The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-15
PROF. RMRRY's WEEKLY LET.
TRR.

60ls year E0bnoE 9OSu
10 March 9Th. It In said 10 have been
one Of the most successful ever held by
this Society, Notwithstanding some
drawbacks.
There were fewer entries I'm the trot-
ting classes than last year. The weather
was unfavorable on Friday. There
wa little competition In the poultry
show, which ig saying O great deal, for
this interest In strong In the vicinity Of
New Berne. The reason is easy to see.
Breeders have mated up their yards
for the season and rather miss the
show thEn lose in their business for the
year dnce the excitement Of moving
and staying In the show viii check egg
production. Owing 10 GicknosS In the
family Of DR.. Lea, Mr. +. e Hege, Of
n. @. Experiment Station, omciatSd 80
Poultry Judge.
II. O. STATE DAIRYMENs ASSOCIATION.
This Association held Q called meet
ing ct this Fair March Srd and Alb.
The meeting was O. guOcG@Mul
enc, though the attendance was not
larger than gathered ct the organ
tAtion 0t the same place three years
before.
Five new mOmboUsWUrO AddSd 30 the
LIST ct this meeting. Nearly A.fun pro
gram Wa presented and carried OUT
O2OoPt that on the Last day the papers
WeEO read only by HtIO, a most OF the
members present o. he previous meet
ing had scattered DO th0Er homes. Tive
promised papers failed 30 appear. Ths
time and place for he nGxB meeting
WNS Lett 70 the Executive Committee
which consists OF tMO President Dr.. d.
Ratd PARkuR VIC&PPuGdeAG Eoa BOn&-
han OmSCon, and 9OOEUtNFy-TFOASuFR
Frank Z AsEy.
ThOrO were O few cattle 90 this Fair
sd taeUs wore OF good quality. MoSSFR
johnson and SSSafDgeR awarded the
wiHos, which seem 10 have hAan well
placed, with perhaps one or two excep
tionG, which could not DO helped under
ths circumgtAICoa Is was probably
his dSOp interest In the Dairy School
which caused Mr.. BOnningOr 10 over.
look the prize In OlA@ ., No. 800: Fat
test and best best animal, either sax,
any breed, IS, Red Ribbon" So no had
30 be content 50 stand by his hnO bOoty
white bull and zee Mr.. johnson award
the ribbon and pri8S 70 Mr. CroCkstt's
8 or 9ysar-old Jersey bull In good
marking order. We congratulate the
Jersey meo on their winning In the
combined" clAA
The Dairy School feature Of this Fair
presented by the d&tHymOO, was &tbgAG
I've 10 the crowds Of people and . de-
GdOd EaoossA AOoAplOtO dairy OUt6s
Wa Oeat by the Dairy Supply o., of
Philadelphia, Pa, &Hd &.nOp&ratoc and
BAbOoOk TESTER by 2. II. GhArpISA The
work WGS done BY nO0EA J. u. John
son, o EhS N. O. Experiment Staten,
and w. N. BSnniAgR, O member Of
tas n. G.. DAtrymoa's ASSooiaHQa.
The separator was run every day ana
fall information was given about the
upO Of the separator, handling cream,
making butter, etc. Questions came
thick AID fast for hears nj time fFOm
the interested VigftoFA OhurRtnG was
done and We saw RAO yellow buttW IN
thS granular fern that would have
boon GedftablO for O datEyman I'm O
dGi1V etat& North Carolina is 0n 0gi
cultural 5&tA bat her posibHid0 n
he dGtF3-lnO are ell undGvslODOG 6O
nOOda not 60 much NOEthaFa capital 90
O. AWAbOGfng &mOng her native people
10 the value which can be worked Out
Of thin industry. II II more prumkAg
than her gold mtANA which IN turn
may DO morO probably worked thaA
10 Fk AS'S life for . RoNdykO olatA
The dairy oOW conGVA f0g Whah
prizes OF 90, S1O, and &B were o6wU6
Wa conducted by Hr. johnson, repre-
@aHng the n. O. Experiment 9taGA-
The rules were the same &C have been
used I'm several Fairs and are taken
from Bulletin 1O9, d. O. Experiment
Station, except that the t0st covers -
hours ct the Fair. The tegt az originally
applied WaG for "a hours at the home
OF the owner, 90 the COWS could be
tested under favorable home conditions
and they were to b shown at the Fair.
The Quevenne Lactometer for specific
gravity and Baboock tester for the Der
eonk Of fat we're used to determine
the valuable constituents Of the milk.
ZACH COW Ia credited with az many
points GO her product periods Of laSta.