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Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
SCOTT JACKSON.

FRANKFORT, July 29.-Papers in the case of Scott Jackson, convicted of the murder of Pearl Bryan near Fork Thomas, Ky, were filed today in the court of appeals. The court is asked to grant a new trial on the ground of specified errors
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
MANY STRIKERS.

NEW YORK, July 29.-Tonight the contractors and the Brotherhood of Tailors joined the striking tailors in their fight against the wholesalers. The total number of men and women out is now 30,000. It is understood that the clothing salesmen may also go out
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
NO PART IN POLITICS.

WASHINGTON, July 2s.-Postmast- er-General Wilson has issued an order to the railway mail clerks directing them not to take an active interest in the political campaign.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
HE COT THE MONEy.

RIVERA, Cal, July 29.-McBean & Go. advertised to give away $50 in gold which was displayed in the show win dow. Last night a thief entered through 3 skylight and swiped the money. The officers have no clue.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
CORPSE ASiTRAY.

Baggageman's Error Causes Widow Grief and Alarm.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

KANSAS CITY, July 2s.-s. M.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30
VALUABLE BODY.

A Fight Over the Petrifed Remains of
 a Pioneer.
Arizona republican., 1896-07-30

CHICAGO, July 2s.-A special to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
A New Southern Journal.

Every number of the Southern Real Estdte
Gazette, published monthly OF 128 Main street.
Norfolk, Va, contains much information Of
value to the prospective Southern investor. It
publishes letters from NortherHers who have
settled In the Southern. country. Every person
interested in SOuther investments or Securities
or. who is contemplating a visit South shoEld
subscribe, the low price, Is cents a year, placing
1t in easy reach of all.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
MATING FOR HARDNESS.

When mating the fowls, select hens
with strong shanks, broad breasts and
deep in the body. The male may be
finer in bone, as it is desirable that he
be active. The hens should be the
hardest of the flock, as many of the
diseases that attack fowls during the
winter are often due to some sick and
weakly hen, such as the roup, which
spreads in the flock, causing a less of
time in the effort to cure the hens. as
we'll as a falling eff of eggs. Hens are
intended to lay, and especially when
we'll cared for, but care and labor may
easily be thrown away on a flock that
has no vigor or stamina \. Diseases NAV
be transmitted to the offspring by the
parents, and it is important that the
hens which are intended for producing
next years stock should be carefully
selected. Only personal observation
will enable n to select the best, and
for that reason every member of the
flock should be studied in order to learn
ell the personal characteristics.
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e

The way I personally prefer to all
others to get a marketfor horses, writes
a breeder, is to get a we'll known East
ern dealer to come to my place, and il
I can do this I can generally sell to
him, but this is not practicable in all
cases, and we must consider the next
best thing to do. First, we must de
eide whether we prefer to sell to the
dealer or middleman, or direct to the
user. I prefer the dealer from the fact
that when you have sold a pair of sew
eral horses to him, with the payment
or the money the transaction is gen
orally completed, and when once known
you have a regular market with a
reasonable margin of profit. Not so if
you sell to the private individual; you
not only have the man who pays the
money to suit, but also his coachman,
who, unless he be consulted, is apt to
spoil the sale and put his employer out
of love with the new team on the ground
of some slight defect or other, and
from which scarcely any team is free.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
Fl COST OF EGGS.

If the hens have a range, and only a
portion of their food is purchased, the
cost of the food for each hen should
not exceed seventy-fve cents per year.
If more is given, it will probably make
the hens too fat. II the value Of the
food is properly estimated, the cost of
the eggs can also be estimated without
error. If a hen lays but seventy five
eggs in one year, the cost will be one
cent each, Or twelve and one half cents
per dozen. If she lays $50 eggs in a
year, the cost is just one half of the
minimum number mentioned. Where
one is near a large city, aud prices are
above the average, almost any kind Of
hen will at least give a profit Or pay
for her food. In the West, where grain
is cheaper than in the East, fifty cents
will pay for all that one hen can con
sumo in a year; and although the farm
ers in the West do not receive as high
prices as are obtained in the East, yet
they realize larger profits than may be
supposed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
BRIGHT SIDE OF DAIRYING.


Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
In a former letter the writer dis
cussed a class of farmers whose dairy
ing operations are a failure from be-
ginning to end. Did not in that letter
suggest a remedy, and will not attempt
to point out one in this, but will do so
in a later one. In this letter will refer
to a class known as progressive dairy
men.
The progressive dairy farmer belongs
to an advanced class. Nowhere will a
higher grade of intelligence be found in
a farming community than n com
posed of dairymen whose dairying
operations from start to finish are con
Quoted on their own farms and in their
own dairy houses or rooms-if we ex-
cept the marketing of their product
and conducted intelligently and with
up-to7d date herds, methods and appli-
ances.
Such farmers are, if the expression
can be allowed dairymen by inherit
ance, yet they do not depend entirely
on inherited talent for conducting their
dairying operations. The words in
heritance and inherited are used in the
sense of, as applied to something &C
quired from the experience of their i'm
mediate and more remote ancestors.
The Quakers are a good example of this
class. In boyhood the writer knew
communities of them that were model
dairymen. They left their mark on
communities of adjacent farmers who
were wise enough to profit by their
good dairying methods. And there
has been found among the second and
third generations of those Quakers
bright examples Of progressive dairy
men, who have helped to organize and
maintain dairymen's associations and
who have lost no opportunity to keep
up with the times, in all matters reiat-
ing to dairying.
The progressive dairyman is looking
for all real improvements. He does
not adopt every new thing that comes
along, but he does in good time adopt
all genuine improvements in methods
and such of those in appliances a are
adapted to his conditions and surround
ings and within his means.
1t can be written down that a really
genuine progressive dairyman is a hu
name person. No man that is not kind
to dumb animals should aver engage in
dairying. Kindness to dumb animals
has always been a prominent trait in
the Quaker character.
F. W. MOsELEY.
Clinton, Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
POULTRY YARI
THE BREEDING TURKEYS.

New blood shows more improvement
with turkeys than with any other kind
of poultry. The best foundation is the
common 1ocks. Discard all the males
and procure a gobbler of some pure
breed and the next year let the gobbler
be procured from some flock different
from the first. A sure plan is to use
a gobbler of n breed the first year
and n Of a different breed the next.
AS to which is the best breed Of tur-
keys, we doubt if any breed can besaid
to excel the others. The bronze turkey
is the largest, but the point to observe
is to secure hardness and vigor, with
out regard to size, and this must be
done by selecting the best hens ard
procuring a vigorous male each year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
DON'T WORRY ANY MORE ABOUT
THAT BOND.

1 have made arrangements to accom-
modate you. If you wish to make a
Surety Bond of any kind, write me and
get the particulars. Don't worry your
friends. who like you very we'll, but do
not desire to sign your bond, but write
me. I am prepared, for a small fee, t.
furnish surety bonds of any kind and
for any amount, such as Administra-
tors, Executors, Trustees, Receivers,
Assignees, Contractors, Lodge Officers
County or State Officers, and all IN,
d~ertakings in judicial proceedings
Correspondence solicited.
AMERICAN TRUST AND BANKING Co.,
OF BALTIMORE CITY,
J. ". DENMARK S,ate Agent,
Raleigh, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
BROILER CHICKS,

1t will cost about one cent a week
for ten weeks to raise a chick, and it
may be made to reach the weight of
two pounds at that age; but this de-
ponds on the kind of chick. 1t is too
often the case that farmers hatch and
raise chicks that have no breeding at
all, so far as pure breeds are concerned
If one desires a chick that will reach
two pounds in ten weeks, he must
breed for it as we'll as feed for it. While
the Leghorn is one of the best breeds
for laying eggs, yet it is a small breed
and cannot make as rapid growth or
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28

reach as great weight as a Brahma,
Cochin or Plymouth Rock. Such
chicks, however, will eat less and cost
no more per pound, but they will be
slower in reaching the market, which
is a disadvantage. SIS there a demand
for very small chicks9" is an inquiry
made of US. About Christmas, and
along until the months of March or
April, there is some times a demand for
chicks weighing from one half to three
quarters of a pound, and they often
sell at 81 each, retail. They are used
mostly for sick persons; used in the
place of squads, and also by some who
have a preference for such chicks. We
do not believe it will pay to attempt to
sell them when so small, however, In
less n fully understands the markets
and where to sell.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
Zone substituted COW.
LIVE STOCK.
SOUTHERN CATTLE FEEDS.

