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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-07
Local.


Memorial services OF the I1lks
Mrs, Edholm's lectures.
Opening of tho mssion at tho Church
of this Annunc,a,ion,
The Turnvercin elects new members.
Meeting of Dick Downing camp.
Small robbery in The Fifth ward.
Report of Faith Home managers.
italian society election.
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state.

Attempt made to assassinate Alb Elicit
near Commerce.
A httle girl at Calvert falls on pair OF
scissors, putting out her oye.
FIVE two-atory stone buildings nj Co
manchc destroyed by fire.
Frank t'tnks appaluted receiver for the
w. II. Duprcc stocks OF goods at Waco
aTad other points,
Amandnanls proposed to the city char
ter of Galveston.
Dallas free thinkers adopt resolutions
IN favor OF recognizing Cubans as bell
ligetents,
Five mon killed in wreck on the South
crn Pacific near Sandy Fork.
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Nqql.S'tt AND RETAIL GROCER
TELEPHONE.

OVER THE LINES OF THE SOUTH
YVES rERN TELEGRAPH AND 1EI.E-
PHONE COMPANY TO many of the pr n
ciual cit es and towns Of TEXAS T Il
stat oas al he Central Office, Hotels ana
o II r ronS enient pla ,es.
w. II. MARSHALL.
Local Manager.
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IilIn-

Observations taken by the United Sta,es
weather bureau AT p. IN. yesterday. s5th
meridian tiGc:
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Domestic.

Woodworking manufacturers form n tig
trust.
New steamship line to rem from Japan
to California.
John u. Rockefeller Will buck against
tho Iron and stoa business.
ilg telephone and electric light deal In
ST Louis
TWO men murderui by negro near Pine
Rlun Arh.
rwenly-s'x buildings destroyed by fire In
Shaw. Mas.
Vote OF Utah TO be contested.
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] tah 70 DC contested.


Pension report recommends that com.
men law marriages be recognized
sport.
olympic club of California secures Cor
belts agreement TO meet Fltzslmmoas In
u ten round night for tiJ.eo0
SIX day Internal onal bicycle race starts
at New York.
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obliged TO hire man to take his place.
Now, he could have hired the boy for
less than he paid the hired mau-prob-
ably for half as much.
This is another occurrence: A boy
sixteen years Of age, a good boy, who
loved his home, and wanted to stay,
but he was not content. Some Of his
friends had gone to the city; they had
better clothing than he had, and they
had money in their pockets and jingled
it. The boy and his mother tried to
induce the farmer 20 give him regular
wages, but he said he'could not afford
it. At length, however, he offered him
10 cents day, and made this arrange,
ment:
The boy was to be paid every Satur
day night, when possible; if the 70
cents was not paid on Saturday night
1 cent a day was to be added until the
whole was paid. THIS appears to be q
very small inducement, but it was suf
fcient; the boy became a different boy
Immediately. Seventy cents a week
to do with as he pleased His, father
did not pay every week, and at one
time was six weeks behind, but this
gave the boy more money when he was
paid
He opened a set of books, keeping an
account with each weeks work and
posting every day the cent for non
payment on time. The book keeping
was an interesting feature in itself it
is interesting for anyone to keep an &C
count of gains That boy will not leave
the farm, and it costs only 10 cents a
day to keep him. R Deer foger, in
Home and Farm.
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REDUCE The ACREAGE.

Oue half the lands now cultivated
poorly vii! produce double the amount
now obtained. This means four fold
grca' er yields of farm crops than is
now obtained. How can this be done
is the great question; but before the
q,1estion is settled another question
must be satisfactorily settled, namely,
can II be GOne8
In answering this, reference is made
to some actual yields which have been
obtained in the last few years through
the stimulating Influences Of the offer
of large prizes by different parties fer
the largest yields Of farm crops. One
thousand bushels Of potatoes were pro
duced from one acre Of ground. Two
hundred and fifty four bushels of corn
were produced from single acre of
ground and yields similar to these were
Drained from other grain crops.
Now these yields much more than
sueteins z hat has been stated, for this
Weld Of potatocs is about ten times
greater than the average yields. And
this yield of corn is more than ten
times greater than the average yields
:brough~ut the country. Not only
then IS it true that four times greater
yields could be obtained, but even ten
times greater may be obtaire1 by re-
6rcinc the area Of cultivated land8 ana
,,i,zir0 hettnr culture throughout.
Deep plowing and subsoiling are the
first rc quisites in increasing the yields
of crops. Dsep0plowing to be practlced
each season and subsoil plowing only
occasionally. Seed development must
be adopted in order to carry out the
program of increasing the yield crop;
A general reform must be inaugurated
on the farm; pulling out of the "oio
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-05-26
HORTICULTURE
SUMMER FARM DIET.

