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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
YARD
BEGINNING TIE NEW YEAR.

No farmer can expect to be success
ful with poultry unless he knows what
he is doing. He may be gaining or
losing, according to circumstances, and
if the exact condition Of affairs could
be known, it would largely serve to
guard against mistakes Or assist in in
creasing receipts. Every farmer and
poultryman should keep an exact ac-
count OF every dollar expended end
received. By so doing the hens will
show what they have done for every
week and month in the year, and the
prices will partially enable one to know
what the market may be for the cor
responding period of the next year. 1t
is much easier to keep an account with
hens than with the larger stock, as
there are usually daily receipts Of eggs,
which need only be counted and en-
tered, while the food can be measured
in bulk and fed out until it is consumed.
II farmers would keep strict account
Of fowls they would be surprised at the
profit derived in proportion to the cap
ital invested; and there is no better
time to begin than when the new year
is just beginning, and the accounts
Gould be kept by one Of the youngex
| members of the family.-Farm end
T Preside.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26

the history and statistics of the indus
try. Most of these articles are Illus
Jrated. The volume includes a biblio
graphy.
The publication is not available for
general distribution, as the law limits
the edition TO thousand copies, but
the superintendent Of Documents,
Union Building, Washington, D. G.,
can supply q limited number of copies
at 35 cents each, and separates" of
most Of the artic es will shortly be
issued by the Department for miscel
laaeous distribution. It is, however,
within the province of Congress TO order
a larger edition Of the complete work,
but no steps to this end have been taken
as yet.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
No. so

the pouitryman as his feed mill. It
enables him to use an excellent and
cheap food, and gives him q profit
where he might otherwise be compelled
to suffer loss 1t is claimed that
bone cutter pays for itself in eggs, and
really costs nothing. Bones are now
one Of the staple articlts of food for
poultry, and no ration should have
them omitted. They are food, grit and
lime all combined in one, and the hens
will leave all other foods to eat the cut
bone.
If cut fine, even chicks and ducklinga
will relish such excellent food, while
turkeys grow rapidly on it.
To meet with success requires the
use of the best materials, and green
bone beats ali other substances as food
fer poultry.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
HORACE GRERLBY's MISTAKE

I was talking with a man who has
had 40 years experience in the commits
sion business, about the condition in
which a great deal Of produce is sent
into market. He gets many small ship
ments from farmers, some of whom, at
least, either do not know how to essort
and pack their produce properly, or
else do not use the knowledge they
possess. He said that, Of many Of the
apples received, il seven barrels were
sorted down to four, the shipper would
have less freight, carriage and commits
sion Ito pay, and would get fully as
much for the four SIS now for the seven,
and perhaps more. His father was IN
business when Horace Greeley began
farming at Chappaqua, and sold some
of the first produce the great sage ever
sent to this market. Neither the editor,
farmer nor his help understood the
proper method Of preparing produce
for market, and the result was that
some of the first shipments we're nearly
unstable, and much of it brought
hardly enough to pay expenses.-Cor.
Rural New Yorker.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
NATURE VS.. ART.

Nature always adapts herself to cir
cumstances. The animals in the Polar
regions are white, so as to conform
with the color of the snow, and so
escape detection by their enemies; the
fish in the streams in the Mammoth
Cave have no eyes, for there is no use
for them, and the COW that roams at
will over the plains gives just enough
milk for the calf, because no more is
wanted. But the COW that is housed
and fed and MIXED and has been 80
treated for generations is an entirely
different animal from the natural COW.
She is in fact an artificial COW, for every
ounce Of milk that she gives over and
above what would be required for a
calf is not in accord with nature, says
the Ohio Valley Farmer.
Therefore in our treatment of her we
cannot apply the same rules by which
animals in their native state are gov
erned and expect to make a success
out of her. Nature never makes mis-
tlkes, it is true, but when we have an
unnatural animal, as we have in the de-
mesticated COW, we will make mistake
if we treat her as she was in her native
state. Those who are inclined to poke
fun at the ''hot house COW" should stop
q bit, for the cow that we now have is
more or less forced animal and we
must recognize this fact IN our treat
ment of her. And we should keep this
fact in mind from the time she is
dropped as calf to the end Of her
days, that she is an artificial product
and must be treated as such if success
with her is desired.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
HORTICULTURE
IT PAYS TO GROW srRAWBER-
RIES.
Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.

