The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-03-08


And kept In hssh till April's past;
Let oil their feed bs rich and sweet,
Made up OF things they like 10 eat.
Farmer Nubbins (shouting across the
garden fence to his next door neighbof)
Hay, there! What are you burying
in that hoIei
Neighbor-Oh, I'm just replanting
some of my garden seeds.
Nubbina-6arden seeds, ebl Looks
to me mighty like one of my hens.
Neighbor-That's all right. The seeds
are inside.-Pick Me Up.
When overcome by bodily fatigue or
exhausted by brain labor, no stimulans.
so called, serves 90 we'll the purpose OF
refreshment and rest, both bodily and
mentally, &c milk. When heated as
hos as one can readily take it, ID may
be slipped slowly from a tumbler, and
as it is easily directed, one feels very
soon its beneficial effects Few persons
reali8s the stimulating qualities of this
simple beverage. Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
How dear TO our hearts 10 the old
elIoW pumpkin, when orchards are
barren of Bsufing for pies; when
peaches and apples have both been
failure, and berries Of no kind have
greeted our eyes. How proudly we
turn to the fruit of the cornAeld-the
fruit that our children are taught 70
deepise-the old yellow pumpkin, the
mud covered pumpkin, the big bellied
pumpkin, that makes such good pies.
Exchange.
Jay Gould bequeathed his son George
S. 600 600, WA: :ch, according to the
laws of New York, would be liable to
an inheritance tax. But it was lately
decided that the sum named was not
subject to the tax, that it was not q
bequest, but the payment of debt that
the fasher owed his son for services
Georges services must have been valu
able. It would take G. farmer making
81, 600 @ year one thousand years TO
earn as much.-Farm, Stock, and
Home.
Something new in agriculture is a
vine that grows potatoes on one end,
and tomatoes on the other. This re
Gult has been obtained by the simple
PROCESS OF grating tomato vines on
potato stalks, just above the ground.
Is is claimed that tomatoes thus grated
do better than those that grow on their
own roots, while the potato under
ground is not disturbed. This new
scheme will prove a. great thing for
those whose garden space is limited
Wilmington Messenger.
Humorous papers, says the Worth
ington (ainn.) Advance, may continue
to poke fun Gt the agriculEurist, and
''city" men may persist in laughing at
''brother hayseSd, " a. they condeeend
ingly term him; but is still remains an
uncontrovertsd fact that the farmer 10
the only really independent man In
this world. He 10 practically the king
among m0n, Ra he rules over his mod
est domain from the tilling of whose
fertile soil-the only true source OF
material wsalth-h0 reaps health,
wealth and happiness.
leaving pals, or cans Of milk, stand
iug uncovered In q stable is taking
risks Of making il impure. But firmly
believe that while milk has q teMpGra
ture above that of the surrounding at
mosphere I'm which il stands, there 10
little danger from stable odors; yet
when it sinks TO the temperature of the
room il will absorb ell the odors that
surround it. There il no safer way TO
keep milk pure than by submerging IL
In clean, cold wafer, using the Cooley
style Of cans for this purpose. On our
farm this plan was followed with en-
colIOnt success until the farm separator
displaced it.-Farm, Stock, and Home.
There has been no inducement lately
to plant corn two years two years in
succession, as it has not paid better
than other crops. It is not good plan
notbecause the corn is exhaustive, but
because successive growing OF this