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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

Here is paragraph which should
be memoriz d by every member of the
next legislature. The people too should
memorizs it and think of it. In fact
If the members Of the legislature find
that the people view the matter from
this standpoint, the effect will be
magical and wholesome. Here it is
from Appleton's Popular Science
Monthly, true in every particular and
handsomely said:
Gid the deed as we may, every
law pas ed, every ofice created, every
dollar appropriated beyond the preser.
vagion Of order and the enforcement
Of Justice, the great purpose of the
founders Of the republic, is an Invasion
Of freedom and step toward degrade
tion. As has invariably happened,
and as Hamilton 90 clearly foresaw,
such policy will eventually turn the
most civillzed people into race of
Oarbarian8, prone not only to assail
one another, but to attack their neigh
oors at home and abroad In another
way, and In that way only, must the
goal OF human existence be attained
it is to put within the reach of the
poorest and weakest the means to re.
sist the rich and strong. Instead of
spsnding countless millions upon a
work that should be left to the people
themselves, the work Of education, the
I regulation OF morals, labor, and trade,
the initiation and management of in,
dustrial enterprises, spend them, il
need be, upon the establishment of q
scrupulous Justice free to all. Tnen
will it be possible to mitigate and, in
time, to end the countless evils Of vice
and crime that come Of war and des,
potism. Then will people learn to pro.
vide for themselves the thousand bless.
ings moral and material, born OF peace
and freedom. Then will be solved the
ouly the only problems Of democracy
that req lire or admit of solution-the
simple but weie hty problems Of self
suDDort and self control
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08
TO THE BRIGHT BOY ON TaE
FARMING.

When you get up in the morning,
bring the COWS in from the pasture,
milk them and feed the calf by hand
and make it as fac a calf, whether it
be yours or your fathers, when it is
year old as the one that ran with the
COW, you are getting a great deal Of
practical knowledge that will be Of
benefit to you in after life whether you
think so just now or not. would like
to give you little theory with the
practice as you go along, not that it
will necessarily improve your practice
at present, but because it will lay the
foundation on which you can build a
broader agricultural education and
give more power to your right arm
than it would otherwise have. There
fore, want you to notice some things
as you go along. N 1sice which cow
gives the most milk. Is it the square,
blocky, short legged cow, 90 square
and bIccky that if y OH were to cut her
legs IF and her neck you could put her
in rectangular box of the right size
and she would FIJI it up pretty nearly
evenly all around9 Study the COWS Of
this type. am quite sure your father
has come Of them and he is very proud
of them too. Then notice the COW
whose brisket does not extend quite go
far in front, that is little thin along
the fore shoulders, but which broaden
out behind, and may possibly be lit-
tie cut in about the hams and whose
form is that of a wedge rather than
rectangular. II she were put in box
there would be some spare room in
front. How do you think these COWS
get that shape7 Is it because they had
strong milking tendencies and large
udders for two or three generations
and the enlargement of the udder grad
uslly widening them out behind and
giving them this VIZ dse shape, or we're
they born that way, or both. Notice
these wedge shaped COWS See how
the quantity of milk compares with
TIE quantity furnished by the blocks,
and the first time you are at the blocks,
and the fret time you are at the cream
cry take some OF the milk of each kind
after weighing the quantity from COWS
that have had CALVES about the same
time and ask ycur butter maker to run
them through the Babcock machine
and tell you which gives the richest
yield OF milk o., if you do not care to
do that, gaG a couple of crooks or clean
tin cans and set them separately ct
home under like conditions and see
which gives the most cream, and then
churn them separately some wet day
and see which furnishes the most but
ter. There ig something in this that
it will pay you to think about, and
talk over with your father Possibly
you had better talk it over with your
mother, for have suspicion that she
knows more about the COWS than your
father does.
Now / want you to try q little ex-
pertinent Of your own this winter il
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

