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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
No. 90

Coming to orchard trees, there is
nothing different required in their
treatment. As soon as planted, keep
the cultivator going, at least as far as
the roots extend. Young trees have
not much spread of branches or roots
for some years. A tolerabIy safe rule
is to assume that the roots extend as
far as the branches, and cultivation
should cover this ground. Until trees
are so large that it may be inferred the
whole ground is covered by them, there
Is no reason why the intervening spaces
should not be utilized for other crops.
A space down the centre of a line of
trees may as we'll have some crop in il
as not, but in every case where crop
ls taken from the ground, see to it that
what 1t takes out as food is returned to
it in the shape of manure. Without
advocating it, it is likely that a full
farm crop should be taken from q
young orchard for few years, if the
crop was provided with it's own food.
The trees must not be robbed, Instead.
they would be better fed every year
by the applying of the mulching of
manure in the fall. While urging the
necessity of cultivation and manuring,
there is, think, time when this may
stop. When tree reaches a good bear.
ing size, Ihave not found thet constant
cultivation was of any use to it. In.
stead OF stirring up the soil continually,
it is better to let it be in grass. Let il
be pasture field where the grass will
be kept low all the time, and the trees
will thrive well enough. Fruit trees
are often on lawns where grass is
moved continually, and they do very
well without cultivation, making a fair
growth, though not fast one. Trees
we'll manured and cultivated have
more vitality than those not SO treated.
Go to a nursery and buy fifty trees
that have been in uncultivated ground
for several years, get fifty more that
have been cultivated for the same
period, and make a note of results.
The cultivated lot will do ever 80 much
the better.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
FARMING WITH DYNAMITE.

Parsons CKaD.) Eclipse: A man at
Mulvane, Kansas, has been making
some agricultural experiments with
dynamite. He says: ''It was discov-
cred that four ounces sunk two feet
and four inches deep, loosened the
ground all around to the distance of
from twelve to fourteen feet. It made
the ground so loose that a common
spade could be easily pushed down the
entire length of the spade and handle.
The test was made on upland, where
the soil is as hard as any to be found
in Kansas. A quarter of a pound of
dynamite fred at a depth Of thirty
inches will loosen four square reds so
that moisture will soak out all around
and wet the subsoil. A shot Of that
kind costs little less than eight cents,
forty shots will put an acre of ground
in good condition to hold all the moist
ure that falls on it. Forty shots at
eight cents each will cost $3 20. An
acre of upland with the subsol broken
thirty inches deep will yield on an
average more than twice as much as
an edjoioing acre ploWed in the ord;-
nary way. Il will pay to fire shot
right where you want to plant tree.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
TaE VALUE OF LITTLE THINGS.

Repeated reference has been made
In these columns to the new uses to
which the corn stalk was being put,
and the gain which must accrue to the
farmer In consequence, but the value
placed by thinking men upon the
scientific demonstration that corn
stalks may be used for SO many manu-
featuring purposes has received new
evidence recently of most substantial
nature. One Eastern money lender
has notified his representative at
Omaha that whereas q few months
ago he would place no loans on Ne
braska farms, he considered that the
demonstrations referred to had added
from $6 to SO to every acre of corn
land, and that he would be glad to loan
on Nebraska farm mortgages to the
limit of at least 81, 100000 a year in
consC quence.
Not the least important lesson to be
learned from this incident is the fact
that it is the little things that are i'm
porGant in agriculture Rs in every other
line Of business. The bonaTza farmer,
in times of high prices for his wheat or
corn, is apt to treat with indifference
the countless avenues for profit open to
him on the ecoIe that they are too
small to given attention. But the
shrewd money lender in Philadelphia
sees in the utilization Of the corn stalk,
heretofore left to rot upon thousands
of Western farms, safe basis for loan
ing millions of money!
And one Of the encouraging facts
mentioned in the dispatch which forms
the text for these observations is that
the farmers are not borrowing, but are
adopting what John Randolph, Of
Roanoke declared to be the real philos
opher's stone-the ''pay as you go"
rule. The cffer of loans Nebraska
farmers are quoted as saying: I'VE
have stopped borrowing money and
propose to run on the cash basis in
future" Which means that prosperity
and content will be theirs, and fear of
the mortgage fend will be forever set
at rest. ."-Farmers' Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24

