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The news & observer., 1897-03-07
DELIGHTFUL OLD BOOKS.

/ will tell You why / like the old edi-
tGons of Thackeray and Dickens. The men
who illustrated them worked with the
authors, knew their ideas, understood the
people described, indeed, in many in
stances, met just such people. Conse-
quently, they were specially fitted for the
work they did. But we of to-day-we
can enjoy it all, but we don't know
just what life was at that time; we don't
meet just such people, and somehow
the modern illustrator is inclined to carl
cature the people that Thackery and
Dickens made alive, instead of merely
touching upon their quaintness and MAX
ing them human. / am interested i'm this
new edition of Rudyard Kipling, because
his people are the people of to-day, and
it is right and proper that they should
be drawn by an artist of to-day. | want
to see what a clever artist win make
Mrs. Hawksbee look like; | want to see
how he will draw Lisbeth; and | am won
dering just what the pictures of the
Phantom Rickshaw" viii be. It's good
that one can get these books by paying
little money at a time, otherwise you
and | and all those other people who
nave not ducats galore would have to look
at the beautiful books, sigh, and pass
them by. Or else, do that which is a
great deal worse, go in debt for them
The news & observer., 1897-03-07
Ny OWN METHOD


tie black lace scarf over my head, which
can be taken off, put into the opera glass
bag, and doesn't need TO be bothered
about any more. Then, at the matinee
wear either hat or a bonnet that gets
in nobody's way, and / wouldn't take
it off for the President of the United
States, for the simple reason that /
couldn't get it on again, for, as every wo-
man knows, if you wear well-fitting
bodice, your chapeau must be assumed be-
fore your bodice u.s.
Isn't it funny that nobody ever heard of
anybody else objecting to high hat at
church? And nobody objects to high hats
at the circus? Sometimes think great
deal of this high-hat business is none
sense; though am willing to confess that
/ have suffered no end of trouble from
high decorations. But the hat viii go, If
the turban comes in; and, OH how hide
Gus the average woman will look in it.
The wedding veil, which is always spoken
of as a something that is beautifying, is
almost as great d fraud as the crepe tur-
ban. In the first place, lace veil, no
matter how handsome it may be, can
seldom be put on becomingly; and the
bride wearing it knows that she doesn't
lookwell and this does not add to her
happiness. The only absolutely becoming
veil is the tulle one, which can be arranged
so that it falls over the face, and then
may be thrown back after the ceremony
to constitute creamy white, cloudy
background for a young and pretty face
The woman who is not absolutely young,
especially the woman who has very
strong features, had better let the bridal
veil alone and wear a small bonnet If
she has any doubt as to the becoming
ness of a veil, she need only buy one OF
the English society papers, in which there
are pictures of the young women who
have just been presented, taken in their
presentation gowns and wells. They may
have started out by being good-looking
girls, but when, added to the horrible ar
rangement of the veil, is the demanded
bunch of ostrich feathers, they look aD-
solutely hideous and utterly uncomfort-
able. The fact that / felt sorry for
bride the other day is my reason for
talking about yeils. Nature had made
her pretty girl; she had on a beautiful
gown; but she wore a real face veil that
was an heirloom in the family. and that
veil was so heavy it dragged her hair
back; it was so thick-looking that it
made an ugly background, and the fact
that it was superb lace only made you
wish it had been shown among her we'd
ding presents, while she herself had worn
the plain tulle veil that is the daintiest
and which all brides, rich and poor alike,
lean assume.
CARRIAGE LUXURIES ARE MANY.
Speaking of wedding presents, this girl
had one nice one. / have always sym
pathized with the woman who would
Fretain as her last luxury, when hard
HINES caq,1e hon. own sTpc;a1 cnrria ga The
The news & observer., 1897-03-07

Ex-Sheriff Brewer, Of Chatham is
dead. He was good man and paru-
lar citizen.
The news & observer., 1897-03-07
LONGING FOR NICE THINGS.

