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FEEDING MUST VARY.

Rations for dairy COWS must vary
with the animals fed, the stage of lac
tation, the system of farming followed,
and many other conditions. 1t might
therefore seem futile to speak of feed
ing standards and of fixed rations.
This may safely be done, however, if
we remember that the rations allow of
considerable latitude, the quantities
given are for good COWS of medium
weight in full flow of milk, and any
dairy farmer will then know that
COW at the last stages of lactation, or a
poorly yielding COW ought to receive
less feed, while an extraordinarily rich
mixer must have more to do her best.
The grain feeding may amount to to
10 pounds day per COW; our best feed
ers give as much as 10 to IL pounds.
At the 80 day breed test at the Worlds
Fair the Jersey and the Guernsey COWS
were fed 20 pounds of grain feeds g.
day, on an average, and the Short
horns 183 pounds, but very few farm
ers have COWS that will stand such in
tense feeding, and give returns for the
same in the milk pail. Any good cow
will stand up to 12 pounds or there
about, however; and this must be re-
membered that by heavy feeding we
increase not the cost of the maintenance
of the COW, but only her productive
capacity. Hence we find that the best
dairymen are heavy feeders and are
feeding each COW in their herds to her
full capacity.
It is almost the unanimous testimony
of our most successful dairymen, said
Prof. Wall at Wisconsin Institute,
that heavy feeding pays, that nothing
but liberal feeding pays, and that the
farmer who does not feed his cows
with q liberal hand viii not obtain
good results.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21
CARE OF THE FARM TEAM IN
SUMMER.

Sore shoulders, necks and backs are
largely the result of carelessness and
ignorance. When the harness or sad
die presses heavily upon muscles not
accustomed to such pressure, the walls
of the blood vessels are compressed
until the normal flow of blood is stopped,
and the delicate vessel walls are bruised,
along with the muscular fbers. When
the pressure is removed, the blood
rushes into the weakened vessels with
such pressure that the blood serum is
forced through them and we have the
soft fuctuating swellings under the
skin. If these accumulations are not
removed, either by resorption or arti
fcially, there results callous enlarge
ment that is ever atterward point for
inquiry. Such may be avoided. When
ever a team at heavy work, or a young
horse not accustomed to work, is
stopped to rest, and that should be fre-
quently instead Of long, raise the har-
ness and collar and manipulate the
flesh q little with the hand to restore
the blood circulation. On removing
the harness bathe the parts under pres
sure with cold water. This contracts
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21
ADULTERATED PRODUCTS IN
JURE THE FARMER.

Food adulteration is not simply a
question concerning the consumer,
manufacturer and dealer, but it also
affects the farmer. All food products
come from the soil. Meat is nourished
by grasses and grains, fruit comes di-
rect from the ground, butter and cheese
are soil products. Everything eaten is
derived directly or indirectly from the
ground. When these foods are adul-
terated or initiated, the farmer is in
iured to the extent that his market is
destroyed. Every ounce of adulterated
food destroys the demand for just 80
much of the pure article, and in some
cases more.
Every gallon of maple syrup adul-
terated reduces the value Of the pure
product to the farmer who owns the
maple grove. In the case Of adulter-
ated dairy products every pound of
oleomargarine displaces a pound of
real butter. Filled cheese has been
fraudulently sold until many people
have refused to buy it at all. A good
article will be consumed to a much
larger extent than q poor one. The
tendency i'm legislation OF late has been
to secure to the consumer and producer
protection for honest dealing In fruit
products. Legislation is relegated en-
tirelv to the States and the State leRls-
latures are all our hope for aceomp'
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the muscles and prevents such a rapid
rush of blood to the parts, and the con
sequent exudation of blood serum.
Should swellings appear, bathe with
cold water frequently or as long as any
fever is perceptible; pads kept wet
with cold water, or constant irrigation
where possible, are beneficial. After
the fever has subsided, warm water
should be applied if any swelling re-
mains. In case of large accumulations
of blood serum upon the collar-rest, an
opening should be made to give it free
drainage. Whenever the skin is broken
IN any part bathe with two to five
per cent. solution of creolin or chloro
naptholeum.-H. P. Miller, Ohio, in
American Agriculturist.
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LIVE STOCK.
HORSE NOTES.

