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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-06
ELECTRIC FLASHES.

The Berlin correspondent OF the AS
aoointcd Press IN semi OFFICIALLY adj
viued that the government iirrt hopes
to reach "a commercial provisorium with
the United States, before a regular
reciprocity treaty " concluded.
a dispatch to the New York Tribu.c
from Washington says: Gen. corbin
has issued preliminary orders with
view TO sending tho Thirty-flrHt
Michigan volunteers, now at Knoxville,
Tenn. TO garrison duty Ia the province
OF Santa Clara, Cuba.
The annual convention OF tho Ameri-
eau Society OF SupcfintcndentH Of
Training Schools for Nurses win be-
held m Chicago February 1th, Sth, 9th
and 10Th, The society has 40 nom
beers In the United States ana Canada.
attend,
Major General Merriam has char
tered the steamer Morgan city Tor use
ns government transport. She VIII
sail from San Francisco FOR the Phil
,pplnes some time between the 18th
and .0th of this month, In company
with the Scandal. She VIII carry most
ly freight ANA government supplies.
4 Dispatch TO tho New York Herald
today from Washington says Secrc-
tary Aigcr VIII soon issue an order
formally dlabanding the seven army
corps organized during the war. These
corps are sun In existence but the
dispaCh ~ troops 10 cuba ana Porto
Rico has 80 reduced the force OF sew
crnl OF them that only few regiments
represent corps.
In order 10 supply the places OF
troops ordered fur foreign service, COM
panies uf the Seventh Infantry, now at
Forts Wayne ana Brady. Mich, have
been ordered 60 take stations as fol-
lows; -, to Fort Smelling. II 10 JEFF
forson barracks; Il To Fort Thomas; q
10 Columbus barracks, Ohio. II Co
sheridan: l. To Fort Crook Nob. The
remainder OF the regiment viii retain
their present station In Michigan.
The highest game OF ten pins over
recorded In Chicago ON the new style
wide American bowling congress alley
has been made by Louis Il. rllrlch Of
the Fellowship club In contest with
John A BENDER Of the Oakland club.
ulrlch scored exactly 800 pins, the
maximum IN ten frame game The
night previous he made an average Of
e29 Ia three sfpmes said 10 be the
orld's record for the highest average
In three yainea.
John II, Bardwell a retired merchant
of san Francisco. was found dead In
his bed this morning, lie had nppnr-
emily expired from heart disease lie
was native of Springfield. Mass.
aged o. years. He was a prominent
pinneor Of California, "a member OF the
vigilance committee OF 1856. "A big spec.
ulntOr In wheat and one OF the most
liberal contributors 10 the museum IN
Golden Gate Park.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-06
NO FAITH CURE.
Abou, s,unh's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They Cure Stomach Troubles and indigestion
Anyway, Whether You Have Faith
IN Them or Not.

Mere faith win not digest your food
FOR you, win not give you an appetite.
VIII not Increase your flesh aud
strengthen your nerves and heart, but
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets win do
these things, because they are COM
posed OF the elements OF digestion,
they contain the Juices. acids and pep
tones necessary 10 the digestion and
assimilation OF all wholesome food.
Stunrta Dyspepsia Tablets VIII digest
food " placed In a jar or bottle IN vim
tor heated TO 9s degrees. and they viii
do II much more effectively when taken
into the stomach after meals. whether
you have faith that they VIII or not,
They invigorato the stomach, make
pure blood and strong nerves, In the
only way that nature can do II. and
that ig. from plenty % wholesome food
well digcsted. II IN not what we eat,
but what we digest that does US good.
stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
by nearly all druggists at 90 cents for
full sized package, or by mail from the
y. A. Stuart Co.. Marshall. Mich.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-06
STEAMERS WILL BE LOST.
They Were Caught In Unprotected
Places Thirty Men Indicted
for Perjury.

