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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-08
CATARRH CURED.

Dear Doctor-I send you this letter.
with the request that you have it pub
lished.
I want to say that 1 have Been a
sufferer from catarrh for seven years
and last summer I wrote you for your.
new symptom list and placed myself
under treatment The result has been en-
tirely satisfactory and / am satisfied that
am entirely cured. I have waited a
month before sending you this letter to
coming back
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-08

And from Riverton. Utah, comes the
"Riverton. Utah. Oct. 81, 1896.
hearing is getting better. Please send
me another supply of medicine. as / do
not want TO be without medicine one day.
Respectfully. IDA BLACK -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-08

PARK CITY, Nov. THE defeated
Republican candidates are making
preparations for a consolation party,
and the following invitation mas been
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05

yea" the cherry tree will take care of
itself, and you will then have enough
fruit fer the birds, the boys, and your
own family use. One of the drawbacks
of farm life is securing help in the
house when a little extra work is re
qlired in picking and putting up small
fruit. 1t is, however, nearly always
possible TO find some poor women or
children in your neighborhood who
will be glad to do few days work.
and take fruit as pay. Start scm9
small fruit On your farm this spring,
set in long rows 50 that it can be Guilt
waited. Buy at wholesale rates, OF any
good reliable firm, and in the end you
will fad more pleasure and profit than
in anything On the farm.-E S, Furs
man, in American Agriculturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
COMMON PURPOSE cow.

The following is a good description
of the common purpose COW. We do
not know who gave it: Suppose q
farmer desired to raise some small
grain and some corn and some truck,
such as onions, cabbage, etc, and in
providing the necc s5ary tools be would
conclude he would not fill up MS tool
house with variety of implements
adapted to each crop, but would just
buy one eight inch plow. He knows it
is too small for field blowing and too
large to cultivate cabbage end onions,
but it is about half way between-and
kind OF happy medium-a common
purpose tool. You would hardly give
that man credit for realgood j Idgment.
Cows are the dairymen's tools in a Ger
tain sense and should be specially
adapted to their work.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05

cultivators and hoed three times-the
last hoeipg after after it had been fin
ished with the cultivators.
am strong believer in deep and
thorough cultivation, and long since
learned that a goo d crop of corn and a
rank growth of ccckle-burs, crab grass
and similar weeds cannot occupy the
same ground at the same tine. Ihave
not subsOiled for previous crops, but
last fall invested in a Perine eubsoiler
and used it on fifteen acres. intend
planting 100 acres in corn this season
and aim to have it all subeoiled. Am
subsCiling my fields the narrow way
first (hey are from forty to eighty rods
wide al d l20 rods long) as deeply as
four horses can do the work, at dis
t6nces of two eLd a half feet Will
then throw up the ridges crcss wise of
this with listing plOw, following is In
each furrow with the subsoiier as deep
as three horses can pull it, and drill the
seed Immediately In the track Of the
sub5oiIer This will leave the land
subs0iled in both directions.
My whole crop for 1895 averaged
only fifty sven bushels per acre, yet
would have made seventy five bushels
but for an unfortunate invasion just at
the critical time by an army Of chinch
bugs from an adjacent thirty acre field
Of oats With proper treatment Of our
soils and thorough cultivation l am Of
ihe opinion that IN all favorable seasons
such as last we should raise from
seventy five to 100 bushels Of corn per
acre instead Of the more common
twenty five to fifty bushels. am al
ways careful to avoid cultivatiug when
the land is very wet, and think many
farmers make a serious mistake by
working theircorn when the soil cleaves
from the shovels in chunks. The sun
is likely to then bake the ground and
the growth loses its bright, healthy
green and turns a sickly yellow. >
Western Rural
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR BUSH
ELS OF CORN PER ACRE.

