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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
LIVE o

After clover and grass start up well
so. as to afford plenty OF good pasturage
is one Of the very best seasons for fat
tening hogs at a low cost.
Pigs that have been kept I'm q good,
thrifty condition during the winter are
usually sufficiently matured by the
time reasonably warm settled weather
sets in, and with good clover or grass
pasturage, good slop, and sound corn,
may be fattened very rapidly and at a
low cost.
All things considered, it pays to al
low even fattening pigs the run of q
good pasture. and especially a clover
pasture, until ready for market. Bet
ter results at a less cost can also be
secured if, in addition to plenty of
good, sound corn and water daily, they
are given a good feed slop. Il supplies
a variety and the hogs will makes bet
ter gain than when fed on cor alone.
A good plan of feeding is to give q
good feed of good slop made with mill
feed and milk and then feed the corn.
In finishing the fattenlng it is best to
commence gradually increasing the
ration Of corn at each meal until they
are given all that they will eat up
clean at each meal. Feed on a tight
floor in order TO save waste and be
sure to keep the floor clean.
Another coed plan of feeding. when
1t can be done regularly, is to give
them ell the corn they will eat morn
ing and night and give all the slop they
will eat at noon. The best Stop ia ship
stuff with milk. But bran and oil meal
with milk or grouad oats with milk
makes a good slop for growing or fat
Uening hogs. Always furnish them a
dry place to sleep in and plenty of
pure, fresh water to drink dalty.-N.
J. Sht pherd.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
THR PLoW TEAM.

In working farm teams, either for
blowing, cultivation OF the land, or
hauling heavy loads, there are at least
two prime re quisites demanded for in
suriDg satisfaction TO the driver and
the greatest amount Of eas and com
fort TO the horse, says the Indiana
Farmer. FIRST. they should be evenly
matched al to SIZE, speed and spirit;
and in the second place the harness
aud VII FL ,Erees must be SO balanced
and &C 1sUed TO the load that an VI
pull Will bear equally upon the weight
TO be drawn. The average plowman is
liable to overlook the Importance of
this Equal adjustment system, and IL
ia not uncommon 10 see the end of the
doubletree to which the furrow horse
lis hItched, several inches, often q foot,
lower than the other as the TEEN pulls
the pillow along; this not only adds
labor and friction, but it throws the
running of the pillow out of balance,
making it harder for the ploWman and
WPOssAO16 4OE Gu0 DcSG CIH@S VI "oEA "
be performed. The wb fl trees, or as
they are known to some, the double
trees, should be level when the pull is
on and not cooked up at one end, a
twist, as is too often the case. IL can
be obviated by a proper adjustment of
the harness and by using the larger
horse, il there is a difference In slze, in
the furrow; the lowerIng or raising of
the traces at the brooches and back
baKd as the occasion RI requires will do it
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
ABOUT THINNING,

The q-1estion OF thinning fruit ia an
all important one and yet there are
many people who pretend to be prac
teal fruit growers who look upon it as
an actual waste and a course which
should not be followed. The Wiscon
sin Farmer speaks Of one of this class
as follows:
A correspondent once wrote US ask
ing what was the best way to prop
trees to keep them from breaking
down. We told him that trees should
not be propped at all; that when limbs
show signs Of breaking down it indi
Gated that they had not been thinned
as they should have been, and that the
thing to do was to take eff apples
enough to relieve the trees 90 thew
would be in no danger Of breaking
down. The next time we met that
man he wouldn'5 speak, and we heard
that he said we didn't know anything
or we wouldn't advise the sacrifice of
q good crop as we had done in his case.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
PROVERBS BY SOLOMON AND
ANOTHER FELLOW.

