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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07
HORTICULTURE
BERRY PLANTS AFTER FRUIT
ING.

The bearing season being over, the
delight Of unfolding leaf, bud ind bios
som past, the fruit matured, and the
appetite Satisfied, we are apt to neglect
the very means of future success: Re
member two seasons of work are neces
gary to produce best crops Of berries.
The babyhood of the plant requires
careful nursing IN the spring toe child
hood of the plant careful training and
protection in the fall, and the mature
or exhausted plant care at all times.
The berry plant gives you fruit but
once. All the energy and even life it,
self, are offered up in his wonderful
effort to produce fruit and seed. 1t
then dies and shonld be removed and
burned. NatuT~ .noweth the sacrifice,
provides a new growth from the roots
and repeats it's effort again and again
The neglect of a plant az any stage Of
growth carries the result through life
just as surely as with a child or other
animal growth.
After fruiting, the roots of plants
should be nursed back into vigorous
life, by cutting out all old and surplus
growth, cultivate thoroughly and give
a good dressing Of fine manure or wood
ashes. This best prepares them for re
sisting the cold winters Of the North,
and stimulates them for active work
in the early springs of the South.
Il Is sometimes desirable to propa
gate your own plants. Il 80, select
strong, new growth of currants and
grapes, as soon as the leaves fall, cut in
pieces about eight inches long, each
piece containing three buds. Sci in
lorg, straight rows, eight Or ten inches
apart leaving top bud near the surface
OF the ground. Cultivate and keep free
from weeds. Good one year plants are
thus made the following season.
For black r~aspberries, bury the tips
Of the cane as aoon as it NATURALLY bands
GO lhe ground, leave until spring, when
il is ready TO deGach and transplant.
Plants from the blackberry and red
raspberry are Usually taken from tie
sprouts or suckers that come up be
tween the rows or around the Hill, con
siderable care being necessary in dig
ging the plants.
Root cuttings make best plants.
Select strong roots il spring Dr. fail, cut
in pieces about five inches long and SOW
in drills about three feet spart. The
gooseberry being more difficult to
propagate, should be mounded up, .
eriDg the bill except the tips of the
branches. The following year many
fne roots are found along the branches,
these branches are removed, made into
cuttings and set out the same as cur.
rants. There is no more fascinating
work than the propagation Of plants.
M. A. Thayer, Sparta, Wis.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07

narsons who discover their crops OF
fruit than there are who produce them.
With the cheapening of the product
the demand will be increased. Inc
United States now leads all countries
in the extent, variety, excellence ana
abundance Of fruits, and our people
are pronounced fruit consumers; and
this desire for fruit is very rapidly IN
creasing. In particular fruits, as III
grapes in the E sst, the price Gems
already to have fallen TO the very low
est point of profitable production, ana
in these cases salvation seems to lie IN
the hunting. cut OF special markets. or
deserving more secondary means OF
disposins of the product las in manu-
sactured goods,) and especially IN in
cregsing the quality of the product and
increasing the attractiveness of the
hacking"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07
The RELATION OF FOOD AND
CARE TO THE FUTURE USR-
FULNESS OF DAIRY COWS.

