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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-11-12
The Faults and Fcllies Of the Are

Are numerous, but Of the latter none is
more ridiculous than the promiscuous and
random use Of laxative pills and Other dras-.
tic cathartics. These wrench. convulse and
weaken both the stomach and the bowels.
1t Hostetter's Stomach Bitters be used in
stead Of these no-remedies, the result is &C.
complished without pain and with great
benefit to the bowels, the stomach and the
liver. Use this remedy when constipation
is manifested, and thereby prevent it from
becoming chronic.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-11-12

CxscAnBTs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken., weaken or grippe.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-11-12

AN Aberdonian, who, making morning
call, was asked II he t'wud t.k' dram, .
soberly declined. "'Twas too airly the
ready."-Town and Country journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
SIMPLE FRUIT PREsERvAT1vR.

Details of a new process for keeping
fruit in a fresh condition have recently
been received from France. A scientist
noted that pears and apples kept for
several months in an atmosphere sat
urated with vapors Of water and alec
hol, and he resolved to carry the ex-
pertinent further, with q view to learn
ing the possibility of reducing the
scheme to the requirements of every
day needs and methods.
With this object in view the operator
placed a variety of fruit, including
grapes, together with a bottle contain
ing sixty-one cubic inches of alcohol
at 96 degrees in a brick receptacle from
which the light and air were excluded
by a common wooden door. In two
similar receptacles, the door of one be
ing left open and that of the other
closed, bit the alcohol being absent
from both, other fruit was placed, and
they were placed in a deep cellar, the
atmosphere of which registered about
50 degrees. Twenty days later the con.
tents of the two last named chambers
were fOund to be absolutely worthless
but the receptacle in which the bottle
Of alcohol had also been placed pre-
sented a very different spectacle. Not
only were the grapes firm, full and en-
tirely free from mould, but the bloom
upon them w8s found to be as fresh as
though the bunch had just been taken
from the vine. The chamber was closed
for another month, and at the end of
that period everything was still as fresh
as formerly, and the freshness was evi
dent equally as much in the taste as in
the appearance.
These experiments have certainly
added to u methods of fruit preserv-
ing a process which is not only mex
pensive, but exceedingly useful.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
FRUIT IS PLENTIFUL BUT
WANTED.

The compensating thing in the low
prices for nearly ell kinds of fresh
fruit is the very liberal consumption
All ~seasonable varieties abundant. both
E lst and West, and only choicest lots
will command anything like outside
quotations. This is true of apples,
peaches, NJ fruits and melOus Sell
dom do apples move earlier than this
season, and with everything so abun
dant, values are low. According to q
special report in American Agricultur-
ist, the fruit crop of 1896 may be put
down as a full one. While there have
been some shortages in the Southern
States and also West of the Rocky
Mountains, the North and East have
been favored with abundant yields and
prospects for later vine and tree fruits
are good to excellent. The older mid
die and Eastern States Jared better
than sections further west. Vines and
orchards as a rule went through the
winter in good condition, and subse.
quently enjoyed an abundance OF
moisture and warmth conducive to
plant growth and development.
Where cultivation and spraying have
been most diligently and thoroughly
followed results are the best. Western
New York is in better shape than the
eastern part of the State, the Northeast
has a big crop of nearly everything,
and not often in recent years has Onic
been provided with such an abundant
yield. Early August conditions Of
grapes in the districts bordering the
great lakes is nearly perfect and enor
nous quantities will be marketed.
Canada has a good crop of apples and
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01

