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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-23
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-23

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
NETWORK TRIBUNE ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT:

dress. The address was furnished those darlings,
Lofty and Totty Croby, were inquired AFTER anu
the vicar had risen from his chair. when Mrs
Washington, rejecting that in five minutes Coh
stantia and Mabel would be back from their
nursing lecture, and knowing that 1t would be
hopeless to try to detain the man OF few words
with mere chat-reviewing in moment the
whole position-Mrs. Lushington, l say, was
tempted to sacrifice Kitty in the good cause. and
with clasped hands and uplifted eyes she ex-
claimed: 80
"Oh. Mr. Croby am In such difficulty III
YOU could spare little time, should be deeply
grateful for your advice-your pastoral ADVICE
May l presume so far? 1 have no one else 10
consult / would not for the world mention the
matter to any one who might repeat It"
Croby, as in duty bound, sat down again. MIS-
Lushington rushed headong into her tale
al don't think you've happened to see a little
niece OF mine who's staying with us-hitty
Merton"
No-Mr Croby didn't think he had.
"She has come over from Ceylon to study sing
ing at the Alexandra College. She is my haif-
brothers daughter; he has a position out there
something connected with the customs.
promised | would ask her down for her month
holiday In August. l was very glad to DO IT,
am sure; but the little girl turns out to be quite
a charge Owing"-Mrs Washington spoke with
particular slowness and earnestness-"owing TO
her having grown up without a mothers care
she Is not at all what one would wish. She has
sadly reckless ways, young as she is She mas
seen a good deal OF company In Ceylon-men S
company especaly-and her BEHAVIOR don't
want to be hard, but II has been a real trial 10
me 1t is so difficult to know at what point TO
interfere This afternoon things came to a eli
max young man who has been in the habit OF
visiting here a good deal In a quiet, friendly way
by Kitty into the summer-house, and there-I
am shocked and grieved to have to say Tiny
poor little niece let him kiss her"
Croby put up his left hand and appeared anx-
ious to smudge out the lower part Of his face
with IT, The gesture, being favorite one with
him. afforded no cew TO the state Of his feel
ings.
isn't It distressing" Mrs. Washington In
quired.
How old is sneT' said Croby.
Barely seventeen"
How did you come TO know OF it,
Mrs. Washington explained adding that her
girls could not help seeing the occurrence, and
only spoke OF II for the sake OF their cousin.
",rhc Young ladies may have been mistaken
81 don't think so The thought Of such a
thing being possible as an incident "ouio oe 50
far from my girls minds.
The fellow may have serious intentions
Highly unlikely"
IRENE youth; but
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

to the clergy from principle, felt joyfully free to
make much Of both gentlemen without giving
ground for unpleasant remarks.
Young men who flirt systematically are OBJ
tectonable. but there is the consoling renectoh
that with very, very few exceptions they END
by some one marrying them; and occasionally
they end when they lest expect 1t, which no
doubt serves them right
SO Mrs Washington discovered much that she
could like in Mr.. Fox in spite OF his regrettap'e
propensity. She would not by any means ADVISE
all mothers to allow Of his constantly seeking
the company Of their daughters, but her girls
were not over impressiona BILE or the least Mighty
etc Tennis parties river picnics little sup
pers were laid on more frequently than usual
that summer. and Mr.. Fox was quite willing TO
grace the Lilac Lodge entertainments whenever
he had not a better invitation.
Mrs. Washington. Of course, never planned
But some suitabilites must strike even care
less eye Mr.. Croby frankly middle-aged
man OF sober. nay. somewhat formal manners
he did not go in for chaff and smart girls; he
had been a widower six years; his daughters
were eight and nine; and he must begin to feel
how much It was his duty to select for them
with the utmost care a second mother With 1t
all, he was n remarkably handsome man.
COnStantia u Deg paiuou loT t"iSe aHuuipb ~"
the facD was thirty-two Not too old for wife
and not too young for stepmother. She had
dignified presence, dressed well, kept house las
Mrs. Washington casually informed Mr.. Croby
at Lilac Lodge, and to crown all, was superin-
tendent OF the girls Sunday school.
Mrs. Washington probably the only person
iI the parish who had not said aloud. at one
time or another. that as Mr.. Croby was very well
OF he really could not do better than marry
Constantia.
The man was provokingly rigid and reserved
However there were Indications He talked to
Constanta a good deal for HIM on parish mat
much Of that But three days ago he had
brought 10 Lilac Lodge a decorators book Of
wall papers and deliberately asked the opinion
Of Constantine and her mother To which paper
would be most suitable for the drawn room
and the little room opening out Of II at the
vicarage.
Mrs. Washington was sure that II was only the
excessive caution natural to his years and tenn
permanent which led him 10 include her In the
request. With a daring which almost
genius she had made a point Of differing mark
eddy from Constantia. And her daughters choice
In wall paper had been Mr. Crobys
Now while Mrs Washington, erect with bent
brow, sat awaiting the entrance Of the deQuent
Kitty. the door was thrown open by the we'll
trained parlor maid and MI Croby was An
nounced.
He was received afectonatey but without
any fuss. He forthwith Informed Mrs. Lushing-
ton that he had only looked in to ask for an ad
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
IN YOUTH.
BY Evaleen Stein.

