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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04
HOW CAPT. SELF CURES PEA
VINES SOUND AND BRIGHT
WITHOUT LOSING LEAVES

The value Of peavine hay is recog
nized everywhere, but the difficulty
heretofore encountered in curing it has
somewhat limited the production.
One OF the finest farmers in the State
is Capt. R Self, of this county, who
has demonstrated the fact that peavine
hay can be harvested and cured with
less trouble than any other. His sue
cess In curing it has become known and
he is constantly in receipt of Inquiries
as to his method. For the benefit of
his brother farmers Capt Self on Mon
day kindly gave The Journal mis- expe
riences in curing peavine hey.
Two years ego he tried the method
as an experiment.. He moved the vines
in the morning and let them lie until
the afternoon OF the next day, when. if
no rain had fallen, he raked the hay
into cocks. The next morning as soon
as the dew had dried off, he hauled the
cocks to his barn lot and packed the
vines into rail pens ten feet square,
having heavy man to tramp them in,
putting seven two horse loads to per. t.
On the third morning after the vines
had been packed into the pens, smoke
was seen issuing from every crevice,
and the vines were found so hot one
could scarcely bear his hand on them.
The smoke, or steam, continued to
issue from the pens until the fifth
morning after they were packed, then
it ceased altogether.
Capt Self naturally concluded that
his experiment was a failure. But
when he opened the per s in the winter
he found the hay beautifully cured. 1t
was nice, bright, sweet and absolutely
free from mustiness and not a leaf fell
from the vine.
Last year be used the same method
with the same result.
Capt Self says the vines ehould be so
tightly packed around the edges as to
exclude the air and the vines should be
weighted down and the pens well GOV.
cred. His plan is to lay rails across
the top Of the pen and top this eff with
straw.
The crop of peas this year is the
largest ever known in this section and
we hope our readers will be bent fted
by Capt. Self's experience.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04
AGRICULTURF.
ALIVE HUsTLING ALLIANCE.
Let Members of Other Subs. Pattern After
Justice Sub

Justice Sub
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
JUSTICE, n. Q.
have been requested by the breth
rem of my Alliance to write short
sketch of Justice Alliance, No. 063
of which am q member. This Ali
ence was organized the 10Th of August,
1883, and has been in working condi,
tion ever since that time. We helped
to down the jute bagging trust; helped
to make up the Agency fund, and we
helped to build the shoe factory, and
now our brethren are wearing shoes
made by that factory. We are well
pleased with quality and prices of the
shoes.
We have had the same troubles to
contend with that caused so many Of
T, our Alliances to go down, but we have
members in our Alliance who do not
think that farmer must be Populist
to qualify him for mbership into the
Order. We are farmers and farm
Iaborers, and we make our agricultural
interest paramount to all others. We
have a query for discussion at each
meeting. The query for our last meet
ing was: (Which is best, deep or shall
low seeding for wheat7' The query
for our next meeting is: "How much
land should be cultivated to the horsei"
We have for this year premium up
for the person making the mos corn
on one acre of land. We have ten con-
testants and each one Of them con
tributes one bushel of corn to the per
son getting the largest amount per
acre. and each contestant is also re-
ouired to keep notes Of how he ma
nured, planted, and cultivated the
same. then the notes to be given to the
Secretary to be read out to the ALI
ance.
Another feature of our work has
been that of charity. We have done
a great deal of charitable work among
our members, Altogether our Ali
ance is in fine trim. A majority OF the
members are enthused with the ALI
ance work. We have had several ed-
ditions recently with others on file to
come in.
Great SUCCESS to you and The Pro
GREssIvE FARMER.
Fraternally,
w. II. STALLINGs, SeC'y.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04
THE AMERICAN COFFEE BERRY.

1 have tried the coffee made from
the roasted soy Tor SID bean of the
variety recently advertised as "Ameri-
can coffae berry," says T. Grenier, in
Farm and Fireside. do not object to
the favor and, although used to be
very fond of the genuine coffee and
always knew the difference between
good and poor coffee, atpresent would
rather use the substitute than the real
article, for the reason that l always
sooner or later feel the i'll effects of the
real &C flee when I use this at all freely,
while the coffee made from the coy
bean cannot possibly do any harm to
the user, and must be stimulating just
the same because it contains true
nourishment. The use of strong teas
and coffees is a confirmed habit with
most people, and a bad one at that, and
perhaps no less serious in it's results
than indulgence in spiritUous liquors
and in the use of tobacco. OF course,
we must drink. What is needed In q
hot drink is water with some pleasing
flavor. Properly made soy bean OF fee,
with plenty Of sugar, has the appear
ance and something of the flavor of the
real coffee, and ia quite pleasing to my
taste. If can prevail On my kitchen
managers, propose to have it on my
table right along, in place Of the real
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04
HORTICULTURE
VEGETABLES AS MEDICINE.