which have an overflow, but they are
exceptional.
Old settlers in the new States are
hard to convince that fertiliz ,tiOn
would ever be necessary; they may be
convinced, however, by pointing item
to much of the worn, washed and gull
lied lands in some of the older States
which have now become worthless by
continued cropping without any re
turn for soil. The case is similar to a
deposit in a bank and one checks
against it all the time without deposit
ing more in return. TIE soil Is the
bank of the horticulturlst HOrticul
turists and agriculturists were working
very much in the dark along these
lines until that eminent scientist, JUS
tus Won Liebig, a half a century ago
laid down the four laws which underlie
the rational use of fertilizers. I will
repeat them here:
L. "a soil can b termed fertile only
when it contains all the materials requi-
site for the nutrition of the plants, in
the required quantity and in the proper
form.
2. With every crop a portion Of
these ingredients is removed. A part
of this portion is again added from the
inexhaustible store of the atmosphere;
another part however, is lost forever
if not replaced by man.
3 The fertility of the soil remains
unchanged if all the ingredients of the
crop are given back to the land. Such
a restitution is effected by manure.
4. The manure produced in the
course of husbandry is not sufti ;ient to
maintain permanently the fertility of
alarm it lacks the constituents which
are annually exported in the ehape Of
grain, hay, milk and live stock"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
TYRRLL COUNTY MEETING.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
The Tyrrell County Farmers Al
lance met with Scuppernong Alliance.
July 10, 1896, with @. E. Tatem pre-
siding. Owing to the small number OF
delegates present, a motion was made
that all members present act as dele
gates. Four Alliances we're represented,
The following were elected officers
for the ensuing year: President, A.
w. Ovens; Vice President, Reddick
Alexander Secretary, s. w. Walker
Treasurer, j. L. Norman; Chaplain, J.
L. Cooper; Steward, J. T. Pickett
Door.keeper, J. B. Walker; Lecturer,
7. L Jones.
The reports of the various committees
were then taken up and adopted. The
following is the report of the commit
tee on resolutions:
WHEREAS, The Alliance has gone
through many trials and u~pheavals
but shows the true principles of which
men are made, therefore, be it
Resolved, That out of our organiza
tion has grown great reform parties,
whose principles are in behalf of the
great industrial classes
Resolved, That we approve of the &C
ton Of the State Alliance in purchas
ing property and establishing a factory
at HlIlsboro and recommend the sup
port and patronage by all good Al
liancemen.
Re8OIUed, That we thank the citizens
Of Scuppernong township, especially
the ladies, for the dinner prepared.
Resolved. That a copy BE- sent to
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER for publ.
cation.
Meeting then adjourned to meet with
Gum Neck Alliance on the Pad Thurs
day in October 1896
S. w. WALKER, Secretary.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01

speaking of cows" said the conf
dent looking man, my grandfather
had more horned cattle than any other
living man. l used to have to milk a
hundred as a daily task and I vas but
a boy. A hundred and fifty was allotted
to a regular mixer. And as for butter,
l never saw anything like it. We kept
two four horse teams on the road all
the time loaded with it."
At this juncture n Of the listeners
whispered to a near neighbor some
thing which caused the speaker to turn
around and say:
well, it does sound pretty big, but
there sits Mr.. Jones, who was our lei
est neighbor, and I can prove it by
him"
All eyes we're now On Jones, who
snapped the ashes eff his cigar and
said:
Il know nothing about the number
of COWS the old man had, nor about the
amount of butter he made, but I do
know that he owned sever saw mills
and they all run by buttermilk!"-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
TWO METHODS.

correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
H. D. Griswold. of West Salem, la
Crosse county, Wisconsin, has had an
experience In dairying that has proved
profitable to him and one that can be
made of value to others. In the mat
ter of cream separation he has tried
both the centrifugal and the Swedish
system, using a hand separator for the
former and a portable creamery for the
latter.
Early in the year of 1895 some one
who had visited his farm of fifty acres,
on which he keeps nine COWS and from
the profits Of the farm supports a fam
lily of nine persons, wrote Hoard's
Dairyman an account Of Mr.. GrisWold's
operation and while showing great re-
suits in butter production, took coca
sion to state that had Mr.. Griswold
used a separator the results would have
been greater. The writer of this could
hardly believe the latter had said any
thing to warrant any such statement
on the part Of his visitor, but to make
sure wrote Mr.. Griswold and received
in reply the following:
The letter you refer to in Hoard's
Dairyman to the effect that l would
do better with a separator was not
written or author .zed by me. 1 never
said anything to that effect since Ihave
tried both separator ard portable
creamery
AS q result of the above correspond
ence, MI. Griswold promised a report
of his dairy at the end of the year, He
made it January 28ih, 1896, and it was
duly received, but press Of work has
prevented the writer of this from get
ting il in form for publication.
Mr.. Griswold wrote: The pastyear
has been very hard for COWS, the two
successive dry seasons killed out the
clover both in pastures and me- adows,
and it has only been by the greatest
care that COWS could b. kept from dry
ing up. That the result is as good as
it is is very gratifying.
Below is given for each COW for the
year, yield Of milk, average test fer
butter sat, and pounds of commercial
butter that should have been produced,
estimated on the basis of adding fifteen
per cent. to the butter fat to cover
water, curd, and ealt, or in other words
the difference between test and churn.
CO1TS. Lbs. MIR. Ar're Test. Lbs. commercial
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
H DAIRY.
DAIRY DOTS.

