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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21

The reason OF 'laying by" crops,
picnics, and Farmers Institutes ia at
hand. The Department of AgriCul.
ture will doubtless make some effort
to hold these meetings this yeaFsRs it
has done In the past. The Farmers
institute seems to be pop1IaH2bearly
all over this country and has been
called the farmers school. It may
also be called 8 miniature farmers
parliament where no real laws are
made, but where members maygobtain
information by which to shape their
own affairs.
What form of organic alton shall be
given the important primaries is Of
much moment and Of interest to all
concerned.
It seems TO be generally agreed by
those who have given the Farmers In
stitute the most thought that they are
of value beyond their cost only, when
held at places where a call for such q
meeting is popular and where there is
a general turn out Of local people to
take part in il. =
Accordingly the work of organiza-
ton and preparation needs to be under
taken simultaneously from two direc.
tions. The people of any given locality
who wish TO hold an Institute should
correspond with Secretary Of the Board
Of Agriculture and while he ia keeping
up q connection between different
points, hRrmonizing dates, and arrang.
ing for assisting every Institute with
one or more speakers the people who
propose Go hold an Institute call q local
meeting appoint q committee to call on
local speakers and arrange q program
and to fix on the exact date with the
Secretary Of the Board Of Agriculture,
to arrange for the place and other local
details. The printed programs can be
issued, and circulars printed by the
Secretary for circulation by the local
committee.
ALI these things require time and
work, and the meeting will be all the
better when held if all the arrange.
ments have been well attended to and
speakers given q little time to think
over what they are to present.
It is important that the institutes
cover the short time when there is
least to do on the farm, and to this end
they should be carefully planned and
az many outside speakers put in the
field by the secretary as are needed to
cover the appointments quickly and
leave his time for the preparation OF
an institute bulletin, and then for the
plans for the next campaign.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21
N TOO, IS "HYPo-
CRATIC"


TIC will be remembered that a short
time ago when the Democratic State
Executive Committee issued an ad.
dress in which it congratulated Tam.
many on its success, we insisted that
Tammany was q goldbug organization.
The Ktnston Free Press took us to task
and assured us that there were few
better free silver Democratic organi3a-
tons than Tammany. While speaking
of this, we wish to call attention Of the
Free Press to the following item which
we clip from the Richmond Times:
Another significant item in this coin.
nection, which we mentioned the other
day, is that Tammany, which has pre-
tened to be for free silver, has decided
that all bonds issued by the city Of
New York shall be payable, principal
and interest, lin gold coin Of the
United States Of America Of the pres
emit standard, weight aud hneness.'"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21
UNCLE SANS NRw POSSESSION

Last week the House Of Representa-
tives passed the Nswlands resolution
for the annexation Of Hawaii by a vote
Of 9O9 to 81. Associated Press dis
patches say:
'HThe debate which has continued
without interruption since Saturday,
has been one Of the most notable Of the
Congress, the proposed annexation be-
ing considered Of great commercial
and strategic Importance by its advo-
Gates, and being looked upon by it's
opponents as involving g radical de-
partuFe from the long established pol
icy Of this country and likely to efol,
lowed by the inauguration Of a pro-
nounced policy Of colonization, the
abandonment Of the Monroe doctrine
and participation in international
wrangles.. More than half a hundred
members participated in the debate"
Those voting for annexation we find
the names of Skinner, Pearson, White,
and Linney from this State.
The North Carolina representatives
voting against annexation we're: Shu-
ford, Strowd, Kitchin, Martin, and
Fowler.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21
APPOINTING ARMY OFFICERS.

