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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-02-01
Macon county, N. @.
NOT QUITR SATISFIED.
II, sTEWARE.

There are, and probably always will
be, people who look persistently on the
dark. side. One of these was Uncle
Jerome Saunders, who, for many years,
had taken the Widow Oreighton's farm
''at the halves" Everything seemed
to prosper under his hands. The fields
seemed to grow more fertile, and TO
yield more abundant pasturage, and all
the crops riOted in plenty, but still
Uncle Jerome was not satisfied.
''Farmin' aint now what t used 30
be, +" he grumbled. ''Things don't GO nc
they did. Farms are giEtin' all ran
out"
Finally, there came fall, when M.
ture outdid herself There was such q
yield of apples as had not been seen for
years; the potatoes were great, mealy
fellows. and the corn seemed not 10
offer worthless ear.
well, hope you're Satisfied with
the way things have come out this
year, Uncle Jerome, " said hrs. Creigh-
ton, as the two were one day taking
account of their ripening store.
Pretty we'll, pretty we'll, said the
old gentleman, almost as dismally az
ever. II could ha' mentioned things
I'd ha' liked different"
''Aren't the apples as fine as ever you
saw them3"
''Wal, s'pose they'll do"
'Now, Uncle Jerome, you know you
can't find fault with the potatoes.
When were they ever bigger or betterf"
II dom knows I can ezackly tell, but
I aint purpared to say never see sich
tRters afore."
''Now look at those pumpkinsl The
field is yellow with them, and there's
hardly room for another one on the
ground. What fault can you hnd
there9"
Uncle Jerome looked severely critical.
There be a good passel on 'em," he
said at last; "bu6 seems to me have
seen 'em yallerer p-Ex.
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NEGLECTED SUBJECTS.

This is the time Of year when the
farm publications are telling as that an
educational institution the Institute"
ls, giving as lone hundred hints on
dalrying," telling US how We ought to
fix up for the winter, show to make
hens lay in sitting posture" how 60
shelter and feed sheep and hogs" and
go forth, all Of which is very well.
They tell US how, in q most scientific
and practical way, to make money and
save it, and still there is one question
OF great expense and vital Importance
to the agriCulturist which receives very
little attention at the editors hands.
Fences. farm fences, lawn, chicken
and ornamental fences Every one Of
US have 60 use them. and while we be-
IIeve that all are now agreed that the
new fences must be made Of wire. vet
the question arises, (which one is most
econOmical2" We further believe that
almost all are agreed that the wire
must be woven. because just stretching
up a lot Of horizontal wires will not
control the stock. MOI these long wires
must be tied together a. short inter.
walls, or the animals can push the wires
apart and go through it.
we have now In use a lot of the
Page woven wire fence, manufactured
at Adrian, Mich, which is advertised
IN your columns, and it has proved
very satisfactory. We used the 1s wire
SO inch high farm and stock fence, and
it certainly possesses some advan.
tages over any over any other that we
have seen The coil in the wire pre-.
vents it from saggiBg in the GUNNER,
which is no small aC vantage, while the
spring steel wire is hard enough to held
the coil shape for a great many years.
If any farmer will figure up the cost
of all she fencing on his farm he will
be surprised at the results, and will
welcome any information on this ina-
portant subject R d Newburyport.
Mass, in American Cultivator.
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it not only exceedingly nutritious. bat
tending to improve the quality Of the
butter made. Some meal had been
used before this. as afterwards learned
in the South, but not. as believe, in
the North. Tor each ton OF seed there
is left $50 pounds Of the meal and the
value of ali OF it is to be added to this
great staple crop.
/ might add some conclusions I'm re-
gard 20 the culture Of cotton, consider
ing chat the average yield is not over
16O pounds of lint 60 the acre, whereas.
it is quite possible 20 produce Q fnh
1000 pounds, and easily 500 pounds.
WHAT would be the result il Southern
farmers should all cultivate this crop
in the best manner, making the
present product from seven million
acres instead Of twenty million, oCou-
pying the remainder thus saved in che
culture of grass and other feeding
crops, keeping cattles pigs. and sheep,
and on the same system of culture pro
ducing full yields of these, az we'll aa
of all other products9 put the cues.
tion, but refrain from further comment
on these quite possible opportunities
for agriculture in the South.
H, STEWARE.
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LECTURERS.
NATIONAL ExDCUTTvM COMMITTEE.
g. W. Beck, Alabama.
E. ID. Davie, Kentucky.

EoRTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALL
ANOE.
President-Jno. Graham, RidgeWay,
Vice-President-W. B. Upchurch,
Morrisville, N. O.
Secretary Trea easurer-J.T. B. Hoover,
State Business Agent-T. B. Parker,
LecFurer-Dr. V. N. seaweIl, Villa
now, n. o.
Assistant Lecturer w. 3. Brick
house, Mackev Ferry, N. y.
Chaplain-W. 8. Mercer, Moyock,
NC.
boro, N. Q.
Assistant or-keeper-Jas. z. Lyon,
Dlrham, N. o.
-Arms-A.D d. z. Wallace,
Raleigh, N. Q.
TrusCee Business Agency Fund-W.
A. Gr&ham. Machpelah, N. q.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE or THE NORTH
CAR Ina FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
J. w. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh,
NO.
John Graham, Warrenton, N. o.
w. B. Fleming, Ridgeway, N. Q.
f Hileman, Concord, ". ..
DR.. J. B. Alexander, Charlotte, N. &.
Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, N. q.
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMnTTH.
Dr.. .J.E Person, Pikeville, n. Q.
W. 8. Barnes. Raleigh, N. Q.
7. Ivey, Cary, N, =.
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After picking the apples with the
utmost care / put them i'm boxes Of equal
size, about six inches deep, without
covers, and large enough TO handle
easily. place these boxes i'm an open
shed, all the boxes not quite full and
set them in piles 80 as to make the
second box cover the first, the third
the second, and so on until the pile is
as high as is convenient, and cover the
last box with a board. / set these
boxes little one eide of directly over
each other. so as TO give little air. I
examine the fruit frequently, and il
there is any moisture on the apples I
slip the boxes so as to give little more
air; If the fruit is shriveled in the least
shut off all the air. keep the boxes
out Of the cellar until there is danger of
freezing, and then set them in the cellar
aud ventilate as before. In this way
can keep my fruit until free it comes
again.-O. p. Mentor, Ohio.
Mr.. Editor, I see you have asked for
0A4C AAC0S OA SOUE 0iA5E6Ub
heartily agree with Bro. Barkley, a
fatal mistake of farming ia i'm trying to
work too much land. Now, Mr.. Editor,
one of your correspondents a few
weeks ago asked for a remedy for the
low price Of cotton. will give you
and your many readers my idea, which,
OF course, will meet with great deal
of criticism. My opinion is that the
farmers of the South will never reduce
the acreage Of cotton to one fourth un
til compalled to do so. We need a rem
edy at once. think the Legislature of
each cotton growing State should pass
a law making it misdemeanor and
heavy fine for q farmer to plant over
one fourth of his crop in cotton. IL
this were done, my word for it, we
would have remedy, and one which
after a few years trial, none would
wish to have changed I will say no
more at present It this escapes the
waste basket, will say more in the
fuTure.-J. R Galloway, Idalia, N. Q.
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BUSINESS AND OTHER.
WISH.

Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
After reading your issue of January
11th, have concluded that / would
like to have q word or 80 on few of
the subjects treated in that issue.
The Monroe Enquirer says that the
public schools are slimly attended, and
that those who do not patronize them
are committing a grave error. The
Asheville Citizen says 1.-The same old
complaint-schools and teachers, but
no scholars, good money paid out, but
few to take advantage Of it,"
believe that the people are more in
terested in education than at any pre-
vious time in history. believe the
people of this STATE would patronize
the schools but for special and good
reasons The OItiE9n says Schools and
teachers" but deny it. claim that
half the schools in the State are farce
and that percentage of the teachers are
unfit to teach, and honor the parent
that would rather his child grew up
ignorant and moral than to grow up
learned and immoral and infidel at
heart. The people have some responsi
bility before God, as well as the State
Anyone that will commit his children
to the care Of a boy or girl inexperi
enced and irreligious, careless and
giddy, worldly and vain just because
they have little learning, will rue it
some day. Let US have q law that
gives tDe people a voice in the schools
and the teachers, and there will be a
vast change in the present condition.
What we need is not barbarous com
pulsion," but voice" and interest.
FERTILIZERS, ETC
Will Bro. Parker tell US why it ia
that we can buy 13 per cent. phoepho
ric acid cheaper than the Alliance
brands We did it here last year. And
why it is that several things listed can
be bought less than listed by hint
~ POULTRY.
The recommendations to 60 into the
chicken business are becoming very fre
quent Of late. They tell us it ia verit
able gold mine. Where is itR Hens
are now worth only Is cents. Spring
chickens bring about the same and
come down to II cents. And eggs were
15 cents only one week this winter, and
they get down to five cents in trade.
see no gold rhine in that.
TURNIPs.
Bro. Foster claims there is money in
turnips, and that they beat cotton. I
don't think turnips would better us
here. In the first place our land would
not make them as he does, and we
could not sell them if we could; as
scarce as they are here, 25 cents
busheI is all they bring. Potatoes will
beat that.
TOO MUCH LAND,
We all plant too much land, says
Bro. Barkley, and I guess he is very
near right. There is too much planted
for what we get. Tt may be we ought
to work what we do plant better. But
that farmer who does not~plant much
will not get much, is the general rule.
And if he desires to improve and con-
centrate them he had better go slow il
he has no bank account. There is a lot
of prize farming these days where it's
all brag and show and the net gain is
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KEEPTNG ACCoUNTs.