It's pretty hard to want really desirable
things and not to be able to get them.
You and | don't get heart-sick for a
frock, or any bit or foolish fnery, but
we long for beautiful books and good
pictures and fine music and pleasing sur
roundings, and the time to enjoy them
all. And too often we have to sigh, and
go without these good things That's
hard enough, but there's something that's
much harder, and that is to see the intel
lectual good things possessed by people
who don't appreciate them. There's Mr.
Golden Guinea, whose library is filed
with first editions, whose gallery over
flows with fine pictures, and who takes
no interest in anything but the stock
market. Because it was the proper thing,
he let somebody collect his books and
pictures for him; he bought the brains
of a poorer man.
The news & observer., 1897-03-07
THE PLEASURE OF GIVING


Then there is Mrs. Gay-and- Glitter
She tells you that, having a box at the
opera, she must go, and yet she's sick
and tired of it. And she chatters and
giggles when the finest singers in the
world are giving voice to the best music
that was ever written; and you, who
adore music, count yourself fortunate if
you can sit up in the cheap seats and
have the great JOY Of listening once or
twice during the season. I don't know
where the wrong is. ] don't want Mr..
Golden Guinea's money, but should like
to look at his books and his pictures when
ever long to be happy / wouldn't give
a picayune for Mrs Gay-and-G Glitters S
social life, but / should like to be able
to offer her opera box once in awhile to a
girl who truly enjoys music. It's the
strangest thing to me how little rich peo-
pie appreciate the pleasure of giving. If
you take the trouble to inquire. you will
find that it is not the immensely rich
who think out how other people shall be
made to enjoy themselves; it is the peo-
The news & observer., 1897-03-07

|CARRIAGE LUXURIES ARE MANY.
Speaking of wedding presents, this girl
had one nice one. / have always sym
Ipathized with the woman who would
retain as her last luxury, when hard
times came, her own special carriase The
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17
PRUNING TOMATOES.

Tomatoes have always been one Of
my favorite vegetables, oFfruit, / pre-
fer to call them, because it responds so
readily to extra care and is 30 easily
trained in it's growth. As soon as the
plants show a tendency to droop and
fall to the ground 1 drive a stout stake
by the side of each one and tie the
stalk to it. The branches that form
first are tied loosely to the stake or
main stalk, and as soon as a clusters Of
blossoms form on it it is pinched eff at
the joint beyond the blossoms. This
will cause suckers to start at the axils
of the leaves and these should be
pinched out, leaving che leaf on the
branch. When this is done the sap
that would have gone to promote the
growth Of the branch and suckers will
be diverted to the fruit and cause it to
grow to much greater size, while not
delaying maturity at all. Only O few
punches Of tomatoes should be allowed
to n stalk, il the finest is desired, and
the stalk should be pruned according
~. The tomato will endure any
amount of pruning without injury, as
it is the most tenacious of life of any
Of ur garden plants. A cutting stuck
into the ground will grow and seems
not to be checked if it Is kept watered,
When this plan of stalking is followed
the plants need not be more than two
feet apart, as each is trained to 8
close, upright growth.
The stakes should not be less than
four feet of the ground and a set of
them will last for several years if they
ere cared for.
Tomatoes respond to fertilizers dur
ing the growing season. Manure spread
on the surface and worked into the soil
shows it's effect in q few days. IL ia
hard to give these plants too much
water, and in dry weather they should
be watered profusaly at least twice a
week.-Farmers' Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17
HORTICULTURE
FEED Fl LAND.

"Why do you feed your horseG" II
that question were asked the average
farmer he would doubtless answer:
"YJu are q fool; I feed him to keep
him alive and able to work" But if
the question were asked: why don't
you feed your lands" the average
farmer would not be 30 ready with his
answer. Yet the one thing is no more
important than the other. If it is alb
surd to be aole to work and produce re-
suits having the material to be con
verted into strength, it ia no less so to
expect land to produce crops contin
uously without having new supplies Of
plant food with which to make them
grow. No soil is inexhaustible.
While there are large accommodations
of plant food in some localities, contin-
uous cropping and the teaching and
washing caused by rains viii in time
deplete and exhaust them. It is better
to feed the land before it is starved. It
ia easier to keep q horse fat than to
fatten a poor one; and it is eesier to
keep land reproductive than to take that
which is dead poor and make it 80. A
horse that Ia still strong enough to as
simulate his food can soon acquire his
normal strength; he only wants plenty
of good food. Land that will grow
crops OF any leguminous plant will, if
the same are ploughed under and fed
off in the field, in a short time recover
enough tone to produce profitable crops
of other things. But if allowed to run
down so that neither clover nor peas
will make a crop, it cannot be econom.
icalIy restored. A word to the wise is
suh sient; begin this year to feed your
land 20 that it in turn may feed you
Fruit Grower.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17
YARD
HOW TO DESTROY LICE.