Not lips Of mine have ever said:
Would God that l were dead"
Nay, cruel griefs! ye cannot break
My love Of life; nor can ye make
Oblivion blest in anywise.
Nor death seem sweet for sorrow's sake
Life! Life, my every pulse outcries
For life, and love. and quickened breath,
q God.-no not for death!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
KISSING KITTY.

Emmeline and Adelaide burt into the draw
ing-room together.
Mother it's TOO much
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
INJuRING TILLAeLE LANDS.

Trampling land in the winter and
blowing too early in the spring will
easily ruin tiIlable land. Both prac
tices are by far too common. 1t is the
custom of some farmers to allow their
stock to range over the fields as soon
as the latest crops are gathered, and
even during the winter, without regard
to the condition of the ground, whether
it is water soaked Or not. There is no
practice more general and none which
destroys the very life of the land more
quickly than the method of blowing
the land for spring crops when the
water gathers in the bottom Of the fur
row after the plow has pl.ssed.
The tenantry system has led the
renter into the very reprehensible prac
tice of plowing for crops so early
that the furrow slices glisten in the
sun, and when a handful of the up
turned soil can be compressed in the
palm of the hand like piece Of putty,
It is in this way that very good clay
uplands are so badly injured in a single
season that years Of clover seeding are
needed to restore them. The clodE
formed beneath the hoofs of animals
and by too wet blowing are more in
furious than the excessive cropping
without clovering which is so common
in the oldest settled South Atlantic
States.-M. o. K, in American Agri
culturist.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
SUCCESS ON SMALL FARMS.

7. B. Terry, of Hudson, O., who is a
notable example OF success on email
farms, has given in late numbers OF
the Practical Farmer soma account of
what three young men are doing on
small farms. The almost certain sue.
cess that follows reasonable efforts on
a small area is so encouraging that it is
really remarkable that SC many sensible
men yield to the seduction offered by
the possession Of broad acres.
The first of the ''small farmers" he
quotes from is Pennsylvanian, Mr..
Cocklin. of Bowmansdaie, who writes:
Il believe that the greatest mistake
we made in our business was having
too much to do. now think that with
one-half the acres I've have 275) we
could have realized as much or more"
This is one of the great mistakes that
many make. Gradually lay J our plans
30 as not to undertake any more
than you can do thoroughly we'll and
on time, as a rule. We have money
invested outside now. All things taken
into account the farm pays best. But
suppose we took some of the money
and bought another farm, and tried to
double our business. Do you think we
would do as well financially as now9 I
do not, and then look at the increase
of worry. Big crops on a small farm
pay better than average crops on a
large one, or at least they may be made
to. A good friend from Indiana once
said to me: ''It is too bad that you
should throw away your time on such
a little piece of land" Now, 1 honestly
doubt whether we should have done as
well on large farm here, and know
we should have had much more worry
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
THE VALUE OF The SOY BRAN
FOR FEED.

The Agricultural Depar tment Wash
ington, has just sent out Farmers
Bulletin No. So The Soy Bean as q
Forage Crop. From it we make the
following extract: There is no other
crop so easily grown that is SO rich
and can be used to such good advan.
tage in compounding feeding ratiops as
the soy bean. Excepting the peanut,
there is no other raw vegetable product
known which contains such high per
centages of protein and fat in such q
highly digestible form.
For feeding to animals the beans
should be ground and the meal used
with some lees concentrated feeding
stuffs. Comparatively few experiment Is
have as yet been made IN the United
States TO test the feeding value of soy
bsan meal. Professor Brooks, in Mas
sachusetts, found that it compared
very favorRbly with cotton seed meal
Cows fed on soy beau meal gave richer
milk and produced a better quality OF
butter than when fed on cotton seed
meal but on the latter the cream was
richer Prof Georgeson obtained ex-
cellent results in feeding hogs on a
ration Of which soy bean meal was O
prominent constituent. His expert.
ments are reported in detail in Bulletin
No 81 Of the Kansas Station, but the
following brief summary, taken from
an article in the Industrialist for Janu-
ary 11th, 1898, gives the esse ntial fea
lures of his tests:
''It was found that lot of
three pigs which was fed for 1875 days
on ration consisting for the first II
weeks of KRffir corn meal alone and
the last seven weeks of K>fir corn
meal and shorts gained q total Of 191
pounds, while a similar lot fed two
thirds Kaffir corn meal and one-bhird
soy bean meal gained SAT pounds in the
same time. Another lot of three pigs
which was fed on corn meal for the
first eleven weeks Of the experiment
and mixture Of two thirds corn meal
and one third shorts for the last seven
weeks Of the experiment made total
gain of 300 pounds in 1875 days, while
a similar lot OF three pigs fed on two
thirds corn meal and one third soy bean
meal throughout the experiment gained
544 pounds in the same time, The
largely increased gains in these pigs
must be credited chiefly tn the soV
bean meal"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
CYLINDRICAL BALING AGAIN.