Seattle. wash. JGn. G.-News from
Dawson states that number OF Yukon
river steamers win be lost when the ice
breaks up In the spring. Some were
caught In very unprotected places and
can scarcely escape being wrecked. The
Robert Kerr Of the Moran fleet " stuck
fast ON bar 20 miles below Circle city.
The inc steamer Arnold Of the Alaskan
Exploration company's fleet, was
caught by tho Ice while fast on n bar
come thirty miles below Forty Mile.
\ crack boat % the Empire line. the
Seattle. Il stuck y miles below Circle
city. She " on bar and Ice was
jammod up all around her. Tho Ia
coma and John g. Barr are also fast In
dangerous positions
Thirty citizens of Dawson have been
Indicted for perjury In connection with
a recent stampede to kentucky creek.
short distance below Dawson. Swear
ing 10 false statements regarding
claims II the charge against them.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-06

this meat and probably the fact that
this beef was there gave the start to
all this talk u chemically prepared
beef. II was purely n private expert
ment and the government had moth.
iir to do with H."
In connection with Col. Osgood's exc
PLANTATION Of the process" beef expert
ment. It can be stated that the In
vcntor Of the chemical prcservative
the war department before the out
break ofithc war and offered to sell the
formula and process TO the govern
mont. II was considered by the COM
handing general. the secretary and
the commissary department and the
war department declined to accept the
scheme.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-06

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not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine. cannot praise your
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Mrs. Pinkham inA ties women who are
III TO write TO her at Lynn, Mass. for
advice. which II freely offered.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-06

II IL understood that any obligations.
assumed In this treaty by the United
States with respect to cuba. are limit
ed TO the time OF its occupancy there
OF. but II will. upon the termination OF
such occupancy. advise any govern
ment establishing In the island TO as
atime the obiioations
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-06

war and all persons detained or i'm
prisoncd for political offenscs In con-
ncction with the Instruction Ia Cuba
and the Philippines and the war with
the United States.
Reciprocity. the United States will
release all persons made prisoners OF
war by the American forces. and VIII
undertake TO obtain the release OF all
Spanish prisoners In the hands OF the
pines.
The government Of the United states.
viii at Its own cost return to spain
and the government OF spain. VIII AZ
It's own cost return To the United
States. Cuba. Porto Rico and the
Philippines. according TO the situation
OF their respective homes. prisoners
released or caused 10 he released by
them respectively. under this article.
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COULD NOT SLEEP.
Mrs. Pinkham Relieved Hor Of All
Hor Troubles.

Mrs. MApeE BApcocK, 100 Second
ST., Grand Rapids. Mich, had ovarian
trouble with its attendant aches
and pains, now she Is well. Here
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
AGRICULTURE.
GREEN MANURING.

Correspondence Of The Progressive Farmer.
The object of green manuring is to
return to the soil, and thence to the
crop, plant food in the form OF organ
ICED matter. It differs from animal
manuring in the fact Of the absence Of
animal intervention in the preparation
Of this nutriment for the use Of the
crop it is to nourish. This fact is OF
great Significance, as the necessary re.
suit is that the plant food thus fur
nished is raw material undecomposed
by animal action and thus compare
lively insoluble and unavailable,
though the original constituents of the
plant are all present without loss by
extraction for animal sustenance.
These two considerations are of the
greatest importance and control the
practice to the extent of demanding
that the crop grown for manure and
the one to be supplied with nutriment
through it, can seldom be successfully
grown the same season, but an inter
veniDg season is necessary that decom
position may render the material avail
able.
The material supplied by the green
manure is of two kinds, mineral and
organic, and is derived from soil and
air, as is the case with the content of
all plants. 1t is therefore apparent
that the soil gains no mineral matter
by the blowing under of a crop, simply
thus receiving back agOin the material
taken up by the crop grown. The or
ganic matter is, however, an actual
addition to the soil Of material taken
from the air, and is therefore an actual
gain Of fertility. Though no mineral
matter can be added to the soil by the
crop turned under, it's store Of avail,
able plant food is increased by the
fact that the crop plowed in may be,
and usually is, a deep rooted one
which thus brings mineral matter up
from the suE-soil penetrated by Its
roots, which by the turning under OF
the crop becomes added to the surface
soil and thus is made available to crops
other wise unable to utilize it.
These facts lead to the two obvious
rules for selecting the crop best adapted
to the purpose in view maximum root
action and maximum atmospheric alb
sorption being the objects aimed at.
It so happens that those two proper
ties are combined in one class of plants,
namely the legumes-red clover, Grim
son clover, and field peas are the crops
of this family found by experience to
experience to possess most advantages.
Locality must determine the selection,
climate being the controlling factor.
The distinctive feature of the legumi-
nous plants giving them their special
character, on which the particular
value as green man nuring crops depends,
ia the ''nodules" or ''tubercles" found
on their roots and caused by the action
of form of micro organism, the life
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

