
Sudden and severe pruning at any
time, looping off large limbs or taking
away of undue quantity of wood in a
single season is apt to ruin the ensuing
fruit crop, because it forces so much
sap into buds which remain so long
that they grow coarse and sappy; even
if blossoms appear the fruit will not set.
Some of our best fruits have come
from our native varieties, taken from
the woods; especially is this so of our
raspberries, blackberries and gooseber-
ries. Most of this within generation.
There are yet other fruits to conquer,
doubtless. Let our experiment stations
try their hand with the huckleberry,
Juneberry, pawpaw and persimmon.
Tests have proved a mistake in leav
ing our apples on the trees until the
early frosts, or until they are quite
ripe. Those keep longest which are
gathered soonest after maturity. If
packed, either for shipping or home
keeping, nothing is better than dry
maple leaves. The only way to dry
them perfectly is on a fl BOT. Careless
handling of fruit makes our efforts of
no avail.
1t is easy to grow grape vines, but
we are not so sure of gathering the
fruit. Cover the vines in winter to
avoid the cold. Ward eff the rot and
miIdew by spraying with solution of
sulphate of copper and lime. By plant
ing upon high, sandy or gravelIy soil,
with southern exposure, we may avoid
the frosts of autumn and spring. The
rosebug may be lodged by allowing
them to bloom upon the ground, or by
spraying with Paris green.
Those who do not spray their orch
ards and take the pains to procure
sound fruit will be driven out of the
market, while those who get the better
price will be justified for their pains
and expense. The Goblin moth has
made it very hard to get perfect fruit
for many years past, or an abundant
crop. Verify there is no excellence
without great labor, no matter what
may be our line in obtaining liveli-
| hood
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-06-18
,.rroNAL FARMERS ALL
1H ENCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

-.5snt-J. F. Willetts, Topeka
Kan. prssident-H. @. Snavely, Leb
anon, f6taa:rv-Treagurer-Col. fa: D. P. Dun
..0. GO Columbia, s. G.
cSn' EXECUTIVE BOARD.
Toucks. Huron, s. D.; Mann
oaas nc Brandon, Virginia; = n = r s1,, Eem
9sge, 4g g,ao1e T Falls, New York; b. y. e1Ii LEN
HOLE HoneOS Secretary. Harrisburg, FeHnSEA ~ = 1
nLnS' ns Marion Butler, Ralelgn' N' ~
JUDICIARY.
southworth, Denver, Colo
D. W Beck, Alabama.
y y D. Davie, Kentucky.
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLI'
aOS4N ANCE.
o-o.ident-J. NJ. Mewborne, Klnston'
n vGic;e.presidont-A. Z; c. shuford' New
Ton, \: y; - -Treagurer-W. 8. Barnes,
R4lelgn' q eslsg{n51'rerNCyrus M. {; Thompson, Rich
saas, a9aaas,ysrd[J. ar 7. B. Hoover, Elm City,
n icS5;aDlain-Dr. :; T. T. speight, Lewis
'oR, Door, Oh: feeper-GoO. e, T. Lane Greens
Ooscs gessistaGt st: NJ: Door -keeper-Jas. E. Lyon
Durnanl' ~ ~ ,s r Hancock.
Greensboro, n. @. D.,
State Business Agent-t' Vey' r'a-
elga, ~ N: II business Agency Fund-W.
z Graham, Machpelah, N. Y.
--.r--,,vv COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
80 o.Oo1Iv1 ~ FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
Warion Butler, Goldsboro, n. G.; ].
long Eoka, n. c.; A. +. Hlleman,
Concord, n. Q.
.rArr ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Jno Brady. Gatesville, n. G.; DR.. j..
HarreII Whiteville, N. O.; John
Graham, RidgeWay, N. Z.
sortb Carolina Reform Press Association.
0hoers-J L. Ramsey, Prestde'1t ;
sGrion Butler, Vice President; w. 3
BarBes, Secretary,
PAPERS.
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rTcss1on Raleigh, n. 9.
49, Hickory, N. Q.
5sttIsT Whitakers, n. Q.
a. Home Beaver Dam, N. Q.
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he Piov-BOy WadesbOTO, y. Q.
0nslOW Blade, PeanuC, n. u
Each of the GbOUe-HGn1ed papers are
requested to keep the list standing ON
he first page and add others, prOUtded
Ebeg are duly elected. Any paper tGtt.
no to advocate the OcdLG platform tCtLl
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people can nOtU see tCIGt papers are
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requested to keep the list standing ON
he fret page and add others, prOUtded
AsF are duly elected. any paper tGtt-
no to advocate the OcGlG platform tCfLL
b dropped from the list promptly. Our
people can nOtU see tCbGt papers are
published in their interest.
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sor.b Carolina Reform Press Association.
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sg+toT. Butler, ce-Prestde7Gt; w. >.
8arDes, Secretary,
PAPERS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-02
STATE SCHOOL LANDS.

