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The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20
.ch county will make the trust sue

each county will make the trust a sue
cess.
Can money be borrowed on cotton8
Money is borrowed every day on cotton
by spectators and others who hold it.
Can money be borrowed on planta-
tions to tide the planters over until
they can realize on their cottOn9 Money
can be borrowed on city property.
Why's It is so managed as to make 1t
pay. The planters cannot make their
plantations pay because they are forced
to sell at home at the worlds market
price fixed by competition with cheaper
labor, which forces prices down below
the paying point.
The banks do not want to loan money
on the lands and be forced to take
them. They want their interest and
principal when due. Fix maximum
prices on your cotton and it will be a
paying crop and your plantations will
have value and the banks will be
pleased to loan money on this kind Of
property. The trust is the only power
that can exSricate the planter from the
dilemma of low prices Of cotton. What
the manufacturers are doing the cotton
planters and every other class can do
The manufacturing trusts are blazing
the way and the farmers must follow
suit.
Before India and Egypt are fully
equipped with labor saving machinery
competition will have ruined the COT
ton planters in the South. When all
classes have formed trusts, the home
consumption of cotton will have in
creased three fold and we will consume
the largest crop ever produced. You
must be able to command the dollars
to distribute all that we have the facil:'
ties to produce Co operate, fix maxi
mum prices and you can comm and the
dollars to distribute all produced,
This is a feasible plan by which the
money can be secured to buy supplies
to tide the planters over until they can
realize on their cotton and save them
from the high prices paid for supplies
on credit. We have made an exhRuc-
tive study Of trusts, their effects on
this and other countries and are pre-
pared to answer all questions germaip.
JAMES MUaDOCK.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20
No. 19

powerful is the tyranny Of fashion,
however, that very many think that
the white peas are the only ones fit to
be eaten. This is very great mistake
for several of the colored varieties are
better; they have more sugar and
gluten and less starch than the white
varieties. They are more nourishipg
and easier of digestion. This is true Of
the speckled peas generally.
Perhaps no single article of food
gives to the laboring man more strength
and power of endurance. Many mil
lions Of people live almost exclusively
upon rice, while many others make
Irish potatoes the chief diet Peas
surpass both of these in amount of
nourishment, as is shown by the phys
ical superiority of the l8borers who
use them for food.
so fer, we have spoken Of dried peas,
but many farmers know that one Of
the most acceptable dishes ever placed
before the hungry laborer is the green
pea, taken when fully grown in size,
though still green and tender. This is
one of the luxuries of country life un-
known to many city tables. Roasted
in the hull these green peas are indeed
treat. When good, strong common
sense shall have conquered the preju-
dice against the colored peas, both in
the green and dry state, they will be-
come generally very highly esteemed
as table dish. The green peas will
necessarily be corfned largely to the
section in which they are grown and
the season when they are growing, but
by judicious planting, both as to the
time and the varieties, this season can
be ezter d9d from the middle of sum.
mer to late fall. The dry peas may be
shipped anywhere, and kept all the
year round, They will naturally be
enjoyed and appreciated more during
winter and spring months when vege-
tables are comparatively scarce.
PEA MEAL.
Peas are also valuable when made
into pea meal for use as cattle food.
The pea meal for dairy rations is
very valuable. When ground together
with oats they stand at the head of the
list. It is strange, yet true, that easy
and profitable as pea growing is, this
vegetable should generally be 90 scarce
upon the market that the price puts
limit upon the use. So we say again
to our farmer friends: Plant largely of
peas. Manure them with phosphate
and kainit or muriate OF potash. This
will greatly increase the yield, and at
the same time help to improve the
land rapidly. Tne heavier the crop Of
peas, the greater will be the perme-
nent Improvement to the soil.
JAMES B. HUNNICUTT.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