superiority, if it is indeed superior, to
win public favor" the editorial says:
''But the persons interested should see
that the company keeps within proper
bounds, and steps ought to be at once
taken to discover just how much or
how little danger there is to be appre-
hended from the combination.
The recent statement of the President
OF the company, that it's purpose is to
operate the new machines upon CO.
operative basis ought to allay any
fears about seemingly deep laid
plans" but in that connection it might
also be well to read the statement made
by Mr. Jerome Hill, the general agent
of the company. Referring in the
Naschez (Niss.) Democrat to the en-
dorsement of leading citizens of Jack
son, Tenn, OF the workings of the first
cylindrical bale press erected east of
the Mississippi river. Mr.. Hill wrote:
sit is simply an organization who
own many valuable patents, obtained
after much expense and costly expert
ment for the economical handling and
beling of cotton. The company pro
poses TO introduce this press in the
S1uth in a manner to give themselves
fair reward for enterprise and heavy
investments that will be more than re-
turned to the producers by great eco
nomical savings and increased value Of
their cotton crops. We are making
no war or fight upon anyone. We take
the congresses to the cotton field, in
stead of as now the cotton field to the
congresses. We make every station
or inland town where one of these COM
presses is erected compress town,
that gives them right to request and
expect of the transportation companies
the same liberal treatment that is now
meted to the central compress station.
Our system obviates baggipg and ties.
It stops any useless and extravagant
system of sampling and re sampling, of
weighing and re weighing. 1t does the
work of both the old box press at home
and the press in the cities. It is an un-
qualified success, as it saves in every
way in the handlingof cotton from the
field to the loom. Task of the good
people of my native State (MississippD
thorough investigation Of this new
system, that know is now revolution
izing the cotton industry of our coun-
try-a necessary reform long needed.
/ have spent the major portion of my
life as cotton producer, a cotton fac
tor, and have been interested for years
in the compressing of cotton under the
old system, and at this time have in
operation three of these round bale
presses, and assure your readers that
they are doing all that has ever been
claimed for them in economical saw
ings."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
TRiCKsTERS AT AGRICULTURAL
FAIRS.

Wherever large numbers Of people
gather, a class of persons is usually
found who make living by deceiving
the public. They have schemes and
tricks innumerable that appear to be
easy and simple; but in reality they
are quite difficult and in some cases
impossible to successfully perform
They have wheels and machines that
are doctored to turn as the proprietor
may wish to make them. They have
coeoanut headed negro dodgers to
arouse the brutality in men and boys.
They have tented shows which are dis
gusGing in coarseness and vu!garity.
Among the throngs at agricultural
fairs these leeches are out of place
They contribute nothing helpful or
good. They do not add to the attrac
tion of the fair. They do not bring de
sirable patrons. They do not swell the
gate receipts.
They are not patroniz ed by intelli
gent patrons of the fair. They are not
wanted by honest farmers. They are
Stunned with fear by thoughtful pa
rents. Because of their presence, even
the fair is not patronized by many of
our best citizens families.
The harm accomplished by these
self invited fakirs would doubtless sur
prise us, were it possible to gather and
trace back to their door all the results
Of their work. They distract the
thought, they divert the attention,
they destroy the interest in the real
work of the fair. The competitive ex
hibitions, the meritorious displays, the
awarding OF priz9s are all robbed of
the undivided interest that belongs to
them, and which the proprietors have
labored day and night to develop.
The morals of the country suffsr
seriously, we believe, from actions and
words that, without warning, are
sprung upon inquisitive audiences in
the tent shows.
We are glad to see that a strong
effort is being put forth this season to
keep these Objectionable features out
of the grounds, and the attitude of
managers is encouraging B., IN
Massachusetts PloWman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
WHAT ONE 20 rATo DID.