please sir" said the Hackney, in
the ring with lot of trotting bred
horses, to the judges, please tell them
that you saw me, even if you didn't
give me a ribbon"
The owner of the Australian cham
pion trotter, Fritz, Cff6rs to match him
against any horse in the United States
for $1O,O a side, and will allow the
American, if defeated, $3.50 toward his
expenses.
For three months during the war I
occupied the most dangerous position
IN my company" ''Indeedw Yes;
every morning curried eight mules
belonging to our commissary. Chi
cago Record.
1t is isreported by the Pekin, ILL.,, Times
that DR.. Warren's Happy Medium
mare ran away and broke the buggy
to pieces because of fright at the un
usual spectacle of tramp saving wood
at farm house.
AS if cognizAnt of its duty in the
premises, lightning killed four horses
in one field near Dussal, La, last week.
Idle brood mares, old age, storms, ETC.,
will soon create shortage in the sup
ply of horses and send prices skyward.
Horse Review
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21

In gathering ounces and pears,
writes an extensive New York State
grower, we send all the packing force
to the orchard during the latter part
of the day, and by spreading the fruit
thinly, on little clean straw on the
ground under the open shed, they be
come cooled during the night, and are
in good condition for packing up the
next morning; when, if left on the
trees, they would be so wet from the
dew that we could rarely pack them
until they had become warmed by
the sun and in an undesirable con
dition for packing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21
ON FARMERS INSTITUTES.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
An article in a recent government re,
port contains the following paragraph:
the amounts appropriated for In,
stitutes vary greatly from $500 per an
mum (Which the State Treasurer re-
fuses to pay) in North Carolina, to $15,-
900 in New York"
We are glad to say that although
that was the situation at one time, the
State Board of Agriculture, at their
meeting in June, 1896, took steps to
hold more and better Institutes than
have ever before been held ia North
Carolina.
1t is a notable fact that the States
which are leading off in progressive
agriculture are the ones which have
direct legislative appropriation for
Farmers Institutes with live man at
the head to hold them. The meetings
are mainly conducted by two or three
men who are good speakers themselves
and who have made a success of some
branch of farming at home and have
first started out to tell how and why
at their own local institute, but the
local interest and local speaker often
constitute the leading features and
make the most impression on those who
go to take part and exchange expert
ence gained for the best practice and
philosophy of neighbors. We are forg
ing ahead, but not so fast as we ought
in this respect. Eight farmers insti
tutes might be held every month in
the year in this State and get to each
county seat but once year, and then
not stop at many places where they
would pay better.
Farmers ought to wake up and show
that their country and this State is not
suffering and falling behind from sloth
and Rip Van Winkleism. It is plain
that where the energy and stir is there
the best practices abide, there the
money comes to the farmers and pros
perity follows f. st on the heels of con
ditions made by the community. Are
we drifting behind our timeG Shall we
continue to drift2 AS farmers, we must
live on what we arise to use at home
and depend on what we sell for ready
money to make such purchases as are
needed outside of home production. If
by making some stir better m arket
can be found for what we have, or we
can learn to put it in better shape to
sell so it will be worth more to the con
sumner, or be more pleasing to him,
then will the effort be we'll repaid
Farmers Institutes aim and help in
these directions; they cheer and bright
en- up man and the vicinity, giving
new thoughts and new talk, and lead
to better farm practices. Saau we have
one in our county, If 80 how sooD9
FARMER
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21
No. "a
THE DAIRY.
PROFITABLE DAIRYING.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
The depression in dairy prices has
been such for the past two years that
the cry has been turned against the
COW, and we hear the oft repeated wall
of farming don't pay" in regard to
butter and cheese making.
While it is undeniably true that the
dairy industry is not so remunerative
at the present time as it has been in
the past, it is at the same time also true
that the dairy, if rightly conc ucted,
pays as we'll or better than any other
line of farming.
Perhaps never before have the farm
ers of America been confronted with
a more discouraging outlook than the
present season presents. They are pUz.
zling their brains to think Of some crop
which will do little better for them
than another. They are turning them
selves this way and that to make both
ends meet as never before. The old re-
liable money producer, wheat, is gone
never more to return. Potatoes for
several years considered better pay
ing crop than the average grain, has
this year been retired beyond hope Of
resurrection. Beans, so variable both
as to price and yield, are beginning to
be considered as a doubtful crop as q
money producer; in fact, run through
the whole catalogue of the accessible
resources of the farmer and you will
find not one which can be depended
upon year after year to be profitable
crop. So we say stick to the COWS.
Take the very best of care of them.
Breed only the best, increasing the
quality year after year by testing and
culling out the poorer ones, keeping
pose. If for milk then Holsteins, if for
cream or butter, Jerseys or GueFnseys.
The writer does not wish to be under
stood as laying down these rules as in
variable as to the peculiar quealities of
each distinctive breed, only as saying
that as rule these qualities may be
looked for in the several breeds as
named. AS is we'll known, there are
exceptions to all rules, and outside the
distinct lines of breed for some particu-
lar trait may sometimes be found ex-
cellent animals for some other line, but
as rule the general lines as regards
the different breeds hold true.
The number of COWS in the country
cannot be materially increased in few
months. 1t requires at least three years
before the future COW can come into
usefulness. If the dairy depression
continues, as it will continue for some
time yet, there will be a large number
of COWS, owned by farmers who are not
making any money out of them, killed.
The reaction is sure to come sooner or
later. The pendulum swings slowly
but surely in both directions. Cows
will be in good demand and prices re-
munerative for dairy products before
many years, 90 those who do not be-
come discouraged will reap the reward.
w. O. ROCKWOOD.
Genesee Co., Mich.
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fishing anything in the near future. 1t
is the opportunity of the farmers at the
coming elections to place their votes
for men who will not betray their trust
when asked to enact proper laws.-D.
w. Wilson, Illinois, in American Agri
cIllturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
JUDICIARY.
zoRrH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALI
ANOE.