The crops most useful here are corn
ensilage and pea vine hay. Nothing
equals ensilage in cheapness and it is a
great stand by in a country like this
where corn grows SO magniicently.
Sorghum has certain advantages over
corn; it stands drouth better and is
rather preferred to corn by the COWS.
On the other hand, it will hardly equal
corn in yield of dry matter per acre; it
has a lower feeding value, pound for
pound, and it does not keep as well as
corn after the silo has been opened.
This year l am going to make ensilage
out Of a mixture of corn and sofa beans
two parts Of corn to one Of beans.
Millet and pea vine hay will form our
principal hay crop. Pea vines are al
ways rather difficult things to cut with
a mower and hand cutting is out of the
question. I shall try to obviate this
question by sowing with the peas about
a peck to the AGRA of a small variety of
northern corn. The corn will hold the
pea vines finely, I expect. The best
variety Of peas is the Unknown or
Clay they are fairly upright and yield
a very large amount of forage. Win
ter oats and rye are valuable for win
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
THE / Y.
BUYING AND SELLING COWS BY
TESTS OF THEIR MILK.

The North Carolina Experiment Sta,
ton proposes a plan for buying and
selling COWS. 1t is based on the yield
of their milk, together with the quality
of the same as determined by tests of
the milk. The rule is to pay for the
COW at the rate of $12 per gallon of
milk given per day that is rich enough
to show 81 per cent. of fat. To this
price add or subtract one dollar for
every one-fourth of one per cent. of fat
which is above or below the 81 per cent.
By this rule a COW is bought entirely
on her merits. It is believed to be a
conservative plan, and one if adopted
Cor n upon a similar plan) will GER
tainly raise the standard of COWS and
increase their milk and butter produc-
ton, for if they cannot be sold easily
for milk COWS, they will soon be turned
over to the butcher, and a better ami
NAL be kept or a willing purchaser be
found. The result cannot fail to be
beneficial to all parties.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
WORLDS FAIR DAIRY TEST NO. :
Thirty Days, for Butter.
Clinton, Iowa.

Thirty Days, Tor Butter.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
This test was from Aug. 90 to Sept.
q, 1898, both inclusive. Number of
COWS in test, Is Jerseys, Is Short Horns
and Is Guernseys. It differed from
either of the other tests in one essential,
that butter was the only product that
was credited. No value was allowed
for increase in live weight, and, mas
much as no credit was given for solids
other than butter fat, the quantity of
milk given by the COWS and breeds was
not q matter of any bearing upon the
test. The actual amount of butter
made by each breed in the churn, upon
the basis Of so per cent. oil in the but
ter, was credited, and each COW re-
ceived credit for her proper proportion
thereof, ascertained by the analysis of
her milk and the determination of the
fat by the Babcock machine.
The same precautions were taken in
this as in former tests in weighing the
milk and sampling same, in the analy-
sis, and in the retention of the milk
under seal after leaving the barns until
placed in the vat for Swimming. The
butter was scored on the same scale of
points, but the value allowed differed
from that in Test No. 9 in one respect.
AS before, butter scoring 80 points was
valued at 35 cents a pound; that scor-
ing 95 points, 40 cents q pound; that
scoring 100 points, 45 cents. But in
cthis test for every point above each of
ger. Atlanta, Hg::"@Qne Gees are rpund
md freight advantages good.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28
REF0Rn LITERATURE FC.EE.