In the last issue of the Biblical Re
corder is the following sensible view of
the cylindrical baling question. As
whole we endorse the article and com
mend it to the consideration Of our
readers. After speaking of limbless
cotton the Recorder says:
''Of not so great but Of parallel in
1uence q new process of pressing and
'oaling cotton promises to be. The ag-
riculCural class is already very inter
ested. This new process packs the bale
round (cylindrical,) it preserves the
texture perfectly; it gets the bale in
much handler shape; it will greatly
cheaper az facilitate transportation.
But the owners of this invention will
not sell They will only lease the ma
chinery. They have confessedly a
colossal plan in view. 1t is their pur-
pose to have the cotton no longer
shipped or hauled to the towns TO be
sold, but to have it sold at the gin in
connection with which the cy lindrical
presses and bales would be established
of course in reach of a railroad. This
would bar the commission merchant,
the city buyer, and make cotton crop
liens difficult to arrange. All this is
called a monopoly and trust. Some
farmers are fighting it. Some are al,
ready using it For cur part we may
say candidly that the scheme in view
is very great one, involving many
problems, and most radical. The
cylindrical bale is desirable; but not at
the price of absolute subservince to a
monopoly. The machinery ought to
be sold. There would be profit enough
in this. Those farmers who are oppos
ing this company may be sure that the
commission merchants and the credit
stores are with them; but on the other
hand the fact, which is now proverb,
that farmers will never combine, CON
fronts them"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
THE SUGAR BEET.

The sugar beet continues to grow in
popularity. A recent dispatch from
Washington says that Secretary vii
SOD, of the Agricultural Department,
has secured an order from the Post
Office Department, permitting the
agents of the Agricultural Department
to attach the department frank to
packages of beet sugar seed to be sent
from growers to the experiment sta
tions throughout the country for an
alysis.
Last spring the Agricultural Depart
ment sent sugar bset seed to farmers in
twenty seven States. Il is now the IN
tention to test the beets grown from
these seeds in the various localities for
saccharine strength, and it is desired
that this work shall be conducted at
the experiment stations. Under the
arrangement made to day with the
Postc flee Department, the Cffcials at
the experiment. stations will be allowed
to send postal franks to all farmers to
whom they supplied seeds, by the use
of which they can send through the
mails free of cost packages of beets not
exceeding four pounds in weight.
Returns have been received from
some of the experimental growths, and
Secretary Wilson said today that,
contrary to his expectations, the best
returns have been received from the
South, rather than from the North.
Beets grown in the vicinity of Rich
mond, Va, gives returns of from 13 to
18 per cent. of saccharine matter, and
from the Pecos Valley. N. M, from Is
to % per cent. In Europe an average
Of 13 per cant. is considered large.
Ii is Mr.. Wilson's intention to dis
tribute twelve tons of sugar beet ssed
next spring. Heretofore all the seeds
distributed by the department have
been procured in Europe. The growers
in Utah have promised three tons this
year, and it is expected that other
localities in the United States will fur
nish part of the supply next year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
and anxiety. Don't you think I am
rights


The next, Frank NJ. Price, says:
"When I first began reading what
you wrote in Ohio Farmer, brother and
I were farming 18O acres together.
After thinking much, concluded that
I could get more out of life on q smaller
place. So rented my half of the farm
to brother and bought nice little
place of 26 acres near Richmond, Ind.
We have 18 acres divided into the three
strips of 6 acres each, where we raise
corn, wheat and clover. We keep our
good Jersey COWS. We send milk to
near by creamery and get back twO
thirds of the SKINNED milk for our
pigs. Our 6 acres Of corn measured
last year in the crib 45O bushels. We
are getting along nicely, have time to
read, raise some flowers, keep our yard
neatly trimmed, do our best on our
little place and feel that life is worth
living. Wife and I take trip every
year, attend the lecture course in Rich
mond, and arehnot thinking of the al
mighty dollar only. We are laying up
some money each year; are out of debt
now"
And referrying to this Mr.. Terry
adds:
Now, friends, is not this farmer get
ting more out of life; is he not better
off than many one who works him
self and family almost to death in try
ing to carry on a large farm and keep
every ything up; who never has time for
"trip, or to read, or to fix up the
home surroundings3 But 26 acres is a
pretty small farm. For some kinds OF
farming 100 might small. No exact
rule can be laid down. Mr.. Prices
success comes from good land and a
good location, and then thor ough work
and little expense. 1 hope this letter
will interest a good many young read
ers. You do not need great deal OF
land in order to be successful. And
don't miss Mr.. Prices idea Of what
true success is.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
FENCE CORNERS.

