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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-18
LIVE STOCK.
FEED AND CARR OF WORKING
HORSES.

There is nothing gained by overfeed-
ing or starving, overWork or idleness.
It's regular hours for feed and work, a
reasonable allowance of each, together
with kind treatment and comfortable
surroundings, that keep the working
horse in condition for work, says L. A.
Cornell in Northwestern Agriculturist.
Quantity isn't all in feeding; quality
plays quite as important a part. Give
the horse time to partly digest his feed
at least before putting him to work
As a rule, ground feed is the cheapest
Farmers, try mixing one fourth bulk
rye with your seed oats this spring. 1t
makes q grand feed for the work horse
or driving horse, especially if ground.
When you bring the team to the barn
warm and tired, don't give them all
the water they will drink. Give part
of a pail to each and let them eat hay
for thirty minutes, then let them drink
after which feed again. When youfeed
grain before watering, much of it is
washed out Of the stomach before it is
digested, and is worse than wasted, for
it ferments in the intestines, creating
gas and causing collie or il fammation.
II the horse ''hogs" his feed, place a
few round stones in his trough. They
should be a little larger than a mans
fist. A feed box arranged like a self
feeder is a good arrangement for a
horse that 'hogs" or roots" the grain
out of his box. Twill give directions
for making the above, should anyone
so desire.
Many horses roll in the stall at night,
and sometimes get cast. Lead them
out and let them roll at night, or, bet
ter still, curry and give them a thor
ough brushing. A horse will feel bet
ter and keep in better condition on less
feed if he is groomed every night in
stead of leaving it till morning; at least
when working hard and sweating
freely.
A small box containing salt and wood
ashes placed in the manger will prove
a source of pleasure to the horse and
profit to the owner.
Many a thin. hided horse is n~eedlessIy
tortured by a sharp curry comb in the
hands Of a clumsy groom. A spring
curry comb is best till he sheds; then
use a broom corn or rice root brush in
instead.
Remember that a young horse is
green and that it is harder for him to
work than for the older OIL es. But
don't work the older ones too hard at
first; they will make up for it later or.
Keep the horses neck and the collar
clean, and raise the collar often and
give the shoulder a chance to cool. You
will gain time by it.
Carbolic acid one part and lard eight
parts makes a cheap and useful ONT
ment for the stable. 1t is good for col.
lar gals, cracked heels and barb wire
cuts; all OF which are common at this
time of year.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-18

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OF State that outrageous SO year
lease of the North Carolina Railroad,
Thepropriety of allowing the Alliance
manufacturing enterprise to lie idle was
discussed, and it is the opinion OF this
Alliance that some steps should be taken
to put this valuable property to work K.
1t was moved that the next County
Alliance meet at Alum Springs, and
that the President and Secretary are
delegated to procure the services Of q
speaker to deliver a public address.
On motion, there being no other bus'
ness, the Alliance adjourned to meet at
Alum Springs in July 1897.
A. G. WALTON, Cor. Sec'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-18
oNsLoW COUNTY ALLIANCE.

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
Onslow County Alliance met at Rich
lands April 10, 1897, with Rev. W. M.
Barbee IL the chair. The roll was
called, four Lodges being represented.
Though small in numbers it was keenIy
alive to the injustice the Order has re-
ceived from certain leaders, in conse-
quence OF which the following resolu-
tions, es drawn by MI. W. Nd. Barbee
and DR.. J. s. Nicholson, were adopted
WHEREAS, 1t is a fact the Alliance is
in a state of lethargy, due only to such
causes as we are aware of, first, the
fright Of certain political parties has
ceased to persecute, thinking there is
nc use to continue to fight what they
think is dying; second, certain leaders,
who professedly seem to be in earnest,
have used it for personal political ele
walton; therefore be it
Re8OLUed, That we will from this date
take on renewed energies, standing true
to our mother principles that brought
us into existence, being still right and
Just as when first born.
2. That we will no longer follow those
who have fooled and deceived US, but
will think and act for ourselves as true
Alliancemen ought. That we will, as
far as possible, aid in all our enter.
prises, such as shoe manufacturing,
etc.
8. We denounce all such men of the
last legislature who received their cleo.
ton by the advocacy of the Alliance
doctrines on finance and railroads, who
saw fit to cast their votes and influence
for the election Of a goldbug q. s. Sen
ator, and in fastening upon the people
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-18