Offices are too often given not to the
best men in the party but to the men
who, by means fair or foul, ear carry
most votes for that party. This prac
tiCe should be condemned by all, and
while it is q great evil in time Of peace,
in time of war it becomes doubly inn.
portant that only the criterion Of merit
shall rule In making appointments
that affect the lives Of those who have
gone forth to fight for their country.
In making appointments in the army
every officer should think of the re
sponsibility upon him. He should
cast party politics aside. The fact
that q man is q Republican, a Demo
Graf, or q Populist will not cause one
man to be killed and will break no
mothers heart. But the fact that he is
unfit for the position to which he is ap
pointed may cause the loss of many
lives and bring disaster upon US. Let
the President remember that on the
battlefield q fathers fame counts for
nothing and that no soldier will die
easier because the mistakes of an in-
experienced, dudish son Of q former
general caused his death. No soldier
who loses his life because of the mis-
takes Of an incompetent officer, will
die easier because he and that officer
belonged to the same party.
There is very general satisfaction at
the appointments made by Gov. Rus.
sell, and we are glad TO see that he has
not allowed party politics nor the mil.
itary fame Of a candidates father to
influence him. Let the President and
other Governors do likewise. We are
sick and tired of hearing that ''the SON
Of Fitzhugh Lee," ''the SON Of Vice
President Hobart" ''the SON of ex.
President Harrison, "the grandson Of
Gen. Grant" etc., etc., have received
important positions in the army. Let
those who have proved themselves
heroes receive the places Of honor and
let the great army of dudes who.carf
boast Of nothing but their fathers
fame, enlist as privates and work their
way up.
This is not merely a matter Of sim
pie justice. It ia q matter that effects
Americas honor, the peace Of thou
sands who have friends in the army,
and, last, but not least, the lives Of
some Of our countFy's bravest and best
citizens.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21

deIa0asion. The Chatham Citizen
~ the following sketch Of them:
..Do you want to know who repre-
.sntsd the farmers Of Chatham county
n tbe recent Democratic State Con.
vention4 Here they are: ex ohcehold-
era. lawyers, doctors and merchants:
N. Z. williams, ex county commits
eioner; 7. W. Segroves, ex-store keeper
and gauger ct government still; J. D.
McIver, ex.U. 8. deputy marshal A.
2. Gilbert, lawyer; Fl. A. London,
lawyer; James O'KelIy, q doctor; B. ].
Yates, merchant; +. e. Rollins, mer-
chant, John Barringer, merchant; and
]. J. Peoples, q defeated candidate for
the legislature Of 1895. Perhaps We
should not have thought Of their ocC1-
pations had it not been that the Chat
ham Record is so generous in telling
how many Populist officers attend
Populist meetings. In fairness to the
Record We submit the above. eve
forgot to mention about Fl. A. London
being President Of the Pittsboro Rail-
road, director Of q bank, ex attorney
for the county commissioners and q
defeated candidate for the legislature
Of 1887"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21
e c~ANTRRNs ALo,,.

Under the above title We A.,
torial in the Raleigh Post evern ~ 'tb
Of which we endorse. II tSa Vol
ment is thus to encouraoo SOVsa.
i~ntoxicants by our soldier aeO'sd
many patriotic mothers who S 0aS'e "a
with their sOnsto stay at homa plsd
the Post: s' Saag
I'VE are opposed to the s...,,,
ment OF what are called T.
nomenclature "Canteens, y bnt any
every. day English, beer saloos. pab
nection with our regiments Q CO..
ment used in favor of such :; nues lg
army is that it enables the mar ala
good beer at actual cost, a drSat . CT
have been used to and will aq
cost, to be regulated &c To 'a9y
Each soldier ia allowed to sD.' a~olat
per month for beer at the eN
II their ''being used to it" il ~ AeA'
Ior Gne regulars, mostly people =.
the North where beer is verv paD.ua
used by the masses, especiaIlv
class who join the ranks of the ~. %
army, it does not at all annIr uR
soldiers. Not one in fifty, We ds." OR
are so "used' to the drink AZ n
it regularly, even if it were Dot y
full. TO be thus practically encor-
in its use is but to develop a 49, |.
not q thirst, for such stimulapt ooss
is but a very short step from :.
lighter beverage to that which all =
NIT is destructive. There il M nh.
cal necessity whatever fors soIdis' !
indulge in this or any other such han.
age. There is every reason. aside A.
any moral considerations or tas,.
evil tendencies, why soldiers sborl,
abstain altogether from such inSrl
gences. Having served a time M q.
camp life and other duties Of a sSas.
we know whereof we speak. EOsr1
interest Of health precludss the ne i
intoxicants. And, as wessy, our bovo
not having been used to beer, cannot
have q thirst for it, and being allowed
its use, even to the extent proposed. i
simply TO permit them to C~uliyssa
taste which will lead to injury never
sense and particular. Ninety five us
cent. Of our regimental membsrhs
are young men. But very few, N
hope, have cultivated taste for intui
Cants-far fewer for beer. Restrciu
on those who have will be a God send
to them, as soldiers, and men as well
To prevent others from CuItiVsthg
such q taste is as high a duty as thua
in command can render these young
men. and 90 far as these young men
are concerned, their country.
Let the ''canteens" alone, young col
diers. You will best serve your Ga
your country and yourselves by do
ing So"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21
OF A PERSONAL NATURE
SPEAKER REEDS LITTLE JOKE.