/. ST have been young and now lam
old, yet have / never sean" q lazy
farmer prosper o @ careless farmer
grow rich.
q "All the ways OF a man are right
i'm his own eyes" but the Lord glveth
the crop to him who WorkeGh iT we'll.
8. Better ia a dinner Of herbs" from
thine own garden than much rich pro-
vender bought on credit.
A "In I'll labor there is profit" but
cotton grows not upon careless weeds
nor potatoes upon burr grass.
5. Improved implements are q bless
ing to the wise farmer, but the fool
houseth them i'm his fence corner.
6 The wise man planteth an orchard
and fenceth it securely and in the sea-
son thereof he eateth fruit to the ut
most OF his desire, bu5 the fool turneth
his calves therein and buyeth o
trees the next year.
z. Blessed ls he who soWeth what his
own household can eat, and after that
a money crop. 2
8 But he who farmeth for money
alone snail be hungry al harvest time.
8 Blessed Is he VINO knOwe not all
things. for he may yet leave much, OuU
ne who thlnA eth that he knoweth ali
things Ia a fool beyond redemption ana
poverty shall come of has folly.
10. Judge not a bull Oy the horns he
has nor a candidate for Cfhce by the
horns he gives nto thee.
IL When thou buyes q COW remem-
Der that a large udder Is better than a
long pedIgree and much MIX than the
bluesE blood.
IL. Let the number Of thy swine be
In proportion 60 thy feed, ana tnOu
shalt have thick bacon and much sop
for thy bread, but many swine RpO
little feed bring naughT but rlnas and
sorrow.
Ii. Better is q twenty pound ram al
a great pres than a five pound snearer
ana mucn money for the taking Tor
the ram Is halt the flock" ana as Thy
rams are 80 shall thy aIcks be IN after
years.
Il From thy mistakes learn wis
dom; Durn not thy fingers Twice In the
same fire.
Is. Ii thou must follow q leader
chose not thy leader because he wear
eth the bell, for a tool may make a
great noise, put take neeo OF hlm wnU
ID ofTenesr successful that thou ais,
mayest prosper.
is Heed not him who says pillow
ceep nor yet he who says plow shallow,
but consider the reasons thereof anO
the soil In which thou wOrkest.
IL A handful or seed sutficeth for an
experiment, but he who experiments
with bushels should have a Guil purse.
Is The gratitude OF a politician end
eth viii election, bat a cog Is grateful
after 1t Is led.-SJockman.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26

hi SOW N Pigs.

AS i'm the case OF a new mich COW,
the mother SOW should be fed sparingly
Of grain al first, especially corn meal,
remarks an exchange. Ban lisa much
safer food for the first week. As for
the young pigs the main essentials are
cleanliness and exercise. They ought
not TO sleep in dust o in a moist
place. If shut up so close that they
get no exercise they become over-fa
and ole. AT four weeks Of age the
pigs can be taught to a and by six TO
eight weeks old they a be wesned
altogether. IL some of the pigs are
runts they can be allowed TO run with
the SOW a little longer. After weaving
feed literally with bran, clover. and
other bone and mnscle making foods,
feeding more and more corn as fatten-
ing time approaches.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
FEEDING YOUNG LAMBS.

Mr.. Henry Stewart, of Macon county,
North Carolina, who is good authority
on every thug that pertains TO sheep
and sheep raising, has an interesting
article In a recent number OF Rural
New Yorker on feeding young lambs
The time to push any young animal
is when 1t is first old enough &c digest
the extra food given TO IL, he says
Lambs will eat a little meal when two
or three weeks old. I have been feed
ing mine since that age, and at two
months, several of them weigh 40
pounds eac0, which is more than half
as much as the ewes weigh. These are
the lambs of common native sheep
without any trace Of improved blood
in them For several years past, I
have been experimenting with the
common native stock of COWS and
sheep, poultry as well, and trying to
test the question whether it ia breed or
feed that makes the improvement in
our live stock. A few years ago, / de-
&C ibed q race of COWS which I have
been keeping, of the common native
stock of this mountain region, in which
cattle, sheep and swine gather their
own food the whole year round, to a
large extent. They, of course, being to
that class commonly called runts or
scrubs, but it ia their misfortune and
not their fault, l find, that they are
thus. 30 with my few sheep, the feed
ing, like that of the COVE, does every
thing that a be desired, even in the
best kind of stock.
Some of my heifers have made 10
pounds of butter a week, most of them
have exceeded seven pounds, and the
ability to do this has constantly gro wn
since the old COW I started with made
but three pounds. She has been i'm
proved so much by generous feeding
that the present owner is still cherish
ing her at the age Of Is years as the
best COW of the neighborhood.
So with the sheep, the extra food the
lambs set, both through the feeding Of
the ewes and their their own daily
rations of q mixture of colt IN seed
meal, bran and corn meal, are growing
fast, and will make large sheep.
Usually a lamb in this locality is not
worth killing until it is nine or ten
months old, when it may dress %
pounds, Nine are now getting good
grass pasture, with half q pint Of the
nixed meal, and will dress this at four
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26