frkin, in the Australian foot equare
box and in sealed tin packages. We
will make some Of it salt and some of it
fresh, and some highly colored, in
order to meet the tastes of all purchas-
ers, and then we will have complete
reports of the results in each case and
the relative popularity OF the different
kinds.
This butter will be delivered to the
agents Of the Agricultural Department
IL New York, who will ascertain the
facilities for shipment furnished by the
different lines Of steamers as to refrig-
orator capacity and convenience. We
want our butter kept separate from all
other freight, so that it may not be
tainted by contact with meats, fruits
and other articles, and may arrive in
Europe in perfect condition. The agents
OF the Department in London will place
it on the market under the most favor
able conditions, and obtain criticisms
from the consumers, 30 that we may
know where our product is weak, why
it does not command the prices that
are paid for competing butter, and
secure such other information as will
enable us TO take Jul proper place in
the British market.
Most Of the British supply comes
from Denmark. Last year the imports
from that country amounted to 49,
623, sos pounds, valued at $50, COZ, 533.
The cows that furnished this butter
werefed with American Corn. Corn can
be shipped from Baltimore to Copen-
hagen for s cents a bushel, and deliv-
cred there for 80 or SO cents a bushel.
Thus we furnish 4he feed and they fur
nish the butter to consumers that we
ought to supply ourselves.
France was the second in quantity
Of exports to Great Britain, and fur
nished last year over 50. 600, 900 pounds
of butter, valued at more than SIP
900, 900. Sweden was the third, the
Netherlands fourth, and even the col
ony Of Victoria, away off in Australia,
shipped more butter to England than
the United States, her total being H.
344 $50 pounds, valued at g. 745, 721.
Shipments from Germany amounted
to IL, 000, 900 pounds, valued at g.
OOC, 900 pounds valued at 81, 6O9, GAL.
There was a considerable increase dur
ing the last six months of 1895, which
brought up the total for that calendar
year to Is 853, 936 pounds, valued at
So OO5. 1885,"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-18
BUTTER FOR ENGLAND.

The icy Secretary Of Agriculture
has been looking into dairy figures a
little. He finds that the gain in con-
sumption of butter in Great Britain has
been remarkable, having more than
doubled during the last ten years. In
1886 the Britons imported $50 $50, 3O8
in butter, and in 1896 the total was
over $74, 600, 600.
The Secretary thinks the dairy farm
ers OF this country ought to control the
British market, and proposes to adopt
measures to increase our exports of
butter. He says that during the last
year the people of the United States ex
ported 1888, 913 pounds, valued at
g, 937, 203. OF this II, 246 Gil pounds
went to Great Britain, valued at 81
768, 453. But, he says, ''our butter
was quoted at lower prices in the foreign
markets than that from any other
country. That was because we shipped
poor stuff. Our farmers are not only
Indifferent, but ignorant as to the ex.
port trade. They do not know what
the foreigners want. They have never
studied their tastes as to salt, color and
packing, and know nothing about the
conditions and methods of sale. 1 am
going to try to secure this information
for them. l have instructed the dairy
division of the department to buy
samples Of butter in the Eastern, Cen
tral and Western States, have it made
Oy all the various processes in use and
packed in all the different varieties o.
cases. for the purpose of comparative
'est' We will pack it in the ordinary
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-18
CURIOSITY SATISFIED.