during the winter nearly all the am
monia. Ammonia is the most potent
chemical for rapid vegetable growth.
It escapes easier than does potash or
phosphor;c acid; it can be preserved
by smothering it-thst is, land plaster
or even common soil will help smother
it, and soil mixed with fresh manure
becomes impregnated with ammonia
and is in itself a valuable fertilizer.
1t is no uncommon thing to see ma
nure go completely washed out by
heavy rains that nothing remains but
dry bulk fit only for bedding purposes
once more.
What is the lesson if such tremend-
Gus waste is to continue in the present
methods or to provide cover for ma
nures8 Some say II am no worse of
than everyone else in this respect; all
are careless and lose only with the
rest of mankind" Bat why continue
in this loss9 We would not be riding
in Pullman coaches to day if George
Stephenson had not discovered the use
of steam for travelling; some one had
to make a start. A farmer chatted
with lately upon this matter said he
could not afford to build sheds to store
manure under; it could take care of
itself in the future as in the past for all
he cared. One might as we'll say he
cannot afford to take a rural paper or
a city paper or a magazine.
There is a great deal of talk just now
about the coming South" it's agricul-
tural possibilities, but soil fertility and
it's maintenance is the ''thorn in the
flesh" against the advantages Of longer
seasons, until We come not only to
know how to bring those things about,
but exhibit q fixed determination to
follow up our knowledge with per-
formance. Then the South will indeed
witness the dawn of increasing and
substantial prosperity.
THOMAS L BROWN,
Sec'y N. c. State Horticultural Society.
Greensboro, N Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

real first class hog. Now, to day I
sold fat cow weighing 1, OO0 pounds
for $3O-three cents per pound. If
had had car load just like her could
have shipped them to Pennsylvania
and netted $40 apiece for them. And
firmly believe that by the first of May,
or by the 18th, at the furthest, a fat
beef like the one I have just sold will
bring four cents per pound on the
Charlotte market. You should go
through this county now and see the
d ficulty that farmers are having in
places to buy poor COWS for the stall.
They are beginning to see what is
ahead of US. Many of them are eager
to convert their pea vine hay and cot
ton seed bulls and meal into COW flesh.
But there ia a great scarcity of pur
chasable COWS. A man from my town
snip just now asked me if could tell
him where he would be able to buy q
half dozen poor COWS. The indications
point to better breeds of beef cattle.
"O ACO0 O4OONSN SGOChS ~ UO0S uOb
take any more care and food to fatten
a Short horn steer and make him
weigh LOCO pounds at two years old
than it does to make one of our com
mon scrubs weigh 800 at three years
old"
The writer was particularly i'm
pressed with this item, because only a
few days before, when travelling in a
neighboring county, he had seen evi
dences of the scarcity of good cattle,
and the high prices commanded by
first-class stock. Many enterprising
farmers are beginning to give attention
to stock raising and the prospects for
the live stock industry in this State are
bright. By the way, what has become
of the proposed Wilmington packing
house, And of the North Carolina
Live Stock Associations
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