/ suppose.
KEEPING ACCOUNTS.
Some seem to think farmers ought to
keep accounts just as merchants do. ]
think they ought to keep accounts, but
it would be foolishness TO keep it as
merchant does. All farmers ought to
keep accounts so as to tell what comes
in and what goes out and know what
the profit is at the years end. But
this weighing Of the milk and measur
ing the cows feed on a common farm
would be perfect nonsense. Any good
farmers wife can tell the best COW in q
herd in q weeks time with the exact
ness Of Babcock teeter.
STATE SECRETARY.
am glad that our State Secretary Is
making such good showing. think
the people of North Carolina will be
gratified to- hear what he has done.
They will even be glad to continue such
a man in cff15e a second term, if neces
sRry. think the Populists in North
Carolina have done we'll, as a party.
And with the recognized leader, Marion
Butler, our Senator, believe in trad
ing even in politics when it can be
done honestly and fairly and for the
good of the people. Yes, sir, il you
can't get whole loaf, why take half,
but let il be square and honest and on
principle.
FREE PAPERS AND SEED.
Why is iE a crusade has started out
against the free distribution Of seed
and documents by Coneress3 Do not
thousands and tens of thousands get in
troduced to new varieties and seeds
that never would see one but for the
free distributionG And do not the Con
gressmen enlighten the public mind by
the free distribution of documents and
Keep them posted, even as no other
source would do3 think so. And I
believe there ia nothing that could take
Il place and DO the good it ia doing.
Why, sir, the bulletins of the Agri
cultural Department are devoured here
as letters from dear friends.
l am glad to see the year starts out
well with the Business Agent, and that
we now can wear our own shoes.
Very truly, &c,
w. T. CUTCHIN.
shankle, N c., Jan. 20, 1898.
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rat that comes along will of course
walk In. Others will be attracted, and
thus all the rats in the vicinity can be
taken the first night, provided the tub
Is sufh ;iently large to hold them
Where rats are very abundant it will
be well to empty that tub about ten
o'clock and prepare as aforesaid for a
new crop.-Bryan Tyson, Long Leaf,
N. Q.
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THE FARMaR's LETTER BOX.