ST beg your pardon" said the pass.
enger in the long linen buster, leaning
over the back Of the seat in front OF
him, "but would you mind telling nc
how your nose got all knocked over 80
one side, the way it is2".
mot at ALL" cheerfully responded
the passenger on the seat in front. It
was done one time when I was poking
it into other folks business"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-18
THE /
DAIRY QUESTIONS.


Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
The answers quoted below werem made
by a dairyman in Henry county, Mis-
souri,. who had moved there from Rock
ford. Illinois. and who evidently
thought the native Missourians were
not quite up to date in matters relating
to dairy ing. As the answers were made
some years ago, it is perhaps safe to
say a better state OF dairying conditions
exist in that locality now than, accord,
ing to the writer's informant, then OBJ
tanned. Whether the answers were or
not overdrawn at the time, they are
certainly witty and quite enjoyable
reading.
Q. II there are butter factories in
your section, are they conducted on
the cream gathering plan or whole milk
system7
A. Cream gathering! No true Mis-
sourian can get through the summer
without his bonny clabber" and dead
shot Whiskey.
@ If conducted on the cream gather
ing plan, in what kind of cream rails
ing apparatus do the patrons set their
milk9
A. Stone crooks, pans, gourds, buck
cts, wooden trays, Old boot legs and
hollow logs Of small size cut in short
lengths with q slab nailed over the
bottom.
Q If conducted on the whole milk
system, what kind of apparatus is used
for separating the cream from the
mike
A. The whole milk chaps turn over
the entire process to the calves.
Q. Are the patrons Of cheese and but
ter factories in our section satisfied
with the results obtained, and if not
satisfied what seems to be the cause Of
dissatisfaction
a. No, sir! The cream will not fur
nish enough doodle" to liquidate the
dram system; that is what hurts a
Missourian.
Q. Do many people store ice in your
section and is the practice becoming
generals
A. We are just beginning to "whoop"
up the business big, Most farmers are
now storing q suficiency for summer
use.
Q. What kind of butter packages
are used for storing and marketing
butter2
A. Creameries and farm diaries use
the ash frkins. "Mossbacks" from the
Usage timbers bring it tied up in a rag
and astride old "Dobbin" or a mule.
Q. In churning do you practice the
granular prCcess7
A You can't stuff that graduating
'biz" down any n from south Of
Mason and Dixon's line.
@. If you think Of any information
not required for above regarding dairy
ing in your section or matters pertain
ing thereto we will be greatly obliged |
if you will communicate it to us.
A. I can think of heaps of informa-
tion, but who is going to pay for the
ink and the wear and tear of br8ins2
Another dairyman in Ford county,
Illinois, with a Fictitious turn Of mind
wrote as follows:
The farmers in this section keep |
COW boarding houses, furnish poor
board and lodging and as a natural con-
sequence receive mighty poor pay"
The above was simply a terse way OF
expressing the conditions of dairying
quite common at that time in a good
many sections Of the country. But it
is hoped they are better now, and con
stantly improving.
T. w. MOsELEY.
Clinton Iowa
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-18

POULTRY ON THE FARM.