About 9 1000, 900 pounds of cheese are
imported annually into the United
States.
The value of the annual cheese prod
uct of this country varies from $50,
600. 900 to $25, 900, 600.
To cool the milk and start the pro
cess of separation and then strain, is to
lose a portion of the cream.
1t is believed that churning at too
high a temperature, or churning too
long, will produce greasy butter, in
which the grain is injured.
A dairyman says that come times
butter will be streaked on account of
not being properly washed or worked
having it clear Of buttermilk always
improves butter.
One reason of failure to make a fine
article of butter is in keeping the cream
too long before churning and moi stir
ring sufficiently, as the best butter can
not be made from very sour cream.
Nine tenths of the cheese produced
in this country is made in the States of
New York, Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois,
Vermont, Iowa, Pennsylvania and
Michigan, ranking in the order named.
The New York product alone is almost
one-haIf the total, and this State and
Wisconsin together make yer two
thirds of all made.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
NECESSITY OF FERTILIZERS.

In the course of an elaborate address
a few days ago R Il. Price, Horticul
turist of the Texas Experiment Station,
said: Zone of the most important OBJ
jects of the horticultural is to till the
soil with prcf5. Profit and loss are
two important factors which constant
~ stare the business man in the face.
Success or failure in horticulture hinge
largely upon the knowledge and indus
try of the individual man. He must
know how to increase the food supply
of the plant when it is needed, SO that
it will bear the largest crop of the finest
quality.
Sully said that 'tillage and pastur,
age r the two breasts of the State. .
So it would appear that the welfare of
the State depends to a large extent
upon the success Of your profession.
The worlds mouth is ever watering for
the luscious pear, the blushing peach,
the wine producing grape, the crimson
strawberry, the sugar watermelon and
the health-giving apple. Our create S.
statesmen try to knock the persimmon
from the highest limb, and their hands
are ever ready to catch the red plum
as it falls from the swaying twig.
The use of fertilizers becomes a ne
cessity when the soil fails to produce
satisfactorily and the fault is not due
to physical conditions. 1t is not ad
visable, OF course, to wait until the sol
becomes partially exhausted before re
medal measures are begun, for if the
exhaustion goes beyond a certain point
by continuous cropping the restoration
involves such a heavy outlay at one
time as to embarrass the ~horticultur
ist. There are lands, however, which
may stand continuous cropping with
out fertilization for a century, such al
the Nile delta of Egypt and other
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01

THE GRAPEVINE LEAF-ROLLER--
A WARNING TO GRAPE
GROWERS.

During the first half Of August IN
some vineyards in the State has occur
red an extraordinary outbreak OF the
grape leaf roller, Desmia maculalis.
The greater part of the leaves OF the
vines have been folded at the mid-rlb
and webbed together by the slender,
greenish, very active caterpillars which
within the retreat thus formed devour
the green matter of the leaves, soon
causing these to dry up and drop of.
The parent insect is a blackish moth
with white fringed and white spotted
wings.
Since the crop is now gathered most
vineyardists will think it not worth
while to combat this insect. But the
premature destruction of the foliage
means poorly ripened wood and buds
for next years crop. In counties north
and west of Raleigh the vines should
receive a thorough spraying with the
Bordeaux mixture, to each barrel OF
which is added four ounces of Paris
green. One treatment will suffice to
keep the foliage healthy until the
leaves naturally fall. This will ensure
we'll ripened wood for next years crop.
In vineyards where the leaves have
already been webbed together the kero-
sene emulsion must be applied very
thoroughly, so al to make it run be-
tween the faces of the folded leav, S
and wet the caterpillars within. All
webbed and fallen leaves should be
raked up and burned, as they contain
the dormant pupa of the insect.
Directions for making kerosene emul-
sion:
Bar soap.............5 pound.
Boiling water ....... l gallon.
Kerosene ......... 3 gallons.
Dissolve the soap in the water, add
the kerosene, and pass through pump
two or three times or churn for ten
minutes. Dilute ten times before using.
NOTE The kerosene emulsion must
be thoroughly made or it will burn the
plant.-Gerald Mccarthy, Entomolo-
gist, N. @. Experiment Station.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01

amount received for cream, 1857 80
made the income for his dairy of nine
COWS for the year of 1895, $743 81. His
herd is made up of high grade Guern-
sevs. which accounts for liberal amount
received for it's increase. Is not his
report on the whole a good object les.
sons The writer thinks it is.
f. W. MOsELEY.
Clinton. Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01

large quantities will be exported from
the provinces and the eastern States.
England and western Europe have a
fair but not large crop of summer fruit,
which will soon be out of the way, and
those markets will absorb several hun
dred thousand barrels of American ap-
n1os
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01

At the session of the New E1gland
Typographical Union in Hartfo d.,
Conn, on June 9 n and 10Th, a resolu
tion was unanimously adopted asking
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress to work and vote for government
ownership of the telegraph. The ses
sion of 1897 will be held in Salem,
Mass.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
THE SCALE.