The following splendid article was
written for the Practical Farmer by
Nh. J. 8. Woodward. Mr. Woodward
says:
1t is a sad fact that of the noted COWS
with phenomenal records, scarcely one
has left a descendant anywhere near "a
good as herself. Of course, we should
notexpect that every calf of these COVE,
or in fact, that every calf of any good
COW should be better than the dam but
some of them ought to be. If all COWS
have descended from q common ances-
try, some very powerful il fl fence has
been at work to produce such marked
variations. In one breed the whole
energy of the food goes to the produc
tion Of beef; in another, to the produc
tion of milk in butter fat; in still an
other, to large flow of milk, with q
lower percentage of fat. The factors
that have made such wide and wonder
full variations in breeds, are not acci
dental, but fixed and certain, and by
understanding them and continuing TO
use them the stock breeder has it with
in his power to make such further de
velopments in any of these lines, a.
shall throw deeply in the shade all that
has been done. An inveFiable rule is,
that when any Rnimal-man is no ex-
ception-has it's food and environments
changed, a change at once begins in
the characteristics of the animal. Up
ward with better food and care, and
downward under adversely. That men
show these wide variations, due to food
and care, can be seen by comparing a
nation of nitrogen eaters, like the
Scotch, with the little pot bellied,
blubber eating e q Iimaux. As marked
a variation, due entirely to difference
In food and care, is seen by comparing
a Clydesdaie horse with a Shetland
pony. There is no more important
field Of investigation and study for the
dairymRn, than the variations of 0Di.
mails due to changes of food and care.
That the two great classes Of cattle. the
beef producers and the dairy or milk
producers, have resulted from systems
OF feeding IS greatly varied as the char
acteristics OF the classes, needs no proof.
and what the dsiryman should know
is, what class OF foods and what system
Of feeding and care will increase the
variations in the animals. The aphor
ism, ''as the twig is bent, the tree is
inclined" is as true of animals as OF
plants, and what the COW raiser is in.
terested to know is, how to bend the
twlg" (the calf q as to develop it into
better COW than it's dam.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07
THE DAIRY.
A HANDY DAIRY BARN.

CORRESPONDENCE Of The Progressive Farmer.
A convenient barn is an absolute ne
cessity in successful dairying; and al
though / do not suppose that l have by
n means reached perfection IN this
line. it may be helpful to some l give
a brief description of n put up a
few years ago.
In size it measures 26x so. 1t should
have been az least four feet wider, and
intend to make the flor longer next
spring by dropping the roof down a
few feet and running the timbers out
ten or twelve feet. A bay for hay &C.
cupies the east end from fret fl 'or to
roof. Then comes the big flor"
West Of this are horso stalls and open
ing out of this the loft of a 80 foot shed,
filed with straw. IA pair Of stairs lead
up from this room, and another pair
down into the basement. Ga the roof
is q cupola, fitted with blinds for the
furnishing Of air. Surrounding the
cupola is a stBf supporting a compass
and arrow. Nothing On the farm is
inspected more frequently, by our own
folks and those who pass by than this
compass and arrow. The first fl or il
entered by q bridge and extending
nearly the whole length of the barr,
and spanning g space of eight feet be
tween the barn and wall. l think this
much better than to let the wall form
q part of the basement proper, as many
do. The stables T always cry and
several windows under the bridge ad
NIT light.
The COW stalls face IA alley running
along the north side of the barn. a
shute from above let's hay and cut corn
into this alley right where iG is needed
for feeding In the end Of the stable
is g box stell for sick COWS and in tie
other END bins for grain. Behind the
COWS are windows opening into an open
shed under which is stored TIA horse
and COW manure, the former being
used to take Up the moisture from this
COW manure. The shed spoken OF Rboye
as being connected with the horee de.
partment is open below for cattle &c
run under. This barn is battened from
top to bottom and the boards surfaced
and painted. II very rarely freezes in
the stablein the coolest weather. Fresh
air is easily furnished by the hay shute
which draws from the cupola. A car
rier delivers hay both ways from the
barn floor. Many who have examined
this barn pronounce it a very handy
one in which to do work, and so do ].
E. L. VINCENT
Broome Co., N. Y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07
ovRRPRoDucT1oN OF FRUIT.