F. D. Cohurn, Secretary Kansas De
partment of Agriculture, sends the fol-
lowing: Mr. J. A. Baxter, of Wave
land, Shawnee county, K ansaa, who
raised as high as 1O4 bushels of shelIe d
corn per acre in 1895 furnishes the
State an account of it, together with
some Of his corn raising methods IN
general:
The portion of my crop giving a
yield of 1O4 bushels of husked, dried
fifty six pounds shelled corn per acre
was five acres of fifty seven planted
last year. Ny land is slightly rolling
prairie and abont a fair average of
Kansas soil, with a hard, impervious
subscil. The Ave acres mentioned were
at one end of a twenty five acre field,
part of which had been in potatoes for
two years and the last crop with a list
ing plow late in October, which was
about the equivalent to a deep fan
blowing.
In spring the ground was much like
a bed of ashes. 1t was then deeply
plowed, made fine and smooth with
plank drag and drilled the first week
in May with a Farmers Friend planter
of medium width, with a deep grained
Dent corn; about the same quantity of
seed was used as would have been If
from three to somewhat less than four
grains had been placed in hills the or
binary distance apart. This was cul
tivated four times with common gang
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No. Is

animals until doomsday, and no i'm
prOvement in the majority OF cases
would be made. This is not because
the farmer OR dairyman is lacking in
human sympathy, Out because man is
naturally slo3hful and opposed to labor
that DOES not pay him. But when you
point out TO farmer, or any person,
that he is deliberately wasting money
aud profits by letting his COWS suffer,
you touch him in way that will get
some practical reeponse. When all
dairymen can be Convinced that they
are losing a great deal Of money by not
giving their COWS better treatment in
hot weather we will have q great i'm
provement in this respect.
a noted dairyman, says a writer in
the American CuItivator, calculated
that the farmer who neglected his COWS
IN the summer time lost on an average
enough to bring down his profits for
the whole year to 90 per cent. Of what
they should be. The loss was in two
ways. One in the permanent injury to
the cows health and the other to the
unnatural sbrinkage OF the milk flow.
The flies, heat and lack Of proper food
frequently bring the COWS into the fall
IN condition that totally uufCs them
for winter or even fall dairying. They
require the cold weather Of the fell to
recuperate and get back their normal
condition. We can make life pleasant
for the COWS if we but supply few
shade trees for them to lie under in the
middle Of the day. If these trees are
not in the pasture plant them, and
meanwhile ere ct cheap shade with
poles and grass Or straw or any litter.
While lying down in the shade the
COWS remasticate their food. Cool,
fresh water in the middle Of the day
will be a great thing fer them. If
given shade and cool water in abund-
ance the COWS will need less food to
make the same quantity of milk and
t18sh.-Farmers' Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
Clinton, Iowa.
THE SUMMER DAIRY cow.

All things considered, the summer
dairy COW has a harder time of it than
the winter dairy COW. 1t is true that
she has more natural pasture and feed
in the fields if her owner is in the habit
of economiziDg to the points of stingi
ness; but, on the other hand, she is gen
orally tormented to death by flies, heat,
and very often by scanty paeturage.
The majority of our dairy COWS suffer
martyrdom in summer, and it is no
wonder that the milk flow decreases
and the dairy men talk about small
profits. Fortunately we have practical
dairymen who are looking at the mat
ter in the right light. 1t has been an
appeal to their self interest more than
to their sympathy that has made thou
sands treat their COWS better. One
might talk about the sufferings Of the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
CULTIvAT1NG THE ORCHARD.

Bearing orchards often lose their
vigor and give small and poor fruit
when allowed to grow in grass land,
without any cultivation. If the soil is
naturally rich, shallow blowing and
an occasional narrowing will restore
their vigor. Or, if plowing cannot
conveniently be given, they may be
much improved by being converted to
pasture for sheep, adding occasionally
a top dressing of manure in autumn.
These animals will serve in part to en-
rich the land, keep the grass grazed
short, and pick up the prematurely
fallen fruit, infested with worms or in
sects. The amount of cultivation or
top dressing to be given to such orch
ards must be determined by the annual
growth of shoots. II less than a foot
in length, more vigor must be impaired
to them. If more than a foot and a
half, they are quite thrifty enough.
Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
AGRICULTURE.