subject is Prot. L. Fl. Bailey's "Prin.
ciples of Agriculture" neatly bound
and printed book of 800 pages. Every
farmer who has not had the advantages
OF a course at an agricultural college
should read it, and should also see that
his boys read it. We believe it would
pay any farmer to without new plow
II necessary in order to purchase this
book. Thousands of dollars are wasted
every year on fertilizers unsuited to
the land to which it is applied, which
money might be saved to the farmers
by reading this book. 1t is time to
get out OF the old ruts; time to Quit
planting corn and killing hogs in the
moon;" time to quit letting timothy
hay go to seed because it lasts longer
time, In short, to learn that farming is
as much business as banking and the
progressive farmer must study his
business just as the banker does This
book helps those who read it to do
these things; helps them to get into
the current Of progressive agriculture.
We will send a copy to any address
upon receipt Of price, 81 % Address
The Progressive Farmer, Raleigh,
N. Q.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

A most elaborate series of tests,
comparing the relative loads that can
be hauled on wide and narrow tired
wagons, were made recently by the
Experiment Station in Missouri, and
extended through two years with the
following general results:
On macadam roads 26 per cent. in
favor Of wide tires.
On gravel roads 26 to As per cent. in
favor of wide tires.
On ordinary dirt roads % to II per
cent. in favor Of wide tires.
On ordinary meadow lands % to 81
per cent. in favor OF wide tires.
On pasture lands &c to SO per cent. in
favor of wide tires.
On stubble lands "a to - per cent. in
favor of wide tires.
On plowed ground 80 to A per cent.
in favor of wide tires.
On clay road with deep mud and
deep ruts 10 to 49 per cent. in favor OF
narrow tires. But with the general
introduction of wide tires, this condi
tion Of things would not exist.
We are glad to note that the legisla'
ture passed a measure Ito encourage
the use of wide tires" in certain coun
ties. 1t applies to a section Of the State
far too small, but it is step in the
right direction and with proper educa
ton and agitation, the legislature OF
1901 may be induced to pass a general
law of this kind. The wide tire move,
ment is rather new in this State, but il
is making rapid progress.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

Here is paragraph from Farm and
Home which we commend to our
farmer readers. Study it, and remem-
Der it. And don't forget that there is
yet time to re organize your Sub ALI.
ance. Be sure to have a meeting in
time to send a delegate to the county
meeting in April. Here is the item:
Never before in the history of our
country has capital combined for in
crease and mutual protection as during
the past six months. Corporation is a
species of CO operation, but the evil
effects to consumers and TO producers
Of the raw material have become so
manifest there is widespread dissatis
faction. New Jersey, the paradise of
corporations, has treasury overflow
ing from fees and taxes from the more
than three billions Of dollars Of stock
capitalized in that State. While bust.
ness interests are combining as never
before, farmers sit by apparently com
PLEASANT and satisfied The great New
York State Grange, representing so,
600 farmers, in q State where a large
per cent. Of all corporations have their
home ofice, has but little to say con-
cerning their methods or work Occa-
sionally, we hear of discomfort among
farmers and a sincere desire to organ
ize to stop this oppression. Have the
screws been turned so tight farmers
dare not arouse themselves9 We be-
lieve not. 1t is not too late, before
spring work comes on, to form a local
organization to help right oppression's
wrongs. Organize, agitate, CO operate,
is the banner under which farmers and
laboring men must work together dur
ing the early yearsSot the new CEN
tury."
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

Now that you are buying your tools
and fertilizers for the crop Of 1899, do
not forget to renew your subscription
to The Progressive Farmer, which we
hope to make of az much service to you
ss any 81 tool you can get, Just above
this item is that little red slip to which
We occasionally call your attention.
Watch it, and if to day you hear its
voice, harden not your heart.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
THR VELVET BEAN.
Prof Masse1's Opinion,