President - DR.. Cyrus Thompson,
Richlands, Y. Q.
Vice President Graham, Ridge
way, N. Q.
Secretary -Treasurer-W. 8. Barnes,
Hillsboro, N. Q.
Lecturer. T. B. Hoover, Elm City,
N. Q. ,u
e Chapiain-Rev. P. H. Massey, Dur
5t5t Door r-keeper-Geo. T. Lane, Green's
boro. N. O..
Assistant Door -keeper-Jas. E. Lyon,
Durham, N. @.
Sergeant-at- -Arms-A.D D. <. Wallace,
Rutherfordton, n. Q.
State Business Agent-T. lvey, Hills
b0ro, N. Q.
Trustee Business Agency FUnd-W.
4. Graham, Machpelah, N. o.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
AT. Hileman, Concord, N. c.; n.
@. English, Trinity, N. c.; James NJ.
Mewborne, Kins on, N. 9.
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
John BradS, Gatesville, N. c.; DIR.
IF, Harrell, Whiteville, N. c.; 7. j.
Gambler. Acton. n. q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21

Stand up for poor clothes, and vote
for the degradation Of your own chill
dren thet you may have the pleasure
of saying you never scratched q
ticket" That is yellow dog" politics.
Are you q yellow dogG- Advocate
Newark, Ark.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-07-21
-vNATIONAL FARMERS ALL
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