Auditor Dunn Is Trying to Sc
Lnte
The state auditor has been looking
up the state lands to which the state
is entitled by an act of congress passed
years ago, which gives sections 16 and
IS of each township for school pur-
poses. Many of these sections have
been taken possession of by squatters
before definite boundary lines could
be drawn, and these men have since
been claiming them under the home
stead law. Congress subsequently
passed a law providing that whenever
this was the case the state could select
other lands as indemnity lands, but
this the state auditors for some years
have failed to do.
The records show that the state has
been entitled to select ZOO acres of
indemnity land. During the McElrath
administration something like 155, 600
acres. were acquired, and since that
time $4,000 acres have been selected but
not yet approved by the government
More than 10000 acres, or more than
half of the total, are still due the
state, and should have been selected
years ago before the most valuable of
the government lands had been seized
upon by settlers.
Auditor Dunn will make an effort to
select the remaining 100000 acres of
indemnity lands, as If he is not able to
close up the work now, the state will
be loser by a very large amount.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-02
ROMANTIC VAGRANT.
Arrest, by Mistake, of the Brother
of Edna Wallace Hopper.


Desk Sergeant Horn, of the CEN
trail police station, is man, and he
has grey hair; wherefore he did not
fall madly in love with a romantic
prisoner who was arrested yesterday
afternoon by Officer Clark. The
prisoner was unusually handsome,
despite of travel-stained clothing.
He was young. He bore the heroic
name of William Wallace He was
sailor lad, a genuine salt, who could
speak knowingly of the climatic OBJ
tions to Patagonia and recall the best
boarding house in Calcutta. But,
above all, he was the brother of one
of the most charming little singers
in the domain of American comic
opera-Edna De Wolf Hopper, the
wife of the WelI-known operatic
comedian. Every one will recollect
Z the husband and wife as they ap-
peared last winter at the Metropol-
itan in CDR. SyntaX." Mrs Hopper
is very pretty, and has exhibited tai
ent in both comic opera and legiti-
mate comedy. She has been on the
stage only four years, and began her
career as a soubrette with Roland
Reed.
Her brother, unfortunately brought
to the station yesterday, was arrested
through no fault of his own He was
perfectly sober, and had been taken in
by mistake among a. pumber of other
men recently arrived N St. Paul from
the Dakota harvest fields. His manner
and converse ton was that of a young
American with an excellent common
sehool education. Indeed, as he stated
on request, his rowing life has not
lasted very Icing and: he isealready tired
of it. From the age of thirteen to.eev-
enteen he was employed at San Fran
cisco, his native city, in the law office
of Wilson & Wilson. Then he took, as
adventurous boys will, ,Sto the sea- His
:. pockets contained yesterday discharges
from ships in all parts of the world
Every captain gave William the high
est recommendation for character and
ability. During six years he remained
on salt water. :, For the last two years
he has sailed the great lakes and was
induced to leave Chicago, few weeks
ago, in search of phenomenal wages as
a harvest hand. His identity was dis
covered by the photographs which he
bore of his pretty sister, his mother,
a distinguished looking woman, and by
letters from friends of the farI,y in
San Francisco. He will doubtless be
released t,Gis morning. He is returning
:. to Chicago in a. much weakened phys
ical condition, having suffered recently
from a prolonged Illness.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-10-02
SPANISH CRUISER CRISTOBAL
COLON MEETS DISASTER ON
THE CUBAN COAST,
WENT TO PIECES ON A ROCK
ALL ON BOARD REACH LAND
THROUGH HIGH RUNNING
WAVES.
SWEPT ASHORE IN A STORM
Rebel Fakirs Claiming That the
Ship Was Destroyed by
Insurgents.

HAVANA, Oct. 1.-Following
upon the loss of the Span
ish cruiser Barcastegui, which
was sunk in collision with the Span
ish merchant vessel Mortero, off
Nero castle, at the entrance of this
harbor, ant midnight Of Sept. 1S, re-
sulting in the drowning of Admiral
Delgado, commalder-in-ch of the
Spanish naval forces in Cuban wa
tiers, and forty-sfx men, comes the
news of the wreck and probable total
loss of the Cristobal Colon, a sec
ond class cruiser of about 1 200 tons
displacement and 1900 horse power
The CTistobal Colon formed part Of
the fleet of Spanish warships de-
tailed to watch the coast of Spain
in order to prevent the landing of
filibustering expeditions from the