a sharp advance in the price Of
farming implements is expected soon
A NEE ing of manutac .urers was held
iu Chicago recently, at which the fol
lowing firms were represented: Ha
worth Sons Manufacturing Company,
Decatur, Ill G Gorge w Brown & Co.,
Galesburg. I'll Mulford Heater Co, g.,
Gllva. Ill j. E Porter Co., Ottawa,
Ill; Keystone Manufacturing Go.
and Slerlipg Manufacturing Co., Sterl
ing, Ill. Janney Manufacturing Co.,
Ottumwa, Ill OHIO Rake Co., Day.
ton, o Standard Manufacturing Co, &,
D lyton, O O. Fl. P. Deuscher Co.,
Hamilton, o McSherry Manutactur
ing Co, Middletown, o A. @. Evans
Manufacturing Co., Springfield, o !;
Abram E lwood Manufacturing Co.,
DeKalb, Ill King and Hamilton Co :,
O.tRwe, Ill Luthey & Co, Peoria,
Ill. Sears Manufacturing Co., Plano,
Ill Rude Bros. Manufacturing Co.,
Liberty, Ind; Ohio Cul5ivator Co.,
Belleville, o II. P. Mast & Co., Spring
field, o American Harrow Co., De
troit; E. Dement'S Sons, arising,
Mich. D. NJ. Osborne s. Co, Auburn,
N. z; Thomas Manufacturing Co.,
Springfield, o.; Deere Manufacturing
Co., Moline, ILL.,; GAINESVILLE Machine
Co., GAINESVILLE, Wis.
A general advance in prices was ad-
vocated by those present, and commit
tees we're appointed to prepare a eched-
ule for the various kinds Of imple-
ments. These committees will attempt
to make out their price list during the
summer months and will report to a
meeting of the North western Plow As,
sociation, to be called this fell. II is
thought a general increase of from Is
to 25 per cent. will be made out and
agreed to. 1t is claimed that material
from which farming implements are
manufactured has increased IN value
to a corresponding amount.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20
PEAS AS FERTILIZERS AND FOOD

Correspondence of The Progressive Farmer.
There is at present a very general in
terest in the culture of peas, particu-
IarIy in the Southern States. They are
considered to be one Of the most in
portant elements in the renovation of
worn out fields and farms. They
gather nitrogen from the air, and store
it in the soil. The roots penetrate the
compacted subsoil and open up the
way for the circulation of the earth
water. The mechanical condition Of
the soil is very greatly improved by
the decaying not only of the roots in
the soil, but also of the vines on the
surface. No other crop except clover
does this double work 30 well. Hence,
we fi0d that the fields improve more
rapidly when planted in peas than un,
der any other crop. Too much stress
cannot be laid upon this feature OF the
pea crop.
PEAS AS HAY PRODUCERS.
While the PEA is thus improving and
enriching the soil. it is also paying it's
way and yielding a surplus revenue.
TIE vines when cut and cured for
nay furnish one OF the most nouri2k-
ing and perhaps the nCs5 digestible of
all the hay feeds. Animals fed on
good pea vine hay produce manure OF
tha finest quality, rica in nearly all
the elements Of plant food; mixing
with acid phosphate and potash rem,
ders it q complete fertilizer. Cattle
fed CT pea vine hay keep in fine flesh,
making choice beef; and mich CO VS.
give large yields Of rich milk and
choice butter. 1t is particularly suited
TO young animals. II cut when the
peas are just ebout grown in the pods,
it furnishes the needed elements Tor
bone, muscle and fat.
We believe from our experience that
the folio wing method of dealing with
peas will give good results. As soon
as the dew, if any, is off, cut with the
mower as many as you are prepared to
handle thoroughly in half day. Let
these lie until the following afternoon.
The next day cut again. In the after.
noon rake up in wiodrows. Next day
cut again, but not go many. Afternoon
rake up as before, and also put in good
round heaps those cut first day. Let
these remain few days, according to
the weather. Then haul to the barn
and mix wheat straw, oat straw or
any dry grass hay you have, putting a
layer of straw and layer of pea vine
each about one foot deep. II you have
no straw, scatter the heaps of pea hay
as much as you can. II the leaves
shatter eff, you have lost very little.
The vines and pods are the valuable
part.
PEAS AS HUMAN FOOD
Very little has been said about the
value of peas So human diet. You see
the white varieties offered at almost
every grocery stand in the cities.
With many families they are stand
ard dish. The Southern Lady Pea and
the various Crowders are fully equal
to the celebrated Boston Beans, and
are quite as nourishiDg. When well
prepared and rightly seasoned, they
are very pleasant to the taste. SO
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20
ROUND BALE PROCESS.