An Alabama correspondent of Home
aad Farm thus speaks of the sudden
awakening of our people to the value
0, peas as a soil improver- The writer
has also taken several trips during the
past summer and in every part OF the
STATE he has found much land In peas.
The Alabama gentleman referred to
says:
If the past year had developed any
thing like an agricultural crez =, l think
Iran up with it during my recent trip
through North and South Carolina. IL
peas, peas, peas, every where there
lhave never in any country seen any
thing like it. AS I wrote IN q former
letter, the farmers in certain Darls OF
those States have j Ist Wak8d up TO the
Possibilities that are IN the long neg
Iecsed COW pea. During my summer
Tour travelled both by rail- and IN prl'
Vate cJnveyaacss, over DE- n or SO
cJantI-s; and wherever L went l not
Only saw the evidences of the craze"
Ou l heard pea" talk in every quar-
Ter among the farmers and business
men Interested in the subj5ct The
local papers of the country are also de-
Voting much space to the discussions
and to reports of different experiments.
Oae local editor, whom had known
merely as a literary man interested
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08
CLOVER WITH WINTER WHEAT
Lime as Compared With Potash.

Lime as Compared With Potash.
Eds Country Gentleman: Recent
discoveries in regard to the nutrition
of plants, especially in regard to the
source Of nitrogen, seem to call for
somewhat of a revision of the whole
matter. The principal part of the
plant food, at least as regards import
ance, being the nitrogen, any means by
which this element may be increased
in the soil has serious significance. In
the remark of Mr. Garwood on page
7O5 he enumerates only some of the
special foods needed by the clover
crop, strangely leaving out the lime,
OF which this plant takes from the soil
larger quantity for full crop than
of any other food. It has been insisted
that lime is not plant food. Ibelieve
science aud common experience both
go to show that it is such, and of the
greatest Importance. But do not at
this time desire to enter into any dis
cussion on this point, although it might
be said in passing that If it is not q
plant food on account Of it's common
existence in the soil, why, then, should
potash be said to be plant food, when
in many instances it is more abundant
in the soil than lime; and many plants
or part of them, as potato stems and
the leaves, have several times as much
lime in them as potash7 Farther
there is many times as much potash in
some soils as there is Of lime.
1t seems that the time has come
when there should be better under
standing Of the Importance of lime in
an effective condition in the soil, and
this chiefly on account of the fact that
it's presence has an important effect on
the atmospheric supply of nitrogen
through the increase OF the special
nitrogen germ. For it has been abun-
dainty proved that the growth of it
depends largely on the presence of
lime in the soil So that whatever way
we take it, lime is to be considered as
to it's effects not only on the wheat,
but on the clover following it in the
ordinary rotation.
As rule, the majority Of farmers
get the most value from the wheat in
the clover which follows it, and it is
proved by universal experience that if
we wish for good clover we must sup
ply this crop with lime. There is mere
potash in the average soil than there is
lime. The most abundant rocks are
we'll supplied with potash, while the
lime in the lime rocks is mostly inert
and unavailable as food for the crops.
So the use of lime seems to be indicated
quite as much as that of potash. But
if we depend on practice for this, we
must fully admit that the clover yield
can scarcely ever be satisfactory, un-
less lime is used before, or at the seed
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

I5 was last February that The PRO
GREssIvE FARMER propounded this
conundrum: why are promises
made to get pie like pie crusts {? and
ans Wered it thus: "B acause both are
made to be broken, in too many
cases only too true. Ole great reason
for this may be found in the fact that
duri0g campaign when pledges are be
ing made the voters read more than in
the interval between campaigns when
pledges are being either fulfilled or
broken. But, regardless of the party
which wins in to day 3 election, we pro
pose to keep that party's pledges be
fore the people and to tell without fear
or favor whether or not those ple1ges
are fulfilled In this issue we print
the State platforms OF the Populisr
and D.mocratic parties and all who are
who are elected on these platforms
vi please take notice that THE PRO
GREssIvE FARMER Is hore to guard the
peoples interest and will promptly re-
port and condemn any and all who
violate their pledges. We do not print
the Republican platform because it
fails TO speak cut on State issues, but
Republicans, too, will be carefully
watched by us and any failure to pro
tect the people against wrorg will be
Immediately reported.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