Keep your fence corners clean The
Boston Cultivator says that noGhing
more clearly shows the painstaking
and careful farmer than to have fence
corners between fields or along the
roadside kept free from weeds, grass
or shrubs, AS rule all the old-time
fence corners were kept scrupulously
clean. A good deal of valuable hay
was made from what the ecythe
reached in and cut there. But when
the horse mower and the self binding
reaper came into use, it every year be-
came harder to find anybody who could
be hired to clean out the fence corners.
The result was that the axe rather
than the scythe was required, and the
growth, instead of being restricted to
fence corners. encroached each year
more on the cultivated fields.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
WILL EXPORT SUGAR.

"Within ten years." says Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson, this coun
try will be exporting sugar. I
make that prophecy with the utmost
confidence, notwithstanding the fact
we are now importing 800, 600, 600
worth of sugar each year, and that we
must manufacture that amount for
home consumption, in addition to
what we already make, before We can
export at profit,
The Secretary made these statements
while discussing the growth Of the
beet sugar industry, and the prospects
for continued expansion Of it. The
Secretary now has at hand what he
believes to besuficient facts to warrant
the prediction, and he has in his mind
a clear idea of how the thing is to be
accomplished. By January 1st he will
have published all the facts upon the
beet sugar industry that business man
would need TO assist him in deciding
whether or not there was a good busi-
ness for him TO invest his money in.
Secretary Wilson believes it will be an
immensely profitable business in all
States from the Gulf of Mexico north
to the Canadian border. There was an
impression at one time that sugar beets
could be grown only north of the Ohio
river, but this belief is dispelled abso
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
A BIT OF vALuAsLEFERTILIzER

If you wish to make bit of valuable
fertilizer and, at the same time, help to
keep the premises tidy, take barrel,
place a layer of unle8ched wood ashes
at the bottom, and drop in the beef and
hog bones as they..are collecting, cover
ing each layer with ashes until the
barrel is nearly full. Then fill up with
ashes and keep the contents of the bar
rel wet. Do not bleach the bones nor
allow the mass to fretz3. When the
bones are dissolved you have good
fertilizar.-EX.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26

WITH TAR EEEL FARMERS.

Some Items for Them and Some About
Them
Lumberton Fair occurs 3cd, 4th and
5.h of November.
Ng. John n. Dixon, Of Goose Creek
OWns5iD, made this season one hun
dred aod one gallons of moiasses from
two fts15 Of an acre OF caRe.-Monroe
Enquirer.
Cold weather will soon be here. See
hst the farm buildings are all repaired
t once. The article on Getting IN
Readiness for Winter" else IN
this is-u9, contains some timely sug-
geationg.
Arecent issue of the Goldsboro Head,
light says: The tobacco worms have
gotten to such an enormous size that
one Of our SauIston farmers had two
ooys in the patch not long ago shooting
asm wish a breech loading shot gun.
his is a certain fact. Goldsboro Head
light
Rocky Mount P, oeaix: Edgar w.
Nalth, Of the tobacco board OF trade,
yates that one million and a half
pounds Of tobacco have been sold so far
UR Rs2as0n. The crop is three or four
'eeks later than usual, that this
aaount is only 100000 short of last
''ason 5 sales to this time.
Of Watkins, Of New Orleans, tells
aN sEoFg: When he was study veter-
Fy science it was customary for the
Nr,Uuents to wear distinctive badge.
~:.5 ras day while he was out walking
w some friends, and wearing bis
ssSe, a horse linnped toward them
y. slngling him out as the only
/. .a'eF Of the badge in the party, stuck
il Iose against his breast and held up
,tOfeleg. On examination he found
q. Srge nail embedded in the frog Of
y. aofse's foot. The animal had pre-,
w.. ,~u'y been under treatment at the
'''FInary hospital.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
No. SO

lutely by facts now at hand, and if re-
ports yet to come in are as satisfactory
as those already received, there is no
reason in the mind of Secretary vii.
son why the whole country cannot go
into the beet sugar business to a greater
or less extent. Ten tons Of seed will be
sent to farmers throughout the land in
order that they may experiment.
Chino Champion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-10-26
ITO BE CONTINUED ]
A DARKY.PRooF HEN COOP.
Clinton, Iowa.

A man at Carterville purchased the
gallows on which man was hanged
and built hennery Of the lumber. He
has never had chicken stolen from IL,
and it is said that the colored brother
won't go within block Of it il he can
possibly avoid doing so.-Atlanta Con-
atitution.