Correspondence Of the Progressive Farmer.
MARION STATION, MD.
In order to have fine crop Of berries
and make money, it is necessary to
have the best, as no fruit pays as well
as Strawberries, and the first fruit to
ripen; and in orr er to have the best,
we have got to keep trying, and there
are some good varieties coming to the
front all the time. have been grow
ing berries for the past twenty five
years, and during that time | have
tested many varieties Of strawberries.
Some varieties have not been worth
ground room, but if had stopped and
not tried many varieties, I should have
been left, as the first varieties that l
commence to grow for profit, only
grow them now in a small way for
plants, as some customers still want
them.
The strawberry season of 1896 in the
great trucking section of Maryland
poor growth in the summer and fall Of
1895, and again in the spring of 1896,
owing to the severe drouth, and after
all, taking it all through, there was
more money made from Strawberries
than all other trucks combined. Not
withstanding the severe drouth, had
q very good crop Of berries on some
varieties that brought me good prices.
Many growers had not over one fourth
of crop. I grow mostly large berries
that bring from cents to 10 cents per
quart more than small kinds. The
Buback No. has been one of my
favorite large kinds, but in the Halls
Favorite we have something much
better than Bubach, which far sur
passes any variety that have grownS
1t is earlier and better carrier than
Bubach, larger through the season, as
productive, if not more so. AS grower
the Bubach is no comparison. have
seen the vines stand 10 to Is inches
high in ordinary land. Halls Favorite
orig mated five years ago at the Somer
set Fruit and Pant Farm. On this
farm we have variety Of soils, from
very heavy to very light, and have
fruited the Favorite on ali. It brought
the past season in market 90 cents per
quart when other kinds SOLD at to 10
cents per quart. It is a strong STAN
mate and suitable polenizer for pistilate
varieties. 1t is the coming strawberry,
Halls Favorite has not fruited from
home exec pt at the Maryland and Ohio
Experiment Stations. They send US
flAttering reports for sale for the first
time, J. W. HALL.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
A EoG CHOLERA CURE.

Last fall q Farmers Voice man met
DR.. Frank Baumg8rtner, OF Peotone,
Ill, and first heard of the DOCTORS dis
coveries concerning hog cholera.
DR.. BaUmgaTtner claims that hog
cholera is not an infectious disease, and
brings many arguments to prove his
theory. He claims that the disease is
due to injadicious feeding, and that it
can be cured by methods which he has
discovered.
There have been 60 many so called
Gales for hog cholera brought to public
notice that new ones are received with
a large amount of unbelief, but DR..
Baumgartner has the courage of his
convictions, and we learn that he has
haen conducting some very successful
ez 0eTiments in Iowa under the aus
pices Of the Burlington road
The claim that injud.cious feeding is
t2e sole cause of the hog cholera has
been made before, bu5 has never been
conclusively proved Right along this
N@t'C SSAA4'SS q RSS0CSL CCtLA AOlA4 OA4O "a
orr subscribers, which we print as be
ing Of interest:
Publishers Farmers Voice-31, ,OOO,-
090 worth of hogs were lost in Iowa
alone with hog cholera last year.
Pumpkins are a sure preventive Of hog
cholera. I have raised King of Nam
moth pumpkins for six years and have
not lost one hog, while many Of my
neighbors have lost all. TIE pumpkins
weigh from sixty to ninety pounds,
and often are 100 pounds. want the
farmers to try these pumpkins and
will send liberal supply of the seed to
anyone sending self addressed stamped
envelope, as l have saved a large quau'
| tity of seed. .. @. AsFAHL.
Doran, Ia.
No doubt Mr.. Asfahrs success is
largely due to the fact that he has fed
MA hogs something besides clear corn
and thus kept them in good condition
We would be glad to hear from others
along this line.-FarmeTs' Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
AGRTCULTURE.