President Mann Page, Brandon,
Vice-President-H. Q. Snavely, Leb-
anon, Pa.
Secretary-Treasurer-R. A. South,
worth, Denver, Col.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
HI. Loucks, Huron, 8. D.; w. P.
Bricker, Cogan Station. Pa. ; J. +. VII
letts, Kansas; w. L. Peeke, Ga.
JUDICIARY.
r. A. Southworth, Denver, Colo.
3. ". Beck, Alabama.
q. D. Davie, Kentucky.
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aertb Carolina Reform Press Association

aerth Carolina Reform Press Association.
Omcers-J. L. Ramsey, Prestde'at;
Nqrior Butler, Vtce-PTestdent; w. y.
Barnes, Secretary,
PAPERS.
vrevrsssIve Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh, y. G.
rsTCssian Raleigh, n. Q.
SsrC1TV Hickory, n. Q.
PSttIar' Whitakers, n. Q.
M Home Beaver Dam, n. 9.
The POn1Ifst LumbertOn, N. 9.
The Peoples Paper, C6arloCCe' y -
-7hs PIOyy-B WadesbOrO, n. Q.
Carolina Watchman, SALISBURY N u
Efuch of the qbOue-11Gn1ed papers are
ze0tsested CU ~EeeD the list standing on
sBe trst page and add others, prOUtded
hey are dtEly elected. Any paper fail
!sG TO advocate the OcGLG platform tGtu
be dropped from the list promptly. OTsr
neoOIe can 7lOtC see tOhGt papers are
2a6Lished in their interest.
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ssiye Farmer is q
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The pecan tree has proved hardy as
far north as Pennsy lvania, but does
not bear freely.
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-05-14
"POOR DIXIE."

The Charleston News and Courier
has it again-bad. A recent Confed-
crate Reunion in the city unsealed all
the fountains of gloom, and it clothed
itself in sackcloth and ashes, and beat
its breast, and walled after this fashion !:
We are q conquered people. Some of us
have already attained the last low level of
suhjugaton, and, bowing in humility to the
feet Of the victors, deny the faith their
fathers fought for and profess satisfaction
over their defeat. Happily for our pride
and hope for the future, they are few. But
we are a changed people since the war
drums were silenced and the battle-iiags
were folded a little more than three decades
ago. and the change has been for the worse,
as none can fail to see and understand.
A good dose of blue-mass, followed by
castor oil, would probably help this
poor fellow.
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PERSONAL.

Gen. Isaac ~. Duval, who commanded thu
Division OF the Army of West Virginia in
which ex-President Hayes and Mai McKinlsv
served, is living at WelIsburg, W. Va. He ia
the grandson of Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court Of the United States. and be-
gan his adventurous career at 21 as the Captain
of band which he led over the Plains to Cali
!ornia IN lS49. After the war he served several
forms in the West Virginia Legislature; was
Acknowledgement of the State; received the
vote of the Republicans for United States Sem
ator; and was Collector of Internal Revenue.
Hon. Irwin I. Willard, Probate Judge OF
Lucas County, o., has filed that Office for six
years, and there is a general demand for his
reelection. He was Captain, and good one,
in the 1l1th Ohio.
One of the things urged against Capt. John
Il. Tanner, the Republican nominee for Gov
ernor of Illinois, is that he killed a man in a
fght in early life. The Prosecuting Attorney
of his County bias given the press full accounts
of the affair. It seems that a couple of years
after he came home from the army Capt. Tanner
became involved in fight with jim Rusk, a
troublesome character in the neigh borhood Of
Flora, III. He whipped Rusk, and his brother
iu-law, Tom Erskin, thereupon vowed ven-
geance. He promised to take the occasion Of
meeting Of the men to work the roads to carry
this out. Tanner was warned, but said that
he regarded working the roads as public duty,
which he should do, regardless of consequences,
the same as if he had been ordered to do mill
tary duty. Without Tanners knowledge one
of bis old comrades fearing trouble, slipped q
four barreled Shapes revolver in Tanners
pocket. Tanner did his days work on the
roads, and started home in a wagon with two OF
his neighbors. On the road they encountered
Erskin, the two Rusks, and another man. all
armed with axes. Erskin threw his ak into
the wagon, and il struck one of Tanners COM
panions, severing the shoulder blade. Tanner
fired at Efskin, but inflicted only slight flesh
wound. Erskin ran after his ak, and was in
the act of throwing it again, when Tanner fred
a second shot and killed him. He was acquit-
ted upon trial, and since then has been elected
to several important offices by his neighbors,
who were cognizant of the facts in the case.
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-05-14
life OF GEN. THOMAS.
BY JOHN MCELROY.
No. 10 of The National
Tribune Library.