The management Of fowls in summer,
when the weather is excessively warm,
demands more care than is usually
given. Lice will breed and multiply
so rapidly as to completely ruin the
flock almost before the owner is aware
of the fact. Farmers who do not give
any attention to fowls in summer, per-
hitting them to roost inside or outside
of the poultry house, sometimes ma
their hocks in q condition In which
many are sick or droopy without any
apparent cause, and they pronounce
the disease cholera, proceeding to give
remedies therefor when the. cause is
really lice. Not only will the poultry
house be swarming with lice, but also
the fences, wood piles, trees or Wher
ever the hens may roost, and 1t Is use
less to attempt to get rid OF lice on the
hens as long as the vermin have pos
session of every location where the
hens roost at night. Not only during
the day, but through the entire night
the hens are annoyed by the vermln,
until they are exhaused and begin to
droop, finally commencing to die of.
The use of remedies should be with
the view of removing the difficulty at
all cost. First, the poultry house should
be cleaned and the fowls made to roost
therein, and not outside. Then the in
terror and exterior should be thorough
" drenched with kerosene emulsion
Southern Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17

comfortable quarters, and fed literally,
and i'm this way, when butter was
bringing a better price, made a little
money, is not enough so that we should
overlook the minor details of the dairy,
in the busiest seasons Of the year.
4 The environment Of the COWS, i'm the
way OF pure water, and the generous
supply, at all times, is the first, then
the feed and stables, and last, but not
least, to keep them free from that great
pest, the horn fly.
Last season we made the interest on
81, 200 by the increased amount of milk
from II COWS. An application of refuse
grease of the culinary department, car.
bolic ectd, and a little extract of penny
royal, will suffice to keep them very
comfortable for 5 or 6 days; by using
a whiteWash brush, it requires only
about q minute to each cow. Now, IL
nc other purpose was accomplished,
than that Of causing the poor animals
to be more contented and p~eaceable
while milking, we feel that we have
accomplished one of the missions where
with we have been sent: "Be merciful
to your dumb brutes." ,
We know Of men who are doing q
small business, studying it closely,
and making use of all of the informa
ton furnished by the State and gov.
eminent, in the way of bulletins,
special and other wise, that pertain TO
their business, 80 that the very spirit
of thoroughness seems to pervade every
undertaking.-C. e, Whitcomb, Mag
ara Co., N. Y, in Hoard's Dairyman
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17

There is no one word in the English
language, on which the fate Of the
American farmer hinges, as upon this,
and especially is this proof positive,
when we come to consider the increased
advantages Of competition, and the
multiplied facilities of transportation.
Thoroughness in all things, is the
thoughG that should be uppermost in
the minds OF the agriculturists Of the
present time. Not that one should be
so s~crupulously orthodox in our bust
ness, as not to be possible for Us to see
some little odds and elds lay loose for
a time, and give way to the personal
attention of the husbandman, while
the nor important things arc seen to,
and started in their season. This il
not the intent of this brief article. h1t
oimpress, il possible, moro thoroughly
than ever before, the Importance of do.
ing things we'll, and locking after the
small things; and to no class of farm
ers does this come more applicsbIv
than to those In the dairy business.
with creamery butter at Is TO Ia cents
and dairy butter going a begging in
the streets, at 9 to 10 cents per pound.
That We have cared well for our cove
through the winter season, provided
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17

In the worst fly time, and perhaps
when the suns heat is greatest, il is
good practice to stable the herd during
the day in an airy but shaded COW
house, and turn it on pasture at night.
Tic the pasture has not abundant shade
and water this course should certainly
be followed. Heat and fl es reduce
both quality and quantity of milk
product. The trouble from flies can
be largely reduced by. spraying the
COWS with a very weak mixture OF
water and soma one of the approved
sheep dip preparations. Such a spray
ing will last a week or ten days, unless
here are hard rains meanwhile. The
4ntire interior of the COW house should
% sprayed with a solution Of this kind,
nd strong enough@for an insecticide,
weekly throughout the summer. There
3 ample evidence that, although the
mix yield may be increased by feed
ing grain to COWS at pasture, the gain
no more than pays for the extra food,
and seldom does that.-Wes tern Rural.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17
KEEP ACCOUNT WITH HENS