A man in Tolland, Conn, found q
very small potato in one of his pockets
when he came in from his work.
Here, said he, Iaughipgly to q boy
twelve years old who lived with bim,
''plant that and you shall have all you
can raise from it till you are of age"
The bright little boy cut the potato
into as many pieces as there were
"eyes" in it and s.anted it. In the
autumn he dug and laid by the increase
of it, and planted that in the following
spring. Next year he planted the
larger crop gathered the previous au,
tumn. The potatoes grew heaIthily
and did well, and his fourth years har-
vest amounted to four hundred bush
els. The farmer asked to be released
from his bargain, for he saw the boys
planting would cover all his land.
And yet it is quite common to de-
spise ''the day of small things."-
Northwestern Christian Advocate.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
HORTICULTURE
CULTIvATING ORCHARDS.

The fact that cultivating crops OF all
kinds is of material assistance to them
is we'll known to every tiller of the soil.
How greatly it benef sthsm is not fully
real zad by all, says Joseph Mehan in
the Practical Farmer. The farmers
boy, in many cases, takes to the hoe
harrow as a something belonging to
the summer routine, without giving
much thought as to the reason for it.
Il must be partly from this lack of
thinking that so many Inquiries come
to this department. in regard to the
utility of cultivating orchards, other
wise it would occur to those who ask
that growth is governed by the same
laws, be it connected with crop OF
corn or an orchard of apple trees. The
one who continually cultivates his far m
crops will obtain be ster results than he
who does not. Many years ago I was
interested enough in the matter to beRr
the loss from an experiment In this
line. say loss, for I was sure it would
Do q 1OSSS D0g "dAG00 eAO PAOOA"
There were several rows of potatoes
running the length of the vegetable
garden. Two of these rows were left
uncultivated the whole season, the
other rows were hoe narrowed and
hand hoed several times throughout the
season. Early in the summer, judging
by the tops and general appearance Of
the plants, it was easy to foretell the
result. There was not nearly the thrifty
look to the unhoed ones that the others
displayed. have forgotten the exact
amount Of tubers obtained, but will
never forget what poor showing the
uncultivated ones made, and what a
valuable lesson it was to me. The
farm crop does the best that receives
constant attention, the soil being loos-
ened up constantly. It is just the same
With trees The successful nurseryman
is the one who sets the hoe harrows
working early in the season and stops
only when growth is perfected in the
late summer,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
GLEANINGs FOR GARDENERS.

Sometimes one will find in the tcrnc-
to field a vine of exceptional good quail
ity, either In the amount of yield, the
vigor of the vines or in the size and
form of the fruit. We would like to
have field of vines like that, but we
know that the chances of perpetuating
by saving the fruit of that vine for
seed would be but small. Tomatoes
from seed will be very nearly like the
parent fruit when the plant is isolated
from all others, or when all near it are
of the same type, but with others Of
another sort near by there would be
but small part of the product that
would retain all the characteristics Of
the parent plant.
Most gardeners know that the toma-
to can be propagated from slips, but
not many know that the clip will take
root almost as easily and surely as a
geranium or coleus cutting. Yet this
is true, and few slips from choice
vine can be rooted and carried through
the winter in the house, and before
spring dozens of plants can be secured,
stout, stocky plants, if not given too
much heet or too rich soil, each of
which viii be worth much more than
the ordinary Seeding plant. These
plants set in bed by themselves, away
from other varieties, would probably
produce seed that would result in
plants nearly all like the original plant.
It would require bat the requisite num-
Der of two inch or three-inch pots, and
little care and labor.
The possible gain is this: While @
peck to the vine OF ripened fruit is Q
fair yield in large field, individual
vines often weld more than bushel
each. The qualities of early ripening,
smooth and firm fruit, can be fixed as
well as the prolific yield, and perhaps
easier It is worth trying. g.-American
CultiYator.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
AGRICULTURE.