How to grow crops the cheapest ls
the farmers one chief duty; how to get
the largest possible price for them Is
the next.
The latest estimate puts the worlds
wheat crop this year at 100 900, 900
bushels short of last year; the hghtest
crop since that of 1890.
There cannot be too much care taken
in keeping potatoes during the winter,
and at a low temperature. It is warmth
and light that causes them to sprout.
S.ze up the stu Ation upon your farm
Find out jle5 where you stand at the
beginning OF new year. It is worth
some h4rd thinking to get started right
again.
There is no best occupation. 1t is a
matter of preference and adaptation
Farming is, for the right man, the best
business, but for the wrong man it is
one of the worst.
There should be tenfold more fruits
consumed in many families than there
i5, and if there should be, both the
health and the pocketbook would be
better off than now.
Did you ever stop to think of the
amount of capital you had tied up IN
the fences on your farm2 It may be a
good Investment and it may not. Very
few farms have TOO few fences.
The sanitary condition of the premises
require constant attention. Cities have
sanitary inspectors. The country has
n)ne. It is, therefore, the more i'm
p2ttant that a careful watch is kept in
regard to these matters.
1t Is said that not enough popcorn is
produced 10 this country 10 supply the
home demand. II this is true, and we
have No reason to doubt it, why would
l6 not pay farmers to raise more pop
corn.
Growing one crop not only impove1-
lsnes tie soil, but dwarfs the man. To
have variety and rotation divides the
4a0or of the year, reduces the number
ol teams, gives regular employment
every month in the year, and develops
tue husbandman into a capability
greater than that of mere mechanical
sowing and reaping.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
WHERE The FAULT LIES.

You say your hens won't lay3 There
is just where you are wrong; they GER
taiOly will lay if you give them the
proper food and care. The trouble is
not with the hens, but with your man.
ner of managing them It is not in
lack of food, but the lack of certain
kinds of food that is the cause of the
trouble
A hen is simply an egg machine,
which, if properly fed, will, by the laws
of nature, produce eggs; she will lay
eggs because it is her nature to; you
can't expect something for nothing
neither should you look for eggs until
you feed the fowls on an egg producing
food. Supply them with the lood ele-
ments of which to make eggs. Right
here let us ask what constitutes an
eggW Fat7 starch7 carbOnes9 salts9
No! but albumenoids, fbrine and shell.
The only foods that are directly di
gested are the albumeus. The salts
undergo no change at all. The fats
and starChes, after undergoing a pro-
cess of fermentation in the crop, and
grinding in the gizzard, finally supply
the fat tissue-the energy and fuel of
the hen machine. Where hens have q
whole farm to range over, they know
what they want and go after it, but
when in confinement common sense
should be used in feeding Farmers
Voice
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
FAILURES OF 1896.

The commercial agencies are hgur-
ing up the total business failure for
1895 and place those in which The lia
blIities exceed the assets at Is 112-
which is SIS per cent. more than laet
year and IS per cent. more than 1894
These figures do not include the numer-
GUS failures of che past few weeks
which will bring the list nearly if not
quite to that of the panic year, '99.
The total liabilities for the year are
placed at $247, 100000 Bradstreets is
responsible for the statement that the
commercial death rate was, in 1896,
40 per cent. by which is meant that
1 40 per cent. of every 100 individuals,
firms and corporations, in business last
year failed. This death rate was ex-
ceeded only by that in 1898, when it
was 1.51 per cent. In 1895 the com
mercial death rate was 123, and in
1894, 81 per cent.
The prosperity" of the past six
weeks has been euch that a continuance
of it would precipitate universal bank
ruptcy.
OF course such q financial cyclone
cannot be permanent. 1t is bound to
exhaust itself by it's own violence. But
every observer must realize that while
the panic is equal to anything prophe-
sled in the event of a silver victory at
the polls the recuperative power of the
country has none of the vigor which g
policy of true bimetallism would have
insured. On the contrary, every pro,
duciDg industry is at low ebb its
credit strained, the demand for its
products low and the market already
oveTcrowded. While better times
are inevitable because they could not
be worse-rea' prosperity is far away
and woefully uncertain. But hope on,
spread the light and the four years
more of darkness must pass like an un-
pleasant nightmare. When the people
have found out what four more years
of gold really mean, there will be a
change in sentiment on the subj ct Of
the real sound money. Western
Rural.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
LIMB as A FERTILIZER.

The crops which are mostly improved
by the application of lime are those
which conf ain most lime, namely, tur,
nips, clover and grasses. When lime
is fret applied to land, white clover
generally appears in abundance. The
corn crops are slightly benefited by the
application Of lime barley probably
more than the other cereals. The effect
of lime in iOerating potash from clay
soils has caused it to be used with ad
vantage for roots requiring much pot
ash, and also tor the potato, which crop
it greatly improves. Flax is sRId to be
in no way affected by the application
Of limo. With regard TO the frequency
Of the application of lime, and the
quantity to be applied, it is somewhat
difficult to lay down precise rules Elk
perience has taught that soils which
require lining do so periodically, for
the lime gradually sinks into the soil,
and loses a great portion of it's useful
ness. The quantity will vary with the
frequency Of the application. being
less the more frequently it is applied
Western Plowman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26