While nearly all vegetables are more
or less heRlthful some of them possess
special remedial properties, and if we
would take our medicine in this form
instead of harsh drugs, it would be bet
ter for cur stomach and our pocket
book.
Asparagus and carrots act directly
upon the kidneys, stimulating them to
action.
Tomatoes contain an acid that makes
them of great value in liver troubles,
and people with torpid ivers should
eat them freely.
Spinach and beets contain iron,
spinach especially in large quantities,
and they enrich the blood.
Sweet corn is a good blood purifier,
cleansing it from bad humors, and has
b3en recommended fer cancerous ffac-
tions.
Celery is Of great value in nervous
diseases as it quiets and strengthens
the nerves.
Onions are good as an all round rem
edy. and one of the most wholesome
vegetables OK e can eat.
Rhubarb is coed for the blood, AMI
being an aperient is just what we need
in the spring to cool and clease the
system. .-Ex.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04
No. 50

suit the boy is not allowed to work
with his father, but is kept at school
all the time. He soon comes to look
with disdain on his fathers profession;
his father and he have nothing ia COM
mon and they gradually drift apart.
Now these men were without educa.
tion. We ere gradually building up
an educated class of men who see the
advantage Of having their sons pursue
the right kind of studies ard who make
them take an interest in the farm by
giving them some part of it to take
care OF. Give the boy q couple Of
sheep and watch them increase to a
we'll bred flock. Although it might be
easier to give this boy the money out
right which he may get from the sale
of his sheep, yet you can never give
him the education he has thus derived
by the expenditure of any amount of
money.
&C. I desire to cay in conclusion that
hundreds Of cur hest young men are
going back to the farm. This means
that those already on the farm must
get up with the times or else get out.
And for this young man on the farm,
educated and we'll trained, we may
confidently look forward to q bright
future, one which will reflect credit
upon himself and in which he may be
called to play an important part-A.
D. Shamel, in Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04
BEAUTIFYING COUNTRY HOME s

In a recent issue the North Ameri
can Horticulturist says:
We are all more or less Influenced
by environments, and the more pleas
ant the surroundings the more sweet
and altogether lovely will be the every
day actions of the average mortal. OF
all the places that should be made
beautiful there is none more import
ant than the country home. We speak
more especially here of the out door
arrangement Of the home place. There
are many various ideas brought out
from time to time as to how best to
adorn the farmers home, and there
are, perhaps, not two people who would
favor exactly the same arrangement
But there are some general ideas which
all may we'll follow, and among them
we believe the following are well suited
to nearly all:
The lawn Of course requires the great,
est amount OF attention so far as orna
mentation of the home is concerned.
Don't plant many large growing trees
on your lawn, unless it's extent will ad
NIT them; and let what you do plant
be of the most rare and best; try to
anticipate the taste Of a generation
that will be fifty years in advance Of
the present; and don't plant in rows,
group, as per grand old nature, with
here and there a beautiful specimen,
each with a history; say, wife and I
planted these on our twentieth we'd
ding day, and Jack, now far away,
planted this when he was little boy,
and Lille, now in heaven, planted this,
and so on through a now separated
family, living links in the chain of
love that bind all fast together. Let
your evergreens form a background,
or mask, or prominent and striking
specimens, for harmony or contrast of
form, foliage or color. Arrange your
towering shrubbery for the best effects
Of position and bloom in their several
seasons. Plant largely of perennials
for seasonRbIe aud lasting bloom. Don't
attempt flower beds Of difficult figures;
nor yet the exaggeriDg and oddities of
certain types Of foliage beds or pat
terms. Bulbs and plenty OF annua.s in
their seasons will be satisfactory. Flll
every nook and corner with climbers,
or sun or shade loving Towering or
foliage plants, to hide and screen other
wise unsightly places, and by so doing
turn them into bowers of beauty. Let
the drives and walks be only such as
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04
POTATOES GROWN IN RIDGES