We think we may without violating
any of the rules of propriety, point
With pride to one peculiar feature OF
TEE PROGRESSIVE FARMER during the
recent campaign-a feature which
those of our subscribers who have read
any other political paper have doubt
less noticed. We refer to our earnest
Effort to discourage the use Of epithets,
profane sni indecent language as po-
Gtical "argument(D" In this line we
are willing to compare records with
any other paper in the State. And we
hope that we will not be accused OF
initiating the famous Pharisee when
we invite other publishers to join in
this eff lrt. A few have already done
60 Among the m 1st prominent D emo
cratic papers, we notice the Charlotte
Observer, which has rarely found use
for filthy words or epithets. There
nay be others, but among the leading
North Carolina dailies, it is the most
c2nspicuous example Of clean journal
ism,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

The gu5ernatorial fight in New York
batweeu Van Wyck and Roosevelt Is
attracting much attention. Roosevelt
i one Of the most popular heroes Of
the late war, is honest and an earnest
opponent of rings and cliques. This
latter fact makes him rather unpopular
with the monopolists OF Wall street.
Besides, they feel it their du5y to help
out Van Wyck because he was nomI-
mated by a Democratic convention
which repudiated silver and reform.
Tney realize that if Van Wyck is sue
cessful many other Democratic States
may follow the example of New York
azd declare for gold. Again Van Wyck
is, we believe, the choice Of Tammany.
Taking all these matters into consid
s-ation, we hope r 2osevelt will be
elected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

chiefly IN politics and books and papers,
surprised me by the information that
oven he, on his small farm, had an ex
perimental patch of thirty FIVE acres
IN peas. The ''craze" had struck him,
and he was compiled to get into the
great procession, and exhibit his talent
and sue cess as a farmer and progressive
planter.
10 all of which I heartily say
'AmenI'
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08
yDITORIAL NOTES,

Mr. Fl. Morgan, whose su6scrip
nm expired 21st October, '9S, aeks US
:, stop his paper for the present, but
fsils to give his postofh ,e. Subscrib-
.,swbo wish their paper stopped should
,.nembsr that returning paper will
mt enable US to discontinue it, for
rour name cannot be found on our
i,oks unless postc flee address is given.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

-, r.-l stazdS1Bg y90tU JsIst Oehstld the
.,,irit,. and in ftgH gLOtg OF the cOfsf9sg
&c Bshif5d me ere the shGdO1Ug OT
~ f-q,g. before ne lies the dGTS Udttet'
~ the rtrsY. When nIiEgle tCGtb tGs
80 ,rTfers I 4Udfst 20 cast one ItT9e~-
~ i2og upon O country ichOse govern
=. mi is o1 the people, for she people,
81 bI the people, IL. l. Polk, july
IA Igel
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

The Progress
.se Farmer is =
ssod paper--hr
8s,ge the aver
.gs--Gnd possibly
,Ss best advertis-
s.g medium in N.
~ PriuterS' Ink.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

Has the largest
circulation Of any
family agriCultu-
raj or political
paper published
between K &c b.
mond and Atlantis
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-11-08

CONTINUED ON PAGE 8. ]
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-08-18
AQriCuiturt.
A nrsrrr roI Iur c.rn.or worn