SPEAKER REEDs LITTLE JOKE
Recently Speaker Reed wished n'
q man on some pending Legislation
telegraphed for him to come to We.
ington. The man took the first @
available, but q washout in tns1l
made il impossible for the train tE
coed. Going to a telegraph station
sent this dispatch to the Speaker;
"WashouE on the line. CantC0~
Reed sent back this reply:
buy q new shirt and come :
way"
WHEN CHURCHILL WAS IN PHlLAD
When Lord Randolph Churchn
last in America he visited Philadep
and, whlie collecting statistics Fel
TO the State Prisons Of PennsyTI
he was referred TO the head y
Prisons Board, Mr.. CadWalaaa
die. Before calling, Lord h
fell into the hands Of Wags o. ~
ion League Club. 80
you've got the name Wrons:
one Of these merry j8steESi
CadWallader Biddle, put blu
Addle."
Don't mind what he says
Randolph" exclaimed ano'n%,
real name is WadDillader OaOaD@
A third member took inc
cellor Of the Excnequer aside = 800
parted to him in confidence
was being guIled. Mb
1.-THE actual name" conhdss
friend, rs Dldbollarder 6Cvsi
And when Lord Randolph
the Prisons Board that s'.mms
was go much upset that 9 4 %
sw1l you take this card = aous
.bsO
what's his names I mean poo
but / forget his extraora. asp
clatural combination
Evening Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21

We noted the loss Of our "devA" IN
last Weak3s issue, bat il seems that the
Concord Standard must keepatun sup.
ply Of 'em on hand. For q head for o
contribution the editor wrote: For
Che Summer Shades" But q No. q
did not show up, and We perspiring ed.
itor found the head still more season
able as it read: "FOr the Summer
Hades."
@One Brigadier General In TO be ap.
pointed from this State. There are
many candidates, but it il probable
that Col W. 81. s. BurgWyn Of the
Second Regiment viii receive the ap
pointment. COL v. 8. Lusk, Of Ashe-
vile; Gen. w. p. Roberts, Of Gates,
and Col. J. IT. ArmdeId are also i'm
the race, however, and the plum may
fall to one Of them.
In New York State q new law pro-
vides that q county may vote as to
State roads. Lf q majority want such
a road, the State engineer in to build it,
the State paying half, the county 50
per cent. and the locality 10 per cent.
of the cost. This strikes US as being q
very fair way Of solving the problem
of bad roads. Why does not the Good
Road Congress push this plan to the
'front.'
This is June. In July the County
Alliances meet, and at the July meet
ing Of the County Alliances officers for
the next year are TO be elected. Now,
brethren OF the Sub Alliances are ear
nestly urged TO choose with caution
their officers; gentlemen whose hearts
are In the work and who will be at
every meeting, and who have judg-
ment, and who viii reflect credit on
your Order. Then i'm selecting your
delegate to your County Alliance, send
the best bushes man you have in your
Lodge to the County Alliance, and
then by Alliances let the very best,
most even tempered business man in
your County Alliance be selected and
sent to the State meeting in August.
Begin right at the bottom and continue
right all the way up in the selection Of
your officers, and youT find your Or
der will take on new Life. The State
meeting this year will be one Of the
most important ever held i'm many re-
spects. The work already done to be
renewed, and plans for the future per-
fected, and you will all agree that it
takes good hard common sense, sound
judgment, @ right heart and backbone
TO plan and execute wisely. Let every
Sub Alliance rally now and be exceed
ing careful in the selection Of officers
and delegates, and there viii be no
cause to regret it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21

eur Republican friends r most
pronounced and enthusiastic goldbugs,
every one OF them. Yet at their con.
vention here last Saturday they in.
structed their delegates TO vote for
Mott for Solicitor when Marshal is
most unequivocaIly in favor Of silver.
What sort Of consistency do you call
thatG-Danbury Reporter.
It is the same sort of consistency as
that exhibited by the silver Demo
Gratis in allowing goldbugs to boss their
State convention. And it's lots better
politics.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21
A FAIR SAMPLE.