If it has not been done before, this is
q good time to destroy the black knot
on plum trees. Each specimen should
be cut out, removing the limb to which
1t is attached, il a small one. Keep
the knife wet with carbolic acid diluted
while making the cuts, and apply the
same to the cut surface. In this way
the danger of propagating the spores
by use of the knife in pruning will be
prevented.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26

The enterprising farmer who wishes
to benefit others by raising the standard
of agriculture in his own locality, and
at the same time tura an honest penny,
should induce his friends and neighbors
TO subscribe for and read good agricul
tural literature.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26

A new law has just been promulgated
in Germany, having for it's object the
doing away with the evils claimed by
the agriculturists and others, to arise
from option trading By itsrrovi2ious
eli time contracts in grain and mill
productsBre forbidden, as also in min
ing and manufacturing shares.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
.,,-r4 CAROLINA WARMERS STATE ALL
AECE.

snzyE CAROLINA WARMERS STATE A44Il-
AECE.
President DR.. Cyrus Thompson,
RichIands, J. ..
Vice President-Jno. Graham, Ridge
way, n. 9. D.
Secretary y-Treasuref-W . bsAeheS'
Let I@sturer-J. , 7. B. Hoover, Elm City,
No. cu WILL
lG'i, GCib,aDiain-Rev. P. Il. Massey, Dur
DO 'Doorkeoper-Geo. T. Lane, Greens
Assistant Door keeper-Jas. L. Lyon,
Durham, n. Q.
Sergeant at -Arms-A. ID. d. " RIL6c6,
Rutherfcriton, y. Z.
9tars Business Agent-T. Ivey, Hills
Trustee business Agency Fund-W.
A. Graham, MachpelRh, II. ..
EXECUTIVE COMnITTEE OF THE NORTH
t!APoLIEA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE
AT. Hileman, Concord. n. O.; N.
G, English, Trinity, n. O.; James ID.
KewbOrne, Klns On, n. 4.
sYATE AL11AEOa JUDICIARY oohMTTTEE.
John Brady, Gatesville, N. O.; DR..
Jg. Harrell, Whiteville, n. O.; I. j..
Gambler, Acton. n. @.
gsrth Carolina Reform Press Association.
Omcers-J. L. Ramsey, President /;
sgTion Butler, Vice President; ~. 3.
SGTsss, Secretary,
PAPERS.
sFsZrszsive Farmer. State Organ, BaIeigh, =. 2
iCcSSISsian Raleigh, y. z.
S9.-~C-E 8iCkO-s, y. 4,
SSEF.S- Uhitekers, \. &.
80 Io,~,a Beaver Dam, \. 9.
TTs pOr1-.Iis+ LumbeTtOn, y. Z.
The Peoples Paper, C1arloIIe' y -
{7bs PI0TT-Pov WadesbOro, y. Q.
Carolina Watchman, SALISBURY n -
Each Of the aboUe-n1Tled papers are
ssqaested to keep the list standing on
Ess first page ard add others, 07'oUtded
E4ss are dlLlg elected. any paper JGtt-
iaa 10 advocate the OcGIG platform iGtLt
Be dropped from the list promptly. O1IT
Fs01Es can 4lO1U see SUISGt papers Gre
gablished IN thefr i7ateTest.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
psz s5A,rIoNAL FARMERS ALI
ngcR AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

Mann Page, Brandon,
" 9y7fcs-Presidant-H. Q. 8naVely, Leb-
anon, Pa. - D South
vorth. Denver, Col.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
EXECUTIVE BOARD.

Toucks, Huron, s. D. w; F.
Bricker, Cogan SJatlon' "a :, WI
Ietts, Kansas; W. L. Peeke' 0a'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26

Farm life will never be worth living
without an orchard, vineyard and
garden.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26
JUDICIARY,

IUDLD4AhA'
r a southworth, Denver Ooio'
p, ". Beck, Alabama.
"a p. Davie, kentucky.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26

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sive Farmer ID q
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above the aver
age land possibly
the best advertis-
ing meT;-sn in 81.
CO Printers Ink,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-01-26

"The Progress
RFve Farmer is R
good paper---far
above the aver
aqe-and possibly
the best advertis'
ing medium rnN.
c." Printers *.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-02
PUBLIC RECEPTION.