Circulate ali the reform literature
possible. Education is the watch
word. We have the goldbugs on
the run. For ten cents (1O-cts. in
silver or stamps your name will be
placed on the Reform Press Circula-
ter List and the leading reform pa
PorS Of the United States will send
yea sample copies free for distribu-
tIsn among your neighbors. Get on
tAO list at once; you willreceive lots
Ct good literature and Ire sure to be
meEO than satisfied with the invest
Rsat Write your name and address
PtG&nIy. Address your letters to
Box A, FARMERS TRIBUNE,
Des Mtines. Iowa
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was added. In all other respects this
test was conducted upon the same rin-
ciple and with the same safeguards as
Tests Nos. 1 and 3.
The quantity of butter of the Jerseys
exceeded that of the Guernseys by
113 O41 lbs, and that of the Short-Horns
by ia. 551 lbs. The value Of the butter
of the Jerseys was $55. 80 in excess of
that of the Guernseys, and $81 81 in
excess of that of the Short-Horns. The
net profit of the Jerseys, after deduct
ing the cost of feed, exceeded that of
the Guernseys by S37.125 equal to a
net profit per herd per day of $1.24, or
8 415 cents per head per day., and that
of the Short Horns by SIS. 236, or g. 81
per herd per day, OF Is III cents per
head per day. The cost of feed of the
Jerseys for 80 days exceeded that of
the Guernseys by $18 AZ, but it pro-
duced value in butter of $37. IL over the
Guernseys, or over 200 per cent. net
profit.
There were three substituted Jerseys,
one of which had been in milk for more
than five months, to five substituted
Guernseys, most of which were fresher
COWS, and four substituted Short Horns.
The cost of producing one pound OF
butter in this test was slightly in favor
Of the G~uernseys, attributable to the
fact that they had more fresh COWS in
their herd. The cost of producing a
pound of butter in the 80 days test was
largely in favor of the jerseys; the
characteristics Of the breed had not
changed between the two tests, but the
Guernseys were more fortunate in hav
ing fresher COWS, This is further dem
onstrated by taking the cost of feed
per pound of butter for the 80 days
test and this 20 days test, which is:
Jerseys, 13 671OO cents per pound;
Guernseys, IA $4,000 cents per pound;
Short Hhorns, II, 600 cents per pound.
A table is given below of the netprof
per COW per day of the various herds,
the decimal parts of a cent being left
out in each case 1t shows that every
Jersey made a net profit Of so cents per
day or over up to 80 cents, as against
nine Guernseys of so cents or over, and
three Short Horns, or more than the
other two breeds combined; that Of the
nine Guernsey COWS which made so
cents or over, five were substituted or
fresher COWS, and of the three Short
Horns two we're substituted cows, to
three substituted cows in the entire
Jersey herd. The superiority Of the
Jersey is, however, again shown in the
average net profit per COW per day,
which is: Jerseys, so. 961OO cents;
Guernseys, SO $4,000 cents Short Horns,
A 2O1OO cents. The quantity of milk
required to make a pound of butter
was as follows: Jerseys, 16 $500 lbs
G~uernseys, Is 5000 lbs ; Short Horns,
% 5000 lbs.
The quality of the Jersey butter e
ceeded that of either breed, the value
allowed per pound, based upon the
score, being asfolloWs: Jerseys, As. 800
cents; G~uerps9ys, As $4,000 cents;
Short Horns, As 66IOO cents.
The award Tor the best breed was in
favor OF the Jerseys.
NET PROFIT PER COW PER DAY.
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BITE OF A HOG.

It is a serious thing to be bitten by
any animal, for even though there may
be no poisonous glands, the saliva in
the mouth of animals that bite is always
more or less poisonous. The bite of
the hog is more apt to be serious than
that of any other domestic animal. It
requires skill and activity to handle
large numbers of hogs without endan
gering those who hold them. The hog
is an omniverous eater, and is not at
all particular about getting particles
of dirt or excrement with its food. Old
hogs, which are most apt to bite, often
destroy mice and snakes, and though
they get no venom in their mouths, it
willpoison wherevers such saliva reaches
abraded skin. No who has a sore
on his hand, says the American Guilt
vator, should be called upon to assist
in butchering hogs, as he may be in
tested from contact with the saliva
without being bitten. In all cases of
bite or cut a wash of some antiseptic
should be applied. Diluted carbolic
acid in the proportion of one to so of
water is good, as is also a weak dilu-
ton Of corrosive sublimate, in proper
ton of one Of the poison to one or two
thousand parts of pure water. These
poisOns thus diluted do no harm, and
they will prevent poisOns from work
inc in cuta and hP11iaea Of a0v kind
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-01-28

