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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-08-16

his father say II, S the pearl among
boys, truthful, gentle and obedient.'
Yoritomo looked at his companion and
nodded his head, then continued
well. Father Haikaru, We want to
see that scarf. Come back with us, and
if the lad have none will rejoice more
than l. But if not, I sorrow for thee.
0, Faithful One"
He said no more and with a sinking
heart the Old man returned with them.
AS they approached the house they
saw MakorO crouching under a great
mulberry in front OF the door gazing va
canty at the purple Mills. His rosy face
had lost It's color, and as he beheId his
father and the soldiers q great fear
came into his eyes. He rose up and as
he bowed 10 kiss the cid mans hand he
cried:
20, father, what is this Why come
these soldiers here
Il know not, son of my heart" said
Haikaru brokenly, they would see
thee"
Yoritomo laid his hand lightly on the
boys shoulder jnd locking straight in
his eyes, ne said:
Il would Sc thy red scarf, M2koro.
With pale face and trembling limbs
the child suffered:
"I-I-have it no. my lord
20, MakoIo, jewel Of my home, what
is this? Has. thou lost it?' walled Hal
karu.
The boy started to sps ak, then hest
tated and looked down on the ground
while q ,ear Uembied on MS wan cAeeA,
but he answered nothing.
Speak, Makoro," sad the old man
steInly.
Al this the child who had never IN
his short lire been so roughly addressed
by his loved father dropped On his knees
fore him and grasped MS hand on
which he laid mis- wet face, soDD-ns:
20 my fa-her, ask me not. cannot
answer
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It's enough Come with us TO the
lord Daimio. M3yalp be viii find a
way TO make th-e speak
BEFORE THE DAIMIO.
And so. tae lad between tle soldiers
gnd the distressed father following, they
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light. and through the rice fields where
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picked up the silk and quietly sad:
"Cn.id. look on this. Is IL your scarf
ut is, my lord Whispered Makoro
family.
Where hadst thou it last?'
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
FALL CHICKENS.

We want to say a few words about
the management of fall chickens, as
that season is now at hand.
a chicken can b. petted, spoiled until
it becomes like unto a hot house plant,
but that is not the way to manage the
fall chicken if you would raise it. 1t
needs air, sunshine and moderate range,
to be fed well and hands off.
Now, let's go to work and set @ hen,
then while she is setting, fix up a place
for her and her chicks, by the time
they are Matched; no matter if we live
in town, Of in the country, our plan
works we'll in either place, and right
here let us say that many a little chick
owes its untimely end to too much vet
weeds, or too much Of a thunder
shower, and not enough shed and pro-
lection.
So, we make first a shed six feeBwide
and four feet deep, WI enclose it at one
end and the back, and lattice the front
and one end, with a door in the lattice
work. Five feet high in front and four
feet in the back will do. Now, we will
go and take our hen eff with her chicks
and deposit them in our new shed
cOOps, a large roOmy coop that costs ue
about one dollar, and three hours
work but mind you, it is good for a
dozen more brOods, or even m IRE, so
tho cost Ia not too muoh
We feed and water and keep our hen
and her brood in her new coop for ten
days or more. In the meantime we
shall have built g small pen about ten
feet by twelve feet, 30 located as to
have our large coop at n front cor
ner Of it. Tue pen is built of laths
with light stringers and posts, at the
cost of another dollar, and as soon as
built is seeded to oats, that have come
up and are two or three inches high by
the time our chickens are two weeks
Old, SO that az DOR is we let them run
out in their pen they have plenty OF
good green food and the INSECTS that
always attend ouch little spots.
1t the little yard be built about
a shrub, a small tree or some bushes,
growing corn or sunfowers. why so
much the better. But the latter things
are not so very necessary, as the sled
like coop makes shade and a cool re
treat.
Chickens that have such pleasant
little homes DO not stray away, but
thrive and mature early.-H. B Geer,
in Home, Farm and Fancier.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25