MCs5 of the diseases that occur IN
summer are due to mistakes III diet
This is the season when work On tie
farm is hardest, but it is also the time
when ali classes are more cut Of doors
in the sunlight, and when even the
houses are not closed agairst fresh air
as they commonly are in winter. So
if man can keep his stomach in good
condition, there is no reason why he
should not enjoy better health III sum,
mer than at any other time of year.
The fa0Ied land of immortal youth and
health was also one Of perpetual sum
mer. If men and women take proper
care of themselves, they are less likely
to be sick in summer than in fall, win
ter or spring. But this Involves fer
many very different Diet from that TO
which they are accustomed.
Not nearly so much meat is II lired
in hot weather as in winter. For those
hard at work the nutU.jon that gives
needed strength can be better given IN
peas and beans and III whole wheat
prepared in various ways than by eat
ing largely of meat. It ia not so gen
orally known as it should be that green
peas and green beans contain IN large
degree the nutrition that makes bone
and muscle that is their char C jerisCic
when matured. They should be grown
in succ8 sion in every farm garden, 50
that one or the other can be placed en-
the table rearly every dag. The gar
den will, indeed, supply a much larger
part OF tho summer living than it does
at any other season, for the stored
vegetablos in winter are not nearly SO
Dalatable and healthful as they are
when gathered fresh in their season.
Toe same is true of some OF the vegat
ablpa, which like CUcumbars, are gen
era!iv considered urheallhfUi food. If
eaten properly prepared by those whose
digestion has not been impaired by
OverlCa1Ing the stomach With improper
food they will do no harm.
All the summer fruits should be
largely used in their season. If they
ave gathered and eaten tT38b, as they
may be On the farm, there will be no
difficulty from their causing disorders
of the stomach. These come usually
from overlooking the stomach, ia which
condition slight chill may have the
most serious results. Eaten in mOdera
tiOp. fruit is always healthful, though
for those hard at work it must be sup
plemented with some more strengthen
ing nutrition. This can, as has before
been stated, be found in various kinds
of grains, and these should lergely
supersede meat as a diet while hot
weather continues. American
Cultivator.
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report :. with good stand, chopin e
going on, and crop in good condition
to grow with rains; cotton planting all
done but the drought has prevented
large field of late planted from coming
up; some young cotton is dying Where
light showers occurred transplanting
tobacco made some progress, but else
where has been seriously delayed and
plants are bee ming overgrown; some
farmers are planting and watering,
which is costly. Sweet potatoes ready
to set out, but suffering rom drought
Wheat ne aiding well but slow; some
damage by chinch bugs; both wheat
and oats on uplands will be @ failure
without rain soon. Crops all we'll cul-
tivated.
WESTERN DISTRICT The week was
very warm, with but little rain. Show
ers occurred here and there, hut all
small in amount. The drought is more
szvere in six of the central cou1 ties,
from Cabarrus and Mecklanburg north
to Surry. Wheat, oats, grasses and
gardens have suffered most from the
drought; 8 large number of correspond
ents report serious injury to wheat and
oats. O2her crops seem to be standing
the dry weather remarkably we'll Re
ports as to stand of corn and cotton
continue good. Choppipg cotton and
working over corn made good progress
during the week. Some tobacco plants
and some sweet potato slips were set
out, but gene rally it was too dry for
that work. Irish potatoes doing fairly
we'll, though damage by insects col
tinues.
The quick growth of buck wheat, and
its broad leaf completely shading the
ground, fits it to suppress most of the
annual weeds. 1t has even been said
to kill the Canada thistle, but this is
more probably due to blowing the
thistles under in June as preparation
for the bUckwheat than the crop which
followed. But there is a better reason
for the belief that growing buckwheat
clears the land of wire worms and in
sects that destroy vegetation. So far
as we know, there is no insect that will
eat either the root or stalk Of buck
wheat, and sowit & it on any piece OF
land for two years will kill tho wire
worms by FURNISHING g nothing for them
to eat.
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AGRICULTURE.

