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sibIe is prolific of the best results. In
the country between the Missouri river
and the mountains the nights are
usually cool, and we find that the mer
curry falls two or three degrees lower
in the shade than on the open ground !;
that it roo Tires a much longer time to
warm up the hive in the shade in the
morning than those not shaded; and,
besides this, the sun comes out so warm
in the morning that often before the
colonies in the shade a'e warmed up
the sun has evaporated a great per
ton of the nectar. 1t is with the bee
as with the farm hand: the fellow who
gets out early in the morning is the
one who usually accompanies the
greatest days work. In experiment.
ing with this matter OF location We
find that the COLONY located the near
eat the shade gather the least stores,
while those looated on the most ex
posed ground gather most. Oae g
in particular was q colony shaded by q
small plum tree. As the tree grew the
colony produced less stores, until it
barely gathered sufi ;ient to winter it
self. We moved this colony out into
the sunlight and it we1t back to it's old
record in honey making.
We set our hives facing the east, that
the sun may shine on the entrance as
soon as it peeps up in the morning, and
further, that it may shine on the rear
late in the evening in order to fa 3ilitate
evaporation as long as ossible. We
use a temporary shade made with a
few old slaves tackled on a two by two,
two feet long, and which protects the
top and sides Of the hive, allowing a
free cir culaSion of air, and the sun to
shine on either end as it is reached
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-10
Poultry and Bees,
HENS AS MONEY Makers.

Results of Experiments to Test Their
Capacity
FIR two years the Utah Experiment
Station has been experimenting with
poultry to learn the relative value OF
year old hens and of pullets as lay ers,
the effect of exercise, the relative value
Of early and of late Matched pullets, the
yearly food cost per fowl, the average
yearly production of eggs per hen, the
weight of eggs from different breeds,
the relative fertility Of eggs under diff
ferent treatments. the relative fertility
of fresh and Of Old eggs, the merits Of
different incubators, and the effect of
different methods in artificial incuba
ton.
Bulletin No. so gives full details az
to the manner of conducting the ex
periments, together with all the date,
or summaries of them, collected during
the year. There are several half tone
cuts Of the fowls used in the expert
ments, also exterior and interior views
Of the poultry house. The relative
profit from pullets, year-old hens aud
old hens is shown graphically by pho
tographs of three baekets of eggs, a
very large n representing the pref
from pullets, a small one for the year
old hens, and a very small one for the
hens, At the end of the bulletin q
summary of the results is given as fol
lows:
Toe following summaries the re-
suits of the experiments &c de sailed in
tnls bulletin. Some comparisons ere
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announcement, improperly furnished,
uncomfortable, poorly ventilated home
isnot alluring even when supplemented
by genuine paternal and maternallove.
We owe il to ourselves TO make our
children's lives as happy as possible, to
make the home by it's rem entrances
the one spot in all the world which
fingers in their recollection, and to
which they gladly return for a visit
from homes Of their own whenever the
first opportunity offers. Now the
farm home of the future stands before
US in q vision. It is on a pleasant site /;
it has evergreens on the north and
west and scattered over the lawn; 1t
has good roads and telephone connec-
ton with the nearest town and with
the neighborhood it is nc3ly painted;
it has vines clambering over the
porches; the barn ia commodious and
slightly; there is a never failing water
supply; there. is an ice house and
chicken house. It is q place to which
the boy who has left the farm loves to
return, to which the daughter comes
with her little ones, and the like Of
which the boy or girl who has chosen
other professions hopes some time to
own and in it to enjoy a period of rest
in old age and from which to be car
ried to that long home from which no
traveller returns. Toe time is coming
in this country Of ours when it will
be the ambition of every business man
who was raised on a farm, and many
who were not, to own a country home.
And the day will come all the sooner
IL the farmers begin now to make
themselves comfortable on their own
farm.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-10

and ear can be taken into considera'
ton. AZ has been suggested before, a
small box attached to the side OF the
wagon bed into which the desirable
ears can be thrown is the most prac
tical device that can be recommended.
By a little judicious selection for a
series of years, a strain can be estab
lished on the upland portion OF any
farm which will be we'll adapted to
that or any other soils similar to loca
ton and composition An eighth
ear from the upland will ordinarily
prove better for planting on the upland
than will a tweIve-inch O from a
draw in the lower portions Of the farm.
Exchange.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-10