Poultry as an a adjunct to market
gardening, or the milk and butter bust
ness is especially valuable. In the
case Of market gardening it works ad
mirably. Truck or fruit in summer
and poultry and eggs in winter give
steady, year round work and income.
There are @ number Of market garden
ers, says an exchange, in the West
that are making this combination, and
they claim that it gives them the best
returns. There are several butter and
egg farms in existence in this country.
Milk and poultry are also sold by the
same parties. They make daily visits
to customers aud carry each week as
full a supply as they can. 1t pays them
well.
The sire Of the flock should always
be carefully and intelligently selected.
Form is one of the most desirable eg-
sentials. In choosing, for instance, a
Plymouth Rock COCK bird, one with 6
broad breast, well and prominently
rounded out, and with q broad back,
and having a nice coLcave sweep Or
contour from head to tell will make an
ideal breeder. Such a specimen is gen
orally sure to have medium length of
legs. The progeny Of such male birds
makes the best fowls for market. Avoid
the long neck and long neck specimens
Some farmers do not consider that
pure bred poultry is as hardy as their
scrubs. Well, perhaps with scrub
treatment the pure breeds would not
keep up their usual record, but they
would never fall below the meagre re-
suits that scrubs generally produce.
AS well might a farmer declare that a
Holetein COW was rot hardy because
she would not stand the treatment of
a native scrub COW that was dry for
three or four months of the year. 1t
is this kind of hardness that costs
the farmer feed and labor without any
Remember that cold, draughty
houses, or those that are from any
cause damp, necesitate extra food to
keep up the animal heat. Were the
houses in good, snug condition the
same amount of extra food could be
turned into eggs; then money.
1t is important to give regular atten-
ton to feeding chickens. A stunted
chicken will never regain its former
condition, and all its future
feeding will be affected by the neglect.
Poultry that are not profitable are
not kept in a profitable manner. The
fact that many do make poultry a
great source of profit should arouse
to the extent, at least, Of in.
luiring into the facts.
Regular hours for meals should be
observed in feeding poultry. The plan
Of giving them their breakfast one
morning early and another morning
late is not the way to secure the best
Try the regular hour system
Of feeding and note how soon the flock
will get accustomed to coming promptly
when they knows what is expected of
them. 7
If you are beginning with fowls, don't
think that your first step is to devise
gome new variety or cross that shall
knock out all others at crack.
Take the breeds which others have ex
1eTimented with and brought up to q
state of strength and productiveness
hat cannot be questioned. This coun-
has plenty of varieties. What it
needs lie more poultry-reisers and less
'fanciers. "-Farmers' Tribune.
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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24
ITO BE CoNTINUED.)

Considerable misconception prevails
as to the manner in which the ostrich
runs. 1t seems to be still generally
held that when running it spreads out
its wings, and aided by them skins
lightly over the ground. This is not
correct. When bird really settles it.
self to run it holds its head lower
than usual and little forward, with a
deep loop in the neck. The neck vi
brates sinuously, but the head remains
steady, thus enabling the bird, even at
top speed to look around with unshak-
en- glance in any direction. The wings
lie along the sides about on a level
with or little higher than the back,
and are held Loosely, just free Of the
plunging thigh" There Is no attempt
to hold them extended or to derive any
assistance from them as organs of
flight. When an ostrich, after a hard
run, is very tired its wings sometimes
droop; this is due to exhaustion. They
are never, by a running bird exerting
itself to the utmost, held out away
from the sides to tighten its weight or
increase it's pace. But the wings appear
to be of great service in turning, en-
abling the bird to dou Die abruptly even
when going at top speed.-From the
Zoologist.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

Eyes" said the agitator. 81 insist
that this new tariff bill is the worst
thing that ever happened. They say
1t is going to provide a job for every
body, but that's false. can show
you one man right now that 1t has
actually deprived of an opportunity to
make living"
"Where is he? What's his name?"
Here he is! am the man."
"How has it hurt your"
"How has 1t hurt me? Why, can't
get anybody to listen to me any more.
Confound it, the people that l used to
harangue are all being forced to work
for living again. It's shame, SO 1t
isl"
And he walked away.-Cleveland
Leader.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

The Reverend Mr. Menteith had es-
poused late in life the only sister of
Mr.. Lorraine, a little, timid, clinging
woman, with fair hair and light blue
eyes, who was as wax in the bony
hands of her pious husband.
At the house of the pair one morning
in early summer arrived Marjorie An
nan, escorted thither in hired fly from
Edinburgh by the minister. 1t was by
no means her first visit, and the well
come she received, if a little melancho-
ly, was not altogether devoid of SYM
pathy. Her aunt was an affectionate
creature, though weak and supersti-
tious; and Mr.. Mentieth, like many Of
his class, was by no means as hard as
the doctrines he upheld. They had no
children of their own, and the coming
of one so pretty and SC close of kin was
like CLEAN of sunshine.
A week passed away. with one SUPER
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24
IGNORANCE.
Guides Who Led the King of Sian.
About London Had Trouble.
famous.