A eorrt,rondsbi 10 the Philsaelpbis
Record ssy,: Il there any preventive o.
remedy for The esbhsgs sotmi Yes; both
. preventive spd . remedy. vish te ssy
thai isrnsj lot mauy yesr aud tried
many plsns 70 Distract the rsrsses OF the
cabbage vorm. % called. or the cabbage
caterpillar. found wcst pickle. made
OF rook salt ssli. vith little pepper red
or black sdasj. 10 be meet sat clusl.
both sss preventive aud ~ . remedy.
Table salt will not do; u has been often
tried. csnnot cay l have made 90 eIse,
iormu but sbont pint add ball 10 .
common pail Of vster have found both
preveuiiye and remedy. The hind Of
ssll 1 generally used vs the sor. used BY
packers 10 psctips pork. mao csn
spriukls iso ross OF cabbage With 9 small
whisk Is he wslks along between them, ]
never save more than two spplicstions Of
this remedy. AMI II . farmer has to give
three be gill 20, srudss bis labor to have
nice clean osbbases, The Injury done
last yesr by them sss very serious Com
lHou water runs ca csblsse. but this
pickle sticks. every drop and particle.
where II fall; spd the butter hies turn
away from il ~ II they knew by instinct
that II does not suit them 81 place TO de
posi-, their eggs for the developm sDt Of
their offspring But admire Jour so
s~er 10 J. b., thai il 10 better. alter all. to-
kill sod destroy the butts,H the parent
OF the caterpillar. than trying 10 get rid
OF ito progeny. But how is this to be
donei Not 10 sending boys after them
with scoop nst TO catch them sinsly.
Why not irst sttrso, them all into one
place and then dispose OF thtm by the
WHOLESALER II 10 too late 10 the season
now for this. but would sdvise any
farmer who intends planting csbbsges
next year TO save some csbb,ees next year
TO save some turDips and plant them 10 .
short rov in OF near the field where be
intends to plant his csbbsges He must
wstch and mind the time Of planting. snd
when these are 10 blossom every butterfly
within . circle OF mile around will come
and light on these turnip blossoms. Az
the season advances be will fnd them
there by the hundred, or the thousand,
collecting together 10 one place. Then it
will no. require mi cb Of genius TO and
means to destroy them. He can poison
them, or shoot them, or whip . net over
them. or destroy them by some other
means. for he has them oil together and
may thus destroy the parents Of the cab
bsgs caterpillar.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-08-18
CoBohING BUTTER,

Ia this fight sgsinst the sale OF imiss
ton butter We are everywhere met with
the assertion. I'VE have ~ good . right
10 color our oleomsrserins % you have TO
color your BUTTER We do not oonosde
this, absolutely. They 90 or 1t to repre-
sent something else entirely different.
We color TO make 1t look like the best Of
its kind, or the most popular OF it's kind.
There IL deception IN both oAses. II is
not right to O. lor butter. 1t 10 not only
wrong. but il prevents progress 10 dairy
methods and practice. Az long sss but
ter maker can produce popular color with
ont effort. be will take no pains or 60 10 no
expense to produce it otherwise. II the
color law applied to butter Is we'll % cleo,
the opposition would be deprived Of it's
main argument in Influencing the Judge
or Jury. II bu,t has the favor. texture,
sroms and other quslitier, its color 10 OF
minor importance, and the public would
5000 learn TO discriminate without regard
to color. II oleo IL not colored it cannot
be sold - butter The color law is our
only reliance sgsinst fraud. and that law
should be strengthened by every means
possible.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-08-18

,,v the lion II disease MANY an attack -
aangefo,is illness would b. headed % " ~
,hg ntn prcmonitery symptoms the victim
would strike quickly
Those severe coughs. bronchial affections
aud wasting diseases which mctge into
consumption would never get Their savage
tech into the constitution II Their eAfly
sieas wrtr headed OF by Df rietcss Cold
Ell Medical Discovery u provides such an
abundance 81 rich uontishing blood that
Tuberculosis germs have 10 chance to set
any lodgmrul in ihr lungs II clears the
skin and purges al tAe impuIiues HutA
every otgan Il iuvigofaics the liver 10
eNprl an bilious pois,SS nom the circula.
ton. II creates healthy tissue, Vitalued
nerve fiber and gives solid strength
- have thought Tot hong time writes Mrs
Euse Petty ~ l.aekyile Chatham CO, n &.
ira, / would nra DO ypu justice II dih npl
wfitr and tel you how Was cured ~ that dread
hi disease caed consumption, by using pr.
pterctl t.oidcu Medical Discovery l had meas.
les aud nne,impuia lslth al the same time, aud
came neat diving aud - soan as ! ans able 70 40
Out ! was taken with gtip. and then followed
consumption My physician did AL be could tot
my relief hut / received none | tired every
thing that could hear Of that wAs COED iaf a
cmirh but grew worse aud would have died soon
had not commenced using the Golden Med.
cal Discovery ! felt improved hciutc the hii
bottle WAS finished tuol sin bottles aud Aftr
that felt better aud stronger than ~ ten wears
before That was siN years ago aud today do
not feel amy symptoms Of return q The disease,
/ remain cured ard ihink am the cause q a
friend being cured hy using the same medteihc.
lie was afflicted as was and AFTER every thing
failed 10 eutt him he took Dt ricfcc's Golden
Medical Discovery aud was cured,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-08-18
fURE WATER PoR SHEEP