~ We hope eUery one of our sub
scrlbers will contribute brief letter 90
this department. Keep us informed as
to what is happening among the farm
ers of your neighborhood. Ifyou have
either by experiment. or by any other
method discovered anything which you
think can be of interest to North Caro-
lima farmers, tell them of it through
our columns. Don't think "I'l wait
until others start the ball rolling" but
Jump in and help US yourself. Let us
hear from you before next week
Henceforth we hope to make this
permanent feature OF THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER. Always give your real name
and address, even though you wish
some other name signed to your letter.
Experiments prove that excessive
fertilization is Improbable. One of
my farm papers states that at test at
the New York Experiment Station Ct
remember correctly, 1000 pounds CT
fertilizer applied to an acre Of potatoes
increased the crop 48 bushels in 95
and 40 bushels in go The same season
the application of Q 600 pounds to q like
area produced So bushels in '95 and 81
in '96, thus showing that the use Of
over 900 pounds per acre was added
with loss compared with the use OF
1000 pounds.-John Smith.
Will q stalk OF corn grown in a hill
with two or three other stalks produce
as good an ear as il the same stalk had
been grown by itself separated from
any other stalk only so far as to permit
perfect fertilization9
Give the stalk chance and get ears
weighing two or three pounds each and
measuring IL 60 15 inches in length
The larger the ear the larger the yield
and the batter the quality. @ lantity
and quality" are the things desired
when we plant corn n;everyone speaks for
the largest yield or crop and the very
best quality when planting the crop,
and this cannot be had unless variety
is used that has been developed by
proper cultivation and selection to
grow large ears.-E. 8. Teagarden,
Boone, Iowa.
For destroying rats, the following Is
one of the best plans I have ever tried:
Place an ordinary washtub in a locality
infested by rats, and for several days
bais it we'll with food suitable to their
taste. After the rats have been prop
erly attracted, fill the tub with water
to the dep5n of about six inches and
cover the water with layer Of wheat
chaff Tnen sprinkle over the chsff
Some wheat fl Dur, or other attractive
substance, a.d await results. The first
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prices resulting therefrom, it ia of vital
Importance, not only to the South, but
the whole country, that the cotton
acreage for next year be materially re
duced, in order to advance the price of
the greatest staple product Of the
United States to paying basis
IL the planters of the South suffer
loss, the people Of the whole country
must share i'm it.
The South cannot stand another cot
ton crop of same dimensions as this
years, without bringing about disaster
and bankruptcy to planters and hand
lers of cotton, and relative harm to the
general mercantile interest of that sec
tion.
The mere fact that q large crop has
been planted affects tn price adversely
at once, and continues TO affect it until
the crop has been marketed, and il the
planters of the South would determine
to largely reduce the acreage, favor
able influence upon prices and the cot.
ton trade of the world would at once
become apparent.
By the systematic and CO operative
action between the merchants and
planters the cotton crop must be kept
within reasonable trade demands or
else destroy the most valuable source
OF profit to the mercantile and agricul
tural interest of the South. For the
good of all concerned, it would be in,
finitely better any year to make mil
lion bales less cotton than halt mil
lion bales more than necessary
Latham, Alexander 6 Co, New York
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Has the largest
circulation 08 any
family agRicnleu.
raj or political
paper pnblish
between Rieh-
mOnd and Atlanta
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precious little. One man raised 200
bushels corn on one acre in 8. O.. and
got the prise. It it paid, why did he
quit4 Another made four bales cotton
on one acre, what did he quit fort The
strain and tention was too exhaustive,
I suppose.
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FRR NATIONAL FARMERS ALI.
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

President Mann Page, Brandon,
FR.
Vice Presidential Vincent, Indian
apolis, Ind.
Secretary Treasurer-W. P. Bricker,
Cogan Station. Pa.
LECTURERS.
J. ?. Sossemon, Charlotte, N. 9.
Hamlin v. Poore, Bird Island, MINI.
Il. H. Peirsol, Parkersburg, W. Va.
NATIONAL ExpCUTTvM COMMITTEE.
Mann Page, Brandon, Va; John
Bre lig, w. Va; 4. B. Welch. New
York; W. A. Gardner, Andrews Set
tlement, Pa
JUDICIARY.
q. w. Beck, Alabama.
E. I'D. Davie, Kentucky.
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@TnG PrOgrG@-
ave Farmer t8 On
rood paper---6r
above the aver
r&-Rnd possibly
the best advertis-
Ing medium i'm M.
CO Printers Ink.
The sun., 1898-01-16
Camden.

q William o. Price who has been i'll for
bme time, is convalescing.
Miss Betty Hum, Of Philadelphia, has
zen visiting here.
N Miss Annie Cooper has returned from
visit to Philadelphia.
III Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Brown, recently
i've party in honor OF a relative Of
pennsylvania.
"a Much needed repairs are being made
"a the NJ. Il. Church.
by Rev. G. F. Sheppard, on
nuary 18th, Nathaniel Satterfield
(ylor and Mrs. Ella Knight.
HMr. and Mrs. VIM. Graham gave Il
kry on Wednesday evening in honor
Miss Lizzie Morris.
Ia few nights ago }. {. Voshcll, Of
Fecnsville, heard a noise in his chicken
busc and on vestigating it proved to
an opossum, which had killed several
wls. He killed it with club. How
got in there is unknown.
sMr. and Mrs. William PfcgOr ccIr-
|ated their twenty-fifth wedding ami
|rsary on Wednesday evening. \
tge number we're present and ex- Cover
+ Reynolds, Miss Ala TAFT and Miss
aggic Palmer furnished music for the
casiOn.
The sun., 1898-01-16
SELF DEFENCE.