Prof. E 81. Bailey, in his book "Prin.
ciplea OF Fruit Gro wing" published by
the Macmillion o., of New York. con
tains over 500 pages with many prac
tical and useful Illustrations: THE
probability is that there is not al abso
Lutte overproduction except in special
years; that is, that there is not more
fruit grown than can be consumed in
one way or another. Il is very likely,
however, that there is FRI q1ently a
relative overproduction-thas there il
more fruit grown than a be COZ.
sumed in the markets which are ordi,
narily at the disposal Of the grower.
The difficulty is probably rather more
one Of unequal or imperfect dissribu
ton than of absolute overproducSion Of
the commodity. The tendency Of the
times is 10 remedy this defect through
more perfect means of dissemination,
but 1t is too much to hope for a per
fectiy equal distribution of fruits, since
the fruib areas are more or less limited
in their geographical distribution,
whilst the fruit consuming population
is distributed far and wide. When
there are heavy glutg In some markets,
and fruit does not pay for the freight,
there are very often other places, q
few hundred miles away, in which she
commodity is scarce. The recent In
PRODUCTION of special fruit and refriger-
ator cars has leesened the difficulties
of distribution. But she reader should
be reminded that these appliances r
OF Use only TO organizations, or to those
growers Who have a large quantity OF
produce; or, at any rate, to those local
tiles in which so much fruit is grown
that the community of interests
amounts to en- organization.
There can be little doubt that fruit
must tend TO become cheaper rather
than higher, .except for special kinds
and special markets, but the cost of
producing it will grow less at the same
time. The fruit grower must acquire
the skill to make his plantations bear
in the years Of lesst heavy crops, and
thereby escape to a large extent the
effects Of overproduction. This can
certainly be done. the very fact that
there are years of overproduction aud
underproduction shows that fruit grow.
ers have not yet mastered the con
ditions which control their plantations.
In orchards, at least, there are more
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07

AHiance1n0m, If yOW recet06 a SII
copy Of this paper, 1T IS to TenI y1"~ ~
that gOu should send as one GO5"
get 1t one gear.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07
VOTE RIGHT.
packing.

Put up thy sword Talk not OF riot
here.
Bloodsned as rain can help nor
heal;
It cannot clothe nor feed nor rest nor
bring
The poor dead body starved, to life
again.
Pat up the sword. Talk not Of fcanor
force.
But if you long for freedom, VOTE II
so
Would you be fed, be free, be clothed,
b MEN,
Go to the ballot hex and VOTE IT SO
PAULINE STONE ROZELLE
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07

E. ST. JOHN. Fl v. B. CLOWNS
Vice-President and Gen,I Mgr. IIERss0GM
V =. MC3EE, T. j. AN ~ poss. az
GENT superintendent. GenII~
General Offic0'
PORTSMOUTH, VA.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07

For Tickets Sleepers, etc. apply TO
H. :. LIZARD, s. A. L Pass no
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07

With regularity in feeding and milk,
ing kind treatment at all times, the
COW will become gentle and stav 90.
and Will give a larger q iantity of milk
for a longer time.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-09-07
POMONA HILL NURSERIES,.
POMONA. ". c.

Two miles west of Greensboro, n. c.. On To,
Southern Railway. Well known for tbIcty
years. Up with the times with all the now as we
as the old fruits that are suited to my tTs&h,
which extends from Maine to Texas. The ne7,
Japan fruits and all other good fruit aud fav2
ers [ have, as shown in my new Illustrate
catalogue, free to all Agents wanted.
nRaal I. VAN d prrar,,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-14

tory of the grand display of fireworks
in 1888. and 1866 suggests such another
in 1899. That year will again bring the
great&meteor shoal of the Leonids to
the searth's track. This shoal will re.
quire more than year to pass. the
Leonids follow Temples comet. Some
believe the latter is the thickest part OF
the swarm. The great French astron.
omer, Arago, estimates that there is
only one chance in 281 100000 for a col.
lision between the comet and our earth.
Should such an event take place NJ. Faze
and Prof. Pierce believe the result
might be onlysa1brillia MT shower, while,
if the nucleus were in mass and solidity
equal to Donat's comet, the hardest
rocks would be. melted BY heat dexel.
oped by the impact. If the comet were
hydrogen body sufficiently large to
encompass the globe it might mingle
with the oxygen of our atmosphere and
form a compound which, being ignited,
would instantly consume every living
thing. Since water, is the result OF
burning hydrogen gas in oxygen, the
fierce flame would be followed by q
deluge of water enveloping the surface
of our earth. If the body of the comet
were not inflammable, but composed of
noxious gases, it would poison; our at.
mosphere. Were it an innocuous gas
eous body, it would float on our atmos'
phere as do the clouds. Prof. Young adj
mits that the earth might collide with
a comet, but thinks such encounters will
be rare
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-14
PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR.