CattIemen of Kansas will hereafter
ship cattle direct to Liverpool. The
first shipment is to be made from Gal
weston.
Hessian fly is reported il greet mum
bers in India, and 10 Illinois thousands
of acres OF wheat and oats are being
ravaged by chinch bugs.
A man who has made money out Of
agriculture says, L believe that hog
raising, taken year in and year out, is
the most profitable business q farm T
can engage in"
Melon blight and antbrachose have
not been successfully treated. Do not
plant melons on same land 0ftener than
one in five years-sOme cay ten, some
twenty, and some sey never again.
When alfalfa blooms it is ready to
cut for nay, and should be cut before
the leaves begin to turn yellow near
the ground. The second crop is con
si5ered the beat seed crop, as it natures
in August, which is ueually a dry
month. The dry weather Is most favor
able for q large seed crop,
South Jersey farms are being deaerted
as fast as those of New England. All
over Cumberland, Cape May and At
lantic counties stand thousands Of acres
OF unused farm lands and Eundrede OF
vacant houses. The houses are falling
iaso decay, aud the fields and orcherde
are cyergrown with bushes.
Farm values in the State Of New
Gyrk have declined 80 per cent. in the
last % years, or a total OF 5000, O0O. coo
T2e present Senate Of that State con
tails a lawyers OIt Of = total a 50.
. and there is not one farmer in the
whole lat. The Assembly has $50
members, only Is of whom are farmers.
Actual wheat yields Of the whole Of
Europe, past five years, millions omit
ted: 1895, 1880 bushels, 1891 1896 1S93
l04 1892 1860, 1891 1903. The Corn
Trade A5"s estimates 1885 CROPS Of
Europe, America and India at , 12o
OOo,O0O agajnst 2,192 OOO. coo in 1905
and says; the North African, Argen-
tine, Uru6uayan and AugtraIssian Cur
pluses will be either much smaller or
IN the case Of the Southern hemisphere
utterly exhausted, so that the prospe cts
are taat during the second half of the
! present calendar year supplies will con.
'lnue to fall behind requirements"
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No. 16
POULTRY YARD
FLOORS.

You may think that any kind Of
floor will d. for poultry houses, if so.
look at the ben fiss and non benefits
derived from poor or good floors. Have
you not noticed fowls that had the
roup j lst because the flor was damp
or admitted dr~ughts through it's open
ings8 Have you not noticed the nu
mer4us vermin harb0rs many floors
have The fowls stand during the day
on the floor; their eet are in direct
contact with it and their entire body
being close to the floor it must surely
be of some consel elueuce as to the con-
sequence as to the condition of the
floor.
Leguminous crops, like COW peas or
crimson clover, are preferable for catch
crops, if thy can be successfully
grown, but corn sown broadcast, rye,
or whatever green crop can be euccees-
fully grown, will do.
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RALEIGH, N. c., MAY 26, 1895.

ruts" must be adopted and fully car
rled out. Old fancies and follies must
be aband, ned, and new ideas. new
methods and new appliances must be
adopted.
Then deep pIowing claims attention.
and on this sutj .ct nearly every one
~grees that deep blowing is right, and
every farmer almost claims to plow
deep. Some soils may be plowed as
deep as one foot or more, and if this
depth Is reached there is no danger of
5hrowing the subsoil on top, as SO many
seem to fear, for if one foot deep is
reached the furrow will not be wider
han one foot, and so no bottom soil
can fad its way to the top-the soil is
not turned over, as is the case in shall
low blowing, and right here some per
sons who are opposed to deep blowing
are often caught in fib," for they
give instances where they have pIowed
deep and the Ibsoil thrown on top, as
Ehey state, spoiled the ground for sew
eral years after, while anyone can see
shat if the plow goes down one foot
deep the furrow cannot be merely
turned over fat, Tne thing cannot be
done, is not done, and when anyone
tries to get off that old and false
racket" just ask thc m if they see
anything green" in your eyes" Many
persons are opposed to deep plowing
because it is necessary to abandon pre-
vailiDg methods and to adopt new ones
and to change is very painful to some
people.
Some OF the advantages Of reducing
the cultivated area may be named as
for instance, one half the capital in
veste in lands will be sufficient; the
interest on this useless investment ie
saved annually, which is a great sum
to be considered. OIeh half the taxes
only is required to be paid, and one
half the cost of keeping up repairs is
only necessary. This reduction OF. the
araa to be cultivated is attended with
s. many important and vital savings
tt at it must impress itself on every one
as the proper thing to do."-E s.
Tcagarden, in Western Rural.
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THE HOG IN THK sc 9TH.