Jack OBrien, OF Philadelphia, and c
J. MOriarity, will meet in a six-rount
contest in this city in a few weeks. Nor!
will also meet Patty Fenton, of Boston
in Il l5-round affair on January 25,a
Athens, Delaware county.
Joe Goddard is going to Klondike.
Al Herford, vi Baltimore, has offered !
purse OF 81 900 for the McCoy-Goff fight
Jack Bennett is willing to make q
match with Jack ~ Brien at one hundred
and thirty-eight pounds, weigh in at the
ring side.
Bob Deadly, Of the Athens Club, has
offered $500 purse for the Mccoy
Choynski fight 1t will be twenty
rounds if arranged.
The Olympic Club has cancelled next
Mondays show.
EIlwood McCloskcy fights eight rounds
with Jack Hannigan, OF Pittsburg, at
Allegheny, Pa, on Monday evening. He
left Philadelphia last night for the
Smoky City.
Steve O'Donncl and "lank" kcnncy
will be the attraction at the Arena next
week.
Charles Mckccver is looking for fight
with any l40-pounder in the country.
Peter Mahcr is spelling for fight. He
is willing to meet any man in world.
Corbett preferred.
"Crockey' Boyle is anxious for an
other go with Young Mahoney, but
it must be at weight.
Dan Doughery has challenged any
l0j-pound boxer in America for a fifteen
round bout. His recent success with
The sun., 1898-01-16
DIAMOND DUST.

In reply toa question as to whether
he had bought or was about to buy the
st. Lonis club, and another as to whether
he is in any way interested in the pur
chase of the club, President John T.
Brush, Of the Cincinnati club, says, ovel
his own signature, that he has not
bought and will not buy, and that his
interest in any sale is held in common
with that Of all the other National
League clubs.
1t does not need the opinion of any
magnate to let the public know that the
affairs of the st. Louis club are in a
wretchcd condition, and if the magnates
at their coming meeting at st. Louis do
not deal with the case it will be sur
prise to thousands Of baseball patrons
throughout the land. If there is not a
change it is computed that the condition
of things at st. Louis will cost each of
the other eleven clubs anywhere from
5000 to 81, 600 during the season.
Visiting clubs will lose at st. Louis,
while the receipts of home clubs when
the Browns are the visitors will be aw-
full y reduced. This feature of the matter
makes the question one that concerns
vitality every club in the League, and it
is this feature that may cause the League
As a whole to act dccisively on the matter
when the meeting is held.
The present twclve-club circuit has
four years more to run. If st. Louis,
Cleveland and Louisville are not better
ball cities when that time is up than
they are now, it is not beyond possibility
that scheme for an eight-club circuit
wi II succeed the present circuit. These
cities, it is suggested, should be New
York, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Pittsbnrg,
Boston, Washington and Baltimore, to
secure the greatest possible financial re-
turns. But this is all long way in the
future, and much is likely to transpire
in the meantime.
No one knows anything about the fu-
ture of Pop" Anson. 1t has not been
given out whether or not he will remain
with the Chicagos, and nothing has yet
come of the talk of his heading the st.
Louis Browns next season. He has h en-
spoken of as being anxious to obtain
Western League franchise, but nothing
decisive in that direction has been
reached. VI all the pODaDllltles the
most likely that the old man of baseball
can be connected with is the Western
League venture.
The services of the Baltimore players
are in demand every spring as coachcrs
for college teams. Clark has had an Of
fer from Princeton Captain Robinson
and McGraw, it is believed, will begin
coaching the Johns Hopkins team early
in February Jennings will go to Geor.
sia and Kelley may give the Georgetown
University team points on the national
game. 1t is thought Dr. Pond may also
10 some coaching.
The sun., 1898-01-16
THROUGHOUT DELAWARE.
Cl.vmOl.t.

Mrs. John l.. Addic!;s the venerable
mother of Mr.. J. Edward iddicks il
bending the winter will, Mrs. Ida Carr
,lson 1T her residence 2l7 South Seven
een,h street. Philadelphia. Mr.. Addickl
r. was for many years health officer al
he port Of Philadelphia. Mrs. Addick'
IS years Of age.
There il a change for the better in the
condition Of William Rhyder, who il
kufering with typhoid-malaria.
Some rasal ransacked the yachts ly.
ing in Hook creek II few nights ago, but
did not secure anything, az the yachts
are stripped Of oil their rigging.
John Marshall is suffering with very
sore foot the result Of having nail run
in i. some, time ago
Mrs. John Sullivan, Of Wilmington,
was the the guest of relatives in the bor-
ough yesterday.
The subjects at the service at the
Methodist church today will be:
Morning, "The Silence Of Jesus;' even.
ing Gods Attitude Toward the Sinner v
Revival service will follow the evening
|sermon.