months old. have O small pen under
which the lambs creep and get their
meal, in q trough, without interference
from the ewes, which get their ration
OF corn outside. Half q pint q day is
their allowance. and so far, this has
been the whole cost Of feed for the
flock the whole winter, during which
the ground has not been covered with
snow enough to prevent the sheep from
pasturing. Most of the a OK. the ewes
even with their lambs, are &c for NUT
ton. It would have been possible to
carry the fJck through without any
hand feeding, but the growth Of wool
due to the better feeding than usual,
will pay q profit on their keeping.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
POLK'S
CURE.

1t is neither a causC5c nor q DOW
erful acid. 1t does not eat eway
the membrane; it simply pfrme
ates it and destroys the little bulld
trs of it leaving it 10 come sway
of itself. without vioIerCe snQ
without leavinR the throat raw and
liable to hemorrhRge. Fs II WIZ o.
under any violent treatment Wh@
so emc9cIOus as to deeerve the MANS
of a specific. it is perfectly harm
less in all cases and under ell CIR
Cumstances,
All that is asked for it Is D
prompt and honest trial. according
t. directions, ana il will certainly
effect a cure. as rs proven 6y 'Is
fact that it hae done 20 IN Fundr'u1
of we'll authenticated cas- s 81 0R
certificates will show II 6npa'@
own advertising, Only one doII1
q bottle.
-MANUFACTURFD AND FOR SALE By
Mrs. Mia Polk Denmark,
4O4 N Hast Stree9
RALEIGH, N {
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
( XPE RENEE.

One of the most successful men of
business in this country has ADOPTED
che following as a motto:
''Ihe wise man profits not only by
his W experience, but by the expe
renee of others as we'll"
That is just the sort of a motto for
all good farmers to adopt. That con
stitutes the dlffersnce,0utween the wise
and successful farmer and those who
are not successful.
To be able TO know and understand
the experience of other farmers one
must read SINE paper where such ex
perience is recorded.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
CROP ROTATION.

At the Louisiana experiment station
at Calhoun, La. q cotton raising test
was made which is substantially re
ported as follows: An acre OF poor
pine land was selected and planted IN
cotton n first year. The crop, OF
course, was light. The second year
the land was planted In corn and peas.
the thlrd year in oats, followed by
peas, and the fourth year In cotton,
which yielded a bale TO the acre.
The lesson in this is that cotton can
be grown aJ much less imam what has
been It's average cost If q judIclous SIS
tenn of crop rotation be practIced. All
the crops raised Ia the above series
we're utility crops, that ls, they gave
TO the farmer q valuable direct
from the sOll at tne same time that tLey
were building up It's productive q lan
lies The peas absorbed nitrogen from
the air ana transferred lG TO the soil,
contributing TO the latter ae large a fer
ClllEng value as would be obtained
from So or $40 worth Of commercial
fertilizer. The result was the produc-
Glon OF three Or. perhaps four or five
times as much cotton as would have
been produced on the same land under
the ordinary system.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26