A leading agricultural journal OF
New England makes this sort Of an
swer to the question of one of its read
ers:
There are plenty of theoretical rea
sons why it should be profitable bust
ness to keep hogs in large quantities in
Georgia, North and South Carolina
and other Southern States. The climate
is mild, and the hogs running in the
woods and livirg on what they can find
there will get their living very cheaply.
In the fall, when persimmons and nuts
ripen, the hogs tatten with very little
feeding from the corn crib. The diff.
Guilty which our CORES pendent will find
is a practical one. 1t has nothing to do
with growing and fattening the hog.
but with keeping him after he is fat
tened. There are still plenty Of negroes
who have very indistinct notions of the
rights Of pTC pEiety, natural result OF
their experience in slavery when they
were not even owners Of their own
O%A4GS' ALAOAA PACpOA1E54by 4OA SNCCA41uS
is well known and, except water
melon, there is nothing more tempting
to the average negro than a we'll fat
tened hog. For this reason the i'm
proved breeds of hogs that have short
legs and which fatten ca. Iy are not
adapted to the South. What is wanted
is hog that can outrun the negro who
is try ing to catch it, When the negroes
and poor whites outgrow their propen-
sity to steal live pigs growing pork will
become a profitable business in the
South, and not much before"
The picture is overdrawn to the dis
advantage or rather discredit, of the
black man; and in evidence of this it
is the fsct that all over the South the
improved breeds Of hogs actually have
been and are steadily more and more
being introduced. 1t is so also with all
the other leading kinds of farm ami
mals.-Home and Farm.
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DEPTH TO PLANT.

The dCp5h at which seed is planted
is important, and the smaller the seed
the nearer it must be to the surface. If
planted too low then the see d may not
obtain oxygen, or even assuming that
it did, it will exhaust it's cotyledoD, or
reserve food, before it is sufficiently
above eground to live on the atmosphere; !;
hence it dies. The larger seed contain
ing a greater quantity of store food can
last longer before exhaustiDg its coty
ledon, and so may be planted deeper
The SMALLEST seeds, such as grass secs
are spread on the surface ot the land,
larger seeds, like mustard, a-o sown
half an inch deep, and the depth will
vary with increase of size and peculi-
arity Of structure to two inches. 3
Farmers Voice.
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TO KEEP tbs BOYS AT HOME.

Many writer's and orators are inter
esttd apparently, in keeping the boys
on the fsrm. and have made various
suggestions as to solving the problem,
Doubtless all are good, but there is one
fact thet has not been kept IN the fore
ground always; namely, that 1t costs
very little to induce a boy to stay on
the farm. This is an actual occurrence
a boy seventeen years old wanted to
stay On Cbe farm, but he wante d ut
tie more than he was getting g-some
thing more than board and clothes. He
pleaded for wages. Give NE" he
seid. my board and so much month";
and I will clothe myself like hired
man."
But bis father would not consent TO
the arrangement, saying that with q
mortgage and small prCfi5s, be could
not allow him a regular salary until ne
was twenty-one. This working untll
you are twenty one" has sent a grea'
many boys to a worse fate IN cities
The boy went away, the farmer was
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Finely crumbled tobacco is one of
the very best of insect destroyers, and
an xc,llent fertilizer as well. 1t will
keep the green fly from the lettuce
The young tomato, pepper and egg
plants are soon rid of their lice if freely
busted. 1t is also an enemy most posi-
tive to cabbs ge and currant worms.
Dust it, or spray the tea
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rBR RATIONAL FARMERS ALL
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

President - Mann Page, Brandon,
Va.
Vice-President-H, 9. Snavely, Leh
anon, Pa.
Secretary-TreasuTer-R R. A. South
worth, Denver, Col.
EXECUTIVE BOARD.
HI. I.oucks, Huron, 8. D.; ". P.
Bricker, Cogan Station, Pa, J. f. VIII
let's, Kansas; W. L Peeke, Ga.
JUDICIARY.
z. a. Southworth, Denver, Colo.
{. ". Beck, Alabama.
I. D. Davie, Kentucky.
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Stocks of wheat afJat fer and il
Europe from ell exporting countries
May l were AZ IA, 600 bushels, the
smallest on like date for eight years
Adding the supplies in the Uhited
States and Canada TO stocks & fl )at for
and in Europe gives a grand total Of
131 316. 600 bushels, compared with
154 $50, 600, lie. 695, 900, 172, o39, 900 and
1875, 894 900 on the first OF May in the
years Immediately preceding. The
total stock is therefore %, ,664 600 bush
els less than on the first of May, 1895
80 379, 900 bushels less than on the first
of May, 1894, and 40 723 600 bushels
smaller than on the first Of May, 1898
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WEEKLY WEATHER CROP Bull
LETIN
For the Week Ending Saturday, II a5 Il
1906,