Tne more pork, the more beef, the
more mutton and wool, the more but
ter, the more eggs and poultry pro
duced on the farm the less the fam
contributes to holders Of watered rail
road stock.
Every experiment along the line of
feeding at the experiment stations cor
roborates the experience of every IN
telligent feeder that loss follows keep
ing animals after they are finished or
ready for the block.
Keep ell gates where animals are
likely to get through and breed indis-
criminately tied with ropes or chains
Some animals become very ''cute" in
opening latches on gates, A chain is
a combination beyond their inteili
gence.
All through the South you will find
corn fis. ds with rows Of COW peas grow
ing b stween the rows Of corn. The pea
vines do not interfere with the corn,
and when plowed under after making
their growth, furnish fertility for the
next corn GRIP.
have always found it profitable to
have the best of seed. It does not pay
to risk poor seed when so much of sue
cess depends upon it. Foul seeds mul
tiply very rapidly, end sprou5ed grains
and grains with weak vitality always
prove a less to one who does not eliml
nate them from the S 3ed.
The best way I have found to keep
clippings from papers that value, is
to put Chsm in Favorite Letter Fle,
which is arranged alphabetically.
The clippings may be fled IN it without
paste, and when it Is necessary to look
tor anything, it is in alphabe tical order,
and can easily be found. The file costs
about thirty five cents.
1t Is not always the crop that brings
the most money that Is the most profit
aole to the farmer who owns his land.
The one that brings the most money
may bethe most exhaustive OF fertility,
ana In the long run it will not pay to
Iarm upon lines by which the fertility
OF the land constantly runs down.
mere are paying crops that will not
exhaust fertility, and there are others
Inat will. Farmers are not always in
tent enough on this line.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
LIVE STOCK.
PURE-BRaD SWINE.

A notable feature of the seaeon is the
handsome prices commanded by the
pure bred swine Of frat rate quality.
We have already noted some Of the
events in Poland China cil cies that are
genuine record breakers, surprising in
prices obtained pything that has ever
occurred in the annals of the breed. It
is not amOpg Poland Cainas alone,
however, that this strong demand at
strong prices exists. Secretary Mills,
of the American Berkshire Association,
reports a greater demand for thiU breed
than ever before. The Gales last year
by members of the association we're 81
per cent. greater than 1894, and il 1894
we're As per cent greater than they had
ever been before. The Southern de-
mand is good-almost beyond the abiI-
ity of the breeders to meet it. The cen
dition indicates confidence in the we'll
bred hog. 1t shows, too, that the raw
ages Of cholera have annihilated many
herds, and that feeders have sold eff
unfinished stock rather than run the
risk of keeping them until disease car
ried them away. This has not only
made mature stock comparatively
scarce, but has stripped the country
pretty bare of young stuff as well. The
farmers and breeders have unabated
confidence in the mortgage LITTER"
however, and are actively engaged In
L: ~
ally produces a hardening effect upon
prices, and the better stuff is going at
high figures. Western Farm Journal.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
sURsoILING AND MOISTURE.

As to the effect that eubsoiling has
upon moisture, it may be stated that
the water retaining power or humidity
of soil will be greatly Influenced by
the depth and nature of the subso1l.
The greater the depth Of a soil, the
greater its power of retaining water
a shallow soil will allow the rain to
pass through it rapidly, and should
great heat and drouth ensue, it will dry
up and all vegetation upon it perish.
A deep subsOil, on the other hand, will
retain @ store of moisture, which capil
larry attraction will bring to the sur
face soil as required. Hence the hu
nidity of soil and its other physical
properties depend partly upon the sub
soil. In times Of excessive rain, if the
eubsoil be card or limestone rcck, both
Of which have large absorbing power
for water, the sell is not likely to be
flooded; but if the subsoil be clay the
water will accumulate upon it, and
though it may not f)od the surface
soil, yet 1t will remain below exerting
detrimental qualities. The soil, then,
in dry weather gives up its water to
the AIR by evaporation, the surface soil
becomes dry, and then the capillary
power OF the soil comes into play, and
the water in the subsoil rises to the sur
face. II, on the other hand, rain falls,
the water passes from the surface sci
into the subsoil. Thus in every soil
there is more or less continuous move
ment of water. This water is never
pure, bat contains some substances in
solution. Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05