It is plain that the rank and file of
the Democratic party were but poorly
represented in their State Convention,
and this small representation complete
~ surrendered to the machine. A fair
sample of the kind of delegates that re.
fused to endorse Bryan and 60 pleased
the goldbugs is the Chatham county
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21
N. r. p. A.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There is smallpox in ~statesville, but
&c Ia not epidemic.
A negro has been nominated by
negroes for Governor Of Alabama.
The Odd Fellows claim that one htth
Of Uncle Sans soldiers r members
Of their order.
Idaho Prohibitionists have nomina-
ted q woman for Governor and another
woman for State Auditor.
Already nearly e.. 900 has been raised
for q monument TO the late Ensign
Worth Bagley, largely in sums Of 81
and less.
We are sorry to learn that the
printing plant of the Chadbourn
Truckers aud Printers Journal has
been destroyed by fire.
It has been reported that Col. Viii
liam ]. Bryan's regiment, known as the
''ailver battalion" ia to be mustered
into United States service this week.
Fix Senator PETER, of Kansas, has
been nominated by the Prohibitionists
for the Governor of that State. The
platform favors war with Spain, pro-
hibition and woman suffrage.
In the Seventh Kansas District the
Populist nominated Jerry Simpson for
Congress and the Democrats have en-
dorsed him. Jerry stands for reform
with both feet, even if be doesn't wear
socks.
In Minnesota the Populists, silver
Republicans and Democrats hRvefused.
A number Of Populists boIted their
convention when it decided to fuse and
have nominated a State ticket with L.
B. Long for governor.
Speaking Of the number of Southern
Railroad attorneys on the Democratic
Executive Committee, Webster's
Weekly, q Democratic paper, says:
''Why not publish the list and set the
matter at restl We should be glad to
it DONE"
Private Robert Volt8, Of Carteret
county, is not dead as at first reported.
Quite q sum Of money had been raised
for monument to his memory when
q letter from him brought the surpris
ing information that he is still residing
on this planet.
The following item from the News
and Observer seems to indicate that
tough crow is making it anarchial:
H'Fhe Durham Herald advocates the
purchase Of the water works by the
city. That's right. Every town and
city ought to Owl its water and light
supplies. Wilson is q good example of
how well it pays"
War does really cost high. The
Chinese Government has paid over to
Japan q nice little check in settlement
ment Of the indemnity claim OF the
latter. The check was for eli, OOs, 900,
equivalent to S5S, 27s ,72O of our money.
Quite a nice check for Japan, but hard
on China, who had her own war debt
to pay besides. As the Chinese-Japan
war was q small affair as compared
with our war with Spain, you NAV
look for q bankrupt Spain when she
settles with Uncle Sam, and the longer
Spain resisss evidently the larger will
be the mount Of indemnity this coun.
try viii demand.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21

Will any Democratic paper in d
State deny that the railroad lsWya
had TWENTY FIVE times as many daf
gates in the State Convention in Ea
portion to population as the taEnal
hadP +.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21

ST hear that Mrs. Gobang has en-
tirely lost her mind"
81 expected it. She gave every one
q piece Of it when she had the chance"
Town Topics.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21

Strong as Sampson, SCI, tbs0
what more Dewey Wan''
lotte News.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-06-21

marble Of the Capitol, till
lars and the great dome it.a aOt's %.
tumbling to the grounds t cOas
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-09-28
BUYING PURE BREEDS.
A Dollar or Two So Invested Will Pay
TenfOld Returns in a Very
Short Time,

The farmer who buys trio or more
of fowls in the fall will make no mis-
take, and if he prefers to get the eggs
in the spring all will be well, but he
must expect to be ridiculed by some
of his neighbors for paying one or two
dollars for a male or hen. Neverthe-
less these same farmers and neigh
bors will promptly come forward and
request to change eggs" with him
when they desire to hatch chicks in
the spring. If farmer buys eggs of
the pure breed he buys "stock," the
eggs being simply the, embryo chicks.
The farmer who desires to improve
also goes too far sometimes. Instead
of depending on one breed, he begins
with two or more. His interest will be
sufficiently strong for a year or more
to keep his birds separate, but in the
course of time he will undertake to
save labor by turning all the breeds
out together. Then the down grade
begins, and in a season or two his
fowls will be all cross-breeds and mon
grels, with no uniformity or fixed
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-09-28
WINTERING THE BEES
Unless It II Done Successfully The
Apiarist Cannot Make the
Business Pay.