cedar, stained a moss green. Root Of
balcony must be- timed. TT
Z The tinting Of parlor'willsbe Of lilac;
reception hall, maroon; library, terra
Gotta; hall, peacock green; dining.
room, olive green !; hen. gray; cham
bers, different shades of yellow. The
exterior of the house is painted three
coats. finishing coat to be lemon yellow,
with ivory white trimmings; chimneys
where showing above roof, are of vel.
low brick, capped with stove, the high.
Eer chimney having q wrought-iron
brace. All plastering is two-coat work
The kitchen is fitted up with all neces.
sary conveniences, complete. .s
The outside dimensions of the build.
ing are 2sxs9 feeti Height of stories
lis as follows: Basement, z feet; first
story, feet inches; second story,
30 feet inches. The sstircase. is an orna.
mental one, having carved newels
turned balusters and neat handrail
The house is piped throughout for gas
and furnace. AL material Is Of the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-14
Jim Old n>aid'$ $o,,9~
BY r. PAGE IRVING.

THE boarders used to lok Hacros the
clearinghouse table at the Old
Maid with a keen, psychological sort of
interest
"Why should she look so happy % the
elder, who was something of belle,
would demand. "She can't have any
admirers"
why should she look so happy?" the
younger, who spoke of Art and Mis-
sions with capitals in her voice, would
ask. "She can't regard being secretary
to that lawyer as a noble calling"
And the wives of the clearinghouse
used also to puzzle over the Old Maids
joyousness, ''for she has no husband"
they said, land at her age can hardly
hope to get one"
But I never marveled at the gentle
'spinster's radiant face after we had
heard the Singer, not because hearing
his voice was enough to provide his
hearers with fund of inner joy for the
remainder of their days, but because of
the song he sang.
Now the Old Maid had lived so long in
the clearinghouse on the square that
it had become second nature for her to
choose the less furnished spoons in the
holder and to avoid instipctively the
top slices of bread on the bread plate.
She was familiar with all varieties of
clearinghouse servants and she knew
that all alike despised her as "the fourth
floor 'front.'" She knew by heart the
landlady's stories of pressing present
need and of past affluence. She had
nothing to learn in the matter of SUBJ
,stituted gas jets and her feet were
trained to skip the torn spots in the
stair carpet. Altogether there was moth
dng in the Old Maids position in her
clearinghouse to account for her Sc
renity.
Downtown the Old Maid was stem
ographer in law Office. where pretti-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-14
: 4, eoY ON THE FARM.

That man in the school where the ethics
e. are taught.
Professor Of Latin and Greek. -
Can tell of the way that LIES battles are
S$ fought, u ,,, H.s t@
And fluent the words he will speak. '
But oft he is thinking Of valleys and hills,
The forest and meadows sweet charm;
Though high is the station to-day that he
No. fills,
He once was boy on the farm.
That man in the church who is preaching
With power and with purpose to save
While gladly his message he gave.
Remembers the lilies that grew in the
a. dell,
The sparrow safe sheltered from harm
BY the Master that now he Is serving so
y, we'll.
He once was boy on the farm.
The man who is first in the halls OF the
Il state
And ,versed in the laws Of the land.
Beloved by the people with honors 30 great,
Looks of to the mountain now mottled with
Then down at his muscular arm,
And longs but again in the harvest to
CLEAN. / A&%4$
He once was boy on the farm.
That man who is chief of our armies to-
day,
Now guarding the lines Of the west,
Though looking with pride on his troops
bright array
Has love for the farm in his breast.
He thinks Of the fields where the daisies are
white,
And signs for the noisy alarm
OF the cock of the barnyard to vanquish
the night.
He once was a boy on the farm.
Ruth Raymond. in Farm and Home.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-10-14
NOT THE RIGHT TICKET.
When Perkasie's Agreement Fell t.
the Ground.