Generally, clear runnin water is the
best for the hock, fer the complete expos
ure OF II to the air tends to the decomposi
ton and tho nentrslzing OF the suspend
ed organic mstter init, There is Dsthing
the matter with the water OF . olesr, twift
~ flowing brook 10 which speckled front
will live.
The water drink lie ,bsorded directly
into the blood. OF course 1t cannot help
but take into the blood with it ell the i'm
purities that are dissolved In it, and macy
OF those not dissolve but suspended 10 il
on account OF their exceedingly small
bulk. Consequently tbs wstor must be
pure or 1t becomes source OF Injection
. d prod uces disease.
Water from Sandstone or sl.ie rock IL
generally pure and may be nsed With safe
~. Where salt marsh exit, or some
natural salt liot, used by deer and buffalo
when these snimsls covered the plains,
there the water is not only good for drink.
but hes On excellent sa.ol otherwise In
preserving the general health Of tho aook.
II food 10 that which supports the life
OF % snimM aud increases growth and
weight, then water must be food, aud its
condition il 10 be thought Of precisely ss
We think Of the solid food. We think
very much Of the qnslity OF the solid
food. bat most anything is drink which
il water. vhstsver its condition may be.
This IL . mistake which should be correct
cd st onoe.
II 10 also true that wster msy be equsl
ly injurious. Wsisr from limestone, 90
psoislly IL ussnesis - mixed With IL. pro
duces various roubIesoms diseases. one OF
which 10 exceedingly common. This Is
that swelling Of the glands OF the shrost
which 10 known - goitre. The soft. bag
~ swelling msy be doe to other causes IS
veil, bat it IL quite often due 10 water
containing too much lime and IN ,guesis
Az the water Of such great im portsnce
Il will pay 10 90 TO some trouble TO purity
i il there 10 say qae..iou Of lite character.
10 eIpose water 10 The cir hsss purifying
Effect on IL II there 10 90 excess OF slksli
10 IL this IL neuirslix ID Aod iss ifIurious
Effects otherwise ere avoided. 30 when
The water is charged with orgsnic matter
Is may be filtered through sand 10 any
way. and will thus be male
,sis Tor use.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-08-18

A slonehy dnser soon has 9 team OF
sloachy Ways sod bad habits. A dealer
that bays horse from sucb mao dis
coau.s bis price heavily became be Knows
il will take deal Of handling TO bring the
horse into marketable shape.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-02-15
A Smart Actor.

A German dramatic author tells a
good story of an improvised mono
logue to which he had to listen on
the occasion of the first production
of a new comedy. The hero had fin
ished a tolerably long speech, and
at that precise moment medical
man ought to have emerged from
the wings, but he did not emerge.
"Ah, here comes the doctorp be-
gan the hero afresh, in order to fill
up the time, and he stared anxious
ly in the direction of the prompt"
side of the stage.
"But how slowly he walksi One
would imagine that there was no
need for hurry. Now he has posi-
lively stopped to talk to ladyi
What can he have to say to heri At
last he is once more on his way.
No-now he has stopped to talk to
a man. Why, the doctor knows
everybody Here he comes again.
Thank heavenp'
AT that moment the doctor enter
ed, but from the opposite side.
For an instant the hero was taken
a little aback, but with admirable
GOODNESS he recovered himself, and
as he greeted the visitor he ex-
claimed:
"How did you get round the cor
ner 80 quickly, doctora 9"-Nuggets.