1t is from force of example and habit
rather than from closely studying the
subject that the great me- ority of
farmers plant potatoes in hills. Wher
ever the crop is largely grown for mar
ket, putting the potatoes in drills and
ridging the soil over them is found to
be more economical way, aud also to
produce the largest crop. The advan-
tage Of the hill method is that it enables
the farmer to cultivate the rows both
ways. But il he uses his opportunities
to ridge the potatoes when covering
them, and afterward harrows down
the ridges, all the good effect of the
Cross cultivation will be secured and
more cheaply. The potato crop will be
larger, and il care ia taken not to put
in too much seed, there will be q larger
proportion of potatoes of marketable
sjz9.
Most Of the new varieties of potatoes
bunch themselves in the hill, and with
most of them there is too much vacant
space between hills three feet apart
each way, which is the usual distance
for potatoes in hills. At distance of
Is to IS inches in the rows, there will
be continuous mat of potatoes, while
If the rows are two feet ten inches
apart the potato tops will very nearly
meet between them. With a potato
coverer, drawing the earth from be-
tween the rows to the potatoes, one cul,
tivation should be made after the pota-
toes are up. This should within "a
hours be narrowed down, going across
the rows with a heavy drag. which
will leave the ground nearly level
again, and will greatly increase the
vigor of the potatoes. This cover and
narrowing must only be done when the
soil is dry. If rains come so that the
soil would stick to the potato leaves, it
is best to do without this second cover
ing.
By keeping the cultivator at work all
the time and running close to the pota
toes while the plants are small, weeds
can be kept down among drilled pota
toes as we'll as they usually are when
the potatoes are in hills, There will be
some weeds come up among the pota-
toes in either case. We have always
found some hand work needed to re
move these in either case. But it
should ba done while the plants are
small, and torem5ve those that escaped
being covered by the soil thrown up
by the cuItivator among the potatoes
IN the rows.
Not more than two good eyes should
be put ia a place when potatoes are
planted in drills. If we could be en-
tirely sure OF the seed one eye in place
will produce as good a crop as any,
with very few small potatoes. In
hills where the whole potato is often
planted the proportion OF small pote-
toes in the crop is too large to make the
crop profitable.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04
The STRAWBERRY INDUSTRY.

We learn that the immenge crop of
265, ,615 crates of Strawberries was mar
keted this year by members Of the
Eastern Carolina Truck and Fruit
Growers Association. The average
net return was about eight cents
quart, the net result being S679. 974.
Mr.. Fl. 7. Bauman, the shipping master
Of the association, in making his report
of these facts, said:
This season business has demon
strated beyond the shadow of doubt
that we have a colossal industry to
ICoNTINUED ON PAqE87
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04

II Ins standing TSOTC Just Oest1Id the
.grtrin, and ir ftll gLOtC Of the coming
,Wnset. Behind me are the sI1GdO1Cs on
iae traoB, before me Iies the dGTb UGLley
md the rSUeT. When DIiGgLe tcfth tts
Enrk ,raters I IUnTat to cast one LiggeT-
jg0 Eook upon country IUhose gOUer4I-
seYst is Of the people, for the people,
md 6g the people, "-L. Z. Polk, July
sth, 1890.
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CONTINUED ON PAGE 81
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04

Has the largest
circulation Of any
family agricultuo
raj or political
paper published
between Ric b.
mond and Atlanta
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-10-04

'sThe Progress
slwR Farmer In R
good papeF---hr
above the aver
agG-Rnd possibly
the best advertiS-
ing medium in NJ.
c." Printers Ink.
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W@M]ANI' S E(DNG|D@N0 ~


ment. Their customs are very diferen'
from yankees" as they call us. They are
mostly members of the Lutheran chuich
and every one is expected to attend meeting
on Sunday. Services are held early IN the
morning and the members are home before
noon. The rest of the day they feei trec to
enjoy themselves according to Old country
ideas. They have Sunday picnicS, danchs
weddings and ball games. | never go ana
do not know how they are conducted, lut IT
Is claimed great deal of beer Is d'ank
Their houSework and cooking is carried on
much different from ours. Every hCuSe-
keeper has a brick oven built out of doors,
In which she balles the bread, summer ami
winter; of course 1t is yeast bread and
weeks supply is usually baked at once.
The women all work out Of doors ana they
do not get regular meals as we do, but
when they are hurried they set the coffee
pot on and each has cup nnd possibly
knife and they drink the coffee and eat
slice of bread with any sOrt Of rel 81
they happen to have. In the summers
they have lunch in the forenoon. and af-
tcrnoon which makes the same five
meals a day. but the German women can
cook nicely for any special occasion. They
all have fine houses, but they live main
ly in the kitchen, though their parlOrS and
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CUBAN COOKING.
From The New York Sun.