ter and spring feeding. If crimson
clover can be raised the farm will grow
richer and richer and the grain bill
smaller and smaller.-F. G. Hender-
son, Cherokee, Co, Ala.
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PASSENGERS LEAVING RALEIGH ATMI
am. make close connection at Greens
boro for all points North and South
also for all Western North CAROLYN
points, arriving in AsbeviIle 3:2 D,
m, and Charlotte l1:4O a.. m. DoUbs
daily trains between Raleigh, Char.
lOtte and Atlantis.
No. IL, leaving Greensboro at 1888 a. ILL.,, az.
irving at Raleigh at 7:2O a. M, carries a sleeping
car. No. IS, leavitg Raleigh at 400 p. m, aigS
carries a sleeping car. All trains leaving Raj.
eigh for Greensboro connect there with fast
TIN ough, trains for the North and South, In.
clud1ng two limited vestibUles each way.
Through tickets on sale at principal stations
to all points For rates or information, apply
to any agent Of the Company, or to
D. b. THOMPSON, Supt. First Division, Dan.
vile, Va.
W. B. RYDER, Supt. Second Division, Char.
~ lotte, N. G.
Gen'lM ang'r E'st'n Sys'mj, GenT Pass. Agt
Washington, D. q. Washington, B. @.
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LOT FREE-;5x1O in a new town in Wash
ingtOn to first 10 answering Western Land
Co 157 Bridge st Brooklyn, n, Y 1880
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

A scENE OF WILD ENTHUSIASM OVER THE An
Observation-Disclosures MARATHON RACE
NOT Up TO GREEK TINE
The weather looked anything but promising
Yesterday morning for the fall games OF the
Knickerbocker Athletic club which were scheduled
70 take place on Columbia oval IN the afternoon
Many member Of the club felt gloomy at the pros
pect When the special train was discovered at the
Grand Central Station with every seat in the nine
cars taken. however. things looked different. The
sun was out in all his glory; there was no sign Of
rain OF anything else disagreeable and every one
was happy.
The games were held at williamsburg. and they
were enough Of an attraction 10 FIJI the grandstand
There were many fair friends Of the competitors
present and the colors of their gowns MADE
brilliant spectacle even after Old Sol had made his
escape and sought refuge under heavy clouds. The
track too was lined with interested spectators
and with the athletes doing their best and the
crowd applauding IT made a pretty sight Inc
days sport was not without important results. for
Two worlds records were broken. This occurred
first in the edwards run where Burke OF the Bos-
ton Athletic Association changed the worlds time
FOR keeps" Those who had gathered al the oval
10 see the games had all OF them expected great
things OF Burke. but there were few who expected
Burke TO do as well he did. and as he passed the
tape a wild shout went UP that was worth hearing
The second worlds record shattered into
small pieces put into the shade forever in the
%D-yard hurdle race. There were ten hurdles. each
one OF them two and one-half feet high and the
worlds record for the distance up 70 yesterday
afternoon was 81 2-5 seconds. made on Holmes
Field. Cambridge. Mass. in 1891 But 1891 is not
is*. The world IL going on 10 better things every
day, and yesterday afternoon Jerome Buck. OF the
knickerbocker Athletic club took occasion 10
crack of second from the record OF 1891. and 10
establish one for himself OF rs 2-5 seconds. When
Burke won his coward run and smashed record
ali 70 pieces the applause was desfening enough,
Out II was nothing 10 the roar heard when 1t was
announced that one second had been torn from the
worlds record in the 4+o-yard hurdle race. The
srandstsnd went wild and tried 10 Guido Wards
Island itself and there Is word TO describe the
enthusiasm OF the who were grouped along
the track
Tho great contest OF the day was the! Marathon
race" believed 10 be the FIRST OF lis kind ever run
IN America. There thirty entries and twenty
sr OF the entrants started The race was from
stanford Conn., to Columbia Oval the last hhf-
nile 10 be run over the track. making altogether
distance Of twenty-five miles. Last April Ia Athens
Greek won the original Marathon race In hours
~ minutes and 50 seconds. The hnckerbocKer
eubmen wanted 10 try their hand at beating ms
ana 40 yesterday the attempt was made Inc