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,
April 25th, 1896, indicate very favor
able conditions. The temperature con
tinued very high until Wednesday,
when cooler weather set in, but the
| temperature has not been below the
normal. Showers occurred on the 2ist,
and pretty heavy rains on Friday, 24 h,
with some hail, but only slight damage
in two or three counties. The rain fall.
greatest in the east, has been Of incaI
culable benefit, and has broken the
drought every where, except in few
western counties. There was more
than the normal amount Of sunshine
during the week.
EASTERN DISTRICT. - Reports this
week are generally very favorable
The breaking of the drought just i'll
time, greatly benef2ing all crops, has
put farmers in good spirits, and they
are working with enc gy. Seeds already
! planted will now sprout. Farmers are
now planting cotton as rapidly SIS pos
sible. CJrn where up is looking we'll,
aad some young corn has been plowed
for the first time. Traneplanting to
bacco has begun. Gardens and veget
ables, which were injured most by
drought, ere lack ward, but rain will
bring them cut considerably. Setting
out cabbage, colards, tomato plaI t.,
etc, is progressing. Planting rice has
! Just begun. Much complaint about
potato bugs, which are very numerous.
CEN.RAL DISTRICT. - Rain on two
days ended the drought, which coz
tinUed almost unabatt d up to the "a
and, though many places did not re-
ceive sufficient rain, there was e. ough
to put lew life into vegetation and to
cause seeds to terminate. Some Gam
age by hail was reported in Arson and
Rockingham counties. Cotton plant
ing now making more rapid progress; :;
in south cotton is being chopped; stand
irregular. Some young corn has been
worked, aud planting of remaining
crop is being pushed Winter oats are
thin; spring oats have improved. To
bgcco plants are plentiful, though dam
age is reported by insects; few farm
ers took advantage of good season to
commerce transplanting. The appear
area of potato bugs, cut-worms and
chiEch bugs ia reported.
| WESTERN DISTRICT.-The showers
which occurred in this district were
less in amount than in other portions
OF the STATE, and few counties are
still suffering from drought, but as q
whole crops have been greatly bene
flied. a good stand of both cotton and
corn is reported at many places, and
planting Is making good progress. Po-
tatoes are up and bugs beginning their
destructive york. Glover Is doing well.
In the northwest counties breaking
land and preparations for corn is max
ing good headway. On the high
pI85eeus in the mountain section the
woods ara just showing green. Plant
ing oats, Irish potatoes, garden stuff,
etc is prCkr, ssing, while the condition
of fruit seems exceptionally good,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05
THE DAIRY.
GIVE THE cows A CHANCE,

COrrespoI dence OF the Progressive Farmer.
Now that buttsr brings lower price
than a few years ago, though even now
higher than most farm products, it be-
hooves the keeper Of COWS to remem,
Der it will pay him to give all details
Of the dairy careful attention and in
telligent thought, from the selection Of
his COWS to the marketing Of his
product.
One of the writer's correspondents,
Mr., W. T. HotaliDg, South Bethlehem,
Albany county. New York, is pro
gress:ve dairyman and is enthusiastic
on the eubjact Of farm dairy butter.
He usss improved cream raising ap
paratus, has kept up with the times
and has made & succ. s of butter max
ing-bas made it pay. In one of his
letters occurs the following: The
greatest trouble in way Of Inducing
farmers to adopt better methods is that
many of them make dairyiDg a s:de
ISSUE"
The above is not only the case in Mr.
Hotaling's section of the country, but
also in many sections. It is especially
true in sections where farmers keep
but few COWS, This comes as a result
Of its not being fully understood by
farmers that even in a small dairy it
will pay to have certain improvements
and apply the best methods. Then,
even if butter making is side issue, it
can be made a paying one.
The first step towards SUCCESS in but
ter making in q small or large dairy is
to secure good COWS. The next step is
good feed and good care.
Now, so far as sele cling COWS, it is of
course easier to find 8 few COWS Of extra
quality than to find a larger number of
them Then again, q small number of
COWS can easier be given better atten
ton than it is possible to give larger
number this because when the mum
Der il limited the owner can himself
give them all needed attention and
such care as hired man cannot always
be trusted to give. It is easier to work
a dairy Of five Or ten COWS up to an
average OF three hundred pounds than
one Of thirty COWS.
When we remember that there are
many dairies kept that do not produce
an average Of one hundred and fifty
pounds Of butter per COW, it will be
seen that 8 farmer who keeps ten COWS
that produce during the year an aver
age Of three hundred pounds of butter
has a pretty good thing, even if he
calls it a side issue.
In addition to the return from the
butter, which one year with another
should not b. less than 5000, or 20 cents
per pound, the by-prcducts such as
ekim miIB, butter milk, etc., are i'm
portant items.
Go where you will, you will fed that
it is the progressive farmer that is
making dairying pay. In ell butter
making farm dairies, where the yield
per COW is good and the price the high
est, will be found modern improve
ments for cream raising and correct
methods for manipulating the product
T. W. Mos 1LEY.
Clinton, Iowa.
lE Ru
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Glover varies less than the grasses
in it's competition, the variation de-
pends more upon the time the hay is
cut, than upon the nature of the soil,
but it is greatly helped by dressing
of phosphate. AS for nitrogen, its roots
will decompose air in the soil, and get
what it wants more cheapIy than it
can be given in any kind of manure.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-05