About two years ago periodicals de-
voted to trade and manufacturing be
gan urging an improvement in the
process of bRling cotton for market.
At this bidding, and perhaps long be
fore this inventive minds went to work
endeavoring to conceive the desired
process, which led to the new and i'm
proved round bale system that is
spoken Of so much through farm and
manufacturing periodicals.
1t is fully well conceded that this
new process ia far superior to the old
from several points of utility; the new
process giving a more compact bale
that is easier shipped, easily handled,
the fabric better protected, put in bet
ter shape for the factory, and the cost
from the field TO factory generally les
sened.
But the inventor of this has secured
the patent from the government, and
by this, is guaranteed protection Of
his right, while he gees in a combine
and the concern proceeds to work g.
hardship that uses the process.
The combine conceives an omnivor-
Gus scheme of gobbling the entire COT
ton ginning and compressing business
Of the South; which, if perfected
would prove most disastrous to the
several business interests in connection
with the same.
What vantage would the combine
prefer to a monopoly Of this BUSINESS
What millions would they turn out Of
this handicap9 II is we'll enough said
that the concern has succeeded but lit
tie, go far, ard the prospect is that it
will never do great damage. But in
the meantime the world is without the
benefit Of this invention. The combine
will not sen presses, 80 we are totally
without its use, and whet benefit is the
invention9 This scheme Of the COM
bine must be broken before the round
bale process will be introduced. No
attempt at it's use should be allowed
under the,terms now desired by the COM
bine. 1t would prove more of hard
CCOETTNUED ON PAGE 8
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

division Of the Department, states it
as his belief that the use of preserva
tives is entirely unnecessary for ex-
porting good butter; the best exporters
using nothing of the kind, and yet
furnishing butter to the United States
Navy, guaranteeing it to keep for two
years in any part of the world, and
that preservatives are only needed to
bolster up some poor, inferior article.
'It is claimed" he said, that little
boric acid does not ipjure the stomach ;
but where is the line to be drawn9 Il
has been the position of this depart
ment that il was entirely practicable
TO export butter to any part of the
world without the use of any chemical
preservative and go far we have been
working very successfully on these
lines. We have shipped butter to Eng
land and Germany with good results
and lately have shipped canned butter
to the Orient, Results are not yet az
parent, but do not doubs that they
will be ENCOURAGING to our dairy men. D
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20
Ex SOLICITOR LRARY WRITES
Contrasts Farming in Ante BelIum Days
With Present Day Methods and Points
Out a Remedy.


With Present Day Methods and Points
Out Remedy.
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
EDENTON, n. G June 10, 1899.
have just re 2eived and read with
good deal Of interest Prof. W. f
Massay's pamphlet on Farming IN
North Carolina" and consider it a
very valuable paper. The station is
doing a good work, and work that will
be OF great value to our farmers if they
will take and read the bulletins as they
are issued. It is to be regretted that
our farmers as a class d o not read more
of the great interests intrusted to their
keeping. It is to be hoped that the
a. & N. College will By it's la5ors place
here and there all over the State scien-
tific farmers from whom neighb0rlng
farmers may imbibe some Of this learn
ing, and in this way arouse general IN
terest, and seeking after the most IN
proved methods of farming. a capable
scientific farmer is a godsend to any
community o. farmers; for the ruts
our fathers followed Ia the good old
times will not do now when economy
ard the best results are required and
sought after. No State is blessed with
better lands for general purposes than
our own for our lands are as good as
any in the world, when properly cul-
tivatedand cared for. Lands, how
ever, are like stock: they n ed con-
stent attention one way or another il
they are expected to be a source Of
profit.
Before the war in this county
(Jhowen) the lands lying to the east OF
E ienton and north Of the Albemarle
Sound were considered to be among
the best in the State and the wealth OF
their owners was considerable and
great prosperity abounded. It was in,
deed the land of hospitality and good
cheer. No people were happier, or
more contented. With my earliest
recollections / recall the happy scenes
that then existed amidst these lands
of plenty and the planters who owned
them. It was a great pleasure to drive
through them and behold on every
hand the evidences of thrift and plenty.
The scene has changed with the sys
tenn introduced after the war. Tne
old planter has disappeared, and the
tenant has followed in mis- wake with
the carelessness and slip shed methods
which no lands can stand.
Prof. Massey has given a fair state
ment of these lands, for only few
days ago I was talking with practical
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