practical Lessor s in Bee Keeping
was the title of en- excellent paper ore
seDted a. the Twenty eighth Annual
Meeting Of tire Kansas Board OF Agri
culture, by E Whitcomb, of F.iend,
Neb ard published by Secretary T. D.
CobuFn in his recent report. Mr.
WhJtcomb's observations and experI
ence have been quite varied and extcn
sive, and what he says should be Q.
considerable assistance to beginners 81
we'll as those already engaged in this
industry. He said in part as follo~e
The problem of winteriDg ia enc #
vital Importance. To leave q colony
on the summer sand, exposed to the
sudden changes and bleak storms ..
winter, i5 not conducive to success, IN
the bsginniog. The careful, SUGGEST
bee keeper would az e0on think of win
tering his COW in this manner as rig
bees, which under proper care wouI..
vi Id under the investment tQualy 8
much profit. There are two means of
successful wintering, First, pacxed,
on the summertime second, in nc. :
ventilated cellar. The first is by far
the most Luxurious, yet it has soma ed
vantagss. Cellar wintering is the lease
expensive; it is only necessary to keep
them in Egyptian darkness and u
quiet as possible, carrying them out ou
two or three bright days for a f :,
during the entire winter. The temper !
ture required ia about that which viii
keep potatoes successfully. They le
main in a semi dormant state and con,
sumo but little.
Most every one has his or her favor
lite location for the Rpiary. Some choose
the most shaded point possible. After
ex perrin entir g for sew sral years we
have determined that, in my locsl ity
at least, the most exposed place p1s.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-10
Sled o R

Many farmers owning both bottom
aud upland cornf1elds make the mis-
take of using the same seed on both
kinds Of soils. Corn which is adapted
TO the soil and moisture conditions Of
the valleys will not do so we'll on the
upland as will some variety that has,
by several years Of cultivation and
selection become adapted to the condi-
tions there. 1t is for the same reason
that the large Clorado potatoes that
have been grown for years under irri-
cation will do so poorly when used for
seed in Kansas without the &C yustomed
supply Of water. 1t is generally the
case on the farm that the corn from
all the fields, both upland and bottom,
is cribbed together. When the time
for seed selection comes the largest
ears are picked out irrespective of the
kind OF soil that grew them. AS the
bottom land produces the larger ears it
is more than likely that the bulk of the
seed will be from the lower and moister
portions of the farm. This is the proper
seed for the lowland, but it is not so
well adapted to the dryer and poorer
upland as is seed that has been raised
there. 1t is advisable to select the seed
either before or at husking time, when
not only the quality of the ground but
the character Of the individual stalk
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You can buy OF any Snabaard Air
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You can stop over at Washington or
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Your ticket will be good for thirty
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You can go By Norfolk and connect
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Millions of dollars have been spGnt
on this mammoth Industrial Exposi
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Tickets Oh sale Tuesday and Thurs
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WE'VE NEVER CHANGED,

