davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
THE DAIRY.
ONE DAYS TESTING OF cows
VALUELESS.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
The Worlds Fair Dairy Tests held at
Chicago have demonstrated beyond
possibility of question the absolute I'm.
reliability of a test by churn or oil test
for n single day as an evidence of
the capacity of the 10Y for, say, a
week or a month. The data obtained
in these tests clearly show that a COW
which was making an average of two
pounds per day, without the slightest
evidence of any cause therefor, will
make as high as 81 to 81 los, and some
times close TO 3 lbs In twenty-four
hours. There is no apparent reason
why such should be the case, but there
are always causes for results in dairy
cows. Ii may be the forerunner of
some sickness, something that has ex
cited the-cow, which auses the butter
fat TO be abnormally great upon that
particular day; it may be a sudden
change in feed which disturbs her, and
while such change may not prove
fetal, the result of it is that for that
particular twenty-four hours it does
not decrease the flow of milk, but, De-
ing a disturbing element, increases the
fat in the milk.
It was very noticeable that when a
COW was shipped by express TO the
barn. and was tested the day following
her reaching there, she almost invarI
ably gave a larger percentage OF fat
than at any time subsequent. The
question that arises is, how far are
tests that have been conducted at fairs
throughout the country of any value
as a criterion of the butter capacity of
the cows9 Cows are at times shipped
some considerable distance, and are
tested the next day, and if not tested
on that day, then within a few days
after arrival. All the time the COWS
are subjected to excitement and other
disturbing causes, which would GER
tainly have a tendency to the prCduc
ton of an excess amount of fat in the
milk, as compared with their normal
condition. For these reasons it Is
claimed that a one days test OF a COW
is practically valueless as a basis for
judging her capacity for any more
heightened period, and the facts of the
Worlds Fair Dairy Tests bear this out.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22

Comparatively few people prune to-
mato vines mainly because 1t is too
much trouble, The crop seldom sells
for high prices, and to put much labor
on it lessons the chance for profit.
Some recent experiments, a writ' r
says, show that the pruning is not a
benefit but rather an injury. IC leSs9rs
the crop and does not make it earlier,
as is claimtd. The tomato needs II
the leaves it has to perfect it's fruit.
When 1t is injured by potato beetle
larva the fruit is watery and inferior.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
7 WBERRY PLANTa

Set out and watered by the
McSherry Automatic Trausplanter,
Grow better than those set by hand Get a ma
chtpe and set cut plants for your eIghb0rs who
are not so vide awake Easy Terms You car
earn cough in one season 10 pay tor it. Write
to us.
249 Meeting Street ChurIesLa S.
Mention this paperJ
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22

In the above it will b seen Ia we
allot $40, OOO, 600 to circulation, and y: t
even with that deducted there is still
left $279, 80, 682 u~naccounted for.
From these facts the conclusion is
unavoidable that either there are to
day at least 1926. 900, 900 in gold hoard
ed by the people of the United States
or else that the government mint fig
ures are extremely erroneous.
Here is a frank admission that more
than $279, 600, 900 of gold coin cannot
be accounted for. It admits that it is
not in the Treasury. or the banks, and
is not seen in circulation among the
people.
Inview of the above statement from
Ii director of the mint, we conclude
that both Secretaries Smith and Car
llslo have attempted to deceive the PEG
pie. In conclusion, we challenge them
or any Of their supporters to disclose
the exact location of this missing 1884,
600, OCO.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
From GOldsboro.

PASSENGERS LEAVING RALEIGH ATT
a.m- make close connection al Gree
bOro for ali points North and sou q.
also for all Western North CARROLL
points, arriving in Asbeviile So p
u, and Charlotte T4O a. m. Doua.
daily trains between Raleigh. Chs
lOtte and Atlanta
No. IL. leaving Greensboro at 133 a. Ii, o.
irving ST Raleigh at 1870 A. NJ, carries a sleep
csr No. IS, lravi'g Raleigh at 4:lu p. M, q
carries Il sletpiug car. All EraiDs leaving RAJ
eigh FIR Greensboro connect there with IA
tn ough trains tor the North and South, To-
Guiding two limited vestibult each way.
through tickets on sale at principal static
to all points. For rates or Information, app
to any agent OF the company, or to
j, ;. b. THOMPSON, Supt. First Division, Da2
vile, Va.
w. B. RYDER, Supt. Second Division, CHI.
w. H GREEN, W. A. TURK,
GenlM ang'r (E'st'n Sys'm), Gen'l Pass. Az
Washington. j. L. Washington. D.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
EoKE SMITH CALLED DOWN.