Preliminary reports Of the spring
wheat acreage indicate a reduction Of
ab0us 47O,OO acres, or 2 8 per cent.
Ut the twenty States reporting 10. 600
acres or upward in spring wheat, six
report an increase aggregating about
245.0 900 acres and fourteen a decrease
amounting to about 715,0OO acres
There is a reduction OF per cent. in
North Dakota, Of in Minnesota, s IN
I0wa, 3 in Wisconsin,, 1 in Nebraska
and IN Oregon. On the other hand
there is an increase of 4 per cent. IN
South Dakota and Of 6 in Washington.
The average condition of spring
wheat on June 1st was 81 4 as com
pared with 100. at the corresponding
data last year, So on June 1st, 1897,
and 90 2 the mean OF the June aver
ages for the last fifteen years.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

Secretary Wilson states that he has
heard from Professor Curtiss, of the
Iowa Agricultural College, who has
been travelling in England and inc
aelai.y locking into the question Of q
British market for american horses Of
.Ae hunter type. Mr.. CurCiss states
'Aas he finds plenty OF Americ an hunt
era N England, contrary to expec:a-
19H, ou: they are not known as such.
-ney are horses which have been ion
p'f.ld into Ireland from America,
,asre trained and then shipped to Eng
i1lu as Irish hunters. The Secretary
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20
PRACTICAL FARM NOTES.

Written for The Progressive Farmer BY
the Editors and Prof Guy z. Mitchell
A correspondent writes Us for the
name and address of some one who
brgeds Big Guinea swine; another sub
s,riber wants the address OF some
BREEDER of Cotswold sheep. Persons
having improved live stock Of any
kind for sale can find ready market
byputting an ad. in The Progressive
F,Tmar. And our rats are low. II
YOU have good stock to sell, write US.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

A Pls5 Washington correspondent
sa75 that there are fair prospects that
free rural mail delivery will ba estat-
E=hz5 in several counties il Western
E5r h Carolina. Rowan county al
ra.5T has is, and it WORKS we'll. S2na
tor P.-cba-d has SEED that 1t also be
esag'-sled 10 Madison, Mcdowell and
Cherokee counties,
Es-7tag could possibly DO more than
free .eivery to bring the rural sectors
10 -I7=as touch with the business and
g3EIca. world. As an educator, 1t
T.a therefore, Dc Of vast benefit We
ORE s.ad 20 see that the system is
Z. be given 9 trial IN this State ano
hope that results will be satisfactory
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

Il an stafIdiBg aos1 Just behind The
srt1S7,. aysd i8 fiIH glOtc Of the coming
...zset. Behind ne are the shadOt0s on
sss track, before ne lies the dGrs vGttey
srd the riser. When I DsSf1gte tUtth SIS
Err4 ,gdteTs I tCdrt TO cast one LtftgeT-
.gJ look upon country IChO8e gOUeT1s-
ssrt is Of the people, for the people,
nd by the people, ,"-5. Z. POEh, Jt'tr
III, 1890.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

Ow resders who are interested IN
silos-sni all enterprisiDg farmer S
should 5a-can secure q very valuable
bulletin on this subject free by send
ing postal card r~qlest for Bulletin
III. The Construction OF a Stave SIIo
70 Cornell University Agricultural Ex
pertinent Station, Ithaca, n Y. The
bulletin contains Is peges and is illus
ratsl. North Carolina needs more
s!l1s.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

Has the Largest
Circulation and is
the Oldest, LRrg-
sst. and only all
Some-Print Farm
paper in that Rich
min & and
Truckir G section
Retween q Rich
mond, Va and
savannah, Ga
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