From The New York Sun.
So much has been said about the StarN"-
tion of tho reconcentradoS and the munger
of the Cuban army that the name OF tupa
IS not apt to awaken in the American
mind epicurean visions of dainty dlSheS
If should be otherwise. What Is really
incomprehensible to people who nave hVe"
in Cube Notwithstanding the only TOO
stern reality, is that death from stafFa-
ton should be possible in a country SO
richly endowed by nature.
The Cubans in normal times live We'll
perhaps too well; they are gourmetS' anu
as a people, are laVishly eXtravaSant on
their table The inner man is catered 10
in preference to the outer. 1t seems al
most as if the tropical sun created craV-
ing for food with which to balance the
losses occasiOned by the extreme heat.
Meals are served as they are in Europe,
on the continent-that is. coffee or choco-
late and rolls in the morning, substantial
breakfast at noon, and dinner in the even
ing. AS the afternoons are long and hot,
some cooling drink is generally taken at
about O'Clock.
The ciIicf defect of the Cuban diet Is an
excessive consumption of meat and rich
sauces; but this fault, like most others,
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AS HIS MOTHER USED TO DO

He criticized her puddings and he fourd
fault with her cake:
He wished she'd make such biscuits as his
mother used to make;
She didn't wash the dishes and she didn't
make a stew,
Nor even mend his stockings. as his mother
used to do.
His ro,her had six children, but by night
her work was done:
His wife seemed dcudging always, yet she
only had the one.
Ills mother always was well dressed, his
wife would be so. too.
If only she would manage as his mother
used to do.
All. well! She was not perfect, though she
tried to do her pest
Until at length she thought her time had
come to have a rest;
So when one day he went the same old
rigmarole all through,
She turned and boxed his ears, just as his:
mother used to do.
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weakness Of thinking most of Womans
Kingdom. Our edtress says in number
mentioned that few of our readers roa iZe
what days rest means to tired news
paper woman" | fully understand Wbat
1t means from the chair of an editress to
washing of the towel used in the type room
and for my part would prefer much more
to cater to the literary appetite than to the
natural Now such days as Aunt Suse
mentions spending with Annie Dennis are
things to be remembered. It is delightful
to any one to shut up in IL "den" or in
tha whirl of some great city, TO spend
day, or even week or two, at some qulet
country home. The very stiffness IS rest
and yet if the same person should SpenG
four or five years in some country homo
| think the romance Of the noise from Inc
bamyard," Singing Of bircs," irdSrance
of flowers would soon become irksome.
All of these things are well enough to those
who love them and know nothing else, but
I'll take the city in mine, II you please.
tell you Grummels was not far wrong IN her
complaint. Outings, nice sweet. clean
are all nice, but some Grummel9 IS behind
IT all or it never would nave been so per-
feet and enjoyable. If Agnes. from Waco.
Tex. will just visit me for 'eW months
she can experience all ,nose OLD time en-
country 'r.y school, "pIaytime," 'protracte0 .
mcetin'" with shouting,, and dinner,
.taffv pulls" "WorkingS," " wool pickinSs'
are the fashion in this community. Agnes
need not bother Bill Arp to brush UP his
memory of fifty or 100 years ago. Just come
and visit us here. | remember the nrS'
wool picking / was invited to after we
moved here. / had not the faintcst idea
what they were going to do. | "ld no.
know whether TO dress up or wear Work
day clothes. When The good man # the
house came in to dinner / asked him what
he supposed we would do. lie said it vas
his opinion that the two OF three sheep mac
died and we were going to pick the Wo"
from them, and while | as not so sure th'tl
that was what we were invited for. fouhc
the room full OF ladies picking nice c4t a,
wool to pieces and removing coarse dirt,
looked very wise ana went to work. saying
nothing of my ignorance.
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REPRESENTATIVE WOMEN
AT OMAHA EXPOSITION