The National Watchman. whose edi-
tor has spent years and years in Wash
ington studying political economy and
searching the records, and who knows
more about the financial question than
either Smith or Carlisle, has this to say +:
Secretary Hoke Smith, in a recent
sneech at Gainesville, Ca, made the
following statement:
The immediate effect of the cleo
ton of a President committed to such
a policy would be the separation of the
gold and silver dollar, the gold dollar
going to a premium of about two for
one. We would lose at once $678, OOO,-
900 in gold in circulation and in the
Treasury"
Secretary Carlisle made almost the
same declaration in his late Kentucky
speeches. Now we would like to ask
these gentlemen where this vast amount
of gold lis at r. We would like to
have them point out its exact location.
Men, especially of their station, who
go about the country making speeches
should at all times be able to back up
their statements. The plain naked
truth is that they lied when they made
these statements, and knew they lied
at the time of making them. Let us
go to the records and ascertain all that
can be learned upon the subject:
From the latest statement the entire
Eastern group of banks hold only $40,
OOO, 900 in specie, which is not all gold.
The National Treasury holds but $1O5,-
600, 900 while the Western and South,
ern banks hold but little. It is safe,
therefore, to make the following state
ment:
G. old in Eeastern banks. s 70 600, 900
G. old in Western and South
ern banks, estimated. 40. 600. 600
Gold in U s. Treasury. los, 600, 600
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
Your money

back if you want it-Vacuum Leather
Oil. Get a can at a harness or shoe
store, 25c a halfpint to $I.25 a gallon !;
book Chow 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. Ifyou can't find it, write to
VACUUM OIL COMPANY, Rochester, N Y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-10-22
WANTED.

General and local agents. 81 per day gusran-
teed local agents. Aadres, with st IMP.
Is AAC w. l. ANN,
Q76O Raleigh, &C.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
ALLEGED FUN.

do you go to church to hear the
sermon or the music, Maude?" 81 go
for the hims," said Maude. Hampers
BGzdGr.
Eyes" said the tree, 81 suppose I'm
ready, as far as my trunk goes; but
I've decided not to leave until spring. "
Life.
Penelope (treezingly): "You do not
love me-" Ten Broke (convincingly):
81 worship the very ground that you
inherit. "-L9e.
Little Girl: "How did you scratch
your nose7" Wheelman: bicycling. +"
Little Girl Cthoughtfully): ''You should
not ride with your nose so close TO the
ground. Good NeaUs.
A little girls father had a round bald
spot. Kissing him at bedtime not long
ago, she said, "S5oop down, Popsy; I
want to kiss the place where the lining
shows THE Household.
Tommy: Say, paw" Mr. Figg:
''Now what is the matterg" Tommy:
when the Fourth of July falls on
Sunday, does it fall hard enough to
break the Sabbath?"-EndiGnGpOZis
Journal.
Mother: Johnny! On your way
home from school, stop at the store and
get me a stick of candy and a bar of
SOAP" Father: "What do you want
what a stick ofcandy 9"Mother: Chats
SO he'll remember the soap."-N Y.
Weekly.
Magistrate Ito witness): Il under
stand that you overheard the quarrel
between this defendant and his wife9'
Witness: Eyes, sor." Magistrate:
''Tell the court, if you can, what he
seemed to be doing" Witness: HE
seemed to be doing the listenin'."-
N. Y. Herald.
1t was New Years morning, and
Mollie was looking out of the window
with a very disappointed look on her
face. "Why so sad, little one?' asked
her mother. 'I's dest lookin' out at de
rev year." she replied. II tan't see
dat it's any newer lookin' dan de old
one. "-Harper's BGzGr.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
FOR LADY READERS.