There are some Jersey COWS on the
Hood" farm in Massachusetts, that
are profitable. There are two especially
that are marvels. Last year two OF
these COWS made 655 and 652 pounds of
butter each without any forcing. At
30 cents this was an income Of about
$3.50 each from butter alone. One Of
Them gave 12. 600 pounds of milk. We
should not condemn any COW until she
is given a fair chance to show her
qualities. and to do this she should
have warm, comfortable quarters, a
well, balsDced ration of feed, be MIXED
regularly and conscientiouely, and all
the butter got out of the milk, end the
akim milk fed to profitable stock.-H.
z, Smith, in Farmers Voice.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26

PJtatoes boiled in their Jackets" are
always better than when peeled.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
HOW TO PREVENT HOG CHOLERA

It is a little singular when a disease
that appears so often and carries eff so
many hogs every year IN the great
corn belt. that opinions of farmers
should differ 50 mucn cor c3rning the
cause and che remedy. Nov, with all
due respect for science, [ must say
that the opinion that bog cholera
spreads only from conEeglon, being
conveyed from place to place by
various means, sucn as dogs and mems
feet, birds, etc, is entirely at variance
with my experience, which covers q
period Of nearly fifty years.
/ have known the disease to break
out in a herd of hogs many miles away
from any sick onts, and again / have
often een a herd of hogs remain per
fectly healthy when completely sur
rounded by the disease. THESE are In
disputable facts. in spite of some OF
our sc called scientific reports.
By long experience / have learned
that the surrounding pens. pasture.
water, feed and the feeder make the
difference between a healthy herd of
hogs and a sick one.
/ prefer to have most of the piga
come in May, and keep them in good,
c'ean, rOomy, we'll ventilated pens I'm.
Ul weaving time, then turn them on
pasture without ringing them. and
Uhnu pPoUorI~ FoN Fhov -SIJ ~oA-~~A
TO any extent. Hogs born and raised
IN small lots and small, lily ventilated
sleeping Quarters, with corn as the
chief of their diet, will have weak con.
situations and be good subjects for any
disorder, while with large lots or pas
lures, the right kind of sleeping Guar
Gers, and a mixed diet-corn, ground
oats and bTan-your hogs will have a
constitution that will Withstand any
disease.
I want a pasture of about thirty
acres for one hundred hogs, and pas
ture other stock in the sauna lot.
It is we'll to keep a few sows over
every year, and then, il there is any
advantage In breeding from aged sows,
you will get it.
There is no other farm stock that
requires as much brain work to pro
duce successfully as the hog, and no
other stock as profitable when properly
handled. He thrives on what the Other
stock wastes and puts to good use ell
waste from the house, and from this
fact many farmers think anything is
good enough for a hog" This is erro
neous, though he is the great CLEANER
and there is no stock that pays any
batter for good care.-Henry ParmeIe.
Davenport, Ia, in Western Rural.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26

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Any man writing in earnest will re-
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-04-26
CONSUMPTION
CUBG

We learn. from a reliable so~Us
that Judge Geo. Z Hunt, OF Lf Font
ton, N. O., has discovered q mr cae
OF his own make, that ~ a Fa10 al
for Consumption and BrOnch't$ oas,
who are suffering with either TeT.
would do well to address HIM na d
iDgtoD, ~. @. He has this peoI nrics
any quantity desired at the owl
OF 80 cents per bottle. In.
Mention this paper when y0u~
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-16

