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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
COST par CHICK.

Various estimates are made regard.
ing the cost of producing poultry these
estimates vary widely, owing to the
widely differing circumstances attend
log the chick from the she'll to the
broiler. Under ordinary circumstances.
chicks ought to be matched, making
a fair allowance for value of eggs and
food for setting hens, at q cost of less
than five cents apiece. The highest
cost per pound gain during any week.
while growing chicks to three and one
half pounds average weight, is less than
seven cents and the cost averages much
less than six cents. At the prices gen.
orally obtained the growth is certainly
a profitable one. With chicks having
the liberty of the fields it seems reason.
able to expect a still cheaper produc.
ton OF meat, and it would appear that
a profitable use for some of the skim
milk of the farm would be in the grow.
ing OF chicks for home use or for
market Elk.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
WATCH The

When fowls are judiciously fed, mad,
to take exercise and their quarters ken
clean and free from lice, there is com
paratlvely no trouble with sickness
except IN cases Of contagion.
When the combs and wattles If the
fowls are of a bright red color, it indi
Gates a condition of health.
When the fowls are busy scratching.
the hens laying and singing and the
cocks Growing, these are signs of good
health.
When you can enter the henhouse
after dark and hear no wheeling. If
proves there are not any roupy fowls
in the flock.
When the edge Of the comb and wat
ties is OF a purplish red and the move
ments sluggish, there il something
wrong.
When fowls lie around, Indifferent
60 the surroundings, they are too fat.
and death from apoplexy, indigestion
or liver complaint will result unless
the trouble is corrected.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE IN TaR SOUTH.

In many parts of the South there il
an increasing interest in cattle raising,
By this is not meant the large ranch
undertakings in Texas, or the care OF
two or three cattle as a side issue on
farms, but q systematic enlargement
OF operations On a large scale in such
States as Georgia, Louisiana, Missis-
slppl and Tennessee. This industry has
apparently received it's impetus from
demands on the part of ranches in Kan
sas, Indian Territory and the North,
vest for young stock to be fed and
turned into beef for consumption in
Eastern and even in Southern markets,
During the past year or eighteen
months thousands of head Of stock
have been gathered. and shipped to dis
tant points and the business is still
under way.
This m1y be regarded as an indica
ton OF a change in Southern methods
which will have a momentous effect
upon agriculture in that section. It is
easy step for an intelligent man,
noting the profits IN beef in spite of
transporting the stl OK twice, to turn
bis attention from the mere gathering
the stock in punches here aud there
throughout a State and driving them
TO the stocky ard at the railroad station.
70 gather them upon his W farm to
fed there for slaughter either in g
nearby town or at a distance. Especial
attention is given to this subject in the
Nay number Of the Southern Farm
Magazine Of Baltimore
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
HARD AND SOFT FOOD.

1t anyone will moissen a gill OF corn
meal, it will be noticed that a large
quantity Of water will be absorbed
This water is not taken by the fowl
voluntarily, but thru ugh necessity, in
order to accept the food IF red. Nat
urally the fowls drink but little water.
and but a small quantity at a time. I'm.
less deprived of it for quite awhile.
When the crop is packed with soft
food and digestion is slow, decomposi,
tIcn begins, being FASTENED by the ami
NAL heat Of the body. When the fowl
consumes dry food and must seek it.
the first portion is digested before the
last enters the crop; hence when it
drinks there is but a portion of the
tood eaten moistened and the crop is
never full. To give sof5 food when it
is necessary to do so is correcs, but
such food should be given only in linn
tied quantities, and the ground food
be given dry in the trough, if
possible, instead of forcing more water
the birds than they really REQUIRE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
[ooNCLUpEp FRoM PAGE 1l

government, and the people as well, "a
encourage the agricultural people ia
stand up and show their independence,
We-you and all of us-would prosper
more and more. But any man or wo
man who is ashamed of their calling,
who can help them9 You can never
tell how much brains is under q hat
or bonnet by the looks Of it and shape
or 1t, nor you cannot look at the foot
or eye and tell. So it is best not TO
give in your verdict until you get all
the testimony. I have seen colonies,
captains, majors, doctors, hons, etc.,
TO some mems names who were miser.
able failures. have seen high school
teachers that were failures, if you take
them away from the cyclopedias. So
1t goes. Yes, we are farmers and glad
OF 1t, as we are trying to live a real life,
and the farm is the place to do the act
lng.-Farmer Clark.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
POWER OF The TRUST Rx.
TENDING.