1t is reported that testimony was
taken before Senator Mason's pure
food Investigating committee, purport'
ing to represent the butter interests Of
the country in which i5 was stated that
butter could not be successfully canned
or packed for export from the United
Sta,es without the use Of boric acid or
some other preservative. This state
ment, if reported correctly, is vigor.
ously contested by the Department OF
Agriculture. Not only do the best ex
porters of butter from the United
States use no preservatives, but the
Department itself for more than a
wear has exported butter to Great
Britain. which has successfully com
peted with the best butter OF that
country, D nmark, and Australia and
not q particle of boric Gcid or other
preventative has been used. The Dan.
ish butter enjoys the very highest rep
utation AM is sent to all parts Of the
world no preservasiVes being used.
Most OF the Australian butter is chem
ically preserved both for canning and
refrigerating, but Australian cream
erymen are divided among themselves
as to what is the best method. The
French and Germans do not hesitate
to freely use chemicals when butter
is being prepared for export.
Major Alvord, the chief of the dairy
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

Has the largest
circulation Of any
family agricnltu'
raj or political
pGper published
between RiC b.
mond Rnd Atlantis
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20

Money at our risk If sent by regisf cred letter
money order. Please don't send stamps.
Re sure to give both old and new addresses in
,-1ering change of pOstOfhce.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-06-20
PUBLISHED WEEK.

->T,s date on your label tells you when yOur
ttLICrIntfon expires. Receipts for money on
slSSsC--iT3tiOn win be given in change of date on
SUI ffnOt properly changed in two weeks,
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CONTINUED on PAGE 81
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-22
FOURTH vInG1S,A INFANTRY.
NORFOLK SOLDIERS ON FUR.
LOUGH-ANNIOUS TO COME
HOME.

Private Hugh S. Reid, of the Lee
Rifles of Norfolk. who came home on
sick furlough when his company left
for Cuba. reported under orders yester-
day evening at Fortress Monroe, his
leave of absence having expired. Mr..
Reid makes the tenth man now AZ the
Fort from the Fourth Virginia regi-
mcnt awaiting orders to rejon their
command.
WANTS TO RETURN HOME.
The Richmond Dispatch of yesterday
says:
Soldiers of the Fourth Virginia are
not at all pleased with service in Cuba,
If the letters received by Governor Ty-
Ter from men of the regiment be any
Induction of the prevailing sentiment
among them. He is in receipt of many
communications asking him to use his
influence to have them brought home
and mustered out. The writer's do not
like the camp fare; they do not like
the heat: they do not like the rains;
they do not like the drinking water;
they do not like tho insects: they do
not like the hard work they have 10 do.
IN fact, they evidently think Cuba
about the worst hole that could have
been found on this sphere The regi-
ment Will almost certainly be mustered
out in few weeks. or months. at most
II Will probably be brought here for
this purpose.
The Sixth is expected to be mustered
out at Macon soon"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-22

uous example of an eminent and dis
tinguished physician giving consulta-
ton and advice absolutely without
charge to those who are sick, suffering
and out of health. q physician OF world
wide celebrity, who has the largest
practice and makes the most cures of
any physician in the world. We refer to
DR.. Greene, 80 West 14th ST.. New York
city, diScoverer of that wonderful med
i1ine which has cured and is daily cur
ing so many of our people. DIR. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy. DR..
Greene uses only harmless vegetable
remedies. and his cures are wonderful
In the extreme. The marvellous medi-
cines he has discovered for the cure
of various diseases offer the surest
means OF cure known at the lpreseut
day, and when it is considered that you
can consult this most famous of ply
sicians absolutely. free of charge.
whether you call at his Office or write
10 him. 1t is no wonder that his office
Is filled With afflicted PEOPLE. and that
seekers after health write 10 him for
advice and counsel from all parts of
the land. If YOU are wise you will ac-
cept this golden opportunity to get
we'll and write him at once about your
case.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-01-22
Rev. Vcnry y,rrcy Mectiurs.

The Bible reading last Friday by
Mr. Marley in the First Presbyterian
Church on the position OF the believer.
as given i'm %. % and 81 Psalms. show
ing him to be between the cross and
the glory. was considered by many
persons to have been one of the most
precious. If not the best, of all he has
given in Norfolk.
MIR. Marley spends to-day in Philadel-
phia, prea ching for Russell Conwell
but will return to this city the early
part of the week. and Wednesday
resume his Bible reading and preaching,
beginning al the First Baptist Church
So many persons failed to get into
the Academy OF Music last Sunday af-
-ernnnn-tRa- thay- ha-+a- Faetsas.@a- Ps4- J
j. Hall 10 ask Mr.. Marley to repeat that
or give another kindred address In the
came building. The matter is under
consideration.