The man who begins to keep an &C
count with a flock of hens usually
meets several surprises and becomes
very much interested in following it
up. The children and the wife becor e
interested end in one family in mind,
there is a strife between the childrs n
as to which one shall have the privilege
of gathering the eggs and setting tEe.
number down in q book kept for that
purpose.
The average Leghorn hen will weigh
about three and one half pounds. l.
kept in pretty good style, having !
variety of feed, and enough Of it, .
good place to sleep and a arm place
for cold dayP, she will lay 100 eggs at
least, weighing fifteen pounds. or more
than four times her own weight. The
feed she eats during the year will be
worth from 35 to 30 cents and the cost
of a dozen eggs is from 81 to 5 cents.
With the best of care she will do bet
ter, and One flock bougl t at so cents
each Last spring, have in two months
paid for themselves and for the feed
they have eaten, besides they have
doubled in numbers during the time.
These hens have had better than
average care, but no effort has been
made to force them to lay, as it is de-
sired to keep them in good condition
for winter laying.
There is no other kind of stock that
could do as well, and if no account had
been kept with them it might be hard
to believe that this flock had been so
prof sable, as the eggs have been used
in the family.
In the neighborhood of Chicago there
is no time in the year that. eggs are
worth less than the price of a pound
and a half of beefsseak, OF which they
are the food equivalent, and a more oil
gestible form OF food.
On a farm the hens will get much
more than half their living during the
summer by picking up grain and seeds
that would have been entirely wasted
II they q NOS picked them up. Be
sides, they destroy thousands of nox
ious insecSs and worms that would in
jure the orchard and garden If left to
multiply and increase.
1t is hardly possible on the averaee
farm to keep a strict account with !.
flock of hens, because they eat with
the hogs and get at the feed in other
ways SO one car hardly tell just whe1 .
to place the whole cost OF keeping
them, but a mere detailed account OF
the number of eggs laid in a year, the
number of chicks Matched, the amount
received for eggs and poultry, will be
an ~inseresting table for reference, and
if every IA could be persuaded to do
this, nor people would give their
poultry good care and the country
would be richer, = Farmers vie
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17
THE DAIRY.
s IN n DAIRY.

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
Working in the dark is by no means
O satisfactory process to the wideawake
man, and yet that is what many Of us
are doing. We have q vague notion
somehow, that things are not as they
should be with US, The "balance OF
trade" il decidedly against us at the
end Of the year. Profits vanish. Every
thing drags on from year to year IN a
decidedly unsatisfactory way; and IN
spite OF all we call ourselves dairymen.
We rush along, trying TO keep up with
the procession, but all the while we are
conscious that we r falling farther
and farther into the zee
Now, would it not be we'll for us to
Just stop and find out where We are9
Life ia too short to be following shad-
ows. Let US try to settle the question,
first of all, what are our COWS doing to
pay for their keeping3 To do this it is
not necessary that we should invest in
costly and delicate apparatus. For a
small amount of money we may pur-
chase testers which will show us the
value, or lack of value, of each cows
milk. For some years / have been
working to bring my herd up. / have
now a number Of young COWS with
good blood in them. It is Q great pleas
ure to me, as well as a source of ex
treme satisfaction, to settle the ques-
ton for once and all whether my work
has been in vain or not. Side by side
In the stable stand mother and daugh
ter. The test shows me that,the daugh
Ter yields me milk richer by many per
cent. than her mother. No guess work
about it. lam able to know this pos
-iti7ely. When the time comes for
wedding out, I shall know what COWS
to part with. Tests pay. II we are
obliged to buy expensive machines to
make these tests, they still pay.
Then what about the feeding value
of the grain and other stuff fed our
cattlei How many of US know this
with any degree of certainty But
hold that the time has come when it
stands Us i'm hand to decide this point.
It viii no longer do to shovel our man
gers full of valuable feed, not knowing
what use our COWS will make Of it, nor
can we ~carelessly pitch in the hay or
corn, regardless Of the capacity Of the
COW to assimilate it. Again, use the
tester i'm the cream pail before churn.
ing; it will save hours of valuable time
in churning. Test the amount Of salt
used in the butter bowl; guess work is
t~ooZCostly @ way. And, finally, test
yourself. Are you up to date in your
methods, Dr. r you a score Of years
behind the times4 I sometimes think
we are too exacting in every way ex
cept with ourselves. How is this,
dairymen7 Are we up to the standard
o~urselvea3
z I. VINCENT.
D~ n -
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17