ness. They were not led by inspired
men In their stupendous enterprise.
ON the contrary, they sought to reach
heaven by method very different
from that which inspired men had
taught. But In the stase OF apostasy
into which they had sunk, they stlll re-
talncd one Of the most important prin-
ciples OF salvation, namely. union; and
this principle they put in practice to a
high degree OF perfection. Their devo-
ton to 1t gave them almost unlimited
power, so far as worldly things were
concerned. on account of their one
ness the Lord himself said Of them;
"And now nothing will be restrained
from them which they have imagined
to do"
A people numerous and united rs
they were, even without the light Of the
Gospel and the guidance of the Priest
hood. could accomplish the most stu
pendous undertakings for good or evil
Had they taken II into their heads to
become wealthy, every family might
have had a palace to dwell in. They
might easily have made 1t impossible
for more than one political oripa MIA
ton to exist upon the earth, and indeed
this seems to have been their purpose.
They appear to have dreaded being
scattered abroad upon the face of the
whole earth" and to prevent this, and
consequent political divisions and en-
mites, was at least one of the motives
assigned for building the city and
tower.
But they were making wrong use
of the power resulting from union. and
1t became necessary that that power
should be broken, But this could be
done only by preventing them from
communicating their views and feel
inrs to each other, and entering into
covenants. or assuming other obliga-
tons to adhere to the policy agreed
upon by their leaders. So long IA
free and Ineligible speech was main
tanned among them, the teachings and
arguments of their leaders showing
the advantages of being united would
prevail with the masses and they
would remain solid and lmpenetro.
BILE phalanx, whether engaged In works
good or ILL., wise or unwlse. To break
their power 1t became necessary to
shut off INSTRUMENTATION among
them. and this-was done by confound-
ing their language 50 that one person
could not understand another.
Suppose the Latter-day Saints would
put in practice this principle of union
to the extent they might do with ease,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-16

The month of April seems to have
been an eventful one in the history of
the United States. An exchange calls
attention to the fact that April Wit
messed both the beginning and the
end OF the civil war Fort Sumpter
was fired upon April Il, 1861. and
Lee surrendered to Grant on April o,
1865. The War of Revolution, too,
commenced and ended in April; the
battle of Lexington was fought on
April 10, 1I75. and the preliminary
treaty Of peace with Great Britain
was ratified on April Is. 1883. The
Mexican war commenced in the same
month, the first battle being fought
April IS, 1916.
The following facts are also noted;
The first Congress met on April o.
1859. George Washington was inau-
gurated President on April 80 of the
same year and the navy department
was organized on April so. 1898. 1t
was on the last day of April. 1903,
that the treaty was made with France
for our purchase of Louisiana.
We may add that one of the most
momentous events of the history of
this Countrywide organization OF the
Church of Jesus Christ OF Latter-day
Saints, took place on April 6. 1880, the
same day OF the month on which the
first American Congress met.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-04-16

There is mp to the present writing no
material change In the war situation. as
compared to that of the past few days.
Preparations for hostilitles continue on
both sides OF the Atlantic. and the
Senate is still debating the resolution
which is to give the President author
ity to enforce the demands of this ma
ton.
1t Is tolerably safe TO assume that the
are extremely reluctant to accept the
possible challenge from the United
States. and this notwithstanding all the
bravado that has marked their pro-
ceedings. II is also clear that the way
out of the difficulty IL as dangerous as
any statesmen ever we're called upon
to contemplate. They are invited to
withdraw from Cuba and face. judging
from the temper Of the population, a
rebellion at home. 1t Is no sign of weak
ness to recognize magnanimously the
seriousness of the alternatives that
confront the Spanish government and
to make every reasonable allowance on
tildt utCouilt.
Perhaps the best Spain can do is to
suffer the United States to proceed by
force to quiet Cuba and establish a
government there, without risking the
Spanish navy in futile attempt at de-
Tending the island. Spain confronted
with the entire military strength of the
United States and without support by
the European powers. could withdraw
from Cuba. without too much humilia-
ton. Neither the people nor the for
eirn bondhoders justly could blame the
government for retreating before so
overwhelming odds. Some show of re-
sistance would satisfy much OF the
Spanish patriotism which is of the class
that plunged Greece into n hopeless
conflict. Probably Sagasta is waiting
for the United States to take forcible
possession OF Cuban affairs, as the
best means of extricatlng himself and
his government from an untenable posi-
ton. If 80, there will he war but not
much destruction of life and property
unless. indeed. something unexpected
transpires to make the affair more SER
ious than 1t appears at present.