The newest skirts have pockets, not
one only but two, one each side. Now
the lost columns in the newspapers
Will grow smaller and beautifully
shorter.
An innovation in the conduct of
funerals is reported from Grand
Rapids, Mich, where a Mrs. Turner
delivered the address at the grave of
her husband.
A housewife whose frothy, light,
mashed potato is the most delicious
thing ever eaten, c~onfesses that the
Cause of it is a pinch of baking powder
added when the milk and butter are
beaten in.
Paper hose at three cents a pair and
paper gloves at proportionate prices
are the novel predictions of a man who
experimenting with paper with this
@View. The stockings will be knitted
Upaper yarns. After the knitting has
Ueen done, the goods are placed in a
wing bath, made from potato, starch
spa tallow, which imparts solidity and
durability to the texture.
"ocking-chair clubs are a new form
social diversion in quiet neighbcr.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30

Tin will reflect much of the heat, and the
when bread will be less apt to scald.
Cnls ma risen to twice it's size, make
mo rolls or loaf, and set in a warm
place to rise for baking. Let it rise to
Twice its size again and put into a
moderately hot oven, and begin baking
right off. If the fire is slow. or it
stands too long at this stage it will sour
ana fall, and is a failure that cannot
be remedied.
we can only avoid the mistake next
time. If the bread rises, but is fat on
toP' with squared edges, it shows that
zoo much heat was had in the raising.
1t was hurried too much.
1t bread made up cool short days in
autumn, and intended for tea, is not
risen at 3 o'clock the time that it
should be ready for making into roll,
1t a be kept over until the following
morning, provided it is worked over at
Z o'clock, and is not keptina too warm
place. iii is not risen by that time,
Cno yeast Is Soul or not good, or there
was some law violated.
Any heat that will kill a living plant,
will kill the yeast plant. When we
know that the yeast germ is a living
plant, we car understand better about
the heat, and the patience required for
it to grow, after it is worked into the
-four
These are strange things, but since
our Savior has drank the bitter cup,
and we have His crucified body to look
at. God has given man great power
and understanding to work in the
sciences.
The kingdom of heaven is at hand
And WbOsOeUer will, let him take the
water of life freely.
PAMELA CAROLINA READE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30

hoods. One member reads aloud
while the others sew, but part OF the
time is devoted to the good old-fashion
of telling the individual experience
and passing on the helpful thought,
the title of the book or article found
of service, the useful recipe or the per-
sonal discovery of new methods of
value in the home.
A Springfield IN. j. woman cured
her husband of rheumatism recently
by the instantaneous process. She put
six beer bottles filed with water heat
ing in the oven, intending to place
them upon the patient. She left them
too long, and there was an explosion
which blew up the stove and shattered
the windows. The terrified husband
leaped out of bed and ran for help,
and hasn't had a twinge of the ''rheu-
matics" since.
Speaking of English country girls
and their opportunities Lady Henry
Somerset compares them with the
girls of the United States who live in
the small country towns. "Over in
England they simply vegitate, but in
this country I have noticed that there
is a very strong desire for education.
This impressed me especially at Chau-
tauqua, where 1 saw the wives and
daugters of the farmers, bright, clever
women, all eager and interested to get
all that they could learn. We see
nothing of this in England. Your
farmers seem to me like our squires
and the average squire's daughter is
taught to play on the piano a little and
do some fancy work, while to get mar
ried is the only aim in life. AS there
are a million more women than men
the situation is something of a prob
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30

BY the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union at Raleigh, N. c., Feb

ruary 3, 1895.
Finance-We demand a national
currency, safe, sound and flexible
issued by the government only, a full
legal tender for all debts, public o.
private, and that without the use OF
banking corporations; a just, equitable
and efficient means of distributing
direct to the people at a tax not to ex
coed 2 per cent. as set forth by thu
Sub-Treasury plan or some better Y
tenn; also, by payments in discharge OF
it's obligations and for public improve
ments.
o.. We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the legal
ratio of Is to 1.
b. We demand that the amount OF
the circulating medium be increased to
at least $50 per capita exclusive of legal
reserves.
C. We demand a graduated income
tax.
d. That national legislation shall
be so framed In the future as not to
build up one industry at the expense OF
another.
g. We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as
possible in the hands of the people and
hence we demand that all national and
State revenue shall be limited to the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
A GREELEY~STORY.
How Two Chicken Cocks Wrote an
Editorial for Him.