public reception will be rendered Mr..
BRYAN from to p. IN. Wednesday at the
fremont hotel. The following gentlemen
Will serve as a reception committee: Colonel
w. L. Moody, Major Frank NJ. Spencer.
colonel Robert G. Street. Arthur Borne
ield' Robert Weber. Mayor A. W. Fly.
Hon. r. Is, Hawley, Thomas ] Ballinger.
D. a. H. Scott Leon Blum, Noah Allen.
=: /, Lalor, Colonel Robert &. Lowe. C.
n. Ousley. N. II. Christian, Joseph "a
Aguilo, James Daley. J. IL. I.abatt. seaIv
nutehings, Paul shean. Thomas II.
Sweeney, CAPTAIN James NJ. Mcdonald.
John owen, c. ]. Allen, Nicholas Weokes'
Johh Mccarthy. Chris Fox, J.. S. Wheless
non walter Gresham. William f. Ladd
= NJ o. Menard Matt Gengler, Colonel
Ioh ~ ourheu' Guy NJ; Bryan. Jr,, Colonel
iona ioNe1oy' !. II. lloigel, Edward Hus-
SION SION Alex: sampson. W F. Coakley. VIM.
frowse, Charles j. Stubs. r.. v David'
son Nantain Joe Akin. Captain Joe Owens
Dr' G; IL. Wilkinson, DR.. ]. c. Mayfeld
Or 70 Randall, Robert Bornefeld. ID. car
YER YER DAVID sehram, Forster Rose. Thomas
Doyle, d. Adoue. Il, d. May. Judge u ID
Gavin, Judge William II. stewart lens
Moller. Fred Chase, Captain A. p. Norman
rort smith. Gus Levy. Thomas Nolan
! homas Gosgan, +. b. Herbert. lanes n
stevenson A, II. Boysen, w. n, Kink.
o nyHu' Morsah Mann, j. +. Simon r. Wav-
W srM ,smIth; W A. zegler, George sealy,
P '''S - -aS S j. Hines. James Fadden,
- II, brctherson. Dr. j. +. Y. Paine
Saptain johnson of Bolivar. / wa,i,s
raptain J W, Simmons, Judge G. C. Gar.
rSu, Judge +. y. Williams, Judge n cIav
r riin.,asants, l., c, Fisher, Ed w DockreIi
MI M,ilia nm Kennedy, Colonel John d. Rogers
0 go h4 uS,, Morltz Brock, Captain Scrim,
McKinn m,i'i am Morris. John Young, l.. S.
w. Is; Cullen, Peter Delomal. Aiey Ca
W uou, colonel Taylor. Captain Cooper, I y
iSV'so, srea Gloor. D. G. Kelly Thomas
~; nrlck' c. II. Jordan. p. Levine. G. i
NJ mo's,on DR.; +. G. Floeckinger. d. Fahey
M a. a. west. Dr. II. II. Ciopton, DR..
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-02

THE HOUSE.

AUSTIN Texas. February The house
met at 10 O'Clock ana was called to order
by chief Clerk Lee ] Rountree. Speaker
pashloii hoing absent, There was nues.
lion whether the election OF speaker pro
TEN WAS necessary as Judge Rogan was
recently elected. Patterson Of Bell aud Ro-
gan of Caldwell were nominated.
The vote stood: Patterson GO. Rogan "a.
Blair ..
Fendins business was house bill No. 10
rms hlll provides that jury can be on
uonai In the trial OF actions OF forcible de.
'ainer The bill passed finally. II WAS on.
crossed January %,
The following bills were introduced;
ny kosan-Blll to authorize the county
commissioners courts OF the various conn.
yes IN mis- state 20 retire and fund their
outstanding Indebtedness and 10 provlde
for the payment ~ same
by Brewster-Bill prohibiting the color
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-02

Dallas, Texas. February l.-Vo~'"
II. May of New York, represents
Ruinart Wine company, is In tae ~. y,
route to Houston, where ns 'M
several days. lie said to Inc i~' !, !,
spondent: AZ come TO Texas once w y
every year and never fail 70 va "a
ton. Texas is one Of the siean
in the Union and Houston Is vs h
most progressive. wide-awake, 0'" n
ever been my pleasure to , yisli- I'D. U
enjoy these trips to this stale !, M ~
during The winter. The people o. WI. ~
swept North have right 10 us n, Is n
YOU Texans. This little snow On ~ "A
here now and the wind ihat ,o sni, 4
is a breath from the TROPICS y, rrr,pit
the blasts New York and New i Dsa !, a
experiencing. come 10 leSsS nv nv trs q
as | can and stay as long :"
hermit -