Guides Who Led the King Of Sian
About London Had Trouble.
The King of Siam has proved himself
to be familiar with English history.
He has not passed a regular examina-
ton, but has shown himself acquainted
with the occupants Of the tombs in
Westminster Abbey, which is about the
same. The King was shown about
Englands Valhalla by Canon Wilber-
force. He coldly passed by the statues
Of Pitt, Livingstone and Herschel in
the nave, but paused before that of
Darwin. Darwin, great man, knaw
him." he remarked. The helmet worn
by Henry V. at Agincourt was shown
him. He looked at it carefully and in
quired its weight. He seemed surprised
when told that 1t weighed nine pounds,
twelve ounces. When shown the flags
Of the Knights of the Bath, he asked
for the Duke of Wellington's Queen
Elizabeth's tomb impressed him great
ly. All of sudden he said, Where
is Mary?" No one knew exactly what
he meant. Then he went on, MARY
Mary, Queen of Scots"
"She was beheaded," he added. This
circumstance seemed to impress him,
for in moment he said: Where is
the other?" Soon it was understood
that decapitation was the connecting
link and that he wished to see the
tomb of Charles the First. He was dis
appointed to learn that Charles was.
buried at Windsor. In the Poets Cor
ner Tennyson and Scott received most
Of his attention. At st. Paul's he was!
shown the memorial Of General Cor
don, but shocked his guides by inquir-
ing with great sincerity: who was
General Gordon?" ooh, he was man
very we'll known in the East" was the
only answer thought necessary. Alto
gether Chulalongkorn showed himself
to be a pretty fair historian. but better
posted in ancient than modern events.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-09-24

heart could wish and spice of eccen-
i tricity thrown in.
"And people do say" added the deaf
lady, that he's in love with one of you
girls"
"Musidora, of COURSE" said Polly.
HE often goes to sit in the studio Of an
afternoon. And nobody ccould help
falling in love with Musdora.
And Polly went up to her own room
and cried little, probably at the idea
of losing Musidora.
1T would be so lonesome" said she
to herself "Oh, so lonesome, with Mr..
Warrener gone-and Musidora.
She was making custard for tea
that afternoon, when Mr.. Warrener's
footstep rang on the kitchen thresh-
hold.
81 beg your pardon, Miss Polly" said
he, looking somewhat disconnected. II
I wanted Betsy to post letter for
me-"
"She isn't in just now" said Polly,
turning very red.
Can / come in?" said Mr.. Warre-
ner.
"Why, certainly" said Polly.
So the stout gentleman came in and
seated himself on corner Of the kit
chen table.
Miss Polly" said he.
"Sir?" said Polly.
I'm just forty years old"
Are you, sir?" said Polly, thinking
within herself, Now, he's going to tell
me about Musidora.
SHOULD you consider that too old to
marry?" went ON Mr.. Warrener, solicit
tously.
ooh, dear, no." responded Polly.
SHOULD you think any young lady
would accept me if were to propose?"
he queried.
ooh, dear, yes!" Polly answered.
Would your"
T?" said Polly, dropping her iron
custard spoon In establishment.
Eyes, you"
but thought 1t was Musdora that
you liked"
81 do like Musidora." said Mr.. War
rener, "but l love little Polly"
Polly Hopkins never know how It
was that she found herself crying on
the middle-aged lodger's SHOULDER, and
he was patting her head and soothing
her as If she were child.
"And so you really d. like Tie lit
tle," said Mr.. Werrener, IL voice that
oounded husky "My gem-my dear
little pearl Of Pollys!"