How Two Chicken Cocks Wrote an
Editorial for Him.
Hayden Carruth tells a good story
in Harper's Monthly for April apropos
of the VIGOROUSLY bad handwriting of
Horace Greeley and the trouble it gave
the compositors of the Iritune. One
of these compositors named Larkway,
a character in the composing room as
Greedy was in the editorial sanctum,
was noted for being able to make some
thing outo of anything Mr.. Greedy wrote.
On one occasion two live young roost-
ers of a new strain were sent to the
editor as a present. but he complained
that they ate all his paste, and he gave
them to the foreman of the composing
room to get rid of them. What fol-
lowed Mr.. Carruth tells thus:
CATER they had been with us a
couple of weeks the boy one day left
the ink-roller Of the proofpress on the
floor. One of the ROSTERS walked over
it and then across a piece of white
paper. The foreman saw him and a
great light burst in upon his mind
which nearly stunned him. He slap
ped his leg with ais hand hard enough
to break it and shut his jaws together
like a vice to keep from breaking out
IN a volcano of laughter. He walked
to his desk as if in a trance, keeping
his eye on Larkway. Before he went
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30

necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly admins
tered.
banks be established by the govern
ment for the safe deposit OF the earn
ings of the people and to facilitate ex-
Ta3d-The land, including all the
natural resources of wealth, Is b
heritage of all the people and should
hot be monopolized for speculatlvepur
poses and alien ownership OF land
should be prohibited. All lands now
held by railroads and other corpora
tions in excess of their actual needs,
and lands now owned by aliens, should
now be reclaimed by the governments
and sold for actual settlers OILY.
Observation-Disclosures be-
ing a means of exchange and a public
necessity, the government should own
and operate just enough of the com
peting railroad lines of the country to
effectually give the Government full
control of the regulation Of passenger
fares and freight rates.
q. The telegraph and telephone, like
the p~ostofice system, being a necessity
for the transmission of intelligence,
should be owned and operated by the
government in the interest of the peo-
pie.
ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATORS.
We demand the election of United
States Senator'S by a direct vote of the
people. That each State shall be di-
vided into two districts of nearly equal
voting population, and that a Senator
from each shall be elected by a direct
vote of the people of the district.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
HOUSEHOLD.

GRATED APPLE PUDDING.
One pint of grated apple, n OF
cream, four eggs we'll beaten, sweeten
and flavor to taste. Lightly butter a
nudding dish, pour in the mixture and
bake.
Remove the skins and put them into
boiling salted water. Boil them twenty
minutes and pour off the water en-
tirely, then put in equal parts OF hot
water and milk and boil them twenty
longer. When done, drain, cut IN
.Iices, put into a shallow dish, cover
9th white sauce and buttered crumbs,
and bake till the crumbs are brown.
DROP CAKES.
Beat n cup of butter and one half
CID of sugar to a cream, add three
well beaten eggs and a cup OF milk.
Sift one heaping teaspoontul OF baking
powder with three cups of flour. Beat
all to smooth batter and flavor with
spices to the taste, or with lemon or
vanilla. Drop with a spoon, three
inches apart, on a well buttered baking
nan. sprinkle a few %currants on top
and bake in a hot oven ten minutes.
DEvILLED TURKEY.
Take the legs and wings OF a cold
roast or boiled turkey, make several
missions in the flesh, and rub with
mustard and a little cayenne pepper,
pour over them a little oil, and let
them stand for several hours or over
night, if for breakfast. Broil them
until warmed through. Put them on
a hot platter. Take the remains of the
gravy, add a tablespoonful of chopped
pickle, let it get thoroughly hot, pour
over the joints and serve Immediately.
BREAD CREDIBLE CAKES.
Take one pint of stale bread crumbs,
muisten with boiling milk, and soak
over night, or until softened. Then
mash the bread to a paste; add two
eggs well beaten, a little salt, a cup of
-four, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder and cold milk enough to thin
them. Make them just as thin as they
can be baked without sticking or tear
ing. Try a cake or two on a hot,
creased griddle if you have any doubt.
Or the morning, add sour milk and
soda, allowing half a teaspoonful of
soda to a cup Of sour milk. Bread
cakes take longer to bake than other
kinds.
CRECY, OR CARROT SOUP.
Take five or six large red carrots,
wash and scrape them well, shave off
in thin slices the outer part, leaving
the yellow centre. Then peel and
slice a large onion and a small piece of
turnip. Put them in a stew pan with
a heaping tablespoonful of butter, a
few sprigs of parsley and two bay
leaves. Fry the whole a light yellow
color, then add the carrot with a
pint of water, and let them stew till
perfectly tender. Rub the carrot
through a squash strainer. Add a
quart of stock and heat again. Add a
~'easpoonful each of sugar and salt, and
pepper to taste, and when hot serve
immediately with croutons.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
Poetry
mn NOT UNDERSTAND.