There are Is cross wires to the rod on all Stand
ard Page Fences. All horizontal wires are cOiled.
PAGE WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO., ADRIAN, MICH.
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made with the results reported in Bull
letin No. 81:
1 During the year it cost an aver
age Of 81 8 cents per fowl for food fol
two pens of brown leghorn year old
hens. During their first year the cost
was 81 z cents per fowl.
2. AS pullets they laid an average oil
IT'S eggs per fowl during the year,
worth 81 70; as ear olds they averaged
1872 5 eggs, worth 81 391,
8. The average food cCsf per dozen OF
eggs was 4 8 cents during the first yeal
and six cents the second year, or 40 PEI
cent, in favor Of the first year.
4 During the first year, as pullets,
there was @ pref Of 1873 per cent On
cost of food, and 118 per cent. profit as
year Odds.
5. Further experiments are neces
sary to determine definitely the relative
value of fowls for egg production at
different ages.
6. Thu best egg record during the
second year was made by a pen OF
brown leghorn pullets, Matched June
10 They laid an average OF 164 6 eggs
per fowl, worth 81 70. at a food cost Of
so 5 cents, equal to 4 4 cents per dozen.
The per cent. prof1G on food was 194.
Two pens OF Aprithatched pullets
averaged $50 eggs, making a profit of
about 1e4 per cent. on food cost. The
pen of late. Matched pullets was of a
diff 5rent strain from the others. and
was reared under diff rent conditions,
and the results are rof, therefore, to be
accepted as proving anything as to the
best tin e for Matching.
z. As to the effect of exercise, con-
Trajectory results were secured. Dur
ing the first year Of pens 8 and 4, it re,
CURED % per cent less food to pro
duce a dozen OF eggs with the exercise
than without it. During the second
year of the same pens the results are
decidedly in favor Of the pen without
the exercise. The test with pullets
during the same y ear gives inconclusive
results on the same question.
s Exercise had little apparent effect
on the weight Of the fowl, that little
being a slight increase in weight.
9. The eggs from the two pens with
out exercise averaged 4 per cent. heav-
Ter than those from the two exercised
pens. This confirms results of the pre-.
vious year.
10 The eggs from pens 8 and 4
weighed 81 par cent. more during their
second year than during their first.
II. The exercised pens consumed a
trife more food than those without the
exercise.
IL The eggs from the two pens Of
light brahmas weighed an average Of
1 81 pounds per dozen; those from the
five pens of brown leghorns averaged
1 46 per dozen, or about IL per cent. in
favor Of the former.
NOTE The conditions were not ell
favorable during the year for the high
est egg production.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-10-10
HOY's Thisi

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THR NATIONAL FARMERS ALI.
ANCE AND INDUSTRIAL
UNION.

President-J. o. Wilborr, Old Point,
Vice President-P. Il. Rahilley, Lake
City, MINI.
Secretary Treasurer-A. B. WEIGH,
Victor. N. Y.
LECTURERS.
J. P. Sossamon, Charlotte, n. Q.
J. Q. HanIey, ST. Paul, Mimi.
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.
W. A. Gardner, Chairman, Andre@'e
Settlement, Pa; john Brelnig, juno
ton. ". Va; D P. Duncan, Column.
bia, s. c.; Q. W. Gravit, Mandana,
n. 7.
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS STATE ALI
ANOE
President-W. A. Graham, Mach,
peIah, N. @.
Vice President-J, S, Mitchell. Win
ton, N. @.
Secretary Treasurer end State Bust
ness Agent-T. B. Parker, H'lisOoro'
L9cturer-Dr. Y. N. seawell, Faison,
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N. Q.
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MIX YOUR OWN FERTILIZERS

Field tests of fertil' z 9rs have been
conducted three years by the Ohio Elk
pertinent Station at Wooster. Four
different brands Of factory mixed fer
tiliz9rs have been compared with mix
lures Of slaughterhouse tankage, acid
phosphate and muriate of potash, made
up by the station so IS to carry es
nearly as possible the same percentage
of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and pot
ash as those claimed for thu factory
mixtures. The plan of this test is to
grow corn, wheat and clover in rota-
ton, the fertilizers being applied to the
corn and wheat. The land is divided
into three sections, in order that each
crop may be grown each year. In
starting the test in ~ two sections
were planted to corn, thus duplicating
the test that year. One Of these was
sown to wheat in the fall and one to
soy beans in the spring, so that the
crops Of '96 YER wheat, cor and soy
beans. Glover was sown on the wheat
in '98 and has been harvested this year.
The wheat sown for this years crop
was destroyed by winter killing and
was ploWed up and own to oats. The
crops thus far harvested have been
three Of corn and one each Of wheat,
oats, soy bean hay and clover hay.
Following are the average yields in
bushels per acre and pounds for beans
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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-01-16
THE HERAlD0FFICCEE
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THE KASH."

II you want Furnishings
lou may of
Fancy Furnishings you for money. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-27
THANKSGIVING HUNT.