One Of the largest concessions ever
obtained by Americans from a foreign
government has fallen into the hands
OF a syndicate OF New York capital.
Ist, who have completed the organiza.
ton Of a company to control the expor
tatlon and importation of cattle ana
live stock Of all descriptions from and
to the Republic of Honduras. The
concession is for twenty five years. &C
cording to the T~entieth Century.
This concession vas granted in August
1895, by the government of Hondu
ras, Central America, to Mr.. O5to
Zurcher, a citiZ9n of Switzerland
His laborg resulted in the formation a
few days ego, Of the American Hon.
duras Cattle, Agricultural and Colo
nization company, composed princi
pally of New York men. The CON
pany is to be capitalized at five mil.
lion dollars. The exclusive right tn
establish and operate slaughter-hous.
es, refrigerators, canning factorio.
packing houses and other estehI;sS
ments Of like nature is granted ao !.
exemption from all taxation IN tbo
company's business, proDertv onS
products. About 300, 600 r If NH
lie land will be granted to the cono1o
ny. It there are eny good 70
morsels of wealth lying loose on any
part of the globe that have not 1ot
been trusted" the fact is unknowr
Jul Wall street. bankers. W
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
PREPARATION OF SOIL FOR TO.
BACCO.

This is a matter of great Importance
as one days work with harrow, drag
and roller saves many days of hard
labor with the hoe. The disk or cuta,
way harrow are the best tools for this
purpose, the plank drag and spike tooth
harrow being next in Importance. My
plan is to disk and cross disk, then use
the plank drag or roller, and finish
with the 4S tooth harrow.
Cigar leaf is planted closer than n
other variety. The Pennsylvania To
bacco Experiment Station reported
that they made the best filler leaf by
planting not over 1889 inches. North
ern Ohio planters advise 1884 to SO
inches, and the bulk of the crop in the
Miami Valley is planted 1885 inches.
The wider tobacco is planted, on fertile
land, the heavier and coarser will be
the product. White Burley is planted
44x2S to 80 inches, except on hillsides
where it is planted 48x3O to 80 inches.
The yellow tobacco Of the Southern
States is planted as wide as ASKS
inches, but this is grown on thin soil,
specially tertilized for the needs of the
crop.
When the soil is we'll pulverized
mark out not too keep with sled marker
or single shovel pillow and make good
sized hills. I like to have hills made
square and thin, with spaces between
them clear OF loose soil, as when made
IN this way q light rain has q better
chance to make a season for setting
than when hills are made with a single
pat OF the hoe. -Stockman and Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
z A rHIs, MOTHER.
Do You Stand With Your Boy As The
Rmbodimeut OF A Living BonorR

? Do You Stand With Your Boy 40 Th
Embodiment Of A Living EOnOrG
/ The New York Evangelist tells a stor,
of the late Senator Pratt, Of Indiana
which has a meaning both for boys ant
!, for mothers.
One summer morning, ten yeRrsago
he sat on the porch Of his house over
locking the Ohio river, debating the
history Of his early life to his daughter.
One "Reminiscences moved the old man
greatly. 1t was the account of a jour
ney which he had made on horseback,
when a very young man, from Indian:
apolis to Cincinnati.
Some business men asked him to
carry q large amount of money in
bank notes and deposit it for them in
Cincinnati. He gave no security, go
absolute was their faith in his honesty.
When he reached the bluff overlook
ing the Ohio, a large steamboat, bound
for New Orleans, suddenly came round
the bend. The thought rushed into his
mind, "Why not board that boatG It
would be years before he could earn a
sum such as that which he carried. He
could chnge his name and be lost in
the South"
Success-fortune waited for him.
But, with the thought, a sudden
scene flashed before his mind. An old
gray farm house in New England, and
his white haired mother sitting on the
porch reading her Bible.
Something rose in his throat choking
him. He turned his horse away from
the river.
The old man suddenly paused here,
and after a moment said to his daugh
ter: II will finish this story another
She sat in silence watching beside
him. His head dropped on his breast,
and she waited long for him to awaken,
but when she spoke to him he did not
answer. He W wakened from that
sleep. The last words of the old Sena
or, whose wisdom and integrity were
to the whole nation, were the
story of the fierce temptation of his
youth from which the mere memory
It his mother had saved him.
We copy the story that we may ask
he young mother who reads it: Do
Tou stand with your boy as the en-
'odiment of a living Honor and Truth :
nd Goodness, so the mere remem-
rance of your face would drive him :
ack from sin and ruin9 .
You can do it if you will.-The :
household.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17