profit. Ask any number of poultry
men their opinion as to which breed Is
the best, and it will be found that they
do not agree, some preferriDg one breed
and some the others. A farmer may
secure what he supposes to be the best
breed, only to be disappointed, while
the breed which is rejected may prove
profitable with his neighbors, because
of better care.
The hens should not pay more in
winter than in summer, but no doubt
the farmers are better satisfied with
the winter results, due to the giving of
more attention to the hens because no
other farm work is urgent. Women
and children cannot properly care for
the fowls when the ground is covered
with snow. There is something more
to do than to throw down corn for
them. They must have water that is
not frozen, the eggs must be collected
to avoid freezing, the floors must be
clean, a variety Of food must be mixed,
and. sick fowls must be cared for, as
we'll as looking after other details
Farm and F'ireside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
QUALITY IN BUTTER.
J R MEDLIN.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
1t is quite often that we read an item
in some agricultural paper like the fol
lowing: II you expect to succeed in
butter making, you must keep a sharp
lookout on the market and find out the
kind of butter it demands. AS require
ments of the market varies, you are Of
course to vary your products accord
ingly." Then, again, a private dairy
man is advised to look around among
his actual and prospective customers
and ascertain the particular fancies Of
each as regards quality and cater to
them.
Now, while a dairyman should post
himself as to the requirements of the
market he seeks, on such matters as
kind of package used, amount of salt
required, and whether it will pay bet
ter to rjpen his butter than to pack it,
it is the height of absurdity to instruct
him to attempt to make, as it were, an
assortment" of butter or butter of
assorted" qualities. Nothing of the
kind is required, and nothing Of the
kind. or even approximating it, should
be advised.
The plain, common, horse sense
thing to do is to make good butter.
Such butter will alWay sell, and if a
farmer is unfortunate enough to have
a customer whose taste has not been
educated to that kind of butter, he
better let him or her GO, unless he can
educate his taste so he will appreciate
good butter,
There is a standard by which butter
is judged at fairs, and we fail to see the
advantage Of such judging and the
awarding of premiums on the basis of
such a standard unless the farmer will
be safe in making such butter as, &C
cordirg to such standard, will be called
good butter.
Of course, if one has q good customer
that will take ali of his butter and pay
a good price for it, it will pay to cater
to his requirements. But it is absurd
to think Of trying to make a certain
quality of butter for each of several
different customers. Make good butter
good as judged by an intelligent
standard and educated taste, and let it
go at that.
F. W. MosELEY.
Clinton Iowa
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25

QUALITY WILL SELL.

One hour about Bost n market last
week revealed only what has been the
experience of years, says a writer in
the Maine Farmer. Maine eggs were
selling from four to six cents variation,
yet they all came from hens and might
have commanded the top price. We
asked in regard to the supply of the
higher ones, and the dealer replied:
I'VE cam OF get enough of these, while
we can hardly get rid of the others
without loss " Pausing before G door
way filled with strawberries, we asked
the price. Twenty five and thirty
five cents" was the reply. What
makes the dlfference2" we ask; and,
with a touch of sarcasm, the mer-
chant said: Cant you see7 It's quality
which makes the price in this market"
When will tn S lesson come home with
sufficient force to save the dollars for
Maine farmors7 The standard applies
every where, and individuals have but
to interpret it Alright to ffnd the bene
fits in their own experiences. The diff
ference of five cents in the price of
eggs is due entirely to the time ard
method of shipping; nothing else.
Whether the increased price would pay
for sending only fresh, clean, uniform
goods every man must decide for him
self. 1t seems as though it might mark
the DIFF ,rence between profit and loss,
and that this is a matter worthy of at
tention. How is it2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
THE COST OF 3

Il seems to be the general impression
that poultry pays better in winter than.
in summer. This is not due to the bet
ter prices in eggs, but to the low cost
of labor in winter; that is, in the win
ter season there is no employment on
the farm that brings in cash returns
and time is consequently lost il the
labor ia not applied in some
In the spring and summer the farmer
has but little time to devote to poultry
leaving such work to the women or
children. The hens On the farms have
always been regarded as unworthy the
full attention of the farmer himself
and he will sometimes work hard. from
early in the morning until late at night
out in the fields, and receive much less
as e consideration than would have
been derived had he given a fl 1ck nj
fowls the same labor that he so wi;linp.
ly bestows on the land, or on Other
farm stock. 1t is the labor the farmer
eells, whether in the form of meat
milk, butter or crops, and it is the
labor that makes poultry pay.
Those who endeavor to secure the
most eggs by selecting the best breeds,
have found that, after all, it is the labo,
! and care given them that makes the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
SIMPLE RULES FOR BUTTER
MAKING.