ont be in too much Of a hurry to
the COWS on the grass. If they are
'.ued out too soon they eat the grass
.oT n so close that it setm5 to get dis
g. aged.
4lmsny farms it will be found a
plaato plant a patch Of sweet corn
eeially for feeding to the COWS dur
ls the latter part of summer and early
Pc le ial.
su2lly the man has the best herd
J.. ralses his calves. He knows the
K As they are at home they will
s he's bset when taken good care OF,
ua eslccialiy do good COWS suffer
+ 4 pu5 ID strange herds.
.}r5 be il a hurry to get the COWS
Il the pasture at night, don't go at
ihe1. with a dog, unless it is a we'll
as led -aepherd dog that knows his
a ness and knows the cows, and the
1Fsk-5w him.
2 condition of the cream when 1t Is
into the churn has much to do with
s. 4oa,5ty of the butter. Just as the
N begins to get thick is the bet
Lition to make the best qualify OF
"er with the last churning.
- mo- expect too much of a general
pose animal; geperally if milk pro-
ion IS wanted it will be secured at
expense of so much beef qualihca-
90. What the cow excels in one
~ icuiar she will lose In another.
Will hardly excel both for beef and
K la driry.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
MAKING HzADwAY SLOWLY.

The Southern States Magazine, Bal
timore, and the Manufacturers Record,
both under the same management, en-
Joy quite a little monopoly in defend
SsG the American Cotton Company.
However, the fact remains that it has
all the appearances Of a trust, and the
President of the American Cotton Com
pany is Secretary Treasurer Of the
Sugar Trust, the biggest trust in the
world outside Of the money trust. The
last issue of the Southern States Maya
zine has the following in defense OF
the Company, but it doesn't hide the
cloven foot at all:
When announcement was made of
the formation OF the American Cotton
Company, interested in the improve
ment in handling cotton known as the
round bale system, the editor of The
PROGRESSIVE FARMER Immediately
sent up his warning flag. In spite of
the wide publicity which has since
been given to the company's purposes
and It's methods OF operation, the nag
seems to be still floating, and to offer q
reason for it the editor seems to have
conjured up some sort of an intangible
bogy. He is apparently not satisfied
with waving his fag in the columns of
The PROGRESSIVE FARMER, for IN the
last bulletin of the North Carolina Ag
ricultural Department, and also in the
contemporaneous issue Of The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER is identically the
same editorial dealing again with the
American Cotton Company. After al
luding to the quiet and seemingly
deep laid plans of the American Cotton
Company, a vast combination claiming
ownership of new process for ginning,
baling and marketing cotton" which
is rather odd, in view Of several months
widespread publicity, and after an
nouncing that there is no objection to
the company's going ION with the
menufacture of the machinery" and
selling sit in the usual way, allowing
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
IMPROVING LAND.

a new conner into the State from In
diana who has bought a 95) acre farm
in the TidewRter section, aud who is
out of debt and has money in hand,
wants to know how to improve his
place. He says: 81 wish to farm this
land, not butcher and not rob it. l
want to SOW twenty five acres Of red
clover, and ten to fifteen acres of win
ter oats and some rye this fall. want
to keep the kind of crops on my land
that will constantly improve it, and to
use enough of the proper kind of fer
tilizer necessary to grow fertilizing
crops"
We are glad to have 80 clear headed
a new conner amongst us. He evident
" intends to try to start right. Doing
so. he will succeed. At the outset. we
would caution him not to try to do too
much at once. His land, like nearly
all the land in the particular section Of
Tidewater where he is located, is no
doubt much run down. 1t wants vege-
table matter or humus into it. The
way to get this is to grow it as far as
possible and supplement with farm
ward manure. We would advise him
to apply 800 pounds of acid phosphate
and 200 pounds Of kainit to the acre to
all land which he may seed in German
clover, and we would suggest that in
stead of sowing German clover alone,
he SOW ten pounds Of German clover
and three fourths of bushel of rye to
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
GO s0UTB, YoUNGLMAN."

le Ct the most sensible schemes yet
Populate the Texas coast country
ttarness, artisans and others who
any reason are dissatified at the
a aud East" Go south or South
'seeDa to have superseded the fa-
ar advice, Go West, young man.
Of folks simpIy need the change
Opportunities offered by a new
I'fy to get on their feet. They
-, Va chance to help themselves, and
'nat their chance will be better in
regi0n.-Farm and Home.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-24
gY CAROLINA FARMERS STATS ALL
AHCE,