If pure milk only was sold IL London,
it is estimated that from sc. 900 to so,
600 more COWS would be wanted 10 keep
up the supply. Every form Of food
adulteration knocks out the farmer
somewhere or somehow, and the con
sumner is not benefited, but rather
swindled. And still there are farmers
who sneer at all the efforts that are put
forth to stop this swindIe of adultera
tion.
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rzp NATIONAL FARMERS ALI
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

President Mann Page, Brandon,
Va.
anon, Pa. ,,
worth, Denver, Col.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
H. Loucks, Huron, s. D.; w P.
Bricker, Cogan Station, Pa J. f. Viii
let's, Kansas; ". L Peeke, Ga.
JUDICIARY.
R. a. Southworth, Denver, Colo.
3. ". Beck, Alabama.
q. D. Davie, Kentucky.
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zosrH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLs
AECE.

aogTa CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALL4-
AECE.
President - DR.. Cyrus Thompson,
Richlands, I. Z.
Vice- -PreBident-Jno.G Graham, Ridge
way, n. Q.
E is5oro, N. Q.
LecUurer-J. T. B. Hoover, Elm City,
sSeward-Dr. V. n. 8eaweu, Villa
Cbapiein-Rev. P. H. Massey, Dur
ham, n. @.
Door, ,koeper-Geo. T. Lane, Greens-
borO, n. 9.
Assistant Door keeper-Jas. Z. Lyon,
Durham, N. Q.
Sargeant-at- Arrns-A. D. Z. Wallace,
Rutherfordtcn, N. Q.
State Business Agent-T. IVey, hi Is
trustee business Agency Fund-W.
A. Graham, Machpelah, n. =.
zxrrJrIvE COMMITTEES OF TIE NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
AZ. Hileman, Concord, II. O.; n.
G. English, Trinity, n. c.; James HI.
MewbOrne, KIns on, n. Q.
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
John Brady. Gatesvilie, N. c.; DR..
J.P. HarreIl, Whittville, n. c.; 7. j.
Gambler, Acton, n. Q.
zs.sh caroiina Reform Press Association.
CFlceTs-J. L. Ramsey, President )
4E1Tj07s Butler, Vice President; W. s.
gGFnes, Secretary,
PAPERS.
Progressive Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh, \. 9.
Caucasian, 6aielgh' 3 -
RSffIPr WhitakeTs, II. Q.
Esur Home, BEAVER DaID' y y
AIhe POpUlist, LunbeTton, y -
II TSNPeOple's Paper, C1arIoLte' y y
TIE VestibIle, COhCoEu' y. =
T7he dow TEgv WaGGshOTO, n. 9.
Carolina Watchman, Sa lsDury, n. =.
Zach of the GbCU6-nuHled papers ore
requested to keep the list standing on
sHs frat Dage and add Others, fTOUtded
g$sE are dcEly elected. Any paper fail
5Fg 90 advocate the OcnEG platform t2SII
Sc dropped from the last promptly. Oar
as0rge con 4OtC see trI2at papers are
5ss6Iished IN their i7terest.
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WEEKLY WEATHE n aUL-
LETIE' = - ''''

For the Week Ending Saturday, April IS,
1906,
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zsrsh Caroiina Reform Press Association.
C6Ecers-J. L. Ramsey, President;
E1TjO4s Butler, Vice President W. s.
Barnes, Secretary,
PAPERS.