Simple rules for butter making have
been issued in a revised form by the
Royal Agricultural Society of England,
and are printed as follows in our Fog
lish contemporaries. They are put in
the following forcible manner:
Prepare the churn, butter worker
wooden hands and sieve "a follows: /.
Rinse with cold water. 2 Scald with
boiling water. 8 Rub thoroughly and
salt. 4. Rinse with cold water.
Always use a correct thermometer.
The cream when in the churn to be at
a Temperature of Sc to So degrees in
summer, and 60 to u degrees in winter.
The churn should never be more than
half fall. Churn at number of revolu-
tions suggested by maker of churn. II
none are given, churn at forty OF
forty-fve revolutions per minute. AL
ways churn slowly at first.
Ventilate the churn freely and fro
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
THE DAIRY.
WANTED.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
METHOD, n. Q.
I write for information. What 1
want to know Is something about the
premiums offered by the N. Q. Dairy
mans Association. I have seer or
heard something about it somewhere.
I want to know the conditions that are
required to compete for the premiums.
understand that there are three pre-
miums offered, respectively, $25 first,
SIS second, $40 for the third.
If you can get this in your next issue
you will oblige me as we'll as others,
because l suppose there are several
dairymen who would like to compete
for the prizes. II it is not too much
trouble, would like for you to send a
marked copy Of The PROGRESSIVE
FARMER that has this query in it to the
President of the n. @ State Dairyman's
Association, also one to the Secretary.
Would like to know if the Experiment
Station is going to have anything to do
with it, like they did before at New
Berne. l reckon DR.. Battle can tell
you about that.
I notice that the Commissioner of
Agriculture and some of the professors
are holding farmers Institutes in sew
eral counties. Hope it will soon be our
time. 1t would be of much benefit to
the farmers if farmers institutes could
be held in every county in the State
every year. 1t looks like it might be
done and not cCs5 the State much.
Respectfully,
p MTDTTN
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25

q~uently during churning, until no air
rushes out when the vent is opened.
Stop churning immedi5 tely the but
ter conn., This can be a~scertained by
the sound if in doubt, look.
The butter should be like grains OF
mustard seed. Pour in a small guam.
tity of cold water Il pint water to 2
Quarts creamy to harden the grains,
and give a few more turns to the churn,
gently. Draw eff the butter milk, Civ
ing plenty of time for draining. Use
a strainiDg cloth placed over a hair
sieve, so as to prevent any loss, and
wash the butter in the churn with
plenty Of cold water; then draw off the
water, and repeat the process until the
water comes off quite clear.
To brine butter, make a strong brine,
two or three pounds of salt to n gal
Ion of water. Place straining cloth
over mouth of churn, pour in brine, put
lid on churD, turn sharply half a dozen
times, and leave from ten to fifteen
minutes. Then lift the butter out Of
churn into sieve, turn butter out on
worker, leave it a few minutes to drain,
and work gently till all s%uperduous
moisture is pressed out.
To dry salt butter, place butter on
worker, lift it, drain ten TO fifteen min
utes, then work gently till all the but
ter comes together. Place it on the
scales and weigh; then weigh salt; for
slight sailing, t ounce; medium, ]
ounce; heavy sailing, I ounce to the
pound of butter. Roll butter out on
worker and carefully sprinkle salt over
the surface, a little at a time; roll up
and repeat till the salt is used.
n. B.-Never touch the butter with
your hands.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
CIRCULATE POPULIST PAPERS
AMONG ALL BRYAN MEN.

Mr.. Bryan understands the silver
question because he understands the
money question, But the Democratic
editors as a lule know nothing about
the money question, and therefore car
not discuss the silver question and hold
their own with the gold press. They
have persis.ently declared, and no
doubt believed, for the past dozen
years that The tariff was the question,
and that the money question had little
to do with the welfare of the Country
We repeat that the average Demccrat
ic speaker and editor cannot hold b
own on the silver question with the
goldbug. He is not posted and does
not go to the bottom of the subject.
We warn all that if they fail to put
Populist papers into the hands of, and
have Populist speakers address Demo
cratic and Republican Bryan men the
gold standard advocates will stamped g
them and run many of them into the
gold camp election day.
We do not claim a greater average
Of natural ability nor a superior knowl-
edge of things in general for the Popu
list editors and speakers, but we do
assert the fact and 1t is pretty general
ly conceded on all sides, tbat on the
money question PopulsJs are by far
the best ported,
The friends OF Bry an in every school
district in the United States should see
TO it that all their neIghbors who are
inclined to Bryan shall have the bene
f5 of Peoples party literature and
speeches.
We give this cut simply as a cold
fact, and desire our readers to impress
this truth upon all Bryan men.-Mls
souri, World.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25

Wherever potatoes are largely grown
the rot is apt to increase. This is a
natural result, as there are more
chances in a large acreage for some of
the rot fungus to be kept through the
winter, and by being fed to stock get
ting into the manure heap. Owing to
the cheapness of potatoes a good many
last winter were fed tt stock or thrown
away altogether. In either case the
result is likely to be an increase in DO
tato rot in that locality this year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25

This funny and instructive book tells
in a most humorous way how the
Angel of Liberty took Grover Cleve
land from the White House in the dead
Of night, and left him, ragged and hun
cry, il Oklahoma City, to tramp home
Growers trials and tribulations as q
tramp are most ludiCrously related,
and hia conversations with farmers and
laboring men about the silver question
are very instructive.
EVERYBODY SHOULD READ IT
1t contains 176 pages of laugh pro
voking matter, and 40 fulI-DRge illus
trations Of Cleveland as a tramp.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
CHlNCH BUGS.