All those who are fond OF the de-
lights of a wild horseback ride through
the painless depths Of the primeVal
forest, fond of the crack of the shot
gun and the Shrek Of the frishy pig,
the jumping goat and the stately bull
lock. not to mention the wild Thanks
giving turkey, the plover and the
snipe and the other myriad things to
be blazed at. killed and captured, will
attend at Mr.. J. L. Smiths office on
Waianuenue street on Friday evening
next at 7:30 sharp.
Governor John 7. Baker, our genial
citizen and sportsman, will preside,
ably sustained by 8-essrs. W. H. Smith,
J. L. Smith. Capt. Fitzgerald. [, E.
Ray and others. The object Of the
meeting IS as above stated, a Thanks
giving Hunt" Two sides will be
chosen with captains, there being four
or five applicants at the present for
the captaincies. All who would like
to take part are cordially invited to at
ltend.
The conditions are that the losers
those who get the least points, are
to pay $3.50 a couple for a glorious sup
per and chance to crown the exciting
enjoyment Of the chase. All details re-
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\ disease similar to grip is gong
he rounds among the horses.
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FROM ANOTHER SOURCE.

Interesting items Gathered On the Big
Island Of Hawaii.
The following excerpts are from the
Hawaii Herald
G. B. Robertson, attorney at Wal
Iuku, has taken the bit in lis teeth and
will boom his district through the me-
dunn Of a fcur-page six column weekly
newspaper beginning about January
1st next Mr. Robertson has had sons
experience in newspaper work and will
visit Hawaii in the interests Of his pa
per about the first of December. He
starts in with considerable backing
and more grit. but Maui is the field OF
the islands today and Mr.. Robertson
will 10 doubt reap success from his
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-ar3ing points. etc, will be arranged
~ the meeting.
The score Is to be kept secret until
the dinner and dance Is over 50 that
the losers appetites and dancing en-
thusiasm may no. be dampened by tina,
chilling fact. Those who join and can
not take part can chose sides and par
take of the success or failure OF the
side hRY take
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-27

A Model Plant Is not complete with
out Electric Power. thus dispeDsInt
with small engines.
why not generate your power fron
one CENTRAL station? One fe1er-
ator can furnish power TO your Jump.
Centrifugals. Elevators, Flows, RAN
ways and HOSTS; also, furnish ilgst
and power for a radius OF FROM ~ 80
80 miles.
Electric Power being used. saves usa
labor OF hauling coal in your field, also
water, and does away with high-pricc6
engineers, and only have one engine ca
look after in your mill.
Where water power is available y
costs nothing 70 generate Electrr
Power
THE HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COM
PANY Is now ready to furnish Electric
Plants and Generators OF all deseriy-
tions at short notice, and also has On
hand large stock of Wire, Chzade~
Tiers and Electrical Goods.
All orders will be given prompt a.
tention, and estimates furnished Der
Lighting and Power Plants; also. at
tention is given TO House and Msrtnn
Wiring.
THEO. HOFFMAN. Manager.
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ley and when they entered upon the
public domain IF the United States and
broke the door and locks anu de-
stroyed United States property n or
der 10 eject me they assumed autnori-
~ Of United States officers, for which
they will be duly held TO answer.
hold myself ready At any moment to
comply with the United States home
stead laws, and will perfect my entry
in due season
It Is nos true that the acting Attor-
ney General Of Hawaii holds o. ever
held commission from President
Mckinley as such
1t is not true that CocoanuC Island
has ever been set apart by the Legis-
lature as quarantine station
The action Of these Offici0us officials
will be called TO the attention OF the
proper authorities. One would think
that the opinions OF the Attorney Cen
eral OF the United States and the re-
cent Executive orders relative 10 the
election, registry OF vessels and the
public lands would convince the Dole
oligarchy that they should be first
sure they were right before they in
terfered with other peoples bust
ness"
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Read the Daily Advertiser.
REMOVAL NOTICE.

G. SOMNA HAS REMOVED HIS
Barber Shop from the Orpheum block
to one door below the Myrtle Cigar
Store, Fort street, and will be pleased
to meet his friends and patrons at his
new parlOrs. 53f9