No. 10 of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE IL
BRARY is an admirable sketch of the life of
grand old George II. Thomas, The Rock of
Disadvantage" 1t gives in brief, lucid style
all the facts of his birth and parentage, his
curly career in the Army, entrance into the
War of the Rebellion, his grand achievements
at Mill Springs, Stone River, Chickamauga,
on the Atlanta Campaign, and his browning
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HE SENDS IN HIS INSCRIPTION.

HE SENDS IN HIS
Say. Mr.. Editor Their NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
/ write you little song, set to nary n tune.
l used to take your paper when the times they
good;
Never thought I'd stop It, didn't think could;
But you know how it was, times kept gettin'
harder,
And me n hustiin' nil the time tryin' to'fill the
Harder
But with times agittin' better. as begin to see.
An,just the other evening. thinks myself 10 me,
| wonder if it wouldn't be just about the caper
II I'd write to that TRIBUNE an Ggin take his
paper.
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To write it on the wrapper plainly in view
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An just another thing before close this letter,
Fu solid for proec,iont-imes then are better.
Let protection stay, an things will be a
hummin',
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Protection and Prosperity tho people are
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lnyin'.
Our lessons been a bitter one, but have learned
it well,
An in the next election, we'll vote Free Trade
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ENGLAND is about TO spend S110,-
100000 on her navy, and from the tone
of the German papers she has need to do
this. They point out that England has
no army to withstand assault by that of
either of the other first class powers, and
relies wholly upon her navy to keep
control Of the Channel and an invading
army out of the country. This hope
may not be justified. In 1867 the Dutch
virtually destroyed the British navy, and
Admiral De Ruyter sailed up the Thames
to London, and created great havoc
among the shipping. The French have
now a squadron in the Channel fully as
good as the British, and in certain con-
tingencies it might be joined by those of
Germany and Russia, and England
would be at the mercy of the allied
armies. The German papers continually
tell their people that war with England
is inevitable, and that at no distant day.
This was what made the Kaiser's con-
CALCULATIONS to President Kruger SO uni
versally popular.
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ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

TIE TERMONT BRIGADE IN TIE
WILDERNESS. by BreUet Mg.-Gen.
4. a. Grant, commander Of fhe brigade,
and late Assistant Secretary Of War.
THE BATTLE or FAIR OAKS, OR
SEVEN PINES. By Nag. Gen H. Dr.
Plaistod, formerly Lieutenant Colonel Of the
11M Me-, and dJtc,10ard Wqjor-Gener7E Of
Volunteers
FIRING on FORT SUMTER. A thrilling
story Of a young Ohio mechanic agho 'cas
ga Charleston at the time, and auas compelled
10 join The rebels but acho afterwards escaped
and served three years IN Union regiment.
TIE BATTLE or POISON SPRING. By
Wiley Brt'on, tate Of the War Department,
and author Of "7Ae Girl Var on the Dor
der" etc.
IN AND OUT OF CHARLESTON. BIZ
r. q. b., yoang Connecticut man, rrho
tUds cGBgA an Charleston al The opening Of
hosfiltis.
TIE GREAT NORGAN RAID. A True
History Of The Capture Of Gen. JOHN II. Nor
gan. By The CaptOr Himself-.Nej. Geo W.
RHe, 9ta Ky. Car.