The breeding or horses for practical
purposes is bound to prove profitable,
says an exchange, for there ia q good
demand FOR the best grades Of the gen
eral purpose horse. Outside Of
the United States, 8 new market is be-
ing opened in Germany where the
American horse is meeting with more
favor than in the past, supplying the
market usually m~onopolized by Bel
GUM. Horses which sell most readily
in the German market are thick set.
working ANIMALS Of the Percheron
breed, with short, specially heavy legs.
The hoofs Of the American horaeslatelv
imported are pronounced better than
those OF the BaIgium stock. Transpor-
tation facilities for American horses
have so much improved that the United
States can avail Itself Of this { pening
now afforded it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17
LIVE STOCK
SORE SHOULDERS IN HORSES.

-
Atameeting Of the Arthurton branch
of the South Australian Bureau OF
Agriculture, Mr.. J. B. Rowe read a
paper on the General Treatment Of
Horses Shoulder" from which the
following ia a short extract:
In MANI cases horses which last
reaping season suffered from sore shoul-
ders were turned out after the work
was finished, no attention being paid
to the sores. Now these horses are be,
ing brought in to do the seeding work.
Their owners are surprised that the
sores soon break out again. They say
the shoulder must be very tender, or
it is impossible to get a proper fitting
collar, and various other excuses are
made. All kinds of treatments r re-
sorted to, collars are cut, pads are put
on, false collars used, etc. As far as
my experience goes it is Of very little
use doing this while the horse is at
word. The cause of the trouble is
neglect. While the horses are worked
they are seldom properly cleaned, very
likely there is no comb or brush, or if
there ia it was worn out years ago, and
not fit for the purpose, while the col
lars themselves are never brushed.
After we have finished working the
horses those that are affected should be
attended to. Get a pint of spirits Of
turpentine (1ot oil OF turps), and pint
or two of salad Dr. neatstOot oil. IL the
sire is much iDfAmed or scurfy, apply
a little of the raw spirits lightly two or
three times.
AfterWard mix about equal quRnti-
ties Of the ~turpentine and oil, shake it
up well and apply to the r until the
sCurt begins to come eff Then brush
the shoulders we'll and apply mixture
of m part turpentine to three of oil,
and as the shoulders heal add more oil
to the mixture, applying it once a day
until we'll, IL properly attended to, no
marks will show. To prevent the form.
ing Of sores when starting work again,
first see that the collars are clean then
take a round stick about eighteen
inches long, stand the collar top down.
ward, and beat it into shape, as nearly
all of them get fiat, hard and out Of
shape, after being laid aside for q time.
This will also tend to soften them, and
make them more comfortable for the
horses. It Is @ good plan to do this
once or twice q week while using them.
Sea that the collars ft properly, and
that the names set right. Some horses
want the draught higher than others,
and each farmer must find out the best
position for his animals. The shoulders
Of the horse must be kept clean, using
brush and comb every time it is
worked. AS q horse will blister more
readily after spelling, it is a good plan
to work them lightly or for a short
time, the first few days. My expert
erca of twenty five years is that il this
plan is followed out there will be a very
little trouble with sore shoulders.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-08-17

One Of our exchanges has discovered
anew way of learning the age of eggs
It says the roue hish or granulased snr
face of the perfectly fresh egg distin
cuisines it at ones from the more shiny
or polished surface OF the egg that hes
been under the hen a day Or two. The
secret ia very simple. just scratch
over the surface win the fcger nail;
il it CRATES, the egg is fresh; but if the
nail slldss smoothly, the egg is Old. A
little practice makes this a sure test.