with ordinary barnyard fowls, If you
cannot afford better. AS the stock in.
creases and business grows q higher
grade OF poultry should be bought and
the best possible care should be taken
Of each feathered inmate of the barn,
yard. While a good breed of chickens
is always desirable, the quality of the
eggs depends chiefly upon the food of
the fowls.
Give them meat and heterogeneous
food. It is as necessary as the car
bonaceous. Give them good wheat
grains, not shriveled, imperfect grains,
but the best you a get. Cut up clean,
wholesome meat and give them, and
let them have a good run of ground,
covered with clover and grass. Then
there should be a plot of gravel, strewn
with oyster shells and pounded bones.
Chickens should have their drinking
water in clean iron vessels. Let every
thing about the poultry yard be scru-
pulously clean, and the hen houses.
roosts and nest shelves should receive
most careful attention.
A pound Of naphthaline crystals dis
solved in a gallon of kerosene and ap-
piled as one would coal oil is an eff
Gent exterminator of lice and vermin.
Do moi follow the example set by
many Of your neighbors, that of allow
ing the chick ems to roost in the trees
and fence tops, lay, if they lay at all,
where they can, steal their nests in
summer, and raise their chickens
N that way. The hens are gorged with
corn one day and starved the next.
To succeed in the chicken business
you must study their wantsand supply
hem. They need good care, and that
means work. /,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
PROFITABLE AND PLEASANT,

The raising of poultry is one of the
most suitable occupations for woman
who live in small towns or in the conn
try, and when properly and practically
managed money a always be made
Children usually like to help about
chickens, and the mother can nearly
always count on her boys and girls
taking an interest in the poultry farm
especially if they are allowed TO have
a few chickens of their own.
The statistical bureau reveals an in.
teresting and significant fact. The
cash value Of the cotton products If
the United States for a certain wear
was given at $40, 600, 900, the dairy
products 1884, OOO, 900, while the pouI.
try products showed the robust sum of
$3.50, OOO, 900. Surely this tells the value
of the poultry farm.
The city and State of New York cor
sumo about $48, 600, 600 worth of norl
try and eggs every year, and the
OuIted States consumes about $500
100000. England imports annually
$48'OOO,O 600 worth of eggs and fowls
for domestic consumption.
30 1t will be readily seen from these
ngures and facts that poultry pays. II
you are not making a profit out Of If
then that is your fault. You can do so
IT you like, and will take the trouble
TO learn how. Begin ON q small scale.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
s
We clip the following hints from
Southern Cultivator:

We clip the following hints from
Southern C~ultivator:
SORGHUM.
About the first Of May, planting Of
early amber sorghum may be made as
n OF the hog and COW crops. The
early amber having smaller stalks than
other varieties is more easily eaten. Its
earliness also commends it in this con.
nection. II fed after it's seed mature,
hogs will eat the seeds and chew and
suck the juices of all other parts of the
plant. 1t is really a very valuable hog
crop, and by successive paintings may
be had from July to December.
OATS.
If oats are threatened with rust take
time by the forelock and NOW them
for hay; cut when in milk or dough
state, oats make most excellent forage.
Ii too low to harvest with cradle, pur
sue the same course, moving while
they are still green. If rye is to be
cut for hay, it should be done before
the heads r fully out. Cut late, rye
makes a very inferior hay. johnson
grass also should be moved when it is
still quite young and much in advance
or its heading out-otherwise it be-
comes very woody and hard-grasses
generally and clovers make be st hav
cut when in full bloom.
CORN FORAGE.
Continue to make SO wings of drilled
corn for forage. Sow in drills four
feet apart and space the stalks to thew
will have enough to make nub.
bins eight or ten inches apart is not
too much-or hills two feet apart with
several stalks in each hill. The small
stalked varieties are best-the large
Southern corn when given distance
makes too large a stalk. Plant enough
for feeding through the summer when
pastures fail, and also a good supply for
sllo for winter and spring use. The
customs Of our people in the past in.
cline them to pasture, but cattle can be
Kept on much less land planted in
drilled corn than on land devoted to
grass and probably cheaper also. where
land is at all high priced. Instead of
spending labor on securing winter pas
lures, it would be better to secure
abundant supplies of ensilsge, the sue.
culent nature of which enables it In
take the place of green food, and pro-
notes health in similar manner. Let
every farmer build a silo and plant
crops to fill it. Corn forage and pea
vines are the great crops for it, and
both can be raised without limit at the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17

W. A. Gardner, Chairman, Andrew
Settlement, Pa; A. B. WEIGH. Sec'v
Victor, N Y; John Breinig, juno
ton. w. Va. j. q. Wilborn, Ole
Point, s. O.; @. A. Barlow, San Luil
Obispo, Cal.
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALI
ANCF.
President-John Graham, Warren
ton, N. Q.
Vice resident-W. B. Upchurch.
Morrisville, N. Q.
Secretary Treasurer-J.T B. Hoover
aillsboro, N. @.
State Business Agent-T. B. Parker,
dlllsbOro, N. Q.
Lecturer-Dr. V. N. seawell, Villa
1oW, N. 9.
Assistant Lecturer ". B. Brick
house, MackeY Ferry, n. Q.
Chaplain-W. 8. Mercer, Moyock,
0oor-keeper-Geo. 7. Lane, Greens
Ooro, n. Q.
assistant Door keeper-Jas. e. LYON.
D lrham, n. G.
Sergeant-a6-Arms-A. D. z. Wallace,
Raleigh, N. Q.
Trustee Business Agency Fund-w.
A. Graham, Machpelah, n. O.
xECUTIvE COMMITTEE OF TIE NORTH
0LINA FARMERS STATE ALLIANCE.
J, w. Denmark, Chairman, Raleigh,
n Q.
John Graham, Warrenton, N. @.
W. B. Fleming, Ridgewav. N. Q.
a. +. Hileman, Concord, II. 9.
DR.. J. E Person, PIkeviile. n. g.
Thomas J. Oldham, Teer, NO.
STATE ALLIANCE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
DR.. J. E. Person, Pikeville, N. Q.
W. s. Barnes, Raleigh, N. G.
T. Ivey, Cary, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
POMONA HILL NURSERIES
POMONA, ". g,

Two miles west of Greensboro, N. G., on tn
Southern Railway. Well known for THIRTY
years. Up with the times with all the new Is vel
as the old fruits that are suited to my trade
which extends from Maine to Texas. The nev
Japan fruits and all other good fruit and hoW
ers | have, as shown in my new illustrate
catalogue, free to all. Agents wanted.
ds9a ]. VAN LINDIIEY. Prom.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
POLK'S
DIPE1THERIA
CURE.

It is neither a caustic nor a DOW.
ertul acid. 1t does not eat awey
the membrane; it simply perme-
ates 1t and destroys the little build.
Frs OF it. leaving it to come away
OF itself, without violence and
without leaving the throat raw and
liable to hemorrhage, as it will be
under any violent treatment. While
SO eHcRciousas to deserve the name
OF a specific, it is perfectly harm
less In all cases and under all cir.
cumstances.
ALI that is asked for it is a
prompt and honest trial. according
TO directions, and it will certainly
erect a cure, as is proven by the
tact that 1t hae Done go in hundreds
or we'll authenticated cases, as our
certificates will show: 1t does its
own advertising. Only one dollar
a bottle.
MANUFACTURED AND FOR SALE BY
Mrs. Mia Polk Denmark,
4O4 m East Street.
RALEIGH. N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
CONSUMPTION
and