At an Indiana convention some years
ago L. r. Jackson said: II have made
wintering of bees q special study,
knowing that unless we can be more
successful in wintering we can never
make beekeeping q profitable bust
ness. Several things are essential to
safe wintering, and preparations
should begin early in the season. One
of the most essential things is plenty
of good honey as free from pollen as
possible. Honey contains sugar in
two forms, cane and grape sugar.
Cane sugar is the most easily digested.
Clover honey contains more cane
sugar than the fall honey, and should
be used for winter store. I always
have frames in the upper story filed
with clover honey for winter. These
frames are set away until I pack my
bees for winter. All preparations for
winter should be made by the last of
October. Bees should always be kept
perfectly dry. Ice should never be
found inside the hive. Bees should be
kept from rearing broods in the win
ter. Much of the dysentery and near
~ all the spring dwindling is caused
by too early brood rearing. At least
two old bees are lost for every young
bee reared during the winter. I pre-
fer wintering in single wall hive on
the summer stands. I know that a
large majority of the beekeepers DIFF
fer with me in this. Experience has
taught me that there is more danger
in bees becoming too warm than there
is from cold. When the hive becomes
too warm the bees become uneasy
and consume large amount of honey,
start brood rearing, and unless they
can have good fly in few days dys-
EMERY will follow. Cellar wintering
has never been a success, neither has
double wall chaff hives. If the hive
is kept dry and well ventilated bees in
a single wall hive will stand any cold
we ever have in Indiana, and there
will be but little brood raised before
the 1st of April"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-09-28
INTERIOR ARRANGEMENT,

should be raised three or four inches
from the ground to shut out dampness,
and dry earth and coarse sand spread
over it regularly after the old has been
removed, for this gives the hens exer-
else and grit, both of which are highly
essential to their welfare. Wire net
ting, of course, should be employed to
divide the pens, and in the upright part
of the building should be arranged the
roosts. Here, also, should be arranged
the ventilators, which at their best
ought to be left open during the mid
die OF the day, when the hens are down
on the floor or out of the house, and
closed at night, or partially so, to keep
out the cold.
Concerning the stove (look at plan),
this comes available for cooking food
in its caldron or boiler before feeding
the same to focks in the morning, and
also for keeping the building free from
dampness-a thing highly important
where large number of hens are kept.
Have the stove inclosed in small
apartment by itself, and then when you
wish to warm the rest of the house
open the door and let the heat pass out.
Thus you keep the stove neat and clean,
while if the apartment is mouse-proof,
as it ought to be, a supply of grain and
meal may be stored therein for the
fowls, which economies much in time
and labor.
The, windows, which in their sloping
position should face directly to the
south, afford the inmates a large
amount of light and sunshine-all that
are Northumberland no matter how Sc
we're the weather may be, fowls thus
provided for are always contented and
happy, compensating their owner with
an agreeable amount of eggs. When
a hard snowstorm is in progress, how
ever, it is policy to cover the windows
with straw mating or the like, for
then when it clears up the mats may
be removed, and with them all the
snow, leaving the glass perfectly clean
and the hens to enjoy a regular para
dise.-Frederick O. sibley, in N. Y.
Tribune . Is. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-09-28
/ AMONG THE POULTRY.


Pounded oyster shells are good for
hens. @*% =
Corn meal and kitchen scraps make
q good feed fol-. ducks. y r.. +.:. ~ 5@.@3
St ore away q God supply Of road
dust to use this win ter. ,.l. XII
1T is always best to da rken the place
where the ne st are arranged. @
5z.55 The fast ersSt he turkeys are made to
grew the more profitable they 1may be
made. B 81 II VI 5 ri: d Il. B
$. The profit and rapid development Of
chickens depends largely on the start
they get. y, ...s
Unless being ia tened for market,
fowls that fatten easily should have
plenty Of exercis
Reduce the winter stock Of poultry
4 az much as possible to laye They
will pa the IL wa q and leave a profit
Afinorcas, eghorns and black Span
4 I'm are the three bree eds tsare pre-
eminent luahle for egg produc-
loulIs Repub. Is Il.