When Perkasie's Agreement Fell to
the Ground.
"Where is the lady's ticket?" asked
the conductor, who had taken. Mr..
Perkasie's ticket and punched it. -,
"Oh, she doesn't need ticket, con-
ductor,'''. replied Mr.. Perkasie. ;
y why doesn't she?'' -
because she is my wife. We were
married this morning." :r1:.. T:
THAT has nothing to do with it. She
can't travel without ticket, unless
somebody pays her fare in cash.
'But, conductor, I've always heard
that a man and his wife are one. That
is what the parson said when he mar
,ried us, and if. were one then we are
one now, On the train or anywhere
else" -; .- .:s.i.; .4.<,r,.lE -, -: 8
The conductor was not particularly
busy on that run, as passengers were
not numerous, so he decided to argue
the question out with Mr.. Perkasie in.
stead of resorting to extreme measures
demanding fare and putting the delin-
quent off the train in the event of refus.
al of pay: So he said:
"Your contention that man and his
wife are one is all right, but you didn 7
tell the ticket-seller that you wanted a
ticket for both of you to travel. did
your"
'tOf course not"
''Well, that is where you made your
mistake, and so you will have to pay the
lady's fare this time. You bought a
single ticket, when you should have
asked the agent for married ticket.
Three dollars, please"
The money was handed over.--N. Y.
World.
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THANKSGIVING AS AN ART.

Accomplishment in Which ,Ohr
+ MGthers Excelled Girls Of To-Day. q
The girl who has cultivated thespirit
RofA thankfulness does not gush over at
the gift of q daisy, and snap an indiffer-
ent '.Thanks!" at the man who has lost
9 day from the office to crafty her little
within. Of course those mothers of
oursshad their whims and exercised the
priceless privileges of their thought
lessness and snapped now and then, as
girls, and other than girls, have always;
done; but think it cannot be denied;
that the girl of u generation ago had a
conscience on the subject of debts Of
gratitude such as few have had since
her day. ,5qYy .,.f
lshaye said that am afraid that with
many Of us to-day it is lost art. I
amssure that it is,not given that prom
inence which it once had, and that it is
net cultivated with the enthusiasm with
which it once was. Girls are taught
what etiquette says about it, but Ell
qGctte deals only from the lips outward,
and tie result isthat even our language
tells the story of the decadence Of
thanksgiving A traveller from Mars
might hear our "Thanks!" 1000, 900
times, and never suspect that it was
meant as an acknowledgment of a
favor. am sure that up to, say a
dozen years ago, in those parts of our
country where gallantry has held out
longest. one could not give up a seat
lin q car without being sure of full
return in acknowledgment that meant
to; acknowledge something; and that
to-day the average man is utterly up
set and nndone when his ears catch the
old sweet sound. Of course, this does
not justify or account for the current
lack of gallantry among men, but I
an not engaged in the hopeless task
of restoring men to the old paths. but in
the hopeful one of pointing out neg
lected talent which the most charm
ing of girls may cultivate with good re-
suits. I am not grumbling. do not
mean to say that the girl of the Pc
Rod is one whit behind the girl of tn,
past. ( do not believe in the decadence
of women. I believe that the girl of
to-day is equal to the girl her mother
used to be; but I do not believe that it
is enough to say of our girls that they
are equal to the girls of the past, any
more than it is enough to say of a flow
er that has had the best attention of
the best florists for generation, that it
is as beautiful to-day as it was 30
years ago. If we have done
wisely, the girl of to-day ought to have
not only something which her mother
lacked, but she ought to have all her
mother'sygrac as well. But it is 4 Sc
rious question whether, in pressing her
development, we have not cultivated
some qualities at the expense of others.
just as in pressing the development of
4 certain flower we have increased its
size and beauty at the expense of its
fragrance. - Woman's Home Com
paniOn.