From different parts of the State
come complaints that a slender, whit
ish scale insect is destroying hedges
and trees of the Spindle-tree OIL Euony-
mus. This insect is Chionaspis euony-
mi, an insect introduced into the South
from the West Indies about twenty
years ago.
Remedy: During August and Sep
TENDER. apply the kerosene emulsion,
used double strength as follows:
Kerosene .......... 2 gallons.
Water. gallon.
Soap................3 pound.
Directions: Boil the soap in the water
until dissolved, then add the kerosene
and psss through a spray pump or
syringe three or four times or churn it
for ten minutes. Before using dilute
with five times its bulk of cold water.
To use. thoroughly wet the infested
leaves and twigs, or better scrub them
with the dilute emulsion, using a stiff
brush. Repeat every ten days for two
months. Properly applied, this is a
sure remedy for this pest and will not
hurt the trees or hedges. 1t is not
poisonous.-Gs rald Mccarthy, Ento-
mologist, N. Q. Experiment Station.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
CO1rs. Lbs. MIk. AU'gG Test. Lbs. Commercial
So 34S

At this point will explain that Mr.
Griswold sent his cream to a co opera
tive creamery. It will be noticed that
the above report calls for 8 400 pounds
of butter, yet Mr.. Griswold writes he
was paid for but 1928 pounds of but
ter, amounting to 1857 SO or about III
cent per pound. Referring to this Mr..
Griswold wrote There is a shortage at
the creameryfrom what I can make Of
the cream, when I churn it myself,
which will average about n pound in
sixteen. The difference between the
number of pounds I vas paid for
1929 and 3,4OO you will Q is more
than made up by this loss of one pound
in SIXTEEN" He added: ST would like
to make my own butter, but I am not
situated so / car at present"
MI. Griswold received $185 50 for in
crease of herd solid, which added to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
A New Southern Journal.

Every number of the Southern RedI Estote
GdzettS, published monthly OF 128 Main street,
Nor1oIk, Va, contains much information Of
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subscribe, the low price, Is cents a year, placing
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
The Sheriffs of n. c.

Are cordially requested, when bringing prison
ers, or visiting our city, to remember the old
reliable $I.CO-a day Hotel ,rrison House. All
the delicacies of the season served in home-like
style. For reference, any Mason, Odd Fellow,
Republican. Populist or Democrat who has ever
stopped here once viii, 1 know, kindly recon-
mend it to their friends.
Thanking the above organizations for their
watchfuI care and generous bestowal Of patron
AZ e, and begging the continuance of the same. ]
am, Gratefully,
1924 Mrs E. NJ. HARRISON, Prop'r.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-09-01

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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-29
PEN POINTS.

In making up their minds too many
people are careless about the material
they use. E
We may all be equal before the law,
but there's usually a mighty difference
in us afterward.
The man who says he can love but
once usually has himself for the object
of his affections.
''If"' and 'but'' are the sons of hest
tation and between them fill many a
public poorhouse.
It's an awful long distance between
the pulpit and the most desirable pew
in some churches.
The world owe every man a living;
and the laborer is simply the bill col
lector Of the millionaire.
There is work in the world for every
man to do, but some of them are fortu-
nate enough to be able to hire some
ono elsa to do It.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-10-29
The Girl and Her Vocation.

Before any girl determines upon
outside training for outside work, would
she not do we'll to weigh and meas
ure.. strictly her capacity, opportunity,
need, and be relatively sure of all?"
inquiries Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney. "Are
you capable in any marked and special
degree for n particular pursuit and
use? Is it right and feasible, in the
apparent providential ordering, that
O should take time and money to fit
and equip yourself for it and then can
you reasonably expect chances and
scope to do your chosen errand? Is
there need of others to meet, need Of
your own to supply? Answer truly.
Do not resolve to be this or that be-
cause you think it a pretty thing to
be, or because some n else has sue
ceeded in it. 1t may have been her
work, and yet not be yours. A young
girl once wrote me, I had set my heart
on being an authoress. If I cannot be
one my life will be a failure Her let
ter and the specimens of authorship
inclosed were themselves argument for,
at, least, very patient study and prac-
tice. She needed, also, to live longer
and deeper before she would find a true
message to deliver. I told her so in the
solicited answer. I tell them so, for
this was only n appeal of many. To
you others who only have a little more
time and money and would like some
thing to busy you and help fill your
portemonnaie, there are different
things to say. Compare your need with
that Of others before you take up occu-
patton that may be their livelihood.
To intrude into a crowded rank Of
workers only to add a pleasure or an
elegance to your comforts would be ex-
tremest fracture of the eighth COM
mandment. F~orbearance from this
might leave many a chance open to
real necessity which now is barred OF
neutralized by ~cheapening competition.
Make conscience of this as you would
make conscience against robbery di
rect.'-Ladies' Home Journal.