In the current issue of Home and
Farm, Prof. W. E. Massey writes:
In regard to the much talked about
velvet bean we wish to add few words
to what has been said. 1t is evident
frcn the experiments We have made
here that the velvet bean can be grown
and ripened in an ordinary season in
North Carolina, that il produces an en-
ormous mass of forage of which cattle
are very fond. Whether it will finally
take the place of the COW pea here is
still a question. One thing must be
noted, and this is that this bean can
not be used for late planting after har-
vest, as the COW pea can, and this fact
alone will give the COW pea it's field in
practice as a catch crop after small
grains. But the velvet bean is of q
more hardy nature than the COW pea
and can be soWn at least month earlier
than it is safe to SOW COW peas. We
planted them last spring early in April
with perfect success and would have
ripened a good crop but the college
herd Of COWS got at our experimental
plats and destroyed the whole in a
single night. The fact that in this
feast no COWS were bloated from their
eating is another thing in favor Of the
bean. We hope to experiment further
with it, and in the mean time would
advise all our readers to go rather slow
with the plant, and if they attempt its
growth to be sure to plant early enough
to give it a chance Of ripening seed.
We found that in a SEASON of great
moisture like the last the mass Of vines
was damage, as all the under part
next the ground decay ed badly, though
the beans were planted four feet by
two in the rows. Even at this distance
of planting the whole ground was GOV.
cred waist deep with the mass of vines.
Some others were planted along a wire
fence and covered it denseIy with a
great mass Of foliage.
Those on the fence promised to make
a very heavy crop of seeds, had not the
COWS pulled them all off, not leaving a
leaf nor a stem. SO the palatability to
cattle was settled by our misfortune,
and the enormous crop that can be
grown must make the plant Of great
value, for if the whole season can be
given them, we know of no plant that
will make the same amount per acre.
We have not yet had an opportunity
to try the curing of them for hay, but
have no doubt that they can be cured
in the barn in the same way we cure
COW peas for hay, or that they will
make a valuable material for ensilage.
But to get crop, they must have the
entire season from April to frost or
nearly so, and can never take the place
of the cow pea for late summer sowing.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

As the time for planting forage crops
is near at hand, we request our read
ers who have had experience with those
not generally cultivated-such as
Spanish peanuts, whippoorwill peas,
broom corn, velvet beans, etc etc, to
write up" their experiences. We are
glad TO see that our efforts to co oper
ate with our readers to improve the
condition of agriculture in this and ad-
Joining States are appreciated, but
only by our cooperation with our
readers and their CO operation with
one another can the paper be made as
useful as it might be.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

No farmer who takes any interest
whatever in gusnos and fertilizers
should be without a copy Of PLANT
Food, valuable and interesting little
work just issued by the Experiment
Farm at Southern Pines. We advise
every farmer reader to drop a po- tai
to Director Experiment Farm, South
eTn Pines, n. @. >" for a free copy. The
book is we'll printed and handsomely
illustrated.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

A correspondent of the Charlotte
Observer tells of hearing a young
farmer ''speak a parable" a few days
ago just after selling a fine beef COW on
the Charlotte market. He said: II
never find any trouble in selling for
cash, at the top of the market, any
product of the farm of fine quality. I
can always find eager buyers for a fine
fat beef, q large healthy turkey, or q
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

The Horticultural Department Of the
Michigan Experiment Station has just
issued a bulletin that is likely to be
valuable to many Of our readers who
are Interested in fruit growing. 1t is
"a Spraying Calendar" with direc-
tons for applying the various insecti-
cides and fungicides for the different
insects and diseases with which fruits
AMI vegetables are attacked. A postal
card, addressed to The Secretary, Agri-
cultural College, Mich, r questiDg that
this bulletin be sent, will secure it for
you.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
Long Leaf, N. @.

A few weeks ago we referred to Prof.
B. Irby as ''late Agriculturist OF the
State Experiment Station" We have
since learned that Prof. 1rby never
held this position, and therefore make
this explanation in order to "get his
tory straight"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28
PRACTICAL FARM NOTES.

Written for The Progressive Farmer by
the Editors and Hon. Guy &. Mitchell
We understand that the peach crop
in this section is not no seriously dam
aged as one might infer from our ar
ticle on this subject last week.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-03-28

Here's a good hint from an exchange:
What is more bleak than a house
without a shade tree near itf There
are many rapid growing and ornamen-
kII trees that succeed we'll on most any
soil; and they cost but a tride. Better
aet out some this spring.