CENTRAL OFFICE, Raleigh, N. @.
The reports of correspondents of the
Weekly Crop Bulletin, Issued by the
NJrth Carolina Section, for the week
ending Saturday, May 16 ID, 1896, indi-
cate continued untavorahle cond tions
on account Of drought now prevailing
nearly everywhere, ard becoming
serious. The week was very warm,
with maximum tenn peratures as high
ee SO and the mean IL degrees per dag
above normal There was an excess OF
sunshine Though scattered showers
occurred on four days the amount of
moisture WAS altogether insufficient for
the requirements OF crops Wheat and
cats are suffering most severely, and
late planted corn al d cotton, though
the bulk Of the cotton and >rn crop is
doing remarkably well Transplant
ing tobacco has been greatly hindered,
and plants are becoming Cvergr0wn.
Trees seem to be shedding fruit more
than usual.
EASTERN DIoTRICT. The past week
was very warm, the Dexlmum tenn
peratura reaching ninety six degrees
even at Wilmington, and far too dry
0 lite a severe drought is prevailing
nearly every where, and particularly
in the southern Counties There we're
light scattered showers in ten counties
on four days, and reports fr> m these
points continue favorable, but else
where reports are discouraging. Corn
or stiff lands is euff~rang for lack of
rain, and in q few cases IS reported to
be dying, but z =nerally the corn crop
looks well. E arly cotton is a5< u ali
chopped cut, with good stand, end do
ing wei; it has reach. d q height Of six
leaves in southern counties; chOpping
continues actively; late planted cotton
coming u) with difficulty and some
dying IN light soils. TransPlanting to
bacco and sweet potato slips much co
Iaye5; what was planted early is Srow
ing nicely. Wheat, rye and oats have
ceter!orated and require moisture
badly many truck gardens are nearly
ruined Dy drought. Peanuts are com
Jag up. Straw berries have been about
all shipped.
CENTRAL DISTRICT. = Very warm
weather prevailed the entire week; It
is altogether too dry to be satisfactory,
and every thing needs rain, though
scattered showers were reported on
four days 1t is probable that with
rain in time the damage By the drought
would as yet not be seri us, but the
outlook is not favorable. Corn is grow
ing fairly well and but little replanting
has been necC sary so far; planting
late corn stopped. Early cotton mostly
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aeE.h Carolina Reform Press Association.
Gficers-J. L. Ramsey, President;
sSo~tor BsGtLer, VIce-F President; ". s.
BzFRes, Secretary,
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aoRTR CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALEd-
ANCE.

ANCE.
President - DR.. Cyrus Thompson,
Richlands, Y. 9.
Vice President Graham, Ridge
Seeretary Treasurer-W. 8. Barnes,
HLlsboro, n. Q.
Lecturer. T. B. Hoover, Elm City,
steward-Dr. V. N. 8eawell, Villa
Cbiapiain-Rev. P. H. Massey, Dur
ham, N. Q.
Door keeper-Geo. T. Lane, Greens
b9rO, II. @.
Assistant Door keepor-Jas. (. Lyon,
Durham, N. G.
Sergeant at -Arms-A D. z. Wallace,
Rutherfordton, n. Q.
State Business Agent-T. Ivey, Hills
boro, n. Q.
trustee Business Agency Fund-W.
4. Graham, Machpelah, n. Q.
ExECUTTvu COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
AT. Hileman, Concord. n. c.; N,
9. English, Trinity, N. C.; James II.
Aewborne, Ktns on, n. Q.
srATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES,
John Brady, Gatesville, N. G.; DR..
J.F. Harrell, Whitaville, N. c.; T. J.
Gambler, Acton, N. Q.
seE.a Carolina Reform Press Association.
GGicereJ. L. Ramsey, President ;
s5ts~io11 BsstIer, Vtce-PTestde1st; ". s.
B=F5ses, Secretary,
PAPERS.
rEesre4sive Farmer, State Organ, Raleigh, T. e