We learn, from q reliable source,
tnat Judge Geo. e. Hunt, of Lexing-
Ton, N. O., has discovered q medicine
OF his own make, that is a sure cure
for Consumption and Bronchitis All
who are suffering with either disease,
would do well to address him at Lex
lngtoD, N. @. He has this medicine in
any quantity desired at the low price
OF SO cents per bottle.
Mention this paper when you write
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
THR NATIONAL FARMERS, ALI
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION,

President-W. A. Gardner, Andrews
Settlement, Va.
Vice President-P. h, Rahilley, Lake
City, MINI.
Secretary Treasurer-W. P. Bricker,
COgan Station. Pa.
LMNPrT1RMPS
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17

He who honors his mother honors
himself.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
LECTURERS
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE CoMMIrrEE.

J. P. Sossamon, Charlotte, N. @.
]. @. aanley, st. Paul, MINI.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1898-05-17
EVERY RECRUIT

Is a hero before battle. After the fight, real
s9adII9E rs proclaimed. COnquests on a thOusaLH
noios praise The Page. See our ad. in next ISSUE
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., Adrian, Mich,
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-10-27

From etamin Franklin.
"When you are sick what you like best Is TO be
chosen for medicine IN the first place; what expert.
tells you is best, 10 be chosen in the second
place; what q. Theory says is best Is to be
chosen in the last place But II you get Dr. In
clination, DR.. Experience and DIR. Reason 10 hold a
consultation together. they will give you the best ad
vice that can be taken.
When you have bad cold DIR. In
clination would recommend Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy because it is
pleasant and safe to take. DR.. Expe-
rience would recommend it because il
never fails to effect speedy and per-
manent cure. DR.. Reason would re-
commend it because it is prepared ou
scientific principles, and acts on ma,
lures plan in relieving the lungs, open.
ing the secretions and restoring the
system to a natural and healthy con.
dition. For sale by r. W. Smith.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1898-10-27
Col. w. II. Brodhead, died sud
denly at HALEY last Friday.

Col. w. II. Brodhead, died sud
denly at HALEY last Friday.
Ex-Secretary of State Ike Carrot,
died in Boise a few days ago.
Old fashions in dress may be re-
vived, but no old-fashioned medicine
can replace Chamberain's Cole, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale
by X. w. Smith, druggist.
Joseph Rosevear Of Glenn's Ferry
has been put ON the goldbug ticket
for representative, in place Of Mr..
Baxter, who declined the great honor.
Miss Emma Edwards, formerly
n teacher in Bruneau valley, has
been engaged as special instructor
in Arithmetic, Grammar, Spelling
and Writing in the Boise Business
College. Miss Edwards will also
have her art studio ii one of the
rooms in the College.
ELF Mrs. NJ. King has reopened
the City Restaurant and Bakery.
Fresh pies, cakes, bread, etc, al
ways on hand. The best of meals
served at all hours. Call and see
for yourself
J. A. Anderson, Populist candi-
date for Governor, T. L. Glenn, can
didate for Attorney General and j
Ed, Smith, addressed small audi
ence in this place last Thursday
evening.
Our little boy was afflicted with
rheumatism in his knee and at times
unable TO put his foot to the floor. We
tried in vain, everything we could hear
of that we thought would help him
We almost gave up in despair, when
some one advised us to try Chamber
lain's Pain Balm. We did so, and the
first bottle gave SO much relief that We
got a second one, and, TO our surprise
1t cured him sound and WE'LL. I
Bays, pastor Christian Church, Neo
desha, Kan. For sale by R.W. Smith
The Hannaites claimed that Re
publican administration caused
wheat to raise in price, but now
they claim that oYerproduction has
caused fall in prices. The fact is
there is an "overproduetion" Of mil.
lionaires, tramps and id fools in
this country just now.
How can prosperity be possible
with one-third of all our money
locked up in the Treasury Scarce
money makes low prices for all
wealth, except interest, rents, mort
cages and that kind of wealth own
ed by bondholders and money
changers.