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A'Pt '''e peS' i'' ,I' ''S', loi ~, 10
"' i"G women CLUBS ''"'E' 49,
''''S1InE ie"t"'e ~ ''i "a
The rational council of women of the
United States holds its annual executive
session in Omaha beginning october N'h'
lasting six days. This is the largest Or
EanlZaiion OF women IN the Clli'c" 'olt'e7
~ federation of many ORGANIZATIONS OF
women. each OF which Is deNol'd 10 some
line OF work on behah oI 'hafliS' Feioi H.
eHUcau"h or feHRloi' l ne ~ l'9'"o'i'' ~
May Wright S"W''il OF iho'"h"'o'IS' AI'''
IS Il woman Oh h'tloh"l rep" ','o ,'','
en- alNaNS success" III III an i'e' u'',,'
''IhilIS' 1ieA H"lc l'i ''''i -, o9P
secretary Sp'oH"'" "p!""" III 4N'7' ''''''0
Iafhum OF N"Flah, N4rh. 49,
Their programme mas pee" prepare" wv"
much care anu pI'S''i'9 d" FaIi.'S ~ i''N
eStinS subjects, addresses VIII De lh'luo Oh
"Tho Relation of industrial h"uc"loh 10
Charity "The business Women OF uhe
Present. 'the SocloI"s cal Catl i'1,a VI
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interesting letters. Southern people must
be very warm hearted to take 50 hiuch ho-
tice of strangers.
We have greatly enjoyed our experience
of tie south. LUCY IA1 Lol'.
'ruXcola Mich
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and makes pretty flower pots for the win
ter, mixed with n few eVergrcens. All who
get seed now will dave plenty for next
winter.
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Constitution High Arm Machines Either the Drop Head Cab-
net for $780, or the Regular Box Top
Machine for $1,000.
This DfOD H00d Sabine

Th6 Drop Head 60DD6t so9 %ssa@s ad "@" oo' o" @
ing machines The working part of the machine that usually stands
above the table hinged and upon being raised close the machine
disappears large drop Leaf shuts over and makes beau
fu general the home This machine furnished IN OAK
wood work onl with Constitution for only $1,000
Ordinarily price between the dop-hcad
and the top machine but make difference of only $500 giving
the purchaser advantage bargain with the factory.
The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-10

Hillside Place Stafford, MOI fully in
tended writing Immediately after the we * y
dated August 29th but have neglected /
think that one paper worth the price of a
wear. / like The Constitution better ard
better but have to acknowledge to the
The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-10

Mrs. T.. M. Crumpton. TriCkem, Ma.-I
promised last spring to send all the sis
terS a few of my German coffee berry
seed. | got so many letters last spring my
supply gave out before ! had sent seed
to all. Now. if all who still want the seed
will write TO me | will gladly mail
them a few. It makes good coffee and [
want the sisters to get a start of it. We
raised lot this year. First come, first
served
The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-10

Mrs. H. C. r., Matthews, N. CT bcgan
reading The Constitution when a cai1d: I
then found delight in reading the chillrens
letters. ana though it has been somc years
since, / have been more Interested IN Wo-
mans Kingdom. yet l always have a desire
to look over The Constitution junior
incIosc 10 cents for hospital fund. WEI say
to the sisters that are 30 anxious to get rid
Of ants if they will try my mothers lem ,Y
| think they will find it Il good one. She
always took powdered boraX ana sprDkie'l
where the ants were wont to go. They VIII
ne Ntr cross over
The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-10

Mrs. William Johnson. Mellon Valley
Ala.-Many are the events that have oc-
CURED since | last wrote to The Constl-
tuition. some of which are pleasant, others
too sad to relate. At the time of my
first writing ! was but a mere child; my
life then might be compared to a tiny
brook that glides gently along in its peb-
hled bed ever undisturbed, but as it flowed
along into larger streams it often hao
minor troubles connected with it until at
last it reached the mighty ocean, whose
broad expanse reflected an image OF al
most perfect bliss. But an. too soon a
storm arose ana troubled its entire sur
face. So with my life. As | was nearing
maturity vast ocean of knowledge was
spread out before me, and h,a within .trr,., remce
Of my grasp. But alas! the terrible storms
arose and caused an uphcaNal ol my
dneIv-carvcd air castles Though. con
tcntmcnt is better than great gam there
fore If God willoth I must be submissive
Thanks to the sisters for their many val
uabla recipes.