Raoause I did not understand
Her little ways,.
Tlet life's best slip from my manu-
In the old days;
did not understand.
rTor subtleties of thought and speech,
Her finer sense,
IIar ~maiden-light reserves, seemed each
Cause of Offense;
I did not understand.
Come answer to her wistful gaze
When she was sad,
A tender word. a little praise
Had made her glad,
But I did not understand,
failed to read the shy regard
That lay below,
Her timid eyes,, AM so was nHtu'
did not know;
I did not understand.
p,+ when I saw the wonder rise
nj love nat grew
,,S deepened in her dying eyes,
oh, then l knew.
moo late [ understand.
-rbo a1usive, eager soul below
That look sedate,
Tho nsssionate tenderness, I know
Too late, too late;
oh. now l understand.
%. r. Hall.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
Wants.

wANTED-Eyery man who has land for sale
to advertise in The Progressive Farmer.
wANTED-Every man who raises bIooded
horses, cattle, hogs or chickens to advertise
them in The Progressive Farmer.
WANTED-5M manufacturers doing business
in North Carolina to advertise their various I'M
dustries in b Progressive Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30
RAG CARPETS.

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
READING, KAN.
When the accumulation of worn
garments forces the problem of their
disposition upon us, the question "Will
1T pay to make a rag carpet" naturally
arises. If you have a floor that needs
covering, and Ire not blessed with a
full pocket book, we would answer in
the affirmative. AS regards health, a
rag carpet is quite as desirable as a
Brussels or ingram. Us durability
commends it for the sitting room,
especially in a country home, where
there IRE many pairs of heavy boots
and children's shoes to carry in the
dust and mud. They may also be
very pretty, if the proper care is taken
In combining ~colors, and doing the
work.
Having decided to convert the clean
rags into a carpet, cut and tear them
into strips, from n half to one inch
wide, according to the thickness of the
goods. Dress goods or muslin are pre-
ferable to other material, in either cot
ton or wooden goods. Decide on the
style of carpett 10 be made. Those with
ground and fancy stripes are growing in
favor, and some are handsome enough
to please the most fastidious. OF course
the white rags must be colored, and
diamond dyes r. preferable to any
other for this work. Yellow, red, blue
and green brighten a carpet wonder
fully, and r especially good for cot
ton rags. The rags for the hit or miss
part should all be torn and thoroughly
mixed, before any are served. This
will make all the stripes look alike,
and not have some too light and others
too dark, as they are likely to be, if
only a few are sewed at time. Plain
or shaded, brown drab, gray or any
of the neutral tints are also pretty for
the main stripe.
Sewing the rags is soon accomplished
with a good sewing machine. Lap the
edges Of the strip about one inch, begin
at one edge, stitch across diagonally
and back again. Sew continuously for
a time, then cut the threads and wind.
The children will cheerfully lend a
hand at the ball making, especially if
each one is striving to wind the largest
ball.
Hit or miss carpets look we'll, espe-
cially if you have a variety of coIors,
and cost a few cents less per yard for
weaving than striped carpets do. A
very handsome carpet was seen re-
Gently at the house of a friend. 1t was
made mostly of children's clothes, and
the light ones were dyed several bright
colors with diamond dyes and mixed
with the dark rags very evenly
throughout the carpet. Most of the
stripes were short (rom six to twelve
inches in lengthy and all were very
narrow, making it so strangely mingled
that 1T scarcely looked like a rag CARPET.
Thus with a little perseverance, and
good taste, very desirable floor cover
ings may be made of material that
would otherwise be thrown away.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30

Observation-Disclosures, SIT GFeaGJenOs-
haphat, it seems to me sometimes as if
this Office was full of pesky college
graduates and after I have given the
ianitor strict orders not to allow one of
them in this building"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-04-30

Don't stop, brother, Wgstu The Pro-
gressiUe Farmer goes regularly to eUeTy
home IN gO0r neigbbOrhOOd.