Wherever chinch bugs have been
prevalent this year they are likely to
attack the crops again next year VI
less care is taken to destroy them this
fall. Before sowing wheat, say q
month before, it will be we'll to pillow a
strip of land here and there in the field
Intended to be sown and to seed it
with wheat, grass or millet. The bugs
will gather upon these strips as 500
as the grain or grass begins to grow,
and they should be killed by spraying
with kerosene and weter, and the
strips be then al once plowed down.
Any grass headlanGs adjoining f9lds
which have been infested should be
spray ed with kerosene and water, and
be plowed down, or if the grass is dry
they may be burnt over Southern
Planter. 2
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
your hands,

1t is folly to grow and sell a crop
without considering it's cost; to winter
any stock which cannot pay for its
feed; to feed so sparingly that you
merely sustain life, instead Of making
a gain; to throw manure under the
caves, where it will leach out all winter;
to keep account of the income and pay
no attention to the expenses.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
Clinton, Iowa.

If you cannot give your land both
the manure and the thorough tillage,
give it the tillage. There is much
latent fertility in the soil which may
be brought into ISL by cultivation. We
do not estimate the value of culture;
there are vast stores in the soil which
only culture will develop.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
RESULT OF FILLED CHEESE
LEGISLATION.

While the new law on filed cheese
does not go into eff ct until September
4, the pas age OF the bill is beginning to
show some results. Last week a prom
n9nt Southern dealer in cheese ap
peared on the New York market and
in conversation stated that he had
heretofore handled large quantities of
filled cheese, his business in that ar
ticle alone last year having amounted
to fully 5000, 600, but owing to the re-
strictions of the new law governing
that commodity, he would not be able
to use a box, and that he should not
take out any license. His pre- 9ence
here was for the purpose Of looking
over the situation of full cream state
cheese and to make arrangements for
supplies for his fall aud winter trade.
He purchased some 700 or 800 boxes of
fine State full cream cheese which were
stored here, and intimated that he
would require several THOUSAND boxes
more in the near future. This is the
first eff cts of the new law, and if it is
a forerunner of future business in full
cream cheese in that direction it is
bound to have a favorable effect on the
future of the market, more especially
on email sjz3 cheese.-New York Pro
duce Review,
Mr.. Rockefeller says: The gooC
Lord gave me the money I have" This
we believe is the first time that anyone
has had the nerve to couple the name
of the Lord with the Standard Oh bust
.!. ness.-Grange Advocate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
How Is Your County?

Are you still loading the guns of the enemv
by paying your money to Democratic county
papers just for the county news?' Wouldn't
1t be better to spend your money for a county
If your county wants such a paper, it can have
1t. We can print it for you cheaper than you
can print 1t, If you had a plant of your own.
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-08-25
MILK AND

There is more significance in the Bib
lical expression of "a land that flows
with milk and honey" than is generally
understood, says the Southern CuItiva
tor. 1t is a physical or digestive, 90 to
speak, significance. For there is a con-
nection between milk and honey that
makes the latter of much more value
as a food when the relation between
the two is understood. It exists in the
fact that honey in large quantities can
be eaten by anyone who will drink
milk freely at the same time.
Just what the natural affinity be
tween the two is, in a astronomical
sense, we do not know, but we do know
that sweet milk is a good antidote for
what other wise would be an overdose
OF honey. Whether the ancients knew
OF this happy connection between the
two articles Of food they have asso-
ciated In immortal verse of course is
unknown. But from the factthat
milk and honey uni g in the hu.
man system without painful or ipjur
ious effect, it is quite probable that
they did.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-03-11
Farmingdale Town Meeting.

Monday last Farmingdalc held its an
nual town meeting at the Town house on
Main street. Some of the more promi-
nent offices were filled by the following
gentlemen: J.. G. Ballard, moderator
c. X. Deering, j. W. Carter, Gilbert
Eastman, selectmen, overseers of the poor
and assessors; r. J. Hodgdon. school
board; j. H. Burnham, collector of taxes
and treasurer; l.. C. Ballard, auditor
Frank Richardson, road commissioner
f. II. Marshall, chief engineer; J. H.
Burnham and r. Richardson, constables.
The following appropriations were
made: Support of poor, 800; incidental,
5000, highways, sidewalks and bridges,
$1,000; snow, 5000, common schools, $500
repairs on schoolhouses, 500; text books,
SIS; high school tuition, $3.50; protection
from fire, $500
The one feeling most prevalent at the
town meeting was one of general salts
faction with the work of the various
officers for the past year. This was man
ifested by the re election of the greater part
OF the town officers