ANCE.
resident - DR.. Cyrus Thompson,
HANDS, y. ..
Ioe-Preaident-Jno. Graham, Ridge
seT, n. ..
-,sretary- -Treasurer-W. s. Barnes,
SS sctaror-J. 7. B. Hoover, Elm City,
.. stSe;ward-Dr. (; V. N. seawell, Villa
Ichiapiain-Rev. L j5 P. H. Massey, Dur
.iC; 6oor keoper-Geo. 7. Lane, Greens
"a .sssfstant Door keeper-Jas. e. Lyon,
- than, n. Q.
,SaTgeant-at- tI.c -Arms-A. D. z. Wallace,
:. ,.sb9rfordton, n. Q.
5tste Business Agent-T. 1vey, Hills
'S.T Ts5tee 1tc Business Agency Fund-W.
Graham, Machpelah, n. y.
,ryr7Tyz COMMITTEE OF THE NORTH
-IR0TIEA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
AT HiIeman, Concord, N. G.; N.
{ English, Trinity, n. O.; james M-
gswborne, Kins on, n. q.
= n ALILANoR JUDICIARY COAAITTEE.
Ohm Brady, Gatesville, N. G.; DR..
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: ldler, Acton. n. O.
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rssss, Secretary,
PAPERS.
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LKCTURERs.

+ P. Sossamon, Charlotte, N. Q.
5lamIin V. Poore, Bird Island, Mimi.
=. II. Peirsol, Parkersburg, W. Va.
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sIATIONAL EXEOUTIVE COMMITTEE.

Wann Page, Brandon, Va; r. A.
khworth, Denver. Col. John Bre-
! W. Va. A. B. Welch, New York ;
!. 4. Gardner, Andrews Settlement,
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= NATIONAL FARMERS ALI.
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

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Vice President-C. Vincent, Indian
zaeretary Treasurer-W. P. Bricker,
4 an Station, Pa.
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JUDICIARY.

s S. Southworth, Denver, Colo.
(. ". Beck, Alabama.
!. D. Davie, Kentucky.
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ia Carolina Reform Press Association
fEcsrs-J. L. Ramsey, PrestGeSt ;
F;on Butler, Vice President; ". s.
rsss, Secretary,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-12
SOUTH SIDE.

The Century Hose company will be
represented by Emil Bonn and Ambrose
Wertz at the organization of the Fire
mems Relief association.
On July 20 the Sunday school of the
Hickory Street Presbyterian church
will conduct a social to Lake Ariel.
Rev. w. A. Nordt is a member of
the board of directors of the Bloom
field, N. j., seminary and will go to
that place Tuesday to attend the COM
mencement exercises.
A surprise party was rendered Miss
Anna Dresser at her home on Hickory
street Thursday night.
Street Commissioner Dunning, in
company with the councilmen of the
Nineteenth ward, made a tour of in
spection of the streets OF that ward
yesterday and decided where improve
ments were necessary.
/ hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the nomination of jury COM
missioner subject to the decision Of
the Republican county convention.
Charles Simrell.
There win be no gospel meeting Sun
day afternoon at South Side Young
Women's Christian Association rooms
We laundry stiff collars with soft
button holes. Crystal Laundry. ."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-06-12
GREEN RIDGE.

Mrs. A. c. Learn, of Delaware street,
has been entertaining her aunt, Mrs
A. M. Edgett, of Wilkes Barre, for the
past few days.
Miss Pearl Whitman, of Peckville, is
spending the summer with her aunt,
Mrs. Del Foote.
: Mrs. Hallstead, of Delaware street
has gone to E.lmira, N. Y, to spend a
few weeks with friends.
Wedding cards are out announcing
the marriage of Miss Hannah E. Carr
to c. Frederick Pross, both of Green
Ridge, which will occur on the morning
of June 23 in the Asbury Methodist
Episcopal church.
The Women's Christian Temperance
union will hold its regular monthly tea
Tuesday next at the home of Mrs,
Frank DePue, 22S New York street.
The lawn social which was held last
evening at ]. S. Miller's, corner of Penn
avenue and Delaware street, was in
every way a success.