The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-21

work as goon as the board meets, on
the 9th OF April. 1t is estimated, by
the way, that a regular meeting of the
b lard of Agriculture costs about $500,
while each meeting Of the States prison
board costs something like 81, 600.
Much interest is manifested by our
people in the results obtained by Mr..
B. w. Herring in his experiments in
fig culture. Nh. Herring has increased
his orchard to one thousand trees and
by his method Of protection they es-
capped injury during the late freeze.
The cultivation of figs on a large scale
is a new departure in this section and
VI trust the results of Mr.. Herring's
enterprise will be satisfactory and will
lead to the establishment Of other or
chards.-Mt. Olive Advertiser.
DE-. r. II Lewis, secretary of the
State board of health, say s smallpox is
steady increasing in North Carolina.
He reports the disease prevalent In 10
counties, and a letter from Burlington,
40 miles from here, states that there
are IL cases there. The counties in
which cases have been reported to DR..
Lewis, are az follows: Currituck, Pas
quotank, Porquimans, Gates, Bertie,
Tyrrell, Eigecombe, Wilson, Wayne,
J ohnston, Wake, Alamance, Guiltord,
B lncombe, New Hanover, Nothamp
ton, Columbus, Halifax and Mcdowell.
There is some doubt as to the case in
Tyrrsu county, and Hartford has been
reported as having a ase but the dag
nosis is not entirely satisfactory.
Hundreds thronged the town Of Lin
colnton Friday to honor the memory
of Lieutenant WilliamE Shipp, who fell
while leading the charge up the heights
Of San Juan, Cuba, the first of lest
July. The journey of the remains
through the State was marked by evi
dences Of sorrow at several points. A
Monroe a crowd was gathered that re
ceived the casket with barred heads
| At Charlotte the Lee Rifles and a mum
Der of citizens met the train and &C
companied the remains to Llncolnton
A large crowd had gathered at Lin
colnton to receive the funeral party
The body lay in state in the courI
house, which was wrapped in mourn
ing, until the march to the church be
gan. The funeral services were very
impressive and were closly listened tt
by a large and Borrowing audience.
Forest and Stream, New York:
notice in your issue of January 14tt
Curator Brimley, of the State museum
at Raleigh, advertises for bears TO
specimens, therefore I write to say
that il he will send into Hyde, Beau
fort or Tyrrell counties, which occupy
the peninsular lying between Pamilc'
and Albemarle sounds, in North Caro-
lima, he C n get all the bears he care
to give room to-. If any one has los
any bears that is the locality to hnC
them. This inter sound region is divided
into alternating areas Of swamp, corn
field, and prairies, or savannas witt
here and there a lake OF apple archar'
thrown inl and the bears travel from
one to the other according to the sea
son of the year, or as they have or
portunity. The savannas ere used a
most universally as cattle ra gef
and there have been at times larg
stock companies which graz9d man,
hundreds Of herds. In the earl
spring time, before vegetation ha
sprouted, the bears feed on the youn
jumpers (White CEDAR by stripping Of
the bark and sucking the sap. Late
on they a young ferns and all kind
of new growth and insects, and attel
J wares whortleberries, coonberrles an
[ the like. Then they climb the Dlac
gums for fruit, taking the green corr
next and then tho nuts and acorr
and from fall to spring destroy cattl
and hogs. In the green corn season
is the easiest thing in the world tc
I them to come out Of the margln'
l swamps by the fields and regale then
= selves on the farmers roasting ear
/ and when cattle are running IN I'll
winter and berries and mast are dor
Gomez and the coWpeas and corn al
/, stacked or housed, they naturally tab
to fresh meat. In fact everythlr
f goes then. Stocxyard and hog pc
o are not exempt, even when in cloI
proximity to the dwellings. In. ha'
}, winters, which happen periodical,
the havoc among the herds have bee
. so great that stringent measures ha'
been employed to exterminate the u